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EMULSION
OF COD-LIVER OIL WITH
HYPOPHOSPHITES
should always be kept in
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FIRST Bcaure, if snv m?nber
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FOURTH Because it is the
standard remedy in ail throat and
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K'o hcusehcli should be without it
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Hid" up yrr h-ad ! Iliniw out yrretinrt
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That he knowed how to Cu e a ft,e.
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Sitiu,. i;als. that umiI Ui fc.y that he
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I'e hi!rt V ui tell o" IxHiki an' s ho,jb
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THE BRIDE Of THE
HY I.YNX K.iHY MF.KKINS.
It was right in the swelter of the
hottest spell for years when lie pastor
emeritus died. Most of us, uili.out
sayiug s, thought it distinctly uukind
of him to imjK- the necessity of a fu
neral in such weather, pulling so many
K'XhI people to inconveuietice and dis
rottifiirt. ftut, at any rate, he waa
dead dead ill the fitlltless of years,
dead in the ripeness of a life that wad
clean, pure and sweet.
The day was certainly hot. People
can:e into the heautiful church gasping
ami grumbling, sank intii their pews,
and, with all reverence, devoutly wish
ed it were s.ou ovtf, and they might
get back to the country, the mountains
and the seashore. The handsome pa
t r was a iiutrlyr in his hot clerical be-lon-ittgi:
iu ppite ' an electric fan
cleverly coucealei in the alcove, it
grew hotter all the time.
"Of course, somebody from our fam
ily had to come,"' the girl with the
blue hat was whispering to the girl in
the pink waist, "and, as usual, they
put it all on nie. They wanted papa
for one of the pall learers, but that was
out of the question, don't you know.
He is too feeble."
"I heard they hud a lot of trouble
getting enough men to act as pall-bearer"."
said the girl in the piuk waist
"No wonder. Just think of tie
weatht r! Did you ever f-el such a hot
day?"
"Never. It is perfectly awful!"
"I hope they will get through ." that
I can take the twelve o'clock traiu.
You will ruu hack to the mountains
on the express, of course. It is hard to
firing us to the city on such a day, but
of course he couldn't help it. Aud the
Dx'tor was such a dear, good man.
Honestly, I believe if one of our family
had not come to the funeral, mamma
would lie afraid to go to Heaven. He
baptized all of us, married most of us,
buried a few of us, and we have a queer
feeling about him."
"It was the same in our family. He
was more t us than the physician."
"It seems to have !eeu the same in
nnst ot the families. I never heard of
any t f our set that he didn't cither
mirry or baptize. Pa used to tell the
Doctor that he tulle ved he mairied
Adam and Eve."
"Yes; and don't you remember thtt
one week he get over a thousand dol
lars in weddit.g fees?"
"Ye, and gav e every cent of it away.
Paused to tell the Dntor that he didn't
know the v::l'je of money, and I've
heard the old IVictor reply that tLe
only way to make a dollar useful was
tJ kp it moving; and no matter how
much they gave him, he was alwajs
p Hr."
"He did a lot of gofd. We know of
ciMS where he was-a real angel. You
r.'ii:euil r late one afternoon a family
was reported to our Help Society, but
we were ail tired out, and it was too
U:e to do anything? That night the
old Doctor held a reception, and so rue
bo iy mentioned the case casually to
him. Well, don't you know, when the
r? . ption was over, and everybody had
g i:e, the old D'KUor di.-apieared, and
d du't get back until two o'clock iu the
morciLg. He walked two miles, found
the hotir-e, waked up a grocer, and had
th se it le comfortable before Le left
them. My, it made us all feel ashamed
of OoXsclvstT'
"Gracious it gets hotter every min
ute! Behold the LVminie in the pul
pit. He look like Niobe all perspira
tion. Iiy the by, did you ever hear the
old I tr's romance ?"
"Weil, this i the real story. Papa
you know he and the iKx-tor were life
long frieiic's told it to us for the first
time last uight Death, he said, un
sealed bis hps. He bad told it to
mamma Ufore, but to the rest of us it
was all new. The old Doctor was in
love. He fell in love when he came
here as a young clergyman.
"The church was small then it was
before he built it up and it had do
paid choir, nor any of the modem fix
ing?. But ia the uapaid choir was a
girl one of those t iiiu, queer things
with a wonderful voice, and the youog
pistor fell iu love. with her and she
with him. But they were too poor to
marry, and she was too poor to wait,
and so she began to use her Toiee to
support herself and her mother.
"rsxn, as such thiogs go, the wa
mer
SOMERSET, PA.,
hiugtng in concerts in halls and places,
and was making a great deal of money.
Her voice was simply wonderful a
high, clear, Heavenly kind of music
that just took hold of people's souls.
The papers were full of her, and her
picture was everywhere. And all the
time uhe was atich a furore the young
pastor was workiug and building up
this church. One day hhe came back,
and went to papa aud asked for a confi
dential interview, aud then she told
him everything how she loved the
pastor, how ho loved her and impor-
tuued her to marry him, for the church
was growing, and be could now up-
port a wife; and how she was doubtful,
because she was afraid the publicity of
her name might make her marriage in
terfere with his work, and how she
would rather sacrifice herself than in
jure his ministry.
"Weil, it was hard lines for poor old
papa, but he is a conscientious old
thing, who says what he thinks, and
he told her what he thought, and she
thanked him and left Pana said he
felt as if he bad committed a murder
when he saw her go out of the room."
"Yes, I heard from grandma that he
had a love who would not marry him.
But I did not know it was as romantic
as all that. I wonder what ever be
came of her?"
"Rich and retired, I lielicve, and liv
ing quietly in the city somewhere."
The last comers were taking their
seats, and, just before the services be
gan, a slender figure, enveloped in
mourning, crept up the aisle, and sank
into a pew near the front
It was a peculiar service. When the
idea of placing an organ in the church
was first proposed by the young minis
ister, many years before this funeral,
there was a great protest, but patiently
and kindly the young man had won
his way, and good music had helped as
much to fill the pews as the clergy
man's preaching. There was a mar
velous organist in those early days, and
he was greatly devoted to the young
preacher.
In decades that had passed the or
ganist had grown bent and deaf, but
his love for the minister lived, and
when he read of his death he asked
that he might be allowed to play the
pastor's favorite hymn at the funeral.
And he was at the organ, loving it for
what it was, jut as he would a sweet
heartloving it more for the sweet con-1
solation it might give, just as be could
a wife.
The lady who was to sing the solo
hid cotiie, at great personal sacrifice,
in coiuplHtieut to the tbiym of the
church which she served, but the heat
in the choir loft was particularly sti
fling, and her corpulence was a handi
cap. She fanned to the limit of her
energy, and the more she fanned the
warmer she grew; but she was faithful
to her duty, and the people gave to her
any pity that they had left after pity
ing themselves.
I had no idea of bringing myself into
this plain narrative, but it has been my
lot in my threescore years or more, to
attend funerals in churches, of many
denominations, and, now that the serv
ices have begun, the same curious feel
ing comes over me. As an old-fash-i
ined physician, I know that my part
ends at the death-bed, but it has been
interesting to observe that through all
the sad rites, a similar sentiment runs.
I have heard the services of the Prot
ectant Episcopal and Catholic, of Pres
byteriau and Methodist of Lutheran
and Oiaker, of almost all, in fact, and
in each of them, whether the noble
dignity of the Protestant Episcopal,
the wonderful high mass of the Catho
lic, or the impressive simplicity of the
Methodist, or the different excellencies
of any and all, one thought has always
come to me: How blindly we do these
reverent actions for the dead, when ou
whole religion teaches us that they
have awakened into a knowledge as far
beyond our real knowiog as Heaven is
from the earth.
Faith bridges the distance, you say,
and so, indeed, it does, but I can not
get away from my thought, and per
haps that is why I was so drawn to the
young clergyman who, in bis addrese,
said that no words of his could in
crease the glory of that Heavenly
awakening.
Then be told simply the story of the
man who bad given bis life to the
church and his fellow men; who, in the
very excess of bis goodness and char
ity, had never been able to understand
meanness, nor to feel resentment to
ward ingratitude. It was altogether
worthy of the young man, and, undtr
the circurastcoces of the heat aud the
desire of every one to get away, it was
really wonderful how well be held the
attention of the congregation.
There came in good time the hymn
of the pastor emeritus. We saw that
the soprano was tryiDg to force herself
up to the ordeal, and we wondered if
she could get through. The beat was
worse than ever. Henry Moller, the
old organist, trembled to the seat ni.
closing his eyes, saw the favorite hymn
of bis friend, the pastor emeritus,
stretched before him in ascending notes
from earth to Heaven. His fingers
touched the keys and there came a
sound of music, rich, gentle, worship
ful, with the soul of the musician and
the heart of the fi lend playing trgetber.
It touched us all, and it nerved the so
prano for her effort.
She anise and put ber full strength
in the first verse. It was sung well,
but the effort in it was direful, and I,
at least was not surprised that when
the last line of the verse was conclud
ed she moved ber bead from side to
side to say that she could go no further,
and sat down. I started to the loft,
but when I saw ber fanning I knew
that she bad not fainted, and I resumed
my seat
Then occurred the strangest thing I
have ever seen at any funeral.
Old Moller, being deaf and lost to
everything save the hymn of bia dead
friend, kept on playing as if nothing
bad happened. The interlude was al
most over, aud the congregation saw
that the soprano would attempt noth
ing further, so we waited for Moller to
finish the instrumental performance,
without a voice to sing the word.
But suddenly there arose in the mld-
ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 18. 1899.
J die of the ehuich a figure drewed in
d'jep mourning. She quickly threw
back ber heavy veil, and we saw a face
of infinite sweetness, ola and with
wrinkles, but angelic In its softness,
purity ana beauty the race that was
the mirror to a lovely life, and a clean
loving heart; a face that, once seen
was uevcr to be forgotten. Aud I had
seen it in its earlier y ars.
As the note of the verse was struck
there came forth a melody that filled
the church and thrilled our hearts.
True music is always Intoxicating, but
the peculiar sweetness of the voice and
the sympathetic vibration In each tone
bad a powerful ctn.ct amidst these sur
roundings and uuder these circum
stances. Women forgot to fan, and
men bent forward, and children gazed
wonderingly.
The voice rose and fell in perfect
cadences, the very fullness of sympathy
and inspiration. The verse sung, she
stood with clasped bands and waited
for the second, and old Moller played
on, oblivious to all save the organ aud
the hymn of bis friend. As the song
proceeded, the beauty of it, the intense
interest of it flowered into an indes
cribable glory. The hearts were sing
ing. The souls were singing. Heaven
itself was singing.
There are on record several notable
iustancea where the singing voice was
returned in old age aud uuder intense
excitement, but, as far as I could re
member, the reaction generally meant
collapse aud sudden death. I was iu
the pew just back of the singer, and,
without being jierceived, I moved so as
to be near her if she fainted. But she
lid not faint When she finished the
hymn, she half sat half Bank down in
the pew, and quickly replaced the veil.
I could not help bending forward and
saying:
I am Dr. Thomas Ambers Tom
Ambers you used to know. Can I cVo
anything for you?"
"No."
"Shall I escort you out after the sen-
ice ."
It was as I thought Her nerve was
good for all the funerab The manner
in which she uttered the monosyllables
showed that.
Well, do you see that?" exclaimed
the girl with the blue bat to the girl in
the pink waist. "Old Doctor Ambers
taking her out before the procession.
He's a perfect old nuisance. He al
ways was. I would have given any
thing to see her; now we can't because
if we go to the cemetery we'll miss our
trains."
"It is fearfully exasperating, isn't
it?"
"Yes; and I heard old Doctor Am
bers used to le in love with her, too.
And I half believe be is yet Wasn't
her voice beautiful? Aud it was all so
odd."
"Lovely. I would not have missed
it for the world. Do you expect to
catch the 12 o'clock train?"
"If I live through the heat Isn't it
killing?"
"Perfectly frightful!"
Just before the services were over she
had tJrned tome and said "Please take
me out." I knew what she meant
SLe wanted to escape the crowd.
Wiir; we reached the street I called
one of the few carriages, and, placiDg
her in it, got in myself and closed the
curtains. She sank back, saying noth
ing for a time, but presently speaking
very gently: "Thank you, my good
friend, thank you! God made me do
it! God did it! Blessed be His name!'
"Blessed be His name!" I repeat d,
not knowing what else to say, it being
no time or place for compliments cn
her singing.
Nothing more was ever said on this
subject by either of us. There were
very few persons at the p rave, and the
heat was almost intolerable. We drove
back without many words. When we
reached ber boarding-bouse she asked
that the young preacher come to see
her as soon as possible.
Late in the afternoon be was in my
office. "Doctor," be said, "this is so
extraordinary that I seem to be moving
in a dream. The iucident at the church
was strange enough, but straDger things
have come, and I want your advice.
She says she expects to die soon, and
she wants to be buried near him, and I
don't know what to do. How could I
explain the two graves in the lot?"
"No explanation necessary," I repli
ed. What does the living world care
for worn-out preacher; or worn-out
doctors? We save their souls and save
their lives, and then they forget us. A
doctor may spend a lifetime in doing
good to others, but let him stop a year,
and be had just as well dry up and be
blown away. And a pastor emeritus,
with no relatives to place flowers upon
bis grave, will not be disturbed by the
memories of the world. Tell her yes."
It was a more comfortable day when
we next visited the lot the young
preacher and I and we lingered there
until the men who filled the grave had
followed the hearse and the attendants
around the bend of the road. Then,
with uncovered bead, the young preach
er stood by the graves, and with closed
eyes repeated something to himself.
"You were saying the marriage serv
ice," I said as we started to go.
"She aked me to do it" be replied,
'but why, I do not know, for are they
not together in Heaveu ?"
And as we walked on I beard him
aaylDg, "God is Love, and Love is God.
How wonderful is Love!"
"At least," I said, thinking of the
graves, "I was beat man." Saturday
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St, N. Y.
Is it a burn ? Use Dr. Thomas' Ec
lectrlcOiL A cut? Dr. Thomas' Ec
lectric OIL At your druggists.
iu
High Speed, Great Strain.
"I read a piece the other day," said
an old locomotive engineer to a New
Orleans Times Democrat writer, "in
which a New Orleans railroad man
said that I'iO miles an hour was one of
the possibilities of future traveb I
veuture to disagree with him, and I'll
tell you why he doesn't take into ac
count the human machine in the cab.
I dou't doubt but they will build en
gines that can stand a I V) mile gait,
but they can't build the engineers. Ou
a fairly good roadbed one notices very
little difference between 2" and iiU
miles an hour. I mean the strain on
t'je nerves isn't materially iucreased ;
but anything above that limit is the
pace that kills. The Sensation is simp
ly iudescribable in words. It seems to
jar every separate fibre in the body,
and the tension is so terrible that one is
apt to feel the effect for days.
"The average man can't stand many
spurts at even ( miles uu hour, let
aloue I.jO. He comes out of such an
ordeal 'all broke up,' and jumps when
he bears uuexpected noises, like a hys
terical woman. My own theory is that
the effect Is proJue.il niiialy through
the sight You have to look straight
ahead, but at the same time you see the
things whizzing past on both -ides of
the tail of your eye, and it is as if some
thing bad hold of the optic nerve aud
was pulling it out like a rubber band.
That's a pretty clumsy explanation.
but it's as near as I can come to it.
Many'a the time I've staggered when
I got up t. jiu my seat in the cab.
"That thing of staring straight
head," continued the engineer, "is
b )uud to get on any man's nerve in
the course of time, particularly during
night runs. One sees queer things, and
ve bad some scares in my life that
would have turned my hair white if
bair really turned white that way. The
worst trouble is with shadow. It's no
uncommon thing for a bird to flit across
the headlight and throw a shadow
down the track as big as a box
cir. Of course, it's gone in aniustant,
but in just that heart-U-at the nerves
have been given a shock that they may
not recover from for a week. I've had
that happen to me several times. I
would be tearing along at aior
mile clip, when all of a sudden some-
bing big and black would loom out of
the dark right between the rails and not
fjur telegraph poles ahead. Next
second I would know it to be the shad
ow of a bird, but as far as I was con
cerned the mischief was already done.
have bad a vision of sudden death
and a sledge-hammer blow on every
nerve centre in my system.
These things make me doubt
whether a man could stand the IX)-
mille strain."
Compliment Always Dear.
Age may bring wrinkles and snowy
bair, but it never burns out the love of
compliments and pretty speeches in
the heart of a woman. If men would
only remember that women grow beau
tiful and sweet of character when told
that they are beautiful and sweet of
character the world wouldn't know
half the shrews aud fretters and scolds
who keep things stirred up as if with a
soup ladle. 1 Know a woman who
must be 00 years old if she's a day, but
a pretty compliment hst on her?
Not a bit of it She had been living
on them all her life, and for that very
reason will be young and fresh when
another woman would be faded and
old. She inspires sweet thoughts by
ber manners and charming, interest
ing mentality. Just the other uight
she was sitting in a box at a theater,
sharing an evening's enjoyment with
several other playgoers when a young
man appeared on the stage and claim
ed ber attention.
I saw that man's fath ?r play with
Charlotte Cushman 30 years ago," she
remarked to a man who sat beside
her.
"You must have been brought in on
a pillow," be answered.
Now, why in the world don't men
cultivate cleverness like that?
Not one in 4'J) would have had the
tact and quickness to have made that
reply. I can't prove that statement
of course, but I'd bet a good deal ou it
I could just the same. Chicago
Times-Herald.
Useful Hints.
When a bat is wet with rain it should
be dried with a silk handkerchief,
brushed with a soft brush and, when it
is nearly dry, with a bard brush.
The best thing to clean decanters is a
mixture of salt and vinegar. Put a
dessert spoonful of salt in the decanter.
moisten with vinegar; shake well and
rinse.
When Limps are clogged with oil the
burners should be boiled in a strong
solution of soda and water, and allow
ed, to get thorough ly dry before being
used again.
For the turn of the stair, that ugly
place in the old city bouses, tall silver
taper holders of Russian workmanship
or the old Dutch candlestick four feet
high w ill be found effective adjuncts.
Southerners affirm that the people of
the North spoil watermelons by too
much chilling, which renders them in
digestible. Before putting away linen take care
that it is thoroughly dried aud well
aired. Nothing collects dampness
quite as quickly as linen. Should linen
show signs of turning yellow wring out
in lukewarm soap and water, then dry
and store again.
Getting Acquainted-
A Ravenswood mn tells this story I
about a friend of bis whom? business
takes him away from home frequently:
For the last month or so he has had
a respite, and bis neighbors have r.o
ticed the uu usual length of his vL.it to
bis own bouse. Oue of them asked
him recently if be had got pretty well
acquainted with the members of bis
family.
"I think I am making an impres
sion," he responded. "My little girl
went to ber mother the other day and
said: 'That man who comes here some
times spanked me to-day ? "Chicago
News.
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WEATHER LORE.
Superstitions and Sayings as to the
Meaning of Various Signs.
Thunder on Sunday is considered by
the weather-wise the sign of the death
of a great man; on Monday the death
of a woiuau; on Tuesday, if early in
Summtr, it foretells au abundance of
grain; on Wednesday, warfare is threat
ened; on Thursday, au abundance of
sheep aud corn, the farmer may reckon
upon; on Friday, some great man w ill
be murdered; ou Saturday, a general
pestileuee and great mortality.
Friday's weather shows what may be
expected ou the following Sunday
that is, if it rains on Friday noon, then
it will rain on Sunday, but if Friday
I clear, then Sunday will le fine as
well.
The twelve days immediately follow
ing Christmas denote the weather for
the coming twelve months, one day for
a mouth. The day of the month the
first suow-storm appears indicates the
number of snow-storms the winter will
bring. For example, the first snow
storm comes on November IN look out
for twenty-nine storms.
There U an old saying which orig
inated perhaps for the benefit of school
children that there is only one Satur
day in the year without suu during
some portion of the day.
A gale, moderating at sunset, w ill in
crease before miduieht, but if it mod
erates after midnight, the weather will
improve.
No wmtlier is 111.
U the wind i still.
If the full moon shall rise re-d expect
wind.
The sharper-the blast the sooner 'tis
past
A light yellow sky at sunset presages
wind.
When you see northern lights, you
may expect cold weather.
Hazy weather is thought to prognos
ticate frost in winter; snow in spring;
fair weather in summer, and rain in
autumn.
Storms that clear in the night will be
followed by a rain-storm.
Three foggy mornings will surely be
followed by a rain storm.
If the ice on the tree melts and rnns
off rain will come next, while if the
wind cracks off the ice snow follows.
When the leaves of trees 9how their
under side there will be rain
When the perfume of Cowers or the
odor of fruit Is unusually notice.! rain
may be expected.
When the sky is full of stars expect
rain.
If a cat washes herself calmly and
smoothly the weather will lie fair. If
she washes against the grain take your
mackintosh. If she lies with her back
to the fire there will be a squall.
Cats with their tails up and hair ap
parently electrified indicate approach
ing wind.
If pig9 are restless there will be
windy weather.
The direction in which a loon flies in
the morning will be the direction of
the wind next day.
Magpies flying three or four together
and uttering harsh cries predict windy
weather.
Flocks of crows signify a cold sum
mer. When the owl nests look out for a
storm.
When the swallow flies low rain will
come soon; when they fly high exjiect
fine weather.
If the rooster crows at night he will
"get up with a wet head."
Six weeks from the time the first ka-ty-did
is beard there will be frost
Coster's Joke on Osborn.
Tbe late Charles Osborn, the New
York broker, and Gen. Custer were in
timate friends, and Oborn annually
visited the general at bis camp on the
plains. During one of the Indian
campaigns be iuvited Osborn and a
party of friends out to Kansas, and
after giving them a buffalo bunt, ar
ranged a novel experience in the way
of an Indian scare. As Osborn was
lying in bis tent one night firing was
heard at the outposts and the rapid
riding of the pickets. "Bootsand sad
dles" was the order in the disturbed
atmosphere of the night, aud Custer
appeared to Osborn loaded with rifle,
two revolvers, a sabre aud a scalping
knife.
"Charlie," he said, in bis quick,
u-rvous way; "you must defend your
self. Sitting Bull aud Flea in-You r
Boots, with Wiggle-Tail Jim and Scalp
Lock Skowbegan are on us in force. I
didn't want to alarm you before, but
the safety of my command is my first
duty. Things look serious. If we
don't meet again, God bless you!"
The broker fell on bin knees. "My
God, Custer, Custer," be cried, "only
get me out of this! I'll carry l,000,0u0
shares of Western Uuion for you into
the firm to get me home. Only save
mer
But Custec was gone, and the camp
by shrewd arrangement burst into a
blaze and shots, oaths and war whoops
were intermixed; suddenly a painted
object loomed on Osborn's sight, and
something was flung in bis face a
human scalp. He dropped to the
ground, said the Lord's prayer back
ward, forward and sideways, until the
noise died away, and there was ex posed
a lighted supper table, with this ex
planation on a transparency:
"Osborn's treat T Chicago Record.
"The famous Cincinnati nerve spec
Ultsts failed to do for me what a few
bottles of Wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer
did. It cured me, they could not." So
writes Mr. Cyrus MeCaully. Navada,
Ohio. For sale at Garman'a I)ru
Store, Berlin, Pa,, and Mountain Jt
Sju's Drug Store, Confluence, I'a.
A Depressing Oatloot
"That young woman missionary
looked sad when she went away."
"Yes; we fixed her up so she won't
have to have any new clothes made for
seven years." Chicago Record-
"Take time by the forelock." If your
blood is out of order, begin taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla at once and pre
vent serious illness.
aid
WHOLE NO. 25 1G.
Wax Jlikjs Strane Stories.
A young surgeon of oneof the Mas
sachusetts volunteer regiments did his
duty during the terrible days that fol
lowed the surrender of Santiago and
gave up his life saving the lives of
others. When at last the transports
catue to carry the soldiers to Moutauk
the surgeon was too weak to be taken
away. A few hours after his comrades
left him he breathed bis last
H Ls effects were sent to the sorrowing
father and mother and sister in Massa
chusetts, ami later the Uxly was
brought home to rest in eternal pea
in the beautiful cemetery which the
surrounding Berkshire Hills seem so
faithfully to guard and protect.
When his personal property wus
looked over one thing was fouud to be
missing. Tnat was the watch which
the young man's father bad given bim
ou bis twenty-first birthday. Govern
ment aid was secured, and a thorough
search was made for the missing arti
cle, but it was not found.
A week ago thu nurse that cared for
the young surgeon during his last ill
ness died. Wuen the trunk of the dead
nurse was examined a pawn ticket wa
discovered. By means of this the sur
geon's watch was recovered aud return
ed to his family in Massachusetts.
Shortly after the reburial of the
young man's Uxly a stranger called on
the father. The stranger was surprised
to see banging on the wall of the office
into whieh be was shown, a portrait.
the features of whieh seemed to bim
familiar.
"Pardon me," he asked, "but will
you tell me whose picture that is?''
"That is my son who died at San-
tiago," was the answer.
"I played football with bim once
when he was at school," the stranger
declared. "I remember be stumbled
over me and fell in such a way as to
break two of bis front teeth."
"We have reason to thank you for
that accident," said the father, "for it
was by those two front teeth, whieh
h.i'l been built down with gold, that
his body was positively idetiti.'ied."
Bstn Journal.
Jerry's Letter of Advice.
A son of Erin appeared at the mon
ey order window of a pootolti'-e, and
said that he wanted to "sind some
money to ould Oirelaud."
"Fill out this blank," said the clerk,
handing the applicant oneof the blanks
used on such occasion.
'Au' phwat is that?" aked Jerry.
'It's a blank that every applicant
for a money order mu-t fill out -a kind
of letter of advice regarding the money
order."
"An' phwat has a letther of advice
Ztt to do wid me sindin' tin doilars to
me ould mother?''
"A letter of advii-e to the postmaster
where the money is to be paid must al
w3's go with a money order."
Jerry went away from the window,
grumbling and mystified.
After half an hour of painful effort
at a high desk provided for the public
at one end of the room Jerry return
ed to the window and banded in this
'letterof advice" to the postmaster at
Bdlyearnej :
"D.-ar M ike, O'im tould Oi mut
give yt z a bit av advice before you'll be
able to pay me ould mother the two
p-Hiiids O'im sindin' ahmg with this.
S , Moike, Oi would ad vise yez to come
to Ameriky, au' get a job a kapin' post
o.'fice, for it's Hligant post ortice they
has here, an' Oi 'e no doubt the pay is
tin toiiues what it is wid you. So now
be sure an' pay me ould mother the
to pounds, for Oi've done as the law
says, and sint yez a letther of advice."
Youth's Companion.
Wale Hampton Trout Secipe.
Senator Vest, says the Louisville
Courier-Journal, is in West Virginia
catching mountaiu trout and cooking
them as his friend, Wade Hampton,
taught him to cook them in East Ten
nessee and West North Carolina. First
catch your trout though in the mean
time, have a good fire on the bank of
the stream that you can roast a potato
in the embers. Dress your trout before
the life is out of it, dip in cold spring
water until it is col J. Pat a rasher of
baeon inside it with butter, pepper
an i salt; inclose iu a green corn shuck,
from which the roasting ear has just
been taken, tie up, open the embers,
deposit the shuck and fish, eovt-r up
with hot embers and live coals, and by
and by you have a dish of fish that
Lucullus would have given the ransom
of a province for. That is what Vest
does every summer vacation, and there
is no telling how long a man who does
that is going to live.
As to Russia Leather.
There was a time when Russia leather
was exclusively a Russian export, aud
the demand exceeded the supply.
Always very desirable fjr the smaller
articles made of leather, jc'j as satchels
and pt cketbooks, it was especially in
demand fur binding valuable books, as
its aromatic rJjr repelled m y.hs aud
other lusects. A few volumes thus
covered would protect a whole library.
Its odor and pliability are principally
owing to the use of the oil of birch
bark in the finishing process. In 1173
our Minister to Russia, Marshall Jew
ell, bimsjlf a tanner, discovered the
pro -ess by which thij famous leather
was made. And from that time on
"U wsia" leather had au extensive mat
ufaeture and sale iu the United States.
Better yet, it ia as good as the importeL
And so you see we may indulge iu
choicest Russia leather without crip
pling home industry.
Beyond the Footlights
"Hid !"' whispered the villain, creep
ir;g stealthily across t be stage.
"Ye-; I expected you would be," re
joined the heroine.
And a murmur of applause trickled
down from the gallery. Chicago Newj.
DiSjulties ia His Way.
"When I marry," be said, "it will
be to a rear, j smart up to date girL"
"If that U your ambition," she re
plied, "you would better employ some
one ty do your loveonking. Chicago
Evening Post
How to keep potatoes sound and in
good condition until planting time, or
even later, la a matter that causes farm
ers in this latitude anxiety should the
wenther be variable in wiuter. A
Kansas farmer tried the experiment of
putting his potatoes in au airtight
chamber and bu ruing sulphur thereiu
for a few minutes until the fumes of
the sulphur rilled the chamber, which
s then closed for half an hour. The
potatoes may theu be placed iu bins iu
a cool place. He fouud that the sul
phur fumes prevented sprouting, des
troyed all disease such as scab aud
the potatoes were as sound aud at
tractive iu appearauce as thotw bought
for seed. He also found that they germ
inated ahead of others planted along
side, and made a much stronger
growth. He tested with ouly a few
bushels, being afraid of injury to the
potatoes, but recommends to farmers to
try the plan with a few bushels aud
compare with some not so treated. If
a tight barrel (whisky or vinegar) is
used it may be filled three-fourths to
the top, a sulphur candle lighted and
the top put on, throwing a piece of
carpet over the top to prevent leaking
of the gas. There will be enough
oxygen in the barrel to supply surtl
citit sulphur for the purpose. Every
half-hour the barrel may be emptied
and more potatoes used. Tne g is is
heavy and sinks to the bottom.
Last year it was made known that
the fruit buds on peach trees could tie
retarded iu opening by "whitewash
ing," and last spring the results were
very satisfactory. The trees are spray
ed In Iecember, with three subsequent
sprayings iu order to keep the trees
whitewashed. The whitened buds
will remain dormant until April, but
if not sprayed they may open in Feb
ruary or March. The cost is about ID
cents per tree. When whitewash was
used 30 per ceut of the buds passed
safely through the winter, while ouly
ti) per Cent of those not whitewashed
survived. Make the whitewash of four
parts water and two parts skimmed
milk, with enough freshly slaked lime
to have it of a consistency that will
permit of spraying it on the trees.
The Limited Relationship.
"How be ye'."' aed the stranger,
cordially, as he stopped bis buckboard
in front of the gate.
Uncle Hiram surveyed the outfit sus
piciously from where he stU ou the farm
house steps waiting for dii.iier, and ev
idently reached bis own conclusions as
to its nature.
"Wall," be replied, slowly, "I dunno
as I need no elixyer o' life er sure cure
fer consumption ter-day."
"I ain't no patent med'eine vender.
I'm " began the stranger.
"Ner air lightnin' rods a fav'rite in
vestment o' mine," broke in Uncle Hi
ram, emphatically.
"I tell ye I'm " again the stran
ger started to explain.
"An I got all the books I want, got
more readiu' 'n I cau 'tend ter since
thet eueyclopedyer feller roped me in,"
announced Uncle Hiram, decidedly.
"I aiu't no lKik agent," denied the
strauger, earnestly. "I'm "
"Nutherdo I hold by patent plough.,
ner churns, ner windmills, ner uuth
in," interrupted Uncle Hiram.
"I ain't selliu' iiuthiti, I'm sorter a
cousiu o' yonr'n," announced the
stranger, with desperate rapidity.
"Ye be?" queried Uncle Hiram,
doubtfully.
"I be," aitfrmed the stranger. "J,ry
maw's cousin, Arumder Meddergrass,
married a um-Ie o' yonr'n, Sile nar
rower." "Ya-as, I've beam tell o' someth'n'
likv thet" acknowledged Uncle Hiram,
thoughtfully. "Wall, put yer hotta iu
the barn; tbet's good nuff fer dinner,
but ye can't stay all night ou it, mind
ye. ' New York World.
Teach Children to Read Aloud.
A mother should take great pains to
teach her children to read aloud ac
ceptably. Much time and money are
often expended in cultivating the voice
for singing, and yet quite as much
pleasure may be given by the person
who reads aloud in a pleasing manner.
No attempt need be made at elocu
tion as the word is ordinarily under
stood; distiuct utterance and proper
emphasis so as to convey easily to the
hearer the meaning of the sentences
read are all that is necessary. Ladies'
Home Journal.
How to Tell a Good Sponge.
Although the difference betwjen a
good and a bad sponge is very marked,
but few people seem able to appreciate
it. The first requisite of a good
sponge is that it should be dark in
c ilor. The beautiful yellow sponges
commonly seen in droggists' windows
are a delusion and a snare. The natu
ral color is a light to medium brown,
and the yellow sponge have been
bleached by a vitriol bath, which de
stroys their elasticity and makes them
wear out much sooner.
Bta Taaag sad Old Caald Ltara to 1,4
vaatag. We have in our school in this country
clti-ae ia the three r'., ia grammar, in
geography, ia history and ia various oth
er thiugs. but none iu oouruwy and coin
mm sense. 4 ftea it appears as if there
was a more imperative need of this clasa
than of any other.
Why cot impart a lilt'.o slant tovsrd
morality in the reading of the ex .juiou
schools not religion, by aoy manner of
mean, but ethics. The boy or girl who
reads a story or an incident ia which the
sKentiai wrjngof theft is illustrated, who
is tiiadt to the self-injury it works, as
well as ths hardship ou others, is the I
likely to he ;Te.-teJ by unwholesome sur
roundings and vicious example. Educa
tion Ls a moral help ia itseif, and crime
finds its follower cbitlly among the ig
norant ; but oia.l.i .t ought to be as much,
an air;rof public solicitude art informa
tion and reanouing have become, and the
paper set before us a daily Jit of oin utu-laii-n
that prove bow erude the idea of
many people are in respect to their mor
als and bebavh.r. A few words spoken
in time by a teacher, or one in authority,
night check the IhoughtliAoitiaHe of thxe
children who thruw banana peeliug ou
the sidewalks t the risk of the whole
public; who smash the glass ia lamp
posts for amusement ; and it might inform
thousands that In America it ia the rale
of the road to pass to the right instead of
crins - crowing every which way and
bumping against all comers. Kspet-ially,
it might instruct them in the absolute
worthlwaneM of sticks and stones that so
many hoard as "relies," because they
were stcleu from a place of interest.
Dyspepsia bane of human existence.
Burdock Blood Bitters cures it,
promptly, permanently. liegulatea
and tones the stomach.
To brighten and clean windows, put
s tea.Mpfjl of ammouia to every pail
ful of tepid water, wash well with a
sponge cr soft rag, tben dry with a
eJean cloth, and polish with a leather
or an old silk handkerchief.