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RED BROXCHO
MARE'S DEATH
"Of course you have all seen that old
circus fake of the man runniDg against
horse on the quarter mile hippodrome
iracK," said a man recently returned
from Mexico. "I want to tell you that
less than a month ago I saw a race of a
man ou foot against a wild horse,
where the man won, and tbe race was
on the dead level, too. It was down in
Mexico, on the edge of the Yaqui coun
try, where they are just now pulling
off their smi-aunual bargain -counter
insurrection. I was down there look
ing after the interests of some people
w ho had money in tbe Yaqui placers,
and I wandered over to the northwest
to the edjre of the Seri Indian country,
where I happened to see the man who
could beat a running hor.e.
"The Seri country is about fifty miles
northwest of H m sillo, the cap t J f
the State of Sonora. Tbe Heris are
probably the most peculiar Indians in
the Western hemisphere. They do net
seem to be related by language, cus
toms or physical make-up to any other
known tribe. They are a race of big,
black giants for the most part, some of
them measuring six feet seven and near
ly all of them one or two iuches over
six feet The womeu will average tall
er than white men, so that the tribe as
a whole is a formidable proposition.
They have the pleasant habit of kill
ing off all weakling children, as well
as the members of the tribe who are too
old and feeble to shift for themselves,
and the country they live In is so in
hospitable that the tribe is a fine type
of tbe survival of the fittest In color
and features tbey are more like negroes
than Indians, and some of their rites
and superstitions seem to have a dis
tinctly African tinge. It is a capital
offense for one cf them to marry out
side of the tribe, and tbe principal tenet
of their religion, according to the neigh
boring Mexicans, is to kill every one
they meet wLo is not of their own
blood.
'All this don't bear on tbe hor?e-rnce
particularly, but it will give you eume
idea of the sort of people the Seris are,
and lend a color of probability to an
otherwise strong story. I kept hearing
all sorts of pipe stories cf tbe Seris as
soon as we got anywhere near their
country. Tbe Mexicans are afraid of
them and endow them with almost
fabulous powers of endurance and des
ert cunning. We were told that a Seri
could trail a man across country by star
light and that tbey never used horses
except to kill and eat, and that they
could run down a deer on foot The
deer story was repeated by everybody,
but I never met a man who pretended
to have actually seen it till we stopped
at the Costa Rica ranch, owned by old
Pasqual Encinas, right on the edge of
the Seri country. Encinas is the Dan
iel Boone of Mexico, and tbe man who
solved the Seri problem for Sonora. He
got a grant of land from tbe Govern
ment aud settled down right in beri
territory, surrounded himself with a
small army of vaqueros and Papago In
dians, as armed retainers and fought
tbe Seris to a standstill. Now they
are thoroughly afraid of bim, and nev
er kill bis stock if they can find any
other brand on the range, and never
shoot bis vanqueros from ambush with
their poisoned arrow s uuless they bap
pen to have some personal score to set
tle. As tbe old man and his followers
have planted some three hundred Seris
in that part of the country it may be
inferred tbat there are still some old
scores of tbat sort outstanding.
"Old Encinas is very foud of talking
over bis coffee and cigarettes after din
ner out under the brick-floored veranda
of the ranch house, and he assured me
that he had several times seen Seris
run down deer on foot His explana
tion was tbat they trail almost as well
as dogs, running by eye, of course, in
stead of by nose, and tbat tbey can go
at a lope and keep a deer's trail through
the brush, no matter what sort of
ground he crosses. One of them will
start out and scare up a deer in tbe
nieequite and keep after it at a swift
wolf-trot all day if necessary, never
giving it a chance to stop for food or
water. In the course of a day he will
run it off its feet and kill it with a
knife.
" 'The first time,' said tbe old man,
that I ever saw a deer run down in
that way was soon after I got well set
tled here. Tbe Seris were nominally
at peace with us for tbe time, and I bad
a lot of them working for me, as I have
off and on all tbe time. One afternoon
one cf them came to me and asked to
get off to g bunting. It was well cn
in tbe afternoon then, and I said to
him: "Yalga, you do not want to bunt
You want to get drunk on Antonio Me-
guile's mescale and not go to work to
morrow." Rut be sulked around and
said I wanted to 6tarve his sorrowing
family and that there were deer out in
tbe meequite yearning to be killed. So
I told him to go, knowing well enough
be would go anyhow and probably take
the whole lot of his fellows along aith
him if be were crossed. I did not
tbink anything more about bim till
after sunset, wben he came up, just as
we were stopping work for the day. I
s.id to him: "Well, you have bad a
g Kxl sleep in the brush. I hope you
are satisfied." Said he: "Yes, I did
hare a good sleep, and I dreamed that
I killed a deer. If the senor will look
over there be will see ray son bringing
him in." I looked, and there sure
enough was a boy staggering in with a
doe on bis back with her throat freshly
cut The Seri had nothing with bim
but a knife, and I examined the doe all
over, and there was not a mark on ber
except tbe slit in ber throat I noticed
tbat all four of her hoofs were off, and
tbe Papagos, noticing this, said: "Yes,
it is true tbat be ran her down. A deer
always cas's its hoofs when run down
by a man." I find that that belief
holds good among all the Indiana, but
I have since noticd tbat in summer
time, when tbe ground is very hot and
the deer are fat and heavy, the same
thing often happens if you run them
d)wn with horses.'
"Tbat was Encinas' story of the Seri
running power, but tbe next day I hap
pened to get an exhibition of it myself
tbat satisfied me even better. Just be
fcie we were going to bed tbe major
SOMERSET, PA.,
domo came up and reported tbat the
verba Colorado had come into the
troughs. It seems the verba Colorado
was a little red mare, the Incarnation
of a devil in the wild range horse. She
had a reputation among all the 3,000
head of stock on the ranch, having
been a maverick so long tbat when she
was finally caught up and branded she
was too wild to be of any use for either
work or breeding. She had nearly kill
ed an Indian and a Mexican who bad
undertaken to break ber, and had been
turned loose again. She never came
into the ranch except in the dryest
weather, when all tbe outlying water
boles had gone dry and she was forced
to steal in at night for a drink from the
big tanks in the corral. It bad passed
into a saying on the Costa Rica and
other ranches around when a particu
larly bad spell of drought occurred,
that it was bad enough to bring the red
mare home,
"Old Eucinas told the foreman to
keep the verba penned up for tbe night
and then, chuckling, rubbed his dry
hands and said we would have some
sport in tbe morning. Then he sent a
peon off to the Seri rancheria to see if
Pablo was there. While the messen
ger was gone he explained to me tbat
Pablo was one of tbe most noted run
ners of tbe tribe, and as the red mare
was fit for nothing but killing anyhow,
be was going to match her in a sprint
race with tbe Indian.
"When Pablo came up, it struck me
that If any man could run down a
broncho horse he probably was the
one. He was six feet four, and weigh
ed about 180, all bone and whipcord.
He was as black as a lead idol, and as
nearly naked as tbe law allowed. He
was barefooted, too, but tbe old don ex
plained to me tbat none of the Seris
ever woi9 anything on his feet, which
was the way their trail was always to
be distinguished from a Papago's. En
cinas explained to Pablo tbat be was
going to turn the red mare loose in the
morning, and tbat if Pablo could give
her ten feet start and catch her in 300
varas, approximately 300 yards, he
could have her.
"Next morning everybody who could
"pare the time assembled at tbe corral.
Tbe wild mare was inside, circling un
easily, and sniffing at every corner for
an outlet Encinas drew a line ten
paces from tbe corral gate and told
Pablo be must let tbe mare get over
tbat before be started for her. Then a
vaquero was sent inside to get tbe
broncho started, and tLe bars were let
down.
Pablo was waiting just at the open
ing, guiltless of any adornment except
a breech clout and a big butcher-knife
strapped to bis hip. It would be strain
ing tbe term to call him a bronze
Adonis or Apollo or any other old
Greek deity, for be wasn't But such
another human greyhound I have nev
er seen. Standing six feet four, and
lean as Pharaoh's kine, be hardly gave
promise of the power that was really in
him. Dark as a negro, but with long,
straight hair falling almost to his shoul
ders, and his white teeth gleaming aa he
occasionally moistened his lips, he had
a sinister look like one of the old Ethi
opian stranglers out of the 'Arabian
Nights.' His powerful neck and great
race-horse ehest were his most striking
features, and if it had not been for
those and his broad hips, bis wasp-like
waist and sunken abdomen would have
made him look almost delicate.
"As the vaquero rode into the corral
tbe broncho mare started for the open
gate. She shied from the little crowd
outside and swept around the incloeure
again. Pablo was waiting at the gate,
his foot braced against the post Qd
stooping forward with his hands on his
knees, every muscle like a spring coil
ed up ready to be released.
"Tbe red mare came around again at
a gallop, and, as the vanquero made a
feint at her with bis rope, she swerved
and dashed through the gate like a
Futurity winner at the wire. Almost
tbe instant she flashed by Pablo was in
the dust at ber heels, but it was a stand
ing start against a flying one, and by
tbe time he bad got into bis stride she
had increased her lead to fifteen or
twenty feet She headed straight across
the wide dusty clearing like a deer seek
ing cover, and the Seri at her flank go
ing her jump for jump. It was a race
for blood, a case of beast against beast,
for tbe big, black, naked figure looked
more like a wolf than a man, and
bounded free like a wolf at full stretch.
"Half-way across the clearing he had
closed up the gap again. Then a long
black arm shot out, and in a single
spring be had tbe mare by tbe taiL
With a powerful twist he threw her,
and both of them disappeared for a
minute In a cloud of dust As it cler.
ed away we saw the knife flash at her
throat, and wben we came up Pablo
was complacently catching the warm
blood in bis band and drinking it
"The distance was measured, a scant
250 yards. No one held a stop watch
on the performance, but I believe it
would have cut considerably under
any existing record." New York Sun.
Greater StilL
At an agricultural show in Dublin a
pompous Member of Parliament who
arrived late found himself on tbe out
skirts of a large crowd.
Being anxious to obtain a good view
for himself and some lady friends who
accompanied him, and, presuming that
be was well known to tbe spectators,
be tapped a burly coal porter on tbe
shoulder and peremptorily ordered:
"Make way there!"
"Who are pushin' 7" was the unex
pected response.
"Do you know who I am, sir!" ci ied
the Indignant M. M. "I'm a represen
tative of the people."
"Yah!" growled the porter, "but
we're the bloomin' people themselves!"
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29. 1899.
SIX YICE PRESIDENTS HAVE
DIED Iff OFFICE.
So S accessor to Hobart
Tbe law applicable to tbe Vice Presi
dency wu enacted January 19, 18S6, by
the Forty-ninth Congress, first session.
The effect of the law is not to provide
a succession to tbe Vice Presidency,
but merely to insure a succession to the
Pre idency.
By the death of Mr. Hobart Senator
William P. Frye, of Maine, becomes
President pro tempore of tbe Senate,
and will discharge all the duties of the
Vice President as presiding officer of
that body. Tbe Senate rules specifical
ly provide that no election is necessary
at the beginning of the session. Sena
tor Frye, accordingly, will continue as
presiding officer until the end of Presi
dent McKinley's administration, un
less be chooses to resign or tbe Senate
wishes to elect another Senator to the
office.
6CCCES8ION TO THE PRESIDENCY.
The main features of the succession
law follow: Be it enacted, etc, that in
case of removal, death, resignation or
Inability of both the President and Vice
President of the United States, tbe Sec
retary of State, or Secretary cf the
Treasury, or Secretary of War, or At
torney General, or Postmaster General,
or Secretary of the Navy, or Secretary
of the Interior shall act as President
until tbe disability of tbe President is
removed or a President shall be elected.
The law further provides that when
one of tbe above Cabinet officers suc
ceeds to tbe Presidency, be shall call a
special session of Congress. A proviso
limits the succession to those who would
be eligible to the Presidency under the
terms of the Constitution, and who j
have been appointed with tbe advice
and consent of tbe Senate.
FOUR DEATHS ON SUCCESSIVE DATES.
A curious coincidence of tbe death of
Vice President Hobart is found in tbe
fact tbat of the six Vice Presidents who
have died in office four died within a
few days of the day of the month in
the year of their deaths, the death of
Mr. Hobart being the 21st of Novem
ber, 1899; that of Henry Wilson, the
22d of November, 1S75; that of Elbridge
Gerry, November 23d, 1814, and that of
Thomas A. Hendricks, November 24th,
1SS-). The other two Vice Presidents
who died in office were George Clinton
and William R. King. The former died
April 20, 1812, and tbe latter April 17,
1S53.
HOBART THE SIXTH TO DIE.
Six Vice Presidents bave now died in
office, two more tban the number cf
Presidents who have terminated their
office by reason of death.
The first incumbent of the second of
fice under the Government who died
was George Clinton, Vice President
with James Madison during the latter's
first Administration. He was a New
Yorker, 73 years of age. He was suc
ceeded by Elbridge Gerry, of Massa
chusetts. He died the next year In
Washington, and was 70 yeurs old.
William R. King, of Alabama, was
inaugurated Vice President in 1863.
He. lived but a few weeks, and died at
his home in Dallas county, Alabama,
at tbe age of 67. This was at the
beginning of the Administration of
Franklin Pierce, and tbe first an
nouncement of a Vice President's
death of which any record has been
kept was made by President Pierce on
April 20, 18-r3. This announcement
was as follows:
FIRST OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMltiT.
"The President has, with deep sor
row, received information that the Vice
President of the United States, Wil
liam R. Kiug, died on the 13th instant
at bis residence in Alabama.
"In testimony of respect for eminent
station, exalted character, and, higher
and above all stations, for a career of
public service and devotion to tbU
Union, which, for duration and useful
ness, is almost without a parallel in the
history of the Republic, tbe labors of
tbe various departments will be sus
pended. "The Secretaries of War and Navy
will issue orders that appropriate mili
tary and naval honors be rendered to
the memory of one to whom such a
tribute will not be formal, but heartfelt
from tbe people tbe deceased has so
faithfully served.
"The public offices will be closed to
morrow and badges of mourning be
placed on tbe Executive Mansion and
all the executive departments at Wash
ington." JEFFERSOX DAVIS GAVE THE ORDER.
The announcement of tbe death of
Vice President King to tbe army was
made by Jefferson Davis, then Secre
tary of War. He issued the necessary
orders for the display of tbe flag at half
staff and firing minute guns and the
national salute.
Tbe next Vice President to die was
Henry Wilson, who was elected on the
ticket with U. 8. Grant in 1872. He
died in Washington in 1875 at tbe age
of 53, and bis death was announced to
the people of tbe country in an execu
tive proclamation by President Grant
Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana,
who was elected Vice President on the
ticket with G rover Cleveland in 1S84,
only occupied tbe position a few
months, as his death occurred on No
vember 25, 18So, and was announced to
tbe people of the United States by Pres
ident Cleveland and appropriate orders
issued by his Secretaries of War and
Navy for official mourning.
Used bj British. Soldiers in Africa
Capt C. G. Dennison is well known
all over Africa as commander of tbe
forces tbat captured tbe famous rebel
Oallsha. Under data of Nov. 4,1837.
from Vryburg, Bechuanaland, he
writes: "Before starting on the last
campaign I bought a quantity of
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, which I used my
self when troubled with bowel com
plaint, aud had given to my men, and
in every case it proved most beneficial."
For sale by all druggists.
Mrs. Youngwife I want to get some
salad.
Dealer Yea, ma'am. How many
beads?
Mrs. Youngwife Oh, goodness! X
thought you took tbe beads off. I just
want plain chicken salad.
A Corruption Fund.
The information cornea from Phila
delphia that tbe insurgents who will
next year begin an assault ou the reg
ular Republican organization have
been busy accumulating a barrel for
campaign purposes, and that already
almost $200,000 has been accumulated,
with a prospect of ultimately collect
ing f.WO.000. Now, this money, as is
publicly stated, is to be used for cam
paign purposes, and, if so, it cannot
legitimately be so used. There is no
exigency that may arise tbat will call
for the expenditure of such an enor
mous sum of money, and if it is used it
is fair to presume that it will be used
illegitimately. What a picture ? Here
are the men posing as reformers, cry
ing "down with the corrupt machine,"
and at the same time raising a corrup
tion fund of $-500,000 to carry out their
purpose of defeating the regular Re
publican organization. Do these al
leged reformers imagine for one mo
ment that the people do not know
what tbey are doing? Have they au
idea that they are fooling anybody?
If so, tbey bad better dispossess them
selves of it at once, Tbe people know
that that amount of mouey Cannot be
expended honestly in a primary elec
tion in this State, and they draw the
inference that it U to be expended dis
honestly. Some of the men engaged
in tbe fight against the regular Repub
lican organization owe all they have to
the Republican party. Outside of the
opportunities they secured through the
party organization they never bad a
chance to accumulate wealth, but It so
happened that they mad. the money
whiledoing party work, and, for all
we know, they made it honestly. And
now they propose to expend the money
as a corruption fund to defeat the regu
lar party organization. They will fail
this time as they have failed every year
since 1S&, when the fight against the
organization began, and tbe people
will keep an eye on the men who will
expend this immense corruption fund.
Perhaps there may be some more jail
cases. Harrisburg Telegraph.
Why Keats Cost More.
Tbe advance in tbe price of beef
which has taken place this summer is
ascribed chiefly to tbe decrease la the
number of cattle in this couitrv while
the fact that tbe country is so prosper
ous that people generally bave more
money to spend than usual has caused
a greater demand for choice cuts of
beef. Ray Stannard Baker, In an arti
cle In tbe current number of Harper's
Weekly, explaining tbe rise in tbe price
of meat, quotes the figures of the De
partment of Agriculture to show bow
great a decrease there has been in the
number of cattle during recent years.
It appears tbat In January, 1HM, there
were 30,849,024 head of cattle ia the
United States, or 589 to every 1,000 of
tbe population. In 18H5 the number
bad fallen to 34,364,216, or about 490
bead of cattle to every 1,000 of the pop
ulation. In the succeeding four years
there has been a drop of about 2,000,000
each year, so that there were only 27,
94,223 in 1899, or about 373 head of cat
tle to every 1,000 of the population.
Compared with 1892 there are 10,000,000
bead of cattle less in the country this
year.
This very large reduction ra the sup
ply of cattle would seem to be a suffi
cient cause for an increase in the price
of beef, but it seems strange tbat the
advance should not have Uken place
till this summer. One would naturally
tbink that the scarcity of cattle wou'd
have made itself felt in tbe price of
beef some time ago. Mr. Baker refers
to this phase of the qwwtion vaguely as
follows:
"This enormous decrease in meat
producing animals was not especially
apparent during the prevalence of bard
times, but tbe return of prosperity and
tbe renewed demand for better food
suddenly caused a shortage, and a con
sequent rise In prices."
Hard times have not prevailed for
some time now, yet the price of beef
did not advance until quite recently,
long after bard times bad teased. It
appears tbat the stock-raisers did not
raise their prices until this summer,
however, which affords a reasonable
explanation for the rise in the price of
meat at the same time. Mr. Baker
quotes the price of bx( at tbe stock
yards during the last three summers as
f.llows: 1897, $180 per 100 pound on
the hoof, or 7.9c per pound for prime
beef; 1834, $ 2-j per 100 pounds on the
hoof, or 8.5c a pound for prime beef;
1893, $4.20 per 100 pounds on tbe hoof,
or 9.25c a pound for prime beef. These
figures show an Increase of 2.35c in the
price of prime beef per pound since
1897. and their large increase means
several millions of dollars In tbe pork
eta of tbe cattle-raisers. Tbe stock
business must, tber- fore, be booming
and the natural result should be a rapid
increase in tbe number of cattle wbicb
will in the'eourse of time bring down
the price of beef again. Milwaukee
SentineL
Chamberlain's Pain Balm Cares Oth
ers, Why Sot Yoa!
My wife has been using Chamber
lain's Pain Balm, with g kk! results.
for a lama shoulder that has pained ber
continually for nine years. We have
tried all kinds of medicines and doctors
without receiving any benefit from any
of them. One day we saw an adver
tisement of this medicine and thought
of trying it, which we did with the
best of satisfaction. She has used only
one bottle and ber shoulder is almost
welL Adolph L. Millett Manchester,
N. H. For sale by all druggists.
A Terrible Possibility.
Old Gen. Abercrombie, "who never
tasted water," was once asked why it
was tbat be had such a natural dip
like for water. "I'll tell you of an in
cident that'll help explain it," was the
frank old soldier's reply. "A good
many years ago I was crossing the great
continental divide. It was colder tban
Greenland. In one of my saddle pock
ets I bad a jog of whisky and in the
other a jug of water. Well, it was so
cold tbat the jug of water froae op and
busted. Supposing it had been Inside
of me."'
Herald.
Superstitions About Stones.
From the earliest times it would
seem that all precious stones have been
given a superstitious value entirely
apart from that of personal adornment;
so that while with us of the west the
opal and the pearl appear to be tbe
only gems to which supernatural pow
ers are ascribed, both the people of the
Orient and the ancients have regarded
with veneration every Jewel, from the
precious diamond to the common agate.
Of the former stone, it special value
In the eyes of tbe Hindoos is its aup
p sed influence upon traveler?, protect
ing them from thugs aud other dangers
during their journeys and bringing
them safely home to their friends and
relatives.
Among tbe ancients, according to
Boetius, an authority, the diamond
was regarded as symbolical of justice,
hence the judges of hales were describ
ed as having hearts and bosoms of ada
mant; while it was in this substance
that the cloud of destiny were shroud
ed to show their irrevocable and im
mutable nature.
It wa further believed that if one of
these stones were placed under the pil
low of a suspected wife she would in
her sleep disclose either her infidelity
or the reverse; and its antipathy to the
lode-stone was supposed to be so great
and powerful as to prevent tbe latter
from attracting iron wben in the same
viciuity.
With the Hindoos of to-day the ruby
is esteemed as a talisman which u
never shown willingly to friends, and
is considered ominous of the worst pos
sible fortune if it should happen to
contain black spots. The ancients ac
credited it with the power of restrain
ing passion, and regarded it as a safe
guard against lightning.
Among the Hebrews the sapphire
seems to have been regarded with the
highest veneration, tradition asserting
that the vision which appeared to
Moses on tbe mount was in a sapphire,
while it was said that the first tables
of the law were engraved upon tbat
precious substance. A Hindoo author
ity thus describes the influence of a
sapphire over its wearer:
"Of the sapphire, it purifies the
blood, strengthens the system, quenches
tbirdt, dispels melancholy reflections,
and as a talisman averts danger and
insures honors and competence." In
addition to these properties, the sap
phire was supposed to have the power
of reproducing its species, hence the
expression, "male" or "female" sap
phire, used In the East to-day, denot
ing stones of deep or light color.
To the emerald, according to Pliny,
tbe ancients attributed the power of
healing weak sight by gazing into Its
soft green depths, and of its disclosing
false witnesses by changing color in
the presence of such persona. The
same authority relates with all apparent
seriousness the following curious em
erald story: "In the Island of Cyprus
there is placed on the tomb of King
Hermas a lion sculptured in marble,
and for eyes emeralds were let in,
which (bone so brightly on the sur
rounding sea that the fish were fright
ened away, and the fishermen, observ
ing this with dismay, removed the
emeralds from the lion, replacing them
by some stones not having so much
brilliaucy." By the Peruvians the
emerald was considered the choicest
gift to make to their idols. Pizarro
mentioning one aa large as an ostrich
egg, which tbey worshiped under the
title of tbe Goddess of Emeralds, and
which was displayed by the high priest
on great festivals only.
Speaking of other stones Boetius says
the jacinth, if worn on the finger, pro
cures sleep; the amethyst dispels
drunkeuness,, and sharpens the wit;
the turquoise preserves from contagion,
drawing upon itself the threatened
sickness, though only if tbe stone be a
present; tbe heliotrope renders its
wearer invisible at will; the chrysolite
loses iU brilliancy if placed in the vi
cinity of poison, and also cools boiling
water, while the opal, as it unites ia
itself the colors of every other gem, so
aL does its possess all their qualities,
both moral and healing.
By the ancients gems were supposed
to be generated ia tbe workings of
lapidific spirits, tbe pearl being form
ed of tbe morning dew druuk ia by
shellfish, its unlucky quality being,
liki the optl, entirely modern and due
to its resemblance to a tear.
Certain precious stones were supposed
to symbolize the Twelve Apost!e, as
well as the twelve months ia the year,
while of the twelve stones set in the
breastplate of the High Priest of Israel,
tradition says that when on tha day of
atonement the High Priest aaked tbe
Almighty forgiveness for the sins of tbe
whole nation, if they were forgiven
the stoned in tbe Uriru aal Taam rxlua
shone most brightly; if the contrary,
they became black.
Beware of Food S&mpl i.
Quite recently in New York two
deaths occurred from poisoning by the
use of powder sent to the victims by
rnaiL In Leavenworth, Kana, the
other day nearly every doctor In town
was called to attend the children who
who had gathered up, eaten, and been
made ill by samples of a a article left at
houses by canvassers for advertising
purposes.
Alum baking powders are largely
used for this sampling business. Yet
there is nothing mire liable to lead to
danger than the practice of using the
various samples of baking powder left
at tbe door. They are presented by Ir
responsible parties. In appearance are
not distinguishable from arsenic, and
indeed, in Indiana some time since one
package was found, after it had caused
the death of the housewife, to bave
been mixed with tbat poison.
It is safer to refuse all samples of
food or medicine offered at the door.
Pure cream of tartar baking powders
sell upon their merits, and are never
peddled or sampled.
If you have catarrh, rheumatism, or
dyspepsia, take Hood's Sarsaparilla
and be cured as thousands of others
have been.
Pigs fed ou barley or barley and
wheat at present market prices will
pay for all food consumed wben pork
l3Jc a pound.
WHOLE NO. 2522.
A Word to PoliitcaJ Ins argent.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The lexicographers tell us that an
Insurgent is one who rises in forcible
opposition to lawful authority. The
framersof this definition must have
had an Intimate acquaintance with the
methods of tbe combination of would-
be leaders who have been conducting a
guerrilla warfare in tbe politics of our
State during tbe past few years. What
a combination it is! It is made up of
decayed or decaying politicians, would
be or "bas been" bosses the "has
beens" largely preponderate now and
then an old time ballot box stuffer is
thrown iu, for the purpose of making
tbe reform movement look more sincere,
then there are disappointed and dis
gruntled office seekers who always
make zealous reformers, and to this list
may be added au occasional hypocriti
cal Sunday school worker, who has
forgotten tbe scriptural injunction that
it is easier for a camel to go through
the eve of a needle than a rich man to
enter tbe Kingdom of Heaven. And
this is the combination that intends to
purify the politics of Pennsylvania-
God nave tbe Commonwealth.
The public is not permitted to know
the secrets of this cabal of political in
triicuers: but whisperings around tbe
keyhole seem to indicate a plan of cam
paign along the following lines, to wit
1. Ballot reform will be the shib
boletb, and it ia tbe intention to maki
this so loud and strong that tbe voteis
will forget the kind of people who
make it
2. For the purpose of purifying the
ballot, making corruption and bribery
impossible, and securing uuseltlsb.
irenuine reform a campaign iuna oi
large proportions is to be raised aud
placed in the bands of a practical poli
tician for safe investment
3. The reform campaign, on a cash
basis, is to be made first at tbe Repub
lican primaries, for it must not be for
gotten tbat some, if not all, of these
geutlemea claim to be Republicans io
the sense tbat they want office and
deem it advisable to bave some sort of
a connection with the party.
4. If they fail at the primaries, as
fail tbey will, then it is their avowed
purpose to make an illiance with the
Democrats by fusion or otherwise, for
the purpose of defeating Republican
members of the Legislature.
What a scheme! And yet many of
the gentlemen back of this movement
bave sufficient assurance to call them
selves honorable men. It is the priv
ilege of every American citizen to be
long to any party he chooses, or to no
party if he so desires. It is his un
questioned right to be a Republican, a
Democrat, a Populiat, a Prohibitionist,
ora free silverite, as this is a matter
of free choice on the part of the indi
vidual citizen. Or if tbe voter does not
care to be affiliated with any party, but
votr as an independent without re
gard to party at tbe general elections,
no one will deny him that right. But
w hen a voter claims to be a Republi
can, helps to make the party rules, or
a3p!re to oftW unljr those rules, at
tends tbe primaries and takes part in
the nominating convention, is freely
given an opportunity of voting for and
aiding in tbe nomination of his favorite
candidates, be is bound by all the rules
of honorable fair dealing to abide by
the decision of the raaprity and sup
port the candidates named by his par
ty. If a person is not willing to be
bxind by a majority of the votes
cvst at the primaries, honestly and
f lirly held, he should not attend them.
To attempt to control the primaries,
and having failed, to enter into a com
bination with another political party
f r the purpose of defeating candidates
f tirly nominated, is a dishonorable act
j tilled by any manly standard. No
man should apire to party honors and
party favors who is not willing to ac
cept the recorded will of the majority
of his party on any question involving
party policy. A party cannot exist if
the right of tbe will of the majority to
control Is denied.
Let us give a word of advice to our
insurgent brethren who are about to
set out on another campaign before tbe
rainy season begins. Make all the fight
you want to make at tbe primaries;
select candidates in sympathy with
you; put Into the contest for necessary
and legitimate expenses as much
money as. your consciences and reform
records will taod, beat political tom
tom so loud tbat you may think you
are fooling the people; preach reform
from tbe bouse tops so tbat the voters
will forget to ex a rue tbe records of each
one of you individually; go about tell
ing tbe good people bow much better
you are tban your fellow men, and how
much they ought to elevate you to po
litical leadership iu place of those bad
men at the head of party affairs; do
all this with a fervency of spirit be
coming the true reformer, and then If
a majority of the Republican voters de
cides against you, as they surely will,
drop quietly down to earth once more,
throw aside your reform cloaks which
very illy fit you, to say the least; forget
forever that you made any hypocritical
pretensions about reform, accept the
decision of the majority as binding,
aud, filially, enj y with the rest of ns
the blessings of peace and prosperity
that have come to our State and nation
under the McKinley administration.
Trust Those Who Have Tried.
I suffered from catarrh of tbe worst
kind and never hoped for cure but Ely's
Cream Balm seems to do even that
Oscar Ostrora, 45 Warren Ave., Chi
cago, I1L
I suffered from catarrh; It got so bad
I could not work; I used Ely's Cream
Balm and am entirely well. A. C
Clarke, 311 Suawmut Ave., Boston,
Mass.
The Balm does not irritate or cause
sneezing. Sold by druggists at 50 cts,
or mailed by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren
St, New York.
"Yoa duroed expansionist," remark
ed the man with th long sorrel beard,
"ought to remember the frog that tried
to be as big as the ox and swallowed
hisstlf up till be busted."
"Tbat frog wasn't n expansionist,"
said the other man. "He was an In
flationist" Chicago Tribune.
Sugar Corn from Maine.
The corn-canning Industry of Maine,
now a very Important product of the
State, bad its origin thirty years ago.
perhaps more, when some small fac
tories for canning the sweet corn of
Maine were elected in that State, and
from year t year the canneries have
been enlarged aud the methods em
ployed in preserving the corn bave ad
vanced. Now, instead of cutting the
kernels from the cob by band a ma
chine is used. Machinery also fills the
cans, seals them, labels them In fact,
human bands touch the corn but twice
from the time it leaves the field until
it Is on the table, the picking and hulk
ing being tbe exception.
During the winter months agents lor
the different packing houses visit the
farmers who have land adapted to corn
raising and contract with them for a
certain amount of acreage. The seed
corn is furnished without cost to the
farmer by the packing houses, but be
has to stand for bis fertilizer, and it be
hooves him to be liberal la bis nse o
nutriment fr his crops yield larger.
After the latter part of August and
during the month of September tbe
farmers load the great carta with the
ears from baskets as tbey are removed
from the stalks. Wben the first load
arrives at the factory a bushel basket
of the corn in the husks is taken from
the load, stripped of silks and busks
and taken to the cuttiog machine.
Usually a bushel of corn on the ear
will yield about eight quarts of corn
kernels, and the farmer la paid for hit
entire crop on that basis.
Under a great shed, with the sides
open, the corn is dumped in huge piles,
and then the buskers commence work
at four cents for each basket husked.
As they fill a basket it is carried to the
foreman, who gives them a check for
it, and when they have collected
twenty-five he exchanges with tbeni
for a check good for $1 at the com
pany's office.
From the huskers the corn goes to the
cutters, to the sifter, where all foreign
matter is removed, with comparatively
no waste of good com; thence to the
steamer, filler, cappers, sealers, cooker,
cooler, and, lastly, to the labeling room,
where the lithographed labels are put
on previous to being packed in the box
for shipment It takes less than ten
minutes from tbe time the corn leaves
the busker for it to reach the cooker,
where it remains for aa hour and five
minutes.
The method of detecting sour corn
after it has been cooked is no vet After
the corn has cooked it is struck sharply
on the end of a log, and if either end of
the can swells it is sent back to tbe
cooker and tbe recookiog renders it
sweet
This year's stock of Maine corn will
be about 300,000 cases or 10,000,000 cars
aud represents about $1,344,000. Tbis
of course, is in tbe naked article before
it goes to tbe wholesaler.
How Lipton Started.
Tbe Home Magazine tells this story
of Sir Thomas Lipton s start ia busi
ness:
Young Lipton went to London with
a borrowed capital of about $500. He
rented a small shop, spent one-half of
this sum iu purchasing a stock of tea,
getting it cheap for cash, and tbe other
half he put in a separate box to be used
entirely and exclusively for adver
tising.
Tbi9 wa the time whea $10,000-per-
day advertising houses were an un
known proposition, so that it wa4
not surprising tbat Liptm's friends
shook their heads at bis scheme. But
the scheme worked to perfection.
Marking hUgood at the very low
est figures which were lower than
thosj of other tea merchants, for It was
not customary at that time for merch
ants to pay cash for their stock Lip
ton got ready for his advertising. He
bought two of the fattest hogs that
could be found anywhere in London,
had them carefully scraped and clean
ed, tied pink ribbons around their
necks, and sent them waddling through
the crowded streets, each led by a ma a
dressed in pink, and having between
them another man carrying a banner
upon which were inscribed the words,
"We are going to Lipton's pink tea.
Come along yourself!"
Of course the shop was crowded with
in an hour. The low price caught the
people's fancy, too, and business be
came so brisk tbat, instead of serving
behind the counter as he had orginally
intended for about a year, Lipton was
compelled to employ a dozen clerks to
do that work, while he attended ex
clusively to tbe getting out of new ad
vertising dodges.
Sand for Dyspepsia.
"Eat half a teaspoon ful of sand a day
and you'll be healthy," says Louis Con
ner, a Chicago baker, according to tbe
Chicago Tribune.
Conners takes bis own medicine and
swallows a mouthful of sand in a glass
of water every 24 hours. He declares
tbat be thrives on the peculiar diet,
and that all of his family are sand
eaters, more or less.
"No, I don't buy it at the drug store;
sea sand nor none o' that," aaye Con
ners; "I just dip a cupful of sand and
slit and drift all mixed up out on the
lake front Then I wash the dirt out
of it, and eat the sand. I think it
probably would do just as well to eat
dirt and all, but I'm a little particular
about my diet."
Conners' theory is that every human
being, like some lower animals, needs
a certain amount of sand in the stom
ach to aid digestion.
"F'r instance, a canary bird," says
Connesfs, "will die in a few days unless
it gets sand or something of that kind
to eat A child, if it's allowed to crawl
around, will eat dirt, lots of it, and then
tbe mothers invariably give their chil
dren a prompt spanking for doing the
very thing that's oiood for them."
Corners has been eating sand abost
six months, and declares he hasn't bad
a twinge of dyspepsia since he began
the odd diet.
Let us urge you to try Wheeler's
Nerve Vitalizer for your nervous troub
les, its use means renewed health and
vigor. If you are not down sick It wilt
make you better, if you are sick it will
make you welL
All coughs and colds yield to Brant's
Balsam. Bottle so large will cure a
whole family. 25 cents. For sale at
Garmau's Drugstore, Berlin, Pa., and
Mountain A Sou's Drug Store, Con
fluence, Pa.
Knew the Difference.
The nice young ensign was showing
ber over tbe battleship.
"This," said he, "Is the quarter
deck."
4 Oh, really, now," she giggled. "I
know I'm stupid, but pla don't
make fun of me."
"Why?" be summered.
"Because I know the difference be
tween a warship and a 25-centtxcur-aiou
boat" Catholic Standard and
Times.