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A GLIMPSE 'OF
POLLY'S RT.
1.E KOY M. tkHJTT.
1 hail rapped several times on the
dor of IVIIy'H studio withoutjgaininx
a rerpotiKe, and was turning dippoint
edly away, when there wasasouod of
moveaieut wiliiiu.
I P8U!,m1, the door opened, and Polly
sttod before ine. A hideous cheeked
apron euveloped her from ehiu to toen,
a pulrtte was over her left thumb, and
blie held a trut-h with her teeth. Ou
the tip of her note wasa patch of green
puit, and at this I miled before 1 fuid
a word.
JMie tot.k the cmile as. a cballeuge.
"Wei!, what are you grini.iug at ?" tthe
deujauded. I knew at once that Polly
was liaiug an "off" day
"At your uoe," I answered, cheer
fully.
"At my no!" She took the brush
out of her mouth and stared iudiguaut
ly at me.
" Ve; it's green a beautiful emera.d
green: '
"Is that all ?' Polly quickly rubbed
her right sleeve across her face, thereby
transforming the bhitch to a green
smear that extended from nose-tip to
right ear. "What do I care for a little
paint! Rut, I suppose vou want to
come In?"
"That's what I came up for."
"I guess you'll have to, then. But do
you see that sign?" She indicated with
her brush the card on the door which
bore the statement: "Unless ou busiu-
ent', call after five."
"Oh, I noticed that. But this is only
me."
I can see that much. You don't
suppote I'd take you for anybody else,
do you? But com in, if you're going
to. Don't stand there all dav."
I looked at Polly aud whistled, but
Dot a line of her face relaxed. She
moved out of the doorway and I walk
ed into the room and dropped down on
the couch. Polly took tb ""at before
the easel aud begau dabbing ticlrcusly
at the paint ou her palette.
"What's the matter with you, Polly
I asked, at length. "You're off color
this afternoon."
"You thiuk so?" She turned and
looked at me.
"Decidedly. Not only here" I ran
a forefinger from my uose acrtss to my
right ear "but all over. "You're out
of sorts."
"Well, who n-ouldu't be?" she de
manded, w ith a jerk of her head. "I've
just had a time with a fat woman who
has a double chin. Just like this."
Polly scowled and drew in her ehiu
uutil the t'kin beneath it lay in folds.
I smiled; the mimicry left Polly's face,
aud she was smiling, too. "And she
wants to look pretty in a picture,"
"Impossible!'' I declared.
"Not at all," corrected Polly. "That
h, ir you nave no couscieuce, auu a
portrait painter should have noue. But
just look at tins: ' hue leaned back
and gazed hopelessly at the canvas.
Here I've been paiuting without
tniuking, and have worked that double
ehiu back in. It's ditKMiuragitig! I for
get sometimes and paint things as they
are. iNexi tiling l it get ner uiusiacne
n st.- really has one, Tom aud then
I'll be ruined."
lou have huh ideals," I com
mented.
"Ideals !" she sniffed. "Ideals, in
deed. I used to have them high ones,
hi. I came near starving in those
d-ivs. I haven't any now, and well, I
an spend all of my moDey, but I'm
n it starving. I ve learned tne whole
s-cret of portrait painting, lou want
o niske them look handsome. Ideals
are all right" .
Polly paused to rub some brown into
the background.
Yes," I prompted.
But they won't buy hats. And
what's life without hats?"
This was a purer, and I admitted as
much.
"Ideals are all right if you can afford
'ie luxury," Polly continued. "I can't.
Toose who "
A knock brought Polly's lecture to a
idden close. When she opened the
d Kr I heard a woman, a voice, a voice
at was far from soft-
"I decided to eotne back and take
a-iother look at that picture. I hardly
link I am just satisfied with it."
'Whv. of course, Mrs. Smith. Come
right in."
Polly stepped to oue side, ana mere
movtd into the room, with a great rust
ing of silk, a short woman who proba
bly would call herself portly; wnoni
advertisements of flesh -reducing
compounds would call obese, and whom
, lew polite than either, would can tat.
Il-r chin was double It would soon 00
triple there were little pockets of flesh
i,eth her eyes, tuere was a mareea
growth of hair on her upper lip, and
her nose showed a decided disiucliua-
iou to venture for from ber face. I rec
ognised the original of the portrait ou
which Polly was working.
She took her place in front of the
e-el, and, puf.iug up her lorgnette,
surveyed th painting,
"(iood, d ju'i you think?" suggested
The lorgnette came dowc and tne
idy of adiisifity shook her hend.
"It has s'iie g'wd points, yes, she
liuit'td, "hut I don't like it as a
whole. It well, it I00K8 loo common.
Now, I hardly think you would say
hat 1 look comaiou." fche gazed at
oily severely through her lorgnette,
d then turned her eyes back on the
portrait.
"No, indeed," ToJiy saiu, uu some.
laste.
She looked at me, aud 1 saw
her lip move.
I wouldu't dare to,"
they said.
"When I buy a gown, I buy it with
the exjH-ctation that it will add some
thing to my appearance. Why should
I out expect the name when I buy a
picture?"
"You should," Polly agreed, giving
me look full of hopelessness.
"Just so that's what I think. Now,
don't you believe that you could you
could improve it you could touch it up
a bit In places T'
"Kasily en"1," Polly. Is there
ny ..ptcial change you'd like to ug-
"I can't say I te the chin.
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SOMERSET, PA.,
like the fullness beneath It. And the
wrinkles they look bad."
Polly eyed the picture critically
"Yes; I think they do. What klud
of a chin do you tblDk you'd prefer?"
"What kind of a chin do I want?
suppose you carry a stock T' she asked,
sarcastically.
"Anythingyou want," Polly picked
up a pad of sketching paper, tuauipu
lated a pencil rapiuly for a minute, then
held up the pad in such a way that I,
as well as Mrs. Smith, could see the
handiwork. The pencil had traced a
rounded chin with just the least sug
gestion of matronly fullness beneath it,
"How'll that do?" asked Polly.
"Just what I want. That'll look far
better. Now, don't you think you
could do something of the kind for the
nose?"
"You thiuk it's too it doesn't come
out far enough?"
' Not in the picture. I hardjy think
my nose is as list as you nave utade iu"
She drew herself up with ponderous
msjesty, and turned about on Polly.
'1 his movement i ruught me into her
range of vision. Sue had glanced at
Pie casually when she entered. She
new looked at me fixedly for an in
stant.
"Another painter?" she asked, in a
whisper.
The question caught Polly unpre
pared. " Yes no he's a he's a a
model."
"Ah, a model," she said, aloud, star
ing at me In a very superior fashion
through her lorgnette. "He has a very
good Dose. I like his nose. You may
give me one like it."
Polly gave a start and looked dazedly
at me. Then the faintest of smiles
came into her eyes. "Very well, bis
nose," she said. "Now what else?"
Mrs. Smith surveyed the picture
again. "The eyes are bad. Can't you
take away some of the fliJsli beneath
them?"
"Certainly," returned Polly, with ex
cessive politeness. "Anything else?"
"No; that's all. But you can touch
it up wherever you think it can be im
proved. I'll come up and see it in a
couple of days."
She closed her lorgnette aud started
for the door. Polly gave me a wicked
look and followed ber.
"I can put some color and a dimple
in each cheek, if you like," she sug
gested.
'What's that?" Mrs. Smith turned
and eyed Polly suspiciously. "More
color and dimples?"
"Yes," returned Polly, with nothing
of guile in either voice or face. "The
dimples will come extra, but I won't
charge you half as much for them as a
good dermatologist would."
The suspicion died out of Mrs.
Smith's eyes. She could not distrust
such inuoceuce as Polly had assumed.
"I don't care for them," she said. "I
don't think they'd look well."
When the door bad closed behind
her Polly took a stand in the center of
the room and looked wearily down on
me.
'It's au awful life, isa't it?" she
sighed.
'It seems so. But surely you're not
going to give that woixiau another
fate?"
'I'm not? Well, I just am! She's
goiog to pay me for it, isu't she?" Polly
looked almost indignant. "I suppose
you wouldu t do anything or the
kind?"
1 shook my bead.
"Well," said Polly, decidedly, "that
merely shows that you don't know the
lirst thing about portrait painting."
Chicago Journal.
How He Got Even.
Some people are philosophical enough
to accept defeat gracefully; others nurse
their wrath and waste much time in a
mistaken effort to "get even." Of one
of these latter a Chicago piper tells an
amusing story.
A man came to a Chicagi hotel one
day, and look his dinner outside with
a friend. When he ciou (o piy his
bill be found himself charged with a
day's board, dinner and alL He pro
tested. The clerk tried to explain that
the American plan was based strictly
upon time, and that if he chose to eat
elsewhere it was his own lookjut, but
the mau would not be pacified.
He paid the bill under protect. Then
he asked if dinner was still on, and
was lu formed that it lasted until nine
iu the evening.
"Then I'll go and tackle it!" be ex-
cluimed. "I've eaten oue dinner, but
I'm going to get my money's worth
out of this bouse, or perish in the at
tempt T'
He rushed into one of the dining-
rooms, seized a bill of fare, aud order
ed everything he could think of. When
be finally got to the end of his tether,
the waiter handed him a check for
four dollars and ten cents.
'What's that for?" he asked in sur
prise.
"Your dinner, sir."
"But I have already paid for my
dinner in my bill," be protested, "I'm
staying hereon the American p!an."
"Then you should have gone to the
other dining room," said the waiter.
'This is the European plan cafe."
The man paid the bill and walked
out. His feelings must have been.
heavy, both in body and in mind.
Youth's Companion.
'I think I would go crazy with pain
were it not lor ctiamberianrs rain
Balm," writes Mr. W. II. Stapleton,
Hermiuie, IV "I have been afflicted
with rheumatism for several years and
have tried remedies without Dumber,
but Pain Balm is the best medicine I
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relieves the pain. For sale by all drug
gists. A Street Incident.
Quick as a flash the man snatched!
ber purse and was off with it. Directly
behind her, not twenty yards away.
stood a policeman, who had witnessed,
the crime. She turned to him, crying
frantically: "Robler! robber!"
In a few moments the police man
itood beside ber.
"Say!" be cried. "Don't you yell
rubber' at me."
His indignation was quite natural.
for was it not Lis duty, after all, to see
just such things? Philadelphia Press. J
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ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 1900.
WI52BE2 DESCRIBED.
Sketch of the Great Sew Mining' Town
Given by a Trade Journal
The Engineering and Mining Jour
nal of February 17th gives a sketch in
words and pictures of the new mining
town of Wfudber, with the largest col
llerie In the United States. The arti
cle is from the pen of Burchatn Hard
ing aud Is to tie finished iu a subse
quent issue of the paper. It is in part
as follows :
"About two years ago a system of
collieries known as the Eureka Mines
was opened in Somerset Couuty. The
county hitherto bad been mainly de
voted to farming. The nearest city
Johnstown lies eight miles to the
northwest. Driving from Johnstown
by the high-road, oue ascends gradual
ly !J) feel to a higut of 1,700 feet above
the level of the sea. Wuere two years
ago there was one farmhouse, to-day
the town of Windher has been built,
having G.UUO iuhabitauts.
"Attention was called to this district
by prospectors a possessing a valuable
seam of coal which might be readily
worked. The Berwiud-White Coal
Mining Company secured the mining
rights over seventy square miles. Tue
country is marked by a series of hills,
the seam of coal, averaging four feetiu
thickness, being found near the base of
the hills. It was a vast uudertakiug to
open up these collieries, requiring ex
pert orgauiatiou, enterprise, and capi
tal. Plans had lo be made for mining
the coal aud for carrying it to market,
as the nearest railroad was eight miles
distant. The Company which initiated
this enterprise carried it on by apply
ing the latest devices in mining scieuce.
Labor-saving machihery of ail descrip
tions was introduced. Operations ou
the most extensive scale were designed,
aud wherever economies could be made
by the expeuditureof capital there was
no stiut. The consequences of this
broad-minded aud liberal policy made
themselves immediately apparent,since
eighty per cent, of the bunker coal now
snipped iu New York is mined at
Windber.
"This place, which was without a
name, was christeued Wiudber an
anagram upon the first name of the pro
prietary Company. Tne groupof mines
is known as the Eureka, with numbers
commencing with .'SO aud running up
ward. Nos. to 3o Mines are already
iu operation, and work upon Nos. 37
and &i is under wav. The town of
Wiudber stands centrally within a
mile of the entrances to the mines. It
is hard to believe that this towu, with
its busy population, has grown up
withiu two years. Upon the maiu
street, are large aud handsome stores,
auioug them that of the Eureka Sup
ply Company. Four or five churches
have been built and two large school
houses. A line of railroad passes
through the town. Five large hotels
offer welc Jiue to strangers. Houses are
Mupplied with electric light. Loug dis
tance telephonic aud telegraphic com
munications have beeu opeued, as well
as all the other adjuuets demanded for
the comfurt of the citizens.
"Entrances lo the mines are situated
at radial points from the town. Near
them are groups of houses iubabited
by the miners, which have been erect
ed by the Company for its employees.
Substantial frame houses, each with its
011 plot of ground in frout and a gar
den at the back, line the wide streets.
Wheu the miues were first opened liv
ing accommodatious were so scares
that only unmarried meu could be em
ployed, but this has beeu remedied by
the foresight of the Company. Single
houses contain four to six rooms, and
the double houses have six rooms in
each. The plot of ground for each res
idence is valued at $75, and $23 is added
for clearing. The price of the houses
is fixed at the actual wholesale cost.
which makes the total expenditure
from HM to fJJO. Tue miner can
either pay rent at $ 7 per month, or by
paying $10 a month iu lieu of rent, can
liq i.date the price of the house and b .-
come its owner as soon as the first cost
is paid.
'There is constant work for the
miners, the bulk of it being paid for by
the ton. The wages earned by the ex
pert miner amount to about $-3 for a day
of eigui hours, and run frxn $3 down
t $i, according to individual capacity.
In this district, there is a solid seam of
coal ab.iut four feet iu thickness, which,
excepting slight dips, is nearly as level
as the top of a table, extending miles
everj direction. Upou the top of this
level seam of coal are hil s huudreds of
feet high, covered with trees and ver
dure, with arable laud aud grazing
fields. Between the hills, iu the val
leys, water courses have made breaks
through the seam of coal; otherwise,
under the 43,000 acres of this mining
property lies this continuous seam.
Daring the two years of operation
about IKK) acres in all have beeu ruined,
it being calculated that about 4, OX) tons
of coal are found in each acre.
"The seam of coal worked in thi
territory is the 'B,' forming the second
persistent seam above the Pottsville
conglomerate, which is the base of the
carboniferous series. It is known local
ly as the Miller seam, providing oue of
the best coals iu the market for steam
ship purposes. Analyes show approx
imately IS per cent, volatile matter, 31
per cent, ashes, per cent, sulphur, 1
per cent, moisture, aud 77 per cent,
fixed carbon. Near the entrances to the
miues power plants are erected to fur
nish motive power for all the mining
operations. At No. 3o Mine there are
three batteries of water-tube boilers, ag
gregating 750 H. P. In the adjoining
building are 2J0 H. P. air compressors,
supplying compressed air for the min
ing drills and for driving coal-cutters
and pumps. The power house also
contains 150 KW. direct-current elec
tric generators, direct connected to
steam engines. These machines sup
ply electric current at 500 volts for
lighting the mines and tor electric
haulage. There are no mules employ
ed in the whole of this mining system.
"All the coal in the Windber system
is worked by mechanical means. One
of the coal-cutting machines does the
work cf about twenty miners, aud,
compared with pick-mining, increases
the output of coal per acre about twelve
per cent. The capacity of each coal
cutter la about a hundred tons a day."
Her Life for Her Jewel.
In a New Jersey city not very long
ago a dwelling-house, occupied by a
large family, took fire in a sudden and
unaccountable way. It was late in the
afternoon, aod the ladies were upstairs
dressing for dinner.
Among them was a beautiful girl
who was just making her debut in so
ciety. For her the world wus made up
of oarties and dances and dinners.
She was in the Mush of her first social
triumphs, with life and the world be
fore her, and her fond father and
mother had lavished upon her all the
luxuries that wealth could buy. Her
dressess anJ Jewels were the envy of
all ber girl friends.
When the fire broke out, the ladies
made a dash for the stairs, but these
were already in flames, and escape was
cutofffrom below. They ran to the
windows, and shrieked for help. The
fire-engines were coming, but by the
time they reached the house the flioies
bad made frightful headway.
The firemen raised their ladders to
the window of the room w here the poor
women stood. The young lady wel
comed the certainty of rescue with
lively joy. She was too sure. In the
moment while she waited her turn on
the ladder she thought of her jewels.
Before any oue could stop bet, the rash
creature had rushed back iuto the
blinding smoke. "I shall have tiui9
j enough," they heard her say.
Hers was the next room, and upon
the bureau lay her casket of diamonds.
In vain the firemen called her, and triel
to follow her; the flames drove them
back. In a miuute more the house
was a raging furnace.
The next morning, in the rains, the
firemen discovered an unrecognizable
boJy. But clutched in one charred
hand was a small metal box that some
how had escaped destruction. It was
the Jewel-case for which the girl had
thrown away her precious life. The
gems were all safe, but their worth
could not ransom their owner. It was
too late, Youth's Companion.
She Ran the Court a Little.
"I have never been in Police Court
before, but I know how things should
be run," said Louise Lewis to Justice
Hamburger. "You officers stand away
from that railing and you witnesses
take seats. If I'm to be the star iu this
place, I want all the stage to myself."
The persons addressed went to their
places, too astonished to r-ply. She
took the reins In the court-room aud
continued the case without interrupt
ion. "The first thing I want is a contin
uance, Tuesday will suit me. I shall
be ready then," said the defendant.
"We would rather have the case set
for Wednesday," said the detectives
who had arrested the womau ou a
charge of disorderly conduct,
"The wishes of the complaining wit
nesses should not be considered by this
court," said the prisoner. When I say
I want the case heard Tuesday, I mean
what I say."
A boy in the back of the room stood
up to leave.
"Take your hat off!" shouted the
woman to him. He obeyed.
"You have run this eourt enough,"
said the justice. "You will appear
when the officers want you Wednes
day." Chicago Inter Ocean.
AnEditor'e Life Saved by Chambsr
lain't Cough Remedy.
During the early part of October,
1S9-J, I contracted a bad cold which
settled on uiy lungs and was neglected
until I feared that consumption had
appeared iu an incipient state. I was
constantly coughing and trying to ex
pel something which I could not. I
became alarmed aud after giving the
local doctor a trial bought a bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and the
result was immediate improvement,
and after I had used three bottles my
Hogs were restored to their healthy
state. B. S. Edwakds, Publisher of
The Review, Wyant, 111. For sale ty
all druggists.
Same Goal Anagrams.
The following is a list of very re
markable anagrams:
Astrouomers, uo more stars; cata
logues, got as a clue, elegant neat leg;
impatient, Tim is a pet; matrimony,
iuto my arm; melodrama, made moral;
midshipman, mind his map; old Eug
loog, golden land; parish iouers, I hire
parsons; parliament, partial men; pen
itentiary, nay, I repent it; Presbyte
rian, beat in prayer; revolution, to lov
ruin; sweetheart, there we sat; tele
graphs, great helps.
'A Heart as Sturdy as an Oak."
But what about the blood which tb
heart must pump at the rate, of 70 tiroes
a minute ? If the heart is U be sturdy
and the nerves strong this blood mutt
be rich and pure. Hood's SJ9apariIIa
makes sturdy hearts because it makes
good blood. It gives to meu aud wo
men strength, confidence, courage and
endurance.
Hood's Pills are non-irritating and
the only cathartic to Lake with Hood's
Sarsa pari 11a.
The Savage Bachelor.
"But how do you account for sr
many couples being happy, if married
lire be such a torture?" asked theSwett
Young Thing.
"I dou't," answered the Savage
Bachelor. "And that remiuds me. I
had au uncle who had rheumatism for
eighteen years. Then be got cured.
For a long lime, he war the lonesomest
man Imaginable." IrjdfeaoapoIisP
The Soling Passion.
"And now," said th minister, "w
will sing OId Hundred"
Just as the announcement was made
a brother in the "ameu corner" coo-
meuced singing "The Ninety aud
Nine."
"Hold on there brother," said tbe
minister, "you ain't in the store rm
there's no one-oeat-oiTon these g cJ?
Atlanta ConsLitwlioo. 5
T
iri PF
Training Shepherd Dog.
W. D. F. wants instruction for train
ing a shepherd dog. My way is, first,
to have a pure bred pup, not a mougrel.
As soon as it old enough, put It to work.
If you have no work for him to do you
have no business with a shepherd dog.
They roust have something to do. Take
him with you among all kindsof stock,
and he will soon get accustomed to the
different duties that belong to him, and
he will become eager aud anxious b do
it. If be is headstrong, or wants to go
too far, or go to the head instead of
heels, matte a close-fitting baiter of
wool or binder twine, and have enough
string to let the dog go Just as far as
you want him to go and 110 farther.
Make him stop at your command. Be
prompt aud resolute, but never whip or
abuse; chastise, if necetsary, by pulling
theears aud culling a little, but be care
ful. Teach blui t-j have confidence iu
you and in himself.
As soon as you make him understand
what you want him to do, help biiu to
do it as near right as possible, aud ca
ress him, to let him know that he has
done right Always tell the dog what
you want him to do and make him un
derstand, if possible, before you start
him out, and i.' you are careful you can
work him by the tuotiou of the baud if
he is too far away to hear your voice.
The main thing is to be patient, and,
above all, keep your temper. Have but
one boss for the dog.
I have two as flue bred sluts as there
are in the State, well trained, and oue
dog, but he is too old now for much
gosl. I cau take either of tliem aud
drive more stock with less labor ami
with less friction than if I had !x boys
or that many impatient men about. If
you will come and stay with me one
week aud see what a good shepherd
dog can do, and is willing and glad to
do, you will be surprised. I can work
them a half mile away if they cau see
my ru rfious. They mind me at the
first bidding. If a horse, cow, hog or
sheep gets out of place he must go back,
whether I am around or not. They
know what is right or wrong almost as
well as a human being des. A good
deal depeuds on the breeding of the
dog and the patieuce of the owner.
The shepherd dog is given up to be the
best farm or all-around dog that lives.
II B. Mather, in Ohio Farmer.
Care of Patients.
A professional nurse at Leeds, Eog- t In a bright and palatable condi
latid; was remarkably successful in the '. LVau,e there ,s an abundant
care of patients suffering from small- l "f ,ia-v '"a for allowing
pox, diphtheria or pneumonia. Iu ' ' teu
fact, she had never lost a patient with J ,e fo,Mer
one of these complaints. Not ln the hay iu giving a pront.
ago, however, she had a pneumonia Look carefully on the cherry trees
case which was given up by the physi- i'or any sitfns f blavk knot. It will be
cian, much to the nurse's chagrin. m advantage to cut away the branch
"He can't iive throuzh the uu'ht "
said the doctor.
Sure enough, when the nurse went to
give the sick man his medicine he only
shook his head. The distracted nur
saw her proud record about to be brok
en and she urged the patient to take
his dose.
"No use," he murmured.
"Well, sir," said the nurse in despair.
"you've got to take it!
And if you die
I ll kill you!"
Whereupon the patient began to
laugh, took his mediciue aid got well.
There is no butter medicine for the
babies than Chamberlain's Cough 1
Remedy. iLs pleasaut taste and prompt
and effectual cures make it a favorite
with mothers and small children, it
quickly cures their coughs ami colds,
preventing pneumonia or other serious
consequences. It also cures croup and
has been used in tens of thousands of
cases without a siuglr failure so far as
we have beeu able to learn. It not
ouly cures croup, but wheu given as
soon as the croupy coug.i appears, will
prevent the attack. Iu case of whoop
ing cough it liquefies the tough mucus,
making it easier to expectorate, and
lessens the severity arid frequency of
the paroxysms uf cuugiiug, thus de
priving that dbHWUve of all dangerous
consequences. For saie by ail drug
gists. One Way to Thread a Seedle
An ingenious Lady has suggested an
improvement lu th metlnd i f hoii'iug
a needle for the pur-pose of threadiug H,
says the Cincinnati Enquirer. It is to
be held betweeu the third and littie
fiugers of the left hand instead of by
the thumb and foreinger, palm upper
most, Tue advantage of this is that the
thumb and first finder can be used to
grip the smallest end of tbc thread as
soou as it protrud-s from the eye, a
method preferable to that of letting g
the thread and eudestvoring to get hold
of the end with the right band. This
prevents the weight of the coltou from
dragging tht end out of the eye 1 gain.
Announcement.
To accommodate those who- are par
tial to the use of atomizers iu applying
liquids iuto the nasal pas gea for
catorrhrtl trouble, the proprii cors pre
pare Cream Balm in liquid for ai, which
will be kuowu as Ely's Liqu. d Cream
Balm. Price including the praying
tube is 75 eta. Druggists or by mail.
The liquid form embodies the medi
cinal properties of the solid . prepara
tiou. Cream Balm is quick ij absorb
ed by the membrane and do not dry
up the secretions but change theoi to
a natural and healthy chara St. Ely
Brothers, 5U Warren St., N. ". f.
Not Interesting.
"Didyoj study the high st mathe
matics?" asked the friend.
"I looked Into 'em a little,'" auswer
ed the strictly business m n, "but I
soon lost interest. It seer led such a
terrible waste of time to 1 ne up ail
thos big figures without any tloilar
marks in front of them." W 'aslJagton
Star.
SeaM head is an eczama of th j s'f.lp
very severe sometimes, "bat Hcaa be
cured. Doan's Ointment, ro. ek and
permanent in its results. AJL at-y irag
store, 50 cent
a. i u
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WHOLE NO. 2535.
FAS2 SEWS AUD VIEWS.
Creameries as Educational Institu
tions -The Season fir Pruning.
From the l'tiilad-MptiU Recorl.
The creameries are performing excel
lent service in educating their atr.a
in regard to the value of breeds and
milk. It has not iietn many years
since milk was sold to the creameries
by the qutrt, irrespective of its rich
ness iu butter fat, but at the present day
the milk is tested au I pa J for accord
ing to the percentage of butter fat con
tained. Under suoh a system it is pos
sible for a quart of milk from a certain
cow to bring twk-e as much as that from
another. T.'ie r su!t will be that dairy
men who patronu- creameries will im
prove their cattle, beesus improve
ment is forced upon them. In fact, the
demand fjr improved breeds has never
been greater ihua no-, aud better cows
are being produced than ever before.
If crea;neries had jerfortued no other
service for fanners they could be re
garded as the be-t e.lu -ators ever devis
ed, b-U they :il provide markets for
milk iu localities where dairying could
liot otherwise be made to pay. The
creameries ia some sections are owned
by the patrons, each holdiug stock
therein, and greater interest iu their
operations is consequently taken by
the patrons. The refuse of the crea-u-eries
is sold to the patrons as food for
pigs, and the value of the cows is a!s
much aUive the average of former
years.
There is no rule f.r keepi'ir t-k, k
far as the number of animals is con
cerned. It is well to keep as many as
wi!l consume the f.iod grown upou the
farm. It pays to use the f'Mi and sell
the stock, because a large portion of the
food will then remain as manure. If a
farmer made uo apparent proiitou his
animals exc?pt tt:e manure' derivtd
from them he wouid become more st:c
cesful each feueceding year, as the
producing capacity of his farm would
be Increased. As Io':g as the farm is
inade more fertile instead of being im
poverished, the farmer is making a
profit every year.
Foider is not a by-product, but one
f the most important crops on a farm.
Kut for the 'od.ler there wru'.d l no
pr i!ic in corn, as it is a crop that de
mands labor, it d s not indicate a
i e-aeful farmer wheu the fodt!er is left
( ia the fields all through the winttr, as
't Hii r? pot to exi-ellent service when
-r limb and burn 1: if any indications
-if t h? disease are found. It comes from
pres and once it gets iu an orchard
It seems to hoid its own. Trees that
vere treated hist full should lie sprayed
HHriy, foil. ing with spraying several
time thereafter, Ur-iug the Bordeaux
lu.xture.
Should t!i weather become wsrm,
le s will come cut of t'.te hivts. They
j then clean the hives by remoirg j
J -lea 1 tiees and refuse:. It is ts-tter to
Keep the hives on I if there is liability
of trie liees cotuuig out too soon, which
may le done by removing them from
the cellar to an open shed, but this
xhould not be done uutil the wiuter is
over, or liability of severe cold weather
uas passed.
All seeds of ra:il should be treated
for s.nut if signs of smut have been no
ticed in previous years. Both oats an J
orn req'iire treatment. Dissolve one
pound of sulphate of c-pp r (:'ue
stonei iu six gallons 'f hot wa:er
ijak the seed 21 hours in the solution,
ami then mix with land plaster, so as
to dry the seed. I'.y using this precau
tion much annoyance from smut may
bi avoided during the year.
The peach trees may be pruned early,
wild, with some trees, it is very lsm ti
bial to cut tlieiu out liberally. N J old
wood sriould be left on a peach tree if
The branch is dyiug on which such o!d
wood can be removed Lo allow new
'ads to crow, fynrie srrowers cut off
.ne third of each tree every year, claim
ing that by so doing ouly one third is
1 -ft bearing, one-third producing wood
for next year, and one-third producing
new buds for future growth. Peach
trtts must be cultivated and the ground
k"pt clear of gra-s and weeds. Dili
gent search must be made from April
to October for bjtt rs.
Diphtheria relieved in twtctymiu
utes. Almost miraculous. Dr. Thomas'
Eclec'.rie Oi!. At any d.-u store.
Qiits a DifTireace.
There were only four neighbors in
Tucker's general store at the cressit g
of the plauk bridp and the state road,
when Sdas Slossou entertd.
"How be ye, biys?'' he said eoileet
Ively. "How lie ye, Si?" was the reply.
"Hou's th' oi' lady ?"
'"Bjut th' same; d u't see much
change."
Silas crossed" the store to the counter,
behiud which stood Tucker, his faoe
wreathed in mercantile smiles, his fat
hands pressed agaiubt the varnishless
table.
"Whattel it bo Mistur SIossou?" he
asked.
"Haow much ye gittin' ferCsuar?"
he asked.
"Six cents."
"Phew w w," whistled Silas,
go-ieup, ain't it? Did't hev't to pay
no sieh figt'er frr 't last I boh"
"Tuet so?" inq aired Tucker with sur
prise. "How much 'd ye hev t' giv' ?"
"Five eeots an' a hsf."
"Tnetsu? Hi mil nil ye want?"
"PoMud." Detroit Free Press.
Stmewhre there i-i a tap loose and
your health is oa the decline, your
nerves are wrecked, life it losing its
rosy tint, Stop the drain oa your
health by using Wheeler's Nerve Vital-iz-r
and enjoy life a?ai j.
We have manv kind, but only one
Brant's Cough B ilsnn, tust we war
rant to be the !-?s: - cents. For sale
atCiar uan's Df ig Store, Benin, Pa.,
and Miue,taiu & Sju's Dhjj Sure,
Cuu4uc , Pa.
Tfef Dr.Ln Meatrnaat.
The Terrible U.k a prominent part
in the txiu-hardiuem of CVessa. Our
second lieuteuuLt. Mr. S., was not a
teR:r!'at" man. IVfore the borutwrd
iiin:t t. -;'.in iie sought for courage in a
s i;ur- f-i'.-ed bottle, and when tbe
CL,vu I eat tj rjv.arters he was in his
cal-'.n In a uruuUen sl-s p. from which
he couM iit Is- a-ivakeued. As 1 was
lr.!!sU:; :.::in .f his (juarters. I hail to
flV.it his jrji.-. In the evening, wlicu
Ut- caue ta himself, he was put under
arrest, rnd we midshipmen speculatcnl
vrbeitu r h wru'.d be sliot or bun? at
the ynrdarm. Either -rould have been
a thrllllaii episode, but 1 aai not sura
that his fate was not even more tragic.
As soon as the anchor was droped
la the (loldea Horn, off StambouL tee
captain ordered. "Man the second g's"
Ve all wondered. Then he said, Te'l
Mr. S. I want him."
Pixr S. came np at once, greatly as
ou!slicd at the summons.
The second g!g Is manned. Mr. S-."
said the sU!riH.-r sternly and turnej
away.
S. took tue hint, stepped at once Into
the boat and was Liiued at the.iearvst
snore. From tt:at day no soul ever
heard n!-at became of him. W'.ieiLer
he committed suicide, whether he got
other employment (not a ditScuit t;at
ter in t!cse busy times, whether, un
der another name, he won for biuiself
the respect of his fellow men has nev
er bet-a know u, Contemporary Ke
view. Jsha Bnll sail the Lion.
V.'lini could be more absurd thn the
cosvt-:ii:i)Cl types of the nations
those types which we see and accept
almost every day'
.-? F.n O-int Is nevul-
iarly unfortunate.
To express our ua-
tioual characteristics we have a choice
cf two C rutes. either a burly farmer or
n lion. The IV.irNIi lion gots some lit
tie support frma heraldry, and the na
tional vr.t.ity is flattered by the aual
ofy of our powers to those of the kin
ui beasts. Hut otherwise how little ap
propriateness there Is lu representing
us by an anir.ial which most English
men bnve ;i;!y soea iu the degrading
captivity of a meiiat-rie, which has
never within histor.- al times inhabited
their Mam's and about which they
know al::;ost nothing.
Consider!:;..: clso the chronically de
pivssvd s'.uti- f British agriculture, it
:-t,:s r:i iivnir.i! thin that the P.rit-l-ii
natii.ti fhin'A 1 be typitled ! y a farm-
r. If h-
merchant o
Mine api'-fi
eighteen t!i
whom v. a
a'td pict
to us ia t'te
were a manufacturer or a
r a se:'. n. there v.-or.i I be
i!iri::te:u vs. but the stout
c-utury John Bull with
ko familiar f-c:i aih-sirst
is p. l ei-ii quite n:i!iU.:wu
t:,'-'.l. He is Ju-jt a "ood e.-
on ; :; or the time kooreI. inaccurate.
cv::ve:::::.r;:.I type. All vigor and si-g-P's;iv
;css have long departed from
t'ae t:g'.:re. Hut r.e are too indolent to
replace him. London Globe.
ev York Hospitality.
The hospitality of smaller places is
rrt-e if not a:i!:r.ovu in New York.
II'j-pi'.aKty there la different and teuds
to t stamped by numbers end even
c!;:"e.l hto an apparent indifference
that Is really compelled by circum
stances, tii'ti-n it makes a brave tight
and never wholly gives r.p. but it is a
struggle itgrtia-t great odds. Not sel
t'.oai it Lap ;ci)s that the enormous ag
grav.tticn 0? soda! aud intellectual o;h
portunitits that confronts country peo
ple who come to live iu New York so
discourages them that they end In Ii-.-l:ig
ua .'.; .ve:- lives in the great city
and seeiag fewer people than in the
smaller town from which they came.
And If it docs nut d'seo.r-nge them it
Is r.pt to drive them too hard. A Nev
Yorkrr wh already Lad a house In
town rr: 1 another !ti the country neai
by excused himself foi building a third
la New Hampshire by saying: '-In
town or mar town I never get away
frrri engag-ti.erits. I want a place
where I caa have some leisure, and
leisure to n New Yorker means, of
Corrr e.' a chance to do some work."
Scril ner's.
ITo-y He Makes FrleaJa.
Mi.--s.;::-l pa per says that Senator
;.-;!! keeps In closer touch with the
iie of his state than any other man
!:e senate. One of his habits, ac
A
Coc!
P-t,T
in t
cording to capitul gossip. Is to read in
the senate the name of every con
stitiK nt who scuds h!;n a petition.
Other senators content themselves
v.'itli presenting petitions lr an indefi
nite bunch, and in this impersonal
fashion they are noted In TheCongres
Rii.al llecord. CocUrell's way is dif
ferent, arid when The Kecord apeirs
there are the names of his constitu
ents, looking very large. Forthwith to
tac'.i person thus distinguished goes
a copy of T'.ie Kecord, which Is showa
with mtteh pride at the country store
or postot"ce. and the voter is a friend
cf . PK-krell for life.
I! AnilrtT F.ndrd.
I.ittV Jack pr.iys ev-ry night for all
the tliCVrent rrnnipers of bis family.
His father hail been away at one time
for a short Journey, and that night
Jack was prajiug for him as usual.
"Bless papa ami take care of him." he
was l-cginuiug as usual when sudden
ly he raised his head and listened.
"Never mind about It now. Lord."
ended the little fellow. "I hear him
down la the hall."
Beyond Control.
Cadsby My wife will raise Cain
with i:ie if she discovers that I've been
drinking. .
Jagsby All you've got to do Is to
told your breath when you go near her.
That's all right, but I'm afraid it's
too strong to be held." Brooklyn Life.
The driest of all fishes is perhaps
thp? river cel. Yet. according to an
analysis l y a German chemist, GO per
cent ot its substance is water. Salmon
comes next, with C1.4 per cent
:! Friday was called Lon; Friday
by the Saxons.
The heliograph, ao of: -n mentioned
in newtfpajwrs in connexion with
British rni.'itary operations in S.iuth
Africa, ba3 been termed "the trump
curd of visual signaling," since it po
sepsses four esseutial Ciilitary virtues
portability, rapidity of action, ease of
range aud secrecy. Through its me
ehauism, the sun's rays e-in bo r-ril-ct-ed
up on any desired place by tiif-atts of
a movable mirror attached to a tripot',
and tn-s-ag.'s, in the dot aud dash
method of tcleg-r ipUy, rea illy trans
mitted. Th sig-.a's can tie read only
iu the direct !i::e kj-ii the which th
rays are transmitted, s i tint its erecy
in opinion is p Tie ''htllo'' is
ea-i! port .vie ,-ig'sin wi.h its ac
ctorii., no ci re Liian a soldkr'a
rii
A Teit of Amiability.
O.dit.aiiiy," said Col. Stillwell, "I
ij-;et Ij tne coujnJrum. "I regard it
as a primitive form of humor. I also
re-J.-nt th-?.' oasiant jibes at the State
of Kentu jky. Taey represent both de
i oieticy of tiste an 1 p verty of resource.
But ju-t to show," he continued delib
erately; "that lam a broad minded
man wn can accppt a Joke amiably I
will ask yo-j aipiesti-Ki: "What is the
diff.-Mtjej between th? S:atj of Massa
cbusetlsand Kentucky?"
"tjive it up, eoloneL
"'Ivssachusetts produces boots and
shoes an l Kentucky produces shoots
and bpz. Anl I want to jay I'm
glad I thought of i1: first, for if any
body else had epniug a remark like
that on me un -xpcteily I wouldn't
caw to answer for the consequences."
Washington Mar.
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