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LAXG LEY'S BURGLAR.
KEXXETT F. HARRIS.
He was a cleao, venerable -looking
old fellow, with a eiiowj-wbite tuft of
hair on his chin and it pair of (eel
ritamed rctaclt astride of a nose
that waa ajolored just a trifle deeper
taan the rest of his face. HU expre
ion was mild and benevolent A fold
ed rule waa Kicking nut of Lis waist
coat pocket, and a thick, stubby pencil
was protruding from behind hU ear,
and he carrk-d a hammer and a piece of
weather-btrip.
"Good morning, marm," he said, as
Mm. Langley opened the kitchen door.
"I'm the carpenter."
"Oh?' said Mrs. Langley, vaguely.
"The agent cent me to look at the
windows and see what was needed for
them," pursued the oid man.
"Not our windows, eurtlj," said Mrs.
Langley. "There's nothing in the
orld the matter with them. There
must be some mistake."
"It's the casings I want to look at,"
explained the carpenter. "I want to
see if the weather-stripping U set all
right, or if it wants new anywhere.
V are going to have a cold winter
once it starts, and we don't want to
have you freeing to death."
lie looked so particularly benevolent
as he said this, that Mrs. Langley felt
quite gratefuL the invittd him in,
and he inspected the kitchen windows.
the bedroom and parlor windows, and
even the transom.-, doing everything in
a vtry cons-cierjiious, painstaking fash
ion, and it was nearly half an hour be
fore be folded his rule and took up his
bat to go.
'Tb.ere ain't really much to do," he
said, with a modest air of depreciating
his efforts ia Mrs. Langley's behalf in
ordt-r to stem an anticipated flood of
thank. "I gue9 tot-re's bout an
hour's work altogether. That there
door is sprung quite bad, aud I might
as well fix that with the rest. Let the
tail o with the bide that's what I
say. There's no ue spoiling tbeLip
to save a pot o' pitch. lie didn't tell
me to fix the door, but I ain't a rcaa
that likes to do things by halves."
Mrs. Langley eommeuded these sen
timents. "Now, marm, if you'll let me knw
what day to come, I'll fix it so'st I
won't have to bother you when it's not
convenient," concluded the old man.
"I don't like to come in with tools clut
terin' up a houe when a lady ain't ex
pectiu' me. How'm. I goin' to know
but she's got company, or somethin' o'
that sort?"
Mrs. Langley said be was the most
considerate man she ever saw.
Langley had suspicions from the
start.
"Told you the agent sent him around,
did her' he asked. "That settles it!
The agent! Isent a carpenter around!
Unsolicited actuated by a kiud con
cern for our comfort! I didn't go down
on my knees half a dozen times to im
plore him to have those windows fixed.
I didn't finally take a big club and go
to his office and make threatening dem
onstrations? No; be thought some of
us might sit in the draft and catch cold,
so he sent a man to fix it so we couldn't
Tarn's the worst I ever heard!"
"Sounds kind of fishy," said Plum
mffr, who was over for the evening.
"What would the man wmnt to come
a-oucd for if h? wasn't sent?" aeked
Mrs. LaDgley. "He said the agent sect
htm, moet distinctly and po-itively.
He wouldn't say a thing like that and
go to all that trouble an less it was so."
"What have you rubaed aincw be
went away?" asked Plummer.
"What have I Why, yu don't
mean No; that would be absurd. He
couldn't bave taken anything without
my seeing him. I was with bicu the
whole time. Btsides, he wa-'i't at ail
that kind of a man."
"Do yoa mesn be wasn't ticketed as a
burglar? That doa't signify anything;
he might bave swallowed his tag."
I guess I can tell a burglar when I
see one, anyaay," said Mrs. Langiey,
indignantly, - i bis man wai aa nice
And plasant and chatty as be could be."
some of the most connrmea ana
inveterate burglars I have know n have
b-u pleasaut, chatty men, remarked
Langley.
v uen the enterprising Durgiar
not a-burg'ing he loves to lie a-basking
iu the suu,' quoted Plammer.
"Did he wipe his feet ou the mat
beo be came In?" inquired Langley.
I think you are both absurd," said
his wife. "Ii he naa oeeu a uurgir
why wouldn't be have stolen aome
thinz while be was iu the bouse? An
other thing: He wouldu'l bave spoken
bout the broken fastenings on the pan
try window and said be would bring a
new one."
That's eaii!y explained," remarked
Lang- 'tIe PrL'l1li' tnougoi mere
was a chance that we would put ou a
new fastening ourselves if he didn't say
that be would. He wanted to make
sure of an opening."
"An openiug for person of experi
ence," added Piummer.
That's the idea, exactly. I thins we
can make up our minoU that we are go
ing to have what tbey call a nocturnal
visitor. I distrust these pnuaniuropic
persons with silvery whisker. "
-Were tbere any valuables in tight,
Mrs. Langley ?" asked. PI ummer.
"Tbere was my watch on the dressing-table,
and my bracelet and other
things, aaiJhere was baby', little U
er mug, and the cream -pitcher and
th re, of the things on the sideboard.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY.
I couldn't go around and gather up ev
erything before I brought him in. I
wouldn't have let him in at all if I
hadn't known be was all right"
"How did rod come to know he waa
all right?" atked Langley.
"Because,"' Answered his wife, con
clusively. "Langley, however, refused to be con
vinced. He felt rather nervous about leaving
his wife alone the next mornfng, and
borrowed I luramer's little 23-caliber re
volver, which be wanted her to keep by
her. But Mrs. Langley said she guess
ed be would manAge to get along with
out it
Later in the day Langley was inspir
ed by the recollection that he paid taxes
and was entitled to pol.ee protection.
He therefore called up his precinct po
lice station and informed the captain of
his f.-ars.
That functionary seemed to take the
same view of the matter as Langley
did, and thought he recognized the de
scription of che self styled carpenter,
whom he believed lo be the leader of a
dangerous gang. He assured Langley
that be would have the house watched.
When Laugky returned home that
evening he saw a man strolling along
on the other side of the street, looking
so unconcerned and casual that any
body would have known be was a plain
clothes man on guard. ,
This gave Langley a certain sense of
security, tut at the same time rendered
him decidedly nervous. Plummerwas
not around, or Langley would have
asked him to stay all night
Langley told his wife what the po
lice captain had said. He was unwil
ling to alarm her, but be felt that what
he called her "cock suredness" needed
son rebuke.
For some reason, however, she did
not seem to be impressed, and laughed
at him in a particularly aggravating
way when be balanced a tea-tray and
a couple of flat-irons against the pan
try window.
It was about midnight when the trap
was sprung. It went otT wiih a crash,
clatter and bang that brought Langhy
Bitting bolt upright in bed, with bis
heart beating like a trip-hammer, be
fore be realized what bad happened.
Tbere was an instant of awful and
profound stillness. Then Langley beard
bis wife's voice. Bhesaid:
"I thought that would happen. The
cat has knocked down that arrange
ment of yours, William."
Langley deigned no reply, but lifting
himself cautiously out of bed bp groped
for his revolver, found it, and tole
softly and fearfully down the noisily
creakiog stairs.
He reached the pantry at last and
found bis tray and the flit irons on the
floor. A cold current of air that In
stantly communicated its chill to bis
rpinal column toM him that the win
dow was open. Cautiously he peertd
out.
A subdued cough came from the back
yard, and Long'ey drew bis bead back
with a suddenness that brought it into
violent coutact with one of the pantry
shelves. He felt the bump later, but
hardly noticed the shock at the time.
Keproachiug himself for cowardice,
he nerved himself for the effort, and
again looking out of the window, call
ed: "Who's tbere?" the pulsations in
his throat imparting a tremor to bis
voice.
"We're police officers," came the re
ply, aDd two shadowy forms loomed up
from the darkness. "Sorry we disturb
ed you, but we were trying the win
dows, and knocked something over."
"I believe you did," said Langley,
bitterly.
"It wasn't anybody," said Langley,
returning to his room.
"What is it?" asked bis wife, sleep
ily. "I wish you'd go to bed and quit
spooking around, William. Of course
tbere w asn't anybody; I knew that per
fectly welL"
"I'd like to know how you knew it,"
said Langley, shivering beneath the
bedclothes.
'I'd have told you before this if you
hadn't acted so smart about it," replied
Mrs. Langley. "I went around to the
agent's this afternoon, and be said be
bad sent the man around. He was just
as nice W'hy, William Langley, I'd
be ashamed." Chicago Daily Record.
Success With Ho?.
If the farmer enjoys tbe presence of
swine on the farm and takes pleasure
in seeing them well fed be will gener
ally succeed with them. Then the only
question be need consider is how many
be can handle and keep healthy. No
farmer should have so many bogs but
that be ean have new feeding grounds
to pat them on if there ia danger from
disease, or so many that tbey can iot
be shifted to different fields during the
year. On an eigbty-aix acre farm, for
nearly ten years, we were able to send
to market in two lots from seventy to
eighty hogs each year. This was the
product of five sows having two litters
each year. But when we undertook to
double tbe number of brood sows and
nearly double the product of fatted an
imals we had trouble. Tbe first year
we put on tbe market over ninety, with
no loss worth considering. Tbe second
year when we wanted to put off li, we
got all our available pasture land under
the tramp of the bogs, and whan dis
ee came we had no opportunity to di
vide them and put them on new feed
ing or pasture land. The consequent
results of such conditions were doubt
less greater than they would have been
had we been able to cut tbe herd to
piece and put them on fresh land. We
shall immediately go back to about the
same number that we bad the greatest
success in handling. Instead of five
sow we shall keep six or seven, as we
have better shedding and other ar
rangement than when we kept five.
We could doubtless carry tbe greater
number if we had more lota and spent
more time feeding grain products, but
this would increase tbe cost of tbe pork
very much over that made from clover
nd grass. We aim so f at a possible
to convert these products into pork,
and believe it ia more in the line of na
ture' way, and certainly more condu
cive to the health of the wine. John
M. Jamison in Farmer's Advocate.
"Seeing is believing.'1 Yew can see
what Hood' Sarsiparilla has done for
othiTa, and must believe it will do the
tame for you.
ESTABLISHED 1827.
The ToucMnf Story of aa Edinburgh
Doff.
Greyfriars' Bobby was Just a little
dog, a loving, humble, faithful little
dog, whose name and act of love have
been remembered for years, and whose
stcry will be told even to future gener
ations, for the sake of iu touching ex
ample of loving faithfulness to tbe
dead.
When-Bobby's master died and was
buried in Greyfriars' churchyard, Bob
by, with tbe other mourners, followed
the remains to the grave. After the
ceremonies were concluded, the mourn
ers returned to their several home
and duties, all but Bobby. Was it that
he bad no longer a home, aud no longer
any duties? Nobody knows, but there
Bobby remained- tbere in the church
yard with his dead.
No stone was raised to mark the resting-place
of Bobby's master, but close
beside it another grave is covered with
a fiat stone, which is just high enough
above the ground for a small dog to lie
under it There he could lie and watch
the place where all be cared for in the
world was laid. If you could see that
damp, cold, narrow, little spot where
Bobby made his bouse and home for
all the rest of his loving little life, your
heart would ache to think that the life
of even a dumb beast could be so dreary.
Through tbe long, cold days ana the
colder nights, he kept his vigil, wait
ing, watching always for one that never
came, ana wnose voice lie was never
more to hear. From the back win
dows of the liouses in Candlemaker
row, which are quite near to the grave,
the people could see the homeless and
friendless little dog keeping his lonely
watch, and many a bit of bread and
meat was thrown to him to eat.
But people do not always think of
hungry dogs outside, and Bobby might
have fared badly sometimes if he had
not bad other friends. O tx High street,
not far from Greyfriar's churchyard,
was a restaurant, kept by a kind-heart
ed woman. Bobby formed a habit of
going to her every day, and he was
never refused a meaL She may ha e
been a friend of bis dead master's or
she may have known Bobby himself
before his master' death, otherwise he
would not have been likely to go so
far. However that may be, Bobby's
visits were quite regular and punctual.
They have a custom iu E Jinburgof
firing a gun at 1 o'clock from the Cas
tle, which is quite near the cemetery,
That was Bobby's dinner signal, and
every day, at the 1 o'clock gun-fire, he
deliberately got up and set out for his
daily meat No doubt he had discov
ered that the workmen in the neigh
borhood were about finishing their
mid-Jay diuner when the gun fired,
and that may bave been the origin of
his practice, for tbey always mode him
welcome, aud it was not only the leav
ings of their dinners that fell to Bobby
i naeea, ne seems to nave been a gen
eral favorite, but nobody could ever
induce him to stay long away from his
master's grave.
There be lay, day in and day out,
sometimes in sunshine, but of te tier in
gloom, for where does it rain as often
as in Scotland ? Sleeping through the
long, cold winter oa the cold, wet
ground, with a cold stone above him
for bis only shelter, there Bobby was
aivaya to be found. For fourteen years
tbe patient creature watched and wait
ed, and at last may we not hope ? be
found bis master. One morning Bob
by was seen lying dead on the long
loved master's grave.
A few years ago, BironeS9 Burdett
Coutts, when on a visit to Edinburgh,
heard the touching story of Greyfriars'
Bobby, and thought it a pity that so
remarkable an instance of- animal
fidelity should be forgotten. So, to
perpetuate his memory, she erected a
drinking fountain. It stands on the
street at the end of Candlemaker row,
almost opposite to tbe iron 'gates
through which one passes to enter the
graveyard. Oa the top is the figure of
a little dog, mad below is tbe following
inscription:
"Greyfriars' Bobby, from the life,
just before his death. A tribute to the
affectionate fidelity of Greyfriars' Bob
by. Ia this faithful dog followed
the remains of his master to Greyfriars'
churchyard, and lingered near the spot
until his death in lsTi Erected by the
Baroness Burdett Coutts, lsTi" Our
Animal Friends.
He Didn't Want an Autograph.
Autograph-hunters sometimes get
prominent persons into very unpleas
ant petitions. As an evidence of this
fact we find a somewhat amusing anec
dote of Mr. Joseph Cham her lai a.
It seems that when Mr. Chamber
lain was made a Cabinet Mi nister be
got hundreds of roqunts for his auto
graph. For a time he answered each one in
an autograph note, but the labor in
volved became so great that finally he
had a printed torm prepared, running:
"Your requs: of such a date is hereby
complied with." Then, when an auto
graph rrqust came iu, he simply aigu
ed this blank form, and let it go thus.
One day a tall, raw-boned Warwick
shire mau walked iuto his ofli
"Morning," said he.
"Good morning," said Mr. Chamber-
Iain looking up.
"I came for that place you promised
m v said me countrymin, after an
awkward pause.
"Place? I prxnised yoa no place,"
said Mr. Chamberlain.
'Yes, yoa did," iaJ-tte-J the country
man, stoutly. "I've gt your promise
in your own handwriting. With that
he hauled out oue of the autograph re
plies: "Your request of such a date,"
etc
"But, man alive," said Mr. Cham
berlain, "that was ia response to a
request from yoa for my autograph."
"No, 'twasn't," aaid tbe man. "I
never isked for no autograph. I want
a place; that's what I wrote for."
Mr. Chamberlain had tbe man'
letter bunted up, and sure enough, be
found that it was a formal request for a
place.
"Here," said the perplexed Minister,
emptying into hi big hand all tbe
money he had in bis pocket "I can't
give you a place; I haven't any to give."
And with that the man had to be
coutent Tid- Bits.
MARCH 7. 1 900.
Baiiroad Accident.
Tbe accidents record for the calendar
year just closed shovs tbe Urgent total
in our history, as was to be expected
from the greaf expansion in rail
road traiEc attendant upon the revival
of business, and as has been foreshad
owed by the monthly records, says the
Railroad Gazette.
The number of passengers killed is
very much larger than it was in 1S93.
Of the 113 passengers killed in KO
nearly one half are charged to two
months January and May. In the for
mer month occured the butting collis
ion at West Dunnellen, N. J., where
sixteen passenger were killed, and the
record for May includes the rear col
lision at Exeter, Pa, (twenty-eight pas
sengers killed.) Deducting these two
collisions, the total number of passen
gers killed still remains o per cent
larger than in 1S3S, though only S per
cent, above the average for the past five
years. Much the larger share of aU
the casualties occur in accidents classed
are due to negligence in operating, and
in the present report this class includes
77 per cent of the fataiiues to passen
gers. In spite of the unfavorable aspect of
these figures tbe record of ls)3 con
firms, in a general way, the conclusions
which we drew from the record of 18;W
that security of life and limb on Amer
ican railroads is being gradually im-
proved. The number of accidents in
creases with the number of trains run,
but the number of deaths and injuries
does not increase in the same ratio.
In October tbe list showed the largest
number of train accidents that we ever
recorded in a month, while in Septem
ber we reported a larger number of ac
cidents which were attended with fatal
results than in any previous month
except two, September and October,
is.
Strawberry Culture.
Tbe main points involved in the suc
cessful culture of strawberries, given by
William Saunders, superintendent of
the horticultural grounds at the depart
ment at Washington, are as follows:
1. Prepare the ground by deep plow
ing and subsoiling, apply a dressing of
rotten manure equal to twenty cords
per acre, spread it over the surface, and
mix it with the soil by repeated disin
tegration with a barrow. The liest
crops are produced on strong, loamy
soils if somewhat clayey, it will be all
the better, provided it be drained.
2. Allow the plants plenty of space,
the rows Si inches apart, aud tbe plants
about half that distance between each
other in the rows.
3. Remove all runners as tby appear
and keep tbe surface pulverized aui
clean. If young plants are wanted,
keep a portion of the plantation for
that purpose.
4 Cover the plants in winter in all
localities where the thermometer may
run down to 1J degrees Fahrenheit,
this to be done after the first frost,
using straw, leaves or other similar
matet ia! as a partial protection.
o. Dj not disturb the roots by any
process of cultivation, from tbe month
of September until after the crop has
been gathered the following summer.
6. Destroy tbe plantation after it has
produced its second crop, new ones
being planted to succeed those that are
abandoned. Fruitage.
Remedy fjr Xeasles.
From the Record of February "th
we give this simple remedy for measles,
now so general over the State. Tbe
remedy is cheap, easily tried, and is
devoid of evil effects:
"A foreign medical journal pub
lishes an interesting case of tbe revival
of the once popular use of red light as
a therapeutic agent A child, 8 years
old, having sickened with an attack of
measles of more than usual severity,
was. on the second day brought under
tbe influence of the rays of least re
frangibility, the windows being fitted
with red blinds, and a photographer's
lamp, with an orange-yellow globe,
being used for artificial lights. In
three hours the rash bad disappeared,
tbe fever bad subsided and tbe child
was playiog cheerfully, complaining
only of waul of light Tbe blinds were
(-subsequently removed, when three
hours later the physician was summon
ed to find that the eruption and fever
had returned, and tbe chiiJ was weak
and prostrate the red light having
been resumed, the rash disappeared iu
a iittle over two hours, as did the fever,
this time permanently; ia two mote
days tbe cough bad ceased, aud the
child was well in every respect. A
brother, sister and a fourth patient in
fected from the first case were similar
ly and successfully treated."
It is very hard to stand idly by and
see our dear ons suffer while awaiting
the arrival of the d.ctor. An Albany
IN". Y. ) dairyman called at a drug
store there for a doctor to come and see
bis child, then very sick with croup.
Not fiuding tbe doctor ia, he left
word for him to come at once on his
return. He also bought a bottle of
Chamberlain' Cough Kerned y, which
he hoped would give some relief until
tbe doctor should arrive. In a few
hours he returned, saying tbe doctor
need not come, as the child was much
better. The druggist, Mr. Otto Scholx,
says the family has since recommend
ed Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to
their neighbors and friends until he
has a constant demand for it from that
psrt of the country. For sale by all
druggist.
A Jfieaa Kan.
Tbe Mean Man was looking happy.
"Whose feelingj have you hurt
now V he was aked.
"My nephew' he said. "I have just
sent him a letter asking him to accept
the inclosed hundred dollar check as a
little birthday gift"
"But where doe your specialty come
In on such a proposition as that?"
"I didn't put in any check." In
dianapolis Press.
"I owe my whole life to Burdock
Blood Bitter. Scrofulous sores cover-
ered my body. I seemed beyond cure.
B. B. B. has made me a perfectly well
nniin Mr I aw H itt.n It .r.
I vUle, Mich.
Seasons for Son War.
An English paper has tbe following
to say on the reasons for some British
wars: "From all appearances it does
not take much provocation to set John
Bull at war. William the Conqueror
made war or. France because Kiug
Philip bad made a slighting allusion
to his embonpoint. More recent wars
have been brought about by trivial in
cidents. In lvC) a large trade in opium
was done by British traders in China,
and the Chiues government at length
forbade tbe importation of the perni
cious drug by our sailors. The edict,
however, had little or no effect, and
the trade continued, till at length the
Chinese imprisoned a number of Brit
ish subjects, and we promptly declared
war. Our second war, in lVy, ought
never to bave come about, if its origin
is taken into acoount. A Chinese pi
rale hoisted the British flag at his
mainmast and was afterward seized by
his government as a bloodthirsty ad
venturer. Had he failed to run up our
flag bis capture would have been re
garded as a good thing here, but as it
was, it was taken as an insult, and we
made war on tbe Chinese for refusiug
to apologize. The horrors of the In
dian mutiny will still be re trie entered
by a minority of our readers, and the
cause which led to it is a matter of his
tory. Cartridges greased with cow's
fat were served out to the Sepoys, who
refused to use them on the ground that
the cow was a sacred animal. We in
sisted, and aloFMt without any warn
ing, tbe terrible massacre followed,
which were only avenged at an enor
mous expenditure of lives and niouey.
"Out of the Months of Babes."
"I know what makes the bail and
snow, mamma," said 4 year-old Nettie.
"What darling?" asked hr niotber.
It's the angels sweepin'off the golden
sidewalks," was tbe reply.
"Mamma, can me aud Tommy have
some cake? ' asked little Bessie. "Not
unless you can ask grammatically," re
plied her mother. "Well, then," said
Besoie, "may I have a piece of cake?"
Tbe Sunday-school class) waa singiog
"I Want to Beau Angel" and tbe teach
er said to one little fellow: "Why don't
you sing louder, Willie?" "I'm singicg
just as loud as I want to be aa angel,"
ep'ied the incorrigible youth.
"Oh, mamma!" exclaimed litlie 4-
year-old Mabel, in we struck: tones,
"I know something just awful about
our minister." "Why, dear, what is
it?" asked her mother in surprise. "He
was talking to a man on the street to
diV, and I beard bim laugh right out
loud," replied the little miss.
Tbere is a moral taught by th fol
lowing which it might be well for many
a father to take unto himself:
"Mamma," said 3 year-old Freddy,
"are we going to heaven some day ?"
"Ye, dear, I hope so," was the reply.
"I wish papaeouIJ go too," continued
the little fellow. "Well, and don't yen
think he will?" asked his mother. "Oil,
no, replied Freddy, "he couldn't leave
his business."
The Science of Tree Pmnicj.
In small fruit plants the old and dead
bearing wood should be cut out in win
ter and the bearing canes not cut back
until the growing season. Some varie
ties require much more pruning than
others. March and April are the best
mouths for pruning, for if the work is
done in midwinter, while the tree is
dormant, the wood growth Is much
greater. Summer pruning induces fruit
growth. If tbe trees are winter-trim
med, cut them with long stut, which
are again cut close in May and Juoe.
Pear and quince trees need much more
severe pruning than pple trees, though
the latter are not usually sufficiently
thinned out in the head, the usual prun
ing being confined to the outer branch
es, when the head bracchesought to be
thinned to let in the sun to color tbe
fruit The inside wood of the peach
also needs thinning out but this should
be done in June, and sometimes what
thinning of !be fruit is needed jiay be
taken out at that time with the wood.
. . i
We have saved many doctor bills
since we begaa using Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy in our home. We keep
a bottle open all the time and benever
any of my family or myself begin to
catch cold we begin to use the Cough
Remedy, and as a result we never bave
to send away for a doctor and incur a
large d ctor bill, for Chamberhtin's
Cough Remedy never fails to cure,
ft is certainly a medicine of great merit
and worth. D. S. Mearkle, General
Merchant and Farmer, Mat tie, Bedford
county, Pa. Fr sale by ail druggistA
Pruaing Grape Tines.
Annual pruning is best for the grape,
aud it should always be done in good
season. Late pruning is often injuri
ous to the vines, as they are weakened
by excessive bleeding. Generally fnm
one-third to one-half the new growth
should be cut off. Not only must al
lowance be made for fruit but for wood
for next year'a fruit. Tsually it is lst
to train tbe vine up from the ground,
so as to admit of a free circulation of
air underneath. The liability to mil
dew and rot is materially lessened if
the vine is well up from the groucd.
Allowing two to four main stems, train
ing them on wires, and then cutting
back the laterals to the buda, is a very
good system cf pruning. Care must
be taken to not leave too much old
wood. It is tbe new wood that tears
the fruit, and in pruning it is an item
to make sure of plenty of new wood
each year. N. J. Shepherd.
Drying preparations simply develop
dry catarrh; they dry up the secretions
which adhere to the membrane and de
compose, causing a far more serious
trruble than the ordinary form of cat
arrh. Avoid all drying inhalant and
use that which cleanses, soothes and
heal. Ely's Cream Balm is such a rem
edy and will cure catarrh or odd in the
head easily and pleasantly. All drug
gists ell it at 30 cts. or it will be mail
ed by Ely Brothers, 66 Warren St,
N. Y.
A household necessity Dr. Thomas-'
Eclectric Oil. Heals burns, cut.,
wounds of any sort; cures sore throat,
croup, catarrh, asthma; never fails.
WHOLE NO. 253G.
The Bedtisie Story.
"If mothers only realized how much
of the rest'essuess of children during
the night was due to overwrought
brains thy would I more careful in
the choice ot the bed'.i;ue stories," said
thu thoughtful mother
"I wish I were able to write all tbe
go-to-sleep stories that are told to the
little oues all over the laud," she con
tinued. It makes tue p Mitivcly sad to
think of the s-uatl brains that are filled
with distorted inxtgf's, hobgoblins,
ogres, giaau aud the !;kv just as rea
son is losing its hold upon tueui fur sev
eral hour a
"I I.u'tthiak mother realizj what
an inil-.ience upoo a child's life, and
even uoon its life afiT it bas ceased to
be a child, is exerted by this apparent
ly tritlag matter of how it goes to sleep.
"Every night when I catch my little
daughter working off the big thoughts
that sweep over her brain as her tired
body begins to relax, while her men
tality seeius to be briefly and propor
tionately stimu.'ati, I tremble to think
of the barm that could be done to her
or aiy child for mine is not an ab
normal child in any way by an ignor
ant nurse or thoughtless parent.
"The fact that every normal child
eri-a out for a bed- ime story shows that
iu mental nature needs it, ju.-t as its
physical nature craves sweets. You
want to give your chil i pure caudy. so
give him the adulterated story!
"Leave out the fearful personalities,
the griiu and gigantic figures: taes-e
even if they are properly van pithed
by the ga Unt hero, are loo di-linct f jr
the cril !.i'le tale.
'Sit diu by your little oner's bed
and speak softly aad evenly. Weave
a fanciful bat quiet story, that teiis of
pretty streams and biras and loving
little biys and girls these woo sleep
to the weary, bit active, Iktlebraia,
not with the s"iff-atlng prt'ire cf the
gatter.ng storm, lit with luriJ tUthe,
but with the soft cio-j.Is of the siaset
h rizin, that Chang- from ry pink
to tender enveloping gray, and grad
ually deepen itito rsLful gloom."
Wah-Da7 Pjisters,
A very hot irn should never te used
for fiaunels or woolen A
Clotheslines ara made much more
durable by boiling for ten miautes be
fore they are used.
Table linen should be ironed when
qu.te damp and ironed with a hot aad
v.-ry heavy uon. .
ivjubroideries-houM be inn-dona
th u, sm-inth surfaeeover thick fiacnel,
an i ouly on the wrong side.
Wash fabrics that are inclined to fade
sh wild be soak-d and rinsed in very
si:ty water, to s-et th color, before
washing in suda.
Silken fabrics, especially white silk
hs'idkercliitfs, should not U dampen
ed, but ironed wi:h a moderately warm
ir in when taken from the line.
Irons should lioi be allowed to be
came red hot, as they will never retain
the heat propel iy afterward.
"Whose Batter Is It."
If buyers of bu;ter are pleased with
a certain trar.d and call for it at a gro
cery, they bciin to ask the q-iestion:
"Whose butter is it?" It develops that
the product is supplied every diy by
John Smith, of '-Sunny Side Dairy."
Tnis leads to a 1-rgvr demand fir
Smith's b itter. OM customers are re
tained and new ones secured through
their free ad vertising.
This is the way a Urge demand may
be worked up fer ii clasj butter. S-
lvpg At the buyer doesn't cre wh'-e
bitter lie p:rvha.tes, it is safe to say
tiat hel-u't very much impressed with
its quality. Honest goods in the bands
of bonest men will st-il at consistent
prices, aud tbe dairyman whose butter
faL-es the question giveu above has
gained a point that is certainly worth
seeking.
ATejt of Amiabity.
"Ordinarily," said Col. Stillwell, "I
object to the conundrum. "I regard it
as a primitive form of buaiir. I also
reseat thee cjastsnt jihes at the S-ate
of Kentucky. Taey represent bth de
ficiency of taste and p verty of res Kircr.
Bat just to show," he continued delib
erately; "that I am a broaJ-tainded-man
who can accept a joke amiably I
will a-k you aq-.'-ion: "What Is the
difference between the Sia;s of Mis-ja-chusetts
and Kentucky?"
"Give it up, colonel.
"Missichutetu pr.td'jres: bts and
shoes and Kentucky produes shoots
aad bue. And I want t say I'm
glad I thought of i; first, f r if any
body else bad sprung a remsrk like
ths.t on me unexpectedly I wouldn't
care to answer for the consequences. "
Waslilnrroa S'sr.
Wheeler's Nerve Yitalizer bccomi a
perfect marvel when treating nervous
prostration, epileptic fits and all the
bsser nervous ills. It cured Cha.
New man, Loudon, Ohio, of epilepsy of
several years standing.
Of all cough cures, Brant's Balsam
is the best cures quickest and most
for 2o centA For sale at Garman's
Drugstore, Berlin, Pa, ad Mountain
A Son's Drug Store, Confluence, Pa.
Forcible Proof.
"WbAt was yoir father whipping
you for last nigh.:?" A-k one small boy
of another.
"Oh," replied the other, "we had an
argument about my Sunday-school les
son, and be was proving to me that the
whale actually did swallow Jonah."
Troy Times.
A. R IX' Fluent editor of the Jour
nal, Djyles'owo, Ohio, suffered for a 1
namber years from rheumatism in his
ritrht .Hruil.!.. t . if. I
- '.-- - .lui . ii 4 zttue. lie waj&i
"My right arm at times was entirely
useless. I tri-d Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, an i was surprised to receive re
lief Almost immediately. The Pain
Bslm has been a constant compaxim
f min ever since aad it never fails. "
For sale by all druggl.tA
SHF WANTED GOLD.
Oa .!.'. I We a ! ike Haejr tw
Deposit lai a Baa A.
?.!osi cft.!-3l stories are told at the
fiiDe f the f.i:r resanlins tbt'ir
for of far.i.iiaritr w:tb bauk aa I
' ifceir iji i;;.j is. Oue came to the ears
j cf the Sauaierer that a jareotiy has
1 the merit tf ohvimss.
"Jly wife bad sjved lip ber r'3
mouey. r what ! t.aJa't bad occa
sion to ne of It." a!d the relator cf
toe "tore, "until she fend $10 ia tills
of varmus .leuomiuaiion. This she
was extremely Usirous of securing
Sold for. acd every day when t came
borne to U:nucr she would haul me over
tbe coaU because I bad forgotten to
procure the shining taefaL Finally she
said she would attend to the matter
herself. That evening she greeted me
with a triumphant smile
" 1 got my sold, she exclaimed
oon as I ectered the house, "but 1 oaj
a tirae ia doitij !t. though.
"Then she told me bow she bad gone
to the taint with her bills and been re
fused tbe coveted coin because the
notes weren't good noleA Next she
bustled around to a bauk an' secured
four $! pieces. Thee d;dti't
u:t her Ut-ause they weren't cetv an I
hhioy. so sl;e trotted lack to the naiul
with thetn uoj exchanged ihem for
two double eagles, fresh from the die.
I listened to her recital and asked ber
to k t Hie see the coins.
"Let you see them." she excla.med
in s'irjiri.te. 'Why. I haven't theui
any r.iore. you jtvosel
"'Hmen't them any morvT I r
peatetL "What did you do with thetaV
he looks 1 at ne with rcinglivl
scorn and consempf.
""I dwsited ihcr.j ia the Sjv-
Inr bank, of course. That's what I
wanted the .d for. What did yn'l
think I was g.in2 to do with ttsetn?
Keep them around the hocse to loots
tr
r.".t I was t-Hi huy Lmghinj Just
then and for half aa hour afterward
to make any re!y." Cincinnati En
quirer. THE FORCE OF HAEIT.
Ilow ll Oaee Played Meaa Trick
Frederick llllera.
E. V. Sals' I. ia The Saturday Lvea
iriZ Post, tolls an anecdote of Freder
ick Viiliers. the famous war corrv
rpendect. Viiiiers had ln-c-a under tire
f or some days, the enemy boiiibardiu
the force to which the artist was at-Uclir-d.
so that the arrial of a shell
was a -.:i: nuiiiT.l.ii-e eirctuii-"an-v to
tn:;tcd :a ti.e i.s.j.-il wnv Out i f ii is
cHe-L'l Le ca.i.e uu.-t'athed to lu.b'
aa 1 u;is sri!iin down the crowtled
Strati.!.
-:i a subba the pecYstriyBs were
ar.-.ilt-d to see him tt!n himself at
fuil lepsrli (ijKn the greasy, muddy
pave;.!,' tit and there lie- oa his f.icv,
rig:. I as a dead n.an. From all .! rvo
tiir. e o rushed to render U'.m as
sistance. They turned hint over to
ru; his hands and unbo'toa his collar.
vx:'ct::ii to 3a. 1 him ia a fit. But nn.
n hit f:u-e they f i:in l not tLe paia
aud rallor cf epilepsy, but astonish
meet ail nu l. Vi'Urs. when they
lai 1 hi '. I ( f quickly jumped to
his f.vt. shook the mud from his hands
aal -h.tl:e and then looked around
for aa explanation cf his own appar
ently Idiotic act. The explanation was
fort hce.m Ins.
A few yar !s behind him stood a
horse and ctirt. The carter had a n:-m-nt
afrr Villier passed pjlled the
pin an 1 ailovre ! the eait box to durap
itrca the cro::nd a 1.,-ad of ?raveL The
heavy )3-.:s of the cart, of cenrse.
5?ru k the Tv.:od paving with a re
souinling " l:::! tLu h" and the clean
rrav.'! hised out wit'j aa evil roar.
Tl.'s ci:::biR::t:ou of sounds, th war
srt't declared. Ms identical with the
striking of a live BhelL and Viiliei-s.
forg.'tting tl-at he then stood some
thousands cf miles from the seat nf
w.ir. a::te2:at:-i!'y flung himself down
to await the dreadful explosion.
lie r.et the lafaemaatioa.
An Eitgli.-h pa:T tti's this story of
the bite Josenii Whitaker, the pcbllsh
er of Whitaker' s Almanack: "For the
first iss::e he wanted, along with simi
lar information, th? amount of the sal
aries received by a nualer of certain
big!; functionaries In the civil service.
Application - these personages them
selves was uniformly met with only
rial refusals. Accordingly the Alma
nack appeared with a list of the otH
chil. each credited with a purely imag
inary ;r.i.
"The m-sult was instantaneoaA Hard
ly haJ the Crt edition come oat be
fore tLoe whose salaries had been
cnih'mted were impelled by "amoar
pnvpre" to write indignant correcrlons.
wL:le thejHiiire statements cf the 'n
l3Z revenue authorities were similar
ly etHcacious where the alleged amount
was at ail in excess of the actual in
come." -
Tlae Bible.
In Ftr!ss:a miniature P.iblcs are often
worn as watrh charmA One of these
P.ibie. is owned by a Bostcnian who
received It from a friend living in Itaa
ia. It is shettt one inch long, three
fourths of an inch wide and three
eighths of aa ineh thick and contains
the first five books of tbe Old Testa
ment. The text cf the book Is In Oe
I rew and the titles, ia Latin. It can
ncly ! read with the belp cf a power
ful magnifying gtasA
HI. llae af Crftlelaas.
"I endf-rstand." said tbe neighbor.
trat jour hnshaud is a dramatic crit
ic." "No." replil the little woman bitter
ly: 1ip is even worse tkaa that lie Is
l household critic." Chicago Post
Dfaalse4.
WlzTins-Whose nmbrella is this? It
look? like the one I lost.
Higtrias 1 don't see bow ft can. for
I rrard the h.ndie and altered It
jpnera'.ly. Ohio State Jonrt.aL
Xesi fjr Ei::.;eoi?nt.
"I arn f.-r the republic and against
the empire,'' shouts Congressman De
Armond. So are we all so are we all,
brother. We are also for civil alion
and agnircii barbarism, fjr prcspen'y
and agair.tt adversity, f.r health and
against diseas. But why mention the
fact? n"ery boy knows it that is,
everybody with sense enough to pare
an apple. The question as to w heth r
this shea!' 1-2 a republic or some
thing ei-vj was settled long before Mr.
DeArmoud was born, aad there is no
purp-we in any sane mind to unsettle
it. Tiie statesman from Bates county
m-y imagine he is playing polities, but
t is merely playing horse. Kansas
C.'y J juraaL
A Street Incident.
Q lick as a fla-.h the man snatched
her 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, erying
frantically: "Roblr! robber!"
Ia a few mo-aents the policeman
stood beside fcer.
"Say!" he cried. "Djn't you yII
'rubber' at me."
His indignation was q lite tiAiural,
fcr was it not his du'y, after all, to see
j ust such things ?-Poii.sdelphU Press.
3at aa Untuned Blesia.
"Andrew Carnegie gve our town a
public library."
"That was 15 ne."
"You think so? Weil, we've asked
him no to give us a skaiing rink, so
the boys and giris will stop reading
trashy novela." Indianapolis Journal.
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