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"The Man with the Hoe" let others sing-.
And to him ready tribute bring ;
leu ih iu uiorand on rent.
The miw of wrong that r1e hi breast ;
How on his Atlas baclt he bears
Tlic world, wilh all 1th toll and cares,
Hi broicen sotrtt wrapped in gloom
I sing -The Woman wtta the Broom.
KmU'ng within the door she tands
Her busy broom In wlltinr bands;
Bhe makes the household wheels ri 'round
Without a Jr, with setre'e a soun t j
To her the skies are always clear.
And, moving with a breath of cheer.
She sweeps away the dust of gloom
This hippy Woman with the Broom.
Anl while she works sh sings a song.
Wuile all life's Joys together throng.
That rinijs a call from roof to dome
Throughout her realm ol Horn?, Sweet
Home;"
Love's pi r J en nesllfs 'round the door.
Where flowers of fond affection bloom
And bow their rainbow heads before
The radiant Woman with the Broom.
Queen o'er the home her scepter sways ;
Hr subjects walk in pleasant way. ;
They love her rule, protect her right;
Enjoy ber sweetness, strength and light
And when, at but, she's called to re-il,
"Her children line and call her blessed,"
Hy cradle, altar and the tomb.
The faithful Woman wilh the Broom.
Qeorge Birdseye in Les'ls Week'y.
SHALL THE
CURFEW RIXG?
BY FROF. F. G. KRAEUR.
Sup't of l'ubllc bchocls, Orren Bay, Wis.
During three years of service aa prin
cipal of the educational department of
the Wisconsin Industrial School for
boys, I had excellent opportunity to be
come familiar with the principal causes
for the downfall of the boys committed
to that institution. I was convinced
that one principal cau m of crime among
the young in the cities is unlimited
street roving after dark. Since leaving
that institution, years of study of so
cial problems, and an extensive corres
pondence with those engaged in re
formatory work, have strengthened
this conviction.
In this busy age, men and women
are so absorbed with professional, bus
iness and social interests, that they do
not observe the growth of dangerous
tendencies in the community. To the
thoughtful student of sociology it is
painful to witness the crowds of youth,
especially girls, promenading the city
streets after dark with an air of bon
homie and good comradeship, ex
changing rude jests with young per
sons of the opposite sex and sometimes
of doubtful character. The moral dan
gers that beset the path of the young
ho are allowed a too free contact with
street life are not sufficiently realized
by many parents.
The street talk among boys, especial
ly, is not likely to be pure; the tempta
tion to perform n.i.schievous acts is too
alluring; ana the whole tendency is to
establish habits destructive to a proper
regard for authority. Not infrequent
ly, street gangs are formed. They
tease, torment, and annoy citizens,
abuse smaller children, snatch fruit
from groceries, destroy property, and
insult girls doing many of these
things because they think it is funny
or smart. Amidst such influences,
children develop a low, quick species
of cunuing; but it is acquired at the
expense of arrested development along
higher and better lines of growth.
As the demoralizing process, thus be
gun, goes on, parental authority is first
disregarded, then defied. Home re
straints are thrown. oC, bou's, bad
company, and truancy from school and
home soon follow. Means must be ob
tained with which to gratify the ex
travagant and vicious habits contract
ed, and to keep pace with the crowd.
If not sufficiently far advanced along
J he line, a more experienced compan
ion suggests the means.
First, perhaps, the theft of a few
cents from father's or mother's purse.
Next, a dollar or two filched from a
neighbor. Then a midnight entry into
a store or warehouse or the slugging of
some belated traveler on the highway.
The reformatory and prison are the in
evitable result.
FTATISTICS OP JWESILB CUMES.
Thoeo who have had any experience
with criminal clashes know too well
how many darkened young life-blsto-ries
trace their first wrong step to the
evil stories and suggestions heard while
loitering in the city at reels at night.
Olficial reports show that during the
year ending March. 1S1K5, 197,2.7 youths
were arrested iu 100 of the largest cities
in the Uuited 8'ates. In Milwaukee
alone, SS2 under sixteen, and 912 lie
tween sixteen and twenty-one, were ar
rested during the year ending March,
Such reports should arouse the
thoujjhtful to action, and force tLcm
to investigtte the social influences that
produce fcuch results. I feel confident
that a careful investigation of tbn mat
ter will convince any one that at leact
seventy-five per cent, of these arrests
sre directly or indirectly traceable to
unlimited street roving after dark.
Leaving out of account the need of
rest, early sleep and healthy moral
teaching in the home, there toweis
over all these the almost certain des
truction of pure Instibcls, the inculca
tion of vicious soul-dest roying thought?,
where children nwm the streets at will
after dark. The steps of free night
roaming are deafly marked and Inev
Stable: First, amusement; second, mis
chief; third, crime. .
LAXITY OK PARENTAL COXTROL.
' I wi-h to emphasize the fact, which
all students of sociology are bringing
Into prominence, that the principal
cause of the dangerous influences al
luded to, is laxity of parental control.
It Is a great misfortune that to many
parents do not trouble themselves to
know where their children are at night,
or in what company. Too often child
ren go w here they please and do as they
like. The indifference to this matter on
t be part of some parents is almot crim
inal. And not only the poor and un
educated, but the educated, with every
advantage, are'straugely neglectful in
this matter. Whether this neglect ar
ises from poverty, ignorance, careless
ness, or indifference, the effect on the
children and society is the same.
"Train op a child In the way he
should go, and when he is old be will
not depart from it" la a true to-day aa
trer. It la equally true tLat, If we.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
train up the child in the way he should
not go, when he is old he will not de
part from it It is true and safe to
teach, "Whatsoever a man so wet h, that
shall he raap." But we also reap what
others have sown; and whatever socie
ty sows, that shall it also reap. In k
far as the social well-being is invoh-ed,
every member of society is his broth
er s keeper.
OBLIGATION OK SOCIETY.
Every one knows that opportunity to
do wrong often causes wrong to be
done. This is especially true of chil
dren, who are very much more easily
influenced by surroundings than grown
people. It is, indeed, unfortunate that
the age of their greatest need is fre
quently ths time of greatest neglect
Home children are predisposed to one
kind of vice or crime very much more
than another; and, if their environ
ment is such that they can be kept out
of temptation for a certain length of
time, ame other quality is apt to de
velop in them sufficient to counteract
the weakness. Mtny childreu cine
into the world with a load of evil in
fluences within and without; and their
start in the struggle of life is handicap
ped, partly because society fails to per
form its duty toward them.
There will, no doubt be enough
temptation left to test the character of
the youth, and give exercise to his
power of resistance, when society ceas
es openly to encourage vice and crime
by putting temptation in his way.
I contend that every one blessed with
a favorable environment is un ler moral
obligation to assist in creating such an
environment in society as will give the
children of his weaker and more un
fortunate brother a fair chance to be
come virtuous, intelligent, self-support-log,
and law-abiding citizens. The
well-being of society demands this.
It is, therefore, necessary that society
should devote its first efforts to helping
parents to help their children, and pun
ishing parents who neglect their chil
dren. The parent has the duty laid
upon him by both (Jod and nature, to
guard his child against the dangers of
unlimited street - roving after dark.
When he neglects this duty, then it is
not enly the right hut the duty of so
ciety, as a means of self-protection, to
assume the responsibility.
Early prevention is the most effect
ive reform. Reform schools do much
good; tut it is infinitely wiser, more
economical, and more humane, to pre
vent children from falling, than to re
form them after they have fallen.
Cl'RFEW A3 A REMEDY.
Since many parents do not keep
their children at home nighu, and
since it is for the public good that this
be done, city councils are fully justified
in passing an ordinance that tends to
enforce the perfnrmauce of parental
duty and shield the children from the
dangers and temptations of the city
streets at night
Recently there has beeu a well-defined,
healthy revival of the curfew in
America, but applied only to children
under a specified age. In their last an
nual report the board of education of
Springfield, Mass , says: "We are in
hearty sympathy with the re-establishment
of the curfew, or its equivalent
lately instituted in some cities, and se
riously considered in others. The com
munity thus recognizes its own laxity,
and proposes lo do through legislation
what ought to be done by the common
sense of parents."
OBJECTIONS ANO DIFFICULTIES.
I am aware that when a step of this
sort is advocated there will be some op
position. No reform of social condi
tion was ever carried out unattended
with difficulties aud opposition. Mou
ey is freely appropriated to build and
maintain poorbouses, reformatories and
prisons; but we meet much apathy and
even opposition and abuse, if we sug
gest a measure whertby their necessity
is lessened and their expense greatly
reduced.
Many who approve laws forbidding
child labor in lactones, or compelling
parents to tend children to school, op
pose a curfew luw because it is paternal
istic Instead of interfering with any
inherent right of parents, the curfew
assists parents in discharging theirduty
to their children and the community;
and it does this most effectually wht n
the childreu get beyond home control.
The parent w ho properly looks after his
child puts strict limits on bis liberty at
uight and is not inconvenienced by
the curfew. But, if the parents are to
indifferent to their children's welfare
as to let them wander at will at night,
then the duty of watching over them
is not assumed by, but thrust on the
city. The curfew interferes with the
wishes of only thorn parents who ig
nore their duty. Legislation is always
necessary to restrain and punish those
whose conduct endangers the general
welfare.
PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
In order to secured he enactment and
enforcement of a curfew ordinance it is
Deoessary to create a strong public sen
timent in its favor. The ordinance will
not enforce itself; and it is unless to
enact it, if public sentiment will not
sustain the officers In enforcing it
Without a strong public aentlmeut in
its favor, it will be ignored, Bnd do no
good. In order to create such a public
sentiment it is necessary to secure the
oo operation of churches and other so
cieties, of the public press, the public
officials, and other prominent citizens.
Occasional sermons from the pulpit,
lectures by officials and others, and ar
ticles in the local papers, will arouse
such a public sentimtnt and insure
success.
The city that adopts and faithfully
executes such a law will reap a golden
harvest The moral tone of the com
munity will be greatly elevated, the
work of the philanthropist lessened,
and the cost of maintaining vicious
and criminal classes greatly reduced.
A curfew ordinance will not accom
plish everything; but, if its adoption
and enforcement save even a fair pro
portion of the children from a wasted,
vicious and criminal career, it is worthy
of serious consideration.
Builds up the system, put pnTe, rich
blood la the veins; makes men and
women healthy Burdock Btood Bit
ters. At any drug atore.
. .
How Wheeler Wai Located.
The ruuuing about the rooms and
corridors that Gen. Joe Wheeler does
in the course oTa day when in congress
would completely wear out a less in
defatigable man, writes a Washington
correspondent in the New York Sun.
There is considerable method in that
however, as it enables him to escape
many importunate constituents they
are never able to catch up with him.
Oue day during the last session a
stranger went to the room of the mili
tary committee and inquired if Gen.
Wheeler was in. The affable attend
ant got into conversation with bim
and found him to be some oue whom
the general would like to see. The
straager said be had been up to the
houte two days hunting Wheeler, and
every one would tell him the general
was just here, or there, or in the smok
ing room, but be could not find him.
Said the attendant:
"Dj you really want to see Gen.
Wheeler?"
"I certainly do," replied the visitor.
"Then take my advice, sir. Pick out
any spot on this side the Capitol it
doesn't matter where, and just stand
there quietly for ten minutes, and I am
morally ceruluthe general will come by
it and thus you will have your oppor
tunity to speak to him."
"I expect that's good advice," re
turned the visitor, "and I think I will
stay right here for a while."
Iu less than three minutes General
Wheeler bounced into the roooi, and,
seeing his friend, expressed the utmost
delight in the meeting.
Agriculture in the Schools.
The Kansas State Teachers' Associa
tion will use its influence to have the
Legislature next year enact a law pro
viding for a text book on agricultc.e for
use In the common schools. If the law
is passed the association will ask that
the book be written by Secretary F. D.
Coburn, of the State Board of Agricul
ture. The special committee appointed at
the last session of the State Teachers'
Association to revise the course of study
for the common schools of Kansas has
resolved that a text book on agriculture
should be adopted in the Kansas
schools, and decided to take steps to
arouse sentiment on the subject As a
preliminary step it was decided to
adopt agriculture as a portion of the
course of study for the next school
year.
State Superintendent Nelson says:
"Kansas Is au agricultural state. The
youugmqvf the state should, there
fore, be taught agriculture. How to
keep boys on the farm is now the great
question. By dignifying frm life an d
educating the boys to make a success
in agriculture the question will be
solved. It is just asesseutial to teach
a young man who expects to follow
that pursuit how to farm as it is to
send a young man who wants to he a
lawyer to ' a law school." Kansas
Farmer.
Overwork does not kill but overworry
does, hard work may shorten life, con
stant worry surely will. Make your
nerves worry proof by using Wheeler's
Nerve Vitalizer, the kind that builds
up your life props.
The superior merits of Brant's Cough
Balsam are cures quickest and larg
est -j cent bottle. For sale at Garman'a
Drug Store, Benin, Pa,, and Moun
tain & Son's Drug Store, Coofluenc
Pa.
A Remarkable Scholar.
Perhaps the record for school attend
ance belongs to a Walworth lad named
Thomas Ward, who, says the West
minster Gizjtle, wai never absent or
late during his eleven years of school
life, beginning bis fourth year. The
local member of the School Board for
Loudon tells tbe story that when the
proul boy received the attendance
medal for the eleventh year which
bad to be specially struck to meet his
case the mother was questioned as to
how her boy had beeu able to make so
remarkable a record.
"Has be bad the usual children's
complaints?" she was asked.
"Yes, sir."
"The measles?"
"Ye, sir."
"Whooping-couh?"
"Yes, sir."
"Hjw is it then, that he has never
been away from school ?"
"Well, sir, he bad them in his holi
days," was the interesting reply.
A Snke's First Zarnia i.
A few years ago a large party, head
ed by the Duke of Norfolk, went on a
tour through the continent, says the
New York Tribuoe. Tue duke busied
himself very much on tbe journey iu a
kind-hearted way about Uie welfare of
every oue iu the party. At eveiy
station he used to get out and go
around to see if he could do anything
for any one. Oue old woman, who
did not know hiui, wheu she arrived
at last in Itjuie, tired and hot, found
great difficulty in getting a porter. So
she sized up the duke. "Now, my
good man," she said, "I've noticed
you at all these stations loafing about
Just make yourself useful for once in
your lite. Take my bag and fl nd me a
cab." Tbe duke mildly did as he was
bid, and was rewarded with a six
pence. "Thank you, madam," he said.
"I shall prize this, indeed! It is the
first coiu I have ever earned in my
life."
Kirch, April, May.
These Are the Montha in Which to
Purify Yoar Blood.
This is the season when your blood
is loaded with impurities, accumulated
during the winter months from close
confinement, rich food, aud other
cause. These impurities must be
driven from your system or they may
breed serious disease and cause untold
suffering. Hood's Sjtrsaparllla is the
greatest and best blood purifying med
icine it is possible to obtain. It la
what the millions take in the epring.
It will purify and enrich your blood,
create an appetite, tone up your sys
tem, and give you Bound, rcbasthca'tb.
MARCH 14. 1000.
A dries for Fat People.
When a woman by reason of heredi
tary tendencies or by luxurious living
finds herself inclining to marked em
bonpoint and oon-ieq'jent shortness of
breath aud other ills, the path of self
den Lai lies straight before her in the
matter of diet. Ail fats and sweets
are to be scrupulously avoided. Water
in excess, milk, alcoholic drinks or
malt liquors forsworn, as well as thick
soups, sauces, spices, potatoes, white or
aweet, hominy, oatmeal, rice, starches,
beeU, carrot, parsnips, puddings, pies
and cakes. B i!ed bacon, lean mutton
and beef, fi-ia of all kinds, chicken
consomme, game, eggs, asparagnt,
cauliflower, onions, celery, cresses,
turnips, squash, spinach, white cab
bage, tomatoes, radishes, lettuce, greens,
stale bread, giuteu, grapes, oranges,
fruits, berries and acids may be in
dulged in without failure of nutrition
or strength, and will teud at the same
time to reduction of weight Dietary
rules, however, will be ineffectual un
less accompauied by systematic and
vigorous exercise.
Dres warmly while exercising iu
order to induce profuse aud prolonged
perspiration. Rjnuing and fast walk
ing are especially good forms of exer
cise. After such exercise take a cold
bath, follow iug it by a vigorous rub
bing with a coarse towel or bath mit
tens. To Believe Coughing:
A persistent and annoy iug cough
which occurs at night and keeps the
patient awake may frequently be con
trolled by a glass of warm milk with
seltzer, or some mineral water, a cup
of warm cocoa drunk slowly ou retir
ing. Cough makes cough. "To con
trol cough," says Dr. Abram, of San
Francisco, in one of his popular lec
tures at Cooper Medical Coiitge, "is a
matter of discipline. If we are in a
public place and our skin itches, we do
not always scratch the part but sup
press the sensation by will power.
Cough, like itching, is a reflex act aud
can Decontrolled by will power. Many
individuals exhaust themselves by un
necessary exertion in coughing. Take
your cough cooly. Avoid cough reme
dies if possible during the daytime;
avoid a crowded room before retiring,
or, if this is impossible, smoking or
anything which will taint the atm s
phere must be interdicted. The appli
cation of a warm poultice or a hot bag
to the chest will often relieve coughing.
An Ideal Budely Dispelled.
While William M. Evarts was a
member of the Senate, says Harper's
Weekly, an employe, hastening late
one afternoon through one of the upper
corridors, was accosted by a stranger,
evidently a farmer, with the" query:
"Can you tell me where I can see Sen
ator Evarts? I have admired him all
my life, and I have never seen bim.
To tell you tbe truth, I have come to
Washington to see bim more than any
thing else. I don't want to speak to
him; just to look at him."
The employe took bim into the sen
ate gallery aud sat down with him.
Evarts was not on the flor, but in a
few minutes he strolled in and stepped
up to the steps leading to the vice
president's desk, so that all his diruin
utiveness and slenderness were in evi
dence. "Tnere he is," said the employe.
"What!" said the farmer. "That
little fellow ? Then he looked long atid
earnestly at him, and turuiug to his
companion said, Go-ih! I bet he
boarJ."
One Beware for Mammas.
Such a temptation a it is wita some
women to overdress their little ones!
Thou jh they may have to do with
"Grandpa's old broadcloth frock coat"
made into a "botchy" jacket, the tiny
girl is often "gotten up to kill" in gor
gcou raiment a velvet coat lots of
fino l-tce, .and the niost overpowering
millinery.
Aud it's wrong!
It wrongs the child by making her
vain, selfish and foolish, and itwrougs
tbj mother; it is of far more importance
that she should be nnxly dressed.
No doubt tbe mother argues that it
cost so little, comparatively, for the
small finery. But no argument how
ever plausible, avails.
Let the mother ask herself if she
wants her dear little oue to grow up
selfish, silly and demanding. For even
this mistake of new velvet luxury for
baby versus the old made-overs for
mamma will convince Miss Littlegirl
that her mother "doesn't count"
Deeds Are Fruits,
Words are but leaves." Tt is not what
we say, but what Hood's Sarsaparilla
does that tells the story. The many
wouderful cures effected by this medi
cine are the fruits by which it should
be judged. These prove it to be tbe
great unequalled remedy for dyspep
sia, rheumatism, scrofula, salt rheum,
catarrh and all blood ailments due to
Impure or impoverished blood.
Hood's Pills are non-irritating, mild,
effective.
To Care Sleeplessness.
Sir W. H. Bradbent. Of all the in
fluences which teud to brin; tbe ner
vous system into a state in which sleep
is ready, sound and refreshing, tbe
most important are fresh air and exer
cise. A sedentary mode of life bas a
contrary effect Besides, therefore,
protecting tbe light sleeper from all
causes of aleeplessuese and removing
any which may be identified, -it may
sometimes be necessary to revolutionise
his habits and to lay down special rules
as to his mode of life. The old saying,
"After dinner rest awhile, after supper
walk a mile," seems to have been
written for the benefit of such an iu
vidua!. "I suffered for months from sore
throat Eclectric Oil cured me in
twenty-hours." M 8. Gist, Hawesville,
Ky.
A BIDE 13 A BTJSABOTJT.
The Difference Between Equine and
Electris Traction.
Charles Barnard pictures in St- Nich
olas for March, in aa illustrated article
on "TLe Automobile," the delights of
a long ride in an electric runabout
Why, it's really buzgy on bicycle
wheels. Tbe seat is in front aud there
is a closed and covered box behind and
under the seat. Take a seat, please, on
the right, while I turn this crank.
Don't be alarmed; she will not star!.
This crank fits into a s-cket in the side
of tbe buggy, and a few turns set the
motor going. There! Now we are
ready, and I'll put the crank inside.
Yes, he does tremble a little, as if eager
to rush away. Now! All ready! I'll
sit ou the left, where I can see the
road.
How perfectly delightful! The run
about is well uanied; for it cau cer
tainly run. No horse in front; no reins
to handle; no whip; no big creature
with a will of his own to be guided,
urged, and controlled; and nothing to
obstruct the clear view in front noth
ing to obstruct the rush of pure air as
the carriage flies swiftly over the as
phalt Eight ten, twelve miles an
hour. It could be more could be twenty-five
miles au hour; but twelve miles
an hour is as fast as is safe in city
streets. We overtake teams, carriages,
aud bicycles, and piss them all. We
meet a trolley-car on a cross-street and
slow up to let it pass. As we stop we
feel the slight jar of the motor, for it is
working away while we wait. Ou
again, turning neatly roun 1 '.he end of
the car and rushing swifuy f orward.
Look out ! man crossing the street. He
sees us and stops, and stands frightened
and irresolute. If he would go right
on he would be safe. Tbe carriage runs
swiftly, turns completely round him,
andgoeson. Danger? Not theslight
est, because the carriage is under com
plete control.
The carriage is steered by this steel
bar in front of ths seat. Try it. Se
how lightly it moves to the right or
left The gentle pressure of a finger on
the bar guides the carriage, and, should
you wish, it can be turned round and
round in a dizzy circle on one spot l!
steers quicker and better than a boat,
much more surely and evenly than any
horse. How far can we go without
stopping? At ten miles an hour, it will
travel ten hours, or one hundred miles.
Then, to return or to go on, we have
only to stop at a grocery store aud boy
a few quarts of gasoline, load up the
reservoir, and travel on for another
hundred miles at the same rate of speed
as before.
We ride on, up hill and down, over
pavement, asphalt, macadamized road,
or plain couotry road, now fast i'ow
slow, stopping, starting, backing, turn
ing sharp corners and wide corners,
and, if necessary, stopping quickly in
fact far more quickly than a horse can
stop. And all of this without a home,
in absolute safety, certainty, and pre
cision, at tbe touch of a hand or a ff.
As no horse beats the road with irc n
shoes, there is no warning of our aj
proaen, so we touch an electric bell to
warn all who may be in the road to
look out At uight, electric lamps light
up the road before us and warn other
teams of our approach. The seat is
roomy and comfortable, and the car
riage rides smoothly aud with very lit
tle jar or noise. Above all, we bate
not to think for or care for the bore.
He must be told, every step of the way,
just where to go, where to turn, and
when to stop. He will stop of bis own
sweet wilt If be wishes to, or if he fee Is
hungry or tired, or if he wants to jo
borne. He may be sick or lame, aid
that would destroy all the pleasure f
the ride, because we could not be so
cruel as to make bim suffer for our
pleasure. Now we forget all that, for
the whirring motor that is ui&king us
fly along the road will never grow
tired, never suffer, uever try to go one
way when we want to go another.
There is no horse living that could
cirry us a hundred miles iu five hours.
On a clear, good road this carriage
could easily do it, and, in ten minutes,
do it again. Had we used a horse to
take a ride of tweuty-tive miiett, we
should be obliged to give him a supper,
let him rest ail night, aud give hm
breakfast next moruiug, before he could
carry us another twenty -five miks.
This carriage might run all day aud ail
uight and all the next day, and several
days and nights, with only stops of a
few inomeuta each to get fresU luel for
the motor. We should be tired out
long before the machine.
Wheu we return, the carriage is run
into its stable aud halts. A touch of
the tiuger aud the motor stops. There
is nothiug to be d oue to it except wipe
off the dust aud see that the motor is
oiled and cleaned. There it can stand
for an hour, a day, or a month, and it
will cut uothiag. It may rain for a
week, and we may not care to ride. 1 f
we kept a horse, he wouM have to le
fed, groomed, aud exercised, uhethtr
we wished to ride or not Tnisall costs
us time, labor, aud money. Tne motor-carriage
costs nothing until it is
used again.
A. R. De Fluent editor of the Jour
nal, Doylestown, Ohio, suffered for a
number years from rheumatism in his
right shoulder and side. He si;s:
"My right arm at times was entirely
useless. I tried Chaniberlaiu's Pain
Balm, and was surprised to receive le
lief almost Immediately. Tne Pain
Balm Las been a constant companion
of mine ever since and it never fails."
For sale by all druggists.
The Costliest Wine.
The most costly and precious wine in
the world is that contained in a cask
Darned the "Rose," in the Bremen
Town Hall cellars. This Rudesheim,
of the vintage of the year lt33 is of the
color of old ale, and has a wonderful
aroma, though a rather hard taste. It
is never sold, but is nsed exclusively
for tbe sick of Bremen, the only excep
tions having been when a small bottle
was presented to the Emperor William
I, another to Frederick III, and one to
Pri nee Bismarck. The supposed mon
ey value of this win w something be
yond credence, but as it is never sold
tbls detail is of slight importance.
WHOLE NO. 2537.
Meetiaj the President
One of the President's duties which
has its painful side is the almost inter
minable handshaking which accom
panies a Presidential reception. Be
sides the physical ex rii-m required,
the monotony of the thing must be
wearisome almot bey nd endurance, i
uuless it is broRen, ns no doubt it ofU u
is, by some amiiMnj iticid-niu
When Mr. Cleveland was at Wtldon,
North Carolina, during his first term,
a great crowd shook hands with hint.
In the middle .of the lion was a lone-,
laDk country man, who took the great
est iutercst in the scene.
At length he reached th President,
and gra-ped him warmly by the baud.
" vVell," fai 1 Le, "o you are the
Presidei.t?"
"Yes," replied Mr. Cleveland, "I am
the President-"
"Well," continued th old fellow,
shaking Mr. Cleveland' hand like a
punir-haniUe, "I've voted for many a
President in my lime, bur. 1 never seed
one l.efre." paused a moment,
aud looking the Fnsident up and down
and fn m oue side to the other, he ex
claimed. "Well, you are a whopper!"
The President st iiled and the crowd
laughed.
At another time Mr. Cleveland was
receiving a delegation of teachers at
the White House.
"Dr. Lucky of Pitts! urg," said the
Introducer, as a gentleman stepped fur
ward to shake hands.
It bad beeu intended that the other
teachers rh uld follow ia turn, but
somehow a dilapidated-looking o'd
tramp had slipped iato the lineju.-t
behind Dr. Lucky. As he shuttled up
to the President, there was a pawe.
Nobody knew bis uame, and even ll e
tramp seemed to feel eoibirtussed.
Too President mended the difficulty.
He extended bis hand, and with more
than bis usual cordiality, he said, 'a an
eucouraging tout:
"How are you, my friend? Your
name is Dr. Unlucky, I presume."
The ol-l tramp's face relaxed into a
smile. Youth's Conipauion.
We have saved many doctor bil!a
siuce we bgan using Ohamberlaiu's
Cough Remedy iu our home. We keep
a bottle open ail the time and whenever
any of my family or myself besjin to
catch cold we beiu to use the Cough
K.medy, aud as a result we uever have
to send away for a d.ctor and incur a
large d ctor bill, fir ChaniiwrUin's
Cough Remedy never fails to cure.
It is certainly a medicine of grent merit
and w nh. D. S. Mkakklk, General
Merchant and Farmer, Mittie, Asdford
ciunty, VjL For sale by ail druggists
Utei ioc L5nnai.
A tea--ponfu! of the juics iu f cup
of b'ack coffee will certainly relieve a
bilious head act e
Lemon juice (outward application)
will allay the irritation caused by r.Le
bites of gnats or Kits.
A dash of lem n juice in piam water
is an fxc-'.lnt tor.rh-wash. It not nly
removes tartar, bit sweetens the breai h.
Lemon peel (and also orange) shouid
all be saved and dried. They are a cap
ital hubstit'ite for kindling-wood. A
handful will revive a dying fire.
Th'i juice of a l.-mon iu hot water, on
awakening iu the morning, Is an excel
lent liver corrective, and for stoat wom
en is better than any a a U-fat innlicine
ever iuvented.
Glycerine and lemon-juice, half and
half, on a bit of absotbeut cotton, is tbe
best thing in the world wherewith t
moisten the lips tnd tongue of a fever
parched patient
The tine-it of manicure acids is made
by puttiug a tea.pooaful of lemon-juice
in a cupful of warm water. This re
moves most su:us fr-uu the tiugers and
nails, a l i l-.ons t'ai cuticle mira sat
isfactorily th tn can ba doue by the use
of a sharp instrument.
Lemon-juice and salt water will re
move rus: stains from linen, without in
jury to the fabric. Wet the stains with
t'oe mixture and put tbe article in the
s in. Two or three appiicatiops may be
neeessiry if the stain U of loo etauj
ing, but the remedy never fails.
Choo&e a Hat With Care.
Despit t th? fa-;t that we see and hear
so mucu of tremmdotis and eye-riveting
mil'inery, tue fact rf uiaius that tbe
good dressers almt iuvariacly wear
moderate headgear. Aud it is very
easy to fall a slave to the wonderful
and aw.'ut creation whica look so well
in the electric lit trying-on room., but
which, ala! arj ap: to prore trying iu
the unsofteued rays of the Luy. Aud
8J it is that we frequently see the wo
man who has on a uat much too over
whelm' ug.
Hsppily, too, wa see the woman who
'kuows.' O-ie ot tier is weariuga draw
toqu j of a o.'; oi i r ise, f tirly a pa-teL
It is adorned wiia sof. ragged rlowers,
close set save at the left, where they
rise sound five inches, and these flowers
are in all tne e'aaij3 o." old r, some
silky, somi velvety all lovely!
It is very hard to stand idly by a-td
see our dear ones sutler while j-waiitn
the arrival of the dctor. An Albany
(N. Y.) dairymtn called at a dru
store there for a d cUr to come and e?
his child, then very sick with er.oup.
Not finding tha doctor iu, he lef;
word for him loom; as oaco on iiu
return. 11) also biuiit a bottle of
Chamberlain's Cou-jli Rsundy, which,
be hoped would give mi relief until
the doctor should arrive. In a few
hours he returned, saying the doclor
need not come, as the child wast much
better. The druggist, Mr. Otro Scholz,
says tbe family bad siuee recommend
ed Chamberiain's Coug'.i Rjmedy to
their neighbors and friends notil he
has a constant djru md for it fr ui that
ia.-t of tha country. For sale by ail
dmgisls.
The Mean Man was looking hr ppy.
"Whose feeltugs bve you hurt
now?" be was asked.
"My nephew's' he said. "I have just
sent him a letter asking h m to accept
the inclosed hundred-dollar check as a
little birthday gift"
"But where does- your specialty come
in on such a proposition as that?"
"I didn't put ia auy check." In
dianapolis Press.
d;k.e'. ( I irr I'ai.tlas.
If tl;-' r.ui'.ii'or of houses la which
ttn-re i :'ii; n l-ro!i lions of a cert.iln
J:-aw!iij f";i tiile ch.U's head aftiT
Vandyke could te enumerated, it
would cau.e astonUbnient. There U
Bot'.iinj surprisio iu t!:e popularity
cf 'tlie brad. Hut whatever genius
famed It "i'.n!y Stnnrt" Is responsible
fur mniiV iMdii-rous titis;i.i:eiieiisioD.
Tlii-re a,v v.:itit-n who livhcve that tbls
head was painted by liiibert SluarU
1 bore are vo:ueu who have asked !f
It w.-ts tbe infant of A. T. Sh-wart.
.a;n. tliere are women who knnr
tiiat it depicts cue of the chiidreo
Charles I. but who do not know whkh
one of bis chiidreo It is, whether it 1.4
a boy or a girl, or who painted tbe
original. Tl.e bead is that of the sec
ond son of Charles I. and the uame of
the c-Li!d was James. Vandyke paint
ed him time and time airaiu. Oue of
the family Kronpa of Charles' chil
dren by Vandyke hauir in Turin.
From the head of tittle James in that
group a copy was made by KaiTaelio
Canevarl. a diawiut:. mid that copy
hallos in the Academy of St. Luke at
Kouie. From Caucvarl's itrawiu thu
countless uMiiy of photograph, en
graviuc. lithographs and prints which
have ?i.read to the uttermost parts tit
the earth proceeded.
t
Let cIwii'.t the title, for rethink
T.sby Stu:irt" tins done duty Ions
en;:!i. Why not call liini "tittle
James?" Then, at least, ail his wor
Fh'Mri would know his sex. He be
c.i;:i, K::! James 11 of Eutjlaud in
lf-Sil, aud. accori!l:) So emiueut au
thority, he gave evidence of possessing
all the vices of his race without auy
of Its virtues. Mis reiirn was short
etui Infamous. lie was in exile at St.
Germain when he died In 1701. Sihh
was the cl:ully aud guileless kol;iug
royal laiy in the ca. P-ostoo Tran
script. REMOVING A RING.
A Jeweler Tell, lion to Take OS? On.
That Has t.roMB Tiaal.
Most g'.ils who have had baby rin-s
have had trouble la removing theui
from their tiuiers. "There Is really n
necessity fur all this ado about remov
ing a ti.L,iit ring." said a jeweler. "Iu
fttct. a la everything else, the secret
of success lies iu knowing how to do it.
Here is a rttipe that 1 have found un
failing for removing a tight rlug. aud
there is no painful surgical ocratioa
Involved either: Thread a needle tlaC
in the eye. using thread that Is stroug.
but not too coarse, tlicu p.''ss the head
of the needle under the ring. Care, of
couim'. must lie used iu this, and It
woui 1 he be;-t to soap the ueedie before
Le;,-ii!i,;iig. The teei'Ie having been
passed through, pull tlv. thread through
a few inchca tcvnrd the band-so."
l".y t!:is time the jeweler hail passed
the needle and thread under the ring
ou Lis own ti::ger and was prepared ti
illustrate the little k-cttire. "Wrap the
long ct.il of the thread around the fin
ger toward the nail in this manner,
then take hold of the short end nud un
wind It-so. The threail. thus pressing
ag;:iust the riti-. will gradual!" remove
it. however tight or swollen the tiu
ger." Pittsburg Dispatch.
Banish ll.tapiialitr.
A" corresn!ent of the Dundee Ad
vertiser writes from Denmark: "Tue
people of ItenmarK. though sprung
from the saiae stock as ourselves, are
Infinitely more polite and hospitable -80
much so tLat my frieuii the Scoti 1
landowner. v.Lo is Scotch to the back
bone and never more Scotch thau wheu
o'U of Scotland, early came to tbe coa
ciusioti that their politeness. besl-Jt s
beiug "u itiichty trouble to themselves,
was a sheer waste of time.' I did not
tin I it so. I rejoiced that It was oue c.t
their characteristics. f-r they were
ever willing to show r.ie their fann.s
arid tlicir thi.'ries ntid their fTnrmerfri
Ing establishments, thongb I had beeu
assured b-fore leaving this country
that the Danish creamery at least was
shut a-'aiat the stranger.
.ike most continental people ! hav.
Ciet. the I::ue puts himself to no end
of trouble to hel; you. anil after he
gives a!! the Information you want you
must needs go to Ida home and drink
his drink cn l smoke his eigars. as el l
friends In this country wight do after
years of separation.'
W here Dr. Joho.ua Wit Marrlea.
tue of the most iuterestiug entries
in the jKM-ish register of St. Wer
Lurgh's, Derby, relates to the marriage
of Dr. Johnson and the widow Porter,
which was celebrated In fci. Wer
buigh's. It reads:
"Ma: l.-::::i::!l Johnson, of ye parish)
of ii. Ma:;. .. iu Lichfield, and Eliza
beth Porter, of ye parish of S. Philip,
ia IV ham."
Why the couple should have traveled
from IViriiiirigli.ini to Ik-rby to le wed
is greatly dark. Kveu Boswell cou
fessed that he could not understand
the reason. Johnon. however, gavir
hit:i an amusing account of the jour
ney. They r.rost have looked a qti.-eriy
matcled pair ns Ihey walked up th
aisle of St. Vrcrbnrgh's. he an awk
ward, big IioimhL shambling man. t hv "f
young person of nearly 50" rtnd pos
sessed nf scant attractions. Westmin
ster Gazette.
Wouldn't Trint film.
Mcnn men continue 10 exist, and fre
iptent esa:::ples are cited of what la
claimed to be the meauc-si of all. The
Kredonia iKan.l Citizen steps forward
with a story of a man in that towa
who. too mean to advertise bind hi
antisl to sell, put a written notice ia
one of tiie hotels the other day. -V
man who v:;s l:iuiring for a small
farm was referred to the written no
tice, when h replied: "I can't buy lend
at a fair price from any man who doc
his own advert isiuz iu -that way. Hi
might ste:I the fence, the pump handle
and the barn t'exn-s I -of ore he gave .up
possession."- Ka:isas City Journal.
Beecher Alvises a Speculator.
The tory !s t-M iu an articV ?n "The
Anecdotal ii'e'f Mr. Peocner," in the
Mveh I.tdi's' Home Journal, f a
me Tiber of Plymouth church, wIm had
lost heavily in Wail-street spec!cloa
aud fiikd ia bu-doess, who wetit to ttn
gretot preacher one day and voluntarily
pTiMted that he would not specula'
fv.-r on year. At the end of six mcntfcs,
howoicr, Le went to his p-jstor and
asked to te released from Li promise.
4 I can nu more iu one week than I
am now uiakirg-in a year," he ?aiL
, Mr. Letcher refused to release bim.
. ,T .V'ur .peculating on piper," he
said, "and at the tnu of the year tell
fie low you would have come out bad
I iei you go."
At the euil of the vear the would-be
jopecu'ator reported to Mr. Ikecht r: "If
I had actually made those deals I would
have failed time times in the six
months."
Chronic Nasal Catarrh poisons every
breath that is drawn iuto the lungs.
Thore is procurable from auy drugg;st
the remedy for the cure of this trouble.
A small qnantity of Ely's Cream Balm
placed iuto the nostrils spreads overaa
infltmedand angry surface, relievii g
immediately the painful inflammation,
cleanses, h!s and cures. A cold in
th head vanishes immediately. Sold
by drugget or will b mailed for 50 cts.
by Ely Brothers, o Warren St, N. Y.
"Mrs. Dewey seems tobealm-stis
Important as if she were President of
the I'nited States."
"What doyn m-i:j?"
"Why, nothing that she d'lesseem-
to please anybody." Detroit Free
Press.