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OF A RIXG.
Yoan Dr. Henderson read w itB sur
prise ilis HarrinRton'a note akiog
him to call that e&me eveaing. Only
that morniox tbe twain, agniug that
what they bad considered a life engage
ment was all a mistake and would bet
ter be ended, had parted, and tbe doc
tor was at a Uws to account for this re
call.
"What can she wantr' be muttered.
"I thought we aaid all there was to say
this morning more, too. mavbe and
I dou't know of any more gifts to be
returned," and he amiled grimly at a
miscellaneous assortment of packages
oa His center table.
"Can she be trvirg to make it udV
and though knowing the thought to be
preposterous, be was conscious of a
thrill.
ML Harrington received him la a
soiill room, aluuotst a den, opening out
of the library; it waa here that they
bad paaerd thtir happi-t hours. She
did not olfer to shake hands, and he
eaugbt himself thinking how very be
coming that cool little bow of hers was.
He had never noticed it before.
"Of course you were surprised at my
aeking you to call," she began, and then
paused for hioi to deny it, which he,
with even the slightest regard for truth
for truth's sake, could not do.
'Do you know why I have eent for
your' Miss Harrington asked, iudig-
nauon growing stronger in her voice.
Considering that only that morning
be Lad been convinced that ber favor
or dinfavor could cever more be to him
a matter of concern, be now felt a
strange sorrow, almost fear, at her evi
dent anger; he paused a moment to
draw in with a long whiff tbe warmth
and cosiness of thin little room they
had ppent some delightful evenings
here; then in answer to her question,
he made the brilliant remark that be
supposed she wanted to see him.
She looked at him scornfully.
No," she declared; "I did not wish
to see you. I am leaving lae ci'y to
morrow morning; so are you, Lu an
other direction. I have something of
yours, something you had forgotten,
which I thought too valuable to send
by mail or tuesrecger, so there remain
ed nothiog but for you to eome in per
son and get it."
The doctor shook his head sadly.
,-I"m I'm sorry," be faltered, apolo
getically, "but I can't imagine what
you mean."
There is some scorn too great for
words for a time, at least.
Misa Harrington walked swiftly
across the room to the mantel, and
returnicg, placed on the table a small
red plash case; opened, this showed a
handsome diamond ring within. Step
ping back from tbe table, she clapped
her hands behind ber, and looked at
him without a word.
He stared with puckered brows, firt
at the ring, then at the girl.
"Our engagement ring!" she an
nounced finally, when the silence had
lasted as long as she could stand.
"Oh, surely not?' he answered quick
ly. "You gave me that this morn
ing "
"And you thought so little of it, it
was to you a matter of such l'.:t!e im
portance, that you went off and forgot
ir, left it lying here on the table," she
interrupted.
"I beg your pardon. I have a distinct
recollection of taking it with me." To
himself he was saying, "I always
knew you were pretty, but not this
pretty."
"You are certainly mistaken," aaid
the girL
"I remember distinctly placing it in
my right baud lower vest pocket," and
he clasped his band to tbe spot indi
c ited.
. "That is impossible-"
Did you ever hear two children dis
puting? "I did." "You didn't." "I
did." . "You didn't" It cume to Dr.
Henderson that they were fast ap
proaching that stage. He pulled bim-s-df
together to crush her w ith one fine
masculine stroke.
"I have too much respect, ML Har
rington," be said, with great dignity,
"not oDly for your feelings, but lor my
own, to treat so lightly as you have in
sinuated the seal of our ensagviuent.
Had I been so careless as to forget it, aa
yo-i charge, I concede that yoa would
have a light to consider yourself alight
ed, if cot insulted, but If you knew tbe
true state of my heart you would in-
antly realize that your charge is ab
surd. A moment's consideration should
have convinced you of this; or if your
knowledge of me was not sufficient, a
simple examination of this ring, to de-
ind to material things, should bave
been. IJut, wemardike, you rush ahead,
acting on mere impulse, and, of course,
bl j tide r.
He picked up the ring, a handsom
diamond solitaire, to point out to- her
wherein she had tven so foolish. H'S
face wore a sarcastic, withering smile,
but as be glanced at the inner surface
of the ring, his eipreskro slowly froze,
fur there stared him in the face this le
gend: "A, H M. H."
And what did "A. H- M. H." stand
tor but Arthur Heudewoo Mary Har
rington?" Seeing his surprise, his dismay, the
girl laugbed grimly.
Now," she said, "I suppose even
your shall we say assurance will
hardly permit you to deny longer that
you forgot your engagement ring."
- He was still staring at the ring with
apparently nothing to say.
iliss Harrington took a step back
ward, and with a little bow aaid:
"I believe I remarked earlier in this
interview. Dr. Henderson, that my
only purpose in sending fur you was to
restore to yoa yoor property."
At this curt dismissal tbe doctor rose
quickly to bis feet, coloring slightly.
"I am going," he aaid, but he made
no move in that direction. Instead, be
leaned both bands on the edge of the
table and stared fixedly acroea it at
Miss Harrington. His brow was puck
ered up in deep wrinkles, but whether
h was thinking of tbe girl or the ring
can not be said with certainty.
"I am going," he repeated, "but but
I don't understand it. I waaangry this
moraine, I admit, and acted fooiikb
jyitg paused to mutter to himself ia
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SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY.
a kind of wonder, "Lord, what an aw.
lul aan I mast have been to let this girl
get away when I had her" "but when
you handed me my ring it gave me a
shock, made me realize theo, as I had
not before, what we were doing. Had
I not felt that it was too late, I would
then and there have retracted an i apol
ogized for every hasty"
lou are pleading then. I am Im un
derstand," she broke in, cuttingly, "the
severe shock as your excuse for forget
ting the ring, that it so benumbed, par
alyzed your senses, that you failed to
think of it at all until I showed it to
you a moment ago."
"'So," he continued, stubbornly,
am not prepared to admit that I forgot
it. I remember so well am so abso
lutely certain that I took it home
"Dr. Henderson!" Her voice indi
cated impatience, scorn, indignation,
exasperation, and perhaps several other
strong emotion. "Dr. Henderson, this
would be amusing, ridiculous, were it
not so insulting. I found the ring on
tbe table, so you can not possibly bave
takeu it with you. I thiuk we might
as well make an end of this iuterview."
When she commenced speaking, the
doctor had stopped. But he bad not
been listening; he bad been thinking.
Now be went on slowly, as though
she had not interrupted him:
"I took it home, straight home I
laid it on the table while I filied and
lighted my pipe I had it ia my hand
for almost an hour while I was smok
ing aod thinking" he was impress
ively laying off to her with his finger
each link of his eh&in of retrospection
"I then locked it in a small safe I have
la my bedroom. When I started here
thi evening" bis face broke into a
triumphant smile "I put it ia my left
hand lower vest pocket, and here she
Ls," and, sure enough, he pulled out a
ring.
He picked up the other, and holding
them together, carefully compared
them. They were exactly alike in ev
ery particular, size, shape, setting, brill
iancy, and in both were the engraved
letters, "A. IL M. H."
He parsed them acroes to Miss Har
rington, wbc turn it now was to show
astonishment.
"I I don't understand it," she fal
tered. "Nor I," said Dr. Henderson sternly.
"You seem to have a plurality of en
gagement rings to keep a stock on
band, as it were."
The girl Gushed.
"Of course you know that I never
bad but one engagement ring," she
said.
She was stooping to defend herself,
so the doctor went on the more severely:
"Indeed! Yet here are two. I can
not undertake to say how many more
you may Lave with your initials "M.
H." ia them, I suppose that even
your shall we say aMurance will
hardly permit you to say that I was
the giver of both. The rather unusual
circumstauce of two of your fiances
having tbe same initials has probably
been the cause of your mistake a very
natural one under the circumstances.
I do not know who is the other shall
I say lucky ?-feiiow. Oil! 'A. U.'
might be Ab Higginson."
"Mr. Higginson's name is Talbot, as
you very well know," the girl put in.
Hum well maybe it is. I don't
care. It doesa t make any ainerence
who the other fellow is or are. The
fact remains that you bad other engage
ment riog at tbe same time you bad
mine. Wbsou chose to add insult to
injury by trying to make out that I was
tbe faithless one I can not imagine.
Such brazea "
"Dr. Henderson, your conduct is in
sufferable. I will bear your insults no
longer."
"Can you deny what I have said?"
' Of course I can, and do. 'I know
nothing of this other ring you have
brought. It has your initials, 'A. 11.'
ia it, too, remember. How an I to
knqw that it is not one you intended
for some other girl who happens to
have my initials?. Probably you were
on your way to see ber wbea you got
my note."
"Eh!"
"t'.ich startled innocence! Don't
let-"
Just here the library door opened and
Miss Harrington's younger brother Gus
appeared. Gus was a college senior, a
class of young men not often thrown
off their dignity, but the belligerent at
titude of the two occupants of the room
visibly startled him.
I teg your pardon," he faltered.
I er did not know any one was ia
here. J was looking for er some
thing I thought I had lefi in here."
He drew back as though to leave the
room, and then, his gaze falling on tbe
plush case ia his sister's hand, be stop
ped. .
Why, that is the very thing I was
looking for," he said, coming forward,
a slight flush on his f. ce, and taking it
from her unresisting tiogers.
ay, young man," aked the doc
tor, suddenly seeing a light, "Is that
yours 7 '
Mr. Harrington drew himself up to
bis full height and answered with dig
nity: "It is"
"Weil, that's all right," began the
doctor, "when "
"Why, what are you going to do with
a ring like that, Gus?" eagerly asked
his bister.
"What does a man usually do with a
ring like this?" a-ked Mr. Harrington
in reply, stretching himself another
inch. "I'm going to give it to the
youo& lady I intend to marry."
"Ob, Gus, is it Mary Harbison T'
"Yes," he admicted, the senior disap
pearing in the proud, happy boy.
"How did you know?"
"Then, my dear sir," said the doctor,
with a relieved laugh, "I suppose the
A. H. M. H.' in that ring stands for
'Augustus Harrington Mary Harbi
son T"
"And I supposed of course that it
was for Mary Harrington, " laugbed
tbe young lady of that name.
"Humph!" sniffed her brother, con
temptuously. "Think you are the only
girl in the United Spates named Mary?"
and then, feeling that be was not being
U rated with proper dignity, be stalked
from tbe room.
When Gus shut tbe door somewhat
k a lly. Dr. Henderson and Mass Har
rington were standing at rprosite side
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I of the table, but before he could have
laaen two steps this was altered; the
doctor marched boldly around to her
side.
"None but the brave deserve the fair,"
be muttered. "And this locks to me
like an opportunity to undo my fool
work of this morning. I'll make a try
f r it, anyhow. Mary," be said aloud,
Uking her hand in bis, "I bave acted
very foolishly to-day; you bave been
foolish; we bave both been very foolish.
Hasn't it lasted long enough ? I love
you. Ah! untd this day I did not real
ize how much I loved you; don't be
lieve I could bear many such days as
this has bn, dear and you love me,
I know yu do. Come," and he lifted
ber bauds and clasped them around his
neck; "let me put this ring back on
your finger where it belongs, before it
causes more trouble."
"But how caa you, with my bands
np there at the back of your neck?"
she asked.
"Well" and he paused a moment to
look dowa into a pair of be-ntiful eyes,
to consider, and to "well, that is a
problem; just let your hanJs stay where
they are, for the present,' and we will
attend to the ring later ou."
"All right," she said.
And so it was. Portland Transcript.
T win Lambs.
It is the desire of sheep-growers
nowadays to increase their flocks as
rapidly as possible, as sheep not only
bring a better price than they did two
or three years ago, but are likely to do
so for some time to come, says the Far
mer. One of the ways to increase the
fl-ck rapidly is to secure a buck from
some of the large, strong and coarse
wooled breeds. The Dorset Shropshire,
Cotswold and Lincoln breeds of sheep
bave for axes been bred by their Eng
lish originators to produce twins. If
they are bred with those of the same
breed, probably two-thirds or three-foa-ths
of the wes wid bear twins.
As the twins were always favored by
breeders, the tendency to produce twins
was increrised. Very rarely bave we
heard of the merino when interbred
producing twins. But if there should
be such a such twins ought to be
ued as breeders, as it is a valuable
characteristic and enables the sheep-
grower to increase bis tl ck very rapid
ly. In tbe oldea tiajes when sheep
dropped their lambs iu the fields ia
early spring about the only advantage
of twia lambs was to keep the ewes ia
milk should one of the twins die.
Did Jfot Wet Thsir Feet.
Two bright Little girls who were on
their way to school ia the First d;strict
building yesterday morning solved a
difficult problem with a promptness
and amranctt which speaks volumes
for their future ability to meet the
greater trials of life. It was during a
lull iu the heavy rain. A torrent of
water was rushing dowa North Maia
street between the rails of the otreet
car track, aud their difllculty was to
get acr 8 without getting their feet
wet. Wbiie they were discussing the
situation a trolley car came along, aud
without ceremony the little Ladies
flagged the car. The conductor was
too polite to do anything but smile and
say -yes ' wLea tue utile ones explaia
edlhata4 they couldn't get across with
out wading, they thought he would be
willing to let them cross on the car.
The group bad grown to four by that
time, and they were ail permitted to
u--e the car as a bridge to get a-r.s the
tl Kxied portion of the street. Mead
viiie, Pa., Republican.
Her O. Laioa of Haram.
"They met at the Woman's Republi
can Club ball at Christausen'a," says
the Salt Like Herald. "She was from
the Eat; be was a home product. The
conversation lagged between the danc
es. Finally he ventured this: 'How do
you liie ' David Har joi'1 T She bris
tled like a porcupine. 'I bave no use
fir harems of any kind,' she retorted:
'they're just perfectly horrid. Look at
the Sultan of Sulu! Look at those
wretches in Turkey! The whole sys
tem is intended to degrade women into
beasts. Don't talk to me about harems.'
Tbe young man was frantically trying
to square himself whea the music
drowned the conversation."
It is very hard to stand idly by a ad
see our dear ones suffer while awaiting
the arrival of the doctor. Aa Albany
(X. Y.) dairyman exiled at a drug
store there I r a d jctor to come and see
his child, then very siefc with croup.
Not finding the doctor iu, he left
word for him to ome at once oa bis
return. He also bought a bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which
be hoped would give some relief until
toe d.ctor should arrive. Ia a few
hours he returned, saying the doctor
need not come, as tbe child was much
better. The druggist, Mr. Otto Scholz,
says the family has siuce recommend
ed Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to
ttieir neighbors and frieuds until be
has a constant demand f r it from that
p-r: of the country. For sale by all
druggists.
FroSt in Toanj Stock,
The young an'mil makes a greater
proportionate gain than the adult for
the reason that it is growing, yet farm
ers sacrifice their young stock and fat
ten tbe matured animals. After an
animal has completed Jts growth it in
creases by accumulation of fat, a large
portion of the food going into the ma
nure. While a young calf may appa
rently consume a large proportion of
food, yet it increases accordingly. Tbe
farmer who has platform scale, and
who will weigh the food and tbe calf,
will find that the young animal in
creases rspidly, and that the food is
yielding a profit.
A. R. De Fluent. ea'.or cf the Jour
nal, Doylestown, Ohio, suffered for a
number years from rheumatism ia hid
right shoulder and side. He says:
"My right arm at times was entirely
useless. I tried Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, and was surprised to receive re
lief almost immediately. Tbe Pain
Balm ha been a constant companion
of mine ever since and it never fails."
For sale by all druggWta
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MARCH 28. 1J00.
rani caop tajlvsh.3.
Cause of ths Dropping of Young
Emit From Trees, Ec.
From Iht Philadelphia Reri.
The causes which prevent fruit trwes
ff joi bearing are many, and y-t the
grower niiy not be aware of the parti
cular cause of failure to have bearing
trees during apparently favorable year.
Mr. ri. W. Fletcher, of Cornell Univer
sity, who has investigated such failures,
recently gave bis views before the Pen
insular Horticultural Society at Salis
bury, Md, ou the influences which de
crease the setting of fruit. To thing
which concerns fruit growers at pres
ent is why trees which bloom full do
not set a reasonable amount of fAiit.
Ordinarily but a small proportion of
the blossoms set fruit, perhaps only one
blogsom in eight, yet such would be
considered a good crop, for if all blos
soms set fruit it would be necessary to
10 considerable thinning to prevent
breaking dowu of the trees. Home of
the causes of trees droppiog their fruit
are excessive vegetative vigor, unfavor
able weather previous to and during
tbe blooming seaton and self sterility.
Every observing fruit grower has
noticed that young trees generally set
little or no fruit the first few years,
when they are growing fast, though
they may have abundant blotMoms.
This ia peculiar ia some varieties more
thaa with others. The Northern Spy
, app!e hjkve thU prop?nsitv f(r tea
years or more, but with, the m st va
rietiea the dropping of the fruit con
tinues only two or three years, but
older trees will show the same result if
stimulated to a very vigorous growth.
Many fruit growers confuse this with
self-sterility, but the two result from
wholly different causes.
DESTBCCTIOX BY RAINS.
The weather has something to do
with the matter. Tue injury to fr jit
blossoms from unfavorable weather
may come while they are yet in the bud
or during the blooming season. Maay
peach growers have cut opeu peach
buds after a hard winter and noticed
the blackened pistil iu the centre.
Ag&in, a late frost, when the flowers
are open, has ruined many bright pros
pects. The winter or spring frost in
jury, however, U not always apparent
in the blossom. The pUtiU of aom'
flowers may seem to be well developed,
but may yet be so weakened that they
cannot produce fruit. Protractei raius
during the blooming season are also
likely to seriously decrea the setting
of fruit, and one authority estimates
that In California mole fruit is lost
from cold rains thaa from ail other
causes put together. There is no way
of avoiding this di31?atty, bat it rs in
teresting to know how it is caused. It
is presumed th.it the raiu4 preveut tLe
pollen from reaching the stigma be
cause it becomes too wet to float ia the
air, and also because bees and other in
sects which aid in cross poliiuatioa
cannot then work among the blossoms,
bjt this is a very incidental result,
since most of the poileu Is not then yet
out of the anthers, The pollen grains
are still ioside and also much swoliea
with water. I the rain tat oaiy a
diy or two no harai will result, but if
the rain lasts for several days the vitali
ty of the pollen may be destroyed,
liainy weather a! retard- the ip-;uiug
of the flowers waica often partially
offsets Itu injurious etf.-cu of tiie raiu
itself. Daring rauy weather the pistils
remiin receptive much longer thaa
UsU-al, but rarely over tnree days. Tne
influences of the weather in decreaiiag
the setting of fruit is often great, but,
as stated, there is no remedy.
SELF STERILITY.
The trees that blossom year after
year, but set no fruit, are generally la
s lid blocks or at a distauce from other
varieties. If trees of this moi variety
are planted near other varieties they
areoftea made fruitful. "Self sterile"
meaus "self-uufruitfjl," ani a self
sterile variety is one which W uaable to
set fruit when planted alone. There
must be other varieties near it to m iks
it fruit well. Tue Miuer an 1 Wild
Goo-ie plums are comnoaly self-sterile,
aod this bas also been obierved ia large
blocks of Keifer pears. Many unsatis
factory results are due, therefore, to
isolatioa or iudiscrimiaa' mixing of
varieties. Tne c-au.ie of self sterility is
the failure of the pdlea of a variety to
fertilize the pistils of that sane variety.
Sometimes the pistils are weak aad also
the stamens, and thea agaiu thesU
meas aad the pL-ttils my uot miture
at the sirue time. The pillea graius of
self-sterile varieties may be, and gen
erally are, well f-roiel, but the pileu
is usually impotent oa its associate l
pistils, though it will easily fertiiizt
other varieties. To insure fruit and
escape the falling of the fruit to a cer
tain extent it Is safe to use two or more
varieties. Frequently wh"Q the in
terior of a large blo-.-k of trees suoW3
no fruit the tre-is on tae ouui.l ?, if ad
joining other varieties, give g d crops.
Among pears not ou!y the Keifer, bit
the BartIett,Cldpp,Djcheaseand Idaho
tend to be sterile. When selecting two
varieties an important point is to select
such as blossom at the svu time.
Taose who are not well informed ia
this particular should makeiuquiries of
experienced growers, so as to avoid
mistake. Some varieties have an
"a.Tinity" for each other, aai wHl give
better results when they are thus associated-
The matter of I-ws of fruit
from the causes mentioned should be
carefully considered, and ia planting
orchards a stuJy of varieties and the
management to be adopted should be
the rule before a tree is placed ia the
ground.
Buncoed th.9 Jurjmxa.
James Swan, a juryman, was the vic
tim of a unique bunco game at Wil
liasnsport Monday. Aftf r he had re
tired to his room at the Hotel Crawford,
Swan was aroused by a colored man,
who represented hiauelf as aa attache
of the hotel aad volunteered the infor
mation that it would be risky for Swan
to keep any money ia his room, and
that be should turn it over to hi.u and
bave it deposited in the betel safe.
Swan obligingly handed over twenty
one dollars, all he had, and he is now
locking for the colored man.
iter
Oas of ths Cjaiiai.
While in New Orleans recently, Wil
lie Col ier told this story on the late
Jofcn Stetson, says tbe Nw York Tele
graph:
"Mr. Stetson," said tbe actor, "was
a mad of great native ability, but his
early education had been somewhat
Deflected, aad the go-as-you-please
fashion in which he bandied the king's
EorlUh was continually horrifying
bis punctilious fellow townsmen.
"Oa one oeeaniun Stetson waj iater
esttd ia the orgauu-Uion of a light
opera company aud was disappointed
to- bear that a certaia popular prima
dotina whom be hoped to secure was
about to start south. 'I've signed a
contract for Mardi Gras,' she said, 'to
sing in New Orleans.' 'Huh? said
Mr. Stetson, 'hope you get your mon
ey.
"Later on he reported the matter to
his partner. 'Wed, we can't g-t tier,'
he said: 'she's gone aud joined a fake
Grau opera company.' 'Which Grau U
runniug the show ?' asked the other.
" 'A fellow named Marty,' replied
Mr. Stetson. 'You know Maurice Grau
bas about 2X) second cousins, and this
must be oue that's just gone ia the
business.' "
We have saved uiaoy doctor bills
since we begau using ChamU-rlain's
Cough Remedy ia our home. We keep
a bottle open all the time and whenever
any of my family or myself tcgia to
catch cold we begin to usethf Cough
liemedy, and as a result we never bave
to send awav for a doctor and incur a
larze doctor bill, for Chain berlaia's
Cough Remedy never fails to cure.
It is certainly a medicine of great men:
aud worth. D. S. Mkakkle, Geacral
Merchant and Farmer, Mattie, 3edf ord
county, Pa. For sale by all drug.ri.st.
Care of Dairy Cows.
Every farmer knows how difficult it
is to keep cows cleaa when they are
stalled for tbe night, and to stanchion
them is a system that is not approved
by sooie. Ooe farmer tested the plan
of blanketing tbe cows as a protection
against coll, the same as with horse,
aad fouai that the us of a blanket in
creased the flow of milk and made a
saving in food, as well as preventing
Colds and sickness. The floor was Lt
tered to the depth ofC inches with
straw. The only drawback was that
frequently the blankets would become
soiled, thus necessitating labor ia keep
ing them clean.
To accommodate those who are par
tial to the use of atomizers ia applying
liquids iuto the nasal passages for ca
tarrhal troubles, the proprietors pre
pare Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Pri'v
iaclc ding the "praying tube is To ceaU.
Druggists or by mail. The liquid em
bodies the medicinal properties of the
solid preparation. Cream Balm is
quickly absorbed by the membrane
and does not dry up the secretions but
changes them to a natural and healthy
character. Ely Brothers, Warrea
St., N. Y.
He Hal Been There BeLre.
A story about Ju.lge Wallace, of New
Castle, is 2eing wads public, say th
Sharpsville Advert'ser. There is a well
known Irish Cs.ii a of the towa wao
came before the ja.le a short ti.ueg
to be naturalized. The jU'le, who
knows him well, quizzed tae would-Ut
citizeu for some time aad fiadi ng that
he was smart enough to become a?i
adopted son of the land fathered by
George Washingtoa, swore him to a
legiaaes. After the papers had beeu
signed Judg- Wallace turned to the
citizen aad said:
"Now, Dennis, yoa can vote."
"Will this caremoay hilp me t do at
aany betlher tlutu Oi have bea vctiu'
fur th' Lasth ten years ?''
"If tie Cap Fits, Wear Ii."
If you are suffering from thecoo
q jences of impure blood, have boiis.
pimples or scrofula sores; if your &ml
d e not digest or you sutler from o
tarra or rheumatism, you are the tone
who should take Hood's Sarsaparilla.
It will fit your case exactly, nnuike jcar
blood pure and cure salt rheum, scrofu
la, rheumatism, dyspepsia, catarrh,
and gi ve you perfect health:
Hood's Pills cure all liver ills. Non
irritating. Rereage is SvkU
"Mr. S nitli mjt have a big eorr
poudeuw to mike you aseeud tusstepa
every day."
"Letter carrier "No, but I quarrel
ed with him and since mat Uoe b
writes a postal car l to himself every
day j'lst to make ma walk up his steps."
Surely a medicine that will cure the
wor-,t forms of epilepsy nervous proe
tra .ioQ aud St. Vitus' Dane1, as Wueel-
er's Nerve Vitalize has done, will curw
the lesser nerve troubles which lead Up
the serious ones.
Brant's Cou-jh Balsam is double the
usual sizi for Z't cents dose is smalt
and warranted to eure. For sale
Garmaa's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa,, ana.
Mountain A Sou's Drug Store, Coa
fljeac, Pa.
liia th3 Growling of Luaj
The besieged la Lidysmith saythit
the souais mtde by Boiler's distant
artillery resembled the sullen growliag
of lions, and those whose travels hav
taken them into lion-inhabited regioasi
uaite in saying that big gias fifteen
miles offare remarkably like the dis
tant roaring of the king cf beatsts.
Burdock Blood Bitters gives a man
clear head, an active brain, a strotig.
vigorous body makes him fit forth
battle of life.
Lime is excellent oa the onion bed,
it assists in destroying worm-. It
will also serve to make the manum
more available. Tbe onion seems to
grow oa the top of the ground entirely,
but It sends out root far aad d?rp, and.
is one of the heaviest feeiiersof tbe soil
known. The land can not be too ricU
fnr oaioas.
T Tl
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WHOLE NO. 2539.
X91S M.23XST WH33ZZ-
Trai. T.mraaX's Canal id -.a j Areola B
eribiag aoa.ract Commtj't S.w
Xiaiag T.wa.
The ilsa.vi.o receutiy published aa
article describing th. B mining towa
of Wind ber. wtiva wsa taken from th.
cc'.uiuo of Tbe Engineering aod Minicg
J'Mirnal. It waa tae dot of a seriea of
two d-wripciT article prfuly illus
trated ia tb. Journal by ttna baif loo
pK-turen. The e.od aod concluding
story doais more at leigth with the min
ing operation.- at tii i-trgsC coilierie. ia
ia. L" ailed sute. Ths artioi. ia reprw
dmwd here entire, .m)ws :
"The .Iectrie turn locomotives, which
hav. bee a largeiy a-lopusd for mining
wi,rk. ars, lu form and outline, extremely
compact, apecial.'y suited to low and oar
row luma entrance asd headings. The
height runs from twaty-aix U lairtv
igiit inches, e-jtit ioi'hea being allowed
betweo the lop of tae locomotive and
th rxf of the heading for Um trolley
pole to form a nuin-t witti tn over
head wiroL Tne locomotive, have a
length of twelve fei and a width of five
feoc Tue moving pa.-ts are covered and
not ajc posed u dirl aud external injury.
The rraui. is of beivy eaxt iron, the aide,
and euds being hrruly bolted together.
The operator is provided with a seat at
one end, all tive levers and the brake ap
paratus being within his reach. These
machine ar. ao aioipie that aa unskilled
operator can take charge of them. Tue
train is broe?ht gradually to full sxed
by means of the controller. The trolley
p-i. ia ret rib!e and can be placed in a
socket on either si e of the frame. Each
loom Hive is K iippwl with two motors
of ample capacity to exert tbe maximum
draw-tar pull without incurring slipping
of the wheels. The locomotives have a
weight f Jj.OD pxin,N, exerting a draw
bar pull ou a level f VJUO pound.-. uiB
cient to haul forty h loadnd tar iffit"t
a two and ooe-haifper cent grade. Etch
of tbe cars weighs empty l.tHM pouuds.
and loaded 3 ka pounds. The starting
d'.w -bar pull limited only by the ad-
h-tion of the locomotive wbwls to the
track, to motors beinj powrf.iI enough
to slip the wh-teis w;t!i any conditions of
tra-k. The asua! spoed Is about eight
milf. au hour, bat on often turns trains of
empty ears picked op and run iuto the
minan at a rale of iifto miles aa hour,
the operators do n t waue time oa the
raL Etch locomotive hauls aitoaaof
cm! a d-iy. making eleven trips.
"In the interior of the mine the ar
rival and departure of trains are ached
ult; land rua aa punctually as paaitenger
trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
E ci train has a driver on the locomotive
and a trainman upon ths end car.
fas cars have frames of wood with
lo v sides, the lare lumps of coal being
pa.-kl upon the outside, the centre ot
the car being oiled up with ainalt coal.
A lestding Ls completed in the rooms
tho cars are pushed into the croee-head-
iiUs. A train of euiptie enters the cruea
hebiicgand pushes oa ahead of it the
loaded cara A tii-s train passes along
ths croM-h-eadiUg thd miners ia eacb
room call out the number of empties re
quired, which are dn.pped from the end
of the train and moved into the rooms.
Wiieu tue train of empties is dispo! of
the kdad cars are coupled together and
hauled to the main heading, aad theoce
out tue mice to the tipple.
fu trolley wiros for o.iducting
electric current along the uo&ding with
ia Iho mines are eurriod overhead above
the iraclis; upou emerging from th.
ru ue tb wires are cu ducted overhead
in a very substantial manner, suspended
fr u cross wire, six feet six inches above
the ground, fastened to parallel line of
p .o ou eituer aide of tbe track. Numer
ous uoti- e boards aooar cautioniuz
pers-by -Danger Dn" I Touch the
Wire." The voitage carried by tbe wtrea
U nve hundred, won1! serves (r the trol
ley system and fr lighting, the UUer
being done by Ave lights in scries. Tbe
railroad line extend from the entrance
of the mine for about nine hundred feet
to ths tipple, where the eoal is dumped
into the railway cars.
"Tne tipple is a substantial building.
pn jctiiig over a railroad track. Tae
whole method of damping the cars illus
trates h)Jr much can be doae by utiliz
ing the force of gravity to Kiwimii
human labor. I'poa reaching th tipple
the mine looomotivs leaves its train of
forty-live loaded cars aad returns to the
mine wKU empties, the down grade being
sad! :ict to carry toe loaded ears to the
dumping places. Five cars at a time are
a neon pied from the train and allowed to
run down to the chutes. In doing so
they pane over the scale and the weight
of each car is recocjed. Tbe process of
dumping U perioral! by the latest im
prove.! crone-over tilt. As tbe car ap
proaches the chaw, tbe operator moves
the dumping lever, when irnuiod lately
the wheels strike a cuirof concave blocks,
tl:s sho.-k cttising the watn to dump
its contents into the chute. Thsoperator
taeo pulls back the body of the wagon
and fixes the lever.
"At a distance of aoout twenty feet
from the chute a portion of the right
hand rail, toor feet in length, is raised
about iv i.iches. A loaded car approach
ing the chiite pasnMs over this sp-t an 1
deprjw-es the portion of the rail, which
causes the w use! bio -Us at th eaate to
swing outward, clarof the wheels, and
allows the car wai..h h is jisi been emp
tied Vt pa on war L The I'-ade-I car ap
proaching th- route atike. the empty
car propelling it d wa an incline,! plane
where it ruus for wv u; forty-ave feet.
tbe momentum rurryiag it u? another
inclined p'ane. This reverse its motion
and switchee it into tae aiding for empty
ears. Tais operation is entirely anto-
uk- As soon as tho loaded ear baa
struck the e-ti:y car and driven it frout
tae chute, the wheel of the loaded ear
release the four-&o length of rail.
which risen, and the iron blocks swing
upward into place, catching the wheel
( the loaded ear. whieh: ia its torn
dumps its cowl into the ebute. Although
some time is occupied in deeerihiag this
procetSH, it is performed in the moot rapid
manner. Often as many as nine care are
damped ia one miaute, and two handred
trs have boea damped in half an hour.
The Berwind-White Company eoa-
trutrted its own Line, of railroad from
Lirettonthe Pennsylvania Ruiroadto
Windber. with branches to the different
minM. The lines ars operated by the
Pennsylvania KiiLrow-i. Ths tracks un
der the tipple are built upon grade to
utilize the fonre of gravity in moving
ears. Thirty and fity-ton railroad car
aie placed ander the chute, and loaded
wi.hia a few minutes. The coal drops
is to the forward end of the ear, and as it
beeout-M filled tae brakeman alio-vs it to
waewe forward until completely loaded,
waeu it is passed onward aad an empty
car takes ita plai-e. All these movements
are done by gravity, checked by hand
brakes. Eleven Wzj railroad cars can
be loaded ia one hour. The Company
owaa L.1M0 freight cars, ami be constant
ly in use a vast nujioer bolong-lag lo
rail mad companies.
-Tae total capacity eutpoi of the E ore
ka Mines in the Win (ber District at the
Dieseat time is Llau) tons daily. Tbe
I y-te:a of electric mine haulage aow
onivenally adopted at Wirdher ban
gr?t.'y im'reaawd the output, Upera
Ooua have been exported aod th. c-t of
haulage decreased. Taking No. i Mine
a an example, the work wa. erst devel
oped by raule haulage in the cnwvhead
iegs, eonibiu.d with a rope boist ia the
mam beavdings; the entrans to this
mis. has a dip of l and a-hatf per cent,
for J,0H fneC With this system, using
eight male and .iht drivers In addition
to the hoist. ton waa the daily output,
at a coat of JOu, or ten reots per ton.
CiC2 two itaidwin-Weaunghnuse .lec
tiie miue i'Mf. motives, the imuim and
holt being abandoned, the d.,!y output
bas icrreed to loJ V-tis, at a o t of $s
or I-9 than one cent per ton.
Toe ventilation of these mines ia vat y
thornoga. At No. 35 Mine, near the en
trance, is s ventilating fau sixteen ft el
wide, with a diameter .f ix feet, u riven
by a twenty-five-horse-power steam en
gine. Thla fan works night and day, de
livricg 3ti3,00O cubic feet of air par min
ute with a seen-and one-half-inch water
gauge. The pasaage for the air ia twelve
by feei, running parallel to the maa
heading. Tbe air travel, inward through,
the air passage at the rate of from aiaiy
to .ixty-nre miles an hour, when tbe fan
is. running at full speed, ret u nitre
through the main heditg. A the had-
ing advance, the air pass gels extended
parallel with ik. Tu-re ia thus cuo
tinoal atrea-n of freah air passing out
ward through the main hea-icg wh:'h
draws air from tho craw headings, and
keep, up a constant supply of pure air
for the miners.
"The operation of Mine No. . bave
been dcsu-iibed aa being representative of
the other mines where the nine y stent
of work is adopted on a largeror smaller
scale, aerording to tbe lue&l conditions.
At No. 30 Mine, the first ooe opened, the
workings have been scl far developed that
rive electric mine locomotive are coo
stsiiUy employed fcr fcau'.ing. Tlsep'wr
station of this miue is of largi r rapacity
than the others, sin.-e ir. has t supply
power for thirty-live mining oru-hiurs
and twenty two p-imps, wulch are -erved
by compressed air, and for lie rive mine
locomotive, by three 130 KW. ri:tr.j
generators.
-The iliutraU.o acompan?ia the
article in The Engineering and Mining
Journal present to the reader views of
the town of Windber, situated on a
plateau, nanked by surrounding hills.
U is a marvel of interi-st looked at from
any tan Jpolct, w better from that cf the
miuiog engineer, the mechanical engin
eer, tbe electrician, or fpim the stand
point of the stuJc-nt of human irgcnui'.y
J aud mechanical skill I: may bestudieil
with ths keenest d-ii;tit by th"s who
ae interlel it ihe pngr-aM tf this
Oiuntry, as indicative of the rapid growlU
of ai ia Justry iuritere-l by mechanical
akill.
Form!r' Shire ia Fr. psriry.
Ooce, when the same sneering r?mrk
was made to Thomai B. lteel about a
"bi'ihn dollar congresw, be answered:
"This is a billion dollar country. The
truth of this observation, remarks the
Pittsrwirgh tVyuuireil 0zll, betsame
wrongly apparent aa tho rwstiltof invee
tigatiota made by the American Agricul
turist regarding the agricultural situa
tion. That journal, devoted to farmers'
interest., disposes of the ai.iy talk that
farmers are not sharing th-j pnoxperiiy
ei jyd by lh-e engaged in other indus
tries by th production nt statistics which
matt bean astonishing revelatiou to the
who have credited the fallacious argil -ments.
It is a3rn. for iustance, that,
figured on a conservative basis, the prl
uceof the farms of the L'nited suti-s tir
the past year was wurth to the farmers
over it.) Oi)-).i.t) iu-re than ia the year
of depre;on, K4 Live st-xk has gaic
ed Ji per cent, ia ttai value, while meat,
dairy produi-ts, etc., have gained per
cent., while staple .:r;ps are worth $4o,
OiX),',.W more uow than tlien. while other
crops ahow an incre;se of ,io,)oO,i.
Another stkillsticuin tstiinat-st that the
present rise ia cotton wi:l pnt at least
t).'X)O,0i in the p-jekeu of s,uthern
planters, with a pru-ipct of a silil larger
gaiu auotuer season, should pri -es be
maintained. So, if the farmer is paying
a trill e more for the article, which he
buys, he has still an excelleut chance of
coining out ahei.1 when ace- Mints are bal
anced. It would bestran:e indeed if, while ev
ery other indo-slry is expanding and pros
pering, agriculture should sun-! still.
Every new in Justria! plant erected, every
new mine opened, or railroad built, every
in raseof city orviil ige population, aids
to lhefsrmers-pp.ituu:ties fcr .iispin2
of his prxluns more advanlagM.ly.
The enormous increase of our expirts of
meats, fruit, brea-istuifs and other prod
ucts of the far u also ; v) him tiie ueneiit
of a consc-tntiy enlarng market. The
workers of the world must be fed and
cithei. an 1 tue fanri-r lsdepenleJ up-n
to supply the materials. D-pressed agri
culture and proser-jus manufacta ing
imlustries can n-it eo-exust.
Reprta fmm a!! e.-tions of the-uatry
indicate th.it agriculture is Isaing up ;
even the a'ali-iinsJ farms of New Eng
land hive eeased to !?, acd many pe rle
who have beea cte earners in the cities
are returning to the occupation t which
thej were brought np, tin-ling it more
pr-)liUbie t.i sopply the marked with
produce thau Ut w-rk f r others. At no
time ia recent yrs has the outl-xik for
the inteliigetit aa-1 progrexsive farmer
been better. And the best of it is that
these prospects are not temporary, but
indicate an q laiiy prosperous f jture.
Saat &M?al 3e:sioat a Poital Xatt.ra,
The PostoflJ-ee Department bus rated
that the writer has the riht to regain the
fumtr. rsion of a letter, providing that he
trto prove to th aatisf tvtioa of the post
master at th? ol5 :e from which the lt:er
was sent that he was the writer of it.
Even if the letter has arrived at its des
tinvion and befire it has been delivered
to the person to whom it was addressed,
it may be recalled by a telegram through
the mailing olli.ie. The reason aligned
is that the United States is only theageat
of the writer while the ietter is intrsr sir.
The decision is very imrwui! buicnesH
men and to private indivi l-ia's.
The Porno tHje Iit-partnient has iso de
cide.! to issue sta:nps wi;'a separate and
distinct mark for each of the largr oilices
of the country. Merchants in !ar cities
f.-l lently pla-e large ori-rs forstunps
with ryiKtmssters in small olS res, who are
paid ai-cirding to their stamp ala. Tte
postal authorities are trying to brek Dp
this custom. It hs. le-eo seen that a post
master who is paid a.xrding to his sales,
could sell stamp in large quantities at a
discount and eredi: the Uovernment with,
the full rote and yet make a pro at.
lae'uag far a ktxiara -
SraaFORD, Conn-, Marrh M Rich, sin
gle and forty. Evans Weed i the owner
f a beautiful farm near here that bas on
it Sue groves of tree, rippiinj stream,
and many other nvnral aivantav tie
is transforming it to meet his id --as of a
gtrdenof Eden, and wun ad tiiis is com
pleted be iuteods to send oat thia adver
tisement :
"Waute 1 A kind. Christian lady, oam-e-l
Eve, to marry a modern AJaui, and
who is willing to iive iu a pirdea of
Edaa. Only women name-1 Lv. need
apply."
Mr. Weed intends to be A Jam. Ia or
der la be as consistent as prMslbi, he ia
going to have the Legislature change his
first name to that of tae Crt man. He
doesn't expect to follow the biblical de
scripii'Mi in the m ur of rain.ent. Cli
matic eon Jitioas interposa.
Ai7srtisa;a-
Eschaag One rich-nt wanted for
two oriinary auots. G. M. Blank,
medical student, Na 1 streeL
Ex-Judgo W:ll:a:ii Kjilerton. wha was
one of the lavyers ia the great trial of the
Beecher-Tiiwn scauual case. die-J at his
soma in Newburgh, New York. Thuis
day last, aged HI years. He was at on
time a law partner of ChAtles O'Conor.