Juniata sentinel and Republican. (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, June 17, 1896, Image 4
SINCE BABY WOTT TO SLEEP. t cannot more my Hps to pray, Bince baby went to sleep to-day. Not in ber downy cradle neat With rosy cheek to pillow pressed, IvVuile soft ber teDder breathings lift The coverlet of piuken drift. But to a couch of chilling gloom. The aunlight banished from tbo room. Saviour: I cannot, cannot pray. Bince baby wont to sleep to-day,' fhe will not waken, though we weep; Her slumber la too still and deep. Nor tears nor kisses cannot warm Our precious baby'a sleeping form. Christ: help me thongh I cannot pray Since baby went to sleep to-day. Those hand's that would not let me wtu 'A blossom at my throat or hair. Hut pulled ha petals off to see .Why sweetness In a flower should be. Warm, restless hands; now waxen cold Clasped 'round the lily buds they hold, IKhe will not stir them In this sleep To disarrange the trust they keep. Ifhrisf : help my breaking heart to pray Though baby went to Bleep to-day. flrawn on her white feet, aide by aide. The yellow shoes with ribbons tied; She never will untie again To find their hidden treasures ten. Dear Christ: my heart can only pray (Let her awake with the to-day. Good Housekeeping. A TASTE OF THE SEA. "That reminds me," said Alkali Ik's, the Oklahoma citizen, "of the case of Hop Along, who wonted to go East." "Hop Along," repented the tourist "A lamo man, I presume?" "Noper replied the Alkaline citizen. "His maiden name, so to speak, was Hopkins A. Long, but In the couree of human events part of It was rubbed off, an' the rest of It sorter got together 'again like a J'lnt snake does after beln broken in pieces an' he became Hop Along. Wal, this yere Hop Along con tended with the West for years an' THE EFFECT Or TUB I.OB.ITKB. wnsn't rnttlin' his horns agin the sides cf the corral none. He has been here In Hawvillo so long that ho regard himself as shook down an' settled for good, when, without warnlu', he tin's a yoarnln' sproutln' in his bnzzotn, as It wore, that whisky won't satisfy. Yon see, lu-'s been born back thar in little old two-by-four, hide-loiind New I'nlan.l, whur It is nil rocks nn' hills an' seashore an' stinginess. Wal, ho left Couueetlcut when ho was a cub of 1-1 or such a matter an' hadn't never even thought of goln' back till this yere homesickness comes upon him. Heligli's It, but It keeps on growin' like bollin' rice. He thinks of It by lny an' dreams of It by night, an' at last his bandkcrln' to go East grows so strong he con taste It. He loses his appreciation for his dally grab on' hungers for the bur dock greens an' clam chowder an' sim ilar heathenish fodder of the East. The prnlrlo grass wavln' In the breeze re minds him a grent plenty of the occnu, an' a little- raid that the white caps makes on a superfluous citizen recalls to him ft gnle at sen. "Directly he begins to spend most o: the daytime humped up in a chair In tho shurte of his wigwam, gazin' wist fully off across the prairie like l-e was tryin' to view the other shore. I'lmj bye, he gives out an' tnkes 10 his bed. He gits sorter wrong In the head.' too. He hain't what you'd call crazy; part of the time he Is stmlght enough, an' agin he kinder wanders. Of course, bis friends do the square thing by him Wo do our best to cheer him up aa make him forglt it. We gits up a lynchln' beo for his special entertain ment, an' makes poor Hop tho high duke of the occasion, transportln' hlm to the scene of tho festivities in a buggy full of pillows. It was as pretty a lynchln' ns I ever witnessed, but the "poor cuss didn't 'pear to take no Inter est In It, but Jest looked sad an' sighed. " 'It hain't no use, gentlemen,' says lie, after we'd got him bneV to his lonely bachelor home. 'It hain't no use. I appreciate your thoughtfu!ness, but It dou't touch the spot. This yere ycnrnln' coutinners to rise up In my Ltizzoin In spite of all I can do. Seems like I can't think of nothln else. I want to see the hills an' rocks an' the sand an' the sea agin. I want to smell the salt an' taste the brine. Oh, I W ish I Iiml a lobster!' "We wnjrgod our heiuls plenty sad in" sympathetic as we trudged away. "No two ways fiNmt It,' says I to the rest of the prominent citizens. That tlmrpoor dub is gittiu' worse an' worse, an' the first tiling we know he'll elf Iter go gibbcrln' crazy or break away from his gooti resolutions an' stamped." isr the KastT "'Ills malady Is slinbly plumb fool ishness,' says drizzly Johnson, vrho Is n sage. -Hut that don't make no dif ference, lie wauls (he East nn' the ocean like the Texas man wanted his revolver. I oifcr the suggestion that we raid the stores nn" see If wo can't un earth .Muno of them thar lobsters he's li-pliiiu' for.' "Aecoi din', no makes search. None of the storekeepers 'pear to know n lial lobster Is, much less possess any, an' w are pl:im rilscoiiiagcd till the genial proprietor of the TTncgTi TToitse restau rant makes 9 discovery In his memory. " I.obstei V Kays he. 'I reckon I'm tursetl with a can cf that thar animal 1 gits it a couple of years ago packed by mistake in a case of r.thor canned goods an' hain't been able to get shot of It since. .My patrons hain't proud, but when they seen the picture on the can tiiey nil said they wasn't drunk enough to Indulge In no such lookin' varmint, nu the last I kuowed it was kickin' around soinewhiir unopened "He digs it out, nn" we examines it. "'I don't know so much about tilts'" snys I. 'This yere varmint Is mighty weird an' unholy lookin' pears to bo I rfglit red an" some l." or "M feet long, rcconlin' to the Kiirroundiu' landscape In tlie picture. What part of the bur ussed monster Is In the can, anyhow.'" " 'I hain't admlrln' Its appearance none, myself, says Hon. riunk Skee. I don't object to soakln' poor old Kop with whisky till he gits nil kind of snakes, but It shore looks like plnyln' It mighty low down on him to feed him tech a diaboll ycnl lookin' reptile aa this. He calls for lobster, all right enough, but mebby he's wandertn' hi his mlud aa' don't kBov jffat fa U talk la' about uurn think looks like It was plxon- OUflf "Huh! says Grizzly Johnson, who, as I'm savin' before. Is plenty old an wlso. This yere portrait Is aa exag gyratlon got up to deceive the Innyceut purchaser; a lobster Is about a foot long an' Is simply a big saM water crawfish, nuthln' more.' "Upon that we tramps off to Hop's shanty, cuts the can of reptile open an' hands It to the sick man. "Yere Is your lobster, old feller, says I'lunk. 'lint I'm afraid the cussed thing Is spoilt.' " "Oh, no, It batn'tr says -poor nop, snlffln' It similar to a bridal wreath. Ah-b-h-h! That smells like the ocean I Ah-h-b-h-h! That tastes like the sear says the sufferer, when somebody gives blm a spoonful of the Juice. "Wal, to make a short story long, as the feller says, poor Hop ceases to re gard us any more after that, an we leaves him alone, gnzln lovin'ly at his lobster an' takin' a sip now an' then. "Nuthln of Importance happened after that till along toward 8 o'clock next mornln', when some stranger that Is rldln' through the settlements hauls up in front of the Buzzard Roost, whur me an' Plunk aa' others of Hop's com forters Is lodged, an' sets up a yelk Has the gent that resides In the ghebangoutat the west end of the street got any friends In this yere wlgworar says he, when tho heads an' guns be gin to poke out of the windows. " 'A heap more than you have, when yon come howlln as oat of bed at this untimely hour!" says I, plenty sources tic. 'What do you think you want T " 'Nuthln',' says ho, calmly. I'm rich on' contented. Bnt mebbe It will In terest that genf s friends to know that the nt of Tawment 'pears to bava broke loose In his house. From what t could gather from the standpoint of a mere pnsser-by, I Jedge that several wildcats Is engaged in sklnnin' your friend alive, or else his wife Is sort of nrgyln" matters with him I reckon It's the latter.' , "It hain't long till wo have piled Into our trappln's an' rushed off to Investi gate. " 'Sounds like about seven of 'cm was nil Jumpln' onto the poor sick man at once' says riunk, when we gits within a block of the house. "When we broke tho door down an' cliarged in with our guns In our hands we could see by the moonlight that streamed In through the place whur the door had been that the room looked as If Hop bad been entertaining a cy- "WHO'S TIT A K ?' DIMAMD8 OltlZZI.T. clone. The furniture was knocked tills way nu' everything turned wrong side up but the bed. NoNsly was to !x seen, but thar wns a ecrabblln' an' groan In' under tho bed. " 'Who's thar?' demands Grizzly. " The late Hopkins A. Long,' says a pain-racked an' twisted voloe. "Will you please git a club nn pound mo across the stummlck about forty times? "With that, poor nop slowly an sad ly emerges from under the couch, walk In on his bunds an' feet with his back down an' his abdoughincn bowed like a druiQmydary's lnm.p. " 'I am ghtd to see that you are well enough to play Jokes on your friends,' says Grizzly, plenty grim, as he lit a match nn' gazed at Hop. T reckon this yere Is what you'd call a pun, but cussed If I see the point.' " This hain't uo Joke,' says Hop. I'm dyin'. t'r-r-r-r-r!' "Some kind soul tears out an' directly- brings Ir. Shide on tho dead run, nn' after a spell poor Hop Is eased an' quieted, nn' then he explains: " That thr.v lobster tastes so good an,' I am so weak an' homesick,' sayj ho, feebly, that I surrounds It all at one session an' soon drops off to slexp. Later I'm dre&mlu' that I swallowed a whole torchlight procession, which winds up lu a fight nn' riot. Talk about nightmares! I had night elephant an' night crockydllcs an' night devils all at the same time. I don't know what all happened, but I found myself tearla' an' thrnshln' around the room Hkc a fitly cat In a strange bag. The furniture was upset, the lamp brokv on' th? matches lost, an' I forgot whui I wns at, which one of the boys I wn an what year It happened to ber 'Cut thar Is one thing I'm certain of. gentlemen; I'm cured! I don't want to go East no more! I have had a tasta of the sea, an' one taste Is plenty for me I don't want to go East.' "An that Is how Hop Along's Uome- slcknoss was cured upon the bomypath lc principle." Then and Now. The word "Xomboy," now applied to a rude young woman, formerly meant a rude young man or boy. Furlong wns at first a furrow long, or the dis tance that a pair of oxen would plow Jn half an hour. Shrewd onae el gul lied evil or wicked. Thomas Fuller used the expression "a shrewd fellow," meaning a wicked man. The word "hoyden," now applied exclusively to a noisy young woman, formerly denot ed a person of like character, but of cither sex. Etu I vocation, a word now applied to any evasion, was once un derstood to uiean the calling of diverse tilings by the same uauue. Peek orig inally meant a basket or receptacle for grain or other substances. The expres sion nt first had no reference to size. To starve was once to die any manner of death. WyclIITe's sermons tell how "Christ starved on the cross for the redemption of men." Bombast once signified the cotton thjt was employed to stuff garments, particularly the enormous trunk hose worn In tho four teenth and fifteenth centuries. Acre bnee meant any field. It la still used with this signiticance in allusion to a burial ground. To Itemove Ilugn from Rooms. Take a long-necked oil can and fill It with benzine. Apply the-fluid tlior oughly Into ail cracks and crevleos where the bugs or their eggs may be. The lienzine at once destroys all Insect life. Directly after use with a powder gun a good supply of Persian Insect powder, and be sure to have the powder fresh and strong. TJse the benzine only by daylight, as It Is very Inflammable when near a lighted lamp. . Ton hear a great many remedies sug gested for the bust head, but the only way to cure the bust head Is to lei whisky alone. Laugh and Grow Wefl. In a singular treatise on laughter, thf writer gives an instance that is of ItseV laughable enough. A patient being very low wttb fevei and the physician In attendance belnj at a loss as to how he should product ,a reaction, had ordered a dose of rhu barb; but after the medicine had beei prepared, fearing its debilitating ef fects, the order was countermanded. Not long thereafter, a pet monkey be longing to the patient that had been U the room all the while, seeing the gob let In which the nurse had prepared tin rejected medicine still standing on tin table, slipped slyly up, took It In lib hands, and put It to his lips. The first taste was probably novel, and he made comical grimace, but hi disliked to give It up. Another Sip ami he got the sweet of the syrup. Ulf grotesque visage brightened. He cast a furtive glance around, and then sat quietly down, with the goblej grasped firmly; and pretty soon he hjl placed It to his lips, and drank to tin dregs. Perhaps there had been half a wine glassful of syrup of manna not more, while the rhubarb bad all settled, ltiri he bad found It, and before be had fully realized the change of taste be had swallowed nearly the whole of titt nauseous dose. The patient was spellbound. Nercf in his life had he seen anything so gro tesquely and ridiculously human! Th4 visage of the disgusted, monkey was a study. It was a whole volume of utter a bom Inntlon and chagrin. He ground hid teeth, and actually stamped his foot, at be had seen his master do when IU wrath. Anon the climax came. He stood nn, his eyes flashed, he grasped the goblel by Its slender stock with all his might) shut his teeth, and then, with a spite ful vemreful snart. he hurled It wltll mad fury upon the floor, end seemcnj i entirely satisfied as be saw the thou sand glittering pieces flying about. Never before had the patient sect, anything to equal It. The whole sccnei and all the circumstances everything about It appeared to him so supreme ly and comically ridiculous, that he burst Into a fit of laughter that lasted until his nurse came In to see what was tho matter. And when ho tried to tell her he laughed again, more heartily, If possible, than before laughed until he sank hack exhausted, and In a pro- use perspiration. The nurse anxiously spougea ena wiped his skin; ho perspired and laugh ed again until he slept. When he awoke the reaction hod come, the fever hud been broken, and he was on the sure ;roud to convalescence. SAILORS' SUPERSTITIONS. they Have Lucky and Unlucky Bhtpn, Pays and Points. The old superstition ns to luck and unlucky days has largely passed away. Foreign malls start and arrive on Fri day without any regard for the beliefs which were accepted ot one time le yond argument by moet sailors. Porno thought otherwise, as will appear later. Generally t-ptaklng, all saints' days am! church holidays were regarded as un lucky and certain days In each month wus regarded distrustfully. In an old almanac ef 1015 we find that July 10. 20, 24, and 31 were noted as "no good anchorage." Sunday was always look ed upon as lucky, presumably In rcil a Dec on the maxim, "The better the day tho better the deed," and the fact of our Lord's resurrection having taket place on that day. Monday had no particular reputatlou for good or evil; Tuesday was the samo except among Spaniards, wlio said "I ion' t marry or go to sea or leave yom wife" on that day. Wednesday waj th day of Odin, the Norse god, and lucky) Thursday was named after TUor, tlx Norse god of war, and was auspicious Friday was the day dedicated to Freyu Norse goddess of love, aud having rcf ereuce to women was not liked on thli ground. Tbo true reason for avoiding Friday was, of course, the fact of tin crucifixion having taken place on thai day, and sentiments of special venerni tion for the day converted Info a feel ing of fear for the results which wouM follow Its violation. The Spaniards, on the other liand, had a considerably veneration for Friday, and belleve.l that some occult influence enabled Co lumbus to successfully clear out of port and discover new land on that day. Saturday was generally considered ana plctoua. The origin of the phrase 'to capful ol wind." can be traced to a Nopeo king; Eric VL. who died In 670 A. D. H( was credited with the useful power ol directing the wind to blow him wheW be wished by the simple method ol turning his cap to that point of tin compass. His powers were much Ap preciated and trusted, and resulted In bis being known as "windy cap." There la no Mvldence as to whether bo ooulil regulate the force of the wind as Well as the direction; presumably he could, or bis faithful believers would not hav been so many. "A bagful of wind" li another common expression and Indi cates something like a gale. This oai been traced down to the classics) legend of Eolus and his ajtUre wind confined In bags. The Performing Dos. Ad amusing story is told by a Frencb contemporary of an Incident which re cently occurred at a town In the aoutt of France during the Christmas vish of a circus. One of the chief attrac tions of the show was a troupe of per forming dogs, and, after they bad gom through various feats, their trainer ob served that Axor, the most accomplish ed of them all, would favor the audi ence with a pianoforte tola According ly Azor mounted a chair and struck irf the "Marseillaise." At his moment however, some one lo the audienci shouted out "Rats!" Azor made oni bound In the direction of the cry; bul the pianoforte went on playing! Stoles. A mole's eyes are believed to give tin animal nothing more than an lmpres elan of light, which is probably pain ful, or. at least, annoying, the sensatloi prompting the creature at once to bur row into the earth and escape the an noyance. To Clean Brass Tray. Brass trays are kept in order by sim ply washing them In boiling hot soda soapsuds and lathering them well, a little sapobo being used if tbey are very flirty. One way of cleaning them Is to sift brick dust till it is a very fine powder; take up a good portion of this on half a lemon (previously used In lemonade or sherbet making) and rub the tray well over with this, carefully going over any p tains till removed, and then rinsing and letting It dry. Treated In this way trays keep clean and an admirable color for a long time. Metal polish nnd such things spoil the color, giving it a yellow tinge quite dif ferent from the golden brass' it looks when cleaned with lemon Juice and Aim brick dust Detroit Tribune. CHILDEEWtJOLUHN. A DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS. Something tout Will Interest the Ju venile Members ef Every Household Qswlut Actions and Bright Sayings mt Masef Cnte and Canning Children, What the Flowers Pay. . The red rose says, "Be sweet," And the lily bids "Be pare;' The hardy, brave chrysanthemum, "lie patient and endure. The violet whispers, "Give. Nor grudge nor count the cost." The woodbine, "Keep on blossoming, In spite of chill and frost," Pnnan Coolldge. Water Asleep. Once there was a little girl who said that Ice was- water gone to sleep. Did He Know Itt A llltle boy was practicing a piece for Jhlldreu's Day. Hta teacher told him to Speak louder. He said, "I don't know it loud." And the Greatest Was the Last, MMo Willie 8. was asked by his Sun Any school teacher to mime the "three I rent festivals of the church." He thought ft moment, and then, memories f the glad and Joyous past doubtless crowding upon him. replied: "Christ taua, Easter and the strawberry." "Conr" or "Caught." A little loy, according to Harper's Round Table, has tnken a hand In intending English spelling: ".Mamma, bow do you spell court house' snld Little Willie. "C-j-u-r-t-h-o-u-s-e, dear," answered his mother. "Hut I should think you ought to spell It c-n-u-g-h-t bouse, because all the peo ple who arc caught are taken there," responded little. Willie. Little Lceaons In the Kitchen. Ther-J, dou't burn yourself. Better (ct cook fix the fire. But I know you '.Ike orange crtain. Here Is a very reliable recipe for It. Try It. It's easily made and delicious: Into a half pint Jt cold milk put half an ounce of gela tin. When this has quite dissolved, which it will do best If placed near but not on the fire, add four tablespooafuls of thick cream and one of sugar. Stir this up wcli, and when almost cold add gradually tbo Juice of four good or ange). When perfectly cold this cream will bo aolli enough to turn nicely out of a small mold, although It remains still soft. TETITE COOKIE. Ten Little Tnca. Baby clnd In his nightgown white. Pussy cat purrs a soft good-night. And sonielody tells, for somebody knows. The terrible tnle of ten little toes. Itlght foot This big toe took a small boy, Sam, Into the cupboard after the jam; This little toe said, "Oh, nol no!". This little toe was anxious to go; This little toe said "Tlsn't quite right"; This little tiny toe curled out of sight. I-ft foot This Mg toe got suddenly stubbed; This little toe got ruefully rubbed; This little frightened toe cried out "Benrr This little timid toe, "Run npstnlrst" lovu cauie a Jar with a loud slaml alani! This little teeny toe got all the Jaml fVnrprlacd Pig. Llttlx Pete never Intends to misstate things, but his very figurative imagina tion uonietluiea gets the better of his facts. He starts out to tell something wbU'h Is perfectly true, but before he Is done lie has generally drifted off Into some picturesque exaggeration. Tho other day he exclaimed to a compan ion: "Jurt think, Blllyl Out In Chicago they aren't going to be cruel to the jilgs any more when they kill them. They're going to chloroform them." "How do they do it?" asked Billy. "Wliy, tlicy Just put a sponge in front of tho pig's nose, and he goes right to sleep, aim when bo comes to himself he ai.rt, 'Why, my ham's goner And by a uA by ho says, 'Goodness ! Somebody's nn wed my lee; oAT and then be finds out thnt he's all cut up!" IXrnmmer Hoy and Hero. A hundred years ago tOct 1.1, 1705 the French nmlertook to relievo the town of JLanl-ej'ge, on tbo SauiLre, then lKwlcgcd by tlie Austrians, and the Royal Swedish Regiment was sent for ward to occupy the village of Dourlers. Tho drummer boy, a lad of fourteen, named Strauh, dodging the Austrian skirmishers, reached the village first, and at once beat a rousing call to arms ou his drum. Thinking the foe had gained possession of the village, the Austrians retired In great disorder, thereby enabling the French actually to get to the outskirts of Dourlers. Tho Austrians, having discovered their blunder, returned, and Strauh bad to run for his life. lie could not es- cP, however, and fell in front of Dourlers Church, after having himself, shot several of the Hungarian grena diers that pursued him, The scene bad been witnessed by a peasant bidden in a loft. Who several, years kiter told It to 8traub's brother, who knew of bis death, but not of the heroic circumstances attending It. In 181)7, during alterations at the church, the ground In front of the building was opened, and there were found the skeletons of the brave drummer-boy lud seven men, thus confirming tho ac ffuracy of the peasant's story, A Surprlan, Tessic aud Bessie were getting ready for a garden party. It was to be a very small party, for they had only In rltcd Bertha and Harold May, tfho Wed next door. Tessle spread a tablecloth on the big, lat stopo under the great oak, and Ucs ile set on the sandwiches and ehleUe'i and gfandnia's pretty cakes." Bessie put a saucerful of big red raspberries by Bertha's plate, and Tessto set an other beside Harold's. Then they ran to the raspberry patch again to fill tw saucers for themselves. "Why, seo here!" said Tessle when they came buck to the table. "S-nw-Uidy has been stealing Harold's ber ries r "Who can It ber said Bessie. "Well. ihere are plenty more raspberries In the patch, that Is one good thing! Aud we have only to run and pick thm. They hurried away to 111! 'he saucer nce more, at the same time keeping watch on the table, Nohody seeiu-sd to go near it, yet when they came back ugaln they found Bertha's plate was I most empty. "Now, that's mean!" cried Bessie. Say, Tessle, let's hide and watch, and when we catch the thief we'll offer Mm pome raspberries and cako very polite ly. Then won't he be 'shamed'!" go they crouched down behind the) urrant bushes, whispering and peep ng. They had not waited long before hey saw the thief running softly tsr jvurd the table. - A boy? No. A gtrilJKa, i( watk ays Ot test and trial prove Hood's Sanaparllta to be unequalled for purifying the blood because Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. SL Hood's Pills cure all Liver Ills. 25 eenta prettiest and cutest little sxjnlrrel thai you ever saw. How Tessle and Bessie did laugbt SUPPOSE WE SMILE. HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM THE COMIO PAPERS. Pleasant Incidents Occnrrinaj the! World Over-Sayings that Are Chsavl fnl So Old or Tonnar Fiaai Be lac" Ions that Everybody Will Eaojn. Her Soanlelon. "Circe, said tho lecturer, "as you no doubt remember, turned men Into hogs." "1 wonder If she did It by starting a street car line?" mused the woman who had hung to a strap all the way to the hall. Cincinnati Enquirer. ' At First Sho Was) A nary. "ITM!" said Mr. Wlckwlre. "That dress reminds me of the half-witted girl that watts on me at the rostau rantr "Indeed"!" "Yep; It Is simple, but fetching."-' Indianapolis News. Measurements. "He Is very gifted," said Mrs. Gush Ington. "Why, be can sit down and write poetry by the yard." "Yes," replied the envious rival, "the only difficulty Is that the public reads if by tho inch." Washington Star. Hla Superstition, "Are you superstitious, major?" "Well, I think It unlucky to be run over by an omnibus." Plck-Me-lip. Where Bailey Prefer Thorn. Congressman Bailey, ao the dls patches say, had a flush on hla face when Mr. Barrett was In the chair the other day. But Mr. Bailey will doubtless admit a flush In the hand la worth a dozen on tho face. Galres toqf Kowa. - Dow It Happened. Visitor How do yon oome to have sd many Chinese figures? Hostess Oh, at the time of my wed ding there was a sale on them and these aro all wedding presents. BosJ ton Transcript. Adaptability. Inspector of Prisons fn pro vt dins' you with work your former occupatioi eliali be taken Into account Wha were yon? Convict An anarchist. Inspector Um, um. We can put hlnf to road blasting. Fllegende Blaetter. A SHY DANCER. .Stories Told by Westerners of tho Antics of the Band Hill Crane. The sand hill craae Is a very bright bird. A Recreation writer says that its very name Is synonymous of vigilance and alertness. It feeds on the treeless plains or In the barren wheat stubble. Where it can see a long way beyond gunshot Or one ot tbe flock la posted as sentinel, and this bird stands with bill half open, ready to give an alarm. It can be killed by decoying It with pasteboard figures cut to proper Blze and !shape and painted, but mounted birds 'are better, A pit la dug deep enough ito conceal a man, tbe decoys are put out, and the cranes are shot as they come over. The best region tt shoot them b in the Columbia BJver water shed end south at U In tbe Pacific coast States. When one shoots a bird at the size and build of a crane In midair U col lapses, like a card house or a tent But such apparent collapses a to sometimes .deceptive, as, for instance: "Before I could reach blm he soared off Into the air with wheeling flight Again be hit the ground with fearful violence, but again he got on nU feet. Running up. thinking to get blm alive for a decoy, I tried to tap him on the head and stun him. He stowed fight and t used my gun as I backed off, and ,ho took to his wings." T'ho sand bill crone la something of a .fighter of men If wounded, and tho; only safe crane Is a dead one. Their bills are long and sharp, and aro capa ble of putting out a man's eye. Tbe sand hlU crane has some enrtoue ' Dibits that make blm of more than passing Interest to tbo student of birds. Out on the prairies parties of them bevo balls In the spring, to which the select i birds seem to be invited. These balls are picturesque affairs from the human 4 standpoint There are curious dances,' which aro sort of solitary waltaes or pretty slow Jigs. Sometimes the birds 1 leap over one another's backs and flop, their wings, giving their peculiar cry. Sometimes rival birds have fierce duels,' using their keen bills like lances, battle: axes and swords. riig Bastneao In Sqmtrret Talis. Twenty farmers brought tbe tails oft 9,171 ground squirrels to the commis sioners of Spokane County, Washing ton, on one day last week to collect tbev bounty of 1 cent per tall. One man brought in 1,834 squirrel tails and an other 1.0DO. All tne squirrels were. killed In one not large district, where they are so thick as to almost make the farmers despair of making any profit by their crops. - ..' The mills of tbe gods, which grind) I se alow, would grind fast enough If A Brlsand Vno tie vies Taxes. "Brigandage Is still rampant In many rural districts In Italy." says Dr. Rav ogli, the resident Italian consul. "From advices 1 receive occasion ally I keep In touch with home affairs, and a letter from a friend tn Trieste contains a reference to TTburel. one of the most picturesque of these freeboot ers. Tibursl Is about 4& At the begin ning of his career he was as bad ar others la tbe same vocation of life. "In 1872 be was caught convicted of highway robbery and murder, and sen tenced to imprisonment for life. He escaped in 1874 and took refuge In a wood near Tlterbo, where be lived In security In spite of seventeen warrants and a large reward for his arrest Tbe reason of this security Is simple enough. He was good to the poor any peasant in need of help could al ways get a gold coin from Tlburzl and he punished traitors. Consequent ly the peasants were ready to assist him against the police or government emissaries, and those who would will ingly have given Information were afraid to do so. "After his escape Tlburzl altered his method of gaining a living. He caused It to be made known to all the well-to-do people tn the district that If they paid ' blm an annnal contribution he would not Interfere with them and would protect them from molestation by others. It was considered advis able to agree and Tlburzl has been for years tn receipt of a large Income, one man alone paying him 100 a year. Crime has considerably diminished in the district; tho smaller fry dare not molest Tlburzl'. protegee, for he Is still a good shot With his English re peating rifle. Tlburzl does What the government cannot do: he collects taxes without trouble and he keeps down crime. "It must not be supposed that he hides in the woods all day. He can walk about the whole district without fear of capture and he lives In good style. He goes to Rome sometimes, presumably In disguise, snd has even been abroad. Will he ever be arrested? Time alone can tell." Cincinnati En quirer. , j RAM'S HORN BLASTS. aarnlna Motes Calling the Wicked ta Bepentaace. -- t irivn n-m. XJUfJ l W Uoa begins in 9i far V V short steps. I T jtfftiS Chrtot 18 ver tent sinner. The blackest devil outside of the pit Is batei. Nothing a bad man owns can be his long. The right to do right is a God- given right No man can walk straght who fol lows a doubt Have more religion than you csd carry In your head. No one can know Christ without wanting to be like blm. No man treats Christ well who treats his brother wrong. Dartmees cannot be made black enough Co destroy light Faith used la as sure to grow as good seed tn good eolL God knows how we love, while meo only know how we live. Tho man who cenqnera himself has had God for his helper. No man can fall until he tries to get along without Cod's help. Hire people to be good, and they will quit when tbe pay stops. It Is bard to believe in the religion ol some very religious people. The man who never, praises his wife. would have a better one If he did. Keeping too much In your pocket may drive the Lord out of your heart Philosophizing about bow a man got Into the ditch will never get him out Pray much before you talk much about how big a sinner you used to be. If we are doing less for the Lord than .we can do, we are not doing enough. Whenever the Lord finds a man who can be trusted with money, he makes him rich. MELANCHOLY WOMEN. AFRAID SOMETHING DREADFUL 18 GOING TO HAPPEN. How nXJttle Baby Ctrl Boiled the Clouds Away. Of course a woman will naturally see the dark side of everything when tortured by some form of female dis ease, which her doctor can not or does not relieve. No wonder she Is melan choly whan head and back ache, pains run through tbe whole 1 body and loins, nerves are weak, stomach out ol order, di- gentian poor, eense of fullness and bearing-down, poor sleep and appetite. always weak and tired, Irregu lar menstruation, whites, etc. She probably is not so fortunate as to know that all female ailments aro indicated by these never failing symp toms, and are controlled by Lydia & Pinkbam's Vegetable Compound; all female weaknesses quickly disappear by its use. It has been the thinking; woman's safeguard for twenty years, and all druggists sell large quantities of it because it can be relied upon. Still another woman speaks : "I wish you would publish my name with your testimonials. I want every one to know that your Vegetable Com pcund has made me well and strong. I sing its praises all the time. When I was first married I was very weak and had female troubles badly; Oh, I was so weary, sick and melancholy, but the Vegetable Compound built me up, and now I have a dear baby girl, and I am ao happy. No home is complete with out a dear little baby and Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to roll the clouds away." Mas. Gbo. Ctava, 85 Danfortn St. Buffalo, N. T. - If you accept a substitute,' you must not fuss because its not as good as genuine HIRES Rootbeer. VJ t. AJBi - W TKsW- aj YOUNG AT FIFTY. BOW METHODIST MIVISTEB CAR RIES HI YBAKS. H0W. William Toaar, of Ossrsso. Tells a Heposter His Secret of Ooo.! Heattn Win Basely Heneflt Kvery sm Who Follows Bis Advice. from (he Time, Oswego, X. T. Probably no man is better known or more stsrhly respected In Oswo, N. Y..thanBev. William Younjt, ot the M.rtho.list Cbureb. Tr. Tones; has not a Confer.'noe appoint ment, bat holds a responsible poetttoa with tbe Oswego City Savings Bank, wh.-re he has who a trusty employe for the past twenty rears. In the spring of 18M Mr. Toong looked as If his time on earth was limited and that he would be laid at rest with the great ma- orlty before snow covered the ground. Bat, Instead of faillns as was predicted, ha soon slnea a more healthy look and appeared aronger. As the months went by this Im provement continued, until now he Is as rugged tnd apparently as healthy as a young man of thirty, although his gray looks de note a more advanoed aim. A Timet re porter, determined to And oat what had mails this great, and It might be said pbe aoiaen al ehange, called upon Mr. Young it the bank and put ths qnestkm direct and re solved the following reply: "In truth I am a changed man, and I owe my present good health to - Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. In th spring ot 1AM I wmB all run down and had commenced to think that my time had come. I had to be prescribed for by phyatnlana. and although 1 reoeiv.-d temporary relief, the same old trouble cu.-ne buek again and I was worse than before. I ba.1 ao strength or appetite, and physically I wns in S misarabln condition. Alter my work I wonld go home, bat the aeneral lawi tude whieli hnng over me left me without any ambitioa, and when I would go to the table to eat, my apiietite failed me and I would have to leave without taking hardly any nourishment. My kidneys were a:so tMtdly affected, and I was tn utter donpnlr. One fay, here at tbe bank, I happened to pick np one of the local pnpnrs, and my eye (ell on an advertisement of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. The advertisement gave a de wrlption of a man who, afflicted a I then wns, had been cured by using Dr. Williams' Pink 1111s. I was not a bulievor la that kind of doctoring, bat oonelude I that as a last re sort to try a box of tbe pills, mnklng up my mind that if they did not help me I cer tainly would not be tnjared any. Ooinu to a drag store. 1 purchnsed a bex of Dr. Will lams' Pink Pills and commenced taking them aouordtng to directions. Very soon after I began to feel better snd I saw I had made no mjstake In trying the pills, and before the Orst bos was emptied I felt so much im proved that I Immediately pnrch.tsed an other. I had taken seven boxes of tbe pills, and at the end of lost summer I lt I Was entirely cured and discontinued their use, but always keep a box handy If occasion re quires. I am now entirely oured. The Ihs situde has left me, my kidneys are all rlttlit and my appetite well, you should see me at the table. I am a new man agitln, and Instead of foeling like a man of fifty, which is mv I feel like a youngster of t wenty, and I give Dr. Williams' Pink Pills the full credit for thts great change. I have recom mended these pills to. several of my neigh bor and acquuiutnneee, who have seen re lieved of their complaints." William Younu, bctm duly sworn, deposes and says he is the gentleman referred to la the above Interview, and It is trne In every rw-noct. Wm.iM Yocsi. Huhecrlhod no I sworn to before mo this 5th dag of May, 10. Bkbnaud Uuuohri, Notary Public Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain all tbe elements necosary to give new life and rich ness to the blood and reotoro shattered nerves. Thny are for sale by nil druggists, or may be had by mal from Dr. William? Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y., for 60 cents per box, or six boxes for 62.50. As fcxtenCatlng Circumstance. Judge Noonan, of tho Ban Antonio District Court, Is also the proprietor of a stock ranch In Medina County. lie was recently called on In his official ca pacity to pronounce sentence on a horse thief. Said tho Judgo blandly: "Are you aware of any clrcnmetnnces that entitles yon to consideration at my bands?" "Yea, your honor, I am." "What la ltf "The horse I stole didn't be!ug to you. I think yon ought to take that into consideration and let me down easy. Texas Sittings. gome peon)" kt la the mirror to tie pennnoa. . Catarrh and Colds Relieved la lO to 00 MtllUL-A. One short puff at the breiUh through tne Blower, supp.tvd with cncli bottle Dr. Atinewi Catarrhal I'ow.lur. diffuses tliU Pow der over the surtuce uf the domJ muiwh. Painless ana duligbitul to u. It relieve In- Stuntljr-- ' prriiutp.Hllj cures Cnti.rrb.Iiay ever. Colds, Hssdaohv, Sore Throat. Tun silitis and Denfnsss. If your draiotist ban't U lit Mock, ask ana to procure U (or roa. Denver is tbe only city with natural streams of water flowing through the gutters in the streets. tfny WlnaxOWs Snowing Byrop for chlldrsa ireUiing, tonens ids ui reduces Inftamin- lion, sllars palo, cures colio. &ia a iut The Bay of Fondy has the highest tide in the world. It rises a foot every live minutes, and sometimes attains a height of seventy feet BUY (LOO wot lb Dobbins Heatta- Borax Snap of year grocer, fend wisppere to liohblu. Snap Mf g Co., Philadelphia, 1 a Thoy will send fou free of charse, i outage paid, a Worcester ocket iMottonsrv, 146 races, hound la cloth, profuwly Illustrated, ofler Rood until August 1st only. Mrs. General Sheridan will pass the slimmer at her Cottaire at Nnnnnit nn thA shores of Fcxzard's Rflv not far from the home of President Cleve land. FITS itATiMA frM bV Ift TTt T-. fin v . -r Nervs Ubi-tobs- Ko flts alter first day's me Marvelouscures. Treatise anii W.00 trial bottlo Irca bt. Kline. MR Aich St.. 1'hlla.. i . The Czarina unites in ber own per. son tbe names of every one of Queen V ictoria's daughters, as she was chris tened Alix Victoria Helena Louiso Bea trice. Ost ef Wcshnrss comes strength when the blood bos been parlfled, enriched snd vitalized, the appetite restored and tbe system built up by Hood's Sanaparllla. Heed's PUte case nansea, sick headache. In digestion, biliousness. All druggists. Z'c Only seventy yean have elapsed since tbe first railway in the worl I was finished. During that period 400,000 miles have been constructed. Cnrn Guaranteed by 1R. J. H. MATER, lolfl Arab St., l'IllLA.,rA. Kase at once: no opera tion or delay from business. Consultation free. Endorsements ol physU-lans, ladles and promi nent clilseus. Mud lor circular. Omoa boars 9 A M. vate. M. 50,000 Italian women recently peti tioned the Chamber of Deputies to end the Abvssiman war. J!fTiiii-'G0 JWW I rniUkV concern that ever voluntarily 'Zjy ym v a ftOlka Of a tiia WOrill n AVW -4 If ,7 fjT a- m ar m y - - " av Cl:3r.!!ns$$l$ Hae Pride Dirt's Hae Hsncsty." Cea c$a Sence Dictates ths Use off .SAPOLIO ar.rv..,asSS klased HsarU One dose ponvlncas. M Th fint lemon orch di in world lire those in Sicily, wheraan tort of lemons it worth $1500. ahs.Thrw'illa as ue tasllBOnU sell It, I Bees were recently hived from, an Edinburgh street lamp. In the globe Of which they had taken refuge. "Plso's Cnre tor Consumption relieves the most o: stinstas Coughs." . "In God We Trust" was first pat on oar coins in 18G1. Gladness Comes With a better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys ical Ills which vanish before proper ef fortsgentle efforts pleasant efforts rightly directed. There Is comfort in the knowledge that so many forms of slukness are not doe to any actual dis- ; ease, but simply to a constipated condi tion of tho system, which the pleasant family laxative. Syrup of Fiffs, prompt ly removes. That is why it Is the only remedy with millions of families, and Is everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to tho fact, that It is the one remedy which promotes Internal cleanliness, without debilitating the organs on which it acta. Itis therefore oil important, in order to get its bene ficial effects, to note when you pur chase, that yon have tho genuine article, which is manufactured by tho California Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep utable druggists. tit in tho enjoyment of good health, and tho system is regular, then laxar tlvcs or other remedies ere not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the moat skillful physicians, but if In need of a laxative, then one should have the best, and with tho well-informed everywhere. Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely usedand (rives most fwnornl satisfaction. Mr. Ji. VL Cross, a special Associated 1'ress reporter, who Hves at 1916 Maple Avenne, Huntington, W. Vs. has knowledge ot the remarkable cure of Mrs. Martha Oilktson, the wife of a carpenter of the east fnl of the city, who, on the 22J of Sep tember, 1805, related her experience as follows: "For a pood ma ay years I have been bothered an awful sight with my stomach. I got so I couldn't eat anything at all without souring on my stomaoh. Lots ot times while working I would spit op great mouthfuls of stuff bitter as gait I kept getting worse all the time and took plies of doctor med icine, but I might as woll took that moon starch for all the good It dona mo. It ran Into neunugia of the stomach and worked Itselt all over me. Dr. QoMeaar. the new doctor up on Twentieth Street, told me when I saw him It was my stom- . ach that caused all the trouble and give me aa order to the drag store. I took U there, and the boy give me a boa of Bipans Tabules. 1 began getting better, and have usml a llltle over two boxes, and am now sound and well. (Signed), Mabtha Giijiisos, No. 1830 Fourth Avenue, Hunlinglon, W. Va." lUrans Tabulss ore sold by sold by draaalsts, or by stofl a box) Is sent ts The lunane lie, 10 Sprues at. Mew VurK. ise pries cu cents a I Chaikal Cnmimny, Now sample rial, ivoeauj. ?Q A DAYSMf-t-g ij UrtlMt t will fhttw yem bow nu-kc d a dur, aUsAorutrty torrt we iny nUli tttu work and (oarh you frr jtm work In tha IochIUj whetv j.m hrrn eniu.v-.mr mldmhi nrvt we wtll rxptaln the buiIm-B fully, arrvrntw-r w iruai tuitote a cltar t-ront or (J for fwrrr . vy'a WiTiTf stn.lnt-r imp-; writ ml smsm. a ! Hwnr. aiiiiHsAm. FOR PIPTY YEARS 1 MRS. WIMSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP b bren wed by Ml! Irms of Mathers fortbylr chll lrvn wblle Icetblns tot on Fifty Yean. It aootbes the cbllil, noftens the gums, allays all pain, earrs wind eoUa and Is the boat reouttfy Cor aiamxsa. 231 SMksf Tweatr-u-se Vests a BetssnV rTfrrsinasfsjuaaas. 5o57?5?pSlstKslsV WO ILL'O.bymaiL StowetlAOSs BxssjssaasasviHwwswwa, s At n.l'fN VANTKI to handle blah-crads t rlw. Big .lta.-oui.Lj eirlnUve twAlo?Twh2l FEN8IONW.gg Lael'rtnrixaJuierPs'. 3sila laat war, ISaajiMhrallnaclauna, attj attMP. DUPTIIRP AllwhowlsbtesTtriaof Bnntnrs H w l V n a. and tonuentlne trnsw sbonld S 1 .nd to S. t. SU KBM A Ji. Hernia SpscialWt, Jins, 1 ami S Ann Ht New York, fir his most interoatlna book of 1 ull lufermatleii. rrlce by mall. 16 rut. OPIUM and WHISKY hahus cored. Hook sunt - a uromti aVLssTA, Sa, S3 095 ARM BBS Morpblate Habit CsrH 1st lO BV SJ T BW BJ SB BJ sVFsTs Bl . ntvphona.UlMaea, O. test Gautth Uyrup. Tsxuis Uood. Use I I In time. Sold dt nrusBMitn. Wr st-ailVl-a. 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