Juniata sentinel and Republican. (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, March 23, 1898, Image 4
JL, r i:(.HJ.i1.,I.H.lUlll WHAT MIGHT BE DONE." tVhat might b done if men were wise! What glorious deeds, my safTring brother, Would they unite In lore and right. And cease their acorn of one another, AU slav'ry, warfare, liea and wrongs, AH vice and crime might die together, And fruit and corn To each man born, . Be free as warmth in summer weather. The meanest wretch that erer trod. The deepest sunk in gnilt and sorrow, Misht stand erect In self-respect. And shBre the teeming world ts-morrow. What might he done? This might be done. And more than this my sulfring brother; More than the tongue E'er said or sung. If men Trrre wise and loved each other, Charles Mackay, BESSIE. ITS only Bessie Raven," Bald Mrs. LHdiiigton to her niece, Mrs. En flckl, a bioomln city matron, who had brought her two boys to the coun try for the summer. "I wouldn't let Hal and Felix associate with her on any acvount, if I were you. There's no soo'l in any of those Ravens a vile, low set." Mrs. Enflpld looked pityingly at the browu-facel, biire-Icgged little gypsy, who had slunk around the back door, a basket of late luscious blackberries on hrr arm. and the deep flush that betokened how plainly she had over heard Mrs. Llddinjrton's careless words, still dyeing her cbeks. "Only Bessie Kaven!" How often she lii'.il heard that phrase. How bit ter a meaning did it convey to her ears. "There axe no trout - there! You mVslit throw a bait and wait a year, auJ joo wouldn't get a bite!" It was a deep, solitary ravine, where, in attitudes of intense eagerness, Hal Eiiileld and his brother Felix were holding their tlshing rods, awaiting the expected bite, while Bessie Raven's brown face and big, black eyes looked out at thenj from a natural oval frame of bushes and Tines, as she hold her banket in one hand and her tattered sun bonnet in the other. Hal Enneld, a self-sufficient little aristocrat, by nature as well as by edu cation, drew himself haughtily up. "1 iou't know that we asked any In formation from you," said he, haugh tily. "Have the goodness to be about your buia." "I won't retorted Bessie Raven, with an ominous flash in her dark eyes. 'It's a free country, ain't It? And I've as murh right here as you have!" "Very well," said Hal, rising and gathering together his tackle. "I'll go, then. Come, Felix." But Felix, the younger brother, had no ld':ii of leaving hit, cool, shady nook, - for a whim of Hal's. Hal etalked away !n high dudgeon. Felix remained behind to cultivate the acquaintance of Bessie Raven. "If thr-re are no trout here," said he, composedly eyeing the brown gypsy face among the leaves, "where do they liider "I'll show yon," said Bessie, with alacrity. "Just a piece further on. There's lots of 'em only everybody don't know It. Oome on!" And the two children spent a long summer's morning together under the green trees. Until just as Felix Enfield was turn ing to go home, half apprehensive that he had missed the farmhouse dinner, he did not perceive that the little gold cro.-is he wore attached to his watch chain was gone. "Oh!" cried he, "'where la my " lie stopjK'd abruptly. For In the very muiiient in which he spoke, he per ceived half-hidden in the folds of the bosom of Bessie's tattered drees, the gleam of some golden ornament. In voluntarily he cflugtrt at it It was his ov n. "You little thief '." cried he, "you must have stolen it!" Bessie stood sullen and silent, her eyes east down, her bare feet impa tiently patting (he velvety graffs below. She could not deny It she scorned any atictupt to Justify herself. "Bewiie," said the boy slowly, "what made you do It? Don't you know that It is wrong to weal?" "Wrong:" cried out Bessie, passion ately. "Why is It wrong? You are rich and I'm poor! You've got every thing, and I've got nothing! Why shouldn't I help myself when I've got the chniire?" Felix Enfield looked at her. Yerlly there was more in her creed than he had realize. "I'll tell you why, Bessie," said he. "At least, I'll tell you what I think tlxj.ir it." s.. hi his boyish way, he unfolded the philosophy of inenm and ruum. Bessie Raven listened 1r surprise. She had never been reasoned with be fore. No one had over taken the trou ble :o explain matters and things in general to her. "Oh. Felix!" she cried out, with a cre:it sob in her throat. "I see It all now. But no one ever told me before. A Tul father-was lost at sea, and mother hinl 11 little ones to take care of. and somehow everyone's hand was against us. and we had to fight our way along. bo I pot somehow not to care about anything." ""Don't nr. Bessie," soothed the lad "Don' i f :!. timt's a good girl! Here take the l-o'J cross and keep it. I don't care niucii for it." , So they parted. At home Felix found that his father had come to take them v.p iiiio the mountains for a few weeks, before they returned to their city home and Si) he never got the chance to tell Bessio Ilaven good-by. IVrj years afterward! Three and twenty is a dangerous age for flirta tions, but Felix Enfield had never been seriously smitten until that time when he crossed the Atlantic In the steamei Will o' the Wisp, and fell In love with the captain's Spanish-eyed daughter. "If you don't marry me," said Felix, with comical earnestness, "I'll throw myself into the sea." "There's not much danger of that," said Miss Richfield, quietly. "But I am in earnest!" protested Fe lix. "So am I," said ths damsel with th blue-black eves. "Dou't you love uie?" pleaded Felix. "I don't dislike you," demurely an swered Miss Richfield. "Then I shall hope," declared Felix. "Hope is a commodity that Is free to all." said the young lady. But at the voyage's end Mr. Enfield v:is deeper in love than ever. "Look here. Miss Richfield," said he; if you dou't say you'U have me I won't leave the steamer's deck! I'll go back ami forth perpetually between New York and Southampton." "I don't think papa would care for so permanent a passenger," said Miss alehfield. with a mischievous twinkle In her ey&; "But. really. 4 rou know. Miss Rich- field. I teller yrs engaged ready." She colored a tittle. "Whyr she asked. "Ah! yon think I bar na eye. Toij think I haven't perceived that you alt ways wear a black velvet rlbboi round your neck blaok velvet rib bon, from which to suspended aoms trinket of gold, hidden la the laoe frllll of your collar. Is It a ganger' "Tea." Mlaa Richfield calmly answer ed, "it is a gang of true love. If I ore "If," almost scornfully ejacuiases the lover. "Well, when I am married." Mia Richfield corrected herself, "tt win only be to the gentleman, who gave ml this." Then I may consider myself reject ed?" slowly spoke Felix, with a face ol tbe bitterest chagrin. "Not quite," said the dark -eyed dam sal softly, as she drew the golden talis man from her throat and held It to ward him. "Don't you remember who gave me this?" He uttered an exclamation of ree ognltlon. "It Is the gold cross I gave yean act to Bessie Raven!" cried he. "Yes," she said, quietly, "and I an Bessie Raven." "You?" "Yes. My mother died shortly aftei you gave me this. My uncle, who had Just returned from the West, adopted us all. Two of my sisters are in board ing school. My brother is being edu cated In a German university. And I am my uncle's adopted daughter, known only by bis name." "But, Bessie, you said you would marry the one who gave you that!" cried out Enfield. "So I will," confessed Bessie, laugh ing and blushing, "If he Is still infatu ated enough to persist In wanting me." They were married within a month a regular true-love mstch and old Mrs. Llddlngton finds herself graud-aunt-dn-law to "oniy Bessie Raven!" "And really, says she, complacently, "I don't think Felix could have made a better match!" New York News. ONLY SIX WEEP TEAR8 OF JOY. How the Heroes of Hmndvsd Iif ferent Morals Propose, Some one with nothing to do has in vestlgated the way in which heroes la a hundred different novels are repre sented as proposing. Seventy-two hold the lady's hand, seventeen hold it very tightly, fourteen have lumps In their throats and nine exclaim aloud i "Thank heaven!" Only seven out of the hun dred declare themselves to be delirious ly happy and live are too full for utter ance. Three out of the hundred stand an their feet when they make a pro posal and two go down on one knee, while nine make formal speeches. The behavior of the lady-under the circum stances Is equally entertaining and in structive. Out of Jie hundred cases eicbtv-one sink Into the arms of the gentlemen, sixty-eight rest their heads on the gentleman's breast, and only one sinks into the arms of a chair; eleven clasp their arms around the gentle man's neck; six weep tears of Joy si lently and forty-four weep tears aloud whatever that means; seventy-two have eyes full of love and nine of the hundred rush from the room and tell everybody. Only four are grestly sur prised, and eighty-seven out of the hun dred knew that something was coming. Five giggle hysterically. Only one of the hundred struggles not to be kissed, wlil!e six kiss their lovers first. London Answers. Ths Burning Tree. There has lately been added to the collection of plants at the botanic gar den at Madras, India, a specimen of a strange tree. It Is In sice scarcely more than a bush, but other Individuals of Its species are known to have attained In their habitat In the Himalayas, Mar ma and the Malacca Peninsula, the di mensions of a large tree, from fifty to eeventy-flve feet In height. The Madras specimen is surrounded by a strong rail ing, which bears the sign, "Dangerous all persons are forbidden to touch the leaves or branches of this tree." It Is. therefore, a forbidden tree In the midst of the garden; but no one If tempted to touch It, for It is known to be a "burning tree." This name Is a misnomer, for the tree stings rather than burns. Beneath the leaves there are stings comparable to those of net tles, which, when touched, pierce the skin and secrete a fluid which certainly has a burning effect. The stlDg leaves no outward sign, but the snsatIon of pain persists some times for months, and is especially keen on damp days, or when the part which has been wounded Is plunged In water. The natives In the part of Burma where this tree grows are In such terror of It that they fly In haste when they per ceive the peculiar odor which It exhales. If they happen to touch It, they fall on the ground and roll over and over on the earth with shrieks. Dogs touch ed by It yelp and run. biting and tearing the part of their bodies which has been touched. A horse which had come in contact with a "burn'xg tree" ran abont like mad thing, biting everything and every body that It could reach. A missionary at Mandalay, who Investigated a leaf of the plant with his forefinger, suffer ed asny for several weeks, and for ten months suffered occasional dartlnf pains In his finger. I he Citron. The citron is largely cultivated In Southern Europe, but It Is a native of Asia. The fruit is from four to six Inches long; It is egg-shaped, with an uneven surface, and has a protuber ance at the top. To prepare It for commerce. It is first pickled, to absorb the oil that It con tains, and to extract the bitter flavor the fruit hns. Then it Is boiled and af terward placed In a solution of sugar until it becomes saturated, when it is put to dry on racks. It Is then put Into tin boxes for the market quarter and half-pound boxes. The citron Is always In bloom, and fruit and flowers hang together on th trees. Guilty of Something Bertona. , Commuter Our cook Is going to stay with us another month. Suburbs Gee whiz! How did yoo manage it? Commuter I didn't manage It She went and confessed to the priest the other day and he ordered her to stay for another month as penance. Truth, Why He Bqnealed. Neighbor What made yojr little brother squeal so loud this mjrnlng? Boy Pa made him squeal that way so the neighbors would believe we bad killed a pig. Texas Slftlngs. Abolish Marriaa A band of 25 men asd weeaea la Boston have organized a club to abol ish marriage, and point to Shelley, George Saad and ethers aa OUR BOYS AND GIRLS THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF THE PAPER. Qaalat Sarlna ana Cat vataca si us Little Veins Kwrnktn, Gathered aad Prints Bar far All Other Ut ile HI Math Birthday. tie has gives up his cradle and his llttls worsted ball. He has hidden aU bis dolls behind th door; He must have a rocking horse. And a hardwood too. of course. For he iaa't nanmt'i baby aay more! He has cnt off all his curls, they are onlj fit for girls. And has left them In s heap upon th floor; For he's six years old to-day, And he's alad to bear them say fhat he isn't mamma's baby any more! He has pockets In his trousers, Uke nit elder brother Jim, Though he thinks he should have hai them long before. Has new shoes laced to the top 'Tis a DiiTzle where thev stop; And he isn't mamma's baby any more! He has beard his parents sigh, and bat greatly wondered why Ther are sorry when he has such blisi in store; For he's now the'r darling boy. And will be their pride and joy. Though he cannot be their baby an more! Youth's Companion. Why Do Yonr Skates S lpt Why do your skates slip on Ice? Glass Is Just as smooth,.but you couldn't pos sibly skate on It. If you doubt tt, try your skates on a piece of glass and see whether or not they will slip. The reason why ice is slippery and glass is not is very simple. Ice always melts a little under pressure and fric tion. When the steel of the skat touches It a little water is formed, and thia n,,t. as rwi 1 WtrMtn the slfnte and the ice, and the skater slips merrily j along. The expression In regard to glare ice, "It's as slippery as if it had been greased," is not far wrong. On glass this liquid lubricator Is lacking, and the friction between the skate and the glass renders slipping impossible. Put two pieces of glass together, with a few drops of water between them, and see how easily they will slip about, me over the other. Made Links. A most surprising trick In paper-cut- l ! .. I. njuuVTMnt fating ,. H fT a long, narrow strip of paper, two Inches wide by twelve long, and twisting LSI NO. 1. twice, bringing the ends together and pasting securely. Previous to this draw a line down the center of the strip defining, as the picture shows, a dark and light strip. When the strip no. 2. is twisted twice and pasted correctly you will have figure like number 2. Then take your scissors. Insert them In the line between the dark and light halves of the strip and cot along the line. When you have cut clear areuml the strip will fall into two pieces and make the Joined links as shown iu Xo. 3. To see the principle of the trick vill require some puzzling. Cansht by a Button. Recently a small boy who wore a coat ivlth brass buttons went down to th lond with his older sister and hr ,-oiiffin, who were going to skate. The small boy felt very much injured because he could not ska te, too, so he lay down flat on his face, on the Ice, and began to cry. His sister hastened to him, and tried to make him stand, hut he refused to do so, being of an ob stinate disposition. Finding that her rntreatles were of no avail, she left nim for a moment, and when she returned he was trying to get up, but could not. Due of his brass burtons was frozen in the ice! A crowd of curious skaters collected round the small boy, whose position v,-as now pitiable Indeed. "Unfasten h!s coat," said one, "and take It off." That's sensible!" said another; "don't rou see its buttonear wu, lets i:1ve him a pull and see if It won't come uit." But It was no use. The button was so warm when the boy lay down that It had melted a deep hole, and It had frozen again all around rt; and thanks to a careful mother, the button was sewed so firmly that It would not pull off. "We'll have to rip it up the back," laid his cousin. "No; not that" said the sister, "can't some one get a pick, or a hatchet?" tiome one said he would try, and skated :.rf. Meanwhile the salt tears from the small boy's eyes were making Inroads on the ice under his face. He felt very damp and uncomfortable, and wished, very heartily, that he bad not been so naughty. His sister was afraid that he u-ould catch pneumonia, or at least a 'icavy cold. "Oh, say," said the cousin after they (.ad waited a short time, "why won't r skate do for a pick?" So saying he took off "one of his, and tried to pick at the button by pushing back the child's fat little body. At last he succeeded In chopping the ice away so that the button was freed and the small boy was able to stand once more. He now recognizee the advantages of an erect 'Ksture. Children's Saylnav "Tommy," said his mamma one day, "slip upstairs quietly and see if papa U asleep." Tommy soon returned and taid: "Yes, mumma, he's all asleep but Ms nose." Flossie, aged 4, heard her mamma say that the new cook spoke broken Eng lish, and running to her father she ex claimed: "Oh, papa, ze cookie Is a broked Englishman an' she tant talk plain." Little Mamie had often watched hr rather shave himself, and one day when a man came to whitewash ths fence, after a few minutes' silent con temptation, she asked: "Mister man. is you doin' to share ze whiskers off za.t fence?" Little 4-year-otd WlOle was visiting his grandparents In the eeunrry. One morning he heard a mule braying for the first time and raneing lata the hense exclaimed: "On, "gran", one of zem.horaies baa dot se hoopeu tough." "Clare," seed the mother of a tittle 5-year-old naies, "Who was entertaining a couple of neighboring girls of her own age, "why don't yoo play some thing Instead of sitting- still and look ing miserable r "Why, mamma, we is playtB," was the reply; "we's playln' that we's grown-up women." Little Harry bad a picture book of mtmaia and Ms father sometimes de sert do the traits and peculiarities of those represented. One day la de scribing a bare, among other tilings he said the bare had so' tall to speak of. Next day he asked: "Harry, what did I tell you about the hare yesterday T" "Oh," replied Harry, "you said he had a tall, but it wasn't to be talked about." Mm Kept His Came. It was under some of the earlier Bankrupt laws that this exhibition of rare shrewdness occurred," when it was required that in case of a man's lnsoU rency he must turn over to the proper officer of the law every bit of his prop erty for the benefit of his creditors. The subject of this story was yet a young man, and wealthy, when misfor tune overtook him and failure was In evitable. Borne of hie property was real estate, some of it was not. the lat ter consisting of securities easily con verted Into currency. A nice little bundle of bank bills could be more safely handled than certificates of stock, etc. When the time came, beinir an honorable man, he conscientiously surrendered his entire effects, even a tubular cane,' from which the handle could be disjointed, the gift of an ad miring friend. After handing the walk ing stick to the official, thus-satisfying the law, be suggested its return. It was a present from a friend, and could be of little value to anyone but blmaslf as a memento. ' Certainly," said the officer, "taka It "It's of no use to us." "Thanks. I'll prize it highly." Some time afterward. In his quiet home, the shrewd financier disjointed the handle and removed from his tubn- lar depository several thousand dollars f well-crumpled bank bills. Syracuse Post He Stood Alone. In a small settlement out West some fears ago, an old man entered the town bank one afternoon, and, walking by the loungers, presented a check to the paying teller. He received la return a number of greenbacks, which he count ed. A look of perplexity overspread his face and he counted the bills a second time; then, turning to the teller, be Landed back a note. "See here, you gave me $30 too much," be said, and left the bank. In a few moments he was overtaken by a shaggy native who accosted him. "Say, stranger, yon Jest left the bank, didn't yer "Yes. I did." "Cashed a check thar, didn't yeT "That's the fact of the case." "The teller gave ye fifty dollars too much, I b'lleve?" "Tes, he did." ' "An" ye gave it back ter blmf "Why, certainly." The native surveyed him slowly from head to foot "Stranger," he at last broke out "ain't you awful lonesome?" Boston Transcript Fronts In a Bed Chamber. . The Empress Eugenie ordered a bag of frogs to be brought In from the for est for thelate Dr. Pasteur's mleroseop leal researches when he was visiting at Complegne. When he left Pasteur put the bag In one of the bureau drawers and forgot It The next Inhabitant of the room was a charming beauty of the court who was 'wakened In the Might by a mysterious sensation, and at the lame time her foot encountered some thing cold and clammy in her bed Lighting her candle, she found herself lurrounded by a small legion of frogs b nremeiiade. After the illustrious tavant's departure a femme de chain ore, finding a damp traveling bag in the bureau, threw it under the bed without examining the contents and Forgot It Did Not Know His Daughter. A few days ago I was waiting In the Grand Central station when I was un consciously made a witness of quite a romantic meeting. As the passengers from the train came filing along the platform I spied among then General Sickles, who was returning home from a speeehmaking tour. As he Beared the waiting room a young girl of Span ish type, of beautiful face and figure, brownish-black hair and deep black eyes, fringed with long, curly eyelash es, stepped forward and exclaimed in a sweet well-medulated voice: "Is this. not General Sickles?" He bowed and, nnjwered, "It la" Thereupon the young woman, looking him straight In the eyes, exclaimed with a merry laugh. which revealed twe rows of perfect teeth: "Don't you know me?" The general, again bowing and this time' also smiling, said: "Pardon, but I must) confess and also regret that yoa have the advantage." The young girl, not bit "Eeazed," looked at the general affectionately and replied: "Look at. me. Don't you know your daughter Eda?" It was Miss Eda Sickles, who., with her brother Stan ton, had but a. few days previous arrived from Spain., They had come to visit their father and arrived while he was away. Ascer taining the uay and the hour when lie: was expected, they had gone to the! station to meet and surprise him. Asj Miss Sickles Is now about 19 years or; age, and as her father had not seen berj since she was 6 years old. It is not) strange that at first meeting be did not recognise her. She is his daughter by. his second wife, who resides pema-j nently In Spain, as she does not care; for this country. General Sickles is' the happiest man In town, and almuet dally can be seen with his daughter making the round of the big stores. Town Topics. Warmth In a Snow Drift. A well known authority gives the fol lowing advice to a person exposed te intense eold and unable to reach any place of shelter: The moment he finds his strength failing, he should look out for a snew drift sheltered from the wind by a bill, or seme other object and at once scrape a hale In tt large enough for his body and then crawl in to It The snow will shelter klm from tbe cold and wind and keep him warm. Human beings and sheep have lain for days this way and been saved, aad gen erally it Is the only chance. The Homely Girl's Charm. An Atchison young maa says he had heard all his life that pretty girls were not as agreeable as homller ones, and believed the remark was due to envy. However, since he has formea the ac qua'ntanea of a lot of pretty girls he is convinced It la true. The homely girl Is a men reliable friend and a jollier mpanlyn. Atchlsoa Glebe. Every woman' overworks the lar STORIES OF BELIEF. Two Letters to Mrs. PlnVlmm' - Mrs. Jonx Williams, English town, N. J., writes : " Diab Mrs. Pinkhau: I cannot be gin to tell yon how I suffered before taking your remedies. I was so weak that I could hardly walk across the floor without falling. I had womb trouble and such a bearing-down feeling ; also suffered with my back and limbs, pain in womb, inflammation of the bladder, piles and indigestion. Before I had taken one bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I felt a great deal better, and after taking two and one half bottles and half a box of your Liver Pills I was cured. If more would take your medicine they would not have to suffer so much." Mrs. Joseph Petersow, 513 East St, Warren, Pa., writes: "Dear Mbs. PinkhaIi: I have suf fered with womb trouble over fifteen years. I had inflammation, enlarge ment and displacement of the womb. I had the backache constantly, also headache, and was so dizzy. I had heart trouble, it seemed as though my heart was in my throat at times chok ing me. I could not walk around and I could not lie down, for then my heart would beat so fast I would feel as though I was smothering. I had to sit np in bed nights in order to breathe. I was so weak I conld not do any thing. "I have now taken several bot tles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and used three '. .pack ages of Sanative Wash, and can say I am perfectly cured. - I do not think I could have lived long if Mrs. Pink ham's medicine had not helped me." GOLD MINERS NOT RICH. tt Is Only the Speculators, aa a Kale Who slake the Fortune. Few discoverers of rich gold mines have remained wealthy. The specu lator or syndicate schemer, who re mains at home and takes none of the hardships, is the one who becomes a millionaire. In the early 60s a pros pector from Virginia, commonly known among miners as "Virglnny," discov ered a rich mine in Nevada and his name was given to Virginia City. An other prospector, named Comstock, dis covered another rich mine further up the gulch, and the district was called the "Comstock Lode." Both men died poor, after being swindled out of their rich "finds." Then came a number of millionaires. whose fortunes were built upon the misfortunes of these men. A decade later four men unearthed a bonanza," which is an Italian sailor's phrase for "fair wind." These two mines yielded about 1200,000,000, ana developed four "bonanza kings" Klood, Mackay, Fair and O'Brien. These were shrewd enough, however. to hold on to their fortunes, some of them relaxing their grip only when death claimed them. A few years later twe prospectors named Ritchie and Tabor discovered a rich mine in Colorado near the moun tain village of Leadvflle. Tabor was postmaster, and also sold to other min ers flour, bacon and whisky at extreme ly high prices. After getting out a few hundred thousands Ritchie sold to Ta bor for $500,000. Tabor then uncov ered several millions, with which he built opera houses and hotels. He was elected to the United States Senate, and lived a life of extravagant ease. Domestic difficulties came upon him, and he settled a princely fortune upon the wife from whom he was divorced. Later, financial trouble came upon him, and to-day he Is prospecting In Arizona with a pick and shovel. Nearly a decade later a prospector named Creede (known la the West as Harvey) discovered a rich mine in Southern Colorado and called It "Creede." After taking ont three or four millions he qui and we4it to Los Angeles. He, too, was a victim of do mestic trouble and recently committed suicide, although there was nothing dishonorable In his actions so far as has ever been learned. A few years later a prospector known as "Crazy" Bob Wornack located sev eral claims in "Poverty Gulch," under the shadow of Pike's Peak. Mining experts bad passed ever the ground and had given H out as their wise dictum that tt was Impossible from the forma tion of that country for gold to exist there. Bob Wornack thought other wise, and gave mines to his friends who would prospect them; ether claims he sold for supplies and small sums of money. Finally he sold his only re maining claim for a few thousand dol l lars. He was now rich and wanted no more. This claims turned out millions, and "Poverty Gulch" became Cripple Creek, tbe richest mining district In the .United States or In the world at that time. AU of those to whom "Crazy Bob Woraaak" had given claims for small sums became millionaires, and Bob aga-in became poverty-stricken. And now he has dropped from view. If living, perhaps Bob win turn up In ths Klondike! Such Is the reman ee and poverty of rich strikes la the far West However, these mining booms settle tbe waste places and rid the more civ ilized seouloas of their idle, Immoral and criminal element In a mining camp there Is generally ten of this class to one thrifty, honest man. After the prospectors come the speculators, then the thieves, gamblers and confidence operators. Those who strike it rloh re turn to the cities and become promi nent men. The others remain, and in time evolve a sooiety which disowns its ancestry. Gbioago THmes-HeraJd. Snsnmoatna; Help by Catting Wires. The person who wrote that electric ity was obo of tbe "mighty agents of nature enchained by the ingenuity of man" ean scarcely have contemplated ha kts wildest dreams the full extent of that Ingenuity, says the Electrical Re view. For instance, he la seareety Bke ly to have prophesied that a sick man, far from the aaHeattons of civilization, would have eat a telegmtph wire in or der to ohtala asstotaaee. And fet such has really occurred, acoordlBg to a Loa doa contemporary. TVs whole of the vast continent of Australia was prac tically cut off from European news for :;cariy twenty-four hours in the middle of September In consequence of an in terruption on the liue between Adelaide and Port Darwin. Inquiries were made, and It was found that the wire had been cut by a eyeiiot who was taken 111 while on a Journey across the continent It is not related how be set about It, bat ha had ths satzafaeMoa at any rata of getting wtiat he wanted. It is net desired to tatshllsh Hans as a pre cedent of rammoning heap under in convenient ctocuxtuftanees, Ottoman Empire's Origin. The great Ottoman emajre, wbieh at ana time threatened the edrQlsed world, sprang teem a band of 400 wandering BOUGHT HIMSELf TWICE. Btraaae History of a rl.ve Revealed In a Law Court. - , The will of Nathan Springfield, when oa trial In the Supreme Court, brought to light incidents In a career that was remarkable. Nathan Springfleid was bom in Virginia, In 1812, a shire. On Dec. 18, 1806, when nearly eighty-five years of age. be died. Iwrlw J2SSv TahMd at between MX " In his youth Nathan aeaateed the trade of a blacksmith. He was owned by a Methodist mlnhrta. After attaining- Ms majority IHrtaaa bargained with his master ra buy hia own free dom for 100. The pledge was given, and the youth went to work "n a will. The young slave accumulated the sum and gave K to Ms master as a "ran som for his freedom. The clergyman took the money, but failed to keep his agreement Nathan remained a slave. Later his master sold him to a wealthy planter. Still nourishing a desire to be liberated, Nathan made a bargain with his sec ond master, this tftne offering $100 at a ransom. Consent was given, and the young man, after mueh iaber, procured the money. But he was aln destined to disappointment The second mastwr also kept both money and slave. Exasperated by this treatment, Nathan discarded arbitration and re solved to gain his freedom by flight At the age of thirty-five an opportunity was afforded, and he made his escape, coming to Boston. He left a wife be hind him. but the wife of the second master, knowing of the previous nego tiations, induced her husband to re lease the lonely wife, who soon after rejoined her husband in Boston. Nathan worked at blacks aiithJng In and about Boston for a time, and later started peddling straw. He was Indus trious and saving, Ws business grew rapidly and within a comparatively short time he was the proprietor of a large and profitable hay, grain, straw and coal business. At his death he owned real estate In the West End, Cambridge and other places, and had larre deposits in various Boston banks. Boston Journal. - Freezing" Water la a Kite. A Yaokee farmer in Brazil who longed for ice water has utilized a kite for the purpose of obtaining lee. He fills a tin can with water and sends ft to the height of three miles, where it is promptly frozen. After a sufficient In terval the kite is rapidly hauled In and the cake of ice secured. The inventor is so pleased with his toy that it is said he now proposes to send up a kite one hundred aod fifty feet long by a steel wire caDte. Under the kite will be suspended a pully, over which runs an endless chain bearing cans attached to hooks. The cans will be filled with water and the speed of the belt upon which they will be regulated so that the topmost cans will be converted into Ice sufficiently hard to withstand the. down ward Journey. Ll;nteas Snbatance. The lightest substance known is said to be tfhe pith of the sunflower, with a specific gravity of 0.028, while elder ptth hitherto recognized as the lightest substances has a specific gravity of 0.09, reindeer's hair 0.1 and cork 0.24. For saving appliances at sea, cork with a buoyancy of 1 to 5, and reindeer's hair with one to 1 to 10, baa been used, while the pith of the sunflower has a buoyancy of 1 to 35. Ixmgest Feace la the World. The loaaest fence in the world is probably that which has Just been fin ished by the Erie Cattle Company along the Mexican border. It is seventy-five miles la length, and separates exactly for its entire distance the two repub lics of North Amrica. The fence was built to beep tbe cattle from running aerosa the border and falling easy prey t the Me4eaB eow-punchers. Al though rt cost them a great deal of money, it is estimated that cattle enough will be saved in one year more than to pay for t. It is a barbed-wire fence, with mesqutte and Cottonwood poles, and for the entire length rt runs as the erow flies. every one cau play enough on a gui tar to be disagreeable. Oh, Whit Bplrndld Coffre. Mr. Goodman, Williams Co., 111., writes "From one package Salzer's German Cof fee Berrv costing 13c 1 grew 300 lbs. of better coffee than I can buy in stores at 30 cents a lb. A. C. 4 A pac kage of this coffee and big seed and plant catalogue is sent yon by John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, W is., npon receipt of 15 cents stamps and this notice. In 1S46 the population of Egypt was estimated at 4,500,000. In l!v2 an imper fect census cave ejoo.mw. ist years figures, which are declared to be faiily accurate, are 9,750,000. Thars Is more Catarrh in this sertton of the countrv than all otiaer iisas put together, and until the last few raars was supposed to ba incurable. For a great many years doctors firtraounaea 1V JQCIU aiotmso sua jir nim ocal remedias, and ty constantly far: ins to cure wiin weal ipwrnMB, pi pronouticl it in- cttfctrrh to b a constitntiomil dtneaae and therefor requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the en) v ennstttntional cure on tbe market. It 1 taken internally in doaes from 10 drop to a teaopoonfwl. It acts directly on the blood and aiueous snrfaoes of the system. They offer one hundred dollars far any case it fila to core. Send for circulars and testi mo.iaJ. Addreas F.J. Chkmv CaToledo, a R14 bv Drujcuists. "Sc. H&ll's family Pills are the best A German scientist is of opinion thct women will have beards some time in the remote future. After phyidelans had erfvem tne up, I was saved by Piso's Core.-H.4LPn EaiGO, vVll aam.po rt. Pa Not. 23. The wearine of orance blossoms as a bridal decoration originated in the days of the Crusaders. Mrs. Winslnw's Soothing SvruD for children teethinc, softens the gums, reducing; inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wina cone, 4jc a uuiue. In Egypt fans were used in religions ceremonies, made of parchment or feath ers. Tits nennanentlv cured. No fits or nervous. lea after flrat day's use ot Or. Kline's Great Ktrve Kestorer. sz trial Mite ana treatise iree. Da. K. H. Klikk. Ltd.. 931 Arch St, Phila. fa. Abont - 40 tons of letters pass daily tnrougn me general j-ostomce, L.onaon. To Care a Cold In One Das;. Take Laxative Broao Quinine Tablet, an Dragsi reload atoaeril it tails te cur., ale. Kew Zealand contains at present 42.0(0 i.f 1 t, .... . . . . irn .uaorij ana D.1,DV1 wniies. Chew Star Tobacco The Beat. Smoke SledR-e Cigarettes. In the Franco-German war every third German soldier had a map of the country through which he was traveling. isTaTirxTsE Core Cnaraateed by DR. j. B. BIATER. toil ARCH WV PHlLA, PA. Ease at onceTno eperaUen or delay from bounces. Consaltatton iree. indorsements of physicians, ladles and prominent citizens. Send tor clrculac oat. Ieun A H. lot P.M. . C 0er 4,000,000 frozen rabbits are an nuaby exported to the London market from Victoria, Australia. nor? .lasnaf ttteaWftfl.-UUaVi. CURE -4 zr m n m m e a av v m YouMI feel it rs worth Its weight In gold TRUMPET CALLS. era Bounds a Wsralag Nets to the Unredeemed. rrEUTH wins no I easy victories. - Zeal is the dy namite ef appeal Trials are bless ings In disguise. Bpirttrjal hunger Is heart prayer. Adversity 1 s Ged's prunlngl knife. j Suspicion is thi j scent ef cunning:. 1 You can't bury character in the grave. A Christian only fn name is the devil's game. 1 Before faith can rest. It must stand a test. Church creeds are religious scare crows, j The voice of the cress proclaims man as lost. Sin is a deidde ft murdered the Son of God. Flattery serves as gas in the balloon of pride. As Christ Increases hi our love, self decreases. Boastinc; is blowing oft the steam of self-conceit. - Blamina others is a poor way to Jus tify yourself. Storm tried faith differs frem fait weather belief. . Despondency unnerves man, hope Invigorates him. Repudiation is like aa eel a slippery thing- to handle. Morality Is often used as the perfnmt bottle of society. Elbow gTease makes the wheels of fortune move easier. Truth and facts always agree. Error and lies are associates. The woman who puta "on Christ," does not "put on style." Tbe best place to kill a doubt Is at the foot of Christ's cross. Wearing Christ's yoke does aot makt a man round-shouldered.,- The cross of Christ is the key ta Ged's attitude toward sin. The widow's mite -wrote aa epitaph which time could not erase. Faith In God enables a man to put the proper valuation on property. Education has been substituted fot consecration In the modern pulpit. . Slander Is moral hydrophobia thost wbo are bitten generally run mad. Infidelity offers a leap in the dark, In place of a walk In the light with God. The religion of Christ more than pays In its present blessings, not to speak of Its future rlcfaes. Narrow Kacape. "Father," said Johnny Ironsides, "how big a fish did you ever catch T' "I caught a catfish once. Johnny," replied Deacon Ironsides, "that welch ed " The good man stopped short, looked fixedly at his youngest son and resumed in an altered tone: ' "John, this Is Sunday." Toungstown (O.) Vindicator. Another Poser for Pa. Willie Say, pa, in the aarth nun like a ball?" " Pa Yes, Willie. Willie And does peopi lira on the other side of It? Ta Certainly, my son. Willie Why don't they fall off j Yon will find that the guilty ones are the last to forgive a siuuer. DIIDI IPiirrif r uuLiofir Tbe Central Nevspapar Union, Ltd 6l4 CHESTNUT vr 'm.,..,.. . V uaueipnia, J Furnishes Machine Composition FOR NEWSPAPERS, BOoKaUZ paaiphlet;, legal documents, etc AIll,-r.-.. "':- 'Where Dirt Gather . . Creat Saving Result, I RU'e8'" -e, ""sjsu'ts From the Ugc OT .lAfiOQQ - w e" a..-ja m aia' I Scandalous. Hojaek Did you hear how gkidmore disgraced his family at church last Bun. day? Tomdik No; how was It? Hojaek The minister read two chap ters from the Acts and he Insisted going out between them. Judge. 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