Juniata sentinel and Republican. (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, March 30, 1898, Image 4
I I 1 I I I I I i tg .M-d, a 9 ?M t W ra, wht.4. t 1 irkahle t -i of iki it ,v thial Into M- aoouras oouras i tbe ,' I ill" ,J. They he eo T I 1 i flc n' o. . - r -J f Tu :.r v f! a 1.1 ' r l!v k of pia ri I 'fOU 1 ro y-'i-.at" rv mo .t 3 o' 1 i u .in It un t: Wit Hut Vhut t i.s ..n Too In.h 'iji. ('(! a :.i ""- j Liut It U Tn Th.-An- And It is e e I y i: ar V'. l.anl wiir h II hr ai ! s - r i m r . THE PICTURE BIBLE. " Don't want no plctur Bible; Pre Under cot m doubt That them thar pictnr's Miter crowds the ol' time gospel oat. It don't encourage my beliefs ter Bx it op like that. With j-aller arku a-restin' on the top of Ararat. An' Moses in a goon o red tegTat fancy "robe;" 'An ever' thing a-lookin' bine In twenty mile o' Job! An' Peter on a sea o' green longside sperkled boat. An' nuthin' left o' Joseph bat the color in his coat! They can't improve that Bible I don't keer how they try. An' I doubt if these Hew fixin's air approv. ed of in 'he sky! An' though they're mighty party, an sorter make a show, Ef the Lord hnd wnnted pietnr's He'd made 'em long ago! So in spite o' all the talkin. I've sorter got a doubt That pirtur's crowds the sweetness o" the ol" time gospel out; They don't encourage my beliefs wher ever they may be The plain ol family Bible Is good enough fr me! Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Consti. tution. JACK'S RE- GENERATION. TS a shame for such a nice girl ad Mary Hallett to go with a worthless shiftless fellow like Bert Hill!" Mrs. Raymond was very much in earnest. "I'd say something to ber, only girls are such fools, it might be worse than to keep mill. She looks all tired out now, -with her work and worry at home; how will she look when she's married to a drunkard?" "It's an awful pity." said her neigh bor, and as Jack Raymond passed through the. room she glanced curious ly from mother to son. She thought, "I guess Bert Hill ain't much worse than your boy." What she said was, "That's real pretty cloth you're work ing on." Jack went up the hlU behind the bouse till he came to & spot where the April sun shone warmly under piue trees. He dropped upon the needle covered ground, pulled his hat over bis eyes, and cnliuly finished the nap which his mother's indignant protest bad disturbed. The wind blew softly among the pine branches, files and wasps crept into the sunlight, bluebirds sang, and far overhead a hawk sailing on steady wings cried cruelly. At length Jack I stirred, removed the hat from his eyes, and snt up. lie hitched along on the ground till he got his back- against a tree trunk. He gazed out upon the spring landscape meditatively. Then his Hps began to move. He was talk ing to himself, lnaudibly. "It's a shame for such a nice girl as Mary Ilallett to go with a worthless, shiftless fellow like Bert Hill. Yes, that's so. It ought to be stopped. Talk ing won't do any good. Something's got to be done. I suppose I might un dertake the Job." He grinned slightly at tbe thought. "It would be a good ' Idea to go into missionary work, and I'm sure that Is a good cause to res cue Mary Hallett from Bert. She's a nice little girl, and It would be a pity for her to marry him. Bert doesn't even treat his mother well what would he do to Mary?" He straightened up almost energetically. "I vow I'll do It," he said. . Then he meditated agnlu. "Wonder If. 1 can 7" he mused, doubt fully. He felt in a pocket and took out a small, round mirror. He gazed at It earnestly. He. took off his hat and brushed his blonde hair back from his forehead; then he gave a smile of affectation which showed his white teeth;' then he put the mirror back in his pocket. There was a look of confi dence In his blue eyes. "Guess you'll do," he said. "Rather against you, being light, though; but where there's a will there's a way." He got up and started down the hill. Half way he paused. "Suppose- she should fall in love with me, and then I'd have to go back on her and break her all upV It Isn't likely, to be sure, but what if It should happen?" There was a rueful pause then he said, "The end justifies the means," and went on down the hill. Although Jack's friends maintained that he would be all right If he only kept out of bad company, the general opinion was that be and Bert were about evenly matched for wortbless bess and shiftlessness. And when Jack began to go to Hallett's, people said, "O, dear! Two of them!" They con tinued to be shiftless; but it was re , marked that, unlike Bert, Jack had gven UP drinking. You'll have to stop that," Jack told himself. "This Is going to be a sharp game, and you can't afford to muddle what brains you've got." Some young men would hare begun the campaign by going of tin evening to call on Mary, but Jack's methods were different. It was a Monday morning, just as Mary was carrying a basket of clothes Into the yard, that Jack appeared on the scene. He greeted her cheerfully, then went and took the clothes line from her. "I'll put this up," he said, and he pull ed it tight and fastened It firmly. "Now, you give me the big things to hang np," he said. "I can't do any thing with handkerchiefs and such like, but I'm great on sheets and table cloths." Mfi.ry laughed. She was too surprised to object, and In a short time the clotbes were all bung on the line and Jack bad put the clothes pole under it." "Now, If you've got any troublesome young brother or sisters yotl'd like to get rid of, tr nrarlly, why, Just send 'em along, yf take charge of them and delive iieto safely over to you at noon." "O, if you would," said Mary. "They are so fretful this morning and in my way all the time." It was with a sigh of relief that a few minutes later she saw Jack and the two boys and one girl passing down the road. She got her work along bravely, and Just as dinner was ready and hor father had come in. Jack, true to his promise, left the three children at the door and went home without stopping to speak. The children gave glowing accounts of their walk. "And Jack s going to make us a kite and fly it the nest windy day," they ended. Nearly every day after that Jack took the children off to the woods and fields, giving Mary a vacation from their noise. When he went to get them, or when he brought them back, be always found some little thing to do to help ber. 7 Then one Snnday fee nsoal care, looua remarta wy iirma and clean, toe, and went to caordk and Sunday scheeL Axterwmsi k walked borne with Mary, koidlnf ber naade Ter ber carefully all tbe way. Mr. Hallett stayed at none with the children Sundays, and It was rather tiresome for Mm. So irfcca he sew Jack coming be brightened up aad ask ed him to stay for dinner. Jack con sented, much to Mr. HaUetfa eattafac Uon, and tbe children's bolster ns de light. Mary's father deart lored to talk, and Jack appeared to enjoy lis tening equally well. After dinner Mr. Hallett went Into the sitting room and fell asleep IB ala chair, while Jack insisted on wiping the dishes for Mary. The children swarm ed about him and got In his way. tin be declared that they were as bad as cats, and be'd baTe to sprinkle them, and see If they would eleor out then. When tbe dishes were done aad Mary had taken off ber apron Jack began to notice signs of uneaslaeaa in ber man ner. "About time for Bert," be said to himself; then aloud: "I should think you'd go craay with these noisy young sters around all the time. I'm going to take them away and yon can rest. Instead of working as you usually do." Down the road they went, and were hardly out of sight In one direction be fore Bert Hill appeared from the oth er. He, too, was dressed with particu lar care, but though there was no de nying that be was handsomer thaa Jack, there was a certain set to his Jaw and a kind of fierceness in his dark eyes which were not prepossessing. These softened when he greeted Mary, and he became very agreeable. But Mary for some reason felt nn easy and hoped he would not aek ber where the children were. She also dreaded their return. Wbat wonld Bert say when he saw Jack? After he bad gone she sighed wearily. She felt dissatisfied with herself; ami the children, as she pot them to bed, Irritated ber by their constant repeti tion of Jack's name. Later eke sat in her own room and cried, because she was tired, she told herself. She had not reached that state of mind, which came only a few wwka later, when she cried from perplexity and indecision as to the coots she should take. She had honestly sup posed herself In love wtrh Bert, and it took ber some time to find out ber mis take. When Bert learned what was 1,-oing on between tbe Halletts and Jack he was In a towering rage. He met Jack one night and stopped short before him, blocking the way. "What do you mean fooling around Mary Hallett, then?" Bert raised his voice. "Have I ever interfered w!th you'i Have I ever been in your way?" de manded Jack. "No. and you'd better no, Berl threatened. "You'll b the one to suffer," retort ed Jack, "unless you are more sober than you are now." That night Jack held earnest consul tation with himself up In tbe darkness ef tbe pines. He applied many uncom plimentary epithets to himself, "now could I be so base as to start this thing? To go to work deliberately to get a girl away from another fellow, with the Tirm Intention of giving her up wheu I'd done it! It was vile. And bow ba; it come out? It has come to this that If she refuses to marry me I shall bt the most miserable man alive, and will richly deserve It, too, for being so con temptibly mean." For a long time he sat meditating, then he stood up, and there was a look of determination on his face as hf raised it to the troubled sky, such at had never been there before. "You've got' to try and be half good enough for her now," he said. "And you'll have to work harder to do It than you ever dreamed of working before." From that night It was noticed that a .-hange had come over Jack Raymond. As time went on he could no longer be called shiftless. He was working hard, and people began to speak of him as "John." He continued to call at Hal letts', but Bert's visits had suddenly ceased. It was In September that Jack asked Mary an imjortant question as they were walking home from church. Mary answered with a "Yes," and then Jack, with some hesitation and confusion, confessed his original plot "Do yon suppose you can ever for give me?" he asked at the end. "I should have been grateful to you after awhile for saving me from him, even if you had not come to care anything for me yourself." Ex. UNLUCKY NUMBER, Sow Thirteen Pursued Comedian Bot iface All Through a Journey. George C. Boniface, Jr., Is one oi the few comedians who are not super stltious. He does not like the numbei 13, however. Boniface lives at Pleas ure Bay, and since the trolley cars run between that point and Asbnry Park he spends a great deal of time on them. A few days ago, while standing on the platform of the car, he noticed the num ber 13 painted on It. "Good Lord, num ber 13!" exclaimed tbe corned Ian, and hastily reaching into bis rest pocket, he pulled out a rabbit's foot and robbed it vigorously on the lapel of his coat. Tbe ronducfor smiled ami said: "You're a trifle supersltitloua, aren'i rou?" "Oh, not very," replied Boniface. "I thought you'd like to know," com dnued the conductor, carelessly, "that you're the thirteenth fare I've had this trip." Boniface looked uneasy and made an other dive for the rabbit's foot. On reaching Asbury Iark the car encoun tered a funeral. Half a dosen carriages had passed when the mo Unman rang his gong and started ahead. The driver of the seventh carriage pulled up bis horses. Boniface jumped about ex citedly. "Stop the car!" he yelled. "What for?" asked the conductor. "What for?" shrieked tbe corned i&n. "Why, well go right through the funer al, and that is the most unlucky thrnf rou can do." But the car went on, and Boniface, swearing loudly, jumped off before tbe last of the funal bad crossed. Trcity big funeral," said the con i net or to aiiOiber passenger. "Not very," waa the reply. "I only xramed thirteen carrlagea." Mo Highways In China. Cyclists In China lead an untram meled existence. There la no system i of road regulations outside the towns i whatever, for the simple reason that ! the roads are undefined, being neither J bound-d by fenco nor hedge. While I tbe farmer baa tbe rigbt to plougb up ! any road passing through bis land, drivers of vehicles have an equal right, and they exercise It, too, of averting any portion of the ceuatrx rEACH HI8TOWY FROM A TREE, Truk 833 Year Old. Th At tbe Natron! History llcscnm In o. r.iiiitiii there Is a seet!on of I . polished Douglaa pine larse enough, lay, to make a round table to neat a lose persons: Instead of makbxg It in object-lease la botany, the nnnte im aothorltiea haro tageally chosea K as a median? for the teach ing of history. The tree was cat dosn in 1886, and as the age of a tree can ho Inferred treat the number of rtags which Hi cross section dladasea this sue must hare been 53S yean oM. In other words, ft waa born In 1352. and It I rod through tbe most Interesting part of English history from Edward ui. lo Victoria. It U therefore a simple matter to mark direrent rings with their dates nd the names of tbe errata that were happening while they were being born. This Is what has been done from the center of tbe tree In two directions, right away to the bark. Tbe marking, which are neatly executed la white paint, reveal some Interesting facts. Thus, when this pine was four years old, the battle of Polctlers was fought. In 1356; when It was twenty-five Ed ward III. died. It was 119 when Cax- lumbus discovered America It was 140. When Sbakspeare was born 212 rings had already made their appearance; when Raleigh settled lrginia, xw. later SiT Isaac Newton Fifty years was born. When the great nre or ixm don was raging this venerablo speci men could boast 314 rings, and eighty more when the battle of Culloden was fougbt. It had reached the remarkable age of 424 when Ajnerlcan independence was declared, and the yet more re markable age of 485 when Queen Vic toria ascended the throne. And even then it had a long time yet to live. Evi dently there Is something to be said for the theory that the more we rege tate the greater are our chances of longevity. London Mall. An Overworked1 Vrmtn, From the Record, Pierceton, Tnd. Determined to rise In his chosen pro fession as an educator, Ernest Kemper, of Pierceton, Ind., overtaxed himself men tally and physically. He was ambitious, bis mind was" always on his work. From early morn until late at night he contin ually pored over bis books. Few persons, even with the strongest constitutions, can keep up under such a train. In addition to his studies, Mr. Kemper was teaching a school some three mites from his home. Finally, tils excessive study and the ezpooare of Rolng to and from ihnnl in &1I kin. Is of weather undermined Dis nea.iu. . He was taken to fcls oea witn pneumonia iy men -- -4, - and his overworked brain almost collapsed, j ing day the cupbearer, as usual, prof For several weeks he was seriously 111. f d the Enrl hls morning." Catarrh had taken root tn his system ana n-nn-his mind was in a delicate condition. He "Hold!" exclaimed WUlie, the page. wassenttocoioradownerent j -and pray to the saints mat ineir oiess spent three months without , ma attend the day's sports." The ree e 1 v I n g any benefit. Then a not ed specialist from Clove, land treated him without avail, and then a hospi tal in Chicago wal tried, but all abso lutely without benefit. Final 1 his physician r commended Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo- OrertHriu. nle and from the first box he began to lm prove. When he bad taken nine boxes lit was completely cured. This famous IJooJ and nerve medicine hail accomplished what all his former expensive treatment failed to accomplish. Mr. Kemper says bis cii tarrh has entirely left blm; he Is strong again and weiirns nine pounds more thaa be ever did. He gives the pills the entir credit. Be is starting teaching again and (eels abundantly able to continue tbt work. To prove tbnt the above is true is every respect, Mr. Kemper made an affi davit ns follows: Subscribed and sworn to before me thil the 10th day of September, 189T. It. P. Watt, Notary Public. We doubt if these pills have an equal In all the range of medicine, tor bnilding up a run down and debilitated system. A Wonderful Task. John Curzon, a Polish mechanic, who was presented with a gold medal for bis Inventions, performed a most extra ordinary thing when he succeeded in manufacturing a complete watch In the space of eight hours, and from ma terials on which another watchmakei would have looked with contempt. It appears that the Czar of Russia hearing of the marvelous lnventlvi genius of Curzon, determined to put him to the test, and forwarded him a box containing a few copper nails, some wood chlppings, and piece of broken glass, an old cracked china cup, some wire and a few cribbage board pegs, with a request that he should transform them Into a timepiece. Nothing daunted, and perceiving a golden opportunity of winning favoi at the court, Curzon set about bis task with enthusiasm, and in the almost Incredibly short space of eight hours, had dispatched a wonderfully con structed watch to the Czar, who was so surprised and delighted at the work that he sent for the maker, conferred rpon him several distinctions and ferantd him a pension. The case of the watch was made of china, while the works were simply composed of the odds and ends accom panying tbe old cup. Not only did It keep good time, but only required wind ing once every three or four days. This remarkable watch is believed to be still in the possession of the Russian royal family. The Sugar Gave Them Awny. She was young, golden-haired, and fpectacled. lie was young, smooth shaven, and spectacled. Likewise his cloches were brand-new, and his coal of the frock variety. Their fellow guests at the hotel suspected them of being newly married, but there was s difference of opinion, says Tit-Bits. Obviously, they were too well-bred to betray themselves to any open dem onstration of affection. Still, there was that brand-new look about them, and that evident, if quiet, devotion. "You bet your life," said the youth with the now russet shoes to a friend in the smoking-room, "she Isn't thai chap's sister. If she was he wouldn't have stuck to her all the afternoon He'd have been out here with us fel lows by this time." "Yes, I guess they're man and wife,' said the man who had Just arrived, "but they don't behave as if they we only Just married. Let's ask the wait er. He'll know." The waiter, on being appealed to responded, promptly: "Yea, sir; Just married this morn Ing." "IIow do you know, George?" asked the aforementioned youth. "Did they tell you?" George sniffed contemptuously. "Didn't need to tell me, sir. Found it out for myself. Served 'em with tea Just now, and he didn't know how many spoonfuls of sugar she took. Had to ask nor." TRUMPET CALL. Waralas Note to tho Uaawdcemcd. A TUBE makes no new laws. The world 1 what you make K. Thanksgiving Is tho specific for anxiety. The covetous maa finds It up hill work to be hon est. A bsw friend and aa old enemy will both bear watch- ing. rote without conscience back of it, nerer represents manhood. If Christ to to be the Bf e of your soul, he must become the soul of your life. Tho T"" who can hold his tongue when he should, ha the devil at a dis advantage. WITCH OF BEN-Y-OLOE. Unearthly Being- Who Dellffktea la Bvil Doing. The most formidable, perhaps, of the Unearthly beings who people the deer forests, at all events In the central dis- Itricts of Scotland, was the witch of j Ben-y-Gloe, which is the highest peak ! In the forests of Athole. This amiable ' enchantress, whose diet consisted prin cipally of live snakes, delighted in ev- ery kind of evil doing .but .none more than in assisting mortals in gratifying the passion of revenge. Upon one oc casion her aid was Invoked by the Earl of Athole's cupbearer, whose son, a robber, had been executed by the Earl. The witch promised to abet his schemes of vengeance in three days. She pre sented him with certain herbs, which, If given to his master's horse, would so madden the animal that It wonld dash out Its rider's brains. She further gave him a deadly poison to put In the Earl's cup, and lastly she undertook, falling In these devices, to conceal the cup bearer In the Earl's bedroom so that he might stab blm in his sleep. She clinched the matter by vowing the most horrid vengeance upon any one who, having heard her secret, should venture to disclose It before St. An drew's Day. The Earl's page had happened to overbear what was passing, and was much puzzled bow to save his master on the one hand and bow to elude the witch on the other If he dared to di vulge the plot King James V. and his court. It should be said, were paying a visit to the Earl at the time, who en tertained them'wlth what Captain Cos tigan called "prlncelee hospltalltees." and. Indeed, had built a palace especial- . ,, nw. Earl accordingly fell on bis knees, when, to bis great astonishment, the goblet Instantly broke Into a thousand pieces. But, the King being mounted, there was no time for commentary or delay. The Earl's fiery steed hi brought rouud; he makes ready to mount, but scarcely has he set foot In stirrup, when the twang of a bowstring is heard, and the horse falls dead, pierced to the heart by tbe page's arrow. The natural annoyance of the haughty no plo at such an occurrence Is not sens ibly diminished by Willie's somewhat lame excuse that he had been shoot ing at an eagle and missed his mark, and It might have gone hard with the bi y but for the timely Intervention of tht Queen mother. The cupbearer was now left, so to speak, with but one string to his bow. That night at tbe banquet, the King was summoned to the south to meet the English foe, and set out forthwith, bidding bis host follow in tbe morning with his "tall." The Earl was on the point of retiring to his room, where tbe I cupbearer and his friend, the wltcb. were careruiiy concealed, wnen tne page, at his wits' end how to avert the dreaded catastrophe, made the brill iant, though somewhat extravagant suggestion that the palace should be set on Are by way of providing the King with a bonfire or beacon to guide his steps through the darkness. Tbe Earl, like a loyal vassal. Jumped at the idea, which was promptly put Into ex ecution. The cupbearer perished mis erably In the flames; the witch escaped, uttering loud execrations. In a column of smoke; and the page, when St. An drew's Day had come and gone, told everything, and was suitably reward ed with an estate and a bride. Tbe Inst year In which the witch of Ben-y-Gloe Is known to have held converse with men was 1773, the very same In which Dr. Samuel Johnson safely accomplish ed his celebrated tour of the Hebrides. Politeness of the Swedes. In Sweden, if you address the poorest person in the street, you must lift your hat. The same courtesy Is insisted up on If you pass a lady on the stairway. To enter a reading room or a bank with one's hat on is regarded as Impolite. The men who used to start newspa pers are now starting lodges. s Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acta gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of ita kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in ita effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, ita many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 60 cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do not accept any substitute. CAUFCSNIA FI3 SYRV? CO. MM HUMUMOO. CM. isajsjs.ii. sr. vfZ? "NT "CONSULTING A WOXIAtt- fjtrm. pinkh&m's) Advioa Inspires Confidence and. Hope. Examination by a male physician is a, hard trial to a delicately organized woman. - She pnta it off aa long aa she dare, and is only driven to it by fear of can cer, polypus, or some dreadful ilL Most frequently sucn a wommu a. physician omw whew she has on dergone a critical examination with an impression, more or less, of discour agement. - This condi tion of the mind destroys the effect of advice;'' and she grows worse rather than better. In consulting Mrs. Pink ham no hesitation need be felt, the story is told to a woman and is wholly confidential. Mrs. Pinkbam's address is Lynn, Mass., she offers sick women her advice without charge. Her intimate knowledge of women's troubles makes her letter of advice a wellspring of hope, and ber wide experi ence and skill point the way to health. " I suffered with ovarian trouble for seven years, and no doctor knew what was the matter with me. I had spells ! which would last for two days or more, j I thought I would try Lydia E. Pink ham's'" Vegetable Compound. I have taken seven bottles of it, and am en i tirely cured." Mbs. John Fobemas, 26 ' N. Woodberry Ave., Baltimore, Md.v I The above letter from Mrs. Foreman la only one of thousands. FOR LITTLE FOLKS. A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN. TER EST TO THEM. Something; that Will Interest the Ju venile Members of Every Household Qaalnt Actions and Briar lit 8arins ml Many Cute and Cunning Children. Some Day Last night, my darling, as yon slept, I thought I heard you sigh, And to your little crib I crept And watched a space thereby; And then I stooped and kissed your brow, For, oh! I love you so! You are too young to know it now, But some time you shall know. Some time, when in a darken'd place, Where others come to weep. Tour eyes shall look upon a face. Calm in eternal sleep; The voiceless lips, the wrinkled brow, The patient smile shall show You are too young to know it now. But some time yon shall know. Look backward, then, into tbe years And see me here to-night Bee, oh, my darling, how my tears Are falling as I write And feel once more upon your brow The kisa of long ago Ton are too young to know it now, But some time yon shall know. Eugene Field. The Seven Wonder of Co re a. 1. The wonderful curative springs of Bin Sbantana. 2 and 3. Tbe two bells at the extreme of the peninsula; one bitter, the other sweet. 4. A cold ware from which blows a wind so strong that a man can not stand against It. 6. An indestructible pine forest. 6. A stone on a hilltop which glows with heat. 7. An Idol of Buddha which sweat and which stands In a temple where ?rass will not grow. A Baker's Supply. Bread is one of the essentials of life, nd we probably eat more of It than of anything else. If all one person ate I.OAF OP A 1.IFKTIME. I In the course of a long life. Including ! Mscults and pastry, were In one huge j loaf. It would appear In comparison ! with a man like this, and would re '; quire 1,200 cubic feet to luclose It. Why the F.lrds Sang;. She came running In breathlessly, her j poor little cross eyes more hopelessly ! tangled up than ever, the little fresh ' air child out from the city for her two i weeks on the farm. Everything was I new and strange. She had never seen a j hog or but here is her story. "Oh, but the little burrds are rawl ing about and squeallnglikeeverythlng. an' then they sings and sings. And the ould burrd she came a-runnin' an she squealed and singed too, and shook her wings like everything an' then they all rawled and singed, thim burrds ye feed." "Whatever can she mean?" we que ried, and went to see. We found four downy little ducks fast on a sheet of sticky fly paper, that bad blown from the porch. The old Plymouth Rock hen, seeing tbe flies plentifully sprin kled on it, bad Joyfully called her brood and alas! they were In K, and left downy reminders of their painful leave taking. Primitive Knowledge of Children. Wbat a world of ingenuity la boxed up In every healthy child! Some kln dergartners were giving their experi ences upon that subject, a short time ago, and one of them Bald: "A favorite pupil, a bright little boy, rather astonished me not long ago by putting down upon my desk wbat seemed to be a small flower pot with ' many large-leaved plants growing from it When I examined It I was ' amused and astonished. I "The ltttle fellow had taken a large ' potato and, with a gimlet or some other ; tool, had carefully cut holes as long : as the stems of a lot of leaves he had secured In some garden or park, i "These be inserted in the hole and pushed the edges together so that each stem was soon surrounded by the po tato sap. There were maple leaves, oak leaves, parsley, lily leaves, coleus and canna and several others, arranged with a crude feeling of harmony and so closely together, or else so neaty su perimposed, that they covered up near ly all the brown skin of the base. The moisture of 'the potato kept tbe leaves . fresh for several days, and some for nearly a week, i "I asked him who taught him to do it He looked very much disgusted at me and said: I " 'Nobody; I taught myself.' And mhtm I wktf Mat jrftj hUttX .Wka i inonrni - . Waa lust the name aa putting ter, an mother owe-, - -tt might be better.' - . amid: I bad A aecona ninc - - . , . . .imiiar vet dlsmml- kindwben . pretty little girl, whom I have been teaching for two yeara, . . a.w with a lot of presenuiu ' leaves done up in a newspaper. I open carefully and found that there was some arrangement to tbe contehta. Some of the leav , w .rthe gpe- vine and some oi ue handsomely colored and very trong. -On closer serutlnr ! were nut together en about tae principle as slates on a slate reel wm Ing arranged in layers which IslfM two-thirds of those under them, xaey . MV ffmrawfu Were fastened logeiner --' light tendrils of the grape vines, " also with the stronger stems ef seme m.. Ulna MMTOlleU sinuous creeper, im Into a fabric about a yard aouare. " was very pretty and would have maae .1.1 . i, haii not bees se a Deauuiui luai i& perishable. I thanked the Bttto PP1' and saia: 'wb a p"' - "She said: That isn't a . - ... u m.Am for Adam an apron iiav 4J - - when-they chased them with torches out of Eden.' " Conundrum. What Is the tree that grows nearest the sea? The beech. How many insects dees R take to make a landlord? Ten-anta. Why Is a kiss like a rumor? Because H goes from mouth to mouth. When does a policeman require a big washing tub? When he scours the country. Why should one never tell a man to take a back seat? Because he is sure to take af -front Why Is a chemist an awkward person to bandy words wRh? Because he baa always a retort handy. Where can we find a woman's head carrying many secrets, yet betraying none? On a postage stamp. Where Is the theater spoken of in th Bible? Where Joseph was taken from the family circle and cast into the pit Why Is there some reason to doubt the existence of the Giant's Causeway? There are so many shamrocks in Ire land that this may be one of them. Home or tbe Cigarette. Nearly every man, woman and chllfc In Egypt is a smoker of cigarettes and a pipe is hardly ever seen in tbe mouth of a native. One Thing. He There is one thing I like about you. Miss Daisy. Mies Daisy And what Is that? He My arm. Tit-Bits. Some men who are always talking about the treasures they are laying up in heaven will come very near losing them. When people throw an elocutionary note into their voices, it will not do to bank on their sincerity. m too ICewnrd. OlOO. Tho nndera of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded die. ease that science has been able to core in all Its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive care now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being' a een stitntioual dlaoaae, require a oonstatuUunAl treatment. HaU's Catarrh Care Is taken inter nally, acting directlr npon tbe blood and as. eous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy ing the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the con stitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors nave so much faith in its curative powers that they effer One Hun dred Dollars for any case that it falls to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. i. Chess v A Co., Toledo, O. Sold bv Dmsirl-te. 75c HaU's Family Pills are the best. There are 3.064 languages in the world, and its inhabitants profess more than 1,000 religions. Mrs. Window's Soothing Svrnp for children teething, softens tbe gums, reducing inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic, 2ic a bottle The owl looks wise because him eyes are fixed immovably in their sockets, undso when he looks from one object to another be must move his head. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous nes after flrjt day's use ot Dr. Kline's Great N crve Restorer. (2 trial boltle and treatise free. Dr. K. U Klins. Ltd.. 931 Arch St, Falls. Fa. A ship rap-ain has just been fined at Liverpool for having common matches on board his ship irs cad of safety matches, hi cargo bcintf one of gunpowder. Te Cure a Cold la One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet. All Drnggiata refund monarit it falls taenia, fas. he most costly piece of railway line in the world is that between the Mansion house and Aldgate station, in Iondon, which required the expenditure of near ly $10,000,000 a mile. Chew 8 tar Tobacco -Tba Best. Emoke Sledge Cigarettes. Probably the largest nugget of silver ever mined was a piece weighing 1,840 pounds, which, according to the Manu facturer, was taken from the Smuggler mine, at Aspen, Col., in IH'.H. Tnre Guaranteed by DR. J. B. MATER. 1011 ARCH BT, HH1La FA. Kass at once: no deration or delay Irum business. Conaultatlun tiee. Endorsements of physicians, ladies and prominent dttiena. bend lor circular Oinos court A. 14. to 1 F. M. It has been discovered that the native African chiefs in the diamond regions have great quantities of valuable diamonds which were accumulated years ago. They treasure them as charms ana are unwil ling to sell them. Oh. What Rplemdld Coflfee. Mr. Goodman, Williams Co., 111., writes "From one package Salzer's German Cof fee Berry costing 15c I grew 300 lbs. of better coffee than I can buy in stores at 30 cents a lb. A. C. 4 A package of this coffee and big seed and plant cataloijtie is sent you by John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., npon receipt of 15 cents stamps and this notice. About 10,000 pounds of eiderdown are collected annually in Iceland. 7.000 being exported to foreign countries. Formerly the peasants used to receive about 5 a pound for it, but the price hat now fallen to half that amount. Ftso's Cure for CktnsumpSon has saved mm many a doctor's bill. 8. F. Hardt. HoDkina Place. Baltimore. Md Dec X. It. ' Near Durlach, in Baden, the torn list one of a hundred-year-old Roman veteran has been discovered. It was erected, probably, in the third century after Christ to Flavius Sternis by his son and heir, Flavius Vehemens. SEND FOR A BICYCLE aeprml K WVciu SJU"-tZ? MEAD I'VCTE fOMPANT, VmlrmZl sun IM tt THE LTD AW . v ion C8 bV bi nqhamton'n. y. -H, K. V. ' .rf o Dy soothing and subduing the pain. , HOW? That's the way ST. JACOBS OIL MEURALSIA.J - . . . i i t cJjQDiXgOW (!$! "lit? SlflnllllftHlllilH'fWlllliniW I I I : u m A BuM Without a Parallel. MemprJ. Tenn-, lawyer, have . -JL .,, m Weakler County for Stages for defamation of character. alleged to be coniameu i- cut a tombstone. Such a cauae for action la probably unheard of ta the annals of the courts oi u u.u,. laaa T. R. Gate was shot and killed by one Bill PenVc. Penlc was indicted and tried on ine cas-sv h. waa defended by the same UlUa waa lawyers who are now acting for him in this Civil suit, 'ine accu- quitted on the plea of self-defense. The parents of the deceased. U B. Cats, thought to honor his memory by erect ing a suitable tombstone over his crave, and having cut In the marble a legend setting forth some of the circum stances of his taking off. The follow ing was cut on the tombstone: "L. B., son of J. C. and L. J. Cate. Born April 10. 1870. Married Willie Freeman December 21, 1887. Was shot and killed by Bill Penic December 11, 1896; caused by Penic swearing to a lie on Cate's wife. Aged 26 years 8 months and 1 day." It Is alleged by Penic that this stone was lettered by J. H. Hutchinson, of Martin, and it Is alleged that the stone waa exposed to public gase In the yard of Hutchinson for quite a while before it was erected at the head of the grave containing the remains of the deceased Cate. Since the vindication of Penic by the trial jury in Weakley County be baa sought reparation for the wording of this tombstone. The complainant seeks damages from the sculptor and the father of tho deceased in tho sum f (10,000. Troploal Intoxicants. Oenulne palm wine Is made from the Palmyra palm, and is far superior to jny potable product of the cocoanut. Captain Burton, of Burton & Speke, nays that the Juice of the oil palm makes a drink that Is unapproached 'by the liquids of civilization. It is of delicious color and flavor, and Its ef fects are exhilaration unmixed with the dread ef a headache next day. Liv ingstone makes mention of an intoxi cant, brewed by the Majenga tribe of the Zambesi. It Is made from the grain of the country, sun-dried and gen tly boiled. The fermented liquor even tuates late a palatable beer. It will produce a superior brand of drunk, which leaves no 1Q effect. Indeed, It is aa antifebrile of remarkable power, and It was when stricken with Jungle fever that the good doctor was made ac quainted with it Despite bis protests, the kindly natives poured It down him until he saw visions and dreamed dreams and awoke a well man. The introduction of the drink to this coun try would cause a wonderful Increase in the number of fever cases. Chicago Times-Herald. 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