Juniata sentinel and Republican. (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, July 20, 1898, Image 4
AN AMBITION. Tit person to be envied moat In this eventful life la not the one who counts his galas Afar from storm and strife; Nor yet the poteutate who wears A crown upon his brow; It is the man who stands around And tells the others how. And If the project finds success, Tbe benefit he'll share; And if it fail, he'll simply say 'Twas none of his affair. ' lie joins the triumph erery time And dodges eTery row. The man who simply stands around And tells the others bow. I would not be a warrior great Nor hold a sceptred sway; I would not be a bard to wake Emotions irrare or gaj. It fate would pniriouxly consent My chooMing to allow, I'd be the man who stands around And tells the others how. -Washington Star. GRANDFATHER'S COURTSHIP. "S - O lOU youngsters want 5 &-$-jLrf3 a war story." sighed JsL tirandPa Sawyer, gUnc- ing fondly over the me. ry crroiin of children an I yC&S grandchildren that bad assembled to celebrate his sixtieth birthday; and wondering what he could IKissibly say on this au gust occasion that had not been repeated at least a score of times. "You might tell them about the time you fa.nt- ed dend away," suggested grandma, with her tender, pensive smile, as shj bent caressingly over his latest name sake fust asleep In her arms. Yielding to the clamorous entreaties of more than a dozen young voices, the veteran slowly proceeded: "You siv, I was Just out of Audersonville. and a little shaky even on an ordinary occa ilon. iiiiil this was a most extraordinary occasion, being the day your grandma graduated at Holyoke. "I lirst enlisted for three months, full of light and sure of victory, and I look ed so tine and tall in my bine uniform. I thought I'd go and say good-by to Dr. Miller's daughter. I was ouly a common farmer, and she had another beau, a student at Amherst, but 1 re mem here d once at a party, when she had to choose a partner, she selected me Instead of Jim; so I thought I'd go and tell her I was off for Dixie In the morning. I thought maybe she'd cry a little as my mother did, or say some thing flue about my laying dowu uiy precious life for the dear old flag; but she didn't say much, and I didu't .uy long, for Jim was there. "Martha went with me out to the gate. I reached out my big. sunburned aand, and she look it in both ber own ind held it quite a bit, and she said: 'Beuuie, I'm sorry you're going to th war; you're too young a man, and too good a man to stand up and be shot at.' Then Jim appeared on the scene, an I I went away half cursing my hoii. st aand for being so big and so brown, while Jim's was as white as a lily v ith a great Hashing diamond on tbe small est of his slender lingers. "Talk about standing up as a tarset for bullets; that's nothing nothing at all compared with lying dow n to starve In a foul prison. As the days p i.s.-ed into weeks and the weeks so lor.. Into months so much longer, that I lost all count, how many and many a time 1 looked at my white, bony hands and wished they were as big and as tanned as they used to be, and when I would uave prayed for an ending of my mis ery, how well I remembered that Mar tha had said I was too young to die, and the way she had held my bun 1 still thrilled me, and kept me alive and out of the clutch of old Giant Despair, and I said over and over to my.-elf a thousand times, with grim determina tion, what Dr. Miller had so often re peated: 'While there is life there Is hope,' and at last I was exchanged nnd discharged. Oh. how happy I was to be set free! I did not regaln my free dom with a sigh,' like the poor prlso er of Chlllon, but with a great joy that buoyed me up for the long, weary jour ney home, and enabled me to assist others who were still weaker. "When at last the stage set me down In the fanlllar village postofflce 1 was bo weary and wasted no one seemed to recognize me, but looked at me in a pitying way I could not understand, and sc I did not speak to any one. but staggered down the hill to the old farm house, trying In vain to scent the sup per or tbe clove pinks. I did not know my precious mother had beeu dead al most a year, but when I reached the gate I felt the change. It hung by one hinge, and swayed and creaked with a dismal sound that seemed to me like the groaning of a ghost. It weakened me so that I bad to rest a while before going down the long walk still lined by my mother's flower beds; but oh, bow neglected they looked! As I neared the porch I saw a red calf tied to a lilac bush, one that my mother had herself planted on the very day she was a bride, and then I seemed to know that she was gone. War kills women ns well as men. She thought her only boy was dead, and she had nothing to live for nothing but an empty home. "That was too good a bouse to be long unoccupied, and Dr. Miller had rented It to a needy family of foreign ers, requesting that my room should bt left Just as ray mother bad last ar ranged It. "Oh! how I had cheered myself with a picture of that waiting tea tnM. ! Put I didn't drop down Into my accus tomed place, for even the table bad been moved Into the little, overcrowded kiirhen. and the robust woman w'. o did 1 er bist to servo me could not tin c -rstand my simple language, but o dicl comprehend my sorrow and wear! ami h:tter disappointment, and after I had taken a glass of milk she allowed me to go right up to my osvo a.ry chamber, where every thins was tmcrvdly familiar. How dellclou-ly sort r.n clear the semed. and I cried n.ywif to sioc-p like a tired, houtoick l.Vy "I be firt tl.lnfi 1 heard In the mora ii.C . not the chirking of the r:iii. as in Vw oideu time, but th-l-u1 b.l 4-. oT ihflt ;rr -a'f rctiler my v. i i flew. I rvv,-ro.S rr h-a1 w th IV t. -.1 , ... .'.71,1 w Tic j-vv. si oak l-.'.. .. W !-i I U; In til.- - . .... i - V ."Vr w a :tn,c hi t : I.. V. .-1 r-.i-f are.l t k : ''. ,v t!w t' : . . v. . " . I . . ..l'r. va : I. I - .-! - - - I- r ..,. I mi-;-. I .-! . what lull ;. .--." " - -; . .;. ll-r fa'TiT a . -:' : if:; iii Jjy t . v'.wj. sint b :k tn . -. , It im I tug dr e . . f axl ay. ami I . . : f f.h a'r. aa I rwsverel . ,'' wrr a IM e late to , ... va. and fireid tbe rUavrl already crowded, trat the gooS doctor finally succeeded In getting seat well up In front, and there, right before us, was Amherst Jim, jnst as allm and white as ever. He lingered hla watch chain and petted bis mustache and made bis diamond glisten and devour ed tbe platform with his eyes. Just as l:e used to In the old red scboolhouse when Martha was gelng to speak her piece. Now he was a full-fledged phy sician, and Dr. Miller's partner. We had a long time to wait. Tbe essays were lengthy and learned, and Martha's was tbe very last. The other graduates wore white, bat she was all In black, with a crape collar. I looked question Ingty Into her father's face. He pat his arm around me, and whispered: 'She wears mourning for your soother and for you. "For my mother and for me oh! the pain of It! oh, the Joy of It! and wheth er it was the pain or the Joy, or the crowded room, or the way Jim looked at Mtrtha, I cannot tell, but somehow everything slipped away Into nothing ness. "When I came back to consciousness the folks were all gone, all bat Dr. Miller and his daughter, and Martha was holding me as handy as she Is hold ing that blessed baby now, and I was just as quiet and submissive. "I don't know much of anything bat submission for a long time after that. I didn't know I was helpless In bed In! the Miller mansion, with Jim for night watch, mixing the medicine to salt him self, and always telling Martha I was .-lowly Improving, and I could not see the noiseless band that was stretching a pontoon bridge over the last river, but when my band was wet with the cold surf. I reached it feebly toward Martha's, and she took It firmly, just as she did when I was going away to the war, and she said: Benn!e, oh Ben nie! you are too young to die; If only you will live, my mother shall be your mother,' and then she laid her warm ( In t k down on that cold hand and It thrilled me back to life again, and the good old doctor whispered, 'WhlU there's life, there's hope,' and after that he was the night watch, and Mnitha was tbe day watch, and Jim dropped cut, and Martha's mother was uiy mother. "Martha's children are my children; hor grandchildren are all mine, too; an J poor Jim never bad any. I have out lived biin by a quarter of a century, and I'm good for twenty-five years more, but I want you youngsters d s- tinctly to understand this is my last war story positively the last." Two chubby arms were wounJ around grandpa's neck, and a reprov ing little kiss was dropped upon the veteran's forehead. Little Mattie well remembered that he had said those very words, "positively the last," on his very last birthday, and so her grate ful caress must needs be a little re proving, for hud he not often counseled her, "Tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth," and did not grandma sometimes say, "Consistency is a Jewel?" 1'Ot.sibly the tender rebuke was quite lost upon grandpa, but the others all appreciated It, and truly, a little child sbs.l lead them. New York Ledger. Juvenile Jokes. "Bobby," said the mother of a pre cocious 5-year-old, "I see your little sister has the small apple. Did you let her have her choice as I told you to? ' "Yes'm," replied Hobble, "I told her she j -jould have the little one or none, and she took the little one." I .aura, aged 4, was asked by a visitor wiiat nationality she was. "I'm En glish same as my papa Is," was her re ply, "but my mamma Is a Fwench tnun." "And what Is your baby broth er?" asked the visitor. "Don't know," said Laura, "be ain't big enough to talk yet." The mother of a bright little 3-year-old had been away from home over night, and on her return asked: "And how did my little girl get to'sleep last night without mamma?" "Oh," she replied, "papa twied to sing to me like "ou does, an' I dis went to sleep weal twick so I touldn't bear him." Little 4-year-old Ethel lived on a farm in Illinois, and ber first visit to Ctblcago ,was made on a very rainy day Iier father took her for a ride on the elevated road, and after reaching their destination and descending to the sidewalk she looked up at the struc ture and asked: "I'npa, docs ray run snt wallwoad on stilts to keep ze wheels dwy?" Little narry, like other small boys, wanted a bicycle, and having great faith In the efficacy of prayer, he bad prnyed the Lord to send one for Christ mas. Ills parents, thinking hlin too young for a bicycle, bought him a tri cycle, and then waited with expectancy to see what he would say when he dis covered that his prayer bad been an swered. his eyes lighted upon It be threw up . . j hands In disgust and cried: "Oh, Lord, don't you know the difference between a bicycle and a tri cycle?" An Experiment with the Memory. Starting with the word Washington, write down one hundred words Just as they occur to you. Let your second word be the one which Washington naturally suggests to you. Possibly It will be capitol. It may be President. Take tbe word which first-comes Into your mind. In the same manner let the third word be suggested by the sec ond, the fourth by the third, and so on. Be careful that tbe third word Is not suggested by both the first and second. Drop the first entirely, and let your mind go from tbe second alone to the third. Having written this list of words, you will have furnished your self with a cheap but very useful mir ror of your mind. If you are able to use this mirror, you may discover soma very serious defects In your mental processes You may discover that you think along certain lines too frequent ly. You may discover that you are using superficial principles quite too much to tbe neglect of more Important laws of mind. You will be led to avoid certain linking and to encourage oth ers of a more philosophical nature. Saturday Evening Post. rhitltla Law Ftaotaataa. One of tbe most amusing Incidents of tbe treatiiM-tit accorded the Maine li.juor law In illilinut sections of tha State is nvu at liar Harbor, where tbe vuf.Mwuicnt of the law follow the sea Hn. la the siimuier, when the visitors fn.m otber Mates a ho are accustomed to having liquors at borne are at tha watering r1 tn bars are allowed ta renta'.a open, but when th visitors de ltrt and the population Is narrowed U.. a to Its w-uA quota of Taakeee tb law is applied by tbe municipal officers, at J tb drougth conlluues until the birds of pa?'1' arrive again In the spring. WatcrTllV. Maine. MaU. Revlva snatasra A Nutbera husking be, with alavaa, sUiedrtirrs, and all. la te be aa W tn etblMts at the farte ixisltlssj hi IaC THEIR OR TAT LOSS. Uow Peopla Manar.e to I-eae Tfcelt Wlta 1st aa Katrgcacy. Ludicrous Incidents will creep In at times of tragic events, and after tbe a rat shock of a tragedy la over, one hears of these little side Issues, and somehow or other they seem to soften tbe harshness of even a fatal occur rence, says the Atlanta Journal. On Saturday evening, when the fatal col lision took place between two cars on the Traction line, one of these little In cidents cropped oat. People were hur rying hither and thither, looking after the wounded and dying, when an em ploye f tba street railway company came upon a yeang man rushing to and fro la the most frantic manner. "What's the matter r asked the street ear man, in tba tones of one who feared the worst. "Oh, I've lost my bat! Tva lost my hat!" moajnad the young man. In seem ing anguish, while bis eyes roamed earchlngly over the wreck. "Oh. if Oat Is all." said the street ar employe, seemingly relieved that another fatality was not suspected, "don't worry; the company will give jron another hat." "That s aB right enough," said the excited young fellow, "but your blam ed company can't give me back that hat," and he rushed excitedly on, in search of his missing tile. And yet that Is one of the kindliest youths of Atlanta. The boy was sim ply bewildered by tbe tragic event In which be had been so Immediately con sented. Older men than he will lose their leads at such a time. I was In a railroad wreck once In the Indian Territory. A passenger train and a freight tried to pass on the same track, and there was a fearful smash op. In the vicinity of one of the sleepers, t found a gray-haired man walking hither and thither rapidly, peering with searching eyes here and there Into the aebrla. The conductor of tbe Pullman coach saw him, and, rushing up, grabbed the man by the arm. "It's all right, sir!" he exclaimed. In the tones of one who brings good tid ing. "Your wife and little girl are ever there, and they are all right." "Ah, yea," said the gray-haired pas senger, with seeming Indifference. "Much obliged, but you haven't seen anything of a Masonic watch charm anywhere, have you?" and bis fingers toyed with the end of a watch chain from which a pendant bad evidently hung. A half hoar later the man was In the Unit rank of the Indefatigable workers who were engaged In rescuing the wounded from the wreck. Leaadtr Tiei and Rom Wood, f knsw a youth, Leander Tree; He came of foreign stock; His father was a Pole; the son, A chip of the old block. Within a vegetable shop His budding life began; His hopes grew evergreen; he was A poplar, spruce young man. His look was sage; a heart of oak Beet currants through his chest; His hair was bushy, carroty. But heart's-ease filled his breast. His limbs were long a pair of bars His walk, a country gate; Bnt still he did not pine and rail And rhue his thyme and fate. tie used to board with Widow Wood, And loved her daughter. Rose; She'd cherry lips, round radish cheeks, A little turnip nose. tie vowed they'd make a lovely pear, And clasped her willowy waist; "Leander, O-leander, dear!" She cried, when thus embraced. -My sweet rosewood, my dear pine knot. Your beauty I a door; ( cannot leave, cut stick, embark, And never see you mower." .She snid: "Don't be a great gra-ape; To part now wooden do; Lcnnder, O-leander Tree. I'll make a bow of yew." The parson came, stretched out his palms, And blessed their wedded vow; Leander Tree and Rose Wood Trie Have Olive branches now. Toronto Globe. Krtnch Are Savins;. The amount of money at the credit ol depositors In the state savings bank! of France In 1800. when the latest sta tistics were taken, was $S0,000.f-)'), upon which 3V4 per cent. Interest is paid auually. Out of every six Inhabitants of the country one has an account at the banks. Next to Man In Intelligence. Sir John Lubbock makes the remark able statement that "when we consider the habits of ants, their social organi sation, their large communities, and ilalKiiate habitations; their roadways, their possession of domestic anlmalM, lud even. In some cases, of slaves. It miibt be admitted that they have a fair claim to rank next to man In the scale of Inteirgence." TBE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS is due not only to tho originality and simplicity of the combination, but also to the care nnd skill with which it is manufactured by scientific processes known to the California Fio Svrcp Co. only, and we wish to impress upon all the importance of purchasing the true and original remedy. As the tri'tiuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured by the Cai.ikohn-ia Fio Strup Co. only, a knowledge of that fact will .isMht one in avoiding the worthless imitations manufactured by other par ties. The hi'h standing of the Cali fornia Km SvRi r Co. with the medi cal profession, and the satisfaction ivhU-h the gvnninc Syrup of Figs has ?ircn to millions of families, makes 'he n.imo of the Company a guaranty f the excellence of its remedy. It is Tar in advance of all other laxatives, u it acts on the kidneys, liver and jwrls without irritating or weaken ag them, anil It docs not gripe nor .laust-atc. In order tn get its beneficial riTcvta, please remember the name of the Company CALIFORXIA FIG STRUP CO. sax rautesara, mi 1 a L a. aaaaaar PEBIODS OF PAIN, Menstruation, the balance wfcerl of woman's life, is also the bane of exist ence to many because it means a tin.e of great suffering. While no woman is entirely free from periodical pain, it does not seem to have ture s plan that women otherwise healthy should suffer so severely. LydiaE. Pink- ham's Vege table Com pound is the most thorough fe male regulav tor known to medical sci ence. It relieves the condition that pro duces so much discomfort and robs men struation of its terrors. Here is proof: Deab Mrs. Pinkham: How can-1 thank you enough for what you have do- or me ? When I wrote to you I was suffering untold pain at time of menstruation; was nervous, had head ache all the time, no appetite, that tired feeling, and did not care for anything-. I have taken three bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, one of Blood Purifier, two boxes of Liver Pills, and to-cay I am a well person. I would like to have those who suffer know that I am one of tho many who have been cured of female complaints by your wonderful medicine and advice. Miss Jennie R. Miles, Leon, Wis. If you are suffering in this way, write as Miss Miles did to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., for tho advice which she offers free of charcre to all women. SHE SELLS HORSES. Bright Western Oirl Making a Una ceaa of a Masculine Vocation. "I would rather sell a horse than sit Sown to a sumptuous banquet," said Miss Kitty Wllklns, the famous horse woman. A well-formed, bright-eyed woman, with a voice as soft as spun Bilk, and that grace of manner which marks the convent-bred girl this Is the personality that surprises those who meet Miss Wllklns for the first time, expecting to see perhaps a counterpart of that woman famed In two continents as a Judge In horseflesh, the late Millie Morgan. Millie Morgan wore a wide brimmed straw bat, guiltless of trim ming, and crunched under a broad black ribbon down over ber ears; ber feet were encased In men's coarse leather boots, and as she stalked about the barnyard ber dress skirt lacked 12 Inches of reaching the ground. But the slender young woman of Idaho who travels all over the country with ber car loads of wild horses Is dressed en tirely in tbe conventional style. Her blue serge dress Is of finest weave, her necktie of the latest fashion, and her hut one of those large affairs of velvet and feathers which Is tbe Ideal of every feminine woman. The ranch on which Miss Wllklns lives Is about 300 acres In extent, and besides ber father, mother and brother, n. regiment of cowboys make their home on tbe place. Tbe family owns vast tracts of other land, and has between 5.000 and 6,000 horses. There are cat tle also In large nmnlters. but Miss Wil klns takes little account of them. Tbe horses are ber chosen spirits. The horses are turned out to the f ttr winds, winter and summer. When the deep, cold snows fall and human beings are killed In the storms, the horses have wisdom enough to find some sheltered gully and enough vegetation to live on. They are not given any food by their owners, but In the spring they come to the open land again, as fat and sleek as the pampered carriage horse. Miss Kitty Is a lover of all athletic sports and la so agile that she mounts her pony from the ground, but she can not bring herself to the thought of wearing bloomers or of riding astride. She has an old-fashioned idea that such things are unwomanly, and when she rides she wears a long blue skirt and a blue Jacket with bright brass buttons. Her sldc-sndu'le she finds entirely com fortable, and though she throws the "rlata" as well as any Mexican, her Ekirts have never hindered her In the exercise. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Aa Awful Itlsk. Two impecunious Scotsmen came noon a saloon. They had only "sax pence" between them, so they ordered one "nip o' whusky." They were hesi tating who should have tbe first drink, when an acquaintance joined them. Pretending that they bad just drank, one of them handed the new-comer the whisky, requesting him to Join thcni In a drink. He drank, and, after a few minutes of painful and silent sus pense, said: "Now. boys, you'll have one with me?" "Wasna that weel managed, mon?" said one to his pal afterward. "Ay, It was," said the other, solemnly; "but it was a dread fu' risk!" "How Is It that you are always la debt? You should be ashamed of yourself." "Come, now; don't be too hard on a fellow. You would per haps be in debt, too. If you were In my place." "What place?" "Able to get credit" Odds and Ends. No-To-Bac For Fifty Ceaia. Goaranteed tobacco habit cars make weals S4co itro nr. blood pur. 60c, 91. All drucsitta. No woman probubly appreciates how pretty and graceful she looks when using a needle. And a womnn never looks awkward by tlie way with her sleeves rolled up and flour on her arms, though Kite may apear at a great disadvantage at a social uffair. Can nnaranieed br IK. J. H. RATER, ion A Hl'H fcl- I HI La, I'A. Kasa at once, ni operation or delay trum businem. ConiullaUon free, fcndorvement of phymctana. ladle an 1 Eronilnent ciliiena. (-mil lor circular OOice uunVA. K. iu 1 I. M. Skeptical. He "I love yon." She "Are you sure, or is this merely based on a rumor from Mole St. N icholas?" Fdneate Tonr Bowels With Caarare's. Candy Cathartic, rare ronirtipatlon forerer luc, 2Ac If c. C. C. fall, dniKgUU refsad aaouny Elimination. "Say, w'mt would von do if yon hod a skeleton In your closet'-"' "The lHst thing lo do is to inuke no hones of if." E. A. Road, Toledo, Ohio, says : Hairs Oa. tarrh Curs curr.l my wife of catarrh fifteen years ao and ahe has had no retain of it. It's a sure cure." bol l by Unmgtota, 7.. At tl,o in,; tuii nig i mis cvtiturv ti e o-ii Ut ion of Berlin wa 172,tMMi; in 1S70 il numbered Son.ixtO, ahilo at present it i nearly 2,000,0110. . I am entirety eared of hemorrttaa-e of lungs by rtso'a Cure for Coummiition Loitisa biKUAMA. Bethany. MoJauaary 8, IBM. The luU-at :vorntiiont t enxua in India nhomed C.016,759 girU between S and 9 years of men vha were already married, of whom 170,000 had become widows. Ta Can CaaatlaMiitaa r . TakeCanreta Caadjr Cathartic. Us or sv. It C. C C tail lo care, dnunfans reread r-inr Were ttvt eqaal Mffragtsts mad auf Traglata by marring, or did they get arrtesl ta ted mmt th raal facta about CHILDESN'S COLUMN. A DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS. BoBBetalaaT tnat Will Iaterast taa Ja vanile Meaabera of Kvary Haaaaaold -Qnalat Actions and Bright Sayings mi Many Cat and Canning enilaran. A Little Rhyme of rear. Basy all day long. Cheeriest of lasses. Like the cricket's song Tn the grasses; Wakeful with the waking son. Working till each task is done, Thinking earnest thoughts which none May divine That's Cora. Raffles not a few. Slippered feet a-twinkla. Eyes like stars sf tine Periwinkle; Airs engaging, exquisite. Tiny frowns and smiles that flit. Arch, coquettish just a bit. Fairy-fine That's Flora. Neat and sweet and nice As all care can make her; Trettily precise Little Quaker; Smooth brown halt and forehead pure, Quiet step and look dcninre. Toes turned out, you may be sure. On the line That's Dora. Brimmed with sweetness aa Clover-tops with honey, (Scarce a blossom has Looks so sunny!) Brave and loyal, blithe and brown. Laughing every trouble down, Loving though the whole world frown. Sweetheart mine That" s Nora. -St. Nicholas. Ooo Work or None. It Is a rule that a workman must fol low his employer's orders, but no one has a right to make him do work dis creditable to himself. Judge N , a well-known Jurist living near Cincin nati, loved to tell this anecdwte of a young man who understood the risk of doing a shabby job even when di rected to. He had once occasion to send to the village after a carpenter, and a sturdy young fellow appeared with his tools. "I want this fence mended to keep out the cattle. There are some uu planed boards use them. It Is out of sight from the bouse, so you need not take time to make a neat Job. I will ouly pay you a dollar and a half." The judge went to dinner, and, com ing out, found tbe man carefully plan ing each board. Supposing that he was trying to make a costly job of it, he ordered him to nail tbem on at once just as they were, and continued his walk. When he returned, tbe boards were all planed and numbered ready for nailing. "I told you this fence was to be cov ered with vines." be said, angrily; "I do not care bow It looks." "I do," said the carpenter, gruff y, carefully measuring his work. When it was finished there was no part of th fence so thorough In finish. "How much do you charge?" ask J the judge. "A dollar and a half," said the mi.n. shouldering his tools. The Judge stared. "Why did yon spend all that labor on that job, If no: for money?" "For the Job, sir." , "Nobody would have seen ' the poor work on It." "But I should have known It was there. No; I'll take only a dollar and a half." And be took It and went away. Ten years afterward the Judge had the contract to give for the building of several magnificent public buildings. There were many applicants among the mnster-hulldcrs, but tbe. face of one caught bin eye. "It was ' my man of the fence," he ! said. "I knew we should have only good, genuine work from him. I gave him the contract, and It made a rich man of him." It Is a pity that boys were not taught In their earliest years that the highest success belongs only to the man, be he carpenter, farmer, author or artist, whose work Is most sincerely and thor oughly done. Living Age. Ita Head la Upside. Ilown. How would you like to have your head hung upside down? How would you like your chin and mouth to be where your eyes and forehead are? That is what has happened to "Twlsl," sheep belonging to T. K. Weldy, of Philadelphia. The sheep was born with Its bend up side down, but it throve and grew rtronger, notwithstanding. It was made a pet and now numbers among Its accomplishments bag-punching and ladder-climbing. No, the picture was not put in upside down by mistake. It was put tn that way because it shows Twist to the best advantage. Monument to Potatoca, The potato Is everybody's friend. So universally Is this vegetable cultivated throughout the land that the potato may almost be said to divide , with bread the honor of being the "staff of life." But Indispensable as It has be come as an article of food to all classes of our people, we do not celebrate Its virtues as they do In Germany. There they erect statues to It, Offenberg was the first city to erect a statue of this kind, which was and Is, for It is now standing certainly unique. Tbe upper part consists of a statue of Sir Fran cisco Drake, who Is revered for having Introduced the plant Into Europe. This, as well as tbe pedestal. Is draped with garlands of the potato vine, with the full-grown tnbers intact. On the ped estal are Inscriptions to the following effect: Tbe first side sets forth that the above figure If that of Sir Francis; tbe second1 explains In words of highest praise what a blessing the potato has been to mankind; the third records that the statue Is the gift of a certain An drew Frederick of StrasburgS tho fourth contains the names of the erect ors. A statue similar to this Is placed In the town of Murs. Chicago Record. Amartoan Flaga. Upward mt 10.600.900 Asscrtraa Bag have been sold since the btewtag up f BaaBBBBBBaBaaaaatW!rauBaaaaBaaBBBBaBBBaaW A shexp v&bak. A aaardsataa's TtaaMa. yyom Om Detroit (Jficfc.) Journal. The promptness with which the National Guard of the different states responded to President MoKlnley's call for troops at the beginning of the war with Spain mads .the whole country proud of Its eltteen soldiers. In Detroit there are few guardsmen more popular and efllelant than Max A. Davies, first sergeant of Co. B. He has txten a resi dent of Detroit tor tha East six years, and his one to at 418 Third Avenue. For four years he was connected with tbe well known whole sale drag house of Far rand, Williams A Clark, In tho capacity of book keeper. "I bava charged hp many thousand orders for Dr. Williams' rink Pills for Pale People," said Mr. Davies, "dui , Seraeanl. never knew their worth FtrtlSfrgeant until I used them for tho core of chronic dyspepsia. For two years I suffered and doctored for that aggravating trouble but eould only be helped temporarily. "I think dyspepsia Is one of the most stnbb irn of ailments, and there is scarcely a clerk or office man bnt what is more or less a victim. Some days I conld eat any thing, while at other times I would be starv ing. Those distressed pains would force me to quit work. "I tried the hit-water treatment thor oughly, but It did not affect my ease. I have tried many advertised remedies bnt tliey would help only for a time. A friend of mine recommended Dr. Williams' Tink Pills for Pale People, but I did not think much of tbem. f "I finally was Induced to try the pills nnd commenced using them. After taking a few doses I found much relief. I do not remember how many boxes of the pills I used, but I used tbem until the old trouble stopped. I know they will cure dyspepsia of the worst form and I am pleased to re commend them." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will besent post paid on receipt of price. 50 cents a box or six boxes for (2.50, by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. WHAT THE LAW DECIDES. The constitutionality of a succession tax Is sustained In State, ex rel. Gels thorpe vs. Furnell (Mont.) 39 L. R. A. 170, although It exempts estates less than 7,500 each. The ability to read the constitution of the State, which Is required of a voter. Is held. In Basin ussen vs. Baker (Wyo.) 38 L. R. A. 773, to be an ability to read It In the English language, and not merely In a translation. A rule of a partnership association gainst thepurchaseof additional shares by a member without re-election to membership in respect of tbem Is held. In Carter vs. Producers' OH Company (Pa.) SO U R. A. 100, to be valid under a statute making such shares personal estate transferable under such rules as the association prescribes. The power to require vaccination as a condition precedent to school attend ance la denied In Potts vs. Breen (111.) 89 L. R. A. 132, where tbe statute has not expressly conferred it especially when there la no emergency calling for its exercise. The fact that a railroad operated by a receiver crossed the State boundary and his employes Incidentally perform ed some services In another State Is held. In Guarantee Trust and S. D. Co. vs. Philadelphia, R. & N. E. R. Com pany (Conn.) 38 L. R. A. 804. insuffi cient to defeat the Jurisdiction of the State court which appointed him to di rect payment of wages, although the re ceivership Is ancillary to one In ths other State. Beaate- ta Blood Deep Clean Wood means a clean skin. No beauty withont it.Casca rets .Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keen it clean, by stirring up the lary liver and driving all impurities from the body. Begin to-day to banish pimples, boils, blotches, black heads, aad that sickly bilious complexion by taking Carcarets beauty for ten cents. All druggists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, ?5c. 5uc. She "I hope vou were polite to papa, dear?" He "Indeed I was. I gave him a coruiat inviiauon iu umho j home." Mrs. Wlnflnw-s Soothing Syrnp ',1','l1re tre'blliE. f onens tbe gum, reducing lnaAmma llJn. a'lKya pain, cures wind colic toe a bottle. According to statistics out of every 100 women who threaten to report street car conductors for incivility, none of them ever do it. To ure a ('!! in One Day. Take Laxative Promo ," inine Tablets. All DruuclBts refund mt i" v if itfatlstocnre. SSe. An aople tree that has stood on a farm near lianville, Kv., for more than 100 rears i ! teet 9 inches in circumference, ind is still bearing fruit. roa't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Toar Life Away To quit tobacco eanily and forever, be t netic, lull of life, eerie and vlfor, take No-To-Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men atrong. All druggists. 5ce or tU Cure, guaran teed. Booklet aad sample free. Address Ster ling Keaiedy Co., Chicago or New York Mrs. Wiggles I didn't know that Mr. Binks had a title. Mrs. Waggles Neither did I. nat is it? Mrs. Wiggles Well, his servant says that everything comes addressed "James Binks, C. O. !" Fits permanently cored. Ite fits er Berron. ness after first day's use of Or. kllno's Great Nerve llestorer, $2 trial bottle and treatise free. DR. It H. alLINE. Ltd.. S31 Arch St.. fails, fa Few and Simple. Tbe wants of most persons are many and complex. Their needs are much fewer and often very simple. If one wishes for peace of mind and any great measure of success in this world, he must learn to reduce his wants as near ly as possible to necessary things. It Is not at all essential that a person be rich, but many people wish to be and make haste to be. The result Is anxiety and oftentimes loss of integrity, and failure to reach the real needs of one's being; for happiness never lies In satis faction of our wants, because these ever become greater as we try to satks y them. Troublesome Wounds. In the delicate operation of hanAiiCf flowers danger lurks. The thorns of roses cause the greatest mischief. Flor ists ascribe their most serious hurts to poison absorbed In hot-house produc tions which have undergone a strong vermln-killlng process. A number of the dealers Infer that, after many appli cations, tbe Juicy parts of the plants become lmpreganted with poison. Rnssla's Population. The last census of Russia places tbe population of tbe Immense empire at 12ti,4 11.000. Of these 20,000,000 dwell In cities and tillages. Little Sister (studying her grammar lesson) How can you compare the words "beautiful glrir Big Brother (absent-mindedly) Positive, you call; comparative, you propose; superlative, the accepts. Baltimore News. Iia SOME QUEER TOURISTS. rew Oa Abroad Cattla and Bet-ran Swella. While host- of people look over the oassenger lists of the lucky ones who KrtTt. go abroad and envy them way down In their hearts, there Is a cU or men who make nttrlps across the ocean which would hardly excite envy, excepting by reason of their peculiar privileges. This class U humorously called "cattle chamber maids,' because of the fact that those who belong to It glr their -ttentlon to the live cattle that are exported from this country to Europe. The men who i'o ibis are the riffraff of the world and when here find It difficult to earn more than enough to keep body and soul to gether. But when they are lucky enough to get one of these "chamber maid" Jobs they feel like millionaires, for they get more money a day for the trip than they could get on shore In a week. V There are a number of Chicago stocK yards men who do a large business ex porting cattle, and they always have a gang of fellows around waiting for the Hint chance to go out with a cargo. The average time of these trips from Chi cago to London Is about fourteen days and the price paid the attendants Is $30 In gold. The chambermaid is at no ex pense whatever." He Is fed, but, oh, such feed. It Is worse than that of the animals he looks after. There Is always a gang boss and he it is who dispenses the "grub." Ordinarily this is boiled fat pork and bread, with only water to drink. The pork comes from tbe kitchen in a great pot or tub. The boss stabs a chunk of solid fat with the long han dled fork, almost a pitchfork in fact, and hurls It at one of the "maids" with some choice specimens of billings gate. It is caught much as a dog catches a chunk of meat In his mouth and no attention Is paid to tbe liquid grease which flies In every direction. The fat pork is followed by a hunk of stale bread, and a drink of water finishes the repast. But what care these fellows for the fare and the labor going over. They know there will be Joy and pleasure when their destination Is reached. Once landed In Llvenool or Southampton they are given their $30 in English gold, this so they will spend it In England, and a return ticket good for ninety days from date. Then at once begins a season of riot ous living. Tbe first thing Is a flashy suit of clothes and a walking stick and then off for London. Tbe old hands know better than to "blow In" their money on expensive eating. They have become familiar with the "coffee pal aces" to be found all over London, where they get an imperial quart of coffee for one penny and a "bun," equal In size to an average loaf of bread, and thus for two pennies they buy all they can possibly eat. On certain days, when they feel like luxuriating, tbey may perhaps spend threepence on some dainty like a dozen shrimp, but evn with that extravagance Indulged in every two or three days the $30 will not last a long time and give plenty of op portunity to soak themselves with " 'alf and "alf." These chaps always stay until the money Is about gone and then back they come to Chicago, where the glory of their London clothes soon becomes dimmed as they loaf around the cattle pens at the stock yards while waiting for another chance to act as chamber maids to a drove of cattle. Chicago Chronicle JOCKEYS What Agonies They Suffer "Wnstlne" Themselves to Reduce Weight. A prominent physician. In a discus sion of the superiority of the new meth od of reducing the weight o! Jockeys by means of coverings electrically heat ed, says that probably no one under goes such labor on such low diet as the Jockey who is "wasting" himself so as to scale with another lucky fellow whose nature runs less to fat. In the hottest weather he piles on clothes and takes sharp walks. He labors hard, and the more he sweats the more he feels he has done his duty. Then comes the muzzle. After the labor there is appetite; after the sweating there is thirst a raging thirst but the food must be strictly limited, and the drink must be of the smallest, or all the labor would be for naught. The priva tion Is horrible. Training for condition is bad enongh, and hafmade many a good fellow throw athleticism to the dogs; but training for weight is a far greater Infliction. So many pounds have got to be got off, and there are only so many days or weeks In which to do lt It Is done by physic, by sweat ing, by hard labor, and by starvation. A successful Jockey is envied by thou sands; but on the other hand It must be remembered that there are few occupations which demand so much of self-denial, and email such painful dis cipline as that of the Jockey. The or deal comes when he Is working himself down to scale. A man In ordinary con dition hardly varies In weight from day to day, and he may keep bis weight almost without change for months and even years. It Is not so, however, when training has brought down the weight far below Its natural level. Then every cell in the body seems hun gry and athlrst, and a moisture Is sucked up as by blotting paper. Many break down under the strain, the star vation telling on their nervous system before It affects their flesh, while oth ers throw up the effort rather than con tinue the misery of starvation which Is Involved In keeping the scales on ths right 8fde. A girl seldom objects to a young man stealing something from under her very nose. "Want a situation as errand boy, do rou? Well, can you tell uie how far the moon Is rrom the earth, eh?" Boy Well, guv'nor. I don't know, but I reck in It ain't near enough to Interfere with me running errands." lie got the Job. El. Inventor I'm working on an appli ance that will revolutionize things In this country If I succoced In perfecting It.. Friend That ho? Whnt is It ? In veutor An nir-brnke that will stop a grocery Mil In half Its own length. Chicago News. "She Is very filld In her manlier," remarked Willie Washington. "Per haps," was the reply, "but she has a heart of gold." "So I have been In formed. But I am tired of trying to cross a conversational Chllkoot Pass In order to reach It. Washington Star. l Th) Usrt Yea Siy tfct Less People Rer.3n.Der." Cst ttcrd With Yen, APOLIO TRUMIrr CALLS. Baas'- Hera Nsai Wavnlaaj Mans ta tha Unredeemed. fTl ALK not of your self Dut of Je ms. Light and puri ty never blush, Pride Is the bloom of perdi tion. Killing time Is maiming charac ter. Noted bravery etng good for evil. An aimless life Insures a homeless evening. Oily tongues and mute dogs are dan gerous. Pigs do not squeal when they are feeding. The man above counsel Is always In danger. Good breeding Is manifested by what we read. The "proper thing" Is less than the right thing. If van are trusting in the love of tbe Father, you must live the life of the ! brother. It Is safe to be a doubting Thomas, If you settle all your doubts by an appeal to Christ. For the dividing of cares and the doubling of pleasures, share both with the Lord. If a man's words ffilnt the air, he ku a cess-pool in his heart: Beware of infection! If It Is "a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord," it Is surely a bad thing not to do It. The most sensational preaching in the world is that Jesus Christ died to save sinners. One of the questions that will be ask ed at tbe Judgment day Is this: "How did you vote'" When we begin the day with praise, we will not be so apt to end It with worry and fret. Io:i't let your hurrahs for your brother In Cuba drown the plea of your brother at home. Scientists have never explained why It always rains harder on prayer meet ing night than at other times. Xbe Proper Care of Umbrellas. Judge Dustln, In speaking of his stay In England, said: "Umbrellas are car ried every day, for showers there are liable to occur at any moment." It seems, therefore, that we cannot do better than to follow the directions of an Englishman on the proper care to take of an umbrella: "Do not let It dry while opeued. as this strains the silk and makes holes at the seams. "Do not place it to dry with the han dle up. In this case the moisture lodges in the center, where the ribs meet, causing tbe silk to decay. "Never put it In the wardrobe with out unrolling It, for after a long period of dry weather you may have the mis fortune of finding that the continuance of the pressure has cut the silk be tween the ribs. "If you are satisfied for the present with your umbrella, and are not anx ious to be obliged to purchase a new one, see that It drips ou end with the handle, down, unless the handle Is val uable and easily Injured by damp. Such an umbrella cannot be cared for ac cording to any fixed rules." Scientific American. It Is well enough to put your trust tn Frovldence, but It's unwise to go ground looking for holes for Providence to pull you out of. YSPEPSIA ' a Por alv vara vrai si victim ArdTh j nenaln in its worst form. 1 could cut nothing out mine toast, nnu at tines my btotnucti would not retain and digest even tout. Last March 1 began taking CASCARETS and since then 1 have steadily Improved, until I am as well as I ever was in my life." David H. McnrBT. Newark. O. Pleasant. Palatabln. Potent, Taste Good. Do ood, Sever Sicken. Weaken, or Grit. Kie. tbe. Sua ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... SUrilaa BsswSt Ciaa), Ckkssa. ataatml. Sw Tart, ail MTflRa li 8o,' "t"1 K""in'eecl by all drag- I U-DRb gists to tVKK Tobacco ilablu a'aVSW1saSastf' FOR PIPT FOR FIFTY YEARS! MRS. 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I ll have to be c:T or my wife won't speak to me when 1 get home." "Lucky dos. Mlnehlc! '11 talk to me all night." Sydney Bulletin. Wearing Hloomera, She They tell me that Delia, aince ihe got her new wheel. Is ambitious to outstrip them all. He Yes, I Judge no. I see she has left off her skirt Buffalo Tluien. 4 C WS J!7Kr yp CANDY if i CATHARTIC ytb tsaos mask asewnmso a i Grata n Battle. Z . . w iHF a. BKW TgSBK, . t.