Juniata sentinel and Republican. (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, August 24, 1898, Image 4
A.NNIE Of, THE VALE. n rognc stars are glowing. aeir ciear jigoi oestQvringi Their radiancy fills the calm, clear sum mer night-' Gome forth like a fairy, 'if 80 blithesome and airy, And ramble In their soft and mystic light Come, coma, come, lore, come! Com ere the night torches pale! Oh!t come, in. thy" beauty, ' Thjjj ib arret of duty fcear Annie dear Annie of the Tale. She vjorld we Inherit a,chJmd by that spirit As radiant as the mild, warm summer fsvl The watcljdog- is snarling. Vox fear Annje darling-. His beautiful young friend, I'd steal "a, -way. A. O. Dawes. THE LETTER FKOM CAMP. SAT8 Betty, who ha9 spread her small person and voluminous many-ruffled skirts as much as possible over the whole window seat: "Lovey, dear, such a nice letter from poor old Freddy. He says listen to this: 'The weather is industriously en gaged in raining rapid blows upon our defenseless camp and the wind Is en deavoring to fold my tent about me and bear me up to my rightful place in the world. Everything In sight, blankets and bed Include, Is soaked and 1 feel as If I were running a pawnshop as I gaze arouud on the cheerful prospect Scuddny Just slopped In as wet as a sponge, but as chipper as a sparrow. He says: "If you're writing to BPtty. tell her that she could wipe up the floor with me now. as she always used to, with some real advantage to the floor." I am writing this, my or er " "Esteemed friend," suggests the little girl whom every one has come to call Lovey Dear, an endearing title be stowed by the Irresponsible Bobby Smythe, who chased her all around the garden with a siphon of soda-water one afternoon In endeavoring, so he saJd, to perform the ceremony of baptism in a perfectly legal way. That the name fits her goes without saying, for, however droll he may be, Bobby Is Incapable of that would-be funny sarcasm which makes unkind cuts of one's small eccentricities of ap pearance or personality, and if she were not just the sweetest, gentlest, and ai together most lovable of young crea tures Sir. Smythe would have dubbed her otherwise or not at all. At any rate he never would leave a loophole through which a loss chivalric naturo might poke ridicule. Betty laughs and blushes charming ly. "Yes, thanks," says she, "that's It er Whore was I? O, yes. 'I am writing this, my esteemed friend, on the back of my moss plate, which Is the only writing desk the quarters af ford, and my impressive style makes It go "kor-plunk. ker-plunk" at every word. 1 have placed a few lumps of moist sod bonoath my feet to keep them out of the pleasant pool of water which has found a resting place In the tent, and as I sit here more or loss drenched, I must confess my er er esteemed friend, that the damper which has spread Itself over my person threatens to even permeate my patriotism, and I don't believe anything except a sunny letter from you Will dry It off. I cannot help, under those circumstances, turn ing a longing, retrospective eye upon that dear old room where, at about this time In the afternoon, Ivovey Dear, In her gray gown, was wont to pour tea for a thirsty mob, while you and I turned up to treat them to perhaps I ongbt to say Inflict them with what Bobby SmytlA with a perverted and distressing serte of humor called a "Deweyett," lirWrlng on the ett, as he always lingers at any suggestions of eat' " Betty pauses to laugh gayly. "That was good," cries he. "Freddy Is awfully funny, don't you think, Lovey Dear?" "Xo, I don't think," answers Lovey Dear, In a gently Injured way. To dis parage, be It ever so lightly, that home ly, obstreperous young Bobby Is always to step on the tall of her coat. "O, well, dear," says Betty, "Bobby's appetite Is such an acknowledged suc cess that " 'I have eaten my way Into even the nost reserved larders of the social set," tnlsh9 a cheerful volco from the door ay, "Howdy, girls! I knew you'd be jlad to see ino! Betty singing my praises, as usual? I declare the way that old lady does rave over me! It is embarrassing, renlly. But I cannot con scientiously give her encouragement, Lovey E)ear; there is such a difference In our ages, and for mo to wed Betty would be mating May to December, would It not? 'I'on my soul, as I notice how aged and decrepit she Is getting it reminds me of a story " "Help! Help! Help!" cries Batty, faintly. "Of a story?" says Lovey Dear, en couragingly, though Bobby needs none. An entire room full of people all pro testing violently against hearing one of bis tales have, nevertheless, rnany a time been made to stand and hearken to the bitter end, for no man has ever been known to prevent Bobby spinning a yarn which he thinks funny or appro priate. Therefore, It goes without say ing that Betty's appealing wall has no effect. The girls laughed lightly, poBslbly from the forco of habitual politeness, and Bobby, as usual, doubles up and howls at the wit of his own yarn. Peo ple, unkind critics, are wont to ascribe Bobby's persistence of anecdotes to this laugh of his. They say he roars go him self and makes such a noise that he thluks every one else is enjoying It. "Bobby," remarks Betty, when at last Mr. Smythe's mirth has subsided; "it has just occurred to me that you an till In town that yon haven't gone to war with the rest of the boys. I declare I'm ashamed of you, and Lovey Dear must be, too, I know, for she said yes terday that It was better to die a hero than live a nothing; didn't you, Lovey Dear?" For a second a keen observer might notlco how white Bobby gets; what an anxious look flashes in his eyes; what a firm set his mouth takes. Then be an swers quietly: "I wanted to go awfully. Betty, and It gave me a pretty good wrench to see the other fellows shoulder their guns aid go off to fight around the old flag; but my ntotlier, you know well, I sup port her first, Undo Sam next" And there U a little ring In his rolce as he says this that brings a light Into Lovey Dear's soft gray eyes a light that, perhaps, who knows, may never fall. "You are a good bey, Bobby," re marks Betty, "and what will yon do If I tell you there Is a watermelon on Ice In the refrigerator?" "Have spasms In rapid suocesslon un til It Is produced," replies Mr. Smythe promptly. Whereupon, rather than expose ber Mll to the danger of hydrophobia, so, Betty mays, she leads the way dining roomwards, where, In the luscious Juice of a round slice of really Indecent size. Bobby buries his homely visage and apparently the gravity that was his a moment ago. Presently Betty, being small and eas ily satisfied, rises. "I leave you two budding boa con strictors to gorge yourselves out of pro portion while Lgo and write a line to Freddy; and, Bobby, for mercy's sake wipe that melon off the end of your nose! Why can't yon eat respectably, like other people?" "Well," answers Bobby, grinning over t half moon of rind, "yon know a quill driver must be so much around a pen that he loses style. Good-by, dear. If there were not another prospective slice of melon between us, Betty, I should be tempted to eat you you look like a stick of peppermint candy In that red and white get-up." "Candled compliment," says Betty, and disappears to avoid reproaches. . j f or a moment mere is alienee in tne room, then Bobby looks up with the tame odd, grave expression on bis face that was there a while ago. "I know," observes he, speaking hur riedly, "that you girls think banners and fireworks of the fellows who are going to fight for all that Is beet In Cuba. It must seem tame to you for me not to go. Did you," Jerkily now, "er do you er like er toe less, think less er of me for It, Lovey Dear?" And Lovey Dear (how the name fits her) answers gently: "O, no; not less of you Bobby. There are even higher duties than those which one owes to one's country, and the best and the bravest and the grandest battles fought are the battles that no one sees: and the greatest heroes are the silent ones who must stand fast to the plain things while others go inarching on." "Ixivey Dear," and though Bobby Is beaming like the midday sun and his pleasant, homely face is wreathed In smiles, his voice breaks In an odd little way, and there Is something beside Tight shining In his eyes, "Lovey Dear, you're brick! Have another slice ol melon with mel" New Orleans Times Democrat. Round the Corner. An amusing incident of Dr. Lyman Ceecher's student days was told in a sketch of the famous clergyman, writ ten by John Ross DIx over forty years ago. One night he was awakened by a sound at his window, as If some one were drawing cloth through a broken pane of glass. Springing up, he dimly say his clothes disappearing through the broken window, a thief having tak en a fancy to them. Waiting for no ceremonies of toilet, younj; Beechor dashed out after the burglar, who dropped the clothes at ance and put himself to his best speed. But Lyman was not to be easily out run, especially when thus stripped to the race. After turning several corners, the cai tiff Was seized and marched back" by the eager student. He ushered him Into his room, compelled him to lie dowii on the floor by the side of his bed, while he. more comfortably ensconced in the bed, lay the night long watching him, the silence being broken only by an occasional "Lie still, sir!" In the morning the culprit was taken before a magistrate, who was evidently a lineal descendant of Justice Shallow. The magistrate, after hearing the par ticulars, asked Mr. Beecher "whether. In turning the corners, he lost sight of the man at all." Ho replied that the man was out of sight but a second, for he was close upon him. "Ah, well," spid the magistrate, "If you lost sight of him at all, you cannot swear to his Identity!" So the man was discharged. Mr. Beecher met the fellow several times afterward, but was never able to "catch his eye." An Idfa from Belgium. In Belgium, according to a correspon dent of the Chicago News, they have what Is known as the hospital car, and when an accident occurs the car may be run to the spot, where the wounded may be picked up and carried to the nearest large city for treatment. In stead of waiting hours for the arrival of surgeons. Again, the car can be used to trans port large companies of Invalids from place to place at certain seasons of th year. The Interior of the oar Is divided into a main compartment, a corridor on one side and two small rooms at the end. The hospital proper is In the larger compartment. It contains twenty-four Isolated beds on steel tubes hang from powerful springs. Each patient lies In front of two little windows which may be opened or closed at will. Each bed Is provided with a little movable table to hold all objects required. On the outside of tne hospital cham ber the corridor leads us to the linen closet and the doctor's department. In which there Is a huge cupboard used for drugs, surgical instruments and a folding bed. Various trap doors In the floor open Into receptacles for Ice, a provision cellar, etc. Arrangements are made for an operating chamber, and there Is even a small chapel for relig ious worship. The car will be used principally to carry Invalids from Belgium to the Qriracu'jus cure At Lourdes, France, lie mi Won Honors, A fine specimen of the greyhound Is the English dog1. Pennegant, and he Is very beautiful In splto of the fact that FEXXEOAKT A BAOEB. his coat is not the mouse color usually seen, but a clear white and brlndle. He has had especial success In raolng, for which his master Is duly grateful. Her Kind Friend. Miss Blaeklelgb (looking at her photo, graph)! should like to know whit peo ple say about my picture. Miss Dalsey No, dear, I don't Chink you would. Boston Transcript. Elderly gentlemen seem to hare a penchant for youngerly ladies. AOomtog-ont Party The man whoM lentence has expired. A character which combines the love oi enjoyment with the love of duty and the ability to perform it is tho one whose un folding give the greatest promiso of per fection. .. . FOB LITTLE FOLKS. 4 COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN TEREST TO THEM. sassotUsujr that Will Interest tne Jn v anile Jteaabers mt at very Honaehold Hsraalnt Actiaaa nna Bright Sarins f rimmy Cat an Canning Children. The Little Vetnnteem, Handkerchiefs for little gags. Epaulette a rose; Hobby horses for their nags. And off the cavalry goes! (They've heard the fireside talk of war And that s what they've enlisted for!) With little shiny swords of tin (O patriotic sons!) And garden plots for fighting in, With Lllipntian guns, They march to forts and fair ships. With mother's kisses oa their lips. And fierce shall rage the fight and long, Till from the flower-sweet west The shadows fall, and evensong Shall summon them to rest. Then mother's kisses, and "Goodnight Beneath their little tents of white! -Atlanta Constitution. An Elephant' Teeth, Whoever has looked inside an ele phant's mouth has seen a strange sight Elephants have no front teeth, and :hey never eat flesh, or any food that requires tearing apart. Eight teeth are ill they hare, two above and below on ach side, huge yellow molars as wide is a man's hand, and about two Inches :hlck. Over these hay or fodder Is shift Hi by the queerest, ugliest tongue in the d hole animal kingdom, a tongue that Is literally hung at both ends, having no jower or movement except in the mid lie, where It shifts back and forth from ilde to side, arching up against the roof )f the big mouth like an immense wrinkled pink serpent There Is nothing stronger than the Forking of an elephant's tongue, unless t be the working of his breathing ap paratus when he sleeps. Elephants, Ike humaii beings, have two sets of eeth the milk teeth, which are smaller :han the permanent molars, fall out n-hen the animals are about 14 years 1L These baby teeth, which are, nev ertheless, enormous, are occasionally lcked up by circus men among the fod ler and preserved as curiosities. To Splice n Break. Many a boy breaks bis fishing rod or Ms tennis racket, or his camera tripod, r his ball bat and doesn't know how to mend It If the fracture is a "splitting" break that Is, If the bat or stick Is not brok n "short off" mending it by means of iplicing threads or cord is one of the easiest and neatest ways in the world. It will make the rod almost as good as lew and quite as strong, where glue jvonld only be a temporary and unsatis factory relief. Before trying to mend anything by this means, however, it Is best to get a little practice first say on a broken broom handle. Always use waxed cord r coarse pack thread. For large bats and handles fine flshllne Is the very best thing to use. Place the broken jnds of the handle firmly together and hold them with the left hand or tie them temporarily with a bit of string. Make a loop from 1 to 2 as shown In the picture and lay it on top of the handle. holding It in place with the left thumb. It should be of sufficient length to reach beyond the break represented by the lark line. Take two turns rery care fully so as to hold firmly the end of the loop at 2, and then wrap the string tightly and closely around and around the stick until 1 Is nearly reached. The picture represents the string loosely wound so as to show how the loop Is mnde. In winding the real splice, of course, the string should be as close together as the thread on a spool. On -caching the end of the loop at 1 thread :h loose end of the string through the oop, being careful to keep the wrap ping tight Then pull at the other end 5f the string at 2 until the loop Is half way under the splice. Thus both ends sf the string are well out of the way and perfectly secure from unwrapping. Cut off the projecting ends close to the splice, and your work la done. If very large cord Is used a grove should first le cut In the wood to accommodate the loop. Soft annealing wire can be used Instead of string for splicing, and it sometimes makes a much prettier piece tt work. Chicago Record. Children's Parties in Japan. "The Little Japanese at Homo" Is the title of an article by Ida Tlgnor nod net t in the St Nicholas. Miss Hodnett says: The little girls, of course, enjoy laying at scenes In real life, and Im itate successfully weddings, funerals, ilnners of ceremony, visiting, etc Like our little people, they sometimes "play ioctor." and they can mimic pompous-nc-ss and peculiarities of all kinds. They have children's parties, too, for which the young lady of tho house sends Invi tations In her own name. Children, as well as grown persons, have seals, and these Invitations are sealed with the young lady's own seal In vermilion, i'lie parties are given In the afternoon, ind the guests begin to arrive about 8 j'clock, sometimes accompanied by ser vants. The young hostess pnts on her lacquered clogs fastened with scarlet 1 hongs In order to receive her guests at the top of the steps, 'where she bows very low to each, but does not shake hands. All sre conducted to the recep tion room, which Is usually in the rear, overlooking the pretty garden, the little clogs being first tnken off on the ver anda. Each wears a silk kimono with sleeves touching the ground; a hand some obi, woven in rich designs, Is tied in a butterfly bow, and gleams of scar let or blue crepe are seen In the elalior ate chignons. The girdles are gay, but the dresses quiet and harmonious In color. The guests are arranged accord ing to well-known rules of precedence and etiquette, the place of honor being next to the raised dais at the end of the room; and all sit with knees bent under so as to rest the body on the heels. The little hostess, aided by an eldr sister, or perhaps her mother, at once serves her guests with refreshments; and these consist of the Invariable tea, sliced sponge cake and various sweet confections, and are placed before each guest on lacquer trays, or little wooden stands about four Inches high. Re freshments finished, they begin to play at quiet little games, always addressing each other with titles of respect, never lapsing Into noisy play. "What a stupid old party!" some lit tle American may exclaim. Perhaps fou would not think so If yen saw them, yourself, unseen, and could usdsrstaud what they w sayta. Tbsy play HOW TO SPLICE., with spirit, and have a sense of humor, iiu let as they seem. - -From Chlldren'a Months. Teacher (to boy in his class) John correct the following sentence: It If rery cold. John (as he wines the perspl ration from his forehead) It are thun dering hot "Well, Davie, did you enjoy your vis it to the museum T" "Yes, mamma." "Do you remember any of the nice things you saw?" "Oh, yes, I remem ber lots of them." "And can you tell me what they were called?" "Yes; most ef them were called 'Do not touch.'" "Johnny, I find three mistakes on the first page of your letter," said a mother to her 9-year-old son one day. "Ton hafe spelled 'until' with two l's, "very with" two r's, and left out the word 'brother in the last line." "I don't call that three mistakes, mamma," replied the boy calmly; "I call that two mis takes and one forget" Mrs. Cakebread was entertaining some ladles at a select 5 o'clock tea. and Bobby, who had been exceptionally well-behaved, was In high feather. "Ma," he said, as cake was being hand ed around, "may I nave some tongue, please f "There Isn't any tongue, Bob by." "That's funny," commented Bob by. "I heard pa say there would b lots of It" A little ,glrl went visiting one day, and after a time was given the album of family photographs to look at She turned the leaves over carefully, and pretty soon closed the book. "Well, dear," asked the hostess, "did you look at the album?" "Oh. yes," answered the little maid, brightly, "and we've got one 'saetly like it, ouly the pictures are prettier." . The boy came Into the house weep lng and his mother was naturally solic itous. "What's the matter. Tommy T she asked. "The boy across the street hit me," he replied. "Ou, well, I wisHld not cry for that," she returned. "Show that you can be a little man." "I ain't crying for that," he reported. " Then what are you crying for?" "He ran Into the house before I could get at him." ' - STATISTICS AS TO DUELING. Code la Moat Popular in Germany, with France Next More duels are fought In Germany than In any other country. ?l-jst of them are student duels, vhl.!i culmi nate In nothing more serlou th;in slashed cheeks or torn Ff-ali's, which look extremely ugly wbvn hi;-.l..d and often cause much trouble to the suf ferer while healing. Of all :er;aun university towns Jena aud Gotilugen are most devoted to the code, la (Jot tingen the number of duels nverages one a day, year in and year out. With in the space of four-and-twenty cotsoc utive hours, several years ago, twelve duels were fought In Oottlngen. In Jena tne record for one day In re.-ent times is twenty-one. Fully 4,000 stu dent duels are fought every year in the German empire. In addition to these there are the more serious duels be tween officers and civilians. Among Germans of mature years the annual number of duels Is about 100. Next to Germany France is most given to the dueling habit. She has every year hundreds of meetings "to satisfy honor" 4hat Is, merely to give two men the opportunity to wipe out insults by crossing swords or firing pis tols in such a way as to preclude the slightest chance of Injury. In the duel statistics these meetings are not reck oned, as they are far less perilous than even the German student duels. Of the serious duels France can boast fully 1,000 per annum. The majority of these are among army officers. More than half of them result in wounds and nearly 20 per cent. In serious wounds. Italy has had 2,750 duels in the last ten years. Some 2,400 of these meet ings were fought with swords, 17i with pistols, ninety with rapiers and one with revolvers. In 074 ca.ses the insult originated In newspaier articles or In public letters and scores were purely literary quarrels. More than 700 prin cipals were Insulted by word of mouth, roll t leal discussions led to f50 and re ligious discussions to twenty-nine meetings. Quarrels at the gaming table were responsible for ISO. A summary shows that r.s regards uumbers.the sequence of dueling coun tries Is: Germany, France, Italy, Aus tria and Russia. London Mall. who Has these coins? Two Confederate Half Iu11are Which Are Kach Worth Sl.eoo. If you happen to have one of these half-dollars of the Confederate mint of 1861, yon have a possession worth about $1,000. You probably have not the coin, however. Only four were made, because the Confederate Govern ment did not have silver bullion for more. One now belongs to J. W. Scott, of New York, who values It at $1,000, and one to J. T. Jefferson, of Memphis, Tonn., who holds It at $1,600. The whereabouts of the others Is nnknown. At a certain age every girl gets an idea that It la cultured to rave over cut glass. Just because a man admits that he Is wrong Is no proof that be thinks he Is rL-ht As soon as a man begins to be sorry hs got married, he begins to try to trap his wife into admitting It The best points In a story are the ones you think yon would hare put In if you had told It Instead of the other The easiest way to make a bitter en emy of a man Is to tell him t good story and then get It off at a dinner before hs has a chance to. The only real use the average woman has for A man Is to shut thf front shut tors and to blow oaf the alcohol lamp SOW WOBTB 1,600. BELIEF FE0M PAIN. Women Bverywhero Expxona their Gratitude to Mrs. Pbaknam. fin. T. A. WALBBN, OlBsan, On wrHnsx Dkab Mb. PnncHAM: Before tak ing' your medicine, life was a burden to me. I never saw a well day. At my monthly period X suffered untold misery, and a great deal of the time,!, was troubled with a severe pain in my side. Before finishing the first bottle of your Vegetable Compound I could tell it was doing me good. I continued its use, io used the Liver Pills and Sanative ish, and have been greatly helped, i would like to have yon use my letter for the benefit of others." rin. FLORENCE A. WOLFE, gig rtaJbarrjr St Lancastar, Ohio, writaat ' Dear Mbs. Pijjkham: For two years I was troubled with what the local physicians told me was inflamma tion of the womb. Every month I suf fered terribly. I had taken enough medicine from the doctors to cure any one, but obtained relief for a short time only. At last I concluded to write to you in regard to my case, and can say that by following your advice I am now pefectly weU." rira. W. R. BATES, rUnsfleld, La, writes t " Before writing to you I suffered dreadfully from painful menstrua tion, leucorrhoea. and sore feeling in the lower part of the bowels. Now my friends want to know what makes me look so welL I do not hesitate one min ute in telling them what has brought about this great change. I cannot praiso Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound enough. 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She Is a charming conversationalist, has a useful knowledge of medicine, and possesses a marvelous- power of sympathy, which fairly fascinates those upon whom It is exercised. By these methods, combined with Innate tact, she has contrived to secure the patronage of several wealthy ladles, upon whose bounty she thrives amas Ingly. giving them in exchange timely supplies of the suave and magnetic solace for which she Is so remarkable. Plajnrlna tbe Proflta. "I suppose," remarked the horse re porter to his friend the humorist, "that you make a good thing out of your par agraphs." "Well, some days I make very Untie and other days not quite that much," replied the funny man. "Now, take yes terday for example; I only permed five tines, but tt represented twelve big, round Hollars.'1 "Why, that Isn't so worse for one day's tott." said the horseman. "By the way, what did yon writer "An order to my grocer for lnterlot department supplies," replied the Joke smith. Women Criminals (ttnnmbtr Mob. Russia's penal statistics show that m the dominion of the Gear the women criminals outnumber tfee men by near ly ed per cent, jugt the contrary being the case In other countries, Xost cj the women criminals are nnjnarrled, and tjp Cm rr IsAelfi RAM'S HORN BLATa Warmlac Notoa Calllaa: tfco WlckaA ts Bap taf. THEY haw isms In heaven. Every true man Is seeking truth. Christ came to set too prisoners of habit tree. , Ha who harts tJ J your reelings may 4 honor of men. must become their slave. Some pastors pore too much over the book of Numbers. Tho obstinate man Is usually too weak-minded to give up. Lose a minute and the chase of s life-time win not catch tt Knowledge of tbe Truth makes us free to welcome new truth. It Is a compliment to be called "su perstitious" bp an agnostic. The Christian who borrows religion will never have any to return. The pearl of patience comes from the Irritating grain of persecution. One tear In God's sight was Intended to cover an acre of hardened soil. As tbe living tree bears frclt so the living witness for Christ bears testi mony. , If we owe God a debt. Be helps as pay it If we owe man. be requires usury. The sin which has been soaked tn the tears of repentance Is easiest washod away. Some men like to mistake tbe echoes of their desires for the voice of con science. It Is when we are most dependent upon God that we are most independent of men. A dark night makes a bright moon; a dark world ought to make a bright Christian. To please a man, find out what he wants what be needs Is of minor Im portance. Creeds are evaporated graces. Cate chisms are the dried theological fruit of salvation. Yes, salvation Is free, but there Is a vast difference between free salvation and cheap religion. The farther men wander from the Bible, the nearer the devil may ap proach without a rebuke. . It Is generally the man who Is striv ing to do right, who Is amazed at the opportunities to do wrong. Tbe very weakness "of those who dis believe. Is exhibited In their constant desire to explain the reason of it LIEUT. BLUE GOT HIS CONGE. Doctored the Scalesi OsBcera "last Welghti" Then They Dropped Hiaa. Lieut Victor Blue, the nervy young officer who recently performed the feat of getting a good view of the Spanish fleet In Santiago harbor by making a during detour of seveuty-five miles or so on Cuban soil, was attached to the Bennington, w hlch was lying tn Bono lulu harbor about three years ago. Be was then an ensign, and he had not up to that time been a wardroom caterer. 0 be was unanimously elected as soon as he was attached to the Bennington. Lieut Blue Is a giant of a young man and exceedingly good-natured. But be mude a sad hash of the caterer's Job. lie got his accounts all mixed up before he had served as caterer a week, and be had to pay a lot of seigniorage out if his own pocket The meals he placed before his messmates were satisfac tory enough, but the caterer's Job wore on Lieut Blue a great ileal, lie figured on how to get his conge. When a new caterer Is elected It is the custom of the wardroom officers to weigh them selves every day. In a spirit of fun. In order to worry the caterer, and to make It appear by their solemnly averred loss of weight that they are being half starved. 'Lieut Blue went down Into the engine room one day after he had been worried over the caterer's Job for a week or so and dug out a big drop scales. He tinkered with It for a while. Then he rigged a bo-sun's chair to it carried It aft, and suggested to the offi cers that when they wanted to weigh themselves thereafter they use those scales of his. The officers didn't sus pect anything, and after dinner the same day several of them weighed themselves. They had all lost a pound since tbe day before. They said the scales were- wrong, and Lieut Blue ad mtttred that perhaps they were. They all weighed again the next day. Each of them had lost another pound, and they began to feel of their waist bands wondertngly. All the officers of the Bennington's wardroom mess went on losing flesh, according to Lieut Blue's scales, for ten days or so. Then a meeting of the wardroom officers was called, and Lieut Blue was dropped as caterer, as being "Incompetent" and "no account anyhow." Lieut Blue didn't have to serve as caterer for the rest of that crulse,and he wore a smile of deep content every time he looked at a weighing apparatus. Washington Btae. ' Mistook Hie Mao. Wallace And did you make hhn eal his words? Hargreaves No. He turned out to b one of those fellows who would rathei tight than eat Cincinnati Enquirer. 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If the piKsenger visits better countries he muy learn to improve his own; ami if fortune carries him to worse, lie may learn to en joy bis own. Ho-To-Bae For fifty Cents, Gaaraateed tobaeoa aabtt care amkea sreak us strong, blood para. Me, ft. All draggisd. There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having notli ing to say. Borne people are dlaagreeable becousf they can't attract attention any other war. ss 1109 " ' ,",,t I Were ;-- r -' 1 Some persons say they are never influenced by an advertisement. It is not expected that any one will buy Ivory Soap solely because it is suggested by an advertisement. If you have never used Ivory Soap, you may be induced to ask some friend about it; should you find as you probably will that she is enthusiastic m its praise, then you may try it. Millions of people use Ivory Soap ; they use it because they like it. You too will like it. There is a difference in soaps. THE QUALITIES THAT WIN. Anecdote of (.lent. H. H. Whitney When Ha Boat the Hedge at Want Point. In tbe last few days many storteo Save been printed about Lieut H. H. Whitney, Fourth Artillery, who recenc y returned from Porto Rico with valu able Information for the War tVpaxtv ment There Is one incident of bis ca reer that has not found Its way Into me newspapers. The story Is connect ed with his student days at West Point. nnd was told to a reporter of tho Bun by a person who knew all about it Whitney is the son of a clergyman, and the father Intended that the son should be a clergyman. Tbe son want. 5d to be a soldier, and refused to study tor the ministry. When he was ready for college be asked his father to try to get him an appointment to West Point The elder Whitney refused, and t&e boy went to a Congressman from Penn sylvania, in which State the Whttneys were living,-and secured an appoint ment He passed an excellent entrance ex amination, and stood so welHn tactics and discipline that in bis senior year be was made captain In tho corps of ca leta. Just before graduation In the spring of 1809. a young woman la whom tho cadet was Interested arrived at tho hotel In West Potnt Cue even ing Whitney wanted to call opon her. (t la a rule that no cadet may poos the hedge which surrounds tho hotel wlth nt special permission. Whitney could not get the permission. The girt was going away tbe next day, and It was absolutely necessary that hltney should say good-by. There was only one thing for him to Jo run tbe hedge and take hts chances. He did so. made bis caH, said every thing but what he intended to say, and started to return to tho barracks. On tbe way ho ran Into the officer of the gnard, who asked questions which tho young cadet couldn't or wouldn't on. swot to the officer's satisfaction. Ho was court-martialed, and In the pres ence of tho assembled corps was strip ped oi his shoulder -a traps and reduced to tho ranks. The boy was terribly trt op, and, while still otntvrttng; under tho humilia tion, went to tho wife ox one of nhe fac ulty and told her tbe whole story. It happened sotoetvow that whenever a eadet got Into trouble ho went to tbe same quarter, and when ho eame away he fait better (or having gone. When Whitney bad told his story ah merely laughed at him. . Ho CouMa't under stand this, and. Jumping op, he said ho would resign from tho army immedi ately after graduation, as ho could ner- sr live down his disgrace. After the young man had given Tent to his feel ings the professor's wife said quietly: "Si down a moment, Mr. Whitney, end listen to me. It is tbe lot of an army officer to take many-chances In active service. When be decides ho must act quickly, and once his plan is ettled bo must bot torn aaMe until bis purpose Is accomplished. He who pushes forward boldly, without filter lug, is bound to succeed In the army. In running tho hedge, after yon bad decided that that was the thing to do, you showed the very characteristics which will win you success In your chosen profess loo. If you hadn't run that hedge, when yon knew who was waiting for yon behind K, I should hare advised yon to leave tho army at once. Now I'm sure youll make a brill. lant record.' Bla Poor Kxcnae, - She Why la H that yon hare neve married T He Well, to tell yon tho troth, 1 hare never had time. . She Still, you always seem to have plenty of time on your hands when yon loiter around here. Then they beard a rooster crowing in the distance and he hurried away. Candor is tho brightest gem of crit- No Chance for Breakage. Oobang lie boasts that he nevei . breaks his word. Grymes That's so. No one will take it long enough to give him the opportu nity. Up-to-Date. - I Thai 1 1. I He Well, what do you think of mi lovel She-It lacks the ring of slneerity.-Dp-to-Date. 1?",rni,,,t ' .Memory. She-Did you bring me that complex Ion powder He-Er-my dear. It slipped my mem orv entirely. She-And yet, before we were mar rled, you said my face was one no man could fomet-ClndnnaU Enquirer. " Us ii Bussis csd nia.en mi sr uigijct a 8APGLIO f VuO.""4 Foots About New if or k 'a School Army Tbe school army of New York, num bering 400,000 young Americans, would make 400 regiments of the American Guard allowing the girls to enroll each regiment numbering 1000, an army equal to forty full brigades of ten regiments. The length of stride of the average school boy Is two feet six Inches, brawn np In the single line, the last boy In the line would bo up the State 200 miles, somewhere In the vicinity of Syracuse. Marching la platoons of sixteen, close order, practically filling Broadway from curb to curb, the column, when ready to move, would e twelve miles long, extending from the City Hall op 6 roadway to Fordham. To carry the comparison further, what a monster of a schoolboy this army of 400,000 would make. Assum ing an average weight of fifty pounds each, all the school boys made Into one would produce a giant of 20,000,000 pounds weight As 4 feet 8 Inches is an average schoolboy's height, this Great er New York boy would be 840 feet tall, his girth at tho top of his knick erbockers a mere trifle of 180 feet and the length of his feet sixty feet New Tork Journal. Old Brattleboro Stamp. The latest Inquiry for the old Brattle boro (Vt) stamp comes from a Pennsyl vania university, and tho writer aski tbe pastmaster if be would kindly send one, two or more, for which he Is prom ised five cents apiece. Tbe last one sold brought about $600. It was sold to a former Brattleboro woman, now a resi dent of Chicago. Mot in Their Claaa. "Why don't yon corns forward and balp whip tho enemy T" inquired tbe In dlgnant patriot -Why?" replied the pugilists In choav us. "We're waiting for Spain to get a reputation." Washington Star. . MI have been mains CASCARETS for Insomnia, with which I have been a filleted for over twenty years, and I can say that Cascarota have given me more re lief than any other reme dy I have ever tried. 1 shall certainly recom mend them to my friends as being all they are represented.' Taoa GilXaan, Elgin, liL CANOV CATHARTIC vnaosi Pleasant. Palatabia. Potent. Tut simwt rw. Oood, Never Sicken. WeaKS? Gri5fn? suS CURE CONSTIPATION. ... rll r s r. 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