A STORY ABOUT DEWEY. He Hcfoatd to Die From an Operation—Hli Descent From Alfred the Great. When the result of the battle at Ma nila became known, the extraordinary interest that was developed In the hero of it was indicated by stories about Dewey which were printed in the news-, papers not only of this country, but of Europe. It was known that Dewey had undergone a very serious operation a few years ago, and a correspondent of the Birmingham Post in England has this to say about it: "1 dare say the citizens of the Unit ed States generally are not aware how very near they came to losing Admiral Dewey early in 1883, and that the fact of his being still alive is, humanly speaking, largely due to the clever sur gery of Inspector-General of Hospitals .). N. Dick. R. N. (late Medical Direc tor-General of the Navy), and Drs. Fitzgerald and Yeo. K. N., surgeons of Malta Naval Hospital at that time. In February, 1883, 1 was a patient there; another was Admiral Dewey, then in command of the United States corvette Juniata. He suffered from abscess of the liver in a very complex form, and was not expected to survive an operation to which he had to sub mit. The yarn we heard was that, when about to undergo it, the last words he murmured before he became quite under the influence of the anaes thetic were, 'l've made up my mind, and I won't die,' and he didn't, to the general astonishment. After he be came convalescent 1 used sometimes to push him about the hospital gardens in ii bath chair, and on one occasion I remember his saying to me (apropos of liie operation), 'You know, I've got a wife and children depending on me at home, and I couldn't afford to die just then.' I know that the doctors said that nothing but his extraordinary determination pulled him through, and that they never had a pluckier pa tient." A few years ago a man named Browning took advantage of the grow ing interest in genealogical investiga tion in this country to publish a vol ume called "Americans of Royal De scent," in which he proved to his own satisfaction and that of some of his credulous patrons that nearly every New England family could claim de scent from one or more English Kings. It was not unlike a recent book which proves just as conclusively that every Irish family may be traced back to royalty, and in this book Browning has included Rear Admiral Dewey and assigned Alfred the Great as an ances tor of his in the following fashion: "Thomas Dewey came from Sand wich, Kent, England, in the year 1633, to Dorchester, Mass. He removed about 1638 to Windsor, Conn., where, on March 22, 1638, he married the wid ow Frances Clarke. He died at Wind sor, April 27, 1648. His son, Josiah Dewey, born IG4I, settled first at West field, but subsequently removed to j Lebanon, Conn. He married in 1662 j Hepzibah Lyman. llepzibah Lyman] was the daughter of Richard Lyman of j Windsor, Conn., who died in 1662. j Richard Lyman was the sixth in de scent from Elizabeth Lambert, who married Thomas Lyman of Navistoke, Essex, England, who died in lf>o9. Eli zabeth was the daughter of Henry Lambert of Ongar, Essex, who was the seventeenth in descent from Princess 1 Edglna, the granddaughter of Alfred, and the daughter of King Edward the Elder. She, after the death of her ' first husband, Charles 111 of France, married Henry, third Count de Ver- j mandois and Troyes. Her grand- : daughter married the son of Henry. I of France, and their son, Robert, was the first Earl of Liecester. Robert's I great-granddaughter married the first 1 Earl of Winchester, and her grand daughter married a descendant of Don albane, King of Scotland. "Seventh in descent from this last couple was the Robert Lambert re ferred to, and from his daughter de scended the Richard Lyman who was father to the Hepzibah who married the ancestor of Admiral Dewey. From Josiah Dewey and Hepzibah Lyman the descent is as follows: 1. Josiah Dewey of Lebauon, Conn., born 1666. 2. William Dewey of Lebanon, Conn., born 1692; died 1759. 3. Simeon Dewey of Lebanon, Conn., born 1718; died 1751. 4. William Dewey, settled at Han over, N. IL; born 1746; died 1813. 5. Capt. Simeon Dewey of Berlin, Vt„ born 1770; died 1863. 6. Julius Y. Dewey of Montpelier, Vt., born 1801; died 1877. 7. Admiral George Dewey, born 1837. Ancient Siunnliiiff, The fabulous honor of being the first inventor of the art of signalling is be stowed by certain classical writers up on the ingenious Palarnedes, says a writer in Cornhill Magazine. This hero may have introduced improvements in detail, but it is certain that long be fore the time of the Trojan war the Egyptians and Assyrians, if not the Chinese and other nations of remote an tiquity—of whom monumental records alone remain to us—had developed reg ular methods of signalling by fire, smoke, flags, etc. The great wall, built by the Chinese ages ago, and 1,500 miles long, is stud ded with towers. Between these sig nals were interchanged when troops had to be collected in order to resist attack at any point threatened by the Tartars or "outer barbarians." By Major Boucheraeder and others It has been considered that the huge tower of Babel was erected for similar as well as for a number of different pur poses. TOWN OK JURAGUICITO. destroyed Hv Order of United States Health A nili or i ties. The miseiable little town of Juragul citi) (Sib.mey), Cuba, lies in ashes. It '.."0 3 burne 1 under the orders of the United States army health authorities, /iniost eveiy bulhllng of the fifty v .'eh straggled along the irregular' ! iuff was lie" on fire, and the Cuban in i liit.inis lie .1 to the eaves in the over firing hillilde for shelter. The action was taken at the urgent rei|t!r:it of Major T.egurdo of the ll.is p!tnl ('irim. and served the joint pur pose of ridding the hospital camp "112 the unl;., ulthfu! and dirty buildings, a:-.'i dr.v.tig away scores of Cuban fol lowers, whose presence was a serious ineonvenien -e to the hospital workers. Tli.* burning of the houses also ex tend.,] along the trail to the front, and num. rous blockhouses were destroyed, together with dwellings. The action was decided upon and the long, wooden building at the extreme easl end of the street, one which had served as division headquarters during the early days of the landing, and later as ;i postolilce, was set fire to. This buildiivj WHS one of the most imposing in the city, with its long, broad veran das and well-built stoop, and as the liuuies burst from the windows and swept over the roof the Cuban dwellers in the neighboring houses began to rush for safety. They were assisted by a detachment of soldiers in removing thuir effects, and the buildings were set lire to - s rapidly as vacated. The old weoden structures would or dinarily hav • burned like tinder, but the h .ivy rains made the flames slow in spreading. The dwelling houses tilled the camp with stilling black smoke, which was visible for miles. in sj-.te ..I the protests of the ragged Cubans the work of destruction pro ceeded stea iJli' all day. The buildi'ii; in which field, telegraph and telephone offices were located share.] the common fate. Tho work was not completed until after dark, wien the torch was applied to tile lurft building of the town. The debris will b« cleared away as rapidly as possible, and many more hospital tents will be pitched on new sites. lutcrt'NliiiK Invention*!. In a new French apparatus for rais ing sunken vessels a number of cells of calcium carbide are maintained on board in such a position that gas is generated as soon as the vessel sinks and stored in collapsible bags under the decks, thus raising the ship imme diately, which might be the means of saving many lives. An Englishman has designed an elec tric fog signalling apparatus, which has a large number of cartridge cham bers in a metallic disk, with a firing mechanism on one side of the disk to fire a cartridge at stated Intervals if a train is in Uie block ahead of the signal, an electric current operating the signal. An improved method of attaching the collar and (into a shirt consists of loops formed on the collar, tie and neckband, through which a spring ring is forced, which extends nearly around the neck under the tie and prevents the -lipping of collnr and tie. Uicycle riders who smoke will ap preciate a newly designed pipe which has the bowl attached to a shield to be pirm.-i! on the coat, with a curved stem which makes it possible for the smoker to use iho pipe without touching it with his hands. r'l 4'J: L> «»1* I !»«• VnMCM. A recent writer in the Century mag azli e call itcutinn to the keenness of thi he ;ring while asleep for sigrnils for ••..;! own station. He will hear hi . own lumbers, while those of an adjoining station will fail to awak en h• in. In tlio same connection lie quoU .the fireman as saying that hi» wife heats the b: by when it stirs in the crib, but never hears the gong, while he never hear, it, but will jump at the stroke of the gong over his bed at home. Dr. Nansen, the Arctic explor er, relates a remarkable change in the keen no -■ of the sense of smell during his long ab. nee among the northern ice fields. I'pon his return he was able to detect the odor of the soap used oy tin first white ho met, and when he got to I'iair/. Josef land, and entered a house for the first time, he could de tect the odor almost everything !n the house. These facts would seem to indicate that the senses were capable of very ready cultivation. ( oluiiihiM mi I c .iut!ago. The voyage of Columbus, the discov erer of the Spanish Main, are of more than usual interest to-day. Ills second toyage is especially interesting. He sailed from Palos, Spain, on Sept. 25. 1493, with 17 vessels and 1,500 men, discovering the island of Dominica on the 3d of November, heaving there he landed on several of the Caribbee isl ands, and had several contlicts with the natives. Then lie coasted along For to Itico. and probably called in at San Juan, so recently bombarded by Admiral Sampson. On the 25th of No vember he reached the harbor of Navidad, on the coast of Hayti. He found that the colony of 43 men he left there (the first Spanish settlement in the New World) had been killed by hostile Indians. In December, on a new site farther east, he founded Isabella, the first European town in the New World. He explored the interior, and in the spring set sail westward, when lie discovered the south coast of Cuba and called it Santiago, where now, 400 years later, his fellow countrymen are besieged by the American fleet. ||4»re*N a llouilloii. A gentleman recently astonished his hostess at an afternoon tea by refusing sugar and cream and asking for pepper and salt. She tried it and fuund it delightful, tasting like a most delicate bouillon. COALING IN A SEA WAY. It is Iloth r.xMiH'i-uiinc unci Dirty Work at All 'linn-* The following notes, written aboard the U. S. battleship low:;, in Cuban waters, relates bi-.iun of the annojraiu-.es of eoalliig in a sea v.uy: June 7.—-It l< ihc gun civv s a good part of y- u-.rtay afternoon to gel things in xhapr, n:.«! iliea early tli;- morning, alii r every 1; an had stood his watch at the •tin Uuriag the niglil. I lie collier Justine came .: iueeside and we started in coalinj.. r i':i • Justin« has not the carrying c.i• Uy tiial t h Mrrrimac had, hut i-h is a fine steam er, very strongly hi';:;, in a sea way this is a great ad\ ti. e, for though we gave her some pretty hard knocks no holes were punched in her side Since she conies right alongside out armor belt she could be the only suf ferer. She is also very convenient tc coal from. Working three forward hatches we were able to take aboard very easily 200 tons before supper time and this without pushing the crew at all. Though it is hot down in the hold of the collier and the men are not hardened to such hard hears no growling; it is war work and there fore is done cheerfully. June 8.- Much to our disappointment we found that we could not get the Justine again to-day, as she was or dered over to the Brooklyn. We had to content ourselves with the Stirling, to our sorrow. \W had every fender possible out, big rope fellows, too, that will stand any amount of knocking, but no sooner had the Stirling come alongside than she came up heavily against our ash chute and punc lied a hole in her side. 'I here was nothing to do but send the carpenter's gang aboard and shove her off for repairs. The opportunity was seized to try the wonderful patent stoppers, but they didn't seem to be of much service. The hole was too jagged to lit them in. Query: would not a hot hole lie equal ly jagged? Every one is ci listed with the Stirling for having .sides like paper. Our ship is all dirty, the crew are all ip coaling clothe:-, and so they will have to remain waiting for the sea to i aim down, so we tan (ill up. When the Justine was alongside we smashed several heavy wooden fenders, smashed them all up into splinters, out her 6ides seemed none the worse for it, and here the Stirling conies and gets a hole punched in her the very tlrst thing. June 11.—We tried to coal again from the Justine to-day. made all prepara tions, and even started sending the coal aboard, but before we got more than a dozen bags on the ships knocked together so badly that we had to cast the collier off and give it up again. It Is most aggravating, for now we must clean up the ship, only to start in coal ing again Monday. Don't lol.acro *|iit aim Mtu»k«< lour ».!*»• Anay, To quit tobacco easily and forever, be niatr netic. full of life, nerve and take No To- Hac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druppists, 50c or 91. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York. 1 . ~ v ' / ■ rrf ow arc the chii " )■ , 1 I a*. I dren this summer? \ 1H I Are they doing * i !====» well ? Do they sj, ', get all the benefit they / ■, should from their food ? t Are their cheeks and lips > of good color? And are i , 1 they hearty and robust ins i every way? < ■, If not, then give them | Scott's Emulsion > , 1 of cod liver oil with hypo- ', t » phosphites. < . It never fails to build I , 1 up delicate boys and girls. i> It gives them more flesh ' i and better blood. <" It is just so with the ," ■i ( baby also. A little Scott's » •I Kmulsion, three or four . 1 times a day, will make ', .» the thin baby plump and < j» -f It ', /raTK furnishes the ,* young body with > d r-TT just the material , 1 tt JJj necessary for ', ■ ' rJ I growing bones < i and nerves. <" I All Druggists, wc. «nU si. I H SCOTT & UOWN'K, Chemists, N.Y. k fCATHARTIC fcaacaketa CURE CONSTIPATION 25c 50c DRUGGISTS ...TT. Surrey Harnett. Price, flfi.OO. Wagons. S«nd| for largei. free N o. 606 Surrey. Price, with curtaine. taupe, eea- Aa good as Mils for fUS. Catalogue of all our styles, shade, apron «uj feudera, |6O goeiaa Mils for9oo ELKHART (AUUIAUt: AMU IIAIiNKNN MFtt. CO. W. 11. PHAYT, ttec'y. tCLKMAKT, LND. GIBSPG ;.m«1 yt 'l er,' ; ;«".jnemrs. The aru same of «!>•» cons, jt. ; e.-s >.-i coßstij'a»i<»r : 1-li'.i-ii. li.vis. loss of aj'pi fcitf. i ua..■!('•;. ; <• Uf Stain:'. li. i..-a- a, i >a ■ i <' teti t mare. cu'ii112;•• • , 1 t > d: •- /./iie-i, weak : .'. .-, ba. '.ra he. \I»I. jiiundico, pih .!, j,sliteii, irrit,. ; iliiv, nervousness, headache, torpid liver, heart btirn, foul brualh, Bleepieasui-.. i, U.e-.' i ne.is, hot skin, cramp--!, throbbing lie-id. o£i}aß*£w for OoiWpation Dr. J. C. Aver's Pills are a specific for all diseases of the liver, stomach, and bowels. " 1 suffered from constipation which as sumed such ail obstinate form that I feared it would cause a stoppage of the bowels. After vainly trying various remedies, 1 be gan to take Ayer's Pills. Two boxes effected a complete cure." D. BURKE, Raco, Me. "For eight years I was afflicted with constipation, which became so bad that the doctors could do no more for me. Then I began to take Ayer's Pills, and soon tha bowels recovered their natural action." WM. H. DELAUCKTT, Dorset, Out. THE PILL THAT WILL. .">OO Hill 1.-N to Kill One Mnii. It is, perhaps, little consolation to men who are going into battle to know that of every live hundred bullets which they must face only one or two will result in death. The fact, how ever. is eloquent of an immense waste of ammunition and want of care or skill in firing. Of the 15,000,000 bullets fired by the Russians during the Crimean war, 44.952,000 failed to fulfil their errand of death, and were, for practical pur poses of destruction, wasted. The re maining IS.(MiI) alone, which could have easily been fired by a single regiment within the space of an hour, found their billet. This means that 910 bul lets were fired before a single soldier of the allied troops was killed. 'I he British in the same war were more fortunate, in their aim. Of 15, OOO.tiOO bullets fired, 21,000 were fatal; one ballet out of every TOO fired thus accounting for one Russian. The French soldiers, it is estimated, tired 29.000,000 bullets, which resulted in the death of 51.000 Russians, or at the rate of one fatal bullet to every 590 shots tired. During the Franco-German war, says Tit-Bits, the German artillery fired ;!10,000 shots, and the infantry 20,000,- 000. This terrible hail of shot and bullets, sufficient to exterminate a na tion, resulted In a loss of 80,000 men tn the French. Thus every Frenchman killed involved an expenditure of bul lets enough to kill a quarter of a regi ment. \Vmiring Veil*. A service has been done to women generally by Dr. G. A. Wood of Ohi •ago, in tests made by him, with sys ; matic care, to determine the danger, ,112 any, in the wealing of veils. For this purpose he selected a dozen typi il specimens of the article, and ap plied the ordinary tests of ability to lead while wearing them; and these tests show that every description of veil affects more or less the ability to see distinctly, both in the distance and near at hand, the most objectionable being the dotted sort. Other things being equal, vision is interfered with in direct proportion to the number of meshes per square inclr, and the tex ture of the material also play an im portant part in the matter. Thus, when the sides of the mesh are single, compact threads, the eye is much less pnibarrassed than when double threads are used; the least objectionable veil, on the whole, being that which is without dots, sprays, or other figures, hut with large and regular meshes made with single and compact threads. Dr. Wood pertinently remarks that while eye troubles do not necessarily result from wearing veils —for the healths eye is as able as any other part of the body to resist legitimate strain—weak eve- are Injured by them. -eKeep Cool! SCREEN DOORS, Window Screens, Poultry Netting Hammocks, Porch Chairs and up, Coal Oil stoves of Nickless make, Gasoline Stoves. HARVESTING TOOLS in abundance. Brick for chimneys, always on hand. Nails, steel cut, #1.45 keg. Western Washer, best made; Building paper, 35c per roll, 500 sq. feet; Poultry Netting, 1 ft. to 6 ft. wide, i-2ct. sq. foot. Jeremiah Kelly, HUGHESVILLE. Onr Declaration of War Has been in effect for a number of years and our Bombardment of High Prices Has created havoc of late in the sale of MOWING MACHINES, DRILLS, HARROWS, PLOWS, LUMBER WAGONS, BUGGIES, and ROAD WAGONS all at the lowest cash price. ' PHOSPHATE, Thuty tons of different grades will be sold at a low figure. W. E. MILLER, Sullivan County, Pa. (Ue are Bound TO CLOSE OUT — Every Dollars Worth of SUMMER GOODS in This Store, and to do so effectually and surely we'will use no half way measures. Reductions that are large though (o make it an object for your purchas ing. Here is a chance to get liu very best that is made in clothing at near ly half price. We mention a few prices: Any light colored suit in store lor men, that were 12.50 ami J 8.00 now go lor js.S.SO All the summer suits which were sold at T.tKt and S.OO now go for #-1.50 Youth's light colored suits which were sold at S.OO and 8.50 now go »t $5.00 Children's suits which were sold at .3.50, 4.00 and 5.00, now $2.50. Men's cashmere pauts at 65 cents are less than half price. All wool pants at 1.00. Knee pauts, 19 cents. All wool knee pants at 25 cents Men's working shirts at 17c, 25c and 35c, are the cheapest prices ever offered. Straw hats at your own prices. Ladies' sapes, skirts, wrappers, shirt waists, corsets and gloves at prices you will surely buy, even to store them away for future use. Sweeping prices in ladies', gents', misses', and childrens shoes. Mens' tine shoes at '.toe, they are (ully worth 1.50 Come an«l see the bargains we are offering now. We must have the IT tin- Mill Hl;:.* -tuck L..R tall and winter, and the prices will be do object. Come and see ior \oor>elf, will lieglad to quote you prices. Ha* The Reliable Dealer in Clothing JaCOP rCr Boots and Shoes. HUGHESVILLE, PA,
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