BLIND TOM'S MOTHER.
ger Name It Charity Wiggins and
She Is 85 Yean Old.
r4)B, laved That Her Talralesl ta
Ha Beta Prejudiced Afulaii Her
ar Persona Wll Waat to Con
trol Hla Mosey.
It Is not usually known that Bliad
Tom'B mother is alive, writes Annie
Rjttenhouse in the Philadelphia Presa.
nr name is Charity Wiggins. She
A QUESTION SOLVED.
The Doafcletree Problem explained
by a Man Who Had Made II
a Study.
Under the heading "A Question to Be
Solved." a writer aslcs: V'hen two
lives In I'olumbua. Cla., with one of her horses are pulling: a load bitched ou to
daughters. doubletree, as usually, with the boll
Aunt Charity is 85 years old. and is jn the very centerand the doublet rce cun
one of the colored people who belong move freely forth aud back, and one
to the old southern regime. She is lIOrse keeps his end a foot uheud, which
courteous, intelligent, deferential and horse pulls the most the one ahead or
nins tue respect ui urr um u ult muu
the white race.
She is looked upon in the light of an
oracle by the colored people in Colum
bus, for siie has traveled far and wide
with her son, the famous Ulind Tom,
Musician
Auut Charity never gets tired of tell
ing of her son Tom. If the northern
visitor who frequent the Georgia re
sorts will go out to the suburbs where
she lives Aunt Charity will receive the
jjuest with courtesy and good will and
lit and talk to her nbo't her son. the
gfnitis of the age.
Hut Aunt Charity has a grievance,
and shp will tell you that as pood as
fhe tells you anything about Tom. She
savs he I not writing to her as often
as he should. Aunt Charity believes
that the people he Is living with ut
Highlands, N. J., have prejudiced him
against her and that is the reason she
rarely hears from him.
She probably hna a good deal in her
fatox in this prejudice, for there is
something very queer about Blind
Tom's being kept so closely and guard
ed so secretly in that queer old her
mitage on the coast of New Jersey.
The natives in that place say that it
is as much as a man's life is worth to
talk to Blind Tom; that he is guarded
like a prisoner. If poorold Aunt Chari
ty knew all about her son that the
natives arc saying, the old soul would
besorrkr than sJae is now. It certainly
behind?
I answer the one behind w hen pulling
on a doubletree the way they arc uaujl
!v made; but when the tree holes are
bond III a "perfect line" there can
no difference.
As an explanation I submit diagram
Ths MMmg
Steam Lan:y . . .
Is tilted "tit with tun lnlrt urn)
vf 1 Ih'-I iiuic'.iit: ' y Tim pun
im untiii" v-nti'l' fnill ttm ti -v
borough nUiitis u 1 use, ii
von wci c pltlttMtd wi h Hip a c!
lei (tiv 1 lie I inn IV u II XM
mm, and i."tH bow "1 1 iitl
white your -.h.rt'. .1 .. rulKiij
hate bfcoiui .
All Work Guar i nt red
To be ItakClass,
Will oull tvr i.nuul t tti t r
nt your door ivitb u a ia
eharffOH, Qiv its i i iai.
WosL'ij Klc 1 ji r,
Pro n-i.-tor.
(J. A. ( iuteHna.
Middleburrl
Will Probably Secure the Estate of
Earl Poulett.
THEEE ABE TWO CLAIMANTS.
v- 1
AtrNT CHARITY WIGGINS.
(Better Known aa the Mother of the Fa
mous Blind Tom.)
It true that somebody has Blind Tom's
money, und bis mother has not a bit
of it. '
She traveled for nine years with Blind
Tom, and that traTeltng was as near
Heaven ( she will ever get this side
of the reai Heaven. The other Heaven
which she enjoys in this life is the ex
ceeding nitoiiibhinmt she creates in
her own race by talking to them for
hours in the dusky southern twilight
of the wonderful things she saw and
the things she heard during these great
nine years when she was north. How
ever, old Aunt Charity always winds
up with a shake of the head and says:
"But I am mighty glad to be back ia
Georgia!"
Aunt Charity says the reason she has
for believing that Ulind Tom was prej
udiced against her was the same rea
son thst made her leave New York.
She was there four years ago, and Tom
came t her and said:
DOriU.ETREE PROBLEM EXPLAINED
which I think will solve the question to
any intelligent mind.
In both diagrams the 1,0 lid line show
the position of the doubletree when the
horses are working even, and both are
the sume distance from the wagon
t tongue, a center line of draught.
Diagram 1 shows a doubletree with
holes bored on a straight line, and the
dotted lines show the off horse to lie
I ahead, aud yet brings each horse the
same distance from the center line of
'draught, and therefore neither horw
has the advantage.
Diagram 2 shows a doubletree wi". h
I holes bored out of line, "as they we
1 usually made," and the dotted lines
show the off horse to be ahead also, and
j farther from the center line of dranght
1han the nigh horse, and therefore gives
the horse that is ahead the advantage,
j My reason for saying that the horse
behind pulls the most is simply that the
I holes in the doubletree are bored
! out of line, and anyone doubting this
jean easily demonstrate it by placing
: one end of the doubletree ahead, and
measure from the device pin to tb cen
ter line of draught.
In making a doubletree, bore the
! holes in a straight line and have loss
balky horses. Farm, Field and Fire
1 side.
mut go home." "Tom, what put that
into your head?" Then he put out his
hands ns if he would shove her away.
He said: "If you don't go we will make
you go," and he intimated that the peo
ple had told him to say this.
The people were evidently those
ihrewd ones who knew that if Tom'.-
The Hob and Km lion,
The nose of the hog is an index of
the hog's nature and condition. Its
shape and texture show that it is de
signed for nuzzling, tor rooting and
for overturning things, and this is "the
nature of the brute" to perfection, toys
an exchange. The condition of t lie
animal is in many wnyn shown ha the
nose. In the healthy hog the note is
moist, cool and pink In color. To Un
touch it is elastic. In disease it
changes in appearance, beconiingpallid
or purplish, dry, hot and rigid, or else
flabby. Many an experienced breeder
can tell at a glance the general condi
tion of a hog from the condition of It
nose. When your swine grow listless,
and do less nuzzling than usual, and
seem to be dozing or sleeping more
than usual, inspect their noses, end
vou are likelv to finrl in flip Ihp itwli-
Mother, you tajtiona ot leTfr ani other troubles.
Note oa Sheep Management.
1. Scabby sheep should never be
driven upon a public road. 2. Sheds in
which scabby sheep have been kept
should be thoroughly cleaned, disin
fected and aired, and should be kept un
used for at least four week (better
fcniily had Tom's money there would two monrha) before clean sheep are
not ir mi.r-r. l.fi fnr tlirm. Aunt Thar - piaceo in mem. . I leKKs in wnicn scan
ty gives it out us a fact that Tom is
only 40 vears old, whereas the world
Ins always considered him to be a de
erepit oid man because he has gone out
01 its sight.
by sheep have been kept should stand
vacant at least four weeks (better six
or eight) before being used for clean
sheep. 4. A drenching rnin will fre
quently serve to disinfect a pasture.
Annt Charity is not only a character Dut jt ' w" to whitewash the posts
, 1 1 1 1 ,
agalnet which scabby sheep hav
rubbed. Even after observing the pre
cautions here given It is not possible to
absolutely guarantee that there will be
no reinfection, but the probabilities are
against it. Western Plowman,
Early Mntnrlnir lloa.
Young pork Is ulways best, as well os
the most easily produced. Unless the
naimal ia wanted as a breeder it Is not
iisually kept until a year old. The
breeds that mature early will mnk"
more pork at less cost at six to eight
months old than will those that keep
on growing two or three year and at
tain very heavy weights. But It Is still
better to keep the breeding sow of
some of the coarse, large-honed hog
and then grow litters of pios from
Published this excellent picture of old her when mated with some of the small
unt Cheritv. which is here renro- breeds that mature earliest. The half.
Mad, As this picture hows, she i breeds will make more pork than will
fa Derfpel. l,pnltli la njs flnp ns erer I lip ttinrniiirlilirpflc
"tntaiJv. and exnects to live to be more
rn lob. and has only one trouble
in Georgia a the mother of Ulind Tom,
out she is the mother of 20 other chil
dren. When you ask her the names of
afr children it is impossible for her
to recollect all of them.
Nothing is more pleasant to the visi-
tr to Columbus than to find Aunt
Owity and to go out and talk to her
bout Tom's being imprisoned away
from her and hear the stories of his
Peat power.
she is as perfectly sure as she ia of
Heaven that he is the only great genius
I 'ut America has produced. With a
PMt deal of interest she tells you of
p first day when the little Blind Tom
,r'pi to the master'a piano and played
tnn.
The Atlanta Constitution recently
F'ind Tom's behavior to her.
Very Old Clilnee Coins.
There are In circulation in China at
P present time coins bearing the
nes of emperors who died 2,000 years
Oldest of British Families.
(The oldest family in tht British
1 is that of Mar in Scotland, which
from 1093.
Dorset Sheep Are Flahters,
As most people know, a cow or two
pastured with sheep will protect the
sheep from dogs. But with dairying,
as practiced nowaday, it is not every
one who can spare a cow to serve ns
shepherd. A Maryland breeder snys the
Dorset sheep reed neither cows nor
shepherd, being' abundantly able io
fight their own battles. One of the
awes, he says. left the flock to attack a
wolf bound, and "made him forget
which way he intended' to go."
A SUMMER SAU,
iti liiilit's' !iot's is .1 p', 1
voyage afoot, For the jlo:i
tm; it given, there's m
liko our sale. Crowds are
enjoying it, wul UHcurinu tin
.iftiist, ooolestind boal li;
tint; Summer shorn now man
fttcturef, ai jui- i'.'- win -i;
bnvei h liinl ! no ;8iin te
pay. l'V limine r treit1
wear, pteunnre ever.whii
practical purponeis walking.
vitliiiLT, or 'Iriviir. wennpplj
tin idctil rtlioen lUouandeil b)
Cushion ami ii-' 'lietates ol
individual taate. Lad en.
whoever claim' yir haioU,
by all mean surrender your
feet to these shin's.
& H. 61QN, SiilY
Uctice in Partition.
Ia iheestste "r William llollapli cli. lute ol
!vt Township. Snytler 1 "., Ph., decenced.
To Hannah Ho)lenbaoh,vflnow t William M''
leiibsuli. 1 i 'ii, nt Ubspin h iwp.. Hiij der 0 1
Hh :M:n spiciier (nee lliilleiitaieh) liili"iui.
ileilw iti John L H id ! Llveipoo', IVrrj
('"., I' 1.. lovluu lleeki rl Il.ilti libiieli) inter.
married wili Willluiii Henaeii ol I'hsnnwii
1 p.. Snyder Co., Pn .anil satiniel llidlenhiicli m
Periry 1 v t., Rnyier Co.. I' : v IIIMini Pniinline,
IliisbHiirt (if Kva p iii.llni I! i.nneh).ow
dicaaiHt; uaih"! Mi" Uitffertnie I'oriit'lne) in
larioi r il l'h Jiimei s inner, It nry IC. I' '
line, M.mli.i .s 1 ini-t! IWHttlre) Iniermsi
rled wit' We e (tlnnil 'Mi Pnn.lliie Hint
siiHsau ,ortaIle,'l minem nlw ihe f M
leurs '1iii have I" ij.idi .imntian Philip Keitei
i'i m. r twi , s (,, tl ..Mi vviillain
II. oriWineof Treverioi NnrlU'd !!.. Pa.
YO'H . hen- IHllil(il U. i I1 viil'UHnf II
win otliKtlltalMiili I- .n ef III" O plums'
Court l1 Ki.ydertto Hhdlu me illlriMeil, in 1 1 1
nuesl i hi he held en Trael iltuateln 1 ei r,i iwp
Bn.vuer C')., Pa., i-niiuded Mid rtewrlhed a- 'i
1 n on the N'.etii hv lards m heirs o
William pnrisllne n '' 1 theBnti nylandsi
(I W, Porii'ine, on ilie H "r hy laiitHi iifanne,
mill 11 in .'. tiix'iiiuignii an th Weal bylnnd
1 BamuH ituiienhei, ei 1 inltilnu nb m RIkUij
101 AOrei in ,re ni ...s, f !t IH insiiiri nnniie
okTHFHMUAY, rHHKt'AjlY li A .. '-
in in o'en ek A. M., to umli utimi or isiiiH.
lonol 'I.- ril estate "i nM 114, when
nun where vou iniiv Bttl lid it veil 'hind orop- r.
Ji;.. 1, m' p.h iarTKB.8Uentf.
ft. F. PoltiGgG
veterinary surgeon.
SCLINSGROVE. PA.
AM ;irotett:iiii!l IiusIik'HH entrustert to my cure
will reeetve prompt and oarefnl ntientlon.
CsVVTIOXIJMmCB.
Notice t bareby aleen laat we hav pur
chrd llW Witt. r. Howell, Ilia fotlewltiR
1 1 unit d iirt icle whtoh IIiomiIiI Unwell pnrolia
rdatai'onataliie Salej 'i 'ohorsra. peopwa
ir'in. 1 cin ..t aeafB, bninr and imr wagon,
we liav li-ftctn' hIm.v ro-rriv in the hand
of 11 v nulir nri all ei anna are aanttonafl
net torroddle with the ''me.
HTJ.1NIROEB BROS.
Ulddlebnm. Pa., Jan, I4.1MV,
A' nil room U ed'HIltfJ. 'Inrto yon or
eir. free. PODTr (' , 01 OA Hlk., llCfilnn.
The Kldeat Son of the Earl, Who II n
JUHt lHeil. Waa DlHcarded Xty 111
Father Thronuh Ko Fault or Ills
Own An IiitcreHtliitr Life Story.
London, Jan. 24. William Henry,
Earl Poulett. died In this city on Sun
day In hi 72d year. It I probable that
the KucceRRion to the title and estates
will be disputed.
The deceased earl was thrice ninr
led. According to gosnip, he made a
wager, when a harum Bcarum youth
and traveling about, that he would
marry the first woman he met on landing-
In England.
Accordingly, at Port Sea, In 1849, 1
mai:lcd Miss Kllzabeth Virginia Ne
BUUti daughter of a Landport plli
Within a few months she gave blr
to a son, whose paternity her husbn
denied. The couple from that t1
lived apart, the wife dying In Aug
1871. Th child, who now calls hlii
Viscount Hlnton. and claims the
cession, has king been llvlirr i ' '
streets of Londun us an orgtn
and his pratanslona were a'.v ayt
ly repudiated by the di c ised.
About six weeks nfti . Ilia f"
':ls first wife Lord Pi tlli I ' .irr
Vophln Johnson, who ..i' i 1
nut Issue living. In I- he
Ulna Itosa IV Melvlib . ., f
fred Hugh De Melvl 1 n r
I" generally recorrnlli I ixt i!
"ti heir.
The long itandlng c.uai
the late Karl Poulett am
finding viscount bur. f
"vuerlal for many a Lor.di . . - a
Only a month ago the Clul ta'lt to tin
i.c cession issued an a.n to the pub
lic iM take a philanthropic Interest i:i
the condition of the poor, among whom
he has lived and earned his living. He
prefaced U with a brief blngraiihliiil
statement, which Is Interesting Just
now, aa likely to form the busls ot im
portant lltigntlon between him ami the
son of the late earl by his third wife.
In the course Of the appeal "the noble
organ grinder." as he Is known In Lon
don, said:
"I am Viscount Hlnton, William
Tumour Thomas Poulett, eldest son of
Harl Poulett, of Hlnton St. Georg".
Somerset; hence my title. On the
death of the present earl, against whom
I hold no enmity Whatever! I expect to
inherit Hlnton St. Heorge, still a mag-nllk-ant
domain of I'O.OOd acres. The
estate Is worth 1MJ.00O per annum,
which I shall some time enjoy.
"Through certain affairs, which must
be nameless, my parents lived apart,
my mother enjoying a good income,
which died with her. The earl
shortly afterward took another Wife,
who lived for some time. After she
left this world he took unto himself
another. Certain affairs took place
and I was thrown on my own resources,
"Friends took care of me and kept
me going for a time. I was advised by
and Old friend to try to win a living in
the streets. An organ whs procured
for me, to which I am compelled to
stick, not being able to turn my hand
to anything else. The work Is very
hard, especially during the winter
months. Some people think and say
j It Is an Idle life. Let them try It. I
, am earning an honest living with my
ninno oriran.
"I am also learning a phase of llf"
among the London populace which I
believe few members of the nobility
have had a chance to know. When
I take my seat In the house of lords I
think I shall come equipped with a bel
ter understanding of Its duties toward
the public than had I squandered a
patrimony or idly wasted In Inheri
tance. As one of the thousand or more
organ grlnder.i In London, I should
say that the proper housing of the poor
was more important Just now than the
multiplication of warships or the
adoption of new races of men."
The late Karl Poulett conscientiously
involved himself in debt, sold every
family possession he could sell and
mortgaged the remainder up to the
limit. In order that "the noble organ
grinder." In the event of ultimate suc
ceslon to the title and entailed es
tates, might benefit as little as pos
sible. At one time the courts refused
him a certificate of discharge In bank
ruptcy on the ground of unjustifiable
extravagance in living. He made no
secret of the reason for hl prodigality.
The old earl's hatred for him whom he
called "the Impostor" was Intense, and
hts animosity extended to the wife of
the claimant, who has invariably ac
companied him with the piano organ
about the streets of London.
Lord Poulett died uncertain ns to
what would he the outcome of his life
long efforts to defeat the aspirations
of Elizabeth Newman's son. The child
was born In wedlock, and the claim
ant's legal advisers have all along as
sured him that his claims to the suc
cession cannot be defeated.
Mind most softly antB
,i .is, play most effectively over Jj
'q lUfca festive scene when thrown i
by waxen candles. I
m
Blend most softly and
play most effectively over
a festive scene when thrown
by waxen candles.
The light that heightens
beauty's charm, that gives the
finished touch to the drawing
r,w,,T, ,r Hit.Incr Mu,m , a ii m
li mellow glow of I
mwum
WAX CANDLES
Sold in all colors and shades
to harmonize with any interior
hangings or decorations.
Manufactured by
STAND AHU Ulh WW
For iale everywnera.
Judge Denounces it Vfrdlet.
Evansvllle, Ind., Jan. 24. In the cir
cuit court here yesterday Judge Baker,
on motion of United States District At
torney Wlshard, nollled thecase against
Cashier Kosenkranz, of the wrecked
First National bank, of Mount Vernon,
Ind. The district attorney declared
his belief that Roscnkranz waa not
guilty, but that Albert Wade, who was
found not guilty by a Jury on Satur
day last, was the one who wrecked the
bank. Judge Baker concurred in this
and made the sensational statement
that the guilt of Wade was proved by
his own admissions on the stand and
that the Jury was Influenced by the
wealth and Influence behind the man.
Judge Baker declared that such ver
dicts as that In the Wade case ia what
makes mob law possible.
The Spanish Philippine. Prisoners.
Washington, Jan. 24. A Madrid dis
patch declares that the Filipino con
gress nt Maialos has authorized the
release of the Spanish civil prisoners,
and will shortly liberate the military
prisoners. Secretary Alger said he had
no official Information to confirm the
statement to that effect. Oeneral Otis
has been cabled for accurate informa
tion renpcctlng the number of thcBe
prisoners, but so far he has not given
the information.
1
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Any Girl Can Tell
A physician who make the
test And is honest &bcut it can
tell you that, in many cases, the
nunriDer ot Tea coTDuscies in tne
blood is doubled after a coutsc
ef treatment with Or Williams'
PinK Pills for Pale People.
That this means good blood
may not be enmely cleat fTom
the doctoT's statement, but any
oitI who has tried the Dills can tn 1
you that it means Ted lips. btighti
eyes, good appetite, absence or
headache, and that it trans
forms the pale and sallow gin
into a maiden who olows with
the beauty which perfect health1
aione can give.
Mothers whose daughters
otow debilitated as they pass
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Frank B. Trout, of ioj Orinwold Ave, Detroit, Mich., snys: "At the
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brnlth. She weighed only 40 pounds, was pale aud sallow an,l tin doctors
sai.l she had nxmia. Finally we nave her Dr. Williams1 Pink Pill for
Pale People. When she had tnkeu two boxrs she was strong eaough to
lenve her bed, nnd in less than six months was Something like herself.
To-dy ht is entirely cured, and is a big, strong, healthy girl, weighing
130 pounds, nnd has never hnd a sick day since." - -Pttrsit l'vimng AVsvt.
The genuine Dt. Williams' Pink Pills tot Pai People ait
Sold only in pMrtAgtS. th? rtTappeT Always beoring
the rull no.m. At all dTuOdittt, ot direct from the
Or Williams Mcditme Co . Sthentttady.rl Y 50fper box.
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