TERRORS OF THE OCEAN. Torpedo Boats and Torpedo Boat Destroyers. Of the torpedo boat the public has ta fairly acenrate notion, anil knows that her chief purpose is to plant one or more fatal stings against the shies of an enemy, but the torpedo boat de-f-pyer ranges, in imagination, all the ' from a oonnter-nilning machine something just short of a good-sized -a-aVniser. The torpedo boat destroyer is really a magnificent torpedo boat of great speed, better sea-keeping quali ties and with a battery of rapid-firing gnns of from five to eight six-ponuders. She is built purposely with an out ward appearauce closely akin to her natural quarry, that she may the better approach unsuspected within striking -distance, rlhe also carries a torpedo outfit, and in her the battleship and the cruiser have even a more danger ous enemy than in the simple torpedo boat, for where the small craft, by stress of weather, limited speed, or restricted endurance must halt, the -destroyer may continue with all the more certainly of carrying out its murderous mixtion. , Of the eleven boats on whioh we may count in a short while, two of them may be classed as destroyers, the Farragnt and the llowan; two of them as thirty-knot torpedo boats, the Craven and the Dahlgren, and the rest as torpedo boats of ordinary -speed. The Farragnt, Rowan, Pavis and Fox are building on the Facifio coast; the firs, by the Union Iron Works, of San Franoisco; the second by Moran Brothers, of Seattle, and the last two by Wolff k Zwicker, of Portland, Ore gon. The Dahlgren aud Craven are building at the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me.; the Morris, Talbot and -Gwin at HerreshofTs, Bristol; the Mackenzie at Charles Hillinan's yard, ... ...... - - -Columbian Iron Works, of Baltimore; And it is of interest to note that these last two boats are of the type recom mended by the chief constructor and engineer-in-chief as the most readily susceptible of rapid duplication in event of need. '" OISCHABOIHO A TORPEDO FROM THK BOW OF THK C. 8. T0I1PKD0 BOAT STILETTO, In a prolonged conflict, that type -will survive that can be easiest re placed or repaired, and from all we know now of the complicated natr .j and time demanded in building ar mored ships, it is easy to see the po sition torpedo vessels of all sorts will fill. They may be railed the mo ment's most effective fighting machine, but can hardly be confused with the greater defensive qualities of the battleship. ' The whitehead torpedo is no loager the secret mechanism it was dome Tears ago, owing principally ' to its general adoption by nearly all naval powers, and its inside workings are commonlT understood bv all well versed military and naval men. A knowledge how to work it, though, is mother matter, and, briefly, it may be said that every torpedo of the White Lead type haa its own individuality, its own idosyncrasies; and it is the duty of every qualified torpedo officer to learn the characteristics of those "steel babies" that some day may win bim glory. The largest of our torpedoes, the eighteen-incb, so known because that at its greatest diameter, is a blunt-headed, cigar-shaped body of steel a trifle over sixteen feet long, propelled by A TOEPEDO-CATCHISO (The shield Is a false outer steel wall sad aaugerous ana numerous y miniature engines, oapable of develop ing within the limited space of an average-sized cheese-box, a driving energy of thirty horse-power. Witn that foroe turning its twiu sorews, the .miniature craft can be turned for a mile a.iu a uan ui ma raw ui vuu ij. five miles an hour. Compressed air is the motive power; and it is crowded into the tun-foot boiler of this small boat till a pressure of ninety times ; that of the air we breath is readied, i ,'J'uu explosion of that boiler is dan- rjTjoa possibility to be guarded against. Besides the boiler compart ment and the engine compartment, there are fonr other subdivisions. One for the carriage of that murder ons load of 220 pounds of gun cotton at the head, and the others for regu lating the air supply to the engines and for maintaining the torpedo at any determined depth of submerg ence. When attacking Tessels at anchor and likely to be protected with tor pedo nets, the nose of the torpedo is fitted with a cutter; and no ordinary fabrication of steel rope- and chain could withstand the ripping force of that instrument backed by the rush ing force of nearly 1200 pounds. The torpedo is ejected from the tube by the discharge of about four ounces of powder. Iu passing out, a little trigger or clip turns on the power for the engines, and, by the the time the torpedo has dived, the engines, with- A PERFECT TrrE OP THE TOBXEDO BOAT DESTROYER. ont jar, are running at full speed. When clear of the boat few yards, a safety device drops from the nose and leaves the plunger bared to detonate the fighting oharge within. Striking a ship from ten or fourteen feet below the water line, it will tear a wound with such awful force that the heavi est of armor must yield. In the hands of either the ignorant or heedless, the modern torpedo is a menace to friend or foe; but in the hands of the skilled and resolute, it is the wickedest implement of warfare wicked in threatjand wicked in deed. It is to bear the modest burden of a half dozen such "babies" that the largest of our torpedo boats are built. The torpedo boat or the destroyer is anything bnt a thing of beauty. Their sea-greeu hulls, tho absence of bright work, the presence of those torpedoes, and a knowledge of their somber mis sion of stealth and destruction, stamp with them the impress of something akin to official piraoy. There are no odds offered the euemy. It is not a struggle between equal powers where skill and facility of handling may win with open honors. Instead, it is a oase of a giant and a pigmy armed alike with one common implement capable of ruining either. The weaker, though many times more agile, cannot take the chances of equality; but, instead, must creep upon the adversary and compel his surrender only when the sense of his (lying condition is borne in upon him with the force of that one conclusive Wow. What are the chances of snccor offered in return? The tor pedo boat has done her frightful work, and now is too small to bear or save the hundreds she has doomed. Hhe has not only subdued, but she has poisoned her victory with the venom of desortion. In turn, she faces the promise of absolute destruction in case of prompt detection; bnt the blow falls with a reasonable hope of relief for the wounded and the living from the larger croft. Death lies precious close at all times on board a torpedo bout in war times. The crew must face death by the destruction of the boat; death by foundering; death by the bursting of the throbbing boilers or pulsing steam pipes; death by collision; or death by the premature bursting of their own petards. She must fuoe the storm of KET. protects the United Btates warships from the bpsuisn torpeao posts. light projeotiles every modern battle ship can send from her batteries, one- pounders, six-pounders and gatling guns, all of which may bring death and, with the exoeption of the gat- lings' bullets, all of which may pieroe the sides aud boilers of any of these boats. When running at top speed, the boats quiver from stem to stern with a wearing vibration bard to bear In com psuy with the nervous tension of serions work. Down in the stoke hold the flremeu, before the blinding glare of the white-hot furnaces, feetf the ceaseless voracity 6f those blis tered 'mouths with endless shoveling of coal, that the pressure may be kept np to supply the greed of those driv ing engines lying just behind in the next compartment. The air is full of dust and grime, and one's head swims because of the heat. In the engine room the roar is thundering, and the parts move back and forth, np and down with the velocity of 800 changes a minute. A stray shot in there, well placed, may burst cylinder teeming with the pressure of more than 200 pounds of scalding steam or liberate tho hammering weight of a driving piston and send it tearing through every neighboring part with the stun ning violence of many tons of rending, ripping foroe. duoh are the odds that must be faced .for the safe car riage of those other foroes she has at her command; and to the youngest officer in the service may fall the honor of that accomplishment before which even a battleship might hesi tate. The work cut out for the tor pedo boat is quite akin to that of leading a forlorn hope; but when the time comes good men and cool in plenty will be found ready to forget themselves and laugh at death in even this dread eervice for our flag's de fense. Torpedo warfare began during the American oivil war, bnt so crude were the early torpedoes and so little op portunity has there since been to study the action of modern torpedoes in ac tual war that naval officers all over Europe have looked forward eagerly to a war between the United States and Spain aa an objeot lesson. That the torpedo years ago passed the experi mental stage and stands to-day as the most wonderful and terrible of mod ern engines of war is not to be doubted, but it has had no real test of its power. Not one torpedo has been fired in war- nosriTAL snip solace heady for wab. She has boon painted white with a green s r pe along mo water iiau. i nree large red crosses are ou oaoU aide o( the vessel. fare by any of the leading naval pow ers in more than twenty years, and so great bos been the advance in torpedo construction within this time that the early tests are of little value to the present student of naval affairs. Since the torpedo became a maonine of precision it has been used in war fare only by insurrectionists and weak Nations. The war between China aud Japan three years ago gave some idea of the value of the torpedo, but neither its full value nor its plaoe oould be de termined in that -short and unequal contest between two half-civilized Na tions. Thirty-seven torpedo attacks have been made thus for, sinking a dozen ships and damaging one other. Six assailant boats have been lost. X-ltnys In War Hospitals. A Milwaukee man, one Lynde Bradley, appears to bo the first man to use the X-ray in the war hospitals in case ot hostilities with Spain. Tbe great ease with which a bullet or splin ter oould be found in the human body with this strange light commends its nse at onoe. It would seem that the ' Government officials would ap prove of its adoption. Aecording to Mr. Bradley, it would be a very sim ple matter to provide for the ray on a war vessel, but the introduction of a machine on the neld.would be attend ed with considerable difficulty. For instanoe, a small engine, boiler and dynamo and the machine itself would have to be pnt on wheels for field service. This outfit, however, would ' be much lighter and more easily , transported than would be imagined, j and the one Mr. Bradley has designed eould be built in week. Mr. Brad-1 ley has long been an enthusiast in the nse of the X-ray aud has done some excellent work with it. In case of war he proposes to build ' laohine and offer his services to tV govern ment. . Wending Odors. Iteoent experiments have demon, strated that odors can be mixed ac cording to the law by which colors are bleuded. One odor completely masks another because of its intensity, but by reducing this intensity the other odor ean be felt. Any two odors can be mixed ao as to product the affect o iiuhvl" dor, . AGRICULTURAL TOPlfcj. Farm Furrows. High thinking goes well with List farming. Farm the land red hot. The truck farmer1 sells mostly high flavored water and air. Cattle will pattorn after an ill-tempered owner. A tripod of good' farming: Good stock, good care, good marketing. Fall plowing fattens the profits. Never allow two men, two oows ot two acres, to do the work of one. New England Homestead. f) rowing llrnanels apron!. Brussels sprouts require the same treatment as cabbage. , The soil must be rich and contain considerable mois ture. If the small sprouts do not grow rapidly they will be tough. Bow seed in a hotbed and transplant, oi scatter seed in hills and thin. Oive the plants plenty of roam. Have the rows thirty inohes apart and the plant! two feet apart. . Ordinary culture will suffice. Sprouts half an inch in diameter are thought to be more pala table thau larger ones. The top leaves are sometimes used aa greens. Trnrk Farming and Dairying. In addition to our Jersey dairy re quirements, we shall rnise this year quite a quantity of hay for sale and more sweet corn thau usual. We shall also grow a few acres of potatoes, one of popcorn, one of onions, one of carrots, one of squashes, two of melons, one of cucumbers, one of strawberries, one of raspberries, besides quite a quantity of beans, pens, tomatoes and the like. We find it cheaper on an average to buy corn and oats in this part of the country than to raise them. B. F. Wyman, of Illinois, in Orange Judd Farmer. flweet Corn at a Money Crop. Sweet corn as a money crop is n pretty sure thing if one is situated where the ears can be marketed when in the roasting stage. What grain is not sold in this way makes good feed. The fodder is worth all it costs to raise the orop, leaving the receipts for sorn as net profit. The stalks are out ' np at the bottom as soon as the ears I become too old for market and are I sarefully cured in the shock, or put Into the silo whole or out ears and all. Either feed is preferred for milk or butter production to the best bay. : The best variety of sweet oorn is still moot question. American Agricul turist. i . Clean the Damn Hires. Cleaning ont damp beo hivos nun. apening them np a much as possible to the warm sun to dry out is very im portant. But this must be done only during the warmest part of the clay, nd nlso when tho bees are outlying freely. Never work with bees at any time during cool weather, when tiny are not flying. Combs are often found very mouldy and damp from moisturo accumulating in the hives, aud this we san do nothing with but lot thorn re main so, and when the hues get strong they will clean thorn thoroughly, ami no damage is the rosult. They will also remove all dead boos that may be itioking in tho combs, which he could aot do without damaging tho snuic. Jottings In My Harden. Tako good care of tho garden tools. Good ones do better work aud iu much less timo than poor ones. Now is a good time to haul mannro and souttur around the raspberries which are to fruit next your. One grower of fruit plnnts Bays the Clregs blackcap raspberry must give way to "new blood." It may but it hasn't yet. Whero our apple, plum and pear scions were buried in dry loaves they are fresh and keeping ia the finest shape. The Champion, although an early grape, is just about worthless as far as quality is couoernod. The Clyde strawborry, I hare no doubt, from its behavior on my grounds, has come' to stay. It is' surprising what a largo quan tity of berries can be raisod on a small plot of ground whan highly manured and heavily mulched with old straw or marsh hay. I liavo kuown some small patches of blaokbarries to yield five times as many berries when treated in this maimer as tho sauio amount of ground not so managed, Charles C. Nash, of Michigan, Planting raranlp Beod. The parsnip seed, even when fresh, is so hard and woody jthat it is very difficult to start it iu early spring with out first putting it in pretty hot water and keeping it there until it was near to germinating. We never had much faith in soakiug seed to give it an earlier start, but we always made ex ception of parsnip seed, which, if planted wholly dry in early spring, tdkes so long to grow that weeds will get too big a start before they can be weeded out. Salsify or oytster plant must also be soaked before planting, and for the same reasou. In fact, all the seeds planted in very early spring onght to be nearly at the sprouting point before they aro plunted. Weeds grow at lower temperatures thau will any garden vegetable But iu plant ing seeds that have boon Bwelle.l by soaking, extra care should be taken to oompact the soil all about them, ro that when the first rootlet puts out it may touch damp soil, and not reach out iuto a vacant spacj ' .lied with air. If tbe weather aud soil are warm, it is better to plant the send dry, and then have it swell as it absorbs moisture from the soil. This compacts the soil around the seed far better than it can bo done by baud. Boston Cultivator. Oil In Visaing lloats. Tho fisherman ot Iceland now regu larly carry oil in their boats to srucoth tho warev, wldohonables them to con tinue at work iu weather that boforQ tuer would not have dared to facu. SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. Astronomers tell ns that in our solar systems thero are at least 17,000,000 edmets of all sizes. There is enough satt in the sea to cover 7,000,000 square miles Of land with a layer one mile iu thickness. In Germany peroxide of hydrogen is said to be mixed with various drinks, in order to give them the mellow flavor of age, The hydra fuses, a sort of polypus, may be turned inside ont like a glove, aud will continue to live aud eat as heartily as ever. It has been proposed to equip Lon don policemen with portable electric batteries to feed electrio lights on their helmets. A curiosity of the Stockholm expo sition is a pine tree section four feet in diameter from 00 or 70 miles north of the Arctic circle. The world's useful fibers number 1018, according to a catalogue by the department of agriculture, about 30 being used in the Uni'.ed States. v In French trails, a mixture of ten parts of air and one part of acetylene has proven suitable for ordiuary gas engines, giving three times the energy of ordiuary illuminating gas. A single bell is made by a German manufacturer to give more than true note. A number of dents divide the bell into sections of different sizes, and ench section, when struck, emits a tone corresponding to its size. The fact is stated that in a single one of the standard locomotives em ployed bye leading railrond of America there are, counting individual rivets and bolts, though not nails in the cab and tender, over twenty thousand pieces. The gradual cooling of France is woven by its vegetution. The Ital nn poplar, common in early French etchings, is now seldom seen in the country, while the lemon lias disap peared from Languedooand the orange from Boussillon, aud the northern limit of many plant species has shifted far to the southward. A noiseless aud more efficient flame for incandescent gas burners is pro duced or giving tbe air anil gas a rotary motion to thoroughly mix them is they are admitted to tbe bottom of the burner, the mixed air and gas tbeu being heated by means of corrugated rings in the burner, which draw heat from the flame above. Sunken iron ships which are too deeply submerged to pormit of the descent of divers to make connections for raising them ran be lifted by means of powerful electro maguots attached to lifting ropes, tbe magneto being lowered until they strike the wreck, when nn electrio current is applied through wires to cause thoiu to grip the boat. Iou't Cro Your Legs. Don't cross yonr legs! Not only is It had form, but is one of the worst things iu the world for a man or woman. It is particularly injurious for women to sit with one leg swung over the knee of the other. Many have often wondered how in the world thov have contracted a splitting headache, or why their feet get so cold at limes. These two troubles and a score of others are due solely in many cases to the common habit of seeking comfort by ' crossing tho le s. Cold feet, varicose vein, headache, ulcers and counties other troubles from the improper circulation of the blood in the lower limbs are caused by the pernicious habit of crossing the loss. If von crois yonr rijrht log over the left knee yon will notice that the whole weight of tno suspended right leg is sustained by tha left knee, whicn places all of the pressure agaiust that under part of yonr right leg between the calf atul the kneecap, Now, any school text book on physi ology will khow that just in the verv spot whore u 1 the pressure ia placed thero is a lai'e number of large veins, nerves and arteries. The mere fact of putting limine- pressure against this H) ot in either Id; has the eJ'ect of crowding all these tissues together, and the circulation of the lifegivmg fluid ia materially in terferod with. Of course, the absence of a plentiful supply of blood to the legs uud feat causes fhein to become so susceptible to the cold air that the least draft cause the feet to bdcouie annoviugly oold. Journal of Good Health. A Very Old Violin. Mr; Taylor Cuttrill of Jackson has a violin that is 133 years old. It has beeu in his possession some twenty years, and is considered by rtrst-olur.s musicians to be a valuable and high toned instrument. It was manufac tured in 171!i, and is perhaps oue among the oldest ot its kind iu the south. Mr. Bnti'ili prizes bia iolin very highly, and aa he is one of those "back date" musiuiaus himself he sometimes takes the bow iu baud and knocks off "The Arkansas Traveler" and "The Old Cow Groaned the itoad" with a degreeof satisfaction thut could hardly be obtained from a ,vio in of a later date thau 1715. While he is not what would be considered an export he can knock a tun ont ot that old violin that would surprise the uativea. Jackson (Gu.) Argus. ltonnd the Eartli. The. time required for a journey round the earth by a mail walkiug day and night, without resting, would b i'iH days; an expreea tram, 40 days; sound, at a medium temperature, Hi 1'J hours; a cutinou ball, Ul 0-1 hours; light, a little over oue-tenth of a sou oud; and electricity, passing over a copper wire, a littlo under ouo-touth of a second. KEYSME SIfiTE HIS COllSED FATAL EXPLOSION. other's FntiU Attempt ts Helens Rer Chill rcttossta. The S-vear-oM deue-htM nf Vn Stephen V. Corbln, of Altoona, was bumed to death -the- other morning in a fire which destroyed the carpenter Shop and stable of Contractor John flummer. It is supposed the children were playing with matches. The lose on the building and contents Is 15,000. A small son ot Edward Shaffer of Al legheny township was fatally burned a lew anya ago, having set nre to his clothing while playing with matches. Hlit mother was badlv burned In en deavoring to extinguish the flames. ihe following pensions were granted last week: James McCnrmlek, Knslow, Allegheny, 18; John Lehner, ITpton, Franklin, $8; Chas. C. Van dlesen. President, Venango, 12 to M; Sylvester Hi-nnett, Houtzdale, Clearfield, $M to 117; Kohert B. Clark, Fay, Lawrence, 118 to 124; Jrhn McCracken, Cokevllle, Westmoreland, 114 to 134; Hobert Eum mervllle, Mattle, Hertford, $17 to $24; William T. Smith. Wlllett. Indiana. $ to $S: William Howell. Oallltsln. IIS to $17; Henry J. Helinbach, Keedsville, Mlfllln, $72; Charlotte Wombacher, dall, Franklin. $8: Mary A. Holden. ' Tracy, Erie, $8; John J. Ksher, Boldlers' home, K.rle, IB; Uesalee Cameron, Franklin, $10: Jacob Hchults. Ijoshley. Fulton, $8; John H. Hhlelrts. Bcranton- dale, Clarion, $8; A lira m S. Harts, , -Waynesboro, $; Michael Coakley, I'leasantvllle, Venango, $8; Michael Clnrit, Hraddock, $6; Joseph Preston, LeHavtn, Allegheny, $10; Alonxo Ran- ' rtnlph, Apollo, $0; John T. Frailer, Matron, Beaver, $6; James Archer, Hydetown, Crawford, $8 to $12; Albert Wllhelm, Sweden Valley, Potter, $4 to $8; William J. Welch (dead), Franklin, $12; James Wise, Washington, $6 to $8; Pllas F. Templeton, Deckers Point, In diana. 18 to 18: David Huber. Johns town, in to $8; Eliza J, Hess, Union town, $8; Elizabeth A. McCoach, Kit- tanning, $8; Annie C. Zellers, Roee- . rrans, Clinton, $12; Jacob Kider, Mc Clplls4tovn, Fayette, $6; George W, Bchell, James Creek, Huntington. $8; Arthur Mclaln, Soldiers' home, Erie, $6; Hezekiah Bard, Altoona, $8; Wil liam O. Jack. Freedom. Beaver. $6: John McRoberts. Pittsburg, $6; Henry Dietrich, Pittsburg, $6; James Johnson, Soldiers' home, Erie, $8; John C. Hoover. Altoona. $10 to $30; Edward C. Eagerton, California, $17 to $60; Ellen Durbln, Qallltsin, $8; Susan C. Fisher, Lewlstown, $2. , The Third brigade was Inspected 2.266 men and 195 officers volunteering, and 259 men and 6 officers refusing. The latter number was divided as follows: Twelfth regiment. 17 men; Eighth, M men and one officer; Fourth, 26 men; , Ninth, 64 men and three officers: Thir teenth, 76 men and one officer; Battery A, 10 men and 1 officer; Governor's troop, 12 men. Summarising the re sults of the entire Inspection, 7,754 men and 570 officers have volunteered out ot the National Guard of Pennsylvania, and 776 men and 14 officers have re fused. The Halsted mine of the Delaware,' fiitt-kawanna and Western Company at Dnryea was the scene of an accident the other evening which killed John Monghnn, Stephen Jenkins nil John Titus. The men were engaged In re pairing the lining of the shaft, which had been damaged by the cave-In last week. Heavy timbers were being low ered, the rope attached to them slipped off,- and the timbers struck the plat form upon which the three workmen were standing, with great force, demol ishing it and precipitating the men to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of '00 fef-t. The bodies were horribly mangled. l?m-rv Davis no-pd S vpar uraa a on I dentally shot by his brother at Brook field the other day while they were playing soldier. Harry was acting the part of a Spanish soldier, and his brother was a United States soldier. Harry was asked to surrender and he refused. His brother then pointed a revolver at hlin, and It was discharged. the bullet entering ma arm. Secretary of the Commonwealth Mar tin, by direction of Oov. Hastings, Is sued commissions to the surgeons in the Pennsylvania national guard, who -have been examined the past two days by the army board at Camp Hastings. The physicians will examine the troops inr nrubier iiuu ma Liiatru Dimes eerv lee. : When the whistles sounded Tuesday' morning It was the signal for active work on the new capltol to begin. Sub-Contractor F. M. Harris of Phlla- atiphla started work on the excava tions. For the present 250 to 800 men -will be employed. Most of the old Iron was carted away Saturday to allow an Entrance to the ruins. Charges of extravagance have been lodged by Detective John Toole, before the Schuylkill County Commissioners, against Prison Warden C. W. Brower. Suit for $50,000 damages has been brought at Bellefonte against the rennsyivama Hnn road company by Mrs. Joseph Fox, whose husband was killed by a train. Lieut. Werllck, T'. S. N., completed the Inspection of 13-Inch navy projec tiles at tho- Carpenter steel works, at -Rfadlng, and a shipment of 150 of them waa made last week to Washington. The weight of the shipment was nearly , 75 tons. Work I progressing rapidly on t, , s ana iu-incn navy aneus. Benjamin Smith had a literal hair's breadth escape with his life recently at aiansneld. He was walking along a country road, a mile east of town, when a man leaped frcin behind a fence and shot at him. The bullet passed so cloee to his head as to cut off a tuft of hair. which waa found inside his hat. Eward Ouanton. a miner, near Dun bar, la fatally injured at his home. A few nights ago he came to town and ridiculed this government and hoped Spain would whip. While going home some person struck him on the head with a brick, cutting a deep gaaji and rendering him unconscious. James M. Somervllle, aged $2, died near Phlltpaburg last week. It wss -upposed until a few days ago that his trouble was consumption. During I coughing spasm last Friday he roughed up a live toad, weighing near ;y two ounces. He waa too weak to re cover. The University of Pennsylvania haa jeviueu iu auniii wuuicn iu nn unaer--rraduate course and 7!ve tbe same de crees as to men. The other evening, while two lads were digging near the ralroad at the lower end of the town of Barney, they unearthed a bag containing almost $200 n gold. Efforts are now being made to discover how the gold happened to be there. Evidently It had not been burled long. Mrs. Nettle Hogamlre has just died near Wellersburg, sged 118 years. It t held that she was the oldest woman In the world. - A few days ago Mrs. Bet tio Duckworth died at the same place at the reported age of 108 years Walking In his sleep, aged Bennc wti-iti nf Kanton. stunned out of & aec- ond-story window the other day and fell on the pavement, sustaining ln lurtea from which h died. i
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