The Patton courier. (Patton, Cambria Co., Pa.) 1893-1936, April 17, 1903, Image 9

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    the town, shouting In a vole
Fhich years of seafaring life had
F capacity of a foghorn,
6 made use of only three words,
» ted again and again, and
fure was enough to cause a
5. He hadn't seen a
an | fleet. Of far more fm.
iagansett was the mes
a bore. Hig | three words were:
Hoo was great. The Flag
the Liberty pole: bells |
ig until It seemed as if a na.
convention of towa eriers had
illed, and even the housewives
the street beating dishpans,
i to arms Jvars stirs the
p bench looking out to where the
was spouting. The Amagan-
liermen always havo boats
or such sn emergency, and In
minates three of thess wire
ped, those who could not pet
rd prowling thelr disappoiniment
luekier ones pulled away.
In the first Toat to start were Cap
Gabe Edwards and his brother
inhe was to handle the har
8 and Jodh the tance. It was 2
it day for the Edwardses, for the
fd boi was In command of Bert
it family. while Captain Josws,
Edwards, waa in the third
Ponts sped to the sonthwest,
the whale, unconscious of bis
ron ea A tow
mindtes ater, however. the whale
Be, 2 point to the loewnrd of Cap
Thiba'zs boat and almost within
Bistance,
“her, boya™ shouted Captain
pew yanked ar the oars with
ied energy. It seowedl an If the
didn't have a ghost of a show,
Captain Josh's son Everett oot ints
Fame with unfortunate results. He
In another boat. Ie nnd bis crew
oung and Aldn’t know much
t whale nature. Re they shouted
iy rowed, and that was enough
# whale. He sounded and re
below for ten minutes. When
ime up he wos a quarter of a
sway. Then he roshied off at high
s plain that afl posetbility of
re was ended, but the Edwardyes
! e up. and they rowed about
da
ikbore not a bent was rung.
be was 20 feet Toug,” groaned |
Tookont will To maintahod
beach to-morrow morning. In
that the whale will be kind
x back and be killed. Om
Nat's statement about
nd Bis victim securing the
2 member of a sherifCs
! Ears ask of tin to
his execution.
Etmpts resulted In fatlure, and
efore the date set for the
he calied on the murderer |
him that nothing more
rth ng tor wa the
dd, “Xo.”
what about a priest? asked
sala the condemned man, add-
Moment later: “But there's a
dist preacher In town who's been
Lh I'd Hke to tell him good-
1 hour before the time set for
the Bherif went to the
cell. He had been a model
and the Bheriff wanted to
appreciation in some way, so
| + 18 there anything 1 can
A you for a good clgar”
the procession to the gal
ted the prisoner was calmly
: Arrived under the
moved his elgar fréfin his mouth and
placed It on the seaffold’s yall, Then
he crossed his bands behind his back,
ott together,
A PLUCKY POLICEMAN,
Fifteen years ago there was a polloes |
Ils had a glide partner na extraovdinag-
fly big as Le was little
The bg man one day interfered with |
the doings of a notorious Bast Side |
gang known ns Bhort Tails, and be
was murdered in broad daylight on |
his post for his pains. When the cap |
tain of the precinct heard of the mur-
der he diclared that the Short Talls
would be broken up and imprisoned.
poilce to take Into the haunts of the
murdered man's chum, Hitle Bhetidaa
strolled in.
“They murdered him, 414 they" he
yelled, “And they've got bricka plied
on the roofs of the tenements to \arow
at us when we march Into thelr street,
have they? And they're standing on
the sires corners looking for n fight,
Are they? Well, they'll pot all they
want—-anil I'll give it to ‘em™
Without club or firearm of any kind,
Sheridan dashed out of the station
house and ran into the heart of the
Short Tall’ stamping ground. Reoog.
street corner, ho walked up to them,
kpocked down every one of then,
their coat collars and, turning his back
on the erowd, marched them foward
She station house,
made a dlsparaging remark about the
murdered polloeman, Quick sa a Hash
Hitle Sheridan ordered Lis two prisons
ers to halt, kesekad the third Bhert
Tall down, dragged him over to where
the other tes were meekly standing,
stood the {5d prisoner in Hoe and
withaut further ado, drove them nts
the station hone
Shurldan reached there Just ms Ow
piatoon won Issued forth. He qmiickty
handed his prisoners over to the Quon
Short Tails,
A TTORESTER'S NERVE.
Fritz Werner was a Gernian ‘foros
ter, Om day a stag gored him Trighe
fully In the abdomen.
As the Infurinted animal {riled out
his antlers, barked away and prepared
for a seco] charge, the intured man
propped himself on an elbow and
fired Just ax the stag was closing in
ait Kim. “The animal fell doa and the
wan fainted away.
When he rocoversd couscionsnias be
found that he could not sttract atien.
tion by shouting. He reallzed that be
was out of the beaten paths and that
unless he dragged Biosel? wo ou free
qoemrted ince he would sardly dle. Bo
he began dmgging himself through tae
forest tn the direction of his eniploy-
er's house, three miles away.
He started on his journey at noon;
at 3 o'clock the pext morning the oo
capenty of the house wers aronsed by
the explision of a gun neerdy. Ine
vestipatitiz they found the forester, in
a deni] faint and pearly dead from
loss of blood, lying on the lawn. By
his slo was a smoking gon.
When the injured man got so that
ha evuld speak and tell BW story, his
master asked Bl:
“But why did vou drag that heavy
gun all the way ¥'
%1 knew that [ coolin't shout when
I did yeach an Inbabitabls place” was
| the reply, “so I brought NM along to
attraer attention. 1 didn't think of it
until 1 had crawled for Balt a mila
then 1 crawled back and got 1H.
Marks of the Comlogoes.
A mumber of persons who roeoeire
books from the pulille ¥braris are
puzzied at the mysterions marks on the
title page. Bome books howe only one
or two marks others Dave a dozen.
} Oucnstonmtiy it Is a letter of the alpha.
bet with two smazll figures close to It
Bometimes ts a letter nndemicored
nader the name of the book, er nuder
frovinentiy it fs an ontliine Hi hort
hand, which many readers can do
cipher, but are in entire Ignorance as
to {ts meaning. These are the marks
of the chief cataloguer of the Hirary,
and are intended only as guideposts to
her assistants. They convey informa-
tion ax to classification, other books in
the library on the same subject, Amn.
ber of times the book is called for and
various items that are useful when the
time comes to make out an annual re.
port. Most chief eataloguers are wom
Len, asd pearly every one has a system
bave grown tb be a busloess In thems
solves, fust as much as stenography
and trpewriting. It f= mostly in the
hands of women, and the pay 1s about
the same. New York Times
The Driest Spot on Ear.h.
The reputation of being the driest
spot on earth iz claimed hy many suols
In many climes. The latest claimant is
Payta, in Peru, a place about five de
grees south of the equator on the coast
that has risen forty feet In historio
times. Professor David G. Fairfield,
a recent visitor, reports having soached
there in February just after a rain of
more than twenty-four hours, the first
for eight years. The average interval
between two showers ix seven years
| Ben fogs are common. Of about nine
species of plants noticed seven were
annoals and thelr seeds must hive re
maloed dormant In the ground for
eight years. In spite of the laek of
rain tHe long rooted Peruvian edtton is
grown in the dried-up river bel, fur
i niabing crops that yield subsistence to
rou, , | ine natives—Liverpool Post,
The cigar and the man's life weut |
man In New York named Bbhetldan, |
Eo be set about forming a platoon of
gang. As be was about this duty the
nizing a group of thelr leaders on a |
grabbed two of the more notorious hy |
Om the way there another Short Tan
man, johied the platoon, nnd Mn the |
goneral wound-up that followed took |
a leading part and arrested a dogen
the name of the anthor, or both. Very
{of her own, Cataloguing and indexing |
ay then the arderet calmly Toe |
PROTECTING TREES
Tt ts estimated that the cost of pro
'tecting trees to prevent disease, by the
use of epras ng mixtures, Is loss than
one-0fth of a cent per tree, and the
| spraying may also increase the profit
ton fruft, by duck dng bottor auality.
PRUNING VINES,
The winter is the time to prurs
{grape vinez, and it should not be &
layed, ar they cannot be cut beck will
gafety after spring openx. Vines put |
out Ingt spring roay be out back to
three eyes apd older vines may have
Libel pew wood out back to six or elglit
buds,
THE HEDGE PLANTS
The hedge planta along the roadeide
should receive an application of fer.
tilizer in the spring and be also neatly
trimmed. Hodges see frequently mach
neglected and die oul, no attempts be
og wade to prevent them from insect
attacks of mmely them with plant
mous grow made every season
TORING FRUIT.
In storing fruit or vegetables In the
{esdinr, the better plan ia to have boxes
or Ling, and arrange theo sa that they
will be ralsed two or three Inches
above the bottom apd the same dis
tarsen from the wall This gives a enld
materially in keeping then al 8 more
even tewmperatare, while at the sama
siderasldy lessened.
PRUNING THREES,
In pruning trees all stems half an
tneh or more in dipmeler should be
stances, like grafting wax or shailac,
of the consistency of cream. The bok
and onter woos will thes be preserved,
be covered with tew bark. If thls
preeantian be not taken the end of Lis
branch wil decay from «posure 10
I svind, min, heat snd colds
GROWING BLACKBERRIES.
Tt 4 mow contended that 3 fe a mis
take 8 cut blackberry oes Lak Ro
low. as they will give better ¢repe IY
allowed 1acre canes. They should si
if the 61d canes have pet been cat oul
and burned there will be dange Toon |
borers. Blackberries wil thrive an all
kinds of soll, but to secure goed orp
forgilzor sbonld be wupnled early In
the rows where Cwyg see So clo
SPRAYING APPLE TREES
When to spray eppee tro depend
ppon the parposes desired. Use Boge
desuzx mixture whem the tuds are
swelling, and 17 canker Wworing ane
gre nhoul to open After the Blossoms
fall ¢pray again with Bordenux riix.
ture, also Paris green, repeating both
applications a week or ten days later.
fn about ten days or twe weeks ale
other application may be mallee of Boe.
desux mizteve These wenwdies of
preventives are for scabs, Lud math,
calling moth, tent esterpiliar, cusenlby
and canker wort.
EVERGREEN HEDGES.
Eroergrevn hedges nie qenagrental
and nseful The desire te secure
quick hedge huduces close weiting of
the gdants, which causes ther to cnowil
In after yours, os well as strupste for
plait ‘fool Give plenty of room at
first allowing not less than a yand of
the space na they advance In growth.
worm, aml the “Daskets™ should be
Spray the hedge with Pars green $89
ar thoes thoes during the saason,
A PORTABLE IRDIGATOR,
A portuble irrbrator cepeciaily adapted
for treating the roots of a plant with
cut telng taken from the Sclentite
Amerivan. The general shape of the
treigator fs similar to that of a pitch:
fork, the tines and haodle of which am
boliow. A piston Is adapted ww bao
operated within the hollow handle;
serving as a pump to draw the fertilis.
Ing liquid from a supply pipe entering
at the top of the fork head and to foron
tt out through the opentigs in the tines,
In operation the tines are buried into
the ground with their lower ends in
proximity to the roots 16 be treated.
The auld cah then be forced out In
a fine spray at tho point where i will
do the most goad
ian arc lamp the words pro
fo] mu a compensation for the enor |
air space all arcumd them, asd will aid |
ioe the risk of Wnjury by froat ls oon
| eovered with some waterproof! sub |
and the wound will In a soon or Go |
given Brtter cnitivation than ie waually
bestows, One point to observe 3s that |
the spring apd the cnues thined out In
shatidant spray alse when the blossoms |
spacer botween plants ss they wif oH
The enemy of hedges Is the boaket
plekadl off and burned, They are really |
opens and ean be easily found
fertiiiniog liquid is here shown, Ihe
The principles al the base of wire
Jess telaphoning are well known. It
fs sufficient to recall that if the varia-
tions of current produced by a tele |
phonic transmitter are suitably trans.
mitted to & dirsct current feeding
nounced into the transmitter
are heard as if they originated
fn the arc, This phenomenon ia due
to changes In the volume of the are
consequent upon changes of tempera-
tura caused by tha variations of the
density of the surrent. . Tha changes
of temperature of the are a0 Calle |
| SRanies iti the emission of Heht from |
toand thess Jatter changes are giilizged
(in the transmission of wireless tele- | ¢
‘ phonic messages. The fluctuations in |
the emisnion of the light are very rapid
and cannot be seen Ly the eye Mr. |
Hahmer has Jately sent such midssages
by day and by sight
time the appartus must be screened
from the direct rays of the sun, nat.
rally). To direct the beam Mr. Ruh-
mer uses a 12-inch parabolic mirror,
The are lamp employed requires 4 to §
amperes of current. for a distance of 1
to 2 kilometres, B to 10 amperes for 3
5 to 7 kilomstres. The receiver con.
gets of a parabolle mirror like the
transmitter, in whose optical axis there
is a cylindrical selenium element in
| gories with two talephones and a bat-
tery. The selenigm varies in resist
atce under tha action of the varying
Hght Ths luminous beam from the
transmitter determines these varia
tions of resistance corresponding to the
microphonic currests of the transmits
C ter. Bimilar variations ars produced
fn the receiver anil the spoken sounds
are thus reproduced. The process
here dexeribngd was trisd by Dr, Graham
Hell in Wasbingion, who was not sud-
ceselul over such long distance
The Day of influenza.
To sneites or nod to saesse? That is
the guestion, Thea we sneeszs and it
i changes to an exclamation. Everyone
is doing 1 Headaches, bones ache,
coughs, ooids and the pestilence of grip
is upon the face of the Jand. In
Brookizn Hills thie worthy Dburgher
sneezes an early curfew from his front
: poreh and the sound Is mistaken for
biastixy 'n the tutinel And when the
shades of aight dimw down, he gnowies
acrams the fiald to Bis seighbor; "Come |
over this evening: we're having a litte
snake befors golag te bad. Got some
hot mustard and guinine, and some
thing in & bottle” “Then far into the
night the rich meliiBnuous sneeze chorus |
rises from that hemes. This is x hard
who assert that grip is a serious ooai-
tar, and Bot to be wnsezed aL
Lawmakers Want Pasees.
Members of the Montana Legisiature
are protesting becagse a raiirosd In
sion, when each {or the most part Sees
itis traveling.
over a distance of more than four miles | {
iin the day .
to 4 kilometres, 11 to 18 amperes for
3
rise trom that boves.. Thin is 8 bard | {
mp iets ries!
power ants es fostailed fs t
of Osake military arsenil of Japan.
ms ee : Sh ened
A powder to siake ints youl sliioes; reptathe |
fast. Cures Covas, Bunfons, Bwooilen. Roars, |
Hot, Onlious, Aching, Sweating Feet and In:
growing Nails. Allea’s Foot. Ease makes naw
of tight shoes easy. At all droggists sod
stice storas, 3 canta. B pot I maiind Fars,
Address Alien #. Omatad, ahoy, NY
nM ES RBA ut i
have been discovered thus far by thi
goientists,
Couns oy Orin, Cree oF YT OLED, ! -
Locan Covmerr.
Frawx 3. Ongwxy, maka cathihat hele the |
senior partner of tha Seen of ¥. J. Unxxzt &
Co. doing asia in the DHy of Toledo,
Connty and State aforesaid, sad that said |
firs wild pay tha sam nf 652 REYERRD DOL
ans for sash and every case of caTakam that |
LCaranng Coan Frawx §. Cxanzy,
fwaorn to before me and selsor{ted in my
acta PrtBeries, this Sth day af Besser, |
§ oman. | A, 1. 1508, + I,
aging .
Hali'sCatarrh Cara le tae internally, :
sats draetly an the blood and masons sar. i
faces of the system, Send tor teatimoninig,
froe, ¥. J. Cuzz & Co, Toledo, O.
Foul by Dragigints Tie.
Hall's amily Pills are the bast.
A RE A HP AREA RIA NE OB
oan back in his own aan.
Ask Your Desler For Allen's Foot-Ense,
Abongt 1%0, 0 different kinds of beetle |
sannot ba sured by tha use of Hare's |
| “1 had a most stubborn
for Ma many Jen ips depri
of » lecp and
| then % Cherry
and was TRY riared 8 :
RN. Mann, Fail Mills, Tes
rd 8 ey
will do.
We know it’s the gr
est cough remedy ever
made. And you will say
so, too, after you
There's cureineveryc
The chronie borrower idon pays i
Men, Women, and Children.
A
sample of Doan's Kidney Pla, and never
through the use of Doan’s Pilla I am free
snd easy now, Geo WW. Buren, Veter
Cilida,
great coeifort for declining yeas
weakness pecuiiar to children
ee
For Give years | have had such pain In say |
back, which physicians said arose from the |
kidneys Four boxes of Dosn's Pills have!
etively cured the troghls. think Iowe
know R Bags Davia, Baxter Speings. |,
Mr. Prrasawy, Owo-~1 recsived the
| loin paine GYEronme.
kasd any medicine do me 80 touch good ba |
sc little time. I had Congestion of the 0 : i
Kidoeys ard Bladder so severs It caused s | feat high gnlored, sxeemive; : io pau
pressures on the Jungs Hie Asthaa, bit!
Baxren Senrvos, Kavias— I received |
the free samples of Doan’s Kidoey Pilla |
Tite ta tae wim oa 1 wast shasta]
DOAN’'S DEAL GENTLY.
Its the gentle and effective action of Doan’s Kidney Pils in Kidney,
Bladder, and Urinary troubles that make them famous with
Aching barks are ¢ Back, ad
2 o gmeilng the
Habs snd dropay signs van
“They v rorveet urine wih brick dost sedl
Sug, dribbling, frequency.
Doas's Kidoey Jin disscive snd remiove
palpite
i talealt and gravel. elleve heart
© tion, sleeplessness, headache, DervotMuess
nary Surgeon, P.O. Box 41, Mu Pleasany, [1 ot AN .
Aged people find Dean's Kidoey Phils a |
They eure fnecntinents asd urisary |
Poses izanas To. Dallale
Plan end me ve mail without chargm
[1 triad box Deas’s Kaley Pills,
ih
§
that State ped passes to them good |
only for 68 days, the term of the ses
DROPSY = mami
oul 08 Seetimpsie » sed 10 da ye’ trnstimiin,
| Svwe. Or BE. MULE § SOUK, Net B Atiasen. Gio
rive far pace
BRANT MINING AND mung -
18 SNOROWAY new YORK.
WANTER,.
Miss
tors failed to help her.
“Lydia E. Pinkbam’s Vege
table Compound cured me afte
doctors failed, and Eh want
other girls to knew about it. Dur.
ing menstruation I suffered most
intense pain Jow in the abdomen
and in my limls. At other times
vy, depressed feeling
ich made my work seem twice
as hard, and 1 nd | grew pale and thin
The med doctor gave me
did not toe me one bit of ol and
1 was thoroughly discouraged. The
doctor wanted me to stop work, bu
al course, I could not do that
finally began ty take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
hoki, aa afer king Hx bots
1 ties
ly cured, and am now
in perfect th, and I am so grate-
for it.” — Miss Georare Mexarn,
837 E. 152nd St, New York City. —
Sso0e en Jarier if » i
Lydia EP Pinkham’s Yegetable
Comp d earos female! s when
all means have {
Vienna ls threatened with a strike of
chimpey swegps.
raise
Ross fret days usw of Dr. Kijoe's Great
sh ii $3 trial bottioand treatise tree
Di. BH. Kraws, Ls Lad, + #81 Are dred Bt, Phila, a
A reformer i is generally & a mas who tries
$0 convert others 1 his way of thicking
Mrs. Winslow's SoothingSyrap for ehiidrea
teething soften the pums, i ndnnme
HE SA
“as gh cure, J. W. O' Buizx
of abwee tier proving
proves.
A Strange Bequest
made an original will
the following maaner:
be separated [nfo seven parts, this bee
ing the number of parishes In Bruges.
Each of these portions must be agnin
gubdivided into sums of $e for which
society are to draw Jot The amoust
boa sisal] business or trade,
New Mil Device Tested,
A new device in the pv
preswnce of officials of tha Americhn
Steel Haop © 4
Fits permanently sured No Ata or nervous. Fa
tion, aliays pain, sures wind evils, de. abostle |
You can't measure & genias by the length
his hair. goa ang x5
Piso’s Cre cannot be too Bighly span of Ren ot i
Avenue, Ks ; Minneapolis, X Mino, Jan. 8, Ta i
very y else 1s wrong.
He A Hn
Wool and Cotton at one boiling.
The man who agrees with % nobody thinks ‘|
Prrxan Faveiiss Dyes color sik, |
wie Ra dows cur care what at happens °»0 1
aovgs wire rod mill Hy Ha awe the
Yabor of two men is dlupeused with at!
i sach train of rolls | weak
| DE Taompions s i
A Bruges philanthropist has just
He has jeft the
town $0 oly. which 18 to be divided tn
The sur 8 10)
tha poor on the hooks of the charitable
is to be spent in setting the winders up
ng of Boup
frog was tested at Monessen, Pa, in the
. It ts eal edd oa
repeater” and Automatica ¥ bamdben
the hot fren from ode set of rolls to
P gnather on the principle of the contin-V
NEneoaE =i
bch ar iti
TE
Is Be greatest meds in the world for all soy
for which an external remedy may be used.
Price, 25¢. and S0¢.
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