LOTC and Death Broke His Vow. J?or more than twenty years William H. Jerolamen, of Morristown, N. J., was silent In his home, says aji ex change. He made a vow and kept It until death faced him. Then- he broke the oath, spoke to his wife, kissed her and died. One day back in the '7os, after a trifling quarrel, he said to his wife: "I'll never speak to you again as long as I live." At that time he was 58 years old. lie kept his vow and lived on, utterly ignoring the woman who had shared his joys and sorrows so long. They lived in a cottage at Mount Arlington, Morris County; but. as far as Jerolamen was coneorned, it was as If his wife was not living. She bore the slight without a mur mur. He dined In silence and alone, and so did she. Often Mrs. Jerolamen had to speak to her husband in refer ence to household affairs, but he never answered. lie was a ehureh member, being one of the organizers of the Mount Arling ton Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1874 the town was divided on the ques tion of prohibition. The old man tried to Induce the members of the ehurch to Indorse the cold water ticket at the town election, but they refused. He swore that he would never go to church again. He kept his word in this as he had toward his wife. Thus his life went on in silence and gloom until a recent Monday. Then he could not arise In the morning, for pneumonia had laid its grip upon him. He was 80 years old and he felt that he could not recover. Ills wife bent over him with the love that all his harshness had never killed. He saw the light In her eyes, and feebly essny ing to take her hand he sobbed: "Dear, I'm so sorry. Will you forgive me?" Forgive hi in? Would she? Kneeling by the dying man's bedside, she wept softly, while he, with tongue freed at last, rambled on deliriously about old times. She did not leave him until the end came. He died with his hand in hers and a look of happiness that his face had not borne in twenty years. How to Wash With Care. Hard water, strong lye, or inferior laundry soap are responsible for the yellow clothes seen in many house holds. To wash property, fill a tub nearly full of hot water, put the white clothes In first, rub with Ivory Soap, scald, rinse and starch. When dry, sprinkle and fold down over night and iron carefully. Eliza R. Parker. New Electric Light Plant- In accordance with the policy of economy adopted by the Receivers of .the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad an elec tric lighting plant has been installed at Philadelphia for the purpose of lighting the passenger station, yards, freight stations, freight yards, docks, round houses, machine shops, etc. Twice as many lights are in service now as when the company purchased the current from local lighting com panies, yet the expenses have been re iuced one-half. The Philadelphia plant consists of one 150 H. P. boiler, two 50 General Electric arc light generators which are belted to a 125 H. P. standard Westing house engine. It took 20 miles of wire for the overhead construction and a sub-marine cable is used in crossing the Schuylkill River. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it in curable. Science has proven catarrh to he a constitutional disease anil therefore requires constitutional trentmeut. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney <fc Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is tnkeu internally in doses from 10drops to a teaspoonful. Itaets directly on t he blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for nny case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi monials. Address F..1. CHKNEYfc Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 76c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Norve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free Da. R. H. KMNM. Ltd.. 'J3I Arch Ht..Phila..Pa. Mr*. Wlnslow'e Soothing Srrup for children tcethi ng, softens the guins, reducing in Aaniin a- Lion, allays pain, cures wind colic.2sc.a bottle. T can recommend Pi BO'S Cure for Consump tion to sufferers fmm Asthma.- E. L>. TOWN SEND, Ft. Howard, Wis., May 4, 1891. Was Nervous Troubled with Her Stomach- Could Not Sleep—Hood's Cured. " About a year ago I was troubled with my stomach and isouht not eat. I was nervous aud could not sleep at night. I 3/e.r vory thin. I began taking Hood's <trsaparilla and am now well and strong, and owo it all to Hood's Barsapurilln." MAUT PETII8, 90 South Union Street, Boohester, N. Y. Remember Hood's Sarsaparilia Is the best—The One True Blood Purifier. Hood's Pills * r a the favorate cathartic. T ▼ T ▼ ▼ ▼ ■vv ▼ ▼ ▼ T ▼ ▼ ▼ VJ h i A A f~i dh •: Ayer's j For asthma, bronchitis, croup, or whooping cough, there is ► no remedy so sure and so safe as Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. ► This standard remedy for coughs, colds, and all diseases 4 of the throat and lungs, is now put tip in half size bottles at ► half price, SOc. ► ' • < •• Cherry :• :• Pectoral. : : TT▼fYTf T y y y yn LIEN ON FALSE TEETH. A Dcntiat Thinks Hie Work as Good as That of a Carpenter. "Say," he said, as he broke ruthlessly Into a lawyer's office, "I've got u job for you." "That's what I'm here for," sahl the lawyer. "State your case and I'll make a fee pretty quick." "Well, it's this way," said the dent ist, for that's what he was, "I made a set of false teeth for a scalawag a few weeks ago, and made 'em on the In stallment plan. The feller paid me a dollar down, and he was to pay ine a dollar a week for ten weeks, and I was to have a lien on the teeth until tliry were paid for. Now he's quit paying and won't let me have the molars. Says they hurt his jaw, but I take notice they never affected his cheek very much." "Did you give him a bill for 'em?" "No. Never gave him anything but the teeth." "Have no agreement in writing for a chattel mortgage specifying the kind of plates, and the gums, and the num-. her of teeth?" "No. I tell you I didn't have any thing, and i ain't got anythjpg yet. What I want to know is, haven't 1 got a mechanic's lien on them teeth? Didn't I work on 'em, and isn't uiy woyk us good as a carpenter's or a bricklayer's?" "Well. I hardly think a mechanic's lien covers your case. 1 don't think you can get them back." "What would they do to me if I held him up and took 'em out of his mouth and went off with 'em?" "Maybe they could hold you for petit larceny. If you can catch him In his room asleep, ami attach them by get ting out a writ, maybe you can get him to come to taw, but that would cost you more than the teeth nre worth. I guess you're In for it this time." "Well, I won't get in that kind of a hole again. I'll l>et you. I'll go to some of these fellers ruuning for the Legis lature, and I'll make them promise to pass a law giving us dentists a lien on the tefcth we make, good till they're paid for." "Tliat's right: that's a good Idea. Two dollars, please. Tall again." Effect of Coffee on the Nerves. The Impression prevails in many minds that coffee is extremely inju rious to the nerves and also to the •iver. How true title may l>e It Is not easy to decide. Normal constitutions ilo not, as a rule, seem to llnd coffee In moderation In the least degree inju rious. Dyspeptics may experience dis tress from Its use, but according to Borne carefully-conducted experiments, it Is quite as likely to be the sugar and ciearn In the coffee as the coffee Itself. Persons who have been in the habit of taking coffee prepared in the usunl fashion and have found It to disagree with them have tried black coffee with out sugar or oroam with most excellent results. From which It may appear that the caffeine may not be so inju rious after all; indeed, It has of late been used in cases of myocarditis with excellent effect. Small doses of caf feine are recommended, and these at intervals, the remedy being given stead ily, then discontinued for a while. In this way the system does not become accustomed to the medicine and it is not necessary to Increase the dose of the dm sr. Koyn! Affections. The French Minister of Foreign Af fairs, it is said, asked the King oi Slam why lie did not leave his foreign minister at home to take charge of things. "Because he is my brother," returned Chulalongkorn, with a grim smile; "I should probably have found lilm on my throne when I got back to Slam." "But you have your othci brother with you." "Yes, but his iin ture is even less benevolent. He would not only have seized my throne, but cut off ray head as quickly as I return | (id." "You all seem on excellent terms together," exclaimed the astonished I Frenchman. "Exactly." said the King, I "and, as I like to lie on good terms with them. 1 always iaU> them nJmisr" An Ugly Missile. I.ord Salisbury still keeps as a sou venir in a cabinet at Hatfield an ugly looking stone of over a pound in weight, with which the window of a carriage In which he was seated with his two daughters was smashed at Dumfries on the evening of Oct. lit, 1884. His lordship had delivering a series of political 'speeches fyi Scot land, and in the streets, there was an attempt at riollng. The occupants of the carriage were, fortunately, unhurt, but the ladies took .the missile home with them. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. To Stuff a Fowl, For the stuffing of a six-pound fowl noe a quart of stale crumbs of bread rubbed into tine crumbs and seasoned with a tablespoonful of siflt, a scant teaspoonful of pepper, one each of summer savory and chopped parsley, and half a one of powdered sage. Rub half a cupful of butter lightly through the bread crumbs. Fill the bowl with this stuffing at the vent and crop and truss it into shape. Rub it rather thickly with butter, dredge it thickly with flour, and roast it on a rack in a hct oven or in a roaster. It will re qtlire two hours roasting if it weighs six pounds. Baste it every fifteen minutes with the liquid in the pan, and dredge it lightly with flour and a mere dash of salt and pepper. To make the giblet gravy place in a quart of water the neck and tips of the wings, which are usually trimmed off; the skinned legs, the heart, the liver and gizzard, and let them sim mer while the fowl is roasting. When the liquid is done it will be reduced in quantity about one-half. Strain this in the dripping pan after the fowl has been removed and add it to the giblet water. All the giblets except the liver are properly the portion of the cat or dog. The liver should be chopped and ad ded to the gravy with two even table spoonfuls of flour mixed to a thin paste in cold water. Stir the gravy after adding this thickening aud let it boil for five or six minutes; then pour it into a sauceboat and serve.—New York Tribune. Preparations or Tripe. Tripe is inexpensive, nutritious and easily digested. Though it has been spoken of as "the poor relation of the meat family," it is as acceptable as beef steak to many people, and is a favorite breakfast dish with the Euglish. When it comes from the butcher's it is boiled or pickled. Soak it in salt and water, wash it thoroughly, then simmer until tender. After it is cold, it may be prepared in various ways. Plain tripe needs more cooking than the honey oomh variety. Tripe Fried in Butter—Make a bit ter by mixing gradually one .cup of sweet milk with one cup of flour,, half a teaspoonful of baking powder, the same amount of salt, and one well beaten egg. Dip the pieces of pro pared tripe in this batter and fry them to a nice brown in hot fat. Lyonnaise Tripe—Cut the tripe into narrow strips or small squares. Put two tablespoonfuls of butter and two slices of onion, finely chopped, into a spider, aud, as soon as the onion be gins to brown, add the tripe and a des sert-spoonful of vinegar. Stir the tripe lightly till it is of a delicate brown, season with salt aud a dash of paprika, turn it into the center of a Hot plattsr, and sprinkle chopped pars ley over it. Garnish with triangles of toast alternating with half circles of lemon. Pickled Tripe -Boil in a preserving kettle three cups of viuegar, an onion out into quarters, half a teaspoonful of Rait, two dozen allspice seeds, a dozen and a half of whole cloves, and a couple of blades of mace. Cut cold boiled tripe into medium-sized pieces aud put them in a stone crock. Pour over the boiled liquid, using enough to cover the tripe well. Keep the crock covered and in a cool place. The tripe will stay in good condition for several weeks. Tripe With Cream Sauce—Put into a double boiler oue cup of milk and a blade of mace. When the milk is boiling, add a teaspoonful of butter mixed with the same amount of flour, and cook till the Hour begins to thicken. Take out the mace, and add the tripe cut into small pieces. Stir the beaten yolk of an egg into a cup of cream, aud add to the mixture. Season quick ly with salt, add a little pepper, serve in heated dish with buttered toast, aud with chopped parsley over the top. Southern Tripe—Put into a spider a piece of butter the size of a small egg, aud when the butter is melted, add an onion cut into small pieces and cook until the onion is browned; then stir in a spoonful of flour. Gradually add a cup of stock aud oue of stewed tomatoes. Add the tripe cut into small pieces, and season highly with salt, pepper, ami a little curry powder. As soon as the tripe is hot it is ready to serve. Fried Tripe—Cut tender tripe into two-inch pieces, sprinkle them with salt and pepper, and dip them into a beaten egg and then into cracker dust. Drop them into hot lard aud fry to a nice brown. Drain them a moment on brown paper before placing upon a heated platter. Meanwhile make a dressing by creaming two tablespoon fuls of butter, and then stir into it one tablespoonful each of chopped parsley and lemon juice. Spread this ou the cooked tripe and serve as soon as possible. Tripe Cooked with Bacon—First cook the bacon until crisp, and when doue fry a few slices of apples, aud, last, take squares of tripe that have been rolled in flour, and cook them in the same pan. Put tlio tripe in the center of a platter, and arrange Vne fried bacon and apples around it. Stewed Tripe—Cut cooked tripe into piecos. For each cupful, soften one tablespoonful of butter in a frying pan, and stir in a tablespoonful of flour. "When . frothy and cooked,., but not browned, pour in alowly half a pint of .tf'icli milk, stirriaig constantly. Season , with half a teaspoonful of onion juice, Some salt and cayenne. Add the pre pared tripe, toss it around in the sauce till heated through, and serve it in a hot covered dish.—The" HVmse\v€fe'. The Frencti cruiser .Teanhe d'Are id estimated to have cost abbut $1,000,- 000,,0f which perhaps $2,000,000 was for auxiliary fittings, such as armor, gun mountings and mechanism, tor pedo gear and special titling. AGRICULTURAL TOPICS. Stall Fed Cuttle. It is a mistake to keep fattening cat tie eonlined 111 stalls all through the 1 day without change. It is often done 1 under the impression that the animal if allowed to run out will work off all J the fat that the feeding can put on j him. But a short time each day will I rest the muscles, cramped by being ■ kept in one position too long. The animal will also keep to his feed bet ter than if closely confined. The Male. A long, leggy fowl is usually of coarse bone and contains a greater I proportion of offal than one compactly I built. There are some breeds that are naturally tall, but there are also indi- I vulttals among them more compact I than the others, and they are the ones • that should be selected as breeders, I provided they are good in other ■ respects. A vigorous, compact male | should always be given the preference, I but he should not be too short-legged jin proportion to his body. The ob -1 ject should be to secure breadth of j' backs, deep breasts and heavy bodies ; according to size. A Poultry Culturf Truism. | Never forget this in poultry culture: | The pullet that commences to lay j earliest in life is the one to lay the I largest number of eggs through life, as cattle that have the milk-producing organs active early make the best cows. Select the fast-growing, early matur ing specimens that present the full type and size found in the breed; and cise only these as breeders, and the egg-producing merits will be in creased. We have reported the won derful product in single specimens, which can be made true to a flock. But it is care and attention to the flock that finds and secures these merits in the progeny. Neglect and haphazard breeding never pays. EnsilßKo For Hog*. After numerous experiments in feed ing silage to hogs, the Virginia sta -1 tion finds that its use as an exclusive swine ration is not to be commended. The hogs did not gain as rapidly as on t corn ration. So far as the cost of food is concerned, if thirty-five cents is allowed for a bushel of ear corn [the price it sold for during the test) ind $2 per ton for silage, it may be seen that the latter cost only about two-thirds as much for the seven weeks as the corn, and this would go long way toward making up the dif ference in loss of flesh. When fed with corn the results were more satis factory. Giving the above values to the feeds, a saviug of nearly one-third In cost is effected. The station con cludes that as hog feed silage can be economically combined with corn as a maintenance ration, but it is not de sirable when used alone. In feeding the silage it was found best to throw it directly on the ground, for if placed in troughs much of it was thrown out, is the hogs sought for pieces of corn, and being in a confined place the finer parts were trampled under foot in'o very short time. If spread about over the soil they were kept busy picking it over.—American Agriculturist. Winter Fattening of Slicep. With grain and store sheep at pres ent prices, it may seem doubtful whether there will be much profit in feeding sheep or laiuos the coming winter. Yet it was the experience of John Johnson that 110 was quite as sure of making a profit in such years as in times when sheep and feed were cheap and plentiful. In such a year as the present, however, he always preferred to feed yearling lambs, buy ing some of coarse wool origin if he could, and both thrifty and hearty eaters. It never pays to fatten a poor sheep. One that shows that it has never had any setbacks is much to be preferred. It will eat more heartily, and will often lay on four or five pounds of flesh a week, while the older sheep will do well if it gains two pounds a week. There is a higher price for the yearling lamb after it is fattened, so that this with the gain in flesh and the increased value of its wool makes lamb feeding nearly al ways profitable. An old sheep feeder who had practiced winter fattening of lambs, once told us that ho never but once failed to make a profit money, and even then he got full pay for all the feed given at market rates, and also a pile of very rich manure as the result of his winter's work. —Boston Cultivator. Fall Pruning of Grapevines. For many reasons the heavy annual pruning which is a necessity for the grapevine had best be given in the fall. So soon as the leaves are oft', the cutting away of superfluous wood may remain. There can be no bleeding, as the cut will dry up at once. There is some circulation of sap all through tho vine during warm weather in winter. Pruning in the fall concentrates this sap in the buds that are left, and they always push more vigorously than when the vines are left dangling on the trellises all winter. As soon as thd pruning is done, tho support of the main vine should be loosened, and it should be thrown on the ground. In most cases snow will be enough protection, but if the vine is where tho snow blows away, some straw held down by a slight covering of earth will bo needed. Vines thus treated will winter without injury, however low the morcury may fall. The vines should bo put up 011 the trellis in spring so soon as danger from late frosts has passed. If tho vines are uncovered, except by snow, put them up as soon as tho snow melts. Lying on the ground and protected from Winds, the buds might push too early and be injured. They are not liable to this 011 the trellis.—American Cul tivator. Iu Hamburg, Germany,• tlip ajitjior ities tax a dog aceordiug to its size. TRICKY FALCON ISLAND. It Ilns n Way of Disappearing Soon After Itn Annexation. For away out in the deep Pacifio Ocean exists a small strip of land which shows that it has a decided spirit and sweet little will of its own, for it Avill not undergo allegiance to any country. Governments often ex perience considerable trouble in pre serving the allegiance of peoples they have conquered, but as a rule a piece of property or real estate has been looked upon as likely to remain in the same place for a considerable period of time. This little island, which has received the name of Falcon Island, proves an exception to the rule, however. No sooner has it been annexed than it disappears off the face of the globe, leaving only a dongerous reef to indi cate its former whereabouts, and com ing up in a few years" time, when the country which has performed the an nexation has given up all claims. Our old friend, John Bull, always on the watch to increase the imperial empire, was the first to encounter it. In 1889 the British corvette Egeria was sent on a cruise among the South Islands, with orders from the British Admiralty to seize upon any islands or coral reefs that had hitherto been unclaimed, and to take possession in the name of the Queen. Cruising around .noticed from afar off a prominent island, toward which she sailed. Tall palm trees were growing on its southern extremity, which was a commanding bluff, rising 150 feet from the level of the sea. Having reported the results of his voyage to the Admiralty, next yeni they sent out a transport ship with orders to make further discoveries and reports. What was the dismay ol the Captain of the Egeria, who hap pened to be in command of the trans port, on arriving at the place where he had the year before left the island sporting the union jack, to find that il had disappeared from view! Instead of the beautiful island standing out sc prominently from the ocean, was a low and dangerous coral reef, with the sea beating and surging up against it. Two years later France, also seized with the inordinate desire of annexing new territory, sent the cruiser Du chaffault to the Pacific. Cruising around she found her way to Falcon. There, instead of finding a Bunken reef, whitened with the foam of the breakers, the vessel's crew discovered an island the exact shape of the island found by the English corvette in 1889. Scarcely two years had passed away when a brig sent out by France t( revisit her possessions found her way to Falcon Island. It had again dis appeared, it being simply a reef dan gerous to navigation. Whereupon France was obliged to give up all rights of possession.—New York Her ald. The Powers of Liquid Air. A tablospoonful of liquid air poured on about a fluid ounce of whiskey will freeze it at once into flat scales, giving the whole the appearance and color of cyanide of potassium. This may hi emptied out on a table, and will re main frozen in that condition for fully five minutes. One thing that im presses one is that while all moleculai motion is practically arrested at this temperature, the odor is perfectly dis tinct, showing that these particles which stimulate the sense of smell are active and independent of the temperature. A handkerchief of either silk, linen or cotton, saturated with the liquid, will be charred and destroyed just the same as if it were put in an oven and browned, though no change of color is apparent. Its evaporation is quite slow and it may be carried about for a number of hours in an open vessel without en tirely disappearing. It probably rep resents a compression of about seven hundred atmospheres, and would, therefore, in a confined space and at 60 degrees temperature, represent a pressure of somewhere from ten to twelve thousand pounds to the squars inch.—Boston Transcript. The Hair Under the Microftcope. Placed ituder a powerful microscope, tlie hair shows a surface covered witb strong, coarse, jagged teeth, and more strongly resembles a coarse, rough rasp. Dealers in human hair can tell in a moment whether the locks offered them have been cut off or combed out. They do this by rubbing the hairs through their fingers. if the hail has been cut from the head and has not been misplaced, it remains in its origiual position. If it has been pulled or combed out and put together regardless of the direction in which it grew, one portion of it will slip to the right and the other to the left. It does this because the jagged edges engage upon each other and pull in opposite directions. The philosophy of this is demonstrated by drawing a hair first one way, then the other, through the fingers, which slip easily toward the poiut, while considerable resistance is felt when the fingers are drawn from the point toward the end next the head.—New York Ledger. Veruutlle Sir Claude. Sir Claude de Crespigny has led an adventurous life, having been sailor, soldier, steeplechaser, war corres pondent and aeronaut. In the last named capacity he holds the record, for he is the only living balloonist who has crossed the North Sea, as dis tinguished from the Channel, his com panion, the professional aeronaut Sim mons, having been killed soon after. >'ovel Snow Plow. A pneumatic snow plow, driven by electricity, is certainly as up-to-date a machine as any one could desire to use in winter. Its novelty consists in the fact that the snow is blown off the track by a blast instead of beind qu removed 'byjjunie sort of snow plow. SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. Among the noteworthy announce- , meats made at the recent medical con gress at Moscow wus that the lungs had recently been operated on suc cessfully. Electricity is used to ignite the wick of an oil lamp recently placed on the market, the battery ami push button ■ to turn on the ourreut being mounted 1 in the buse of the lamp. Fountain brushes for painting are ! made with a socket in place of a handle, and screw over the neck of a paint can, from which paint feeds through an oriiice to the bristles. Schoolboys should beware of licking ! pens or blots with their tongues. ! According to Mr. Marpmaun of Leip- , sic there are microbes in ink, and it ; may he dangerous to prick the skin with a pen. The insect which is destroying cab bage in Howard county, Maryland, has been identified * as the harlequin j cabbage bug. It came originally from Central America and first appeared in , this country in Texas in 1866. The lightning specialist connected with the government weather bureau I maintains that rods are no protection, and that most precautions taken by people to keep out of the path of a possible electrical discharge are use less. A scientific expedition has gone from Australia to the Ellice islands, 700 miles north of Fiji, to test Darwin's theory that coral reefs are constructed j 011 gradually sinking islands. The expedition will make deep borings j into the reefs. Sir William Thompson calculates that the number of molecules in a cubic inch of any gas is 100,000,000,- 1 000,000,000,000,000, and in each of | these molecules there are several atoms 1 moving among themselves at the rate of 70 miles a minute. There lias recently been cast by the Bethlehem Iron foundry a nickel-steel ingot weighing 222,300 pounds, said j to be the largest ingot ever cast in j this country. It is 16 feet 7 inches : long, 74 inches in diameter, and from it will be made a 16-inch gun for coast defense. To facilitate the transportation and 1 preservation of hay an apparatus has been devised at Buenos Ayres for com pressing it to one-tentli its normal bulk. In this form, as hay biscuits, it can be preserved dry ami sound for an indefinite period, without losing its flavor or value as food. A citizen just returned from Paris describes a very ingenious device that has been adopted there for use in cabs. Ft is a register that indicates the exact distance, automatically, the cab travels 011 a trip, and at the end displays the amount of the legal fare for that dis- | tance for the information of the pas senger. Facts in Kcgurd to Appendicitis. , The position is taken by Dr. Mc- ' Burney, in the London Medical News, that there really is no medical cure : for appendicitis, even though some ! cases recover without operation ; he j considers, too, that, though appendi citis is a surgical Asease, yet opera tion may not be necessary in every j case, the fact being that this ailment is a stoppage of the drainage from the appendix to the colon, and preliminary treatment is often worse than useless, j Thus the opium treatment relieves ! pain and discomfort, but entirely masks i the symptoms at a most important time, for it is in the first twenty-four hours from the beginning of the at tack that physicians can decide not only as to the diagnosis, but as to the result and course probably of the case. If, for instance, there is no increase in urgency in five or six hours, the pa tient is not in immediate danger if kept at perfect rest in bed; on the | other hand, if in twelve hours there is still no increase in the severity of the j symptoms, the patient should begin to improve. But, if the urgency of the case has steadily increased in twelve j hours from the time when the diagno sis was made, an operation will prob ably be called for. After two attacks, a patient is sure to have a third, anil ! each attack renders operation more difficult uud dangerous ; all the advan- i tages lie with operatiou between the attacks, and in an operation during an acute attack the prognosis is worse. —New York Tribune. ('heap Electric Fight. In spite of the fact that Chicago is generally associated with the idea of municipal ownership in the considera tion of all questions of public light ing, it is a fact that the city depends upon central station companies for considerable current to operate street lights, particularly in the southern part of the city. Two of the com panies, the People's Electric Light and Power company and the Hyde Park Electric Light and Power com pany, have been engaged in a spirited rate-cutting war for some time, and wherever the lines of both companies were to be found the people secured I their service at a very small cost. The city controller, becoming cognizant of this fact, determined to secure some advantage for the city, and he has accordingly asked both companies to , bid upon the city lighting for the district which they occupy. Western ! Electrician. Paper Bottles. Bottles now are being made of paper ' under a German patent. 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There Is a sketch of "A Great Natty ralist," the late Edward Drinker Cope* In the Century. It Is written by Henry Fairfield Osborn. Prof. Osborn says: His pioneer exploration came early la the age of Darwinism, when missing links, not only In the human ancestry, j but in the greater chain of buckl>one<l animals, were at the highest premium. Thus he was fortunate in recording the discovery in northwestern New Mexico of by far the oldest quadrupeds known, in finding among these the most ven erable monkey, In describing to th world hundreds of links—ln fact, whota chains—of descent between the most ancient quadrupeds and what we please to call the higher types, especial ly the horses, camels, tapirs, dogs and \ cats. He labored successfully to con nect the reptiles with the and the latter with the fishes, uud wan as quick as a flash to detect in the pa per of another author the oversight of some long-sought link which he had been awaiting. 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