3 PJmdJ 'ofVJsunmffnDgj The trmibla with thousands of women Is not "female weakness," although many physicians suppose it is. The real trouble lies in the Kidneys, Liver and Bladder. Doctors often fail to effect a Rive the right remedy. Women as well elves if their Kidneys are diseased. cure, simply because they don't as men can ascertain for them Bimply fill a bottle or glass tum bler with urine and let it stand a day and a night. If there is a sediment at the bottom, something is wrong with the Kidneys. If there is a desire to urinate often if there is a pain in the small of the back if the urino stains linen look out! The Kidneys are diseased. Ladies can take Dr. David Ken nedy's Favorite Remedy with perfect as surance of relief. It will cure them of Kidney, Liver and Bladder disorders just as certainly as it cures men. Mrs. G. W. Davenport, of West Troy, N. Y., says: "I was troubled with my Kid neys, and suffered intense pain In my back and loins. The wife of Dr. Robinson, pastor of the First Avenue Methodist Church, recommended Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. I got some, and have used it ever since, with the result that I am greatly benefited. All pains have left me, and I am like another person." Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy is a perfect blood and nerve medicine. It restores the liver to a healthy condition and cures the worst cases of constipation. It is a certain cure for all diseases peculiar to females. Gnmpio Boiiio Frco Favorite Remedy is such a certain cure that the Dr. David Kennedy Corporation, Rondout, N. Y., will forward, prepaid, a free sample bottle to every sufferer who sends his or her full postoffice address and mentions this paper. The fact that our liberal offer appears in this paper is a guarantee of lit genuineness. All druggists sell Favorite Remedy at $j.oo a bottle. Ma ' 0 Superintendent George Sawyer Summarizes the Work. IMPERIAL QUICK TIME RANGE. 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Cascareta Caudv Cathartic, the moat woa dei'ful uiediuui discovery of tlie '--, l cub- aut and lefivaiiiDK to llio tutu, a t guully aod positively od kidneys, liver and bowels, ciejihsiuK uie enure b.vsuid, umpei tuiua. euro headiiolio, lever, liuhiiuai eoimnjiaiio and hilinutuioha. Please buv aud trv a bo of C U. C. to-day; 10, aft, Mioeut.. bold and guarauteed to cure by all drugM, PROORESS AMONG TEACHERS. HEW BVlLniNUfl. THE COUNTT INSTI TUTE. THE REPORT IN FVLU The work of the school year just pnRsed compares fnvorahly with the record of previous years if it does not even surpass it both in advance ment and in the interest manifested. The teachers were earnest and faithful, willing to do all that conld be done to promote the best interests of the pupils. Thtir desire to do good teaching has stimulated an un usually large number of them to en deavor to raise their standard of scholarship, and as a result, the schools were made better, the pupils had the advantage of drawing from broader minds, and a new impetus has been given to the work that can be attributed not only to the desire of pupils to advance, but to the mu tual interests of scholars and teach ers. The results obtained from the an nual county institute held in Milford, October 26-30, were very encourag ing, many things having been pre sented there which were put into practice, and consequently were productive of good results, especially so in the case of our younger teachers. Ninety-four per cent, of the whole number of teachers were in atten dance and an unusually large num ber of directors. The meetings both day and evening sessions, were well attended by the public. Instruction was given by Supt. George W. Twit myer, of Bethlehem j Prof, E. L. Kemp, of East Stroudsburg normal, and Prof. W. H.Detwiler, of Blooms burg. The standard of examina tions has been raised over that of previous years, in consequence of which only those who are progressive find a place in our corps of teachers. The less ambitious or poorly equipped ones being dropped from the list. All examinations are written and each teacher of a class has the same questions. This method is not very nteresting to the spectators who assemble, but it is the fairest and best way to test a teacher's qualifl. cation. Ten public and nine special exami nations were hold during the year One hundred sixteon applicants were examined, thirty-two of whom fell below the required seventy -five per cent, to olass them as properly qualified teachers. Irregularity in attendance, due partly to sickness, but largely to other causes that might have been prevented, has not only broken into the regular classification of pupils, but has been a hindrance to the ad vancement of those who were able to be present every day. There has been, however, a better attendance throughout the year than at any time during my term of office, seven of the eleven districts reporting an increase in attendance of from five to eight per cent. One new school house was built in Palmyra district during the year, It is a substantial frame building, finished on the inside with Georgian pine ash, etc, is furnished with patent desks aud presents a cheerful appearance. A number of the plaster walls in the buildings of the various distriots hove given place to Georgian pine finish. . The sohool houses in Greene dis trict were all repainted and furnish id with slate blackboards, book cases, etc., during the year. The interest shown by directors in tlo advancement of the schools has been commendable, and to them to the press, patrons of the schools and to all who have helped to make the work of the year pleasant, I ex. tend my sincere thanks. (From the report of State Superin tnndent Schncffer, a copy of which has, through the courtesy of County Superintendent Sawyer, reached us we note regarding the schools Pike that there are in the County, ixty-six houses, of which fifty-two ire good, with seventy-five rooms -tnd seventy-one schools, and that the-Biblo Is road in every one ; that there are 26 mule teachers employed with an average salary of $27.25, 18 female teacnors, whose average salary is 126.40, the average len of school term is 6.5. S'x teachers ire normal graduates, and six have attended but are not graduates. The total expense of the last Institute was $160.25. There are 1,066 male and 1,034 fe male pupils with an average atten dance of 1,349. The average cost per month is $1.20. The total amount levied for school and building par, poses is $10,823.28, and the state ap propriation is $8,720.72. The aver age levy for school purposes is 7.1 mills, and for building 3 mills. The total value of school property in the oounty is $11,600.) Pillbbury ' vitoa at Mitchell's, The Call For Volnnteora. Havana Block aded. Tha New Postmaster General. Probable Retirement of Secretary Sher man. Balloon, for Military Service. Washwoton, DC, April 25, '98. President McKlnley hopes the war with Spain will be short, but he is not allowing his hope to prevent his making all necessary preparations to fight it to a' victorious end, long or short. His call for 125,000 vol unteers speoifles that the men shall volunteer to serve for two years, unless sooner discharged, and the war revenue bill, prepared under nis direction by the Ways and Means Committee of the House, which is now before Congress, and which will be put through without any neoessary loss of time, Is a- other indication of his intention to be pre pared for any emergency. It pro vides for an addion of $100,000,000 year to the revenues of the conn- try by internal revenue taxation ; for the issuing of $500,000,000 in 3 per cent bonds, to run for twenty years, or to be redeemed after ten years at the option of the govern ment, and authorizing the issuing of 3 per cent, certificates of indebt edness by the Treasury for any por tion of $100,000,000 that may be needed. Congress is responding to the wishes of the President in a highly creditable manner. It promptly passed the bill authorizing the formation of a volunteer army, and the bill for reorganizing the regular army, which authorizes its increase to 60,000 men, and as soon as the President asked, it deolared that a state of war existed. The blockade of Havana aud other Cuban ports, in which notice was given to the world in a proclama tion Dy tne President as soon as Spain virtually declared war by sending our minister away from Madrid, J will be maintained until Cuba is captured, but no land opera tions further than tne landing of a small force of marines at some place on the coast and establishing of a base of supplies for the Cuban army contemplated until the 125,000 volunteers, now being mobilized, are ready for embarkation. It in impossible to say just how soon that will be some say not more than ten days, while others whose opinions are entitled to weight say it will take at least a month to get the new army into a condition to be effec tive but no time i9 going to be wasted, The men who are to have : oharge of the invasion of Cuba know ' their business. They are not going ; to move until they know that they , can make short work of driving the ; Spanish out of Cuba. They know that the men can bo trained, and put into proper fighting trim much j better in the United States than in Cuba. Meanwhile the people must not ! allow themselves to become im patient. Our navy will, while the army is getting ready, continue the work of blockading and of pioking up Spanish meronant vessels, which has been so auspiciously started by the capture of valuable ships. The blockading squadron will not attack Havana for the present, unless the forts there first attack them. There are all sorts of reports as to what Spain is doing, and is going to do with her warships, but it looks as though she is afraid to send her big fleet of ships to the assistance of Cuba, and is keeping them on the other side of the Atlantio, where their most dangerous occupation until we have captured Cuba will be the capture of American merchant ships. Our Asiatio squadron has orders wbioh may result in a naval battle off the Phillipine Islands. Hon. Charles Emory Smith, for many years editor of the Philadel phia Press, who was nominated and confirmed as Postmaster General last week, to suoceed Hon. .James A. Gary, who resigned in consequence of bad health, took oharge of the Post Office Department to-day. Mr, Smith needs no introduction either to the people of the country or to the the Republican party. His selection was a genuine surprise, but the im mediate unanimous sonfirmation of his nomination by the Senate told that it was a pleasing one. Another change in the Cabinet may be expected any day, as Secre tary Sherman's age and strength will not permit him to remain at the head of Department oi State during the trying and exciting times that war necessarily brings to the Cab inet. Mr. Sherman made up his mind some time ago to retire in fav or of a younger and stronger man as goon as the war began, but up to this time President McKinley has not boon able to obtain the consent of Judge Day, who as Assistant Sec retary has had direct charge of everything pertaining to Cuban mat ters, to become Secretary. Judge Day has never had any desire for oflloe, having aocepttd his present position as a personal favor to the President, and with the understand ing that it was only to be a temporary arrangement. That he would prefer returning to private life and the practice of his profession is well known to his friends, but they ex pect the persuasion of the President to prevail. The U. 8. will ose bnllons in actual military service for the first time, in Cuba, although their usefulness has been fully demonstrated some time ngo, by experiments in this country and by actual service in Europe. Each of the two U. S. armies which will be used for the invasion of Cuba will have complete balloon outfits and a corps of experts to work them. These balloons will be sent up high enough to make thorough observa tions in a radius of twenty-fl fe or thirty miles and each of them will carry a signal officer to report to the commanding officer. They will, of course, be controlled from the ground by means of ropes. Just try a 10c box of Cascarets the finest liver and bowel regulator ever made. r WANT A Harness? In order to Introduce onr fin. cuitom tnad. harne... we hav. decided to offer a limited number of set. at a prlc. that will Interest you. OUR No. HAND-riAPB BUQQV HARNESS. FINEST OP THH FINE. THE NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE. 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