The Corvallis gazette., July 01, 1898, Image 4

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TEN LITTLE FINGERS.
Ten little Angers toylnst with a mint
liang! went the powder, uud then there were
nine. '
Nino little fingers fixing rockets straight
Kip! a kick backward, and then there were
eight.
Fight Hi tie fingers pointing up to heaven
Ron:an candlo "busted," and then there
were seven.
Seven little fingers, punk and powder mix
Punk was Ignited, and then there were six.
Six little fingers for a "sizzer" strive
One went off with It. and then there were
five. -
Five little fingers loading for a roar
Boom! went the cannon, and then there
were four.
Four little fingers with a pack made free
Jrash! went a cracker, and then there were
three
Three little fingers found the fuso burned
blue
Bombshell too previous, and then there
were two.
Two little flng?rs having lots of fun
Pistol exploded, and then was one.
One little finger, fooling with a gun
Didn't know 'twos loaded, and then there
was none.
WHEN CUBA IS FREE.
ONT touch it, Tom!"
"It would make n.
jthnndcring report!"
"Never mind that
londing tliat gun was
one of the last things
father did before he
left home."
"I know that," nod
ded Tom Wilson, look
ing pretty sober nnd
solemn, "but it would
make n thundering report!"
"You've said that twice."
"And I'd love to hear the old musket
just once!"
"Maybe you will."
"To-morrow the Fourth?"
"Who knows? Says father, when he
rammed the last wad home in the old rev
olutionary relic, 'We'll fire that off when
Cuba is free!'"
"She's just as good as that, isn't ahc?"
challenged Tom.
"Never you miud we're going to mind
father."
Ned Wilson's word went, for he was the
oldest, and there was no further demur.
Besides tliut. duty engrossed the two
boys the rest of thnt day.
Other fellows had nothing more arduous
to do than prepare for "the biggest Fourth
since the Centennial."
The Wilson lads, however, were "help-
A FAMKTAIt NAME IN THE GLARING
IIBADI.IN'KB.
ing mother," and, mere novices at labor,
they hud not learned the ropes yet.
Tilings had gone from bad to worse with
honest John Wilson for several years
back.
He had a glorious civil war record be
hind him was one of the gallant Cum
berland's crew, that fated ship thnt went
down in a blaze of patriotic glory that
set fire to a nation's hopes and ardor.
A long spell of illness hnd caused his
getting behind in his payments on the neat
cottage home.
"Tell you what, Nance," he had said to
his wife along in the early duys of May,
"I've an idea."
"Tell it, John."
"I'm going to
Tracy."
encouraged his wife,
sco my step-brother,
"Down East:"
"Down East."
"Why not w rite?"
"I've done that and It did no good. No,
I'll risk the powers of persuasion. He
has thousands. But for a slip of the pen
he would have been compelled to share
them with me, and he knows it. I'll try
and get him to take no the mortgage here,
and ease us along till wo can got the boys
on their feet, earning nnd helping."
"And If he refuses, John?" suggested
Mrs. Wilson anxiously.
"Why. then I suppose I'm sort of
stranded."
"All your money gone, and away from
home!"
v,"WeIl. maybe work Is readier there than
here. Never fear, Nunee, I'll find a place
somewhere."
Mrs. Wilson gave her husband a quick
look.
There had come Into his eye a certain
stern, yet proud, sparkle she used to see,
when, fresh from the war, be was wont to
tell how he turned the tide of a naval bat
tle off the Carolinas by "pulling the gun
It ring just at the right minute."
She said nothing, however. She heard
nothing more from him after his depart
ure until about the first of June.
Then he sent the merest line: "I am
looking for work in New York City."
Mrs. Wilson wns uneasy. Wars and
rumors of wars had set John restless for
months before his dejarture.
His last word had been "Cuba." The
solicitous wife trembled, prayed, waited.
Meantime, like deserving scions of a
man with a heart of oak, her two sous,
Ned nnd Tom. "pitched in."
They found the larder growing slim, and
set at work to repair It.
They run errands, sold garden truck,
peddled papers, nnd this latter was no
mean field of commercial venture during
the prevailing war excitement in the vil
lage. "Better havo a quiet Fourth of July,
boys." suggested their mother gently, the
day before.
"All right," nodded thoughtful Ned
cheerfully. "With father away, I sup
pose it's best."
"Yes'ni," assented Tom vaguely, "but
what a thundering report that old musket
would maker
Ned attended to the morning papers that
arrived from the city.
Tom took in the "extras" that came in
through the day.
The former wns eating supper with his
mother, the latter absorbed in reflections
of the absent, almost the missing one,
now.
Suddenly there was a terrific hullaba
loo, comprised of shouts, firecrackers,
hurrahings.
Ned ran to the window.
"For mercy's sake!" he ejaculated.
"What is it, Ned?" rather startled, and
tremulously inquired Mrs. Wilson, nris
ing more slowly.
"It's Tom!"
"Ho Isn't-hurt, or "
"Acts as if he was crazy!"
Tom did. In full view, he vas coming
down the dusty road.
Trooping after him were 1 dozen orj
more vociferous youngsters with whom
ho hnd ever been a favorite.
They were making the welkin ring, and
mnny a lad was burning his fingers In his
nrdor to help swell the commotion, and
was using up the prized ammunition of
the morrow.
Tom burst Into the room, drenched with
perspiration, panting for breath, but with
eyes aflame with emotion and vitality.
"See here!" challenged Ned.
"No look there!"
Tom flung his bundle of extras upon the
table.
His mother nearly fainted. Even a cas
ual glance showed at the top of the glar
ing headlines a name familiar.
"John Wilson," "hero" "daring deed."
oh, It wns news from the absent one,
but was it news of glory, but also of
death?
"Father!" she choked.
"Is all right!" piped Tom. "Read here,
Nod read here! Father was looking for
work' say, mother! he found It!"
"Where? Where?" faltered the suspense-rocked
wife and mother.
"Battleship you know what a boss
gunner ho is! Met the enemy, pulled an
other 'gun string in another nick of time'
and "
Coherent consideration of the news the
paper grave proved that Tom had "not ex
aggerated. Skill and opportunity had combined to
give John Wilson a chance to "knock out"
a Spanish ironclad "at the right minute."
He had eoncededly turned the tide of
favor leading up to the capture of a rich
ly freighted consort.
" 'Prize money' why, be can pay off
the mortgage!" cried the exuberant Ned.
'Tromotion it will glorify his later
daysT' murmured Mrs. Wilson thankfully.
"Where's the gun?" demanded irrepres
sible Tom.
"Hold on! What gun?" interfered Ned.
"Father's old musket."
"Why "
"We're going to celebrate!"
"No he left orders 'fire It off when
Cuba Is free!' "
"Free!" fairly yelled the sanguine and
excited Tom. "With such men as him
peppering the foe, she's practically free
already !"
"Well, I suppose " began Ned, In
faint demur.
Above all other reports that boomed In
the morning of July Fourth, 1898, that
fired by proud, patriotic Tom Wilson
seemed to him the loudest ever wns.
"Wonder if they heard that In Cuba?"
ho gloated.
"They're hearing some other reports
from its owner, 1 reckon," smiled Nod.
"Say!" dv lared the ardent Tom, "didn't
It mnke a thundering report?"
A Famous Fla.-j.
A famous flag of 1770 was tfte blue
ensign of South Carolina, marked oitly
by a white crescent in the upper corner
or sometimes bearing In addition the word
"Lllxrrty" in white letters. Under th4s
fought the men who drove the British
fleet front Charleston harbor, and this
was the flag which during the defense
of Sullivan's island brave Sergeant Jas
per sprang upon the earthworks to re
place In the spot from which ft cannon
ball had carried it a moment before. Its
earliest appearance is da ltd back to Sept.
1", 1773, when Col. Moultrie led a iKxly of
patriots to attack and capture Fort Jack
eon. The Aftermath.
Alas, when the day has gone by
How heavy and heartfelt the sigh
Afl the bills all cosne In
For the fireworks and din.
And we find the fun costs mighty hlghl
And the boy, as with pain ho Is tossed
O'er his pillow, then reckons t'ho cost
Which the day's sport Imposed
In his both optics closed
And the finger or two he has lost.
Two Kinds of Crackers.
it Is no great wonder that people, old
and young, make mistakes when the same
word stands for so many different things.
It was the Fourth of J u!y. A little miss
was told to take her afternoon nap, and
then she should get up and watch the
boys put off their firecrackers.
Pretty soon a heavy thunder shower
came on, and Aunt Mary went up to
see if Miss Rachel was frightened. Evi
dently she was, for she called out at once:
"Aunt Mary, I don't want to hear any
more water-crackers." Babyland.
The Glo.l ous Fourth.
"I tell you," said the enthusiast, "all
this patriotic demonstration is enough to
set any man's heart on fire."
"Yes," replied the nervous man, "and
his woodshed, too." Washington Star.
UNCLE SAM'S FOURTH
GRAND OLD FASHIONED WAY.
Get ready, boys, to make a nolsa
On Independence day,
For we're abiut to have It out
lu grand old fashioned way.
At dawn we'll raise our flag ablaze
And watch It proudly fly,
Its blue and "ftars and crimson bars
Reflected oo the sky.
Then while bells clang and anvils bang
And cannon thunders roar
We'll give the cheer that slaves may hear
Upon the old world's shore
We'll yell and screech and make a speech
About our glorious nation
And brag that we on land or see
Oun wtllop all creation.
AS AN OBJECT LESSON.
The Real Meaning of the Noise and
Fun of tbe Fourth.
We confess to a large degree of sym
pathy with the Irrepressible impulse of
the American small boy to say nothing
of boys of larger growth to fire off Chin
ese crackers and other din-producing ex
plosives on the Fourth of July. Not that
we particularly enjoy the noise. It Is not
always easy to keep one's temper on even
keel through the "long, long weary day,"
of ceaseless turmoil of patriotic powder
burning and the smell of "villainous salt
petre." Yet less and less, as the years
go by, are we disposed to object to this
outward and visible sign of the Inward
grace of patriotic ardor. Undirected, it
Is true, this impulse to effervescent racket
on the part of boys and men, on the one
unrestricted day of the year, may mean
nothing to them but license to make a
noise; but, wisely used, this differentia
tion of the day may be made tbe means of
inculcating patriotic sentiment in a more
impressive way than would otherwise,
perhaps, be possible. The mass of man
kind still learn great lessons best through
the medium of symbols. In this respect,
we have not advanced very far beyond
"them of old time." The heap of stones
taken from tbe bed of Jordan spoke not
more truly to the children of Israel of the
great things wrought for them there than
does "Independence day" to us of our
fathers' mighty deeds; and so, instead of
flouring at the noisy demonstrations of
our boys on this day, let us utilize its
observance to teach them tbe real mean
ing which lies back of their noisy fun,
and thus lead their minds up to a broader
conception of the truths for which the
celebration of the Fourth of Jury stands.
New York Examine.
Fourth of July Poem.
A pistol toy
Gave much joy.
To small boy
Bang!
He'll no more fire
Went up higher,
And the choir
Sang.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
-St.
O-d Glory.
To the true lovers of our country tht
American flag is the most beautiful em
blem of a nation's glory that floats to the
breeze. To its defenders in tie-past ll
means more than mere glory, as it sym
bolizes a union of States' and hearts, pur
chased by blood and treasure freely given,
for the country's welfare Its contempla
tion brings to our memory the scenes of
strife on land nnd sea, where Old Glory
was ever in the van.
After the Crisis.
Brown I'd liko to get my little boy's
life insured.
Manager Come around nftor the
Fourth and I'll talk with you about it.
New York World.
Tls the star spangled banner! Oh, long
may It wave
O'er the lnnd of the free and the home of
the brave!
OF JULY INCUBuS.
mm.
CREED AND
Be v. Wetherljy Smiles was rector at
St. James' and occupied a rose-enibow-ered
cottnge not fur from the church.
The cottage, with Its attendant garden,
wns a dainty, pretty spot, which looked
as though a woman's hand had planted
and cared for It.
But no woman had nnythlng to do
with the rectory. Rev. Smiles' only
servant was a doddering old man; the
rector prepared his own meals, except
when ho was Invited to tea by some old
lady who pitied his lonely, Indigestion
breeding existence.
Not that Rev. Wetherby Smiles was
a woman-hater, but Mr. Smiles was
very high church Indeed. Unfortunate
ly. St James' and the parish people
were extremely low.
The lector felt that the clergy, to be
able to give their whole time and
thought to their work, should live lives
of celibacy. He had felt at times a
strong drawing towards some ecclesi
astical order in which such vows would
be necessary. Then ho would wear
some outward sign of his vows, and the
young women of his parish would not
fall lu love with him.
The rector was young and good-look-lug;
be had been In his present pastor
ate less than a year, and he had already
bad an experience.
Rev Wethefby Smiles, from study
window, could look across his garden
plot and see the brown earth warming
In the spring sunshine and the trees
and bushes slowly bursting Into life.
He looked across his garden, 1 say,
and across the garden, beyond the low
hedge, was another garden which In
summer was full of color. ITe had no
ticed the brill'mnt-hued beds tbe year
before, but now the only bit of color
was a pale blue morning robe that flit
ted about the inelosure.
To tell the truth, the rector had sel
dom noticed that morning gown or the
little woman inside it before. But it
plr-asid his fancy now to look across
the hedge and watch his neighbor.
He recalled thnt his old major domo
had told Mm the cottage next the par
sonage was occupied by a widowed
lady a lonely creature who had taken
tip her abode there but shortly before
Rev. Smiles was settled over St. James.
He remembered the Httle figure In
black in one of the side pews, pointed
out to htm by the clerk as "Mrs. Scor
rltch," and probably had not given her
a thought or glance afterward.
However, ho saw so much of the pale
blue gown that first warm week In
spring that he looked for the little
widow In her pew the next Sabbath.
She hnd laid aside her weeds and was
dressed in some clinging, fawn-colored
material that made her look like
n. very demure little moth. And she had
the sweetest face In the world at least
the sweetest face in Rev. Wetherby
Smiles' world.
On Monday morning the clerical
black appeared In the rectory garden
about as soon as the pretty morning
robe appeared over the hedge. The de
mure little face dimpled nnd smiled un
der Its garden hat at the rector's ap
proach, and tbe widow nodded brightly.
"You are early at your gardening this
morning. Mrs. Seorrltch," ho said.
"Yes, but It's so warm," she replied
in defease. "I am expecting my cro
cuses to appear any day now."
"I'm afraid we'll see some frost yet,
Mrs. Seorrltch," said the rector.
"Now. don't talk that way, I beg!"
cried the little woman, clasping her
bands. Inclosed In loug-wrlsted and par
ticularly well-fitting gauntlets. "Just
suppose my crocuses should come up
and be frost-bitten? Oh, the thought
Is too awful."
"I sincerely hope you will not be dis
appointed, but the climate la uncer
tain." Many were the conferences held
across the hedge regarding the proper
pruning of rose trees, the planting of
hardy seeds, nud the preparation of the
beds of cnrlh. The rector had never
suspected there was so much detail in
the bustuess of gardening.
One morning. Just after a warm night
rain, Rev. Smiles was called to the
hedge by a little cry from his neighbor.
"They are coming!" she cried In do
light "See! Here Is tbe dearest little
blade of green pushing up through tho
mold and there Is another and anoth
er! Just look at themP'
The rector found It necessary to leap
the hedge tbe had been something of an
nlhlete at the university, and certainly
this spring weather was sending the
blood c( .trslng through his veins quite
like old times) and look at the crocus
bed near to.
"They arc such lovely ones," she said
earnestly. "I don't believe you noticed
them at all Inst spring" (he pronounced
maledictions upon himself for having
been so blind as to miss so much beauty
the previous season), "but they will be
even better this year If we don't have
that horrid frost you havo been
prophesying."
But when he had returned to his own
lonely domain and entered his study he
stopped and thought seriously for a
minute. Then he cast his' flat-crowned
ministerial hat upon the floor with
great emphasis and exclaimed:
"It's my creed, I tell you, that a man
In orders should not marry!"
Now. there was no one visible to
nrguo the question, and yet there
seemed to be argument In his own
mind, for Rev. Wetherby Smiles smote
his palm with his clenched fist angiily
and kicked the flat-crowned hat to tho
other end of the room.
For two days the rector of St James'
rigidly stifled his Interest In crocuses;
his Interest in creeds, however, was not
entirely satisfying. On Sunday, after
vespers, be overtook on his way homo
a little figure In a fawn-colored gown.
"You must see my crocuses, Mr.
Smiles," she said. "The buds will be
open before next Sunday."
The rector glanced gloomily at the
darkening sky, and thought that proba
CONFERENCES UV.I.D ACROSS THE HEDGE
CROCUSES.
bly there would be a frost that night
But he could not long think of frost
and other unpleasant possibilities un
der the skillful manipulation of his
charming little neighbor.
lie hesitated at her gate, and again
crocuses triumphed over creed. The
crocuses were flourishing finely; the
creeds took a back seat Indeed a very
unobtrusive Seat in the rector's mem
ory. His Interest In the crocuses continued
that evening to so late an hour that
his old servitor really thought he was
not coming to supper and cleared away
the repast
"Never nlnd," said the rector, kindly,
"I am not hungry," nnd when tbe old
man had doddered off to bed he sat
down before the open window of his
chamber and stared out Into the still
night
Ho sat there for an hour. A light
burned behind the curtain at one of his
neighbor's windows. That was her
light, he knew. Finally It disappeared,
but he sat on, his arms folded upon the
sill, his eyes glaring fixed into the dark
ness. Creed was making a strong fight
for life.
It grew rapidly colder, and suddenly
Rev. Wetherby Smiles awoke to the
discomforts of the outer man. He
shivered and drew away from the win
dow. There was no breeze and no
clouds, but an Increasing chill made
him close the casement
Then he slipped on a smoking Jacket
and went to tho door. There was a light
haze upon the river and a shimmer of
frost In the air,
"A bad night for the farmers and
fruit growers," he thought Then his
mind reverted to those crocuses. "They
will be black by morning," he said.
"Too bad, and the little woman thinks
so much of them."
He hesitated a moment anl then went
in again, reappearing shortly with an
old mackintosh.
"Just the thing to spread before the
bed to defend them from tho frost," ho
muttered, and with long strides he
crossed the rectory garden and leaped
the hedge.
Feeling a good deal like a night
prowler who had no business in the
place be crept through his little neigh
bor's garden and approached the cro
cus bed. He started at tbe slightest
sound and glanced about fearfully.
Supposing somebody should see him
one of his parishioners even his major
domo!
Suddenly Just as he spread the cover
ing over the crocus bed and was turn
ing hastily to flee, he heard a sound
upon tho porch. He started, and his
eyes became fixed upon the vision be
fore him. A figure, all in white, and
motionless, stood upon tho lower step.
Rev. Wetherby Smiles wns startled,
but he was not superstitious. For
some seconds, however, he stared at the
apparition before he recognized It. Then
he stepped quickly forward and began
to make excuses in a low voice,
"Mrs. Seorrltch Lydlu I beg your
pardon, but I thought "
He got no further In his faltering re
marks. With a shuddering little cry
the figure tottered and would have fall
en to the ground bad he not caught her
in his arms.
"Good Lord!" muttered Rev. Smiles,
the perspiration starting from his brow,
"What a situation!" He was tempted
to lay bcr down upon the porch and
run. Instead ho stooped down and
lifted her and carried his burden into
tbe bouse.
There was a couch in the reception
room. He laid her down and lighted
the gas. She opened her eyes lan
guidly and saw bim.
"I have frightened you, Lydio," be
said. "Really, I had no Intention, you
know. I only remembered the cro
cuses "
"I thought you were a burglar," 6he
admitted. "And when I heard your
voice "
"Didn't you recognize It?" he asked.
"You you hftd never spoken In Just
that way before, and "
He took her hands. "I was only think
ing of the crocuses, Lydla," be said,
which was very true. He had quite
forgotten the "creed." Utlca Globe.
Value of Good Fruit.
Ripe apples are especially healthful,
and children may eat them without
danger. Some doctors say that an apple
at bedtime produces sleep, says Cen
tral States Fruit Grower. Pears are
more savory than apples, but not so
healthful, unless cooked, however.
Apricots are also more healthful cook
ed than raw. Teaches are very health
ful. Tho most healthful of all fruit,
however, are grapes. Consumption has
been cured by grapes when every other
remedy has failed. Cherries may be
eaten, as they frequently restore health
and strength to the weak. Strawber
ries, though a cold fruit have a virtue
of healing rheumatism. Gooseberries
and currants are best cooked. Figs are
also excellent. They were In great
favor with ancient Roman ladles. Pine
apples ore said to be the best cure for
dyspepsia yet known. Nuts of all kinds
are Indigestible, Oranges are also ex
cellent as a cure for dyspepsia. Lemons
produce cheerfulness and prolong life.
Marriage by Telephone,
Out in Missouri a marriage ceremony
has Just been performed by telephone,
The bride Btood at one end of the wire
In one town, and the groom at the oth
er end In another town. A clergyman
and witnesses surrounded each of the
contracting parties and "central" at
tended to It that no time was wasted.
Islands.
Lake Huron Contains 8,000 Islands;
Loch Erne. In Ireland, has 3C5; the
Lake of tbe Thousand Isles, In the St.
Lawrence River, has 1,700.
Every mother of a pretty girl Is a
j board of strategy.
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You Need It
And because of that need it is your duty
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you mav enjoy the good health it will
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It has a record of wonderful cures un
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bottle now" and realize its great toning and
strengthening power.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
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Safes In Bulgaria.
As yet attempts have only been made
in Plevna to produce safes. A trial
order for a few safes induced the gov
ernment to order 85 safes. However,
the firm in question will be unable to
compete with Germany and England.
Tbe annual imports amounted in 1897
to 160,000 francs, of which 60,000
francs fell to England, 60,000 to Ger
many and 40,000 to Austria-Hungary.
All the Levantine countries offer good
markets for safes.
TRY ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE.
A powder to be shaken into the shoes.
At this season your feet feel swollen, ner
vous, and hot, and get tired easily. If you
have smarting feet or tight snoes, try
Allen's Foot-Ease. It cools the feet and
makes walking easy. Cures swollen and
Sweating feet, blisters and callous spots.
Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and
gives rest and comfort. Ten thousand tes
timonials of cures. Try it today. Sold by
all druggists and shoe stores for 25c, Sent
by mail for 23c in stamps. Trial package
FREE. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, Le
Boy, New York.
Patriotism Awheel.
The patriotic cycler has a new way
of showing his colors; since his poor
legs haven't the burden of his body to
bear he has decided tbey shall stand
for his patriotism. Therefore, he
draws over these unoffending members
blue black stockings with tops which
riot in red and white stripes, the cen
ter stripe being of blue, dotted with a
thriving (if not life size) row of white
stars. All of which goes to show that
patriotism, like love, will find a way.
WAGONS IMPROVED.
The new improved Stoughton wagons
stand the racket. Two car loads have last
arrived. It pavs to have tbe best. Write
for tree catalogue. JOHN POOLE, sole
agent, foot of Morrison street, Portland, Or.
Dish Washing Apparatus. -
Dishes can be quickly washed and
rbised by a new apparatus which has
a rack to hold the dishes in a revolv
ing pan, which has a perforated bot
tom to drain the water into a pump
cylinder, when it is forced to the top
of the cover and discharged against the
dishes repeatedly.
My doctor said 1 would die, but Plso's
Cure for Consumption cured me. Amos
Kelner, Cherry Valley, Ills., Nov. 23, '95.
The great barrier reef along the coast
of Australia is about 1,500 miles long,
tbe work of coral insects.
Seals Newspaper Edges.
The free edges of newspapers are
sealed to prevent resale or reading with
out buying, by a new machine which
has a paste receptaole, which feeds onto
a roller mounted on levers in such a
manner that it is brought in contact
with the edge of a partially folded pa
per, after which the last fold is made
and the edges pressed together.
Clamps for Bicycle Saddles.
Bicycle saddles are rigidly held in
place by a new clamp which can be in
stantly released by touching a lever
under the seat, two piano-convex
wedges being formed of the saddle post
and a piece of steel, the latter being
mounted on the lever, with Its greatest
width at the bottom, so that the greater
the pressure on the saddle-post the
tighter it grips the tubing.
The peach Was originally a poisoned
almond. Transplantation and cultiva
tion hawe not only removed its poison
ous qualities but turned it into the de
licious fruit we now enjoy.
Robert Taylor, the postmaster of
Scarvoa, county Down, Ireland, who
has just reached the age of 114 years,
has reoeived from Queen Victoria a
beautifully framed portrait of herself.
A recent landslide in China revealed
a pile of money equaling in vahe
7,000,000 coppers. The coins were
made about the middle of tbe eleventh
century.
A German resident of Havana now
at Key West says that the strength of
the insurgent army in Cuba has been
monstrously overestimated.
The manufacture of some of tbe
finest French tapestry is so slow that an
artist cannot produce more than a
square yard in a year.
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Women Everywhere Express their
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rtra. T. A. WALDEN, dbson. Qa.. write!
' Deab Mbs. Pinkham: Before tak
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rtr. FLORENCE A. WOLFE. S'S Hulberry
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Ensign Wlllard's Luck.
Ensign Arthur L. Willard earned
one hundred dollars when be planted
the Stars aud Strips over a shattered
blockhouse at Diana Cay, Cuba. Wil
liam R. Gratz wrote to the New York
Herald on April 23 inclosing a check
for 1 100, which be said was for the
man who first placed an Ameiican flag
on Cuban soil. He asid that he sent
tbe money as the nucleus for a fund, for
he thought such a patriotic action
should be well rewarded.
While the Winelow, the Wilmington
and the Hndson were firing on the bat
teries at Cardenas the Machlas was
making a wreck of tbe barracks at
Diana Bay. Whne tbe Spaniards had
scampered away Ensign Willard and
three men went ashore aud planted the
American flag upon the ruins.
Ensign Wlilard is from Missouri.
He was made a cadet in 1893. He was
formerly on the Monterey.
PROPOSED ALLIANCE WITH ENGLAND.
It tbe United 8tates and England should
form an alliance, tbe combined strength
would be so great that there would bo little
chance for enemies to overcome us. In a like
manner, when men and women keep up their
bodily strength with Hostettcr's Stomach
Bitters, there is little chance of attacks from
disease. The old time remeiy enriches the
blood, builds up the muscles, steadies the
nerves and increases the appetite. Try it.
Mis. Susan A. Glenn, widow of a
soldier and mother of a volunteer, re
signed her position in the postoffice
! department at Washington to go to the
front with her son. She is the first
1 woman to be appointed matron of a
regiment.
CT Permanently Cured. No fits or nervonsnes
Wit 9 after first day's use of tr. Kline's Great
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Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa.
In Japan every workman wears on
his cap an inscription stating bis busi
ness and his employer's name.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
As mercury will surely destroy the sense of
emell and completely derange the whole sys
tem when entering It through the mucous .sur
faces. Such articles should never be used ex
cept on prescriptions from reputable phyei
Ciuns, as the damage they will do is ten fold to
the good you can possibly derive from them.
Hairs Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
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and Is taken Internally, acting directly upon
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In buylnit Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get
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VARICOCELE, hydrocele, swelling and ten
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SPECIAL DISEASES, Inflammation, dis
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