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:T i -i y ®I)C Penn $jan (Express. PENN YAN, YATES C0„ N. Y. REUBEN A. SCOFIELD, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS I # 1.25 P e r Y e a r in A d v a n c e . $ 1.50 if Bipress aud New York Weekly T ribune, j y r $z 23 Express and New York Tribune, tlirlccweekly 1 85 Express and Thrlce-a-Week World, 1 y r . . . . 1 65 Express and ^Rochester Weekly Dem., 1 y r. 1 50 Express and Rural New Yorker, 1 y r .......... 1 73 Express and Albany Semi-Weekly Journal, 1 60 r e s s The Only Continuously Republican Paper in Yates County P E N N YAN,N.Y., W E D N E S D A Y , JUNE 1901 . Vol. X X X V I . - - N 0 . 9 .— W h o le No. 1835 . Business tZLnrbs. It. 0. B. NEWMAN. office, first house below Baptist Church. No. 04 Main St., Penn Yan, N. Y. Phone, 57-X. Office hours, 8 to 10 a. m.; 2 to 4 , and 6 to 7 p. m._____________________ F. L. DOLBEAllE, DENTIST, (Suoeeseor to Dr. W. W. Smith.) Arefcde, - Room 13, - Penn Yan, N. Y. \p\R. M ac NADGHTON, DENTIST, Penn Yan, N. Y Office over Wheeler's Jewelry Store, Main St. Ligneous Liniment, the Great Pain Killer, Without Doubt the Greatest Medical Discovery of the Age. Will not Smart, Burn, or Stain. Will kill pain with a greater certainty than al medications. For >r Pain in the Back, Warranted to cure unless these organa are in a state of decay, and incurable. HAIR AND THE YEARS GO BY. by tEe use of intern all Kidney trouble or IS' Drug Store, and CHAPMAN'S Main St., Penn Yan. The “ Viavi Home Treatment” can be procured of Mrs. J. R. Van Tuyl, Manager. 53 Keuka St., Penn Yan, N. Y. Office Hours, Saturday, 9 to 6 . W- SMITH, DENTIST 63 East Ave., Rochester, N. Y, S EOmilTIES BOUGHT AND SOLD, MONEY LOANED AND INTEREST COLLECTED. CARE OF ESTATES A SPECIALTY. FARMS FOR SALE. 99 yl JOHN T. ANDREWS A SON. R OBERT N. COONS, ARCHITECT AND BUILDER, Office on Benham street, Penn Yan, N. Y. I de sign to attend personally to all business en trusted to my care, and to give prompt atten tion to the same, and have opened an office for that purpose. Plane ana specifications will be made for those who wish them. Save Your Eyesight, Wealth of hair is w ealth indeed, especial- 1 y t 0 a woman. Every other physical attraction is secondary to it. We have a book we will gladly send you that tells just how to care for the hair. If your hair is too thin or lo s- 1 Send, for test for astigmatism. Special care taken in fitting the eyes. We value our reputation. We guarantee satisfac tion. Our Spectacles and Eye Glasses set with the very best lenses (glasses) in existence. E. E. BAU S C H A SON, Opticians, No 6 East Main St., Rochester. N. Y. Silas Kinne & Son n a i r leor Lightly sips youth at the wines of its joys, Laughs at the charms of yesterday's toys; Life is so long, and nothing alloys, And the years go by. Little by little the world shows its drossy Deepens the sense of enjoyment and loss; Pleasure is wearing off part of its gloss, And the years go by. Now there is question and doubt and dismay; Well, time will alter, and truth will outstayf Night is as needful, perhaps, as the day, And the years go by, Work multiplies, and pleasures abate; So much to do, and we arc so late; Duties still flocking now knock at the gate, And the years go by. Once—ah, we sigh, but we never can stop! What is life for but to work till we drop? Only one thought—to rise to the top— And the years go by. Age is oncoming, and what have we done? Oh, we had dreamed of such victories won! Whose is the fault, and what is undone? And the years go by. What do we hold but a handful of dust? We were so wise in our first ardent trust. Somehow we missed the real metal for rust, And the years go by. —New York Observer. R e p n t the N OTICE.—At the office of DBS. H. R. PHILLIPS A WREAN From May 1,1900, you can get A Set of Teeth, on Rubber Plate, For $10.00, And Dentistry of the beet at the Cheapest living prices. Consultation Free. C. ELMENDORF, ROFESSIONAL D AETNA INSURANCE CO., OF HARTFORD, \ The Leading Fire Insurance Company of America.” AMERICAN FIRE INSURANCE CO., OF NEW YORK. YORK UNDERWRITER S AGENCY, SPRING GARDEN INSURANCE 00., OF PHIIA. an d ORTH-WESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE 00. OF MILWAUKEE, WIS. Policies Properly W ritten. L o sses Prom p tly Paid. S IL A S KIN N E A SON, 94 yl Agents. E N T I S T . 42 Main Street. Opposite Baldwin’ Bank, Penn Yan, N. Y. C. H . K N A P P , U N D E R T A K E R , (Next D o o r to Benham H o u s e .) Residence, 11 C Benham St. Telephone, store, Gii K. Telephone, residence, 62 F. Read T h is! IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHAT YOUR DISEASE IS, go to No. 7 Liberty St., Penn Yan, N. Y., and get A PERMANENT CURE by taking magnetic treatments. It will bring sunshine to the afflicted. 89 me 6 gallons 25 cents. Dealers, write for big offer. Fill the bottles with HIRES. Drink itnow. Every glass ful contributes to good health. Purifies the blood, clears the complexion, makes rosy checks. Make it at home. Charles E. Hires Company, Malvern, Pa. Clarence H. Knapp is pleased to say to his numerous friends, that having moved his entire stock of FDBN 1 TDBE H i DNDEBTAEI 1 B R o o t b e e r to fhis handsome new store, NO. 143 M J U N S T . (next door to the Ben- house,) he will hereafter be found there, selling goods at ♦ than any house in the county. DR. DAY, Graduated Specialist s p e c i a l t i e s : V Cfttanh and Diieues 0 ! Longs and Throat, liter, and Bexial Organi. ALSO Positive Cere of the Liqior, Morphine, aad Opium Habit. LAMINATIONS FRRB 1 A t K N A P P H O U S E , Penn Yan, M o n d a y, June 10, 9 to 6. Canandaigua, Webster House, Thursday June 6 9 to 7. Geneva, Kirkwood House, June 13. 9 to 7 , and every 4 weeks thereafter. 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We invite all to call and read references and testimonials of the very best, that they may refer to or that they may know, and who live in their own town. C onsultation F ree and P rivate . J. W . D A Y . M. D.. L.L. D. > ♦ Our Brownie Kodak for the children is as as good Before Taking Life Insurance See the NEW TRAVELERS’ POLICY. I t is fully G u a r a n t e e d . N o p a y i n g tw e n t y p e r cent, extf a to g e t a IO p e r cent, divi d e n d at th e e n d o f tw e n t y J . C . A Picture T aker! Goodspeed,^ as the larger and more costly Kodaks. M akes a picture 2J x 2£, and 00818 * $ 1 . 0 0 , loaded for G pictures. E.H.HO P K INS A F u ll L in e o f Cameras and Supplies. YOU CAN PATENT - . . . . » v »IVII, UVUUWUUCI, BBCWU 1 V IV U V W 1 for tree examination and advice. BOOK OH PATENTS ‘ S N O W & G O . Write t o ------- ■ Patent Lawyers. m u PAPI1S 20,000 R o lls To select from. Finest Stock. Largest assortment in the Country. 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To an energetic, ambitious young man, socially inclined, Wellsville was well nigh intolerable, but Tom bad hopes and made the best of it. lie had removed his belongings from the “ho tel” to Mrs. Jordan's cozy little cottage, where he made himself at home. He found Miss Jordan a charming com panion and “years ahead of the vil lage in every way.” Nevertheless the uneventful days would drag, and the nights—well, after the 8 :5 0 “accommo dation” pulled out until 11:10, when the west bound “express” dashed past, one might as well have been stationed in the middle of the Great Sahara. At least so Tom srul many times. One raw, gusty December night just before the holidays Tom with much pleasure piled the three cases billed through to Omaha on the truck and ran them down the track, ready to be haul ed aboard the baggage car of the com ing train. He was not overfond of work, hut this meant the stopping of the express, the latest newspapers and good reading for several days. To sig nal tho express was an event. W V W W W W U W W U W W V W W W W W W W W M A W A ' W Bright, Sunny Days and Healthy Babies Let us complete the com- oination with one of our handsome Carriages, Go- Carts or Sleepers. Every mother in Western New York should see the fine as sortment we show. All styles and prices. 200 vari eties from which to choose. W E I S & F I S H E R , 441-445 Clinton Ave. North. Rochester, N. Y. i I 116-418 State S treet § Taking a Inst look at the lights, be entered the station and slammed the door after him as if to bar out the loneliness of the dripping outside world. The last light In the hotel had gone out long before the wind howled In the wires, the red light blinked and flickered— “Well, of all the God forsaken”— The door opened suddenly, and two men stepped into the room, followed by a third. “Hands up—qulckl\ the foremost cried. In less than two minutes Tom was bound, gagged and lying helpless be hind the partition In the baggage end of the room. “He’s safe. Where’s Jim?” asked the man who had speoken before. “Down to the sidin,” came the an swer. “Set the white light.” The door closed quickly after them. Out of Tom’s bewilderment and con fusion came the question, W hat did It mean? Robbery? There was nothing worth the risk a t the station, and the men had gone. “Set the white lig h t” That meant the express would not stop. “Down to the siding.” The blind sid ing, an eighth of a mile beyond the station by the sand hill! It ended in the gravel bank. The terrible truth flashed across his mind, lie turned cold. Great beads of moisture stood out upon his fore head. Twenty-six, with its living freight, was to be switched on to the siding a t full speed. As the horror of it rushed upon him Tom strained at the cords that bound him hand and foot with a strength he never dreamed he possessed. It was useless. The work had been done well. He looked quickly at the clock— 1 0 : 41 . In 2 9 minutes more the train would be due. As he turned the knots of the gag pressed into the back of bis head. Bearing heavily upon them, unmindful of the pain, he moved his head, forcing his chin downward. They gave. They moved. Again he tried and again, un til at last the handkerchief slipped to his neck. “Help, help! Townsend! Bill! Help!\ he cried. But his voice was lost in the mocking howl of the wind, and he real ized that the effort was strength wast ed and time lost. Again he looked a t the clock—only 26 minutes remained. IIow fast the sec onds flew! Twenty-five— The sharp click, click, click, from the other side of the partition caught his ear—a telegraphic message. “Twenty- six 20 minutes late.” “Thank God, a delay!\ Forty-four minutes now—a gain of 2 0 . The train, due at 1 1 : 10 , would not arrive until 1 1 : 3 0 . Townsend relieved him at 12 . “Too late! Too late!” rush ed through his mind as he glared at the clock. Then the light of hope fair ly blazed in his eyes. The summer before, when he had . . * , • % long, weary night watches, twice he overslept because his alarm had failed him, so to insure his “call” he had run a wire from the station clock to a bell in his room at the hotel. By au ingen ious connection when the hands m ark ed 1 1 :4 5 the ringing of the bell brought him violently out of the land of dreams. When Tom was promoted to the shdrter watch and went to live at Mrs. Jordan’s, Bill Townsend, who suc ceeded him, fell heir to his room and “the devil’s own,” as Tom called the bell. The clock was au imitation of the old fashioned, big faced, cashless time pieces, with weights and chains and a long, heavy pendulum. “Twenty minutes late,” he muttered. The hour hand was less than two inches from the connection, but how slowly it crept! If lie could only move that hand! His knees were free. He drew them up toward his chin, shot out his legs and came to a sitting position. Then, by a series of short jumps and bumps, he reached the wall, braced his back against it and, with great diffi culty, worked himself to his feet. The pendulum swung close to his car, but Discouraged Men, who have suffered the tortures of dyspepsia, will find encouragement in the following letter. It points the way + ♦> v * ❖ ❖ + V A A A A A A The H o u s e w ife’s Friend COi'XRltiMT is ever that ingredient of so many dishes—flour. It behooves you to make certain that the flour you use is not only made from the first grade of wheat, but is properly manufactured, preserv ing all its nutrient qualities. PEARL W HITE brand meets the severest specifications for a fine, wholesome, satisfying flour. ❖ A ❖ ❖ ❖ t ♦> ❖ ❖ A V ❖ ❖ A V ❖ ❖ * ❖ ❖ A f A •> I C L A R E N C E T. B IR K E T T , t A 7 A ❖ S ❖ to certain help and almost certain cure. 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Inch by Inch he edged himself along the wall to the shade, caught the stick between his teeth and sank quickly to the floor. He had suc ceeded. The stick was torn loose from RIDiNG ON AN A V A L A N C H E .' W O N D E R S O F W A T C H M A K IN G Down * Steep Canyon W ith o u t m B r a ise or a Scar. Few mountaineers go far enough Into the avalanche regions to see much of them, and fewer still know the thrilling exhilaration of riding on them, says John Muir In The Atlantic. In *11 my wild mountaineering I have enjoyed only one avalanche ride, and the start was so sudden and the end Its flimsy fastenings. Back again, up came so soon I thought but little of « • - _ _ - _ Als A A h a A a . a am uuvIAl. *■ ■ i k a A the danger that goes with this sort of travel, though one thinks fast a t such times. One calm, bright morning In Yosemlte, after a hearty storm had given three dr four feet of fresh snow to the moun tains, being eager to see as many , , ,, A „ , , avalanches as possible and gain wide quee“ ° f hco} s’ G°od „Bess >‘a<1 1 a watch made for her In the form of a R a c e r Tim e p ieces 0%vned by Tw o of E n g land's Queen*. Among the treasures of a Swiss mu seum, inserted In the top of an old fash ioned pencil case, Is the tiniest watch ever constructed. It Is only three-six teenths of an Inch In diameter, and Its little dial not only Indicates hours, min utes and seconds, but also the days of the month. So perfectly formed Is this lilllputian watch that It keeps excel lent time and Is a marvelous piece of mechanical workmanship. Two of the most elaborate and curi ous watches which the world has ever seen belonged to Queen Elizabeth aud her unfortunate contemporary, Mary, and along the wall he worked until he stood nearly under the clock. He turn ed sidewise, raised his head until the stick pointed at the hand, made a ter rific effort to reach It, failed, lost his balance and fell heavily to the floor. The bodily pain was nothing to him, but he groaned in anguish a t the loss of time. He looked up. The clock views of the peaks and forests array- had stoDDcd* ed In their new robes before the sun- .. , . . ,, , , _ The hands marked 11 . He could ehlne had tim e to change or rearrange H w ^ w U h Z ' X L n Z reach the pendulum. It must be s tart- 1 them*1 set out early to climb by a side nt deslgn and th^ whole was ke t ln ed. There was still a chance of more ■ canyon to the top of a commanding ' P delay. Again the struggle to regain : rldee a little over 3 ,0 0 0 feet above the duck, with beautifully chased feathers, his feet, harder now because of Ills growing weakness. Nearer and nearer he crept to the motionless rod. A nod of his head would s tart It. “My God!” he suddenly cried. “Why I valley. But I was not to get top views of any sort that day, but instead of these something quite different, for deep trampling near the canyon head where the snow was strained started didn’t I think of it before? Is there ' an avalanche, and I was swished back still time?” And seizing the heavy down to the foot of the canyon as if by brass disk nt the end of the pendulum In his teeth he raised his head and de tached it. The rod, freed of its heavy weight, swung rapidly back and forward, im pelling the hands onward at a greatly increased rate of speed. His eyes were following the minute hand. He could see it move, and the hour hand? Yes, it was creeping along. Tom’s strength was going fast. He sank to his knees and rolled over on the floor, but his eyes were fixed on that hand. How long would it take to reach 1 1 : 4 5 ? Closer and closer it crept. Now It touched the Ivon connection and moved slowly past it. The alarm had been sounded, but there were 15 minutes more before Bill would arrive. He strained his ears to catch the slightest sound. The noise of the storm was all that he could hear. Click, click, click came from the in strum ent—a message from Mnysville. Twenty-six had just passed. Maysville was 12 minutes up the road—it must now be 1 1 : 18 . Tom tried to calculate the time since the hands started on their wild race, but his mind was a chaos of mad thoughts. W hat if Bill did not arrive In season? He rolled over on his face and waited for tho worst. The door burst open. “Hello, where are you?” It was Bill’s voice. “Stop 2 G—hold up at Dyke’s s id in g - get men”— But Bill was gone. , The red light flashed up the track, and 2 6 , with a noisy grinding of wheels and many jolts, came to a stop. A posse was hastily formed, but when the siding was reached nothing was found but the open switch that meant death and destruction. The passengers and crew tried to make Tom believe that be was a hero, but he only pointed to the clock and said: “It was the ‘devil’s own.* Waver- ley Magazine. enchantment. The plodding, wallow ing ascent of about a mile had taken all day, the undoing descent perhaps about a minute. When the snow suddenly gave way, I Instinctively threw myself on my back and spread my arms to try to keep from sinking. Fortunately, though the grade of the canyon was steep, it was not Interrupted by step levels or precipices big enough to cause outbounding or free plunging. On no part of the rush was I buried. I was only moderately imbedded on the surface or a little below it and covered with a hissing back streaming veil, and as the whole mass beneath or about me joined in the flight I felt no friction, though tossed here and there and lurched from side to side, and when the torrent wedged and came to rest I found myself on the top of the crumpled pile, without a single bruise or scar. Hawthorne says that steam has spir itualized travel, notwithstanding the smoke, friction, smells and clatter of boat and rail riding. This flight in a milky way of snow flowers was the most spiritual of all my travels, and after many years the mere thought of it Is still an exhilaration. a case of brass, covered with black leather thickly studded with big silver knobs. The 111 fated Mary was the possessor of a watch In the form of a skull. The dial was introduced where the palate should have been, and the works occu pied the place of brains in the crani um. In the hollow of the skull, more over, was a bell which had works of its own and by means of which a hammer struck out the hours upon It. One of the choicest rarities of the Bernal collection was a book shaped watch. This curious time Indicator was made by order of Bogislaus XIV, Duke of Pomerania, in the time of Gustavus Adolphus. On the face of the book, where the dial of the watch is set, there is an engraved inscription of the duke and his titles and armorial bear ings, together with the date, 1627 . On the back the engravings are also very finely and skillfully executed, among them being the portraits of two gentle men of the seventeenth century. The dial plate is of silver, chased in relief, while the insides are beautifully chased with figures of birds and foliage. The watch has two separate movements and a large, sweet toned bell. At the back, over this bell, the metal is ornamental ly pierced in a circle, with a dragon and other devices, while the sides are pierc ed and engraved witTi a complicated design of beautiful scroll w o rk—Lon don Tit-Bits. B O L T O N 'S- L A S T YEAR. The W a y He Spent It P r e p a r in g Foe His Death. “Billy Bolton, the Lanslngburg brew er, was a very rich man and one with a host of friends,” said an up state man to the New York Sun. “His brewery ln Lanslngburg was a profitable con cern, and he practically owned about all the saloons In that town. “One day after a consultation his phy sicians told him that he had Bright’s disease and that he surely would not live more than a year. Billy took their word for it and made up his mind to make the fur fly while life was left. He had never traveled much, and so he decided to go around the world. “He took with him a congenial friend and plenty of money, and away they went. They left a trail of fire and ash es through all the capitals of Europe and the queer and strange places of Asia and Africa. After nine months they came back, and Bolton brought with him the most marvelous collection of souvenirs and presents that any man not a professional collector ever brought Into this country. The duties amounted to $ 3 , 000 . “Arrived In Lanslngburg, Billy hired the town hall, sent his packing boxes filled with these oriental and European treasures up to the hall and had them all taken out and put on exhibition as though for a church fair. Upon each article he marked the name of some friend whom he wished to remember with a gift. There were hundreds In this category, but Billy had presents for them all. “On the day appointed for the pres entation he invited his army of friends to the town hall. To each he turned over the present selected for him, and amid the cheers of his grateful and ad miring fellow townsmen the ball was stripped of Its beautiful things. “When the last present had been placed in the hands af its recipient, Billy went back to Ills home and lay down to die. Within the year his phy sicians’ prophecy came true, and the town gave him the finest funeral that any man ever had.” DR. B Y L E S STO O D GUARD. C U R IO U S P R IV ILE G E S . H o ts In th e H o u se o f Com m ons. Speaker Denison if he saw a mem ber wear any unwonted headgear other than the regulation tall liat would send for him and point out the irregularity. In these days a billycock hat has fre quently been seen in one particular quarter of the house, and the innova tion is tolerated. W hat Speaker Deni son would have said or thought if he had seen a few straw hats In the ex tremely hot weather of last session the w riter cannot venture even to con jecture. A reference to hats recalls the curi ous custom which prevails, that when a member wishes to interpose with a point of order after the question has been put from the chair he must speak “covered.” On one occasion Mr. Glad stone wished to speak in this way, and, as he never brought a hat into the house, he was obliged hastily to bor row a hat. It happened th a t the bat which he borrowed belonged to his then solicitor general. Sir F. Herschell (afterward the lord chancellor), and it proved to be far too small for Mr. Gladstone’s head. He was unable for some time to address the house owing to the shouts of laughter which bis a p pearance called forth.—Good Words. Not V isib le to th e N a k e d E y e . “W hat,” asked the proud young mamma, “do you think of the baby’s features?” H er big, coarse brother looked down a t the precious little innocent for a mo ment and then asked: “Where are they?”—Chicago Tlmes- Herald. Some o f th e P r e r o g a t iv e s W h ich Em bassad o r s May E x e r c ise. A curious privilege of an embassador Is th a t he and he alone when dismiss ed may turn his back to the sovereign to whose court he is accredited. The mode of procedure is as follows: When the embassador’s audience Is over, he w aits to be dismissed by the sovereign. When dismissed, the em bassador bows, retires three paces, bows again, retires another three paces, bows a third time, turns on his heels and walks to the folding doors. B u t it is felt that more polite methods should obtain when the reigning sov ereign is a woman. To turn his back Is to be discourteous, to walk back ward is to resign a privilege. The em bassador retires sideways, like a crab. H e keeps one eye on the sovereign and w ith the other tries to see the door. H e thus shows politeness to the sov ereign aud a t the same time retains one of his privileges. As the embassa dor is usually an old gentleman, often short sighted, he sometimes fails to reach the door and comes in collision with the wall. Another privilege of embassadors is the right of being ushered into the royal presence through folding doors, both of which must be flung wide open. No one except an embassador can claim this privilege. The most any nonembassadorial person can ex pect is that one of the leaves shall be opened to him. The reason for this privilege is not known. There a re cer tain irreverent suggestions th a t have been made, but we prefer to be silent w ith regard to them. Another privilege, capable of causing great inconvenience, is the embassa dor’s right of admission to the sov ereign a t any hour of the day or night. Thus the minister representing some little bankrupt s tate could go down to Windsor and demand an audience at 4 o’clock In the morning. The audience would have to be granted, though It could be delayed by the exercise of in genuity.—Chambers’ Journal. It W a s a T h a n k s g ivin g D a y , and the Cause W a s Urgent. One of the most famous of the old Puritan divines was Dr. Mather Byles, who was born in Boston in 1706 and who was the first pastor of the Hollis Street Congregational church, to which he ministered for more than 40 years. Dr. Byles was famous as a humorist and wit, and innumerable anecdotes are related of his clever quips and re torts. He was a zealous Tory and warmly advocated the cause of “the mother country” against the colonies. In November, 1777 , be was arrested as a Tory, tried, convicted and sentenced to be confined on board a guard ship and sent to England with his family within 4 0 days. The sentence was a ft erward commuted by the board of war to confinement in his own house, a guard being placed over him with in structions not to permit him to leave his residence for a moment under any circumstances. On Thanksgiving morning, observing that the sentinel, who, like many of the colonial soldiers, was a simple rustic, had disappeared and that Dr. Byles himself was pacing up and down be fore his own door with a musket on his shoulder, the neighbors crossed the street to inquire the cause of this sin gular spectacle. “You see,” said Dr. Byles, “I begged my guard to let some cider with which T H E SH O T E W A S T H E R E . W h y One Old Farm e r Thinks He W o u ld Make a Good D e tective. “Guess I wouldn’t have much trou ble gittln on the ’tectlve staff in De troit ef I wanted ter make ap p e lla tion,” and the old farmer kicked a log ln the open fireplace so that he could see his neighbors better. They were assembled to hear him tell all about it. “When I missed that shote outen the pen, next mornln it jest came ter me sudden as ligbtnin that It had been stole by that ther George Washington Pepperville what had been workin fur me. He knowed the dog, so it wouldn’t bother him none, aud he was the pow- erfulest man fur fresh pork I ever see. So I goes inter town and tells the head man of the ’tectives, and he puts a couple of fellers on the job, and they reports that they was no shote about Pepperville’s shanty, and they was no case ag’in him. I ’lowed I might be follerin the wrong track, but I klm home here and sot my own stakes, and I was to Fepperville’s afore sunup. “ ‘Wash,’ I says, ‘why didn’t you keep that hog when you bad him? Wasn’t he fat ’nough yit ter suit you?’ “ ‘Who you talkin to?’ he muttered. T il hab de law on you ef you make me any mo’ trouble ’bout d a t hawg.* “ ‘Now, Wash.’ says I, ‘don’t git your dander up. That there shote kim home in the night and went ter squeal- in ter git inter the pen. I put ole Ras- tus on the scent, and he landed me right here.’ “ ‘Dog gone dat Rastus,’ he shouted, ‘I’ll flay dat dog alibe!’ “And he sprung ter the middle of the room and ripped up the floorin, and there was the shote. Wash would have jumped on me, but I jest kivered him with that ole muzzle loadin pistol of mine and tole him ter go gentlelike. “Well, sir, he begged and whined so I let him off, him agreein ter tote the pig home in a bag and ter chop wool fur me three days fur my trouble.”-- Detroit Free Press. Dyspeptics cannot be long lived, because to live requires nourishment. Food is not nourishing until it is digested. A disorder- ed stomach cannot digest food, it must have assistance. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests all kinds of food without aid from the stomach, allowing it to rest and regain its natural functions. Its elements are exact- e go out to procure ly the same as the natural digestive fluids, ____ _____ _____ _ _____ _yself and and it simply can’t help but do you good. family might celebrate Thanksgiving T. Wheeler. day, but he would not permit me to For the most parti children’s hats •TL'i* stir. I argued the point with him, and three sorts : the big straw hat, the made he has now gone to get the cider for me hat of chiffon or silk, and the bonnet, on condition that I keep guard over myself during his absence.” lore or less poke shape. W h en H o r a c e G r e e ley Lost HI* Hat* A very distinguished assemblage hon ored G rant’s ball, which was held In the newly completed north wing of the treasury building. Elaborate prep arations were made for dancing, the manager, by telegraphic communica tions, keeping the dance moving si multaneously on three floors. But the man who preferred eating to dancing and could not get ev<n within the sight of food was not well pleased. Re freshments were served In the bnse- lient, in a room too small to accom modate the 6,000 guests, but large enough to contain the provisions, which were scarce Indeed. In the cloakrooms the committee in charge lost their heads, visitors lost their hats, and it is stated on good authori ty th a t the sulphurous vapors which rose in the vicinity of the place where Horace Greeley searched for his hat during two hours were stifling. It is recorded that one gentleman! walked to Capitol hill, two miles dis*- tant, In dancing pumps and barehead ed and that many frightened women still cowered In the corners of the dressing rooms a t dawn the next morn ing. So, in preparing Grant’s second ball, the committee made elaborate arrangements in order that these un pleasantnesses should not again oc cur.—National Magazine. T h e T r u e M ission o f Luxury, No luxury is justifiable that ends in simple enjoyment. It must be turned to good account by adding to our pow ers of usefulness. It we enjoy reading, are we enthusiastic for the public libra ry? If we enjoy outdoor life, are we anxious for parks and pleasure grounds for the people? If we revel in art or music, do we long that picture galleries be thrown open or good music be attainable by all? Do we strive whenever possible to share our luxu ries, whatever they may be, with those less favored than ourselves, or are we satisfied with our own enjoyment as an end instead of using it as a means to ^bettering the lives of others also? Truthful answers to those questions will speedily tell us also whether our own special luxuries are building up character aud life or whether they are the rjn >ans of lowering the one and noFttfwlng the other.—Philadelphia Ledger. \ The Imperial family of Russia pos sesses the most valuable collection of precious stones of any reigning house In the world. Allen Halverson, of West Prairie, Wis., . . says : “ People come ten miles to buy F ol - n .. . .. .* n n t ky ’ s K idnby C urb , ” while 8. A. Spero. of It would seem that the stage Is not Helmer> Ind._ sa„a . ..It ia the medical only the last profession that would be wonder of the age.” Harry O. Bennett, chosen by a person afflicted by stutter ing. but that a stutterer would never | The reign of the low chignon, so long predicted, has arrived at last, and it has Yet it is a fact that some well known been quite generally adopted, although actors and singers labor under this dis- 80me women of fashion are still refractory. advantage. “A few months ago food which I ate for The strangest thing about It is that breakfast would not remain on my stom- the sad Impediment which Is so pain- ach for half an hour. I used one bottle of fully evident in private life seems to your Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and can now vanish entirely when they are on the eat. breakfast and other meals with a relish, and my food is thoroughly digested. Doaras. _______ Nothing equals Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for It is curious that appearance on the troubles. H. S. Pitts, ArUngton, stage or in the pulpit should have this Tex. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what beneficial effect, for stutterers in other you eat. T. F. Wheeler. walks of life do not lose their imped! ment when at work, however enthusi astic their love for their profession.— London Answers. Despite the number of brown veils, noted white is the best seller. Quick Relief For Aslhma. Miss Maude Dickens, Parsons, Kans., v i c t o r i a Got Her Prim roses. writes ; “I suffered eight years “The following little anecdote, told asthma in its worst form. I had several by Queen Victoria herself, will show attacks during the last year, and was not her independence of character,\ says a expected to live through them. I began „ m , - v „ ! r > o , primroses aud finding none In the H 0 Bennett loyal gardens, she sent word to have ______ some planted. The gardeners, the “Why can’t a man’s nose be longer than queen said, made many objections, and, n inches ? The favorite theatrical play in In dia Is the presentation of the exploits of some god. _____________ _ T H E MIDW A Y . finding shortly afterward that her wishes had not yet been carried out, she dispatched a messenger inquiring the reason, ‘t suppose Queen Anne had none,’ she said, ‘so they did not think It proper for me to have' any, but 1 sent them word promptly that Queen Victoria would have some—and she did/ \ _______________ _ A F in a n c ial Q u icksand. “Would you like an Increase of sal ary, Mr, Smith?\ “No; it’s no use.” “No use?\ “If I had more money, I’d have to pay more debts.”—Detroit Free Press. “Oh, if it were 13 it would be b foot.” Bears the Signature of The Kind You Haw Always Bought F e lt F a m iliar. She Guessed It. He was descanting with vigor on the exceptional quality of the dinners that ore served a t one of the fashionable- clubs of Brooklyn at a very low figure for a first class meal on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Equally toothsome luncheons could be had on other days of the week, but dinners In course only on those days. “And why on only those three days?” queried the New Yorker, to whom the delights of life in Brooklyn were being rehearsed. “Wash day, Ironing day and the glrPs day out,” quickly responded one off the ladles of the party. “That's no sort of a conundrum to a woman who has ever had the care of a house. Better try a harder one next time unless you hap pen to be ln a stag party.”—New York Times. P r in c ip a l Am u sem ent F e a tu r e s ol the Pan-A m e rican E x p o s ition. The Midway of the Pan-American Imposition far surpasses all amuse ment features at former expositions, both In quality and novelty of attrac tions. The following a re the principal concessions: Esquimaux Village, Glass Factory, \Trip to the Moon, Aerlo-Cycle, Old ^Plantation, Beautiful Orient, Miniature 'World’s Fair, Around the World, Cleo patra, Colorado Gold Mine, Living Pic tures, Dreamland, Moving Pictures, W ar Cycloruma, Philippine Village, Alt Nuremberg, Panopticon, Streets of Mexico, Darkness and Dawn, Burning Mountain, Darkest Africa, House Up side Down, Water Sports Carnival, Gypsy Camp, Golden Chariots, Johns town Flood, Infant Incubators, Fair ■Japan, Bostock’s Wild Animal Arena, iIdeal Palace, Jerusalem on the Movn- fcig of the Crucltixlou, Indian Congress, iBaznar Building, Scenic Railway, Ven- DR. E. F. BUTTERFIELD + Will be at the Brnham House, Penn Yan, Wed- nesday, June 19 , He gives Free Clairvoyant examinations. Here is one of those astonishing results made by Dr. R. F. Butterfield in five weeks’ treatment of P. Maine, a substan tial farmer of Na*th Wilna, N. Y. Let him tell his own story: My Dear Doctor—When I came to yon five weeks ago I had given up all hope of ever being well. My neighbors had all „ i ,i given me up as even beyond all hope of Bennet Burleigh related a pleasant I | ven reIieff Some of ^em told me to story in the London Telegraph. The try Dr. Butterfield. I had become very incident, which happened in his sight I emaciated, was coughing a good deal and and hearing, was as follows: Two offl -1 severe racking pains in my stomach, a cers, total strangers, new arrivals I good deal of sickness of stomach, urine from up country, rather lonely and j scant and high colored, pain in back of bored, were awaiting luncheon. T h e I head. On examination you did not say .elder having proposed that they should 7 0 ?1 couI<* c “ r 5 rae» but ^ t y could veloped so rapidly that at last one change; my appetite has become splendid, said to the other: “Do you know, 1 I sleep likeachlld, and,strangetosay, my rather like you, and there’s something own neighbors did not know me. They about you that seems familiar, as if would not believe such a marvelous we had met before? I’m Major S. ol change could be wrought in thr^ef'^.eifl- the Blanks.” “Indeed! Are you? 1 U nave been splendid ever since. I thought so. And I’m Lieutenant S. of have had one pull-back and that was - ’s stuff, just joined—your youngest wh®n 1 ate a ^ ic»kt,e° ?ieu *inn®r‘. P^ h\ nntiioi.1” J * * pects seem good that I shall obtain both health and strength. Refer anyone to me. Yours truly, p. M ain B- North Wilna, N. Y., March 14. J 90 ° Clairvoyant Examinations Free by Dr. Benham House, Wednes day, June 19th. brother! A Great E r r o r , “My bero dies in the middle of my latest novel,” said the young author. “That’s a grave mistake,” replied tht editor, “He should not die before the | Butterfield at Benha reader does.”—Atlanta Constitution. S T a ZX.1 1 Foley’s Honey Tar Foley’s Honey -»<- f a r Miniature Railway. cu r e s c o lds, p r e v e n t s p n e u m o n ia , fo r c h ildren,safe.sure. N o opiates. ‘t r
