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®I)e Penn p a n (Bxpreee. PENN YAN, YATES C0„ N. Y. REUBEN A. SCOFIELD, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, t e r m s : $1.2$ P e r Y e a r in A d v a n c e . $1.50 i p N o t P a i d in A d v a n c e . r e s s Express and N Y. Tribune Farmer, i y r ....$ i 60 Express and N. Y Tribune,thrice w e e k ly.... i 8$ Express and Thrice-a-Week World, i y r ......... i 6s Express and 'Rochester Weekly Dem., iy r .... r 50 Express and Rural New Yorker, x y r . ............ 1 75 Express and Albany Semi W eekly J o u rnal... 1 60 Busin£99 (flarbs. The Only Continuously ) Republican Paper in Yates County. £ PE N N Y A N , N . Y . . W E D N E S D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 18,1903 V o l. X X X V I I .—N o . 46 .—W h o l e N o . 1924 . A Open Letter to the Voters ot M ilo . Very soon the voters of the town of Milo will be asked whether they want li censed liquor bars in their town or not. The people of the town of Jerusalem said some time ago, by a majority of about 400, that they did not, anil none of them, we think, have regretted their decision. We have been annoyed more or less by drunken men on cars or otherwise, but these men have purchased their liquor in Penn Yen. Close the bars of Penn Yan and Jerusalem will be comparatively sober. There is every consideration why there r 4 J AMES H. BRIGGS, ATTORNEY AND PENSION AGENT, All kinds of claims promptly attended to. Office, new No. 415, old No. 77, Liberty Street, Penn Yan, N. Y. Past Commander Sloan Post. No. 93, G. A. B. M ao NAUGHTON, DENTIST, _ Penn Yan, N. Y. Office over Wheeler’s Jewelry Store, Main St. W . w .SMITH. DENTIST 68 East Ave., Bochester, N. Y S EOUROTES BOUGHT AND SOLD. MONEY LOANED ON BOND AND MORTGAGE. CARE OF ESTATES A SPECIALTY. FARMS FOB SATYR. m i JOHN T. ANDREWS A SDN. OTICE.—At the office of DBS. H. It. PHILLIPS & WREAN From May 1,1900, you can get A Set of Teeth, on Rubber Plate, For $10.00, And Dentistry of the be et at the Cheapest living prices. Consultation Free. C. ELMENDORF, It w ould seem by the thousands of cures ovarian trouble made every year Lydia Pinkham ’ s Vegetable Com p ound that the above statement is true* ROFESSIONAL D 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 , 1 4 5 3 V E A .I 3 ST S T , ( N e x t D o o r to B e n h a m H o u s e .) Residence, 108 Benham St. Telephone, store, 66 W. Telephone, residence, 66 F. 1853. H O M E 1903. I bs . Co. of New York, The Largest Fire Ins. Co. in America. ASSETS, - - $17,108,635.12 SURPLUS, $6,436,038.69 Goodspeed & Miller, Agts. P E N N Y A N , N. Y . W h e n a physician tells a woman suffering with ovarian or womb trouble that an operation is neces sary, it of course frightens her. ♦ The very thought of the operating table and the knife strikes terror to her heart. A n d our hospitals are full of women who are there for ovarian and womb operations! It is quite true that these troubles may reach a stage where an operation is the only resource, but such cases are much rarer than is generally sup posed, because a great many women have been cured by Mrs. Pinkham’s medicine after the doctors had said the operation m u st be performed. L y d ia E . P in k liam ’s V e g e table Compound has been very successful in curing ovarian troubles. In • fact, up to the point where the knife must be used to secure instant relief, this medicine is certain to help. O v a rian troubles are easily developed from w o m b troubles, and wom b troubles are so very common t h a t ovaritis is steadily on the increase am o n g women. I t is, nevertheless, a m ost seri ous trouble, a n d to recom m end w r o n g treatm e n t for it is a crim e for w h ich there cannot be too deep a penalty. It is, therefore, with full consciousness of the seriousness of the disease, and the steady failure of other medicine to cure it, that we present for ova rian and womb trouble L y d ia E . P in k h a m ’s V e g e table Com p o u n d as the most certain to help of any medicine in the world to-day. A n y person who could read the letters in Mrs. Pinkham’s files at her office in Lynn, Mass., would be convinced of the effi ciency of Mrs. Pinkh anVs Compound. The strongest and m ost gratefu l statem ents possible to m a k e come from wom en who have escaped the operating table by the use of this medicine. L e t any wom a n suffering from these troubles, or an y th in g w h ich m a y develop into them , w r ite and get Mrs. PinlthanVs advice. I f you are beyond the reach of the m edicine, you w ill be fran k ly told so, but, i f not, you w ill be fu lly, and carefully, and kin d ly advised. W I S E IS T H E W O M A N W H O B E L I E V E S IN Three letters as proof taken from hundreds received during th e current year. August 29 th, 1901 . “ D e a r M r s . P i n k h am : — Some time ago I wrote you how I suffered. The doctor called my trouble con gestion of the womb; also stated that my womb was turned so that I could never have any more children, and that the only cure was an operation. I was so sore and swollen across me that it hurt me to walk. At time of menstruation I suffered terribly. A friend advised me to write to you, and after receiving your reply to my let ter, 1 gave up doctoring with the doctor, and followed your advice, for which I cannot thank you enough. “ L y d i a E . P i n k l i a m ’s V e g e t a b le C o m p o u n d proved to be just the medicine I needed, and saved me from a terrible surgical operation. After a time I gave birth to a nice boy. He has always been healthy and is the joy and sunshine of our home. 1 know had it not been for your medicine I never would have had my little boy. May God bless you in the good you are doing for suffering women.” M r s . G e o r g e H o l l a n d , 54 Grove Ave., East Providence, B..L Mrs. M . G . M e r r itt, Payson, A r izona, w r i t e s : 44 D e a r M r s . P i n k h a m : — I thought I would write to you as I have been taking L y d ia E . P in k h a m ’S V e g e table Com pound. 441 had been sick for twelve years. I suffered a great deal with my ovaries and kidneys, had a discharge with a bad odor. Would bloat up after eating, felt tired all the time. The doctor said an operation was necessary. “ I commenced taking your medicine last April and it has cured me. I have gained in weight, and feel better than I have for years.” M rs. F . O. V e g h te, Roselle, N .J., w r ite s : 44 D e a r M r s . P i n k h a m : — I w i s h t o t h a n k y o u f o r L y d ia E . P in k h a m ’s V e g e table Com p o u n d , w h i c h . cured me, after I had suffered for years with ovarian troubles. The pain in my back was agonizing, and I had leucorrhcea very badly. I doctored until I thought there was no hope for me, and although it was strongly against my principles to take anything not prescribed by a doc tor, finally I began to take L y d ia E . P in k h a m ’s V e g e table Com p o u n d . It did me so much good that I continued its use, and I am now entirely free from pain and disease, and escaped a dreadful surgical operation. Anyone who knows the agony caused by ovarian troubles, will understand how thankful I am for the great change in me, for which I am eternally grateful to you. For years I have nursed women in confinement cases, and I know how terribly women suffer from female disorders, and in all my experience I have never known of anything else that would really help those who are afflicted. I be lieve your Vegetable Compound will cure the very worst case of female weakness.” By a 83000.00 forfeit the above letters are guaranteed to be genuine L Y D I A E. P I N K H A M ’S V E G E T A B L E C O M P O U N D . o F Special Sale Furniture! Silas Kinne & Son for the Holidays! R e p r e s e n t th e J Having an extra large stock of Chiffoniers, Sideboards, and Bedroom Suits. We are offering them during January At a Trifle Above Factory Prices. Get Our Prices; they Will Open Your Eyes As to Real Values. Couches Reduced, $3.00 to $5.00 Each. AETNA INSURANCE CO., OF HARTFORD, 11 The Leading Fire Insurance Company o f Am erica.” AMERICAN FIRE INSURANCE CO., OF NEW YORK YORK UNDERWRITER’S AGENCY, SPRIN6 BARDEN INSURANCE CO., OF PHILA. NORTH a n d WESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO OF MILWAUKEE, WIS. Policies Properly Written. Losses Promptly Paid. S IL A S K IN N E A SO N , 94yl A g e n t s . ClarenceH.KnappI TheCiti Bank Go to Olympian Fruit and Candy Co.’s For N E X T D O O R T O T H E BEN H A M H O U S E . XXtxVvaxx CXvesXxvxxXs ’E A f c , , TSiXe- PENN YAN, N. Y. Chartered April 14, 1899. Life at S e l i e v e n l n g e n . A recent writer on Holland’s famous watering vince says: “At Sclievening- en, if you wish to keep away from the grand suburb and eat among the old fashioned folk of the fishing village, the people of that interesting ‘dorp’ will give you a delicious breakfast, the staple of which will be sweet rye bread, fresh butter of the finest quality and incomparable herring. If you want a real Dutch lunch, it will consist of rye bread and cheese, with a glass of rich milk. The milk has some curious and picturesque associations. In the early morning—again if you keep to the old quarters—you will see the dogs, which arc universal beasts of burden in the Netherlands, dragging the little milk carts. The barrels are brightly painted and are mounted with shining brass. And, while the milk carts are going round, the maids—generally plump and swaddled in manifold skirts which give them the aspect of abnormal lati tude—are bustling about with the pail and mop and that ‘glazen spuit’ which is one of the most cherished of Dutch domestic institutions. It is a great brass squirt with which windows and shutters are energetically sluiced.” Capital, From now until Christmas $ 50,000 I there will be Special Prices NEAR SIGHT and FAR SIGHT correctly fitted. Only the bent glasses need, HOPKINS, Jeweler and Optician. JOHN H. JOHNSON, President. LORIMER OGDEN, Vice-President, J. A. UNDERWOOD, Cashier. on everything. Directors. FRANK H. HAMLIN, HENRY M. PABMELE JOHN T. ANDREWS, HOWARD L. WOODRUFF J. A. UNDERWOOD, LORIMER OGDEN JOHN H. JOHNSON. We promptly obtain U. 8. and Foreign s Certificates ot Deposit Issued. Send model, sketch or photo of invention fox tentabllity.ity. Foror freere< book, free report on Howto Secure Patents and P A R K E R ’S HAIR B A L S A M I Cleanse, and beautifies the half. Promote, a luxuriant growth. I Mover Fail® to Restore Gray H air to its Youthful Color. Cure, eealp disease. U hair falling. 60c,andgl-Wat Druggists, S F f -MARKS write to & G>. pposite U. S. Patent Office W A S H INGTO N D.C. 5 T lie C o n d u c t o r ’s B a t o n . According to the investigations of a Frenchman the credit of inventing the conductor’s baton belongs to Lully, the composer, who eventually had cause to regret his invention. Before he adopted the baton conductors were In the habit of pounding on the floor with their feet or clapping their hands to mark the time. Lully found it wearisome to keep his foot constantly in motion and so used a stick to strike the floor and beat time. He used n pole six feet long. One day lie brought down the pole with such force that it struck his foot and made n deep wound. He paid no attention to the matter. The wound grew worse and ultimately caused his death. After his time conductors tried more and move to improve the baton, and it was ultimately brought to its present form. W a l l P a p e r The swellest things you have ever seen you will find at our Store, which we are receiving every day. VANGELDER, 1 1 6 M A I N ST.» PAINTER and DECORATOR. We give the 5 per cent Draft. P ennyroyal pills ■ Original and Only Genuine. Ry*y*fc±Nv8AFE. Always reliable. Ladle*. Mk Druigla A \ v 1 for CH ICH E S T E R 'S ENGLISH in ICED and Gold metallic boxes, sealed with blue ribbon. T a k e no other. R e fu.e Dangerous Substitution, and Imita tion*. Buy of your Drugglit, or lend 4 c . itt •tamps for Particulars, Testim onial! and “ R e lief for Ladles,\ (n letter, by re turn MalL 10,000 Testimonial.. Sold by i all DruggUu. Chlcheater Chem ical Cm, Mention this payer. S t a t io n 0 , P h i l o , P g White, Light, and Wholesome Bread, that delights the housewife when her baking Is done, is made from the high grade, pure and nutritious flour that is ground at the Penn Yan mills from the finest Spring and Winter Wheat. Bread made from the PEARL W HITE flour is of rich and tempting flavor, and contains more \nutriment to the pound than any other on the mar ket. B1R K E T T , t ► ► ► 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 A CORNER ON ARBUTUS By Louise Robinson Rhodes Copyright* loot, hy L. It. Rhodes 4 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 Norven, Mieli., April 20 . Dear Bill—I have n scheme. Do you want to go snucks ? You know those little pink flowers folks go daffy over in spring? Well, Sis says there's heaps growing round here. Trailing arbutus they call it. I thought it would be a good plan for me to get a few bushels for you to sell. Sis says she’ll help, only she won’t believe I’ll got bushels. But I will, though. Say, there's a hoy sits right across the aisle from me who plays hookey every spring and fall. Goes off In the woods and stays a week or two hunting and fishing. No body ever can find him. He shoots deer, rabbits, squirrels and things and has dandy times fishing. He has a camp kit hid somewhere, nobody know's, and just goes when the fit comes on. When he comes back, he’s good as pie the rest of the year. He’s looking out of the window now. Won der if he’s fixing to go soon? Gee, don’t I wish I could sneak with him? But he liain't got any ma. Sis says she’s going to write your sister pretty soon. The teacher is looking at me as if I am too still. I've been sneaking this in school. Guess I’ll have to stop and do something to liven things up. If you’ll go suueks on the arbutus, let me know. Yours truly, GRUBS. Norven, Midi., April 22 . My Dear Genevieve—The first warm days of spring are with us, and I feel as if new7 blood were coursing through my veins as it is through the arteries of the great trees around us. I am so much better, the doctor says, we may not have to spend another year among the pines. Dear old pines! I shall miss them wiien wc go. Just now7 they are putting out tender green fingers w7hich point lovingly at the spring sun. Here and there great patches of adder tongues flaunt their brilliant yellow as one passes. And, oh, Genevieve, the arbutus will be out next wreek. Grosvenor wants me to help him gather it for sale. You can guess how7 like sacrilege it seems to sell them, yet there may be a pleas ure In sending the beautiful bits of fragrance to brighten other people’s lives as they once did mine. I am learning to pick up the little bits of pleasure trying to forget that I ever presumed to long for great happiness. Write me soon, and tell me all about yourself and what people are doing in that dear wrorld “down below.” Faith fully yours, MARIAN NORTHWAY. Norven, Mich., April 25 . Dear Bill—The box goes tonight by express. It don’t look such an aw7ful lot, but Sis says it’s awful small bunches they sell for 10 cents, and not very big for a quarter. Most likely your sister will know about how7 much. Say, work Doc Graham to the limit. I guess he likes arbutus, for I remember he used to wear it in his buttonhole and seems as if ho brought Sis some once or twice when she was sick last spring. I don’t believe Sis likes him, for she won't ever talk about him. Say, the fellow I wrote about is gone again. We found some dandy fish in a basket on the steps the other morn ing. They were for Sis, a paper said. We suppose It is him. Say, maybe the old maid over in Pike street would take some arbutus. She used to have her yard full of flowers. Don’t forget to stick Doc Graham, and perhaps Miss Marks, who used to be my Sun day school teacher, would take some if you told her I got it. The recess bell has rung, so, so long. GRUBS. Norven, Mich., April 27 . Dear Bill—The second box started to night by express, as I telegraphed you it would, but thought I would write and tell you I’m glad you froze that Smith boy out. Don’t suppose his flowers were as nice as ours anyway. Course he knew you could lick him, but most likely he sold out because he’s too lazy to do the work. Sis said it wa’n’t right to coerce him to sell out to you. Ma didn’t say anything then, though she looked funny. I heard her tell Sis afterward that she believed every boy was a primitive man and that it was only by slow evolushun that he became a gentleman. After awhile she talked to me in her room. If that Smith kid has got any more arbutus to sell, you might let him, but chase him out of your ward anyway. Sis is writing to Gene, so you will hear all the news I guess. Yours, GRUBS. P. S.—Tlie fellow that went is back. He helped get this lot of arb. Have you stuck Doc Graham yet? Norven, Mich., April 27 . Dear Genevieve—I enjoyed your lit tle note very much, though it was quite too short. It was like a brief call SOLE M A N U F A C T U R E R , T o n. Illv o r 'n B r e a d t h . It is necessary to make use only oi the eyes and the brim of a lmt to meas ure the width of any ordinary strean or even of a good sized river, and hen is the way to do It: Select a part of the river bank when the grounds run back level and, stand lug at the water’s edge, fix your cyei on the opposite bank. Now, move youi hat down over your brow until tin edge of the brim Is exactly on a line witli the water line on the other side This will give you a visual angle thai may bo used on any level surface, anc if, as lias been suggested, the ground on your side of the river be fiat yov-| may “ lay off” a corresponding dlstanc< on It. To do this you have only to hold your head perfectly steady, after get ting the angle with your lint brim, sup porting your chin with your hand, II necessary, and turn slowly around unti your back is toward the river. Now take careful note of where your hal brim cuts the level surface of th< ground as you look over the latter, and from where you stand to that point will be the width of the river, a dis tance that may readily be measured bj stepping. If you are careful in all these details, you can come within o few feet of the river’s width.—Detroit Free Press. WHEN LIFE’S AT STAKE The most timid man will take any chance of escape. The slender rope dropped down the precipice, the slip pery log over the abyss, anything that offers a chance of life, is eagerly snatch ed at. The end the man seeks is safety. He cares nothing for the means to that end. There are thou sands of men and women whose lives are at stake, who are hindered from accepting the one means of safety by foolish prejudice. Doctor Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery has been the means of restoring health to many men and women whose hol low cough, bleed ing lungs, ema ciation and weak ness seemed to warrant the state ment of local phy sicians—u There is no cure possible.” Why should prejudice against a put-up medicine hinder you from trying what has cured thousands of suffering men and women? \O n ly for Dr. Pierce'# Golden Medical Dis covery I think I would be in my grave to-day,\ writes Mr. Moses Miles, of Hilliard, Uinta Co., Wyoming. «I had asthma so bad I could not sleep at night and was compelled to give up work. It affected m y lungs so that I coughed nil the time, both dav and night. My fnends all thought I had consumption. My wife had taken Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and It had helped her so much she insisted on my try ing his ‘ Golden Medical Discovery '—which I did. I have taken four bottles and am now a well man, weighing 185 pounds, thanks to Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery.\ The sole motive for substitution is to permit the dealer to make the little more profit paid by the sale of less meritorious medicines. He gains; you lose. from home friends. How I wish I could really have a glimpse of your dear self and give you a peep at our paradise! Yesterday afternoon I spent gather ing arbutus for Grosvcnor. I wan dered “over the hills and far away.” My path lay along a track where the red ore glistened like blood from the wounded heart of the range. The great pines had been cut away to let the miners steal the iron framework of the hill. A bluejay flitted before me, scolding all the way from his nest to the tamarack swamp. Perhaps I fell a-dreamlng as 1 gath ered my fragrant burden, for a sad, deep purple had settled over the valley before I turned homeward. A soft dark ness had settled over everything be fore I entered the town. The miners Were passing like gnomes into the hills, and everything seemed so uncanny that I was genuinely startled when some one suddenly took my basket from me. It was only a schoolmate of Grosve- nor’s, who had joined me unobserved. He is a descendant of the old voyageurs who first ventured into this region, and their wild love of nature breaks out in him occasionally, with most disastrous effect upon his education. He seems to know that I, too, love the natural world and has a sense of comradeship. When he took my basket, he already had an armful of most perfect blossoms. He had heard I wanted some. Well, dear, this letter has lasted far Into the night. My eyes are heavy, and I lay down my pen with the wish that your dreams may be as sweet as the fragrance of my room. Faithfully yours, MARIAN. Norven, Mich., April 30 . Well, Bill, here goes the last box. We’ve cleaned up pretty good out of it all, haven’t we? What are you going to do with your money ? Guess I’ll put mine toward a gun. I want to go off with the chap I told you of awfully. Ma saye a camera would be nice. Then I could take views of this part of the country to take home with me. Say, did you know we are going home next fall? Marian’s a lot better. Gee, but you did stick Doc Graham. Asked you all about Sis, did he? Well, he needn’t have, for Sis don’t like him anyway. When he came last night, she cried. Ain’t girls soft? I wouldn’t cry if a fellow came to see me that I didn’t like. Ma likes him, though. She kissed him once. He's real nice to me, so I ain’t kicking, but it don't seem fair to bother Sis when she ain’t real strong yet. The fellow I said is whistling for me to go fishing with him, so here goes. GRUBS. H id R n l l n s P n a a l o s . When Verlaine died, he left his friend Bibilapuree as a legacy to those who \ had cared for him. Bibi was inoffen sive; there was a tradition that years ago he had worked, but the man lived not who had seen him with pen In hand. Yet Bibi was looked after for the dead poet’s sake. Painters, sculp tors, journalists, gave him house room in turn, fed him and clothed him, and Bibi was grateful. But one little vice of his was incurable—he invariably [walked off with his host's umbrella. This persistent absentmindedness at last produced a coolness, and his friends dropped off. and Bibi expe rienced the cold shoulder of neglect. One day he was discovered almost starving in an empty house, and Ver laine’s friends reproached themselves for their unkindness to the poor old man. A subscription was raised for his benefit, and the money handed to him at a banquet at which the twenty- seven subscribers wore present. Bibi's health was drunk with enthusiasm; he rose to reply, but emotion so over came him that he sought permission to retire. In his retirement he was ac companied by twenty-seven umbrellas. DAKINO rOWDE R All the Leading Teachers of Cookery use it Why? Does better work and goes farther than any other. MARION HARLAND, author Common Sense in the Household. the p m n $}an tit sprees. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18, 1903. W eather Saperstittons. ProRH a n d W i r e s . It is said that one of the great ene mies of the overland telegraph line in central Australia is the common green frog. In order to save the insulators from being broken by the lightning they are provided with wire “droppers” leading round them at a little distance to conduct on to the pole in case of need. The frogs climb the poles and find the insulators cool and pleasant to their bodies, and fancy that the “drop per” is put there to furnish them with a back seat. After a nap they yawn and stretch out a leg until it touches the pole—result, sudden death to the frog, and as the body continues to con duct the current to earth we have a paragraph in the papers to the effect that “ in consequence of an interruption to the lines probably caused by a cy clonic disturbance in the interior, we are unable to present our readers with the usual cables from England!” Norven, Mich., May 1 . Dear Genevieve—John has come. He does care, and mother said she guessed it all along. He did not dare tell me when I was ill for fear I did not care and would feel sorry for him. Isn’t he thoughtful? We are to have the quiet est little wedding in the early fall, and then I shall see you for a little while before we go to Georgia for the winter, for I am not to give up the pines alto gether. This is the happiest Mayday I have ever known. I cannot write more now, as John is waiting for me to go walk ing. We will try to find a few last sprays of arbutus. Lovingly your friend, MARIAN. Seiifttlklc T r e a t m e n t o f C o r n * . Light shoes, short shoes and clumsy shoes produce corns by compressing, cramping and rubbing against the joints. A great many of these pedal blemishes are hereditary. In any case it is a good plan to suppress them. Every medicine merchant has a varie ty of “cures,” and nearly all give tem porary relief. A poultice made of vin egar soaked breadcrumbs will cure a little corn in one night. It is not ad visable to let a corn grow. Either rub down the formation with pumice stone or remove it with a knife. A little op position will discourage it provided sensible shoes are worn. In pedicur ing, as in manicuring, the feet should be soaked in hot water and as much of the waste material brushed and rubbed off as possible. S m i t h , S m y t h a n d S m i j t h . It is curious how the little letter “y” has proved a huge differentium. For, whereas the “Smiths,” as a rule, have been money making, the “Smyths” have shown themselves chivalrous and aristocratic. WThiIe the Smiths were Roundhead the Smyths suffered for Tory or Jacobite principles, according to the London Mail. Apropos of these variations In the spelling of the great patronymic Mr. Compton Reade pro pounds a theory which should prove of comfort to both branches of the fam ily. He hotly combats the notion that the Smyths, Smythes and Smijths have assumed a variation of spelling to lend an aristocratic flavor to a homely name. “Nothing,” he declares, “ can be further from the truth. The original form was Smyth, just as the modern ‘cider’ is a corruption of the ancient ’cyder.’ So far from the Smyths having Smythed themselves I can discover barely one notable instance of the change from T to ’y,’ but I can trace numberless instances of Elizabethan Smyths hav ing become Victorian Smiths. The roco spelling of the word Smijth Is appar ently due to the ingeniousness of some mediaeval clerk, who, in writing Smyth, took upon himself to dot both points of the ‘y,’ thus producing ‘Smijth.’ ” C a r e f u l o f H i s F e e l i n g s . “Tom, dear,” said young Mrs. Newly wed very gently, “it was kind and thoughtful of you, and I appreciate it ever so much, but a man should never undertake to select anything for his wife to wear.” “What do you mean?” he asked in surprise. “These buttons you brought home for me,” and she held up a half dozen red poker chips. “I found them on the mantel in your room, and I knew, of course, that you had brought them home for me.” “Y-you can’t use them, can you?” “No. But I appreciate your thought fulness just the same. You got them at a bargain, didn’t you?” “Um—yes.” “Well, you were cheated. I don’t see how anybody who makes buttons could have been so silly ns to forget to put in the holes that the thread goes through when you sew them on.” And Tom said he would take them right back and exchange them. O n io n Soup. Onion soup is often liked by people who disdain the savory herb in any other form. There is no doubt of the wholesomeness of the onion, and those who have never tried the soup are recommended to use this celebrated recipe of the elder Dumas: Take, for three pints of soup, four Bermuda onions or eight common white ones, mince them and fry to a golden brown in two tablespoonfuls of butter. Four in two quarts of water, season with pepper and salt and boil until the on ions are quite soft. Boat the yolks of three eggs, mix with the soup and pour the mixture over finger slices of toasted bread. Milk may be used in stead of water in this soup. It is remarkable how much faith is placed in the popular weather sayings that exist all over the world. One of the most popular of these is the “ ground hog” nonsense. The belief is that if the ground hog sees his shadow on February 2d he will return to his winter quarters and remain there for the following six weeks. The condition of the weather on this day has about as much to do with fu ture weather as the recent coal strike. It would be very unusual to have winter end during the early part of February, and still more out of harmony with natural laws to have an animal possessed of in stinct that will warn him of weather six weeks in advance, while those most versed in weather science consider a forecast of forty-eight hours a climax of perfect weather predictions. The direction of the wind at the equin oxes is another favorite superstition. The belief is that whatever the direction of the wind may be at this time will be the prevailing wind direction during the next three monthr. Official records .how that this idea is entirely erroneous, as it has failed as many times as it has been ver ified. It requires, of comse, many years of observation to prove this, but it is the only way to establish a fact on a solid basis. There is more sense in the belief that a warm summer is followed by a cold winter, or pice versa , but this is by no means reliable, as the temperature does not always restore deficiencies or excesses in 365 days. The indications based on conditions that actually exist, taken from Davis' Elementary Meteorology, are considered reliable for short-period forecasting : 14 The colors of the sky may often be used as prognostics. A clear, fresh blue shows the approach or presence of an anti-cyclonic area, while a pale sky fore bodes an approaching cyclone. Halos are commonly formed around the tun or moon in the thin cirro-stratus clouds be fore a cyclone. A glaring hazy sky often comes with southerly winds and iocreas- inly hot weather in summer; little dew is then formed at night, as radiation is checked ; frosts need not be expected at snch times. A clear stretch of sunset-red close along the horizon, surmounted by yellows, indicates fair weather the next day, and especially so if the red segi- ment is well displayed above the horizon colors; but a lntid western sky at sunset, with colors spread above the horizon on thin cirrus clouds, indicates a coming storm, and if the sunset be dull and “ dirty,” with clearer sky In the east, the storm is nearer. Rainbows In the east, and hence in the afternoon, foretell clear ing weather, these bows being generally formed on the rain of retreating thunder storms; but if seen in the west, and therefore in the morning, rain is ap proaching. This, of course, applies only in those latitudes where thunder storms move from east to west.” The long-range predictions appearing In certain newspapers and almanacs are absolutely without foundation, and no credence should be attached to them. R alph L. E astman . should be no licensed lfqaor bars in the t)wn of Milo. The only man be nefitted it the man who owns the bar or who sells the liquor, while every one else is more or less injured. From a moral standpoint we are all bound to protect our weaker brother from the temptations of the saloon as much as possible, and also to throw around our boys ard girls every possible safeguard. It is a matter of statistics that the saloon is the cause of the greater part of the crimes of this country. What good people and the church are trying to build up the saloon seeks to de stroy. From a business standpoint the busi ness men of Penn Yan should cast tbeir vote against licensing the bars in the town of Milo. The best customer of tt e merchant is not the man who frequents the saloon the most. If a man spends his earning in drink, which does him only harm, he has not the money to buy dry goods and groceries, boots, shoes, and furniture. Tte saloon makes most of the paupers, and we, the taxpayers, foot the bills of sustaining them. The saloon makes most of the criminals and we pay the cost o, the courts. The taxes would be reduced one-half if ail of the saloons were closed and kept closed. Some have ar gued that Penn Yan would not prosper if tbe drinking bars were closed, but we be lieve with our splendid fruit country about us, and our excellent water privi leges, and railway communication, under these improved moral and social condi tions Penn Yan would see greater pros perity than it has seen for many years. Z. F. F riffin , E. H. M ack , G eo . L. S tanbro , Z. A. S pace , N. B. J ackson , N. A. J ackson , R. M . B a r r u s , A d e l b k r t C r o s b y , H. B. L arrabe B, J ohn C. S otfin , W m . M c L atchy , T hos . A. S tevens . C r a d l e s H u n d r e d s o f Y e a r s Agro. In manuscripts of the ninth and tenth centuries we have pictures of cradles formed of part of a tree trunk dug out, with holes bored through the sides for the passage of straps intended to tie the baby down in his bed. These dug- out cradles are still common in modern Greece. When we come to consult the manuscripts and bas-reliefs of the fif teenth century, we notice that the cra dles are no longer mere baskets or beds on rockers, but little swinging beds suspended between two pillars, the prototype of the modern bercelon- nette. T h e H a r m o f D a m p H o u s e s . It is dangerous to health and even to life in a damp, moldy house, or one built over a moldy cellar. Many years ago the London Lancet in an article on diphtheria traced the disease in certain cases to the presence of certain molds and fungoid growths which seemed to be breathed into the throat. Remem ber, one of the best disinfectants is lime. Moldy cloths, such as shoes and other articles that are unfit for use, should be destroyed at once. A S t o r y o f B i s h o p W i l l i a m s . It is told.of Bishop Williams of Con necticut, for many years presiding bishop of the Episcopal church in America, who lived all his life a bache lor, that he was talking one day with a young man from the west about a tax a western state was trying to Impose on bachelors, the tax to be increased a certain per cent for every ten years of bachelorhood. “Why, bishop,” said the young man, “at your age you would have to pay about $100 a year.” “Well,” said the bishop quietly and in his old time vernacular, “it’s wuth i t ” M a g icln n ii' S o c i e t y . Mystic and unique is the seal, right In line with the mysterious character of the organization that bears the mono gram of the Society of American Magi cians of New York. It is usually print ed in red and white and is remarkable for the initials \S. A. M.,” worked to gether In such a way that they are readable upside down or downside up. Another curious feature of the seal is a pair of serpents' in a circle, with their tails In each other's mouth—the Egyptian sign of eternity. The motto of the organization, which Is made up of all the magicians In the country and holds its meetings on the first Saturday evening of each month, is, “Magic, Unity, Might.” The first letters of the three words are an acrostic spelling “Mum,” which is the spirit of the association, the pur pose of the club being to prevent the exposure of their secret methods and the betraying of the mechanical means of the magician to arrive at his surpris ing ends. S a i l s t h e H e lirh t s . Miss Nurltcli—Yes, Indeed, he was real attentive to me, and he's a noble man too. Miss Ascum—May Outwit met him, too, and she declares he’s an actor. Miss Nurltcli—Not at all. He ns- uured me he was a lord admiral of the Swiss navy.—Philadelphia Record. H e r C h o ice. Fred—Yes, I like him well enough, Minnie, but how did you happen to marry a man a head shorter than you are? Minnie—I had to choose, Fred, be tween a little man with a big salary and a big man with a little salary. T h e P o l i t e T r a m p . Jogging Jake— Pard, yer lookin’ rath er gay for a man that’s just been bit by a bulldog. Tired Tim—Well, the critter was a female. I’m always satisfied to give me seat up to a lady.—Philadelphia Record. A t t r a c t i v e . “How can you love him? Why, his father butchered cattle for a living!” “I know. But his father’s son has $ 3 , 000 , 000 !”- San Francisco Bulletin. A F H ffh t o f B ird s . A flight of birds changed the history of America under the following circum stances: When Columbus sailed west ward over the unknown Atlantic, he expected to reach Zipangu (Japan). After several days’ sail from Gomera, one of the Canary islands, he became uneasy at not discovering Zipangu, which, according to his reckoning, should have been 216 nautical miles more to the east. After a long discus sion he yielded to the opinion of Mar tin Alonzo Pinzon, the commander of the PInta, and steered to the south west. Pinzon was guided in his opin ion by a flight of parrots toward the southwest. The effect of this change in his course curiously exemplifies the Influence of apparently trivial events In the world’s affairs. Had Columbus kept his original route he would have entered the gulf stream, reached the coast of Florida and then probably been carried to Cape Hatteras and Vir ginia. The result would probably have been to give tlie present United States a Roman Catholic Spanish population Instead of a Protestant English one, a circumstance of immeasurable impor tance. “Never,” wrote Humboldt, “had the flight of birds more important consequences.” It may be said to have determined the first settlements on the new continent and its distribution be tween the Latin and Germanic races.— Exchange. Hai Lyceum H. E, B E L L Manager. 4< I had a very severe sickness that took off all my hair. 1 pur chased a bottle or Ayer’s Hair Vigor and it brought ail my hair back again.\ W. D. Quinn, Marseilles, III. One thing is certain, Ayer’s Hair Vigor makes the hair grow. This is because it is a hair food. It feeds the hair and the hairgrows, that’s all there is to it. It stops falling of the hair, too, and al ways restores color to gray hair. $ 1.00 a bottle. All draiglsts. Wednesday, Feb. 18th, W. E. 1M K E V ILLE PRESENTS The Most Natural Play of the Age. I f your send us one d r u g g ist ca n n o t su p p ly y o u , ie dollar an d w e w ill express you a bottle. Be sure and give tbe name o f your nearest express office. Address, J . C. AYER CO., L o w e ll, M a ss. THE VILLAGE PARSON Thrilling Climax. Powerful in Action. Intense Heart Interest. All Special Scenery. A STORY AS SWEET A S THE FRAGRANCE OF ROSES. A neglected cough or cold may lead to serious bronchial or lung troubles. Don’t take chances when Foley’s Honey and Tar affords perfect security from serious effects of a cold. Sold by I . F. Wheeler. DR. E. F. BUTTERFIELD, of SYRACUSE, N. Y. The Famous Clairvoyant Physician Talks otthe Progress that das Been Made in the Treatment 01 Chronic Diseases in the Last Forty Years. Very few Doctors, who began their prac tice forty years ago are left to tell the story of the wayt tnd methods of those earlier times. The old saddle-bags contained Dover’s powder, Calomel, Pink and Senna, the last given to the young to cure worms, and also to give proper religious bent. Bleeding, even to the point of prostration, was an adjunct to the drug remedies. The Allopathic School held the fort for many years; it was finally changed and modified by the Homeopathic and Eclectic Schools, and the Galvanic Incubator. Taking all the different schools of med icine, including those called irregulars, the Christian Scientists, Magnetic Healers, Os teopaths have tailed to give us any surety of perfect diagnosis and treatment of disease. They make lamentable failures as yet, showing their knowledge very imper fect and not to be relied upon. We still have heart disease, sugar diabetes, Bright's disease, dyspepsia, rheumatism, paralysis and ail other various ills that seem to baffle the skill of the phys ician to rightly name the disease or perform a cure. First, we are aware that wisdom and knowledge are the result of long years of toil and research, and that deep down in human life the loftiest truths are bora. Dr. Butterfield starts out from a different standpoint, basing his knowledge upont spiritual insight into the causes of you condition ana the reasons for your suffer ing. This spiritual insight is the incentive to all progress and is the one method by which the right remedies can be used to suit the case. The Doctor has been coming to Penn Yan foreight years, and has cured hundreds of cases that have corns to him as a last re sort, and he has cured where all others had failed and hope had gone. He uses vegetable remedies entirely, which are as natural as fruit, in the system. They can be taken by any one, no matter how delicate the stomach. The Doctor cures some of the worst cases of kidney and bladder trouble, enlarged liver and heart disease, dyspepsia, rheumatism and all other forms of chronic diseases. All are welcome to a free examination. His long experience is worth everything to the chronic invalid. Dr. Butterfield will be at the Knapp House, Penn Yan, N. Y. on Wednesday March 18 , 1903 . Do You Eat Breakfast cereals ? Of course you do, but which one? If it's “ /<\ you need no advice from us, for you will say It's the best o f cereals, \ft\ is good as any meal. Everybody likes ‘ because it tastes good, is very healthful, all ready to eat by adding milk or cream, and the pure selected grain from which it is made gives strength to body and brain. Try •'/<” and you w ill like it. At grocers everywhere. Of the land in Russia, as shown by the government report, the nobility own 181,000,000 acres and the merchants 36,- 000,oco, while the peasants own but 35,- 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 . j 02 llO U S R i v a l s cannot turn back the tide. The demand for Dr. Aguew’s little Pills is a marvel. Cheap to buy, but diamonds in qual ity—banish nausea, coated tongue, water brash, pain after eating, sich headache; never gripe, operate pleasantly. Sold by H. O. Bennett, T. F, Wheeler.—19, We have the best assortment of harness In town. At prices to suit yon. w. H . W h i t f i e l d A Certain Cure for Chilblains. Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Base, a powder. It cures Chilblains, Frostbites, Damp, Sweating, Swollen feet. At all D.uggists and Shoe Stores, aye. ^ ^ In 1792 the first Boston stage coach started for New York City, and now 700 railway trains are sent out of the city daily. The Death Penalty. A little thing sometimes results in death. Thus a mere scratch, insignificant cuts, or puny boils have paid the death penalty. It is wise to have Bucklen’s Arnica Salve ever handy. It's the best Salve on earth, and will prevent fatality, when Burns, Sores, Uicers, and Piles threaten. Only 25c. at T. F. Wheeler’s Drug Store. A leper settlement has been established In Porto Rico, under the direction of the military authorities, on a small island named Luis Pena. Running Sores, the outcome of neg lect, o r bad blood, have a never-failing balm in Dr. Agnew's Ointment. Will beat tbe moat stub born cases. Soothes Irritation almost instantly after first application. It relieves all itching and inn disiseases 3 to 5 nights. T. F. Wheeler.—90 Lynchlngs in the United States num bered 166 in 1897, and 127 in 1898. Since January 1, 1899, there have been 31. burning ski d In a day. It cures plies in cents. Sold by H. O. Bennett, Bears the Signature of S T The Kind You Have Always Bought
