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McKean Democrat (Newspaper) - March 4, 1898, Smethport, PennsylvaniaThe Mckean Democrat As Independent democratic paper devoted to politics local and general news Etc. Volume Xix. S. It. Lind slav amp co publishers Smethport my Kean county Penna., Friday March 4. 1898. Terms ,50 per tear invariably in Advance. Number 49. Brownell bros., a us lira a Sriv. Dealers in general merchandise a Yong to 13 k pooled and apr no i your Money in trashy a err hand in but invent in food honest Good it boast Price. A invt fait rep Cut bed our atom with a Fri a Stork of Choice new goods of the Bent que Thies to it found in the Market. Our Long end. Varied experience a taught us when in a where to buy goods that Are be to suited to the Waou of Pur baser. Our a Tock is Complete in every department. Staple gho Kriks provisions canned goods , Salt meat. Fish a. St the very lows it Market Price. Call and examine our Stock before purchasing four Supples thanking Ltd or customers for their Liberal patronage in the past and hoping by a strict adherence to the principles of honest dealing to Merit a Contla Anoe of the same we Rema n re dec tag y your h i. Decot a a hts Ician a so a a or so Ner main an. Byron streets f Utti a Ort a. Jolt Clark. M. D., c. Smith Fob Penna. Office hours�?3 to 9 20 a m1 to 3 p. M. P. M. Oin re and k raid ear a la Kell it Block. J. C. Brown physician and surgeon by e a Robt a. Office in Gallup building opposite Democrat office. Besides cd in mrs t. D Nash a House lower main Street. Brownell Bros Smet import a. Spring and summer mar Coll Burc Chadwick physician Ami bxeti1pobt, a. Prompt atle Titi Iii j caller a or o r t. Office i a i a i be Ptah i m it or. Oroni i Lorms ,11 m a Ai to Faud o fat p in or. E. I it is in r. Baker "1&Quot i a t Teeth extracted without pain. A kind 1 of Dent a work Lone prom fitly and satisfaction guaranteed. Office Over Mccoy a drug store. Edmund 1, Ryan a a attorney at Law. Coll k l tio a a a Apoc Ialet. Suits Kank a. I. K Shaffer h s Shafffer 8. L. Fellows amp co., us Etui in guns ammunition fish tackle. Bicycles sundries Tab Trsar Stamps. Go Skital Kjin Allilu i i 5 main Street. Bradford. »>4. Emil thamm leave your orders now for suite. The patterns this year Are away above the average and our tailoring department was never so Complete. In addition Tot his we carry an unrivalled Stock of ready made suits Hora Ages. Children a suits from $1.00 up. Prices that correspond with the times. Call and we will convince you that t Here is Nota clothing House outside of the very Large cities that will give you such real bargains. H. W. Rubin amp co. The hard times prices for Cash that is How we Selling sewing machines. The celebrated Wheeler amp Wilson Ball bearing rotary Motson. The Best in the world. Call and get prices. Musical instruments. All kinds from a jew Therp to a. Piano Sheet music and must Cal merchandise. G. A. Burdick. Clock Meiji port a. Acme Mill Headquarters for Hay feed and Grain. Shaffer amp Shaffer attorneys at Law Kajoe Penna. Office in the Schriever Block. Sheridan Gorton a to Tobey at Law it Bari let at Lorna to <4 a Marshb county Smethport Ian. Of is a the court Biu a. A. A. A Orro. R. Fall cd. Bouton is Gallup. Vtrok.skv8 at . Of Fly. him in a Bank a. Notary Public. Allan of Tiati att hey at Laid. Office Over h. W Ltd Biu a co Quot re Vrr. Fuse theft it of a. E. L Keenan attorney am Counselor at Law a office adjoining remu ence. Main St., Wmk Throat 1a All Legal busier to promptly Atten Deil to. Avaio to. I Feu. Joas a mint. I Fourki to i a and land office Smethport of 4 office of lir land of Hamlin a Fon v Farmer in resting it co situated Ioba coins 1 m. Key a a Cuany Cli Itou it Ous Fleir. Max i Quot fact to Kuk of cd Gars median Street Smethport. A. Iones amp Church dealers in fresh and Salt meats poultry fish oysters and vec Reta bleh. �?�1 to Par the highest ens Price for fat Stock poultry hides and pelts. Give us a Call. Williams old stand Smethport to. T. H. Clark successor to w. P. Walsh practical plumber a As and steam fitter. Dealer 1� Bath tubs water closets Wash basins Cas stoves Gas fixtures Etc agents for Welsbach lamps hot a and hot water heating apparatus tin steel and Iron roofing eave troughs and conducting pipes. All work guaranteed Gallup building Smethport Penna. Rade Takina embalming m in of lure promptly it Wiiri to by i of a nil director. Specht amp Sasse a. Haring pot the shorn Mill in first Risos Ihu a for turning out fed and meal i am step Arad to furnish of abort notice feed meal com Oats Hay bran middling. Etc., flour buckwheat Florin any Quantity. At the lowest Market Price. Your patronage solicited. J. W. Brennan Smethport a. Chas. Lemmler successor to Gleason lakh Hlor Iii double and single harness Horae furnishing goods of every description. A full line of Robes and blankets. Also a Lull line of trunks and bags which will let a sold at Bottom Price. Give me s Call. Smith port. April 20. Chas. Lilgendahl general Blacksmith a a Maurao Kumok of Hiu carts. Mech Mic Street Smethport a. All kinds of and Wagon work Don on Short notice. Horns Buettg a mpr Kluj. _ , d slur is All kind a Choice meats Fig Eichles fruits canned goods Lor. Bacon. An highest Cash prices paid for Ibidem and yeal8. Smithp a it Quot a a. T. Palmer livery feed and Sale stables prompt and careful attention Given u Ell mat d to our care stable water Street loot of state Street below the court Hutu. Smethport. A. Travellers of Hartford life and Accident insurance co writes the Best contracts for Protection and investment and at the lowest rates consistent with safety. E. F. Cummings District agent. Johnson Burg a # Dachau i a flirt be w d 4ft i i. It % lift pm prowl. Street shuts Post a. To v Hon Las a t by a thoroughly Reno be it i id put in flow is esp or the of sep in of uie Tavel Iii Mablie. The he a Sika no Cone i a try 1�> sled for bind Iwa a he of be Powk Psi rat. No 4d Uley a hot to. F f mov Kloct Etc f. Sieckel proprietor 1j6 main Street is Narcso i Doase fret old a in Essiy respect. Mesto served Snorde St All boors do or night. A her a of the Public patronage w a a Heded. A it a Tuvell House u. S. King proprietor pm Abr Allegany Penn. Electric Liell. Spring water gee hot Rati a Adall Modera . First cd As. Acconio Tationa. Hates $2 00 p r Day. Spec it tales Given to Comno a real lieu a opium big i ter sunday. So w iia a kit if of so Rovo a in Iii pro or Ettare. Cle1 Mont a i Hie House Baa wet it Een rebuilt and newly Fumi Ishad tar Oniboni. To am beat and All modern convenience. Hatos reasonable. Furniture for Plain and fancy for Are of every description Call spec tit amp Sasse i Hau St., Smethport. A. They pc a the l est and sell at Bottjen Grimm. W. C. Rockwell a the Florist a Bradford a. Cut fish s for parties i few reals Telephone 190 Palace shaving parlor not door to Kitty do or hmm Smethport Penn. E. F. Heath. Proprietor. Fir to Ziaee Volt try Guaran toed. Grand Central cafe Robt. Graves. Proper. Ladies and gents lunch and dining rooms. Oysters a specially. 210 Union Street. Olean h. Y. Insik Amk Agency of w. F. Specht Smethport. A Ibe life and Acci Leht insurance placed in reliable comp Nina. Excelsior a a is fire works works Corner Franklin Aid water sts., Smethport a. . Address Eurabee. Pasono. If thou Art not kind what will profit thee wealth of purse or mind. If thou Art not. Kind grief and misery must thy portion be. If alas thy heart be Blind and. Poor w ight thou Art not kind. Kindness and the Earth is Bright kindness and the Load is Light. Kindness and the weary Way laughs with love and round Lay King is he in All his blood who is first in doing Good god pity him whose heart is Blind and alas who is not kind. Robert Loveman. Her lust Chi luge. said mrs. Kafferly a this is the last time Perlina Milf in the very last time. In be spent enough upon you since your Raa died and i took charge of you to marry six girls who had their senses about them. I be dressed you like a Christmas doll and in be let you go into company and in be sent you to the most fashionable p aces to Board in summer and Here you Are four and Twenty and not so much As engaged. Its perfectly disgusting. Perlina and what i have to say is if you done to Settle your affairs this summer 111 give you no More Chance t expect to die in the poor House As it is. Why. 1 was married at it. And your a at 1ft, and your aunt Delight about the plainest Little Critter i Ever saw was t but just Iff. What s the use of advantages and you have looks. Perlinac if you Don t make use of it a. A a in a sure i done to know what you expect me to do. 1 can to very Well propose to any said Perlina ready to cry. A i do everything i can and they make love to me. And they say All sorts of things. If they done to pop the question How can i make them there now. I suppose you waited until Uncle Kafferly asked you to have him before you said you a your Uncle Kafferly would have committed suicide if i had refused him Quot said aunt Kafferly. A you May not believe it now. But 1 was a Beauty to my youth. As for w hat you can do. You ought to know but what 1 say is this come Home engaged or i la Stop All this useless extravagance. 1 have crammed your trunk to the tune of Van. And you Are going to Saratoga with the kerosene new Odys and if you can to do it cow. Ill give it up As a bad with which speech she inflicted on her nieces Cheek that matter of course Peck which female friends choose to consider a kiss and bade her goodbye. And despite her new wardrobe her big Saratoga trunk the prospective summer Gayety and the Chaperon age of mrs. Kerosene pc body poor Perlina cried a Good Deal in the hired Carriage which conveyed her to the boat. What was she to do to marry might have been easy but to marry Money and that was what she was expected to do was a harder task. Aunt Kafferly was a Good business woman and would not be Likely to spend any More Money on an unsaleable article and Perlina shivered at the Prospect before her. If this Summers Campaign should prove a failure. On the whole she looked so ill when she arrived at Saratoga that her Mirror told her that her Best plan would be to retire Early and take As much beamy sleep As possible in View of any eligible gentleman who might put in an appearance next Day. Fresh As a Rose and dressed in her most becoming morning dress. Perlina took her seat at the break fast table next morning and nestled close to mrs. Kerosene new body in the most bewitching manner. That lady an ample Matron with a loud voice greeted her affectionately and at once introduced her to two gentlemen who were her neighbors. Quot or. Kolt. Miss Misikin miss Milkin or. Downhill. All old friends of mine. Charmed to make you know each other a and then devoted herself to breakfast and left those who preferred it to waste time on conversation. And so miss Milkin. Having the Field to herself made eyes at both her new acquaintances. And shrewdly noted amid her infantile Giggle is and dimpling that both were smitten. They were of the age or rather of the Ages at which the heart is most susceptible of cupid s arrows. Edmund Kolt was a youth of if and Hiram downhill was at least g5. Never before had Young or. Kolt had such bewitching attention offered him. And As for old or. Downhill his memory brought Back some Dove like glances such As those Misa Milkin showered upon him from the Long vanished years of his youth but not Many. To Cut a Long Story Short. Miss Mil Kin having discovered that or. Kolt was very Rich and an orphan and that or. Downhill was a very wealthy Bachelor. At once set her Cap for both Gen theme a resolving to accept the one who proposed first. She loved neither. A girl of her views who had made a Rush into the matrimonial Market with but one stipulation that the Man she married should have Money was scarcely Likely to have a heart. A husband meant to her easy circumstances Freedom from her aunt Gay Ferlys a incessant a Liberty to flirt As much As she chose with were often very interesting and Freedom from the dread of being an old maid. Mrs. New body who was. On the whole a Good natured woman willing to see her friends Well settled furthered the Little affair to the Best of her ability. There were walks rides. A drives chatting in copy Corners and at last a proposal. It came from or. Kolt. Youth is Hasty. Age is slow. Or. Downhill was just making up his mind to do it when or. Kolt did it. I and miss Milkin said Quot yes Quot and would a have fallen into his arms hut that they were in full sight of an old lady who had just levelled her opera Glass full at them from a window. Quot yes a Perlina had answered and Young Kolt blushed Rosy red and a this soul a like that of Gloriana. In the wild Irish girl presumably a went on a Jig to heaven Quot for the hand was playing delightful dances for their edification and afterwards when they had had supper Perlina locked herself in j her room and wrote to her aunt Kafferly. Her letter ended thus a so you see in a engaged and you can to twit me any longer. I done to suppose poor Kolt will Ever set the River on fire but he a a Good natured fellow and i can just twist him around my Finger. And remember you Are bound to give me a handsome wedding dress and have always promised me poor j Mill pearls the Day i was married. Your affectionate Niece mrs. Kafferly signified her approval by return of Post and per Llna a mind was at rest. It did not trouble her much that in less than a w Eek a Tele a Gram summoned Kolt to the City. She could use the fast fading Days of Freedom better without an engaged Lover at her Side and she certainly made the most of them. She plunged into flirtation in a Way that frightened even mrs. Kerosene new body and was happier than she had Ever been since her search for a husband commenced. As for poor or. Downhill she quite snubbed him now that she had no vie we concerning him. Meanwhile the absent Kolt wrote love letters and she answered them. Quot never shall i forget my feelings when you went out to ride with old downhill he said in one of these. Quot i really thought for a while that you j liked and to this she replied a How could you fancy that i should a like a superannuated old creature like that i Only took a Little notice of him j out of poor Perlina life was certainly very much Check ered. One morning mrs. New body opened a new York paper and having glanced Down the column of marriages and deaths gave a faint shriek and looked at Perlina in a terrified Way. Perlina snatched the paper and saw this record a suddenly on the a the Edmund Edmund Koltz there was no doubt of it. Mrs. New body looked at Perlina expecting to see her faint. To her Surprise the Young lady though very serious was quite Calm. A poor fellow Quot she said a a in a very sorry. Do be quiet dear mrs. New body done to lets have a scene. No one knows we were engaged and you need not Tell Mem. I done to want my season then she arose and went to her room cried a Little bathed her face used some Pearl pow Der on her nose and went downstairs to Charm or. Downhill by beaming upon him and asking him How he could be so dreadful and neglect her so. In a word now that the old love was gone she a took up with the new Quot and in a week or. Downhill had proposed and was accepted. And the astonished mrs. Kafferly received an account of the situation which greatly surprised her. Old or downhill was rather More obstinate than even or. Kolt had been. He asserted his rights and insisted upon the open wearing of the engagement ring. There was no More flirtation for miss Milkin and Evey one knew had occurred. She wore a Diamond ring of value on her Finger and was guarded by her old Beau from morning until night. He even wrote her several notes lie tween their parting at Midnight and meeting at nine in the morning and in one of them he referred to her flirtation with Young Kolt. Miss Milkin was one of those unlucky victims to love of letter writing who can never resist putting things Down in Black and White. She wrote this sentence in her reply a you naughty naughty Goose How could i care for a Stripling like that poor follow he was very Nice but Only a boy you and when she had written it she thought How much jollies it was to run about with him than to sit in a Corner with old or. Downhill. Who was always afraid of catching cold and who would not let her dance because he could not. Still he was Rich and she was engaged at last after All. One evening she walked the Piazza with her betrothed leaning on his Arm in the most confiding manner. The evening train was in and people were waiting for the stages to bring the new Comers As they rattled up to the door some one was seen waving a w Hite handkerchief. A Young Man with very red Cheeks and then some one called not Why it s Kolt alive and for there had Lieen much lamentation Over the poor fellow. As he sprang out of the crowded vehicle they rushed toward him to shake hands and Tell him that he had been supposed dead. Quot death in the papaw. You know old Fellah a said one exquisite. Quot weary very Cyous How death could be in the papaw when you Wasny to dead you Quot it was poor Grandfather. I was named after him you know. I never thought what people would think. In Quot then he turned Pale and hurried into the House fearing that the awful news bad killed his poor Perlina. Miss Milkin was in the parlor. She had fled on his approach and was really quite faint and or. Downhill had gone for a Glass of water. Every one else was out of doors and the Young fellow rushed toward her. My Dearest love Quot he whispered my Darling you did not think i was dead a Quot yes in did a gasped Perlina. He Bent Over her and caught her hands and pressed them to his lips. A ooh i die and leave you Quot he said. A a in a but Here a hand came Down upon his shoulder and a thin voice breathed in his ear Quot Young Man i am very glad to see you restored As it were from the grave but i can to allow such liberties with the lady who is going to marry or. Downhill bad returned with the Glass of water. Perlina not knowing what to do had Refuge in tears and silence. The gentlemen grew furious and finally walked away with each oth or with Quot pistols for two and Coffee for four in their faces. But this was eighteen Hundred and ninety seven and much is thought of documentary evidence. In a retired so kit where they could not be overheard the hapless Perlina letters were produced. Poor Little Kolt read with the bitter agony of youth the woman a denial of Ner love for and engagement with him written a week after his supposed death and old Townhill gave a groan Over another buried Hope As he read the lines in which he was set Down As a superannuated creature Only taken notice of out of pity. After this the two gentlemen Shook hands. They Nad no quarrel with each other now. Neither of them wanted of marry Perlina Milkin. She received two Little notes that evening telling her so. That was last summer. This year Perlina will not go to Saratoga at All and mrs. Kafferly having dismissed her chambermaid it is a matter of wonder to the neighbors who the person with a Green Barege veil on her head who nibs the windows can to. It is barely possible that this is Perlina. Mrs. Kafferly is a woman of her word and she considers her Niece s chances of Matrimony quite new York news. Mother love won. Nearly ten years securing a Don for her to climb a tree and no matter whether hitched up or not up the tree it goes buggy and All. P4. A few Days after coming Here the horse was hired by John Peterson and j John heeler for a drive into the country. The Drivers were passing through a Large Wood when the horse suddenly took a notion to climb a tree and up it went with the buggy and men. The latter fell out. But the horse went on up into the tree carrying the buggy with it. For three hours the boys tried to coax it Down but it staid up until its desire was satisfied. The buggy was la Adly broken and the boys came Hack with the horse but left the fragments of the vehicle behind them. Or. Berry will sell the horse to a circus. Color in animals. So Trace of death Hal been commuted to life imprison me at he c lev Claud at the last tomcat a pardoned by Mckinley. The signature of president Mckinley to the Pardon of Clyde Mattox was the sequel of a pathetic Story of heroism Devotion and self sacrifice unparalleled save in the Field of fiction. For eight years a woman has worked unremittingly to save an Only son from an ignominious death on the Gallows or a life condemned to be passed within the Walls of a state prison. From the first trial in the United states court for Kansas to the supreme court of that _ in noted states and finally to the High-1 est Power in the land she has gone have Peculiar shells and feed on Birds with her prayers and her tears for Mer cd la sects. By. Wives of lawyers and judges who haunting the rookeries of the Birds prosecuted and sentenced her son have in the Southern part of the Peninsula aided her with Money and influence is a Large Blue crab. He makes a to and eminent lawyers championed her in the ground usually under a log and cause with no Hope or expectation of when he hears a noise elevates his head Reward. So great is a mothers love and protrudes his eyes with startling so powerful Are a mothers tears effect. He is Able to take care of him this is the Story self for his pincers Are powerful anti with the first Rush of settlers into i Shell is hard. He is often As Large Oklahoma on the opening of that Conn As a Saucer. Try there came from the South mrs there is a perpetual War Between Hatch widow of or. Hatch Post sur him and the Birds. He wanders among queer Florida crabs. Lao tag scripture. A Clergyman s Bright Little boy has a remarkable faculty of quoting scripture. One morning he spilled his cup of milk on the table cloth and anticipating a reproof he dropped his head instantly and murmured Quot my Tup run Neth Goon in the Union army and her Only son Clyde then a High spirited handsome boy of 1ft. Possessing largely by the nests at night and appropriates tit bits of fish left by the nestlings and the Young themselves if he ran find a inheritance All the characteristics of Mother off her guard. But he has to the Southern race. Mrs. Hatch and he sly or he is killed by the stroke of her son settled in Oklahoma City which Bayonet Bill and eaten in his turn was then rent in Twain by a fierce fac when a plume Hunter has driven of tonal township fight. Excitement ran or destroyed the parents of a rookery High. Young Maddox was appointed a these crabs swarm Forth and devout Deputy marshal and like Many of his the orphan Young in Short order. But older brother officers went armed. While the mothers Are allowed to do one night in the fall of if Tetli he was their duty the crabs Are Ideal sea Ven a out with a Boon companion a Young Gerg and devour the refuse As Well As physician from the South. There was the insects that infest the Bird cities the usual amount of drinking and Ca their Bright colors like those of the rousing and a coloured Man was shot Tiger make them less dangerous than and killed. His companion made fats their appetites would otherwise be. Escape but Mattox was arrested and there is a Little purple crab along taken to Wichita. Kan where a year the coast of Southern Florida which later be was tried in the United states seems to feed almost entirely upon tit court convicted Anu sentenced to fruit of the Cactus. This it so much re death. An Appeal was taken to the Zembles that you Are suddenly Surpris United states supreme of to see one of the succulent Little firmed the judgment of the lower court Hajis move away from your fingers three of the judges of the supreme fore you Are aware that it is alive court dissenting from the decision in step Back and the crab will resume it a an Picun which has attracted the at place and seem to be As curious about Tention of the Legal profession through y0u a you Are about him. Out the country and by Many is re one of the most Beautiful a belts found Garden As a much stronger and clearer along our coast is that of a Large Snail of the Case than the a which climbs certain Trees and grows Jority decision. Delicately fat on the Young Birds. The upon the decision of the supreme a a hell is As thin As tissue paper oddly court Mattox was re sentenced to death curved and almost As transparent a and was removed from Wichita to the he finest Glass. It belongs to the fam Topeka jail to await his execution Fly of edible snails so prize As a Del thither his despairing and heartbroken Mother whose meagre Fortune had already become exhausted in the heroic Mcacy on the coast of France and in properly prepared makes a delicious dish. It is most abundant about new but futile struggle made to save her River Inlet where the slight shake of boy removed and went bravely to a tree about Sunset will bring a showed work on the almost hopeless task of of them to the ground. The breakage securing a Pardon from president 0f a Shin seems to be of Little trouble to the Snail he repairs the damage Cleveland. Being a woman of refinement with a Beautiful face framed in Atiq moves citizen premature White hair she aroused sympathy for her great sorrow from All. She secured petitions from the leading people of Oklahoma and letters and recommendations from the judges and attorneys who had been instrumental in the conviction of her unfortunate son. And provided with Money raised by the wives of the state officials of Kansas she came to Washington to see president Cleveland. Upon her arrival Here she Learned that the president was at Buzzard s Bay and thither she went with or great sorrow. She secured an Audi i ence with or. Cleveland and told him with tears the pitiful Story of her i i Sion. She pleaded in extenuation h or son s extreme youth when the killing occurred and the Peculiar condition of his surroundings. The president listened attentively and gave her Assurance that the Case should receive his earliest consideration and she was i forced to return West in doubt As to the result of her Mission. Making rata work there Are 1-to men in North St. I onis who defy anyone to dispute the fact that Tom Maguire is a Genius. Or. Maguire is Yard Foreman at the Laclede Gas company a Plant at 2nd and Molanphy streets. His enthusiastic proclaimers of his Genius Are his fellow workers in the big Yard. A sewer pipe leading from one of the buildings to the River Bauk. H a feet away became clogged. The pipe is sixteen feet below the surface it was not known just where the obstruction was so arrangements were made to open the Trench. Then Maguire brought into play what proved to be the Trump card�?viz., rats. He had been thinking about the Pran for several Days. One night by the Aid of generous hunks of fresh cheese he managed to entrap two big Gray rodents and these he determined to put into the sewer. They were taken to. ,.the Mouth at the River Bank and re . an no won cd me paid the top a a Long a a a a Hen Lowd securely behind them. Leaving the Ani from Buzzards Bay. The Day fixed for the execution Drew near and still no j sign that her plea for mercy would be heeded. The Gallows was erected and All the dreadful preparations completed for the awful event that would forever blast her life. Twelve hours before the time set for the execution when All j Hope had been abandoned a message came from Buzzard s Bay commuting the sentence to life imprisonment Mattox was removed to the Penitentiary at i Leavenworth and began his career As a life convict. Then his de voted Mother followed him and took up her residence within the Shadow of the great building which held her Only child. How she lived is Best told in the j deep lines on her once Beautiful but now pinched and careworn face and in the faded mourning she St Iii wore for the husband who slept in a Southern grave. The Story of her Devotion and self sacrifice interested the ministers and Christian women of Leavenworth and a second Effort was made for the Pardon of Clyde Mattox. When the new administration came into Power mrs. Hatch armed with additional letters came to Washington. Through the influence of mrs. J. J. Frey wife of the general manager of the Santa be railway she secured a pass to Chicago her friends bought her a ticket the remainder of the distance. She was without Money and entered the Home of one of her attorneys where she was kindly so offed. She secured the services of one of the eminent Law firms of Washington and the Legal pro Cen for securing a presidential Pardon was put in motion. Through Faith courage and perseverance under Adverse circumstance this Noble woman and Loving Mother triumphed at last. After four months of weary waiting. Mrs. Hatch s attorneys placed in her hands a full and unconditional Pardon for her son. Three hours later the limited express As it sped Westward through the darkness. Lwy re a Black Robed woman whose radiantly Beautiful face Illy contrasted with the Gray hair that framed it. Verily happiness is a great Washington Post. Mals with Only one Chance of life. That was to go straight ahead. And they did. Several More rats were caught each succeeding Day and turned into the sewer until a dozen Fine specimens wore gnawing away in the pipe. The morning after the last detachment joined the main rodent army water commenced to trickle from the pipe. Iron rods and steam were applied. In ten minutes the sewer was . Louis Poat dispatch. Eight Days of hit witness stand. Quot the longest time i Ever saw one witness on the stand Quot is id a Man from Hardinsburg. Ky., Quot was during the life of judge Kincheloe who was regarded As one of the Ablest members of the Breckinridge bar. He was honoured by Bis people to the High office to which he aspired and he was always respected in the highest As a Man of learning and a Ripe scholar. During his Active practice land titles were much unsettled in our country and some of the most important suits came up Over titles. In the Case of Askina is. Askins in which judge Kincheloe and the late George w. Williams of Owensboro were the counsel the taking of testimony consumed two months. It was then that or. Askins was on the stand continuously for Over eight Days and when the judge had questioned him from every conceivable Point of View he said a Well or. As Kins you Are excused but i m afraid we be pumper you so dry you wont have anything to Tell your wife and family when you get the witness retired badly confused but evidently glad to get off the Louisville Post. There Are More Heaters in proportion to it population in Italy than elsewhere in the world this horse climbs Trees. Dan Berry the Well known horse owner of Chicago has made a great hit in purchasing an Ordinary looking nag in the Southern part of the state. It appears that the owner was glad to get rid of it and thought he was doing a smart thing in working it off on Dan. But to latter is going to turn the Deal to his own account for the animal is a wonder. It is nothing More or less than a climbing horse. It was foaled in the. Woods of an us settled part of Brown county and for six months afterwards it never saw a human being. During that period it Learned to climb Trees with the agility of a Squirrel and when it was first discovered it Lay sleeping in the branches of an Oak. The horse was taken Home and broken to drive and now in every other respect it is a Well behaved animal except when it takes a the scent of Flowers. As a Rule the scent of Flowers does not exist in them As in a store or gland but rather As a breath an exhalation. While the Flower lives it breathes out its sweetness hut when it Dies the fragrance usually ceases to exist. The method of stealing from the Flower its fragrance while it is still living is no new thing and it is not known that when it was discovered that butter animal fat. Or Oil would absorb the odor Given off by living Flowers placed near them and would themselves become fragrant so sobs her pallbearers. Sarah Poorman died in Mancie ind. Recently at the Ripe age or ninety years at her funeral there was an interest ing and Peculiar feature about it. Hei ions her Only children All a boys Quot Over sixty years old and grandfathers them selves were the enquirer. The largest mass of pure Rock Salt in the world lie under the province of Galicia Hungary. It is known to be �50 Miles Long Twenty Miles Broad and 2g0 feet in thick food a great Factor a causing changes or modification to hues. Observation and Experiment go to show How Large an influence food has in determining the color of Anima is. Everybody knows How easily the color of a yellow Canary May lie altered to an Orange red by mixing Cayenne Pepper with its food though it is True that the color change May be produced Only in very Young Birds whose feathers Are not completely matured. It is also a matter of Experiment that All varieties of canaries Are not equally susceptible to the influence of the Pepper and it is a very curious fact that if the pigment that cause the red color of the Pepper be mixed with the food of the Birds without the other constituents yellow coloured canaries Are not in the slightest degree affected by it while Brown feathers of yellow Birds become distinctly lighter in Hue. Here is another Inte rest ing Experiment the Large Tortoise Shell butter Fly normally feeds upon the leaves of the Elm while the Small Tortoise Shell is addicted to Nettles but when some images of the Large Tortoise Shell were bred from caterpillars that had been found upon Nettles they shewed a wonderful similarity to the smaller species though the color was nearer to that of the larger. Quite in the same line is the observation that the Thorn Moth exhibits variations in color according As the larva is fed upon Oak Hawthorn Lime or Lilac. Many other experiments have shown a similar effect of food in modifying or completely changing the color of animals. Among changes of color that Are most perplexing if one would refer their cause to Utility Only is that of the Gull which is Blue and White and is therefore generally allowed to be of protective value. But for the first three years of their lives several common species of Gull have a Brownish speckled plumage which is totally unclean and transparent wit hotel the use of any Metal cleaner by gently rib Bing under them with a Towel. It is Liso beneficial in removing the skin around the Nail edges which should never be Cut with scissors. Rub the Towel All about the Nail pushing Back the Ledger. Sci each among Savage a. It has been less than 100 years Sines civilized humanity used Many Odd device for the purpose of obtaining fire. In this country then claiming to be a enlightened a the tinder Box with steel Flint was the apparatus most generally used according to the san Francisco chronicle. However if there was no tinder Box in the House the old Flint lock Musket with a few grains of powder in the pan together with a few shreds of paper or greased rags were considered a household necessity. Rubbing Sticks together until they were fired by friction was the method used by the Savages of that time in nearly All the lands of the Globe. There was one single exception however to All of the above As Weil As any of the More common method a of Quot striking Light Quot and that method was Pray Tiger by a rude tribe of Semi Savages inhabiting Eastern Tibet curious As it May seem these rude Savages obtained Are by strictly scientific principles which involved a wonderful knowledge of compressed air. The apparatus used consisted of a wooden Cylinder two and one half inches Long by three quarters of an Inch in diameter which closed at one end. Into this Cylinder which tapered off at one end until it was not larger than a common Lead Pencil was fitted an air tight Piston which bad a Large Flat Knob at the top the other end of the Piston was slightly hollowed out the indentation being intended for the reception of a Small piece of tinder or when this apparatus was in use. It was held in one or. A a hand the Piston bring inserted with like that of the older Birds on which j the other and pushed about half Way fact or. Beddard remarks Quot if on Down. A very Sharp blow waa then Given with the Palm on the Piston. At the same instant the fingers were closed around the Knob and Tae Piston instantly withdrawn. If everything had worked to perfection the scientific Savage was usually rewarded by finding that the tinder had been lighted and a tire assured. Sir William Gill an English scientist who investigated this queer Mode of striking a Light says that a it requires skill to use the fire prod tiring apparatus As Well As science to invent Olor be advantageous the other must be the reverse Ami three years is either a considerable period or it is not Long another perplexing part of the subject is the color of deep sea animals. It is an established fact that Marine animals can and do live at the enormous depth of More than five Miles below the surface of the water. It is also certain that the sunlight Doe not penetrate to that depth so that the animals that exist there exist in More than Midnight darkness. Yet the fact is that Brilliant coloration Are generally found in them. Of what use can it be it is True indeed that there May be phosphorescent Light emitted by the animals themselves and of this there Are Many evidences but though the deep sea fish May lie guided to its prey by a series of natural Quot Bull s Eye Coffee As a Medicine. It is a Aid that the first use of Coffee by Iran was made by the prior of a Convent. He was told by a goatherd of the exciting effects of the Errisu when a Hen by his goats so he thought he would try them and see if he could inter no a the Quot Colora of it s prey could j not keep his monks awake during have no protective elect but exactly what should have been their vigils. He the animal friends. Had her eyelids Cut. An Odd Little Story is told about mme. Jane hading. Her eyes Are very remarkable not Only of the Dearest and purest Brown like that of Mountain Brooks or the eyes of Gwendolin which George Eliot described As resembling Quot wave washed Onyx but veiled with a thick fringe of Black and Silky lashes. Most unusually and extraordinary Long. The Story goes that mme. Hading owes this marvelous length of Eye to artificial Means used by her parents in her childhood. It is a Aid that it is a common custom practice among the turks who hold Long eyes in such exalted esteem As to lengthen them by cutting the Corners of the Eves. This is done very Early a at the age of two or three years the outer Corner being deftly Slit with a lancet about the twelfth part of an Inch. While the wound is Healing the lids Are drawn outward every Day and when it is quite curved the Eye is still submitted to the drawing process every Day for a Long time with the eventual result that it becomes Long and narrow. And satisfies the taste of the unspeakable the Story about mme. Hading pro Reeds to declare that her father had been in Turkey and had seen this practice and determined to try it on his Little girl who was then a pretty baby of three years with Bright Brown eyes and a mop of yellow curls. Whether the Story is True or not. One thing is certain and that that the gifted actress has the most Beautiful and remarkable eyes of any woman on the mall. Succeeded admirably and brought cof fee into the Way of earning its world i wide reputation. The most Active principle of Coffee is caffeine it contains also certain oils which no doubt has a share in its action. Many j years ago a claim was made that Green or a roasted berries had a great value in liver and kidney Trou Bles. One enthusiast prefers a mix a Tore of two parts mocha and one part Martinique and Isle de Bourbon Coffee. He puts about three drachmas of this in a Tumbler of cold water and lets them Strain and infuse Over night the next morning after straining the a infusion is taken on an empty stomach the first thing after getting up this medical authority cited Many eases of kidney and liver folios diabetes nervous headaches Etc. Which though rebellious in All other treatment for j years soon yielded to the Green Coffee infusion. The remedy is a very j simple one and Well worthy of a trial i another use of Coffee medicinally is in nausea and retching. For that Pur-1 pose a wrong infusion is made of the berries which have been ground and roasted and it is sipped while very hot. Seventy years married. Bark River. Delta county thirteen a Miles from Estay Aba mich., where the Northern Cedar company of Menomin Nee has established its new Mill has j claims to Fame other than the posses i a ion of the greatest growth of Cedar to Michigan. Or. F. K. Baker the president of the company found there in old couple whose record is believed to be without a parallel in Michigan if t not in the United states and was led to secure the exact dates in their life a history by his interest in the Case. Charles i a Fountain was born nov. 1, 1800. Near Montreal and his wife was car of the eyes. For eyes that have much to do and on which a Strain is put darkness a the Best possible remedy and merely to close them for a few minutes at a time produces a rested feeling which shows itself in their renewed brightness. Bathing tired eyes in warm water and then closing them for some time is an excellent daily practice. Nothing however but hot water should Ever he allowed to touch the eyes except by direction of an Oculi St. The eyeball should be a Clear bluish White color. If it has red streaks in it there is trouble somewhere. If it is Dull and yellow in color that also is an indication of disease and in most t ases the seat of the trouble is not m the Eye itself the stomach which is accountable for most things is generally accountable for the Bright or lacklustre condition of the eyes. To make Dull eyes Shine therefore the Best thing is an anti dyspeptic the Ledger two showers of plums. A six years ago there fell on the Deborn in the same locality on March Jernette farm in an old Field four mis of the same year. They were married from town about a barrel of Small feb. 14, lft2ft, and on Valentines Day Green plums supposed to be the South this year a around out their Seventieth a in hog Plum. They Are to be found year of married life. Growing nowhere hereabouts but were in 1880, after Over half a Century of dropped there during a wet and Stormy married life they came to this coun period such As we have had for ten try settling in Delta county. Up to1 Days past. People came Miles to see two years ago or. I a Fountain con the wonder but it had about dropped tinned in steady employment but they 011t 0f memory when on last Friday Are now living with the baby of the night during a like spell about one family an unmarried son forty right half Bushel More fell in exactly the years of age. Of their nine children same spot. The remarkable part i that nowhere else were plums found or either by Clarion. All Are living except one who died at the age of fifty two. Or and mrs. La Fountain enter upon the Seventieth year in the Best of health and in the full Possession of All their faculties. They Hope to Quot round out seventy five years of married life before either is called to wis Sentinel. A big Strawberry farm. Two Miles West of Van Buren is the a Syndicate fruit farm probably the largest Strawberry farm in the United states. At the time of the organization but forty acres had been cleared and the hands. 1 put in cultivation the remainder of the Many women with pretty hands Are i tract being covered with Timber of a continually annoyed by the rough a heavy growth. To Day i tie Are Paranee of their Finger nails caused acres of land set to strawberries that by their breaking and splitting. The Are expected to yield 1.�mm crates of possessor of such nails should Cut them a strawberries the first season which at with a pair of Well sharpened scissors. Last seasons prices will return to tit and nails should never be Cut or filed unless the fingers have first been soaked in warm water. The brittleness May sometimes be lessened by robbing Almond Oil thoroughly into the nails and Finger ends on retiring at night. A pair of old kid gloves must then be drawn on. The housekeeper whose nails break investors $27. Too. Lessen year wants More of the True enjoyment of Lifs lies in this Maxim than is generally thought. We May indeed go to extremes and Cut to the Quick like that cynic philosopher who threw7 away his ,----1---- i wooden cup on seeing a vagrant boy easily should never stir anything of j from the hollow of his hand the hot Range without first slipping on. _ a Loose Glove As the dry heat from the Ore will make the Finger nails More Brittle than Ever. A teaspoonful of Lemou juice in a cupful of tepid water whitens and makes the Nail supple rendering them More easy to polish this should be used every morning and by dabbling the fingers for a few moments it is possible to make the nails perfectly but the troth is we create Many of our own necessities and with the growth of luxury new wants come in not by ones nor by tens but by Ledger. The largest fund expended yearly by any country on behalf of its army in that of Russia the latest military budget of which amounted to $212,500,000,

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