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ROAD STREET CLOTHING HOUSE. BASEBALL TO THE FRONT.
Spring
Announcement,
Springtime is about at hand and with it
come thoughts of new wearing apparel.
m) I have made early purchases of all kinds
^ of goods belonging to my line of trade, and
ffif make this announcement so that my patrons
m may know that they can buy now as cheap
10 as later and have the best selections from a
^ clean and fresh stock.
Bvery variety of
Ritingi.
e Clothing
for man and boy.
I would like every one to come and see
0 my big assortment of
2 Colored Outing
^ and Other
M nothing like it ever before seen in Lititz.
||i that can't be matched in some of the more
pretentious stores. I have all my Neckwear
m selected from piece silk and made to order.
^ in the latest styles, of course, and at prices
as low as the lowest,
W. H. BUCH
The Clothier,
Record Building,
S, Broad Straet,
Lititz, Penna.
• • mm Hat Store • » •
Styles
in Men's and Boys'
Headwear
Now ready for your Inspeetion
A Beautiful Line of Stiff and
Soft Hats from all the
Leading Mfrs.
ARNOLD BROTHERS,
. N A H M ' S C O R N E B ,
Mo. 1 North Quezn Street, - - LANCASTER, PA.
WEDDING SEASON
We have a varied assortment of Sterling and Plated Silver;
also,- Cut Glass of the finer quality, very clear and bright cut.
No acid finish. Prices reasonable. At
JEWELRY STORE,
101N. Queen St., Lancaster
They Stand Astonished
at the prices at which we are offering
Whitewash, Scrub, Horse, Paint and all other
kind of Brushes, and well they may for such
bargains have not been known before. Could
our Brushes speak, they would remonstrate
at the low prices at which we sacrifice them.
But our prices speak and the brushes remain
dnmb through the bustle with indignation.
Again an old-time subject
Our strict attention claims,
For magnates now are meeting
To fix the baseball games.
Though politics and battles
So long have had the call,
We for the present shelve them
To think and talli of ball.
The " cranks " who've long been kicking
As hard as army mules,
Are eagerly discussing
The latest playing rules.
And often their opinions
Are mingled with regrets,
Through fear that certain cliange3
Will hurt their pitching pets.
The managers are busy,
And every nerve they strain
In getting teams together
And making plans to train.
And at them many players'.
Now cast a wistful glance,
Then hand in their petitions
For wages in advance.
The catchers arid the pitchers
Are working up new signs;
The umpires are reflecting
On how they'll sock on fines,
And " rooters " are rehearsing
Some disconcerting scream,
With which they hope to rattle
The opposition team.
Although it's rather early
We now work off our brag
That our new team of sluggers
Will surely win the flag.
Of course they may get walloped,
And pennant fail to win,
But just the same we're bluffing
Before the games begin.
THE C0HÜ-W00D LS&1S
MB1S1 & CO.,
LITITZ j PA.
S. B. LOOKED out across the quiet
square that was dim with falling
snow and said:— "
" I t keeps coming down,
doesn't it?"
By which B, B. meant not only that
it did, but that he thought the fact re-markable.
One can get used to the
snow's coming at all, and even to its ex-ceeding
great whiteness, but not to the
way it has of coming down, and coming
down.
Temple Square lies in the heart of the
great pity, and yet apart from it, Only
one street leads to it. You can hear,
far off, the noise of the tracks on the
cobble stones, but this only1 seems to re-mind
the square of its own peace. Tall
trees are in the center of the square, and
an iron fence around it. The houses on
the four sides are large, very stately and
respectable, and somewhat alike.
"Where does it come from, Chris ?"
Chris knew well enough, but he was
busy. Therefore, B. B. being left to
himself, thought that it ct|fl*e IV-om up
north Wheye thpre was a great deal of it.
There was said to be any amount of
suow in Greenland, for instance.
All that afternoon the snow fell and
far into the night, and not only in Tem-ple
Square, but it came down dreamily
into the city. It covered the streets
and other squares -with its noble quiet-ness,
It dropped on church steeples,
down area steps, on the Are escapes of
tenement houses, on roofs flat and slop-ing,
on the forks of trees and ledges of
windows. It fell in any sort of place
without disdainful choice,
Nevertheless, in the morning, B. B,
went forth triumphant, thinking the
snow came from Greenland for the one
purpose of falling in Temple Square.
The sun was out and the snow moist-ening,
settling, packing. Old Christian
Allison starting down town at ten
o'clock,"saw his grandchildren carrying
cord-wood and a step-ladder into the
square, and laying the snowy founda-tions
of a structure of some kind. An
Italian woman, with a basket on her
head, stood watching them. It pleased
him to see young Chris at work in this
manner, with calm preparation for t^p.
laying of a solid and building
thereon with care. He walked on,
planting his feet with a flat-soled tread,
thinking of the fortunes of the Allison's
and of other Christian Allisons in far-off
times upholding honorably the name,
The hopes that had been shattered, the
dreams that had vanished with the
death of his elder son, were taking
shape again in his mind, and clinging
the niore closely to the bQy. His
younger son was not a business man,
The clerks in his office that day found
him absent-minded and laughed to
themselves at the odd circumstance.
Coming back at three in the after-!
noon, he glanced across the street,
stopped surprised, and a smile broke
over his wrinkled wintry faoe. For a
stately man of snow stood close behind
the iron fence, with a stout cane in its
hand, a tall hat on its head, a cloak
hanging from its shoulders. He mount-ed
the front steps chuckling.
" The young rascal! He means me."
" He stands stiff, doesn't he, Chris?"
said B. B. proudly. "He won't fall
down, will he?"
Chris was busy explaining to Jimmy
Sutton, who had seen the snow man
and come across the square to applaud
if he were let into the game, and criti-cise
if he were left out.
" There's a stick of cord-wood in each
leg," said Chris, slowly, " to make him
stand solid. Because my grandfather
is the solidest man on tlie market^'
B. B. looked oil admiringly AND
thought what a grand thing it was to
he solid, sjnce Grandfather Allison was
solid both on the market and }u his legs,
Then Jimmy Sutton knew that he
could not justly criticise, for he saw
that Chris had a great soul and that
there was truly cord-wood in Grand-father
Allison's legs. He went off to a
distance and threw snowballs at Grand-father
Allison's hat, and Chris went
after him so that he ran away, and
B. B. ran after Chris with great dili-gence
but little progress through the
snow, and felt that in some manner he
too was battling for the right. After
that, B. B. went in and told his mother
of the evil mindedness of Jimmy Sut-ton,
and she saw it in the right way,
as she usually did, that is, she saw it
was important that Grandfather Alli-son's
dignity should be protected and
understood clearly what solidity is
given to the legs by cord-wood.
The darkness came down on Temple
Square, not as the snow had come in
separate flakes, but after a manner of
its own. The electric lights were not
turned on till six, so that the square
was quite at its dimmest just before.
Then somewhere far off in the city, the
switch was turned on, and all the lights
sprang forth with a white glare and
snapping sound.
Old Christian Allison sat at the head
of his dinner table and drew his bushy
eyebrows down severely, and said:—
" Chris, who taught you to make car-icatures
of your grandfather?"
Chris blinked with astonishment.
"That isn't a—it isn't—it isn't any
of that kind of thing."
He reddened at the laughter, but
kept his head sturdily.
" I t ' s a statue of you."
;'Oh, it's a statue of me!"
'He has cord-wood in his legs," put
in B. B. eagerly. " I t makes him
solid."
'Well," said Chris, "Grandfather
Allison, you needn't have him then.
I'll make him into General Grant."
'No you won't! (very decisively).
That's my statue," he went on, peering
sharply under his eyebrows. " In fact,
Chris, I 'm much obliged to you. I'm
glad you put cord-wood in my legs."
"Cause—cause," shouted B. B.
cause you're the solidest man on the
market. They was awfully heavy
sticks, and I lugged one. I did,
mother, some of the way."
But Chris, finding that Grandfather
Allison approved of him, fell heavily
upon his dessert and said no more.
Now Macintyre Allison, old Chris-tian's
second son was absent minded.
Chris considered him agreeable hut not
solid, and it is not at all impossible that
o}d Christian's opinion was nearly the
same, Aud Macintyre said :—
" I 'd like to take a look at that work
of art, Somehow or other, when I go
to look for things they're generally'
gone. I look for collar buttons under
the bureau, and they're never there.
They're generally in the button holes."
He and B. B. gazed together from
the window. The electric light glared
and sputtered over the snow.
"He's over there," said B, B, 11 by
the post. He's just back of—of—— Oh ,
he isn't either!"
" Isn't what?"
" He isn't there! He's toppled over!"
"What!"
The family flocked to the windows.
Macintyre said it was "just his luok."
Old Christian had a feeling of Indig-nation
and Joss, as if something had
touched his credit on the market. Chris
said nothing. He rushed to the front
door, seized his hat and charged down
the steps. The family collected hats and
cloaks and followed. They fouiid him
standing over the fallen ruins of Grand-father
Allison's statue. The electric
light was overhead, The cord-wood
legs were gone, Chris said:—
"Jimmy Sutton!"
There was a gleam in his eyes. He
dashed away into the darkness of the
square.
Presently he returned with Jimmy
Sutton, but not dragged by the collar
or anything of that kind. There was
peace between them. Jimmy Sutton
denied interfering with Grandfather
Allison,s legs. He had put away hos-tility.
The theft of Grandfather Alli-son's
legs filled liis soul With »excite-ment
and mad§ hjm a fervent ally. He
desired to be in the game."
Macintyre had an idea.
"Oh!" he said. " I say. Look here!
I met a woman coming out of the
square. It was just. before six. Re-markable
how those Italian women
carry things on their heads. They
carry baskets and bundles, you know."
Mac!" cried his sister. '' Don't!
What did she do?" : i
" Tell your story man," said the old
gentleman, gruffly. He pretended to
be vexed that any son of his should be
so absent-minded, but really, he want-ed
to know about that cord-wood,
Logs," said Macintyre. " She had
one on top of the other. Two, She
had them on top of her head. Most as-tonishing
thing. She nearly put my
eye out."
"Mother," said B. B. sleepily, "it
was generous of Grandfather Allison to
give away his legs to a woman, wasn't
it?"
He looked doubtfully at the legs of
his actual grandfather, who pulled his
bushy eyebrows down and smiled grim-ly-
"No," he said, "if you mean me, I
shouldn't. I should draw the line."
Then B. B. went off to bed filled with
great thoughts about many things.
For one thing, whether, lying still out
there in the snow beneath the electric
light, Grandfather Allison's status,
knew or felt that in some, place or other,
hi? legs were burning. BUT IT stretched
his mind so much to imagine how it
would seem to have one's legs some-where
else helping a brown faced little
woman to cook maccaroni, that he
grew tired and fell suddenly asleep,
The Return of Spring.
It's Spring!
The real thing!
Let's sing,
Hats fling,
Do anything
To make the welkin ring.
The happy time
When poets rhyme
Of vernal joys,
And lose their mental poise,
Is to the front,
And all must bear the brunt
Of Springtime verse,
And worse.
Now all the frogs
In all the bogs
Put on their concert togs,
Of every grade,
And join in nightly serenade.
They sing
Of Spring,
Of Gentle Spring,
And though men listening
Art oft made sad,
And some made mad,
The frogs are glad.
The birds we love,
The robin, wren and dove,
And all the feathered host,
Return from southern wood aud sun-lit
coast,
And coo and twitter to their mates.
And oft a song that captivates
Is heard at early morn,
Ere yet the day is fully-born—
A song ecstatic, pure and sweet
That, incense-like, floats up to greet
The coming god of day.
And thoughts no longer stray,
For ears are strained, at dawning
gray,
To catch that song from far away.
The thrifty wives,
Who make men's lives
At times like desert drear,
Now take up pastime dear.
For Spring's return
No more they yearn.
With duty's.joys they cope,
And gather buckets, brooms and
soap
To war on dust and grime,
For it's house-cleaning time.
They scrub,
And rub,
While men the carpets drub
And growl about the grub.
No song the victims sing,
But scornful jeers they fling
At Spring.
Spring hats and gowns
Will cause some frowns,
For often men
Get angry when
Their wives grow rash
And call for eash.
But in the Spring
Comes blossoming,
Aiid gradening,
And ting-a-ling
As bikers ring.
Thus joy offsets the woe,
And cares aside we throw
To grasp the pleasing things
The season brings.
The Testimony Stood.
I t was in a Duluth Court, and the
witness was a Swede who was perhaps
not so stupid as he seemed to be.
The cross-examining attorney was a
smart young man, whose object was to
disconcert the witness and discredit his
testimony.
" What did you say your name was?"
was the first question.
" Yahn"—very deliberately—" Peter'
sen." '
John Petei-sqn, eh? Old man
Peter's son, I suppose. Well, John,
where do you live?"
'' Where Ah live? In Dulut'.''
"Now, Peterson, answer this ques-tion
carefully. Are you a married
man?"
Ah, take so. Ah was married."
So you think because you got mar-ried
you think you are a married man,
do you ? That's funny. Now, tell the
gentlemen of this exceptionally intelli-gent
jury who you married,"
" Who Ah married? Ah married a
woman!"
See here, sir! Don't you know any
better than to* trifle with this court?
What do you mean, sir? You married
a woman? Of course you married a
woman. Did you ever hear of anyone
marrying a man?"
Yas. Mah sister did."
Nearly Thirty.
Nearly thirty short stories will be
published in the four April numbers of
The Youth's Companionrand the pub-lishers
promise that they will all be
first rate. There will be humorous
stories, pathetic stories, stories that
teach a good lesson in a geniai way,
animal stories and stories of thrilling
adventure. There will be stories that
will interest men and fascinate boys;
stories that will charm women and de-light
their daughters.
When the Sun Dies.
Our sun is now a yellow star similar
to Capella, and hence it will eventually
become bluish-white like Siriue and
Vega, says Prof. T. J. J. See in the
April11 Atlantic.'' The secular shrink-age
of the sun's radius will cause
steady rise in its temperature, and when
the body has reached the stage of Sirius;
where the temperature is perhaps dou-bled,
the light emitted will become in-tensely
blue. The temperature may be
expected to go on rising till a small
radius is attained, and finally when the
dense mass, intensely hot, becomes in-capable
of further shrinkage, on ac-count
of increase in the molecular for-ces
resisting condensation, a cooling
will gradually ensue, after which the
body will liquefy and then rapidly de-cline
in splendor. The sun will thence-forth
be wrapped in everlasting dark-ness,
and the chill of death will over-take
the planetary system.
In view of this approaching extinc-tion
of the sun's activity, it becomes a
matter of interest to inquire how long
its heat will sustain life upon the earth.
Though it is difficult to submit the sub-ject
to accurate computation, it is easy
to see that the exhaustion of the sun's
light and heat certainly will not occur
for several hundred thousand, and per-haps
not for several million years.
Thus the ultimate doom of our system
need occasion no anxiety among those
now living, but the result is philosoph-ically
interesting to those who look
several million years into the future.
As experiment has shown that the
sun's vertical rays falling continuously
upon terrestrial ice would melt a layer
three centimeters in thickness per day,
it follows that a similar shell of ice
would form over the earth in case the
sun's light and heat were cut off; thus
in a month the whole earth would be
frozen like the polar regions, and only
the deeper bodies of water, containing
a great amount of heat, would remain
in a liquid state. The oceans them-selves
would freeze over within a few
years at the latest, and the winds and
even the tides would cease to agitate
the terrestrial globe, which would
henceforth spin in its orbit as a rigid
lifeless mass.
Opportunities for Young Explorers.
Many people suppose the whole world
except only the extreme Arctic and
Antarctic regions, to have been explored
and mapped already; but, in fact, there
is no lack of unknown lands to which
our modern Nasamonians can turn
their attention.
In Africa . . .' Wadai has only been
visited by three travelers, and although
it would be very difficult to penetrate
into the territory itself, useful explor-ing
work might be done in some of the
out-lying .districts, approachable from
the upper Benue or the Uhongj \\?ells.
The region between Lake Rudolph
and Abyssinia, and the valley of the
Sohat, a tributary of the White Nile,
are believed to he of great interest, but
are entirely unknown,
Outside these three regions, there is a
fair knowledge of the general geograph-ical
features of Africa, but much detail
remains to be filled in and much indif-ferent
work requires to be done over
again. There are also regions which
have indeed been traversed, but which
will well repay further detailed exami-nation.
So that Africa still offers a
wide and interesting field of research to
the young explorer.—SIB CLEMENTS
MARKHAM i n T H E YOUTH'S COMPAN-ION.
A Prolific Apple Tree.
"What do you think of one apple
tree from which ninety boxes of fruit
was gathered in one year?" queried P.
W. Tonneson, the county fruit inspec-tor,
says the Tacoma "Ledger." "Well
it's a fact. Just across the Puyallup
river brige on Main street of Puyallup,
on Mr. Lacy's place, stands an apple
tree, the record of which might be
placed among the historical archives of
the state. The tree measures 5 J feet in
circumference, and is somewhere in the
neighborhood of 35 years old. It is of
the Waxen variety. According to Mr.
Lacy's statement, the tree has borne
this year about ninety boxes of apples,
most of them being salable fruit, Mr.
Carson, the former proprietor stated,
while living on the place several years
ago, .that the tree has been a regular
bearer, and that it has averaged between
fifty and seventy-five boxes of apples
during the past 20 years. The huge
tree presents a remarkable appearance
in the spring when in full blossom. It
is without doubt the largest and most
prolific bearing apple tree in the state."
A New Legal Invention.
Some Missouri lawyer has invented a
brand-new basis for a claim for dam-ages
against a railway company. He
has a client who was a member of the
non-commissioned staff of one of the
volunteer regiments enlisted for the
war with Spain. While the army was
being concentrated in Florida the
soldier, "by reason of alleged negligence
of the Fort Scott and Mempis Railway,
fell from a car at Jacksonville, sustain-ing
injuries that necessitated his dis-charge
from the army. Through his
attorney he has now brought suit
against the railway company for $25,-
000 damages. The peculiarity of the
case lies in the fact that plaintiff sets
forth in his complaint, as one of the
principal damages for which he seeks
recompense, " that, by reason of defen-dant's
negligence, plaintiff was de-prived
of his opportunity to win glory
and honor as a soldier in the war with
Spain, to his loss and damage."
Ready for Quay Trial.
Arrangements for the Quay trial in
Philadelphia on April 10 have all been
completed, and so far as can be learned
the case -will be heard in Quarter Ses-sions
Court No. 1, sitting in room No.
676, with Judge Biddle presiding. The
fact that Judge Biddle will preside has
not been authoratively announced, but
following the usual system of rotation
among the judges it is understood that
he will preside in Court No. 1 aud
Judge Willson in Court No. 2.
David T, Watson, the well-known
Pittsburg lawyer, is expected in Phila-delphia
some time during the coming
week to consult with Messrs. Shapley
and Shields, the local counsel in the
case. Senator Quay is also expected to
spend several days there in final con-sultation
with his counsel.
HAU; TO THE RALEIGH.
A Triumphal Trip Prom Manila by a
Gallant Cruiser of Dewey's Fleet.
The United States cruiser Raleigh,
Capt. Joseph B. Coghlan, from Manila
on December 15, is coaling at Fayal,
Azores, will coal at Bermuda April 8,
and expects to reach New York April
12. She will be the first of the ships
that fought under Dewey May 1,1898,
to return to thé United States.
She took part in all the movements
about the Philippine islands last May,
in the battle of Manila bay, the capture
of the Corregidor forts, the capture of
the gunboat Callao, the bombardment
of Malate fort-, forcing the surrender of
Manila.
After leaving Manila on December 15
last the Raleigh stopped at Singapore,
Colombo, Bombay, Aden, Port Said,
Alexandria, Malta, Algiers and Gib-raltar.
In all the British Colonies the
officials of the British army and navy
and the civilian population gave the
American warship an enthusiastic wel-come,
showing her officers and crew
every courtesy. Dinners with Ameri-can
decorations and American national
music were given to Captain Coghlan
and his officers, in marked difference
to the reception of the Raleigh on her
outward passage two years ago. Gov-ernors,
generals, admirals and other
high officials all wished to visit and in-spect
the ship.
The Raleigh still has her gray war
paint on.
At Singapore she met a Spanish trans-port
having on board troops and sailors
from Manila. Although flying a war-ship's
pennant, the Spanish ship low-ered
her colors and permission was
granted to the Spaniards to visit the
Raleigh, where they were welcomed by
the American sailors, who gave them
much-needed food and clothing. Many
of the Spaniards showed to the Ameri-cans
wounds inflicted upon them by
shells of Dewey's fleet.
At Malta the Raleigh met the British
Mediterranean fleet, consisting of ten
battleships and a number of cruisers.
The British sailors extended a cordial
welcome to the Americans, joining the
soldiers of the garrison in entertaining
the crew of the Raleigh ashore.
During her stay at Malta the Raleigh
was crowded with British redcoats and
bluejackets.
The American officers were enter-tained
at Cairo by United States Con-sul
Harrison. 'Prominent'British and
Egyptian officials were present.
The French at Algiers showed a
marked difference. There was no re-ception
except from the British and
American residents, although the
French officials were polite.
At Gibralter the. crew of the Raleigh
saw the Spanish fleet commanded by
Admiral Camara, It consisted of six
ships and was anchored across Algeci-nis
bay. The Spanish fleet aud the
Raleigh sailed from Gibralter at the
same time and.passed close to each other.
The Raleigh hoisted the Spanish flag
and saluted it. The salute was prompt-ly
returned by the Spanish admiral
from his flagship, the Emperor CarlosV.
Thé Raleigh in two years has cruised
42,000 miles.
The Raleigh is the vessel on which
our townsman Wayne Longenecker is
coming home on.
Necklace of Black Diamonds.
The only necklâCe of black diamonds
in the world is in the possessions of
Mrs. Celia Wallace, of Chicago. The
black diamond is very rare and very
beautiful. Only a few dealers in dia-monds
handle them. Mrs. Wallace has
been collecting the stones for eighteen
years, and has searched for them in
every market in the world. The black
diamond is as black as a piece of coal,
perfectly transparent, and with all the
lustre and brilliant rays of its white sis-ter.
It is used as the mourning stone
of the Russian court. Mrs. Wallace's
necklace is composed of fourteen pen-dants,
hung on a fine platinum chain.
Each one has a black diamond centre,
set closely around with a row of steel
white diamonds from the Jaager mine
in South Africa. Between each pen-dant,
hanging like a pierced dewdrop,
is a single white diamond, while direct-ly
above the larger pendant is a nine
carat white Indian diamond of unusual
beauty. For this single stone, unset,
Mrs. Wallace paid $6,000
Not Necessarily a Tactician.
" There's a young woman who makes
little things count,"
"How does she do it?"
" Teaches arithmetic in a primary
school."
A Married Man's Musing*.
The road to the marrying minister's
is the route to all evils.
All married men have decided views
about matrimony. They are decided
for them by their wives.
After a runaway match it isn't long
until somebody kicks over the traces.
When an engagement is broken and
presents are returned, the young man
never gets back the money spent for
theatre tickets and ice cream.
After a girl has been practicing before
the mirror every night for a week on
how to say " y e s " gracefully, nothing
makes her madder than to have the fel-low
leave town suddenly.
Wise Words.,
The luck of the seventh son is gener-ally
the old clothes of the other six.
Wisdom is better than good looks, be-cause
it saves money on photographs.
People who seem stupid and reserved
to us may have heard that we tell all
we know.
Frying doughnuts and a love affair
can't go on without everybody in the
house knowing it.
Over the State.
I t is likely that James A. Clemm
will be hanged from a platform con
structed from tier to tier of the rear end
corridor of the Norristown Jail.
The large barn of the Walter Stock
Farm, near Bloonisburg, was burned,
together with a large quantity of hay,
straw and grain. Four fine horses and
thirteen cows were roasted to death.
The fire was of incendiary origin. Loss,
$12,000.
Harry Rider, a well known farmer,
had his nose cut off at PlioenixviL'"
while pruning a tree. He hung hi
saw on a limb, and when looking up
the saw fell, striking him in. the face
with the result stated.
Captain Warwick, of Bristol, in com-mand
of the barge Phoenix, had his
hand caught by a hawser and three .
fingers were torn off.
Gunners are bagging many wild
ducks along the Delaware near Bristol.
Dairyman Ellwood Anders, of Wor-cester
township, Montgomery county,
who mysteriously left home some days
ago, returned.
From the drug store of Charles B.
Shoemaker, at Allentown, burglars car-ried
off'$300 worth of goods.
Disappointed in love, Miss Grace Ro-selle
committed suicide at. Gowen, Lu-zerne
county, by swallowing Paris
green and oil of hemlock.
Ground for a new dormitory at Buck-nell
University, Lewisburg, will be
broken Monday afternoon. The build-ing
will accommodate 100 students.
Unknown parties set fire to the Inde-pendent
Polish Catholic Church, at
Plymouth, Luzerne county, but the
flames were extinguished by a bucket
brigade.
W. C- Frantz, of Neff's, has his incu-bators
running continually and has or- '
ders on hand till June. He has 1300
chicks in brooders.
Zacharius Nonemacher, engineer of
the Lehigh Valley shifter, Allentown,
fell from his locomotive and sustained
serious injuries about the head.
John H, Focht, a native of Lebanon,
Pa,, for many years city editor of the
Reading Times, died at Reading, of
nervous prostration, aged 48.
The Berks County Agricultural So-ciety
has adopted a resolution request-ing
the local members of the Legislature
to support the Pool bill, now pending."
Because of a disposition of some of
the members of Select Council to oppose
police appointments, - Mayor-elect
Schaadt, of Allentown, refuses *'to ap-point
a chief and assistant chiefs, and
the Republican incumbents will hold
over temporarily.
Freight trains collided on the Read-ing
Railway, near Birdsboro Saturday
and four cars were wrecked.
The increase of ten per cent, in the
wages of the several thousand; iron
workers around Lebanon went into ef-fect
on Saturday.
The body of James Boyle, a member
of Troop A, of the Rough Riders, killed
in the charge on San Juan Hill on July
1, has been brought to Lansford and
was buried there Sunday with military
honors.
You feel the blood rushing
along.
But what kind of blood?
That is the question.
Is it pure blood or impure
blood?
If the blood is impure then
you are weak and languid;
your appetite is poor and your
digestion is weak. You can-not
sleep well and the morn-ing
finds you unprepared for
the work of the day. Your
cheeks are pale and your com-plexion
is sallow. You are
troubled with pimples, boils, i
or some eruption of the skin.'
Why not purify your blood ?
Graiu-O Brings Relief
to the coffee drinker. Coffee drinking
is a habit that is universally indulged
in and almost as universally injurious.
Have you tried Grain-O ? *It is almost
like coffee but the effects are just the
opposite. Coffee upsets the stomach,
ruins the digestion, effects the heart
and disturbs the whole nervous system.
Grain-0 tones up the stomach, aids di-gestion
and strengthens the nerves.
There is nothing but nourishment in
Grain-O. It can't be otherwise. 15
and 25c. per package. 4
will do it. Take it a few days
and then put your finger on
your pulse again. You can
feel the difference. It is
stronger and your circulation
better. Send for our book on
Impure Blood.
If you are bilious, take
Ayer's Pills. They greatly
aid the Sarsaparilla, They
cure constipation also. - ,
Wrlto to O SIP Doctors*
Wyri OteU Tth ecmase f.r eeYlyo ua llv tMhe l praercteicivuela r"s [ prompt Arecpfldyro, Ts.s.r,.i .t! h>Bo. utJ '¿.O CS.t. AYER,
" C. R Lowell, Mass.