Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 26 June 1896 — Page 5

—— —LL—P —i — • — : JULY Ist . WIULi 1313 yv of Bargains! r,\ i K's hung i\ rm i-l x1- »i DRESS GOODS MUST BE CLOSED Regardless of Cost.—Nothing Reserved. Make your selections early. 75c Henriettas, all wool, silk finish,, for 40c per yd. 60c Henriettas, all wool, for 35c per yard. 25c Novelty Dress Goods, for only 15c per yard. Fancy Novelty Dress Goods, worth 40c, only 25c Imported Dress Patterns for less than cost to land. All choice,.this season s styles IT WILL PAY YOU TO ATTEND THIS GREAT SALE. r )’hp will be the irreate-f bile. that hit- taken place iirDeer.tu!. ; No trouble to show . - - jOHJr & W. Ik AIKLifL telta

.11: 1 ll— »i I 'lt ** : , ■inpiim.i ■» ■— . f.dVtlT Itrlll*. „ \ I’l enchili's Suidl.iv melting De’liia Cow,:u >p: : ' Saud.; eviming w ilh J. W. Cow .1:■ of i.ttnt. t „ Mis. Wui. Coe.an me! motlu;- ti-iaw of Motnotwilie spent S .el ■ his v:einiU. CtTi-nl: (IIS i. IS< *• ■’!.'. ;< lit .Sflit'ln v ’ (IJ.ijV night, 1 .Jnaflyrlt meeting., ol j • 8., church at Bobo SNtiirday evening ami Sunday. It ii tc<j -.it;i ,m annual outlay o£ Sion to insure a family against any seriotts conse<iuiiiees from an attack of bowel complaint during the year, there are many who would feel it their duty to pay it; that they could not afford to risk their lives. and those of their family for such an amount Any one can get this insurance for twentylive cents, that being the price of a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. In almost every neighbor hood some one has died from an attack of bowel complaint before medicine could procured'or a physician summoned. One' or two doses ot this remedy will curg any ordinary case. It never tails. Can you afford to take. the risk for so small an D amount? For saheby all druggists. j Root Township living. The larniers ate ImrvesD'.g f lie;t wheat Corn andoats are looking line. Sarah Robinson waatlie guest of tier brother, Thomas Veins, of Bobo, last Sinday. .James Archbold and family visited relatives near Williamsport last week Mr. Hartsell and wi'e,of Middletown, were th£ guests ot George Tricker and family Sunday. C. Kjtrn and wife, of Ossian, are visiting their parents in our vicinity. G. Rittman and family, of near Mt Pleasant, were the guests of A. Ker n and family last Sunday. S. McConnlev was at Dixon last *r ■ week 1 W. Stultz and wife, of Greenwood, attended childrens meeting at Union Chapel last Sunday evening. IL Myres who was accidently struck by. a horse last week, is able to be about once more. Messrs Geo. Z mmerman, D. Steele and Geo Flemming were at Van Wert last Sunday. Geo. Tricker was at Monroe Center last Monday. .. . 4 , Mothers will find Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy especially valuable for croup and whooping cough. It will give prompt relief and is safe and pleasant. We have sold it for several years and it has never failed to give the most perfect satisfaction. <G. W. Richards, Duquesne, I’a. Sold by all druggists. j

• • w 4 . ■ v * The Cigar Dealer j Who ekpects to Budd Up a First-Class J Permanent Trade * Can do so with ———? 1 i (upanola i Which is easily the Best Five-Cent Cigar ever ♦ J offered to the trade. EIGHT MILLIONS J * sold in 1895 ~ * A. Kiefer Drug Company, Indianapolis * J .-.SOLE DISTRIBUTERS J I \. ■ ; ' ' ....... 'ly- b ■ ■ f , 0

1 'r(..peiiif:\> m , - .<j;«x a' 10 ~i a t;.' .1 p' ..i !?..<•! . . al D, r on ie .-mi: : 1, Danner m-< i■. c wi r. at Miiiill S.*t I b .1. , , a B B.i iglm iarpiA visited in Mmi roe Sm j 1 v. Wm. Redding wi.i so<m have a new . barn 1- ' - 1 Mr. Martz.am: wiie. and Mrs Davis , ’made a v ■ <it to Rockford, <)., recently. Miss W;ni-es. of Decatur, wh > spent I a few davs calling in this community last week, returned home Saturday. Delbert Douglas has ’returned to schoo, at Apgop,. Ind., after a short visit with parents. Sheriff Ashbaucher affested Dell Stone, a few days ago. on a charge of provoke by Albert Jack Stone was taken to Deca’ur for trial, recieving |wenty days in jail. That. Blue Creek township, poet, must have a wheel in his head from the reading of his latest rhyme, The Players. He says be will give the boys’ names, if they do not stop, but he was too tug a coward to give his own. 1- rank Moore who has been residing near this place for some time was ar ; rested bv the Willshire, ().. nwirshpl'. ■ receiitb' on a cl.aige of theft pfetered bf < )uio parf-ies. James Perdue, an old soldier residing at Monroe. Mich., was severely afflicted with ■rheumatism, but received prompt relief from pain by using Chamberlain’s I’ain Halm. He,says: "At times my back would ache so badly that 1 could hardly raise up. If 1 had gotten relief 1 would not be here to write these few lines. ..Ctiamberliiin’s Pain Balm lias done a great deal of good and I feel veiy thankful for it.” For sale by all drfiggists j rioiiinoiith iteitiM. Frank Hord. Sr., was again shaking hands here with his many friends Sunday J. J. Magley and family visited friends here Sunday. Chas. Frank and George Scheiferstein are thoroughly canvassing this township for a tint iron which surpasses all others in excellence. Our never-sweats will petition the trustee to erect seats along main street and cushion the same for their benefit. A petition sot a gravel road will be presented to the farmers along the Piqua in the near future. We want good roads but our farmers can build a cheaper road if they take an interest. So waken up gentlemen to your best interests and when the petitioner visits you declare you are ignorant, can not write your name and forbid him to commit forgery by writing it for you.

Tin- K ot P. Lidgcat Decatur sent us Lhfii 11-| r< M-nniiivt's .1. Ji. Parrish. | D. li. 1j win pml >. c X nnn to .deco | the grave of fiitii dei easi d brol.l.ir R D Clieimwi 11) The in <' line- 'ini f('.’.w seems tohavei w u.deff illi". ii'i.ited in th. • I<k; .' ty and it few naim;- In i Hindi In sd'd'd to 11 e now fatium I;*, .a old mm fc G rls take Warr.'i is leap M*ar is fast Juihh.ii:g into etern.i' >'and timii -awful uili bu your situa’ion Timse on the sick list me Mrs. L. X Gcandstaff. Mrs. Thus. Perkins, Grrfndpa Daugherty and a small child of Ferdinand Dioege, Miss Fauchon Moffat, daughter, of E. D. Moffat, of Hartford Citv, is visiting relatives in and about this community Mr. Peckham visited with James Watts and family this week. Wolford has abandoned the fronting of sqnirre s and turned his attention to the capturing of runaway ■ bet;.. Last week the profound of our modest little town was broken bv terrific screams followed by what the citizens supposed to be a heavy volley of musket’ry which some fancied came from the rinks of some Spanish regiment, bv their actions, but after the smoke had cleared away and ipiief was again restored. in rushed iiiiin and narrated Lis exner.imce with his Jirst swai mos beSs. John is i- lite a crack shutTuisa\> lie.wa- ’ to oiin? down the Utter <! •i'mg'.ni; s-,me t w ent v-'-eveti T’ai-ls f’o old shot gun. 11 h-V. id tr. it bo’ ■ '.(.e • e James Wafo-: pnreiH-'ed a or rau t::is W'ek aud i:ua theai; w, be ;?>,-■■ : mu wuJi str;-in-' o’ I ”!»;x «.r Le.-il It’ll 'I- Will. I- ue ol e l i'' CXC-HI .'Hin ticilel- . I 'll! nil - ; 11 •o'Jl! ft :i ih J Illy •-.•'eh 'I W ' ‘ • io I .‘my’:m<l rih-. Jh-liqgiii-Jul.\ ■ itr-'in ve. -ul. I House am! lot for.s.ale on 4th street Tins is a de cable pie.<-e 'ot pi ipr-rty at.d wi'l be so : d cheap’ Tin fm'her patticii'misca.:at thisolliee ITv-f '17'112 Excurison to-Buffalo Bill show Fort Wayne, June .L’Th. via G. R A ILeaves Decatur 7 a. m«, returning leaves Fori Wayne 7:0.i p. m Fare from De eitur, round tr ; p. ,: 5 cents; show tickets s't cents, to.be sold together until the show tickets are gone. J. Bryson, Agt. WARXIXG—AII persons are hereby warned to keep off my’-farm All hunting and other trespassing will be prosecuted 14w3 Chas, F.veelixi; • Smith a Bell are paving the highest casJi prices for Clear White Ash logs, cut 12 foet long, 12 inches and over &'■ the top end. must lie clear and staigl.t +stf You don’t b.iye to know whether your goods are all wool or cotton; it makes nodifferenr-pp von use Putnam Fadeless Dves. They color any fibre at one boiling, in the same kettle. !;>.• per package. Sold by W. H X.ichtripb. druggist. S'x.iiil! Sociiilf! • The Indies of the Miles Society of the M E. ciiureli. ot tlds*city, -M ill give the social ot the season on the court house lawn on the evening of July third, lee cre«m and cake. Don’t forget ro help a good cause along. G93d2 b>w2 Fourth ol .July Celebration. The Sunday Schools of Rivare and St. Marys circuits, of the United Bretbern church, will celebrate the 4th of July in the grove at Pleasant Mills Rev. D K. Flickering. D. D.. of Columbus. Ohio, the most potent factor in the missionery operations of the the church in its past history, will deliver hjkfamous lecture on the “Dark Continent.’’ The Doctor has visited .Africa twelve times, and has many yekrs of experience among that people. Come and hear him Bring your baskets well tilled, and, and stay all day. An elegant children’s program in the afternoon . C. L Cl LIIERTON, I p . Lewis Ryan, i 1 ■ l3lols - The Tippecanoe Club. A prominent member of the Tippecanoe Club, of Cleveland, said: “There is only one thing I can say about the outcome of the convention, aud I have repeated that to every reporter, I think, that is writing convention matter, and I tfefcan this before reaching your city, for some of your energetic newsgatheiboarded our train before our arrival. Maj. MaTunley will, of course, be nominated; all now concede that; the platform will be gold and protection, and be will name h’s running mate. But there is a thing that I have not been interviewed on, and that I wish to' ire ition, and hope you will print it in very large type. 1 noticed in one of your St. Louis papers that we arrived here over another line than the Clover Leaf. That is not a fact, and is a misfepresentation. We came from Cleveland by boat via Put-in-Bay to Toledo, and by special train on the Clover Leaf to St. Louis. That road treated up royally in every way and is a first-class road if there is one. We had more attention and courtesy paid to us than on any previous trip, and we have decided among ourselves to use it individually, on everv opportunity, to show our appreciation. In fact we have appointed I ourselves passenger agents for that line.—St. Louis Star, June 18,18§6.

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Hviil E.iuli- I inus.'-r-. S Teeple to B < Jmud m pt out10l 1 i ler e. .i ~ . .$ 75 I'D : II MI ’hri'it inm-i et a! to A Ap pieman 5 73 Inn Washing'O i Township 125 00 G W pyit, to j? a. R chisbn lot 35J Geneva . 150 I 0 r L Koeneman to J Koeneman GO ' ; ''-1"d a. Root tp . 100 G Hahn to D Burkbead lot •Mon roe * .... 50 00 E I Engle to C Bavr lot 2'4 Geneva .120 00 5 Ntee.e to, I. Mcßarns sii A St. Marts tp 225 I 0 I ■I V Laisnre eta- to-H Giral 4 A Monroe tp GOfl oil j J Andrews to (' H Be;: lot . !:i - Geneva oti_oD II iJe'-v-k tfi* Elli" 1 11 If aiiC k■ y .5. It ashington tp stl oo ; ..' i to Wm 1 Jins lot -I-; I >•.•ueva 5". ' I. '■ p-’-e—’o*! i.iL.'W T . - ■* ' '“I all i :- J 'i I _ • ,ii-> ' i • ' ‘ na:■ I'' ■■ ni ;a. a i ' : s r* a.':<l ' ,-I :■ : "I.' *la . ■ Mg: -l ,1 ' ->■ •■“ i ’ •• , • A ■ f."J t , 7. : • I .11 I ’ ' 1 ■ : I ‘i- i A ■' t" ? n. . • ':. ’ I'T ' ■ , 1: .' ■ .■ ' I >-i al : \ 1 <j'.’. ' ' "I 77 D .a! ii ' . / P R oat. ' ■ 1.,;.•' g r mni., u:i' i." Hi" city i i<t e\ining. , • L<H EK I l. '. J i I '!K. 1 '. 11. 1 . «.• -:h"' Ni'. :•> !: ;a. in. ' . Xo. 1 ' 1 !■:»- a. in. ; , No. 5 ' ]'. in. N0.2:1. local freiDit lutj’. a. in. , EASTBOCNO. No. 2 ~12:15 p. in. ’ No. i> s::’>ii a. iu. No. 4... , v ,7:ol p. ni. No. 22, local freight 12:10 p. in. No.:; makes direct connection with the • LEA Wat Kokomo tor Indianapolis get- ■ ting into the city at 10-30 a. m. No. 1 leav- ■ ing here at 1:30 g. m. is direct to Indianapolis, arriving at6:3o p. in. Going by No 1 you can return home at 7:3 p. m. This is • the most direct route to the state capitoj. THE MARKETS TO-DAY. iVneat No. 2. 62 . C0rn,........... ....;■.'i , flats No. 2 ... . . Dto I!' . R; e Clover, red prime. .4’*x Clover (Alsy ke) 4 2 • • Timothy, 2 on Flux " Iwttei ' to I , Lard’ 6}7 Pctati er .....- s’ ihims li Shoulders s Bacon ■ Wool, unwashed Oto 12 Wool, washed....... ...... .15to lb Cattle .....3 00to 3 50 ■ Hogs >... s on ■ Sheep 7. .3 00 to 4 50 '■ ’’Hay £IO.OO to £12.00 .Beef hides , 4c . Ccd-f hides 57./' I / x TA TA <®> erie k ‘ R ' yay/ Schedule In effect June 14.1856. Trains Leave Decatur as Follows. TRAINS WEST. N 0.5, Vestibule Limited, dally tor L <>■> u « Chicago nt d i e West i "■ No. 3, Pacific Express, daily tor t , .i s * u Chicago and the West i ■'* ™ No. I. Express, . daily except San-1 ll:i,t>A. M day for Chicago ami the Wes, f No. 13. Wells Fargo Limited Ex-1 press, dapy except Monday x - 6.43 P M dav after legal holidays. I No. 31, Local, daily, except Sun -JiQ y TRAISB EAST. No. 8, Vestibule Limited, daily for I u New York and Boston f ' “ No. 2, Express, daily except Sun-( dav for New York. f '- w M No. 12. Express, dally for New ( , York f L,UA - M No. 30. Local, daily except Sun-. dav ............ yi0:10 A. M, Through coaches and sleeping cars to New York and Boston. Trains 1 aid 2 stop at al stations on the 0 i 6 E. division. . New Tram added, No. 13, will carry passengers a<J:ir as Huntington. I Train No. 12 earritjs through sleeping cars tc ] Columbus. Circleville, Chillicothe, Waverly. . Portsmouth. Irontor, and Kenova, vlaColuir- 1 bus Hocking Valley & Toledo and Norfolk A ] Western Lines. J, W. DeLono, Agent. J W. G. MacEdwaros T P A. Huntington. ]

. • » < Merryman's ! - I You can get a’l kinds of — t: — : non u t Hard and Soft Wood, e Siding, Flooring, Brackets, . • 8 Odd-Sized Nash and Doors, u Ln fact all kinds of building material ( made or furnished on short notice. c — — t Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder ‘ MAMriaw iM. taKKSSM'

A LITTLE PINK SHOE. Only a'llttb- l ink baby shoo That .aim'd and wrinkb-d ’?1 t ,-n Vi'i'ii a tiny 1. Ji- wli'-rf the litlla.' ■ 0,3 Pi--pud out in the days that an . . ... T!?' little pink tno-Was tho “big b" ■■ pig" That tfi nfarki't Sn often wouid . And over and ov r th- h gend v.'.i- < id Ai I kis.ied tho little pink to ‘•Piggic <ome more,” the red lips would Jisp, And the story and kiss were giv< n Again and again, so happy were v. .. In motherhood’s foretaste of 1. * aven. But there came a night, with de- 11--- blight, Wi.e:. dea'.h bore niy idol away And 1.0 little toe ever peeps fr ni. ■ ■ -hoe; To be ki, od in tiie syyeet old w - But n:y ’ ars have deluged tin- ! • talik shoe . '■" -■ J And stained it a ■■■per stain. And 1 i"ii:.- 1 '• th" touch that Wo".. '■ ' . '1 ni mth .'.u ._■ If it .'..v ■ me r..y darling agam S' nI ■' .'■ i..-tb" 1.” . :.r >. >• It ■-• • r'f< silent, . A,, it r. ■ ■ ■ int! t- . '.: ■ Move, — I - ‘♦‘l7 I ■ • l!.“ its < t ~ —Kat • '1.... - . M ,rr 1:1 N'-w 5 ■ .d. V.'-'-.Y; .27. DENTIST.’oY, ■ - ' .*in •' -■• T ted W ■ ,” - .7. . . 7 ' • : . ■'. i ■ a ■»■’.’•’ '■' j ' : ''. Ab-'' Sj I :,/■ ;■■ ■ ■. i M ;■■ i ;■ I' t .1 r-- . : ' rT . • . * II 'I • I ' ■ I '■*'■ ■ ' '1 ’’ ■ ’ ’. . 1 ■ i Hi i:erv ’’ 7 ii j;.i:i;> : i/i'’ -’PUur .: tili'tli; : f-.l 1' • !■' ' >rl' -7 'r. ‘fxAß-v -. ■ ' ■ gs; ■> (•■ ■>) ■■ Its. -■ i ' mb;: - .:: i:s a- . ; ■: t;;> h -Ji-j::. S “Tiii v nil ■’ ? : •'I. w iim+rt ■ 7ms ar '".ml tip •r i raio-s ami cl’.m' "1■: wjn “’ll"'.', eaii wi- get her <»:k- t>k <i OH" < f tllf l'l. “ ‘I :i m't know,’ grmuicd th" t:-tiiu, ‘but she's 2 t r > conn*.' “H" toi -ii i th" j >ckct b x on his , seat and ruimumged 'around in it, finally producing a small hatchet and a big ■ •, - nail. “'I guess -you’ll have to drive her out with this,’ said he, aud he sat down on the.ground and hung on ti a buckeye bush with both hands, while one of his Companions placed rhe end ,pf the nail against the side cf the tooth and hit it with the hatchet. The first lick madthe ti amsti f jump and yell, hut he settle d down 1' t another ('tie. The second groanir.g the t( amster wipot ’he per- . spirati- "j or!' liis face, climb' d ■ u to-the buckeye and said: * 0 " ■‘Hit hi r.again, b ys!’ . "T7- f’:r I lick < it. the '• ' ••’idhig JUui4l.i'.y..,g. ”— ; Ei Oss- : st: - -<—■- -■ ■ ‘ - — r —— ■' Fath r Darcy's Wiyy. Ketorf. C-HKs'raiug ’’i" 1 "I ‘.bra.tcd Fa:her Darcy, pr. Tai >ly' til'.- greatest wit -t that witty nati n. ,11< lamh-it is related that he..once visit'd the palatial mansion ii a perfect the nouv>.ajixriches, who lived in rhe. neighb riio -d cf Dublin, at the invitation of its pompous owner. ’ He was shown all < ver the house, his host taking great pains,' as.js, habitual in such cases, to keep the witty and observant priest well' informed as ti the cost of all the beautiful things he was shown. Finally, after making the complete tear of rhe chateau, the libfary was reached, its tremendous shelves groaning under the wi ight of thousands-up' ai thousands of vi lunn s resplendent in the most niagnili.'ent bindings. Her" they seuted tliemsi-iv- s, and tiie host said, with a sigh of. snobbish exultation: "Well, father, I have brought you here last because this is my favoi-tte room. The other rooms may give pleasure to my wife and my daugl'iti rs, but this is my place—right lh r ’ anwiig these who are my friends. And these here on the desk, ” pointing to a score of ultra looking volumes, “are' what I may call my intimate friends. ” Father Darey got up aud examined one of them, when a broad grin spread over his good natured face as iie said: ‘Well, it's glad I am tosee that you never cut your intimate friends. ”—Milwaukee Journal. tVtiat tie ivauieu. « “Yes,,he’s a wonder,’’ said he in speaking of the tough boarder. "One Sunday we had turkey and green pe'as and some other unusual items for dinner. This fellow came in and when th’e landlady asked him what lie wanted he looked over the table and says, 'I guess you can give me a thigh of the eagle, a little of the nest and a few of the shotSU She didn’t know what he was talking about. He wanted a leg of turkey with dressing and gravy and some of the green peas. ’’—Chicago Record. CURED WITHOUT COST. BLOOD POISON. "The life of all plesh is the blood thereof."—Leviticus xvli, 14. The late Dr. Kicord, of Paris, was tiie most e lebrated authority in the world 011 Syphilis, Scrofula, and other blood diseases. These disorders, whether inherited or acquired, cause skin eruptions, sore throat, ulcers, swelling of the glands, falling out ot'hair. diseasebt bones, nerviousness. impairment of sexual power. Mid pertnature medtal aihl physical decay. T'u,aity sufferer we will send, on receipt of si x cents in stamps. Ihx Ricord's famous prescription forthe blooib Positive and permaneip cures guaranteed. Address The Kieor'd Medical Co.. Marion, O. >uw-tt. ■■ -s- ....... '7 ' ’ ' 1 '' '

LUXURIOUS EUGENIE. Fndor Her I’file ! irD a Reene of Extr»va"ijil Fairyland. Th 1 >/\. :( .■ ■ g. ■ f i:;t xioatinn in t! ■• : ■ ~' ■' I i ir'i . . I vef "f (1:..' v . — pas . u I,r constant a. ' 1 r ■ <:ilft ■ • "ii- iii nt, > . I *.. v. ka'■ c 1 lira.' • taneo in d." ■ ::■’ . :r,igi -1 by the ( :' " 1 tirf .at * giving an i :.p'-'.;i . 1 > tr.i'.i and of gaining p pit- ' 1 :ty 1: ii :/ c n.-tant f. -tivities, . I<■ a■' qi.' ally <■ U'stanr, exp' use In ilie days.<.f Louis Philippe there had I, ■".! ;;:■..1 i:.-' <!• ration in all matters (if luxury; the king and queen were aged, s. ; :.bl and econoniici.il; the young .priiVesses were kept within rigid bounds l.y example above th'm. But when the emp' ror caia” to the throne, after a peril.d of revolution and consequent commercial stagnation, he wished to revive trade, aud also to give the prestige of splendor 'to a .court which so many did not seem to take in earnest His beautiful wife, suddenly raised to a supreme position for which nothing in her previous life ha'd prepared her, finding what seemed unlimited means within her reach, keenly enjoyed the possibility of procuring everything that pleas-d her, ai:d etiluuiced lu r remarkable personal attractions ly all the advantages i f exquisite toilet, without con,'ideriil i-in < f <■■ -t. Ev-rytki"" that she wore suit'd her admirably, < > urs tried t > imitate h r, and tii' hen Iti ne beeijmetaist ■!. She ■■ had’ choosing thing i. w 1 m.'.i-mil. wiri.'h jHt mi (that, instad'-f bciag <atIcJ d ■ ; 7 c ..'.v< o' ■ai typ-o -if a d S V,.... f . I l.' cll t \ *. ■ ■ i.. f ••. • ~. • g , .t- • ’’> r- .t., i t • • . > u • ■ ; J. 1- :i - . ’ W*)-V ’3O . : W ’ . .1- » .1. -1 i r • ’• lt r (.. -p 'X J. ■-. : . .... 1 .. -■ f ail 1 i" - v ■.:■ h too oft n wt re ■ eeded t ’ j ' ■i' ; t !:• air dt ct-iving -up 'rfid:;l ol . —••LT.' 11 the Tuileries,” by :.. B. knell. A V/O”,-’ 'S COURAGE. She Killed a Cobra, Saved Iler Husband and Then Fainted. “Women,” r marked a rather patronizing young man. “possess a'certain courage of endurance, but when it conies' to the' facing of an alarming ..danger they weaken and succumb to nerves. ” "I hate to be personal, ’:’ said a woman, “but I once faced what you will admit was an alarming danger. My husband, who was stationed iu India, was stricken down by fever. "On the day the crisis was expected the doctor smd that his life hung on a thread, but there was still a chance of recovery if he should fall into a natural sleep which remained unbroken for a certain length -i:f time. 1 ■’After hours of tossing and moaning I had the j-y cf seeing .him pass into -’m:.: AThk'l>'gr<’',v--m'.i'e hatural as I sat,- a:...- st !:■ Idiiig my breath i ss th' ; " in. "Willn hope was. becoming ; vfu'l 7- ::r .': v, through the 1 u.' wm- < -a l.g li -ded C'Yra gllded-dnto ":■■ r- rm a:id n:.:d" stra'gllt f.'T tiie bed, i;a:-ii'g its i „i(l and softly hissing. ."Forcm? horrible instant I' as paralyzed. wTile ti;e snake reared and swerved about to-insinuate-itself among the pillows. But it dreppGl and euibd itself on the fi >or- beside the bod. The power-of motion returned to me, and I crept across the r-om, raised my f ■ t and ground niy heel into the llatteni d head With its coldly glittering eyes. The. creature w^itherT furiously, coikd itself arounu my ankle like a vice, but I field my grouiid till the ‘folds relaxed and I knew tii" snake was dead. The doctor-found me on the floor iu a dead faint when he called. My .husband reC verod rapidly, and treasured as his dearest possession :i worn kid slipper.” —Philadelphia. Press. I . —. j. —4 L. — Why Spitz QuitGi rmanv has been on the verge of a cabinet - crisis fi r several weeks. The lim.warning < f the trouble among the. highest ofiieiJls es the. empire was given by the fall of General Von Spitz. Nobody has explained just why Spitz fell, but in an article .that attempts to do so the Cologne .Gazette suggests reasons that probably will seem more than sufficient to persons outside Germany. The Gazette says that it was incumbent upon him in his department 'tp attend to the' S t r a t'vollstrcckungsangegelegenheiten, the Militaepgefaengnisswesen and the whole Militaerjustizwesen. Besides, his office required that ho take charge of all the bills regarding the Militaerproeessorduuiijr and consult with the chancellor as to,the supreme Richsmilitaergerichtsinstanz and the supreme Reichsmilitaergerichtshof. Is it any wonder, then, that when he foresaw the failure of the Militae.rstrafpnx'essentwurf he felt moved liy .Gesundheitsruecksichten to quit?— New York Sun,A Friedd In Need. “My de^ir- friend, I must ask you to lend me at once 100 marks. I have left my purse at home, and I haven't a farthing in niy pocket!” “I can't lend you 100 marks just now, but I can put you in the way of getting the money at once!"' % “You are extremely kind!” “Here's twopence. Ride home on the trans and fetch your purse!"—Neueste Nachrichten. The Three. A serious looking person had charge of the grammar division of . a school examination and gave a bright looking boy this sentence to correct, “Between ■ you and I this is good butter.”’ Tho boy shortly returned the slip marked thus: ‘‘lncorrect. The lamppost is omitted.” —ExcJiauge. j j - - - - j