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Noyel Railway DeVicc.

Successful use appears to be made of the novel automatic device lately in troduced on some of the German rail- ways for ascertaining and definitely in- dicating defects existing in the track. The principle of the apparatus, as ex- plained. is based on the fact that ~ low point or other similar defect on the line of the track causes shock of greater or less intensity i'll a car passing over it. The arrangement of the appa- ratus in the inspection car is such that, if the shock exceeds certain degree of intensity, a squirting. device is brought into operation, and from which either 8 red or blue liquid IS sprayed over the roadbed, making stripes from 1 foot to feet long and about 3 inches wide the track sections requiring any atten- tion being thus very plainly marked. Such an apparatus, it is said, locates defects not ordinarily detected by a track walker and affords early and time ly evidence of imperfections in the road bed.-New York Sun.
The Press., 1894-03-08
THE LAY OF THE SCARLET KING.

a. a rollicking thing is chessboard Kingl have never 8 care in the world: lhe duties of state do not bother my pate. ridicule Fate in the shape of "checkmate." And my hair is majestieally curled! My kingly domain, let me hereby explain, Is divided by level and square, And the sea, opine, when the weather is fine, Is restricted by line Ia new method with brine), And the pillows are wood, like stair. My circumscribed route does not hamper my For move but block at @ time; My tactics are these: Ambuscade as please. With imperial ease against stale mates de-
 crees,
 In abrupt but discreet pantomime. The Queen by my side is a dashing young bride Who sweeps all the board at command; She captures the Knights-thus my pride she
 eXcites- The Bishops, old frights! and the pawns, luck
 less wights!
 By wave of her nondescript hand. From over the water King bent on slaughter, Most black and ferocious of mien, Has come to invade, with his cohorts displayed, My army to raid at the point of the blade. Artillery, foot and marine; But my Bishops have miters, my Knights are
 good fighters,
 My castles are strong in their walls, My Queen is a Greek and can succor the weak, My pawns, although meek, when united, can
 speak
 The language of three golden balls.
 L'ENvoI. +f. Oh, 8 pitiful thing is rubicund King
 Whose dynasty closes in war, For black are his foes, although blacker his
 woes,
 But red are his clothes and his ivory nose, And red is his weltering gore. 2, Eleanor Waddle in Youths Companion.
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Wanted Them All Alike.

II was once in a big store in Salt Lake City," remarked woman who has crossed the continent not less than 12 times, 'when a man came in and asked the proprietor for seven sealskin sacks. What style of sack?' inquired the proprietor very properly.
 "'I don't care what style, retorted the purchaser, with some savageness, just so as they're all exactly alike. There mustn't be one inch more seal skin on one than another and mustn t be a hairs breadth difference in their length, width or quality, or my seven wives will make it hot for me at home. Understand, 1 don't care about the fit or anything else. You send up seven sealskin sacks that are exactly alike that's the main point. From which, ' concluded the woman, -"it would seem that polygamy was not altogether the bed of roses that the Mormons would have us believe. "-New York Recorder.
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A Cruel Com mpliment.

Some 35 years ago a deceased friend of mine-a we'll known sculptor named John Jones, familiarly termed Johnnie Jones by his many associates took me to dine with the Sublime So- ciety of Steaks, which then held their weekly banquets in that which is now the armory of the Lyceu1n theater.
 The late Sir Charles Lococlz was in the chair, wearing, by the way, Gar- rick's Macbeth robe. Ex-Chancellor Lord Campbell was also present, and Lord Brougham was expected, but like Johnson and Burke in Goldsmith's s "Haunch of Venison, the famous Har- ry Brougham did net come. The task was imposed on me of returning thanks for the visitors. was not at the time a practiced public speaker and was ez- tremely nervous. However, l plucked up courage and began a speech, but l had not got to the end of the first sen tence before my voice was drowned in tumult of applause and rappings of knives and spoons on plates. l went on, but the more 1 tried to speak tine louder grew the hubbub, and at last l sat down utterly abashed and disconcert- ed. Then one of the members of the club rose and moved that the eloquent speech to which the company had just listened with so much pleasure and with such earnest attention should be printed at the cost and charges of the Sublime society for private circulation only, 1 had been the victim of harmless beef steak sell. ."-George A. Sala in Lon dOn Times:
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5 One nf Dr. Ererett.s Stories.

Staid and dignified and scholarly pr. Everett, the congressman from Massa- chusetts, knows how to tell story in an effective way Ono day during the silver debate he said he was amazed at the determination of some gentlemen of all three parties-Democrats Repnb- licans and Populists-to find politics somewhere in some part of the silver discussion. They had q wonderful nose for the political cat in every bag of meal presented to them. It reminded him of what happened in q certain poor re- ligious congregation in England. The congregation wanted to procure new hymnbooks, but they were very poor and could not afford to pay for them at the ordinary prices. They understood, however, that certain great adyertis ing house, q business house that made patent medicines, was willing to fur nish them hymnbooks at penny each if they would allow some advertisements to be inserted in the books. They thought that would be no special harm, that they might have few pages of advertisements bound up with Watts and Doddridge. They agreed to the proposition. The books came, duly printed, and they got down to the church on Dec. 24.
 On Christmas morning. the model Christians, who had no thought of any thing but religion, got up to sing. Their pastor gave out by the first line very familiar hymn. Immediately the congregation arose to their feet and in few seconds were aghast to find themselves singing:
 Hark! the herald angels sing:
 Cure 'en's pills are just the thing.
 Peace on earth and mercy mild:
 Two for man and one for child.
 Chicago Post
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Patrick Henrv,s Genins.

During this year of seeming idleness young Henry conceived the idea of be- coming lawyer. Digging in the soll would not yield him a livelihood. Drawing molasses and measuring tape had produced the same barren result. But words never failed him. lie could move or melt any audience before whom he might stand. Therefore he deter mined to earn his living by his tongue.
 The wonderful mental capacity of this broken down farmer and merchant may be understood when we learn that after very few weeks of reading and study he presented himself at Williams burg before the examiners and was ad- mitted to the bar-not, however, With out much urging and entreaty, for the examiners soon discovered the pauclty of his knowledge of the statutes ID spite of his ignorance Of the forms and technicalities, young Henry pleaded hls own case so well that he received his license, not at all because of his legal proficiency, but solely because Of his ingenuity and the promise he gave of future usefulness. One of the examl- ners, MT. John Randolph, was so much shocked by the uncouth appearance of the man that he at first refused to ex- anime him, but shortly discovered that the candidate was diamond in the rough, and after subjecting him to d most severe series of subtle and intricate queries he was forced to remark, H Mr. Henry, if your industry be only half your genius, augur that you will do we'll and become an ornament and an honor to your profession. y Prophetic words!-Blue and Gray.
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GREATER NEW YORK.

The so-called Greater New York bill has passed the legislature at Albany by votes?lf 106 to in the assembly, and 29 t3 Hn the senate, and with Governor Flowers approval will be submitted to the people oi New York, Brooklyn, the towns in Kings county, the towns of Westchester, Flushing, Newtown and Ja- maica, and portions of other towns next November. The bill provides for the con- solidation of all this territory with New York, and putting the American metrop- oils second to London among the great cities of the civilized world. If the peo- pie favor the consolidation the next leg islature will arrange the details of the union, and some very fine work will be necessary to satisfy all interests.
 The New Workers regard the decision of the legislature with great jubilation, mainly, as would appear from perusing the comments of the editors, because it is to make New York a big city, and put it so far in advance of the windy city of the lakes, that the western boosting will be forever suppressed. "The manifest des- tiny of New York;" says The World, lis to be the largest, finest and most potent city in the world-the financial center, the capital of commerce, the home of the fine arts and sciences, the educational Mecca, and the glory of the great nation whose energy and brains have created it." All that is very fine, but the quantity of New York is of far less importance than it's quality. Will the consolidation of New York with all it's surroundings make it 8 better as we'll as 8 bigger city? If it does not the change will be curse to itself and to the whole country, rather than a blessing. s,
 If the enlargement of New York should result in prpportionate increase of pub lis spirit and true civic pride, the change would be we'll worth making. It is the fault of the metropolis that it's people care little more for it than for workshop or warehouse. They have let their mu- nicipal offices drift out of their control until mighty effort is necessary to wrest them from corruption. Greater New York, however, offers the hope that the people who do business in the city and sleep in Brooklyn, or the suburban towns, will bring new forces to bear upon the problem of metropolitan government They must do it or suffer, and the chances are that the outsiders will show more mu nicipal patriotism than the wealthy in differents who inhabit the city proper, and are content to let things slide. We should like to see New York become not only the biggest, but the best governed, city ir the world. This is possible if the best people of Greater New York will lend { hand and stick to it.
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public estimation than he. A lawyer of the greatest eminence and highest ability, he Is born leader of men. In public life for nearly half a century, he is repre- sentative citizen, one of the most popular and best known men in the United States.
 "He was elected a senator, and was eight times returned to the House of Rep resentatives. It shows in what high es- timation he is held by the people that he was five different years elected speaker of the House of Representatives Gov.Long made him Justice, knowing that he is of unquestic ned integrity, superior ability and great conscientiousness. A man of majestic brain, he is a great statesman and has few equals as an orator. He was at one time a candidate for Lieut. Gov ernor and he nominated Alger fol Presi- dent, in the National Convention"
 Such is the prominence and standing of the gentleman who writes the following for the public welfare:
 "Having used Dr. Greens Nervura blood and nerve remedy during my convales-
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OLD TIMES AND NEW TIMES.

Michael Fay, a level headed citizen, lowing communication, containing much more than the aver age amount of common sense to the square inch
 Having been Il resident of Rockville for over forty years, and having experienced the good old times, and the bad new times since the war, let me ask those who de- sire to go back to the good old timt s'' previous to that eventful period. To be- gin with we must first put back all the slaves to their respective masters togeth- CT with all their progeny since the war; of course that repeals the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the constitution. Then send back about two millions of for eigners that have come here since, with their progeny, looking for work; then shut off all the electric currents, take down all the wires and stop about half the railway traffic. All the young men, and of course the maidens too, go right straght back on the huckleberry farms and their wedding feasts will be made up chiefly of pumpkin pie and huckleberlies and milk. What will remain around the cities and factory villages of course will be only few, and those will probably get froyl fifty cents to dollar a day for twelve hours work, according to their ability, age, sex, etc.
 Now as most of those in the prime of life don't remember so much about these good old times" let me say that the above is drawing only 8 brief and very bright picture of the years before the war Does any one wish to go back and live that way? Stand up till we count the number. l know some will say the own CTS, the agents, the bosses, etc., made the money, the poor made none. Didn't they l said always and say now that every man makes what he can according to his in- | tellect, or as far as his appetite or way of living will allow him. Those men whom we say made the money were all poor themselves. Most of them to my own knowledge. Who is getting the money now?
 There are many sides to many stories, but of all stories and all the sides l ever heard the story about the mill owners robbing the poor is the most absurd and inconsistent. During my life, and am now on the last decade of the time allotted to man, have yet to see any great differ ence in human nature. On the same wages, and even with better advantages, some will make money and others will not. But of all our presidents eWash- ington only three or four of them were of rich, influential parents. All our mem- bels of congress were poor, or their fath- CTS were. All our mill owners, store keepers, all the bankers, all real estate owners were poor men. Robbers, of course! The sooner people drop this lang uage the better. The people whom I look on as the real, genuine robbers are those slave drivers and vagabonds whom mo- body looking for work goes near. They have no work for them, oh no! But th' y will make laws for them.
The Press., 1894-03-08

Hon. Ex-Speaker Moves is and always will be a boon 10 his fellow men, and in thus giving his advice to the suffering, and the weight of his high standing and emi- nent reputation to his indorsement of the wonderful curative virtues of the great medical discovery, Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, he is proving himself a benefactor to those who are sick, weak, nervous and ailing. It is a fact that Dr. Greenes Nervura blood and nerve remedy cures. The sick need it to make them well. Those who do not call themselves exactly sick, but who are ailing, out of order and do not feel just right, should take it, for it will put them in perfect health and strength. Every body needs it now when a spring medi- cine is necessary to maintain health. It is the best spring medicine possible to take.
 Dr. Greene, of 35 West 14th street, New York City, it's discoverer, is our most successful specialist in curing nervous and chronic diseases. He can be consulted free, personally or by letter.
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KnuCkl3 ROnes.

There seems reason to suppose that the game of knuckle bones is Roman survival, having been spread through out the empire by Roman colonists and soldiers. The Roman tali were orig inally without marks, but in time the tali, or tessere, had numbers inscrib- ed on their sides and became the dice of the aleator. The Russians, the Scan dinavians, the Germans of the northeast of the empire, the highlanders and the Irish do not, so far as can ascertain, play at knuckle bones. The game is we'll known in France, Belgium and south Germany.-Notes and Queries.
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A. E. Taylor of DR. JENNIE M. TAYLOR.
 Martinsyille, Pa., younger brother of Bishop Taylor. She is a very learned young woman of 26, entitled to write A. B., A. M, M. D. and D. D. s. after her name. She is small in stature, but TO- bust, and has no fear of the hardships she will have to endure on her long trip, which will include sojourns in Liberia and the province of Angola and a voyage of several hundred miles up the Congo.
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cence from severe rheumatism, and ex+ periencing it's very beneficial results in accelerating my recovery, by imparting a healthy tone to my whole over-wrought nervous system, I write that others need- ing like restorative may have like ad- vantage.
 1t seems to me nothing could have contributed so much to invigorate and recreate, as it were, my severely taxed nerves and debilitated vitality as did this excellent remedy. And to all needing some invigorating and permanent restora- tive to mind and body over-burdened in business or other cases, desire to offer my testimony in behalf of Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy as the very best medicine within my knowledge or observation. l am willing that the best possible use should be made of this note to bring the matter to the attention of others suffering as I was.
 CHARLES J. MOVES,
 Equitable Building, Boston, Mass.
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The Old Clock on the Stairs,

Ernest Longfellow, a son of the great poet, has 9 token of remembrance of his father at his home in Magnolia which money cannot buy. It is nothing more or less than "The Old Clock on the Stairs" made famous by his father.
 The clock was formerly owned by Thomas Gold Appleton, and at his death the heirs, of which one was Captain Nathan Appleton, thinking the clock was of particular value to Ernest Long fellow on account of his fathers con nection with the ancient ti1nepiece, do mated it to the son of the poet. so that it now adorns a nook in the stairs of his house at Magnolia. Boston Herald.
 "Perhaps you would not think so, but a very large proportion..of diseases in New York come from carelessness about catch ing cold" says Dr. Cyrus Edson. ''It is such a simple thing and so common that very few people, unless it is a case of pneu- monia, pay any attention to cold. New York is one of the healthiest places on the Atlantic Coast and yet there are great many cases of catarrh and consumption which have their origin in this neglect of the simplest precaution of every day life. The most sensible advice is, when you have one get rid of it as soon as possible. By all means do not neglect it. ," Dr. Edson does not tell you how to cure cold but we will. Take Chamberlain's Cough Rem- edy. twill relieve the lungs, aid expect oration, open the secretions and soon eff feet permanent cure. 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by Smith & Lathrop, Staf- ford Springs Geo. L. Philips, South Coventry.
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French navy, in PRINCE DE Jo1NvILLE.
 which he rose to the rank of vice ad- miral, should be very valuable, and it will be interesting to note his opinions of America.
 At Vera Cruz he captured General Arista, and he served with distinction at Mogadore, in Morocco. He begged for employment in any capacity with the army of France in the Franco-P Prussian war, and under the title of Colonel Lu- therod did little fighting for his coun- try. Gambetta was afraid of his influ- ence, however, and banished him from France, but hs was soon back again and was elected to the assembly. In 1886 he was banished again, and his name was stricken from the rolls of the navy. B
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here ls massachusetts, greatest and fore most statesman, whom all our readers know, Hon. Ex-Speaker Moves, of the House of Representatives who tells you what this wonderful medicine, Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy has done for him, and advises you to take it and get we'll, if you are sick, weak, nervous, sleepless facilitated or run down in health. He assures you that it cured him and he is positive that it will cure you.
 The newspapers say of Hon. MT. Moves: ''No citizen of Boston stands higher in
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ElIiOf'S Vast Mining Scheme.

: Sir George Elliot, Bart, has 8 great scheme in view. He proposes to effect the naturalization of the coal lands of England, Scotland and Wales by the formation of a gigantic trust to control them all. The trust is to be governed
 by central representative council elect ed by the different coal districts on basis of the number of tons of coal pro-
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ally called Christians. MT. Bagby is pastor of the Ninth street church of that denomination in Washington, and has been with the congregation from it's start as mission chapel two years ago. MT. Bagby was born in King and Queen county, Va, Sept. 29, 1865, and was reared in Richmond. He was educated at the Kentucky university, graduating in both the classical and theological courses at that institution and afterward taking the degree of bachelor of divinity at Yale
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duced and the districts to be managed by local committees of a cooperative na- turc, elected in fixed proportion by the shareholders and the miners. The price of coal is to be regulated by the govern ment, and liberal wages are to be paid the miners. A majority of two-thirds of of the coal owners and lessees would be required to insure the inauguration of the scheme, which, it has been estimated, would require capital of O,O00, ,OOO. Sir George Elliot, the father of the project, is well known in England as man who has made his way from being 3 pit laddie to position of wealth and influence.
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ROBABLY more de.

ROBABLY more de- bends upon the charac- ter of the recommenda- tion than on anything else. If a person you
 personally know tells
 you that Dr. Greene's N ervura blood and nerve remedy will cure you because it cured
 him. you take his word.
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He finally induc- cd Dr. Jennie M. Taylor to take a special course in dentistry and go out with him on his next visitation to his African di- ocese. They are now on their way thither together. Dr. Taylor is a daughter of Rev.
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student of nervous diseases, and author long since realized the truth of the first statement, and his Restorative Nervine Is prepared on that principle It's success in curing all diseases arising from derange- ment Of the nervous system is wonder Iul, as the thousands of unsolicited testimo- ntals in possession of the company manufac- turing the remedy amply prove.
 Dr Miles Restorative Nervine is a reliable headache, nervous debility, prostration, sleepiessness, dizziness hysteria, sexual de- billty, St. Vitus dance. epilepsy. etc. It is or sent direct by the Dr. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind, on receipt of price. S1 per bot 'ie, SIX Doities Tor SS. express prepaidi opiates or dangerous drugs.
 Sold by W. D. HeaId.
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Chamberlain's Cough Remedy gives the best satisfaction of any cough medicine 1 handle, and as seller leads all other preparations in this market. 1 recom- mend it because it is the best medicine ever handled for coughs, colds and croup A. w. BALDRIDGE, Millersville, III. For sale by Smith & Lathrop, Stafford Springs, Geo. l.. Phillips, South Coventry.
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make interesting reading, for the prince has seen
 m u c Il of the world in the 75 years of his. life.
 He has some new
 stories to relate,
 it is said, of the court of his fa- ther. Louis Phil ippe, " His ac- count of his ex- periences in the
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For all Arrangements of the- throat and lungs, Ayers Cherry Pectoral is the speediest and most reliable remedy. Even in the advanced stages of Consumption, this wonderful preparation affords great relief, checks coughing, and induces sleep.