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A Puzzled Mother.

'It takes a 14-year-old boy to see
through his mother" laughed such q
mother the other day. Last week ]
planned to take friend to the theater,
and her only free night was Thursday.
Now. often take my boy to see play.
but make it rule 1t shall not be on a
night preceding a school day. SO on
this occasion I explained to my son that
he could not go, and as an offset to his
disappointment arranged an outing for
the Saturday following. He acquiesced
most dutifully and beautifully, and the
matter rested. Thursday came, and as
the afternoon waned, found that my
son was to be all alone part Of the even
ing, and l began to wish that he was
going with us. At last I made up my
mind, and calling him said:
81 think, after all, you may go tonight.
You are going to be alone, and know
you always count upon these trips to the
thsater. So if you'll study hard till din
ner you shall be Of the party"
That's all right, mother replied the
young scamp with laugh I knew
you'd weaken at the last, 80 I've managed
my lessons, and I'm all ready And now
I'm alternately deploring my want Of
strength and wondering how to preserve
a semblance Of authority with 80 shrewd
a son" New York Times.
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Thrifty People.

Richard Tangye the great engi-
neer in his autobiography gives some
curious examples of the economy Of
the Cornish miners. Compared
with these thrifty folk Scotch pea
SAINTS and farmers Of New England
are extravagnt. His grandfather
was miner and when once asked
what his daily work was, he replied:
"Ten hours at the engine and eight
at digging. The rest OF the day l
have to waste"
Tangye states that he once saw this
same old man fall into = fury Of
rage, because boy whom be had
hired threw away a match after ligh-
ting candle whit.
"D'ye waste my property. yeloonf
Then ye will never be worth sax
pence Of yer own |" he shrieked.
A careful old woman lamented g
stolen pie for more than 40 years.
The tears would come to her eyes
whenever she talked about the lost
dainty.
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AGAIN The IRAN RoBseRs
five Men Hold up Train on the bur-
lington Railroad.


five Men Hold up Train on the Bur-
lington Railroad.
ST JOSEPH, Mo. Ian 1i--Last night the
burlington AEli, 2 leaving this city at Gas,
was held up about three miles east of St.
Joseph by FIVE masked men The train
was stopped by torpedoes being placed on
the track and red lantern swung across
the road in regulation custom. AS soon
as the train stopped three of the robbers
boarded the engine with drawn revolyers
and ordered the engineer and fireman to
accompany them to the express car.
This they did, and upon being ordered
TO open the door the express messenger did
So when he was covered with a rifle in the
hands of one of the men, Three others,
with revolvers in each hand, had entered
the car, and the messenger was ordered to
open the safe The robbers then took all
there was in the safe, which amount is
claimed by the railroad officials not to ex-
coed $50. This statement is not credited
here, however.
Ali the trainmen think the robbers
were amateurs, as they were nervous all
Guring the affair and appeared much ex-
lited A reward of 500 is offered for the
arrest of each of the robbers il captured
before this evening.
When the train stopped brakeman
went back to flag the St. Louis train
following, and when he was several hun
bred yards down the track he asserts that
he heard shots fired and suddenly the
train pulled on He secured horse and
came TO this city and gave the alarm. He
says the robbers entered the mail and ex-
press cars and took all the registered mail
in the former and all the pack ages In the
safe of the latter.
On the 25th of last September an at
tempt to hold a train on the Council
Bluffs road was frustrated by the officers
being informed of the proposed plan.
Two of the robbers were killed last even
ing and another was recently sentenced
TO ten years in the penitentiary.
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His Science 81 Fault.

a phrenologist who has been tour
ing the country and giving lectures
In the art tells the following "good
one" on himself. He was in the habit
of inviting people Of different avoca.
tions to come upon the stage and he
would dilate upon and .expound the
peculiarities of their cranial con-
struction. He had come to that
portion of his lecture where he dealt
with the criminal form of crania and
addressed the audience
IF there if any person present
who at any time has been the inmate
of a prison he will oblige by coming
upon the platform"
In response to this invitation q
heavily built man went up.
"You admit that you been in pri-
son, sir 70
81 have, sir" was the unblushing
answer.
"Would you kindly tell us how
many years you have spent behind
prison bars ?"
About twenty years." unbesitat.
inely replied the subject.
"Dear dearln exclaimed the Pro.
lessor. "Will you sit down, please9"
TIE subject sat down, in chair at
the center of the stage. The Pro.
lessor ran his fingers rapidly through
the hair of the subject and assumed
a Thoughtful expression.
"This is most excellent speci.
men. The indications of depraved
character are very plainly marked.
The organs of benevolence and es-
TEEN are entirely absent; that of
destructiveness is developed to an
abnormal degree. could have told
instantly, without the con fession of
this man, that his lite had been era
tic and crime Tor which you were
imprisonedW
IL never committed any crime"
growled the man in the chair.
"But you said that you had been
an inmate Of prison for twenty
yearsip
$50 / have, but never commit.
ted any crime"
evil you tell us why you we're
there, then3" persisted the Professor p,
@Why, you TOOL, l am jailer!n
snapped the subject, as he left tue
chair.-New York Herald.
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The Strain on the Eye.

There is no reason why muscle or
muscles of the eye should not fag out
Just as the muscles elsewhere do. Let
one bear a weight all day long, does he
not attribute his consequent headache
to the heavy burden he has bornef 1t
seems without elaborate thinking we
could conceive of the results following
upon prolonged use Of the eye. Nature
has done all she could to protect and
prolong the usefulness of the eye.
No earthly architect ever yet planned
a structure that would not yield, crum-
BILE and fall, and the house human, SO
exquisitely uplifted in curious and mys-
terious ways, falls and returns to dust
more rapidly and surely than need be,
for the reason that we donot realize how
much one part is sustained or over
thrown by another. One tiny muscle, is
potent enough to disturb the whole econ
omy, especially if intercurrent diseases
exist in addition to "eye strain. Phil
adelphia Record.
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White Men in the Indian Territory,

From Harper's Magazine.
Strange as it may seem there are
at least onethird more white United
States citizens IN the Indian Terri.
tory comprising the five civilized
tribes of Cherokees, Greeks, Semi
noles, Choctaws and Chickasaws-
than the total population of Oklaho-
ma Territory in GLIDING the unopen .
ed reservations. 1t is this remar-
kable fact which made the last Con.
gress SO prolific of bills affecting
the Indian Territory, and caused the
Sonata to embrower the President
to appoint committee Of three to
visit these five nations, as they call
themselves, this past summer, and
treat with their respective govern
ments, with view to the dissolu-
ton Of their tribal relations, the al.
lotment of their lands in sevalty,
the acceptance of American citizen.
ship and speedy statehood. The
tribal population of these nations
aggregate in round numbers $4,000,
divided as follows Cherokees, 49,
900, Creeks, $4,000; Seminoles, g.
600; Choctaws, $4,000; Chickasaws,
5000. The United States citizen
population owing no tribal allegiance
and alien in character, is conserva-
lively estimated at $50 900, of which
number $4,000 are in the Chicka-
saw Nation alone.
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Newsy GIeanings

Arizona is raising peanuts.
Nebraska has $4,000 Swedes.
Anarchists continue active in
France.
Buffalo, N. Y, is the greatest
-four port.
Tramps are practically unknown in
New Zealand.
Connecticut farmers lately held a
State Convention.
The Chicago Treasury's deacitwill
probably be $1,60O,OO0.
Seven Iowa men are racing after
Wilson's seat in the United States
Senate.
Rich and extensive phosphate
beds have been discovered in Lewis
Comfy, Tennessee.
The Cape Cod Mass cranberry
dogs produced 5000 barrels of red
berries this season.
Despite rigid economies the cash
balance in the United States Treasu.
ry is still falling off.
Florida has 1913 varieties of wood
and an eighteen pound pineapple at
the Augusta (Ga.) Exposition.
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-Four Men Blown to Fragments.

KINGSTON, N. Y, Jan. s-A disastrous
explosion occurred in the extensive pow
der works of Latin & Rand, at Esopes, a
few miles from this city. 1t started in
the drying house, where about $50 kegs of
powder were stored. This building with
others near it went flying through the air
in all directions. Four men who were in
the building at the time were carried up
with the pieces, their bodies being shat
tered into fragments so that they were be-
yond recognition. Their names were
George Kipp, Nicholas Gibbs, Joseph
Saunders, Gardner Fredenburgh
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Absent Mindedness.

6 On Lake Shore train out OF
Cleveland a few days a-o was an old
lady who was used TO travel. She
was perfectly at home on the cars,
and there were none of the little dis
couragemsnts that usually come to
travellers that could disconcert her
in any degree.
The evening was warm and the
good woman was seized with a burn
ing trist. But generous manage
ment provide for all such wants.
Ha! There was the "hydrant" in the
carl
Walking solemnly back to the
water tank the lady set the cup I'M
der the faucet and turned on the
water. It tr.ckled it rippled ; it pour
ed the catch pan ran over and the
tempting ice water was rapidly cool
ing the ends of the crosstles F; but
the woman stood, silent sand
thoughtful, waiting.
At last a trainman approached
with the polite query?
"Lady, do you know what your'sr
doing?"
"Me ? Certainly p.
"Well, why are you running all
that water off ~
With look of scorn for such ig,
ncrancs she replied
swell I'm just letting it run till it
gets cooll."
The sight of the faucet perhaps
caused The absent minded lady to
think it was a hydrant with through
connection with Lake Erie. Why
not (? Wasn't it the Lake Shore road
cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Deserving Praise.

We desire to say to our citizens
that for years we have been selling
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, DR.. Kings New Life Pills,
Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Electric
Bitters, and have never handled
remedies that sell as well, or that
have given such universal satisfac-
ton. We do not hesitate to guar
antee them every time, and we stand
ready TO refund the purchase price,
if satisfactory results do not follow
their use. These remedies have won
their great popularity purely on
their merits. E. G. Williams, Jr.,
& Co., Druggists,
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Tariff Debate Begun.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9-The debate on the
Wilson tariff bill is at last under way.
After a deadlock Of four days the Demo
Gratis, with the aid of warrants to arrest
absentees, succeeded yesterday in muster
ing a quorum and the obstruction was
forced aside A sharp tilt with Mr. Bou-
telle over the Hawaiian matter and a
lively debate over the adoption of the
special order fixing the limits of debate
preceded Mr.. Wilson's opening speech
The evening sessions are devoted to gen.
eral debate on the bill
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The Puzzle Solved .

Perhaps no local disease has puz'
zled and baffied the medical profes
sion more than nasal catarrh,
While not Immediately fatal it il
among the most nauseous and dis
gushing ills the flesh is heir to, and
he records show very few or no cases
Of radical cure of chronic catarrt
by any of the many modes of treat
ment until the introduction oil Ely's
Cream Balm few years ago. The
success of this preparation has been
most gratifying and surprising. No
druggists without it.
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No BETTER in THE COUNTRY.
The Good Work Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad In 1898.

The B. & O. r. r., the pioneer OF
the American Railway System, has
of recent years been renewing its
youth, so to speak, and attracting to
its lines constantly increasing
share of the passenger traffic cease
lessly passing between the cities of
the Atlantic seaboard and the great
Mississippi Valley. AS an evidence
of this fact it may be stated that its
revenue from passenger traffic was
| "a, 262 900 in 1888, while for the fiscal
year ended June 30tb, 1898, it rose
to $6,6l8,000, being a gain of over
fifty-five per cent. in the last five
years. 1t will be noted that the last
fiscal year ended June 30th, and that
the heavy business to the Worlds
Fair is not included in the figures,
but win go to swell the gross receipts
for The fiscal year ending. June Both
1894. No road in America has had
greater experience than the B. & o.
in handling large volumes of passen-
ger business, and none is able to do
it better. Every four years it is
called upon to transport the enthu-
siastic thousands from the East,
North and West to and from the
presidential inaugurals, and it broke
all previous records by its work DUR
ing the Grand Army cncampment at
Washington, in 1892. Thus prepar-
ed by its past experiences the B. Il
O. was in position to take good care
of the multltudes travelling to Chica-
go during the Worlds Fair, and
while it probably carried to and from
Chicago a greater number OF people
than any other road of equal mileage,
it is gratifying to be able to state
than not single Worlds Fair tTay-
eler was killed on the B. so. sys-
tem.-Baltimore american, Deem
Der, 81, 1898.
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Better and Better

"Better than grandeur, better than gold
Better than ranks a thousand fold,
Is a healthy body, mind at ease,
To get and keep a healthy body
use DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, a remedy designed to not
only cure all diseases of the throat
lungs and chest, but keep the body
in thoroughly healthy condition
1t eradicates all impurities from the
blood and overcomes Indigestion
and Dyspepsia. Blotches, Pimples
and Eruption disaprer, under its use
and your mind can be sat ease" as
to your health.
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Grave mistakes are made by ply
sicians in treating Heart Disease.
The rate Of sudden deaths is daily
increasing. Hundreds become VIC
tins Of the ignorance of the physi-
clans in the treatment Of this dis
ease. One in four persons have q
diseased heart. Shortness of Breath,
Palpitation and Fluttering, Irregu-
lar Pulse, Choking Sensation, Asth-
matte Breathing, Pain or Tenderness
in Side, Shoulder and Arm, Weak
or Hungry Spells, are symptoms Of
Heart Disease. DIR. Miles New
Heart Cure is the only reliable RENE
dy. Thousands testify to its won
derful cures. Books free. Sold by
A. NJ. Gilbert.
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Died a. His Golden Wedding.

GLAssBoRo, N. j., Jan. l1.-George w.
Harvey, one of the most prominent citl-
Sens of lone, in this county, died last
evening under distressing circumstances
He was celebrating the anniversary of his
golden wedding, and was surrounded by
his children and grandchildren. He kissed
one of the latter on the head and hair
lodged in his throat, bringing on a severe
coughing spell, in the midst of which a
blood vessel burst and Mr.. Harvey died
in few minutes His wife was so shocked
that she has not been conscious since her
husbands death, and her life is despaired
Of. Mr.. Harvey was 10 years old. and his
wife is three years younger.
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An old negro who had business in
a lawyers office was asked ifhe could
sign his name.
"How 10 dat, sir?"
II ask" the lawyer answered, ''if
you can write your name.p
swell, no sab. neber writes my
name. lies dictates it."-Tid-B
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Rector's Wife-You ought to
avoid even the appearance OF evil.
Do you, yourself, think the girls who
dance are right?
Belle of the parish-They must be,
l know the girls who don't dance are
always left Brooklyn Life.
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Another Immigration Bill.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Representative
Lockwood, of New York, introduced in
the house bill for the restriction of inn
migration and to amend the contract
labor laws, 1t provides against the daily
coming into the United States of the citi-
zens of Canada and Mexico to perform
labor in this country. 1t compels Ameri-
can vessels plying on the great lakes to
employ only American citizens. Aliens
performing work contrary to the provis-
ions of the bill are to be deported, and in
case they return TO this country they are
to be deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor
and heavily fined.
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Professor-To what did Xenophon
owe his reputation?
Enthusiastically to the fact
that his name commenced with x
and came in so handy for headlines
in alphabetical copybooks.-Puck.
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'Terrapin," said Mr.. Dreffieshort,
sis one of those things that come
high that you don't have to have"
And he laid the bill of fare down
and cheerfully ordered fried liver
Chicago Tribune.
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What is the dismay of the early
pedestrian who leaves his cozy home
on winters morning in quest of,
lucre or pleasure when he finds him.
self suddenly the victim of the trea-
cherry of a slippery pavement. 1t
will be comfort to know that Sal
walton Oil will cure his bruised
limbs.
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He Gan old handy: They dropped
their anchor. She "a beginner) !:
Serves them right 1t has been
hanging over the side all day long.
Tit. Bits.
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Hancock's Democratic Opponent

HARRISBURG, Jan. 11.-Today's Patriot
says that it can be authoritatively stated
that the movement to name second
Democratic candidate for congressman-at
large will take definite shape on Friday
morning, when nomination papers in be-
half of Senator Arthur D. Markley, of
Montgomery county, will be circulated
and signed in PHILADELPHIA
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Simple Questions Simply Am
sWered.

Why do people very often allow a
cold to run on? Because they think
it will wear away. Why does the
Cough that at first caused no alarm
become deep-seated and chronic?
Because the proper remedy was not
used. The way to break up any
Cough or Cold, no matter if other
medicines failed to benefit you, is to
try Pan Tina, the great remedy for
Coughs, Colds and Consumption, rs
and so cents, at E. @. Williams Jr. &
Co.'s Drug Store.
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"That Anger is sharp fellow, F"
said the Hammer to the Saw, abut
he runs around good deal."' Yes, "
replied the saw solwly, between his
teeth, "and what an awful bore he
is."-Vogue.
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In the foregoing there are described thir-
ty-slx trees and shrubs, the description be-
ing by the double meanings attaching to
such names. For an example, if it were a
fish instead of a tree puzzle, and it said:
s'The fish that every body walks on" the
answer would be, of course, the sole
Hdrpe1's Young People will divide $500
among the five who find the greatest num-
Der of correct answers, and it generously
opens the contest to the boys and girls who
read the INDEPENDENT. Only those may
send answers who have not passed their
eighteenth birthday, and they must mail
such answers on or before Jan. 80 to Hdr-
per's Young People, Franklin Square,
New York, and put the words Round ia
ble'' in the lower left hand corner of the
envelope. Write the names one below an
other, number them, and put your own
name, with a first name spelled out and
your address in full, at the top OF the first
sheet At the head of the list of names of
trees place figure 5-good size. Har-
per's Young People will publish the cor
rect answers. with names of prize winners
as early pfter the close Of the &C ntesi as
possible. jana0 2t.
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PALERMO, Jan. 1.-THE government
measures have succeeded in breaking up
the organization of the Easel del Lavora-
tori branches. The society referred to is
said to have been suppressed everywhere
in Sicily; and all the persons implicated
in the recent rioting are. as far as pos
sible being arrested
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Eastern Girl we have the cradle
that my grandfather was rocked in.
Western Girl We have the boots
that my grandfather died in.-Life.
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HARRISBURG, Jan. 1.-THE Democratic
convention nominated James Denton Han
cock of Venango county, for congressman
at-large. The nomination was made by
reclamation, there being no other name
presented. The platform cordially en-
dOrses President Cleveland's administra-
ffon
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-Four rbousand Dervi,he. Killed,

MAssowAH, Jan. 10,-At the battle re-
Gently fought near Lassala, between the
italian troops and the dervishes the lat
ter left 1000 dead upon the field. Hamed
Ali, their leader. and all his emirs were
killed
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II. The tree that got up when the morning
was young;
II. And the tree that droops, languishes,
dies;
IL. The tree that is fragrant, the color of
lines;
IA. The tree that oft flies in cloud;
Is. The tree that cayorts and dances and
runs;
16. The tree that barks deeply and loud;
II. The tree that is always quite level
and fiat;
Is. The tree that e'er makes low sound !;
10. The tree that a city of Ireland names !;
20. The tree with fruit golden and round ;
81. The tree that is always a-cracking old
jokes;
%. The tree with mouth like a man;
%. The tree that an EnglisLman moves
when he steers;
"a. The tree that an acorn BEGAN;
25 The tree that is carried BY people who
mourn;
26. The 1.-THE tree tina trembles and shakes
81. The tree that we drink every day at
our meals;
%. The tree that delicious food makes;
90. The tree that makes trouble with 9TH
ers' affairs;
go. The tree thai rhronologists love;
81. The tree with !, hairy skin, costly and
rare;
80. The tree that commands man to rove;
80. The tree that's fayorite-every one
likes;
"a. The tree that is found in debate;
30. The tree that the weavers use in max
ing cloth;
So. The tree that means scorn, contempt,
hate.
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The LYRIo pog7,s ApoLoay.

strive to probe to other hearts and ind
/ do but fret the phantom Of mine ownj
strain to paint great nature, and my mind
But images itself In every zone.
The lesson learned, / sing life's woven lay
In syllabIes Of self and can no other way.
Richard Burton In Harper's Weekly.