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ended, the worshipers remained upon
their knees; solemn hush pervaded
tho little church; then an aged brother
commenced the recital of the Lords
Prayer, slowly and reverently the
words dropping from his lips. I have
heard many renowned pulpit orators,
I have listened to some Of the best
actors Of the day, butas compared with
the recital OF the Lords Prayer by the
aged Dunkard brother the pulpit ora
tors and the actors have as yet only
learned the alphabet of expression in
the school in which the old man is so
proficient.
The sermon was preached without
any reference to any written notes or
headings, as the Dunkards do not be-
lieve in tho practice of writing SER
mons, claiming that the inspiration
to preach should be Forthcoming at
the time and to suit the purposes of
the occasion. The sermon was plain
matter-of-fact talk. There was no at
tempt at fights Of oratory, nor strug-
gle for effective sounding sentences,
but plain Interpretation from the
preachers standpoint of the meaning
of the Scripture from which the text
had been chosen and its personal ap-
plication to the everyday life Of his
hearers.
Throughout the sermon the atten-
ton Of the audience was invariably
good, After the close Of the sermon
the preacher announced the services
for the week in the different parts of
the town.
The aged Dunkard who had acted as
an assistant to the preacher offered the
closing prayer, the preacher followed
by reciting the Lords prayer and then
the congregation was dismissed. There
was no collection taken. The omission
of this usual important part of worship
was quite noticeable.
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The Frog Knew What to Do.

Some time ago the Landmark
printed a story about frog taking a
stick in its mouth to prevent snake
from swallowing it, and later II.
Fetter's story about partridge hold
ing a leaf over its body to hide itself
from a hawk. A gentleman recently
related to us another frog and snake
story, equally as good if not better
than either of those referred to,
which is vouched for by w. A. Myers
of Osbornville, Wilkes County, who
if we remember Alright, was an eye
witness of the occurrence! The frog
in this instance was a bullfrOg. A
blacksnake looking for his dinner
had seized the frog by the hind leg
and attempted to swallow it, The
frog seized hold of a bamboo briar
with its mouth and held on like grim
death, while the snake tugged at it's
extremities. The snake wrapped its
tail around a convenient shrub to
give himself more purchase and
leaned back to his work with will,
but it was no GO The frog held on
to the bamboo briar, and as the snake
could not pull him loose he finally
gave it up as bad job and retired
from the field. -SlatesVille Land
mark
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volving copper-lined tub, which is
tilted at an angle Of about As degrees.
AS this revo yes the pins keep sliding
down the smooth copper to the lower
side. This constant rubbing against
the tub and against each other pol
ishes them. 1t was the practice
formerly to allow pins Of all lengths
TO become mixed in the different
operations and, after polishing, to
separate them by a very ingenious
ma hine, but it has been found more
economical to keep each size to it,
self.
From the polishing tub the pins
are carried to the "sticker," where
they fall from a hopper on an in
clined plane in which are number
of Sits. The pins catch in these
Sits and, hanging by their heads,
slide down the incline to the appa-
ratus which inserts them in the paper.
AS the number of pins in a row on
the paper and the number Of Sits
are the same, an entire row is stuck
at once by an ingenious device, which
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feverS
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid.
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and 1t is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
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grease, and then dried by being
plaCed-a bushel or so at a time,
with about the same quantity Of
sawdust in a machine called a
tumbling barrel This is simply a
cask suspended on a shaft which
passes through it lengthwise. Two
or three hours rolling in sawdust
cleans the pins and wears away any
little roughness which the machine
may have caused.
Pins and sawdust are taken to-
gether from the barrel and allowed to
fall in a steady stream through a blast
of air. The sawdust being the
lighter, is blown over into large,
roOm-like box, while the pins, being
heavier, fall into a bin below. After
this they are spread out in trays hav-
ing sheets Of zinc in their bottoms,
which have previously been connected
with one of the wires of an electric
battery. The trays are then placed
in tank containing solution of tin
in muriatic acid, and the other wire
of the battery is inserted in the solu-
ticn. Electrical action Immediately
begins and deposits metallic tin on
the entire surface Of each pin.
They are then washed in tank of
water and put into other tumbling
barrels with hot sawdust. When
they have been dried and cleaned on
sawdust, as in the former instance,
they are put into a large, slowly re-
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he same time the machine cuts it
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the same time the machine cuts it
off the proper length The gauge
then moves away, and little punch
forms the head by striking the end
which rests against the gauge.
When this Is finished the dies separ-
ate and deliver the pin into one Of
the great many grooves in the face Of
the wheel about foot in diameter,
and just as wide across its face as the
pin is long
When the pin is taken by the
wheel 1t has no point, but as the
wheel turns it rubs the pins against
an outside band, which causes each
one to roll in its groove and at the
same time carries them past a set Of
rapidly moving files, which brush
against the blunt ends and sharpen
them roughly They next pass
against the faces Of two grinding
wheels, which smooth the points,
and then 10 a rapidly moving
leather band having fine emery glued
on its face. This gives them the
final polish, and as they leave the
band they are dropped into a box
underneath the machine.
After this the pins are plated with
tin to give them bright, silvery APP
pearanCe. They are prepared for
plating by being first immersed in
weak sulphuric acid to remove all
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Maids in Thetr Nightles.

astonishing exhibition Of girlish
charms at the Opera-House last even
ing furnished a theme for an i'm
mense lot of gossip in this town to-
day, says Patterson (Pa.) special
to the Philadelphia Record. A camp
of the p. o. S. of A. gave benefit
entertainment, the chief feature of
which, according to the official pro-
gram, was a "nightgowndrill." This
drill was just what the name i'm
piled.
The lights in the room were
slightly lowered to give the scene a
more realistic effect. The audience
sat breathIess for a minute or two,
and then from the wingsof the stage
emerged vision of maiden loneliness.
A pretty girl of interesting years
walked slowly before the footlights.
Her only robe, so far as the charmed
spectators could see, was a white
flowing gown Of the simplest make.
The soft material chung nicely to the
D ettily rounded shoulders. These
delicate curves Of the young woman's
physique seemed all the more en-
tranGing beneath this bewitching
garb. Her hair fell loose upon her
shoulders. Her snow-white feet and
ankles twinkled beneath the fllmy
lace at the bottom of the gown.
Hardly had the audience recovered
its breath before another girl, dressed
just as the first, appeared. Then
another and another until seventeen
bewitching girls, with loose-hung
hair and twinkling feet, were upon
the stage. Each young lady carried
a lighted candle. They marched
back and forth across the stage and
performed various evolutions. They
refused to respond to an encore!
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other people, too long or too short. 1t
Is needless to say that the seats were
without cushions. Such an innovation
would no doubt breed discord in the
midst Of the humble worshipers, to
whom the four bare walls embody ev-
erything necessary in church in which
to worship God, who is no respecter of
persons.
The church is entirely destitute of q
pulpit or pulpit furniture. The preach
err is not even given the prominence Of
having raised platform on which to
stand while he addresses his audience.
His bench is as hard and as cushion
less as any of those in his audience He
has long narrow table or desk in front
OF him, on which are placed his Bible,
hymn book, and an earthen pitcher OF
water. His bench and desk face the
audience; this is the only distinction
that his Office affords.
The Office of preacher is an elective
office, and the electors are the church
OF which he is member. The office
is for life if the duties are performed
satisfactorily, but the salary here is
the incentive that is wholly lacking
In the Dunkard Church the preacher
Is expected to serve the chUrch with
out salary or reward except that which
comes to one who is conscious of an
earnest effort to do good.
Three Divisions.
In the church were some forty wor-
shippers, the female portion of which
were seated ON one side, and the male
portion on the opposite side of the
church. The sisters seem to be divided
into two classes, the uniformed and
the ununiformed. I noticed that those
who wore the regulation Dunkard garb
were seated in one of the amen corners
near the preacher. Those who were
dressed after the sinful fashion of this
world sat apart.
The cut of the garments of the sis
ters are Of the same sober Quakerish
pattern that was used generations ago,
but in the material the ambitious
Dunkeress finds an opportunity to
make her less fortunate sister turn
green with envy, and it is often the
case that the rich material represents
an outlay of more money than the most
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the hills and valleys about their farms.
While they take but little interest in
the management Of the affairs in the
communities in which they live they
are good citizens and manage to live
without helping to support lawyers or
courts of justice.
OF late years the boundaries which
separate them from their neighbors
have been somewhat broken down
the plain Quakerish garb is considered
a yoke of bondage BY the younger gen.
GRAFTON, the manner of dress has be-
come so much modified by the class
who seem to be able to think for them
selves, that it Is safe to say that not
one-half of the church membership
wear the Dunkard garb. Then close
proximity to other religious bodies has
somewhat broken into their church
membership, and many of the younger
Dunkards have left the church in
which they were reared and allied
themselves to other churches which
seem to them less exacting in the pre-
requisites Of church membership.
An interview with the Preacher.
A visit to the Dunkards would not be
complete without chat with the
preacher the term minister or pastor
is not used, 80 | managed to find an
excuse for calling upon the preacher to
whose sermon had listened the Sun
day before.
| found him at work upon the little
farm, for he is farmer, and soon was
engaged in conversation with him.
Our talk soon turned upon the church
service of the day before, and he half
alphabetically said he was not so we'll
prepared as he should have been, as it
was expected another preacher would
preside, but having been called away
to attend funeral there was no other
choice but to preach himself. I ex-
pressed myself as highly pleased and
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The RelIgIous MItes.

The old Dunkard church in the beau
tiful valley Of the Antietam stands on
n slight eminence near the fork OF the
BoOnsboro pike and the East Woods
road, in the town Of Sharpsburg Md,
writes Chas. E. Fairman in the Wash
ington Star. 1t is plain, square, one
story building with the doors and win
dows set in in such regular way that
they stand as silent reproach to the
congregations who seek 10 worship in
churches where the exterior shows tri-
umphs in architecture and the interiors
are study OF modern luxury, Around
the church is q scattered grove of
oaks, and to these are fastened the
teams ofSthe worshiping Dunkards,
When the writer visited the church
on u beautiful Indian summer Sunday
the congregation were singing famil-
lar hymn The interior consisted of u
room about thirty foety square; tho
floor was Of smooth boards that had
been scrubbed until their whiteness
equaed the whiteness OF the floors Of
the historical Dutch kitchens; the walls
were without paper, fresco or kalso-
mine; the white plaster walls were
without ornament or decoration Of any
kind. The windows, Of which there
were eight were without curtains or
shades, no stained glass or ground
glass in the windows to tone and soften
the sunlight, which shone through the
clean glass without hindrance. The
seats were plain wooden benches with
a narrow straight board for a back
which would prove stumbling
block to the long or short wor-
Slippers; those Of medium height
could lean back and thank their
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LoNDoN's THATcHED COTTAGE.
Quaint and Picturesque Relic Which Is
Soon to BE Torn Down.

Quaint and Picturesque Relic Which Is
Soon to BE Torn Down.
The last matched cottage in Lon
don is about to be torn down. Few
Londoners even are aware Of the eX-
istence of this quaint relic Of a time
when life was a much simpler thing
than it is to-day, But the almighty
pound brushes out sentiment in the
modern Babylon just as the almighty
dollar does in this country, and as u
consequence this unique object will
in the near future give place to the
overwhelming piles Of brick and
mortar
The cottage Is set in a little bit of
country scenery hedged in by the
prosaic environment of a London
district 1t stands on some ground
adjoining the disused graveyard in
connection with Paddlngton Green
and adjoins st. David's Welsh Church.
The building consists Of two dwell
ings with rough-cast walls, wooden
porches and quaint little windows.
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takes one pin from each slit and iG7
serts them all at once in the two
ridges which have been crimped in
the paper by wheel that holds it in
place to receive the pins, At the
same time the wheel crimps the pa
per 1t spaces the rows, so that when
filled with pins the paper will! fold up
properly.
This whole machine is 50 delicate
in its action that a single bent or
otherwise imperfect pin will cause
the machine to stop feeding until the
attendant removes it; yet its opera
tion is so rapid that one machine
will stick 10000 pins an hour AS
the long strip Of paper on which the
pins are stuck comes from the ma
chine it is cut into proper lengths by
girls who then fold and pack the pa
pers in bundles ready for shipment.
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After being dismissed the congrega-
ton fingered for a short time, and dis
cussed topics of interest with neigh
bors whom they have not met since the
last service, and the church was de-
serted. The windows were securely
fastened down, the shutters closed, the
doors locked and the teams unhitched
from the grove of oaks, then the differ
ent teams were driven away in sober
way, highly appropriate for the Sab
bath.
Tho Love Feast
The Dunkards date back to the six
teenth century, when they were called
the German Baptists. Some of their
church ceremonies are peculiarly their
own, especially the love feast, followed
by the washing of feet. At these love
feasts the men and the women sit
apart, as at the usual services. After
the partaking of the love feast, basins
of water and towels are brought, and
on each side of the church the wash
ing of feet is commenced. This cere-
mony is confined to the members of
the church, although at some portions
of the love feast all are invited to par
take. The brother who commences the
ceremony washes one foot of the broth
err next to him and salutes him with a
kiss, the brother who has thus been
washed and kissed then performs the
same office for the brother next to him,
and this course is followed until all
have been waited upon; the same line
of action is pursued by the sisters Of
the church.
"How do you manage when you come
to person in the church that you
don't like?" was asked Of a sister con
corning this ceremony. "Oh, she re-
Piled Eve always manage to sit beside
some one we are on good terms with.
So it seems that there are persons from
whom the great lesson of humility has
not entirely leavened the spirit of caste
and worldly preference.
Aside from the peculiarities of dress
and church ceremonies the Dunkards
, have other characteristics which iden.
tify them in the community in which
they reside-they are usually very
thrifty, and their farms are well cult
waited. Brawls and discussions among
them are rare, they do not seek fol
political preference, and in some loo ali
ties it is extremely difficult to induce
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fetching tailor-made gown has cost the
fashion-worshiping sinners.
The brethren of the congregation
dress better than they once did. Years
ago the correct style was to wear coats
fastened by hooks and eyes instead of
buttons, to shave the upper lip, and
have the hair cut after the pattern
formed by placing milk crock on the
head and cutting away all the hair not
covered by the crock-but all these
distinctive characteristics of dress
have passed away, and while the Dunk
ard brother of to-day dresses plainly,
there is little about his dress that
would indicate the brotherhood to
which he belongs.
The singing is without the leader
ship of an organ or precentor-it is
congregational and independent; there
Is no stern-eyed chorister to browbeat
the singers into the adoption of some
standard of time of his own selection.
Each singerr feels his or her own i'm
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portance in the proper rendition OF the
sacred song, and proceeds TO do his
level best without thought OF the other
singers. One quavering soprano voice
was heard above all the rest, one me-
tallic tenor followed for half line in
unison and then struck out boldly into
the unknown ethics OF free upper
thought.
After the singing the preacher Of
fered prayer. There was much Of
earnestness and but little thought Of
rhetorical pauses or finely formed sem
fences in the prayer; 1t was the simple
story Of mans needs, poured into the
ear of a sympathetic Creator The
whole congregation knelt. The prayer
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them to go to the polls to vote, even
during the most heated political ex-
element. Some have been known to
visit the polling precincts and vote,
and then return without waiting to
learn the results OF their vote or re-
main long enough to see whether the
candidate OF their choice could be
elected by their remaining for another
ballot. They have discharged their
duty by voting once, and are then ready
to wash their hands Of all responsible
ity in the matter and go home to the
more congenial occupations Of the
farm
The Dunkards as u class are strictly
temperate, their lives are as quiet as
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instructed by his sermon, and then he
told me the manner in which his SER
mon was prepared. He said: Il al-
ways select my text early in the
week, and then, by the aid of
my Bible and Concordance, study care
fully all passages of Scripture relating
to the subject selected. All the week
while at my work keep my mind upon
the subject of my sermon, and try so
far as possible to learn exactly what it
means, and its lesson and application
to ourselves. Then on Sunday | try
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HOW PINS ARE MADE.
OUT, POINTED, HEADED AND
PACKED BY MACHINERY.
Wonderfully Ingenious Mechanism Which
Turns Out the Little "BacheIor's Friend"
at the Rate of 1900 nm Hour-Ho They
Get Their Polish.
Hardly Touched by Hand.

The machine that makes pins turns
out 1900 Of these tiny essentials in
an hour Before the pin is finished
1t goes through very many operations,
which are described in the Youths
companion as follows: A reel OF wire
hangs over the machine, the free end
Of which passes between two rollers,
AS the wire leaves the rollers it passes
between two matched dies until it
touches a gauge. Just as it does this
,he dies come together and clamp it
firmly in a groove in their face. At
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August
Flower

used August Flower for Loss Of
vitality and general debility. After
taking two bottles I gained 60 lbs.
I have sold more of your August
Flower since 1 have been in business
than any other medicine ever kept.
Mr.. Peter Zinville says he was made
a new man by the use of August
Flower, recommended by me. /
have hundreds tell me that August
Flower has done them more good
than any other medicine they ever
took. GEORGE w. DYE, Sardis,
Mason Co., KY. o
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The matched roof is large, and from
it peep out several dormer windows.
There is a fair-sized piece Of ground
attached to the cottage, and some
trees grow therein, giving it, in a
measure, the surroundings which
matched roof naturally suggests.
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Is This Authentic?

1t has been calculated that 800
shots we're fred for every man wound
ed during our late civil war.
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to tell the church what the Bible has
told me on the subject.
do you think the Dunkard charac-
teristiCs of few years ago will finally
Disappear" asked.
81 do, he said, 80 far as the peculi-
arities of dress are concerned, but the
church ceremonies will probably re-
main unchanged. "
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Loaded Down.

Roman ladies carried ut their Cir
dies punches of metal ornaments,
purses, keys, and looking glasses
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VERY few self-made men have rea
son to be proud Of their work,
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WITH THE DUNKARDS
VISIT TO THE CHURCH IN THE
ANTIETAM VALLEY.

lnGsrestIng characteristics of These Pes
culiar PeopIe-In tho Sixteenth Century
They We're Called German Baptists-
Nearly All Are Thrifty Farmers
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Mountains of Fuel,

The great ocean steamers use from
100 to 200 tons Of coal per day,