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NIPPED IN THE BUD.
He Came Very Near Being Grossly Ez-
travagant.


He Came Very Near Being Grossly Ez-
travagant.
Mr.. Simeon Frost was man of con-
siderable property. II often see things
that think I'd like to have, but l don't
get 'em, and that's how have a dol
lar" he would say when asked how he
had come to be so "well off" He was
frequent visitor at the village store,
but his purchases were only of house
hold necessities, and the storekeeper
was naturally surprised one night
when he saw Mr.. Frost lingering near
the small case filed with candy.
GLOW much do you ask for that pink
and white stuff" he asked, pointing to
new installment of sweets recently
received. 81 dunno as 1 ever saw any
candy like that. l believe I'll take
three cents worth; p'raps Mis- Frost
might like taste of it."
The storekeeper gave him the small
package and received the three cents,
and while the loungers commented on
this unusual extravaganza Mr.. Frost
went slowly homeward.
The next morning he was at the
store at an early hour, and laying a
small package on the counter, he said:
swell, Mr.. Hobbs, here's that candy
bought last night. 'Taint been
touched, amt even been looked at. /
happened to think going home that
candy was dreadful bad for the teeth;
SO, bein' as Mis- Frost amt got but two
teeth, never mentioned it to her, and
didn't care bout it very much myself,
SO / brought it back to get my three
cents"
The money was promptly refunded,
and Mr.. Frost placed it carefully in his
purse. Then he said with smile:
"I'vc had my lesson, and l may say
I've got out of it cheaper than most.
Everybody is led into some cxtrav-
agance some time or other, and s'posc
mine might as well be candy as some
thing else anyway guess got out OF
it pretty youths Companion.
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MEXICAN SNAKE MYTHS.
Survival of Serpent Traditions of the
Ancients.

Survival of Serpent Traditions of the
Ancients.
Fray Dernardino de Sahagan, liccnti-
ate of the University of Salamanca,
went to Mexico in 1920. (Cortcz's land
ing at or near Vera Cruz was in 1510.)
Sahagan was q capital follSlorist, and
jotted down not alone the superstitions
of the aboriginal Mexicans, but noted
their stories. Zelia Nutall, in the
"Journal of American Lore" gives nu-
mcrous translations from Fray Ber-
nardino. One curious description is Of
n serpent Chimalcoatl = but that of
the Xicalcoatl is even more remarkable.
All stories of snakes, from the one tempt
ing Eve down to the serpents Of to-day,
give the reptilian powers of fascination.
The snake generally has something to
offer, the taking of which by man leads
to perdition. The Xicalcoatl set to
work in this way: He floated around in
the water and showed above the sur
face pretty gourd cups, decorated with
patterns and painted with nice colors.
Those who saw them and were igno-
rant of the tempter's wills, tried to get
the cups. Then the cup seekers were
lured into deep water and drowned. "a
survival of this superstition survives in
Mexico to the present day, and children
are warned against the seductions OF
painted jicarus GROUP chocolate cups)
floating in the water, for, it is said,
they are placed there by the maleflcent
fairy 'Malinche' to lure people to Ger
| tain death"
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bes. they could from occasional bullet
and frequent bowldcr hurled from up
the heights, some forty blue uniformed
troopers were falling slowly back be-
fore the ceaselcss onslaught of a foe
they could neither see nor reach. just
as Kelly had feared, Lieut.. Crane had
been lured into trap, and the sup
porting platoon, reaching him, could
only share his predicamcnt. Just how
far up the canyon he had succeeded in
following the trail was now matter
of little consequence. Crane and his
men were making the best of their way
out, bringing their wounded with them.
1t was the first lesson. a bitter one, and
one that would have been far more
tragic but for the coming of their bet
ter led comrades along the upper trail.
[ro DE CONTINUED.
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Copyright, 1894, by the Author)
cHAPTER V.-CoNr1NuEp.

''May speak to the major?" was his
abrupt request, as he stood erect at the
doorway, his hand raised in salute.
Thornton wheeled round in his chair
and looked up in quick interest.
''Certainly, sergeant. Go ahead!'
Gas l understand it, sir, Lieut..
Cranes party followed the trail into the
canyon, and would go on through in
pursuit"
s.That's my understanding also," said
the major.
Sand did the major order the de-
tachment that followed Lieut.. Crane to.
go on till they came up with him?"
eYes. He couldn't go very far, you!
know; he took no rations."
81 know, sir; but from what 1 hear
the lieutenant rode straight into the
canyon and expected to find the raiders
there, somewhere. Once into it, sir,
thereg no way out but through it."
''Very true"
''Well, what I'm afraid of, sir, is this
tho Indians who have run that stock
into the canyon SO as to make trail to
draw the troops in pursuit are only two
or three in number, but if there are
more Indians in those hills-and the
chances are there are" and Kelly
pointed significantly to the rugged
heights SO nearly ovcrshadowing them
--''the most of them will be found lying
on their bellies up the cliffs and ready
to heave down whole tons of rock on
our fellows in the gorge"
Thornton started to his feet and
stared eagerly out of the north window
in front of him. That's very serious
matter" he said, "but wouldn't we have
heard of it by this time? The cliffs are
nearly all down at this end, are they
not?"
sMost of em are, sir; but there's q
bad slit within mile of the north gate,
nearly twelve miles from here, and
another about midway. If they jump
the troops ut this end they'd know the
reserves here would be galloping up
the game trails east OF west of the can
yon in no time, whereas If they wait
and let the lieutenant and his party
grope along to that narrow part of the
canyon, just below where old Sanchez
and his people were drowned out, why,
they've got 'em, sir; got 'cm where they
can't hit back or help themselves in
any way"
The major fastened out into the open
sunshine, now beating hot and dry
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and then came on down by Signal Butte
intending to stay with Cranes guard or
else, perhaps, to push on down tho
Sandy to the Gila and Tucson after
they got what they wanted?"
"Got what they wanted? Does the
captain mean Leon?"
Leon, mules, horses-anything else
to help them in their fight. How do
you know who killed your herder and
ran off your mules, sergeant? Could
you seeP"
mo, sir; it was lighting up little at
the cast and I'd fallen into sort of
doze, and the boy, suppose, thought
everything was all safe and he went
out to let the mules out of the stuffy
box, in which we'd penncd them for the
night. The next thing Mrs. Kelly and
l heard was the firing. 1t was down
the hillside toward the water and l
could only shoot at the flashes"
Exactly. What 1 believe is that
those two bands of thieves = Apache
and Mexican-ran afoul each other in
the dark Muncey and his party,
scared to death, perhaps, have fled
northward into the canyon, and the
reason you have had no more trouble is
that the Apaches put out after him. We
have got the whole field ahead of us at
this minute only wish we knew who
has Leon"
Mount, then, and come on" said
the major eagerly. "Turncr, you're
probably right" And then, as if in.
confirmation of the theory, Ear to the
front again the crack of cavalry car
bines echoed along the mountain
gorge.
And here, four miles out from the
lower gate, the walls of the canyon
seemed to fall away. Still jagged and
steep where the Sandy lashed at its
rocky banks, the cliffs were but a dozen
feet or SO in height, and thence the
pine-covered slopes rose and rolled in
bold upheavals with sheltered valleys
between each mountain wave. Along
through the pines led the Tonto trail.
Along in single file, now at rapid trot,
now at easy lope, but often climbing
and sliding clumsily, the sorrels fol-
lowed. Far down in the gorge the old
canyon trail could be seen. Its just
around the point, sir" said Kelly pres
emily, his eyes swapping with excite
ment. "Ould Sanchez and Icons
father were drowned out. We knew it
because when the flood went down you
could find mules and men, saddles and
apparejoes, rifles and blankets lodged
among the rocks and trees for miles
below, but nothing above. They were
swept out just like so many ants in a
millrace."
"There's mule down there now,"
cried q keen-sighted trooper, riding
close behind the captain.
"He's killed this morning then-and
yon's horse. See!" cried Kelly, point
ing eagerly down into the depths of the
canyon. "The first tackle must have
been right along here somewhere"
Once more ahead of them the cliffs
began to narrow Once more the trail
assembled to projecting point, and
then sl1irted rocky palisadc command
ing view of the canyon for two miles
the Sandy leapinR in foaming rapids
five hundred feet below. One after
another the troopers reached the point,
and then, following the leader, spurred
into lope, for TurDer and Kelly, fore
most now, had caught again the sound
of firing, and presently out from the
sockets whipped carbines-- the fight
was in view ahead.
But what fightl Down in the depths
} of tha gorge, sheltering themselves a'
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ing to let down the stirrups, but with,
his long legs dangling, led the way,
along winding path to the stream and,
then through the willows to its wooded
bank. A trot of three minutes brought,
them to the bluff at whose rocky base,
the Sandy came boiling out of the can:
yon. Ahead of them, fresh and dis
tinct, the hoof prints of score Of horses
upon the adobe walls. Bring my.
horse, orderly" he called, as he slowed;
away his unfinished report, and boy
trumpeter with his slouched hat pulled
down to keep the sun from his eyes,
turned away from where little knot
of men had just buried the body OF the
hapless Mexican .herder and darted
into the corral, presently reappearing
with the majors reluctant charger
towing at the end of taut bride rein.
.Now let Sergt Kelly have your
horse" said Thornton, "and give my
compliments to Capt. Turner and ask
him to join u.s. Come, sergeant, show
me the trails"
Old Kelly was already in saddle be-
side the commander, and, never wait
had obliterated all ign of what might
have been driven ahead of them. But
wheeling his horse abruptly to the
right Kelly plunged into the foaming
waters and sent him sputtering, breast
deep, to the lower bank on the opposite
side. Here in shallow depression to
the east Of the stream lay some soft
and marshy ground, and here the old
sergeant reined in and pointed without
word to some peculiar footprints.
Thornton, following his lead, gazed
down at the sign, then into the ser
geant's face for explanation.
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DOMESTIC HAPPINESS.

The little daughters step is light.
Her voice is very low and sweet;
And 0. she is pretty sight
When, evening come, she runs to greet
/ hold her fondly in my arms,
Her lips press close upon my check
She hath o thousand dainty charms
That do with silent beauty speak.
The boy comes bearing rich wild flowers,
Tho mother waits beside tho door.
In quiet pass the evening hours;
The grateful heart could ask no more.
The baby has war ship dread.
With sails OF white and rudder blue;
He has wagon painted red,
AS light to draw as fair to view;
A spinning-top, q bat and ball;
A sawdust cat without u claw.
Yet should doze ho leaves them all
To tickle papa with straw
Such simple joys as these content
Tho longings Of gentle mind
Lovo fills the life that so is spent;
Loves ties our past and future bind.
Chicago Times Herald
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An English Election story.

York contributes an election story.
Excitement runs high in the city, and
when the figures were declared public
enthusiasm found it imperative to car
ry Mr.. Butcher on high in a chair. 1t
happened that one citizen sent his
houselSeeper to bring him tidings Of
the result, She met the procession,
and returned straightway to her mas
ter with the news that Mr.. Butcher
was SO drunk that he had had to be car
ricd homo. Tho Realm.
Middletown transcript., 1895-12-28
a m. q m.

Daily. Daily except Sunday.
"a" Stops to leave passengers from Whining
ton and points north, or take passengers for
points south of Delmar
~ Stops only on notice to conductor or agent.
or on signal.
town 1n lsa stops to leave passengers from Middle
~ Stops to let off passengers from points
south of Harrington.
NEW CASTLE ACCOMMODATION TRAINs.-Leaye
wilmington w i2lO q. m. and 9.6l M, daily
Sas, SaS. LIP. a. m 2 50 4so8!5 65s, p. m:, week
M, daily. s.3l, .s.45. ll.O7 a. M, Lis, s &c. SIX
72z p. m, weekdays.
Express trains leaving Harrington sos a. M.
and arriving at 6.o4 p. M, week-days. run
through t solid to and from Baltimore. via Porter
BRANCH ROADS.
DELAWARE, MARYLAND VIRGINIA R. R.
Leave Harrington for Franklin CITY and wav
Stations Tsa 1877 m week days, SIS Tuesdays,
train leaves Franklin City 5 81 a. M. week -days.
only.
., leave Leave Franklin City for Chincoteague tvia
leave Chincoteague AZ a. m, weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown and Lewes
at io31 a. m SIS p. m weekdays Returning
leave Lewes6 As a. M, 8 20 p. M. weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Berlin, 1857 a. m week.
Gay gays ana 6'8 P M; Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Ks O.Dt
m and 24> pm Tuesdays, Thursdays and
only.
QUEEN ANNE KENT R. R-Leave Townsend
for Centreville and way stations 20 a. M, and
oW m. week days: Returning. leave Centre
vile 7.Sl a. M. and 30 p. M, weekdays.
DELAWARE 4 CHESAPEAKE R. R.-Leave Clay.
ton for Oxford and way stations o.38 a. m, and
o.45 p M, week days Returning, leave Oxford
6.55 a. M, and 40 p. M, weekdays
., CAMBRIDGE & SEAFoRD R. R-Leaye Seaford
for Cambridge and intermediate stations II. a.
- m, week. days, and on Tuesdays. Thursdays and
Saturdays 7.O5 p. m. Returning, leave Cambridge
~ 81; a. M week days and 2.47 lp. m. Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays
CoNNEcTIoN.-At Porter, with Newark and
Delaware City Railroad At Townsend, with
queen Anne's Kent Railroad At Clayton,
with Delaware & Chesapeake Railroad and
Baltimore q Delaware Bay kailroad At Har-
rington, with Delaware. Maryland Virginia
Railroad. At Seaford, with Cambridge & Seaford
Railroad. At Delmar, with New York, Phiia-
deiphia q Norfolk. Wicomico Pocomoke. and
Railroads.
s. M. PROVOST, General Manager.
]. Z. WOOD. General Passenger Agent.
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Beware of olntments for catarrh that

Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely der; nge the whole
system when entering it through the mu-
cops surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from. rep
utabIe physicians. as the damages they will
do is'ten fold toe good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.. To-
ledo, o., contains no mercury. and is taken
internally. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Halls catarrh Cure be sure you get
Me genuine. It is taken Internally, and
made in Toledo. Ohio, by FL. Cheney &
Co. Testimonials free. g
GBSold BY Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Middletown transcript., 1895-12-28

IssBiu Nye's'' New Year Meditation.
i OF course the serious business 4
New Year Day is to make good resolu.
tions, and no person who respects him.
self or has due regard for the proprie-
ties will begin to smash them until the
bright-eyed young chernb whom we
picture as the New Year has been long
enough in the world not to mind hear
ing the crash of the flne china. Some
authorities on the etiquette of the day
say that while the breaking should
not begih before sundown of
New Year Day, it may be inaugurated
after that time, as the cherub, being
very young, and tired out with moving
ID, may be presumed to have retired
for the night. This however, is a
doubtful point, upon which it is not
safe to act.
Personally, don't begin to toy with
the good resolutions until late in the
day. work up to them by degrees.
The first thing l do in the morning is
to think over the good have done.
find that l can finish this very nicely
before breakfast by getting up at my
usual time, which is six minutes be-
fore James, my butler, brings in the
first course of sun-kissed strawberries.
l think l may say, without undue
pride that these strawberries are kissed
through the hot-house windows at
fifty cents kiss.
After breakfast attend to my re-
grets for things done which ought not
to have been done, and things left un-
done which ought to have been done.
This is the undertaking of the day,
and | should have to pull down the
curtains upon the still night and the
virgin snow, and light The lamp before
completing it, were it not for the fact
that | do not find myself an enthu-
SisSsAS Ae6iSotCi, ouu cOOu llI6 VI my
work. l knock off with the comfort ing
thought that we should only regre t
enough to chastise ourselves, anyhow,
and then with a firm, rigid upper lip
should proceed to do better. We
should let our sorrows heal, if they
will. instead of keeping them open,
torn and bleeding, as cowardly SOL
diers sometimes do to avoid the coming
battle. always like to shake hands
with the New Year and bid it welcome.
TOR it seems to me to be sort of clean
ing-day, when We can put our past out
Oh the line, look it over, and pound
it with a broom and knock out the dust
of selfishness and unkindness. From
"New Thoughts for the New Year." in
Demorest's Magazine for January.
Middletown transcript., 1895-12-28

Is 1t "overwork" that has filled this coun
try with nervous dyspeptics ?-that takes
the flesh off their bones, the vitality from
their blood. and makes them feeble, ema-
ciatsd and inefficient? No. It is bad cook
ing. oyereating of indigestible stuff. and
tther health destroying habits.
The remedy is an artificially digested
food such as the Shaker Digestive Cordial.
Instead of Irritating the already infiamed
stomach the Cordial gives tia chance to
rest by nouris hing the system itself and di-
gesting other food taken with it. So flesh
and strength return .Isnot the idea ra-
tionalf The Cordial is palatable and re-
lieves Immediately. No money risk to de-
eide on its value. A 10 cent trial bottle
does that.
Laxol is the best medicine for children.
DOCTORS recommend il in place Of Castor Oil.
Middletown transcript., 1895-12-28
OF Interest
ITO Farmers
r1rrrEN MILLIONS OF EGGS,

FIFTEEN MILLIONS OF EGGS.
In single Photographic establish
ment in England 100000 eggs are
used every year; while the number in
calico printing, leather dressing, and
we believe, book binding processes
must almost exceed the number u ed
as food. How are the wants of Brit
ain suppliedP Our eggs are not manu-
factured, as an ingenious myth some
years ago affirmed was the case. The
simple explanation is that they are inn
ported.
The extent to which they are brought
across the sea is shown by the fact that
last year we paid $4,000, 900 to foreign
farmers for eggs, every pound of which
might have remained at home for the
British agriculturist's benefit. An
annual outlay of $4,000, 900 means
that the eggs for which this was paid
must have come into our ports at the
rate of more than $3.50, 900 on every
working day. To this branch of the
British commissariat France contrib.
utes most largely, Germany and Bel
GUM coming next.-AU the Year
Round.
DISCoURAGING FIGURES.
A Caroline county farmer makes th 9
following discouraging calculations of
the balance sheets of the Peninsula
corn-grower; "Prices of corn are truly
discouraging to the growers. Both
white and yellow corn are selling for
about 30 cents bushel in the cities,
while local buyers are paying only %
to 25 cents, as to quality. Now if the
farmer pays his aboring man $40
month, which the majority Of them do,
and employs him for ten months
which is generally considered work
ing year for that class of persons
counting his board at SIS per month,
making total of SIS, or Sl50 for the
time employed it will require six hum
dred bushels of corn at present prices
to meet the expenses of that one man."
With all the drops in the market value
of the farmers product, the wages of
the men whom farmers employ is never
taken with corresponding tendency,
but goes up, if it varies at all.
Middletown transcript., 1895-12-28
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Cotton States and international
Exposition,
ATLANTA, GA.
ATLANTA, GA.

The Southern Railway operates nearly five
thousand miles of road in eight of the South
ern States and its lines enter Atlanta, Ga,
from five different points of the compass.
Washington, D. c., is the Northern or Eastern
terminus of one of its lines which is operated
in connection with the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, tthe standard railroad of America" !"
between New York through Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington, d. c., Lynchburg
and Danville, Va, Greensboro and Charlotte,
N. c., Spartanburg and Greenville, 8. c., At
lanta, Ca, Montgomery and Mobile, Ala,
and New Orleans with connections at Sails
bury for Asheville, Hot Springs, Knoxville
and Chattanooga, at Charlotte for Columbia,
Augusta, Savannah and Jacksonville, and at
Atlanta for Birmingham, Memphis, Macon
and Southern Georgia. Solid vestibuled limit
ed trains with through day coaches, Pullman
Drawing-room Sleepers and Dining-cars.
Time between Washington and Atlanta,
eighteen hours, without change of cars ofany
class.
The Southern Railway is the only line
which enters and lands passengers in the Ex-
position grounds, and no effort or expense
has been spared by the management in the
improvement of its roadbed, increasing the
number Of its coaches and inaugurating its
own dining car service preparatory to hand
ling expeditiously and comfortably the
heavy travel to and from Atlanta during the
Cotton States and International Exposition,
which opens September Is and closes Deem
ber 81, 1895.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays fiom Septem-
Der II to December "a, inclusive, excursion
tickets will be sold from Washington, d. c.,
to Atlanta, Ga, at sl4 90, good for return 10
days from date of sale.
Excursion tickets will be sold every day
from September 16 until December Is, iuclu-
sive, from Washington at Sl9.25, good for re-
turn 20 days from date of sale, and excursion
tickets for the entire Exposition season with
final limit Of January 7, 1896, will be sold from
16 until December Is, inclusive, at
$685.
Map folders furnished and Pullman Sleep |
ing car reservations made upon application.
j. M. BEALL,
District Passenger Agent,
80 South Third Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
]. M. CULP, w. A. TURK,
Traffic Manager. Gen. Pass Agt.
Washington, ID. G..
Middletown transcript., 1895-12-28
HOODS Is Wonderful.

No less than wonderful are the cures ac.
complished by Hoods Sarsaparilla, even
after other preparations and physicians
prescriptions have failed. The reason,
however. is simple, When thu blood is en-
riched and purified. disease disappears and
good health returns, and Hoods Sarsapa.
rilla is the one true blood purifier.
Hoods Pills are prompt and efficient and
do not purge. pain or grippe. 25c.
Middletown transcript., 1895-12-28
Clerical Orders on the Pennsyfvania
lnil

Clerical Orders on the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
announces that clerical orders for the
year 1896 will be issued to ordained
ministers of the Gospel located on its
system east Of Piltsburg and Erie in
elusive, on the same conditions as pre-
vail at present. Clergymen who desire
to avail themselves of this privilege
should make application to the nearest
ticket Office of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, SO that the orders may be issued
before the close of the present year.
Middletown transcript., 1895-12-28

At the Metropolitan Museum. -Un
derhill(a crusty old bachelor)- There,
that's Minerva, the goodness of wis
dom. She never got married.
Artful widow-No; but this is King
Solomon.the wisest man that ever lived.
He married a thousand tim es.