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Capital Punishment for a Pun.

They were speaking of puns, and
mention had been made of the fact
that DR.. johnson had asserted that a
man who would make a pun would
pick pocket. ''Pun making" said q
law student, "may not at the present
day be crime, but it was not always
so, for in the law books it is shown
that q man actually suffered capital
punishment for this sort OF pleas.
antry. In Blackstone, fourth book.
chapter on treason, it is related that
an innkeeper. whose house was called
The Crown once said that he would
make his son the heir to The Grown.
This, having come to the ears of the
occupant OF the throne, the culprit
was hauled before court of justice.
tried, condemned and sentenced. The
punishment was of the sort inflicted
upon persons guilty of high treason,
and consisted in drawing and quarter.
ing. --Washington Star.
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According to Copenhagen paper
the largest encyclopedia in the world
is the Buddhistic work "Tangym, -"
which has been from ancient times
preserved in several of the larger
Buddhistic cloisters. In comparison
to this book OF refere nee the Encyclo-
pedia Britannica itself sinks into in.
significance, at least as regards size.
II consists OF 22j volumes, each of
which is two feet high and six inches
thick. The 225 volumes weigh 5000
pounds, or twelve pounds q volume
rather heavy reading even for o
Buddhist priest The original edition
seems to have been limited and com.
paratiyely few COPIES still exist. One
OF these is owned by the British Gov
ernment and another by the Russian.
The latest price noted is 1000 francs.
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Is There Any lIydr1 l'il

at this season we occas. i.y
in the newspapers of q cas- q. b
phobia. 1t is supposed tat q
the hot weather the dog j 1Jrs
ject to the disease. A printed
has reached us which raisgs the
tion whether in fact therr safI
disease. 1t seems that many
sicinns, having a practice oteiiia
testify that they have never kz9E
q we'll authenticated case.
At the Philadelphia doy nd
where, on an average, owe.
vagrant dogs are taken up alsj
not one case of hydrophobia b.
Cured during its entire hiSo1
twenty-five years, and in wl..l i
$50, 900 dogs were handled.
One physician made a c5g,a1
animation of this subject iroa |
data he could obtain in tli 4
and Europe for sixteen yD.|
Charles W. Dulles, Lecture. 4
History of Music. University o. 4
sylvania-and he declares Agla
to find a single case on res1ll
could be conclusively proven oI
resulted from the bite OF q .l.
The letter appeals to cUi|
make these facts known. IT,. H
it is the power OF the ilag.i|
which causes the symptom, t-a
latter result either from this q
what are known as "m.meue
eases. In other words, the jiNi4
suits from scare rather than y.lA
appears, also, that there are n
thirty other diseases beside, -'
phobia which cause dread OF sd
ability to swallow water. l;H =
that. inasmuch as nervou, peoli
liable to have the fearful synF
from the effect oil the imaglnhiIl
would be well that these facts I
tensively known, and then the
which results from the bite Of
would pass away, and that such
would be better than Pasteur'
lation method. New York Oo4
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Here is something to alarm
"scorchers." In two or three cases
that recently occurred in Philadel-
phia, the Ledger ssys, the doctors di-
agnosed arrangement of the intes.
tines, caused by bicycling, setting up
appendicitis, from which death result
ed. 1t appears that the victims were
young men who used their bicycles to
an excessive extent and took wrong
position IN riding them, bringing the
abdomen down against the saddle, as
done in "scorching," with the results
that the contents of that sensitive part
of tho body were pushed out of posi-
tion, complicated together and pound
ed into inflammation. But if riders
will sit upright on their wheels and
keep their bodies in normal position
it is believed that they will be in no
danger Of appendicitis.
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Poisonous "SnOwball'.

The fatal effects Of the use q
are known as "snowballs," a.
compound of shaved ice and 81
havoring extracts, should seF''
warning to parents who ello'
children to invest their poH-ii
these articles. The extracts ns'.
tain large proportions OF fusel I
glucose, and they are coIoIe,
aniline, making their use de'
unwholesome, ii not posltly'l
gerous. The stomachs OF yoali
dren are peculiarly sensitive
son. II is the fusel oil, ph1
say, that makes the child beco'
dicted to "snowballs," Just 4
opium smoker, the victim OF
or the drunkard becomes eD'1
his peculiar vice. Thus the
comes a disease that may LEAD
GUS results. -Norristown HeEa1
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through The worm. This iirst distilla.

through The worm. This hrst distilla.
tion produces rose water, and this has
to go through the same process Sec
ond time to produce the altar. The
liquid that comes out Of the still the
second time is highly perfumed, and
when put into bottles withllong necks
an oily substance gradually collects on
the surface. This is SKINNED off the
liquid aud put mp in ornamental h,t-
ties for the market. This oily perfume
is the true undiluted altar OF roses.
but it is always weakened before
using.
The process OF extracting tblt S5or
from the more delicate flowers, sue.
as the jasmine, tuberose and violo e
more interesting and elaborate a,
distillation. The essences OF { "a
flowers are 80 delicate Shat they "a
injured by heat. and the French ch, "A.
lists have devised various methods Of
extracting and retaining them. Tbs
process is by absorption or enheuraoe
and the principle is based simply on
the established law of affinity which
bydro-carbons-that is, beef aud mut.
ton fats-havo for perfumes. The an.
ficult point in the whole process is 10
purify these fats go that the odors win
be concentrated and caught by them
and not tainted in any way. Itisn
this respect that the French perfums
excel all others. They have. elab.
rated a mel cd by which the fats Al.
made perfectly pure, and their hovs
essences are of the moss faultlea
kind. If the grease is not absolutel,
ppre, and the fat odorless, the pomal.
bSomes rancid and worthless. ~
The modus opcrandi is plain enoul
to the visitor to the perfume factI
except thcsecret process Of puriiyi
the grease. Multitudes of wooII
frames, having rims about th{o
inches in depth, and fitted with sh,{1
OF ordinary window glass, are placej
benches before the operators. GW
the first sheet of glass layer II
prepared fat Is spread less tll IN
ter OF an inch thick, and p,n top olthi
the leaves of the goweyrs are scattA.
The leaves are fresh -and full Of odS
and they must he hi ndled shortly Of
being plucked. When all o
sheets of glass have thus been 4
with layer of fat l'nd a laycra
er leaves. they ate fitted ith
frame carefully. ono on top
other, aud the box closed up ti,a
comparatively short time Il.
from the leaves wil9 pass ia0a
and be retained ther for loa,
These particles of fat can b. /.
hundreds of miles without ic.r
sweet fragrance of the ho er'.
the fat is cut up into nall
pieces and put into tlcoj y
sence soon leaves the ia mid 7
with the alcohol, so tha vhs |
former is removed it ls Jl l5la
PHILADELPHIA Times.
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Cuba's sugar crop and her tobacco
crop are failures this year, more's tho
pity, eXclaims the New York Herald.
She sells MS 5000, OO0 worth. It
doesn't look as though Spain could get
any taxes out of her for some time to
come. There isn't any blood in u
stone, and there isn't any money in
Cuba
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One msn in Chester, England, has
been before the police justices 1870
times for drunkenness or assault; his
father was up thirty.fvo times one
sister sixty.seven and another twenty
nine. The cost of prosecuting the
family and keeping it in prison has
been over $4,000.
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A yeraeiOus Rifle.

The Photographic rife Is
have proved "A great success y "
Emperor of Ger many and hn
on a deer hnnt. A little ca,
fixed to the gun pnd expose'1cl =,
the instant the shot is fired
is quickly developed in a poe,
The picture show& r'hether ts|
was struck and cables the hu1
avoid a fruitla chase ii be hn1
his game.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-27

Old English names are frequent
enough in Winthrop, Me-, so that on
three stores side by side appear Ing.
ham, Oldham and Dillingham;. The
neighbors crack Jokes because there
isn't ham in either store.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-27

The people of the United States use
on an average $4,000, 900 postage
stamps OF all kinds each and every day
of the year, or total of 1850, 900, 600
per annum.
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When IL begins 10 get real summerT
bot, can't we manage to have the wealth
er man arrested for scorching ?-Phil
RdeIpbla North American.
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The expenses OF the Yals crew on
iis Henley trip, it is reported, will
amount to $4,000.
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SPOILING A SCHEME.

HE crowd grew thicker
every moment, till 1t
became almost impos.
sible to move in the
ball room. The char.
ity on account of which
the entertainment was
hninu hnll ,rnn N Mann.
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MrDpLEBUReH, PA, August 81, 1896.
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CHAPTER TV

It seemed plain to Brant that the
dispatch box had been conveyed here
and opened for security on this desk
and in the hurry of examining the
papers the flower had been jostled, ano
by the spy. There were one or two
freckles of red on the desk, which made
this accident appear the more probable
But he was equally struck by another
circumstance. The desk stood imme
diatcly before the window. AS he
glanced mechanically from it he was
surprised to see that it commanded ar
extensive view of the slope below the
eminence on which the house stood
even beyond his furthest line Of pick.
cts. The vase of flowers-each of which
was nearly as large as a magnolia bios
som and striking in color, occupied 4
central position before it. and no doubt
could be quite distinctly seen from a
distance. Of that he would satisfy him
self hereafter. But for the present he
could not resist the strong impression
that this fateful and extraordinary
blossom, carried by Miss Faulkner and
lllc uldGto, anu 81 III
dence" at the window, was in some
way a signal. Obeying an impulse
which he was conscious had a half
superstitious foundation, he carefully
lifted the vase from its position before
the window and placed it on side table.
Then he cautiously slipped from the
room.
But he could not as easily shake off
the perplexity which the occurrence
that it was fraught with no military
or strategic danger to his command,
and that the unknown spy had OBJ
tanned no information whatever. But
he was forced to admit to himself that
he was more concerned in his attempts
to justify the conduct of Miss Faulkner
with this later revelation. 1t was quite
possible that the dispatch box had been
purloined by some one else during her
absence from the house-as the pres
ence of the mulatto servant in his room
would have been less suspicious than
hers. There was really little evidence
to connect Miss Faulkner with the ac-
tual outrage-ratherm might not the real
spy have taken advantage of her visit
here to throw suspicion. upon her? He
remembered her singular manper-the
strange inconsistency with which she
had forced this flower upon him. She
would hardly have done so had she been
conscious of it having SO serious an
import. Yet what was the secret of her
manifest agitation? A sudden inspira-
ton flashed across his mind; a smile
came upon his lips. She was in love!
ITO DE Continued
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mentary pity for her was fading fast.
She was incorrigible. They walked on
for few moments in silence.
You said," she began at last in a
gentler and even hesitating voice, 'that
your wife was southern woman"
He checked an irritated start with
difficulty II believe 1 did," he said
coldly, as he regretted it.
"And of course you taught her your
Gospel-the Gospel according to St.
Lincoln. o, I know" she went on hur-
riedly, as if conscious of his irritation
and seeking to allay it. "She was a
woman and loved you, and thought
with your thoughts and saw only with
YOUR eyes. Yes-that's the way with
us-I suppose, we all do it." she added,
bitterly.
"She had her own opinions" said
Brant, briefly, as he recovered himself.
Nevertheless his manner so decidedly
closed all further discussion that there
was nothing left for the young girl
but silence. But it was broken by her
in a few moments in her old contemptu-
Gus voice and manner.
pray don't trouble yourself to ac-
company me any further, Gen. Brant.
Unless, of course, you are afraid may
come across some of your-your SOL
diers. 1 promise you won't eat them"
II am afraid you must suffer my
company little longer, Miss Faulkner,
on account of these same soldiers" re-
turned Brant, gravely. "You may not
know that this road, in which 1 find
you, takes you through a Gordon of
pickets. If you were alone you would
be stopped, questioned, and, failing to
give the password, you would be de-
tanned. sent to the guard house and
lie stopped and fixed his eyes on her
keenly as he added land searched"
"You would not dare to search q
woman!" she said, Indignantly, al
though her flush gave way to a slight
pallor.
You said just now that there should
he no sex in war like this" returned
Brant, carelessly, but without abating
his scrutinizing gaze.
"Then it is war;" she said, quickly,
with a white, significant face.
His look of scrutiny turned to one of
puzzled wonder. But at the same mo.
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WHERE VICTORIES WE'RE WON.

The bridge Of Lodi, where Napoleon
trst demonstrated his desperate oour-
age, is across the AIDA, of little vii
Iage in Lombardy. 10 miles south of
Milan.
Metz, where Marshal Bazaine and
more than 100000 French surrendered
70 the Germans. is fortified city of
Strasburg.
Worth, where the French and Prus-
slams came into bloody conflict during
the last war, is a small town of Alsace-
Lorraine, ten miles to the southwest of
Weissenburg.
Dunkirk, where Turenne defeated
conde during the Huguenot wars of
Srance, is a seaport on the Strait Of
Dover, the most northern town in
france, $50 miles from Paris.
The battle of Cowpens. where Tarle-
ION was defeated during the revolu-
tionary war, took its name from a
iillage in Spartansburg county, S. c.,
lear the border of North Carolina.
Salamis, where the Persian power on
he sea was broken by the Greek deet,
IN inlet between an island of tho
ame name and the mainland of Greece.
t Is ten miles west of Athens.
The village of Naseby gave it's name
to the great victory won by the troops
of the Parliament over Charles l. 1t is
situated in Northamptonshire, IL miles
northwest or Northampton.
GAIA, the town from which Samson
carried off the gates, and where Ptolemy
defeated Demetrius, is on the caravan
route between Syria and Egypt, about
three miles from the Mediterranean.
Uim, where the entire Austrian army
capitulated to Napoleon, is situated in
Wurtemburg. in what was called at that
time The Circle of the Danube" It is
five miles from Stuttgart.
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dies has one that will eventually hunt down
and arrest that particular disease.
Lung and bronchial diseases are among
the most battling complaints which doctors
have to deal with; because it isn't the lungs
or bronchial tubes alone which are affected,
but every corner of the system furnishes .
lurking place for these elusive maladies.
They change and reappear and dodge
about the system under numberless dis
guises. They are almost always compli-
Gated with liver or stomach troubles nerv-
business, neuralgia, or general debility"
The best detective remedy which Nature
has provided to search out and arrest these
perplexing ailments is Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. 1t lays an arresting
hand directly upon the poisonous, paralyz-
ing elements hiding in the liver and diges-
tive organs.
1t gives the blood making glands power
to manufacture an abundant supply of pure,
red, highly vitalized blood which reinforces
the lungs with healthy tissue; feeds the
nerve centres with power, and builds up
solid muscular flesh and active energy
Forweak lungs, splitting of blood. shortness
of breath, nasal catarrh, bronchitis. severe
coughs, asthma, and kindred affections, it
is a sovereign remedy. While it promptly
cures the severest cough it strengthens
the system and purihes the blood.
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Physlcians wise I'm Thelr Generation.

The above class of scientists recocn ize
and have repeatedly borne testimony, to the
efficacy of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as O
remedy aud preventive OF fever and ague,
rheumatism, want of vigor, liver complaint,
and some other ailments and intirm con-
ditions Of the system. Experience and OBJ
servation have taught them its value. They
but echo the verdict long since pronounced
by the public and the press. Only the be-
nlghted now are ignorant of America s
tonic and Alternative.
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Minor State News,


and &c church buildings.
The schools at Sabetha are closed on
account of a diphtheria scare.
Sixty carloads of sheep will be fec
near ST. Marys the coming winter.
Bishop John H. Vincent. of Topeka
will spend the winter in South Amer
| lea.
hay to Illinois. 1t brings him 81 pc,
ton.
Lieut.-Gov.-elect Harvey and Miss
Belle Cone, of Topeka, will be married
on Decem Der 16.
Topeka will have a pigeon show il
December. Over 200 entries have al
ready been made.
1t is said that Gov. elect Leedy will,
appoint w. II. Upton, of Coffey coun.
ty, private secretary.
]. L. Bristow, private secretary te
Gov. Morrill, is talking of making hi:
Ottawa Herald daily.
A single chunk of coal weighing 5.6Ot
pounds, nearly three tons, was taker
from mine at Weir City recently.
Miss Lizzie Hind, of LIE Roy, has be
gun suit for $4,000 against Warner
Crandall, wealthy farmer of Coffey
county, for alleged breach of promise.
J. S. Stillwell, of Hiawatha. who
sued W. E. Painter for $4,000 fol-
aleina ting his wife's affections, was
awarded the paltry sum of 81 by jury
The Kansas State Horticultural
society will meet at Topeka December
Gil. A big display of fruits and other
products will be an attractive feature
Miss Boyle. in Miami county, ano
Mrs Briefly, in Cloud county, 10th re
publican nominees for county superin.
tendent. were the only ones on theii
tickets elected.
A large force of men is at work or
the Maple Leafs new grain elevator il
Kansas City, Kan. 1t will hold 1850,
600 bushels and will be the largest il
the Missouri valley.
L. S. Crum, of Oswego, is credited
with desire to be United States mar
shall of Kansas under Mckinley
Farmer A. w. Smith. of Mcpherson
wants to succeed Click as pension
agent at Topeka. There are others.
1. E. Lambert, of Emporia; Attorney.
General Dawes. Judge T. F. Carver
Mike Sutton. of Dodge City; Charles E.
Lobdell. of Dighton, and r b. Welch,
of Topeka, are talked of as candidates
for United States district attorney OF
Kansas.
has appointed ]. w. Amis, of Smith
Center. to be his first assistant. Amis
was the populist nominee for secretary
of state in 1894
The coming annual meeting of the
state board of agriculture promises to
be very interesting and profitable.
Among the noted speakers will be ex.
Gov. Furnas, /. A. Fort and r NJ. AL.
len, prominent agriculturists of Ne
braska
Mr.. and Mrs Kiehl, of Junction City.
returned recently from trip to Vel.
lowstone park. They travelled the
whole distance, 1850 miles, in a Gov
cred wagon.
Miss Margaret Kane was elected
treasurer of Kiowa county on the re- |
publican ticket, and this is the first
time in the history of Kansas that a
woman has been chosen to this Office.
The suffrage women of Kansas are
said to be pleased over the election of
Frank Doster as chief justice. They
claim he is a staunch friend of suf- |
frage.
Twenty-Five years ago, in its issue
following the election, the Fredonia
Citizen shouted: "Hurrah for State |
Senator Pefferr' He was a repu blicaD
then. and he ran ahead. of his ticket,
ZOO
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Ellsworth Reunion Grounds.

The e. A. K. reunion grounds at Ellis
worth will revert to the state if the
recommendations of the 6. A. R. de.
partment committee are accepted by
the legislature. Ellsworth donated
l6O acres for the reunions, and the
state has expended $50, 600 on buildings.
but the location is deemed impractic
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That JOYFUL Feeling

With the exhilarating sense of renewed
health and strength and internal cleanliness,
which follows the use of Syrup of Figs, is
unknown to the few who have not pro-
crossed beyond the old time medicines and
the cheap substitutes sometimes offered but
never accepted by the well-iniorme
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The Little Store Around the Corner.

Young Wife (passing big CONNECTION.
cry store)-Isn't this the place where
you used to buy that delicious candy?
Young Husband-Y-es,m my dear;
but the store is always overcrowded,a and
we may have to wait. I know a little
place around the corner where We can
get served at once.
''How much did you have to pay fo1
the candy you used to bring me, dear 81
1T was two dollars pound, but
around the corner we can get the same
kind for 2S cents.-N. Y. Weekly.
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Don't Tobacco splt and Smoke Your Life


If you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever, be made well, strong, magnetic,
full of new life and vigor, take MOTTO BAG,
the wonder-worker that makes weak men
strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
YOUR own druggist, who will guarantee
cure Booklet and sample mailed free: Ad-
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
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CENTER shots are what tell, one bullet il.
the bulrs-eyc is worth ten that just miss it
81 WENT to two receptions last night
and lost my umbrella at the last Its Il
wonder you didn't lose it at the first one"
"That's where got it."-Ex.
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Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury.

contain mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely dernnge the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be
used except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they Will do is
ten fold to the good you can possibly de-
ufactured by F. J. Cheney g. Co.. Toledo,
O., contains no mercury, and is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t is taken internally, and made
in Toledo, Ohio. by F. J. Cheney & Co. Tes-
timonials free.
Sold by Druggists, price T5c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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to hide, he
knows that
pr b a b ~
som ewh ere
or other ON
the look out
is a detective
waiti ng to
lay his hand
on him.
When any
disease at
tacks man.
K n d a n d
hides itself
in the human
m, no
matter ow
obscure or
complicated
'th e disease
may be, Ma
ture among
her gre a t
force of de-
A.-Ss-