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.Ightning-rod agency, but there amt
no lightning could electrify you out
of my mind. So, here / be, Huldah
Pettibone, with my heart in my hand.
and you may take 1t, or you may
trample it under foot, just whichever
you please"
That's all nonsense" said Miss
Pettibone, not without an incipient
shipper at the corner OF her lips.
"And now" pleasantly added the
middle-aged lover, I've opened for
ty-nine cent store at Cranch's Corners,
but can't put no sperit into my busi-
ness so long as I'm thinking of you.
There nowp'
Miss Huldah could not but smile.
Even fifty-five years old there was a
certain satisfaction in being made love
to!
'T'll defy DR.. Rosebury to say new
er had beau after this" thought she,
but she only said, with a toss of the
head EFF you can leave off sulking
long enough, you'd better come in and
have bite of something to eat and
a cup of cold coffee"
'I don't care nothin' about eating"
said Mr.. Pearson, but, nevertheless. he
entered and made a good meal. And
afterN ards he sat down in the parlor
and retold his marvellous California
experience to Miss Huldah. and ex-
planned to her the wonderful financial
successes OF forty-nine cent stores In
general and his in particular.
I'm bound to be a millionaire before
/ die" said he, "but, all the same. l
shan't enjoy cent of my money, HUI
dab, IL you don't enjoy it. toor
Nonsense" said Miss Huldah.
But Mr.. Pearson, who had succeeded
in getting hold OF her hand, gave 1t a
gentle squeeze by way OF answer,
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

these five and fifty years without get
ting married, of even thinking of 1t
and Katie, at nineteen, is engaged"
Neighbor Jackson smiled. He
thought, judging from her pronuncia-
ton of the last word, that Aunt Huldah
Pettibone would have made no con-
temptible actress. And as he mentally
contrasted Katie Fielding's blooming
cheeks and violet eyes with Aunt HUI
dah's Roman nose and her sallow COM
pleXion he didn't at all wonder that the
old lady had lived here five and fifty
years without an eligible offer OF mat
rimony.
Young folks will be young folks,
said he, indulgently.
And fools will be FOOLS" sharply
supplemented Aunt Huldah. Its moth
ing against this man who is coming
phiIandering after Katie, but l dare
say he's a poor, miserable, shiftless
fellow, no better than the rest Of 'em.
I'd like to see the one that could fool
mew
80 should l." thought. but did not
say. Neighbor Jackson, as he took up
the basket of pearl-white. new-laid
eggs for which he had been waiting,
and departed across the winding
meadow path, while Aunt Huldah, re-
turning diligently to her dish-wash-
ing, pondered with renewed earnest
ness as to the general folly and senti-
mentality of the present degenerate
age
All of a sudden, however, glancing
up. she saw nose flattened against the
window-pane-the nose belonging to
a tall rubicond, not Unlocking man
of some forty years of age.
go away" said Aunt Huldah.
WHY, Huldah Pettibone," uttered
a mildly inslnuating. voice, have you
forgotten me? Me, Hiram Pearson.
that went to Californy twenty-odd
years sgo?"
LA sakes alivew said Aunt Huldah.
And here you're back again, like a
bad penny, eh?"
I'm back agin, sartin," said Mr..
Pearson. About the bad penny busi-
ness, I won't take it upon me to swear.
I'm ready, free and frank, to own up
that I've come back for the very same
reason that went awayw
La" said Aunt Huldah. and what
was that?"
Cant you guess it, Huldah?" in
CURED Mr.. Pearson. with a look of in
describable languishment in his little
gray eyes.
II never was no hand at conun-
drums" said Aunt Huldah, dryly.
Then / may as we'll speak it out
for love OF you!" said Mr.. Pearson.
Get outr' said Aunt Huldah.
And 1 don't care who knows it,"
added the valiant lover. 1--WE been
in the peddling business, but I could
pay no 'tention to it, all along, OF
thinking of you. And I've tried the
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11
500 To Amy Man.
WILL PAY 500 FOR ANY CASE
or Weakness In Men They Treat aud
Fail to Cure.

VI weakness IN Men Ihey treat ana
Fail to Cure.
An Omaha Company places for the first
time before the puzzle a MAGICAL TREAT
MEST for the cure of Lost Vitality, Nervous
and Sexual Weakness, and Restoration of
Life Force in old and young men. No
worn-out French remedy; contains no
Phosphorus or other harmful drugs. 1t is
WONDERFUL TREATMENT-magica in its
effects positive in its cure All readers,
who are suffering from weakness that
blights their life, causing that mental and
physical suffering peculiar to Lost Man
hood, should write to the STATE MEDICAL
COMPANY, Omaha, Neb., and they will
send you absolutely FREE, n valuable
paper on these diseases, and positive proofs
OF their truly MAGICAL TREATMENT. Thous-
ands of men, who have lost all hope of
cure, are being restored by them to per-
feet condition.
This MAGICAL TREATMENT may be taken
at home under their directions, or they will
pay railroad fare and hotel bills to all who
prefer TO go there for treatment, If they
fail to cure. They are perfectly reliable;
have no Free Prescriptions, Free Cure,
Free Sample, or G. o. ID. fake. They have
s250,(so capital, and guarantee. to cure
every case they treat or refund every dol
lar; or their charges may be deposited in
bank to be paid to them when a cure is
effected. Write them to"sv.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11
THE RIGHT OF WAY.
Next Time There was Going to BE
Trouble.

Next Time There was Going to BE
Trouble.
At Park Place and Broadway, New
York, as a mail wagon turned into the
latter thoroughfare to go up town, the
horses knocked down a pedestrian who
was hurrying into City Hall park, says
the Detroit Free Press. For a wonder
the driver pulled up, and though the
man was at the horses feet he escaped
the wheels. He came crawling out, COW
cred with dirt and more or less hurt,
and the driver looked at him and coldly
inquired:
do you know what you have been
doing, sir?"
Il do" replied the man as he brushed
away at the dirt, "but couldn't help it.
I'm not the man to interfere with the
United States mails"
Better look out in future"
Yes, l will"
I followed him into the park, where
he sat down on rASench to get his
breath, and told him that mail wagon
had no more right to run over him
than an ice cart.
us that SOP" he asked in doubling
tones. well, by gum, but this is the
fourth time I've been run over by
them, and next time they try it on I'll
raise a fuss"
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11
scotland's Fast Train.

It is now claimed that the Caledon-
ian early morning train from Carlisle
to Aberdeen is the fastest train in
the world. An expert in speed
who made the trip says that for TWEEN
ty miles the average was 1913 miles
an hour, and for two miles SIG. The
whole performance Is described as the
ordinary work now on the Caledo-
nian, and far in excess of English
times. The engine was the Duna-
lastair, which. in addition to large CYL
inders, has the largest boiler of any
locomotive in Great Britain. In ten
years the Caledonian has reduced the
time from Carlisle to Aberdeen from
7 hours 80 minutes 10 4 hours and 81
minutes.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11
A GOOD THING
For Women to Remember.

That in addressing Mrs. Pinkham they are
communicating with a woman a woman
whose experience in treating woman's ills is
greater than that of any living physician
male or female.
woman can talk freely TO a woman when
IT is revolving to relate her private troubles
TO a man-besides, a man does not under
stand-simply because he Is a man.
Many women suffer in silence and drift
along from bad to worse, knowing full well
that they should have immediate assistance.
but natural modesty impels them to shrink
from exposing themselves to the questions
and probable examinations of even their
family physician. 1t is unnecessary. With
out money or price they can consult woman
whose knowledge from actual experience is
greater than any local physician living.
The following Invitation is freely offered;
accept ii In the anne spirit.
Women suffering from any form of female
weakness are invited to freely communicate
with Mrs Pinkham at LYNN, Mass. All let
tiers are received, opened, read and an
swered by women only, thus has been estab-
lished the eternal confidence between Mrs
Pinkham and the women of America which
has never been broken and has induced more
than 10000 sufferers to write her for advice
during the last four months. Ont of the
draw from, ii is more than possible that she
has gained the very knowledge that will help
your case. She asks nothing in return ex-
cept your goodwill and her advice has re-
Heved thousands. Surely any woman. rich or
poor, is very foolish IL she does not take ad-
vantage of this generous offer of assistance
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder for the
feet. 1t cures painful, swollen, smart
ing feet and instantly takes the sting
out of corns and bunions. 1t is the
greatest comfort discovery of the age.
Aliens Foot-Ea makes tight-fitting
on new shoes feel easy. 1t is a certain
cure for sweating, callous and hot,
tired. aching feet. Try it today. Sold
by all druggists and shoe stores. By
mail for CSC in stamps. Trial package
FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie
Roy, n. Y.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

Although on land a clumsy animal, the
seal is wonderfully quick in the water, and
In fair race can generally catch almost
any fish.
Farmer - Now, what do you s'pose that
mans a-yellin' at? Son-He appears, father,
to be yellin' at the top of his voice.
Little Girl Ito her mammal What Is a
dead letter, please? Mamma-One that has
been given to your father to post
Lovers love poetry because poetry is not
hampered by cold facts.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11
There Is a GLASS of Peonle

Who are injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has been placed in all
called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains,
that takes the place of coffee. The
most delicate stomach receives it with
out distress and but few can tell it
from coffee. 1t does not cost over 4
as much. Children may drink it with
great benefit. Is cts. and 25 cts. per
package. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

Dr. Woods Norway Pine Syrup is
pleasant to take, positively harmless
to the most delicate constitution, and
absolutely sure to cure the most OBJ
stinate cough or cold. A household
boon.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

81 burned my fingers very badly.
The pain was intense. DIR. Thomas
Eclectric Oil brought relief in three
minutes. 1t was almost magical. 1
never saw anything like it." Amelia
Swords, Saundersville, o.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

81 have used Burdock Blood Bitters
in my family for two years. 1t is the
best medicine l ever used. 1t cured
me of erysipelas in very short time;
also cured my son of scrofula after the
doctors had failed" Louie s. Wood
ward, Laurel Hill, Fayette County, Pa.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

A New York syndicate has been
formed for the purpose of buying an
island off the coast of Maine, stocking
it with black foxes and engaging in
the fur trade.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

A great many errors in the ancient
manuscripts were perpetuated by a
rule of the monastlc orders, that a
copy must be exactly followed by the
scribe; even when he perceived a mis-
take, he must not correct il.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

Gen. Grant was called Old Three
Stars in allusion to his symbols of
rank; also Uncle Sam Grant, Uncondi-
tional Surrender. United States and
United We Stand Grant.
New Hollands local option law has
been repealed.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away

netic, full of life nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac, the wonder worker. that makes weak
men strong. All druggists, SOC or 81. Cure
guaranteed. Booklet and sample free. Ad
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

For Pin Worms, Eczema, Hives, in
fact, any of the various torturing, itchy
diseases of the skin, Doan's Ointment
is an instant and positive remedy. Get
it from your dealer.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

Beer placed in dishes near flower
pots will tempt all the snails in the
vicinity, and the next morning they
will be found lying alongside dead.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

PINKHAMS STANDING INVITATION.
female invited promptly
All letters
freely talk of her
established confidence
which
which she has draw FROM it
knowledge that will help
nothing goodwill and her advice has
foolish
offer of asssanceyda E. Pnkham
Co.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

Darwin asserted that there is insan-
ity among animals, just as there is
among people.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

There is nothing so universal as love; for
every mature human being either has loved,
does love or expects to love,
The outer layers of the alligators skin are
said TO contain percentage of silica; hence
the hardness of the hide
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

The man has n hard place who has so
much religious work on hand he never has
time TO pray in secret.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

According to English insanity re-
turns 10 cases in 1000 are caused by
love affairs
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.

The world is divided into two classes
those who master their troubles and those
who are mastered by them.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11
THE 40 CENT STORE.
BY Amy Randolph.

DUNG folks are
such fools!" said
Aunt Huldah Petit
bone, with acri-
mony. Married,
indeed! What does
our Katie want TO
get married for,
with a good home
and a steady place
as a typewriter?
Here have l lived
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Beauty may ineite love, but 1t cannot
maintain IT.
The evil men do lives after them so does
the good.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

II we will faithfully pillow and plant
and cultivate, God will see to it that
we do not have to live on husks.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

As supreme test of the bullet-proof cloth
ft Is suggested that II be made into seats and
knees Of trousers for small boys.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure pre-
vented quick consumption.-Mrs. Lucy Wal
lace, Marquette, Kans., Dec. II, 1893
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

Millet, Buckwheat and other seeds. low
est prices. Salzer Seed Co, la Crosse. Wis
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

No man has the right 10 expect the appro-
bation of his neighbors while he has the dis
appreciation of his own conscience.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

Forbidden fruit doesn't always grow on
the tallest trees.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
Zoe III G. @. G. fail, druggists refund money.
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no Cure Continuation Forerer.

Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 1Oc or *
IfC.CC. fails to cure druggists refund money
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

Goes Cough Balsam
r. the oldest and best IL will break up cold quicker
than anything else. 10 is always reliable. Try it.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11

Few men work hard after they get old
enough TO know better.
The Yale expositor., 1897-06-11
ME-. w,rs,or,. soo,h,n.svru,

For children teething ,sotens the gums reduces inam
nation allays pain, cures wind collie 20 bottle
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16
THE VANISHING SPIDER.

One of the Curiosities of Animal Life
In Florida.
A Florida paper describes a strange
creature known as the vanishing
spider" On the borders of the Ever
glades you often see large yellow
spider. He swings a strong web from
two plant twigs on each side of path
or clear space OF ground and waits for
his prey. The web is in the shape of
a hammock and tapers at each end to
a fine point, though quite broad in the
middle. The bright color of the owner
seems to mark him for destruction-he
is clearly defined against the white
sand or dead leaves. and you wonder
what he would do for defense in case
of attack. Approach quietly and he
watches you intently. Now raise your
hand suddenly, and he will disappear!
While you are wondering what became
Of him you see first blur where he
had been. then several spiders, then
you catch sight again OF the yellow
ball that you noticed at first. Repeat
the performance. and the stage effect
is renewed. The disappearance is abb
solute-there can be no doubt about 1t,
and the little magician trusts to it en-
irely for his protection. How is 1t
done? AS soon as he is threatened he
starts the vibrations Of his airy ham,
mock. These become too rapid for the
eye to follow, and he vanishes. As
these become slower you see a blur,
and then several spiders as the eye
catches him at different points of his
swing, until finally he rests before YOU
Philadelphia Times.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16
Hate the NoosranI.

"The Moslem natives in Egypt" says
the Pail Mall Gazette, ARE accustomed
to call all Christians Noosrani, and the
term, which is evidently corruption
of Nazarene, therefore comes to mean
Europeans. 1t happened one day, not
many years ago, that an English Of
ficer was passing through village in
one of the more fanatical districts,
think in the neighborhood OF Belcas,
when small mob collected and hoot-
ed him. AS there appeared to be some
possibility of their adding stones to
their invectives he stopped very coolly
and, turning round, asked them why
they were SO annoyed at the sight of
an Englishman. Directly they heard
the word Englishman the stones were
dropped and the faces assumed their
normal gravity. They apologized pro-
fusely, saying that they did not know
he was an Englishman; they had mis-
taken him for Noosrani. The Incl
dent goes to show how completely the
natives distinguish Englishmen from
the other Europeans in Egypt-.how
they like and trust the former as much
as they dislike and distruct the latter"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16

weight OF metal. and 1t Is only neces-
sary for the man who fires the gun to
know the weight OF the charge and tho
projcctile md the approximate dis
lance to the target. which is ascer-
tnined by scientific observations. Then
he adjusts the delicate mechanism be-
fcre lin. touches button gently and
away she goes with the exercise of
less trouble and strength than IL re-
uuired to fire an Old-fashioned horse
pistol. Even II the shot should not
happen to hit the cruiser aimed ut,
fourteen or fifteen miles away. .t
would he very apt to fall In Its imme-
dInte neIghbOrhOod and would create
such n commotiOn In the water as to
swamp 1t II 1t did miss the vessel.
The largest guns now In use are on
the great battleships OF our navy.
They weigh from sixty to seventy
tons and the largest bore is thirteen
Inches. The weight of n twelve-inch
gun IL about fifty tons.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16
THELARGEST CANNON.
BEING MADE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
1t VIII weigh ls0 Tom. aud Measure Almost
Fifty Feet In I.cngti,-wli Protect New
York Hnrbor,

The largest cannon In the world Is
now being built Mt the Bethlehem iron
works In Pennsylvania for the pro-
lection OF New York harbor. 1t IL to
he placed upon Romer shoals, near
the entrance to the bay, upon n mass
I've foundation OF stone and concrete.
reaching fifty feet below low water
mark and protected by turrct which
will be large enough to shelter both
the cannon and the quarters of the
crew. 1t Will be mounted SO 1t can be
pointed In any direction, and thus
have full sweep of nll the channels
that approach the city. A single shot
from this gun will utterly destroy any
vessel nfioat, and human ingenuity has
not yet conceived anything that would
be able to resist the force of Its pro-
jectiles.
1t will require 1000 pounds OF pow
der for every discharge and will carry
projectile of steel weighing 2.3OO
pounds In almost n straight line more
than sixteen miles. At that distance
the projectiles will have striking en-
ergy equal to the force of n 2,5OO-ton
ship running Mt twenty knots an hour.
The largest Instruments OF war now
In existence are two cannon mounted
at the mouth OF the hnrbOr OF SrezIa,
near Genoa, where the Italian govern
ment has Its naval arsenal. They
weigh 120 tons, which is about the
weight Of the monster that was eXhib-
tied by the Krupp company Mt the
Worlds Fair. The new gun for Ro-
mer shoals will be six tons heavier
and five feet longer and represents
several important improvements
which have been discovered or invent
ed since the Italian and Krupp guns
were made.
The new gun being made at Bethle-
hem will be fOrty-nine feet two inches
long, and Mt the thickest part of the
breach will measure five feet five
inches In diameter. II will weigh l26
tons, and the caliber will he sixteen
inches. 1t will cost $12O.OOO, and the
carriage. pedestal and turret 100000
more. The machinery required for
handling and firing the gun will be op-
Grated by electricity. and is of the
most delicate and accurate description.
Although sixteen or eighteen men will
be required ms n crew to keep 1t In or
der. the actual loading and firing will
be done with as little effort as playing
a piano or typewriter. The shot
will be aimed with mathematical pre-
cision by automatic Instruments. Sci
ence has discovered methods to deter
mine with the accuracy of n pair of
apothecary's scales how far certain
amount of powder will carry certain
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16
CAUSE FOR ALARM.
How badness begins. !.
How to prevent it.

hair. and gives an abundant and glossy
growth. Those who are threatened with
approaching badness will be interested
in the following voluntary statement,
made by Alderman S. J. Green, OF Spencer,
Iowa. He writes:
"About four months ago. my hair COM
menced falling out 40 rapidly that !
became alarmed, and being recommended
Dr. Ayers Hair vigor by druggist,
resolved to try this preparation. I have
been now using II for three months. and
am much gratiicd to find that my hair has
ceased falling out and also that hair which
had been turning gray for the past Ave
years has been restored to its original
pleasure to recommend this dressing."-
S. J. GREEN, Alderman, Spencer. Iowa.
Those who are interested in preserving
aud beautifyiug the hair will do we'll to
send for DR.. Ayers Curebook. A story of
cures told by the cured. This book of 100
pages Is sent free, on request. by the J. c.
Aver Co., Lowell, Mass.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16

Every person. male or female, shrinks
from badness. 1t adds to the appearance
of age aud Is a serious discomfort. The
cases are rare when the falling out OF the
hair may not be stopped. and a new and
healthy growth of the hair promoted. The
soil. ii a plant fourlshes. it must have
Is ssi 9ooa s Ss Ws'ersd ". sei
vSsrs Il Ia Rooted. It's SO with the hair.
Neglect is usually the beginning Of bald
ness. Dandruf Is allowed to thicken % on
scaIp ioscs its Vitality. The hair, insult
6cientiy nourished, begins to fade and to
fall. The instant ueed In such a case Is
plying the needed uourishmeut to the
scalp, will feed the hair, give Il strength.
1rowth. All this is done by Dr.. Ayers
Hair Vigor, the most practical and valua-
hle preparation for the hair that can be
with dandruif, stops the hair from falling.
restores the original color to gray or faded
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-16
Extracting Gold From tho Sea.

land, Maine. with u capital of $4,000. 900 for
the purpose Of extracting the gold held In
about one grain of gold. worth u trihe more
than cents. In every ton of sea water, and
the promoters of this company assert con.
hdently that by handling billions Of tons OF
sea water the proceeds will exceed those of
the Standard OIL Company. There Is no
can do better than that. A local scientist
has demonstrated to his own satisfaction
that every cubic foot of clay under that city
to the ton. and that the clny contained 10
the area covered by the city limits will Yield
Sl2G, COO 600. II we only had dumping
ground. what nn enterprise 1t would be to
wash the contents Of the earth through
slulce box.