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The Girl Queen of Holland.

Paris is in love with the queen of
the Netherlands aud no wonder. She
pers ,nifies life's delightful morn as
it never was before upon q throne
Wilhelmina seems rich in that JOY of
life which constantly eluded her two
brothers. She promises TO carry
sceptor as she might rose. Her
carriage is singulary free and gives
the impression Of growth still going
on. She is very we'll formed, has we'll
shaped features, complexion that
would beautify any face, fine blue
eyes and golden hair that forms
a nimbus round her head. One can
see that she is sensitive and impress
sionable. But the placid condi-
tions OF life 10 the Netherlands have
not weighed on her. Great care
was taken to develop bodily
strength. She skates as only q
Dntch girl can, is an accomplished
equestrian, plays lawn tennis and
is up to all the athletic accomplish
ments of a girl of the period save
cycling. The line was drawn at
the bike, which was thought undig.
nifed and dangerous. One can
hardly suppose she would take it up
after her swearing in as sovereign.
This ceremony will come off in
September, and the most worthy re.
gent will step from before the young
queen to her side.
Wilhelmina, in spite of her light
green silk dress-so provincial in its
general air-looked captivating as
she stepped the other morning from
the railway train that brought her
to Paris. That event took place at
s o'clock. She was rosy as the
dawn, and with no rude flush. Her
gladstone countenance contrasted
with the placid faces behind her
and before her on the platform. She
stepped down with q springy step.
Nothing could be more girlish and
less missish than her bearing, and
still it seemed made up of easy dig.
nifty. The absent pose was very
charming. Any other girl of Is
must have been at a fearful disad-
vantage iu that green dress, green
tippet Qined with ernine) and green
capote bonnet, made up into a point
with white aigret on the summit.
But who could think of the attire
when the young face and figure ex.
pressed so much spirit, beauty, ami.
able girlish feeling, happiness and
health?-Paris Cor. London Truth.
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rlary and Her Little Lamb.

Everybody knows the story OF
Mary and her little lamb, says the
New York Tribune, but not eVrey
one knows that Mary E. Sawyer,
who was born near Worchester,
Mass, was the heroine of the poem.
When Mary was little girl she
found a new born lamb nearly dead
with hunger and cold. She tender
ly nursed it back to life, and became
devotcdly attached to her gentle
charge. The lamb was her constant
companion and playmate, and was
to her what doll is to most chill
dren. For hours Mary would dress
her lamb and snake believe" it was
her baby. One day her brother sug-
gested that she take the lamb to
school with her. The thought so
delighted Mary that she started
earlier than usual for the school
house, reached there before the
other scholars, and put the lamb
under her seat, where it lay content
eddy.
When Mary's turn came for her
recitations the lamb ran down the
aisle after her, to the intense de-
lighted Of the scholars and surprise
OF the teacher. The lamb was put
outside, and it waited on the door,
step for Mary and followed her
home.
A young man named John Rouls.
ton CHANGED to be q visitor at the
school, and tue pathetic incident
led him to compose the stanzas,
which he presented to Mary. Some
years after this Mary was married
to Columbus Tyler.
When tie lamb was old enough
TO shear, Mary's mother knit her
two pairs of stockings of the wool,
and Mrs. Tyler kept those stockings
until she was eighty years old.
When The Old South Church." of
Boston, was raising money she un-
rayeled pair of the stockings and
wound the yarn on small cards upon
which she wrote her autograph, and
these cards wore sold for upward
of 800. She died in 1889.
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lis She Your Daughter u"

Have you a young daughter just at the
o2e when young girls most need mother 9
loving caref Is she physically strong and
well or does she suffer from any weakness
of the delicate organism which most init.
mately concerns her womanhood1
II so, you understand her suffering better
than anyone else can. You know that such
troubles, unless renledied, mean a life of
incapaeity and wretchedness for her. You
appreciate her reluctance TO undergo physi-
clans examinations " and treatments -
and you will be glad of assurance from the
most eminent medical authorities In this
country that in nineteen cases out Of
twenty these notifying methods are alb
solutely unnecessary.
Any mother who will write about her
daughters case, to Dr. R. v Pierce, chief
consulting physician of the Invalids' Ho-
tel and Surgical Institute. of Buffalo, NY
Will receive free of cost the best profess
sional advice obtainable, and instructions
whereby complete cure may, in nearly
every instance, be effected by simple, com
nonsense home methods
NO living physician has wider practical
experience or a higher reputation in the
treatment of diseases peculiar TO women
than d.. Pierce. His Favorite Prescrip.
ton Is tbs only proprietary remedy ever
designed by an educated authorized phvsi
cian specifically to cure women's diseases
HIS great Iooo-page illustrated book, The
Peopie's Common Sense Medical Adviser. &"
is OF priceless value to every mother. II
will be sent absolutely free on receipt of
81 one-eent stamps, TO pay the cost of mail
ing only. Address, Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y: or
send 81 stamps for heavy, cloth bound
copy.
Inc unfailing, never gripping care for
eonstipation-Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
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WHAT 4 LITTLE TEA DID.

Little things sometimes end in
great results. Ancient history re.
lates that an insignificant bucket
was The cause of q bloody war.
While this borders Oh the mytho-
logical, we can truthfully point to a
little thing that played no small
part in the incipiency Of our revolu
tionary war.
How little could the wisest polit-
ical seer have perceived an element
al cause of a revolution in America
10 two pounds and two ounces oil
tea, which, some two centuries ago
the East India Company sent as a
present to Charles II of England
Little did the "Merrie Monarch
think while sitting with Nell Gwynn
earl of Rochester, and a few other
faYorites in his private parlor, sip
ping that new beverage, that events
connected with the use of the herb
would shake the throne of England,
albeit Guelph, a wiser and mere
virtuous monarch than any Stuart
should sit thereon. Yet it WAS even
so for tea, within one hundred
years after that small quantity was
made present to royalty, became
one of the causes which led to re-
bellion, resulting in the indepen
dence of the Anglo-American colo
nies-the founding of our glorious
Republic. "Despise not the day OF
small things"
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sOFTENING WORDS.

The Athenians, whose govern
ment was popular, and at the same
time tyrannical, and blemished with
the blood of her own citizens, had a
custom of softening the names of
things which naturally conveyed an
idea of terror. So our modern So
ciaists, communists and mobocrats
turn tyarchy, desolation, oppression
and plumber, into liberty, equality,
rights of the poor, etc. So Crom-
we'll drove cut the Long Parliament
at the point of the bayonet, "for the
glory of God and the good of ma
tions.' So Robespierre, Danton
and Murat cried liberty and equal
ity, while tie blood of innocent
citizens flowed in rivers from the
guillotine by their orders. Even
the pulpit in our day soitens down
many terms in Scripture for fear OF
offending the ears of the hearers.
Verify the wolf is most formidable
when be comes in sleeps clothing.
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NIAGARA FALLS.
w-Rate Excursion, via
Pennsylvania Railroad.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has selected the following
dates for its popular ten-day excur-
sions to Niagara Falls from Phila.
delphia, Baltimore and Washington;
July 2lst, August 4th and 18th, and
September lst, 18th and 29th. An
experienced tourist agent and chap
eron will accompany each excur-
sion.
Excursion tickets, good for return
passages on any regular train, ex.
elusive of limited express trains
within ten days, will be sold at $40
from Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash.
iDgton and all points on the Della.
ware Division $3.50 from Lancas.
ter; $3.50 from Altoona and Harris.
burg $3.50 from Sanbury and
Wilkesbarre 1915 from Williams
port; and at proportionate rates
from other points. A stop-over will
be allowed at Buffalo, Rochester and
Watkinf "sarning.
A special train of Pullman parlor
cars and day coaches will be run
with each excursion.
Tickets for a side trip to the
Thousand Islands alexandria Bay
will be sold from. Rochester, good
to return to Rochester or to Canaan
daigua via Syracuse within Eve
days, at rate of $3.50.
For time OF connecting trains and
futher Information apply to nearest
ticket agent, or address George W.
Boyd. Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Broad Street Station, Phila.
deIpbia.
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Norah had been told to say at the
front door that her mistress WAS
not at home when certain callers APP
peared upon the scene. 1t evident
ly went much against the grain for
her to make herself responsible for
even so small a white lie, but she
promised to do so, and, with certain
notifications, kept her word.
"Is Mrs. Blank at home i"queried
the caller.
"For this wan tonne, Mrs. Smith.
ers, she amt !" said the maid shut
Hivin help her if yez ashk me agin |!
I'll not loi twice for anybody Twin,
upon me sowlp'-Harper's Drawer.
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Duke OF York.

And speaking of British PECULIAR
ties, people of these times are let
ting their superstitious feelings run
away with their common sense. A
correspondent says many London
ers are getting very nervous over
the Duke of York, and are watch
ing and waiting for the inevitable
curse which they are convinced
hangs over him to come home, and
that the hour of it's realization is
near at hand they are persuaded.
1t is hoped that poor Georgia doesn't
know what is being said OF his
"shriyeled appearance and "unhap-
by face and which seems to have
shocked persons who are accustomed
to seeing him every day. Certainly
it is not a pleasant omen that the
other day when the bells in the cur.
few tower at windsor were rung in
honor Of the Dukes birthday, the
tenor bell suddenly came to grief.
the axle swapping in the middle and
the 800 year old bell crashed down
on the massive beams below But
for their great strength there must
have been a fatal accident. 1t is
the first accident that has happened
to the carrillon, and no wonder peo-
pile about the royal castle had the
creeps and considered it on that par
ticular day as significant. Another
far worse accident was the loss Of
so lives at the launching OF the bat
tle-ship Albion at Portsmouth,
when tue Duchess of York failed to
break the bottle OF wine in christen-
ing the vessel, which rushed into
the water before it should. These
"strawsp seems ominous to people
who give way to the prevailing feel
ing that the only son of the Prince
of Wales is a marked man.-Boston
Herald.
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HOme-Seekers Excursions.

On the first and third Tuesdays in
July, August, September and 0cto-
Der, 1898 the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul Railroad will sell round
trip excursion ticket good 81 days.
from Chicago, Milwaukee and other
points On its line, to great many
points in South and North Dakota,
and other western and sonth-wes-
tern states at about one fare. Take
a trip west and see the wonderful
crops and what an amount of good
land can be purchased for q little
money. Futher information as to
rates, routes, prices of farm lands,
etc., may be obtained by application
to any coupon ticket agent or by ad-
dressing the following named per-
ons: ". E. Powell, General Immigra-
ton Agent, 410 Old Colony Bldg,
Chicago; Fl. F. Hunter, Immigra-
tion Agent for South Dakota, 29l
Dearborn Street, Chicago, or Geo.
II. Heafford, General passenger
Agent, Chicago Illinois.
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First Night Ii a Sleeper.

A traveller IRON the short grass
country boarded No at Dodge
City few nights ago. lie wore
long white whiskers and wide
brimmed white felt hat, and he
stood feet inches.
His boots were neatly backed,
and he had on new suit oil clothes.
It was apparent that he was not at
home in his new toggery. He was
going to California, he explained.
to visit his oldest son, who was q
prosperous fruit raiser on the coast.
He had engaged berth in the
Pullman, and he asked the conduc
tor where it was.
fright here, SIR said the con-
ductor as he pointed out the sec
ton.
$50 you sleep in it that way. all
curled mp on a seat 7" he asked In
Amusement.
mo; it will be made up when
you are ready to retire"
The man did not exactly know
what "made up" meant, but he ask
ed no more questions. He sat in
the drawing room and smoked, and
finally he said to the conductor
"Well, guess I'll turn in.'
"AlI right, sir. Your berth is
made up
The man walked into the main
part OF the car. Then he went back
to the drawing room.
"They all look alike" he said.
"You will have to show me mine
The conductor showed him to his
berth and left lin. The man look
ed at it. Then he went back to
the rear platform Of the car and
closed the door. In a few minutes
he stuck his head in the car and
shouted
Look out, I'm coming" and he
made run for his berth with his
clothes, or most of them, under his
| arm. In the morning he stuck his
head out between the curtains and
called the conductor.
aHow in the thunder am | going
to get out on the platform to dress
with all these people looking p
The conductor explained to him
that he would have to dress in the
berth. He did SO, but it took him
two hours,-Topeka Capital
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Bits of Wisdom.

Self-knowledge is that acquaint-
ance with ourselves which shows
what we are, and what we ought to
be-. Mason.
Perfect courage consists in doing
without witnesses all we should be
capable OF doing before the whole
world.-Rochefoucauld.
Poetry is the breath and finer
spirit of all knowledge; 1t is the
impassioned expression which is the
countenance of all science. Words
worth.
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A Leader.

Since its first introduction, Elec-
trio Bitters has gained rapidly in
popular favor, until now it is clearly
in the lead among pure medicinal
tonics and Notwithstanding
nothing which permits its use as a
beverage or intoxicant, it is recogniz-
ed as the best and purest medicine
for all ailments of Stomach, Liver
or Kidneys-it will cure Sick Head
ache, Constipation, Indigestion, and
drive Malaria from the system. Sat
isfaction guaranteed with each bottle
or the money will be refunded
Price only SOC. per bottle, Sold by
L. G.. Matthaei.
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ANECDOTAL LITERATURE
Contributed to tho Independent
by w. G.,
A PROPHECY.


The day after the signing of the
Declaration of Independence, old
John Adams wrote as follows:
Philadelphia, July 5th, l776.
Yesterday the greatest question
was decided which was ever debat-
ed in America and greater, per-
haps, never was or will be decided
among mer.--A resolution was pass
ed. without any dissenting colony
THAT these United States are, and
Of right ought to be free and lnde-
pendent states"
The day is pssaed. The 4th of
Jelly, l7T6, will be a memorable
epoch 10 the history of America. ]
am apt to believe it will be cele-
brated By succeeding generations as
the great anniversary festival. 1t
ought to be commended as the Day
of Independence by solemn acts OF
devotion to Almighty God. 1t
ought to be solemnized with pomp,
shows, games, sports, guns, bells,
bonfires and illuminations-from one
end of the continent to the other,
from this time forward forever
You will think me transported
with enthusiasm but | am not, l
am well aware OF the toll and blood
and treasure, that it will cost to
maintain this Declaration, and de-
fend, and support these states yet,
through all the gloom, can see the
rays of light and glory--I can see
that the end is worth more than all
the means and that posterity will
triumph in the achievement of indie.
pendence.
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A North Carolina paper says

ga negro struck his wife two ter
rible blows on the head with an axe.
The negro escaped to the woods and
his wife soon revived and said +: Il
mighty glad he done it, kase now
he'll stay cl'Ar er de neighborhood,
en- l won't have to support him no
mo-. 1t wuz a lucky day fer me
when he hit me wild dat axe p"
Very few of us ere as thankful as
that for these little blessings in dis
guise Atlanta Constitution.
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What is Blood Poverty?

Blood-poverty is want of red cor
puscles in the blood, due to defective
nourishment of the blood. brought
about by imperfect or bad digestion.
A positive cure for this ailment is DIR.
John W. Bulls Pills, a surprising di-
gestive tonic and an excellent blood
maker. DR.. Bulls Pills come sixty in
a box; cost but IS cents; trial box. 10
cents, sold by all dealers, or by mail.
A. c. Meyer & Co., Baltimore, Md.
Accept only DR.. John w. Bulls Pills.
For sale by Nj. A. Snodgr ass, l2N. Queen
sire ct.
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A Million Friends.

A friend in need is friena in
deed, and not less than one million
people have found just such friend
in DIR. Kings New Medical Discov-
cry for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds.-If you have never used this
Great Cough Medicine, one trial will
convince you that it has wonderful
curative powers in all diseases of
Throat, Chest and Lungs. Each
bottle is guaranteed to do all that is
claimed or money will be refunded.
Trial bottles free at L. q .Matthaei's
Drug Store. Large bottles so cents
and 81.
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What is
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Sas.afa liz DI. Samuel Pitchers prescription for i
and Children. 1t contains neither Opium. Nor '.i
Narcotic substance Is - harmless s'.>ise
for paregoric Drops Soothing Syrps, and Castor OH
II IL Pleasant It's guarantee thirty years. by
millions of Mothers destroys Worms and alays
feyerislness Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curds
eurcs Diarrhoea and Wind Collie Castoria relieves
teethng troubles constipation and hatulency.
Castcri assimatcs the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural Sleep Cas-
torfa il the Children's the Mothers Friend
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rlONEY IN PEACHES.

The land and Industrial Depart
ment of the Southern Railroad has
recently issued little hand book,
which is intended for the intorma-
tion of prospective immigrants to
the South, :.nd which bears the title
of 1.-THE II me seekers Catechism.'
One page it, we think, may inter-
est some home owners in South
Carolina.
The peaches Of the South it is
noted, "excel all others in flavor and
command the highest prices paid !"
and brief statement is made Of the
cost of producing them in the famous
p ach country about Fort Valley,
Ca, and the profits which may be
obtained from their cultivation as
business. The items of cost, per
acre, are as follows:
Price of good fruit land. $40 90
Cost of purchasing uncleared
land ............. 600
Cost of trees, (l90 to scre) =. 800
Cost OF Planting trees. $500. 400
Fertilizers, first year .... 100
Cultivating for four years. -. 1900
Total cost of acre of trees in
besring the fourth year. .S31 90
Zone crate of peaches to the tree
it is added, "is considered a fair
yield, and the price ranges about one
dollar per crate. We have then or
one acre of peaches gross earning
of $40, and deducting from that
amount the original cost of the land
and of four years cultivating it, to
wit, S37, we arrive at the sum of
Sl53 as the net profit per acre in the
first year of bearing, with land and
trees paid for. "-Charleston Courier.
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She Appeals.-"John,'' said the
the wife of the citizen who had just
settled his freak election bet like a
little man, "the next time you want
to bet on a election, just agree that
incase you lose, you won't make a
fool of yourself for three months.
twill be quite as difficult as any
thing else you could undertake,
and it will spare the feelings OF your
relatives. Puck.
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Betram-So you're not going
South this winter
Miss Millyuns-No, our doctor
has informed me that I need com.
plete change OF scene. You know
we have for many years been spend
ing our summers at the seashore or
in the mountains and our winters in
Florida or California; so the only
thing / csn do is to stay at home
Chicago News.
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Death lurks in impure water. 1t
breeds diseases often in epidemic
form,
The first symptom is looseness of
the bowels. These diseases are
checked by taking Foley's Collie
Cure. For sale by E. G. Will
liams.
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See the Worlds Fair for I5c.

Upon receipt of your address and
10 cents in postage stamps we will
mail you prepaid our Souvenir Port
folio Of the Worlds Columbian Er
position. The regular price is fifty
cents but as we want you to have
one, we make the price nominal. You
will find it work of art and thing
to be priced. 1t contains full page
views of the great buildings, with de-
scriptions of same, and is executed
in highest style of art. If not sat-
isiied with it after you get it, we
will refund the stamps ami let you
keep the book. Address,
Il. E. BUCKLEN & CO..
Chicago, Ill.
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1t is not generally known that
more adults die of Kidney trouble
than of any other disease. When
the first symptoms of this disease an.
pear, no time should be lost in tax
ing Foley's Kidney Cure, which is
guaranteed Or money refunded. For
sale by E. G. Williams.
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lncontinence of water during sleep
stopped Immediately by DR.. E..
DETcHoN's ANTI DIURETIC. Cures
children and adults alike. Price 81.
Sold by L. G. Matthaei, Druggist,
Martinsburg, W. Va.
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You Can Depend On IL

That Foley's Collie Cure is an in
slant relief tor collie, summer CON-
plant, cholera morbus, diarrhoea.
bloody fiux, chronic diarrhoea, chol-
era infantum, bilious collie painters
collie and all bowel complaints. For
sale by e. G. Williams.
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To C0nsumptives

As an honest remedy, Foley IS
Honey and Tar does not hold out
false hopes in advanced stages, but
truthfully claims to give comfort
and relief in the very worst cases,
and in the early stages to effect a
cure. For sale by E. G. Williams.
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YOU ought to know that when
suffering from any kidney trouble
that safe, sure remedy is Foley's
Kidney Cure. Guaranteed or money
refunded. For sale by f. G. Will
liams.
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There can be no harm in the as
sertion that some paintings are
works of art, and that great many
women paint.