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The silver star., 1898-05-26
CURRENT TOPICS.

There are no orphan asylums in
Australia. Every child who is not
supported by parents becomes a ward
of the government. and is paid n peu-
sion and placed in n private family,
where board and clothes are provided.
A Tennessee bank official says that
nearly all the German farmers in the
mountains have deposits i'm his insti-
tuition ranging from small amount
to several thousand dollars. On an
average Of once in two years each de-
positor draws his money out, and re-
turns with 1t within week or ten
days. The object of this peculiar
transaction Is that the farmer may
take his money home and show 1t to
his family as an evidence that he
has it,
An anonymous telegram recently
sent to Count de wnldeck. who re.
sides In Hungary. notified him that he
might expect visit from two burg
lars. who would call upon him under
pretense of being insurance agents.
The callers arrived and were arrested;
but 1t turned out that they were the
bona fide agents of New York COM
pany. and that the telegram had been
sent by rival company in Vienna
lSeSul DTOCttulIlkS InNt DtpIl lnStt-
tuted against the latter.
The collection of war relics In the
Virginia, Is to he augmented on Mon
day next by the presentation to that
Institution OF one of the three swords
procured by Commodore Maury In
England as samples for the Confed-
crate government. The weapon Is
now in the possession of Colonel Nor
gan. of New York. who wore it dur
Ing the war. Colonel Morgan. It will
be remembered. was detailed with
burton Harrison. the private secretary
OF Jefferson Davis to escort Mrs. Da-
Wis to place OF safety upon the evac-
uatiOn of Richmond.
Medical circles In Berlin are much
agitated over statement made by n
prominent physician OF that city to
the effect that the nurses In the prl-
vate hospitals are In league with the
undertakers, who distribute among
them circulars Offering as much as S25
by way OF gratuIty for good Job. II
~ said that this combination has been
IN force for half n century. and that
II exists In many OF the large towns
of Germany. b.
a Jerseyman who has nm eye to bust
ness Inns written to one Of the New
York pnpcrs to ask whether It IL true
that horses are to be furnished the
marines" He adds. II have n num-
Der OF good mounts should like 10 dis.
pose TO the government at hnlf their
cost price" The verses about "Cap-
tnIn Jlnks Of the Horse Marine" nre
evidently still accepted In good faith
m some parts of New Jersey.
The silver star., 1898-05-26
The Alabama Launched.

Philadelphia, May 1s.-The battle
ship Alabama was launched at Champs
chip yards shortly before O'Clock this
afternoon.
There was not hitch OF any sort to
mar the success Of the launching. Miss
Emory Morgan. daughter OF senator
Morgan. christened the ship for her
native state. The weather was beau
tiful, but only few persons witnessed
the ceremony, fear OF spanish treach-
cry keeping the gates OF the ship yard
closed against all except about 200 In
vited guests and newspaper mon.
The general dimensions Of the Ala
hama class DIRE M follows: Length over
all, 374 feet; breadth. ~ feet; free board
forward, 20 feet; free board abnft the
aftse turrct. II feet 4 inches: draught,
q feet y inches; displacement, 1880
tons. Tho guaranteed speed N to be
sixteen knots nnd the estimated horvs
power 10000 II viii rcgulrv year -
anish the ship.
The silver star., 1898-05-26
THE DUTY OF MOTHERS.
Daughters Should be Carefully
Guided in Early Womanhood.

What suffering frequently results
frequently from II mothers neglect to
properly instruct her dnughterl
Trnditionsays woman must suffer, :"
and young women are SO taught.
There is little truth and great deal
Of cxaggcration in this. II q young
woman suffers severely she needs
treatment md her mother should see
that she gets it.
Many mothers hesitate to take their
daughters to n physician for cxaminn-
tion; but no mother need hesitate to
write freely about her daughter or
herself to Mrs. Pinkhnm and secure
the most efficient advice without
charge. Mrs. Pinlsham's address is
Lynn, Mass.
Tho following letter from Miss MARIE
F. JOHNSON, Centralia, Pn., shows what
neglect will do, md tells how Mrs.
Pinkham helped her:
my health became so poor that I
had to leave school. was tired NIL the
time. and had dreadful pains in my
side and back. I was also troubled
with irrcgulnrity Of menscs. I was
very weak, and lost so much flesh that
my friends became alarmed. My
mother, who is q firm believer In your
remedies from experience, thought per
hnps they might benefit me, and wrote
you for advice. followed the advice
you gave, and used Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills as
you directed, md am now as well ~ I
ever WAS. have gained flesh and have
. good color. ! nm completely cured Of
irrcgularity."
The silver star., 1898-05-26
Arithmetic and Medicine.

Il Is an honest quackery that con-
'eeoses its own blunders, still ignorant
mat they are nothing worse.
q whaling skipper. in the old days
carried a medicine chest and a table of
06ections. One of the rules ran: "For
0re throat with fever. give a table
spoonful of number fifteen"
"Well, 1t so happened" explained the
captain. that fifteen was all used up.
81. gave the man descrtspoonfuI
'ef number five and another of num-
ber ten, and l don't think the chap
that drew up the table could have been
oood at figures. Or else. what's just as
kely, the medicines We're all shams
ither way. it was hard on poor Bill
He died in half an hour, with n dread
ful pain in his inside."-Youth's Com
panion.
The silver star., 1898-05-26
1T IS NOT NICOTINE.
PROFESSOR MALLEr coRRECTs
CIGARETTE CRITICS
MISTAKES.
Communication in tho ''scientihc Amrei-
can" ON Matter of Popular Misap-
prehsnsion Stained Handkerchief Test
IL No Test At All.

J. w. Mallet. professor of chemistry
in the University Of Virginia, in a.com-
munication to the current number of
the Scientific American, says with ref
erence to cigarettes of American man
ufacture: .t
Ignorance of easily ascertainable
scientific facts is. however, common
enough. as Is often illustrated by the
brown. oily material formed in the
smoking of tobacco being pointed out
as nicotine, though in reality this Is
merely the tar produced by the action
Of heat on the woody fiber Of the leaf.
Nicotine when pure is colorless
fluid of somewhat oily consistence and
strong, peculiar. penetrating odor, but
1t darkens on exposure to air and light,
becoming first yellow and then brown.
so that it looks, in this darkened con-
dition, something like the tarry matter
which soils smokers fingers or a
handkerchief through which tobacco
smoke is exhaled, or Is often noticed
as deposited in the stem of pipe.
This tarry deposit has nothing es-
sential in common with nicotine, and
COntdlHS Dut tIdCt5 VI tAlS dihoiOAo,
when any at all.
"a part. but only small part (about
one-seventh In the experiments Of
Melsens). of the real nicotine of to-
bacco Is volatilized without decompo-
stion: the remainder is burned and
destroyed in the process Of smoking"
The simple facts are, that such cigar
cites as have examined, representing
a large part Of those in general use
throughout the United States. are
made from pure. light-yellow tobacco
of the high grade produced on certain
special soils. prominently in certain of
the southern counties Of Virginia and
the adjacent portion of North Carolina,
with wrappers of the best quality Of
harmless vegetable fiber paper, and are
entirely free from the adulterants
which 1t has been asserted are present.
with no evidence in favor OF such as
sertion, and in absolute contradiction
Of the scientific evidence actually avail
able,
The silver star., 1898-05-26
EHE ARMY'S DELAYS.
. ooop REASONS FoR 1T
Immense Amount Of Equipnent of All
Kiads Had to BE Manufactured Befor.
Msa Could Fight We'll.

1he delay In getting OF the troops to
an1la Is caused by the inability to Sc
re supplies and equipments. The
ntractOrs who are able to furnish
eee things are working dny and night
a are doing nobly. The quality as
eil as the quantity Of the goods they
turning out is considered extraor-
nary, but peculiar character Of
apment is needed for a climate like
nila, and the President will not let
troops go until they are fully pro-
ed with everything that may be
e1sary for their health and safety.
p volunteers from the western states
not as well Off for uniforms, arms
q ammunition 1t Is believed, how
er, that the first expedition will be
Ne to get Off within the next day or
%. Others will follow as fast as the
unteers can be mustered In and
! uipped.
he criticisms of the delay in the
pvement of troops toward Cuba is
- to an ignorance of the poverty of
~ army. 1t would be the worst sort
ak folly to invade Cuba until the troops
IRE supplied with the absolute neces-
1t1es Of the campaign. While that is
ing done as rapidly as possible, nei-
aA Iic coHliiiSSiily HOT tne quarter
master's departments has been able to
Rnish these articles as rapidly as
" have been needed. In few
Weeks we have made preparations
Which would have required months in
~ other country, and now trainloads
supplies are daily entering Tampa
md other ports where the army Is as
nmbled. The military supplies in
lis country We're based on the de-
11ands Of an army Of 25,OOO men; with
y the last month the regular army has
Zen increased to G5,OOO, and 125, 900
y0lunteers have had to be equipped in
addition, making a total of 1S5,OOO for
which articles have had to be manu-
Eoctured since March Z, when the ap-
peopriatiOn of $50,0OO,OOO was made.
!, The navy department is very well
whipped; 1t had little start The
var department is improving, and in
nv days there will be sufficient
Hpply of necessaries at the several
G1ndezvous to Justify forward
n1ovement.
The silver star., 1898-05-26

One of the great troubles that rail-
road companies have had to contend
with In the past with both the old
style and the new M. c. B. couplers
was the falling of drawheads on the
tracks. resulting many times in disas-
trous wrecks. A year or two ago the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad adopted
device to prevent just such occur
rences, and has since attached 1t to all
Its passenger equipment. The device
Is quite simple. consisting merely of a
right-angled steel hook, which Is
placed Immediately beneath the COUP
Ter on the draw-head, with horizontal
arm projecting slightly at an angle to
the direction of the track. When the
draw-head falls the safety hooks not
only assist in jamming the draw-heads
together but absolutely prevent their
swaying from side to side, and thus
becoming disengaged. The steel hook
is placed in such a position that it
cannot be jammed or broken off in the
coupling of cars
In actual practice this device has
proved exceedingly satisfactory and
has not failed in single instance.
The silver star., 1898-05-26

4Ink Pills for Pale People. andl decided to
AEmma had no faith In proprietary
oedicines but tried the pills, and after
Ming dozen doses, she began to improve.
was about the first Of April when she
bogAn, and by the middle Of May, after
|1AfinG about eight boxes, she was entirely
nrod."
"Whils III, she lost twenty eight pounds,
nt now weighs more than ever before.
ler nerves arc strong and she ia In per-
ect health. We are all confident that DIR.
yi1llams' Pink Pills for Pale People cured
er, and cheerfully recommend them In
" similar cases. "MRs. 4. A. RYBoLT."
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
Alrd day Of September, 1897.
CALHB BAKER, Notary Public.
/ DR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
1ill cure all diseases arising from poor
And wat6ry condition Of the blood, will
build mp run down system and are q spe-
BIO for paralysis, locomotor ataxis and
pthor diseases long regarded - incurablc.
The silver star., 1898-05-26
wnlpole and IN. w.f y,.,,s.

, "Ah. they are ringing bells to-dayv
said Walpole, the famous English
statesman, when war had been de-
clnred between England and Spain.
.They will soon be wringing their
hands" War means now what it
meant when WaIpole spoke-a wiring
ing OF hands for those who will not re-
turn.
The silver star., 1898-05-26
Our American Policy.

The policy of this country regarding
foreign complications seems likely to
remain conservative. Tile Monroe doc
trine will be sustained. but patience
ana prudence in official quarters will
restrain public opinion. The wisest
ana most prudent course for the rheu-
mntic and the malarious is to use Hos
letters Stomach Bitters.
The silver star., 1898-05-26
A SCHOOL GIRLS BATTLE.
From The Mail. Milford. Ind.

gifl Of Milford, Ind, Is of more than usual
Atslligence, and is ambitious to rise iu the
ntsrary world.
4 s'In the fall Of 1885," said Mrs. Rybolt,
Emma was taken i'll. She WIS close
ndent and her work began to tell on her.
- grew weak, pale and nervous, and com
1Dinsd of pains in her back, chest and
pbs. 4 few weeks passed and she grew
oorse. Tho doctor said she was victim of
n0vous prostration. and should have been
1a1en from school weeks earlier. She
0odually grew worse her nerves were SO
tGDse that the least noise irritated her, and
- had fever and continual twitching
Il her muscles. The symptoms were much
~ 1t Vftus' dance.
The silver star., 1898-05-26

Captain Alfred r. Mahan has written a
paper for the June number of the Cen
tury on the causes of the failure of the
Spanish Armada. 1t accompanies an IL
lustrated article giving story of the fa-
nous catastrophe. based on manuscript
records and on the narratives of survivors
and other Spanish documents.
This number of the Century will contain
several other articles of equal timeliness.
The silver star., 1898-05-26

Colorado. has tho right kind OF young
men for the United States Army. The
department has opened n recruiting office
offer nm opportunity to all nbic-bodird
men TO Join At nm incrcnsc OF pny nnd tho
privilege OF being discharged at tho end
The silver star., 1898-05-26
Beauty is Blood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. Ne
beauty withoutit Cnscarets, Candy Cathar-
tic cleans your blood and keeps it clean, BY
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, ,blackheads,
and that tsickly bilious scomplexion by taking
Cascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
eists. satisfaction guaranteed. 10c. 2Sc. bOc-
The silver star., 1898-05-26

Hobbs has theory about the war"
what Is it?" He says it was intended
to make the bicycle go 20 the rear and
push the od-fashioned TO ir-legged horse
once more to the front"
The silver star., 1898-05-26
'TOE-GUM CURES cORNS
Or money back. 15c at all druggists.

Dorothy and don't speak" whats $
the trouble?' II was blue one night and
told her 1 hadn't done any good in the
world" "What reply did she make?'
"She said: That's true"
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~ feel sorry for the weather man."
why" He can't get anybody to
listen to his prognostications about the
Wnr."
The silver star., 1898-05-26

There is only one thing on earth that
that. Not having any money to
The silver star., 1898-05-26

We will forfeit $1,000 II any OF our pub
lished testimonlals are proven to be not gen
uine. The I'lso Co.. Warren, Pa.
The silver star., 1898-05-26

'Thcy sny all these articles on How to
Manage q Husband are written BY spln.
husband In discouraged by her faiiur"n IN
trying to manage him."
The silver star., 1898-05-26

''True friendship Is so uninteresting"
"What do you mean?' "Madge is so fond
of me that she never tells me the hateful
things the other girls say about me-"
The silver star., 1898-05-26

Now. Benny. do you know what papa
~ whipping you fory' Yes: you're
bigger'n | am
The silver star., 1898-05-26

"Florinda. IL we should elope. would
your father pursue us?'' mo, think he
would move. so we couldn't find him
when we got ready to come back"
The silver star., 1898-05-26

Educate Your Bowcls with Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forever
toe. 25c. nC. c. c. fail. druggists refund money
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oen't foIaee. s,t md sm... y.v, m. M,

70 quit TOBACCO easily and forever, bo mag.
Enc. the wondcr-workcr, TINT makes weak mon
,sn1s sss6ns Alid,rusEis,s boc or a. Cure guarsa-
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New YORK.
The silver star., 1898-05-26

"whnt makes sauccmus 10 Intensely
tentIon any other way"
The silver star., 1898-05-26

"Jule. don't you love the fiag?" "In-
deed do: IT'S so decorative"
The silver star., 1898-05-26

Dr. Hunter Mcclure. the famous sur
geop Of Richmond, w.. who during the
civil var wnr medical director OF 5tonc-
Wall JAcknon's corps. has accepted a po-
natiou on tho ntnff OF Major deneral Fits
hugh Lee. and will accompany him to tho
'front.'. or wherever clse tho general may
e 0roore0, ~ soon ~ he recoverv from
The silver star., 1898-05-26

To Care Constipation Forsves.
Take Cnscarcts Candy cnthnrtic. 100 or no
The silver star., 1898-05-26
How to KIN Mosquitoes.

what possible plan can bo devised to
cal question asked by n miner preparing
for departure to Alaska. u II worth sc-
ftous answer The mosquito In nm nddi-
tional menace TO Alaskan residence. Pc
troleum hnely sprayed over the Matching
ground II fatal. Permangnnnte OF potash
q also a destructive akcnt. Two and
one-half hours are required for u mos
quito 20 develop from Its first stage. "a
speck resembling cholera bacterin, to Its
active and yenomous maturity. The IN
sect in all Its phases may be instantly
killed by contact with minute quantities
Of permengannte OF potnssium. II IL
IN fftsen hundred OF solution distributed
IN mosquito marshes Will. render the de.
handful Of permangnnnte will oxidixe u
snG En y frrc @ s nrrmc SSry%
thirty days at n cost of 70 cents; thnt
with caro- % whole region mny he kept
free Of this pest ut n small cost. An
en1cacious method y 70 scnttcr a few
psrmanEsnats has Killed nii the germs
In = 1.0o0-gnllon tank.
The silver star., 1898-05-26

You know ! told Moseby last summer
that ! expected to do Europe this year,
"Yes?" Hes just sent me a guidebook
to Spain"
The silver star., 1898-05-26

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 15c.
The silver star., 1898-05-26

"a yea
pa - 9 d and,
u n d Q r a
C b . a & Q of
ply ic ians,
Il M n, . be-
came some
what better,
but was soon
as bad as ever.
One day !
read Of . case
milar to
hers which
was cured by
DIR. Willfauns'
The silver star., 1898-05-26
!. .ass ss,ss s,ss. r,'s use Thompsons Eye water.

nnnHlM0 The hest Red Rope Roofing for lie.
k0VUIS I'M Ia per sd. It,, caps and nails included.
NONt tlVO Substitutes for Plaster. Samples
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Aphorisns.

No thoroughly occupied man was ever
vet very miserable -Landon.
Happiness is like the statue Isis, whose
veil no mortal ever aised.-LandOn.
The man who lives in vain lives worse
than in vain He who lives to no pur-
pose lives to bad purpose,
Defect in manners is usually the defect
of fine perceptions Elegance comes of no
breeding but of birth Emerson.
Sense shines with double luster when
it is set in humility An able yet humble
man is il jewel worth kingdom. Penn.
Modern education too often covers the
fingers with rings and at the same time
cuts the sinews at the wrists Sterling.
The reason why so few marriages are
happy is because young ladies spend their
time in making nets, not in making cages
Swift
BY struggling with misfortune, we are
sure to receive some wounds i'll the con-
fict: but a sure method 10 come off victo-
rious is by running away.-Goldsmith
The roses Of pleasure seldom last long
enough to adon the brow of him who
plucks them, and they are the only roses
which do not retain their sweetness after
they have lost their beauty Blair.
Home can never be Observation-Disclosures
repeated in the experience Of an individual
The place consecrated by paternal love,
by the innocence Of sports of childhood
and by the first acquaintance of the heart
with nature is the only true home Wolfe.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-03-05
Cost Of Trolley Power.

From the Street Railway Journal.
y table taken from the annual reports
of the Railroad Commissioners of New
York and Massachusetts for nearly all of
the street railway properties shows the cost
of the electric power required to run car
one mile under average conditions of load
&c. The table gives the number of cars
owned, the car mileage per year and the
cost Of the electric power per mile and per
passenger. OF the nineteen companies
operating less than $50, 900 car miles four
are obtaining power at a cost of less than 2
cents per car, six between and 3 cents.
five between ; and cents, one between 4
and 5 cents, and three at more than 5
cents; of the five companies operating over
5000, 900 car miles per year one obtains
the power for less than l cent per car
mile, three between | and 2 cents, and one
between 2 and 3 cents; other similar figures
are also given between these limits. The
Brooklyn Heights Company has the cheap
est power, 086 per car mile, followed by
the Binghamton with 0.94; the cost of
power for Massachusetts, roads includes re-
pairs and depreciation of the station plant
which is not the case of the New York
roads.
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The Sensible Girl Resolves.


That [ will take walk, beginning with
at least four blocks daily, increasing grad
ually the distance until / walk an hour
every day.
That l will practice deep breathing
through the nostrils, instead of through
the mouth, to broaden my chest and in
crease my lung capacity.
That | will take time, no matter how
busy, to battle every inch ofmy body once
every day of my life.
That | will use as little strong coffee and
tea as possible, that my complexion may
not become sallow and coarse.
That 1 will never buy piece of scented
soap unless it is made by a firm whose
name is guarantee of its excellence.
That I will have my head shampooed
twice monthly, and never omit brushing it
at night and braiding it loosely
That if [ use powder at all, none but the
very best will I buy, since cheap powders
ruin skin quickly.
That | will never use anything in the
form of rouge, or make up my eyes as
some girls do.
That | will visit the dentist once every
three months at least that he may arrest
the first symptom Of decay or tartar even.
That nothing shall tempt me to put Il
drop of vasaline or cold cream upon my
face, lest l have growth of down-no'
to say hair-appear.
That | will get some one to tell me every
time speak too loudly, that [ may OBJ
tain low voice by next year.
That l will try to do without pillow al
nights or one of very small dimensions tC
keep my chin from ''sagging.
That | will eat some kind of fruit o.
green vegetable, such as lettuce or spinach
once at least in "a hours.
That | will not battle my face in cold
water in winter or hot in summer because
some faddist says So but will study m,
own comfort.
That | will not wear shoes too tight O
gloves too small simply to be laughed a
bv Others and make myself miserable.
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Smallest Republic in the World.

San Marine may be tenitorially minute.
but in the assertion of its dignity it will
give way to none of its big neighbors. 1t
is the smallest independent republic in
Europe, its area being only thirty three
square miles. 1t lies between the provinces
of Forli and Lesaro- Urbino, and it consists
of part of the eastern spurs of the Apen-
mines. The two streams Marecchia ard
Ausa, which pass through Bimini to the
sea rise partly in the north and west of
San Marine, while its southeastern valleys
are drained by the sources of the Marano.
The population is only about 5000, and
most of the people are engaged in farming
and stock raising. The city of San Ma
rlno, which has population of 1900 or
l9OO, has five churches, an audience
chamber, law court, a theatre. museum
and library. 1t isa picturesque little
place, with steep and narrow streets and
small houses of undressed stone. One of
Its most notable features is white statue
OF Liberty, presented by the Duchess Of
Acquayiya.