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Fell Dead.

These words are very familiar to
our readers, as not a day passes
without the report of the sudden
death of some prominent citizen.
The explanation is "Heart Disease
Therefore beware if you have any OF
the following symptoms: Short
breath, pain in side, smothering
spells swollen ankles, asthmatic
breathing, weak and hungry spells,
tenderness in shoulder or arm, fut-
tering of heart, or irregular pulse.
These symptoms mean heart disease.
The most reliable remedy is DR..
Miles New Heart Cure, which has
aved thousands of lives. Book OF
testimonials free at A. M. Gilbert's,
who also sells the New Heart Cure.
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Lucky Parsons.

1.-THE law is very blank on the
question which occasionally comes
up as to the legal right OF a clergy
man to marry himself" observed a
lawyer. "Of course there are not
many clergyman who have ever con-
tended that they had the legal as
we'll as the ecclesiastical right to
perform marriage when they were
personally parties to it, and there
never will be, from the peculiar cir
cumstances of the case. AS far as
the laws OF this District are con-
cerned, however, a clergyman is just
as competent to marry himself as he
is to marry others, for the reason
that the laws do not say anything to
the contrary, and the clergyman's
certificate that the marriage has
been performed is all that is needed
to make it lawful.
81 am not up in ecclesiastical law
to any great extent, and I am not
able to explain the church ordinan-
ces, but as far as I can learn S
clergyman of any of the leading de-
nominations has all the church right
to marry himself that he has to
marry others. The Court of Queens
bench in Dublin on Nov. Is, 1855,
had case of this kind under con-
sideration, the only point in issue
being whether clergyman could
marry himself. The case was very
fully argued and is reported in the
reports OF that court and quoted by
many English law writer's. The de-
cision was 10 the affirmative, and
that is the law of England today.
Some of the state laws may have
thought it necessary TO express an
opinion in the matter, but | have
never seen any. The case that |
refer to is cited in the books as that
OF Beamish versus Beamish. It was
a proceeding for divorce, in which
the question was raised that there
never had been a marriage. Wash
ington Star.
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The Careless Oculist.

The Cincinnati Enquirer tells of q
man who went to a doctor and said:
"Will you kindly look into my eye
and tell me what is the matter?"
Certainly" was the quick reply.
Then the physician opened up the
refractory optic and began in hur-
ried manner:
81 sec at glance that you have
been suffering from kidney trouble.
Your liver is out of order, and there
is danger of your having an attack
of gastritis unless the matter is
quickly corrected. From the dis
tended pupil should say that your
nerves are in debiiitated condition,
and that"
"Hull up, there" came the voice
of the patient.
"What's the matter?"
"Dad burn it! You're looking in
to my glass eye!'
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Right After All.

A head adorned with shaggy and
manageable whiskers was thrust
out of the window, and a voice that
fitted the beard inquired:
"Wbat is it2'
sob, is this Mr.. Higgins?" came
a still, small yoic, from the shade
OF the doorway below.
"Yes.p
ePlease come to Ala High str. ct
just as quick as you can and bring
your instrument"
II amt no doctor; I'm a carpen-
ter DR.. Higgins lives in the next
street." And the window came down
with slam that told of former ex
periences of the same kind on the
part Of the humble artisan.
But Carpenter Higgins had not
got comfortably back TO bed before
the bell rang again, and uttoring
some remarks, he rose once more
ans went to the window.
"Well. what do you want now?'
he CALCULATED.
"Please, sir" said the little voice,
SITS you We want. Pa and ma is
shut Up in the folding bed, an we
can't get 'em out."-Pearson's
Weekly.
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B. 6 o. History.

The chronology of the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad is interesting at
this time, as it will not be many
months before it will ceaseto be op.
Grated under the original charter.
The first general meeting OF citizens,
contemplating the building of a
railroad to the Ohio river was held
in Baltimore on February, II, 1927.
The other important events occur
red as follows:
Act of Incorporation granted by
Maryland, February %, 1927.
Act of incorporation confirmed by
Virginia, March s, 1927.
Requisite amount of stock for or
ganization subscribed by April l
1897.
Company organized; directors
elected, April %, 1921.
Preliminary surveys begun July
2, 1927.
Actual surveys begun November
90, 1927.
Charter confirmed by the state of
Pennsylvania, February %, 1928
Maryland became a stockholder
March 6, 1928.
Cornerstone laid July 4, 1928.
Railroad opened to Ellicott s
Mills, fourteen miles, (borse-power)
May %, 1880.
Trial OF the first steam locomo-
live on the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road, August Is, 1880.
Railroad opened to-:
Ellicott's Mills, fourteen miles,
steam power, August 80, 1880.
Frederick, sixty one miles, De-
cember l, 1881.
Point OF Rocks, sixty nine miles,
April /, 1882.
Harper's Ferry, eighty-one miles,
December /, 1884.
Hancock, 1913 miles, June l, 1912.
Cumberland, l78 miles, Noyem-
Der 5, 1884.
Piedmont, 206 miles, July 81,
1851.
Fairmont, 800 miles, June %,
1852.
Last spike driven; finished, Balti-
more to Wheeling, 379 miles, De-
cember "a, 1852.
First train reached Wheeling
from Baltimore, January l, 1858.
Railroad opened, Baltimore to
Wheeling, 379 miles, January 10,
1858.
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The man with weight on his leg
can't win in the race. A man with
q weight on his health can't expect
tc compete in life and business with
those who are not handicapped. If
his brain is heavy, and his blood
sluggish, because OF constipation, he
will not succeed in doing anything
very we'll. Constipation is the
cause of nine-tenths of all sickness.
Symptoms of it are sallowness, list
lessness, poor appetite, bad taste in
the mouth, dizziness, billousness,
and lassitude. Constipation can be
cured easily and certainly by the
use of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
They are not at all violent in their
action, and yet they are more GER
tain than many medicines which are
so strong that they put the system
all out of order. The advantage of
the "Pleasant Pellets" is that they
cure permanently.
Send 81 one-cent stamps to cover
cost of mailing only, and get his
great book, The Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser, absolutely
Free. Address Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, No 663 Main
Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
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He WON HIS BET
Bat, sad TO Say, Was Out OF Pocket
ry II.

gut <sdA 10 SHyt u1o 0sst - = ~ns-
Ey II.
Clark Proud anu Tom Hinde are
rival druggists at Oregon, but good
friends for all that. They are in
veteratc jokers and are always try
ing to get off good ones. AT this
date Hinde is one lap ahead unless
Proud has eyened mp.
Proud purchased new derby hat
a few days ago and Hinde noted the
f.ct. When Proud walked by
Hinde's store, Hinde stopped him
and began admiring the new tile.
Say, that's a beanf,' observed
Hipde, carefully inspecting The bat.
aOf COURSE said Proud. "That's
the only kind I year.
II used to know good trick
with a stiff hat" observed Hinde.
II could cut piece out Of the top
of the hat and hand both around for
Inspection. Then ! could say few
words, make few mysterious passes
and put the piece back SO no one
could tell that the bat had been
mutilattd.
sob. come OFF, said Proud. You
never could"
"I'll bet dollar can do i. right
now" said Hinde.
I'll take the bet" said Proud,
and the shining dollars were soon
in the hands OF Jesse Fits, who
consented to act as stake holder.
Hinde took his knife out and cut
large circular piece from the
crown OF Proud's hat. Hat and
piece we're passed around for in
spec'ion, and then Hinde took them
TO perform the trick. He placed
the piece in the hole, muttering a
few words, and then looked. But
the piece was still out.
He tried it again without success,
and Proud said:
"You can't do it, Tom. I've won
the dollar.
II guess you haye,n said Hinde.
"I've forgotten the formula for this
part OF the trick. Take the money!
just as Proud reached for the
stakes he thought OF something.
"Say, who's going to pay me for
that ha,?' he gasped.
"Darned if / know" said Hinde.
II didn't agree to do that. pay
my lost bet, and that's all can do"
Omaha Wcrld-Herald.
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Encouraged In His Music.

"I'll tell you of the only encour-
agement / ever received since / be-
gan to play the violin, and that's
many years." said a hardworking
amateur the other night as he
stretched his neck toward his music
stand to make out a difficult move
meat which he was trying to play
"Let's hear it," said bis friend,
for il was blessing to have him
stop playing.
swell, it was this way: was
spending my vacation at my music
teachers house in the Ad;rondacks
One day after practicing some hours
on the same piece that you heard
me playing now my teacher came
to my room and suggested that
there was nice place to practice in
tue barn, and by doing SO 1 would
oblige her and her mother, who was
sick in the adjacent room. Well, of
course, / felt somewhat hurt, but
was not going to lose my daily prac-
tice and went to the barn. / got in
to the haylofs and began to play In
about half an hour I was surround
ed by rats that squealed and cut up
all sorts of capers. 1 often heard
Of animals being charmed by music,
but nothing could make me believe
it until now.
swell, do you know, 1 never was
so happy in my life, to think that
all my time was not wasted in try
ing to be a musician? l always
liked rats since then, and / was
tempted to trap my barn audience
for future use. / was pleased to see
that l had at last charmed some one
with my music. felt like catching
them all and bringing them home
for future encouragement New
York Tribune.
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A Bat in a Tomb.

A queer story is told of natural
ist who died in 1860 and was buried
at Blankney, in Lincolnshire. Among
his pets was large gray bat.
This bat was permitted to enter
the tomb and was sealed up alive
with the corpse of his dead master.
In 1865 the vault was opened, and to
the surprise OF all the bat was alive
and fat.
On four different occasions since
the relatives of the dead man have
looked after the welfare of his pet,
and each time it has been reported
that the bat was still in the land of
the living, although occupying quar-.
tiers with the dead. 1t was last seen
in 1892.-Pearson's Weekly.
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Acute Catarrh Cured with Two
Bottles.

Mr.. John Davis, Broadway, Frost
burg, Allegany county, Nd, writes !:
/ have tried Parker & Shea's Catarrh
Cure for nasal catarrh and can truth.
fully say that it is the best remedy
that have ever used for catarrh.
Two bottles cured me when was
scarcely able to breathe. / heartily
recommend it to all who have ten.
dency to catarrh. For sale by L.
G. Matthaei, Queen street.
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Dullerton-Prigster is always
picking me up on my grammar.
Smarte-And you and be don't
get on together at all?
Dullerton-Of course not. How
could we?
Smarte-By doing as l do. When
/ speak to him, / use bad grammar
purposely TO give him an opportun-
ity to correct me. Then l thank
him and say how much obliged to
him l am. We get along together
beautiful " Boston Transcript.
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DR.. Niles Nervine not only cures
all nervous disease, headache, blues,
nervous plostration, sleeplessness
neuralgia, st. Vitus dance, fits and
Mysteries, but also builds up the
body. I am pleased to say that after
years of intense, suffering with nerv-
Gus disease, headache and prostration
I tried DR.. Niles Restorative Ner-
vine, and in two weeks gained eight
pounds in weight. I could not lie
down to sleep, but now sleep perfect
ly easy, and am still improving Won
derfully. Cannot say enough for the
Nervine.-Mrs. L. B. Willard, Dun
kirk. N. Y" "One customer used
Nervine and gained fifteen pounds in
fesh.-Brown and Mayberry, Cort-
land, N. Y" Trial bottle and ele-
CANT book free at A. M. Gilbert's
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81 can stand being guyed about
my golden collar and my tin whis--
tie, and all that" observed General
Aguinaldo, shut when It comes to
the papers calling me The Bryan of
the Philippines, 1 feel like going
back into the woods and living
with the gorillas. Life.
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Scratch for Money.

A fathers lot is to dig and scratch
for money, but yet he should not neg
lect his baby's health. Provide your
baby with DR.. John W. Bulls Baby
Syrup when teething, and avoid much
suffering. Mr.. J. p. Steiner, Aurora,
Mo-, who has had some experience
with this remedy, pronomces it ''the
best medicine for babies he has ever
used in his family" 1t costs only Is
cents, but fathers should see that they
get DR.. John w. Bulls Baby Syrup.
For sale by N. A. snodgrass, 12N. Queen
street
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city or town bred man who has all his life
bumped. his back over desk, living an
unhealthy, sedentary life and failed to take
any care of his health, could not stay on
the back of one of these vicious brutes for
more than three jumps.
1t takes whole man to conquer vicious
animal. People may talk about intellectual
superiority and refinement and good breed
ing, but every man takes off his hat to
physical strength and endurance. While
the man who leads sedentary life cannot
hope, in this respect, to rival these sturdy
men of the plains, they can be sound, Wig
orous, healthy men If they will. 1t is
matter of care of health while one has it,
and the proper measures to restore it when
it is lost Most diseases begin with some
trouble of the digestive organs or Of the
liver. Troubles of this nature starve the
body, because they prevent it from receiv-
ing Its proper supply of nourishment. DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery gives
man an appetite like cowboys and the
digestion Of an ostrich. Its great work IS
upon the stomach large intestines and liver.
These are the organs that nourish mans
BODY This medicine makes them strong,
vigorous and healthy. 1t fills the blood
with the nourishment that builds new,
aolid and healthy flesh, muscle and nerves.
lam now enjoying magnificent health, after
having suffered for years with chronic catarrh.
writes Ramon Sanchez Esq. of Penasco. Taos
Co., New Mexico. by the use OF your Coice1
Medical Discovery have recovered my heaith,
and am now, physically a sound nan attending
10 my business and enjoying life"
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Strength and Health.

Ifyou are not feeling strong and
healthy, try Electric Bitters. If" Ia
grippe" has left you weak and weary
use Electric Bitters.. This remedy
acts directly upon the Liver, Stom-
ach and Kidneys, gently aiding those
organs to perform their functions.
If you are afflicted with sick head
ache, you will find speedy and per-
manent relief by taking Electric Bit
tiers. One trial will convince you
that this is the remedy you need
Large bottles only SOC. at L.G. Mat
thaei's DRUG Store
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"De way it clouds up when dab 8
gwinter be a meteor exhibition in
de sky said Uncle Eben,cis mighty
disapp'intin'. But it serves to re-
min a few OBJ US hnman folks dat
mebbe, aftuh all, de hull universe
amt run fob our particular intuh-
tainment.' Washington Star.
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"Evelyn," said her father, "what
particular feat of bravery did that
young man who called on you last
night perform during the WARP
"None, father. He staid home at
mI request. But why do you ask2"
ooh, judging from tie way you
kissed him ! thought perhaps he
had directed the movements of
Dewey and Schley during the con-
flict. ".--Philadelphia, North Amer
lean.
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A Remedy for Nasal Catar,

A Remedy for Nasal Catarrh
which is drying and exciting to the
diseased membrane should not be
used. What is needed is that which
is cleansing, soothing, protecting
and healing. Such a remedy is
Ely's Cream Balm. To test it 9
trial size for 10 cents or the large
for SO cents is mailed by Ely Broth
ers, 56 Warren Street, New York.
Druggists keep it. The Balm when
placed into the nostrils, spreads over
the membrane and is absorbed. a
cold in the head yanishes quickly:
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Many persons have lost confidence
ard hope as we'll as health, because
they have been told their Kidney
diseases was incurable. Foley g
Kidney Cure is q Guaranteed rem
cdv for the discouraged and discon.
ISOLATE. For sale by E. C. Will
liams.
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For HOarseRess.

Benz. Ingerson ,of Hutton, Ind.
says he had not spoken above a
whisper for months, and enc bottle
Of Foley's Honey and Tar restored,
his voice. 1t is used very largely
by speakers and singers. For sale
by E. Q. Williams.
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The person who disturbed the
congregation last Sunday by cough
ing, is requested to call on E. c..
Williams and get bottle Of Foley's
Honey and Tar, which always gives
relief.
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FISHING FoP spoN0ES.
How They are Sighted and Broaght
I'D From TIE Water

5NQ1t . Ely IA v Al'hS@ARe~ = "~N-f-fl - .
Up From TIE Water
The sponges Of commerce and the
dried sp cimens Of other species are
not tue actual animals, but merely
their skeletons or frsmework. That
whch constitutes their vital parts
is removed in preparing them for
market.
Sponges do not haze the power Of
molten possessed by most animals.
They are nearly always attached to
submerged objects. Since it is I'M
POSSIBLE for them to go in search Oh
food, they can grow only in places
where there is plenty Of food SUCH
as they require.
They are more active In fresh than
In still water and die in short time
If cxposed to the air. The surface
OF a living sponge is covered With
minute pores, through which water
Is imbibed, carrying with it both the
air and the organic particles neces'
sary for the support of life.
Sponges are distributed through
all seas and are classified chiefly ac-
cording to the structure OF the skele'
ton. The Mediterranean and the
& Red s2as are the sponging grounds
Of the old world. The grounds OF
the new world are The Bahamas,
southern and western Florida and
nsrts of the West Indies.
The best sponge of commerce lie
found in the Mediterranean and is
known as 1.-THE Turkey, or Smyrna,
sponge. 1t is obtained by divers,
who go clad in armour when diving.
Sponges are usually obtained by
fishing for them. When a sponge
vessels arrives at the fishing grounds
in the Bahamas, it is anchored, end
the crew Immediately get ready for
work. The sponge fishers outfit
consists Of small boat called a
"dingey," a long hook and a water
glass. The sponge hook is three
pronged iron fork attached to the
end of very long pole. The water
glass is simply a wooden water
bucket with a bottom of common
window glass.
To use it the glass bottom is
thrust into the water, the fisherman
puts the bail around his neck and
then buries his head deep in the
bucket to exclude the.light. There
are always two mcn to each dingey
-one to act as "sculler" and the
other as "hooker." While the sculler
pr2pels the dingey along very slowly
the hooker, in a kneeling position,
keeps his head 10 the water glass,
looking down in the water. When
good sponge is sighted, the hooker
gives signal, and the dingey stops.
Together the sculler and the hook
err thrust the sponge hook down
through the water and run it under
the sponge. The roots are thus
pulled loose from the rocks, and
soon the game is in the dingey.
Thus the work goes on until boat
load ia obtained, and then they are
taken ashore and placed in ciawls
TO be cured. The crawls are built
by sticking pieces of brush or stakes
into the sand juet out of the water
or where it is very shallow.
They remain in tie crawls while
undergoing maceration, and the re-
fuse is carried away in the ebb and
flow of the tide. Usually they are
left in the crawls for a week; then
the fishermen remove them and give
them a beating for the purpose of
removing all chance impurities. At
ter the beating they are thoroughly
cleansed and are ready for market
Philadelphia Press.
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"Timnins is rather peculiar for q
poet. He says he is averse to no
toriety.' THAT is because of it all
being gained by other poets. In
dianapolis Journal.
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Incontinence 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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"Here's writer who says mar
ried people ought to live across the
street from each other.o "That
wouldn't do at all. They'd fall on,
then about things they'd borrow
Chicago Record.
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Its Field-"I have an invention
which will revolutionize the world"
said the boaster. "There ought to
be a great demand for something
like that in Central and South
America replied the matter of-fact
man -Pitisburg Chronicle-T Q E.
graph.
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maud says she is madly in love
with her new Wheel" "Huh! An
other case where man is displaced
by machinery."- Household Words.
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s.Give me the streets of the
Cities" said the corporation presi-
dent, "and ! care not who takes the
Islands. "-Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
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1t is probable that babies do not
have souls until after they get
through having teeth.
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For Pneumonia.

DR.. j. G. Bishop, of Agnew,
Mich, says: 81 have used Foley's
Honey and Tar in three very severe
cases of pneumonia the past month
with good results" For sale by e.
G. Williams.
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aOoD,S Sarsaparilia has over and
II over again proved by its cures,
when all other preparations failed, that
It is the One True BLOOD Purifier.
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The first duty ola newspaper is
to print the news; the second is to
deny it.-Life.
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FRAZER AXLE:
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cts. Samples free at A. NJ. Gilbert's
Drug Store. Jan I6Iy