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The Newtown bee., 1900-11-16
WEDDING AT FOUR-WINDS FARM.

THE REWARD OF CoNsTANCY. WITH A SUGGESTION OF FURTHER EXTENSION or INFLUENCE-WRITTE BY l.. M. MONTGOMERY FOR TEE SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN,.
The Newtown bee., 1900-11-16
The Home Circle. FROM A HUNDRED MANUFACTURES. BEING BRIET 0LIMPsEs OF THE FURNI- TURF SECTION OF THE D. M. READ, CO.,, FIXED OUT BY SOME LETTERPhEss REL ATIvE TO QUALITY AND PRICES.
 (COPYR1GHT. 1900, BY THE D. M. READ co
[CoPYR1aHT, 1900, BY THE D. M. READ co ]
FOREWORD.

From . hundred manufactories was ee. lected as our title because it touches the keynote of the importance of our furni- tufe section. No single manufactory, be 1t ever 90 we'll equipped, can, produce all kinds of furniture to the satisfaction of everybody. Some make ons thing better than all others their speciality 1
 here. For few things we go to severa,
 Rnducers and get variety of styles-al)
The Newtown bee., 1900-11-16

The bedroom. Santo Domingo grew the mahogany from which was fashioned the finest of our chamber suites, and though the product of modern American methods, it rivals come of the most GU perb Old World masterpiecss. Neither bedsteAd, dresser nor chif )nter fe elaborate in design, for such ma gni6cen, expanses of rich satin.like grain do not need to be hidden, but in the graceful swelling curves of head and foot board,
The Newtown bee., 1900-11-16

nl.hed ..Director's room. ve have suit- able kinds of desks, desk ehaire, letter copying devices, letter, document and bill flea, the card index in every neces. sary form, tariff eases, pigeon hole hand b sk form cases. The Close. WernjC1e elastic system of files, indexes and cases can be adapted to any and Ill HCfhce IT, quirements, and is Of partioufsf value where additions are likely to be neoess- ary.
 By way of conoluslon-prlees. T The impossibility of catal0guing. MastIst- ing and giving the prices of % vast and constantly changing sestock as we carry is ob vious, yet we hope shat the forgoing pages have suggested few of the profit.
The Newtown bee., 1900-11-16

writing chairs of oak or mahogany are shown in many designs. For the dining TOO n the productions of
 some twelve or more leading manufac-
The Newtown bee., 1900-11-16

straight glass fronts, adjustable :shelve' and mirror backs are features of construc tien, and choice of the wood may be governed by the other furnishiugs.
 Serving tables, crystal cabinets and butlers' trays completes display which occupies one entire room.
The times., 1900-12-30
A oNE-ARMED WONDER.
Who Boxes and
Writes without Hands.
From TIC St. Louis star)

Abraham Myers. of Hanover. Pa, is a
good penman though he has no hands, and
an expert boxer without fists.
Both of his hands were blown of TWEEN
ty-live years ago by a premature blast at
a stone quarry when he WAS boy. To save
his life it was necessary TO amputate both
arms near the elbows.
During the period Of his convalescence
he read a book on the lives OF self made
men. and. encouraged by their example, he
determined to make the most of life. He
attended school on recovery and prepared
himself for a teacher. He began his life
work at once. and has beer successful
teacher in the public schools Of York and
Lancaster counties for fourteen years.
Here are a few of Myers accomplish
ments He is an excellent penman, hold
ing the pen between the ends of his arms,
He is an accurate marksman. He plays
pool and billiards we'll. He is known as
an expert with the boxing gloves, and is
always ready for a bout
Myers handles a gun deftly. and when
he fires AT a target pulls the trigger by
means of a leather throng attached to it.
This he holds in his teeth.
Myers says he wore pair OF false hands
once, but 'Only for appearence's sake, he
adds.
The occasion for his UNUSUAL display was
his wedding. He is popular in Hanover,
and takes an active part In the politics
OF the county. He is secretary OF two local
societies. and his books are said to be
models of neatness.
The times., 1900-12-30
HAROLD WAS HIS NAME.
A Yorth's Experience On Meeting His
Sisters Friend.
tFrom a. New York snn. }


Among the men and women waiting at
the White Star pier for the steamship Ma
jestic 20 land her passengers on Thurs
day night was a young man whose first
name was Harold. With him were three
other men all waiting TO greet friends.
In the course of conversation Harold ex-
planned to them that he was waiting for
young English girl, a great friend of
his eldest sister. and as he had not laid
eyes on her for almost ten years, when she
was a girl of sixteen, he was not quite
sure how he was going to identify her.
few moments later the ship drew up
alongside the pier and the passengers as
they recognized their friends on the
wharf began to shrek out delightedly
as only returning voyagers can. Sudden
ly, like bolt out of the blue sky to This
particular young man, came a shout from
the shsf of Harold Harold, darling My
sweetheart, Look at me, Harold, dear"
The young man jumped about three feet
in the air, turned as red as Shanley lob
ster, and muttered a cordial oath under
his breath. His three friends were in
hts. TIL re was a moments calm and then
one of his friends observed very quietly:
Il gay, Harold. for a girl whom you
haven't seen for ten years that young lady
is doing as well as can be expected"
But l tell you, my dear fellow" ex-
planned Harold.
Il say. Harold" interrupted Friend No
2. doesn't it strike you that for an En-
glish girl your sisters friend is rather a
warm baby?"
Hang it! ] tell you l scarcely know
her" cried Harold, with tears of rage in
his eyes III a fool of woman wants
to. But at that moment the "Har-
old'' cries broke out again. This lime it
was Harold. my precious. Harold, sweet
est. Look at me-here | am" But Har-
old wouldn't look. Instead he turned his
friends. murmuring something about
That amt the proper way to treat a
lady" laid restraining hands upon him
and held him fast. This time, however
Harold was in boiling rage. He wrench
ed himself free, and, remarkng that ne
would see his sisters friend in any old
place before he'd stop tc meet her, was
just about to make hasty exit, when
suddenly a three-year-o old child, waving a
tiny American flag, lifted up its voice and
shouted:
Here | am mommy. Here's your Har-
old" great shout of laughter went up
from the entire group The young man
rushed forward and, addressing the man
who was with the child, remarked:
Il beg your pardon, but IL your kids
name Hsrold?"
why, yes" laughed the father I've
brought him down here TO meet his roth
er."
Thank Heaven." murmured the young
man fervently; Il thought that woman
was shouting at me-"
The times., 1900-12-30
A LETTER BY CHARLES LAMB.
Written 10 His Pbysician After Al
Hilarious Incident.
prom the London Timee.l

(Flom the London Times.)
The new number of the Lawyer con-
tains many interesting features, and among
them an excellent instsllment of Memo
rles Of the Temple and OF Its Inmates" by
Hugh H. L. Rellot. barrister-at-law. that
includes a hitherto unpublished letter by
Charles Lamb 10 his physician at Edmon-
ston. from which We make the following
extracts:
1T is an observation Of a wise man that
moderation is best in all things / cam
not agree with him in liquor There is
smoothness and oiliness in wine that makes
1t go down by natural channel which l
am positive was made for that descending.
Else, why does not wine choke us? Could
nature have made that sloping lane not to
facilitate the downgoipg? She does nothing
in vain. You know that better than /. You
know how often she has helped you at
dead lift and how much better entitled
she is to a fee than yourself sometimes
when you carry off the credit. Still, there
is something due to manners and customs,
and l should apologize 10 you and Mrs. A.
for being absolutely carried home upon
mans shoulders through Silver Street. up
Parsons Lane, by the chapels (Which
might have taught me better, and then TO
be deposited like dead log al Gaffar
Westwood's, who it seems, does not in
SURE against intoxication. Not that the
mode OF conveyance is Objectionable.
"0n the contrary, 1t is more easy tban
a one-horse chaise. Ariel, in The Temp
pest says On bats back do ! fly
after sunset merriIy.' Now. / take 1t that
Ariel must sometimes have stayed out
late of nights. Indeed he pretends that
where the bee sucks there turks he
as much as TO say that his suction is as
innocent as that little (but damnably
stinging when he is provoked winged
creature. But / take II that Ariel was
fond OF metheglin. of which the bees are
notorious brewers But. then. you will
say, what a shocking sight to see a mid
dle-aged gentleman and a half rid ing
upon gentleman's back up Parsons
Lane at midnight. Exactly the time for
that sort of conveyance. when nobody
can see him-nobody but heaven and his
own conscience. Now. heaven makes
fools, and don't expect much from her
own creation; and as for conscience, she
and / have long since come to compro-
mise. | have given up false modesty,
and she allows me to abate little of the
true. | like to be liked, but I don't care
about being respected My sis
ter has begged me to write an apology
to Mrs. A. and you for disgraeing your
party. Now, It does seem TO me that /
rather honored your party, for every
one that was not drunk (and one or two
Of the ladies'. / am sure, were noU must
have been set off greatly in the contrast
to me. ! was the scapegoat. The So
berer they seemed"
The times., 1900-12-30
A NEW FIRE ALARM.
An Ante Machine That Produces It's
own Electricity.

new variety OF electric fire alarm has
been produced in which no batteries are
used. The system is intended for small
towns and cities and is very thoroughly
worked out. In each alarm box is mag
neto machine. similar to that used in
connection with the telephone as a call
bell, which is connected with a powerful
clock spring through appropriate cams
and levers SO that when the box is open
ed by means of KEY the armature of the
magnetic machine receives definite sue
cession of short, quick half-turns. Each
of these sends out over the circuit in
which the box is connected an impulse
Of electrical current which may be of con-
siderable power. This is received in the
usual way on gongs and registers.
To complete the system an ingenious
line tester is used normally. when every
thing is in proper order, all the circuit is
closed but no current is flowing in il. II
this circuit should be opened at any point
the boxes would not work. so the tester
is used to send out, every two or three
minutes, as may be desired, small i'm
pulses of current to ascertain the condi-
tion OF the line. Its mechanism is very
similar to that of the box Upon the ar
mature OF a magnetic machine is suspend
ed weight which is wound up by clock
work and released at short intervals.
This apparatus is connected into the line,
and il everything is in good working order
the resistance encountered by the arma-
ture of the magnetic when the weight is
freed causes the latter to descend slowly
Should, however. the circuit be open, the
weight drops quickly and rings in an
alarm fer open line.
The times., 1900-12-30
BONES HELD AS SECURITY.
Why Remains of Certain CeIestiaIs
Are Detatned Gin America.
From the san FraIeiscO chronieie.)

From the Fan Frarcisco Chronicle.l
A lien upon the wh tened bones of 2e7
deceased Mongolians il the gruesome Sc
curity held by the city of San Jose in the
vaults at the. Oak Hill Cemetery for the
payment OF sfl5e per head on the dead Chi
uese.
Some twenty years ago a plot in the
southwest corner OF Oak Hill Cemetery
was set aside by legal enactment as the de-
pository for dead Chinese. Up to date 327
Orientals have found there resting place.
A superstition common TO all the follow
ers of Confucius leads every Chinese TO
desire that his bones shall finally be gath
cred to the sepulchre of his fathers.
So thoroughly is this imbued in the race
that every live Chinese seeks to carry
out the last wish of his deceased friends
that his bones, in turn. may receive the
same attention when his time comes to
join the silent majority" In keeping
with this racial custom the friends and
fraternal connections Of most of the de-
ceased Celestials took steps some tiIle
ago to secure the disinterment of the
bodies resting in Oak Hill and have them
shipped back to their native soil. A con-
tract was made with the Oak Hill I'm
proyement Company for their disinter-
ment. The Chinese themselves set up
witches cauldron" in which to boil.
clean, ana Whlten the bones. Ihe graves
gave up their dead, the ghostly kettle
steamed and boiled and one by one from
the cauldron was taken the bones. These
were deposited in tin boxes, which being
hermetically sealed, were deposited in the
vault to await shipment.
About this time the city fathers saw fit
to pass an ordinance empowering the
Board OF Health to charge fee of Sl.50
for every certificate of disnterment
granted. In common with all other cities
ii has always been the law TO require such
body affected with contagious disease,
but no fee had formerly been charged.
This law applied equally to white, black,
or yellow persons, and no trouble was eX-
perienced in its enforcement until this
wholesale removal of Chinese occurred.
Now come the friends of the deceased,
and through their attorney, protest
against the payment of the fee and threat
en- if it is enforced to carry it into the
Federal courts and seek to break down
the law.
The city sees no reason, however, why
the fee should not be collected, and i. is
holding as security the bones of 267 Chi
nese for the payment of $400.50. The
funds of the board are low at this time,
and they are not disposed to issue 267
certificates without a consideration.
And so IL comes to pass that the Gem
etery Improvement Company holds in es-
crow 267 tin boxes. eighteen by thirty
inches containing all that remains of as
many loyal subjects of the Empress Dow
ager.
The times., 1900-12-30
WONDERFUL CURES
BY SWAMP=ROOT
To Prove What the World-famOus Discovery
Swamp-Root, Will Do for YOU, All Our Readers
May Have Sample Bottle Free by Mail.

Weak and unhealthy kidneys are re-
sponsible for more sickness and suffering
than any other disease, and If permitted to
continue fatal results are sure to follow.
The kidneys filter and purify the blood
that is their work
SO when your kidneys are weak or out
OF order you can understand how quickly
your entire body is affected, and how every
organ seems to fail to do its duty.
Among the many cures OF Dr. Giimer's
swamp Root, the great kidney, liver, and
bladder remedy. investigated b. The
Times. the ones which we publish .his
week for the benefit of our readers sneak
IN the highest terms of the wonderful
curative properties of this great remedy.
Des Moines, Iowa, Oct 20, 1900.
/ had been out Of health for long time
and | was taking medicine from doctors
prescription when received your sample bot
tie. stopped taking the doctors medicine :
and used the sample bottle o. Swamp Root
! afterward took two Of your large bottles.
and IT cured me entirely, anil have not felt
SO well for years. / thank You very much
for sending me the sample bottle
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The times., 1900-12-30
THE MEMORY OF ALGERISM.

South Africa with regard to the famous
Lake Ngami. discovered by Livingstone
more than fifty years ago. The dessication
of Lake Ngamj has made extremely rapid
progress in the past ten or twelve years.
When Livingstone reached the lake In 1919
he found sheet of water with an area of
about SEQ kilometers. The lake has now
entirely disappeared. Its old bed is a low
lying plain covered with jungle. with small
areas of boggy land here and there. but not
a vestige OF water surface TO be seen.
The Okawango River, once the outlet of
the lake, is entirely dry for some twenty
miles from Ngami, where it begins to
gather water again. Formerly many ma
tives lived around the edges of the lake
and raised a great deal of grain there. But
culture nov is impossible as there is no
water TO irrigate the crops. and the result
is that the numerous villages around the
lake have been abandoned. Only a COM
paratively few herders OF cattle still live
where In the fiourishng days of Lake
Ngami there was a large popula tion.
The times., 1900-12-30
MRS. IHRIG,s OIL STRIKE.
West Virginia Woman
Who Is Making $1,000 "a Week.

CFTom the New York SUM-
West Virginia oil developments of the
past few weeks have produced what the
operators are pleased to call an oil
queen" She is Mrs. Mary Ihrig, former
Iy of Sisterylle, now living in the Tyler
County field, where her venturesome spirit
and good luck netted her an oil income
that has beeh averaging about $1,000 .
week for a month. Mrs. Ihrig was form
erly gagged in the shoe business at Sis
tervilIe, and it was while living in that
busy town of oil and oil Vaccinations
that she developed the speculative fever.
Her shoe business not very success
ful and she began to dabble in oil. Sew
eral small ventures are said to have net
ted her enough to make her confident and
willing to undertake the development of
the most uncertain wildcat" territory in
the State. She secured control Of large
slice of new territory in the upper end OF
Tyler County and regardless OF the head
shakes and discouraging words OF her
friends she went into the field for active
operations. Several months ago she con-
tracted for the drilling of well on her
land. A series of mishaps prevented the
completion of the job until De -ember 4.
when the drill touched pocket NJ oil and
a small g,isher resulted. The flow was
pretty heavy at first, but has since settled
down to about go barrels day, with
every prospect that the output will be
maintained.
The strike is The opening wedge in ter
ritory that will prove to be very yalu-
able Mrs. Ihrig is preparing to put down
other wells just as soon as rigging can
be hauled to her property. The woman
speculator has fixed upon several spots
upon which her agents will begin drilling
as soon as possible. She has purchased
handsome home at Parkersburg and will
likely direct her new interests from that
place.
The times., 1900-12-30
A NEW AFRICAN TRIBE.
The Discovery of Distinctive Race
Hitherto Unknown.
iFrom the London Chronicle.)


Sir Clements r Markham, President of
the Royal Geographical Society, deiiy-
cred his customary address at the open
ing CT the session last night to an in
teresting audience.
Dr. Donaldson Smith, in the course OF
an interesting lecture. described new
tribe he had discovered-the Magois.
They have the heavy build and large
features. with high cheek bones. OF the
Soudanese. and. above all. the lines of
raised tattOoing on their cheeks that is
so typical of the people about the Nile.
DR.. Smith thinks it not unlikely that
they are a branch of the Dinkas. VINO.
perhaps, being driven from the Sobat by
the Neurs, put the desert t5cween them
selves and their prosecutors. They seem
to care principally for smsl beads. and
work them in gorgeous patterns on leath-
er plaques, with which the warriors adorn
their massive headdress-
The most outre of our fashionable
young men can never aspire to the height
of the collar worn by some OF the MGgols.
Their collar OF beads throws the chin
high up in the air. and their locks are
done ND in a great chiffon. composed prin-
cipally of clay covered with ostrich feath
ers. Parallel lines of raised tattooing en-
the chest and abdomen, leopards skins
hung over the back. and bell hung on
a slender cord around the waist help 10
enrich the mems appearance
They are the only people DR.. Smith has
ever seen wearing a Zebras tail suspend
ed from the elbows Many of the younger
girls have attractive features and pretty
figures. The worst burden they have 10
carry in life seems to be the countless
necklaces of beads which spread over
their bosoms TO the waist and the large
bracelets and anklets of ivory, brass, and
iron. Their hair is shaved above the ears
and cut fairly close on top of the head.
The times., 1900-12-30
LAKES FAST DRYING UP.
Areas That Are Deficient in Rccep-
tians of Rain.
Qrom the New York SUM

(FrOm the New York SUM
Lieut. o. Olufsen, OF the Danish army,
has recently completed his second series
OF explorations in Central Asia and par
ticularly on the lofty Pamir plateau
where he first began HIS studies in 1886
He says that in the past few years the
quantity OF water in the Turkestan and
Bokhars has notably diminished. A mum
Der OF GASES that were cultivated with
much success several years ago have now
been abandoned because the streams that
rendered their irrigation possible have
dried up. This phenomanon is particular
ly prominent along the little rivers that
feed the Syr Daria and the Anu Daria,
whose sources are among the highlands
of the Pamirs.
The quantity of snow on the Pamirs is
decreasing on account of the rapid erosion
of the soft schistose rocks which form the
ridges, the filling up of the valleys and
the increased average velocity of The
wind. With high winds blowing over a
surface that is now more level than for
merly the SHOWS which fed the lakes. the
sources of these rivers that helped to give
fertility to Turkestan and Bokhara. blow
away in large part, and the result is that
the lakes are much smaller than formerly.
He mentions In particular the Yechil
Kul, or lake, which was formerly at least
200 kilometers-about 800 miles-iD cir
conference. The lake Is Iow only about
forty miles In circumference. Parts of II,
however, still exist as little lakes cut OF
from the main lake In the lower parts OF
the former bed occupied by the Yechil Kul
when 1t was one unbroken sheet OF water.
This lake. however. is not one Of the feed
ers of the river. for 1t is a salt lake.
A somewhat similar story comes from
The times., 1900-12-30
Wha.. a Woman
Says of
Swamp-Root.

If you are sick or feel badly" begin
taking the famous new discovery, DR.. Kill
mer's Swamp Root because as soon as
ycur kidneys are well they will help all
the other organs to health A trial will
convince you-and you may have sample
bottle free for the asking.
When your Kidneys are not doing their
work, some of the symptoms which prove
it TO you are pain or dull ache in the
back. excess of uric acid. gravel, rheu
matte pains. sediment In the Urine, scanty
supply, scalding irritation in passing 1t.
obliged to go often during the day and 10
get up many times during the night to
empty the bladder; sleeplessness, nervous
irritability, dizziness, Irregular heart.
bTsathlessness, sallow, unhealthy complex
ion, puffy or dark circles under the eyes.
loss of ambition. general weakness. and
debility
Swamp-Root is used In the leading hos
pitals, recommended by physicians in
their private practice, and is taken by
doctors themselves who have kidney all
ments. because they recognize in II the
The times., 1900-12-30
90 ~ .
Influenza-COId in the Head

Is an Inflammation OF the lining mem
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ling. itching. and dryness Of the nostrIls
followed by a watery or mucus discharge:
frequent sneezing; dull pain ard sense OF
weight in the forehead increased secretion
OF tears; occasional chilliness, and Fever
II not arrested, the Cstarrh spreads to
the throat and respiratory organs. attended
with Hosrseness. Sore Throat Tickling
Cough and Oppressed Breathing
CHECKED CIRCULATION, the cause Of
nearly all Colds. produces these symptoms;
the Use of ~" starts the blood tingling
through the veins until # reaches the ex-
uemities. when the feet warm up and the
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