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Plea For single Beds.

Two in bed is the usual custom of
sleeping, in the United States at least,
and also in Canada and England; but in
Germany and France single beds are the
rule. The latter plan is more healthful
and comfortable. 1t is gradually coming
into use in this country. Single beds in
volve more linen, more work in making
beds and more washing, but l never
knew family to return to the old plan
after once giving single beds fair trial.
Especially in summer is the single bed to
be preferred, OF even sleeping on the
floor, to two in a bed. Many families de-
clare they never knew what comfort was
during the summer nights until they
adopted the single beds. | might add a
word of protest against allowing babies
or young children to sleep with old peo-
pie. The latter certainly draw upon the
vitality of the former. This is probably
true as between any bedfellows one of
whom is sicllly or less strong than the
other Consumption and other diseases
have often been communicated from one
bedfellow to another.-Good Housekeep-
ING
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deal. He drew seven spot, drew
jack. In this first hand | captured all
the tricks In the next hand he swept
the board. We were now even-two and
two. 1t was now my turn to deal.
''While shutting the cards l noticed
that the card at the bottom of the pack
was the king of diamonds. How bright
it looked in its scarlet colorl At sight Of
it was seized with an uncomfortable de-
sire to steal it. For the moment l i'm
agined myself at home, at my own table,
under the lamp, my wife opposite me,
and quietly unobserved, l thought
drew from the bottom that king of dia-
monds, which played at the proper
time, exclaiming with feigned surprise,
Hello, l have the kingv Hardly had
uttered the words when / felt a pallor
spreading over my face. The colonel no.
ticed it, stopped playing and looked at
me in silence. My breathing became
rapid. ! was so overcome with shame
that l could have died on the spot.
"From rear room came the sounds OF
the orchestra playing 'Life's joys Tbs
colonel kept his eyes right on me-a
steady, penetrating, hard look, full of
contempt and sadness. Finally he turn
ed his eyes away and remarked coldly,
We'll, since you have it mark it, Then
as he arose from the table he pushed to-
ward me with the finger tips of his white
gloves the forms, remarking, You have
won, sir l had not yet recovered my
equanimity, so completely had my grief
Frustrated me, but l could not let my
colonel go away in that humor.
81 said to myself: lie is a worthy man,
father of family. l will tell him that
did that act unconsciously, and he'll
laugh it off. No doubt he'll consider it
joke. He'll pat me on the back, and
that'll be the end of it, l caught up
with him. As soon as l was by his side
l said to him in low, suppliant tones,
Colonel, coloneP-But / could not utter
another word. He stopped, gazed at me
as he had done at the card table, and his
look again penetrated me-burned into
my very soul. Then / understood that |
was lost, dishonored In his estimation. l
felt that no matter what l might have
said In exclamation of my crime he would
consider it simply lie, so l hung my
head, kept silence, and he went away.
From that day 1 have never loved my
profession although l was the most not
ed among my comrades.
mo matter where l went whether in
quarters or at drills or in the houses
where we had our reunions, l felt that
look Of the colonel-that silent look
which always seemed to say, Lieutenant
Malten, you're a thiefn
"In course of time l was made a cap
tain Then lost my beloved wife with
whom l used to cheat at cards. Then
came Sadowa, which. you know, put an
end to my military career. And so you
have my story. l may have spun it out a
little too long, for which l apologize, but,
gentlemen, you must play without me-
New York Commercial Advertiser.
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Brains md Hands.

The brain of a great man remains in
fine working order long after his hands,
directed by that brain, have lost their
dizziness. That is one of the curious
things of life There are plenty of in
stances Of men who have reached the al
lotted age of life continuing in the activi-
ties of the world as long as those activi-
ties are of the brain and not of the hand.
But the mechanics highest skill is
shown when he is between the ages of 80
and 40. After the latter age his hand
loses its cunning, but if his brain has
been taught to work he can continue to
labor and may even surpass the earning
power of his hand. After 40 the muscles
do not respond nearly as certainly and
readily to the orders and the willingness
of the brain, and a mans handwork be-
gins to fall off in its earning capacity.
Yet in the case of the brain it is only
after 40 that it really begins its best
work-the work that endures and is call
ed famous long after the man has ceased
to be.-New York Press.
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TOO GOOD TO BE WELL.
A Hospital Doctors Experience
With an Out Patient.

A Hospital Doctors Experience
With an Out Patient.
There is ar interval of silence; then a
sudden peal as the accident bell is heard,
and the next moment an agitated parent
is seen running down the passage with a
child tucked under the arm, its bare legs
streaming behind it in the wind of its
mothers rapidity.
whats the matter. missis? Has she
swallowed some poison?'
mo, sir; it amt that" she pants; "but
I'm that scared don't know 'ardly which
way to turn
"Well, but what's happened? Has she
hurt herselfP
mo, sir; and 'er father 'e's that upset
e couldn't do nothink, else l amt used
to runnin like that, and ed ave brought
'er up, but e says as 'ow e daren't touch
FER and I've run all the way, and me
cart
Come now, missis, just tell me quietly
what's the matter with the child"
The patient, a pretty little thing of 4,
looks inquiringly at her alarmed parent;
there seems to be little the matter with
her.
cts all very we'll yer a-sittin there and
a-Cellln OF me 10 De Qulet, SAlSS 1hS
mother. eff yer 'ad children of yer own
yer wouldn't like ter see 'em die afore yer
eyes Oh, dear, oh, dear, and there ain
only two more and the baby!
The doctor in despair examines the little
girl, but fails to discover anything wrong.
''Now look here" says he firmly, Il can't
find anything the matter with your child,
so you'll have to go away unless you tell
me why you brought her up to the hos
pital."
'Well, doctor, we was all a-havin our tea
a minute ago as it might be, and 'eT
father was eatin a nice bit OF tripe as
was over from dinner, when Susy, that's
'er, says as 'ow she loved God and was
goin to leaving when she doied. What?'
in tones of horror. "Ain't yer going to
give 'er no medicine ?"-Macmillan'
Magazine.
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In addition to the aids of the druggists
lotions, nature is said to have provided
most efficient remedy for poison ivy poi
soning in the shape of the widely spread
flower known as spotted touchmenot,"
or Impatiens fulva. 1t is also called the
"jewel weed" and is abundant in the wa
ter courses during June and July, when
the Rhus toxicodendron and the Rhus We
nenata are most poisonous. The color Of
the flower of "spotted touchmenot" is
deep orange and the spots are of red
dish brown The lip forms a sack not
much unlike the moccasin flower, and 1t
ends in a curved spur. The seed pods
burst if slightly touched and scatter the
seeds all around, To this peculiar prop
erty the plant owes its common name.
1t is also called "noli me tangere" and
my touchez pas" The remedy is ap-
piled by expressing the juices of the plant
and applying it to the skin which has
been poisoned. Popular Science News.
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An Elder Brother.

Mr.. Bellenden Ker was wont to say
that it was astonishing how far back two
long lives set end to end could take you,
and, as a case in point, used to relate the
following incident which had occurred in
a will case in which he had been engaged:
A witness, a very old man, was asked if
he had any brother or sisters. He gave
the amazing reply that he had had one
brother who had died "a hundred and
fifty years ago" A murmur of incredul-
ity trayersed the whole court, from the
bench downward, which was changed to
something like stupefaction when doeu-
mentary evidence was brought in proof of
the old mans words. His father had
married at the age of 10 and had had a
son. who died the same year. He mar
ried again at the age of IS and had an
other son, the witness, who was 81 when
he gave his evidence.-Cornhill.
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TN the course OF time the young man
got on a shift of dry clothes and told
his story. He had been on a passen-
ger steamer when a big wave swept
the deck, taking him and the chicken
coop and Strengthening out every foot
of coiled rope. His name was Samuel
Welling-a bank clerk on his vaca-
ton. The Mary Ann had IA passen-
gers from then on. l cannot tell you
what was said by him when the man
dolins were trembling and the moon
was making the whole deck yellow, but
sometimes run on to him and see the
white waters splitting into lace and
diamonds across the figurehead.
perhaps it was no affair of mine,
but after we got back to Chicago l
looked up the fellow and found that
he had told the truth and that they
were to be married at the beginning of
the next vacation.
ut so happened that our luck had
changed with that voyage, and the
Mary Ann had all she could do the
rest of the season. Neither did / have
time to busy myself about such affairs
for two winters. Then l set out, one
blizzardy day in January, to find my
former passengers. found them
that is, l found Samuel, hard abed,
where he had been for fully year,
and not a cent in the bank. Mary was
at her school then, but after awhile
she came home and cried when she saw
me, as If she had seen her father, and
told me how Samuel-she called him
Samuel-had fallen one day when he
was skating with her and how he had
never been able to get to the bank
again. More than that, he could not
earn cent, and before she got school
again they were absolutely penniless.
But they were sailing again, and two
could live on the wages of teacher.
Now, that is what call bravery,
and is the reason said she was the
bravest woman that ever was"
And the captain of the Mary Ann of
Charlevoix walked across the street
of Goose Island. : Chicago Record
Herald.
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A very original essay on water is quot
ed by a contemporary. One or two of
the writer's ideas upon the subject are
strikingly novel. For instance. he di-
vides all water into four subheadings-
rainwater, soda water, holy water and
brine water" he continues, is used
for a good many things. Sailors use wa
ter to go to sea on. Water IS good
thing to fire at boys with a squirtgun
and to catch fishes in" But the stran-
gest Of all uses for water is this: mo
body" he says, "could be saved from
drowning if there wasn't water to pull
them out Of" This reminds one of the
boys essay on pins, in the course of
which he said that pins had saved many
lives by people not swallowing them.
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PoLA LOVED HIM.
Samoan Boy Who Wanted to Own a
Portrait of Stevenson.

samoan Boy Who Wanted to Own a
Portrait of Stevenson.
After Mr.. Stevenson's death so many Of
his Samoan friends begged for his photo
graph that we sent to Sydney for a sup
ply, which was soon exhausted. One aft
ernoon Pola came in and remarked in a
very hurt and an aggrieved manner that
he had been neglected in the way of pho
tographs.
"But your father, the chief, has large,
fine one"
True" said Pola. "But that is not
mine 1 have the box presented to me
by your high chief goodness. 1t has lit
tie cover, and there l wish to put the sun
shadow of Tusitala, the beloved chief
whom we all revere, but | more than
the others, because he was the head of
my clan"
ITO be sure" l said, and looked about
for photograph | found a picture cut
from a weekly paper, one | remembered
that Mr. Stevenson himself had particu-
larly dsliked He would have been pleas
ed had he seen the scornful way Pola
threw the picture on the floor.
81 will not have that" he cried. at is
pig faced 1t is not the shadow of our
chief" He leaned against the door and
wept.
81 have nothing else, Pola," l protest
ed. Truly, if l had another picture of
Tusitala | would give it to you"
He frightened up at once. There is
the one in the smoking room," he said,
where he walks back and forth. That
pleases me, for it looks like him." He re-
ferred to an oil painting of Mr.. Stevenson
by Sargent. | explained that could not
give him that "Then l will take the
round one" he said, ''of tin" This last
was the bronze bas-relief by ST. Gaudens.
l must have laughed involuntarily, for he
went out deeply hurt Hearing a strange
noise in the hall an hour or so later. l
opened the door and discovered Pola ly-
ing on his face, weeping bitterly.
what are you crying aboutF l asked.
1.-THE shadow, the shadow" he sobbed.
81 want the sun shadow of Tusitala."
l knocked at my mothers door across
the hall, and at the sight of that tear
stained face her heart melted, and he was
given the last photograph we had, which
he wrapped in a banana leaf, tying it
carefully with ribbon of grass.-Scrib-
ner's Magazine.
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VOL. XXI. NO. SO.
Pennsylvania RAILROAD
The Standard Railroad Of 4merica. Pro
tecfed throughout by Block Signals
and InterIOcking Switches.
IN EFFECT JUNE 80. 1901

Trains Leave Mourn Holly
FOR Philadelphia, $50, 600. $50, 7.l2, las. 75l,
S34 SAG, $40. n.l7 A. M 1882, LIS, 2.35, ABB,
10, 6.22, Ills, S.37, 1880 P. M.
ON sundays, S.02 A. NJ, l2O5. 6.lS, 100, S55 P. M.
For PemDerton, 7.0i, 1927, 1853 A. M, LAT. 2OS,
4.l5, 5.43, $40, 1875. P. NJ.
On sundays, Sl4, l0.l5 A. M. 7.0l Pm
For BordenJown, Trenton and New York, 6.2S,
z.40, s.l9, l.00. A. M, 1890, $780, 40O, 44O, BOO.
on Sundays, 9.25 A. M, 2.O5. 7.25P.M.
For East Burlington, 6.28, 725 7.40, S.22, S.59,
s.la. 1900 loo A. NJ. 1885, 300 400, 4.4O, 5.l5.
5.5J, 6.26, 1925. s.45, 1000 P. NJ.
On Sundays 1876, $50, 9.25 A. M, 1900, 205 ESQ.
3.l5, 3 Alb, 500, $685. sos, 625 1926, S.l5, $40
For Lewistown. Columbus, Kinkora, etc.,
For Lumperton, Medford, Marion ana Had
donfeld, 9.35 A. M.
For vincentown, 1926, 10 P. M.
For Toms River, Island Heights and Sea Side
Park S.27. $780, M, 2.Os, AT, Dab, Pm
On Sundays. STA A. M.
For Tuckerton and Beach Haven, $50 A. M,
4.49 r. M
For Asbury Park and Long Branch. s97 $50
AM, 2.0S, All Pm.
On Sundays, 84 A. NJ.
Trains Ieave for Mount Holly as Jottows:
From Philadelphia. 600, $40, 7.24, 9.l2 1000,
ll2O A. M 1910, 80, $40, 1852, Alp, 4.32, 800
$40, sos, SOS, 500, 1880, l1.5O P. M.
ON sundays, 1880. 9l5 A. NJ. LOO. 800, 1890 PM
From New York. via Trenton and Burlington
500, $50. A. NJ, LOO. 800 100. 800. 500. P. M
-
From Trenton, 6.45, LAO. $50, 1l.23 A. M, 255
4.30, $40, 100, $50 p. NJ.
On Sundays, is, lI.55. A. M, 405, 1903, P. M.
From East Burlington, 100, 500, s.26, s.4S, 92S
1905. 1850 A. NJ, II M, LOS, $780, 455, 52O 6Oo
$50, 100. $780, $3.50, lO.30P Pm.
On Sundays, 755, 900 1920, A. M, l250 90
3O5 3.45, 4.sO, 455, $50, 500, 6SO, 7oo 75O s4o
l0.00P.M
From Toms River. 656 s.O4. A. M. 1925. Al,
6.26 P. M
on Sundays, 622P
Prom AsDury Park. 100 lib A. M, ESQ, DID
From Medford, II55 An
E"nm Long Branch, 6.45, l0.55 A. M, 2lO, 5.oo
Pm.
On Sundays, 500P. M .
From Pemberton, (north) 6:37, 7.22, 7.z9. S44
IL 90 A. M, 1877, LOO 4.GS, All, S.22 P. M.
On sundays, 7. 2S A. M, 800, 65S P. NJ.
r -nn Pemberton (south), 7.33 A. M, 4.25, P. M
On Sundays, 703P. M
F,On vlncentown $50 A. M, 4.0O 2. M
From Beach Haven, 40 A. M, 2.55 P. M
On Sundays, 525 P. M.
WEST JERSEY g. SEASHORE RAILROAD
June 20, 1901,
Medford, Marlton and Philadelphia.
Leave Medford for Philadelphia at ZOO, 1907
AM, 200, So P. M.
On Sundays 100 A. M, 4.45 P. M.
Leave Marion for Philadelphia at TIA, 1920
A. NJ. 80. 5.s2, P.
on Sundays, ia A. M, 4. 80 P. M.
L;aYe Philadelphia, Market Street, for Med
ford and Marion at 100, 1913, A. M, $3.50, 5.2S
Pm.
on Sundays, 800 A. M, 6.40P.M.
Leave Marion tor Medford, S.l7, ll.3e A. M /,
41S $40, p. M.
on Sundays, 9.52, A. M, 7.2sP
For further particulars apply to the ticket
agent at the station.
j. b. HUTCHINSON, j. Il. WOOD,
General Manager Gen. Pass. Agent
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THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP.

A Region Strange and Interesting,
Weird and Solitary.
The Great Dismal swamp is a region
strange and interesting, weird and soli-
tary. 1t occupies billowy plain some 40
miles in length by % miles in breadth
along the Atlantic seaboard, extending
from Suffolk, Va, in a southerly direc-
ton, we'll into the bounds Of North Caro-
lima.
Its deep shades, great stretches of
brake and it's solitude make it a region
of interest. To the naturalist and sports
man it has much to offer. In its silent
Businesses the black bear finds home
admirably adapted to his protection and
in every. way favorable to his increase.
Here amid the dense growth of under
brush and timber he may live in COM
parative safety, and there is perhaps NO
locality in the whole eastern United
States of like extent which can offer a
larger bear population than this great
morass. The white tailed deer is also an
abundant denizen of the swamp, fire.
quenting the elevated parts.
In addition to the deer and bears, there
is a big game feature of rather unusual
nature. The swamp abounds in wild
cows. These animals, of a brown color
and somewhat smaller than the ordinary
cow, having for many years been under
the peculiar conditions of the swamp, I'M
til they are almost completely specialized
are extremely wild. They are feralized
from the herds of the farms adjacent tc
the swamp, and are the descendants OF
cattle which many years back wandered
into the Businesses and were lost to theil
owners, finally becoming wild. Being nc
longer recognized as property the sports
man may call game all that he may have
the prowess to shoot.
Lake Drummond, some ten miles from
Suffolk, Va, is the only great body OF
water in the swamp. 1t is beautiful
sheet of water, of an oval contour and
fringed with a heavy growth Of timber
mostly cypress, white cedar and black
gum. It's water is of a dark color owing
to the decaying vegetation of the sur
rounding country, but is suitable tc
drink, and possesses the quality Of re-
naming pure longer than most Other
water For this reason it is often car
ried to sea by sailors on long voyages.
The characteristic mammalian fauna Is
of a semitropical nature as regards the
smaller forms, while there are many
tropical plants. OF birds there are not
many kinds, prothonotary, hooded and
Swainson's warblers and the Maryland
yellowthroat being the principal smaller
forms. The trees, some of which are
primeval, are large and beautiful, while
there is a luxuriant growth of ferns anc
aquatic plants. Cane grows in profu
sion.-Forest and Stream.
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plant Seusttiveness.

A French investigator finds that plants
are sensitive to certain poisons in quanti-
ties so minute that they completely battle
chemical analysis. For instance, plant
showed the effects of sulphate Of copper
dissolved in 700,000,000,000 times its
weight of water-a state of dilution
scarcely imaginable, much less detectble
by ordinary methods. This raises the
presumption that the character of the
vegetation of a country may depend on
minnie quantities of toxic substances
present in the soil.
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az hear Blk has put up some new
houses in your neighborhood."
eyes aud he's ruined the neighborhood
with them"
"He says you had spoiled it with those
houses of yours"
"Now. isn't it just like Bilk's meanness
to say a thing of that kind about fellow
he's known all his lifeY'-Leslie's Week
"
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When the great French chemist Che
vreul attained his hundrcdth birthday. he
was entertained at a public dinner, at
which his son. high official in the de
paltment of Justice, 81 years old, was
also present. The old man made n speech
and in telling an anecdote made slight
slip, which his son corrected. Old Che
vreul turned around quickly and said in
sharp tone, "Elush, youngster, when |
am talking" And the ''youngster" held
his tongue
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THE VOICE OF THE MOUNTAIN.


Low at my feet is stretched the lordly vale.
Across my realm the high wild stars are led.
Ny garment is the light, the darkness dread.
wrap me round with rain and snow and hail.
Round me and round the eagles nest AMI sail
Between my knees the thunders make their bed
lap the storm winds, and their young ara
bred,
Their young that play and chafe my rocky mail.
Who cometh up to me he shall have power,
The prophets power, the old lawgiver's might.
Aye, he shall have the tahlet in his hand
He shall not fall, but in the evil hour
And good, uplifted, clothed upon with light,
His neck unbowed l stand shall he stand
John Vance Cheney in Harpers Magazine
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oUes1ion of Location.

'I thought, count, that you We're a
dead shot?"
81 am"
''And yet, though you said you would
shoot your adversary through the
heart. you hit him in the foot"
at was an error of judgment.
thought his heart was in his boots; 1t
turned out to be in his mouth. Lon
don Telegraph.
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Significance of Ears.

A book on the ears as an index Of char
acter having been published by an English
author, learned reviewer. DR.. A. Keith,
mentions his own elaborate study OF the
ears of more than 10000 people, includ'
ing 800 criminals and 1000 insane per
sons, besides those of 800 apes. He was
forced to conclude that the ears gave nc
clew to personal traits.
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PANTHElSM.

This Is thy brother, this poor silver fish,
Close to the surface. dying In his dish,
Thy flesh, thy beating heart thy very lifeI
AL this, l say, art thou, against thy wish.
Thou mayst not turn away; thou shalt allow
The truth, nor shalt thou dare to question how.
There is but one great heart in nature beating,
And this is thy heart; this. say, art thou.
In all thy power and all thy pettiness,
With this and that poor selfish purpose, this
And that high climbing fancy and heart
Caught into heaven cast In the abyss,
Thou art the same with all the little earth,
A little part, and sympathy of birth
Shall tell thee and thine openness of soul
What fear is death and what life is worth.
1.-THE Poems Of Philip Henry Savage"
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settling Day In sight.

'"Mamma. since when is our name
Knowall?"
"How do you come to ask that, my
dear?'
Papa said yesterday that you were a
regular Mrs Knowall."
"He did. did he7 Well, III explain that
to your papa to his entire satisfaction.
He may tell you afterward, but think
not."-New York Times.
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Dick-Do you like romantic girls, Har-
ry?
Harry-I guess not! When you make
a hole in your salary buying them ex-
pensive flowers, they tear them apart,
repeating, He loves me, he loves me
not philadelphia Record.
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Art Dealer Yes, that was painted by
one of the old masters. But. beg your
pardon, sir, you must not touch 1t with
your umbrella.
Old Mr.. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the mat
ter? Isn't it dry yet?