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The gazette-news., 1902-12-27
-. T.,, That stump-d Hin.

"I once heard a minister who Doesteo
from his pulpit that he was able 70
preach from any text In the Biole on
hand without thought or other prepa-
ration and as a test Of his talent In ex-
temporaneous speaking he invited his
congregation the next Sunday morning
10 hand I'm any texts they would IKE
him to preach from, when he woulo
show them what he was able to do"
relates the Chicago Record Herald. In
order that he might not be suspected OF
surreptitious preparation the passages
Of Scripture were to be written upon
slips of paper, sealed up In envelopes
and placed upon the pulpit immediate
ly before the opening Of the service.
The next Sunday morning the pastor
came bounding ih. pride and confidence
cleaning in his eyes, and found num-
ber of sealed envelopes lying upon the
big Bible. After the preliminary serv-
ice he called attention to them and said
he would preach from the text con-
tanned i'm the envelope that lay on the
ton of the pile. The remainder he
would reserve for future Sabhaths
Tearing II open. he unfOlded a slip Of
paper and read the words once ad-
dressed to the prophet Balaam, Am L
not thine assF"
The gazette-news., 1902-12-27
Lnck and LaEineaa.

Luck tapped upon a cottage door.
A gentle. quiet tap,
And Laziness, who lounged within.
The cat upon his lap.
Stretched out his slippers to the fire
And gave a sleepy yawn.
"Oh, bother! Let him knock again"
He said, but Luck was gone.
Luck tapped again, more family still.
Upon another door.
Where Industry was hard at work
Mending his cottage floor.
The door was opened wide at once.
Come i'm the worker cried.
And Luck was taken by the hand
And fairly pulled inside.
He still is there-a wondrous guest
From out whose magic hand
Fortune flows fast. but LaZiness
Can never understand
How Industry found such friend.
Luck never came my way"
He sighs and quite forgets the knock
Upon his door that day.
st. Louis Republic.
The gazette-news., 1902-12-27
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HHh Beyhcod
Hill" Fdsnd If
~ Ssnd< Him
r. FILLED Win -
~ Elderbery
" Wine II
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"Oh. nothing, but l wouldn't drink
too much of it II l were you. These
blood remedies sometimes act rather
queerly."
NO. | shan't drink too much. Just
enough to let it act on the blood, you
know. Wonder IL Tom remembers how
we rolled pig down hill in barrel!
Saw. now. il was the funniest thing,
yOu-you"-
Mr.. Bowser laughed and gurgled and
shook until he had to sit down on the
lounge. Mrs. BOwser looked across at
him without making any remarks, ana
presently he got hold of himself ana
said:
Maybe it looks silly in me, but those
old recOllections take hold Of my mlnd.
l think I'll go down and see if the
basement door is locked. This is just
the time Of year when sneak thleVes
get i'm their best work"
The door is locked, OF course.
But I'll make sure Of it"
He forgot about the door when he
got downstairs. In other words, ne
had more business with that jug from
the countrr. 1t was business that took
up fifteen minutes of his time, ana
when he started up the basement stairs
be fell against the wall on either side.
lis that u new way you've got OF
coming upstairsT asked Mrs. Bowser.
II think | have vertigo now ana
then" he replied. ITS either vertigo
or a lack of circulation of the blood"
Perhaps that elderberry wine will
help it,"
Il know it will. l think l ought to
take the jug up to our ROOM L may
want Il sip along in the night"
She looked at him in a way that de-
cideG him to sit down, but scarcely
had he done so when he fell to weep
ing and exclaimed:
Il lust happened to think. Tom had
a little sister who used to gather elder
berries with us, and the poor thing Is
deadw
she must have died at least forty
years ago" observed Mrs. BOwser.
'Yesh. il was all of that. Poor, poor
Nancy. She was just the sweetest and
Iove-IoveIicSt little girl | eyer-ever
saw. You don't blame me for crying.
do you:''
Not at all
.BccauSe-becauSe was only a
brother to her-Oniy brother. Iesh,
poor Nancy is in her grave, while L
-
while you ought to be in your bed.
Are you ready to go upStairs!'
The thickness of Mr.. BOwSer's speech
and his change of mood were a warning
that the cldcrberry wine was taking
due effect on the blood. and Mrs. Bow
ser decided to set him to bed before
his Knees gave out.
Why should | 20 to bedF' he de
maudCd aS he leaned back and looked
at hrr.
40 let the wine have its full effect
on your system"
"Ihen | won't go. My shystem is all
right-all right. and you needn't worry.
Mrs. BowSec|'
"Well!'
Two or three nights ago you called
me an old rpprobate and baldheaded
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The Reason Why.

Said an owl to a fly
Passing dOlefully by:
pray rest awhile, madam.
And tell me your trouble.
I'm wiSe-as birds go
And perhaps l would know
II your sorrow is weighty
Or simply a bubble"
"Your pardon. l pray"
Sobbed the fly. but they say
That my ryes-it seems strange
Number over one hundred!
And think, IL you will.
OF my oculist's bill
Should l live to be aged!
This, sir. is my one dread"
Katharine III. Terry in Designer.
The gazette-news., 1902-12-27
Wanted the whole Outfit.

A friend once wrote to Mark Twain
asking his opinion on a certain matter
and received no reply. He waited a
few days and then wrote again. His
second letter was also ignored. Finally
he sent third note, inclOsing sheet
of paper and two cent stamp. BY re-
turn post he received a postcard on
which was the following: Paper and
stamp received. Please send envelope y
The gazette-news., 1902-12-27
RaIIsrd,s tIorehound Syrup

Immediately relieves hoars', rrnupy
cough. oppressed. rattling, rasping and
difficult brrathing. Henry {. Stearns.
Druggist. Shullsherg, Wis, writes. May
2O. 1901: d" have b,v.n selling Ballard :
Horehomd Syrup for tw years and have
never had Il preparation that has given
better satisfaction. notice that when
sell bottle, they come back for more.
| can honestly recommend it. 3Ic. jOc
and 90 at Dr. J. VI. Jones.
The gazette-news., 1902-12-27
Do Fishes Heart

Did any one ever see n fish's earsl
Do fishes have ears? 1t has been pref
ty well proved that they hear. Sci
entists have made up list Of about
100 fishes that make sounds. Why
should they make sounds unless they
expect to be heard2 The drum drums.
The puffer croaks. Even the weaktish
complains with an internal voice when
the cruel fisherman leaves IT to die in
the bottom of the boat. Possibly fishes
hear through their teeth.-New York
Press.
The gazette-news., 1902-12-27
snnnower seeds as Food.

The sunfOwer crop is one of the best
paying in Russia. \ good crop is worth
as it stands in the field $25 an acre.
The seeds are sold by the farmer for
about S1.5O pound; then the mer-
chants salt them and retail them for
50 a pound, and at every street Cross
ing I'm Russian provincial cities are
stands and peddlers with baskets sell
ing to the passersby the salted prod
uct Of the big suntlOwer which Is
eaten.
The gazette-news., 1902-12-27
UnpreIudiced.

"But, judge, you were asleep when
the testimony was presented. How can
you give decisionY
Easily, sir, easily, for no one can
accuse me Of having been prejudiced
by the arguments of either side."-New
York Times.
The gazette-news., 1902-12-27

To the Butter ny.

To the Butterfly.
Child of the sun! Pursue thy rapturous
flight;
MinglIng with her thou lowest In the heio
of delight
And where the flowers Of paradise IN
fold,
ouaff fragrant nectar from their cups OF
gold.
There shall thy wings. rich as an evening
sky,
Expand and shut with silent ecstasy.
Yet vert thou once a worm, a thing tha'
crept
On the hare earth. then wrought a tomb
and slept,
And such Is man, soon from this cell OF
clay
To burst 4 seraph in the blaze OF day.
Samuel Rogers in Pittsburg Gazette.
The gazette-news., 1902-12-27
Lnnrnnre of Flowers.

Edith-Do you understand the Ian
guage of flowers?
Ethel do.
Edith-Then what does this bunch OF
rare orchids that Albert sent me sig
nify2
Ethel-That a fool and his money are
soon parted.-Judge.
The gazette-news., 1902-12-27
One BETTER.

Mrs. Withcrby-We must give some
sort of affair, dear, if only to maintain
our position.
WithCrby-I suppose you want it to
cost as much as possible?
"Oh, more than that."-Life.
The gazette-news., 1902-12-27
The Origin Of specien.

The hippopotamus is fond
OF rolling in the dirtiest places,
And. turning from his cleanly pond,
With mud obscureS his burly graces.
A dainty bath OF stagnant slime
Is what he never can resist:
'T1s thought he may evolve In time
Into q problem novelist.
-PAH Mall GaEetta
The gazette-news., 1902-12-27
The RenI MenninR.

"Ennui," said the cynical cOdger, ''is
the polite name for laZiness. 1t means
doing nothing and too tired to stop"
Baltimore Herald.
The gazette-news., 1902-12-27
rrachmbeaius stomach and Liver Tablets.

rIaChmbeains Stomach and Liver Tablets.
Try them
When YOU feel dull after eating.
When you have no appetite.
When you have a bad taste in the mouth
When your liver is torpid.
When your bowels arr constipated.
When YOU have a headache.
When you fccl bilious.
They will improve appetite. cleanse
and mVigorate your stomach and regu-
hate your liver and bowels. For sale by
all druggists.
The gazette-news., 1902-12-27

II. +. Mclntyu'. 81 Paul. Mimi. wh9
haS hrru truril.I with disordered
stomach. says. "t'hHmlerldiu' = Stonl;'h
and Liver TaNlrtS Iu me NOR" %ood thah
an, thin. hav,c,.r taken For s''~
bv nli druggists
The gazette-news., 1902-12-27

The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fl
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
n they are sick OF out
Of order. they fail to DO
their work.
Pains, achesandrheu-
matism come from ex-
cess Of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
The gazette-news., 1902-12-27
Hit IL.

81 hear you are going to marry old
Broadacres."
"Yes"
For lands Sake!"
Baltimore American.
The gazette-news., 1902-12-27
@MA~,r

This signature is on every boz OF the geaan-
| Laxative BrOmO=Q =Quinine Tablets
the remedy tSat cares y cold IN o'o
The gazette-news., 1902-12-27

We wish our readers a happy New
Year.
The gazette-news., 1902-12-27
Oyer-Mork Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood

All the blood in your body passes through
vour kidneys once every three minutes.
The gazette-news., 1902-12-27
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copyright. 1902. by C. B. Lewis-l
a GALLON jug arrived at the
"A BOwser mansion by express
the other afternoon. and when
Mr.. Bowser came down to
dinner he explained its presence by
saying:
81 got a letter yesterday saying that
the jug would be sent. 1t is from Tom
Goodheart, an old playmate Of mine in
the days when lived on a farm. 1t Is
full of elderberry wine. You know
what elderberries are, don't yOuE
Yes" replied Mrs. BOwser.
"GrOw on bushes in the country. Ell
derberry wine is as harmless as water,
but an awful good thing for the blood
Tom couldn't have sent me anything
I'd appreciate more just at this time
Il hadn't heard your blood was out
Of order"
mo? Well, there's three or four
other things in this world you haven't
heard of. | am not one to 90 around
The gazette-news., 1902-12-27

kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as thougn
they had heart trouble, because the heart Is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
II used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys
but now modern science proves that nearly
ali constitutional diseases have their begin
ming in kidney trouble.
n fyou are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect Of Or. Klmer.s
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy IS
soon realized. II stands the highest for its
wonderful cures of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits EH
by all druggists in fifty -
cent and one-dollar siz-
es. You may have z==zza-S61
sample bottle by mail Home Of s~HmpRoOt.
free. also pamphlet telling you how to iino
out il YOU have kidney or bladder trouble
Mention this paper when writing Dr.. KiineT
& Co., Binghamton, N. Z.
Don't make any mistake, butremembeI
the name. Iwamp-Rp"t. pr- k'Iu"rr 3
Swamp-Root. and tia.aGIg,,-. ''."-''''rr
ton. y. Y. on every hott.r.
The gazette-news., 1902-12-27

8Full supply of all kinds OF electrical
appliances and supplies always on hand.
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New-York tribune., 1902-07-08
STEAMERS IN COLLISION.
MARROW ESCAPE OF PASSENGERS BOUND FROM
BOSTON TO MAINE AND ST. JOHN


Boston July I'm a thick fog, the Eastern Steam
boat Company's steamer. Cumberland. and the
United Fruit Company's steamer Admiral Farra-
gut were in collision off Boston Light, in the har
bor to-day, and the Cumberland, in a sinking
dition, put back and landed safely the 800 pas
sengers with whom she had started for Maine ports
and St. John. n. B.. only half hour before. The
Admiral Farragut with bent stem and damaged
forward works. steamed slowly up TO her
berth.
After her passengers had been landed. the Cum
berland staggered the channel to the At
lantic works. where she will be repaired. The Far
Tagut, it is thought be repaired at her dock
The Farragut's bow struck the Cumberland on the
sarboard side we'll forward. penetrating the heavy
guard and extending into the berth deck for a
distance of ten feet. cutting down we'll below the
waterine. The forward part OF the vessel began 10
NIL rapidly. The donkey engine set to work
and the disabled steamer was Immediately turned
back up the harbor. The water gained rapidly on
the pumps and the steamer settled slowly but
she made her landing and put ashore all her pas
sengers in safety.
Having landed all her passenger the Curnber-
land made her way across TO the East Boston side
of the harbor. She was down nearly to the guards
and the tide was unfavOrable for her to 20
on the ways at the Atlantic Works. she was run on
the flats. She will be hauled out the tide.
The Admiral Farragut reached her berth an hour
after the Cumberland. The fruter's damage was
all forward Of the collision bulkhead
New-York tribune., 1902-07-08
MINORITY BEAT MAXWELL
HIS SELECTION OF DISTRICT SCHOOL
UPERINTENDENT REJECTED-THEY
LOSE IN FIGHT AGAINST
NEW OFFICE.

There was lively tilt at the Board Of Edu-
cation meeting yesterday. when superintendent
Maxwell made an effort to have Darwin L.
Bardwel of Binghamton, N Y. appointed TO
the place OF district superintendent of schools OF
Richmond, TO take the place of Anna NJ Gorooh'
who died recently. The minority, comprising the
Tammany members of the board. protested
against the appointment, denouncing It as uh-
fair and unjust and declaring it un"lse 1or
the board 70 go outside the city for onclai
places. They opposed the appointment on tle
ground that Mr. Bardwel was not resloeHI
of this city. and for that reason they cohlehue"
that he had no right TO the place Ihey were
all Of the opinion that there were men just as
capable here When the subject was put u d
vote Mr.. Bardwell was rejected.
The vacant district superintendency is In
Richmond. but the appointee can be transferred
TO Manhattan. where there are better oppor-
tunites for promotion.
Another subject which the minority fought
hut without success. was the changing Of the
bylaw so as to provide for the appointment OF
supervisor Of libraries at a salary of S2ooo
year As it has been heretofore. Henry M
Leipziger, the Supervisor of Libraries ana
Lectures whose salary was recently raised
from 5000 to $1,000 a year, has had absolute
control OF all the libraries connected with the
Board of Education. By the changing OF the
bylaws yesterday he is now reHcNSu oL tIlC
charge of the library system, and his title will
be Supervisor of Lectures. He will also be re-
lieved of one-half of the work which he has
been performing
Several of the Tammany members Of the
board said that this action of the board was
taken merely to make room for a friend Of Gen
eral George Wingate, chairman of the commit
tee on Libraries and Lectures, whom he wants
appointed Supervisor of Libraries. They de
clared that General Wingates friend lived in
Buffalo. and, fearing that outsider would
get the new BERTH they fought the measure.
In the new position there will be great deal
of patronage, the Supervisor of Libraries
viii have full control of the library system in
greater New-York, and can make numerous ap-
pointments.
The board appointed Joseph H. Taylor dis
trict superintendent TO fill the uneXpired term
of George Hogan. formerly principal Of schools
on Staten Island, and who became a school
principal here.
The Committee on Schools was yesterday re-
lieved from further consideration Of the Of
Horace B Dean, a teacher in Public School No.
20, who. ii alleged, incompetent The
board of superintendents took up the case, with
the result that Dean will not be suspended or
dismissed. The superintendents decided how
ever. not to permit a renewal of his certih-
cate.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-08
REJOICING AT THE NAVY YARD.
or A BATTLESHIP EX-
PECTED TO GIVE WORK TO ONE
THOUSAND MEN

Rear AdmiTa! Barker commandant, and the
heads of departments at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
were happy yesterday when they learned that they
were TO have opportunity Of showing how fine
a warship be built there. For several yea-s
there has been a steady agita ton by those inter
ested in the local yard TO induce the Navy Depart
ment to have some of its vessels built there
Official notice OF the decision of Secretary Moody
may not reach Brooklyn for day or two, but the
officers OF the yard are ready to begin the con-
struction of the ways which the keel OF the bat
tleship will be laid. 1t is said that they will be
near the end OF Main-st. and the shore end will
be near the Lyceum. in which the offices cf
the commandant. The money for these ways will be
taken from the $4,000 appropriated for incdentas
in connection with the building of the battIeship
1t is estimated that 1Oo0 men will be employed on
the ship when she is fully under way, and MANY
former employees Of the yard who are experienced
workmen will be taken again. All the depart
ments in first class condition to undertake the
construction OF the ship, and little preliminary
work will be necessary.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-08
CONFERENCES AT NoRTHFIELD.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUNF.

East Northneld, Mass, July The first confer
ence for boarding school girls opened this evening
The young women are pupils in private schools
who through the efforts Of Miss Margaret Cutter
Of New-York, have come Northield for week
Robert +. Speer. of NewYork City, made the
opening address. Among other speakers during
this conference will be John r. Mott the leader OF
the young mems conference just closed DR. and
Mrs. Howard Taylor. of the China Inland Mission
Henry W. Frost and others
The annual conference for the secretaries Of the
Young Mems Christian Association in colleges
opened this evening and will continue through to-
morrow There are present at this conference the
general secretaries OF nearly all the Young Mems
Christian associations in the largest insttttiors Of
the East, number of the presidents OF the same
committee Of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton. The Rev. John Kelnan, OF Edinburgh Uni
versity, spoke before the summer Bible schcoI this
evening
New-York tribune., 1902-07-08
RECEIVERS MUST ANSWER.
NOTICES SERVED ON FORTY TO SHOW
CAUSE FOR THEIR DELAY.

Albany. July : (speciaD.-The fact becane
known to-day that Attorney General Davies
since March last has caused notices Of motion
10 be served on the receivers Of some forty
corporations whose affairs are undergoing Hqui-
dation. requiring them TO show cause before
the State courts why they should not be called
upon to make a final accounting of their re-
ceiverships This action was taken by the At
torney General under authority OF an act passed
by the legislature OF this year. Near the close
Of the year 1901 the Attorney General in his
annual report. referred TO the long continuance
OF some receiverships. and suggested that meas
ures be taken to shorten them, with the aim Of
diminishing their cost. Governor OdelI in his
annual message 70 the legislature said that "a
serious drawback 10 the administration OF the
States laws was that affecting the insolvency
Of public or quasi-publc institutions" Hs
added:
Many instances can be cited where II the
assets OF such corpora tions had been promptly
administered at the lowest possible expenditurs
they would have been sufficient 10 have repaid IN
full the creditors and stockholders.
little later in mis- message the Governor
said;
the present system OF receiverships. it may be
stated that the total expenses involved in the
liquidation OF the affairs OF seventy corpora
S1666 223 81.
The legislature passed law givinS the At
torney General larger amount OF control OF the
receivers. II is under this law that he has
caused notices OF motion 20 be served on the
receivers of the forty corporations referred 20.
The forty receivers upon whom these notices
have been served have charge OF insurance.
banking and other money corporations. In every
case where notice has been served the receiver
ship has existed for over year. Among the
receivers of large corporations upon whom these
notices have been served are the following:
Daniel B. Sickles. receiver of the Harlem River
Bank Of New-YOrk City; Antoine Resner. re-
ceiver of the Canal Bank of New-York; Orlando
T. Thomas, receiver OF the Wayne Building and
Loan Association OF New-York City: John NJ.
Bowers. receiver OF the Mercantile Credit and
Guarantee Company OF New-York; Edward Q.
Dickinson, ancillary receiver OF the Granite
State Provident Association of New-Hampshire;
Francis V. S. Oliver. receiver Of the Family Fund
Society OF New-YOrk City: George McCann re-
ceiver OF the Elnira City Bank, and William J.
Lacey, receiver of the Cooperative Life and Ac-
cident Association OF New-YOrk City.
The motions of the Attorney General are aH
returnable but at different times. before terms
of the Supreme Court 10 be held in this city.