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the employ of Porter some time before
returned to the neighbOrhood, on the 9th
of July. ostensbly to settle with Porter.
who owed him tritling balance. but
really it would seem for the purpose and
with the intention of provoking Il quar-
rel with him. Dunn met one Stephen
Herd. who lived in Lancaster County.
and WIS ar entire stranger to him. on the
road. near Captain William Ewing's. Il
neighbor of Polter's. and asked him to
accompany him to Ewing's. for the pur-
pose of acting as an arbitrator in adjust
ing the dispute between Porter and him
self. The parties pledged themselves to
abide by the award which was made by
the nrhitratorS. but soon after it was
disclosed. Dunn flew into Il passion and
began to abuse Porter and malign his
wife, and finally spit in Porter's face.
ThoS" present used their best endeavors
10 quiet the enraged bully, but without
avail. After enduring Dunn's abuse for
some time. Porter. accompanied by Ben
iamin RrSIrley, II miller. who occupied Il
:ou~r not far from Porter's mill. started
to =" to their homes. Dunn followed
them. Notwithstanding they beSought him
10 CeS!St and take another road. Brear-
ley and Dunn stopped ut the house of
the former. where Dunn had some clothes
which Rrear,cy was DESTROYS he should
take away with him, while Porter con-
tinurl on to his own dwelling. and pro-
cured an old bayonet. and Fastening back
towards Rrrarlry's house. encountered
Dunn. who stopped down. Is the witness
VII" saw him testified. to pick up a stone
vhrreuron Porter stabbed him. from the
.'f''t Of which he almost instantly ex-
PRED.
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.l
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Johnston's History
Of Cecil County.
CHAPTER ZN CONTINUED.

The lots in Charlestown, which had
been reserved for the use of the lord
proprietary. and also the lot belonging
to the heirs of the Rev. William Wye,
We're also conhScated. and sold in Au-
gust 1872. The Town Commissioners
bought the former for the use of the
town. One hundred and thirteen pounds
We're realized from the property in Char
leStown. The Commissioners also took
possession of the plantation of the Rev.
William ElmiSSon. who they stated was
in Great Britain. and who they believed
TO be a tory. This plantation contained
three hundred acres of land situated near
the mouth of Stony Run. on the east side
of the Octoraro The Commissioners left
it in charge of William Ewing. who al
legged that EdmiSSon was indebted to him
about as much as the land was worth.
This man EdmsSon was indicted into
St. Georges Parish. ut the old SpeSuta
Church, near Havre de Grace, in ITO.
and remained there about two years
when he is believed to have gone to
England on account of his sympathy with
the British Government But very little
is known of the history of Mr.. EdmisSon,
except that he also owned several tracts
of land in Hartford County. one of which
was called by IL singular name for u
clrrgyman'S homestead. namely. drunk
ards Hall" The Legislature in 1872,
passed IN act for the relief of his family,
consisting of his wife. two sons and Il
daughter. who are believed to have been
loyal to the cause of their country. divd-
ing among them his land and negroes
upon condition that they should pay his
debt.
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The Life of q Seed,

The United States Department OF
Agriculture is making experiments for
the purpose Of determining the ex-
treme vitality Of seeds. Over a hun
dred species of plants have been
packed in a soil consisting Of dry clay
enclosed in pots, and buried at varying
depths underground-elght sets at a
depth Of six inches, twelve at depth
IF twenty, and third set of twelve
at depth of three and a half feet.
At the end Of one, two, three, five.
seven, ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five,
thirty, forty and fifty years set from
each depth will be exhumed and test
ed. The results Of the experiment are
likely to be of extraordinary value to
agriculturists, both commercially and
scientifically. incidentally, it may be
recalled, says Harper's Weekly, that
authentic cases are on record which
prove that certain seeds have the
power Of sprouting after having been
buried for long periods Of time, reliable
tests having shown that twelve out Of
twenty-one species have the power of
terminating after twenty years.
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Manton one is adapted to the whole
range of wasting materials and can
be trimmed in various ways, but, as
shown, is of embroidered muslin with
q stock which combines it with lace.
The waist consists of the front and
back of the lining, the front and back
of the waist and the sleeves. The
lining is smoothly fitted, but the waist
Is gathered slightly at the neck edge
in front and at the waist line in both
front and back. The fitting is accom-
plished by means Of shoulder and un-
der-arm seams. The sleeves are snug
above the elbows but full and form
soft puffs below and are gathered into
cuffs at the wrists. The stock is novel
and includes a plain foundation with
the fancy turnover portions.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size is three and half
yards twenty-one inches wide, three
yards twenty-seven inches wide, three
yards thirty-two inches wide, or one
and three-quarter yards forty-four
inches wide.
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Should Doctors Wear Badges.

The Lancet and the New York Medl>
cal Journal have been discussing some
distinctive badge for medical men. A
case is related in support of the sug-
gestion where a surgeon Of eminence,
witnessing an accident, went to the
assistance Of the injured man, but
ION seeing a Yell-dressed gentleman
in q frock coat and silk hat rush up
and take charge Of the case" retired
without making himself known, leav-
Ing the case, as he supposed, in the
hands of brother medico. 1t turned
out that the "well-dressed gentleman"
was not q medical man at all, but a
commercial traveller, who had been
actuated merely by instincts of hu-
manity, and who afterward confessed
that be had suffered great uneasiness
as to the possible results Of his anna
teur treatment.
1t has been suggested that medical
men wear watch charms that should
be not only characteristic Of their pro-
fession. but, also emblazoned with
symbols distinctive Of their alma
mater. The Medical Journal, however,
considers that some international
badge should be adopted like that of
the Red Cross Society.
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Why Russia is Late.

A paragraph in the cable news states
that Russia was to have had a team
at the shooting match in Great Britain,
but owing to the difference in the CAL
endars some of the men failed to get
to England in time.
Maybe her calendar is one reason
why Russia is behind the rest of the
world in SO many ways. She still
uses the one devised by Julius Caesar
nearly 1000 years ago. 1t was Caesar
who invented leap year" by ordering
366 days for every year divisible by
four.
By the time of Pope Gregory VII,
however, the calendar had fallen be-
hind the true time by eleven days; so
the Pope devised the present calendar,
wherein all years exactly divisible by
four, by 400 and by 1000 are leap years,
while those divisible by 100, 200 and
300 are not.
When the calendar was introduced
and the date set ahead there were riots
in various places, with the cry Give
US back our eleven days!' Not in
Russia, though. It,
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Knitting For Nervous Patients.

I read that famous physician has
said to his nervous patients, "Go home
and do fancy knitting for half an hour
every day." The prescription Is an
excellent one, says the London Gra-
phic. Nothing soothes the nerves and
employees the mind pleasantly, yet not
fatlguingly, like needlework. 1t takes
people from the restless habit Of intro
spection and worry, and acts as an
anodyne on tired nerves. Our mothers
appreciated this occupation rightly
when they made their daughters do
portion of dainty needlework every
day, preferably for others. Per-
haps a great deal Of the neurotic ten.
dency in women nowadays is attribut-
able to the fact that they neglect the
soothing qualities Of needlework, with
its pleasant attendant, cheerful talk,
and only indulge in exciting games OF
rushing about.
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English Ideas of Canada.

Curious accounts come to hand Of
the colonists who went to Western
Canada. A proportion of them, as
might have been expected, entertained
extraordinary notions Of what life in
the wild west would be, and the major
ity of them seem to have armed them
selves with as many guns as they
would have needed to fight Indians
twice week. Unfortunately some of
these warlike individuals had not
taken the preliminary step Of learning
to shoot, and the air seems to have
echoed with the discharge Of their
guns let off in pure wantonness, so
that the police had to interfere to
check their enthusiasm. Those of them
who were sportsmen were genuinely
disappointed, as the buffalo has entire
ly disappeared. and as to the redskins
of Fenimore Cooper's novel, he exists
no more, since the Indian of to-day
saturates himself with gin, wears the
same clothing as the white man, and
goes to church regularly.-London
Sketch
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Patent Office Work.

The record Of the Patent Office for
the past year is notable, chiefly in
point of volume of issue, according to
patent officials. There were 29,329 pat
ents issued during the year, against
2GO31 the previous year, while the
trademarks showed an increase from
1864 to 2194. Designs were all that
showed a decline during the year, and
the decrease in that direction was due
to the passage Of q law in 1902, re-
stricting them to ornamental matters,
instead of to useful things. Hereto
fore there had been no restriction
whatever. The change has opened
up a wide field for interesting ques-
tions as to what constitute the orna-
mental and what constitutes the use
full
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to wide range OF materials, silk and
light weight woods and the many linen
and cotton fabrics, but, as shown, IS
made of pale blue silk null with trim
ming of cream Lace and is stitched
with corticelli silk.
The waist is made with fitted foun-
dation on which its tucked front and
backs are arranged. The backs are
tucked for their entire length to give
q "V" effect. but the front to yoke
depth only, then IS gathered Mt the
waist line where it blouses slightly
over the belt. The yoke collar is novel
and is extended over the shoulders to
give the breadth of figure so much in
style. The sleeves are quite new, and.
in addition to being smart, are well
adapted to remodeling, as the full
pieces could be of lace or other con-
trasting material set in those OF less
size, so making them up to date. II
preferred, however. the puts can De
omitted and the sleeves left plain
above the cuffs. The tucks extend from
the shoulders to a short distance above
the elbows, where they fall free to
form the fullness Of the lower portion.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size is four and a quarter
wards twenty-one inches wide, four
wards twenty-seven inches wide, four
wards thirty-two inches wide. or two
and a quarter yards fortyfouT inches
wide with three-quarter yards Of all
over lace. for yoke-colar and three
and a half yards Of applique to trim
as illustrated.
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b1isses, Waist With Bertha.


Bertha waists are among the features
of the season and are exceedingly be-
coming to girllsh figures. This May
Manton one includes the fashionable
handkerchief points and is adapted to
silk and to wool as well rs to cotton
and linen fabrics, but is shown in white
batiste with trimming of Valenciennes
lace and French knots. The yoke is
exceedingly effective and combines
bands Of the material embroidered
with the knots with strips Of inser-
tion.
The waist consists of the fitted lin-
ing, which is closed at the back but
separately from the outside, tie front
and backs Of the waist and the yoke,
all of which are arranged on the foun-
dation when it is used. but can be
joined one to the other when the lining
is omitted. The waist is gathered at
the waist line and blouses slightly at
both back and front. At the edge Of
the yoke is the bertha, which is circu-
lar but cut in points over the shoulders
and at both back and front. The
sleeves are in Hungarian style with
snug fitting upper portions to which
are joined fa;l puffs which drocp be-
comingly at the wrists.
The quantity of material requireL
for the medium size is four and half
yards twcnty.one inches wide. three
and three-auarter yards twcnty-seven
inches wide, three and a quarter yards
tLirty-two inches wide. or two yards
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Macaroni Wheat.

The farmers Of the Northwest are
now growing macaroni wheat on
large scale. South Dakota had hun
dred and fifty thousand acres of'it last
year, and in North Dakota and Mime
sofa, both, there are macaroni factor
ies. This cheap and nourishing food
may, after while, become as popular
here as it is in Italy. At present it Is
used almost wholly in the cities, so far
as this country is concerned, but the
large growth of the wheat that is
specially used in making it will result
in it's adoption by farmers.
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r1r.Ms.

eaXBsw when my eyes sae drowsy and
the embers nearly dead
When the night has drawn its curtains and
the world has gone to bed,
Somehow something stirs within me that
never knew was there.
And my mind goes wand ring backward
over pathways that are bare;
Over pathways dim and ghostly, leading
back and ever back,
Through the land of tribulation where the
clouds are thick and black,
TIL they bring me to the region where the
skies are blue at last,
And ! breathe again the glories OF the old
days that are past.
Then I drink the lazy lotus and forget the
cruel scars,
For my soul has travelled backward and
has burst away its bars;
Health is with NE: wealth and honor Just
little way ahead,
And to mar the bright illusion comes no
spectre of the dead
Comes no pale and ghastly Banquo to ap-
pal the marriage feast.
For the sun of youth and hope is rising
redly in the east,
And the baldric of ambition round the
universe is cast,
As breathe the early glory OF the old days
that are past.
Were they days, or were they moments
all the hours that lie between?
All the sorrow and the heartache OF the
years that intervene?
Did I dream that weary journey through
the burden of the day,
Til my anxious eyes were dimming and
my head was turning gray?
Oh, the folly of such dreaming! Tor l tread
again the fields
Where the very air around thousand in
spirations yields:
And one well-rememhered JOY upon an
other follows fast,
AS I gaze into the faces of the old days
that are past.
Ah, when memory comes tenderly and
takes Won by the hand,
When she leads you gently youthward to
some half-forgotten land, :,
Can you tell me of some magic which snail
make you forever seem
All that sweet, enhancing vision which
perchance is but dream?
Can you paint the hues of springtime on
. the wintry sky of age?
Stop the gliding of dread fingers DER times
hieroglyphic page? =,
Oh, for some divine magician who could
make those visions last,
When I roam across the meadows Of the
old days that are past.
But, alas, clangor wakes me! IT'S the
solemn midnight chime.
Sounding like the sickle ringing at the feet
of Father Time;
Cold and dead the blnckened enbers fall
and crumble in the CRATE,
An epitome of life-for it grows late, ah
very late!
Gone the bright, alluring visions, like the
embers' cheerful glow
Which goes down into the darkness that
- some day I. too, shall know!
Then again oblivion's mantle Ger the ret
respect is cast.
And I bid farewell forever to the old days
d that are past.
Lowell o. Reese, in San Francisco Bulle
tin.
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COMFORT,

much pain In my back; a.
time went on I could hardly
endure It; I could not stand
except for q few moments as
q time /; / grew weak and
exhausted !; ! could not eveA
do light housework I could
not stoop or bend /; my bod
ached severely Twas In pain
from my head down to ny
heels {; centering In the Id
neys It was q heavy, steady,
sickening ache Icould not
rest nights, and got up
mornings weak and tired. I
thought I was about dos
for, when / saw Doan's Kio-
ney Pills advertised. Within
g. week after commencing
their use I began to improve,
and from that time on rapidly
grew better. ! used 1iye
boxes in all and was cured. )"
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HEAVY Tires For Automobiles.

On account Of the frequent repairs
required by the pneumatic tires of
heavy automobiles, and their great
cost, the experiment Of substituting
solid tires on the rear wheels has re-
Gently been made, and one of the re-
suits shown is en- increase of tractive
power in climbing hills. 1t is said
that hills which could not be climbed
by a vehicle having a complete set of
pneumatic tires We're surmounted by
the same machine after solid tires had
been put on the rear wheels. At the
same time the vibration was not in.
creased to an uncomfortable degree.
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New Belt.

In order to he in keeping with the
fashions that carry all garments below
the waist line the new belts have tabs
that are becoming to stout or slender
figure. An inexpensive one is made
of black stitched glace silk and finished
with silk tassels. The back is decor
ated with buttons. One Of the chief
novelties of the belt is the manner of
sewing the hooks and eyes i'll the front
so as to give the sloping, long waist
effect. The hooks are sewed on the
usual way, but the eyes are placed
along the top edge of the other END of
the belt.
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A Mathematical Problem.

The following puzzle is handed US by
Mr.. Gill Bates, Clarke County's Qowa)
expert mathematician. Try it. Double
the number of brothers living, add L.
multiply by 5. add the sisters living,
multiply by 10. add the brothers dead,
multiply by 10 again and add the Sis
ters dead and subtract $500, and the
first figure will be the number of broth
ers living, the second figure will be the
number of sisters living, the third
figure will be the number Of brothers
dead. the fourth figure will be the
number of sisters dead"
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Andean Railway.

The Chilean Congress, after wres-
tling with the subject twenty years,
passed a bill providing for the con-
struetion of railway over the Andes
Mountains, to connect Buenos Ayres
with Santiago and Valparaiso. 1t will
shorten the time, between Europe and
Chile by a week, as traffic Is now BY
the straits of Magellan. The distance
between the railway systems Is COW
cred by mule train in one day during
the summer months, but it is impass-
able from April to November.
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Gainsborough Hats.

All lovers of the picturesque are g'ad
the Gainsborough hats arc still fash
ionable. They come in chip, bass ana
new fancy straws, decorated with the
always becoming single, long, tlic!;
ostrich plume. Whatever fashions come
and 90, the best ml:ners remain faith
full to the graceful lines made famous
by the old masters, and in this thcr
show great wisdom.
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Irish Lace Still Popular.

Irish lace still retains its popularity
and some Of the newest designs are
very attractive. A novel idea is to
embroider the pattern or a portion Or
it in colored silks. Grape patterns IN
their natural colorings and with rich
green foliage are largely worn on the
smartest Partisan gowns.
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Versatile Princess.

Princess Charles of Denmark, says
the Westminster Gazette, is one Of the
cleverest and most versatile members
of the royal family. 1t has been said
of her, indeed, that she can bind a
book, steer a boat, pull an oar, ride a
bicycle, knit a stocking, take a photo
graph, play chess and speak five Ian
guages;a list Of accomplishments which
even 4 Girton girl might envy.
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up like a man. What was it-jilted,
hopeless infatustion with q married
woman, or what?"
Jack Holden looked at the speaker
an amused expression playing around
his lips.
Very clever. but long way of the
truth" he said quietly, throwing his
cigarette into the fire and looking
somewhat moody before him.
There must be some good and SUI
fcient reason for keeping you from
joining the earthly majority"
Jack gazed intently at his compan-
ion, and then his eyes roved from ore
to the other of his men friends who
sat around him.
He had never told the romance OF
his life to a living soul, yet somehow
tonight he felt that the secret would
no longer remain with him-that he
must speak Of it-of her. Yet why be
felt this way he could not analyze.
"She was a fower-girl," he said,
softly, and at the information his
friends showed some astonishment, for
Jack Holden was to them the very
essence of all that is fastidious and of
the first water in excellence. No one
spoke, so Holden continued:
II had often passed her on the way
to the city. She made bright spot
of beauty in a sea Of human beings
whose one aim seemed to be to outrur
one another in the race for wealth.
"Her eyes were beautiful. and as she
stood selling the flowers I wondered
what mysteries her tongue could re-
veal when her eyes alone spoke of Q
soul Of snow"
by Jove! old man. you had 'en
pretty bad" murmured the frieEd il
the armchair.
after about three months I missed
her from her usual place, and then
realized by the emptiness of the day
that her eyes had taught me something
that would remain with me forever.
THAT day as was walking back
to catch my train from the office,
felt jerk at my coat, and, turning,
found that a small child was looking
up at me appealingly.
In another moment I had learned
from his lips that my flower girl was
ill-dying, he. said-and had asked hin
to beg me to go to her and to speak t
her just once before she passed into the
Great Unknown. Not in these words
of course. but l understood what the
boy meant"
You don't mean to say that you &c
tually-"
II didn't hesitate second. but. tell
ing the dirty mite who had arrested mt
to lead the way, We both walked as fas
as we could in the direction of be-
humble dwelling
But, surely, my dear boy"
Shut up, Gordon! Jack can't tel
US if you keep On interrupting."
Gordon Immediately relapsed into
silence.
Presently found myself in dirt!
little room with only the presence o
the girl had learned to love to redeem
it from some of its absolute squalor.
"'Ah! I knew you would come
Dickie, place chair for the gentleman
to sit on she said, in a voice tina
sounded strangely sad and weak.
Her face had lighted up at sight o
me, but could see the havoc wrough
by her illness of week.
"'You don't mind me sendin' 70
you:' she asked.
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woman's Waist With Fancy Yoke-Collar.
Waists made with yoke-collars are
among the notable features Of the
latest styles and are as becoming to the
generality Of women as they are fash
ionable. The May Manton design
shown in the large drawing is adapted