I.ady Henry Somerset's Husband.
Mr. Somers Somerset, the new as*
sistant secretary to the royal commis
sion on the livvnsing laws, is the son
not only of tb« well known 1-ady Hen*
ry Somerset, but also of Lord Henry
Somerset, who is still very much alive
although people are apt to forget the
fact. Owing to certain scandals of an
unseemly type in which Lord Henry
was implicated, his wife separated
from him, and he found it convenient
to live abroad—chiefly in Italy. He
may often Ire seen at the La Kcala
opera house at Milan. Those newspa
pers which refer to Mr. Somerset as
(the actual heir to the dukedom of Beau
fort, forget that after Lord Worcester
and any children that he may have,
comes l>ord Henry Somerset, and there
fore the son's claim is very remote.—
St James Layette.
The Value »f I.lterery History.
Literary history belongs to the do
main of fact just as much as geography
does, and the ability on the part of u
child to reel off the names of authors
and their dates is just as useless as bis
ability to tell the capital of Bolivia or
to draw a map of Afghanistan, A cer
tain amount of literary history is use
ful,—the amount given in Mr. Stop
ford Brooke's and I’rof. Biehardson's
primers ami in Air. Brander Mathews'
volume on American literature, —but
not a bit more, for as intellectual
training literary history is not so effi
cient as another study,—September
Atlantic.
The Western Men's Ideal.
The I'nited Ntalca is unique in the
extent to which the individual has
L been given an open field, unchecked by
restraints of an old sociul order, or of
scientific administration of govern
§,, ment The self-made man was the
Western man’s ideal, was the kind of
man that ail men might become. Out
of his wilderness experience, out of the
freedom of his opportunities, he fash
ionixi n /»f un/>lul n*»r ft ♦ ii ifi
—the freedom of the Indvidual to seek
A his own. lie did not consider that his
V conditions were exceptional and tern
f porary.—September Atlantic.
How to M«*n«l m Milk Ual»l.
A dressmaker lay* down three rules
for inending a silk waist: I'se ravel
ing* when you can. New’ from the un
der side. Do not turn over edges, but
darn flat mid trust to careful pressing.
If a bone begins to show through, do
not mend but cut oIT the bone an inch,
if the silk wears off around the hooks
and eyes, move them along ever so lit
tle. Make a virtue of worn out seams
by applying black feather stitching;
and remember that a silk waist is good
as long as the upper part of the sleeve
remains. J’lastron, choker, luce, cuffs
and careful mending make a new waist
for yoa
Admitted Error Too Hnou.
It is very hard to go about with a
bullet and an ache in your bead. Still
harder is it when your doctor disbe
lieves the headache and bullet and
Ik shuts you up as u lunatic. This hap
pened to a young Hamburg confec
tioner, ami for some years be lived in a
lunatic asylum. I'inutly be signed a
paper that the headache was a fancy
and the bullet a mere idea, and that
■ he had got them both out of his head.
And now have come the remorseless X
rays, which have disclosed the bullet
in the man's skull. Ought he to be
glad or sorry?—Ixmdon World.
It the Half? Is Cottlag ImIB,
hnn and am that old and vail-triad rrmsdy, Mas
WixsooVr Smiiuui Hraurier CSUdies TMtbln*
A Novel Poenwstlc Tuba,
Pneumatic tubes have many uses,
but one of the latest is attracting a
great deal of attention from its novel<
ty. This is the tube for stacking hay.
It is built in sections, and is controlled
by tnetal straps, pivots and arms. The
hay is drawn into the tube, carried
through it with great velocety, and by
a turntable and swinging arrangement
like a crane is evenly distributed on
the stack.
No cough so bad that I)r. Kay's l.ung
Halm will not eure it. Nee ad.
A story of the time of Shakespeare,
written by .lohn Bennett, will be the
leading serial for the new volume of
St. Nicholas. It is called “Master
Skylark," and will deal with the
romantic events of the Klixabcthan
age. The great dramatist figures aa
one of the leading characters, although
the hero and heroine are a boy and
a girl. Another serial, “The I.ast
Three Soldiers," by William II. Shel
ton, has a novel plot It tells of three
In ion soldiers who became veritable
castaways in I he i'onfederacy. Both
stories will begin in the Voveinlmr St
Nicholas.
^Blromlng
secured to every woman j:
by the use of
\ ii
thousands ol slllkted
•«w« K*v« b««n cured
Ii hr Iti aw.
Jr. ti| i Minim, frrffsL:
In* • »»i * MMet tiipn AT<Kv#
■ •;•* M* *ymp*4 *(M • ■
01 IS » i U»4 IMl.» .. MMb s
'V ARM ED BY A GHOST.]
MINER DIES UNDER PECULIAR
CIRCUMSTANCES.
Mr. Montgomery Krgtrded the Appari
tion at an Omen of Death, Stopped
Work and Died — A Lnzerne Penns) I
rnnla Mystery.
R . ROBERT
MONTGOMERY, of
Wanamle, near
Wilkes-Barre, Ps.,
died the other day
under very peculiar
circumstances, evi
dently from fright,
caused by a belief
that he had been
warned of hla ap
proaching death by
a wraith. Mr. Montgomery had been
employed for years as pump runner In
No. 18 colliery of the I/ehlgh & W'llkes
Barre Coal Company at Wanamle. He
was a brave soldier In the late war,
and was not easily frightened. Two
weeks ago he said that while he was
attending to his work he heard a
strange noise In the mine. A few mo
ments later a peculiar feeling came
over him, as though there was a cold
draught circulating through the mine,
and he became chilly. He looked up
fiom hl« work, when the queer noise
was repeated. He felt as though there
•ras some one present. He could not
tee anyone, and strained his eyes far
Into the dark recesses. Then he be
held a white object, about the size of a
man. It. moved, an though floating In
the air, and kept a certain distance
from him. He spoke to the apparition
several times, but not a sound came
•• A a -1 i a .. _ ,1 h/.iI f i.m
view, keeping Its face toward him all
the time. Mr, Montgomery at once
made a search, but failed to find any
one hiding about. He was very much
affected and told his friends he regard
ed the wraith as an omen of death. He
at once gave up his position, and a
couple of days later took his brd, al
though he had no specific sickness
which the doctors could discover. He
continued to talk of the wraith and
said It was of no avail to take medi
cine or care for himself, that he was
doomed and might as well reconcile
himself to death. His friends tried to
dispel hts thoughts about death by
saying it was a man sent In by the
company to see if he performed his
duty. But Mr. Montgomery remained
confident that it was an omen of death,
and grew gradually weaker until the
death he had looked for came early
last Sunday morning.
STRANGE BaNK IN NORWAY.
One 'Of th* Mont ladnpnnduut Financial
Institutions In tha World.
From the New York Journal; The
most independent and aristocratic bank
in the world Is the Norges, or Na
tional bank of Norway. Socially the
bank is of considerable importance.
The directors meet twice a week and
these friendly gatherings are said to
be most enjoyable affairs. Loans and
discounts form the chief subjects of
conversation. No loan or discount can
be made without the approval of
three of the directors. The directors
are to hold a meeting one day and you
want to borrow |1,000 on Monday. You
apply to Norges bank and are told that
the matter will be taken under con
sideration at the directors' meeting on
Wednesday, and you may look for an
answer to your application on Thurs
day. It does not matter in the least
that you want the $1,000 Monday, and
not Thursday; you simply have to wait.
The origin of this Institution Is as pe
culiar as Its management Is unusual.
Soon after the nominal union of Nor
way and Sweden, in 1814, the latter
country began to feel the need of
greater money facilities to meet the
demands of the rapidly increasing com
merce. The problem of securing the
necessary capital for a great national
institution was a very simple one for
the Norwegian government. It raised
stockholders for the bank Just as It
raised soldiers for lie armies. Kvery
well-to-do citizen was compelled to
take so much stock. He was always
at liberty to take more if he chose,
I ilt always In smounts divisible by
live. This usiional bank Is also a na
tional pawnshop It Is authorized by
law to lend money on any uou-perisb
able goods, provided they can be de
postted in the bank and kept under
lock and key. For this service It
charges rather less than the usual
is*wnbroker's Interest, which may, per
haps, tmuit for the rarity of private
pawnshop* in Norway.
% *n*l»rt»tit IImfMiiHi.
The "staple heroism" of young Van
.lerbllt's statement to an Intimate
friend that If his father disinherited
him and he was obliged to start out In
life a poor man he "would not be tb#
Orel Vanderbilt who started out that"
made untie an Impression on the *> in
pel belie public that always tuvsa a lot
er. uatll somebody happened lu reform
her tbsi the young geatlemsa la he* lied
II ooo.uoo from bis grandfather Ac
copllag bis foie without a murwiut. he
l«n sui into the world with a poo*
but lovely wife wad only two to ill tune
la scrub sloag eo ilutaiu t'ummee
rial
iuiSSi the NS
That bor sf yours ha# put himself
uotatde the pat* ** clvllisailoa
tlrs* luus What has be doae now •'
He is up lbs alley emptilag ike as,11
sf bear you seal him after Kscnaag*
The majority wf people wha aueaspt j
to ptohauasa the seat# ef the dlactn
»«*r of the X raye at ter all t| ae If it j
were Nuaiyeu ' The ef ‘Maeat
gea la hard au4 the p> oauaclauoa
Should ha Meat gta."
IN HARD LUCK.
Th« Stranger Regretled HU HMltlMI
(halting. However.
Just across from the town depot was
the town graveyard, and sitting on a
baggage truck on the platform was a
ragged, lonesome man, whom any one
would have spotted at once for a tramp.
There were a dozen of us walking up
and down as we waited for the train,
but for a quarter of an hour the tramp
sat with his head in his hands and had
nothing to say to any one. Then a pas
senger. who was evidently on good
terms with himself, walked up to th*
man and said:
“Dead broke, of course, old man?”
"Yes, dead broke,” said the man on
the truck, as he looked up.
"Haven't had anything to eat In two
or three days, eh?”
"Not since yesterday morning.”
"Willing to work, but your health
won’t permit It, I take It, as Is the case
with all the rest of 'em?”
”My health ain't overly good,” re
plied the tramp after a bit.
”No, of course not,” laughed the
man. “I’erhaps you are also worrying
about your family? Do you want to
raise a dollar In time to get home to
see your wife die?”
"Come along you -come along
rents.” said the tramp, as he rose up
and climbed the graveyard fence.
Half a dozen of us followed him, and
ao we reached the fence and looked
over, he pointed to three graves which
wpre so new that the graves had not
taken root, and said:
“There's the family wife and two
children! A week ugo I was 100 miles
away, but I got to thinking about these
graves, and I couldn't stay away. 'I his
morning I finished ray walk, and I was
waiting for the train to go before I
came up here. Yes, I’m dead broke,
and hungry and in poor health and a
tramp, and there’s the reason of it.
When they died it broke me up.”
One by one we went back to the
platform. The tramp came last of all.
and he was going away without look
ing a’ us. when the man who chaffed
him put the money we had rat ed in hie
hand, added a $5 bill from his own
pocket and kindly said:
•'Take it, old man, and better luck
go with you. I'm sorry I spoke as 1
did.”—New York Mercury.
UNDER THE WATER.
Kngllsti with • Bo»>iii«rl»i«
Terprdo IWmI.
What is described as a very success
ful series of experiment# was made in
London the other day with a working
model of a new submarine torpedo
boat, which will be about ninety feet
long, with proportionate depth and
beam. The model, of course, has the
usual water-tight compartments and a
false keel, to be detached in case of
an emergency, such as the sudden need
of additional buoyancy. The propelling
power is electricity, supplied from stor
age cells specially designed for sub
marine service—the propelling l>elng
a single screw. The cells arc packed cn
each side of the hull, leaving the cen
tral part free for the service of the
crew and the working of the ship. The
air supply has been the special subjei I
of Investigation by the Inventor, who
has devised a means by which It can
be purified, and the loss of oxygen so
made good that the crew will be able
otnii nnHor aatnr uff/inlinir to hit*
calculations, for a week. The vessel
hiui two conning-towers. In the fore
most all the gear is mounted for steer
ing. putting the machinery in or out
of action, supplying the air. turning on
the lights, causing the vessel to de
scend or ascend, or discharging bei
torpedoes, the tubes for which are cr
each side of the bow. The after con
ning-tower enables any of the crew to
get out of the vessel when under water
for repairing or other purposes. The
model, brightly illuminated by incan
descents. dived Into the water, re
mained submerged at two, three, or ,
four feet, ascended and descended slow
ly or rapidly, and depressed either I cr
bow or stern at will. It was evident
that great care and Ingenuity bad been
exercised in working out detail* and
the spectators present expressed the
opinion that an advance bad been made
towards the realisation of a project
that has fascinated inventors for «*«)•
turies.
Maun fur Impro»»»>•«I.
"That young man who occupies the
first floor front has some tough looklPg
callers."
"Yea his room is letter than h is cour
psuy,"—New York World.
LATE PATENTED NOVELTIES.
A frame to secure cows' tails while
milking.
An electric cigar lighter and a porta
ble electric lurch
A neat little device fur remuvlsg Iht
pulp frum an orange
Kan attachment tor rocking rhalra
operated by the motion of the chair
A design lor n pin badge consisttng
of a pH* Math with a bug impaled ue
each tige.
A glass pane in lh* uvea duur ot a
tHtoa stove, an that the process si bah
lag can he uhse>>*d Wit haul opening
the dear
A gymnast!* sahihitlog sppsraiu*
w hereby a man bsvmn** the arrow ana
ta hodliy piupeited ar shot Irwm •
»irung bow.
An advertising - b» b lg which the ad
tefiteemenu ate kept In cwatlauwue
movement oa aa •adlssa toil, hy iha
mcvbaatam si the *b*ek
An utlerwsuag navelty seed aa a pea
viper made ta Ike form el a Mid tin
Moeeaiag M ta the hand the Mil open*
to grasp Ike pea The *ht«d a meoth
as lined with Maaaet whtvk * ipew tk#
|ti rigs a aa It la e.ibdrasn.
C'omlolrnr*.
A Detroit man recently bought him
self one of the suits of tow that have
gained a great deal of popularity for 1
summer wear. The colored man who
docs odd chores around his home looked
at it. turned away and heaved a tre
mendous sigh.
"What's the matter, Augustus'.’ Don't
you approve of this outfit?”
•• ”1 ainl fer me ter 'spress no 'pinion.
Hut I wants ter say dat ef wus comes <
ter de wus, I s redy ter stick by de
fara ly eben if I has ter take less
wares ” i
“You seem to think this suit is con- <
nected with hard times” •
“Yaasir. Hut I didn't ’magine dey
wue er. Iiahd er all dis. Hit doan mek
so much dilTer'nce ter cullud folks i
W'en I wah livin' down souf 1'se raised
hul fam'ltes ob pikcrninnies dat ud tak'
er coffee suck an' cut hoi's foil dere
larms an' mak' it pass fer co't vest an'
.breeches Hut much cz I've hyurd
■’bout dcse hahd times. ] nebbcr didn'
spek ter see cr sho miff white gen’le
•tnan have ter go 'roun in jute clo's”—
Detroit Free Frees.
Iowa farms for sale on crop pay
ments 10 per cent cash, balance
crop yearly until paid for. J. MUL
1IAI.I,. Waukegan. 111.
Ills Mouth Mail* Trouble.
A few years ago two men were oon
victed of horse stealing In a district
court in Montanx They deserved a
sentence of ten years Imprisonment,
but the Judge let them off with three.
The worse man of the two, supposing
that the sentence once pronounced was
past revision, addressed tho court. "I
i_4 ..S 4. . *• t. -t 4 . I .1 4 1. _
"that when I get out you will be the
first one I will come here to bill.” "Oh,
well," said the judge, "in that case I'll
make it ten years Then you won't
trouble me so aoon.” Having said this
he turned to the other man and said:
“Is there anything you would like to
say?" "Not a blessed word,"answered
the prisoner. Thu man who said noth
ing is now out. While his partner is
still behind the bars.
For lung sud ( best diseases, f'Iso's Cure
Is the liest medhliin we have used Mrs.
J. I,. Northfott, Windsor. Out., Canada.
Itemeiiilierlfig Names.
There is a lloston society woman
who cannot remember names, neither
can her daughter. One day they met a
Mrs. Ilowc, and afterward the daugh
ter remarked: "Howe invented the
sewing machine didn’t he? Well, just
think of machines and we will be sure
to get her name." The two ladies went
to tea a few days afterward, and Mrs.
Howe was there, f’p sailed the moth
er with her sweetest smile and ex
claimed: "My dear Mrs. hingcr, how
delighted I am to 6ce you again!” Soon
afterward the daughter appeared, and.
with equal charm of manner, said: "My
dear Mrs. Wilcox, how are you?”
-FIT* Mopp^rt fri‘0 p#-rm«n**nt Iv cured. Jfo I
nth MfU-r find day'* uw of !>r. JK lln«'« >enr«
Kentorvr. Km* $2 irutl butt lw and l r*i*4 i**,
b*nd tv Du. It mm ft, 931 Arch *L, Philadelphia, Pa.
Wmanmt* Vrnyer.
in the August issue of the Arena the
editor contributes the following signifi
cant anecdote concerning Whittier and
Kmerson: The two were taking a
drive together when they passed a
small, unpainted house by the road
side. “There," said Kmerson, point
ing out the house, "lives an old Cal
vanist, and she prays for me every day.
1 am glad she does. I pray for myself.”
"Does she?" said Whittier. “What
does thee pray for, friend Kmerson."
"Well, when I first open my eyes on
the beautiful world. I thank <>od that
i am alive and live so near lioston."
What you need is something to cure
you. <Jet Dr Kay's Jtenovator. See ad.
Ja the number of Harper s lia/.ar is
sued on October Id there will be given
the firstchapter of "Frances Waldeaux,”
a brilliant serial story from the pen of
Kebeeca Harding rtavis. The atory is
original ia treatment, and has for its
motif the absorbing love of a mother
for her only son. It will occupy eight
consecutive numbers of the Ua/ar and
ue finely illustrated. “Autumn l ush
ioiis lor Men” will be fully treated in
the neat issue of tbe lia/.ar.
Illplomsry.
Mrs. Hendricks iproudly walking out
of tbe sewing room)—“Well. Percy,
how <lo yon like my bloomers'.*”
Mr. Hendricks— “Oh, they do very
well, but dear me, how much older
than usual they make you look.''
< >n the following day a neat package
intended for ike far away heathen,was
forwarded from the Hendricks home.—
Cleveland leader.
Gladness Comes
With a better understanding of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical Ilk which vanish before proiM-r ef
forts geutle effort* pleasant efforts
rightly directed There is comfort in
Hie know ledge, that so many forms of
sick ness are not dim In nay actual dis
ease, toil simply to a n m* tins led «smdl
tioa of tbe system, whish the pleasant
family iaaaliie, Hi rap of Pigs prompt
ly removes Thai la why it la the only
remedy with milHoasof families, amt la
•very where esteemed an highly tut ail
tebovtlue grasl health Its l» o*4. lei
i ts Is ate due to the fact that ills the
one remedy which promotes lateraal
cleanliness without de tulltaliag the
••wane on wkk h It eels It la therefore
all Important, hi order hi get Me he a*
•rial effect* to note when you put
chase, that you have the eenulm arti
nle which is ateaafatiuted hy the fait
totals Pig ayrep I u waif ami sold hy
•II reputable druggMa
If la the euy-iateal uf g«s«t health
sad the system M regular lasativee MV
ether rawed U s are the* ant niMhd It
stttctetd with aay actual dtseaae, m
may he natwndd hi the aawt chiilftn
phislclaas. hut if la need of a taaatiee
ime should have the hast, and with Ho
~~P iahwawd everywhere Hyrup ml ,
P -gr. vtamls highest sad k amal largely j
•awd aadf tv e* mud general •attaiastam |
Iliff llnoni In Cablmffft I,mvm.
“The hot Rpcll has been good for me
n one way," said an uptown produce
iealer. “You know there is a popular
elief in the country that cabbage
eaves will protect one from sunstroke
I'hat belief has been communicated to
lie city, and the idea 1ms cropped out
wonderfully in the past few days. You
enow it's only the green leaves that
ire supposed to be protectors, and the
inly thing for a person to do who
wants one of them in a hurry to put
inder his hat is is to buy a whole head
>f cabbage Truckmen and street
'leaners are my best customers this
week. Yesterday afternoon a half do/.
>n of the latter came in here, bought
'our heads of cabbage, divided the
jrsen leaves, and, with helmets stuffed
with them, went confidently back to
heir broiling work.”—New York
l'lmes.
Hall's Catarrh Cora
Is s constitutional cure. Trice, 76c.
Harper's Weekly for September 19th
will contain art important article by
llrigsdier-Ueneral A. W. Oreeley, U. H.
A., on Nansen's “Furthest North;”
lion. Worthington C. Ford will contri
bute a valuable article on Washington's
Farewell address. There will be a
iouble-page picture by the late C. S.
Reinhart, entitled “High-tide at <let
lysburg,” and the battle of l.ske Krio
will be Commemorated in the “Naval
lluttles” series by James Harass, with
un illustration by Carleton T. Chap
man.
Force of Imagination.
A venerable couple from a far west
ern town arrived late at night at a
seaaide tavern. Just as the husband
was falling asleep, he murmured:
“Listen to the surf, Matilda; it’s Se
rious; worth the journey. 1 haven’t
heard it for forty years.” In the merw
ing they saw no sea from windows ton
piazza. On inquiry the husband dia^
covered that it was a bowling alloy
that had lulled him to sleep. — Kaetoei
Journal.
;iL'_tjyj. _S3 ■
That Pleasing
i Paralyzing Pie! U
i How good it looks I How ! ’
| good it is!. And how it ' >
») hurts. Why not look into the |
I! question of WII after Piet |
ijj ICat your pie und take Ayer’a ' <
v l’ills after, and pie will please |
i) and not paralyze.
ij AYER’S j|
: Cathartic Pills ;:
l CURE DYSPEPSIA.
—5-n
| "Everybody Likes It.” * ®
Battiii&fcl
: PLUG W !:
i J Everybody likes " Battle Ax” because of its jj
i j exceedingly fine quality. § t
< \ Because of the economy there is in buying it. jj [
! I Because of its low price. It's the kind the rich S f
! j men chew because of its high grade, and the kind j j
j j the poor men can afford to chew because of its T
I i great size. ;
i j A 5-cent piece of "Battle Ax” is almost twice ! *
i j *the size of the IQ-cent piece of other high grade j■
!s, brands. 1
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