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A Great Mistake.
A recent discovery Is that headache,
dizziness, dullness, confusion of the mind,
etc., are due to derangement of the nerve
centers which supply the brain with nerve
fofce; that indigestion, dyspepsia, neuralgia,
wind in stomach, etc., arise from the derange
ment of the nerve centers supplying these or
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t rue of many diseases of the heart and lungs.
The nerve system is like a telegraph system,
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cut. me iittie
white lines are
the nerves which
convey the nerve
force from the
nerve centers to
every part of the
body, just as the
elect ric current Is
conveyed along
the telegraph
wires to every
station, large or
small. Ordinary
physicians fail to
regard this fact;
instead of treat
ing the nerv» cen
ters for the-cause
of the disorders
arising therefrom
they treat the
part affected.
Franklin Miles,
M. U..LL.B., the
highly celebrated
specialist and
amuuui Ul UCUUU9 U13Ci»CS| aim auillUl
of many noted treatises on the latter subject,
long since realized the truth of the first
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A QUICX CURE for LECCORRH®A or WHITES. .
OF HIS LADY’S TREASURES.
I took her dainty eyes, as well
A n tendrils of her hair.
And i made a Villanelle!
I took her voics, a silver bell.
As clear as swig, as soft as prayer;
I t^ok her dainty eyes as well.
“It may be.” said I, “who can tell?
These things shall be my less despair/
And so I made a Villanclle.
1 took her whiteness virginal.
And from her cheeks two roses rare,
I took her dainty eyes as well.
1 said, “It may be possible
Her image from my heart to tear,”
And so I made a Villanclle.
I stole her laugh, most musical;
I wrought it in with artful care;
I took her dainty eyes as well.
And so I made a Villanelle!
—Ernest Dowson in Cornhill Magazine.
A HEIiO.
At about 2 o'clock on a raw, blustery
March morning the inhabitants of the
little village of Shickshinny on the up
per Susquehanna were roused from
sleep by hoarse shouts and by the vio
lent ringing of the church bell. Men
and boys dressed in haste, and a crowd
60on congregated on the river shore.
There was good cause for excitement.
The ice, which seemed comparatively
firm on the previousevening, had broken
during the night. The yellow tide, al
ready swollen to many feet above its
normal level, was almost hidden by the
heaving, grinding cakes. And worst of
all this unexpected event had placed an
unknown human being in peril. From
Scrub island came hoarse shouts for
help and at intervals the discharge of a
gun. The red flashes could be plainly
seen.
Scrub island lay in midchannel di
rectly opposite the village. It was hard
iy more than a bar, for nothing grew
upon it but bushes. Near the lower end
was a small cabin, which some of the
village boys built for amusement out of
driftwood. Here the castaway had prob
ably taken refuge, and his situation was
extremely critical. In a short time the
cabin would surely be carried off by the
rising flood and ice.
As the crow'd were speculating on the
unknown one’s identity and discussing
the hopelessness of rescue, Squire Tyson,
the most wealthy and influential man of
the village, came running down the
shore.
“Jasper is on the island,” he cried,
wringing his hands in agony. “He
went over this afternoon to shoot ducks
and has not returned home. He must
have fallen asleep in the cabin, and the
ice has carried away his boat. Will no
one save my poor boy? Are you all
cowards?”
The unhappy man grasped a boat that
lay bottom up on the shore and tried to
drag it into the water.
Half a dozen men caught and held him.
“You will only throw your life away,”
they cried. “No boat could move a
dozen yards in that ice. We could save
your boy if there was any chance at all.”
The squire suddenly realized that this
was true. He stood gazing mutely toward
the island, his face rigid with despair.
A groan of pity burst from the crowd as
another gunshot was heard, followed by
hoarse appeals for help. The tide rose
high ;r and higher, but now clear spots
were visible here and there, and all at
once the river seemed to become free of
ice.
The meaning of this was plain. The
ice had formed a gorge somewhere up
stream. Here seemed a chance of res
cue, but no one was willing to take ad
vantage of it. The crowd knew by past
experience that the gorge would likely
break in a moment or two, and then the
freed ice would sweep everything before
it like an avalanche. In vain the squire
appealed to them. In vain the poor boy
on the island cried for help. Not a man
would risk what seemed certain death.
Suddenly a stoutly built lad of 16 sep
arated from the throng, and running up
the shore a few yards he hauled a light
skiff into the water. He seized the oars
that lay in the bottom and pulled sturdi
ly into the swirling current, heading in
a diagonal course up stream.
A simultaneous cry of amazement
burst from the crowd. Some cheered
the daring lad; others warned him back.
“God bless him!” cried the squire,
bursting into tears.
Indeed, Curt Webb was the last one
any person would have believed capable
of such a brave deed. He was an or
phan and worked hard for a livelihood
in a grocery store. The village boys,
headed by Jasper Tyson, despised and
hated him because he had persistently
refused to join any of their mischievous
depredations. He could never be in
duced to fight his tormentors, though
Jasper and others dared him to combat
metoy a time. So the boys gratified their
malice by calling him the “coward,” and
by this epithet he was known in the vil
lage.
But the “coward” was surely astonish
ing his enemies now, and his progress
was watched with breathless interest.
No one expected to see him come back
alive.
steadily the boat crept toward the is
land. Curt bent to the oars with all
his might and managed to hold bis own
against the fierce current. Occasionally
he glanced over his shoulder and was
relieved to see no trace of approaching
ice. The shore soon faded from view,
and as he neared the island he shouted
cheerily to give notice of his approach.
Jasper shouted back and fired a hunch
of grass to guide liis rescuer.
The water had already reached the
cabin, and just as Curt swung the boat
into the little eddy behind it he heard a
grinding noise up the river and saw a
white mass looming into view. The
gorge had broken, and the ice was com
ing down with sweeping force.
Jasper stood in the cabin door, and
when the flaming wisp of grass showed
him the face of his rescuer he blushed
with shame.
“Youl” he exclaimed, and that single
word spoke volumes.
“Don't stop to talk,” cried Curt hur
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riedly. "Jump in. Here comes the ice,
and we have a slim chance of dodging
it.”
Too late. Even as Jasper sprang to
the boat the water heaved and tossed,
and the rumble of the dread avalanche
deepened to a roar. Half a dozen cakes
of ice swirled by, rising and falling with
the waves. Curt pulled straight down
stream, while his companion crouched
in the stern of the boat, helpless with
terror. But the race could end in only
one way. The line of broken ice came
grinding on like a race horse, growling
with fury. It smashed the cabin to frag
ments and sped after the frail little craft
that was striving so hard to escape.
Jasper cried out with terror and held his
hands before his face to shut out the aw
ful sight. Curt stuck to the oars, but
he knew nevertheless that escape was
out of the question. His brave heart
sickened at the thought of what would
happen when the crashing ice cakes
reached the boat.
Suddenly lie saw something that roused
a glimmer of hope. Twenty yards to
ward the left shore and slightly in ad
vance of the avalanche floated a huge
tree, evidently tom bodily from the soil.
Its broad end, bristling with snakelike
roots, was turned down stream, and
here and there it thrust out thick limbs
that served to steady it, like outriggers
on a boat.
me opportunity was a good one, for
the tree looked sufficiently strong and
massive to hold its own against the tur
bulent ice. If the castaways could reach
it, they stood a fair chance of escaping
death. Curt’s resolve was instantly
formed. Ho roused Jasper from his
stupor of fear and briefly explained what
he intended to do.
“Now,” cried Curt.
Jasper caught the dangling roots and
pulled himself to a place of safety. An
agile spring landed Curt beside him, and
the next instant the boat was whirled off
into the gloom. As the lads crept high
er up the trunk, Jasper slipped and was
precipitated into the water. In his strug
gles to keep from sinking he seized one
of the roots and clung to it frantically,
crying for help.
At the risk of his life, Curt crawled
down, and with some difficulty rescued
his companion. They lost no time in
choosing positions among the heavy
limbs and then had barely settled them
selves when down the shock came. The
towering masses of ice surged around the
tree, burying the trunk from sight at
times and rocking it to and fro like a
cradle. The peril was frightful and im
minent for half an hour. The boys were
beyond the reach of the ice, however,
and happily the outriggers prevented the
tree from rolling over.
The night wore on, and when it broke
the tree stranded on one of the piers of
the Catawissa bridge. Willing hands
rescued the castaways with ropes, and
when they had recovered from their ex
posure they were sent home by rail,
whither the glad news had already pre
ceded them.
It need hardly be said that Curt was
never called a coward again.—William
Murray Graydon in Hartford Courant.
In a German 'Workshop.
We had to be at work at C o’clock in
the morning and to keep on till 8 o’clock
at night. Even on Sundays we worked
from 6 o'clock to dinner time. Some
would keep on till it was dark on Sun
day evening and content themselves with
knocking off early, as they called it. And
such work!
Everybody would work as if the house
were on fire. It was all piecework. The
man who stood next myself had made
veneered chests of drawers for 30 years,
and never had made anything else. He
would turn out two veneered chests of
drawers in a week, and the work was
faultless. These chests would, I am
sure, sell readily in Brisbane for from
£12 to £15 each. He earned about 9
Prussian thalers per week. On the other
side of me stood a man who made Ger
man secretaires. There were nine or ten
men in the shop. The master was work
ing too. He seemed just as poor as the
men.
Whenever work was finished, some
furniture dealer would come round and
buy it. The men seemed all more or less
askew in their bodies with overwork. If
ever they had an ambition in their lives,
it was to instill a proper sense of respect
into the two apprentices.—“Adventures
of a Danish Emigrant.”
An Atmosphere In Outer Space.
That extreme cold paralyzes every
vital function is of course a piece of
everyday knowledge. But it has been
left to Professor Pictet, who has been
conducting some experiments on this
subject, to discover that at a tempera
ture of 150 degrees below the centigrade
zero there is no chemical action between
nitric or sulphuric acid and potash, be
tween oxygen and potassium, though
under ordinary circumstances the affinity
of the latter metal for oxygen is so great ;
that it will burn if thrown into water, !
owing to its combination with the oxygen j
in that fluid. But if the electric spark 1
is played on bodies which have thus lost
the power of chemical affinity some
new and curious combinations result.
The latest investigations, the conclusions
of which, however, have been theoretic
ally presaged for some years past, may
require ns to reconsider the question of
the temperature of outer space and the
possibility of an at mosphere composed of
gases in combination existing there.—
London Chronicle.
_
Vegetable Whisky Shops.
One of the most curious plants in the
White House conservatories is called by
the superintendent “vegetable whisky
shops,” because their pitchers distill an
intoxicating fluid that attracts all sorts
of insects. Half a pint is contained in i
each of these receptacles, and it is said I
that the contents of three or four will j
intoxicate a man. The bugs fall into the ;
fluid, and their substance is devoured by |
the plant. One variety attracts cock
roaches, while another actually captures
frogs that, once caught, are unable to es
cape because of two thorns extending
downward which pierce them when they
attempt to jump ont.
CAPITAL AUTOCRATS.
OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON WHOSE
ONLY LAW IS THEIR WILL.
A Striking: Example Is the First Comp
troller of the Currency, Whose Derisions
Cannot Even Be Vetoed by the President,
Who lias the Power of Removal.
Among the most remarkable features
of thi. government by the people is the
extrao; 1 inary authority vested in certain
subordinate officials at Washington.
For iastaaoe, no man in the United
States wields Buch power in money mat
ters as the rirst comptroller of the cur
rency. He is entirely independent of
the secretary of the treasury, and even
the president has no means of coercing
him, as the following story shows:
When Grant was in the White House,
First Comptroller Taylor refused to
countersign a warrant for the payment
of a big claim out of the funds of the
treasury. The president summoned him
and said:
•• rou must sign.
“I will not, Mr. President,” replied
the recalcitrant official.
“Then I will compel you to do so,” said
General Grant.
“You have not the power,” rejoined
the comptroller coolly and respectfully.
“We will see about that,” said the
president. “I will consult the attorney
general.”
The attorney general, on being con
sulted, stated that the comptroller was
right—he could not be forced to coun
tersign the warrant. Next day the pres
ident summoned Mr. Taylor and said:
“I find that I cannot compel you to
countersign the warrant. However, I
can get another first comptroller.”
“Very well, Mr. President,” replied
the officer. “You can have my resigna
tion, but not my signature.”
In fact, the only way in which the
president can override a decision of this
powerful official is by dismissing him
and appointing another man. All of the
accounts of the government, except those
which relate to customs and the post
office department, are settled by war
rants countersigned by the first comp
troller. Without his signature the pay
ments cannot be made.
There are two autocrats in the post
office department. One of them is the
assistant attorney general. It is his
function to decide whether matter of
fered for mailing is immoral or not. He
acts as censor for tho people. Whenever
a postmaster in any city is doubtful re
garding the morality of a publication
that is sought to be mailed, he forwards
a copy of the suspected work to the third
assistant postmaster general, by whom
it is referred to the assistant attomey
general.
Very likely the latter may be too busy
to investigate the subject personally, in
which case he turns it over to one of his
clerks, who peruses it and marks any
passage which he considers indecent.
Thus the law lord has simply to glance
over the selected tidbits of impropriety
and pass on them. The assistant attor
ney general also determines what mail
matter shall be considered fraudulent
and be excluded as such from the post.
The third assistant postmaster general
is himself an autocrat. He has authority
to exercise his own discretion in depriv
ing periodical publications of the ad
vantage of second class postal rates.
Publications intended for advertising
purposes primarily are not allowed
those rates. On account of the “Kreutzer
Sonata” a whole series of books, of which
it was one, was shut out of the mails.
Publishers commonly get out vol
umes in series, because in this shape
they go second class as periodical publi
cations so long as they are issued at
least four times a year. The decision
against that work did not actually ex
clude it from the post, because it could
be and was sent at first class rates,
sealed, so that nobody could lawfully
open the package and find out what was
inside.
The autocrat of the department of
agriculture is the chief of the bureau of
animal industry. He has authority to
kill any animal ne may choose anywhere
in the United States. When one of his
inspectors reports that such and such
cattle are afflicted with an infectious
disease, he orders them purchased and
slaughtered. The value of the beasts is
judged by two appraisers, one chosen
by the owner and the other by the bu
reau. If they cannot agree, they ap
point a third person to decide. In case
a man refused to have his live stock
thus disposed of, the police and United
States marshals would be summoned.
The payment adjudicated is made by
check. The chief of the bureau’s author
ity in such matters is absolute over the
territories and District of Columbia.
For operations in any state he must have
the consent of the governor, but the gov
ernor’s consent cannot be withheld be
cause he is in a position to coerce the
state. If he chooses, he can quarantine
the state, preventing all animals from
going into or coming out for an indefi
nite period.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Wire as a Strengthener.
The method of strengthening copper
steam pipes by means of coiled metal
wire has been quite generally adopted
in the Italian navy. The practice is to
serve the tubes with one or two layers
of wire wound under tension. The
method is not considered applicable to
other than straight tubes. The wire is
of sufficient strength to carry the full
load of steam, and the tension used in
winding is about 1| tons per square inch.
The wire is put on in two or three inde
pendent spirals, and the ends of each
are independently fastened to the flanges.
—Safety Valve.
And Dick Said Nothing.
Mrs. Newed—Dick, dear, I'm glad you
don’t forget to execute any order I give
you. The other day I told you to order
some kindling wood, and you must have
thought of it constantly, poor boy, for
that night you kept saying in your sleep,
“Give me a dollar's worth of chips!”—
Music and Drama.
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One Hundred and Seventy-Three Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars,
$173,250.00
in valuable Presents to be Civen Away in Return for
SPEAR HEAD TAGS,
1 ,1 55 STEM WINDING ELGIN GOLD WATCHES.SM.TB Cl
5,775 FINE IMPORTED FRENCH OPERA GLASSES, MOROCCO BODY,
BLACK ENAMEL TRIMMINGS, GUARANTEED ACHROMATIC... . >
23.1 00 IMPORTED GERMAN BUCKHORN HANDLE, FOUR BLADE:)
POCKET KNIVES. C i
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PICKS. C*.
1 1 5,500 LARGE PICTURES (11x23 inches) IN ELEVEN COLORS, for framing.
no advertising on them. £i ■■ >
261,030 PRIZES. AMOUNTING TO.$1737250 00
The above articles will be distributed, by counties, among parties who chew SPEAR
HEAD Plug Tobacco, and return to us the TIN TAGS taken therefrom.
We will distribute 226 of these prizes in this connty as follows:
To THE PARTY sending us the greatest number of SPEAR HEAD
TAGS from this county we will give..1 GOLD WATCH.
To the FIVE PARTIES sending us the next greatest number of
SPEAR HEAD TAGS, we will give to each, 1 OPERA GLASS... .5 OPERA GLASSES.
To the TWENTY’ PARTIES sending us the next greatest number
of SPEAR HEAD TAGS, we will give to each 1 POCKET
KNIFE.20 POCKET KNIVES.
To the ONE HUNDRED PARTIES sending us the next greatest
number of SPEAR HEAD TAGS, we will give to each 1
ROLLED GOLD WATCH CHARM TOOTH PICK.100 TOOTH PICKS.
To the ONE HUNDRED PARTIES sending us the next greatest
cumber of SPEAR HEAD TAGS, we will give to each 1
LARGE PICTURE IN ELEVEN COLORS ..100 PICTURES.
Total Number o. Prize* for this County, 226.
CAUTION.—No Tags will be received before January 1st, 1894. nor after February 1st.
1394. Each package containing tags must be marked plainlv with Nam,- of Fender. Town.
County. State, and Number of Tags in each package. Ail"charges on packages must bi
prepaid.
READ.—SPEAR HEAD possesses more qualities of intrinsic value than any other
plug tobacco produced. It is the sweetest, the toughest, the richest. SPEAK HEAD f.
absolutely, positively and distinctive!y different in flavor from any other plug tobacco.
A trial will convince the most skeptical of this fact. Itts the largest seller of anysimilu
shape and style on earth, which proves that It has caught the popular taste and pleases tin
people. Try it, and participate in the contest for prizes. See that a TIN TAfi is on every
t" cent piece of SPEAK HEAD you buy. Send in the tags, no matter how small t'-’ ‘
; c liufiry. Very sincerely,
THE P. J. SORG COMPANY, Middletown, Ohio.
A list of the people obtaining these prizes in this county will be published lg this
paper immediately after February 1st, 1391.
DON’T SENS ftNY TAGS BEFORE JANUARY I. 1824.
