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gmrnl HU' * ■ ; TERM8:I97.00 PER YEAR jCo notice winterer will be taken of un signed communications. THE JOURNAL CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE tor the preservation or return of rejected communications. iUms nil eodunimlenMuis relating to anhsarlptlnna and advertisements to BURLEIOH A PLTNT, Publishers, An gusts, Rains. Who’ll now dare ask Croker where lie got it? Blood and whiskey flowed in some parts of Kentucky election day. Now for the string attached to Low’s resignation of Columbia’s presidency. Now for an “After the Ball” admin istration-of Greater New York’s affairs. There was a warm welcome for the recent decided coolness in yellow fever circles. When she can’t be Lexowed New York isn’t satisfied until she is buncoed. The tiger cat came back from a fast to a feast so big here’s hoping he’ll die of gorging. Republican majorities do not reach high water mark on high water elec tion days. The Bay State emphatically reiter ates its disapproval of light weight dol lars and light weight Williams. Croker rampant and the sentiment, “T’ell with reform," deserve a place on the seal of the greatest city In the New World. It is said the temperature of Joe Quincy’s frozen silence has fallen sev eral degrees since hearing from the Boston returns. Who is to help the regular Republi can organization in Greater New York retain nine Republican congressmen there next fall? One of the dullest campaigns in Massachusetts results in the candidate, who stopped at nothing to relieve the dullness, being most severely dulled. One swallow may not make a sum mer but Candidate Swallow of the Pennsylvania Prohibitionists made it hot for his opponents in' some of the counties. Norway dispatched on Wednesday a vessel in search of Andree. Had it started a few days in advance of the balloon expedition it probably would not have been too early. The tiger stripes, in New York, from a badge of humiliation are changed to one of political success; but they re main a sort of bar sinister, just the same, and are a left-handed compli ment to the wearer, whether individual or municipality. No one has ever accused Republicans of not knowing enough to go in when it rains but it is a well recognized fact that a considerable number of them, though doubtless knowing enough to go out to the polls when it rains, do not act upon the knowledge. Sacrifice to an Idea Sometimes Too Great. In the light of poor human under standing the sacrifice to an idea seems sometimes too great. The courage that enables an individual to go down in defeat rather than yield, what he con ceives to be a duty, uncompromising support of an idea, always excites admiration and compels applause; but when an individual or a body of in dividuals hazards the welfare of a community of which they compose the lesser part they receive after the sober second thought pity at best instead of applause. In other words the sacrifice to an idea, especially when that idea has not been demonstrated to be con clusively right and practical, is re garded as too great when as a result the many suffer. In Greater New York a body of men set up the idea that non-partisanship was to be sustained at all costs. Less than three-tenths of the voters of that municipality endorsed that idea, the support of which by the 148,000 who voted for Low, very many of whom were Republicans, defeated good gov ernment. Toward the latter part of the campaign another idea seemed to rival this in the minds of the support ers of Low and George, viz. That it was a holy war of the people against "bossism.” Nevertheless more than three-fifths of the people voted for “iHJssism.” Even those who hissed Crocker at the campaign rallies voted for the ticket he dictated and if they discipline him will do it within the lines of the Tammany party. If Low theorists shall assert this but proves man is prone to err it does not prove that because of it he is not worthy of'assistance to do the best he can according to his lights until he may obtain clearer comprehension. If the regulars among the Republicans shall assert that a Republican organ ization could not afford to endorse a candidate thrust upon it by those anxious to destroy the organization which was willing and did offer as clean and able a ticket as that of the "non-partisans,” It does not prove that It could afford to ignore the welfare of the people of that great municipality also to Imperil the chances of electing the head of the state ticket and the Republican majority in the state Leg islature, not to mention the alienation of the support needed to keep Republi can the congressional districts within the limits of that municipality. It is no longer a theory but a sadly demonstrated fact that New York as now composed cannot come under the control of those who believe in a clean administration of its affairs unless the latter are willing to compromise on their theories sufficiently to unite in aggressive concert against the domina tion of the elements composing TamV. many hall. Perhaps this demonstra tion was needed but it is difficult to conceive of the necessity of repeat ing it. 'Fjcts That May Well Irritate Spain. Spain may well be irritated over what ex-Minister Taylor has recently written on the Cuban situation. But it is the irritation that comes from knowing that the truth has been told and is damaging. When he speaks it is with a certain authority because of his facilities for information, and his declaration that all the so-called re forms Spain has promised for Cuba or can enforce are and by reason of con ditions must be shams, is so sensible as I’to assure it general acceptance. No less significant is that part of his article on the North American Review in which he says: “This deplorable state of things is not only shocking to humanity, but it is a special and grevious burden to the people of the United States, by reason of their in timate commercial and social relations and sympathies with the people of an island so near to our coast line as to be almost a part of our territory. Our commerce with Cuba, amounting an nually at the beginning of the present war to $100,000,000, has been nearly wiped out. The millions of American capital invested in the island have been either destroyed or rendered un productive: many of our citizens re duced to absolute want have been forced to appeal to Congress for aid; while too many of them have found their way into Spanish dungeons, from which some have been able to escape only through the door of death. But last, and worst of all, our peace as a nation is broken and disquieted by an endless strife that enters as a potent factor into our internal politics. With patience almost unexampled we en dured all such evils during the period of the great war that began at Yara in 1868, and ended 10 years later with the treaty of Zanjon; then came the little war; and finally the last great war that has now been in progress for more than two years and a half. Thus we have been called upon to witness near ly 15 years of war in Cuba out of the last 29. Throughout the present strug gle, apart from our commercial losses, we have been in a state of semi-war with Spain; a large part of our fleet has become a coast guard; and our diplomatic relations have been so strained that for more than a year the Spanish government deemed it neces sary to guard my place of residence with soldiers, night and day. Since my departure, this impossible state of things has become still more acute, and the uncertainty thus produced is the one obstacle in the path If the long hoped-for prosperity just dawning upon us. Business men are plainly stating to each other that such uncer tainty now hangs like a cloud over all future transactions.” Nor are these all that this country has to endure because of Spanish mis government in Cuba. Surgeon General Wyman's investigations of the cause of our yellow fever scourges indicates that they usually start from Cuba where even the principal city is not subjected to even the rudimentary regulations of sanitation; The mild epidemic of yellow feyer in this coun try this fall has aside from.ltg;fpenaco to health occasioned g pecuniary loss amounting to many miliions. Grandma’s Pumpkin Pie. The fruftful summer has passed on And1 winter’s storms are nigh. But sweetly sandwiched 'twixt the two Is grandma’s pumpkin pie. The gods may have their "brosial lunch On table d’hotes iip high. But 'brosia’s classified with hash. 'Longeide of grandma's pie. —E. Bradshaw. The Maine patriot Is ttiankful he wasn’t called to brave the elements to vote. The Portland woman who pulled so vigorously, Tuesday, on a broken door bell that she fell over backward and down a flight of steps breaking an arm and otherwise receiving injuries will not endeavor to startle the household whose door bell she ne*t pulls. It hadn't forgotten how to rain. Mount I>esert Cottager: Mysterious shootings in Maine woods are getting to be very common. By the way, why will people still resort to the old fashioned clumsy method of murder? How much neater and safer to invite your victim to "go gunning” with you and mistake him for a deer.” Portland Express: The sight of a young man going to school these mornings with his books under one arm and a big bull dog pipe projecting from, bis mouth, is one of the end of the century incidents that teach people that the youth of today is somewhat If yoorchild looks upon Scott’: Emulsion as Cod-liver Oil and i repelled by it, begin with part o a teaspoonful in twice the quantit; of water and il will take it ant relish it as though it were millc f here is no food or medicine foi children which equals Scott’s emulsion for putting color int< the checks, enriching the bloot *nd bringing comfort and gooc -n — more about it^ sent free SHOULD Have itinthe House It is for her use, the soothing, healing and penetrating Anodyne. Suffering children love it dropped on sugar for colds, croup, colic, cramps and pains. It has satisfied generation after generation. Johnson’s Anodyne Liniment Originated in 1810 by the late Dr. A. Johnson. Cures Every Form of Inflammation. For INTERNAL as much as EXTERNAL Use. It will positively cure the many common ailments which will occur to the inmates of every family as long as life has woes. It soothes every ache, every lameness, every pain, every soreness everywhere. It prevents and cures asthma, bronchitis, colds, coughs, croup, catarrh, diphtheria, gout, hacking, hoarseness, headache, hooping cough, iuBuenza, neuralgia, rheu matism, sciatica, sore lips, sore throat or lungs, la grippe, chest pains, bowel pains and kidney pains, lame side, mumps, ringworm, scalds, strains, sprains, soreness, stiffness and swellings. There is not a medicine in use today which possesses the confidence of the public to so great an extent as Johnson’s Anodyne Liniment. For more than eighty years it has stood upon its own intrinsic merit, while generation after generation have used it and transmitted the knowledge of its excellence to their children as a valuable inheritance. The best evidence of its value is the fact that in the state where it originated the sale of it is steadily increasing. I. S. Johnson, Esfl. My Dear Sir:—Fifty years ago this month, your father, Dr. Johnson, called at my store and left me some Johnson’s Anodyne Liniment on sale. I have sola it ever since. I can most truly say that it has maintained its high standard and popularity from that time to this. JOHN B. RAND, North Waterford, Maine, Jan., 1891. This certifies th.it Dr.'A. Johnson, whose name is signed to every genuine bottle of Johnson’s Anodyne Liniment, in the month of Jan.. 1840, first left at my store some of the same. I have supplied my customers with it ever since, (over fifty years) with increasing sales. I have used it in my family for sprains, coughs, colds, lame back, and consider it the best. Jabez Knowlton, Newburg, Maine. I suffered for months from asthma. I slept propped up in a chair, the only way I got any rest. My physician did all he could, but failed to give me any ease. The first night after using Johnson’s Anodyne Liniment I lay in bed for some hours, and every night since I have gonetomy bed like the restof the family. Mrs. Angus McKinnon, "Daisyburn,” Cashel P. O., York Co., Canada. Send for our Book “Treatment for Diseases'* and Care of Sick Room, Free, The Doctor's Signature and Directions are on every bottle. Price 35 cents; six $2.00. Sold by all Druggists. 1. S. JOHNSON & CO.. 22 Custom House Street, Boston, Mass* different from the one of ‘'Ye olden times.” Speaking of the greenhorns who shoot one another in the woods, two old gunners of Ellsworth are nursing snipe shot wounds the results of careless ness. _ A squirrel hunter in South Paris hav ing filled his game hag with them sat down to rest. A big buck accommo datingly walked along, he fired a charge of No. 6 shot at it, killed it and is now regarded the luckiest man in town. A case of some pumpkins is reported from Cumberland, one weighing 12 pounds, and it wasn’t much of a year for pumpkins. Bangor is to have a somewhat unique union service on Thanksgiving day, four of its leading clergymen uniting to speak on the following subjects: Lan;. , lessness; The Effect; Responsibility; Remedy. The observance of Thanks- 1 giving day in this country can have1 no more practically beneficial purpose than the promotion of good morals and law abiding but in order to be effectual such effort cannot be regarded as oc casional. The occasion is rather one for renewed consecration to a persist ent effort that may continue through, out the other 364 days of the year. Bath's strong man was caught un der a descending elevator the other day. Instead of yielding he braced himself and succeeded in holding up the weight of 800 pounds. He is not likely to test his strength with any elevators of a larger variety. A South Paris family recently went to considerable trouble to secure an oriole’s nest to add to their collection of interesting objects. As nearly every one knows, the oriole builds a hanging nest. The framework of this nest is almost entirely of twine, and the ladies of the family declare that it is woven—or knit, or crocheted, or whatever it may be—in “knot stitch." However that may be, it would be difficult for any intelligent being to take the same materials and make from them a firmer or more durable structure. The searcher for knowledge can vary his pursuit by going to the oWole as well as to the ant, the busy bee or the college for his information. An Old Orchard Indian, who tried to sell his trinkets in Saco the other day to get money, he said, to bury his dead wife, was found to be drawing on his imagination, and a barbaric one it was, for his wife was not dead nor sick. VOICES OF THE PRESS. L lection Lessons. (Portland Evening Express.) Tammany won in Greater New' York. Under the circumstances nothing else was to be expected. The majority of the voters were opposed to launching the new municipality in charge of that evil stained and vice soaked machine, and pfobably but for the manipulation of two or three score leaders of the Cit izens’ Union and the Republican organ ization might have taken such com bined action as to have prevented that calamity. As it is, while there will be sincere regret on the part of the masses who voted respectively for Low, Tracy and George that the "tiger” is again in control those same manipulators, to whose selfish scheming for personal ends that is to be charged, will be more than satisfied that the other element of the might-have-been successful combination was defeated. One of two things Is put in evidence by the comparison of the ante-election claim of the leaders of the Republican machine with the votes cast; the men in charge of the Tracy campaign were either astonishingly incompetent for the work they professed to be doing or they were deceiving the masses of the Republican party. From the general result this lesson may be learned; a large and constantly in creasing number of voters is restive under the growing belief that the devotion to broad, general political principles and policies of the great bulk of voters in all parties is used by unscrupulous leaders to serve personal purposes. The latter pro fess to be Democrats or Republicans as the case may be. They often use the power with which they are clothed by the confidence of their political associates to serve their personal ends, the nakedness of which is barely covered by the great corporations to which they subordinate the public good. nominations of their own party they labor earnestly to win under its banner, unless they can make a trade with the other side which will serve their chief ends better. If beaten in their own or ganization, they •*knife” its nominees at the polls, unless, indeed, they frighten those nominees into promising subservi ency to toeir will. For years it has been the general belief ' among the well informed as to the course of the leaders of both sides of New York municipal politics that such has been their aim and tn< thod. As a result the most vital interests of the people have been trampled under foot by law breakers of high and low degree. Meanwhile dis honest leaders have retained the power ! by which they work public injury and pri j vate gain through the honest and often mistaken belief on the part of the people that those leaders are as honest and un selfish as themselves in their political convictions and acts. It must be a long time before this great evil is corrected. Meanwhile, however, it is a hopeful sign that the numbers of those who ■will not thus be misled is on the increase. The Election on Tuesday. (Lewiston Journal.) While there were comparatively few elections held on Tuesday, because of the.off-year, yet the few that weije held were unfavorable in a majqfjty of eases, to Republican prestige, and were in general made unfavorable by fac tional quarrels between so-called Re publican leaders./who placed self above the public interests. If the Republi cans had been united, every election where the Republicans expected any thing would have resulted in Republi can triumphs. Republican prijjic’Iples would have easily’ won. where anjbl tious and self-seeking leaders, putting personal advantage before the Repub lican cause, have divided the party and have lost. We have commented elsewhere on the loss of the new and enlarged city of New York by factional divisions among Republicans. Rut those fac tional divisions.(ft,New York city have done more than lose the city; they ■have lost the state to the Republicans for the time being, simply because the county Republicans were disgusted and rendered apathetic by the uncalled for divisions in New York city, and the severe rain storm came in to render the apathy’ excusable. In Ohio the old Foraker-Sherman fight broke out anew, Senator Hanna being regarded as the successor of Sherman, and so weakened the Repub licans as to encourage the Democrats. The state is probably saved for the Republicans, but by a reduced major ity’. and while the Legislature is close because of a union of anti-Hanna Re publicans and Democrats in Cincinnati, which elected 14 anti-Hanna represen tatives, yet it is hoped that Senator Hanna will pull through, In Maryland there would have been no question of Republican success if it had not been for Senator Wellington’s attempt to set tymself up as a "boss" and his withdrawal from the campaign because the Republicans would not tolerate anybody in such a role. Prob; ably this quarrel has lost the Republi cans a United States senator. In Massachusetts, Iowa and Pennsyl vania, the Republican victory is em phatic, although of course the majori ties are much smaller than last year. South Dakota probably returns to the Republican fold. Bryan’s successful fight in Nebraska, and the Democratic gain in Ohio, where he was called to stump, seem to make it certain that he will retain his control of the Democratic party and be their candidate again in 1900. It is probable that these object les sons of the effect of quarrels of Re publican leaders, coming thus early, will serve to either remand them here after to back seats, or else to make them clearly see that such a course as they have pursued must be changed. The Maine Central freight house at Foxcroft is still shuddering at its nar row escape from instant death recently last week. It seems that a package of powder had been skipped in unloading a large quantity at the Foxcroft freight house. The powder was for a Guilford firm and the mistake was not noticed until too late to go back to Foxcroft for it. The owner of the powder woke up early next morning and the idea popped into his head that the excel sior in which the powder had been wrapped and in which in all probabil ity the missing package might be found, was left for kindling. He jumped out of bed and in less time than It takes to tell it was on his wheel scorching toward Foxcroft. He got there just as a man was hunting for a match to light the fire and the powder was at that moment in the stove. A minute later and there would have been a dreadful accident. A Biddeford expressman has suffered the loss of four horses by death the past year. WALTHAM HOLY CROSS. An Ancient English Village Seldom Visited t>; Tourists. (All Rights Reserved.) London, Eng., Oct. 17, 1897. There are many places In England practically unknown to the tourist which are not only naturally beautiful but are celebrated In history and In teresting on that account. It Is only by chance that one discovers, these out of-the-way places, especially If one be a foreigner, but, once found, the ab sence of a crowd of chattering, curious people gives a greater charm to the place. There is a little village In Essex called Waltham Holy Cross. It is scarcely an hour’s ride from London, and stands in the midst of Epping Forest. The town is generally called Waltham Abbey on account of Its beautiful church which once formed part of a large monastery. It is a very ancient village dating from the time of Canute, when Tovi le Prude, standard bearer to the great Danish king used to go there to hunt in the forest. In course of time Tovi’s .little hunting lodge became surrounded by the huts of his retainers, and finally Tovi founded a small convent and appointed two priests to conduct the services. This was the nucleus of the present town of Waltham Holy Cross. But the name of Harold, the last of the Saxon kings of Britain is more closely connected with the annals of Waltham than that of Tovi. In the time of Edward the Confessor, the es tates of Waltham became the property of the crown and were given by Ed ward to his brother-in-law, Harold. Harold either rebuilt or enlarged Tovi's church, and dedicated it to the "Holy Cress,” hence the name of the town. Everyone knows the sad story of Harold's short reign, and his defeat and death on the battlefield of Hast ings. It is said that Harold spent th. night la-fore the battle at Waltham to pay a farewell visit to Edith, his cousin and sweetheart. No one knows for sure where Harold’s body was burled. Some say that William the Conqueror refused to allow- him Chris tian burial, and his soldiers dug a grave on the seashore and buried him there. Another story runs that hi. body could not at first l>e found until Edith came to the assistance of those who were searching for it. She dis covered it under a pile of the slain and she took it and buried it at Waltham Abbey. After this Edith took the veil and became Abbess of Waltham Ab bey. We were shown over the abbey by the landlord of the "Cock Inn." a fine soldierly-looking old man with snow-white hair and beard. He firmly believes that the body of Harold is buried somewhere within the precincts of the abbey, and he thinks the spot is aliout 123 feet from the present east end of the church. The tower of the church is compara tively modern, and is by no mean handsome. The original tower stood in the centre of the church, but it fell and the present tower was erected in 1558. The pillars which support the roof of the church are ornamented with zig-zag mouldings, which wen once filled in with brass which was taken away by the followers of Olivet Cromwell. This zig-zag ornamenta tion is peculiar to buildings erected during the reigns of Edward the Con fessor and Harold. The lady chapel of the abbey is or the south side of the church is con sidered almost the finest specimens of mediaeval architecture in this country It was probably founded during tht reign of Edward III. Beneath the chapel is a crypt, with three brick vaults containing several bodies. Some distance away from the church is another small chapel, which is used now as a place for growing mush rooms! Near this chapel is a subter ranean passage which tradition say: leads to Cheshunt nunnery. The old abbey gates are still stand ing and are very handsome. They consist of two pointed arches, one large and one smaller. The top of each large arch bears th arms of Henry III. This gate was one of the entrances to the abbot’s house, the wall of which is still standing. The bricks used are remarkably large, some of them being 15 inches by three and a half. In the churchyard stands a huge elm tree which Is supposed to he from fiv to six centuries old. It measures 20 feet round the trunk. About a quarter of a mile from the town stands an old cross known as the Before Retiring:..... take Ayer’s Pills, and you will sleep better and wake in better condition for the day’s work. Ayer’s Cathartic Pills have no equal as a pleasant and effect ual remedy for constipation, biliousness, sick headache, and all liver troubles. They are sugar-coated, and so perfectly prepared, that they cure with out the annoyances experienced in the use of so many of the pills on the market. Ask your druggist for Ayer’s Cathartic Pills. When other pills won’t help you, Ayer’s is THE PILL THAT WILL WASHINGTON Life Insurance Company. Washington / s I in 1894-5.6 I Washington 20 In 1884 I L B. BRACKETT, Mangfr for Maine: r L J. BRACKETT, Asst Man* OmCE. 185 MIDDLE STREET. PORTLAND, MAINE. WORMS IN CHILDREN* i j nufcdrerisof children have worms, but their parents doctor them tor^m nearly everything else. The best Worm Kemedymade. and likawise^K the best Kemedy for all the complaints of children, such as Feverish ness, ( ostiveness, Indigestion, hour Stomach, etc., is TRUE’S Pin Worm ELIXIR I Its efficacy in such troubles—and likewise for all stomach troubles of adult* I —has never teen equalled. It has been a household remedy for ■§ I 48 yenrs. Purely vegetable and harmless. Price 35 cents. Ask your i Itrureist for it. DR. J. P. TRUE dt CO., Auburn, Me. I or» • •Children" ftp*1 to mother*. For Tape Worm we have a special treatment. Wrtto fbr bo Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross. Queen Eleanor was wife to Edward I. and died in Lincolnshire. Wherever her corpse rested on its way to West minster a cross was raised to her memory. This is one, and the last of the series is in one of the busiest, noisest thoroughfares in London, at Charing Cross the beginning of the Strand. In the panels of the lower story of the cross are panels engraved with the arms of England, Castile and Leon, and Poreton. In the upper story is a statue of Queen Eleanor. The last place we visited was a little stone bridge over the river Lea over hung by a huge weeping willow. This .s known as Harold's bridge, and it is probably as ancient as the church. It made a pretty picture, and we were sorry when 1t was time for us to go, and to take our leave of "mine land lord" of the Cock Inn. IDA MAY COUSINS. Newsy Gleanings. Five fingers and a thumb on each hand distinguished a negro boy of Newton. Miss. The extra fingers have each only one joint. After falling 30 feet into the hold of a steamer at Canton, Md., and striking on his head, a negro stevedore strode away laughing and uninjured. A cottage near a small Georgia town displays the following sign: “ No Quarringtine in Heare. All Yaller Fever Refusals Akkommodated for Cash.” Naturalists have ascertained that scorpions and certain kinds of spiders are able to make peculiar noises for the same reason that rattlesnakes use their rattles—to warn an enemy that an at tack is attended by danger. Fob chains are the latest novelties pro vided by jewelers, who grow fat on mi lady’s pin money. They come in gold and silver links instead of gold-mounted rib bons. and are permitted to dangle from the watch i>oked beneath the belt or hid den in little chest pocket. The plainest cost more than half a dozen matinee tickets. The Swaziland (south Africa) Times says: "J. H. Buchanan, traveling along under the Managa with a wagon.' came across five lions, two of which were an adult male and female, and the remain ing three cubs. The whole family sat eighty yards off and watched the oxen pass and the only weapon in the wagon was one rusty assegai." Dr. Peate, says London Knowledge, has completed the process of grinding and polishing a gigantic disk of glass over slxty-one inches in diameter, on which he has been engaged more than two years. By the aid of this glass a hair can be seen at a distance of KKK) feet, and the reflection of the moon at the focal point would' be absolutely blinding. New York is following the example of London in regard to small parks. A com mission is about to spend $3,000,000 In cre ating eleven more playgrounds and four more small parks in the most crowded parts of the city. New schoolhouses to be erected in the same section will have roof recreation spaces, and these will be open to the public after school hours. The editor of the Orange county, Cali fornia Herald advertises that he “can use stove wood, butter, eggs, chickens, bull calves, pumpkins, hay. petroleum, spuds, salt pork or any old thing like that. De linquent subscribers who are long on any of these articles and short on cash might tarry long enough on this announcement to stamp it indelibly in their memory." Captain Cook’s clock spends the de clining years of its life in a queer old museum in one of the oldest quarters of London. The stump of the very tree under whlbh the explorer was killed at Owhyhee in 1799 by the South Set savages is the next neighbor to the clock in the museum. Many are unaware that the number of women who live'to? be very old is greater than the number of men, yet the fact seems to be established by official figures. It is said that in all the states where the two sexes are about -equally represented in the imputation the rule holds good. In the newer states, where the males pre dominate. there are likely to be more old men than old women, of course. While Peter Carson of Kalanta. Wash., was eating his dinner a yellow Jacket got into his mouth and was swallowed, or at any rate went down his oesophagus, and, according to the western chronicler, stung him In the stomach. It took a physician’s services to give the bee its quietus. Car son described his sthisations as those a man might feel who was blown up by dy namite Just as a house fell upon him. The reputation of a certain well known “prophet" in London, who but lately announced positively the epd of the world in 1900, has been seriously impaired by the fact that a fortnight ago it was discovered that he had since paid a high premium to secure the lease of business premises for 15 yeg* Herr Krupp intends to create at Es» a museum of arms which shall conti® specimens ranging from the earliest d«tt. and he has already l>egun to make pw‘ chases to that end. The famous iron™*?T tor’s resolve in this respect originated n a number of visits he paid, when last I* London, to various public museums. it is his intention to bequeath to t« German nation the collection he is now engaged in forming.__ One of the good stories in the ’’biff of Tennyson” is a poetical competition in which he once engaged with Fit*' Gerald, to see who could produce tb* most successful line in Wordsworths most deadly dull manner. There is * dispute as to who actually wrote the winning line, but here is the line itself. “A Mr. Wilkinson, a clergyman.’ Mrs. Jennie King Morrison of Portland, one of Maine's favorite contraltos, wi sper.d the winter in New York. The Ooctor’a Advice. “I was taken with boils and car buncles which appeared all over iw body. A physician advised me to take Hood’s Sarsaparilla. I did so and s°*n began to feel better. I am now entirely free from sores and boils. Since then ( have had no return of the trouble. Ernest L. Ridley, Marlboro Depot, »• H. 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