sonierset Hrald. .... ui' Vabliontioa. r . , ,. . v-- : mix-"' f M -,uj:1o4 wntli ail i .-Wt i ' r - . '-a.i.. - Address ','EV f t V.T. 'I AT LAW, A ' i t,BW. PA. ' fc V , eVUTl. Pa. I ",,t.'A;M.- ATJ-AW A 1 1 lx J. O. O.LE. -! i: i.SLV AT LAiV, . , : . : l a T .HS1V AT-LAW. -AT. KNEY AT LAW. iDlCTW-t. I'l .r.Y AT LAW. . ' . . T.I IV 1 f I '' ', .V.ie ilininij".!! Ei-rk. i ' . . . -.- iTl ft W :-..i..s;.Y-AT-i.AW. ' .rTs I'A., ' ; . k. . v. nil .f.4- ; '; K. t row ftrert. ; y.YAT-LAW. .Rjr- t. Pa. , r4 ''V.i w"..ia av I A v C- f.t. rU:ir.j-. - ... jvrxr-t Pa. LNT'F. HAY. A-'..- " Y AT LAW. .K.rr. Pv a., i ;ta-e. '.:: asu-a i t,-. all ui. caj- Willi i.ruiopuio '," H. I I'l, I AT.ui.NFY -AT -LAW. 1 tH,Trt. Pa. Tion tx.:iai.n, 4.C Of-j 4 -:L ., A. j I J. K. I.i!L KLI; ilEYr.-TAX ANP fTRCtOS. S. kf.k..PA., A . - . j. - (!-. the -);:-nol . m LI -L-..T i.' '-e ij j.' 1 .-.a. ffr.U ll'.'"1' a- . .: : t. I ai. al.jr ?v a:. i.-..:.jal i. ..i'tuu V u t '.L! 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XXXVIU. . - THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK or- Somerset, Penn'a. luun . DEPOSITS RCCEivca lKU-.tii.ntyii AKOUHTS. ParASLt Ois DEMAND. ACCOUNTS Or WERCHAMTS. FARMERS, . . '; TOCR OtAtCRS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED. j DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS." UBi e a. ili',', W. U. Miller, . Chah. H. Fishes, J..HN n So'TT. ,t. R, Nxll, Jamd- E. BitSLVkES. ; ; Puimkext : : : Cash ilk. j VAi.E.vr;.K II tv, j ASIULW I'AKkLR, I i - .anus mi. i wjniM o wis hank j sr?' h- -ursh proie. i-,J iaif brated Cor i Iurg!r I nn.f f-tfa. Thf aulv Sufo TV.-, f J. t ... s.n.rt. Pa., j 'iM'if al.oa;if iv H'jrtlar-prorf. National Bank Notice. I : win . r n.. nr. . r-i win a. i i.l': tin .v:Kn ,f ir; TMiiit ,.f th wa.vvBirl-4 l iih Lav aii m-- iAiin M.a.i t ulii.,r.rel to cucs- i ) .'' I 'JK.fli-tim- s TiirAMKv I'tTAtrvmrr. I . , ,'-rXf 1 Li ' ' '1 0!Tit.i"rtii..ut,f the ''r.rrsrr. l a 1. 1 i i , I v.M1i,.1,,Ni i, t All s j. i j r.,ri;.rrt Pa. . Al H ERE AS, Vt Hl!.r.n..r5- pre- I , .u ' "L:-i ivl" ui.e-i.-i.-l. iil:a -iiniale 1 i , f r rare w.n I .. .... . . . . . iH.ni-.wt. Fa., NOWIHEREFORF. I.HwHilKT iL-'.w tlicOoart i t" f."rt. ui -..m. rvt-i. in tue i mT .f S.wrer- i e .! f l vnu lvn.a. u auttior-.fl to mmmiiw t!- ltftti. .f (,r.-id-d ' ' fifty hi hun.ire.1 arrt ,;tv-n:nv jf i r l'Vl ! ,ht Hev. ii MMiilreol thr I -:.-jL "A--i tsKV-AT-I-Af. ',iiuiv rt'r,,f aiiri raT hand -..i:ifr.-t. 1- ; au'l -Mi of oioe Um Xula'daT of . .. ,.s-"-a t in caTe !.. ; Ai.,uL, 1-w;. ..'..:.:. t-.l. luy. Vice ! K. s. L.ry, u uu,i ;No. l 10. Coirj tr;WrrfU, Currenrv. PiLLSDURY'S BCST I- FLOUR I AL' FV;;r, v(k tii r in r thl Hr- ii'ir j'KHi., !: fmn ttie noii-ei fie ; i,t '.-,i liny., M;litieM.U m'iiI lak(ttt Ifflllg J V ti; in l.'it- f.nwMi. .iii-t.tj.y Mi'f at i.u:it'KjH tf ftuj u-brauled riI.LElP.YS BEST XXXX V IKS Ea m.ibk Nus. L. t. f.B . as. xv. TOii-.tare l(u. in riimber. with a ranacitT a -,! cr" ;u j;, w. '-;.'iioEi . J" f e.5 ;!. iu.!i rniuiM 1;, IW l.ubf'i of -.1 H ; . , 'jMir . ....... .. .. , ni m i .t -aic It m w JMk" U. iiavTitr-; rait''.tr ot any mill in t.ie of hfi! ntr Ihv. It Mtf't'ilfd villi Uieft nwk'.rwrv fcnma tt ;teiiii;ti)(r iraa : so n- it'U.i's fcinl it fc the uw jrrft nod j i l i-rt:r tna..k- in the I nite 8ife. tk- ) ive iu vn-'iUt into ix:iit, Itwtiirifid "Mil 4 la ' ir'l flktATC br(sl to ttH mT Tri :mr. t'-u. irai- fnm W -HVeT H beat. It jvi.irw itm'T imnMure In uniine, and ,t((t (r.1 kt-)' arid ir.mi f,.r pM'TTtmi j.. It iiiiiixtif mn t nrtwHi.Mu ail t'lhy, a it i aitit Hle y nr. nwh-irr Inn Tbe rrnivfct t.rt. aiiMf W tiemi bw ir y u-l in i m!:rture- W tint hu tile laiyvM. f'fortMn of CiUtrn ui niit.U-i of auv pnn ia TMw.nr-y. n1 Tt nor ImprtTw. new Roller rt ki w -Ttr'-t nnu tre fcet ali ii. nuiri tviu jii ne! Irltiiig ih wi ro into the n.Vri ;.-r :Td tt'ur, Uue r un der the V.d uf jn.nhur. At the majixt- tint t !1'HiT mke tbc whtt-e-t. li.i.--t ) r ff br-ad m Ihcwnrrd, ttp: ut (itK-e l(e beilbt- ai.ii cm;4 t.".ir that cau be ied. boid only ijjr JCSIAH KELLER, Somerset. It is to Your Interest TO BCT TOVE Drugs and Medicines or Biesecker k Snyder. srcr-ssAT to c. x. boyd. N'ne but tlit rn:Tit and .K-t kept in stock, auJ w lien Prui x.me inert by st&nd jnp. a certain of them dn, we de- truy tijem,'ratlter tluan ina- jsc on our rustomers. Yon can depend on taring your frescriptiOaO i Family receipts CUed are. Onr priie sre as low as fthr ol'.ier f.-M--!35 bHte and on many aniek. reurb lower. Tl;e people of ti.is county eem to know thfst, liiive given a larje share of tbeir pair -nage. anJ we ha!l etiil continue tgive ti-em the vrrr btvt pyo-U fi.r tbeir money. . IK not f rgft that we make a tpecialty of FITTI-nC trusses. t gnarant jti.AWSion, and, if yon have taul trouble in U;is direction, g.re Os A caTL SPECTACLES AND EYE-CLASSES in prvat variety ; A full net of Test Lenses. (.Vnie in ar d have your eye examined. Ko cJ.arve t.-r examination, and we are confident we raj. rait yott. Come aod aee os. EwjiectRJ'y, BIESECKER Si SNYDER. CURTIS K. GROVE. SOMERSET, PA. Brj.ir.f?, SLEK.ua, caeriages, 61'lil"0 WAGOSi?, BUCK WACOM. AND EAiTEKX AM WEETXEX WOBX Fnrnwbed 09 Short Xotire. raining Don6 on Short Time. My work i nfV olt of 7WwV f-am4 Wttt, atxl the f rv .'"i fnhanf.ally Ccr.in-ted Neatly F'nt'hed. au4 Y arrauil tocve AatuiiaoLion. rplcy Cily FarstClaa Tcrkiaea. ReTlrlrc of AJ! E1b4 !b Mt Uoe Don oa tviiort 'Xicc Ino Ki-AdCN AjiLt, ad All Work- Warranted. CaD and Eiarr'De mj Block, and Learn FrVa t do Watrii-wor-, asd funiiali Mm lor Wind tfiUa. Keaoemuo- tbe placo, and call ia. CCETI3 K. GSOVE, (Kaat of Court bow) fiOVE&SKT. FA So NO. 19. 7 i NARK TKAOC Jj fiil j J IT IS THS BEST. I nfTared 1 1 rears Cwred 82 Kerr St Columbia. 0 June tX 19. Taken with rheomttiun 12 yer aso snf ted t!U me yr p; enred by SL JaooS 911. 5. return slnre. E. K. KKYaX. ' Satfrr.4 IS Team Tared. ; Maple nilt, Hit , March 5, 1S8S. V;. John 1. Eailth, Eiuley. Mlehifun. wai aflleted with rhaema tsm 15 yeart, hi cae rrono-need InearaMe St two phytlciana. but wai cored bj tt Jacobs Oil and baa remained to lor two ycai. B. M. G EAttY, Druggiat. At 0BO9O1STS a Duuis. ' THE CHAILES A. VOCELEI CO.. BaHiawra. Ii, B. & 33. The Extent of the benefit of Onr Great MAIL OBQER DEPARTMENT Is we'll pot by a letter recently received from Mexico. Tbe lady writes : " I am a regular ca-toirjer of yours, if I do live miles from Allegheny." Tbe prices she quott-s may be taken as a fair sample of tbe exorbitant charges made by store keepers w here there is little competition. Yon needn't py such prices. Far or near, onr MailOiider Department solic its your trade, and promises to give you goods at the lowert prices obtainable in the entire country. Write for samples, and make couit-risons. If you come to the Exposition, don't fail to visit our stores. Ten minutes walk from the) Cxpition will bring you to our stores on Federal street, corner Park Way. See ocr Great I)rew Goods PppartnAeiits, Silk Depart D-enta, Ca.hmeres (Biatk and Colored,) Fine Cloaking, Largest Cloak Rxjms in the two cities. Finest lines Genuine Alaska Seal Goods. Lace Curtains and Portiere, Prices go for naught when yon can se the good.. Boggs & Buhl, 115, to 121, FEDERAL STREET ALLEGHENY, Pa. &?T. S. If you cannot come, write. WE BO IT PLEDGE Ourselves to keep abreast, but to keep tbe lead overall others in selling you Pare, Absolutely Pore, and well Malar rd, Klpe Y kitties and irs At prices that make all other dealers hus tle. Jurt think of it : Orerholt t f Par Eye, five years old. t ull quarts f 1, or f 10 per dozen. Ptill better: FiarVi bold' Vt rddiar, ten years eld. Full quart I, or fl-i per dozen. Better at ill: &atorky Ronrbon, 'ten years old. Foil quarts flJU, or fl2 per dozen. And one of the most saleable Whiskeys on our lit is The rrrtB Eicft-Yeab-Old Exroirr iircKENB likes. Full qts. J10 a doz. There is noWhtKkey that has ever been sold that has grown in favor with the public so rapidly as ur old Export, and the simple reason is that it is utterly imputstibleito duplicate it. There will never be any let up in the purity and fine flavor in any particular of the Pure California Wines we are now selling at 50 cents per boitie, Full quarts, or $ per dozen. In making up yoor orders plesse enclose Poetorhce Money Order or Draft, or Kegioter your order. JOS. FLEMING & SON, wholesals akd r. at ail DI1VGGISTS. PITTSBVKGH. PA. 412 Market St.. Cor. of Diamond. Oils! Oils! The Ptacdard Oil Company, of Plttbnrjrh, Paw, anakea a arrtaltv of mauufactunns; fur the Itomesuc trade the Cneat brands f Illuminating & Lubricating Oils Naphtha and Gasoline, That can be made (rota Petroleum. We challenge eocnpariaoa with every knows PRODUCT OF, PETROLEUM. If yon wish the moat uniformly Satisfactory Oils IS THE Ajnerican ZMarket, Ask far oca. Trade for Busnersel and vicinity applied by rvOK At BEERITH AKS FH.LASS b kOK-ER, kuK-aacr. Pa. eptiS-'sV-Irr. mm SOMERSET, PA., HE NEVER KNOWED AND HE NEVER CARED. Old Billy B. wat a ptou man. And UaareE wai hu goal ; For, UriDr a rery aa-ring man. Of court be laved bin foul ; But even ta tbr, he ned to r, . One eanl too careful be " ; And be aan; with a f error naatumed. " I'm glad ialTalion tree-" But the " meaiuvof (raee," be bad to own. Enquired good, hard-earned guld ; Aud he uk ten . ai well became Tbe rk heat of tbe fold. Ilea a noble man V tbe preacher cried, " Our CbrMian Bnxher B ," And B.ily HnUeda beciUet nine, And g his t n pew free ' In clasf-mceiir-g n.xt, old Billy told How Heaven had jTracions been. Yea. even bark in the dark day hen He waa a man of lia. ' I t bui.din' a bara on my river arm All 1 then had," he Hid ; "I 'd run out o. boards au wa fee-li n bandt On noth in' but corn bread, -1 tell ye. breiberin. that I felt blue, bliort o' tlintier and cash. And tho't I'd died when the banks dl 1 bast And Hooded all my mb. Bat tbe Lord iu merciful to me, " - And at tit r-ht thrrHigh tbe rift The tide bad made in the river backi A lumber-ran adrift. " Plenty o' boards was there f r the barn, A ud on top waa a cbeeee. Ami a bar'l o' otk a aound aui sweet As any one ever ei-. Then I had ureal and meat for the men. And they worked m i;h a a ill. While I lhaiiked od. wh'd been food to me. And I'm a-doin' it ttUL" A nhrill-voicid 'Mer cried " Biea the Lord V Trie a hole tl cried ' Atnen ?' But a keen-eyed man looked at Billy B. In a thoughtful way, and then Aked, " Brother B.,dld yon ever hear Who kfl thai raft anl load f ' A Ed Blily wlpod his eyes and said, Bretbertc', I never knowed !" -tal 7VairWpL MISSING FROM HOME. Tenniles:" said little Rtth Erton. "Oh, I never thooht I would coiue to this," It wa a dull. cray winter day, with a raw chilliness in the air which threaten ed snow, and n w and then a bleak gugt sweeping acro-s the river, like some an gry demon bearing sturm-tbreatening on its wings. Aud Ruth stood under the shadow of the bride, pailid and shivering, with her stone gray shaai wrapped around her slim thotiiderx, aud the scarlet bird's wing in her hat shining like a speck of fire in the semi gloom. It was one thing to runaway in a spirit of gir'inh adventure from the old farm, because her aunt hail no sympathy with youthful aspirations, and wanted her to sew carpet rag and wurk button boles on endless piles of vei-ts; it was quite another to find herself alone and friend less in a great city. She 11 been walking unti!very bone and muscle was sore her Iat penny was spent for a cup of muddy coffee at a street staud coffee which bad not even the merit of being hot, and now she did not know what to do. She had believed, this little TUith, that life was full of romance and adventure, and how bitterly she had been disap pointed. How thankful she would be to get back to the Cann now, and the button boles, if only she had money to take her there. "Here, young woman ; hold this bask et for me a minute." Involuntarily Ruth olieyed the behest. A stout little lady, in a black fur cloak, stood opposite her, overburdened with j baskets, bundles and parcels, fumbling in her pocket for her purse. "Oh, here it is." said the little woman. "I almost thought I had lost it or had my pocket picked." "Please ma'am," said Ruth, in a falter ing voice, "might might I carry itacrofs the bridge for you T' The little woman turned a pair of black, beady eyes quickly upan her in terlocutor. "No," said she, in a voice that sounded like a snarl. "You're an impostor. You needn't think I'm to be imposed upon becaus3 I caine from the country." And she snatched her basket from Ruth and went her way. Shivering and discouraged, the girl shrank back. At that moment she saw a benevolent looking old gentleman buy ing some roas'-ed chestnuts from a suit, while a weird -faced little street Arab was deftly engaged in spiriting bis white silk pocket handkerchief from the rectus of his overcoat. "Stop, thiefl" she cried, springing for ward. "Stop, thiel r But in her baste she had not perceived a huge four horse van thundering down the bridgeway. , There was a err of alarm on all sides ; she was jjrkeJ vehemently back by a po'iceman, bat not until her shoulder bad been violently struck by one of tbe wheels. "Are you tired of living, my girl?" sharply questioned the policeman ; "be cause if yon ain't, I'd reconmend you to keep out from under warehouse carts for the future. Here, stand up ! You ain't much hurt, are you?" And while Ruth was trying to stam mer out that she was not much hnrt, ev erything turned black around her, and she fainted away. "Number Fourteen, in the Accident Ward," said Dr. Fletcher, airily, glanc ing at his note book. "Oh, she can go oat any day now." ' Ruth looked wistfully op. If I only knew where to go," said he. "Why, to your friend, of course," said the young surgeon, carelessly. Ruth's head dropped. She could not tell him that old Aunt Peace was the only relative she had, and that to her she absolutely dared not return. "Fori was so ungrateful and obstinate," Ruth had told herself. "Oh, I never, nev er can look Aunt Peace in the face again. Tbe trained nurse who was bandaging a broken ankle in the next bed looked np at this moment. She, in her time ha i been friendiess and alone. Perhaps she L understood Ruth better than the doctor did. "If Miss Harrison would like a place," said she, "I know a nice old laJy in the country who wants a lively, cheerful companion and helper about the house. Tbe wages may not be great at first, but it would be a comfortable home." "Oh," cried Rath, "I should be so much obliged for your recommendation." For, by a carious admixture of events. Rath and the poor victim of a lamp ex plosion had been brought into the Acci erset ESTABLISHED 1827. WEDNESDAY, dent Ward at about the same time, and the cards en their respective headboards had somehiw eot transposed. The 'R. F-eerton ," of the Accident Ward had been buried for ten days, tbe "A. Harri son" was now sitting np and trying to oocnpy herself with some necessary nee dle work. At the time, Ruth had been too ill to set the error straight. Afterwards she had been too listless to think that any thing mattered very much. "I feel like a ehoet 1" she said to her self ; "whv not be a ghost 7" "The old lady is a friend of mine," said Miss Corbitt, the trained nurse, in the soft, well-modulated voice, that bad mingled so sweetly with Ruth's dreams while she was vet delirious. "She is in great trouble. She ha lost, a dear fnen.l.'' Ruth looked op, her eyes softening. "Has she?" she murmured. "Then I am sure I shall like her. How soon can I go to her?" "My brother is going to driveout there to-morrow afternoon," said Miaa Corbitt. "Perhaps we can get yon ready to go with him." "Is it in the country V asked Ruth. "Yes." "I a in very glad of that," said the poor girl. "Why ? Do you prefer the country V "I should be thankful never to see tbe bricks and mortar of a city atnin so long as I live ! said Ruth, fervently clasping her Lands. "I have learned aC leaon yes, a lesson.' And in the yellow afternoon sunshine of the 'next day, Miss Corbitt packed "Number Fourteen" carefully into the old-fashioned buggy beside the specta cled, middle-aged brother, who evident ly regarded the young lady exactly as he would have regarded a sewing machine, or a barrel of apples, or any other pack age consigned to his care for safe deliv ery at a certain place. It was a March day, all blue, dazzling sky overhead, all sweet suggestions of the coming spring below. . Once ccross the bridge, once beyond the wretched trail of the city suburbs, sweet spring looked them in the face. Here and there the willows along the water-courses had hung out their ban ners of g'ld-grt"n mist the apple-blossoms blushed on the edge of the woods, and the songs of the birds filled the air. Rulh clasped her hands eagerly. "It is like coming home again," she cried. "How far are we going, Mr. Cor bitt?" "A bit further np the road," said her charioteer, composedly. "Out Hempstead ways." Ruth leaned back in her carriage. It was content enough for her to breathe in the balmy air, to feel that heaven's bless ed sunshine was folding her around as with a mantle of healing- "It is as if I bad died and mine to life again," she kept thinking to herself. She closed her eyes peacefully, and let her head rest against the cloth lining of the carriage. She did not think she had fallen asleep for a few moments, yet it mast have been so, for when she once more looked up, a familiar landcape met her eyes the old brown house, with the baddin? lilacs clustering around its eaves, and the fence half hidden by rose bushes. At the dxr stool Aunt Peace herself in the self-same brown alpaca gown and fluttering cap borders, clear starched in double ruffles, that ghe always wore. "Oh, where am I," cried Ruth. "Is this a dream ?" "Bless and save us f exclaimed the old Lady. -'Why, it's our Ruth come back again !" In a second the two were clasped in eack other's arms, while honest Mr. Cor bitt rat looking on in sheer amazement. ."You you seem to have met before," ws all he could say. "My own little girl!" faltered the old woman, with tear-bedioimed eyes; "no words can tell bow I have missed you ! And if youll be content to stay here and live with me again, I won't be so hard with you I promise yon that." "Dear, dear Aunt Peace, if you only can forgive me?" sobbed Rath. Miss Corbitt smiled when she heard hoT strangely fate had united the desti nies of these two. To her it was only one more of the inscrutable pages of experience. "It is often so," said she. "We think we are going our own way, when it is God's way, after all, that He is lead in z us. Well, I am glad that little, pale girl has found a home, after all. I should have guessed the riddle long ago if I had known that her name was not 'Annie Harrison T" A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, From a story by Mark Twain under the abve title in the November Crniury we ouote t'ae following : " There wasn't even a le!l or a speaking-tube in he cas tle. I had a great many servants, and those that were on duty lolled in the ante-rooms ; and when I wanted one of them I had to go and call for him. There was no gas, there were no candles ; a bronze dish half full of boarding-house butter, with a blazing rag floating in it, was the thing that produced what was regarded as light. A lot of these hone along the walls and modified the dark just toned it down enough to make it dis mal. If yon went out at night, your ser vants carried torches. There were no books, pens, paper or ink, and no glass in the opening they believed to be win dows. It is a little thing, glass is, until it is absent ; then it becomes a big thing. But perhaps "the worst of all was, that there wasn't any sugar, coff., tea or to bacco. I saw that I was just another Robinson Crusoe cast away on an unin habited island, with some more or less) tame animals, and if I wanted to make life bearable I most do aa he did, invent, contrive, create ; reorganize things, set brain and hand to work, and keep them busy. Well, that was in my line." Hood's Sarsaparilla is s purely vegeta ble preparation, being free from- injuri ous ingredients. It i peculiar in its cu rative power. " AH your show cases are upright ones I eeen said a customer to a Main street merchant " Yes, sir," was the proud re ply, " we aim at consistent rectitude til through the establishment," NOVEMBER 6. 1889. A SKEPTIC SILENCED, nis cBJiecnoiri to cubttiamtt axd how THE V WEEK SrCCrsRFtrLLT KET. " I don't beliere in a personal God," remarked a skeptic to F. R. Jones, a Welsh Presbyterian minister, on a rail road train between Toledo and Cleve land. " Why not V asked the minister. Because I can't see Him. His exist ence is not demonstrable, capable of proof, like facts of science." The minister asked : " Don't yon be lieve that yon are alive, and that 1 am alive?" " Yes," lie answered. " Why do you believe it V " Becaase I can see you move." " Well," said the. minister, " the locc- motive that is drawing this train alto moves is it alive?" " No, but the engineer w ho runs it is alive." " Please tell me, whether the engineer is a part of the machinery, or a living person?" " He is a living person," replied the skeptic." " Now, sir, retorted the minister, "con sistency is a jewel piease tell me why you attribute the movement of the loco tive to a living person, but deny that God, who sets tbe universe in motion, is a living person ?" He could not answer. Silenced on this argument, he branched off into another objection , against Christian ity. " What I hate,"said he, "in orthodoxy, is this endless talk about creed, which is thrust upon us everywhere, and at all times." "What do you mean by a man's creed," asked his opponent. " I understand by a creed that which man believes." "Well, sir," rejoined the minister, "von have just as much creed as I have. I believe there is a personal God ; you be lieve the opposite doctrine. I believe in the incarnation of the Son of God for our redemption V you believe the opjo eite. I believe in th ruined estate of man, you believe the opposite. What is the difference in the bulk of our creed only that I believe one side of the ques tion, and you believe the other! Now, sir, when we come to that ;oint, you have just as much creed oa your side a I have on mine ; but you want the right to advocate your own sentiments, and yet wish to deny me the right on my side." He was silenced again. "But," said the skeptic, resuming tbe attack by another argument, " Christian ity is not capable of scientiiic demonstra tion. When we take the sciences, ail truths are capable of demonstration by experiments which prove , them. You can put them to the test. I take pecul iar pleasure in the study of chemistry. Its propositions are plain, capable of proof by facta and experiments which appeal to the senses." " You have studied, chemistry, have you?" inquired the minister. " Yes, sir," he answered. " Well," resumed the minister, "if you are a student of chemistry you are ac quainted with the fact that charcoal, coal and diamonds are the same in tbeir molecules namely, carbon. Now, can you take a molecale out of the charcoal and put it into the diamond and get a perfect thing of it T' lie acknowledged he could not, " Where, then," said the miniver, " is your demonstration in chemistry? But so far as Christianity is concerned your objection is not valid, for it is capable of demonstration. You ran try and find it all that God has represented ii ail to be. God says to all : Oh, taste and see." Try it, and experience will attest its truth. Millions have put it to the test of their experience, and found it "the power of God unto salvation to every one that be lieve! h." Tbe skeptic then, ia a somewhat con ciliatory spirit, acknowledged that hi father fend mother were orthodox, Chris tian people. The minister inquired : " Were they good people V " Yes, excellent , my ftther was an ex cellent, good roan." " Well," inquired the minister, " what practical benefit do you get by changing the reliifion of your parents for skepti cism ? Does it make yoa a better man? Are yon a better husband to your wife ; a better citizen in the community in which you live?"' He frankly ' acknowledged he was not. " Have you a watch ?" inquired the minister. "Yes, an excellent timepiece," he said, taking it out and displaying a fine gold watch. " It keeps good time, doe it ?'' " Yes." "Well, how would you trade it off? Would it not be for a better time-piee, one more valuable, rather than an infe rior one?" " Yes ; certainly." Here, again," retorted the minister, "you are not acting consistently with rea son; for you have changed the creed of your parents for one that, by your owu confession, does not benefit you a par ticle r "Now, my brother," concluded the minister, " w hy do you embrace infideli ty in preference to the good tith of your parents ? Is it not only because yoa love sin, and the first principle of Christianity is holiness opposition to sin ? Is it not so?" He was speechless. The train stopped, and they separated. The skeptic seemed loth to part 00 un friendly terms, and insisted upon the minister's repairing to a neighboring dining aloon, and enjoying a good sup per at his expense. PoMiac Gazette. An Active .Sense. Teacher" How do we tell if anything ia sweet or sour 7" Pupil " By the sense of taste." Teacher "And how do yon distinguish colors?" Pupil " By the sense of touch." Teacher " Yoa can't feel colors, can you?" Pupil " Yes ; don't you sometimes feel bluer Idaho Territory has 2,000 miles of irri gating ditches. The legal season for slaughtering deer and wild turkey it bow oa. - r Tk AN INTERESTING FAMILY. rWIXTT-EIUHT FKOPLB WHO LIVE IS 0X8 BOOM ASD ATTSACT ATTENTION. In the western part of North Carolina, and abont seven miles west of tbe Hot Springs, there lives a family by the name of Brooks. It is a very interesting one, and many a visitor to the quiet little town of Hot Springs has had his curiosi ty so aroused by stories of this family that they have hired teams and driven seven mile to the Brooks residence. This consists of a little, low log cabin in an unsettled district, and is occupied by the father, mother, and twenty ex ceptionally handsome children. Every one is a blonde, with golden yellow hair and peachy complexion, and all as igno rant, wild and untutored as they are beautiful. In addition to the above fam ily proper, tbe two oldest girls are mar ried ; one is a widow'with two children, and the other has three children and a husband. Both these little ftmilieaare living whh tbe old folks at home, mak ing in iJvlSi? wen,-ilht wJien none are missing, 'fiie home or hg cab in consists of bat one room, and that a very small one. On two sides of this are built seven berths, one above another, against the wall, and they were evident ly built with the cabin. In these " box es " the parents, children and grandchil dren lay themselves away when night comes on. Three times a day this inter esting family may be seen at meals. The older members seat themselves about on the ground in front of the house, " In dian fashion," and are favored with tin plates and iron spoons, while the young er ones stand around a rougb, home made table inside the cabin, eating beans with a relish that is good to look upon. This is the principal diet ; now and then they have a change, but it is of the same plain, cheap order. They ate all healthy and -robust, knowing nothing of sick ness. The father of this family, who has to "hustle "for the "beans "to fill the twenty-eight hungry mouths, makes about eighteen dollars some months, but oftener his income will not exceed fifteen dollars per month, which trifling sum he earns by walking seven miles daily to Hot Springs to work in the mill of a Frank (iahagan. Tbe mother, who has a baby in arms, seems contented and harpy as she sits with one foot on the side of the home-made cradle, made of an ordinary pine box, with rockers saw ed out of a rough board, which 6he every now and then gives " a kick " to keep the cradle moving, while she sings over and over tjaiu a few lines of some old hymn she has learned. Every one is struck with the remarkable beauty of the chil dren, from tbe youngest to the oldest. It is something wonderful. The parents have found names for all but one, which is without a name yet. A Fight With an Alligator. An exciting story of an animator's vic tory over its human prey is gleaned from "Sierra Leone; or, the White Man's Grave:" "One of my men, "says Mr. Lethbri Ige Banbnry ".rushed round from tbe back of the island and cried out, 'Massa.n'a dug out upset, an' de man calling for help.' "I followed the men round the island, apprehending nothing, and expecting to see the occupants of the canoe wading Ashore, or again inside of it. The man was standing in about four feet of water and mo l, with paddle in hand, pushing and striking at the water, while the ca noe floated slowly down with the tide. The boy, still screaming, swam rapidly toward the far shore. "But why let the canoe drift away np-side-down, when he can so easily reirain it?" I said, speaking more to myself t:ian the men. As I spoke, there was a com motion in the water, and th man, a powerful fellow, began hitting out with all his might at a huge dripping booy. now slowly raising itself a fe w paces be fore liiin. "By heavens! an alligator!" I crieu1, as the monster stood high out of the wa ter, the ugly head craned forward, and the two front legs battling with the doom el negro. " My gun and shot-bag quick .'' and suiting ;the action to the word, I tore round to the rock where I had left them, and returned panting with the exertion, and earnestly hoping that I miaht be in time. " Yes, there they were still, about S3 yards off, the man lighting for dear life, hitting out hard and strong at th? mass ive saurian but a few feet from him. The blows fell harmlessly upon tbe thick head and body of the brute, while the man endeavored to back farther away. " There was not a foot between them now, and it was impossible to fire, as with anxious heart I drjpped on one knee and tried in rain to take a true sight. It was impossible to do so, as the man's body was constantly covering that of the alligator in tbeir struggle, so I fir ed in the vain hope of frightening the btttst away. " But my shots were unhee le.L, for they were soon absolutely entangle 1 in an unequal wrestling match, as, with a quick usovement, the huge alligator threw itself upon the wretched man. " The boat '" I said, but tuy men shook their beads. She was lying useless on an oozy bed of mud, and no amount of pulling would move her into deep water within at least an hour. Sol continutd firing, and then rushed desperately into the wa ter, with an idea of wading toward the man. But it was useless. Ere I had proceeded ten yards tbe mud and sl'.ish were up to my middle, and 1 could bare ly move my feet ; so I returned to the shore. It was too late to do anything, for slowly but surely the alligator was gaining ground ; its neck and body were craning over tbe man 'a shoulder, while he tried to dig it off with his useless weapon. "There was a momentary straggle, a sort of spreading wriggle, as though the alligator was putting still more we:ght into his body ; a faint cry, a splash, and the water threw around a few circular rings as they sank beneath its surface. In vain I watctteu tlw water, with a faint hope of seeing the man rise once more to renew the unequal contest. No sign or vestige again appeared, and be low the dark surface of tbe silent stream the brute lay sprawling above its unhap py victim until he was drowned. At West Harwich, Mass, little Sylvia Lathrop, 11 years old, recently picked 104 quirts of cranberries in a single day. Her picking this Beaton trongtt her in nearly $20. lei Si o WHOLE NO. 1998. A Wildcat's Awf ui Leap. Tve seen it disputed In the Tper that a wildcat or catamount can make a leap of twenty-five feet," said a reudent of Sullivan county to a New York; Suit nan, "arid I nould like to mention what I saw a w ildcat do once. I was trout fish ing on one of the upper tributaries of the BeaverkL'l and had clambered down in a deep ravine to iret at a tempting pool at the foot of a fall, where I was sure my casts would be rewarded by tbe killing of some big trout. I waa not mii-taken as to that. I had landed four trotst. the smallest one eighteen inches long, and sat down to 'rest the pool.' Both ai Jes of the ravine were perpendicular walls of rock, probably twenty-five feet high. Theg-mmitof tbe wall ea the ! of the creek opposite to me sloped liack gradually from its edge for several feet to a heavy growth of pine. "At I was sitting at tbe bottom of the ravine I happened to glance np to toe top of the rocks opposite me and saw a hen llieaaant accompanied by her newly hfvtrlieil brood eonie oat of the pJtH sd scratch and peck her wy along th slop ing open space, hunting food for her young, w hich clustered cloeely about her. The pheasant came very clos! to the precipice, and it seemed to ate th it she was pUcing her brood in a most danger ous position, when she turned as if to walk back with them to the pine The instant she turned something like a shadow flitted across the top of the ra vine, and half a second later I aiw an enormous wildcat clinging to the edge of the opposite wall by its fore feet, holding the pheasant between its jaws. The wildcat struggled for a moment to drag himself from ths edge of the abyss to a sure footing on the top of the rocks, but his effort was in vain, and he came crashing down the f ice of the pnipice still holding the lock less pheasant in his jaws. He fell with a splash in tie wa ter and lay motionless at the edge of the pool. "I supposed the ani nal had been watching the pheasant fro-n the bushes on top of the rock opposite where the b'rd had sppeared with her brood, and at his opportunity had leaped across to seize her, but had misjudged the d. stance and fallen short with the result so fatal to him. The w hirl of the water broug it the wildcat around in a short time to the side w here I was standing, and as I was bending down to examine him I saw a man scrambling down the rocks. The man soon reached my side, and I then learned that he had shot the wildcat as I the animal was flying across the chasm upon his prey. kUre enough, just at the j base of the actual's brain was the hole j made by the rifle bullet. The hunter had been following the wildcat for some time, and bad lost track of him, but came near the edge of the ravine in time ' to see him make bis leap and follow him with a ballet. It was that which stopped the animal short in the tremendoas leap it had calculated on. or it would have cleared the space with ease. The wildcat was in reality almost in its death throes when he struck the pheasant, wl ich he clung to with the clutch of death, and still held in his mouth when we dragged him out of the water. We measured the width of the chis:n a.-ros8 whi;h the wildcat had mads his death leap. The measurement was forty-three feet." On Another Errand. A Vermont Baptist minister, who is not too grave and dignified ti enjoy a very good joKe, even when it is on himself narrates a ludicrous incident of his early life. Soon after being settled ovf r a new congregation, he one day received a note asking him to be at home that evening at eiht o'clock. The writer added that be intended to be married at that hour, and would ca'.i at the parsonage With his bride. It was but a few minutes before eight o'clock when the door-bell rang, and a moment later tbe servant announced that a young couple awaited .the mitLster in the parlor. Going down into the parlor, accom panied by his wife, tbe pastor found a neatly dressed, intelligent appearing young man, and a bright, prettv looking young woman, who rose to receive him. " I am Mr. Homer," said the man, and this is Miss Cross." yoong Having another engagement for the evening, tbe minister said, immediately, " I received your note th s morn.ng, and we ill proceed with the ceremony at once. You will please join your right hands." In great bewilderment, which (he min ister mistook fur natural ernbamssuient, the young couple ti.uiJly clapped Lands, and the ceremony was abont to begin, when tiie young man said : " I we what ceremony is it ?" hy, the ceremony of marriage, of ourae." " O-o-o-h ! shrieked the young lady, withdraw ing iier hand, and covering her face with her handkerchief. " I don't understand this at fell," said the young man, sharply. " We came here simply aa a committee f-om the Young People's Society of the Methodist Church to ask you and your w fe to be present at the public entertainment we are about to' give, an 1 " It wa no the minister's ti:ne to say "O o-o-h," and he said it in gei.uine as tonishment at the very moment that the maid ushered in the young cot pie who had " matrimonial intentions." The mistake evidently started the first young couple into new lines of tboaght, for a year later, their own pa.tr being ill, they called upon the Baptist pastor, and did not protest that be was going too far when he aga.n asked them to join bands. Yottih' Comptruo. There is a whistling well in Logan connty, Kansas, which warns people of approaching siornisfrom. sis to twelve hours in advance. It is 1J5 feet e'eep and sends out a strong current of air, whi.b, as it escapes through the apertures about the pu;up, whistles in a load, fate-like tone that is distinctly audible to every person in the tow nship. A BlissSeld, Micb, man accidentally put a smAll cartridge into his pipe along with some tobacco the other day, and when the thing went off it removed the end of his nose. Vegetation has frost-biizea apreaJwaee. Budge. "Speaking of dg," d General J,u Bartlett few eveninifs eao to General McFeeley, as be reflectively sent the smoke f his cigar curling- up to the ceil ing, "do yon rea-ember that big U.r-e-legged ye'lo d, called 'Badge' that f A fowed the army ot the Potomac during the early years of the war? Well, Budge was a character, if I may be pardoned the e repression. He was a patriotic dof , too, for he was one of the first to get to tbe front in 1SQI, with the thne-months-men of New Yo. k, of which he was a na tive. Budge waa terrible fighter. I re member when the troop were en the march to engage in the first battle of Bail Ran, he chewed np every rebel dog en roct. Every man that wore the L!u was Budge't friend and took it,cpon him self to see that ht had the best the camp and the country afforded. AVfcen the fight waa weil under way on the pla'aa of Manassas it was fun to watch Bu.ler chae the. bjtif spent can nun balls and holla as they rolled along or plouvhed up the earth. It was while entraed in tins cheerful pastime that B'idge lot his left font leg ; a cannon ball took it clean off. We, who took an interest in him, were about that time too much engaged to look after wounded men, rnuy-b lese dogs, therefore Badger was left on the field as we supposed to die or fall into the hands of the enemy. Some days subseqient to the bi'tie when we had all returned to our old camping ground, who should come limp ing in on three legs, bis tail waiving like mad with joy, but old Budge. Well, sir, some of the boys who witnesrd the scene just shed tears over the fidelity and loyalty of that dumb brute. A snr geon of the 27th New York fixed up the stamp, and in the course of time it heal ed. Budge was all through the Peniuen iar campaign and during the advance and retreat be hcLbled aioctr, and during en g-gernerrts followed hie favorite pastime, chasing cannon balls and shells. Noth ing could abite bis zeal in that direction. Badge followed the troops back to Wash ington, took part in the second battle of Ball Run, the battle of South Mountain, and then hobbled along until he reached Antietara. In the battle of the second day Budge chose to ta ke part in the con flict on our right, and seamed to enjoy it. He was very busy tRat day and had got so that he could make good time on three legs. He had plenty of bails and shel, I can tell yoa, to look after, t. When the fight was over along in tbe afternoon Budge was missing. The next morning in passing through the terrible 'cornfield in search of ocr dead and wounded sol diers, some of the bop ran across the lifeless body of old Budge, and. by his side, was the woanded member of the brigade who Lad been in the habit of feeding him. Budge, he said, remained with him when he fell, and when the rebels swept through the corndeld in one of the numerous charge ma le, Budze defended him against what he knew was the assault of an enemy, and was shot down, loyal to the last to the cause, the old flag, and the Constitution and the Union, too, if he was nothing but a dr. Heroes and Heroines. The world is full of hero worship, and many are the fortunate ones we honor and revere. Some won hy knightly deeds on battlefield, some by splendid prowess in saving life when periled by fire or flood by every form of daring bravery, or noble effort, the list is swell ed. And a quick and generous apprecia tion is awarded all such deeds of excep tional heroism. .All heroic acts, however, do not come to the light of public approval, says the Tf.ro S'-jTmijit, for once in a solwr strain. There are unknown and unnoticed he roes and heroines in private life w hose names are not destined to be " sang in numbers," whose quiet lives flow on in uneventful stillnem. Bat the young man who voluntarily re signs the ambitious plans of youth, with all their vaguely splendid possibilities, to care for his agd parents, an obliga tion, perhaps, distasteful to him, seeing his more fortunate brothers and comrades winning fortune and renown that might be his, is a hero of no humbie type. The girl who, patting aside her own happy dreams of the future, dedicates her life to the care of an invalid mother or a crippled sister, making their lives bright with the light she denies her own, is a heroine, though npt always recogniz ed as uch. In many an ohwnre home the frail mother is the hemic spirit, who meets the blows of adversi'y with the shield of cheerful industry. Brave and never de spairing, thankful and hopeful to other, she might have poems written of her heroism if her station had been higher in the eyes of the world. He Found the Scoundrel. "So this is a prohibition town ?" said a drummer to the landlord of a sjiail lo cal option town in Texas. " Yes, we don't aIIote any li.juor to be sold, if we can possibly prevent it,, but, sir, there are men in this town so utterly devoid of honor and principle, that for twenty cents they will peddle out this liquid damnation. What do you think of such an unprincipled scoundrel T " It strikes me it is a mere matter of business. Where can I find that unprin cipled scoundrel V " I aun the man. Follow me !" When the drummer returned his mus tache was moist, and he was out a quar ter. Texa trflanti A small black-eyed woman, ab-ut T- years of age givin the n i:ue of Mrs. Mepgiel, arrived in the town of Warren on horseback, and staged over night at the home of Henry Wheeler. She was up bright and early the next tuorning and on hsr way to Li Cronae, which stm expected to reach that day. She had left Dente', Colorado, June 2t, on horseback and was on her way to R jrbester, N. Y. She made the trip two years ag-i frocu Rochester to Denver, having her horse shot dead under her by a ileer hunter, within thirty miles of Denver. On the last trip she used a sa l l:e, b it this year she had a blanket on her h irse's back instead. She carries a revolver arid gun with her, aad when she started, had a large .St. Bernard dnr, but he went mad and she was cbl'xed1 to shoot him. She had a quiet way about her which was attractive, and was as quirk as a flash in her movements- It is a great mistaketothink any kind ly act too insignificant lo be noticed by our Father in Heaven. Faber says : " Every solitary kind a-t;on that is done, the world over, is working briskly in its own sphere to restore the balance be tween right and wrong. Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning ; and these three never converted any one, unless they were kind, also. Tbe continual sense which a kind heart Jas of it own need of kindness, keeps it humbie. Perhaps an act of kindness never dies, but ex tends the invisible undulations of its in fluence over the breadth of eea'uries. 7rMfKtJt at Work. A writer says that whipping hey may males him stnpid. It may be, but it is more likely to make him smart, - L
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