The Somerset Herald ESTABLISHED 1B1T. Terms at lublication Published r7 Wednesday noralii at H Ie; annum, II pud la advance UMrwM V ... -wriMiai will bo diaoooUuaed nnta o notify us when subscribers do not tak not thtJ vrtilh held wocfbl sbrth ab!- lbooid(l th Mof tb.twr M aiillnt Andrea Tin BoKJMsr Htu.p. Boxiam. Pa. t perturmed. M"1 "l. "IrLi. ArtiScisl dent-irtr-UM lh Wg tou. plau,. ur inserted. Ji nibiuached U. the nalur ,,lu and porceiaia crown MJ"Jr. , wn. si mm. V W CARUTHER3, M. D. Commercial Hotel. .R. H. S. KIMMELL, T . ... service to the rfUsen I - .K. J. M. WE1L i rni c FHYSICIAK AKD 6CKGE0S, H touted permanently in Somerset wth. "cehPLoo. OfccoaMauia rear of Irrug -sore. i ,a swcial attention to the preservation of sari. &. Min Crv and I-alnot ureeU. ID .H.WM.00UE1S. a Ottee In K "TrfTt "TreWed todo ail kind, can be found at ail Pleating. uaeting. rj ArK.ri.NEY- At-LAW. w.menet. ra. Tvrv and Pension agent Office to MammoUi Block. VAXEXTTXE H AY, A Dealer In Jtoal 'SSS&S bu0DM entrusted to hi ear wlui and Ddeliw. TOHS H.UHL, Pa. en trusted to bJi. Pueadvanced on collection. . - -1. ImIiuM Of- tee in Aamuiuui JA.BERKEY, . ATTOKSIT-AT-LAW, tjOMCMR, Fa. Office la Odd Fellowi' : Boildin. ) 1 ATTORN J Y-AT-LA W, oaaKftT. Fa. Office with F. J. Kooaei, Kq. A n HOLBERT, ATTOKKKT-AT-LAW Oloe with John H. UbX vm rtre prompt attention tobosinew entrutd WSe. in rr-u Bu iww, uppouie Ue court Uouaa. , JOHX 0. KIMMEL, AXIOKSKVT-LA Wfll attend to aU bnano entnMted to hi care B aud cdelny. ufnee on Maui Cru bireet. above Fuier Book tsiore. JAMES L. PTJGH. ArrvK-SET-ATW tooded to with prumptua- and fldUtr. A. J. COM. L - C0U,0", OLBORX A CX)LB0RS U ATTORN bimenet, Pa. All troin. ntnid to w iw'"" f T7RED.W.BIESECKEK, J CSc. in Prlntiaj Hoiue Kcw. opponte Oourt I Houe. . J. C. OOLB. SCXJTT &. OGLE, J. KOOSER, - ATTORXST-AT-LAJ n, S.EXDSLEY. AnuRS-rr-AT-LAW pi HL BAER. . ArroB-AT-LAW. era practice In ftomerertend AJn.tnJ: . All buno eniruated le kua will reoeire pruint; aiienuon. a..HCorrr. W.H-KcirH. COFFROTII A-RUPPEL, ARAT-rFa. A3 bmin. entrnrtl to their care will be ndi'T and punctual!? atu-udrd to. Offio. on Ham cna buweU oppuaite Manunoth Biota. ffl HOTEL iT CHSBKlLiKD 6. t. Swe-uer. la ot Sand Patch. ha parehaaed " THE AMERICAN HOUSE," At OmnWland. Wd.. and has refitted aod reftir nti ti.e :d hi Uir.u?lnJi. and made H i inn-law H.Kel to accommodate tne mw a public with F"i table, and choice liiiuon at the bar. B-ba. in connection with the Hotel a lare i--utT of gaeturr . Pur. Old Rye T lor sale by the barrel or eallou a the 'follow ing prioue ; Two Tear old at t2 0 per fallon. Three - - " tl M " Four - " "I3M " TV r-W of the J".f If 15 cent, tar each rnon. Tat-io-eof the WhbAcy and Jnj Bin aiwaf" aojuT the orlr. uich wlU 'n"nr,t"j aiteouon and atupmenu Addre all omen S. f . SWEITZER. Hri-VtO, COIBERLAXD. MD. STILL IN BUSINESS I lfly's Photoernph CHr. patroni arc Informed that I am Hill in the And am at all time prepared to taii all kinds of pictorea, from a Titjpe or Cablaet rh.lopnpk, To a Life-eize Crayoa. Instantarjeoaa Pro oaa used, and all work guaranteed to be aaii (.factory. aKlallery up aUira, next to Yooght'i tor. VOL H.WEUUEY. GEOEGE R. BCTJLL, AITOILKKY-AT-iaWj . R. Soon. 1 he YOL. XL. NO. 9. THE PEOPLE'S STORE ! Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh. Many a Mic Makes a MucUe" This old adagre is applicable to all pliascs of life. Never more go than it will be iu our store during this montb of August. Ycu go to every department, and at every one of them you save money. You save 50c here and$l there, and when you've finished the bum total of your saving makea a very respecta ble showing. You can buy your whole out fit here, from shoes to millin ery, and if you buy during the month, you save money ou evc rythincr you buy. The reason ? "Why, its the finish of the sea son "with ns. There's still two months of warm weather for you, but we have to make room for the coming fall goods. Wash Goods, Dress Goods, Silks and Velvets, Wraps and Jackets, Millinery and Shoes, Carpets and Curtains, Furnishing Dry Goods, Hosiery and Underwear. Trimmings and Notions. Gents' Furnishings. And hundreds upon buiidroda of really extraordinary bar gains. It would take all day to name them. Come and see them for yourself. Visit all these departments and see how much you can save at each and youH be astonished at the sura total. If you can't come to the city, write for Bamples to our Mail Order De partment. CaiMl & Did 83, 85. 57 and FIFTH AVF-, PITTSBURGH. CURTIS K. GROVE, SOMERSET, PA. BCGGIEa, 6LEIGHB, CARRIAGES, 6PRIKG WAGOXS, BUCK WAGONS. AXD EASTERN AXD WESTERN WORK Furnlibed on Short Notice. Painting Done on Short Time. If t work i made oat tX TVwwjWjr Smmc4 Wood, and tne arm inm . Omttrurtwl. Neatly Finished, and Warranted to give Saiiafacuon. Irploy C2I7 Erst-piass Vortnen. All Work Warranted rn .nd Fiamlne mr Btock. 'and Learn PrV I do Wnton-work, and farnith Bcivee for Wind Remember, the place, and Call In. CURTIS K. GROVE, (Eaat of Court Uooie) BOMERSET. FA Plttsourgh Female Colletr n d Cv.tKVATOriV cF S1IW, l'iiu.bur. Pa. 'Jlteactier. I oonrpawed a.1vantir. rupen . , I v.t ,.-ar hMini HeDL 16. Wend (or catalogue to the Pn-.jd.-nu TXECUTOR'S NOTICE. btate of Henry IIofTman.dec'd. late of JcnncrTp., Bumexsel Co Pa. . . . V K,...a Mt.t. letter, tewaraeniary uu mic ' -" -haviiuc been rrnnled u. the nuderinied by the u .,,..) ,T u vrn to all ite tmvment, and all perwo having Ciim to on TborUT. Aum'i T.. l'-'l. at theorhceof J. M. Cover. Km- at Jcnuer X Rua 1- ORAH AM HOFFMAN, Jnlli Execatj r ULE TO ACCEPT OR REFUSE. Io Cbarlei Elri'-k of Conemauch Jwp.. ram briaCo.ra ; w. n.tmc., Yenaniro C4.. Pa. : , You are berel.y n.Kitied to appear at aa Orph an.' Court to 1 iield at Somerset on Mon.un. the ..u 0 riein.-mber llexL to accept or refllfce Jo late in. real e-taie of Isaac Elrickj deci. the appra"11 v.i't.iion. or -j - .june .bould not be uid. ,,.,. mr, bTVu laAlAH000ri,r. ULE TO ACCEPT OR REFUSE. T.Sophi. MTh.lntern wlrt Keff jUh D. Woi.ua, both ef John-town. Cam brUcounty, Pa, H.ram K. U'""' of Fm-port. k'ent (inty. MiHrgan. and Sam 1 k U'uien.of Panue Kock, Barton Coun- Y-ou erebereby notified to appear at an Orph- fu to taae tne real eiaie 01 m. Siied. at the aporaL-e.1 ealuatiim, or how 1 ISAIAH "COOP, ttumeraet. e.U-J Slier.ff. PENNSYLVANIA COLbEGE FOR WOMEN. Sitnate in a beautiful park, on a commandine nlatlauT in the auburU of Pitfbure. away from SrV?.e and durt. l nirpa-l 6 bea.y nd blrtne-. ticelient facuil kx rJ irtSeea. llawie. aud Mathemaun VzZ ,,rr deoanmeiit well whipped. 7m Q1 . KartT appUrau.i la dwirabie. rcaeand furtaer infnn.iion. appi HeTe & Pellelreao, Prwldent. l iuaburhi, ha tEnd, Pa. St. Charles HOTEL. CJ1AS GILL, Projf'r S rooniT'New anfiundry atiaened loih. hoUs. Batea,to3ptrday. Cr. Wwd St. 4 Third Are. IIWaburKh, Fa 1LjfA I more especially than any other a hereditary disease, and for this simple reason: Arising front Impure and Insufficient blood, the die ease locate itself in the lymphatics, which are composed of white tissue; there is a ' period of foetal life when the whole body eon- Hood'a si,t5 01 whlt tissues, and therefore the unborn ebJldU SarsapZI" especially susceptible to thi , dreadful disease. But there rj I la Ui potent remedy for acrof ola, whether herediury or acquired. It is Hood's Sarsaparilla, which expel every trace of the disease and Rives to the blood th. quality and color of health. Get Hood's. "When my boy was two years ptrfti old he was attacked and suf- '""J lered a long time with scrofula ClI red ores. The physician at length told us to give him Hood's Bar- Mjf BO)f saparilla, which we did. Two bottles cured turn. He is now 10 years old and has not had any sign of scrofula since. We recommend Hood 's Sarsaparilla to an oar friends.'' Ms. E. a Cuttes, 8 Kidder SL, Cleveland, 0. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggist. 01:tx.orf&. Prepared ooly ejCL 11UOD A CO-Apotbaeanaa, LaweU, 100 Doses One Dollar -THE-FIRST NATIONAL BANK or Somerset, Penn'a. CAPITAL SURPLUS S50.000. $a.ooo. OEOSIT RCCEIVCOIN LARGI AND SMALL AMOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS, STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED. DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS : LaKci M. Hicu. V. H. Muxit, JixnL Ptgh, Cha. H. Fishii, Johh R. Scott, Gao. R. &tll, Fmd W. BissEczxa. Edward Sctll, : : : : : President Valestise Hay, : : Vint President Andrew Parkkb, : : : : : Cabhikr. TLe funds and securities of this'bank are securely protected in a celebrated Cor liss Burglar-proof Safe. The only Safe made absolutely Burglar-proof. Somerset County national Bank Of Somerset, Pa. Established, 1877. Organize at t National, 1890. CAPITAL, $50 000. Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't Wm. B. Frease, Vrice Pres't. Milton J. Pritts, Cashier. Directors: Wm TT Conntx. Sam'l Snyder, JiKiab i'pecht. Juua M. l ook. Joun 11. Buvuer, jvuu ovui-v. j.Mb.i.h B. l"iYia Harriton Snyder, Jerome Stuffi, Nuah S. Miller, nm. aniinxry. Customers of thi Bank will receive the roost liberal treatment consistent with safe banking-. Parties wishing to send money east or west can be acoommdaied by dralt for any amount. Moner and valnahle secured by one of Die bold Celebrated Sales, with most approved time locL. Collections made In aU part of the Cnlted States. Charge moderate. Account and Deposiu SoUcted. maro-m THERE IS Jf'HISKEl Which is uniform in its result, besides in every other particular. Attested to by evervone who has given it a thorough trial, and their name is legion. The pure 8-year old GUCKENHEIMER WHISKY Is the whiskey, sold only by JOSEPH FLEMING & SON, Druggists, Pittsburgh, Ua. Aa a gtrengthencr of the Nervous! j System,- with special good effect on the res piratory and digestive organs, it is pronounced uncqualcd. Price, full quarts $1, or six for $5. We now carry a foil and complete stock of all the leading Fine Whiskies, both do mestic and foreign, pvingyou the oppor trinity to make your choice from the finest selection to be had in the city at the lowest possible prices that can be made for the quality and age of the goods. Please send for full and complete price list, mailed free. Jos. FlBffling & Sod, DRUGGISTS, . 110 412 Market St. 1 and 2 Market PITTSBUESn, PA. 4) 7-Ladle are Especially Invited. HQ. 88 FRANKLIN STREET. JOHNSTOWN SUPPLY HOUSE. JOHN H. WATERS & BRO. PLUMBERS, STZA!I AXD GAS F27TESS. ..i u.i. I. Mir aew bafldln'. vto am now wbicb, we can safely aay. Js the b4 -arranged lut our buine in w eiern nun:; i. Everr-hiof pertalolnir to the Plumbing. Ream and (S busin C-TTWO iu . WeVilLa.f''rmerlr.r1ve careful attention to iSea C-ur former efl.w ui thta line enbracj aomeof the large buildings in the county, with '"iuThTsTPPLTrPEPARTMEXTwe carry a full Mwrf R-bher an4 Leather BelUne. SteAd Water Boe,Valvea. Injectors, Jjlt.rleaU., Steam Ga lron Pips Filling. Kc Price, quoted oo appUcauon. omer SOMERSET, PA., REUBEN'S CHOICE. ST JOSaTBIKB roiXASn. She's a bury little houwwife. It is true beyond a doubt. For with light and nimble foofeiep AH the day the moves about ; In the cellar or the garret You wUl find her if yon look In the parlor or th kitchen For she dearly love to cook. It is not her vain ambition In society tosbine. And gay balls and entertainment Are not strictly in ber lice ; But she likes to here things tidy, And quite free from odds and ends. And with special dainty dishes Lores to entertain her frieu'U. She is sweeping or she's dusting. Making beds or getting meals, Cumistakably reveals ; And you'll seldom find ber silting With a needle or a book, For she's such a busy housewife. And would rather sweep or cook. Some will choose a wife f. beauty. While still others are inclined To mate witb thiwe wb. manifest A wise aud studious mind. But Reuben turned from such as these With scornful gaze, and took The prize, he thonght a;houscwife good And a jewel of a cook. A BRAVE GIRL. When that eccentric gentleman, Peter Oilman, made a will providing that his house should be shut up, and all of his property kept untouched till the young est of his nephew Waldo's children came of age, Giltnansville was growing fast, talking of a new railroad and coal fields, and was ambitiously certain that the land near it would command city prices for building lots in s few years ; and he thought he bad thus made sure of leaving his heirs a fortune. Twenty years after his death, when Alice Gilman, Waldo's only child, arrived with ber widowed mother to take posses sion of her inheritance, the coal fields had been worked and abandoned, the ex pected ra'lroad bad passed by miles off, and the great, old-fashioned house, now standing dark and desolate in its neglect ed grounds and wood lots, was as worth less a piece of property as it was dreary in appearance. Even A lice '8 heart failed her, as the two tired travelers stood alone on the wind-swept porch in the darkness, while the farmer's w agon, which bad brought them from the distant station, splashed away down the muddy avenue, bearing with it the old woman who had been hir ed to light the fires and make some of the roomB habitable against their expect ed coming. Mrs. Gilman began to sob liehind ber Teil. Was there ever such a horribly for lorn place 7" she lamented. Why did you persuade me to come all the way out here to Missouri to die V " Beoaua wa couldn't lire on nutLIng a year where we were, little mother," re turned practically-minded Alice, who was nearly a head shorter than her parent, and whose protecting manner at times was absolutely delicious. " Here we'll at least have a house rent free, and can get all the firing we need from the place, besides. And I mean to keep chickens, and perhaps a cow, and certainly to start a big kitchen garden in the spring. Oh, you'll see how nicely we'll manage, especially as soon as I can get some scholars in music and embroid ery at Gilmansvilie. I talked to our dri ver about it coming here, and found I can do it easily. Cheer up a bit, now, and let us go into the house and ex plore." She put an affectionate, energetic arm around her mother, and whirled ber to a waltzing step through the wide hall, where a neglected lamp smoked forlornly on a table and into one of the large, square rooms. Here a glorious wood fire burned on the stone hearth, under the massive pil lared mantle-piece of black walnut ; here their baggage had been set down ; here tLe faded crimson window curtains were drawn clote, and it was light and warm, and almost cheerful. " We are monarclis of all we survey. Our rit'bt there is n jne to dispute." chanted Miss Gilman releasing her moth er, who had stopped crying to laugh at her nonsense, and striking an attitude of critical inspection, she went on : " What s magnificent wealth of space it seems, after one boxed-up room in a boarding-house ! This really won't be half so bad a place when we get it fixed np, mother mine. High ceilings, folding doors, plenty of solid, old-fashioned fur niture, a picturesque abundance of black walnut wood-work, and southwest win dowsthere are capabilities here for a most aesthetic parlor. The next room will do." She bad pushed back one of the fold ing doors, and was about to pass through when Mrs. Gilman stopped further ex plorations by catching her arm and hold ing it fast- Tor pity's sake, child, don't go rush ing around a strange bouee like this at night. You don't know what you might stumble on." " Well, I won't go in if you'd rather I wouldn't," obligingly returned Alice. " Let me leave the door open, though ; that splsndidl fire makes this room so hot. IU get the lamp from the hall and set it so that the light will fall inside,'' she added, remembering Mrs. Gilman 's nervous terror of dark rooms. Having done this, she helped her moth er remove ber many wraps, and then, while that lady settled dowr orlornly in the slippery depths of s huge arm chair, covered with black hair-cloth, took off her own neat cloth lovue and New market, and turned her attention to the cares of housekeeping. " There's plenty of lnnch left in the bas ket, and I can make some hot tea over the little alcohol pocket-stove," she ob served, as she turned her sleeves back from ber plnmp white wrists, and girded her trim, grey -gowned figure with s large housewife's apron. " I'm too tired to hun np the kitchen till morning, so well just camp out here," she went on, mindful of ber mother's nerves, which would certainly revolt if she were left alone to-night That old woman ought to have known enough to have had supper ready for us, but she doesn't seem very bright, I offer ed ber good wages to stay s few days to help us through settling, but she would not" " She told me," depreseedly said Mrs. Gilman, "that she wouldn't stay a night in this house for any money. She declares set ESTABIaISHET) 1837. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1891. that lights have been seen and voices heard since it was shut up, and that your great-uncle Peter's ha'nt that means ghost walks in these very rooms." " Mamma !" Alice, who was kneeling on the hearth trying to make toast with the aid of s ta ble knife for lack of a proper fork, look ed over her shoulder, with her brown hair ruffled above her forehead, ber cheeks carmine with the heat and ber great grey eyes filled with laughing light you know you dont believe in ghosts, bo that oughnt to trouble you," she pro tested. " I believe in worse than ghosts," sigh ed Mrs. Gilman. " I believe that those lights and noises were made by tramps or burglars or bandits frequenting this house while it was deserted. And suppose they should come bark to-night and find us two women alone without a man to pro tect us? Oh, why, why did we come out s mile sway from everywhere to be mur dered ?" She was fast lapsing into hysterics. This would never do, thought her daughter, and she accordingly arose and took her by the shoulders w ith a friendly little shake. "They won't come, mother; and if they did, I could protect you and myself, too. Yon know I have a revolver, and cousin Hick taught me how to shoot." " A girl shoot, indeed," scornfully re turned Mrs. Gilman, resolute in her despair. "I'd rather be killed at once than die of fright as I know I should if yon tried to use your precious pistol. Oh, dear, deir ! what shall we do T" " I shall finish getting tea," said Alice, moving suddenly between her mother and the open door, however, instead of going oack to her toast.t Her voice was sweet and cheery, as usual, and the friendly flush of the fire was still on her cheeks ; yet for the first time in her life, terror deadly, sickening, unutterable had possessed her. Mrs. Gilman back was turned to the rear parlor, and as Alice bent consolingly above her, over bead she bad looked carelessly into this room, n rough w hose shadows the lamp setting on s table close by the folding doors cast a slant ing bar of light, And against the wall on which that faint light fell, as if noiselessly stealing along toward them, she had seen the crouching figure of a ragged, villainous looking man, his hat pulled down to hide his face, a long knife gleaming in bis hand. Just one instant her eyes were held to that sight with helpless horror ; the next, the brave yonng blood rushed back throueh her veins. She must not start nor scream ; she must not faint ; she must be .strong for two. Still keeping between her mother and the cfoucuiug w4ek, ho must not know yet that he was discovered. She moved toward her satchel, where her loaded revolver lay. Every nerve was tense and strained, her heart beat till it seemed to her as if the man must bear its mad throbbing ; but she was talking carelessly all the while. " I believe there must be some of that anchovy paste left, mother. It will add a relishing touch to your toast if there is." fumbling in her satchel as she spoke. " Xo, after all it isn't here." But the revolver was there. She drop ped it, ready cocked, into her apron pocket as she rose, and her hand, bidden in ber pocket, was clasping it firmly, one finger on the trigger, when she went back to the fire. She was wondering how she could best tell her mother of the situation : but just then Mrs. Gilman chanced to turn and her eyes also fell on the dimly visible figure in the next room. In an agony of fear she started np with frantic shrieks mingled with regrets that she and Alice bad ever come there to be murdered, and entreaties to the intruder to spare their lives. He, for his part, neither moved nor spoke, but seemed dutubfounded for the moment at being thus suddenly discov ered. Alice was by hei mother's side in that same second. Her revolver bad flashed into sight, and her dimpled white hand was steady as stone while she took aim at the man. "Hush, bush!" she commanded. " Don't dare to faint, mother. And as for you, yon villian, drop that knife, throw np you hands and come out into the light, or I'll shoot you." Tor she bad swiftly planned and de cided that if there was only one man, she might force hi in to surrender, and allow even poor, trembling Mrs. Gilman to bind him with strips cut from a strong blanket shawl of hers, while she herself kept him covered wit'a her weapon. But the object of t.er plan made no movement to obey he:. Mrs. Gilman laughel hysterically. " Alice, Alice ! he knows a woman can't shoot." " He'll find I can if he don't take care," said Alice, between her teeth. Then to him : " IX) as I told you, or when I count three I shall fire. One, two" and she made a merciful pause. Still the man remained contumacious, motionless, silent. " Three." - Then all in one instant there was a sharp report, a puff of smoke, a flash of flame and a crash of shivering glass as Mrs. Gilman flung herself desperately down on the floor, knocking over the stand by the open door, the lamp was extinguished as it broke. From the utterly dark room beyond came no sound of life whatever. "I must have killed him," groaned Alice, pierced with remorse, yet still holding her revolver in readiness for sny foe. Mrs. Gilman sat np and screamed louder than ever. Hasty steps rang on the porch outside, a strong hand pushed up one of the win dows, and a man jumped over the sill, and took in the scene with one compre hensive glance, when Mrs. Gilman stopped shrieking long enough to return. He was a good looking, dark-faced young fellow, with a manner at once alert, decisive and kindly, and even to her frightened eyes he seemed neither a burglar nor a road agent. Few and hurried were the words that put both parties in possession of the sit uation. The new-comer was a doctor, Harris Boyd by name, who had beard the shot and cries as be passed the bouse on his return from a late call in the country, and he had hastened to the rescue. " Oh, taank heaven you are a doctor I " cried Alice, clasping her hands in nncon. scions appeal. ''Perhaps you can do something for that man. He hasn't made a sound since I shot him, but maybe be is only wounded snd insensible, and I am not a murderer. Do do go and see, for I dare not ! " What with remorse and the reaction of excitement, she was as tremulous now as before she had been brave ; but the young man could not have told whether she seemed more admirable in the he roic mood be had first beheld, ber smoking weapon still in her hand, And her flower-fair face white and set with resolution, or in this cenriding reliance in him. He lit a lamp, nnd taking it and s revolver went to investigate. "Come," he called a moment later. " There is nothing horrible here after alL Do come ! " Thus encouraged, Alice forced herself to enter the dreaded apartment, into which her mother followed her. Xeithericorpse nor wounded man was to be seen. On one side of the room, just where the light hd fallen, a long mirror was set in the panelled wall, and opposite this a full length unframed picture stood up right on the floor, supported by a tall easel. It was a roughly but powerfully point ed picture of a villainous-looking man in a stealthy, crouching attitude, with a long, real knife ingeniously fastened to the canvass as if clutched in bis hand ; a picture that still reflected in the bullet shattered remains of the glass across the room. This odd mingling of light and shadows had completed the deception. "There's your burglar," said Harris Boyd. Alice colored miserably. "To have made all thi fuss about a picture and a looking-glass : Oh, what a fool I must seem." "Not at all. You showed as much courage as if the thing had been real, and your shot was well aimed enough to have brought down any living scoundrel. I remember the picture of old. Your grand-uncle painted it after one he had seen abroad, and it was the talk of the town when I was a very small boy and he first exhibited it. He was quite an artist, and " Here the doctor was interrupted by a sudden, startled cry from Mrs. Gilman. who had been curiously examining Lbs broken mirror. Behind it she found a deep niche in the wall, and in this lay a gleaming heap of gold coin. It was not an immense fortune, but it """.n to its heiress bevond all need of the work and care and cluse economy of the past, and to make the future secure. Evidently Teter Gilman had hidden i in his deep rooted distrust of banks, and had been unable to reveal the secret when overtaken by the stroke of paraly sis that caused his death. So its finders concluded, after several other theories had been discussed and dismissed over the supper that Alice at length succeeded in preparing without interruptions, except from Harris Boyd's zealous but not very skillful efforts to help. A pleasant gypsyish meal it was, and made more pleasant still by the presence of the unexpected guest, whom Mrs. Gil man had easily persuaded to stay till morning for their protection. " All's well that ends well," said Alice to herself, as she laid her weary head on ber pillow. "And perhaps one of the best things about the good luck is that that mother of mine surely won't worry over our future any more." Yet even while she so decided, Mrs. Oilman's meditations were of a gloomy cast. " Of course it was a wonderfully fortu nate thing," she thought ; " but I do wish it had happened dilTerently for now that young doctor will most likely court Alice for her money, and all this has given him such a chance of making him self a hero to her." But it was not for the money that Mr. Boyd courted winsome Alice, and bis mother-in-law has long since repented ber unjust suspicion. When Men See Snakes. The cause of persons whose nerves are excited by protracted and excessive dm of stimulants seeing the shapes of ani mals passing before them is not due en tirely to the imagination. In fact, the fancy only operates to induce a belief that what is seen is alive and hideous. The eyeball is covered by a network of veins, ordinarily so small that they do not intrude themselves visibly in the path of the light that enters the sight, but in the course of some diseases these veins are frequently congested and swollen to such size as to become visible, and when this happens the effect gener ally is to appear as if there were an ob ject of considerable size at a distance from the eye. Of course, the veins are generally long, thin and sinuous, like a serpent, and the figure seen is frequently startlingly like a snake. That they seem to live is due to the fact that they ae not in perfect line with the direct front of sight. They are either to the side, up or down from the focus ; therefore, when discovered, the victim naturally turns his eyes toward the effect, and the effect, of course, moves away. The eye follows, and thus a continuous and realistic motion is goL Xow, if the eye be returned to the front again quick ly it sees another snake, which if watch ed, will glide away in the same manner. The writer of this is afflicted by malarial disease, and after his eyes are thus con gested many strange shapes and clouds pass within his vision, which if he were in a state of nervous collapse, might easi ly be seen by those suffering from delir ium tremens. The man who talks in his sleep is not as much of a nuisance as the man who sleeps in bis talk. The good die young. The others be come oldest inhabitants and lie about the weather, their age, and the fishing when they were young. A Good reputation is better than all the wealth of this world. rie '3 A Town Lot Free. I had heard about the man in Eansas who was giving away town lots free, and one day I left the train at a small station and hired a man to drive me over to the site of the future great city. I found a sixty-acre farm staked out into lota twenty feet front by fifty deep, but only one house snd ona person was in sight, The house was a farm cabin, and the person was the owner of it and the man I wanted to see. "Come for a lot 7" he asked, as we drove up. "Yes, in case my information is correct. Do you give them away 7" "I do." "I had hnard so." Go right out and select any one you like. Those selected are marked w ith red stakes ; those not yet taken by black ones." I took a walk around and made a se lection, and he found the number, and said : ou want an abstract of title, of course. Here it is, and the fee is $3." When I had received it he hunted out a deed already signed, and filled my name in, called his wife for witness and said : "Here is your deed. I'll have to charge H for that" I paid the sum named, and he then got a big book and said : "You want it recorded, of course. I am the County Clerk. The fee for re cording is l. I had it duly recorded, and just then dinner was ready. He invited me to sit down, but when we were through, he said : "My charge for dinner is 75 cents. The taxes on your lot will tie due next week, and you had better leave the money with me. The amount is 1.75 and my commission for receipting will be 25 cents." I paid him the sum named, and was aliout to get into the wagon, when he said : "The charge for bringing you over and taking you back is $2. Half belongs to me, as I own the wagon. One dollar, please." "Can you think of anything further?" I asked as I handed him the dollar. "Well, you'll have ta stop at the junc tion about four hours before the Eastern train comes along. I own the restaurant there ; please eat ail you can." "I have," I said, after a little figuring, "paid you $13.75 for a lot you advertise to give away free. How much do you call this land worth an acre?" "All of six dollars, sir. I've been of fered five and wouldn't take it," "Then I've paid you more than the value of two acres to get a lot large enough to bury a couple of cows on." "Exactly, sir exactly, and I congratu late tu on your oargaiu. - "Then you don't call it a swindle?" "Xo, sir! Xo, sir! A man who will kick on buying a chunk of the glorious West fur let than $U isn't straight, and Mr. Tomkins, I'd advise yon to keep an eye on him going back and see that he doesn't jump out of the wagon and bilk you out of your dollar." A. J". Sun A Tremendous Sensation. The burning of a Mississippi River Steamboat caused considerable excite ment in Xew Orleans. Just think of the astonishment which Dr. Lee's Liver Reg ulator has caused by curing Dyspepsia, Billiousnees, Indigestion and Constipa tion. Don't fail to try it. Trial bottles free. When people suffer pain, they want to be cured, and quickly, too. Xothing equals Reg Flag Oil for all pain. I'rkw 25 cents. Trial bottles free at G. W. Benford's Drug Store. Self-Varnished. "Sav, 1 m poisoned : Give me some thing for it !" yelled an excited, half-crazy-looking individual who bornJed from a cab and, hatless snd cottleas, r unlied into an all-night drug store on Madison street, the other night. "Poisoned? By what? Quick, out pith it ! What did you take ?" queried the prescription clerk as he drove out and caught the excited man by the shoulders. ''How long ago did you take it? What was it?" "Took it by mistake for witchhaael. prussic acid." "What? Prussic acid? How do you j know ? When did you take it V J "About twenty minutes ago, out home ; caught this cab on the corner and drove right here. Say, will I die? Give me something quick." "Let's see the bottle," replied th clerk and his tone grew cold and bard. The excited man forked it over. The table was prussic acid all right, end the drug store man sniffed the mouth gin ccciy then critically. Then he spoke again . and did it excitedly. "Say, you get out here, and ge t oat quick. You can't work no such a ; puxie on me. If you think yon can wor tw for a big slug of whisky hecause th. sa loons are closed you're off, that's aJl. You get out !" "Xo, honestly, I don't want whisky- I jOjt took it and saw the label. It sort -of burned when it went down like." , "Xo wonder. You swallowed an ou net ' or so of alcohol and shellac, but it won't kill you, unless it sort of sticks your in side np and gives 'em a coat of varni sh. If you'd swallowed prussic acid, man ; 'on. wouldn't have moved from your tree ks. You get out, anybsw, and you'd be iter get somebody to take cars of you in ths future that is, if the shellac don't sort, of glots over some of your natural softs ets a bit Y'ou need a guardian." Chic ago Now Try This. It will cost you nothing and will sore ly do you good if you have a er.ngh, cold. or any trouble with throat, ebe jt or longs, j De k-ino'. Sow TMarnverv tor Conaomi- tion, Coughs and Cords is y aranteed U In domestie life Captain Morrison's give relief, or money will be paid back. ,! experience has been most happy. He bufferers from La Grippe tbtr nd it jus th 'jj was married in 13ti to a daughter of the thing, and under its nee bad a speedy re- J late J. M. BumhfielJ. formerly a well covery. Try a sample bctiJ e at onr ex- t known Pittsburgh dry goods merchant, pense, and learn just bow r xl a thing it j jiu home is a beautiful sountry place in is. Trial bottles free, li trge sLw 50c J .Bell vue, and when not at his Pittsburgh and $1. f business house, the Republican choic For sale at Joha X. Snyder's Drug for State Treasurer can almost always be Store. , found with his family. aid WHOLE NO. 2091. Republican Candidates. THS NEXT AUDITOR CE.NEBAL. General D. McM. Gregg, the hero of Gettysburg, the nominee for Auditor General, is one of the beet known mili tary men in Eastern Pennsylvania to day. In personal appearance General Gregg is dignified and stately. He is six feet in height, of slender build, and his beard and mustache are just turning gray. He was born in Huntingdon, Fa, April 30, 1S33, from which Congressional district he was appointed to West Foint July 1, 1S5L He graduated from that institu tion July 1, ISoo, and stood eighth in his class. On the same day be was made second lieutenant of dragoons. He serv ed at the garrison at Jefferson, Mo., dur ing lS55-.", on frontier duty at Fort Union; marched to California in 1S-V5 and was stationed there until l$o7. From there he was transferred to Fort Van couver, Washington, where be served until 1So3, and from thence to Fort Walla Walla on the Spokane expidition, and participated in a desperate battle with Indians at Tohotsuiaime, Washing ton. In May and September he partici pated in tke engagements of Four Lakes and Spokane Falls, a skirmish on Spo kane river, September S, 1S53, and con tinued on frontier duty at Fort Walla Walla until the latter part of 1S50. He was then transferred to Fort Dallas, Ore gon, and in 10 took part in the skir mishes near Harney Lake, against the Snake Indians. Part of IStJO-ol ho was stationed on Warm Springs reservation, and subsequently returned to Fort Fegon, California, in ISol. At the outbreak of the rebellion Gen eral Greeg was called to Washington. He was made captain of a company in the Sixth Pennsylvania cavalry, and later colonel of th Eighth Pennsylvania cav alry, and participated in all the engsge ments of the Peninsular campaign, hav ing been engaged at Fair Oaks, Xew market Court House, Savage Station, Bottom Ridge, White Oak Swamp, Glen dale, Malvern Hill, and covered the movements of the Army of the Potomac from Harrison's Landing to Yorktown, in August, lSf-2, and on the Rappahannock campaign he commanded a division of cavalry. On Xovember 20, IStl-', he was mkde a Brigadier General of I'nited States vol unteers, and in the campaign of 62-63 he participated in the skirmisa at Rappa hannock railroad bridge, Stoneman's raid towards Richmond, and in the Pennsylvania campaign of 1S63 was en gaged at Beverly Ford, June 9; skir mishes at Aldie, Upperville, Shepherds town, and took a conspicuous part in the great battle of Gettysburg. General Gregg was in command of the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac from August 1, 1S04, to February 3, 1865. when he was made Brevet Major General of volunteers for highly meritorious and distinguished conducL While in com mand of the cavalry he participated in the battles of lH?ep Bottom, Ream's Sta tion, Peebles' farm, Yauaan road, Boyn ton, Plankroad, Stony Creek station and Belietield. General Greeg resigned from the army February 3, 13oo, and engaged in farm ing near Wilierd, Del. Several years later he came to Reading. From there he moved to Carthage, Mo., but remained there only a short time, when he located at Fort Washington, near Philadelphia. President Grant appointed General Gregg consul to Prague, Austria, during his first term, which post he resigned three years later. He then returned to Reading and has been a resident of that city ever since. The earliest ancestor of whom the Gen. eral has direct knowledge was David t'regg, of Scotland, a captain in Crom well's army. He is a great-grandson of General James Potter, of the Pennsyl vania troops of the line in the revolution ary war and grandson of Andrew Gregg, who was a member of the National Con gress from 1776 to ISIS, and Secretary of the Commonwealth under Governor Hiester. His mother was the daughter of David McMutrie, who settled in Hunt ingdon, Pa., before the revolution. General Gregg was married to Miss Ellen, daughter of Wm. Shsaff, of Phila delphia, a granddaughter of the late John S. I leister, of Pittsburgh, in 1S5. Upon the death of General John Hart ranft, General Gregg succeeded to the command of the Pennsylvania Com- mandery of the Order of Loyal Legion and still retains that position, lie was one of the organizers of Kean Post Xo. 76, G. A. R, of Reading, and has always taken an active interest in its affairs. General Gregg is a modest and nnas- sjstuing centlemtn, and there are fe who are more universally beioved than be. He lives quietly with his wife and t ,ea sons. Geonre S. and lavid M- on Xorth Forth street, Reading. oaie time ago the General wrote an able article on the battle of Gettysburg, and accompanied the Count of Paris over the W-field during h'13 recent visit to this country. THE SKXT STATE TREASl'RER. Captain John W. Morriison, nomin ated for State Treasurer, was born in the city of Philadelphia on February 15, 141. He was educated in the high schools of the Quaker City, and upon his graduation moved with his parents to a farm in But ler county, near Centreville. He lived there until he was 15 years of age, when he entered a grocery store in Xorth Lib erty as a clerk. Two years later he came to Pittsburgh and became errand boy in the Sixth street wholesale house which be now o ns. From the lower ranks he soon rose to the dignity of a junior part .ner, and afterwards to sole proprietor. Captain Morrison's war recsrd is par ti cularly bright, and has been perpetua ted by the love he bars for the old com rades. He entered the Union army aa a .private in Company E. 100th Regiment, JPewnsylvania Volunteers, in August, 1S61 And continued in service for over three years, in the meantime rising to the rank tl of a lieutenant. PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES DECLARATIONS BT T!iK Kl.'.TU.U AN- o PENNSYLVANIA MADE M f.lSttMlM Alt.lT !'., lV.'I. ' The republican party ia Penne-ylvaiii i in convention ainbied, reaiaruiinit the -cardinal principles of the party enancial- j ed by the national convention of lx, and approving the course ot" the republi cans of the fifty-first eocreoM, in incorpo rating them into the law of the land, make the following declaration : 1 We heartily endorse tlie broad and statesmanlike administration of Presi dent Harrison, which has exhibited an intelligent and inflexible purpose to exe cute the federal laws, maintain the dig nity of American institutions an I insure the continuance and growth of prosperi ty end peace in the nation. 2. We view with peculiar saCs!i:tion the direction of ths affairs of the post oi&ce department by one of our ownciti zens, the Honorable John Wa:utiuaker, whose clean, business like and otupre hensive admini.-tration of ita aifkirs !i.m advanced the post I operations of ti.e na tion to a p'ane never previously alt-wiieO, 3. It has been with especial gratifica tion that the republicans of tkiacuuiu.on wealth have observed the brilliant ad ministration of ih-i state department by one of Pennsylvania's naii.e sons, whos superb diplomacy has elcctrided the hearts of all Americans, exacted frota foreign peoples a degree of respect and admiration for the United States t'g hitherto unequaied and opened wide to us ia other lauds commercial gates here tofore barred. These liiagukueut achive ments justify the coniiJence and fr.ralsh new occasion for us now to reaiiirm llio loyalty and devotion of the Rcj-ubiicans of Pennsylvania to her m.)4 distinguish ed son tiie Hon. James G. Blaine. 4. We cordially endorse tiie ait.cn of the republican cor;grei in pasiin the McKinley bill, in conformity wtih the national pledge to protect the uiaUn ial interests of American labor. TjU ber.- ficent measure has, in spite of malignant democratic abuse and misrepresentation, already brought about, anil will ia the future coutinue to bring about, a brevier and more settled prosperity to ail clones, particularly to the operative, the mechan ic, the miner and the farmer. 5. We favor bi-metalism, so related as to allow free coinage of all the guld and silver produced from American mines, and so guarded by tariff duties as to protect our country and its currency from the debasement which will surely follow if this nation is made the dump ing ground for the silver of the world. 6. We re-ailirm our devotion to the welfare of those who sacrificed projerty, home, health and life for the nation's honor during the late war, anil weor- dially approve the action of sucoesnive republican congresses, particularly th- fifty-first, in spite of malicious and unre lenting democratic opposition, in provid ing proper and adequate financial aid to all deserving veterans "till surviving, and to the widows and orphans of tootm who have entered the bivouac of the c?ead. 7. The republican party of Penn?ylva- nia has never hesitated to pledge it.-eli'to reforms demanded br public sentiment and has never faltered ia currying out the promises so made, fa accordance wi'.U pledges given we have recently placed upon our statute books numerous laws having for their object the amelioration and advancement of labor ia this com monwealth, thereby winning the un qualified and public approval f the leg islative committee of the knbhuof la'-r. 8. In accordance with the promise eon-...-!: - r i A . r. -c !.,.. i , ... i i mainly in compliance with the expressed wishes of various labor organizations. ;vd have made provision fjr the sniniil.-sion to the people in November next of t,h,j question of holding a const, tuti..n:d con vention, with a view to such changes i:i the organic law of the commonwealth as oiay be deemed expedient. K. Also, in conformity with the prom ise mads a year a; , we have enacted a law having in view aa absolutely pure and unrestricted ballot. We pled the party to such ehangesand improvouieuts, if any, which a practical application of this law may prove to be eoserillal to a fuller accomplishment of its pnrpoTS, and, in the event of negative action iu Xovember next upn the quest! ju of holding a constitutional convention, w-j promise, with a view to eliminating the provision in our present constitution compelling the numbering of ballots, t.j enact the necessary lcri.-ila'.Ii n for sub mitting a special constitutional amend ment upon this particular stfbjf-t to tbe people of the state at tho earliest d;iy possible. 10. Furthermore, in compliance wita pledges male to the people, tlio republi can party, having in view the equalisa tion of taxation, has enacted n.esures whereby, mainly thrsuh an increase in taxation on corporations, the state appro priation to the public schools h is been increased from ?-VfXV"0 to t'-.'XH'.HJ an nually, and the personal property tax re turned to the counties increased front fVJO.OOO to ?1,700,000 annually. It has further provided for the return of ail the retail liquor licenses, agjregati ng 000, to the respective counties, cities, boroughs and townships. We plcle ourselves to renewed elf jiU in the sa.'ne direction to the end that cur revenuo laws may be 30 revised as to treat with equality all the various industries of tho commonwealth, thus relieving the land of the farmer from the unfair divriinii-a-tion to which it has heretofore been sub jected. 11. We denounce the unscrupulous! ar tisanship of Governor Patt'-sun ib wtuir.g all the apportionment bills passed, ia compliance wiUi constitutional d.rectioa by the late republican legilatu:e, and a negativing other Ug:s'at: : .n.cular.v tke compulsory education bill Waving in view the material and moral interests of the people of Pennsylvania. 12. We commend the republican may or, city solicitor, county contrs.ler and district attorney of Philadelphia, f r their discovery and prompt prosecuti. ui of t.r;oe'j guilty of uilicial malfeasance. There officers, by their action, have e-ieui-jhli-ed the ever-ready determination of re publican officials to correct and reforot abuses in all branches of municipal staU:, and national government. 13. We are in favor of the prompt re peal by the legislature of all the me.ran tile taxes levied by the State, and ofeucli amendments to the revenue and other laws as will effectually promote tho or derly receipt, the lawf-al and safe custody and the prompt and pro-er .iisourse ment, not only of the moneys of the com monwealth, but of all its cities, boroughs and township, and the la'.rt ,-hculd tie so improved as to absolutely prevent the use of all public funds, small or great, tor the personal benefit of public oihclats. iWi, That we reaffirm the unswerv ing devotion of Pennsylvania R.-pubi.-cana to the supreme and sovereii-'n r;'ht of every lswful citizen, rich or poor, na tive or foreign-born, black or whiio, to cast one free ballot in public eite:.,ns and to have that ballot duly counted, and we demand effective le-L-l.;t:oa within constitutional limits to secure the integ rity and purity of Federal tlecLona throughout the Union. !i f f i 17 i :
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