"Somerset Herald 5 ct' Publication. wViBisaAy raoraicf i tO) ivance, onrie f- jo 4 in . s"' be continued until atl fc'"" j p. Pouni nssleea - . wid p:n:fci Km the r-b- ffocia from oc portofE- to Ca-.cfcre. Addr. r7 "T2E SomeksCT Herald.' SoMEZSST, Ti. JMtIi. j BOH Build)- inn, Fi. Crr M. EE2KLE, ?& '..L.vtv.iT.U. aHavlsET-AT-. tl imiU-mi-AT-LAW, H, Aii sowmsiV. ra. i-IviVAl-LA. r A ' somerset, Fw. J. i. OGLA. COLE, 7 r--L"-AnJksst-AT-LAW. tMmenet, Fa. i -uSv-AT-LAW. l Boiaerset, Pa, -t.' am-ntion tobies entrusted LAW. ximeraet. Fa. rWio 00e ta 1UlIuao01 ..vj WEP Will attend W all at-" C: I 3 E Arr3lvET AT LAW. J somerwt, Fa. , ic-end to ail bluest entrusted kaisuiit k'-A- J--An.v.AT-t.w. T;' .r"''t)i on il" " B",:-'L-r V"LPrGH. " somerset, P- - w-.-. e-tr-iJ v our care will r-?- cuhttmoi H.1 LEAEK ,.,T1W r--v!i in Somen 4 ?S; ii MM tM to their ea w iU D i-i. EXLS i COTER, nrNT STS. i"ter-rSTie7 i Dro twre, somerset. Pa.) !.: - W.PO. wnjuaing to Decunry -.-0. swi Atwuti.a vea n-iarai we;ii. Animal J"" . Mteuua erown BUdieJ u toe . Atr.i- l-lyr. T U". CAP.ITHERS. M. D. J. raV;;tlA-N AM SI MEON. rn ru -eet, next dr u rrmuu tAs Atoiice. D ,1 P. F. SHAFFER. -LlklULL. r T'Citri h yp;v:zj ciT.e to tne time n Ln il : TLcini'.y ua. next dour u jlES. KI1IMELX, to the HUxen sar-: KLiiln: iL-iijd At La o-c oo Maui at. 1 Yi J. 5L LC-UTIIEE, rEYKClAS AXI eURGEO.N", 5 W,-1 pemanentlT in Somerset lor tbe - a' Jrt "ijre. T c r-fTT t r-x C Jl JiAllC , -n- fr-ju aiiot; tion to lie pr9prrtk of scsfrfs il. M.T-v-ie.: aS tWi Majtc, corner Oils! Oils! - ss3j4 o;: rocpACf. of Pitbor?L. Pa u" of QAuufActaruiK fur IM -"t-c irvie tie ie uTAud of Ti!ra':ir,g(t Lubricating Oils htha and Gasoline, ":c fre Petroleum. , , cIIesg 2C3UCT OF PETROLEUM. uniformly -atisfaetory Oils -:x TEE -erican larket, civ T-v;e for -Somerset acd TidaltJ COTS A BEFHIT9 na ' ausiAiET, Pa. n I S K I E S 9( a4 I.juin la bull ud by tb I Jr " t -r BUuwnrK - LIQUORS I ' FINE OLD ss.vi xxrx wnisk'iES. rT7.T l,eBo- CnenAT. WUbox FISHER & CO., Stre,t, Johnton.Pt. I II e VOL. XL. NO. 40. -THE- . FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF . Somerset, Penn'a. CAPITAL SURPLUS S50.000. S7.0C0. DEPOSITS RCCEIVEC IN LARGE AMD SMALL AMOUNTS. PATASLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FANNERS. STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED. DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS : LEc M. HICK.S. V. H. illLLAB, Jamie L. PrbH, Chas. H. Fiseaa, JollS E. S-OTT, G0. R. &.X1X, Edward Sctll, : : : : : Pejkidevt Valsxtix Hat, : : Vic Peesidest Harvey M. Berkley, : : : Cashlkk. The funds acl seenrities of th:J bank are spcr re if protected in a celebrated Cor li Burelar-proof afe. The only Safe made absolutely BurKUix-r roof. Somtisd Coim'i lafional Bank Of Somerset, Pa. - O: Dtabiisftrf, 1877. Orgaa'u-ed a l Nt'.l. 'SM. CAPITAL. $50 COO. Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't Wm. II. Koor.tz, Vice Pres't. Milton J. Pritis, Cashier. Directors: Pm l ?nTder, ?,1H'T: J'An H. nv!cr, '"Ln um. Ju-ph B. liviA, llArrwic ?Dvder, Jerome s-tufit, Noa a. .luer. i-m. F. 'Hrr.-o.i. Cistnrner- ot ton bar t mil revive th. mogl liberal treAUJtni coiiitowui wiih bAtAicg. Pirtiei 'hine to sen 1 money e. or west caa t n-comcdiuc'l by dmll for ty AJioviL V nrT And TAlnihIe. xef irfi by one of IHe-toi-i CiebrAlcd c, woa most Atproed Uae loci. Collections niAde tn ail pan ot the United Bltfc. Clmrert moderve. - AooHiuia Aud Utpo-ua solictei. mAT M CURTIS K. GROVE. SCHERSET, PA. IrGGIia, SLXIH.-"-, CAEEIAGE3, BPKIS3 WAGCS3, BCCK WAGOXa AT) IASTISS AND WE-TEKS WOKX FnmiiiJied on Short Sotice, Painting Done on Short Time, V t wort i cde oat Vurrtnur mcnt Wood, md tn b" iutrtiUm-y CotrJCted. NeAtiT Fini-shed. and WALTTAntedMPTcaAUfciAirUoii. . Bjiripr of AT Kinds in Vy IJne Done on ortiiocc. Pnoe.itAONAbi,An4 All Work Warranted Call and ExAasia. ;y Stock, and Iwn PrVe Ida WA(ton-worc, abJ fjrnh Te-for Wind ilia, Kemembvr the plce, and cU in. CTJBTTS H. GROVE. of Conrt Boose) soyirset. pi B. & B. The variety anc assort-rrect of Spring Dress Woolens Are more elejrant and 2ective thif seiisoa than evtr before. We arts now showing all the choioert lines ard at our own ticial popular low Itwill jay to rite icr sauries before yoa buy. Xeic 3 G -Inch VIGOGNES AND CHEVRONS, Strijea and fancies in gray, brow n nd tan cliades. CG-inch, all wool KElekerLotA-crs, all colors. 45c. SO-inch Camel Hair Stripe?, all colors, 5Cc. 50-inch Knickerbocker Strips, 13 cent?. 40-inch Mi.xe4 Bedford Conk, 75 cents. 50-inch fine all roolTwcod?. 1-5, Above choir fabrics are all wool. Write for samples, prices of other in formation. Special fadUtiea f-r filling joor order by mail to yoar profiL Boggs & Bulil, 11, 117, 111 121 JL-i.rJvS, .uzEGiExr, r. It is to Yo'ii Interest to Btrr rt ts Drugs and Medicines JOHS H. SSYDEB. cccxafcOKTO Biesecker k Snyder. Kone bat tbe pcr-t and best kept in itock, and wbei Imif bwonxe inert ty stand ing, as certain of them do, we de stroy thtin, raiber than im pose on our customers. YSu can depend on having your PRESCR1PT1GNS & FAMILY RECEIPTS filled with care. Our pricee are as low as any other 5rst-c!ass house and on many artiiiea much lower. The iv of this county seem to know this, and have r'n ns a larjre share of their patronage, and we shall stiU continue to giye them the very best goods for their money. Do nut IbrgK that we make a specialty of FITTING- TRUSSES. We guarantee satisfaction, and, if you have had trouble in this dh-ection, give us a calL SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES in great variety ; A full set of ToM Lenses. Come in and Lave your eyea examined. o charge fir examination, and we are conG dct we cau suit you. Come and see us. Repectiully, JOHN N. SNYDER. FANCY WORK. Sow? Great Bargains la IRISH POINT -LUNCH AND TRAY CLOTHS Bought below cost of transportation we are selim at great barisiins white and colored Bedford Cord Table Cov ers, stamped ready for working. Sine-' ed Vanton Flannel Table and Cush ion Covers, Ringed rirj?h Ctrhion Cover., Bargarran Art Cloth Table ar.d Cushion Covers, all stamped wtth Newest ledi?ng ; Hem-stitched Hot Biscuit and Boll Napkins. A new and larv? line of hem-etitched Tray and Carving Cloths from tiOcta Siajuped HemtitchetlScarfii from CVts rrv. Taoie t owerg irom ou ina. ua. fail hne of Figured INDIA SILKS, AU New fatterns and Colorings. Also, Figured Plush, ;t and Xi inches wide, in beaitifal d.lore ao'l Ies:p-L. .Art Salin Sijuam for the Central Covers and Cushion Covers. "Wabaii jSTetting, 4; inches wide. cent, per 7ri-'gnk' Hr.f Olive and Yellow. THh TIIINO for Krapinjf Manxes and iHynr, and for Draping Over lraperit. A cew line of Jiesi-rects irom i":.np. Visit onr Tauie I.intn, Towel. XAA:ns, Muslin, ebeeung and Linen Department, by ail meass. 41 FIFTH AVEXCE. P:ttsbur-h, Ta. AMKRICAN IIOTEIa. Oward and Operated by S. P. SWEITZER, Cumberland, Md. Th howl if ftrelA ta a"i it ppcint!nems. reaoiieied nd riaraiiil. aJ the ftuest Uxa Uim tn il.etit-. a; the l:rd 4U.Iimi.re ami. -w ears P i J" evry f-w moraenu. Kirrt- U- p..rtei :teo ' A'.l traiu. La-ase to the H.el free of chAT-JJ. itrecay ba.-a u le Hotel a fcna-ciM Uvery Establisliment, whore fun of ill dr!piUiUrAn be hsjl at mod erate rau-a. 1 lie l-r rf ihi H..-4 u. rt.--kr.t wuh u. titir-l tra.ie. or Whukie. Wiossand beer. Am ua iiaud a large iock of Imported. Cigars. p. nnf aatie'patinp mairics wiy can have their truiibh ana redul t- w.ihir.g by u.pt.ine.1 th- HuH. where li.ue can be p eured itii.xil eaua cume. I" t 1 taken in t r colored ti:koaea. but eoiue di.-vt to the liotci. The undersifned has ca hand a larje ok of SOMERSET COUNTr WHISKY. Old Rye, Wbl.-h be offers at Wholesale and In aaall qiiautiuo, at tnt foLowlng pr.eea: Two Year okf at 12 25 per gailon. Three " " M W -Four - " " W OU - Addrew all! orders to Xoa U9, and 11 Eal- st.,Cuoatjeriani. jio. g. P. SWEITZER, Proprietor. Jacob D. Swank, tTatchntaWr Jeweler, xt door west of Lutheran Church. Somerset, Pa. IlaTiag opened up a shop in this j.Iace, I as now prepared to sap pi the public with clocks, watches and jewelry of all descriptions, as cheap as the cheapest HEPAIKINO A- SPECIALTY. All work fruaranteed. Look at my stock before making yonr pair chases. YfluEWant Worlds StJary or Commission U roc-1 men Fast .S import Specialties; also futt line GrAKANTEED NrRSESY STVttw c, &.ilii) to live replaced r- HOME Ml E. D. Lnetcfcford & Co Eoch ester, X. Y, omerseic SOMERSET, PA., William A. Lehr of Kendallville. Ind says Hood's . Uood's SarsaparOla Is King of Medicines And Bis Cure Was Almost a Miracle "C L Hood & Co., LuweD, Mut. "Geutleraen: When I wai 14 years of I was eunCned to my bed for several mouUis by an Ua-k of rbeumatum, and hen I had partially recovered I did not have Ui use of my lees, so that I had to go on cratehes. About a year later, feerf !, In the form uf White Swellings, appeared on varions parti of my body, and fur eleven yean I was an Invalid, being c. e4 mmr jun. In tliat tiaie ten or eleven of these sores appeared and broke, esnnlns me great pain and siiff'Ttn?. Several tiia-i iMes of Nme w,.rkel out tif Uie sures. 1'b j Mtiiai (lid not help me aud I Became Discouraged " I went to Chicago to visit a sister. a It wns thought a change of air asd seene miJit do me good. P.ut I was eonflned to my bed mott of the tune. I was go ttnuivvted with tlie necr of Il,od's Sarv-ij-arilia In car sinniar to mm that I decided U try iL So a tulV.r ai lH;At, and to my grrat grati!lrntHn t!ie sre- tn d:ried. aud . l-eirrui l feel letter. Ti.ts strenLrTneited my liiUi la Uie medu uie. aud ui a hort Una: 1 was Up and Out of Doors To make a kms story short, I continued to take Hood's Sjrsajcuil'ji tai a year, whrn I hol become o folly rt-ioased from tlie chains of diee ttiat I tvik a poitin wiih the Flint W.ilhiij Mfir. Co.. and im-e that tin have tMt lt a .iiie day tu amituit of sit-kness. 1 always 1-el wei! am tn pd spunLs, and have a iod appeute. I endorse Hood's Sarsaparilla for it has beea a great blevin; to me. and to my friends my recovery seems aiuiust mirac ulous. I think II'vxl's Sarssparilla 1 the kinu'"f a:l mi-" -ines " Y ii.i.!aw A. I.tHn, Ji'o. it Nortli K-uirud St. KfiHlailiiile. IimL liood a l'ill cure Uiousos&. WORST CASCS CURCO TO IV CUBED ir uacoa- rco m CRCAKK OICSC (tc or fv AtmTi. P. HAROLD MAVU ft BU FfALO, M. NEW GOODS AT Knepper & Ferner's. It is our aim to present at eve ry season a Line of Good of the Newest Pattern. and Lat ent Styles. We have labored hard in selecting a stock for the corning season, and are glad to say that we have succeeded in baying goods that are su perb iu style, and at -rices that have the magnetic power to draw and retain trade. CLOTHING I Never before Lave we bought such fine styles in Mens' and Youths', Boys' and Childs' Clothing. These Goods arc nn unapproachable in quality and price. CARPETS. This season we are offering a larger assortment, better styles and lower prices in all grades of Carpeting. Matting, end Oil Cloths and Hug?., than ever be fore. DRESS GOODS, We are daily gaining trade in this department, consequently have bought a large stock, adapted to fill the wants of everyone. GEMS' FURK1SHIKGS. A large and complete stock just received, and are now pre pared to furnish all who want a specialty in thi line- We introduce correct styles' oj toon as out. We also carry a full stock of Window Shades, Trunks and Saciiels. Rubber Clothing, fcc. We take genuine pleasure in hav ing our friends inspect the above novelties. KNEPPER & FERN'ER, I Si i rTj One Door Nortli of rostofiee. ESTABIaISHED 1827. WEDNESDAY, LIFE AND LOVE. O l soul of immortal l.fe, ah ice forth. From thy starry height above : Ovei the vath and aver the north, four thy Ineffable love. Teach us that death U but a sleep Of rest, Ull the dawn of day. To break from the oeeas's mighty deep. On Its uaireml way . Cp. up from the pearly gates of morn. Through the bine of cloudiew day, 0 ! burn to their routs all hate and teom In the suntet's crimson ray. O 1 come, in thy tenderness, iweet love, From the (raves of all the dead. And hover and bruod. O ! gentle dove ! With thy deaihle. peai instead. O '. soul of the aridce of God ! ! night of his soondleai sea ! Unveil thy (ace, tiU the death-path trod, Briagi life And seta all men free. As white as the snow, an 1 as still As the heights from which tbey fell O ! compass thy perfect love, thy will. In the hearts and nves of aU. HER LITTLE JOKE. Mias Jocelyn is looking out at tbe win dow. It U a drenching day, and there is nothing to be seen bat the garden, with its heavy-heated roses drooping under the down-pour, and the village street beyond was now last becoming a rapid water course, i " I call this the dullest place in exist ence," snys Mias Jocelyn.half aloud the very dullest." She does not finish her sentence, but turns to the massive pier glass to look at the reflection of heiself a handsome girl in a smart frock. After one glance she turns back to the window with a sigh. " What's the use ? One might aa well wear sackcloth trimmed with a&hes in this place, for all the people there are to see one's gowns. It was much mere fun at school, after alL" "Why" suddenly craneing forward "if that isn't that frumpy liltle Mits Blake with Mr. Stanford, and he is holding his umbrella over her! She has got his arm, too! I wonder how he likes UT Toor man I wonder if he ever notices wheth er a woman is old and plain, or young and pretty ? " Now he gots splash into puddle and she is actually looking cp at him and is blushing and laughing. Oh, what a joke. Fancy her bloiLing ! Why, she most be forty, if she's a day quite forty! And those little curia bobbing about as Bhe goes! "I wonder if her sister make her wear her hair like that ? I wonder if she is in love with him? the poor old soul r Mr. ctanford is a curate, bathe ism man first, and afterward a cleric Strong, manly, gentle, he plays cricket with the village boys, is ready to gossip for a few moments with the old gaifers, is a mem ber of tbe debating society as well as the rowing club. But Miss Jocelyn is young, and is not vet able to grasp more than the Jact that she is better looking aid better dressed than most of the girls with whom she is acquainted. So to her Kutb Blake : a ridiculous sight, and Mr. Stanford's quiet courtesy, which he would extend just as readuy and pleasantly to his washerwoman, is a "good joke." She watches them part at the 31 usees Blakes' little green gates, and thinks she can see Mi Kalh's upward glance and smile at the fine face above ber before Mr. Stanford turns and comes striding and splashing back through the mud pud dies. Tnen, having nothing else to do Miss Jocelyn piana a pretty little piece of mis chief, which she promptly seta about car rying ouL She has one gift, this handsome Mias Jocelyn ; she is very skillful with her pen, and after little practice can imi tate almost any handwriting. And now she remembers that there is in the study a letter of Mr. Stanford's to her father, and her eyes sparkle with delight "What fun to send poor old Miss Blake a love letter ! Perhaps she has never had one. It will be kindness, positively ! How she will blush and simper silly old thing! Well, serve her right! When there are so few young men in a place, what business have old maids strolling about with them und thvir umbrel las 7" " Miss Cornelia's a-lyin' down, Miss Kutb. She has one of her bad head aches, and she says as bow no one is to disturb her. And your tea is ready and waiting, Miss Ruth Blake turns into the prim liltle dining room, seats herself upon one of the straight barked brown chairs and begins to draw off her small, brown cot ton ifloves. he is an odd little figure, small and slim, and dreaeJ in a hideous antiquated Dlaid. with aLadrt of glaring blje apd ureen : vet her fair hair whkh the o ' wind and rain have rnled and made to look like a halo about her meek, small fa, the DaLent carve of her hps, ana her slightly flushed cheeks render her accearance not altogether nnplesaing. She eats her simple tea quickly, glanc ing frr-m time to time at a book which e she has propped up against the milk jug a book Mr. Stanford mentioned inci dentally one day, and which she has ob tained from the village library. The neit morning Miss Rath gets a letter. She knows the handwriting upon the envelope before she open it it, ana muses : " Parish matters, of course ; perhaps it's about the school treat," tibe opens the envelope, unfolds the tuAt within, and is reading it slowly, when suddenly she otters a low cry, her breath comes fast, and the familiar world about her grows in a moment strange and unreal. For it is a love letter. She is 35, and this is her verv first. And from such a man the man whom the has looked up to and reverenced and followed so humbly and modestly ever since she first saw him ! She goes down to breakfast with a Bushed face, quiver in? line and radiant face. "Miss Cornelia's just on tie ramp this morning, miss, says the little maid warning t, as she meets Roth in the low, narrow passage that does duty for a hall. Miss Both nods and arailea as if this were the pleasantest intelligence possible. Cornelia's diatribes this moraine fail noon heedless ears. &:ib auweis at intervals, "Yea, dear," MARCH 30, 1892. and " No, dear," and " I will see to it, sis ter," as in duty bound ; but her heart and soul are filled with one thought that wonderful letter. After breakfast Mica Cornelia goes out to visit ber district. Then Mias Rath takes up her pen and writes tremblingly out of the fullness of her heart : Dcab Ms. Sr.tsFORO Your letter has surprised me very much. I scarcely know what to sav. except that I am most grateful to you. It is so good cf you to love me as yoa ear vou do. and love his always seemed such a beautiful thing to rue, though I never thought that it was likely to conte to either my sister or me. But I am very, very glad to have had vour letfer. and shall alwavs be so. even if you change your mind, for, indeed, I am not worthy of all the kind things von say of me. Still, whatever happens, 1 shall always feel happy to know that yoa once thought as yoa have written, and I betr yoa will think the matter over we!L ihouith it aeeois impertinent of me to advise vou, vet I think only of year good. And I am, always your Faithful Fner.d, Kith Blake. She reads the letter over Jeveril times, and then shakes her head. 1 How poorly I have said it V she thinks. But he is so kind ; he will un derstand that I mean welL" The curate, when be receives the gen tle, humble epistle, is filled with dismay. He paces wildly up and down his Mnail sitting-room. ' Somebody has played a cruel, heart less trick upon that poor little woman, and I have to face her and tell her so. I'd rather be shot !" He drinks his scalding tea in great gulps, and is glad of the pain it causes him. But what am I to do ? Go and tell a woman, a kind, gentle little lady coarse ly and brutally to her face, that she has been plaved with and insulted ; that 1 never dreamed of loving her ; that it is impossible for me to do so ? Oh, cruel and cowardly ! How can I strike a gentle woman, or indeed any woman, such a blow as that?" He rests his head upon his ha nils and groans. After awhile he reads the letter over again, slowly, tie reacts Detween toe lines, and seems to see a s)ul laid bare before him. She loves him, and he real izes how cjach that means to her. What new flood of light has been poured oat suddenly npn that sad, unselfish life? And there is no help for either of them. He moat do it ! Well, then, let it be done at once. Mechanically he takes his hat down from its peg and goes out into the street, walking with his head be wed down, see ing nothing, hearing nothing, until he is close to the little green gte ; and then I'bild's clear, bi'a voice reaches his ear. My g'annie made it," bhe aays ; "ain't it pitty V 'It's a beautiful doll," a gentle voice answers. Is it a good baby . " Welly dood," the chil i says, tucking the rag doll under one chubby arm. Dive me a woe, please-" Miss Ruth plucks one of the few re maining June roaes, one of the pretti est, and puts it into the little, outstretch ed hand. As she turns to look after the child Miss Ruth sees him, and pa.ises shyly. Something has to be said, so be comes forward. " What a lovely evening !" he exclaims, though he scarcely knows whether it rains, or whether the sun shines. Yes," she answers. Won't yoa were y-u won't yoa come in?" He follows her into the house, with an intense longing for something, however dreadful, to happen to hitu, and save him from what is to follow, Ruth takes him into the dining room- He feels vaguely that his task is becom ing more diificult. In the bare, chil lit tle drawing room he could have said his y better. But she brought him straight into the sanctuary of her home, and again he leeis oudly tnat her life lies open before him. " There is her werk lying folded togeth er. nat a tiny t rum Die : lie giacces down at her small, bare hands. She has taken on her czlv gloves. What a bit of a woman for a strong man to fight! What a gentle life to be marred and shat tered by a Litter shame ! Still Mr. Stanford does not speak, bat stands there before her, looking very pale. His back is to the window, and she cannot see hisXace well, but the light shines full upon her?. " I did not show my sister your letter," she begins, hesitatingly. " I thought I had better wait that perhaps yoa would change yoar mind, think differently about it r.11, and then it would he best that only we two should know." She does not say a void about chang ing her own mind. She stands there be foie him, a sweet, fair woman, in spite of her old-fashioned gowu and her oidly arranged hair, the looks at him with smiling, steal fast eyes, ana bids him take or leave her as pleases him best. And bis courage to hurt, wound, perhapa kill her, fails h;m. la a moment his resolution is taken, lie strides hastily forward. "Ruth, do yoa love me?" he aeks, holding out bis hands. And tbe calm of her face breaks up as she sinks Into his arms. Oh, so much so much !" she almost sobs. "But I am not worthy of yoa. You should marry some one ever, ever so much better and young?r and prettier than I. Do yoa know, hiding her asham ed face and confessing it as she would have confessed a sin, " 1 ara $5 V " And I am 34," he answers. " Dread fuL isn't it ?" i When Miss Jocelyn hears the news, she goes away suddenly on a vmt to some friends. Three years bars passed, and Laura Jocelyn is older, sadder, wiser. Hbe ha loved and suffered, and learned to sym pathize with others. But she has never seen Mr. Stanford or his old maid wife again. When the returned home the marriage was over, and they were gone to his new living. " This was the worst thing I ever cid,' she says, sadly, to herself. I will go and confess, and tell him how sorry I am. What a horrible thing to have ra ined two lives ! So she goes on ber penitent errand to the small town forty miles away. Gn getting oat of the train she asks the way to the vicarage, nd walk there slowly. A childs LiDjh startles her from bp- Hera bitter musings, and she loks np and across the sweet-briar hedge that is in bloom at her si le: for it is July again. She sees but dimly an oId-fahioned garden, a quaint, rnmblinj bocae, for that is Mr. Stanford standing so close to her that she could almost touch him. And who is that lady, thepre'ty little woman in the dainty gray grown, her fair, wavy hair knotted close to her bead, and her eyes shining with happi ness? With a gasp Mis Jocelyn reccr.ixes her. That is no ! that was Rath Blake. "Now let him come to me," the little woman cries, gaily. Harry, yoa are spoiling the child. Let hint come to his mother." Ruth Ktoops down ar.d holds out ber arms, and a tiny figure in white rushes wildly for a little distance toward her, and then totters unsteadily , and finally sits down plump upon the grass, the per formance being hailed with shoots cf laughter from the father, echoed more softly by Ruth. Under cover of their mirth Mi Joce lyn steals away. She has received for giveness unified, and she has the senae to see that to apologize to either cf these two happy, bleiued people would be an impertinence. La Crlppe Again. During the epidemic of La Grippe last season Dr. King's New Discovery fer Consumption, Coughs and Colds, proved to be the best remedy. Reports from many who used it confirm this statement. They were not only quickly relieved, but the di.ML'ase left no bad after results. We ack you to give this remedy a trial and we guarantee that yoa will be satisfied with results, or purchase price will be refunded. It has no ejual in La Grippe, or any Throat, Chest or Lung trouble. Trial bottles free at J. N. Snyder's Drug stor e Larire bottles, 50c and '..i0. His Great Mistaka. "Never misrepresent anything to chil dren,"1 saeiy advised one of Chicago's popu'ar bachelors. "Hall always adhered to that rule," he aided, "I eight be the p-sor of a happy home and household to-day rather than the lone, uncared f .r man yoa see. "When a young man I was extremely, painfully bashful. I worshiped the mem bers of the fair sex afar, but when I was in their presence I was powerLss to ex press my thought. "But a few years ago I met a young Lady with wbom I was so smitten that I determined to propose. "At length, after screwing my courage up to the sticking point, I called at ber home one evening for the purpose cf learning my fate. I sat in the parlor waiting for the ch ert of my adoration to enter the room. She had beea unavoidably detained else where, but would join me very soon. Her little brother oh, those) terrible brothers! who was a privileged charact er, entered the apartment. 'I knew his staying qualities and I was eegflr to dispose of him before his much more attractive sister should put in an appearance. I knew that if I did not prcpe early in the evening my ccurajj-e mijrht fail me. 'I had a plugged dime in my pocket, 'I knew it was plugged. 'I said to the boy : 'Here's a dime for youifyoall go right down to the store and bay yourae'.f some candy and pea nuts and stay down there till you've eat en them.' He went, "His sister came soon after. We chat- te 1 a little about the weather and other tcpi'-s of general conversation, when I made the great struggle of my life. l hail jat fallen ca my knees and was about to pour out my leng pent-up love and tell her how true and gran.) and noble I would be w hen that boy broke into the room bhouting : "Say, yon cheated me. Thit dime you gave me is plumed and it ain't no g'xxl '. "The first thing I realized after that was wben X lounJ mvse.r two bloc is from the- young lady's home, with my hat and overcoat in my hands. I had net stopped to put them on. "I have never attempted to propose since, but I often wonder whit my life would have been hud I not tried to prac tice that bit cf deception ou an unsu pectirj child." Ch'Oi-jo M'ui. Happy Hoosiers. Wm. Timmcns. Postmaster of IJaville, Ind., writes: " Electric Bitters has done more for me than ail otbtr medicines combined, for that bad feeling arising from Liver and Sidney trouble." John Leslie, farmer and stockrran, of same place, says : find E'ectric Bitters t be the best Liver and Kidney medicine, made me feel like a new man." J. W, Gardner, hardware merchant, same torn, says: ''Electric Bitters ia just the thing for a man who U all run do n and don't care whether he lives or dies; he found new streeg'b, good appetite and felt just like be had a new lease ou life. Only 50c. a bo'tie at J. N. Snyder's Drug store. It Must Have Been Chilly. A Georgit man was in Waterbury dar ing a cold snap. He had jast arrived from the sunny south and his pores were ail open. Ht slept at the Scoville House when the mercury went below z:ro and the wind blew a mile a minute. "Why," said he, telling of it ia hit pleasant southern accent, '"the chamber maid gave me some ejtra blankets be cause I was from the south. I wore ail my underclothes and plied my clothing over the bedclothes. "Tnen I put the cements of tr.y tachel over all and piled the sat Lei itself on top of that, and weighed it all down w ith the crotkery and furniture. If I could have got the door off its hinges I'd have put that on too. "Elaine me, seh, 'twas as cold in that bed as it ever was on Plymouth rock." Another southern man who lives here says that Georgian is sure to go home and tell lies about this climate which will give the whole atate a chilL H'.-vVwi Customer. Uy watch, which yoa re paired tome time ago, has stepped. Jeweler. Ah! My collector informs me that the bill i fctill rcsnicg. WHOLE NO. 2122. In The Good Old Times. John Thomas was a man of keen wit, and was strongly tinctured with a love of the humorous. He had been down to Concord, and had seea tbe Fakir of Ava perform his wonderful tricks of legerde main. He was relating his experience in the bar -room of the Conway House, and, among other thing?, he declared that he had gained an insight into many of the magician's manipulations, and that several of the most wonderful tricks he could perform himself, says tlie New York Is'I-jt. "For instanves," said he, "I can swal low a man whole." "Yes!" criticised Tom Staple, a red faced farmer, weighing at least 200; "p'r'aps you could swallow me?" "Yes, I can." "I'd like to see yoa do it. I'll bet $-50 you can't." "I'll take that bet" "Then let's see yoa tegin." "Not now. I have just eaten supper. I will do it to-morrow morning in the presence of as many witnesses as yoa cb e, and it shall be done in the square in front of the hoteL" This was agreed to, and the money was was put np. By the following mornirg the news that Joha Thomas was to swal low Tom Staples whole had become wide-wide-spread, and a vast concourse, em bracing men, women and children, had assembled to witness the wonderful feat. At the appointed time the chief actors appeared in the s juare. Joha Thomas was smiliDg confidently, as though sure of success, while Tom Staples looked a littie timid and uneasy, as though not quite at rest concerning what was V become of him. "Are yoa ready'." asked John. "All ready," answered Tom. "Begin as soon as yoa please," "Take off your Lat," "Sartin." "Now your boots." Tom removed his boots. "Next you will remove yemr coat. Those big brass buttons might stick in mr threat," Tom took c:f his coat, and as he threw it upon the ground, one ofthecoi'ks came out from the hotel with pail 0f melted lard and a big whitewash brush, which he deposited by the side of John Thcoias. "Now," pursued John, "yoa will take off your stockiags. and then remove your pants and shirt." "What! D'ye mean for me to strip stark naked ?" queried Tom, aghast. "Of course I do. The agreement was that I was to wallow you. Yoa are meat, but your clothes aren't, nor were they in the bond. If you will strip I will give you a thorough greasing, and double the bet if you wish. I know I can swallow you, or at any rate I can try." Tom gave up the bet, and invited his friends iatc the hoteL Blood poisoned by diphtheria, the Grip, typhoid fever, scarlet fever, etc., is made pure and healthy by Hood's S.ir sa pari! la A Touching Scene. The wilful generosity of a pretty and richly glad child, the timid joy fulness cf a pretty child in rags and the gentle kind ness of the richly clad child's mother furnished a touching incident on Fifth avenue near Fifty -seventh street one after noon last week. Both children were girls. The raed little girl went into etsutics at tbe sight of a costly doll which theother child was carrying. "Oh, mam ma, see that booliful dolly !" she cried, tnin at the skirts cf the hazard and thinly clad woman at her side. The pretty child of fortune heard the earr cry of delight and instantly her little heart swelled with generosity. "Here, little girl," yoa may have this dolly ; 1 have got another one at home." And she pressed the beautiful toy into the arms of the poverty mite. The poor woman uttered a feeble pro test and the rich mauiaia was about to interfere to recover the doll wben the little arUtocrat exclaimed. "Now, luam ma, you give the little girl's mamma, some thing, aad then we each will have done a good deed." The eyes of the women met and the rich woman's sympathies were touched. I a another instant a com pact green roll was thrust into the poor woman's hand with the gntl. request, "Please accept this for the children's sake." .Yc- 'r Tina. A Hard Fight. The combined forces of the weather during the w season are exerted to destroy health. Coughs and Colds attack us, which, if neglected, result in Pneumo nia and Consumption; these diseases Uaually result seriously. Send for Pan Tina, the gret Cough and Consumption cure, and save doctor bills. Trial bottles of Pan-Tina free at G. W. Benford's Drug store. Vessels That Are Oftenest Wrecked. After making a proper allowance for the large number of vessels eng-aged in certain kinds of trade it is still evident that there ia an excessive number of wrecks corresponding to certain classes of cargoe. Coal vessels are the moet ex-, posed to danger, then ships in ballast aud then ships that ire lumber ladea. The cause of so many d isasters to lumber laden vessels is. undouStedly the venera ble age asJ decrepit chiracter of tl craft ao employed. With ateame a grain, coal aud cotton ara the most dangerous cargo? because of their liability to take fire. J'TutUtTtot J'turnnl. The Color of the Eye. The color of the iris is not uniform in any eye. Some eyes have spots, others stripes, still others blotches of white, green, blue, yellow and black, aud the eye takes its color from the predomi nance of one hue. An eye that ia con sidered gray will often be composed of black and yellow. An eye that ia thought to be brown will be verj dark ted, with. gpts of yellow or blae.--.v. Lju'u Glutt- Ail Occupied. "I think yoa had better send ap an-, other rat-trap, John." "Bat I bought one only the other day." "1 know, tat tttere is a rat ia Ke Was in Doubt. A clergyman was teiling anecdotes cf incidents in his early life as a pastor. One of them wss about a man-lag cere mony whkh he once performed. A young man of the country districts came to the pastor one day. "I want to get married," be said, "and I guess I've got about as good a woman as there is around this part r.fthe state. Can yoa marry us The clergyman thocght that he could, and so the young man went away and toon returned with his oride. They both took the aair very coolly, and when the ceremony was over tha bride groom took the clergyman aside. "I dont want to drive any bargain at a time like this," he said "but of coarse I ain't sore this marriage business ia going to prove all I expect of it. How would half cash now, one-fourth in one monta and the rest in two months, after I have had a fair chance to see if I got a good bargain, suit yoa ?" "W!!,"aid the pastor, "if that seem fair to you, I am willing. You seem to be a prosperous young aoan. We'll say ten dollars now, rive dollars in one month, and fire dollars in two months." "That's a go," answered th happy bridegroom, and he handed over ten dol lars. At the end cfa month he returned with five dollars more. "I ain't sure," be said, a little doubt fully, "about it yet, but I'm willing to give yon the benefit of the doubt and to make the second payment. "Yoa see," he added, "while I have, my own debts about the blessings of married life, I don't kno as it's going to make aiuc'a difference. I ain't just so sure as I was that I could get cut of this thing now if I wanted to. She's got an opinion of her owu," he said, with a faint grin ; "and if she says we have got to keep on being married I guess it'll have to go at that." "Yea aren't thinking cf gettirg a di vorce, are you?" asked the clergy man. " h, no ; at least no: just yet," "Of what faults in your wife do you complain?" "Oh, nothing in particular." "Why are you dissatisfied, thea?" "I ain't just dissatisfied. I eay I haven't made np my mind yet." "Why shouldn't you know one way or the other T" "Well, to tell yoa the honest truth, I don't believe it would do any good. I'm. afraid whatever she decides will settle it," Then he went off, locking rather puzzled over the problem. At the end of the second month there came a knock at the door, and the pastor himself answered it. The bride was standing there, ana about five feet be hind her was the doubting husband. "My buslianJ owes you live dollars, doesn't he?" she asked sharply. "Well," answered the paitor, with a smile. "I am not sure about t.': at point." "Yes, he dots," she said firmly. "He owes you nve dollars, tleary, wasn t yoar bargain that five dollars should be paid at the end of the second month if the marriaiw was satisfactory ?" "Yes," eaid the husband weakly. "And it's satisfactory, ain't it?" Henry looked at the pastor. "It's satisfactory, ain't it ?" she repeat ed. 'Y-e-e-s," said the husband lookicj down at his boots. 'I thouiiht so," cried the wife triumph antly. "Now pay him that h medullars. The husband handed a bill to the cler gyman, and said to him ia alow voice: "I ain't quite sure yet, one way or tha other, but she's got rue and I guess she means to hang on to me. So I'll just have to worry along till she dies or l get m chance to ran away." -V. I". T.-Aanf. Oratory Against Horse Racing. Jerry Simpson is not the hayseed that he is repr?sented to be by some of the daily prints. Hs dresses neatly and has the appearance of a keen-eyed business man. Hi is called "Sjckles Jerry," bat he declares that since reachin- man's es tate he has nevr worn shoes without socks. He is a fluent talker, and the trouble with him is that he does no! know when to stop. At the Alabama State Fair he was advertised to stand on a platform with Senator Peffer and dt" liver a speech. A this platform wa- in the gran lstajd, anl directly opposite the judges)' st nd, Mr. Simpf-a wa3 advised to cut it short, .-.o that the racing pro- graaim might be tiaisa ed before dark. Senator Peffer spoke briedy, keeping his eye on his watch, and taea Mr. Simp son began to unwind hiuneX Hi tick led the Alabaaia farmers and tok ro note of time. At 2:.".) o'clock the horses were oa the track and ready to score. David Bonner, presiding jaJg-?, diJ not like to be discourteous, but as Mr. Simp son would not'.op there was n help for it. The bell was sharply rung, and it drowned for a space of one minute the voica of Mr. :mp-jon. The orator paus ed with a smile on his face and then calaily proceeded with his speech. The horses score i and finally got the wo d. The orator kept at it until the quarter pole was passed, and then, as his hearers rose to their feet, and grew excited over the shifting of positions of the contest ants, Mr. Shnpsoa rounded a period and stepped. He watched the fiuUh of tbe heat with soi:ie interest, and then as lof.t in the throng. That evening, at the dinner table, Mr. Bonner apologized for bis seeming rude ness, but Mr. Simpson good-naturedly stopped him. "No explanation is neces sary. My time was up and I knew it. I simply wanted to see how long I couidt hold an Alabama audience agiinst th race bell. I have frequently made the experiment in other State, and now I am satisfied that there is notning mora moving than a hoii trot." As Mr. Simp sua spent Lis younger dats in Cleveland and Chicago he learned a gxxl deal about the light-harees horse before set tling down in Kansas. Turf, t'id nn,l itaaoflhe prettiett features of Berlin V its corps of pretty uoiforoisd dower girls. fTniy pretty girls are selected for the work, and their uniform, the nation al costume of the Isle of Raged, w fur nished by the stock company who rtiaa ags tne enterprise, Republicans Are Serena. The Republican arty is oat oral !y re garding the muddled condition of its Democratic competitor with a good deal of serenity and satisfaction ; it has canse to do so, for had RepaUM-an generals and captains themselves planned and at-hemex! precisely such a condition for their polit ical opponents they could not have planted and schemed more shrewdly or edectively than tha chieftains of tbe Ivemocracy have done. - Cold Slaw. Cut a cabbage in half, an J with a sharp knife shave it down very finely. Make a dressing of cna egg, well beaten, half a g:l! of vinrrir, salt to taste, aad a teaspoon ful cf batter. Beat the egg light , add to it the vinegar, salt ao J batter. As soos as the egg is thick, tak it off the fire, set it away to cool, thers poo it over the cabbage, and mix it well together. Soon prefer a little sugar ira the ejg and vinegar. E-j&j BuJyti, ! 3 o
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