I r he Somerset Herald. ESTABLISHED 1827. Unas of Publication. f I , , . erT Wednesday morning at per lf Pid m I .twill iBvri.Wsr,ui,L L wtofTipttott will be discontinued until f .re paid UP- Postmasters ne- . ! when subscribers do not ,.t,n v ... ou, their Plr lu Bela "P , movin from one postoffioe to kubnoe;' . . . Liber ,ve u" tbe f ' wf.;Mihe prwtent offloe, Addreaa ?' IH bOMEKSKT HCBALD, 1 bOMEKSET, Pa. r m.k t V 4 NOTAKY KBUC (somerset, Pa. 1,, ! ,.u loflroih A Ruppcl. ?lfL .vnulOtV-AT-LAW, ! w . ! somerset, I'enn'a. ,, v . ii i ui-d lo hi wiU ,r ' '.'"." i.ii piompiuessaud udcliiy. u.HAV. C.W.WALKEK. a iir, .i:EYS-AT-LAW. aud NuTAKY I'L'BUC; !5ouiercl, Pa. t oppoMtc Court House. 1) it. I'LL, ! Al-I'U.Nt-AT-LAW, u. 170 Fourth teU, niwourg, ra. ' AlH-'KKY-AT-LAW, toiuenet Pa. iL-vt- Fiber's U-.k Store, AKVKV M. BEIIKLEV, Ail vi c x " t I c ,u Kir-I National Bank. Somerset, Pa. H- 1. C lioLKKKT, Al iuU tV-AI-UW, tHiuierx-t, Pa. rjt.j it Cook 4 bVcrils lilcek, up stairs. hOiW'K K. SCULL, A 1 TuiO t -A r-LA , boiuerset, Pa. 'KLL. W. lilESEC-KEIt, A 1 iOii.t-A'-1 i Somerael, Pa. C 1 e iu Priming House Row, opposite Court u.-e- li. SCOTT, A 1 1 VKN E Y-AT-LA W, .Somerset, Pa. ri j. kwki; A 1 1 0 ii t i - A i -i-i , Somerset, Pa. V? a. Koo.NTZ. J. G.OtiLE. li 7 OUM'Z A IXiLE, A 1 1 -". t X S-A I -iA Vt , fx)iuerset, Pa. ; - e prompt attention lo business eu- rti a lo iiirir.-n iu.-xmierM-lauaaUJoinine ALEMINE HAY, Al luitN tY-AT-LAW, fMjiat'rw.t. Pa. 1 r L I,.,i,T iu tstate. Will atttd to -n' ru.ieU to uiscare Willi prouipl- aix II. UHL, A 1 1VKN KY-AT-LA W, Soiuerw t, Pa. ppmipilv atu-nd to all businw en rj lo iiiiu." "ii.y alvnuvd on collec--. 4c i.niux iu Mammoth Block. 4 Ml tout 'Ii- 0. KIMMEL, All OllN t Y-AT-LA W, " tiomereet, Fa. ... .11 1 1 . . A..mutuH t. hjA i.a .IellU L" M . 1 uuriuvw cum.. r' . t mat WTltll i ouipiu-M' and liaeiilj . ollior on Viaiu Crooti Ineel, aOovt CoBroUi e Urocerj' Store. fAilES L. PUCH, A1TUK fcl-Al -L.A W , Someixrt, Pa. nfflcelll Mammoth Block, up stairs. Kn- nce on ilaiu .roi htwl niiiwuuui l ie. elaUti fceltled. lilies examined, anil all "il husiues alleutleU to Willi promptness .1 ndeiitj'. LI. OuUK'KN. L. C. CX1LBOKN. KOLliORX & tXJLItOHX, ahokn his-Ar-LAw, Somerset, Pa. 1 buKinefn entrusted to our care will be (npllv and faithfully atteuded to. Coliec- ur made in Isomen', Bedford and aujoin- Ig countiea. Surveying autl oouvejauciug ie on ruaMnaule terms. L. BAER, Al fORN EY-AT-LA W, tSoiueraet, Pa. ill practice In Stimertiet and adjoining Ali uukiueioi eutrui-tcu to mm wiu ive prompt attention. IM. CCJFKROTH. W. H. KUFPEL. FFitOTH & RL PI'EL, AlTuRNEys-Ar-LAW, Somerset, Pa. uniness entrusted to their care will be v and punctually attended to. Oftiee ln Cross street, oppoMle Mammoth W. CAROTHEIiS, M. D., PHYSICIAN ANUS?L"lUiEON Somerset, Pa. e on Patriot Street, opposite U. B. alls at office. L P. F. SHAFFER, 1UYMCIAN AM SURGEON", Somerset, Pa. lers his professional cr ice to the citi- Njmtrwi ana vicinity, umce corner and 1'alriot street. U. M. LOUTH ER, PHYSICIAN ASDSLKUEON, on Main street, rear of Drug (tor. H. S. K! MM ELL, 1 ln his pnir-ssinnal services to the c!U- t Somerset and vicinity. I nlesa pro- iiuj ellKatt'tl lie can lie lout) a al nni oi Maiu M., tast of lUamoud. li. J. S.MtMILLEX, .raduate ill ltentistty.) fvinl attentioB to tiie preservation natural lentil. Artideial seis iusenrd. eraimiit cuaninterd salnlaetr-. Uflice :r Mam Cross and Patriot street. IL CXJFFROTII, Funeral Director. bmi Main C'n Su Iideuce. 340 Patriot SL r VXK IJ. FLI CK, Lund Surveyor MIXING ENGINEER. UsUe. Pa. ils! Oils! o 1'.. fining vj rit.sl.urx r part-''-'"aaesa specialty of ,u '"iiig for the Is.nic.ue trdt t(iC onest brands of ninningi Lubricating Oils f'plitha & Gasoline, "v.iiiruwirura. e coil iiil.rwm witU evtry known hoduct of Petroleum J ym t!,t most uniformly tisfactory Oils -IX THE .?erican farkct. 9, D ' raae n,r Somerset and viclnl t supplied by CooK A BEKRITK and FfcEASE KOOsER, Somerset, Fa. 7 lie YOL. XLV. NO. It Floats At all grocery stores two sizes of Ivory soap are sold; one that costs five cents a cake, and -a larger sire. The larger cake is the more con venient and economical for laundry and general household use. If your . Grocer is out of it, insist on his getting it for you. Tx Paocrc A Gabble Co.. Cistu THE- First National Bant Somerset, Penn'a. Capital, S50.QOO. Surplus, S22.000. DEPOSITS RECEIVED IN LARGE ANDSMALL AMOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS Or MERCHANTS, FARMERS. STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. LARCE M. HICKS, GEO. R. SCULL, JAMES L. PEGU, W. H. MILLER, JOHN R. SCOTT. ROBT. 8. SCULL, FRED W. BIESECKER. EDWARD SCTLL, : : PRIIDET. VALENTINE HAY", : VICE PRESIDENT. HARVEY' M. BERKLEY", . CASHIER. The funds and securities of 'nis bank are se curely protected In a celebrated Cobliss Bur glar Proof Safs. Tbe only safe made abso lutely burj,'lar-proof. The SoeM Ccnnty National BANK OF SOMERSET PA. btxk!)thl, 1877. Orjiiitwd u l KitloMl. 1890 1&KT RAW SURPLUS AND UN- DIVIDED PROFITS 519,500. CLas. J. Harrison, Wm. II. Koontz, Milton J. Tritts, Geo. S. Harrison, President Vice President - - Cashier. Ass't Cashier. XT. Directors : Sam. B. Ilarriwott, Jnsiah Speoht, John H. Snyder, Jowph B. Davis, Win. Endsley, Jonas M. Cook, John St u fit, NoahS. Miller, Harrison Snyder, Jerome Stufft, Chas. W. Snyder. Custoniem of tliixbank will receive the most liberal treatment consistent with wife tmnkin?. Parties wlxtiinsr to send money wstwwwt can be accommodated by draft for any amount. , . Monev and Taluableii seen red by one of Dle boid's celebrated safes, with most Improved time look. . Collection made In all parts of tbe United States. Chare moderate. Account an J deposit solicited. A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE, and everything pertal-lng to funerals furn ished. SOMERSET - - Pa Jacob D. Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Door West of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa. I Am Now prepared to supply the public with Clocks, Watches, aud Jew elry of all descriptions, as Cheap as the Cheapest, REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. All work guarantettL Look at my stock liefore making your purchase J. D. SWANK ALWAYS On Hand. BEST IN THE MARKET. Jarecki Phosphate, Raisin's Phosphate, Lime, Crushed CoVe, Hard Coal, Salisbury Snft Coal, At the Old Stand near the Somer set & Cambria R. R. Station. J'rices Right. Peter Fink - i - 1. Mrs.A.E.Uh!. NEW SriUXG GOODS. New est styles in all kinds of goods and lowest prices. A full line of Cashmere and Serges in all qualities. Splendid assortment of Black Wool, Worsted and Mohair Dress in Brocaded and Novelty. Styles, suited for dresses and skirts A big stock of newest styles of Novelty Dress Goods, ranging in price from 12 1-2 cts to $1 a yard. GREAT variety of Silks and Silk and Wool Plaids, &c, for waists & dresses. Wash Goods for desse3 and waists, including Swisses, Lawns, Percales, Dimities, Crepes, Moire, Chintzes, Cheviotte Prints, Ginghams, Seersuckers, Ac. Splend id values in Table Linens, Towels, Napkins, Table Covers, Bed Spreads, Portiers, Furniture Da iuak Silk and Silkolinc Draperies and Cushions. LADIES' Dress Skirts and Shirt Waists. Ladies' Spring Capes in Velvet, Silk and Cloth. Ladies' Night Dresses, Corset Covers, Skirts and Chemise. A handsome assort ment of New Lace Collars and Dress Yokes. Iufants Long and Short Drees. Jonr Sr. Coats and Sacks. Great variety of Children's Mull and Lace Caps and Hats. NEW Style Buttons, Silks.Gimps, Ribbons, Laces, Ac, for dress trimmings. A large variety of Cambric, Swiss and Nansook Em broidery iu white and colors. Linen Sheeting. Stamped Linen and Embroidery Silk.A large "assort ment of Lace Curtains cheap. Also Curtain Swiss and Scrim. LARGEST stock of new Millin ery Goods. All the latest styles. A large assortment of Lace and Button Guaranteed Kid Gloves. Fast Colored Stockings in Black and colors for Ladies', Misses', Children, Men and Boys. Best dark, blue and light calicoes, 5 cts. Wool and Cotton Carpet Chain. Mrs. A E. UHL. ELY'S CREAM BALM CATARRH I ijulekly absorb ed. Cleanses th Nasal Passages Ale nys Pain and In flammation, Heals t be Sore. ProtrcU K s;ori'llis tten4tt ttie Membrane lroiu Additional Cold of Ta:-te an 1 (Smell, t.lves Kelief at once nd it will care. COLD 'n HEAD A particle Is applied uin-clly into tin- noutrils and is agreeable. Price j rents at Druggists or liv mall. EtV UKOTHERS, 56 Warren SStrect, TC. V. THE KEELEY CURE Is a special boon to tartness men irbo, hsVini drifted unconsciously Into tbe drink habit ana awaken to find the disease of alcoholism fastened upon them, rendering them unfit to nianafre af fairs requiring a clear brain. A four weeks course of treatment at the , PfTT5BURa KEELEY INSTITUTE. No. 4246 Fifth Arenac, restores to them all their powers, mental and physical, destrors the abnormal appetite, and restores them to the condition their were in be fe they indulred in stimulants. This has been done in mire than 1400 case treated here, and among them some of jour own neighbors, to whom we can refer with confidence aa to the ebsolnte safety and efficiency of the Keeley Cure. The fullest and most searching investigation ia n Tiled, bend for pamphiet giving full inJorma Hon. A- CAVCATS. TRADK MARICB. DESICM PATEMTSt I COPVRtCHTS. attoJ frrr tnfortnatlna and free Handbook write to MUS3 CO- Ski Bkoskwst. hww Yost OMest trnresa tf securing patents IB America. Errrr ptitmt utra oat l y us Is broudbt before tlis public by a notice given tme at coarse la tbe I'ritttlifiv mtim targeet ctrrtilsMfl of any wlenUfie paper fa the aorld. tplraUtlly Illustrated. Ko luwlllrn SDsa shocM be wIUkmU It. Weekly, JM-OO a yesr; tljoslimonuis. A.ldfess. H uVJT IM. Vcausacaa, MM Uuadway. si k'erk City. XMPOKTAXT TO ABTHITISEttS. The cream of the country paper la found In Ben-ington.' County Seat Lit& Shrewd Advertisers Avail themselves of these hats, A cpy of which eaa be had of EeHungtM Breei. tf Kew York A Pitteburs. i SoUntlfio American Aoency fo C 3. TRADE MARICB, VjZJ? DESICsl PATEMTSt omei SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, A SPIDEE SAT A-SPINffllf 0. A spider sat a-pinnlng. ,A-spinning one fine day. A fly both young and foolish Came fluttering tliat way. ""A'hsl are you weaving there, ma'am. So One and very light?" "A ball dress for my daughter To wenr to-morrow night. "The glow-worm in the coppice Hun kindly lent her lamp And the beetle his goloshes To keep her from tbe dump. She'll bind a wreath of dewdmps Vpou her silken hair. Excuse me, but you two, sir. Would make a lovely pair." Cried Flykln, quite excited: "Ma'am, dancing's my delight. I'd gladly give a guinea To go to-morrow night." "Then, sir, to find a ticket We certainly must try. Come In and talk It over," (Said the spider to the fly. e A spider sat a-pinning, A -spinning in her lair. Weaving a silken tissue With a plumpand pensive air. Her visitor, poor fellow. Was nowhere to be seen And I heard her gently murmur, "He was distinctly green." HIS EXACT DUPLICATE. We were seated around a comforta ble fire in a hotel in one of the interior towns in Kentucky, beguiling the evening with recitals of our personal adventures, most of which, as may be inferred, wereof the Munchausen order. We were about to retire for the night, when some one suggested that we had not heard UrirTy. lie was traveling fora big Xe.w York jobbing house, and not hard to become acquainted with. 'My nam,' he began, as some of you know, is Griffith Griffith. It isaqueer, outlandish Welsh name, but as it was not my own choosing, there is nothing for me to do but to put up with it. I have often tried to accouut for the infliction, but none of the reasons were satisfactory to me, except, perhaps, the possibility that I had been christened by a person who Muttered. "I, however, abandoued that theory about five years ago, upon the astound ing discovery that another fellow had lieen just as unfortunate, precisely the same odd name having been allotted to him." "The first intimation I received of the existence of my double was just after I had registered my name at a hotel in New York City. "Will you have the same room you had yesterday ?" asked the clerk. "I wasn't here yesterday," I replied, with a stare. anvi! T - .. .1 - . f v. ..., v ui.i uiiuet me lmpressioli that you were," heiusistingly replied. "Perhaps you are too impression able," I retorted, slightly annoyed. "I was never in New York before to-day." He turned a page of the register and placed his finger upon an entry. There, indeed, was the name 'Griffith Griffith,' and it was so much like my own signa ture that I found myself catching my breath. "It is hardly likely," suggested the clerk, "that two gentlemen should be be" "Handicapped with such a cogno men," supplied I, for he had hesitated. "That is your signature, Isn't it?" he asked. "No," declared I; 'but it is con foundedly like it Did he resemble me?' "In every respect, sir." "Was the mail sober when he wrote that name ?' "As sober as you are." "Well, am I sober?" I angrily de manded. "I should say that you are." "Oh, thank you," I rejoined. 'Well, I didn't write that name. I never stood at the desk before. This is my first visit to New York. I got in just one hour ago. Now, if you question my word as to this, by even the quiver of an eyelid, one of two things will happen ; I can't just foretell which." He saw that I was angry, and that my physical proportions were sufficient to bank on. "All right, sir; if I have offended you I am sorry. But it was natural for me to become confused over the circumstance. There is a iunny side to" "Yes," I interrupted, "it's funny all over. There used to be a typical song about 'The Fellow That Looked Like Me,' didn't there?" The clerk remembered that there was, and recited a verse or two of it, after which the bell boy showed me to my room. The next occasion on which I was mistaken for my double was while on a visit to New Orleans. In strolling along a street I saw a crowd about an alderman's office. "What is the matter ?" I asked of a bystauder. "A woman up for shoplifting,' was the answer. Having plenty of time on my hands, I elbowed my way into the office. The woman under arrest was a C'role, young and handsome, with a superb figure, royal in bearing, and fashionable iu attire. "I will have to commit you," said the magistrate at the close of the hear ing. "That is unless you can command bail to the amount of $-300. If you have a friend " "But I haven't," interrupted she. "Not here in New Orleans." Just then her black eyes rested on me. They were brilliant black eyes and they grew more black and brilliant with pleased surprise. "O, Gritfy," she cried, tenderly, gushingly. "How fortunate. You will go my bail, will you not ?" I suddenly became hard of healing and gazed abstractedly at the fee bill tacked against the wall. ' "I haven't any real estate here or elsewhere," 'I have a farm in Colorado, but I never saw it There's another fellow's farm on top of It anyhow, he doisn'town any further down than he can plow. What do you mean, judge?" "The lady wants you to go her bail," he said. "I can't, and I wouldn't if I could," I replied. "I don't know, her." All eyes were turned toward me. Tbe pretty culprit came closer, a sweet, drowsy perfume preceding her. "O, Griffy !" ehe pleaded. "How Bset ESTABLISHED 1827. can you go back on me that way ? I'm not guilty. You do know me." "I never saw you before, to the best of my knowlege," I said. "I don't know you; I don't want to know you." "It seems not," she said, angrily. "We didn't travel together for three years, eh ! O'l, of course we didn't! You didn't play IngoBiar to my Tar theuia? Oh, of course you didn't. You" "No, of course, I didn't," I replied. "I never met Ingomar or you either. Who is Ingomar, anyhow? A steam boat captain ? One of Caster's scouts ? The bandit who held up " 'Oh, you wretch V she hissed, with intense scorn. ) The bystanders went off into a loud guffaw, while she went off with an officer. Every now and then fseeme ' to be close upon the track of my double, or he upon mine. Other adventures fol lowed, but the last and most exciting of all happened in Dallas, Tex. The fellow tried to cover the continent, and was rapidly bece ning 'more notorious than popular. '. It was almost midnight, aud I had just left the opera house, when a hand was roughly placed on iriy shoulder and a rugh voice said J "We want you." ' I turned and found myself face to face with a couple of detectives.' "You want me right bad, eh?" I asked. -. "We do." "I thought so, as there are two of you,' I replied. "What am I charged with?" "Murder !" "Oh," I ejaculated. 'I fancied it was for skipping a board bill or some other horrible crime of the kiud. Well, I am not the man you want.' "Now, do you kuow that we are pretty sure that you an. Is you last name Griffith?" "It is." "And isn't your Christian name Griffith?" "My front name, da you mean? Yes both sections are alike. You have a letter of introduction, I sup pose?' The warrant was proluced, aud I read it under the gaslight Horror of horrors! Five victims were enumer ated. "I wasn't aware that I had murder ed the whole family," I said. 'I must have used a bomb. The description of me is drawn pretty fine, with the ex ception of the tattoo m irks.' "You'll own up to them, too, no doubt "S wodowe." .."fowled . iw. of the de- . a- - - " --- -' U-jtives. That was a queer lingo, deeply gut tural. I wrestled with it for half a minute, aud translated it without a diagram. By that time I was walk ing toward the station house between my captors. When ushered iuto the brightly-lighted room I said : "(.rentlemeu, you think I have boeu chaffing, but I haven't The matter is too seriously funny, or too humorously serious I don't know which. I never killed anybody or anything not even a galliiiipier, to my recollection, much less a whole family of bipeds.' I took off my coat and rolled up my shirt sleeves. "Where's the anchor ?" I asked. They looked sharply at my arms, then at me, and theu at each other. "fiend for a forty-power microscope," I said. 'Maybe you can see it then. Take me around to the residence of Mr. Ii , President of the Bank. He'll vouch for me.' "He's sick in bed." "Well, there's Judge W ." "He's in Toronto." I became desperate. I was afraid that if I named another prominent citien they would probably say that he was in Hades. Just theu the night editor of the.Daily Morning came into the statiou. "Do you know this man ?" I asked. "Joe Darringer ? Who doesn't, we would like to know ?" "He'll vouch for me," I said. "If he does, you go scot free." "Griffy, what does this mean ?" jol ly, big-hearted Joe Darringer asked. I explained and then he opened the escape valve of his indignation. "You're a pair of chumps," he snarl ed. "( hold your hea ls under the fire plug." The detectives walked off with a dis comfited look, but first apologized, not out of regard for me, perhaps, but for fear that Joe would roxt them iu the morning edition. Griffy rose to his feet, whereupon we began to fire qestions at him. "Was the real murderer arrested?" "Yes." "Convicted?" ' "Yes." "Hung?" "Yes." "Griffy, that's all true, hit?" "Ever' word of it." He flung away the stump of his cigar, and added, as if on oath : "And I'm the Griffith Griffith who was hung.' Coyotes And Their Pups. An amusing incident occurred the other day on the Lemon farm, near Garfield, Wash. Burt Lemon and an employe of the farm were plowing, when they came across three young coyote pups which had uot yet opened their eyes. While they were ex amining them the old ones appeared aud approached to within fifty yards. Mr. Lemon went to the house foragun and a sack and placed the young ones iu the sack, which was tied up and left in the field until time to go in from work. The old coyotes kept a respectful dis tance from the rifle, but hovered around. Several turns of the field were made with the plow and, finally, wheu the men came in sight of where they had left the sack containing the young coyotes they saw one of the old ones with the sack, puppies aud all, streak ing it over the hill and that was the last seen of them. Spokane Spokesman-Review. Hundreds of precious little ones owe their lives to Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil, the sovereign cure for croup and all other throat or lung diseases. JUNE 17. 189G. A Slave Hunt Eecalled. George W. Latimer, of Lynn, the first fugitive tlave hunted in Massa chusetts, died recently at his home, "4 Marianna street, Lynn, and was buried yesterday. His history was an incar ceration ou Massachusetts soil in 1842 that, to a great extent, inspired the old anti-slavery workers in the earlier years of the controversy. He had been given his freedom by the will of his mistress, but the will was never probated, and the heirs, refused to al low the bequest, . and he was sold to James B. Gray, of Norfolk, Va. Kept tember, 1841, he and his wife mana ged to secrete themselves in the fore peak of a steamer loaded with cotton for the North, and nine hours later left the boat at its next port of call, and took steamer for Baltimore, whence they went to New York, and came from that place to Boston. They found lodgings among people of their own color on Joy street, but when Latimer ventured to the post office he was re cognized by a man from the Houth, and two weeks later his master arrived from Norfolk and caused his arrett. He was taken to the'Leverett Htreet Jail, and his master at once instituted proceedings to have him returned to Virginia as a fugitive. Garrison and others fought the case on every point, but Chief Justice Shaw ruled that Gray had a right to take his chattel back if he could prove property. Public in dignation meetings were held in differ ent parts of the State, the most notable oue being in Faneuil Hall, Octolier 2!, at which Sewell presided, and the speakers were Wendell Philips, George S. Hilliard, Charles L. lt-mard and Frederick Douglass, who was himself at that time a fugitive. A respite was granted in the court proceedings, and Gray's counsel offer ed to free Latimer for fsoO. This was refused, aud when (fray heard thatit was the intention of the citizens to storm the jail aud release Latimer, he modified his demands and freed him for half the amount originally demand ed. The sum was raised by Dr. Samuel L. Caldwell, pastor of the Tremont Temple. The return of Luiuur to Virginia to be tried on a charge of ;iar ceny that had been preferred agaiust him was then demanded, but extradi tion papers were refused. Shortly after he removed to Lynn, and had lived there since, honored and respect ed by all who knew him. He was 75 years old at the time of his death, and left a widow and three children. Boston Transcript " f'':'-'sn?rvu'n leclaroil a a kiii g no wnau, ociatiou for Somehow she felt that he i. lpneficence with h is mind maJj up to y igV She was as certain of it as she YVolf, have been if he had told her, ande;. sequently she amused herself by te3. ing him for half au hour before she let him have a chance to come to the point. And then he balked. She eouldu't understand it She knew that he was ou the verge of asking her to tie his wife, but he didn't put the question. He became suddenly very ill at ease and nervous and sheer ed off every time they got anywhere near the subject that was uppermost in the mind of each. She looked at him soulfully, and he returned the look, but that was as far as he went. She sighed, but he didn't put his hopes and wishes iuto words. She became pensive and romantic and talked of the Ioueliness of a woman or girl who had no strong arm to lean up on as shd weut through life, but it did uot bring an avowal from his lips. She feared then that she had played with him too long, and had, pissibly, lost him, but at last he sxke. "Shall we go out on the porch ?" he asked. She knew, although he did not, that there were others on the porch, and she pleaded that she was afraid of the night air. He looked around the room anxious ly, but seemed to find nothing that gave him any hope. He seemed to be des pondent, but in a measure determined. "Mabel," he said at last, speaking very softly. "Yes," she returned, endeavoring not to show her agitation. "There Is something I wish very much say to you." She looked down at the toes of her boots and said nothing. He came over to her and to.ik her hand. "Mabel," he said earnestly, "If you will take that blamed parrot out of the room, I'll tell you what it is." Then she understood why he had been 90 nervous, and the pirr jt was put where he could not overhear aud repeat what might lie . said. Chicago Post Only an Assault As the prisoner stood before the Judge he gave evidence of a man hav ing passed through a cyclone and tapered off on a threshing machine. "You are charged with assault and battery on your wife," said the Court to the prisoner. "Are you guilty or not guilty?" "Not guilty, your Honor." "The officer who arrested you says he saw you fighting with your wife and pulled you away from her." "Yes, your Honor, he did, aud I was much obliged to him." "Aud still you say you are not guilty?" "No, your Honor." "How do you make that out?" "Easy enough, your Honor. She called me a drunken loafer, and I tackled her on tlie spot" "Dcn't you call that assault and bat tery ?" "No, your Honor. Only assault; she did all the battering; look at me, your Honor, and judge for yourself." His Honor, in view of the facts, cut the fine one-half. New York Record er. Thoughtful Girl. After they had departed she wept bitterly. Suddenly she cea.ed. It had occurred to her that perhaps her tears might fall on, her new eilk nhirt waist and spot it irrevocably. Cincinnati Enquirer. erald Why Your Head Ache. Head j win is common in all disor dered conditions of the system. It may occur in the progress of almost all acute and chronic diseases, at some time in their course, or it may precede them. The pain may lie external or internal, ami is due to a variety - of in fluences that affect either the scalp or the contents of the cranium. The determination of the particular tissues involved is extremely difficult; especially because the sufferer is un able to . locate definitely the pain. Headache is rarely regarded as a dis tinct disorder, but is considered rather as a symptom or accompaniment of some other disturbance in the system. Variations in the circulation, with the resultant modifications cf the blood-pressure, the presence in the blood of poisonous matters, irritations transmitted to the brain from more or less remote parts of the body, or ab normal or diseased conditions of the digestive organs all these enter into the production of this most common form of distress. These causes, acting singly or col lectively, associated with an oversensi tive condition of the nerves of the brain, and the membranes which en velop it, cause the pain. By far the most common form of headache is that due to a disordered condition of the organs of digestion. Such headaches are the result of indi gestion and constipation, as well as of o'erinduIgeuce in eating or drinking. A disordered stomach or a sluggish condition of the bowels, combined with overwork and t little exercise In the open air. are frequent causes of headache in persons who pursue sed entary aud indoor occupations. The remedy for this kind of head ache is the exercise of regularity and moderation iu eating, with an avoid ance of food that is innutritions and difficult of digestion, and attention to the regularity of the bowels. The lat point Is of especial importance. One variety of headache, the cause of which is sometimes overlooked, re sults from eye-straiu. The provision of proper glasses, aud treatment cal culated to improve the toue of the muscles of the eyes, have be-en follow ed by prompt relief in numlierles in stances. Youth's Companion. The Goat Was Hungry. Several days ago the employes of a local express office were furnished con siderable amusement and all at the ex pense of an innoctmt goat and an aged darky. Sampson some time ago iwromlsed a Shepherdsville frieud a in k. V. of "Nearly forty years ago, aftef some weeks of sickness, my hair turned gray. 1 lx-gitu using Ayer's Hair Vigor, and was so well satis fied with the results that I have o:h never tried any other kind of clress He . ygS. It requires only office ar ! occasional appli- "I war fejeationof W AYER'S "I don't know,1"' .'lyir Vigor to keej color and then, with a smile ot saifs1 faction, he reached for the goat's neck. But the smile was gone and in its place w:w a look of dismay as the negro saw only the string dangling from the goat's neck. "Dut goat doa't kno.v where he's going hisself; he's done eat up the town." Louisville Post. E at tier And Bike. Linn Banks, assistant ticket agent at the Union Depot, was cycling with Cyrus Oldham, along the public high way, two miles this side of Ilaytown, Mo., yesterday evening, wheu they came across a large rattlesnake iit the middle of the road. The reptile made no effort to get out of the way of the wheels, and Banks decided that he would kill it by riding over its head But the moment the front wheel of the bicycle struck the snake it coiled up aud begun striking at Banks. Ils fangs puctured the rubber tire and let out the air. The men quickly dis mounted and Banks kiHed the snak with a stone. He tied the rattler in a handkerchief, brought it to the city and placed it on exhibition in a glass jar at the Union Depot. The snake measures forty-two inches and has three rattles aud a button on the end of its tail, which indicates that it was about four years old. Mr. Banks is going to have the skin tanned fora belt It has been many years since a rattlesnake was seen iu the vicinity of Itaytown. Two rattlesnakes always travel to gether, aud Mr. Banks says he is going out this eveuing for the mate of the one he killed. Kansas City Star. Watch the Turkeys. Says a Pennsylvania fanner: "I al ways know when there is going to be a windstorm by watching tbe turkeys and chicks go to roost each night In calm weather the fowls always roost on the poles with their heads alternating each way that is, one faces east, the next west, and soon. "But when there is going to be a high wind they always roost with their heads toward the direction from which the storm is coming. There are reasons for these different ways of roosting, I take it "When there is-no wind to guard against they can see other (Lingers more readily if they are headed in both directions, but when wind is to arise they face it liecause they can hold their positions better. But the part I can't understand is how the critters know that the wind is going to rise when we mortals lack all intimation of it.!' New York Mercury. Dairying is becoming a special busi ness. Formerly it was supposed that any farmer could send good butter to market, but it is now known that to make the liest butter requires skill and attention to details, success Iieing at tained only by those of experience in handling the cows and their products and with a knowledge of tiie science (for that is what it is) of dairying. "WHOLE NO. 2342. Spider-Sailori. It was reserved for Dr. McCook, however, to discover a mode of locomo tion used by some spiders, Imt previous ly unknown to naturalists. hen studying the habits of certain water t-piders he shook the branches of a tree that stood by the water's etige in or der to procure pjiecimeDs. A number of spiders fell, and all traveled back to shore in ways familiar to the doctor, with the exception of erne fpider, which seemed to move across the (ur- face of the water without any motion if legs. When it approached the shore the doctor placed it far out ou the pond again, and watched it more closely. In a few moments it resumed its pecu liar method of traveling, and he saw positively that it did not use its legs. How, then, did it cross the water The gentle breeze blowing against its Issly could hardly have driven it at the rate it was going, for that it was moving along at a fairly good pace was evidenced by the little ripplets which streamed out ou either side of the circle of rigid legs. It occurred to the doctor that per haps this little mariner was sailing un der an invisible sail; in other word that perhaps the spider hail let out numlier of silken threads as the aeronaut spiders do; and that, instead of carrying it through the air they caused it to skim rapidly over the sur face of the water. As the curious little chap approach ed the land again, the doctor .held his cane out aliout two feet above the spi der. In a moment it came to a halt. Tiie mystery was solved; as he had suspected , the tiny craft wxi really sailing under invisible sails, and as they came into contact with the doc tor's cane they adhered to it so firmly that by a suddeu movement of the stick the spider was lifted clear out of the water. It is just possible thaf" gossamer thread runs from the tip of each leg to the one next it, thereby forming diminutive silken flat fr the spider to stand up in, but of this there is no certainty. However, we eould hardly ask for anything more wonderful tha n a spider that is a sailor, and hi own suilhoat and his own sailmaker, ail in one. Our Animal Frituds. A Bold Bluff The gentleman who had stolen the horse in Texas had inadvertently trot ted into a gang of toughs, one of whom owned the hor-, and fourteen minutes later he was standing ou a barrel at the root or a teiegrapu pole with a rope making a direct connection between is neek and one of the crosstreeson Estate rld the leader of the gang, lowcsiup, ..,,. . . letter, of a..V""u5 l" prtiourt by the proper u '' ... I n. ltti- in IliT.' r.Y VI 1 . liiTletiled to said estate to ltu7.-the till ... ... ... thiw. h.tvinir etikililM uil et;ite will uresenl them, duly autC cm ted for settlement, on or before !alurua. July 11, l!,at late resilience oi oec a. J. ll i'ugh. i.KuKiiK K. RU'MAS, Alt'v: JOHN P. RAVMAXJ Adm's of Cyrus Kay man, uee'd. DMINISTBATOHrtJss ?" he in f ou bet I did." The gaug made a grub for the rope. "Up with him !" they yelled, but the leader waved them back. "Why don't you let 'em go ahead ?" said the gentleman on the barrel to the leader, angrily. "What's the matter with you any how?" asked the puzzled leader. "That's all right. G on with your rat killin', I tell you," insisted the gentleman m the barrel. "Not till I know more alsiut this snap, I reckon," responded the leader. "Do you wanter In? strung up?"' "Course I do. Dldu't I steal the hoss?" "That's what you say, an' it means hangin'." "Not if I'd got away it wouldn't, an' that's what I stole him fer. I wanted to git out of yer denied country, an' socio' that you've stoppod me au' I've g t to stay, I'd a heap sight ruther be dead than alive. Pull away ou that rope there, you d ' but he didn't finish his remarks for obvious reasons. New York Recorder. The Wind Pulled Kit Tooth- Krom the Louisville Commercial. One of the queerest pranks of the wind during the cyclone the other night happened at the corner of Sixth and Jefferson streets. John Guzzollo, the night engineer at the City Hall, has leeu suffering from toothache for some time and has been telling his friends that he intended to have the acher jerked out as soon as he could screw his courage up to the print. On the night in question his tooth ached so badly that he could hardly bear the w ind blow. He was desperate. Bor rowing a gum overcoat from one of the policemen about the police station, he started oii just as a funnel-shaped cloud was scudding along. He reached the corner of Sixth and Jefferson streets and was about to turn the corner when a gust of wind struck him and lifted him ofl his feet He might have beeu carried over to the Court House and drowned in the fountain but for his presence of mid in grasping the iron railing that runs around the steps lead ing into the basement He clung there for a moment with the wind right in his face. He turned his head, and as he did so there was a suddeu jerk that dislodged his hat and fairly unraveled his red necktie. Then there was a lull, and when he crept back into the station house he made the startling discovery that the aching tooth-was gone. The wind had pulled it He tells the story himself, and if it is not true Mr. Gaz xollo has greatly deceived me. The Bon's Delusions. A Spanish paper thinks that in case of a war between Spain and this coun try the Southern States would secede and join the Spaniards, and as a result the union of States would smash itself into minute particles. There are many perils of this kind that are a great com fort to foreign powers that don't know anything about;it Puck. She Headed the Line. The B.'d Like (Minn.) Indian ner vation, o(iened to white settlers on.May 15, is nearly as large as the State of New Jersey. Among the interesting opening day incidents, says Harper's Weekly, was one In which a matronly I'V-VJri 'va- hvrwim-'.n frim th cityrif P.t. Ta'il flayed n m'f.-it.i'jt fsrt. A m.w nmcl T 'l M' tVII had held tls l.cr at the he.tii nf th hoc I .tt Ilie 4'rookstoii land office) for three days. Mmil I o'rloek on the day U-fore tlo tq- iiiiig, not iioic iii? a woman iu th dark, bnllwwy nfai.o (I,,. rer-l!' olTW which led down the street, and in which there was a dirty, haggard. unkempt, ghastly-faced crowd of nien iu line, he left his place for an instant, wheu the silent woman who had been standing in the shadows, produced a camp-stool and seated herse lf at the head of the line iu fine triumph. She stayed right on that camp-stool from 4 o'clock on Thursday afternoon until 8 o"clock on Friday morning. She had Ixirrowed money to get to Crookston, and the Governor of the State hail given her a pass. She had no husband, but had two sons coming of age, and proposed to see to it that she stood at the head of the line and got for her sons the bevt filing there was on the reservation. When the dork was about striking the hour of 'J on Friday morning a lithe form bound ed up over the heads of the waiting policeman, and over the head of tiie devoted widow washerwoman from St. Paul, scaled the caing to the dour, climbing through the transom over the door with the agility of a cat, landed on his feet inside the register's office just as a clock struck ft, and announc ed : "Ted M.-Call, gentlemen. It's9 o'clock ; I'm ready to file." But it happened that it lacked a half a minute of ! by the regulation clock, so he was hustled out of the room. But he returned with the opening ofth door, and, in spite of all the washer woman's icrsl-tency, registered first. She was given the second place, how ever. Several other women waited for hours in the line, and succeeded in filing after much weariness. A Petition For Eehearin. The Judge's daughter was perturbed. "Papa," she said, knitting her pret ty brow, "I am in doubt as to whether I have kept to the proper form of procedure. In law one can err in so many little technicalities that I em ever fearfuL Now, lat evenitg George . The Judge looked at her so sharply over his glasses that she involuntarily paused. "I thought you hail sent him about his business," he said. "I did hand down an adverse decis ion," she answered, "and he declared that he would appeal. However, I convinced hiiu that I was the court of last resort in a case like that, and that no appeal would lie from iny decision." "Possibly the court was assuming a little more j-ower than rightfully be longs to it," said the Judge thought fully: "but let that pass." What did he do then?" "He tiled a petition for a re hearing." "The usual course," said the Judge, "but it is usually nothing but a mere formality." "So I thought," returned the girl, "and I was prepared to deny it with out argument; but the facts set forth in his petition were sufficient to make me hesitate aud wonder whether his case had really liecn properly present ed at the first trial." "l"ljn what grounds did he make the application?" asked the Judge, scowling. IV. 1 . JOHNS ! d&'?IV"8 aHt- you see, he proposed by letter,- and his contention was that the ca.- was of that peculiar character that can not be properly presented by briefs, but demands oral arguments. The fact that the latter had been omit ted, he held, should be held an error, and the point was such a novel one that I consented to let him argue it. Then his argument was so forceful that I granted his petition, and con se'tited to hear the whole case again. Do you think" "I think," said the Judge, "that the court favors the plaintiff." Chicago Post. Commodore Karch. A good story was told lately of Com modore March, of March's Point, Fi dalgo Island, whose ready wit is well known to the habitues of the Hotel Butler, and, indeed, all over the Sound. The Commodore was called as a witness in the Point Roberts dis pute between the cannery men and the Indians, and the lawyer on the other side, with a "'hat-can-you-know-aliout-it air," put the question to him: "How long have you lieen in this part Df the country, Mr. March?" Mr. March has a pretty chin, and he shaves his white whiskers to either side to show it off. When the ques tion was sl suddenly p it, he softly caressed the pretty chin and slowly and meditatively said, as to himself: "Forty, forty-live, fifty," and at length answered: "Fifty-rive years." "Fifty-five years!" said the lawyer, and then, as if he were addressing Christopher Columbus asked: "And what did you discover, Mr. March?" "A dark-visaged savage." "Dark-visaged savage, eh? Yes; aud what did you say to him?" "I said it wa- a fine day." "Fine day? Yes, and what did he say to you?" Mr. March rattled off a whole yarn in Chinook, and kept on, to the mirth of the whole court room, until per emptorily cut off by the gavel of the Judge. "I asked you what reply the savage maele to you, Mr. March. Please an swer the question," said the irate cross-examiner. "I was answering." "Tell us what the savage said." "That was what he said." "Then tell it to us in English." "Not unless I am commissioned by th Court to act a interpreter aud paid the customary fee." The lawyer thought a moment, look ed at the Judge, who could not resist a smile, and said severely, "Mr. March you may stand down." ' . A Judicial Tyrant ,' The brutality of judges even in the preseiit day is soiuctaiug appaliug. Yesterday a member bt the Chicago bench white hearing a case interrupt ed the proceedings long enough to re mark: "Oh, stop objecting, all you gentlemen, and let's make some prog ress with this case." It j9 hard to thliikofaca.se Of greater inhumanity than such a command to a lawyer. Chicago News, mj
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