, AT THE CHURCH GATE.
T W. . TBACKEBAT.
Although I enter not, yet round about the
SJK
Ofttimes I borer ;
And near tb sacred gate, with longing eyes
I wait.
Expectant of her.
The minster bell tolls out above the city's
rout,
And noise and humming ;
They've hashed Ui minster bell; Ibeorgnn
'gin to swell :
She's coming, she's coming 1
My lady conies at last, timid, and stepping
tart.
And hastening hither, '
With modest eyes downcast ; she comes
she's here she's past
May beam: go with ber !
Kneel, undisturbed, fair Saint ; Tour out
your praise or plaint
Meetly and duly ;
I will not enter tl'ere U eally your Jure
prayer
With thoughts unruly.
But suffer me to pace round the forbidden
place.
Lingering a minute.
Like outcast spirits who wait and see
through heaven's gate
Angels within it.
BOGUS TELEGRAPH SCHOOLS.
How Pretentions InaUtntluDa Swindle
Tbeir laibrluaate Papiia.
Among the many traps for - the
unwary to be lound in New York
none is bolJer or meaner than the
Ixjgus school feir telegrapli operators.
The victims are always young peo
ple who have but little money and
who are ambitious to improve their
positions in life. They are usually
working girls who have to work ten
hours a day in duety ehops for a
pittance, but who, in the hopes of
paining a livelihood in more cheer
ful eurroundings, starve and pinch
themselves until they obtain the
money necessary to ay the tuition
fee of a acboolmatter who professes to
teach telegraphy, and then rob them
selves of needed sleep and rest in
order to attend the school. After
months of anxious labor they re
ceive printed slieeU of paer that
are called diplomas, but when ap
plication is made for the "itoMlions
when competent at salaries from S4
to 125 a oioiith," they find that the
mapper of the whip is in the words
"when qualified," and that no
amount of instruction in the school
could make them qualified. In
other words, they have been delib
erately deceived by the advertise
ments and circulars of the school,
and the money which they saved by
going without food has been taken
without any return.
At the cilice of Manager Hum
stone, of the Western Union Tele
graph Company, a young man was
asked if a graduate ol a telegraph
school could obtain a job, provided
there was vacaucy. We do not
discricrirjjite against those who at
tend the schools," Ue said ; "we treat
all applicant- alike. If graduates
as you call them, go somewhere and
learn the business after they have
tne college they stand as good a
chance as anybody.'' "But they
learn the buttinees at the college?"
"They do not It is utterly impos
sible. They learn the alphalet and
nothing more. Learning to operate
a telegraph instrument is something
more than learning the alphabet
You might as well expect a man to
make a revised translation of the
Scriptures after learning the Greek
alphabet as to expect him to get a
job in this office after going through
one of these schools. At the same
time we favor one school to a cer
tain extent, the one in Cooper
Union. Girls can learn the rudi
ments there.and occasion ally; we lake
those that are most intelligent and
place them in the forward offices, or
the little places on street corners and
terries, where a dozen or two messa
ges are sent in a day. There they
have plenty of time to work out a
message, and some of ihem become
valuable operators. It takes years
of practice to make an operator,
though.". ."These schools, in tbeir
advertisements, say that graduates
can obtain employment where the
jiay runs from $io to f 125 a month.
Are salaries as good as that ?"
"There is not an operator in the
country that makes such wages.
There are plenty of operators work
ing at $30, and there are instances
where a lew first class cable men get
as high as $0U The advertisements
are frauds." ' ;
"Do the schools neyer graduate a
pupil who eventually becomes an
operator?" was nsked of Editor Tal
taval. "Now and then a student is
particularly ambitious, and is nat
urally adapted to the business. If
he has enough money he may learn
the business. The manager, after
graduating the youngster, offers the
manager of some office a fee to give
the pupil a chance to learn. Not
long ago one of these schools had
printed in the Western Union organ
a standing offer of f 10 to any mana
ger who would allow the pupil to
hang around his office and do such
work as he could. Of couree.the work
was to be done without compensa
tion, and the pupil had to put up
the (10. Some managers took it up.
They kept the pupil around for a
week or two, and then kicked him
out to make room for another pupil
with the S10 bonus. The treatment
of these ambitious young people is I
snametut Even where the graduate
is apt be finds, when . he lias paid
his bonus and has gone to work in
a regular office," that he has Ural to
unlearn all that he learned in the
school. His time and money spent
in the school were worse than was
ted ; but if he has the pluck he can
still learn the business. A great
many boys and girls come in from
the country to learn the business.
School are sometimes established
in small provincial cities for the
benefit of rural greenhorns. I have
exposed a number in the Advocate,
but only ojwratora read the paper,
and so the exposure does no real
good. The instructors say the Adco
rate opposes the school because, the
Telegraphers Brotheihood wishes to
limit the number of operators. The
fact is tbe schools help to limit the
number of operators by disgusting
young men and women who would
otherwise learn the business in some f
office where practical work was done.
Careful inquiry at the time of the
strike of tbe telegraphers showed
that there were plenty of operators
waiting for vacancies.while the num
ber now unemployed and waiting
for an opening is probably much
greater then the number actually
employed. Even if the schools gave
valuable instruction, and work
could be obtained at once.telegraph
ing would not be a desirable busi
ness to learn. Tbe pay of the skill
ed operators is net as high as that
of many mechanics of correspond
ing ability, while clerks or expert
boookkeeper mak better wages.
Tbe work seems to be easy to those
who bare never done it, but it is, in
fact Tory hard, and wears out tbe
operator rapidly, as many a man,
grav before his time, is willing to
testify. Another objection to the
work ia that there are but two tele
erapb companies, and those may be
consolidated. While men can only
make $15 a week working lor them,
they are liable to lo se even that if
they displease the one boss who
rules them. A discharged operator
may get work on a railroad, but the
pay runs from S.50 to $15 a week
in the country .wages even tlie cloak
makers the east-side tenements re
fuse to accept"
Go to tbe Ant.
If you have ever had your head
examine"! the phrenologist would
tell you that it is a very nice thing
to have a good big head. But some
body else might repeat to you the
well-known couplet :
" Little bead, little wit
Great head, not a bit!"
But how is it with the ants, who
have such small heads and great
wits?
There is nothing on earth, except
man, that can surpass the wonder
ful devices of those heads, no bigger
than if they belonged to so many
pins.
Watch how they build their tun
nels and cover them in like so many
railroad engineers! See how they
stop every now and then to study
out their plans ; how they consider
all obstacles and avoid them ; how
they use every leaf and stick and
straw to make a wall or roof of their
galleries. Bat who is tbe foreman,
or "boss," as men sometimes say ?
A new plan is thought of, he goes
to work upon it the others soon
adopt the improvements and help
the skillful inventor. Tbey are all
as busy as possible, and yet they
work always on one common plan.
The Queen lays hereggs.the work
ers at once take care of them, run
ning with them from place to place,
and alwavs with some end in view ;
And when the habv ants come, if
vou could look inside any busy lit
tle ant-bill, with the rising ot the
sun, you might see these careful lit
tle nurses (for they have real nurses
for their children just as we do),
who live in the upper stones ol mat
wonderful house, very early astir
and on their way to call their young
masters from down below.
And then you would see them
tapping them with their antennae,
which look like horns, as much as
to say, "Come, children, time to get
up ; don't you know tbe sun is up?"
and thus waking them they carry
them through the long galleries that
lead to tbe top of the ant-hill, and
lay them outeide very carefully that
the bright rays of the sun may
warm them and help them to grow.
And they are careful, too, not to
leave them in the heat of the euq
alter the early morning. As soon
as the air gets too warm they carry
them into the rooms near the top
where the rays have penetrated, and
where the warmth can still reach
them, and neain further below if
they think it best
But the older ants can bear the
sun, and like to feel its rays ; and
though they are very industrious,
yet as they begin to work with the
dawn they take a little rest as peo
ple do sometimes in the heat of the
day and often lie heaped together in
the sunshine.
Just as long as the baby ants can
not run alone they are dressed like
young children in the East, or like
the babies which the Indian squaw
hangs on her back, or on a peg in
her tent They have natural swad
dling clothes, for they are wrapped
up so tightly in their larval covering
that no legs can be seen, only a head
and wings, traced through the trans
parent skin in which they are fold
ed. Of course you know the baby
ant begins life in an egg, which, in
a couple of weeks, is hatched, and
then the nurses take them in charge,
to brush and comb and shampoo
them, and soon they are ready to be
gin the next change.
If you could only look at these
tiny insects, (the nurses) through a
microscope, jou would see on their
legs some very fine, soft hairs, which
tbey use as brushes, and a spur close
by which, if needful, we may imag
ine can do tbe work of a comb. And
the shampooing is done by working
about kneading and distending the
thin skin which covers their limbs
until it is ready to open and let
them go free. Then then these ba
by ants wind a curtain of silk around
their own little bodies and go to
sleep, to wake up full-grown ants,
without "guide, overseer and ruler,"
except the tender services of the
nurse. Isn't it wonderful that these
little ants can do so much for them
selves? Some hoist aloft in their
front arms, as it were, a stick, or
piece of grass, two or three times
their own length, moving it forward
as if in the air. And when they
build, each addition is put in what
each considers the best place, but
the general form of the dome grows j
into a curiously regular diminishing
curve, as if every oue bore the arch
itect's elevation in his pocket.
Some of these wonderful workers
make desperate attempts to move
heavy beams of wood, but after su
perhuman exertions give it up when
clearly beyond their strength. It a
tiling, however, is within the bounds
of possibility, it is surprising with
what obstinate pertinacity they will
return to a pallet that has rolled
away from them, even to the bot
tom of the hillock, again and again,
and begin once more to haul it up.
tugging, lifting it over stones and
sticks, tumbling ove with their bur
den on the other side of an obstacle
which they have scaled, and lying
tor a few seconds quite exhausted,
yet never leaving hold of their bur (
dec, t nd setting off nndauntedly as
soon as thej recover breath. Occa
sionally two or more will lend a
helping hand, but as a general rule
they prefer to work alone. The hand
of man is considered a miracle of
art, but what of the ant's six pre
hensile feet, indifferent organs as
thev seem comparatively, to hold to
pull or lift or even to cling with !
But what will you say, apart from
their building ability and tender
care over each other, the almost
moral elevation which is their most
extraordinary quality, whereby tbe
good of the individual is given up
to that of the com in unity, if I should
tell you of one with still more re
markable powers, and this is the
agricultural ant of Texas? You will
hardly believe the story, and yet it
is vouched for by eminent natural
ists and others who bave made these
their study. This ant is one of the
brown species living in families, oc
cupying mounds or cities, as they
are called, set upon artificial bills
three or four feet in diameter.
Around these mounds the ants
smooth away the surface for three or
four feet further in all directions,
and make a sort of farm of this
cleared region. Here they are said
to actually plant the seeds of a cer
tain grass of which they are very
fond, keeping the crop clear of all
mAda and wrasse meanwhile. Then
they harvest the seeds, clearing: the
chaff away, and storing the rest for
winter nse. They tend these seeds
as carefully in winter as they tend
their eggs and grubs, drying it when
damp and actually throwing it away
when spoiled. Their harvest time
is in November, and after harvest
they clear away the stubble and
leave the surface bare for the next
year.
How incredible this seems! and
vet we are not surprised at anything
we hear about these wonderfully
knowing little creatures.
fhul the ant has been
held up as a model of wisdom and
industry. Solomon declares me
ants to be "a people not strong,
bat exceeding wise, who prepare
their meat in the summer' But
the highest praise it has received is
from Mr. Darwin, who says that "the
size of the brain is closely connected
with higher mental powers, and the
cerebral ganglia of the ant is of ex
traordinary comparative dimensions.
Tbe fineness of the quality seems to
make up for absence oi quanuty.
"The brain of the ant," another nat
uralist hnm an id too. is One of the
most marvelous atoms of matter in
the world, far more wonderful than
the brain of man." JV. Y, Olterver.
Home-Hade Picture Frame.
The lollowing directions for mak
ing neat picture frames from com
mon brown paper are so full and
clear that our readers will have no
difficulty in carrying them out :
Take an ordinary drawing, or
print, or photograph. Mount the
picture with ordinary paste on a
piece of smooth cardbord. Any
color, plain or printed, will do, if it
only has a fair surface and enough
thickness to withstand the warping.
Let this cardboard be the size of the
print (that is, the actual black-and-white
picture, regardless of the mar
gin it possessed in its first state),
with an outer margin of equal width
all around. If the print itself is five
bv seven inches, allow a clear three
inches each side, making the size of
the mouut eleven by thirteen inches.
Paste the picture without cutting on
the old marginas it may be useful
for reference, and will be hidden) in
the exact centre. Then take a piece
of the gray mottled cardboard, now
so much used and so easily obtain
ed ; cut from the centre a piece eith
er five by seven or six be eight inch
es, at will. Some prefer the gray
mount to touch the picture every
where ; others like a narrow white
border, with the name of the artist,
etc.. visible. This is. we think, only
to be decided by the character of the
drawing, as some are mveh improv
ed by allowing no other white man
left in the drawing to destroy the
value of tbe tones of tbe picture it
self. Having cut the gray mount
take a piece of rough cardboard, the
toD of a Darker box or other avail
able material, and cut it eleven by
thirteen : and at the distance of
three-fourths of an inch from the top,
and sav three inches and a halt
from the Bides, cut two short upright
slits with a sharp penknife, and pass
a piece of narrow tape through
them ; this will lie flat on the sur
face, and should be tied behind in a
knot close to one of tbe slits, so that
a firm and unobtrusive support is
left to hang the picture when com
plete. Then, having procured a
piece of glass eleven by thirteen
inches, lay the cardboard flat on the
table, above that place tbe mounted
etching, then over that the cut-out,
mount and the glass over alL Next
cut some thick brown paper into
strips an inch or an inch and a half
wide : thoroughly paste these, and
bind the four thicknessej together,
the brown paper showing about half
an inch all around in front, and well
over the back, being cut in mitre
fashion at the angles. When dry it
will be ready to hang, and, after
first cleaning off any paste-marks
from the glass, will be found a very
pleasing little picture, unpretentious
in appearance, the framing being
not unlike a plain oak frame at a
distance, and an ornament or at
least no disfigurement in itself,
apart from the actual etching, in any
room it may find itself. The cost of
the glass is at most 12 cents, and the
cardboard perhaps 5 or 6 cents ; bo
that for 17 or 18 cents a picture may
be neatly framed. But this does
not exhaust the possibilities of
btown paper. If the old gilded mold
ing, fly-specked and tarnishing, is
well re-clothed with brown paper,
soaked with paste, and well stuck
on, so that it shows every feature of
the molding, it gives a very present
able appearance. The paper should
be pasted a few minutes before use,
and thoroughly molded to the wood.
Each hollow and fillet will be seen
sharply defined ; and the whole will
dry bard, and, while unlike paper,
look somewhat like oak, and present
a certain fresh character of its own,
not attainable in any other way. In
this case the brown paper is a pleas
ant variety itself to the gray mot
tled card for the cut-out mount, and
an ideal setting to many wood en
gravings, as it gives such value to
the blacks and whites of the print,
in the same way that a photograph
gains by a dark, dull mount
Tlie Profits of Inventor.
Occasionally we hear of some
lucky inventor making a fortune
from an invention secured to him
by a patent We are not likely to
bear much of those who lose what
ever they invest in that direction.
Sometimes we hear of a merchant
whose profits have been abnormally
large, and once in a while a manu
facturer gets rich ; but no.one thinks
of taking exceptions These are all
inventor, merchant and manufac
turer Exceptional cases ; and tbe
inventor alone is judged by the ex
ception rather than the rule. . Prob
ably not on in ten of tbe patents
issued are ever beard from afterward,
and of those that do find some kind
of a footing, in about nine cases out
of ten it would haye been better for
the inventor and those interested if
thev had beeu abandoned. If those
who are anxious to show up what
they call the monopoly of invention
will take tbe trouble to divide all
they can charge in the way of profits
to patents by tbe total number of
patentees tbey will not find the quo
tient alarmingly large. In the Offi
cial Gazette of July 21 the number
of the last patent recorded is 322,
844. It all the profits arising from
patents were accounted for, and
from this the cost actual and inci
dental, deducted, the sum left to di
vide would in all probability be a
minus quantity. A good deal of the
progress of the country is due to
invention, notwithstanding which
in renters, as a class, are poorly paid,
if paid at all, which is doubtful. '
Among other forms of animal
life which disappeared from the
earth is the sea cow. It was seen
alive and described in 1741, bat in
1780 it appeared to have become en
tirely extinct.
A Ctrl
Tbe worst nuisance that I have
to deal with," said a Dakota girl
farmer to a New York Sun corre
spondent "are the men, young and
old, who come ont to see me. They
are about tbe toughest lot I ever saw.
I had to drive some of them off the
place as they seemed determined to
stay. I suppose it is so everywhere,
bnt it seems strange that a woman
cant go ahead and accomplish some
thing for nerseii witnoui oeing wor
ried to death by all : the old bum
mers, cranks, widowers and dudes
within a thousand miles. One young
fellow came to see me last spring,
and after following me around a
sixty acre lot twice, just because I
treated him decently, actually . had
the nerve to ask me if my thoughts
ever turned to matrimony. I told
him tbey never had, though I didnt
know what might happen if I came
across just the right person. That
seemed to help him on a little, and
he asked me what sort of a person
it would have to be. I told him I
didn't know, and called his atten
tion to tbe fact that my off horse
was a little off his feed. -
"'How would I do?' said the fel
low, and I says :
" If I had a ten acre lot of fellows
like you I wouldn't take the trouble
to scrape you up with a horse rake.'
"One elderly man from Pennsyl
vania came here last fall, and, stop
ping in town, he would drive out
here every day. He began at , first
by pretending be had a deep relig
ious interest in me. Then he want
ed to know how I stood financially,
how I got my farm, and how much
I made from' it It took him sever
al days to get what he wanted to
know, and then he intimated a wish
on bis part to take tea with me, and
spend an hour or two in the evening
at my bouse, as there was something
that be wanted to say to me.-1 tried
to get rid of him, but he was old
enough to be my father, and so de
cent about things generally that I
finally consented. After tea he took
a couple of chairs out on the east
end Bide of tbe bouse, and when we
had both seated ourselves he said :
" 'I have been thinking for a long
time about marrying again. I've
got '
" 'Now you stop right where you
are,' said I, "or I'll set the dog on
you. If that's the nature of your
remarks, we'll adjourn this meeting
right here. I've got work to do, and
I don t want any fool ice around.
. "You never saw a man get up and
eit like he did. He never said
word, and I haven't seen him since.
I rather like some of these young
chaos from the city, though the
kind that are not making love, bnt
who are always wanting to help you
They think they are so strong,
and when anything is to be done
they are so quick to take bold ; but
gracious goodness, 1 could break: i
good many of them in two if I want
ed to. They're good boys, though,
and 111 never say anything against
them." .
Curs for Pilea.
Piles are frequently preceded by
a sense of weight in the back, loins
and lower part of the abdomen, caus
ing the patient to suppose be has
some affection of tbe . kidneys or
neighboring organs. At times,
sy nip tons of indigestion are present,
as flatulency, uneasiness of thestom
ach. ect A moisture, like perspira
tion, producing a very .disagreeable
itching, after getting warm, is a com
mon attendant Blind, Bleeding and
Itching Piles yield at once to the ap
plication of Dr. Boeanko a File Kern
edy, which acts directly upon the
parts affectedbsorbing the Tumors,
allaying the intense itching, and ef
fecting a permanent cure. Price 50
cents. Address, Tbe Dr. Bosanko
Medicine Co., Piqua, O. bold by
C. N. BOYD, Druggist, Somerset,
Pa. dec.3-ly.
A nursery must be a great place
for dancing.
Why so?
Because it is.
I don't see bow.
Why, ain't a nursery a regular
bawl-room ?
Power of tne United States.
Hon. James N. Kerns, United
States Marshal of Pennsylvania,
writes that during tne severe winter
weather his family used Red Star
Cough cure and were much benefit
ted by it He states that be knows
nothing better in relieving colds or
sore throats . ........
A philosopher has observed that
very often it is green youths who
paint the town red.
Thousands walk the earth to-day
who would be sleeping in its bosom
but for the timely use of Downs'
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Home is the seminary of all other
institutions. -. .
Liverv stable keepers should al
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in the stable, nothing like it for
horses. For Sale by C. N. Boyd,
Somerset, Pa. . . ; .
It costs more to avenge wrongs
than to bear them.
For a mild cathartic and efficient
tonic, use Baxter's Mandrake Bitters.
Every bottle warranted. For Sale
by C. N.Boyd..
Want of good sense is the worst of
poverty.
Arnica & Oil Liniment is equally
rood for man and beast 25 and 50
cents per bottle. For sale bv C. N
Boyd. ' - '
An ordinary polar bear is worth
from $900 to $1,000.
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A Pretty Woman's Secret.
Fear of discovery, when she resorts to
falac hair ami dyes, is a source of nin
staut anxiety to "her. The very mtoii
(ruin whom he most desires to liidu the
waning of ber charms arc the om-s iiiot
likely to make tbe discovery. Itm there
in no tvaxun why she should not mruin
and retain all tlie' beauty of hair thai s
her pride in youth. Let her ue Avkk's
Haib ViiioR, and, not only will her hair
true tu fall out. hut a new crowth will
appear where the scalp has been denuded ;
and liK'W-H that are turuins pray, or have
actually rown white, will return to their
pristine freshness and brilliance uf color.
AYEu'a Uaik Vigor cures
Hereditary Baldness.
Okohof M vrn. FMonin. TVxas.was
bald at 'Si Year of aire, at hit ancestors
had licen fr several penerationt. One
bottle of Hair Vloit started a prowtli of
oft, downy h.ilr all over hit scalp, which
soon became thick, long, and vigorous.
Iyer's Hair Vigor
it mt a ityx, bat, by healthful stimulation
of liio roots and color glands, ieedily
restores to its original color hair that is
Turning Cray.
Vits. CATHMtrxx Peamep., Point cf
llock, jViL, had her hair suddenly
blanched by frhrht, durinr tho late civil
war. Aykr's IIaik Viuok remored it
to its natural color, and made it softer.
eloier. nud mora abundant than U bad
been before.
Scalp Diseases
Which c.me dnnew, brittlcnett. and fall
hit; of the hair, dandruff, itching, anil
annoyin? sores, are all quick Iv cured by
AykkVIIaik Vk.or. It cured IIekiikut
Boyh. MiHittnniilit, Minn., of intoler
able Itching of tbe Scalp; J. X. Car
ter, Jr.. Oeeognun, Va., of Scald
Head; 1K8. D. V. S. I-ovklack. ,'re
Incrcille, A"., of Tetter Sores; Mis
Bkksik H. KkDLOR, Birtinqlnn, IV.. of
Sealp Disease and Dandruu". Tor
pidity of the roots of the hair, which. If
neglected, may result in incurable balil
ness, is readily cured by Avti:"s IIaik
Yioou. As
A Toilet Luxury
Ayer's ITAia Vigor has no eitial. I;
is colorless cleanly, delightfully per
fumed, and has tbe 'effect of making the
hair soft, pliant, and gUy.
Ayer's Hair Vigror,
PREPARED BY
Dr. J. C Ajrer & Co., Lowell, Maaa.
Sold by all Druggists.
C00KST0VES
ALWA YS SATISFACTORY
EIGHTEEN SIZES AND KINDS
ALL PURCHASERS CAN BE SUITED
Jismrmm bt
Isaac JLSbeppard & Co..Baltiffiore,Mi
AMD VOU BV
R. B. Schell & Co,
SOMERSET, PA.
saaTH-'Si-lyr,
ALL t IStASCS ARISIMS FROM AH IMPUKB
i it r intuLOCO. vena a ULianat
Zmsipcl k, Scmrvu. Oebiuti Cutmc-
mnr r ... imps. -
IBi 0ISiStl Sr Tyr e RiPLFl 01 TUB
tmina ihzu.stpkhzahosvkr km
tmtHtn OFTCKFS TO THE PUSllC.TflT I le
I0B CWlC0. riSHPURELTrrCFTXBtf
mMMriC(.C3amC0FW)ll THEFKST
RatTI.WfRSI AKD j.rivre.wMiCM AlTsRE
MCMiNOrOfMTiiruitersua FORSllB
JOTICE.
The avovntf ned will apply to the Conn of
Qaarter Sessions of Somerset Ooautr, Pa., to be
held la Sosaerset, la said Ueoatj, oa Friday, Oc
tober , 1SSS. te have Ue limits orOoaOaenea Bor-oei-h
so changed or extended as to Include his
(ami adjacent, two hundred seres, and the baild
lag thereon,
septal. HIKA.M FKAKTZ-
J Slfftfn
4Qm
."nnnas. a
2-2 for faMVj
EXCELSIOR
MU-VfsTV'irWgTTg I
sssassssssHMVawsBaa ssj i I . wssaeamasssa
Ask for "Boata oa Ooaajhs," for Ooaarha,
Golds. Sora Throat, Hoarseness. Troches, ite.
Liquid, Ue.
Isill aUata.-'
Oisara oat rata, Bias. loaches, flies, aata, badV
twgs, skaaks, ehlpaiaaks, jrophars. 10a. ltraggKb
Bests lsttaa.
Palpitation, Dropsical Swallhvrs, Dualooss, la
dlaestloB, Headache. Slaaplsstness, cared by
WeUs'Haalta Ksoawsr."
BsMtsk sMi Cersw.
Ak tor Walli' " Booth oa Corns." Me. Hoick,
eomplsM ears. Hard or soil eoroa, warts, bunion.
Stranirthenlns;, Imprersd, tho bast air back
ache, ualas ia chest or lido, rhonmstltm, Bsural
gla. TMa rplm.
" Wells Health Keaawor" restores health and
Tiaror, cares llyspopsla. Headache, Nerrousnea,
Debility. SI.
WhMflBa;C!asurlaf
aad the auny Throat Affections ot ehlldraa,
promptly, pleasantly, aad aaloly rellorod br
"Hough on Uoogka." Troches, Ue. Balaam, tie.
Users,
ir yon are falling, broken, worn oat aad nervous.
ua "Weill' Health Kenaner." II. 1nMnflaU.
urt
If yon an loslaa your (Trip oa lire, try " Walls'
Health kenewer." Goes direct to weak spots.
stMglt Tswtfcaelaa."
Instant relief for Nsoralria, Toothache, Face
ache. Ask for "Hough oa i'ootbacae." U and H6e.
Prwttx Wow am.
Ladies who weald retain n-eshaass aad vivacity,
don't UU to try - Walls' Health Jteoewar."
Csttatrrkutl Tktrsjat AaTtortlsw.e.
Haeklna. trrltailneOooeha. Oolds. Son Threat.
cured by "Kougli oa Uougha." Troches, Ue.
Liquid, 2c.
Bawh I tela."
M Rooirh on Itch cares bamors. eruptions, ring
worm, tetter, salt rheaas, trusted lost, chdlbiaiB.
Ike Han mt ke Batista.
Children, slow in development, puny, scrawny,
and delicate, use "Wells' Health Kenewer."
Wl A wast a).
three or lour boars every nlrht coughing. Oct
tmiuedUte relief and sound rest by using Wells'
-Kuugu on Coughs." t roches. Us. Balaam, 26c
Pattta" raraaaa Plaster)
Strengthening, Improved, the best for backache,
pains In chest or side, rheumatism, neuralgia.
BsitlcrsMre tel. IatsHetedU
IIaurisblrg, Sept 3. The grand
jury has found a true bill against ex-
representative Buttermore and oth
ers, of Fayette, for embezzlement and
conspiracy to defraud the Slate out
ofS12.500in the Connellaville Hos
pital matter. About twenty-five wit
nesses are here from Connellaville
and vicinity, and among those who
testified be lore tbe grand jury were
State Treasurer Livsey and Auditor
General Nilea. It is said that the
case will be postponed until Novem
ber, owing to tbe press of business
before the court
Out Door ft ports.
With the opening of tbe season of
outdoor eporta comes the time of
trouble for the poor victims of Hay
Fever and Rose Cold. For them
flowers have no odor, and the sum
mer little or no beauty. To snuff,
sneeze and wipe their weeping eyes
for three or four successive months.
this ia their pitiable portion.
There is no help in sea-voyages,
there is no help in high mountain
air. But there is a positive cure in
Ely's Cream Balm. Try it If you
continue to suffer it is because you
neglect a remedy as sure as it is
cheap and pleasant
How young old people look who
nave never been seriously sick, and
who never worry and fret How Old
young people look who fret and stew
and suffer pain all at once. But
we can't altogether help our disposi
tion, and we will sometimes get out
of sorts in spite of all our caution.
Then we need the best, the simplest
and the safest medicine known, which
is Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy.
Purifies the blood and renews vital
ity in old and young.
Women are everywhere using and
recommending Parker's Tonic be
cause they have learned from expe
rience that it speedily overcomes
despondency, indigestion, pain or
weakness in the back or kidoeyB,
and other troubles peculiar to the
sex.
"I never patronize patent medi
cines. Don t you r Why not if iou
patronize "patent" articles of a hun
dred varieties why not patent med
icines. "Because thej are often
worthless." True, but not always.
Frequently they are the very best in
the world, representing the widest
experience. At least we know that
Dr. Kennedy s h avorite Remedy is
one of these, and for all troubles of
the blood, liver and urinary organs
it stands on its merits, and not on
advertising.
"The ladies especially bo into ec-
stacies over Parker's Hair Balsam."
writes Mr. J. H. Decker, druggist, of
t indlay, Unio. " l bey say.it is the
most elegant dressing they ever us
ed." ;Slow falling hair, restores col
or, promotes growth.
Attacked by Hootllamu.
Jackson, Sept 3. Arnold Moorey
a colored school teacher, attended a
church festival near here Thursday
night. On his way home with two
young ladies he was set upon by a
party of hoodlums. Moorey retreat
ed, and one of the attacking party
drew a knife. Moorey then fired his
revolver into the crowd, killing Isaac
Mazey, wounding Bill Anderson in
the leg and hand, and Albert Star
key in tbe thigh. The Coroner has
returned a verdict of justifiable hom
icide. Jau m Good.
Many unscrupulous dealers mar
tell you they have remedies for
Coughs and Colds, equal in merit
and in every respect just as good as
the old reliable Dr. Bosanko's Cough
and Lung Syrup, and unless you in
sist upon this remedy and will take
no other, you are liable to be great
ly deceived. Price 50 cents and II.
Sold by C. N. Boyd.
A negro was holding a cow which
a squinting man was going to knock
on the head. The darkey, observing
the man's eyes, in some alarm in
quired, "You gwine to hit whar you
look?" "Yes." "Den," said Cuffee.
hoi' dis cow yo'self."
Try Ayer's Pills and be cured.
Misery is a mild word to describe
the mischief to body and mind caus
ed by by habitual constipation. The
regular use of Ayer's Cathartic Pills,
in mild doses will restore the torpid
viscera to healthy action.
A French scientific journal reports
that in Paraguay a tribe of Indians
with tails has been discovered. A
Goaycuyua child of 8 years was cap
tured with a tail a foot in length.
"Blood-food" is the suggestive
name often given to Ayer's barsap
arilla, because of its blood enriching
qualities.
, BEWFUKD.
DiftWGS.
G. W. BENFORD & SON'S
DEUG STORE,
1, BAER'S BLOCK;
We keep constantly on band a stock of
PURE DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Chemicals, Dyes, Toilet Articles and Sundries kept in a first-class Prug Strtre-
paints: oils, varnishes,
Trusses, Braces, Supporters, and all leading appurtenances used both bv Physicians sn.l Families
TOBACCOS AKD UGAkS, the bert In tho market trom Domestic to Imported PBRMatlF
TlttNBCOSPOl'SiDEIS WITH CAME. FAMILY MICEIPTS ULLCD COitkLC f
tl'. All advertised medicine kept on hanl. If not parties can depend on lis arrival In a
short time, as we pay great attention to all such demands. Our own make ot HORSE
AND CATTLE POWDER U beyond doubt thebeulathe market. eta. per
pound. We go to no expense of packing, labeling, advertising, ae., but
keep In. bulk. Any Ingredient wanted specialty can be added, t'al'
and see for yoaraelf, and be convinced we otter bargains. . W.
. ijjcavoKD A Sob intend doing a square business, aad want all
to see for themselves. No trouble to show our stock.
"I'ure Wine anil Liqaora
ESTABLISHED 1880.
FTFIH HR'S-BOOK STOEB,
SOMERSET, PENN'A.
This well established, old and reliable Book, News snd Stationery Store was moved on February
td, lttse, from It old, cramped and lniufflctwu quarters to tbe large, elegant awl convenient new
Store-Boom directly opposite Cook Bcerits'. In these commodious quarters, Seclally tilted up for
Its occupancy, the stock of Books, News and Stationery has been very greatly enlarged. Special au
tentlon will tie paid to the Wholttalt Trade. School Buoas, School Supplies, Paper, Envelopes. Inks,
Pens, Almanacs, Pencils, Blank Books, Ac, will oebouubtin large quantities direct from nianutac
turers, which will enable this establishment lo job to town and country merchants at such ngures as
will mik. It ailvantairmma tn hnv hrn. To rvtail hnvrra. an almost innumerable tine of VOOdS Will
be offered. Always (or sale an extensive snd varied assortment ol Poetical Works, Histories, Bouksof
V . V . 1 . . I i T .. ...I.. 1 1 ,1 I. .... Iti.ll. U.k. MtMtinM
Keviews, Dally rapers, story 1'apers, ana a general line ot reauuig matter.
Day School and Sunday School Reivard Cards,
LAWYERS AM JUSTICES BLAHS. BLAHI
tWTwI-fVIX. OKDEBS SOLICITED.
CHAS. tL. FISHER.
SOMERSET LUMBER YARD.
Office aad Yard
AT
Somerset,
Op-S. kC. R. R.
Statisa .
OAK, POPLAR. SlblSGS, PICKETS, MOVTDISGX,
ASH, WALKLT, FLCOKIXG. ASH, STAIR RAILS,
CHERRY. YELLOW PISE, SHINGLES, HOOKS, UALLSTEKS.
CHESTNUT, WHITE PINE, LATH, BLINDS. NEWEL POSTS
A General Lln.of all trades of Lumber and Building Material , and Rooftna Slate kept In Stock.
Also, can lurnisn anything in the line of our business to order with reasonable promptness, such as
uracaeu. iMU-titea wor, ao.
Offices and Yard Opposite . A
THE BERLIN MARBLE
IS THE BEST
MEMORIAL WORK
7iV THE COUNTY, AND
STRICTLY FIRST-CIYSS WORK
true,
done
go to any Cemetery in the
by the Berlin Works with
R. H. Koontz is the best man to deal with :
First, Because he is Fully Established in The Trade., and ia tViprpfnre
doing a perfectly Reliable Business.
Second, Because his Very Extended Experience, and Artistic Skill, en
ables him to proportion his work better than others.
Third. Because be claims to be, and can prove it by his Work and Nu
merous Patrons, the Finest Carver, the Neatest Letterer, and the Best Gen
eral Workman doing business in this section of country. feblS.
THE OLD- RELIABLE
SOHTJTTLER "W-AOOIsr.
ESTABLISHED IN CHICAGO IN IS42.
I have just received two car loads of the Self-oiling Steel-skein Schuttler Wasous, the
moat complete Western Wagon in the market for Road or Farm Purposes. On the latter
tbete is a Kear Brake, to be used when hauling bay or (Train, a something that farmers
know the necessity of when hauling on hilly farnu. Every part of the Wood-work of
uiu wbeuu una laiu in oiocc inree years oetore
t vug uij Bavsuiieu ueiure ueing ironeu.
DOUBLE COLLAR AND OIL CUPS,
It is the only Wagon made that has this improvement It avoids tlie
necessity of taking off the wheels to grease, as in the old style ; by sim
ply turning a cap the wagon can be oiled in less than five minutes. This
Wagon wants to be seen to be fully appreciated, and parties wishing to
buy will do well to see it before purchasing elsewhere.
EVERY WAGON FULLY INSURED.
In offering this make of
make of Wagon for fire
tains, oyer roads that were
the test. I feel warranted
wheels. -
Call on Oliver Knepper
Wagons.
MfAGENTS WANTED
SOMERSET,
IX DI AX A, Pa.
Will open for tbe new year
Monday, September 7, '85.
This b a thorough Professional School for teach
an, presenting, also:
Cslleg FiepsMMasj Deamilaas,
eta aasartsaajsH,
Caasissiarelal wssarlsnsl.
To be sure ot room it should be ordered
early.
For information or catalogue, address.
Is. IX DVBUXCU A. II., Prla.
V
State
Norma
School
C. H. BEWFOHD
for Medicinal TJse Only."-
BMS. TABLETS, AND H ABBIAGE CERTIFICATES.
ELIAS CUNNINGHAM,
Maauaclnrer and Dealer. Wliolasalcr aM Retailer of
L0SIE5R AND BDILMr MATEBIALS,
HARD AND SOFT WOODS,
C. R. R. station. Somerset, Pa
AND GRANITE WORKS
PLACE TO BTJ"T
THE ONLY PLACE W1IERE
Can be purchased at a rea
sonable price. "We claim to
do BETTER WORK, set it
up better, proportion it bet
ter, and SELL IT CHEAP-
er according to quality, than
V? 1 J 1 - w' a
auy utiiei utratei iu ,t trsitru
.Tl 1 TC. .
rennsyivanma. ii you want
to be convinced that this is
County, and compare the work
that done elsewhere.
oeing worlced up, insuring the work to be
ieing lue patentees ol me
Wagon to the public, will say I used the same
years when freighting across the Rocky Moun
almost impassable, and they always stood
in saying I believe them the Best Wagon on
or Henry HelHey, who will show yon the
THROUGHOUT THE COUJSTT.
-P. HEFFLEY.
MABCH 28, 1888.
x FASHIONABLE
CUTTER & TAILOR,
had many
ixnerteace
branches ef
Taliortna; boa
's. 1 smarantee
Satisfaction to all
who aiay eall an
sa mo snd favor
me with their pat.
roaage.
Years, Ae,
WM. M. HOCnSTCIXER,
gsMsaerset, Pa.
lf ) BKtreosoaey tnaa at anything else ky
tf I ft taking, an agency far the best selling
book oat. Beginners saeeeed grandly. None
fall. Terms fne. Haiut Boos Do, Portland
r
J
A. C. YATES h, co
THE EVEB POPTJIug
CLOTHING HOUSE
Of Philadelphia, are fully rr.
1 i -1 1 , t'
jiareu iu suuvr a Handsome n
f P.ll -J1V . .
rieiy oi ran auu inteiUoo
for Men, Youths, Boys,
Children (all under one roof
now).
-A.. O. YATES & CO
602 604 606 Chestnut Street
VE LEAD,
OTHERS FOLLOW.
Our Stock Of
Drugs, Medicines,
and Chemicals,
Is ihe Largest in the County. Hji.
ing enlarged my Store-room, itj
now suited to a rapidly incrtaj.
ing trade. I have increised
my stock in
EVERY DEPARTMENT
And Ask a Critical Eraalasuni ef 1
GOODS XXD PRICES.
NC5E BUT
flJRI DRUGS BISPES1
Special Care Olven to Common ltt(
PAINTS,
OILS,
GLASS,
PUTTY,
VARNISHES.
AND PAINTERS' SUFPLlEi
SOAPS,
BRUSHES.
COMBS.
SPONGES,
PERFUMERY,
TOILET ARTICLES.
School Books and School Supplies
at Lowest Prices.
WW ask Speetal Attention to this Departs
Good Goods,
Low Prices,
Ani Fair Healing Tith Al
A FULL LIME OF
OPTICAL GOODS-
mi)
trie? ' s
C. N. BOYD'S.
MAMMOTH BLOCK,
SOMERSET PA.
ISAAC SIMPSON,
IIVEflY ill SALE Mill
PATRIOT ST., SOMERSET. Pi
Fea H'snl to Buy c Gooi td Ouitf
BUGrGrY,
New er Seeend-haml, caPt ea me. 1 sin tt
eunfttantij on nana a tun Awinsnii
Fine Haml-made
Harness, Saddles, Bridles,
Whips,
Brashes, Lap Blankets, and evervthlur H b
loun.1 In a t lmlaaaMaJ.llerv. uol leaai
and Kidina; Horses always ready fur all.
Wfien In need of anything In my Una,
rfve me a call.
ISA AO SIMPSON.
may.13. So as.si. Fl
CALVIN HAY
BERLIN, 1JA.,
(MILLER S MILL.)
MANUFACTURER OF
FLOUR & FEED!
I always keep on hsa.1 large stork of FLOrl
COKN-MKAU HUUKWHKAT YUiVH. at
all kinds of OH OH. Also, all kln.li of OBalJ.
hlch I sell at
bottom mi CIS
Wholesale and Eetail. Tne will rave dosctV
baying irons me. My stock is always Freak.
ORDEBS FILLED PSOMPTTX
ABODTPHOSPHATES
Acidulated S. C Phosphate Rock is not
complete manure it is valuable furtosolut
Phosphoric Acid on! jr ; and contains no A
monia. It is often called " Soluble &H
"Mineral Bone," "Fossil Bone," Sc.
We are prepared to supply this article sttM
lowest possible rate, and guarantee 12 to 14
per cent. Available PBosphoric Acid.
FARMERS, DO NOT BE DECEIVED
- ThK
TWENTY FIVE DOLUS
PHOSPHATE
Is not South Carolina Rock. It
Ammoniated Animal Bone Soper-Phospht
We are the only manufacturers of ,
every bag has our same and lddress on, u
guaranteed analysis. Nont mktr isg(f-
BAUGH & SONS.Philadelpbj
RAUCH'S$25PH0SPH!
-TSlhut. and Mff
Iboaaaa 4 f nld!
an lo kauw ho" W
adSmead will avul roo mr :-" pi
uucsi aosia. ao a. DaL Ave. pnHa. r-
LIME! LIMK
The Fanner's Lltaeronpaay. IJltd,ti",ll
at their kilns, or load ea ears.
GOOD LIME
At I rents per bethel, er deliver K U
Lowest to ail Railroad StaOna'aad
the Coontv. aodoa Ue Berlla Uranrt rL.itnf
er. StUfltU Cervd. It ' Tprato
Karri femes Liaae. which la kaowa JIJJT
actio tiMrtniwa, " "-p met
Una which la kaowa J
, to be the Strongest sad B jji
Purposes. All orilorj prosiptlv
HENRY . WALI,i, F,
and Selene to oe in
riealtara! Purposes.
Address, HEJlaTS. ZZTCo f
deeM-Lrr Oarrett Somersetr--
deeM-Lrr uinrni --: -
PTEsS
eSlyWol gThlch U'VL'SS
awncy rteht away thaa anyiWjgei"
worli A 11, of .liner sx. T
The bread road to fortune opens before w t
era, absolutely sure. Ateaae address, '
DoAagast. Maine
Jill Us- V, 1 1 1