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TBIY. F. SCHF.IX,
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inOHMV-AI-iAW.
bomenel, Pa.
r Ixr in P.rai Enate. Will atfc-nd Vo all
x tanauA to h care w ab pruaipuiew
Zs H. VHL,
ATTufcSEY-AT-LAW,
Sumenet, Fa.
"Z jnmjaJT i:end to al! bninei entnutM
.x M.'W-f Mrdoiicouecuoiia,c. OI
i Mizja-Afc b:tx.a.
1 H. S. KIM M ELL,
t, L prr.f-?hrtial servio U the ci:ient
wvt :,d vn-irmv. I'tiir rtfKinaiiy
w v eaa t txuud at bi ulLue ou MaH -K.
(J.J.M. U.UTIIER,
) fv-rrtf o( SuyntemuZ)
fElSCUS A"D Bl'RGEOS
m-.-mL prrmaneutly in Kuroerwt for the
. u ruteaion. uibue on laaui street,
s: d iff-jj siure.
.US. MMILLEN,
le-admur ia ltnttut.)
w !-a1 aaetitiiwi to tbe presenetion of
Jt:-M iwtii. Anifieal art inwrtrd. Ail
T."rjarAuied MHiHa-iorr. ifb(e in the
il.lrK!eil 4l Co.". ature. corner
- .iu toe fa; not ttreeta
' lLStlST.
ain is Coik A Beerita BlorA.
(LnL COLLINS.
' kt-VTlST.
i ir KneT rer-" Bkx k nn-tair. w here he
tew: a; a.. i:ro prepared to do ail k nda
a rui.a. repiiaunK. eitrartina.
i'a. treta ol all kind alio ol tee oem
aicntd. Ail wort guaranteed.
LES HOFFMAN,
SRCHANT TAILOR.
Utwre Beffiey'i Store,)
Stylwi. And Iwest Priced.
-:SFACTION GUARANTEED.
Somerset, Pa. ,
"tTOWN SUFFERER'S OR AT.
1TUDE.
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ard iTteit.i. in ihe reewet -f
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'ft'-e rsrinp tin-boli-'ii,
a JuAi.
JHTIS K. OROVE.
SOMERSET, PA.
LETi;nS, CAF.EJACE8,
WAV iNS. BT'Cat WAGON&
""l" AND w EtTFJRX WOtal
Bene on Short Time.
'1LC'' 7w-' irmrd mood,
WIZjr' 4V r"batADtiAiiy
arTvL S-,liy '''owed, aud
'"'f-vt amimtMcuuu.
; isijst WCXXT1S3.
J:i"1' 'a My Line Iiooe oa
- FruwEEA-OSAJiLK, and
ork Warranted.
Art
anT htmn
- rare urn pedrea for wind
Airciab Mm!
jt
J-laoe, and call la.
Cruris;
K. GROVE,
COQTt
hijue)
OKESPET.
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ON AGENCY.
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VOL. XXXVIII.
-THE-FiRST
NATIONAL BANK
OF
Sqmerg-et, Penn'a.
o
ototirs heccivcd in la6c andsm au.
MOONTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNT, MERCHANTS, FARMERS,
TCCR DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED.
-DISCOUNTS DAILY. -
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
LaRi-i U. Hjck-.. v. II. Xilu:
Jajiw L. Prf.H. Cm as. H. Fishke,
JOHS li S-.OTT, i;E0. Ii. S. CLL,
JiKtt E. r.IESEER.
Eowai:i Fci ll, :
Valentine Hay,
A.M.RKA- pAKkElt,
: : : Piieidevt
Vice Pkb-idevt
: : : CAsniEa.
Tlie fun!i and fwuriliea of this bank
re Rw-urjly protrt ti in Ao-lebrated Cat
Iit Burglar i nx.f Safe. The only bfe
made absolult-ly CurzUr -proof.
STOP! IC01!! LISTEN 1
EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW
WHERE TO GET THE HOST OF
CF THIS WORLD'S CCODS FOR
THE LEAST MONEY 1
WE HAVE THEM.-.
Dishes. -'zzz
WHITE, YELLOW, (JLAS.-?,
i AMI ROCKINGHAM WARE,
IN CRCAT VARIETY.
baskets, looking-glasses,
hanging lamps, stand lamps
Lmis of all Descriptions.
Noveltiesand Odd iliesin Chin a
HE PLACE FOR
FANCY & STAPLE GROCERIES
I-S AT T!IK STORK OK
ED. B. COFFROTH,
SOMERSET, PA
B. fe B.
Irk;rriv3 Scale.
prices: made: to: talki
We mast larpeiy reduce these stocks
U-fore our Annual Inventory, February
I and will make the pi ices eCW-tual in
doing iL Now for bargain?, aud reAl live
onta.
At fl.00
50 pit-ee CI inch Ouiuet Black Dref
Silks, which we feel confident in recom
mending aa liavinp more service-giving
qualities than any f 1 Silk ever oold. We
are wi':inr to stand compariHon of it
with any tl.rij quality.
Dress Gooim BtmstiNs. Latpe lot
(prulably 100 pieces ) of elegant quality
Imported Plaids, Strities and Mixtures
11.00 and fli!j qualities, now nutrkel oO
cent for this Clearance sale.
At 15 cents.
100 pieces double width f27 inch) Mix
ed Tricots 25 cent quality.
AIho :W inch Trico'gat 23 cenU, full of
service and handsome in appearance.
100 pieces extra heavy Red-Twill Flan
nel, 28 inches w ide, at VA cents regular
.V) cent quality, sjecialty enitables for un
derwear, and is the Flannel barjjivn of
the season.
Careful buyers w ill do well to w rite to
our Mail Omieb Dki'aktmfxt for samples
of alve e!-e ialfl or other Dry Goods val
ue. Catalogue free.
Mail Order Bueintss s Speciality.
Boggs & Buhl,
115, to 121,
FEDERAL STREET!
ALLEGHENY, Pa.
PUBLISALE
Valuable Real Estate.
ItT rinae of sn onler of ind rit of tbe
CMi'rt ol ..iu.-nrt cnmly. l a., to the und-r-:i:iiei
dir.-ei-l. i wiMe)!-e lo public -oc un
the priniiw, I'D tract No. 1, ou
FRIDAY, JAXUARr, 24, 1S0O,
at lo'ckw kp. m.. the fi.ll.iw n- dei-r-.tied real
e-Utie.tbe profrty ui Ludwick Fi-miiine, A la.
1 A on a in trart of bind sitnate in
PlO, It Jefl-TwiMi Township, ooriH-rm C..
Fa iie Hie bonif rtemd uf l.ndaick rneil:iie,
adiiiiuii' iandswf JiaOiAO Miiler. .,l.ian Mull,
union limi)KT tarm. Win. and Chaa. Ka,
henj and Jao Kfam. Cyru SaynK-. and ber,
eiouamins VH a-rr. laore or le. ahout.ia) aarw
cleared aud In '! tc of eulmatmn ; tlm
well umlTei and well watrJ ; aUxit li ortrm
)n mi-adow ; apvie orehard aixl siarar c-mp on
tae nrrmiirf. ub two hoora. barn, and it
buiUiiua thereon- and iiumti-l alwut oue mile
from ixil. tliur. li. mill and Vt. 1 tAit I.
i f A renato train of laud situate in
ItOt Zt tlieToanMiin. County, and Maie
afiwrawl awning latt" J'" a-unroel, Hrn
r phsiili.. J.-nn Mirr. Ja-. Kaurt. aud otlieiA
oV.la.nlmr arr. saore ot ha. all tiliibrred
wttn K.'iak, tbeslimt. Oak aud Krd
Oaa. Near the tine ol tbe Btiih Feun B. K.
TERMS.
t- rti. ts paid B No. 1. as sraw as the "ale is
ftrftflnned bT D coort ; per c at of which W
be txl. or ured be paid on day of "e the
6...IK S la three eoual annual iymmi rwi dae
o . witlioul I'lirrrst. on S j-me nair to
be i id on ran n rmat xof ! oeut day
ail w be .red br--
dee M Conaiuttee of Lodwick Friediine,
XO. 29.
DASGER SIGSA1A
exchange eitea ts instance, liow reaacm
umrUntca dcena iu iBrone, very wmntw la
ol it.
ksptcta, btu
Uc more
remarkable
iaiuraaae;
a eeoie
w l'hii
warsiog to
so a b y ob
ati ii te
pecip e- The
ia toot
of a gentie
Ei an, wao,
wtuieaeail
at bi din-
ner-cable,
Vt hia tamilT. anddenlr Iwame Iran tic and
brandif hirif a Mmcg knife drore bia wtie
and riu dren from the boiwe. In an instant
he had become a raring maniac 1 be catwe
was aid to be an unremitting ja in hi
hwd. whlvh he aofered for anontna, (adan-rer-cirnal
unbeedrdi, which tinaiiy rrsulwd
in onnestiun and in orert timing n:s brain. He
nerer recorrred. A umi'ir lb loiWw
iug. which k'.wwr, nndt-r different treat
mcat rulieJ la Mirtnf and ptknjjuir a life.
tor. Him I B. rhiiior, Fararon. Indiana,
writea July 30. IV. that he had suffered with
paint in bit head from Rinstrr.k fi! yeara,
wbirh were cored by St. Jairorw Oil and bare
rercaioed so fuitr yeara. The nnal result
michi bve beeji in ci rae, without thisu?w
relief death or arrniethiciir worse an incur
able mania. CoLestion takea p ace in tbe
mum-lea a weli Uie nervec and rheuma
tim i trxvable. very ofu-n. directly to a cn
reMed eondilion. Fir insrtance. a atidden.
craft of r to the rteated body mitea Aciuil
And the chili produce conception.
M 00 IT PLEDGE
Ourselves to keep abreast, but to keep
the lead overall others in seliin? yon
Pure, AbMtlulely Pore, aid well Matur
ed, Ripe rthiskiea and Wines
At prices that make all other dealers hus
tle. Just think of it :
Orerholt t Co'n Per Rye, five yearsold.
Full quarts $1, or i0 per dozen.
Still letter:
Finch' Geldrn Wedding, ten years old.
lull quarts fl(or Jlii per dozen.
Better still:
Kentucky Bourbon, ten yearsold. Tall
quarts $l-2.", or ?12 per dozen.
And one of the most saleable Whiskeyi
on our list is
The Pi-re Eigiit-Yeb-Ou Export
GlTKENHEIMEK. Full qtS. f I. f 10 S doi.
There is no Whiskey that has ever been
sold that has prown in favor with the
public so rapidly as our old Export,
and the simple reason in that it is
utterly impogsible!to duplicate it.
There w ill never be any let np in the
purity and tine flavor in any particular
of the Pure California Wines we are
now se!lin(r at0 cents per bottle,
Full quarts, or f5 per dozen.
In making up your orders please enclose
I'oflottice Money Order or Draft, or
Rf gioter your onJer.
JOS. FLEMING & SON,
WHOLESALE ASD AETAiL
DltTJGGISXS.
PITTSBURGH, PA.
412 Market t. Cor. of Diamond.
Oils! Oils!
Tbe Plandard Oil Company, of Plttabnnrh.
mate a peoiii m mauutaetnriDir fr the
iAimehUc trade the fineat brands of
Illuminating & Lubricating Oils
Naphtha and Casoline,
That can be made from Fetrolenm. We challenge
companion with every known
PRODUCT OF PETROLEUM.
If yon vlih the moot uniformly
Satisfactory Oils
IN THE
.American Xarket,
Ask for own. Trade for Somerset and vicinity
supplied by
COOK A BEKR1T9
FikASS A KiaiSKR.
avHsacT, Pa.
It is to Your Interest
TO BUT YOt E
Drugs and Medicines
OF
Biesecker & Snyder.
SrCCERSOBS TO C. H. BOYD.
None but the purest arid bet kept in stork,
and w hen Drug's become inert by stand
ing. a certain of them do, we de
stroy them. railKT than iru
pos on our customers.
Yon can depend on having your
PRECRIPTIONS I FAMILY RECEIPTS
j Clled with care. Our prices are as low as
any o: her firxt-cla-w liotiie and on
many articlcn much lower.
The peojile of this cottnty seem to know
this. Aiid Lave given u a large share of their
patronage, and we shall still continue to give
them the very btvt goo. for their money.
Do not krg t that v. e make a specialty of
FITTING TRUSSES.
We guarantee Katifaction, and, if you have
bad trouble in this direction,
give us a csJI.
SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES
sn great variety ; A full set or Test lenses.
Come in and have your eyes examined. No
cliarge tor examination, and we are confident
we ran suit you. Come and see us.
Respectfully,
BIESECKER L SNYDER.
JXECUTOk'S NOTICE.
AyiUAe of Jonathan B. Warner, dee'd-, late of
Shade Toantfcip. 8nmercet County. Fa,
Letters tetmenlary tm the above estate hav
ing hem rrantS lo the out? ndgned by tbe prop
er autboriiv. notice is nereby given to all persons
tad-4ted Ui said oaatr to aiake immediate par
merit and U batiuc riaims or demand
arain tKe Mtme will present them duly antbea-tw-strd
fc seuietnent to the Exeeotora, without
oriav.
" CATHARISF WAIVER. Fxeentrix.
1 J7 ALEXAKUEB E. WAtiKEU, Exewmnr.
SI
1
fc5 0 IHO
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
MEMORIES.
One more beneaih my yearn inheres
The deep-serlsded vale Appears !
Cere more I see tb mountain rise
That, in the dimly distant years.
Beheld our bitter, parting t
The meadow path by which we walked
Ia those old days that were so sweet,
Tbe stream that talked as then K talked,
177 The low-roofed chnrrh, the village street.
That once was glad beneath her feet.
Each common object teems to say
With me In mute. eompUmlui! moan ;
The ltsht is parted from oar day ;
Ebeonce wa here, but now is (one.
And we are left a.'one alone !"
I wander on, yet, as I go,
The joy to view each well loved scene "
Is vaaqnished by the treater woe.
To thick of all that tnUht have been.
Bad a hard fate sot stepped between.
Farewell, once more, my heart'! fad home :
Once more I p ; yet' whertoe'er
Throned lenph of weary days I roam.
One memory, heart-etuhrined, I bear
This moantain valley freen and fair.
And the sweet (lower that Wtwimed there.
J. S. Mills, in C7,aiW J.jvmal,
A DIVORCE CASE.
Edward Walston sanntered kito the of
fice to see if there was any extra assign
ment for the evening. He Had been di
rected to report the meeting of the Soci
ety for Suoplying Overcoats to the Hot
tentots, but as that would doubtless be
brief, he could easily attend to something
else. Quite unaccountably a vague idea
had entered his mind that his services
would be needed.
In this he was not disappointed. On
his desk lay a note from the city editor.
He opened it, and read as follows :
Mv I'eab Mr. Walton : There are
rnmors that Mrs. Hnrv Doncagter, of
lift Bank Avenue, will bring suit for'di
vorce Bgainst her husband. I got the
hint from Somotes, the lawyer. Both par
ties, you know, stand hirh in socictv,
and we can ail yon c?.n eet of tlie
n C. B. W.
N. 15. Never mind the Hottentot soci
ety charity business.
Walston softly whistled s note af as
tonishment as he read the words. He
re-read it, and whistled again. Then he
sat down, kritted his brow, and gazed
quite steadily at the ink bottle in front of
him.
"Shall I go or shall I not ?- he asked,
but the ink bottle did not answer. He
repeated the question, but the ink bottle
wasasdumbasever. Suddenly he gab
bed a penT and the ink bottle 'grew more
communicative. This is what it began to
say :
lis a r Mr. W. I'm very snrrv, but cer
tain social connections "make'it utterly
miossible for uie to attend to that
Cawe
Here the ink ceased to Cow. Walston I
stopped w riting, grabbed the Bheet of pa
per, and tore it np."
" No," he said, " I'll go. Better I than
a stranger."
He put on his hat and left the room .
A tall, well formed, solid-looking, self
reliant fellow he was, and be made
striking figure as he passed down the
street. Several acquaintances bowed, but
he returned their greeting! formally and
somewhat coldly, and walked alng as
if his mind w as not with the crowd. It
wasn't It was occupied with the ca.4
that had been so suddenly thrust upon
nis attention.
It was a strange situation for any man,
but it was only one of the many curious
experiences that make a newspaper ca
reer so full of interest and so barren of
monotony. There is no vocation that has
in it so many contrasts. All kinds of peo
ple are met ; all shades of crime and vir
tue, all phases of human nature and hu
man character, come w ithin the range of
a reporter's observation. Ha sees the
Finaliness and the bigness of life, the
sunlight and theshadow, Uie humility
and the vanity. To-day in politics, to
morrow at church ; in the morning at a
funeral, in the afternoon at a wedding,
in the evening at the theatre, w ith its
light and mimicry. And so the round
goes, from life and laughter to sorrow and
the grave, from death or diyorce to the
music of gay throngs and the joy of hap
py anniversaries.
At first his sympathies resjond to the
circumstances, but as tbe days, weeks,
months and years bring their succession
of events, there comes a hardening of tbe
susceptibilities, and the reporter begins
to look upon his work as the surgeon
does upon his profession be has no right
to feel, only to see and do. He mutt dis
sect and describe, but not sympathize.
Coolness is hat be needs, not emotion. ;
Yet all the stolidity in the world does
not avail w hen scandal touches those j
w no are near to him. He is one of the
most sensitive persons in the world, with
a wholesome horror of the new spaper no
toriety that he helps to manufacture, and
a keen contempt for those who like it.
Walston w as such a man. If he had been
sent to report case in which he had no
personal acquaintance, he would have
done his work w ith hU usual unconcern
he would have gotten the facts and writ
ten them ap for all they were worth.
But this affair was different. He knew
Henry llonrater and Margaret Doncas
ter. Mrs. Doncaster was his coaain. Mr.
Doneaater had been his room-mate at col
lege for four years. The Watson's home
was then one of the pleasantesl places in
the State. It bad a lamed hospitalitv.
Here he and Henry spent a large part of
vacauons. Llere .Margaret visited the
Waklon family. Here the courting be
gan. Eil ward saw and aided its progress
and enjoyed its consummation by acting
as best man, tnd practically superintend
ing the w bole wedding ; " for," they said
to him, " unless you are in it, we shall
cot feel that we are quite married." In
a month their pa:h and his path bad di
verged, and all the old days were as a
memory that glowed brightly in the
evening of bachelor meditation, but van
ished when the day came on with the
care and com petition of business. And
now that memory was to be blurred by
a divorce. It was really too bad, and
something must be done to bead it ofll
or st least to soften the notoriety that s
sensational publication would certainly
cause.
Within half an hoar after be left the
office be was on the door-step of a big,
brown stone house. He rang the bell.
The man who opened it was evidently an
old family servant, for ft look of real
pleasure beamed in his face when he saw
who tbe visitor was.
"James, how are yon?"
Why, Mr. Edward, when did you get
back to the city V
"Oh, a wekor so ago. Are the folks
st home V
" Y-e-s, s-i-r," said James, slowly, as
IT9 Q O l
H kS Vi
E ST.AJB L.TSTTKD 1827.
his face lengthened into an e'xpressi on o
decided uneasiness."
" Well, I want to ree them."
" I'll tell them, sir ; but I'm alraid "
Never mind that. I know. But I
must see them 'both. Here are tw o cards
take one to each without letting the
other know of iL Tell Mr. lHncaster
first, and then Mrs. Doncaster. Io you
understand,
"Ye8,!sir."
" Then be sore yon do it correctly."
Walston sank into a chair and gazed
quietly upon the elegant surroundings.
He did not notice much, however, for he
was thinking out something to say. It
w as a delicate position, very delicate, and
r'I his trained diplomacy was necessary
for the work before bim.
Steps were heard, and a second after
ward a tall, handsomely-dressed man en
tered the room. They clasped bands, and
fired questions at each other in rapid
succession. Waieton could see that be
neath Doncaster's cordiality was a deep
sorrow, and he observed in his face un
doubted traces of dissipation.
You've been back a month, you
say. It's very queer that I haven't seen
you."
"Are you sure you haven't T asked
Walston.
" Perfectly. But why do you ask the
question?"
" Because I have seen you."
Where?"
"At Why, Marrjaret, how do yotf
dor
The w oman who entered the room was
fitted to attract attention. She was beau
tiful ; no doubt of that. She carried her
self perfectly. She was dressed in fault
less taste. Her face had magnetism and
loveliness. She was older, more stylish,
more w onianly, and more self-possessed,
than when Edward had last seen her.
He arose to greet her with his old-time
cordiality. She gave him a charming
smile of welcome, but suddenly she saw
her husband. The smile partly faded
away ; she trembled a little, but in an
instant her social training had asserted
its power, and she was herself again. Mr.
Doncaster had arisen with the unmis
takable purpose of finding an excuse
w hich would get him out of the room.
Walston saw it, and arose fully to the sit
uation. He quietly but deliberately clos
ed the door.
" Now, sit right down, both of you,"
he said, as if he were the,host and they
the visitors, " and let us have a good, old
time chat."
He looked at each, saw Margaret gaz
ing sideways at tbe window, and Henry
studying the carpet. He took a chair
near the door, and between the husband
and wife, but far enongh back to get a
view of them.
"It's a positive pleasure to see you
again," he said, with cordiality. " Ever
since I was best man at the wedding I
have felt as if I were a member of the
family, and w hen I look around your
beautiful home and think of my hotel
life, I feel like patting m household
goods in a pushcart, and moving in."
" I thought you were out west," said
Mrs. Doncarfer.
So 1 was. You remember that after I
left college, and a few months after your
marriage, father died. My share of the
property was some ?2,000. I took it and
went to a western city to fill a long felt
want. I flatter myself that I filled it. I
poured ajl the S2"),000 into it, and then
used the rest of tbe space a a grave for
the newspaper. The sheriff officiated.
and my various creditors acted as mourn
ers," " When did you come east?"
"About a month ago. I fully intended
to call, but you know I bad been away
five years, and had outgrown my society
habits. Then it was necessary that I
should bend all energies to work, for
w bile some of those creditors cheated me
most abominably, I can't rest contented
until all I owe is paid."
" What are you doing now V asked
Doncaster.
" I am a reporter on 77 Guner. And
that is why I called this evening."
This aroused Doncaster. who until now
had been politely indifferent. He quit
studying the carpet, glanced rapidly at
Walaton and seemed to suspect the cause
of the visit. Margaret took a quick view
of her cousin, but he was as matter-of-fact
looking as if he had merely made a
remark on the state of the weather.
" Explain yourself," said Doncaeter,
not w ithout a little uneasiness.
Certainly. A report reached our office
to-night that you two were going to figure
in a divorce sensation. The idea was
preposterous, but to save you from being
bothered by a stringer I came to get
your denials. The rumor is false, of
course?"'
" I have nothing to say," said Doncas
ter, after a paue.
Walston turned to his wife.
" Margaret, tell me, i this true?"
" I prefer to say nothing."
Then it is true?"
A pause and a sigh.
Who would have thought it ? What
a world this in. and what changed creat
ures we are ! To think that yon two the
best and most devoted lovers in the world
should take such a step. The horror of
it reconciles me to tny bachelorhood, but
it makes me shudder in spite of myself."
" I think," said Doncaster, with digni
ty, " that it would be in better taste not
to discuss tbe matter here."
" Henry, I dont agree with you. We
grew up together. I've known yoa both,
and been a friend to each of yoa from
childhood. I expect to be the same now.
Much I may say almost everything
depends upon how this case is presented
to the public. In journalism a first im
pression ia worth a dozen supplementa
ry reports. I want you both to talk this
matter over with me. Margaret, you
hve retained Stnootes, haven't yoa V
She had been gazing with unbroken
steadiness at the window, but this Bad
den question was a little too much for
her composure. She turned to Walston,
began to speak, closed ber line again,
blushed nnmisUkably, and finally stain
mered :
Not yet, but I may."
A capital selection. He is so unscr a-
puloas, yet so ingenious. In one sentenc
he will prove you a paragon of sweetn
and light ; in the next he will picture
yoa as an abased, degraded wife."
She moves again, bat tbe blushes did
not increase. A firmness of the lips show
ed that she was conquer her feelings.
Tbe color left ber cheeks' and she looked
at Walston full fece, and raised ber eys
J til
JANUARY 15. 1890
brows as if in doubtful surprise.
Henry
resumed his study of carpets.
"It will be a very cheerful scene," pur
sued Walston. Yon will be the heroine.
It is always so in a divorce case. Sym
parhy goes with the wife. She can sit
dumbly, and the spectators will swear
that she is an angel. Tbe jurymen feed
on her smiles and Ler eins, softening
with pity and glowing with admiration.
Yes, Margaret, tbe city w ill talk about
yoa ; your portrait will adorn sensati n
al papers, and you will be able to join in
the great work of elevating the stage.
Eat' Henry. Ah 1 Henry, old fellow, you
are in for it, sure enough ! In a divorce
case a husband is always guilty until
proven innocent. The guilt clicy, no
matter how you act. If yea smile, the
people will call yoa a hardened villain.
If yoa frown, they will pronounce you a
dangerous brute. If you preserve an air
of gentlemanly indirTerence, tbev will
consider you a cold-souled scoundrel.
Every change of countenance w ill lie a
w -itness against you. Every shift of atti
tude will be an added damnation to
your cause. The hosbanJ in a divorce
suit is the same old story of the western
horse thief he acts guilty even if he is
innocent, and he ought to be hung, any
how. Old fellow, I pity vou ; I do, in
deed:" "Thank yoa," said Doncaster, cooly.
"But I must protest against discussing
this affair here."
"And I must insist.
If it was Walston 'a intention to make
his friends luiserable, he could not have
better succeeded. Henry seemed to stand
it stolidly enough, but Margaret was
evidently uneasy. Both devoutly wished
that Walston bad remained out We?t.
But he w as obdurate.
"Please remember," he went on, "that
more interests than yonrs are at stake.
You both come of good families families
that have lived honorably and proudly
fcr years without the taint of scandal.
This thing to them will be a blow of un
speakable anguish, and it is our duty to
make that blow as soft as we can. Much
will depend, as I said, upon the first
statement of the case, and npon the scope
of tbe evidence. Don't go too deep in the
mud. It is not necessary under our ac
commodating divorce laws. This thing
is bad enough. IWt make it any worse
for at its best it will put a shadow on both
your lives. Margaret, you will be a her
oine for a few days, but it will not last
To a woman's character toj much publici
ty k like too much sunshine on a photo
grapher's negative it blurs and ruins it.
And as for you, H.nry, I know the ex
perience will have a dangerous effect I
j feel that it will make you bath a great
deal more miserable than you are, after
all the romance and beauty of your love.
But I beg pardon tjr talking so much.
I'm taking up time. Let's get to business.
I want you both to explain yourselves,
and then I will suggest how it shall he
published ; and in this way we shall
make the least scandalous showing to the
public. It may protect you both. Now,
Henry."
"Look here, Edward; I object to this
thing."
The objection is overruled. Tell
frankly, what is the cause."
"I prefer not."
So would I; but it isforyourownand
your family s protection."
There was au uncomfortable silence.
Henry arose, walked up the room and
then back again. Presentlv he found his
speech, and it came out by starts and
quits, as if he wanted to say eoiuelhim.',
and yet to say a little as possible
.My statement" he began, "shall be
brief. A happy couple come into posses
sion or money and go into fashionable
society. The wife receives a great deal
of attention from men the husband does
not like. The husband objects in vain
and then begins to drown his objections
in alcohol. He drifts into a rapid set.
ana ne ana his wife drift apart. Each is
proud, and each maintains a stand. The
gulf widens; the hiuband's dissipation
increa.-?s. He finally gets drunk, gets
into a fight, gets arrested and disgraces
himself and his family, but fortunately
escapes newspaper notoriety oj;ihj
name isn't recognized inthepolicecourt"
"W ell, that's pretty bad. Now, Mar
garet, w hat have yoa to say I"
Now it was Margaret's time to arise.
She went to the windo andkokedat
vacancy through the lace curtain. When
she answered she was calmer than ber
husband had been.
"I have little to add to w hat yoa have
heard. We have been drifting apart
until separation will be the best for both.
I am tired of insane jealousy, tired of
being accaied of things of which I was
never guilty. I have stood the nightly
denertion as heroically as I could, but
w hen there comes the disgrace of a street
fight in the company of notorious men.
and with the night spent in jail, I most
emphatically object"
Waieton sighed. The clock on the
mantle ticked industriously ; otherwise
the room was depretwingly quiet.
"Of course your old love for each other
is dead ?" was tlie next question.
It came suddenly. Neither was pre
pared for it Henry flushed with anger.
Margaret grew whiter and more nervous.
They now wished he was buried in that
western grave with his newspaper.
"I beg yonr pardon for asking such a
question. Each of you is too polite to
answer it Well, I'll answer it for you.
Of course it is dead ; buried deep in that
gulf which now separates you."
DoncasUr arose. He looked at Edward
with no disguised wrath and spoke with
endoubted sarcasm. "If your cross-examination
is over," hi said, "you will
please excuse me until the trial is regu
larly called."
"Certainly not" replied Walston. "Why
great Jupiter, man, we haven't begun
yet ! Y"ou haven't given me any facts at
all Your general statements both of
them are not worth the breath that it
took to say them. I must have instances,
dates, and all other details. Who are
the co-respondents?"
"Tbe co-respondent?" exclaimed Hen
ry flushing still more, and looking at Ed
ward as if he could kill him in cold blood
"The co-respondents?" repeated Mar
garet, aghast and ghastly.
"Yes, the co-respondents? That is only
one of the details. You must give them
all to me. We want two columns about
the case for to-morrow's paper."
"Two columns?" said Margaret, with
a gasp, as she grabbed tbe arm of tbe j
chair for support. I
"Yes, two columns, and mora if we can
I' H fj
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g?t it al! on the first page, in large type
and wtth a displar head,"
The thought was too much for Margar
et. She lost her speech in the horror of
the thought Henry took a rapid excur
sion up tbe room.
"Edward," he demanded as he came
back, "can't this thing be kept out ? I'll
pay you the newspaper anybody for
it"
. "Yes, can't it be kept out V added Mfii
garet, with a plaintivenens that would
have touched any heart but Walston 's
"Of course it cant And what ' it
could? 1: would be ten times worse
w hen the papers were filed in court for
it would send a man from every offii-e
searching for scandals abo'jrt you bith."
He piling it on at the sacrifice of some
truth. "Now look here," he continued,
"why don't you act sensibly ? If you ase
going into this notoriety, you'd jt:r.t as
well prepare to face the music. You
must begin by getting rid of your emo
tional ideas. You inust chloroform your
nerves, put ice water in your veins, and
disoiist all your preconceived notions of
delicacy. I advice you to begin now.
Compose yourself and collect your fails,
while I go to my overcoat fur niv note
book."
Henry and Margaret were entirely too
confounded to reply at once. He was
angry beyond measur. Sue was as pale
as ithe lace curtain to w hich she was
clinging. Both devoutly wished that
Walston was in that grave. He, however,
while calm as a rjise, was otherwise
quite alive, and walking toward the door.
"Two columns co-respondents "
Margaret began to mutter.
Henry found sjieech in some soo!-felt
words that referred to newspapers, and
hoped for their extermination.
Walston partly opened the door. Then
he Daufied and finallv closed it again.
"This thing is sad for us all," he said,
returning to his chair; "I feel it as keen
ly as you do. Let us rest a minute or
two. We can talk better afterward, and
I know an experience of life that may
help tis along a little. Sit down, Margar
et, aud I will tell it to you. I won't keep
yoa long.
She obediently took the chair near the
window. .
"It's a true story of two young lives
somewhat like yours. It was an ideal
love match, an ideal wedding an ideal
first chapter of matrimony. The to
were of excellent families. Money came
to them by inheritance. They plunged
into fashionable society in the city and
at the resorts. She was a woman of beau
ty, fond of admiration, and burdened
with a large supply of innocent inten
tions. He was a handsome fellow, with
too much jealoncy and pride, and too
little- tolerance and judgment lie ob
jected to the crowd of admirers that sur
rounded his wife, and objected to her
coquetry.
"She tried to laugh away the objec
tions. She did not succeed. ILi besin to
like champagne too well, and to drink it
too freely. Alcohol developed his suspi
cious nature and enlarged his obtiancy.
From champagne was but a step to
brandy and whisker. From bright 'el-
lows wa but, a degree to fellows not o
bright but more cacioin in the matter
of drink. The wife considered this a ks
of interest in her, a cooling and a depart
ure of love, and a steady degradation of
the home. She inciead her fashiona
ble frolics, made herself more attractive
to the popinjays of.xiety. Tbe quarrels
began and increased.. The one dissipated
in the matter of adaptation and atten
tion, the other in the direction of intem
perance and rapidcompanion. Finally,
one night this fool of a husband irt on
a drunk of unusual proportions. When
he reached a certain restaurant be was
decidedly unsteady. I wa.? sitting at a
table with a friend. He was standing
near, leaning on the end of the bar, but
bis back was turned my way, and I did
not recognize him, although I knew him
well. Presently a crowd of swells in full
dress came in and took a position not far
from him, but their backs were also turn
ed to his.
"They were exchanging new and alleg
ed experiences with the usual reckless
mendacity of their set. To them a wo
man's honor is nothing ; they would
blackguard an angel in order to boast of
an adventure. They talked of various
ladies. Presently one of them mentioned
the name of the wife in an insinuating,
ambiguous way that showed what a con
temptible cur he was. I arose to resent
it, but before I could get fully up, I sw
that drunsard arose himself. 'You are a
cowardly liar!' I heard him say, and he
had not more thin said it, when he jump
ed for wrrd, and with a swingi"g blow,
laid that scoundrel on the marble floor.
It was beautifully done, and, what was
better, he followed it up with moreofthe
same kind, and for about two minutes
there was as pretty a 8crimniiigr as ever
took place, A policeman came in an I
arrested the man. I hurried to the sta-
tiovanddid what Icoold to keep the i
affair quiet I thooght he raw and rec
ognized me, but I found oat to-night that
he did not"
Walston paused. Henry's uneasiness
bad been steadily on tie increase. M.tr-
garet seemed in a condition of collapsed
uncertainty, but whta no one spoke she
quietly added:
"Well, what does your story mean ?"
"Nothing: absolutely nothing." He
looked toward Henry and saw that he
was very much worked up. Now was
the time, he thought, for his climax, and
so he went on w ish his answer: "Tnat
fool of a husband," he said, "never ex
plained the true circumstances to his
wife, anfl she, suffering from the neglect,
largely his fault and partly caused by her
own foliy, and growing desperate at what
she thought was a mere drunken row, de
cided to apply for a divorce." At this
point Henry arose and advanced toward
the door. Walston was ready for him.
"Now, Henry, yoa needn't try to creep
out of here in that way. Yoa know you
were a fool,"
Margaret relaxed her hold on the lace
curtain, and her face became one anxious
inteiTogation.
"Was it " ,
"Yes," said Walston, taking the words
from her, "the brute of a husband was
Henry."
Henry tried to continue his pronr-ss to
the door, but Walston placed his hand
on his shoulder and detained bim.
Now yoa two remain here a motnent
while I go to my overcoat and get my
notebook."
Then he wended himself oat of tbe
WHOLE NO. 2008.
room and hrought the door to with an
unmistakable slam.
It took him some time to iet what he
wanted, and when he returned he found
a reconciliation, progressing under a flag
of truce.
"Now yoa are snsib'e," wag hisc'ier
ry comment "You needed a little earth
quake to clone up that gulf, a:.d I'm glad
the shock has coine." Then r e suddenly
changed. "But. by Jove, it isn't light.
The O-mrt is ha'ding two olumns for
this two columns at $S a column a
dead loss of $16.
Evidently they did not care for tbe
lo, for they seemed to be trying to
frame something to say to their friend.
"We want'' began Harry.
"Me So come up for Sunday dinner,"
put in Walston. "You dine at C? All
right I accept, and I warn yoa now that
T shall tak my revengt; by eating the
w hole f li'i worth."
"Oh, we won't complain," sii 1 Henry.
"Sunday, you know, happens to be the
sixth anniversaty of our marriage. I was
thinking of it when yoa calletL''
"And so was I," said Margaret
Walston stopped o-i hit way down
town to look in npon t'le religions meet
ing. He got w hat he wanted of the pro
ceedings, and sauntered on to the office,
"I am very sorry," h said to the city
editor, "but that rumor about the Don
casters is a mistake. There ill be no
divorce. I saw both parties. Tlie Hotten
tot society isn't doing uiu'-h new, because
it is autumn and the overcoats are in use,
but they hope to get along better in the
Pl'ring. How much do you wish of it?"
"Oh, burn the Hottentots! What I
wanted was that- divorce case. It is very
disappointing."
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taking a light luncheon at noon, which
often consists only of crackers and milk,
and then after his day's work is finished
has his elaborate dinner, giving himself
time for digestion afterward. In the
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mid-day, after which the wise take a
short rest before going back to woik,
then a comparatively light supper at
night because they wish to retire early.
In changing one's habits of living it is
necesjary to change one's hours fur eat
ing. One of my acquaintanivs, on mov
ing to a city, neglected to do this, and
before he was aware of it his digestion
had become completely deranged, and
he was obliged to consult a physician,
who ordered perfect rest for weks.
Growing children should be encourag
ed to eat their principal meat at mid-day
and a simple and easily digested one at
evening, thus insuring good digestion,
refa-shing slep and an early hour for
retiring. The pernicious habit of allow
ing children to eat rich food, as candy,
cake, and nuts, all day long cannot lie
condemned too severely. If they g t
hungry between meals give them soriie
thing light and simple, as dry crackers,
of which they are not likely to ett
enoughto hurt themselves, aud try to
keep some kind of ripe fruit ready for
them. I know one wise little mo'her
who follows this plan and she says tiiat
her little ones do not surfer from indi
gestion, even when teething. Many a
child is allowed to contract the'seed.s f
dyspepsia before it is .well out of its in
fancy. Another prevalent cause of dyspepsia
is eating heartily when the system is
tired and jaded. The sensation of hun
ger is usually felt, and we naturally turn
to food as the means of gratification and
restoration, without thinking that if the
rest of the system is exhausted the stom
ach, is also. The food then taken s
lowly and imperfectly digested, and
obliged to remain in that state so long
that corroding acids are generated, which
in their turn excite other disturliances,
so that the system is left in a n.uch worse
state than it was before. The stomach is
not intended as a storehoiise for fi.it d
or anything; even water, if it remains
there beyond its allotted time causes dis
tress. A strong healthy person can stand this
derangement occasionally, though now
and then we bear of one who was 'aktn
suddenly iil from some such cause, but
the invalid whose system is otherwise
enfeebled is nr to pay the penalty at
once. When cmipletely broken down
and tired out," it is much better to rest
awhile before eating, and then to partake
of something light but nutritious.
After lone has contracted dyspepsia.
either through inheritance or ignorant
violation of the laws of health, the soon
er he takes himself firmly in hand and
finds out Jhis I im' tat ions the better. A
diseased stomach is the door by which a
thousand maladies lurk, ready to enter
and take possession of the body like the
bad spirit "who went and took to him
self seven other spirits more wicked than
himself, so that the last state of that man
is worse than the first."
No one can prescrilie another's diet ;
our stomachs and dictions ar as dif
ferent as our face. One dy.jptic de
clared to her physician that she could
alwayseitt boiled cabbage with impnn'ty.
"Well if yon car. ii is more than I ever
could," he replied incredulously.
I remember punishing myself one
whole winter trying to eat oat-meal por-
" Ige for breakfast, hemne every r.i e
declared it wan so wholesome. Now, I
know that as far as I am concerned, a bit
of fresV lieefsteak n'n-e'y broiled is nr-t
only much more palatable but a bundnd
times more digestible, and consequently
more strengthening.
Half the delicacies concocted for inva
lids would make a well man sick. M.
Walton in f V"rrry fVr!,''. ittin:.
A "Sovereign" that Cost SI.
IT. David Kennedy's Favorite LVme
dy, of Bondout, N. Y, is known to be a
certain cure for Nervousness, lability,
and the ills peculiar to women. This
sovereign remedy stimulates tbe stomach
Kidneys and Liver to a healthy action.
For all troubles of the blood and urinary
organs it has no CoUal, and a bottle,
which costs only one dollar, should be
in everv bouse.
The Buss'ian Government is. building a
railroad acroes Siberia to tbe Paciiii:
ocean. There will be 4,1U) miles of track
and 2,-00 miles of riv r transportation.
" Talk abont absect-Diindedness," said
Brown, recently, "why, when I w a
boy I worked for a man w hn was an al-sent-minded
that he discharged me three
times in one week, and paid uie a week's
wages each time.