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T iliN O. K1MMEL,
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twoicrtrt, Fa.
Hr an'. Ptdot Act-nl. Ciet ill MammiKli
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VALENTINE HAY.
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otnenel. Pa.
i r-.'T in Krai Eaie. ill auiid to all
V. t:,'.rMM 10 care wiO prompJj
T.-HN li. rill.
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AlH KNtV AT LAW,
jinrrt. Pa.
j prtir.p:iT af.end to all bnsine rulrusli-4
k.;'iV iv as-fed uo euliesuona, axe- uf-
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E. H. S. KIMMELL,
D'd. J. M. LCrTi:EK.
FEMAS ANI sIK'jEOS,
?. kK:i Trmcei.l!y in iynrryel. fw the
f:r-.:. o! j'H.iii&. liijce oo Uaifl Breet,
:m.'d( Ir j(i ffuire.
D? J. S. M"MIl.LEN.
l'j-Otia ta lienMLry.)
t:Tt r'r-.al atw-ntion to the prwrrarion tA
te t:i uvit;. Artinral in-na. AU
w.o3' riIPl utantry. ;re in lfe
ri..r u M.Tixlweil ..' Here, curner
Sli kw 3ii paint wjl
T1S. JuIlN BILI.
:t ta:r in Coc-k & Bt-eria Block.
DS.-M. COLLINS.
I'l.NTifT.
"5 It Ktk-j.t' B'.ork ojwair. hre be
o-t .h fi, rv-: .t:i;r, esitartinc.
nr.-.tjifci im of ail k iii-i aiid h uie ow
tfrja, ajwol Aii ura ciarat-leed.
QHAELES HOFFMAN",
MERCHANT TAILOR.
(Abort Hrffley Store,)
Lit Style-a, and Lowwt Prioee).
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
Somerset, Pa.
''OHNiTOWN SUFFERER'S GRAT
ITUDE. 0 a! I Fll
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tr. m u.ai I n rw- we t ?-l the
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v-ir nt tr ti e rw-ij". of a;l
, I f art ffn a ill r-r b tbr prayer
v ULifu iTit tiifttid i.mt'ie eTTat.C
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Camt:i ruy. iuoutoa ii. Fa.
, - ! ii. !, t ffi.e darlnj tbe boll
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CURTIS K. OROVE.
SCtfERSET, PA.
IV. fiLEl'.na. CAKP.IAGES.
STRING Af-oNS. EPCK V AGOSS.
aif- rsTFJlN AND WE.TERS WOBX
'arreted ao hbon Sauce,
t-'-r.g Done on Ebort Time.
sttrte 'rt of VwAy Vut-vrf Hood,
'! Ays -iMt Mt'-lantlaUy
t-trJf-Prt s-kj-y Fnih-1. aud
'-7 Ciy Trst Class Vcrkses.
fc?"rT of A3 Kindt i Xt Line Ptiie on
' -so-ea. rY-.oM KXAisoS AfcLi-, aud
A3 Work Warranted
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.. -uatce me n-k and i-eai. FrVea
" ork. and fonunh fMre, fu. Wind
her the plare, and call In.
CURTIS E. GROVE.
(Sa T Uion bona)
-SI0N AGENCY.
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VOL. XXXYIH.
-THE-.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF
Somers et, ZPenn'a.
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DCPOCITS RCCCIVCD IN LAMGC ANDSMAU.
-MOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNT MERCHANTS, FARMERS.
STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED.
-DISCOUNTS DAILY.
boars of directors:
I-tRrc M. Htt-K. W. H. Milikb,
JaB U Pf.iK, Chi. H. FtfHEB,
Johs rt STrrr, Cto. U. S ru,
Ja.EH E. BlEfE) SEE.
I'.nwAKD SrLt, : ;
Valextim Hav, -.
Amkew Takk-b, :
: : Prempext
Yhk Premiext
: : : Camuijl
Tlie fnndp and iwurities of this bank
are nwur.-ly r.role tJ in alebiel Cor
!.sr I'.urKlar-pror.f Safe. The on!y Safe
riade aliexilaifly Burglar-jinvif.
STOP! KU! L1STLR 1
EYEBYONE WANTS TO KSOW
WHERE TO GET THE MOST OF
OF THIS WORLD'S CCOIS FOR
THE LEAST MONEY ?
WE HAVE THEM
:z::z;D i sh es.Irr"z
WHITE, YELLOW, GLASS,
AND ROCKINGHAM WARE,
IN CRf.AT VARIETY.
DASKF.TS, IX)(KING-C;LASSr-
HANGING LAM PS, STAND LAMPS
Lamps of all I u-wriptins.
Noveltiesand 0Jd:ti3:;i3v.i a
HE PL.ACE FOR
FANCY k STAPLE GROCERIES
H AT TilH: "TOllH OF
ED. B. COFFROTH,
Somerset, pa
B. & B.
prices: made: to: talki
"We max laryplv reduce theee stock g
1-fnreoor Annual Invt-utory, February
1 and will make the prices effectual in
doing it, Now for bargain, aud real live
At 1.00
VI piec- "1 inch Gainet Black Press
flks, which we fe-l confident in recom
mending as having- more service -giving
qnauties than any f 1 r?i!k ever sold. W
are willing to Mand comparison of it
with any quality.
Dres Grtrs nar,AiN. Irge lot
(probably W ecr ) of elerant quality
Itnportfd PUid, tripe and Mixtures
$1 0.) and $1-" qualities, now marked 50
oeoU for this Clearanc-e sale.
At 15 cenls.
300 pifces double width (27 inch) Mix
ed Tricots 25 cent quality.
Also 35 inch Trico'aat 25 cent?, full of
Kwrice and bandnorne in appearance.
100 pieces extra heavy Red-Tsill Flan
nel, 23 inches wide, at 30 cents regular
" cent quality, specially euitables for un
derwear, and is the Flannel bargain of
the season.
Careful buyers ill do 11 to write to
mr Mail Orueb Iepabte.t forsaraples
of above sj ials or other Dry Goods val
ues. Catalogue free.
Mail Order Easiness a Sjieciality.
Boggs & Buhl,
115, to 121,
FEDERAL STREET
ALLEGHENY, Pa.
PUBLIC SALE
OF
WlBBeal Estate.
Br VIRTT'E of an enter and drrref the Cmrt
nf (juarie-f f enmmt tounty. Fa,
tiie Ihrww- of trie Kr and Ii.. of Unr-loy-Klti'.ty.
at ir.bar. niton
tl,e prenn-ea tn TteUmounf Huroua. euaeracl
Cuuty, Fa, u
WEDSESDA Y, FEB RCA R Y 12, lSW,
si 1 eVktrk p. tbe nndirtded tufMhrrdu In
rml in of and u. a eerlain piece or I. a of prwind
iiuated in Wei.en.tnr bortioith. Fa., aJjotninf
' of LU tihafit-r. F-Trijaitna Kuet tr. wau.crl I .
Fwhi.c atvdohn Winu-ra. e.itiiiir on and
wte-haii am, ntnm or trm, baring a Iwu-MorT
fratae
DWELLING HOUSE,
aMe tM rther otrrtmildtrn tnereoo erected,
aitd known aa t!e b-el iix-iT. being tbe prnp
rtT rd .orre Ley . an Uune per ebarge
of aaid iiirecirr of lae Four ui WKi tooMf.
TERMS-
rm ha'f rn-.lt. balan" tn t einal annnaj
rwimetiU. to le- un-4 by judnei.i on Iba
-rmi. Ten per cent of l!e purel.M roooej
L be paid nea tar i pertT knoraed don.
AlVxAM'KR nt-VTOt,
fkUf.kl a W.I-F.R.
larecion of lac Fuot.
2W. 31.
rTrreS
WdIsnds, QJT3, Swellings
EURM3 AMP SCALDS.
CURES PERMANENTLY
FROST-BITES.
Allays Itching, Sabdoet Swellings
Soothes and CuresTenderness.
IUiepolU, 10. May 79, Usa.
Trr ye-l St. Jaeon, Oil kaa beea osed
jbj fam:iy. I belter II t tbe best lemedf
fir knrct. eUuifi, cot. rnie aad epraina
rer prepared. JoiLPH bHAFEK.
T-rra Alta, W. Va.. rehr. 4 1W.
TTinter 1VI taken with paia in Jmat ef
tttitabie Bnf tnouxht It waa a Ifcion oed
reniedm Uf and nt(ht ao reat -1d Kt.
Jaoob, Oil iroa eay. went ta ale-n next
wom!nr no paia ao paia aiaea. Alra. A. A.
Foe-e.
At Trarocnrs ax CiALna.
THE CHA1LEJ A. T0CFXEI CO.. tJawra. mi.
M BO NOT PLEDGE
Ourselves to Veep abreast, but to keep
the lead overall others in selling yon
Tare, Absolutely Pore, and well Ma tar
ed, ipe W hiakies asd W iacs
-At prices that make all other dealers hus
tle. Just think of it :
Orerholt & Coa Pom Ryf, five years old.
t Full qaarta f 1, or fit) per doren.
Still better :
Finch'i Hal lea J tiling, ten years old.
Full quarts $l,or $12 per dozen.
Better stili;
Keatocky ISoorbog, W years old. 'Fall
quarts Jl-25, or (12 per dozen.
And one of the mont saleable Whiskeys
on our list is
The Pibe Eight-Yeab-Oli Export
GiVk-fcNHEjvKK, Full qts. (1. f 10 a dot
There is no Whiskey that has ever been
sold thitt has grown in favor with the
public so rapidly as our old Export,
and the simple reason is that it is
utterly imp.jssible.to duplicate it.
I There will never be any let np in the
j4inty and fine flavor in any particular
of tl.e Pure California Wines we are
aow selling at 50 cents per bottle,
Fell quarts, or $5 per doren.
In making np yonr orders please enclose
IWotiice Money Order or L'raft, or
Register your order.
JOS. FLEMING & SON,
WHOLnAJ-B ASD BET All.
DRUGGISTS,
PITTSBURGH. PA.
412 Market St., Cor. of Diamond.
Oils! Oils!
Tbe ftandard Oft f"omtanr. of P!ttrmrrH, Pa.,
make a rpe.ialT of tnauufartunna for Uta
Xtoraeauc trade tire fineat brand of
Illuminating & Lubricating Oils
Naphtha and Gasoline,
That can be made from Petrolenra. We challecfe
ooai(naun with ererf knows
PRODUCT OF PETROLEUM.
If you trtih the most nnlformljr
Satisfactory Oils
IN THE
jVmerican Market,
Aak for win. Trade fat Bomenet and Tidnlty
applied by
COOK A BEFRTT" as
FkAAaX A KOOeF.R.
er2S-"a lyr. aoaaaacT, Fa.
It is to Your Interest
TO BUT TOrB
Drugs and Medicines
or
JOHH II. SHYDEB.
SCCCESSOl TO
Biesegker & Snyder.
None but tin purest and best kept in rUy k,
and w hen I rapi become inert by A a
ing, as certain of them do, we de
stroy them, rather than in.
pose on our customers.
Too can depend on baring your
FRESCRIPTIQXS k FAMILY RECEIPTS
filled with care. Onr price are a low as
any other fit-clas( house and on
many articles mnch lower.
Tbe people of this county seem to know
this, and have given as a large share of their
patronage, and we shall still continue tegirs
them the Very best goods fur their money.
Do not forge that we make a rpecialty of
FITTING TRUSSES.
We guarantee satisfaction, and. If you have
had trouble in this direction,
girt ns a ealL
SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES
in great variety ; A fall set of Test Lenses.
Coins in-and have your eyes examined. No
charge i.T examination, and we are confident
we ran suit yon.- Tome and see ns.
Rearctfuly,
JOHN N. SNYDER.
oomerset
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
OUTWITTED.
"Are yon a lawyer, sir 7" I started vi
olently at the words, for I had been ait
ting for some time at my desk, plunged
in a fit of the deepest thought, and had
not heard any one enter the office.
It was a warm summer evening, and I
had left the windows and doors open
for the sake of a refreshing draft, Riling
from my seat and turning np the gas jet
on the table, I turned, and surveyed my
interlocutor, ho proved to be none oth
er than a well-dressed, rather good-looking
man of forty or thereabouts, of mid
dle stature, and possessed of a small,
piercing pair of eyes, which returned my
gaze unflinchingly.
I am Mr. ATery, the junior partner
of the firm, as you might have seen bad
you taken the trouble to read the sign
opon ths door," I replied, shortly ; for I
was io no wise pleased .with his intru
sion opon my reveries.
" True," he answered, courteously ;
" but tbe door was open and the ball on
tiehted. I require your services a short
time," he resumed, seating himself,
" provided that yon are disengaged for
to-night."
" Prvfrmifmntty, I am at your disposal
for the evening," I answered.
" Ah, your remark reminds me of tbe
ordinary perquisite,"' he said, laughingly,
taking out his pockelbook and laying a
bill of large denomination down oa the
table.
But I waved my hand impatiently, in
forming hin that no payment was nec
essary ontil after consultation, and re
quested him to proceed at once to busi
ness. " The business to which I referred," he
continued, replacing the money and fix
ing bis keen black eyes upon my face,
wilt require yoar services until late in
the night, if not ontil to-morrow morn
ing. My niece, who resides some miles
from the city, is dangerously ill, and her
recovery being extremely doubtful, ahe
desires to make her will. For this pur
pose I have applied to youj promising
yoa, in case yon accede to my request,
you will receive any fee you may de
mand." I communed with myself for a few mo
ments, eyed the man suspiciously, then
ctked the distance to the' voang lady's
ret-idt-nce, and the mode of conveyance
thither.
" About five or ten miles," be respond
ed, banding me bis card, Martin Jack
son, Harlem, Illinois.' "
" It is a short distance from Harlem,
and as a train does not leave Chicago for
some hoars yet, I have provided a car
riage and driver, which await on the
street May I consider your services as
engaged V
1 responded that he might, and a
few moments sufficed to find ns en
sconsed in a close carriage, which
took a westerly direction at a moderate
speed.
The more populous portion of the city
was soon pas.ed, my companion, mean
time enlightening me with an account
of his niece's sickness and previous his
tory ; and, an hour after leaving the
place of starting, we found ourselves a
mile from Chicago, nearing tbe wooded
ridges which skirt its extreme limits. I
was a yoong man, and my nervousness
and suspicions of the man beside me may
be excused, when his evident anxiety in
employing myself, an inexperienced law
yer, are considered. His story, too, did
not sound consistent in all respects, for
he spoke of his niece, MLss Blanche Pick
ering, as being, at t imes, subject to short
fits of insanity. I, therefore, was prepar
ed to find something mysterious on my
arrival at our destination which occur
red shortly in a thick grove of sturdy
oak trees, some four a-ilea from the city
limits.
When tbe carriage stopped it was in
front of a large, dark-looking building of
stone, standing s short distance back
from the road, and surrounded by tall
poplars. A feeble light flickered in a
single window at the side of the house,
and a few dim ravs shone through the
lower story window.
One thing struck me as rather curious.
as l passer! np the eravel aalk to the
mansion, and tended to arouse my suspi
cions once more. The man, Jackson,
dismissed ihe carriage after paying the
driver, with a few whispered words, the
import of which I was unable to ascer
tain, and the hack turned sharply, as if
to retrace the road to Chicago. I aaid
nothing however, but shifting my revol
ver into a more convenient position in
my inner vest pocket, entered the boose
with my companion, no unlocked the
door with a latchkey, and was ushered
into the parlor, which was poorly lighted
by a hanging lamp.
Having seen me seated by a table on
which sere spread refreshments, Jackson
left me for a short time, and, returning
shortly with a large, well-built roan,
whom he introduced as Mr. Cooper, his
consin, took a seat iesdde me ; his com
panion followed his example, and pour
ing oat some wine requested me to join
them, which I courteously refused, oa
the plea of being a teetotaller. Afters
few moments of conversation I was again
left alone, and lighting a cigar, awaited
patiently my summons to actual busi
ness. The door was opened a short time af
ter, and by request of Cooper I followed
him np tbe staircase into the gloomy
ball above tbem and into a room, where
was seated my first applicant by the side
of a bed, apparently in conversation with
some one reclining there.
The room was a luiarioos one, and
appeared more so for the great contrast
it presented to what other portions of
the house I had seen. The rich carving,
the heavy tapestry, and general appear
ance of the surroundings, bespoke the
wealth of the possessor, whoever that
person might be. Seating myself at a
small table drawn up nar the bed, with
Jackson seated in bis former position,
snd Cooper withdrawn to the other end
of tbe apartment, reclining on s lounge
and apparently indifferent to all that
was to transpire, I awaited further de
velopments, taking one look at thef face
of the occupant of tbe bed.
It was no wonder I gazed long and
earnestly at tbe countenance of tbe wo
man who reclined there. A more perfect
face I bad never teen pale, and with
an expression of pain, it might have
been, jet there was no trace of sickness
or disease, and my eye wandered from
those beautiful features, tbe sad, yet
sweetly smiling eyes, down to the white,
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plump hand which rested in the large,
brown one of Jackson, I felt that there
was some mystery in the case, snd that
he had been untruthful in his revela
tions. Suddenly the man arose, drop,
ping the lady's hand, drew np a chair
opposite to my own, and with an impa
tient, uneasy exclamation, brought my
investigation to a termination.
" You will draw up the ordinary form
ula of a testament," be said, giving tbe
young girl a close, scrutinizing look, in
which I could detect a warning express
ion, " writing as I dictate, Miss Pick
ering Ibaving acquainted me with the
destined disposal of her property), aud
allowing her to acquiesce when it is fin
ished. 1 suppose ber affirmative will be
all that is necessary 7"
I was somewhat surprised at the
strangeness of tbe request, but I an
swered :
" Certainly, if I am confident that she
is eoutpot mfxtit, snd she is too sick to
dictate herself."
CJ Here a slight exclamation broke from
tbe lips of the occupant of the bed, as if
about to frame a word or sentence, but
Blie was checked by Jackson, who, with
a threatening scowl, evidently not meant
for my observation, said :
" Do not exert yourself, my dear niece ;
I w ill do all that is necessary ; and then,
as I drew the writing material before me
be quickly le&ned over toward her, and
hisxed in ber ear:
" Remember be careful!" wifh such
emphasis as to cause her to sink, pale
and trembling, back among the pillows
of i he bed.
A half boar elapsed, and the will had
been completed. All Blanche Picker
ing's property, personal and real, was to
be divided between the man Jackson and
his son Henry, with the exceptions of a
few small legacies. Then I read it, and
after propounding the few necessary in
terrogatories to tbe legs or, which were
answered in a low, trembling affirma
tive, I requested her to sign it.
Drawing my chair up to her side, with
tbe paper and pen in my band, I await
ed for ber to obey my request intimat
ing to Jackson that it would be as well
to have Cooper as a witness.
The latter individual had, evidently,
fallen asleep, for, a call to hiin not bring
ing him to the bedside, Jackson arose
and walked over to where his confrere
lay.
At this moment, and with tbe rapidity
of light, the trirl'e. band canj-ht my own,
and leaning my head downward, so that
I couid listen to what she might desire
to say, I beard her whisper, in passion
ate beseeching words :
I am forced to this ! They intend to
kill rue! For heaven's sake, try and help
me r
Then she sank back; ami before Jack
son bad been able to observe us, we bad
both resumed one former relative posi
tions. At last the will had been signed, wit
nessed and sealed, and, hat in hand, I
stood at the table, awaiting my client's
further pleasure, as if I had not tbe Ues
in my mind of returning before morn
ing, and that, too, with anotlicer of jus
tice. Mr. Jackson handed me a bill, of a
Urge denomination, shook bands with
me wsrmly, and then requested Cooper
to show me to the door. As I ieft the
room, I cast an encouraging glance at
Miss Pickering, which did not escape
the notice of ber lynx -guardian, for be
looked me Bharply in Jlhe face, as if to
detect some sign of recognition there.
Then I followed my servitor down the
stairs, listened to his untruthful regrets
that the carriage must have returned to
the house, as agreed upon, and then gone
to the city, declined his offer to remain
for the night, and having been directed
tbe route to ILirlern, stood once more in
the open air.
My brst thought was to make all baste
to the city, an j, on the slight evidence
of foul play I had, to obtain justice for
the young girl.
Tbe idea was immediately discirded,
for, as I was about to start out, a wild
scream of terror assAiled my listening
ears.
In a moment I was again up the steps,
and turning the knob of the door in an
ineffectual attempt to agin gain admit
tance. I was about to attempt to force an en
trance through be window, when the
door was flung suddenly open, snd the
man Cooper stood before me.
He discovered me at once, and with an
oath struck at me with his clenched fist.
Evading tbe blow, I whipped out my re
volver, and striking him with the butt,
end, knocked him senseless upon tbe
stoop.
I was again about to turn and enter,
when the form of Jackson dashed down
tbe staircase, tbiough the open door, and
I felt myself in his grasp.
I raw at once that he was unarmed,
and elevating my pistol, fired ; but the
shot was turned aside, and the weapon
knocked from my hand to tbe ground.
Then ensued a fearful straggle between
us, in which we both were precipitated
down the steps upon the gravel wal k be
low I uppermost.
It was, perhaps, for two minutes, that
I held him by the throat, dealing him
blows witb my diseugage-i band he
having the other in his strong grasp
when, with a dexterous twist of his pow
erful srai, he turned me aside, and I lay
prostrate opon the ground, with the vice
like grip of his strong fingers grasping
me bv the throat, nntd my eyes were
starting from their sockets and every
muscle became inactive.
Seizing s large stone which lay near
him, he raised it in his left hand, and
was about to strike me on the bead,
when e sharp, loud report rang on the
air. Tbe form of tbe ruffian fell back
bis fingers released their grasp.
A form in white passed before my un
certain vision ; and then, for the space
of five minutes, I was ntierly uncon
scious. When, at length, my mind awoke from
its stupor, a form, in nigbtclothes that
of Miss Pickering wss bending over me,
chafing my temples and attempting to
perform what nature had done restore
me to sensibility?
From ber I learned that she bad aris
en from her bed, at the exit of tbe two
rudiana from her room, and, observing
my dangerous situation, ha-1 fired at
Jackson, just as bo was abwt to strike
me with tbe stone, with my revolver,
which she had picked op on the stoop.
I also learned that ber ' scream was
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JANUARY 29. 1890.
caused by the resolution of the murder
ous twain to start after and murder me
fearing that she had communicated
something to me which might upset their
well-laid plans.
Having securely bound the still uncon
scious Cooper, and removed the corpse
of Jackson int the house, we awaited
the coming of morning Miss Pickering
meanwhile informing me of her impris
uieof. by Jackson, for over a year, and
bis resolve to force her ?o make her will,
and then make away with her. Uer pa
rents having died, and left her sole heir
ess to a large in-operty, her appointed
guardian, Jackson, a half brother of her
mother's, was playing for a diminutive
stake.
Tbrt next morning a farn.er's wagon
conveyed Cooper to the city : snd tbe
PaflUir having been rejorted to the prop
er authorities, he was immured in the
county jail, whence bo soon sfter left for
the state penitentiary.
Miss Pickering was entirely exonerated
from all blame in the killing of Jackson,
and ber estate properly adtninistared a
few months later she having been of
age for over a year. And cot long after.
Miss Blanche Pickering became Mrs.
Averv.
The will and revolver are still in our
pore98ion the sole memeutoes of that
exciting nijjht, when I almost lost my
life, and gained a bride.
An Immense Estate.
In Dakota and Manitoba the itiiploy
rnent on single wheat estates of a hun
dred reapers and an gregate of three
hundred laborers for a season has been
regarded as something unprecedented in
agricultural history ; but on one sugar
estate in Cuba El Balboa from fifteen
hundred to two thousand hands, nvsri
ably negroes, are employed, who work
under severe discipline, in watches or
relays, during the grinding season, by
day and night, the same as in the large
iron mills and furnaces of the United
States and Europe. At the same time
there are few village conuonnities where
a like number of people experience the
same care and surveillance. The male
workers occupy quarters walled and bar
ricaded from the women, and the women
from the men. There are in every vil
lage an intirmanr, s .lying in-hospital, a
phyEician, an r potbecary, a chapel and
a priest. At night and. "morning mass is
said in the chapel and the crowds are
always lare. There is of a Sunday less
restraint, though ceaseless esnionage is
never remitted. On these days and on
parts of holidays there i rude mirth,
ruder music, and much dancing. This
picture is given somewhat in detail, be- 1
cause it illustrates bowali-pervading and
tremendous are the forces that are modi
fying society everywhere in civilised,
partially civilized and even barbarous
countries, conjointly with the new con- S
ditions of production and cousuuiDtion. fi
How She Did It.
Chicago school teacher ,: Does any
little boy or girl know tae poeut about
'Oid Mother HubbardT'
Little girl (from Boston.) " I do."
Teacher Very well." yoa may recite
it for tne others."
Little girl Aged Mother Hubbard
performed that particular style of loco
motion known as Iwa'king in the direc
tion of the receptacle in which provis
ions were wont to be kept, for the par
pose of providing for her faithful canine
a portion of the frame of a body. But,
upon arriving at the aforesaid receptacle,
w hat was her dismay upon discovering
that it was in a state af absolute nudity T'
A Freni-h:jhysician recommends as a
sure cure for dyspepsia that patients hold
their breath as long as possible several
times per day. This may help, but a
sure cure would be to hold your breath
all day long.
We Caution A!I Against Them.
The unprecedented success and merit
of Ely's Cream Balm a real cureifor ca
tarrh, hey fever and cold in the head
has induced many adventurers to place
catarrh medicines bearing some resem
blance in appearance, style or name opon
tbe market, in order to trade upon the
reputation of Ely's Cream Balm. Don't
be deceived. Boy only Ely's Cream
Balm. Many in your immediate locality
will testify in highest commendation of
X. A particle is applied into each nos
tril ; no pain ; agreeable to use. Price 50
Dr. Talmage on Crowing Old.
Do not be fretted because you have
come to spectacles. While glasses look
premature on a young man's nose, tbey
are sn ornament to an octogenarian's
face. Besides that, when your eyesight
is poor, you mis seeing a great many un
pleasant things that tbe younger are ob
liged to look at. lo not be worried be
cause your ear is becoming dull. In that
way yon escape being bored with inany
of the foolih things that are said, if the
gates of sound keep out much of the dis
cord. If the balr be getting thin, it takes
less time to couib it, and it is not all the
time falling down over your eyes; or if
it be getting white, we think that color
is quite ss respectable as any other that
is the color of the snow and of the blos
soms and of tbe angelic habiliments.
Do not worry because tbe time comes on
when you must go into the next world.
It i only a better room, with finer pict
ures, brighter society and sweeter music.
Robert McChene and John Knox and .
Harriet Newell and Mrs. Hemans and
John Milton and Martin Luther will be
good enongh company for the most of ns.
Thecorustacks standing in the field to
day will npt sigh dismally when the
husker leap over tbe fence, and throwing
their arms around the stack, swing it to
the ground ; it is only to take the golden
ear from the busk. Death to the aged
Christian is only basking time, and then
the load goes in from the frosts to the
gamer. Our congratulations to thoee
who are nearly done with the nuisance
of this world. Give your staff to yoar
little grandson to ride horse on.' Yoa
are going to be youngagain, and yoa will
have no more need of crutches. May the
cloads around the setting sun be golden,
and such as lead the "weather wise" to
prophesy a clear morning. AW York
Olrtrrrer.
Ex-Policeman Michael Callaghan, of
Resiling, while crossing tbe Walnut street
bridge, on Friday night, wss shot in tbe
hand by an unknown person, bnt be does t
not know whether it was done by scti-
dent or design.
All Because of a Cipher.
"There roes a man whose life was ra
ined by forgetting the simple character
0," said a prominent railroad man yes
terdar, pointing to a ragxed, besotted
fnatyshstubling along the street, unmind
ful of the rain.
" He was a train dispatcher on the
Ohio and Missiseippi once, having work
ed ap to that position from messenger
boy in the telegraph office. One Sunday
he had only two trains on bis division,
an express train westaxd bound and a
fast stock train running eaj-t. The day
was warm and sultry, and Bill, for that
was his name, had hard work to keep
awake. Hi knew that as soon as he
made the meeting point fort the two
trains he could doze and he impatiently
swatted the time. When the trains were
close enough together for hi en to figure a
meeting point he sent an ordtr to the
passenger train to meet and pass the
stock train at a little station called Wil
low Valley, fixing the time at 12:50.
"To the stock train be sent an order
that it would have until 1:25 to make
Willow Valley for the passenger. See
the mistake? He forgot the 00, and
hence gave the stock train thirty-five
minutes more time than he should. Bill
saw his mistake ten minutes after he had
made it. but there being no telegraph
station between the points where the
trains were' given the orders or at the
meeting point, he coiild do nothing to
reclify it. He sent for the superintend
enj and ordered out the wrecking crew,
then sat at tbe key as pale as death, the
cold peroration running dosn his face
in streams, awaiting news of the collis
ion. "It came. The passenger train reach
ed Willow Valley on time, waited tbe
required thirty minutes under the time
esrd rules for the freight train, snd then
palled out. Three minutes later the
trains met on a carve, both running at a
high rate of speed. Fourteen lives were
lost in the collision, besides $100,000
worth of property destroyed. Bill re
signed at once and the next day disap
peared. For a long time it was thought
be had committed suicide, but I met him
on tbe street here one day just as you
see hiui a total wreck," San Francisco
Examiner.
Rough on the Squire.
An amusing seen; was recently enacted
in s country court room in Maine. The
trial Justice, a big, pompous official, with
a voice like a tombstone, took it upon
Liraself to examine a witness a little,
withered old man, whose face was as
red and wrinkled as a smoked hernng.
"What iayonr name?" asked the Jus
tice. "Why, 'Squire," said the astonished
witness, "you know my name ss well as
I know ycurn."
"Never you mind what I know or what
I don't know," was the caution given
with rnatfisteri&l severity. "I ask the
question in my official capacity, and you
are bound to answer under oath."
With a contemptuous snort the witness
gave bis name, and the questioning pro
ceeded. "Where do yon live?"
"Wal. I shum 1" ejaculated the old
tn.- n. "Why," he continued, appealing
to the laughing listeners, "I've lived in
this town all my life, and so's he," point
ing to the Justice, "an' b' gosh, to hear
him go on you'd think "
"Silence," thundered tbe irrate magis
trate. "Answer my question, or I'll fine
you for contempt of court.
Alaimed by the threat, the witness
named his place of residence and the
examination went on.
"What is your occupation f
"Huh?"
"What do yon do for a living?"
"Ob, git out, 'Squire! Jest at if you
don't know that I tend gardens in the
summer season an' saw wood winters."
"As a private citizen I do know it, but
as the Court I know nothing about you," j
exclaimed the perspiring J ustice. J
"Wal, 'Squire," remarked the puzzled
witnestt, "if you know somethin' cntside
tbe court room an' don't know nothin' in
it, you'd better get oat an let somebody
try this case that's got boss sense."
Tbe advice may have been well meant,
bnt it cost tbe witness $10.
A Good Looking Face.
We like to see. Yet Erysipelas dis
figures the features snd the disease is as
dangerous as it is repulsive. It is some
times cailtd "St. Anthony's Fire," snd
often ends in sadden death. S. B. Car
penter, Grandville, N. Y, had it in both
legs and was cured by Dr. David Ken
nedy's Favorite Remedy, of Rondont N.
Y. This medicine excels all others for
the blood.
The " Swamp Fox " of Georgia.
Turning over a page? of bis private
memorandum book, "Bill" Jones, the de
tective said :
"Here is the case that gave me my title
of Swamp Fox of Georgia."
"What is it?"
"In B8 a safe was blown open in Macon
and about 511,000 was taken sut. The
ease was put into my bands, and I fol
lowed the roan into the swamps near
where Lumber City now is. I found
him there working at the mill, and got
work, too. In a short time be and I were
quite friend, and were eleepirg together.
He had a habit of leaving the bed be
fore daybreak every morning, and I be
gan to follow him. It was slow work
and required several weeks. One morn
ing I'd go a certain distance, and then
back, and the next morning a little fur
ther. Finally I went to the end of his
rope. I followed him into the heart of
the swamp and saw him take a package
from a stump. He handled it awhile
and then put it back. I guessed what it
was, and I guessed well. That night I
went to tbe stamp and pulled out the
package, and found over $10,000 in it.
That night we went to bed together, bat
about midnight I got up, anil seenring an
officer for whom I sent, went to that
stump. The next morning he came st
tbe usual hour, and as he stooped to reach
for the paekage we sprang unon biru and
be was ours."
"What became of him?"
"He got twenty years and I got f 2,500.'
Sick headache is resdily cured by
Hood's Sarsapsrills, which tones and
regulates the digestion, and creates an
appetite
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WHOLE NO. 2010.
The Woman's Exchange.
The New York Exchange for Woman's
Work has been in exigence eleven years
snd its growth and progress have been
steady and continued. It is the pioneer
of such enterprises, and not only has it
become succewf il itself, but can now
count np sixty-focr exchanges in differ
ent parts f this country and Canada
which have len modeled after it srd
have started out with the same by-laws.
The object of the exchange has been
from the first to a id impoverished gentle
women, who through misfortune bave
Iteen ob!il to bewne bread winners.
There are now 2,3 n tnies of consignors
enrolled on its books, and it has paid out
to these consignors, whose numbers
steadily increase, almost a million dollars
besides the salaries ptid to its employes
at its rooms, No. HJt Fifth avenue. There
are no fifteen gentlewomen employed
at the roorus and these receive better
sslariesand better tratrujnt than women
in si uilar positions in the city 8'iops.
j The hours of work are the same, but the
conditions are infinitely better, andeacn
one is given a month's leave of absence
on salary during the s iuttner.
The consignors, as t!ie woman who of
fer mork for sale are called, have a most
kindly "middle-man," ft this is precise
ly the position the exchange occupies.
Its affairs are managed by a board of
forty women, divided into various sub
committees. Although ' the exchange
conducts its business t n a business, not a
charitable, bacis, it ir- not wholly self
supporting. The reaon is that it has
steadily refused to charge more than 10
per cent, commission for the sale of
goods, a rate at which a merchant would
expect to face insolvency in six months.
Although desirable, self-support is not
held to be the most important work of
tbe exchange. That ii the opening of a
market for the work of needy women,
without grinding down tbe worker, as is
done by the slop clothing shops ; to give
each consignor a chanoe to sell her work
at a living price for httr labor. Uarper't
A Remarkable Clock.
The most remarkable clock in America,
if we consider the plat in which-it was
built, is one which wai made by a miner
in the Hollenback colliery, at Wiikes
barre, Pa. This clock was made out of
bits of wood and iron, and with the
roaghest tools that can be imagined. It
was made nearly half a mile under the
ground, and it occapie 1 the maker near
ly nine years before be could say it was
done. Tbe clock is cine feet high and
tbere are sixty-three figures which move
by machinery. There are only twenty
two moving figures in the Strasburg
clock. On the front t f the Wilkesbarre
clock the one we are peaking of there
are three shelves or balconies. Along
the lower balcony it mounted general
leads a file of Continental soldiers. The
liberty bell rings, and the sentinel salutes
the procession. A dor in the upper
balcony opens and she ws Muly Pitcher,
who fiies her historic cmnon, tbe smoke
of which is blown away from the interior
of the clock by a fan. Then the por
traits of the first twenty presidents of the
I'nited States joss aloag in a kind of a
panorama, the Declaration of Indepen
dence being held aloft by Thomas Jeffer
son. On another cf the balconies the
twelve apnsiles go by, Satan comes out,
and the cock crows for the benefit of
Peter. When Christ appeirs, a figure .A
Justice raises a pair of scales, while a
figure of Death tolls the minutes upon a
bell.
Saved by Kindness.
We will call hiin Jitu. for I do not re
member hb name. He had lost all re
spectability, and was a common gutter
drunkard. His family had disowned
him, and would not recoj.'nize him when
they met. Occasional! he would get a
job at the stables where Dr. Davis kept
his hoise. One morning the doctor laid
his hand on Jim's shotilder and said:
"Jim, I wish you w-.mld give up the
drink."
There was something like a quiver of
the man's lips as he answered :
"If I thought you cared, I would : but
there is a great gulf lietween you and
me."
"Have I made any gulf, Jim? Think
a moment before you answer."
"No, yon haven't."
"If yoa had been a millionaire, conld
I have treated yoa more like a gentle
man ?"
"No, you couldn't."
"I do care, Jim."
"Say it again, won't yon ?"
"I do care, Jim." with a tender empha
sis on the "J:m."
"Dr. Davis, I will never touch anolher
drop of liquor as long as I live. Here's
my band on it."
This was fifteen years ago : and "Jim"
is to-day the respectable and respected
Mr. save-1 by a kind word. Will
you make an effort this week to win
someone by kindness? Vnr'utiin AJcv
C-7.V.
A Woman with an Eventful Life.
Few women have had a more eventful
life than Mrs. Mary Ann Allan, a pen
sioner of the city of Ldinburg, who has
just passed away at the age of 70. She
was a child of the regiment. Her father
was Quartermaster Serg-ant Maxwell of
the Seventy-fourth Regiment, whose wife
followed through the Peninsular war.
Mrs. Mian was lorn in a convent st Lis
bon, and while yet a mere infant scaled
tbe w alls of Badsjoz, strapped upon her
mother's back. Wi'h her mother she
was also on the field of Waterloo. Her
girlhood was spent n barracks or in
the baggage wagon, moving from place
to place, and at the wt 'tf 17 she became
the wife of Color Sergeant Allan of the
same regiment. Her wan ierin-j ajain
commenced, and her family, consisting
of nine children, were bara in different
parts of the world Canada, India, the
West Indies and Ireland.
JJJ Darling, will you l mine?" as be
gazed rapturously into the liquid depths
of bis steel gray eyes. " I want you to be
a member of my cabinet."
"That depends upon tbe rest of yonr
rabinet May I select my associates in
tr
"Yes, darlicg."
"Then 111 be secretary of the treasu
ry, Bridget will be tbe secretary of tbe
interior, mamma will be secretary of wsr,
and"
But be Lad ranbhed.
The Language of the Future.
Pre-eminently the language of the
future will be Englieb. It is a stalwsit
language becsase it is the mother tonga
of two stalwart and one long-lived ca
tion. Its rudimentary idiocus were in
use at the fbendin j of London, 40 yean
subw-qnent to the rrstifixicn rf (.liit.
Its vitlity2in direct ratio witb the vi
tality o" its parent nation. The rnt'e-
enterprise of Erg'ish exploration ba
carried the language, wilb lis flair,
around the world : Nelly E'y, sptakinj
her native tongnewn be understood in
every port and every station embraced
in her flying circumnavigation of tha
globe. The English language has broken
do a n the barriers of old-tiros customs in
diplomacy. To American influences is
due tbe discarding of French at ths
Samoan conference at Berlin, and ths
adoption, for the first time, of English,
in international discussion.
During tbe period of Rome's full ficit
a?e of supremacy, before political tit cay
attacked the empire, Latin wa the uni
versal language of a limited World. Tha
early Eu'ish dramatists wrote in a lan
guage known bat to B,CJ0.0. and Thom
as Jefferson's inaugural address could
have been read but by IS.CK.'.'XVl people.
At the latter perk' French was the lan
guage of front 35.t),0 to ..'k ,'
people. Fifty years g tbe tterman
language was in as great favor numeric
ally as English. Not so to-day. To t ier
man is accorded arptaking clientele of
(i,0uu,t)0 ; to French, 45,000 ,0U0 : to Eng
lish, IM.OOO.OoO. Shoald ever aiuiri the
stars have occasion to sing toother, it
can well be assumed it will be in the
language of those earthly singer, Milton
and Byron, Bryant and Whittier.
Mesmerism and Firecrackers.
Perhaps the most intelligent and Seat
susceptible patient that James Frazier,
the mesmerist, has had at Onset Bay,
Massachusetts, is Daniel M. Ford, a land
scape painter, who has iived here in
tranquil seclusion for several seasons,
and is now finishing a cottage he has
built unaided with his own hand. Mr.
Fori is a man of varied observation and
keen discernment, although ths vein of
mytii ism is no more lacking in his na
ture than in that of anybody else who
lives in Onset.
He leaned back on bis easel when I
called, and very kindly told nie his opin
ion of Frazier. His remarks were cool
and thoughtful, but he said that he had
no doubt of Frazier's spurious character
as a healer. He himself had gone to the
cottage voluntarily and stayed there free
ly in the hope that some good might be
done for bis rheumatism.
Frazier did not succeed in overpower
ing his mind or in giving him disquieti"g
visions. There were strange goinjs-on
in the house all the while, but they nev
er troubled him. His rhenmttism im
proved somewhat while at the cottage,
but only temporarily. It had probably
done him a little good to live in air so
well charged with magnetism. But Mr.
Ford did not know of a single cure with
w hich to credit Frazier, although he had
heard of the Lang case, wherein, accord
ing to the story, the paralyzed chil l was
made well by one treatment.
Frazier bad visited Mr. Ford's cottage
since the artist left Lis care, and had
"evoked the evil spirits' about the house
by waving his band and exploding fire
crackers beneath the floor.
Following Up His Prayer.
Elder John Stephens held a pastorate
in the Free Baptist Church at Gardiner,
forty odd years ago. Nature had dealt
generously witb Elder John. His big
heart was cast in an iron frame of mam
moth proportions, snd when he lifted up
bis voice in prayer cr praise listeners
were sometimes at a loss to tell which
was the stronger, his zeal or his Inngi.
Remarkable alike for sincere piety an I
genuine homor, the good man so tem
pered his teachings as to make fieui
equally acceptable to saint or sinner.
Riding one day along the road to West
Gardiner, be overtook an ox team that
was stack in the muJ. Tbe discouraged
cattle had refused to pu'I, and the driver,
who had sworn till the air was blue and
srael'ed of brimstone, was preparing to
reel off another string of oaths when the
parsons stopped his horse and said:
"Try prayer, my friend. Try prayer."
"Try it you'self," retorted the vexed
teamster.
"I'll do it," said Elder John, and with
out further ceremony he dropped on his
knees in the wagon.
For awhile be prayed aroun-1 the s-ib-ject
as if afraid to tooth it. Gradually
however, bis faith strengthened, and in
a voice which bade fair to arouse the
neighborhood, he besought the owner of
the cattle on a thousand hills to move
the hearts and legs of those stubborn,
oxen. The pray was unconsciously long,
and no sooner had it ended than the im
patient driver prepared to start his Uam.
"Stop, said Elder John, descending
from his wagon. "As I have done the
praying, I feel that I ouht to do the
driving. You hold my horse and give
me the goad-stick."
The man consented to the arrangement,
and with a grin waited to see the parson
worst e I.
At that moment another ox barn was
seen approaching from another direction.
" Halloo, neighbor T the practical par
son shouted to the newcomer. " Lead
me your cattle for a moment."
" Hold on " ciied the miree rart.
" That's not fair. If yoa can handle this
team better by praying than I can by
swearing I want to see you do it ; but no
doubling np, mind you ; no doubling
up"
Elder John's tobnst figure was drawn
to its fullet-t height, 'and his voice was
like the roar of the ocean, as be answer
ed : " My friend, the Master I serve is
abundantly able to move this load with
a single vote of oxen or without any
oxen at all, but when in direct answer to
prayer be sends me an extra pair of rat
tle, I'm going to book 'era on .'"
No further objection was raised, and
the aid of reinfowernegta the loade I cart
was easily drawn out of the rend. Is
iM'm Juurnnl.
It Worked Both Ways.
Colonel Mosby relates the following
amusing incident, which occurred in a
cavalry fiht in the Shenandoah Vailer
in ISTrl:
"In the middle of a sharp cavalry en
gagement with Sheridan's men in a
charge near Berry ville, there ca'n- riding
into our lines like a whirlwind a Yankee
soldier on a black horse.
"A score of nten tried it stop horse
and rider, but the old ;black' bll was
up, and he went on clear through :rr
lines before be was under control. The
rider was sent to Libby Prison, and we
mastered the black charger into the Con
federate service.
"A few days later we chanjel sume of
Outer's men, and that old bore was
ridden into the engagement by one of
our soldiers. The oi l black evened up
thiny too, for he carried his riW int
the Federal lines and never came lark."
"Hell bath no fury like a woman scorn
ed." There's seme cocsolatioc fur 'he tin
ner, any wsy.
Fa. BWU1L