UL 4 i I h' Superset Herald. r,rtas ot ublication- tTTTT Wed.iead.iy nurtitnj MUM jsaJfx m advance : utaerwise S2 SO uia alii b d;eot.tAn'aed an til all , pail P- . fm'"'J" nelertlnj un witwcr.bera 4 not takeout lio!r )f Jjeia -r i.i.nnir'ViTa Aw th .BliTitlw -acrai tan powoffles to aa- . , w tha name of we Ibnsai aa Ts SovzB&rr HtBALo, SoKicurr. Fa. ( EY-AT LAW. t5.imcit.irr, Fa. ,.14 FW' Building. VVY M. PF.KKLF. I omiirr. Pa. ,, eonwraet. Pa. 1S :Ji JoMjLChi 1 rruit IY-AT J-A W, roateiwt, rm 3 prs'-ia Eouae Bow, oppaaii Court - RiiF.R.SCrLL, - & Jf'. Vr, , MTY-ATLAW. T a.- Home. Pa. J. U. O.UL r- ! k ;LE, IT. MXKACT, Pa. :J WY-AT-LAW. oomemet. Pa. i. Bomenet. Fa - tviAT. r AT LAW, tnieret. Pa.. -.'"'v',',. .:.'- entrust, ui jim wiu . Ailcul.u- i, -M H' AUTrSt. V.r, ,r;i i Rl'PI'KL. Al'l-.t.Nt.-Al LAW. notmrset , Pa. ,. ,.utruiJ to ibew car u , .i'l -iii.:y ait-tided " Ort.ee on iM-ii-el, I'W"'1 Mawraoili Bimk. ri ju . ...... it.t w euiuerxt, Pa., orren attention to tmsiitew entrietod t ! r :'it rrl "1 a-tj4nui cwuuuen. .aKIMMEU Allut-NtY-AT LAW. toimersrt. Pa -.' -'. bimn1 itruml to hi rare ;.i'iiu iiuuii. an pnmipt- "- , v '!li- oil M.u oireel. jjr !k ?ujre. .j L ITtH. AnuhNEY-AT LAW. oumertt. Fa. . . ijA.-mn.wh Bliii-k. np Mir. Eniranre . i, Mrttl L..lvuou Bkr. .-xaniiue-l. and ail It-Kal buaiuow av ! ' -.Ui priJiniiiuem al Bacilli. , ex. L. C CoLBoas. 'ik'KN A CcLRORN, AntK.NtYS-Al-LAW. Somerset. Pa. ertrist w onr care will be " ",. t,s:.i..r atu-U'W to t.oilei-uima t s.'ni'Jrt. b!:.Hi! a.lj i:iiinc -oun- iji una wuveyaaciii duu un rea- 1 II 3KV. F S'HFLU AlTltl-A-l-". s.imt, Pa. f aad P. -csipo Agent. OSre In Mammotk t riizyriNE hay, I at-iok-vey-aT'Law, Bumenet. Pa. j .;,r in Fta. Wi!l aarni to . aU a- -.ity i J.-- AlTviuVEY AT LAW. D f F. H.KKER. I '"!' I A N ANU ?rK..F.i-N. ..HtFT. Fa.. ,v,- j;. .,r-.f.M.ir.! ervi i 'n wti-n 'X CAP.rTHER.". M. I. , l h-. IAN ANi SI K..EON skK-r. Pa. w M.n tr-"t. tixt d.ir i Luiueran i. .:.. .-Ajj. modi.-. I?. IL S. KLMMELL, Ui mni! wrlm to the fixixnit iks b ftHind t lu iiflut! on Main X .-'JU'JSd. ,?k J. M. LOUTKER, FHY-I' IAN AND d'&i.EOS, r . i. -.i".n. 0!5ice on Haia i t i. . -u ..i i i.l. ..- ? T M'MTT t rv tuL attention loth ptwrvatjoa of A. t-L. ..... x.c.rfa:-t-l ai::alMry. itl.'-e lu . i-M y .Twlwtrii 10.1 corner . in.: fi.-ut trreu. ii-"KN EII.I. ' i;fcNTI.-T. :-"t; in '. Bcvr.t Biork. I'tNTl.-T. ;K:,pf .. r i Ei. urv-"ta:n. wli n ' uy. i , '.ice pn-wiirU w .i u iq.i l v flame. r.Tfi.un. etnM-UI. raT, trui t all aiu aul M the be i i- j-i. Ail wor aiiarauieifL Huffman, GRCI1ANT TAILOR. -i M y !!., mid Iowet rhric T SFACTlCrN GUARANTEED. Somerset, Pa. -RTIS K. GROVE. SOMERSET. PA. ' "JS, ?LEIiH, CARRIAGES, i-iCN', WAW..S3, EtTK WAtA3'i AA-TEEN" AND WESTEILX WORK Finished on Bbon Sotie. J t Ksilr ":it of TVmwrVv nJ Wooii, !i i-, Aihoautially '-nnirte.. Nratly FinKhed. and Amuiini Uigive aauiuai'uoti. ' i"rt 91 K;ndt. in M Line Txme on j " -Vaoa. Pn iLtAi-jN ABLE, and jJ Work Warranted j ! EiAttme y Sun k, and Learn PrVwi e .H-t. and fumiab !e1v tar Wind :r tiw place and call in. CURTIS K. GROVE, of Court bouae) ' HOJf ERbCT. PA 1 LUMBER. rT0 uniLE. c H1TE LFMBER CO . 5u 'ta:iin,)rSt.,Cuailcri mJ, li VOL. XXXVIII. -THE-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF Somers et, Penn'a. otcmiT ncccivtoiN Ukncc nbihali AMOUNTS. PATASLC ON 0CMAN0. ACCOUNTS V CPCH A NTS. FABMCRS. ST0C DCALCNS. AND OTMtXS SOUCITCO. -DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: LaP.i e M. Kicks. W. H. Millea. JaSID. L. Pi-,;H. Cm. H. FlVHKl, Job it R. S,xrrr, E. i ll, FftJEI V. BlJSEt KIR. Eiitr.tRD Stli : Vaiextixk Hay, : ANLfacM- Fakkek, : : : FltEMDENT Vice Fre-,:dent : : : Camueu. Tle fun. Is arnl K iirili'9 of this bank re w-ur M v protects! in a celebrate.! Cor- Hhb Burglar proof ff. The only Sfe I ma.se i.iiui.!y iSurjjiiir-prrwjf. Somerset Ccunly National Bank Of Su.kslt, Pa. I - i EstabUthrd, TC77. Otgani.-.d is a HjJijnal, ICSO j CAPITAL. $50 000. Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't Wm. I. Freae, Vice Pres't. Milton J. Pritts. Cashier. Dirlctors: Wm. It. K.x-nt. J.w.iali .pn'tiu J.m.u 11. ril.!tT, J-pb h. i '..j.. ?m ftiy.ler. Jiltti V OUA. J.iu ?.irTt. i.-rirt! Milder, Jen.uic aiuai, Wm. Ku-Nly. r'itftnor of this IlHi'.k w:!l receive the niot lilhTai Lrtul4ik.ut i:otii.jleut a all imie UAiiAinic. Pni ai-hirie U. wend money eat or a-et ran hv UM L 11 ..!. .. 1 .1IJ.M IllLl) btl-OUIll. M.iey and TaHiabi,u nerir-'d l.y ono nf !'! tM.i.r i.t'it :.iatt4siit". 9 a 1LU ls-t aj.pr.ive.1 tlniii ilN'i ..llt ri.w! ma '.e In a:i irti of i!ie 1'nii.e.J Sla'et i llu.li."" Hiclrle Atniu:. and U-p-oiUi lii-U-d. intr'M'.in. STOP! LOOK! LISTtH I EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW WHERE TO GET THE MOST OF OF THIS WORLD'S C003S FOR THE LEAST MONEY ? WE HAVE THEM. Dishes.'-zzr-'zz WHITE, YELLOW, GLASS, AM) nOCKIM.HAM WAKE, IN GREAT VARIETY. CASKETS, LO.'KIXG-tJLASsES, HANGING LAM FS, STAND LAMF Lamps of All IW-riptions. Novelties and Oddities in China J-HE PLACE FOR FANCY k STAPLE GROCERIES H AT THE STOIiE OF ED. B. COFFROTH, SOMEE5ET. TA DOWN, DOWN THEY GO! THE PKICES BLACK ASTRACHAN, A5T. - Pcrsiana Capos! w if you vniLi A BARGAIN, Tome "- When a !a.!v buy, a P.-rana or aa Awta baa t ape, he i loakiug a WISE PURCHASE. A. the r"-ent Mvle i. b.-d to la for two or three ai W- The. a wna. coonbt r-rment, ea-llv pot on and uttm otT ad a wiialt article Ur a.l toe vear anain.1 mrmr. jo a. u.-a-Hiiuible in "prtna ae in tali, aud niea tor 1 evening m 1. 1 eummer. TEX JAP. SCREENS, To e.rte d.n i prlee. a, wel. a. doa a from the lop heit. where they are . Kand iuc -Hief to !W, 40 one. 1.1 U , .) ru to Two Fire wreens, Aa to S-v Other rra!0.yott can e when you .:oiie. -joi- 41 FIFTH AYlC PITlSBrRGH.PA. HORNE WARD SWEDISH " All-Healing Salve," FOR- XLTRAU.IA IX THE UEAD. WEAK BAfTC. OS PAISS IX FIDE OR CHEST. V. EAKXES3 IX THE JOIVTS. SWELUV.3, And a" Rhenaa-.K Pina. area in from two to eitrbi daya. PTIB ALX ST S. 2 5 -in. Or at Toooit Pmi Su Sr NO. 40. 13 YEARS CF PA!H PERMANENTLY CURED BY THE 1 MOroy. Alifflin Coutuy. Pa. Editor of Thr V-wA. SewTork.. t. LX-ar Sir: The caae of Ma Genus ill prevent a atrikin; ex triple of stifler lc; and marrcloiu "ire. i-he baa lired in aa4 near V ilroy lor au yirs. aud i 89. In LSM Aba wa Uirowa 2him a waeon, auKtainliig icrlotia liijurr to cer aplne. From tnat time til! XrHi slie wai a kelpie crlpjiit, enable to walk. THE CCKE. During thew Jung 19 yean of aofiVririf , he found no relief from the numerous rcsnediea Ii: liad trcL lu 1SI-J her daufhtrr read :h adrertiament of SL Jattobs OiL aad ao bought two bott lea. T be oil wa applied, and N-f. .re the aotind boctla waa exhauKcd by Mrs. jmuuu the vaa able to walk about, and hu U-cu cuupli'tuiT cured. Jf. THOMPSON. Postmaster. Sid by IniyrUt vti DraLrrt Ztvryrhm. Til CHA3LES k. VOGELER CO kKaara. Oh! My Head! SufTerinj; of a Now Jeraey Senator. Dympepaia, G ck Headaclte. Ternb Thinga. "Tht re ar a few thlr.f that I believe In with all my heart." Tbe tpeaker wa ex-Senator Al bert Mrriit, bead of the larse fniit firm. 2 Park PlAre, N. Y., and the oene his offiee. -I i.t. k and feared I had ueoome fat-d to endure tbe TORTURE OF DYSPEPSIA and affection of the H.!ney. A relative aid to ine. Try Ir. Kenneily'i Favorite Kemeiiy. nude at Rond.ait. X. Y.' I did to. I (rrw better, could eat. l.n'p and work wttb a elearer head, and the yellow snlor of my nkin gxv plwe (o ibe healthy color announetuff pare blood. Dr. Ken uedy Favorite Remedy in entitled to the and it of aiiig my life. I can five you the Bamra and ai.lreie, c-t f; fly perioua who aifirm. a. I do, thai -Favorite Remedy " baa been to them a Heaiiiir in time of need. " 31r. A. lie Revere, Tarrytonn. X. Y., aays . "For a Ion time I was tnmiled with -evere attaekit of dUainew and Blind Sick Headache due to impure bW..l. I vi adtied to try Dr. Ktitu-fly' Kavonie Kemdy. 1 .t!l and I have hren e.w.i.leiy rnrHl." It's the bet thttig I t-ver m-ur.1 of .r any dl?mr(-r of that naluiv. and f have re.-m.meuiHl it to rrnnv wiLii like ftu'ev-f. " Mr. kernel Fitt". Ta'.inton. Ni., "I reemrtiend lr. Krnne)y' Favorite Kem.-dy f.r ,lv-ppaia and k headai'iie. It e.ire.1 m.. " lvieiia. f onftiparw". Nervooa nrw., Debility, Klienniaii-m and the Ills peculiar U wuroen, isvariabiy yteld to zn. k-yEirs favorite eemedt. rKXTAKED BY Dr. David Kennedy. Eondoot, X. T. f 1 per bottle. Six for F. By all dmjrristi. I? Ourselves to keep abreast, bnt to Veep tbe l-d over all' others in selling yoa Purr, AlHlntelT Parr, ad well Matur ed, Eipe VkHtk!e and Wine At prices that mate all otherdeaiers hus tle. Jofct think of it : . Orerhalt t C Pi re Bye, five years old. Fall quarts $1, or $iU per dozen. Still better : Finch' (ioldea T eddinr. ten years old. Fall quans 51, or Jl per dozen. Better still: Kestacky Bunrbon, ten rears old. Fall quarts $15, or $1:1 per dozen. And one of the most saleable Whiskeys on our list is The Pi rk Eioht-Ycar-Olo E,xpoet Gt cKESHEiMKU. Fall qts. $1. $10 a doz. There is no Whiskey that has ever been sold that has erown in favor with the public no rapidly as oar old Export, and the pimple reason is that it is utterly impossible. to duplicate it There will never be any let np in the purity and fine flavor in any partica!ar of the Pure Calif' wnia Wines we are now aeltinjt at 50 rents per bottle, Full quarts, or $5 per dozen. In making nr your orders please enclose Postotf.fe Money Order or iraft, or It?gioter yoar order. JOS. FLEMING & SON, WHOLESALE A Vp SETA tL PrTTSDCEGir, PA. Hi Market St.. Cor. of Diamond. It is to Your Interest TO BCT TOUR Drugs and Medicines jj0HII N SNYDEB, srci xkjh to Biesecker k Snyder. 3one bnt tb pnrest and best keyit in stock, and when Irmpi bei.ora inert by stand ing, aa certain of them do, we de atroy them, rather than ti l poe on our customers. Ton can depend on having your QLiTritf y vjii. PLEDGE 1 Ul PRESCRIPTIONS L FAMILY RECEIPTS filled with care. Oar prices are as low aa any oilier first-lass house and on many articles much lower. The per.ple of this county seem to know this, and have given us a Large share of their patnnianre. and we shall still continue te give them the very best piods for their money. Do not rzrt that we make a specialty of FITTING TRUSSES. We guarantee satisfaction, and, if you have bad trouble in this direction, giveosacaU. SPECTACLES AND EYE-CLASSES in great variety ; A fall set of Test Lenses. Come in and have your eyes examined. Ko charge trr examination, and we are confident we ran suit you. Cume and see us. EeepectftiEy, JOHN It SNYDER. Some SOMERSET, PA., WEDNEDAY. A FANCY. fnee, waoderin. o'er untrodden He! da Far from lh bunle of the town. Bound bv the spell which fancy wiel.U, I climbed a hill and, looking down, Saw, in the valley far beneath, A dark-ime wood, where oak tree tall Saayed In theajnth wind', gentle tjeath. As t robbing boaoms rise and lull. But when 1 rearbed tbe vale, alas ." And cm the very border Motxl, JL mishty belre I could not p Grew all about tbe lemptju( wood. I caught within tbe iraldea ray Of buttercup,. The rtppiinj trill Of brook anI fountaint tn their play With bird-socfs eeined the wood to filt And, a, I listened, on the wind There came a voice, a, ooe who tnnici : "oh. mortal, leave Ute world behiiKi, And wale tbe he.ie on ney' lnga. Behold, thon stamlert on the e.Ige Of that enchanted fairyland. Thy diaibto have ra.se-1 tbe tnighry hnlge. Twill vanlah now at thy command. " I bed a, one who doo.btA bis dream. I ww the thorny hedgs row le-, ; And fainter (trew the mystic gleam ; Tbe hedse pawol tuu nothinsne-. Tbe miH of eventide aroae. Within a barren vale I stood, fbe day a an linking to it de There v no dim enshantrd woo!. FUvel .Scott M nej in Harper's Weekly. THE DEACON'S WOOING. The snn had disippcared behind the hills of New Bethany and the linerinn light n the mountain t.ips was chang ing from ns to parpie when IVacon Pia. li stopfwd his melancholy oM uiaM in front of the village pt otlke. It was SatonUty niht, the only time when New IJetbany rouned itself from its lethargy, and showed any. si)in of iifeand energy. The rest of the week it drowsed and ' languished after the fashion of small country towns remote from railway and manufacturing cen tres. "Whoa, 5Iary Jane!" said the deacon, with unnecessary emphasis throwing the reins on tbe mare's broad back, and springi n to the ground. Bat the despondent Miry Jane had al ready ceased her shambling ptit from sheer f rce of haliL A teo year"s ser vice with the deacon had made her per fectly familiar with, the austomed round of sto;ipinsr plai-es. AVe.ines.lay night it was prayer meeting; Sunday, the church service, and Saturday niitht invariably the post ollice, au.l, as a late variation, an afttr pan-e at the haate of Mrs. Betsy Hill, the milliner, who for a quarter of a century had supplied the women of Xew Bethany with headgear fearfully and wonderfully made. The moment the deacon stepped inside the office he knew, from the miusoal buzz of conversation, that something extraordinary had happened. "Hescl the news, deacon? asked one of the village loungers. The deacon looked up in an inquiring manner. "Miss Keziah's had an airuzin' streak of luck." "It's been nothing but an amaiin' streak of luck evet since she was born," returned the deacon. "If ownin' the best farm in town and hevin' money at interest isn't luck, I wru!d like to know what is." "Yes : but this is souiethin out of com mon. You used to know her brother vho dieJ years ago and left his only child for Miss Keziah to bring up? Wal, when the old man Mead died Miss Kez iah took the farm as her share of tbe property, and her brother being of a rovin' turn of mind, took the few thou sand of personal property as his'n and invested 'em in Western lands, which turned oat to be worthless, and he lost every cent Le put in. Folks always blamed him for be; a' so foolish and hasty, and they say grief and mortifica tion hastened Lis death. Wal, it turns out they have put a railroad straight through the lands and it's sent real es tate way up, no'tiody knows where. Miss Keziah's been offered nigh onto jS OOO for the lands, and they say she will get ever so mach m.jre if she only holds on." "You don't mean it?" "I dew ; it's trew as Scripture." "She'll hold out, never fear," said the deacon. "And I hold it to be our bound er duty as neighbors to advise her to that end." , Instead of lingering as usual for the village gxwip for N'ew BethaDy poet office on Saturday night answered the purpose of a weekly paper the deacon seemed in a great bnrry to get home. It was the night of the choir rehearsal, and as the deacon drove by the church be saw M try Mead. Miss Keziah's niece, going np the step. He suddenly whipped op his sleepy old mare and drove home at a breakneck speed. 'Xow'i your time, Soloman Pinch." he muttered to himself. "It's mebbe a long while afore ye'll have such a good chance again. She'll be sure to be alone for a couple of hours or so hi. old lady, no stoppin here to-night," he added, giving the lines a sudden twist as Mary Jane showed aa inclination to stop be fore Mrs. 3Iary Hill's house; "we've other fish to fry now, old girl." When he reached home he drove the mare under the horse shed and tied her there, instead of unharnessing her 43 was Lis nsual custom. Then hi entered the house, and has tily swallowed the scanty supper which the hired woman placet before him. d nned his best clothes, and drove off onca more at a rapid pace. "Law sakes alive!" exclaimed the wo man, amazed. ''The deacon's got suthin' on bis mind, that's sore. It's the first time that I ever knowed him to disre member to ask a blessing." Ever since the death of his wife Bea con Pinch had locked on Miss Keziah as her probable successor. For years he had gazed on the fine Mead farm with its sub-djintial build ings, but he never coal.1 screw his cour age np to the Doint of facing the snap ping black eyes of its owner. Of late he had been seen several times knocking at the door of Miss Betsy Hill's little browa house, and the worthy mil liner was overjoyed at the opening of the brilliant prospect before her. Bat the newt of the sodden rise in we -stern lands canned Miss Hill to sink into insignificance by the side of the rich woman with her well tilled acres, her over-flowing Lams, and her prospect iv thousands of dollars. The klea fb failure in his matrimonial vesture never for an instant entered the ESTABLISHED 1827. deacon's mind. He thought she would jump at the chance. , "Come to put her money and my in fluence together," he thoaght, "and I rather guesa we will stand about top of the heap in New Bethany." Miss Keziah was sitting by the table knitting as usual, when a step sounded on the walk. She opened the door, and holding the lamp above her head, her eyes rested on the amazing spectacle of the deacon ia ail tfce Sunday magnifi cence of white shirt and black broad cloth. "We'd, I never, she ejaculated, and then feeling that her reception had been hardly hospitable, she lowered the lamp and said kindly -. "Come in, dea con, come in." "Thank ye, thank ye ; I don't mind if I dew." "Take a seat, deacon." "Thank ye ; I don't min i if I dew." "Anythin'goinf on?" asked Miss Ke ziah, resuming fcer knitting. She was greatly puzzled t account f r those Sun day clothes. ' -N'othin' within the range of my ob servation. There won't be mnch goin' on till election time ; thicgs'U be pretty lively then." "Want bay any hay this year?" chirped Miss Keziah. "Mine is extra good this season ; my hired man says it is the bent harvest yield in town." "I rather guess I'll have enou-h carry me through the winter. If I don't 1 shall know where to come lur hay as is hay. I declare, your farm does beat ail ! I feel kind o" rigged like when 1 thick the best Ciroi in town is managed by a woman." i Miss Keziah smiled graciouely and the deacon drew his chair nearer his hostess. "It must be a great load for ye to carry alone. Such a large farm is a tremendous responsibility for a lone woman." "Oh, I don't mind it. It keeps me proper busy." The deacon hitched his chair along a few inches farther. "Ye'd oughter have a brother or a cous in, or some relative like to share the burden with yon." "My shoulders are plenty Rtrong," re turned Mis Keziah good natueedly. "I am glad to show folks there are women who are good for something besides g'uldy-g-addyicg and tattling." "Yes" answered the deacon, "we can all testify to your valley and worth. You're real honor to your sex. You are a bright and shintn' beacon light to the triflin'and vain-minded women of the world," and the speaker waved his hand at the conclusion of this little oratorical flourish. Then hitch, hitch, went the chair Miss Keziah ward. "Don't you feel sort o lonely at spells 7 he asked. Miss Keziah glanced susp'n-ionsly at the rapidly advancing chair. She wei to the fire and put s-me wool on. and then came back and set her chair on tbe farther side of the table thus patting a barrier between them. "I'm never lonely, deacon. Plenty to do is the best nM'Jicine for loneliness." "Bat woman's a tender, dependent creatur". Woman's a vine," here the deacon took up his weekly prayer-meet ing drawl, "and needs suthing to cling to when the troublous, delatin' winds and waves of aliliction and sorrow roll over her." "Stuff and nonsense!" said Miss Ke ziah, with a contemptuous sniff. "lean tell von I can stand alone as well as an v - body, if the Lord wills it, tho' I admit it is pleasanter to haw some one keep you company." "That's just it, Xow it seems to me that it would be a good thing if we could walk hand in hand through this vale o' tears." Miss Keziah was dumbfounded, but a look at her aged admirer excited her to say wrathfully : "The old fool !" The deacon started to beat a retreat, but the yarn was wonnd around his boots and he had to remain. "When yon began your talkin," she said, "I thought yon was emtio,' abou Betsy Hill, and wanted to take me into your confidence. I never dreamed you meant me. I wouldn't give up my free dom fur the best man living. Bets'' Hill ill make a good wife for you, and she needs a home herself. And let me tell yoo, deacon, if you'll stir around and pick the stones oat of your lots and mow the weeds there's no reason why your farm shouldn't look aa well as mine. If I've said anything to hurt yoar feeling, deacon, I hope you'll overlook it Why you're all tangled on in the yarn. I'll un tangle it." Tbe delar caused by this gave Miss Keziah chance for further remark : "One word more, deacon ; have yoa heart! about the western lands T' The deacon wished he was anywhere out of range of those merciless black eyes. "I I think I've heern sn.hin about 'em," he replied, meekly. "1 thought so, I thought so," exclaim ed Miss Keziah, savagely. "Welt, dea con, those lands rightfully belong to my nk.ee, Mary, and I oaly hold thetn as her guardian." The deacon began to look upon his re jection as a blessing in disguise, for without the western lands Miss Keziah's attractions seemed tame compared with those of mild, blue eyed, buxom Widow Uilh "I can trust ye not to mention this?" be asked, 'imidly. "I shall not mention it.' Now follow my advice, deacon ; make sure of Betsy Hill before another week goes by. Yoa have my good wishes. See to this at once." "Thank ye, thank ye ; I dont mind if I dew." The good woman followed her crest fallen visitor to the door. As a sudden gust of cold night air pat oat the light, she said : "The air is snapping to-night ; have a frost, eh, deacon V And the diecomfitted deacon felt that be had been nipped by something sharp er than a frost. Uppinmfi M'.giznw. " Who's running this hotel, anyhow?" asked a landlord of a traveling man who wasn't disposed to accept the situation as meekly as he might have done. "Who's running this hotel? That's what I said." j "Welt, I can't say. I havent made cp my mind yet whether it's the cockroach es or tbe nocturnal insects that make sleep nothing bat a fantastic dream of hope. Yooll have to figure it oat for yourself." APRIL 0,1890. Apples a3 Medicine. Chemically, the apple is composed of vegetable fibre, albumen, sugarjfum, chlorophyll, malic acid, galtic acid, litue, and much water. Furthermore, the Ger man analysts say that the apple contains a larger percentage of phosphorus than any other fruit or vegetable. This phos- j phorus is admirably adapted for renew- ing the essential nervous matter, lethicin, of the brain and spinal cord. It is, per haps, f ir the same reason, rudely onder tood, that old Scandinavian traditions represent the apple as the food of the go.L, who, when they felt themselves to be growing feeble and infirm, resorted to this fruit for renewing their powers of mind and body. Also the acids of the apple are of signal one br men of sedea tary habits, whose livers are sluggish in action ; these acids serving to eliminate from the body noxious matters which, if retained, would make the brain heavy and dull, or bring about jaundice or skin eruptions and other allied troubles. Some such an experience must have led to our custom of taking apple sauce with roast pork, rich goose, and like dishes. The malic acid of ripe apples, either raw or evioked, will neutralize any excess of chalky matter engendered by eating too much nieat. It nalso the fact that such fresh fruits as the apple, the pear and the plum, when taken ripe and with out stig-ir, diminish acidity inthestcm ach rather, than provoke it. The veget able salts and j atces are converted into alkaline carbonates, which tend to coun teract acidity. A good ripe raw apple is one of the easiest of vegetable sub stances for the Btoiuach t deal with, the whole procesa of its t'igestion being com pleted in So minutes. Gerard found that the "pulpe of roasted apples mixed in a wine quart of faire water, and labored together until it comes to be as apples and ale which we call lambeswool never faileth in certain diseases of the brains, which myself hath often proved and gained thereby both crownea and credit." "The parirg of an anp'e, cut somewhat thick, and the inside whereof ia laid to hot, burning or running eyes at night, when the party goes to bed, and is tied or bound to the same, doth help the trouble very speedily and contrary to ex pectationan excellent secret." , Poultice made of rotten apples is of very common c-e in I.inconshire for the cure of weak or rheumatic eves. Like wise, in the Hotel des Invalides, at Paris j an apple poultice ia used commonly for I inflamed eyes, the apple being roasted ! and its puip applied over the eyes with out any intervening -substance. Long ago it was said apples do easily and speed ily pas through the belly ; therefore they do molify tbe belly : and, for the same reason, a modern maxim teirew-tilac "To eat an apple going to bed, The doctor then will beg his bread." Bread from Wood. Science has already enabled man to ex tract fiery beverages and many other things f more or less value from wood, and it is now proposed to go a step furth er and produce bread from wood. In an address recently delivered in Heidleberg, Germany, by no less eminent an author than Victor Meyer, it was announced "that we may reasonably -hope that chemistry will teach us to make the fibre of wood the source of human food." What an enormous stx-k of food then, would be found, if this becomes possible, in the wood of oar forest, or even in grass and straw. The fibre of wood consists essentially of cellulin. Can this be made into starch ? Starch has essentially the same percentage composition, but it differs very much in its properties, and the nature of its molecule is probably much more complex. Ceilulin is of little or no dietetic value, and it is not altered, like starch, in boiling water. It really gives glucose when treated wita strong sulphuric acid, as is easily shown when cotton-wool, which is practically pure cellulin, is merely immersed in it St irch gives the same product when boiled with weak acid. The anthor further quotes the researches of Hellriegel, which go to show "beyond dispute that certain plants transform atmospheric nitrogen into al bumen, and that this process can be im prove by suitable treatment The pro duction, therefore, of starch from cellulin together with the enforced increase of albumen in plants would, he adds, in reality signify the abolition of the bread question. The MiUing JlttmJ. Atchison Again. There never was a new baby that wasn't pretty. Newspapers are apt to say they are handsome if the father brings in good cigars, but they are not. The world is progressing. Women now meet and demand their rights. A hundred years ago men whipped their wives for such presumption. When a girl is little and bashful her mother makes her play with the boys, and she don't want to, but w hen she is large and want to play with the boys ; her mother don't want her to. A well-dressed woman never seems to have too much on. There is a woman in Atchison so prim itive that when she cuts her little boy a pair of pants she lays him flat on the cloth and chalks the size and shape around him. There is nothing a Kansas woman likes better than a mean man who is willing to be reformed. A man is more apt to be what his ene mies say he is than what he himself says he is. When a man prays for punishment for his sins, it is evident that he is a hypo crite. AH children hate a model child. It is so much easier to forgive a big man than a little one. In a Sick-Room. Nothing is gained, and mnch time that is very valuble is wasted, by allowing ourselves to become nervous and enable to be of the slightest use in the sick room, says a writer in Good Ilmttekefpfr. A'.thcugh we may consider a person too ill to be aware of what is taking place about them, they are oftentimes fully cognizant of the merest trifles, and al ways more or less susceptible to any and al! things going on in the sick-room. For that reason conversation about the con dition of the patient carried on in the room in whispers, or in any mysterious manner, should be avoided and aa air of quiet cheerfulness always maintained. fix ei - : Sherman on Henry Clay. In his reitiiniscences of life ia Hash-ingTi.-n. lin. Sherman recalled vividly t!k great trio of American Statesmen, Ojv. Calhoun and Webster. He had beard tbem all speak in the Senate of the 1't.ited States, and he enthusiast!- caHy declared that Clay was nnquestion- ably the greatest orator to whom he had lustened. Webster was heavy and ton- deroos, Calhoun was logical while pas sionate, but Claw was the orator: genius soared like the ea-le and was as incapa- j tiori." of confinement " F.h ! ah, yes," replied Al. " Wili yoa "I shall never forget the impression ahem.' yeu take it hot, or have it that Mr. Clay made upoa me on. a when j cold?" I heard him speak before the Senate, ij "Cold?" quer.ed the stranger, con was a young litenant and had jast re- j tetnptuously. turned from California, where I had 1 een detailed. I was one of a crowd packed ia thegailery. and when he give vent to a splendid burst of oratory we could not j contain ourselves and cheered enthusias- ticaliy. Mr. Fillmore was presi-Iect of the Senate, and warned the gallery that the repetition of any such demonstration woald result in the place being cleared. Mr. Clay was speaking un the possibility of secession, and we all kept quiet onfi! he said: ' I love Kaintacky with alt my heart and ail my soul, but if Kaintu. Ity were to secede I would sholdcr my old musket and be among t!is first to put her down, down, down! Mr. F.linore's warning was useless. The srailery arusv and yelled and I yelled with it Then we were all cleared oat, to our in-inite disgust "Mr. Clay was always admirable. His oratory was indiscribatle. He seetned to ,.-),,. . oe insp'.reu anuspoKeeAtetiiporaiie'ju.-iv, ... ., - r -r w iiu uo oilier pret wrauou wiau a i- oa- hand notes that he had jotted down pre- vioas to taking the floor. He would ex- haustthe subject suggested by one of these brief memoranda, and then pasri cti to another. His enunciation was clear j took on the aspect of the setting sun. "I j rr'm Ul J,"eYort 3ua and distinct, but marv-.-Iously rapid. It j thought I knew ' i One of the most interesting sights in was impopeiblw for the reporters to take : oil, no doubt you thought you were j the social life o New York is Chauncer his speeches in those days, when steno- ! ar. extort," reuiarke-l the customer, s.ir-i Depew and G-ceral Horace Porter at a grauhy had not bee so perfected as now, j :a.-.tii ally. " Ho, ho, ho 1 .-'pose I'll have dinner party. These two veteran d'.ners and that is the reason that his tw.:ii , to take something plait if I deal with j out have been neighbors over tiie tables do not read as well as those of ebster. ! you. I reckon you know how to fix me I of prominent people for so many yeats But of the two men Mr. Clay was ir.t-otu- i v.p a honi soit i i a little qui moiv rnce, ' and have Iju frieiidly rivals in post- parably the better speaker. In his last years of public service he stood Tetween j " ( th, yes," and Al am '.led in a sickly j periences are in many cases almost i.len the two fires of the extreme North and j fashion. Asi.V :" What the devil does j tical. It would be a wise man who could the extreme South, an 1 there were little j he mean by Moliv's pants ?") " Bill r, I tig-ire up the number of elaborate din- men in the Senate always snapping and snarling at his hee.s. Sometimes tney dro;e him to bay, and then it was a tine spectacle to see him turn on them and demolish them. He scattered them as easily as a spiendid stag scatters a pack of coyote. " The First Repeating Rifle. Aa Atlanta veteran wa talking the other day about his first experience with a repeating rille. "I was cut on the picket line," he tells it, "and a lot of Yankees kept idiooting at us from the shelter of a pine thicket, Finally we made a break to the taicket and then we had it Everv fellow would pick out his man and then l.atl and i " And you call yourself a barkeeper?" shoot, taking advantage of the shelter of i said the roan w uh the glowing proboscis, the trees. ' "" Well, I've got uothing to say. Try to " My Yankee got the first shot, and j learn, young man. Yuu may yet gaia missed me. As I was only seventy-five J some knowledge of your business. Good or one hundred var.ls away I thought I j by, good-by." would reach him before he could load again, so I made a dash for him. He step ped out from the tree and aimed, but I thought he was just trying to bluff, so I didn't stop til! he pulled down oa me " My Lord ! I thought, "that's the first rifle I ever saw with two barrels !" I just baited, but thought surely his gun must j and siientiy kicked his corns against the be empty now, so I started for him again. curbstone. Weil, sir, he just stood there and bang 1 j bang! bang ! bang! like milk. ng a cow. I j The Brass Mule Cure. jumped for "a tree mighty quick, I can ! tell you. I heard him J just hollering A traveler, recently returned from Pe behicd the tree. It ti-'kied him might- ' kin, tells cs that he saw a method of cure ilv. I didn't know what to make of it. ! which may be ne w to sime of our read- I put my cap out from behind the tree. ers. In a teuu.ie outside the city gates is and he bang! banged ! down on it. It i to be found a brass mule of life size, srjp scared me. I didn't know how long the posed to have wonderful healing proper- thing would hold cnt. Presently I thonght I saw him bonding over. II is head was protected, bat his back was showing. I took a good aim. The ball : passed through the fleshy part of the! thigh, and as he hollered I made for1 go with ail speed t this famous temple, 1 Senator Turpie is somewhat a'osent him. He dropped his gun and started i and, having discovered the particular; rulnled. aad it is said that in i-r-7.. to run, but he stopped and went back i part of the brass mule corresponding to j when he was Speaker of tie io-vcr branch with me. I carried that old gun of his ; the painful region ot your own body, ; of tbe Indiana Legislature, he would d. back and it was a great curiosity to the I you iim-t rub the animal a certain nam- I some queer things. Whenever a roil-c-ali boys. They never did believe that I i ber of times and then witi the same j was oriered, he would pound on Lis desk could shoot si xteen tirae'.an 1 I couldn't j hand shampoo vour era uisabled inem- j until everything was qai"t Then, in a prove it, because he had only one load ! ber, and then well, then the pain ; rather moderate tone of voice, he would left and we couldn't get any ammunition ; gj. j say : to fit the gun, so we broke it nr to keep j The special feature "'f this metkod of j "Tbe roll wili be called. Tlioe voting the Yankee from getting hold of it care is its delightful simplicity. Is your i in the affirmative will, when their a ga in. A '. t i f intitu t'u,n. He Commanded. George Williams, v West Town assessor, the second regiment i ho used to l e the j is quarrjmaster cf He was appointed t very handsome figure when he first don- ned his full dress uniform. . n dav there came an order for a parade. - Mu.'t . n.kc n t '.nil.,,, , auM 1 1 i. u I turn out Williams asked of Colonel j Wheeler, who was then in command. S " Yes "said the Colonel. " And must I ; go on horseback T was the next ques- J tion. " Certainly," replied the Colonel. Williams wanted to obev orders, but he felt some mif givings. " I have never tw-. . k. ti.. UAA him that it'was not too Ute to learn to ride, and he started off t secure his . .. , . , . stee-l, Alter the parade tbe coionet asa - ed Quartermaster Williams how ho had j '' ""'en l" V" -"e service, sna-i progressed. " All right," was the reply, ' 've -ii,n n opportunity ot likewise ben - But I'll tell you on the quiet how it'was j fiBin P'ter.ty.-.V.r-, CI.M Xr-Uil although with the conSdence I have ac- J-"4n quired I think I could ride any sort of a horse. The truth is that I gt a street ! "J"h-e Czar's Family, car horse, inside of my coat I put a ; belL I could not draw my sword w hiie Toe K at press Hissa has herdacgh- in motion, so when I was ot lig.? ! to do ! tef m'h with h?r. n ha not "n it 1 reached in and rang my beli once, j P-vemese f,r them. Her own The hone pause., and I drew my sword, j perso"-1 attendant an ! her lady of hon- Then I rang the bell twice, and he went i or rv" :-' f 'r t!"?m- In part this ahead again." f7i.Vvj.w Ilmbl. springs frm the Kmperor's love f.rsim- j plicity of life, but in pwt. also, that they The Spring Medicine. j try to surrou-!.! themselves with as few . . , . , i- c i peji!e as pmible, a that as littieas may Tbe popularity which H.ls Sarapa- i ' '. , . . , , , . . . , ' . ." .. i Ve concerning tuetr private life should nlla has 2snel as a spring medicm-MS ; r , . , , Ti . , I transpire to the outer world, of wncra wonderiul. If possesses just tnose e!e-! , ' , ,. . ui t f thev are, anil not without g'Ksl reiin, meets of health-giving, blood punfving . , , .. . . ... . , i mib.h afraid. The emt rese super.nten-Ui and apcetite-restonng whicn evervbodv ! . - , , ,. , .... ... i in person the education of tbe two little , r . , . tmue in atlull, tired, crifiatisfactory coa- ... . . , , - UlklU, WUFU JVU Uadv tvr crv iu vii iM"". ?t-A.-w V.v T-?,.ij v irv-jTMir'" T? rMTTiri-a ,l ' , ... n ."ji'he same for his boys. Kspecially he ! that tlj't Cream Balm Las entirely cur the blood and makes tae weax wi-.l and I , . - .. .. . .. ; loves to g.vetlieci min e and dancing ! e-I them. I: is a safe and pieiot renie- KroDg. It is the wife of the lute husband who ; sician, aad has a pre-ieliction for the cor is most interested in "the coming man." j net-A-pUton. L.'w i- llwst. 1 1 Hi AVIIOLE NO. 2020. Puzzied the Bartender. If there is one thing that Al Vail, the well-known barkeeper, is prouder of than his g-l iouks, it is his knowledge of ail upecies of mixed .irinks, and his ability i in getting them cp in style, A few days ! ago a stranr wearing a lite, a glass di- j amor.d and a rosy headlight glow opon j his noee, stepped up to the bar, and aid : " Give me some f.-rtunafea a Ia Fran- cais, with a dash of bourgeoise for" ! " Who ever hirJ of the like? If that" ( j all you know about ithe drink, I'll take j i something else. Fix me up some cam ' rano sal ide." is with a bete noiron the out- I " Y-jes, sir," said Vail, promptly, but J weakly ; Tli have it rea ly in a moment, i You want a grain of of what, did vou ' say j " Uw. bosh! 1 said nothing about a I grain of anything. iHm't you know what t nmi gmno sails is? Let it go. Give me 'nn ego sum homo, wid you. and I. lively, J I'm ia a hurry." " I'l! a.-crimiiio-late yon in a jiX," mur mured Al, getting red in the fjce. " Give me an egg, Billy," to the un-ler-bartecder'. Let's se. An eg; and one bom what in thunder did you want be- : sloe the egg. stranger?" " F.g-g the devi!. I said eg sum homo, ; and said it plainly. Great Heave"s 1 : .... t. , .... , nere s tue oar Keeper ot this place . li .... . . . I j can tool ariuS't w:t.i an ignorant ap- : j prentice," 1 ) " I urn don't seem to have heard of j the drink you mention, stranger," said j j Vail, sheepishly, while his countenance i j ion't you J w here's the bottle of bourbon ?" j "Bourbon? Why, nan, there's no j whisk g.s with that; rink. Well, may j I be carried avay on a stretcher if I'd a' j believed thio! And in a metropolitan ..oon, too 1 ilve me a piaia ipse dixit, will you ?" "Friend." moaned A!, as he leaned j over the bar, while the perrpiration roll- f ed oh tit. btow, " I can t do it. We've j jpt plenty of ipsy, but there ain't a d d j bit of .iisit in the boas-." j "Say, could you fix me up a ran i avis?" i " I can't," tearfully confessed the em- ! barr-assed barkeeper, "lor I don t know i how." It was not until a few .lays afterward that the crestfallen drinktuixer discover ed that he had been the victim of a put up job, and that he had been trying to fill orders for a lot of old French and Latin phrases. Then he repaired to the aiiey in the rear of the establishment. tie?. I'af.enU suJering from every imag- ; inable disease sek this temple to obtain ! a cure. The method purstMrd is as fol- lows : ! Sttpposinjr yot suffer with sciatica, too i ! txita aching. ' Just scrub the mule's ! teeth and afierw arils your own. ami voi- ; j; the enre Js comple'e. Have you an ulcer of the cornea? Pas the tips of your fingers to and fn over the particu- j lar ere.'a!! of the mule, and then with! well regulated pressure rib repeatedly: , . .... i U" :M e-ve' ia hi noh j Pi! i't b"13 i't the S h ""gige 1 in his benevolent woja, me eyeiraus, we are loci, navmg t. .-j-r avurr.;!.-. l-a gr-ai'ui'.iy worn away, as the result t ministers from other parts of tiie State of constant friction, until now you wh, happene.1 to Ins in town were ir have only th-i empty orbits to operate j Tlteil tl invoke the Divine blessing n;an upon. the Hoosier law-makers, t me morning t The animal is patche.1 in all direction ' with fresh nieces nf bra.- i.ut on tit eov-or ' v t i holes producer, by the consUnt friction ' holes producer hy the of va-T P'tsf and a new. perfectly i wam ma : ni al U4n'1 aw":l- ! ' in,r tTiA div vliwn hi, r.'.l .! ' t, . w : ( gran.! duchexses, eni? and !ga, ge'.l 6 . , . - . i ! respectivelv fourteen a.vi sit. The em- ' perir ia his leisure moments tries to do lessons, for he thinks himself a great ma- Dr. Ta.lrrag' Mothr. I never write or speak to a woman bat aty mind wanders if to one model the aged op.i who twenty-foor-years ao we put away fr the resurrection. About eighty years go, and just liefer their marriage ilay, my fat her and mother st'x.l up iu Uie old uiertsng bmse at Soinervil'e, X. J., and took nt o tt.eru the vows of t! Christian. Thmugh a long life of vicissitude my mother lived harmlessly and "tsefuiiy, and came to her end in pea"e- child of want ever came to her door and was turned away empty. No one in sorrow came to her but was comforted. No one asked ber the way to be saved but she pointed hint to the cross. When the angel of I f came to a neighbor's dwelling she was there to rejoice at the starting of another immortal spirit When the inwl of death came to that dwelling she was there to robe the departed for the burial. We had often heard her, when leading family prayer in the absence of my father, say : "0, Lord, I ask nvt f r my children wealth or honor, but I do ask .j. th?T mlT a;i b the subjects of Th r . comforting grace!" Her eleven children : fright into the Kingdom ofC.od, the '. but one more wih, and that was tt he might $ee her long-absent mis- i sionary son, and when the ship from China anchored in New York harbor, and the long-abeent one passed over the threshold of his paternal hoTie she said : "Now, Lord, lettest Thou Thy servant depart in pea-e, for my eyes hae seen Thy salvation." The prayer was soon answered. It was an autumnal day when we gath ered from afar, and found on! v the house ' from which the sou! had tl-i forever. : She looked very natural, the hands very ', much as when they were employe.! ia f kindness for the children. Whatever else we forgot, we never forgot the !.k j of mother's hands. It wm cloud'eos day when, with heavy hearts, we carried her out to her last resting pla. e. The withered leaves crumbled under lj -. f and wheel as we passed, and the sun shone or. the Iliritan river uat.t it Ijk ed like fire : but more calm and beauti ful and radiant was the st-fting s .a of that air-1 pilgrim life. No more toil, no more tears, no more sickness, no more I death. IVar mother! Beautiful mother ! set i. the .:im uer feo--n the W ' n ile the pure pmt rts w-.ti'i ;..!." With such a mother as an examj-Ie. is :. . tK .t T .v.... ,1.1 ..' ,- k ... . 1. ril.VUlCT 111.!. A il'l.. , , . . , . , cherished the most exalted estimate of woman and womankind ."' .-!' Chauncey and Horace. ! pran lial eloquence so long that their ex- ! ners whi h the pair have eaten ia coin- i pany. They have gotten into the habit of rcl'-rring to each other in the tuiet j amiable way ia all of their stories, and j Mr. Ivpew seldom tells an anecdote or '. reels or! a reminiscence which is not i:n- j bued wih such parenthetical phrases as i " You remember that niiht. Horace?" ! "Wasn't it so, Horace?" "Atn I rigi.t. Horace or some other relerence to ieneral Porter. General Porter alwjj replies to these queries and references with an amiable and often smiling in clination of the head, and, when he rises ! to speak, he not unusually liegins his ad- ; dress by saying, t. hauncey and 1 were i dining." or making some other reference to the genial president of the New York Central road, whereupon Mr. Ivpew al ways wags his head in sympathy. They are the most harmonious speakers iu the world. Bth have a soft, easy and con- i versational style, and they are utterly wit'mut orat.rical sins. f course at the big dinners the two men are more formal in their references, but asjthe small and particularly attractive banquets at which they frequently figure they are as confi dential and aaiestrained as a couple of college chums at a class dinner. Card of Thanks. If the proprietor of Kemp's Balsam should publish a carl of thanks, ccntain ing expressions of gratitude which come to him daily, from those who have been cured of severe throat and lung troubles by the use of Kemp's Balsam, it would fiil a fair sized book. How much better to invite all to call on any druggist and get a free sam pie bottle, that you may J f()r yo(Jr,f it3 p,,wer. Large bottle j ( An Efficient Clergyman. names are called, say '.re'; those in j 'he negative, no.' " Then quick as a tlash he would turn to the reading clerk, and in a loud, shrill voice, would say : Cali !' The first time he did this the reading raTOf -ain?,n ."""I ' n" i Th;a" Preachers m Indianapolis , time to time asae-I to offer ! Speaker Tarpie rapped on tha desk, and ! ' "The House ill be in order. Praer otTre'1 br Mr- rclth. of Then, j. it as the reverend gentleman bowed his head to begin prayer, he was startled by hearing the Speaker com mand him in a loud voice: " Pray !" One Dollar Well Invested. If you have bad breath, constipation, pain in the small of the back, dix-oloml skin, nervousnesw, or dizitiuese, yoar only wise course is to take Dr. David Kenne dy's Favorite Remedy, of Ron.lout, S. Y. It will cleanse the bl.xsl of ail impurities regulates the Kidneys and Liver, and thus restore a healthy g'ow to yoor cheek again. All druggists ; one dollar a bot tle. It is very strange that among those who set themselves np as great gnus te ones of the smallest calibre are the biirg"!! bores. Don't give np, there isacure t,r .-!;rrh and e!d ia the hea.L Thousan.ls testify dy. It is applied into the nostrils. It is not a liquid or scuff. It cores by cleans ing and healing. Price "jC
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