'j-jncrsct Herald
ISTHSUSHEO 1827.
,.i publication
. MnwW morning at 12 60
.in alvanot ; otherwise 12 60
' 1. . uA.
,li ) d)Mxntinued until all
. Prwtmiu ton not lectin
iac. up. -
fu'ril do not Uke out their
' .poDiilile forth nibscrtp-
ortn rr"m one r,,toffioe 10 "
. W the own f " fonnor
..nfflce. Addreai
IEI SoMKBSST IlKRALD,
Somerset, Fa.
.-v" SoHEMET, I'A.
rv;, r,i;i;KLK
iViKNtV-Ar-l- v,
n oMhi.rr. Pa.
-ant Hou' KoW C,'lHUC CUrt
-" J. O. OoLE.
SOWS
WKKSFT, VL.
4T-K'kEY-ATLAW.
1 m mi
rset, ra.
"".rihNtV-ATLAW
noiiierset. Pa.
. AT
'''''fR'LNHY-AT LAW
riAirv'KStV-AT-tAW.
:., r. t and adjoiii'ug coun
X 't:'u".iM"i to jiai will rewivn
. H. Kl'TPU.
'"."ii AKITI'F.L.
" ATiiii'.Nts-A'l LAW.
" Mn.iwt. ra.
.. n:, f1 id their rare will be
',- i':i:v m'eli.l'd I". Oltlee OU
A AlK.NtV-AT-l.AW.
.-muierN't. Pa.,
r wniu i.ti'"! tnbunmr entrusted
,', , -l mid a'tjoiiiiwt countteft.
'I::'Vuji iio, oj'lMMW tile Court
KIMMl-L,
a1:vknkv AT LAW,
Mimwt, ra.,
-.,.;, t :! i-ntnifUil to bin-are
:..n;iu: e.Hiiiiie. Uu proinpl-
- 'of.;"e uu Main t'roc tiltcet,
LlTiiil.
ATIuKtY-AT-LAW.
buincrvet, I' A.
.ssb B'.'-k nj maiik Entrance
.'J"..;-,-e1 t in'.'tiit!il made, e-tat
-tMK.brJ. al!l all bUMUtH-
iir.uii-;i'u' and tiieiity.
lL, L. C. COLBOBH.
";uoi.p.rn,
A'iTi'fcStVS-AT-l. iW,
Somerset, Pa.
... crt-itcd to our care will be
- : .. .tt-ii'ti-i to. t'oiieetiom;
ful.ve.vuii'11'J June uu rv
.v r sum..
iiluKSi-AI LAW,
NiracTvt. I'a.
l ' p Apl t Ofl.ee iu MnmmolB
hay,
A7;i;:'Y at law,
imerset. Pa,
f-r, K-tuw. Will attend to ail
vr.Mrt u Li ire tut roaiUiMi
a. i it i-iV.-
i:::ly AT LAW,
Nimorsrt, Ta.
; '..:'! to ('.1 l!iiine tntruMod
.- a.. JOUr.l OU Cuiir ;iotl', AC Uf-
...7 IAS AM' rM'H'iKi'N".
.siVKf-Kt. I'A.,
:r ..'::.n' -rvic t( tt:e iiir'-n
e . v .;. . in -t) iU.ce
i.rTin:i:. M. I.
iAN AM' l Ki.K'iV,
Mni'iT. Pa.
".- fwi t""xt dour to l.ut'ietan
v.. Kt i tl.ee.
'. i KI.MMELL,
?'-.in;nl tT iPfi; u the oltirtmt
1 vifi:,u . I'nle profloli&lly
.V-hif at hit ottice ou Main SL
'i i."Uti:ek,
y-.g vf .Ssn'MifUH.)
.aN ANb M K'.LOX,
- i-r,a:.-HtIy iu S'i:.T t for the
- v.vn.i.i.N,
vt tnii.!, t vrx-HTvation of
.l Aru!. l iii!--rii. All
-.r. ;tL, t:itf in the
i .'in-:: 14 ujrvf corucr
..'iil.l.v.
.l f.t 4. Beerns Biork,
- DiIJ.INS,
Li.MJ-T.
- "Tf B.im k t:;.--1hir. 'ire bo
t. "rc.-. .r.rei to ilii all kiieiii
" t.iiw. T-vuiKtuiK, t-xiratii!K,
Wa. itt n": kiiMi' B'idof the bt-nt
Ai tuik k'tamtileed.
- Hoffman,
iHAN'T TAILOR.
-!!( Eiffej-'n Store,)
arid IiwestPrices.
"ACTION GUARANTEED.
Somerset, Pa.
K. GROVE.
RSET, PA.
1 5:.Ly,HS, :arkiages,
v R 'AMAS, El'CK WA(KN8.
'QiX AVI) W'ESTF.HN W ORK
on Short Kotice. '
Done on Short Time.
''"!. Tamql'v Wood,
'r.T- s'", S'ib"tantiiillT
iC. Sn'y t'tfithfii. and
to g; ve haUniaetiou.
Lf'-" In My I.lri Ikne on
rr't HLa.tuN ALLt, and
Warranted.
Mo k, and I .earn PrScea
f,ir:' fvives for Wind
""'-J-i-it.ana mlllu.
TISK; GROVE,
ll of
tkj'trt hinic)
BOMF.UKET. PA
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LUMBER,
V'i!!Ti: I.EMBEr. CO.,
''ituor 8t., Ouniljerlaud, Md.
VOL. XXXVIH.
-THE-
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF-
Somerset, Penn'a.
DEPOSIT! KtCEIVCD IN LARGE A NO SMALL
AMOUNT. PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS MERCHANTS. FARMERS.
STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED.
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
I.aKie M. Hi.ks. W. h. V..,,-
Jamct L. p,-,iH) Chas h FlKHl;Ri
John It Sii.tt, Geo. K. S-tll.
Fuel W. ltie-tt klr.
Kuwaiid StTM., :
Al KNTINK N.W
: : Pkesiuext
Vice I'kksidest
: : : Cash'-"-
A.MHiEW pAliKKK,
Tlie fun.ls hii.1 ftiritit of this bani
an? wvuroly pn.tecte.1 in alebrateJ Cor
lirtfi Hutx!iir-ir(:of Safe. The onlv Safe
inaile alolute!v Burclar-prwif.
Somerset County National Ba
Ok Somkkset, Pa.
EsUbiished, 1877. Organized as i National, 1390
CAPITAL, $50,000.
Chas. J. Harrison, Prcs't
Win. B. IVease, Vice Pres't.
Milton J. Pritts, Cashier.
Directors:
Wm. II. ICooMz,
John II. Siij.Kt,
J. pll H. llHMh,
um' Snylcr,
Jiia M. '.xk(
John siuftl.
IlarTtMtn Snyder,
Sixth o. Miller,
Joruiuc Mum,
Win. EikWojt.
Customers cftl:l Bank will rtm ive tiic mt
iiU-rul tn-ainieiit cuitMsU-at it li t-ate bauking.
Partii-h icl:inir to wild moiwy t-t or went can
bt it lnr:i('iil it l y diait ii r uny lUiolui.
Moiu-y and valuable! Hcirid by i He of I'ie
Inild s ftU liratvd safe ith i.k1 approved tmie
Iik L .
'wllcctions t;iad in ail rt of tlie I'nlted
St<M i liHr't. moderate.
Aect;uiits and le',MiKit Sflieted. mar.VOui.
EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW
WHERE TO GET THE MOST OF
OF THIS WORLD'S GOODS FOR
THE LEAST MONEY?
WE HAVE THEM. -
::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Dishes.
WHITE, YKI.UMV, CiLASS,
AND KoCKINliHAM WAKE,
IN GREAT VARIETY.
BASKETS, Um KIN;-( LASSES,
HANGING LAMPS, STAND LAMPS
Lamps of all Descriptions.
Novelties and Oddities in China
THE PLACE FOR
FANCY & STAPLE GROCERIES
13 AT THE STOKE OF
ED. B. COFFROTH,
SOMERSET. PA
DOWN.
DOWN
THEY GO I
THE PKICES
- ox
BLACK ASTRACHAN,
AND
Pcrsiana Capos!
On all oizes, 3i to 42. We have not many to Bell.
to if you want
A BARGAIN,
Cocr- soon. When a lady buys a Pendana or an
Astra ban t ape, kiie It making a
WISE PURCHASE.
kt the r.reetit yi i' bound to lat for two or
tbTt-e i-Mns, at lea-t. Tl.ev are a warm,
comfortable rnncnt, wily I'lit on and
Uken off. ard mltableaitiele for all
the year around wear. J'i"t an fai-ll-io'nable
in nirinif ain full. and
nut lor 1 evenlnip- in
tltc aumioer.
TEN JAP. SCREENS,
Tocnie down in price. a well a down from
the top shelf, when-they are now ktand
i,,c . oik-s U. W. V, M one to It CO.
m! .SO one u, th Two hire Serwus,
H jo .'!. Other lrtinraiii ou
can lieu you come.
41 FirTH AVE.. riTlSBCRGH. PA.
400 Acres. 37th Year-
SALESMEN WANTED.
To represent one of the largert NTRS FRIES in
the cainlrr. (r-irantee sal f-tion Uiall I ens
omers. .No'previo.i.x-rieii.-e msx-ssar, fria
ry and .eiHeii from nart. Ad.lreaa, mating iue,
IIoopcH Bros. Thomas.
Maple Avenue Nurserie. Wt Chester Pa.
LUBBER IS ADTANCIKG !
RAW MILLS,
KI1INGLE
STEAM ENGINES,
HAY riUUiSK, Ac.
If von want a f rst -eia. PAW Mil I., ff-nd for
atiilotine and krtial prp e 10 Introduce la your
A.li. "AK(iL"lIAK CO. SJiniU-4.) York, I'a-
STOP! LOOK! LISTEN
HORI
FfflD
e
XO. 47.
33. & 33.
An Advantageous Trade
It is to your ndrantaj.'e to trade with
us. You may not have thougLt bo here
tofore. But here area few points for
your consideration :
The assortments in the fifty-two depart
ments of these large stores is the largest
The qualities arc the best, as we han
tile no low grade, trashy goods, and
The prices are reliable, just and lowest
always the low set.
We want you to hold us to a strict ac
counting for all of these claims.
SILKS
At SKI rente, 24 inch fxtra nnalitv mark
irox Oiain press Silks. Yoti may think it
strange that we claim these rlilks ar equal
in inaiiiy to niittit jl Jj and $1 -Jo ones.
Hill .sirtit,.. 11......
o
AT 75 CENTS.
I'M pieces Colored IU'pence 8ilk, the new
and most, popular weave in all the new
Spring colors. We claim the intrinsic value
ot ttiissocial bargain is $1 2j per yard. i
a rumple of it, alto.
-O-
Coloreil Silk Warp Oa-hmertu, 40 inches
wiae, in larjre range of colors, at cents
dollur ijuality.
l'l nifHV tll-iii.li IV.lorx.l XL.tixlra ll o
most desirable fabric at present. So cents a
yard. All colors, and prey anil brown mix
tures. Xoi'e better solil anywhere at b."
cents.
If illtrreslrsl .it nil io Killra m'ri',r..p . ..in,
l'ie oi our sK?c;al vaine '.'4-incli Jilack Hur-
nn!-. ui . cerns. ne mid to ouy a very
larjru lot to pet them to sell at this price, hut
will sell you as many or few yards as yon
ii Ke.
Catalogue free. Afail order lnsinrs! civ
cu very best attention.
Boggs & Buhl,
Hi, 117, 119, 121, FEDERAL 8TREET,
ALLEGHENY, Pa.
JEGISTEU'S NOTICE.
Notic' n hvnAiV civen to all wrvmn ninfrrn
t'n s ltiruU'e. TPIiuip ur olh. rwiM. that th1
foliowinx ihtouiiih tiHVi- wst rtfitr, hii1 lliat
tlie suint will bo tviitrl lor coHtinnutioii nui
allimanre at an on. han-' ourt U be held at
tinerM-t on etliiexUv, Mav i vO :
Fir! tinui a'iKuiit f Imvi-i a. Swank.
t irxt and mini aiToiint ot Jim SU annuM. Ad
Uituistnunr of i lin-t:ii HM-h-u-t!lT. dw d.
trt ami hnat nctt uot f MunH.v Slioe maker.
AnnuiiistratirT ot Wm. linkev. dt-e'd.
rirstaud tinnl arciHini ot Wm. H. 3JilKr. Ad
tnitiitrator of John W. fritz, dvr'd.
hirst and l.nal account of J. C. G!.tf.:tv. Exti
OI .Milill (fllKICUT. ow u.
frirsi Htxl titiHi ncf-ount of Jacob NichoiNoll. Ad-
lnitiisiralorttf Al!'rt Nich(lsiti, ec d.
l- irt ami final aMint of of Jucoh Nieholson.
Admmit-lraior of itcnjntniii .NicholrMtii. dc(-'d.
Mm ami tinui nccotiut ot t-ntuk C Khoada,
AMmiitistrator of Catharine Khoiui, dee'd.
Kirst and final aoinnt of F. i:. 4i1om and Johu
K. tm. hxrutoroi Levi i;losi, di--'d.
Kip4 and final account or Jaincf M. Tiiie. Ad
tniniFtrat(ti- fit hlwaw t.onncllv. de-'d.
First tttiti Uon a -con til of Wm. Maurer, Exoc-
u:tr 01 ot r.iixaht'in iitrtrt, i?c'u.
'l'htr act-on iu of J as. B. Kiuinircr and Krvd'k II
Kuiiiir, Adrainitrutorb of Frederick 1 mi liter.
icceaMu.
hiM and fimii nn-otint of mniel ii. lleftz. Ad
inini-tiator ot Num-v Zilcr. dw'd.
Fint and liiial nci-onnt 01 Wm. ii. Miller and
Itatnel f. M;iler, Adiittn:Mialor of Jacob L. Mil
ler. dee'd.
Firt and lina! acrouiit of fNtin'l J. 1kWMar and
Jonathan J. Waliter. Admuuhtrutor m Terry
n a kit, oec a.
Ftrt uti tinal nccTint of If. a. Kiinmt-t, Admr.
of Kmmi Kiiumel, de- d.
Kint and final account t.f Jacb . Homer, Ad
ininiMratorTorMary Ann 8ha;ler, dee d.
Mot aiiu final accuunt of Henry K. Musser,
Executor of Sammd Muwr. dw'd.
First ami final account of Albert J. Mull, A lmr.
of (fideoli Mull. dee d.
First and final account of Jacob A. Parron anil
itNrfe W. Marteeuy, Admr'a. of t'haumvy Mar
Uhiiv. dee d.
Firt and final account of B. S. Fleck, Admr. of
Ann IHra Filer, dt-c d.
rir"t and tioal account of John M. Topper, Ex
ecutor ci Anna m. jron, o.ee i.
First and linal account of Wm. II. Swank, Ad
niinistraUir of Benjamin SluflL dee d.
First ami final account of Martin L. Shaver,
A'hii r. ot r niiikiiu i . iiicr, nee n.
Firt and final account of Jonathan (ftimbert.
AimiiuMraur ot Jovpn MtiMrravo, deed.
First account ot Jowpb S. Miller ami Kamucd S.
Muler. hxeiitor ot am I 1. Miller, dec d.
Account of Johu H, I hi, Admr. of Catharine
FiickiiiKer, dec d.
Acj-ounlof H. r. tieiK-1 and Eliza Burkcy, Ad
uiinistrator of Jacob il-rkey, dit' d.
Firhtand final account of Tobias S. Fisher, Ex
Ci Utor tf Ludwick Koob, U'X-e d.
Kcpister'" ', J. D. SWANK.
April :w, irM. j KtKiteT.
T
..FINE OLD
W!HiIiSiK!l!ESS-N
And IiniHirted Ll.jiinr sold In bulk and by the
ease, pueelal lilleii :
OLD C.I II 1 SET, TOM MOORE,
'l'OS. V.V HOLLO H', U VCKES1IE1XER,
nSXU S (10LDEX WEVIHSf.,
tilUMX S XXXX 7f.A ,
Jamc IlemiiW'. Paul ThiBola. Cpnr, Wilier
I'Mtmnu -liwn Illaeklx-rry I' ir lnl." Abu,
ilctlord and onier-t Ptireltye Vhi.ikiet,
FISHER & CO.,
309 Main Street, Johnstown, Pa.
JJOJTT FOFrSET TO Ccbb VT
COBAUGH'S !
V hat He Does Not keep in
Dry Goods,
GROCERIES, ROOTS ANE SHOES,
And all other line, of Mrehaudi'W, is not worth
keeping-. ourilry Prodoee a upeeially.
r unner feed Mallo, free to all
CUHtoine.
I A,
COBAUCH,
Jijnd of Kernvillo Bridge.
rpO PHYSICIANS:
X .Z..L.. A Ft'LL LINE OF
Sl JKilCAL INSTKtrMEXTS,
TIU'SSES, SHOl'LDEK BRACES,
AND SUPPORTERS,
of every descripiion, at
H. B. HEFFLEY'S,
SfA heilfi-d utrwt, Jehtutown, Pa.
j-niti.T.ei,tie lntnimeDtn a f fecial! T. Can
be ordered by mail. a-lll-Sin.
facts m
That I tlio
y low
Two years old I"Tire live tn pfr gulion.
Three -' 2 "
hour Z1U -
Mix s.v,
Ten "
Kifleen
Thuiy-one " " " ' HO -All
from the het known dltll)eni. California 5
year-old jmre W men, all kill at fl.Mi ir Ration.
bine, M.arl. I latet. tinnKariau, nnerry anu
on U'liien. direct finw rtalioiin. in Bin. Pure
n.xinml Hmn.tiii. l.iim. at the lowest flKnret".
'all on vnd for Hieeial price 11M. Mail order
frouiptlv aiieuiicu to. ioeaiiaciiarge pata
lng and boxing.
A. ANDRiESSEN,
172 Federal Street, Allegheny, Pa.
Somereet
SOMERSET, PA., AVEDNEDAY,
IX) U CHICKEN CHOLERA.
419 Iluron St.,
Fheboygam,
Wl,., Nov. 1J,
I have n a e d
BLJacobsOilfor
chicken cholera
with great nic
Ce. Kvery fon I
affivtcd with
the liraso wa
Cllli.il hr ft n.id
I reeommoud it ai a jure cure. It Las saved
tne many doUara, H. A. Kl'EXXE,
ltrHder cf Fine Fowls.
For Stablemen and Stockmen.
CURES
Cuts. Swellings. Bruises. Sprains. Calls. Strilrts,
Lmene.i. Stiffness. Cracked Heels. Scratches,
Contractions. Flesh Wounds. Stringhalt, Sore
Throat, Distemper. Colic, WNtlo. Poll Evil.
Fist'.ila. Tumors. Splints, Ringbones and Spavin
in their earli Stages. Directions with each bottle.
At PErooieTs vd PEii.ni.
THE CHARLES A. V0GELER C0 BalUnore. Ml
It is to Your Interest
TO BCY YOUR
Drugs and Medicines
fF
JOHH N. SNYDER.
SCCCI0WOR TO
Biesegker & Snyder.
None but tlie purest ami best kept in 8t.K:k,
and when Drugs become inert by stand
ing, as certain of thcru do, we de
stroy them, rather than iru
Iose on our customers.
You can dejx nd on Laving your
PRESCRIPTIONS & FAMILY RECEIPTS
Glled with care. Our priced are .as low as
any other first-class limine and on
many articles niucu lower.
Tliepci'J'ic of this county seem to know
this, and have given us a lurge share of their
patronage, and we shall still continue tagtve
theui the very best goods for their money.
Do not forget that we make a special'y of
FITTING TRUSSES.
We guarantee satisfaction, and, if you Lave
had trouble in this direction,
give us a call.
SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES
in great variety; A full set of Test lenses.
Come in ami have your eyes examined. Xo
charge for examination, and we are confident
we can suit you. Come and see us.
Respectfully,
JOHN N. SNYDER.
Oils! Oils!
The Standard Oil Oomnanr. of Wttshonrta, P-,
make a neciauv ot inatititanuniif? lor ina
Uomenliu trade the finest brands of
Illuminating & Lubricating Oils
Naphtha and Gasoline,
That can be made from Petrolenm. We challenge
comnaruou with every known
PRODUCT OF PETROLEUM.
If yon wih the most uniformly
Satisfactory Oils
IN THE
A.mcrican iMarket,
Af k for ours. Trade for Somerset and vicinity
applied by
COOK A BF.KRITS AMD
FjLAS t KOOi-EK,
iioMkaxrr. Pa.
neptat-'ap-lyr.
Pianos - Onrans
The iinnroveil method nf fustenlnar ftrinc. of Pi-
anm. invented by us. Is one ol the mixt important
Improvement ever niml' muKing tiieuiMriinieni
more richly musical in lone, more durable, and
less likely to K'et out ol tbiie.
Btiih the Mason fc Hamlin Orcans ond Pianos ex
cel chiefly in that wnieh imbechiefexcelieiice In
any mu-ical in-trumeiit, utiality of tone. Other
llilnir", thonth Important are lunch less m than
this. An iir-tniment with mimusleal tones can
not he good. Illustrated caUiliwues of new ntyles
introduced this season, sent free.j
Mason & Hamlin
Organ and Piano Co.,
B0STOX. KEW YORK. CUICAGO,
J. & JACOB KAUFMAN, JR.
DAVUiSVILLE P. 0.,(8omewt Co., Pa.,
Agents Tor th
THE WHITELY HOOP POLE MOWER.
WHITELY SOLID STEEL EINDER,
WHITELY AND CHAMPION
REPAIRS.
Orders for
3Iacliiiicry and Kepairs
J. H. Miller's Hardware Store,
o
Somerset, Pm., will be Attended to
Promptly.
T-A Sarnnle Machine is nov? on Exhi
bition at Mr. Miller's Store. Call and bee it.
J. & JAOOR KAUFMAN, JR.,
Davidsville P. O., Sormerset, Pa.
Machines ei."
Himptpftt, mort duraWe, wo-
iiniiiiritj win l-i icn
'iCW HO .JIII. VimURIV reuj un Kirmavi.
Threshing Engines p''.w
Mills, Phlnrle Machines, Hay Presses, and fctan
dard Implements generally.
A. B. FABQCHAH COMPANY ((Limited.)
fiend for Ulna- I Peunaylvanla. AKrirultu.ra
(rated OttaioirMit I Works, ork, Par
TRADE MARICJ
REMedyAN
ESTABLISHED 1827.
BE TRUE TO ONE.
BY Mas. K. A. KIDDia.
Flirt not, Utile beauty.
Though some may have said,
" Your fnce U your fortune :
Choose well ere yon wed. "
flemcmber this, maiden,
So Itumor asserts :
A man seldom marries J
The woman who flirts.
Don't say It is pastime,
A Joke, or mere fun :
A woman's white soul
1 like snow lu the sun.
Love's pure rajs will melt it
To tears or to smiles ;
But dust from the highway
And by waydcfiles,
Vhou once you have chosen
The man of all wen.
Who loves you most dearly
And you love why, then,
Look out, and not trifle.
Or let your thought rove
To other admirers
So sacred Is lve.
With handi clapped together,
And heart meeting beait,
Oh, what is there like it
Iu nature or art?
The aiiKels beholding,
Tha sight would not miss, .
Of two thus united
Iu conjugal bliss.
Sloop not, little maiden, '.
From heights where you stand ;
You hold a high place
In our beautiful laud
A fair maiden now, i
Sweet, true wife by aud ty ; J
And mother, perhaps ; ;
What taeen standi-' so high ? 4
, 9 , i
IN THE CORN FIELD.
UV AMY RANDOLPH.
"I've half a mind to give np, ' said
Jotham lieera.
lie was mowing tlie old be me let, on a
broiling July day. From the Unit red
streak of early dawn bid glittering scythe
had sw ung to and fro to and fro, with
the steady regularity of a pendulum.
There was not ling of the idler about
Jotham Prft rs, and yet, at times be did
get discouraged.
" It don't Fcr;i us if I ' belonged to
anybody," he muttered. " What's the
use of working like this, if I don't make
up my mind to (stay here? Deacon Beers
is my uncle, to be sure, but I a:n no more
to him than any other hired man. The
old farm is going to rack and ruin as fast
as it can. --Aunt Polly is a good sul, but
she can't Kteu the tide of Bhiftleesness
any more than you can dip ot Niagara
Falls wish a quart bowl. And as for
Rachel"
He smiled to himself. It was evident
that Rachel was the one redeeming
element of t he picture he had mentally
drawn.
"As for Rachel," he wer.t thoughtfully
on, "she is like the wild red lilies on
yonder hillside lot. There's a deal of
solid common sense in Rachel, if only
one could get through the strata of co
quetry and girlish foliy that overliifs her
true nature. I'll not go to Colorado ; I'll
stay on here for Rachel's sake."
Deacon Beers was dreaming over the
weekly pajt-r on the porch when Jotham
came in at noon. Aunt Polly was taking
a cherry pie out of the oven, and Rachel
had gone out to the well for fresh wa
ter. ' Them crow s is a-doin' a eight o mis
chief in the corn," said Mr. Beers."
" Our folks used to han up a square o'
tin on a string." observed Aunt Polly.
"When the sun flashed on't the crows
was pretty sure to cut btick."
" 1 was wondering," said Jotham, as
he dipped his curly head into a basin of
water at the sink, and dried it on a towel
" if it wouldn't be a good notion to pas
ture tome sheep on the rocky side hill.
There's nothing but mullen stalks and
hard track grows there, anyhow."
" Sheep's a dretfnl resky investment,"
said Mr. Beers, dubiously. "And the
neighbors all keep dog9, and the fences
are down."
Jotham had opened his lips to remon
strate on the dog and fence question,
but the appearance of Rachel, dimpled
and blooming as a freshly-githered
peach, diverted his thoughts, and he
said :
" Well, Ray, are you going to the sur
prise party over at the parsonage to
night?" " I shouldn't wonder," Rachel an
swered.
" With me ?"
"John Parker has asked permission to
call for me," Miss Rachel replied," with
her eyes fixed on the pattern of the ta
ble-cloth, and a rising color in her cheek.
Jotham Beers said no more, but the
pork and greens had lost all flavor to his
palate. He cared no longer for the cher
ry pie.
" Rachel, "he said, in a choked voice,
' I have known you longer than that
Parker fellow."
Rachel reddened.
" One don't want to (to about with one
young man forever," said she. "And I'll
thank you, Joseph Beers, to speak a little
more respectfully of my friends."
" If he's going to dance attendance on
you, I may as well remain at home"' said
Jotham.
" You can do as you please about that,"
retorted Rachel, tying and -untying her
apron strings.
Jotham went back to the hay-field in
moody silence. The deacon lighted his
pipe.
"I guess," said he, " I'll sit and smoke
awhile-"
Rachel began to clear away the table.
Mrs. Beers eyed her with supreme indig
nation." " Rachel," said she at last, " I thould
think you would be ashamed of your
self." " Why?" a little defiantly.
" To treat Jotham so."
"To treat him how V
"You know how as well as I do," de
clared Mrs. Beers. "And he's talking
about leaving us and going to Colorado.
I'm sure I don't know w hat your lather
and me wouli do without Jotham. He's
more like an own Bon than a nephew
to me, and always has been."
Rachel was silent.
"And it's for you to decide," went on
Mrs. Beers, "whether lie is to stay or to
go." ,
The roses glowed more hotly in Ra
chel's cheek. A sort of mistiness filmed
her soft hazel eyes.
I'm sure I don't want liim to g go !"
she faltered, hiding her head on her
mother's shoulder.
"Tell him so, then," urged Mrs. Beers.
"Tell him that you'll go to the surprise
party with him, instead of John Tarter.
MAY 28, 1800.
John's only a hanger-on of Melinda Wal
fleld's, after all."
So, when the dishes were washed, Ra
chel ran out to the hill to see where, in
the lot, Jotham had got to.
"I'll take him a jug of cold ginger-water,"
she thought. "It must be awful hot
work mowing in the sun."
But he was not there at all. On the
contrary, Rachel caught sigbtof his coarse
straw hat above the tall spikes of the
young eorn.
" He's fixing that piece of tin to scare
away the crows thai mother told him
about," said she to herself. " And I shall
be saved the long walk to the home
lot." She burst out into a sweet refrain of
song, as she tripped along with the pitch
er of cold ginger-water in her hand ;
she paused to pick a cluster of red lilies
as she passed the orchard wall, where
the tall blossoms crowded and nodded
like children looking over the fence.
" Because Jotham likes them," she
though L
"Jotham!" sweet and clear like the
whistle of a thrush, sounded the fresh
young voice, "Jotham, 1 say! Don't
you hear me? It's Rachel! Why don't
you look around, Jotham?"
There was no answer. No turning of
the head, however slight, to indicate that
she was as much as noticed ; and, with
a swelling bosom and tear starting to her
eyes, Rachel ilung the contents of the
yellow pitciier into the nearest coje of
hazel bushes, and ran back home like
a deer.
" I won't be slighted by any man !"
she said to herself. " No, I won't ! I
won't!"
She went to the surprise party that
night with John Parker, and flirted with
him, to the manifest confusion of Melin
da Wallield. And at three o'clock in the
morning John Parker escorted her home,
with Melinda unwillingly fulfilling the
old saw that " Two is company : three is
a crowd "in the rear.
"Why, mother, yon up?" was Rachel's
exclamation, as she found Mrs. Beers in
the kitchen, lighting a tire by the uncer
tain glimmer of the early dawn. " Is
anybody sick? Has anything hap
pened '!"
Mrs. Beers shook her head.
"I'm going to give p-)or Jotham a bito
of breakfast before he starts oil," said she
in lachrymose accents.
"Starts oh where?"
"For Colorado!"
"Oh!" said Rachel, flinging her bon
net on the dresser, " he's going, is he ?
I wish him a very pleasant joerney, I'm
sure."
At the same moment Jotham himself
came down the narrow, w inding wooden
stairway.
" You'll tell me good-Wye, I suppose,
Rachel ?" said he, with an ostentatious
assumption of being entirely at ease,
which did not in the least deceive the
two women. But she turned away her
head.
" I tlon't know why I should speak to
you," said she. "You wouldn't answer
me when I called to you yesterday."
He looked at her in surprise.
"1 don't take more than ona rebuff from
any man," she went on, excitedly.
" Ray !'' he cried, eeizing both her
hands in his, " what are you talking
about? I refuse to answer you ? I rebutT
you? Child, I think you have gone clear
crazy."
The tears were flowing now, a spark
ling flood.
"I I went down to the field yester
day," she sobbed, "to carry you a cool
drink to ask you not to go to Colorado.
I called 'Jotham ! again aud again. And
you would not answer me. You would
not even turn your head."
"Where was I, Rachel?"
"la in the cornfield. I saw your hat."
His face brightened.
"Come here, Rcy dear I&y," he said,
in deep, earnest tones, as he took her
hand and led her to the window where
the sunrise was unfurling its red banner
to the world. "You saw my hat, did you?
Well, you can see it now. Call to it,
dear. It won't answer you. It is only
the old braided straw set on a pole among
the green stalks to frighten away the
crows. And you supposed that showed
a deaf ear to your calls! Dearest, I
should hear them, I lielieve, if I lay six
feet under the ground, with the daisies
growi tig over me. Shall I go on the five
o'clock stage, sweetheart, or shall I
stay?"
And Rachel whispered:
"Stay."
Long ago the corn has been reaped and
gathered, anil bound into yellow shocks
on the hillside. But the old hat still
flutters aimlessly on its stake in the mid
dle of the fiel.
"Don't take it away," says Rachel, who
is sewing diligently on a bridal dress of
white alpaca, with loopings of creamy
ribbon sprinkled all over it. "I like to
sit here at the window and look at it. It
teaches me a lesson not to judge too
hastily."
A Story of Dom Pedro.
Dr. Stellwag, the famous oculist, while
lecturing to his students at Vienna, told
a pretty story of Dom Pedro, of Brazil.
He said that he had had many opportu
nities of conversing with the ex-Km-peror,
a man of the highest character ami
of great culture, whose heart and mind
were always filled with plans for improv
ing the cdndition of his people. It was
one of his dearest wishes to have a big
hospital in Rio, but he lacked the money
wherewith to built it, and the wealthy
could not be induced to subscribe. Then
an idea came to him, as it had to the
Emperor Joseph nearer home, and he
began to bestow titles. Any man who
was willing to give a good, round sum to
the hospital could ca!l himself Count,
Viscount or Baron. The patent of nobil
ity was not hereditary, and if the child
ren wished to inherit the father's title
they had to pay over again. Rio was
suddenly peopled with nobles, and the
hospital w as built on a grand scale ; and
when it was completed Dora Pedro had
the following incription placed over its
gates: "Vanitaa Humana Miseriie IIu
man;u." (Human Vanity to Human
Misery). Loudon Iki'ily Sr.
"Young man," he began, and he lean
ed his chin on the back of the seat
ahead, "I'm a prohibitionist, and I"
"That's all right," whispered the young
man, "watch out, and when nobody's
looking, reach down undei tho Beat."
eralci
Swallowed Two Wars and More.
There were apumber of as in one of
the London taverns made famous by
Dickens, when a great big fellow slouch
ed in and made himself very disagreea
ble with bis mouth. One of our party, a
man from Boston, and some way or other
he and the big man came to exchange
words. The first we heard of the row
the big man was saying :
"You Yankees is great on tho brag,
and that's all you can do,"
"Well, I dunno," replied Boston.
"But I do. When did yu ever do a
bloomink, blasted thing?"
"How about 1776 ?
"Never heard of it!"
"How about 1812?"
"Never heard of it !"
"Did you ever hear of Bunker Hill?"
"I have, sir. That's where COO red
coats licked the life out of4,0) braging
Yankees !"
"I guess not."
"Not! Docs you dare todisputethe
Liverpool Kid ?"
"You'd better read what history says."
"I have done that 'ere, bloomink idiot,
and it says as how all you Yankees run
at tiie first fire! Don't it now?"
"I never heard that it did."
"Don't it say that?"
The big fellow had pushed up his
sleeves and put up his fists, and it was
plain that a row was on hand. He was
big enough to eat two such men as Bos
ton, while he had friends to look out for
the rest of us. Our companion therefore
took the most prudent course and
acknowledged that history might say so.
This satisfied the big fellow, and he turn
ed away and glanced at a Frenchman,
also a tourist, who had come in later.
After a long stare he walked up to Cra
po and shouted :
"Blast yer bloominkparley vons, but
we've always licked ye out of yer boots
on land and sea '."
"You speak von big lie !" Ehouted the
Frenchman, hot in a minute.
"What ! Call the Liverpool Kid a liar
to his face !"
"Aye ! and I shall now give you von
awful beeg licking!"
"Johnny" got out of his coat in a jiffy,
danced around with his hands up, and
to our utter astonihment the Kid went
right down into his boots and slunk out
of tho room, having no more pluck than
a hen. We sat there for five minutes be
fore any one spoke. Then it was the
Boston man, who said :
"Just think of it! lean lick six fel
lows like that banty Frenchman and yet
thatbifl dutTer made me svvallo two
wars for independence and Bunker Hill
on top of them !" A. '. .svin.
Saw the Latest Styles.
"You don't seem to understand how to
manage a baby," said a Union depot of
ficial to a young man who was holding
a six months old infant as though it w ere
a Imn.'li of lath.
"I ain't entered in a baby-holdirg
race," replied the young man wearily.
"I don't apire to no championship in
this line, and if my style of holding this
kid don't wiit you, I'll give it to you
and let you jump it awhile."
"Make me jump it ! Can't do that, you
know; I ain't jumping other people's
children for my health."
"Nor I either. Perhaps its mother
will got back soon. She's been gone an
age. I wonder what her np.nie is?"
"Why, ain't that your kid ?"
"I should say not. I can't indulge in
no such luxuries on $'J a week."
"Did its mother gi ve it to you to hold ?"
"Yes ; said she'd step into the restaur
ant and eat a bit Had ridden three
days and nights on the cars, and was al
most beat out."
The railway offcial took a squint into
the restaurant. It was empty. He re
ported to the young man, whose knees
immediately began to knock together. A
still hunt for the mother proved fruitless.
Lady passengers gathered around com
miseratingly. They tootsie-wootsied the
babe, and a wild light came into the
young man's eyes as though he w as med
itating a break for liberty. An hour
passed. Tiie youth considered his doom
sealed. Suddenly the mother appeared
in the room, somewhat flushed, but pro
fuse in apologies.
"Yes," she explained, "after eating I
just ran up town to look at the spring
hats and summer goods combinations in
the shop windows. Haven't had a
chance in four days. Stayed too long,
but I'm a thousand times obliged to you,
sir. '
"Don't mention it," replied the young
man, with a kind of "listen to my tale of
woe" inflection in his voice. .Nf. J'uul
Pioneer J Wis.
An Experiment With a Bride.
A bridal couple took our tiain from
Buffalo to Philadelphia, and it was gen
erally, remarked that they coin! acted
themselves as well as could be expected
under the circumstances. After about
four hours' ride the groom got oil at a
station where a short stop was made,
saying to tlie bride that he wanted to
speak to a man, but saying to one of the
boys on tlie quiet :
"When the train starts I'll get into
the car behind and she'll think I was
left. Then look out to see her go into
fits. I'll appear on the scene in time to
'prevent consequences."
The program was carried out As the
train started a drummer rushed into the
car and plunged himself down beside
the bride, without a question, and in five
minutes he was talking about the weath
er, Buffalo, Philadelphia, and a dozen
things. She grew interested at once, and
did not even appear to think of her
new ly-made husband. The latter w aited
a quarter of an hour, and then sneaked
into the car. He expected to find her
half dead with anxiety, but she wasn't
She was talking in a very animated way,
and when he came forward she looked
up and said :
"That you, James? I thought you
were left. Sit down back there some
where.'' And for two hours he "sot," while
that drummer held the fort, and every
body was tickled to death. Later on one
of the boys said to him:
"Your experiment didn't work as you
thought it would, did it?"
"Not exactly," was the reply, "but you
wait. You ought to be around to-night
when I wallop her with a wet towel '."
WHOLE NO. 2027.
Doing One's Best.
One's best is a very variable quantity.
Duties must be done, obligations met,
responsibilities discharged, irrespective
of our moods and often of our capabili
ties. When the hour strikes for certain
work to be done, we must bo on hand
to do it with little renrd to whether we
can do it well or ill. But all that is re
quired of us is to do the best we can at
the time ; and it is accepted of a man
according to that he hath, and not ac
cording to that he hath not.
The house-mother often rises in the
morning feeling quite inadequate to
meet the requirements of the day. As
she sees what her children need, and
compares thoir needs with her ability to
meet them, she can but exclaim, "Who
is sufficient fur these things?'' There is
nothing fr her to do but to do the best
she can, even though it be a very poor
best.
AVhen nine o'clock calls the teacher to
her pupils, not always is she in the best
mood for answering that call. But she is
required on'y to do the liest e he can.
The student s:!ndown to a hard lesson,
perhaps with aching head, dull percr
tions, with unreteitive memory, aud his
very best eiruits fail to make him master
of it. His conscience may give him the
peace hisstinding in tiie recitation room
denies.
There are some things for which we
may be held responsible in the matter of
doing our best. Whatever that is avoid
able by us of that ability, we are iu duty
bound to avoid. We cannot knowingly
and willingly put it out of our power to
do our best and then complain of the re
sult or deny otir responsibility for it.
Sometimes the very "stars in their
courses" seem to fight aiaint U3 as they
fonght against Sisera. The skies are
clouded, the storm howls about us, the
atmosphere is oppressive, and our "en
vironment"' suppresses, chokes us. F.ven
then all we are required to do is our best
and leave results with a higher power.
'I i riM "in A'! efirn If.
Ho Stood the Test Bravely.
A Woodward avenue dentist received
a call the other morning from a couple
whom he soon had reason to believe w ere
lovers. The girl had an aching tooth,
and as they entered the of'ice, the young
man said :
" Now, darling, the worst is over.
Just lake a seat, and it will be out in a
minute."
" Oh ! I da-en't," she gasped.
" But it really don't hurt you any, you
know."
" But I'm afraid it will."
" It can't. I'd have one puiled in a
minute if it ached."
" I don't believe it."
" Oh, yes, I would."
" Has she got a bad tooth ?" asked the
dentist.
"Yes, sir; it has ached for a week, and
I've just succeeded in getting her down
here. Come darhng, have it out."
" Oil ! I cant !"
" But you must."
" I can't stand th hurt."
" Hurt ! Now, then, I'll have one pull
ed, just to show you that it d.icsn't hurt."
He took a seat, leaned back and oen
e! his mouth, and the dentist seemed to
be selecting a tooth to seize with his for
ceps, when the girl protested :
" Hold on ! T.ie testis suificient. He
has proved his devotion, (iet out, Harry,
and I'll have it pulled."
She took the chair, had the tooth
drawn without a gr-an, and as she went
out she was saying to the young man :
" Now I cn believe yon when you de
clare that you would die for me."
And yet every tooth iu his head was
false. Dtifti'tt fir; 7 'r. ..
Treat Old People Well.
There is nothing in the world more
pathetic than the meek, timorous, and
shrinking ways of certain old people
we have all seen them who have given
up their old homes into younger hands
and subsided into some out-of-the-way
corner of it, to sit W the fireside and
table henceforth as if afraid of "making
trouble," as if afraid of beinsr. "in the
way," afraid of accepting half that is
their due and going down to their graves
with a pitiful, deprecating air, as if con
stantly apologizing for staying so lon.
There is no scorn too deep and sharp for
the sons and daughters who accept this
attitude on the part of those to whom
they owe so much. Sometimes, to be
sure, people grew old with a bad grace.
They become embittered by misfortune
or siliii tion.or are peevish and unreason
able under the goad of ill health. All
the morc do they appeal to great gentle
ness and faithfulness. Let it be borne
in mind that we. too, are hastening to
ward the sunset of life, and that we ma'
rijien into very uncomfortable old ieople
to demand much more of patience and
devotion than we, as children, yield
them. ihririiun Union.
How to Do Business.
New England people are often called
"mean" by those with whom they trade,
because they inquire beforehand what
will be the charge for a piece of work
undertaken. To onr way of thinking,
this is a perfectly legitimate and proper
inquiry, even when made by persons
with full purses. Why should they, or
any one else, offer a premium for extor
tion, by pursuing the opposite courses, or
open the door for endless petty disputes,
on points differently understood by the
same parties? It hits a very suspicious
look when a person is unw illing to come
to plain terms in a business matter. The
common jesuitical way of replying' "Oh,
it will be all right," and "We shall do
the fair thing," may do for those who
have never been fleeced ninety-nine
times out of a hundred. Of course, all
rules have exceptions, and a person of
sense and judgment generally under
stands when and w here to find them, but
us : r.'i(V,the "goodness of human nature"
is rather a shaky foundation upon which
to conduct business affairs. One has
only to r?ad the lawyers' si.:ns about the
streets to know that. However, every
body must knock his head just so many
times against hard facts, before he will
believe what he is told by those who
got tlie headache before him.
The Quakers, who are believed to have
numbered 100,000 about two centuries
ago, now have ecarcely 15,000 members
in this country.
Not Exactly Biblical.
I was following a rough and rnjfjjd
road running along the French Broad
river in Eastern Tennessee whrn a man
with a rifle in his hand stepped into the
trail ahead of me with a "howdy strang
er?" I saluted in return, and he looked
cautiously up and down the road and
around him and inquired:
"See anything of any oM man with a
coon-skin cap on "."
"No."
"Haven't seen old Adams back thar'
anywhere gunning for rne?"
"No. Are you out for a shoot T
"Wrl, old Adams is gunning for me,
and lam gunning fur lie. We Joan
snuggle (agree) on a mewl trade."
The day was warm and I was tired,
and so I sat down on a rock and asked
him to sit beside me, and then I began
to talk to him about the enormity of the
ofTense of holding life so lightly. I told
him that such "gunning" excursions
were no more or less than murder, and
that such conduct was more befitting
Africans than Tennessee white men.
"Then why does he'un do it?" h
queried.
"And why do you do it ?' I retorted.
"But let him come to me and own up
and ask to be friend"."
"But why don't you go to him?"
We had been talking for half an hour
and he was coming my way of thinking.
"You read the Bible, don't you ?" I
asked.
"Sartin."
"What does the Bible say about shoot
ing down a fellow-man in cold bloo'i?"
At that instant his cap flew oir. flames
blaw.il out from the bushes opposite, and
the snap of a rifle came to onr ears.
"It says'" yelled tiie man, as he sprang
up arid leaped into the rad "it : ?ays
that onery skunk of an Adams ha op-
pod at me, and I'll be if I don't Lev
his scalp befo he kin git away !"
He advanced to the bushes, dodged
aliotit fur a minute and fired, but Adams
was on the run and was not hit. fMroi!
Free 1'rt.
His Reform Now Possible.
"Samantha, I wish I could break my
self of this slavish habit of smoking !"
said Mr. Chngwater, despairingly. "I'd
give worlds if 1 could do it !''
"Will you be guided by my advice,"
Josiah ?" asked Mrs. Clmgwater.
"What do you know about such
things ?" he demanded.
"Never mind what," she rpp!ied. ' Will
you premise to do exactly w hut I pre
sent?" "For how long ?"
"For about two week."
"Oh, yes," he said, listlessly, "Co
ahead with your prescription."
Mrs. Chugwater left the room and re
turned in a moment with a box of 100
cigars.
"Josiah," she said, tenderly, "I bought
tiiese of a peddier for fifty cents, and I
have been saving them for you. You
w ill smoke fourteen of them everyday
till they are all gone."
Getting Ready to Be Shot.
General Horace Porter gives the fol
lowing grim details of sewing names for
the death roll, one of the old familiar
s-er.es "the night before the battle."
"I was going through the camp the
night before the battle, and I noticed
nearly all the men sewing. Ordinarily
I would have thought very little of seeing
a group of soldiers patching up their
army clothes. In this case, however,
pretty much every one was sewing some
sort of a piece into the breasts of their
coats.
"My curiosity was aroned, and I asked
one of the men what it was all about.
" 'Noihhi' much, sir,' said the so'.Jier,
siluting, 'only the boys allow that we'ro
goin' to get it hot to-morrow, and they
are just sewing their names onto their
coats, so that if they go under, as a good
many of us w ill, sir, some one can tell
who we are. That's ail, sir.' "
How Did He Learn Such Talk?
A little boy of four years lias for some
time had a habit of w aking about mid
night and calling for a drink of water. At
last his mother told him or.e evening, as
he was put to bod, that she would not
get up any more to wait upon hi:n ; that
she would put a pitcher of water and a
glass on a stand in his sight, and left
him.
That night at the msual time the boy
tailed :
" I want a d'ink o' water ! I want a
d'ink o water !
But she paid no attention. He called
two or three times, and after he had
whimpered a bit she heard him get up
and thump along the fioor to the stand.
And then through the darkness came
this very positive ejaculation :
" I hope I thpiil every jam jop." Z,V
f iii TraHtrrhit.
The Standard.
" I regard Hood's Sarsaparilla as hav
ing passed above the grade of what are
commonly called patent or proprietary
niedecines," said a well-known physician
recently. " It is fully entitled to be con
sidered a standard medicine, and has
won this position by iU undoubted merit
and by the many remarkable cures it has
effected. For an alterative and tonic it
has never been equaled."
Real Courage.
Jones and his friends were Jixussir
the latent lion accident.
"Why, I've been in that cage myself
a dozen times," boasted that inveterate
joker.
"And you weren't cfraid?"
"Of course not; the lions had been
taken out." Jttiljr.
Facts Worth Knowin;
In all diseases of the nasal mucotH
membrane' the remedy used must be
non-irritating. The medical profession
ha3 been slow to learn this. Nothing sat
isfactory can be acccmplished with dou
ches, snuffs, powders or svringes. be
cause they are all irritating, do not thor
oughly reach the affected surfaces, and
should be abandoned as worse than fail
ures. A multitude of jiersons w ho had
for years borne all the worry aud pain
that catarrh can inflict testify to radical
cures wrought by Ely's Cream Talm.
Mamma "Are ycu waim, r.obly?'
Bobby (in bed) "Yes, minima, a
warm as toast."
"Why, no you're not. You are as cold
as you can be."
"Well, I'm as warm as th'e toast tro
had for supper."
Oue to bald-headed men There'll be
no parting there.
A shaker community where the ague
prevails.
A policeman at Davis City, West Va.,
arrested a drunken man, and, hav ing no
jail, locked him up in a box car.
A mathematician has calculated that
the dead are in the minority, after all,
Huch i the rapid growth of human population.
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