Tlie Somerset Herald ESTABLISH CD 127. j'erms ot 3rubli cation blitbed every Wednesday aornlss St 13 00 ,, jjmam. If paid in advance otborwlM 12 SO , invariably be charted, subscription will be ditoanttnoed estfl til a -.- arass P np. PatiMMn rtlectini r .gtify uswhenit3lbidOBitkoottali win be held revootfbia forth lotiaenp- r jjczlbert remortn: from one fwtocsce to aa 0 tbooldflT oaths name of thssxaMC as ,,U the present ottoa. Address - Ths Sokxbsr HniTiP, ! BokxbsRi Fa. J)1 IIS. BILL & tAX'J r.iv. nF NTISTS. nviW Tmi store. hacrMfU Pa-) D ..Derations pertainiiKf to Denlinry siillful .Vrtanned. eneeial attention giren to filUn jt-eatiur the natural leetb. Artificial ornt- i.ened. Ab. teeth lurried without plate. j nd norcelsun crowns attached to the natur a. apr.la-nl-lvr T W. CAKUTHEP.S. M. D. i-UVBltlAJi AMI bl RGKOK, IXj tKul'T. Fa. nffeeon Union street, nest door u iTuiUns; ; g.. How. ia"ht caii at j dice. DTw P. F. SHAFFER. PHYSICIAN AND grRGEOX. eumutT. Pa., T- fler hi profpssianal err;.- to tne citisena .u,Tei and vicinity cfbee next dour to i ,:-ssoiercial HoteL D R. IL 6. KIMMELL, Tender bit profit! on al eerrlcea to the cftlieni v Somerset and vicinity. I'mess professionally . sxed be ru b louna at hia office on Mais t jt.uf Iriamond. vK. J. M. LOUTH ER, (Formerly tf SLuyatovm.) j PHYSICIAN AND Sl'RGEOX, Has located permanently in Somerset for the u-e of Lin profnsaoti. Olfcoe on Main street, K. fear of Lru bum. DR. J. S. M'MILLEN, Gradual in IxMutm,) 4 res special attention to the preoerratlon of ' natural teeth. AmW set .nwcrted. All c srsuou .niajaajieed sau.isctor;'. orhce In the OTrtM. Je.Tredweil A Oo.'i store, corner tin cross and Patriot streets. D R. WM. COLLINS, 05c In Knepper's Block up-tairs. where he -jo, Ur found at all time prepared to do all kinaa c-f work, nu b aa Bliing, reuiaunif. extracung. Artificial tlli of all kindt aud of Ui oa, eauaiai Inaerled. Ail work uaranteed. HEN RY. F. SCHELL. ATTuRSEY-ATLAW, ; eomaraet, Pa. feunty and Penxion Agent OSot in Mammoth lixa. YALEXTINE HAY, ATTORNi.Y-AT LAW, , homextet. Pa. . DealeTiB Real Estate. Will attend to all entrusted to hia care iia tromptne ac ndelity. J ATTORXET-AT-LAW. bomennet. Pa. ill pmropt'.y attend to all hoidneaa entruated 1 :m M;uey advanced on Ouliecuona, AC Of id Maaunoth Block. JJL BERKEY, . ArK'RXET-AT-LAW, Boaiaarr, Pa. JE In Odd Pellowi" "Building. UARVEY M. EERKLE. AITURN EY-AT-LA W, ; oMuarr. Pa. OLee with F. J. Kooaer, Eq. 4- A a HOLBERT, . ATTORXKT-AT-LAW, 6omenet,Ps. k loe with John H. no. y V A TToRN EY-AT-LA W, I Will bomenet. Pa., rire nrompt attention tobusinea entruated - hu care in o.nnrrwK aud adjoining counuea. jli in Prinuiig Houae Row, oppout the Court J OILS 0. KIMMEL, ATIURN EY-AT-LA W, j bomenew, ra., J Will attend to all butanes entrusted to tit care nmeret ai.d adjoining oouutiea, with pnwnptr and fidelity, utboe on Main Cra hireet, l-'ve fisher Book btore. i JAMES L.PFGH, ATTORNET-AT-LAW. i bomenet. Fa. If re in Mammoth Block, op utalra. Entrance et, Main froai nuwt C'uliection made, eaatoa St Led. tflleaexamiued, and all leral buaineaaav k ided to w tin promptneia and fideliiy. t J. CoLSoaw. L. C Couou. iriM jiirv A POTRORN. ATTORN KY8-AT-LAW, bomersei. Pa. . All buiineiw enti-QFted to our care will be r Jinptiy aud faithfully attended to. Collections in Bomerset. bedford and adjoining eoun buneviug and conveyancing done on rea U --able terms. FRED. W. BIESECKEK, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, bomenet. Pa. -5c in Printing Houae Row, opposite Court 1 JUxe. G EORGE R. SCULL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. S. Soon. J. O. Ogle. kCOTT & CK.LE, P A TTViuS 13- A T LA W. boacanr, Pa. 1? J. KOOSER, P ATTORNET-AT-LAW bomenet. Pa. S. ENDS LEY. ATTORNET-AT-LAW, bomenet. Pa. l II. L.BAER, ATTORNET-AT-LAW, I bomeraet. Pa., practice in Someraet and adjoining eoua Ail buneB entrusted to ium will receive f jipt attention. 4 H OorrarrTH. W. H. KrrrrL. XiFFROTH & RUPPEL, J ATTORNEY!i-AT-LAW, bomenet, Pa. I All business estmrted to their care will be ?ed.;y aud piiuctuaiiy attended to. Ofhoe on m Croat street, opposite Mammoth Block. HI HOTEL AT CHMEElLiSD P. Sweitier. late ol Sand Tatch, baa purchased 1 THE AMERICAN HOUSE," f '.trVr'.anil. V4.. and has refitted and refur- ? !-al tie M:d lnnie thmughout, and made :i a rirM-'iat Htei u accommodate the trav I e.iu puuiic with good table, and choice liquors at the bar. - slxi ha in connectioB with the Hotel a large -'Jaatity of (i-elln-r's Pur Old Rye WhLsky lur aaie ly the Murel or gallon at toe foUuwing pncea : Two Tear old at 1J 90 per gallon. Tnree - - ' $ ho l uur " " 14 UU f prir of the J'ir if 15 cents for each ralloo. . i- i-,(t of the hik-T and Jng mo a.ways s "ornj:iT the order, wb'icb will inwre prornj M nuon and shipment. Addreasa all orders to S. f . SWEITZER, CUMBERLAND, MD. .':so-co. STILL IN BUSINESS I fV eiTiey's Y Ifley's Photocrttph Csllor i, J letron, informed tiial I am still la j the fnd Am at all time prepared to take all J kinds of pictures, from s TiB.tn r CsbtBet Phstefiph, !r o a Life-e Crayon. InstanUneoai Pro oe used, and ail work guaranteed to be satisfactory. Sar-Gallery P stain, neat to Yoogh' Hie VOL. XL. NO. 3. It is to Your Interest TO BUT TOCB Drugs and Medicines OF JOHS N. SHYDEB. SCCCBOB TO Biesecker & Snyder. None but the purest and best kept in stock, snd when Drugs become inert by stand ing, as certain of them do, we de stroy them, rather than Im pose on our customers. You can depend on having your PRESCRIPTIONS 4 FAMILY RECEIPTS filled with care. Our prices are as low as any other first-class house snd on many articles much lower. The people of this county seem to know this, snd hsve given us s large share of their patronage, snd we shall still continue te give them the very beat goods for their money. Do not forget that we make s specialty of FITTIXGr TRUSSES. We guarantee satisfaction, and, if you hsve had trouble in this direction, give us a call. SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES in great variety ; A full set of Test Lenses. Come in and hsve your eyes examined. Xo charge for examination, snd we are confident we can suit you. Come snd see us. Respectfully, JOHNJ. SNYDER. Oils! Oils! The Standard Oil company, of Pittsburgh. Ps, make, a specialtv of manufacturing for the iwmesuc trade the finest brands of Illuminating & Lubricating Oils Naphtha and Gasoline, That can be made from Petroleum. We challenge companion with every knows PRODUCT OF PETROLEUM. If you wish the most uniformly Satisfactory Oils IX THE American !M!arket, Ask for oars. Trade for Somerset and vicinity supplied by COOK BEERITS IH FKA& A kiXSER, srpt28-'-lJT. ooasasiT, Pa. Dress Goods, MOST COMPLETE in Wetem Pennsylvania. Henriettas in all the latest shadet in lieiit and dark u.lorings at 2a, j;, io, .V cent, and Jl per yard. Screen In all the new shades in plain, stripe and "piaid from A to 7.'eent Ier ynrd. A lnre line of black and white plaid, Sbep- ha.-d'i plaid from 1 ." ; cents to 7. cents. Flack aud Colored Silk ttarp Henriettas, Kisi k Ser ges, Black Lustres, and Black Brun- etta. Black Cafhmere from 12' ; cents to al.50 per vani. A great Banrain in .iu h Col ored Cafciuueres at Ix. per yard. A Complete line of sth rrress Goods. conistingof all the Latent Xovelt.es. A full line of Hambunr Kmuroidenea and Flouuc mgs, .Spriug STraps and Jackets now in. John Stenger, 227 Main St., Johnstown, Pa. J7WING & GWYNNL WHOLESALE COMMISSION MF.P.CHASTS, enseal Produce and Fruits, Ve7etaUea and Game. Consignments solicited Best Prices and Prompt Jtetums Guaranteed. Correspondence invited. 3 OHIO ET, ALLEGHENY, PA. (Telephone 36lfr) YUDITOR'S NOTICE. InreEstatl 1 In the Orphans" Court of of I Somerset Co.. Pa. Si May. Hfm. 6. Morgan, de- ) 'il txt rs. Acc t presented j and couhrmrd. 1 n twv .I'Jiine on netmon of Maiy .0' JiIB "Belle Morfran. sn heir and It-jratee. by ber Atnirnev. H. fc. r iiolcy, rxj., tne nun ai-uuim J . k'imroel. ti., Amliior, to avenam ad vancements, r.l and deiennine the widow's dow er and make a ditniuuoo of the funds in the hand of the Executor to and amoug those legally entitled thereto. SUVLKSKT C.H-XTY, PS. 1 1 ttrct from the Records, certified - seal. V 12 Juue, ltd. j A. J. HILEMAK, Clerk. SOTICE. In pun-uanoe of tne stove appoint ment 1 will attend to the duties, at my oftce in Somerset Borough, o . Thurxdsy, the ird day of Juiv, 1 !. of tin b all peraous interested wul pleaWtakeuoti.e. r,ul;u Junel7, Auditor. YUDITXtR'S NOTICE. "At an Orphans" Court held at rV,meret 00 the Cthday of June. I'M, the underign,l Auditor was duly appoint"1 to d!tntute the fund" in the hands of Peter F. Sbaulis. Administrator" John W Kar. deceased, to and among those lecally entitled thereto, notice is hereby given that he will attend to the duties of said appointment at his orhce in fcoroenel Borough ou Thursday, the 16th dav of Jn'.y. vl. when' and where those inter ested can attend il they think prmr. JoilN K. SCOTT. June 17, Auditor. UDITOR S NOTICE At an Orphan' Court held at Somerset, ra., on the .trd day of June. the aiidersigned Ail diuv wan duly atotnted to make and report a distribution of the funds in the bands of A. J. Cover and Israel Brant. Administrators of Jere miah Brant de-esed, to and anHing those le gsJiy entitled thereto, hereby gives notie U-t he will attend to the duties ot the above appoint ment on Tbursuay. the loth day of July. lYl. when and where parties interested can attend if they think proper. j. jj. WY)TT. Auditor. A DMINISTRA TOE'S NOTICE Estateof Henrv Barkman, late of Milford Twp., rknnerset county, pa., decead. Letters of Administration barina been granted hv the proper autiiT.tv. to the undersurned. on the estate of Heary harkmau. hue of Milftml township. Somerset county. Pa . deeed. notice herehv given to ail penuns Indebted 10 said es tate to make immediate payment, and thuse nsr inr claims against said siat w ill presem them duly authenu:rd ftvsettiemenl and aiisaranoe to the undersigned or fiaturtay, July 31, 11, a tne late residence of deceased . CHAKLOTTE BARKMAX. Juueii. Adnunistrator. Wly Nerves Are All Right And I have gained 10 pounds In 6 months, as the result of taking Hood's Bareaparilla, says Mr. B. H. Bose of the firm of Bose ss Eddy, Rochester, X. Y. " 1 had almost Chronic Dyspepsia Siy dlRestion being very bad, snd I was broken down front overwork so tliat I could not sleep nighta. But my stomach is now in perfect condition, and for all the above benent my gratitude is due Hood's SaraapariHa.' "Water-Brash And dyspepsia troubled me for 10 years, and after trying various things I concluded to take Hood's Sarsaparilla. The effect la aunr welraa I seem to be almost entirely cured." J. M. Johxsox, 427 10th Street, Toledo, Ohio. If you suffer from Indigestion Or dysjieptie troubles try Hood's Sarsaparillv. It gently tones and stimulates the stomach, assists digestion and creates an appetite. Hood's SarsapariNa Bold by all druggists, gl; six for&. Prepared only by C. L HOOD A tO .Apocheeaj-ies, Lowell. Mass. 1 0 0 Doses One Dollar -THE- FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF Somerset, Penn'a. 0 CAPITAL 8URPLUS S 5O.OO0. $6,000. DEPOSITS KCCEIVCD IN LANGC AN D SMALL AMOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS Or MERCHANTS, FARMERS. STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED. DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS : LaHrt M. Hicis. W. H. Mills, Jakes L. Pcgh, Chaa. H. Fit bis, Joh R. Scott, Gso. R. rVrix, F&xd W. BimcrxEB. Edward Sctll, : : : : : President Valentine IIat, : : Vies Tresidknt Andrew Parker, : : : : : Cashier. The funds and securities of this bank are securely protected in celebrated Cor liss Bnrvlar-proof Safe. The only Sstfe made absolutely Burglar-proof. Somerset County National Bank Of Somerset, Pa. y. Establish!. 1877. Orgintea' at I National, 1890 CAPITAL. $50,000. Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't Wm. B. Frease, Vice Pres't. Milton J. Pritts, Cashier. Directors: Wm. H. Koonta, Josiah tipecht. John H. ftuyder, Joseph B. lisvis, Jerome otuCt, ftaml Snyder, Jonas M. Cook, John StufTt. Harrison bnvder, Noah & Miller, Wm. Endsley. Customers of this Bank will receive the most liberal treatment consistent with safe banking. Parties wl-hine to send money eat or west can be arvommdaieu by dralt for any amount. Monev and valuables secured by one of Die bold s Celebrated safes, with most approved time locL. Collections made in all parts of the United Slates. Charges moderate. Accounts aud bepusita aolit-ted. marV6m FARMERS, TAKE JS'OTICE. I have lsed the large warehouse of Peter Fink, at the H. U lep. In Ix.tnersei, lor J years. Aim. wararonms at Uerlia and Cnlemana. There I will keen 00 bund during the Beawiiiv (or delivery and rehipment to all points every grade of FERTILIZERS manufactured by the w.'ll known Susquehanna Fertilizer Co., of Canton. Baltimore. Md. I have spent 5 years among you, w hile these goons nave ucenuscu m SOMERSET COUNTY lor years, having been introduced by Hon. O. If. SbaTer. UWlUg IO Hie lnte uumucr n aij patnMis, whom I thank heartily, my axenla ani mvself may be unable to rail to see you all personally, so I take advantageof your en-elieut paper to call attention tot be menu of our Fertilisers, and beg leave t say 8. B. Yoder. of I'ugh, Somerset Countv, Pa . and myself, have licited orders for the fall crop of una notwithstand ing the strong comisstiuon. Pete? Fink, of Somerset who resides near the de pot, is at ting as delivery agent for me. By ad dmsungfr calling on him. you can learn our prices. We can re-ship to any local point, en SHORT NOTICE, bat would prefer at all times to have your orders as far in advance of immediate wants as prao-Ui-1, as It enables us to get ir goods to you in better mechanical condition In behalf of the Susquehanna Fertilizer Company, I am. VERT RESPECTFULLY, A. J. KOSER. St. Charles HOTEL CHAS GILL, Prop'r Table anstu passed. Remodeled, with ofGca on wound Soar. Natural gas and iucandeaent light ail rooms- New steam laundry auaebed Utlhe house. Kates, 12 to M per day. Cor. ni, RU as a Third lit. Pittsburgh, Ps om SOMERSET, PA., BEYOND THE GATES. Sometimes In dreams I ree It, TbU city fair and grand ; Its doors of Jasper brightness Stand forth on either hand. Twas here the pilgrim tarried. And here good cheer awaits The weary one w bo enters At the oniug of the gates. Each window is an opal. With hoes born of the noon. Through which rich perfumes wander, t 'aught from the air of June. And here are sandals waitini;. In which the weary feet, New-shod in royal plendor, slay ronm the shining street. Oh, City of the Beautiful, Could waking hearts forget The garden w here the lilies Like crystal Sskes were set " Where heaven's doves in sunshine Like rainbows went and came T Where the sun woke swathed in azure. And died on field: of Same T Here, too, are fountains playing To cheertbis heart of thine. And meadows filied with violets. And winds as rich as wine : While each thing and beautiful The loving soul awaits When once the vail is randed v And we stand within the gates. Dear city of the holy, For tlie walks of pain I long. For the love that maketh lovely, For the faith that maketh strong. For thy green and growing cedars. Thy lakea of silvery calm For thy peace pat conijirehenMiHi That flo -d thine Ules sf balm. Take Thou my hand, my Saviour, The way is dark and wild. Far off a star, the city, shines. It beckons on thy child. Joy joy ! then, come, tlie beautiful ! A myriad host awaits. And heaven erlulgent fill my soul At the opening of the gates. Cnsvriaa InlrlUyenftr. WHICH TOOK HIM ? BY ARTHUR K EWE.V. Mrs. Vincent, widowed and wealthy, looked haughty and fierce. It was 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun took the liberty to intrude into the window and the library, furnished in purple leather and walled with books, which had bad a pretty complete rest for the ten years that the late Vincent had been in his grave. Mrs. Vincent sat and glared. Her dark, prominent, and wrathfully astonished eyes had for their target a young man, in whose bearing appeared a singular mixture of deference and de fiance. He, on his part, saw before him a lady nnder fifty, but not far. The ' lips were yet full and red, and her figure, though ample, still retained agreeable lines. If her hair was white, the black eyebrows held thoir color and emphasized the air of command to which the Roman contour of the nose most contributed. " Well, I never !" she cried, petulantly slapping down a pack of cards on the ta ble. The man smiled slightly. A young man, with curly brown hair, cheerful blue eyes, uptwisted mustache, and a firm chin a fresh, alert, compact, healthy yonng man, whose loose elegant costume proved that he understood how to achieve that careless grace which so charms women. An intelligent, bright young man, with cynical confidence in his smile. He stood unfrightened, just the sort of young man who should not be what be was secretary of a mature California street widow of spotless reputation and large means. " Well, I never !" the lady exclaim ed. The young man spoke calmly and res olutely : "No, Mrs. Vincent ; I shall pay piquet with you no more. Piquet is a good enough game, and I am not averse to it, in reason ! but I object to piquet in the forenoon, in the afternoon and in the evening, six days in the week. I confess Fin tired of piqueL" "In that case, and because of your in solence," said Mrs. Vincent, with cold de liberation, " you may consider yourself discharged, Mr. Middles." "Very well, ma'am," and he turned to ward the door. "MriMiddles" He halted, his hand on the portiere, and faced about She placed her glasses on her modified Roman nose, viewed him steadily, and, toying with the cards, inquired : " Would an increase in salary be any inducement, sir ? " Xo." Then go!" He bow ed and disappeared. Her hand sought the bell. Jeames, in livery, both imported from London, re sponded. " Hoggins, Mr. Middles is in the ball. Say to him that I wish to see him at once. The secretary returned, overcoat on arm, hat in hand. Mrs. Vincent threw herself back in her chair and, clasping her plump, white hands above her head, said, in the con ciliatory tone of the negotiator : " Mr Middles, let us not act hastily. I acknowledge that I cannot well spare you. Next to myself yon are the best piquet player this 6ide of Xew York." " I know it, Mrs. Vincent Indeed, I play better than you." "You do not " " I do r His frozen calmness cowed her. There was feeling in her words that followed : " You dearly loved my husbans!, did you not? " I did. He was a father to me, and I owe my education to him, and " " All that yon are." " Which is not much, is it, Mrs. Vin cent r " He was your benefactor and yon lov ed him, yet you refuse so little s thing as to play I piquet with your benefactor's widow ?" "Ida. Gratitude has its limits." " Evidently. Yon will not humor an old woman's weakness and lighten the burden of her loneliness 7" " I will not Besides, it is not s weak neas but a disease, this insanity for piq net Moreover, you are not old : on the contrary, Mrs. Vincent, you are still a charming woman, and by withdrawing yourself from the world and giving your self oer to cards you wrong yourself. Worse than that, you fail in your duty to your daughter, who has the life of s nun." "That is nothing to you, sir !" " True.'' erset ESTABIaISHED 1827. WEDNESDAY, Again he moved toward he door. " Will nothing," asked the lady in alarm, "induce you to sit down to a game with me just one ?" " Nothing that you would give, Mrs. Vincent." " Pooh 1 You know very well that IU give you anything you ask. I cannot cannot do without you. What is it yoa want?" "Yourself!" " Fh ? You mean" " That neither as secretary ,'protegc nor friend, shall I play piquet with you again. As your husband I will." " God bless my soul !" To no woman unburied can an oiftr be either long surprising or disagreeable. It was with warmed cheeks and softened eyes that the widow said : " Do I understand that that you love me, Ernest ?" Mr. Middles bowed, but averted his glance. She sighed, and murmered : " Ah, I am rich." "Precisely, Mrs. Vincent. You are rich, you love to play piquet, and I m the best player on the Pacific coast. If you will marry me, I will play if no?, not" " Well ?" " Under the circumstances, I do not see that more can rationally be said." " Cut the cards." j Eighteen, golden-haired, slim, suple, adorable Adele Vincent flashed her scornful eyes on the visage of Mr. Mid dles, who, undisturbed, sat at ea.se in the conservatory. Mrs. Yincent'plaved solitaire in the ad joining library, awaiting her athanced and piquet " Why, mamma is old enough to be your mother, Ernest Middles." " I know it" " Your motive in making this mon strous engagement must be purely mer cenary." " Strictly." "And you feel no shame in making the admi.-aion V " None." " Faugh !" " Thanks." - For what T' " For so well expressing my feel ings." She sank upon a lounge, her pretty feet crossed, covered her face with her little hands, and her lovely young body was shaken with sobs. " Don't cry," said Mr. Middles. " I can't help it Oh, it is infamous !' " Yes. Still I congratulate myself." " Congratulate youself !" " Enthusiastically. I have neither the brains nor energy to conquer a fortune, therefore I marry one." " You can descend to that?" " I rejoice to find that I can. I am not the fool that I might be. Many men quarrel with their luck. I discover that I am too wis for such folly. Compose yourself, my dear Adele. I'll be s father to you." " A (father ! You are but eight years older than L Oh, Earnest, consider. You have been a son to mamma and a brother to me. We have grown from childhood together. Papa loved you. Don't, I beg of you, don't make us all ri diculous !'' " My word is given, Adeie. As a gen tleman, I must keep it." " A gentleman, indeed ! I thought you s man, with a man's courage, a man s honor." " oh r " Calm yourself;" "Calm yonrself! You put me to hu miliation and sell yourself and your tal ents for " " The prizes that talent gives years of conflict to win. I get the prizes without the conflict" . " The brave young man who was to face the world and achieve !" " I have outgrown the illusions of my youth, Adele." " And you will marry a woman in whose crazed sight your chief merit is your skill at piquet V " You have said it" At least you have the decency not to pretend that you love mamma V " Love is a luxury ; and luxury is not for the poor ; no, I do not love your mother ; I love you !" " Me ?" ' I have for years." You you never " " Never told you. Why should I ? Would you share poverty with me, Ade le? Would I, loving yon, permit you? You speak of my talents. I have tried very hard to use them. They do not exist" " And you" " Yes, with my whole heart and soul ! Love you ? God ! It is net in me to ex press how much !" " I'm very glad to heir it," srid Mrs. Vincent, suddenly opening the library door. " Mamma !" " One word, Earnest Middles. Would you, as Adele's husband, and provided for, play piquet with me f " With pleasure !" " You'd better marry him, Adele, my child." " Oh, mamma ! after vhat lias hap pened !" " Come, Mr. Middles, the cards are waiting." " But I'm neither your husband nor your son-in-law, Mrs. Vincent." So. Adele, make up ycur mind ; yes, or no ? Evidently it must be one or the other of us. Now 'Mr. Middles, piqct,:if you please." " Not until after the ceremony is over, madam." Eternal Vigilance Is the price of health. But with, all onr precaution there are enemies always lurking about our systems, only waiting s favorable opportunity to ass at them selves. Impurities in the blood may be hidden for years or even generations and suddenly break forth, undermining health and hastening death. For all diseases arising from impure blood, Hood's Sarsaparilla is tbeunequaled and unapproachable remedy. It is) king of them all, for it conquers disease. . - A London letter says: Although sn Englishman invented the postage stamp, it was sn American who devised the best plan of printing the contemplated stamps His device was selected by the British' government ia 1339 frara 2,600 cotnpet icg designs. JULY 8, 1891. Bitten by a Venomous Cobra. The African cobra is known as the " spitting snake," on account of its power to throw its venom fyiite a distance into the eyes of its enemy. It is a lazy rep tile, save when stirred to anger, when it cannot be equaled for swiftness and ac curacy in spitting or biting its poor vic tim. The spitting is accomplished by expel ling the breath sharply through the mouth, so that the soapy venom flies straight as a pea thrown from a pipe into the victim's eyes. This cobra attains the length of six feet, and is large and powerful. It is doubly formidable from the fact that it can swim in the rivers very swiftly, with its snout and beady eyes just above the water's surface. " When I was stationed with my regi ment in Ceylon, I had experiences with the Indian breed of cobra that were very exciting," says Lieutenant Jephson. " My servants rushed into the bunga lo one morning, begging me to save the life of a man who had been bitten by s cobra. I hastened out on to the veranda to find a crowd of men and women bring ing in a man in a state of semi-unconsciousness. They showed me two deep red spots in his instep, w here the ser pent's faniw had been. " I felt of his legs, and found that they were already ' stone ' cold, although the man had been bitten but ten minutes before. "Drawing my knife from my pocket I opened the sharpest blade and proceeded at once to cut deeply into the man's in step around the bitten part and cut the flesh away. Meanwhile I had sent in for a redhot poker. "When the iron came I pressed its glowing end forcibly against the wound, searing the flesh a?out the instep. Then I poured s quart of whisky down the poor wretch's throat as rapidly as possi ble. "He was so paralyzed from the effect of the sw ift poison that he suffered no pain from the searirg of the flesh, but murmered only : " 'Burn, Dory, burn.' "I watched him anxiously for half an hour, when he was able to open his eyes. Then I gave him more whisky, and found that his pulse was much better. Another hour found him able to rLe, after w hit-h I had the servants exercise him as much as possible in order to counteract the deadly coma which con stantly came on. "The next morning the man was quite well, save for the deep wound in his in step. I am sorry to say that he was al ways lame afterwards, for it seems that I had severed a cord in his instep in my surgical attempt But he became a sort of a pensioner in my bungalow, follow ing me aiound as a grateful dog would do. "I used to point to him with pride when my guests were present and say, 'I cured that man of a cobra's bite.' "There is s vine which grows in India called the aristolochia indica which has cured many persons bitten by cobras, I am informed. They say that they crush s young leaf and apply it to the wound as soon as possible after the bite is in flicted." A Question that Startled Mr. Clews. Coming out of the court room oue day two lawyers were conversing. " That was a very bright reply, indeed, said one ; " and did it ever occur to you that often such things lead to success in business, as much so as some subtle man euvre in trade, Apropos, quick repartee is a wonderful weapon. Many a man who imagined he was soaring to the very heights of eloquence has been cut down by a word. I remember of hearing that on one occiion at a dinner Henry Clews was making a speech, in the cours3 of which he referred to himself as a self made man. " Gentlemen," said he, " I am a self made man." Shaking his head vigorously, which is as innocent of hair as the outside of an egg, he rejieated, " I'm s seif-made man." He paused s moment when William L. Travers, w ho was present, said to him with that well known stutter that gave point to his utterances : " W-w-well, Clews, w-w-when y-you made yourself, w-w-why didn't you make some hair ?" .V. I". '.-. A Snow Storm Indoors. On a very cold, clear night an evening party was given is a saloon in Stock holm, Sweden. Many people were gath ered together in a single room, and it be came so warm in the course of the even ing that several ladies complained of feeling ill. An attempt was made to raise a win dow, but the sashes had been frozen in their place and it was impossible to move them. In this situation, as it was absolutely necessary that air should be admitted, a pane of glass was smashed out A cold current at once rushed in, and at the same instant flakes of snow were seen to fall to the floor in all parts of the room. The entrance of a fro6ty current into an atmosphere which was saturated with moisture had produced a snow fall in doors. Lj Xuturt. Woman Philosophy. A woman will give np anything for love except the man she loves. You can make a martyr of the mean est man on earth by killing him. Wet his whistle often enough, and yoa will make a musician of any man. The only way to win a victory is to go to war, and run the risk of being whip ped. Something more than gray hairs is re quired in old age in order that it copy with sarcasm. Humanity is a geod deal like the cat that ia never so affectionate as when it is hungry. For every man in love, there are nine hundred and ninety-nine aien who think they are. The smaller the town you live in, the more peopls are interested when you get your hair cat If there is asything harder than being polite when you don't feel like it, we i don't know what it is. Tj I i t t i if KJ JL UvU JL Good Taste. Only a little cottage it was, but such a bower. Virginia creepers had been trans planted from the woo, Is and turned over the front windows. The old-fashioned shrubs and flowers grew in the door-yard lilacs and snowdrop snowball and ruees. A sweet honey suckle climbed over the little porch at the front door. Morning glories and cypress vines made the kitch en windows a haunt foi fairies. Inside) every thing was scrupulously orderly and clear and neat The arrangement of the furniture was not haphazard, but sug gestive in one corner of industry, in another of leisure, in another of study and reading. The prints on the wall w ere the fine selections from some illus trated tnagazinw, with frames of gilt paper or black paper pasted around the margins of the pictures. Here and there was fastened to the wall a bird's nest, or a fantastic bough, or some bit ofci'rious bark, evidently gathered in woodland rambles. When dinner was served, the china, though plain to the eye, had an exqui site feeling for the discriminating hand. The napery was spotless, carefully iron ed and exactly spread uton the table. Each fork and spoon aud dish knew its place, and all was arranged in harmoni ous lines, not thrown en and left by chance to arrange themselves. Each dish upon being ued was restored to its place and not left to w ander at will anywhere. The food was simple and inexpensive, but perfectly prepared. A potato baked just right is as dainty in a hut as in a palace. A loaf of bread wisely com pounded and baked is as palatable on the table of a peasant as on that of a king. Cows yield their choicest milk as freely to one as to another. The meat was not one of the most expen&ive, but it was so exquisitely cooked and flavored that no healthy palate but would have rejoiced in it The sleeping rooms were like every thing else, plain in their appointments, but fresh and clean and orderly. The coloring was quiet and restful. Expense had been bestowed in the quality of the mattresses and blankets rather than in lace and embroidery for display in the bed-covering. Over this b'.bitation presided a lady who was content with little, but who in sists upon having that little in good taste and substantial comfort The Workshops of Nazareth. The shops of Nazareth are primitive. Unfortunately, the carpenters have in troduced the modern novelty of a work bench, and no longer ait on the floor be side the board at which they work, as some related crafts still do elsewhere. But their tools are very Bimple, and it is interesting to notice them doing a great deal at the door sill, in the light, w hich with us can only be done at the bench, They sit on the ground to drill holes in wood or to use the adze ; but at best their work seems very rude. Blacksmiths, with tiny bellows and furnace and small anvil, find abundant employment in sharpening the simple ploughs and mat tocks of the peasantry, and making fold ing knives for them, the quality of which may be judged from their price, which is only twopence or threepence. Shoe makers also do a good trade, sitting, like all other workmen who can do so, at tha door or in the street, bat their skill is confined to slight, short boots of bright colored leather, or to slippers, without heels, which are all that one sees, as a rule, even on the roughest roads. Helping the Maids. During the War of the Revolution, while the American and British armies were contending in Pennsylvania, Gen eral Washington was in the neighbor hood of Marietta, Lancaster county. General Lee, with two or three aides-de-camp, rode in advance, and stopping at a wayside inn informed the landlord that General Washington and his staff officers would quarter at his house for the night This news, of course, caused great con fusion among the inmates of ths estab lishment They wanted to do honor to the beloved commander, and bustled about to have all things in readine&s up on his arrival. "Here, you," said the genius who pre sided in the kitchen to tieneral Lee, ig norant of his rank in the army, "just go out to that woodpile and split an armful for me. I must hurry up, or I cannot get a good supper for General Washington." The otlioer, injoying the joke, obedi ently took up tlie axe, and soon the chips were flyiug in alll directiens. He was busily working away when General Washington and his staff rode up to the tavern. "VVhy, General Lee," said the Commander-in-chief, "what in the world are you doing?" "Oh," replied Lee, lifting his head, "I am helping the maids in the kitchen. General Washington and his officers are coming here for supper to-night." Both generals burst into a hearty laugh, in which their companions joined ; and even the landlady, who had set the general to work, enjoyed the joke after she had recovered somewhat from her mortification. Life's Mistakes. Somebody has condensed the mistakes of life, and arrived at the conclusion that there are fourteen of them. The greatest of al! mistakes is to allow a simple cosgh or cold to take its course, which always ends in death ; check it in time and save life by use of Pas-Tina Cough and Con sumption Cure. Price 2o cents. Trial bottles free at G. W. Benford's Drug Store. Golden Bricks. Till God stops to quarrel over creeds, we should net It is unsafe to trust a person who is afraid of death. The liar is wicked, and all who believe liars are weak. The world is learning that biok edu cation is the least of all. There is a vast difference between a gold standard and an honest one. An honorable person never started a lie, nor retailed one started by some one else. How few are they to whom the world is indebted for progress and great result. i WHOLE NO. 2085. An Essay on Flies. The fly has some advantage over a man. For instance, he has a pair of double compound eyes, and with them he can see in any dilution or in all di rections at once without for an instant turning his Lead. These eyes have 4t0 distinct faces, and all of theta have direct communica tion with the brain, so if a man comes along on one side of hint and a lump of sugar on the other, he w ill be able to watch both of them and stay for the sugar so loDg as it is safe on account of the man. When he sees he can get th one and dodge the other, that ia exactly what he does, and he does not hate to twist his neck ia two trying to keep track of the opjcsite objext. The fly is particular about the air he breathes. lie hasn't a very big mouth, and his lunrt are small in proportion to his body, but he is particular what he puts into theiii. Good green tea, such as the best of the grocers sell for a dot tar steeped pretty strong and well sweetened, will kill as many flea as drink it And they will drink of it. It ia estimated that a pound of tea and two pounds of suiiar will rid a room of llies in ten daya that is, a small room. Flies are voracious eaters. They do not care so much what they eat as when they eat it They are particular about regular meals. They do not eat long at a time nor mtich at a time, but they eat often. Careful observers have stated that a common house fly will eat 42,JU square meais in twelve hours. One female fly will produce 'JO.GOO young ones in a sin gle day, and they will develop so rapidly as to increase two hundred-fol i in weight in twenty-four hours. Scientists have never been able to tell how a fly wa'.ks on the ceiling ; or rather they have never been able to agree about it All of them have told, but no two are alike in their explanation. Some say the fly has au air pusnp in each of his numerous feet, and that he walks up there by creeling a vacuum in his instep and allowing the pressure of the air to sustain him. Others think he carries a minute Lottie of mucilage around with him and lubri cates his hoofs with it so that he can stay as long as he wants to on any sur face, no matter what th attraction of gravity may have to say about it. Be tween these two schools of thought you may tuke your choice. CI ',rmj- Hen'iil. A Western Duel. "A tight! a fight!" The interior of a gambling hell in a small mining town in Montana, five years ago. In the foreground of the pic tare stand two men w ho have just risen from their chairs and are facing each other, their pistols half drawn and an insane glare darting from their eyes. A pack of cards is scattered over the floor where an aiii,Ty blosr has, thrown thiiu. At the cry of fiht all the occupants of the place gather around the combatants all but the faro dealer, who sits like a stone and never moves, save to toy aimlessly with the silver box before him. "Fair play '." cries a hoarse voice. "If you're goin to fight, fellers, do it ou tho square." "He says I discarded the ace o' dimuns and showed 'er up arter the draw." "You did." "It's a lie The strong arms twitch nervously, and a silence falls upon the crowd. "Here, Jerry, if you fellers mean busi ness, go at this think in a business-like way," speaks the hoars voice again. " ut over to that end of the room. Ike. Jerry, you stand there. That's right. Now, fire w'en I give the word. I'll shoot the feller that fires 'fore I say to under stand ?" The two men face each other with pis tols iimed, and murder in their eyes. Such a scene is no novelty in that tow n, but every time a duel like that occurs an awesome stiilne-s comes over all behold ers. Every face is drawn with anxiety every face except that of the fars dealer's whose lips wear their habitual snake like smile. ' One !" A perceptible movement of the mnst les as the combatants nerve themselves for the ordeal. "Two!" Fingers creep slowly along tha trigger guards and rest firmly on the trigger. "Three !" A simultaneous movement of the index fiDgers, a short, sharp report, two harsh groans that rise as one, and the two duel its fall upon the rickety floor with a united weight that shakes the flimsy building from foundation to roof. Both are dead, and everybody, for a moment, is awed with the tragedy, save the faro dealer. He smiles as before ana taps his silver box : "Game, gentlemen !" The Great Benefit Which people in a run-down sUte of health derive from Hood's SarsaparJia, conclusively proves that this niedicdne "makes the weak strong." It does not act like a ttimnlant, imparting fictitious strength, but Hood's Sarsaparilla builds up in a perfectly natural way ail the weakened parts, purifies the blood, and assists to healthy action those important organs, the kidneys and liver. A Puzzle. The following proposition is left for the reader to think about : If there are more people in the world than any one person has hairs upon his head, then there must exist at least two persons who possess identically the same number of hairs. This same proposition may be applied to the faces of human beings in the world. If the number of perceptible differences bJween two faces be not greater than the total number of the hu man race, then there muot exist at least two persons who are to ail appearances exactly alike. When it is considered that there are about IjOO.OOO.OOO persons in the werid, and that the human coun tenance does not vary, except within comparatively narrow limits, the truth of the proposition becomes obvious, with out applying the logical reasoning of it .V. Y. Tnb-tnt. " All Wool and a Yard Wide. When a great business house, of world wide reputation for honesty, fair dealing and financial responsibility, feels war ranted in attaching its certiricute of guar antee to its goods, such action furnishes the best possible evident e that the 1 -o-diicts are believe-1 to to ju.-t what fiey are represented tj lie. Such con Li deuce on the part of manufac turers aud venders naturally betts eonlMerice in purchasers, and hence it is that t!irrt has grown to be, ail nter this great country, such aa unprecedented demand f.r. and s ii h implicit tvnlidcme in, th.it most pcpc.iar liver, blood and Iuti remedy kii-inu as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical P:.rvery, as no other medicine ha.s ever before met with. It is swld !y dm-Uts, under i.i:,'iv dr ii.' from the manufactur ers, that it will either bereiit or cure in every case of disease for which it is rec ommended, or the money p.ii I for it v ill be promptly refunded. It is manufac tured by the World's Dispensary Medii-al Association, of Buffalo, N. Y-, a well known and financially so'id bisiness corporation. No other respousi' ir man ufacturers of medicines have put thei t remedies to such severe tests as to war rant them to site satisfaction, or refund the money paid for t'iciii. "Ooldeu Medical Discovery" en re '"!icr 0 m plaint," or biliousness, indlj .:c:i and dyspepsia, all humors or b!il-taints, skin diseases, scrofulous sores arid tu mors and pulmonary consumption 1 which is only scrofula of the lung: if taken in time and given a fa r trial. Chronic catarrh in tho head, bronchitis and throat diseases, are also euro', by this most wonderful blood puritier and invigorating tonic. NEW DKIWKTl BK from all the old established conditions on which proprietary medicines an sold has been made by the World's Dispen sary Medical Association, of Buffalo, N. Y., who having for many years ob served the thousands of marvelous cures of liver, blood and Inn diseases effected i-y Dr. Pierce's Goiden Discovery, now feel warranted in selling this wonderful medicine as they are doing through druggists under a Woc ,(: -.m:. e that it will give satisfaction in every t.ise, or the money paid for it w ill ! promptly refunded. "Gold-.-n Medical Discovery" cures ail humors or impurities of trio blood, from whatever cause arising, as eruptions, blotches, pimples, old sores and scrofulous affections. !t is equally efficacious in bilious disorder, indiges tion or dyspepsia and chronic catarrh in the head, bronchial, throat and lung af fections, accompanied by lingering, coughs. A stVKItt TIT. When a manufacturer, from years of observation, has so completely satisfied himself of the universal satisfaction given by his products that he feels fui:y warranted in selling tLetit under a cer tificate of guarantee, it is very natural to believe that such a producer has implicit confidence in the merits of his gxds, and that, too, not without good reason. Such confidence is possessed by the World's Dispensary Medical Asseiation, of Buffalo, N. Y., in Dr. Pierce's Family Medicines, and hence his "Favorite Pre scription" is sold Ly druggists, as no other medicine for similar purpo.- ever was, under a y...-.'-, ., .. that it will in every case give satisfaction, or money paid for it will be refunded. It cures all those distressing and delicate a.lmer.ts and weaknesses peculiar to women. It is not necessary to enumerate the Ion catalogue of derangements, both func tional and organic, of tlie feinal.1 system which this marvelous remedy overcomes. They are. alas! but too wed known to most females who have attained woman hood, to need more than a hint to make them plain to their underst.111 -hu-&. A Compromise in High Art, The rich old farmer who reui.vd to accept a painting of a Biblical subject on the ground that the artist had rei re- sented Eve as tempting A l.un in tne Garden of Eden with a Khode Island greening, must have naa aii an.su. sense, but little more discrimination tnan tKf ,,f a Nortti Side bank clerk, who re cently received a small painting from the brush of his tiancee, wtio aaot-ies iu ixn a little for her own amusement. The gift showed an out-door ceue--a lawn, with a hammock swim lie? ween two branching trees ; a girl lying in ti e hammock, and a pet cat clir.ii.g to t.'.e trunk of one of the trees, apparently about to leap down into the hammock beside her mistress. The young man received the present with the most profuse thanks, but at length he remarked, very earnestly : "It's a perfect Utt'.e gem, my dear, and no mistake, but if you don't mind, I would like to ask you a question about it?" "Delighted, I am sure. What is it, Tom?" "And you promise not Ij be angry with me for my foolishness in a-kmg it?" "Why, certainly ; how cml l I V" "Well, then, Mollie, would it Le possi ble for you to mttamorpli'-ee. that eat into a squirrel .'" "What an idea I Don't you like eats?" "Oh, yes, indeed. That is why I ob ject.to your taking such unwarranted liberties with that feline." "What do you mean?" "Well, you see you have mado your cat comedown the tre head foremost. A cat can't do that ; a cat aUays backs down. So you'll either save to reverse that cat or paint a bushy tail over her back, and cut her head down a little, ar.d shorten her le,-s, and make her over gen erally, so that she will puss muster as a squirrel.' The matter at last was finally comprc mised by the conversion of the cat or squirrel into a lar'e knot hole iu the side of the tree, which left less rom for hypercritical discussion. M-f. They Don't Bury Their Doas. A letter recently received from an American missionary in Central Atr.ca reveals a curious bit of superstition on the part of the natives in regard to the burying of dogs. The letter says : "The king of B.hc u.ade a great disturbance because Mr. A rnot. a Scotch missionary, buried in the ground ad2 which he had been obliged to kill. The chief ".tit word that this was a crime, and that tse missionary most take up the bojy and throw it into the river. After this he must kill a chicken and sprinkled its blood upon the ground where ths d. had been buried. "Now, it was not deeuic-1 best to ange r the king by refusimr to do as he com manded, so Mr. Arnot t.wk np the body of the dog and threw it into the river and paid a fine. All they can pay with is cotton cloth, and of this Mr. Arnot had to pay forty yards. But he did Dot sprinkle the blood of the chicken on the ground, l-et-ause that would took like paying homajw to "the spirit-.' How ever, there was an old native who felt that this must be none in order to avert evil consequences, so he killed the chick en and went through the ceremony."- A. 1'. TribuM. rrt. Wit. H. VFELTLEY. 1
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