i : Somerset HeralA
ISTASLISMfD 1S2T.
T ttls of iPublication
jbed every Wednesday morning at 2 00
jcta, W paid In advance otherwise (2 50
,sr.ablj be charged.
w-ripiioo will be discontinued until HI
je, pid up. Foatmanen neglecting
y ai wben subecrlbersao Dot tak. sat their
irlil be bald responsible In tba abacrlp-
-Toeri removing from one pcstomos ta an
.ooidglT. nsthe ouna of to. farm a
ihe present office. Address
Ths Somik&tt Hxbald,
Sokkbut. Fa.
i BILLS COOPER
ver Buyderi Dmg more, somerset. Pa.)
' rnoD pertaining to Dentirfry akiHrUI
Jl. M"--1 attention K1" '"."J1"'
J!, the natural teeth. Arunciei deut
W Abo, to" inserted itlioui piatea.
f PHYltlA.S A.I 61 Ki.EON
I Buxuurr, Pa.
ion Union ilwt, next door u lTiuliEg
. kuw. Jht caiis atolte.
; T
! p F. SHAFFER,
1 I'HYsltlAN AND eTRr.EOS.
! aoasasiL-T, Pa.,
i-t hi rTofeiial scrvico to the citizens
Xet aiid vicinity oiiios next door to
riai hotel.
J)
! I
- hi profewional services to the citizens
-vet sad vicinity. I'nle profeswouai.y
: i he can M found at his office on Main ot-
f7 1 J. M. LOUTH ER,
! I j j lrwTwrty f St-fStosra.)
r I PHYalCIAJi AND SLKGEON,
1 , ..Abated permanently in Somerset for the
L . of iii profession. Ofcce on Main street,
J . rfof Or'-1 owe.
e
,i
J. S, M'MILLEN,
(Orodaott m xwwiTM
.1 Kcil attention to the prewvation of
1 uml teeth. Arufical '"?'rtod- Af
2 ut guaranteed eausfat u.ry. Oflce In tlie
.vV M.Tredweiiai Co. More, corner
ru and patriot street.
i WM. COLLINS,
In Koepner-s Block up-naii. bere be
T'cMiud al 'ii um prepared lo do ail kinus
such an tilling, regulating, exirat-tiug,
A-uceial lee in oJ ail kmi ud of the o
inserted. All work guaranteed.
' ESBY. F.saiELL
I Boraerset, Pa.
; and Pencion Agent Office la MammoUt
- iLESTIKE HAY,
i Dealer In Real Ertate. Will attend to all
V euinuned to hu care won promptucat
t
feX H. THL,
f ATTUKKIT-AT LAW,
c bumerBet, ra,
I ommptiT attend to all tmiitne entruwed
J r Money advanced on ooUeclkina, axe Ot-
Uammoiii Biotk.
JA.BERKEY,
ATTOKS K Y-A 1 -i-a " .
BOKCKIR.
Pa.
I n Odd reUowiTBuildim.
4ryey m. berkley,
uiuiri, Pa.
4SUiF. J- Eoowi.Eaq.
fin im"RTr-pT
I AnXJKXKT-AT-LAW,
r r
Bomenet,Pa.
t c iK with John H. OiL
3f
AllJBai-Ali-.
Bomeratt, Pa.,
T Tf prompt lveuuou i '
1 ajt in homcreet ana aajoiuiii i-...-.
? la Printing iiouae hum, ppoiie Ue court
if:
iX 0. KFMMEL,
somerset, ra
.,,.a .n knilnna antruKted to hi rare
ri -ret and adjoining oouuuea. wnn pni).'v-
- ad toeiity. Ofhce on Main CroM ue
Sf c Fither a Book Store.
h Imes l. pron,
SJ I AnXKiiY-AT LAW,
! I bomerset. Pa.
I i-ciB Mammolb Block, op Mairs. Entrance
- lU-n Vnm mwt toii uouo made. eMmU
t: uim examined, and ii loral bualuoat
4fC to with promptne and fidelity.
CoLaoM. L- C uouoaii.
LB0KX A C0LB0RS,
AnVKSEYs-AT-LAW,
bomeraet. Pa.
bodnna entru!d to oar care will be
t'y and faithfuilr atwndl to. t'ouectiona
m mdcim. W.'ird and adjoining coun-
MirrevUig ana oouve imim """"
4
.t tenna.
M
;'TLED.'W. BIEPECKETs
jl f ATTORJiEY ATLAW,
r Someraet, Pa.
it In Printing Eooae Bow, oppoaive Court
r.OEGE R. SCTLL.
r 3 homeraeU Pa.
J. G. CHILI.
. QjTT i OC.LE,
tjoMKJMKT, Pa.
J. KOOSF.R.
A I ATTokXET-AT-LAW,
I
bomeraet. Pa.
IT S.ODSLEY,
ATTUIikEY-AT-LAW
Bomermet. Pa.
4-
LBAER.
ATTORXET-AT-LAW,
Bomeniet, Pa.,
: practi' In Bomeraet and adjoining eooB
A.i tima entrusted to 'aim will reoeiTa
,'. atiecuon.
Li
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Corranrm. W. H. Bcttel.
FFR0TH A RUPPEL,
ATTOR-SEYS-AT LAW,
Someraet, Pa.
1
bwltifm mtrortefl to thHr care will be
. . . , . .. . . .t.awi t., Olhoe on.
1
0to street, oi poiiue alammoth Block.
i IQTE1 AT CMBEBLAUD
e:tier, late ot Sand Patch, baa purchased
rHE AMERICAN HOUSE,"
Vrl:i4 v.l nt hu refitted and refur-
l 'd Uir m:l nKi throiiioJit, and made
k ..- it . . 4 h. I r v-
r i nmn to ni'i.'"".'1"-
t s piiloc with imod tuie, and choice
I liquorf at the bar.
I
I i ha in oencction with the H.1 a large
ior aaic by the barrel or aailon al the
(oil :wmg pricea :
Twa Year oid at t2 0 per gallon.
'-n - tj n -Foot
" " uw "
i ?n'euVtiie'hiai T and Jug muK aiwajrt
5 -atar the order, which will inure prompt
'7- -wi ana uiipment. Auorewi u
S. f. SWEIT
SMO. CtlfBEELASD, MD.
l-J
pTILL IN BUSINESS I
i
y
y's Photoeraph Caller
jairom are informed thai I am tiU in
the
4
at all times prepared to take all
aaiaa oi pictures, from
'type r Cabiiet rhotosraph,
Crayon. IristantAneoaa Fro-
aso. and a; mora iruaranleed to be
katisfictory.
ftrj op Btaira, next to Yonghr'g
The Somerset Herald.
ESTABLISHED 1827.
VOL. XL. NO. 7.
B. &d 33.
OUR REGULAR PRICES
AND VALUES
Mako It ti rinp intawraawt and nrnhf ti frfarlai
with thse lore. Add to this the
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS
Offered by our
MIDSUMMER
CLEAR.1XCE SALES,
And the f.trne of tiie above i &t,rrrrrit
needs no fur'.lier thicidatiou.
We bare a surplus of Summer Dress Wool
ens, and have determined on an extensive
sale of them. It means a big loaa. the
price at which this lot goes off, and a
correKnding pin to fortunate late
buyers.
Over two hundred pieces choice, hand
some, Myliaii suiting!;, plaids, stripes and
novelties, at ') cents. iooda rantre in width
i, 4". 41. 4" and M inches. !me stylea
were 75 cents n preat majority H and $1.15.
many others (l.oo. and stil! others more, but
ail po in at this aacri fine price, SiJenL, We
intend this a!e and the remarkable values
to be aomelhinp out af the ordinary.
l' pieces Anderson Ginghams at 13 cts.,
last year"s styles, but 4"-ciiit quality.
pi.'cts more at 2o cents. The best and uiofct
dtsirahle patterns of this l"'.! season.
Write for samples.
Compare prices and qualiti,s.
Try us with an order, and yoQU be pleas
ed with the result, j
Boggs & Buhl,
115, 117119, and 121 Federal Street,
ALLEGIIEXY, FA.
CURTIS K. GROVE,
SOMERSET, PA.
BUGGIES, ELE1GH3, CARRIAGES,
SPRING WAGOKS, BCCK WAGON!
AND EASTERN AXD WESTERS WORK
Furnished on Short Kotloe.
Painting Done on Snort Time.
H j work Is made out f TVnwoVv Sntcmei Wood,
and the B-m irvn uvt Hti, btiuxtantially
ConKructed. Neatly finished, and
Warranted to give tSatirjiac'ion,
Zsplcy Qzlj Pirst Caa Tcrknei
Repairing of All Kindt ta Vt TJne Tone on
eiion Notice. Prices REAaON ABXJC, and
AU Work Warranted.
Call and Examine my Stock, and Learn Prtcea
I do Wagon-work, and furnish Seives for Wind
Mills. Remember the place, and call in.
CURTIS K. GROVE,
(Eaat of Court Iiouae)
SOMERSET. PA
J7XECUT0R'S NOTICE.
tistateof Henry HofTman.dec'd, late of Jecner Tp.,
Somerset Co., l"a.
Iettcrs testamentary on the above estate
having been gniaird to the undersigned hy the
proper ao'.hnniy, notice i hereiy given to ail
pe r-iti iniiebtel to s&id estate u make immedi
ate jyment, and all peroi having claimm to
pre-ni them duly authenticated for settlement
on Thursilay. Annul T,. J""l. at theothceof J. M.
Cover, Kmi.', at Jeuner X Koads.
J. M. OVER.
U KAHAM HOFFMAN,
Jull5. Executor
A
DMIXl-STHATOR'S NOTICE.
EMate of Cvnu Ankeny. late of Qaemahoulng
To p.. Somerset t o., pa., dee d
Letter, of Administration on the abcve eate
having lie n granted to tue undersigned hy the
proj-r auilwintr, notice is hereiy given to all
persons inde!tcd to Mid estate to muke immedi
ate rnvmeut, and those having claims amnst
the ftKiite will present them duly authenticated
for settlement on Fridxy, the Xlst day of July,
li'l at the 11 residence of deceased in aid t p.
JAMKS M. ANKKSY.
ELMER E. ASKENY.
AdmiuUtratorr.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
liate of William A. Griffith, late of Jenner
Township, Soaiem-t County, Pa., deceased.
Letters of Administration on the above estate
having twn granlel to the nnder:gnx by the
proper authoritv, notice is hereby givan to ail
pernoo indebte-1 to said estate lo make immedi
ate payment and thre-e bavingclalms avainxt th.
wme will present them duly authenticated for
wttlement on or before Saturday. August 1.
at my store in Jennertoan Borough, Somerset
CUUty' J. J. GRIFFITH.
Adrar. of tn. A. Onlhth, dee d.
J. L. Pugh, Attorney.
JT'XECXTOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of James Kelley. lste of Mi Idleereek Twp
Somerwt Co., dec d.
Letters testamentary on the above estata
having been granted lo the endersigned by tha
proper authority, notii is hereby given to ail
persons indebted to said estate to make Immedi
ate payment, and Ihow having claims or de
maiiiU aiat the nunc will present them dnly
authenticated for settlement on Saturday. July
2!h. l-vl. at the residence of said Executor in
ldTP' HIRAM TEDROW.
JunelT. Executor.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE
At an Orphans. Court held at Somerset on
the 1st rtsv of June, lsvi, Uie uudersigned Audit
or was dtilv appointed Ui make and report a dta
tribiition of me funds in the hands of J. Harrr
Frit , Adnslnist:atorof John 1. M liler, deceased,
to and among those legally entitled thereto, here
bv rives notice that he will attend to the duties
of the aiove appointment on Wednesday, the SUi
day of August, ls-H.ai hisotticein Somerset Bor
ongh, wben and where parties interested can at
tend If they thiuk pniper.
' I RED. W. BIESECKER,
Juneit. Aaditor.
UDITORS NOTICE.
In re estate of Samuel Custer, dee'd.
The nndersiirned Auititor appointed by the
Court to make a distribution ol tbe funds in the
hands of the Administrator of said estate to those
legailv entitled thereto hereby gives notice that be
will si l in his olSice in Somerset Borough, Pa., oa
Vtednesdav, July 1 "!1, at Sno'elock a. m. for the
puriu of attending to tfceduties of bis appotnt
nwnu wtx-n and a here all jnie in interest wil
apntar or be forever debarred from sharing in th
di.ar.buu of estau,. j BERFEY,
Auditor.
Farm for Sale.
I offer at private sale no reasonaide terms, iwy
farm in Hrotbersvaiiev toansiiip, ad joining laads
ot Alex Mniser. Kan iiusser, V . (i. gen rock and
othcnseoataiu:ngilTKW.o acres in timber.
There s a good two-story frame b.w. a good
bank trn. and aisoan orchard of between 20
and fruit trees on the farm, besides limestone,
coal and rood water.
For terns and further particulars call on or
address Ota J. sM Hh'H K.
Bomerwt,Pa.
- sum i in fir
yT Coed Blood. Oood Bewltk. X
TS. -mt Swt It tt. tafM Tvrrtmr rsw.
St tim Hm sad aa tost
Tt Ssw tiiris ntttrtfra, Pa.
IVIy Werves
Are All Right
And I have gained 10 pounds In 6 months;
as the result oi taking Hood's BarsapartUa,
says Mr. B. H. Rose of the tim of Rose A
Eddy, Rochester, X. Y. I had almost
Chronic Dyspepsia
Vy digestion being very bad, and I waa
broken down from oseiwuik so that I could
not sleep nights. But my stomach is now in
perfect condition, and for all tha above benefit
my gratitude U due Hood's SarsapariUs,'
"Water-Crash
And dyspepsia troubled me for 10 years, and
after taring various tilings I concluded to take
Hood's SarsaparUla. The effect is esiau
Tdsa as I seem to be almost entirely
cured." J. M. JoHXSON, 427 10th Street
Toledo, Ohio. If yon suffer from
Indigestion
Or dyspeptic troubles try Hood's SarsaparUla.
It gently tones and stimulates the stomach,
assists digestion and creates an appetite.
Hood's SarsaparUla
BoMbyandraggists. fl; six for Si. Prepared oadj
try C. L HOOD CO, ApotbcartM.Lowsu. sua
100 Doses One Dollar
-THE-FIRST
NATIONAL BANK
OF
Somerset, Penn'a.
CAPITAL
8URPLUS
S50.000.
S6.00C.
DCPOSITS HCCCIVCOIN LAMOK ANDSM ALL
AMOUNTS. PATABLC ON DCMAND.
ACCOUNTS Or MCRCHAMTSl, FAItBlCn.
STOCK DEALCKS, AND OTHCSS SOLICITED.
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS :
LaRri M. Hick. W. H. Millie,
James L. Pros, Chas. H. Fisbie,
Johbt R. Soorr, Geo. R. Scull,
Fees W. Biesbckeb,
Edward Sctix, : : : : : Presidkst
Valentine Hat, : : Vice President
Andrew Pa beer, : : : : : Caabiek.
The funds and eeenrities of thto bank
are eecnrely protected in a celebrated Cor
liss Burglar-proof Safe. The only Safe
made absolutely Busbar-proof.
Somerset County National Barl
Of Somerset, Pa.
EitabHthad, 1877. Orgialzad at a Natlasal, 1890
CAPITAL, $50,000.
Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't
Wm. B. Frease, Vice Pres't.
Milton J. Pritts, Cashier.
Directors:
Wm. H. Koontx,
Johiah Hpecht,
John U. Bnyder,
Joseph B. I-avia,
Rami Snyder.
Jonas M. Cook.
John Stufft,
Harrison Snyder,
Koahd. Miller,
Jerome stum.
Wm. Sndaley.
Customers ot this Bank will receive th. most
liberal treatment consistent withsaia banking.
Parties wishing to send money ea or west can
be aecommdated by dralt for any amounL
Money and valuable, seen red by one of Die
bold s Celebrated bafea, with must approved time
locL.
Collections mad. In all parts of the United
States. Charges moderate.
Aoooonla and Deposi a Soilcted. man-am
St. Charles
HOTEL
CHAS GILL, Prop'r
TaKla TarraAs1aaa4 r1t Vl rsWfO ftn
gojnd flour. ;atural gas and incandemt light
ail rooms. New steam launarj auaeucu w uiv
house. Kates, J to li per day.
Cor. Wsod St. and Third Are;
Pittsburgh, Pa
PENNSYLVANIA
COLLEGE,
Gettysburg, Pa.
VnrxriFn) IV Large Faculty. Two full
tttura of study Classical and Hcieatific. Spe
cial tourses in all aepanmcni. vri-rKj.
UhnmnHi. and mrw (.vmnaaium. Five huge
buildings, aoamheat Ubrar eaiiOUO volumes.
Expense low. Department of Hygiene and Phy
sical tAiiture m enarge oi ma upiiw.ni pj
cian. Accetaible by frconent Railroad t-sins.
Location, en the BATTLEFIELD OF GETTY3
BL'RU, aoost pleasant and healthy. .
FREPARAT0RT DEPARTMENT,
In separate bondlng.rlbr boys and young man pre
paring for h uju no or College, under special car.
of ih WiDcitl aad three aatnaanu. residing
with studenu in th. building. Fall term opens
Sept. VI, ltti, For Cataitiruai, aaaresa,
Hi. M- KNKiKT. D. Ik, President, or
Ricv. H. i. BL KHI.RR. A. M.. Principal,
u!yl5-a. oeuy.burg, Pa.
Pfttsburfh Female Collge and
OiNcEli" ATORY OF MTSiC. Piltobtirg, Pa.
-bleachers ..1'nMjrpaaaed advautagea. Superior
i . r. J V, K va.p YuMri Ti . MTt
la. Send for catalogua u the President.
ulys-m. A. H. NORCKOsd, D. D.
OTICS OF APrUCATIOS FOR PARDON.
Vntiiw Is herehr riven tbat'I wtll make ap-
nllotioa 10 tk. Stard of Pardop on the fourth
i,ni.. tJ lum 'at. far mv nardon froas the hn-
pnwminsnt lmpwnd upoa me by th. seatenca of
Ine court of ijiitner nw w ounwm y
at September Term, 1WU, for Argravatcd Assault
Jul5s. ter7' MARCXLIX'8 HICK 5.
T
RESPASS NOTICE.
Public notiee is hereby given that all persons
trespaisUng on my property in Mil ford township
for the purpose of hunting, ashing or berrying,
wii. b. d-!u with acoordw, to taw.
PENNSYLVANIA COLUEGE
FOR "WOMEN.
Situate In a beautiful park, on a commanding
Dlsleao. in toe suburb, of Pittsburg, away from
cjty notse and dust, t nanrpassed tor beauty and
healthitilneiai. AxceUiut facilities tor study of
natural science. Claasica and Mathematica in
short, every dcoartme it well equipped. Season
opens Seat S, W Ear y application is daslrabie.
iorcata.ogue- and furtSer informanon, apply to
H-len ETrwuetreau, Preaidenl, PiasburhC East
tEud),Pa,
SOMERSET, PA.,
THE OLD FOLKS LONGING.
Don't go to tbe theatre, lecture or ball.
But nay m your room to-night ,
Deny yourself lo the friends that call.
And a good, long letter w rite
Writ, te tha sad old folks at home.
Who sit, when the day la done.
With folded hands and downcast eyes.
And think of the absent one.
Don't selfishly scribble, " Excuse my haste,
I've scarcely the time to write,"
Lest their brooding thoughts wander back
To many a bygone night.
When they lost.their needed sleep and rest,
And every breath was a prayer
That (Jod would leave their little babe
To their tender love and care.
Don't let them feel that you've no more need
Of their love and counsel wise.
For the heart grows strongly sensitive
When age has dimmed the eyes.
It might be well lo make them believe
You never forget them quite
That you deem it a pleasure when far away
Long letter ahotne to write.
Don't think that tha young and giddy friends
Who make your pastime gay.
Have half the anxious thoughts for you
That the old folks hare to-day.
The duty of writing do not put off ;
Let sleep or pleasure wait.
Lest the letter for which they waited long.
Be a day or aa hour too lata.
For the sad old folks at home,
With locks fast turning white.
Are longing to hear from the absent one,
So write them a letter to-night.
THE SILVER BULLET.
In 1869 Lawrence Nutting was a United
States Marshal in the southern district of
Virginia. The State waa at that time fair
ly overrun with outlaws of all classes.
Bushwhackers, highwaymen, counterfeit
ers and " moonshiners " nestled in all of
the countryside among the mountains,
and far from towns and cities upon lone
ly roads, while gamblers and desperadoes
swarmed in and about the settlements.
Crime was frequent, and the life of a Uni
ted States officer was a series of stirring
adventures involving great danger, and
demanding aa great tact and personal
bravery.
But Nutting proved himself worthy and
fit for the office. A young man, of
temperate habits, quick wits, splendid
physique and dashing courage, he was
never at a loss how to act, and the ver
min which infested that region soon
learned to hate and fear Lim most in
tensely. Many were the expeditions which the
officer had ed, many his escapes, and
many prisoners safely captured and wall
ed by his efforts ; but one man evaded
him. The shrewdest and worst "moon
shiner " was still at large. Despite all of
his efforts, Nutting bad nor yet secured
Ruloff Allen.
This man was known throughout the
EUte. His career had been that of a
criminal from his birth. In the fastnesses
of southwestern Virginia be manufactur
ed whisky on a grand scale and was the
owner of a dozen or more " queer stills,"
and snapped his fingers defiantly at the
law.
Several times had Nutting sought this
quarry ; twice he had actually caught him
yet twice he had escaped, and at the time
of which we speak, he was still at
large.
Nutting sat at his window one evening
musing, half dreaming, wben there fell a
light touch on his shoulder. He started
op quickly. A stranger stood before
him.
"The United States Marshal V said he,
interrogatively.
" Yes, sir," said Lawrence, rising to his
feet " Be seated ; what can I do for
you?"
" I would speak with you alone," he
replied, glancing around. " I have mat
ters of the greatest importance to commu
nicate." " This office is out of hearing from the
street," replied Nutting, " and we are by
ourselves. You can speak freely and un
interruptedly. The other drew a couple of cigars from
his pocket, offered one to the marshal and
lit the other himself. Nutting followed
his example. Then the man drew his
chair nearer, so that he sat between the
officer and the desk, whereupon lay his
belt and pistols, threw open his coat, so
that the butts of two heavy revolvers
might be seen, and, blowing the smoke
from his cigar, said, in a quiet, tone to his
com pardon ;
" You are desirous of arresting a noted
moonshiner, one Ruloff Allen, are you
notr
"There's no doubt about that," said the
marshal, sinilinz.
" I am the man."
" Nutting's cigar never stirred in his
month ; his hand did not quiver nor his
breath come the quicker. A single sign
showed how deeply he was moved ; his
eyelids dilated, then be laughed, soft and
low.
" i on you Ruloff Allen ! My friend, I
know Allen his hair is red, your's is
black. His face bears a star across the
chin ; yours a beard. His teeth are bro
ken : yours are perfect. Tbe joke is good
but you are not Allen."
The other hesitated a moment, then
striking a wig from his head, a beard off.
his chin, and removing a single laise
tooth, he turned again to Nutting, red
haired and smiling.
"And now?"
" Yon are Allen."
For a full moment neither man moved.
It was as though two large tigers gazed at
each other. Then tbe outlaw sarcastical
ly said :
" Listen ! I am armed ; you are not. I
am fully as desperate a man as tbe report
makes me ; I aia as strong as you ; I came
here to have s private talk, but it was
necessary you should know who I am. I
will not molest you if you will do the
same with sue, and give me fifteen mut
ates to escape when we have finished our
interview."
Nutting measured his chance. Unarm
ed, in the presence of a man to whom the
crime of murder was not new, be deemed
prudence the better part, and boldly re
plied:
" I agree."
" Good," said Allen, removing his own
oistol belt ; " your word is equal mine.
"We shall both be unarmed. And now I
-would tell you s story."
Then he drew his chair still nearer the
marshal, and as twilight fell, and as the
night came down he told of his life a
weird, strange history, every line intense
with the throbbing passion of lawlessn,
-which evidently made the man what he
was.
The other l'mtened breathlessly, the
darkness shrouded Doth, and tbe cigars
-were finished long before the story waa
ended.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1891.
At length, howaver, the visitor paused,
and then concluded as follows :
" So I have lived as a w ild man al
most ; and that life for the past five years
has more of a mania than ever before, but
with a method I am and have been in
search of money, and money only. Not
so widely different, you will say, from all
tbe world, except that my search was
without the pale of law, and now the end
has come ; I am rich, and I have enough
and desire to return to civilization. You
can permit it you can prevent it I am
an outlaw. Very well. I will cease out
lawry ; I will turn over my stills to the
government will swear a big oath, and
will keep it too, for my own interests de
mand it to become a worthy citizen, and
if yon will accept the prodigal son, and
kill for me the fatted calf of pardon, all
will be well ; I came here to aek you to
intercede for me ; will you not do so for
me?"
Nutting hesitated a moment ; this man
was a veritable Robin Hood ! Could he
trust him ?
The other spoke again.
" Such assistance from an official is just
what I need, and I can pay for it If you
will get a free pardon for me I will give
you five thousand"
I cannot do it"
Allen's face paled and his hand crept
toward his hip ; then restraining himself
with a scoffing laugh, he said :
" Be it so. Then we are enemies I to
you and to tbe law ; you to me. Remem
ber my fifteen minutes, and beware wben
we next meet"
He threw his cloak about him, buckled
his pistol to his waist nd disappeared,
but as he left the room s little piece of
metal fell from his person and rolled un
noticed to the floor. A moment more,
and the ring of his horse's hoofs sounded
through the mountains.
The morning following, as Nutting en
tered his office, his aged servant bowed
low before him, extended his brown and
wrinkled hand, and said, in an awe
stricken voice :
Foun' dis on de floor, massa, and I
s'poee him your'n ; bad ting, massa, bad,
ef ye low old nigger to say."
The marshal leaned forward, surprised.
Lying in the outstretched palm of the
black band was a silver pistol bullet
" Why, uncle," he said, taking it " this
is not mine. "
" Not your'n,' massa. Tani de Ixrd!
I'se pleased, I is, ntaa, Foun' ityer
dough. Dat ar's a sweyside bullet mas
sa, " he continued, lowering his voice to
a whisper, while his eyes rolled like ships
in the midst of white and seething bil
lows! I know 'em. My ol 1 massa had
one cast and carried it many years, Dey
never kill no one but the fellows dey a
made for. Mama John, dough he didn't
get a chance to use his'n, " and tbe old
man chuckled.
A suicide bullet, " said Nutting, with
a smile, as he examined the silver sphere.
" That's a new idea to me. Why make
a special bullet? I should think that one
of theee is deadly enough," and he poin
ted to some of the heavy cartridges be
longing to his own pistols which lay on
tbe table near.
" They might mis9, massa. You know
the devil cares for his own, an' dis bullet
is made by his help, at night in the grabe
yard an' can't miss. I know them, massa
I've seen em' afore." Then drawing
near him he whispered, " I's made em, "
" And did they do their work ? said
Nutting, laughing lighty.
"They did, massa. "
The officer now opened a door in his
desk and took from it an old-fashioned
dueling pistol, which he bad picked up
somewhere and fitted the bullet into its
rusty muzzle.
"It's just the thing, uncle. Bring me
my flask and I will load it with the sui
cide bullet. It's best to have it handy by
if I get the blues. " He laughed again.
The servant obeyed.
" No use to fix 'em roAHsa. Twon only
kill one who it's made for, shuah, au'
you couldn't shoot yourself wid it no
how." " Well, uncle, I'll load the smoothbore,
anyway, "said the marshal, suiting the
action to the word, and this afternoon
we'll try it at a mark. If I miss a half
dollar at a dozzen paces III give up that
you'r right. If I hit your suicide bullet
is no better or worse than a leaden one."
" All right, massa, but you won't bit,
replied the old darkey.
Just as Nutting completed the charg
ing of the weapon a stranger called, and
it was thrust hurriedly into a pigeon-bole
in the desk. His visitor's business de
tained him from the office til night and
the plan of the morning was forgotten.
The dueling pistol with Us silver missile
lay ftn noticed for months in the desk.
The days and weeks passed, summer
came and went and fall ripened the year,
A dozzen times had the marshal organiz
ed expeditions and scoured the country
seeking the notorious Allen, but each
time had returned unsuccessful. One
final effort, however, was to be made.
Certain information, which he knew to
be reliable, and at last he fait sure, put
tbe outlaw in his band and he looked to
bis horse's shoes and loaded his pistol.
with unusual care.
At his orders mounted guards mea
on whom he could depend patrolled
all the roads. Upon the morrow at
dawn, with a posse of seven fearless
mountaineers he was to storm the very
stronghold of the moonshiners, and to
morrow he would find a vacancy either
in the government or in the ranks of the
illicit distillers. The expedition had
thus far, Nutting believed, been a secret
Because of this he looked forward with
strong hopes of success.
The officer sat at his desk writing. He
had but a few pages to complete, a letter
or two to prepare for the mail, and some
memoranda to destroy. He might never
sit at that desk again.
As his eyes wandered over the mass of
papers, document and duplicate reports
filed neatly away before him, he sudden
ly notice! the butt end of his old duel
ing pistol, half hidden in one of the con
partments, and as the remembrance of
how it came there flashed over him he
was about to draw it from its hiding
when a shuffling step at the door arres
ted him, and an instant later an aged and
bent woman entered the door.
The hour was late, and Nutting regar
ded the new comer with surprise, aa he
rose to offer her a chair, She accepted
it with a whine of thanks andnk pant
ing into it The marshal resumed his
seat at the desk.
"Ye are the goo'ment man, I reckon?"
said the woman, after a pause, raising a
brown and wrinkled face, half hidden
beneath an immense hood and a pair of
green spectacles, toward Nutting.
"Yes, madam," replied that worthy.
" I've come a right smart piece to see
ye for an old woman. I'm true grit I au
but a getting wore out Those yer moun
tains are a sight steeper than they was
forty years ago," and she sighed. "But
see here, I'm business, I am, I want to
talk to ye. Y'ou don't know me, I reck
on?" "I cannot say that I do, " said Nut
ting. "I reckon not, as you ntver see me
afore. I am Mrs. Allen Bethsheby Al
len and my boy, he's Ruloff Allen. Ye
have heard of him mebbe?" and she
paused and gazed cunningly into her
listener's face.
"Yes, I know him," and the man's
brow darkened.
" Wall, now I tell you. It seems yer
on a raid arter him to-morrer ye see I
know a thing or two an' ye've got the
boy badly cooped up this time, shore.
Not but what hell fight, and some on ye
might still catch suthin besides moon
shiners. My boy is smart, he is, I tell ye
an' he'll tote ye round considerable afore
ye gather him in ; but he's cooped all the
same, and I'm feared ye ll catch him or
kill him. And I'm his mammy, ye
know.
Tbe old hag paused and wiped her
, i
eyes. She was a woman even yet, mu
Nutting's heart softened toward ber.
"What can I do in this matter, Mrs.
Allen?" began the marshal. " Your son
is a"
" Never mind what he is, you can save
him. He's trapped, catched, cooped.
But he's my boy.sn' I want you to let
him go. Take his stills and his whisky
take everything but let him go, and
I'll give ye my word its good ; Beth
sheby Allen never broke it yet that in
less than three days well be "
"Mrs. Allen, that is impossible. I'll try
not to hurt your son, but capture him I
must and shall."
" But if he should capture you, what
then?"
At these words the green glasses fell-
the hood was thrown back, the bent form
became straight and before the eyes o'
the dazed officer Ruloff Allen himseif
stood, a look of deadly hatred on his face.
heavy revolver in his outstretched
hand.
Silence reigned a moment as the young
man gazed into the deadly tube before
him.
"I came here to give you one last
chance, and myself.the samel" half h'uss
ed the moonshire. "That chance is lost
to both of us. I go back to tbe moun
tains and outlawry you retire from act
ive service. Can you pray ? If so do it
now. In three minutes I shall kill you."
Slowly Nutting's eyes ran about the
room. Escape was impossible help
would not come. A single cry meant in
stant death he was lost His heart
sank.
Suddenly the butt of the old dueling
revolver came within the circle of his
vision. Cool as his would be murderer,
he turned to him and said, "Will you let
me smoke once more V
The feilow eyed him sharply.
"Smoke? Y'es one cigar," he said at
length. And lowering the muzzle of his
revolver, he thrust it into his pocket to
supply his victim's wants.
"I have some bete," said Nutting ; and
like a flash his hand shot upward toward
tbe pigeonhole where lay the old duel
ing pistoL
"Down with your hand," cried Allen.
It was too late. There came a sharp
and ringing report, a single cry, a dull
and sickening thud upon tha floor, and
all was over.
And the moon, breaking between the
rifted clouds without looked through the
open window upon the face of the dead,
while Nutting, white and trembling, held
in his nerveless band a smoking pistol.
The silver bullet had found its mark
and returned to its owner. The United
States marshal was saved.
A Mistake in Cattle Breeding.
One of the most damaging practices
indulged in by many of our farmers and
beef producers is allowing the local
butcher or shipper to select from time to
time for slaughter or for shipment such
cows and heifers as are in the best con
dition and ihe retention for breeding
purposes of such as are in poor condi
tion, where all have had the same care.
And yet it is a much too general a prac
tice among those not particularly engaged
in the improvement and building np of
a high class herd, pure bred or otherwise.
The animals in good condition are so
simply because they possess the natural
hardihood, constitutional vigor and feed
ing quality to lay on flesh and excel in
beef production under tbe same condi
tions that other animals in the herd will
retrograde or barely exist
How many men at the approach of
winter, with a surplus of cows and heifers
that have all had the same care and been
surrounded by the same opportunities
for improvement will select such as are
already in shipping condition and let
them go in preference to selecting tha
slow feeders, the inferior individuals,
and even at some expense shaping them
up for shipment and thereby enabling
themselves to retain the best to raise
their standard of excellence and increase
the money making power of the herd ?
Unless this is done even the use of the
best bulls will accomplish little ; but by
a continued use of the best bulls (tested
bulls if possible), by a persistent reten
tion of the sappiest beefiest heifer, and
the exclusion of the slow feeders and
harsh handlers, we caa eliminate our
selves from competition with cattle rais
ed nnder conditions and at prices with
which we cannot compete. Brtetltr
Gaztttt.
Ask Your Friends
Who have taken Hood's Sarsapaxilla
what they think of it and the replies are
universal in its favor. One has been cur
ed of indigestion and dyspepsia, another
finds it indispensable for sick headache,
others report remarkable cures of scrofu
la, salt rheum, and other blood diseases,
and still others will tell you that it over
comes that tired feeling, and so on.
Truiy, the best advertising which Hood's
Sarsaparilla receives is the hearty en
dorsement of the army of friends it has
won by its positive medical merit
The Code Duello.
"I have seen one duel is my life," he
said. "I do not believe in dueling, of
course, but since that duel I have not
had the horror of it which I felt before.
It did not seem like murder; it did not
seera even brutal to me.
"I was in New Orleans and was sitting
late one night in the hotel corridor, in
terested in a discussion ably conducted
by both sides. It was on that subject
which then hung upon every man s lips.
Both men were handsome, middle-aged
and refined looking. The conversation
became more and more heated until one
of the men said sternly :
"You have insulted my State and me,
r.'
" 1 have spoken what 1 believe to be
the truth,' said the other man calmly,
and I cannot change my sentiments.
" 'Then you offer to give me satisfac
tion ?' said the other.
"'In what way, sir?"
" 'As gentlemen give satisfaction.'
" 'I do not fight duels,' said the other.
paling slightly.
"'Not when you have insulted a manr
" No.'
" You are not s coward, answered the
other. That is plain to see. I ask you
as a gentleman to icive me satislaction.
"The man from the Jortn looted at
him steadily.
" 'I cannot kill a man,' he said.
"The other gave him a look which was
almost one of appeal.
"'If you do net give me satisfaction.
he said, 'or retract and I see you will
not de that I shall feel like a hound.'
" 'Very we'.!,' answered the other, sim
ply, when shall it be T
" 'As soon as possible.
"The Southerner excused himself to
find a second. The Northtrner turned
to me.
" 'I am s stranger here,' he said. 'Will
you act as my second T
" 'I do not believe in duels,' answered
I feeling ashamed to refuse him.
" No more do I,' he replied coldly.
"I hesitatad and consented. The four
of us were driven below the city. I shall
not forget tbe place where the duel was
fought. We turned into a plantation at
a point of the road where stood a majes
tic pecan tree, which seemed to bow
gravely as the wind rustled through its
branches and the trailing mot-s swayed
gently. Dawn was breaking and over
the Mississippi hung a low mist The
distance was paced off by the second of
my new friend's adversary, for I was
absolutely useless.
"For some reason my principal took
off his coat and waistcoat, and the other
man did the same thing. They both
seemed at their ease. In the grayness of
the morning the white of their shirts
was beautifully clear and pleasant They
took their positions quietly. No on
had spoken a word since we had entered
the field. My friend raised his hand
and looked caressingly at his revolver.
" 'Gentlemen,' he said calmly, 'I have
never shot at a man in my life. This is
not of my doing.'
"I looked at tbe Southern duelist His
face whitened at this, but he was cool
and graceful in his bearing.
"I forgot my priiiciples. There was
nothing brutal, uncivilized or cruel about
this. It was beautiful. Tbe calmness of
the scene was exquisite. Both men faced
each other as if they were paying com
pliments. There was a grace about their
posture which charmed me. At that
moment it seemed to me that to kill a
man in so delicate s way was the refine
ment of courtesy.
"Gentlemen, are yon ready? One!
Two white-sleeved arms were ail that I
saw. I did not hear the rest not even
the shots. I saw the arms go up slowly,
straighten out sharply, something like
released springs, and tbe Southern man.
was on the damp grass, a bright stain on
his white shirt My friend was leaning
over him, peering anxiously into the
wounded man's face. When I ran op
the man who was shot was very white.
" 'Henry,' he said, 'take every care for
this gentleman's safety,' and he fainted.
"Perhaps this was one of the most re
markable duels ever fought I, an un
willing second, did not know tbe name
of the principal whom I assisted. I did
not even know the cause of the duel.
Each principal was ignorant of the name
of the other. The only two who knew
each other were the Southern man and
his second. But I, who believed dueling
to be murder, found it when forced to
play a part in s duel, a fascinating pic
ture, the like of which I have never be
fore or since seen." -V. Y. Tribune.
A Meagre Breakfast
A man who had every appearance of
being well fad and in good health saun
tered into fashionable up-town cafe s
few mornings ago, and, after deliberately
divesting himself of hat coat and gloves,
seated himself in a cozy corner and be
gan to read a newspaper. A polite waiter
put a napkin and a glass of water on the
table and waited for an order. He must
have knows his customer, for he waiud
patiently for nearly ten minutes. Then
the deliberate man ordered s cup of hot
water. "Have it boiling hot" said he.
The water was soon brought and the
gentleman sipped it as rapidly as pos
sible. When the cup was emj t y he said :
"Bring me another one and bod e celery."
The second cup of hot water was sipped
more leisurely, and the eating of the cel
ery occupied about half an hour's time.
When the check was brought it read :
"Two cups hot water, 50 cents; one por
tion celery, 40 cents." It was paid with
out s murmur, and after the man had
departed the waiter communicated to
a curious observer at the next table the
fact that "s great many gentlemen come
here and breakfast that way." X '.
rriouac-.
The peculiar enervating effect of sum
mer weather is driven off by Hood's Sar
saparilla, which "makes the weak strong
again."
The fashionable hats for ladies consist
of s quantity of boles strung together on
wire snd covered with imitations of
spring flowers.
Ely's Cream Balm is worth its weigh
in gold as a cure for catarrh. One bottle
cured me. S. A. LovelL Franklin, Ven
ango county, Pa.
A bald-headed man's bur is like s fool
and his money.
WHOLE NO. 2089.
Editor Anannlas.
A California exohantre editor had be
gun to think lying was played out in the
Pacific slope press until he encountered
the following :
A couple of weeks ajo a Mono county
farmer bad 5,000 barrels of popcorn in s
bars. The barn caught fire and the air
was tilled with dense showers of pop
corn. This extraordinary exhibition
caused an old mare in the adjoining field
to tii ink that winter was at hand. So
she lay down under three feet of pop
corn and froze to death.
"Eureka 1" he murmured, "the country
is safe. Afterward followed ia quick
sncesion, veritable accounts that during
the past week have varied the monotony
of the country crop reports, and divided
the honors of public attention with the
grasshopper of the San Joaquin and the
San Jose scale. There was the Winters
woman whose turkeys got drunk on
brandied cherries thrown out as waste,
and who, thinking them dead, plucked
those mistfiiJed birds, as many another
boozy bird baa been plucked, and was
filled with horror, sometime later, to see
them recovered from their spree, walk
ing about clad only in their own mani
fest embarrassment
There was the petrified girl from France
found after many years with her feet
grown fast to the solid rock, of which she
had become a part, and who still main
tains a stony silence as to how she came
so. There was the man who crawled
into a hollow log to escape a storm, and
who wa wedged tight by the swelling of
the wood UDon being wet There was
the tree cut by loggers up on the Colum
bia, the trunk of which ws found to be
so full of bears, and which was headed
up and rolled down to town with its
overload of Ephraim in good shape. In
fact enough evidence passed before the
exchange editor's searching eyes to dem
onstrate clearly that the journalistic An
annlas of the Pacific coast is doing busi
ness at the old stand.
The Silk
Threads
Money.
In Paper
In spite of the skill and industry of
counterfeiters, they have never made a
bill which did not have one or more vul
nerable spots. Some of the products of
their handicraft may seem perfect to the
untrained eye, but will find that each
one, like Achilles, has something lacking
in its armor. Perhaps the features of
good treasury notes which counterfeiters
have found it most difficult to imitate
are the two blue silk threads which run
lengthwise through them. They are a
little over an inch a part And though
sometimes almost invisible, they form
part of every bill issued by the govern
ment bureau of printing and engraving.
A. L DrunimonJ, chief of the secret ser
vice of the treasury department who has
had s long experience with counterfeit
ers and their wares, explained recently
why it was so difficult to copy good bills
in this respect
" In the first place " he said, "the silk
threads are put in the paper when it is
nisile at the factory. To make paper of
this kind used by the government
requires a big plant and lots of capital,
so counterfeiters are kept out of it Even
if they had the necessary money, they
wouldn't be fools enough to risk it all
for the chance of making bogus bills. It
would be exceeding unprofitable for s
paper manufketarer who already has a
factory to make the paper becaa-ie to do
so is a penitentiary offence."
Doctor Drumniond then showed the
reporter s counterfeit two dollar bill
which had a single thread running
lengthwise through its centre.
"This ia the only bad bill that I ever
saw with a silk thread in it Even this
has only one thread in it, instead of two
so it would not be dangt-rous to a skilled
teller. I have never heard of more than
two other bills like this one. It is easy
to see that the oounterfeiter split this note
put in this thread and then pasted tbe
two parts together again. The frayed
edges showed that The fellow must
have been very stupid not to know that
genuine money has two thread instead
of one. An expert can easily tell when
a bill lias been cplit in two and pasted
together aaiu, so the silk threads
would not deceive him. "
We Did It.
Once upon a time a peasant went to a
sage who was celebrated for his wisdom
and said :
"O, sage, I have an enemy who contin
ually speaks ill of me and disturbs my
peace of mind. He has even threatened
to do me personal injury."
"Have you ever injured him?"
"Never."
'Has your wife ever criticised his
wife's plush sack ?"
. "Never."
"Has your deg ever run his cat over the
fencer
"My dog is old and blind."
"Do you play the accordion in the back
yard of an evening?"
"I have none."
"But have yoa never suggested to your
enemy to run for Alderman in your ward
on the Reform ticket? Have yon never
asked him to come over and give an
opinion of a sick horse? Have yoa
never had the wit to see that he was
invited to deliver the Fourth of July
oration or draw up a petition to the Leg
islature T'
"Alas! no."
"Then mayhao yoa have criticised his
course as a member of the Town Coun
cil?" "Alas! we have."
"All now is plain."
Happy Hoosiers.
William Timmons, postmaster at Ida
ville, Ind., writes : " Electric Bitters has
done more for me than all other medi
cines combined for that bad feeling aris
ing from kidney and liver trouble."
John Leslie, farmer sad stockman of tbe
same place, says : " Find Electric Bitters
to be the best kidney and liver medi
cine ; made me feel like s new man. J
W. Gardner, hardware merchant same
town, says : " Electric Bitters is just the
thing for man that is all run down and
don't care whether he lives or dies : be
found new strength, good appetite, and
felt just like he had s new lease en life.
Only 50 cents s bottle at
John N. Snyder's Dmg Store, Somerset
Ps.
Accomplishments What they
are and Their Value.
BY t.HElT M. klMMKI., LKM IN, I'.V.
At the breaking out of the Revolution
ary War agriculture wad our lea-Jin in
dustry. Like Ciccinuatus of old, who
was called from his plow to load the
Roman army, so it waa a farmer led th
American army to victory and who tend
ed our hhip of V.ir over the tiri eiiit
years of her toyuge. To-day, aj thon,
agriculture is the chief source of our
wealth. England's staff of life is furnish
ed from the grain fields cf the United
States ; the beef for the court of William.
II. b fattened on our great plains, and
even Queen Victoria eats honey made by
our American bees. Then, the produc
tions of our forests, oak, pine and heai
lock, are sources of imiuenae wealth.
As representative of the must prosper
ous people iu our land, it is fit and prop
er that you should desire to raie up sous
and daughters w hose God is the Lord, to
inherit the goodly lands that he ha.-t
given you. With reference to your
children, we will now consider "accom
plishments" sbat they are and their
value. We will speak only of the daugh
ters, and the sons, with their superior
advantages, can speak for themselves.
Too many persons regard acconiplLih
ments as the lustre given by the varnish
bruyh instead of the beautiful rays of
light reflected from the diamond as it
comes freh from the lapidary's hand.
Such persons heg'n the education cf
their daughters as Patrick beipia to build
his chimney by holding the top brick
up and shoving the others in le!ow. The
worth of the diamond in the rou;h may
never be discovered; polieu it, an 1 it
becomes "a thing of beauty and a joy
for ever." So, many an intellectual gtia,
many a beautiful character may, lacking
the refining intluenees of education, l:o
hidden under the rubbish of ignorance,
as the treasures of Pompeii under the
dust and ashes of Yesui ius.
Too many girls are compelled to leave
school at an age much too early to real
ize what is expected of them ; and this
applies more directly to fanners' daugh
ters than to any other class of giris. They
are expected not only to bo able to bake
a variety of pies, cakes anil bread, and
to attend to a housekeeper's duties in
general, but also to be able, after they
are through with their work, to sit down
and entertain their guests, and are not
excused under any circumstances if they
cannot attend to the latter as gracefully
as giris who make the entcrtaiciutit of
their guests a stu.ly and have little ei.-e
to claim their attention.
Is it not in many communities tha
prevailing sentiment that girls do not
need the same amount of education as
boys? This is especially trae of a great
many farmers. While they greatly care
for their daughters in providing for them
future legacies, they fail t0 3t-e how utter
ly helpless they leave their children by
not giving them at leaat a fair education.
Is there any reason why country girls
should not be polished for society ? The
memory of the happy home of childhood
is the graudest liracy any farmer can
leave to his children. A homo in which
there is ignorance is full of darkness and
gloom, while in a home in which there
is culture and refinement is full of sun
shine and joy.
A young lady was presented to Kin?
James I. as a Uvly of gietit accomplish
ments. The gentleman wh introduced
her said : '"I assure yonr m:.jcty that
sh can both speak and wri'.e Latin,
Greek, Hebrew, French end German ;
she is skilled in music and nair.tini."
"These are rare acconipiishTuonts f-r a
dau'!," said the king, "but prsy tell Die,
can she spin?" Spinning ia those days
os a necessary work, done ia every
ho'Uf-ehoid, and perhaps the Virjstruck
the keynote of a'.l true womanly work
hen he inquired if the mai-len were in
structed in that humble accomplishment
of making home comfortable.
Let spinning represent the houskeep-
ing of the present Jay, the skill to make
home happy, and you have the founda
tion stone of a girl's edacation, upon
which to erect a beautiful accomplished,
womanly character. Having this, the
superstructure may be aa imposing, as
magnificent as you please ; witnout it, it
is a splendid piece of fully, covered w ith
veneering, which, like beauty, is "only
skin deep."
Samuel Smiles says: "It is not too
much to assert that the happiness or
misery, the enlightmect or ignorance,
the civilization or barbarism of a nation,
depends in a very high degree upon the
eierciae of woman's power within the
special kingdom of home." Many of the
greatest men of the world have acknowl
edged with grateful tenderness tb.it they
have owed all to their mothers. Then
how necessary it is to educate the daugh
ters, for they will be the mothers of the
rising generation. Truly, "the strength,
of a nation is in its homes," and no
where is the progress of our country
toward true greatnus so marked aa in
the improvement in our hemes.
Fify years ago the kitchen was the
sitting-rvirn as well as d':nins-r.)j;n. and
the smoking, flickering light of the Ui
low candle made reading almoet an im
possibility. There was a parloi, but it
was a cold, !tiff apart men:, to enter
which would send a chill over anyone,
and was reserved for state occi-ions. Go
into one of our representative Somerbet
county houses cf to-day, and mark the
air of comfort, even reCnerueni, w hich
characterizes it. The room is warm and
carpeted and comfortably furnished,
books and papers lie scattered upon a
table lighted by a well trimmed lamp.
There is a piano, serhap?, jt an organ,
and music lends thechariu of its appear
ance. The influence of a good woman is as
wide as that of a great one, and thy'itih
you name may never be known beyond
the limits of your own neighborhood,
your induence, the intlueace which ro
bi'itv of character and devotion to duty
will exert, is practically iueradicahli.
"Be what thou prayet to be made," aad
help to make the name of farmers'
daughters a synonym for all tbt is best
and noblest in cultured womanhood.
Carrying out the Provisions of a
Will.
" Oi hear that rich owld uncle of yoor'n
are dead and buried, Tarrunee."
" He are, Moilts."
"And what the devil soort uv s will
wer that he nu-d, Oi doaa' know? The
owld amslhaun, shure Oi always
thought he wer cracked, but the oidee
of layin' instrocshuns to hev twenty-foi ve
thoaand dollars buried wid Lim ! And
you were execootrix, Terrar.ce?"
" Faith, that Oi was."
"An' did you folly out the provlihon
of the wiiir
"Oi did that" vf
"An wer it goold ye pat in thecoilin?"
"It wer not."
-Silver?"
"Devil a ha'porth."
"Paper inoocey?"
"Not a whit."
"An phat thin?"
"Shure, Oi soiled a check payable to;
bis orther for the amount and shtuck it
ia his phkt whin they closed th lid. "
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