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I Tsi Sombbxt Hot in,
Soicxsnt, Pa.
FILL? OOnrEE.
DENTISTS.
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f J rrtaiciiis' o Dea:;ry k:'!al-
hioik f-vi to eiiiiic
rxr U4liri leelji. ArtltK-.sl dent-
V 3 v-e.is inened mUkGid plaiAk
jLz. crwfa auacbed o ld i.:ur-apnis-
xl-lyr.
1 CAia-THEP.S, M. D
J ' i --N" am k EIjION'
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S.nt.krfT, Pi.
r- . .5 street, next door u iriiiuii
' im2 Aloice.
D:- ,.'v... IAS AieTRGEPW.
t 7 ' - t,cu.i:t Oice Beat door to
f-e .' Z.
if-
i. KIMMELL,
. r.rrl .--rie id the citiarn
1 - . t T- ,,;T L prOl!MQOCA.y
f -t fci J a: ti ooe oo tu at.
fVi j. M. LOrTKER.
j j ETrl'-'lAS AD sXTKlxEOS.
i M r uii:i in Somerset far tie
t T . .ji. tfti OB Kia (ML
Ir j.i M MILLED
Krciica to the preterraiion of
. wa. arur.cl e; iiina. u
auitory. fiioe la lb.
i.T-ce.iA comer
r.r TSXCC'LLINS,
M ILSTirT.
Blork cm;:. whet b
. usi prrjjfcwil to lo il kind
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i i. ut. . ;
i: tdKki.d trf lix Bert
-r f" iY. F. SOIFLL,
1 AlTvfc4V-AI-LAW,
Botaenet, Pm.
I tl P?iija Aft nt- OSce in Wimmnii
i
-iiiyrrN'E hat,
I ATI0IUEY-AT LAW.
eumerwt, Pv
i ;-i EiEsi- W!3 Attend to all
I aT-exzt -at -law.
i Bomenet, Pa.
I -"Ct r.ii4 to d bajno esaiB!
I ; ' Ji .cirrV'TASecdOB OttueCUCOA, c ttf-
y. " r' ajca.
f i. BIT.KET.
I. ArTvKMT-AT-LAW.
bohajast. Pa.
J. a 044 rtHowi' Bailiiat-
;
VEY M. BERKLE,
1 ArTOJtAl-Al-u
omnB. Pa.
ief.J.K(o,n.
P. HOLEEET.
4 V. ATIORSXT-AT-LAW,
t1 H. KOOXTZ,
AnuAJitV-AT-LAW.
1 aoioeiiet. Pa,
r-rtiTwapnnUao to basine entiaed
j -At m sucusxA Aod ACoiii:ii (ocauet.
I f!''-' c iiuuHe k;w, opputtta; Ue Court
IS 0. EIMMEL.
AT vKi'-AT-LA .
ouaewet. Pa,
mmd v All bin ectrad to tit cat
i d: SOr-u".". iC'.t on au v-nj
cr t iiouA .-lore.
ill; L. FUG II.
j aTTVB-VEY-AT law.
3 eomerwt. Pa.
t -; iit AI.il A.J iAi tJia t-
1. pniC4.ASB And saculT.
j i.is. L. C Couoa
J An.iLNtYa-Al-LAW.
j Bumenet. Pa.
I tatiai erawd V) oar tr win be
A l Sk-iT ae&lel to. Coliecuon
i' t.iE.rt boiford Hid Amotion ouun
s rer tsl ou&Tey azci4 doe oo r-
!
?JD.T.EIE.;ECKEK,
i ATT0A Y-AI-LA W,
1 Bomervt, Pa.
i 3 frn Eocae Eo, cnii Coort
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I "iiERSCTLL.
J ATIuaMI-AT-LAW,
; Bosnenet. rm.
). Sr. J. G. Oei.
i .TI i CGLF
i euunn, Pa.
;.eooer.
AllVl
fcsrr-AT-LAW.
oonenet, rA.
7 S.E5ILET.
' aTHjaSXT-AT LAW,
1
bomenet. Pa.
?
T LEilS.
ArrcKyrr-AT-LAW.
1 Buiaeriet, Pa,
J - rvw la f-and dio4niE j cooa-
.
1
t- ;rvrA. W. H. KnrxL.
FFICTH 4 ErPPEL.
f Arrvi-VEys-AT-LAW.
1 euaaeriet. Pa.
e:-.TTjJ to tlM-ir tre iU be
!
I tDUL IT CHSBIBLABD
I -o.
f 'Jer, Aie o: siai PaUi, tA puicliAed
'H: AMERICAN HOUSE,"
J - 5t i. al 2.m ref nd Acd retar-
i L? s:.nnirfwt. And made
1 H f X.Ir.aliAt Up tTAT-
S t-j., u Uj bar.
r V"' "ti pure
I try u, rrti or
pno
i or ernon At ua
Tet aj r; n per gdaa.
t .'j " Tr : 15 (vfj for each rFrei
- i B i-i'T ad J-g n.o a.wari
a "T. if6" "liMb iDai prompt
r"- .ocnai aa orurrt to
S. P. SWEITZER,
CvHEEKLA.VD. KO.
j-LLlN BUSINESS!
Photocrmph CaI!
1 At iIormed that I am cull in
the
S BUSINESS,
aa at
t.. , - r--p w aauw mui
1
ilk
h
'T (allift k.urrph,
im'?AnTrm- I"KA--:tArwo Pro
M .jrk ruA-asteed to be
ALLSlcUrT.
i
. next to Vocfba
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VOL. XL. NO.
Oils! Oils!
Tn ftAadAJd Oil Oompaar. PStufcorrli. Pa,
BUAee a hi(uaI;t of niAiiiiitruniie 4r tb
ixuneiue t--le t&e aaeu braudt of
Illuminating & Lubricating Oils
Naphtha and' Gasoline,
That can be made frra Petroieraa. We tLtllaogt
eoicpanKUD w.Ui erery Aaoa ,
PRODUCT OF PETROLEUM.
If Too wuh th Boat uiuforjnjj
- i
Satisfactory Oils
THE r
Aonerican Market,
Aak far oota Tnde far Bonertet and rtclaltj
COOK A EEF.TT 3rj
r&JkAcA A K(ER.
BOBAMCX, Pa
eptiS-'Si-T
CURTIS K. GROVE,
SOMERSET, PA.
BUGGIES, ELEGE-, CAEEIAGE3,
EPEING WAGOXS, BTCK WAGONS
AKD EA5TEES A5D WZiTEBJ? WOEX
ruruabed on Sbor: Notice.
Foisting Done on Short Time.
My work to atadeoot 4d IVrooV) fmrrmrd Woti,
aod tae hM Irrm aad wu,
Cofwtrm-twi. Xaiy F:u and
arrAnted to pre naiTVAi-uua.
Zrplrj 07 Hrst C.aa Tcrknen.
Ert!r!n of All Kind In Mr Li I"ODe on
enun XuUce. Pncea Ri-AaON AiLX, aod
All Work Warranted
Call and Kzamtnesj Block, and Lean PrSee
I do Wafoa-work. and famish SeiTe ftv Wiad
WXIa. Remember the place, aad in.
CURTIS K. GROVE,
ZaKofCOon Booae)
ftonzxsrr. fa
THE
PEOPLE'S
STORE !
Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh.
OCR
MAIL ORDER DEPARTMENT
BRINGS THE
People's Store
TO THE
JliT GLASCE 0VIS T3.'S
List of Departments
And if tLpre is axjiMc? in them
tou are likely to wacL don't bur
before too write for samples to our
MAIL ORDER DEPMUEIT.
Carpet?,
Upholsterr.
Silks,
Wraps,
Suits,
Ire? Good?.
Trimming?.
Hosierr,
Underwear.
FuniirLin?-,
Curtabs.
Irr Good,
Yelretf,
.Tickets,
Millinerj-,
Notion?.
Iace:-,
Glove-s
Eianketr,
Shoe?.
20 Departments.
If vou want to set &n 3lea of tlic
Good? that tier contain, send for
Free Copy of Illustrated Cata
logue for
Fall and Winter.
gT.. T and ? FIFTH AVE, PITrSElEGH.
FIDELITY TITLE AND
AND TRUST COMPANY.
121 i 123 4th Ave,
PITTSBURGH! PJ.
(Capital, ISOO.000 fjl paid.) '
Izojr tiUea to Bca Estate.)
Astlicriaed t art a Eterasw, AdMknAMe,
tnliiO. iTOKt. Aiwe, Eeeeir. At
DEALERS IX RELIABLE
INVESTMENT
SECURITIES.
Erots bores in il Enperor Vaa!!s from
15 rr an sun opwda. Kteies Jnx:tj
ani .nonJToa laonpio fad AjproTed
colUieralA. i
i,-.HV B JACKET, rrrs'.dmt.
j VMM J- T KU V. f-e. A
B. JieVaV, AOd Tivaa.
J7XECUT0RS SALE
OF-
Valuatls Esal Estate !
SrdeiSli; "I" ITP
otfi the pre W uto-
, . tkrt m . the MTowia drid peal e
&e 1 property -ed. t :
K-ed -be Nonh by Kan
SrieaWIof m.A. JfrVikei ca
Kreet. op ;n"T: . t.wm bTaa T.
buiid-ik
t-rnt Hi? . Tea per ret. I of r
TFRMb I btr -ben to.
rL llorteddoa ear-LrofbaJia
or :icryon.i. . . . Wm oo
2 -
PEOPLES
HOMES
19.
Is Bare especiAZr the any other a kendCary
cie25, AcJ tut thtt flails reaaoa: ArbiDf
. fTrrtn impure and Insui&oeDt blood, the dis
ease locate, luett fn the tyaphaaea. wnlck
are composed of -atiite tiuon; there U a
pervl ot lieta We when tbe bole body coo-
HoOd'S UMs 01 WBitB Ad
. liMrefvae toe anttorn caiM is
SarSapa PcUysvoepUbtetothis
drdfal dlvase. Bet there
rl I la is j potent remtxjy for srrof
cia, be! her hfredlttry or aoqntred. It is
Hood's SanaaannA. vbira expels eirry traoe
of toe distaM and pes to toe Mood th.
quity aad cokr oi heaita. Get Hood's.
-Wben my bojAto years r nrlrolw
oM he was aaacted aad suf- L ,U,:i'
It-red a locg time ia srroTuiA CUTOfJ
sores. Tbe piysiciAa atlcncUt
told us to pre him Hood's Sax- M BO
aaparUlA. which we did. Two bottles evred
cim. He is now 10 yean old Aod has not bad
Aty sign of scrofula saee. We recommend
Hood's SarcparniA to all oar friends." Jfsa.
. C. CurrKK, 8 Kidder St, Oerelaad. O.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by drucj: jt. f : - ox :or Si. PreparadMly
" y C. L HOOD A IT), ApotAMarW. LmeO, Jtaas.
100 Doses One Dollar
-THE-FIRST
NATIONAL BANK
' OF
Somerset, Penn'a.
. .. o
CAPITAL - - S50.OOO.
SURPLUS
- se.ooo.
-o-
DC'OStTastCCCIVCOIN LAM6C ANDBMALL
AMOUHTA. PAVABLC ON DCMANO.
ACCOUNTS OF MtnCMtSTI, FARMERS.
STOCK DIALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED.
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
' "EOAED OF n RECTORS :
LaECI M. HlCIA.' W. H. Vn.T.a,
JbL Pci, Cbaa H. Fishaa,
Joh K. Scxrrr, Geo. K. Smx,
Fad W. Bxnu.
Edward Sctix, :
Valatttisi Hat,
Axdrzw Faskek,
: : : : Pajhidest
: Viti Pessidkxt
: : :C.
The funds and securities of this back
Are securely protected in a celebrated Cor
liss: Bary'.ar-proof Ssfe. The only Safe
raa.e al-eo'.ntdj Burglar-proof.
Somerset Ccunlj NaUonal Bank
Of Somerset, Pa.
y.
EitaBtiiiad, 1177. 0-Euri2a at a Kit'waal, 1890.
-O. .
' CAPITAL. $50,000.
O.
Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't
Wm. B. Frease, Vice Pres't.
Milton J. Pritts, Casnier.
Directors:
Wm. H- KooaU,
Jt-h specbt.
Join E. fenyder,
Joseph B. 1 it
Easil feyder,
Juoao U Couk,
Jjfen Siur..
EArnton rcTder,
Naaha. Milier,
Jerome saizt.
Wat. Endsley.
CastoBtert of this Hack will rererre tbe most
librmi treAtmeal oonauteat with aais nabAicK-
Pardee wlvfctne to ead money eM or west eaa
be aeeoBundatrd t j draJl for any aaioant.
Jlmer and TAat lee wored by oo of Pie
boid Celebrated saes. with Bud approrod Oma
CbUeeions made !n an para of the raked
fauML iJLarer. mi rate. "
Aceouxu aud IeBo.u joUcted.
THERE IS X WHISKEY
Wbich is uniform in its results, beeioes in
every other panica:ar. Attested to by
eT err one who has piveo it a thorough
trial, and their naosr is iegion.
The pure S yewr old
GUCKENHEIMER WHISKY
Is the wlibker, sold only by
JOSEPH FLEXING 4 SOX.
Druggists,-Tittsbnrwb, Pa. As
. EtrengtLener of tie
Nervous! System,
with sjvecial good effect on the res
piratory and digestive organs, it
is pronounced uneqaaled. Price,
full quarts $1, or six for 15.
We dow carry a fall An 3 c omplete stock of
All the leading tin Wbiekiea. both do
suesuc aod 6reipn. priin too the oppor
tunity to make your chokw from tbe
finest selection to be had In the city
at the lowest poeeibie prices that
- can be made forth quality and
" age of tbe goods.
pa-Please send for fall and complete price
Lst,-mal!ed free.
Jos Jleii & Son,
DRUGGISTS,
t;0 A 412 Market 1 and 1 Market,
nTTS3TO32, PA. '
JVLadies are Especi7 hsriied.
THRESHING
MACHINES
A SPECIALTY.
(Bmpiest. Slnat Durable. Aconnrairal aad Perfect
la u. Wanes no graia ; Ckaiu U rdy fc
Market
THEESH1KQ EXQUES 4 HORSE POVEXS.
AA W KILLS an Staadard Iasnleaoeaa aeoer
aUy. 8e tor lOMraied Catane.
a.'b. farquhar CO.
. fVan.T'TaAia Artru.iurai worka, York. Pa.
June. li-H.
r oNrf-kVATCHtr f SCriC. r-.abint. Pa.
a teaser. fDwinwJ dvan(r. open
b4Be ee-in -it eare. tb rear becine aept
1. Heud lor oatajufue w tbe PtrMeia.
)nly-6m. A. H. IrO&C&Cs. D. D .
o me r
SOMERSET, PA.,
A CREYPORT LEGEND.
They raa tbrooth the street of the seaport towa ;
They peered frost tbe dork, of the sbtpa that lay ;
Tkc oo d sea k that came whtteoliic down
Was aerer aa ecld or white aa tbey,
Ho, Srboc k aad Platkney aad Teoterdes ;
Boa jt your taaUupa, ra;lier your aw a,
Scatter your boats oo tbe lower bay."
Good raose tot feat ! la tbe thkk midday
Tbe hulk that lay by tbe rotten pier.
Filled with the children in happy play,
Paned iu mooring; aad drifted clear
rJctfted clear beyond reach or call.
TAmeea eeoldrea tbey were ia all
Ail drifted into tbe lower bay !
Said a haml-iared skipper, " Cod help as aJ .'
B.le iliuoi Boat till the tarnlcc Udef
Said his wiar "My darUnt will bear a?y e.t,
beuer ia sea er bearea she iii.le,"
Aad abe hfted a qaaTerisg Toiee aad biro.
Wild and orange a a teabird cry.
Till they Juddered aad sondered at her side.
The fog drove down on earh Uborisg crew.
Veiled each from each, aad the sky aad ibore :
Taere was not a souad but LUe breath they drew.
Abo. the lap of tbe water Aad croak of oar,
And tbey felt the breath of the down a fi-esh liowa
O'er learote of elorer aod culd, gray none.
Bat not from the lit that had gone before.
Tbt-y ecme no more. But they tdl the tale.
Thai, wbea fti are on tbe Larbur rtet
Tbe markerei ft. ben tburtea tail ;
For the sigaal they know will bring relief;
For the voices of children, still a: play
la a pbanuaa hoik that drifts away
Through channels whose waters never faiL
It li but a shipmaa's foolish tale.
A theme for s poet 's kile psge .
But vail, when the mists of doubt prevail
Aad we lie becalmed t y tbe shores of Age,
We bear from tbe misty, troubled shore
Tbe voice of tbe children gone before.
Ira.trjp tbe soul to Ha anchorage.
TOMMY'S TOMBSTONE.
bt k. jr. arrt'Exa.
Tommy McGuffj was growing old, and
the akin of his attenuated face was to
shrank and so stretched from wrinkle to
wrinkle that it teemed narrowly to es
cape breaking. About the pointed chin
and cheek bones it Lad the color of faded
brick.
Old Tommy had become so thin that
he dared not venture to the top of tbs
hill above his native village of Rearward
on a windy day.
His knees bent very eocuicaliy when
he walked.
For some years tbe villagers had been
counting the bepbewg and nieces to
wLom tbe savings of the old retired
dealer in dry goods would eventually de
scend. Ten thousand dollars and s boose and
lot constituted a heritage worth anticipa
ting in Rearward.
The innocent old man was not upon
tencs of intimacy with his prospective
heirs. Having remained unmarried, bis
only dose associates were two who bad
been bicompa&iocs in that remote peri
od which had been his bovbaod. One of
these, Jerry Hurley, was a childless wid
ower ; s very estimable antf highly re
spected man, who owned two farms, and '
the other, like himself, a bachelor, was
Billy Skid more, the sexton of the charvh
sod therefore the regulator of the town
clock open the steeple.
There came a great shock to old Tom
bt one day. As old Mrs Sparks said,
"Jerry 11 ur ley, all suddent like, just took
a notion and died."
The wealth and standing of Jerry liar-
ley insured him an imposing funeral.
Tbey laid his body beside that which
had once been bis wife's, in Rearward
cemetery. His heirs possessed his farm,
and time went on slowly, as nsual, at
Rearward.
Tommy went frequently to Hariey's
grave, and wondered hen his heirs in
tended erecting a monument to his mem
ory. It is necessary that your grave be mark
ed with a monument if you would stand
high in that still society that holds eter
nal assembly beneath the pines and wiL
lows wher only the breeza speak, and
they in sabdoed voices.
Years passed, and the grave of Tom
my's old friend Jerry, remained unmark
ed. Jerry's friends had postponed the
doty so long that they bad grown callous
to public opinion. Besides, tbey had
other purposes to which to apply Jerry's
money. It was easy enough to avoid re
proach ; they Lad only to refrain from
visiting the graveyard.
"Jerry never deserved such treAtment,''
Tommy would say to Billy, the sexton,
as the two met to talk it over every son
ny afternoon.
" It's an outrage, that's what it is T
Billy would reply, for the hundredth
time.
It was in their eyes an omission al
most equal to that of baptism or the fu
neral service.
One day as Tommy was aiding himself
along the Main street of Rearward by
iTjens of a hickory stick, a frightful
thought came to him. He turned cold
and pale.
What if his own heirs should neglect
to mark his grave ? .
" I'll harry home' and pat the money
for it aside in a stocking-foot at once,''
thoocht Tommy, ard his knees bent
more than nsual as he accelerated his
pace.
But as he tied a knot in the stocking,
there came the fear that even this mon
ey might be misapplied ; even his will
might be ignored through repealed post
ponement and the law's delay and indif
ference. Who, save old Billy Skid more, would
care whether old Tommy McGoffy's last
resting place was designated or not? And
once let tbe worms begin operations on
this antique morsel, what woold it mat
ter to Rearward folks where tbe banquet
was taking place ?
Tommy now underwent a second at'
tack of horror, from which he caaue off
victorious, a gleefal smile momentarily
lifting the dimness from his excessively
lachrymal eyes.
" 1 11 fix 'em," te said to himself. " 111
go to-day to BickeUs, the marble-cutter,
and order my own tombstone.'
Three mouths thereafter Ricketts, the
marble-cutter, untied the knot in tbe
stocking that had been Tommy's snd de
posited the contents ia the local savings
bank.
In the cemetery stood a new mocn
ment, very lofty and elaborate ; around
it was an iron fence . within tbe enclos-
oie there was no grave as yet.
" Here," raid the monument in deep
cut letters bat bad English, " lies all that
remains of Thomas McGoffy, born ia
Bearwood, November 11, 1SJ0 ; died .
Gone thither the wicked cease from
troubling a&d the weary are at reeL"
This supplementary information
framed ia tbe words of Tommy's favorite
set
ESTAJB1UBHED 1827.
VEDXESDiY, NOYEfBER 4, 1891.
passage is his favorite baa. His liking
for this was mainly a account of its
tuns.
He had left the date t his death to be
inserted by the marble-utter after its oc
currence. Rearward folks were Amused at sight
of the monument and sey ascribed the
placing of it there to tie eccentricity of
a taciturn old man.
Tommy seemed to deive much pleas
are from visiting his tosbstone on mild
days. He spent many hours contem
plating it, He would ener the iron en
closure, lock the gate aler Lim, and sit
upon the ground that wa intended some
day to cover his body.
He was a familiar sight to people rid
ing or walking part the graveyard this
thin old man leaning apm his cane, con
tentedly pondering ovetthe inscription
upon his own tombstone
One afierneoo as he wts thus engag
ed, he was suddenly aaauled by a new
apprenension. i
Suppose Ricketts, th marblutter,
should fail to inscribe he date of his
death upon the space be bad left vacant
fjrit?
There was almost n likelihood of
such an omission, but thtre was at least
a possibility of it.
He glanced across the eemetery toward
Jerry Hurley's unmarked mound, and
shuddered. ;
Then he thought laboaoosly.
When he left the cettetery in such
time as to avoid a dels of his evening
meal and a consequent outburst of an
ger on the part of his old housekeeper,
he had taken a resolutioa.
" Three score years and ten, says the
Bible," he mattered to himself, as he
walked home ward. " The scriptural life
timell do for me."
A week thereafter old Tommy gazed
proudly upon the finished inscription.
" Died November 11, UJ0," was the
newest bit of biography there engraved.
" But its two years and more till No
vember 11, 1 SCO," said a vc ice at his side.
Tommy merely cast an indifferent
look npoa the speaker, and walked off
without a word.
The whole village now thought that
Tommy had become a monomaniac npon
the subject of his tombstone.
No one had been able to learn from
his friend, Billy Skidmore, what thoughts
he may have communicated to the latter
upon the matter.
Tommy now lived for no other appar
ent purpose than to visit his tombstone
daily. He no longer confined his walks
thither to the pleasant das y He went
in weather the most perilous to so old
and frailia man.
One of his long prospective hsirs took
sufficient interest in him to adVue him
to take more and better care of his
health.
I can easily keep alive until the time
comes, returned tu. antique, hm'i
only a year left,"
Rapidly his hold upon life relaxed A
week before November ll, lM, he went
to bed And stayed there. People began
to speculate as to whether his unique
prediction or, I should say, his decree
would be fulfilled to the very day.
Upon the fifth day of his illness death
threatened to come before the time set
fjr receiving him.
Isn't this the 10th V the old man
mumbled.
No," said his housekeeper, who, with
one of his nieces, tbe doctor and Billy
Skidniore, attended the ill man, " it's
only the 9th."
Then I must fight for two days more.
The tombstone most not lie.'
And he rallied so well that it seemed
as if the tombstone would lie, neverthe
less, for old Tommy was still alive at
11.30 on tbe night of November 11th.
Moreover, he had been in his senses
when last awake, and there was every
likelihood that he would look at tbe
clock whenever his eves should next
open.
He can't live till morning, that's very
sure," said the doctor.
" Bat, good Lord ! you don't mean to
say he'll hold out till after 11 o'clock ?"
said Billy Skidmore, whose anxiety only
had sustained him in his grief at the
approaching dissjlution of his friend.
1 Quite probably," replied the doctor.
Good heavens 1 Tommy wont rt
easy in his grave if he doesn't die on the
l!th. The monument would be wrong."
- Oh, that wont matter 1" said the
niece.
Billy looked at ber in amazement.
Was his old friend's sacred wish to mis
CArry thus ?
t Yes, 'twill m Alter," he said, in a loud
w hie per. " And if true won't wait for
Tommy of its own accord, we'll have
to make it. . When di 1 he last see tne
clock r
. "At half-past nine" said the house
keeper. " Then well turn it back to ten," said
Skidmore, acting as he spoke.
"But he may hear the town clock
strike."
Billy said never a word, but plunged
into his overcoat, threw on his hat and
harried out into the cold night.
Ten minutes to nidnight," he said.
as he looked op at the town clock upon
the church steeple. La a l skin up
them ladders in time V
Tommy awoke once before the last
alainDer. Billy was by his bedside, as
was tbe doctor, the housekeeper and the
niece. The old man's eye sought the
clock.
" Eleven," he murmured. Then he
was silent, for the town clock begaa to
ClACg.
He counted the strokeo eleven and
then he smiled and tried to speak again.
" Almost live out birthday seventy
tombstone-all right."
He cleared his eyes, and inasmuch as
the town clock furnishes tbe official time
for Rearward, tbe publish! report of
Tommy McGuffy's going records that he
passed away at twenty-five minutes after
11 p. m, November 11, 1?.
Very few people knew that the time
was turned back one hour rtnd a half in
order that the reputation of Tommy Mc
Guffy's tombstone for Terucily mightjbe
spotless in the eyes of future genera
tions. Billy Skidmore, the sexton, arranged
to have Rearward time ready for the saa
w henitroee upon tbe foil awing morn
ing. I'hda. Prvsn.
Turn about is fair play, but who evei
heard of inclement weatber postponing
j itself for a pleasure party T
-LL. -Li-
Strictly Veracious.
A contemporary gives the following
entertaining story of Mr. Laboochere,
M.P.:
He was appointed secretary to the em
bassy at Constantinople, and received
instructions from Lord Hammond, the
permanent under secretary of state for
foieignaffairs, to proceed at once to his
new poet. This, however, did not meet
the views of Mr. Laboochere, and ten
days later Lord Hammond was disagree
ably surprised to see him coolly strolling
down Piccadilly toward the park. The
wrath of tbe imperious under secretary
was boundless, and a few hours after
ward Mr. Lab-ouch ere, whist at dinner at
the St. James Club, received from the
foreign office an angry looking letter
bearing Lord Hammond's familiar sig
nature in the left hand corner of the en
velope.
Mr. LaboacLere gazed at it for a mo
ment, and then placed it unopened in
his breast pocket. Two minutes later a
sudden thought appeared to strike him,
and he ostentatiously transferred the
miesive from his breast pocket to bis coat
tail pocket. On the following morning
he left London, but instead of traveling
direct to Constantinople, be made his
way to Baden Baden, where be remained
a lortnigtit.
One evening, after having exhausted
all his spare cash at the gaming tables, he
was strolling through the gardens, when
be suddenly bethought himself of Ham
mond's letter. On opening it he found
that it contained, as he had expected, a
furious scolding for having Cared to re
main ia London in defiance of the in
struction which he had received to join
his post with all speed, and peremptory
orders to proceed to the Bocphorus with
out further delay.
"There," remarked Mr. Labouchere to
a friend who had accompanied him from
England "there you see the advantage
of my having transferred old Hammond's
letter from my breast pocket to my cnat
tail pocket ; for I can now, without any
departure from the truth, date my note
acknowledging its receipt from Baden,
and commence it in this way 'My Lord,
your letter of the 20th instant has fol
lowed me on here.' "
Had no Confidence in It.
"No, I dont use it any more," he said.
as he nodded in the direction of a phono
graph in the corner of his otSce. "I used
to dictate my letters into it, but I have
given it up.
"Of course, before beginning my dic
tation I used to start it up to see that it
was working all right and that the cylin
der was not an old one. That's whU I
did a day or two ago, and the niachise
started out, 'Dear father.' George! but
it startled me. It was the voice o.' my
boy who was away it college ; his very
tones I oouldn't be mistaken. Then it
went on:
" I am fiat broke.'
''His old familiar words. I had heard
them so often that I knew what was
coming next and tried to shot the aia-
chine off, but it was too quick for me. It
rattled out :
" 'Please leave fifty dollars for me
Louis.'
" 'I knew then that my boy was in
town, and had been in the otf.ee while I
was at lunch. I told the cashier to give
him fifty dollars when he came back,
and then put the case on the phono
graph, locked it up and threw the key
away. I cant do business with any
thing I haven't confidence in, and after
my exerience with this machine : 1
wouldn't be surprised if it ordered a bill
of goods and then stood me off for the
money. The blamed thing's to smooth."
Chicago Tribune.
Advice to Young Men.
Young men, in your youth either split
rails or work on a canal boat. Then
when you grow older the presidential
chair may be yours. Io not dream of
organizing a youthful band of faithful
followers to go west and slaughter In
diAns, for the red men, with the assist
ance of bad whisky and government
ammunition, are killing themselves as
rapidly as possible.
Always speak kindly to your sick un
cle. He may make a will some day, and
perchance be might leave you one of the
Umiiy spoons; or, even better, you
might become the envied possessor of bis
antique oak boot-jack.
When your parents disagree on some
alight subject preserve a discreet silence,
and, if possible, leave the room ; for when
your father comes out second best, as he
invariably will, he may take his revenge
on year youthful bide.
Do not cry when you have to sit in
doors and play with the little girls. A
you grow older you will find that a little
girl is a great comfort, even though she
consents to be only a sister to yoa.
In sharing candy with your younger
brother, always bear in mind that too
much would stake the little fellow sick.
Remembering this, yoa will always be
justified in taking the largest share for
yourself. 3funry'$ Weekly.
Heads of Two, Noted Men.
When the wise and witty Sir Thomas
Moore was beheaded his head was stack
oa a pole on London bridge, where it
was exposed for fourteen da we, much to
the grief of his daughter, Margaret Ro
per, who resolved to secure it. " One
day.lsays Aubrey, " as she was passicg
under the bridge, looking at(her father's
head, ahe exclaimed : ' That head has
lain many a time ia my lap: would to God
it would laii into my lap as I pass un
der V " She had ber wiah, and it did fall
into ber lap! probably sbe had bribed
one of the keepers of the bridge to throw
it over just as the boat approached, and
the exclamation was intended to avert
the suspicion of the boatsnen. At all
events, ahelgot possession of it, and pre
served it with care in s leaden casket till
the time of her death, and! it is now en
closed in a niche in the wall of her tomb
in St Duns tan's Church, Canterbury.
Sir Walter Raleigh's head in a red bag
was carried to his wife, who caused it
to be embalmed, and kept it with ber all
her life, permitting favored friends, like
Bishop Goodman, to see And even to kiss
it His son, Carew Raleigh, afterward
preserved it with similar piety. It is sup
posed now to rest in the church of West
Hsraley, Sarrey. Gentlemen $ 31iga2uu-
OF
A I
A Cocoanut Tree.
The native proverb says, "A cocoanut
tree is a bride s dowry," and really the
many uses to which the palm and iu
products are pot ia wonderful. They
provide a family with food, shelter, fuel,
utensils, and, if need be, clothes.
It takes a long time for the cocoanut
tree to attain its full condition of bearing
seven years but when this time Lts
passed it is a mine of wealth, and happy
he who can call a plantation of a hundred
acres his own.
The ants when ripe tall to tbe ground,
and where necesenry are plucked by men
who climb up. It sometimes makes one's
blood ran cold to see them run up the
trees like monkeys. Two ways are prac
ticed for mounting the trunk. In the
case of a small tree the man walks up
the trunk, keeping his feet fiat against
it, and throwing his weight back from it
aa much as possible, retaining his posi
tion at the same time by the tension of
his arma. The other and safer pLin is to
pass a loop of cord around the feet, which
are thus kept close together, and grasp
the trunk of the tree, the arms in the
meantime assisting the climber, who
moves upward in a series of jumps.
The busy season on a cocoanut planta
tion is when the nuts ripen, which they
seem to do all at once, and eteryhand
is engaged in gathering and conveying
them to the drying ground, which is al
ways in close proximity to the bungalow,
so as to be as much ss possible under the
eye cf the manager. Here they are
split in half, longitudinally, with an axe
a feat which is dexterously performed
with one blow by the man appointed for
this duty and then spread oat to dry.
The intense heat of the sun rapidly
shrivels the kernel, which curls up into
a bail the sue of ' our fiet and detatches
itself from the shell. This is now what
is called "copra," and is shipped to the
nearest point of lading in sacks, where it
is either transported in bulk to Europe
or made into eil, the refuse, oil cake or
'poonak' being sold locally for food for
cattle. FmiJ: LewVs Xjurte.
Telepathy.
A young married lady related to me
the following remarkable experience of
this kind:
Shortly after her marriage she had ac
companied her husband to India. It
was toward the end of t'ae mutiny, and
she was separated from him he being
about forty miles away, and, as she be
lieved, in great personal danger. For the
first time in her young life she was left
alone. One night on retiring to rest,
feeling far from well, depressed, too, by
the sense of lonliness and by anxiety on
ber husband's account, she "could nut
help crying," and fell, as ahe thought,
into a troubled sleep, in which she
dreamed or fancied that an elderly gen
tleman who had shown them much kind
ness on their first arrival m India, but
who was then residing at a considerable
distance, entered her room, and ap
proaching her bed, said : "My dear
cbild, I know wed what yoa are suffer
ing, and, believe me, I feel deeply for
you, and that he stooped and kissed
her. Though quite at are, she said, that
it was merely a vision, she felt greatly
consoled.
The mutiny ended, she was with her
husband in Calcutta at an evening party,
at which she met their friend. He ex
pressed bis pleasure at seeing her aain
after a long interval. "It is not so long, '
she replied, "since I saw yoa," and stie
described the vision. With expressions
of the utmost astonishment, he dei4ared
that be himself had bad a similar vision.
or rather dream. "I dreamed that I saw
yoa crying, and tried to console yoa and
kissed yoa." KachroexTt Hayiztnt.
Too Clever.
The report that the Tilden will rase
was at an end was premature, it is a
good deal nearer the front end than tbe
latter end. Once there was a lawyer who
dosed (up an estate case, but he died
many years ago. He was a yoang man.
He had studied law in his father's office
and his father finally retired and gave
the business to him. One day, lees than
a week after the old gentleman bad re
tired, the young man came home and
proudly said:
"Father, yoa know that old Gilpin
estate case that yoa have been trying for
years and years to settle T"
"lea, answered the father, with a
suggestion of a smile.
"Well, it didn't take me two days to
settle it after I got at it"
"What" shouted theold lawyer. "Yoa
have sealed the Gilpin estate V
"Yes; and it was as easy aa rolling off
B log."
- eii, yoa idiot, you : by, that es
tate has paid the living expenses of oar
family fot four generations, and might
have paid them for four more if I hadnt
left the business to a ninny." Ixtrvit
Free Pre.
Mortlfying for the Girl.
The late Emperor William objected to
the banker Bleichroeder, and it was only
by dint of the pressure exercised upon
bis venerable majesty by B .smart k that
Bleichroeder and his daughter were very
reluctantly invited to court balls. Once
bis guests, the old monarch determined
that the banker and Miss Bleichroeder
should be hospitably treated, and find
ing thit the young lady lacked partners
and was left to sit out all tke dance, he
himself in person ordered every young
officer whom be met in the ballroom to
invite her to dance.
Much to their annoyance, the gilded
youths of the (mard were forced to obey.
They did so after their own fashion,
however, and marching up to the lady
one after another they exclaimed in far
from engagtcg or affable tones, "Most
gracious fraulein, by the commands of
his imperial and royal majesty I invite
yoa to dance with me." The poor girl's
mortification may be more easily im
agined than described.
" Did yoa se
fully.
" Yes, I did
s papa," saidl Ethel, play
and he grossly insulted
me.
- Why. bow r
He said : " WelL my ltttle man, what
can I do for yoa 7"
A New York woman of 45 years of age
has been married to ber fifteenth hus
band. All of ber husbands but the las.
are dead.
d
WHOLE NO. 2101.
Strictly Business.
The big man was half drunk, and when
be leered at the young woman she tried
to pa him on the extreme outer edge of
the sidewalk. He stepped ia front of
her, and she tried to pass to the other
side of him. He was in front of her
again and exclaimed :
"Dont hurry, my pretty."
She was about to turn and ran, when
another man emerged from the shadow
of a building.
"Hold on there," he said. "What's
the matter?"
"None of your business," retorted the
first man.
"Well, well see," siid the second.
"You've been annoying this lady."
"Mebbe she's yout wife," sneered the
first.
"Well, she ain't"
"Or your sister."
"No."
"Or your sweetheart."
"Never saw her before."
"Oh, you're trying to make a mash,
too, are yoa?"
Puglists would have called the blow a
"beauufal one," but the kick that follow
ed it would certainly have been declared
a "foul."
Oh, sir!" cried the young woman,
when the smoke of battle, had cleared
away, "I"
"Go on home," exclaimed ber cham
pion. "Bat, air, yoa have"
"Go on home, I tell yoa, and don't be
chasing around nights again," be inter
rupted. "P.at your noble action," sbe began
again.
"Noble nothing !" be interrupted ajrain.
"I've l-n watching for that man for six
weeks, and It's the first time I've found
him so drunk that I could smash him
without getting the wor-t of it Goon
home. This was bosinens, not remance.
He beat me oaf of f l.0."
He lit a cigar and sauntered down tbe
street with the air of a man who had
settled an outstanding account Okix?o
T"rii ..
Providing
Water
ers.
for Wayfar-
The providing of water for thirsty trav
elers has long been held a religious duty
in tiie East. By the dours of the littie
doraed houses, covering the tombs f Mo
hammedan saints, are often to be found
large jars of wifer, with a vessel to lift
thecooiing liquid to the lips of the passer
by. Many travelers must have seen the
curiously figured earthen jar beside the
door of the little well at Magdila. The
villagers keep it constantly replenished
with fresh water from the lake, such ser
vice to wayfarers being esUemed very
well pleasing to the saint, whtee last rest
ing place is thus honored. Thre are cer
tain fanatical religions sects ia Syria o
may never drink from a vessel which
has once touched the lips of a stiaiiger;
yet seldom will they refuse a drink of
cold water to the traveler, although they
must immediately destroy the veewci
from which he has drunk.
Pumpkins for Fattening Swine.
The firmer who is so fortunate as to
haveag-od supply of pumpkins has a
valuable food in them a: a part ratin for
his fattening bogs. It is claimed by seme,
savs S'U-iwjI S'jrkMMO, that hoc will
fatten on them as their only food. A
writer in The "irt.-m' lU-rUtc, comment
ing oa tbe forgoinc says: "We would
not care to risk the statement so far as
to undertake to fit a lot of hog far mark
et with them. We would feed as many
each day as tbe hogs would eat up clean
and then frive them all the tora they
woald consume besides. Youn bops
with a ration of pumpkins each day will
stand a much lonjr?r feeding oa corn
than they would if fed corn a'.oce. There
can be no doubt that the mix 1 ration
will oe much better assimilated than tbe
corn when fed alone. It U a wasteful
way of feedin to throw out enocgh corn
rlpumpkins,or both at one tiro, to lart
the ao-ifs two or three days. Ther r food
skoaW be given to them sweet and clea
at least twice a day."
Another plan of feeding pumpkins to
heirs that has been found to produce ex
cellent results is to begin esuly in the
fa!L While the fattening 1 nsrs are in the
pasture lota given them all tbey will eat
as long as the supply lasts, then begin
with tbe com. Pumpkins aione will
fatten hogs quite rapidly, bat the pork
from such fcedinz is soft and rmdesira-
bie, an 1 needs a finishing with corn to
make it first class. Patnpkinsare cheaper
than corn, besides being a specially
health giving food ; hence the fat and
fiesh added in the beginning is more
econoi oically produced and tne profi'a
propoYtloaately increased.
If Suffererers from
tion
Consump-
C&ogas and colds, will try Fan-Tina
conga and consumption cure, they will
find quick relief and perman nt bewefit
The medxal profession declare- it a rem
edy of the highest value. Try it Price
25 and nO cents. Trial bottles free.
A lar je proportion of the d:seese that
cause baaian suffering result from de
rangen: ent cf the stomach, b iwels, aad
liver. I r. Lee's liver Regulator removes
troubles.
Trial bottles free at G. W. Benford'i
Drug Suite.
The working classes of Italy are very
pooriy Jed. the consumption ot
Tery sea nt, except on feat days, and bat
little wi ae ia drank. living iarxclusive
ly con&ned to cereals, wheat, maize and
rice, wib TegeUblea and other green
herbs, cxiked with bacon.
Guara nteed Cure for La Grippe.
We arthorize our advertised druggist
to sell you Dr. King's New Discovery for
consumption, coaghs aod colds, upon this
condition : If you are afflicted with La
Grippe and w dl use this remedy accord
ing to di rectiocs, giving it a fair trial, and
x perm rice no benefit, you may return
the bottle and have yoar money refund
ed. We make this offer because of the
wottderftil saccs ss of Dr. King's New Dis
covery duriryr last season's epidemic
Dave b.rd cf a case in which it failed.
Trv it ,
Trial bot'Jes free at J. N. Snyder 8
Jtrns Store. Large sixe 30e aad f 1-
Brevet Wido-s.
last week I went to see rav friend the
ColoneL a Virginian, who was a dist.rt-
i guisbed oiJU-er on the side of tLe South,
j Since the wat his duties as consulting
tsgiseer have takes him ad over the
country, aad being a close observer, his
opinions are entiled to respectful con
sideration. As we sat smokin on tho
wide piazza and watching the grow ir.
moonlight gradually discovering the
grounds of th? aljeiriinj maasica. I sa
a nsreher "f 'li- WVri easwsrl an 1
heard them c"mcr.n!m in low, n;''
dioos voices on, the giories of the n:g:it.
"Four maiden sisters," whispered tiie
Colonel, "aad they are the owners and.
with the fsrvanta, the sole occupants cf
that fine old mansion."
"It is evident that your wife has un
bounded faith ia yoa," I laughed, "cr
she would not leave yoa alone ia this
neigh boyhood."
"She is a good friend to the widoJ
and she feels that I am qjite safe with,
tbem within call," said tbe Colonel.
"But I thoaht you said they were
maiden sisters ?"
"So I did, and when I said 'widows.'
I meant widows by brevet Those lalirs
are now between Wind o years of a.-.
Friends tell me that as itirl they erw
very pretty. They are the best educated
women I ever met, but they are neither
pedantic nor misanthropic Tbey are
above want But their husbands were
killed"
"Their husbands killed T' I interrupt
ed. "Yes, killed in tlie war; but ail of them
may not know it Let me explain. Norti
and South there were killed in t attle or
d.ed of diseases fully N,n'0 nu n. not
one-U-Bth of whom were married. .'f
the men at the front a ho bwre tie brunt
of battle, fully nice-tenths were nnJer i
years of age. Now it is a law of nature
that every male must have his mate, and
every man who is killed or who dies
prematurely and unraarried, forces some
woman in some place to remain single.
This subject interests me, aad so I bate
made a study of it. I started out with a
theory to account for the number cf
single women over 40 whom I meet with
unvarying, regularity in the South as well
as in the North, and my theory is cor
rect; that is why I call them, not oil
maids, but 'widows by brevet'
"It is true that many of the widows by
brevet may never have met the man they
might have married Lai there been no
war, but ia the great majority (fca
they knew the man. fer thfy bad been
neighbors, friends and schoolmates. I
was a single man when, in 11,1 took,
command of my troops at Staiinton, W.
Va. Of the 110 men in the company
there was not one married. I was then
"o and was the oldent man in the troop.
Oarjoangeet men were about IS, but I
was told, and I believe it, that, from the
captain down, every man aho rode with
us for Bull Run that July morning bad a
sweetheart and wa eagig-L
"When tbe war ended I checked off
with a friend the original master rjll of
that company. Thirty one survived. The
rest had gone down before the bullet or
the more fatal diseases of the camp. Eu:
that meant v girls ia and about Maua
ton who-e sweethearts went bwav to die.
There never was a soldier, worth the
lead that killed him, that didn't have
some woman at home, mother, sister or
sweetheart, oftener ail three, to mourn
his Uking off. Tiie ballet seldom stop
ped in tbe brain or breast of the man it
strik.k down on the battlefield, but wind
ed its way over river aai bill to liad its
fiaal resting place in a woman's heart
But of all tie people who have suffered
by the war, the brevet widow most ex
cites my sympathies.
"I do not tiiink I regard ber from the
standpoint of a sentimentalist ; but I felt
when tiie last Congre wasl-jokicg about
for something to pension, that, instead of
wasting so much money ou Home Guards
suliaututes and others, who either did
not need a pension or were unworthy of
it, it would have been a stroke of states
manship and an evilem-e of chivalry
had the brevit widows been jnsioned.
Yoa lauh ! Will yoa let me cite a cae
in point ?
"I know right here in New York State,
a lady who deserves a pension for her
brevit condition far more than do many
of the widows of foil rank. This lady
was engaged to be rarried to a you:.,;
man, a member of the Seventh Regiment
who belonged to a good family, and who
held a position thit would have made
him rich in a few years, had he kept
close to business. The day set fort,
marriage was that oa whL-h t'ae regi
ment marched to Washington. He saw
the lad v the night be Ore, and said be
would remain back aad joia the regi
ment, she accompanying him, tlie day
after its depar ure. But her pride and
her patriotism were aa strong as her love.
Sbe said: 'We can mait, Jack, but the
danger to the Capital will not be poet
pone 1 on account of our wedding. The
thought of standing by vo:r side at the
alur has been in my min 1 by day and
brightened my dreams by ni;bt ever
since you asked me to be your wife, but I
feel. Jack, that it is your d Jty o march
with the regiaient"
"The next day she saw him through
her tears at tbe hea l of his company, for
he was an o:ik-er, marching down Broad
way, p which he was never to ret.irn.
Jack, as I will call him, was offered a
higher cotnmisoioa ia a new regiment be
fore the three month, for whk'a tbe
Seventh had gone out. Lad expired ; and
after consulting his fiancee and ijettiti?
her consent he took it. At the same time
the ladv went to Washington as a nurse.
This was certainly a great sacn5?e. but
I doubt if the Colonel or the tur.-- look
el at it ia that way ; they siiatij saw
their duty and did it
"Sefore '.be echo of toe guns ha ! died
out at Sharp-burg, or 'Antitta'a,' as your
side calls it the nur was in cba.-eof
the hospital that bad been established
ia the village. Among the very f.it of
the wounded to be broogh to that hos
pital was Jack. He had a bullet in Lis
brain. and so did not recognize h.s be
trothed wife in the nurse, aad as she sat
beside his C'.t boiling his hand that
night, he died.
"The lady nursed on till the end of the
. IV . 1
war, wten one return eu uomr, i
heart-burdened at 2 The war that
made her a brevit widow impoverished
her father, whose business bad been with
the South, but she set bravely to work to
help him, aad was the principal support
till L too died, another victim of the
contest
"At present the lady, now ia her V th
year, lives in a little nit with her L. lp
less old mother. She teaches drawing
and writes charmingly for juvenile pub
lications. She wears no medals, bas no
political inattence, and seets no notorie
ty, yet who will say that gentle old maid
that brevit widow, is not a more heroic
character and has not done more to prov e
it than one-half of the men who have
been living on their record since the war ?
If I had my way about it, that splendid
woman should have a lan Tension.
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