i fre Somerset Herali l tiUSKCS t2T. 'ferret lublication A MiJni'tht Chase. r 11 Several night--' J-r i .i pr..i,'.ce?j: L-;.-i-nes man living on Thirty tir: . awakened from ten and J --ov.tv,1 :..jt I vjaoed Wednesday Wtafct at tt DO i .. if paid la Itu xherwwe tJ sa j b; Wife was m.s:c .-jy-, tl 1 ' c..:.;a j t,fil if- -n' i. Uastu ariii the ui.- , baa 1 twgao s e.rch i f the irrsi--. Ia l . . .. - . ... omer I . ,rm-J i c:acr.pcae will b d-acocGnaed madi all tfje ta.l aay of in tirt fi ir :.e i . wife Iviog onconsvions on the i---r wirit ngly gasfiesj on uer face an i neck. ; rant! it ditwned r,i th h-i,i,-n.l' ;.; I f avaen chatters da tax eat that rr J that burs'ars ca-J en:- r- tSj h;rw:r. 1 I t'-jt hi.? -.''- hit 1 n a"j- !. 1 MumzM tram one paeto&ce to an- ESTATtTiTSTTFTD 1827. Herald E Pa ) in i zi. i i.y 1 a for Listi 1 t y V eoc. e, 5 rco IOtU Hi r Tn SoacBSjrr EsiAin, .Macair. Pa. -s ETLLS A COOPFR. sl Tier's Pr-ig store, Somerset, Pi.) I ,-. pertaining t Deot&gry kkiuful- f ' "'- -.a. u:cii::r f " C-l:n f -. ... teeto. Art. final .lent il - :rr, , teem liwrved .uwu pwa. " ' crowns attained to ine naiur s . . apr...- t-lyr. ; - i-'. iA-S AiJ sl-Ri.-EOU. next door to lrujuo ,,-ci c&LA- atoihcw. L. . r F r-HAFFER, iJ sua ituiirr. Pi., I mfesfenal aerei.-e, w toe c.uierca J I'"- . , ; vic-uny Ail next Cuur to 1 Fior-ai service, ti tae einxen j cicictv. i n.ewi proiewt'ua.y . If fAITh'FP. j f V J. . M MI1XE, "r-ji M.Tr-2-.i i Co. BUire, corner !t2.VOJ. COLLINS. rVET. F. SCHFLL, tjumerset. Pa. ; tzi Pension Agent. Office in ilammoui 't'iLLNTIN HAY, s V AnoiO.V-AT LAW. 5 ' nomenet. Pa. i.'xTn Rvl Eat. Will aoend to aU ' 2," w iua care wiia prompinaai l T-r, ,fc VlTT.iT UlW. oonierirt. Pa. -r-r,; "t anend to all bain enrratl -J ' ;rrV.vtfliTd on co-ieeuona. AC Ctf - - 2 tLz;uia a. a. J. A. EERKKY, a rr oii i i -a i -la . ooiuin, Fa. - is OaJ Feiicra' Boildint. ; TTiSVEY M. BERKLE ill AlTOiO.ll AT La. smaatn. Pa i w.U F. J. ajaoaei, Eeq. 1 C. HOLEERT. AnVKKT-AT LAW. tiumaraai. Pa t wr.n Join H CiL f? ATIUAX-AX-LA". .meret. Pa., I Til prompt atiendon to tmin! entrusted I - 3 tLTio rimrr5rt aaJ i;iuiih rounuA TuH5 0. KIMMEL. J ATHjii-NAV-ATLAW, f attend to all buin entmeted to-hui cara -lUK-m-t aavl fci u::iiU iwinu wub prompt njc..:r "ie on ilaut Cnm nUBct, f TiHES L. PUGH. J J ATTOaE ET-AT-LAW, somerBet, ra. -e a Manmioih Blix k. np siaira. Entrant -. its wwl iLc uou marir. wtAlea s- .rc cilrr czanund. aaa aa Urgal nutn at 1 .c. m;u trcuii-ui?ift and nacutj. j v 1 CoLjoas. L C Cour)m JX'LBt.'IOi dc COLBi.R, ivj ArrtaEVs-AT la. 5 sumeTM. Pa I Ai: !nr.;f enrr:tl to onr care will b ; j-uciUT tj ritn-! T atiended to- t'oilecuota ai.Vc"M. b?J!.nl and a.l.imiii coun- - uTt-yny5 aud cuxivcyancig Ooue on rea- J UiiD- W. BIFECKEK, it ATTuRMiY-AT LA 1 ?omeTeV Pa I t a Prnunt Eooaa Row oppout Court irb&iZ R.KXLL, ;VJ ATTokSK'i- AT -LA. I riumerart. Pa J. G. OaLa. a rr-jA-vfrsj r la UoHuarr, Pa F. J. K0OSF.R, ArroflLSET-AT-LA. damenet. Pa. II s.E5DT.EY. ATTuaJ"aT-AT-LA", bomeraeL Pa. ELBAER. ArroExrf-AT-LAw, somerset, Pa., r- r-vt:- !a 5jmrwt and aljo;cinf conn-- x.. :-:3a enixujied bs xun will receive -S CrFranra. ". H. B.rTaX. p'-FFEuTII RFTPEL. otrmemet, ra. JL-. i'xiir eatrist'd to thir ore will b '"-y aa pB.tiatiif aDvoded to. CMRce on ;Lrcri. otpotiw Jiaaunota Biota. El EQT5L AT CMBESLAffl) -. ti-jer a ol aand Paara, bat pcrcnased "THE AMERICAN HOUSE," '.'.""""- 'i M l. and has refitted and refnr- tnr.Hiijnoiit. and maie -a H'Me; u a-"t-rmmoiie the trav-j--- ;a ifHMi wtie. and cnoice l:-t'r& at ine bar. Wrfcat-, r.3,Tti wb the Hotel a lara --ua-r s Para Old By biniy ! y :;! iiarrei nr saiiiiu at tne 'o T-.- o d at r.' 00 per ailo -1 'JU - f of '." is c. nt for rarb raTnu. jr - i r.-r. n;i:b :ti ruvuiv nrmicit -a ; n-nt. addroas all oruen lo S. P. SVEIT2ER, CTJtBEELAXl). IfD. I A. H. HUSTON, I "dert2ker and Embalmer. 0. . (aWfU and Rbe ' f AZO. GRAL-Eb OS HAND. -Vgoodiieaise e"n to fuBFraJ, furaUhed "iao.- G.iuce. S-.T. ejFoot Sereet, Tomersrt, Peas'a e t. nr a mtt. srruatl.io ."''-' ii.Btnuii atft d- I 'r.n i. , . : I Id-- I rjFKfi B'.ock np-i:ra. where be ? " 1. r.m pretrwl V) do J kinds - : ., j v E.-a. rvK-iistum. eitratuur. , T t.t-.tn ol all i.uai- t toe txxt t - it. rHL, J VOL. XL. XO. Oils! Oils!' The Standard OU Company, of Plttubnrfh. Pa.. a p;!aiT w maaaiarxumQa for in Irameauc trade tb tneat branda of Illuminating Sl Lubricating Oils Naphtha and Gasoline, TUmx cu be mVL.e fmtn rVtvoicam. chAlICDt oumfrMLriaoa iu every uowt PRODUCT OF PETROLEUM. If yoa wiab the Boat uniformly Satisfactory Oils IS THE American Miarket, Aak far oora Trade for Somenet and Ttcinitj supplied by (vyvK A BEEBrra Axn epes- fly i ooaaaacT, Pa. CURTIS K. GROVE, SOMERSET, PA. BCGiilES, BLEI0H3, CARRIAGES. SPRING WAGON'i BCOt WAGOK3 AND EA5TEILS AND WEiTEHN W0E Pnrniabed on Short Notice. Pmtnig Done on Short Time. Ky work i made ont jf 7Vm$Ai Srwrmrd Wood. and tbe Bat lrm md iuonaciuLiy Constructed. Neatly Ftninned. and W arranied U g-Te saauauoa. EnjlT Czly IrstCaa Tcrkrss. Repairirn of AU Kind, In Mt Line Done on anort Notice. Pneea KEAsoN AflLi, and All Work Warranted. Call and Examine my Stock, and Leara Prce I do Waimn-work, and furnUb SeiTe for Wind Villa. Remember the place, and call in. CURTIS K. GROVE. (EaS of Coon Booae) SOMERSET. PA FIDELITY TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY. 121 Sc 123 4th Are., PITTSBURGH, PA. (Capital, $300,000 fall paid.) Injure? titles to Ral Esuue.) AnLaoritt-d to art as Eserntor. A lminbtrator, ouardian. Irastee, A.ftiee, Receiver, Ac DEALEZS IX RELIABLE INVESTMENT SECURITIES. Rents boiFS in its Superior Vanity from io per annum upwards. Koreives deposits and Ixans only on mortgn,j and approved collaterals. JOIIV K. JATK Pre!ti.-nt. J .VM Vj J. V N tJ-L, V. Pn L C B. ilcV a Y, and Treaa. B. B. SPECIAL SALE III Fur Department. 1000 Black Fur Mu2, $l.l. o00 Capo Seal MuTs. $2.(0. 100 Imt'n Beaver ( Nutria) Muffi, $2..1." Our word fir it that ucu splendid qualities in mutti for so litt! money have never before been sold. Black Far Cases, pointed front, high shonl ders, Mciiici o!lar, $:5.T.i. The usual price for this Cape is $o.0. Superior Black Far Capes. E.uai to mot ;'"X ons. 1 in e deep in hai-k. pointed back cn d fronr, Me-iici Coliir. full satin line French Ccney Capes, Other Capes and MiiSs in ail the popular furs : Monkev, Beaver, Seal. in all qualities up to finest grade. Our Catalorie illnraw fullr. raarty of orr m,-t t-n"'ar Tir : and our MAIL OR DER DEPARTMENT a. .!.'! tiiai oue aoiin it aa eonvenienr and satistau'torr lo trade tb way aa at anr eounter. have you tried it ' Correspond ence icTited. Boggs & Buhl, 115, 117 119, ad 1?1 Federal Street, ALLEGHENY, PA. HO. 88 FRAXKUX STREET. JOHNSTOWN SUPPLY HOUSL JOHN H. WATERS &BR0A PLUMBERS, S7ZA1I 8AS TTT. We are now etablLbed in oar new bnildsqr- I wbx-b. can a(rly ay. the lwrranfe.iAr ? onr wwnew m """-- E-rrv'b .nc pertainirw to the Plumcing. i"-" V'", r:rir.,! atvnn aw 12"" eiMai'i me of the bniMiUB. in the county, w4ds I '"aTFphLV PEPARTMrSTwe carryaM? 1 n.Ki-, it 1-a.ber 14rit:nir rtrm aM I wL-i ua Vacrei. lnjvH. Lw ncauirx wm , 23. Catarrh i a eocsaatiouAl and nnt a Vieal diseaa ma4 therefore it eannot be cured by local ap. pUcaaons, It requires a eomrtttntiowd re dy like Hood', haraoparaia, which, worttof tbroosn U) blood, eradicate, tne impurity wMc4 cause, and promote, the disease, and Catarrh Sects a permanent enre. Thousands of Jople testify to the wma of Hoed's Sarsa Prill as a ren-dy I. catarrh when other preparations bail fculrd. Hood , SarsaparilU also build, op tlie wh..le sytten, ind make you teel renewed in healiii aud atrensta. Catarrh "For aeteraj y-ar, . been tmnbLeJ with that terrlt lT 1i,l .i.ie disease, ca turn. I took HimI i . . i ariaa with the sry best result. Ii ru. im-of that eonUn aaldropping lumyti n.:it. i d 'tuffed-up feel ing. It has aiwi U-:;j n iixMLcr, who has taken It for run fcw-.. stiu- .-I (.rjlia id kld wey trouble." Mas. a. 1. UtATU. 1-utnam.CX Hood's Sarsaparilla old by all dntorUta. i -rfi. PnpartNi onlr IftlHUoDiCO, ;-ari4a, Lowell. Mim. 100 Dcsc "Jr.o Dollar -THE-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF Somerset, Penn'a. CAPITAL SURPLUS S50.000. S6.0CO. ocposits ncccivcoiM lancc and. mall MOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS Of M CMC HA NTS, FARMERS, STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED. DISCOUNTS DAILY. m BOARD OF DIEECTOES : LaEcx if. Hicxa. W. EL iluxia, Jjsb L. Pres. Caua. H. FieHia, Job E. Scott. Gbo. B. Scttl. Fair. W. Brasccsu. Edward Scttl, : : Vausttse H-.t, : AxtjRxw Parexb, : : : : President Vies President : : Cashixb. The funds and securities of this bank are semrely protected in a celebrated Cor liss Bariar-proof Safe. The only fcafe made absolutely Burglar-proof. Somerset CgooIj laSonal Bank Of Somerset, Pa. Dtabm hed, 1877. OrgwiM I Ratieaal, 1890. -O. CAPITAL, $50,000. Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't Wm. B. Frease, Mce Pres't. Milton J. Pritts, Cashier. Directors: Wm. H. Koontx, J'wiah peht. Joon H. tnyder, Jokrph B. I'na. Faml Snyder. Jona M Cook, Joon skurft. fiarrittjn ynyder, hatha. Miller. Jcrcme stoat. Wm. Zsdaley. Cnntomers of this Bank will reeetre the moat liberal treaun nt comment with aaie banking. Parties winhln, to aend money east or west can be aecommdAied by dralt for any amounL SfmieT and ralnables aeenred by one of Die bold Celebraud safes, with moat approred ttnie kxL. Cor.ecti.ms made In all parts of the Cnited Btatea Charra modrrate. Aceounta and Oepuslta solicted. mar-am THERE IS -1 WHISKE1 Which is uniform in its results, besides in erery other pa'ticular. Attested to by ereryone who has (riren it a thorough trial, and their name is legion. The pure 8-year old GUCKENHEIMER WHISKY Is the whiskey, soli only by JOSEPH FLEMING 4 SON, Druggists, Pittsburgh, Pa. Aj a strengthener of the Nervous! i System, with special good effect on the res piratory and digestive organs, it is pronounced unequaled. Price, fall quarts $1, or six for $5. We now carry a fall and complete stock of all the leading Fine Whiskies, both do mestic and foreign, giving; yoa theoppor tonity to make your choice from the finest selection to be had in the city at the lowest possible pncea that can be made for the quality and age of the goods. -Hease send for full and complete price list, mailed free. Jos. FlBiin & Son DRUGGISTS, CO A U2 Market SL, 1 and 2 Market SarLadies are Especially Invited. BOOT AND SHOE HOUSE. THE SSW ROOK 15 THE DIBERT BUILDING, Corner Main and Franklin Sts., u w Mens, Womens'. And Chfl Footwear, drens1 Of Best Q-aality, and at LOWEST PRICES can be found, in style, of aH make I n prrpaTTd n oompew with one and al) A-r,n th.Rt.t. AU I misk ia a trial. SOMERSET, PA., WEDXESDA Y, DECEIMBER 2, 1891. OVER AND OVER AGAIN. Orer and oxer a cain. No mutter wfcicn way I rarn, lalwan find in bot e of life Some ieaoa I have to learn, I must take my turn at the milL I mm grind oat the roi len grain. I m'iKt work at my tak with a rr.ilute wl, Over and orer ajraia. We cannot auasnre the netd Of eTen the tiniert flower, 5or ch"-k the flaw of the golden sands That ran through a single hour. But the mjraiDg dew ram-1 fall. And the sun and the summer rain Must do their part and perf-jnn it all, civer and over again. Over and over again The brook through the meadows flow-. Over and over again The ponderous mill wheel goes : Once doing will not one wluv, Though doing be not in tain : And a Mewing fi'.ing us twice May cme if we try again. The path that has ooce ten trod 1 never so rough to the fcer. And the lemon we once have learned Is never hanl to reraL Though the sorrowful tears must fall. And the heart to Its depth be ilriven With storm and tempo we ned them alt To reader as meet for heaven. WILHELMINA. Lon yeaH thew de!t in an oM city upon the hdnlts of the Rhine a jew eler named Rudolph von Klsenheim. No common worker in g-ld and gems was he. Yoa might rather speak of him as an artifat in jewels. He looked upon a diamond as a connoisseur might upon a rare picture. He basked in its beauty ; he gazed at it by eunlight and by lamp light ; he brought forth its charms by the richest setting, and did for it w hat few could do by the exercise of Lute and fancy. Xo wonder that his patrons were the richest and most notable of the land, and that he became almost as wealthy as they. He might have married the fairest of all the frauliens of the rich old town. Sot he was more impenetrable than his own diamonds. He was courteous to alL but his jewels had all his love. He saw no beauty in woman's lip to equal tkat of the ruby no lustre in her eye to match that of the sapphire. There are two arrows that fate has in store for eve ry man. One brings love, and the other death. But Rudolph seriifd to have steeled hU heart against the firt. He fan cied that he had escaped nnwounded. He rectoned without his hott. 'Where he least expected to receive the shaft of Cupid, the little god lay in ambush for him. One bright day Rudolph set forth upon s journey. There were no steam cars in those days, and traveling was a very sol emn operation, and a very slow one. If the distance be long there must be stop pages upon the road at sunset, and de partures at the dawn of day, good wishes from the host and prayers from the bost-e- that neither robber nor evil epirit ; might intercept the traveler on his way through the lonely forest. Consequently the jvweler, altera long and toilsome journey, was glad to iind himself at the door of a time-worn hoe tlery, lying at the mountain foot, and to j read upon the great swinging signboard j the announcement that here good cheer was offered to both man and beast, and that there were good beds for thoee who ished to sleep. The hot came forth to welcome him, and while his supper was in coarse of preparation, the stranger sat on the broad porch and looked out upon the road which wound down the moun tain, upon which the dark pine furot which bordered the western horizon and the limpid stream, clear as a crystal, that bounded from rock to rock, until at last it leaped from one of them, a fairy wa terfall, pure and silvery as though it veiled Tndine Along the centre of this stream a figure moved a girl in peasant cos tume, and bearing a pitcher upon her head. Her dimpled, blue veined feet were thrust into wooden shoes, and her long braids of hair, flaxen in the shadow, gol den in the sunset beams, hung below her waist. Her features had the sculptured beauty of an antique statue, and as she tripped aleug she sung, in the sweetest voice that ever woman owned, a love song of the peasant folk. Rudolph von Elsenheim had ga-zed un moved upon many a proud city beauty, but here in this simple mountain village Cupid buried his shaft in his heart, and henceforth the beautiful Wilhelmina was enshrined therein, a living gem more precious to him than the choicest jewels of Golconda's mines. What mattered it, he asked himself, that the girl was but a peasant, a hand maiden of the poor inn ? She had beauty that made her worthy of a throne. If she was unlearned, she was pure far purer than most titled dames, His wooing was brief and successful, and he bore her back with him decked in rare velvets and rich laces, wrapped in furs fit for an em press, with silken shoes upon the blue veined feet that had worn wooden shoes and followed the lowing kine to the pas ture. For year even his jewels were forgot ten in his new found treasure, and a happier pair of married lovers never lived- ' Alas ! s leopard cannot change its spots. When a year had passed and an other was following, the old spell began to creep once more over the jeweler's soul. He loved Wilhelmina still, Dut Le left her side more frequently, and sat loog hours absorbed in contemplation of some new jewel. Wilhelmina never reproached him with Lhi change, but what she saw sad dened her greatly. With his return to his old idols then began to be a mono mania with Rudolph. It grieved him to part with s jewel now, and when one wai relinquished he sought eagerly for another to supply iu place. He gioated over them, talked of them strangely told impossible tales of them. Men began to whisper that Ru dolph van Elsenheim was going mad and once poor Wilhelmina saw some thing very strange in her husband's la boratory, something of which she never spoke to any one a dark form, with fiery eyes and horns upon its head, standing at the jeweler's elbow. Terrified, she fled to the church hard k-y, and there prayed long and ardently, and for awhile after that Rudolph seemed himself again and caressed ber as he hail used to do ; but the better mood anon vanished. It was at this time that s jewel of great value, s diamond of wonderful sixe and beauty, was the theme of conversation everywhere. Princes contested for its possession ; dali'rs were mad over it. Rddolph, richer than eve-n tboee who knew him beat had guessed, became its proud possessor, and his joy knew no bounds. But Wilhelmina's heart grew sick with terror when she saw once more at his shoulder that black and hideous being she had once seen before. He him self saw nothing, but turning and seeing sadness on the brow of Wilhelmina, s touch of the old tendernesss made him wih to share his joy with her, and he aroe, and clasping her waist with his arm, drew her toward the window, and out upon the balcony that lay becealh it and extended over the blue waters of the Rhine. Feast your eyes cpon this diamond, my angel," he said. It is among jew els what you are among women. Look! You do not yet comprehend its splendor, or the compliment I pay yoa in likening it to yoa." He placed the diamond on her palm as he spoke, and the yonng wife, fluttered and happy, bent over it, seeking for words that might please him in which to ntter her praise. But at that instant she once more espied the demon's face thrust between ber husband's and her own, and the terror overpowered her every other thought. Her hand was raise 1 to repel the hideous being, and the diamond dar ted from her paloi and Lnri d itself in the deep water beneath the balcony. With s cry that was neither a scream nor a groan, Rudolph lifted his hand and siruck his wife upon the bosom. " Clumsy cow girl H he crieiL " Coarse peasant whom I found among the moun tains ! Fool that I was to trust a jewel of such price in your bandit ! As great a fool as I was before that to ask you to share my life! ione gne the wonder of the world has gone forever 1" And he ca-st himself down upon the floor and wept in bitternrss of soul for the loss of his pre cious diamond. Meanwhile, Wilhelmina, broken heart ed and in a woful bodily pain, crept out of his sight. That night she grew very ill, and the dawn of day saw her lying dead upon her pillow, and upon her bo som a little babe that had wailed but on.-e before it followed her. As he looked upon her all RadoIphV grief for the low? of his diamond became although it had never been. His grief was all for Wilhelmina now. His re morse was terrible. He knew himself to be the murderer of the wife who had loved him, and whom he now once more loved as in the days when first he met her. From that day Rudolph was a changed man, moody and miserable a man who never smiled or spoke to any one when he could avoid it, " Madder than ever," men said, for still he sought for jewels which seemed to disappear as fast as he became their possessor." He was greedy for patronage, and he pleased the great folk as well as ever and charged him more for his taste and judg ment and knowledge of jewels. But there were b-ggars who were better clad than he. Year by year be lived this life, un til his hair grew white and his skin shriveled, and Lis limbs became lean, and in his eyes grew a ?reat horror, for since his wife's death he himself had seen the hideous demon at his shoulder and guessed what parne be lore. But as for the jewels he purchased robbers miht have sought for them in vain, for at the anniversary of Wilhelmina's death he sought her grave at midnight, and there, with moans anil tears, buried above her coiTin the jewels he had amassed thai year ; then prayed to God for pardon, and took his lonely way home. At last the return of the sad anniversa ry found Rudolph very old. He felt that death was near, and all his plans were laid. That morning he sold to one who had long desired to be its poseesnor his mansion and his great estate, all the adornments of his house, all the rich rai ment which he long before had ceased to wear, and invested the ppc?e !s in gpms which he placed in a little bag in his bo som. For the last time before strangers should poesese it he went through his mansioD, bidding adieu to the rooms one by one, and then in his laboratory to all the familiar tools of his worshipped art, then out upon the balcony for one mo ment. Here it was that he had in his rath heaped up remorse for all his lii'e life perhaps fjr all eternity. He looked sadly down into the dark, blue water iu helpless misery, until sud denly he saw a siht that made his heart stand still the figure of a water spirit white and transparent aa pearl, arising from the wave, and as he gazed on ber she lifted her hand and held something towarl him. He knew it on the instant It was the diamond that had dropped from Wilhelmina's palm long years be fore. It lay in his palm again, and the vision vanished. He clutched the gem so strangely restore, 1 to him in his with ered hand, and leaning on his SUIT, tot tered forth. The road to the God's acre was short, but his strength barely suific- ed him tj reach it. Night had fallen ere he did so, and the stars ehone in the sky, as,, kneeling beside Wilhelmina's grave, he buried one by one the jewels he had brought with him, and last of all tbe'lia mond so strangely restored to him. And then, as he replaced the turf, his tears poured forth the hard and bitter tears of an old man. 14 My murdered Wilhelmina,' he cried aloud at last, I have buried in thy grave all those jewels which were thy rivals whilst thou lived. Th -t gem which lost me my soul and thee, lies also on thy coffin. Forgive me, martyred angel, for give me as I pray heaven may! From this moment, homeless and s beggar, I will wander about the world till death releases me. What expiation I could, I have made. Oh, tor s sign that there, where thou dwellest, thou hast known it!" As he ceased a great awe fell upon him for from the grave beside which he knelt arose a strange light, pure and clear as that which glows at the heart of a dia mond ; the rays spread in all directions, making s great halo above the sod, and in its midst he siw Wilhelmina sund.ng with her babe in her arms. About her limbs full a strangely beautiful drapery of what seemed silver mist, and upon ber brow was a coronet of gems, in the midst of which shone a great diamond like a star. I " Wilhelmina!" he cried, " Wilhelmi na P Then she bent toward him and took his weary heal upon her bosom and pressed s kiss upon Lis trow the heav enly kiss of forgiveness. 9 At dawn some peasant found Rudolph von Elsenheim at the foot of his wife's grave. He lay there dead ! But on his ace was a look of peace they had never feen there in his life. Tha FlrstStep. Perhaps you are run down, can't eat. can't sleep, can't think, can't do anything to your satisfaction, and yoa wonder what ails you. Yoa shoul 1 heed the. warning, yoa are takinr the first step into Nervous Prostration. Yoa need s Nerve Tonic and ia Electric Bitters yoa will find the exact remedy for restoring your nervous system to its normal, healthy condition. urpr:in results follow the use of this great Nerve Tonic and Altera tive. Your appetite returns, good diges tion is restored, and the Liver and Kid neys resume healthy action. Try s bottle Price 30c at J. X. Snyder's Drug Store. With Banana Skins. She was walking rapidly up the walk leading to the front steps of s house on Ferry street. It was her walk and her house, and she had a right to walk any way she chose. That disgusting Brown family next door might better mind their own business and stop watching ber. So she was saying to herself, when flop! thump ! her feet went from under her and she found herself sitting un comfortably hard upon that same walk wiiich s moment before she Lad been treading so proudly. Slowly she picked herself up, and ruefully she looked at the banana peel which had caused her downfall. A half suppressed titter came from the window of the house next door. uSo that's their trick, is it?" she muttered, scornfully, tossing her head toward her enemies. "Well, it's a game two can pla7 at." The next morning the old man Brown got up rather early and started to walk down-town. He had barely reached his front steps when he struck some thing. It carried him orT his feet like a cyclone. Us went bumpety bump down tiie steps. At the bottom he struck something else. It carried him along a few feet farther and then shot him into s barbed-wire fence, which had been mysteriously strung across the path during the night. The fence stopped him. But what a sight he was! His clothes were torn and covered with mud and ashes. The mud and ashes had also mysteriously got on the path daring the ni;:ht. His flesh was lacerated and bruised and his little finger was broken in tw o places. He picked himself cp and crawled back into the house and up to the room of his youngest son. "Ben," he said, "was it you put that banana pee! on the Widder Smith's waik yesterday ?'' ' "Yep." "Well, yoa young rascal, take that for it, and that!" and he bejran admin istering kicks on the person of his son till the youngster howled with pain. Then xs he crawled o J in search of the. arnica bottle he murmured: "I don't blame the widder a bit, It was s mean trick, but it m as a blamed sight meaner of her to take revenge on me when I'm the only one in our family that stood up lor her." Bojilu -pr. . What Am I To Do? This is the oft expression of the weary sutferer with Rheumatism, Neuralgia and other painful disease. The whole human frame is tortnnnl and racked with pain. It is well to remember no known med icine equals Red Flag Oil for Rheumatism Neuralgia, prainsand Bruises. Trice 23 cents at G. W. Benford's Drug Store. Japanese Women. It would be hard to say howChristian-ity-in-name, as we naa,'!y have it, could improve the conduct or character of the Japanese women, who seem always to have been very good Christians without knowing it, if we are to believe Miss Bacon. Perhaps the answer to the con undrum is that Christianity is not pri marily a purifying force, but is first an enlightening force ; that its ideal is virtue, not innonce Gethsemane, not Eden. The harmlessness of the dove will not avail without the wisdom of the serpent: the impu!.- of onr faith is to ward consciousness, knowledge. No doubt this is what the Japanese feel in it; probably it is what makes them will ing to change their civilization for ours. They really seem s race of better and sweeter nature than our Ives; unless their witnesses ro is re pott them they are gentler, kinder, even truer, than we are naturally. But something seem3 lacking to them, an I they look tow:ird us for it; they fancy spiritual possibilities on the plane which ws tell thetu is above theirs. The fine perfection of their art is a stunted beauty; it has never the inllnite reach of the Greek ; the loveliness of their lives is childlike ; it has not the celestial aspiration of the Hebrew ; and no doubt they feel this as clearly as they perceive the difference between us and our ideals. William Dean Howells in Harper's HeCotaTIp From His Father. A fourteen year old boy at school wrote this sentence in aa exercise: " Ten men and four woman." His teacher pointed out to him the sentence with the re mark : "Is it possible that yoa do not know, after ail these years at school, that the plural of woman is women 7" The boy scratched his head in s some what disconcerted way. "Well," he said, "I've often heard my father say that woman is s singular creature, and I guess that he knows!" Love is a faith, and one faith leads to another. And this faith is happiness light, force. Only by it does man enter into the series of the living, the awaken ed, the happy, the redeemed of those men who know the value cf existence and who labor for the glory of God and of the troth.--r AwieTi Journal. MARGARET OF ORLEANS. "I wonder if it idealizes herT We stand beside the statue of tha fa mous woman, 5Iargaret of New Orleans, and, after the n.anner of strangers, con jecture on what we for the tlrst time see. "Not at all." s voice answers in tie soft Southern tongue. "It looks just like her." "Ah, thank you. Yoa live here T "I was born hers ; this is my home." "Yoa were here during the war and yellow fever and everything? and was Ben Butler so dreadful? and have yoa seen Cable?" A nod answers each one of my young companion's impetuous queries- "How delightful !" concludes my friend, bui the lady shakes her head and taps her fan lightly on the girl's soft cheek, and says musingly : "It did not seem as if I would live throch it, but I have, and now comes one who calls my trials 'delightful.' How cruel !" "Ah, pardon. Bit I was thinking of that charming man who wicle the de licious 'Mme. Ielphine. I was thinking how perfectly lovely it most be to live here and know him and then to live in a city that has had such a history it is so romantic And can you tell us any thing about Margaret?" "This little space 'Margaret's Place' it is called it is s pleasant spot to rest in." With this invitation, given more in look than in words, we seatexl ourselves near our new acquaintance on the ett-es in the littie park. The perfume of Mat h roses overhang the city ; we forget in its deiiciousness the signs of decay that in portions of that quaint old town imparts a pensive melancholy to ia beacty. Near by us in the green grass is a pool set about with s low border of cactus; a mimic fort, with all its bristling thorn guns out, and its blossoms floating from the ramparts, which are guarding with ach fiercenees only s lazy fleet of water lilies, under the shade of which there is a whir! cf goldfish. A stone footbridge crosses the pool and spans the river of cactuses. It is a very old and tasteful device, this pool ; and the little park in which it is placed is unique is: its way. "She was a working woman a servant here. When I first remember her I was living near here, and she was taking care of the cows in a stable that stood almost on the very spot where her statue stands now. She was werkirg then for the sis ters of the asylum. She fed and mi'ked their cows and sold milk in a cart about the city. "She was a strange looking person remarkable in her appearance. I think now as I recall her she had a broad fore bead, serious eyes, s pleasant, broad smile, a rather short, stout figure. I do not believe she ever in her life wore any dress better than a Guinea blue calico ; she always wore heavy shoes and a black etrsw bonnet. From my residence I could see her many times a day while she was at her stable work or coming back and forth with her milk cans. "Whit was her name? Her name was Margaret Haoggery ; she bad been mar ried, and at that time was a widow. Her husband and little child died just after she came to New t r!eans ; so we learned after she became famous She was alone and poor in a strange country, and went to work in tbe staMes for a living. Some how, everyb-xly liked Margaret Her smile was sweet and her woris shrewd. The children called her Mar.-arvt, and she krew their names and answered their salutations along th street as she drove by in the milk cart. "After some years Margaret had saved enough to buy a bit of ground that had on it s small bakery. The place wa sold for a trifle, but now Margaret was in royal trim a landowner and a manufac turer; for she opened the shop an 1 be gan bread and pie making for the neigh bors. Presently there was a large bakery built ; soon bread carts were running over the city bearing the words, 'Mar garet's Bakery. It became the fashion t) buy at Margaret's place. During the war, pestilence and disaster Margrtret's tires were never out, and the delicious rolls kept up their weight and quality, no matter what else in life failed. "Then she began running her free bread carts daring the fever panic. No one went hungry who was within sound of her cart wheels. From that time on no one need go hungry in New Orleans those too poor to buy were given a loaf fresh and white as the best, and it was given heartily, with s 'God bring thee better times.' There was no distinction in Margaret's favors. She gave to white and black, of any church, or none. 'Are you hungry T that was all that was neces sary. 'Here is bread ; take it, with. God's blessing.' "There have been in this city dread days, which seemed as if God and every body had failed us but Srargaret ; days when she almost literally fed the city. During the yellow fever panic Margaret began her noble work of taking the chil dren from the homes of death and put ting them in a house ander good care, supporting them herself in every partic ular. Soon the one asylum grew into many ; the dozens of her little charges were numbered by hundreds and at the time of her death thousands. At the gate of every orphan aaylnm in the city Margaret's bread cart, with its smoking rolls, was seen daily ; at every charitable institution whatsoever she took the priv ilege of giving her bread freely, and Mar garet's name headed the list for every charity. "(ur grand Charity hospital, one of the most famous in the world, was largely the gift of Margaret. Yoa must visit that hospital. It will make yoa better all your life for having seen seen it Right through the trees there, at the right, do yoa see that magnificent braid ing with its four galleries running around the first four stories of the house? Its gate tells in golden letters that this Li a children's home, given by Margaret, where to the end of time orphans will be cared for and educated by her be quests. "I suppose Margaret spent more money for tbe city than the richest man in the history of the State ; and ef the sympathy and dlfcernmect of the needs of the poor the half cuuid never be told. She spent nothing on herself- A clean blue calico, stout shoe, s black straw bonnet, s knit- ted jacket or shoalder shawl, an iron bedstead in a room without even a rock-1 WHOLE NO. 2105. ing chair, and overlooking the bskeshop. She had no time to enjoy luxuries, even had she possessed them. As long as there was a weeping child or a friendleee woman in the city, what time had she to fold her arms in a rockier chair? While there were unburied, coflia'ess forms, could she adorn her home of tiie living? And so it bappvaed that to the end of life Margaret spent neither time, care nor money on herself. She forjot there was sucn a mortal as Margaret. "And when, one day, the news went around that Marjaret was dead, the great city r-ee and pet on mourning ; the busi ness houses were closed ; all the employ ments of Lue city Mood stilL The day of the burial thousands of her little orphans followed her bier as mourners; every church sent delegations of honor bearers : the public school children joined in tbe throng ; the houess were draped along the line of march ; ail the bells in the rity toiled : civic and military join ed in the ppx'ession with ecclesiastics; there never was here s funeral like. Mar garet's. "Afterward it was found that her pos- ; . v . l K . . I j l .. . i death come at any moment the a-iairj of this hfe were well and intelligently wound up. There were no personal ef fects of value, but even her fes garments she left to the por. and with the pro ceeds of her wise investments her chari ties are ryai!y endowed. "This statue in the gift of the city, tu show in this public way the esteem in which si. e is Lc! 1. It is very like Mar- gnret. The motherly tig'lre seated with oue arm eccirciin a standing child at her side; the untrimmed dress, coarse shoes, the little crx'hetted .shawl about her shoulders are homely, but who would change them for liner clothing? The smooth hair, with its old fashioned French parting; the strong chin, the pleasant mouth, the serious eyea is tkere not something fascinating in the contrac tions of the face ? " Did yoa ever see such s head on a wo man shoulders.' Massive, wonderful! That is the head cf a statesman and finan cier, while its mouth, witli its pleasant smile, telling of the tact and natara.' suav ity of Margaret's character, proclaim the elements of a born diplomat. Yet, look a.'ain at the broad, massive brow, and see the earnest, loving eye that speak3 of a true womanhood ; lixsk once mors at the coarse garments, and yuu will see that poverty a ided her load to the ordi nary burden of womanhood, while hrno- ! ranee, bereavement, ailliction, loneliness, join i.anus wua poverty aeTunst this soul. But the massive brow conquered, the un taught brain triumphed, and under the leadership of the sad, gentle eyes gave to the suffering what might, had she been a man born in othr circa ustacces, have been the gain of cations and the glitter of the trapping of a diplomat. "When I consider what Marjaret did for one eity under such desperate disad vantages. I wonder what she could have done for the world if ailfheenvironments Lad been ris-ht. I was thinking of that as I looked, in passic for the hundredth tin.e, at the strong, fascinating face tha morning, when your question met my ear. " Yes, it looks iiks her, and there will never be another like it in marble to the end of time. She was a grand character tender, strong, original, pitiful, helpful, wise." X. . Shu Taminar a Shrew. A certain woman cf fashion, conspicu ous in the society of a city not a thous and miles from Washington, whose in firmity cf temper has given rise to very interesting gossip occasionally, figures in a quaint little story that is at present g ing tbe rounds, A short time s -ro she was entertaining at supper a la.ly of her acquaintance, when it chanced that there was placed cpon the table a small pot of chocolate. The hostess of the occasion was very fond of the beverage in question, partaking of it every evening of her life. Unfortu nately the servant had neglected to make more than the usual quantity, which was just atont suihciect for a single cup. Accordingly, when the guest was asked if she would have some, she hesitated a moment and said no. Whereupon her entertainer flushed with anger at the o.i.tr.i,,!,:." and, rising from her seat, deliberately poured the contents of the pot out of the window. This wis eml-arra--iag for the lady en tertained, to say the leat of it. f course, she pretended to take no notice, merely g'anciniz at her host, who made the third person at the repast, to see if he evidenced any consciousness respect ing the proceeding. B it. he only smiled slightly beneath bis mustache and made no remark. Presently he asked her if she would have some chicken salad, of which a big dishful male the principal feature amon tiie viand. "I thank you, no," she replied, merely because she Lad a preference for some thing else. Immediately, as if it were a matter of course, the hot picked ur the chicken selad and threw it, dlu and all, out the window into the garden. "Its a way we have here," he remarked calmly. Nobody said anything for quite five minutes afterward, but the extreme ami ability exhibited by the hostess for the rest of the evening led the visitor to imagine that the lesson thus given after the manner of Petruchio was not with out a certain domestic usefulness. H'i-'i-iiujt'.ra lX-4. A Fault to'Ba Outgro wn. Amongmy acquaintances are severs young physicians. For a considerable time I have been puzzled over the fact that each one oft hern is, as to religion and reh'goiis topics, and agnostic I couldn't understand how, with their knowledge of anatomy, physiology, chem istry, natural philosophy and various other sciences, they could so unanimous ly agree that they are knownothings. Accordingly I wrote various inquiries to s friend of mine who is and has for mauy years been prominently connected wits one of the leading universities iathis country. I expected an analytical, vol uminous repJy. When that reply reach- ed me it said, after a few srcial expres- sions : "Don.t worry about the agnostics. i It a the thing Cr university men to . j slide in that groove just at present, iae J fault will pass over eventually, as will j their other present fau't that of being too young." D-trt F;tt Pi. t.T bely. Tiie ha..t .iud threw t.pva t. front door and fort'inateiy, or .!;.:". r:.i nately, a weii-dn-sse-l g'.-iit.etwrt, wr- proved t- be a:i equa.iy ei, -know n young business man, re'amir; fr n a late car 1 part v. passed by. Arrayed ia his nigl.twa, t'.e h band hurried down the s;efs and , -ailed lustily to youn man. The laricr tuned and gazed rfpn the d'ire ia while, v .:-., g:aace was sufficient to terrri.'-; a '.- superstitious man. The h ,Li -an 1 1 i-rd toward the your.g man, s.m i'wi Ir.lttr tosli fresh grip oa the uvi-n-.;, wiiivli hung carelessly over his ar-t dt:-l suru.-l east on Kama street at a -lead mi. "Stop, there ! yelled tbw hsahan 1. But the inj'u-tion only serv -1 : aoyel erate the speel of the y-ma :::.m. : seemed tie ori'y cka.-iiv in s jh:. an I t: e husband c'.ung t il With i. s n ' : robe flapping in tbe Krvej- he :! w o' er the pavement, yelling at every l ua i when he co;:M summon breath. "n.-e or twice the your - man f:ml tst-c-if!.e was still p-i-Hiod. and th-t he ;.-' a fresh grip on his coat and piling. '. ward into the damp a:n- .-i.h.-r . 'A and sti went the youig m.tn, an 1 a an 1 on followed the hst.a,I. I: -v.';n-d a race for life. Bat na'ur oonsl n-t stm I everything. The hushan-1 was --l.iinly gaining, and the you::,: aj.-.r. wis r.iaia'.y losing his breath. When the y.!.:m raan struck the h.i! in front of -I .hn A. M - silne s residence it seeme-i that ail 1. had gone and his !e.rs suowed sins cf weakening. Th hue band gain- 1 evr'. laj and he seemed to progress riht --iI on an cp-hilt no. At the t-p of the hi 1 all the breath was gone tr im y ;:.- man, and hatiess, he halted, n t:;-..-ing sav.tgv'y upon the pjnner. '.tl-i.-ed: "Whaln thunder arc . i..i-. u.3 for. anyhow The husband gasped f.-r h.--ath, a h replied: "What in thunder are ;. i. i running for? My it'e L-i b. en .Vac', ed by buriars, and I want y..i i t a doctor. N- wiil yen gr gt on- '" A glad licht burst upon the your..; man, and, f. el lag as tho-i-it :. v. as a brand snatched tVom the bumir. , he hastily t,ik the numi-c-r of h:s ;,j.-uv r - house and hastened away in sear, h - f a J.ictor. The young man reaairvd to his on fcome, where he summoned Dr. Rih-v ! v telephone. Th.-n he seat to the stai .e i'r his team and drove O'lt on Thirty-tirt street to see if he could be of farther as sistance. But in the excltem-nt of !i. i moment tiie youa-i man had be-.-o-ne co:. f dsed on numbers, an I after an t..,ar's search for his pursuer's ho he ret im ed to his own home and was s.-.-n in slumber. Trl Tllt iIjtj thm tr,:,-t . , ... . h,hnd n tC 'S, '7.1'"',. T. followed. The .ioct. r h i i ! :a l t.i- house, at I had a hit lai-itere-I to the iiV. It was twt a case of burglary at nil. Ti... wife sitjsuly arose and walked h; ! r sleep, something she had aev-r ,j.ne be fore. In attempting to pass tl.rn ta a big pan of win low glass she had taiaed her injuries. Housekeeping Without a Wash day. " It might be well if wa were onlv !,'.. to have a convincing sen.-e of tiie reV.ity of the charms cf the inniuneral'ie wish ing machines and clothes vrr;-r, ;, -it-ent washboards and instantaae-jus y cleansing wishing powders and .oaiS offered to confiding womanhood. V might then change onr views as to "l i e Monday," and almost i e wiihc.-. ut ti., representations of tbe advertisers"! these goods, to think of heaven as tie eter.i.a washday. But, aUs. we cur.u.;t iiin this delightful conviction, and washday is st.U to ail a Jay of s.,j and sjds, .; smell and dweomfort. of picked tueais and sour service, or. if we d o':r o ri washing, of WL-rry, fatiz ie. a. hts and pains, even with ail tiie UL r-aving h.. veutioas possible. Why need this be? Why do we lo in. our homes work which d.iirrinj ti.e household economy for one day at '.. and in the shape of the ir.teraie-i.ate ironing hangs on and on iu five cas o it. of ten till the middle of the we. i .' In many families the wasiiia; it the one thing which makes it imp.oseible to kee, aa efficient servant. Ia families whe-s no servant i kept the WAJ.erwi.-:i;aa is a weekly buhear and expense. Why not put out the wx;u. and th is save trouble and annoyance, an 1 -.i.n a: least one whole day ia t: hu'iseho: I economy I do not meaa to -"end it to ta laundry or put tt out t y i;.e io..-n pieces. Everywhere women can he found who make a business of wa.-i .t -; and ironing, who will tai- '.he -faik. y wash."" by the week at a .-ertairi p:.,e agree. I upon, from a dollar op, an-1 the - women are the ones who should do tue washing. No one knows, til! it is tried, '.he -It-light of housekeepins witi..-..t a ti.,.. day. The wheels ?eem to rsn by u.a:d. No getting Bridget np eary t- gt t.'.e washing started, ..r worse. - -ti,-:.r v .t:r eif cp for the saxe pir, e. Y h i--ried treagfasf. picke-i-np d.:;.vr. p and damp and steam. drv'.;:-g of t:.e clothes in the ho'ise cn r-in-y d.iys. ,r catching of serious c i-U an i ! ...:; on coll ones. No barl: v;i ..' tii ironing, with the c uise-piei.; cur. ei-i.p-ti'.n of coul, amounting- to a ery la .-" percentage of the c-t of p-.'.t.a o.:: tha wash. It is bar I to believe that yo j . a out a wash at as li'tle or less et.-easv a.- in hiring a .washerwoman, '.'; :..-.i y--i consider her pay, her lu-ai.-?, ti.e s. jr. and starch wasted t-ecat-e th-y i yours the steady, hot fi-y .iiw il the economy of this plan, eveti if you d not give comfort, peace of niiixi aid a whole day gained their d ie place in th a "credit" column. It is better h keep or.e servant and put out the wash, t..an two a-l do i: at home. It is better to p it it than ?- hire help for voir one servant to do it. And it is a thousand times tetter tha doing it yourself, for. co-xhiue-i w.ta other ddties, few thlajs are so physically and nervously wearing as the wjjh.n ani ironing on which t'l wo nan ..- attempts nothing else may gro fat. Try this recipe for saving t.me. uior.ey and household worry, aa l you will not want to go back to old methods .-. l. r HVex.'. 0 for an eye more clear to see. A mind to grasp more earnestly. For every good intent. That to the sick atsd despairing 1 bring thee a peerless .-are. Pan-Tina the reat recne iy for Couth s Colds and Consumption ."1 aa-s ..ii ns:3 Sold at G. W. Benford's Drug ftoie. ' i ? I i i i ! d i n