The Sumerset Herald. ABMEHCS 12T. 'fenns ot Publication psbliAheo' every Wednesday moraim ttClK j. macula. If paid la advanr otherwa. bU w invariaBly ehArred. d aabaer'-pnoD will be a'jrigiCiafwirt uai aU t;i1)t n whea tnbacrUiendonottaxwoatt&eii p,, M beid nspaoslbl far Uw abecrip- gt!crlte"i restortaj tram obs pottoffiot to ss 4tier jMKld fir oa tie uu tie former m it m the preeeat oSoe. Adiasi Th Powxjm-t Enil,r iSuaKraiCT. Pa. D-S. E1LLS 4 COPPER. DENTISTS. s.ct .tt ScT'ier t Dru Storo. Sumerset, Pa.) , om-!Toiu &erT-a:T3Tnc to Dentiry kil:rul- Lr:t-1. i-i-eouu a-'tem;. a cr.vea ' biUcf ' V.iu li'e naiurai leeui. Arriin-ial net.. 1 A-o, tH.-i in-er-el '.'it'U p-'.,. " i: for vimiij cruwiis atLcnixi the naiur-'r..-'' pnivj.'l-ijrr T W. CARUTHrlRS. M. P. .1 . HtYiH.'lAS AM sVRt.ECS. v ti'iK.-T Pa. .in Fr.i'in street, nert d.xr U iTinujn D" P. F. SHAFFER. bomsiisvt. Pa., b pri;fesTna: aervifea io U;e cutis j, vL't-.Vt- t 1 viciaay Othce Bsai dour w , liotei. D R. E. S. KI1IMELL, .... proipKirra MT. I -l L W3 uir r-iTFCS . ""trti iL'1 nnujiT. L'tue? prileninia..y . ,.,,-.1 . , k . . . fail UM UWl Wl il.lii 1Mb D: J. m. lcutiier. PHYHv-lAi" AJD iCSGEGS, tijui ix'id permA3eavly in 3t-icei for the " i:- if l-"1" OiLce oa jdA-fi Kreet, D 3. J. s. M'MIIJLEX, . ret fr-. il Tjeit:TC to the pmserrstiaa of i ieetO. ArliTS'lJ t lcivRed. All -rS. M.Tr-i:i-.i k (lore, comer i: hLTUX lrireUL D S. VfM. COLLINS, t;. 'ji KafPTr' Blwk nUuirs. where he T :-( .a a; mI t:rw pfvyHtretl lu do A.i k :nua ai w ! D':i,'.'refia:. estracurMC. ir-..:.i U-eli o( All i.LL'H- :iii OI Uie best lawJ-jsl. AU work guATAillerd. HE5EY. F. SCIIEJX, SoaeTK-t, Pa. BoT-jty ad Peuooa Aieat Ofice ia ymniaUi l.JiA T-ALENTIVE HAY, ATTua-NrlY-AT-LAW. soaierset. Pi. i jm IV.i-r in RtAi EfiAte. Will Attend to aU TCH' H. OIL, tJ ATTci-NEY-ATLAW IT r-trpi:y irfnd to all bCTEew er.tra?il ; T A- EEF.KEY. fj . ArrijF- ey-aT-la. ocMZEarr. P- Cict a C"ld Feiiowa' BtoIIiiui. r lEVEY M BERKXE'V ATT-'ii.-NAl IIUV iitUT. Pa Cice wtUi T. J. Kooaer, Eq. A. a HOLBERT. lTTUAJiI-TiA". lumeiw. Pa Cce wtU Jota E. XThX VL H. KCHOXTZ, TTi "FY.lT-L AW. somerset, Fa., i . ...... .1. i b M jr l. in tj hr.r ri ll ltm?tel to Are :a Tuit?r?H aaJ a.i;o.Ui!i co'1i-uk. I C'.- 'Ji Pnauns iioue Kow, oispomu: Uie r EiAlat. ( JOES 0. KIMMEL, An-JtUStV-AT-LAW. .ciemet. Pa., ra attend tn a.: basiacss ectru.iieJ to hi are ta soc:?r-t aaii ii;u:3ii oouiTjea. tui prr'm;.t ha aad lideu:y. tiiti ta laAta trjaa s;t aore r -Wer BuoA swre. TAXES L. PU(;H. J ATlJi.f.YATI-i'. sj3ieret, Pa. Ori 'Ji Sf a2TT!itij Et, or- staiTs. Ectract kt kiun ruwi &i.riA. i.itruiiU!i niAi't-. e-!t-.a r-i-. ULi cXILlEi'-d. Ail'i AU tCK&i sjujmucm fci- fcii?c ui w:iii proa;t'Uiei aai fiacT'. A J. CfiacA-1. I- C CC.LB.--A3I. XLBOLS A COLBOr". j ATTvii-NEYi-Ar-LAW. sojxrset, Pa. iZ buErre r.TTTfWl to onr care be pr t--'t -d fa.Lfc.iLT aiurniis-i u- . oLeeUoca u i' sjeittw. Bwilord and ad.oiuig cwua-a-i Tr.rrey.22 aad conveyaiitiuf done oa r - FLED. W. BIESECKFK, ATTCRSIY-AI-LAW. conierapt. Pa. Ct?t ia PrinUaf Houae Eow, OFPoaiie Cocrt G I0SGE R. SCULL, ATTCK-NEY-aT-LAW. Bojcenet. Pa. i. Suorr. J. G. OiU UTT A O.LE, A rZj&$&d T Ii w. -mrf, Pi. FJ. E'DOFR. A7iv22rrr-. at-law. e-jmerart, ra. S. SSL'S LEY. AlTu2iiET-AT-LAW. svzaerjeL Pa. EL.EAER. Arros"rr-AT-LAW. c ?Tarr.. !a Soraer-et and ai;oinii:s rcni a- ri.r. eitnitled l Aim wii receive c Y-FFLOTH A FXPPEL, ATTOiiJs EY"t-aT-LA w . TRjcuii-a 3:r5tMl to th"L- care C1 b ',r--" ; p-:a(Tua..T arw.d-d to. 0"E on Craw ---vri. opvos irjcsBKLa Buoca. 0. 5 FRAXKUM STREET. HNSTOWIS SUPPLY HOUSE MM H. WATERS &BR0. PLUMBERS, Wl .. T..t? B'-w 3v-;ii.n.I ia onr nt-w bnil.liria. fc.T".T' .t. the t-nimiigTrd UjT -1 '- t.a.i:.:. to f iui&biag, Sr-eAm - t" Tu-r.v r-r fir-Ti:! arention to AH h, T ATtJ1 if KATiVi boa- n-r e:i Tti. in to iiimt e!br .fl iie cuuxicy, aruil ' .T lLfi-T BeiUnv KPU9 oi kj,"." '. ;ti" Lu'ini'atunkrti-aia A. H. HUSTON, "-ertiker and Emba'mer. 0. Cars ' ALL ca.iI(E5 OX HAXD. -U.OOD IIERSE " ' asoa tn frairai furaLied on i.ori aoti't C':Jva"JFat Swraet, Taroercrt, Phi A I I I i ! Jjiinx wanted j- T:' !o a rarira- nteartoo a-a aV B"as Ea-n iwinBai f-- I lie VOL. XL. XO. Oils! Oils! o.- niAt . '"I'.-.Al oi iijiii:iu::jf Ur HluminatSng L Lubricating Oils Naphtha and Gasoline, PRODUCT OF PETROLEUM. If yon it .St tie mo !ia:fur3ily Satisfactory Oils - IN TH2 American ZtTarket, AAk for ocr. Tr.i fur 5cTrjsrs iicnuiy r:ppUsl by rrv''t A BEKHira td FhjtAS.ii K i--:H. iiirr. Pa. CURTIS K. GROVE, SOMERSET, PA. BCCX;iH3. SLEIGH?, CaSEJaGES, EPiilXG TA iOS i EUCS WAGOSi A"D KAiTEHS ASL WEi-TESX WOUZ Forci-iitrd i.ii ibort SuCce. PaintLcg Dc' e on Short Time. My work is s-.ade nut f """7 woinf H .xxi, and lac A J-.--t nm n:T.urnially C; 'i"OTriwi. Ni.iTir FT.ui-hed. aud W armo:l to : t tUfouou. Ria'.niii of AU K:ciT i-i Sit L?n IVji.e on All Work Warranted. Call and Examine icy rux t and Lm Prr do 'TT.n wor. ad ft:ru-h -ri::v ftr Wia wtIA Remember u.e f '.wc aad call io. CTJRTIS K. GROVE, iEas or tjjcrt ton'e) OHZiTi.-:ET. Pi FIDELITY TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY. 121 i 123 -kli Ave, PITTSBURGH, P.I. (Capital, $.:m"i;0!0 fa'J paM.) An".borird to ' a Fjwmnr. Aminttra;jr, iiuaKiu, T-L-t, Avffi, Kc'je.vi-r, A.1-. ' FA 1. IS F.EL TA B IF. INVESTMENT SECURITIES. Hi-nts boipf in ;:s Srr5or Vaa from $5 rr act. am i.jwar is. K-cviv- Jfp:!s and ! ans c-ulv n niirTTTj-? and appruv coilaterals. JiiHS' .T f Kh i V. Tri'l-nT JA.MHJ. 1- NK1J.. V. Pr.t. 1, il.Vy. -. Inn. B. vc 13. SPECIAL SALE!? Fur Department. lMOE!ack Fur MuS. $1.0". ,""0 Cai.-ealMu. 100 Imt'n Beaver i Nutria i MuiT?. Our wor.I fr it that nru prlenJfei qnalities in ciurTs for so l.tt'n monry ha' never before ttea l.i. T'.ack Fur Car. r :rt-i front, high shoal der. M- in i Coiiar, The a; aai jr.x fi-r U.L Cape i- Sujor E!ack Far ar", Final to c:" l-.i ?hi',w XS a fnct. Me::ri Col'.ar. 5'uil satin Freocii Ccn?y Caj-ns, O'her Cape an J iTj5s ia all tUo ivjpu:ar f.rs : Jforikcr. Deaver. Si'jJ. in all qualities np tcy i'inest irrade.-. Oar ra-a'.ocrJ K"i:.r: fuiiv. amy " v,r iv-t vi-'''T w .- a?-i - M Ai L OF; OER DEPARTMENT m . x-t ::.: iu 1,'i-t- it u it pAiTuriorv t;" trii' il; a a" a I any neicur. Have juu u.f it ' ' orre. wcl- Boggs & Buhl; 1:5,117113, &n.! 121 Federal r-treet, ALLEGHENY, PA. DMrXIsTEATOK"? NOTICE. ttof A t. M'rOT. lare of Liw r T-irsejfoaC TT-- fc.c'TJ Pa., dw t. Ittr of .rntLi-fii o the a'--ve ae haii! Ofea rfrniiir: x '.v uniit-r.'rr.i Tf t'i pr,lT '15i':i'. Bi T )rn.-6y (i. t-jt to al. per- k.x imiUe-i ti ati: r-vcf. K) u .mB. t.sBTvnt an-! i.av-iue f-W-rnai ame "!! !'""'' Jv-rj ti.:y aiu '.e:) :imjod lor art - em - nt oil fr.b. (wt-t- J!. At ta rr;..-eui i-j-i iirt L.r, lr.iaa I -Aia. to Uie 'J"- Al-EEET C. nmr. PtTHtMteifh ICm nN-r.h H'StV ur hocae :: '.ir.f V!"T. IB. N-s-l fit CM li J" 24. Eternal Vigilance Li the pnre ot good heaiUi. But with an the ;r-jutmn we may take there are enemies always lurking aouut our systems, ciily msutr In; a tavnrabie opportunity to assert then. ae)te. Srrufuki and oOier Uopunties in tlae bl xl may be hidilen for years or era for er-ueratkiiu. and joddenly break fortit, ander-rruuiir- hfta.'!h and haiteoir.g death. For all ul-ic-ujcs ana in? from impure bioo4 Hood's Sarsapariila I- the une;i;aEeiJ and Bnapproached remedy. It is Km? of tht an. for it eocjoers dUeaae. It buildi ap in a perfectly natural way aa the eaix'Ded parts, vitalizes, eunches and Purifies the Blood And Ass..U to hoalUiy action Uione important oryu, tiie kdiUM-TTj and liver. If you need. goud wlicine you should certain!; taJta Hood's Sarsapariila Hold by all 4nucciats. SI; nxfor (S. Pnpaiwd.nl by C. L Huoa A CO, ApoUwcanea, tswU, Xaae, !00 Doses One Dollar -THE-FIRST NATIONAL BAITC OF Somerset, Penn'a. CAPITAL SURPLUS $50,000. S6.00Q. OC'OSITB RCCCIVCOIM LAR8C AN0SMAU. aWOJNTS. FAYAwLC ON OCatANO. ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FANMKSS, STOCK DEALERS, ANO OTHERS SOLICITED. -DISCOUNTS DAILY. - E0AED OF DIRECTOES : LaEcx M. Hnxa. W. H. Millab, James L. PcuH, Csaa. H. Fishib. Souf R Scott. Go. E. & cll, Faxs W. :criu EDIAE3 StTTLL, : YALEvny Hat, : AXDUW Pakekk, : : : Presidest Vict Pmsidkst : : CA&H33L Hie fn-is an.l securities of this bank ar securely j.roteTted in arelebrated Cor ig Burvlar-proof t-afe, Th only Safe made abeo!ate!y Bajxlar-proof. Somsrsoi Ccoolj Kational Bad Of Somerset, Pa. 1. Established, 1877. Orginind as a Natloaa!, 1890. CAPITAL. $50 000. Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't Wm. B. Frease, Vice Pres't. Milton J. Pritts, Cashier. Directors: Wrs. H. Koori'a, Ji R.IA3 -ertit. J.iTin H. fciry.ler, J. ph B. itria, ftiml Snyder, Joca M. (ook, Jobn StuTTt. Hano SnTiler, Noaai. MiUer, Jtiiae slurjt. Ta Endaley. Cam-mer of th! Bank will reeire the Boat liberal iruaaue'll con-ujient with aaM ban King. Partfe wishin to end money east or west eaa be accumicdAted by drait for any aaocnL Money ar.d Taloab'.ej aeeored ty one of Wfr bold Ctlcurated safes, with moat approved time ("oUectioTw tr.ade la aU para of the United Stat . iTATifr- moderate. A'"ac&'j aud Uepostu soiicted. Bnart-om THERE IS -I WEISKE1 Which is uniform in its results. braiJes in every other particn'ar. Attested to by everyone wbo has given it a thorough trial, and their nam is legion. The pure S-jear old GUCKENHEIMER WHISKY la the wiiiikej, soil onlj by JOSEPH FLEX 5 G 4 SW. Dnip5iit., rittlnrgh, Ta. As a strenthencr of the izNervous! i System, with special good effect on the res piratory and digestive organs, it is pronounced uneqtialed. Price, fall quarts $1, or six for $5. We now car-r a fall and complete stock of ail the lei:nK Fine Whiskies, both do mestio and toreign. p ting yoa the oppo tanity to make your choice from lam nnrt selection to be had in the city at tfce lowest possible prices lat can be maiie for the quality and age of the goods. F'.ea?e send for fall and complete price list, rnai.ed free. Jos. Fleming & Son DRUGGISTS, CO A 12 Market St, 1 and 2 Market. WLaliea are Especially invited. MOT AND SHOE HOUSE. THE FirV ROOM IS TEE DIBERT BUILDING, Corner Main and Franklin Sts., Is where dreoa' Mens, Womens'. And CaJX Fuotwear. Of B-st Qriaiky, and at LOWEST PRICES can be Imnd, in styles of all make. I am prepejt-d tn epanpet with one and all ) dealers ia the State. AH I ask is a triaL ! SCOTT DIBERT. onaer SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY. DECE1MT3EH 0, 1891. AT FIRST. If I should fail aaleep one day, AH overworn, And should tny spirit, from the day, tia dreaming out the heavenw ard way, Ur thence be softly borne, I pray yoa, angles, do not first Assail mine car Wi'.b that blest anthem, oft rehearshed, " Behold the bonds of Death are burst!" Lest I should faint with fear. Bat let some bappy bird, at band, The silence break : So shall I dimly understand That dawn has touched a blossoming land. And igh myself awake. From that deep r-t emerging so. To lift the bead And see the batn flower's bell of snow, The pink arbutus, and the low Spring-beauty streaked with red, Will all Tuffice. Xo otherwhere Impelled to roam. Till some blithe wanderer, passing fair. Will, smiling, pause of me aware And murmur, "Wel-.time homer So sweetly greeted, I shall rie To kiss her cheek; Then lightly soar in lovely guise, Aone familiar with the skies, Wbo finds and n.-eJ not seek. CVnnry ilayn-ine. FROM 'THE MODERN GULL IVER." From the X. T. Timet. And o. after I had dried myself somewhat, and collected the re mainder of my strength, I crawled rather weakly and wearily np from the bench to the top of the blutf. On one side was the cruel sea, nd just below me were the fhijrffiecta of the wreck of oar stood ship, and I sobbed as I thought of the gallant men who had gone down in her and only I, the nnwortbiest remained. Before me stretched a plain of sandy, barren country, covered with scant bush es and dwarf trees, and beyond these were low, wooded hiila. Was there s human being in this vast solitude ? There was nothing for me to do bat to travel inland as soon and as rapidly as possible, before my body gave oat completely from exhaustion, and see if I could find living souls to succor me, or, failing, to die alone in the wilderness. For hoars it seemed days I trudged slowly on through the thick, sharp un derbrush. Gradually the character of the country changed ; grass began to spring under my feet, the bushes be came trees, and I was still in the midst of a majes'ic, primeval foresL Still, I saw no signs of human footetejis. Dut suddenly I thought it was an an gel I heard a girl's sweet voice singing far off toward the east from me ; I p'un.? ed madly in that direction ; the maiden, too was coming toward me, although sht was evidently not yet aware of my pres ence. Soon I saw her coming along far away, up a sort of avenue in the trees. She might have been, for all her dress or fai showed, a New England school girl. Was there, then, an English colony in this far orf Atlantic Isle ? It might have been my previous loneliness, but it seem ed to me she was the fairest being of God s making I had ever seen. She was about eighteen, with Fight hair and eyes, and dancing along in her girlish inno cence, she was a picture out of heaven to me, a heartsick mariner. But one little peculiarity about her I forgot ta mention, thou;;h it is hardly worth while. She was carrying her head under her arm. When she saw me she r.ime fearlessly toward me. I asked tier if she would di rect me on my way. As I accosted her, she calmly picked up her head, pat it on her shoulders, and in the sweetest voice imaginable answered that the would be most bappy to do so. We waiked along, chatting gaily. I al ready felt all my old strength coming back to me in the sunshine of her yoang presence. Bat after I had a-ked and an swered a number of questions my inborn curioisity could not prevent my inquiring in regard to her slight cranial idiosyncra cy, as I politely termed it In other words, what did she mean by taking her heal off? " Why, sir," said she, " what eountry do you come from, or ia what distant part of the world do yon live, that yoa are so ignorant ? Do you not know that yoa are ia that far-famed land falsely calied the " Land of the Fountain of Per petual Youth," and are yoa not aware that a drink of oar famous waters makes oar members independent of each other, so that we can deUtch them at will ? Just now, for example, I took my head off to keep it cooL" But what would yoa do if yoa should tow your head, as young ladies are very often said to do " said I. This was s joke. "Oh, no, sir:" said she. We have learned not to be so foolish as that, espe cially if any young men are likely to be aroand to find them. Bat think how useful this wonderful power is. Suppose I want to pick an apple from the top of this tree. I could never climb it, and the girls of our country would not be so weak as to ask any man to do it for us, so all I have to do is to stretch out my hand like this," and she slowly lited her am like a derrick until it was at least fifteen feet long, and picking a fine fall pippin, presented it to me. " Then," she continued, " if I want to seethe surrounding country, instead of climbing some distant mountain. I can jast raise my head a trifle, like this,' and up went her head like s telegraph pote with an orange on top of it, until she was at least three rod in height Coming down handsomely, as the ex pression is, she remarked, breathlessly, How is that for high?" I tola her 1 had beard of people hold ing their noses up in the air, but I bad never before seen any one so toplofty ss she. We can a'.so detatch oar members if necessary," said she. " Let me show yoa," and in an instant there flewjia the sir a confused vision "af arms, legs, head, shoulders, etc., until she looked like a circus rider caught in a cyclone). I had heard of folks fly ing all to pieces in an ger : bat I had never seen anything like it I asked her if it was not rather ex hausting to her to throw herself aroand so. She said it was a very popular form of exercise. I told her this might do for exercise once ia a hi!, bat I preferred J to see people more collected. i " Eat," said she, " this is rather hard set ESTABLISHED 18127. on the little boys, for when their moth ers wish to keep them heme from play, all they have to da is to take off one of their legs and lock it cp, and then the Ud has to stay at hotne.tor e!?e go out one-legged." She said that wives found this was s good way t keep drinking husbands at home rights. When a person had a dis ease in one member, all he had to do was to jast shed it for time and leave it with the doctor and go about bis business with the rest of his constituency, as ustui. " For instance," she said, " yoa can have an incision made in your scalp, and have your brains taken out and cleaned juet as weil as your watch, and quite as cheaply Then yoa can go to work the same day as usual and never miss them." That was a rather equivocal remark, but I hoped she didn't mean anything by it, and so I simply told her that I didu'l think it worth while ; I never used mine enough to make it pay. On the way I took a drink at the won derful spring, which was inclosed in an elegant building of stone and connected hy pipes with ail the surrounding villa ges. I postponed a trial of the marvel ous effects of the water. To tell the truth, T was a little afraid to " let myself loose." It occurred to me to ask how they could punish criminals, " for their dif ferent parts would escape one by one." " Well," she answered, " I believe they did have a good deal of trouble that way. They used to box up the parts separately and ship them to different quarters of the world, and then let them tind their way together again as beat they could. The chances were that the man never would come to himself, if I may ay so, enough to ever be of muoh uie to hiuwelf, or of much damage to anybody else. But after awhile people got tired of receiving anon ymous express packages sent to them containing foreign and lonely vital or gans which were withoat Lome or moth er. Xow they have aboiL-hed all crimes by making them all punishable by death." Bat how can yoa kill anybody T I asked. We barn the parts separately," the maien answered. I shuddered. " Bat doesn't any one ever die V I asked, feeling that the subject was be yond me. " Very few d j," SAid ehe. "When we find that w are agin?, we gradually ex change ourselves off with nimtlioiy It isn't considered good form to do it None but the poor die those who can not afford to pay the difference of an ex change." u Do I understand, then," said I. " that when yoa find yoarself growing old yoa look for somebody who is younger than yoa, bat poorer, and pay him it eell his yoang and healthy members and take in exchang eyocr old and decrepit ones?" That 13 oar syslem. The rich charge every year to keep np with the fashion. The poor are hung op in the pawnshops a est of the time." I saw one of these pawnshops myself, and as we were going by I stepped in and got my lame back, with which I had so much trouble, exchanged for a second hand one, only siithtly damaged, w ar ranted to stay without hitching. I: had a patent adjustable loop on top, which saved baying and losing collar but tons. I wonder if yoa have considered the miny advantages of this system of ex change ? Of coarse yoa are still thinking : " But bow it grinds dowu the poor!" Very true ; but not more than does our American system. And strangely enosgh, they both work in about the same way. Yoa think it unjust that the poor of this far-off land shoald have ail the sickness and old age, while the rich have all the yoath and beauty. But I tell you, friends. as I have walked on Fifth avenue in New York and seen the carefjlly nurtured and splendidly developed children of the rich, and then, as I have wa'ked with the children of the poor", wbo work in the sweat shops and live in foul hles and hovels, I have said to myse! this is no fkiry tale or parable, but i: was indeed become true that the poor sell their flesh and bone that the rich may become beau tiful and strong. But I will not moralize. I was going to tell yoa what a nice plan this was. The well-tolo never grow old. This beautiful younir lady with whom I was talking, told me withoat a blush that she was 247 years old on her !at birthday. Of coarse she has been made over a ood many times. Ia this remarkable land loving wives tease their hatbands, net for diamond rings and sealskin clonks, but for a now pair of eyebrows, new dim pled chin, or some white tapering fingers. And I am to'.d that in the highest cir cles the promise to " love, honor and obey," has become a pledge to love, hon or, and beautify the bride, so that in this country it a.i depends on the husband whether the wife keeps your.g or not Isn't that true in America, too ? I was much interested in the village through whkh we were talking. Per haps what most attracted my attention was the manufactories, They have no steam power. What is more natural than ia this land; where the human body is so wonderfully developed, they should turn it to account And this they do in many ingenious ways. In one large fac tory which I entered the whole motive power was furnished by countless pairs of human arms turning the wheels, and oftentimes the owner of a p-ir of arms wooid rent one of them by the day, and leave it and go home to do as he pleased with the other. This saved confinement in the close air of the factories and ena bled the men to earn a doable day's pay. Ia America, yoa know, we often speak of hiring hands. Here it was literally done. That was all ony one ccald do. They didatdegrade men by ca'lisgthem hand." A still more ingenious way oftiin5 power that with us is entirely wasted I saw in mother shop. Here young girls were working. With their fingers they were doing all kin-Is of fancy work for themselves, bat they were also chewing gum, and their jaws were so attached to machinery that the motive power fur nished was turning ponderous wteels and running a great factory. But my whole study of thee interest ing phenomena was interrupted by an occurrence tr which I could never ste that I was to blame, W were walking in the fields, this young woman wbo bad been to kindly showing ei the way and myself, when suddenly she knelt at my feet and began as follows : Ob, un known stranger, yoa are my destiny. I have loved you ever since I have known you. Will yoa be mine? I waa souiewcat surprised for this was s little out of my line. I had been bold enough to "beau" a yoang lady home from prayer meeting once or twice, and I hal once even cut out a c rues -eyed fel low who wore scarlet mittens, but I had never come within several furlongs of popping the question, to say nothing of having it popped to me. Bat here was the young girl kneeling before me, and I mast say she looked very pretty, with her upturned, pleading eyes. Did this people enjoy a perpetual leap year as well as perpetual youth ? How coa'd I know that this was her first and only love? A damsel of two hundred and forty odd summers had time to have experiences withoat n'taiber to which I was a perfect stranger. I had no fault to fiud with her ae, but she h3d altogether too much ex perience for me. I couldn't let my wife know more than I did. Then this strange country, with its qceer customs hew did I know but what she would be swap ping me off some day. as she did ber face and eyebrows, when she got tired of me ? No, said I to myself, give me a littie brown-eyed girl I know np in New Eng land and a blizzard from October till June if I can only get out of this scrape. But the young woman was waiting and I never keep youn women waiting. "Xay.Ciir creature," I said sally, ' it cannot be. You are too elastic I fear in your maae-up. toil wouiu not oe domestic enocgh. I couldn't keep yoa in evenings for part of your physique might be out shopping in spite of me. I woul la't know where to find yoa on living questions. You have so much self control, and yet you are not concentrit ed enough in yoiir inter " Then, in the strength of her maidenly dignity she spoke: "Young man, you shall be mice, even despite your will." Aud she stretched oat her arms to em brace me. I Sed ; but as I turned to run those dreadful arms lengthened again, Lke jjinted fish poles, her legs grew as loc j as ostrich's ; and she pursued me witn the syeed of the wind. At leairth I fell into her reaiorseless cintches, breath less, gave one last despairing yell, and, j as is unusual in stories of this character woke op, most conveniently. The Spy Outwitted. Very daring was the performance of a certain young housekeeper ia a L;'e Ohio town, .-he Lad jast come, a bri-ie j and a stranger, among these people. She ! was ambitious and quick-w.tted, and her j Least he. .3 j:cc3s cnly just been thrown down open the floors. There came a rin nt her door. She tboaght it was the tmckman. and lust ened to open it. IJefore her stood a woman whose face she had pointed oct to her the day before as a society leader in the little town, a womaa a'so, of sharp eyes and sharper totiyie. She was ele gantly dressed, ar.d evidently carae to make her first call at the time taost auspicious for observations. The young mistress had her head tied np in a big cloth; she wore a dressing jsvket and i Jiifj drw skirt, pArt'y covered ;th a girzham apron. In her hand she held a wisk brush. "Is Mrs. Smith at home?" asked the dainty lady, card in hand. Now the new corner had been the best amateur actor in the city where she had lived, and she had not played the part of the singing chaaileriua;d, who whisks the feather duster about coqnettishly in the air, a!! for nothing. "No, mem," she said in the sweetest Irish brogue yoa ever heard ; "no. mem, she's had to go np to Pittsburgh for a day or two. She'll be back the last of the week, mem."" And the batfied society leader went l-ack to her carriage. Two weeks later she sat in the perfect ly appointed little parlor in the new house, chatting with the stately, well poised yccEg mistress. "What a pretty maid you had when I firotjcalle1',' she remark e-i ; "is he still with you ?' "oh, answered the other, her eyes sparkling, "that was aiy mother's Utile Norab. She came do n to help me fet tle, but she went back last week to Pitts burgh. She" a treasure but she's rnoth er a. The Petrified Forest of Arizona. From the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad it ia not hard to reach one of the greatest of natural carioTrlties the petrified forest ofAriz ina. Much the nearest point is the little station of Billings, but there are the scantiest accommodations for the trav eler. Only a mile south of the track at that point, one may see a iow, dark ridge, marked by a single ccttonwood tree, Waikintf thither tover a valley so alive with jack-rabbits thai there is some excuse for the cow-boy declaration that "yoa ' can walk clear across oa their backs D one soon reaches the northera edge of the forest, which covers huadreds of square miles. Cnless yoa are more hardened to wonderful sights than I am, yoa will almost fancy yourself in some enchanted spot "lou see in to stand on the glass of a gva&tic kaL-i-Iow-ope, over whose sparkling surface the sua breaks ia infinite rainbows. Yoa are ankle deep in such chips as I'll warrant yoa never saw from any other woodpile. What do yoa think of chips from trees that are red moes-aate. and amethyst, and smoky topaz, and agate of every hoe? Such are the marvelous splinters that caver the ground for miles here, around the huge prostrate trunks some of them five feet through from which Time's patient ax has hewn them. I broke a specimen from the heart of a tree there, years ago, which had around the stone pith a remarkable amy of largo and exquisite crystals ; for one aide of the specimen which ia not so large as my hand is a beautiful mass of crys tals of royal purple amethyst, and on the other, an equally beautiful array of smoky topaa crystals. One can get also magnificent crods-sections of a whole trunk, so thin as to be portable, and showing every vein aai "year-ring," fi I even the bark. There is not chip ia all those miles which is not worthy a place, jo. as it is, in the proudest cabi net ; and, when polished, I know no other rock so splendid. It ia one of the hardest stones in the world, and takes and keeps an iacun; parable polish. .y. To Bathe or Not to Bathe? "No practice, however long establish ed," says the London Lao-f, "has ever been allowed a permanent right to re spect" Probably this remark is a little too sweeping. One can think of several practices that are of aniverral observaro-e which have obtained si ace the flood. These practices grow out of brsman rieeessities, and are, perhaps, the except ions which prove the role, At any rate the saying of the Laivtt is smart enough and true enough to be striking. It grew oat of a criticism of the cu'.ity of daily bothin. It is the general opinion that it is a good thing to bathe often. This belief, however, is more a matter of opinion than of practice. The larye majority of men and women, we are sntlvied, do net thoroughly wash themselves from top to toe once a month. From childhood to old aje some people dread the applica tion cf soap and water with a sort of feline disrelish which is incomprehensi ble to persons disposed to cleanliness. A noted medical practitioner once told the writer that there was no need of bathing. "Voa miitht as well grease yonrself all over, suid he. " Look at the noble Comanche. Where will yoa find a more lithe and lusty .pecimea of aile muscular manhood? fie never bathes. He hates the wit r with as keea an antipathy as does a mad dog. Take my advice, younj man. Imitate the Comanche. What he knows he knows by experience, jast as a bear knows that his p'ace is on dry land, and as a beaver knows he can live ia tne wet'1 Against the good doctor and his little Indians we can set op a more ancient and authentic system of hygiene. Since the time when it was commanded to Moses, -"Thoashalt brie; Aaroa and his sons unto the door of the taoercacle ot" the congregation and wash them with water," the authority for ablution has been indisputable and the sanitary value of it admitted. Eat there may be too much of a ?1 thin. Hot baths bring off the dirt and scarf skin ; and if too frequently index ed they lead Xi exhaustion. A person with a cardiac ailment, or troubled with nervous depression, should Lave a care in takir: hot baths. Cold t.atl.iag is also nnsu.ted to eni'eebued belies or per sons with chronic visceiral ailments. But there w wonderful virtue in the cold bath for robust men and women. A cold plunge, with vigorocs rubbing afterward, js a better nerve tonic than ran be bocs-ht of the a p i thecary. There is a medium temperature for a bath, teiiher hot nor eolJ, which can scarcely hart any one. This settles th question of utility. It is such a Lea . vo Iy thing to be clean that it is sinful to he otherwise. Whoever it was that said Cieanli rests is next to godliness." gave) utterance to a hygienic fact ami an in spired trntli which deserves a place ia the biil oi rights as a fundamental con dition of freedom. There is no liberty cf action while the p xes are clotrged wita excretory dirt I'kiUJehJiii Rtf"rf, A Well-Deserved Rebuke. The man who disregards the rights of others will certainly come to grief. W have met the yoan? man of whom tha one mentioned below is a type. V"e would not wish him ill, but we feel con fident that if he lives long enough he will j see himself as others see him. ! One day a smart young fellow with shiny shoes, a new hat and cbeckerfc-car.1 trousers, boarded a street-car ia a west ern city and stepped to the front plat form. Hi palled out a tTvist of paper aad lighted it, and began pulling a con centrated essence of vile odors into the faces of those who were obliired to ride npon the platform if they rode at all ( ae, a plaia old farmer, couldn't stand it, and stepped off t wait for the next car. When he reached the station, the your;r fellow wss there before him. and it hap. pened that the two met at the restaur ant counter. j "Got any sandwiches?" called tee voting man to tae waiter. -Here gim , . . . . . , , . 2nd he tossed cut a nickel, and eeued to pick up and pun ar-art me one, then proceeded everyone of the half dozen randwiches on the plate before he foaad one to suit him. The farmer, who had been waiting for hU tarn, drew back in disist Fi nally, he found something which the fingers of another had not fouled, and presently followed the load young man to the car. He found every seat occu- .sIa.1 tn..lnJ!nif lh hitlf n.nn nn which ! were piled the your- man's gripsack and overcoat "Is this seat taken ?" he ver tared to mrjuire. -Seat's engaged," was the cart acsxr with a took meant to gqaelch the old I farmer, who went into the smoking car. That afternoon the same young man walked into the crhce of the governor of the state, armed with recommendations jluu cuiiuiacuiruu). m . : .1 . i a it kit s position under the state government He ! was confronted br Ihe same plain old ! farmer, who recognized his traveling companion of the morning without any trouble. Glancing over his papers, th governor said : "Ha m, yes ; yoa want me to appoint yoa to so-an i so. If I should, I lta I minht as well write my own resigna tion at the same time." "Wh why so?" stammered the young feilow, "Because I saw yoa pay for a street- car ride this morning, and yoa took th-? j platform of the car. Yon bought a sand-! wicb, and Kpoiieit the plateful. You t paid for a seat in the tra n, and took ; mine, too .jund if ILoali give yoa this j place. Low do I know that yoa would not take the whole administration?" I have been troubled with catarrh for ten years and have tried a number of remedies, bet found no relief cntil I purchased a bottle of Ely's Cream Eal tn. I const Ier it the most reliable preparation for catarrh aad cold in the head. Geo. E. Craalill. P. M. O,uonochawctar.g, ! of the young mea of the town, wbt.e the j j j young lady's pluck was indorsed by those i . of her on a x. Mr. Pinkham "How d you do, 3Irs. j The yoang men held a meeting and re Willis ? Yoa are the last person I ex- j olved to Jiscontisoe all calls on girls of pectrd to see in Florence." ! their acquaintance. Not to be ootdoae, Mrs Willia "Why. if it Isn't Mr. Pink- j the girls called a meeting aad decided ham ! Yes, we are spending the winter j to scratch the naiues of the boycotters ? here. Yoa mast ca'J on ns of.en; You j their l isitlsc lists. The result is that know just ho it is persons we never ; yonng men from the ne;ghbcring towns think mat h of whiie at home seem Lie I are bt-i-oiuiag Uvor-.tea with the Teaville dear friend when we meet them in j girls, while tha natives are slttirg around a Strang plAce." U-rrptr't Bzar. us lit the tluie plottiiij revei. cl "WHOLE NO. 210G. Salvation In Africa. Col. Thomas McRie. of the London headquarter staff of the Salvation Army, arrived on the Alameda last Thursday. The Colon..-! is on a tour around the world and has passed several months ia south Ai'rita, New Zealand aud Austra. La. "I consider South Africa offers more advantiijvs to settlors at the present time than any of the Australian Kr New Zea land colonies." sail Col. McKie yester day. "There is a mistikea impressioa about the Kadirs. They are the most moral and friendly people in the world. For eigners who have observed their habits of life for many years told me that they are a remarkably virtuous people, and drankenness is unknown among them. Their social laws admit of no extenuat ing circumstances ia offenses against morals, and every offense ia punishable with death. "They ail practice polygamy and their kniais are inhabited by the husband, wives, children, fowls and calves, all in glorious confusion. They drink alight kin 1 of beir they make themselves, bat they weald teed to drink niht and day for a month be!""re they wold become intoxicated. "The d an c 1 miarf about Kimberiey play an i;i!rortant part ia the ambition of nearly every claihr youth. As soon as heisabieto work he apprentices him seif for a period of six years to a mining company and receives no pay tiil the ex piration of that rri"i- Then he takes mis waeaau'i puii'iiases as uiiuty ueau ofcattieashe can, and with these pro cures the delight of his heart and the consummation on his ambition a plu rality cf cen.rL-. "Thepri-e of a wife v.iries from six Lead of cattle to f -ity, acvordlng to looks and soci.il sUnng. A king's ilauLter fetches the h.icLesi price, naturally. ""After mar riaue a native does literally nothic but dance, smoke, keep a look oat for a new w,."e as often as his stock will permit him to iaJuige in such luxa-r.e-, and when re-iaired to go on the war path." V-rt ".ici KcamiLfr. How to Live. Leg'tlar living with properly cooker! foo 1 are the bet medicines for averting much of the dyipepsi aci other troubles to wbioh humanity is u! ject Speaking of '.rood i-ock'.c, Robert B. It xseveit, ex ilinister to the Ha.'ue, says: ""It is at the foundation cf all happiness, for there can be none wit.'iout it, and it shoald be taught ia cur puolic schools before even the "three KV." jav tod 1 avs : "I do not mvseif be- .v.... .... i .v.. ofalar- hK'l nB!.s, h l,v nn th ! si:iip!e,-l fuod he can sjet." 15; it Richard A. JLCnr'y dec! ires emphatically ia favor of French cookery. E. B. Ilari-er, presi lent of the Mutual Reserved Fun 1 Assu iation, aay : "The jrcpe! cfo- ri living is the most import ant of all thii.g-3 eartlily." Ir. Talmai-? s.iys : "No maa caa be a Christian if his sromach is oat of order." Henry Wa'd E.?echer, before he had drx-psia ti.nelf, spoke ia a similar stniin, denouncing siciacj as criminal. I'r. Ro'.trt Colly tr said : "I think the A merit an people, take them in all, are I the test livers of an? people ia the worid." Charles A. I'ar.a has just paste l seventy-two ?z: old. When Le was asked sorse til!'? eo how he preserved his youthf :! ir as marveiccsly as he has done. Le replied : "I live well and take rational exercise. I have no hobbles about plain aa 1 simple food, but eat everything I can et that is gocd and tnat I know by experience screes w.th me. Theorlew about entin j are ail nonsense. Experience must sovera every sensible man') selection cf his food." Mr. Dana j is r'j-ht. "Or.e run meat is another man s poison llach fhculd be his own physician, pre scribing for himself such food as he finds contributes most to Lis daily health. Regularity in meals and time ia eating. ! w;ta good cwkin?, are cf coarse, tadis- j .. , "... .. I nrcr ! proper f 'r's whout ; . . , ' r ""'.'. . which co man can Lope to en-joy throogh health. ' as im- Apple Rot. Thocs'a the yield of apples mease throuhcut this section, the pros pers are that the supplies stored away will be verv u.v:h reduced by midwinter bv the now thrtuteriing ro' which is com- j j Paired of by some farmers. win2to I tili3 tendency of g'-ing to destruction, i nurcoers of fruit owners ure tasmg tneir lumbers of fruit on: i s-ip; lies from the bins and having them converted into ci ier. To prevent this rotting of the fruit and to keep it tlrm and solid we ill here uive for the benefit cf th- who are wi. Lrir to test it the piaa ia use in York State, and which has for many years in esery instance ivtn tLemoet s.itlsiactory su Itav(-S' P.ecty dry, ana P' a yer ia a barrel, then carefully place a layer tf apples thereon, then cov er these with a laver of leaves, upon M..h ... n,'lf, hr r.t ar-r.Ua ami soerrntini a t-rsatelT till the barrel ta ne air-maielj t full, the la-it laver btic eaves, ana in ninety nice easts cut era ncn-ire-t ice i fruit will taken out in the spring with j all the ilrixaes which it possewl when ; .... a.-e-l therein, an.i rxr cent, of de- liciccs tlaior thrown ia. Apples caa in this way be ke;,t uutil the 4:ii of July. An Amusing Stata of Affairs. A novel r-y'-v.t is reported from Ten vil, a villjre :n ' ie gis. It came aboat in this way: Sitie diys ago a young beaa boasted that he ccn'.d call oa any girl ia ton at wii!, they were all so anxious ."or his company. The next even ing be was informed by a young Lvly whose comjumy be ha 1 solicittl that she had a previous trgmeat. the ap peared at the entertainment that evening with a fourteen-year-old-toy. Smehow the ret te 1 tea -j-iined the symrathy The "Per Capita" Daiusion. ' The -er eirwa argument has always been favorite) method for sus-ainirj a demand Pr cheap trntey. Such de mands invariably arise when times arw hard, that is, when money is scarce- The cheap money advocates, acting oa the knowledge that a great many people are wishing that they Lad more sacney in their pockets, com forward with the ex planation that the real cause of tha .Valfl c-i""ms . . -''"'"'a.''.''?? r - " e-.rjj a"'Tjiiaa fr-r trSa n-t4 ff rrnai r.-s of the muntry. Thfy pmnf ' olit-r ountties, like England. 1 "Tn,:y ar.d France, saying that they have a much larger per capita cirvulatina than the United Stales, and claim that every body in this ccuntry would have mor money in his pocket if a great additiou of some form of cheap money either irredeemable) paper, or depreciated silver or sab-treasury cotes were made to the currency. The fundamental defect ia the arjn. meat is that it crnfoimIs small circula tion with small d'wtributioo. The trouM.s is not that the circulation is smud, but that so many people fail to get much cf it. If the circulation were to be doubled, or trebled, or qoadropled, what reason is there for believing that the people who have the least at present would have any more ? How wool J they go ta work ta get some of the increase into their pock ets? This, as we said many months a ia one of oar earlier articles ia this cheap money series, is the crucical question ia all scbeara for making money cheap and plentiful. Ho can a man who wants some of it obtain it except he give labor or goods in return for it ? If he have labor or goods to sell, does it make aay difference to him whether the vol ume of currency be large or small ? Is it not always large enough t furnish pay ment for what he has to sell? And if he has anything to sell, would he not rather receive his payment in dear mon ey than ia cheap money? Was ther- ever a man yet who did not desire to be) paid for his wares in the sous-lost aad best money obtainable? Who are this ncea who hope, ia some mysterious tan ner, to get money into their pockets through a great issue of cheap money by the Government ? Are they cot, a! inert invariably, men who have cofi-cg t. j jj ia eiccjui u?-C.,'- A Deserted Piace. "At last wa are alone T' It was the man who spoke. The wooiaa trembled and lilted ber eyes to his face. They were beautiful eyes. Lut they were tremulous eyes eyes which look , oat from a heart which is irresolu'n He stamped with his heavy foot ui'Oa the floor of the room. The echoes brought back in their in visible arms the sound and let it rinple oct again nntil it struck the wails or.ee? more and fell into the vast void of lence. A but distur'oe 1 by the unusiuil act, v ity, darted from a corner aad blindly 'lashed in eccentric convolutions h.ut the dusty building. Great mpes of cobwers hurg down from the ceil'n -, and -cross the corner c' the ceiling de.id flies swung lightly in the hammocks the spiders had fastened there. The dust .'.rose in listles clouds ."""ni I the shock of the heavy f.jotfa!!. and tne snocK ot tue ceavy loot tail, aad wii a?';ia- overcome by its own inert::. Fven the air was resting. The spirit of desolation seemed to I vade ! he place, The woman looked .id npoa her dim surroiindinssan.l shiver d. The maa laughed harshly. "Alone, I said," he growled. - Yen," she murmured. A fiint light struggled in through, the) great windows in front, thick with duet. "Where are we?" see whispered, and shivered as the bat dashed into her hair. "Listen," he replied hoarseiy, -"we are in a store which does not advertise." lMr-ii Frt Prrft. Habits of Great Authors. Tiaso wrote his finest pieces ia the lu cid intervals of madness. Racine composed his verses while walking about, tecitlcg them in a loud voice. Sulby is said to have been able to dic tate to four secretaries at a tiare without dirhoalty. f'nvier never rvi..l w h At he bad once , . -n-i gT, itv, correctness and decision. j 'jj.. of the cpinioB tti4t the verses composed by hinj between the aatumnal aad spring equinoxes were al ways the best. Pope never could declaim well with- . a . .- . - -.: r ...... l , , top of his ' ! nervous sy j UUk Hist LtUl.UJiUg tOK KLUC k...? A. LtlTJ voice, and thus rousirg his tem to its fullest activity. Richeliea amused himself ia the invr- ' vals of his labors with a sqiadron cf j caN, of which be was very find, lie j used to retire at 11, and al'ter sicepic .; : three hours, rise and write vi work. Eentley composed a.'ier piayicir a pre lude on the c.-zaa, cr while 'akitg Lis i " ante-;enUcuu.r or ptt t. ran U .a I waits, tie wona in tae soi.-.u :e oi u.e j Jense forests something more prc'cuml ; 4aj sugsesUve than anything he cculd tinj ;n bocks. C'amolcs ccmpoeed Lis verts with the roar of battle in his ear, for the IVr:-:- i g,2ew Was ! ihc-h. a p a sotiner and a Lrae or-e, , poet A Ministerial Conductor. "We've had some eerie us aiea cn this line." aid a Third avenr rar e;n!'Jrtor '"but I thick about as stranze as any wars one who had formerly been a Method ist minister. How Le caiue to (?-t ca a 'Street CAT 1 lion I CiW, ttH fee I don't know, Lr.t Le wns a i waoiesoiue, noy aw ""- iad Le 1 did his ork weil, though he bad at Ct .....- ,.r ,i .,..'..: t .1 - ' been oa the front platform one da collecting some fares, and when Le got ba:k to the rear platform a pi--ea-er tU bim a maa had got on at li,u.-tou street and was fitting ins.ae. Tue con ductor stood in the doorway aad looked in, but couldn't foe-ate hiui. Then be said with perfect caltaa-: "Will the gentleman who got on at Houston stre please arise?" The gea'leajAn who ic on at Houston street stood up like a utn aad paid his fare." -V. 1". . The Cause of Rheumatism. An acid which exists in soar milk ar. l eider, called Lictic acid, is believed by physicians to be the cause cf rheumatism. Accnmalating in the blood, it attacks the fibroos tissues la the joints, and canoes agoniaing pains. What s needed hi remeiy to neutralize the acid, and ti so invigarate the kidneys aad liter that ail waste will be carried 0.7. Hood's Sarsapariila in heartily ler-ommended Ly naany whom it has cured of rlwiaiitisai . It possesses j-ast the desired qualities, aad so tLroh!y par ses the blood aa to prevent occurrence of rheumatic al tacts. We sugjjest a trial of Hood SATSttparillA by all who suJer from rheaxaiisro. I 5 D. a