' Modern Samaritans.
It as eort of impromptu indina
tiou noting held jast after breakfast.
The laa.UaJy said that the way the child
nert door was abused was ft shame, and
the contractors wife said it was nothing
less than crime.
The shipping clerk said that be belief
ed that the baby had been crying steady
Ur sis hours and the landlady aaid that
it had cried more or less the day ueiore,
tx.
wH said that she was
sure its mother whipped it, and that if
1 i i ...
she were odIv a man she woma uac
stopped, even if she had to Ko to the po
lice. . ,
Tu big, gruff contractor straightened
Linilf up, and said he would go in next
i r and see what he could da
Tne chipping clerk volunteered to ac
company him, and the little dry goods
fs'. naa saMbe was in for any move
ment that would stop that crying- The
cashier said that cruelty to children was
tbe one thing thai actually made him
want to strike ft woman. He had noticed
the way that baby bad been treated for
some time.
The four men sallied forth, and the
landlady, the contractors wife ftnd the
cashiers wife watched them from tbe
bar window. They climbed the sleps
ran? the 111, and ft moment later enter
ed the house. Three minutes afterward
the cashier came out and hurried off
down the street, and the women exclaim
ed, siuiultaneoubly :
" He' s going fjr a policeman.'
Then the shipping clerk appeared, and
Lurried after the cashier.
It was fully fifteen minutes before the
contractor appeared, followed by the dry
poods salesman. The former was wiping
his forehead with Lis handkerchief as he
climbed the steps of the boarding house
tigain. He was met at the door by the
three women.
" What did she say ?" asked his wife.
" he said she was glad to see us," he
said, in Lis gniff way.
"The Lraen thing!" exclaimed tLe
three women.
" Stop that '." he said, sharply. " We
told her we were neighbors, and she said
it was kind of us to come in."
Oh 1 Oh !" chorused the women.
" .""top it, I tell yon, he exclaimed. "She
Lad the baby in her arms, and there
were dark rings under her eea. She said
the baby was sick, an 1 she didn't dare
leave it to go down cellar to '.he ice chest,
because there was no one elue in the
Louso."
"And what did you do?" the landlady
I went down cellar and got some cold
meat. She ha in't had any breakfast."
"And J brought up the milk," put in
the salesman, "and tieorpe ran for the
dactor and Harry wvnt to the drugstore."
" h, dear!" said the landlady. " The
rxr thing' Where's her husband T'
" He dMrj't come Lome last night,"
Siid the contractor, scowling. " Some
times he forgets, it seems."
" And w hat are you going to do ?" ask
el the cashier's w ife.
" I know what one woman is goine to
do," be s. id," looking in the direction of
bis wife.
"Yes, John;" she said, "I'm going
right over." .
" And I know what another woman is
going to do," a lded the landlady, picking
up a shawl. " She's going to offer to get
np suir.etbine hot for mother and baby.
Th. tr kitchen fire must be out."
"And another's going over just to see
what she can do," put in the cashiers
wife.
Then, as they started, one of them
called out: "How a'Hut the husband?
Hadn't some one better "
" 1 can lick him," interrupted the lit
tle dry goods salesman, "and if I ever
meet him, I will'" Oiiovjo Tribune
Happy Hooslers.
VTra. Timmons, Postmaster of Idaville,
Ind., write: "Electric Bitters has done
more for me than all other medicines com
bined, for that bad feeling arising fron
Kidnev and Liver trouble." John Leslie,
farmer and stock man, of same place,eays:
"Find Electric Hitters to be the best Kid
ney and Liver medicine, made me feel
like ft man." J. V. Gardner hardware
merchant, same town, says ; Electric Bit
ters is just the thing for ft man who is all
run down and don't care whether he lives
or dies ; he found new strength, good
appetite and felt just like he had a new
lease on life.
Trial bottles free at J. X. Snyder's,
I rug Store.
A Crip Germ.
New York JI,ral-l: The Health Depart
ment yesterday registered thirteen victims
of the grip, six of them being men and
seven women.
Ir. Rjbert L. Watkin asserts that Le
l.a-, by the aid of micro-flashlight,
obtained negatives of the gripgerm after
it has been assimilated wilii the blood
through the mucous membrane of the
nisal organs. He attaches great impor
tance to this discevery.
According t. l'r. Watkins, the "grip''
perm ma- photographed under the power
of magnifying glasses of I.txx magnitude,
the flashlight having the brilliancy of the
ordinary ineanJes.-ent light. The germ
as seen through the lens is while. The
sides and fibrous surface were covered
with tine Lairs so line they could hardly
be observed in the original micro
j.hotraph. The germ body ?emed to be undergo
ing constant changes, and in the mean
time to rotate rapidly among the adjacent
health v blood corpuscles. The successful
examination of the germ, under the
microijopj, aided by the flashlight
proved conclusively, it is said, that the
germ attacks nitbir the mucous mem
brane, as in tsfiuenz, and that the pain
experienoed in the various stages of the
disease is caused by the wonderful activi
ty cf its micuto body.
A Hard Fight.
The combined forces of the weather
uurii:g the winter season areexertedto
der.v health. Coughs and Colds attack
4V,w hicb, if ntglected, reult in Pneu
monia and Consumption; these diseases
'ia'!y result seriously. Send for Pan
Tina, the great Cough and Consumption
Cure, and save doctor bills.
Pan-Tina costs -5 cents
I5en ford's Drug Store.
ftt. G. W.
All Happened on Friday.
i'ec'iaratioa cf f Bdependence was sign
ed on Friday.
Washington was bora on Friday.
jneen Victoria was married en Friday.
America was discovered on Friday.
Majijwer landed on Friday.
Joan of Arc was burned at the stake
on Friday.
i'-a'.tie of Water loo was fought on Fri
day. j:iie was Lamed on Friday.
P.atiie vf Uarecg was fought on Fri
dav. Jul "his C- sar was asasinated on Fri
day. Moscow was burned oc Friday,
Shaktspeare wa born on Friday.
King ( harks I. was beheaded on Fri
vlav. lU'tS of Xer U.'eans was ought on
The Great Canon of the Colrado.
I Lave spoke of the Grand Canon of
the Colorodo as ft gorge in which all
other famous gorges could be lost ime
of yon have ridden through the "Grand
Canon of tbe Arkansas." on tbe I-nver
and Rio Grande Eailvay in Colorado,
and many more have seen the White
Mountain Notch and the ranconia Xott-b
in Xew Hampshire. All three are very
beautiful and noble; but if any one of
them were duplicated in the wall of the
Grand Canon of the Colorado, and you
were looking from the opposite brink of
that stupendous chasm yon would Lave
to have your attention called to "tho
scrtches" on the other side before you
would notice the in at bit. If you were
to take the tallest mountain east of the
Rockies, dig down around its base two
or three thousand feet, so as to get to the
sea-level (from which its height is meas
ured ). uproot the w hole giant mass, and
pitch it into the deepest part of the Grand
Canon of the Co! rado, its granite top
would not reach up to the dizzy crests of
the cliff which hem the awful bed of
that great river. If yoa were on the
stream, and New York's noble statue of
LiWrty Enlightening the World were
upon the cliff, it would look to you like
the tiniest of dolls ; and if it were across
the canon off from you, you w ould need
a strong glass to see it t all !
The Grand Canon lies mainly in Ari
zona, though it touches also Utah, Ne
vada and California. With its w indings
it is nearly seven hundred miles long;
and in many placet it is over a mile and
a quarter deep. The width of this un
paralleled chasm at the top is from eight
to tenly miles; and looked down upon
from above, ft river larger than the Hud
son, nd five times as long, lcc.ks like ft
silver thread. The Yosemite and the
Yellowstone, wonderful 'as they are in
their precipices, and the world outside
os A merica cannot match those wonder
ful valleys, are babies beside this peer
less gorge. As Charles Dudty Warner
has said: "There is nothing else on
earth to approach it." St. .Y.V Wi,
Nothing Succeeds Like
Success.
It can be said without fear of contradic
tion that no medicine Las had great r
success in curing Coughs, Colds, Hoarse
ness and Consumption than Pan-Tina.
This celebrated remedy stops coughing,
600thesthe throat and lungs, and induces
good night's rest Hundreds can testify
to the remarkable and life-saving virtues
of this great remedy. It costs only 'Joe.
Trial bottles free t G. W. Benforu's
Drug Store.
The Leather of the Egyptians.
The ancient Egyptians were skilled in
the art of tannics leather, and manufac
tured it in various ways and for various
purposes, beside that of furnishing cov
ering for the feet. Indeed, it is to thee
buil.'ers of the pyramids that we are in
debted for the first artistic forms of foot
wear, and bo far as can be ascertained
from history and the researches of arch-
jeologists, the Egyptians were the first
shoemakers who were worthy of ti e
name.
It is a fact, too, that tanners of to-day
employ very much the same methods as
did the ancients. Ab ut the same mate
rials are ued, and the same processes are
almost precisely similar to those in use
hundreds of years ago. It is true that
tanners of the present day have found
means of greatly shortening the time re
quired to convert a hide into leather, and
that steam power and modern machin
ery bavs done much to expedite and to
improve .the processes of finishing the
leather ; but, after all, tbe principles ol
tannins remain the same as "thev have
been from the first. A'. 1. Adveiiivt;
Confidence!
Yes, public confidence, that's the key
note of our successful advertising. The
day for fooling tbe public is pas', and we
wouldn't do it if we could. Consumers
are never "fooled" wbej they buy Klein's
celebrated "Silver Age" or Duquesne
Eyes." These famous brands of absolutely
pure whisky are now known and sold
everywhere from the Atlantic to the
Pacific slope. Every day swells the long
list of customers. Why? Because the
whiskies named stand solely on their
merits. Leading physicians ail over the
land indorse and prescribe them pretty
conclusive evidence that the goods are
just as represented the purest and best
obtainable. A poor whisky is never
cheap, bat always injurious. You take
no chances in ordering "Silver Age" or
' Duquesne," which sell respectively at
f 1.50 and 51 "5 per full quart Packages
expressed anywhere. Max Klein, No.
S2 Federal street, Allegheny City, Fa.
Bob Ingersoll's Christmas.
The good part of Christmas is not al
ways Christian it is generally pagan ;
that is to 6ay, human, natural. Chris
tianity did not come with the tidings of
great joy, but with a message of eternal
grief. It came w ith the threat of ever
lasting torment on its lips. It meant war
on eaiih and perdition hereafter.
It taught someood things the beauty
of love, and kindness to man. J'.ut as
torch bearer as a bringer of joy, it has
been failure. It has given infinite con
sequences to finite beings, crushing the
soul with ft responsibility too great fr
mortals to bear. It has filled the future
with fear and flame and made God the
keeper of an eternal penitentiary, destin
ed to ne the hom of nearly all the sons
of men. Not satisfied with that, it has
deprived God of tLe pardoning power.
And yet it may have done some good by
borrowing from the pagan world tbe old
festival called Christmas.
Long before Christ was born the sun
god triumphed over the powers of dark
ness. About the time that we call Christ
mas the days begin perceptibly to length
en. Our barbarian ancestors were wor
shippers of tne sun, and they celebrated
his victory over the hosts of night Such
ft festival was natural god beautiful. The
most natural of ad religious is the wor
ship of the sun. Christianity adopted
this festival. It borrowed from the pa
gans the best it has.
I believe in Christmas and in every
day that has been set apart for j jy. We,
in America, have too much work and
not enough play. We are too much like
the English.
I think it was Heinrich Heine who
said Le thought blaspheming French
man was ft more pleasing Bight to God
than ft praying Englishman. We take
our joys too sadly. lam in favor of all
the good free days the more the better.
Christmas is a good day to forgive and
forget, a good day to throw away preju
dices and hatreds, a good day to fill your
heart and your botitr aod the hearts and
housed of others with sunshine. .V. Lou
it It public.
A Better Plan.
Rasper "This talk about Dryenforth
ftod his rain-making machine makes me
ired. I have ft scheme that knocks it
ail hollow."
Sawyer" What is it?"
Rasper" I just es,ve my umbrella ftt
Jwaie."
The Whistling CIrl.
Charles Dudhy Warnei inHirprr'u
The whistling girl does not commonly
come to bad end. finite s often as ny
other girl 6Le learns to whistle a cradle
s -ng, low and sweet and charming, to the
young v iter in tbe cradle. She is ft girl
of spirit of independence of character, of
dash and flavor; and as to lips, why, yoa
must have some sort of presentable lips
to whistle; thin ones will not Tbe
whistling girl does net come to ft bad end
at ail ( if marnge is still considered
good occupation except a cloud may be
thrown opon her exuberant young life
by this rascally proverb. Even if she
walks the lone road of life, she has this
advantage, that she can whistle to keep
her courage up. B-Jt in a larger ssnw,
one that this practical age can under
stand, it is not true that the whistling
girl comes to a ba I en-L Whistltng pays.
It has brought her money ; it has blown
her name about the listening world.
Scarcely has ft mn-whistlinj woman
been more famous. She has Bet aside the
adage. She has done so much toward
the emancipation of her sex from the
prejudice created by an ill-natured prov
erb which never had root in fact
But has the whistling woman come to
stay ? Is it well for women to whistle?
Are the majority of women likely to be
w histlers? These are serious questions,
not to be taken up In s light manner ftt
the end of a grave paper. Will woman
ever learn to throw a stone? There it is.
Ttie future is inscrutable. We only
know that whereas they did not whistle
with approval, now they do; the preju
dice of generations gradually melts away.
And woman's destiny is not linked with
thut of the hen, nor to be controlled by
a proverb perhaps not by anything.
Merit Wins.
we desire to say to our citizens, that for
years we have been selling Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption, Dr.
Kind's New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica
Salve and Electric Bitters, and never had
remedies that sell as well, or that have
jji ven such uni versal satisfaction. We do
not hesitate to guarantee them every
time, and we stand ready to refund tbe
purchase price, if satisfactory results do
not follow their use. These remedies
have won their great popularity purely on
their merits. J. N. Snyder's Druggists
Federal Naturalization Laws.
We clip the following summary of the
Foierul Naturjlizition las from the
New York rravi :
First I'tie application for citizenship
must appear before court of record two
v ears at least before his admission and
swear that it is his intention to become
an American citizen, at the same time
abjuring all allegiance to any foreign
State.
Second. After residence of five years
in the country and one year in the State
and proof of good moral character, he
may be admitted to citizenship.
Third. One who has lived here for
three years proceeding the attainment of
hi majority may, by making subsequent
declaration of citzenship, be admitted to
full citiz-mhip, two years after such dec
laration. Fourth. All persons born citizens of
the United States, at home or abroad,
preserve their citizenship, provided, ho
ever, that the rights of citizenship shall
not descend to person whose fathtrs
never lived in the United States.
Fifth. A properly discharged sailor or
soldier of the United States Army or
Navy on proving residence of one year
w ithin the United States and good moral
character can be admitted to citizenship.
Sixth. No State shall abridge the
privilege or immunities of citizeus of
the United States.
Seventh Persons violating the natur
alization laws by perjury or false person
ation are liable to a maximum punish
ment of five years' imprisonment and
folk) fine.
Eighth Expatriation is tbe inherent
rittht of ail men.
La Grippe Again.'
Durine the epidemic of La Grippe last
season Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumpti n, tonghs and Colds, proveu
to lie the best remedy. Reports from tbe
many w ho me it confirm this statement
They were not only quickly relieved, but
the disease left no bad after results. We
ask you to give this remedy ft trial and
we guarantee that you will be satisfied
with results, oi the purchase price will be
refunded. It has no equal in La Grippe
or any Throat, Chest or Lung trouble.
Trial bottles free at J. N. Snyder's
Drug Store.
Carlise on Silver.
Senator Carlisle has given voice to ft
strong and impassioned argument against
any action on the silver coinage question
in Congret, although he is perfectly
aware that the free silver members of
his party are in absolute control of the
House, have the Coinage Committee
packed with free silver coicage advocates
and propose to make that a party issue
in S'i2 of equal or paramount promi
nence with the tariff. The Senator is
crying in the wilderness. His argument
that his party is divided on tbe silver
comaire i-ue is in part irue, ami nis as
sertion ttiat no States can be gained to
Democracy by taking free silver coin
age position, is truer. He is also sound
w hen he pronounces the present law is
infinitely superior to free coinage of
Americau eilver, which would sot en
hance tbe price of that metal, but would
take away from the government and give
to the siver producers the difference be
tween the market price of bullion and
the coinage rate. But the great majority
of Democrats in and out of Congress are
set on trying to carry the country on the
free silver coinage issue, and Senator
Carlisle might as well try to talk down f
cyclone as to attempt to change their pur
pose. .V. 1". Pro.
I have beenagreat sufferer from cattarrh
for over ten years ; had it very bad, could
hardly breathe. Some nights I could not
leeo and had to walk the floor. I pur
chased Ely's Cream Balm and am nsiny
it freely, it is working cure surely. 1
have advised several friends to use it, and
with happy results in every esse. It i
the medicine above all others for catarrh,
and it is worth its weight in gold. I thank
God I have found a remedy I can use
with safety and that does all that i
claimed for it. It is curing my deafness
B. W. Sperry, IlarifcJj, Coco,
Political Sense.
Fnra lhc tx-U-uit Free lies.
Politickle wimmia a'nt good for motel
else.
I reckon thar would be more morre
in politicks ef tbar was more demand foi
them.
Money is a power in politicks, but thai
jrould be politicks if thr wasent n.
money.
Party leaders coulden't do much if i
wasen't for the wheel horses to do thf
pub in.
To purify
Your blood
Jilt Hood s Sarsijjftrilla,
tISo
The coming Tprmtan
can be healthy. She will bo,
if she's wisely cared for. As
she enters womanhood. Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription
builds up and strengthens the
system and regulates and pro
motes the functions. It's a
supporting tonic, and a quiet
ing, strengthening nervine. It
corrects and cures all those
delicate derangements and
weaknesses peculiar to the
sex. In every case for which
it's recommended, the " Favor
ite Prescription" is guaranteed
to give satisfaction. If there's
no help, there's no pay. It
does all that's claimed 'for it,
or the money is refunded.
It's a risky way to sell it
but it isn't your risk.
f ajlns iBouT Tiimrrr.
STORIES ABOUT LIFE IN AN AL
MOST unknown country.
A S-ctio of Middla Asia That Ma. At
tract.! Many Able C hlnrw siory Trll
r. Sam ReBnarkabl A ri-omit if
Flmufe Oning In C1iinM Writing.
A curions collection of facts rp.-c-;-
)ng Thibet, as representril hy vari
ous Chinese authors and travelers, lia
been made by Mr. Wnodvillt? Ibx-khill,
who has himself explored that iny.-ti-ri-
ons connrrv of middle Asia.
On Xew Year's day at the capital city.
Lh'ara, there begins a season of festivity.
One of the entertainments is railed tin
"Spectacle of the Flying Spirits." Tim
performers stretch an enormously lari
rope made of hide all the way from the
top to tbe bottom of Mount Potala; t'ur-n
they fasten grooved blocks if wood to
their chests and sail down tho line liku
so m.mv swallows. ri top of this saint?
monntain dwells the popt t the Iiiidd
hist religion, who is called the tale l.uua.
He is also the incarnation of th gcl
which chiefly protects mankind.
On the 30tb of the month there is an
other great sport when the kin of th
devils is driven away. A prie..t is chosen
to play the part of the tale hima. and
lavman, selected for his wit and activity.
takes the role of the demon. The latter
smears his face with block and whim
paint, and goes before the pretonded tain
lama for the purpose of mocking him.
The two have n argnment on religion,
the issue of which is finally refemil by
mutual agreement to a cast of dice.
These dice are very big ones, alxmt
the size of apples, bnt the poor fiend h.-m
no show at all in the gamble, for his di
is blank on every sid, while tiie l.nna'
has the highest nntnlT on each of its
faces. In Thiiet, as in !liritian rnnn-
trie. it is always l.w.biMe to defrand
the deviL
Being beaten. th kins: ff devil.-- U
frightened and runs a v.-ay, with nil the
people after him, firing Knnsand i-annnn,
so that he is obliged to bid( nt lrnp-fh in
ft hole in the mountain, where provisions
have previously leen plnred to feed him
for s few days whilo lie remains in con
cealment There are nearly ns jn.iny
demons in Thibet as there lire human
inhabitants, and the priests or "lamas"
ftre kept very busy exorcising th-m, -cause
otherwise they would swann every
where and do no end of mischief.
POWTB OF TDK PHIF-STS.
If any one is sick or annoyed in any
way the devils are resjionKible, nnd the
only sensible thins; is to e;o ana lure a
priest" to frighten them off. For this
purpose the lama reads aloud from the
sacred writings, blows ;i horn tnado
from a human thigh bone, beats a drum
manufactured ont of two human s-kulls,
rings s bell and tells over a rosary of
disk shaped beads cnt out of hnmau
skulls.
The lamas also do a large bnsines.s iii
fortune telling. Sometimes they ascer
tain the fates with barleycorns: at
others they bnrn sheep bones for the
same purpose or gaze into bowls of
water.
According to one author there is a
very astonishing curiosity in Thibet in
the shape of ft plant that flies. It re
sembles a dog in shape, is tbe color of a
tortoise shell and is very tame. If lions
or elephants see it they are frightened,
"hence it is the king of beasts."' There
s a kind of black donkey which can
cope in fight with the tiger. On the icy
)ieaks of the Himalayas, says this imagi
native writer, there is a "snow maggot,"
resembling the silkworm in appearance
and weighing nearly a pound. It is ex
cellent to eat, but too much of it will
fiake one bleed at the nos
Seventy li from Lh'usa is a convent on
top of a hill, and a great hole full ( f
white clay that is good to eat. As fa.-t
as the clay is eaten more takes its place.
Behind the convent is a largo lake, and
evildoers who go near always tumble
into it Tlio Thibetans used to cist
Buddhas in copper, and the smaller they
were tbe more they were worth.
POLITENESS IX TII1BF.T.
Chinese philosophers say that manners
differ every hundred li of distance, and
customs are no longer the f.-iiuo every
thousand li. Thus the ways of the
Thibetans vary, but in most parts it is
usual for a woman going to see a priest
to smear ber face with molasses. If
this is not done it is said that she is try
ing to captivate the lama by her comeli
ness an nnpardonable crime. A sign
of politeness on meeting a person is to
bold up the clasped bands and stick ont
the tongue. When a man dies one-half
of his property goes to charity nnd thy
Other half to the lamas. His family
gets nothing.
One of the writers quoted onserves
that in case of death the corpse is tied
np with the head between the knees,
and suspended in a rawhide bag from
the rafters. A few days later it is takeu
to the corpse cutter's place, where it is
tied to post The flesh is then cut off
and given to dogs and the bones crushed
in a stone mortar and made up with
grain into balls, which are also thrown
to dogs and vultures. Both these meth
ods of burial are considered highly de
sirable. For small rui&domeaoors men sin
women are stripped nd beaten in tin
market place. Great criminals are
bound with ropes and whipped with raw -hide
lashes. If this does not persuadti
them to avow their giiiit boiling butter
is poured on their chests. Suppusing
that they till protest their innocence,
thev are suffocated with water or int
ers are driven under their nails. Wash
ington Star.
Machinery Has Affected Mi Shormakrr
A man called a shoemaker thirty years
ago made shoes; today, except in rarv
cases, he makes only a part of a rhoe as
he labors ia some factory guiding one or
the other of the numerous labor saving
machines, and is kuown ns a beater,
binder, eye'eter, heeler, laj.t.T, poggf-r,
stitcher, trimmer, filler, cntter or urease..
What is true tt the then-making trade is
true of other trades. St. Loui Benub-
THOUSANDS OF VOLTS.
STARTLING EFFECTS OF SOME HIGH
TENSION CURRENTS.
Electricity at Pressure That I Simply
Wonderful What May Ba Don witk a
Current of 43,000 Volta Can Hardly Ba
Imagined Remarkable Sichta.
Several testa have been made with
alternating currents of electricity at very
hiKh pressures. As only l.JO volts were
needed to kill the condemned murderers
in Sing Sing prison, the effect of 43,000
and 4,(H0 volu on animate and inan
imate objects caa hardly be imagined.
The difficulty of insulating the enormous
force is very serious, as an arc will flash
across fonr or five inches of space be
tween the electrodes, aud hih tension
currents have not been used much. The
current for the lights and power at tne
electro-technical exhibition at Frank-
fort-on-t he-Main was transmitted from
Lauffen, where it was generated by
water iower, at a pressure of 16.0(h)
volts. After the close of the exhibition
exierimenU were made with the wire
nn l insulators at high pressures, and
they were among tbe most interesting of
the electrical experiments.
The distance between the cities is
about VJS miles, and the wire, one-
eiu'hth of an inch in diameter, weighed
ISi.dJO pounds. The insulators were
able to preserve the intensity of the cur
rent Each was composed of three sec
tions. The porcelain top was flat, with
a deep groove fur the wire. L nderneatl
was a saucer shaped re-eptacle, nnd be
neath thr.t were two more, one of larger
breadth and depth than the other, and
all were tilled with oil. Tne binding
wires ran through the oil. which is
good iiuncondnptor. At Frankfort
commutator changed the alternating
ennvnt to a continuous current for light
and jiower. In the experiments the
pre-ure was increased to 20,)00, 40,000
and 43,W0 volts.
Beyond 27,000 volts the porcelain in
sulators were punctured frequently. In
producing au arc between two carbons
at 40.0 volts a plate of glass was
pierced very quickly. At 48,000 volts
the intensity was so great that the light
was not so brilliant as it was at 20,000
volts. It is lielieved that 50,000 volts
can le reached with conductors pro
tected from the effects of weather.
cnciiEXTS OP 40,000 VOLTS.
Almost at the same time the Siemens
Bros., of London, were experimenting
with high tens-on current, having had
at tne .Naval cxuibition an apparatus
capable of delivering a current at a pres
sure of 4o,000 volts. This description of
a private exhibition of the apparatus
with 40,000 volts is from Engineering:
"On a tiule was au electrode some
three inches ia length, connected to one
terminal of a transformer. Over it was
mounted a large sheet cf ghits three mil
limeters thick, and above the glass wa3
a second electrode terminating in a sharp
point, tho distance betweeu the elec
trodes lieing three centimeters. When
the current was turned on to the primary
coil of tho transformer there first ap
peared a purple haze at the upper elec
trode streaming toward the glass. As
the current increased this haze grew in
fullness and definition, and began to
throw out feelers, which darted outward
and as quickly withdrew. As the elec
tromotive force augmented still further,
these feelers gathered power until they
hc.-it them selves on the glass as if they
Would force themselves through it in
their mad dire to roach the other elec
trode. The whole space below the point
ed conductor became alive with them,
a?:d exiiibit'-d a mass of leaping, crack
ling threads of purple Cre, which writhed
and twisted in impotent attempts to
burt throngh the barrier, and failing
t!iaf , spread tnemsel ves along its surface,
endeavoring to rnsh over its edge?, and
so reach tiieir goal by a circuitous route.
"Hut this was beyond their strength
nr.td the electro-motive force approached
4o,oi) volt.-, when suddenly the entire
appearance was changed. The current
overleaped the edges of the plate and
Cowed completely around it in all di
rections. .At that moment the intense
purple color of the spark disappeared,
and was replaced by white light of thi
greatest brilliancy, which glistened and
flashed until the spectators had to turn
away their liedazzled gaze.
miMAIUCABtn EXPERIMENTS.
"A chimge in the arrangement was
t'nt-n made. The tipper iioinU-d electrode
was replaced by a brass disk, three
inches in diameter. This was laid over
the surface cf the glass plate with three
very thin washers of vulcanite, inter
vening between the two. The current
was then turned on ia the same gradual
manner as before. The' space letween
the two disks immediately fiiled with
purple light, which had sufficient motion
in it to recall the flame of a Bunsen
burner, spread ont under tile bottom of
a leaker. Sparks then began to appear
nt The edg. and, as they gathered
strength, to radiate a little beyond thein.
(jradualiy they lieeauiH streamers,
Kt retching out along the surface of the
plate ia enrved. fanciful forms which
twined and twisted and weaved them
i elves into a gli.-tecing filagree, compared
by an imaginative spectator to an a?o
nizl Japanese chrysanthemum.
"This experiment had not the brilliant
refulgence of 1 lie one that preceded it,
l.nt was characterized by a quivering
irradiation which wreathed and tossed
like a bird beating itself at the bars of
its cage. In spite of its less, formidable
appearance, however, it proved destruc
tive to the glass, which presently flew
in pieces with a crash. Several sheets
were tried ia succession, but each was
pierced and broken and allowed the cur
rent to attain its object of flowing di
rectly from one electrode to the other."
lu experimenting with an arc at 44,000
volts the arc established itstlf when the
"lectroles were five inches apart, r-nt the
flames, instead of bridging the space,
spread out i:i two tiiin tongues at right
angles to the electrodes nnd parallel to
Mcli other. Wiieu the electrodes were
mMiel nearer together the flames ran-aer-d
li.-ick along th stems, repellinj
p ich other. Xew York Times.
t
v- bz paid for a recipe enabling
us to mak2 olff s Acme Black
ing at such a price that the retailer
caa profitably sell itat iocabottle.
At present the retail price is 20c.
TV'
parti;
r T-r i open cntH January ist.,
1 i-i-'cs the uiulcriDcd.
For
Aotr. Pi.ackiss is made of pure alcohol,
oi'i.r li.juij orcssings ore made cf water.
VV.it --r coit nothing. A'coliol is dear. Who
an sho-.r i:s her to nuke it without alcohol
.- th.it irecan nuke Acme Blacking as cheap
s w.-.tM- dre-sinj, or put it in fancy pack
ers like mry of the water tlrcssinjrs, and
'i .n charf ,r tin outside appearance in--un
! of charging fjr ths contents of ths
ooti'e
vTOLFP 4 EAKDOLPE, Philadelphia.
K-RON
is tne nntr.e of a paint of which a 25c bottle
ts enough tama'.s'T scratched end dulled
cli Try ilairt l-ok like newly fini hed ma.
h-ij:r.p.i.-s. It w ill do m.-.nv ether remarkLle
'i!i;i L':s r.o cth; r paint van oa.
Ail retailers seil it.
ier.r?3 nsnerlcaa
Agency for
"V vi THADE MARICS,
rrTf"' COPYRICMTS, etc
Yt In ..rra-.tioo f frr FUndbook wrlto t.
MINN C( at.i kkaiwat. t Vohic.
Oiuw l.iin-,u ir urnt MUuu in America.
.t punit takm otii I'f as u bnniabt br.rB
iLe mi dL bj a outioe eircn tree of charge In li.
ciratific amcricin
v.)rm. .t,.tlJlT Unftrai1. 0 inicilirait
" - 2, "8 witiwnt f. H'rrltT, 3.00
jr: i V) ,., n.tb. Aitln. XVXX & CC'
-' Eroeuwt.Acw I' oil
til nnn
& w
SMS
Zira
JV ' XV window, striking a fence. 1 found him using
"ALL RIGHTI ST. JACOBS OIL DID IT."
: V
Taeg Fills core. au lue evils artl iruu
Indigestion, and Inactivity cf ths
Liver, Kidneys and Bowels,
and rattom tb system to natural bralth ami rtgoc
. Thrjr will
PURIFY
THE
BLOOD
CURE Rheumatism,
Nervousness,
Neuralgia,
and all dlnfaaci arfetn from a dor
iwuit condition of toe dleativ
and excretory organs.
IM 5V. dct bos. 5 for $1.00.
prepawdbr HERB MEDICINE CO.. Weston, W. Va.
i -an afi mi ini ii
THE POSITIVE CURE.
J XLY BKOTUER3. M Vum 6x.NTork. IMce WrtaWit-
CONDENSED TIME TABLES.
Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad.
Somerset
and Cambria
NORTHWARD.
Branch
MnMcm Unit ,-,.rro.Rxkr,.l 5:30 a. m ,
SimcrM.-! 5 i-'. Moyesiown ui-1, Hooverr..lr
UU. Jobnttown, l i
Mwimn MH Eri". nook wood a m..
rinitrH 11:. -uyton lJ:Jii, iltsjVirvaic
U:7. JoLnstotrn 1:".J p. in.
Ajmril ArriMt"u"tif Rockwood 5'10 p m ,
bunierwt t,M p. m.
.Swiifa J-wmitiK.i'uf'.'tfa Rockwood 11:35 a m.
tiuinerbet, lhs.
SOUTHWARD.
M-xil Jht mown 7 1 .. m., Hof.vcrTi".l; :3t.
S'livtstown e:w, t?otucr-l !;.H, Kw kaowl
rjpr-Jhntown 3:30 p.m.. Jlcovervvillf 4.1
Rirea:oa 4:oU, somerutt iM. Kix-kwood
i Stirct :! P m..
an'.'iv A'WwHft'tti" -Soraerset
Kuckaood i- j p. m.
.:i I p. m..
t EX NS Y LV A N I A K A I I.HO A I)
DISTXCE AND FARE
lohnstownto Alioona t-' i 1 1"
" Harris urf 6 11
- lMnla.tf ijiiia. s
- - B:a:r,villo luL --'I';
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" H!liin ire "-''''! i 1
WaniiiKton . '2'j1 ' '-'
Ct N HKNfKD WIIKIU'I-E.
Trains arrirs anl ik-a.-t fmm liic slatioa at
tofciii-luwii aalultiM :
WE-TWARD.
ys!er Fjfrrw..-.. 3.1 a. m
t"iern txp:- i a m
IuIiii-Iiiao Aororrraiwiatioii m 7 l . m.
trxprv! .. :.-..a.m
cirl Fnpr v xi a m
av l'asKiiK' r . .. Sx'p m
4ail .Vlr; p. iii
Jiruirttown Kxpro v-Ji p. m
att Line.. SUJ p. ni.
EA-T AHD.
ttlantir Fij-rw VV. a. m.
ashore Kxrr. .vwi. a.
larii-burc A':tiaiiuu.lali u :"-'4 a. m.
r Ki. h M.r-a. m.
. loniia ExprM l-"'"' P-
tail ttrt . j II P- m
orinsuian ACftwrim.lal:oii 7 " p. m.
Inla1rlbta rjire ... 7 I p. in.
l Liiie lu M p. m.
It is to Your Interest
to bcy Yora
Drugs and Medicines
jOHN H. SRYDEB.
SrCCKMOB TO
Biesecker k Snyder.
None but tbe purest and best kept in stock.
and when Drugs become inert by stand
ing, as certa'n of them do, we de
troy them, rather than im
pose on our customers
You can depend on having yoni
PRESCRIPTIONS k FAMILY RECEIPTS
filled with care. Our prii are as low
any other flrtkue hme and on
many articles much lower
The people of this county seem to knua
this, and have given us a la rye share of then
patronage, and we shall stUl cominne tirir
them the very ber4 goods for their money
Do not fcrzet that we make a menalfi
FITTIXO TRUSSES.
We guarantee satUfactiun, and, if you have
had trouble in this direction,
give us a call.
SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES
in great variety; A full set of Test Lenses,
Come in and have your eyes examined N.
charie tor examination, and we areronfirterv
we ran uit yo'i. fVirae and . n
Respectfully.
JOHN N. SNYDER.
1ryD
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Di'GFiENT CCNa'KFTIOH, KEY-FF.'ER.
ASTHMA. ETC Crcufera Free DY
PETER YOGEIi. Somerset.
P'ttseurph
tNSEKV1
Fsmma rnllaoa r M
TflKY 1iV nir'li ptt.KM w
a tarhr nurpanrd dTaut Suprrinr
bomr vnnffni. and car. 3(h urar nrxiu s,pc
1. (rnd far catal.pi to t ho Pmt-trnt.
Juljvini. a. IL :0CKue, 0. D.
fill
urn.
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DAT".
Lawrence, Kaxs., Auz- 9, iSSS.
He usee! it freely ell over his bruises. I saw j
him next morning at work. All the blue spots
rapidly disappeared, loavine nether pa'n.J
scarnorswciling. C. K. NELMAN.N, M. D.
tl'LHiXY VKl.TAiSLt.)
A POSITIVE CURE FOR
SICK HEADACHE.
Hekb VEnirT'C On.
1 iavk- ptetwur tn cfrtrfiitig
tht CIM IduHTMNH ft.UavTA-
bi.k Livfc Pill Ih
r-Airty for Skt. Ilr.lvt aavl
idiitouanrfl fuaU 1 vr inrO.
T. A. Rc.fal.lt,
Topcka. Kas,
For tUe by &11 Drais: and doaleri la mUci&fc
Xothin? On Earth
Sheri(lans Condition Towder!
KEEPS YOUR CHICKENS
Strong and Healthy ; Prevents ail DiseM
Good for Jf fruiting 11ms,
It t ahstottifrr nnv. fliirtiW tymfrtilmt1. Inw
fMI, fc-nd X ttk lJf Tf :. riwp. on CUaAvttaCT.
f ou ran t set II -wild Co n.
We ma, n:x.o-a:' riv-1 A I 4 t(-tvnSI-A SI
j fti:- frw :Th .! 'rtr:- nr (in.f. SaUitpa cup)
Of I HE f.i-T tt LTXI T r -. Jt -"!: 1 r"V.
FOUTZ'S
HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS
rouTz
FOUTZ ; -rr;
11 V : tz
TKK. if r tt' lV.n arc tn-! in ttr -v
r -tt l "rr tm -'' nrt v'-t il-r" lt ftt
f.)'iT' or U- wit) in.-rn- t! i:int:TT or n'Hk
an1 rrp-trn tn r -uv rvr.: ar.'I n.nke Ui twitter firm
ai-'l wt
Font I'rtwl'f- wi'I mr cr fv-rnt I'tTvowt KTfKT
Di T furl! MuiN -tTt rm ar ntii-t.
Forryii pr.H m fta iu .; SatifactiuX.
Sold everrwnrre.
DAVID TOVTZ. Proprietor.
BAXXIXOAZ. KS.
1
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SPECIAL
OPENING
OF
TRIMMED
HATS!
Our Misses' and Chil-
drens' Hats
Are prommnced by all Tas the HANfrSOV
EST and the
M0S7 ATTRACTIVE
we have y-t sliowt. Come, aid brint yon'
wifc- and children lo the store of
i
41 FIFTH AVENUE, Pittshurgh, Ta.
rr?
Sportsmen's Headquarters-
V. S. Brown. Xo Si) ami .":! W.md atrvet, Pilta.
t.urs. '., h all ttir lai-i impnivwl ire Anna.
iiaiH. fisioU and Kevolver. arer aere
rhta:.r, nl I have the lrnrt iok in
We!ern IVun'a to;!ei-t tnjm. NosbodiJf rnoln
an.i all m.rnt.-.-,l. To the Ulii 1 w.jila say
toal I har.. ihe larrt alix k of -ihears and sl!r
lineciiy:Un.l,Ui,hari-a and rei-air. and
mace all kind- of u.il-in l Imi-.t maf-litirv
i-lniu .Uof all kind-, amiuituui,ia of all
grade and tiit. fiend fur IUui rated LaUiuaue.
-FIN E OLD..
WHISKIES
And Imported Uqanm snld fn bint and by the
oa.-r. dclai liaes :
OLD f'ABLET. TOM MOOR K
POStlM HOI.li r, n rrKESIIEIMEK,
FlSCini QOLDES WEDOISf,,
GIBOXS XXIX WHISKIES,
Jamra HnnrT. P'll DnBr.h. Coirear, Wilbur
Fiitmao - Own Biarkivrrr Conhal." AIm.
bcdlurd and Sum-nn-t Pure Ey n hitkiea,
with age.
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LIQUQES
FISHER & CO.,
309 Main Street, Johnstown, Pa.
THE NOTED
Drs. McClelian and Salm.
L - . - - .o --I
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DR. M0RITZ SALM. Special? DR. J. J. M. f I.I I I AN. ,..,
WONDERFULLY SITCK.-SITL IX ALL
CHRONIC DISEASES
DISEASES OF THE
Ear, Eje fee, Itat In aifl fel ci:i;l
All Eve Ojiorations Successfully rtrforn t d 1 y Tl. t:i.
WILL
SOMKIJSET IIOrSK. SOMKRSKT.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14th.
One dav onlv. Call c irlv.
!T V7ILL PAY
TO EXArV.;i.E THE
IIMDERELI
BEFORE YOU DUY.
IT !S A GOOD BAKER
EXTRA LARGE CVEN
ITS CLEANLINESS LES-EN3 LA30FZ
ITS ECONOMY SAVES YCU SIDNEY
NONE BETTER FEW AS eODD
REMEMBER!
"THINGS DONE WELL. AND WITH A CAR,
EXEMPT THEMSELVES Ef?0:.J FEAn."
JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM, Somerest,
K.rii.-in?er &. Kurtz, Cerlin, Pa., and
IT WILL PAY YOra
TO BCT TOl
Vlfitiorial Wort
VM. F. SHAFFER,
tOMKKSKT, PEXX'A.,
HDafturer of and Deaicr la
uttnt Work FunutStd im Siort Sutut. a S Color
iMSLE ill Hi Mii
Aim, Agent fx tlx WHITE BROSZE!
remnnl in nei of MONTMEN'T WOK IT will
ad it to their in:ei-t to rail ai my hni wht-re
protr how;n wiil b (riTtn thrm.
Ejt 1' LO W. 1 inviw special attentlua to Oe
hit Bronze, Or Pur Zinc Monument
atrodarel by REV. W. A. RING. a IVci..-t
npTOTrmrnt in the point of MATERIAL AM
ONTKl iTiuS". ao.l whii-h lwtmr.J u, ha
he Popular M.-nTnent f..r our Changeable :U
law. (mill auu.
WM. F. SHAFFER.
Louther's
Main Street,
"his Mcdsl Drjg Store is
Favcrits with
FRESH AMD
Medicines, Dye Stuffs. sonfrn.
Supporters, Toilet Art ivies.
Perfumes. A'r.
fH IMMTOb ltl KKKK'N M r'S I !! . 'H -i
Loiilw's Prescript ms i FrohIv
ti&ZAT CA&M BEiyu TAktJ Tu '
tnd a Full Liut- nt Onrnal
r
"ucn a larK" assortment nil n K
THE FIHEST BRANDS Uf CiG,1,
Iway on band It is aUavs
to 'mending purchasers, whether they bu
from us or elsewhere.
J. M. LOUTHER, f1. D.
MAIN STREET - -
Somerset Lumber Yard
EL1AS CUNNINGHAM.
!afrAcca ax Daaixa asd WHousaia .id RrTA::ic u
LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS
Hard and Soli Woods,
OAK. POPLAR, gIDIXGS. PiCKETi
afH, WALXCT, PLOORING, 9AU. ;m:RKv;i-
CHERRT. YELLOW PINK, SHINGLES, Ei.i TKX-
CHE3TXCT. WHITE PIN'S. Mrj n..v. - : K.
a General Liaeofail trades of Lambvr and
io, can famish anything in the tir e of Mr tartae to w !. r' -
pnaPtnta nu-h an bra. k-n. Odd -- -. n.
ELIAS CmraTNTGIlAL
Office and Yard Opposite S. &a R. R. Station, Scmcrse:
QWS I0U WIS A USEFUL P EFSEI7.
i-73. C:.oo,$j.oo
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