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DENTISTS.
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tirna.ui' f to t-enti-UT skillful
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VOL XI, NO.
-THE-
HRST NATIONAL BANK
OF
Somerset, Pprin'a.
CAPITAL
8URPLUS
S50.0OO.
7.O0O.
0OIT nCCCIVCDIN LAMSC IKDIMtU
AISOUKTW PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS,
TOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED.
DISCOUNTS DAILY. -
BOARD OF DIRECTORS :
LaRcs M. Hicxa W. H. Mxij.es.
Jawoi L. Proa. Cans. H Fishes.
Joh-i R 8rrT Gto. R. Situ
Filth W BnysntiA
Edward Sccll,
Valestiss Hat,
Akdezw Pamkb,
; : : President
Vice President
: : Casbiem.
The fands anJ iemriti of th hank
are ternrMj pprtHrtH. in a celebrated Cor
liss Bnjvlar-prnof Kafe. The only af
made atwolutt-ly Burv;lar-prif
Somerset Counlj National Bad!
Of Somerset. Pa
-O.
EstibiisHed, 1377.
0-p;z( at t National, 1890.
-O
CAPITAL, $50 000.
Chas. J. Harrison. Pres't
VVm. B. Frease, Vice Pres't.
Milton J. Pritts, Cashier.
D i rectors:
H. Knuiita.
Jtiah iwiit.
John H. -ny irt
Jufr-l h B. itu.
aal gnrrler
).)!: M l .k
J'ihn suf!t.
Harnson OTdr
nah . Vtiiier
l"uniin-r ot lh Bank .ill revive the hum
libertj trvaiiaejjt ooiisiMent iit a:"e nacaiag
Partip rhinf to fcend 7&nrr eal or wvi can
be rrQini4lAit-d I' dralt f'r an; amount
Outi . rcffOraLtU sft viia tun p jrxveJ tlnje- j
Miifift sktirf rathiatias't. arAitvi. rtv nn f iMt-
IWL.
irit-ction nuvde in tJ pvru of ih rnliri
FIDELITY TITLE AND
TRUST COMPANY.
121 123 4th Ave.,
PITTSBURGH, PX.
(Capital, 1500.000 full paid.)
(Injures title" to Eral Eftate.)
Asthonrwl to act as Eiecrtor. Adminbtrator,
tiuanJ-an. Trunee, Ave:eu, Ri-ceirer, Ac
DEALERS IX RELIABLE
INVESTMENT
SECURITIES.
Rents boxes in its Superior Vault from
i5 per anrum upward. R.vei vea depimi'
and loans only uti ruorlgsges and approveii
collaterals.
JuHN V. ,TA"KS"IV, Preid.-nt.
JAM K J. 1" iNM-.LU V. Pre. L.
J B. McVaY. aud Trean.
BOOT AND SHOE HOUSE.
THE KEW P.OOM IS THE
DIBERT BUILDING,
Corner Main and Franklin Sts.,
"ZZS Mens, VVpmens,s
And Chil-
wear.
Of Bet Q iality, and at LOWEST PRICES
ran be found, in styies of all n:akes. I am
pre;red to compete with one and all
dealers in the Stale. All I ask is a trial.
SCOTT DIBERT.
HO. 88 FRANK LI H STREET.
JOHNSTOWN SUPPLY HOUSE.
JOHN H. WATERS & BR 0.
PT IIMRFR
i re U, k.-k the J 1 lj U KAaAJI IU
We aee aow awtablished tn oar sew bnilding.
astiin. we can miViy T. b the beat arranged tur
ir buj-niew in u-ni Penn-yhania
Evervttiing pewji;ni'it: to the Plumbing. Steam
nd ( rjuiD-e m-d in stock.
We wvi aa Vss.-ly. give earefil attentio. to
the aTEVM A ttui bi.iii.vi oua
lmsas. onr former erTorts in thi. Uue enbrac
aome of tne larsrejit duuuii iu ui iiuu.j, w.ui
"nThVPPLY PI PA RTV EST we carry a roll
I'.ue 01 Kubtarr una Lra.-ier d-iliiik. nrmi uu
um Iron FUa- Ete PrH-es quoted OS
appocwuon.
ARTISTIC JOB PRINTING
A SPECIALTY.
HARRY M. BENSHOFF,
tIAMUFAQTURIHG STATIONER
iXI)
l.LANK BOOK UAKEH.
HAWASS BVXXTK,
lOHMSTOVVN PA
grOCKllOLPERS MEETING.
Tli annual meeting of tbe ori-io)ders of the
Pira Nation! Hank of tomereu the ete tion
of lreet. tor tne yer A. U , 1-wJ. will he heW
'n the ba!':i ruro lu the n Nstmoai Bank
building. fv ufwl, Pa . on TueiiT. January VI.
1U tiet.SK. 1 taw hour of oue and thre. o t.l,
? U' A.SPKEW PAKKER.
Caaluer.
29.
Etemai
Vigi.ance
Is the price ot good health. But with all the
precaution we may take there an enemies
alwari lurking aboot ocr systems, only wait-
u.s . KTora:ie opportunity to assert thera-
serre. N-rofuJa and other laipurities In the
biood tcj be lud.len for yean or eren foe
r-r.TaU. la. and suddenly break forth. UDder-
m.-s ukmux ana nastrnJns dealb. For all
arising Iroo inpuro blood
Hcod's Sarsaparilla
Is Cic nnciaared and imapproacbed remry.
It i ; H'.-a oi them alL for It coTinaurs disnLn.
tt I uiiJj up l.i a perfectly Batar-J way ail tia
weaKeLtM parts, viulizcs, eririi h.-j aad
Purifies the Gtood
Ai'. n..siit3 ta hra2Q:j action tlimc iciportaci
or ms, Ce J.iJuf vs and Uv?r. If you need a
;nui uAsif jou khouid certainly take
3 S 09
trcccsrs
THE
"Bee-Hive"
Read This and Be Enlightened.
This year we have made a
Fpecial effort to place be
fore the people the Choic
est Goods that the best
manufacturers produce,
which we think will please
the trade.
CLOTH IXG
Mens. Youtha?', Boy's and
Childrens' Suits and Overcoat.-..
Our stock ia very
Iaryre, con?i?tin;r of an im
mense lin of New Nov
elties, as well as all of the
leading r-tandard Grades.
! Hals, Caps, ani Frafcir Goois-
- j T-i- . i , I
We hare the Finest and the
i.s -
most Complete Assortment of new
on.1 r,nnl .w r. T . I'll,
Wuiai 5i;icb you ever laid
J0UT eve3 OH.
CARPETLVGS.
We keep in stock a line of
Carpets that will justify
any one to examine. Also.
Floor and Tabic Oil
Cloths. Carpet Lining,
Druggets, Rag?, Hassocks,
Cocoa Mats, etc.
Trunks and Saciiels.
We pay special atbention to
Trunks and Rachels, and
always strive to keep just
what the people want in
this Line, at the lowest
possible prices. We have
lately enlarged our
Dress Goods Department.
A stock of Fall and Winter
Dress Goods that will be sure to
please. We have carefully select
ed goods that accord with modern
taste. Come in and learn what
pleasure, satisfaction and economy
there is in trading with the u BEE
HIVE " STORE.
u For ever the right comes upper
most, and ever is justice done."
Laying principles aside, it
would be unwise for us to
encourage unreliable meth
ods, for we would soon
lose the confidence of all.
With the foregoing senti
ment in mind we are,
Yours to Command,
Knepner & Ferner,
Ose Doer Xortk sf Post Office.
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler, j
Next door west of Lutheran Church.
Somerset, Pa.
Having opened np a shop in thia
7 T .
place, I am n0W prepared tO 80p-
plj the public with docks. Watches
and jewelry of all descriptions, kS
cheap as the cheapest.
KEPAIRIXO A. SPECIALTY.
All work guaranteed. Look at
my stock before making your holi
day purchases.
XEW GOODS!
GO TO THE
Somerset Clolfe Hguss
For Bargains in Mens', Boys', snd Chil
deens' Suits snd Oveoata Also, for y.mr
Carpets in all kinds and styles, from JO cents
J. M. HOLDERBAUM.
Somerset
SOMERSET. PA..
Staaling tbroof h the haUi of memory
Come the aonnd of tripping fcet.
Come a troop of laughing mAidena
To mr bachelor retreat ;
Eeof midnight, cje of azure.
Golden hair and ebon carta ;
Burely ne'er were bound together
Htieh a banch of merry girls '
Do I rise and bid thea aralcome T
So: I fain would barthedoor.
For I know they tome to taunt me
With tn. long gone day. of yore.
They are only fancy a creaturaa.
Blooms of early summer, loas d
On the award of waning autumn ,
Yet I dread these chances lost
There is Sibyl, like a (airy
Cpphe steak behind my chair :
On my eyelids rest her fingers; '
I mutt gams what maid there.
I am sure you liked me, Sibyl ;
Had I iartd my lure arow,
Ton I gues confound tnj alownata !
hat's the use of guraaing now ?
Ionxhy, yon little Quaker,
How I loved your looks demure !
Your best a capons weie your blushes.
For their wounds time cannot cure.
Well I knew your heart was sunshine.
That restraint yoo could discard ;
I was thinking of proponing
Whea I got your wedding card !
Setta, charming, stately Netta
Setta with the cheek of snow,
Y'ou and I were nearly lovtrs
In the golden long ago.
You've a ma who always made me
Very welcome at the beuae ;
Yon e a friend who. had he courage.
Would today hare been your spouse.
Laura, I shall ere remember
That sweet evening at the beach ;
Scores of times before my mirror
I'd rehearsed a certain apeech.
What a splendid chance I had, dear.
Buttoning that tiny glore !
But I prattled that's the word, dear
Prattled everything but lore '.
Tretty shadows ere you leave me.
My confss-lon pray yoo hear,
I exiol this blank existence
To ta. world's aotoniibed ear ;
But when lonely, in my chamber.
Oft I reckon up the cuet.
And I think in deepest sorrow
Of the chances I have lost !
.V. I'. Hfnud.
NAN'S CONQUEST.
BY ANSA SHIELDS.
Mr. E.lsard Carpenter sa described
by the jriwsips of t-nowyille u s "crusty
old bachelor, too hateful to live," having
rt-iuMHi lor some Zi or 30 years to yield to
the inclinations of maid or widow. He
lived in s large, old fashioned house, oc
cupying the loser floor only, and his do
mestic duties sere performed by Jons-
than StabU, who sas older an crustier
tnan nis master, but who cooked sod
cleaned to his entire satisfaction.
Unprejudiced eyes would have seen
"-"' 'i"ti aa yet on me DngUt
ai.i-of rif. th- h;. , J..,..
tti-a tl .
I ttjaiuir wrro cue.
Ui. eye. Ure sad ezore-ve. .nd th.
"
lortu ttat be clothed in mean, shsbbv
garments, was erect and vigorous. That
he was wealthy, sll Snowville knew, as
well ss that there wss but a smsU part ot
his large income pent upon bis personsl
wants.
But he was siern, harsh to the boys,
ssrage to the intruders opon his privacy,
and ksd frequently been heard to declare
that
"He hated s widow ors brat. If sny
thmg was more detestable thsn s widow,
tt was s brat ; and if sny thing could pos
sib y be worse thsn s brat, it wss s wid
ow." Therefore, May Carroll, being s widow,
though not vet twenty f.ur, and mother
ot 'an, a ho sas cut four, bestowed upon
Mr. Carpenter her moat scornful glances
snd withering frosns.
Xan was s tiny creature blue eyed,
fair-haired ; and to see her draw up her
childioh suture to its full height snd
flash contempt from her bby face, was
really something wonderful.
Who first called Mr. Carpenter " Old
Snap-'eui-upfrom the short cross epeech
he bestowed upon children, was never
clearly proved. Buteverybody in Snow
viile knew the name.
Still it was rather startling to tha pro
prietor of the title, when saunterinn
through the woods just st dubk one sum
mer evening, to leel s wee, cold bsnd
slipped into hi ows, and fc hear s piti
ful voice say :
Please old Snap-'em-op, t
home ; Nan's lost I"
IJe looked down. A baby face, red
with weeping, purple with berry stains,
but beautiful with its large brown eyes
sl roey lips, lxked up at him. No hat,'
snd the golden curia sll tangled ; one
shoe quite gone ; an apron, berry-stained
snd torn ; her hands grimy snd dress to
match. That was Nan !
" Nan's so tired,n she pleaded, snd
the little chicky is ranned far swsy."
Wss thst 51 r. Carpenter who lifted the
child snd put her on s fallen tree ss ten
derly ss her mother could have doue ?
Was that old Snap-'em-ap who said, "The
nsnghty chick !" snd then dipped his
handkerchief in s little run of water, sud
gently washed Nan's face snd grimy
hands ?
" Yes, it was," said N'sn, and it rnn
ned so far that Nan lot her shoe snd
hurted herfoot,snd she's so tired. Please
take me homer
And she was lifted into strong arms
snd cradied so comfortably thst she was
fat asleep when Mr. Carpenter met Mrs.
Carroll in distracted search of her dar
ling, and did not bear hitn asy in bis
gruffest tones :
" Yes, I found her. Here she is, and I
wish people would look after their own
brstK, and not let them run wild all over
the town."
How cculd the mother's thsnks begrs
cious aftei such a speech as that 7
But ehe did not fail to five her timid
acknowledgment of his kindness, ber
great blue eyes misty with tears, and her
little white bands trembling as they
stretched out to receive ber one treas
ure. Yon know I am teaching all day,''
she said, in spology, " and I most lesve
Nan with Jane, or I cannot earn suffi
cient to feed her."
A gruat was the answer to this, and
Mr Carpenter s'-Tude homeward, frown
in heavily, like the woman-hater he
was known to be. How could Mrs. Car
roll know that just such baby blue eyes
an her'a ha1 itrsttat-d his life. jnt o h
a wee rstv Kaouth spuken talee vows and
broken faith.
But Nan tvnwoibereai the gentle touch,
the sympathetic voice, long aftsr that
naughty chicky was entirely lost. She
was a thorough gypsy, always wandering
away in spite of Jane's vigilance, and
was ss independent as a boy, perfectly
fesrless aod tu'l of resources.
EST-ABTTRFTFrn 1837.
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 13. 1892.
l
Snowville's Main street was the m-
neimai was most powerful: and when
Jane, at the hours when Mrs. Carroll
aiign. De expected, went in search of
Nan, she wss usually found lost in admi
ration at the window of the fine thope
that comprised tbt mrrcan ile enterprise
I of snowviiie,
It was three weeks after ae met her ia
the woods, that Mr. Carpenter, walking
op ilain street, felt again a little band in
his, and looked down upon Nan's yellow
cutis and big, brown eyes.
.ood moraine, sir," said Nan. do-
uteiv.
.-o answer, but a scowl, yet the little
hand still nestled closely. Presently.
still walking beside her friend by elec
tion of one, she said :
" I'm pretty well, I thank yoo," as if
in reproachful reminder that her greet
ing bad not been answered. The tone
said:
If you are too rude to inquire how
I am, I am surely polite enough to tell
you."
fetul no answer, and the heavy beard
concealed the quivering lips, and then
the little hand gave a stronz null, and
the baby voice said, imperiously :
Candy
Candy 7" said the bewildered bache
lor, Mopping, obedient to the pull.
Candy ! Nan wants some !"
And the wee finger was extended to a
tempting row cf molasses-candy pans in
the window of the only cake an 1 candy
store in Snowviiie.
A silver piece was put in the roev p!m
by Mr. Carpenter, aaiaie i at himself and
hoping that nobody was looking. But
Nan was still holding Last Lu hi ti.ntf
' You come, too T
' No, no," he said hastil? " gKt your
candy snd run home !" And gently dis
engaging himself, he hurried otf.
But a silver piece bought more candv
than Nan had evsr before possessed, a
great, sticky parcel her baby hands could
scarcely grasp. Eager to enow her pr.se,
aud to share it, she ran quickly down the
lane leading to Mr. Carpeuier s bouse and
reacbiiig it, tnuuiped on the door wito
ail the strength of her baby fists. Jona
ttian atubba was out, and nobody came.
.a pounded till ehe was tired, and then
her restieat eyes spied a little rouud in-
dow, side open.
It was such ik small window that bur
glars could find no entrance there ; but
it was over a water-butt, and under the
buUWaaa bench, liuw aha aralrftha
Watier-butt and wriggled in the window,
w iLbout losing Uie precious paper of can
dy, must ever remain a tujstery. But
she dropped through, on the floor of a
wide nahway.and looked about her.
Door alter door yielded to her sticky
grasp ; and at last Mr. Carpenter was
startled to sea-, riirht before, him. Nn'
Utile figure aud Uuy band holdiuir a hi
(iaeoi au.tj sweetness.
. cried the baby voice, in glad
triumph ; I got all that. 1 brought
you some."
Would an body in Snowytfle have be
lieved it if he bad seen her perched on
the bachelor's knee, forcing bits of candy
between his lips, prattling happily, and
receiving such gentle carentes as won her
baby heart forever. Nobody aaw them,
the strong man and the little child, as
they exchanged kiesea. Nobody heard
them as they talked freely of nursery ex
penence, and gave each other views of
ttie merits of t stupid dollies that can't
talk, and nice, dear little cbickies and kit
ties that play,"
ia alter day Nan wriggled through
the little window, missed only by Jane,
and coming home before the weary little
mother completed her daily round of
teaching.
t-uowville began tv wonder " what had
come to ill. Carpenter. The rough,
shaggy beard gave way to a pair of silky
whiskers that didn't scratch Nan's face
when he kaed her. The shabby clothes
were replaoed by a suit of cheviot, be
cause she turned up her dsinty nose at
the fringe on the trousers and the grease
on the coat. White linen took the place
of gray flannel, at her request, to luuk
like the picture.'' after discoveriLga pho
tograph taken years before.
Nobody guessed how the baby fingers
were tearing away the crust a woman's
treachery had ipresd over a tender, gen
erous heart, and letting in the sunshine
ot protecting love. Jonathan guessed,
but Jonathan was mute.
It was winter weather, when one mor
ning Mrs. Carroll, who was giving a mu
sic lesson, was startled by a boy, who
rushed into her pupil's room, crying :
"Oh, Mrs. Carroll, come! cornel Oid
Snap-'em-up ia a killin' o'your Nan ! you
can hear a screamin' way down the
road!"
The mother flew to the rescue. Already
there was a crowd around the bouse, and
everybody talked at once. Doors and
windows wire barred and boiled ; but
from its fastness came wailing cries :
"Oh. come to Nan! Oh, mamma,
come!"
And then wordless screams of childish
fear and agony. No mother could long
endure them, and in answer to ber fren
zied appeals two men forced the door.
The first object that greeted them was
old Jonathan, gagged, and bound fast to
one of the hall chairs. Hurrying on, gui
ded by the child's cries, they opened the
door of the room where Mr. Carpenter
spent most of his life. The master of the
house lay on the floor, senseless, and
bleeding; and kneeling beside him was
the child, screaming with terror.
Getitle hands lifted hitn ; a doctor was
hastily summoned, and life came back,
very taint and fluttering. But there was
a smile for the child as the injured man's
eyes rested upon her. She had clung to
him so desperately that no cue bad the
heart to force ber away, and it was Mrs.
Carroll who deftly assisted the doctor, ta
he bandaged and patched op the sorely
wounded man.
Investigation proved that Mr. Carpen
ter had been robbed of a large sum of
money, drawn from the bank the day be
fore, and it was in a vain endeavor to
fight three men at once that he was
subbed, and felled by a blow upon the
head.
For many long weeks he lay opon his
bed, and the child was invariably perch- j
ed beside him. Mrs. Carroll had to take
ber away to her meals and bed, and
w hen she came for her how could she
come empty-handed ? Jonathan never
made such jellies and broths as the wid
ow brought, and with which the child
fed the Invalid. And if another little !
hand steadied the grasp pf the spoon,
there was no word of objection spoken.
If little feminine comforts crept in to
take the place of Jonathan's well-meant
but c!umsy devices, who could blame the
wonisnly pity that suggested them ?
The doctor said the injuries were fatal
and no one in Snowviiie was inclined to
blame Mrs. Carroll's ministrations to a
dying man. But for once medical ju-lg
sent was at fault. June roses were in
bloom when the calls were reversed, snd
Mr. Carpenter began to visit Mrs. Car
roll, though Nan still crept through the
round window.
There was a wedding in October, eves
being true eyes tl.is time, snd love vows
made in heartfelt sincerity. But Mrs.
Carpenter laughingly declares her hus
band was Nan's conquest, snd only mar
ried ber that he might give Nan a fa
titer's love and care.
A Useful Machine.
Got any good butter?" asked the
woman.
Yes'ta. How's that strike you, mum?
answered the market man.
The woman took a bite out of the s!i
ver that the man extended to her on the
point of his big knife, rolled what she
had bitten off back and forth on her
tongue and swallowed it.
' Tates pretty good," she jaid.
Yes m ; it s very fine butter. Shall I
do you op some, mumT"
Before answering thia somewhat lead
ing question the woman put her eye
glasses astride her nose and peeped anx
tously into the firkin. Then, shutting
her lips tightly together, she sid : " No,
I don't like the color. Its too white.
I want yeller butter."
'Weil, how's this?" demanded the
dealer, uncovering another lot. " Th it's
a! mt golden. Do you like that butter,
mom?"
She did. She bought ten pounds of it,
put in her basket aal walked proudly
away.
"Same identical butter," remarked the
dealer in a stage whisper after the wom
an had goue, " only there's ju a mite
more color in the last lot. None of it is
worth anything. It's all worked-over
stuff."
Whst's 'sorke-J-over stuffr " asked a
Time) reporter, who had heard all the
talk between the dealer and his customer.
Why, don't you know what working
over is? I suppose I'll have to tell you.
Well, imagine tbat I'm a storekeeper
way out wtst, running a general store in
prairie town. The farmers buy niv
goods and I buy theirs. Of course I must
boy their butter, all of it everything
calied butter that is offered. Some of it's j
in balls, some in cubes, some in rolls,
some in tubs and soui in chunks. It's
pretty near all colors of the rainbow,
too.
., wtuat can I do with the stuff
Ship it east? No, that won't do. No
body east wants to bay a variety sho
in butter. W hat can I do with it? Just
yoo tell me."
" That's more than I know," answered
the reporter.
" Why, it's easy as can be. I will work
the batter over in my batter-worker
down in the cellar. It's a box with a
great big roller in it I chock all the
butter into that worker. Then I set the
toller a-going. In five minutes I have a
mixture, but it isn't fit to pack. It's
streaky and spotted, a dab of yellow and
a paico ot wnite, a line ot mud and a
shade of pink. What next? Can you
auggest anything?"
otl, ing." answered the reporter.
" Well I'll tell you. I take a little bot
tle off the snelf and shake a few drops
out of it into my butter-worker, and then
rell some more. Pretty toon the spots
and the stripes disappear, and in a little
while I've a mass of butter all of one col
or, and 1 can make it light yellow, or
dark yellow as I like, to suit my custo
mer. "Then I take the stuff out and pack it
in firkins, and mark each firkin 'choice
creataery butter,' and send it east, and
fools like that woman who was just in
here buy it aud eat it." .V. T. Timet.
A Western Hustler.
The most unique mansjicg editor in
the wide world registered at a Clark
street hotel lsst evening. He is E. T.
Wilson, of Tacoma, Wash , and for a few
weeks made things hum around the
Ledger olce in that city. The paper is
one of the richest and oldest in the State
of Washington. It is owned by a real
estate speculator who has not time, nor
inclination, nor talent to devote to the
property. One day Wilson landed in
Tacoma and began to write letters to
himself and talk of his bowers as a
newspaper man. His action, sas the
Chicago Herald, pleased the owner of the
Ledger, and in a few weeks he was in
stalled as managing editor plenipotentia
ry. One of the writers on the paper was
Clinton A. Snofden, formerly managing
editor of the Timet of this city.
ilson said that be was working too
bard and told him to go out into the day.
After employing a new staff in the otlice
Editor Wilson began to strengthen the
paper outside of Washington. He sent
special correspondents to Cincinnati,
Buffalo, New Jersey and Texas, with or
ders to keep the wires hot. In a short
while more matter came into the little
office than could be used in four papers.
The State Legislature was in session at
Olyapia, and Wilson sent a man there
with orders to engage eight or ten rooms
in the best hotel and keep a carriage.
Hs gave a reporter $100 one day to get
intoxicated and write np his experience.
The reporter went to work with a grim
determination, aud after drinking a few
glasses began to gamble.
He won over $1200 with the office
money playing faro, bought a town lot
and turned in about two lines, stating
tbat be didn't remember what happened
during the seance. At the time of the
November elections Wilson sent twenty
men to various places in Oregon to send
in the returns from th -t state. The Ore
gon election was held in October, and
the reporters who went down there sent
np a copy of an old Oregon paper con-
i taimog tne returns. And so it went. I
One day Mr. Radebaagh, the proprietor '
of the LeJgei, learned that bis paper was i
some l-'AOOO behind. Then the specta-
cular metkods of hi. managing editor!
managing editor
came to light, and they haven't seen him
since. Xoe York Rervrder.
Rey'ns at the foot of the ladder the
hod carrier.
eralc
1892 Leap Year.
Has it occurreJ to joa, ladies, that
1S!12 is leap year?
Ring out wild bells to the wild sky acd
tell each despairing maid that her hour
approaches. Not for long will she be
forced to pine in solitude, blush unseen
and wa-ate her sweetness on the desert air.
Her day is coming the hour in which
she can corner the young man of her
choice and tell him that life without him
will be a void, a howling wilderness.
She can soothe his agitation, quiet his
fluttering heart, press his manly form in
her arms and kiss him sniack on the
mouth even if he should resist.
Ring out, wild bells, and tell the co
quettish widow to lay in an extra stock
of war paint and tomahawks, for ber
hour is, too, at hand. Never backward
about manifesting by gentle look, smile
or sigh ber preferenes, she will be at
her perihelion during i'i2. And vain
will be the attempt of man to escape
from the sunshine of her affection. Ile
wh trusts him.telf in the society of some
man's relict in leap year is lost.
Ring out, wild bells, and tell those
wh have lost even the semblance of
hope those ancient virgins who ha."e
looked through many a weary year for
the man to come aud have ever been
disappointed that hope is not dead even
for them; that the door of orfertunity
will soon be sjar and they alone will be
to blame if they enter not, sve, snd shut
and barricade it behind them.
Woman gnes through life in a ot. -
half, one third, one quarter "ort of fa-L
oo, tven in the most important steps
of her career she is condemned to wait
She must stand back with her finger in
her mouth and watch the man she would
prefer drift from her without making a
sign of distress.
But some philanthropist, to whom
women should be eternally grateful, or
dained that once in four years they should
have a whack at proposing. Leap year is
deservedly popular with theladie.
And the men what of their feeling '
n the matter? D they, timid, shv.
frightened lambs, wUh to be pursued?
it 1 : ,T . . . t , .
.man viiicrem-e to trie resolute woman
who propose, to do matrimonial busi
ness, the cares not for timidity or coy.
ness. tier time for skirmishing is short
it must be fierce.
Rise maids and widows! the batile-
fieldiscpen for the conflict. .'..
tiviti Tapper.
A Safe Investment.
Is one which is guaranteed to bring
yoa tisfactory results or in caseof failure
a return of purchase price. Oa this safe
plan yoa can buy from our advertised
Druggist a bottle of Dr. Kind's New
niame.-j or Consumption Tt ia guaran
teed to bring relief ia every case, woea
used for any affection of Throat. Lun-s
or Chest, such as Consumption, Inflam
mation of Lungs, Bronchitis, Asthma,
whooping Cough, Croup, etc, etc. It is
pleasant and agreeable to taste, perfectly
safe, and can always be depended upon.
Tax on Bachelors.
The new state of Wyomfng, besides
rejoicing in female suffrage, has just pass
ed a law placing a tax of 1 a year on ail
bachelors. U this tax a sequel to wom
en voting? Kate Field, speaking of them
says :
" Whether the fact that women vo'.e
there has anything to do with this new
departure I don't know. Wny isn't it a
just tax Society says to a woman : 'It is
your business to be married ss soon after
yoa have made your debut as possible.
Otherwise yoa will be called an old
maid, than which there can be no epi
thet more odiouc. But yoa can't choose
a husband. That would be most un
womanly. You must wait to be asked.
Just so long as women are taun
ted for living in single blessedness, just
so long ought unmarried men to be
taxed. This tax should begin at the ae
of thirty and be doubled every five
years."
The trouble is that in Wyoming there
is a large excess of male population.
The importation of women would seem
to be a necessity t give tha boys a
chance. If that was attempted on a
large scale, protection might enter into
the question with a tax on female immi
gration to s?cure to the Wyoming wom
en the most enlarged choice of husbands
Clearly the rights of men are in d.nijer.
And Horace was Cold.
Mr. tireeley was in the habit on Sim
days after church, of going down to the
Tribune office- to examine h s exchanges.
It wss a cold day in winter, and the jan
itor looking in, found him hudied up
close to the radiator, poring over his pa
pers, evidently enjoying the warmth. A
very visible smile was on the janitor's
face when he exclaimed to the distin
guished editor:
ia ex- 1 . i ., . .,
- Aiun t you snow mat mere was
beat in the building on Sunday 7"
no
" No," thundered Greely; "I shall be
cold the rest of the afternoon now."
And he went on with his exchanges
B'irfilo Commercial.
Benefiting the Farmer.
A Minnesota genius is at work upon a
device that will operate a plow by elec
tric force. If it shall prove to be a suc
cess he claims that the farmer may set
hi plow in the field, turn on the currer.t
and then lie down in the shade while
the plow spins around the lot turning
the furrow with perfect deptk and even
ness. Taken together with all the other
labor-saving farm machinery, the farmer
will soon be able to sit on his front
porch through the heat of the day and
watch his machines plough, drag, sow
and cover the sseds. Then the rainmak
ers will sprinkle his front yard snd gar
den, and the crop will flourish. When
the harvest time comes he can " press the
button"or'drop a nickle in the slot"
and the ripened grain will fall before tha
electric reaper and binder, be picked tip I
by electric forks, thrown otto electric
wagons and conveyed over electric tracks
to the barns and thrashed by electric
3 tils or separators. Yes, indeed, the far-
mer crie? hrJ linlw' mn'1 Jt modern in-
TenUon ' making bis life a " soft snap."
. . ... ,
, T " Uke e ,J
rai Den. Keputatloa is the bras tin.
tinnabiam of the load-moathed auction
eer. Lore never has to g) to school to learn
how to speak.
WHOLE NO. 2111.
How a Wife Should Be Treated.
I shonM at a'.l times extend to her the
attention and politeness due a queen,
should indulge her petty needs awd crav
ins, and the larger ones to the full extent
of my exchequer and if she were given to
extravagant idea I would reason with
ber calmly, not swear or curse at her, but
show her the limit of my resources, make
a confidant and companion of her. She
sjonid have all the luxuries of life that I
enjoyed, for a woman hates asrlflsh man.
She should have her cwn opinion, fcr
sare.y ber views are as dear to her as my
oa n are to me. Worried by the cares of
bosine-, he should not be annoyed bv
tfcem, for I would endeavor to leave my
trouMes on the doorstep.
I should Lid her adieu in the morning
wirh a kiss, aud if I could not bring home
a saiilin face in the evening I should re
main away until I could. I should not ex
pect too much of her, but ever remember
that, t?;i:g woman, he has the worst of
life from the cradle to the grave. I should
be careful i-s to her tiring of me, and
should not exclude her from all society,
casing ber lite a bird, but would freely
allow her the freedooa she desired, reiving
on her honor. If she were ill I should
nurse tier; were she in sorrow I should
sympathise with and comfort her. I
should have htr pathway strewn with
roses and her jvurney down the stream of
life n!y a pleasant dream, and when the
final tour ,-ame for her departure into
the itreat beyond my hand should be the
last to smooth her pillow, aud .- I feel
this ni.'ht 'twonld be niy wish to be her
partner et 1 1 1.; ,. , Oi -vv.
The Archbishop's Ratort.
"Archbishop Ryan was dining with
Oeore W. Child's the other day," re
marked a Philadelphia gentleman "and
the usual Philaielfhiad.naer party was
present Wayne MacVeagh sat next
to the arch biifcop. Daricr the evening
the sul'jevt of railway passes was brought
ip. very naturally, when the archbishop
aid he never traveled on a railroad pass
in all his life snd had never been offered
one. Of coarse this ainirular ttitmani
attracted the attention of Colonel McClure
Clayton MaMichael, Wayne MacVeagh
and tne rest, and caused a general smile
of wonvlerment.
"'Why, my dear archbishop." said
MacVeagh, you have missed one of the
real pleasures of life, as she is known in
Philadelphia.'
"'The sensation of traveling on a pass
would certainly be cw to me, said his
grace.
'"I'll have to see Mr. George W. Boyd,
oi tne lennsyivania uad, about this,'
said MacVeagh. 'and use my innuence
toward having this oversight corrected.'
"Really, replied the archbiab-r
" 'Ob, that's all right,' intermpted Mac
Veagh. 'You csa use your influence to
get sae a pass over the r a 1 yoa are sup
posed to control in a measure.
"'Ah, dear sir,' retorted his reverence
with a mock Icgnlrious Ink, 'I have no
control over or influence with the mana
gers of any road you are likely to trav
el ; ".. l't.ri- Ilir-tl L
Hated Noises.
Leech's morbid horror of noise is well
known. His nervous affection was more
exasperated in him tbat even in Carly'e.
One evening a convivial party of the
Ancient Order of Foresters, returning
from, perliaps, the Crystal Palace, where
hiith ftfativai had been held, roused poor
Leech almost to madness by a yelling
uproar ophite his door. He left his
work and rushed bareheaded among
them.
-What are yoa making this horrible
row f.jr?"
And then seeing the extraordinary
KoLiin Hood kind of c,ttime a
those pc iple, he said :
cted by
-What's it all about bo are you?"
-We are Foresters, that's what we are,"
was the reply.
"Then why ca earth don't yoa go into
a forest an 1 make your infernal row there
instead of disturbing a whole street with
your noise?" sail Leech. f Vow the Life
'f J'fim f.'-.i.
Breaking it Gently.
In the province of Holstein, noted for
its superior bre-d of cattle, the country
people are not only very thrifty, but ex
ceed1n'y fond of their cows, as may be
gathered from the following characteris
tic story :
Farmer Jan was walking sadly down
the reu 1 one day, when the village pas
tor met him."
" w"hy so sad. Farmer Jan?" said the
pastor.
" I bave a very sad errand, pas
tor," replied Jan.
" What is it?"
" Farmer Henrik s cow is dead in my
pastur?, and I am on my wsy to tell
him."
" A hard tack, Jan."
" Indeed it i. ptst..r, but I shall break
it to him getitlv."
" How wil! you do that V
" I shall tell him fir.-t that it ia his
mother who U dead, and then, having
opened the way for sadder news still, I
shall tel! him that it is not his mother,
bat the cow." Z-W-m TU-Blt.
Seasonable Reflection.
What to do in honor of Christmas day ?
Reflect a little and answer. To enforce
just self disc ipline and eliminate mean
einshnessand ignoble passion from the
heart is to do one's duty as the historic
assoeia ions of the day should suggest;
to forgive is always noble; to give with
wise discrimination is both philosophi
cal and philanthropic; to be kind and
cheerful is to enjoy happiness and reflect
its serene influence upon others; to plant
here and there in life's grat field some
seed that shall germinate and bring forth
flowers of beauty, redolent of sweetest
ooxr. is tne manifestation of refreshing
,0,re tnml nj? PPropriate!y find
ion in Merr-V Christmas.
aw
expess-
auris-.uias comes Dut once a vear, and
it is very lucky for the man with a large
family that he has fifty-two weeks to
catch up befbretbe next one arrives.
We listen to whom we know to be of
the same opinion as ourselves, and we
call them wise fir being of it; bat we A
void such as differ from u; we pronounce
them rash before we have heard them,
and still more afterward, lestw should
be thought at any time to. hare erre-f
' ""
..
Told of a Prairie Schooner.
White and whirling the. first snow of
the year was fallicj oa the bluffs of Nor
thern Kansas. Occasionally the storm
lifted. Then becaoie vlib! fences out
lining winding roads, and her and there
amethytio spina's pf m. ks David
Glennon's ecrstant;l hou?. 9-oked by
outbuildings bade defiance to the ele
ment. G'.ennon, seated by the kitchen
stove, while his wife moved briskly
around preparing supper, was the embodi
ment of solid satisfaction.
A knock at the door. The woman
opened it Blackly against tLe snowy
twilight loomed up a long, lean, gaunt
form.
" Our wagon's broke down yonder, an
my partner's sick. Kin we stay here till
un-ap .
The woman glanced appea'in'y at her
husband. He rose angrily. "We aiu'tgot
nothin' fur tramps.'
He slammed the door in the stranger's
face. That night when he wss sleeping
the sleep of the seldih, his wife called
her own son. Together they plodded
through the storm to where nbe of the
prairie schooner gleamed ghnt!y as the
pallid skeleton ot the mastodon.
A man pushed back the canv&xs in
the rear of the wagon. He took her gifts
of warm food. lie tot cut and stood talk
ing to the boy. In the dimly-lighted in
terior a man lay stretched on a pallet.
Suddenly s'le drew here!f np and lean
ed towards him. Their eyes met ; his
dazzled with the supreme spiec-lor of un
expected joy ; hers shrinking in the be
wilderment of half temded recognition
by him.
" Mary 1" he murmured.
She ga.ped, and then gave a frighten-
ed glance toward the t
ta'kicg with-
ont.
I meant to come back soon. But I
was jailed all these years for a crime I
never done. I couldn't tt word of vou.
was on my way east to rind vou. How
is the little lad?"
The words came brokenly. She wiped
the sweat from his forehead. he naa-
ed aloud.
" Mother," cried a boyish voice. With
furtive passion she presed her lips to
the white lips below. ne word of love ;
she was gone.
" Yoa were a long time Uikin' to that
sit k camper," grumbled fctr husband, as
they entered the kitchen.
What are you cry in' f r""
"Nothin'."
Thanksgiving Jay day dawns divinelr.
David Cilennon, coming home from
church, stamps the saow from his feet.
-Oneo'tLein wuthle-s calipers died
las' night," he announces, cheerily. "Din
ner m' ready, Mary ?" i !.,.-, j Tr,.
b'.me.
Ha Didn't Get the Better of Pat.
ometimeaI i- trading inavil
e store, writes a '.rrespn.!eaL when
i e of ,lie 'ks came to the junior part-
un, .nucoanmi to De waiting on me,
and said : "Won't you please step to the
desk a moment ? Pat Flynn wants to
settle his hi!!, and insists on having a re
ceipt." The merchant was evidently amoved.
"Why what does he want of a receipt T
he said, "we never give one. Simply
cross his account otf the book; that is
receipt enough."
"So I told him," answered t is clerk,
"but h is uot satisfied. Yon Vw,....'
see him."
S the proprietor stepped to the desk,
und after greeting Pat with a "-J
morning. ua: iou wish to settle
your bill, did you ?" to which Pat replied
in the affirmative.
"Weil," said the merchant, "there is
no need of giving you a receipt. See! I
will cross your account off tbe hook," and
suiting the action to the word he drew
his pencil diagonally across tbe account.
That is as good as a ret-eipt,"
"And do ye mane that settles it?"asl--ed
Pat.
"That settles il," said the merchant
"And y're sbure veil never be afther
asking me fur it aain ?
"We'll never ask you f.,r it ai;ain"said
the merchant, decidedly.
"Faith, then," sai 1 Pat, "and I'll be
afther kspinj me money in me pocket,
for I haven't paid it yet."
The m rchaat's fcce flushed angrily, as
he replied. "Oh, well. I can rub that
out."
"Faith, now, and I thought that same,"
said Pat.
It is needless to add that Pat obtained
his receipt.
Specimen Cases.
S. H. a iff. Td.New Cassel, Wis, was
troubled with S-uralg aind Rheumatism,
his stomach was disc rdere.i. Ins liver was
affected to an alarming degree, appetite
fell away, and he was terribly reduced ia
flesh and strength. Three bo'ttl.s of Elec
tric Bitters cured him.
EJward shepherd, Harri: burg, I'd., bad
arunningareonhisleg of ei.ht year
standing. Used three bottles of Electric
Bitters and seven iioxrsof Cucklen' Ar
nica Salve, and his leg is soti-i 1 and well.
John Speaker, Cataba,0., had live large
Fever sores on his leg, electors said be
was incurable. One bottle Electric Bit
ters and one box Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cured him entirely. So! 1 at J. N. Sny
der's Drug store.
"Busted," Not Broken.
Ioobtless our unlettered friends Lave
fine distinctions in the use of words, for
which we d. not give .hem euihtient
credit. A new pup.l in a colored w b.l
took a shattered lampchimtiey to thow
her teacher.
"Ah!" said he,
broken, is it?
"your th
nmney is
"No, sir," she answered, "its busted."
In her distic.-ticn of terms lay all tbe
difTerence between a confession cf guilt
and an assertion cf innocence. The
word "broken" she understood to mean
that the mishap had occurred by her
own fault; and ia correcting to "busted''
she meant to imply tha: some unknown
agency, a current cf cold a.r. perhaps had
caused the break.
Here is a distinction as clear and real
as we make in more scholarly terms.
YoulA't Comfimf .
Real Merit
la the characteristic of Hood's Sarsspa
rilla,and it is nia-ifested every day in
the remarkable cures this medicine ac
complishes. Druwisu say: When we
sella bottle of Hood's Sarapari!ia to a
new customer we are sure to see him back
in a few weeks after more. proving tbat
the a-ood results from a trial bottle war
rant continuing its use. This positive
merit Hood's Sarsaparilla poesesses by
virtue of the Peculiar Combination, Pro
portion and Process used in its prepara
tion, and by which all the remedial val
ue of the ingredients used is retained.
Hood's Saraaparills is thus Peculiar ta
itself and absolutely unequalled in its
power as a blood parii-r, and as a tonic
for building op the weak and weary, and
giving nerve strength.
Where hard work ki!
kills a dozn.
s one man worry;