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Btt f k store. . Miuroth B'.ork. nr ftir. Entnnce r'vs i'-o street rojeruotw m4e. uiu 'tt txaua-i adJ busiae- av I J COJJOBS. L, & COLBOB. c VIGORS A COLBORN. oomenet, Pb. . entmsrf to r cre wiU be J-l.'t" far-c".; :t atteaded to. cJe:COts r.Tv-.c Aid coiTej-Aacisg cune oo n- IT L.EAER. tl. AnoRSIT-AT-LAW. somerset, rA., TG pmrcf. in Sonwrrwl And ""ta'flS!?!. L-HCoFFirrrm. W. H. ECTTS2. FFROTH & P.rPPEL, ATTOiiSEVa-AlLAW Bomenet, r. C (wrm entra.t1 to their -t tad puaii-y AiwnJed to. 0&c on aj -jam atrert, ofoite ItAaimoU Bito-i- D ,?. BILLS A COOPER. 1 nrluTICTC i 0T-.T s2Tder i rni store, oooictcv, i -i ..: -um pertAininjf to Dec7 AkUJftll--..rDrd SpertAl Atte-ti-w r-a to nj'inj t.:-ii the niura! wiq. AninsJ dent a !. wtr'.a iOftrted wixaiil plAleA -. . t.i DorvciA.il crou AiiAtaed Ui tne nAiur i. ' Apr.is- l-ljr. T TV.CARUTHERS. M. D r.nSArt, Pa tio C-:m strt. next dour to Prinuii :-u,w. r.i cm Aio2.ee. D P. F. SHAFFER. F2YiilA.N A-SbSrH'JZOS. SOllliKBET. I-A., i aN alJ viciaiij- ortce next duur to D IIS. E1MMELL, sis pTof-iocAl erTlre to the clttjerii '-rrt A&d Ticia:'.. l alera prolrtKOUAi.y u.: it be fiMistf At tii office on HAia ot i JLCUJtS. f. -T- M. LOUTH ER, ijmrij So!owb.) PEY5ICLAS A'D 5UBGKOS, - rnA!3eri7 .n at'Uietet Cor the - t .y rrr-fe-ALUu. "o&ce on Mim treet D U.S.in:iLLE-. innuli ta DestuP-jr.) -: tnentlon to the pii eti Alios ol fr 21 "v i-ra. An i'-Ai tnwtxed. Ali """'.'.T r.r::id lA'.tGACtory. tjrhoe m lfc .vk 34 . Txn.i & Co. Mure, corner -ru ti ?Ainx treeiA. AMERICAN" IIOTEL-0a-i asI OperAtd by 3- P- SWEITZER, CaraberUn.l, Md. -' '. . f-t-rlA ia aZ it AprAiiitnf nts, u-nintd. Ai tbe ftnt k-A-l'-f """ i r. i tje tnd of bA.umore kiwi rj.(j,pi evfr trw moinenw. : Y'':'Kval :i trmins. Lariure to :--,f .-aAi-i-e. iirecUy bcA ol tie "- o' a" .J.--v rrpim ran hAl At mod ,''riir". "! ; tr of tai- H.J-; is UK-'e.i with 1"" ri.n ut ruic. WioeeAiid Bent -"-'.i st:H. of Imported Cis- ri ::.: rjv rrti iiTii to uUimf by ':.t hrre i;rc a te jro- - :t ri'i tnri;. Ihti t te taken in "WT-..1 tuirn, Uii cuuie direct to ti has Ga hjLod a utrye stock of -'."7 CrTX 1475rr, 0U Rye, s."'' " At Wboiewle And ia Arc all ' f ..wUig pn-: IT1 T-r-" o.d At n S per fAlioa ' tl 00 5i 'r U N.B. 1.7, liO, And 11 BaI- -T-..-a-JtrUi:-l. Md. 8. P SWEITZER Proprietor. A. H. HUSTON, -"brisker ar.d Embaimer. -: 0. Cots CaLeu and Bbes c ? ALL GEaIjE-'O.N EAX5. - pertAinng to fanerAii fttmlshwJ on aurt notice. Afkejfc Street, Smoet, PeAa'A. II I b mrl e ts,-T- V''" HP 11 Hie VOT. XL. XO. -THE- FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF Somerset, Penn'a. CAPITAL SURPLUS S50.OOO. S7.000. OCPOSITS nccctvtoiM LADOC IMO SM ALA. AMOUNTS. PATAILI ON OIMtNO. ACCOUNTS OF MCKCMANTS. rAUXCH. TOCK DEALERS. AN O OTHERS SOLICITED. - DISCOUNTS DAILY. - HOARD OF DIRECTORS : LaRc M. Hicxs W. H. Millia, Jun L. PT'.h fU. H Fd-hia inn E Soorr G R. S-ria. Edwako Sctll, : : Vaixxtisi Hat, : : IIabvey M. Eerkley, : : : PursiDcrr Vint Premdknt : : : Caarixb. The funds and seenrities of this bank are secure!? protei'tl ia ae?ehr&tel Cor liss Burzlar-pmof Sife. The only Safe made abeolutely Bars' ar-proof. Somerset Count National Bank Of Somerset, Pa. ---.a Estabiishad, 1877. OrgwUtd a National, 1830. CAPITAL. $50 000. Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't Wm. B. Frease, Vice Pres't. Milton J. Pritts, Cashier. Directors: To. H. Kontr, J.iFUih rpecht. John H. scydw, Joeph B. l'Tl, Pm'l nd-T. Jicw M- 'ook, Hftrr.Mio -cvder, Soaii a. k.i.er. heroine stoct. Cratoraern ot this Bnk ;T1 rtreire the nat lilxrrma treAUnent coi!..-liU wiia bAHA:iig. PArties itishin? to nd money eA.4 or wt cao be ocomia.iid by drAil for Any AjnounL Mone And TmhiAbies iieeared by one of Die ho.d Ceieontod wuA BkMt approTed Uoje iocL. Coaectiorw made In a:I pAxt of " United SiAtn. t hA-irei mod-rte. , . Acooonu And Liepowj soUcted. mArt-em FIDELITY TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY. 121 & 123 4th Are., PITTSBURGH, Pd. (Capital, 1500.000 fullaid.) (Insures fctlt to R al Eetate.) AtVrire4 to Art At Exwntnr. AdmiuistTAior UuardiAn. Trustee. Auupiee, Receiver, Ac PEALER3 IX RELIABLE INVESTMENT SECURITIES. Rents boxes in iu Superior Vault fron 4i rr annum opwaris. Kccei ves depufit rd" loans only ou mortgages and ApproiK1 collaterals. Ji .If V V JACKn. Prident. JAME J. I,-)N KLL V. Pre. t C it McVaY. t--, .ad Tre. BOOT AND SHOE HOUSE. THE NEW BOOM IS THE DIBERT BUILDING, Comer Main and Franklin Sts., b where ? Mens, Womens'. And Chil f our ear areas Of Best QuaUty.and at LOWEST PRICE tan be foand, in sty'.. of all makes. I am prepared to compete with one and all dealers in the State. All I ask is a trial. SCOTT DIBERT. HO. 88 FRANKLIN STREET. JOHNSTOWN SUPPLY KOUSL JOHN H. WATERS & BRO. PLUMBERS, S72JLU 23 5 AS i'i'i'TILS. We are now ertaJiUsried in wrr new bniWina wbiob. we can Afciy my. to the bwt-ArrAnged luf our burners m e-tra Penniy I ta.i:a ,h,n.r nriAin-.r.e t the Plambtnf. S-eaiJl the ?TEAM ANU HoT WATEH HEATI.N'. hoa tne Our 6rm ejru in ti Une enbr.e iHoe of tbe Urges bttiidingi in ice county, wiji "JiailleJPI.T r-EPARTHENTwe eArry a full I1n of Rubber and Learner belunir. steam ABd GbtSa Iron Pip. Fuimg. tic Pru q-wd on A SPECIALTY. HARRY M. BENSHOFF, MANUFACTURING STATIONER ANJi BLANK BOOK MAKER. HAI NAM BLOCK, JOHNSTOWN. PA. Lwrnu-paed TAntAxea. pjrrtor it iuiiA"'ie to tae PrrfMenu lr A. H. D. a 32. b more epe-ia!;T than any other A hereditary disease, and for tlus simple reason t Arisias; from Impure and insufficient blood, tna dis ease locates iueZf in the IrmptiaSca, wnick are com posed of white tissues; there is a period of fo-tal Vile a ben the whoie body eoa- Hood'8 fiis3 white tissues. And rherefore the onbora ehUd is SarSapa espeeliijT susceptible to this drcAdfui disease. But there rilia is a potent remedy for serof cla. wheder hereditary or a-iaireL It ts Hood's Sarsaparilla. whirli expels eTery trace of tbe disease and gives to the blood tbe quality uul eolor of health. Get Hood's. " When my boy in tao yrirj rHrlw oid he was attacked and snf tered a long time with scrofula CUT6i ors. The pbvkun at length tld us to gire hun B'xxl's Sar-"y BCy saiiirill.1. whkh we did. Two bottles eared aim. He b now 10 years old and has not had any sUm of scrofula siner. We recommend Huod'5arsapar.llatoaJl our friends." Mats. K. C CurrtA. s Kidder 8L. ClcTeland, O. Hood's Sarsaparilla SoUbyi3drarjriAca. ! j;orfi. PrepAredoBhj syC.L UUOU iCO, Apoiberarns. LoweO, lUas. iOO Doses One Dollar 5a 5 5 S no Tl v In 5 s 30 m 5 30 9 5 Jacob D. Swank, Wsttchmalaer and Jeweler, Next door west of Lutheran Church. Somerset, Pa. Having opened cp a shop in this place, I am now prepare! to eup p'iT the public with clocks, watches and jewelry of all description?, as cheap as the cheapest. KKPAIRIXG SPECIALTi. All work guaranteed. Look at mv stock before making jour holi day purchases. FOUTZ' S HORSE AiOCAlUt POWDERS fV7.7 t'fWTZ. ?l5a Af -.a. n ?! r. or L.. Fa T, ! r-wTtz' V. r m t"- V ..tr ? ' fr.r'l Mr' im: nr ' -i H.wT Kit Fonts' w'H or yu. i'p .t rraBT BAT1D X. FOtTTX. rr.rlt.r. AiTlJtCK-a. atrx oni SOMEBSET, PA., HOLD O' HANDS- Tint and Jen thAt m you see Orer ia the rarden there Lookia' bow their onion be And how the pe rtnes'U brAr. And tiiuiAU ra Jen And Jim. Ewingia' he A o' hands tber co. Her a little thing, and tim Six foot h:(h er ao. They 're been marrieI a food ipel! Ain't young ; hAin t nerer been Handsome ; nor don't do to welt As they might Had to d g in Giitin' the nvir'rAre off their lot ; Live real e ose, for Jim Ain't worth Over ranch. And yit they'Te got Just a heaven on eanh. I don't know how lis ; mi.jhi aay 'Cauas they bad it roues and bad ; Both come np 'bk Anyway Jen. the bAd s drinxia' dad ; His family WAs't hu concern. Jim was W( An orpfaaa in He was frowed. and had to earn What h et And B are. Tit 'tain't that. They sort o' smile On this her life, and they wrinj Comfort out oo't ail tbe while Comfort out o' e Try thing Out o' nothin ; seema as thoufh They dont hare no troubles, nor Don't even begin to know Wbat tbiks has 'em tor. Nor tat Ain't tbe hull t here's more. He thinks she'; a reg'lAr saint. And she acts powert a store Lone o' him. In love. hain't Never see tbe beat. Tit she Kauwi him and he understands Her. ThAt i Jim and Jen you see Swingin' hoi 1 o' haadt AUNT MARTHA'S WILL. When Rodney CraiK came borne from the army with an honorable record and an empty sieeve, people wondered if Ruth Gerrihh would marry him. A man with cne arm gone, and that his right one, was only part of a man they argued, and Rath was a girl who coo Id have her choice among the most eligible yoncg men of the town, bhe had had offers enough to make her the envy of leas fortunate girls, or, at least, girls who considered it good fortune to have otfers of marriage, and she had refused them all till Rodney Craig came. She accepted the proposal he made, because she loved him. But when he bad aeked her ia marriage be had been a man with two strong arms. Now be had come home with but one, and this set some persons to wondering what she would do. These persons were those who did not know Ruth rery well. Those who knew her best never had any doubt as to the course she would pursue. One day, shortly after bis retain, Rod ney Craig came to ber, and as he stood before her with his empty sleeve folded across his breast, he said : When I won your promise to be my wile, I was a strong, two armed man. I felt equal to any tt in life, for your sake, and because of my love. Now everything is changed. I am w hat men call a wreck, for the good right arm I de pended on is gone. I have no right, un der the circa msUiices, to hold you to the promi.- yoa give me then. I give joa back that promise, Ruth, dear, if yoa will take iL" She came and stood by his side, and looked np gravely into his face, " Yoa loved me, RoJney, when yoa asked me to be your wife ?" God knows I did T he answered. "And yoa love me now T lie did not answer this question in words. The look in his eyes was too elo quent to make speech necessary. " Then why should I take back my promise V she aked. Her face was as eloquent, now, as his had been a moment ago. II is hand was on the table at her side. She put ber band in it in a way that said many things while ber eyes were bright with a stead fast love and trust, whose expression made her face so fair that Rodney was retninaed of some of Raphael's Madon nas, as she looked np at him. Eut have yoa thought of the change T he asked. "This question is one that must be well thought over, Ruth. With my two arms I could have made your life one above all want, even one of luxury, perhaps, after awhile. But with the arm 1 depended on most, gone, why, yoa can readily see how very different matters are, Ruth." " I have thought of it all, Rodney," she answered, softly. " I have thought how much I might help yon with my two wili ng hands ; when I gave my promise, it was for all time, happen wbat might, and I shall keep it, nnlees," with a smile dim pling the face that bad never seemed so lair to Rodney as at that moment " un less yoa have some better argument to offer." i " You know why I hat e said what I have," be answered. I want yoa because I love you, and without you I shall be a lonely, sorrowful man all the days of my life. But I felt that I had no rigt to ask yoa to make socb a sacrifice for me." " I make no sacrifice," she said, simply, " because I love yoa." ( Was ever a bet ter or more logical argument put in fewer words ?j " We need not mention this matter again ; I told yoa I would be your wile, God willing, and I see no reason why 1 should not be, if yoa want me. 1 would marry yoa if there was but enough left of you to hold your heart" After that there was no more said about breaking the engagement. Cat he would not consent to a marriage until he had se cured some employment He had applied for a government clerk ship, but it began to seem as if it might be a modern case of Jarndyce ts. Jarn dt ce. Once in awhile he got a letter from Washingten, saying that it was quite probable he might secure the position as soon as the proper action couid be taken. The matter bad been referred to this or that bureau, and would be reported on as soon as possible, or it had been tamed over to this or that official, who would give it prompt attention, etc So the weeks lengthened into months and he waited and hoped, and heard nothing definite, and the time when he ouId be in a position to warrant him in marrying Ruth seemed as far off to him as ever She waited because he wanted to, but would have married him any day, if he had been willing. Work for those we love ia alsas pleasant, and she wou.d have been glad to prove to him how much she could do with love as an incen tive to action. One day a letter came to Rath from ber A ant Martha. Mies Fielding lived in a little Tillage np among the Berkshire bills. All that Ruth could remember about her was hat afae made her think of the moun - er sec ESTABLISHED 1827. A7EDXESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1892. tains to be seen from tbe window of the old farmhouse where ber lonely life was pared, becaose sie seemed as stead fart and unchangeable as they did. There had been some family trouble ; just what, Ruth never knew. But Aunt Martha, who had something of the old Puritan stubborn oess of her ancestors in ber veins, backed up by the Fielding pride, bad very little to do with any of ber relatives ; therefore it was not at all to be wondered at that Rath and her mother were somewhat surprised when Aunt Martha's b-tter came. " I want yoa to come and make me a visit," she wrote, er-me and stay a month if yoa can stand it as lone as that witk me. I am a lonely old woman in a lone ly old house and I presume yoa will get homesick before yoa have been here two days; but if you do, why yoa can take tbe first train for home, yoa know, and there will be no compulsion about your staying. I will try to maks it pleasant for yon, but I presarce 1 have forgotten bow to do iL I shall expect yoa to come if yoa do not stay, so do not disappoint me. Spend no time in ' getting ready.' We don't care much about what yoa call 'style' here, and fine clothes would be wasted." I wonder if she thinks I have money fr to waste on fine clothes?" laugh ed Ruth. " If she does, it shows how lit tle she knows about her relatives. Shall I go, mother 7" " I think yoa had better," answered Mrs. Gerrish. She must be very lone ly, and a visit from yoa will brighten her life a little " I cant see what she wants me to come for," taid Ruth. "I haven't seen her since I was a wee child of a girL I won der why she didn't send for one of Aunt Lucy's daughters ? The y visited her last summer, yoa know." " I presume she had some plan in her head," answered Mrs. Gerrish. " She gen erally has when she invites any of her relatives to visit her. She did not invite Lucy's girls to come and see her last sun nier, and I presume she was offended be cause they came uninvited. But since she has seen fit to ask yoa to come, I think you had better go and do all yoa can to make it pleasant for her while you st-ty. I always liked her, although she has such a grim way about her, but then I never could help being rathe' afraid of her, and I am glad she did not see fit to include me in the invitation." So Ruth went to visit Aunt Maatha and was welcomed to the old Fieldinz home-I stead in a grimly hoepiUbie fashion, and ! when aunt Martha kissed her it ruade her think cf one of the old mountains del parting from its usual dignity and salut ing one of the little hills. " I'm glad yoa thought it worth while to humor the whim uf an old woman," she said. " I ould have had one of Lucy's girls or all of them, for that mat ter," she added with a grim smile " if I had wanted them, but I didn't They were too g-xnl whn they were here last summer to my face, that L. I know that the? called me a horrid old thing behind my bark, but 1 didn't care much about that ; but I don't think you are like them yoa don't look like them, any way, and your mother never seemed at all like Lucy. It always seems tome, when I see Lucy, that she's making kind of a calcu lation about how many years I'm good for ; yet I don't know," with a chuckle "as it will make much difference with her w hether I live one year or fifty ; for all I know your mother (hitbt just as much about what may come out of my dying as Lucy does, but the never seems to." My mother does not expect to be benefitted in any way by your death," answered Ruth proudly. Yoa do her a great injustice, indeed, if yoa think oth erw ise." " Very likely," said Aunt Martha, and then conversation diverted into another channel. Ruth soon founl why Aunt Martha had sent for her. A nephew was coming to visit her also, and she had planned a marriage for them. "I always liked you," Aunt Martha said, in one of ber confidential moods, and though I haven't seen much cf yoa, I've heard a good deal about you. You've been gocd to your mother, and Lucy's girls are willing that their mother should slave herself to death to gtt them finery and fol-de-rols; They want to wear nice dresses and have a good time, and that's all they care about ; yoa" re too sen sible for that, and you'll suit John, I'm sure." Ruth dreaded to tell her aunt the truth but she felt as if she ought to do so, at once. " Aunt Martha," she said, with a little catch of her breath, for she was afrai 1 the old lady would be terribly offended at the failure of her plans, " I'm engaged to be married." Then, the worst being over, she went on to tell her aunt ail about it, and suc ceeded in making her lover a great hero in her own estimation, if not ia Aunt Martha's. "So you're going to marry a man with one arm, and as poor as poverty T she rid, grimly. "Yes, if nothing happens to prevent it," answered Ruth. " We love each other, and we'll get along in some Bay," said Ruth, bravely. " Love's better than all the wealth in the world, I think, and so does Rodney." "Humph I" said Annt Martha; and there the conversation ended. John came. He and Rath were the best of friends at once. Aunt Ruth saw it, and hoped that her plans might yet be made to work. She waited two or three weeks before telling John what she had set her heart afon bringing to pass. When she told him, he listened in si lence, with a very peculiar twinkle in his blue eyes, and she felt quite sure his silence meant consent Tl.en she went to Ruth. Bat tbe girl was inflexible in her determination to be true to her promise. " I shall keep my word to Rodney, be cause I love him," she said. "Ail the w-a!tb in the world would not tempt me t liive him np," she added. "What pleas are would it afford me to be without himr That afternoon, when she walked down t ie orchard path with John, he told her wha' Aant Martha had said to him that morning. " I didn't tell her that it was out of the question, becsosp I was already engaged to be married," be said ; " but I dj&'i mind telling y so, because I have a dim sort of an idea that you are in the same boat, as they say. Would you like to look at my gir picture V Rath locked at the picture of " his girl,' and then repaid his confidence by telling him about Rodney. A ant Martha seemed to give ap her pet project She never mentioned it to Ruth again. When be went home, the old woman kissed her after the same grim fashion of her welcome, and told her she should expect her to repeat the visit next summer, if nothing happened, and Ruth promised to come. Something did happen something that will happen to all of us sooner or later. Aant Martha had not expected to go so soon, aad none of aer relatives had thought of her dying for yesrs to come, but the call came suddenly, aad she went away, one winter night, upon the journey from which there is no com ing back. Ruth and her mother went to the fu neral. They went out of respect fur the dead, and not because they expected she had remembered them in her will. But when the funeral was over the lawyer asked them to stay till the will was read. She hail requested that each cf her relatives as attended the funer.il should listen to her lat will and testa ment. To her nephew, John Hunt, she be queathed the sum of twenty thousand dollars ; to her niece, Ruth Gerrish, she gave the the old family Bible, hoping that what she would lind therein might be of substantia! benefit to her in future years." Ruth look her legacy, which i- found in Aunt Marthas room, securely tied up, with " For Rath Gerrish " writ'en on it, as the wilt had stated, and they went back home. " I wouldn't have touched the old Bi ble," said Aunt Lucy, in high wrath, as they steamed cityward. Neither her name or the names of ber daughters had been mentioned in the wilt If she couldn't give me something better than that, I wouldn't have taken the trouble to bring it away ; but it was just what might have been expected -f her ; she never had any regard for her own flesh and blood," I did not expect even this," answer ed Ruth. "Aunt Martha was nnler no obligation to remein'ier me in any way at all." "But to think of a woman who has tw' renty thousand dollars to give away and doesn't give a single cent of it where it will do the good it ocht to 1" said Lucy, indignantly. " It's a shame .' She was al ways contrary, as I have good reason to know, but I didn't think she would ! en-Christian enough to let an old grudge keep her from doing her duty when ehe came to die." " Martha's money was her own. to do what she pleased with," replied Mrs. Gar rish. " I'm sure I never expected anv of it." " I wonder who has the homestead?" said Lucy, suddenly. "The twenty thou sand left to John was in bonds and mortgage- Nothing was said libout the place. I didnt think of that before ; perhaps it was sold to some one before her death ; it must have been." That night, whtn Rodney Craig carre to see them; Ruth told him of her legacy. " I have not opened it yet," she said, as she brought out tbe package. " Hold it on your knee; Rodney; while I untie the string." She removed the wrapper, and Rodney opened the old book reverently. As he turned the pags a paper fluttered to the floor from between them. Ruth picked it np, and read : " Mr Dear Niece Rith , I believe the woman who is true to the man she loves, when he is poor and hasn't but one arm. is an honor to her sex. If you bad been willing to marry John, and give op votir lover, I should have despised you. As it is, I respect you. and as a token cf my respect I give you this old Bible and ail you will find in it, and pray you may be as happy as yon deserve to be. rod bless you and yours, is mv earnest wish. Maltha Fielw.."' Thee; of course; Ruth had to explain to Rodney wbat the allusions in the let ter meant How his eyes shone when he knew wbatsLe had done for love of him. ' He began to say something about a sac rifice, in a broken voice, but sue stopped him. " I didn't do it for your sake,"" sbe said. "I did it for love's sake; there was no sacrifice about it. I was acting from very seluVh motives, yoa will lind." The Bible s.ipped from his knee to the floor as be put out his arm to draw her closer to him. Ashe did so, some fold ed papers slipped out from between its pages. He picked them up to replace them. " What are they V asked Ruth. " Let me look at them." " Oh; mcther! Rodney!" she cried ex citedly. " They are deeds. I think." And so they were. The old home stead and the farm, a mile or two from the village, were left "to my dear niece, Ruth Gerrish." To avoid ail delay and trouble Aunt Martha had had the deexis made out before her death. A slip of pa per wrapped about them said that her lawyer, Mr. Jeffries, could tell Rath any thing she might want to know about the property. She could take possession at any time. "Oh, we're rich" cried Rath, with shining eyes. " Pear Aunt Martha! She must have loved me, even though she seemed so hard and cold. Her heart was kinder than any of us thought it How happy she has made me. I hope she knows all about it." Perhaps she did. Who knows ? Who shall say .he did not? " It never rains bat it pour?, the eld adage runs, and it was true in this in stance. Next day came a letter to Rod nef from the publisher of the paper in the village where Martha had lived and died. He wanted some one to take the position of editor, at a liberal salary, con sidering tbe amount of work to be done. The late Miss Martha Fielding had ad Tised him to write to Rodney Craig. Would he come np and talk the matter over? Rodney went; and so did Ruth. To-day, they dwell under the roof that sheltered Aant Martha, from tbe cradle to the grave, and they have found such peace and happiness there as comes to few on earth. A little girl bears the name of the woman to whom they owe o much, and the carefo'ly tended grave in TT i rv t? ! JLJLl d, the old churchyard where Aunt Martha sleeps, tell of the loving remembrance La which her memory is kept. A Useful Machine. "Got any good butter?" asked the woman. " Yes'ra. How's that strike yon, mum V answered the inarketman. The woman took a bite outofthe silver that the man extended to her on the point of big knife, rolled what she Lad bitten off back and forth ca her tongue and swallowed it "Tastes pretty good," she said. "Yes'm ; it's very fine butte. Shall I do you up seme, mum ?" Eefor answering this somewhat leading question the woman put her eye-glassee astride her nose and peeped anxiously into tbe firkin, then, shutting her lips tightly together, she said ; "No, I don't l:ke the color. It's too w hite, I want yelier butter," "Well, how's this?" demanded the dealer, uncovering another lot "That's alui-ist golden. Dj you !ik that batter, mum T Stie did. Sbe brought ten pounds of ' it, put it in her basket, and walked proudly away. "Same identical batter," remarked the dealer in a stage whisper aferthe weman bad gone, "oniy there is a little more color in the 'ast lot None of it is worth any thing. It's ail worked-over stuff." "What's 'worked-over u:T? " aked a Tun-: reporter, who had heard ail the talk between the dealer acl his custom er. "Why, don't you kirow bat workiug- ver is? I seppose I vill have to tsll yoa. I v ell, murine that I'm a sior3-keetr way out west, runni 2g store in a prairie town. The Liruiera bay my g-xxis and I buy theirs. Of coarse I must buy their butter, all cf it-every-tliing called butter that is offered. Some cf it's ia ball-. some ia culies, soiue in rolls, some in tutu and some in chunks. It's pretty near ail colors af the rainbow, too. "Now, what aa I do with the staff? Ship it east ? No, that won't io. Nobody east wants to buy a variety show in butter what can I do with it? Jast yoa teil me." "That's more than I know," answered the reporter. "Why, it's easy as can he. I will work the butter over ia my b -.tter-worke down ia the celler. It's a b-js. with a great big roller ia it I chr.ck ail the butter into that worker. Then I sit the roller a-going. Ia live minutes I have a mixture, but it isn't fit to pack. It's, streaky and spotted, a dab of vellow and j a patch cf white, a lice cf mal and a sr.ade of piLi. A hat next ?Cic ycsi sug gest anything "Nothing." answered the reporter. "Well, 1 11 tell you. I take a little I. t tle off the shelf and shake a few drops out of it into my butter-worker, and then roll some more. Pretty soon the .pots and the stripes cisappear, and ia a little while I have a mass cf better of one color, and I can make it light yellow, vr diri yellow as I like, to suit my customer. "Then I take the stuff cit and ps k it in firkin... and mark each rirkia 'choice creamery butter, aad sen! it ea.-t aa-1 too Is like thai woman who wis jit ia hera buy it aad eat it" S. Y. T-. Mounted on Wheels. Riling into sin ca a bicycle. That is what the Silvation Army pro pise doing hereafter, gays the New York Journal. But instead of ridin on a. bicyle and committing sin, they propose to ride on the machine and kill sin. The idea of using bicycles in carrying on the work cf the Salvation Arm v. while a new'tbicg ia New York, is far ; past the bounds cf succt ssful experiment- -j in London. j For more than a year General Lulling- s' ton Bxiths Linden forces) have been i doing most of their work oa bicycles That is, the machines have been used to- '. carry messages f.-ra one pwt of the army j to another, and for going to distant parts j of the city where meetings are to b-o : held. 5 'There is nothing nicer." sai l a mem- . ber of the Salvation Army, who had re- I cently come froai London, "t'naa a suhr j of cur fore mounted cn bicycles aad 3 hurrying through thes tree? ft London. "A bold Salvation Arxy la I. era pretty ! Salvation lassie mounted on a sttety ! bicycle, and hurryirg alo ig in tiug!e ilie, meanshiie sica'ng a Saivatloa Army hymr, is; something tuat ca.is fjrtti a crowd." "The New York cita- mounted brigade of the Salvation Araiy" bicycle ' is th official title of the oriiiatioa that isv about to take the road. tue organuttioa r'. coi-ist ot ,sv ; lieutenant commander, a corps, cf two ( lieutenants, a octer wt will a.-t as or derly, aii I tbenty-five privates, jf which tBeite will be the very prettiert Salvation. Army lassies that tbe city coct iir.s. The Secret of a Good Memory. Whatever cdet be sail ia Tgard to training the memory, it isn't be iemttn bered that memory is not. as a? eI to be suppoeed, an independent faculty of the mind that in some mysteriorj way mi-T be directlr strengthened by txercUe, a the blacksmith strengthens h'n arm ; but that memory as retentive rs dae to thf plasticity of nerve snbetanoe, aa i to the property of neve-centrcs by which they retain in g-y-wth their funrtimil modifi cations; and that recollection depends upon physic'i-lcal condition s;l ii a tbe cerebral circulation and the prorr turtc toaicg cf never-cells; moreover, that a complete act of recollection is a complex process involving corupirison, infertce, and the like. Hence, whatever in gen eral is conducive to vigorous liei2tb, nnd j whatever tends to habits of clear aad orderly thinking such conditions wiil aid rec Election. And whatever ia detri mental to the normal funrtionLng of the nerve-cells fatige, intense emotion, or tbe like and whatever blinds the judg ment, wlli hinder recollection. Ia short, all psychological beatinibes are on the head of him who has good health, sane emotion?, and trained power of atte ition. Bat no amoant of study, nor all the pre scriptions m of maemooij doctor", from Simonidesto Loisette fexce. - so far as they train attention) can aton for aa-t-zuia of body or lack of the power of at tention. From "The Hlusioas of Mem ory," by PaonEsoos Willxaw II. JJias ham, ia February icrliiwr. T WHOLE XO. 2114. What's In a Chinese Name ? A person cannot thoroughly appreciate the stereotyped nature cf the Chinese mind till be has taJked to several of them on the same subject The fact that they all object to being iser than their fore fathers easily account for this similarity. But how about their occupations nd names? How often have yoo wondered as yoa were passing some Mongolian's laandry where and bow he gt that outlaodlah name. With so mny "Samsi," and "Loos," and "Lads, it is a wonder to we Ameri cans how they keep from entirely losing their individuality. Just imagine a telephone list in I'ekin, where there are l,txj,0t'O people. If you wanted to ring up a man named Loo, there would probihly be three cr four thousand on the list, and most of theta Sams. Just imagine a directory wilh J.0 or xv Lungs La it, and most of them WooorSatn.it would be worse than looking for John Smith ia an American directory. And yet they do not get eonfa-ed. Their names are managed in about the same manner that ours are. Their last name is handed down from genration to generation, rarely ever changing, but their first names vary as ours do. V.'henever a Chinaman marries in China, or anywhere else, hi wife takes his name fore and aft, and loses her own entirely. As my la'in.irymaa pats it, "She ha.ee ao name, tukke his name ; one do for two." So they not only become one La the sKo'y bonds of matrimony, but one in tuuse. A'.Umt.t O.-wiit'Ui 'i. Sensible Words to Tired Mothers. To reiga nobly and succest-fully evea ia a cotuge housekeepers need a few simple acquL-ements of body aad miad, need to have theta become habits, habits so deeply woven into her existence that ! the possessor is unconscious of their ores- ' . . . , 1 . L . i ... r l .k. i cut, uuh i-a . . -a (. i wiioev Lct;utc sue would be ei 'uisitely canscio'ja. I'rst Ereatiie slowly, breathe deeply, breathe quietly, breathe pure air. There is no room more easy to Tenti Ute than a well planned kitchen, for it heat is scnlcient to permit the constant ; entrjuceofcold air. 5 Many a morning'-preserving or baking j I may be metamorphosed from a mere tir- ; iaz, fatiguing task into healthful exer- : J cise if thee jica are atteade-I to. t t Many a sin kfal cf heavy dishes have ' j been aashed with as good results as' ', gyinrusium practice, if pure air is welt ' i breathed meaawhile ; which is a strong f ' po.nt against unventiiated butlers' clos- ; e'- . j .-ecund itarvd well, net oo the heels, not cn the toes, but liat oa the heel of ' the feet, the body poised slightly for : ward, the chest well raised and air ! iired. j Orders given to servants or tradesmen, fr)ni 3u;h a poise, will doubly impress etrselves and brlngdouMy tiae result. W ilea vo'j st in I in this wav you ret t part cf your body, evea though standing muscles are fatigued. the Above all, whea yoa rest rest! If yoa have a few moments to sit or lie, do notibcxelse ia that few minutes. & 'hi U-r-:. '. Solid With the Company. Among the first railroads built in the United States was a little line about twenty miles long. Ia the coarse of time ' tunnel line was constructed through tbe same co'intrr. The original line be- came merely a branch. For many years J it was run ia a cheap way, with one loco ; motive, one engineer, and two cr three .j freight cars. Finally a new genera! manager was ap ' pointed. II had not been ia o:5-.-e but one week when ha sat f ?r the one lone conductor, who had beea there ever since ' the road was bn.it i wouta lite to have your resigtta t.on," sa: 1 the general manager when the conductor aipeare-L "My resignation T ia laired the con ductor in astonishment "Yes. sir; yours." "Wtiat for, pray ?" "We'-l, I want to make some changes ; and get new blood ia the line," was the i general cir.aj;r'j reply. j "I won': resign," answered the CU- ' d actor. "Then, I will oeeompeUed touischanre ; yoa, a step which, for your snke, I had ! hoped I would be saved trora taking." J "Young mi'.n, yoa will not discharge me. Iowa a controlling interest ia the ; slock cf this rairead, and elect the I'rei- ; dent and Boarl I'lrectors. I shall i have yoa lired." i The old conductor did reallv own the aaj r:ty of the stcc. and, as he aiJ, put in his owa Ejard of liirectors and fresi lect Titles Bought and Sold. The remarriage of the Duchess of Caai p"Selice, who is indebted for her vast wewith to the fact that she was one of the widows of Mr. singer of sewing aia chltie Lauie. will serve to draw alttatiou to the facility with which titlesare oh- j tair.ed ia Italy. j Tne duchess bought the title of duke : for her second husband from the Vatican ! for ii )'0 while di-?8 amounting to close 1 apoa $.SO,Oi0 hav. jast been paid into the j treasury of the lllua Government for J something has appeared ia its coiumrs the acquisition of the titles of duke, j of which he does not approe, aud diew price, ma-ijuls and count by young it with aa air of reg-et that it Ls reve-a-j-avLetti. who led to tbe altar the other j ry to drive the publishers into bar k -nj t day the heiress aad sole surviving rep- cy, reminds u of the traij dispaher resectative of the grand old patrician who request d aa increase in sa'ury ard ho-.3e of the BirberiaL j threatened to quit if be dida't get t It appears that the purchase of these j Tbe S aperinlea ient replied to his re titles iseffected by means of the payment j quest by relating a stry : "Whea I as either to the Vatican or to the Italian j a young mao," he said, "I once did as Government of fees of registration. These au-ount ia the case of the title of prince toi:,0t; in that of duke to ?li000; marquis, f Xi ; count, fo.i.iOO ; viscount or baron $4,000. Anybody who has not a record that ia downright cri ainal can secure the title which he desires ea payment of the does just mentioned. A famous lawyer says that " to achieve eminence in that profession a young man should go to work with a wilL" "That" good advice; especially if it's a Tery rich man's wilL" The pain of loess is inseparable from previous erjoyment This is the reason why noihing is mist until it's dew. I Tempeirar.ee in the Kitchen. j I ws visiting at ote tixe very dear ! friend, whose !.t;ie son had not yet dr p l ped his Hoping accent. The pastor. wbo 1 Wis a freo'jent visitor, was dining with j us, and the little boy, a remarkably weii t behaved child, was allowed to sit at the table. The Sow of conversation passed witVi Lciemptiori. and vt a wt! wm p?kea by ikf chil l, until the urt wm served, with a v.ry delifi-rs wtt e prprJ airer the rrost ar-proved receipt w.Lh the reii.rcd prcpujtoQ of w.ne in corporated. Then he asked, "Mamma, what hh thlth thauta made of? Ittathes very The mother replied, "but ter and sugar," thinking that would sat isfy the young inquiring mind. He tast ed again, then asked, "what e'th iia it made of? I tathe something eith." A glance across the table, from the minis ter, seemed to say to the mother, "Yoa are ia a comer now. I wonder now you w ill get out of it" She then meationed the spices aad other ingredients, still omitting the wine. The ch.ld said aaia, "It ith very good,"" aud continued eating. Presently he looked apas if from abrewn study, and said, "Mamma, aren't yoa glad that we are not the kind of folk'.hs thateathe withky?' All present yielded to aa unrestrained rtierrimenf, except the mother to whom the artless question came like an accusa tion, and made an impression which last ed through her lifetime. The resoiutioa was formed then and there, that her boys should never become familiar with the Uste of a iae or other li juors at her table and thus fall an easy vi-tom to tempta tion ia after years. Front that time she never allowed one drop of intoxicating liquor to enter into any part cf the fcod for the family. The little q-jestioner is now a strocg temperance man, and doing good duti ful work as a missionary of the American Board iu China. Confidence ; Yes, public cuiide nee, that's the kev- j note of our successful advertising. The ! cay lor foolicg the public is past, aad we ! wouldn't do it if we could. Consumers ; are never "fooled" when they buy Klein' ; celebrated "Silver Age" or I'uquesue : "lives." These famous brands of abaolute- !y pure whbky are now known and sold ! every where fro-u the Atlantic to the Pa ; cilic slope. Every day swells the long ; list of customers. Why ? Because the whiskies named stand solely oa their merits. Leading physician. all ovr the j land indorse and prescribe them pretty ; conclusive evidence that the goods ate ' just as represented the purest and best obtainable. A poor whisky is never cheap, but always injurious. Yoa take no chances in ordering "Silver Age" or ,' "Duquesne," which seka respectively at ; and 1 T) per full quart. Packages ; expressed anywhere. Ma Klein, No j ' Federal street, Allegheny City, Pa. j She Never Told Her Age. j There a aa astrologer's dea in this : i- w h ... a .;-.-. .... i . . ...... .i.iiiavmrata i .it? secrets i 01 F3' preaent ana future thrown tne ftiri f the;r nativity and by other OCCUit mean. A lady went there the other day wi;h a party of frieads. The astrologer was Aked to cast her horoscope. "WLat year were yoa bora' maJUrn? heiaq iired. "Mu.-t I tell that ?" "Certainly. I must kaow what st,r j controls your life." ; "Bat I do not know the year." I llve yoa no means of finding oat j "No, sir." i "Try and find som-i one whe can ie i meuiber. Loon ia the Lirnlly Bibie." "I'll do nothing of the kin J, ' snapped the lnd.guant woman, and she Wft uevtr to rittira. Dttfj I Fi- The Wicked Urchin. A precocious little rascal was no tied on Jefferson avenue the other day, mak ing his best endeavor to ring a door tell jost beyoni hia reach. A we.l-knowa minister happened along, and, with the impulse of a good Samaritan, wanted to help the boy. "Like to ring the bell, soncy ?" "Yes, sir ; but I can't reach it" The divine vepped to the veranda and gjve the bell a vigorous pull as he patted ; the interesting juveniie on the bead. 'Now run like the devil!" shouted the kid, s he shot down the atreet at top speed. All tl e man could do was to laugh at this deplorable bit of world'i nessand make explanation when the call was answered. lKtit .r. I have not used all of one bottle ytt I suffered from catarrh for twelve ytara, experiencing tho aameaung dropping ia the throat peculiar to that disease, atd ncsj bleed a!uiij: daily. I tried sdveisl remedies without benefit until la.-t Atril, when I saw Ely's Creara Balai advertised ia the Boston B-tJj't, I procured a bt- lie. aad sinje the first day's u have had no more bleeding the soreness is entire ly gone. I'. G. IivLlaon, witlj the Bos ton LV'j.vr, formerly with LVstin Neatly Done. "I kaow I a. -a nt gI enough fcr you," he ad led half apologetically afer proposing, "but that's my misfortune, not my fault no man caa be as good aa a woaisa." ; "VVhynot?" "Because the Bible says man was made I a little lower thaa the atig!s " j This was the feather that turned the : scale. S!ie s oftly s ghe i aa 1 e onsen ted. Tonsorial Item. A a eld.'rly grttle-r: n, oa , ! had only a few lonesome hvrs Havered en- i terei a arug store ani sai l to tae cieik : "I aat t buy a ha brush." "For jour owa use?" "Yes." "Whit the mailer wita brush?" Tm ,ti,i. tooth Theroia who stops s piper b.cause yoa are doing I tol l the superintendent of the road what you told me. lierefostd my demand and I quit ; and. would yea believe it ? that road is running yet 1" Allow me toad I my tribute to the fa cie ncy of Ely' Cream Balm. X was of fering from a severe attack of indueaza and catarrh and wa inda.-ed to try year remedy. I could hardly articula'e, at d in bss than twenty-four hoars the a tarrha! symptoms and my bcarseces disappeared and I was able to sing a heavy role in Grand Opera with voice unimpaired. I strongly recommend it to all singer. Wm. IL Hamilton, Lead ing Eadso of the C D. Hess Grand Opera IT
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