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FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF
Somerset, Penn'a.
CAPITAL
SURPLUS
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S7.000.
OCPOSITS nccctvtoiM LADOC IMO SM ALA.
AMOUNTS. PATAILI ON OIMtNO.
ACCOUNTS OF MCKCMANTS. rAUXCH.
TOCK DEALERS. AN O OTHERS SOLICITED.
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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.
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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
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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.
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(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
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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
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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
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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
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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