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FHVilOlAS AND iVK'jEOS,
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VOL. XL. NO. 37.
-THE-
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF
Somerset, Penn'a.
o
CAPITAL
$50,000.
7.000.
8URPLUS
-O-
BCPOSITS nECCIVCOIN LARGE an o small
AMOUNTS. PAYABLE ON OEM AN O.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS.
STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED.
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
tRn If. Hicsa. VT. H. Millie,
James L. PcoH, Cbab. H. Fii-heb,
Johs R. Scott. Go. R. Socxl,
Feed W. B:e lviii.
Edward Sctll, : : : : : Prbsidest
Vale.ntise Hay, : : Yus PttsicssT
Harvey M. RtnkiEV. : : : Cashike.
Tlse fin.ls Reoir.ties this bank
are RKure! v iteoi-i iu art'lebratoJ Cor
lias Rarciar-i-rocf Sate The only bafe
made alsolutely RarUir-prof.-f.
ScrnersBt Coon! Rational Eank
Of Somerset, Pa.
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EstAS'.isVd, 1877. u litlcKal, 1890.
CAPITAL, $50,000.
Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't
Wm. B. Frease, Vice Pres't.
Milton J. Pritts, Cashier.
Directors:
Wm. n. Koonu, Pam'l ertyfT,
J..:ii -M-'-hl. Jona M. " oot,
J.jLa H. suv lCT, Jn !i'uffl- .
J..- h B. I'itTU, Harr:D Miy.ler,
Jerume aluCt, Nuan a. Mmer,
Curtoraer! ot thi Bait wil: Teceixe the raot
liberal Uea-Ejeut cons: U;Dt wui saf bankiug.
Pariiw virbln? to u.l rooDey ea-t or west can
be act.iain:dmt.--i by d -a.t ItiT any aincaut.
Vnr.ft and vainn'.-ai iM"ar-1 by on of Pie
"i.J (.:eicbraioi aaftn, wiib o6t ai proit-i Uae
locL.
(v.;;tiorm mn.le in a.l para of the railed
Stau-s t-'haiy, m.niert ur. .
Aoeoaau and i i-ona solloted. mars-tm
CURTIS K. GROVE,
SOMERSET, PA.
EreGIES, LX1GH, CARRIAGES.
SPRING WAGONS, BCCK WAC-OKl
A.5D EASTERN AND rrSTERX WORK
rumled on Short Notice.
Tainting Done on Short Time.
St work i trade oat jf TVKrt.' Srow.f ITootf,
aud the J- oarf .-uretaiitiay
Co'istructed. Neatly Kiniihea. and
W granted to rT Sauafaction.
Z-plcy Cij rt-Caa TK-Eren.
Hrrrine of Ail Kind in Vy Ur.e Pone o
iortNouc. Pr.ce iA.o ALE, and
All Work Warranted. ,
Call and Examine ray Swi. and Learn FrVea
Ido Wa:on-wora. aad fura .sh Seivea for Wind
Xilla. R. member U.e pie, aad call In.
CURTIS K. GROVE,
(East of Conrt Hocm?)
SOMER EIT. Tl
it is to Youi Interest
TO B TT ?TR
Drugs and Medicines
JOHH H. SHYDEB.
BC XB TO
BiESEGKE ti & Snyder.
Kon but the pun st tad best ker la slock,
ar j whe.i Drup. beinroe int t by stand
ing, as ceru n of them Jo, we de-
gtroy LbeiB. rather than in
poee o tot r ctst tuera.
Yon can 6 spend on hiring your
PRESCRIPT10 KS 1 FAMILY RECLTTS
tiled with care. Cur r M loW M
any other trt-cLsi boa and on
niacy trti-iea much luwer.
The people of this coontr eem to know
this, and have fivenma la-p abare of their
patrons, ai.d f-ahall still one tinue tegtTe
tbem the very b t pxs for tberT money.
Do not forytt Lh at we m-ike a specialty of
FITTINGr TRUSSES.
We ruirantee m jtfaction, and, if yon na
bad troul le in this direcuoo,
I jye us a calL
SPECTACLE S AND EYE-GLASSES
in gra rarirtj ; A full set of Test Uu
Coco in and hi re your eyes ei lined. Ko
charj for rrjtf i; nation, and we an- cou&d
we can suit y a. Come and see m.
Eeeciful!y,
J0H S N. SNYDER.
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Mr. S. G. Derry
Of Prwrideaee, B. I.,
Wi Je!y known as proprietor of Derry" 'Water
proof Harness Oil. tells below of his terribla
suSerlnps from Eczema and Lis cure by
Sarsaparilla
Gentlemen : Fifteen years ago I had an at
tack of Inflammatory rheumatism, which was
followed by e-rema or alt rheum, breaking
cut on my rifrht left. The hunKw spread aJ
ocr my legs, back and arms,
A Foul lfasa of Sores,
swollen nd lifliin: terrtWy. eaulEj InlenM
lii! if t:ie skin was broken by scratchinr,
and di-eharpiip coi!-.tantly. It is impo-,b!e
to dcriln- iiiv auCeriiis; In taose years of
ag juy aiiil tortme. I sient
Thousands of Dollar a
In futile efforts to pet well, and was dlscour
teei and reaily to die. At tins time I was
unable to lie d"wu in tied, li.id to sit up all the
un:e. and was unable to waU wu!ioi:t
crutches. I had to lioid mv arms awav friim
n y body, and had to hare my arms, bac k and
U p baudaired by my faithful w ife twice dav.
'Finally a fueml wlio a as TiMUnK at our
tew. ureed me to take Hood's S-oaparilia.
I began by ukiug hall a tcaspowJuL My
Stomach Was All Out of Order
Put the medicine soon corrected this, and in
six ee 1 could ee a change In the eon
dit, u of tlie humor winch lieaxiv covered m
1 .:'. It i driven to tlie su'rfa..-e by the
Mirvipanlia. the sore soon hesieil, and tlie
seines leil off. I was soon able to give up
bandars and erutrlies, and a havpy man I
wav I liad been takinc H.khI s Miiajiarilia
for -seven montlis ; and Mnee that time, l.eany
two year. I tmve worn no bantiace wliatevei
aaJ my kgs and arnu are sound and wcli.
The Delight
of myself and wife at my recovery It Is tm
tible to tell. To ail u;y buiue fnei ds
in ikjioU and over the country, i ; .conunetid
Hood's Sarsapariiia
Irom personal exper
nence. S.G.bEBEr.lS
Biauiord street l'rovideuce. E. I.
If 7 on arc liilioua, uk. Hood's Ptlla.
oust casts cured to
CURED ir utaCOM-
'LICATEO .V CRCAHIC
D1SCASC.
NEW GOODS
AT
Knepper & Fern's.
It is our aim to present at eve
ry geaon a Line of Goods of
the Newest Patterns and Lat
ent Styles. We Lave lalored
hard in selecting a stock for
tlie coming season, and are glad
to sav that we have succeeded
in luying goods that are su
perb in style, and at priqes
that have the magnetic power
to draw and retain trade.
CLOTHING I
Never before have we bought
such fine styles in Mens and
Youths, lioys and Childs'
Clothing. These Ooods are un
unapproachable in quality and
price.
CARPETS.
This season we are offering a
larger assortment.better styles
and lower prices in all grades
of Carpeting, Matting, and Oil
Cloths and Uugs. than ever be
fore. DRESS
GOODS.
We are daily gaining trade in
this department, consequently
have bought a large stock,
adapted to fill the wants of
everyone.
EEH1S' FURN1SH1HGS.
A large and complete stock
just received, and are now pre
pared to furnish all who want
a sjeeialty in tin's line. We
introduce correct styles as soon
as out. We also carry a full
stock of
Window Shades,
Trunks and Sachels,
Rubber Clothing, &c.
WV takesrenuine pleasure in hav
ing oar friend3 iuspect the above
novelties.
KNEPPER & FERXER,
One Door North of TostofTicc.
HOOD'S
1 r-S Sa
.HAROLD Marcs o!Mt,t S
Some
SOMERSET, PA.,
CASHMERE AND
DOWN.
SWAN'S-
The firelight and the mellow flams of
the student's lamp on the renter-tab's
shone brightly throogh the room, shed
ding their radiance on the gray hair of
Mrs. Hammond as she bent over her
sewing, and 011 the dark locks of her son
EJ?ar.
Thetapid pen, flying over sheet after
sheet of paper, patios and then stops.
"Mother I'm tired of working! How
would yoa like to go to the concert at
Steinway Hall to-cigbt? Miss Kellog
sings."
"I should much prefer staying indoors
this cold evening, my boy ; but you go.
Yoa have been working too hard lately.""
And so it was that, an hour later,
E.litar found himself in the midst of a
Lriliiant scene. All the elite of the city
seemed to have gathered together to wel
come America's sweet primadonca.
Seated directly in front of him, Edgar
noticed s lady and youcg girl (evidently
mother and daughter). The girl's face
struck bis fancy, and as he listened to the
music he unconsciously studied her pro
file. Very fair, with tender blue eyes,
and soft light hair, snd an eipression at
once so innocent and joyous as to caupe
one to know that only a lovely mind
and disposition could belong to such a
face.
The elder lady baJ features very sim
ilar, only her ejes and hair were dark
and her expression sad, as thocch the
bad known ssrrow. Over the back of
the young lady's chair was thrown an
elegant carriage cloak of pale blue cash
mere, lined and trimmed with swan's
down. EJgar found himself thinking
how the delicate color of the dainty wrap
would contrast with the shell pink of the
cheek before him.
The concert was over, and Edgar passed
out with the throng into the bitter cold
air. As be walked along his feet touched
something soft. Stooping, he found on
the pavement a clark, and taking it under
the gaslight, he saw it was the same ke
had noticed in the hall.
His first impulse was to take it to the
bjx-ofiice, and then the thought came
that he would like to restore it to the
owner himself, and recewe his thanks
from those sweet lips ; so throwing the
clcak over his arm, he walked rapidly
0n-
When still so:u9 distinee from home
he saw a little fijira crouching upan the
side-walk, and heard a low, quivering cry.
Stopping, he laid bis hand on the child's
shoulder, stirring t find a thin calico
garment the only protection from the
piercing wind.
"My child, w by do you cry here in the
cold ? Why do you not go borne ?"
''Oh, sir, I dare not go bomel Mamma
won't let me."
"Why, what have you done?"
"I didn't get enough by begging, sir,
and indeed I'd rather freeze than go
home.
"Poor child! Show me where you livef
and I will see you are allowed to stay."
Edgar kindly lifted her to her feet, and
then thought of the warm cloak over his
arm.
"That sweet, kind face (he thought)
would not frown if she knew to what nte
her cloak had been put, be was sure so
he wrapped it around the shivering child
and took her hand.
They made a strange pair, the hand
some, elegantly dressed young man, and
the poorly clothed little figure, with tear
stained face, and the tbin rags showing
underneath the dainty, downtrimmed
garment, Bui there was no one to notice
save the angels, who always see a kind
deed.
They soon reached the squalid habi-
tat on the child called "home. A re
pu'sive looking woman opened the door
and looked savagely at the little one, who
shrank behind her protector. Handing
her some money, Edgar said :
'I found your child in a fair way to be
frozen to death. I wish yoa would take
her in this bitter night, I will come
again." he said to the child, who evident
ly feared her "mammy" more than the
cold. "What is your name ?"
"Berts."
"You little wretch, that's a lie ! Your
name's Molly, and you know it!" Seizing
her, the woman thrust her into the room-
'Yes," ''turning to Edgar) "she shall stay
to night ; but she's a good-for-nothing
bagiwge !"
Edgar told his mother of the occurrence
on his arrival home, and she said :
Yes it is only one ca3e out of a thous
and around us. I am glad my son did a
be did, it shows a good, kind heart ;" and
the old lady laid ber band fondly on his
heal.
Edgar, according to bis promise, went
again to the child's home, and bis mother
accompanied bim, well laden with warm
comfortable clothing.
The little girl was expecting them ; her
face was neatly washed, and her dark
hair was combed carefully back from a
hih. intellectual forehead, while the
large eyes fairly seemed to speak, they
were so earnest
"Can it be possible," exclaimed Mrs.
Hammond, "that so low a woman could
have such a beautiful child !"
That evening Edgar unfolded to bis
mother a plan, and she, w hen be bad
finished, delighted him br saving the
same thought had been in ber mind too.
Mrs. Hammond was a dear, kind, old
ladv. Edgar was her only child, and she
was wealthy as was be, from the estate of
hfr lab husband. Of all thine, as be
grew up, she took most pleasure in
... Jl 2
encouraging nis generous, amuiy im
pulses.
So no w she entered heart ana soul in
to bis plan of taking the neglected child
and educating her as her own. The only
trouble would be from the unnatural
mother ; but Edgar declared that money
would soon settle all difficulty there. So
everything was arranged, and the little
waif was brought to her new home.
For a time she seemed bewildered by so
much kindness; but after that she be
came the animated, lively child she
naturally was. Her progress in study
was marvellous, and each year endeared
ber more and more to the hearts of Edgar
and ber kind grandma (as she wasUught
to call her.)
After a long time Edgar bad ceased try
ing to find the owner of the lost cloak
He had advertised, and searched the "lost
colamn" in the papers, but to no avail, so
be bad made up bis mind the yonng lady
had either left the city, or bad not cared
enough for its loss to take any steps for
;tt recovery.
se
ESTAJ3UBHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY,
Several years passed away, and BerU
was now a girl of tweWe.
One day she rushed into the library
exclaiming :
"Oh, grandma, there's to be a tableaux
party, and I am to be Cinderella! May
ir
"If, as you say, yoa are going to be
Cinderella, what's the use of asking 'may
I V said Edgar, laughingly.
"My dear, whose party is it T"
Sobering down, and stopping ber
pirouettes round tlie room, Berts seated
herself, and began :
"Well, it's Edith Douglass's birthday
party. Her mother is to get up the
tableaux, and they want me to de Cin
derella," "Who is the prince, BerU? asked Ed
gar. "Edith's cousin, Albert Havens. He
has just come from Europe. Grandma,
may I take part !"
"Yes, dear, if you want to; but come
now, dinner's ready."
The eventful evening came at last. The
spacious parlors of Mrs. Douglass's house
were brilliantly lighted and garlanded
with flowers. One room was devoted to
the guests, and the other was occupied by
the stage.
The curtain rose first on a, group o
statuary, copied from Roger's "Playing
Doctor." Several tableaux followed, and
then "The Introd uction of Cinderella to
the Prince" was announced. An exclama
tion of pleasure broke forth as the curtain
rose.
Gracefully bending, with ber eyes
modestly ca-'t down, stood Berta. ln
nsually lovely she looked. Her dress a
marvel of pale paper muslin covered with
tulle) gave her the appearance of being
much older, with its sweeping train
Crowning the toilet was an exquisite
clonk also of blue, with sort trimmings of
down.
The prince, a tall, fair boy, looked right
royal in bis black velvet and silver.
As Edgar looked with surprise ei the
beautiful tableau surprised, because al
though he bad always thought Berta very
petty, he never bad considered ber so
beautiful as that be beard a sweet voice
near bim say :
'Why, mamma, isn't that the exact
copy of the cloak I lost so long ago V
Yes, Lottie, I noticed that ; but do you
not know that which is stranger still 7"
There was something others besides
Lottie's mother were commenting on it
The peculiar light thrown upon the
faces of the performers brought out every
feature distinctly, and as the Prince and
Cinderella both stood with their pro6Ies
turned towards the audience, a striking
resemblance was seen between them.
The same high forehead, curved eye-
brews, and straight noses, and what was
most noticeable, as there are seldom two
alike, the shape of their months was
exactly similar. Some time after the
strange resemblance was talked over.
As soon as possible Edgar turned to see
the owner of the sweet voice. It was the
same fair girl whose cloak he bad unwit
tingly become the possessor of.
When the performance was ended,
Edgar sought bis hostess, and requested
an introduction to the yourg lady, whom
be only knew as "Lottie."
'Yes, that is my niece Miss Havens.
She and ber mother and brother have
just returned from abroad."
As soon as he felt sufficiently acquaint
ed after conversing awhile Edward
introduced the subject of the cloak. Lot
tie was very mnch surprised, and said :
"Why, I think I remember your face.
Didn't you stand btside me as we left our
seats in the hall that night ?"
To tell the truth, Lottie bad secretly
dmired bis fine eyes very much, and
had wondered who he w as. Of course,
Edgar did not know that; but be felt a
very agreeable sensation to-think he bad
been worthy to be remembered so long a
time
After awhile he led Lottie to his mother
and Berta. and introduced them.
When the evening was over, and they
bad made their adieux, E Jgar said :
"Miss Havens, may I call and return
your long lost cloak ?"
"Certainly ; we should be most happy
to see yoa at any time, with or without
the cloak," replied Lottie.
"And I should be pleased to continue
our acquaintance, said Mrs. Havens to
Mrs. Hammond ; "and please bring your
little granddaughter with you some day.'
She stooped and kissed Berta.
"You remind me very much of a little
girl I lost, my dear. I should like to see
you often."
Mrs. Hammond and Berta soon called
n;on their new friends, and a pleasant
intimacy sprang np between the two
families. Mrs. Havens seemed drawn to
Berta, and Berta to ber, until Mrs. Ham
mond laughingly said she should very
soon be jealous.
One day as the Hammonds sat at din
ner, the servant brought in a letter.
With some curiosity Edgar looked at the
curious writing, and then broke the seal,
read it, and put it quietly in bis pocket
But after the meal was over and Berta
had returned to school, his quiet manner
vanished entirely ; be took it out and
read it to bis mother.
It was dated from a small village not
far away, and ran thus :
" Mr. Havens Sir, I have taken the
liberty of written to yon, I aia dying, and
I must see you before I die, it is about
Mollr. Mart Bun,."
Edgar horridly arose.
"There! I've had mr suspicions all
along. I believe that our Berta has
name she need not be ashamed of, and
that this woman knows all about it-
will go immediately."
Edgar found the woman very ill just
able to speak. His suspicions proved
correct and she told him the following
story.
Years before there bad been a fearful
railroad accident, in which most of the
passengers had been burned beyond rec
ognition. She was then living near by
and went to the sad scene out of coriosi-
ty. At a little distance, behind some
bushes, she found a little child, uncon
scions, but safe ; by some miracle she
had escaped. She noticed the child's
rich apparel. A velvet, fur trimmed
cloak and the Valenciennes handker
chief was fastened by a small jewelled
pin, handsome chain and locket were
also around ber neck.
Being rery poor, the temptation cam
to take the child and go with ber to New
York, where she could sell the rich
clothes and jewelry.
MARCH 9, 1892.
So without pausing to think, she caught
the little girl under ber shawl, and took
her to ber lonely home. As soon as the
child awoke to consciousness, she lisped :
"BerU wants papa."
That was the story, and the woman
whoee crime bad troubled ber death-bed,
now seemed relieved.
Wken be arrived home, Edgar told bis
mother and Berta the woman's confes
sion, and for awhile things went along in
their usual quiet manner.
Every time our hero met Lottie Havens
be found new charms. The time passed
in ber society seemed to bim to fairly
fly ; be almost felt like audibly reproach
ing the cuckoo on the mantel, for re
minding bim bow late it was. He was
not long in discovering why it was be
felt thus, and determined (with bis moth
er's full sanction and approval) to learn
bis fate without delay.
One evening the opportunity arrived,
and in earnest, manly tones he told her
of his love. The soft, frank eyes looked
bravely into his face for an instant, but
what ther saw there made them droop,
and the shell-pink deepened into a vivid
hue; but not before he bad read in their
tender depths the answer he covet ed.
As they sat talking as lovers do, Lottie
id:
"Edgar, there is one tbirg I value
even more than this " (looking down at
the flashing stone on ber finger).
"And what is that, my darling?"
"My eafrhmere cloak ; if it bad not
been for that we might never have met
and known each other."
"Yes, and it shielded our Eerta from
the bitter cold one time. I have never
told you about that, but I w ill. We
mustn't have any secrets from each other
now."
When Mrs. Havens came in, Edgar, in
bis usual straightforward way, led Lottie
to ber, and told her what had passed;
and she, seeing her daughter's happy
face, and liking EJrar heartily, was con
tented that it should be so.
By and by Lottie said :
"Edgar, what about my cloak shield
ing Berta?"
Oh, that is a long story ; but I want
you and your mother to know, as you
may be able to help me in a search I am
quietly carrying on."
Then, briery he told them how be
first found Berta, and the events after,
until be took ber to her mother. When
he told of the strange cummunication
the dying woman had made him, and
reached the part relating to the disaster,
and describing the clothing and orna
ments of the child, Mrs. Havens started
np with a cry :
"Oh, my baby ! my Last Alberta !
SLe raised her voice higher at each
word, nntil with a scream she fell back
in her chair.
Lottie quickly left her lover's side, and
clasping ber ar.ns around her mother
herself trembling with excitement
said :
"Mamma. dear, thank God, I think my
little sister is alive ! Oh, mamma,
dont give way !"
Edgar and Albert looked on, Albert
dimly comprehending, but Edgar com
pletely astonished at the si-ene.
As soon as Mrs. Haven recovered ber
composure, she spoke :
"Mr. Hammond Edgar to you I owe
my child's recovery. Your BerU is my
own daughter and Albert's twin sister.
My husband's health had been poor for
some time, and he thought he would go
to bis mother's home for a few weeks
and recover bis strength. Albert and
his twin sister, Alberta, wete children of
three years at that time. My husband
almost idolized Berta, so be begged me
to spare ber to him for bis little conran
ion while away ! They started and that
was the last time I ever saw my noble
husband. Here she had to make a long
pause. When the news of the disaster
came I went right ou, and found that
my husband, and, as I supposed, my
child, had been among the victims. Oh!
that was a fearful time !
"The remains were all burned beyond
recognition, but I got my husband s
atch and the little hat that my baby
had worn. I never thought in my wild
est dreams that she could hive escap
ed."
The scene in Mrs. Havens parlor the
next day was a mfst affecting one.
When Berta entered the room with Mrs.
Hammond and EJgar, her mother with
a g aa cry, rustiea lorwara ana cix-pea
her to her heart.
"My darling child ! I know now why I
felt so strangvly drawn toward yon."
"My mamma!" was all BerU could
say, and. holding out her band to her
brother and sister, who were sobbing
for very joy, she drew them closely to
her.
Edgar and bis mother looked on with
what would have been sadne, but thst
Mrs. Hammond knew very soon Bertha's
place would be filled by a loving daught
er ; and as for Edgar, he couldn't have
been sad if be had tried.
The next month Lottie became Ed
gar's wife. Tlie cashmere cloak was
bandied with reverent care, for it seem
ed almost a sacred thing to Lottie.
Edgar came in one day, shortly after
their return from their wedding tour,
and found her carefully arranging it in a
box.
"My little wife, that cloak seems bound
np in our destinies. Through it I first
met you ; it has united the long parted
mother and child, and baa been the
means of making my Lottie a happy
wife. Is she happy?
The sweet mouth trembled a little as
it was raised for a kiss, and Lottie ans
wered the question with ber eyes.
Edgar was satisfied.
A Wonder Worker.
Mr. Frank nufmaD.ayonng man of
Burlington, Ohio.sUtes that he bad been
under the care of two prominent physi
cians, and used their treatment nntil be
was not able to get around. They pro
nounced his case to be Consumption and
incurable. He was persuaded to try Dr.
King's Sew Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds and at that time was
not able to walk across the stieet with
out resting. He found before be bad
osed half of a dollar bottle, that be was
much better ; he continued to ose it and
to-day ia enjoying good health. If yoa
have any Throat, Lang or Chest Trouble
try it We guarantee satisfaction. Trial
bottle free at J.N. Snyder's Drugs tore.
irle
The Effect Is Bad.
Tie re are few people, especially there
are few of the more artistic sex, who have
not a Uste for splendor, for luxury, for
the impressive picturesque in human life
and in its manner of living. This is,
however, by no means to say th.it they
are unhappy if they cannot live magnia
cently themselves.
A Tery small number are able to do
that, and a large number, we are glad to
believe, have too good sense to do so if
they could. But it is to th era a gratifi
cation to see what is splendid, to read of
it and to talk about it.
We have nut, in America, the Europe
an resource to feed the public fancy a
court with a king and queen and prince,
and above all, princesses. One need
spend but a very Fhort time abroad to
learn hew real a place the doir.jrsof these
personages have in the every day life of
the common people. They recur in con
versation as regularly as the weather and
with inlinitely more interesting varia
tions. There is always a prince wilh a rum
ored romantic love story, or engaged
princess whose trousseau is a wonder of
lace an embroideries, or a royal baby
just christened, or a young couple mar
ried amid popular rejoicings heightened
to the utmost dramatic effect by flowers
and music, festivals and illuminations.
A true American girl of democratic in
clinations is annoyed to find how eay it
is to slip into the habit cf a foreign coun
try in these respects, and almost asham
ed to discover how real is her interest in
people of whom only a few sre'poiliica'
ly important, while many are a burden
upon their nation and thei' very magnif
icence a reproach.
Yet we have some cf the same sort at
home more crude, less artistic and with
out the carefully arranged effects, and
what mizbt be called the uecomm of
luxury which centuries of court life) and
kingly rule have produced in Europe.
We have an indefinite but gorgeous
something called society, which is apart
from all the thousand more genuine, in
telligent and helpful social circles which,
pervadf the United States.
This society does really fulfill one want
of human nature. It is not averse to
newspaper faa:e, and the accounts cf its
balls, dinner parties, costumes and equi
pages supplied daily to the public.
It has money. It caa bey beautiul
things, and the description of these sat
isfy the imagination of many a gsy and
sensible country girl, who if she, too,
were a millionaire would spend her mon
ey more wisely than upon trunks full of
the extravagaut "creations' of a Paris
dressmaker or suferSaous jels enougii
to fill a .showcase.
She questions the extravagance that
spends a fortune for Coral decorations
that fade in a n:ght, and thinks the
money wasted on costumes for a famous
fancy dress ball something very nearly
wicked. But she reads ff these things
because they minister to her imagination
and bring scenes of splendor and beaaty
Tividly before her eyes.
She reads of the tournament in "Ivan
hoe," which we do not expect her to en
joy the less for disapproving of the theo
ry cf tournametts.
This "society news," as it is called, is
widely read, and certainly indicates
something more than admiration on the
part of many people of the empty, fx!
ish and conspicuous mode cf life depict
ed. The sooner such society is regulated ia
tke public opinion to the jot of pictu
resijue uselessness occupied by royaiista
and courtiers in othe r lands the better.
Y-J'Uh't Oimjuutloil.
The Blood Is the Life."
Runs the old saying, and everything that
ever makes part of any organ of the body
must reach its place therein through the
blood. Therefore, if the blood is puriSed
and kept in good condition by the use of
Hood's sarsaparilla, it necessarily follows
that the bent -t of the medicine is im
parted to every organ of the body. Can
anything be sir.;p';er than the methol by
which this excellent medicine gives good
health to all who wil! try it fairly and
patiently ?
A Business Woman's Lesson.
A business woman often takes letters
and pakiges to the genera! postoifn e to
be weighed. As often as she has done
that she has been impr-s.-ed anew w ith
all the weak and trivial curiosity of the
male mind, for every time she handed in
something to be weighed the buy man
in charge stopped to turn it over and
read the address.
"It certainly beats anvthirg," sl.e said
I to herself, "to think of anything being as
, cu
curious as that."
A few days ago she repeat ed this expe
rience up to acerUin point The vari
ation began when tLe examining mag
nate said cheerfully : "Be a good idea,
wouldn't it, for joa to put on, here the
State these here papers is goin' to ? Yes,
certainly, I'll write it for you. Guess
I've saved 5VV bundles from being lost in
the last three weeks, look in to see if they
was directed all right I don't bother
abont the men; don't cireso much about
their bundles, and, then they've git
more head for looking to such things;
but I always look at the ladies' bundles.
Ten cents." And the- crushed business
woman walked away with all the sad
dsgnity she could master. .V. Y. 'un.
When Doctors All Agree.
It is a fact well established, that Feb
auary and March are the most tryirg
months ti aged and enfeebled persons.
Pneumonia, infiuenza and kindred chest
arllictiocs, are most liable to get in their
deadly work. There is but one thing to
do; build up and fortify the system with
a pure stimulant. Medical men all over
this country agree that Klein' "silver
Age" atfl.50 per quart, and "I'uquesne"
at SI 23 per quart. tUnd without a peer.
If you want fine six year old Guckenhei
mer, Finch, Gibson, Overholt, or Bear
Creek, yoa can Lave them at '..' per
quart or six quarts for '.(.). We are
recognized headquarters for the choicest
brands of Wine, Liq-ior, Cordials, etc.
Goods expressd anywhere. Send for
complete price list; mention this paper
too.
MAX KLEIN,
82 Federal St, Allegheny, Pa.
WHOLE NO. 2119.
Hl3 Simple Sparrow Trap.
The crusade against the English spar
row is developing marvelous amount of
ingenuity. A cheap, effective and unerr
ing way of killing the bird ia the essen
tial requisite to success in the new indus
try. One little fe'.lo on the south side has
solved the problem, and has already
brought in over 1 heads. He explain
ed his system and the comparative mer
its of it and other systems to CapUia
Haywood.
"You see," he said, "I didn't have no
gun nor no money to buy one, aa if I
bad the p'liceman'd have arrested me for
shootin. An me mother wouldn t let me
poison 'em. She said it was cruel. Any
way, you couldn't never tell whether
you got all the sparrers yoa poisoned.
So I just got up a scheme of my own, me
an another boy that lives on the same
street I am.
" We made a lot of paper funnels out of
writin' paper 'bout half as long as a lead
pdncil, the top of 'em just big enough to
get bis head in. We put birdseed in the
bottom of 'em and set 'em np in the al
ley back of our bouse, where lota of spar
rera come. The sparrers come pickin
around an' find the birdseed in 'em, an
stick their heads in to get it Well, it's
down at the liottom, yoa know, an so
they j'ist pusk their heads right in, an
then the funnels stick to their beads.
They can't fiy 'cause they can't see, an
b'sides it s'prises 'em, so they forget to
fiy. It's lots of fun watch in 'em flutter
ia' 'round try in to get the funnel! off.
The other boy had the funnels marked
with his name, an I had mine marked
with mine, so we'd know which was
mice and which was bis." Wetujit .Vines.
Electric Bitters.
This remedy is becoming so well
known and so popular as to need no spe
cial mention. All who have used Elec
tric Bitters sing the same song of praise.
A purer medicine does not exist and it
is guaranteed to do all that is claimed.
Eltctric Bitters will cure all diseases of
the Liver and Kidneys, will remove Pim
ples, Boils, Salt Rheum and other affec
tions caused by impure blood. Will
drive Malaria from the system and pre
vent as well as cure all Malarial fevers.
For cure of Headache, Constipation and
Indigestion try Electric Bitters Entire
satisfaction guaranteed, or money refund
ed. Price 00c. and J1.00 per bottle at J.
N. Snyder's Drag store.
Instinct In a Dog.
The feats performed by animals in find
ing tLelr way Lome over territory that
they could not by any possibility have
traversed are sometimes almojt incredi
ble. About three months ago a friend
of aiine received a present of a valuable
pointer dog. The man who raised the
d g lives in southwest Missouri, about
200 miles from this city, and the dog
came by train in the baggage car and was
brought to bis house near the center cf
the city in a covered express waaon.
The animal was then chained up in the
cellar till it was supposed be had become
accu.-tomed to his surroundings. The
dog ceverseemed sitisSed, mxlep about
the house for two or three weeks and
then disappeared. It was supposed that
he had been stolen, and after search bad
been made and a reward offered, with
out result, the hunt for the dog was giv
en up as hopeless.
About a month after the dog was miss
ed my friend received a letter from the
man who gave him the dog saying that
Cato had come back home, dirty, half
sUrved, worn out, and with every indi
cation of having made a 1 ng and severe
journey. Of course) he was allowed to
remain. A dog that could find his way
home from a disUnce of 200 miles was
worth keeping, but how the thing could
be done is marvelous. It almost seems
as if dogs and some other animals have a
special sense of locality and direction.
Otherwise how could this animal have
found his way out of a great city and
back home over 2'X) miles of ground
which he had never traveled on foot?
s..r,i have tlie iwer to quiet
T..e res'.Ios puUe of care.
And i-i.nie 1: ke the bene-lietion
Tliat follow after prayer.
If you are worn out by that backing
cor.gh, and want a good night's rest, try
Pan-Tina, the great remedy for Coughs,
CoMs and Consumption, 25 and 50 cents.
Trial bottles of Pan-Tina free at G. W.
Een.'ord's Drug Store.
Ten Dollars Would Have Been
Cheap.
" I had a nice little hotel, newly and
finely furnished, in San Francisco at one
time, and I was catering to a quiet and
respecUble family trade," said a clerk in
an up town hotel. "Lots of ladies iu the
house, you understand. Weil, one day
a man came up to the desk and asked
me for some assistance. I refused and
ordered him out.
"If you don't give me ten dollars, be
said, I'll comn: it suicide right here in
vour hotel."
"I was amused a! this novel threat and
asked him, with a laagh, why he did not
make it J100.
" 'I'm not joking, he answered.
" Get out of here,' I said angrily.
" The man pulled a pistol from bis
pocket, and thinking he was going to
shoot me, I grabbed mine, but he put the
muzzle of the weapon into bis own
mouth and blew bis brains all over my
expensively frescoed wal!. The trouble
I bad with the inquest and the coroner
cost me more than ten dollars. But,
worst of all, several nervous ladies, good
customers, left my house and took their
families with them. Ther never could
sleep, they said, in a betel where a hor
rid man had blown out bis brains. "
Xcx "ri Tribune.
The Little Ones
Should be carefully considered, especi
ally when they contract Coughs and
Colds. Croup is the demon of childhood,
as many a fond mother knows. Do not
allow a Cough or Cold to run on.
Whether young or old, it may be the
forerunner of an untimely death. We
can confidently recommend all readers to
use Pan-Tina, the celebrated remedy for
Coughs, Colds and Consumption, 25 and
50 cents.
Trial bottles of Pan-Tina iree at G, W.
Benford's Drug Store.
Managing Children.
She said that she was utterly worn out
when he asked ber how she was feeling,
that boy was enough to drite a saint dis
tracted and that she didn't know what to
do to make him obey.
He said that the boy was not quite 3
years old and ought to be easily mana
ged. It was his opinion that she had
not surllcient firmness ; that she gave ia
too easily w hen the boy began to cry.
And then and there be undertook to
give her a lesson in the handling of chil
dren. Willie was ia the high chair at the U
b'e and Willie wanted something. Wil
lie was informed that he could not have
it and Willie began to yell. The father
immediately became stern.
"Stop that, Wiiiie !" he acid sharply ;
but Willie did not stop.
Stop that, or yoaH have to leave the
Uble !" he exclaimed. Still Willie did
not stop.
"Now, I presume, yoa would give in,"
he said to his wife, " but that isn't my
way. We'll fight it right out on this
line, and the next time I speak hell
know that I mean business."
She said nothing and he got np, took
Willie out of his high chair and put hiia
down on the floor.
" When yoa stop crying," he said, se
verely, " I'll put yoa back in the chair."
But Willie kept right on, in fact he
yelled louder than ever.
" Willie," said his father at last. "If
yoa don't stop that you'll have to leave
the room. I suppose yoa think that cru
el, Jane," he added, "but if we fight it
out now we'll have no further trouble.
It's the onlv way."
She mada no reply, and he again got
cp and carried the struggling, screaming
Willie into another room.
"When you can be quiet, Willie, yea
may come tack," he said.
It was five or tea minutes later that
he looked up from hi after dinner cof
fee and asked :
"Do you suppose the boy will make
himself sick by bis crying ?"
She shook ber head.
He stood it for a few min ites longer,
and then he gave up.
"Perhaps, Mrs. Brinkerl" be exclaim
ed as he opened the door and bi ought
the boy back "perhaps you are heart
less enough to let your son cry himself
into a fit. Perhajis you have no nerves
to be unstrung by such yelling Hush,
Willie, it's all right now bat I am built
on a different plan, Mrs. Brinker; on aa
entirely different plan you iap !"
"But a little firmness, James
"Mrs. Brinker."
"If you fight it out once, yoa know
He put W iliie down on ber lap, grab
bed his hat audsUrted out, and as he
was closing the front door he heard her
call softly after bin:
"Whenever you have any valuable
ideas on the management of children.
James"
Then he s'ammed the door. If he had
waited he would have found that she
had Willie quiet ia five minutes and
asleep in ten.
I was troubled with catarrh for seven
years previous to commencing the use of
t.y s Cream Balm. It has done for me
what other ao-called cures have failed to
do cured me. The effect of the Balui
seemed magical. Clarence L. Haff. B"d-
deford, Me.
A Delicate Test
I like to be with Mrs. Goodwill ," said
a friend to us the other day ; "she always
leaves me feeliug better toward my kind.
I think she doesn't praise people very
much, but ahe speaks of their good qual
ities rather thau of their bad, and she
I'MH those that are really levely and tol
erates those that are not"
Now, there is a great deal in actually
loving what is lovely ; in feeling one's
whole nature go out to admire anl ap
prove and hie the pure, the beautiful,
the noble, the true, the lovely. Any one
who makes us do that confers upon us the
most valuable of gifts.
After being with some people the
whole world seems cold and dreary and
empty, life w ithout meaning, death mere
negation. " When I stand in the pres
ence of the most beautiful landscape with
some people," said Helen Bunt, "all the
beauty dies out from before my eyes."
Now, we are not all levers of line scen
ery, but we can all b lovers of that
which is good ; we can cultivate charity
toward the Beighbor and good-will to ail
men ; we can avoid speaking ill of oth
ersl; we can dwell on the g- od and ignore
the bad in our associates; we can sur
round ourselves witk an atmospl-.ere of
"grace, mercy, and peace," for the strong
est Power on earth and in heaven ia
pledged to aid us in every endeavor ia
that direction.
Two ladies sat in a pew together listen
ing to a discourse on charity. As tke
preacher went on with his remarks one
of them went carefully over in her mind a
discussion the day before in which she
had been one party, to recall if she bad
said anything unkind of the lady wbo
was the subject of the discuion, and
was glad that 3he could not condemn her
self in any particular.
The next day her com panion in the
pew took occasion to mention ail the
good qualities and great capabilities of
her whom on Saturday she had found so
fud of faults. The preacher's arrow went
to iu mark.
It is very delightful to meet bright,
witty, vivacious people, to listen to pung
ent criticisms, to watch intellectual sword
play, and pleasant to remember it a.:er-
waru, i leaves no bitter, nauseating, cor
roding taste oaths spiritual palate. The
aftertaste of association with friends and
acouainUnces is the fe.t, delicate and de
cisive, as to the quality of that ax-ia-tion.
It is not what its proprietor say, but
what Hood's arsaparilia does, that
makes it se'!, aad wins the conu ience of
the people.
How an Esquimo Secures a
Wife.
An Esquimo youth is qualified to mar
ry when he succeed es in killing a polar
bear unaided, for the courageous feat
proves him capable of providing for the
wants of a family. lie starts forth at
night to secure a wife, which he does by
seizing the first girl he can surprise ana
wares. She naturally screams and draws
the whole village population about her,
wbo, by raining sealskin scourges on his
shoulders, aid the maiden in escaping,
lie pursues, running the gauntlet of kick
and buffett, until be again catches his la
dy love. And should she once more es
cape and be reUken a thirl time by the
amorous pursuer the maiden accepts her
fate and becomes the young man's wifa.
Low Stiiutlur'i.
After trying many remedies fcr catarrh
during past twelve years, I tried Ely's
Cream BVim with complete success. It
is over one year since I stopped using it
and have bad bo return cf catarrh. I
recommend it to all my friemJa. Miiioa
T. Palm, Reading, P.
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