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FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF
Somerset, 3?enn'a.
CAPITAL
8URPLUS
$50,000.
ST.OOO.
DEPOSITS RECEIVED IN LARGE ANOSMA
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AMOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS,
STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED.
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF 1'IUF.CTORS:
UF.ri M. Hues. W. H, Millaa,
Jauis L. Puk, Chas. H. Fihib,
JoHS R. SiOTT, GlO. R. &TLL,
Feud W. F-ie-I'Tcia.
Edwakii S.tll, : :
Vallstink Hat, :
Harvey M. Bei.ki.kv.
: : : President
Vict Pkesidext
: : : Cashikk.
The fanls ar.l f-nrit:ee of this Tnk
are sf-urelv prot?ctPt in arU-bra!3 Cor
liss Burjrlar-proof r-i'e. The only raie
made absolutely Largiar-procif.
Somerset Count Kattal Bank
Of Somerset, Pa.
Ejlas:;shfd, 1877, Orgxn.zti n t Hat c-i!, 1890.
CAPITAL. $50,000.
Chas- J. Harrison, Pres't
Vm. H. Koontz, Vice Pres't.
Milton J. Pritts, Cashier.
Directors:
. Wm Fti1s!t.
larrim Mir.ler,
J' I h B. l'Ti,
Jcruu ?;ut
rr.:oir.er o! ini Hnni w:!l rvrvife th. meet
libcrai ireaicjeut an -talent w ui sal. taa kJig.
P&.-.; wh:cir to tf-rA mone t ean or wtt eaa
be acvummdauii by tiralt for J aciount.
Mooev and r!nMes riri hr ooecf J
h 'l i t 'eitoraKU oafes, witn oust at oroveJ time
loci.
Cnl-etr-iwa rra.V in a3 para of tlie Cnbed
Stan. Cflanr moderate.
Aro-jua. J aaJ i;xit Solicted. m lx&-6m
CURTIS K. GROVE,
SOMERSET, PA.
BTO5IES. 6LIKH?, CARRIAGES,
SPRING WAGO BCCK WAGOX4
AXD EA3TEILS AND WTSTERX WOKi
furnished on Short Soce.
Ptintrg Done on Short Time.
Mr work Snia,.eatit 7V"ww Srastmrt Wood,
and the bt 1" .-u'jwautiauj
C.,-i-tru icd. Neatly fui!ul. and
arraaied to pe aaiiiii:Uun.
All Work Warranted.
Call and Examine ET Flock, and Learn PrVtw
Ido Wapn-work, and f(iraii Sei tot Wind
Ku'A. liea ember uie p'j e. and call In.
CURTIS K. GROVE,
(Eat of Court Hock)
SO 31 EE f IT. TX
It is to You Interest
TO BO
Fir-tTTnn mm
JHUW ABU ft
Mr-mruiara
1LU1U1WJW
J0HI1 H. SHYDEB.
8rCCBOB TO
Biesecker k Snider.
Kone bnt tb pnrert and bt kept in itock,
and wbea bet-Otof infrt by stand
ing, as certain of thrm do, we de
stroy tbem. rather than im
pose on our eustaiiiera.
You can dope ad on Laving yonx
PRESCRIPTIONS k FAMILY RECEIPTS
tiled wiib care. Ourprceaare M lo "
any other f rst-ciasa bo:ae and on
many article much lower.
The people of thii county aeexn to know
this, and bare given us a lar ehare of Ueir
and we shall still continot Up"
rr hest eoods lor their money.
io not forget that we make a epecialty ot
FITrns'o trusses.
Ve roarantee .atiiiartioc. and, if you haW
bad trouble in this direction,
jive ns a calL
SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES
in pvat var-efy; A MI of Tt L.
Come in and lav. your eye. examined. I
charge for examination, and we are confident
wc can suit yea. Come and see us.
U5ctfu:'.y.
JOHN N. SNYDER.
ttsouryn ,at;o 1'iwMw. P
hnue ronaJoru a id rant .','-,,TT
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r.cv. William HoUlnsJicd
Of Sp-irta, ?. J., TcJuctary says:
"To V"Df!rr. it Mnr Concern:
" i :;:.ked 1 dt i -i ir n J duty ti a sufffrlng
kuni!i:y Uo5e boCies aj-i I v. ,uM
h-T" 1:e.)!t':T. ti t il t'-rm r.f tV vnlii t t
i -.!'; s ; T-nii.i. V.,- litiaj i.i
oil.' i,f n: '..;i.ur u v. ..tly
Afflicted With Boiis
havinj .';o on b-r liral-s. and bcii;g unabie t
-iic. I !ia4 ha-d f I!cxl'j Sv.rapariIU.
and tou;zl:t a lottie . half of whih cured en
Uri iy. Two ycr iifUT. another child wa
afUicted as bLjiiy. I used the oilier half
bude of IIox!'4 SarapariHa with like re
suit. AU'iit four year af:T. the child rt
anlictpd x 3-r.jiu trmnted hke Job. and I
bought a Ixjttie (on Sun;hy at ll:at and
ag-iin a eurr. I pave tome i f tin- mitiicine to
a pour .nian and fo chi!drrn ; thry w ere
lii'ijvd as w.-re miiM. Through a U-itimo-ck.1
itit to C L Hood & Co., inquiries came
frra all the country. skm? tf it w 2 a "Vora
!'if ts!iinonia!. o! coiir I urote ail
Uuit it v.., awl liaie tlie ku, iede of
Scores and Scores
Of porou hflpnl or cured r-y H.xxi's Sarsa
pariiLi. 51 lid eise of rhcumallsra have
y irUrd to it. Biiiousue4 and bad tier have
been cornvted in my own family. Thu U
ti)t- only p:iteiit lueiii'iiie I have felt lika
nrasiii?. I sp-ak not for C. I. Hood, but Ut
the J' ii lit are iaipatii-nt and are tor
mented lieyond enduranre. Notlnns I know
if eie:iiie the ti-iiHi. stimulate tiie liter,
or ek-au tlw stomach o fieriecliy as
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Any persfin isluus to know mr. enclosing
a stac.p wi'J be uilorax-d. ..ri for the
health, happiness atd virtue of h'.::ui:-;-.
William IIuLlinjhf.d. pastor of Prrby
terfcui ch.ir "h. Fp irU. N. J.
liowd's l'iila ctir La.:i.ai cui:.wtiuiL
NEW GOODS
AT
Knepper & Ferner's.
It is our aim to present at eve
ry season a Line of Goods of
the Newest Patterns and Lat-e.-t
Style?. We hare labored
Lard in selecting a stock for
the coming reason, and are glad
to sav that we have succeeded
in Laying goods that are su
perb in style, and at prices
that Lave the magnetic power
to draw and retain trade.
CLOTHING I
Never before have we bought
such fine styles in Men?" and
Youths", Boys' and Childs'
Clothing. These Goods are un
unapproachable in quality and
price.
CARPETS.
This season we are offering a
larcrer assortment, better styles
and lower prices in all grades
of Carpetim. Matting, and Oil
Cloths and Kugs, than ever be
fore. DRggS
GOODS.
We are daily gaining trade in
this department, consequently
have bought a large stock,
adapted to fill the wants of
everyone.
HIS' FURN1SHIKGS.
A large and complete stock
ju--t received, and are now pre
pared to fun)ih all who want
a specialty in this line. We
introduce correct styles as soon
as out. We alsa carry a full
stock of
Window Shades,
Trunks and Saclicls,
Rubber Clothing, kc.
We take genuine pleasure in hav
ing our friends inspect the above
novelties.
KNEPPER & FERXER,
a tixwoST cases cuacd to)
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One Door North of FostofSce-
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SOMERSET, PA.,
RIGHTiHERE AT HOME.
E'lrtit here at home, boya, in old Hooderdom,
Where nransers alln ioka ua when they eomet
Aad heat a their old fttatea and tntrr(irue
Vit settle her and, ' lor they realize.
They're "huiier ' a the rett of as, and lire
Eight here at home, boys, with their pan fer
r:ve"l Rivht here at h..tne. boys, ia the place, I gnesa
For me and you and phun old happiness ,
We hear the world's lots grander likely so
We'll take the world' won fr it and not go
Vie know its ways ain't our ways so we'U nay
bight here at home, boys, w here we know the
way.
Right here at home, boys, where a well-to-do
Man's plenty rich enough and knows it, too,
And:s rot a' eitry ilollar any time
To boost m fellow op at wants to climb
Aud's got the kit up ia him to go ia
And git there, like he purt's n:gh aliu kin !
Kifht here at home. Iwys. In the place for us '.
Where lolks' hearu' bUirer n their money-pu s;
And where a common feller's Jes as Kood
Aary other in the neighborhood.
The world at large won't worry you aa me
Right here a: home, boys, where we oit to be.
Right here at home, boy-jes rilit where we
air!
Birds don't sing any sweeter anywhere ;
;. dun't grow any greener n ie grows
Anon the paur's where the old path oes
All things in ear-shot puny ; er ia sight,
Rht here at home, boys ef we lire 'em right.
Right here at home, boys, where the old home
place Is saered to us as our mother face,
Jes' as we riekoUect her, last ihe amiled
An.1 kisseJ us dyin' so and riikonelletl,
acein' u- aU at h-jme h-. re none astray
Right here at home, boys, where sLe sleeps to
day. Jim H''-iln,mb EU'jf.
AN INNOCENT IMPOSTER.
There had been a railway aixideut at
Grove Hill. Upon the ground, upon
rough boards hastily covered with
shawls and wraps upon car Bats
wrenched from the cars, in every attitude
of death and suffering, lay the victims of
the disaster, while those who had escap
ed injury, and the neighboring people
from all sides, moved busily about minis
tering to their wants.
One group of three people were a little
apart from the others. An old woman,
with a terriblecut upon her face, hastily
bound op with a coarse handkerchief,
was herding over a girl cf sixteen, who
lay unconscious upon the ground, moan
ing feebly. She was a pretty, delicate
gitl, her face white and still, her eyes
half closed, and her rich, brown hair fall
ing in tangled, waving profusion upon
the grass.
The doctors nude a hasty examination
and put her back gently upon the ground,
exchanging one significant glance, and
promised the old woman to come back
again.
Evidently working-women and poor.
were these two of the group. But the
third one, standing beside the old woman
was as evidently a lady, with a eentle,
refined face, soft white hands, and the
dress of rich material, and fashion suita
ble to a woman of wealth. A wide hat
shaded her lace, but she wore no gloves
or wrap of any kind.
She did not speak as the stopped near
the moaning girl, and the old woman
sobbing over her, but she put a handker
ehief, wet with strong perfume, in the old
woman's Lands, and stepped back to
open a sachel she carried. Soon return
ing, she said :
That's right ; she may revive if she
smells that. And now, let me see your
face."
Hands cool and tender removed the
coarse bandage, wiped the blood away,
drew the cut together and dres-ed it w ith
sticking plaster, A solt, line handker
chief replaced the blood-soaked one, and
then the lady asked :
" Have you any other hurt T
" ,'o, ma'am. Heaven bless you ! But
Mary 1 Oh, look at her, dear lady ! Mary !
Speak to your granny, darling ! Oh, my
dear child, she's dying! Oh. Mary, caa
the good Lord leave an old woman like
me, and take you away? Oh, Vary,
Miry r
" I am afraid she is badly hurt, the
lady s&id, " but I will have her carried
where she can have proper care at once.
If I call my men, who are here to help all
they can, to carry her, can you walk as
far as the w hite house you see on the hill
there?"
" Oh, yes, dear lady."
"That is my house, and I am sending
as many aa I can there. In a few mo
ments I will come back to have your
daughter carried there."
"My grandjiild, dear lady."
But the lady was already on her way
to a group of men w ho were directing
the removal of some of the injured pas
sengers to the houses in the neighbor
hood already open to receive them. Two
men and a cushioned car seat were at
once sent to carry " Mary " to Mrs. van
Ritter, and gradually the ground was
cleared of the victims of tht railroad
accident.
For four weary weeks Mary Byrne lay
in a state of terrible suffering from severe
internal injuries, nursed by her grand
mother, but every w ant was supplied and
the most tender interest shown by the
lad who bad opened heart and puree as
wid'elr as her doors w hen she received
six of the wounded women into her
beautiful hime ; 'l poor wimen, cnab e j
to give her more than thanks and bless
ings, as one by one they recovered ana
resumed their journey.
Only Mary Byrne and her grandmoth
er remained, for the injuries received by
the girl were fatal, and there remained
nothing to do for her but to make the
little spaa of life remaining as easy as
the kindest care could make it. The old
woman's story was a very simple one
She bad been a nurse in a hospital in
New York, and transferred to another
hospital in smaller tow n. Mary, her
dead son's only child, kad been given a
place in the kitchen of the new hospital,
and they were on the way to their labor,
when the accident threw them upon Mrs.
Van Ritter'scare.
Common people, you see ; very com
mon people ; and Mrs. Van Ritter was
the widow of a millionaire, the niece of
one of New York's merchant princes ;
yet, had the suffering girl been of her
own Cimily, the dainty little lady could
scarcely have done more for her.
Every dy si took her turn in watch
ing her while her grandmother rested.
Every direction of the doctor was care
fully followed, medicines, nourishment,
and whatever was needed, being of the
best to be obtained ; and when all was
over the qaiet but appropriate funeral
was at Mrs. Van Bitter's expense, and
her own white bands put flowers in the
seic
ESTABLISHED 1837.
"WEDNESDAY,
dead girl's coffin, and then gently drew
the gray head of the weeping old woman
to rest upon her own breast.
" Three little children and the kindest
husband I have scn lying so," she whis
pered, "and I know what a heavy sor
row yon are bearing."
And the gray hair was tenderly smooth
ed, while the old woman, comforted al
ready, wept quietly.
When the funeral was over Mrs. Byrne,
greatly to her surprise, was alfered a
place in Mrs. Van Ritter 's household.
She did not suspect that it had been
made for her out of that lady's compas
sion for her age and loneliness ; but it
added one more item to the debt of grat
itude that stirred her heart to the most
passionate devotion towards her kind
frieniL
It is little to say that Margaret Byrne
would have died for Mrs. Van Bitter.
She worshipped ber as something to
pure and good for this world, and could
see no fault to cloud what seemed to ber
perfection.
It was not the money that Mrs. Van
Bitter hadsut upon Mary thai nio-ed
her most profoundly. It wes the fact
that Mrs. Van Ritter's own w hite bands
had helped to nurse the girl ; that Mary's
aching head had been pillowed npen
Mrs. Van Ritter's own breast while that
lady stroked her hair, bathed her face
an d soothed ber ; while more than once
her lips were pressed uyon the pretty,
wasting face, as she spoke tender words
of pity.
Three years had Mary lain in her
grave ; three years had Margaret Byrne
given Mrs. Van Ritter her service of love,
when a alow: wasting fever attacked the
little lady, and f r many days her life
was in danger. Ail the passionate grati
tude of Margaret's heart w as poured out
ia Ler devoted nursing, ber unwearied
care during that illness, and when con
valescent days followed there was a
friendship between the ignorant old wo
man and the lady that was far closer and
more confidential than it had ever been
before. And this was how it happened
that one day Mrs. Van Ritter said :
" Yon often w onder, Margaret, at my
sympathy fjr the poor children at the
almshouse or ia the asylums. It is be
cause I know how the poor little things,
no matter how kindly they are treated,
miss the love of their mothers and fath
ers, the precious famiity ties that noth
ing else can replace. I was twelve years
in an orphan asylum, the "St. Mary's
Home." My mother made a runaway
match, and died a widow in great pover
ty, and I was taken by the woman in
whose house she died to the ' Home,'
with a letter she wrote, only few lines,
telling my name and her own."
Margaret's face was turned away
Margaret's voice had a strange, hitky
sound, as she said :
" What was your name V .
" My name was Agnes Waldron, and
my mother's mr.iden name was Agnes
Field. Anl this was how I came to be
taken by my uncle out of the " Home."
The matron let my grandfather know
when I first went there but he would not
forgive my mother, and never came near
me. After he died, my uncle found the
matron's letter and came to claim me.
He waaa widower without any children,
and my life has been one of wealth and
ease since he took me to his home. I
have had many Sorrows by death, and
with ail my money, I have few to love.
So you understand now why my heart
is so tender for the little ones who are
left as I was left for twelve long years .
Are yon asleep, Margaret ? Why, joa are
erring."
" And who would not cry V asked the
old woman. "To think of yon, so good
to everybody, havirg such sor griefs to
bear yourself."
" You soft-hearted Margaret ! You want
to fan me, I know, and I am sleepy."
The fan moved to and fro, with the reg
ularity cf a machine, and presently the
invalid slept quietly, Not until then did
Margaret Byrne steal out of the room,
walk slowly to Ler own, and bolting the
door, sit down to think. Memory brought
np one picture from the past, vivid as if
it had been but yesterday since she saw
it.
She was an nnder-nurse at " St. Mary's
Home," and the matron brought in two
babes to be fed, washed, undressed, and
put to bed.
" Boor little girls," she had said, k no
body to look at them could see much dif
ference between them, but this one is a
street child, picked up on a bench in the
park, a little nameless waif, while this
one is the grandchild of old Joshua Field
whose daughter ran away three years
ago. I am going to write to him now,
and maybe he will take her."
It was none of Margaret's business to
make any further inquiry, and for three
years the children were under her care.
The street waif was called Sallie, the oth
er child by Ler own name Agnes. The
street waif was a little beauty, and the
nurse grew fond of her. The child of
gentle birth was a peevish, sickly child,
demanding constant care, but not win
ding babe. On the third night Agnes
Waldron, the true Agnes, died in convul
sions. When the matron came to make
her morning rounds Margaret was in the
kitchen preparing food, and by some er
ror the dead child had been moved to
Sallies bed, while Sally, the boany, crow
ing baby, lay in Agnes Waldron's crib
and bore ber name, and old Margaret
kept the secret. The old nurse now rock
ed herself in ber chair, whispering soft
ly, so softiy none could overhear.
" Oh, Mary, darling '. are you not glad
it was your old granny gave the dear
lady all the money, all the good things?
Oh, my dear ? heaven be praised it was
yo.i. And nobody will ever know, no
body will ever guess, but old Margaret,
that you're not Agnes Waldron at all,
but Salbe Nobody 1"
And she kept her secret Nobody ever
knew or suspected that Mrs. Van Ritter
was Sally Nobody, and an impostor.
How a Mother Saved Her Boy.
Little Robert Frey lives at Silver Lake:
his mother and father love him rith pa
rental devotion : he is a bright little fel
low. Bobby, aa be is called, took a se
vere cold, which would not yield to ev
erything they tried. A neighbor per
suaded the use of Pan-Tina, the great
remedy for Cough, Colds and Consump
tion. The first few doses relieved and
the contents of a 25 cent bottle made s
cure. Yon can imagine the mother's
ioy.
Pan-Tina is sold at G. W. Benford's
drug store.
H
MARCH 10, 1892.
The Part Lincoln Played.
Robert G. Inge noil.
A great actor can be known only when
he has assumed the princij! character
in a great drama. Possibly the greatest
actors have never appeared, and it may
be the greatest soldiers have lived the
li Tea of perfect pence. Lincoln assumed
the Wading part in the greatest drama
ever acted upon the stage of a continent
His criticisms of military movements,
bis correspondence with his generals and
others on the conduct of the war, show
that he was at ail times master of the
situation that he was a natural strate
gist, that he appreciated the difficulties
and advantages of every kind, and that
in "still and mental" field of war he
stood the peer of any man beneath the
flag. Had McC'lellan followed his advice
he would have taken Richmond. Had
Hooker acted in accordance with his
suggestions Cnanceilorsvilie would Lave
been a victory f jr us.
Lincoln's political propheci were all
fulfilled. We know now that he not
only stood at the top, but that he occu
pied the center, from tho first to the last,
and that he did this by reason of his in
telligence, his humor, his philosophy, his
courage an I his patriotism.
He lived to hear the shout of victory.
He lived until the Confederacy died
until Lee had surrendered, until Davis
had fled, until the doois of Libby Prison
were opened, until the republic was free.
He .lived until Lincoln and Liberty
were united forever. He lived until
there remained nothing fjr him to do as
great as he had done.
What he did was worth living for,
worth dying for.
He lived until he stood in the midst of
universal joy, beneath the outstretched
wings of peace the foremost man in the
world.
And then the horror caaie. Night fell
on noon. The savior of the republic, the
breaker of chains, the liberator of mil
lions, he w ho had "assured freedom to
the free," was dead.
Ubon Lis brow fame placed the immor
tal wreath.
For the first time in the history of the
world a nation bowed and wept
The memory of Lincoln is the strong
est, ten Jerest tie that binds all hearts to
gether now, and holds all states beneath
a nation's tlag.
Strange mingling of mith and tears, of
the tragic and grotesque, of cap and
crown, of Socrates and Democritus, of
.Esop and Marcus Aurelius, of all that
is gentle and j jst, humorous and honest,
merciful, wise, laughable, lovable and
divine, and all consecrated to the use of
man;whiie through all, and overall,
were an overw helming sense of obliga
tion, of chiva'ric loyalty to truth, and
upon all the shadow of the tragic end.
Lincoln wa3 a maiiy-sMed man, ac
quainted with smiies and tears, complex
in brain, single in heart, direct as light;
and his words, candid as mirrors, gave
the perfect image of bis thought. He
was never afraid to ask never to digni
fied to admit that he did not know. No
man had keener wit or kinder humor.
It may be that humor is the pilot of
reason. People without humor drift un
consciously into absurdity. Humor goes
with good nature, and good nature ia the
climate of reason. In anger, reason ab
dicates and malice extinguishes the torch.
Such was the humor of Lincoln that he
could tell even unpleasant truths as
charmingly as most can tell the things
we wish to bear.
He was not solemn. toIeninity is a
mask worn by ignorance and hypocrisy
it is the preface, proloie and index to
the cunning or the stupi L
He was natural in his life and thought
master of the story-teller's art, in illus
tration apt, in application perfect, liberal
in speech, shocking Pharisees and prudes,
using any word that wit could disinfect,
He was a logician. His logic shed
light In ita pre sence the obscure be
came luminous, and the most complex
and intriaite political and metaphysical
knots seemed to untie themselves. Logic
is the necessary product of intelligence
and sincerity. It cannot be learned. It
is the child of a clear head and a good
heart
Lincoln was candid, and w'.tb candor
often deceived the deceitful. He bad in
tellect without arrogance, genius w ithout
pride, and religion without cant that is
to sayjwithout bigotry and without de
ceit
He was an orator clear, sincere, nat
ural. He did not pretend. He did not
say what he thought others thought but
what he thought
If yon wish to be sublime you must be
natural you must keep close to the
grass. You must sit by the fireide of
the heart : above the clouds it is toD old.
You must be simple in your speech ; too
much polish suggests insincerity.
The great orator idealizes the real, trans
figures the common, makes even the in
animate throb and thriil, fills the gallery
of the imagination with statues and pict
ures perfect in f rm and co'or, bring? to
light the gold hoarded by memory the
miser, shows the glittering coin to the
spendthrift hope, enrich w the brain, en
nobles the heart, and quickens the con
science. Between his lips words bud
and blossom.
If you wish to know the difference be
tween an orator and an elocutionist be
tween what is felt and what is said be
tween what the heart and brain can do
together and what the brain can do
alone read Lincoln's wondrous words
at Gettysburg, and then the speech of
Edward Everett ,
The oration of Lincoln will never be
forgotten. It will live until languages
are dead and lip- are dust The speech
of Everett will never be read.
The elocutionist relieves in the virtue
of voice, the sublimity of syntax, the ma
jesty of long sentences, and the genius of
gesture.
The orator loves the re tl, the simple,
the natural. He places thought above
alL He knows that the greatest ideas
should be expressed in the shortest
words that the greatest statues need
the least drapery.
It is not what its proprietors say, but
what Hood's Sarsaparilla does that makes
it sell, and wins the confidence of the
people.
Potato Cake. Add two tablespoonfuls
of yeast to about quart of mashed pota
to, and mix with flour to the consistency
of dough, when light, bake in a moder
ate oven. Rural AVw Yjritr.
era
The Making of Fish Hooks.
A queer collection of ash hooks excited
a Washington Sar writer's attention at
the National Museum, 3,000 years ago be
ing almost the latest period to which any
of them dated back. For it would seem
that the Csh book is a very old invention
indeed. From a description which ac
companied them it appears that many
curious things were used as material fcr
the hooks in early days. Some were
even made of human bone, and this
practice has been common up to w ithin
a century of the present time among the
natives of the Society Islands, in the
South TaciSc.
Deer horns, flints, boar's tusks, an 1
lone of all sorts were made to serve this
purpose by anglers of the neolithic peri
od. It is not diffuu'.t Ui figure to oai's
self a cave gentleman in that ancient ep
och sitting upon a newly formed dep-isit
of quaternary rock ia the middle of a gla
cier stream, and watching for a suail
float of a tree bark to give the expc-cle !
indication of a bite by disappearing un
der the water. SUih floats were un
doubtedly used in those times, and stone
sinkers, too, plenty of ths latter having
been found in the strata of earth, stone,
and shell deposit w hich embalms the re
mains of these vsnished peoples.
The development of the barb was nat
urally a slow process, an 1 n ob ly knows
just when it was adopted. Certainly,
however, it was.
A rAVll.I.lR !'. i E
many centuries before the beginning of
the bronze ag, which periol hal i's
commencement about o.OOO years ao.
This form of metal first came into use
along the European coast of the Mediter
ranean the alloy of whivn it wa3 ordi
narily composed being nine parts of cop
per to one of tin and the mechanical
improvements accompany.ng its intro
duction were in no point more surprising
than as applied to fish hooks.
How far this is true may bs julged
from the fact that the fish hock of to-day,
save ouly in the metal employed, which
then wa bronze and now is s'.eel. The
very cu'ves of the "Limerick" and
"Shau hnes5j" hooks, so popular w ith
anglers, are found ia these anti ;ue speci
men?. The tops of the shanks, too, are
bent over into little loops, as nowadays.
to the lines by. Most s'irprii'.ug of all
such relics found, perhaps, are s:r:ps of
burnished copper shaped like fishes
which were utilized by fishermen of the
bronze are as artificial bait to attract the
prey with its metallic sheen.
Until the aje of bronz arrive 1, shells
of various sorts furnished material I'for a
large percentage of the hooks make, and
hard wood, sharpened, was much em
ployed. Thorns were also made to s-rve
a hke purpose, an 1 un'.il recently the
MohaTes of Arizona have similarly ued
cactus spines, bent into proper shape and
tempered by the application of alternate
heat and moisture until strong. The ear
ly bake dwellers in this country wrapped
their hooks with charms manufactured
from various animal substance, the baits
being put on outside. They imagined
that the fish were attracted by these fet
ishes. The on!y gold fish hooks ever
found were of the virgit metal, and were
taken from a grave in New Grenada.
now Moptiof ri-n hooks ake made.
The making of fish hooks is not mere
ly a trade in itself: anglers consider that
it is, properly speaking, aa art Ia Fin
land the best ones are made, because ail
manufacturers of steel excel in that coun
try, where every product of that materi
al, from razors down, is beyond compar?.
Hooks of the first quality are made fri
the very best cast-Me j! wire, which is
turned out in coiis at Sheffield and Bir
mingham. The first process is to cut the w ire into
lengths suitable kr the hooks to be ma le.
Ordinary sizes are chopped off by the
quantity with a machine, but the big
ones for use in catching sharks and other
big sea fishes are cut singly with a ham
mer and chiseL After the lengths of
wire have been cutoff another operator
takes them and turns up the barl by
cutting into the yet soft metal with a
knife upon an anviL Next the straight
pieces are taken in hand by a workman
who files the points to keenness. Where
the best hooks are concerned each one is
manipulated separately, being held in
pincers wkile the necessary sharpness is
given by a few dexterous strokes. Com
mon brooks are pointed with one fi V, but
the finer sorts require the applicttioa of
two cr three different degrees of coarse
ness. The points once made, another work
man takes the bits of wiie in Land, bend
ing them round in a curved piece of
steel, so that each one shall Lave tie
haracieristic fixture which makes the
type of hook desired. The process of
forming the instrument is now comp'et
ed, save fur the shank, which may either
be a loop at the end of the wire or a flat
tening at the extremity. The flattening
is done by one sharp blow with a bam
mer upon aa anvil.
The final process is the ten.pericg of
th? hooks to harden them, and when all
these operations have beer, completed
they are scoured ia revolving barre's
driven by steam power and tilled with
water and soft soap. When the friction
has worn them bright they ara dried in
anothtr revolving barrel containing saw
dust In olden times fishermen made tiieir
own hokj, using very nin' b the same
methods as are now practiced ort a large
scale in the factories. It is a very curi
ous fact that during the bronze age, when
metals had first come into use, fish
hooks had the sime form as now, even to
the shanks and curves. The famous
Limerick " and "Shaughnea,-y " bends
are absolute productions cf those prefer
red in that early epoch.
A Little Girl's Experience in A
Lighthouse.
Mr. and Mis. Loren Trescott are keep
ers of the Gov. Lighthouse at Sand Beach,
Mich., and are blessed with a daughter,
four years old. Last April she was tak
en dowa with Measles, fallowed with a
dreadful Cough and turning into a Fever.
Doctors at home and at Detroit treated
her, but in Tain, she grew worse rapidly,
nntil she was a mere "handful of bones."
Then she tried Dr. King's New Discov
ery and after the use of two and a half
bottles was completely cure L They say
Dr. King's New Discovery is worth its
weigbt in gold, yet you may get a trial
bottle free at J. N. Snyder's Drug ure.
u
WHOLE NO. 2120
Legs Tell A Story.
It is a well-known fact, that, ia addi
tion to physiognomy, character may be
read, by a study of individual chirogra
phy. Palmistry and phrenology Lave
also been fovorable known as inter
preters of character. "But" says faih
ionable Chestnut street tailor, "if yon
want to get to the very bottom of a coin's
character, to read his very thoughts, bis
Aspirations and ambitions, there is no
better way of going about it than merely
studying his lej,-s. From my long ex
perience ia the business I can read a man
like a book the moment I get a g-od look
at his legs. To tL'ts I attribute my whole
s iccess in business, simply front the fact
that by sizing np a man's legs I know
whether or not to give Lim credit."
First comes the man of the world. His
well-cat trousers lit snugly over his well
cat leg. He walks with a springing
step thai deootes vitality and strength of
purpo.e. He walks the street with head
erect, and the very style cf Lis gait shows
that be Las some definite purpose in
reaching his destination, and means to
succeed in that purpose when he gets
there.
In direct contrast to the man cf the
world is the dreamer. He is not such a
familiar figure on the street as Lis more
energetic brother, but you all know him.
lie walks slowly, with hands clasped be
hind his back, head thrust forward, be
tween a pair tf stooping shoulders, and
"thoughts far from the tr.addeningcrowL
His legsareastudy in themselves. They
are invariably illy lad, faltering in their
movements; and usually carry their
owner to some out of-the-way-bock-still
where they seem to take a certain delight
in the congenial companionship of musty
old volumes, as much out of sympathy
with the world to-day as the legs them
selves. But the pompou3 legs! Ah, what a
story they teil ! Their very appearance
commands attention an 1 respect. "Look
at me." they say. -Am I not a beauti
ful pair of le.-s? Do I not display the
s'eriing worth of a man who has made
his mark ia t::e world? I am the Ic-s
i the English .f ti,e porn pus leg is ct
always gooo oi A state senator a ciaa
revered an 1 respected by all who know
Lim and honored by those who are not
90 fortunate as to have the extreme p'eas-
uae of his acquaintance." This is what
the pompous legs say to the e ther legs as
they stalk long Chestnut street
The legs clad in plaid trousers are fa
miliar to all Thev are C'hollie's Ws.
You all know Chollie. His leks betoken
the immaturity of aa un.'ormed mind,
ad his very walk ia the essence cf inde
cision cf character. Chollie is not quite
the fjol the humorist loves to picture
Lim, and some diy Lis legs will undergo
an entire revolution.
The legs cla i in striped trousers, too,
are eloquent of human nature. They
belong to Chimmie, but unlike Chollie's
legs there is no indecision abo.it them.
The character cf Chimmie is permanent-
.y formed. You have often seen him
holding up the tar, discussing upon va
rious :-orling topics. His conversation,
which is liberally interspersed with that
in dispensable interrogation, "see," is not
iuterresticg, and often not intelligible.
Cat it tikes ail kind of people to make
up a werld, and it is presumed that
Ciiimmie ba- his place. I'lJUt. iV.
The First Step.
IVrhaps you are run down, can't eat,
can't s'eep, can't think, can't do any
thing to your satisfaction, and you won- j
der what ails you. You should heed the
warning, you are taking the firet step in
to Nervous Prostration. You need a
Nerve Tonic and in Electric Bitters you
will find the exact remedy for restoring
your nervous system to its normal, heal
thy condition. Surprising results follow
the u-e of tii is great Nerve Tonic and Al
terative. Your appetite returns, good
digi s'ion is restored, and the Liver and
Kidneys resume healthy action. Try a
bottle.
Trice 50c. at J. N. Snyder's Drug store.
The Man Who Laughs.
The man w hose ba ! La! reaches from
one end of the street to the other may te
the same fellow who scolded his wife and
spanked the baby before he got his break-ti-Tt,
but his laughter is only the crackle
of thorns under the pt. The man who
?p rea ls his daughter through his life
before a later breakfast, when be misses
the train when his wife gs visiting and
he has to eat a cold sipper ; the man who
can laugh when he fin is a button off hU
shirt ; when the furnace fire goes out ia
the eight an I both of the twins come
down with the measles at the same time
he's the fellow that's needed. He never
tel's Lis neighbor to have kith. Son;
how he puts faith into him.
il? delivers no homilies; the sight cf
his beaming face, the sound of his happy
v ice and the sight of his blessed daily
life curry convictions that words have no
power to give. The blues flee before him
as the fog before the west win I ; he comes
into his own home like tljod cf sun
shine over a meadow of blooming butter
cups, and his wife and children bl jd-osn
ia bis presence like June roses. His
home is Tdo!ent with sympathy and love.
The neighborhood is better fur Lis life
and someh-xly will learn of Lim that
laughter is better than tears. The world
needs this maa. Why are there so few
of them ? Can be be created ? Cin be be
evolved? WLy is Le not ia every house,
turning rain into shine and winter into
summer all round the year nntil life is a
perpetual season of joy ?
Bead from the treasured volume
The poem of thy choice.
An i lend to the rhyme of poetry
The beauty of thy voice.
Which you cannot do if yon suiler
with a Cough or Cold. Rid yourself cf
the discomfort by buying a bottle of Pan
Tina, the best remedy for Hoarseneaa
and Influenza.
Trial bottles of Pan-Tina .'ree at G. W.
Benford'a rug Store.
Rice and Pears. Boil one breakfast
cup and a half of rice until tender in one
pint of milk, then add a little cinnamon,
sugar and nutmeg; take it up, let it get
nearly cold, beat three eggs well and mix
with the rice ; butter a mold, pat in the
rice, tie it down tightly in Soured clcth
and let it boil for an hour ; turn it oat,
lay around it some baked pears ; garnish
it w ith slices of lemon stuck into the rice.
Aaron Burr's Eyes.
The bate M jss Theodoaia Burr Davis
cfNew York, was a dear friend of min
in the long, long ago days. The Diece
and ward of Matthew L. Dtvi. the in
timate associate and biographer of Burr
she had a store cf anecdotes oi men who
figured prominently in national a fairs
seventy or eighty years since; but this
one which I shall repeat as nearly as
poscible in her own words interested
me most of ail :
"I was a schoolgirl of fourteen, spend
ing a short vacation at Uncle Matthew's
house in the city, when one day I beard
him calling to me from the ball below
and went to the head cf the stairs.
"Come down," he said. "There is gen
tleman here who wishes to see you." I
hesitated, he'd back by some nndefina
ble fear. Again he said, 'Ccme down,'
and in suck tones that I dared net dis
obey. He led me Into the parlor, and
there on the sofa sat an old man whom
I had never before seen. Very old be
looked, dresBed in the costume ot the
Last century, with his snow white hair
drawn back and in a cue behind. But
his eyes they were not old. Large,
dark and deep, they llaahed with all the
fire of youth. I never saw such eyes in
man or woman. They fascinated while
they frightened me.
"My uncle led me forward and said :
"Colonel Burr, this is the child of whom
I spoke. I need not teil you whose name
he bears." The old man roue, took my
hand in bis and held me out at arms
length and looked at me !ookel at me
with those eyes which seemed to see in
to my very soul. Only a moment, but
the moment was an hour. Then he
dropped my hands and exclaimed in a
voice trembling with emotion: "Take
her away, Matthew, take her away! I
cannot bear it 1" I saw him only once af
terward ; it was on Eroadway, and I
tried to slip by hira unperceived. But
when I turned to lock back be was at a
standstill, following me with thoee
wonderful eyes. They haunt me still,
and will, I know, while memory Ll-U."
When Doctors AH Agree.
It is a fact well established, that Feb
auary and JIarch are the ruoet trying
months to aied and enfeebled rersons.
Pneumonia, inliaenz and kindred chest
affiictious, are most liable to gt ia 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's "Silver
Age" at 1.50 per quart, and "Duquesne"
at SI 25 per quart, stand without a peer.
If you want fine si t year old Guckenhei
mer, Finch, Gibson, Overholt or Bear
Creek, you can Lave them at per
quart or six quarts for f-'iA). We are
recognized headquarters for the choicest
bran-'s of Wine. Lienor, Cordials, etc.
Goods eirressd anrwLere. Send for
complete price list ; mention this paj tr
too.
MAX KLEIN,
SJ Federal St., Allegheny, Pa.
Local Institutes.
The Joint Local Institute, District N-.
13, comprising' Middlecreek, Upper Tur
keyfoot and Cas3elmaa has been post
poned ontii Saturday, March ISth, KC
The program remains the same.
A a arrangement has been made for a
session on Saturday eight Following L
the program.
7.30 p. it.
Music Anthem.
Declamation Ilattie Moore.
Ma-ic.
Talks M. W. Putman and Wai. Ger
hard. Music.
Topical Tlks by ail teachers.
iTcachers will be limited to 3 minutes.)
Music.
Essay "Kings and U'leena" Maggie
Miller.
Declamation Loia Creed.
Essay Minnie Snyder.
Music.
Essay Susie ShalU.
Declamation Julia Kimmel.
Ad iress Prof. J. M. Bcrkey.
Music.
Cow.
TrOKram for Local Institute, District
No. 12, to be held at Rock wood, Satur
day, March li, H7i.
FORESOoX.
Select Reading Maud Boucher.
Recitation II. A. Boose.
Essay Minnie B. Kimmel.
Thoroughness C. C. Heckle.
Has the Local Institute been a success ?
M. G. Boucher.
ArTE3to.V.
Recitation Uattie B. Will.
Select Reading Sadie Pile.
Essay Ella Werner.
Primary Work Blanche Evan.
The teacher's work in the school-room
-J W. Weighly.
Essay -Mida V. Will.
Topical Talk II. G. Will.
Is an examination a fair test of a
scholar's ability ? H. E. Miller.
Address PrcfJ. M. Berkey.
The a'wve program will be interspers
ed wkb recitations, querries and music.
The public is invited. Institute will
open at 9: 1) a. m. Coji.
I was troubled with catarrh for seven
years previous to commencing the use of
Ely's Cream Balm. It has done for lao,
what other so-called cures have failed to
do cured me. Trie effect of the Balm
seemed magicaL Ciareaca L. Uaff, Bid-
Fireside Fragments.
Never let the whites of egj stand dur
ing the beating process, eve.i f.r a iuo
roent, as they return t a liquid state aa
i
caa not be restored, thus making
tho
cake heavy.
Vanilla Custard. Heat one pint
of
C-eam with four ouoces of sug-r
and
whei i; boils strain through muslin.
Add the well-beaten yolks of six eag".
and set the dish containing the mixture
in a pan of hot water, if you do not use a
double boiler. Flavor, when coo!, withi
extract of vanilla. Hand .VVir Ytrlrr.
Very pretty menu may be mile by
any one who can paiut A charming
design consists of a single rose beautiful
ly tinted, with the stalk apparently
drawn through a slit ia the card. A
bunch of violets he!.", together with a
ribbon bow is another pretty design,
while a simple, but very attractive ar
rangement consists of daisies, primrose
o- violets, powdered over the surfsea of
the card. .V. '. W'orti.
Biscuit Glace. Pat three-fourths of a
pound of sugar with the juice and grated
rind of four lemons ; mix well with a
quart of cream, and add six well-beaten
eirgs- Put in a water bAth, an I stir in
some grated cake sponge cake is th
best and stir till it Lj of the consistency
of a thick batter. When it isqnite eolJ,
freeze it It is delicious with freab or
canned fruits. tiood Iljtutke,yiug.
After trying many remedies for catarrh
daring past twelve years, I tried Ely's
Cream Blm with complete sax-cess. It
is over one year since I stopped using it
and Lave had no return of catarrh. X
recorumend it to all my friends. Milua
T. Palm, Reading Pa.