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EJt ib.w. at cU n oince.
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tvlfutoUie citiaens
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2. E. S. KIMMELL,
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ew-. te can be found at ni oBlce on MJi -
Di J. M. LOCTKER,
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PHYSICIAK ASO SUEGEOS,
Hi looted permanently !n Sorcerwt for the
fi-Me c' protozoa. Oi on Avaui atrees
m: at Lt cure.
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Oils! Oils!
t fjii'ird Of! rmr.pany. of Piabcrth. Pa-,
Et a ; .Kjiy of aiAuufACtunnn for lb.
Iajsioc t-'Ade tae tnot brfciida of
I!bT,ir.ating L Lubricating Oils
Naphtha and Gasoline,
caa be irad. rr-m petmlecm. t ,callenr
eucp.-A.a ilix trery knows
PRODUCT OF PETROLEUM.
If yon wish the zaoat uniformly
Satisfactory Oils
IX THE
American iMarket,
(Kit. Tra.1. fcr 8omer and vicinity
supplied by
COOK A EEEKrr A5
SoaaasaT, Pa.
A'
f -
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LIQTJOES I
' FINE OLD
WHISKIES
Ai4 Isportej Uqaors aold In bulk and by tie
wt. special lines:
USrXET. TOM MOORE
'r.-VM ECLLQJF, GZCKKyESlMZX,
s GOLLES WELDLS e,
GIX-S XXJX VUJSKIES,
H-jraer, p,aj ruBoi. Crr-r, Wilbur
7Aa,--iiwa fc.kbrry roriLal." ASi,
Aoeo and somer-t pure Ey W nlakiea,
tin ace.
FISHER &. CO.,
J0 Street, Johr.ttown. Pa.
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VOL. XL. NO. 39.
-THE-FIRST
NATIONAL BANK
OF
Somerset, Penn'a.
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OAPITAL.
8URPL.US
SSO.OOO.
S7.000.
DCPOITCCtlVCDIN LARSC AWDSalAll.
AMOUNTS. PAYABLE ON VENAND.
ACCOUNT CF MERCHANTS. FARMERS.
STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED.
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS :
LARrs V. Eu-sa. V. H. iliixis,
Jasci L. Pcgh, Ciiaa. H. Fishes,
Johs E. &w, Gao. E. Sctll,
FUD W. BlXBECEKB.
Edwaed SXL : : : : : Pkssidkst
Valxxiss Hay, : : Vies Presidext
Hakvev M. Btr.KLEY, : : : Cashiab.
The fnmls and se-uritiee of this bank
are securely prot-rt-d in arolebrated Cor
lias Eurlar-proof Safe. The only SXe
u.ade sbeoluifcly Bunjhir-procf.
Sonisd Count Halonal Bank
Of Somerset, Pa.
Ei'jbHihsd, 1877. Orpn!zd at a Mitie.!, 1830.
CAPITAL. $50 COO.
Chas. J. Harrison, Prcs't
Wm. H. Koontz, Vice Tres't.
Milton J. Pritts, Cashier.
Directors:
h. . t::y.Vr, Jo'"
Jeroine . NoaaiMLuet.
r-jswner ot tai h.r k wili tweiT ti. D
liberal conauu-m with bai.A.-
Partie. wihin to iwnd money eart or west can
b ccomiatiiU bj irast for any amount.
X.-mer and Talna'.lrt trtmred by owo'
bold (JelebrateU safes, witn most afprored Bi.
locL.
Cr.Eectlous made in
aU para of the United
StAU. CbrKe mirrie.
aaarycm
CURTIS K. GROVE,
SOMERSET, PA.
ECGGIE3, E LEIGH?, CARRIAGES,
6PEIS3 WAGOK3, BvCK WAGOS3.
ASD EASTEEK AXD WESTrSS vTOBK
Fumiited on Snort Notice.
Painuiig Done on Short Tina.
wT work i made oct 3f TWVy .S-ryd ITood,
T and the ii-t I-rmi .W. eubjUntial.y
CntnKied. Seatly Pinued. and
arranted to five baaiaacuon.
Sspb7 ClIj rirst-C3a Vcbies.
All YTork Warranted.
CaU and Examine my Btotk. and Learn Prtoea
ICo Waeos-work. and famish Selves tor Wind
StillA. armember the place, and caU in.
CURTIS K. GROVE,
(Zast of Court House)
BO MEaEET. PJ
B. & B.
--
The variety and assortment of
Spring Dress Woolens
m .lnt n,l effective this
die aJwt
season than ever before. . . .
Wearenowthoaicn all the choicest
lines snd at cur own f pexial popular low
v t :m m ir, wrirp iuT sAmi'V before
1 L Will -. J " -
yoa buy.
.Ye ir -3 6 -Inch
VIGOGNES
AND
CHEVRONS,
Stripes and fancies in
tan shades.
gray, brown and
So-inch, all wool Knickerbocker
all color?, 45c.
?c rol IT.ir Stripe?, all
colors, 50c.
Sfj-incri Knickerbocker Stripes,
15 cent.
40-inch Mixed Bedford Cords.
75 cent?.
50-inch fine all wool Tweed?, $1.25.
Above choice fabrics are H wool.
Write for earn pies, prices or other in
formation. Special facilities for filling your orders
bv mail to yonr profiL
Boggs & Buhl,
115, li:, H9 ttftJ 121 FeiUrvl Sreit,
HLLEGKE.V P- '
It is to Yo!i! Interest
TO BUT A CK
Drugs and Medigines
JOEH II. SHYDEB.
crcrwsosTO
Biesegker & Snyder.
Xonc but the purest and best krpt in atuck,
sndwhei Drugs baorue Inertly stand
ing, aa certain of tlitm Jo, w de
stroy iheiu, rather than im
pose on our customer.
Ton can depend on harliig yoor
PRESCRIPTIONS & FAMILY RECEIPTS
filled with aire. Our prices are aa low aa
any other first-class house and on
many articles much lower.
The pexple of thia county seem to tcow
this, and have given us a large ahare of their
patronage, and we shall still continue to giT
them the Tery best goods for their money.
Do not fcjiyet that we make s specialty of
FITTING TRUSSES.
We guarantee satisfaction, and, if you have
had trouble in this direction,
gire us a
SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES
in great variety ; A full set of Test Leasee.
Come in and have your eyes examined. No
charge S-r examination, and we are confident
we can suit you. Come and see ua.
Eespectfully, .
JOHN N. SNYDER.
FANCY
WORK.
Seme treat Bargilnsla
IRISH POINT LUNCH
AND TRAY CLOTHS.
Donpht below cost of transportation
we are seiiinir st erest bargains white
and colored lied ford Cord Table Cov
er?, stamped ready for working. Sing
ed Canton Flannel Table and Cush
ion Covers, Singed llosh Cushion
Covers, llargarran Art Cloth Table
and Cushion Covers, all stamped
with Newest Designs ; I lem-etitchetl
Hot Biscuit and Kail N'apkins. A
new and large line of hem-stitched
Tray and Carving Cloths from rJOcts
up."
Stamped Hehi-rtitrhex Scarf from Gocts
np. Table Covers from oO eta. up. A
full line of Figured
INDIA SILKS,
AH Xew Faiterns and Coloring. Also,
Figured Plush,
24 and Xi inches wide, in beautiful Colors
and Ivsiena. Art Satin Snares for the
Central Covers and Cuhion Covers.
Wa ban jSettinp:,
4 inches wide, . cents per yard, in Pink,
Blue. Olive and Y ellow. THb tw
THINU for Draping Mantles and
loors. and for Draping Over
Itiper;es. A new line of
Htd-rel3. from i np.
.Vi.it our Table Lioen. Towel. Napkins,
Mu-lin, hiieeticg and Linen Department, by
all means.
HOME &
41 FIFTH AVENUE, Pittsburgh, Pa.
AMERICAN HOTEL.
Owatd aai Operated y
S. P. SWEIT2ER, Cumberland, Md.
Thii v.j.l ' rlnrt -em in all its ai.soiutraenta.
remudeled and rfurnu6ed. aad the bnl k a-
tion ia the cj(v. at me na oi Bainmore Km.
wrt r nui iwdoon eerv few moment..
First-el porters aiiend all tmina. Lcgsa?e to
the Hotei free of charge. DirecU batk ot th.
Uotei a a Brst-caai
Iiivery Hslablisliment,
. v rm i J .11 t ion ran he UaI at mod
erate rate. The bar of thit Hotel U.iwked with
the cnet frade. of W hikie. Wiuua and Been.
A iso uo band a large mat oi
Imported Cigars.
Permos antieipatine matrimooy ean have
their trouble, and civ reduced to nothing by
ui,pir.Al this Hotel, where i!enern be pro
nKi without extra chanre. lion t t uken in
I., colored backmen. but come direct to the
Hotel.
The undersigned has on band a Urge stock of
SOMERSET COUNTY WHISKY, Old Eye,
Which he offers at Wholesale and in small
euanuuea, at the following prices:
Two Tear old at K 35 per (allon.
Thn '--"KM- -Foot
" " A 00 "
Address alll orders to Xos. Ml, 139. and 1(1 Bal
timore at., Cumberland, at a.
8. P. SWE1TZER, Proprietor.
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Kext door west of Lutheran Church.
Somerset, Pa.
Having orened up a shop ia this
J A
place, I am now prepared to sup
ply the public with clocks, watches
and jewelry of all descriptions,
cheap as the cheapest.
sj
REPAmrxo-
SPECIALTY
All work guaranteed,
Look at
my stock before making your pmr-
choses.
vuEVant Workras
u,r, nr fYimm-mion to good men. Fast
.i::nr imnorted SDcriaitiea; also lull lin.
WARD
GCAUAXTEED MTESEEY STOCK
Stock failing tx live replaced ra.
R. D. fcnetchford & Co, Rachester, X
Sonierset
SOMERSET, PA.,
Jfiss Letiie HtntUy,
Is the sister of Mr. W. S. Huntley, of
Cortland. N. a well known car
penter and builder. Her fnmW state
ment below gives only the absolute
truth concerning her illness and mar
velous recovery cy the aid of Hood's
Sarsaparilla. She says :
CI. Hood Co., Lowell. Mass.:
" Dear Sir: Twelve years ago I be (ran ta
have hemorrhages aad four years ago became
so tow that the physicians told me
Thero Was No Hope
aad I shook! soon die. I could not be move
from my bed. Coder my face were napkins
continually reddened with blood from try
moutiw I ewia a( swtaiiwg and had do
action ot Die boels tor a week. The doctors
said the cause was ulcers in the stomach. At
this time my mother said she wanted to ma a
oii more trial, and aked tf I would take
Hood's barsaparuia. I told hex it would be
' A Waste of Money
but finding it would comfort her Ibegsatak.
log it. Ia a few days the bloating began to
subside. I seemed to feel a little stronger, but
thought It ouly fancy. I was so weak I could
only take ten drops of Ktfiapaxm at first.
In two weeks I was able to sit up a few min
utes every day. la a month I cm 1 4 walk
craw. tM in. One day I asked wuat
they were to have for dinner and said I
wanted something hearty. My mother was
so happy she cried. It was the
First Time I had Felt Hun
gry for Two Years
I kept on with Hood's Sarsaparilla and la sis
months was as well as evet ta my life. It Is
now four vears since I recovered, and I bar.
not hadadav'ssu'knesssiuce. nor any nemor
rliaze If ever a human being thanked the
g'Kkl ixxti on bended knees It as I. 1 know
that Huod s Sarsaparilla. and that aione;
uiHiuesUcnahly ed aay i.ife."
Usira. sawyer Jeatuacs. th. weu aaewa
ernXiUAt Cortlaad. say thai Mlu Huntley -I.
a hirxly respected lady; her atatemeat of what
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Eaa don for her la worthy th. highest coaaV
Hood s rills car. UtM LUa,
WORST CASES CURED TO
STAV CUBED ir oCO
wfLICATCO av O.iAUlC
oiscaac.
D MAVtS M O. -VTjV I
BOVfALO. N. V I . J
NEW GOODS
AT
Imw & Ferner's.
It is oar aim to present at eve
ry season a Line of Goods of
the Newest Fattcrns and Lat
est Styles. NVe have labored
hard in selecting a stock for
the coming season, and are glad
to ay that we have succeeded
in buying goods that are su
perb in style, and at prices
that have the magnetic power
to draw and retain trade.
CLOTHING !
Never before have we bought
such fine styles in Mens' and
Youths', Boys' and Childs'
Clothing. These Goods are un
unapproachable iu quality and
price.
CARPETS.
This season we arc offering a
larger assortment, better styles
and lower prices ia all grades
of Carpeting, Matting, and Oil
Cloths and Rugs, than ever be
fore. DRESS
GOODS.
We are daily gaining trade ia
this department, consequently
Iiave bought a large stock,
adapted to fill the wants of
everyone.
GEH1 S FURHfSHIKQS.
A large and complete stock
just received, and are now pre
pared to furnish all who want
a specialty in this line. We
introduce correct styles as soon
as out. We also carry a full
stock of
Window Shades,
Trunks and Sacliels,
Rubber Clothing, &c.
We take genuine pleasure in hav-
InT nnr friend inlect the above
t
novelties.
KNEPPER & FERNER,
mm
One Door North of rostofiice.
ESTAJBLISFTRT) 1827.
WEDNESDAY,
A LEAP-YEAR EPISODE.
He. leaped into the cutter
As ah. held the leaping horse.
And then leaped In beside him ; thea
They ail leaped on their course.
The stars that shone above them
Seemed to leap aad sing for Joy,
And a tender love-light seemed U leap
To th. sweet .yea of the boy.
With rtrong right arm she raided
Th. teap.eg horse full well ;
Her left pressed la her leaping heart
Her love. Then silence fell
Upon them ; and the leaping bells
alild. merry mui ring.
And leaping headlong into love
Their leaping hearts did sing.
Then leaped a iiwation from her lira ;
From him there cam a - Yea."
What more was said as kpig hoae
They came, let each one gneaa.
And when her mbr asktd her w'sy
This leap-year act ahe'd tone.
She aald. Such things ban ben gotx'Corm
Since eighteen ninety-one.""
FOR YELLOW GOLf.
When the stage " wait lijht,".hey ran
out the small backboard ; but wien there
were more than four ussengee, the big
fnud-waeon was " put n." This was a
blackboard day, for then was cot a sin
gle pasoenjter. What ws ncre to the
point, aa the Gold Bute Mining Com
pany regarded it, waj the nader the drt
ver's eat was a box with n t hips And in
the newest of new tens tid tventies in
it
The driver had looked Try )Iue when
he drove his four mustarjs from the
postoffice, where he tool m a very
flat leather bag, which sroke loud
ly sf the incapacity or luinclination
of the Thimble Spring peole for letter
writing over to the raild station,
where he was to take on thoox. Things
were going all wrong at bore. That was
why his brown face looked - haggard ;
that was why he held solocsely the
'lines"; that was why btclewed so
hard on the bit of " plug" iihs month.
"SrK-h hard sera ten in' I ntver seed
afjre," was what he had sai as he had
listlessly thrown the mail-lg into the
wagon ; can't git no deienf jb now-a-
days. Xothin'.ter be had b prospeciin'
tried thet time an' ag'in;f I git any
thing, it peters out inside c a week. I
might make a strike over ttSand Gulch
but it's a durned long wajlT, an' men
Sue an' the kids Lea moveso often 'at
we can't raise nothin' ter fve on now.
Why in Sam Hill did Sue tf ter git that
rheutnatii jes' now, whenwe'sao hard
np, an afore she weaned tbaby ? It's a
tr d
shame. Why can't l somethin'
I ter do? great, big, lunPeaded cuss. Ef
I I bed a brothtr, poo'0 cow, d'ye
think Td go an live ohun n' on
him, till thar warn,-otJjia' ter eat in
the house fcho, Zae cpnnger, you'er a
blamed fool EiU . done that. He
ain't ter blame frittin' his leg tirok ,
that time. Kill ll right, but be ' on
lucky. Bin try '.t or a month to git a job
an' can't git in'iwhere. He's wilhn ter
work ; he'd snd crotch-deep in the
creek, all day ig, washin' out tailen e
ef he could ma his salt at it. Tried it
fer six weeks, didnt git enough ter
buy a pair of m boots. Whoa, Buck
skin ! He'd jai right inter the station
platform ef y didn't saw his teeth
out."
And then thbox sas taken on, and
the express ant had something to say.
That 'dotnelhi? waa not to Zach Spring
er's liking. Ik-hewed harder than ever
on the bit of g, and sawed the hard
mouths of theustangs by an unneces
sary yanking the reins. It was a pos
itive relief to able at last to whack
hisiash dowspon the sides of the ner
vous brutes ai turn them loose for the
forty-mile ru Gold Butte. Why had
he needed aJctnre from a hireling of
the express mpany, and why should
that smoothwled agent have looked at
him with sv dark suspicion ?
"They thi 'cos I got stood up down
ter Black Kas las' time I had a big load
o' gold that need to be preached to eve
ry time I rent now with full box. the
Btoop-shoolred, desk-scttin' hounds !
I'd like ter one o' 'em hand'in' the
ribbons wh thar's a Winchester lookin'
at 'em witho eye aa big as a barT-head,
Can't tell nthey wouldn't give in! The
sweet-scenl, calf-skin booted young la
dies t Tbaan't a man among 'em V
Zach Sprger's indignation was now in
more com;te possession of hiin than
had been f feeling of blueness a little
earlier. V&l he htd delivered himself
of just no was not what he would have
said bad I voiced his true sentiments
with referee to the express asent a lee
ture. In stween tne words ran me
thought ta " they " had suspected him
of having band in the Black Rocks rob
bery. It U come to him before in what
he called t left-handed " way, and he
had had oer outbursts of righteous m
dignatiomnt none in which the upheav
al was surest as that of the present.
Had thai len the reason the stage com
pany badut down his pay to " sixty a
month ? chances were that it was ;
it was toolamed mean for a lot of swine,
.like the people, to be thought, to
come it bign-uanueaiy over a pw
man whion'.v wanted his own. And
wouldn't serve them just right if
The wle dust of the desert rolled np
from th ffi ot tang's hoofs in little pnfis
and epna of it, powder fine, followed
the turnf the wheels half way np, there
to be car,bt by the breeze and drifted
behind ia long-cloud that followed the
backboi like s haunting spirit. Some
times, ahe light breeze shifted, it cams
back apt the backboard and its driver
like bear thoughts on the conscience of
s guilty .an.
It wod serve them just right ! Besides
that, on think ten thousand ! What
would e people down in Mexico or
Gautema, w here he would fly, know or
cars if Jmebody op in far-off Nevada
had duped a box off bis backboard and
rone bit and got it aler a few day
maybe, week ? It would have to bo a
dark nht, wouldn't it? Yoa couldn't go
and get box like that in the day time
and Us it anywhere, for the whole
conntrwould be out looking for the man
who h it. Maybe a month ; that would
h bet. It eld ail blow over by that
time, t's see ; would it ? Ten thousand
.. mA rWL Those ataee-StOPPers
were urava striking the box on the
wront ey. They never got o much aa
that ttDne hauL In two months, then
rn two months ; but it would have
K
to he nil hidden.
An! he thought stuck to him, despite
MARCH 23, 1892.
all attempts to keep it off, though by the
time be had driven the mustangs into
Red Canon, his indignation at having
been suspected by the company had died
down. The box at his feet had taken on
a new meaning for him. It meant smart
gowns for the wife ; it meant a good
avhooling for the children. Those five
little ones had had a hard " rustle " of it
te get what few scrap of learning they
had thus far manage! to clutch ; and, as
for clothes, they were dressed like juve
nile scarecrows. Yes, all the hard scratch
ing would be over if he dared to do what
many another hard-pushed man bad
done. Resolving the whole matter down
to a plain, clear-cut proposition, it was,
after all, simply a question of " nerve."
Here was the place to doit Right
here, where the high, acraggly rocks, with
the patches of sage-brush. It would be
as well concealed as though buried in six
feet of earth. The backboard had reach
ed the top of a long down-grade. Zach
put on the brake-handle. As if about to
take a plunge into ice-cold water lie
reached down for the box. But wait a
bit. He took off bis big sombrero snd
hung it on a projecting rock. Then flash
ing out his six-shooter, he sent a bullet
through the brim of the hat, which be
then replaced on his bead. Though it
bad been bot enough when be started
out from Thimble Spring, there seeded
to be a chill in the air just now. Would
they believe the story that he would
have to concoct, even though he showed
them the hole in the hat-brim? What
would be care whether they did or not?
They already suspected him. If he had
the name, he might as well have the
game, ile looted at a spot wnere tne
sage-brush clustered thickest, and made
a mental throw or two in a tentative way,
in order to "get the distance."
Then he laid two nervous hands on the
box. He gave a little tug. Lord, how
heavy it was ! Could it be tossed over
there, after ail? It might have to be
carried. He lifted it upon the seat "Via
Thimble Spring taee Line." Wiist was
the sense inputting on such a direction
as that? It was the only way it could
go. The only way. And that way was
now closed, for he was about to
"God, kain't they trust you you, Zach
prinaer. Kain't they trust Old Zach?"
he buret out hoarsely. "Yes, but why
don't they do as any other decent minin'
conip ny does turn their stuff into the
bank at Frisco, arter it's minted ? What
do they want on it op thar?'
Well, after all, that was their business.
Bat he ceuldn't be trusted. What would
Bill aay ? Bill was an honest man. He
would blush with shame every time his
brother's name was mentioned after that
for, of coarse, he would know. Sue
would never suspect. Any kind of a
story would bamboozle her. Bill was
smart. He could put two and two
toctl;e. 4ulcIlr as any niau.K.
country. And yet 1;1I tijaiself was a
little reckless sometimes. He had been
acting very queer of late, and had been
over to Johnson's a good deal, drinking
and playing cards with the boya. That
ould not do. Bill must be looked after.
He was only a young fellow a mere boy,
even it ne nau ueen trying to raufe a
moustache lately. Yes. Bill was a good
deal younger than he. Why, he remera
ered well the day he was born, when
they took him in to show him his new
baby brother. He used te carry Bill all
around, and he was the first one to stand
him on his legs and try to make him
walk. He remembered how it used to
hart his own head when Bill got a knock
bv faliicz out of bis high chair. Bill
was just as much to him now as ever,
and those knocks which fate and the
weaknesses of his nature were giving him
now hart him just as badly worse, per
haps, than they did Brother BilL
What would Bill say ?
He laid his hands upon the box agaiu.
It would be safe enough behind the rocks
there under the sage-brush aa safe aa
if
" Git up, thar, ye! Git, Buckskin ! Git,
old Gabe! Ye laiy crittera. G'langl"
And dowd came the long lash on the
d oat -covered backs of the mustangs, and
off down the long grade they ran, mak
ing the dost fly in the canon as it never
flew before. For Z-ich had grasped the
reins in a grip of iron, and both hia big
cowhide boots planted firmly on the
box.
" Thia 'ere is what I call goin' belly ty
split !" he said, ten minates later, as they
were still flying down the grade. "But
I lost some time with a blamed-fool no
tion that I orter a ben licked lor ever
thiokin' on a minit. Wol, the mustangs
got a good rest. Makin' op fer it now,
though. They'll soon be in a lather.
I'll git the half-way house in a quarter of
an hour, and then I'll take a good horn.
I feel kinder nervous yit. That 'ere box
is a darned heavy load on a man's mind.
I s'pose the snp'rintendent np to Gold
Butte is worrvin' about it. too. Never
mind, ol' feller, yoo'll see that stuff stow
ed away in yer safe afore sun-down.
"What a thia? A hold an. sure as
shootin r
Out from behind a tall rock, a man,
with a piece of dark calico over bis fce
and a very large Winchester in his hand,
had suddenly sprang, and the muzzle of
the rifle looked right into Zacb'a big,
round eyes. The brake scraped the
wheels and made the sparks fly. The
mastanss came to a sudden stand. There
was no getting by that Winchester.
" I reckou yoo've got the drop on me,
stranger," the driver coolly made remark
"Stick np my Lands? In Course I will,
ef voo insist ubon it ; But I tell yer these
'ere mustangs is mighty skittish, an' it's
on ther downgrade, so yer neeun i
shoot ef they start np, fer it'll be yer own
fault. I s'pose yer arter this 'ere box.
Throw it out? It's too blamed heavy fer
that. Yell her ter give us a lift"
The man with the gun had said noth
ing ; but the subtleties of the holding-op
process were not so fine but that Zach
understood every wave of the stranger's
hand and every shrug of his shoulders,
when the waves and rhruga meant any
thing. Zach bad been held op before.
He of the calico mask did not step for
ward at once. In this suggestion that he
should assist in taking off the Lax he
seemed to suspect some trick. Bat ons
of Zach's hands was held aloft and the
other, with the four reins in it, was on
the level of his shoulder. The man edg
ed ap to the buck board, exchanged the
weapon which he presented at Zach's
bead for a six-shot revolver.
"Thanks, stranger," said Zjch, with
forced merrimenL "I never like to have
i
one o' them air Ions' things p'inted at
me. They shoot loo darn straight. Now,
here ye are."
With hia foot he shoved the box along
till it was near the edge of the wagon.
"Thar it is, help yerself; but ye ll find
it a blamed beavy load trr pack, ef ver
goin far over forty pound.
The robber's fioeers srrasped the box
nervously.
"A green cm at the biz," thought Zach :
"mebbe tharll be an openin' here 'yit."
The robber pulled and hauled at the
box, but it would not radge, fur it was
caught on a nail in the bottom of the
wagon, in his feverish anxiety to se
cure the gold, he lowered the revolver a
little and grasped the box with both
hands. Swiftly Zach's right hand fell t
hia hip and out he whipped Lis bright
barreled pialol.
"Uot the dead drop, stranarer: Its no
go?" he shouted. "Put that weapon
down, yoa fool l" for the man was rais
ing his pistol. "Yoa won't? Then take
that."
A flash, a report, and back fell the rob
ber without a moan. His fingers clawed
theduHtfora moment, aa if he were
grasping for a hold on. life. But the hold
waa not to be bad, and he save it up.
and lay there quietly in the dust.
The driver shoved his pistol into it
holster, and wiped the sweat from his
brow. It had been a close shave for the
box and a closer shave for him.
" Takes a purty keen un to git erway
with ol' Zach, arter all," he chuckled,
springing lightly from the backboard,
while a broa I smile lit op his brown
face. "This 'ere means a bij raise from
ther stage comp'ny an' a hundred er two
f-oin the Gold Batte folks. I guesw
thejll think the ol' man's about right
arter this. Hooray for hooray ! my
stocks riz ! It's 'way np ter a hundred
an' fifty. Whoop-eel Haw-h-w-Law
He stooped down ver the dea-1 man
and lifted the bit of cloth from hia lace.
"Almighty God! Il't BiU.'Sm
Francifco Arjanaul.
Merit Wins.
We desire to say to our cit'uens, that
for j ears we have been selling "Dr. King's
New Iiacovry for Consumption. Ir.
Kind's New Life Piiig, Bucklen's Arnica
Salve and Electric Bitters, and liave nev
er handled remedies that sell aa well, or
that have given such univer-ul sat:al Ac
tion. We do not hesitate to guarantee
them every time, and we sta id ready to
refund the purchase price, if satisfactory
results do not fallow their use. These
remedies have won their great populari
ty purely on their merits.
J. N. Snydf r, Druggist.
Wearing Out Shoe Leather.
"I have bat one maxirr. for you," said a 1
successful and wealthy; merchant ton 1
to enter upon the study of a profession,
"and that is, never to try to save yoor
shoe leather, but always to be economi
cal of the cloth that forms the seat of
your trousers."
The young man pondered this bit of
advice for a long time, but he thinks
that he. never fully understood it nntil he
had been at work in his profession for
several years.
He found indeed, that "worn out show
leather" was a good investment. It
meant, for one thing, keeping up wills
the time by gaining information at first
haud. If he needed any facts bearing
upon bis profession, he said to himself:
"I can bay them with a little shoe leath
er, and ne want oct ana saw tee men
who had the facts to give bun.
If he had waited for them to come to-
hiui probably they would never have
come. He could not buy the information
with pantaloon material.
The Man He Needed.
An eccentric man was Captain King,
governor of an Australian colony. A set
tler once waited on Governor Kic g to ask.
for the loan of a prisoner to help Lim in
shing'ing his house.
Come to me in six weeks, when har
vest is over, said she governor, "avd 1
will find a man for yoa.'
"At the end of that period the ser.t'.er.
whose reputation for laziness was well
established, again presented himsel f.
Have yon shingled your house T ask
ed the governor. .
"Ob, dear, no ! I've been wais'ng for
help."
"Well, go into that room and yoa will
see your man."
Presently the settler returaeJ saying
be could find no man, although he had
looked all over the room, even SLiderthe
table and behind the sofa.
"Not find him r said the governor.
"How can that be? Come along with me
and I'll soon find him for yoa."
Governor King led the man up to the
largd mirror over the umntlpiece.
"There's the man to hingle your
house," said he. "Take biin with you,
quick, and see that he does, it !"
How Slelgh-Bells Are Made
"The making of sleigh bells is quite an
art," says the iron founder. "The little
iron bell is too big to be pot in through
the holes in the bell, and yet it is inside.
How did it get there! The little iron ball
is called the "jinglet. When yoa shake
the sleig-bell it jingles. In making the
bell the 'jinglet" is put inid a little bell
of mad, just the shape of the inside of the
be!L Then a mould is made just the
shape of the outside of the bell. This
mad ball with the jinglet" ins.de is
placed in the mould of the outside, and
the metal is poo red
the space between
mould. When the
yoa see a sleigh-bell
aa it is fall of dirt.
in, which fills op
the ball and the
mould is taken off
bat it will not ring.
The sot metal that
the bell is made of dries the dirt so that
it can be shaken out. After the dirt a
all shaken out of the holes the little iron
"jinglet" will still be in the bell and will
ring. It took a good many years to think
out how to make a sleigh-bell."
A Trial Trip.
" What is that dreadful racket ?" asked
Mr. Potter Palmer as he sat in his castle
by the sea and listened to a load pound
ing in the next room, interspersed with
broken enactions.
"That." said his man-i n-armor, "is
Mrs. Palmer practicing."
" Bat what in the world b she doing T
inquired the anxious husband.
"She is learning to drive the lart naiT,"
waa the answer. Irw! Fret ").
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Mr. and Mrs. Bowser.
When Mr. Bowser comes home and
finds his wife lving down with her head
tied up he i real sorry for ber, of coarse
just as sorry as any husband could be.
And, like any other husband, he stands
and surveys her for a moment and then
bluntly says:
"I expected it! Finally got flat down,
ehr
"It's nothing," she faintly replies.
"Oh! it isn't Nothing for a wife to be
down and opeeta whole house, I cup
pose? Well, I've been looking for it tbe
last three months, and so I'm not much
surprised. Mr. Bowser, it's a wonder to
me that yoa or any other woman in New
York ia out of your coffin !
"It's only a headache, dear."
"Yes, only a headache ; but what do
headaches lead to ? If yoa are not a
dead woman before Saturday night yoa
may consider yourself lucky. Didn't I
warn you not to sit in a draught not to
wear thin shoes not to eat too much in
warm weather ? Little good it does to
talk to a woman!"
"Yoa can't heip ailing occasionally,''
she replied, aa she got np to wet the
bandage around Ler head.
"Mrs. Bowser, look at me !" he said as
he struck an attitude and held one
hand aloft. "When am I ever ailing
when do yoa ever hear me complain?
ever! And why is it? Because Mrs.
Bowser because I don't cram my atom
ach with watermollon, buttermilk, gum
urops, custard pie, sweet cake, ginger
ale, and all that ! Because I don't go
around with my feet sopping wet! Be
cause I know enough to come in when it
raina! Because I exercise a little com
mon sense in taking care of myself!"
"Your dinner is ready."
"And I'm ready for dinner. A health v
happy person is always ready for his
meals. You woa't try to get op I sop
pjeeT "Not now."
"Weil, you have onlyyourself to blame.
Yoa may learn in time, but I doubt it
I'd like to fia 1 one woman with about
two ounces of horse sense in her bead be
fore I die, bat I don't expect to do it.
Well, it can't be helped, I suppose. The
Lord made you that way and it's no ose
to arue."
Mr. Bowser eats hia dinner, smokes
his cigar, and sings and whistles as if tbe
slightest noise didn't go throagh her
aching head like a bullet. It never oc
curs to him to fan her, wet the bandage,
or ask her if she can sip a cup of tea. It
does occur to him, however, to say about
bedtime:
"I'm sorry, of coarse, bat then yoa
mast have raore sense. Ill go to bed and
yoa can come when yoa get ready. If
yoa are going to kick around much you'd
better sleep in the spare room.
M?r'Bo3et,btneVhoirie,ib "iuncn, drag
ging his legs after him and looking pale
and scared.
"What's the matter?" asks Mrs. Bow
ser. "Got a sore throat, and I feel feverieh.
I I think I'm going to be skk !"
She doesn't call out that it's just as she
expected and declare that no husband in
New York has sense enough to look out
for his health. She knows he was out in
a draught in his shirt sleeves, but she
doesn't even mention it. On the contra
ry, she remarks :
"Try and eat a little something and
then lie down. You'd better gargle year
throat and then tie it np."
"Do vou yoa think it's anything se
rious?" he whispers as he grows paler.
"I hope not, but it's best to be on the
safe side. Yoa are subject to quinsy
you know, and spinal meningitis begins
just this way."
"I believe I'm going to die," gasps Mr.
Bowser, and he grows so weak that she
has to take off his coat and vet and get
him on the lounge. Everything about
the bouse is ordered to go on tiptoe, and
even the cut is put out and the clock is
stopped. After his throat had been tied
cp, bis shoes taken off, and a quilt
thrown over him, Mr. Bowser plaintive
ly inquires:
"Don't yoa think you'd better send for
a doctor?"
"Not just vet, desr. I dont think it
very serious."
"Mrs. Bowser, I believe I'm already
struck with death." '
"Nonsense! You've just got a little
inMaamaticn of the tonsils."
"I've felt for sometime aa if a great
calamity hang over tbe household.
Hadn't we better have two doctors?"
"Jost trv and get to sleep, Mr. Bowser,
and 111 w errant yoall feel better by
night."
"Ah! how I suffer" he groans. "Yoa
may be a wi.iow before the week is out.
I hope yoa will always be kind to oar
child. I have tried to be a good hus
band, and"
Mrs. Bowser lavs her hand on hia fore
head, and the tears come to hij eya,and
he saddenly becomes a great bigbooby,
She has to hold his hand t-fget him to
sleep, and when be wakes op be wants
tea and toast and jeuy,and be is a? pet a
hint as a tick baby nntil finally put to
bed.
He is a new man when be awakes in
the moraine, and when Mrs. Bowser
asks after hia throat he replies :
"Throat humph! Mrs. Bowser, for
about five hoars yesterday I was hov
ering between life and death. Had it
been yoa, yoa would have died ten times
over, bat grit pulled me through."
"Grit!"
"Y. Grit sand pluck Spartan
courage and fortitude. I let none of you
know bow bad I actually was, but just
shut my teeth and determined to live,
and here is the result cf it. Ah! Mrs.
Bowser, if you only had a hundredth part
of my courage and will poweryoa wornd
be a far different woman from what yon
are now a far different woman !" 3L
tua i in X. Y. World.
Girls and Neckties.
The girls are busy just now making
neckties for their best young men. They
first carefully study his complexion and
then boy the silk which will be becom
ing to hia peculiar style of beauty. The
silk is crocheted into a "four-in-hand tie."
It takes time and patience, bat the maid
and man are happy. The youth who has
not yet been presented with one of the
t new ties is wearing a pained, hurt look.
I X, r. World.
The Red Headed Man.
. There were about thirty passengers of
as men, women and children in. a
coach on a Missouri railroad, when the
number was added to by one at a small
station. The newcomer was a man of
about thirty, and his bearing was reck
less and hia breath smelled of liquor.
Everybody saw 'that he was in an ugly
mood as be took a seat and glared around,
and no one cared to take a second glance
for fear of offending him. It wasn't ten
minutes before be boiled over and began
to bluff and bulldoze the little baldhead
ed man who was hia sea Una te. Tbe
latter had nothing to say, and by and by
the other tired of the one-sided row and
looked for a better man. He got up and
passed down the Aisle, ailing every man
np, and presently he came to an individ
ual who was not only red-headed but
cross-eyed to boot. His hair was the
reddest of reds, and bis eyes were so
badly out of gear as to attract general at
tention. He was eating popcorn oat of a
paper bag when the bulldozer stopped
before him and growled :
"Drop that ar'co'n '."
"W-what for?" stammered the other.
"Cause I aay so, and will let daylight
through yer if yer don't."
He dropped the corn, and the bull,
daer looked him over and continued :
"I've sometimes let a red-headed man
git by me without ahootin', but a cross
eyed one never ! You are both, and if
I should let yer git out o' Miseoury none
0 my friends would eter speak to me
agin !"
"Yoa ain't ain't goin to hart me, are
yoa?" protested the anfortanate.
"Goin' to shoot yer plump throagh the
Jhead !" replied the balldoaer as he drew
his revolver.
There waa instant excitement, but co
one dared interfere. No one cared to
even risk leaving the coach in search of
the conductor. The redheaded man
tamed pale and trembled and began to
plead.
"No use a-taikin'!" growled the other.
"It's a combinashen I can't let pass.
Even if I did some of the boys down the
road would pick ye op. I aint in no
great rush, though, and ye can have a
couple of minutes in which to pray or
talk. Whar d'ye belong V
"New Jersey."
"Way np thar, eh? What's yer bia
nr -Farmin'."
"Whar ye goin'?"
"Down toSedaliato see if I cant hear
sathin' about my son Bill."
"What'a Bill bin doin'?" carelessly
queried the ouiidoaer aa he caressed the
the barrel of his revolver.
"He ran away from home over a dozen
yaars a,jo and came down here, and I'm
a-try in' to locate him."
"What's yer name?"
"Jonas Hill."
"What! Is that yer reglar name T'
"It is."
The bulldozer looked at him for half a
minute and then said :
"It's powerful funny I'd forgotten
about them eyes, though I thought the
hair looked sorter familiar. Say, old
man, I'm that son Bill, and yer my old
dad!"
Is it possible? And you're my own
boy Bill, and I've found yon at hut T
'-That's the trick, but don't git excited
over it. I was givin ye two minnitsi vs
know !"
"But yoa are my own boy, yon see."
"Yes, I reckon I be, bat bat "
He stopped and scratched his head
and reflected half a minute, and then
put up his gun and grudgingly said :
reckon 1 must let ye btL-J5Sl"Tr9,..?
U say to ye, old man, that ye v, had one
of the narrowest escapes of yer hull life
and ye'd better continue w 1
fur the next fifteen years .
Then having saved his dignity, as he
thought, he sat down beside hia father
and the two were socn visiting away and
having a real good time Jf. Q N.
Y. World.
The Careless Creatures.
He came home last night a bit tired
from a busy days wora ana bis "
waited until he had got off his overcoat
and sat down.
"Did yoa get that piece of swk I asked
you to bring cp to-night'." she inquire.1,
seeing that he had not laid it before ber.
"Ye, dear, I left it out here in Use naie.
"Did you gt the pins !"
"Yes dear.''
"And the ribbon T
"Yes."
"And Bobby's shoes'.''
"Yes."
"And a wisp broom 7
"Yes."
"And a wick for the kitchen lamp!"
"Yea." .
"And some matches '."
"Yes, they are with the other bundles.'
"And did yoa see the man about the
coal!"
"Yes; it will be np Mooday."
"And the man to fix the grate in the
dining room !"
Yes ; be is coming as soon as he can.
Did yoa see Mrs. Smith about the sew
ing society meeting .
"She said she would come.
"And and oh, yes, did you get a ne
shovel for the kitchen stove .'
"N n no," he hesitated, I forgot it."
"Good gracioua!" she exclaimed.
"What did von do that for! Yoa know
we needed that shovel, nd I tol l yoa
about it the very first thing when yoa
went down town this morning. I do
think you men are the most forgetful an 1
the most careless creatures that ever lived.
And she flopped out to see about aap
per. Drtrr, i Fret Pr,t.
Accounted For.
"Papa, do you know what Mr. Spatts's
busineMS isT'
"He ia a wheelwright."
"Then that accounts for it."
"For whatr
"He tires me." Inter.
No Record Kept.
Reporter (to John L) Can you give
me the exact date of your fight with Kil
rain, Mr. Sullivan?
John L Naw. I don't keep a scrap
book. Je-'er.
Telling the Truth.
A boy of 12 waa the important witness
in the City Court before Judge Daniels.
One of the browbeating, bnilying law
yers, after cross-questioning him rever
ently, said:
"Yoor father has been talking to ynp
and telling yoa how to testify, hasn't
her
"Yea," said the boy.
"Now," said the lawyer, "just tell ua
how your father told yoa to testify."
"Well," said the boy, modestly, "fath
er told me taat tbe lawyers would try to
tangle me in my testimony, but if I would
just ba careful and teil the truth I could
teil the same thing every time. Ouf'jo
U-.rali.
The proprietors of Ely's Cream Balm
do not claim it to be a cure-a'l, but a
remedy for catarrh, colds in the head and
hay fever. It is not a liquid or a snuff,
ia eaaily applied into the nostrils. It
gives relief at once. -30 ceoU.