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VOL. XL. NO.
-THE-
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF
Somerset, Penn'a.
o
CAPITAL
SURPLUS -
S50.000
7,OOC
DCPOITW MCCEIVCDIN LAHCC AND SMALL
AMOUNTS. PATASLC ON OCMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF M ENCHANTS. FARMERS,
STOCK DC ALIAS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS :
L Res M. H ins. "W. H. Millax,
t
Jakes L. Proa, Char. H. Fiehke,
Joha R. Scott, Gxo. R. Sctll,
FlU W. BlXBECXAA.
1 Edward Sctll,
: : : : Preridkst
Valxxtixk Hat. : : Vies Pkssidknt
IIabvet M. Berklev, : : : Cashiak.
tir of this bank
Km KuTvl-r-proof tsife. The only Safe
made abeolately iiursiax-prooi.
Somerset County National Bank
Of Somerset, Pa.
ft
EstAblUlMt, t877.
OrcAit'rfri At t NitiMAl, 189C.
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CAPITAL $50 000.
Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't
Wm. H . Koontz, V ice rres t.
Milton J. Pritts, Cashier.
DlRECTORS:
Wm. Fn.!lrr.
Jocv X ooA,
J. .ha ikuffl.
HAmx aoTdjr,
w,i-hi
libenU traiunt-iii eonusluit wilo a: ouit.
.l.kl.. An IMTUT Mid M WOt OS
ruuw ' 0 --- .. ..... y
be AcooDnnJAted 1J onunor mj iuwi
vr 4 Mtn.l.!M mmiI hT OTl. Of T1-
bol l Ceiebrwiwi iAfe, wi'.a moi Approved time
WCL.
r!nTln1nn tn.de In all r-U of the UnlMd
Siaml Ch.rpc moderte
CURTIS K. GROVE,
SOMERSET, PA.
BCOGIES, 6LEGH3, CAERIaGEv
BPBISG WAGO.N3, BCCK WAGOKa
AXI IASTZKS A SD WESTERS WORE
rnroixbed on Short Notice.
Painting Done on Short Time.
ijT wnTk I, mrfront f 7Vrrjc)r SmMrd Wood,
Vmi!i P1r.lhrd. And
ConstractM. NeAiiy Pr.whcd. And
Enplcy C2I7 Fint Class Vorknea.
nr of All Klnfl, in If r Line Ione OS
Kouoe. Prk-c RAaoJi ABLi, and
All Work Warranted
-.n .nil TumlH mT Stock. ad Learn Prtee
I do Won-work, And famish BeiT. foe Wind
KOa Bemember tte piAee. ana cah in.
CURTIS K. GROVE,
(la of Court Bonw)
SOX EE SET. PA
B. & B.
Fifty Pieces
Rne Australian
WOOL SUITIHGS,
Ane of the most dirable fAbrics for Spring
Dresses. InTlsible stnpe. cbeck And
P!iasinAlltbeS..ftB.TAnnd Grey
t.:., Minchea wide W cents jr yard
fcr the elegit wide rtxds.
Vigogne and Chevron All-
Wool Suitings.
inches wide, At 4- s yard, mAke you
wonder where the profit in them is-jm
p A good .-hAre of it if yon get the RoodA
36 inch All-wool SuitiDgs,
INDIA SILKS.
22 1 27 ichf wlif, iOe, 60e, 6ic,
fl.00 U f 2,00.
Write oor MaU Order Department for full
n MUlPKf Ol ow uij
Sew CaUlogue And FAshion JooniAl free to
any addrtn.
NEW!
Boggs & Buhl,
115, 117, 110 121 Federal Srtd,
.-iLLEGEEXY, FX.
41.
It is to Yom Interest
TO BCT FR
Drugs and Medicines
JOHS H. SHYDEB.
STCCEt0B TO
Biesecker k Snyder.
None bet the purett And bst kept in toci.
And wbeu Drugs beuome inert ty stand
ing, as certain of them do, we de
stroy them, rather tLan im
pose on oar customers.
Too can depend on having your
PRESCRIPTIGNS & FAMILY RECEIPTS
filled with care. Our prices are aa low i
any other first-claaa house and on
macy articles much lower.
The people of this county seem to kno
this, and have given us a Urge shAre of their
patronage, and we shall still continue to gi
them the very best goods tor their money.
Do not JiPFrt that we make a specialty of
FITTING TRUSSES.
We guarantee satisfaction, and, if you bare
had trouble in this direction,
gire us a call.
SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES
in great TarietT : A full act of Test Lenses.
Come in and hare your eyes examined. Ko
charge for examination. And we Are confidant
we can suit you. Come and see us.
Respectfully,
JOHN N. SNYDER.
FANCY
WORK.
Some Great Bargains In
IRISH POINT LUNCH
AND TRAY CLOTHS.
Bought below cost of transportation
we are selling at great bargains white
and colored Bedford Cord Table Cov
en, tuml ready for working. Sing
ed Canton Flannel Table and Cush
ion Covers, Ringed llcih Cushion
Covers, Bargarran Art Cloth Tabla
And Cuhhion Covers, all stamped
with Newest Designs ; Hem-stitched
Hot Biscuit and Roll Napkin. A
new and large line of hem-etiu bed
Tray and Carving Clotha from UOcta
tip.'
Stamped Hem-stitched fcarfe from 3-cts
op. Table -Covers from 50 eta. np. A
full line of Figured
INDIA SILKS,
All New Patterns And Colorings. Also,
Figured Plush,
21 And .13 inches wide, in beautiful Colors
And lesigns. Art Satin Squares for the
Ceutral Covers And Cushion Covers.
"Waloaii jSTet tiller,
4T,inches wide, M cents per yH. in Pink,
Bin-. Olive And Yellow THE XKW
TH1NU for Draping Mantles and
Doors, and for Draping Over
Druerin. A new tine of
iieail-reMs !romz-cup.
Viit our Table I-inen, Towel, Xapkins,
Muslin, Sheeting and Linen Department, by
all means.
i FIFTH AVENUE. Pittsburgh, Pa.
AMERICAN HOTEL.
Owned and Operated by
S. P. SWEITZER, Cumberland, Md.
This hotel Is firtt-cla in all it Aj-poiiiUnenw.
rerowieM and refurntae.i. and the l.net lot a
Uon in the city, at the head of Baltimore erect,
htteet car, las it door every few momenta.
First-elaw J.rters Atictid ail trains. Lujrjjajre to
the Hotel free of cnarge. directly back of the
bold i a Cr-4-clAHi
Iiivery Eslablisliment,
here rip of aH 5c!criior'n be hal at mod
erate rales. The bar of this Hotel i nocked itn
the iineet irraJ of Whiie, Wine and Been.
Alao on baud a large stock of
Imported Cigars.
Person, antieipatln matrimony can have
their trooWe ar.d care rwJoted to notbing by
rur pice at tib Hotei wber. li"en ran be p
eured without extra charge. Don't he taien in
bv eolored barfcmcn, but come direct to tb
Hotel.
The undersigned bu on hand a Urge Mock of
SOMERSET COUNTY WHISKY, Old Eye,
Which he offer, at Wholesale and in small
quautitiea, at tbe following prices:
Two Year old at S3 25 per fallon.
Three " " M -
Four " " SJ 00 " -
Addren alll order, to S.w. 157, 159. and 161 Bal
timore SC. tumberUnd, Hi.
8. P. SWEITZER, Proprietor.
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker nd Jeweler,
Sext door west of Lutheran Church.
Somerset, Pa.
Uaving opened up a sliop ia tliis
place, I am now prepared to sup
ply tlie public with clocks, watches
and jewelry of all descriptions, us
cheap as the cheapest.
KEPAmiNO A SPECIALTY.
All work guaranteed. Look at
my stock before making your pmr-
chascs.
WantWorkERS
Salary or Commission to good men. Fast
eclliiig imported Specialties ; also full hoe
OUAltANTEED XTRSEEY STOCK.
Rr.vi faHine to live replAOsd rut
HOME
WARD
Somerset
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
Sev. James P. Stone
of Lower Cabot. VL. fonuerly of
P-AltOD, ST. IL
A Faithful Pastor
Is held in high esteem by his people,
and his opinion upon temporal as well
as spiritual matters is valued greatlv.
The following is from a clergyman long
influential in Neir England, now
spending well earned rest in Cabot, Vt. :
C I. Hood & Co., LowelL M
" We have used Hood s Sarsaparilla In onr
family fur many years past, with treat best.
.At, We have, with confidence, recom
nirDded It to others fr th-ir various ail
nieutt almost ail of whom have cerulied to"
grel beuelit by its use. We can
Honestly and Cheerfully
recommend it as the Wrat hlo4 pariSer
we have ever tried. We have used others,
but none ith the beneficial effects of Hood's.
Also, we tln-m flood's 1'ills and Olive IMnl
ment iitali. Mrs. fitone sars she
canuot do without icem." Kav. J. P. Sjio.nb.
Better than Cold
Mr. Ceo. T. Clapp, of Eastondale, Mius.,
says: "I am 82 years of age, and for 30
years have suffered with running sores on one
of my lees. A few years aito 1 had two bies
amputated, physicians saving I was suffer
ing (rum gangrene and bad but
A Short Time to Live
Eight months ago as a neighbor creed me, I
tegan taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. Tbe
whole lower part of my kr and foot was a
Pill l:i MB sore, but it has a linos I completely
healeil and I can truthfully say that I am ia
avetwr aralta than I have been fr many
years. I have taken no other medicine and
consider that I owe ail niy Improvement to
Hood's Sarsaparilla
It is better than gold." " ekeerf.lly
verify the above statement of Mr. Clapp,
w hom I have known 30 years." J. M. How
ABD, Druggist, Kastondale, Mass.
HOOD'S PlLLS aw purely vegvubia,
JKOSST CASES CURCO TO
1T tUHtD ir uncos
X1CATC0 .V O.SA.IC
oi.essi
NEW GOODS
AT
Knepjer & Ferner's.
It is oar aim to present at eve
ry sea?on a Line of Goods of
the Newest Fatterns and Lat
est Stylos. We have labored
hard in selecting a stock for
the coming ca?on, and are glad
to say 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 I
Xever before have we bought
such fine styles in Mens' and
Youths', Boys' and Childs'
Clothing. These Goods are un
nnapproachablc iu 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 Kug?, 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.
Ems1 FURiims,
A large and complete stock
just received, and are now pre
pared to furnish all who want
a siecialty 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 takerrenuine pleasure in hav
ing our friends inspect the above
novelties.
KNEPPER & FERNER,
hmi,ia.tl i4r A
P.HAROLO HAVES M.o7"fc?ssV X
illfrt LO. N T ZjrT7"ii"ii i
One Door North of PostofUce.
ESTABLISHED 18537.
A TRUE HEART.
Red are the lips of my darling, my dear,
Sweet are tbe lips of my own ;
Lov. like a bee at herboddlnf month sips.
Drunken with panton befor he has flown.
But oh, and oh.
Bed lips wiU rale some day,
WhUt a true heart lists for aye.
Gray are the eyes of my darling, my dear.
Bright arc the eyes of my queen.
Fond at the dreaming of tropical skies.
Glad a the rivulet s midsummer sheen.
But oh, and on.
Bright ey wiU dim some day, -While
a true heart la-ts for aja.
Brown a thl tress of icy darling my dear,
Silken this tress of my fair.
Brown with a hint of the sua I tenderness
Twined in the strands ofher beautiful hair.
But oh, and oh,
Kleek kictj wiU thin some day,
While a true heart wears !or aye.
Praises beloug to my darling, my dear.
Love is but due to my sweet ;
So here I pluck from the garden of song
This tiny bluaum to thjuw at her fevL
But oh, and oh.
Beauty will fade soma day.
While a true heart huu for aye.
A HYPOCHONDRIACS TREAT
MENT.
" nosh, hush, Nellie !" aaid Mrs. Bcl-
ton, holding up a warning linger as her
daughter sprang up the steps with a gay
laugh.
" Your father b Buffering very much
this Afternoon, and is trying to sleep. lie
is in the Hitting room on the lounge,
hero I made him go as it is much cooler
there."
" What's the matter now T said Nel
lie, with her pretty face curiously un
changed by the news of her father 'a in-
disposition.
Oh, just one ofh's nervous "pells! and
I think he said he had a headache, too.
I broiled him a bird, and he seemed to
relish it, and drank some buttermilk of
the morning's churning."
" Well, then, :f he can eat and enjoy
buttermilk," remarked the girl, with a
a short laugh, " he is not eo very bad off.
Be honest, now, mother, do you believe
much in father's ailments? No, no ; don't
you frown, but tell the truth ! Aren't his
appetite and looks too good for there to
bs much the matter with Lim ? I declare
I have ca git Dr. Easier smiling broad
ly several times when he has been here
to see father, and it was ail he could do
to keep him from laughing in his face."
Mrs. Bellon's kindly fare wore a balf-
Amnaed, hAtf-fiigbtened expression' as
she lititenod to her daughter, but she an
swered, demurely:
How can you talk so, Nellie? Of
course your father is ill, or w hy should
he feign to be so V
" He likes petting and coddling, just
like a baby, and, mother, I really believe
yon know it is mainly his imagination
that is at work, but yon have got in the
habit of waiting on Lim and humoring
his fancies until you dit as a matter of
course. iNow, own up. uo you oeiieve
in his sickness to-day ?'
The mother evaded the clear, troth-
compelling eyes turned np to her own,
but she laughed, and whimpered back to
her :
" Well, he did eat about sis biscuits
with that bird, and drank three glasses
of the buttermilk and disposed of near-
a third of a lata of my strawberry
preserves.
Nellie caught her mother in Ler arms
with a .hout of delight. Bravo ! bravo !
You Lave owned it, and that is half the
at tie. Mother, I know in the bottom cf
your heart, kind and gentle as it is, you
are tired of father's morbid fancies, and
of ministering to his imaginary ailments.
And it ia lime something was done to
arouse hiui, or be will become a confirm
ed hypochondriac, for he is nearly that
now. I believe I could break him."
"No, yon couldn't, child. I ued to
try and get him to shake off his despon
dency, and not to think so much of his
little aches and pains, but I was only
calied nnfeeling fcr my exertions.
" Well, I would Approach him differ
ently. J.uten, mother, i nave a plan. '
And the two heads, one still brown
and handsome, in spite of the fine lines
of silver over the temples and the other
a bright chestnut, drew close together,
and in the golden sunshine of the beauti
ful September day a dark plot was form
ed, and w hen Rob Harper came strolling
in with the most purposeless aix that ever
conceived a purpose, the same was im
ported to him nhder seal of secrecy. And
then, when Xellie chanced to walk asf.r
as the turn of the road as Rob took his
way home, the doctor, driving past, was
halted, and made a partner likewise in
the mysterious business.
The afternoon slipped Away And the
day had given place to the purple twi
light when Hiram Beltoa awoke from
his pleasant nap and stretched out his
hand for the pitcher of ice water usually
placed right by his side on such occasions
by bis devoted wife, but this time he felt
in vain. He pressed his Land on his
ferehead and groaned twice, thrice, very
heavily, but there was no one who came
tip-toeing into the room to bend over him
and beg to know what could be done.
His groans grew louder and more alarm
ing and still they produced no effect, so
presently the invalid raised himself slow
ly, and advancing to the door, called
faintly :
" Barbara T
He returned to his couch at once, but
no Barbara answered, but in a few min
utes Nellie came nonchalantly singing
into the room.
"That yon, father?" she said, care-
lesaly. Have yon taken a lazy spell,
too?"
A groan was the reply, which only
brought forth, " Drank too much butter
milk, eh ? I did myself, and I tell you it
,ve me a pain."
"Where's your mother V put ia the
insulted invalid, glaring at his daugh
ter. Gone to bed. She had a headache
aad I aiade her go, for there really was
no reason for her keeping np if she felt
indisposed."
" So reason.1" snorted Mr. Belton.
" And me as ill as I am ! I wonder who
sha thinks is goiDg to nurse me ; but itis
like a woman to give up to the slightest
ache or pain, and justj when they are
needed the most." 7
"Oh, you will be all right in an hoar
or two ! Father, if yoa don't mind I'll go
to prayer-meeting with Hob Harper. By
the way, mother said would" yoa please
get the churn ready for her, and here's
the key to the dairy.
fche was gone before her; irate parent
could frame the catting speech be bad in
APRIL G, 1892.
mind, in which he mingled a serpent
tooth, an ungrateful child, his wife's un
accountable and preposterous failure to
perform her wifely duties, and tbe heart-
lees madness of expecting hiua to rise
from a couch of pain and illness to set a
churn. He lay and pondered the thing
over. They were evidently growing; in
credulous on the subject of bis ailments
and needed a lesson, a severe one, to
bring them back to their Allegiance. In
the meAOwhile Nellie, leaning on ber
lover's Arm, confided to him thafFather
always fell ill so opportunely, and recov
ered with such surprising readiness when
be fonnd that illness was inconvenient.
They both laughed, but a quick remorse
smote the girl when on their return they
saw lights glaucing about the house, and
heard a man-servant, on a horse, go tear
ing after the doctor, and Mrs.. Belton met
them with :
"Ob, Nellie, your father is dying, dy
ing 2 It is a judgment on as for our wick
ed doubting of him this afternoon. Oh,
I can never, never forgive myself!"
But when Nellie, followed by Bob, en
tered the darkened room where her fa
ther lay, the color came back to her
cheeks and ber eyes lost thir look of
horror, for w ith singular blundering Bob
picked up the shaded lamp, and, turning
the wick to its greatest height, let the
bright stream of light fall igbt on tbe
sufferer's face, so that his daughter saw
that the dying man's countenance. was
still very healthily tinted.
" Oh, oh, oh !" groaned Mr. Belton.
Turn that lamp down ! Is that you, Nel
lie, daughter ? Well, kiss your poor fath
er, and tell him good-bye. Oh; oh !"
'Here, yoa are going to faint, Mlos
Neliie. Go oat in tbe fresh air at once,"
said Rob, and as the door closed on the
girl, tamed to Mr. Belton with, ' Toor
girl ! And she to be married so goon to
Joe Banner ! Your death will put her
eddingoff, won't it ?"
" What!" yelled Mr. Belton, forgetting
to groan and sitting np in bed. " Joe
Banner ! Not if I have to kill him !"
The Banners and Beltons hated each
other as cn!y people in small places and
over small. matters have time to. " Has
snch a tl ing been going on behind my
back? I'll-ril!"
"Oh, don't, dear!" icterposed poor
Mrs. Belton. Yoa will icjare yourself
Lie quiet till the doctor comes. I am
sure Rob is mistaken about Joe Banner.
Why, Nellie never speaks tohim.aud be
sides, she and Rob are "
" Here's the doctor !" exclaimed R b,
ehicg to open the door And cutting
Mrs. Belton short in her explanation
Dr. Lester came in looking suspiciously
grave, for there w as a very inconsistent
winkle in his eyes. He flt Mr. Belton's
pul.e And locked graver still, whi'.e the
inkle fairly set bis eyes to dancing,
and then with a certain reluctance in his
voice, said :
" I most not conceal from yoa, my
dear sir, that yoa are suffering from cere-
bro-tpinal menirgitis, combined with
tcnemia of themeduiloblongata. How is
it you never consulted me about it before.
Didn't you suipect it ?"
No-o," said the patient, looking sca.'-
d and wbite. "Doctor will will it
it-rit be fatal ?"
Tbe doctor turned first and requested
Mis. Belton and Rob to leave the room.
which they did, when he Addressed him
self to tbe sick man :
I feel it my duty to tell yoa the
truth. You haven't one hour to live !"
"Oh, oh, oh! Save me, doctor! I'll
give Jou $50) to do it a thousand dol
larsmy wnole place anything any
thing only save me !"'
Cant do it," said the doctor, shaking
bis head. "Face it like a man, Belton.
lun't trouble about your wife and fami-
y. Mary's married. Nelly could be to
morrow, and as for Mrs. Belton, Marks,
tho widower, said yesterday she wastha
handsomest woman still in the county,
and that if she was only rid of you he'd
ask ber the day after the funeral.
"What! shrieked the dying man,
flinging himxelf out cf bed, and dancing
over the floor as if it was red hot "To
Jericho with my cerebro-spiting whatever
you call it, and my oblong medal ! Die '.
No, I'll not die not for a hundred years !
Yoa make tracks, Dr. Lester, this minute;
I'm tired of your bread pills. Yes, they
were bread, and. I knew it all along. The
idea of a man's wife and daughter plan
ning, aye building on his death, and pro
posing before theibreath'a eut of his body
to dance over his grave !"
Here Mr. Belton grew a little mixed in
his language, but he knew what he meant
and that was ail that was necessary. It
was hours before be could be got to quiet
down, and days before he ceased to growl
inarticulate and mysterious threats direct
ed aginst no one could quite gather
horn. But from that time on, Mr. Bel
ton has never complained of an ache or
pain, and fiercely disclaimed feeling even
under the weather whenever informed
that be looks eo.
Columbus no Saint.
Bct who was this, famous navigator
and what were his character and aims?
The common legend paints him in saint
like and superhuman colors. Ne man
was so wise, gentle, learned, studious,
humane. To several of Lis recent
biographers he is without a fault, a Numa,
a Washington, with even a higher aim.
With more than chivalric austerity he
prepares himself for bis rare achievement
Heaven guides him on his wy ; he works
miracles ; sorrows and a mictions follow
him ; majestic and godlike, he passes a way,
from among men, without a fault. Such
he is to I V Lorgues,Bil!oy,ana the Abbe
Cadoret Irving's delightful biography
admits his faults, but softens them into
venial errors. His hero is clothed in the
fairest drapery of Lis matchless style
The common legend has filled all modern
histories, until the whole story of Colum
bus is wrapped in a cloud of falsehood.
A nd yet there is some troth in the picture.
Columbus pooeesed an unrivalled
strength of character and will, a mind of
rare power and sagacity. He was strong
as Hercules in forcing bis way into dis
tant seas, but, unlike Hercules, rather
committed than redressed wrongs. Never
was there a more striking difference than
that between tbe traditional Columbus
of the biographers and the Columbus of
true history, of his contemporaies. From
Tbe Mystery of Columbus," by Eccese
Lab AIM z, ia ZTarixr' Jfuoarifie for
April. -
Political candidates are always prom
ising men.
era
The Columbus of History.
Tbe Columbus of Lietory is one of its
least pleasing characters. He was evi
dently a sea-rover and a buccaneer. He
sold his services to Rene of Anjoa or
Charles of France indifferently. A rude,
uneducated seaman, he joined ia the
barbarous sea-fight off St. Vincent, and
aided in the massacre of honest traders
and useful men. Time somewhat so.ten
ed his harsher traits, but Lis early im
pulses never left him. ne became famil
iar with the slave trade in Portugal, and
introduced it to the New World. He
treated the natives of the new land with
pitiless severity. He threw them into
chains, cut off their bands and feet, or
sold them as cannibals to misery and
death. Ho probably invested tbe fic
tion the Caribs only to destroy tbeni.
Las Casas thought that the judgments of
heaven had fallen upon the merciless
discoverer.
In almoet every trait of moral excel
lence Columbus seems eqnaliy wanting.
To the Spanish settlers in HLspaciola be
was a bated tyrant, a cruel usurper. He
threw Mexico over the walls of his fort
with his own hands andspu-ned him as
he fell His victims, bung by the neck,
shocked the humanity of Boba lilla. It
was believed that Columbus anl his
brothers planned a new empire in the
Indies and hoped to tkrow off the yoke
of Spain. In later years Columbus en
gaged in a treasonable correspondence
with Genoa. His ingratitude to the Pin-
rons, his betrayal of Beatrix Fcriiiuei,
his falsehoods, his tierce bursts of 'rage,
his avarice, his revenge, his will am bi-
tion, his pious frauds, his fanatical faith,
can never be forgotten, they may l-e lor
given. Harsh, fierce, severe, the features
of Columbus look down upon us over
the flight of four centuries, tho symbol
of his cruel age.
Columbus found the natives cf Ameri
ca fill cf the pab'.on for gold. The glit
tering particles Lad for them an irresisti
ble attraction, aa to so many aa what are
called the educated races. They search
ed in tho rivers and sanJj for gold, and
when they had found it hung it in their
ears and noe9. Sometimes the more
highly cultivated beat it into plates,
which they fastened around their necks.
It was their chief and almost only orna
ment, almost their only dress; they
used, too, paint, feathers and strings of
pearli Toe universality of this strange
I-asion for the ductile metal in civilized
and savsg man is without an explana
tion ; it is natural. We are told that
there are ants that Leap together glitter
ing particles of precious or colored stones ;
it is their instinct. In Columbia the f-'-
sion raged with a viulence seldom known.
He dreamed of gulden palaces, hea;-3 of
treasure and mines teeming with end
less wealth. His cry was everywhere
for gold. Every moment, ia Lis fler.e
avarice, he would fancy himself on the
brink of a boundless opulence ; he was
alwavs a bo at to seize the Ea.-t painted
by Marco Polo and Mandevilie. "Gold,"
he wrote to the King and Qaeen, "is the
most valuable thing in the world ; it res
cues souls from purgatory and restores
them to the joys of paradize."
It was something cf Lis early pirate
life that stirred him in Lis plans of dis-
sr. sj
covery. lie was always ice cuccaneer;
he was always a slave-trader. He select
ed the port of Navidad becaa-o it seem-e-1
a convenient harbor for t'ave ships.
He made slaves wherever he went. In
hia fierce avarice, when be found the ca
ked Indian bad little gold, he proved
to sell them and thus establish a wise
source cf profit. Gold he must make by
some means. He urged upon the King
and Q ieen h:3 infamous project. They
seerr.e.l at first to disapprove and after
ward countenanced it. They could
scarcely fail to see that hunting the help
less natives through the islands and the
continent to sell them into slavery wjs
not a Christlike trade. Tbeyi gently re
buked the discoverer, but soon after we
find them lending Lim their approval.
"Let him be informed," they wrote, "of
what has transpired respecting the can
nibals that came to Spain. He hss tlor.e
well," etc Soon every Spaniard who
siilei to America becam" a slave-trader.
Ojeda and Americas Yespacius filled
their ships with "cannibals," and the
brothers of Columbus followed the ex
ample of the admiral. A boundless hor
ror settled upon tbe new-discovered
lands. Las Casas thought the fcicknees
and pains that fell noon Columbu the
judgment for the woes he had indicted
upon the help'.eas Indians. llxr-t
Indian Courage.
The annals of no country can show any
savage foe so formidable for his numbers
to trained regular troops of the white race
as the American Indian. The tles of
the sepoy rebellion, replete as tbey are
with heroic achievements cf British sol
disrs, rea-i like absurd fairy tales to In
dian fighters of our array. The specta
cle, repeated again and again of a score
or so of these Englishmen riding through
as many thousands of opposing sepoys.
disciplined and thoroughly supplied
w ith the best of firearm, would be a very
novel one to those accustomed to the
temper of the savage of our own conti
nent.
Had Captain Jack, or Joseph crGeron
imo, with such warriors as they led, been
the sort of foes to attack the English
power in India, the history of Delhi and
Lucknow would have been aritten in far
darker characters on tbel psges of Eng
lish history. Self reliant, intelligent,
fierce in battle, inimitable horsemen,
armed .with the modern rifle, our own
Indians bare often waged successful bat
tle with regular troops unsurpassed in
quality and far outnumbering them. It
is doubtful if even the Cosback or Arab
can be compared with them in partisan
warfare. ILirper'$ H7ty.
Cold Comfort.
Mr. Slimpuree. " To-to tell the truth,
I am a-a little afraid to-to atk jour fath
er for your band."
Miss Char-it. "Ob, yoa needn't wor
ry. He says I am ruinously extrava
gant" .Yew York Wtfk'ii.
A Prophecy.
Dasha way. "There is one thing about
it. Pit never marry a girl who doesn't
dress welL
Cleverton. "But suppose yoa cant af
ford to keep it np. What tl enT
Dashaway. "She won't be so poor as
that."
WHOLE NO. 2123
The Sunflower.
In return for the corn which Uncle
Sam propose to teach the Rassians how
to eut, it is seriously suggested that we
shall adott a few hints from them re
specting the usefulness of the sanllower.
There are regions in the West which
might be meet profitably utilized for the
colli vat ion of this plant, which has been
f jund so valuable for food purposes in
the empire of the Czar thAt S.",000 Acre
in that country are annually planted w ith
it.
Two kinds there Are chiefly one which
bears small seeds used in making oil
while the other produce big seeds, which
are consumed in enormous quantities by
the common people in the same way that
peanuts are eaten here, except that they
are devoured raw.
There is hardly another plant in the
world which serves so many uses, every
part of it being valuable for one purpose
or another. The oil is so nutritious and
agreeable in flavor that in Russia it has
to a certain extent superseded all other
vegetable) oils.
It is obtained by passing the seeds be
neath millstones so aa to crush the shells,
fculicgthem tosep&iate the kernels and
finally pressing the latter in bags of horse
hair cloth. The cakes left after the oil
has been expressed are .excellent fodder
f jt cattle.
The shells are employed for heating,
special ovens being ma le to born them
in, while the stalks have almost replaced
firewood, being gathered and dried in
stacks in the fields. A ton of the latter
s obtained from each acre cultivated.
They make a very hot and quick fire.
Tbe seed cups are utilized as food for
nheep. A big one when ripe will yield
2,UX seed's. The largest and finest seed
cups are selected in the autumn and hung
by their ta!ks in a dry place.
In the following spring the seeds are
shaken out of them and dried in ovens
for piantitg. At harvest time the flow
ers are gathered as fast as they Are ripe
and spread upon the ground to dry.
Then the seeds are beaten out of them
with a small stick by whipping each cup.
Finally the seeds are dried in the sun
or in kiins and are sorted by means of
screens into different sijes.
An acre planted with sunflowers yields
2,0) pounds of seeds, from which ix
pounds of oil may be obtained. Ten
million quarts of this oil are produced by
Itussian mills.
Wl'o knows teat the time may not yet
come when smail boys ia this country
wid gobble sunflower seeds at the circus
just as they low consume the festive and
odoriferous goober?
Specimen Cases.
S. II. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis., was
troubled with Neuralgia and Rheuma
tism, bis Stomach was disordered, his
Liver was affected to an alarming degree,
appetite fell away, and he was terribly
reduced in flesh and strength. Three
bottles of Electric Bitters cured Lim.
Edward shepherd, Uarris'jurg, Il!n
had a running eure on bis leg cf eight
years' standing. Used three bottles of
Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Back
leii'i Arnica Salve, and his leg is sound
and well. John Speaker, Catawba, O
bad live large Fever Sores on his leg,
doctors raid be was incurable. One bot
tle Electric Bitters and one box Buck
len's Arai.-a Salve cured him entirely.
Sold at J. N. Sayder"s Drag store.
A Fatal Success.
The little woman was blue and looked
tired, and of course tbe neighbors drop
ped in and trid to sympathize with
bsr.
The little woman said that she was
worn out with sewing and asked the
neighbor if she bad ever tried to do any
Fewing on her husband's ciothes.
" Why, yes, poor dear," replied the
neighbor. " It is bard work, and then
one but a tailor can ever satisfy a man. I
worked two days once trying to fix overa
coat for my husband, aad then he only
growled and gnrabled and took it to a
tailor to Lave it all done ever again."
"My experien-'e was worse than that,"
said the littie oman, sadly. " My bus
Land was always growling because he
had to go to a tailor fjr everything, and'
finally in pure desperation I undertook
toput cew 'lining, in the sleeves of his
overcoat."
" I know, I know," broke in the neigh
bor. "Awfully hard to make them fit
just right, and to got a color that will suit
a oian."
" Yes, but I consulted him about tbe
color, and then took the oil linings out
and studied theaa to see how they were
cut I couldn't have them too loose or
too tight, yoa know."
" Of coarse not. And when it was all
done and you felt that yoa had earned
bis thanks, yoa waited for Lim to say
something that would please yoa, and be
didnV
"Oh, he didn't."
" He j'ist growled out that five-year-old
girl could do as well as that, and that
it would all Lavo to be torn out Again.
".o, 1 wish he had. He tried it on
and said that it was fairly well done and
he gueseed he'd never have to go to a
tailor again for repairs, and be hasn't.
That's what makes me so tired to day.
Oh, if I only had it to do Over again, I'd
fix it so he couldn't get that coat on."
Danger in Reaching Land.
A little boat usually brings its occu
pants fafely within sight of a ahm or
laud. If yoa are ever cast away by
shipwreck, choose that yoa may sight a
ship rather than land. Only too often
tbe fierce storm ia weathered and the
hopeful crew sail ever hundreds of miles
of sunny seas, almost as if on a pleasure
trip, until the g'ad sight of land greets
their eyes, and their troubles seem but a
a dream of the past, when suddenly they
are 'plunging through a mass of white and
broken water, and amid the roar of crash
icg waves tbe little boat is lifted And
twisted and flung about until dashed into
fragments upon jagged rocks, while thoee
survivors of terriole storm and shipwreck
and of unaccounted miles of open ocean,
are thrown nton the sonny beach which
g'addeoed their hearts, cruelly battered,
er perhaps even lifeless. Almost always.
too, this is due'to their not knowing how
to handle their boat at this crowning.
? critical moment, when but a few hun
dred yards remain of a thousand mile
jurney from ship to shore. S. icAofc.
The Young Parson's Cayenne.
That a little fun now and then i relish
ed by the bci4 as well as the wist of
men. ia not infreqnently illustrated in the
social meetirgo of tbe Protestant elergy
of the city. They tcjcy a good joke aa
heartily as anyone, and set a few of the
St. Louis ministf rs are capital story tel
lers. As an intance'the following ludi
crous anecdote is given as related the
other day by an old and prominent min
ister: "Many years -since," he said, "when
simon-pure universalistn was preached,
Lf hanoed to be ia Indianapolis daring
the convection of minister of that faith.
Stopping at.the hotel where I did was a
young parson who had come from the
East to Attend the convention. A i
afterwards developed be bad taken tbe
precaution in viaiticg tkat malarious
country to carry a vial of cayenne pep
per in his pocket to sprinkle his food
with, as a preventive to fever and ague.
At d nner one day a tail Hooeier observ
ed the parson as he seasoned his meat
and addressed Lim :
"Stranger, IU thank yoa foraleetle
of that 'ere red rait, for I'm kind o' curi
ous to try it,' said he.
" 'Certainly,' returned the Parson, "but
yoa will find it very powerful ; be care
ful how yoa use iC
"The Hoosier took the proffered vial,
and feclicg himself proof against any
quantity of raw whiskey thought that
he could stand the Ted sail' with impu
nity, and accordingly sprinkled a piece
of beef rather boantifuily with it, and
forthwith introduced it into his capa
cious mouth. It soon began to take hold.
He shut his eyes and began to writhe.
Finally he could stand it no longer. He
opened his mouth and screamed 'fire !
"Take a drink of cold water from the
ug,' sai l the parson.
"Will that put it out V asked the
martyr, suiting the Action to the wor!.
In a short time tbe unfortunate man be
gan to recover, end turning to the parson,
his eyes yet swimming in water, exclaim
ed:
' 'Stranger, you call yourself a Tarsel-
Iist I believe '."'
"I do,' mildly answered the parson.
"Wal, I want to know if you think it
consistent wit'a your belief to go about
with hell fire in your breeches pocket?"'
Happy Homes.
A woman may do her level best to
make a happy home for her hosbatd
And children, but if she is treated as a
slave and onlv given her board and
lothicg in payment for ir services as
mother, wife, cook, launure;s nur?e girl
haiuber-maid and seamfetrese, is it any
wonder that little or no happiness exists
a that hom? If a mother spoils her
son by pampering and waiting on him
11 the years of his childhood and boy
hood; and making Lim thTnk that a man
should always be waited on by the wo
man of the household, is it strange that
Le expects a wife to do the same, and
at in all likelihood, she either wears
out in a few vears from such service, or
se becomes bitter and disheartened ?
There are very many reasons why a home
may not be a happy one and the happi
ness found therein depends fully as much
on the husband as it does on the wife
We are often told that in every true and
ideal marriage both husband and wife,
must learn to bear aad forbear. In every
me where happinea exists, there must
L-e perftct trust, confidence and love be
tween the hasband and wife. There are
two kinds of sunshine in the world, and
both quite necessary the one which'is
caused by the sun's shining outdoors and
the ether by its shiuirg in our hearts.
Hippy homes abound in the heart sun
shine, and whether it shines without or
not, there ia naught but brightness w ith
in doors. It is the loving deeds, tbe
cheery, helpful words, and the kindly
thoughtfulness, that each member of the
family shows toward the others that
makes an ideal, Lsppy home a perfect
heaven on earth. How many of us do
our share in making such a Lome that
shall be a heaven of rest to ail w ho may
eoine within its influence?
How Blood was Secured.
An anecdote is going the rounds con
cerning the manner :a which a well
known leading actor supplied the acci
dental absence of a necessary iten of
"make-up." He was playing Macbeth,
end when he came to the murder scene
he asked in vaia fcr tbe blood ith
which he had intended to i-nbrue hi-s
hands. After abusing the property maa
rund!y for his neglect, tbe actor, struck
with a happy thought, suddenly hit that
functionary ca the nose, so that a good
supply cf crimson Cuid was obtained, and
in this the actor bathed his palms. It is
said that after the performance there wa
a " realistic " conflict between the" pro,"
aad the property man, in which oioie
claret " was tapped this time net for
sa;re purpose?. 77d '.
No m Try This.
It will cost you nothing and will sure
ly do jcu good, if yoa have a Cough,
Cold, or any trouble with Threat, Cbett
or Lanjs. Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds is guar
anteed to give relief, or money will be
paid back. Sufferers from La Grippe
found it just the thing and au lsr its cs
had a speedy and perfect recovery. Try
a sample bottie at our expense and learn
for yourself just Low good a thing it is.
Trial bottles free at J. N. Snyder's Drug
store. Lirge bottles, -Wi and f 1.00.
The leaves of the banana, often six
feet lcrg and two feet wide, are tendr
and tbe strcng winds of the tropics Boon
tear them in strip, thereby adding to
their grace ard beauty. Tbe banana, ia
a fruit tl.t beast and bird, as well as
man, are fond of, anl the owner, when
he lives in a sparsely settled country,
mast protect his plantation by a fence cf
some thorny plant.
0 il.r an eye more clear to see,
A mind to ?-s.-p more earnestly.
Tor every good intn
That to the sick and J p.nDg
1 bring thee a peerless cur j.
Pan-Tina, the gtext reuiedy fcr
Coughs, Colds and Cocscmption and
50 cent.
Sold at G. W. Booford's Drugfore.
A Rich aMru
Thousands of men with nothing ia
their pockets, and thousands withe a
even a pocket, are rich. A man bora
with i good, sound constitution, a good
stomach, a good heart and good limbs, a
pretfy good head piece, is rich. Good
bones are better than gold, tocgh mus
cles than silver, and nerves that flash fire
and carry energy to every function are
better than hcces and land. Education
may do much to check evil tendencies or
to develop good ones, but it is a great
thing to icheriCthe right proportion of
facuities'.to start with. Tbe a an is rich
who has a good disposition, who is natu
rally kind, patient, cheerful, hopeful and
who Las a flavor of wit And fun in bie
composition. Men-kimft flw.
If you feel weak, tired, And All rue
down. Hood's Sarsapajilla is just whst
yoa need to build up stxergth and puri.
fy the blood.
Ji. D. Luetchford ft Co, Eochwter, if. Y.
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