A DILEMMA.
Mr. Bertram Lmr sat on the arm of
chair in the ball of the hotel at Nar
borough and idly swung hi foot. Mr.
Lamar w8 bored. An extended ac
quaint noe '.th tbU young man force
me to confess that Lee not oftn afflict
ed in that way. We know that no man
can aspire to be of the highest fashion
without constancy eiperienciug the
pangs of thin distingaihed ailment, and
vet Mr. Lamar was unquestionably of
the i-ighest htshion. The most cursory
glance would tell you this. Any one
could ee that be belonged to the best
poople, that he was nJ to the be peo
ple, that ouly the lU pfjple would be
bearable to him- But row Le was gen- ,
ninely bo; el.
Ladies passed old ones, who swept
up the dust with trains, and who creak
ed as they moved, as If they wanted oil
ing; young onn in light frocks and wide,
flowered Lata cast a shadow over the
clearest eyea. They kept banging open
the glass doors and going oat into the
blaze of sun beyond, with a bursting into
bloom of lace parasols, or coming into
the cool of the hall, with the rustling,
silken sheatingof the parasols suddenly
furled and the tapping of little heels on
the hard floor. He never glanced at
them. Bat they did at him swiftly, ob
liquelyfrom under their hat bnm, out
of the shadow. He looked away, with
raised chin and indolently drooped eye
lids. There was one girl fibe kept going to
and fro an J as he looked on the ground
he could see the hem of her dress
and her feet They were pretty feet in
yellow shoes, small and pointed. Mr.
Lamar found hiraself ruminating. "Sup
pose the head is as pretty as the feet.
Uut it never is. There's a law of com
pensating which prevents that. The
head which belongs to those feet is thirty-five."
And he looked. The head
matched the feet to perfection. Mr. La
mar felt that he didn't look bored any
longer. Rather, however, than sacrifice
this dearly bought and enviable condi
tion of being he turned his back on that
enchanting head, and sauntered into an
adjoining room. There would Le no one
to look at there.
The room was empty, cool and dim.
It had oak chairs and tables and writing
dks. sea green walls and a g eat wind
ow opening on the balcony. Outside
there were ladies of interesting ages sit
ting under a forest of parasols. Beyond
were velvety sweeps of close cropped
turf, dappled with short shadows shrink
ing to the tree roots. Splinters of dusty
sunlight crept down the boles of the
stately elms and trembled on the white
drenjes of pacing girls. Mr. Lamar felt
that he might gaze npon this prospect for
an infinitude of time and remain bor
ed. But fate willed otherwise. As he en
tered the room he saw something on the
floor near the table. He picked it up.
It was a bard about an inch and a half
wide, covered with puckered yellow rib
bon, and with one end run through
clasp of dull silver showing a monogram
in small diamonds. There was a bunch
of narrow yellow ribbon besides the
clasp, each end finished with a little ton
gueleas silver belL It appeared to Mr.
Ijtrmar from some hanging filaments of
thread that the two ends had once been
stitched together. He looked curiously
at this find.
"What can it be?" he mused, staring
at it.
We have said that he was young, and
came of the best people, and with the
best people there is always a doubt as to
whether they wear such vulgar things as
stockings or possess such unmentionable
things as legs. " Wings, not legs and feet
tll . I -a ..
Biia.i move mem," as tee poet gracefully
expresses it.
Lirmar first thought that be would
tike it to the office, but curiosity com
pelled him to study it: It might be
worn round the neck, but not long
enough. He drew the severed ends
together and held it offfrora him, eyeing
it dubiously and reflectively pulling bis
small mustache. Oh, yes, of course:
Now he saw. How dense he'd been ! A
bracelet. Holding it together he pushed
his hands through it and swung it on his
wrist.
"I don't think I ever saw a bracelet just
like that before," he thought, moving it
around and looking at it with his head on
one side.
And then, as he looked at it, came a
sudden flish of wakening light, and for a
moment he ttood staring at it in stupe
fied horror as it hung oyer his wrist.
With the return of consciousness he
crumpled it up and crushed it into his
pocket. What should he do with it. If
be took it to the office the owner would
never dare to claim it If he found out
who she was he would never dare to offer
it
lie could imagine the scene. A lovel v
and youthful lady is discovered walking
m the corridors. To ber appears Mr.
r-ertraai Lamar in full evening dress,
with a white pink in bis buttonhole.
Then drawing a package from bis pocket
Mr. Lmar, presents it to ber murmur
ing: -Yours, I believe," and vanishes
through a trap door.
The Laaars were fanioui for their
chivalrous attitude toward thesex. What
should he do to spare her feelings and his
own? And be turned the cause of his
perturbation over in his pocket.
Just then he heard a sterj oi.Ui.lA.
feminine step. With a guilty start he
retreated from the table, fell into a chair
and seized the mornin Daner in
be buried his head. Anvone noting th.
fact would of course imagine that he
slumbered, and feel themselves safe from
espial.
"It is she," thought Bertram, seized
with guilty tremors. "She lias come to
bout for it," and Le remained motion
Sj did she. There was not the slight
est vibrating rustle from ber silent figure.
Bertram rattled the paper, stabbed a
little hole through it with bis finger and
peeped at her. fc'he was standing in the
doorway peeping about the room, and
the was the young lady with the yellow
duo?. 5-ne was cnamumgiy pretty in a
hght drees or striped flannel and a loose
ehirt of thin silk made like a boy's.
Under the turndown collar was knotted
a four-in-band necktie of white pique
and about ber waist was a woven silk
beltcksped with a silver 8. She was
tlom !y sweeping the room w ith a long
giant, only her bead moving, ber figure
firmly erect, ber right thumb in her belt
and her left band hanging by ber side
and !ight!y clasping a little leather thong
which wound about ber knuckles. As
to her head that lovely bead witb strong
Lrjwn hair curling np crisply nnder ber
eai'.cr bat, delicately rounded cheeks and
gravely pouting lips it was an image of
o!t, delkious beauty. At her aide sat a
little pog dog on its haunches, gasping
and rolling its eyes.
b cast a hurried glance at the gentle
man readicg the paper and walked into
the room looking intently about the floor.
"What woul she say," thought Ber
tram, as she passed him in ber search.
"If I were to innocently ask her w hat she
was looking for and gallantly offer to
belp ber find it? But I'll spare ber
that." j
fc'he was certainly bunting thoroughly. I
She moved several of the chairs, drew
up the laoe curtains and looked under
them and peeped into all the corners.
When she had searched everwbere she
straightened herself with a sigh, threw
one last reluctant look about the room,
and calling to the pug: "Come along,
dearest; it isn't here." departed.
Bertram laid down the paper and look
ed after her. She appeared to bim to
have a singular amount of sang froid also
s very graceful back.
Mr. Lamar was not bored that after
noon. He was consumed with perplexi
ty. How could he return the lost treas
ure to the owner withont causing her em
barrassment, without making ber bis
enemy for life ? If it bad been anything
else! bow delightfully be could have
broken the ice with it! Eat U break
the ice with that historic emblem im
possible! "I must give it to ber this evening," he
thought "111 wrap it up in paper and
tie one of the ribbons round it that are
on that handkerchief case Millygave me.
Then, if she askt me as of course she
will what is it, 111 say carelessly : "Oh,
nothing ! Just a trifle I think belongs
to yon. Dont harry to open it Have
yon noticed what s beautiful night it is?
And sd 111 engage her in absorbing con
versation. But if the conversation is not
sufficiently absorbing and she begins to
open it I must flee from the wrath to come.
And when next I meet ber, dying to
speak or even bow to ber, there will be a
wall of ice raised between us. She will
turn ber profile toward me and become
engrossed in the beauties of the land
scape. Such is the irony of fate,"
At 7 o'clock Mr. Larmer come slowly
down the broad stairs, looking as band
some as a young Dionysins, in bis dress
suit, bis shining shirt bosom and a
white pink in his buttonhole. The ball
was full of moving figures and a blaze of
light and color.
Mr. Lamar was too perturbed to mingle
with the gay, loud voiced, laughing
crowd. He wished for solitude and di
rected bis steps toward the little writing
room. He bad not wrapped the treas
ure in paper, nor tied it with a ribbon
from bis handkerchief case. He bad not
done anything with it He had not done
anything w ith it He did not dare. The
sight of its owner might inspire him to
the desperate pitch of boldly offering it
to ber ; or suggest to bim some cunning
way of returning it without betraying the
identity of the finder. With these ideas
in his mind be carried it still in bis pock
et in company w ith bis keys.
The gas in the writing room was not
lit Mr. Lamar went to the open wind
ow. Just outside it on the balcony was
the young lady who bad worn the yellow
shoes. She was reading and rowing, her
pug in ber lap, and if she was pretty in
her flannel morning dress words cannot
describe her in a mist of fine black gauze
cut square around her neck, and showing
her arms to the elbow. Her skin was as
white and flawless as a blanched almond.
There was the gleam of a gold pin from
the shadow of her dark hair, and a jewel
hanging around her neck rose and fell
w ith ber quiet breath. As she read she
absently pulled the pug's ears, which lay
with its eyes half open and its head
against ber bead.
Lamar looked around. She turned the
page. The pug, disturbed, rose to its fore
paws, gazed at her with an expression of
idiotic fondness, and tried to lick her
chin. She avoided this demonstration
ofaflection by moving ber chin from
side to side, keeping her eyes still oa the
book. The pug continuing, she struck it
gently, observing.
"Don't, ycu bad, little, abominable
dog!"
"I beg your pardon," said Lamar sud
denly from the window.
The lady looked np with raised eye
brows of polite inquiry.
"I have something ofyour3, said the
yomg man desperately and in a low
tone.
"Yes? What is it?"
"I I don't quite know. Or rather
Well -But Urn! I didn't like to leave
it at the office. I thought" He leaned
out of the window with bis closed hand
extended. "Here it is."
She held out ber hand, and be drop
ped it in. She looked and gave an ex
clamation of joy that caused the pug to
jump to the ground.
"Oh, how glad I am ! Thanks so much
Thanks awfully. I was afraid it was lost.
Isn't that lucky? and she look affection
ately at the returned treasure with her
bead on one side.
There was light enough to see ber face
distinctly. She did not exhibit a sign of
embarrassment, not the ghost of a blush.
Lamar felt a sudden chill of disappoint
ment "You found it there ?' she said, indi
cating the riling room, and looked at
him with frank, candid eyts. "Yes,
there's w here it was lost."
"I I suppose so," said Lamar, with a
wan smile.
"I looked for it myself this morning all
over," 6he continued, "under everything,
but it was gone."
"Yes," said the young man, with a
fatuously inquiring air. "If she knew I
was behind the paper she'd ask me why
I didn't give it to her then and there and
what the deuce would I say V
"I value this very much," she went on,
turning it over in ber hand.
"I should imagine so."
"You see, there is only one like it
There is not a single duplicate any
where."
She looked smilingly into his face.
Lamar stared at her in stupefied horror.
"Only one did you say?" he man
aged to articulate in a faint voice.
"Only one," she repeated, nodding her
bead. "It was made to order."
There" was a moment of silence. Lamar
made no comment, but continued to
stare vacantly at her. He was think
ing : "It must have been an accident
She can't be a veteran of war."
"When you have only one, and that
such & pet." she continued, not Dotice
ing his silence, you like to have every
thing as pretty as possible."
"Yes, yea. Of course, of course, ejacu
lated .Lamar, laughing idiotically. "If
you have .only one, I expect it must be
somewhat of a treasure," he thought
Then be added boldly, but witb the air
of confiding a piece of news, "I have
two."
"Two T said the young lady, with vi
vacious interest " W hat k ind V
I-aoiar looked askance at ber alarmed
silence. Was she doubly affiicted? She
as stroking the pug w ith the tips of ber
fingers, and there was nothing in ber
placid expression to suggest mania of any
form.
"The same as everybody else's," he
answered with some hauteur. "Are the
people in this i art of the country in the
habit of managing with one?"
i"As a rule, they have only one ; its so
much less bother. Though, to be sure, I
have a friend who has let me see yes,
eleven.
"She must be a centipede," thought
Lamar. "I seem to be encountering re
markable freaks of nature. There is a
fortune waiting here for any one who
wants to start a museum." Then be re
maiked aloud, regarding her with bis
head on one side, a tolerant, fond
smile on his lips. "There mast be quite
an "embarrass de ricbesse." esDociallv
when you're walking."
"They do get ia the way," admitted the
young lady, "but most of them are well
trained."
Very clever of tbeii, I am snre, mur
mured Lamar, feeliDg thrt he was about
to swoon.
There was another short silence, dur
ing which the girl continued to examine
her restored treasure. Presently she
said, musingly : "I see the threads are
broken. She has broken them once be
fore, though I don't see bow she can pos
sible do it"
Lamar only started and swallowed.
She held his glance with a horrible, eerie
fascination.
"You know she loves to run to me,"
she prattled cn. "She ran away from
me this morning, and when she came
back it was gone. She must have crept
under the table and not come out until
she had got it off."
"Who ia she V asked Lamar in a
troubled voice.
"She? Why, Bobo my pug. Isn't
he a beauty ? Come np here, Bobo
patting her knee. 4I want to 'put your
collar on, and show this genteman, who
was kind enough to return it, bow pretty
yoa look when you're all dressed np."
She held the band around the dog's neck,
and turning to Lamar, said with laugh
ing archness, "Isn't it becoming?"
Lamar sat down on the window sill
He took np the morning paper and be-
(an to fan himself with it, though the
evening bsd grown unmistakably cool.
G trading Boiaier in Sew York Journal.
Mr. Van Feit. editor of the Craig, Mo.'
Jttcor, went to a drug store at Hillsdale,
Iowa, and asked the physician in attend
ance to give bim a dose of something for
cholera morbus and looseness of the
bowels. He eavs : " I felt so much bet
ter the next morning that I concluded to
call on the physician and get bim to fix
me np a supply of the medicine. I was
surprised when he handed me a bottle
of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Di
arrhoea Remedy. He said he prescribed
it regularly in his practice and found it
the best be could get or prepare. I can
testify to its efficiency in my case at all
events."
A KINDER OF CRIME.
The Value of the Microscope In
Noted Murder Trials.
From the Chicago HeraiJ.
In distinguishing human blood on a
knife or razor from rust or from that of
another animal, discovering particle of
poisonous matter invisible to the naked
eye and in various other ways the mi
croscope has rendered invaluable assist
ance to justice.
In 1So3 a murder of an unusually bru
tal character was committed in Cumber
land, England. The murdered man, the
paymaster of a colliery, bad been way-
kid in a lonely spot, bis throat cut from
ear to ear and bis body flung nnder a
hedge. Circumstantial evidence of a
very incriminating nature was brought
against the prisoner. He had been seen
near the spot of the murder about the
time the deed was done and bad attempt
ed to disguise himself by cutting off bis
whiskers, but jurors are very reluctant to
convict on circumstantial evidence alone,
and the circumstances in this case,
though very incriminating, were not
thought sufficiently conclusive.
THK MUROSrXJPE AK fSEP.BIXO WITNESS.
A learned microscopist, on examining
the prisoner's trousers found several
spots of human blood, the largest being
not so large as a swan shot Around
these spots were traces of soap, evident
signs of the spots having been attempt
ed to be washed out, while over one or
two ink bad been spread. The ivory
handle of ara.tor found in the prisoner's
possession was also smeared-witb human
blood. A very severe cross-examination
left the witness's evidence unshaken.
He showed that the corpuscles or glob
ules of human blood can be easily dis
tinguished by an expert from those of
any other animal, those found in the hu
man blood being each about 1-3300 cf an
inch in diameter, those cf a sheep being
about 1-700 of an inch, of a dog, 1-2542,
etc A verdict of guilty was found and
the man exst-uted.
Another proof of the wonderful detect
ive powers of the microscope was given
at the Chelmsford Spring Assizes. This
was also a case of murder, the victim be
ing an old woman living alone and hav
ing a considerable amount of money in
her bedchamber. The back of her head
was beaten in, no doubt by means of a
large hammer, and tlie bead nearly sev
ered from her body. The footprints
around the house coincided with the im
prints of the prisoner's boots ; the ham
mer found beside the murdered woman's
bed was declared by a neighbor lo have
been seen in his po.-sessi.ra; a little girl
had seen him come from the bouse on
the morning of the murder, and most
conclusive proof cf all in a brook a mile
or more from the old woman's house was
found a pocket handkerchief and tightly
rolled in it a razor covered with blood,
which it was proved belonged to the pris
oner. The defense argued .- Assuming
the razor and handkerchief belonged to
the prisoner, and the blood upon them
was human, they may have had nothing
to do with this murder, having been
found a considerable distance from the
murdered woman's house. The micro
scope answered the question in s most
conclusive manner. Upon the blade of
the razor, besides the blood marks, were
found a few fibres of flax and cotton.
On inspecting the murdered body it was
found that the razor had partially sever
ed one of the strings of the woman's
nightcap, which string was composed of
a mixture of cotton and flax.
PEUVISG GTILT A NO INNOCENCE.
Another remarkable illustration may
ba given of the important part played by
the microscope in securing the convic
tion of a murderess. Not many years ago
a female child about i years of age was
found murdered by a deep gash in the
throat in a small plantation near Xor
which. Suspicion fell npon the mother,
who had been seen by Beveral persons
leading the child to the place where the
crim? had been committed. Upon the
worn in being searched a long and sharp
knife was found, which on close examin
tion revealed a bit of fur or hair on the
handle. When asked to explain how the
fur came there the prisoner brazenly re
plied : " Yes I dire say there is, and
very likely tome stains of blood, for, as I
came home, I found a rabbit fast in a
snare and cut his throat wuh the knife."
The truth telling microscope cast a differ
ent light upon the subject The micro
scopist, on separating the handle from
the blade, found between the two a quan
tity of human blood, and asserted that
the fur was that of a squirrel. The
strange fact was revealed that around the
child's neck, when the murder was be
ing done, was a tippet over which the
murderer's knife must have passed, and
which was made of a squirrel's fur.
A few years ago a man was on the
point of being sentenced to death, the
principal evidence against him being
that he was seen near the scene of the
murder and bad in his possession a knife
"covered with blood." The microscope
discovered the si called blood to be simp
ly lime juice.
Facts About Plants.
Some well-esUh! ished and interesting
facts in botanical history relates to the
origin of familiar plants. The ancestor
of the large and fleshy cabbage was a
Teri table pigmy a small plant weighing
altogether scarcely half an ounce ; a di
minutive little vegetable, reddish in col
or and bitter in taste, baa been metamor
phosed into the inestimable potato ; the
sweet, juicy Altringham carrot, weighing
from five to six pounds, is in a wild con
dition, a dry, slender root unfit to eat ;
the delicate, well-flavored Vienna glass
caclirapi, as large as a man's fist, is when
wild a slender, woody, dry stem ; the
the cauliflower in its natural locality is a
thin-branched flowering stem, with little
green, bitter flower-buds.
That the luscious peach bas been de
rived from the hard-shelled almond can
no longer be denied. It is said that the
peach in its original soil was a virulent
poison and that the Persian warriors
brought to Persia some of the seeds and
planted them for the purpose of poison
ing the points of their arrows so as to
render the wounds caused by them to be
fatal, but a change of climate and soil
produced a fruit which is not only lus
cious, but is esteemed exceedingly
healthful.
The small black sloe bas been trans
formed into the juicy and golden-yellow
gage plum, and the most delicious pip
pins owe their origin to the diminutive,
acrid crab-apple. The savory cantaloup
in a wild state in India varies from the
size of a plum and tkat of a lemon and in
most cases is either insipid or bitter.
In Sicily there is a wild grass which,
when ripe at the end of the summer, is
gathered by the peasantry, tied in bun
dles, and set on fire, not, however, to be
consumed, but for a mere scorching.
The flanio flies rapidly through th e
light busks and beard of the plant and
leaves the seed slightly roasted, in which
state they are eaten with considerable
relish by numbers of the rural popula
tion. What the Sicilians do with their
grass might be done witb other grasses
and in other countries were it not tlihX
the seeds generally are too small to re
pay the trouble of producing them for
food. If all were but as large as those oi
corn, or even wheat and barley, we
should bear few complaints of dear bread.
Instances, indeed, are on record of grass
seeds having been largely eaten in times
of scarcity and with the desired effect of
sustaining life, for all are more or less
floury.
The botanical name of this Sicilian
grass is -Egilops, or 'goat'.i eye the
Greeks having believed it to be a remedy
for a disease that appears in one corner of
the eye. There are three or four species
growing all around the Mediterranean as
well as in the islands, chiefly on the hot,
dry, sandy plains near the sea. They
flourish even on the scorched volcanic
soils, in strange contrast to the arid and
barren surroundings showing that the vi
tal principle in them ia unusually ener
getic and proof against extremes of heat.
One sjiecies, the -Kgilops orata, as though
sporting with its powers, is said to shoot
out another species the Triticoides, or
wheat-like from one and the same root;
not by artificial cultivation, but sponta
neously. But the most remarkable fact concern
ing this queer plant, the goat's-eye, is
that it has been proven by experiment
to be the parent of cultivated wheat
This fact was occidentally discovered by
a French agriculturalist He wished to
determine what effect cultivation would
have upon the goat's-eye, and planted re
mote from any fields of grass that might
mingle with it a few of the seeds. The
first crop showed much difference from
the original, being two or three times
taller and more grains to the stalk. At
the end of seven years' experimenting
the yield was over 300 grains for each
one planted, and the transformation was
complete every plant was a true repre
sentative of cultivated wheat. Later he
sowed them in open fields, and in no in
stance have they returned to the form of
the original goat's-eye grass.
The same experiments have since been
tried by the English Agricultural Society
with the same results. The nearest form
to true wheat now found wild is the
creeping couch-grass, a perennial closely
agreeing in all essential particulars of
structure with our cultivated annual
wheat. PilttbttrqU Commtrcial Gazrite.
Deceptive Enumeration.
Felicia My last offer of marriage was
flattc ing, but I refused it
Kowena Well, no girl ought to accopt
ber first proposal. Kate Field's Wash
ington. How Ants Are Eaten.
Anta are eaten by several cf ti e mi
nor nations. In Egypt they are eaten
raw, w ith sugar ; in Brazil thev are serv
ed with a resinous sauce, and in East In
dia stewed in buffalo grease or fried in
butter. ,SJ Louie R-puWc.
"Young man," said the solemn old jar
ty, "are you prepared to die ?"
"Guess I am," said the young man, 14 1
am three months ahead of my salary."
In the last twenty-five years the New
York Central and the Harlem railroads
have paid out f 25O,C00,C0O in WS.
The recording angel never strikes a
balance on his books by w hat is said of
a man on bis gravestone.
A MAD FOET
rushed Into a newspaper office recently,
and threatened to "clean out" the es
tablishment because they printed bU
verses wrong. Said he: "I wrote, 4 To
dwell forever in a prot f peace,' and
vou idiot put it 4 a pot of preae.'"
The mortified editor presented him
with a vial of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant
Pelieti a year's subscription and as
apology.
The little 44 Pellets " positively cure
sick and nervom headache, biliousness,
cotivMies, and all derangements of the
atoinach, bowels and liver. It's a large
contract but the smallest things in the
world do the business Dr. Pierce's
Tleasant Pellet. They're the small
est bnt the nwt effective. They go to
work in the right way. They ch-anso
and renovate the liver, stomach and
bowels thoroughly but they do it
mildly and gently. Toil feel the good
they tIo but you don't feel them do
ing it.
They're the ekraptst pill too- can
buy. becnuse they're tpiarcntet'd to give
sari-faction, or your money is returned.
You only jiay for ike or-d you get.
That's the 'peculiar plan all Dr.
Pierce" mcuiciuea are sold on, throiieh
drugfUu.
m il j
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Thrmi. NO -SURE
ElERt CASE
fir
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Incurable Caste Dtcuntd.
Turnip-'"" bee by mail.
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AT
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per yard. We have a full line of all the New Weaves, such as Bedford
Cords, Cheveron Barrs and Cbeoues, etc.
Cotton Drees Good. Foilc-du-nord Outing Cloth, Canton Cloth, Chintzes
and Salines.
Ladies' Spring Jackets. A full line of Domestics. We gnarantte ail our
Kid Gloves.
Call and sec ns.
S. E. PHILLIPS.
It is to Youi Interest
TO. BUY YOUR
Drugs and Medicines
JOHR H. SHYDEB.
SCCClXSOK TO
Biesecker k Snyder.
None but the purest and b-st kept in stock,
and when Drugs become inert by stand
ing, as certain of them do, we de
stroy them, rather than im
pose on our customers.
You can depend on having your
PRESCRIPTIONS & FAMILY RECEIPTS
filled with care. Our prices are as low ts
any other first-class house, and on
many articles much lower.
The people of this county seem to know
this, and have given us a large share of their
patronage, and we shall still continue tegive
them Use very best goods for their money.
Do not forjret that we make a specialty of
FITTING TRUSSES.
We guarantee satisfaction, and, if you have
had trouble in this direction,
give ua a call.
SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES
in great variety ; A full set of Test Lenses.
Come in and have your eyes examined. Ko
charge for examination, and we are confident
we can suit you. Come and see us.
Respectfully,
JOHN N. SNYDER.
LIQiMEHT
3 v r sttesai ti xzm'ii
GENERATION AFTER GENERATION
Trfrvn$i 0n Snnar Children l-orm It.
Trrj IruTer should a boCU of it ia ki tmv brf.
Every Sufferer 2s SESSrNS
vooi T!r.1rh THptohcTl4. Oonti.CUrrti. brxUK-fcun,
Aainm.v."b HurHi, i'-irrri.-. !.&xtr. S
ia Biv or iJmt, Stiff Jctnt or Strmin, will flrhl in
tlL tli AaVim tv iief ami wftfij carr. fami'til-H
f rv. 4i V! rTWrwna. Pn r-tm.. by mail, t btU",
Liisrcia !AMi. i L fx JOH.SMjji IVt.. lkTo, Maj.
Pittsburgh Female College and
C"N-KiiVATKY oKniTl;. I": It-tun;. I
toU-aher cnaurpaMied alvanie. HujKfrior
hoce c-n;iforj and rare. &MU year Uvim gept.
IS Senl fur cat&iogue to the IlwMenL
luij-a-to. A. it. NOKCKOoi. D.D.
YOU CAN FIND
THIS
PAPER
n Die in Pimii''n t th Adiertwint Bureau "t
our Mhor. TiT'mrrnrrnyr nnnc:
v4 Airrnta. llUlUii MAbWW.
Lo will couu-i tur d'6rum ii Kwei noa
Mr. Billings's Courtship.
By reason of his skillful maneuvering
and great adroitness, Mr. Billings had
lived to the age of forty-nine without
becoming a benedict; but in an -unguarded
moment the (-iscipliae of a
lifetime availed him nothing.
It was on a May morning that he
strolled into a garden, with Miss Tenie
McGinnis, a spinster of forty-eight.
They sat down on a garden bench, and
Mr. Billings unwittingly said :
"See those robins building their nest
in that old apple tree."
"Oh, Mr. Billings r but Billings, seem
ing to have lapsed into idiocy, rambled
on.
"Don't you like lo see little birds
mate?"
"Oh, Mr. Billings, how you do talk P'
"Ileally, Miss McGinnis, I-"
"Oh, Mr. Billings:"
"'o;but really, Miss McGinnie, I'm
in earnest. I love to "
"Oh, you naughty man. And did yoa
bring me out here to say this to me?
Oh, Mr. Billings!"
"Why, I only said that I love"
"Oh oh ! it's all so sudden. "What
shall I say? I I suppose you'll jatt
make me say yes."
"Why, woman, I-"
"I suppose I could be ready in a mouth,
if you really insist on it, dear George."
"See here, MLa "
"Hush, darling! someone is coming."
And when their hostesH appeared, Miss
McGinnis blushed, and said with down
cast eyes: "We're engaged." And Bil
lings hadn't the nerve to deny it so
they were married.
Chamberlain's Eye and Skin
Ointment.
A certain cure for Chronic Sore Eve?,
Tetter, Salt Ilheuru, Scald Head, Old
Chronic Sores, Fever Sores, Eczema, Itch,
Frairie Scratches, Sore Nipples and
Piles. It is cooling and soothing. Hun
dreds of cases have been cured by it af
ter all other treatment had failed. It is
put cp in 25 and 50 cent boxes.
CURE FOR EVERY CASE CF ASTUXA" cr
OF HAT rttzn, ten u mora c. ;
CURED TO STAY CURED
tr ce.tstitutionai treatment.
fwt this A th t.
ill)
1 &.
BUrrALU, n. i
RUSTIC JOB PRINTING
A SPECIALTY.
HARRY M. BENSHOFF,
" MANUFACTURING STATIONER
AND -
BLANK BOOK 3IAKE11.
HANNAM BLOCK,
JOHNSTOWN. - PA.
Johnstown's New Grocerv.
l!:tving ciK.-!id ft nV
dnOOEHY STORK,
Soutlirtt-t Orfnt-r of Market ii Ij u-t S'.a Lw,
JOHNSTOWN,
I am prepared to furnish bnyt-rs from
ditlt'rfnt points with all kinilj of
freth procerit-s at lowest priit-F.
Country produce, such as but
i ter, epj!,etc taken in ex
change for good.-;.
JAMES D. RUTLEDGE.
C. C. JORDAN.
JOSEPH HI.1CHMAN.
JORDAN & HINCHMAN.
riHIomiT" uill fiuil i at the fxme M tan l,
with a lanrer fopl'ij of our on manuiucrrcl
gjo!4. Micb as
FPUP 9. PilT
K LUi
than ever. A wholesale dialer In
CRACKERS, CANDIES, NUTS AND FRUIT,
we nave lncft-aw; feri) ::! for t' i.li: s rJ-jra
pruD-.j'tlT and sU.-!a.iinir.
Jordan Sc I linehman,
TO ant T.l, Main Street, JOHSaTWX, I X.
HOW TO SAVE MONEY.
THY
CHAS. PllIBECK'S
Boot and Shoe Store.
MenV Boots from $l.t;" up, and all other
Footwear at the Lowest Prices.
All goods Guaranteed to ttive
Satisfaction, if n-.t as rf c
ommended, will take
them hack.
Look for the sign w ith the big
84 Franklin Street,
JOHNSTOWN. - PA.
Geo. 5F. Thomas, & Co.
ir- Clinton Slrvct, JOHN'S TOWN, TA.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
All DrpartnwiiM of our Sloro are vtr'A tsux kcJ
with the hort gC:-U ro can t iiv. an t e
arcoHorir.j? g'xN which defy
cun; pet it Un.
Our Store is Headquarters for the
Choicest Country Produce.
The )tivk of Saple ami FiD-TC,roo r:" nev
er becu UMire cwiiU'te. ar.tl is Li ini; wt
at pricn Exertional'.? Ur. l a!! vl
examine our gooi ami le r nvtro
etl that On- it a Ejtrxain sure.
WE SELL CROWN BAKING PO'.VDER.
A. H. HUSTON,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
Collin, CiikeH and Robes
O? ALL GRADES OX HAND.
GOOD 1-IKVHSE
and eTery;hin prrtninlng t fiiiuraU fi;ruUhc-l
utthort notice.
Sth Turkevfoot Strett. Somerset, Pcno'i.
OctH'Vl-O
jr.NXSYLVAMA RAII.KOAD.
SCHEI'ffiPE IN EFFECT DEC S3,
EASTCnrl STANDARD TIME.
DISTANCE AND FARE.
SI:!.".. Fare.
Johnstown tr AlUx.na fl lt
" llarrinnrir . . !"'' All
" " l'hi;Hk-inlii... UT".
" " Biairxville Int. sOi 7"
Orvwn.urK, 4 1 -l
Fiti-i.arE:i 7 SI
linllirnoit; 2V-'J 7
" " W uxlalnRlou JT 7 7i
roNneEi s iiEiri.i-
Trnim arrive ani li (wrt from the statum at
Johnstown as follows :
WESTWARD.
Orvtre Fxpr-
Wtrrn Exj-rtw
Johnstown Aiei)minoujiliunw..
" Express
. 3 Ja. ra
. .'..it a. m
6 4- a. m
:'' a. in
V-:ti a. LI
1 t." p. m
p m
Ji p. m
... 'J.M p. uu
reci it tipr.s..
W ay n (,T
Jolui'town kaprva ... ..
EASTWARD.
Atlantic Fxpr-
Sa-Shore txrw
Ham-ruin? A'X-uiifckKlatioii .
I-.IT KxfiM .
AitOGIt Fvnr-a
Mail Exprusa... ......
J.nton Af'Mmmolatiou.. ..
hhila.1liiia tipr.- .
. . '.' a. r.i.
. :. ;. a.
. J4 a. m.
. lit a. m.
. 1-mjI p. m.
. 4 II p. m
. 7 'r p. m.
. 7:lt p. m.
Io. aj p. m.
CONDENSED TIME TABLES.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Somerset and Cambnij Branch
NORTHWARD.
JiAnJr.n Jfn? F-'pf". R.Kkwmul T, In a. m ,
Smer-t 4:10. SovMoQ ft!, HuoTCrvvilIu
&Kr. JohnJtown. i:!.
Ji Antrim X:il Esrrr. Rn kwnod 11. S a. m.,
Somerset l IS, stoycsiown U: J, iioovtrUie
John-touru 1 Jul p. m.
J'Jinrtiim At'uliyi Rorkvnnl 5'I0 p. rn ,
SmiMTN-t p. in., Et'yf-wn i.-M p. m..
liuoYtrs ille 6:11 p. m., Julituluwn p. uu
Sun-lnm imwAi.i-Rri kwood 11:35 a. m.
tiuraf net, 1 LVi.
SOUTH WAItD.
Jfc? JohrMiwn 7:0 a. m., ITcynvrrni' Sl
SWtwtown :w, Sotntwl 1 laixil
:.
Erfriw Joha?tori S:.m p, m.. H n-orTille 4.1S,
Sio?omovrn 4:J0, bouu-rsct 6:ui, 1m.(Xk!
Punrt-ig Or.ii Jof.ntoin :Sn a. rn., Hooversville
a. ra., s;nvtotrii s) a. mn sfomcrsct
10.1 a. ra.-, Kockwood Itiiia. ra.
Suit'tmi ArrommTl. ittrm So me ret &M p. m.
Rot kwood sr.'5 p m..
riiy.
CUHTIS K. GROVE,
SOMERSET, PA.
BCO..LE3, SLEIOH-1.
EVZISG W AGOSA BfCS WACON3.
Furnifce3 on SUiort Xcnire.
Painting Don 9 cn Short Tima.
j iroTk iscifcteout jf Tvr .' -wrf Wood,
auJ the brA Inn aatt -V's ! .i:l.a..J
C-rnnii-.ei. Veiiy KidI
Krrulevt 10 .Te Si L-t uoo.
Er:?;cy Cztj Fit Cuss "rTorfcrea.
Eep!rii? cf Ail Klnl In 51 Mr Pone oa
All Work Warranted.
Call and Examine my Stock, and Learn TTft
I do Wpa-work, and furu ja Scire for Wind
UUli. Remember tiie place, and call In.
CURTIS K. GROVE,
(Et of Court House)
SOH EBsIT. PA
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next door wet of Lutheran Church.
, Somerset, Pa.
Having opened cp a shop iu this
place, I am now prepared to sup
ply the public with clocks, watches
and jewelry of all description., as
cheap as the cheapest.
RKrAIKIXG -A. SI'KaAIiTV.
All work guaranteed. Look at
my stock before making your pmr
chases. AMKIMCAN IIOTKI.
Owne-l and Operate J ty
S. P. SWE1TZER, CumWrlan.1, MJ.
Thi hWl i flrM-elasa in all It a;;.'ii-tro-uvj,
M.lill and refuni-.iiid. and the linot 1 l a
tum in i!ie cuv, at Hie t tad of nn'.uinore rtrci-t.
irirfl ears pa it" door eve-r l--w niorm-i.u'.
EiM-ela.- porter ai:.-nd ail trains Luexure to
the H.itel free of rtiaise. Directly W o! the
Hotel is a nr;-elai
Ii very EstablLslmieut,
where rtss of all deserfpti'WRn 1 had at oot
ersie rit.-. The l-ar o! lk II. 'ri i st-kt-l ith
the tinert jrrade of Wl:k:e, Wme aui Been.
Aio on hand a large Mot t ol
Imported Cigars.
Pinion aiiticipatins ra.-.trfmor:y can l.sve
their IruuMe and e.mi n-dai rd lo nothing ty
atnfpitttfat thti Hotel, ahere lie. ne ean lie pn-ciirt-d
w iiiio'it extra ei;ar.'e. litn'l Im? take:i in
liy eoiured Laekjuen, Out mum direct U) the
lotel.
The nndcr-igned has on haid a large loek of
SOMERSET COUNTY WHISKY, old l:y,
Whii-h he oiT. rs at Wholesale and iu email
quantities, at tie follow in sc prut s:
Two Year o'.d at JI J5 pt gal'.oa.
Three " " '-"i
Four " " " i-i J " "
Ai)-!r."s all', or.l. rs to 1" 7, l 'J, and I'd Dal
liiuore ai..CuinterUud. M-l.
8. P. SVCEITZEP., Proprietor.
TEYant Workas
Salary or OnirrtiFSlon to piC'.l men. 1'ast
wilicg irn;)ortt 1 Spei ialtits; aLso full line
GrAlIA.XrF.El XrilSHUY STOCK.
Stoc'i ti!l!ns to live r )'..ice-l i ..es.
U.I). I.ueieUforil t Co., Kohesler. X.
Hf2 " Agency for
"'-3t:-i' OE-ilOU PATENT!
ilri' coPtniCMTS, stc.
r.T(nforcratiAa-'; rnoTI?T-S-'," wrHeto
M! N" C ...I I.H.MM V. -l:,:.
-r hnr-m f.-r f 'Hi . i: p.-t.-v! rn A a.
Y.-Ctt W tdB-'l 1 .1- V 1 'u.-ht ' :. :
ll-i; im'.-t. lija a -l.ve irit-i. t:v of tLiC ii t ie
Scientific ncrian
..-:!. o, -i.:tr iiii..ir.'i- . N- ... nt
B.-n . it U' 15 Xff- Ut if. WfH v". t.-i
)" l'l f-liVriSi--'.! hr. , .S-w V ."t
GIVE ICUR BOYS i USEFUL PRESE3T.
Press ciii CuLi
i-75, $2.oo, $5.00
7-30, $10.00,
$11.00 to $31.00.
POUTZ'S
Hp.SE AhO CATTLE POWDE33
So H -"- ' !'... r 1.1 I E-
Tkc if Ft ' r.ii-f'-ni -:r
1-Y7'i ri nM c .!?- iv 1 lais.
"- '.,'v..r I 1 r-.- i,.f ..i -,pifr 4A u c
tr ! rr-ftnt t--:ury pr fiii.. a; . t.,i L:;tT ,'. n
K 'it.r r.tn-.-l. ir T fi- r.r rr-vrr 'Uvrt itkht
SoiU cvcrvwhr.
DAVID Z. POUTK. Proprietor,
BALTlilOBS, aD.
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nttulxv who an
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a- .. aLLU, iiu ao, aiswu, auae.
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Smells V&LLL'Ro?icHrns.ccuG;A
LS'OPIENT CCNSUMFTIffll, JW- FEVER ,
f.STKWfl. ETC- Circular Frc tr
PETER YOGEIi, SanERSET.PA;
$i7
r a m r. 1
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SCHMIDT BUILDING.
The Largest and Most Complete
Wine, Liquor and Cigar House t
IN THE UNITED STATES.
DISTILLER AND JOBBER OF
Fine Whiskies. rto. No tj
m m r r r" r-
"Wines, Hcms23 anil Cii '3-L
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SOS. 95 ASD 97 FIFTH AYES IE, riTTsi;UP.:ir, r.i.
All orders rveeiveU ty mail wi'.I rfi '.ve r,ro:ni.-t :te ti'.ion.
Cinderella Stoves and
Their
Cleanli
c I. i if-
ness
Lessens
Labor.
TT will pa v you to examine tl.e QUKLN CINDLKhl.LA R-VXilEl
1 fore vou bur. Il has ull the latest improvc-raeiit.-?, and U M jr-jar:.3
tceJ to be a irood baker. It ha the direct draft tlamjior, by whi.-h j ,
can lave a fire in oac-Iialf the time reuiml villi the or.!ii;ary lln:K
T1h is a valuable feature when v-va want a qui "k fire for early br.'ak:
IT Iia.' an extra larire Iti-U oven, n.orou'.'iuy vcni.iau-i. i i.e v.uu::.e
of iniiowiivr and outllowinir air can be re-rulatcl at will : th ir..-.-...-.-,
a perfect baker, and no barninsr on the top. Il liad the Tripl.-x s!..,k:..:
irrati'. which is the perfection of convenienee and cleanlines.--. It is
.ccial1y durable, having three separate fides, or the advanta.v of tl.
grates "in one, and not easily warped by the anion of the tire.
"uanuTseturtd M.UAVES A CO., Lir-ilto.'.. riitv.rSh. Sol i an,I xuaranu, 1 by
JAMES B. UOLDERBAmr; Somerset, Pa
Krissiujrer & Kurtz, Berlin, Ta., and V. J. Corcr & Soa., MejcriLI,', Ti
r.r.MKMLKIl "TLir.3 Jor.e well arid wil'a aure, exerutt I lie lu.stlve- fr..:u fior
tfV,,.,.';! THE POSITIVS CURE.
. ' ST.Y t:aI a Ei.S. W Warra t'U New Tori. lT.ce jo rttiaZ " y. nl
IT WILL PAY VOLT
TO 3VT Tot R
3Ieiiiori:il Work
WM. F. SHAFFER,
80MEH8KT. PESN'A.,
Maau'a ?u;rr of acd Dealer in
Zoslern Virrk Fur ui.fied on ':ort .W, t a2 C'.nr
mm m umi w
JttO, A'STdfjrL'j WHITE S0yZZ:
Tenon In r.ee.1 cf !OXrIET WOISC !1
flml it Ui their interest loei'.l t cit s'wv her
a prorer isiii le civ ri Lifirt. ':.
'n ;'r U.irrn;iftti in h'.try (l.w. n-i 1 hi I' i.'l
V&Y LO h: 1 iuviie ajH!tul ktu-utiuc lo it. a
White Bronze, Or Pure Zinc Monument
Intnxliirort by R?V. W. A. F!'". a De -I . 1
Imrr-.v. m.-oi in the jot:-.l of M A T r K ! A L AM
XiS-iTkl t'l !'N. a:i l h ..ii U i 'ief iiui lo a
the Pupu'ar ':i;in "it f-r t-ur liiAiijeac-ie Cii
mus. m CIVi ME k CALL.
AV3I. F. SIIAFPEil.
Loutlier's Drug Store,
Main Street, Somerset, Pa.
Thisllcdsl Dr:g Stcrsxs Rapidly Evening afet
Pavcrite Trlta Irxzb h Evarch cx
FRESH MB PORE DRUGS.
Medicines. Dtjc Staffs, Sponge, Truscs,
Supporters, Toilet Articles,
Perfumes, &c.
- Tiri rctTos nivrs rEE.:n.iNAL atte.:tio:: to Tiis coirpocsDirra o?
Lfiuliier's PresGriplions i Family Receipts.
a.EAT cap.?. zl:::o rjrz.v to p-e o.vir fses axd runs articles
SPECTACLES, EYE-GLASSES,
And a Full line ol Optical Goods always cn nand. From
such a large assortment all can be suited.
THE FIHEST BBAHDS OF CIGABS
Always cn Land. It is always a pleasure to display our good
to intending purchasers, vLether they buy
ironi U3 or elsewhere.
J. M. LOUTHER, M. D.
MAIN STREET - - SOMERSET. FA
Somerset Lumber Yard.
ELIAS CUNNINGHAM,
MaSTFacrsi ar D.li id WHQLBiai.1 ams RfTAn.ro or
LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS
Hard and Solt "Voocls,
OAK, KlPLAR. 8IDIXG-, TXXTT3, MOCUirSGS,
ASH. WALMTT. FLOORIStt, SA-lt, STAIR RAlIi,
CHKRRY. YEIiOWITNE, SHlX.'iLfa. DfX)K3 BALCoTERA
tUESTNTT. WKITK P.'.SZ, LATH, BLINI SKVH T0
k General tine at all Rrnluaof Lnmber an.1 Bunilfii? Material aid RonSnj S.aW kept ia t
Aha, can fjnibb anrtiiir In the '.Ineof o-ir Lnsirie to or!er witi reaaoaabio
prumuiaa, aacj ta Brackeu, CHia-aize.1 work, tc
ELLzVS CTJSHaiLAI,
OSce and Yard Opposite S. &C. R. R. Station, Somerset
J. J. SPECK.
The Lto:Nj
Wholesale Wine and Liauo House or Western Pennsylvania.
THE WM. H. HOLMES CO.,
Diitniors of -noIaiC3"Ee?t ' and " Holmes OM Economy"
ri'RE It YE UIIISKY.
-All the lea lint; Rye and Bourbon Whiskies iu lor.J or ta.-fu';J.
Importers of Ene Urandics, Gins and Wiues.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST.
Telephone N. 305, - 120 Water St. and l53Firt Ave. PITTSBIRCH ?S
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