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MOUMTS. PAYABLE ON OEM AMD.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS rtl,
STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOUCrTED-
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
E0AF.D OF DIRECTORS :
U.r.n M. K:. es. W. H. Miua,
J3IX2 I PTiH, CHiA. H. FlnBIB,
J. hs R. Sorrr, Ceo. R. Scrix,
Fid W. Eiisa i Eft.
Edtiu &rrt, : : : : : Fsesidesi
Valastise IIav, : : Vii PiADssT
IIabvly M. Delelky, : : : Casuleb.
TLe f mils an I gw.ritios of tUls baink
are Bcvuri-lv j roiwti in a -lelrattJ Cor
irs Banrlar-pr.'of Safi. The oa!y Safe
Scmersst Couni Salional Bank
Of Somerset, Pa.
-ry.
EitabiishAd. 5877. Ornac. u a Hationi', 1830.
CAPITAL. $50 000.
Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't
Wrn. H. Kooatz, Vice Pres't.
Milton J. Fritts, Cashier.
Directors:
Sabi'I fr.T-.ltfr,
j-ji.u H. soy let,
J ; h B. Ivjk
J..I.A- M. i.oui,
K.-r-:win -nTi!cr,
NuAiis. ill- cl,
Castrror of mm hn. ui rtrfire e. most
F Arc e Lhiff to cn-1 ciney MS or wst cab
b .t-oai2i.iiii by crAil for .cy icotaL
M"C at.-I taaV le npfirl by one of tie-bul-l
Ccirt.rAUni saIc, wiiA inut appnTed Uae
CZeditms tha'. ia Ail fAra of lie Tailed
Suits. CCArrw nii!-ru-- .,
AcojCt.u Aiil tou.m g-jqeted. m Art-am
FANCY
WORK.
Some Grrat BorraiBS in
IRISH POINT LUNCH
AND TRAY CLOTHS
F-onsht Wcw cr-t of tnns;ortati.in
si-lliiii; at jrtat barira:r.s mhite
c -I.rfi IV-ifurl Cord Tb:e Oov
frr stamped n-A.lv for working. ';n3
rd'Cacton Flannel Tal.le An.l Cii
i..n Covers. in.l Ilosh Cuhsoa
t 'overs, Bdrrimn Art Clotii Tai
And Cushion Cover, all BtAnipi
n ita Newest iVsijrra ; Hni-tiU:he
llt Biscnit and 1.11 Nij-iina. A
rew and large line cf hein-eUt-ched
Tray and Carving Ci"th8 frotii Occ'.s
Stamped HemtiUihed S-arrs from -ct-
nr. Tble Covers from o) eta. n?. A
fiil line of Figured
INDIA SILKS,
All New F:iems ar.d Colorings. A.so,
Figured Plush,
21 and inches w !!.. in beaatifu! Colors
and I'esTS. Art Salia S ; :ares for the
Ontrai Covers and Cub-on tvrs.
"Walxui STettinir,
4 inches wide. 3) n per yarH. in Fink,
Bl if. An ! Yellow. THK NFN
TKIN't fjr IVrspin? Mamies and
ioora. and Ut Irpin)? Over
r,rnpr-.-. A r.ew line of
K-aii-re-:.-i. trod np.
Vi.it our Tab: I.inen. Towel, Naf tins,
Mcsiin, Saeel-cg acu Ucen LJepArLu"1. bT
Ail mans.
1 FIFTH AVENTK, Pittsburgh. Pa.
R B.
GINGHAMS
are jnst u desirable and make jost as
goof Summer Wash Lresse9 M ever, and
we donbt if toi ever boairht the I). J.
ANDERSON GingtAina before at
23 CENTS.
That's the r-ru-' now ca enr large otock
of choicest IS'j- patterns.
besides this we have a very larsr .ne
of hist season's patterns, bat stul Ter;
xxi at
13 CENTS.
Both thes; are regular 40-cect Ciing
hams.
Elegant Line Of 32-Inch
DRESS GINGHAMS.
STRIPES AND PLAIDS.
25 CENTS.
;r, CENT VALUE.)
HORIIE
A very !arw sale of
50-Cent Dress Fabrics,
new, styiii-h and desirable at
23 CENTS.
In brief, owing tn tearing down ot and
rrrxiiidins part of the store. '
obliged to sell oil our j re?nt rtock of
SILKS, DRESS GOODS AND
WASH FABRICS.
There!' be many interesting prices
daring July and Aaast, that will pay
you to ec'jctre abont.
Boggs & Buhl,
113 117, 119 od 1 f7ra Sftt,
.HLLEGUEXY, PH.
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5.
Ayer's Pills
Exee! aU others as a family medicine. They
Are sailed to every cons ututioa, old aikI
ytKinj. And. being sujrr-oaw.t. Are Airree
Alie 10 tike. Purely vegetable, they k-ava
no ill tSt-eu, but AtreDUsra Aud raiate
tue sUiciacX liver. And tiovels. and restore
every orpaa to il nunnai tmicuiw. Fur use
eitber t kuiue or aUruAd, oa laad or sea,
tne PiLs
Are the Best.
"Arrr'i Ptlls have been used in my family
for ovrr U.irty yrars. We find litem ad ta
eeacnt w-edn-iae ia fevers, emptrt-e diseases,
and all Iiukmis trtxibles. ani seidotn call a
t l.jsi. iaiL XUey an? aioot the only piU
t:vrJ in irvc neiirhtxH-hooJ." Uedniun C
Ci-fcly. It.- LanniDg P. O., W. f-lk:iaa
l'iir:-li. La.
" i liive liees in tins country eiidit years.
Anil, durns nil law tame, ceiiiier 1, nvr A;iy
m--rirr of my f-ur.;.y liave mnJ ar.y ott er
kaiJ of sieili -i:ie than Ayer's I'll!. t.u these
we a!anv K?ep at h.iiui. am! I sbuuhi bet
kiM.w U w u get alor.s wi'.iiuat Uiem."
A. W. S.ier rj I-weil, Si.ls
"I iin.e u-a Ayer's CuUiirt.e PCs as a
Family Medicine
f'r X years, and tJiey tave a;ys irir-n the
tuia -t ili3fa.-ti4a." James A. TlHn.tti.
-Tu uf Ay.rr's P:"s cured m? ii
sesere fce.t-v-he. fr tu wlurh I 1-m a
s:i3ercr. Ennr.a krjes, IIuLtatdsUwn,
Mas.
Ayer's Pills,
rszraAKD at
Dr. J. a AYES 4 CO., Lo 2Ii3.
8V.I1I by ail Dealers ia Mwiiieiae.
NEW GOODS
AT
Kneier & Fern's.
It 13 car aim to prcicci at eve
ry season a line of Goods of
the Newest Patters 3 an I Lat
est Styles. Vt'e hate ia!-orvl
Lard in selecting a stok lor
the coming season, and are glad
to say that we hare succeeded
in buying goods that are su
perb in style, and at prices
that have the magnetic poorer
to drar and retain trade.
CLOTHING I
Never before have vc bonght
such, fine stvles ia Men and
Youths', Boys' and Childs'
Clothing. These Goods are un
unapproachable iu quality and
price.
CARPETS.
This season we are offering a
larger assortmenLbetter styles
and lower prices in all grades
of Carpetinar. Matting, and Oil
Cloths and U;;g?, than ever be
fore. DRESS
GOODS.
We are daily gaining trade in
this department, conietpcctly
hare bought a large stoc,
adapted to fill the wants of
everyone.
EES1S' FUaSISHISBS,
A large and complete stock
ja-t received, and are now pre-
pared to farni-h all who want
a specialty in this line. We
introduce correct styles as soon
as out We aLo carry a full
stock of
Window Shades,
Trunks and Sachels,
Rubber Clothing, &c.
We take genuine plea.-nre in hav
ing our friends inspect the above
novelties.
KN'EPPER & FERSER,
One Door North of TostoQice.
FI3IUII 111! HI IffiT (I
m A 123 Fourth Ave,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
HM - - SUMO.
FULL T?ATT.
L'Mlivided Profits 5150,000.
MUSES TITLE TO REAL ESTATE.
AnthorL-jed to art A3
EiCTtrt AdBaimlstawtor, KurdUa,
Trmitce, Assign, Receiver, c.
IiEALS IX
RELIABLE IMYESTMFH7 SECURITIES.
! Rents box? ia its Soperior Vaalta from
$i-t per Acnara upwards.
Receives deposit? and loans ca mort
aad approved collaterals.
JOHN B. JACKSON, - President.
JiMRJ J. DONXXLL, Vice FresiJenL
C B. McVAY, - creUry vl Trraa.
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SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
O, TELL ME, IS IT LOVE.
I'm feeling very r.nue oflmie ;
Aii I" oul rhi I te.'.
My a jid'i ApproAcfaiag sacA A scam
Twere miid to call It iner.
It nrst beA3 v itA writing xmrte.
Aad Aeeiicj rhymes f t "'v f
Bat now li s daiiy growmj vuw-
O, tell Eie, is U Urve T
I cveod A tbrtoue in perfrmiel :
ilj cae !y bill's isnease.
I boy the rarest kind of blovtai
KegArdiea ot expenso.
I (DM beioce tie gAas Aad smile
Ia every sort of ay.
I tarn acJ bun la ertjy style
O, teti me, is it lot. r
I do out eAt enough to keep
A hiiKiainj tied Aiive.
Ticy ay I hasbie in my sleep
suth aoueyel liioinrbts I hiv.
I kcow I summer &i-a I ipuaA ;
3fy Uaads Are in my way.
A ceriin dounwp uiales me wcaA
"o-v, is it iove T l. myT
I ifeci u 1 .: at srs and taooaa
Aaouiy 1 (or "cliAi -Now
X g-o hususio; oii lore tones
And nsr I:y eer Lnua.
I seek by niai A vmjrestljed house.
And a iU a a uht ixsve.
Tlicc 'itAi a it Jus Ute a moue
O, tell me, b it iove ?
Wiliiin my Lraiu ijneer Uncles euine.
And prctneics strise Aad uew :
I.'coe livenon Acenxis sanx.
How much wiJ serve tot two t
And then aaoa I ui dak!y siul.
And liea I'm wildiy sy.
O, tell me, Aia I g:ou ii-juui'
Ornilx.' O, ms '
KATTY'S PARTY.
H ELAN F-OEEST OGAVtli.
"Ratty, what areyoa thinking ofT
aai-1 Jlr. Diiiea, Lrustu:iy. ''Fue all
out I Lamp not lighted '."
I'd bad come in f.oin the barnyard
with two foaming paiui cf miik and a
liheral powdering of snow oa his far cap
and heavy beard, and as he set the f ails
down on the battery table, Kathleen
spianj op aad lighted the squatty kero
sene lamy, and rked the broken logs
together, so that a vivid biaxa rushed cp
the o-d chimney throat
"Ilave you not the better all printed?"
said he. ''And the poultry packed, and
the esgs laid down? I shall have to
make an early sturt to-morrow morning,
and there's every prospect 0 a enow
tiizzaid.'
"It ia til rest 'y'aaid Kathleen, nomber-
Jlr. I'iikea tarnel short around and
looked at her.
"Eh? What the matter?" said he.
"They're not join' to invite me to the
party at Griett's:' the gill answered
him.
"They ain't eh ? Why not ? I gtiesa
you'ro u gnodlookin' aa any of'etu, and
as good, too r
"I couldn't help overhearinj llally
Ontlt and Jesie Kirke talklnif about
it when I went after the mail to-niubt,"
said Kathleen. "They had just got Uieir
letters, and I was waiting for a chance to
g-t near the mail win low, and there wis
a pile of dry goods boxed between me and
them. Jlally said why wasn't I asked ?
and Josie sjid becaae I neter returned
any of the neighborhood par iea. It was
all take, she esaid, with Kathleen Dilkea,
and no give. And it was quite true
uncle."
Mr. L'ilkea moved uneasily in Lis
chair.
"We ain't par.y -giving folk--," said Le.
"Then I -ocirhtn't to go to parties, re
toi ted Kathleen. "And I don't see that
I shall any more. Nobody will Aik me."
"Weil, I wouldn't mind," eoothed Mr.
Dilkes. "It's all f.Ily and nonsense, any
how." Kathleen's lovely bine eyes ftaahed-
"I don't thir.k It's folly and nonsense,'
said she. "I want to go. AH the young
people bet me ar goin-jr, and I am tired
of drudging and working the whole time
without a bit of fan."
Mr. IHikea was silent He tipped his
feet sainst an uneven brick in the
hearth and stated at the fire.
Kathleen came closer to him.
"L'niie," said she, "can't I have
Twelfth-Sight party V
"Nonsense ! growled the old man.
"It wouldn't cost much'" pleaded
Kathleen. "I'd make all the CAke my
self, and I've wived enoch out of my
share of the chicken money to buy sugar
and lemons. And my dre-sa need not
cost anything. I could trim over my
white bunting, with a new ribbon. May
I Lave a Twe..'Ui-Night party, nncleT'
Mr. Dilkes rose suddenly to his feet
' V said he, "you can't And there
is An end of it 1"
Kathleen aid no more. She was used
to her uncle's moods, and knew that there
was no use in striving againtt them.
But half that wild, 6tcriy winter night
she sobbed silently or her pillow and
rebelled against fate.
Early in the gray, frozen daybreak Mr.
Dilkes rose, ate the hoi breakfast of sau
sage and cotfee and fried potatoes that
Kathleen had ready for hi j, and started
off for Cone City in Lis red cutter snug
ly lined with DaSalo robes and packed
clc! with the produce cf his farm.
lie Lad scarcely been gone an hour
when an unexpected guest arrived at the
hoase Miss EKsrothy Purple a friend of
Kathleen's dead mother and a distant
cousin of herself.
"Oh. Miss Iorothy 1" cried the young
girL
And to her faithful bosom she confid
ed all the troubles.
It was so nice to have some one to talk
to.
"Bit this won't do," said Miss Dor
othy Purple, viewing the well-shod toes
of her pretty feet as she warmed them
at the fire. "Yoacant be shut up here
like a krk in iU cage. You moat go out
like other people, I don't wonder they
have left off asking you. Yon must give
little com paniea, too. Otherwise you will
be left like me an old maid."
And 3Iiss Purple's bright eyes spark
Jed merrily.
"Ill talk to your encie about it when
he gets heme," said she.
"It won't be of any use sighed Kath
leen. At noon, however, the depot boy came
plan tiing through the drifts with a tele
gram. Mr. Dilkes had heard from his brother
ia Pennsylvania, who had met with
sos&esort of an accident He had decided
to p directly to him for a flew days.
"Katty sail ML Dorothy Purpie,
waving very preety pocket handker
chief above her head, "this U a Provi
dential interposition."
"What?" cried Kathleen.
Well have the Twelfth-JTigLt party
rset
ESTABLTSHKI) 1827.
now," said Mi Purple, "Write your in
vitations at once. Send 'em by the de
pot boy. Dont you see there's so time
to be IcEtT 111 help yoa with the cake
and co See, and I know a grand recipe -or
iee-ereaxu"
"Ice cream r gaiped Kathleen.
"Why not?" said Miss Purple, wita a
bird-like tip of her head. "There's plen
ty of ice aid snow outside, and plenty of
cream tn your milk-room. We can have
kisses and mottoes, too. I kn: w how to
make 'em ; and I shall want a lot of
spruce and hemlock boughs to decorate
the rooms !"
"I can git 'em for ye 1" said the depot
boy, displaying teeth enough for an
ocelot
And as soon as Kathleen had caught
her breath, the proceedings began ia
good earnest
"What will Uncle Dilkes say T cried
Kathleen, as they stood ready on Twelfth
Night, ail dressed, with the supper table
spread in the big kitchen, '.temporarily
transformed into a bower of evergreens,
and the big parlor denuded of its carpet
and bedecked with wreaths of princes
pine and clusters of starlet holtyberriea,
while "111 ack Jack Elackman," with his
fiddle, and little Billy Nkkham, with his
clarionet, sat waiting lor the arrival of
the first guest
"Oa, I don't care what he says'" said
Miss Dorothy, audaciously. "You do
not happen to know, do yen, child, that
twenty years ago, before you had opened
those big blue eyes cf yours on the wick
edness of this world, he used to be a beau
of mine?"
"A beau of yours ! Uncle Dilkes!
Why didn't he marry you?" questioned
Kathleen.
"He didn't ;uite ask me Katty. You
see, in those days, before my blessed fath
er aent into Mexicaa silver mine specu
lations, I was Miss Purple, of Purple Hall
and he wis a poor young farmer. He
didn't like to be thought a fortune hunt
er, I suppose. Well, times have chAnged.
I'm poorer; be is richer; and we are both
wiser. I only tell the story to prove to
you that I'm not in any way afraid of
Harmon Dilkes. There comes a aleiga
full of people."
The Twelfth-Night party was a brill
iant success. The ice cream was a
surprise ; the snow-mountain of a cake
developed a series of the most astonish
ing effects ; the mottoes made no end of
fun, and the dancing held cut nntl long
after midnight
Suddenly in the midst of a wild Vir
ginia reel, the door opened. Mr. Dilkes
stood there, fur capped and collared i.ke
Santa Clause in a tableau.
Illack Jack sawed the fiddle strings
with his bow. Little Dick puffed his
out over the clarionet like one of Raph
ael's cherubs ; the dancers flew by, and
only Mia Purpte saw the snow-strewn
vision.
She closed the hall door, and met Sau
U Clans Ace to face.
"Harmon 1" she uttered gently.
"Why Dorothy Purple!"
"Kxaetly," said the little old maid.
"I've come ta visit you. Kathleen has
made a party ia my honor. If you find
a word cf fault, I'll leave t'ae house to
night." "I Fault ! Dorothy," breathlessly cried
the fanner, "if you were the q'tsen I
couldn't feel more honored. I I Oil,
Dorothy !"
She hvtghed a little hysterically.
"Then yoa havent quite forgotten me V
"Lood here, Dorothy yoa ain't a rich
grandee no longer. I ain't afraid to
speak my mini to you, as I once was.
But you're just as pretty as ever. Doro
t'ly, what's to prevent your stayia here
for good and all T His breath caaie
rapidly. Lis eyes sparkled. "Say yes,
Dorothy ! I've been ia love with you all
these years. Ill be a good husband to
yoa if"
Dorothy Furple caught his hand gaily.
"Come," she cried, "dance down the
Virginia reel with me as yoa used to do."
"If you'll say yes, Dorothy."
"Yea"" she cried, iaa sort of exalta
tion. "Quick, Harmon the music is
waiting."
And the eye of the whole country
side were amused by the unwonted spec
tacle of old Harmon Dilkes swinging
d iwa the Virginia reel hand in hand
with ML Dorothy Purple.
KAihleeu looked on astounded. BiAck
Jack nearly dropped his fiddle bow. Bat
the old man was the fleetest and nimb
lest of the lot, and. when at List the music
stopped, he turned ia front of the big
fireplace and faced them alL
"Friends," he cried, breathlest-ly, "I
am glad to see you, every one, and I hope
this is only the beginning of a lot of gJod
times ! Don't go yet, I've got something
to tell you. I'm going to be married to
this lady here," holdin tightly on to
Miss Dorothy Purple's hand, "and I want
yoa all to come and dane at my wed
ding this day month. No, Dorothy, it
ain't no nse objecting. And if any of the
rest of you have any notion that way, I'd
advise you to speak it out this merry
Twelfth-Night Matrimony's sort of in
the air just at this season."
"If that's the case," said young Manly,
the squire's son, stepping boldly to the
front, "I'd like to give notice that Kath
leen has promised to-night to be my
wife."
"And I've come to terms with Jose
phine Kirk," cried John Joycelyn, wav
ing his bat "One wedding makes many.
Three cheers for Mr. Dilkes and Miss
Dorothy Purple!"
"Well, Katty," said Miss Purple, when
the last chime of sleigh bells had gone
joyously away from the door, "your ancle
didnt scold yoa after all.' '
"Scold V beamed the old man. "I'm
too happy ever to scold any one again.
I tell you what, Katty, yoa may think
that young Manly fellow is very fine, but
there ain't no young chap in a radius of
twenty miles from here as is half as well
pleased as I am to-aight Come here,
Dorothy. I've got Katty ia one arm,
now I want yoa In t'other.
Dorothy came with promptitude and
snuggled np to his butternut-colored left
side with eyes fall of happy laughter.
"But there's one thing yoa're going to
be disappointed about, Harmon," said
she.
"Eh?"
"I'm an old maid,' said Dorothy, "but
not a poor une. We had lost our prop
erty when we sold Purp'a Hall aad went
away from here. Bat-falher built his
fortune up anew out West. I can bring
yoa twenty thousand dollars for a mar
riage portion."
JULY 20, 1892.
"I dont care " said Dilkea. "if it was
twice as much, I couldn't love yoa no
dearer. Money aint no drawback to
me."
"Why, uncle," laaehed Kathleen, "that
ain't the way other people talk !"
"I never was like other people," said
Fanner Dilkes.
Giving the Daughter.
X never shall forget bow mother cried
the day I was married," said a bride of
a month. "I couldn't understand it then
and I don't yet, for I was doing well, ac
cording to everyone's Tiews, aad my
husband was everything she could wisu
for in a son-in-law. The day was lovely
and there wasn't a hitch anywhere, yet
she wept as though it was my funeral in
stead of my wedding.
Ah, girls, yoa wiil never know the
wrench at a mother's heart-strings wba
shelves you cp to another. Ha may
be altogether desirable, but she is giving
her child. The little baby whom she
nursed throcjrh all its little ailments, the
bright-eyed, untroubled daughter cf her
heart to one whom sit a short time ago
waa a stranger. She knows so well the
trials of wifehood and motherhood to
come to that life that she has all these
years shielded from every care. She
knows her little gi.l is gone, and a wo
man stands in her place, and she also
knows that if the marriage is founded
en the right principles she is no longer
firvt in the affections of iht sweet daugh
ter that has been such a dear companion
of late.
The solemn ceremony, the girlish voice
with its slight tremble, as it repeats "for
better, for wore, for richer, for poorer,
in sicknea and in health, until death us
do part." all touched that mother's heart
as she looks back over the years to the
time when she. tro, stood at the a'.:ar
and Aa0ied the same vows, and then
on to the time when that Ii:t!e head nes
tled on her breast, and the helpless
clinging baby fingers stirred deeper and
holier thoughts within her, and now her
little girl is given to another, she needs
not the protecting care that has been
hers ail these years, aad despite all else
tiie mother's heart cries out ia agony as
she gives up her daughter at the altar.
Ancient Notions.
The quer beliefs, superstitions, etc.,
given below have been culled from the
works of Mizaldus, Minus, Galen, Arnol
dus, African ua and others. Some of
these works are classed Among the rarest
bibliographical treasures:
The blood of a white hen smeared all
over the face that is full of freckles and
let alone until it be dry and. then wiped
off clean Uketh ay the fr-cklea and
spots.
An excellent cure for the gout is to
take a young puppy, all of one color if
you can get such a one, and cut him ia
tw-j pieces through the back while alive
and lay the hot end to the grieved plaoe,
The hoofs and fore feet of a cow, dried
and taken any way, areexceilent against
a cough ; if burnt the smoke of them will
drive away mice.
If your nose bleeds on the left side
crush the little finger of the right hand,
and for the other side do the opposite.
An egg that is laid on Thursday, the
white being emptied out and the empty
place being filled with salt and gently
roasted by the fire, will cure cankeraal
teeth and kill the worms w hic'a eat the
teeth.
Cautharldes wrapped ia a spider's web
and hanged over hi at who is suffering
with quartaae ague perfectly cares him.
To draw a touth withot pain : Fill an
earthen crucible with emmets or ants,
eg2S and all, and when you have burned
them keep the ashes, with which, if you
touch a tooth, it will drop out
The little bone of the knee joint of a
hare's hind leg doth presently help the
cramp if you do bat touch the grieved
place with it
Take a great, overgrown bxiJ and lie
her up in a leather bag pricked full of
holes and put bag and all in an aat hitf.
The ants will eat away all her flesh;
then yoa can find a stone of marvelous
virtue. If a man be poisoned, this stone
wiil draw ail the poison to it presently ;
if he be stung or bitten by aa adder by
touching it with tliis stone, both pain
and swelling wiil suddenly cease.
Jet as well as amber, if hung about
one's neck, is profitable against the dis
tillation o phlegm ia the throat and
lung?.
If a man hath the dropsy stand hian up
to his neck in the sand by the seaside cn
a hot cay and the sand will draw up all
the water and cure the disease.
A stone called granlu?, if worn ia a
bag at the neck, strengthens the heart
but is said to hurt the brains. .SL LtjU
Rpnbiic.
In a New Light.
The pastor was endeavoring to per
suade the millionaire to give up at le-aut
a portion of his earthly interests and
tern his attention to more spiritual mat
ters. "Yoa say," said Cro-sos, "that a rich
man cannot enter the kirglora of heav
en?" "The Scriptures say so," corrected the
pastor, kindly, "and I only repeat what
they say, beliving them fully."
"And I can Uke none of my wealth
With me?" inquired the rich man.
"Yoa certainly cannot."
. "No part of it?"
"No part of it"
"Then I shall be as poor as the poorest
when I come to be judged ; and what
difference does it make one way or the
other ?"
The parson took the q-iestioa to his
study for deliberation.
Specimen Cases.
S. IL Clifford, New Caseel, Wis., was
troubled with. Neuralgia and Rheum a
tiaa, hia Stomach was disordered, his
Liver was affected to an alarming degree,
appetite fell away, and he was terribly
reduced ia flesh and strength. Three
bottles of Electric Bitters cured Lira.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg. El.,
had a running sore on Lia leg of eight
years' standing. Used three bottles cf
Electric Eitters and seven boxes of Eack
len's Arnica Salve, and his leg ia sound
and well. John Speaker, Catawba, O ,
bad five large Fever seres oa his leg,
doctors said he was incurable. One tot
tie Electric Eitters and one box Back
Jen's Arnica Salve cured him entirely.
SjlJ at J. X. Snyder ' drag store.
. OlOJL Si
His Wife Cave Him a Pointer.
He was ninety per cent mouth and the
odds and ends of his face that weren't
mouth were freckles.
He got into line at the stiaap window
on the; Broadway si ie of the pontoifi-.-e
and his wife waited near and kept one
eye on him and both on an imitation
leather valise.
"Gimme one postal card," he said
when the window was at length reached
"What size?" inquired the man inside.
"Hey?"
"What size? I say; there are three
kinds."
"Ocsh, you dont say so. All of 'em
cost a cent?"
"Yes."
"Giane one that'll sp to Delaware
county."
They all will," said the tamp seller
impatiently ; "three sites, tig, little and
niediura; which will yoa have? Shake
it up," he added, as the line began to
grow restless.
The applicant for one postal car 1 hesi
tated a n.oment and then dropped out of
tne procrssion and went over to his wii'e.
"Looweesa, he says there's thrse sizes,
big, littie and rappm.
"Weil, which did you buy V
Nothln' yet: I thought I'd consult you
firet bet seeia' we'er only going to say
'we'll git there WenaJy,' I reckon I'll
bey the littlest"
"Now if that ain't j-it l.ke you, yea
good for nothin man," she snapped con
teiuptaoualy ; "you've tix-k the littlest
all your life, and if it hadn't been for tae
you'd dried cp and biowel away years
ago. Tae writln, don't matter ; its prin
ciple. Try and be a man, even if you
ain't, yoa pore little cuss, tilt on to tLat
line, and when Le says "wottle you
have?" you plank down your cent and
say, 'Giaime the bir-tf-t.' Hear tr.e ?"
His Ultimatum.
"Madeline, will yoi marry tne?"
His voice had a husky, ar peaang scund
his heart thumped audibly and his knees
had get beyond his control.
"No, Horace, I will not"
"This this is your final answer, is if,
Madeline r
This ia the end of all my fond hopes,
the waking from the dream I have bee a
dreaming, and the wia 'ing up of the
fool's paradise ia which I have dwelt for
the lat three months, eh "
"I I suppose it is, Ho ace, tut do not
be utterly cast down," iaid the young
woman, soothing'y. "time softe.ia all our
gritCs and tu;ns sorrow into joy. In th
future, HoriA.-e, when the pin cf this re
fusal shall have "
"Miss Shiickers," he etc'.aimed, rising
with d.gnity, as becaxe a aian who Lad
received a temporary backset, but had
recovered Limself, "talk aot to ine of the
future. It may have its conscaations, ita
joys and its respose, but it cannot re
awaken old delusions. Henccforta, Miss
Shuckers," Le added reaching for his hat
and caae and moving with unru.iled self
possession toward the d.xr, "I can never
be anything more to yoa than a brother.
Collecting a Bad Bill.
A Chicago tailor has devised a new
way to collect old delta. A custoraer,
who is employed ia his father's c-ii'.ce on
the board of trade, has owed a b.l of
forty-five dollars for several months.
Statements of the iadebtednrts and de
mands for payment have ben n.a.le
once cr twice a week since Thanksgiving
with no effect, and the young man's fath
er and mother have been appealed to in
vala. It was useless to sue, in the debt
or isu't worth a dollar. The case looked
hopeleisa.
Bat the tailor is a very foxy individu
al. He happened to ieara that the
young man was de-perately ialove w iih
a pretty girl and that he spent certain
evenings in every week at her house.
Oa one of these evenings the tailor ap
peared at the yoiing lady's residence and
inquired for his debtor. The youth came
Into the hail to meet him, and when he
saw the tailor he almost fainted away.
Tae tailor came out fiat fo-.-te-l and sore
that the bill must be paid lliea an ! th-.-re
or he woakl raise a row, so that the
young lady would be informed how mat
ters stood. The young man, however,
proved conclusively that he had only
j one doilAr And forty-five cents on his
perse n. And the tailor finally relented
and Ie;t Another month passed and
still the bill remained unpaid. There
upon the tailor seat the statement to the
young lady and by the saaae mali he n--tiried
Lis debtor of his proceeding. The
young lady informed her admirer that
she could not love a man who didn't pay
his debts, and, further, that if he could
not show her a receipt f r the bill with
in sit days he needn-1 come to see fcer
anymore. There was a terriJi: storm
at the tailor s shop, but the bill was paid.
The young Udy has the receipt
Njw Try This.
It will cost you nothing and will surely
do yea aood, if you hate a Couh Cold,
wmt trouble with Throat, Chest cr
I Langs, Dr. King's Niw Discovery for
Consumption, Coighs and Co. Is, is g-iar-anteed
to give reiief, or money will be
paid back. Scffenrrs from La Grippe
found it just the thing aad unier ita use
had a speedy and perfect recovery. Try
a sample bottle at tur expanse and Ieara
lor yourself just how good a thing it is.
Trial bottles free at J. N. Snyder's drag
store. Large size 30e. an J i 1 .00.
Silver Thaw.
Silver thaw is a most curious meteoro
lugical phenomenon that has lately len
studied with much care at the Bea Ne
qis observatory. Ey silver thaw is meant
rain falling when the air ia belo freez
ing point and concealing as it falls. The
phenomenon points to aa inversion of
tenapr&ture at the time, the temperature
on the hilltop being con-iderab'y lower
thaa at higher altitudes.
A Welcome Halleujah.
Clara I never saw such a friendly
choir, tbey slopped right in the middle
of the anthem this morning to speak to
me.
Aunt Huldah I dida t notice it, my
chill.
Clara But they did. I wore my new
hat to church for the fir-t time, and as
soon as I carae in the choir sang "Hard
ly knew you, hardly knew joa,"twoor
tl.rte tluies.
H1
0
WHOLE NO. 2138.
Codling's Discomfiture.
"Ha, ha ."chuckled Codling to him
self. "There are those two delicious Gor
hain girls About to get aboard that car.
Ill just harry to the next corner and
board it as it passes. Then ther won't
suspect that I've followed them. It's a
lovely chance to make a good impress
ion." Coiling swing bravely onto the rear
platform as the car passed his street, an !
was entering with a sweet smile oa Lis
countenance, prerared to bow to the
girls, when Le trod on the toe of aa old
gentlecaa who sat near the door, read
ing. This passenger looked cp aad Coding
murmured apclogetieally, "Begyoarpar
don." -Ily?"
"I beg your pardon," repeated Colling,
raising his voi -e to a pitch which at
tracted the attention of everybody in the
car.
"Speak louder ; I'm a tritie deaf," said
the old gentleman.
"I said, I beg your pardon." shouted
Ovliing, while the unfeeling Gorl.am
! girls tittered.
"Yoa said Peggy was starving, did
you?" replied the deaf old gentletiian.
"'Veil, I'm sorry for that ; but I don't
know Peggy. Is she your w ife V
Codling had grown very red ia the
face ; bet he made another attempt, with
his voice at aa Eiffel tower elevation,
"Yoa misunderstood me, air."
"Hey?
"Yoa misunderstood !" yelled Codling,
while the car laughed aad the (i or Lam
girls tittered.
"she's Miss Uuderwood. is she? t'h,
yes; I see. I'ejrgy, who Ls starving, is
Miss Underwood. Yea, I understand
now ; but still I don't see why yoa are
telling me about Miss Underwood."
"I d.dn"t say anything about Misa l"n
derwood !" screamed Co-liing, while beads
of pers'iiratlon rolled down hlsiace. " I
be-ggvii your pari n and you ruisunder
st.l." "Oh, yes ; no I understand," the deaf
man re-piled. "It is Aunt Peggy who ia
starving Miss Underwood ; L.;t why
don't you report the case to the Humane
Society instead of bothering strangers
with your trouble?"
"I said," he began, speaking very dis
tinctly, and placing his worts wide apart,
'I sai.l I be-g your pardon be
a'ii hcn I got on tin car I
acci-eataliy steppeii oa your toe.
That's alL Do yoc an.Jerstand ?"
"Hm !" grunted the deaf man, with a
thoroughly disgitsted air, and he once
mere buried hiniseif in his newspaper.
The paiseciger ail looked at Codling
with joyous smiles, but he told the con
ductor he'd rather get eff; and as Le
reached the sidewalk he heard the hilar
ity ia the car break cut afresh, and above
is ail the littering of the Gotham girls
reached Lis ears with rerparkaaledist.net
iveness. "'m Henry istedtr ia II ir
rr' Biznr.
Masculir.i.idS-
A j .-alo w man ai ways duds more than
he looks for.
The man who is shadowed is necessa
rily under a cloud.
Polish is given, not by adding some
thing, but by removing i u perfect! oa
!. by a gl store of patien-e, but le
sure thttyou put it where yoa can tied
it.
No inaa cia get very much of an eO..
cat'ion without g-i leg to school to hs
niL- takes.
The Drcids held aiany plants sacred,
as, for ic-tance, vervain, seiago, mistie
toe, and among trees the oak aad toan.
To men attended chuna services in
Faulkner coun:y, Ark ,on a receut sun
day, after whicii tijey a'j urced to a
..:) ne-r Ly at 1 "foul-l a foul cH el
w.ta ka;t-j.
Jajgi Clancy. "What sort of a man
was it yoa saw commit the assault?" Po
liceman. " Sure, your honor, he waa aa
insignificant cratur about your own sie,
your honor."
There is said to h a volcanic area i )
miles eqiare ia extent ia Liwer Caiifcr
nia, trial is a veritable Sre laad. E .-err
square yard of the territory is p'erced by
a boiling spring or spouting geyser.
Oi-i m ill's darling, imploringly. "Tell
me tie Worst, doctor. Believe me, I can
stand it" Smart doctor, docbtfallT. " I
don't know about that However, nerve
yourself, then, madam. Your husband
will get welh"
Don't be In Haste.
Tjgrve advice without being asked for
it.
T spend your salary in alvance tf
earning it
To make love to more thaa one wo
man at a time.
To take part ia differences tetet:a
yocr neighbors.
Ta blame your children for following
your example.
To qnarrel ai:h yocr wife because she
j criticises your fault.
j To aceej the scandalous- s'ories yoa
hearconcerning other people-
To g.ve op a safe but pioddg businn
for a bubble-speculation.
To qiarrel w i.h your hushan I because
ce does not tell TouevrvtLitgl.e knows.
Or with your lover because he mixes
com con s use with his love-making.
Or with your sweetheart because she
treats other geotiemea with courtesy.
To go into debt because the shop-keepers
have cona ience in your hunts-!.
I fttl it my duty to say a few words
in regard to Ely' Cream Balm, and I do
i so entire! v without solicitation. I Lave
' used it more or lets half a year, and have
found it to be most admirable. I Lave
suffered frorn catairh of the worst kind
ever since I was a little boy and never
hoped for cure, but Cream Balm seems
to do evea thai. Many of my acqiaint
aacea Lave uac-d it wilh ene.leiit results.
Oscar Ottruiu, -41 Warren A 7e , Chica
go, I'd-
Good s-o'.M liearning may remain fo
years ia the bookcases of a library. Fool
ish secrets will get oat over a transom.
Mrs. Sprlggia remarked that she
would rather foci with a bee thaa be
with a fcoL
Why are buiglara like railway trains?
Because they remove other people's
goods without disturbing the sleesers.
Death Rode in the Wagon.
WU1 a redfhazy shiir.aier lie Vettern",.
praliVy lahfii -andv m 4t tSV ktf "
cfti.e la.'e summer sua. Tired bite's
ita doay wit-gs paa'ed brile the sandy
beds of dead rivers, tn.rst-crszed cattle
pawed weakly at the rovts cf dying cot
tonwocxia aad the brazen sua g'ared
over the desert
A covered wagon drawn by two oxen
slowly claake I aict 4 tbe roaX A fiery
eyed man with sunken cheeks and bony
fingers sat at the front thriving. Aa ema
ciated wotauin, wan and ghastly, lay
within, her eyes resting upon hint, her
hands feebly eart-SBirig a babe. Behind
her. their bare, bony limbs crossed ia the
last deaih straggle, lay two other chil
dren a girl of perha-'S fi.Vea and a boy
a year younger. As the wag--a crushed
screes a sand bed in the ma of winter
stream, a board nailed to a cottoawood
on the bank eaaght the woman's gaze,
but her dim, glaaed eyes could not de
cipher the words it bore, she glanced
toward her husband.
"Thirteen tailee.'' he groaned.
To-night ?" she whispered.
"Tea, Lacy," he sa-i, and, bending
tenderly, kissed her.
For even those dying outcasts of the
Jrttert could kiss each other. Grira
death rode 1th them, his yellow-fever,
hue rested upon their parched k!us, but
love was also therj stronger evea than
ieath.
And slowly the plague craft tnac.lled
enward toward the nearest iwn, where
the man and woman hoped to obtaia
water and medical assistance. She, for
the baby ; he. for her.
It was dark when tLey caa.e wlihia
sight cf the town, aad he, knowing the
way, drove directly for the public welh
"Halt I" cried a voice. "Are yoa freai
Brownsville T'
But the ho'.Iow-eyed, spe--r-i.ke driv
er heeded act
"This i quarantine," al ! ti e voice,
an-i a gunix k clicked e:uini.vis!y in the
soft, hot night air. "Halt or I'll fire I"
Eat tiie spevter iike driver heeded ai t
To fierce fiashed pierced the d-."
aesa and the -eary oxen started forward
as the succeed. 2 g reports Loomed hea,i
!y across the plains.
Tiie scent cf water was in their nos
trils and sonthey wee quarp ng Jeep
from the trongh beside the public welL
And the gaar.t driver neither tuoved nor
spoke. The woman was silent
The weary oiea t.-i'gel on beyond
t'ie town, and siisrue foaal the ax plod
ding onward.
All day the western prairie e-tbet
aid q iivered in the red. hay glare of
the late sum aier sr.n. an 1 ti.e pla'ie
wj .n w ith i's load of d-;a I crept 03
wrd. Great droning i:es crawled about
the faits of the silent voy agTj, and dts-iy-Ir:ged
vultures hovered a'wve. Uuj
gajat, re-l-Leaked old fellow lor a time
rode oa the sea; beside tiie Sj-ecter-driv-er,
then, grow lag boiler, plunged back
into the depths of tLe wag v-.
And tha heavy wag'a slowly creaked
a-.d clanked aio: g the rja!. ck.ojtt
7
Stocit Note.s.
Never alio the ou.iesto ria Joan ia
oadliioo.
Be sure the caf.ie are Ui before send
ing to market
Breeding for early maturity w ill help
increase the pre tits.
Because corn ia con venient to feed ma
ny iced their hog-, too zaacu,
I! the p;gs cannot hae a gvd past.ire,
grow some soiling enq-s for them.
A little Cura to groi.".g p'gi is benei
ciai, but too much is tlctrioietitah
Feed the pigs the refase f.oia the or
chard and gar iea ; it ai is to Ce variety-
TLe hog per.ssh-vjld not gi ,-e off of
fensive odor-j any more than the siabis.
a the a.-erag; ta.-.u a i;i pigs caa
r.-alilj b oia ie :n 1 p.-- .I;. .le thaa
lairier numb-. r.
Ti-e slops from the Ljii.-j ar o n t
good sabei.t-ie for water a.ih.'-g1! aiaay
urmers omp-cl it to take th plae.
One cal; v;ii ral.-I ia rt'a t v
stunted during the :.t year's gr.li.
It it Lot aec-oa ar, - .Acer, to force tiie
growth.
Treat the hog? in a -a; tLat will at kat
sec-ore reasonable go-l h .-ait a and thrift;
this is necessary it' a pro.it is to be realiz
el. Ia Lrceii.cg, '.Le gad tra.ts-.-f the dua
should Le Unproved upen by ti.e. sire, t
that liiey can be per.-ctiiir.ed at folly as
p., a iLle.
No man can toil wSat th-t p--U-e of ag
r il'-.irjl pr.d i.ta . 1 bj a y ar :i -a.-,
taat a., tie tar.iier caa d U to lr-
vid; for fature con'.ngeui is
aad take
the chances.
H3 Voted as She Desired.
M:s. Seymour II ell tel's a s:. r of a
woman who l.a i a husband in da.ly feur
of her. He was a c-.-.-mber of the legisla
ture, and his wife La i insisted apoa his
voting for a woaua s-i f a-; bIL lis h a!
pr,:ulae-I to do , b i: h:s b.'twr half
Was afraid to trust blm. sal so en the
d-ty the bill ai to co-ao up, all hied
herself ; the gillery ia the legislative
ha". The roli wx being called, and
when the h.a'oani s naoie was reached
he g-t up ind sai i 1
"Mr Speaker. I rtgret to cast my vote
agaiast this Dill, but "
At this instant a tail womaa, with a
penetratir.g voice. leane-i oer the gil
lery rail and sal ! 1
"Wiibertr
And then Mr. W 11 Herts kne- U?i
to shaky. IT-? said in a treaihllng voi--e ;
"Mr. sjeAe-, v n; e." A'i)iiA
(.-.:.,- r-.-.
Jarrs Whitivinib 111 ey t'ls a little
sto-y that t h jnniri!y i.!.i-!iai s treex
periiiient.il ten ieny of uii-.iind. Oa
oa; Cfeaoion tittle Janus is-. ivd hitie
Willie to nir-ij ov-r : L; house aa I
speed the night with Li.u.
A.er the to had g-ce to be! James
remarke-1 ir. evident st: rpr.se and palu.
" Why, Wiilie ! j oa J'n't say your p niy
ers to-aight. did you'."
"No," acswere-1 Wiilie, doggtdly.
"I ida t say 'era to night, J.la't say 'e:a
last night, an i aia't iS- i.V to say 'era to
morrer night Then, if there don't any
thing tad get nie, I aiu t evVrg -a to say
'em."'
A Mistaken r'em3le.
1 Two gentleiiien in the orchestra. Mr.
; Manhattan Beach- and Mr. Uptown Gay
; boy, are disputing abc'it their opera
: g'asses. Each one claims to have tLe
i best
' Mr. Gay toy "1 caa coont the ric-
kles in the face of that old woman in the
box up there."
Mr. Beach "And I can count her gray
hairs with mine."
The lady in the box observed that the
two gentlemen were fcx-king at Ler, so
wit"! a gratified srn.le tie said to a friea-i
at her side :
"A handsexe woman always attracts
attention."
I H )-!' sarsapan la ahsoia'ely enrvs
I all dl. eases caused by ixpure M-jcJ and
! it builds cp the he STsteiru
AVhAt walks oa its Leal all iay Iijcg?
The nail ia your boot.