f -a TT lJ The bomersei neidiu. f 1 ycrms of Publication. ,,-v V. diitJ-? BiWiuiig ml 12 W) , in a-lvance. olbtrwwe.li 50 k . are -P- Fcstnuasters neglecting . - ' -.o s::t.srriSers do not take be bUd Itbi lor ue e rr-aoving fraa one portaCc , , ns th EllIr' tbe t,nter SMECSET IltRAI-D, S M EESET, FA. j: .-.KT. '.VioKKKT-AT-LAW, Boaixsrr, Pa. I v.. M. BERKLEY, rif, j. Kooeei. Esa.. i-'OLF-EKT, A ooiaersBt, Fa. i- - oaiaerset. ra. I II.1 i Ari.JtNAf-AT-LAW rx.i-.t-r v t, jra. .. s....rti -a to toine entratteu V t - CHEI.L. ooinerset. Pa. - Li Pc:oa Asau Office in SUmmoth A1iu.-0.tV AT-LAW, sxjoienct. Pa. t " " J rw. ?L t al-v-iSST-AT-LAW. . p! , aViet -at-law. 1 i.'.:.i.v-Aiuw, J , , r i . eL'.rwu to hicre v" I..-: "- !" on Aai Cro ruvcl. Ki:,; L, ITGII, i"ir. rV.AT-LA W. i.-.:-'.:h E.ock. n? lir. Euirwioe tAjiH ulit:, t-U L, C CoLBoas. & COLEORN, . .-1. I V. fc V.l.IJlW. aunemet. Pa. t-trufted to our care will be ' 't. -'a .vatunde-lto. Cci;uoca ale'r. U.ikd and ad;ou.mg eauu . j-i aud woaveyitia dvue oa rea- 1t ' r.AF.R. I L. AilOtKi-Y-AT-LAW. ooais-raet. Pi-, in iVracrwi and a.ljo.niiig cun- .Lcao el rrr.Ta W. H. Ecttsl. EUrFEU r " AlloiiSHVa-AILAW, cwCjcr-e-, i a. Mtrtl to thfir care will be -.on.: a-.'.-uded w. Oii-eon revt ow.jfc.te Jtamiiioia b- 1) n EILLs i CCksFER. DENTISTS. -..rSii ier's iTug More. SiCierMt, Pa.) a::-jh :-.::.r.:::t :o Itvatiry k:l:ful ... i. j-jCe.-iai ai.eutuiO g.Vea to tii.og t . .4 t .e i.iiu.-i tee.ti. Artiii-.-ial Oviii- ; crwUA allACJei Uj t:ie liniur- apr:.s-l-lyr. '.V. CAl.rTHEE, M. D. i iiV-.i.iA; ANi) i. d-, H I'S, r..Jith--kT. Pa. v r. I :.. n uret, text dvxc lo i:;-.ai.g , t. - . .4 -1 caj) a- oitjee. F. SilATFER, lai-jiiS AX J eUKTEON', M.JltKkT. Pa., it f.-'.enal se: to :jc eiureiis t i v.iuiu.r ulct teat iluor to I - 5 Ii. i. ilMAlELL, f - -a: serrices to the citlxeni : - v.. :u::v. l uiew. T.rufeJJOA.iy . - It iu'jJ at tut oiu on -a-n Bt. i-;..:v.j :. ii. ijjutuer, IHYIAS AND eLKGEOS, 1 fv-Tr.Aner.tiy In 6omcrt for the : -t-.:i.un. OS-oeou Maintueel, I "t J. S. rMTLLE " .iC .r-tntim. 10 the yreeTTaton of Oils!. Oils! n ! Cor!rT. of Plturmnrb. Pt, A.a- ft --:- : !auuitiini: iur tut :J-ira-jng ft Lubricating Oils "'aphtha and Casoline, Petroieam. . rCt 'rage i .u. every knoww OF PETROLEUM. CDUCT A - J - h the Eost Uiiiormly Satisfactory Oils -IN TEE American Market, Oi-T. Trfcle f Somerset and vicinity rr-ied by CV'S A KFrHIT? A9D n.tA--K A Kxk-KK. ' ' etiaaaarr, PA. J. 5 FRAhKLlX STREET. -a.siUN SUPPLY HOUSL A. I H 'OHu H. WA TERSdBRO. Traveling: Dresses. PLUMBERS, 21 21 ' S" Bnj.v.iJ , r,.j . - - u vxj, new ouiiuiujr;, .a ..' Ivnn-Tlvama. , ". , I''r'i!JiI t the Piumijing, Steam : ii,eu ia tsut. a. nji WATiJi hFATiVi bus- I..n.-r e?nru ia tin, iit. enbrrn 'go.t biu-d.ng in u,e cuuaiT, wuli -- -:. v. KPA8TVFVT. e.rr. fnTl . miZrt BeiUtir. K(U ai , rML Injetorm. LuiTlcabjn.Mea. r 1 20 VOL. XIX NO. -THE- FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF Somerset, Penn'a. o CAPITAL SURPLUS S50.000. SS.OOO. deposits RcccivcaiN lahgc andsmall AMOUNTS. DATABLE ON OCWANO. ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS FARMERS. STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED -DISCOUNTS DAILY. - BOARD OF DIRECTORS : LaIUa 2. Hicsa. W. H. MiLirs, J A 11 Li L. Pcoh, . Chas. H. FKKEa, JoB5 It &-OTI, GCO. E. SiTLL, FiiDliV.Bir-MU. Edward Scxll, : Valexti.ve Hat, Hauvey M. Er.r.K Pkestdest Cashixr. Vies Ti: f.:n.ls an.I prnritie of tLis l;anV are wcure'.v protlM in silebrated Gor illa liurplar-pranf Safe. The only Safe n-aile sbeolutely Barg'.ar-proof. SoiTiersEt talj Of Somerset, - rO: Pa. EiUbtlsM. 1877. Otgttkti t t Satioaa!, IS90. CAPITAL $50,000. Chas. J. Harrison, Tres't Wm. H. Koontz, Vice Pres't. Milton J. Trills, Cashier. Directors: Wm. Fn.VIey. ;... M. oos, J an Mnfl. "SukLh a. ii:Urr, R IlArr.iu. ra.m. hnk rweive the moot liberal IrealCieiil eotis"nt lih safe lan.;ug. Vmru w!hicB to seed money east or west can be accummdaied by drait for any unonu. M'inee ar.d TalnaY.'.ea K": by one of P!e- t .Id t Ceici.-a'-ed a!cS, iia most appruTeu ume luik. Collectinns nade in a'.l parts of the Tnlted etai- t iuigi mooeraie. Aceouuu and teuoKiia soucxeo. im.-miii FANCY WORK. Sme Great Bargains in IRISH POINT LUNCH AND TRAY CLOTHS EoCiiht l'ow cost of transportation we are seliinif at preat t-arsair.s white and coiored lied ford Cord Tabie Cov er", stamped readv for working. !Sing 1 1 Canton Flannel Table and Cush ion Covers, Sieged I'lush Cushion Covers. Iidrgarran Art Cloth Table ar.d Cushion Covers, ail stamped w i:h Newest iHipns ; I lem-stitrhed Hot F.init and lioll Napkins. A new and large line of hem-stitched Tray and Carving Cloths from COcts TJD. Stamped IIem-stitche.1 i?cart3 from S5ct 'V.. 1 , ' J V, .-, . r-.-.m r 1 ..fa Tin A IJ j I. IBUtC VV.CIB JJVJUJ. 1 - wJ. ' 2' - ' full line of Figured INDIA SILKS, All New Patterns and Colorings. Also, Figured Plush, t 21 and .13 inches wide, in beautiful Colors and Ies:;:r. Art Satin Squares for the Central Covers and Cushion Covers. Waban jSTettinjr, inches wide, ;0 cents per yard, it; J'.nt, Line. Olive and le.jow. Tilt r-.t.V THING far Draping Mamies and JJoors. and for Draping Over rr:iperies. A r w line of Head-refts. from iV up. Visit our Table Linen, Towei, Napkins, Muslin, S Meeting and Linen Ijvparttuent, by all means. 41 FIFTH AVENCE, Pittsburgh, Pa. GENUINE India Silks. large collection .23 incbes of line one?, 50 CENTS. Send if voa want anv. It's jost as ranch to your intere.-t to buy as our? to sell, when there is a chance to tret such handsome PRINTED INDIA SILKS stylish patterns and color combinations at these prices. More people are buying l uai. HOME Ml FINE SOLID IJLACk IN 1)1 AS people that are not in mourning than ever before, not only lor street and house, but for We offor as extraordinary, 50 pieces Tlaia Clack Indias, incliss ifis, - 50 cants. Us Eel 65 cents. Values leyond anything here- tofore sold. Boggs & Buhl, 115, 117, 119 and 121 FcAraf Srni, XLLEGIIEXY, P.i. 12. When The Hair Bliowj siciis of Jailing, ln-gin at once die use cf A)" ll.nr Vigor. TUb preiurasi.nl irriitlicns tiie sraip. promoUs il:e trruatii of crw hair, restor.- ti:? lutun.l ckr lo praj aihJ f.it-.i Uuir, bud rnjUcis jt iJt, piKinr. and giosy. "Wc iiave ih hcsitatl'in !n t.rononncinj Ayer's llair VUor u;i;ia:rj fur tlresii:? uie iia:r, rdu ei tui a'trr l-r. fAi-rt-enreinits ic. Tlii rivjiaratiou iirtrstrncs tlte lijr. cure-f f!.tuon;II a.i.l ail tl.srascs of the sraip. notkes ri:gh and l.riille h:tir wft and piianL, and prevents lialuu?a. W'lii'e it la nuj a dye. t!e io liave uvd Uie Vigor ear it stiuuiate Uie ruuis aud rulur glaa.ls of fa.i-d. gray, li-Ut, and red hair, euajigiijg tae coior w A Rich Brown or even tlick. It ni not soil tiie pfflow. ease nor a pocketiaa'lk'n liief, and Is al ways apreoai. All UKMliry. guiuuiy liair preparauuns should be digitated at oooe by Ayers llair Vigor, and Uiousauds bo ga around ith heads lorAiug like ' the fretful porcupine' should hurry to the nearest drug t.re and piireliase a botUe of Ute Vigur." 7A SmuBf f-mih. Atlanta Ua. "Ayer's liair Vig.ir is exeellint for thd bair. It suir.ulau-s the prom in, cures bald ness, restores the natural eol.ir, eleames th scalp, prevents dandruff, and is a good dress ing. We know that Ayer's Hair Vigor differs from most hair tonics and similar prepara- twns. it being perfectly harmless." From Sconomical JJoMtteeping, by Eliza B. FaxWer. Ayer's Hair Vigor , rKKTAKID BT ES. J. C. ATEB A CO., Low.U, Mass. Sold by Drc'sists and Perfaioert. Knepper o "n a reiiiei 1 . 1 T - uate mc pleasure ot armodacin: the arrival of Fall and Winter Goods, all selected with great care in which quality- has not been sacrificed for cheapness. Clothing and Overcoats. Xewest, A'atllcst, JrobMet, leeft and Cheapest. DRY T GOODS. Eancv and Staple Dress Goods of all class from Silk, Warp, Hen riettas down to Calicoes, all of Tery choice designs, yet moderate cost- Just unloaded a handsome stock of Carpets. Rugs, Oil Cloths, etc., for Fall Season, at close margins, w hich means close prices. rr . l - . i r i ! c ias.e pains 10 Keep up a nne uie offjents i urnishings, Hats, Caps, etc.. and a frreat variety of Un- derwear of nearly every descrip- J tion. Don't fail to inquire of us for Trunks, Valises, Feathers. Cork Shavings or anyth ing you may need. "We ask voa for vour trade thi season, feeling confident of our ability to serve you with the very best atlowest prices, Rcsp ectfully, KNEPPER & FERNER, One Door North of Tost office. wm mi! ill nisi CL 121 A 123 Fourth Ave, PITTSBURGH, PA. Capital - - - Undivided Profits fl30,C00. mum TITLE TO REAL ESTATE- Authorized to act as Expcntor, Administrator, Gaardian, Trwstee, Assign re, Keeelrer, Ac. I'EALS IS RELIABLE IKVESTSEHT SECURITIES. Rents bores in its Superior Vaults from $5.00 per annum cp wards. Receives depoeits and loans on mort gages and approved collaterals. it. JOHN B. JACKSON', - President JAMES J. rtONNELE, Vice PresidenL C. B. McVAY. - Secretary and Treaa. omer SOMERSET, PA., THE WOMAN I MEAN TO BE. Paint the worn a I mean to be. Pure and tweet and calm and free ; Paint that weary eyes may tee. Glimpse of the immort&l me. From this pa.id face Ifcive oat Every line of care or docM ; raiut it with the raile of one Who with earth t poor pai n i done. Taint it to the world may tee One g'.ad woman, wholly free ; One who dread no coming morrow, One who fears no crushing burrow. One w!uxe miii.ia in to wait, With a love compAvionAte, In her tender arms to take Tbuee whose beart-crringt bleed and break. Paict a woman with a face Radiant ith Immortal grace ; Let her eyes shine like the inn When the summer ha begun. Po not U't her smile or weep. Let her fAce a giajne keep That a mystery shall sao Of the raptnre bom of woe. Paint a soul so high and ttmcg It wifjld ni.'t to eat'.h belig. Pi J tu lvve it f:CLUi stay. Ten K rty to lead the way. Iield ty love by truth set free. This is the ituracrjd uie '. THE WOMAN IN CLACK. t An Engineer's Strange Story of a Little Moth. Trave'ire recent! from CLiogo to New York, I fuuaJ in the morning upon crawling cut ofwy berth that the train waa standing stock sti!L The porter told me that it had been standing thus for an nour and a liali, wluie 1 had been sleep ing the sleep of the jusL " Freight train done woo peed o? on de track ahead," Eaid the porter. MI reckon we don' pet out o' here under anuJJer hour or two." I dressed and peeped oct and saw we were alongside the platform of s country station. I took a good breakfast in the dining car and then went out to stroll up and down the platform. Presently I went to the locomotive and stopped to admire it. There is nothing much better to look at, fur that matter, Luan the locomotive of one of these through express trains on the great trunk lines. How it throbs as it stands, slrain- ng with pent-up power, as if impatient to leap away stfc-anul speed! This one was hiding ervely, while the measured thud of the air pump sounded as if it might be the regular breathing of a sleeping giant. In the cab sat the engineer alone, wait ing. 1 stopped and gotiped witii Lira a moment about the engine. Then I offer ed him a cig.r, which he took, with thanks, and arked me to come in. I swung myself into his cab. The engineer a bright, pleasant-faced man, about forty years old explained to me the tues of the numerous valves and levers about him. They were all as bright and shining as polibh could make them, for the engineer is as proud of his engine as any housewife is cf the neat ness- her dwelling. 1 glanced at the two shining steam-guages with the clock between them, and then I noticed what seemed to be an ordinary white tuotb, mounted in a gilt frame, hanging against the wail of the cab. Is tbjAi for ornament?" I asked, point ing at the moth. The engineer smiled. " Well, partly for ornament," he said, but a good deal more for sentiment. I put that moth there because it saved my life and the lives of two hundred and fifty people as welL" How in the world could an insect save human lives ?" I asked. 'Well, Ell tell you, if you want to hear the story. I reckon there's time enough before we're able to get out of this.' I settled mvself in the absent tireman's seat, and prepared to listen It wasn't such a long time ago, said the e lgiEeer, only a year ago last 6pring. I was running this very train, and had this very engine old 449. My fireman was Jim Meade same fellow I've got now. l oa can see him over there, lean ing up against the telegraph office. Jim is a good boy, but he is very su- nerstitions: rielievps in ffhodit. dimma ' " 1 aa(j warnings. I nsed to laugh at his fancies, but I don't make as much fun of him as I did not since we saw the wo- man in black. "We weie scheduled to leave M- about one o'clock in the morning, and to arrive in S at about six. On the nieht when this thing took place a fearful storm oi wind and rain cad been raging since early evening, and was at the height of its fury when I started for the round' house. "It was about midnight, and the wind seemed to sweep clear around and into Uie building. It was terribly dismal. Jim was there, and the engine was all ready, to, after getting my working clothes on, I ran tbe machine down to station. Oat train, the vestibule limited, was an hour late I give the engine thorough oiling, and made sure that all was in order. As we sat in the cab we could hear the storm raging oatside, while the rain, driven by the gusts of wind, beat fiercely against the windows. It's going to be a bad run, Frank,' Jim said. ' I wish we were in S , safe and sound.' "I laughed. 'What makes you so ter ribly glum, Jim ?' I asked. " 'Oh,' said he, 'I just fsel creepy some how. Seems like there's something ter rible going to happen. I can feel it in my bones. I lauged again. ' You got a little wet coming over, I guess, Jim,' said L ' And the sound of the wind isa t very encour aging, that's a fact' "To tell the truth I wai a little nervous myself, notwithstanding my easy way of treating Jim's notions. Presently oar train came in, long and heavy, consisting mainly of sleepers. It rued to make me nervous to know that the lives of hundreds of my fellow men were in my keeping, but now I think nothing of it That night I was nervous. What if the frightful storm had made a switchman careless, or if a rail had been loosened by the settling of the track some where T On these fast trains a man most rely on the vigilance of the employ es; for, in order li mika schedule time he must ma at such a spsel that often be cannot see a signal before he is upon " But I laughed at myself for my fears as I back el down and coupled to the train. I set thi brakes and fjund every thing in good order. By and by the little gong above my set ESTABLISHED 1827. AVEDNESDAT, SEPTEMBER 7, 1892. head clanged sharply, and with a puff and a hiss of escaping steam we were off into the night and storm, rattling over switches past signal lights an I bet ween long lines of cara, till, with a roar and rumble, we nuhe i over the long iron bridge and away through the hills, wak ing their sluoibsring echoes with, our shrill whistle. "Then I pulled the throttle wide open , and the clank and roar soon settled into a hum, for old 413 was djinj her' beat and we were miking fifty rnilej an hour "Tbe darkness was intense, save where the headlight, an electrical device, cast its funnel of light into the gloom. Jim nai a not tire, and kept steam up to a high pressure, so that we fairly Hew on past sleeping hamlets and still Cirrnh oas es. a At oar first watering station I made sure that all was working smoothly, while Jim inspected the headlight Tbe oper atorhandedout the orders, which show ed tflat tne road was ciear as ur as our next stopping placa. Oa ws went. "The darkness grew more intense, if possible, while the wind shrieked by. The rain became more blinding, till noth ing could be distinguished in the gray murk which enveloped us. "Suddenly, through the tuist and rain, I saw, looming right before as, the gigan tic figure of a woman wrapped in a long, black mantle, which seemed to flutter in the wind. She waved treat ppectial arms about in swift,twisting movements. As I it, looking in horror, the figure vanished with a final wave of her arms. "I was too much astonished and stu pefied to make a move of my hand tow ard the throttle. At that moment Jim had been bending over the fire. As he looked op he exclaimed : "'Hullo, Frank, what, np T You look as if you had seen a ghost ." I did not answer. My mind was too full of that strange figure I had seen. We were now nearing Rock creek, where there is a trestle over a deep stream. I felt more nervous than ever. "We dashed around the curve and whizzed by Rock creek station, which is only a mile from the trestle. As we pa.- j ed I glanced at the steam gunge for an instant "A cry from Jim caused me to turn nuickly toward him. He sat riirid, Lis eyes large and staring, his jiw dropped the very picture of terror. He pointed with a shaking finger out into the darkness. I turned and looked and then began to shake myself. There, on the track, was tLat same hideous figure of a woman, outlined oa the background of light from the engine, now motionless, now whirling in a witch dance, but all the time motioning us back. "'Frank,' gasped Jim, but scarcely above a whisper, 'don't go over that tres tle! Don't bo, for heaven's sake! Dont go till you're sure it's safe I "I suppose I was pretty badly soared At any rate I put on the air brake for all I was worth. I couldn't have resisted the impulse to stop the train. "As we came to a stop, I could hear the roar of the water in Rock creek right ahead. I stepped out of the cab, and met tbe conductor coming up. "'What's the matter? Wnafs the mat terT he asked, impatiently. I felt decidedly foolish. There was no gigantic woman to be seen now. Noth ini could be made out more than a few feet away ia the blinding storm. "'Well,' said I, 'we've saen sotnet hing, I don"t know what it is seemed like it w:ts a big black ghost that was waving its arms and warning cs not to e for ward.' " The conductor looked at me curious ly. 'Are vou crazy. Frank 7 he said 'I Bbouid think you were. Uut we are so near the trestle we'll take a look at iL' "We took our lanterns end went ahead leaving Jim with the engine. He looked scared all over. But I tell you we had not gone five rods before we stopped in horror. "There at our feet lay a black chasm, filled with the roar of the river, as swol len with the spring rains it dashed down toward the lake. Tbe bridge was wash ed away ! "Only a few splinters of wood and twisted iron clung to the abutment while now, far out over the blackness, that aw ful black figure of a woman danced again on the thin air, relieved against the shaft of light that tbe headlight threw. "It was flinging its arms about as if in wild glee. "The conductor stared at the chasm and then at me. "'Was that the thi nz vou saw when yoa stopped the train ?' he asked. " 'Yes.' " 'Well, it's something more than luck that saved as to-night Frank.' "We went back slowly to the train, feeling very queer, and thankful, too, I can asure you. Several of the passen zers had come running forward by this time. Among them wm a young fellow from Chicago, about eighteen year old, w bo was smarter than tne wcole of us, as it turned out hen to is boy saw t :e woman in black, he turned and looked at the loco motive headlight Then he ran np tow ard it 1 1 looked as he did so. I saw a peculiar ppot on the glass. " There's your woman iu black ! said the Chicago boy. And there it was, sure enough that same moth miller that yoa see there in that frame. He was clinging to the in side of the glass. As I tapped on the glass, the creature flew back and lighted on the reflector. "That's the whole story, sir. The moth. by fluttering on tbe glass just in front of the electric illuminator, had produced a great black shadow, like that of a cloak ed woman, on the darkness in front of us; and when be flopped his wings in his vain attempt to sail out through the glass, be gave his mysterious shadow the look of waving its arms wildly. "Then when he flew back out of the direct shine of the light the figure disap peared, of coarse. "We never knew just how be got in there, but no doabt it happened when Jim went to fix the light at the pumping- station. A nvhow.be saved our lives by scar ing as with that woman in black. So you see why I keep the moth in the frame. It's to remind me of the way we were saved that night Yes. yoa might call it accidental, bat I call it prov idential." "All aboard," called the conductor of the limited, coming out of the telegraph oifiee with a paper of his hand. Jim, the fireman, ran and jumped into the cub as I stepped down to go back to my car. Frrlcrle P. PuUfr, in Yii'tih'f Cutttpajtiun. The Face of the Dollar. Anna Wi Ilea Williams, the original of the face of the goddess on our silver dol lar, was born in Philadelphia during the cival war. Her mother was of southern birth, the daughter of Ir. Arthur H. Wiiles, a wealthy slave owner of Mary land, who, while his daughter was still unmarried, suaered financial reverses. When nineteen she married Henry Wil liams, of Philadelphia, I and removed with him to his natite city. Mr. Wil liams soon became afUnent but through som mismanagement he lost all his property, and his daughter Anna, the youngtt of nine children, was born un der most adverse circumstances. While she wa3 still but a child her father died, leaving his widow, although indelicate health, with the strongest determination to care fur and educate her children, and it was entirely through the endeavrsof her mother than Miss Williams received her education. Early in 1S7G the treasury department secured the services of Mr. George Mor gan, an expert designer and engraver, whohal previously been connected with the royal mint of England. He was as signed to duty at the Philadelphia ni ict upon the design for the new silver dollar which was scon to he isFed. He gave his attention first to the reverse side, for which a design of the American Eale was alter ward selected, hopinz that a saiUble idea would occur to him fur the head cf the Goddess of Liberty, which it seemed proper should be used as the principal figure on the coin. After con siderable delay and frequent change of plan it was decided that if possible the head should be a representation of some living American girL In the pursuit cf his duties Mr. Morgan had been thrown into the society of Mr. Thomas Lakin.4, an artist cf considerable reputation, an 1 the similarity of their interests Decline the fouud.uion of a warm friendship be tween them. It was through Mr. Eakias' intluence that MLss Williams, a friend i f his family, waa induced to pose for Mr. Morgan for the design of the Goddess of Libertv. How He Was Work. There are so many cranky convicts in the Penitentiary that it requires constant care :n l watchfulness to keep them em ployed and out of mischief. There is everything in knowing how to take their idioBnycraaiea. As an instance there is a half-witted young colored fellow in Columbia.-, O., with whom the last adminis tration had t-o much trouble that they gave up trying to make him work; but w hen the present efficers took hold this able-bodied recalcitrant was pat in the the east ball and told to keep an eye on the guards and report if they did not conduct themselves properly. Then he was told that in order that the guards might not suspect what he wastherefur, he would be required to do a certain dai ly txV as a "blind." The tuse worked to a charm, and Ibis same intractable darky does about twice as much work as a man in his place would do ordinarily. He considers himself the most important man in the whole hail. Indian Voters in Oklahoma. The fiict that the Indian can vote if he lives "in severalty" and pays taxes like any other citizens comes up at odd times to bother new states and territories. Ia In'iJ it raised a great row in Minnesota. The legislature having enacted that In dians, whether on a reservation or not woo Lad taken certain steps in civiliza tion, such as dressing like white men and wearing their hair ditto, should bate the right to vote, one Culicn, an Indian agent promptly cut the hair of all those in his charge, put breeches on them and marched thn to the polls. Among the humors of the next cam paign was a dialogue like this: "He who cut your hair?" "Cullen & Co. Now Judge John Dills and other lawyers declare that the Indians in Oklahema will be entitled to vot at tne cocucg elections. They say the law provides that Indians taking land in reveraity have the fame right of franchise as any citizen, and if this opinion be good Law the candidates will Lave Indians to buttonhole. If the Indians vote it is likely to make a great difference in tLe congressional contest Oil Springs Song Since Aband ed. Before the year liOOcil springs were known to exist along the valley cfOi! creek. The Indians of that section used tbe oil for medicinal and other purposes. Remains of wells and pits are to be found in that vicinity. Some of these have been cribbed, the timber showing the marks of edge tools, and are sunk to the depth or twenty feet or more. In these pits and welis, which are now nearly all filled up, trees over several hundred years old have been discovered growing, lne lncians uo not Know woo dug the-ie wells, and the presumption is that they were dug by a prehistoric race. A Cloudburst Cab Lee, a squaw man cf the Amarpsa valley, tells oi sieeuine rear uie mouia of Furnace creek canyon one night years ! am with a "buz hunter." as the desert tramping scientists are called in camp. It was so hot the bug hunter could cot sleep. About midnight he heard a rcar- .. , - i -. ing noise tup tne canyon, wnicn, uu kept increasing in volume, caused him to look up that way. To his surprise he saw, as he supposed, the sky that appear ed between the canyon walls grew sud denly white. At that moment Lee rolled over and the bug hunter asked Lira what ailed the sky. Lee gave one glance and then yelled: "Cloudbarst! Climb !" They scrambied up the steep wall jist in time to save their lives. Lee thinks the foam- ir.i wall of water that had whitened the sky was not less thn 100 feet high. San Francitco AryonauL Her Why Army Pepper Was So Poor There is an old weather beaten shed that stands on the brookside. near the road leading from the West Shore rail rocd station at Highland up the village, in which two men during the rebellion made a snug little fortune. The buildiuglis in the shadow of over hanging boughs and directly behind a mill that stands at the point where an other ro,id leads up a hillside and to the Btdievue villa. I was driving by there a few days ago when the driver of the vehicle, in which I was the solitary paaweger, turned around to me, and indicating with his whip exclaimed : "Dye see that little bdildin'r "Yes; what cf it "Waal, b'gosh, d'ye know two fellers niade nigh on a fortun' in there during the war tifte,'pon my word?" "Making counterfeits, eh ?" "Counterfeits? N'aw; bvtter'n that It was the darndot tliin y' ever heard of that business stroke was. I"il teil y' it You know there's lots o' slate in those hills piles of it and it b.eaks t pieces almost when y' look at it "Those two fc-llvrs just looked at that slate and then started to thinking. They talked over w hat they thought and the next thing people hereabouts knew was that a grindstone was be: r. hauled into that building. Then load after load of slate was haul ed and dumped in the building, and the next thing the people knew there was a roiiia' of them grindstone and piles of powered slate were carried out and put in wagons and carted oil. "People wondered what was goin' on, and if they asked, the two men just smiled and replied, 'Nothin', or else ex plained how the powered slate waa beia' ased all over fur soft fillin' for teeth- Put the thing leaked cut a'ter awhile. Them two fellers were grindin' that slate and shi; pin it away to be mixed in the pepper that Wis supplied to the army. B'gosh, they made a fortune apiece. "?ay, I wonder how many of the G. A. R. fellers now livin' ete the ate front Highland's hills? Gee't ap," said the driver. X. Y. IIfrwl. A French Funeral Custom. A funeral custom in vogue at present is for the mourners at the obsequies of some person of limited means to follow the hearse in an omnibus. To be sure it is a very solemn vehicie, all black with "Omnibus Funeraire" inscribed in larve ilver letters on either side, so that the careless outsider shall cot bounce into the midst cf the mourning multitude, but on the whole it seems to belittle the dignity of grieL However, the average Parisian does not specially enjoy funer als unless they are grand oifkiaia funct ions, when the crowd that line the streets has a most unadectediy srood time and is unsparing of l.vely and frivolous crit cisras on every detail of the affair Pari LrtUr. The Transition of Electrical Theories- To the question, "What is electricity T which is often asked, no absolute and satisfactory answer has yet been found. Notwithstanding the wonderful develop ment of electrical application", electri cians aie still feeling their way as to the nature and many of the principles of the operation of the mighty force that they are learning to control. This was suggest ively shown by a remark made by the vice president of the American institute of electrical engineers at the annual con vention of that body. Toe speaker claimed thr.t the present theories of electricity should be regarded merely as stepping stones t more com prehensive and satisfactory ones. He contended that modern theories of elec trical phenomena, if adopted as an abso lute framework of all our knowledge of these subjects, may, in a few years, be come prison bars that will prevent the mind from making a free and unpreju diced investigation of new theories and new phenomena, and giving due weight and significance in the general science ot electricity to the results abtained by tbe most recent experiments. Sf. Loult The Future of tho Mississippi Valley. The delU cf the Mississippi, below its junction with the Ohio, richer than the Nile or the Rhine, exceeds the combined area of Holland and Eeypt and is des tined under the stimulus of free labor and the incentives of self government to build a fabric of society more opulent and eu daring. Add to this the inex haustible alluvion of the streams above, and the fertile prairies from wtr.ch they descend, end the arithm-tic of the past has no 1. gr.rlthiis with which to com pute the problems of the economic and commer. ial future cf the West. It will be predominant in the development, not of thb country alone, bat of the hemis phere, and will give direction to the des tinies of the h'linan race. We stand in the vestibule. We have not yet entered the temple. J-Jm J. In 0dl. ii L'pptnFjtt'i. Re-Covering Umbrellas. At the present time there are many large factories sending oat thousands of umbrellas, and there are s:gns in the dry poods stores which read : " rmbrelias re-covered while yon wait.' This is done very neatly. The man in chars? of the umbrella !epartmeut takes vcur ol 1 umbrella, measures it select a cover, disappears a moment and returns with a new artice hich he hands to yon. It is the old frame handsomely fit ted to a new silk or alpaca cover, as yoa may select and yen are surprised that it should fit strange ribs so neatly. But there seems to be a perfect agreement, which is apparently a nice trick of the umbrella trade. fM-of frt I'm. "Youcg man," said a stern parent with the accent on the young, "do yoa intend to stay here all night holding my daughter's band and locking her in the eyes like a rick calf?" "No, sir." "What do ya intend to do, then?" "Weil, I had thought that when yea did us the kindness to retire I would put my arms around her waist and if she did not re sist too forcibly I might riik a kias." ol WHOLE NO. 2145 Cats. I have been a cat Cincier all my life, and I have bad some of the must anec- tionate and some of the cleverest cats that ever adorned the domestic hearth of man ; but the Canterbury cats were revelation. Fancy over a dozen sleek handssme pussy cats walking tbe tiirht rope, blowing a trumpet, holding up bvtii between their paws and drinking oat of it jumping through hoops of tire and generally perform in,; feats which would make even Tom Jennicg s acro bat take a back seat and ask the Link bey to go Erst with the light. I would not have believed such a performance as that gone through by Mr. Leoni Clarke's feline friends possible had I not seen it. Talk about infant prodigies, you should see what his kittens can do. Little Joet-f H jfmann and Master Otto Hegner would be proud to acknowledge tLeiu as broth ers in art lue entire stiow is a marvelous exam ple of w hat can be done even with the most nnpromisic animals by patience and kindness. Tbe climax is reached when two cats, at a si at pie word of com mand, go up onto a rope stretched aero the entire length of the hall and as h'gh as the roof, and coolly walk across it, pre tending to fall in the middle and execut ing with most perfect address ail the lit tle tricks with which M. Blondin used to heighten the excitement of his perform ance. London Referee. Rapid Locomotive Building! Who would think, to look at a big rail way locomotive, that it could by any pos- Sioaity be put together in lews than one day ? A I.ondon paper states that the feat was accomplished at the Stratford works of the Great Eastern Railway of England. Tho locomotive was a "stand ard freight locomotive of the six-oup!ed type, weighing more than thirty-seven tons and able to haul a load of 0 tons." From the dri;ingof the f.rst rivet to the apbiication of the final coat of varnish the work occupied less than ten hours. Ja.!;;e Wakefield, of Waco, Texas, has a little son of w horn he is very proud. The bey is, however, very lazy. A few days ao the Judge said : " My dear boy, vhy d-jn't you study more irj.lustriou-ta y ? I want yo" to become a'i-at jurist. Yoa have not touched your books to day." "I'm not going to study any to-day," responded the indolent youth. "I don't Bee that it makes much difference, pa, hether I become a famous jurist a few days sooner or later." Politeness Pays. An old story states that an Irish o:Ti?er in tho midst ot a hot battle happening to indulge in the courtesy of a bow to some one on the field, a cannon bail passed directly over his head and took olT thai of the soldier immediately be hind him. The bow aioae saved his life, which he had the wit to see apparently, for turning to a soldier near him, he ob served: " Yoa se, ni7 mm, a fellow nev er loses anvthin by tvlilems4 "' "Tired All the Time." Is the comp'aintof many jvnr mortals, who know not where to tial re! if. Hood's Sarsa pari! la possesses j-kt thc.-e elements of strength which yoa so ear nestly crave, it will build you op, ive yoa an appetite, strengthen yor.r stcm ach and nerves. Trv it. Hood's Pills act especially njon the liver, rousing it from torpidity to its nat ural duties, care constipation and assist digestion. . Where They Missed lt Harry, love," s-.i-l .Mrs. Prosvn, when her husband came from the o:!ice one af ternoon, "I received a lovely letter from papa to-day." "Ah !" replied Brown. "Yes. He congratulates aj on the birth of our dear baby." ' That's good." "Yes, and he says that it will cost us considerably more to live now that babies are expensive." "I suppose that is very true," the hapj y father assented. "And so e'ear papa sent us a check fir a thousand dollars. Wasn't that good of him?" ' Yes, darling," he whimpered, "but we should have had twins." How to Bring Up a Sen. Make borne the brightest and most at tractive placj on earth. Make him responsible for thejerfor mances of a 1: in. ted number cf daily duties. Talk frankly with bim on niatters in which he is interested. Scmetiiars invite Lis friends to your borne an.l table. Take pains to know his Associate s. Encourage Lis confidence by git in ready sympathy and advice. Be careful to impress upon his mind that making character is more important than making money. CRIMSON CLOVER. Ctim sen clever has attracted great at tention in th south during the past three or four years, but its trie merits are stilj in doubt So far it has not given a g-jod crop at this station, though it is valued highly at the Carolina station, and at the Florida station has given one i:nrr.en.-e crop fallowed by two failures. Under fa vorable circumstances it makes a very vigorous winter growth and affords good grazing or soiling, but in many cases only a scattering stand is secured and the plants are weak and sickly. We cannot recommend it for cultivation io this state until we know more of its needs and val ue as a restorali ve crop .V 'xtUf-ppi htt fi.rt. Ia Uyia 1 n rulei f r th young, on has to be very careful, or they will be ta ken too literally. A case of this kind oc-eirre-J recently with a realt that pat tbe parent dajidilly oat of cuite cance. " Johnnie," said his mother, " what di 1 yoa mean by making me call you over aid over azain, when you heard me the first true ?" " Why, ma," was the staggering reply, " yoa a! trays told ma never to Laterraot Joa." Road Drainage, The one thing necessary to a good road earth, gravel, macadam, or paved is thorough drainage of the foundation. Money has been misapplied in road making becauie cf neg'ect of thorough drainage, even when the money has teen used to build reads of a material that should gi ve thm a permanent character. Oa the Western prairie?, where the Uitu ral dnunae is p.or, undiained gravel roads have become mud roads when put to tiie severe test of a long rainy spell in winter and early spring. Not in the least unfortunate results of this has beet a prejudice against gT-el ma. Is in particu lar, and a scarcely less pronounced dis trust of permanent roads in general. Lack of drainage was the real caude of the failure. Whether the road is to be cf earth, gravel, or macadam, the earth roadbed should be grad-jd, crowning it twelve to fifteen feet wide, and twelve to eigbteea inches higher in the middle than at the edges. Aloa each ed-e should be cut a shallow diu.h. ThisLja correct general statement hich, of course, should be modified to suit j-culiar circuii. stances. Thus, in a very Lilly country, especially if tiie soil washes eacily, the ditches should not be cut at tiie sides, as they are not necessary, an.l will become seri ousgullies. Ia a billy country it is not necessary to crowa the roadbed so higb, but the crowning must always be su:'.i cient to insure ready surface drainage. Twelve to fourteen feet ia width is suffi cient Making the rc3vl w idcr has been found a needless expanse. With those soils and su; soils especial ly well adapted to drainage, crowning the roadbed and cutting tiie ditches at the side will secure the necessary drain age, but where the soil au-1 subsoil aro not favorable to dralna, ad i.'J mil measures must he taa.-a. In tiie coun try in which I reside, a grvtl rd ha been made for twenty miles, near the) Mississippi river blu;". This road iaott a soil and subsoil ditidc-ily gravelly, g:vmg splendid urainae. lnis gravel roal is now eighteen years old, an 1 has proved satisfactory. The only means taien to secure draina-e was tcroa the roadbed a little in low places. Tj make a gravel road in this nay over the greater part of the same country would tea waste of money, f.r ia m-vt plci-s the soil is hl-ici pr-arie tram, and the S'i soil a tenacious c'.av. It has been fuuiid q'llte sa;Lf.ictury ia most localities. Laving a black surface sou and cay suosoii, to .ay a jra:a ct tile along each side, near the rde of tho roadbed. This Las beeu found a better location than near tiie middle of the roadbed. The o.lice of the tile is to carry oil the water brought ap f.o.a be:ow rattier than water sinning iu from Above. Iu some localities it is n. es- tt t ue three drains one line of tiie beneath the center of the road a ay, and one under each ditch at the side. It .-e:us acnatu ral to put the tile under the side ditches but this location has been the best. When the roadld is to be graveli-d or uiai-:tda:u!z-d. the cro.vniu earth l .nad- atioti s.-.oo.i.i oe n:oc!v sm j..ie i ana len roo d until q ll'.e solid. It is Well, is case t put the cLiy subsoil a.so, sn l from the d:t-!ies oa to the surface. hen rolled.it makes a hard, smooth surface al moet impervious to water, and ever ich will dow, oil to the ditches at ttis that may sink s: its, tbe rainwater rough the gravel or uiaca laia. When ttie surface is to bo o.eartu ouiy, tha clay subsoil sho jid be keit underneath, and the natural soil bs placed oa top. The surface soil will usually ail'or i much better drainage than the- subsoils, and make a better roa 1 s.irfa:e. J ,utU- ih Aj.-U-ihu.-i: An Eventful Month. The month of April is aa eventful one n the hUtorv cf the b tiited Slates, lour 1'ri-i'iL-nts were born in April Jerr-isn, M liirt.-e, Jackoon aiid GraijC. II. r.ry ".;', Washicgton, Irving and Stephen A. Douglas were bora ia Arii. T'o phi! -phcis and electricians died ia April Bei.j.fn;r. Franklin an 1 l':o-f-.-SoJjr Mi.-rse. To a-susi-inatioas in April I-incola and Gen. Canby . The battles of L?xIr.'ou and Concord orice-1 the I'.evohi'.k u :a April 1T -4. The Government 'f f. I'tiited States wts organic d in April by the inaug'ira t.on cf Was-h.iig'.oc, v. iu was elected ia April. In Ap:l', '-Sil, the fity of V. i:r.tua was bnrut-1 by the lh-:t..-h. i T:. .tf L-tert the state begaa in April atid closed ia Apr.!. Fort Suinpter was bo.abar I 'd in Apr:' ; Richmond was taken ia April; L-e sur readere 1 in April ; Jeif Davis was taken pri..ner in April. The first blxd of tie Mexican War was shed ia Apr.':, and the fi.it news paper in the United Mates was J tibl.su el in A pi 11. Some years ao a wealthy mar.ufai t ir er in tbe West, employing near'y a thous and hands, estab!!-hed a " rao d-d " city, thus giving the workmen and famous many comforts ani luxurits that Ihcy cm !-J not have attained unaided. if course there were regulations to gov ern the model city, which as a rule wera cheerfully observed. There were faalt tiaders, however, aa l especially a ne'.oai..T by the na:ue ,f BoeCUIfeb. Auior.;? tvij n'.-s the burning jf ft i was oa? f ;rbi l iln jo! on a;i"iu.'.t f the odor and the sniukv. and B:j!U strong ly o! j-tted. "My g.jidne 1 'reir.ti.tra.' a friend, " I dou"t fee what jon a'r T . .ir.j; over, We gt t hard i -ai at t: ijoes as f . r s t cf i ;. d di oue b it v-jU ain't out f LjcLet.'' "Taiu't rht to forbid it " asserted E-tsCMIib. " See here," demanded his f.-ieaJ, " u. you rtaily ii.eaa tj b-irn up tint r.ast "No, I don't want !er," replied BaAum "but I w inter." ve the rh case I The area: ct-. e:l-acJ .f ;rea.-:ri, is t be intel.i.b ie toad, iter, to tiie !:. st unlearned. Csr-iinal CLevtiu?, xfur preaching Lis first sermon in theHr,--lish lacg'tu, was ia some doult if he had made hitaseif understood. Wihli:g to ascertain the fact, he ask ed a laboring man, whom he had nut.ee J in the congregation, what be though of the sermon. The man replied : "Your ssriuon was not like most others. There was ct a siii'e dictionary word in it All tiie words were easy to under stand." M. Cbevern li a-til.-.".--l with the io ply, au I in tei.ir; if the i'i.1 !?nt woni l say that it wasth-i huh? pra- he Lad ever received. Y-,:t:h'$ ( V v '" ". Les3on3ot Biography. Father My son, do you not know that all the rich men of to day beijin poor ? rmall Son Yea sir. Father And yet instead of saving yenr pennies y-.n tvn J th-:n. Small Son Yes sir. When I start cut I want to be,:!n poor. jVI -Y.. When a fly llhU oa a sheet of sticky paper he realizis that he is better olf. r tic ii. quoted oa ' II
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers