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PHYSICIAN AND 61KGEOS,
.! tnnaneatlT in Somerset for the
c L.r. pn!IMiua. OCice on Haul ctreet,
PR. J. S. MMILLEX,
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ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS FARMERS,
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DISCOUNTS DAILY.
EOARD OF DIRECTORS :
LaRck M. Hickb. W. H. Millir,
Jakes L. Ptur, Chaa. H. Fiehek,
Johh R. Scott, Geo. R. Sctll,
Fked W. Bxebcxib.
Ecwakd Sccli : : : : : Pkesiuent
Valentine IIay, : : Vies Pkesident
Harvey M. Eeuki.ey, : : : Cabhixb.
The funds and securities of this hank
are serurely protected in a celebrated Cor
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made absolutely Bunjlar-proof.
Somersst Count Rational Bank
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Eitabllihed, 1877. 0-lkd Nation!, 1890.
CAPITAL, $50,000.
Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't
Wm. 1 1. Koontz, Vice Pres't.
Milton J. Pritts, Cashier.
Directors:
Ram i Snyder, Wm. KraMey.
lab pv'hL J"u"
,,, n Mivder. Jobn Siuin.
Ju,.h B. l.'aTi. ArJf7.'
Jeroine StuCt, Noah d. Miller,
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. .... A ,,B unb vtii rpHiTe the most
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Some treat Bargains In
IRISH POINT LUNCH
AND TRAY CLOTHS
Bought below cost of transportation
we are selling at ereat barpains white
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ers, stamped ready for working. Ring
ed Canton Flannel Table and Cush
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Figured Plush,
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Central Covers and Cushion Covers.
"NVaban Netting,
Winches wide. 50 cent? per yard, in Pink,
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Send if you want any. It's just
as much to your interest to buy as
ours to Bell, when there is a
chanc to pet such handsome
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patterns and color combinations
at these prices.
More people arc buving FLAIX
FINE SOLID BLACK IN'DIAS
people that are not in mourning
than ever before, not only for
street and house, but for
Traveling: Dresses.
We offor as extraordinary, 50
pieces Plain Iilack Indias,
21 Mss -lie, - 50 cents.
2? Ms YiSa, 65 cents.
Values beyond anything here
tofore sold.
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Boggs & Buhl,
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XLLEGEEXY, P.
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14.
The Use Of
Hanh, drastic purgatives to relieve costive
ne is a dangerous practice, and more liable
to fasten the disease on the patient than to
cure IU What is needed is a medicine that,
in eSectually opening the bowels, corrects
the costive habit and establishes a uatural
daily action, hueli an aperient is found in
Ayer's Pills,
lauich, while thorough In action, strengthen
aSvell as stimulate the bowels and excretory
organs.
- For eight years I was afflicted with con
stipation, which at last became so bad that
the doctors could do no more for me. Then
I began to take Ayer's Pills, and soon the
bowels became regular and natural In their
moveruentv I am now in excellent health."
Wm. H. IirLaucetL Dorset. Out.
When 1 feel the need of a cathartic I
take Ayer's Pills, and find them to be more
Effective
than any other pill I ever took." Mrs. B. C
Oruhb. Burwellville, Va.
- For years I have been subject to consti
pation and nervous headaches, caused by de
rangement of the liver. Alter taking various
remedies. I have become convinced that
Ayer's Fills are the best. They have never
fculed to relieve my bilious attacks In a short
time; and I am sure my system retains Its
tone longer after the use ol these Pills, than
has been the ease with any other medicine I
nave tried." 11. S. fcledge, Weimar, Texas.
Ayer's Pills,
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Sr. J. C. ATS & CO., Lowell, Haas.
Sold by all Dealers In Medicine.
Knepper
& Ferner
have the pleasure of announcing
the arrival of Fall and "Winter
Goods, all selected with great
care in which quality has not
been sacrificed for cheapness.
Clothing and
Overcoats.
Aeweat, Xattlest, Xobulest,
Xicest and Cheapest.
DRY
T
GOODS.
Eancy and Staple Dress Goods of
all class from bilk, arn, Hen
riettas down to Calicoes, a of
Tcry choice designs, yet moderate
cost-
Just unloaded a handsome stock of
Carpets, Rugs, Oil Cloths, etc.,
for Fall Season, at close margins,
which means close prices.
We take pains to keep up a fine liac
ofGents' Furnishings, Ilats, Caps,
etc., and a great variety of - Un
derwear of nearly every descrij)
tion. Don't fail to inquire of us for
Trunks, Valises, Feathers.
Cork Shavings,
or anything you may need.
"We ask you for your trade this
season, feeling confident of our
ability to serve you with the very
best at lowest prices,
Respectfully,
KNEPPER & FERNER,
One Door North of Tost office.
FILITi Till! ill HIST CI.
121 & 123 Fourth Ave,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Hanita! - - -
FTJXXi IP-ATD.
Undivided Profits 130,000.
INSURES TITLE TO REAL ESTATE.
Authorized to act as
Executor, Administrator, (Jaardlan,
Trustee, Assignee, Receiver, 4c
DEALS IS
RELIABLE INVESTMENT SECURITIES.
Rents boxes in its Snperior Vault from
fo.00 per annum upwards.
Receives deposits and loans on mort
gagee and approved collaterals.
JOnX B. JACKSOX, President
JAMES J. DOXXELL Vice President.
C. B. Mi.YAY, - Secretary and Tfeaa.
ODD
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1892.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A DEMO
CRAT. BT WILL A. DAT 11.
I've always been a Democrat,
And been a atraigbt one, too ;
I've done a heap of aneakin' work
To help the party through ;
I've tended campaign meetln's
And ev'rything about ;
But lately, for some reason.
They want to kick me out.
For since I've Joined the meeiin'-houM
And try hard to do right
Quit smokin' and a-cb.win'
And quit a glttin' tight
On beer and piacn whisky
And aclin' like a beast
Why, air, the party suuu me
From biggest to the loan.
I've always been a Democrat,
Because I was, I guett
I have no other go jd excuse
For bein one, unless
Tbe iin of father livin' ulU
And those that Used to be.
In generations past and gone.
Was vitiled on me.
I hardly tee, though, how It was
Inherited by me
In sub-tanee, Revelations say
As plainly as can be,
"Let the unjust remain nnjust.
The filthy, filthy stiU"
VuleJ I have been smuggled through
On "a Loeotv.r wilL"
From observations taken now.
The only thing I tee
I ju-t to pack my telescope
Aud leave Democracy.
So, since I've joined the meetin' house,
Tbe meetin' folk's may lead,
And as a rule they're goln' straight
For 1'arriiion and Reid.
PASQUALE, OF MULBERRY
BEND.
Pasquale was his name.
lie was a little devil, that boy.
At least the people of the Bend said so
after the episode of Keg alley. lie had
never seen the skies of Italy, bnt Camil
la, his sister, was born there. That waa
before his father killed the policeman,
and long before his mother went to live
in Keg alley, lie was only 7, but he
knew what it meant for a woman in the
r'nd to go and live in Keg alley, and it
left Camilla and him pretty much alone.
In lact, there was no one else left in tbe
family except the kitten or rather the
caL For although the animal was but a
few months old, it had never been a
kitten.
There are no kittens in Mulberry Bend.
One day a gentleman friend of the
family Pasquale, Camilla and the cat
bought a new hand organ. That night
all of the ladies and gentlemen who were
honored by .his acquaintance 6at about
upon doorsteps and curbstones and ad
mired its melody.
It was a new organ, but it did not dis
dain old tunes. Gradually the discord
ant noises and clatter of feet subsided,
and the Bend grew sober nnder the spell
of organ music, while every cobble of its
length reeked with some story, and the
glare of smoky oil lamps wedded the
stenches f decaying melons and of fish.
Pasquale sat upon the curb with a
swarm of other humans and listened.
His garments were entirely appropriate
to the sultry midsummer night. His
ragged little shirt was supplemented by
trousers once worn by Uncle Dominico,
who kept the fish-stall at the corner.
Their legs shortened by the scissors, and
worn by Pasquale, they had really
quite the grand air. In one ekinny arm
he clutched close to Lis breast the sickly,
soted-eyed kitten w hich was alread a
cat.
Slie had already met her mouse.
So she clung closely to Pasquale with
her little sharp claws, and eyed askance
the other gamins of this gutter of Mul
berry Bend.
Digging her brown toes into the debris
of the stones and laughing, her white
teeth gleaming in the dust, stood Camil
la. Tasquale wesill shaped; his ugli
ness asserted itself; but Camilla was
cursed with a certain amount of beauty.
She was a wanton looking young animal,
already 14. Her eyes held a little lurk
ing devil, born there before they ever
saw the light. Her shining purple black
hair rioted in its wild locks, and her walk
was that of a feminine gamin. Like the
other girls of her age, she wore a calico
skirt, a gaudy cotton waist and handker
chief, while about her slim neck was a
string of beads.
Suddenly the-an groaned, hesitated
and broke into another tune.
"An sure, what is it ? asked a little
Irish girl of Pasquale.
But he shook his dark bead, while
from the other side of him a boy piped
an answer.
"Love not !" said the bov.
"Love-a-not," re. eated Fasquale slow
ly, and then looked at the kitten. He
listened a moment, then shook his head,
and softly kissed it.
An hour later, after searching in vain
for Camilla, he and the kitten went fket
asleep behind some empty beer kegs. A
little later another child crawled in be
side them. It w as Camilla, and she were
some new and elittering beads of colored
glass.
And in the Bend was still the hoarse
noise of voices singing, grinding of organs
and clatter of feet Thugs, pickpockets
and women of the pavement in their
most depraved tpye, shouldered the chil
dren of Italy. All night the soiled stream
of humanity flowed on, beating, beating,
beating, and surging into the arteries of
the place called Keg alley, Xannygoat
alley and "Fifty-nine." And through
the narrow rifts between the tops of the
grim tenements a blue strip of star-spangled
sky looked down.
Xo wonder the Btars are pale.
And the kitten stretched itself lazily,
licked industriously for a moment at the
dirt upon Pasquale's pallid face and then
gazed winkingly op at the midnight sky.
And Pasquale slept with the quiet of
death, though Camilla grew restless and
muttered in her dreams, while two scarlet
spots glowed upon her cheeks like wind-
flowers upon a Tuscan slope.
And around the corner in a low dire a
drunken, sodden creature, whom nature
had crowned with the loyalty of mother
hood, sang with some tipsy sailors.
Nature is a fine satirist and enjoys well
a bit of a joke. That jokes are cruel is
our misfortune.
And so the children slept
A few days later Pasquale lost his kit
ten. Stealthy, cunning of eye, he sought
everywhere and said nothing. There
was a strange weight in bis breast, and
at night when he lay in Lis corner be
hind the kegs he was lonely. For Ca
milla was late now always. Once it was
well on in the gray of the morning be
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fore she came. She threw herself heavi
ly beside Pasquale and fell asleep at once
breathing heavily.
Pasqnalel raised himself softly and
leaned over her for a moment There
was an odor about her breath which
made him think of his mother. And he
i oticed that she wore a very gay necker
chief of silk which was altogether new.
Then lie thought again of his kitten, and
his heart grew like lead, while looking
up he saw that the stars had gone and
that it was already day.
That day he wandered around the cor
ner into Kei Alley. He felt a strange de
sire to find his mother. He had heard
he had seen the mother of tbe little
Irish girl fold her arms about her and
press her to her breast with a sort of ani
mal mother instinct She had beat her
an hour later, but she had kissed her
first, and would kiss her again. And
Pasquale had lost his kitten and wanted
his mother.
Down in the alley be paused hesitat
ingly before a door. As he did so it was
opened suddenly, and a man a young
man threw an inert small mass of some
thing living against an opposite brick
wall, with a curse. And in the room he
saw an nnkempt woman sitting with red
dened eyes. She was hvighing, and she
was his mother. And then the door
closed with a bang.
Pasquale knew, what it was which the
man had thrown out, and he knew what
the black, ugly drops were npon the
bricks and why the little heap of fur,
after a long shudder, lay so still.
Pasquale was only 7, but he knew the
classics of crime and death.
He held his hand before his face and
fled.
He never quite knew bow he passed
that day.
Children know agony who doubts it
At night he stole back to the same
place.
He saw there was a light in the one
window of the den. Just outside two
Chinamen were hagllnt; over the price
of a very dead fish. A shadow on the
shawl w hich was pinned over the square
of glass suggested Camilla. He knew
then that the kitten had followed her
Just where it had fallen in the morning
he found it He turned it over carefully.
Its nnder side had flattened. It had in a
few hours become a bas relief in life. Its
little red tongue protruded, and its eyes
gleamed glassily. Pasquale had torn out
one sleeve of his shirt ; in that he wrap
ped it It was approaching midnight
when he finally buried it As he came
out into the Bend with a cowd, bowed
head he heard the new hand organ grind
ing out the old tune.
"Love-a-not," said Pasquale to himself.
And then suddenly he found that be
was hungry. Watchinc his opportunity
he soon managed to steal a morsel of
dried fish and some baaanas. Sitting be
hind his rampart of empty beer kegs he
at them, and finally fell asleep. That
night the ribbon of sky blazed out in
stars and faded into empty gray, but Ca
milla did not come at all.
Time swallowed up the weeks. By
day Pasqiule wandered about, played in
the gutter, swore, fought and lived the
life of the gamin of the Bend. Some
times he saw Camilla, and wondered a
little that she found so much to laught at.
However, it grew to be sweeter than the
sweetest thing in life to have her give
him a hasty kiss or even to scold him.
She was all he had now, and since his
kitten's death he had never wished to
see his mother.
As for the man who had killed it, he
had seen him once lay his hand on Ca
milla's shoulder, and such a flood of mis
erable rage had inundated his being as
had rendered him helpless for hours,
lie could only lie and choke and groan,
hiding behind a deserted shed.
Oh, to kill him?
To see his black blood drip on the
stones! The spots left by that of the kit
ten were still visible on the brickwork,
and as they had run down they bad
seemed to form a dagger with a handle
like cross.
But in spite of the death of the kitten
and the song "Love Xot" with its niean
for Pasquale, he still loved his sister, that
merry, laughing sister. And the nights
when she stole to him and threw her
thin, brown arm over him as he lay in
his retreat were the happiest hours of his
life. Her lips might reek of cheap gin,
but that was nothing. He knew she lov
ed him and no one else did. She was all
that was left of him this child of 7.
Camilla had grown strange. She seem
ed to laugh very little and her walk was
weary and lagging. But t he ctill came to
him at times and petted him in her
rough way.
Then suddenly her visits ceased. And
mist singular of all, he never saw her at
d ty pausing at the stalls to beg of the
pople who sold that all might live. For
three days he stole down the alley where
the door was aud the. window with the
shawl pinned over it Once he saw his
mother open it and whisper something
to the man he hated, and the man had
hastened away looking about him stealth
ily as he went but not seeing the boy
over near the wall where the brown stain
of the dagger was.
And he thought of the diyswhenhe
had been seeking his kitten.
The next night when it was quite dark
he ran breathlessly down the alley to
the window. The shawl was down.
Within the room he could see his mother
talking to a man, and could see that she
was drunk; leering and muttering at the
shadows.
And the shadows were many, the only
light being that of a tallow candle thrust
into the mouth of a beer bottle. It had
been cut to allow it to enter, and the
knife, a common case knife, lay beside it
on a chair at the head of a pallet of
straw.
And on the straw T
Yes. You have guessed it !
Camilla.
And over her the shawl dragged from
the window lay with hideous smoothness
disclosing a certain starkness of the slim
feet And though her eyes were closed
there was still npon them and npon her
sharp cheek bones a daub of cheap rouge.
After Pasquale saw the feet which had
been tbe feet of Camilla he remembered
nothing more.
That there was a crowd, that tbe man
was cursing and binding a wound, that
be had bitten human flesh to the bone,
and that his own arm was broken when
they tore him from Camilla's side, he
knew.
JL JL
Before they took him out of the only
environments he had ever owned he beg
ged a singular favor. Ha staggered across
the alley to the wall, and with a thumb
which reeked with the blood ofthe man,
be daubed into fresh promit ence the
faded brown mark like a dagger which
showed faintly upon the bricks.
He was a singular little devil, that
boy!
And as the the wheels of a great wagon
bore him swiftly away he muttered furi
ously to himself, with alternate curses
and weeping, some words which no one
understood.
But possibly they were the words he
breathed so constantly in his delirum at
the hospital. The nurse said they were :
"Love-a-not"
And Pasquale died.
And they said that it was better so, as
he was really such a little devil. There
could have been nothing ahead worth
living for in hs case. The doctors said
that he was ofthe class who are criminal
before birth.
I do not know, but I wish I had Pas
qoale's chances for mercy before the
great white throne.
I who have known from childhood
of the sea of glass, the golden streets and
gates ef pearl, who have believed in
what some wise fools call a fairy tale,
and who have never attempted murder
I envy that little devel of a I'nqua'.e
the look I believe he will receive from
the great, pure Christ, and the invita
tion I believe he will be received to sit
on the steps of the throne.
And I am sure be will be given a cush
ion lest the jewels with which it is in
laid prove uncomfortable to his tired,
boyish limbs, and that he shall be given
Camilla, and who knows ? perhaps a
mother.
And yes I also believe that he will
hug to his happy heaita purring, sleek,
shining-eyed angel kitten.
And this in spit9 of the fact that he
was such a little devil. Truth.
An Adder's Bite.
As cases of poisoning from the bite of
venomous reptiles are happily rare in this
country, it may prove interesting to
some of your readers if I relate my expe
rience on this matter.
About two months ago I caught two
snakes at Bickieigh, near Plymouth, and
while examining one it "bit" or rather
struck me on the lower part ofthe riht
thuino. I im mediately sucked the punc
ture (it could not be called a wound),
which bled a little, and tried to make
light of the matter. A livid patch soon
formed around the point and the hand
and arm commenced to swell. In a quar
ter of an hour I was unable to hold any
thirg and almost in a fainting condition.
The first symptom (apart from the swell
ing) was a peculiar taste and a sensation
of swelling in the teeth. Then the
tongue commenced to swell and become
so large that I could hardly move it and
my eyes seemed ready to start from their
sockets.
In half an Lour a terrible vomiting
commenced, preceded by excruciating
pains in tbe stomach and heart, and con
tinued with the pains altogether for
nine hours, every drop of liquid being
ejected almost as soon as swallowed;
there was also violent purging and com
plete suspension of urine.
There was practically no pain in the
arm. Altogether the painful symptoms
Luted for about nine hours.
I did not lose consciousness at any
time. The arm continued to swell for
two days, and then it was nearly as large
as my leg. After this the swelling sub
sided, but the arm did not return to its
normal size until twelve days after the
accident. Af.er the swelling had gone I
su tiered very much from rheumatic
pains, and in fact, do now, and the di
gestion was also very much impaired.
The viper is a male, a little more than
two feet long and about one inch in di
ameter at the largest part. Color, a dull
yellowish brown on the upper side, with
a zigzag black line running down the
whole length. On the under side it is
black, except the head, where it is a pale
yellow. I have kept the reptile now lor
nearly five weeks, and although well
supplied with small frogs, etc, it has not
eaten anything and seems as lively as
ever. London Suture.
Jenkins Has No Snap.
Xew York Morning Alortiler: Health
O dicer Jenkins, of the Port of Xew York,
the central figure npon which the interest
of nearly sixty million people are at
present concentrated, is asmall man with
dark, burning eyes, flowing side wh'wkers,
somewhat ofthe E. Burd Grubb type, and
a complexion that is swarthy and sun
burned with exposure tj wind and
weather. During stormy days and for
night work on the water he wears a
heavy cape coat that envelopes him fiora
head to heels, accentuating each one of
his prominent features, but aiding im
mensely to his comfort The Doctor, how
ever, does not go in for style. The long
and irregular hours during which he is
on duty and the heavy responsibility
nnder which he labors, have worn him
down considerably in the last few days
and has made his health a matter of great
solicitation to his wife. Xo matter how
strenuously the cordon of Xew York
newspaper reporters guard the appoaches
to the quarantine dock at Fort Wads
worth, waiting the return of the Doctor
from his excursions to the terrible Lower
Bay, his wife is always the first to see
him from her outlook on the cliff in
front of their cottage, and as soon as he
arrives she begins calling b;in to come to
her, and does not stop nntil she succeeds
in getting him away from the crowds of
reporters that surround him and into the
cottage where he can get a much needed
rest.
The Testimonials
Publ ished in behalf of Hood's Sarsapa
rilla are not extravagant are not "writ
ten up," nor are they from its employes.
They are facts, and prove that Hood's
Sarsaparilla possesses absolute merit and
is worthy the full confidence of the peo
ale. Hood's Pills are purely vegetable, per
fectly harmless, effective, but do not
cause pain or gripe. Be Bare that yon
get Hood's.
A school of housewifery is a new in
stitution in London in which English
girls of gentle birth are taught cookery,
boosewark and tbe care of the dairy.
O IP
JL
Would not Let Them Land
From a Plague Ship.
Xiw York, Sept IX At 9.30 o'clock
this morning the situation of affairs at
Fire Island in this city was grave, but
tending only in one direction. A crisis
has arisen and it will be met by the State
authorities with troops. The Cepheus
with her cargo of helpless women ard
delicate children was at the hour men
tioned still anchored in the channel off
Fire Island, and their sufferings during
the night are dec bribed as having been
most intense.
Men paced the deck ofthe Cepheus all
niirht or reclined upon the bare decks
while snatching a few hours of restless
sleep. The women and children hud
dled together, crying and praying, in the
warmest corners to be found, or slept the
sleep of exhaustion upon the seats of the
excursion !oat if lucky enough to secure
such points of vantage. Delicate ladies
tried to rest upon comfortless chairs and
on the floor, and all bitterly bewailed
their harsh fate and the devilish hard
Leartedntss of of the bay men of Long
Is'and. It was only after the moot earn
est prayers last night that the latter al
lowed some food to be sent to the half
famished passengers whom they had
condemned to either starve or go back to
Xew Y'ork. Cold, hunger and exposure
would certainly have developed any
cholera germs which might have strayed
among the unhappy saloon passengers of
the Xormannia; but as yet no cate of
that disease has been reported among
them or among the second cabin passen
gers who are sharing their fate. But
many of them will suffer for months, aye
and for yeara, as a result of their cruel ex
perience off Fire Island.
A SOBLC SENTIMENT AR0CSCD.
The helpless people, the prisoners of
the State, nave been treated by these
Long Islanders as badly as shipwrecked
crews have been treated by the savages
of uncivilized islands, and yet the island,
or sand bar, on which the baymen refuse
to permit these unfortunate people to set
foot issituated five miles by water from
the nearest settlement
HE APi'EALD .S VAIN.
When the Cepheus came to anchor off
Fire Island last evening two police offi
cers rowed to the landing and aked that
a latter be taken to Dr. Wright. The
mob refused to allow the letter to come
ashore and drove the police officers off
with threats. Robert Thompson uturn
ed in another boat anil made an appeal
in behalf of the women and children on
the steamer. Attorney Willard P. Reid
answered that if the captain of the steam
er would come ashore, the people for
whom he spoke would consider the re
quest. Mr. Thompson returned to the steam
er afer saying that he would attempt to
bring the captain back with him. It was
dark when the boat wai seen pulling
back to the landing again. When the
boat almost touched the landing a tall,
spare figure was seen standing in the
bow.
"It is Senator McPherson, of Xew Jer
sey," called out Mr. Thompson, who was
still in the stern.
Senator McPherson stood silent for
some moments, looking at the mob.
"Cit izens," said the Senator at last, "the
captain declines to come ashore. If yoa
give me your injunction papers I give
you my word of honor I will gite them
to him and he wiil accept them as legal
ly served."
Attorney Reid simply replied that the
captain must come ashore.
"If we cin bring hiui ashore will you
agree to let these suffering, innocent
hetpleas people land?-
"They cannot land," yelled the mob.
The Senator turned his faie np to the
mob and in an impressive voice said: "I
appeal to you men in the name of God,
not to be longer led into heartless cruel
ty by this attorney, but give yonr con
sent that these women and children can
be taken from this boat, where they have
nothing to eat no place to sleep ; where
the common decencies of life cannot be
longer observed ; where their surround
ings are foul from sea sicknoss. Wait be
fore you answer. Think what you will
be doing. Remember your own wives
and children. Be manly. Do not bring
an everlasting disgrace upon your
names; be men."
It did not seem as if human beings,
capable of unders'-tnding the lac&aage
could withstand the appeal, but the
crowd stood there, sullen and silent,
while the lawyer said :
"They cannot land ; if we permit them
we will give away our case."
They cannot land," the mob howled.
Senator McPuerson sank down in the
boat, overcome by the words of the
heartless people, and the boat was rowed
back t j the steamer.
A Notable Invention.
A problem which bas been puzzling
mechioical engineers all over the world
ever since steam as a motive power came
into giner.il use has at last been solved,
it appears. British papers state that an
engineer living in Glasgow has lately
completed, of nineteen yeais' experiment
ing, a device for steam engines by which
all steam is returned back to the boiler
after doing its work in the cylinders. In
several cases, it is said, be has installed
Lis engine and it is at work with ex
traordinary results. In one case, in a
textile factory, the engine with his device
is doin? as much worz with one ton of
coal as it formerly did with ten tons. The
problem of bow to make use of the vast
amocnt of steam everywhere blown ou
into tbe air after doing certain work has
long occupied engineers and its thorough
solution would be worth many millions
of dollars in many ways.
A Determined Mother-ln-Law.
An applicant for magisterial advice at
Marblebone pol ice court related to Mr.
Han nay a doleful tale of misery at home
through the determined attempt of his
mother-in-law to settle in his house.
This caused the magistrate to remark :
"Ah, mothers-in-law are an evil ! I can
not get rid of her for you."
Tbe App'ictnt She's no tenant of
mine. Can't I turn her f urniture out of
the house ?
Mr. Hannay Certainly, I should turn
ber furniture out, and I should turn her
out too. That's what I should do.
The applicant's face beamed with
pleasure as be hnried ont of the court
This betokened trouble) for the mother-in-law
London Tdegraik.
WHOLE NO. 2147.
The Dreaded Cholera.
Cholera is an ancient disease. The
East Indies are never entirely free from
it The pestilent deltas of the Ganges,
and Brahmaputra are regarded as the
breeding places of this disease. During
tbe long period when there was practic
ally no communication between that lo
cality and other parts of the world, it was
confined to the native Indian population,
and when it made its appearance among
the Europeans at Calcutta and other cit
ies of India it was believed to be a new
disease. Its known history begins with
an epidemic in Ceylon in 1S04. In 1S17
it raged with great violence in Calcutta
and spread all over India. It broke out
in the army of the Marquis of Hastings
quartered near there, and counted its
victims by the thousands. In 1S19 it
made its appearance in Ceylon and was
carried to the coast of Africa. The ne xt
year it appeared in Asia and followed the
riveu into China. On the island of Java
alone 130,000 people died.
Cholera made its first appearance in
Europe in 1S22, just seventy years ago.
It was carried across the Persian gulf by
vessels, and spread in many directions,
following the water-ways. It was then
checked for seven years, when it broke
out again in Russia, without any appar
ent cause, and in 1SC0 occurred the first
general spread of the disease in al! parts
of Western Europe. InlS31 it reached
Central Europe, breaking out in Berlin
in August and England in October. The
next June it had reached America, ap
pearing first at Q tebec and Montreal. It
was especially violent in Xew York, and
spread as far west as Chicago. It was at
this time that Henry Clay presented a
resolution to Congress requeeting the
President to set apart a day for humilia
tion and prayers for deliverance. In 1S33
the disease reached the ports on the Gulf
of Mexico and Cuba, and was carried
thence to Spain, and spread along the
coast to all the cities of the Mediterra
nean. It 1S37 the cholera disappeared from
Europe, but ten years later it reappeared
through the same gateway from the Ori
ent, following practically the same
course. It reached Hamburg in Septem
ber, 1SGS, and two months later broke
out simultaneously in Xew Y'ork and
Xew Orleans, brought over by immi
grants. Its next appearance was in 1S53
o4, when occurred the terrible epidemic
at St. Petersburg. The next visitation
was in ISoo, when 7,000 persons died in
Paris in five months. The following year
the Prussian army passed through a dis
trict which had been infected by cholera
the previous year, and more soldiers died
than had been lost in the Austrian war.
In 1873-73, and several times since, chol
era has prevailed in some parts of En
rope, but this country has enjoyed a long
period of immunity. This year the story
has been repeated. The disease reached
Russia from Persia, appeared next in
Germany and other parts of Europe, bnt
it bas been days instead of months on its
journey, because of the rapid transit and
wide communication between the coun
tries. But we have learned the vast import
ance of sanitary observations. We have
made also some advance, doubtless, in
the methods of treating cholera and pos
sibly of preventing it, and while there in
cause for apprehension, and for every
sanitary precaution, there is no reason
for panic or nudue disturbance of the usu
al conditions. Ourboardsof health are
and should be alive to the necessity of
tbi adoption of strict measures and the
frosts will be here in a few weeks with
their purifying touch.
Japanese Bamboos,
The Japanese bamboos which are at
tainable -feni to be all native of southern
Japan. Tae French nurserymen have
sent these out under names of their own,
generally botanical ones, but a number
received with the native names seem to
be duplicates of those from France. The
Japanese, curiously enough, use Chinese
names for these and other plants, as was
found in tracing up the translations of
the names among some of ocr mild-mannered
Occidental merchants. For in
stance, the Japanese name for bamboo is
"Take," but botanica'Iy the Chinese
"Chita is used in conjunction with the
varietal name; thus Kimmeichika is
the square-stemmed bamlioo (Casteilona
of the French) ; Kokucbiku is the black
bamboo (Bamboo nigra in French cata
logues) ; Hamcbiku is the spotted bam
boo. Coming from this warm section, which
I believe bas a somewhat humid atmos
phere, the bamboos seem to require a
warmer spring than ours to give them
an early start In my garden, at least,
which has a cold, clayey soil, they do
not seem quite Lappy.and ben'intomake
growth rather late in the spring. A tem
perature of J0 degrees and upward seems
to be required to make them move. It
is very probable that rny plants, which
Lave btin established about two yeare,
are in too heavy soil ar.d in too dry a po
sition to do their best, and that with
careful planting and attention tbey might
make a wore thrifty growth, but I d jubt
if, with their lata moving habit, they are
likely to prove ntisfactory to any but
g owers who fancy unusual plants. They
are the slowest of p'ants, also, to become
established, and are not things to be
shifted from one position to another at
the pleasure of the grower.
As pot plants for conservatory decora
tion they grow somewhat better, the hu
mip atmosphere seeming to suit them,
and their peculiar decorative value is
useful among tropical plants. Being
grown there tbey also resent moving out
side, and quickly show their resentment
by withering foliage. As far as my ex
perience goes, I am forced to conclude at
present that the bamboos are in the gar
den much inferior in value to tbe other
noble grasses, as E ilalias, Arua los, Eri
antbus, etc., wui :h rapi I!y each sea
son form grand masses of graceful foliage
and require little care or attention. How
ever, as it is the uncommon and difficult
plants which sometimes prove the most
interesting, it is to be hoped that fart her
trials of the bamboos in Xew Jersey may
allow more favorable reports. Uxnlr
and Fortd.
It is not generally known that the
sprat is one of the most difficult offish to
capture alive, as when caught in the
ordinary way, the fish dies when it comes
in contact with the meshes of the net
The Letter of Acceptance.
From Uie Chicago Iuter Ocean,
It hardly seems possible that any
American citizens with brains and per
istence enough to take in President Har
rison's letter cf acceptance can fail to I e
proud of the fact that ti.e a riter of t! it
U tter is at the bead of our X.it;,o.i' Gov
ernment It is absolutely w ithont a par
allel in the annals of American politics.
We have had in the country great stite
papers upon a large variety of occrVioo,
but now, for the first time in our Xation
tional history, there appears above the
waves a letter of acceptance which is a
masterpiece. Whoever thinks of going
back to or quoting with pride any previ
ous letter of acceptance? All served their
purpose and were soon lost to view. The
first sea that was high enough to wear a
white cap passed over the best oftheru
and it was no longer remembered. But
waves may dash against this towering,
rock-iibbed argument and it will still
stand a monument of superb and classic
political writing.
The President is known to be quick
and felicitous on the spur of the moment,
but this letter shonsthe advantage of
long reflection. He waited nntil he had
a clear idea of tbe distinctive issues of
this campaign, as joined between the two
great parties, and then set himself to the
task of making the whole matter plain.
Nothing which he had ever said as Sena
tor gave promise of such mastery of great
subjects, oome men need the incentive
of great occasions to call them out, others
again, like General Pabner, are Iea.Jt
when the ccvxa is the greatest. Gen
eral Harrison is a striking example cf
the former, and so was Gceral Grant.
If the latter had remained in private life
he would never have Jeve!opel any of
that remarkable felicity of expression
which makes his memoir a model of
good English, and if General Harrison
had not been raised to the Presidency he
would never have achieved greatness in
the line of literary expression, as he cer
tainly has done. This letter is severely
logical, yet, when opp rtunity oilers,
grandly rhetorical. There is beauty of
expression aud pathos of thought in the
reference to the soldiers. Here are his
words in full on that subject :
The L'nion soldiers and sui'ors are now
veterans of time as well as of wi.r. The
parallels of a.je have approached close to
the citadels of life, an. 1 the end fur each
of a brave and honorable stru.vie is nut
remote. Increasing in:inninity aud years
give the minor tones of sadness and
pathos to the mighty appeal cf service
and suffering, 'lue ear that does not
listen with sinypathy and the heart that
does not respond wnh generueity, are the
ear and heart of an aii-u, an 1 not of a a
American. Xow soou again the surviv
ing veterans are to parade upon the arvat
avenues of the .National Capital and
every tribute of honor and love should
attain the march. A comrade in the col
umn cf the victors' parade cf lo-", I am
not less a comrade uu.
It is siirpiy impossible to conceive
how anything could be in better ta.-te
and more felicitous than this. It is a pent
worthy the same settiug as the sculler
dream of Inersoll. Time an 1 incident
will not detract from its value. It deserves
to he emblazoned over the main entrance
of every soldiers' home in the country,
and to be treasured with the war relics of
every private home which has a uiurket
or a swor.l t preserve in honorable
memory of war days. The last sentence
has it is true a temporary and also a per
sonal reference, entirely appropriate to
the occasion, as the next to the last has
an occasional reference, w hich applies
only to the immediate, but the rest of ti:e
passage can never lose its luster.
The President shows good judgment in
the relative importance attached to
different subjects, and the or ler of their
discussion. While the tariff, w ith its
collaterals, reciprocity and foreign com
merce, are given much more attention
than any other topic, and the achieve
ments of the Republican party are dweit
upon far more t iiau the f niiires of the
Democracy, the lront rank is accorded
the Democratic proposition to restore the
State banks cfissuj. What the Presi
dent says on that subject sLjuM be is
sued as a tract by itself, anil sowed
broadcast Many men would not lea 1 a
letter several olu.iins in lea'h n)
eagerly taie ia a short tr.-ar.isd lite that,
and so far as concerns the money ques
tion it is complete, or would be with thi
passage about bimetallism attached to it.
There is nothing social a'jout the latter,
but tbe case of will-cat b;!is i pac
OiOft admirably.
The review of cur f re!"i relations, a?
well as of our iudustrUi ai.d tradu rela
tions, can not fid to be read with j ri !
and aati-Jacti n. B it nothing in alt the
letter is m ;re admirable th.ia the closing
passage. It is each a felicitous, strong
and truthful summary that, like the trib
ute to patriotism, it deserves to be treas
ured and pondered. It is as foilovts :
A change in the personnel of a Nation
al administration is of c miparati .eiy
little moment if th)se exercising pub!:".;
function are able, bonesr, dii.igent, and
faithful. Others p.jss-saiu al ihes
qualities may be f uad to takd their
places. But change iu the ias and in
administrative policies are of great mo
ment. When public affairs have been
given a direction aud busine.-M has ad
justed itself to these lines, an sudden
change involves a sUpp.ig-e aad new bus
iness adj'istmenw. If tue cuaiiiw of di
rection is so radical as to tiring the com
mercial turn-table into use, tne business
chances involved are not readjustmeniH,
but reconstructions. The 1cuim rati.:
party offers a programme of demolition,
f he protective p licy,t- which all busi
ness, even tiiat oft'ie i!ii;rter, is no
adjusted, the reciprocity p ii:-y . ti.e new
merchant marine, are all to be demoh-li-ed,
not gradually, not taken djn, but
blown down. To this programme .f de
struction it has added one constructive
feature, the re-establish ueut of Mate
banks of iscuv.
The policy of :he ('e.'-i'ilii iu party is,
on th o;h r haiiil, di-ti-M li i!yapoiu-y
of safe pn r -ioii i.n.l il, vricptiieut or
new (actor :s, new na'kelsan ! new s'ii;is.
It will sii'jxt- (u--i;i-ss to no perilous
chanjes, bul offjrs attractive pirriim
tie: lor expansion uiii ftunliur huts.
Absant-Mindadnes3.
"I was with a surveying party in Xew
Mexico," said an old ivii engineer. "Our
supplies ran short and it i lon way
to town. Amongother thing e got out
of tobacco. O.is man fouu l a package of
cigarettes in the pjeket ol an oid coat,
and there was r j oicic. Bat a packai-i
of cigarettes did not last loug ac 1 after
they had been distributed an 1 consumed
an odd cigarettee remained. Si men
wanted it I was the seventh. I wanted
it too, but was too digaitk-d to say so,
"Finally I proposed that the fellows
race for iL It was decided that they
should go half a mile, stand in line, and
when they saw me fire a pistol ran for
the tent the first to g"t the priz . They
started to walk to tbe half mile puint.
Tbe day was warm an 1 I sat lazily
watching them. They su-tared around,
signaled ready, aud I tired. The six
cam 5 panting arri sweating over the
sands. 'Where's my cigarette?" shouted
the victor. Well, what could I say, for
the stump of it was between my lips.
"A clear case," he continued, "a clear
case of absent-mindedness." Sit Frit
eitco Examiner.
Mrs. Harriet M. Piumb, of Xew York,
has patented an invention to keep cars
supplied with fresh air without Uie an
noyance of cinders, which has been in
use on the local trains between San
Francisco and Oakland for several weeks
and is practical and satisfactory.