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VOL. XLI. NO.
THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF
Somerset, Penn'a.
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CAPITAL
8URPLUS
$50,000.
S8.O00.
DEFOIT1ECCIVEOII LA KCC A 0 (MALL
AMOUNT. PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
CCOUKTS OF MERCHANTS FARMERS,
STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED.
-DISCOUNTS DAILY.
EOARD OF DIRECTORS :
Lelirx M. Hrcxa. Y?. H. Miixsa,
Jaudi L. Tcsh, Chas. H. Flsbxb,
Joes H. Scott, Geo. R. Situ.
Feu W. Birctx.
EnwAED Sctll, : : : : : PEiiiaXT
Vale.tttve II at, : : Vkk Ft-e-.-pext
Hasvev M. Beij;! ly, : : : C&&uuol.
Tie fun'!s and fnritits cf this bank
are f-cure!y prote-tf-i in i celebrated Cor
liss liurlar-proof afe. The only Safe
maJe alo'iOtfly Bnn;'.Ar-f.roof.
Somerset icon! Kaliaoal Bank
Of Somerset, Pa.
Eitiif.tr. 1877,
Orinizd it t national, 1890.
CAPITAL, $50 0C0.
Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't
Wm. II . Koontz, Mce Pres't.
Milton J. Pritts, Cashier.
Directors:
?tnl rcrler. ra. En.i-Ier.
J..ah !-fi- J..r.a M. l oot,
Jotn ii. M.T-ier, ,',a StuS.
Jofc-.-a E. 1-nT.a, rc-der,
Jcruiae eiiiit, Jvoaaa. il-rr,
Sant. B. Earrlsoa.
Cntomer? ol this Bank wll! retire tte mast
Ub-ai LT:av:i!t cotiiu with safe baE k :t: ?.
Parucs hii;c to n od noorf ea-t or west can
be aocKmrndait:! t j i.-lt f-ir auy amount.
Jl iii'T and ttlin'-lei fccnrl by on of r"le
bnid a iicrateJ iiitu wi Ji iiiual ajjrvTei nae
to:;ct:or.s nie In all paru ol tee Uaiteo
Aioj:ii aad Ix-Liue.u solicUrd. mar5-Ca
FANCY
WORK.
Some kit-at lUrgnins in
IRISH POINT LUNCH
AND TRAY CLOTHS
Eouht below cost of transportation
we are Bellini at jrreat l4tnins white
an i colored Ledf-.r.i Ccrd Table Cov--r,
Ftampeo rcaiiy fir work-ins. Sr.i;
ed Canton F'.annt 1 Tible sn-.i Cush
ion Covers, ir.j.-ed i'lah Cushiwn
C.rer, Eararma Art Cloth Table
an 1 CasUion Covers, ail stamped
w ;:-i Newest IVsi?n ; I'em-s.itci,eJ
Hi.'t Bira':t and lioil Napkits. A
r.ew snd !an:e line of bera-Etitched
Tray and Carving Cloths from t-ta
t:p.
Suaipe.! Ilenjtltobe-l S"sr5 from ."cu
np. Table Covers from ?0 ttfl. r.n. A
fail line of Fiurel
INDIA SILKS,
All Xew I'iittema ar.d Colorings. Also,
Figured Plush,
il aid "3 inches wi.V. in beautiful fV.ors
and Ieicr.s. Art Satin Square fur the
Centra: lovers and i uLion Corers.
lAabaii !N"ettiiig,
4; ir.cLea wide, "0 cents j-er yard, in Fink,
Bl'f. e and Yellow. THE SEW
THIXii for I'rsprag HanUes and
I;rs, and fjr li.-aping Over
l-atriS. A ttw line of
U.l-rets. t.-ora - V up.
Visit onr Table Linen, Towel. Napkins,
SI'ihn. Sheeting and Linen Ltepartnient, by
all rr.eaai-
II UUUl
41 TIFTH AVENCF Fiibargh, Pa
B,
A DIFFEREN'CE.
There's A nrpri!irp iifXcresce in tUe
PRICE
OF
DRESS GOODS.
Erea when the qualities are identical. Have
you snperior shoppine facilities and doyoa
get the most hi every dollar ? Write cur
MAIL ORDER DEPARTMENT
for Sam plea with j r'ces. Y'oa'll discover a
lare aavirg tan be made on a eon' pur
c'uaes. Fall Dress Fabrics.
NET FRENCH SERGES
in targe line of new colorings, ' inches
cts.
Note that tbe width ia m irch-.s and that
mo.t storts get 4jc to tl. for these Seryea.
Very Choice Line
CHEVRONS, TWEEDS,
AND DIAGONALS,
ALL WOOL,
3$ ir.chea wide, in iiridecent or chanareable
e9ecta,
50 cts.
thoe are nnu-ualty good value lor 50 cents
more than 5o ceata woith as Talaca general
ly so
More than 1 .W0 stylet of New Fall Dreaa
Fabrics at 2jc to to ttiect front.
If you CAunot come,
AVJSITE.
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Boggs & Buhl,
115, 117, 119 aU 121 Ftdcral &-trf,
ALLEGE T. ; Psi.
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17.
A Great Event
la one t Lie a Ihe discorery cf a reaedy for
aotae locg-tandina; malady. The potsoo of
fcerwfula u in Jour bioocL You uiierited it
trom your aaeetiorv Will you transmit ii
to your o5fri:ig ? In the jfreat majority
of cacs, boih ( iHoum.uon awl tAUrrii orii
iJia:e in SerufuU. It supposed to be tlw
priaary souix of Bia::y otber derangements
of Uie bo-ly. iiegia at euee to caeame jour
tuuud witli &t tsandard alurratire,
Ayer's
Sarsaparilla
" For aererj month I was trout led with
arrofuious ertpti-ma over tlie irboie body.
My a: i-tite LL and my sjitcm v
prvrtr;i:rd that I was miati to work. After
trying several rfmedies in Tala. I resolved
to Liie Ayer's Sirvir'arilla. and did so wall
such g joU eSivt tiat is ttuui oi bottle q
Restored My Health
and strfuph. The mri-lity of the eare aa
bUihed mi-. a I eiK-.-tei tl.e j!n-c4 to bet
Ions and tsl;ia." Krd(-n-o Mar.z Fer-ea.t1.-4.
VUU Nova At liaya, Ponul.
-For many y-.-n I m a sufferer frnra
scrofula, until a-Hjtit three years ao, when I
brpaa the n f Ayer's Sarsapaniia, tines
wiii'-h the dseae has entirely disappeared.
A Utile cLil.i of mine, who wsj troubled with
the sac-,e om; l unt. has beeo etirwi by
this medicine." Ii. Bnmdt, Avoca, Xebr.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
raETABEs rr
TJH. J. C. AYES tt CO., Lowell, Kaaa.
fcoiaiiy Druvgia. $0. Worth $0 a boul.
Knepper
0 "n
a reiiiei
Lave the pleasure of annonncin
tie arrival of Fall and Winte
G00J2, all selecteJ -wltli grea
care in which quality has no
betin sacrificed for cheu:c.3.
Clothing and
Overcoats.
A'ewrwt, VaUie, XolbiMt,
Mcel and Cheapest.
T
GOODS.
Eancy a.id Staple lre.-3 Goods of
all class from Silk. Warp, Hen
rietta? down to Calicoes, a of
Terr choice design?, yet moderate
cost.
Just unloaded a handsome stock of
Carpet.. Rugs. Oil Cloths, etc.,
for Fall Season, at close margins,
which means close prices.
We take pains to kep up a fine line
ofGents Furnishing, Hats, Caps,
etc., and a irreat variety of Un
derwear of nearly every descrip
tion. Don't fail to inquire of us for
Trunks, Valises, Feathers.
Cork Shavings,
or aavthinir vou mav need.
We ask you for your tradethis
season, feeling confident of our
ability to serve youwith tha very
Lest atlowe.t prices,
Respectfully,
KNEPPER & FERNER,
One Poor North of TostoEce.
muni hue ill lira cl
121 A 123 Fourth Ave,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
CcjM - -
FTJX.TL. IVID.
Undivided Profits 1430,000.
1HSURES TITLE TO REAL ESTATE-
Authorized to act as
EieeaUr, Administrator, Gaartuui,
Tnistee, Ajslfwev, IleteiTer, kt,
IEAI3 15
RELIABLE IHVESTMEHT SECURITIES.
Rents boxes in its Superior VaulU from
15.00 per annum upwards.
Receives Jepopits and loans on mort
gages and approved collaterals.
JOHN" C. JACKSON, - President.
JAMES J. I0"ELL, Vice President
C. B. McVAY. - Secretary 4 Tieaa.
omer
SOMERSET, PA.,
NAMELESS.
There is no name, bo mark, no ihra.
To tell who lies below
The tali rack frajA where daiiet ahina
And paie prtmroae blow
Yet Eoumfsilly the liadens wars
And toabeams gemty play,
A if within that namele grara
An exiled monarch lay.
o aaoarch aleeps a w hit more toond
Ia dim cathcdl aisles
Than this pear heart Is earth's green bound
Beneath the n i glad fiaties.
Tl-.oagh tt may be that alien earth
Eutombi hl hf-lei clay.
Far from the lacd that gave tin birth,
lie recta In peace 'jj1aj.
Ihd blends ironed hi death-bed wau-h
Aad wait his lauat aigu.
With parted lit, a if to liuii
Ilia !;ug'rin( fond gd by
Or did he die an oswtt kmc.
With cone to pray or weep,
M iih none to hear his dying uoan
Or close hi. eyes ia iecp
lid death come to him as a fri-.-nd
That brin? repow aad p-jace.
And !!im utlK'c: ihali kna ac asd.
Aad jy that ill not ca.-e
We oc kDuw he iit-rp below
The dailr?sai:d the frras-i.
W here, ever tec lerty and -low.
The liagvrinj Mintkranw pta-c
POLL'S SWEETHEART.
"It is trua th-t I love Liin,'' said Pol
ly Lee, with a little, pitifjl svb. "I don't
deceive tuvseiftt ail about th matter.
Hat it la also trie that he doen't in the
least deserve my love. I don't deceive
myself about that either."
Polly was a pretty little rosebud of a
woman, as tempting and eweet ss you
would meet in a day's walk ; she was
twenty-two years of aje ; no Sighty girl,
hst a staid, sensible, discreet little body,
on w Lose good sense a man could rely;
and she hud lived at "the VTayslue House'
evet since she w as seventeen At first in
the capacity of companion, and a sort of
upper servant to Mrs. Eecyon, but dur
ing the last three years ever since that
good woman's death, in fact holding the
position of housekeeper.
Well had she filled tbe place ; so well,
indeed, that jolly old Joe Benyon a
rosy, hearty, goodcAtared widower of
fifty sometimes wondered what he
should do without her. It was to be
supposed that, in the course of nature,
sitch a dear little, comfortable sul would
t married suine day : Indeed, Joe
knew two or three fellows whose admira
tion for her was cf the most undisguised
description, and who came to the "Way
side House" much less for pipe, or beer,
or cheerful company, than to win a pleas
act word from Ler red lips, or a bright
and laagning glance from her sparkling
eyes. Joe felt uneasy, sometimes, think
ing of ail this ; though it was some com
fort to know that she cared not a straw
for any of thetn. Still, there was no cer
tainty that she wouldn't ca-e for some
body, some day. ":ome fool, probably,
growled Joe to himself; "who'll spend
Ler money I know she has saved a
triile and neglect ber, and break her
heart. They most ail do it. There ain't
one in a hundred tbat treats a wife as I
treated my poor nib as. And whatll
become of the "Wayside House" then?
Or cf me, at my lima of life, getting u?ed
to a stranger's new-fang'e-1 notions and
ways? And what strangers could suit
the hoube as Polly does ? and where cocl-i
Polly be happier than here? here,
where she's jatasgjod as mistress 1"
lie i-moked his pike for a long, long time
in silence one afternoon, when his
thoughts had reached that point, then
suddenly laid it down and siappel the
bench beside him violently. "I've get
it 1" exclaimed the jolly fellow half alou-L
"I'll cut in before the w hole lot of them,
and marry the girl myself 1''
"The girl" popped her glossy little
head out of the parlor window at that
moment, and looked so charming, fram
ed in the clustering greea vines, that she
1! unconscious'y confirmed his resolu
tion, the gave hitn a wondering glance,
and a pleasant smile.
Whatever is the matUr ?" said she
quictiy.
He left his pipe and bench and went
into the parlor. She was silting at ber
sewing in the pretty shaly room.
"Matter's this," said he, speaking his
thoughts without further hesitation.
Yoa and me's been the best o' friends
ever since you first came here. Old mis
sus, she thought there wa'nt nobody like
to Pollv, nohow. Now I've been think
ing as here wa are you and me, aad the
"Wayside House," all comfortable and
and friends together. Now, w hy need
we ever part?"
Polly opened her black eyes wide with
wonder.
"Part r echoed she. "Why, who talks
of parting? Not I, I'm sure !"
"Somebody il talk cf it one o' these
days, my girL Tom Poiith, or Jerry
Owen they'd take you if they got the
chance. Now, Tom's gt three children
to care for, and Jerry's ft careless 'happy-go-lucky'
and never Las a dollar to
his name. What does a sensible woman
want o' these ? I'm your old, t. ied friend.
You've known me, good and bad, this
many year. 1 m not so young as some,
that's true enough, but I'll do belter by
you than a younger man maybe. I'm
well to do ; 1 haven't a chick or child in
the wide world and, I like ycu, Polly.
If yon went away, this house would be
made lonely. Don't ever go away, my
girL Let you and I get married. Be
my wife, and the mistreds of the 'Way
side House," and of all I've got in the
world r
I should be puzzled to paint poor Pol
ly's agitation and surprise. The work feil
from her hands, she rose from her seat,
and her pretty, pink cheeks grew pale,
"Marry me" she uttered. "Oh, Mr.
Benyon, that could never V and then to
the good man's infinite distress, h burst
into tears.
If you could have seen him coax and
soothe her! So kind, yet so clumsy
so tender, yet so rough.
"And certainly it shan't be if it doesn't
please you," said he. "And when you're
better you shall tell me why."
She was soon better, and controlled her
grief, and checked her tears and sat quiet
ly down beside him. "Yoa are my best
my only friend," said she. "And I'll
tell yoa all the truth."
"Five years ago when I first left home,
I was engaged to a young man whom I
loved. He was only three years older
than me, and we were too poor to marry;
bat we engaged to wait, and work, and
save, until we should have enough mon
ey to start a little farm for that was bis
way of business. Well, time went on ;
we didn't write very often to each ether
seic
ESTA "RTiTS"FTKD 1827.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1892.
Reuben was not very much of a schol
ar, and my time was kept pretty full
about the house ; but after two years had
gone he wrote me that an ancle of his
hail died, and left him a piece of land.
He had saved a hundred dollars too, he
said, and as soon as we could make np
three hundred, altogether, he would be
able to make a lair start, and we could be
married. I had saved a little money
already,' as he knew. I tried harder
than ever now, but two years more had
gone before I could make two hundred
dollars.
"Then I wrote to him oh, hew joy
fully ! telling him we could be married,
now, whenever he pleased. He never
answered that letter. I thought it had
gone astray, perhaps, and wrote again to
ask if he received it; still to answer
nor has he ever answered me, though it
is more than a year ago.
She paused, to sob a Iittla and wip
I away her tears. Joe IVnyon murmured
that lieubea was an "itfcrnil fxd," and
patted Ler dark Lair softly with his huge
Land. She drexa letter from her pock
et. -This came a week azo not from him !
! From a friend who knew of our engage
ment. She says: Ss Reuben and you
have broken off. We hear, cow, that be
is to marry Jane Carriek ia two weeks.
She will have quite a liitle fortune.'
When I got that I put his letters together
and sent them back, and told him he
was free. By this time he has received
them."
"An you are well quit of ths scoun
drel T exclaimed Joe, indignantly.
"What ! Y'ou ! The smartest, handsom
est girl for miles around, grieve for a fool
like that! Married, is he, thevillian?
What o' that? Pluck no A sti.it
and show hita how little yoa care.
Marry me, out of hand, and afterwards
well send him a slice of wedding caket
w ilh a hearty wish that it i&ay choke
him r
Tolly ifaiiled sadly, and shook her
Lead.
"I 6ha'.I nevtr wish hitn any ill," she
said, gently. "I have loved him too
mueh." And then she spoke the simple
honest words with which this story
opens.
"Yoll deceive neither yourself nor
another, my dear," said Joe. "I'll trust
you! But just see now."
And then he began to coax her, and
shew Ler so many good reasou for yield
ing to his suit that she being really at
tached to him in a filial sort of way and
fond cf his pretty home began to think
she might do worse than marry hiai.
Reuben would hear of it would learn
what a much wealther match she bAd
made; that would be some revenge on
him,and nose could say that she had
wore the willow. She began to show
some signs of yielding. Joe pressed his
advantage. -
"tjet married at once," lie urged, "and
so get ahead of the fellow. This is Thurs
day say the word and we'll be married
on Sunday next,"
And so, ia the end, poor Tolly "said
the word."
Sht had few preparations to make.
The .wedding was to be quite private,
tan Jay hail been chosen as being the
day en which they ceuld best arrange to
absent themselves for a few hours from
the Louse together. They told no one of
their Intentions, but Joe rode quietly
over to a neighboring town and ma. la ar
range meets. They were to go out ear'y,
A3 it might be to church, get married arid
return. No one would know till it was
over. As for Polly, the nearer tbe day
came the more she shrank from it. I
think, if it had been further ofsbe
would certainly (having more time to
think) have made some- excuse to cry
"ou"!" As it was, however, Saturday
came, and found her bewildered, unhap
py, regretful, but with no actual tnougLt
cf drawing back.
It was sunset a glorious evening. She
stood, with her husband that was soon to
be, at the little Tine-embowered parlor
window, looking out. Ciood-natured Joe
was in high delight watching her with
affectionate priic. "No man will have a
better or a handsomer wife than mine,"
said he, "and see if I don't make you a
good husband 1"
She turned a little towards him, smil
ing, but still looking from the window
and just at that moment a man cams up
the lane a handsome young fellow,
though somewhat tired and pale, and
with the dust of the heavy country road
thick on his hair and clothing. He car
ried a stick and a little satchel in his
hand, and looked inquiring'y.
Joe felt his companion give a sad-Jen
start, and then fall a-trembliog violently.
Surprised, he glanced at her, and saw her
face as white as death, and her great
dilated eyes fixed on the stran r.
"Why, what is it?" said he.
She clung closer to his arm.
"Oh, Joe," sho said, "ii's my old sweet
heart Rauben."
There was silence for a moment. Joe's
joliy face grew dark.
"What does he come here for ?" he de
manded. "Alas! How can I tell? Perhaps he
is married alreaiy. Oh, that I had been
beforehand with him ! Ob, that he had
not come for a few days longer! Oood
Joe dear Joe, do me a favor if yoa love
me : Make him believe we are married
already, we two ! Will you, Joe?"
Joe was well plea-ed ; his jolly face
cleared immediately ; it seemed to him a
proof of Polly's love for him. He went
out to the stranger and welcomed him.
"My wife saw yoa from the window."
said he, pleasantly. "She's Inside. Come
in; we've often talked about you. An
old friend of my wife is sure of a wel
come from me."
As he talked he led the way to the
parlor. The stranger followed, paler
than before.
"Your wife !" he repeated, wondering
ly. "Your wife a friend of mice ? Surely
there ia some mistake."
"No no mistake. My wife Polly
Lee that used to be. Here she is ; come
in." And with that he tlacg open the
parlor door, and the two old sweethearts
stood face to face again the first time in
five years.
B?uben was the first to speak sadly,
brokenly.
"Polly T hs crieL "Polly, married !"
And then his voi -e broke down.
Polly was frightened. She looked at
his drooping figure and sad, pale face ;
she met the grave reproach of his sor
rowful eyes, and her heart misgive her
terribly.
JL
"Was this the false lover whs came
fresh from his new bride's arms to mock
his old sweetheart's patient faith? Oh
Heaven, could it be that she had wrong
ed him?"
But she plucked up a spirit in spite of
her fears and spoke boldly, although her
heart was quaking.
"Why shouldn't rellygst married V
said she. "What has she done but fol
low your example? Why didn't yoa
bring your wife with you, Rube ?"
The reproach in his eyes turned to
honest indignation ; ha drew himself up
proudly.
"FdLse-hearted girl that y 01 Are i" he
cried. "Is it not enough to hue betray
ed my trust, but you must insult me
now? Would to God that I had listen
ed to Jane Carrick's advice, and not
come near you '."
They had both forgotten Joe, but he
was standing near the door, an! now a
cry from Polly pierced his gentle heart.
She had fallen into a chair, white and
trembling; her han-ls were clasped, her
eyes raided imploringly to her old lov
er's face. Joe steppe-1 hastily up by
tweea tliem.
"Look here, my friend," said he "what
d'you mean by talking to my wife like
this? I know all abou: ycu ! It is you,
that never answer her letters, that comes
here new to call her falsehearted? her
the truest heart that ever beat ! 'oo home
young man, go home to your new sweet
heart, and leave me and mine aioce."
lie went up to Polly as he e;ke, aui
would have put his arms around her, but
she shrank away, to his surprise, as if ia
terror; while Reubin cried.
"Not answer Polly's letters! What
d'you mean ? I never Lad a sweetheart
except Polly, and never shall ! There's
some mistake here T
"Explain it, then," cried Joe, sternly.
He looked from one to the other of the
agitated young faces before him, and his
own grew pale. "Explain it sir."
"What U5e now," cried Reuben "since,
she's your wife? And yet I wouldn't
have her think I wronged her, either.
See here, then," addressing Polly. "A
year ago you wrote me that you had two
hundred dollars, and so we could get
married tight away. Eut I had been a
fool. Taicking to make money factor
than by earning and saving it, I specu
lated with my bit cf laud and cash, and
lost them both. It was hard to tell you,
thit, my girl, when yoa worked so faith
fully ; but when an oiler was made me to
go to TexM for a year and take char e of
a cattle ranch, for which I was to have
five hundred dollars, I p!u.k?d upcour
age, wrote you all the truth and begged
yoa to wait another year for me. I never
got an answer to that letter."
"It never earner' crid Polly, wringing
her hands. i"Oh, Rube, it never came!"
"Thai's strange. Jane Carrick can
prove that I wrote, fur 'twas she that
mailed the letter. It was along ol her
father my money was lost, and I was
stopping at their hoc-e, and Jane pitied
me. t-till though you dila't write, I i
wasn't uneasy we never were great j
hauls at writing, you know and I U'.i si !
sure of your faith ; only, whin the year:
was over that's three mouths :: I j
hurried home. I stopped at Carrick's ;
ho tue again, and they male so n.u:h f ;
me, and Jane wa3 so kind, I could't leave j
as Quickly as I wished ; moreover, busi- j
nesa kept me. I wouldn't write you
I wanted to come aad take you by sur- !
prise.
Ah!
"But
rith a sorrowful glance at
Joe.
it's you that has surprised i
j
me :
Two days ago cmtrse all my letters back,
and a line to tell me I was free; and if
yoa had told me just a little more"
sitae glance again "I wouldn't have
beea here to-day. However, I won't re
proach you ; I only say Good-bye." j
And Polly's sweetheart turned away,
bat before Le reached the door she stop-
pe 1 him.
"You ara zoing to Jane Carrick '." she
cried with crimson cheeks and Hashing
eyes. "To the treacherous girl that st j!e
my sweetheart from me! Itwasshewho
slopped my letter, so that it never reach
el me. They seat me word you were to
marry her; that's why I sent your letters
back. Oh, Reuben, do yon love that
girl?"
Before Le could answer. Joe broke
in catching her arm and pointing to
Reuben.
"Do you love him ?' he questioned.
Her face fell on her hands, her color
faded ; she had forgotteat Joe.
"Answer me," he aaid, gently. "Don't
be afeared o' me, my dear. Do you love
him .
She burst into tears. "Oh, forgive me,
Joe ! I never meant to wound you !
Hs is my own, old sweetheart, dear. I
can'l help loving him!"
S.ience for a moment, broken only oy
her soha. Then Joe held out his hand.
"Ceai6 here, young man," said he.
Reuben approached. "I give Ler to you.
Mike her as happy as I would have
done " he turned his face away.
Reuben stood bewildered. "You
give me her your wife !" he muttered.
"She's not my wife she would have
been to-morrow, if yoa had stayed away.
Curse it ! Why couldn't yoa have stay
ed away, ycung man? I could have
done better without you ! No, no, my
dear" meeting Folly's tearful eyes.
"1 only want to see you happy. He's
been your true lover, after ail, and de
serves to hae yoa. Only don't take her
away from 'The Wayside House.' There's
room for us ail, and e'l! ail be friends
together."
And so they were. Reuben became a
partner in the house, and shortly mar
ried Polly.
After the first disappointuient was
over Joe's generous nature found happi
ness in the joy Le had givf a to others.
Polly and Reuben vied wiih ea-h other
in love and gratitude to hint. Before
long it would have puziled Jce himself
to answer which one he prized the tuoct
Polly, or, as he often chose to call him
still, Polly's Sweetheart."
Soaiebo ly give toe funny man's boy a
deg, and when the father came home in
the evening he was consiaerable inter
ested in the new acquisition.
"Where did you get him?" he aeked.
"A man down at the depot gave him
to me."
What do yoa call him V
"lien."
" That 'a a queer came. Haven't yen got
things mixed a little ? Wby don't yoa
call him 'Rooster ?"
"Cause he's a setter."
"Oh," and the father
ommuae with himself.
sent laside to
Boys Out at Night.
I Lave been an observer, and am a
sympathizing lover of boys. Hike to see
them happy, cheerful, gleesome. Indeed,
I can hardly understand how a high
toned, useful man can be the ripened
fruit of a boy who had not enjoyed a full
share of the glad privileges due to youth.
But while I watch with a very jealous
eye all rights and customs w hich entrench
upon the proper rights of boys, I am
equai'y apprehensive leet parents who
are not forethoughtful, and wh j have
not habituated themselves to close ob
servations upon this subject, permit
their sons indulgences which are almost
certain to result in their demoralization
if not in their total ruin, and among the
habits which I have observed tending
most surely to ruin I know of none more
prominent thsn that of parents permit
ting their sons to be in the 6trevt after
n.ghtfa.L
It is luincus to their morals in ail in
stances. TLey acquire, under the cover
of night, an unhealthful state of mind
bad, vulgar, immoral , and profane bang
nag, olex-ene rracticw, criminal senti
ments, a lawless and riotous tearing.
Indeed, it is in the street after nightfall
that the boys principally acquire ths
education of the bad, and capacity for
becoming rowdy, dispute, criminal
men. Parents should, in this particular,
have a rigid and inflexible rule, that will
not permit ason under any circumstances
whatever, to go in the street after night
fall with a view of engaging in out -door
sports or meet other boys for social cr
chance occupation. A right ruie of this
kind invariably adhered to, will soon
deaden the desiie for such dangerous
practices.
Boys should be taught to have pleas
ure at home, around the family centre
table, in reading, ia conversation, and ia
quiet amusements. Roys are seen in the
streets after nightfall, behaving in a
manner entirely destructive cf ail gl
morals. Fathers, mothers, keep your
children home at night, and see that you
take pais to make your home p'.ea.-ant,
attractive, aad profitable to thesj ; and
above all, with a view of their security
from future destruction, let them n-t be
come, while forming their chara:ters for
life, so accustomed to disregard moral
sense -vf right as to openly violate the
Sabbath day ia street pastimes, during
its evening hours.
A Popular Contributor.
"It ased to be that I wrote imaginary
articles for the lea-Jicz magazines of the
country," remarked a successful business
man with some learning and literary
taste.
"When yoa were young, I suppose,'
remarked his omranion.
-Ypa nmi-h rvn r .rar ttiin T am rix"
- . j P3 - -
"Were I hey accepted T"
"Never ; but I presume with age and
larger experience and riper knowledge
one's style and manner improves and
the woik he does is far more meritori
ous." Ills com pan in showed an interest not
before obeervable.
"You don't mean that yoa send any
thing to them now that is acceptable?"
he said.
"Oh, yes," promptly replied the busi
ness man, "there isn't a niag-.tzine ia the
; country that isn't chvl to print mv arti-
' "ow and some of them even solicit
them. I have something inmost of them
TerT montn.
''I have never noticed them," fail his
f companion, more surprised than ever.
"Are they signed?"
"Yes; by the firm's name. You will
find them in the advertising pa-is."
The Use of Handkarchiefs.
It was not until the reign of the Em
press Josephine ia France t&at the pock
et handkerchief was tolerated at ail as an
article cf public o?e. No lady would
have dared to use one in the presence of
others. Even the name was carefully
avoidel ia polite conversation. Aa act
or who would have ventured tn use one
on the stage would have been hissed off
the boards. It was only in the begin
ning of the present century that Mdsiie.
Duchesno'i!, a famous actress, dared to
appear with a handkerchief ia her hand.
Having to speak of it ia the cou rse of the
play she could only summon courage to
refer bo it as "a light tissue."
A translation of one of Shakespeare's
plays by Alfred le Yigney was acted,
and the word was used foe the first time
upon the stage and produced a storm of
indignant hisses from all parts cf the
house.
The Express Josephine, although te
aily a beautiful woaiaa, had very bad
teeth, and to conceal thera was in the
habit of carrying small ha id kerchiefs,
trimmed with costly laces, which the
raised gracefaily to her lips t eonceal
her teeth. The ladies of the eoart fol
lowed her example, and hawikerchiefs
rapidly became an important part of the
feminine toilet.
"V hat Ua Wife.
The pretty school teacher, for a little
divertisement, had asked her cias for
the best original defiuition of "wife" az-d
the boy ia the corner had promptly le
s ponded : "A rib."
She looked at him reproachfully and
nodded to the boy w ita dreamy eyes,
who seemed anxious to say scrcethlcg.
"Man's guiding star and guardian an
gel," he said in response U;the n;d.
"A helpmeet," put ia a little flaxen
haired girL
"One w ho soothes man ia adversity,"
suggested a demure little girL
"And spends his money when he's
flush," added the incorrigible boy in the
corner.
There was a lull, and the pretty, daxk-
! eyed girl said slowly :
"A wife is the envy of spinsters.
"One who makes a maa hustle," was
the next suggestion.
"And keeps him from making a fool of
himself," put in another girl."
"Some one for a maa to find fault wiih
when things go wrong," said a sorrow fal
little maiden.
"Stop right there," said the pretty lit
tle school teacher. "That's the beet defi
nition." Later the sorrowful little maiden aid
led up to Ler and asked :
"Aren't you going to narry that hand
some man who calls for yoa nearly eve
rydayr I "Yes, dear," she replied, "bet with as
nothing will ever go wrong,
himself."
He say so
Id
WHOLE NO. 2150
A Revolution In Wheels.
The advantages of ball bearings and
pneumatic tires have been recognized by
manufacturers and riders of bisyclea so
long that the wonder is, not that those
friction-earing devices have been applied
to track sulkies, but tbat they were not
utviized on all varieties of light vehicles
Long ago. W hells of the bicycle pattern
can be made as strong as necessary. The
pneumatic tire passes easily over tbe un
even sutface of a roadway, helping itself
over obstructions by its elasticity. It is
better than springs for making a vehicle
"ride easy."
It is estimated that the combination of
bail bearings and pneumatic tires added
frota two to three seconds to Nancv
..
tianw speea dt leaning me aran 01
hersu'.ky. A gtiin cf such a large per
centage in lightnese of draft will be ap
preciated by owners of good roadsters,
and cow that their attention has beea
called to it, the time cannot be far dis
tant when they will want pneumatic
tir- aad ball bearincJ on their baggies.
The pneumatic tire will not reach the
farm wgin, f-r it cannt stand ncgh
a-sie, bat there would seem to be no
reAfon hy the bail bearings could not
be appiiel to vehicles of that class. The
change would work a g'eat saving ia
horseflesh an 1 in time, for it would make
puvii'lo the hau'iog of heavier loai
With the march of these improve
ments will come better roads. This ia
the ac,-; cf wheels, and the gentleman
driver, the farmr aad the bicyclist will
soon be ia league for improved highways
in ci ty and country alike.
Grains of Gold.
The surest way not to fail is to be de
termined to succeed.
A great name w ithout merit is like an
epitaph on acciiiu.
Cirace is the beauty of C.rm under the
influence cf freedom.
Belike the tree which covers w
an
flowers tie hand tbat t'aakes it.
Convictions that remain silent are nei
ther sincere nor profound.
Uearkea to the waruirg of conscience
if ycu would n.t feel its wounds.
We confess gii:all faults in order to it
tiuaa'e that we have no great ones.
IVide is iacreased by ignorance ; these I
assum the most ho know the least.
Leisure is a very pleasant girment to
look at, but it is a very tad one to wear.
Cultivate presence of mind, for it often
furnis the roand of security in ths lad
der of life.
Ia misinterpreting another's motives
you 60itiet.aies reveal tbe bent of yot.r
t "
own uiin-L
Repentance is cot so much remorse for
what you have done, as the fear of ccn
se'juencts. Some people never find oc that an cp-
portunlty is an opportunity until
turned the next corner.
Las
How to Drink Milk.
A proT.icent health journal eivea a
few practical hints about d
;ti?n as f-ol-
lows:
Do not swallow railk fast and in s-urh
1
big gulps. S.p it slowly. Take four j
minutes at least to finish that glassful,:
and don't take more than a good tea
Sjjoonful at one sip. j
Waea milk goes into your stomach, it j
in instaaliy curdled. If you drink a
large quantity at once, it is curdled into
one bi mass, oa the ou'side cf which ou-
ly tiie juice cf the stomach can work. If
. 1
vou drtak it in little sip3, each little s'p
is curdled no bv itself, an 1 the w hole
itlassful fiaallr finds itself ia a lore
L r !: ., ,fc. ,K
iuu:v t.ia i. j . I . I l . j .., . 1.
around, and among which the stomach's
juices may peicoUte and dissolve the
whole spetdiiy an 1 simultaneously.
Mil r people who like milk and know
its alue as a stiergth jiiver thick they
cannot use it beca-ise it gives them indi-
gtstioa. Most of them could use it free
ly if they would drink it in the way we
have described, or if they would, better
still, drink it hot. Hot milk eeems to
t 3 , . 1 ,-: .!.,.. : -
i .r a uni 1. 1.0 ueus.i, vuc
would almost think it hail been w atered,
n.l it Main. t. nmrS r.f ia
to lose much cf its
sweetness, which ia cloy ing to so me appe
tites. What a Baby Can Do.
It can beat any alarm clock ever in
vented in woking a family np in the
morning.
Ia a given time it can smash more
dishes than the most industrious servant
girl in the country.
It can fail down oftener and with less
provocation than the most expert tumb
ler ia the circa 4 ring.
It can choke itself black in the face
With greater ease than the moeX accom
plished retch that ever was executed.
It caa be relied oa to sleep peactfully
all da when ita father ia in town, and
cry persistently at eight when he is par
ticularly sleepy.
It may be the naughtiest, dirtiest, cg
liest, most fi.tfal baby in ail the world,
you never can make it mother believe
ii, and 50a had Letter not try.
It Can be a charuiing atui model in
fant when no cue is about, but a hen
visitors ajj piesent it caa exhibit tu ire
bad temper thaa both cf it parents put
together.
With Ely's Cream Balm a chile: can 1
treat without paia and with perfect
safety. It cures catarrh, hay fever and
colds ia the heaL It is eariiy applied
into the nostrils and gives immediate re
lief. Priee o-) cents.
My catarrh was very bad. For thirty
years I have been troubled with it have
tr.ed a number of remedies without re
lief. A druggist ad.-is-oJ Ely's Cream
Balm. I have used only one bottle aad
I can say I feel like a new man. I make
this voluntary statement than others may
know of the Balm. J. W. Malheason,
i.Liwyery.Paattukef, R. I.
How to Fasten Shoe-Suttons.
Do your shoe-lotions dropclfor break?
And are yoa bothered wiih trying to
keep them on ? Try this way, aad see
if it is not aatiafat-torv. As soon as one
button came off, immediately rip 01T
every button oa the shoe. Nor, take a
stout shoestring, or a corset lace, aad
Laving pressed the eye of each button
through the shoe, run the string through
all the eyes, and thus fasten on all the
buttons once and forever. If you do thi
yoa will not be bothered by thread that
break and Listeners that hart.
The Platform or Anarchy.
It would be an immense gain to the
Republican party and the cause cf good
government if every American citizen
wis conversant with the fa-ts contained
ia the coci-Ue revie of wildcat banking
in this country wtiih was eot.tr .buted to
last Sandaj's '..J by J. W. Shuckeis,
the former ecrtary cf Salmon P. Chase.
The series of financial disasters which
followed the extension cf wildcat or State
banking in the United States constitute
a condemnation of the Anarchistic plank
in the Chicago platform to which words
can add n thing.
During the period from li'.l to ISlo a
horde of State tanks sprat up -, the vol
ume of currency increased from $3.0.',
0i to l!'K"VV, ; and the inevitable
result of widest-read lank suspension
followed. At the end cf ls'.o epeci
so scarce that the government could cot
p-ocure enough giid to pay tbe interest
on its debt. Business disaster was so
universal that Henry Clay, speaking ia
ISit-', described the years from lils to
lsjl as "a period of paralysis, of disaiay
and desclation."
With 1 vIO another epoch of bank cur
rency circulation set in. State banks in
creased in seven years from Z?) to 673 ia
numler; their circulation expanded
from t'l,eV.O,lJ0 to ? iMi.OcO.OO' ; and
when the crisis came ia 1n17 it spread
aiuicbt universal ruia. The State banks
everywhere suspended specie pay menu
as they Lad done in 1V.4, and the notes
in circulation were withdrawn or rend-
!.!es until ou r "-! cv.-..V was
tx..;.,! lUnkmtt law of
as.aL
iSll w ia force Lsa than two years
but during its titrations C4, persona
took adsantage of its provisions, with li
abU'ties, according to ouicial schedules
of i-KOXi'O OvO and with a -seta of less
than i- ';,' kA'.
IV t .-en l.-i.; and l-.' tr.i r- than K
State banks failed, ir.tlicting em-ruiuis
k-ases on tLe luu'.Uades that held their
notes. Of 1 ,.'! State banks in ncttiinal
existence- ia fully one -third -ie in
a ruiaoca condition. The notes of hand
reds of there institu; Lns had been nccept
ed by mevhanuaaad laborers as money ;
yet they were worta no m.-re than the
par r they were printed 'a. The grt at
financial ."rash of was directly pre
c pitattd by the free trade- tar:0" cf that
period aad the expand, a cl tae lrre
apoRsible and speculative &te bank
1 tae lr re-
... ... ... . v- -.-'1
1 U.e Len.oe..-.i.e,,-ai
,.,- t...'j t' it w? ha.. return, ihe
system cf Lank cote circulation ia cit
,;. lrf-f.;re the ci wl war was hope'.rsiy
bad ia every respect. The "money
n,-.,iv bi.nks was al-olute! y worth'.i
cf
ia
others a:-s; the currency t;f all was eu
I jec. to d ic.ur.t when ti.e uc.er iru
re Ua; acd tue oiticaaci t
I logman who bad taken the wwat cut-
reccv ia return for gXKis or Uor was
iikelv at any momect to
tcl t n.ere
trush ou his ban. is.
T-j this cbsi'ie'.e and fatiulj
s. stent, under ahiih the
In le-l.'.ed
le of the
I'n!l Statt a lost sevrii tr.usu
ni iu.ii-
::ii-rit:c Pr:y
lack. We cow
laikei hy the
tons
woo;.
of dollars, the 1
1 Use the par...
hve a link circulation
cel.t of the naiic-n a
c:rcii.a;a 01
uieh the cutis are a
us g--M ia
:;e wuril. Tae
ti. hns:.ei-I ceCte-
-ft
oattv which Las gone to tue C
n.idera:o
. fi-.lun f,r its tar.
lank ioist
.W m thro aav this It:
Vit-as
saft roar 1 of
.tsitierce and of ;aior. 1.
is no wr-n'ler Uiat
he sff'jia fUs of or-
der. iwernuiea: an J proi
;..U ar-j
enthusiastic f- r the Democratic I trtii
The wildcat bank pluai ia
mni is. as the Anarchist org
t.i-
a Ui':
iiaii--
ed truly wys:
.r-- fra"A tforwari. uai
.1
auaccsii-:
Anaixasion ny a p'j
r-t:r)4 . M-vX1" votes toat
the Anartu-
r. : .i m tt.e.r cec.r.w
kni,,i.i:aia this ratty 1
f rja
.K,. t - v.-' rr--.' Aiiai'-hisl.C Step
1
! whijh all
r--s; t f Anarch.sai is ootin-i
to f.
. .1 ,
le i:n:i
ledl'ttely taa-
ea.
The Anan hi-'j who woa;J
overthrcrv
the v-.vtrnti:r:t f trie I a:'
I S:aVS
3
weii as ever o'.S.-.r .-.erin . ut : the
plotters uf cnur-ier and preachers jf tri-:-son
ho wcul ! abol!.-h the h-.:t;e, the
marriage tie and every la that .-.strains
the savage iustir.ct of the lo"-st of aiua
kind, are s H1 -rters i.' ihe party
! d-!re 1 pviu-y a:-ias iu.Kria. ri.:i
01 Anr.-hy in
l.u la.te 1
rave t ) .it -a.i
1 i . p.r.j-
I SutfS. Ttefaaa'ic that
I sir y are f.,r the i.) -.
I graiume .-f .!!: rt-v
j siti'iu 1 1 tae hoaie
U'.rr v
b.
:'i Lrs an 1 iiji
Ar th y f.-r
I earnc.s i f
! Deioocrv.i
thhi !,ailiC
A:ia:i.hv e;
! v ,-..,
I
A Monstar Structure),
I
j I spent a
ong t
a.e in wander
hull l:ai i:i
ail II1.2 ev'.r
i a yii
i.ea ' .
1 he M laura;". ir.-r j
j I' is the
aa i it W
bige-it !
! a
Lave ony ro if cori.-r.ng thirty
acres, nator i-it-.s tJ.' ou'. aa 1
locked at it the o:.i-r da, and as lie
gaz -d, astounded at its hatiiessity, h
said: It is at exhalation 1 Yesterday
it was s)',t iay it H, aa-l to-m-'-rrow it
w ill have p ease l a.iv. t ca: See ho
vou can fence it in. but to r--K.f it al-n-.-sC
surpass -s hui.iii evnce; ti.ia r Th.nk of
putting a massive glas an-I ir-.u roe f
over a thirty acre ti-.-l i 1 That ia wLat
the iik-u are d'.lng here to-day, aad I saw
them at wri putting 'ip the g-cat irea
trusses which will support this r- 1".
You cann.t conceive the s' i.t of this
structure witiwit seeir
Three hun-
dre-1 lh-ousan-1 purple could be seated oa
the floor aad ia the gtl'eri-.s, aai Vt 0
could be s-atrd a tac t! r ah tie. The
C-jliscutu at Rj-.ce, a :ih all is gadcrierj,
i-oiiM Oa!v v:a' r j-i-,-!. and it Wa
never ruefe-1 x-.-pt ifi ca'i.a-s.
could put four co.iseu.113 ou taat flo.i,
and t 0 pvrau.idsas big as Cheep aoal-1
sit u;.-.-a :t sid-s by si leanl leave rui
frthe Cat 11 at Waah.sgt.a. If the
great pyraiiiid wa? tam t J ieccs an.l
carried here its acaterial coed 1 ie store-.l
ia this bull iirg and you !. k d a up.a
its masses of s'.i.De f.,ui the gahen.-s.
This htiiiding iaa'iu-at a thirl el" a oil e
long. Thirty g:al e'.ai.cxse-s, so wide
that to cartia.s Cv-u! J be drivea Uj
them eide by side, will lead to wide
galleries, an J there wiii be a street fifty
feet wide running through the center.
With it galleries it whi Lave fjrty acres
of floor space, and it tir-:s one even to
think cf its pciesi'ole conteuta. ti.cw
t u.-, Ii.h-'Jj.'i r E'iiniiu-r.
"Bat, d-x-tor, dou't you think your bill
is pretty steep T'
"No, madaai, considering how sick
your husband was."
"Eat, dear me, you let hiui die."
"Uf course I did. There's the diificul
ty. It harts uiv pn.fessi.jnal reputation
to have a pal.ent die. I ought to have;
more money for a case of that kia-L"
There is a maa somewhere wh.e
memn-ry is so short that it only reaches
to hw knees, Iher.-f. re he never pa tr
Lis bo.-ts.
J
j IfiheieHa tut one pc-tato in the
j world, a careful cultivator might produce
' io,uMO;i iX) frora it ia ten years, aad
that would supply the world with seed
I again.