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NOTARY PCBLi.
Somerset Pa,
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J, Soaxaarr. Fa.
fYAtli-1 :L'r,.1.v(v.iT.i.i.
gjMAxun. Pa.
J. Eoosei. 14.
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i oomnraat. Pa.
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bomeraev Pa.
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buiae.r.( Pa.
FiXD W. BIK.-ECK.EK,
' ATIvii.NiiV-Ai-JAW,
jmM. pa.
t6 B Pr.-tiitf House Bow, opposite Court
fc-je.
J. G. OOLI
j. t 6-WTT.
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J cuMCasrr, Pa.
dmerset. Pa.,
t -rrepriniP'.aiienuon to busiuew entrusted
7i.it in f'ii--rei "J adjoining couiiuea.
ii fruit. Hw oppoail x1
IMLOTI-NK HAY,
ai-iuki.Jii'AT-LAW.
Somerset, Pa.
Lcal-r in Kei I-state. Will attend to all
. eutrurtei lo his care with promptuen
lo'HS K. UHL,
J AllvK-NET-Al-LAW,
burner;!, Pa.
'rorzr-'y I'.wni to all butfiiew en trait 1
t ;jLr Mui j Jul'ucel on wUeiitlun, tc Vf
fcx V- -ft liacA.
TuIiS 0. KIMMEL,
(I AlTOK-Sfci-AT -LAW,
Superset, Pa.,
iri av.-.n4 to a'l bauic entnirted to hi care
Ii - ci' -x: L1 counties, m ith prompt,
j- i- IL- z.:t:y- oa oa Main Cri tiirect,
Lou buuk store.
TiMLSLPUGH,
J AIIUK.NT-AT-LAW,
bunierset. Pa.
irt- a MinmoU) Block, np suura. Entrance
t ttii l .-iB .-lrrl. (xiiitt'Uolu laaile. mute
j. uu i'iin::;.i-l, aud all legal buioiMaa alr
Btatj io t ili wwmi'Utna aud ttcvliur.
i J Ocas. L. a Colboas.
vjLiWu-V & COLBORN,
ai.uknaVo-ai-law,
tHmeinet, Pa
i.: imcLtia entrastwl to our care will be
P.; ... U-iuic-T attended to. luliecuooa
i,.v. ooarTt, UuuitJ aud aajuiuii eouu
. aud conveyancing dune on rea
e..tc Lc:uj.
ri leaer,
lit Ai ioRSY-AT-i-iW,
Bomenet, Pa.,
i tv u In Bomenet and adjoining ooun
4i ii'uiea eutruAted lu uiu ul receive
4. i 0orriTH W. H. Kcitil.
0i'f KuTH & RUPPEL,
A rxOiiN 1 1 -A i -LA W,
Bomerte-t, Pa.
iZ kjkjc e n -tt-d to their care will be
S-r..j ii puu'jiiiy auemled to. OBioe on
i, sl-vcl i l omte ItanuiiuUi Bwi a.
T W. CAr.L'TUERS, M. K
l I'nisitiAN AMI tLit-.J N,
.- n.i-iT, Pa.
it ob Tnion street, next door to iTinuum
ti uclujw. .sai clJi at oltiue.
DR. P. F. SHAFFER,
PiiYiiUAS AN U or KG EOS.
ooauiuiiLT, Pa.,
Tncr? Li? pr-aal Dei rie. to me cituiene
t i -itei .ua vnvui.j Uince uext door to
'--.rrvjki li-jieL
JjU. iL S. KLMMELL,
iitT his prifi.-f ...nal eerr-.o to the e!tlw
virns ad T:cc;ty. I'niess jrofeouaiiy
t-rt ac cilu be loLiiiU at hi oUice on Maui ok
Dt J. M. LOUTIIER,
FmlLlA: ASD PCKGiS
pe!Tnc-otljr it Somerset for the
f n Lit jTu'L-MKiu. OSioe oa liam Mieet,
L. fta: u( hru euire.
D
S.J.S.M'MILXEX.
'. t efej aiitnuon to the proseiratloB of
a-.s ; iu An rieai .ta lnwrted. All
J?"' . Mai-!l MtuitartoiT. Od.ce in the
jj"" . Jf. J.i d-ii a, Co.'i auire, corner
cto, .p j ft -i t ireeu.
Oils! Oils!
V .i;:-t K'Snin? ., PittiLnruh Iiepart-'"t-UirKa.
luakea a o(Ksrialtjr of
Uic Uit brand, of
fe.ira'Jngti Lubricating Oils
Naphthand Gasoline,
j t from Krtrolenm. We challenge
j cottpuon mih ever j anowa
5 PDnrN,,,
'uuur Or PETROLEUM.
Ifjoa with the - t uniformly
Satisfactory Oils
-IS THE
-nierican Market
oort Tiaie foi ft, ; rvet and Tlcliltj
RppUeu t.y
tT-OK .s . EFRIT" aSD
iJT BoKaaaiT. Pa
r0. 3 FRANKLIN STREET.
J3HSST0WN SUPPLY HOUSL
MM H. WATERS &BR0.
PLUMBERS,
STZA2
12 GAS F1TTZ2S.
n, w " ""-hilobea in onr new buildln.
w.jTL5u --i . b the best -arranged for
l"tr ur" rnu.ylv.ma.
U" a""" to U Piumbinf, Steam
u'.li..flTO"r!?' f1" 'refill attention to
" MoT ATLK UtATiM bua
tw ttL ' r""r' m I hi. iiu enbrar
e.JlB7'r buudinj. ia the eonuty, with
Cy t5PI-T "rPARTVKKT., carry a raH
VK'h v lather JkHlna Hu-arn ai d
V- Je luktt-voni, Lb riL-i. lorv, Su- m
4 "P I U..CJ, He, Priota quoted oa
. Ailci-SKV-AILAW,
Bomenet, Pa.
VOL. XLI. NO.
-THE-
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF-
Somerset, Penn'a.
o
CAPITAL
SURPLUS
S50.000.
S10.OOO.
DEPOSITS HECCIVCOIN LAII6C ANOaMALL
AMOUNTS. PATABLt ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS FARMERS.
STOCK DEALER. AND OTHERS SOLICITED
-DISCOUNTS DAILY. -
BOARD OF DIRECTORS :
LaRcb M. Dukb. W. II. Millie,
Jams L. Pcuh, Chas. H. Fishis,
JOH R. StOTT, Geo. R. StTlX,
Fan W. Bin-Et ku.
Edward Sctix, : : : : : Pkesidext
Valentinb Hay. : : Vice President
Harvey M. Bebkley, : : : Cashier.
The fumta and securities of this bank
are Becurely protet'tenl in a ct-'.ebrated Cor
liss Buiyiar-proof isafe. The o&iy Sufe
made absolutely Burglar-proof.
Somerset County National Bank
Of Somerset, Pa.
- .
EsUblithed. 1877. 0rcan!z! u a KailMt!, 1890.
CAPITAL. $50,000.
Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't
Wm. H. Koontz, Vice Pres't.
Mikcn J. Prins, Cashier.
Directors:
SamT Snviler,
Jii.h peoltt,
JoLn H. rinrder,
Jo',h M. l'a-Vii,
Jerome Stum,
Wm. Fnd'ey.
Jouaa M. ook,
J .im Sana.
HitImju Sneder,
KuatiQ. iiiiier.
fam. B. Harrison.
Cnrtoraem ol this Bank wi!l receive the most
liUral treatise:.! consiso nt w:ib safe banking.
Parties wirling to .end money east or west can
be an-oumdated by uialt for any wio'iut
Mm,. nrt rinKi,lt se.'L.rea Lt one of THe-
bold 6 Celebrated oala, with most approved time
CoUeciion made In aU pan of the United
Stales. Cimnrefc moderate.
AcoQiuu aud Ijeoosiu sollcled. mar5-Cm
FIIELRT TITLE ill HIST CI.
121 A 123 Fourth Ave.,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
P.nM - - -
Undivided Profits 1200,000.
INSURES TITLE TO REAL ESTATE.
Authorized to art as
Executor, Administrator, (iaardian,
Trustee, Assignee, KccelTer, &c.
UEAL3 IS
RELIABLE INVESTMENT SECURITIES.
Rents boxfs in its Suj.erior Vaults from
r' rinura njiwards.
Receives deposits and loans on mort
gages aad approved collaterals.
JOHN" B. JACKSON, - PresidenL
JAMES J. DOXXELL, Vice TresidenL
C. B. McVAY. - Secretary and Treas.
FANCY
WORK.
Some Great Bargains in
IRISH POINT LUNCH
AND TRAY CLOTHS
Bought helow cost of transportation
we are seliinif at prral bargains hit8
tnd colored Bed lord Cord Table Cov
ers Btamped readv for orking. Sing
ed Canton Flannel Table and Cush
ion Covers, Sinped Plush Cushion
Covers, Bar-arran Art Cloth Table
nd Cushion Covers, all stamped
with Newest Ie8:gns ; I lem -stitched
Hot Biscuit and Roll Napkins. A
new and large line of hem-stitched
Tray and Carving Cloths from WKts
up.
Sttmped IIom-st:t:hed Scarfs from Coots
np. Table Covers from 50 eta. up. A
- full line of Figured
INDIA SILKS,
All New rattenii and Colorings. Also,
Figured Plush,
24 and 33 inches wide, in beautiful Colors
and Desiprs. Art Salin Squares for the
Central Covers and Cutbion Covers.
AVaban ZSTetting,
4S inches wide. 50 cents Ier yaH in Pink,
Bine. C!ie and Yellow, Tllb NEW
THINti for DrapinB Mantles and
IHxira. and for lrapinn Over
Iraperiw. A new line of
Had-re1, Irom .'ic.up.
Vi.it onr Table Linen, Towel. Napkins,
Muslin, Sheeting and Liuen fVepartiuent, by
all means.
41 FIFTH AVENCE, PiUsbnTrh, Pa.
FACTS s
That I sell the folio
ig (foods at these lo
prices:
a
Two yri old Pure Bye tl 00 per gallon.
7 r. : : :; i-s : -
our
2 SO
fix
Ten
4
Tentt-Mie " " . "
emy-ine . ...
7j0
HOUSE
Ait Ii. aefc3 known aiiiiM-r. tiiw
J-vear.il fre wmea. all kiad.ai SI SO per aal
h.'n home. Moel. llaret, utinfartan bberry
and Port Win, direct imporiatioua In claw.
Pore Imported Branrtw. Oiiifc t the loweu J!jr
ure. cilor-ud !or p-c-:U Prin. Li4. Mit
ortlerBprooiirt') attended to So extra Charf.
ur boxing and packing.
A. ANDRIESSEN,
172, Federal SL, - ALLEGHENY, FA.
IeU-J.hOLi, JOLi.
35.
John St lei if
Of ReaJinS. l'l.
Miserable and Dull
Dyspepsia, the Blues, Headache,
Pain in the Back, Etc.
Continued Succeaa of Ilood't Sarso
parilla
" I mast say a word about flood's Sarsapa
ri:ia for It has made me feel h.e another man.
I was miserable and dull al! the U:ae; bad the
Liues, eould not enor tlie leat fun ; felt sk k ail
over and often thought I would soon die. I did
not know w hat to do. Could nut alt p, eat or
work with satisfaction. My stomach was so
out of order lliat
I Often Wished I Was Dead.
I spcat many a dollar for medicine, all for little,
or I mi'lit say, no beneflt I saw and read so
much about Hood's SamapariUa that I thought
I would try it The first bottle made a different
feelmg, so I kept on til! 1 had taken thrre. T'.ie
severe pain In my back, headache and distress
in my stomach, all traces of dyspepsia have
Entirely Disappeared
and I can eat, sleep and work, and feel so much
better than I tued to, that. I cannot thank
Hood's fiarsaparilla enough. I earnestly re-
s
Sarsaparilia
is res
commend It as the best medicine or dyspepsia
and distress in the rtoniach. I .."hh Hood's
Saraapirilla abundant success." j'oi... L .:::ly,
74d Locust Stret t, Keadlng, Ta.
H0O0'8 PILL8 cure liver Ills, sick head
ache, j-iuudice, uidigestloa. Try a box. 25c
SPRING
An nouncemenX
We have now on sale our
New Importations of
ALL-WOOL
FRENCH CHALLIES,
DRESS GINGHAMS
EKSR0I0ER2ES,
LACES,
FINE
and will lie pkahtd to rabmil
Samples By Mail.
Voull find the Styles and Values sur
passing good.
All-Wool CHALLIES,
30 and 51 inch Goods in L-'gM and Dark
Grounds in large variety of Choice New
Styles, 4)c, 4."2, 5"c, 55c ::::::
40 Pieces
FRENCH ZEPHYR G.'NGHAMS
Prefs Styles 25 cent qualities at l'l cent",
while this let lasts only. ::-::: : :
NEW SATIN STRIPE
and Silk Stripe Ginghams fast colors
and washable :::::::: : :
FRENCH ZEPHYR GINGHAMS
Elegant New Sljles, 2"c,, 25c : : :
NOVELTY GINGHAMS-35 cents
ANDERSON " " 35 "
EMBROIDERIES.
The 101,000 styles represented in this stock
embraces so many lines and such a range
cf prii?, that it is impossible here to men
tion l b em in detail. :::::: : :
If you will mske k; own to our Mail Order
Pep't your Embroidery and Lace wants
for your spring sewing, you will receive
ramplcsreprtseLtirg euch unusual values
and stylish patterns as will surely please
and merit your approval. Try iL
Boggs & Buhl,
115, 117, 119 and 121 Ftderal Snet,
HLLEGUE Y, P.
lehrtstevvjit
1 V.
UA)
DID YOU EYIR SIT ON A TACK ?
Unconilortable feeling, aibt it ? Al
though knowing nothing about
the whereabouts of said tack,
previous to its coming in contact
with your anatomy, how sudden
ly you become conscious of its
exact location.
Some of these days you will " siton
. a tack," so to ppeak in regard to
Crockery and Ilouse Furnishing
Goods.
Yon will liaTe an nncomfortable
feeling in discovering that for many
years you have been throwing
away money by paying a double
prica for Crockery and Ilouse
Furnishing Goods. .
Although knowing nothing about
thi3 loss before, how suddenly
you will become conscious of its
exact location.
This will happen when yon have
settled down to purchasing
Crockery and House Furnishing
Goods of us.
NATHAN'S
IT Vjfs Saving Sturt fir lU Public.
R
ome
SOMERSET, PA.,
WE ALL KNOW HER.
Leaves Uie b:eakfatdihes st&niin' in the mid
dle of the floor.
HurrLo9 to do an errand at the little country
tare.
Makes about a dozen calls on as many patient
dames,
Let's loose a nood of gossip, but never mentions
nam ca
Knows what couple's settin' np most every Sun
day n'ght
Bouse just across the way from her'n and 'bleeg-
ed to see the llgat ;
Teils w here the dress is being made to honor
Cupid's claims.
And when the weddin's coming off, but never
mentions names.
Heard juit now, a certain deacon not a tlKHwand
miles away
Eight on hand toevery ervhM;, and the fust to
speak and pray
Recently was catched at cbeatiu' and at various
other games.
Fur her pan she doesn't wonder, but she never
mentions names.
Been a moat unwUlin' witnexs to a dreadful fami
ly row
Woman wouldn't give an Inch, and husband
wouldn't bow
Peace an' comfort all gona np in anger s risin'
Camea.
Lookin' for a separation, but she never mentions
names.
Such one Is mean and stingy and another puts oa
tyie ;
Half the lolks are proud and haughty, and the
rest low down and vile.
Nothin' in creation snits her, no she frets and
scolds and blames
Uiglity sly aud uuderhanded, f1 she never
mentions names.
You and I have seen this person, and have listen
ed to her tongue.
ooiug like a barrel of water that is running at
the bung ;
And we know just where to place her, with her
petty, groveling aims.
But we'll follow her example and refuse to men
tion names. bud rlvaiiuy.
WHO DID THE WOOiNG?
It somehow leaked out in the Big
Creek section that Martha Ann Tcdd
proposed to Jim hntrpkins.
How the story got afloat no one exact
ly knew, for Martha certainly never told
it hertelf, and as for James, he was never
known in the whole course of lii exist
ence to have told anything. Anyhow,
the report' got afloat, and soon every one
far and near w&s talking aboot it, and at
every candy pull and "BUgarin ofT some
one was bound to bring op the subject,
and then the question was asked : "Did
Martha Ana really propose?"
.The facta in the case were that Martha
Ann an 1 James were engaged. Both
Mrs. Todd and Mrs. Simpkina had given
this news to the world at Aunt Jane
Wormleya meeting of the Big Creek
L-idies' Aid. It was further generally
agreed that James never had spunk
eaough to speak for himself, so it really
b3came aa oppressive mystery to the
good people of the section.
But all these wonderinga and supposi
tions would have been cleared up had
they been able to look into the generous
heart of Martha Ann as she sat by the
western window of the k itching c'oing
crochet work, and looking ever and anon
over across the snow fields to the Simp
kins farm -house, behind which a s'nrdy
figure could be seen lustily swinging an
ax.
And this was James.
Martha Ann was a comely a girl as
any in the district, and as Uncle Billy
Nason, the master of the poetoflice and
village emporium, averred, "by far the
likeliest"
Martha Ann was good to look at. She
was cot handsome ; she was not pretty.
Her eyes were neither bright black nor
soft blue. Her hair hal no poetic tend
encies. Her figure was neither statues
que nor petite; nevertheless. Marth
Ann was a pleasant girl to see. She seem
ed to have a way of growing on one, for
her voice as always musical, and her
smile ever cheerful and encouraging.
She was now probably twenty-seven
years of age perhaps younger it doesn't
matter. She was a woman, healthy, en
erotic, a farmer's daughter who had
worked all her life and was proud of it ;
who had tiiee taken first prize at the
county fiir for bread, and bad won a
medal at the same institution for a patch
work quilt. She had made all her own
clothes since the day she 111 sixteen,
and besides that she could play an organ
ail around the other girls.
That was a big day in the life of Mar
tha Ann when her father came home
with a six stop organ on the wood sleigh.
Such a beauty as it was, too, with elegant
bracket trimmings and a cute little nek
on top for books and music It wasn't
five minutes after that organ struck the
parlor before "Coronation" and "The
Battle of Waterloo" were rolling through
the house with so sublime and altogether
magnificent a tone that Mother Todd
dropped right down on the haircloth
sofa, all in her old clothes, too, and cried,
refusing to be comforted natil Martha
Ann played a few bars of "Nearer, My
God, to Thee."
But self-con fj lent as Martha Ann was,
she had for five years now been floating
on a sea of conjecture as to what Jim
Simpson really meant by coming over to
the hoiX5 and talking politics with her
father, and "eeeing" her home from
church every Sunday night She some
how could not locate James iu her list of
certainties.
For a long tims Martha Ann seriously
doubted whether he loved her or not,
and it was not till she felt in her heart
that she was all in all to him that she be
gan to scheme how to make it easy for
James to propose.
For months s.ie labored over this prob
lem. Every once and a while of a Sun- i
day evenin' as they strolled home togeth
er by the creek, she would throw out a
"fieler," but he never understood. Dur
ing all this time she made herself as at
tractive as she knew how, and played her
sweet pieces on the organ, with no furth
er result than getting him used to sitting
on a haircloth chair without desiring to
tip it back against the wall, as was his
custom with the kitchen furniture.
Although all her schemes came to
naught, Martha Ann never lost heart
She was sure of one thing, and that was
that James was dying to ask her, but
couldn't So she looked at it as perfectly
proper that she should help him out
The nearest be bad ever oma to say
ing something vital was on a day in the
preceding fa'l when he had come over to
help ber pick some grafted apples. These
apples were so Urge and precious that
the greatest care had to be taken in gath
ering them. Oa this occasion James was
up amid the branches of the tree on a
tepladder, and Martha Ann stood on
the ground, catching each app'.a, one by
one, in her apron.
ESTABLISHED 18537.
AVTEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1893.
Whether looking np so continuously
heightened her coloring or not, James
thought she had never looked so beauti
ful and altogether womanly before, and
he registered an oath in his heart, for be
never swore, that, " so help bira Uncle
John Rogera, be would ask ber the min
ute he got down." He even got quits
brilliant np there on the ladder, and act
ually joked, while Martha Ann became
one contiguous smile.
Finally he gathered all the apples in
his reach, ani so had to come down to
get a new positiion. But witb each down
ward Btep, down went his courage, and it
was only by a superhuman effort that he
managed to s?y :
"You're lookin' purtier'n all git out,
Martha Ann."
Martha Ann blushed crimson at so di
ract a compliment, for 6ha felt that the
hour had come.
"You're always a-flatteria me James,"
she said.
"Couldn't say too much for you
know you know tiaess I'd better
move the ladder ter the south side the
tree, wouldn't you V
Martha Ann could have cried then and
there. James s lid no more, and the ap
ple gathering went on in silence.
But now, at the time I am writing
about, they were actually eng-tged, and
the reader will probably come to the
conclusion that Martha Ann must have
proposed, juntas the worthy gossips of the
Big Creek section figured. The facts are
as follows:
Martha Ann decided firmly on a cli
max. Either James or she must speak.
If she could induce him to dec'are his
love, all well and good ; if not, she must
draw him out. If he would not draw
she must tell him the old story heiself
No strategist could have planned a finer
campaign.
It was the evening of Easter Sunday.
The day had been bright and sunny.
The services at the church had been in
spiring and James had come home w ith
her for sapper.
After a meal which would have warm
ed the heart of a cynic, let alone a
healthy farmer like our hero, all the folks
retired to the parlor, where a rosy fire
was glowing in the grate, the dry maple
logs burning slowly but determinedly,
and every coal which dropped holding
its color for an hour.
The organ was opened, and first the
pieces sung by the choir that day were
played over, as Martha Ann said "just to
hear how they souuded at home."
Father Todd sat near the hearth, one
knee overlapping the other, his eyes
looking clean np through the ceiling,
past the bedroom oa the second floor,
past the stairs in the keen spring sky,
past the boundaries of space into that
"beautiful land of pure delight, where
saints immortal reign," which Martha
Ann was singing about,
Mother Todd sat in her rocker near
him, her arms folded on ber motherly
bosom, her round, fair, good old face
beaming with perfect rest and peace.
James Btood by the side of the singer
and joined in the chorus now and then,
for he had a robust bass voice, which
"might'd amounted ter something,"
Martha Ann said, "had he only had the
high trainin' of the choir."
And so the early evening passed, and
pretty soon the eld people went to
sleep in a fitful way until the worthy sire
"allowed it might do fer young folks to
set np, but fer as he was concerned, guess
he'd crawl off ter bed." He was soon
followed by his faithful partner, and the
field was ready for the action to begin.
Martha Ann concluded she would not
sing any more, for ber throat was getting
choked up, and with 'the greatest sang
froid drow the sofa np before the fire and
sat do an, leaving James to look out for
bim.'elf.
This move put him in a bad fix. If he
sat down anywhere in the room but in
one place ber back wqnld be toward him.
He hemmed a little and wandered aim
lessly about, t-ied to get interested in a
picture of Mrs. Todd's grandmother, and
finally sat down on the organ stool.
Martha Ann paid no attention. She
sat with her face in her har.ds looking
in the fire, as if oblivious of his presence.
There was a silence of intense ami
painful presence in the room. Now and
then a spark shot upward from the burn
ing logs or a stick fell fiom the dogs into
a heap of crimson coals.
James actually suffered. He had no
more idea what to do under the circum
stances than the traditional child unborn.
Bat when the stillness began to actually
ache, Martha Ann roused np, and turn
ing to him said : "Why, James don't set
over alone. Come and sit on the sofa
here by me and watch the fiickerin'. I
jes' see the prettiest little home you ever
tell of. Come and I'll tell you."
He blushed crimson at this. Was it
possible T Was this really Martha Ann?
Was he Jim Simpkins? "Come and s--t
down right aside o' ber and watch her
tlickerin'-'Well, ' I'll be eternally!" wag
what instantly passed through hisbraia.
And she had turned to the fire.
He coughed a1ittle, made as if to get
np, but subsided. He turned all colors.
And there sat Martha Ann looking so
eery. V
A look of heroism came into his eyes.
He arose, pulled dow n his-trousers, and
the first thing he knew he was actually
sitting on the game sofa with her, and
she, never moving from her place near
the middleeontinued her weird stare
into the fire.
"James," she said, "I never see such a
buildin' of palaces and a makin' of stories
as there is in the fire there to-night''
"Look there, right side the dog. Can't
you see the little house there and the
vines a-trailing np over the roof and the
door wide open and the children a play
in' about, and the old well there see it,
James, bucket, beatr, everything jest as
natural as life; and what's them bend in'
over the well T They may be lovers,
James, a-bendin' over the water jes' as
we are over the fire."
"You got tarnal good eyes, Martha
Ann, ter see all them things. P'raps it
ain't no imagination, but I cent see noth
ing but some coals a breathing sorter like
as if they bated ter give in."
Martha Ann continued her rapt atten
tion of the drama in the fire, and James
began to feel at home on the sofa.
By and by she lifted her hand and
brushed back ber hair, and then let it
descend in a careless way til! it fell on
that of her companion.
"What a great, strong hand yon have,
the said slowly. "Da yoa knew the
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marks in the hand ? Let me show yoa
See this longest one curving around the
thumb. That's for long life. You will
live to be very old. And see this little
one here, next to it That's for riches.
and this one here wonder what it's for?
See mine, jes' the same mark. Oh ? I
know now ; I remember.
"What is it fer?"
"It's fer love."
The Websterian catalogue was too lim
ited for the bashful young farmer to find
anyihicg to say to this, and so they sat
in silence, her hand still resting almost
caressingly on his. Out in the Bitting
room could be heard the measured, sol
emn tick-tii-k cfthe great oaken clock,
and outside the wind breathing through
the trees added a certain weirdness to
the Sabbath repose. Every now and
then the sound of the old dog in the
woodshed turning over restlessly could
be beard, and all the while the man's
heart was demanding that he should ex
press himself, a commission the tongue
refused to obey.
Finally Martha Ann, without raising
her head, said, dreamily :
"Do jou know, James, I've often won
dered why you didn't git married, You
see, I have always looked upon myself as
a sister to yon, wishin' always for your
welfare and happiness, and I have asked
myself agin and agin, 'Now why don't
he find some good, true girl and marry
her? You'd make some woman a good
husband, James; I know you would,
you're so good and stedy and home lov
in', and sech men ain't plentiful. It
ain't fer you to be spending yonr Sunday
evenings with me, who is only your true
friend, fer you'd ought to be findia' a
sweetheart an' gettiu' married and settled
in life."
"Oh, Martha Ann!" he found courage
to say.
She continued as if not noticing the in
terruption. "A man aa has reached your age ought
ter be lookin' round him, and there's
plenty of girls would have you, too, a
plenty of them. Now, there's Mary Gib
son ehe's a good girl as ever lived, a
splendid house-keeper, and religious. Or
Sally Stevens, or Esther Lipum, any of
them would jump at the chance to be
come Mrs. Simpkins."
James groaned inspirit The perspi
ration trickled down his forehead and
settled in a drop on the tip of his nose, as
if undecided whether or n t it were best
to fall.
"Oh, Martha Ann!" he said again
plaintively, "how could yer think of such
a thing?"
She removed ber hand from his and
turned her face, now flushed warm by
the fire, nntil her eyes met his and ask
ed, as if with the greatest wonder :
Why not V
"It's you I want, Mirtha Ann" his
tongue was getting into line it's you as
I have been a-planning this year or more
to ask, but somehow you was alters so
sreet lookin' and so quiet that I some
how con! J n't do." Suroly the unruly
vocal powers were getting very obedient
A . VJ tci tiuuj A IUUC 1 C O
The machinery stopped suddenly here
!....! t . - K..!., 1'... T "
and it was as much as half a minute be
fore he continued.
"You see, I don't know how to tell it,
but I love you. I love yon with all my
heart, and alters have, and I've wished
and wished I could tell you, but I couldn't
bein so stupid ; but I've told you now,
and I ain't no room in my heart for no
one else."
He was quite choked np with emotion,
now, yet in his eyes were a new boldness,
a new inspiration, and be learned eager
ly forward for her answer.
It was now her turne to be confused.
The wily Martha Ann forgot her cunning
of speech, forgot her well laid plan, and
the first thing she knew tears were roll
ing down her cheeks. She had no words
to say.
She allowed her Lead to sink slowly
toward his breast, and hiding nerface
there with his strong arms about her, she
gave herself op to the soft passion oftears
And then he raised her tenderly and
kissed her over aad over again how he
never know and w ill never be able to
explain to himself, for be had no need to
be told she loved him and was his for ail
time.
And so they sat silently, while the fire
flickered and grew passionate in turn,
and the old clock ticked with a gladder
tone, and even the breathing of the gt d
of night in the lilacs became subdued.
And so, heart beating against heart, aiid
band clasping hand, they sat, too full of
the spirit of love to say aught
And this is bow they became engaged.
Yet still the people of the Big Creek
section are wondering, "Did Martha Ann
really propose ?" Frtd Hdrmr Mi'Wry i
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i. Many a precious life could be saved
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Coldj, and Consumption. Trial bottles
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Drug btore.
That Lawn fower.
A Belfast (Me.) woman got indignant
the other day at the shabby appearance
of the lawn about ber bouse. After mow
ing down her husband with wrath, she
was soon on the lawn herself with the
lawn mower. Back and forth she push
ed tho machine, while the sun beamed
oft and melting on the downtrodden
woman and everything else.
From a shady nook her husband tim
idly watched her determined display.
For an hour, in which she must have
traveled a doxen miles, she worked, but,
sad to relate, not a blade of grass bowed
to her indignant endeavors.
Finally ber husband picked up cour
age enough to address her :
"Hadn't you better turn the machine
over, my dear ?"
She did turn the machine over into
the gutter and swept into the bouse with
a look that kept her husband at a dis
tance for several days. Leu iMon JtHtritoU
"Workin' now, Peter 7 "Naw, I got a
job in da City hall,"
Meraici
People Will Steal.
A well-known hotel man said recent
ly: "In all my experience 1 have never
been able to explain to my entire satis
faction why it is that so many hotel
guests consider the articles in their rooms
public property and persist in carrying
them away."
" The Ioeses to a large hotel, such aa
the Grand Pacific of Chicago," he added.
"runs high in the thousands of dollars
annually from such pilfering. So art!
cle is too insignificant to escape the at
tention of the thieves, nor ia there any
thing in a hotel bedroom except, possi
bly the bed, bureau and waahstand, that
may not be carted aay.
" Knives and forks, towels and bed
clothing are, however, the article moat
frequently removed. Still everything
has to be watched, from the soap ia the
dis'.es to the French clock in the bridal
chamber. I can recall several instances
of thefts of the last named article, and aa
for rugs, there is scarcely a hotel proprie
tor in the country who would leave one
of any value in a room.
"John Hoey was an exception to this
rule, however, but after the first season
or so that he ran the palatial Hollywood
at Iong Branch he was compelled to
have itemized lists drawn np of the arti
cles contained in every sleeping room
and suite in his houe. When any guest
departed an account of the contents of
the room vacated was at once taken and
compared with the list, and this was done
only because experience showed it to be
necessary.
" I do not know how the thieves have
the face to use the marked articles," said
the man in conclusion, "bat the fac re
mains that thousands of articles are ta
ken annually, and I believe that an in
spection of thee Heels in the homes of
many a commercial traveler would bring
to light a most curious assortment of ho
tel stuiT picked up hers and there in jour
neying over the country."
Say Your Nasty Little Prayers.
Mr. Sal a, in his journal relates the fol
lowing experience of William Black, the
novelist :
Wben at work Mr. Black loves intense
quiet and cannot bear the slightest noise.
For this reason he always selects a room
at the top of the house for his study. At
one time it was his misfortune to live in
what he describes as a jerry-built house,
and while endeavoring to work in the
early hours of the morning, as is his cus
tom, he tells of one amusing inconveni
ence that he was called upon daily to put
np with. The nursery of his next doer
neighbor was in line with his study, and
in this a somewhat numerous family was
located. Every morning, as regular as
clock-work, Mr. Black could hear the el
der eifter call out, "Now then, yoa hor
rid little things, kneel down and say your
nasty little prayers V A profound si
lence would follow, but the interval was
a brief one. Then came a rush and a
clatter, and the shrill voices of the chil
dren were beard exclaiming: "We have
said our prayers ! we have said our pray
ers!" How the Map of Pekin Was
Made.
How a military map of Pekin was se
cretly made is told by General Sir Rob
ert Biddulph. During the China war of
lS'jO, in which Sir Rooert was engaged,
our army was greatly embarrassed by the
absence of any map of the city. But it
happened that tile Russian legation had
only a few months before contrived to
make a map in spite of the jealous
watchfulness of the Chinese.
Tbey had sent an ofiicer in a small
covered cart, such as they use to carry
their women about, completely covered
in. An indicator was attached to the
wheel. He drove for a certain distance
to a certain cross road, for example, and
' took a shot" with his instrument ; then
down to the-next road, and in that way
made a complete plan cf Pekin, with all
its streets and ro Js, both in the Tartar
city and in the Chinese city. Geneial
IgnatiefJ, who produced the map, off.:red
its use to the English. Tbero were no
photographers then attached to the ar
my ; but an Italian photographer, who
had followed the army for his own pri
vate purposes, being set to work, produc
ed a number of copies which proved ex
tremely serviceable.
Couldn't Afford IL
The woman with a rin on every fin
ger was a queeniy beauty, with the le
gal element largely predominating over
the comeliness. She had a harsh I am
not my brother's keeper look in her eyes
as she enteied the grocery store around
the corner.
"A re these tomatoes fres'i?" she de
manded icily.
A clerk with thin, san ly hair and no
beard hastened to assure her that the to
matoes w ere j'ist from the soil.
"Is that celery crisp ?"
"Yes'iD."
"Those cabbages free fro.n decay in
side V
"Entirely free."
"Those melon; ripe?"
"Dead ripe."
"These lemons juicy ?"
"Very."
"Those cranberries reddened on the
vines?"
"Yes, indeed."
Tt e woman glanced scornfully about
the place.
"How are yon selling butter?" she ask
ed, w ith a cold, stony glare.
"Thirty cents, ma'am."
" Thirty cents? Well, I declare. I "
She was sweeping toward the door.
"Came over to order an eighth of
a pound, but I can't afford it."
Guaranteed Cure.
We authorize our advertised druggist
to sell Dr. King's New Discovery for con
sumption, coughs and cohls npon this
condition: If yoa are afflicted with a
cough, cold or any lung, throat or chest
trouble, and will use this remedy as di
rected, giving it a fair trial, and experi
ence no benefit, yoa may return the bot
tle and have your money refunded. We
conld not make this offer did we not
know that Dr. King's New Discovery
could be relied on. It never disappoints.
Trial bottles free at J. N. Snvues's drug
store. Ltrge size, 50c. and $1.
When the people find out that a man
is mean at home, tbey don't care how
good be professes to be at church.
11 1
WHOLE NO. 21G8
A Primitive Shelter.
While attached to a military expedi
tion against the Sioux in Wyoming, in
1877, 1 saw those Indians construct at
the various camps we made what I take
to be the roost primitive form of house
built by human hands. It was simply a
shelter, 8r tepee aa they call it, made
with the green bonghs cut from the Cot
tonwood trees. Without any especial
preparation of the ground, they implant
ed the cut ends of the limbs in two paral
lel rows about eight feet long and five
feet apart The tops were adroitly bent
over the inclosed space and fastened to
gether along the middle line, thus creat
ing a ecmicyliadrical shelter open at
both ends. These tepees were merely
intended for two or three men to sleep
in, all the cookin and other arrange
ments being performed outside. R. W.
ShufelJt, in Popular Science Monthly.
Attractive Tours to the Near South
via. trie Pennsylvania Railroad.
The advantageous season of the year
and the attractive destinations fixed for
the tour to the near South on February
Oth make it one of the most desirable of
pleasure trips. The territory traversed
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picturesque ronte, the military post of
Old Point Comfort, the beautiful resort
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Seven days will be spent on the trip.
The rates, including transportation, ho
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Tourist Agents, SW Broadway Ne York,
SCO FoJ'on street, Brooklyn, and 2:io
Soutl Fourth Street, Philadelphia, or
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A good record. "I have sold Cham
berlains Cough Remedy for ten years,"
says Druggist F B. Legg, of Vail, Iowa,
and have always warranted it and nev
er had a bottle returned. During the
past 00 days I h. ve sold twelve dozen
and it has given perfect satisfaction in
every instance." It does not dry op a
cough, but loosens and re'ieves it. It
will cure a severe cold in less time than
any other treatment 25 cent, 50 cent
and $1 bottles for sale.
"Donnerwetter, what a sight yoa are."
"Just as I was leaving the house to come
to the club my wife pelted me with flow
ers." "But that doesnt account for your
bruised and battered appearance." "You
see, she forgot to take them out of the
pot?."
A Leader.
Since its first introduction. Electric
Bitters has gitiaed rapidly in popular fa
vor, until now it is clearly in the lead
among pure medicinal tonics and altera
tives, contaiuing nothing which permits
its ue as a beverage or intoxicant, it is
recognized as the best and purest medi
cine fur all ailments cf Stomach, Liver or
Kidneys. It will cure Sick Headache,
Indigestion, Constipation, an 1 drive Ma
laria froa the system. Satisfaction
guaranteed with each bottle or the mon
ey will be refunded.
Price only 50V. per bottle. Sold by J.
N. Snyder, Druggist.
Good AJ vies. Mrs. Newricb (who
prides herself on her knowledge of art)
"To which institution dj ou think 1
ong'ttto leave my pictures when 1 die?"
Conscientious Artist ''To the asylum for
the blind."
The senior propiiitorof this paper has
been euoject to freqnict col-is for some
years, which weresure tolay him up if
not doctored at once. He finds that
Chamberlain's Cough remedy is reliable,
it opens the secretions, relieves the
lungs and restores the syotc-ro to a heal
thy condition. If freely used as soon as
the cold has been contracted, and be
fore it has become settled in the system,
it greatly lrsens the attack and often
cures in a single day what would other
wise have been a severe cold. Xur:h
Mvsfcrit liAtl R-HHisr, Des Moines, Iowa.
25 and 50 cent bottles for sale.
For the Land of Divorces. Salesman
"But yon're not g?ing to warrant these
plated wedding rings to wear twenty
years ? Manufacturer "That's all right
They're made expressly for the Dakota
irate."
Chamberlain's Eye and Skin
Ointment.
A certain cure fr Curonic Sore Eyes,
Teller, Suit Kbeuua, Scald Head, Old
Chronic Sores, Fever Sorts, Eczema, Itch,
Prairie Scrattiies, Sore Nipples and
Piles. It is cooling and soothing. Hun-,
dreJs of otsear.ave been cured by it af
ter all other treatment had failed. It ia
pat u? in 25 and 50 cent boxes.
"What was this man arrested for?"
"Iinpers'jnatirg an otficer.yer Honor. 1
saw him take twohandfi's of peanut's
ana a banana off a corner fruit stand."
A gent'eman in Union county, Mo ,
who is too modest a man to have his
name mentioned in the newspapers, was
cured of rheumatism by Cuamberlaiu's
Pain Bairn, after trying other medicines
and treatments for thirteen years. 50
cent boti'es for sale.
A Good Taste. Druggist "Was that
insect powder you got the other day
satisfactory?" Gouimey "The insects
se:m to like it. They are thriving on it"
I have been a sulf.-rer from calarrh for
20 years. I found immediate relief in
the use of Ely's Cream Balm. Since us
ing it I have not suffered a moment from
headache, sore throat or lose of sleep,
from which I previously suffered, caused
by catarrh. I consider your Balm a val
uable rem exit, R. G. Vasear, 5t War .en
street, New York.
Ely's Cream Balm is worth its weight
ia gold as a care for catarrh. One bottle
cured me. S. A. Lovtll, Franklin, Pa.
A man who lives fast cannot expect
that enjoyment will ktep np with him.
"The Days of Auld Laryr
in Somerset County.
We take the following poem from the
current number of Tk-Jjwriotu VoittAtf
Jfioarif, official organ of the National
Society of the Daughter of the Ameri
can Revolution.
The Turkey Foot, where the borough
of Confluence is now located, ia a place
of great historic intereot. Tradition as
serts that in about M50 white settlers es
tablished a community in tbe neighbor
hood. This may be true, or not, but we
know it was visited, and mentioned ia
official papers by Christopher Gist la
1752, Gen, Washington 175J-4, Capt
Orme 1755, and Rev. Capt Jno. Steel im
1758 and, that the first white settle
ment in this county was made there
cannot, and never has been, disputed.
In a report made to Daniel Brodhead,
Surveyor General of the State of Penn
sylvania, by Alexander McCIean, Depu
ty, and on file in the land cilice, special
mention is made of "the orchard con
sistingof one hundred and thirty-two
beautiful bearing apple trees, a few that
have been injured excepted," more than
a hundred years ago.
The came was given it, 'tis said, by
some aboriginal, standing on one of the
four mountain peaks, on account of a
not altogether fancied resemblance ia
the coniluence below him, of the Yoogh
iogheny and Casselman rivers and Lau
rel Hill creek to the foot of a turkey.
From it the two townships of Upper and
Lower Turkey-foot were named. A great
many evi lences indicate that, al a time
antedating any knowledge of the past so
far as regards this part of tbe State, aa
well as afterward, nntil the whites be
came too numerous, the Turkey-foot re
gion was the place of assembling at fre
quent intervals of the Indians. Their
celebrated path way, k now a later as."Ne
macolin's Trail," leading from the forks
of the Ohio (now Pittsburg) to the Poto
mac river at the mouth of Will's creek
(now Cumberland, ML), ran through it.
Arrow and spear heads, skinning knivra,
bones and other relics of the red man,
are frequently found there, more espec
ially in the sort, flat ground of the pen
insula or point between tbe two rivers,
which for some reason was undoubted y
a favorite camping place.
The early settlers of the region suffer
ed greatly from the depredations of these
painted savages, and were 00m pel led t
organize companies for protection. Cap
tain Andrew Friend, who had moved
there from the valley of Virginia, a not
ed hunter.scout, Indian fighter, and af
terward Revolutionary soldier, was ia
com maud of one of these squads, audit
was his family who spent "that lorr,
long night" among the corn. The "foil"
to which they retreatwl was in the little
hollow east of Nebury, in Addison
township, where an old hay-hou is
now standing.
The "baby guest," after th ese and tLe
succeeding "tidies of war and raid" had
passed, and she was a young woman,
married John Mitchell, the son of a
neighbor who had been a comrade cf her
father. Thy raised a large family. Their
youngest child, a daughter, recently de
ceased, was the mother of Mrs. Johnson,
who U and has been for a number of
years a resident of Allegheny City, but
is a native of this county. Her father,
Gen, Moses A. Ross, still hale and hear
ty in his eighty-third year, lives in Addi
son, aad has lived and been engaged and
interested in the mercantile business
there for more than sixty-five years.
Among her first contributions to the
press was some dainty verse, published
when she was a very young girl iu the
columns of the Heiialp. She is an occa
sional contributor to several of the lea l
ing papers and magazine?, but almost in
variably of late years without signature-,
or under a nom 'It plume. E.
IN TURKEY-FO f.
HLf rtMBKlt :
a. r. 17."
1.
Lower au 1 1 user, d.-oj.! the nu
Adown a west of amethyst
In wooded vales the twilight duu
rreepiiuf, the lower brtnetie) kissei.
While s.autiug spears of suu.net light
Yet liii;fer.-d nj the topmost leaves
That, here and there, w-.-re gaily dight
With the red an I eoid that au-.umu jrrijA
Year after year 111 Turk y -foot.
II.
The (arm-boue iU:!y tak were done,
The pewter iWur-i In older et.
The stiut of .1x ail d.-flly tpiu.
The bioaehin ; ;I:lci 1 1 y -.t ,
And so within tn-j .nvrny wi'te
Th mother sit ai"l. m.i 111 wi l
T two small c'lildren, by her side,
I4't.&iut tales of iu -it i.t I li tu of oi.i.
That autumn ere in Turkey -foot.
IIL
The jl.iainirg deeper gre v.'atid si ill.
Have the suit inter- bunded in 1
Of moving leavaa, of bird and rill.
An 1 faint the bay of distant h.m 1 1,
"Oner en a Ume, 'aeath paijtoj roof, "
So went the tale, sad all gave heed
"When hark, a so.iui of horses' hu
Bauic :rjt a rider ait 1 hu steed
Came saifilyoii ia Taikay-foo.
XV.
The I im ; sro-.; wi h stately grs
eve. ir, wiil voj pleswj alight
' Sf. j i n :,' In li t. with aa.x:ooa ntee,
ran Indians are abrotl v oiy'it,
Tt.e eo-jutry-side to warn. I ride.
No eay task my goo 1 steed hath,
Tory e me apaee, make histi and hidd.
&ay!n-. dswuthe bri-IU pui
He rode away fro.n Turkey foot.
V.
A moment's space he -food suhaxt.
Then, praving. wuh hcrcliildrea tsill
the took her C gbt, an l came al last
To where the eorn grew wick and tall :
Ami, crou-hiu-j th-.-re, .':! n'.-V. h '. 1,
Ail i: lit, nor either in s. -lor slept ;
Ttieo-r -i a 1 ii :fi: -e iii ; in 1 1; ;
Tue fritshien ! e'l.ll-en aoltiy wept,
T'uat lung, I tug ai'it in Turkey boc
Yl
Pawn fame, but to li -r er in wot
t'atne to a ru.llin in th9e.ra ;
'They ene,' sfaecrle.l, her eourne spent,
Hiod b!p 11s e-ea-.u-es 10 fa I orn 1'
Sheelaipt har bbeswtfi sb'id-lerlng fear,
Sheiho igai upoa lajir anient sire,
Tbe eps c uns near, she aw a.fear
,un barrel ti;t wiih suarise :i j.
Oil, wfuT m rn 1 1 Tirtej t. !
VII.
A h rc rwMir b? ia the c'.e vi.Li e.' g'i9t,
A lark f.o-u t.i I t .r n. ting.
On?ehed her -wfjT, w. li'sshi prael.
From out her arm the children sprang
'father bas come! the scouts i' they cried.
Thankful she wool, iu mu'e surprise,
The lark's suo rati ort fir an I wide ,
H -r pr.le up n it eyl to rise,
Thus reneu cam In Turki-y-Iuot .
VIII.
X'ghl nm the fort was safely gained ;
Night came, the children went ts rest ;
But to trw mother, ere it waned,
God's ;r:fi hal eoiu j a baby guest.
Time pasted ; she thnne. this li'.lle maid,
This tort bon Sower of 73 :
Nurtured in t-ioes of war and raid ,
Mother of itriot rut to be ;
So runs ihs ju-j ia Turkey-foot.
Ttici s Bxse Jon ssrm. a
Allegheny. Pa ,
eptercb..r 11 '!
Entitled to Confidence.
Mr.G. W. B;nfrd, Druggist, should
have the confidence of this community.
Hi calling is oneof responsibility ; very
often precious lives are entrusted to his
care; taking the agency for selling the
celebrated Red Flag Oil should be a
guarantee; it will no all that is claimed
for it, and no remedy excels it for the
quick cure of Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Sprains aad all bodily pain. Price 25
cents.
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