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Pa., 5 r-ct 5m;'! attention to bustnow entrusted s-.i.nci and ad;oiniiig uuaoua. , iimiac auv, oppuaiie lac Court iiV:iK HAY, k Ain-a-Ni-i'-AT-LAW, BGinerset, Pv i -c-' .i; K Esial. ill attend to ail V r--M.-i u ru care witn prumptiKsa . rN it- I'KL, ) AllCi-VfiT-AI-LAW. txuaenet. Pa. . r '. y attend to ali buaanea entrujited j'uvicwi oa ouuueuotia, tc Oi- 3 a KIMML. A. i'i U iv . 1 - A 1 - LA , , r-- ; .;4i.:;iiE caJiiLuc. wita prompt-- . l.t...;. JLtLV ua MAUI CTUM OiTCCi, i s c-ja,k a -ure J a I i" u a h. 1 A I-LA . eiraRed to our cane wui be beLuura sUa1 .:j.iT..r:g CUUA t-;;- N-tl cunTgjifii, Uuae ua rvtv J. AiTOiLSET-Al-LAW, ' i..i'. t lit somtrTM and AJ,o.uijif ooub- x-. -t-em CLWiaWl W U leOUTC . ; -t.iT W. iL KEITH. :--iX'TH A RUPPEL. . Al'i(J0t-Al-I-AW, suoenct, ra. L 3--c e- m -"ted to lhiT car. will b ti.- E.cjicr--A-.y Aaenocd to. OrLu. on - roa Tircck, i tsje;tc kftnmfKT Bea. f . CAEL'THEK-S m. d. J ici.-.iUii ami str.'.."X, r atKrAr. Pa ttti ri-.j". ftroet, next d.xr to tTiiiurut r. MlArrtK, rdVLlA.S A.MisraAEOS, SOALASKT, PA.. .-: 'r."5 rofras;aai sei ri jea to Uie c;UAes N --.-it: i TiiXiLy vrLc. next door to JL H. s. tlilMELL, " -- i-1 p-"f -jnU terrica to lie dstsens '- U;UIaC al hm oZtcm oq Maua 3L. - Ad-Li. - 11. LoUTUER, J :FrMr'. of siteKdww.) rHisIUlaS A'D S'."iGEO - ui-.-i srrtiAser:;iT in soaerat lor th - t - ;j ; r.inuji. Oioe on Haia saceL, )2.J.s. JmiLLEX, r i- i.M'jfin to the prwwrratioo of - Ar.;ccal e'ji iunci All ri ' A-ir.-ecl tfcii'factory. etc in tae ''- - .. A. i r -dwe.i A U' atorw, eorsec w : i-a -. ,t streets Oils! Oils! i -;rat;ng d Lubricating Oils rr.th and Gasoline, :?'0DUCT Of PETROLEUM. rre Ui tae at nnirbrnily Satisfactory Oils t XHh - -encan Market, e fos rsei and Tlctnity Fpliea oy ,"K . tP.rr Ajrr, rkr, S KmEB. 50 ASSET, Pa WSTC JOB PRUNING SPECIALTY. 'Hi' !.. BENSHOFF. :'MC7UR!SQ STATIGHER AXD BOOK MAKER. H.4.NNAM BLOCK. jgHSTQWN. PA. A"'er Mr. Clemens Failed. e PTTTBta..R, Jmls,M92. r .... i -Have aad the rfcauraaiisia for - . -.rw-; a.; .ns , reroe-Jle. AIM " iw-r at.d del not get any ' -:""u n.eumat.e dnfy I mat L ,einea. but foun.l r DOC't Brahma that 1 starr at r "T I are to auend t. I It ::'A it i u;e nniy rraed' oa ' irr aejaiiie I .ars or Kr.ea : -o.- uct.ruinie.:li sre uiis - i-r.-n i jive tri tet:rav ulvi my oa frw wili. I ,rs C"iitn ia the house and rivw t the be-a t-Miod prlaer " ' rJ -, trim r-- ttf "IwAwniUKiii' swat my Very rwjwctfta'Jv. rraitr, t- I. LiODiE. Pi'.tshwra. I. " j. ,.' ; - not keep n. epen recelst w-. T : . J w , " --iim ,je umuc "-il M f s INEtXi.. T" AlToi-Ntl-Al-LAW, - Bomenet, Pa. Ji Llbeny Krset. PtUAtju-gn, Pa. ilie VOL. XLI. NO. -THE-FIRST NATIONAL BANK 07- Somerset, Penn'a. CAPITAL SURPLUS S50.000. $10-000. DEPOSITS PJCCCIVCDIN LA G t A N 0 S M ALL OUMTS. PATASLC OK DCMAKO. ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS FARMERS, STOCK DEALERS, ANO OTHERS SOLICITED DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS : LaEcs V. Hicxa. W. H. Mill, Jamd L. Pcb, Chaa. E. Fushia, Jobs E. Scott, Co. E. Sctil, Faxi W. BixEran. Edward Sctll, : : : : : Prssidest Valextijis Hat, : : V:c Pkes-test IIabv-ey il. Bebxley, : : : C'ashixb. TLe fonla and secnr-itU-a cf this bank are eecoreij protclei in re!ebrated Cor liss Barglar-proof Safe. The only Safe CiAue Wlute!y BurglAr-proof. Somerset County Saiional ki Or Somerset, Fa. DtabltS. 1877. Orri.iLrl u i Xiiior.i!, 1830. CAPITAL. $50,000. Cha. J. Harrion, Pres't Wa H. Koontz, Vice Pres't. Milton J. Pritts, Cashier. Dirctors: 3raT Pnyler. JiAC peut. Jocn H. cy'ier J'O-fh B. I'irj. Jerurri. situi!. J...na 11. oot, NuaAa. il.-.x. Sara. B. HAnrion- Custom- at ttu Br; ill nerz-rr tbe mow liberal Crcaustmt consism . I b sale tn a n. fartie. wisiiinn w nniiu-ea-i or wi can be a??omcC'iatri by dralt for a; amounl M-mey ami Taiuarne w-curtc by on of Pie bo.u Celebrated sa.'r, Willi must A.p."ovrJ Una tolleotl'm. ma.1e la all para ol the Tailed gtaza. inarpt-i modcrraie. Acouanu a-.1 Lkouku aollnrd. icar4in riBIlITT TITLE ill HIST CI 121 A 123 Fourtli Ave, PITTSBURGH, PA. Capital - - 51,1 Undivided Profits 1250,000. Act aa Executor, Guardian, Ase-ijrcee and Rewiver. Will rt-oeipte-l for and hel l free cf ; . ( -nare. Eas;nes-ofn.lrrits an J non-iMvcts j i-iirt-fully att.-n lt d to. ' i JOHN" B. JACKSON, - President. ( JA3IES J. IK) XX ELL, Vice President, j FRANKLIN" BROWN", Jievrruiry. j J A?. C. CH A PLIN", Trt-asurt-r. j FANCY WORK. Seme itat Barriin ia IRISH POINT LUNCH AND TRAY CLOTHS Bocgbt below cott of trsm5p.irtation we Are ilinif at frreat burvAins bite sndcxjlored Bexiloni Cord Table Cov t, etamrjed ready for workiDst. Sing ed 'Canum Flannel Tahle And Cush- ioo Covers, s-ins-ed Pltr!i Cnshton Covem. Barfrarran Art Cloth Table nd Cushion Covers, all stamped with Newest I-ipns ; llem-t-titclied Hot Bi.emt and lioii N'apkina. A new and iartre line of bem-stm-hed Tray and CarTing Cloths from tiOcts a p. St ia:pe.l Ilem-etiti-bed ?carfi from 3-jct or. Tabie Cote's frota 50 cts. up. A fail line of Figured INDIA SILKS, All New Pattern and Colorings. A'so, Figured Plush, 24 and XI inches wi.le. in beantlful Colors and lesigr. Art Sa;in S-iuares (or the L'ectrai I overs and Cushion Covers. Waban jSTettiiicr, 49 inches wide. SO eeet per yard, in link. Biue. Olive and lei.ow, I lit. tw THING for lapins; Mantles and Ikjots, and or lrpin Over Praperies. A new line of Hed-rerir trora i".np. Vis't onr Table Linen, Towel, Nspkins. Moan. Sheeting and Linen Department, by tdl taeasa. 41 FIFTH AVEN TF. Fiiuin?th, Ta TACTS That I sell ing roods at prices: tbefolioti these loi Two Tare. years old Pnrs) By. 1"- no per gail in. H 2 .0 4.x four a Ten f.fieen Te:ilT4Ml. HOUSE WARD Aii trom the be known d:C Jer lauBjrnja i-xrmr-r'Hl pure wine., a.l kinds at L5 per gai-a.n- Kaine. mL run. Uuiiarian sherry and Pun Wisiea. dir- t iraoonaii.us In g.aiw. Pure Iruported brantie. oina. t tne lowest tg ares. ii or ud for S,wc:al pne List. Ma.1 order promptly attended lo. Ao extra charge of box! og anl packing. A. ANDRIESSEN, r!72. Federal SL, - ALLEGHENY, PA. ,Teuspboae, XM. 40 Officer Eugene Christine Of Ptulailelphia. An Officer's Battle He Might Have Lost But for Assistance Core Jt TTa Clrrn, a nd fh Inevitabls BeaulL An offiofr c"nne-tol with the Taoony f'U.tioa hoase, l'hiUi'lphia, luu hai a Tore b3t:l with a rnontT. or a demon, he hardly knows which to rail it. We will let him til the story in his own words : " I Want to Say a Word mout what Hood's SarsapATiila did for me. I was troubled tbe worst iy with dyspeiriU. W hy. I cmK mm cms aaytriiaa; at breajJa-t wtthuat datre". and when I did m.iaie to rat A f.'.Ue it would Ail come up I tried a jaoit eTerythinj I heard of to find rslief. but still I mlT'-red. At Last I wu tola Jw mm 1 tclt and what Hood s rarupari!U would do li roe If au ad.rra.eincnt in siprY. I de c.le. to try the medicine, w I rraliAr4 .11 tt. tnriirrMiMl It m.tml llooU jNuit pATiiiA actually aid fjr rue Uut Convinced me of its Merit I cannot praisa it enou-!u I can eat heartily now, although two months wo I did not know w hat it was to keep anything on mj stomAcu. Hood's Cures Eei.!es beicj rami of dyspepsia. I hive been relieved of serere paiiw in kidners. I am wil.ir.g tliis should be ued to t'1 others Lew t be cared of dyspepsia." tu;. u i"r.vE tHiu.-TiNE. Tacony SaUon Uolsc. '-iony, yh:U-i;hia. HOOO'3 PlLLS enr. Num. Sielt HnfarJjt, lailsauca. buiMuueA. fioid by ail utuiau. B. & Irish Pointes. We mean riir;iin, sdJ refer farticu!ar!y to the reraarkable aie we now have of about a ioit i .aiierti1)- Irish Pointe Curtains, . inches wide. 3 J yards Jong, at S3. 00 a pair, they are -iaI in every way to $7..V values as usually .old. and we're anxious O hare r'u investiifiie an.J compare. Also line lr:h Pointer, a'. $1" " a rair ifkl a usua! ji5.- Tiaiities aaJ Koarv sIVLU the " aad 4 - 'nTTiTrtt i ti NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS. ' to Gj inches wide, at $2.50 a pair that are as to va'ue (to use com mon eipresaioai simjily out of si:ht." We've a oec!! Llostrated Ca'alosme on LACE CI "RT A INS to send yoa. l.tre loU All Wool Serges, 4c yard. Wool Taffetas 30c yard. American Suitings, 25 yard. in all the new Spring colorings values so g'hjd and that wi.l save yoa so much on ev-e-y yard, as will warrant your writing fur Sampiea and in sending as year ordr. Jjpring catai.gue ready ; write for copy. Boggs & Buhl, 115, 117, 113 anJ 121 FidVruf Str,, XLLEGHE. j; P. A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. GOOD ITEAKSE and everjThinf pertaining to funerals furcthed on short notke. Sstk Tsrkryfsst Stmt. SoiMrset, Fms'a Sllys CURTIS K. GROVE, SOMERSET, PA. BUGGIES, 8LXIGHS. CARRIAGES. BPkUJf a WAG053, BCCK WAQ051 AJTD IASTri5 AJ5D WXSTTRW W0BX ftoniahwd ae abort Kodoa. Psintirig Done oa Short Time. My work is madeont tt 7Vr9aca. grass aerf Wnd, and th. Be tm ami Hrri, jubacancally Constrocteil. Neatly Finished, and Warranted to gjva Satiarartina. Ssj'jj Crl7 rirst-Caa Voire lepairin of AH Einds in If t Use Don on baurt Soooa. Pncea aXaaOSABIX aod All Work Warranti Call and Ex Amine ay Block, and Lean PrScea I Wagaa-work, and ftarnish Eeiva tat Wlad iUa. Kemembet Um placw. aad call in. CTJRTIS K. GROVE, CXaat af Oacrt Baaaaf eoxxssxT, Pa. one SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY JJ, 1893. THE OUTCAST. witrrcDwa acit. Strange dreams of what I used to be And what I dream M I wouid be wua Befjr. my vision, faint and dim. As mUtj dUiA-ices we see In pictured scene of fa: ry-Iaol , And evr oa, with eaij hanJt, And eyes that ever lie to me, And miles that no noe nn lerstands, - I (rope adoa my destiny. Some say I waver when I walk At Kir the crowded thor hfare. And some leer ia my eres aa 1 talk Of dullnes, woen 1 see ia theirs Lik.nashea eyes, ahveordead But surfaces of vai-anry BlAnk itisothAt never seem to see. But c'uit and glow And RlareinteaL The rajred haw! I wear U wet With dnnur, Jriopioji rain, and yet It teems a royal raiment, where, Turouga twisted torrents of my hair, I see rare genu that gleam an 1 tain. Like jewels In a stream win.: The gaptrif shoes that clothe my &t ' Are jfo'id.-n sandals, and the shrine Where courtiers grovel and repeat Vain prayers, and where in Joy thereat A fair prince do h is plumed hat. And kneels, and name me all things sw eet. S omelime the win shfctes and the loll if w.nier nooa is like a tune The stars might twinkle t the If night were bright And beautifol F when the clangor of the loa And strife of traffic softens diwa The wakeful hunger that I nurse. In listening fomta to enrse, Cmii ih, joy, with drooping head I drr-w.e, and dream that I am dead And buried safe beyod their ey es Who either pity or despise. THAT FRENCH BABY. Two and twenty years ago a great war was raging Detweea the countries of France ana Germany. Which was right and which waa wron? Well, I dont think anybody knows exactly the riht ani the wrong of any war. That has nothing to do with oar story, which only concerns a dear little boy baby, who was the only child of a French oibcer. He was not altogether a French baby, for he had an EagiUh mother; bathe had been borne in a beautiful old cha teau not very for from Metz, the capital city of sunny Lorraine. When the war began hop-jj ran very hiirh in the old chateau on the banks of tue beautiful Moselle river, for the gal lant French army was on its way to Ber lin, and all was to be glory and victory ; and if any of lis men w ere killed in tbe fight, or died on the way of illness and exhaustion, why that would be very bad fjr the wives and children waiting at home; bat, of course, it was the fortune of war that all who did not share in tbe e'ory, and the sorrows of the few must not be countesl aain.it the gain of the many. That was how many, nay, most of the people round about the city of Metx ar gued during those early days; and the Lady of the chateau, an .Englishwoman, and a very brave one, was to be seen every day walking beside her boy's little carriage, or driving in her own pretty Victoria with her baby and hia Engll-h nurse beside her, with a bright emiie on her foce and brave words on her lips; yet in her own heart there was always anawfal dread, like a lump of lead, fear that all these thousand of men had been sent oat to battle with scarce) a shoe to their feet, or any provisions for them, such r.s they ought to have had. If her heart was brave it was also very tender one, and it ached, oh, so sadly, for every poor mother who moamed for a lost son, fir every wife who learned that the hus band she loved and the father of her children woald never come marching hotne again, never any more. Day after day she went to try and com fort some poor soal in the district whose anxious fears bad come to the worst end, and all the time her own heart was trembling and sick with the horrible dread that her own brave and gallant bos band would be the next to fall her dear, dear love, Andre Forrestier, who had won her heart years az-3 and had brought her away from her English home to be the mistress of the beautiful old chateau on the banks of tbe Moselle. And after a while the times changed alas ! how soon it is sad to telL The vie toriorous Prussian army well trained, well led, well provided soon, and but all to easily, beat the French forces back upon their own ground and then set themselves to surround and destroy the fair city of Metx if they could. It was then that Ma-lame Forrestier's troubles began in real good earnest when all the country was thrown into confu sion and panic by the hosts of fugitive French soldiers aad the incoming tiorles of great jerrnans, who strode about in their big boots with the air of conquerors, who spread far and wide like a cloud of locusts, eating op all the provUioas that the poor peasants folk and gather togeth er for themselves. "Annie," said Madame Forrestier to her English narseif anything does hap pen, remember that it is on yoa that I shall rely. "Yoa may trust me, Madame," sai l Annie quickly; "it will be a clever Prus sianaye, or a clever Frenchman either that will g-t me to sneak what I've a mind to keep to myself." "That is not what I am the most afraid of," said Madame Forrestier; "it is your coolnee and roar presence of mind that I shall need most. These poor people are so excitable, so nervoaj, I shall not be able to depend on them in any emer gency." "Listen, Madame; what is that?" ex claimed Annie, patting ap her finger and listening intently. "Somebody at the window." "Eosie, Eosie ." cried a low voice with out, and at the same time tapping softly at the window-pane. Madame Forrestier uttered a glad cry. "It is the master," she cried, "tbe mas- terl" and she rohed to the window and tore it open, when a tall figure in uni form, covered by a long military cloak, tcmbied in. "Shot the window, quickly he gasped. "They are after me ; thery'll be here ia ten minutes. I knew the short cat through the wilderness, and I gave them the alipr In a moment Annie had shot the win dow aain, and barred the heavy shutters and drawn the velvet en -tains over them. "Yoa are wounded, my Andre 1" cried Madame Forrestier, with her anna aroand her husband. "Yes not dangerously only a cut ia my arm," he answered. "No, don't open it it may start the blood flowing, rs ESTABLISHED 1837. and that would betray me not," bitterly as he looked aroand, "that I need take care. They are bona d to get hold of me. Iam caught like a rat in a trap; but I determined I woald see yja before they took me, if it was only for a minute. Madame Forrestier looked at Annie. "They shall not take yoa!" she said firm ly, artless they barn the chateau down, and I fancy it is too comfortable and too well-provisioned for theoi to do that. I am all ready for yoa ! Andre and I have cleaned oat the secret room, and there are provisions there t r a mania or more, a comfortable bed, clothes, books, lights and all your toilet thiccrs. Yoa can 1 quite comfortable down there, and I shall come and see yoa when I can manage it.' Andre Forrestier burst out laughing. ''My darling 1 my dear love!" he said, "and how do you think you are going to keep the Prussians oat of the secret room ! Nay, nay, child ! a secret room that has no better concealed entrance than a trap door in the floor of your own appartuient is no more likely to be secret from these Prussians than any other room in the hon-e.' "But, Andre, they do not know that yoa have reached the chateau at all," Madame Forrestier urged. "We, Annie and I, will devise some cleans of cover ing over the door." "A rug and armchair," said Forrestier, teasiniy. "My poor K;xie ! my poor, poor girl !" "Listen," said Annie, who had been standing at the door. "I hear horses coming ap the avenae. Get down the trap-door, sir at least it is a chance they may not very closely search the tuistrea!' own bed room." "All is fair in love and ar, Annie," said Captain Forrestier, "But I will do as yoa wLh, my darling, my brave love ! God bleis yoa and be with yoa." She kissed him tenderly, and harried him daw a the steps into the secret room, closing the trap-duor upon him. "Annie, what can we coyer it with T" she aked. anxiously looking down at iL "Kfally, it hardly shows in the marking cf the parquetry" fur the door was made as the floors in the better houses in France genera! :y are, of short pieces of wood fittid together so as to Urm a pat tern. "Not to aa ordinary eye, Madame," said Annie; "but these men are after the master you know, and will be extra keen in poking there noses everywhere. If theworstcou.es to the worst, I"li stand hereabouts, Madame, and if I look very sweet at the aoidieis, yoa musta't tke any notice." Madame Forrestier aigheit anxiously. "Oh, Annie, I am so nervous so full of dread!'' she said trernniin. "What is that? Oa, they are coming !" It was, indeed, the ;aad of footsteps on the io!isliel corrid end then there came a rap at the door, and the word "Madame, madauie" was twice repeated. "It is Jacques," said Anuie, who was busy polishing the floor with her soft slipper, as to remove the traces of muddy footsteps which the master may have left behind him. "See what he wants, Madame." Thus encouraged, Madame opened the door, and Jac.;uea, the eld servant who had been at the chateau in the time of Andre Forrestier". father, came in with a scared white face. ach misfortune, MaJa-ne," said he in quavering accents. "Here .are six great bulking Prussian pijis with a re quisition for board and lodging in the chateau, and some sort of notion that the master is skulking about the premises hiding. I swore by all that's ho!y he'd never been back since the war broke, oat but the great brute either didn't or wouldn't understand me. He speaks bad French," he ailed in unutterable dirgust. "I wili come down, Jacques," said Mme Forrestier, with a last look at An nie, who was busy making up the fire. "Where are these these gertlemen, Jacques ?" she asked as she reached the head of the stairs. "In the ha'.i at present, Madame," Jacques answered. So, with her brain on fire and a heart like ke, she went down into the ball, where she found six great German sol diers, warming themselves by the wood fire, each one big enough and fierce enough to frighten any little woman oat of her senses. "Good morning, gentlemen"" she said in English. The biggest of the six, aad evidently the otGcer in charge of the party turned from the fire and came forward, saluting her politely : "Madame is aa EaglUh lady," he said ia some surprise. T understiiod that this wai the Chateau Forrestier, and that Captain Forrestier " "Captain Forrestier is my husband, sir," she sai I simp'y. "Can yoa give me any news of him?" "None, Madame, except that twenty minutes ago he was flying in this direc tion, but we misled him ia a small wood on the road," the Prussian answered. "He is believed to be in this house, Madamr , and we must loos for him." "Certainly, yoa shall do that," said Madame Forrestier, with great calmness. "Will yoa come now? Bit did not my servant t-U yoa that my husbanl is not here, and has not been here since the war bevan?" "That he did, midam," sail the Pmv tian, with a smile, "bat I took the liber ty of disbelieving hi n." "Then I cannot expect you ta believe me or anything, but the evidence of your own eyes," said she, with dignity. "Will yoa come with me now and search the the house? Is it necessary that you should all come? I ask because I do not wish him to be frightened by so many strangers." "I will take one of my men with me. We shall not wake the child, Madame," said the Prussian, more kindly. "I am sorry not to be able to take yoor word without searching the chateau, Madame, but it is not left for me to ase oar own discretion, and my orders are explicit." "Come then," she sail, leadic the way. She took them first to her own room feeling that it was best to get at that danger over fiist ; bat at the door she topped again, and turned imploring to the two great giants who were trealing softly and holding their swords away from the floor. "Yoa won': hurt my boy? she said imploringly, "yoa are sure yoa wont?" id The big Prussian orHcer could not help smiling. "We are not barbarians, Madame," he said, in his pleasant broken English. "As fir me I have a babe of my own at home and a half a dozen youngsters waiting to see me again." "Come, then" she said, opening the door. She almost screamed oct aloud at the sight which mt her eyes, for there over the trapdoor, Annie had spread a bright Moorish rug ; and oa the rng, sprawling among a heap of silken cushions lay little Rene, the baby, the heir, who had just wakened from a late afternoon sleep. He looked so big and fair and bonny in his dainty white embroidered, lace trim med frock, with wide blue sash and bows to tie up fcis sleeves, with one fjotbare and the other in a soft knitted shoe that the Prussian walked right up to him and began to talk to him with every coaxing phrase he could think of. And in an swer Baby Rene held up his eilver coral and bells and trid to grab at his tain borine and his favorite toy of all, a few empty cotton-reels strung together, as if be was an i iocs to show them to his fas cinating new comer with the sword aad the bright buttons and tbe long yellow mustache not so much unlike Forrestier's own. " I 'ad dad da J," he cried ia deli.ht "Ba-ba-da-da." "I havejust such achi'd at home," said the bi Prussian with a suspicious quaver in his voice. " You will excuse me mad ame, I will just look around for form's sake." "To be s ire," said malame Forrestier with a smile she couiJ a.Tord to smile now, for the baby hail warded oil the great danger she had so much dreaded. It aad a mere form. He looked into the old oak presses, poked his sword under the bed, glanced through the dressing rxai, and opening one window, peered out into the darkness, little guess ing that less than half an hour ago Cap tain Forrestier, wounded as he was, had, with strea'.h born of desperation, swung bituselfupto the window by means of the ivy which covered the walls from roof to ground, and that he was at that i 6 .' , r . c i. moment within a few feet of him, his re- ....,. , treat sa.'eiy cut oa bv the silken cushions i : ,- , on which the babv lav sprawling p.ay ing with his toys and his faitLf.it dog. "I am satisfied, Madame," the Prus sian said. "I must search the rest of the Loose, ani I am afraid you must put up With our company for sjilc little tioie longer. Eat we are not, as I sai I, barba rians, and we do not wish to annoy you ; and front t:i is moment your ona;arl-ni-nt is sacred. "I think, Annie," said Ma.lauie quiet ly, "that yo'i had better show these gen tlemea the rest of the laouse. I will stay with the child." "Yes, Madame," said Annie. ''Come along, sirs." "uh. Bene! Bene! you don't know," cried Madaate Forrestier, when the door was closed, "but you saved him !" Madame Forrestier, as the big Prus sian ot'.i jtr had warned h-ir, had to pat up with thecjuipany of six great hulking Germans for some weeksaft-r that event ful nighL She wis a very wise little wo man, was Madame Forrestier, for she ab solutely forbade her servants i who were) o'.Jani we!! trained in ways of obedi ence: to mat- the slightest fus about the Prueiacs. Shi fed them well, she lodged them well, and she became the greatest of friends with the orlicir who was in command of the little party. Oa!y the old maa servant, Jacques, dar ed to say to the mistress something of what was in his mind. "How the mistress can de-rade her self," be murmured to her one day, "by sitting diwn at the same table and eat ing with this Prussian pig, no French man can ua ierstand." "Jacques," said the little English wo man, looking him very straight in tbe eyes, "do yoa doubt your mistress' love for roar ninater?'' "No, no madaoie, not at all, not so but aiiJarrje rusy believe me, if the mist er should fin i his way home this Prus sian pig will have no mercy because ma lame has entertained hii.i royally. "When I ask this eotlman to d any thing out of the ordinary rules of war f or iue, Jacques," .a:d Mi La me Forrestier with much decisioa. "I know that he w ill do iL For the present, it U not tor you to trouble about the m tster ; it is for you to obey my orders, an 1 1 insist and I tiiink, Jacques, it is the first time I have used that word to yoa I insist that yoa treat this German gent!erian an I the live men who are under his otders as you would treat your own master. )m 1 Lr, when all this trouble has gone by, I wi'l exp'aia why I wish yoa to do this, and then, Jacques, yoa will not only un derstand me bat you will feel ready to put your neck under my feet and let me trample on you." The oil servant bjwel murmuring soLiethin absat hischiefest desire being to serve the house of Forrestier, and he took himself away to his own pantry, where he busied Liaiseit in pod jhicg the bits of plate which still reuiaa ed to the Ia:ni!y. "She's an Eaglish woman," "ae mur mured to himself, orto the walis,:sLe's aa Englishwoman, and the English are an astute race. What has she in her head? Has she had a communication from her master? Has she e -en teen iiitc? What is it. then? She is not against us, although she's Eagiisb ; she's a attain ing for ail that she does ; she's Dot co l'jdtting with this Prussian pig, as saie of the fools among lhe women J j with bis hulking followers. For she's s a Eng lishwoman and the English art au acute race." Bet ia spite of all ials redte-ti jrs Jacques learned nothing. He tned to pump Annie, the English tnre, as tr what she knew, but Annie tooctol the idea of knowing anything. Lor, Mr. Jacques," said innowatry, " what have yoa gvt in yoar head ? It's better for the mistress to k-?p oa civil terms with this great brat espec ally if she saves the chateau by sloing iL As t the master why she worships the very ground he walks on. Surely yoa lon'l doubt now why yox ought to be ashamed of yourself." Annie's French was not of the best, but she managed to make the old maa servant understand her, n rt withstanding and meantime went oa her own way, flirting pretty hard with :tny of the bijj Prussians who came aero js her path. , era And so the weeks went over, and la the occasional absence of her visitors. Madame Forrestier and Annie contriv ed to replenish the store of provision in the secret chamber below ntadame s bed room, and althoagh Forrestier felt like a rat trapped in a cage and fumed aad fretted al the notion of being absent from the re-giment, still, after all the hard&hlpe through which he had gone, and the weakness con.se- joent on the loss of blood from his wounded arm, it was well for him that he had this chance of prace and quietness. So the days crept over until the army of occupation pressed oa toward Paris, having laid bare the country like swarm of loci-sta. Then when the danger wa over and it was fairly safe for the master of the chateau to come oat from his hiding place, Madame Forrestier sent for old Jacques to come to her be! room. -JaepeVshe said, ia a qieer, shaky little voice midway between tears anl laughter, "yoa wondered that I was so civil to oar Prussian gnests, I am goin now to tell yoa the reason surely yoa had forgotten the secret chamber beneath m v bed room V '"Madame said Jacques in a quivering voice, "is it possible " "Yes, Jacques," she said, "it 's quite possible; more than possible it is true your master has been in this house siaee ten minutes before these Prussians arrived here. I did not keep it from yoa because I did not trust yoa, Jacq'tes, but because I knew it wo'rid be esiir for yoa to keep the secret if you did not know iL" "But they searchel the room T be cried. "So they did," she answered with a laugh, "pat we put Master Bene on a heap ' cushions just over the trap-door and they never thought to search the middle of the room. It waa baoy w ho saved his father." "Ah," murmured Jacques, as she lifted the trap-door and motioned him to go down and see his master, "oat the English are an astute race." A Girl's Choice. A g'.rl, if she connrt always choose, can ! always refuse, and generally her dirKcnl- . . " . . ... ., ... ,v ty is this: It is evident that this man is , . . . , u;m making love to me. I do not love him, . . , - ... ... , but I think I might do bo if I choose. Shall I choose or shall I forbear? It in here that the power of choice comes in, and it is here that the voice of prudence mart be heard, if it is to be heard at ail. In such circaoisfauces a girl will act wisely if she pays considerable attention to the general opinion that is held of the gentleman in question by his profes sional brethren or his business aqaaint ancest. It is in short, not the man who is agreeable among women, but he who is well liked by his owa sex who is the maa to choose as a husband. There are certain persons, however, ef the opposite sex who are almost as good judges of a man's disposition as those of his own and they are his sisters. A girl ran always tell how a man stands with his sisters. If they are real ly fond of him, she may fee! almost sure that he will mike a good husband. A mother of course always speaks well of her sons. It is not w hat she says of him, but it is hia behavior to her that is to be looked to. And a lady may feel certain of this point that as a maa now treats his mother aad sisters, so he will treat her six months after marriage. All this may seem very cold blooded, very far removed from the tender feeling which the courtship induces. But, after all, a girl has a choice to make, a choice npoa which the whole happiness of her life may depend, and there is always a time, whether she notices it or noL be fore the rurta with the control of her heart, at w nich she ought to listen to her judgment. DomtMic MiJ-i:inir. Conceit cr Prophetic. What seems the utterance of selfconceit may f,TOve to be the expression of self knowledge. "Never mi nd," sai d Nelson to tbe friend condoling with bitn on his came being left out of Admiral Jervis' despatch, reporting the naval battle of SL Vincent 'Never mind. I'll have a gazette of my owa some day." "A peerage or Westminster Abbey," said he on another occasion. Wbea events justified the remarks, they weie called prophecies. Sheridan's first speech in the Hoase of Commocs waa such a conspicuous failure that he retired to the corTee-room and buried his face in his hands. "Cheer op, cheer op ! others have failed before now," said a friend. "I know I have it in me, and tome day it shall come oat!" replied Sheri dan. An Englishman in a recent book, "Echoes of Old Conntry Life," tells an interesting anecdote of the early days of Disraeli. The anecdote was related to htm by a Mr. Yenables, who, when a boy, often walked with young I'israeii t ins father's house. One moonlight night Disraeli was casually taciturn, and Yenables asked, 'What axe yoa thinking about Ben?" "I ata considering what I shall be," answered the boy, slowly, as if weighing bis words. "I ciean to get myself talk ed aboaL" "How are yoa going to do that?" asked his companion. "Wei!, I shall write a book ; thea I shall make some speeches and get into Parliament, and I waa 't rest until Iam made a Privy Coaacillor." "Ion't talk such nonsense as that," .atid Yenables. He did write a book and was talked aboaL He tried to get elected to Par liament and tailed. "Recollect," said be, "the author of 'Vivian Grey cannot long remain oat of Parliament" Sub sequently, throogh the influence of Lord Lyndhurst, he was elected to the House of Commons. He began hia first speech ia a bombastic style, the House tittered ; L'israeii got angry ; the House borst into loud laughter. He turned savagely oa the audience and said : "Yoa won't hear me now; bat the titue will come when yea will hear me." "It did come ; they not only heard but male him Prime Minister." Ask your drnggi-jt to show yoa a bottle of Mayers' Magnetic Catarrh Cure. One b-Ule to core any case, no matter how severe, aad will last for J months' treat rcaaL Sold everywhere. Ac WHOLE NO. 2179. Sweet vs. Sour Cream for Butter. The relative merits of sweet cream aad sour cream for making butter were test ed last year in a series of elaborate ex periments at the Iowa Agricultural Col ics. Sweet cream, fresh from the sepa rator, was thoroughly mixed and thea accurately divided in two equal part by weight ; one of these parts was churned immediately at 32 degrees F, the other was ripened at ) degrees, and thea churned at 5t degrees. Tae batter mi'k was tested for fat, and the batter was analyzed. Ia the nine tests the yield of batter from soar cream was ' per ceuL larger than from sweet cream. The sour cream usually churned quicker than the sweet, aad the butter contained - I X) of 1 per cenL more casein. The losses of fat in chorning, washing and working were less with soar than with sweet cream. In nine trials the' average differ ence was nearly i pound per 10 pounds of batter made. After being kept five months the sweet cream butter acquired somewhat cf the flavor and aroma of ripened crearu batter, aal was ia better condition. I have had catarrh for twenty years, and aed all kinds of remedies without relief. Mr. Smith, Druggist, of Little Fails, recommended Ely's Cream Balm. The effect of the first application was magical, it allayed the intlamation, ana the next morning my bead was as clear as a balL I am convinced its use will ef fect a permanent cure. It is soothing and pleasant, and I strongly urge its use by all sufferers. Geo. Terry, Little Falls, N. Y. It may 1 remarked foi the comfort cf honest poverty, that avarice rei6ns most ia those who have bat few good quali ties to recommend them. This is a weed that will glow only on barren soil. Some of our Grand Army boys may be interested in the following from Alex B. Pope, A. D. C , Commander I'ep'L Tenn. and Ga. He says: "We have bad an epidemic of whooping cough here Stew art, Tenn.J and Chamberlain's Couh Remedy has been the only medicine that hs done any good." There is no dan.-r from whooping coagh, when this remelyis freely given. It completely control the disease. '" and - cent bot tles for sale. Hiw tD Ootain Loig Life. Take life easy. Nothing prolongs life like a cheerful disposition. Mike hastj slowly. Tae snail outran the hare and won the race. Avoid ail worry. Care wrinkles the brow and dries ap the fountain of life. Pen t get angry. Every burst of pas sion shortens tile one inch. Be moderate in all things and temper ate in yoar hatit. Remeailer, sleep is nature's kind restorer," and if yoa would live long, sleep long. Above ail take care of yourself. If you are not feeling well there is some thing wrong and nature needs to be stimulated in he- work. The best phy sicians in thecountry recommend Kleiu's Silver Age and Duquense Rye tor such a purpose. They are for saie by dealers generally at ii oil and $1 l't per quart re spectiveiy. end to Max Klein, Fed eral Street, Allegheny. Pa, for a complete catalogue and nricu-liat 01 all kinds of li quor, mailed free. A Soft Answer. Aa editor received s letter from an in dignant subscriber, who said, " I dou'l want your papr any longer " To which the editor mildly replied: "That is all righL I would't make it any longer if yoa did, because ia that case I should have to buy a new machine. The present length just suits me, and I am glad it sails you." ItishDped this ''Sof. answer turned awav wrath." See tha World's Fair for Cents. Fi.' teen I" pou receipt of your adJresa and fif teen cents in postage stamps, we wi.l mail you prepaid oar Souvenir Portfol.o of the World's Columbian Exposition, the regular price is Fifty cents, but as w e want yoa to hae one, we make the price nominal. Yoa will 2nd it a work of art and a thing to be pr.zed. It contains full pjge views of the great buildings, with descriptions of same, and is execu ted in highest style of art. If not satis fied w ith it, after yoa get iL we will re fund the stamps and let you keep the book. Address H. E. BtiKLk x "Co., Chicago, III. He was a weary faced traveling rain whs bad been the victim of every boom towner whom he had met He entered the oriice of a tijket agea the other day, and purchasing a through ticket for the east said : I haa at lea t made one good in vestment sine; I have been iu this part of the country." " How's that ?" asked the sympathetic agenL " I came out even," replied the east ern man as he walked toward the door All Free. Those who have used Dr. King's New D-scovery know its value, an I th we who have noL have the opportunity to try it free. Call oa the advertised Draist and get a Trial Cottle, Free. Send your name aad address to H. E. Bucklen t Co., Chicago, an I get a sample box of Dr. King's New Life Pills Free, as w-;Ia a copy cf guide to Healtn and House hold Instructor, Free. Ail of which is guaranteed to do you good and cost yoa nothing at J. N. Snyder's Drugstore. Wallace that is a very anpoprlate motto they have over there on thafnick-le-in-the-alot" machine. Roller What ia that ?" Wallace " If at first you don't succeed try, try agaia." Trnth. Bucklen s Arnica ai ve- The beat Salve in tbe world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sorea, Tetter, Cuapped Hands, Chil blains, Coras, and ail Skin Eruptions, and positively cares Piles, or no pay re quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 2T cents per box. For sale by J. N. Soy der. , Repentance without amendment ia like continually patnpinj without stop ping the leak. Tbe plain truth is good enoogh for Hood's Sarsaparilla. No need of embei listmeatorsenaitioaaliara. Hood's corea. John and Jim. There is a constant comedy of errors at the Victoria. At that hostelry there ara two hall boys, brothers, wh are vsry much alike ia persanal appearance. They are about U yeara old, they ara twins and except when seen together, it ia a! meat impomible to tell which ia John and which ia Jim. Ia fact, it ia a matter of rome doubt in the minds of the clerks and guete whether they have not so mixed themselves that each baa for;?tcn whether he m himself or ir.a brother. When one of them is oa duty alone the came of John or Jiia is good enough for him. One evening recently at rj o'clock, John came to relieve Jim, or Jim came to relieve John. The question will not be definitely decided until Mr. Scbfer and Mr. Whealon meet in the Olympic ring. Jost oa the stroke of that event ful i o'clock Mr. Wheaten was going of duty. He stepped to the door and call ed "Jim." The brothers were standing close together, and each looked at tha other. "Jim," again thundered the big clerk. Each boy poached the other, bat neither stirred. Mr. Wheaton changed his tactics and yelled "John." The clerg. became exasperated. " If John don't come here this minute III have him dis charged." Both boys came at a, trot. Mr. Schn fer asked hint which was go ing to be discharged. Why this one," said Mr. Wheaten ; this one is John ; I know iL" "No, it aia't," said Schnfer; "that'j Jim." - I'll bet yoa a 'V,' " said Wheaton. The 'V' was covered. But daring the discussion the boys had innocently changed placea two or three times. When the clerks were in formed of this they angriiy disputed about which was the one they had bet upon. The stakeholder averted blood shed by giving eat h of them back hia . Then they were both happy and sai.l they didn't care a rap which was Jin and which was John. The bovs ate as much alike mentally as they are physi cally. W.J. Radclitf went out of the ladies' entrance the other afternoon, and as ha did so he gave one of the boys a small box and told him to keep it until he re- I turned. He did not return until after I the change of watch. We!!, sir, have you got my box T " What box r I " What box, yoa young rascal. Why j the box I gave you before I went onL" j " You never give me a box. It muet i have been my brother. He'll be back ia ! the morning." j The actor bad to curb his inipatienoa : unt.l then. "Didn't yoa tell me your brother ould be here in the morning ?" " No, sir." " Sav. bor. do voa kacw what GoJ : hates r ! " No, sir." I " Why, God haes a liar." ! "Do he?" " Yes, he do," said the exasperated ac i tor, " and I'll ,-et you discharged for ly ! ing." ' He picked the terrified boy ap aad hurried with him to the office. He explained the circumstances aa ha understood them to Mr.Schiefer. Tbe boy listened intently, and when the actor had finished he pn!!ed the Dos oat of hia pocket and -ta id : - Here's your box. I didn't lie: it was mv brother, I was the first boy." ' The actor fet-iing keenly the injustice he done the yonn,fter,toik cents from his pocket and said; "Here, take tins Job uny." " Don't Jimmy git nuthin' T " Why T asked the actor, j " Cause I'm Jimmy." At lasL by means of this 50 cents, the j riddle has been solved, aad tha boys will : be kept from getting mixed o, until dis- s.milar suits of clothe are made for I them. -V. I. Hci hoivje. Are you a Sufferer From Ca tarrh, Hay Fa var, Etc If you are, g- to your druggist, or if you can't get it where yoa live, send to us. Get s bottle of Mayers' Magnetic Catarrh Cure, which we will entirely guarantee to care any carfe of Catarrh, ! Hay Fever, etc.. otherwise your money I will be returned. For one dollar, oca ! bottle to last for three months' treat ; meat, and oae bot.ie to cure. It has ' niver f tiled, m l will care you. ave it a tr.ai. Nj cure no pay. Mwkks' IRi'i. C-, Oakland. Md. I For sale by G. W. BoKoai) and J. M. ! Loi tmkk, Somerset, Paaad Divn in.i l Ni: a, Rxk'oxl, Pa. i The latest alvice from the Weather I ep arta.ent tells as that it is perfectly ! safe to lay away snow shoveii, j Spud kins, who has been refused by 11 girls, says be thinks of beoaiin a pho I lographer because he is so acc9ful ia ; producing neg-ttive. Ia a! ui wt eery neigSb Ihrough i out the west there is some oue or mora j persons whose lives have been saved by ! Ciiaaiberlaia's Colic, Cholera and Diar ! rh-ea Remedy, or who have been cared j of chronic uiarrh-ei by iL Such per j sons take especial pleasure in recoai j mending the remedy to others. The i praise that follows its introduction and l use makes it very popular. "J" and " i cent bottle for sale. A p). rel tti i ti penny aate. I: is t stjc-ssfii! blacksmith - who f.irgis t ta s irju t of his trade. T.ie Cuts hive decided that selling; liq tor t j ru.nors is not a uiln r offense. The kiss is ou the decline among women. It U still popular w itn the men, however. . One dollar for a three months' treat mint anl an absolute guarantee lor a cure is watt the M avers Drug Co of Oaklani, Mi, o:f-rs to sufferers of ca tarrh, hay fever, etc. As tour druggist for a bottle of Mayers' Magnetic Catarrh Care. It has never failed and will cure y ou. For sale by all druggists or address the abjve firm. " 1 11 bet they live a cat aa 1 dog life." What ruakesyoa think so?" ! - They always call each other dariicg before ompaa v." lVei . Joba N. Snyder, the drar:t, d esires us to pu'Kisb the ioii.otng testi niooy, as he handles the remedy an J believes it to be reliable. I bo'ighta ) cent bottle of Chamber lain's Pain Dalm and applied it to my limbs, which have been aillicted with, rheumatism at intervals for oae year. At the lime I bought the Pain Baltu I was unable to walk. I can truthfully say that I Pain 11 aim has completely cured iue. il. j H. larr. Holy wood, Kin. Mr. A. B. Cox, the leading dreggiat, at Holy wood, vtvjtb i es for the truth of tbe above sta-emsaL Van Baam What quiet eyes Mia Manchester has! SbjnglsB Yes. So widely differea from her chin '. ITWcr. il o
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