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C : e niwil to their care will be v-..i ii; pi.iicfan.iv liiiciiutd to. Olboe oa T A Ul.THEliS, ;v. IK 'Jt ililnvlA.N A.VLl Slw i X, . ."iiuiaT, Pa. 1 n-a t'aya f.ro-t. titxt lwr to PtiuiisK :-xt... ato.i.e. F. aAFFR, L l'i;Vc:( 1A.N" AL bL'RC-EON", MtLi-jsLr, Pa., : :.r jr.-Mitteal sci fi.-va ut 'tie citizens v -t-r: i: -i viuiii;- uai acxx Uoor w . vr. i. . jr.;f.-e..o:iu StTTict lo te cxuseni - r.. Li. i-jkm ti'-A ottc oa &aun ok L J Ht' -iy ' .V-tvK"tfh. re :: us aj:o .-vkueox ii.t-ir.iy in Somerset for tbe 5.uu. iX'-.x ou JJainstrucl, L) ' e s f h Airtf.f.n tolhc- prcrratlon of ji.. ; -.in Ari:rritl K marled. All ?ra :.-; $ sjiiMit; uy . I'lnce in the -:' . .v. i :.fif. -, tt fcure, coriitr Oils- Oils! : - -- ,;v 1 t'., )iili A I- laity of ;T;;r.a':ir:g& Lubricating Oils t"ihand Gasoline, i -.-.-li ..x. every ki-.ov n ODUCT OI PETROLEUM. wist r.:t st unifomly Satisfactory Oils - ; THE --ccrican Market, !k os.-! Trade fci r ;riH.-t and Tlctolty fct:pr"!i oy O-w-iK jEFF.TT ako itEAri: A ttXEii, aoKAKsiT, Pa. lTlOTin inn nnniMiit SPECIALTY. HARRY M. BENSHOFF, i lit A STURM S S7A TIQKER 'Ay i) BUX IJOOK MAKER. HANNAM BLOCK, JOHNSTOWN. PA. FpS MEDICINAL USE. ... Itu it of distiliun Pure Kye tj'.?a.'iUt ' rt'M.d l.y any at tier in .JL, J- A. it-rtigiit-rty' St:i. John '..,. 1 "H'!1. Uol.l.-O MedillUK. - I t l'-sitn , Andnt-Mn, Nur ,.' ! t!ite ,u u-k from 2 Team "I. -jd them f ir ii. i.'.i "-. t . KM ti -ml, $.t(W. f .... t)M MT -. """"ilt W aire Alw ail kinds of N, --r..,.-,I,rul. Pure Witini.&Ttrtil. il.W i- ,M aiiiHiier I'.-aiiit.of impurtvd and .-i,.?". ' ' " 111 itti riinir. T:ie tint -: . 'e!' t-t.- rry ;u the I'l I lie -t.'J ? tt tii-.e "iiii or send for ; 'X'ta ma-ire fur intra or ' "! a. jfjtttu tuail tuail eroers. . A. ANDRIESSEN, ': Feleral t., A'ik-'hear. Pa 1 ION -Li L VOL. XLI. NO. -THE- FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF Somerset, Penn'a. o CAPITAL ... $50,000. SURPLUS - - 10.OOO. o DEPOSITS RCCCIVCOIN LARGE ANDSMALL AMOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS FARMERS. STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED -DISCOUNTS DAILY. - BOARD OF DIRECTORS : LaEc M. Hick. W. H. Miixia, Jams L. Pcgh, Chas. H. Fihbik, Johs R. Soon, Gio. IL Sccla, Feci W. BusarKca. Edward Scrix, : : : : : Prskidkxt Vaikntim Hat. : : Vic Pkesidrst Uabyey M. Berkley, : : : Cashier. The funds and securities of thia hank ere securely protected in a celebrated Cor- iss Uurclar-proof ae, ilie cnir fcale made absolutely Bur'.ar-proof. Somerset Coiiolj National Baal Of Somerset, Pa. rO: EtUbllilMd, 1877. Ortxnhii as t Kationt!, 1890. CAPITAL, $50,000. Cha. J. Harrion, Pres't Wm. H. Koontz, Vice Pres't. Milton J. Pritts, Cashier. Dirctors: Bam'l Snyder, Jrcab Spotlit, Jobu U. suyder Jo i.h B. JJavU, Jerome Biuffl, Wm Fndsley. JoiiaR M. CooA:, J.fc!i Stu:H, liarrison fnyder, Xoab a. Miiiur. Sam. B. EarriMtn. Cattomen oi thin Bunk will receive the most liberal evatnient coiiMhU-nt with bate hanking. Panic wmninr to iid mout j east or went can be accomtudaird 1T dralt fur uy not- -M'-ttfy and vaiuatilea t-ciirrd by one of Wet-old s Celebrated eafea, wllh hum aiproved Ume kK-.L. Collection made in all pan of the Fnlted States. ( har-js moderate. Acoounu aul Deociu fcollcted. mart-tm Hlffif TITLE ffl 1MST CI. 121 & 123 Fourth Ave., PITTSBURGH, PA. Capital - - Undivided Profits 1250,000. Acts as Executor, iuarili;in, Assignee and Receiver. Wills receijited for ami held free of charge. Ea-iness of residents and non-reidcnts e-.irefully attended to. J0HX B. JACKSON, - President. JAMES J. DOXNELL, Vice President ERA SKEIN BROWN, .Secretary. JAS. C. CHAPLIN, Treasurer. FANCY WORK. SomeUitat Bargains in IRISH POINT LUN'CH AND TRAY CLOTHS Bought below cost of tranRportation we are selline at great bargains white and colored Bedford Cord Table Cov ers, clamped readv for working. Sing ed 'Canton Flannel Table and Cush ion Covers, t-iDped l'iush Cusliion Covers, Barjfarran Art Cloth Table and Cushion Coven., all stamped with Newest Designs ; lletn-s'.itched Hot Bi-tiit and Roll Napkins. A new and larpe line of hera-et itched Tray and Carving Cloths from oOcls up. Stamped Hemtitched Scarfs from 35cts np. Table Covers from 50 cts. up. A full line of Figured INDIA SILKS, All New Tatterns and Colorings. A190, Figured Plush, U and 33 inches wi.V, in beautiful Co on and Ikwiprs. Art Sai'n S)tian-s for the Central Covers and Cusliion Covers. "Waban jSTetting, 4Cinches wide, f0 cents per yard, in Pink, Bin. Olive and Yellow. THE .NEW THING for LTitping Mautle and Doors, and fur DrepniR Over lraperie. A new line of Hed-ret. rom e.up. Viil our Table l.inen. Towel. Napkins, Mutlin. hheeting and Liuen Iiartment, by all mean. & 41 F:J1B AVIn, lil tlcifl, Ta. FT HORNE Ml WANTED ' E"n."rk-M- with us at once, lfyturrea hustler can make at least $100 per month. Now is tbe time to etart in on Call aales. Eletfaut outfit frets. Address ALLEN .NURSERY CO.. Rochester, N. Y. e 47 Janes Ieier Ztorman of Shy lieiver, Pa. Cured of Scrofula The People will have Hood's Iff. Donna it's Experience " Jly boy. now 9 years old. had Scrofula Id one eye from the time he waj a bahy; dUch.iri; Ine al! the time, ftf late we huve been pilns lam HoikI'j Ktrsapitilia. an I it haa done all Liat m -dicine ran utj. 1 he S"rofi;la lias l,at pcured, &aj his eye U ht-r.li d up and well. I Hood's Cures fully believe Hood's S.trsaparilla is the best medu-ine in the market. I keep a jreperal store, ad it is not a tm-k to cll llool s Suraparilla for the (tetiplo will have it. I sell nit-re of liiKid s ivtrsap trill.t tlun all otlirr mo li iuci Ui.-ethcr and the slore would uut be coniplelo Hood's x Cures without it. My wife has also been entirely cured of Srmfula by Kno t's ,irsnaril!a. and I am ur:tr:.!y iiiaiikf ii inr wnat It na Ujne lor Ui." John Ik.kmax, Shy l:a-r. J'a. HCOO'B PiLL8 are the tii cftrr d jintr pills. a&sitt a:o.Uuu, cur. haadacb. Try a box. 26c & B I a Irish Pointes. We mean Curtains, and refer particularly to the reiuarkable oale we now have of about a duzeu patterns' Irish Pointe Curtains, .V) ii.cheswid OS vards lonz, at $5.00 a pair, they are fiual in every way to i7..V) values as usuai'y wild, and we're anxious tj have on lnvesUate and compare. Also line lnth Pointes. at ?-10u. a pair jr.Tod as usual jlj.w qualitie.) and FOKl'Y bfYLES the lattst atid best dtiirns NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS. ?, yards long, W to 60 !nches wide, at $2.50 a pair that are as to value (to use a com mon expression) " simply out of siht." We've a specisl Illustrated Catalogue on LACE CURTAINS U send you. Erje lota All Wool Serges, 45c yard. Wool Taffetas 30c yard. American Suitings, 25c yard. in all the new Fpring colorings valuta so good and that will save you so much on ev ery yard, ts will warrant your writing for SaiupU-s and in sending us your order. Spring catalogue ready ; write for copy. Boggs & Buhl, 1I", 117, 119 ami 121 FeuVraf Street, ."ILL EG HEX Y, PH. A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. "j 51?" "A" I ''Lrl GOOD HEARSE and everything pertaining to funerals furcUhed on short notice. Ssjth Tiirktyfoot Street. Somerset, Psaa'i 91-lys CURTIS K. GROVE, SOMERSET, PA. BUGGIES, ELEIGE9, CARRIAGES, EPEIN'O WAGOXS, BCCK WAGONS. AND EASTERN AND WESTERS WORK Furnished on Short Notice. Painting Done on Short Time. My work is made out f Thoroughly Srasnsnf Wood, and the bttt Inm and utrH, bubnantlaily Constructed, Neatly Finished, and Warranted to give Satisfaction Enpb7 Osly First Rertalrtng of All Kind, tn My Une Done oa gkort Kotioa. iTtcvt REASON ABLE, and All Work Warranto1. Call and Examine my Stock, and Learn Frtetav I do Wagon-work, and furnish Selves lor Wlad Mills. Bemeaber the place, and call In. CURTIS K. GROVE, (East of Oourt Hoom) GOM KEBET. FA. W. S. TeU !i Cx iUl Wood St., Pittsborf. CIALEB isi sHOToanapHic auP'Lics, ,iew Cameras, Detective lamenu. and the Fa mous kodak, in .even styles. Send for Cata logue free. X7 omer SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1893. CHILDREN OF THE HEART. Oh, the rjy days of childhood ! And not a wonder f ed. The year was full of promi. then, Tbe tongue was full of praise But I think the rup is sweeter now Than in the childish days. Oh. the leaguing world of cblldhool, Of htnorance and ease ! The slightest touch could quicken. And the least pleasure please. Yet the upward paths are dearer. With all tb i thorns tbey bear, 1 haa a garden of a hundred Sowers When Ignorance 1 there. Oh, the beating heart of childhood That little heart of sno w. That doul has never entered. Nor sorrow has brought low ! Trust me not all the rapturw lis eaKer life can spaa Can shadow forth the perfect love That warms the breast of man. THE STEPMOTHER. I am to marry a highly estimable wo mana Mi. -a liurd next week, Eliza beth, at Troy. We shall beat home in ten days from to-day. I w.sh that you would see that the servants are informed and that the house is in order. The south room I shall use hereafter. I hope well Elizabeth, this change shall not interfere in any way with your com fort. I hope that you have no deep rooted prejudice against stepmothers and that you will get along together. This was the first announcement I had of my father's intended second uiarriace. I listened to his unexpected news with the utmost consternation. A dimness came over my eyes it semed as if my father's tall figure and carefully measur ed words were far away. I bad dreaded this possibility for years, but as ten had passed and I almost lost my fear of such a catastrophe. In the days that followed a great shad ow hung over me the shadow of com ing disaster. A maiden lady, no longer young, crotchety, of course, unused to young people, homely, unattractive, she had managed somehow to entangle my grave, stern father, only too delighted to enjoy his ample income and his com fortable home. My own mother I re membered as a woman of elegance and fond of society. I was not yet twenty, just out of school, and here at the begin ning of my freedom, I was to be fettered with a disagreeable stranger in the house. When she appeared I found that my preconception of her was only partly true. She was no longer young, but neither homely nor unattractive. She was tall and of fine presence, and while her face was plain it had a certain charm w hen she talked a genial lighting-up of the eyes and great animation. Was she real or sham ? This was what I kept ask ing myself, for how much depended upon this second Mrs. Van Twiller! My father, while giving me every ad vantage in my education, still looked upon roe as a child. He had always been very strict and had allowed me less free dom than any of my friends enjoyed. I had not been greatly troubled by this so long as I was in school, but now I longed to spread my wings a little and go out with young people and to enjoy life's pleasures. It was not long after his marriage that I received an invitation to a party at a friend's in the country. We were all to go in t iro large box-sleda the sleighing was fine and dance till midnight. We sat about the brilliant low lamp in the library, Mrs. Van Twilier crocheting, my father deep in his paper, and I pretend ing to read, but really screwing np my courage to ask coveted permission to at tend this party. At last I said in rather husky voice: "Father, I am invited to a party at the Harrison's to-morrow evening. We are to go in eleighs." "Well, yoa cannot go," my father said, abruptly. "I never did approve of girl's going off about the country at night. So, that is settled," The color lie w to my face. My father's manner mortified me before my step mother, who, I fancied, was delighted over his restrictions. And, then my dis appointment was so keen. There was a little pause, and then my stepmother be gan talking to my father about various things. To my surprise she alluded to days when they were young together, and then she said : "Oh, do you remember, David, that sleighing party, when we were thrown down that embankment?" "And how Araminta Wilt)n scream out out that she was killed, and she hadn't a scratch," my father said laugh ing. To think of this sober, staid man "tear ing about the county at night" with the girls! My father expanded over his remini scences and then to my surprise, Mrs. Van Twiller said brightly : "Your sisters and I used to go to par ties and it didn't hurt us. Why, I wouldn't be without the memory of those gay, innocent times for anything. Why can't Elizabeth go? She lis old enough. It is dull for her with two old fogies like us." For the first time I felt a rush of grati tude towards my stepmother while I glanced apprehensively at my father. How dared she be so free with him. He frowned, looked at me, then at my step mother. "How late shall you be out?" he ask ed. "I'm afraid we can't be home before 1 : it is so far," I answered. "We used to be out after midnigh) sometimes," said my stepmother. "Eleanor, yoa are demoralizing to the young," my father said smiling. "Well, Elizabeth, we can't refuse her you may go, but mind, be sure and be home by 1. I could have danced for joy. I was dressing, with all the delightful anticipations of a girl's first real party, when there was a hesitating tap at n.y door, and my stepmother came in. "Excuse me, Elizabeth, but I wonder ed if you wouldn't wear this?" "This" proved to be the daintiest pale blue wrap, fur-lined and reaching nearly to my feet. "It is too young ior me ; just keep it," she said. Of course, I thanked her warmly. What made her so kind ? I remembered my friend Minna's remark: "Distrust them when they're too kind ; they're always scheming. I haven't lived most of my life with a stepmother for nothing.' And in place of gratitude I felt a sicken ing fear and wished that she had not offered me the wrap. But I wore and ESTABLISHED 1827. enjoyed my wrap and the girl's praises of it. Tbe hours passed so swiftly that I was amazed to find that it was 1 before our sleighs set out for home. My father would not allow me to have a key and said he would let me in himaelL All the way home, whether sinking or talking, that viaion of my father, stern and angry, meeting me, at the door, would dampen my fun. I stood on our steps fumbling with the latch and dreading to ring, when, sud denly, the door opened from within. I braced myself to meet reproaches, when, instead, there was my stepmother envel oped in an eider-down wrapper. "It is all right," shf whispered, "just go quietly to your room and don't dis turb your father." I obeyed her very quickly with a great throb of relief. Surely she couldn't have any sinister motive in this kiadness but then, as Minna said, "1 wouldn't suspect a fly." To my surprise my father never asked me about my hour of arriving, and he listened w ith interest to my account of our outing. Weeks passed. I must say that it seemed a pleasant novelty to come home and find callers there and a buzz of con versation in the usually deserted and rather gloomy parlors, and then Mrs. Van Twiller started the fashion in C of having reception days, and she invited two of my friends to be with me to help her receive. Tue rooms lost their oarenem under the skillful touch of my stepmother's hands. Even Minna said that "Mrs. Van Twiller had unusual taste." On my twentieth birthday my step mother insisted on my having a "com ing out" party. I was as pleased as a child it was so new to me to have some one to take an interest in me. And in that way she had, never commanding, always good-natured, shs brought it about. It was a great success, including my simple yet becoming dress of soft white silk and clusters of white roses. But what surprised and pleased me so much was a beautiful ring from my fath er nnder my plate at breakfast. He had never remembered my birthday before. Every time that I glanced down at the flashing gems I felt not only the pleasure of at last owning the desire of my heart, but a grateful throb to think that father who thought jewelry "a vain device," should have selected such a beautiful ring for me. It waa several days after my party when I was standing before the open wood fire in the library preparatory to going to my room. My stepmother was sitting near by with her sewing. he was always busy, and father was blam ing a girl friend of mine in no measured terms for studying medicine, I deieaded her most strongly. My ring had always been loose and I had planned to take it that very morn ing to the jeweler's to have it altered. As I spoke so warmly I worked my ring back and forth, when suddenly it flew off directly into the burning blaze. I lean ed forward, my heart fairly in my mouth, but nothing could save it in that intense heat. "David," said my stepmother, rather hurriedly, "I'm going to ask you to do an errand for me," and she gave him some minute directions, while I ran off to my room. My beautiful ring if I had been given to tears I could have indulged in a hearty cry. In addition to my own loss was the thought of what my father would think. He had no patience with carlesaness, and just now, when he had broken over his life-long habit to give me a birthday gift. to think of my losing or ruining it in a few days' I had but ten dollars in my purse, and could not bay such a ring for less than forty. I was in misery all day. I dread ed our late dinner, when my father would be sure to notice its absence especially as he had actually said twice before how becoming it was to my hand. It did not want to go to walk, I did no want to stay alone in my room. About the middle of the afternoon I w andered aimlessly into the library. My step mother had been out and had just re moved her wraps. While talking to me she went over to the mantle-piece. 'Why, isn't this your ring, Elizabeth ?' she asked. I trembled and then I started, for ehe was holding a ring towards me. I al most snatched it from her and then could hardly believe my senses. It was actu ally my ring. My stepmother did not seem to notice my agitation and left the room with excuse. I examined every stone it certainly was my ring! I felt mystified, but happy. I was so light hearted that I sang. Mrs. Van Twiller smiled as she came back and found me waltzing and singing. "Are yoa happy, my dear?" the asked, rather wistfully. "Oh, the world seems a paradise!" I said. I fancied that she sighed, but I must have been mistaken, for she sat there so tranquilly with her work. A month later, perhaps, a friend asked me to go to the jeweler's with her. While there we looked at the cases of rins. "There seems to be none like yours, Elizabeth, said Blanche Terrill. "I think yours is perfect." "There was one like it last month," said the young clerk, glancing at my hand, from which I had drawn my mit ten to let Blanche examine the ring. 'That is too bad, for I would not like mine duplicated, if I were you," said Blanche. "Oh, I don't mind who bought it, dD you know ?" I asked carelessly. No, but I can see," said the clerk, as he opened a book end glanced over its pages. It was Mrs. Van Twiller Mrs. David Van Twiller, State street," he said. Instantly everything b-jcatne clear to me how stupid I had been ! My step mother had bought m this duplicate. And then I remembered my father's ask ing her why she had not bought the set of books that she had so coveted, and her replying lightly: "Oh, I decided to spend the money in another way. "What is the matter with yoa, Eliza beth ; you have been so quiet ever since we left the jeweler's?" Blanch said as we walked homewards. It was a lovely spring day. As I hur ried into the bouse and upstairs, I heard voicas near at hand and listened, wonder ing if it were a favorite friend of mine, Blanche Terrill't mother. Instead I heard my stepmother's voice, clear and distinct: "You dear old fellow, yoa and she don't half understand each other. She is impulsive and you are not. You love her dearly and yet you repel her by your stern manner. Elizabeth is a lovable girl with a great deal of character. I want her life to have more light aad bright ness than mine had." But this time I knew who they were and of whom they were speaking, but although I always thought that I had a high sense of honor, I confess that I stood there li.tening to my father's reply. "I know yoa have had great sorrow," he said in the tenderest voice, "and it shall be my aim to make the rest of your life a happy one. Perhaps I have been too stern and cold to Elizabeth. We must, as you say, give her, a sunny girlhood. I wentsoAly upstairs. I had suspect ed for some time th at I loved my step mother; now I knew it. I longed to tell her so. I went down into the cosy library where my father and his wife sat and I went straight up to my istepmother and laid my hand gently on her soft brow n hair. "You are so good to me, mother," I sai I. "I'm afraiil I don't deserve it, but I love you for it, anyhow." The soft shadows played about the room. My mother drew me close. "I have always longed for a daughter, Elizabeth, and now God has given me yju," ehe said. My father coughed suspiciously. "We must have a light," he announc ed. I'lttfatirf jiliia Timet, Light in the Sick Room. Ir. B. W. Richardson says that the first words of most physicians when they enter sick rooms in private houses should be Goethe's dying exclamation: "More light! more light!" It certainly is true, that generally before the doctor can get a good look at the patient he has to ak that the curtains be raiseJ, in order that the rays of a much greater healer thau the ablest physician may ever hope to be may be admitted. If the patient's eyes are so affected that they cannot bear the light, a little ingenuity will suilice to screen them, and at the same time allow the cheerful light to enter. A dark sick room must be an uncheerful one, and now that it is known that !i 'ht is one of the most potent of microbe killers, let us have it in abundance. Why ehould people behave as if they were quite sure the patient were about to die ? In the matter of abundant light, hospital wards are more salubrious than most private sick rooms, for light not on!y slays bacteria, it cheers the mind. To account for the "darkened room" that is such an ordinary accompaniment of illness that it miy be said to be firmly built into English literature, we mut go back hundreds of years, when a pat ient w ha was sick, say on a "four-post;r"' bedstead was tightly inclosed with red curtaius-that color, through same neat-countable superstiton, being thought to have an occult potency over disease. Old superstitions die hard, and it will yet require years of education, and the united efforts of doctor aad nurse, to let in God's first-created gift to man to the rooms that it will warm and brighten and purify as nothing else can. ImU- IH'adfnt. l Infection From Books. Owing to the universal p'?sence of dust and the facility with which grms cling to it, books may cfien be the in nocent and unsuspected carriers of in fection. The books ia "circulating li braries" make many journeys in a year. In a book's life-tiine-w hich may be lo::g years, even beyond the natural life of man-it has intimate contact with every one who scans its pa?cs. Had it but sight, hearing-and special utterance more than it was designed to give forth, what tales it could relats! What need to tell where it has been. The mo-:t unthink ing head knows full well. There is un deniably need for us to be cautious in using books, which go from haa I to hand. How is it oftn one eais and readt-her fingers one moment npon her book and the next moment poking about a candy box in search of a particular sweet. A slice of cake may be ma le to serve as a marker while she puts the book aside to chat with a caller, or perchance makes a flying trip to dreamland. Nobody ever thinks it necessary to w ish the hands after touching a book. What book has been so fortunate as to escape the clasp of unclean or dieased hand ? To rub the eye with the hand thai turns the pa may be to fix a lasting trouble there. Ills come to each and everyoue sometime during life, often seeminy ia a mysteri ous and unaccountable manner. There should never be any wonderment, with the knowledga we hive of g;ran, and when casting about for some oae, s uie thing to blame for our aiisjry, ws nvnt not forget that a bojk may have been the cause of it all. "I Do Not Have To Lie. "I do not have to lie; I am not afraid of anybody," sai l a boy when falsely accused of something which he had not done. It is a great thing for a niaa or boy to so live that he dov.-3 not have to lie. The beginning of a lre is frequently away back. It begins with some evil purpose, some wicked a't, some wrong doing; and the boy who has got into the devil's net and finds hlmseif crip pled, and tangled, and then thinks the easiest way is to lie out of it. The liar has a hard road to travel, and a very iong one. He lies hiimjlf into a do.?n troubles before he lies himself out of one, one lie calls for another and there is no end to the entanglements which come through falsehood. The best, the surest way to "pat. away lying," is to do nothing that yoa need to conceal, or deny, or lie abouj. Tell the truth and live the truth. As long as a man or boy will tell the truth there is some hope for him; but when he gives himself up to lying what else is there to be done? What can you do with a liar? Wiiero can you plaea him ? What is he goad for ? " Carrie," said the bashful youth, with a gasp, " if you liked somebody e!se about the same as you like me, would yoa care to marry him ?" Herald LIBERTY BELL'S TRIP. Ex-President Harrison Speaks Eloquently of the Relic at Indianapolis. The most elaborate reception to the Liberty Beil seen anywhere on its tri umphant tour from Philadelphia to Chicago, was that at the home of ex-President Harrison. It was Children's day, and V2,i of the pride of Indiana homes, each carrying an American flag, not a few with the star ry emblems wrapped about them, all cheering and enthusiastic, was asiht as inspiring as it was rare, when they march ed to the State Capitol. The bell arriv ed at 6 o'clock in the morning. When the eastern edge of the ciiy was reached the city's bulls rang out, and a salute of l.T guns was fired by the IndianapolU Light Artillery. The car containing the bell wasrentoa switch on Tennessee street, where it was viewed by thousands of children and adults. Mayor Huart, of Philadelphia, and his party of pilgrims were escorted to the State Capitol. Here the children's cho rus sang patriotic sons aad a band ren dered national airs. Ex-President Har rison received hearty applause, aud ad dressed himself to the children. t.ENEICAL UAKRIOS's AI)Dl:K.-S. General Harrison spoke as follows: " My Young Friends and my Fellow Citizens I am glad to-day to be a ciii-r.-a of Indianapolis. Iam g!ad to parti cipate in that worthy pride w hich we all feel at being able to make before these distinguished visiting strangers such a magniiiccnt exhibition of our Indianap olis schools. I thick I should first, for you, most sincerely thank Mayor -Stuart, of Philadelphia, and the gentlemen who accompany him, for their kindness ia enabling the citi.ens, and especially the children of our schools, to see this great relic, the Liberty Bell. Yv'e are grateful to them for having so graciously yielded to the request of our citizens to give each of you a favorel opportunity to see this most interesting relic. " It is only a be!!, and a dumb bell, at th.tt. It has spoken its great messages to the world, and is now forever silent. It is not the material thing that we shall look upon with interest ; it is that which it ty pities. It is the enduring thing for which it standi that kindles our hearts and our enthusiasm to-day. (Ctieers ) If the old men and tbe old women of this country shall all lose their sentiment and forego the exercise of their imagina tion, these great things will be preserved among the children. " I rpjoice that there is a renaissance of patriotism in the United States. I rejoice to believe that in our own hearts the flag means mere to-uay than ever before in our history. Cheers.) There are more people that love it ; and the generation that is coming on will love it more fer vently than that which ispaesicgoff the stage. (Cheers.) "I rnjoice that the American fl.tg floats over more of our schools of instruction for the young to-day than ever before. 'Cheers.) I have read with interest with in the Ust few days of the lifting of the tljg oa the Navesink Highlands cf New Jersey, that our own people returning from foreign shores, or those worthy im migrants who seek a home among us, suali catch sight of the starry banner before the land li ft iself above the horizon. i, Enthusiastic cheer.) The fljg at the Highlands, the Bartholdi Stat ae, lifting the torch of Lioerty ia the harbor, are good object lessons to those w ho come to be American ci'.izeas. 14 1 have unfeigned anil lasting pleasure in the fact that oue of my last public acts was to lift the American (lug over a great steamship in the harbor cf the city of New York. It was liberty this bell pro claimed, liberty throughout a!l the land, to all the people thereof; and how won derful that cear!y a quarter of a century before, w hea the committee of your Leg islatdre selected an inscription for ttiat bell, they unconsciously fort told the great act it was to perform. "Let us never forget that the liberty which this beil rang in was a liberty to be free to do as each one pleased oa'.y so far as the rights of others were not iuvad ed. Let us learn ajjaia this great lesson that ao worthy object can be promoted except npon the lines of social order and lawful submission to public authority. (Cheers.) Not laitor, not the Church, net those who pretend to seek with un authorized hands the ends of public jus tice can promote any of the causes by acts of violence. It is tie law, casting its shelter over every household, arming every man in a panoply tnat should be impenetrable, that makes our home life possihle and these schools what they are. "This old bell was nude in Eug'.and, but it had to be recast in America '.en thusiastic cheersi before it was attuned to proclaim the right of selfgovernAent and the equal rights of men. And there in it was a typs of what our institutions have b-?ea doing for that great teeming ttitong of immigrants from a!! lauds who heard its Voice orer the great waters and came here subjects to be recaat into free American citizens." tCheers.) Are you a Sufferer From Ca tarrh, Hay Fever, Etc. If you are, go to your druggist, or if you can't get it where you live, send to ns. Get a bottle of Mayers' Maguetic Catarrh Cure, which we will entirely guarantee to cure any case of Catarrh, Hay Fever, etc., otherwise your money will bs returned. For one dollar, one bottle to last for three months' treat metit, and one bot.Ie to cure. It has never failed, and will cure you. Give it a trial. No cure no pay. M.lYKrSi' Dltftl Co., Oakland, Md. For sale by G. W. Benfuuu aud J. M. LorTiiEi:, Somerset, Pa., and Du'ioGild NEa, Lockwood. Pa. It was a very tender-hearted lady who refused to strike an octave, In almostevery neighborhood through out the west there is some one or more persons whose lives have been saved by Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar-rh't-s Bemedy, or who have been cured of chronic diarrhoea by it. Such per sons take especial pleasure in recoru meclicg the remedy to others. The praise that follows its introduction and use makes it very popular. 25 an d 5 ent bottles for eaie. WHOLE NO. 2180. Only a Little Lesson. It was just a little lesson, that was all, but it went right to the spot. He stop ped a moment on his way home to look ia a florist's window, and the florist, who saw hiiu, asked him inside to see some thing extra fine. "You don't buy any more flowers now?" said tbe florist. " No," was the response, given good naturedly, though it was brief. " And it used to be, a year ago or more, that roses and violets and carnations and all sorts were a great attraction to you?" " Yes, I had a sweetheart then," and the man blushed and lauglied. " You used to take her a flower every time you went to see her, didn't you?" pursued the inquisitive, kindly old tior iit. " Yes." " And they didn't cost very much, as a rule, did they?' "Oh, no, but that didn't make any difference to her. If I brought them, fresh and fragrant, that was enough." Why don't you take them to her now? I'i J she choose another ia your stead ?" and the florist's voice was sympathetic. " Oh, no, I married her a year ago." The florist waited a moment as if thinking. " And don't you love her now ?" he asked, cautiously, as if treading on thin ice. "t if coarse. We are very happy. But yen know the flower buiitess dotsn't go any more." " Did she ever say so?" asked the Cor isL " Well-uin-er-no, I can't say that she ever did." " Have yo.t ever asked her bout it?" " No. I never happened to think of it Busy, yea know, with ail sorts of things, so much more practical." The florist didn't answer, lie went to a pot of roses and violets and taking a handful he handed them over to his cus tomer. " Ttcre," he ssid, " I give them to you in remembrance cf cid times. You might take them to your w ife, and if she doesn't like them you can bring tl.eui back to me." B ut they never came back. A Million Friends. A friend in need is a friend indeed, and not les than one million people have found ju-t such a Iriend ia Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. If yoa have never used this Great Cough Medicine, one trial will convince you that it has wonderful cura tive powers inall diseases of throat, chest and lungs. Each bottle is guaranteed to do all that is claimed or money will be refunded. Trial bottles free at J. N. Snyder's drug store ; larg-i b jtt!es 00c. and il. The Spinach. As spinach is often cooked it is a coarse dish, whereas it should be one cf Ue most delicate and refined vegetables that come upon our table. Ia order to free it from a certain ranknos of the green leaf it must be blatiched. To do this, wash it very thoroughly, cut off the stalks, and beil it in abuudane of salted water for lo minutes. Then drain it through a colander, and immtrse it in the colander in a ':;n of cold water. When it Las become thoroughly co'.d, drain it aaia aad chop it Cue. It is now ready to be cooked and is ia the condi tion in whica it U often found in 'he French markets. It may be k-pt ia this condition oer night or for a cumber cf days. As a rule, spinach is coot el too Ior.g. It is not uncommon for New England hocsew ives to cock it for one or two hours, and the resuit is a ioar.se, r'a vorless vegetable, poor ia color and on'y u.itile .!atble by suicthtr icg it in vine gar. -V. 1. Ti i'i iJt . Dasarving. Praise. V,"e desire to say to our citizens, that for years we have beea selling Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Dr. King's New Life Piils, Bucklen's Arnica Silve ao. ' Electric B:tters,and have nev er handled remedies that sell as well, or that have given such universal satisfac tion. We do not hesitate to guaiantee there every time, aad we stand ready to refund the purchase price, if satisfactory results do not follow their use. These remedies have won their great populari ty purely on their meriis. J. N. f-NYiEi;, Druggist. Well Named. Auta-.M have been known to say that i is easier to w rite a book t!:aa to fmd a title for it, and one maa goes so far as to declare that a happy title is given only by inspiration . So it seeais to have been in this case. A gentleman living near riymou'h had a valuable and haad.-ome hore which he had Hatred Ajux. 1-ast reason by great good luck, he time cross an excellent mate for it and purchased it at once. Tiien the question arose wha' to call iL There was soaie delay iu finding a name in every respect satisfactory, till after a day or two, on going to the stable, the gentleman found that his groom had solved the difficulty. Over the s'.a'.l cf the old tiaiily favor ite was painted his came, Ajtx, and over that of the newcomer the hosil-r had printed ia big tl:a?k letters, "Bjjx." " i.i. ir !! U. " 1 Am So Vired" Is a common exclamation at this season. Tiiere is a certain bracing effect in cold air which is lost when the air grows warmer; and when Nature is renewing her youth, her admirers feel -dull, slug gish and tired. This condition is owing mainly to the i:ipnr- condition of the blood, and its failure t. supply healthy tissue to the various orgms of the body. It is remarkable how susceptible the sys tem is to the help to 1 derived from a good medicine at this season. Possess ing just those purifying, building-op qual ities which the body craves. Hood's Sar saparilla soon overcomes that tired feel ing, restores the appetite, purities the blood, and, in short, imparts vigorous beaith. Its thousands cf frien Is as with cn voice declare " It Makes the Weak Strong." With the ambitious cornet-player practice makes hiai a perfect nuisance. Hazel's Protector. " I'm going to find my papa, so I am," said Haze!, with a knowing little nod. So she started oat. Mamma was in the garden weeding her pansy bed. Boy had gone down town on an errand aad Mary was busy in tbe kitchen, so there was a good chance for Ha;l to , a ay w.tl.o i. l-.iag no ticed. F- and by in.truaii ao.e into the house for a dtiui. of water, the looked around fr lla-.ei, aud not seeing her she feared that her wee girly was lost. Maiuni was so frightened at the thought that she sank into the nearest chair. When Koy came she sent him to find the baby. LVjwn the street the little boy hastened, looking in every direction. He was turning a corner when he saw something that made him smile. Tbe little sister was strolling along looking as happy as a child could. Her apron strings were untied, and holding fast to the sash with his teeth, was Neb, the faithful dog. Boy named him Nebuchadnezzar, but he was called Neb, by all, save his master. "I bavn't found papa yet," wailed Ha zel as her brother took her in his arms and started homeward. " We were just going to find him, I and Neb." Trusts and Combinations Are unpopular. But there is one form of trust against which no one has anything to say. That is the trust w hich the pub lic reiiosea in Hood's Sarsaparilla, and the best of it is the trust is fully justified by the merit of the medicine. For, rt meuiber, Ilool 'S Sarsaparilla Cures. Hood's Piils are purely vegetable, and do not purge, pain or gripe. Sold by all druggists. The direct consequence of rushing out of single blessedness is often that of rushing into double wretchedness. I was troubled with catarrh for seven years previous to commencing the use of Ely 's Cream Balm. It has done for me what other so-called cure have failed to do cured me. The effect of the Balm seemed magicaL Clarence L. Huit Bid deford, Me. After trying many remedies for catarrh during past twelve years, 1 tried Ely's Cream Balm with complete success. It is over one year since I stopped using it and have had no return of catarrh. I recommend it to all my friends. Milton T. Palm, Readin. Luminous earth worms have recently beea seen near Bichaiond and other parts cf the Thames Valley in England. But it is pointed out that these phosphor escent annelids are not uncommon, hav ing been described by Grioiiu as early as the year lJ7i. How to Ootain Loig Life. Take life easy. Nothing prolongs Ufa like a cheertul disposition. Mikd hasta slowly. Ttie snail outran the hare and won the race. Avoid aii worry. Care wrinkles the brow and dries up the fountain of life. Don't get angry. Every burst of pas sion shortens hie one incii. Be moderate in all things and temper ate in your habits. Remember, sleep id nature's kin i restorer," and if yoa would live long, sleep long. Above all take care of yourself. If you are not feeling well there is some thing wrong and nature needs to be stimulated in her work. The best phy sicians in the country recommend Klein s Silver Age and I'uquense Bye tor such at purpose. They are for sai by dealers generally at Sl.-Vl and $!.--" per quart re spectively. Send to Max Kiein, Stl Fed eral Street, Allegheny, Pa., for a complete catalogue and price-list of all kinds of li quor, mailed free. Beport comes from Paris of (he discov ery of the thistle as an article of food for man as well as Least, The this tle has certainly some very fine points. Bucklen s Arnica Salve. The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sorts, Ulcers, Salt Itheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil blains, Corns, and a!! Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay re quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 2 cents per box. For sale by J. N. Sny ilr. " I can dispose of a whole boatload of sailors," remarked the shark, "but it's w Lea I swallow their yarns t!at I feel worsted." John N. Sovd-r, the druggist, desires il: to pu'iiisli the. following teslisaouy, as he handles the remedy aad believes it tot be reliable. I bought a cent Untie of Chamber lain's Pain Baiai aud applied it to my liuibs, which have bevn alflicted with rheuaialisin at intervals for one year. At the time I bought the Pain Balm I was unable to walk. I can truthfully say tiiat Pain Biim has completely cured me. II. H. Farr, Holywood, Kaa. Mr. A. B. Cox, the leading druggist, at Holy wood, vouch es for the truth of the above statement. The idea of employing prett? girls fur bill co'.Iectois I''ks feasible, but it would not work. The delinqiieut debtor would all waut theui to "call agaiu." Gne dollar f r a three months' treat ment and an absolute guarantee for a cure is what the Mayers Drug Co., of Oakland, M I., offers to suiLrers of ca tarrh, hay fever, etc. Ask your druggist for a bottle of Mayers' Magnetic Catarrh Cuie. It has never failed and will cure you. For sale by ail druggists or address the above firm. He passionately i My love, Gerald iue, is like the rose iu jour hair. It is ' She " Artificial !" Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment. A certain cure for Chronic Sore Eyes, Tetter, Silt Bheam, Scald Head, Old Chrouic Sores, Fever Sores, Eczema, Itch, Prairie Srratclies, Sore Nipples and P.les. It is cooling and soothing. Hun dreds of (sm fljvw been cured by it af ter ail othtr treatment had failed. It I put up ia 25 and 50 cent boxes. Legal Status of the Brish Burglar. A curious dlsccstiioo has beea in pro gress ia the English press recently on the question as to whether it is lawful for a householder to kill a man who ia breaking into his residence. All sort of authorities have been appealed to, and a decision las ti Dally been given. bxed upon the opinions of the most eminent jurists in the lanJ, that, where as it is perfectly lawful to shoot a burg larwhfnhe is engsged in the act of breaking into & house, a man has no right to fire on a burglar who, haviig completed his job, is sjen making otf witn his booty. The reason for making this distinction is that while the burglar U ia the house or in trie act of breaking iato it there is reasonable ground for believing that he contemplates violence, whereas, if he has accomplished his rob bery and is seen making off with the sto len property, the supposition that b contemplates violence no longer exists, and it is this supposition alone which, renders it juitifiableto shoot hiui.