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ii.t-ir.iy in Somerset for tbe
5.uu. iX'-.x ou JJainstrucl,
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ji.. ; -.in Ari:rritl K marled. All
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;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
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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.
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': Feleral t., A'ik-'hear. Pa
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VOL. XLI. NO.
-THE-
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF
Somerset, Penn'a.
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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.