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-THE-FIRST
NATIONAL BANK
OF-
Somerset, Penn'a.
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CAPITAL
$50,000.
$10.OOO.
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AMOUNTS. PAYABLE ON OEM AW D.
ACCOUNTS OF MCRCMANTS FARMERS.
STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS :
LaRce M. Hicka. "W. H. Miu-rx,
Jambi L. Pcgh, Chaa. H. FlKBLB,
Joex E. Scctt, Gxo. R. Sctxl,
Fill W. Biseckks.
Edward Scnx, : :
Vale.vtin Hat. : :
IIabvey M. Bekclev,
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Are securely protected in celebrated Cor
hse Burglar-proof bafe. The onlj ife
Samersst County National Bank
Of Somerset, Pa.
Established, 1877. 0-fir.lztd a t Kiiissa:, 1830.
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CAPITAL $50,000.
Cha. J. Han-ion, Pres't
Wm. H. Koontz, Vice Pres't.
Milton J. Pritts, Cashier.
Dirctors:
RajeT FnTfler, Wm Ft(!t.
J.na -pVr r.t, Joiia M. iok,
J. job E. eiivder J'.'ha st
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IflBUT TITLE AIB TSIST CO.
121 4 120 Fourth Ave.,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
C:jM - - .$1,003,030.
Undivided Profits 1250,000.
Arts as Executor. Guarll.in, A-lirEee
anJ Ee-ivtr.
Wil!s rx.elpte-1 Or an-1 Leli fre cf
charge.
Ea:ne cf ri'ienis an l non-KTi-Uxt
carefully atten leJ to.
J01IN" B. JACKSON, - PreaiJeat.
JAMES J. IOSXELL, Vice Pres-Jent
FRANKLIN" BROWN, Secn-tJi.r.
JAS. C CHAI'LIN, Tr-usurtr.
FANCY
WORK,
Some Uieat IUrfaIa$Li
IRISH POINT LUNCH
AND TRAY CLOTHS
Bjught Mow cost of transportation
He are eeliinz at preat b-arjra:ns white
an-1 colorej Bediur.l Cc.rd Table Cot
fr, etatuped ready for workic?. ;np
exl Canton Flannel Table and Cush
ion Covers, bicped Pinh Cuion
Covem, Barjfarran Art Cloth Table
and Cushion tV.vers, all stamped
with Newest iH-gin ; llem-rtiUlie.J
Hot Einiit and 111 Napkins. A
new and larjw line of hem-stitched
Tray and Carving Cloths from OOcU
op.
Sum p Hem -stitched Scarf from 3"cts
OD. Table Covers from 50 eta. c p. A
fsll line of Fiarared
INDIA SILKS,
All New ratterci ard Colorir.gs. Al,
Figured Plush,
21 and 33 inches wide, in heantiful Colors
and les:frrs. Art Svalin tv iares f.r the
Ctrai CoTers and Custkn Covtra.
"VabarL settin,
6 inches wide, 50 r per i r-k.
fclae. Olive and Yi'low, TH,-, NEW
THING lor Drapr-? iianties and
Iax'TS. a-xi Lt lraing Over
Irperie. A new iine of
H-d-reMs. tnvn iV; op.
Vit onr Table Lir.n. Towel. Sapk-.ns,
Vaslin. Siieeting and Linen IVpar.ment, by
all means.
41 1111H AIF. Ji 'tUrit.Ta.
WANTFD Fcrmra.Cerks,Me
VVftl' I"1' che rites la enRge
with ns at ocoe. Ify sn ei a hostler can
Ciaie at Irssst per tajooih. Now Is the
time lo :art in on IaII aaUes. EU-gant outfit
free. Ad dress
ALLEX JTCT-SERY CO.. .
HORNE
MRU
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18
ifra. J. y. Au&lienbaugli
Of Ettrs. Pa.
Blood Poisoning
Intense Suffering II Years.
Uood'a HeaUd the Sore in Seven
ITwk A Perfect Cure.
1 xrLi recooiirend Flood Sonaparlla as
Crtiiss. It ti-i proved 1:$ rccriu to tii.
T:ve year ro ajytiifb was p:cklnz rasp
trrr.e5 i!ie s .r itemed herself on a trier,
L.joc:.J Irom l.fi soon diTelofd li..oa
tTT t ie v,rf. I ctwr-B hr kne aad aiikie. Not
m i'.nti:n!:iT 3,1 did Uit it. II ronui.iird dt
eh trauf ii-r ri- vrn luup yari. V e trird lut-tl.
t-i on e! ry -ij'. wiift do fCni. Aot;t a
jr-iT?o he r'ad oi Hood's Sirii ariila juid
c fU'-lao'-d u try it Iifrsril. and hti Lkin? t!,e
L.i: ootJe she :It betirr auu cusitiue-J it
Hood's Cures
until today fhe Is entirely well and better than
ever. Tlie sore was had np la scTen w ei k.
Hr EnriM? perfe-t'y noTtnl. W tttrnnt-br
e tre estwly to liond' Kiraparilia.' Jacob
lv. At -ttM A vca. E.ta-. Y.-ira Co.. Fa.
Hood's PiliS cure a;! liver li's, L::ioas.
as Jaundice, iBdiMSoji, S-k H" isx-h"!.
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YOU SAVE MONEY
on these
DRY GOODS
itrr.s inJeed. win to the LES PRI
CL id-a that prevaiU at tbene btores, we
are coulident mere is uile a aavini? for
yc,a en evrry vard of l'rr Ooous of any
kind whk-ti you 6end aj your order fr.
A luie cf ::2 inth
CHEVRONS,
wool filling, 15 cent,
inch
WHIP CORDS, 50c.
00 Inch
WOOL SERGES, 75c.
52 iach
SCOTCH SERGES,
$H1 a yard.
All above in fall lice of spring colorings.
10 pie-e3 ne5t 'la'ity
Imported Wool Cachimere,
all ore color a datk, bottle-green 15
inches wide,
(12 Cent a Tar 4.
Green is the color this season and you
save j-ost M-'i centa on every yard of this
Cdshttien it is the dollar qiality.
Very Luye sale of fiae
French Organdy Lawns,
both lihtand dark grounds ;n great va
riety of artistic printing.
31 inch goods
15 Cents a Yard
It raay seem early for Iawds, but this
quality never sell leas than 2" cents.
And there are many other money -saving
itents we can tell you abont. If in
terested, write oar Mail Order Depart
ment for sample.
Boggs & Buhl,
115, 117, 119 anl 121 Ftl-ml &rt,
ALLEGE XV Y,Pn.
A. H. HUSTON,
Undertaker and EmbaJmer.
xV GOOD HEVRSE
and everything pertA:Bnr to fuserals fnraihed
on short notice.
Sfloth Tsrkrfot Street. SsfBerwt, Psai'i
t-iS
CURTIS K. GROVE,
SOMERSET,' PA.
BUGGIES, BLEGHS, CAEilAGES,
BPBIX5 WAGOX3, BCCK WAGOXB.
AJTD EaPTZR ASD WESTERN WOBX
romiAbed en Sban Soticsk
P&intirxg Done o?. Short Time.
My vork ts msu!e out M 7VrwrVy rwiaans? Wood,
asd the Bit frrm ami ttrn. nibHaiitially
Cr-nstrcctcd. NUt Finished, AOd
arraated to pre Sa'tifaninn,
Inplcy C1I7 First Clas Toiaes.
aVpairlne of AS Kinds is Kr Use IVme am
bkort Xoura. Ptvm EiAjONABL-E, And
aAU Work Warrantd
Call and Ex Amine my iwk, aad Lean Pikes
I do Wasnn-work. aad furnish 8etrs) tar Wlad
imia KesaesBber tbe place and call tn.
CUETIS K. GEOVE,
(bat of OBOrt Bocsa)
SOMKSfaT. FA.
W. S. le'J i Cz.
Jl Wood St, Fittobarf.
PMOTOGWaPMIC
SOPPtlCS.
iew Cameras, Ietect1 ve
CAmeras. and the Fa-
moua Kodak, la ren
MytM. iNrnd for (.sla
lurue free
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SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
CLEAR THE WAY.
There a w.g about ! . come.
Clear tbe ay '.
la the world Faatifcja-dom,
tbey y .
Ekirtt hve been wum ciow ai:d ft ;
Kut we"li haveno ukc f that ;
Ob. tt'k criooline they'- au
Oear the way.
Build the street car? good and He.
Clrmr the way '.
E n l.tea ifee men nnui'te
Hare to stay :
And tbey'U mace a drealful ftk,
Jiut beec witLin a 'btu
Taere Is aly n a f.)t us.
iTlear tbe a ay .'
Harried me m Uh m lvt- to dress
Bills lo iyi
Are the picture of dKres
Tor th?y ay
Tbat U certainly will take
Jii4 as much aaio to mAke
Irtssa of the proper shape.
Clear the way !
RuSe g front hem to waist,
Ciear the way !
Ja-t to rait the wearer's taste
F' i:ti lay.
MercbAiiU wear a rie&Jish jna
C er the custom they will w in
When the crinoline comes in.
Clear the way :
HELPING A BASHFUL LOVER.
' Letty, what's the matter with yoa
and Tom Powell that yoa don't seem to
get a!on very well together?"
AfcuiftUush passed over Letty liar
per's sweet face, and she tried to conceal
it by stooping for another handful of peas
from the basket beside her.
"What do yoa mean. Aunt Martha
''Why. I mean that when I was here
last summer I knew tbat yoa and Tom
ked each other and ever tince then
I've Wen expecting to be sent for to help
with a wedding."
And Aunt Martha looked at her niece
and gave concern in her kindly eyes.
"There isn't goin? to be any wedding,"
Letty answered, sharply, with a suspi
cious little choke in her voice.
"And whose fault is that, Letty? I'd
ba sorry to think that yoa mean to
throw Tom over, fjr I can see thut he
likes you still, though you don't treat
him very kindly, I must say."
"If he likes me, w by don't he say so ?"
the girlanswered paiionately, and with
tears starting in her eyes.
"Oh 7 said Aunt Martha, softly, to her
self, "3 that's the trouble, is it 7"
And then, after a moment's silence
she resumed :
"I re.-kun it's mostly yoar fault, Letty ;
yoa don't encourage him enough."
"Enc-jurage him? Yoa don't think.
Aunt Martha, tbat I would try to make
a man atk me to ma cry hiui when he
hasn't the will or courage to do it him
self? I would die first."
"Non9ecie, child ! As to courage, Tom
Powell showed he was no coward when
he saved old Peter Miles from that mad
ball, when all the rest were afraid to go
niii'i it, bat he's bashful about women.
As my husband used to say after we were
married: 'It's a trying thing for a shy
man tj tell a woman that he lover her
and ask her to marry him.' And Tom's
just putting it off because he kon't knjw
how."
"Weil, he need n t worry about it, so
far as I am concerned," said Letty, with
a b: ms of her head. "Here he has been
coming to the house for a whole year
and keeping other young men away, and
and next Thursday I'll be twenty-one
years old. If he expects me to wait for
him till I'm an old maid he's mistaken,
and I mean to let him know it. There's
Will Samers and"
"Hash!" interrupted Aunt Martha as
her quick ear caught the sound of a man'
footsteps upon the porch.
And the next moment a tall gouk-look-ing
young man, with a driving whip in
his hand, presented himself at the door
of the cool, open hall in which the two
women were seated.
"May I come in?" he said pleasantly
looking from Letty to Aunt Martha, and
back again at Letty.
"Ye, if you've a mind to," the latter
answered, moving the basket out of the
way and scarcely glancing at him.
"I was going by and thought I'd stop
and see bow yoa ail were," he said, half
apologtticaliy, "and ask if I could do any
thing for yoa down at Sharpsville. Or
maybe so ie of yoa would like to ride
down there for a bit of shopping? I've
got my new spring wagon along, and not
much to bring in it."
"Thank yoa 7 said Letty. "But moth
er's busy, and I've no time to be driving
about in the morning. Maybe Aunt
Martha w ould like to go."
"Well, I don't know but what I might,
replied the old lady, thoughtfully. "I
would like to see my old schoolmate, Bet
sy Leadbetter, now that she's a cripple
And I know that your mother wants one
or two little things that lean bring from
town. So if yoa can wait just five min
utes, Thomas, I'll be ready by that time,"
"Oh, don't be in a harry, Mrs. Bradley 1
I don't mind waiting an hour to accom
modate you, and I r.ever knew a woman
yet who could get ready to go away in
five minutes," said Tom laughingly.
So Aunt Martha went upstairs and
through the open door of the room she
could hear w hat was going on in the hall
below.
"I wonder if yoa can affjrd to waste
an hoar's time, Tom T said Letty, grave
ly. "Well, 111 put it tDSome account if
yoall let me."
And he seated himself in Aunt Martha's
vacant chair, with the big basket between
himself and Letty, though rather awk
wardly. "If we depend upon yoa," said Miss
Harper, laughing, "we should hare no
peas ready for dinner to-day."
"Oh, this is woman's work ! I guess I
coald beat yoa at corn hacking."
Then came a silence, broken only by
the rattling of tbe shiny green balls in
the bright tin pan.
"Do yoa know, Tern," Letty said slow
ly, "that Thursday will be my birthday:
I shall be twenty-one that day."
"Yoa don't look it," he said, glancing
admiringly at the pretty face asd slender
girlish fignre.
"Bat I feel iL Good gracious! I'm
almost an old maid, and I believe that
I'm going to be one."
"Then it will be yoar own fault. You
have had more beaax than any other girl
in the neighborhood," said Tom, evi
dently intending to get gallant.
Letty flashed cp.
"I kiow it," she said, with a spirit,
"and I've been a great goose to wait so
long."
set
ESTABLISHED 1837.
He looked np sharply, and in his turn
changed color.
"I don't know what yoa mean by that,
Let:y."
"I mean what I say," she answered,
lightly. "If I had any sense I would
have been married long ago, like Susie
and Cousin Roea. And I don't mean to
wait until I grow rid and gray-h sired.
When my birthday conies around again
I won't be Letty Harper."
"Who will you be?" inquired Tom,
gloomily.
"I don't know yet. I'm only waiting
for the right man to come."
"Well, I hope youll get one to suit
yon," he replied, tearing open a pea pod
with such violence that all the little
green bails went racing about the floor.
Aunt Martha shock her head as she
tied her bonnet strings before the glass.
"Dear, dear! those pxr children will
never come to en anderstanling. It's
wonderful bow stupid some otherwise
smart men caa be when it comes to court
ing. SoDiebody'll have to help 'em, or it
will be otf soon, and that would be a
pity.'
When she came down stairs it was ev
ident that the cloud had by no mean
cleared awar.
Tom assisted her gravely into the
wagon, and for some moments thf y rode
in silence.
Then he remarked with a tinge of bit
terness. "Letty don't seem to be in a very good
humor to-day."
"Ob, yoa mustn't take ber at what she
says. It's often the way with girls to sav
and do what they don't mean," said
Annt Martha, soothingly.
"That is just what puzzles me. I never
know how to take any of them part icu
larly Letty. Sometimes I coald almost
think she hatts me lr -m the way she
goes on."
"Yoa masn't talk that way, Tom; I
know she likes yoa, only she don't show
it."
"Well, I'll wait till she doej show it,"
he returned, doed'
Aunt Martha shook her head a 43 in
with a sigh.
How could this faint-hearted lover
ever be made to understand ?
"I ought to tell you," she said, as they
drove op the principal street of the little
town, "why I particularly wanted to
come to-day. Thursday that's the day
after to-morrow will be Letty's birth
d.iy. I wanted to choose her a little
birthday gift."
"That's a good idea.
I
I'd like to do !
the same myself if I thought she'd take a
present from me."
"Ob, I am sure she'd be mightily pleas
ed at your remembering her."
And encouraged by the assurance he
accompanied the p"d 'ady into the chief
emporium, where she explained their er
rand to the sleek-haired clerk ia a gor
geous necktie, who presided behind ti e
counter.
"How would a pretty dress do, mam
ma?" he said, insinuatingly. "And fr
the gentleman, a handsome album or a
pices of jewelry? .We've g-'t'ern of ail
kind-jearringi. bracelet aai fif.gjrlringi
with genuine sets, and at very low prices
lrom a dollar np."
"Bother the price!" Tom exclaimed,
as the young man set before him a velvet
lined tray, glittering with sets of every
hue of the rainbow. "Give me tbe best
and prettiest ring of the loL"
And then they fell to examining rings
and Tom admired an emerald one, while
A ant Martha looked curiously at another
the design cf which Was two clasped
hands, set with a heart-haped ruby.
"Which would Lttr like best, Mrs.
., , . . I
1 ' " I
side by side.
"Well, I think this oae, Thomas. I
know that ruby is her favorite color ;
and I've heard that green's unlucky,"
And Annt Martha's eyes shone with a
carious light, which Tom tlid not per
ceive. So the raby ring was choen, and the
sleek-haired young man grinned to him
self as he turned awar to do it np in a
neat little parcel.
"Why they always fancy that I don't
know," be thought.
When Thursday came Torn Powell rode
over to congratulate Letty opon her birth
day and wish her many happy returns.
She received him very sweetly, and
the yoong man's heart grew cheery and
hopeful, until be perceived there was no
ruby ring npon her band.
To spare himself the embarrassment
he had begged Mrs. Bradley to present
his gift to Letty in bis name, and she 1
had promised to do so.
Coald she have forgotten ?
Bat Letty relieved hint by saying im
mediately as she produced the little box
containing the ring: "Oh, Tom, I was
so much obliged to yea for yoar beauti
ful present the prettiest ring I ever saw.'
"Then why don't yoa wear it?- he in
quire d.
She looked embarrassed.
"Why, yoa Be"," casting down her
eyes, "there was some mistake about it :
it isn't exactly what I ought to wear."
"I don't see why," he answered, "if
yoa like the ring.
"Yes, I think it's lovely ; but you see"
still more embarrassed "yoa didn't
mean, Tom, to give me an engagement
ring?"
"An engagement ring!""
"Yes, the design is intended expressly
for an engagement. Aad yoa know it
wou'dn.t be proper for me to wear each
a ring when I'm t.ot engaged."
He made no reply.
"Yoa'l have to change it Tom, I guess ;
bat it's so pretty that I hate to give it
np"
A sadden light came into Tom's eyes
and his face flushed almost as deep a red
s the ruby npon which Letty was su
ing. "What necessity is therefor changing
it, Letty? Can't yoa keep it and wear it
as it ia?"
"But, Tom, everybody would be asking
me if I'm engaged, and what could I tell
them?"
"Tell them yes ; tell them you are en
gaged, and to me, won't you, Letty?"
His voice trembled a little, and be sat 4
breathlessly awaiting ber answer. It
came softly.
"Yes, Tom."
And when Annt Man ha saw them
together, ball an hoar afterward, she mil
led with an expression of relief.
tt rr
F.
17, 1893.
"I was mightily afraid tbat Letty
wouldn't carry it out as I told her, but I
ft-el it's ail right now. Somebody had
to help 'em or they'd never come to an
cnJerst anting."
The Independent Style.
A newspaper man from the west visit
ed New York on one occasion andcalltd
on a great editor there, with whom he
had some correspondence. He called to
pay his respects moft'y, but he was after
a job if he eonld got one. lie sent in his
car 1 afvr the custom in New York, and
in a minute or two the boy returned.
"What is your oiness ?" a-ked the
boy.
"No business ; pleasure ; he wrote on
the card, and the boy took it in an l cam
back.
lie wants to know your business or
pleasure," said the boy.
Ti pay ruy respects," the vitor
wrote and sent it in.
"Call at the counting room to pay any
thing," came back the answer.
"Thanks," he wrote. "The amount is
so small that it will nut ju.-:ify me in
stepping."
The boy took it in, and the visitor
started otf in no very pleasant frame of
mind.
"Here," said the great editor appear
ing at the door of his den, "come here."
The visitor changed bus course.
' I'll meet you haif way," he said, stop
ping at about that distance.
The grvat editor came forward and
took hiuj Ly the hand.
'"Come in," he said grimly. "Come in
and sit down. I like vour style."
"I don't like youis," responded the
visitor fraakly, as he sat down.
"Some do," said the great editor, with
a smile.
"Perhaps they do, but it ia an ai aired
taste.
The great editor seemed to enjoy it.,
a:ue of the acquired things of life are
very excellent," he ventured.
"Yes, my services oa this paper, for in
stance," said the visitor, piump'y, a:; 1
after ba'fan hoar's furtlier Ulk we s ect
aay with a commission to do some work
preparatory to a regular sit on the 8L
Kindness is Catching.
A newsboy took the Sixth Avenue Kl
evated Kiilrbad car at Park Place, New
York, at noon on Thanksgiving day, and
sailing into one of the cross seats fell
aiee;. At Grand Street two yoong
women got on, an-1 t'ok seats opposite to
the lad. II ,s feet were bare an 1 his hat
hail fallen off. Presently the yourg
girl leaned over an-1 placed her rnuJ nn
ut-r the Lttle fellow's dirty cheek. An
old gentleman ia the next seat smiled at
the act, and wilhuut saying anything,
held out a quarter with a cod toward ti.e
boy. The girl heviuted a moment, and
then reached for it.
The next man just as silently oiTered a
dime, a woman across the aisle held out
some pennies, and, before she knew it,
the girl with flaming cheeks had taken
money from every pienger in that end
of the car. She quieily slid the amount
into the sleeping lad's pocket, removed
her mutf gently from under ha head
without rousing him, and got cif at
Twenty-third street, nodding to all the
passengers in a pretty littie inclination of
the hea 1 that seemed full of thanks ar.d
common secret. This rebukes Icgeroirs
sneer that if he had been God he wou'd
have good things catching. They a:e
catching, aad xl maid the m so.
Something Setter.
"ere comes cit r-imca, cried ten
.ft .'.,-- n .
I 'at is, as be and his schoolmates nj-t
an
gd grocer, who having no horse was
obliged to deliver his groceries himself.
'The old fellow is carrying a bag of
be:ins somewhere.' cried Fred Brown.
Ixk ! look! he has spilled half of them,
and they are all getting a good wetting
inthepao. Hal ha! What fan! Do s-e
the old man try to pick them up. He's
about as blind as a mole, too."
Iet us give the bag another sbke,'
lauehed Bob Masgs, 'and set the rest of
the beans a flying.'
b, no,' cried Sammie Beer?, 'let's do
something better than that. Let's rcn
and help him pick cp the beans. He
isn't to blame for being old and blind.'
'Course he isn't,' cried Ben. 'Who
said he was ?
let s Lfc.p him load np that bag again.
Then the boys told the grocer w hat
, they meant to do. They began their
I task at once, and in a few moments had
returned the greater part of the beans to
the bag.
A True Article.
An exchange says : None are satiifu d.
One man is straggling to get justu-e,
some other is flying from it. Oae man
is saving to build a home, another is try
ing to sell his building for less than it
cost, to get rid of it. Oae man is spend
ing all the money he earns in taking a
girl to the the theatre, in hopes of event
ually making her his wife, while his
neighbor is spending all the gold he has
to get a divorce. The eastern man wants
to go west and the western man wants to
go east. The farmer wants to go into the
city and the city man wants to go into the
country. The man in traie wants lo get
ort and every body not in trade wan's to
be. The old want to be young and the
young want to be old , and so it goes.
Guaranteed Cure.
We authorize our advertised druggist
to sell Dr. King's New Discovery for Con
sumption, Cocghs and C0I1L5, npon this
condition: If you are alflicted with a
cough, cold, or any lung, throat or chest
trouble, and will use this remedy as di
rected, giving it a fair trial, and experi
ence no benefit, yoa may return the bot
tle aad have your money refundee. We
could not make this orfer did we not
know that Dr. King's -ew Ditcovery
could be relied on. It never disappoints.
Trial bottles free at J. N. Snyder's drag
store; large siza 50o- and f L
Paris looks like the capital of a world
wide empire. London looks like a
shapeless, neglected sutouib, allowed to
grow n;- by accident, anyhow. And
that's just the plain truth of it. Tis a
fortuitous concoarse of haphazard he us
es. WtttminttT itVnVsr.
eraloL
Industries of the States.
Alabama racks fourth in cotton.
Arizona ranks at cond in silver.
California ranks rirst in bailey, grape
culture, gold and quicksilver.
Colorado ranks first in silver.
Connecticut ranks Erst in clocks.
I'eleware is away up in peaches.
Itaketa is the linest wheat growing
Mate.
Florida ranks third in sugar and mo
la. Georgia ranks second in r'af and po
tatoes. Indiana ranks second in wheat.
Illinois ranks lir-t in oats, me:it j-ack-ing,
lumber trsll'ic, mail and distilled li
quors, and miies of railroad.
Iowa ranks first ia average intelligence
of populaton, first i a production of corn,
an-1 firt in number of swine.
Idaho ranks sixth in gold and silver.
Kansas ranks fifth in cattle, corn and
rye.
Kentucky racks first ia tobacco and
his a world wide rejetation for thor
ough bred horses anl cattle.
Louisiana ranks ur$l in sugar and mo
les sea.
Maine ranks first in ship building, slate
and granite quarries, lumbering an l fish
ing. Maryland ranks fourth in coal.
Massachusetts ranks first in cotton,
woolen and worsted fcoo-'s, and in cod
and mackerel fisheries.
Michigan ranknrt in copper, lumber
and salt.
Minnesota rat is fourth in wheat and
bir'ey.
Mississippi ranks second ia cotton.
M:iouri ranks first ia mules.
Montana ranks fifth in silver and gold.
New Mexico's grazing facilities can't
be beat.
Neltaska has abundant crops of rye,
b-ickwhest, barley, flax and hemp.
Neva-la ranks second in gold.
New Hampshire ranks third in the
mnuuetare cf cotton goods. j
New Jersey ranks tlrt in fertilizing
mirl, zinc and silk goods.
New York mnks 11 rst in the value of
manufactures, sop, printing, publish -
ing. hops, hay, potatoes, butk wheat and 1
milch cows.
North Carolina ranks first in tar and
t ir;-nt:ne.
Oi.
.io ranks fir-t in agricultural imple-
tsand wool.
Oresroo takes the palm for cattle rais-
Pes nsylvania ranks first ia rye, iron,
S'eei, petroieaai and coal.
Ith'ode Island excels proportionately
ii manufactures.
outh Carolina ranks first in phosphates
Tennessee ranks second :a peanuts.
Texas ranks first in cattie and cotton.
Utah ranks third in silver.
Vermont ranks fourth in '-ofiper.
Virginia ranks first in peanuts.
Wet Virginia ranas fif.h ia salt and
coal.
Wisconsin ranks second in hops.
Qjear Thing3 People Believe. 1
Ilere are some of the superstitions
which arett.ll bellevr-1 by tlioMsan U in
one part of the country or another.
That crystal is congealed ice.
Taat elephants have no j ia's.
That the sun dances oa taster day.
That a dead man weighs more than
.wi.ea he is alive.
That a ki
her suspenuel by the
beak ind.cates the direction of the wind.
That a diamond issofteael or broken
by e -at's bloo.
That a man h is one less rib than a wo-
mm.
That the tenth w ave at sea is the great-
eitand most dar.geroas.
That parslane in a bd prevents vis-
ions.
That a coiha nail oa the threshold of
a chamber keeps away phantoms.
Taat a tread on moonwart loosens
horse's shoes.
That rue prevents witchcraft.
That a bay leaf is a preservative
against thunder.
That a handful of smart ca.i-es a horse
to cirry his rider easily if put aaier the
saddle.
That docks boiled with toughest meat
would make it tender.
That if it rains on Swithin's day it,
will rain more or !e-a for forty succeed
ing da vs.
Tbat when one of a famliy die?, the '
the bees will undergo siiie calamity if 1
not informel cf the death . !
That some remedies ought to be ap- i
plied three, seven or nine times.
That the seventh son of a seventh son j
is a genius, or that h-s tun heal scrofulous i
persons by the touch.
That the head of a malefactor exposed
oa the highway renders the person be- : aa I from the first application I was re
fore whom it is held anable to move if j lieved. The sense of smell, which had
it is properly prepared. j been lost, was rsstorel after using one
That sheep ehould be shorn and pigs ; bottle. I have found the I'.alai tbe only
k lied when the moon is at its fulh j satislactory remedy for catarrh, and it
That peas and beans should be sown j has arJected a cure in my case. II. I
when it is cn the wane. j M--yer, Waverly, N. Y.
That an artery goes from the wedding j
finder to the heart- ) He Came Wiibcut Calling. ''Hello,
That spirits are detected by candles j little boy ! What is your name 7"
burning with a bluish TghL j
That a piece of tallow near the flame '
b.Ho'sen's death to one of the fa-uily. j
That the howling of dogs portends a i
death. j
That to kill a spider or to kill a snake !
is unlucky. j
Yhe House Doctor.
Fever blisters, when they are allowed !
to develop, are very painful and most dis- '
figuring, and yet they can ea:.y be cur-
ed in the beginning by keeping a ball of j
saltpeter on band, and at their first ap
pearance moistening the ball with water
anJ rubbing it on the spot.
Hot water is g od for sprains.
Claw oysters are good for hoarseness.
Turpentine is good for lockjaw.
4 Ea eggs are good for a cut.
Salt water is good for falling hair.
Quicklime in water is good for poison.
Tar on sugar is good for weak lungs.
Hot lemonade is good for colds.
Sugar moistened with vinegar k good
for hiccough.
Hot milk is good as a stimulant.
Milk paddings and stewed fruit are
good for bilious dyspepsia.
When glvlcg medicine to a baby, bold
the point of the spoon against the roof
of the month ; it will then be almost im
possible for the child to choke or eject
the Said.
o
WHOLE NO. 2181.
Dick.
" Clear oat, yoa little darky !"
" H.aie w::h yoa. We don't want
yoa 1"
Dick Tharston made no reply, but,
swinging a pair of skates high ia the air,
he burst into a perfect rouUle of melo
dy. Ills one weapon of defense was irre
sistible; and whether he thrilled like
the birds of the forest or sang the quaint
old Negro songs his father taught Liui,
the village boys were silenced when he
chie to have it v.
As soon as the skates were strapped,
the river, with its sparkling icy coat, was
a teeueof delight to the eye.
Suddenly, when tbe jollification seem
ed at its height, little Dick, after a pi
rouette no other boy dared attempt,
struck out tor shore.
" What's the matter, Dick? Where are
yoa going?"
" Ooin' home to get a lickia, an' I
must ran.'"
" W hat for r "What do yoa mean?'
cried one and another.
""Cause mammy sai 1 if I went on the
ice before she said so, she'd w hip me;
an' she alius says, ' w hen y-.u got a hard
tiling to do, D.ck, do it quick and have it
over ;' so I'm goin' to cut and have it."
" Harrah for Dick '." cried one of the
jolhest of the crowd.
"If you've got a ha'eful nld thing to
do, why do iL I'm gjing home to split
the kindlings."
"There'll be a splendid moon to-cight
and 1 11 be back," he called to those he
left behind.
Fred Dacfirth locked at Tom and Tom
looked at him.
"Xhit miserable Utile imy 1" muttered
one : and then they both lathed rather
faintly, but they palled olf their skates.
A soon as they reached home one went
at that horrid composition, that was uu
ally dreaded and postpone! til! it became
a veritable nightmare ; while the other.
who always studied his algebra last, be-
j cause 'tiasa'i any use anyway, and he
j dlJn t see w hy a person need leara it.
; wa.J, us he told his mother, " hard at it,
j to have it over like Disk's lickin'."
Mrs. Dan forth, who had ofien told her
?ca to "have nothing to do with that low-
Lved colored hov who brought home
their lanndr.ed clothes," was not only
; amazed at the unusual spectacle, but she
. herse.f could not but think of dreaded
datie. and in a Uw m nates was at the
do or of a LedridJcn
,
omaa, on whom
j she hal said she wou.d never call except
1 for decency's sake.
j The visit was soon followed by a pre -
i vious one, aad was so totallr unexpected
j that the sometimes neglected oil lady
wasaloiort amiable, instead of her usual ; swered until a lltt.e Iriih boy at the bot
exasrating mood. ' torn of the class hell up his hand. "Weil,
Thr! girls who were skating but it ! sir, hat must aboy do to go to Heaven ?"
would be quite impossible tote'! you ail I said the teacher, "il ryust die," an
aboat it ia this little space. Besides the 1 saered Patsy.
r u r,,t vt lint if 1
the alvice of Dick's " mainmy," you may
be sure yoa wiil make the world better
aad brighter f r having lived ia it.
The aenge woman doesn't s'et-p
j enough, and that is why she finds her-
i se'f crow in? fretful and irritable, a crev
to nervous dior Jers. The increase of
thes- troubles of the nerves ia positively
a'ariicg, an J it is a trouble, anl cot
an imaginary one, as sme persons lik?
to believe.
The alleviation
i ia man
1 canes ia i.;e srers own nans, aa-l
i the other women who as yet have cot
! su-"cu:nbed may prefect the disease by
J sio.r !y uking more s!eep
j A woman will p'.eal that she h&sn't
' time to lie down f.r a few minutes in the
j daytime, and siie wid infringe npon the
j ho'irs of the eight, which should beenec
j to sv-nnd, healthy, needed sleep, 'n order
j to tinish some piece of woik which could
; as Weil be completed on the morrow,
j She w iil rtsh and hurry all d.iy loi .
j and t:.c. when th !ycseholJ is all
I Sn-be-J in slux'.er at night, she will sit
; np to read the daily paper, thinking she
! wi!l not have to pay for the time she is
j stealing from the he.ilthgivlng sleep that
i comes before midalght.
j A physician, who is a specialist in ner-
vous disorders, says that women should
j sleep at least nice hours at night and
; one hour in the daytime. Some women
j insist that thev cannot sleeo bvdavllihf.
but if they persist every day in closing
the eye at a regular time, slumber will
come, and rest to tr.e Serves ill fol
low. The proprietors of E j Cream Ealra
do not claim it to be a cure-ail, but a
remedy for cata-rb, colds in the head and
bay fever. I; is not a liquid or a snarf,
is easily apr;ied into the nostrils. It
gives re.ief at once. .vjv.
I had catarrh of the heal and throat
for five years. I used L.'y's Cream Balm,
'Same as dad's," said the boy.
"What isyourdai's name?"
"Same as mine."
"I meaa, what do they call yoa when
they call y oa to breakfast V
"Tney don't never call me to break-fx-t."
"Why don't they ?"
"Cause 1 alius g;t there fist."
Guard Against Cholera. i
It is well to be prepared alien summer ,
comes to guard aga'nst cholera, diairho-a '
, MaiBMr eoaiDlainta.
M .ver iS Mn.;,. j,, fjr (-;,olera and i
J.arrho a have no eqcai as a quick and j
safe cure. A bottle should be kept in
every house. OursgtDia will supply you. j
"Dear ttther, we arj all well and hap
py. The baoy has nr;wn ever so much
and has a great deal men sense thaa he-
used to have. Hopingthe same of you.
I remain your daughter Maiiy." 1
Ask your druggist tor Mayer's Little
White Pills for sick headache. Druggists
say that Mayer's Magnetic remedies have
no equal in this world. Try them aad
take no substitutes.
Tiike Mayer's Magnetic Drops forchol
era, diarrh 1 sand all summer complaints
The direct consequence of ntshing oat
of single blessedness is often that of
rah it g Into double wretchedness.
Have the Best on the Market.
EiENi i, W. Vt, April 11, K'Z.
Tus MtYERS I'm .; Co.. Oakland, Md.
-ntleiuen : My wif has been troub
led with catarrh for twenty years, and I
have epeot over three hundred dollars
with doctor", without her having derived,
any benefit from them. I have consult
ed physician and had aifJiciae fro si
Ne York. C:ociurAt:i, Ob:- and f oroa -h,
Canada, aul Luaii concluded that
her case was i:k iraliie, !,nt noLfpi Lg
yrxir advertisement ia the Oakland -a-per
I decided to give it a trial, and tiy
wife has now csed a half a bottle of
Mayer" Magnetic Cure, and it has done
her tuere good than ait the other medi
cines that she bs ever tried for catarrh.
She thinks that the remainder of the
little will couipieUj a permanent cure;
I can see a great change for the better ia
her case, and any person troubled with
catarrh, I would advise theoi to give
Mayer's Magnetic Catarrh cure a trial.
I would have written to yoa oefore,
bat have been waiting to give the medi
cine a fair trial before saying what I
thought of it.
Yery respectfully yours,
M- HsavAT.
Vorsale by ti. W. BitNtoRn and J. M
lu rnnH, Somerwl, Pa, and DaviDirvts
Nttt. Kockwood. Pa.
Father "Well, To;njiy, how d- yort
think yoa w ill like this httie fellow Uit a
brother ?" Tommy 1 inspecting the new
infant somewhat doubtfully .1 "Have we
got to keep him papa, or is he only a
sample?"
Ia almost every neighbor hood through
out the west there is some one or more
persons whose lives have been saved by
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar-rh.L-a
Ileniedy, or who have been cored
of chronic diarrhoea by it. Such per
sons take especial pleasure in recom
mending the remedy to others. The
praise that follows its introduction and
use makes it very popular. 2-5 arid
ent bottles for saie.
Don't always tie worrying about what
people say of jou. No matter what yoa
say or do the action will be d.Jerent ia
ditferent eyes. One wiil pronounce it
good, the other evil. Yoa cannot please
more than a ceruin few, while the grrat
majority don't know what you are doing.
1V what yoa think best and let results
be what they may.
!
f How to Ootam Lo.ig Life.
1
i Take life es.-y. Nothing prolongs if
; like a cheerful disposition.
' Mike hasts slow iy. Tue snail outran
i the hare and won the race.
Avoid all worry. Care wrinkles the
brow and dries up the fountain of life.
I i'gn't get angry. Kvery burst of pas
I sion shortens iile oce inuti.
be moderate in a., things and temper
ate in your habits. liemetnber. sleep is
nature's kind restorer," and if you would
i live long, sleep long.
4rMkv.. all tfci i-Arf. of vr.nr-if- If
! you are not feeling well there is some-
j thing wrong and nature needs to be
; '" wor- Tb b.,r,h-V
, lU.er A"aai i-jnse Kye lor such
J purDose.
generally
Tiiev are for sa:e br dealer
at tl.'-'and $1.25 per qciart re-
i .:.. -od to )!. Ktein, re-i-
cr & c.rrt t - uvu , wm a-it it
! r.,,i,,..,xr,,i 0f ail kinds of li
i qUur, uia.led free.
! A Sunday school teacher in 1 .aw re nee
j Kan., asked her cla of boys what a bey
should do lo - to Heaven. No one au
A Leader.
i Since its first introduction. Electric
( Bitters has gained rapidly in popular fa
vor, until now it is clearly ia the lead
' among pure medicinal tonics and altera
' tives, containing nothing which permits
j its use as a beverage or intoxicsnt, it is
recognized as the best and purest niedi
1 cine for ail ailments of Momach, Liver or
j Kidneys. It will cure Sick Headache,
! Indigtstion, Constipation, and drive Ma
i larla from the system: Satisfaction
guaranteed rith each bottle cr the mon
I ey will be refurrded.
' Price only 50j. per bottle. Sold by J.
I N. -nyder, I'rugzist.
"Helen, what's wrong w.tb, the pie
crd?t? It d.onea't Isalf c-ver the pie.
Why, Nearest, I asked your mother ail
aiout ho tomake them to suit you, and
she said to make the crust very short."
B-icklens Arnica taive.
The best Sa!v in the world for Cats,
Cruises, Sorts, C!cers,Si!t P.heum, Fever
Sores. Tetter, Chanpcl Han is,- Chil
biaiiiS. Cores, and all Skin Kmpliocs,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re
quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
25 cents per box. For sale by J. N. Sny
der. Little Johnny :'Taat new boy in
school is aw f il dumb." Mother "Don't
he know his lesson T' Little Johnny
"Huh ! There was 20 words iathe speilin
1 sst.n to-day' and he missed every one
of them. I only miss-d I J."
John N. Say l-r, the druggist, desires
us to pa I:sh lue following testi m on y, a
he bandies the remedy and beiieves it to
be reliable.
I bought a "0 cent bottle of Chamber-
: 'ait's Pain Calm and applied it to my
i !im!w which have been ar'licted with
' rheumatism at intervals for one year. At
! the tim? I bwight the Pala Buhu I was
j unable to wli. I ctn tni'.hf.illy say that
lin It si in has c ;u;:eiely carei nn. U.
H. Farr, Ho'y .i. K 10. Mr. A. B. Cox,
j theleadiug dr." gg:"t, at Hoiywood, vtcb
j esfor the truta of t!i aboe sta.emcnt
! It's a good J-al leites to bi de pastor
; of a poor church, deah breddern, whar
1 ja kin prea'-h the Word of God widoot
; fear or fab ;r, dan to staa in a fl1),
p'llplt aa shake e!ry time ya open yer
; a.oi-f for fear yer words may hit some oi
! ver rich pewh olde's 00 a svrj spot.
Trusts and Co.no. nations
Are up.opi;lar. But there isoaeform of
trust against which no one has anything
tsay. That is the trust which the pab
iic reposes ia Hood's Ssmapariila, and
the 1 ;t cf it is the trust is fully justified
by the merit of the medicine. For, re
member, H' ! 'S Sarsapaiilia Cares.
Hood's P.i!s are purely egetahie, and
do net purge, pain or gripe. Sold by all
druggists.
"Ti. is milk is rather warm for sach a
cold morning," said the customer to a
milk boy. "Yes, fstber put hot water ia
it instead of cold to keep it from freezing,"
was the simple reply.
Lixisous earth worms have recently
been seen near Richmond and other
parts of the Thames Valley ia Kngland.
But it is pointed oat that these phosphor
escent annelids are not aocotnmoa, hav
ing been described by Grimm as early as
the year b;?0.
Life is short and time is fleeting, bat
Hood's SarpaTiila will blest humanity
as the svges roll oa. Try it this season.
e. Sa,