Somerset Herald. ISTASLISHCD 182T. erms of Publication j t-l.Cied every WeJntsd morning at 12 C saa if pai4 in advance, otherwise 12 5 j, Fli!criiuoa wiil be discontinued until all It ra es are juid up. Postmasters neglecting r us when subscribers, do not take out f ; wU I teld responsible tos the fub- i whrn removing from one pottomce to 1 ier ttou: J give as the name of the former ell u the present office. Address Tus Somekset Hfr.i t, I SoMEESET, Ta l.L' II Y. AilOKNEY-AT-LAW. Somerset. Pa. 1 t, -.it Vik L'.me Hay, EJ. i j !' 3. B. "lLU i ATl"n..ti'-AT-' LAW I N'J X'ieUliUUU DUClf lUaUUltil, M. IW i-- -rrr:: f A. BE--. I A l i vK EY-AT-LAW, combust. Fa. feiaOiJ re.iowi Building. TAr:VEY M. BERKLEY , tjaiarirr, Pa, i e . ..J F. J. Kooser. fog.. I C. liOLSERT, . AllViliMT-AT-LAW, j aumurMt, Pa. 4r.ee wr.h John H. Chi. i A Li.F.GER. SCULL, : J Aiiuiai'-AT-LAW, 7 Bmnerwt. Pa. j-vtrn W KIrl.-ECKEK. H " ' ATIijKt-Al 'AW, I 'S -TVl I- e in Fruiting Eoute How, opposite Co an . !COTT. J. G. Osle. 2 uTT & OOht boHkasKT. Pa. 7 J. KtXA-EF., 3 . AlIuii"EY-AT-LAW. T oojaert-rt. Pa. YVil. XI. KtK'NTZ. lV AliliJtVAlLAIt. I sjmcnet, Pa., 1 ver-rupl attention to busiues entrusted -i jTiarr 111 Si-nnrsel and adjolUltig eouu'.ie. a c ui i-r-nt-'ig iioase itu", opposite U-e court J T" ALEMIXE hay, a ri oK L i' -aT-LAW, somerset. Pa. , ivaler la Eeal Estate. Will attend to all : :.- t-.-aied to hi care WiW prompiuesa i jii.V H. I'HL, J ATiuK-SEY-AI-LAW. "1 bumcnet. Pa. ft ... promptly attend to all bnaia CDtmsted $ is. Muu-yaJvauoed ou col.ocuoua, au Of- Al lutLNil-AT-LAW . oomcrset. Pa., ' i-und u aii tusinctis eiitrou.-d to tU care j -i,r:t; alid atl;l'lllllig coui-ue, wi'.n protiipt- uj Lit-.v. oas; ou ilaui Crua street, A .t r -s. t t iutik CAiXe. t L. I'UviH, AlfOtJiY-Al-LA. aomerBrl, Pa. i . .. . u,n.K nir.V n,iifcirv F.ntralir I 5i.Ii e-.reeU lo..eillou Ulfcle. ttaU L. Ui. f tlniii.iitl, alio a.i lCk;l uoauieoa :u iui i.rointuieM aid Luci'. , J. JOU. I- C. COLBolUi. 1 0I-Wil' & CCLLORX", A HVK.V t A 1-1-A , tuismet. Pa. i :! buaiatxi eainjttd to our care wiil be M l''-! a-d tai:luiiy a.U:Lidt-d Ui. Colic UOiife l sient't. ixiiuia ana a.-u.iiig iwu ?urcyui ai.a cwicaiicii.(t dune oti rea- t UiJAER, 11, AlTOKSEY-AT-LAW. f Buiocmrt, Pa., I praruoe ia Somena't and aomiiig ooua- . it tu.ijt ciiuu-d to -uu rw.ive S u. a'ci.tiou. 1 H I irrii-r B H- KtTFli. C'Ur FLUTH 4 FXPPEL, AirOK'Ys-AT LAW, t feuiUTravt, Pa. ! huLtw e- rutei to their care iii be t a-d puintuaT "i to. ysies a r c.-ua sLrev' ot tKjcule nacuuou ciutx. V. CARUTIIERS M. P. PU:1C1AN ANi K'li.t''X. . (utilt-kl. Pa. :'on i'mn Ftwet. next door to iriiiunit tWW. N.fchl uii kluli-c iL r. r. mi Art ti:, U 1 tlVaK'lAN 1.VI) erRf.KOX. t.k.KJLT. Pa., Ttirrs hi r.r"jfcaiaal e' . to Uit i-iLieut rrMrt ana vnuuujr uilica bext door to 1 .crviaa Hotel. 3. IL S. KlilMELL, t . vl ltrf hU proft-ionU f rrice to the cilixen ia, J. M. LOUTH ER, PHYiiCIAS AND '."RGEOS Hi ioiaied j-EiRaently in Somerset for the u. ot u I'Mrs-.ou. O2io tut Data atreet, nrar ol ln4 ?torc 0 R. J. a M MILLEX, ? ;:t ipxal aitenticm to the preerral'ton of a.MVi" . ib.T--dwtrU k Cua'a jre, corner 3 Oils! Oils! fc-auAi'ttir.; a! ior t:ie lvalue lrale 'ulrating & Lubricating Oils Naphtha and Gasoline, Kcube siie frvirn tv iroieom. 1 e ciitvUetLfe fSODUCT Of PETROLEUM. L'jon wjaa the mA uniformly $atisfaetory Oils IN THE Ajnerican Market, i'1 S ox-v Trade fm 8a-rs and TidcitT cppliea by .x Fu-tAsA . iiuct-ER. '-Jr. eoaiaacr. Pa prSrC? PRIMING A SPECIALTY. HARRY M. BEN Uih'JFACTURIhG STATIONER A.ND - LAXK BOOK MAKEK. HANN'AM block. '0HNSTOWN. PA. EHCH&DRRMGnin'S At iSAWRffliMJEIIBIHES r" ' T i-llvli.sm ft fit f.irM'' . fllfTE-trtl " W.rr. rtc. JtfcatMi CMC . S:a & DBCKS2LD. I32tfrs., YCEJC, FA. r .lie VOL. XLH. NO. -THE- FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF. Somerset, Penn'a. o CAPITAL S50.000. $12,000. 8URPLUS CCPOCITS RCCC'VCD IN LARGE A N D SMALL '-OUNTI PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS fARMCNS, STOCK DEALERS. AN O OTM EMS SOLICITED -DISCOUNTS DAILY. E0A.ED OF DIRECTORS : LaEce M. Hicib. W. H. Millib, Jamb L. Pcsh, Chas. H. Fuhek, Johb R. Scott, Geo. R. Sctli Feed W. Biesc iie. Edward Pctll, : : : : : Feesidest Valentine Hat. : : Vice Pkkmdext Habvey M. Berkley, : : : Cashier. The fanda nd ewuritiea of this hani are toure!y protwUni in c-lebrattd Cor liss eurgiar-jiroof fe. The only fcafe made absolutely Burglar-proof. Somerset County National Earl Of Somerset, Pa. Established, 1877. 0rinlzd s 1 National, 1S90. CAPITAL. $50,000. Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't. Wm. H. Koontz, Vice Pres't. Milton J. Pritts, Cashier. Dirctors: SamT PnriJeT. Wm rnd'ley. J)!!V M. tXJOE, John Siafft, HarriMm Snyder, Noah s. kiUer, Juotah Siet-ht. Jo.'.h B. 1'avia, Jerutue riturrt. Sam. B. Eirriwn. Ctutomera ol thia Bank will reoeiTe the most liberal treatment eoiuitent with afe t.a: ting. t-artiea i-rni.e to aeua miuey e or weal can be acoummdateu by dralt for any amount. Md'ter A:n vm (iM.tna eeureO IjT one tI boid s CeietrateJ safea, wiiit tuosl approved Ume locL. . . iollerUont male In a'.l part of the L niteo puit-. t.uaree moderate. Aooounu aud iJeiMMiu aoacted. ncarfcm inn lit mi nisi n 121 & 1:5 Fourth Ave., PITTSBURGH, PA. $1,000,009. Undivided Profits 1250,000. Aits as Executor, Guardian, Assignee- and KtTfivitr. Wills rttt-ijileJ for and hvld fn of h:tr-c. Eusint-ss of n'si. li-nts and non-ivsidi-nt" carvfully altendi-d to. JOHN" B. JACK0-V, - President. JAMES J. IOXNELI, Vice Tresidect. FRANKLIN BROWN, Se.rt.ity. JAS.C.CIIAI'LIN. Trt-asnivr. WRITE OUR Mail Order Department FOR SAMPLES OF ALL Dress Goods. SILKS, French Wash Gco3s, Etc., Etc. Mid-Samrr.er clearance prices on all lines give nnpreveiented opportunity for Lih-claas and tiigh-cofct goods at little cost to you. 25c GINGHAM?, SCOTCH ZEPHYRS, f.ne, neat and stylish novelty eifex-ts inches wide, 15C yard. FRENCH WASH G OPS finest and bebt of the season 15c. and 25c. AMERICAN ZEPHYR GINGHAMS tin.. Tw-t .14. irn. l'.ioii colors. oO inches side IOC a jar J. GOOD AMERICAN LAWNS, uiedium dark blown ground!! with iieat hite figures, -2 in. wide, 5 jc IM PORTED DRE-S AND SUITINGS, such quaiitiea as wa ill not be here long at thetse prices 35c, 50c., 75c, and $1.00 a yd. SUCH INDIA SILK VALUES as were iiever otferetl at j-ricee 35c , 50c. and 75c. Cooje, or write os r.nd your order will receive prompt and careful attention. Boggs & Buhl, 115, 117, 119 and 121 Ftdral Str(t, ALLEGE E.Y. PA. 7 Ifr. J. A. II heeler "While Serving My Country I wns taken ill witli ;lual disease and rlica EiaUiis. Whta 1 returned homo niT troublj wa-i st;i wiir me, a-id I was confined to my bed, mails to help Di-w!t fir I J muu;!:s. After tiku:g ereo lioiH.'i of Hood's S;iriari:ia I was well and have uot siuv been rrou!iK-l n ith my c'.J rmp:aiuu. Sly wile was la ill liealtti, suOrlns i:lt hevtarhc. dizziucss and djs pel s:a. 8!ie to:k two Lotties of Hood's Sarsannrilln and led.-? like am woman. J.vmks A. Wiicixku. l. u-t 1'ivimuu tit., lAiH.more. Md. Hood's Pit's aretlia bet au-r-dnner 1'ilU, usxi-l i.isiisn. ruK- Ueadaeko. 'iry a box. A NARROW ESCAPE! Ho it Happened. The tYiliowiiiirr-markar.U" event In a Irtdv's life w iil in ten-M llie r aoer: "Kc.ra .ni: time 1 liad h ti rrilile p iiii at my In- . v hi.-ii liut-Ier-1 klmift iin- au!.'y. 1 ban t: .- - iite hiiil iviuiil inn ! p. 1 would U t-iii.;a-lli-U toit up in 1m-.1 nni K li-li tr-n niv toiu a. humul tlimiflit eviry n.ii:uie would lie tii.v lat. There was a fi-elinir ,f oi,-.-ii.n aU.nt my heart, and I was afraid to iifa- a lull Or :n it. 1 iniililiit mi ei a niru wir) Ml M'.iinj liowu nn.l r.t,!,i; l,ut, thank r;.!. l y i!i h li of New Heart Curvnliihat Ni:it4i;d I ff-t lik onoitier wuniaiL it--tor' u-ni the New Heart t un had taken o.rtererii ij-:illed rei:ieUis and l-en treateti hy iii-tiM a i'hout any (K-nent until 1 war, Uitli dii-ouraued and u'.-ii.'u.-ied. Mv hul.and Imn-Ut Die a lu!tie of l'r. Miles" New lb-art t ure, ami am happy to -ay I never recretted li. as 1 how bait: a .;iU n'i:d ti'i'ietite and t-Us'peIl. I weihel Ma.nds u hen I trail taking tin r!nie.iy, and now I weith lis tfi-etr In n:y 'a-s has lie-!! truly marvel ous. It far s-'inKtsc! any iher medieiiie i baie ever taken or any beneut 1 ever re eeli.d from pn v-j, !au." Mrs. Harry ta.rr, i'l.ti.-v iie 'a., i. iotier 11 l.r. IT. Vales' New Heart urt is sola on a posi tive sruarantee hv all druiririsi-. nr ov the iir. Miles Meilleal Co., tlkharl. lnd., on n-eelpt of prii-e, tlpir bottle, mx Ikm ties i. e.tprevs pre paid. Tbij creat Ohs'overv bv n eminent !t-riaiist in heart eii--:is. contains ttiritiiet opiates iiur dangerous drugs. FANCY WORK. Some Gieat Barralns in IRISHP0INT LUNCH AND IfcAY CLOTHS BougLt below cost of transportation we are eellinsr at great bargains white and colored iedlord Cord Table Cov ers, stamped ready for working. Sing ed Canton Flannel Table and Cush ion Covers, Singed Plush Cushion Covers, Ilarparran Art Cloth Table and Cushion Covers, all stamped with Newest liesisfiis ; Hem-stitched Hot IJiscnit and Roll Napkins. A new and larjs line of hem-et itched Tray and Carving Cloths from OOcts up.' Stamped Ilemtitche.l Scarfs from 3-jcts up. Table Covers from 50 cts. up. A full line of Figured INDIA SILKS, All New Patterns and Colorings. Also, Figured Plush, 24 and ."53 inches wide, in beautiful Colors and le--:t;:s. Art Satin tjuares for the Central (.overs and Cushion Covers. Waban !ISrettiiig,5 40 inches wiJe, ,r cents per varrl, in Pink, Blue. Olive and Yellow, THE NEW THINU for Draping Mantles and Duors, and for Ifraping Over I'ra'ries. A new line of HeJ-rets. trom i"c.cp. ' ... r . i .' I - r. n T.iarl V 't i n Muslin. Siieetinit and Linen letartment, by ail means. 41 FIFTH A YENU, Pittsburgh, Pa. Wanted I Reliable parties to act as agents. Steady employment and good pay from 'be start. No experience necessary. Outfit tree. Address THE HAWKS NFRSERY CO, Rocnester. N. Y. FAT PEOPLE. Tort-d-M jotTT writ tit SURCLY Wiliard". Otf:tv tlli mnil lu? 15 toit!il. a mouth. So in- lat-M ir p.ftorp. mo STARVING. J Dt"T imi up tkuti j:ntrx.vt? lh -urnr i tieiiu. bfAuLifj" me c.m'.'irii.u and Wave no "Wli fi KLCft. Lvy N'Trrn tif v 'r fW.v Hi'U mixrrit my wtrtd frm H"ri ter JU fc-ftr i aU u .'rf- irm mmrk 1111 trUik 0s wnt't, nxti lul ax. tu. I c: u. AWp 5r. tir plnn tiu-ltjue I'bT it ihos hjiKrs. yerv vn.l icA-icr ut nK H-ty. 4.iwr wi tie u4 mH'1 ia drujt vore ; all orJtr rv auTif.iTMi dtr-t frra oor oltf. hnce fT )4arKaI,v t-L'-V .r iams .mcLjn- tor $5.fj hf raaU pivi:u. haminuan .etjeJ' 4vU. All Currcft- WILLaRD REMEDY CO.. BOSTON. MASS ( i?! HOME Ml PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE, GETTYSBURG, PA. FOUNDED li 1833. Larv Fai iiMv. Two full conr"e of ndy Cia-aea! and SciAntino. tpw!iai eoares in all depaniceuia Oierrauir', Laboraionrii aad new irvmuwiusi. -!X larre buiioinrv. titemm heaL Uorar.- .auu Volume. tApenfcs low. 1 partmest of Htrere aci I'hyccal "uinire in rharwe ot eitKTieued pnyneian. Aeeible by tr- iji-.il Kalinii tntaua LoeAlion ta the Bat litiiei J ul uettysburw. aiuat t.irl and heaui.f. PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT, innetra:e bui!dn:e. for rr and ywar men prtnnfi for busntw of t'oiiece. under atrial rre t-l t ae rTtnei ai and three aaKaian:?. recid ln w.ih stooeutu in t!e building. Kail term ijen !! 7ta. lviL For Cauuok'u. aiiirew H. W. Mi KMi.KT, I LL. Prwidcut, or Eev. O. U. KLINutK, A. M. Pr.neipwl. Oeujourg, Pa. omer SOMERSET, PA., JUST COMMON FOLKS. A huudrtd humble kckts trill The notes that to their lavf belnnc. Where Jutt one Dihtlncrale might rill Tlie plaee with iu trancelidcnt tvag. And t)iu Fute comet, and with iu stniln A soul with lat!ng ereatuev cloaks I And leaves a thound else the w bile To be for aye Just common foiti. If ou'y sweetest bells were ruin. How we iiou) 1 mi the minor chimes ! If oaly grandest poets ung Tliere'd be no humble little rhyir.es ; The niodent clinging vines add grace 1'nto the Forest! giant oak, A tul 'jnd eartb ui;g iity is a plaee To jtrople a ith jut eommou foik. Not they the warriors a ho -hall a ia Upon the baultiield a name To sound above the aviful din ; Not theirs the paiDter'a deathlejv fame. Nor theirs the poet's muse tuit bring The rhythmic gin his soul invokes ; There' but to do the simple things That luty gives just common folks. They are the multitudes of earth, and mingle ever 1 n the crowd, Elbowing tao of eijual birth, A'here none because of ca?le is proud. Bound by the meilm of a fate That sometimes a decree revokes. Above the lou ly, 'neaih the great, Are millions of just common folks. Fate has nn lifUd them above The level of tbu human plain : They share u ith men a brother lore. In touch with plea-are and with pain. Oue great, far reach i tig brotherhood With common buidcus, cominuD yoke, A ud commou wrongs and common gojd, God's army iif just common folks. .Yi-roa lia'fMOA. "BUSTED" BLAKE. How a Fortune Fell to His De serted Widow. Haiken to the tale of bow fortune fell to the widow of "Pusted'' Eiake. The outcome has shown that 'Busted" was not radically bad. But he was wretchedly weak of will to reject an op portunity of having another drink with the boys, or with the girls, or with any body or nobody. In the days of his ascendency, when he was a young and newly married arch itect, he was a buyer of drinks for others. Waiters in cafes vied with each other in show ing readiness to take his orders. He was rated a jolly good fellow then. No one would have supposed it destined that some line night a leering bar-room a it should reply to his whispered appli cation for a "mall loan by pouring a half- glass of whisky on his head and saying : 'T hereby christen thee 'Busted.'" The title stuck. Blake, through con tinued impecuniosity, lost all shame of it in time ; lost, too, his self-respect and his wife. Mrs. Blake, a gentle and pret ty little brunette, had wedded hn against the will of her parents. She had trusted, for his safety to the allurements of his future, which everybody said was bright, and to his love for her. The years of tearful nights, the plead ings, the reproaches, the seesaw of hope and despair, need not here be dwelt upon. They would make an old story, and some of the details miuht be shock ing to the young person. They reached a culmination one day w hen she said to him : "You love drink better than yoa love me. I have done with you !" She was a woman and took a woman's view of the care. When he came back to their rooms that night, neither 6he nor his two weeks' old baby girl were there. Then he knew how much he loved them and how much he had underestimated his love. She did not go to her parents. There was a very musty proverb that she knew would meet her on their own threshold : "You made your bed; now lie on it." Her fither was a man of no originality, hence he would have put it in that way. She got employment in a photograph gallery, where she made herself useful by -being ornamental, sitting behind a desk in the ante-room. I know not what duties devolve upon the woman who oc cupies that post in the average photo grapher's service; whatever they are, she performed them, and with the wages re ceived managed to care for herself and child. The next day Le made a Herculean effort to pull himself together. He ob tained a position as draughtsman from one who had known him in Lis respecta ble period, and he went trembling and sheepishly to call upon his wife and child. The consequence of his visit waj a re union, which endured for two whole weeks. At the end of that time she cast him ctf in utter scorn. How he lived for the next two years can be known only to those who are fa miliar through experience w ith the ex istence of people ho ask other peopl on the street for a few cents toward. the price of a night's lodging. By those who kneit him he was said to bs "no good to himself or anyone else." He acquired the raggdness, the impudence, the phraseology of the vagabond class. He would hang on the edge of a party of men drinking together in front of a bar on the sliui chance of being "counted in" when the question went round, j "what'll you ha-e?" He was perpetual ly being impelled out of saloons at foot race spted by the o.licials whose function j it is in bar-rooms to substitute an objec tionable person's room fur hi-i company, i One winter Sunday morning he slept Lite upon a bench in a public square. Awakened by an officer, he rose to go. Hazy in heal and slil in joints, he slightly staggered. He heard behind him the cooing laugh of a child. He looked around. It was himself that had awakened the infant's mirth or that strange oomething which precedes the dawn of a sense of humor in children. The smiling babe was in a child's ca.-j riage, which a plainly dressed woman was poshing. He looked at the woman It was his wife, and the pretty child was his own. He walked ra; idly from the place, and on the same day he decided to leave the city. He bad herded with vagrants of trie touring class. The methods of free transportation by means of freight traini and free living by means of beggary and small th.every in country towns were no secret to him. He walked to the sub urbs and at nightfall he scrambled up the side of a coal car in a train slowly moving westward. What hunger be suffered, what cold he endured, what bread he begged, what police station ceils he passed nights in, what human scum he associat ed with, what thirst he quenched, and JL se ib ESTABLISHED 1827. TEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1893. with what incredibly bad whisky, are particulars not for this unobjectionable narrative, for do they not belong to low life? And who nowadays can tolerate low life in print unless it be redeemed by a rustic envirenment and a labored ex pression of clodhopper English and prim itive expletives? Low life outside of a dialect story and a dreary village? Never ! Mrs. Blake and the child lived in a fair degree of comfort upon the mother's wages, but often the mother shuddered at thought of what might liapj'u should she ever lose her situation at the photo grapher's. Consumption had its hold on "Busted"' Blake when he arrived in the mining town called Get-there City, in Kansas, one evening. Get-there City had not gotten there beyond a single straggling street of shanties, but it bad acquired a saloon, although liquor soiling had already been forbidden in Kansas. "Busied" Blake, with ten cents in Lis clothes, entered the saloon and asked in an asthmatic voice for as much whisky as that sum was good for. While awaiting a response his eyes turned toward the only otuer persons in the saloon three burly, bearded miners, of the conventional. big-tatted, big-booted and big-voiced type. Above their heads and against the wall was the sign, lettered roughly with charcoal under a crudely drawn death's head : "Five thousand dollars will be paid by the undersigned to the widow of the sneaking hound that informs on this sa loon. This is no mere blutf. P. ll:ir.3." Blake, after a brief coughing tit looked up at the man behind the bar, a great, thick-necked fellow, with a mien-of au thority and yet with a certain blutT hon esty expressed about bis eyes and lips. This man, whose air of proprietorship convinced Blake that he could be none other than P. Ciibbs, had first looked sneericgly at the ten cenU, but had shown some small sign of pity upon hearing the ominous cough of the attenuated vagrant. He set forth a bottle and glass, "Help ytrself," said P. Uibbs. While Blake was doing so, Mr. Ciibbs went on : "Bad cough o' yourn. Y' mightn't guess it, but that same cough runs in my fami ly. It took off a brother, but it skipped me." Here was a bond of sympathy between the big law-defying sakxin-keept-r and the frail tojer from the! east. "Busted'' Blake drained his glass and presently coughed again. P. tiibfos again set forth the bottle and this time he drank w ith Blake. Before long, by dint of rejieated tits of coughing, on the part of Blake, the sympathy of P: Gibba was worked upon that be invited theth-ee miners iu the saloon to join him and the stranger. Biake slept in a corier of the saloon that u i lit. He left there the net: morning, a curious expression of resolu tion on his face. iJunug the next three weeks he wa now and then alluded to in P. tiibbs' saloon in the "coughing stranger."' In the middle of the third week at j nine o'clock in the evening, when the lamps in P. Gib1 s' saloon were exerting their smallest degree of dimness, the door opened and in 6taggered "Busted" Blake. II is staggering on this occasion was 1114111 lestly not due to drink. His face had the hideou-i concavities of a starved man, and the uncertainty of his gait was trie token of a mortal feebleness. His emacia tion was painful to behold. His eyes glowed like huge gems. The crowd of miaers looked at him with surprise as he entered. "The coughing stranger!" cried one. "The coliin stranger, yon mean," siid another. "Busted" Blake hurried over to the bar. His eyes met those of P. G:bbs on the other side, and the latter reached for a whiskey bottle. Blake fumbled in bis pocket and brought forth a piece of soiled pap?r, which he laid on the bar under the glance of P. Gibbs. "Keep that!" said Blake in a husky voice, whose service he compelled wilu much effort. "And keep your word, too. That's where you'll find her." P. Gibbs picked up the paper. " What do you mean ?" he asked. "That woman's name there! Its name of my widow ; the addnas, too, of a pho tograph man who will teliyou where she is. Get all the money to ner quick, be fore the governor comes down on you with the troops to close yoa up. And don't let her know how it comes about. Pick out a man to take it u her, let him pay his expenses out of it a man you can trust and make him tell her I made it somehow, mining or something, so she'll take it. You know." P. Gibbs, who had listened with in creasing amazement opened wide his eyes and drew his revolver. II Epoke in a strangely low, repressed voi ce : "Stranger, do you mean to say " "Yes, that's it," shriek -d "Basted" Blake, turning toward the crowd of in tensely interested on-lockers. "And I call on all of yoa here to witness, and to hold him to his word. That's no mere bluff, he says, in his notice there, and I'm the sneaking hound that informed. My w idow's entitled to hi live thousand dollars. I did it in Tope i,and for proof see this newspaper!" P. Gibbs lired a shot from his revolver through the newspaper that Blake- pull ed from beneath his shirt. Then the saloon-keeper brought his weapon on a level w ith Blake's fac i. "It's good your 1 ajota is on !" said P. Gibbs, ironically. But he did not fire. B'ake stood per fectly eti.I, awaitiuf; the shot, aad feet! y laughing. So the two renvi.'ied for some momenta until Blake sudde nly sank to the floor, quite exhausted. He died within a half hour, on the saloo: 1 floor, his head rest ing in the palm of P. Gibbs, who knelt by his side and tried to revive hiiu. At the neit dawn, a man whom they called Big Andy srarU-d east ; and the piece of paper thai! Blake had handed to P. Gibbawasnot mil that he took with him. The UniVed States marshals arriv ed and daly closed Gibbs' saloon which reopened very shortly afterward, minus the five thoos and dollar c ffer. And Big Andr found the widow of "Busted" Bla ke, to whoo he told a bit of fiction, in accounting for the legacy conveyed by- Lint to her, that would have imposed u; on the most ii credaloos lega tee. When she had rewyered from the surprise ofj finding herself and her child provided wilh the means of surviving the possible loss of her situation, she for gave the late "Bi-ted," aad there was a flow of tears unusual to a boarding house parlor, and unnerving to Big Andy. Presently she asked Andy whether he knew what her husband's last words had been. "Yep," said Andy,' "I heard 'm plain and clear. Pete Gibbs, the other execu tors of the will, yoa know Pete says: 'It's all right, partner, me an' Andy will see to it,' and then your husband says: 'Thank Gawd, I've been some good to her an' the child, at last" Which account was entirely correct. When Big Andy had returned to Get there City and related low he perform ed his mission, he added .- "I'd been such a lovely liar all through it's a shame I had t i go an' spoil the story by puttin' ia some truth at the finish." They put up a wooden grave tiark where Biake was buried, and after his name they cut in the wool this testimo nial : "A ten lerfowt that was some good to his folks at last." 11. S. .y;.i-it., in 7. it aiUtph'ut JV.-. He Felt the Bullets Strike. That was a good story which the Kev. C. J. K. Jones, of Louisville, told iu a Boston pulpit the other day. He said: "An alarmist always reminds me of a friend of mine who was a commander at the battle of Round Mountain. It was a hot fight oue of the hottest of the war. At a particularly intense part of the action my friend stood beside his horse scanning the field with bis glass and directing the troops. He told me it seemed as if the fire of trie whole Con federacy was centered on him, the bul lets Hying thick around him. "Suddenly he heard aminie ball sing ing in the air and he felt sotiiething strike his leg. But the occasion was urgent and he kept op his glass. There was another 'pinggg, and he felt another Etrike. And so it continued. "The Captain at lest lifted up hi3 hand and prayed : "'O, Lord, I can go home to my wife and family w ithout either of my leg. b;:t, O, Lord let me get home.' ''Finally there came the shonu of victory. The battle was won. With a long drawn sih the CupUin turned. He (.fiouted to his orderly at a little iiis tanre, 'I'm wounded, Jim. Come and help me o;i my horse ; I must go home. It's my last battle. "No, I guess not,' replied the orderly. "'What's tha matter? Come, hurry uj. I'm wounded.' " 'If you want me to help you, come here," sang out the orderly. "But what's the trouble? Why can't you come here? I'm't yoa s:e I'm wounded and almost dying?' '"O, no, you're not,' sang out the or derly again. "'Come here instantly, you rascal, shouted the commander. "'No, I don't ; that's the b'igge-4 nest ofyello jackets there I ever saw ia my life,' was the final laughing reply of the orderly. "The storming swarm of hornets were the only mi rue bulls that had struck him." Ioi,h Joifnil. Don'ts for Young People. I)on't forget thatmarriige is the found ation of a new family, not the union ef tiro old ones. Dn't marry one whose tatM and i deals in life are so different from your own that there could never be sinile:ies of aim and purpose in the home. I.m't marry anybody till satisfied that life together w ill be bearable and enjoy able, as long a3 both shall live. Ion't expect marriige to make a great change in the habits and aims of a young man or a young woman either. Don't try to w in love by flattery. lon't try to buy love by ri -h and nu merous gifts ; love got in that way is not worth the having, for it is not love at all. Don't marry for physical beauty alone; for unless mated with beauty of mind and spirit, it is truly an app'.e of ashes. Don't forget, when married, that rua tual forbearance is the keynote of life long happiness. Had a Good Hold. I had stopped to smoke a pipe with a Georgia "cracker" on a log at his door, and noticing the general shifi'.e-sness of the surrounding? I finally asked : "Why don't you fix the roof of your cabin ?" "Gwine ter some day," he replied. "That chimney ought to be rebuilt" "I'm a considerin' to uo it." "I should be afraid that stable would fall down and kill the mule." "Beckon I 've got to prop it." "The weeds appear to be too much for yonr corn." "Yea weeds is powerfal around yere." He was so placid and good-natured j about it that I ventured further and ! said : "It seems to me that with ambition and hard work yoa could not only make a good living on this place, but get something ahead." "I could, for snah," he answered. "Then why don't yoa do It?" "Waitin'." "Waiting for what?" "Waitin' fur to git that ambishua you spoke of." "And do you think you'll ever Jgtt it?" He retailed his pipe, lighted it and slid off the log to get a brace for his back. When he had got comfortably settled he queried : "stranger, yo' doan' live around yere, I recken ?" "No." "Cause if yo' did yoa'd diskiver that I hav ft mighty good thing of it as it is, and would be a fool to let it go for somethin' new." Neither Mrs. Graynes " Jame, do women ever speculate in corn and thing) of that sort?" Mr. Graynes 1 fof the Chicago Board cf Trade) Sometimes, through agents." " If I was an operator, James that's what yoa call it, isn't? would I be one or the other of those dreadful bulls or bears?" "No, my dear. You'd be ft padding." er The Bachelor. Not Ion? since a country lyceum, not a thousand miles from Boston, discussed this question: " RJo l, That an old bachelor is of 110 use in the world, and that he cannot possibly bo as happy as the married man." And it was decided that he might as well havo been left out of the scheme of creation, and that he must necessarily be of ail men the "most miserable. All of which is a mistake, as any of oar bachelor friends will agree. Why, the compensations of an old bachelor are multitudinous, if yoa onte stop to think of it He is a free man. He can stay out till 3 o'clock at the club or lodge, and if the keyhole is lost when he gets to his board ing place there is nobody to find, fault. If his breath eme'.U of essence of pep. permint or cardatuan seeds nobody cal's him to account. If he smiles on the widow Jones or loons swe.-t at tlie widow Brown he ia all right no exacting wife is watching him and getting ready to ask him, with tears in her eyes, if he is not ashamed to look hei, Uie mother of his children and the wife of his bosom, in the face. When he gets mad he fan relieve his mind by a little strong language without being told that he is a member of ttiia or that society, and that he is liable t die any minute and be called upon to give an account. He can lie abed in the morning n cold winter mornings as lon as be pleases. There is no one to remind him that it is time to get up and make the fire and thaw out the pump and see if the pipes are frozen, and shake the fur nace, and wind up the clock, and let the cat out doors, and g-t the ice off from the bitck doorstep, and take in the milk, and put the bread card in the window. He is not told the minute he comes home at night that Bridget has given no tice, aud the coal is out and the butcher has sent his bill and it is twice as much as it ought to be, and that the leak over the dining-rooui window must be seen to, and the stove lining is cracked, and the last barrel of Hoar is too dark-colored for anything, and there is an invita tion to Lobiuson's silver wedding and it'll cost twenty dollars to g-t anything decent in silver, and the baby appears if the hti l got the measles or mumps, and there u.'ist le a knob put 0:1 tint cellar door and there is a bi'.l for ten doUars on that life insurance policy, and the hall lamp is broken, and the Jones folks have got a new set of parlor cartains, and Smash t Crash are selling cut tains for positively nothini". The ol 1 bachelor has never to listen to such speeches as these : " I wish I'd never seen you. I might have married twenty times better than I did ! I was a fool once and everybody knows it! If I ha 1 only listened to my friends! If I had my days to live over again I wouldn't marry the best man tii.it ever trod shoe leather! I wish I'd been an old maid !" He may bd a little lonely sometimes, but then, every lody is lonely. He may have to sew on a button now and then, Lut w hat of that '.' There Lsn't a man living who does not entertain the opinion that he can do anything better than a woman can do it, if only he should put his mind to it, and the bachelor has lots of opportunities for putting his mind to it. His nights are undisturbed by the so cial iiiosyncracies of collicky babies, and he is never cai!ed upon to light out of bed in his bare feet an i hunt around in the dark for a paregoric bolt le, or to kin dle a tire in the middle of the night to heat onion pouitiis f jr baby's croupy throat, or mustard p'asters for baby's windy little stomat lo. He is never expeete 1 to go into evsta c'.es over that beautiful " first tooth," whVh has at hut. through nr.told ago nies of crying anil kicking, and peace de s'.r.jyir.g generally, burst into existence, and become visible to the naked eye. T:ie bachelor is, or oovht t J be. a hap py man. Ail the unmarrir l la lies al mire him and pity him, and want to make life sweet for him, and if his bank ac count be & iargj one, almost any of thetn will marry hirn if he wiil make the re quest properly so w ho would Qjl bs a merry old bachelor? The Coral Sea. In no qiarter of the world are the partly-buried ocean wonders more lavishly displayed in all their endless vatieiy than off this northeastern coast of Terra Australia, within the gn at barrier reef ia the coral sea. As the bout is launched to take us ash' .re the wonders commence at one.. It is surely some fairy forest, where eilin kings court princesses in fish'.y guise, or water babies sit ftnd pout on some coral boulder. Oris it si sub marine flower garden where the mer maids dwell. Deep down in clear, bright water wondrous shapes and colors are seen, at first in distinctly, like a tinted photograph out of focus ; then, as the water gets shal lower and shallower, more and more distinctly flash the jewel fires, and the picture ia complete. Larg flat bowls of milk white coral first attract the eye. Then others with branching antlers like a fallen deer, only the fniry heard there are lying buried in a Lege, cob fused maps. Soma are covered with ten thous and sharp p'unacles ofa light pnrply color, each pinnacle having a bright bine eye or what looks like an eye at the extremity. All in a sea of emerald, this dream .of enchantment. We fear before we see half the glory of it we might awake, and alas! forget to soon. There light and feathery branches f fern-like ccral are blushing ft soft pink or pale nasturtium yellow. Here large, solid masses of brain coral, round and white, the surface incmsted r engraved with the most dstiUaie lace tracings and others, green and shaped like coarse moss. Now Try This. It will co?t yoa nothing anl will sure ly do yoa good, ?f ycu have a cough, cold, or any trouble with throat, chest or lungs. Dr. King's New Discovery for conrumption, coughs and col ls is guar anteed to give relief, or money will be paid back. Sufferers from L Grippe tound it just the thing and nnder its use had a speedy and perfect recovery. Try a sample bottle at our expense aal learn for yourself just how good ft thing it U. ale1 WHOLE NO. 2102 A Substitute for Leather. Leather possesses such excellent quali ties for the many purposes to which it is put that it would seem idle to seek a sub stitute. Nevertheless, there are many persons who. while they find that leather serves as an effectual protective covering for the foot, tiud also that it is often ob stinate in adapting itself to the require meats of individual feet or to the more or less physieal abnormalities to which so many are sublet . In such cases, if comfort is to be expected, on'y the most supple and yielding quality should be worn. At the same time, of course, it should be waterproof and durable. These qualities, so (ar as we have been able to judge, belong in a satisfactory degree, to an interesting and new material called " llexus libra." It appears to be a flax derived materia!, suitably prepared and oiled, 90 that to ail appearance it is leath er. It is particularly supple and flexible and takes a polibh equally as well with the best kinds of calf. We have recently had occasion to wear a bo.it of which the "vamp" or cut-front section consists entirely of flexus fibra, and have ourpously submitted it to some what undue strain, in spite of which no cracking of the material was perceived, while the sense of comfort to the foot was very evident. Flexus fibra, being a ma teria! cf vegetable origin, is calculated also to facilitate free ventilation and thereby to obviate the discomfort arising from w hat is called " drawing" the feeL Tests with a view to piove its damp-resisting power were made with the mate rial by placing a small section over an open glass tulie with true ends so that on applying pressure at the other end of the tulie it was found to be practically air tight. This having been ascertained, a little water was placed it the tube resting on the llexus libra and pressure once more applied. After some time traces only of liquid had oozed through ; but of course, this was an exagerated state of things, ainl, as a matter of fact, no ooz ing of water took place at all when it was simply allowed to ret on the mate rial for Several hours. The structure of ilexm libra is letter jeea when the oil in it is remove 1 w ith ether, to which it im parts distinct llaoresenee, and when the tiiacs dve is washed out '.being at the same time changed to red i l y hydro 1 hlori - aci l. - . A Wonderful Volume. The most beautiful volume among the half million in the congressional library in Washington is said to I) a Bible w hich had len transcribed by a mock i in the si. tteeuth century. It could not be matched to-day in the best printing office in the world. The parchment is in perfect preservation, Kvery one of its thousands pages is a study. The genera! lettering is iierman text, each letter per fect, as is every one, in cold black ink, w ithout a scratch or blot from iid to lid. At the beginning of each chapter the first letter is very large Usually two or three inches long, and brightly illumi nated in red and blue ink. Within each of these capitals is draw n the figure of some saint, some incident of which the chapter tells is illustrated. There are two columns on a page, and nowhere is traceable the slightest irregularity of line, Ejiace or formation of the letters. Kven ttnder a magnifying glass they seem flaw less. This precious volume is kept un der a glass case, which is sometimes lift ed to show that all the pages are as per fect as the two which lie open. A legend relates that a young man who had sin ned deeply became a monk and resolved to do penancd for his misdeeds. He de termined to copy the Bible, tiiat he milit '.earn every letter of the Divine commands which he ha I violated. Fi ery day for many years he patiently pur sued Lis last. K ti ll letter was wrought iu reverence and love, and the patient soul found its only companionship in the saintly f ices w hich were portrayed on these pages. When the list touch was given to the last letter the old man rever ently kissed ttie page and folded the sheets together. The illustrated initials in perfection of form and brilliancy of cjlor surpass anything produced in the present day. With all our boasted prog ress, nothing either in Europe or Ameri ca equals it. Longevity of Man. It was Prof. Hufeland's opinion that the limit of possible human life may be set at two hundred years this on the general principle, says the if. L'tnU IU , that the life of nearly ail living creatures is eight times the years, months or weeks of its period of growth. That which quickly comes to maturity quick ly perishes, and the earlier complete de velopment is reached the sooner bodily deiay ensues. More women reach old age than men, but more men attain re markaole longevity than women. Homed animals are shorter lived than these without horns, fierce longer than timid, and auiphidious creatures lobger than those which inhabit the air. The pike will ontiaue U live for one hundred and fifty or one hundred and seventy five years, and the comm'in turtle is god for at least a century. 'Passing up the s- ale of life to man and skipping ttie pa triarchs w e find many recorded instance of extraordinary longevity. The ancient Egyptians lived three times as long as ttie modern lotus eaters. Instances cf curprisicg and autnentic longevity among tt.e classic Greeks and I:.. ;n aus are not at ail rare. Pliny notes the tict that in the reign of Emperor Yespasin ("J A. D.; there were litt men living in a limited area oa the river Po who were bO years old 'and upward. Three cf these were 140 and seven oth ers over 1110. Cicero's wife lived to be 10.;, and the Roman actress, Luveja, play ed in puolic after she bad celebrated her one huiid re 1 and twelfth birthday. Specimen Cases. S. IL Clifford, New Caieel, V, isconain, was troubled with Neuralgia and P.heu matism, his stomach was disordered, his liver was affected to an alarming degree, a;. petite fell away, and he was terribly reduced ia flesh and strength. Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured him. El ward Saepherd, Harrlsburg, III., had a running sore ou his leg of eight years' standing. Used three bottles of Electric B. tiers and seven boxes of Buck len's Arnica Salve, and his leg ia sound nd well. The Old Hen Wont Too. The excuses which ara given by chil dren in order to escape from some dis tasteful duty are often exceedingly in genious and even witty. Why mother was trying to induce hitu to go to Led without her accwinpaay :ng him. J.d.Liiy w.uiawrs, to lh:a. The boy jib the o nt r of a Lttie Oaatam hen and thirteen chickens, so his mother used this as a sort of argument to con vince him of his folly of being afraid in the dark. "Why, Johnny, just thinkuf your chick ens, how bravely they go off to bed every night, without a thought of the dark, and yoa, great big boy, are afraid to go np stairs alone." Johnny was silent for s moment and then said : "But, mamma, don't you see the rea son that the chickens are willing to to to bed in the dark ie because the old hen goes with 'em ; and I think yoa ought to go with me." Speech Restored. For five years I suffered with pain and discharge of the throat, backing cough, frontal headache, weak eyes, Ac-, at times; could not talk above a whisper; lost weight continually, and not able to work. I was treated by the best physi cians in the county, but received no re lief. After giving up all hopes I waa rec ommended to use a bottle of Mayers' Magnetic Catarrh Cure. A fter using it for tour weeks my sieech returned. All symptoms cf catarrh have disappeared and "I feel like a different person." Mks. F.li as II ASDW ., Kik Lick, Somerset County, Pa. The above is one of the many testimo nials we have received this week, and we will publish every two weeks addi tional persons having been cured by our marvelous medicine. Try a bottle and be cured at once. ' May mis' Pull. Co., Oakland, Md. For sale by G. W. Benfokd and J. M. LoiTiiER, Somerset, Pa., and David Gilo neu. Hoc k wood. Pa. A Valuable Lantern. A will written with a pencil on a shin gle was once admitted to probate in the United States. The author of "Gossip of the Century " tells a story still more curious. Two British soldiers, com rades w hile talking over the chances of war on the eve of a battle, agreed that w hichever of them survive.! the other should inherit all bis poewetwions. To insure the carry ing out of their agree ment, they made their wills. As paper and pens were not at band, they scratch ed their "last w ill anditestament" on a horn lantern with a rusty caiL The battle was fought, and one of the com radvs killed. The other man, in course of time, returned to England, carrying with him the singular document. He took it to the Doctors' Commons, where it was pioved and allowed. Then it appeared that the poor fellow who had died in battle had, without hearing of it, inherited property yielding two hundred pounds a y ear, and the h-iratee under the horn-lautern will receive the inherit ance. I am an old man and have been a con- I stant sufferer with catarrls for the last ten j years. I am entirely cured by the use of : 11 y 's Cream Balm. It is strange that so j simple a remedy will cure stu b ft stnb- born disease. Henry Billiugs, L. S. Pen- sion Att'y, Wajhingoon, D. C. I suffered for more than ten years with that dreadful disease, catarrh, and used every available medicine that was recoru- uiend"d to me. I cannot thank yoa 1 enough for the relief which Fry's Cream. ! has affiinled me. Umanuel Meyers, j Wintieid, L. I... N. Y. Two Love Stories. A young man of Memphis met and fell in love with a young woman, who for ft time seemed to reciprocate his affection. Then another youth appeared on the scene w ho seemed to the maid more desirable, but to break off the first affair by degrees from time to time she made various excuses in writing to prevent personal interviews. Finally, the cut out swain, adding two and two together and finding they made four, became disgitsted and gave the young woman her liierty in a letter, in which he in formed her that while he was "no Yale graduate," he knew a B from a bull's foot. A romantic incident has interrupted the western tour of the nephew of the sultan of Jahore, irLo, with his illustrious uncle, was expected to visit the World' fair at Chicago this ft!!, and the young prince w ill return home. Two years ago the prii.ee visited Europe, and at Carls bad led in love w ith the daughter of a local locksmith, who was famed in the district for her beauty. When the royal party reached Carlsbad three weeks ago, the prince sought out the young womon, and alter a few days introduced her to the sultan who consented to their betrothal. The wedding was to take place about June 10, and the rultan made the couple a present of $ sW.OA), and also settled iioO.OOO upon the bruit's parents. After the wedding the yonng couple were to return to the far east. Summer Weakness. 1 i And that tired feeling, lo) of appetite j and nervous prostration are driven away 1 by Hood s Sarsapar. I'm, like mist before ! the morning sun. To realize the benefit I of this great oiedlciue, give it ft trial and you will j in the army of enthusiastic I admire rr of lixid' Arsapariiia. Sure, tffijieiit, easy Hood's Pills. They should be in every traveler's grip and every family medicine chest li -c. a box. Wife Why. Charles, what dv yoa mean by burning our old love letters? Husband I have beea reading them my dear. After I die, soma one who wished to break 111 will mig'it g-t hold of them and use tiietu to prove 1 was in sane. bucklen s Arnica Salve. The beet Sal v in the world for Cuts, Bruiser, Sorts, Ulcers, Salt Kheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil blains, Corns, and ail Skin Eruptions, i and positively cures Piles, or no pay re- quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Prictj 1 cents per box. For sale by J. N. Sny der. Mrs. H. Hunter I like this flat be cause it has so many nice closets in it. Agent Great Scott. Madam ! Those are not cl'osels they are bed rooms. Mayers' Magnetic Catarrh Care is the only medicine ased by vapor inhalation, and is guaranteed by yonr druggist. " Its True Worth. Patient Yoa practice the faith care eh? Physician To some extent. Patient Is it good for much ? PhysicianOh, about two thousand ear. t i! 1 O
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