i -. I"T . TT 11 rfhe bomerser neraia. CSTASLISHCD (HI pcrnis of Publication. x.-jvd rury muin.u,t ai - 09 . if pi; J ia ad auce, oUiervia 12 Mi - r-ivariaVy cx-Arired. 0 fu,i"'i tK, be diMontlaacd until all 1!4M re puid "P- I'W-masten ceslectinf r ua srtea subscriberi do no take out t'. psrtf wiU l l"-!1 re',onlibl " tbiab-;-,.:!,.o. -'.-r:bf wa fta one postofiirs to - !io:.'.J S've us tfce ume of Ilia former ; as V.'t r reseat oSiee. AddrenA TiiS Si'WKJS'ET HsUALD, So MEREST, P.-a. 14 I ll. il 1 I aiIORNEY-AT-LAW, V- v.i-t mv pm( i: Somerset Pa. ...with VA.eiaiiae Hay, E. .' B. --Ci'LE, No. i'"uial buecntuarfb. Pi. It A. i.Eh.KEY. U il ivii.sSY-AT-LAW. ito buuun, Fa. . i:vtY M. BERKLEY, IT bji.L4Bt. Pa. e vU F. J. K'J3. 5t. C. KuEEKRT, aiioK-NKY-aT-LAW, t ooaturtM. I. i. c,i wits H. rid. f , , i. K. SCULL. !" ' AliVn-Si.i-AT-i-A'A, aoniersei. I'm h ' AU'tir.i-Al-J j u j i;ug HOOMS How. oi'ijile IJoart K. s,,.rr. 0- Lt V a Jiui-Niil'S-ArLB-, -' buMiuueT, Pa. f-i J. K.'HJ."-Eli, ' AlJUlOiKV-Al-l-A. ty uaetwv Pa. -il. U. KOONTZ. oolatrsrl, i A., a ante i-f s:p: e-n::un to b'asiue! eatruMri j, iU Bol3.-M-t il'J AijJUllilUit IMUUliC. i i nui-,n; ti"u ww, oi'Jkimw tare Court t T LKNTINK HAY, AiiUNtV-AT-LAW. oomerset, Pfc. ..-i pealer in Rei Ertate. ili Ail""! u ,.,.'Lr-4 cutru-d to Hi care mm pronipuieMi jJC Lic Jil- I Alictt.ViT-AT-l.AW, ' 6imeret, Pi. j ' crorrpt'y :tnd to U busiiicwi ej;inuu-d JiiU-N U. KlMMfcL AllUttt.i-AT-LA. wm-rset. Pa., g-u -.,1 to .l butia eumisu-d to bis care ".'u..rad 4j.!iung tu::li, nn prompt Jl'O Jilu..y. u-i'-e oil AiA-U Cruo fcucet, Ai'lut-NlCV-AT-LAW. so-ieroet, I a. ,,liria y.Ajumo-.h B!w k. up fi-. lditmnce j J - 'o. tiAiui-icd, and J if taal V A. J. 0o:jws. I- C. COLZAS- -LiOl: A CCLLOKS, wotMt, Pa. A i r-af!i.t e-itmst.-l to o-ir cats w.'.! be .-ua.i.y i.U ftuuitui:) AIU.U.K-J to. c..e.-Wii L Tt H-.::...M AUd A.1J01UU1U ouoll- uU' Burvvyiu ttivtjAauu uou uu rcA- I I J iiALU, . 11. .UXOEY-AT-LAW ewu-rwM, Pa., ill MK-liw iu Somerset And AdiOiu:ng coun aj kiuiuoa eiimiiioo iw iaia ui rvcuivo ( ; utt AOwt: UUU. 1 ,itKVTll & RUrPEL, 1 ATlWitSliYs-Al-LAW, Somerset, Pa. 2 catiaei e nirfed to Uieir cre will be r. j au4 p'm tUAi.y aiu-uded u. OJice on i -a i.;oeii street, opiwaiK: A4 Ainuioiu bio. A. T V. CARUTHEUs, M. I. U PHYSICIAN A.Nl l 'N', . ..AiLUSiT, Pa. (w-eon Tuioa r.ree next 0r Ut iriiiuiiK fc.iciww. bl tAiifi Atoa.i-e. D P. F. SHAFFER, i JYMUA.N AMtlKl.M)-. uiiil. Pa., K. H. S. KlMilEUL, li ier Lit pTfeionAl fc-TT.re to Uie ciuxer -..iirrtiel ud v;i iu.lv. l uie prulewioaAliJ ti.r-i Le c-Aii te :odi.d At ill uiiiie oa H aui si. A.-t Oi i.'.AluIid. DR. J. M. LOVTKER, PHY'sIi IAS AND Sl'BUEOS biw audited percuuientlT iu ?omeret for tbe prAtUee o! 1 iait.aou. OHiue oil Maun Hired, ,l re: o. iriig store- DK. J. S. M'MILLEX, (tjfaamu i Ixntutry,) trires tpr;a AltenUon to the preserrAtion cf Iti luu.a -.-ein Ar.iriiAl - inserted. All irrA;:j. puirtui:1- d aUtAi.-UTT. ctt in tJie : ovri :u. i.-de;l a to. ktore. corner Mii s.vjeM : d f Hi,j. klreeU. Oils! Oils! ii..aa:ac:ur.:ik,' fri!i- Io:uUo' UaJd li-e liucs-l lraAti5 ui' I.'.umir.aii.'.gdi Lubricating Oils Naphtha and Gasoline, Tza ca N? ir.i from Pctrolenm. W cbaHee t jjHAiAju vrilh every knows PRODUCT Of PETROLEUM. II Taa ih the mo t anlfomly Satisfactory Oils IX THE American. Market, for aan. Trade foi Sofcvnet nd Tlclnl upplieo Ly rOOK . JEERIT? A5a FttJtAc KiX ?KK. t'i:.TT. OOMAAkKT. Pa. ARTISTIC JOB PRUNING A SPECIALTY. HARRY A1. MAhUFACTURING STATIONER AND - BLANK DOOK MAKEK. HANNAM BLOCK. JOHNSTOWN. PA. HENGH&CROMGOLD'S SftVKILLttDEHBIHES A W'.Plortai ."j-oTf-mt In FrirtiM Fre4lM4 U at amy et.-r In ih nkPt ririMHl l-e. -wint nil t! ffl rrin U jhm1 iAi twi.r,);; a-rraf uin ia awrr aaJ aimn hpttak-niiun. Aio hHM TNik II P Hay Knk 'iiWair. l m Flaal era, Mwllera, c Jtfmtoa (Au jir. fcEXCa &. DRQM3CLD, tlanfrs., YORK. FA. VOL. XLU. NO. -THE- FIRST NATIONAL EANK OF- Somerset, Penn'a. CAPITAL 8URPLUS S50.000. $12,000. Ctt0IT HCC!VED IN large anosmall COUNTS. PAYABLE Ol DEMAND. ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS FARMERS. STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED -DISCOUNTS DAILY. - BOAFiD OF DIRECTORS : LaRli il. XIicka. W. H. Milua, Jam n h. PruB. Chas. H. Fifuie, Job R. 8cott. Gk. R. bi-ciM. Eii ward Scrix, : : Valestiss Hat. : : IIakvey il. Rkkklev, ; : : Pkesitjext Vice Pkasidext : : : CAbUiKR. The funJsand twnrities of thin V.ack are securely proU-cteil in a e!e. 'orated Cot li.ss l;ur:r-jr.,f Safi-. The only .Safe maila absolutely Burglar-proof. Somed Couhlj National Bad Of Somerset, Pa. - K: EjUbllshed. 1877, Orpnhti u Nii'.i!, 1890. CAPITAL. $50,000. Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't. Wm. I L Koontz, 'ice Pres't. Milton J. Pritts, Cashier. Directors: ?Am'l ?nvd.-r, J.ih iM-fl!. Joan H. fc.rid.-r Joe j-h B. I tria, Jer,ine btufli. Hm Enaley. Jn'iAS !. iiwk, J..iin HArr.M'ii Miyder, NuAii a. Miiaer, 6at3. B. Harriirri. rn;nrnfr tit thU Buk will receive te most liba-rAl tretmeulcoliiMelit with if. bA'.ik !&?. I'Arties wiriiinc to tiirt niamt v east or west en be Aa-ocim laU-d b drAit for aus Amount. Moiiev .no -Al'.iAS.les e?uri.l by oue of I'le boid a, (,;: biAledsAie. with most Approved Uaie IxTllettioru made in ail part of the Bulled Stales. I'liAiye moderate. Aocounu Aud Jjeoooita aolietod, maria Winn w ms ma ci. 121 A 123 Fourth Are., PITTSBURGH, PA. m - suBoajDaa. Undivided Profit J250.000. Aits a3 Ex.iutor, tluanlian, Assignee anl Rvcviver. Wills rcceii'tfl for ami l.oM frt-e of thartje. Biusiccss of n-si'lt-nts anJ non-rt-sialocts tan fully attcnileJ to. J0ITX B. JACKSON, - President. JAMES J. r0NXELL, Vii-e Presulent. FRANKLIN BROWN, SecrvUry. JAS. C. CHAPLIN, TrasurtT. NEW Dress Woolens, F'OR AUTUMN AND WINTER. We're showing immense lines anJ choice, desirable st ti !!. weil boncht and well-selected from the U-Jt of the ses-sa-iu's j.nx! actions, ol boih foreija UI'' con estic iixjrca. Pritvs to suit you all, from 2 V to ?2..j0 a yard. A very desirable and extensive range of new Fall Dress Woolens. Cheviots, IlopsacVs. Illuminated or Two-tonetl Fabrics, Mixtures, Piaidc, ChecLf, etc.. in ell thft new ctilor combinations o'i and 2s inch -"0 cent stutfj, At 45 Cents a ya.-d. 5 cents vard is not a big sa vine, but 5 cents on everT yard all the year is quite an item, and worth liking after these times. When you come to the Western Penn'a Expositi"". the rapid transit facilities cable and electric earn, wi'.l brin yoa to the Allegheny aide in 3 o.inutei, and its worth your while to come to this Bide if you have any trading to do. If you're Dotconaiug to the Exposition write us lor SAMPLES. PRICES. and a coj-y of our illustrated catclogue AND ftSj-IION JOURNAL, or write us any way, whether you'll be in tbecitr or not. Poet yourself upon the styles and prices Boggs & Buhl, 115, 117, 119 and 121 Ftdtral Strrft, XLLEGIILWY, PA. So: foi fifl , 2Ir. J. IT. StiUn:an " I em Truly Thankful For TIax".' STrsaraarilll. Eur!:i:; tlio war I coiatmcfed lypliold fcrarr, r.ni firvcr and c:p. lT.v'.r." r.- v. i;i tuaTaria! Bad c:err c:i'.-il pcicni3-r 1.- :n v.iai ii I iL;o s-.4;w ra.tl evvr Mi in ii ka:'.. rli i:!:::vi--J:i, crrvotam r rostra tZosi r.".d c l :'! a, ' ii ty. .u. j I 'tt tit.ir. l.a-iti' h.:r-,:ii::'ii. i "I !r.- ut lcsiaabv'Y. r.t in thrco n:outh . cirfti IOIb. Btore iii'in for yi arj juwl na: la l e-t. r bi- .iili t':ii:i i;:?v niita i:K:c Uio war." .1. II. s-tit i v.i '. l:e!.U:.ui, l a. EOOD-a ( I KU. Xco'S Pills Cure Liver Uii. sic r: ..-.. - 3daW A ItfviWESCAPE! How it Happened. Tho f il!rtw!nc rrmnrknhlp rvnt in a Inrir's I if iil intervM the ixahr: "Kora Ioi.l' timi I liati n irritij' miri at my lirart. whirh titit-it-r. i almM fiKi'tfsuu: !y. I ! .. 1 "jfH-tii aud rouitl not sh . 1 would ! 1 i. up In Ui niiii lM-!h iiii frina -ti:i-a h tiiitii I thought ev-ry tiuuiio tild ho ruy iat.. TiH-fv a ffljittr ft oiirtiui jiUtiit mv heart, ami I h.s afnii.l 10 !mw h JiillLn Ml. 1 r(uiiin't b--p n-iiu tsiiIi hji. siMinz chmii and P'siips; luit, tlir-nk 'it'., hy 1 h hi lf of Nrw li rt Cure aii I in! I .;.. -11 id I ft-f 1 likt nii!it r T.(ti::i:u fin Uie Niw llrar fun ! hud t:ikn liiiltTvnt M-"afU':l tvnn div and n matti hy i H'tnrs a il hont- nitv hfiictiL until I !n! h fiiMturawf and di-'-y-id. Mv hu.am! lMtiL':j rm- a iHtti of Jr. MiivV INfu lh att i ui- and am happy to -ay 1 mvt f irtTtird U. a-i I riiw h:tx a :i-n:d jip-;iu' and j, noil. I .-(;: lit d li m finis wh-n I T jr::n ta ing thi ruiiMly. and now I a ih I I- ,. Iw t t in nit has Imi'n truly marvrj hih. It far furpasaWs Htiy idht-r rm-difinii I have o --r taikt-n or any hi nciit 1 vwr rt roiv fr.m phvu'ians." .M tm. Harry fctair, 1 r. MihV Now Heart "uro w la on ! rK-i-tivo zrjarnnu'O hy ml drutrsi-t. .r ay ihv Jr. Uiios MtHiioat Co., Kikhan. Ind., m n-i-iiti of price, tlpr hottlo, tix Uu h-s prys jrv paid. Thi Ena. di-overy !y hi ernhtent -ir H.-t in lu-art- r.tuiuJ i.ci.ii:l C'puttes nor duiic'oroiijp us. FANCY WORK. Some lit eat Barpaiuslo IRISH POINT LUNCH AD 1KAY CLOTHS BorjL'ht belo-JV cost of transjiortation we are sc-l!in' at ereattwsroaitm white and colored RedionHJord Table Cov ers, stamped reaaly for working. Sing ed Canton Flannel Table and Cush ion Covers, fsnireil Plush Cushion Covers, Bargarran Art Cloth Table anil Cushion Covers, all stanifaed with Newest Designs ; lleun-stitched Hot Biscuit and l'.l Napkins. A new .-.nd l::r:e line of beiu-Btitched Tr?.y and Carving Cloths from tJOcta cp. Stamped IIern-stitche! Scarfs from Sjcts np. 'Fabie Covers from 50 cts. np. A full line of Fibred INDIA SILKS, All New raltt.-iia ai;d Colorings. Also, Figured Plush, M and rT inches wi.le, in beantifnl Colors and lela;rs. Art ia;in piur lor the Ctiatral Covers and Cushion Covers. Waban N'etting, W inches wide, .V) oeiati per vrd. in Pink, b e. Olive and Yellow. THE NEW THING for Iinipin" Mantles and l.aTS. and for Draping Over Ir.ij -erics. A new line of Hi-a.i-refts. trora iV:.up. Yi:t our Table Linen, Towel, Napkins, Muslin, Sheeting and Linen Ieiartnient, by ail means. & 41 FIFTH AYENC , Pittsburgh, Pa. Wanted ! Reliable parties to act as agents. Steady employment and good pay from 'be start. No experience necessary. Outfit freas. Address THE HAWKS XURSERY CO., Koclie-ster. N. Y. FAT PEOPLE. To p?dnne your weUM SURCLV oe Willard'e Oh-ty I'll is aud loe ! puuad month. Nt iu jiry Ut the hcrt.tii. 5o inurtcrcncc u ith hi-i-ir t'U'score. no STARVING. They hmld uj nd improve the i;curi Letuut, btuufy ti.e 0iUlieLl'li uiid leave ho WRINKLES. L'try Am '-mum. M AfUmm .'., Ui'' t uy, JJ--. irnr; tm ft lj-lti 4 vr nr Jtt W" rJiu-i wy wei'jM j. ir-fi Ut u Vjonn I tt-rer j'it tnur nli m t. i'fr. J n mufh fJnini u ilk tit rrw7, ami .ViX a tui I M' u rulp yiHi. i ur patnttu include thy Melons ha!tei, La'Tenan-i lemjeiof jociety. thir K'wh mr lit mni ia druit "tore ; all order ii supplied direct trora our otfcce. Pnee er MioLae ?i ut ;r tnree iaokmf" fur $S.(sj hy mil prefatid. hrtictdr s,ieaied 4 eh. All currus- p(uueuoc cutiaaeuuiu. WILLARD REMEDY CO.. BOSTON. MASS PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE, GETTYSBURG, PA. FOUNOCO IN 1832. Lmnre Faa-ti'tv. T.o tn vHrei of study Caieal Auai Scientific. Sjxial r lrwe. iu ail di.Trticetit. oioenraiorr, LAtaairataine and ucw oyi.iujo.iuoi. rix lAle luilailll(. rta-.Ut heAt. I.iorAr.e. L") volunK. Kxpenpea low. Ih p.rtliieiil of H:ieD ami I'liystt-al "il!tnr in rnrge oi eitneDi-ed phfiic-ian. A-eesiOic bjr fTeitieni kund traiii. Ixm-aooo on the r..t Ueuead of OeiiyxtairiT. laost pteMUit wad bealiby. PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT, In vparate bui'nimr". (or Uin and xcaut men arefririK fa b;i-.iuarw tt CVaiaeire. uni?r aK-iAl eawvf iiie lr.ni'ip.1 and three aaawiMant. rajanal wild Ntuirut in the buudioir. tall term citaeiis S al. 7tli l-stt. Vot ( AtAku; ues, aaldresa tt. W. McKMOHT, D Ii, LU l , FnMidrut, or akev. J. tj. klJNuLK, A. M. Prin.ard. oeUjTiirg, PaV iTSii isAltava'a ta -r' : fTrtt t" - 'ir HOME mei SOaMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER W. 1898: LADIESNAMES. Ann is too plaia and couimon. And Kancr sw.Ddat l"it ill; Yet Annie fc en !ura)!e. And Audi better Mill. There i a irraee tn Charlotte, In Eleanor a state ; An entrance in Iabel, A hauxhtinen in Kate ; And Sarah is sedate and neat, Aa l Ellen io'iaxent aud twax-c Klira U not rerr choice. Jane in too blunt and lold. And Marion taatireii faal anrrouf ?1, Aud I.Q"y proud and cv.d. Amelia L too Iifbt and gar, Kit only fa a flirt ; And Carolina is vain and sbv, Aud Flora (mart and pert. LouUa is UK) lilt and uleek, Lilt Alice senile, el. Asia- ud mt'.-fc. And nArriet ia coc.li linir. And Clara (mtve aud mild ; And Euima is aiTe'tiona.a3, Aud Jauuct arch and a iial. And Palieuce is expressive. An ) liraa-e is old and rare. And Hannah warm and dutiful. And Margaret frank aud fair. Ami faith and hoje and charity. Are heavenly names of ist.r three. THE MIDNIGHT FIRE. BY MATTHEW WHITE, JR. It wax, stiflingly hot, even in the y.reat store of Mareland, Trask A; Co., with its high ceilings and sweep of floor from street to 8t:eet. Hetty almost dreailed the coming of closing time, for that meant a return to the rooms in the upper iloor of the tenement home here she and her mother and her invalid bister Kate had their home. Hetty Erand had never felt so rebel lious as she did this summer. No matter how far aheal she looked he could not 6ee any betterment of their condition, no other way of living for them than this hand-to mouth way of making both ends meet. "Let's wait here for mother, Sue. I'm mobt ready to drop now. I cau't shop another minute," and the speaker a pret ty girl of about Hetty's age, drew her companion to seals on stools immediate ly in front of Hetty's counter. Hetty looked at them languidly with not even energy enough to try and im agine herself .ia their place a trick of fancy with which she oftea amused her self. They were both dressed in a style that told of ease, comfort, luxury at home. They were talking about life at the sea shore, of sand and waves and salty smell that Hetty knew only as she had heard or read of them, for she had never seen the ocean ia her life. Nor had Kate, who, as the sat day after day in her chair by the little w indow, would look up at the sky and try to imaginethat it was the sea, a breath of which, Hetty felt sure, would do her a world of good. Eat Hetty knew that the Brands might as well wish for diamonds as a glimpse ef the ocean, fifty miles away. Nj, find ing that the young ladies had no pur chases to make, she turnexl her back on them and tried to concentrate her atten tion ou straightening the boxes of rib bons on her shelves. .Suddenly she clutched the lid of one of the boxes tight ly and kept perfectly still for a minute or two. What was that the girl who had been called ".Sue"' was saying? "Anal only think, the company gave her nineteen dollars and thirty cents. And she .pays only two-dollars a year. Most of the things had Wenigiven to her, and she'd had g.xid use of them, so the money was clear gain. 'I felt almost ashamed to take it,' she told me, 'and as ifl might have started the fire on pur pose. P-ut here comes your mother, now Jesse." The girls hurried to meet a lady com ing from the embroidery counter and all three left the store together. Hetty stood there watching them, but it was not hu man forms that she saw. "Nineteen dol lars and thirty cents' seemed to be writ ten in large figures and hung between her anl the street. How much that sum would mean for them for Kate ! Why, it would take her to the seashore and keep her there a w hole week two weeks, for Hetty suddenly recollected hearing of a cottage where working girls were taken for a fortnight for only twelve dollars. And Kate bad been a working-girl in this very 6tore of Trask a& Co. before the long hours had broken down her consti tution so that she could scarcely walk across the floor. Hetty was still think ing of those figures when she went home that night, ihe tried her best not to. "It's wicked," she murmured to her self. "Hetty Brand, there's a word in the dictionary to describe just such a per son as you are in her heart now. It's an ugly word, too." She had to pass a church on her way. As soon as she came in sight of it she fixed her eyes on the door and walked very slow by, forcing her mind to recall the days when they all lived in the coun try and had gone to the meeting hou.e regularly every Sunday. "I wouldn't have dared to even think about such a thing then," she told her self. "It does seem as if poverty must be wicked when it makes people so sinful." And now she forgot those figures for a time, and walking along with springing steps because of it. But when she bad climbed the four flights of stairs aad saw through the open door of their sitting room Kate close by the windovr, lean ing on her elbor, her eyes fixed on the sun, a red ball of fire in the west, as it re proaching ft for causing her so much misery when she saw this, Hetty's lips came firmly together with the determin ation that she then and there formed." "Mother," she said, while they were eating their supper, "we've never had our things insured. Mrs. Brond paused with the teapot raided ready to fill Kate's cup. "Why, Hetty, child" she exclaimed, "what nonsense you talk ? What do We want to have insurance for when it's the mot we can tlo to pay for necessities T Besides, what have we to insure? Only ourselves, I guem, and money wouldn't pay us for losing them." he dar.ed an affectionate look at Kate, one with anxiety in it, too, as she realiz ed how hard it would be to save her life in case of fire. "No, it isn't nonsense, mother," Hetty persisted, and then she to'.d of the con versation that she had overheard at the store. "It costs so little," she argued. "Just think, one might have a fire that would KSTA1L1SHJD 18U7. burn np all our clothes. Then there are Kate's books and pictures they are worth sometning. I have almost two dollars saved up for a hat in the fall. My last year's one will do just as well. I'm going to take out a policy to-morrow." And she did, and brought it home in all the majesty of its imposing head and complicate! verbiage. Mrs. Bland still looked upon it as a piece of extravagance but Kate was quite impressed "It seemed to srt of make the rooms appear bigger and more comfortable, Hetty," hhe said, holding the pjlii-y oif at arm's length so as to take it all in at a glance. She asked leave to add it to her collec tion of treasures old b joks, mostly paper-covered novels that the purchasers had read and tussed a.-iJe and which Hetty had rescued and borne home to Kate; advertising cards, calendars and such other gratuitous picture-matters as had come in the way of the active sister, who was always thinking of means to lighten the hours for the helpless one and Hetty was glad to see pleasure so easily conferred, till 6he recollected that a conflagration might destroy this proof that money could be made out of the flames. She took the precious document down to the store with her and persuad ed one of the bk-keepers to tuck it away in a corner of his Bafc. Ttie days went by. "It's too saxm yet," Hetty would say to herself each night, as she lay wakeful after going tobi'd, thinking of that nine teen dollars, of the pallor in Kate's cheeits, of the insurance policy made out to Mrs. Elizabeth Brand, of the lamp on the end of the bureau of the window cur tain that was only three feet away. When she got as far as this she always shuddered and felt that she would never do that which she bad planned to do when she took out tfiat tirf insurance policy. But the next day, when she looked upon Kate's pallid cheeks and noted her drooping spirits, she had the battle to light all over again. She had even gone so far as to plan out exactly how the thing should seem to have happened. She would manage to break the lamp chimney ; then she would be sure the window was open (she would choose a night when the wind was from the west;; the end of the bu reau waj very close to the window and the curtain was very light. T ice now the wind had been from the west, and each time Hetty's courage had failed her. And yet she felt that she was now hardened, or the idea of such wickedns would never have occurred to her. Sae did not attempt to justify the thing to herself by arguing that Kate, not herself, was to reap the teneilt of it. She knew it was a sin. That she should realize this and yet be willing to incur it was part of the service her trreat airection for her sister impelled her to render. The third night on which a westerly breeze was blowing fell at the close of a day that had been particularly oppress ive in its beat Kate seemed visably to fade under it as a flower shrivels up at the touch of flame. Before siie went to bed Hetty saw that there was a good supply of water in ail the pitchers. She also took an illustrat ed edition of "Pilgrim's Progress," by which she set great store, and placed it on her bureau. "That will help to run up damages," she told herself. Her mother and Kate, in the other room, had long since fallen asleep. Het ty had told them that she was gjing to read a little. But as hail been said, she had placed the book on the bureau and she sat there on the rocking chair staring steadily at tire muslin curtains, which the breeze was sending temptingly before it into the room. All that was needed now was the setting of the lamp a tritla nearer the end of the bureau and the breaking of that chimney. There might never be such another opportunity ; and the summer was dra ing to a close. Site would not be able to leave the window open much longer. Once she g t up and deliberately turn ed her chair around. It would not do for her to face the impending citatrj phe. But she sat down Lgain without placing the lamp nearer that flattering curtain. She gazed now at the water pitcher standing iu the wash bowl oa the other side of the room. Siie kept telling her self that she must be sure to retain her presence of mind so as not to let the conflagration get beyon her control. The girl shivered as her fancy con jured up the vision of what might be in case it should, in that crowded building. And thus she came to look at the thing from a new side. "Suppose," she asked herself, "I were some other person, Eden Uiggs, for in-J stance, in the room across the hall? Sap pose I should ba told that another girt, Hetty Brand, was was thinking of do ing the thing that is in my mini? What would my opinion of her be?" Hetty suddenly covered her face with her hands as though to hide frooi herself the spectacle of such depravity. Sue be gan to rock to and fro in the agjny of her struggle with temptation. Presently she grew calmer. She rested her head against the back of tus chair gripped tight on the two arms With her hands. It seemed as though she was de termined to hold herself by main forcd from yielding. She sat long in this attitude. At last she began to grow sleepy, but site was afraid to get up and prepare for bed. It would be such a very simple matter, when she was standing near the bureau to alter the position of that lamp. The breeza was growing stronger. She could feel it on the back of her neck. But she was very tired ; she coald scarcely keep her eyes open now. She shut thetn now and then, and with that breeze blowing in at the window tried to im agine that they were rich anl that she and Kate were at the sja shore. And suddenly it did not appear to takes) much imagining to feel that this wa a fact. Stie seemed actually to smell the salt in the air, and yes, there was a vessel sailing close by the beach. How very dose it was! Hetty could see the men upon her decks, even the expressions on their faces, looks of horror and conster nation they were. Then she realized what was the cause of this. The ship was very near the beach was being driven upon it by a gale. Another instant and she had struck with s crsh that almost deafened U.tty. ID She sprung to her feet. She knew now that she had been asleep and had dream ed of that incident at the seashore. B.it the crash ! It seemel to ring in her ears yet, and Hetty turned around. A crackling sound had caught her attention. The curtains were ia flames ; so wa the bu reau. The lamp lay oa the floor at her feet, broken to pieces. For an,' instant Hetty stoo l there and watcheil the darting sparks of fire. She thought not of the dtngjr that menaced her; her whole mind was absorbed by the question. "Ila 1 she started the tire herself?" And then with heroism bora of her re morse for tbedrealful critno that she had planned, and with a wild determin ation now to prevent itsconsiioiation she seized a blanket that lay on the foot of her bed and threw it over the burning bureau in the hope of smothering the starting flames. Turning quickly to the curtains which were not yet lully ablaze, she tore them from the window uu.l stamped out every spark ol tire. The blanket, too, had done its' work the tire was all out. At that nioment.her mother catne rush ing from the adjoining room followed by Kate w ho held a lighted candle. "Woy. Hetty, child." cried Mrs. Brand, "what is the matter ? Your room isalire? Are you hurt .'" "No niotlur, lam not hurt, and the lire is out. I fell asleep iu my chair and was Mused by the fall of the lamp cn the floor. I don't know how it happened. Perhaps the wind blew the curtains against it." Kate stood in the doorway looking at the ruins. Suddenly she gave a little scream. Something had run across her feet. "A cat!" eqc'aimed Mrs. Brand at.d Hetty in a breath. "How it scareil me 1" added Kate. "Where do you suppose it came from?" This was a mystery. The Branls kept no cat, nor did any of -their neighbors. Besides, the door leading tao the hall hail not been opened during the excitement attending the tire. A sound from the window drew Het ty's attention. It was another cat. 'ie felt as if a great weight had been lifted from her soul. "This one must have sprung in from the fire-escape," she said, "aud over turned the lamp." "How fortunate it is, Hetty," said Mrs. Brand, as ehe looked around the room, "that you got that insurance!" "We'll not claim it, mother; the lots is too slight. And then it looks so straDge that the tire could have happen ed as it did. NY, let us keep the insur ance for anything that may happen in the future." Thegirlwas sure now that it was nut her hand that had started the lire, but her whole soul rose iu protest at the thought of taking even one mill of in surance money. Kate did not get to the seashore, but Hetty bad learned a great lesion that her mother and sister never dreamed of. A Gleam of Sunshine. I stood in the great conrtyarl Sing Sing prison two days liefore the famous escape of Koehl aud Pallister. The ge nial keetier had rhown n everything and everybody of the !iunlreds of prisoners s-ave the fatal live in the condemned eel'?. We had seen the workshops, the dining room, the tiny sleeping apartments, the chapel painted by a convicts pencil with scent from the Prodigal Son." As we turned to go away the attendant called to me : " Look yond er." There waa a little girl, the daughter of anotlicia! of the prison, surrounded by three men in stripes. How they kissed her innocent face and almost worshiped heras she stood among them with the sunlight playing around Ler slender form ! "Strangs thing, sir, bat these fellows do so love children!" said the keeper. "If we only let them play where tue prisaoners cai see them, they will watch them by the hour and spend days in making little t"ys for them. Ay," con tinued he, " aud robbing, mice, rats, any thing alive, they will catch, tarae and cherish." The scene in t'ae grim, gaunt prison was a fascinating one. As the gre it iron gate clanged behind us I turned and looked agtin. ' The group was still there, gilded by the April sunlight. -Y. Y. What Do You Take Medicine For? Becauss you are sick, and want to get well, of course. Then remember that Hood's Sarsapa ri'ila cur js. All we ask is, that in taking Hood's SArsaparilla you will do so with perse verance equalling or approaching the tenacity with which your complaint has clung to you. It takes time and cure to eradicate old and deep-seated inaladie?, pirticularly when they have been so long hidden in tha system that they have become chronic. Uememoer, that all permanent and positive cures are brought about with reasonable modera tion. Hood's Sarsaparilla attacks disease v igorously and never leaves the field un til it has conquered. Fruit vs. Meat. It is a popular fallacy, says an ex change that the free use of fruit in sum mer is the cause of bowel disturbances, while as a matter of fact no diet can be more healthful t this time than one composed of fruit and farinaceous food with perfectly pure milk. Flesh of all kinds decomposes with great rapidity both before and after eating, and summer heats greatly accelerate this process; hence flesh food frequently causes grave deranzement of the bowels, as the poison produced by this decomposition acts pow erfully as an emetic and purgative. Ail meats are so heating that they should be used sparingly during hot weather; and there is the aided argument that the whole system craves a change from the winter's diet. It is those outside the pen that do the squealing while those inside are being fed. Don't make s run on your pocket bank. He rak Baby and Cat. The sidewalk was filled with hurrying people, says the New York ra'-f. Three peddlers stood on the curb, oue with shoe laces, another with candy, another with gold paint. Neither looked as if heexpected to sell anything. Nobody pai l the slightest attention to them. A man without legs came stumping over the sidewalk. IVople merely hurried out of his way. A man passed, dressed ia outlandish garments, advertising a patent uieliciae. Nobody looked twice at him. An old woman whose tangW gray hairs were blown in the winl shuf fled feebly along aud n-obody saw her. A pair of Chinese, an Italian woman draessed as for a fete, a negro nearly 7 feet in height, a Turk swaddled in turban and baggy trousers, a drunken woman, a man with locomotor ataxia ail passed within a few minutes and nobody stopp ed eveu for a moment to look at anybody else, except the beggars, and they were utterly diiregarded. Then appeared from serno where, as if out of a hole in the ground, a child about two years old, raggj 1 an 1 smeared as to its haa Is with mud an 1 to its face with traces of bread and molasses, besides plain dirt. Its hair was towsled and its l.ire blue eyes were fixed straight ahead with all that sweet uncont' ior.sness t-f childhood written of by poets. In its hands it carried a gray cit. da little list graobeal the looe bkin at the nape, the o:her grasjel it firmly over the h:i;d quarters. Etch particular leg of the Cut struck out straight anl rigid ; eaa lt claw allowed its shining curve. Tiie cat did not appear to ba uacoinf jrtabie, tail the child was gloriously unonsfious of ev erything but its own tabby thoughts. The child was so young th it it went un steadily, tottering down the middle of the sidewalk, with the tat hel 1 up iu front of it like a dru n maj r'a bta.r. There waa not one hurrying wayfarer man or woman a lio did not pausa and lav.gh. A number stopped short and fol 1 -wed the child as it staggered along. J'.y the time the baby had traveled a half a block it had an escort of twenty grown persons besides the swarm of boys. The baby tottered along, its magnificent gravity cndisturlred and when a breath less, bareheaded woman came running aal snatched up t'ae young explorer .';! I...M:,, , t.riafa.'v 1 1 l!ia a-lt 1 f-la li . 1, .L I I peroa in t:ie cpowo looaen saecpisu ami hurried away. About Irish Bulls. Major YanCIifton lias an InVu coach man w hom he is rather f Had of quizzing, Make's replies usi 'iy creating a diver sion and giving the Maj or a ch in -e to be fuany. Yesterday afternoon the Major was just returning from a drive through the heights with a party of visitors. Mike had It-en somewhat depressed all the af ternoon, apparently, and the Mojor ral lied him : " What is the matter, Mike, has your girl gone back on you ?" " No, sir ;" sai 1 M i ke quietly, " I was thinking of poor old Ireland, sir." u Why did you leave her, if you love her s much ?'' apieriei the Moj ir. " I Wats tired of praties for break fa-t, dinner and supper, sir." " I don't blame you," said the Major, ' bat why don't the Irish raise cattle in stead of putting all their dependence on potatoes?" "Sure," said Mike, with a quiet twia k'e of his eye, as he gathered up the re'ns, "thecatileiwf Ireland are all Irish balls, sir, and an Irish bull never raised anything but a laugh yet !" When To Water Horses. We clip the following timely advice from the Sfinr'Anvtf, and recommend it to the attention of our farmer friends and all owners of horses : I wonder how many farmers think of watering their horses before fee liug ia the murriing, or hor niu::h they lose by not doing it. The horse come; from work at night, gets a drink, then is fed mostly dry grain, eats hay pa:t of the nigiit, and in the morning another dry feaeal, and by this time Is very dry him self, so that when be reaches the water he :111s his stomach so fall.that the undi gested food is forced oat of the stomach and is a damage, rather than a lenetlt to a ha?rse. Now, friea li, try watering y oir horse before feeding in the miming, thus slaking his thirst an 1 at the same time washing his stomach ready to receive the morning feed, when being properly moistened with saliva, it will remain un til thoroughly digested. Your horse can do more work on less feed aa 1 will be healthy much longer; besides haaoauity demands this tnought fdl care. What You Can Do. You cannot set the world right or the times, bat you can do something for the truth; and all you ctn do will certainly tell if the work you do 3 for the Master, who gives you your share, and so the bur dea of responsibility is lifted o:T. This assurance makes peace, satisfaction, and repose p-ssible even ia the partial work done npon earth. to I lie maa who is carving a stone for a building ; ask him where is that stone going, to what part of the temple, and how is he going to aet it into place, and what dots be do? He points y ou to the buiider"s plans. This is only one stone of many. So whea mea shall ask where and bow is your little achievement going iuto iod"s plan, point them to your Master, who kees tte plans, and then go on doing your lit tle service as faithfully as if the hole temple were yours to build. Citizen 'hurriedly) Ticket and a half for Paodank. Ticket Agent (snappishly i Io you t want the half ticket for taat big girl by your side? Citiien TLe whr le ticket is for her, but she insisted on paying fare for her favorite doll ; so to humor her, I want the La'f ticket also. Ticket Agent Cm er how old is the doll ? Those lovely girls. "What makes Nell Gabby so quiet now? She used to be an incessant prattler ! ,Some one has told her that the principle by which they tell s horse's age by its teeth also applies to the human race." WHOLE NO. 21J)8 The Scotch Lodger s Revenge. Some months age a ilatsgow mason found hims lf ia one of the largest towns in the midlands, where he soon procured not only plenty of employment but pretty comfortable lodging. At firs: he boarded with his landlady, but latterly, being of an economical turn of mind, he laid in every Saturday enough provisions to carry him through the succeeding week. ne of his chief purchases was that of fiour, as it is c istomary in most parts of England !or thrifty hoojewives to do the family baking ; and, in truth, as a rule, most excellent bread do they turn out. However, after a fe weeks buying his own things A'.ies begun to fancy that he was being "done" in the matter cf the tlour, for towanl the end of the week it lecome unnaturally and unaccountably smaller aad smaiie.-, while hif weekly outlay for tlour increased proportionally. Accordingly he resolved UTon trying aa experiment, by which he hoped to discover where and ho h.a itour went and if unsuicessful in his effort no harm would be done, if w e except slight loss to himself. Well, when Saturday night came round, Alick, as usual, male his weekly purchase i.t flour, but cunningly ab stracted a few pounds of it from its bag and miied the lemaiuder with an equal quantity of plaster of Paris. S uialay came round, anal pudling ou that day being au indispensible aaljunct of every English w orking-man's dinner there were the family one anal a small one for "Scotty," which the kind lan.l lady had made out of Alick's unadul terated flour, for his sole use and en joyment, luduetioiai these had been boiled, and put aside to cool, in order to form the dessert; but at last they were placed oa the -linner-table. Sandy had his to himsflf, while the landlady began to rut into hers in order to distribute it, w hen, to her h.irror and loudly expressed stftEuyanie, the kr.ile glanced as harai lass!y oif as it w -.ild have doae, to use Alu k's words, "a J the shell o' a partan." What could be the matter? Tiiere was her lioalger eooity cutting into and en j yin his with evident gusto, while hers was still a t. ,-,-1 itn''fj'itt i. At last the paoor woman could no longer contain herself, but, almost crying with an-noyana--) and p-rplesity, cried cut : "Oli, deary me, Mr. Ma what caa be the matter with this pudding of ours? It isas bar 1 as aa oyster shell, whereas there's naught amiss with yours." "W eel," at length returned the una bashed Alick, '"the next time ye help yerel'tociy tl nir be carefu that ye pit yer haa' iu the right pock, for I'm no ai:wkte astonished aa' gey weel surprised if ye haenatiiis time put yer ban' no intil my flour bag, but intil the ane w haur I keep my plester o' Peris !" Driven Away A Chicago Ro mance. "Behold me now 1" As he stood befure her with bowed head and disheveled clothing, the lady of the house knew at once that the lireal stranger had n:et with tome keen anal bitter disappointment. " Yes, madam," he continued, '"behold me now. Once the most popular and re iqxTted conductor oa my road, to-day I am homeless, au outcast from my own threshold. Ia years of constant toil I accumulated a modest proerty and lo cating in one of the most respectable parts of Caiicago I built me a little hou.e, where I hoped, with the tl x-k 1 hail gath ered around rue, to end my days iu peace. And now I am turned aaay from my own doors, a hopeless w.talerer. There is no longer any room for me under my on r.f, maalam,they camo ami 1 was obliged to go.' "Who came." queried the kin 1 lady, as the stranger biushed away a tear that was coursing down his travel-stained check. The tired stranger replied, as his ema ciated frame shook with emotion, "Alas, madam, my relatives from the east T All Government Money is good. Froa Sa.-tiatur Si:erjiauS ?pea- h. I do not, however, vote for the repeal with any expectation that it will in any considerable degree relieve us from the stagnation that has fallen on all kinds cf in Jtastriaes, and that has thrown out of employment hundreds of thousands of men and women. They care little for the kind of money paid tothem, provided it has equal purchasing power with every other kind and is backed by the Govern ment of the C nited States. They do nut study the question of ratios, and if it were left to their choice they prefer the notes of the United States to either g old or silver. But they want empIopmenL They w ant reasonable protection agaiust undue competition with foreign loborers, who are miserably paid, fed, lodged, aad clittied. Give them this, and you may makf your stan lard of value as you chouse These are tua chief factors in the present tizaactial stringency. The Jewish Ne Yearoc-urs oa ll)udiy, September It. This is cinch earlier than fi r Ui-aiiyyea-s past. The day Is ?tyleal Uioh lloshona. It is ihetirst day of the oioiilh Tuhri. The libera! Jews celehra'e one day. the orthodox two. Trie celebration coro nier.cexat T p. no , on tha ll:h or l':!i, ac corling as one or two days are observed. Two days are observed became iu the olden time the m intti ooimenc.fi when the Dew mxm was see-i, and becaose of clouds it was f.vptent'y diitiilt to til the time ol its at4ara:ice oa a particular day. The day is not one of fasting but is observed by religious services. A new account is opened with heaven and prayers for f .rg' T enesa are a chief feature of the service. The Itev. Dr. D. Parker Morgan of ;he Church of the Heavenly U -st, who has just returned from a A-'.ion trip to his old borne in Wale", sti.l ye-cerjiyi '".Vhsn I saw the agr.ru! m-a! dis r-j t n: prevails ia England, and k i oi:i nr. it Idioftbed's-Ire-s which exis-s ia ihis c n:rr. I felt that if i were a far n -r I ar -1 i 1 aimnt at soon cut oif my right hand as vote to do away with the principle of protection, which ia the bedrock of American pnorperay quite aa much to the farmers as to manufacturers aud to those who earn wnge in milla." .V. 1". Va-aff. The only way to vtan the leopard's pots is to tan his hide. The small boy will please take notice. It is the dependant man that is mos aaxioas to cultivate acquaintance. A Battle Strangely Won. It was probably oue of the most te rn trkable battles that was ever fought. The advance had been well planned by the att.ia-klng force, the idea being to surprise the enemy at the dead of night. Every detail had loeert carefully consid ered. The advance wuii be hidden t a itoj, aa l the first the eaercy o':! i kuo-v t.f it w-.i! I when th troops bwtpt out uf li.e noarl an 1 carried the camp by storm. Tiiere were appcarentiy no pickets in the wod, and there seemed to be no p.-wsibi!ity of a fa: hue. The colonel in command was gloAtm ',ver hi expected victory, when one of his oiliivrs railed his attention to a bright light some distance to the left of the advancing column. "What is it ?" asked the colonel anx iously. ; I don't know," replied the otlicer. "It slashed up there only a minute ago." "'Veil, if any one suspected we were here he wouldn't go along swinging a lantern to make a target of hiaiself," as serted the colonel. The column had barely begun to move again when a light appeared on the right and a little to the rear of the one that had jast dif appeared. Another halt was made, and the colonel was tempted to order a volley in the directioa of the light, but of course that would betray the exact whereabouts of the column and would be almost suicidal. "We are being surrounded !"exelairueU one of the otlicers excitedly. Then a light appeared in the shrubbery immediately ahead of the retreating col umn. The first man yelled "Kitle pit !" and cleared the whole thing at one bound. The second man was not so for tunate. He stumbled and fell, and a he fell he instinctively made a reach for theliitht. I Io w as the only maa killed, but his death completed the panic. Banks were broken, and the retreat be came a wild race to get out of the wood. And the lights seemed to dance here and there, appearing at the most unex pected points and adding to the confu sion. When theexcitement was at its height, a man cliiued out ofa pils.iio distance iu the rear af the retreating force. H stretched himself and ieered alter ti e fleeing soldiers. "Hanged if I wasn't cramped in that hole," he said. "I suppose I might as well turn a cannon or two loose just to wake the boys up an 1 scare those foot racers a little more." He lay down on the ground at the edge of the pit, reached his hand down to some keys on a sort of switchboard, and in an instant acannon boomed out. Then he raised himself to a sitting posture, lit a pipe an 1 chuckled to himself. Two or three men rushed ur and breathlessly inquired what the trouble was. "Oh, I had a little brush with the ene my," replied the man with the pipe calmly. "They tried to surprise the camp." "And you beat them ?" "Wny, they're running yet," j lite a crowd from the camp had gathered by this time, and one of theiu cried, "Three cheers for the electrician ! but the man with the pipe raised hid hand to sUqi them. "The credit is not ail mine," he said "Remember my able force of linemen who ran wires through this wood and made it poseihle for me to wia this vic tory." Just then some of the men who had gone into the wood af:er the retreating enemy returned with the news that one man had been killed. "What!" cried the electrician, jump ing up. He hurried to the place where the body lay. "Too bid ! Too bad !" he said regret fully, "but then accidents will happen, even in a battle. He had no business to catch hold ofa live wire. "Oil, well, there's no use teeling bad about it," put iu oue of the otlicers. "A victory has been won, and only one life has teen host," "But why have one lost?" asked the electrcian. '"Of course it was tiresome work in that pit, and when I got them ou the retreat I was glad of it, but I never supposed any one wa-s going to grab hold of the light. It's too bad!" Aud the man w bo hail won the vi tory could not be consoled. C!i. iy Tril n,e -aA- - - Horrors of trie Cyclon. Ceii i-'obt, S. C , September t. The loss of Me by the lecect tyciuiie and tidal wave will probably never be knowu. Already a'un: I ' tj lies ti.i.aj been fo ni l oa the Islands near this place and Port It yal, and estimate? of the number of deaths run trom Voo to I ,oi . Ow aJJX" ,' worth of prop erty has been destroyed near the places named, and S,i are homeless. Krona Bischotl a place, on the KJisto river, two negroes Moated to Jacksonboro on the top of their shanty. They report that all the ue arurs ou the place iu lae low lauds bad been drovrued, in ail about I'M teen, women and children. Ail the dareliirrg are destroyed and the place is in abject devolution. The iiegrot-s) driven to 1'jrt Itjyal by the storm from the surruuodiiig islands and tue rice and cotton plantations are so des titute aud so badly in newl of something to eat that they have resoited to lighting amor.g tbetiioeives for food. Several were killed during a tiht for provisions. Those who are not g veu immediate relief bevxioio rebellious, and it is a dillicult task to keep thesuiferrrs in sur-ject.on. As soon as oue urgro gets some supplies he U atta ked for bis share, aud considerable food has been asicd by Ibtse batilcs.i Three Men Rob a Train. SrRi.M.rirLP, Mo., Sept. "t. A'oout 4 o'clock this luornma the east bound pas senger trail on the F risco road was held up by high avjyineii at Mound Valley, Kas. The trail had stopped t tsiieon a passenger, when three men sprang on the tender and ordered the engineer to pull uut until told to stop. The engineer and fireman were Oivered with Winchesters aud obeyed. Unas of the highwaymen looked around the side of the car and saw Kxpresa Messenger C. A. Chapman stamliiig in the iloor of bis car. Tae robber tired aoai the messenger fell out of tue car When I he Irani hud gone about two aides the eng-.ueer Waas ordered to atop, and tbe rugmv crew were locked in the ba; Kae car with the baafgageoian. The robbers etitereal tbe express ear but found the safe locked, the key being in the pax kel of the dead meaneux-r. They bat tered the lock but could not open the safe. The three roUaem then entered the cars and rajbbed men and women alike. They got about l'"t and 4o watches. The robbers wore masks. They were on tbe train only about lo raimuua and when they left it started toward ladian Territory. Olticial reports received at the oiti -e of the Stale Board of Agriculture indicate that with the best poenbi. weather auder tb most favoraule cond.iiooa tbe corn crop of tbe Stale will not be beyond three (burtha of the average. Ia many casa the crop of late potatoes bas been alug. ami return indicate that this, like the corn crop, will be a short one, aud will probably not reaach a half crop. The crop ol early potatoes was generally weil made befure it suJired from dry weaah and iu quality. Secretary F. Ige of I h. State Hoard says it was excellent, but not very much above an average : rop. Ic Lawrence conuty tbe cool weather bas batd the tlfect of preventing the ears tilling out, making many ncbbuia. i i) i""
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