The Somerset herald. (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, September 27, 1893, Image 1

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jThe Somerset Herald.
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Tei-nis of Publication.
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V a fciVArUlrly be cnarired,
j Vo t-'jscri;i:oB wUl be dicoaUnaed until all
,, noi ;y ui ben sulcriber do not Uke out
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Ths Somerset Uebald,
Somerset, Pa.
f L " fl OE.N E Y-A I-LA W,
f " .VOTARY FUBLW
I Somerset Fa.
with WcxUae Hay. W-
Vo ijaa t-trt, Pitfcargh, Pa.
AlvfaVr-AT-LAW,
DoMAErr, Fa.
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UA " Ii'lViit.S LI-AT-La .
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' . C. HOLSFP.T,
A " AiiuHY AT LAW.
- bouujrset. Pa.
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A- nun
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t ia "r.-' -S Hjuj Eow, opposite Court
K. ..rt.
J. G. Oclc
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bouiauorr. Pa.
J. KOO--KR
A.lutUSKY AT LAW.
somen!, I'A.
i Anu-:.tV-ATLAW.
' ' bowerwt. Pa.,
t- k-e riiE'i sft:i;.(C to businc- eutriMed
1 ,"" r- i- U i-oie the Court
V Ai lUh-.Si-i'-AT-LAW,
' Soiaertet, rA.
i a -a L'inVr u Estt. .l aiu-uu to iu
I HJi U. iilMMEL,
U buaa entrutttd to hit cats
2,".' ..-Ui h-.i1 wauu-s, ilS proaipt-
V7 -i i-. -'-'. oSi.-e uii jiica czutk btrcct.
riiiii- L.rr.n.
) AlIOi-NJCY-ATLAW,
.oitract, I A.
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J. rtUW-AS. L. tOLAOAJ..
V tC'li-'Ui" A C'tUJuRN,
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i i eu:ru'ta to our c-re wiU b
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t fr. :h la SKimfrnt And nljo.i.ir.g citiii-
A.; ' :u. tl.L;-Uil.;a UJ .IU lJ IvtdT
i .E t urn. s W. H. KrrriL.
V'-'i rRuXil A RUPPEL,
.V All'UltNhVa-At-LAW,
I bomerset. Pa.
f IU fcui-T.-i e- m-:ed to their cure will b
y -.vc::r AUi iuictUAl:y AUt-uJ-.-J to. oiue on
I T V. CAPUTilEIiS, M. D.
( ion l"iii.in .tTK-t. next luor to Pnututc
DR. P. F. SHAFFER,
hHVii(.iA.s a.nu BrK;E0S,
&iMft.tis-T. Pa.,
: &.ar!rt And tcuiiir oae ovit iur to
Dl
U. 1L b. KIMMKLL.
Ttu.itrt profvioiial frjrriocs to :be ritixenf
i. J. M. LUUT1IER,
I'HYilCIAX AXli ?l'EUE0S
E Ift ittl pt-Tneuemly )n Somerset for th
an- pruiaKiuu. Orice oa Maio street,
a rtj cl Iru r'.-jre.
DR. J..S.MMILLE',
t:Tt ij. a! AUecuon to the preoerxAlion of
-.'.Lti Ariiliriii kia in-rted. Ail
V .-niM trau'.'ed kAtiriacUST. Uinoe in Use
r-.suvc m :!.T.-irii o Co. ( store, corner
J d pirio: sirevU. '
Oils! Oils!
f" ; r' .'-'-i' i. li., i-iik-t a rjtia"ity of
i'.i-mir.a!ing& Lubricating Oils
japhtha and Gasoline,
iraODUCT Or PETROLEUM.
j I? yju wish the rau 1 ouifonaly
jSatisfactory Oils
1 -IN THE
American Market,
.': m. Trm;e foi ' .-rsct Ad Ticioitj
r:pi.;ico t.y
i-O-'-'Z a . EEK1TS ASD
4'or mjitAitotT, Fa.
!7iS7t7 PRUNING
A SPECIALTY.
HARRY M. BENSHOFF,
KMFACTURIXG STATIONER
AND
BLINK liOOK MAKER.
K ANN AM BLOCK.
JOHNSTOWN. PA.
S&YSaiasEHSIHES
tv tiMofi f ( arr j-.'- tkrre limn
nr T ' y f, ;' ln ninrk.t. ( riritnn
I r-4. cosine :i ii,a. f-ri irrnne to btiti-4
'to.is.ih. A!o Sprint Twb llsr-
Kaiin. C .l.i.'... I ... I'luct.
Jgiifl UaCKSCLD, Hanfrs., YORK, PA.
VOL. XLII. NO.
-THE-FIRST
NATIONAL BANK
OF-
Somerset, Penn'a.
CAPITAL
SURPLUS
$50,000.
$12,000.
DEPOSITS HCCEIVCOIN LARGE A N O SMALL
ACCOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS FARMERS,
STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED
-DISCOUNTS DAILY.
T.OARD OF DIRECTORS :
LiRr M. Hicks. "W. H. J-illib,
James L. Ptuh, Chas. H. Fshis,
Johs E. Socrr, Geo. R. Sccll,
FUID W. ElKSICKAE.
Edwaud Sctil, : :
VALK.vriNa Hat, : :
: : Peksidsxt
Vui Pkeidext
: : : Cashixs.
IIakvev M. Rkhklev,
Tiie funds nJ securities of this hank
are securely protwtel in celebrated Cor-
1ib8 i-urj;!ir-'roof i-ale. I lie only bale
made absolutely Burglar-proof.
SomeisEt County Katlcnal Bank
Of Somerset, Pa,
LtUbi'-iM, 1S77.
Orgn!;i II i Nitionj!; 1830,
CAPITAL. $50,000.
Chas. J. Harrison, Tres't.
Wm. II . Koontz, Vice Pres't.
Milton J. Pritts, Collier.
Directors:
gam"l Pnydet.
Jn..h SplH hi.
Joa'i li- ti:.yltT
ji. Jih B.
Wm Fn.isJcy.
Joua 'oob,
Jt.na MuOt,
HKrnn ayder.
Jerome lunv.
Rim. B. Hitnin.
CafMiaem ot Uiis Bank i.t;vc tpe roft
liiri tn'is:uteuiiM:trut -iiu!feiaTakia.
fames wiiiiniJ to i-u.4 moii'-y rt or weal caa
be AruTji.iat.d ty drait tor miy air:i;t-
Mor.er e:il aiuatl -nirea ty onwer Iie
tM!d t CclebnW SaiVs. wi:ti niOt apiiroved time
kxL.
Coliecti.nn made in All rrt o! the Silked
ttsu-s. CiiK!?i moderate.
Acoot-u.u aad iKriwi.ts solktc-d. laArVCm
nsiiiiY iu in nisi ft
121 A 123 Fourth Ave.,
PITTSBUBGH, PA.
Undivided Profit $250,000.
Acts as Executor, Guardian, Assignee
and Kccvivcr.
Wil',3 recfii-ted for and held free of
iharv'S.
Easiness of residents an.l non-rtidt-nU
cart fully attended to.
JOHN B. JACKSOX, - President.
JAMF-S J. I0SXELr Vice President.
FRANKLIN BROWN, Secretary.
JAS. C. CHAPLIN, Treasurer.
NEW
Dress Woolens.
FOR
AUTUMN AND WINTER.
We're showing immerse lines and
cli-iice, dt s-irable ttatK iil brn:lit and
well-selected fr ):n t!i beit of the fed
son's production?, ct both foreign aud
dr,iiitic looms.
Prices to suit you all, from 2e to $2.50
a yard.
A very desirable and extensive range
cfnew
Fall Dress Woolens.
Cheviots, llopsacts, Illuirjitiiited
(T To-tonel Fabrics, Mixtures,
Plaids, Checks etc., in all the
new color combinations nud
2S inch 50 cent stufl's,
At 45 Cents
a j a.-d.
5 cents a yard is not a big saving, bat 5
tents on every yard 1! the year is qirte
an item, and worth looking after tiiee
times.
When vou come to the Western Penr.'n
Espoeition, the raid tranrit facilities
cable and electric care, will bring yen to
the Allegheny pide iu 3 minutes, and i's
orth year WLileto come to this tide if
yon have anv trading to do.
If you're not coming to the ExX)Sitson
write us for
SAMPLES. PRICES.
and a copy cf our
illustrated catalogue
AND
ftSfHION JOURNAL,
or write us any way, w hethcr you'll be in
the city or not.
Pott yourself npDn the styles and p
Boggs & Buhl,
115, 117, 119 and 121 fWcral St'e
15
Ifr. J. A. ll hrrtrr
"While Serving My Country
1 ;iS Uikeu ill villi si iiial t!;.p.-n AaJ rln u
timU.m. V. h. n I returnrd ho;i:o liiy troulild
was ul!;i me, a:iJ I wascnrcicd torny Ud,
e:ia!.-: to liel mysel f r fi i!io.it:a. A Tier
t.i.!:i7 scvi-a iiutties of 1! x'. s S.ir.ap-.n.l-, I
r as v..-:i an-.l hao ut ilneo N-eu tio;!!.;; T.i:rt
my dM -otrpraiii: My wife wan in ill health,
Buffcnnj v. UU l.e i'la. lizi::cTt aud dy
llisu. bhe toi.k two iHiiitos t
Hood's SarsspariMa
ani fe:-'. u new noaina.9 J.vtrs A.
Uiie: i.i :;, i. o l ivi-i -n S. l'.u'.iiirori', 5!iL
Hood 's Pit's ere " tt' t ult.-rlnaer VtUi,
uii.- a, ct;iL- i.t-iuu'.-a. Tiy a box.
SAILED TIIESEAS 38 YEARS.
One cf His Experiences.
TV.r i ir v-'i'dt yarj :,t-, l oud foilOTod
K;- i: tn f that t i nr- a- m&Mt-r tf a vti
- :. t.--!j t'-tirinjr I run l fu ;r nr hp :i j-i-
ii t y t:it JHTlvta ry i.f It c t:.v
i vj: y t r -in ( l int, lid - ;tl 1.. :i; " , la
vIii.'ii fMi-!M"!i lieltt'UJ it) Jle
i-.'I t . - t) t i;-rn :m v :if foiititf
- i"i ; i. r:.: vt .irs l.;.i Uru tPMiMt-d vl'h
. uur-:t .s iiJ j-niQ ii tL n-i:i'ii
, ii v i, :it. My fit atn-t n tTi 1 io?i v.;ia
s ; ! s .-: it :is :lr.it"--t imiio-isit.lt ;it liny
i .-.i-' t ?i ::in r- '-t ami ! p. Having & n
I"r. M:;-o r.-nn-;iis hlwr;i-HJ I pan ut'ig
Afit-r taUtti a small (iaiti t( ttiu
it- i-'l va-jriat li.nl 1 HsVo-i-
p, .-i :i :. .liiiIi wtMj'd Ittiaiiy ( i:?.iur:
t-ih
-, i. --: wit on Im-im a-ur u :'V tin tlrur
!r ; ii v. a fn-rfrrtly Jjarmii--. 1 rwiiio
i I i: i4 -ii r t. it Ii tl) lliurt urt. T (i :y
M'l-. ifi.TiiMisly s.-'y ii;-t Ir. 1;'.V
-ir ivc Ntrvi!i ami St w Ii ai f ( un anl
I; i. :- w.;' 1 hart tttiy t tiifiir ! had ever liki-n.
t :1 !' -oa tii-:i"-d l-y t-mini'itt I !.yr-i.-i:i:i
in -j: k i'-nd Mn t raru-i-4'o It hnut N-ti-
;i I vh my jirvvut eixni !.i:ii;h t'ill.e
jvi! It iiOf-f iitrt v a I tii' I -it r'Ti.-l;t
:i : ! ' ir i y iivmiiciid t?ti-ni to all a tit d
ar I ,.. -." apt. A. I. Loud. I!:.nj"'' ti M'-
t:r. i ,hn' iNToral i v 1 tit a i id Nriv I'-ijv
uu- -.i.d yiilidruiristsnn a pt.iive:rmran
t.--. tf -v Ip. Miles Medii-al KlUhart,
i'l-i.. o-i vijit ol -irif, 1 1 n r buit-'. of
(v.: ;-, f.rr ;. 'ir I'lvpald. Tt;y aie
: "a- all -plaiv-i end daif-.i-oua ai uirs.
FANCY
WORK.
Some til cat liaryalns In
IRISH POINT LUNCH
AND TRAY CLOTHS
Bought le!ow cost cf transportation
we are selling at great bargains white
aud colored lied ford Cord T-ble Cov
ers, .tamped ready for working. Sing
ed Canton Fb.ttin.el Table ami Cush
ion Covers, Singed Pl'ih Cushion
Covers, Uargarran Ait Cloth Table
and Cushion Covers, all etamped
with New tit Designs ; Ilcni-siitcLed
liot Biscuit and lioll Napkins. A
tie and large line of hem-stitched
Tray and Carving Cloths from COcta
up.'
Stamped Hem-stitched Scarfs from 35cts
up. Tdbie Covers froat 50 eta. up. A
fail line of Figured
INDIA SILKS,
All New Tatterns and Colorings. Also,
Figured Plush,
24 an.I 33 inrhej wide, in bean::f;il Colors
ami Designs. Art satin Si('ianps for the
C'eutril Covers and Cushion Covers.
Waban jSTettiiig,
V inches wide, 50 (ents jr vard. it Tinlt,
Eiiw-. Hve and Yeilo. THE NEW
THING fur ltraping Mamies and
Ijri, and for l'raj.ir, O.'tt
JraH-r;ts. Arewliijeof
Head rets, from 2V up.
VUit our Table Linen, Towel, Napkins,
Muslin, Sheeting and Linen Department, by
ail mcaiis.
HOME & TOD.
41 FilTH A VEX U. rilt.-burgh, Ta.
FAT PEOPLE.
To i-t-i-H-e y-ur mt-ivht suRCLY Vi!Urds
(....iiu mi'l lje !." a mn.h. Nu
jurr lo tin b.-ttitli. So lutt-rfcreiii c bn-i-ue-i
w yU4ur-3. mo STARVING. T.I- v !U'i4
tip Mid kmrov tlic ff -iit;rAl ijfuli... brautlfy ue
.impl'il..ii i--d It-kve mo WRIWKICS. I9
An .nx in. M A-tUirn ., Cui""t"'-t vnt;:
tit'vr irt'ti tif jpiMr ttit rul mia-vi i.iw
a V.nti I t rer J. It itur t' vll
ft -,ih I fe h'lj tr. Our pritmtr- include I'hy
M'Lin 1-nnfet rs, i jiwyers ani Uderso! Kicitrty.
tur fc-x? r u"l r.'.J ia dru-f uft ; all onkn
tre (".iTlit-d dirv! Irom our ;'.ht. lriw per
I-acfcye i-LOuor Unt jjikaijes fur 5.0i ty mad
prt iRitd- I-arrMTifti-s Malt-d 4 cts. Ali com-s-poiidvuce
couidc-n;ial.
WILLAF.D REMEDY CO.. BOSTON. MASS
CeVEATS.
TRAQ2 MARKS,
DESICN PATENTS,
COPYfttCKTS. etoJ
Irrtrfnrmalrc irrd froe H-3ook wnt.ta
Kl'NS A to. j.1 ItaoAIKAT. M VobC
OMrst t'Crt ta f.r securi, g paiect. In Anmw.
Xtctt ffmi tfaken out tr o to bnjchi ?.f.ira
the poitao 1J ABouoa tfJ'tfU tree ol cha.se the
f ricntific American
LArrnet errmlal km of any rteatlfle parwr h the
eono. bpteooidlr tlicnrateo. u iitteliirftut
Baa aould lie with. ml It. Wect'r, j.oo A
Jcart i-'JrtI rnomiia, A.VdreM AlCNx A CtA,
&l
'A.ri ;-': ' !'? :''i-
- , J- - r i : .
4 Scicntifto Amsric&a
fis Agencyr
" V-VS TRAOa MARKS,
V DV DESICM PATENTS,
omer
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1893.
Why Robin Loves You.
BY aha. X. A. KIM.tlt.
"Why I l.,ve E..Ua
M Ti e--y to ae.
But why, tell me truly.
Ioe Robin lore me?"
Ah ! little maiden,
With eys biitl.t ond blue.
Every we knowa, dear.
Why Eoliin loves you.
Robin loves liower-.
And you are hU K.r-e,
Sweetot and faired
ttfauy thai gtxM.
Eobin loves mii-:r,
Aud you are bia wing,
Singing 1; ever.
His heart gruwelh strong,
R.bialovt brii;!ituwt,
And you are ht thh .
S'i:i'.iLr,ht aud moot.iiglit,
And stars all in out
Roi.in lovca rioiui.
Aud you are his wraith :
Hy and merry
And ni-y with health.
Robin titele cikitih-I.
And you are hi gnid..,
Coiupa.a and plummet,
A:iJ anchor, tJS!il.'.
You are so tender,
Aud you are o true.
There is no wonder
That Bo)in loves yo'L
A DOWRY OF HERRING.
It was the 20th of January, 1705. The
French army had entered Amsterdam
and the soldiers wailed in groups in the
square where they had stacked their
guns to have their lodging aligned thorn.
Notttitbstanding the inclemency of
the weather the inhabitants had left their
houses to welcome thi3 liberating army.
Tiie g-eatest enthusiasm reigned in the
city,andi;n the evening every house was
illuminated.
Near the Admiralty, however, stood
oachoiiTse w hose dark and silent aspect
contrasted strangely with the brilliant
exterior of its neighbors. A narrow
Courtyard inclosed in a high wall, with a
porte cochere intervened between the
street aud the house, and ail the doors
and the blindt were now closely secured.
This was the house of Master Woerden.
Master Woerden was a Iutch meich-
ant, I.otirely taken up with his com
mercial aflairs, he was totally indi liferent
to the political events which so interest
ed his countrymen, besides which he too
thor-juhly understood domestic econo
my to wate can-ilcs after the prodigal
fashion of his neighbora.
At this niorueEt Master Woerden was
seated in a comf.irtable armchair in front
of a blazing lire. His fur bordered robe
was folded across his chest, and his wolf
skin cap as pressed dona upon his
brow whoso few scattered gray hairs
offered no protection from the sharp cur
rents of frosty air that found entrance at
every opening of the door.
On a table near hira stood a polished
brass laain, a large pitcher and a clay
pipe. In the chimney corner an old ser
vant, whose extreme emponpoint betray
ed her Flemish origin, occupied herself
with occasionally stirring and feeding
the f pen fire.
Presently the doorbell rang and the
servant rose quickly tj answer it. A
few moments later a young man entered,
who threw his cloak on the sofa and ap
proached the old man.
'Is it you, William?" exclaimed Mas
ter Woerden. "I had not expected you
so early! "
"I left Broek this moning," he repli
ed, with a respectful salutation, ''bat the
roads are so cumbered with soldiers and
fugitives that it has taken me ail day to
get here."
"Did you see Van K'.berg?''
The young man sat down by the fire
before answering this question.
"Yes, eirl" he said slowly. "Master
Van Elberg consents to the marriage, but
he refuses to give his daughter more than
4'XX) ducats as her d jwry."
"Ah 1" cried Master Woerden frowning
heavily, "then he may keep his daught
er and her dowry."
"But father, let me"
"Hold your tongue, William. At your
age one would sacrifice everything to
love, but let me tell you love fades away,
while money remains."
"But Master Van Elberg is one of the
richest men in Holland, and what he
will not give his daughter in hia lifetime
wiil surely come to her at his death.
"What then ? Am not I as rich as he ?
Listen to me, my son. Yoa will one day
succeed me in my business. Kemember
then these two axioms never give more
than you receive, and do nothing fur the
sole bent tit cf others. Theso are good
rules for marriage as well as for com
merce." "But"
"Let the matter rest my son. We will
not speak further of it now."
Wi.liam knew the self-willed obstina
cy of his father too well to reply, and sat
still in great sorrow and perplexity, w bile
the old man calmly smoked his pipe.
Again the doorbell rang, and the dogs
in the courtyard began to bark furious-
"Ah 1" said Master Woerden, "it must
be some stranger. Look out of the win
dow, William, and &ae who it is."
Th" young man aid so, saying in tones
of surprise :
"It is a mounted militiaman, father !''
Presently the o'.d servant brought in a
letter, which Master Woerden received
with an air of great disquietude; but on
tearing open the envelope with impatient
fingers his facts assumed its wonted ex
pression of serenity as he read the in
closure. "That is well! he said, as he handed
the letter to his son.
It was a requisition from the govern
ment for 400,000 herrings to be delivered
within a month for the use of the French
army.
"William 1" exclaimed the old man,
after a moment's reflection. "I have an
idea. Yoa shall marry Van Fiber's
daughter, and she shall have a good
dowry, too."
"Can it be possible ?'
Leave it to me. As the canals are all
closed by the ice, be ready with two
saddled horses at daylight to-morrow.
Ah, my son if yoa o&ly inherit your
father's genius !"
The next morning the rising sun saw
the two travelers on their way to Broek.
They arrived about midday, but were
obliged to leave their horses at an inn
outside the village, as neither horses nor
EST A Ttr.TRHED 1827.
carriages were permitted to enter its
streets. Broek enjoys in Holland an ex
traordinary reputatiou for neatness. The
streets are paved with polished stones in
different colors, which are arranged in
Mosaic design. In front of each houte is
a space, reserved for the use of its inhab
itants, which is inclosed by an iron rail,
with bright ornaments of bra-s and fur
nishtd with settees of carved wood. So
great is the mania for cleanliness that a
withered leaf cannot fail in 'one of those
elegant parquets without the family's
rushing out in the utmost haste to re
move it.
When Master Woerden and his son
arrived with suow laden shoes, many
covert glances of indignation followed
their progress towards Master Van El
berg's house; but as they wete at once
well known and highly respected, no
ojen remonstrance was made. O n reach
ing their destination, however, the ser
vant met them at the door with suppers
in hand that they might leave thtir
heavy shoes outside.
When the travelers entered the par!.r,
not only Master Van Elberg but his
charming daughter also received them
witli much cordiality.
Clotilda wore the custom of her coun
try. The short, full skitt, richly decorat
ed with embroidery, the velvet bodice
and the dainty cap with its border of lace,
the gold band across her dark hair, and
the heavy gold earrings thickly set with
jewels, made a picturesque garb that
daintily set off her fair, placid features.
"tiood morning, Master Woerden!.
cried Van Elberg, as he held out his hend
cheerily to his visitor. ' "You are wel
come. Hate the French scarel you
away from Amsterdam ?''
"They have not troubled me in the
least," replied Woerden. "You know
I care as little for the French as for the
Prince of Orange. Politics never interest
me. I come to propose a good .specula
tion." "That is well ! What is it ?" returned
Van Elberg.
"I have engaged to deliver lOO.OdO her
rings in a montn. Can you furnish them
to me in three weeks?''
"At what price? '
"Ten Ilorins a thousands."
"Ten florins? Yea! I will undertake
to supply them."
"Good !" returned Woerden, rubbing
his haads together contentedly, as the
dining-room door was now open, display
ing the plentiful breakfast which await
ed them.
After partaking liberally of the good
things before bitu, for the long ride bad
eharpened his appetite, Master Woerden
glanced significantly at the young girl,
who shyly turned her ryes away from
him as he U'gnn to dis-rasi the question
of the young folks'. n:atmge. Finding
his host firmly insisting on giving his
daughter only the dowry he had before
fixed, Master Woerden made but a fcigu
ed remoustrauoe to these terms, aad in
the eud conceded the disputed point. It
was then decided that the marriage
should take place in eight days.
As they returned to Amsterdam the
next day, William ventured to ask his
father why he had thm agreed to Master
Van Elberg's terms.
"My, son," replied Master Woerd,n
gravely, "do not disturb me about trifiea.
This coutract for herrings is a serious
matter and requires all my thoughts."
Once more in his ow n house, Maiter
Woerden shut himself up for hours in
bis own room, and when he at length
came forth he gave his small servant a
large package of letters to mail.
Three days later the old man, with hij
wrinkled face alight with triumph, whis
pered to his son :
""Ah, Wiiiiatc, I have your dowry all
ready for you."
On the appointed day for the wedding
Master Woerden and his son returned to
Broek. This time they were received
with great ceremony. The wide folding
doors that are only opened for cb listen
ings, weddings and funerals were drawn
apart and a large party of friends and
relatives were assembled. The masttr
of the house, however, came to meet
them at pale and troubled in counte
caucethat William feared lie hal some
bad news to make known. Master Woer
den did not share his son's alarm, for Le
knew only too surely the can.sjofbis
hoet'.- distress.
"What troubles you, dear friend?" he
said, with a hypocritical smile. "Yoa
look anxious and worried."
"Ah? I am cruelly erabf.rras?ed ! I
must speak with you at on:e."
"Can it ba this marri-.tge that displeas
es you? Do yoa wh-h to retract your
consent?"
' Oh, no !"
"Weil, then, let us go on with the cere
mony; when tuat is over and your
friends are amusing themselves we can
speak of other matters."
Master Van Flberg hesitated. He
would gladly have put all eUe aside till
his distressof mind was explained; bat
seeing also how much wiser it would be
to take the advice thus given him, he
gave the signal for the marriage to go on.
A few moments later the wedded pair
were kneeling at the altar to receive the
church's blessing on their union, and
immediately on the return of the party
to the house, Master Van Elberg hurried
hia gtv&t into his private room.
"My friend," he said anxiously, as
soon as he had closed the door, "I have
engaged to deliver -ICOO herrings to
y ju in fifteen days, and I have not yet
succeeded in getting a single one. They
are all sold."
"Of course they are !" cried Master
Woerden, with a bur it of Uuhtrr ; "I
have myself bought them !'
"Ah !" cried Van Elberg, after staring
a moment at his companion in utter
amazement. "What then do yoa ex
pect" "That you will fulfill your engagement.
Listen to me my friend. You will one
day leave your daughter a large fortune,
and I shall do as much for my son. That
is all very well for the future, but for to
day they are not on equal terms. I shall
give my son a share in my business, but
yon give your daughter only 4000 ducats.
I have not wished to disappoint our chil
dren's hopes, but I have planned to com
pel you to be more just ia your arrange
ments." While Master Woerden thus spoks his
companion was becoming more and more
bewildered.
"This is what I have done," continued
the merchant of Amsterdam ; "you have
engaged to sell me thesa herring? at ten
fli rius a thousand, but I already have
them. Y'ou can only retrieve your honor
by buying them from me, I will sell
them to you for fifty fl orins a thousands.
Thus, you will pay me lti.tKW florins, and
we are quits."
"It is well," replied Van Elberg, who
bad now regained control of hi3 scattered
wits. "You area skilful merchant and
have caught me finely. "
He bowed ceremoniously to his com
panion, turned to his desk and drew up a
check for the required sum, whiih he
htndcd to Master Woerden with another
bow.
The two fathers then returned to the
parlor to take part in the wedding festiv
ities. Eight days later the merchant of Broek
came ttisit bis daughter, who now liv
ed with her husband at Amsterdam. He
found Master Woerden in j-reat tribula
tion. "Ah, friend Van Elberg!" be cried in
despair, "what shall I do? The timber
men are bringing in my herrings, and I
cannot find a single cak to pack them in.
Tiiey will all le spoiled."
"Ah, ' relurne 1 Van Elberg, coldly.
"You bought np a'.l the hr-rring aud I
have bought ali the casks. I could sell
them to you at an exhorbitant price, but
as I wish to keep my word about giving
my daughter her dowry of luOO ducats, I
w ill only charge you the amount you
skilfully made out of me in the other mat
ter. You are vtry cunnirg, vou merch
ants of Amsterdam, but w e of Brock have
positive genius, you see."
"But you got the i lea from me!".re-
spended Master Wavr l.n proad!y.
?V t..W..i', 7 (r
t!:(
.rh j;r 11
A Cure Tor Stammering.
i ::: army of millions, w hi; !: 1 ,r a qui. -ler
A gentleman who starmiir-rod from j of a millennium and more ninco Win
childhood aluiost np to manhood gives ! throp planted bis lir-d po;t in M i-;-ucIi u
a very simple remedy f.jr the luisf.-rtuue : I rt!s aad Joha Smith in Viigitiia, hive
tio into a room where you will be quiet ) been marching upon the wildorne-'s, t.ll
ana alone, get ?on:e 1 o k t.int Wu
in-
tercst but r.ot excite y.a and sit down!
end rea 1 two hours aloud to yinrse.f, j
keeping your teeth together. Do this J
every two or three days, or once a Week
if very tires-om?, always tailing care to j
read idowly and distinctly, moving tha !
lips, but no: ths toe'.h. Taen, wh-a j
conversing with other?, try to speak
slowly and distinctly as possible
make up your tiiind that you will not
stammer.
Well, I tried this reme ly, not having
much ftith in it, I must confess, lit
willing to do aluiost anything to curt?
myself of such an anno.ing di.ii.-ulty.
I read for two hours alou 1 with my teth
together. The fir-it result was to make
my tongue and jiws ache '.hat i t, make
me feet as if something had loos-.-ncd my
talkinz apparatw, for I coii'.d speak with
less difTiuTly liiitiie-Ti.itely." "Ths change
was so gT-cat that every one who knew
m' reuiatked it. I rrp-af- 1 this remedy
every live cr six days ler a month, and
then at longer infeivals until tuteJ.
C.-l II. .WU.
Figs and Yhistles.
Mark this : When you worry you have
ceased to trust.
(Jo-t's children all have a light when
He sends the night.
Sin is the surest detective any man ever
had on bis track.
The corner-st one of a lawyer's houce is
a fool's head.
It is not often that the devil makes a
mistake in bis bait.
All egs will count as such, but only
the good ones will a-t.
Nothing cart make us richer that does
not make as thankful.
The lightcross for you is the one you
don't want to take up.
Every trouble that comes to a Chris
tian makes bis Bible bigger.
If your scales an I measures are wrong
your heart is not light.
The man w ho expects to bid his sins
good bye one at a time will never get
them all behind him.
The man who says the world ow es him
a living, always has au np-hiil tia.ein
collecting the debt.
Death of the Apostles.
It is generally believed that only one
of Christ's apostle?, John, escaped
martyrdom. Matthew is supposed to
h ivv' been slain with a sword ia Ethiopia.
Jamtp, sin of .-be-lee, was beheaded at
Jerusalem. James, the brother of our
Lori, was thrown fro n a pinnacle of the
temp'e, and then beaten to death with a
filler's club. Philip was hange.l np
against a p:!iar of iller-opo'.is, a city of
Fiiryira. Bartholomew was iltyed alive
at Albanapolis, i:i Armenia. An. he
sulfered martyrdom on a cross at Patrae,
in Achaia. Thomas was run through
the body with a lance at Coromandel,
in the east Indies. Tha ldeus was shot
t death with arrows. Si noa Zelnfcs
was crucified ia IVrsi t. Peter w.n cru
cified, hea l downward, it issai !, during
the N-rroian pers-xir.ioa. M ith'us was
first 6tnned and then beheald, and
Paul was beheaded at U :no by tiie
tyrant Nero. Jilaa Iic-ariot, after the
betrayal of our Lord, banged himself.
An Umbrella is Good for a
Shower.
A man was ouce advi cd lo take show
er baths for the trenera! improvement of
bis health. A friend explained to hira
how to fit up one by the use of a cistern
and colander, and he accordingly set !o
work and Lad tbe thing arranged.
SdJst-quently he was met by tbe friend
who had given him the advice and was
asked how be er joyed tho hath.
"My dear fellow," said he, "it was
capital. I liked it ready wcli.and w hat
do you think? I kept myself dry, too,"
"Whatever do you mean ?" exclaimed
his friend, in natural surprise. "How
ever could you manage to take the show
er and yet remain quite dry ?"
"Why, you caa't think for a moment
I should be so stupid aa to have a
shower bath without an umbrella? was
the innocent reply. Lon-hu Td E'.l:
Mrs. McCorkle Your Laiband is a
very stilish man, I enderstan J.
Mrs. M.Crackle What makes yon
understand that ?
I hear that be seldom gets home until
tro in the morning.
How does that make him stylish ?
It shows he's the Litest out.
Herald
Where and What the '
kee Str p" Is.
'Chero-
The word " frontier," in the senw in
which it has been used for the last 2v)
years on this continent, may be erased
from the American vocabulary. With
the opening of the Cherokee Outlet the
thing its; If no longer exists. With "It
goes that stalwart type degenerate of
late years, to be sure, into Cow boy and
Hustler the frontiersman, who from the
days of Natty Bumpo to those of Kit
Carson has been in fact and fiction, the
most delightfully picturesque product of
New World civilization.
That phrase perishes, too. With ".the
addition of the arable part of these
6100,000 Cherokee acres to the 1'0 j iJJ,-O-.V)
already under cultivation the north
ern half of this Wtstern World is new
r.ol .nger. The name is c-:tgr.wa f.r
American us-..
Tilt VKr " I..NOKU " Vill i'.''
The "wnining of the Wejt," as one his
torian has .-ailed i!; the va.-t phenome
non cf the movement of the pc-'p'e t ."
the glo't-e, in whieh, as another Litviian
has sal.!, the civil war was a mere inter
lude, is over. Uncle Saul's lon lan 1 de
bauch, his riotous spending of his aere.-D,
has closed. The period in w hi.-ii he
must do battle on equal terir.s with the
elder nations in the struggle for suprema
cy of race and survival his opened.
Therefore they are historic figures that
are now pasvng over the K m.-os and
Nt-br.iska bor ler anil driving yo ttig Mr.
I-amar an ! his six Lin I O.li je clerks in
to incipient paresis as they clamor about
ths booths for the certificates which w ill
enable them to becima fr-.-e holders cf
the l ist American soil to be given away
j to settlers. They are lb." last guard cf
! not the wilderness has i!s serrate laud
owners as much as Nc'.v York C:tv.
"lit: fKoMiKI) I.AM).
The Cherokej a'.rip is valued at
000. Time was when the e:r!y html
escalator?, Colonel Duer here au 1 R-ob-rt
Morris iu I'hila le!phia, languished
ia jail becaue their creditors would not
j j take such pitches of Western lands in
, ! payment fir jetty personal debts. The
"strip is 47 miles wide and 1S" ini'es
; lo:;g, aa l though it contains Cvorilfitl
! acres, au i t Jro thirds of this is as lit for
j farming as New York State, the other
I thir 1 wul require irrigation, which is a
! problem of the future. Tiie be-t of the
! land, however, will realize to the suecess-
ful boomers all that the Israelites prr.in
j ised themselves in their Canaan cf milk
I and honey afler their Fpies came back to
them. The climate will a'.low of farin
1 iug for ten months in a year. Tiie boomer
j f aa, if he has cattle, let his laud lie i.t
j pasture, for it is covered with blue stem,
game, buffalo and other succulent grasses.
If he has none he caa begin with wheat,
corn and oats, anil go on as he gathers
capital and experience and realizes the
value of rotation into Etigarbeet and sor
chum, and even tobacco and cotton rais
ing. There is macic in that soil. Then
be can piss f.om firming into viticulture
for Ctlif.jrniaas have said that the otitlit
is as well adapt tit f. ult raiaing, and
thcret'ire f.-r wine making, as the south
errs ptrlion cf their own fivored Mate.
T:e b -ucr will h ivj this trctuen-l vis
a Ivasifjge over previous settlors of the
pu':ie domain in that the railr u Is 1. ivc
preceded hira with their ficiiiiirs ft
bringing products to irarkcL Three
lines cross the strip the Santa Fe main
line on the cast, a branch of it on the
southwest and the I
the.niddle section.
I ck Island through
la so s nal! a terri-
tory but few lateral feeders will le nec
essiry to bring every corner of it w ithin
reach of tiie produce dealers cf Kansas
C.ty an. I St. Louis.
HOW TO GET THE I AND.
In order to get the land the boomer or
boouieress must tile aa affidavit at the
Land O.li.-e to the effect that he or she is
a citizen of the I'nited States or has de
clared intention to become such, and
th.-.t he or she does not own lo ) acres of
land in any othw Mate or Territory.
This process may be gone through with
either before or after settling. It is safe
to say that nearly every boomer has gone
through with it before, f r which pur
pose L. 2. C. Lamar and L. D. Pae and
six Interior Department clelks st up
booths iat Saturday j ist caUide cf Hen
nery, Oklahoma Territory. Tills di-ne,
the boomers are ready for the grand
rush. Each can select his 10 aires cf
land, lis must, then live fireyears upon
it and tt.en pay the s iveratneut jd Ot',
" 1.2"), fl.o) or ;J tci an ace, with 4 per
rent, inl -res, according to its ! cation, as
indicated on the accompany :i:g nap.
Hundreds of the boomers are of course
speculators, who will sell their claims af
ter they have perfected then.
The last of the public domain is boun
ded on the north by Kansas, on the east
by the remainder if the Indian Ttrri!i
ry, out tif which it is carved ; on the south
by the iufaut Territory of Oklahoma,
and on the wett by the portion of tha
Ir.diaa Territory known as No Man's
Lin 1. Its political structure at the pres
ent consists simply of seven counties,
named temporarily K, L, M, N, O, P and
Etch has ll.O acres of laad reserved
for the site if i county seat. The rival
railroads will take a hand in the eariy
creailcn of a Territorial capital out of
one of these sections.
I NU.E SAM PVIO for. TilC LANK.
The land comes to Cncle Sa:n honest,
iy. It was given to th3 Cherokecs in
IS-1J as a bunting ground, and therefore
called their "O-itiet." Tht y then claimed
it iu fee, but the courts decided that they
Coa'd only use it for its original purpose.
Nevertheless, Cncle Sam g-tve them
OW,'"!' for their right to hunt over the
srouu l, fcresteicg that the privilege
might be an ak ward one to give up.
He was a small man, the conductor of
an electric car, aad she was a large,
powerful looking woman.
"I want you to put me off at Concord
street"' shj said.
He viewed her mfjisti; figure for a
momeiit, and replied :
"Midara, I w ill s cp the car and !tt
yoa get off."
Children don't feel as bad as they
should when their moher gets sick, be
cause they get so many goo 1 things that
the can't eat.
WHOLE NO. 2200
A Certa'n Cure for Insomnla.
" I once was a sufferer from insomnia,"
said a dentist who l.ves in oue of the
small villages of the state, as he sat talk
ing with other men io the sitting room
of an np town hotel, "but I got rid of the
trouble."
" What did you tak? for it ?"
" Bucking pony."
" Tell us about that, please."
" Well, you see there was notbintr the
matter wi'h me only I couldn't sleep.
The dsKtor looked me over and said I
wasn't suffering from any disease that he
could detect, but all the same I could get
only a few rat-naps every night, and I
feit that I would go cray if such a con
dition of affairs continued mu h longer.
A w isa friend of mine advised me to try
horsehii.k exerciso. Just at that time a
man lal brought to the village a string
of jxmies from the west. As the ponies
werr wild they were offered cheap. I
bought or.e. He was such a sleepy look
ing animal that wd called him Kip Van
Winkle. After we knew him better we
dropped part cf th name and called him
plain Kip. The first ride I toot on him
furnished excitement fjr the whole vil
lage. Two men helped me to sa Idle and
mount him iu the stable. When the
door was opened he shot out into the
street like a streak of lightning.
" He ran full against the fence opposite
the stable an I broke several pickets.
Then he reared up on his hind legs and
cime near throwing me over backward.
Next he tried to stand on his hea l, but I
yanked Lira back to his feet aud drove
the spurs into him. !! started to run
then, an I ! let hita go as fast as lie could
leg it until we g-t to the Methodist
Chnrch at t!i0 end of thestreet. A teni-peraTu-e
meeting was being held in the
church and the door was open.
I co"M stop the pony we were
chart h and half way up the aisle
lit fire
in the
Worn-
en fcrvamed and feinted.
"Some of the men led Pip back into
tbt strett. I didn't dare to get eff bis
h.t -k. When t!icieu let go of the bri
dle he began to buck, and for a few min
utes I thoitcht my neck would be broken,
lie wonl.i j:o at a gallop when be went
at all. 1 at he would stop now and then
t indulge itrsonie bucking. Presently
he cha.ved his tactics and went from one
street to another, across lots, jumping
t'-tices, titrning up llower beds, damaging
otrdens and keeping me busy d'dit'-ng
the branches of fruit trees. The next
street lei to a turnpike, along which I
spurred him lor miles until he was cov
ered wiv'.i foam aad neatly tired oat.
" He seemed to be docile w hen I got
him back to the stab'e. Next day, bow
ever, he was nearly as bad as when I
first role hi a. an 1 every day f r a fort
night I was oblige; I to race hhn along
the turnpike several miles. My ! my !
llo be did b t :k ! Iwass)!a:ii3 at the
end of tvo weeks that 1 couid scarcely
walk to my oili ce, but I could sleep. A
few minutes after I got into bed at night
! was sleeping souadly, aad I awoke ev
ery nioraiag thoroughly refreshed."
" Do yoa st.li ri le the pony .'''
" No by the time I was cured of sleep
lessness I had broken Eip to ride, and I
sold bitu for d.ju'uiethe sum I bad paid
for him. My advice to anybody who is
suffering front insomnia is io get a but k
ing pony and ride as fast as be caa. If
no necks are broken, both man and pony
will be benefitted by the treatment."
.V. I". T:V
ColonsI Phillips, Spactaclas.
"The way jou Chicago people look at
things reminds me of my old friead,
Col. John Phiiliijs."
The speaker was a large, hairy man,
with a big slouch hat and a voice evi
dently better adapted to the acoustic i
properties t f the praitie than the smok-
ing room. Heappta.el to realize this;
as he g'ar.ied around and saw tveiy man
in the room looking to ar t him, some j
smiling, some scow ling. j
"Tell us about your friend, the colonel,' I
sugg-sted a real estate gent who had
the hairy giant on the string for a big 1
cash trade. i
-Why," continued the big man with
the prairie voice, "Phillips sa w every- i
thing that belonged to him big and
everything belonging to me small '
"That's human nature " the egent
was surest ing, but the pairie nun inter- children the right to 150 t the schools oi'a.l
rupted with t ! joining districts from their own homes the
"No, 'twaa't no human nature. 'Twas i aje as to schools iu the district! in which
s;otctie!es: He got 'em made in this town, j reside, lie interprets the act to noean
I believe von people all wear 'em too." j 5Utb bu"n " " '" bae ,em
' .. ,. ,1 ,,. 1 porary reseh-nce in tiie distri'-t where they
11.11. LTVU dl UlULl 111CO U.J WUI
friend's spectacles poseess?' aked a
C'lrio'ij ns'.ene'-.
'Juntas I've siiL
property loo:a up in
Thay made bis
regular Chicago
World's Fi
people's st i
f iViion, but s piatied other
orsj'a a '.::uii D'g;irr5
bank"
"Ho c ,u!d he do this ?"
"Why, the blamed lenses worked on
an axis and showed things telescope
fashion, you know. S'pose there was a
horse trade up; he'd let you look at your
own horse through the ordinary little
end of his gl t-vses, bit when you came
to loo at bis he'd get at bis st-ecks again
nn tr 111111,1 rrl.itr iilt II:i,lir Vin
over the uiagr.i.'ying way and you'd eve
a magnificat ani:u.!. It was tho same
way with in uses, tracts of laa I, w heat
liel.l.s, changing money anything. O.ice
yoa looked through his glasses at any
thing, yo 1 were his victim, for you feit as
if you coil iu'i live uatil yoa traded jat
as I 'hiil.ps wanted you to. Bt he met
hisrewarl. Hettiela blilf giou oa
big B llialo Jones of Ariz jna, to whom
he hal by that spectacled j tgglery sA 1
I')J jacka?s rabhits f r burros, aud lijok
e 1 at big Jones' six gun through the little
end of his glasses, trying to pat him
down s;aa!!. yoa know. But, ahis, it
di In't work! '
"What happened'."' askeJ tbe agent.
"Big Jone gua went off repeatedly
just as Co'onel Phillips was adjusting his
glasses. It was well perhaps," continued
tbe prairie man, dropping bis voice so
low that the belioait.-g cf tus in the
river and lake coa'd giia be beard, "for
my friend ba 1 acquired such a habit of
trying to Uii up to the magnifying side
of these glasses that his long enjoyed
reputation for veracity was entirely
sp'iled. We buried hi.u at Big Jones'
expense, ard to prerent a recurrence of
such a tragedy I took possession of the
spectacles, aad"
"Whatever became of them?" asked a
hungry looking man woo had gone broke
on a World's fair hotel scheme.
'T no wetr 'ein myself," said the big,
Lai -y prairie njan. Chlciyo Trilone.
Itemeof interest.
No less then l!t).i children remiree.l
tbeirstuJies iu the public schools of Phila
delphia, wheti they re-0 for the fall
t.-rtu.
Ia the couiivt. live dr.lt Ueleeeu tbe re
ctive Oiiii ao.rsof KuigljN of tue My:C
t'jaiu, J )li:i.-town, Wednesday, Company C,
York, won the fir prlz of lo. The state
castle, in annuni srssioa tter?, tided cr?i
ctrs ivr the j a. .
foe t -a.m.Ts.i.'r.ei s of Aiit,heay count
hareaiHeiieu' u secretary nrrlry tor de
cision, reardTn.; theirrrk:aTmt oi the bil
lot aqJ ihe r tr y r:,hts ol tie L.licn4' Ai
i.i;.ce, oi lii cutinty. jo they may ocforui
to tLe .:i:.:o:io mage of the s'.aie.
Jarrs i .iiu. on his far:u near iiewart?-tow-,
Ycrk county, notwithstanding the
ur.fsorab' season, raised iJ bushel of
Ptide of the West potato to the acre. One
of these potatoes weighed two and a half
pouo.ls anj they generally are of unusual' y
large size.
Tbe board of examiners of the Carlisle
bar have refused the application of Miss IJ a
. IvA.it, of Carlisle, to register as a law stu
dent on the grounds that the rules of the
courts of Cumler!and county do not admit
womep t practice law. The application
will be acjiea'f I U court by Senat: l.loyil .
The IVntisylraiiia state building at the
Wor'.J's Fair will be traii.-h-rre-l tn the Chi
cago naval academy At tiie che of the expo
sition. It is believed that the building can
be lifted from its present foundations aad
moved to the lako front for l',iam. Tbe
Illinois naval reserve will ii-e the buildiug
as an armory and will probably purchase
tue farn'.lnrc. -
Fx Judge Kuiard Camrbei!, of I'oion
to-:i, Prohibition candidate fur j l.iga in the
Fayette tireene district, lias declared that
Secretary Hoke Smith's pension ruling are
riht, aud, further, t hat if be ia elected judge
he wiil grant every applicant who compile i
with the la a license. Tne Crand Army
of the Kepublic post, of which be is a nietu
br. is considerably agitated over his pen
si m views.
Enoch Miner, of Uul'.skin township, Fay
ette county, digs every Sunday night on thi
farm of Ellas Cbristner iu quest of three
crocks of gold, which his wife dreamed, the
night before she died, could be found in a
certain p'ac?. Ifrs. Miner dreamed that her
uncle, Emanuel Sieasman. bal buried the
treasure, S.i: or tlO.'mi, ou the fajm
quarter of a century ago. None of it has
yet been found.
A big copperhead snake atta-ked Samuel
Dlouse, a boy living at !t :cky, York coun
ty. The !a i eva ie.l the Cist stroke of the
dead y serjicnt, but the s-on 1 time the
poison-la len fangi wer sunk deep into his
band. Heroically voting douse tried to
' destroy the effects of his awful encounter
by -uekinit oui the poisou, but this uperi-
' h'-'1'1 failed. Toe boy is still living, but his
rtcovery is doubtful.
The secret agents of the pension bureau
ruve been at work in the P.ttsburg district
for several werk gathering data upon which
! to institute criminal proceeding against a
! Ia-;e number of ptrsoos aileg-l to have
! been drawing pensions fraudulently. Seve
! ra! e'erks in the department have been sub
p.e :aed to apiea; in the I'uited States Court
i against a pension attorney who is alleged to
have collected Illegal fie.
On of the War's Episodes.
O nana W.n.ilL-. il l : Another mon
unisnt ha" been ereciei on the battltlii-ld of
Gettysburg. It has been put there in com
memoration of the charge made by the First
Minnesota regiment on the fateful day when
Gettysburg was fought. It happened this
way ; Tbe fight was at its worst. Gen.
; Hancock carer along on an almot t exhausted
j horse. Tne Confe derates were pressing so
' haril that the I'nit n lines threatened every
second to be disio.lgeJ from their position.
Ilciaforcements were coining, but they
i would be live ru unites Pmo late. That live
i minutes nu-ant defeat or victory. It could
j be made a victory by putting a regiment
j where it wouM take the Confederates five
ruinates to shoot it Uowu. Gen. Haucotk
looked at the men w ho stood at one side
waiting lo be brought up.
"What itLinunt is that ? '
i T u F.r.t M.nn'iota.''
J '"Charge those lines."
I Tbry Oil not pause a second. They
I chargi-d. They did not tire a gun. They
I ran as bard as thev could straight for the
I enemies' hues. To buuOrel and sixty.
: two u.en ma le the run. At the eml of live
minutes ail but f irry-seven of them lay
i i!at on the gnrin.t. never lo rise from it
j and the tvhif .rcemeuu hal come, and were
1 billing the Fuioa position. Tbat is victory,
i And Genera! Hancock got the credit for it
I as he deserved to do.
j And now a monument is to st3n.I ou the
. battletild of Gettysburg. And that is all.
! This is ooe ol war's epls ides it is said that
i it ia the m eit brilliant bit that history furn-
' shes, f r at no other t m , iu no other pisce,
di.J si mtny t-.i .'ii rush knowingly to deata
' to save a ii. -Id. Tins is wbat :i is to be a
I .
i.ero.
Not Generally Understood.
Tbe law pasted at the lest session of the
legislature giving children of soldiers of the
lute war the privilege of attending the pub
lic schools in the districts outside of ttieir
j owu titm is not neraily understood anj
frequent inquiries are received at the de
partment of public instruction for an inter
pretation of '. Deputy Superintendent
Stewart says the law does not give to tbe
aiten.I sct.ool. Mr Mewartsays au arrau.e
n.erot ma le by these children or thtir parents
by which they temporary reside ia the dia
triet to wiiicn th.y lelong would entitle
tLem to'chool privileges therein, but with
out su-jh an arracgeme .l ll;ey cannot claim
aJtnissiou tinder the terra: of tiie act.
Prujres Dam:racy Would UndTX
Fti m ;6e N Y. P;et
In 1 vt irujiite.1 wire nails cost tbe
American lonsurner $lo krg Today he
buys a tit er q'la'liy of wir naiie of domes
tic o-aniifa. t i.e U.t !.:' a ki .
In 1-5.; Aiuericar.s paid s (er ton for
K le'is'i w.re rods. Today domestic wire
j ro,is .,f a suprerior quality cist per
' T.. rr. . ... It.m t-n,r rm firmer
tun.
Ten years ago the A :ner can farmer paid
I cents a pound for barb wire for fence
No he g' ts his barb wire fr J; i-ents a
pound.
Vet 1'ie lo.-ru ocraTic party wants to de
stroy the protective system, which baa
cheapened these products t y budding up
home industries in which American worit
h.g'Utu get mire man twice as much wages
as the same class of labor gets abroad.
Oili -e I! oy 1' to editor .1 There's a man
outside who says lie hasn't bad a mouth
ful to tat in six data.
Elitor Bring &i:n in ; if he can just
tell us how be keeps up on it, we can
rua the pap ' another week longer !
Hardhead I have a million insurance
on my life now !
Friend llood gracious! Why do you
carry such a load as that ?
I want my family to have som-lhing
left after they get through fighting the
insurance companies for the tnony.
Sue's only a fissy old m.ii-J after
all.
Mamma What's wrong now ?
Johnnie Well, teacher told n e not tu
speak cut loud, and then kept mi in for
whispering.
Collector (angrily ) -Do yoa intend to
pay that bill next week or never, sir ?
Trotter Well, siuce yoa offer me a
chcice, I say never. Keally very kind of
jou. Good day.
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