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rci:.'-iA ASH el Kufc S,
.'UltUrtT. Pa.
5 ; m tveel. next door to PruiUsft
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kio viuii'.y uan next uoor to
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. i iKum-vic trade
4 Lubricating Oils
fr,-thaand Gasoline,
tvery tm,
JCT Oj petroleum
' tt cci DEiTornUy
;:isfaetory Oils
perican Market,
Si- .-n Aad Tleiniry
p; :iea by
Fj. t&AA: . Ktici-Eit,
OOMAAXT, PA.
SPECIALTY. . .
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VOL. XLII. NO
-THE-
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF
Somerset, Penn'a.
CAPITAL
SURPLUS
SSO.OOO.
$12,000.
DEPOSITS RECEIVED IN LARGE AN O SMALL
AMOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS FARMERS.
STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS :
LaRci M. Hicks. "W. H. Muxxa,
Jambs L. Pcoh. Oh as. H. Fisma.
Johs R. Soorr, Ceo. K. Sltll,
Fud W. B:smii.
Edward Sctix, : :
: : Pkesidkxt
VtCK PliESIDEXT
: : : Cash ike.
Valkjctiks Hat. : :
Haevky M. Berelkv,
The funds and securities of this bank
lias Burglar-proof Safe, The only Safe
nide beolutIy BarjjUr-proof.
i
Somerset Counij Sal'onal Bank
Of Sjmersfi, Pa
- :
LitAblUhwJ, 1877. Orguljoa n t Nat'.anal, 1890.
- -o.
CAPITAL, $50.COO
.O:
Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't.
L Wm. H.. Koontz, Vice Pres't.
Milton J. Pritts. Cashier.
Dt RECTORS
pAm'l Snyder, Wm Fridsley
J"iAb Sfieobt. Joiiaa M. Cock.
Joiin H. snyder jobu St dttU
J-ph B. I'krS HArnm-n Snyder,
Jerome b'.ulH. NuaUs. Milier,
SAm. B. HArriw.a.
tUstomere ot thi BadIe will receive the most
UberAi IrtsAimeut euitbifcteiu withKAfebniikiu.
fArtles wiblni; (o Heud money eAt or wcai ceo
be Art) in iL'ialfl by dr.lt for ADy Amount-
Money Ai;a TAIUAtjles Mjcurea by one 01 i'!G-
boia t (Jelbrtud f.-s uh moet ApprovcJ Ume
locl-
loUections made In :i pA-u of the United
StAU. Cbareo moiorale.
Auoouuu Aud Leto:i soltctod. BirMa
FIIUITY TITLE ill THIS! II
121 A 123 Fourth Ave.,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
I 1 1 1 i 1
Undivided Profit 1250,000.
Acts as Executor, Guardian, Assignee
an J Receiver.
Wills receipted for and held free of
thar.
Business cf residents and non-resiilents
can-fully Attended to.
JOHN B. JACKSOX, ' President.
JAMES J. DON' NELL, Vice President
FRANKLIN BROWN, Secntury.
JAS. C. CIIArLIN. Tourer.
B. &
Perhaps
You've Tried
Shopping by Mail,
But have you ever trieJ ho;'p!n; by diaH iu
THESE STORES?
There's a va-t dii'ercnoe. as you'll asree after
you UJTrtlig le- Am-ug tiit)
Holiday Specials
M'c ofTer via . -"! dm:s I adicf Fine W hite Eai-
brnidcr ei HAa:a-rrt;:. wi;ox 1 e-ie-
mill elAtxTBtc eoibroidery, 'S atd feul
halidkeilhiefr tt '
15 Cent Each.
Lot Ladi" All-Pure l.fnea fine Ea' riidorlel
Hauae aier. t tny nlia lo! i i
' 4j cent ouve lor ceii u.
FOR THE MEX.
Fifty Dozen AIl-SHk Muffler. -
Cream Emrado. B'.ack" Pmea,ie, B'ack ad
V bite f'lAidii, iilai'k an.1 ard:iI ri.ias a
ryaiidVtbue Fi.ida do.Ur Muni en for ;4)
cent-
Everything In Latlie and ileu"a
Silk Mufflers 53 cts.td $5.00 Each.
109 dxixB Men's Henutiuhcd IaiUal
SILK HANDKERCHIEFS.
I im f ue oncn, io ets eacu, a doxen: for bol-
' LEATHER 'GOODS.
SAleof VuM LAdi.V Poi ketB.jki.penuiue Peal,
Ail, .riu iu.l Moroix-o leainra, uu fur
ling blirer il'iuutinir doiiax txn-ks at
HoudsT sale. SOCTS EACH Aud LUere U
be a lively ut tuts aet booka.
Jeicelry Department.
About 20 of the neeat and most artistic de?ina
STERL1NS SILVER'
Tea Spoons at 65 Cents Each.
.SO a hlf dozen. And have you ever heard or
. Sier.ing oilvr tea at i -i V) p ball
There are a thousand aad one niitaM !'em la
Pt.miu fnreTerr MHrnuero; the famliy.
Juat write oar Ut.i Order r?f"e ' ""nd
- .... . ;. . ,i . vmr til mlc
Boggs & Bulil,
115, 117, 119 and 121 FtJCeral StrtO,
. dLLEGHEXYi P.
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29
People's Store,
Dissolution
Sale.
Dissolution
Bargains
Everywhere.
BARGAINS
upstairs in the Carprt i:d Curtain
nuM.m.-
downstairs in i a'inenl in In)est:cs,
lie-kliiis anJ Sliuej.
BARGAINS
tncvtry C tot :id in et try dt i.rt
rretit BARGAINS
on all LsJirs' Wearing Apparel f;oru
tiliuts to olillinery.
BARGAINS
in a'l sorts au,l kir.J? of material
from Muslins tj Silts.
BARGAINS
cn all IIou?elio!J Necessaries from
Towels to Carpe!s.
BARGAINS
in the truest :i J dee peat tense of that
muoa aouil worj.
All lie styles and fashionable g'KHl, but
oitr ai prcich:r:p clianpe in firm mtkfS u
sell everjlhiiij; witliom regarj to com or
value. l).ir:ng this ale no a:nj'les can be
stnt on approve!, but rnjney be refund
ed on all unsatisfactory purchases.
Campbell & Dick,
81, 83, 85, 87 and 89 Fifth Ave.
PITTSBURG.
515. $15.
115.
Fifteen Dollars Las a power to
draw, if correctly invented, which
beats a lottery. For Fifteen Dol
lars you can draw a nice Chamber
Suite no blank tickets. Every
Fifteen Dollars deposited gets one
Suite SURE. It's like getting dol
lar for dollar.
You have seen or heard of our
$1G Suite. What you saw or heard
of in that Suite you can fmd in this
and more, you save a dollar too,
which is an item to most of ns.
One thing sure, if yon buy one of
thee J15 Suites you get a reliable
article from a reliable firm. The
Suite will stand by" you and wc
u stand by " the Suite.
HENDERSON
FURNITURE CO.,
JOHNSTOWN. PA.
Here's the Place to Get Your
Money Back !
Kotit-e i keret.y jjiven to the public that I am
; prepared to cry talw and aui iiors. St-
itfa-Uioa guaranteed.
DR. E. DAYNE,
SOMERSET. PA.
Al'
bap
h stamped in the best watch
cas-; n-.a-.'o. . It is the traiie
mark c( the KcysU-r.e Watch
Case Cvmfituy, oi Philadelphia,
the oldest, largest and best
known factory in the world -j
1 500 employees, ci pacitj-alrj
cases daily. Its products are
sold by all jewelers. It makes
t!.e celebrated J as. Bess Filled
Watch Cases, now fitted widi
the onlv bow ( rins:) which can
not be pulled off the case the
HIT
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.tt .- 7ft: siii 1 t air I
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A WATCH CASE 0PEREB SEW ftE v
ome
SOaMERSET, PA.,
mi
Ilr. J. IT. St m man
" I am Truly Thankful
For ITooTi fcrsapnriK.i. liri.ni tbo lrnr I
contracted tjpSiold fcrcr, rnd f-vcr arid
a"t!e. l'ST'Tit r.ie wit!: watn. ial nad mere.
rurial p9"cKi f"o:n r. hl-.-i: I Il.v.. n.imot, l
evrr Riu. e. in ihmiiuI. li, li: tniUi't'T:i. crnm
pratimuaa :ia ; . ral 1 -';t v. t-,:t -s I
km t".kini Hold's .u'vtjvirilla I Ir.i"..' !'!
lost day ' ri h: t!iroe r:omb . veii-'i lOlb..
tuare t:.ia for years :! am la Icitvr l:e:-.l!U
t' anr.ny time fLitc U19 .' .1 !!. Stii i.va v.
Cil.'l.eDLaia, l a. HOOl-S C'l ttt.H.
Kood's Pills Ctirs ljvcr lUj.
V
A YOUNG GIRL'S FORTUNE.
AN INTERESTING SKETCH.
Notliips rprx Btrorsly lo a rMth"r"j
fcff.i-iicfi us i. r d:n:!iit r jnr 1th1::ii i- i
no:niiii!wI. ollou is an iii-ian-'t: 4':t
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w.i- in-j- t :i t u'iiii.ri iimi f Li..i i-
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are jwit. lut fttr an iiivasiint-ic T' :i..iv
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FN CY
WORK,
Some lif.it lUrjains lo
IRISHPCINT LUNCH
AKD TRAY CLOTHS
Bought below cost cf transportation
we are s"Ili utt at srr.it barotitis yt liile
tutl colcrcJ lt"J lord Cord Table C'ov
emt stamped ready for working. Sing
ed Canton Flannel Table tnit Cush
ion Covers, Sinsred Plu-h Cu-liion
Covers, Barjranv.n Art Cloth Table
and Cuisliion Covers, all statupeil
with Newest iH-sisns ; llena-stitihed
Hot Bittuit and lu)ll Napkins. A
cew and Ur-e lice of hem-stitched
Tray and Carving Cloths from COcta
tip.
P la ii! pod Ileai-Ftitc'iied Scsr: from Zxs
on. Table (Covers from 00 eta. up. A
fjii line of Fijured
INDIA SILKS,
All New ratie.T.s and Co'orings. Also,
Figured Plush,
21 and Xi inches w.1 in bea;itif il Clota
and Iiesiiftn. Art 6atin Spiares for ths
Central (oyers and Cusnion Covers.
AVaban USTettiiig,
lOiifbes wiJ. i-0 cent p;r vir J. in Pink,
15:-1-. Oliye a-id YeHowTHli SEW
THINti f,r Itrijiini Mamin and
1 mrs, and kir I.'ritiiuj O'-er
lrif.-rie. A t. w line of
H.- i rej-ts, troni 2rtp.
Yivit our 'i'tt-; I.jtien, T ie':, Napkins,
Mnsiin, She:t!ii ai.J Linet lepartictnt, by
All taeacs.
H0B9E & f ARB.
41 FIFTH ATENC. Tittsbargh, Ta-
W. S. Esll & Co
4U1 Wool St., rutiurj.
I'EAI.EK !!
PHOTOGRAPHIC
SUPPLIES,
view OAGiT!.l:ecti ve
JHinrrA. ana ine 1 a
iMrti. KimIak. in seven
tvien. i-eud fur I'.ia
free. ELY'S CATARRF
Cream Balm
Cleanses the
Naval Parages,
A'!ys Pain and
. Aafiammatioo.
Heals Sore,
Restore the
Senies of 1 a-te
anl S.-nell.
riAl f titri k
Try the Core.
HAY-i-XVER
A rrtirle ti applied Into earn ntr!l and h
ACreeabls. IT.. :) cent al Dreg jut ; by biaiI
rettTe-i. j rent.
. ELI HlKtTtifcKS, 5 Warren. Sew Tork.
n
FiK'a Bnanly for CAtarrb la U
Itwt. AAAMSt to LM, M caeapen.
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ESTA TSTTSH"FID 1827.
AVEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1894.
WINTER.
Old winter has shaken Bis snowy locks
O'er the lap of mother earth,
And bound with his arm the woodland
stream
Tj the hill that gave it birth.
lie stripped of their Terdure the grand old
trees,
And has ribeI them all in white;
The merry flowers, as tbey heart! Lis iteps,
l:i the earth have hid from sigbl.
The breath of his coming the songbird felt,
And to sunnier lands made haste.
While summer-clad . fields grew sere and
And the vales he laid in waste.
The asters and goidtn-rod passed away
When they saw him coming by;
And dainty bluebells their death knell rung
As tLty laid them down to die.
But Winter, well knowing they'll wake
again
When the joyous spring draws near.
Has covered them over soft and warm
To await her word of cheer.
Then blustering on in his busy baste,
To unsightly things and poor,
lie decks each one with a garb of white,
Aud the world grows white and pure.
For cleanly aud fair the earth must be now,
As ithdraws the passing year,
For Winter has said to every heart:
Lo! the Christmas time is here.
A MEAN TRICK.
MAIX1K BOBEBTSON".
lie had often tried to propose to ber
but she was such a very flippant young
person that he found it herculean to re
duce her to a sufficiently serious frame cf
mil) 1.
Then, too.be waa Ly no means certain
as to her feelings toward himself. Some
definite assurance either way would, he
felt, have been grateful, although it is
sj.'e to aiiirm tuat baa sucn assurance
been unfavorable to his hopes he would
none the less have been anxious for far
ther information.
However, be w as denied the satisfac
tion of even well grounded 6u.picion.
She ha l such a bafiling sort of manner.
Never had be been able to surprise her
into an admission of anythtug, however
trilling, which might be taken as an in
dication that be aroused within ber
emotions of any kind whatever. It waa
certainly very difiicult to know what to
do.
Many times bad he almost taken ad
vantage of a momentary silence on ber
part. Time without cumber had be
nearly clapped ber in bis arms as eho
pirouetted pttst him, bat she waa too
quick for him.
The boldest effort on bis part bad been
made one evening after he had brought
a friend to call upon ber. Minna, Bob
and the friend bad ail sat in the kitchen
and pulled talTy. Next evening Bob
said sheepishly :
"Ij you know, Minna, what Ikey was
Wlin' we last night?"
"Haw could I know w ithout you told
me?" returned; Minna, with Rpitit.
She was waahingdishts, and she clat
tered them in the pan.
"H? washing me if I was going to
arry you T"
"And what did you tell him T
Told him I didn't know."
"That was rich!," said Minna, swirl
ing the dishcloth around.
"And he he said I was a durncd fool
if I didn't."
Minna went off into peals of laughter.
Tiien she sobered np.
"lid n't what ?"
"L'idu't marry you."
o you wouid be if yon got the
chance I" was the prompt reply.
"That's what I told hint if I got the
chance, but I can't get the chance," de
jectedly. "What right had you to tell him yon
ouldn't get the chance ?"
"B-aupe you ain't ever given it to
ra?."
"No, and I never will," returned Min
na, with emphasis.
"Jea'whatl thought." sail Bob dis
mally. "Ciuess I'd better go."
"(iuessyou had," remarked bis host
ess, hospitably. As she spoke she wip
ed out the dish pan and bang it up on a
nail. "If I was you, I'd learn a few
thiuas before I came csurling."
"Bjt you're a bi sih: clever'a me,"
answered Bob, meekly.
"That's so," said Minna, laconically,
as Bob pse 1 dejectedly out of the kitch
en door.
On thinking over the interview, on
f ie way hooie, Bjb thought that on the
whide he had not male much prr-grrs3.
A few days 'ater hope returned, bright
eyed and smiling, and Bjb determined
to make Aiiother attempt to eeeurs the
elusive Minna.
Ia the soft dusk cf the early summer
evening be went thoughtfully across the
field toward ber father's cottage now
softened of its daytime angularities and,
to Bjb's imagination, nMlinj confiding
ly in the trees.
il otfe ain't mu.rh like Minna," be
reflected, sadly. "Wisht I could think
of some way tocotch her."
As be walked, crushing down the
rooi.-t grass, he resolved a dozen schemes
in bis miud, all of which had sooner or
biter to be dismissed as itnpiacticable in
view of the uncertain nature of the dam
sel in question. If be could only be
sure of bow Minna would take anything.
But he never could be. he was as way
ward as the summer breeze.
Suddenly, iu the midst of his ponder
ing, an idea came to him a heaven sent
inspiration, so beautiful, so clever, that
the cunning little god himself niujt have
been biding in a bluebell along his path.
Bob gave an emphatic clap to his leg,
and the listening Cupid might have
beard a short chuckle, followed by de
lighted exclamation :
"Gosh ! But that'll do it as the wooer
sped along his path.
Minna herself met Bjb at the door
and gave him a chair outside beneath a
fragTaut honeysuckle.
She sat down near him on the door
step and leaned ber bead against the
casement.
She looked very pretty, her black eyea
darkening the lids and ber face pale ia
the dusky twilight, ber hair curling in
moist little ends around ber sweet little
faoe.
Bjb looked at ber, but bis heart failed
him. Bat be remembered s certain
Thomas Anderson, who report said had '
in
i
loitered beneath the honeysuckle for the
last few nights; and brought back bis
oozing courage.
"They wuz talking about you last
night down at the pomp," be remarked,
with assumed cheerfulness.
'Talkin' about me?" said Minna, an
grily. "How dare they ?"
"Gh, Lord ." gasped Bob to himself.
"If she gets mad before I begin !"
"They wuz say in' "
"Welir sharply, "what wui they say
ing T
"They wuz savin' how as you'd never
marry anyone you wuz that uncertain
and flighty."
"Who said that?" said Minna, turning
wrathful eyes upon him'
"I don't exactly remember," faltered
Bob.
"Most likely yourself," disdainfully.
Bob could not truthfully disown the
remark, as be bad made it frequently, in
confidence, to bis near companions in
the village. So after this unexpected
home thrust, be remained nncomforably
silent.
Minna pursued her advantage.
"Nice doings them, fur a man!" she
went on, contemptuously. "Talkinu
about giris when they can't talk back for
themselves !'"
If the repored conversation bad not
been wholly imaginary, Bob would have
been stricken with remorse. As it wa,
however, although inwardly trembling,
he saw an opening and took it.
"But I spoke back for you Minna, I
did."
"Oh, you did, did you?" was the dis
couraging comment. ' Since it wuz you
said the worst, seems tome It wuz all
you could do."
"They said a lot more'u I did," Bob
continued, with fictitous courage. "They
said as how I needn't be hangin'sround
here, fur ye'd alius scorn me till the
judgment, and not marry me at all."
"There wnz some truth in their re
marks," remarked Minna, snubbing!-.
"But there's wusser nor that," he said,
with well forced gloominess. "I said es
Low I knowed you would marry me"
"Who made you so wise?" interrupt
ed Minna, sarcastically.
"And a man bet me you wouldn't an'
an' I bet him you would."
"Beasts! ejaculated the much iacensed
Minna.
"An I bet a fearful lot, Minna. Gosh!
I'm scared to think of it. If I've got to
give him all that inontr, the farm nil
have to go."
Minna looked frightened.
"How much?" she asked, faintly.
"Wonder how much she'll stand ?''
Bob asked himself trp!exediy. Then
be glanced at her.
"I'm most afeared to tell you. Ita
iU $100."
"Oh, my !" ejaculated Minna: "You
never did."
"A huudred dollais !" repeated Bob,
chokingly, and overcome by the feelings
Le had aroused be buried bis head in
bis hands. From this safe retreat be
continued disjointed remarks broken by
emotion.
"Don't care for myself. 'vigh.) I don't
want to live any tway, but the farm uil
have to go, sure, and poor mother and
father." (Sab.)
"Oh, no, no," said Minna tearfully.
"They're o'd now to start over again,
i'a protracted sigh), but I kin work for
'em. I'll do it "aad Bob's shoulders
nhook with nobly suppressed emotion
"it u'll come Lard to lose the old place
now (sob; after all them years."
"Oh, don't, don't, Bob. I can't bear
it!" gasped Miana, choking down the
tears. I'll-"
Bob waited a moment. Then be went
on :
"Boor sister can't go to school or noth
ing," rocking himself to and fro in appa
rent deep grief, "an' there's no wood got
for the winter" here he wept aloud,
and seeing this Minna, too, wept aloud.
"Oh, Bjb," she cried, "how could you
be so so" and she burst agiin iuto
tears.
"Dunno, Minna," he said in a choking
voice, "but there ain't no help for it now.
It's all got to go farm and all."
"Never," said Minna hysterically. "I
will marry you I w:!!l"
"Tain't right to ask you," Bjb said
sadly and hypocritically." You don't
care noth in' about uie."
"I didn't afore," said Minna tearfully
and shamefacedly, "but that was an
awful lot of money to bet on me. 1 like
you for it, Bob, I do!"
"And you will marry me?"
She nodded.
"Thauk yoa, Minns," Bj'osaid mourn
fully. "It's awfully good in you."
A moment elapsed before he slarted
on the real bn;nea of courtship he
had to proceed carefully and in that
moment B-b looked up at a very jester
of a tinkiing star and silently exchang
ed with it a knowing and prodigious
wink. t.Vcii? ;.v-Oa in.
Not In It.
Prompted by the feeling that it was
his duty, the bishop rent onstrated with
one of bii clergy for attending a local
hunt.
"Weil," your lord,hip," replied the
offender, "I really do not see that there
is any more harm in hunting than in
going to a ball.
"I presume," nnswersd the bishop,
"that you refer to having seen my name
down amonj those who attended Lviy
Somerville's ball. But I assure you,
throughout the whole evening I was not
once in the same rooru with the danc
ers," "That, my lord, is exactly hosr I etan-L
I was never in the same CjI I with the
bounds.'
Then the bishop sat down.
The Beauty or It
Some men never grow tired of admir
ing their wives, and one of these, whose
wife was a handsome girl, was recently
showing a friend of his a new bouse they
had just moved into.
"I can't say I admire the house," said
the friend candidly, as they looked at it
from the front gate.
"Well, there's one beauty about it,"
said the owner.
'Where ?"
'0a the inside."
"What is it?"
"My wife," and after that it seemed
to the friend that the whole place was
leatifaL DtUit Fen Pre.
A Salted Claim.
Judge Stevens, of Iron wood, is a good
story teller, and, one evening when -the
thermometer was below z?ro at Ironwood
and the wind was whistling outside of a
cozy room where was burning a cheerful
fire, he related a tale of a Yankee's
shrewdness. The Judge is an old miner
and went out West with the rush for
gold. Near a claim where the Judge was
working was a thin, angular New Eng
lander, who just kept shoveling ore and
paid no attention to anyone else. Oue
day some capitalists came along and
CASually picked np a few chunks from the
Yankee's output. When they got back
to town they had them assayed and they
yielded wonderful results. The capital
ist jumped in the air for joy. Thea they
went back and there was the old fellow
shove!ng the same ssever and not say"
ing a word.
"You'll never do anything this way,"
remarked one of the capitalists.
"Well, I'll get on," returned the Yan
kee, plying his pick with renewed energy.
"You should interest capital to help
yoa to develop that hole in the ground,"
continued the capitalist.
"Can develop it myself, I guess," said
the Yankee.
"Think you've got anything?'
"Not yet. Nothing in sight."
Then the gentlemen took several more
pieces of rock and went back to town.
These assayed even richer than the first
samples, and the capitalists were wild
with excitement. They went back the
following day to see the old man, who
gazed upon them with unconcern as they
approached. He was a taciturn individ
ual, with an honest face, and he looked
as though he would rather die than
wrong anyone.
"My friend," said one of the capital
ists, "hat will you -Uout for?"
"Wouldn't sell out,"
"But we want to buy."
"What you want to buy for? There is
nothing here yet. Maybe some day, but
this hole ain't worth anything."
"We want to buy it, though, and will
give you $10,000."
"It ain't worth ten cents."
"Will you sell it."
"Nope."
"Give you f20,yi0.
"Nope."'
Finally $00,IXX) was offered.
"Well," said the Yankee,
"you can
have it if you want, but I tell
vou it's
nothing but a hole ia the ground. May
be worth a lot some day, but now it ain't
worth sixty cents."
But the money was paid and the capi
talists received the hole. The Yankee's
assertions were correct. The hole was
not worth sixty cents, bet the taciturn
Yankee had spreads fe'.v rich samples
around, and then waited for some Gsfi to
bite. He bail an honeet ftoe, but human
nature is sometimes deceptive. l."f,-'j?
F;t Prru
m
Turning Out on the Road.
It was on the highway running into a
city in the north. One man was driving
out with a load of bricks and the other
driving in with a load of uay. Both ut
temped to get the best side of a mtid hole
and as a consequence their teams came
head to bead and stopped.
"Yoa there!" shouted the brick man.
"Yon there, yourself!" replied the oth
er. ' Goitiir to turn out ?"
"No."
"Neither will I'"
"I'll stay here a whole year first !"
"And Ml slay ten of them !"'
Both proceeded to make themselves as
comfortable as possible and to appear
careless and indiilerent as to results.
itber travelers to jk the other side of the
hole and passed them by, so it became a
question of enduranm. At the end of
an hour the bay nun said :
"If there's any ons man I bate above
another, it's the human pig."
"Then it's a wonder yoa haven't hated
yourself to death !'' was the retott, and
silence reigned supreme again.
Another hour passed, and the brick
man observed :
"I'm going to sleep and I hope yon
won't disturb me."
"Just what I was going to ack of you,"
replied the hay man.
Both pretended to sleep, but at the end
of the third hour the hay man suddenly
calied out :
"Say ! You are a mean niin !"
"The same to you !"
"Where are yoa gjing with those
bricks?"
"Four miles out, to Jjhn Iytt.:".
Where are yoa going with your hay ?"
"To Stiner's brickyard. Sjy, man I'm
John Iayton myself, And I've traded this
hay for bricks !"'
"Weil, I'm young Stiner, aui I was
driving the first load out !'
"What fools we are! Here take ail tLe
road."
"No, no let nie turn out."
"I'll turn."
"No-let m?."
And in their haste to do the p-iiiie
thing the load of hay was u;set and a
wheel taken off the brick w;ig -.n. .--
(I Ml 7.1 lfr.
Dangers ot Bad Water.
If we take l'ogland alone more deaths
are attributable to impure wJer than to
pure, impure and adulterated spit its and
alcoholic drinks altogether, au l the dis
eases from which the miserable victims
die are as hideous and repulsive as those
caused by drink.
Five and twenty years ago, during a
most fatal epidemic of typhoid in the
West of England, I had to assist the gov
ernment inspector ia tracing its raue to
its source, and the result was conclusive
ly established as die to impure water.
The supply of water as it entered the
town was pure, but in many house the
water closets were supplied by the same
pipe and cistern as the water for drinking
purposes. As the water was turn?.! o J
during the night to prevent wa.te, the
pipes emptied and subsequently became
filled with air poisoned by the foal gasses
from the closets, and whea the town
water was turned on in the morning it
rapidly absorbed the poisonous air in the
pipes.
The outcorr.e was that those houses
supplied from this source were decimated j
by an epidemic of typhoid. In those
cases where the inhabitants got their
water from wells it was found that tbey
escaped, unless, as in many instance,
they procured milk from shops sappLed
with the tainted water. The whole
problem worked out like a sara ia arila-mttUo.
riP
JLi
WHOLE NO. 2214.
When Women are Most Beauti
ful. The physical beauty of women fhould
last until they are past fifty. Nor does
beauty reach its zenith under the age of
thirty-live or forty. Helen of Troy comes
upon the stage at the age of forty. AspasU
was thirty-six when married to IVriclc,
and she was a brilliant tig.tre thirty years
thereafter. Cleopatra was past thirty
when she met Antony. l;aaa de Toict
irs was thirty-six when she won the
heart of Henry II. Tue King was half
her age, but his devotion never changed.
Anna of Austria was thirty-eight when
described as the moat beautiful woman
in Europe. Mme. de Maintenon was forty-three
when united to Loaia,and Cath
rineof Russia thirty-three when she seiz
ed the throne she occupied for thirty-rive
years. Mile. Mar was most beautiful at
forty-five, and Mme Reeaoiier between
the ages of thirty-five and fifty-five. The
most lasting and intense passion is not
inspired by two decade beauties. The
old saw about sweet sixteen is exploded
by the truer knowledge that the highett
beauty does not dwell in immatnrity.
For beanty does not mean alone the fash
ion of form and coloring, as found in the
waxen doll. The dew of youth and a
complexion of roses sometimes combine
in a face that is unmoving and unre
sponsive, as though lucking utterly the
life spark. A woman's best and richest
years are from tventy-six to forty. It is i
an arrant error for any women to regard j
herself as failing at on earlier day. j
In the course ofyears, however, a Ume!
arrivts when the coming of age must be
rwgats.tl, when the ma-!es begta to j
relax, the skin to lose its polish, and j
roun.iness and softness give place t as- I
tries. Contentmeat and good hnxor will !
rill outrivsi 11 medxal inventions as a ;
prefer; a'.ivj of youth. A woman, beau- j
tif.-.l in ali else, but wanting mitth. wilt i
g'oiol-l.sour. thin and saiiow, while the !
merry, fun loving woman wiil btfrwh !
and aett, despite tiiY happenings and 1
s .rr-jws. v. ..' .".,- Xij.W I
A Shrewd Lawyer.
"My pr. spec!?." said the young lawyer j
with animation, after he bad greeted the
business man. "Why, sir, they were
never so good as thy are now. I have :
been rctaine I in th-i McWilliger wiil '
cas, and there is ct-rtiinly ?"') in that. ;
Then I have been asked to act as junior ;
co-tus-.-l iu tlte inter jce.anio Kmway suit,
an-l U.ere is s ire to be a lug s:i:n ia tiial.
I received a retainer to-day to take a ii'utl
suit agiir.st the l""v'-'y Jl?w
have sme bills out that I on.
and I
ht
to get
remittincesoa in a Wtek or two. 1 es s;r,
things are booming with me, anil Ins'de
of sixty days I will be in s better financial
condition than I ever was. iu my life b
f -re. You knotv how it g":3 when a man
doesKt started no."
Then he: aid "good djy" ti the busi- '
nesa man and passed o x with the friend i
who was with Liui. And the friend I
thought the matter over an I then sa:d :
' See here ! That 9 a very dirTjrent story '
from Ihe one you told Bilkins yesterday.'' '
"Of course it is," said the yonng lawyer. !
"You told Bilkins that you were nearly :
discouraged; that you had hard wotk j
getting whl was due you, ami that new
cases that had any money ia them were
few and far iK-tween." !
"Exactly, I wasal'ruid Bilkins intends!
to ask me for a loau."
"But you've just told Wibr that things. -never
looked so promising, and that !
you'd have money to throw to the birds :
within sixty days.
4 Certainly. I expect I'll have to ask
him for a I jan of -t 1 or so ia a day or
two."
"Which story was right ?"
' Neither h"i!y and both partly." -
An IC'd Mine
An "ice mine'' is reptrtel from New
York Guich, Meagher county, Montona
In eariy dys the gulch turned out
$2,i ;'.'' O worth of gold, but of late years,
it has been nearly deserted. List sum
mer two prospectors uncovered the
mouth of an old shaft and glanced cu
riously down it. They saw the ice which
reached rp to within f.,ur Vet and eight
inches of the surface. They considered
it curinusand thought what a good placs
it would be to keep their meat, butter
and other food fro-n spoiling while they
were workin? ia the neighborhood. They
lowered their provender into the ic
mine with U;e btst resuils.
Naturally they told of their find to
other miners, with the result that for a
radius of three or four ciilts around the
miners came to ths ice shaft, lowered the
beef and other previsions into the mine, i to 1, 3 careful.
L-.t:r.g their t; cu it, a a 1 Loi-tiiig the ; Har 1'y hid the parents left, ere Iho
rope from time lo time as provisions were '; w:io:k near the s'.o.' pipe was I'.is-neode-1.
It Ls a gi 'i?ni to the miners, ; cvmim to be on 1. a:i I out of t!.o
as it enables them to k?ep meat freih in ihiU.'r.-cV reach ; but with wend. rf ;l
iheery hottest weather. The miaeis ; activity snd rrn-rgy, th c!de-t cli:t.bc I
are uuxble to give zny s- l.ttion to this i upon the tv.-ie n I p ;: o;r t ie ii tin ,-s.
trauire pbeso:aeaoa. Ti.e fr.nstiort of ' When the father s.: 1 tn-.-tiicr rettirae-l
the gu-ch is shale, reddish in color at:d
.".-.'.I cf il-s irvS It is supp-.vvl that gusts
of air ;rji;i old ravvs may have uu.ler-
ground connections with the sh:i'i and
iapi.1 evaporation n-a: the top r y ex
piiia the continued formation of ice
there as it is cut awav.
Just fill' of improvements l r. Ihen-e'a
ricasa'it IVl!ets. To begin nith, they'er i
the simih.st, aad the easiest to tak.
They're t'r.y, sugtr-oatcd act! bih'-ns
granules', scarcely Irger thaa mustard
s.-eds. Every thiid is ready for them. ;
Thn, after they're tak-ii, instead cf
di.turlicg and.-'uoV.ing the at stein, they ,
act in a luiid, e.tsy, and natural wiy. !
Thtre'i no chance fjr any reaction after- ;
word. Their help Li's. Constipation,
Indigestion, Billi-ius Attacks, Sick or I
Bi!iou3 Hea loi hes, aal all derangements
of the liver, ttotiiiclj ani bowel, are
promptly relieved and permanently
cured.
They're pat op-in glass vials, whi.-h
keep them always freeh and reliable,
unlike the ordinary pills in woodem or
pasteboard b-xes.
An 1 they're ths rV k- ' pills joi cai
buy, for they're ? 11. .i'"f lo give sat
is.'jcti n, or voor moa.'y is retuniel.
Ycu pay only for tbt jA yoa gi.
bucklen s Arnica Save.
The beet Salve ia the world for Cuts,
Braises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Bheam, Teivr
Sires Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil
blains, Corns, and all Skiu Ilrup'.ions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re
quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect
s.;UA"oction, or money refunded. Piue
2 eecu per box. i'sx Sals ty J. Siny
How She Cot Even.
Mr. Nuwed conceived the idea of
buying ber husband s birthday present
out of money she had saved and earoe J
herself. So every cent the could scrimp
from the household allowance was put
away, and many other little devices
resorted to in order to get ths required
sum. One cf her plans was to save raws.
$h instruct?-" the servant to bd very
fef't! t"? v trr p;A r-f ril l r!stb
I ! l-nin-l, 4II-I nli l.n.iril
spent hours 111 gathering all suits ut odds;
and en.ls an t stiuTuig litem int-i ths
raghag.
One day the bag was fall, And a &a
came along the street shouting :
"Wrags! Wrsa !" .
Mt. Nuwe-1 opened a window and
said, "Here, man, I've got some rags to
sell!"
The ragman came in and the portly
bag was produced. He lifted it aad then
attached his scales to it.
"Tweluff pound," be said.
"What's that?' in. mired Mrs. Nuwed,
sharply.
"Tweluff pounds, lady."
"Why, the idea! I weighed ttiem my
self yesterday, and there were Z2 pounds
there."
"Yillthe lady loog for hersellun"?"
asked the ragnau, attaching his scales to
the ba again and holding it up.
Mrs. Nuwed looked. The scales reg
istered 12 pounds autl no more.
"Why," she said, "bow could I have
made such a mistake?" and she took
what the ragman offered her and went
into the house.
That night she was telling her hus
band about the transaction. "I'm sure,"
she said, "that those rags weighed mi re
than 02 pounds, but there was no get
ting around those scales. Why, he didn't
try to cheat a bit. He bel l tbetn right
np and let me see just where the pointer
stopped."
"What kind of scales were they?"
asked the husband.
"Why, those common scales like we
nse ia the kitchen."
"And did you ever stop to think that
the capacity of those scales is but 12
pounds?"
A faint light began to dawn on Mrj.
Nuwed. "What dufsrnco wjuld that
make?" she asked tremulously.
rept-.ea Mr. .ueii, it woum
not make the least bit of difference! "f
,'oanw not- Ui,l if thl1s R "'
weighed a ton that honest ram tn's
"oulJ bave registered them at 12
fw"""
Thea Mr. Nuwed laughed boisterously,
"Well !" wi.l his wife, sharply, "yo.i
needn't make so much fuss ibout it. I
s1 ''--w two I"viu2 -Jn,'s 1 Put '"l
ma-le op the diif.-reaoe all right.
' '"'
A Nice Little 3oy.
Harry tiodA'iu was a nic littie boy
and he had a great Yellow Mastiff many
V'.ts too large for him, but it was a I.ove-me-Love-My-I
g coinhinntion, and his
kind parents boarded the Mu-tirT at
sacrifK's.
Harry was t.yj 1:7 to do anythin
tx,.-?,t play b
1
and ho tkey an I go
j f.shinj.
j i,;tl;e cJVs should never hi la
j Oue 'lav Lis dear mother sent him to
; the butcher shop fvr three pjnnls of
; iivfr.
; "Must I carry a!! that horns ?" whintd
I Harry, the lazy b 7.
i "I.?t Carlo help you carry it," said bis
mother, with keen saicastn ; "he is al
! most aa lazy and goo 1-J'jr-nothiiig as you
; sre."
j Harry went off grumbling, with Carlo
: at his heels.
In three hours au-1 thirty rtiinu'rs
Harry returned, the b i'chfr-s'iop b.ing
three ti'iarrs and a half away.
"WiiPTtt is the liver ." as.e! his dear
mother.
' t'jrlo is b'ir.ing it,"' rep'.ie I the lay
Harry, wiping the perspiration otfon bis
' s!eeve.
In te-n minu'es more Cir!o came up to
lfjrry with a iar w:uou his ta.l.
"Where's that liver? ' asked Harry's
mother, emphatically.
' Carlo's carrying it," whiuiperel Har
ry, f-ariiig the result.
"Bat I don't see if," exclaimed the
buy's mother.
"That's cau it's on the inside of him,'
explained the lazy b:y, much to li.s
mother's chagrin au I disappointment.
The scene that f iiiowed lieggars descrip
tion. M KM .
There are more ways of killing a do
than choking hiiii to death 011 butter
Encouragement
An amusing story is tol l of 3 little
fellow named Artie, on? of the three
brothers, whose parents had hroniht
them up to be brave and self reliant.
He couldn't do much, but what he could
do he dil with all his tu'ght.
And as their parents wera Methodis's
of the gl ol J-fi-shione 1 kin I. the bj-
were in the Labi; of hearing at such
times the heArty 'Au.en break forth
' from their father's lips when the serpen
was parti ju'.ariy er j yole.
1 1 1"- c.-l 1 Si'jbV.h day thes; children
were Icfi at l.o:ii!', tvi. h many cautions
j they sht; i !eie I t --.s the danger t
j wiixh th-ir i!i-a i.i,,-s It., i o-;-n rxptxrs!,
j au.'i wi'ri 1. :;; 1; ii-ails pr.;i-e.l theai
f ir th. ir c .'Ctj; .
":I ti:l y.."t tin:ia-, T-jrn'uy, to
reach tite lire .' ' ask-" 1 the father.
"Why," siid T.ji.ity, ' i pushed the
tahio up t j th-i w.t'i au i u it iv rx that."
' And di ! yon help li-j:hr, J.'iiuiy ?:"
wa aske! of the uex
"Yc. sir; I h.-.rig'it h'.m aptil t.f wa
ter au I hao-ied h:ui the d-pi"T."
"And what tiil yo.t ti." siil t'oe
prou I father . his jx-'t, the young-st o f
the group.
'"Well, p2;," siil A'tlc, "y-'U-ee t
was too s-ntil t heip p i', ot? the lire, s
Ijastbtool by ani hoiiertd 'Amea."'
Outwittad by a Maanshiner.
When Jack Kiper was cailesl ia the
United States court, he arose an-l pleade.l
g'tilty to working in an illicit di.-tiliery.
Willi a n ioiVr of others, he was sent
to oue si-le f await se'itfr..-j.
Working ia aa iiiicit ilistillery is
nothing but a mis lemean r, while op
erating a distillery is e( 1 il to a feioay.
Bjper koe this an 1 ent-re-l his pie
to working iu the d;tdi!er, w hich wa
ac;ept?"l.
"Ho long did you work ?" asked the
jaJge whea the man atojl np fir eu
lence. "Oh, b5ut a week, I reek on."
"Whose distillery wis it ?"'
"My own."
The juJg- looked puzi'ad, but ail he
could do was to give Li a to utiattit'
feoteooe fjr worktaj ia i Illicit