ciiniiCH hoys l blue. liilitery Drill Among Sunday School Youth. Iv-p.i sad r- th . Bora adHrr l.oo Ctxtcaf I Already .aroUrd-Dralr? to Iaterwat tb. Boys In Charcta Work. Tn s dozen lYctestant churches In fhi. a?" thrr are lackers containing tries as es the effective Enfield r i:n:iaL'ton, an-1 rc?alarly cacli w-ek the bovs attached to the sereral Suuilav schools po throng-h the move ments and manual of the regular tac tic of tbe United States army. It is tafo to tav that i ! ioast twelve hun dred Snndav i-.-b.Tol boys of Chicspo arerm'.rawl in these quasi military ItU claimed that the boys arc not drilled with a view of g'.vwg them a martial spirit, but simply because it has been found by experience that nothing will Interest them in church work so much as to give that work a military aspect. A well-known church man, who is frreaUy interested in tbe movement, fcaid recently: "The f-pirit of Americanism inde pendence or individual liberty which e rnes to every native citizen by in heritance and is inhaled with every breath, so that even foreigners are ,xn infected with it, has borne un welcome fruitaa-e in the restlessness under restraint, tbe defiance of dis cipline and the general irreverence which children of the present age usuallv manifest. This is particularly with boys. The result naturally is that whether at home or at H-hool, at ehurchor at college, the question of control is a perplexing one. "A careful Mudent of child nature discovered one form of discipline which is the most thorough conceivable and w hich i.s actually congenial to the 1kv nature. This was military organisa tion, for which boys have a natural sij.titu lv. Instead of scolding, or say ing with an injured air, "Now boys. In have yourselves, the command at tontion' is given w ith explosive effect, und the 'privates are discipled into rigid statues. The youngster can 1 kept marching, countermarching, marking time, or performing other evolutions until the powers of nerve and rouw'.e which incite Jhe boy to lawless!., ss have been brought under control and made ti minister to his lst g-vnl. When equipped with mili-Xm-y uniform, cap. and l-lt. the trans formation is corni.lete and the private is ready to 1 taught oW-ik-ncc, rever ence, and manliness without being con : eioiis of it, and almost in the form of tin amusement. "The tirst experiment in this direc tion in connection with Sunday school v.ork was made in tiiasgow, Scotland, i y W. A. Smith, of the Lanark rifles, in ( ctobvr, lb3. Asa result, the work i.f one winter transformed the school. IKscipIiue was perfect, manners were aojuirt-d, the physical bearing was im proved, the moral character was Mieni-thened and the foundations of r.-li-rious principles were laid, and all this was accomplished by boys of an are in which the natural drift is away from, ra'hpr than toward, religions in Ctienecs. This success caused the movement to spread, and ten years later there were S'.'i companies, with 2,0-Jj ot'.icers and C'J.0 .3 ruemlx-rs reported. In :r-0 the Crst company in the United States was organized in San l"raneico l.v Ker. John Quincy Adams, and fifty more were soon formed in the imme diate vicinity. A national organiza tion was then formed, and companies -ganized ia Kansas City, Chicago. in rinnati, IHrtroit and othcrcilies. Since t h.-n the growth has been very rapid. As a result, the boys have been elevated lti.1 educated, and Sunday schools and rriditig rooms hitherto empty have iM-en ti'.ied. ' In July, l??;, there were 95 compa nies in t he United States, 8 percent, of which w ere Presbyterian, S3 per cent. Congregational. 17 per cent. Methodist, and 1-i per cent. Uaptist. One year later organizations were reported. In July. there were only two bat- .lions ia the organization, composed i.f from two to ten companies. One ear later t'icre were twelve or thir teen fully organized battalions. The a vera iuomlership per company is V.2. The rrst organizations in Chicago were f-.rmed by llev. Howard Husell, at the Armour mission. Since tl:at time two f the best drilled companies in the :' try have 1e-on organized at t!ie Kvanston Avenue Congregational ; hurch, w hich is known as the t hurch " llie lU-leen.er, and a nuinbcrof other companies have Itccn fonnc i. "1 ha Nary Fay Corp. The course of promotion in tbe navy pay corps is illustrated by the eases of the ofiieers ju.-t advanced to the rank f jwymaster, and of this below them in the lit of twenty past assistant paymasters. The otiieers just pisv united have been alout sixteen years in the sTr:e.of which four years were j awl in the lowest of the pay corps j.-rai!es and the remainder in the next l.:h t The oltl'-er now firt on the iNt f past assistant paymasters has I.. -en riftevn and a half years in the service, of which he parsed three and m half in the lowest grade. When pro notion chines, which must be soon, he v. ii! have lct-n more than twelve years a pa-t assistant paymaster. An Kiliancted Kaale at Sea. One of the many curious incidents which happen at sea was reported by a steamship which arrived at Tacom;i recently. W hen alout six days' sad from the American coast, an C3gle, f-;.-t;t with Hying, alighted on the .sliip, having probably Cown from some American whaling vessel. The eagle w as caught as it was resting on the ship's, rail, and kept in a cage until the vessel was passing into the Straits of luandol'uea. The American coat of arms was scratched on its bill, whic'i had been coated with vcrmiliion. The bird injured its wings in the eire and was release-L On seeing land it at tempted to Cy, but could n:t. and ws wept into the sea and was urowr). REMARKABLE GROWTH. A r.cT TI h IIkI to Hare inn Clothe rtttrcl arh llonut. Ji KiS the Academy of Sciences in r-ao.t reported a remarkable case of a Voy born in the hamlet of Ikrusanquet, in the i;oe- cf Alais, who was noted l.-om his lirth for his extraordinary growth. At the ree of five years ha measured f jr.r feet three inches; so:na i:ionllu after he was four feet eleven inches; and at six, iive feet, and bulsy ia proportion. His growth was s rari I that every nvmth his c'othes re ;uired to be u.:vle longer and wider; utJ, what was stii! very cxtraordinarv ir. his growth, it was not preceded by any sickness nor accompanied with any pain. At the age of five years his voice changed, his bcarl .began to appear, and st six he had as much as a man of thirty. At the ge cf Cve years he could carry to a good distance throe meas ures of rye, weighing eighty-four p 03iU when tnrnei six he cou'd lift easily on his f honhicrs and carrv load's cf cce hundred and fifty pounds weight a good wsy off; and these exer cises were cxhi'oitcd by him as often as tC curious engaged him thereto by siime liberality. Such beginnings made people think that he would soon shoot i'P into a giant A mountebank was already so!icit:n? his parents for him. Mattering theaa with hopes of putting hira in a way of making a great for tune. Hut all these hopes suddenly rauished: his legs became crooked. Lis trxiy skrunk, his strength diminishtsl, his voice grew sensibly weaker, and be at last sack into a state of total imbe cUitv. Tit-liiu. A W amae'B f .'arlnr ca. Miss Jessie Ackerman, an English missionary, recently put cn a diving ciress and went down sixty feet to tho bed of the ocean on the greatest pearl ing grounds of the world, bctwe-a Australia and Singapore, where thir teen hundred men are ennst-nttir fct work. I BIGGEST FISH IN THE 6EA. Tbe Raskin Shark Sometime Growa te a Lesrth of Tbinyi'iv "- There was gre commotion In the zoological department of the Stanford university, San Francisco, tho other afternoon, when President Jordan re ceived s telegram from an Italian fish erman at Monterey saying that he had caught a monster of a basking shark, and inquiring if they wanted it Did they want it? Well, President Jordan rushed from his offie tCTOM the qnd rangle to the zoological laboratory, where Prof. Gilbert and some other fish sharps were busy with pickled Csh, and with dignified excitemeut flour ished the telegram. He jerked out Lis watch and said there were thirty min utes before the Monterey train would get to Palo Alto, over a mile away, and lYof. Gilbert grabbed his hat lie called an expert assistant w ho could hustle, and the two scientists made that train. The fisherman soon got his answer. President Jordan would have missed two dinners to go along, but he couldn't All this haste and in terest says the San Francisco Exam iner, show how much ralue a basking shark is to a scientist lie is not of much value to anybody else. Ilis value arises, like that of many other things, mainly from his rarity, for basking sharks are not seen every day, and ichthyologists find few opportunities to study them. The basking shark is an object of popular as well as scien tific interest It is the largest fih that swims the sea. It isn't as big as a low-lH"ad whale, but the whale is not a fi.-h, bnt a mammal. The speci men captured somehow by the Italian fisherman, who has a standing order from the Stanford university for any thing new or q:cer ia his line, is thirty-five feet long and measures nearly fifteen feet perpendicularlt through the back. These proportions ma'.;e it as large as many a whale, and it is a homely and lubberly thing to look nt It is called selache maxima in the books. Th" size of the specimen at Monte rev shows it to be one cf the largest of its kind, though they sometimes gro-.v several feet longer. A reported sea serjx-nt, fifty feet long, stranded at Stronsa in 1-Os, js snpjsed to have been a basking shark. This greatest of fishes is also the least ferocious of sharks. It sticks pretty well to the Ijottom of the ocean, is sluggish in movement, and feeds on C rustacea, sea weed, etc., instead of other fishes. It belongs to the northern sca. but in summer descends to middle latitude?. -I do not know what Prof. Gilbert will try t j do w ith the specimen." said President Jordan, "but it is worth go ing after even to photograph if n tii ingelse. They are rarely caught and I hare been able to see but one on this coast. That was in 10 at Monterey. We chopped out a piece of one of its gills and it was ail one man wanted to carry. Pictures of the basking shark are not reliable representations, for there have been few chances to draw th-m. Th"re are probably but a few hundred in tho ocean. The British museum has a standing offer of one thousand dollars for the thin of one, but a man would earn his money get ting it, for it would take two months to si. in the fish and car.? properly far the hide. Prof. Gilbert may try to luxe tho skin and he may only take the liiTeh At fin- rote it is a valuable op portunity for stndy." EOYCOTTING A JAIL. Tramp Ii.ilst on Better Fooil or they'll Ituin the sheriff- tlmine-a. An unusual sfrilce occurred here lately, says a Mount Holly corre spondent of the New York Herald. It was rot among the members of any !alor organization ss is often the oa-e bnt was confined to tho tramps w ho are locked up in the county j.d. End who lo!d!y threatened to boycott the institution unless the sheriiT sup plied them with better f.Kd. '1 he spokesman, a thick-set tramp, known among bis coropai.ions as "The Tauh," out of compliment to his ab dominal development was plain end outspoken in bis demands to one of the keepers. "See here," he said, "what's on the card for dinner to-day?" "l!ean soup and bread," was the re ply. "It won't do," was the reply. "This lcaa business is gettin' played out What we want is more meat and wegetahles, and we're going to have 'cm or know the reason why. We can't keep up our strength on no such grub as we've been havin' see!" "Yon fellows are gettin too gay," s.-i'd 1 lie keeper w ith a sneer. "Next thing you'll be wantin' ox-tail soup and sweetbreads. We're givin you good grub good enough for anybody and you'll either eat it or live on your shape." "Hold on there!" interrupted another tramp with a red nose and a bad list to p rt, "we've got something to say 'iMiuttliat We've got the lay of the land pretty well in this connty.and we know the sheriiTs cilice wouldn't be wnth a half interest in a yailer dog if it w asn't for the profit out of feeding us tramps. Everybody knows that Now I'll conie down to business. Cf yon don't feed ns up high w e'll boycott the jail, and every man on the road'll Chtasbhyt.f the place as if it was full of smallpox. Now I've had my say, and cf the goose don't hang high Mter this you'll hear from us." This threat took all the fierceness cut of the keeper, who promised to tee what, he could do in the line of s more attractive menu. A Strike Among Lwyerm. Apology preceded compromise and aa t ed has been put to a strike in augurated several months ago by an "ls5ociation of lawyers against the court which during that time had been necesjarily dosed. In the city of I;iom, Auvrrgi.e, Prance, a judge im properly treated an advocate. Ilis col leagues sympathetically declared they would transact no business before that judge, l or five months they, have kept their word, ur.til the judge apol o,'l.cd in the interest of public bui tcts. CLIMAX CF A GREAT EMPIRE. Crra: Britain H31 Now iVohublr Reached tbe 1 imit c.i Her f'xpaalon. The campaign which is now closing in the country of the Matabcles. the strongest native people in Sonlh Africa, is evidently to end in cenfirro irg the sovereignty cl England ovor a Ride region hitherto only nominally ircluded in the Ilritish empire There may. says the Cleveland Leader, l a hi'torieal interest attached to this rv.-ut f:?r wider than any busiucss or soviai changes in South Africa can be felt It is ouite possible that the most extensive empire which the world has ever known is at its stage of greatest expansion. The regions in America Asia. Africa. Oceauica and Europe which arc considered Pritu-h territory embrace about twelve million two hundred thousand square miles, or one fourth of the land surface of globe Ilussia and China together do cot posse- a much larger part cf the earth The Critish empire has been grownup very fatt lately by the acquisition of enormous areas during the partition cf Africa Now. however, the limit ranst be about reached There is compara tively little territory to seire in Africa, which can fall into the gpcf Eng land, tin the other hand, the time draws nearer and nearer when enor mous losses must be sustained Can ada will surely come under the stars snd stripes The change is only a mat ter of time Australia will as inevi tably become independent That breaking of existing relations is like ' ire merely a question of ysars. A bout fight million square miies of land and takes and arms of the f-ea are slowly ilippirg from tinder tbe paws of the f'.ritish lion. India, too. will go some lay, but that less will probably come Jiuch farther in the future. Whatever Treat changes there may be in the lext few decades are pretty sure, at my rate, to cut down the size cf ILe rorld's most prodigious empire, ptst nd present Two ViluibU Friend. 1. A physician cannot be always bad. Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Braiees and Burns occur oRen and ome times when least expected. Keep handy the friend of niacy households and the destroyer of all pain, the famous Red Flag Oil, 25 cents. 2. Many a piecious life could lie saved that is being racked to death w ith that terrible congh. St-core a good night's rest by investing 23 cents for a bottle of Pan-Tina, tbe preat remedy for coughs. ' cold" and consumption. Tun Tima sold ' at G. V. Benfoid Ding Store. "I wonder what makes that man so anxious to get old newepaper files?" said the dealer in secondhand literature. "Do you know who be is V asked the clerk. "No." He's the well known after dinner speaker. I suppose he wants the papers to get new stories froI..', WathxiiQiun blar. bucklen 3 Arnica Save. The best Salve in the world for Cnta, Bruises, Sores, Ulcere, Salt P.beam, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay re quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by J. X. Sny der. Jui-'go Snuffy Erasmus Lightfoot, you are charged with chicken stealing. Have you a lawyer ? Erasmus No, sab . Judge Snuffy Do you wish the court to assign you a lawyer? Erasmus No, &h ; no, sah ! Judge Snoffy What do you wish to do about it ? Erasmus Well.jedge, if ti's all de same to you, I'd j-ss as leave dismiss the case. Har'c.n Life. A Leader. Since its first introduction, Electric Hitters has gained rapidly in popular fa vor, until tow it is clearly in tbe lead among pure medicrnal tonics and altera tive, containing nothing which permits its use as a beveraye or intoxicant, it is recognized as tbe best and purest medi cine for all a'lments of Stomach, Liver or Kidntyg. It will cure Sica Headache. Indigestion, Constipation, and drive Ma laria from the system. Satisfaction guaranteed vitli each bottle or the roon ey will be refund?d. Price oniy Mj. per bott'e. Sold by J. N. Snvdtr, Drnguist Miss So your husband has gone? Madame Yes. Miss Left without a word, too, didn't be? Madame (with pride) Well, hardly. I gave bim several to take along. GtjJ'y't ilc.yizint. Guaranteed Cure. We authorize our advertised druggist to eell Dr. Kind's New Discovery for Con sumption, Coughs end Colds, upon this condition: If you are aiSicted with a cou'h, cold, or any lung, throat or chest trouble, and will usy this remedy as di rected, giving it a fair trial, and ex peri ence no r-m fir, you may return the bot tle and have jour money refunded. We could not make this offer did we not know that Dr King's -ew Discovery could be relied on. It never disappoints. Trial bott'e free at J. X. Snyder's drug tore ; large sizr 50 -. and $1 Six Months Without Food. James Still, the colored fasting boy at the New Jersey Reform School, Ja nes bnrg, is still a soareeof wonder to all who see him. It is more than six months since he has taken any food or other nourishment except what he derives from rubbing daily his stomach, breast and arms with sweet oil. A strict watcb is kept by the officials to see if he secret ly obtains food. He is apparently in good health. What Am I to Do? Tliis is the oft expression of the weary sufferer with Rheumatism, Neuralgia aim other painful diseases. The ahole hun. an frame is tortured and racked with pain. It is wt-H to rememler no known medic ine equals Red Flag Oil for Rheumatism. Neuralgia, Sprains and Bruises. Price 25 cents at G. W. Ben ford'g drug store. About Vineyards sound there are numerous legends of a famous Indian giant. It is said that the rorks at Sea don net are the remains of bis wife, whom tie threw into the sea there He turned his children into fishes, and emptying out his pipe one day formed Nantucket out of its ashes This Utter story of Nantucket's source must account likewise for the well known story of that old Nantucket c tain who was acrustomod to mute Lis reckonings by tatting the earth brought upon sounding. One day the lead was dipped in some earth brought on board ship from the island, and the captain, after tastiLg, leaped from hie lx-rth in great excitement exciaiming, "Nautucktt'e sunt, and here we are right over old M:rtn llackett's garden." Niura'iv, he weu'd ree g-.ize the taste f toh:ci-- a he. . -o-. -u for an eytr rii.rt clar u see. A a.?rid ti ftr&Ap more t-a-ue-ily. For every g wd intent. Tint to tbe si 1 a: d 3tiiring 1 bricg thee a ptcitcM cure. Tan-Tina, the great remedy for Cjogh, Colds and Consumption, 25 and 50 cents. Sold at G W. Benford's Drug store. A Hair Splitting Bishop. It is recorded of a certain hairsplitting English bishop, who wss accustomed to con pose Lis "charses" in the train, and w hope desk was always placed opposite to bim, that he invariably treated it ss though it were a living vis-a-via. The train being very full on one occasion, a would be passenger inquired if this place as taken, and the bishop, with hissun niest smile, expressed regret that theie was no room. "I don't think that wss quite right my lord, said one of bis fel low passengers. "What was not right?" itquired his lordship urbanely. "To say that the place s taken." "Pardon me, I did not say thr.t it as taken ; I was particularly can ful to use the word "oc cupied.' eit Fraucitro Jrgouai,!. High Living, if you keep si it, spt to tell upon the liver. The thing to prevent this are Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. Take on of these little Pellets for a corrective or get' tie laxative three for a Cathartic They're the smallest, easiest to take pleasantest and most natural in the way they act. They do ftrmnnrnt good. Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious At tacks, Sick or Billions Headache, and all derangements of the liver, stomach, and bowels are prevented, relieved, and cured. I:'! guaranteed to give stisf ti.m inererj case, or your money is returned. The worst cases cf Chronic Catarrh in the Head yild to Dr. Sage's Catarrh Kenedy. ?9certaia is it that its maka-a offer fV reward for tn incurable ease. SEXATOHS ARE SACKED. Now Rules to Guard Them Against Contact with tbe Populaoa. Ttra Opa-Uoor Sjsteaa Rraalted la Fra (Mil Interruptions t tfac Mem ber by Tramp aa4 ftshl berrs af AH Dorta. Senatorial exclusivenes is grcrc thicker. Many complaints have burdened the columns of far-ofj, papers during the year of the increasing tendency of the members of the American house of lords to croct barriers between them selves and the great public Time was, says the Washington News, when a citizen could find access to the car of a senator with his complaints and hobbies and suggestion, about as easi ly as he could reach a representative, and that is no nioro dtlhcult than to get audience with any very busy busi ness man. When the senate was in actual ses sion the doorkeeper would carry In a card the drop - a-pasteboard - in - the-slot-and-bring-out-a-legislator process which still works over at the house unless the member happens to know that you have a little private bill, or want to get a relative into office, or perchance Mr. Reed is on his feet, or a new story is being told in the environs of Mr. Kilgore's seat. One innovation which marked the beginning of this session is being re marked upon at the capit.d. Formerly the box-like historic chamber which so linprfsses the casual visitor by its tawdry, theatrical gilding, was thrown open for whoever cared to enter at all times when the senate was not in action. Tho privileges of the public have been slightly curtailed this session by a new custom, the closing of the doors to visitors at nine o'clock in tbe morn ing and keeping them closed until the senate has adjourned in the afternoon. Few people in Washington have fin ished breakfast at nine o'clock, none of them go to the capitol before that hour, so that inspection of the sen ate chamber by visitors will hereafter be limited to the view from the galler ies, which are always open, except when the senate is in executive session. No more tourists from the far states can take homo with them the story of how they sat in the vice president's chair and curled their limbs under the desk w here Koscoe Conkling and other great men have sat. The grumblers say that this new cus tom is right along the line with other rules established by the last one or two congresses the instructions to the doorkeepers not to take in cards during tho morning hour consecrated to general business being one. This privilege to visiting constitu ents and the general public of thrust ing in a card and then leaving in a huff if your senator did not choose to come out smiling with any stretch of his time at your disposal to listen to the merits of your pension bill, or hear ho-.v yea had always wanted to say that you had shaken bands with him has been greatly curtailed of late. During the last session one senator accused another of having ordered the doorkeepers not to bring in cards while he was speaking, a step which is fre quently taken by the veterans, and which tho younger senators are con strained by senatorial courtesy to ac quiesce in. But there is a senator's side to the latest established custom of closing the doors during the morning hours before the sessions have begun. Several sen ators find it convenient almost every day to attend to their correspondence at their desks. One who is almo&t al ways to be found in his scat writing in the morning since a change of admin istration turned over his committee room to a democrat is the venerable Senator Morrill, of Vermont. The dis tance of the Malt by, where the repub lican senators have their private rooms, leads several to the custom of making ofilces of their desks. Under the old rule of open doors the whole ponnlace was at liberty to touch elbows with any senator who happened to be at his desk earlier than 11:53. There were no restrictions of race or personal cleanliness. Beer-soaked tramps and loving couples on their wedding trips strayed in to stare and comment. They stood around to make remarks on the few senators visible, made audible remarks about their books and pointed w ith umbrellas and canes as the visitors to art galleries are warned not to do. These things were the penalties of prominence, but tliey were not alto gether pleasing to senators, und they were growing worse as the numbers of visitors to Washington increased. Con sequent'; tbe edict has gone forth this session that the open-mouthed popu lace shall be limited to the galleries iu its senate sightseeing. Many will g- away to declare that the senate ia elevating itself above the people and that democratic simplicity is a thing of the past. But senators say in self-defense: "In the name of democratic simplicity are we to be on exhibition like the aniuitils of a menagerie?" National Statistic. The Cnitcd States, Oreat Britain. Oermany, Denmark, Switzerland, Hol land. Sweden and Victoria, eight iu number, combined, have an area of 4, 000.000 m les and a population of 1 !'J,. COO.000 and an illiteracy of only 4 per cent. In these, by far the vast majority of inhabitants ere of Teutonic or Scandinavian extraction. On the other hand, Austria, France, Portugal. Spain, Italy, Belgium, Brazil and Venezuela, also eight in nniuU-r, and also having an area of 4.0U0.C-K) miles and a population of 1 IS.OOO.lio'j. l.avu an illiteracy of CO per lent. Thia latter group nscs, for the most part, languages derived from the aucicut Latin. The fall of Latin from its an cient proud position as the educational tongue of the world is a puzzle for historians to explain. IIS FACS WAS HIS FORTUNE. The l';l!nt Mm lu V. ;sonrl Gctt Oat of TrcuiMe la an Caxpertcl Staonrr. On the southern edge of Phelp lounty lives Scott Swartzlander. who s considered the ugliest man in Mis souri, and there are some of his ceigh ors who will lxit his equal cannot be )roduccd from any quarter. Swartz ander, who is thirty years old, says Jie St. Louis Cm lobe- Democrat, has vhite hr.ir, eyes like a Chinaman, no tyebrows. a nose of abnormal proper ions, which lops over almost to his theek bone, and is ornamented at the md with a beautiful comic bo lb. lie s lank and tall, and there ere mvmer- ms other imperfections that add to Jiis picture of general and particular jgliness. Swartzlander was arrested tbont a year ago for cutting timber on rovernmcnt lands in I'ulaski county. ,nd when his trial came nn at Spring leld before the United States court be prisoner was promptly arr.iigned Ahile the district attorney was read g the judge said, addressing the dis rict attorney: "You may enter nolle roseqni in the prisoner's case. After 1 careful scrutiny of his physiognomy I im convinced that any man who is jompclled to carry that face is pun ched quite enough for the amount of umber which he is charged w ith har ng unlawfully taken from government .ands. Yon arc discharged, Mr. Swartz ander. Go as quickly as yon can, and ion't forget to take your face with fou." Undoubtedly this decision of the learned and discriminating judge at SpringCeld, Mo., entitles Scott Swartz lander to the undisputed title: "The Ugliest Man in Missouri Orcrtralaml for Irtalla. Uncle I would like to accommodate you. Jack, but money is t'ght and I hope you will take the wdl for tho deed. Nephew Certainly. Eaveyot' signed it, sir? Judgo. THE FALL CLEANING. How to Oaiblna TboraahBM with tha Minima ta sf I'rlrlloa. The fall cleaning, wherever one lives, north or south, should ba based as to thoroughness upon the previous clean ing of the spring. Every house needs a thorough administration of brooms, scrubbing-brushes, and whisks at least once a year, this of course taking for granted a regular weekly sweeping and dusting, and much polishing of window-panes, and general keeping up of uflairs, as a good housekeeper must if she would satisfy her conscience. If in the spring carpets were taken from the floor and thoroughly beaten to free them from dust and the eggs of moths, this need not be done again In the autumn, neary carpets do not re quire removal from the floors oftener than once In two years. Halls and stairs, being thoroughfares for tha family and guests, should often be thoroughly cleaned, for sanitary rea sons especially, and the removal and destruction of disease germs. Curtains, rugs, portieres of every description, woolen fabrics being especially indi cated here, should bo takeu down every month and left out of doors for some hours. The trouble which this means is not slight, but it is amply re paid in the freshness and sweetness bronght Into the house with the thor oughly aired draperies. In the fall, before lighting fires for the season, it is well to have the fur nace and flues inspected by a man from a stove store or foundry. The cellar must be regarded with suspicion, and no nook or corner of it left unvisited. If it be the custom of the house to use any part of the cellar as a store room, great vigi lance Is Imperative, lest some decaying fruit or vegetables shall prove the cause of illness in the family. Let the fall cleaning include the attic, the cel lar, every closet, every tuck-away place, and start in for winter with no foes concealed in bins or on shelves. A part of the work belonging to the fall cleaning sh -old be the examination of mattresses which have been in use during the summer. These require making over from time to time, the hair picked and pulled out, the ticking re nened, the tufting done again so that the old mattress is as good as new, and really more comfortable than it was when new, if that is possible. Now let the careful house-mother look to the various small repairs that are always waiting to be dona. Here a hinge isloose; there a door needs easing. Are the pictures nails 6rra and strong? Is the picture 1.1 vd:rsg right Does the third story baci u.-sd new paper, and would the parlors be improved by touches in the way of paint or varnish'. If anything is hopelessly shabby few things ever are the fall is the time to discard it in favor of something bettor. Please, if you are a dweller in the city, refrain from beating your carpets in the back yanL Iu most towns, a city ordinance forbids the doing of this, and in ruost towns, unhappily, people goon doing it in utter disregard to the law. The clouds of dust float over neighbor ing yards; the incessant flail-like noise drives nervous invalids to he verge jf distraction, and impedes the improve ment of convalescents. The domestic method of carpet cleaning in this man ner is less thorough than that of the man whose business it is, and it co,ts nearly as much. In the exasperation af its effects on the minds of those wh suffer from it, whoean estimate its cost? Probably nobody nowadays insists on nnsetting tha whole house at onee for the sike of either the spring or the fail cleaning. This is seldom necessary. A woman with the talent for manage ment can administer upon a who! j house, with the nv.nimun of friction to her whole family; that the men of the house should be aware of what is be ing done is quite needless, if a sin?ie room be taken at a time, and p "p.-r precautions used against discomfort A women of genuine tact can. how ever, give a certain picnic effect to family living under difSoulties, robbing it of the idea of mere discomfort by a lit lie flavor of fun, an 1 by refusing ti yield to irritability, thongh carpets art! up and pictures are cown, Harper s ttazar. ACTIVE VOLCANOES. Camlrt Mountain nf Soattx anil Centrai Am.rifl Tuitt Ij I ridijr Work., The volcano of Abina. in Peru, which for a century and a half had been con sidered extinct, suddenly awoke from its lon sleep the other day and began pouring forth lava, smoke and ashes in such quantities as to obscure the sun up to the date of the last report, says a Panama correspondent of the Phila delphia Press. Together with this news comes nn account of remarkably severe earth quakes in Ecuador that shook the whole Pacific slone and extended far into the interior. A series of rapid, violent shocks continued one minute and some seconds. It created the greatest terror in Guayaquil, where at every convulsion it appeared as though the pile-built structures must go over. However, no damage to speak of oc curred there, but sovorrsl accounts of disasters had arrived from the in terior. At Canar seven families and their homes are known to have been swallowed np by the eartlu One cu rious incident at Guayaquil was tho bursting open of the doors of the peni tentiary. Many convicts escaped be fore the demoralized guards could pull themselves together to prevent it Then the guards fired indiscriminately on the prisoners, those fleeing from crumbling walls as well as those es caping. The city waterworks were so damaged that a water famine was im minent. This scries of shocks was felt over an area of eighty thousand square miles. At almost the same time Coto paxi and Turgurahua burst forth in such a terrible activity as has not characterized thotn during the last two centuries. The South American vobanoes frequently ravage their im mediate neighborhood, but it is be lieved here is another instance that they are safety valves that render the continent habitable. Beports of unusual volcanic activity aM along the line of the continental backbone havo been coming in since the beginning of the year, and those more recently to hand indicate a steadily increasing disturbance. Alarm ing accounts arrived last week from Mexico of the condition of C'olima, which, pouring forth vast volumes of lava and a regular bom bardment of rocks and ashes bad sent t.'ie people of Jalisco fleeing in terror from their houses. Only a few months ago dispatches from Chili and Peru told of tierce outbursts among tho volcanoes of the southern Andes, and, later yet, of the seismic disturbance in tbe volcanic region of Cauca. in Colombia, by which an entire mountain ridge was swallowed up and a deep de pression left, while elsewhere in that same region two rivers were buried by the side of a mountain tumbling iuto the vail e. v. Iu tlaalrroTT-Uaart. Archa-.iiorists and antiquarians in their writings frequently refer to the manufacture of flint arrow-head ;tc, as a -!o:,t art;" that Is a great nl take- The art is probably lost to the Ind ians bceau-o they have no u.se for it. Tho Ltonc implements have given place to those of iron and steel, nd the rifle and revolver have sup planted the flint ax and arrow-head. The art of making them is not lost, however. There are many collectors f relies of the aborigines who Lave studied the art of working in flint and have become adepts. In Chattanooga gentleman has become so proficient :n the art that he has not only manu factured magnificent specimens of arrow-heads from flint, but aho from the far more brittle obsidian, und even from ordinary glass. Blosh One-qurter ounce alum, one-quarter ounce cream-tartar, ono ounce powdered cochineal, one-quarter teaspoonful soda, one pint of boi:-nj water, boil ten minutes, bott'e for u-e; it will keep a Ion? tim. Is n:ce for coloring cakes, or cream p'nk or r.-d Uural New Yorker. PIT VP -in Eku tuJs. berirtkally tmfcd, and aj , . a . ' - J iiercc' Fkwutnt Pellet come. tVuvn you take a pill it's an important poiut to Lava them omit provided tLey bav equal strength and emcary. You II find nhat you want in tbcatt little liver pills of Dr. Pierce's. They're put up ia a Litter war. and ttwr art in a better tv, than the buga old-fashioned pills. bat you want when voure"all out of atTrtu" erumrv, thick-hraded and take a gkooiv view of life, ia time I'eiK ts to clear up your nyatem and start your liver into bealUifiil action. sun Headache, Bilious Beadach, Const iiiation, Indicrst ion. Bil ious Attack, and all deraiiiw nietits of the hvtr, ttutr.ach end bowels, are prevented, re lieved, and cured. They're rA chmprtt pill you can buy, for thev re guaranteed to give sat Lit action, or jour money is returned. xou pay utuj iw tha good you get CURTIS K. GROVE, SOMERSET. PA. BUGGIES, 8LEIGH3, CAB.RUGZ8. BFRI.Sa WAGOX8, BUCK WAGONS. 45D EAflTEKN A'I WESTERN WC&X FuraUhed en Short Notice. Painting Done oa Short Time tj work la made out A Thoroughly SeatMtd Wood, and the Ba( Iron and Serf, SutwtanUaUj Conatructed, Nca'.'.jr Flnlahed, and Warranted to (ire SauafacUoa. Employ Only First-Class Vcrksen. Kepairlrig of AU Elnaa In Mj line Con on 4feort Notice PHree REASON" A RLE mn All Work Warranted. Call and Examine my tttock, and Learn Proea do Wagon-work, and firuii.h Selves tor Wtnd fill Rrniranbcr tbe ciaee. and call In. CURTIS K. GROVE. Kaai of ttin Kouae A. H. HUSTON. Undertaker and tmbalmer, GOOD HEARSE mm t!i:n, pertaining to furnerab turn fried Somerset, Pa. Sl-lvt DOLLARS PER MONTH l?i Your Own Locality maile easily and honorably, without capi tal, during your spare hours. Anv man. woman, buy, or girl can do the work haud- i:y, without experience. Talking ua necessarv. Not bins HWe it for monev' m.tUing ever offered In-fore. Our workers ahvavs prosper. No time wasted in learning the buiness. We teach yon In a niuht how to succeed from the Crst hour. You can make a trial without ex peine to yourself. We start you, furnialt everything needed to carry on the busi ness successfully, and guarantee yoa auainst failure if von but follow onr simple, plain instruction. Reader, if you are iu need of ready money, and want to know all about the best paying business before the public, send us your address, and we wi!l mail yoa a docu ment giving yoa all the particulars. TRUE & CO., Box 400, Augusta. Maine. CONDENStO TIME TABLES. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Somerset and Cambria Branch NORTHWARD. Jdkntavn Mail Erpnm.-V.net wood S 39 a. m. wrl 410. wnve towa A&l, HourereviUe ft.US. JiHUWlown. 6:10. jQfwtiiv Mail Esivrriv. Rocfcwy1 12.5f a. m. Sumerset l:is. -.!. -.low n 1:4. Hmf-riiie 1:67. Jotinstc ii 2. 4 p. m Jynjtf(ra A crtmmurin'vm RirkoiMl 6-Ji t n S..roeis't :4:f p. m.. -uve;ii 7:11 p m. ii.ioverttilie :S2 p to., JubDMoan s:l' p. m SunVnv Amymmodttfum Rockvood 12:5& a. m burnt rset, 1:19. SCIITH W A Kit Unit JohnrtAwn 7:40 a m.. HooTerTl'.le Sioiu.wn 8.40, nnmrrfcel 9:11. ktx kwnoil :.V. trprrim J.-.hnstoan :30 p. m.. H.ioverTillr 4.16, Stoyw.owu 4. -50. Siuier-t 6:01 KiirkwtftMl .an'fiy Oriy Jnhn?rowij S:;-:o a. m., Hoovervt!le 9 IA a. in., siuTnwD V:3U a m Somerset 10.1 a m , Kockaood 10:ia m Sundiv ArromiHntiatinn- Somerset 5:01 p. m. niniwut. d :o a m .. Daily. p KS XSYLVA MA Rl LROA D nt.'UZDl lK IS EFFECT NOV. 19 ! taSTERN STANCANO TIMC COMDEX ED sell EDC La- Train, arrive and drpart from the atat'on at WF.-TWARI. S.uthwe"ern Eii.rei. Western txpre Julnt..,.owrj AcHnmo.ilion.. 6 0. a. ra ti 6 K a. 9:10 a. JM a Arcimimoaallou . faciO F.iprna.. W ar FaMenger. . Mail S:.' a. &.16a. JobalowD Aceomiaodalion.. Fast Line. 9 30 a. .U p. ra. EASTWARD. Krvrtone Fx pre. sea onore r.ipma, ii'K.na Arrrf.. Main Line Emiv I t Ex .re. .. . n 10 a. Mall F.xnrt p. m J.ihustoan ocommodatioo v, rhi le.ieli.hi.... .. ... 7 is p. ra p. m iai l:m. .. .,,., 10 at, p.m PVNtM A-m M A a-. .r.e. a a ad flrcas Tho. E. Watt, P. A. W. 1 110 Fifth Ave- u'j-. r iionuriin. i a. S. M. FKKVo.-T, J. R. WOOn. Oeu 1 Manager. Geo 1 Fase .Agt Xothln? On Earth Will 4' Sheridan's Condition rowdcr! KEEPS YOUR CHICKENS Strong and Healthy j Prevcata ail Disease. Cf for Momltint Bnxm. Tt i. at .-.Htrtr nm HtrS. - , CI- rt-u tw.t at a c-nt dr. o whrr oiwfotirth aa .irvmr. stiiiyam-a.Hi -o- tan- B .- ma tr ml i an w pn-TtM Hm" cm rwtnmrr irraecan'ttf I II uaa lo aa. a-k ., H-upM.i.T la-tam,.-. arc pack, aj. Ln 1 1-4 ia. ra-i. by Mtmll. $1 A si, Urv ---.. t' . ipr. prepatd. w 1 ne tfM r-ouur faa-rarot trrr rnn-tiM.!lrv . fi t .-.r 1 un . BMt I a. . - L a. Juii.-iOJi a cci, E (.Uua aow it., fc i vnn r am vmn th.s a Cte la flTTBra-.R t tlw AirtiBr Huraau 5:3. a 5 40 a. ''iM S:J4a. lOrl.Sa HEMS It is to Your Interest TO BUY YOUR Drugs and Medicines -OF J. H. SKYDEB. CCCaWlOB TO Biesecker & Snyder. None bat tbe purest and beet kept in stock, andwheu Drugs beurnie inert by stand ing, aa certain of them do, we de stroy tbm, rather tLan Im pose on oar castotuers. Yoa can depend on having yoni PRESCRIPTIONS k FAMILY RECEIPTS filled with care. Our prices are as low aa any other Crst-claas houae and oa many articles much lower. The people of this county seem to know this, and have given na a large share of their patronage, and we shall still continue tegive them the very best goods for their money Do not forget that we make specialty of FITTING TRUSSES. We guarantee satisfaction, and, if yon have haJ tmnble in this rlimtion i- im a call SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES in grrat variety , & ftill art of Test bensra Come in and have your eyes ezarained So rnatye for examination, and are ar-mnfttni - run anit -on fome and Rraii-rtfiilh JOHN N.SNYDEK Jacob D. Swank, H K-bmaker and Jeweler, Next door weit of Latheraa Chun B Somerset, Pa. I am now prepared to sup ply tbe public with clocks, watches and jewelry of all descriptions, as cheap aa the cheapest. RETWIRIXa- A S PECIALTY. All work guaranteed. Look at my stock before making your pmr chases. JORDAN & HINCHMAN. We are row ncady with out rn-w and larte invoice of fine lotu'ectsopery G-xni, popu lar brarcid of Iti-cui'a a. J t akea. inucy pixxlsofall styles, an. I errrytbiin; el.e penair.iri? to a hit class non." to nil or drrs pnini.ilv. and to ut.:y rrsi.li-r.t fira ilics toanv exictit. lio-l a'wavs fr-b and always orfert-d at lowi-r-t tijrurc-i. IV. 1 and e one of the finest a?.ur:nieGts ever carried. JOBDAN & HffiCIMAI 270-272 Main Street, Johnstown, Pa. GOOD LIQUORS ! and Chsap Liquors By calling at the O'.d &U.K'- Uouor Store. Su 309 Sain St , and 106 Clinton St, Jolmstowii, Pa., all kinds of tbe OhoiMe-t Liouon In market ran be bad. To my ol.i cuswianra Ibia u a aeil known fact, and to all "then conrinciuK proof v ill be j-irta. f n'l f rit that I keep on band .he greatest varie-.y of J(jor, tlie cnolceat hrauda and at the lowest pricva. P. S. FISHER. HARDWARE I HARDWARE I I am now prrnarvfl to afvnnjfxlat the pilv llcwitb nf imi emma in the Httr-lwtue line by tn- ad'tiiion n-cfntly rale in mr former lar?f t.'k. I b -n all kin.U of .nt'-io in bit line and inv t-r c aHenire romreiKion. if yoa want a run. a rTlver. a kiiife, a iutw, a rim let, aa autrvr. a biryrir. a nair or cn, n-rtwria. aa:ijs b-e hor biaukeia, or anyihicif tlse ia faarUware ai kwvs( prictr cii oa me. Herman Bantley, Clinton St., Johnstown, Pa Cores thousands anna-;7of IJTrCom plainrs, BiHonsness, Jsur.dice, Dyspetv sis, On3tipnti--n, Malaria. AWe Ills resnlt frornaa TTnbea'rhyLi'rer than any otherennse. V.'by ptiT-t when von caa bec:ircd t P-. f Hif-rti's LivrInvigor arAr a r'.'T-... J f ir : : v rr, lVfn vovit M:tii:r it. mi-i-i.v viir. EAISJRADEMARksT CAW I ORTATW . P.tTTWTV Tar m frofnnt anrwr and an bm4 OfMnnm. writ to MINNA: t i.,wIm ba-e had n-arlr itft ?ara zprM-nre ra Lhe rateat bOMima. 'rmmiWHa. t wlrlli f.of lntial. A tlaadBMH of f.insatKai onac-rnma- I'atraia and bo- tn oe. Ima taia aect trr. A1m a ratalofuaoX awcaaa leal and 9r3enAc booaa 9ent rry. i'umti taMi tbroucb Uluna ft Co. Tecaia amtaai maMceia tbe spiral ike Ameriraa, a-id thoa ara brouxbt br'.retn pnblicitb ant rornt to ta inTnor. 1 h i rpiTHlid paprr. tacaed weekly. elraacLlr illusf rated, bad by faruia larvMt rircuiarji.Q of aov acieotiae wort ta taa Wur:d. s) tiar. fcan.nl coptraaent frea. Bwidlc fclif.ica,wjooiblv. Siua year. HiaeW aiw oenta. Kt7 ntjin 'r cunfitiD. beao. titai pkua, m rotor, and pbotarrapua of r-r booraa, witb plana. nabliiv buildara to abow law latent datca aud contract A4tUraa MLXK 4 t, iW loica, M,i Bkoaitww IMPORT. XT TO JaDYXSTISEK.a. Tbe creera of tha epuntry papers is ft mud la Bem-igion's Coonty fjcat Li. Shrewd arortuers avail tbetoselvea of Utf lUta, a fry of which can be had of Kemiugioa Bnav, of Xew Tork t Pittburj. jpr BU3SSES at Price js-j .J jc i Buks7... w,. ot tt. fltTTi T-v t-A a4 rrti-u aua tCw? VTi Kotul Hairoa. comtwclu . aj m-Pr i:kJrt f iur(iK. G f flaiTT Haroaai. 13 fci wva.1 ara -fV H r imry - liSSaaai'tflSj p a.Ta!taddl. alto.lal rraa. ,"fc r. atl-CS V A CAUT 09. ft Xj " , i"".i :0 SCHMIDT BVILDIZ The Largest and Most Complete Wine Liquor and Cigar Hou. IN THE UNITED STATES. 1300. DISTILLER Fine Whiskies. C3-- "W IMPORTER OF Winesj Mquozb Bud Oigj, TAMILX THADE SUPPXtlED. X0S. 95 AyD 97 FIITU A YESUE, FITTSBCRGE, pA A3 orders received by mail will receive prompt attention. New York Weekly Tribune Somerset Herald ONE I I 1 V A I t N "1 t Address all orders IT WILL PAY YOTT TO scr TOt B Memorial Work WM. F. SHAFFER, SOMERSET, PEJfNTA... Manabrrtarer of ana leaier tn Xoairra Work Furmuhtd cm Short Aoftre. a a2 CcVa mm m mim mi Aito, Agent Jar tto WBITX SBOSZt! Persons In need of M0NTM KXT WORK will find it to their interna to call at my shop where a p roiier abowinc will be riven tbem. ffSati kirtvn tiuarrtnlrtd ra f '.bur and kl 3 VM r LO W. 1 in rite special attention to tbe whit. Bronx, Or Pure Zino Monument Introduced by REV. W. A. RINO. aa a Decided ImproTement in tbe point or MATERIAL ASD (VNSTKl'criOS. and which is deatined to be tbe Popular Monument for our Cbangeabl. Cli male. -iTI Ml k CALL. WM. F. SHAFFER. Louthefs Main Street, This Mcdsl Drug Store is Favorite with People in Search cf FRESH AND PURE DRUGS. Medicines, Dye Stuffs. Sponges. iri supporters. Toilet Articles, Perfumes. Xc. H immTOK MIVTtX PHRASAL ATTENTTOH TO THI fOaPOrSUISh LomliBr's Prescriptions! Family Eece i&SATCAKB BEISO TASK TO f 0SLT FRESH AXD Pitt AHK1B SPECTACLES. RYE-GLASSES. And a Full Line of Optical Goods always on Land. From en large assortment all can be suited. THE FIHEST BRAHDS OF CIGAES Always on hand. It is always a pleasure to display our a to intending purchasers, whether they buy from us or elsewhere. J. M. LOUTHER, M. D. MAIN STREET .... SOMERSET. P Somerset Lumber Yard ELIAS CUNNINGHAM. AJrc'CCaa-a aso DSiLas A!tr WbousaJJ ASD RJTArLSa 0 LUMBER AND BUILDING MATEBlAi- Hard and OAK. POPLAR, 8IDISG3, PlCX2T3, MOnjUXGa, ASH, WALSCT, rLOORISQ, 8A3H. STAIR SAILS. CHJHJ&T, TELLOW PI.VE, EHINGLK3. DO0R3 BAH'i'Si CHESTS IT. WHITS PISS, A amral LlMrfill rrade. oC Lnmber and Aiao, eaa forniah anyttucr ta tbe Una oi oar txisineaa to order w'.lh reasons! pramptnoaa, soch as Brackets, Odd aiird work, tte. ELIAS CTJ-LSTNnGTTAM Offlco and Yard Opposita 3. AND JOBBEROF AXD YEAR. T" "T- A -r i r. to Tue Herald. r- m-"--) ?7 . fc'J.M. -...r 11 Over S00 avy MONUMENTAL t- Drug Store Somerset, Pa Rapidly Bsccsung a 3r. Solt Woods If I ITH, BLISE-3. Bnlldla Jlaterial and Ec.ln Kt &C. E. R. Station, Somere
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