Two Valuable Friends. V 1 1. A physician cannot be always lad. Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Bruise and Burns occur often and sometimes when least expected. Keep bandy the friend of many households and the destroyer of alt pain, the famous Red Flag Oil, 35 cci!s. MiSy a j keiLs liie ct.u'J te sved that id being racked to death with tiit terrible couh. Secuie a good night s rest by inve;in4 2 cents for A bottie of Pan-Tina, the great remedy for coughs, colds and consumption. Pan-Tuna acid at U. W. Beufoid A Drug Store. s "TPTU-. 'Wl T - O 4"? TV f 1 Wedaeada oornlnx at U 09 omer it-4 . .ir.ni ofharwis $2 60 i . be dlKooUnued until all h beB wtocriber. do not take oat I "Jrfil bt the sub- faort ftan cm. pc-toSle. to ESTAJ3LISBLED 1837. set era r r4 M u, uae or we raw jEl SoXIBAXT HXAALD, gOHDMXT, Pa. n w Slixrit. :5t1 walker, It inO'IYi-AT-LAW. " . vrvTlRT PtTBLlG. Alia Somerset, Pa. r ..OA-re" - cvFY M. BERKLEY, i! nuur, Pa. C.H0LBEKT . AUOaYAT-LAW .1 -. U STI.L. I'.rj.vTsT.LAW T A - siuaeaet, Ira. VlUK-AI-lW I, s frjiua. Houe Kow, oppoaii Court I- J. G. 0L. V A2J' OUIAUII, (A. euoierset, ra. ,tm n cnnNTZ. l ouiueiaet. Pa, I, r -omp: aueuuon to business entrusted V VJST1XE HAY, I Ir tn Real iun VJtl wiu.wr.wiui prompuio- t ExarHL, Jl '""eraet.PA. I . -s, won to all business enirtuaed ! rr .ifli' 0. KIMMEL, Dumertet, ra.. if auscd to sil business enirumu '-' 1 Lsrn sad avjoiuui couuua, sniA prunipv JJIrf tu;y. oflwj. un Main Uo uuoot. iMES L FUGH. ii a1IvAAT-AT-LAW, f Bumeraet, Pa. I txia Mammoiii Bi k, up lUtin. Eutuce i cm emeu IAU UUU B1C, USUiLX CCIiORS, AITUKJ Al B-A " , buautrtrt. Pa. tjunt entnutfd to our car will b . j.' suuuMt. itcuiuni aua adiuuaii( ooun- p winv)Uif aud ouuvtrj'aucu tiuut uu rcA- KBAER, AlTOKJiSr-Al-l-A w, Somerset, Pa., vrtttiet In Bomenet and adjoinlnf o- !i i buimeM uitnuted w 'Mm wul receive izmaru w. a. Kurrxi. VFFKOTH A RUPPEL, J AriAJA"Vi-AI-LAW, Dumeriet, ra. 1 1: iuzxm er. nuu4 to their care will be V-c ; uid punctual altUUed lu. OOtue Oil jU: J-m Kieck upiwaile ManiiuvUi Biuca. ' W. CAEUTHERS, M. D. . thVaJCIAJi A1 jsLIUjE JN, tvafcitBKT, Pa. ict Tsioa nreet, next duur lu ITluunn iu. caUii al oltiue. ; S.P. F. SHAFFER. fhValCUX i.VD eCRGEOK, I Buaaaaa-r, Pi-. I Tetit tia profesiau! ; lsr lo tu ciuuni V KfMi aud tioiinj osice next duur to ' Tir-T, 1. huUU. I y2. E. S. KBIilELL, 1 -aJe t profelonal eerrloee to the dUxeni f octet bii TKiuitT. l ultxa prufeaawnaiij ": ft caii be Wud at hi olLc on Maui St. r"Tftifj (H.J.M. LOUTH ER, (fonaciir a aiojrealoOTi.) reiSIClAJf AND BrRCJEOS 5 permanently In BoBkeraet far the i F C&oeoa Maiaauwt, ID2 J. S. MMILLEX Itrtiuaat ra LmUtty,) ! J t-a! aitexiioc to the preaerTatloa of i I -V itrin Am6oal nt-u Uucrted. Ail ; -"'i"t.-d miiiiJicvjry. Ottice in the aitie. j( H.livdmti Co.'i store, ourao Oils! Oils! nt- Refiaiuj .t PittsLarfh Depart ' "" '"akea a pialtj oT '!aii:ir.n ir iut iKraauc trade UiC iMt bca&dg uf binaiingri Lubricating Oils htha and Gasoline, from Petroleum. We challenge lri)n iiti rrerj kaowB '300UCT OF PETROLEUM satisfactory Oils -IS THE cieri encan Market, "r Traie fat Bboaet and Yictnltj aupplleo tj mot 3IETT8 aim atTn tiXx&M. KoCtKR, euaaaan. Pa. CH&BROMGOLD'S PKILLmsEIISIIIES Atoi1! 1?,!a, 10 Fd a . ca ttutuM i i .i arkt. Frfc-iiM -bailie: , , T j rrel'rr'r P"1; furot.b4 Fl"l wi fairer. -i I CP.CKSCLD, Kaifrx.. YCBI. FA. VOL. XLTT. NO. -THE- FIRST NATIONAL BANK or- Somerset, Penn'a. o CAPITAL 8URPLUS SSO.OOO. 914.000. DEPOSITS HECEIVCDIN LABQE ANOSMALL AUOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS FARMERS, STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED -DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS : LaRci M. Hicks. Gko. . Scru, Jama L. Pees, W. H. Millie, Jom R. Boon, R. 8. &tll. Fkks W. Bixsbckkb. Edward Scull, : : : : : Pbesidknt Valkjjtiki Hat, : : Vies Pbsmidestt IIabvet M. Bekkley, : : : Caahikb. The funds and securities of this bank re securely protected in a celebrated Cor Hhs Barglar-proof &tfe. The only Safe made absolutely Barglar-proof. Sonral Countf Salional Bad Of Somerset, Pa. iOr. bUblithed, 1877. OrfaiM at i Natloaal, 1890. CAPITAL, $50,000. Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't. Wall. Koontz, Vice Pres't. Milton J. Pritts, Cashier. Directors: Semi PnTfler, Juiab f pVcht, John H. tayilar Juerph B. Iv j, jerume btuSl, Wm Endslpy. Jonu M. iok, John BluSV Barriaun t-nvder, Kuaha. Miller, 6am. B. Harrison. d omen of this Bank will reoelTe the moat liberal treaunentcoibu.irnt with iafe banking. t artiee wiwiinr lo aeud nuin; east or wetl can be accommdau-J by dralt Utr any aiaoaut. Money and Taloablea aaid by one of Die bold Celebrated safel, with moat approved Uiae loc'L. Collecilons wiade in all parte of the United Slauia. Chargea moderate. Aoeounia and beouatu aolicted. xnart-om FIIEIITT Till! ill HIST El. 121 & 123 Fourth Ave, PITTSBURGH, PA. Capital - - Undivided Profits 250,000. Acts as Executor, Guardian, Assignee and Receiver. Wills receipted for and held free of charge. Business of residents and non-residents carefully attended to. J0DX B. JACKSOX, - President JAMES J. DOSXELL, Vice President, FRANKLIN BROWN, Secretary. JAS. C. CH APLIN, Treasurer. B. & B. EVERY WOMAN WHO READS This paper ought to know of the Price Reductions in tlese stores for this month of January, kiu'i hnfiinPM. Kverv Denartuient. up stairs and down, participates in this great Clearance Sale, I Jfti l,ro rK.irnn earlier than nsual. n.t i,h sill lu nilhrxl With SO OlUch energy, and the pri reductions will be no poaitiTe, that it will be to your profit to know anout, H yon nave any un.uT es stall in the Dry Good line to make. LOT AMERICAN DRESS GOODS, 39 inches wide, 7-8 wool, 15 Cents. 50 Pieces Columbian Plaids, All-wool Cloth Plaids ; they are T.S inches wide, 30 Cents ; Always sold heretofore at 50 cenls. Lot Fine Cloth Plaids, Dollar goods for 50 Cents, And these are 50 Inches wide. Lot Fine AU-Wool Crepona, in colors, S3 inches wide, 35 Cents, Down from 75 cents. Lot 50 inch Imported Novelty Dress Goods, f 1.00 and $1.25 stuns, they are at 50 Cents. And all FURS and WINTER WRAPS At Way Down Prices. And if yon cannot eome, HH pay you well to write our Mail Order Depart uient about wee aoa oiurr iu. Boggs & Buhl, ALLEGHENY, PA. 35 STENCER'S WW SALE. AVe wish to inform the readers of this paper that we want to inter est their pocketbook. During the month of January we want to emptj our shelves and counters. That means we will sell all LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S HEAVY WRAPS, WOOLENS, AND ALL OTHER Winter Goods Begardless of Cost. It pays ns to do it, aa it gives ns the money to pay spot cash for our spring purchase. We, then, can give the people extra values, and they will approve of it and be our future customers. JOHN STENGER, Jolinstown, - Pa. The "Neverslip" Horse Shoe, JK-OIl WINTKH TJStS. ABSOLUTELY PREVENTS SLIPPING. la safety and comfort t hnrse and driver. CM.K are kK.Mov'ABL'tteel-eentred and l-Kl.K rll AKPtMN'ii.aud ic-nain share until en tirely worn out. New Calks can be Inserted in a few raiiinue without removing cuoea from the bona:' feet. SAVES MONEY and tlir.e lost waillne at Blacksmith nhop. Avonit damage to horse's feet from frequently re movini.' common aboea to be tharpened. Pend for special orrER of fhoes for trial, all tilled with ( aikK in. ready to be nailed on, wbiu.li are offered thin winler only at very low price. Circular.-, price, etc., mailed free. J, E, SHIRES, Agt., BEDFORD T?a. Cure B risbt'a Dteeaie, Dropsy, Gravel, Ker vousnt, Heart, I'rinary or Liver Ui.eaae, Known bv a tired, languid feelinfc : inaction of the kidneys, weakens and poison the blood, and unle? cause is remove! you cannot have health. Curel me over live year ae of hncht Liineares and Dropsy. Mrs. I. L. I'. Aliller. Bt-thlehem, 1'a. 1,0m) other nmilar textiinoulaia. Try iL Cure guaranteed. Cann'i Kidney Cure Co , 720 Venango St PHILADELPHIA, PA. Sold by gS Ltliab'.c Dniggkit. S15. 115. Fifteen Dollars has a power to draw, if correctly invested, 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 $16 Suite. What you saw or heard of in that Suite you can find in this and more, you save a dollar too, which is an item to most of us. One thing sure, if you buy one of these 15 Suites you get a reliable article from a reliable firm. The Suite will "stand by" you and we " stand by " the Suite. HENDERSON FURNITURE CO., JOHNSTOWN. PA. Here's the Place to Get Your Money Back! KoticeU hereby given to the public that I am prepared to cry sale and auctions. ai Ufaction guaranteed. DR. E. DAYNE, SOMERSET. PA. WITHOUT THE i a, ITS ,4rFi3 BOW (RiNO) it is eiy to steal or ring wratchei from tl:e pocket. The thief gtts the watch in cue hand, the chain in t!,e other and fives a short, quick jerk the ring ilii off the watch stem, and away pe the wakh, leav ing tl.e ticttm only the chain. This Idea stcppel that little vzv. The bow has a groove .a eacfc end A cellar rao. down inside tb. rendant (stem and t int. the groovts. irmly locking the bow to the pendant, a. that it cannot be pulled or twisted oft. Sold by all watch dealers, without cost, on Jas. Boat Filled And other yly cues containing this trade mark it watch case cptatr scat ire aa res, Mil Keystone Watch Case Co., PHILADELPHIA. 23 15. SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1894. ilr. O. AT- L&uer ! "Nerves Shattered C-neriHy broken down; at times I would fan rer with a touch of tha vertigo; was not able to fro anv dutxnee from the honse. I was a ssiiarrabl. waaiw. Th3 dny I commenced cn bottls ho. S of Hood's harianaraia, I bepto to feci ltr and 1 now iecl liko a new nun. Hood's5?? Cures I am worktni again, and do not linve any of my bad speil. I h:ivo a perfect e.re. CUAa, AL Lai ta, COO W. Market M.. York. ra. ' Hood's pill9 are the bo: citcrlinner fiiia, aaiist (hcstiou. cure hiudjclio. SJc. s -." it v. .;. v . 'A? A YOUNG GIRTS FORTUNE. AN INTERESTING SKETCH. Nothing apncal ao strrmply to a toother's a(!e-tion as lier daiiirhter Jut building into womanhood. Kolhiwinir is an iMManct: '(ui dnufht-r, HIaii' bP, now ii year of hip, bad been terribly afflicted with iicnuncs, sud had bfatthe eniin- ucof bcr ri-lit aim. M was in such a roudltion that we Lad to kvp hi-r from school and abandon hiT nm-lc U--fcins. I n f :u"t, we feared rU Vitus dunce, and are po-'illva but for an invaluable r.'incdy -bo would have bad tjjat H i rible alllli-lifiii. We liaderiiplos'cd pliyM. lans, but she rvceivt d nult-.-ncHt fr.Mii t.'it.iu. The first of ia.-t Autut-t be wcijliod but p.uuds. and aillu-u;!. site hn t ikcn only llirvo Uuilcsof Ni rMiit be now wvizu ! pntimbi; Iiit wrvom.no ami iViuiitonis of Si.Vitus ilance are cm in lyv .lie aiu-uiU -bcd M'iularly, ami -tudin. wlih romfort and w. iio 1:h recovered coirplt ie u- of h-r arm, ber apiietito U spleimin. and no nrmey c i!,l iir.icure for our i;.iji:hii r the health lr. Milt's "Servile; bas l.n.n-'bt b r. Wlien my bmiher r-.-comim-udcd He rem fdy i b ul no f.ihli In patent medicines, uml would not listen totiirTi. but as a last leori be 'nt u a b ittV, u lpan tlvii: 1;. to Kl.incbe. a ii-1 the eilct was ulm.t lu;P edi a;e." iiM. IL ii- Huiiock. lirhio:-. N. It. Miles' le-itoni'ive Kervim; iswjiil l y all SraTMsoi a po-i'ive (:iiara;i1ic, or irnt Jinvt liy llic lr. ililcs MeUical t o.. K k! ar l id., ou re eipt of price, rl ir NntU-. 1 .,!, sfjrr5.inri i.- -.!". J free iruiii opiates or daureiiius drui. FANCY WORK. Some Hi eat Bargains io IRISHPOINT LUNCH AND TRA7 CLOTHS Bought below cost of transportation we are selling at (Treat ban.aiD8 white and colored Cedford Uord Table Cov ers, stamped ready for working. Sing ed Canton Flannel Table and Cush ion Covers, Singed Flush Ctuhion Covers, Bargarran Art Cloth Table and Cushion Covers, ail stamped with Neweat Designs ; Hem-stitched Hot Biscuit and Itoll Napkins. A new and In rye line of hem-stitched Tray and Carving Cloths from tJOcta np. Stamped Hem-tfitched Scarfs from 35cU np. Table Covers from 50 eta. up. A full line of Figured. INDIA SILKS, All New Tatterns and Colorings. Also, Figured Plush, 24 and 33 inches wide, in beautiful Colors and HesiRns. Art Satin Squares for the Central Coven and Cushion Covers. AVaban Netting, 16 inches wide, 50 cents per rani. In Pink, Bine, Olive and Yellow, THE XEW THING for Draping Mantles and luors, and for Draping Over Draperies. A new line of Head-refts, trora 2V; up. Visit our Table Linen, Towel. Napkins, Muslin, Sheeting and Linen Jirtment, by all means. 41 FIFTH AVENU. Pittsburgh, Pa. W. S. Sail L Ca 4 -.1 Wood St., PI U burg. males i hotochapmic BULIES, lew cameras. Detective Cameras, and the Fa tuous Kodak, In seven style, eeua lor Cata logue free. ARTISTIC JOB PRUNING A SPECIALTY. HARRY M. BENSHOFF, MANUFACTURING STATIONER ASD BLANK BOOK MAKER. H ANN AM BLOCK. JOHNSTOWN-PA. 0 Plso'a Eermedy for Catarrk is tb. Beat, Easiest to Tse. and Cheapest. old by Dnretsts or seat by saafl. Uc K. T. Hasritlaa. Warrea, Fa. AT 'v -. k HOME WARD X7 WISHES. T L MILl PICK HA APT. I asked a little child one day, A child intent on joyous play, "My little one. pray tell to me Your dearest wish ; what may it be? The little one thought for awhile. Then answered with a wistful smile, "The thing that I wish most of all Is to be big, like you, and tall." I a-kej a maiden sweet and fair. Of dreamy eyes and wary hair, "What would you wish, pray tell me true, That kindly fate should bring to you 7" With timid mien and downcast eyes And blushes deep and gentle sighs. Her answer came, "AH else above, I'd wish some faithful heart to love." I asked a mother, tried and blest. With babe asleep upon her breast, 0 mother fond, so proud and fair, What is thy inmost secret prayer T" She raised her calm and peaceful eyes, Madonualike, op to tha skies, "My dearest wish is this." said she, "That God may spare my child to me." Again, I atked a woman old. To whom the world seemed Lard and cold. "Pray tell me, O thou blest in years. What are Iby hopes, what are thy fears T' With folded bands and bead bent low She answer made, in accents slow, '"For me remains but ooe request It Is that God may give me rest." SOPHIE'S SLEIGH RIDE. BY W. O. STODDARD. Manoah Potman stood in the broad porch of his father's ample farm-house and looked out over the winter land scape, so very much of which belonged to his own patrimony, and a proud man was he. Proud he always was, and of all that pertained to biui, including hia own feet and inches, and what be deem ed his other personal attractions; but just at this moment be was proa ler of his big horse and his new sleigh than of anything else. Truth to teF, they were both good oi their kind, and Manoah knew it. He knew, too, that almost any girl in the valley would be glad to try the first snow in that sleigh and behind that horse ; that is, with him, Manoah. There had been make-believe storms, mere whims, before, but no sleighing ; and now the snow had been coining down all the previous night, and had not ceased yet, though there were signs of that, and it was beginning to drift. " Twon't be first-rate till it's packed," he said, as be took the reins and sprang in, "bat I'll see wLat Sophie Williams '11 say to it." It was a brief and brisk little drive down the road, and then pulled up in front of just such another farjihonse aa the one he had left. Xot precisely be fore the door, for that space was already occupied by a somewhat diminutive, if not antiqaated-looking "cutter," with arching swawn-necks in front, and pro vided with only a black, restive-seeming "Canada pony," that looked as if he would have been a little more than a good meal for Manoab's equine favorite. The young man could only give a glance at the Ipony, however; for there on the porch stood Sophie Williams her self, almost invisible through ber furs and wraps, but, for all that, undoubtedly the prettiest, sauciest and most independ ent little piece of coquetry in all Cherry j Valley. Brief enough was Manoah 's greeting before be announced that he had come to take bis fair neighbor out for a sleigh ride, pointing, ashe did so, the undenia ble attractions of bis new establishment. Sophie would bare liked, it may be, something more of humility in Manoah s manner, but she looked at the horse and sleigh, and she was almost ready to for give and ace pt. In a moment more she would have done so and sent her pony back to the barn, but Manoah 's evil genius made him open his mouth. "Isn't it tiptop Sophie ?" be said. "That little rig that old Squire Haddam give ye ain't a primin' to it." Sophie felt that be mentally added : "No more'n F.ph Haddam is to me," and she rejoined, a little too briskly : "No comparisons, please, Mr. Putnam; my pony is good enough for me, and I'm going to take my s!eigh-ride with him to-night You can find somebody elee easy enough. "What!" said Manoah. "You don't mean to say yoa won't go with me ?" "Yes, but I do," said Sophie. "And I won't keep you from hunting up other C3mpany. Come, pony." Even as she spoke she had tripped down to the gate ; and before the dismay el youth could collect Lis not too brilliant wits, she had actually driven off before his eyes, and all alone too. It was not the first time that Saphia Williams had treated Manoah Putnam badly, but it was a little the worst case yet ; and with out even going in to see the "old folks," Manoah whipped up his tall horse and drove disconsolately away, as if he, too, was very moch disposed to enjoy bis ride alone. As for Sophie, she drove on merrily, with an occasionally little soliloquizing laugh that bad a willful and almost a mocking ring to it. "He's a pretty fellow," she murmured, "to laugh at old Squire Haddam's pres ent! Neither he nor his father ever made a present to anybody. Kpb's a thousand miles away, but I wish be was here to take a ride yes, even if had Dora Pctman with bim. What would I care, so be bad a good time, and eoj yed him self 7 Manoah Putnam, indeed !" The snow bad been pretty heavy, and the roads were as yet very imperfectly broken, bat the Canada pony, like all bis breed, was a tough and stout little fellow, and he trotted horse fully away with bis light and merry burden. Several miles bad now been swept pretty rapidly behind her, and Sophie ought to have turned ber pony's bead towards home, for not only was the wind rising, and the snow ones more to fall heavily, but it was also drifting badly, and she could only guess what obstacles would be presented on ber return. She did not, however, but said aloud : "This is the road to the Corners. May be I'll meet Sam or father. It's almost time for them, and 111 drive to the cut, anyhow." Into the "cut," where the road went through the ridge of the hill, she waJ pretty sure the snow had drifted too heavily for the pony to get through. As for Sam and father, they had availed themselves of the sleighing to start for the Corners, early that morning, to de liver two heavy ox -sled -loads of grain at the railway station : and, if she bad hap pened there at the very moment that she had given a "snub," to Manoah Put nam. Sam Williams, the picture of his sister in everything but good looks, had been superintending the delivery of the grain while the father was making purchases in the village, when the belated passen ger train came pulling and blowing its way through the storm up to the plat form of the station. It stopped only for a moment, and but to land a single paa sengerand bis heavy leathern portman teau. The latter waa promptly dragged under shelter, but its owner a tall broad shouldered bearded personage, in a heavy fur cap and other voluminous protection from the weather strode "forward and put hia hand on the shoulders of Sophia's brother. "How are you, Sam 7" "Jerusalem !" whistled Sam. "Is that you? Well if I ain't glad to see ye! I reckon nobody knows you're coming or we'd ha' known of it." "Reckon not," said the stranger ; but surprise won't hurt 'em." Then followed a volley of questions and answers in the way of inquiries and in formation concerning the life and health of people in the valley. "And now," said the stranger at last "now I'm here, the puzzle is bow I am ever to get over home." "Oh," replied Sam, "that puzzle ain't worth a cent. The old man and I've both got our teams here, and you can go when we do. "Tain't half a mile from your house to our'n." "That'll do. Thank you. Bat when are you going to start ?" "Can't tell 'xactly. Go when the old man gets ready. I know ! I'll tell ye just what to do. Yon can drive oxen's well as I can. You put your trunk on my sleigh and go ahead, and I'll wait and come with him. How's that?" "Splendid !" exclaimed the stranger, and in a (ew moments more be was standing in the front end of Sam's long, heavy sleigh, flourishing the gad over the double yoke of oxen and shouting to them as if be bad done nothing else all hia life. That was what had been happening at the Corners, and so it came to pass, as Sophie and her pony began to draw near the "cut" she heard the hoarse tone of a man's voice on the other side of the ridge encouraging his oxen to plunge forward and break their way through the deep drift. "That most be Sam or father," said e.ru:., "....I I cmo&a Td httfr turn round. It's a mean place for that, though." It was not, indeed, the best kind of a locality to wheel a cutter in, and Sophie saw that in order to do so she must drive out of the rapidly disappearing tractr into the drifts at tb side. Focy was np to anything, however, and sprang boldly forward at the first touch of the whip. Alas for bim and for bis mistress and that be was so small an animal ! For the first iialf dozen yards revealed the fact that the road had been deeply ditched on the side, and the pony almo3t disap peared in the enow-covered hollow, drag ging the cutter after bim. Two or three plucky, persistent struggles he made to extricate himself, and then stood still in bis fleecy bath, turning his frosted head back at Sophie with a look that seemed to say : "There, now, it isn't a bit of use. What shall we do about it?" Sophie sympathized strongly with ber pony, but she laughed long and -hearty over ber funny predicament, shaking the snow from her dress and.the butfalo-robes, but glad enough to feel sure that help was so near. And now it waa rapidly coming nearer for Sophie coul J see the horns of the oxen, and she stood up in the little sleigh and shouted : "Sim! Father! Do hurry up and help me ! Pony and I are caught in the drift." No answer came to ber sum mons, and as the oxen labored closer to ber invol untary baiting-place, she could discern nothing familiar in the form or the hoarse, deep, singular vo'.ce of their driver. A tall, strong-looking fellow he was, with heavy beard and mustaches now thickly tangled with frost and the driv ing snow. This and the fur cap drawn over his brow and ears and bis heavy wrapping of overcoat and shawl prevent ed almost entirely any such thing as a look at his face. Sophie was woman enough, however, even then to note that from his boots to his cap everything was of a style and texture not to be found among the or dinary drivers of oxen in the valley. Although the stranger was neither Sam nor her father, be evidently had pity on poor Sophie, for he halted his team and plunged into the drift to ber assistance. Not a word be spoke, but, to Sophie's astonishment and indignation, he picked ber up in his long, strong arms, waded back and put ber down on some robes and blankets in bis own sleigh. His next exploit was to loosen the pony, lead bim out of the ditch, hitch him on behind the ox-sled, and then pick up the cutter bodily and put it in just behind Sophie. As if not content with that, he bad no sooner fairly ar ranged and secured bis new cargo than he agan picked up Sophie and put her back in her cutter, so that she was now riding on two sleighs instead of one, and then be started bis oxen forward, with out uttering syllable. The pony trotted on behind in a very contented frame of mind, but Sophie waa dumbfounded. Never before, in ber admired and petted existence, had she been treated so unceremoniously ; and yet, as she look el first at herself in ber queer perch and then at the tall form of her snowy driver in the front of the sleigh and back at the sober, contented Cice of ber pony, she could hardly re strain a laagh, it was all so queer. On they went, however, the long ox-gad plying freely over the slow oxen, and the hoarse, deep voice of their driver every now and then urging or guiding until they were little over a mile from borne. Just here, however, a new excitement was added to the adventures of the day, for out of tha blinding snow and the driving storm a horse and sleigh came dashing madly dewn the road. There was no time for the ox-team to turn out, if there had been room, an J as the run away tried to do so his sidelong spring threw both himself and the light frame work behind him so heavily against the larger sleigh that they both were rolled over and over in the drift, and not only the horse and cutter, but the man in the latter, who should have been guid ing them. Sophie's driver sprang out, and in an instant more be had the panting runaway on his feet, while his master picked himself out of the drift, and revealed the undamaged but crest fallen featuree of Manoah Putman. 'Is that you, Sophie?" gasped be. "Have y?u been run away with?" "No, I have not," returned Sophie; "and I am glad enough that I refused to go with you. I might have had my neck broke. Manoah turned and looked ruefully at his establishment, and then set to work in silence to put it once more in shape. "No use," hoarsely remarked the stranger; "the runner's broke, and so is the shaft. Pitch it out there on one side, hitch your horse on behind here and jump in. You can come back for it." Manoah obeyed n-.echanically, al though he hardly knew if he was glad or not to find himself and his gay bearskin robes transferred to the elevated seat where Sophie archly made room for him. After that the oxen had a very silent trio behind them ; but they were soon halted in front of Sophie's own home. Manoah refused to come in, although Sophie really urged him ; and even while she was talking at the gate for she bad spruDg out, without waiting to be lifted the stranger had opened the great gate into the yard ; and the first thing So phie knew, he was guiding in the oxen, sleigh and all, followed by the pony. "Sure as I'm alive," exclaimed Sophie, as she turned her eyes from the retreat ing form of the discomfited Manoah, "it's our sleigh, after all, and it's Sam's own oxen! If that ain't queer! Why didn't I think of it before?" With more than a little wonder in her head, she made the best of her way into the house, and proceeded to take off ber things. Never before bad she been so slow about it, for between each two artic les she stopped to cousider the remarka ble events of the morning. "Sophie," said ber mother, "what in all the world has come over you ? Didn't you and Manoah have a pleasant ride ?" "I didn't go with Manoah." "Oh, somehow I'd got it into my bead that you did. Seems to me Sam's a long time putting up bis oxen." "It wasn't Sam," said Sophie. 'Not Sam." exclaimed ber mother. "Tripn who on earth was it?" Just then the side-door opening into tiie sitting-room, where they were, was familiarly thrown opon, and a voice by no means so deep or so hoarae as the one which bad shouted at the oxen re plied : "Only me, Mrs. Williams. I recken Sam and bis father '11 get home before night." "fcph Had.lam?" "Ob, Eph!" Mother and daughter were alike as tonished, for, now the fur cap was off, and the frcst and snow cleared away, not even the beard and mustache could difguise the features of their old ac qtaintance. "Well, now, if I aint't glad to fee ye !"' beait'tl'.y exclaimed the old laJy. "Ob, Eph, was it you all the time?" half ruefully quer ied Sophie, as she held out ber band. "Yes, Sophie; ardlwasglal enough to find you driving the pony by yourself when you might have had better com pany than space. Wont you forgive me r Somehow or other Sophie was glad also, although she did not say it ; and if filial duty did carry Eph Haddam over home for a few hours, be came back to spend the evening; and, on the whole, she ever afterward considered that the very best sleigh ride of that or any other w inter. Local Institute. Program for a teachers' joint local in stitute, of Wellersburg and Southampton township, bo be held at Coaips school house, March 3, IS'Jl. Beginning at 9 A. M. Two sessions. Address Mr. Henry Peiffer. 1. Paper Mr. VY. L. Tucker. 2. Discussion School Management Mr. E. F. S'aaulis. 3. Keeitation Miss E nma Fike. 4. How U make the study of Pysiolo gy interestini Mr. II. II. Cupp. 5. Talk Evils of Intemperance Miss Lucille Fechtig. 0. -Silect Blading Miss Ida Tauber. 7. Taik Language Mr. W. A. Hay. 8. Paper Miaa Lucilla Fechtig. 0. Talk Patriotism E-uma Fike. 10. Trimary (jrammar Miss Clara Fechtig. All friends of education are cordLJiy invited to attend. Com. A Boy's Experience. "A few months ago my face and neck were covered with boils and carbuncles and I had a tired feeling. I tried dif ferent kinds of medicines but they bad no effect untii I got Hood's Sarsapariila. When I bad taken the second bottle the boils began to heal and the tired feeling was gone." Lorenzo Grinnell, Columbia Cross Roads, Pa. Hood's Tills an purely vegetable. 25c A searching party Saturday night found the dead body of fames Rtger, of Jackscn township. Cambria county, whose long ab sence from home bad alarmed bis young wife and tha neighbors. The body was found in the woods uo Jer a large log, which bad evidently rollc I opoa him while he was attempting to load it on a sled. Songs havs the power to'qniet The restlea puUa of ce. And eome like the bjuedictioa That follows after prayer. If yoa are worn out by that backing cough, and want a goo l night's rest, try Pan-Tina, the great remedy for coughs, colds and consumption ; 2j and 5Q cents. Pan-Tina sold at G. W. Benford's drug tore. WHOLE NO. 2220 The Free Trade Raid. The Wilson Bill Passed the House by Thirty-Six Majority. After the speechmaking on tha Wilson bill had ended Thursday evening voting up on the amendments then began. August 2d was fixed aa the date when the wool schedule shall go iulo elK-cr, and Iect-mher Jd for the woolen manufactures. The internal revenue amendment was adopted by a v ote of yeas H- nays 50. The amend ments in committee baring all been agreed to in tbe House, tbe question was upon tha engrossing and third reading of tbe bill. Mr. Covert offered a resolution of recommittal, which was defeated by a vote of 103 yeas to ITT nays. The bill was then passed, yeas, 3t ; nays, 1 10. The announcement was greeted with cheering and applause in the galleries and on the floor, which continued ontil the House a 'jonrneJ. All of the Republicans voted against tbe bill and all of the Populists for it. The Democrats voted for it with the following exceptions. Abbot, Texas ; Bartlett, New Yoik ; Cadmus, New Jersey ; Campbell, New York ; Covert, New York ; Cumroings, New York ; Davey, Louisiana ; Geary, California; llaints. New York ; Meyer, Louisiana; Page, Kbode Island ; Price, Louisiana ; Robertson, Louisiana ; oibiey, Pennsylvania ; Scbermer born. New York ; Sickles, New Yoik ; per ry, Connecticut. Tbe .peecb of ex Speaker Reed who closed tbe debate against f:ee trade was a moat masterly ttfort and stands out in bold relief against the political rot of Speaker Cri-p and tbe school boy platituJea and point less utterances of Chairman Wilsoo combine.!. The galleries, parked to suffocation, seem ed to rise as the Maine man stood up and cheers, hind-clapping and stamping of feet greeted tbe liigh-tantt champion. Mr. Reed beld up his band and endeavored to stop the t'lmult, but the cheering continued for fully five minutes. Tbe enormous crowd was so noiy at times Mr. Reed bad to stop talking, and the speaker warned tbe galleries. Tbe Maice man was in p'cmliJ form, and bis cutting sentenos cailtd foitb frfrpietit st:d noby demonstrations. Mr. Reed first cal ed at tention to tbe peculiar features of the bill, which ciuosiiiy attempted to give some pn.tecti-.n and failed, and offered a tempta tion to tie free traders and failed to suit t:eni. Those who vote for it will do so with the reservation that they will begin a new cruside against whatever barriers are left and in the hope that it will open our mark ets to destructive competiton. Tbe claim thai the bill should be passed at once to end the uncertainty was hypocrit ical, he said, because there is no bop. that it will tffjrd a rest f jt the interest involved, ina-much as the tariff tiffkers will never cease to tinker. The question, therefore, presented could only be one of free trade aud prottclion. Mr. Reed expressed sur prise that the question bad continued to be agitated despite the awful examples of free trade. lie pictured the prosperity of the cnnr.trv since ;h wsr under a protective tariff despite the fact Ibal we werj strug gling with an enormous war debt and a dis ordered currency. In picturesque fashion Mr. Reed pictured tbe marvelous develop ment of the country eas', west, north and suib, and pointed oct that we have but sbarceiy touched our magnificent resources Mr. Reed quoted from noted English an tborities, free traders, who marveled at cur Wounderfu! development aud riches, ail gath ered under the "blighting Uitlutccs of high tariff." He qui ted from the Aldiicb report to the senate, that never in tbe history of civilization Lave wages been to Ligh as here. Mr. U'.-ed traced the bistury of free trade ia E ig'and. He admitted that tbe repeal of the corn laws there resulted in beneli', but un der prottction the English manufacturers bad grown so strong that tbey no longer wauled protection. The fiht against tbe corn lavs meant everything, but the repeal of tbe tariff that affected the manufj.-t ir eic meant nctbicg, because tbey were in a position to beat tbe world at manufacturing. Mr. Reed diseased the ic'ation of wages to the tariff and cited stati-itics showing an increase of per cent, in wais since tbe war. Mr. Reed declared that tbe law ot supply and demand did not lit tbe rati ot wages always. He ridiculed the claim that we can secure more of the world's trade and claimed England, France and Germany already bad tbe tield, and with their im proved machinery and cheap labor would see to it that we were kept out. We now have all we can do to bold our own market even under high tariff. Break down tbe wal's and we would neither have a home nor a feieign market. Mr. Reed devoted some time to tbe charge that tbe consumer pays the tax, and cited the testimony of the Bermuda produce deal ers, who urged tbe reduction of the tan "3 on potatoes because the high rate hurt them In that instance the foreigner paid the tax, as he gent rally does. When no protection existed we were at the foreigners' mercy aud prices were always high. Mr. Reed would not claim that ttriff iu tie the lame walk, the blind see, or bring the dead to life, but it was a goo 1, sound, sensible policy f r this country whic'o the people never meant todi'pense with. Mr, Reed closed by saying : "Though we fail here to-day we shall finally be more than conqierors, for this great nation, shaking oil the in.ioence of a lower civiliza tion, will go on and f frill its high destiny untill over tLe south, as well aa over tb. north, shall be sreaJ the full meainre of that amazing prosperity which is the wonder of the world.'' Some Important Law. Tbe York Knictt says : Toe result of the trial of the rase of Woiley vs. the township of Dover, York county, in which tbeplaintff recovered on Saturday a verdict of il.'Kr), shouid be an admonition to township supervisors to take precautions against like accidents in their districts. Mr. Wur'.ey a year or so ago was driving over a small bridge in- Dover township, only three fett high, when a carriage from the rear collided with bis own, which caused it to overturn and fail fioat tbe bridge, throwing Mr. Worley out and breaking his neck. If tbe bridge bad a guard rail tbe carriage would not have fallen over iL It was tbe absence of a guard rail that made the township liable in damages in $t.Xj to Mr. Worley 'a widow. Tbe law require guard rails on bridges and guards or barriers on all precipices along public roads for the protection of the travel ing publi ; and where the erection of such barriers or goartis mj iires more expense than it is rtasanable the township should bear, the court on the rrriresentati.Mi of tbe supervisors, or no petition of any of the inhabitants of tbe township, orders a view in tbe manner now provided in case of roads, an J if on tbe report of viewers, it shall ap pear to the court, the grand juror and tbe commissioners of tbe county that such guards or barriers ar necessary and would be too expensive (or soxii townaaip, the same shall be erected and Maintained a county bridees are now erected. Jjbn Wilson, of Wampum, Lawrence county, ha a goose with a set of teeth. He fill sail it to a m'aeuaa. They say that a pupil in one of the Erie school Louses squiuta so badly that he can study grammar with one eye and geography with the other. Electric Bittors. This remedy is becoming so well known and so popular as to need no special mention. All who have used Electric Bitters sing the same song of praise. A purer medicine does not exist and it is guaranteed to do all that ia claimed. Electric Bitters will cure ail diseases of the liver and Kidneys, will remove pi mple, boils, salt rheutu an.l other affections caused by impure blood. Will drive malaria from the system and will prevent as well as cure all malarial fevers. For cure of headache, constipa tion and indigestion try Electric Bitters. Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or money refunded. Price oO cts and it per bottle at J. X. Snyder's Dru store. XiLss Kale Sanborn says of the pro grommes at womens clubs : "The papers are usually too lot g winded and too labor ed. Tbey are exhaustive, usual! v going back to the beginning of the world to ex plain the present subject. It Should ba in Every House. J. B. Wilson, 371 Clay St., Sharpsburg, Pa., says he will not be without Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, that it cuied his wife) who was threatened w itb Pneumonia af ter an attack of "La Grippe," when vari ous other remedies and several physi cians had done ber no good. Robert Barber, of Cooksport, IV, claims Lr. King's New Discovery has doue bim more good than anything be ever used for Lung Trouble. Nothing like iL Try it. Free trial bottles at J. X. Snyder's drug store ; large bottle?, oOc. and $1. A scheme to prevent runaways is to have a small electric battery in the vehicle with wires running to the horse's noetrels. When the animal bolts a press of the button will stop bim instantly. It is said to have never f tiled. The Little Ones Should be carefully considered, espec ially when they contract coughs and colds. Croup is the de-tuon ofchildhood, as many a fond mother knows. Do not allow a cough or cold to run on. Wheth er young or old, it may be the forerun ner of an untimely death. We can con fidently recommend ail readers to use Pan-Tina, the ceiebra ed remedy for coughs, colds and coujtimption. Pan-Tina is sold at 25 and oO cents at G. W. Benford's drug store. "Yoa say that you did not go to Sun day school, but that yoa did the next thing to it went in bathing," said Tom my's aunt. "Now, bow do yon make out that bathing ia the next thing to go- Sinn.iav.arhml "Why," replied Tommy, "isn't clean Unes next to godliness?" bucklen s Arnica Save. The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruise's, Sorts, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil blains, Corns, and ail 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. N. Sny- What did you think of the play ? Oh, it was just lovely. The heroine appeared in six different costumes in one act. A Sedentary Occupation, pleuty of silting down and not much exercise, oulit to have Dr. Pierre's Pleasant Pellets to go with it. They absolutely and permanently cir Con stipation. Oae tiny, snar coated Pellet is a ccrrtctive, a regulator, a gentle laxative. They're the anialleat, the easiest to take, and meat twturd remedy no reaction afterward. Sick Headache, Bilious Headache, Indigestion, Billious Attacks, and all stomach and bowel de rangements are prevented, relieved and cured. A "cold in tbe head" isq'lickly cured by Dr. Sage's Catarrh Iteuiedy. Sj ia Catarrhal Headache, and every trouble caused by Catarrh. So is Catarrh itself. The proprietors offjr jS MX) for any case which thev cannot cure. Harrison For McKinley. Cm im 111 , Feb 4 A special to tbe T. ia- from Clevelau I, i ) lio, says : "Th secret for thj visit to CV.u noot of John C. Oowdy, cbairmn of tn Indians It -publican state etecf.ive o unite.', ii out. Chairrnin Gw 1 wn an ac're.lilel mes-s-Mig t from ex r.-esii-vit iltrrison and ha car rid with bin a-rjuraact of good will and substantial aidtn (i tremor M rCtnicy's coming ri-s'it Tor the presidjutul nominatiou two years Ueace. Harriso i d jea a t si it th; nmi nation aad viulln it ac.: :i, ail s he ha 4 io fjr nsJ (j ttst r il IvvT ey. Stac hisgreul b.'ceav-;rn : it rie b n o a u i j 1 ex :eoi f live a umi'j! Iif , d o-e 1 1 b i profeoion aid bit s'.u liiM, a 1 1 fi'tje.ui ra lie tviievea b couid not survive the worry and woik of a lo'.ber cmai 1 a t 1 term ai p.-e-i 1 Why Hood's Wins. President Lincolu said, "You cannot fool the p -ople a second time," They are too qtick to rec g"ii) real merit or lack of it, and cling only to th se thing which they find to be what is claimed for them. It is especially gn:ifying that the sale of Hood's Sarsapari'la increase not rapidly in those sections wiiere it is best known. Tbe inference is plain. Hood's St'is parilia has proven that it possesse gen uine merit. It maintains a high standard, which others cannot even approach. It is the people's favorite blood-purify ing and building np medicine, and ia more popular this year than ever before. All this because Hood's Cures. It Is Pronounced Mah vah-e e. "How do you prouounce tb name of the island kingdom which wants to be annexed to tb I'nited State?" was a frequent q'tratiuo recently. Tb moot commonly acoeptad orthoepy ia "Hahwi , tbe second syllable accented and tbe "f long is in "pin." The qiestioo was ooce aiked of a high caite Hawaiian lady, well educated in ber own and the Eogiiih Language. Sb answered : "Th proper pronunciation is "Hah-vah--. There is no 'w' it) th alphabet, end no letter or consbtnatioa of letter, whica takes tbe soaod of 'w as la English." il
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