i!
jise Somerset Herald.
gaTASllSHCO ST
rcis of PubHcation.
jrf every Wednesday morning at
r' . .gg if paid 1 advancs, others' Jn $2 60
ariaity be Cta-Tred.
" " jujrtptioB will be discanUEOed until all
ji up. Postmasters neglecting
u wiies subscribers do tot take out
"" be held inouaibln fat Um nb-
beri removing from one postcfflcs to
"iLepiw8"100"- Address
Th Scxaisja-r Hjulald,
riiY 4 WALKER,
ii ATTO&NsTo-AT-LA,
ud SOTAJ4V PCBUi
Somerset. Pa,
;te the Court House.
VS-AT-IW
Xa iKamoud blreet,.ritli..ur
urgh. Pa.
. i-r-crW
J- AnuriKY-AT-LAW,
wiuui, Pa.
aOfis10" Buiidiiis,
H'vrT M. BERKLEY,
sjKaaasr, Fa.
twii' J.Kooser.Ewi.
. r KOLBERT.
A " jUiOaLNstY-AT-LAW,
teatrwi, Pa,
pjawlltJotaH-Cal.
Aiiva-MU-Al-LA.
noiaemet, l'i.
A boinerast, Pa.
a PniitK fio" hMW- "P" Court
jiwm. J.G.Oai
BuauoiT, Pa.
. AUVJi-NET-AI-LAW,
eumeraet. Pa.
tjl fl. KOO-XTZ.
Bunienet, Pa.,
1 crt prompt attention to business entrusted
JTot m Bumersel and aborning counties.
t'llEXTLN'E HAY,
V A l'lUtO a. i' - AT-LA Wf
1 bomenet, ra,
a bea-ei ia Ecal Estate. Will attend to all
eianMed ui lias car wilh promptness
ToHN H. TJKL,
J atijk-IY-aT-Law,
" eoniernei, Pa.
aw wotDPtly attend to ail business entrusted
uam. Hone? adviLnoedwooii:uona,c. or
m Jtanuuoin Biock.
JuliN 0. KiMMilL,
AlIuKMii-AT LAW,
somerset. Pa.,
"i: aitend to n.1 business entrusted to his care
It, sicisei sua adjuiuuig counties, wiui prompt
ly and Lieiity. OSice on a-nin Cruna b Joet,
aH riser i book More.
JAMES L. PUGU,
AllOKNJiV-AT-LAW,
tximenct, Pa.
ufcc in Katamuta B'.oca, op stairs. Entrance
a km itu 9Uri- Lnetuou inaar, au
A. .'. Comes. L. C CoJJoas.
COLBuRX A COT-BORN,
A11VJ ki a V 6- Al -LA W,
euiuerwt. Pa.
Aj buainem cntrastcd to our cue wUl be
punpliy and nuinruiljr aucudt-d to. Collection
bhjk 'i. bumtmet, inMiurd and aujoimiif ouun
tm. survcyUi and umivt'auiig ooue on rea-
HI BAER,
a A'lTORKIT-AT-LAW,
oomenet, Fa.,
a smrtio In gomenel and adjoinlne txxia-
. AJ biuanua entnuved w taint will receive
pau aittnLox
A .H CorraoiH W. H. EtTOKL.
fH)FFiiOTa A RUPPEL,
j AlTui-Stlo-Al-LAW,
bomeraet. Pa.
boiuwai en mted to their care wul be
R-w.y ana punctually attended to. ornce on
Hu cm street, oppuailc Mauuaolu Bmn.IL.
T W. CARUTUER5, M. D.
U l-HislcLAS AS1 bLEoE
. uatKMCT, Pa.
Acton Cniun street, next duur to Piuiuhk
fe'cvw. int uuu at onice.
D
P. P F vtf lPFt R
flllal(.lA AU bcS'jfcU-V
euMkiuikT, Pa.,
"iti't.-i hit pruteasioaal tei rie to tne citizen
suacrset ana riciiutj. Ulnce next door to
tASaeruai iiotei.
JjE. E. 6. KIMilELL,
"codert hit profcwional ierrteea to toe ci iiieru
ataenet aiid Ticuuty. I maa proleaauuaitj
k can be iound at hi oaice on Maui M.
Di J. M. LOUTKER,
(fvrwmy o Mwycitowa.)
FBTSIC1AS AND 8CBGEON
E" loatsd permanently in Somerset fcr tot
px-o ot hit p.-nfuaion. Ofnoe ou Main street,
sa: oi inn owre.
l9 T C flfTT T T V
. Jl A iji-r ,
Pa! a'.ientlon to the prenerratlon of
teetn Artiflcal wu ln-wned. Ail
riraLted fckiuiacUiry.
Office in the
7w. M n.T.xlweU Cc'a store, cone
d fiUTot streets.
Oils! Oilsl
Kpflnirn' Co., Pittxbonrh Hepart
" i".iUU;rT;ii. r., uMni a spoclalty ut
u:ciur.:. lor the Iouauc trade
tne tine&t LraiKU ot
toating Lubricating Oils
Naphtha and Gasoline.
- t be mail from Petroleum. We challenge
onqjparjou witn eTery A oown
PRODUCT OF PETROLEUM
Too w-jh the most nnifonn'.y
Satisfactory Oils
IS THE
American Market,
Ait kj,
rjrt- Trade fcn SuBunet and TkinltJ
appllea by
COOK 4 ilERITS and
tkiLkal KUOt-ER,
boHBAsrr, Pa.
'i&iOH&DROMCClD'S
?AY MILLuliKGIHES
,"-Ktri. , """-"t m Prtrtlon rrel Hue
" bcboi Urnj.T Ihrre lion
'WTJ"!? o;'""' B.iu-ket. KrtrlU
- 1iL. UJ"1 " 'l (Wine U i
1 tie
VOL. XXII. NO.
-THE-
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF
Somerset, Penn'a.
o
CAPITAL ... S5Q.OOO
8URPLUS - w - 514, OOO
0
DEPOSIT RECEIVED IN LARGE A N D SH ALL
AMOUNTS. PATABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF KERCHANTa FARMERS.,
rOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS :
LaKcb M. Eicxg. Gmo. . E.TU,
James L. Pch, H. Millea,
Johh R. Scott, R. S. Sixi.l,
Fkxd W. Bietctu.
Edward Sctix, : : : : : Pkesidkxt
Vaixktixb Hat, : : Vic Pkakidk.vt
IIabvev M. Bki.klev, : : : Casuixjb.
The funds nd securitiea of this bank
are securely protected in a celebrated Cor
liss Burglar-proof isafe. Ihe only buie
uiaue aueoiutety iurgiar-prooi.
Somerset County national Bank
Of Somerset, Pa.
Ettib!1ihed, 1877. Orfinlred u i Natlona!, 1890,
CAPITAL, $50,000.
Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't.
Wm. H. Koontz, Vice Pres't
Milton J. Pritts, Cashier.
Directors:
Baml Snyder,
Wra Endsley.
Jo:iat M. Cook,
John StuSt.
HitmwD nTder,
Ko.hd. MUier,
joun ii. fcujruer
Joi-t h B. I 'avis.
Jerome stuirt.
Sam. B. Harrison.
dvtnmen ol this Bunk will receive the moet
libt ral irvaimenlcotii;ent with fare banlcmir.
Iarti wiinn to -iid money eat or west can
be aecommdau-d by dmit lur a:iy amount.
Mimey and valuable, secured by one of Die
bold Celebrated a:e, with most approved time
lot'L.
Coliections made in all parti of the raited
Acoounu and Dctwits bollcted. mart Cm
IDEUTT Til 111 HIST tl
121 & 123 Fourth Ave,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Capital - - -
Undivided Profits f 250,000.
Acta as Executor, Guardian, Assignee
and Receiver.
Wilis receipted for and held free of
charge.
BusiDew of residents and non-residents
can-fully attended to.
JOHN B. JACKSOX. - President
JAMES J. DOXNELL, Vice President
FRANKLIN BROWN, Secretary
JAS. C. CHAPLIN. Treasurer.
COAL LANDS.
One of the Richest Veins in the
Somerset Region
FOR SALE.
Tbe undeTMttned offer at private sale the farm
or the late iwrtre w. fi:r. aojommtr eujnerwsi
boruiiftii.eoutaiiiltu! VD ai res more or it-, in an
Aw.i...t ,.. ,,r f,uliiv.tion atid in food retair.
..I nw (. luua-ajiJ well watered. A tew and
lm n the uremies. Tne fi.C K
K. rr.n thnmh tiie iarra and ofieri exreputmal
f i!iii" to paitie de-inn' to mine e-l and hie
ciav The I. re clay ol an eieellent "i""'"!
and has been used for j eirs by the I aninna.iron
Co. T ,
The coal is a six foot Tern, anil is of an line
nuaied ouair.y a tae following anaiyiis will
snow :
Moisture, 0 i
VoiaUle Combi:llle matter, 19. xj.
(FielCai"oon, 7D
C"ke.-jAUi, a l-i.
Tt.'.'y.
Afh. Phos-borus, 0.01
Sulphur. LU'L
Traces of iroz.
For terms and further partlcnlars spp'y to
t,K'. i. Plt-E,
or CHAR t. TILE, JobuU.n, I'-
Bomenrt. ra.
DREXEL'S
IMPROVED EMULSION OF
PURE NORWEGIAN
COD LIVER OIL
WITH CHEMICALLY PURE
HYPOPHOSPHITES OF
LIME AND SODA.
FOR
CONSUMPTION, RONCHITIS. COOCNS,
COLDS. ASTHMA. SCROFULA,
-SKIN OISCASCS. NERVOUS DISEASES,
- DISEASES OP CM I LOR EM.
- WHOOPINO COUCH. ANAEMIA,
- CATARRM MrtML
- CENERAL DEBILITY, ETC, KTO.
Thb vaiaable pteparmtkm cares by its aotritrve
and s Iterative po'f. It a true rmulsrafi, .ol
a lis soap, ts easU J dtcesled, quickly sssiKiLurd.
and skovs its wondertul fcttioa on blood, tissue
and erre by a saost saarked improrcssest Iroas
the first doM. . . ,
DrtxI's Eaalsiim of Cod Liver Oil to especially
aervtrcable tor wrnn, senrousnes.. for scrolula
and scrofulous swell in r. jlaaduUr eolareeaeiits.
and the wastiiiz diseases of childhood. For dys
peptic and aervotM coodiuou, loss of Sesh. Ci
turhed sleep and night svests, it is a perfect cure.
Dreiei'i Emclsio. of Ood Liver Oil 'jthevery
best remedy to be had lor coombs, colds, bronchitis,
crap, larvngitis, sore and bleeding throat, hoarse
ness. ncUtna ia throat, sorene ol chest and aA
other irritated. inOuaed and diseased coodmaas
ot the throat, laas and chest.
Larr kottlsa, CO oaiU par bottle. Bold by
crogglsta ftaeraUy, or teat to ny adiraat
otipt of 60 wan.
SOLE PROPRIETORS,
Yfir.kelir.ana & Brown Drug Co.
BALTIMORE, MD, V. 8. A
38
Spring
Styles.
Buttoricks
FasMcn Jlapzise aoi Fates
ARE NOW IN FOR SPRING.
METROPOLITAN FASHION SHEETS
FREE TO ALL CUSTOMERS.
From thin date our Office will D6 known
as a I irst-claas ( Mlice, here all
PATTERNS cut by
EUTTERICK FUBUSHII6 CO,
And all eizea will be kept in etock, which
will m Mailed, on Receipt of
Price, by first mail going out
of city.
ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR
"D elineator"
Will be renewed at this office from anv
wh ere in Cambria or adjoining Counties
on Iteceipt of Pi ice, viz : Oae Dollar per
year.
John Stenger
Ag't Butterwitk Publishing Co.,
NO. 227. MAIN ST., JOHNSTOWN, PA
The "Neverslip" Horse Shoe
ABSOLUTELY PREVENTS SLIPPING
I ssfety and romfort to horse and driver
CAI.KS are KKMi iVABI.E,' au-cl-eentred and
t-K.l.F liARPtMNG, and remain sharpuiitil en
tirely orn wit. New I alkn ran be inserted in a
lew mil au I without reiaovlug ahuea from the
uorse & icet.
SAVES MONEY
and tirre Kxt waitlnr at B!aekinith hnn
Avoidh damage to hor s leet from frequently re
moving cuinmon snoea to oe snarienea.
Send for special OFFER of shoe for trial
all litted with ( aiks in. ready to be nailed on
which are offered this winter only at very low
pr.ee. circulars, prices, etc, maiieu Iree.
J, E, SHIRES, Ht
BEDFORD - Fa
Cures B richt's Iriwase, Dropsy, t.ravel. Xcp-vou-vues.
Hert, Cryiarv or Liver Iiisease.
Known bv a tired, languid feeliac : inaetlou of
lae fciilueys. meakens and poisons the blood, and
uuicsK cauie is removea y,,u canrnrt have healtb
CurtNiuie over tire years ayo of Bntiil s Insea
and ir.iiy. Mrs. 1. L. C. Miller. Bellilehcm. i
l.iui other similar tetimoulals. Try it. Cure
guarauu-eiL
Cann' Kidney Cure Co , 720 Venango St
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
SvU by ait JUliable Jrvnj,-KU.
15. $15.
115.
Fifteen Dollars has a power to
draw, if correctly invested, which
beats a lottery. For Fifteen Dol
lars vou 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
$ 1 6 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 yoa 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!
Kotiue
ux is htrel,v eiven to tne nnouc mat i am
prepared to cry sales and auetions. Sat-
LM UOU )( t 1J -.
DR. E. DAYNE,
SOMERSET. PA.
bow .;rfos),Ty3Il never have oc
casion to use this t ime-honored
cry. It is the only tew that
cannot be twisted off the case,
and is found only on Jos.
Boss Filled and o:hcr watch
thii traJe r.:uk.
! Awale ttse sper.T.aH'e'iaill $ nt roof
I Lnjcr rj.lt. lent tres ta rtQuetL
! Xeystcn: Yv'stch Case Co,
j PMILACELf K1A.
13
1 Stop Thief 1
Any one whose Watch has a
Somerset
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
Miss Katie Jlonengrant
I'lster, Tenn.
Scrofula
The Worst Case the
tors Ever Saw
Doc
Hood's Sarsaparllla Perfectly Cured
"CI. Ilood & Co, LoweU, Mass. :
"Dear Sirs: I wish to testify to the great
value of Hood's Sarsaparilla. For some time I
bad been troubled with scrofula, which early
last winter assumed a very bad form.
Sores Appeared on My Face
and hands and gradually Increased In number
until they reached to my shoulder. The doctors
said It was the worst ease of scrofula they ever
saw and also went so far as to sav it was in
curable. I tried ointments and other remedies
but to no avail. A friend recommended Hood s
Hood's59 Cures
Santa pari Ua, and although I was completely dis
couraged, as a last chance T resolved to rive it a
triaL Aftrrtaklngorie bottle I noticed tliesores
had commenced to heaL Alter the sixth bottle
They Were All Healed.
I continued to take It, however, until I had nsed
nine bottles, and now I am perfectly weiL"
aiiss ivatie notiKSORAST, L ister, rena.
Hood's Pills are prompt and efficient, yet
easy in action, bold by aU druggists. 3&
V- vs.
S'
SAILED TOE SEAS 38 YEARS.
One of His Experiences.
For thinr-el jht Tears CaDt. Lond followed
the se-a. r.KMtiit tliat time u.- mmtir of a ve
s t, iiiul upon rvtirlne from tlie waier a-s ap
nul'iitil In- tl f'cn-larv of tl 1'nll.Hl Males
rrf.iuryio f.ujx-riiitend the eal Bheries in
Alaska, nlii.ii Mi-.iiinn he held five years. lie
ivl-iH's o:m einTieii-e an follows:
"r'.ir several years I had bevn troubled with
?o:i-r.tl nervouMii-ss and pain in the region
of tnv heart- Iy greatest a Inlet Inn wa
-li-, 1 le s h-ss: It was Hlmot impossible at any
i;cir l iuonin rvi anu sie p. riavms: urea
lr. .MiU' rvnHHlie advertised I I ran using
Si rvine. After laLlnu a sniall quantity the
tieni tit ni-eivprt was so great mat I waspoHl'
t.v lv alarnii-l. thluklnz the remf-dy con-tai.K-d
oniaies which would finally helnluri.
dus lo rw; hut on lieine assured by the dmr
fis; that it r:n perfe-tly harnik-sa, 1 com lo-
uid it together willi the Heart Cure. Today
1 ran oiwienttousiy say Uiat t'r. allies if
storutive .Nervine and New Heart Cure did
m.irv for nie tlian anything I had ever taken.
I h.id lieen tn-atsj hv eminent, nhvsiriana
in New York and Han r ranclsro without ben-
!i'. I owe my prvsent rootl health to the
Judicious iiseof these nnwt valuatile remedies,
and liearliiy recommend them to allafHirted
as I v as. apt. A. Y. Couil, tiampiien, oic.
Ir. M iles- Ke-iorative Nervine and NewCu
an-sold I y alldrutrristson a positive iruara trie.-,
or by 1'r. Ml leu Medical Co., Elkhart,
Iml. .in r,'s-eltit of urlre. i-1 ner bottle, or hix
bottles fur ei, expres prepaid. They afa
ve from all oplaUai and daiigeroiu drugs.
FANCY
WORK.
Some Ui eat Bargains la
IRISHPOINT LUNCH
AND TRAY CLOTHS
Bonght below cost of transportation
we are selling at great bargains white
and colored Bedford Cord Table Cov
eiw, stamped ready for working. Sing
ed Canton Flannel Table and Cush
ion Covers, Singed Plush Cushion
Co vent, Bargarran Art Cloth Table
and Cushion Covers, all stamped
w ith Newest lVsigns : Hem-etiU-hed
Hot Biscuit and lioll Napkins. A
new and large line of heiii-Btitched
Tray and Carving Cloths front 60cts
np.
Stamped Hem -stitched Scarfs from 35cts
np. Table Covers from 50 eta. np. A
full line of Figured
INDIA SILKS,
AU New Patterns and Colorings. Also,
Figured Plush,
24 and 33 inches wide, in beautiful Colon
and Itesipns. Art Nitin c'iares for the
Central Covers and Cushion Covers.
AVaban Netting,
46 Inches wide, 50 cents per yard, In Pink
Blue. Olive and leliow, lllh KVY
THING for Draping Mantles and
.Doors, and for Draping Over
Draperies. A new Hue of
Head-rents, from 2V. op.
Visit our Table Linen, Towel, Napkins,
Muslin, Sheeting and Linen Department, by
all means.
41 FIFTH AVEN'LT, Pittibargh, P.
S. 2311 & C3
UI Wood SL, Pittsburg.
bCALia IN
HOTOGRPMIC
SUPPLIES,
iew cameras. IV tectlv.
meru. and the Fa
mous Kodak. In seven
stvlem. send for Cata
logue free.
ARTISTIC JOB PRUNING
A SPECIALTY.
HARRY M. BENSHOFF,
MANUFACTURING STATIONER
AXD -
BLANK BOOK MAKER.
HANNAH BLOCK.
JOHNSTOWN-PA.
Plso'a Remedy for Cntarrw Is th
Bost, Easiest la fsa. and Cbeapast,
Bold by Drssrsisa or sent by nan.
Re K. I. Baaiilaa Warrea, fa,
HE
WARD
ESTABLISHED 1837.
Bide a Wee and Dinna Fret.
Is the road very dreary ?
Patience yet.
Rest will be sweet If thou art weary,
And after night cometh the morning cheery;
Thea bide a wee and dinna fret.
The clouds have a silver lini ng,
Don't forget.
And though he's hidden, still tbe son is shining
Courage ! Instead of tears and vain repining.
Just bide a wee and dinna fret.
When toil and cares unending
Art beset.
Bethink thee how the storms, from heaven de
scending.
Snap the stiff oak, but spare the will ow bending,
And bide a wee and dinna fret.
Grief sharper sling doth borrow
From regret ;
But yesterday Is roue, and shall its sorrow
Unfit us for the present and the morrow T
Nay! bide a wee and dinna fret.
An over anxious brooding
Doth beget
A bast of fears and phantasies deluding:
Then, brother, lest these torments be lntrudirg.
Just bide a wee and dinna fret
Every IHi.tr Satur 'ay
Col. Browns Portrait.
"It's me. Will yoa open the door or
am I to stand here and freeze to death 7"
There was a nervous fumbling at the
lock, a sharp click as it turned, and at
last I was admitted to the studio of my
friend, Collins. I had never before ex
perienced the slightest diiHculty in enter
ing it, for the latch was free at all hours,
and I was in the habit of cropping around
for s smoke and a chat at any time, sans
ceremonie. Besides, it was New Year's
eve, and there had been a previous agree
ment that together we would smoke the
old year out with some verr excellent
Turkish mixture I bad picked op.
Jayne Collins wasanold friend of mine.
At school he did vile caricatures of me in
the fly leaves of his books, and there hai
sprung from this inauspicious beginning
s lasting intimacy. At 20 he went to
Europe to study art, and I saw nothing
of him for nearly seven years. Then he
turned up in Minneappolis and opened a
studio, so that for a year previous to this
chilly New Year's eve our friendship had
been as close as in the old days.
I was surprised on entering to find the
apartment cold. There wis no fire in the
stove, and the kettle standing on it, a
particularly jovial little copper affair,
gave neither sign nor sound. The punch
bowl lay inverted on its shelf. The
effect of all this was particularly depres
sing, additionally so perhaps that a wide
ly different scene had been conjured up
in mind from past experience in this very
room a scene in which the little copper
kettle sang right merrily, the punch bowl
stood full to the brim with s special
brew, of which its owner alone bad the
secret, and s'cloud of blue tobacco smoke
formed the background.
Noting at a glance the unusual condi
tion, I turned to Collins for an explana-
tiocs and saw be was carefully relocking
the door. His manner seemed curiously
stealthy. In fact, there was something
so thoroughly odd and inexplicable in
my friend's behavior that I stood watch
ing him for a moment in silent specula
tion as to the cause of it. Just as I was
about to voice my bewilderment he anti
cipated me.
"Don't talk loudly," he said in an ex
cited whisper, "I'm hiding."
"Hiding " I exclaimed; "from whom
pray?"
Was it possible that he had become s
lunatic ? I thought. It was sliw and dis
couraging for an artist in the northwest,
and Collins was very despondent at
times, but so sudden s collapse was hid
eous to contemplate.
"Confound it, man ! don't scream '." he
cried, gesticulating wildly in the direc
tion of the d'Xir. "I'm hiding from a
pack of news-gathering devils armed with
innumerable pencils and wbole teams of
paper. So far I have eluded them ; but
they keep knocking, knocking there, the
infernal ravens! I say, Lennon," he went
on throwing himself astride a chair and
glared at me over the back cf it, ' I'm in
the very deuce of s mess, old chap ; com'
promised everlastingly. The thing will
be in every paper on the continent to
morrow morning."
Who Is the woman ?" I asked, seized
with a sudden idea.
"Woman?" he repeated; "there's no
woman or, stay yes, there is, a very
pretty widow no, confound it, she's not
s widow now, either. She was this morn
ing though, buthang it, man, the
whole thing is the vilest muddle you
ever beard of. W by, be exclaimed,
starting to his feet and pointing nervous
ly in the direction of the window,
left the corpse sitting up in a black abroad
drinking champagne, the widow I
mean the wife, in hysterics; the servant
in a dead faint. I left the undertaker
cursing under his breath, and I left my
self," he concluded w ith s savage grin.
"in s hack. Oh, it's a devil of a mess all
round."
Crazy ass cockroach was my inward
comment. Collins had always been s
little bit high strung, given to fits of ex
altation and depression. While thet-e
thoughts flashed through my mind the
subject of them was rapidly pacing tbe
floor. Approaching s par ly finished
Nubian girl with s watter jar on her
shoulder, be deliberately kicked a hole
in the canvass. "Look here, Jayne," I
said, "you're overworked. Get out that
whisky of yours while I lights fire.
We'll have a quiet grog and a smoke, and
talk this thing over sensibly. There's
nothing like a good, honest pipe when s
man's in a dilemma.
He sat on the very edge of s chair,
with his elbows on his knees, and his
head resting in his bands. I was on my
way to the stove with an armful of wood
from the fuel-box behind thescrenr.
when I became conscious of something
that caused me to drop the bundle of
sticks and started back in affright. The
kindling material struck the floor with a
crash, and Collins raised his bead. There
was an apathetic wonder in his eyes that
changed to a startled expression as his
gazed met mine.
"What's the matter?" he asked.
"What is that?" I demanded, sternly
pointing to bis upraised bands. They
were covered with blood. His cufld, too,
were saturated with it Extending his
forefingers with their dark stains before
m, he examined them for a moment in
grim silence.
"Tbe corpse !" he gupeJ with s shud
der. "Ah it was a terrible affair ; terri
ble."
"Good Lord, man ! what corpse axe yoa
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talking about?" I cried. It was now ev
ident to me that my unfortunate friend
had become insane, and in his crazed
condition had committed a crime. Tbe
idea was well borne out by his manner,
lie shivered like a man with swamp
fever, trying meanwhile, in a futile sort
of way, to rub the blood from one band
with the other.
"What corpse?" he said, afters pause
during which I had been watching his
movements with increasing apprehen
sion; "why the same ill-conditioned
champagne drinking cadaver that has
caused all the disturbance. Don't let
them in," he went on, becoming intense
ly excited as several sharp rape sounded
on the door. "Tell them I'm gone
gone anywhere. New York, New Zeal
land, anything yoa like, bat don't let
'em in, Lennon."
He made a rapid dive behind the cur
tains of the alcove, and emerged again
only after repeated assurance that the
reporters bad gone.
"That's about the fifteenth reporter
since I came in," he said. "See ?" (hold
ing his hands), "the blood is all offnow.
It bad dried, yoa see, and in the excite
ment of the affair I did not notice iL"
He was certainly crazy. These inter
mittent periods cf calmness, depression
and intense excitement were proof con
clusive to me. I shivered at the thought.
"It's beastly cold here," remarked Col
lins, in a perfectly normal tone. "Light
the fire," he added, and I'll brew a
punch. I suppoee the thing can't be
helped now, but I wish it could have
been kept nut of the papers. I shall be
branded a charlatan from San Francisco
to New York."
Another pbazeof the dementia, I men
tally observed. It seemed that the best
possible thing to do was to humor him.
While I was bosy about the stove my
friend stood peelings couple of lemons,
now uttering a half-subdued curse, now
chuckling idiotically.
"I give you my word," he suddenly
broke out, "that I was never so complete
ly paralyzed, so absolutely appalled in
my life. Why, the blood literally pour
ed from him in a stream. Money
wouldn't have tempted me to do the
thing, Lennon, but the woman seemed in
such intense grief that I could do noth
ing but consent"
Look here, Jayne," I said, trying to
speak calmly, "who is the woman? Who
have you killed, and why did yoa com
mit tbe crime ?"
Collins had finished making the punch.
He stood with the ladle in hLs hand
about to fill our glasses when my ques
tions arrested the process. He looked
at me fixedly fr a moment, then he
laughed aloud, dealt out two goblets of
the steaming brew and sat down near
the stove.
"This affair is beyond a joke, though,
Lennon," he said with much gravity
"It means that I shall !e published to
the wide world as a Ltkir who paints por
traits from photographs, and that sort of
thing a daubing trickster of the breed
that no reputable man will recognize."
I could not imagine what his drift was
this time. The fellow was absolutely
babbling. "Yoa may be mistaken, old
man," I said. "Tell roe how it all came
about."
Yoa know Mrs. Browe-Builey," he
began. "Weil, I had a note from her
yesterday. It said 'come at once, and
without fail, I was rather surprised, be
cause well, yoa remember how affairs
stood between as when she saddenly de
cided to marry old Brown and his mon
ey. However, l decided tbat l couiun t
afford to disobev the injunction, so I
went Madame was in tears. Brown
had died the night before, and she was
utterly inconsolable. The old gentleman
was going to have a portr.it done for the
las, two or three years, but he never did.
The only likeness his wife had of him
was a bad photograph, taken three y tars
ago. sne wanted me to nave crown
tilted on end in his coffin and paint a
portrait of him. I could use the expres
sion in the photograph, she said, and the
eyes of the youngest child were exactly
like Brown's. I refosed. point blank
A man can't afford to do that sort of
thing, you know. It savors too much of
the solar print an! pistel shop. Mrs.
Brown wept and beeeached. I was ob
durate. At last, though, a woman's tears
won the day. She's still pretty, you
know, and only 25. The price was to be
'any amount I chota to name' fancy
naming a price to Madge Brown. ell,
the long and short of it was tbat I prom
ised to do my best"
He paused to fiil his pipe and take a
sip st tbe punch before continuing. After
a few preliminary puffs at the loog-setm-
med 'churchwarden,'' he proceeded.
"I went to Brown's bright and early
this morning. The blinds were all down
crape on the door, widow unable to leave
her room, servant walking about like
ghosts, and that sort of thing. The un
dertaker had just pot Brown in his
coffin, and he was the only man I could
get to help me stand the silver-studded
sarcoghagus on end against the wains
coting. The lid had been screwed down
and the glass front removed, exposing
the face and throat of the dead man.
There was a very good light on it from
the large window on the right, and I be
gan to see tbat after all I might be able
to get something worth while. The face
looked wonderfully lifelike, anJ I com
menced to Ui9 a real interest in the
work. Tbe undertaker had withdrawn
and I was alone with my model. I had
just sketched in the outline of the face,
when there was an occurrence that con
gealed the blood in my veins and made
the skin creep npon tbe back of my neck.
A tearing, splitting noise seemed to come
from the colli u. I looked np and well,
you can imagine the horror of it I saw
the body of old B.ron coming toward
me. The next instant my model fell
heavily forward to the floor, the coffin
overbalancing and filling with a crash
on top of the corpse."
" ''Jood Lird V I gasped."
Collins was pacing the floor again, his
faoe twitching with nervous excitement
as he recalled the details of his advent-
are.
'The body lay face downward, he went
on. "X was so paralyzed witn tne gnast-
liness of tbe whole proceeding that for a
moment I stood rooted to the floor.
Then it suddenly flashed across my mind
that the affair would be a terrible shock
to tbe widow, and overcoming my repug
nance, I set the coffin right side np and
ade a desperate effort to raise Brown
into it without olarming anyone. Sad
0 F
denly I felt something warm trickling
over my hands. I looked it was blood.
Thoroughly terrified I dropped the body,
ran the be: 1 violently an 1 then ran for
a doctor. When I left the hoose half an
hour later Brown wes very much alive.
They were feeding him stimulants
through a tube. A cue of catalepsy, the
doctor cal'ed it."
During the recital of this strange ad
venture I had been subject to conflicting
sensations. At first I felt sorrow and
alarm for my friend, whom I supposed
demented, then a sort of horrified inter
est, as the method in his supposed mad
ness became apparent, and lastly I could
not help feeling amused at his fear of
having transgressed the unwritten tenets
of the profession.
"Why, man," I exclaimed, "its the
greatest thing that ever happened to yoa.
You'll be advertised ail over the country.
"True," he groaned, "but the wrong
sort of advertising."
Just then the clock began to strike 12.
"(Juick," I said, hastily filling the
glasses, "let's drink to the new year and
long life to old I Brown."
Tbe glasses were raised to our lips when
again there was a rapping at the door.
Collins gave a violent start and stood
listening.
"What is it?" I called.
"Please, sir," answered a boy's voice
from without, "Mr. Brown died at It
o'clock, snd the madam wants Mr. Col
lins to come down in the morning."
"Tell her," cried the artrt. with a look
of unspeakable terror "tull her I
wouldn't come for (1,000,000.
Since that night Jayne Collins has be
come a very successful painter. There is
a sign painting establishment in the old
studio, and things have altered a good
deal all around. My friend has gathered
flesh with the years and there is not a
trace of the old-time nervousness! remain
ing. We have often joked about old
Brown's portrait, but recently I discov
ered in him a little sensitiveness on tbat
subject, and also recently I learned trom
the columns of a New York art journal
the reasons for it The notice in the
paper read .
"Jayne Collins, the American portrait
painter, whose picture 'A Society Mod
el' attracted so much favorable notice
at tha Columbian exposition, is shortly to
wed Mrs. Brown-Eaily, the well-known
western art patroness. There is said to
be a romantic story behind this alliance."
And this is the story. Mluwup-jlU
JiMTIUil.
The Law on Yramps.
In view of the many depredations cam
mi t ted by tramps, and also the constant
annoyance to which our citizens are sub
jected on account of the bold ae of this
cla?s of worthless individuals, attention
of the public is called to the following sec
tions of the criminal law, being generally
known as the "Tramp Act" of April 30th,
"Any person going about from place to
place begging, asking or subsisting upon
charity, and for the parpoee of acquiring
money or a living, and who shall have no
fixed place of residence or lawful oc
cupation in the county or city he shall
be arrested, shall be taken and deemed
to be a tramp, and guilty of a mis
demeanor and on conviction shall be
sentenced to undergo an imprisonment
by separate and soliury confinement
at laor, in the county jail or workhouse,
for not more than twelve months at the
discretion of the court : Provided, that if
any person so arrested cai prone, by
satisfactory evidence that he does not
make a practice of going about begging
or subsisting upon alms, for the purpose
aforesaid, in the manner above set forth,
he shall not be deemed guilty of offence
hereinbefore descri'oed, and npon such
proof, shall be discharged from arrest,
either by the magistrate before whom he
is committed, or by the court npon hear
in of the case upon a writ of habeus
corpus.
"Any tramp who shall enter any
dwelling hous, against the will or with
out the permission of the owner or occu
pant thereof, or shall kindle any fire in
tbe highway, or on the land of another,
without the owner's consent, or shall be
fouad carrying any tire arms, or other
dangerous weapon, with intent unlawful
Iy to do icjury or intimidate any other
person, which intent may be inferred by
the jury trying the case, from the facts
that the defendant is a tramp, and so
armed, or shall do, or threaten to do, any
injury, not amounting to a felony, to any
person, or to the real or personal estate
of another, shall, upon coaviction, be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
shall be sentenced to undergo an impris
onment by separate cr solitary confine
ment at labor for a period not exceeding
three years.
Ma and tha Cat
Richard X is an incorrigible
youngster of ten who has shown a tend
ency to lay the blame of his misdeeds on
other shoulders. His favorite scapegoat
was the family feline. A jar of sweets
could not be opened, or a bit of ginger
bread purloined, or a vasj broken to
atoms, without a lame exctis- of O.ck s
"I g less it was the cat," calling forth bis
mother's reproach ;
"Richard, yoa must not lay the blaice
on the cat for all the wickedness yoa are
guilty of in this house."
Not long after one of these apbraidings
in Sunday school his teacher asked him
the question, apropos of the devil's pow
er on earth.
'Who is responsible for the wicked-
ne of this world?"
It was with mixture of a contrite spirit
and the old habit that little Dick answer
ed: "Well, I supposed that I'm partly
toLLvne. Butbut I think our cat has
her paw in it" Hrtr' M'j-Ktite.
He was in a sad plight when they
bought niin into the house, shaking from
an involuntary ice water bath in tbe
skating pond.
"Johnny 1" exclaimed his mother
aghast, "Where have yoa been ?"
Tbe boy was silent
"Why don't yoa answer?"
"C-caase, m-mother, I can't exactly
say.
"Wy not?"
"C-cause, I d-danns whether I've been
skat in' or 1 swimmin."
There are too many people in the
world who oae their nest eggs to make
cake of.
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Helping the Poor.
From the Chicago Iuler Ocean
The politicians and the newspapers
that criticised John Wanamaker for
raising money to prevent hard times are
cot criticisirg bio now for raising mon
ey to hel d the D Kr through the hard
times. Mr. Wanamaker Uoesnot seeany
great difference in the two funds except
that it is always better and wiser to
prevent disaster than to try to cure it
Jn an interview, published in the New
York Sun, Mr. Wanamaker says:
I am raisin money for the poor people
now a& I did onca before.
He thus boldly referred to the cam
paign fund he raised for the Republican
party in li, about which Democratic
newspapers made so much complaint,
and added :
I raided that money and gave it as
conscientiously as 1 am raising monr for
tbe poor now. 1 raised it to down a
free-trade party which would have
brought this same Wilson bill calamity
on us then tbat they have now. I be
lieved that with the free traders in, the
tariff ou!d be out. I knew this would
lower wages, stop mills, and send the
workmen starving into the streets as it
has done now. No one knew that I wa
to raise that money. My heart told me
to do it. I went out among the Christian
budierss men of Philadelphia and told
them the danger to prosperity ahead.
They thought it were wiser to stop the
tariff destroyers than to feed the starv
ing thousnds, as we are doing now.
Tbey gave the money ?ree:y and said :
"Take it to headquarters, publich docu
ments, hire peaker?, reach the trasses
with truthful statements, and save the
Nation threatened with calamity" the
same calamity which has tinallv come
upoo us. We saved it and made four
years of such prosperity as we will never
see again till tnat blessed protective tariff
comes back again.
Mr. Wanamaker estimates the losses
to the Nation through the Wilson-bill
calamity at $3,000,000,000 year, and
thinks that ;V(0,(X)0 contributed by
Philadelphia business men to . prevent
that loss for four years was a very good
investment. There are 20,000,000 work
inguieninths country, and they di l
earn, on an average, ?2 a day, or ? 10,0i)0,
000 as the total earninzs in one day.
This gave them $1 2,000,000,000 a year as
the earnings of American workingmen.
The cut of 2" percent mvJe everywhere
in wages, without c muting those tnrowa
out cf work, gives a loss of f :;,0O0,0.X),000
a year, or 512,0X10,000,000 for four years of
the administration.
The s lm of VOO.OOO is a larg one when
taken alone, but when it is considered
that sum is but one four-hundredth of 1
per cent of the actual loss it is a very
good investment
The newspapers and politicians who
assailed Mr. Wanamaker for his cam
paign fund in HiS followed his example
in 1SD2. The New York was Mr.
Wanamaker's mo&t slanderous critic in
but it was the loudest beggar an 1
greatest defender of campaign contribu
tions in 1S:2.
Mr. Wanamaker says that he had no
thought of any office when he raised the
money for the campaign of 1SS3, but
when President Harrison offered him
the position as Postmaster General he,
like other men loving honor, accepted it,
though his time to his own business was
worth ten times the salary he received.
But Mr. Wanamaker has no need for
defense. He made the be3t Postmaster
General the country has bad in many
years, and, since campaign fan Is are
necessary, the people are not flailing
fault with him f r trying to prevent the
present disaster by keeping the Republi
can party in po er.
Two Ways of Seeing a Picture.
An artist had sold a picture for an
exorbitant price, and the purchaser sued
to recover. The barrister for the pur
chaser was making the artist uncomfor
table by his q-iestioos.
ovr, sir," he said in that pleasant,
ingratiating manner of lawyers with a
witness, "do yoa think anybody cou'd
see beauty in that picture?"
"Some persons certainly could," re
plied the artist
"Yoa think the initiated in technical
matters might have no difficulty in un
derstanding your work.
"I am sure they would not."
"Do yoa think yoa could make rre
see any beauty in tbat picture?" this
most superciliously.
"Probably not now, sir," and the ar
tist was most humble, "but once I could
have done so easily."
"Now, sir, how is that ? I don't un
derstand. Explain, if yoa please."
''That is quite eaay, sir. I could have
done it simply by employing yoa as my
counsel in this case." Lundn Td B'U.
Why She Smiled.
The actors in the drama were one
young woman, one ditto roan, one men
dicant and one dog. Scene Secluded
alley in Central Park. Time Three
o'clock, p. m. Younj woman saunter
ing through sylvan retreat is insulted by
tramp ; her screams bring dog, who Las
stopped to exchange civilities with
another canine, to her rescue ; he knocks
down mendicant and forcibly detains
him.
Mendicant, shriek in: "Take him off!
He's a killing of me! He's cruachin' of
me bones !"
Youg woman latyhs heartlessly and
mendicant appeals to young man, who
has just arrived.
"Help, sor! The brute's eatiu' of me!
The blood's poarin'down me leg V'
Young woman fairly shrieks with
laughter.
"Call your dog off, miss!" says tbe
young man, sternly.
"No! no! Yoa don't anderetand.
Can't I see the dog biting him this in
stant?" Yaung woman breaking into fresh
paroxysms of mirth : "Yes, but the dog
jli, dear ! hasn't a toot) in his bead 1"
An Irleh Woman's Wit
A country doctor in the north of Ire
land, was driving down a narrow lane
on the way to visit a patient, when be
espied an old woman in the middle of
road picking up some pieces of turf which
had evidently fellen from some passiad
cart Pulling his horse np to prevent
running over her, he said, rather sharp-
It-
'Women and donkeys are always in
the way."
"Share, sir," said the indignant wom
an, as she stepped to one side, "I'm glad
jou'vs the manners to pot yourself last.'
THE MINISTER'S RECREATIVE
READING.
a PAPKB REAP ItLFOKK THI HINISTEK1 At,
asson.trios of somebset, bv rev. t. j.
BBISTOW, Or TUB rRKSBYTERlaS
enr wh.
In oricr thai tLey xjv bin healthy
nieo'al ccn l;ino, it is esn'ia! that the
Ministrrst'f Riligion should change the
order of their rea ling at times for relax
ation and rtbt. It is pogmble to have
" too uiuch of a good thing." If the
tattoo on the drum were always in the
same spot there would soon be a hole,
but the blows being distributed, the head
of the instrument will wear a long time.
Let it be understood that we are now
discussing the human side of things, and
which we cannot ignore withtut becom
ing a bundle cf agitated nerves, a dis
tress to ourselves and our people.
The faithful minister, being in touch
with Christ and in fellowship with him,
finds ample spiritual refresh mint, but the
human mind, with which he works so
intensely and continuously, needs recre
ation, and tbe Creator made it so.
The best secular reading we can com
mand will furnish much of this recuper
ation, for mental idleness is not rest, it is
rather a torture to a well disciplined
mind. It has been well eaid that a
change of occupation affords the best
rest
Apart from the refreshment to the
mind in good literature there will accrue
many advantages in improvement of
style and facility of illustration in our
public ministry. In scientific works not
requiring intense study, we can find
much food for the mind and stimulus to
helpful thought
In astronomy, as the glorious universe
opens op to our vein, and we "consider
the heavens the work of his fingers;" in
geology, as the interesting study of the
strata of tbe earth claims our attention.
we can find
Sermons in stones.
Books in the ruining brooks,
And good in everything."
In botany we may find refreshment,
as we see how wondeiful and beautiful
are the plants and flowers ; and so we
might go on, for this is a story without
an end.
But the sciences might be too serious
at all times to give recreation to the toil
worn mind. The best works of fiction
may be he.pfal, especially s'.tch as are
founded on fact To the masters in this
line we owe more than we are willing to
concede. A child will listen with eyes
rounding out with interest, as a good sto
ry is told, and " we are children of a
larger growth," that is all. There are
novels and novels ; some of them ought
to go direct from the printing press into
the fire; some are commonplace and
vacuous; while others arc good, and
might take their place by the Bible it
self. " Robinson Crusoe" and "Uncle
Tom's CaOin," will never die while the
English language is spoken. The poets
will afford rare enjoyment, that is if we
ourselves are not all prose. Foremost
arnoug them is " William Shakespeare,"
whose wouderful creations of character
and facility in the use ofVords, was
marvelous. How much every preacher
owes directly or indirectly to his way of
putliug things. A minister once reprov
ing his people for reading " bbakespeare"
thus "gave himself away:" "And what
will yoa think of having read ' Shakes
peare' when yoa reach that undiscover
ed country from whose bourne no trav
eler returns?"
First among the mighty in literature is
the " Bard of Avon." Wendell Holmes
was not far from right when replying to
the question of a young man : what
books should I study? "The Bible,
Shakespeare and Webster's Dictionary."
We can take the gentle masters of Song,
and get much recreation by reading
aloul their works. "Can read from the
tread .1 red volume the poem of our choice.
"and lend to the rhyme of the poet.
The beauty of the voice.
And the night ihall be tilled with m isie,
And the cares that infest the day.
Shall fold their tents like the AratM,
And as silently. steal away."
Strong minds have been moved and
greatly benefited by t!e perusal of the
beet authors in fiction.
The well-known story of " O'Conneli'
is to the point here. He bad been much
interested ia " Little Nell," a charming
character in one of diaries Dicken's
works. The child dies in the story and
when the reader came to the pathetic
description of her departure, he flang
down the book, exclaiming : "Charles
D.ckena! Ye spalpeen, yju had not ge
nius enough to keep ttiat chil J alive!" In
the high cUus magazines and reviews
there is much to interest and stimulate
the mind. We may not endorse all con
tained in them by any means. It is, how
ever, a great advantage to have access to
them and ciil what will be helpful. A
famous preacher, when hard pressed for
lime, said he read the "Bible" and the
" newspaper." We may, by judicious se
lection, get much healthy recreation
here. I do not like to see a man become
a " newspaper" preacher, working into
bis discourses all the news of the week,
but the minister is to " undenttand the
times" and this he cannot do without
"newspaper reading."
A minister who d ies not have access
to the current literature and newspapers
has to "make bricks without straw,"
and is much to be pitied.
We may find recreative reading ail
about ai, andjhave facilities for mental
comfort at our doors. Tne preacher then
can do belter work and more of it, ia se
rious stu !, in the prosecution of his
calling, if he peraiits bis mind to have a
healthy change.
"Then age will ok witlivr,
S'tt cu.-t jm staie
Hu iudiiile variety."
I knew a minister, "It: v. Paxton
Hood," who had two tons of books, and
he had real 111 out of theui. They em
braced every kind of good literal ore,
and when his brain and heart wps tired
he turned to these friends of bis for com
fort and inspiration. IVe arj human and
need human sympathy as well as divine.
Mr. Spurgeun ouce said : " Tiiere are
books in oor libraries clothed in "sheep
skin," if not in "goatekio," doubtless
they often find us " afliicted and torment
ed." And all book lovers will add, they
bring us comfort, too.
There is so much that is good in "liter
ature " that we may have of the beet,
and If our people know this is our habit,
the example will do them good.
We can hold fellowship with the greatest
minds of ail ages, and no one worthy cf
our calling will do ctberwis. We shall
tiad rest in so doing and also keep sai e
in religious matters. There will follow
too a manly atterance w ithout tbe sanc
timonious twang cf the Pharisees; asJ
we shall have much tbat is practical
come out of " The Minuter Recreative?
Reading."
Dora Ob. I'm in such distress of
mind, and I want your advice. 1 am
loved by three men, and I don't know
which to accept
Clara Which one has the most mon-
ey?
Dora If I knew that da yoa think
I'd waste precious time running arooodi
toradvicd?
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