pe Somerset Herald. g,TLtMCO tsar eT&s of Publication. hefi Wedneadt.; morning UtlM a .j tn advance, otherwise $2 K - be discoullnned until all riM up. I'ounaslers neglecting i b ,heB rubscxibeni do not lake out 5"'r u bed reapunsibla fot the lub- ,5&bea KBOTicf from one paaloffio to . m present ofice. Address Tbs Sovubkt limi.n, SoxKfisitT, Pa. if It 'WALKER, and .SUHV FCBUv. Somerset, UiurtJIcuse. D.B.51;" V3- aTT ..tV-AT-LAW a: l;.aoud street,.; lUsoargh, fa nuuun, Pa. 0 Ai:ruHkV-Al-LAW, A .- J. Eojeel. & JV,. r-- ojAjLrr, Pa. 4 U AnuY-AT-LAW, oumeriet. Pa. U Bmneraet, Pa. pirj W. BIE.-LCKEK, AlitiAX-XU.W, A bomereet. Pa, is FriEW Hoc Kow, opposite Coort J. G. Ouls. : Lsan. U Buitiuisrr, Pa. t iE, . Alivl.SY-ATLAW. eumcnet, Pa. r H. JiOONTZ. " - , p. , - ,f -MIEPt aUCUGOn IO DWU1 rL Ui adjourn. Wiuua. KiuL-4 Hou "". Wr "le court .- PALESTINE HAY, V AlivK-StV-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. Issuer tn Real Estate. Will attend to ail eauurted Vu m care with prompuieae A fliifr'T- J'AY-AI-LAW. v woicp'-y iwc5 to all butix eutruied 1 MunjuuUi ium..u T'jH5 0. KJM.MtL, iJ A-llO-s'-AT-LAW, .- .... ,( in ! hi-.KiniK entniKtcd lo hi care JAMia L. PUG1I, ATI vKN Y-AT-LA W. eumerset. Pa. uSk in Munmoth Block, up Maira tuiraace K una rirecl. Coil'Uou biak, esuilcK UU lauljed. alid ail tUjkUit V- CLdC W prulUliUlfcab aud tiaeUU. A J. CojUl L. C Coleoas. 6jUiukS A CCLBOEN, ATIV)KJ.aYb-Al -LAW, buuicraet. Pa. A3 bisinea entmstrd to oar care will be pruuti anil buiuiuny aiwuded Uj. (ouecuouA Okie i mn-rt-t. bcuiord aiid adjoiimig icii (m. euTTf uijf auu cutivcjaiiun auu uu rea- HU BAER, AilXiESEY-AT-LAW, Buiuemet, Pa., Z practioe in Bomem-l anl nl;iimin coub- W A J OUUUU eUUUBUxl W UilB Will tu A J Oorrai th W. H. Kt'M-AU Qui LilTKOTlI & RUPPEL, AriUH-S Yd-A i -LAW, buuerset. Pa. All botiaM er. rested to their care will be aml; aud punctually auviiUed w. Odic-e Oil lUnUiaa Direct, uppuaile jdamiuuui luLa. T W. CARUTHEKS, M. D. 1 1 1 elClAN A.Sii bl lio t .V. .-uakbskT, Pa. Liuu I'Liou tlrael, next duur to PrujUUK DS. P. F. SHAFFER, l-HlalUAN AMieCRGEON, oo aiti kT, Pa., Tudert his pruftoieaal feci ricck to Uie ciuzciik nrbel aiid vicmiLy oiLce tiexl duur lu J)S. H. 6. EIMMKLL, Icdci ti profncional aerricet to the cititen a BbmeTHrt aud Tieiuity. L'nio prufeMtiuualij AafKi ik can be luuiiU at hi udiu uu itam BL Am 4 I'.anufnil DS. J. 1L LOUTH ER, PHYalClAS A"D Bl'EGEOS Em kcil permarienilj in Somerset tor the Fu ul nit p.tiicmuu. Oflioe on Ham aircel, H nar ul irt swre. D S. M'MILLEN, ((rroaauK ta ieiOutry,) 4:t ipx al atntion to the pTpeerratlon of fcuu.-a' ttwa Art-.tiral iusmed. All !auui F'iir-jied wtufactory. .itui-e la the J"oe; M. M.Trxiwe.l A Co.'i atore, corner aki trj i i rir.ui nrwlA. Oils! Oils! i. "Eaia o., PittvtwHTh Pepart- aeu:- 'i'iliiv:i. ha., make a (c;ait)r of iaLi.:a.:Jnui( ur tl.r iMme-uc trade tin: meet brands of !iuminatingL Lubricating Oils Naphtha and Gasoline, eaa be made from rvtrolram. 'e chaUeste Of-parnuu a iUi every Aaowa PRODUCT OF PETROLEUM U joa wib the most uniformly Satisfactory Oils IS THE American Market, fcf eua. Trade tot 8uaet and Ticlnl? uppliea by COOK . 3IEErrs aB rhJLlxjE KtXybKK. boMka&jrr, Pa. -T.yi. KHCH&DROKGOID'S In, . " muiikPi .ml pnrm : (.in:-ld ih'h"'' '.f";""- A'" "Prt To.th liar. V"j: fHTfar. t ara Piaol. "arllrrm. He JlrlM Ir.u ur. J!-H 4. DRGMGOLD. Maafrs.. YORK. FA. ?AVMIU.mdEHG!HES 'BaT'v1 '"P0" " FrictUa Fee d a.4 "a muuoo of Carnage ikrrr i imc lw? ")' ta tti market. KrirlMI .. a.e a!l tb irvt fmnnt to u.nd -ie ...-v!r.T - . i ... -L ilO VOL. XLn. NO. -THE-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF- Somerset, Penn'a. CAPITAL SURPLUS S5O.O00. $14,000. DEPOSITS RECEIVED III LARGE AN D SMALL ACCOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS FARMERS, STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED -DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS : LaRci M. Huh. Geo. R. Bctll, James L. Pch, W. H. Millea, Jobs R. Soott, R. S. &ti.l, Fked W. Bieseckee. Edward 8ctll, : : : : : President Valentine Hat. : : Vice President IIabvet M. Berkley, : : : Cahhier. The funds and eeourities of tliia bank are ecnre!y proU-tt-d in a celebrated Cor liss Burglar-proof bafe. The only Safe made absoluujiy Burglar-proof. Somersst County National Bank Of Somerset, Pa. EiUbllshed, 1877 Orpn!zed at a National, 1890. CAPITAL. $50,000. Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't. Wm. H. Koontz, Vice Tres't. Milton J. Pritts, Cashier. Directors: Sara'l Pnyder, Juth spei-ht. Joiin H. Stiyler juc-ph B. 1't.vi, Jcruie ituill. Wm Endslcy. J'luu M. tRjk, John etuflt. Harrifou nvder, Muaha. Miucr, Bam. B. Harrison. Ourtorneni otthui Hnk will twlve the most liberal treatment cunit-nt wub nafe bankinc. rartu wti-ninz to MMirt money eart or went can be a-imiulau-d by nrait U any amount. Money and ra;uatjie secured by oue of Die bold Celebrated aales with most approved time lt L. t ollectlons made In all parta of the Tniled Euies. cbaiyn moileraie. Account aiid LK-'poniu solicted. mar5-m JIOELITY TITLE 113 TRUST El. 121 i 12: Fourth Ave, PITTSBURGH, PA. Capital - - - $1000,000. Undivided Profits f250,C00. Acts as Executor, iiuardian, Assignee and Ki-w-iver. Wills receii'tcd for and held free of charge. Business-of residents and non-residents carefully attended to. JOnX B. JACKSON', - President. JAMES J. DOXXELL, Vice President, FRAXKLIX EROWX, Secrttary. JAS. C. CHAPL1X, Treasurer. COAL LANDS. One of the Richest Veins in the Somerset Region FOR SALE. The 'lndtrnnt-d offer at private a.e the farm oflbelaie iJeoive W. Pile, a.!jo!in:ig h..inert Umtuuh.nmtaiiiiur ! ai r. s more or tew, iu an exlint elate of cultivation and in (food repair, ail new lei.e-es and well uau-rvd. A uew aiid t:,', l-arn on tnc i.n-aiixx. Tne S. i - K K. nni IliiHiKtl tne ;''w and offer ncptioral fa 1UIK-. to parties deMrins to mme !al and tire-t-lav The nie ciar i i an ex.'elieiit qualiiy ariJ uai. been usel lor jeam by tue L'arabria Iruu The coal i a fix ft vein, and i (f in une iualel qnal-iy a- Lue foliuw.ng aualy-,.s i.l ahow : Moisture. 0 4! Vu.auie 0iaba-tib:e inatUT. 19.S.1. ( Fixed OariKin, TJ Coke. - Aii, A?h. I'h'ifi'borus snlphur. Trace, of iros. 0.l 1UI. For terms and further particulars vp OKO. (. PIi.K .'y to So. iri, bomeiwl St.. Johnstown, l a. or CHA8. E. I ILE, Somerset, fa. DREXEL'S IMPROVED EVULSION OF PURE NORWLOIAN COD LIVER OIL WITH CHEMICALLY PURE HYPOPHOSPHITES OF LIME AND SODA. FOR CONSUMPTION. BRONCHITIS, COUGHS. - COLDS, ASTHMA. SCROFULA. - SKIN DISEASES. NERVOUS DISEASES. - DISEASES OP CHILDREN. - WHOCPINO COUCH. ANAEMIA. - CATARRH, iL. - GENERAL DEBILITY, ETO, KTC 4 TSi vloye prrparatio. enrea bv hs aatrirrve .rd alterauvr power. It n. true emulwoo. not a lime Kiap. M easily dicesled. quickly asaiauUted. and how in woaderlul action on blood, tiisue and by a bc aiarked usproraacat Iroai DltTEiet. of Cod Liver Oil TT aervu.MC lor au(Bia. Berroune. lor acrolula and tcrolulmu t.wunga. glandular enlarp-inenrk, and tlx watting dueae of cAiidbood. roroy eer.tic .d nervoix coodioou. lo of Brsix. O" Uirbed kleep and aiht .wear, it k a perfect cure. brvl remedy to be had k coutt. coida, browchiu. croup, larrnrtik, re and biet-nng Ifaroat, kne. aeM. taking i. throat. rene of chert and al oth irntated. inSamed and dieaed coadiuon. of the tnroil, lura aad chat. Larga botUea, B0 eeaU per bottU. fcM by dnggiiu reaeiaTy, or aeat to any addiaei ea n etipt of 50 eatita, SOLE FOPRIETORS, WinkelRiacn 4 Brown Drug Co. BALTIMORE. MD. O. S. A 30 Spring Styles, 3uttericks Fashion Xapioe anl Patterns ARE NOW IN FOR SPRING. METROPOLITAN FASHION SHEETS FREE TO ALL CUSTOMERS. Frotn this dabs our Otlice will be known as a Fir.t-rlas Mliee, where all PATTERNS cut by BUTTERICK PUBLISHING CO. And all sizes will be kept in stock, which will be Mailed, on Receipt of Price, by first mail going out of city. ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR "D elineator" Will be renewed at this otlice from any where in Cauibriaor Adjoining Counties on Receipt of l"iice, viz: One Dclar per year. , John Stenger, Ag't Btitterwick Pablinhing Co., NO, 227, MAIN ST.. JOHNSTOWN. PA $15. $15. Fifteen DolIar3 lias a power to draw, if correctly invested, wbicb beats a lottery. For Fifteen Dol lars you can draw a nice CbamWr Suite no Mank tickets. Every Fifteen Dollars deposited gets one Suite SURE. It's like getting dol lar for dollar. You hare 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 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 bv " the Suite. HENDERSON FURNITURE CO., JOHNSTOWN. PA. ARTISTIC JOB PRUNING A SPECIALTY. HAM M. BENSHOFF, MAKUFACTURMG STATIONER AXD - BLANK BOOK MAKElt. HANNAH BLOCK. JOHNSTOWN PA." Jas. Boss Filled Watch Cases are all go'd as for as yon can see. They look like solid cases, wear like solid cases, and are solid cases for all practical purposes ct only cost about half as much as an out-and-out solid cold case. Warranted to wear for 30 years ; many in constant oe for thirty year. Better than ever since t hey are now Ltied, at no extra co4, with the great bow (rn:;; ) which ccnjt b: fuiUJ or t-jutcd sff the cae the Can ci-.y t: hzi cn ite cases stamped with thia trai; n;rit. yS Ail others have the cld-stylc pud out uiw, which 13 only Lc!d to the c-o by l:::'.ka, aoJ can l? t i isicd oJ v. i'h tile f.ncrs. Sol!) cn!; thrciti! v.a!ch rfMrz. S nil for a Tvat ch ci4 ciM iicr ta ti.o ui:'.uu.actriioi-. Keytcnc'.Vatch C-3?. Co., TAX I OBTAIN A PATENT For Srompt annwr and an bonert opinion, write to SNA: TO., who bave had rieariv fifty year.' cirwnimce In tlie itrit ,oaine. CoBirnunica tun .trlctlr conflilntlal. A Habokof In formation rfwvraiM Patnta and bow to ob tain tUMD t-m free. Also a taloiraeut uecban- ical and .ne:itlflc book, iwnt rive. Patent! taken throiwh Mncn A Co. receive rnocaa: nctiiviathe -if atific Anirri. and tbu. are brouk-bt widely betorethe public wttb ctut t to tue Inventor. Thi. kolPzidid paper, trroed welv. eleaantlTillrttt rated, has byfartlia larci't c rru.atioa of any acten title work in Lb W''d. .1 vear. ranmle copiew ant free. Buorfms K.ntion. lnontbly. i..iMa rear, binata coj,!e. 2 oenta. rrerT number contain. beo titul pUi'ea. in color. and photoerapoa of new faowa. witn plana enabbna builoera to vbow toe lr"t dn.Umi an) inire contract. Addre AIL'SI A CO- kW Vuut, dot BaoAiiWAW IMPORTASI TO ADVKKTI6ERS. The ereaia of the country papers is found in Eemicgton'a County Seat lita. Shrewd advertisers avail thennwlvej of thene listA, A copy of which can be had of lUaElng-ton Broa, of Xer York & Pittburfc-. A. H. HUSTON. Undertaker and tmbalmer. AGOOD HE-AJRSE nod mi hlng pertalnirut to farnerals turn abed Somerset. Pa. l-lyi SIS Si C0PYFUGHTS. Somerset SOIVIERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, Km. Johnson Konnanvillc, Ta. Injured While Coasting Impure Blood Asserts Itself But Hood's Sarsparllla Cures the Disease and Restores Health. "CI. Hood A Co., Lowell, Mass.: During the winter of ISC, I was Injured on "one limb while coasting. It did not trouble me much at first, but 50011 became more painful, my Strength began ta decline and I could not rest at liiyliL I as attended by several different doe tis but all failed to check the trouble and I grew ir.jiMly worse. Early In l.W I had to use crutches and my health as very poor, having lost my apjietlte and bein; reduced in flesh. In the till of lttil I had to take to mj bed and it was thought I Would Mot Live nntil spring. Imring all this time I bad tried many different medicines but did get relief. In the meantime to give me relief, the several bunches around my knee were lanced and later every effort made to heal the ruunini; sores but all In vain. Then It was, while confined to my bed last spring, that my father, Laving read much about the merits of Hood's Saxsapaxilia, Sarsapariila decided to have me give It a trial. I have taken it regularly, using nearly ten bottles. AU the sores but two a.-e healed and thee are nearly well. I have thrown away my crutches as I can walk, go to sc!i k1 and do some work. I have a good iqH-;r.e ami rcil healih and have i!ir:.-,.vd in weijlil verv lllileli. Hood's f:trs:ti.iri.!i li.i im-m a Messmij to me." Wii LLis Jui..5.: N jrmaiivilic, l'eniisylvania. Hood's Pills are the best family cathartic, gentle and efiectii e. Try a box 25 cents. Tbe Human Electrical Forces! How They Control the Organs of the Body. The electrical force of the bom-.n tvxlj, cs the nerve fluid may boUrmcd.li cv;w cially attractive department of s-i.-ncc, n-sii ccr so marked an Inflm-nce on the I, -::i:h .f Hie: or.:ins of tlm body. N-rvo f-.r-.-e i proiu'etl by the brain and 1 ourryeil l.y 111. ;iiiof tit.- nerve lo the various t r.r ris nf t'ie Uniy, thu-.!.iipplyin tho letter a i;h ihe vitality nic-4-ary to m surrt their In ailU. Th9 pnetimiwra-itric nerve, ait fchwn aero, may be aid to im t lieino-,t important f the enure nerve t.y tom. aa it supplies the heart- lunes, btoraach, Uiwt-1.4. i'l-., with the nerve foive necr-ary to ke'p them a-tive and healthy. As will l (w-o ty ihocut the Ion? nerve dtrscendiuz from the b-i-e of the brain and terminating In the bow els lthe pueunvmasirle. while tlie numerous lit tle branches supply th heart, iun.'s and atom-a- h with necessary vi tality. Win-n the Drain K-- mes in any way dis ordered by irritability or exhaustion, the nerve force which it supplies is leMenttd. and the or gans iss-eiviiii; tlie di minished supply arrotjo aiMitieiit I v weakened. ihiysicians generally fail to recognize, the lfnortanie if this fact, but treut ttio or .ran iiM.!f instead of thi rau-e of t he trouble The noted specialist, i ranklin Miles. M. I'.. LL. B., has given the creau-r part of bis Pte to the study of this utijis-i. and tlie 1 r.n In .1 discoveries concernlnir it a re due to hi-eif. n-. ltr. Miles" Kestorative Nervine, the unri Tahd brain and nerve food. L-prepared cm the principle that all nervous and many other (iilhcuitlt-s originate from Uisrh-rs rif the jiervecentera. Its wonderful success inc i'lii: tuesftdisorders Is testiiied to by thuuaaiids la every part of the land. UVstorative Nervine cures slpeploviiie-K, nervou- prrMtralhm. diuiness. hvsieria. -e-ual debility, ht. Vitus diiiiee. epiiejy, etc It Is f ree f mul oilates or danireroiis urtiirs. It btsld on a positive guarautee liv ait drug gists, or sent direct by the lir. Mih-s Meni al Co.. Klkhart, Ind., on iss-eipt of price, rl per bottle, aix bottles for ai, express prepaid. FANCY WORK. Some til eat Bartrains Id IRISHP0INT LUNCH AKD TRAY CLOTHS Bought below cost of transportation we are selling at great bargains white and colored iledford Cord Table Cov ers, Ftatnped ready for working. Sing ed Canton Flannel Table and Cush ion Covers, Singed Pluph Cushion Covers, Bargarran Art Cloth Table ADd Cushion Covers, all stamped with Newest Designs ; llem-fititched Hot Biscuit and lloll Napkins. A new and large line of hem-stitched Tray and Carving Cloths from 60cLs up. Stamped Hem-stitched Scarfs from Socts np. labie Covers irom ou eta. up. a full line of Figured INDIA SILKS, All New Patterns and Colorings. Also, Figured Plush, 24 and S3 inches wide, in beautiful Color and Designs. Art rjatin Squares for the Central Covers and Cushion Covers. "Waban ISTettinc:, Vj inches wide, 5 cer.fs per yard, in Pink, Blue, Ol'.ve and eilow, Tilt SEW THING for Draping Mantles and Door, and for Draping Over Dmperiej. A new line of Head rests, from 2.V- up. Vlt.'t T.I,!. 1 Ta.i.1 Vantin. Muslin, Sheeting and Linen Department, by all means. 41 FIFTE A VESU. Pittsbnrgh, Pa. BUGGIES at i Price CAKTS t HJLRStsA Sj7 rot tne (SSI flJ riAAaCUIII aa PkK'kji and f-Ai Kuad Wairao. emipettt.inL : K-J Cart . ; Buy o tao BncT Baraeas V U tnrranil T n Tvid Surrev Ji7 uaieU A 1-1. ?5 T7 Tram " SI S prrtlt. M.-TKaa Sadifla. 1 i;Cat r Trxm. T. a. lll tCT ACtiTCQ. t to U Uwraao. St., Cincinnati. O. I n Plso's B I Bold by Renwdr for Caurrh ki tha Eaaleat to Tee. and Cbeaneat. Praggtw orarat bymafl. BiselHin, warrea, ra. HOME VABD n 1 1 EST A "BTjTSFTKD 1827. HAND IN HAND. When spring was young and life wan new, . Love was our only friend and guide . Sweet were the bowers he led us through. And sweet our going side by side. Then summer came, a golden flood. And still we followed hand in hand ; Love was the music in our blood. And lore the glory of the land. Rich autnmn fell, and winter drove The fruity ripeness from the air ; But w rapped In warm, soft robes of love. What recked we if the world was bare? So round again we come to spring, Strong for another year's emprise ; The birds are waist to hear as sing. The sun is dazskd by our eyer. For, hsnd In hand, where'er we go, ' Earth under foot and Heaven above. Love la the only lire we know. And every breath we breathe is love. -Jfauricr Thomtton in .V. '. ImirjxtuIenL Those Yellow Vases. BY L J. MEADK. Lucilla was standing ruefuly with her head a little on one side : she was sur veying the Jam cupboard. Locilla's husband, the Reverend Ar thur Field, was very fond of strawberry jam there were only three pota left. "Yon there, my love 7" a masculine voice called from downstairs; steps were heard ascending quickly, and Arthur Field stood by his wife's side. "Here is a letter for you, Lucy," he said. Lucilla opened her letter eagerly and began to read ita contents ; as she did so her cheeks flushed, her eyes flashed in dignant fire, her whole charming face was transformed. The anger which fill ed it soon grew to utterance in her voice. "Ob, Arthur, to think that I should be treated so. My great aunt Lucilla, after whom I was named, is dead." "Is she, indeed, my love?" Foorsoul. I am sorry when did it happen?" "I can't tell you, Arthur. Oh, let me see ; nearly a month ao. Of course the Vincents, Mary and Ellen, did not want me to know any sooner. Xo wonder! Any one could see through their devices they wheedled, they coaxed, they flat tered, they petted and they got their de sires. Oh! I would not be them I" "Locy, your words quite alarm me your words and your anger. May I see that letter r Lucilla gave her husband the open sheet of note paper which she hnd been holding, deliberately shut and locked the jam cupboard, and then walked past him into her own room, the door of which she closed behind her. He gazed after her retreating form in astonishment, then bent his gaze on the letter which bad cau&ed all the disquiet. He read the following words : Kkd Cbi8 Hoi-he, May 10. My Dkar LrciiAA. You will be sur pribed and sorry to learn that poor Aunt Lucy pasted away quite suddenly on the night of the 11th of April. She must have died in her sleop, poor old dear, and evidently early in the night, for whed her maid found her she was cold. Our rector, Mr. Martin, preached a very beautiful sermon about her and we had a verv nice obituary entice inserted in the Haim, our local paper. The funeral, too, was both suitable and ex pensive, and F.llen and I have quite the proper mourning we are wearing crape up to our knees. Well, my dear Lucilla, the will was read, as is customary, after we had re turned from laying poor Auut Lucy in the grave. It waa a pouring wet day, and I am sorry to tell you our new crapes, on for the first time, got a good deal spotted and injured stand. ng by the open grave. But to return to the will : Mr. John son, Aunt Lucy's lawyer read the con tents to us. Of course, we were not the least surprised, nor will you be when you get this letter. We were left every thing; we knew this would be the case when you displeased all your relations by marrying Mr. Field. When the will was read we found she had not remembered you at all, except but I shall come to that presently. I want, first of all, to let you know how Ellen and I are left. We shall, when everything is sold, have exactly ten thousand pounds apiece by no means fortunes in these expen sive days, but still enough to be com fortable on. To be frank, I did really think that Aunt Lucy was much belter olf. She gave herself quite the airs of wealth, which she had no right to do, for what is twenty thousand pounds ? You are not quite forgotten. Do you remember those yellow jars those frightful things which always stood on a shelf over the drawingroom door the yellow dragons, we used to call them ? Well you are now the possessor of the yellow dragens. I think, and so does Ellen, that this fact, more than anything else, shows how your marriage wounded dear Aunt Lucy. We have decided to take a house in London, for we feel that after the long, weary years we spent with Aunt Lncilla it is due to us to have what fun we can. I will write again, or perhaps Eilen will write next, to tell you our new address. Believe me, my dear Lucilla, your af fectionate cousin, Mary Vincest. Mr. Field read this letter through with out the smallest change of countenance. If he felt angry his face did not show it. When he had read to the very end he folded the letter and returned it to its envelope, placed it for safety in his pocket, and walking across the landing, tapped at bis wife's bedroom door. "Can I come in, Lucilla?" he as ked. "Not now, Arthur," she answered from the other side of the door. "I am par ticularly engaged, but I will be down to give you your tea in a few minutes.'' "Very well," be replied in his gentlest Toice. When Lucilia entered the room she went straight to the head of the table and poured out her husband's coffee. She did not say another word about the obnoxious letter ; her face was once more pleasant to look at, but there were traces of tears about her eyes. Tea was nearly over when there came a ring at tbe front door. The servant (they only kept one servant) her name was Jessie entered the room to announce the arrival of a box. 'It's prepaid, ma'am," she said, ad dressing Mrs. Field. "Where shall the man take it?" MARCH 14. 1894. "Let him leave it in the hall, Jessie," answered Lucilla. The maid withdrew. Mrs. Field glanced at her husband. "I don't want that box," she said. "On the contrary, my love, I shall be very glad to see those dragon VAsea your aunt was so kind ti leave you," he re plied. "Arthur," said Mrs. Field, "you don't think I am fretting because of the mere money's loss T' "Yon can scarcely speak of money as lost which you have never had, Lucilla," replied Arthur FieW, with his elow, sweet smile. He took off his coat and made a fuss about opening tbe box he perpetrated two puns while be lifted the lid, and Locilla's mirth was no longer found. The vases bad been packed evidently with great care, and Field lifted them tenderly out of their receptacle. They were tall quite two feet high their shape was very pecular, their coloring a deep and rich amber. The dragons which claim bed around the stems of the vases had something brilfiant about their coloring, which gave them tbe effect of being set in jewels. Arthur Field said : "I never saw any china like this be fore ; I should not be surprised if it was valuable. When Power comes I will ask bim to take a look at it." "Ob, it is hideous !" said Lucilla; "it is not the least valuable." "I don't know that," replied her hus band, "but valuable or not, it is very quaint. I think it will give our drawing room a decidedly unique appearance. It will just tit, too, on that carved oak shelf which I put up last week." Field was a very poor man, and that thing presently happened to him which is always disagreeable, but especially so when it comes in the train of an empty purse. Arthur Field got into bad health ; be was not dangerously ill but he began to suffer from what he termed "the com plaint of the age" his nerves got out of order. The poor man can neither take change of scene nor do bis cares often slip off his shoulders. Field was obliged to stay in town, and whether he liked it or not, he had to work. One day Field came in and said with a shadow of his former brightness. "By the way, Lucy, I ran up against Powers to-day on High street ; be is stay ing here until to-morrow. I asked him to come in this evening and look at the vases." "What vases?" asked Lucilla. She bad absolutely forgotten her old aunt's yellow dragon vases. Those that your aunt left you, my love," replied her husband. "The more I look at them the more certain I am that they are irresistibly quaint and uncommon. Powers is a j'idge of china, and X would like his opinion on them." At the appointed time the guest ar rived. He was a little man with red hair, a keen intelligent face, and a bright, brisk manner. He and Field had been at Trinty College, Cambridge, together. After afew words of conversation, Field fetched a stepladder, and, mounting it, carefully removed the two vases from their shelf. He took out a silk hand kerchief and dusted them tenderly ; then he turned to his friend and looked anxiously at him for his verdict. Lucilla, seeing the solemn expression on ber husband's face, began to laugh. "Arthur is quite romantic over these lriv.btfi;l things," she said to Mr. Power. "Pray, put him out of his misery at once ; it is only merciful to quench false hopes. The things are hideous, are they not?" "Not at all," said Powers. He lifted one of the vases in his band, turned it to the light, tried to discover some sort of inscription on the base of the stem, twitted it round and round, and finally replaced it on the table. "Well," said Field. "They are valuable" said Power, sud denly. "How valuable I cannot tell you. I should like to take them to Christie's." Lucilla clasped her hands. "What !" she exlaimed, her color com ing and going. "Io you mean Jo you think those those frightful things would fetch money?"' "They may," he said, slowly. "Yes, I am inclined to think they will fetch something." "But how much ? Do do tell me." "It is impoHsible for me to say." "A ten-pound note, perhaps?" queried Arthur Field. Power gave him a lightning glance. "I feel confident you may reckon on that sum," he said. "If they are valu Iess from a collector's point of view, the coloring is so rich that they are sure to be bought for purposes of decoration." "Oh ! Arthur," said Lucilla. She went up to her husband and impulsively laid ber hand on his shoulder. Field made no answer, but, leaving the room, he returned in a few minutes with the wooden case in which the vases had been sent from lied Cross House some months ago. The two men packed them with extreme care, and the next day they traveled np to London under the care of John Power. There was a good deal of illness in the large manufacturing town where field worked, and he was so bu?y just now visiting the sick and soothing the agonies of the dying and of the bereaved that he quite forgot the yellow vases. Lncilla, however, who remained at home, had time to think of them. She did think of them. Now that there was a possibility of money being furthcoming tbrongh their means, she began to build castles around these vases. She felt herself growing pale when a week after the vases bad been sent to London, the poet brought a letter from Powers, and Field and his wife were together at the moment. He opened it with languid interest, read its contents and pasted it on to his wife with the smile which came more and more soldom now to his face. "Power says we are certain of oar ten pounds," he remarked. "Arthur !" exclairr.ed his wif, "I have made np my mind." "Well, dear," he replied, y on often do. What result have you arrived at at the present moment V "We will go to Christie's and see the vsses sold," said Lucilla. "My dear r "Yes." she continued, "Mr. Power says we are certain to get ten pounds for tbem. Ten pounds will pay all oar ex Herald penses for a week in London ; with economy it will also enable as to go to a good doctor and get an opinion about you. We will go, Arthur. We will start to-morrow." "My love," he answered, looking at her in his tenderest way, "even if we do get this money, would it not be best to sive it?" " We will save it," she answered. "We will save it by spending it. Im"t op pose me, Arthur; my mind is made up." Two days later the Fields found them selves in lodgings, rather uncomfortable ones, in West Kensington. They paid a small price for their rooms, however, which was a vast consideration in their present circumstances. Power came to see them, and spoke hopefully of the ten pounds. "You may get twenty pounds ; but for heaven's sake don't build your hopes on it," he sai J. "Oh, I won't," replied Lucilla ; but her eyes contradicted her works, and Power found himself obliged to turn away from their pleading glance. The Fields went to see a doctor, a great man, who charged them two guineas, and gave a considerable amount of ad vice. Field was to rest, have a complete change, and as luxurious living as it was possible to procure for him. The next morning early Mr. and Mrs. Field prepared to start off to Christie's. They were leaving the house when Field suddenly turned faint and sick. - "I cannot go, Lucy," he said, and he sank into a chair in the dingy little lcxig-ing-house parlor. "Oh, no, you must not go," she said, terror in her face and voice ; no, we will go for a drive instead." "A drive.1" he said, "my dear, you forget our nearly empty puree." "I do not forget," she replied, I will take the risk. This is a lovely day ; you shall drive. Arthur we will hira a carriage and go into the park." "We ought not to do it," he said in a weak, low voice. The LmJa'j turned out a success, and the Fields enjoyed their drive. They were out for two hours. They went into Hyde Park, and for a short time their carriage occupied a position in the line of rank and fashion. No Woman in that gay assembly looked prettier than Lu cilla in her hired carriage, with her shabby last year's bonnet on ber head. It was very late in the afternoon when the pair returned to their shabby lodg ings in West Kensington. Field could not help nttericg an ex clamation of astonishment when he saw Power standing on the steps. Luc Li U, on the contrary, felt no amazement, for one glance into the little man's face made her hopes become certainties. When they got into their sitting room she turned at once to Power. "Well," she said, "I know by your face that you have brought the twt nty pounds." "Not exactly," he replied. Field turned pale when Power said this. Tbe horrible thought that be had scarcely money enough in his bank to pay for Lucilla's unwonted extra vagauces came to his mind. Mrs. Field, however, whose eyes were fixed on Power, had no such qualms at her heart. "I know yon have good news," she sail, in her brightest voice. "Perhaps the ugly things are really valuable perhaps they fetched more than twenty pounds rteriing." "They have," replied Power. He put his hand into bis pocket, took out a book, from which he eitracurcl an envelope and banded it to Mrs. Field. Power's eyes looked so fail of meaning when he said these words, and his voice had such a ring of assured delight in it that Mrs. Field found herself suddenly turning faint and almost sick. She went to her husband and gave him tlie en velope, "Open it," she said in husky whisper; "I can't I I'm afraid." He obeyed her at once. The envelope contained a draft on the Bank of England, payable to Lucilla Field for ten thousand pounds sterling. "Good heavens, Lucy ! Lr.cy, you are dying!" cried her husband. What is it, what is the matter, my dear?" He scarcely took in the contents of the note ; his eyes were fixed on his wife'e face, for she had read the amount of the check payable to herself, and the joy had made her faint away. "I wish you had been there," said Pow er a few hours later ; there was quite a furor over the vases. Their history had been ascertained and their pedigee established. I.ehtuann, the great Jewish china maniac, was preseut. It did not take him long to prove that your aunt's dragon vases, Mrs. Field, were once the highly prized treasures of the royal house of Siam. The vases were perfect, -without any chip or ble nishof any sort, and were the on'.y specimens known to be in ex istence of that particular china. Power told this marvelous history to the husband and wife late that evening. When Power stopped speaking Lucilla turned slowly away and looked at Arthur Field. "I always said thoss vases were very quaint," he remarked. "We shall miss them out of the drawing room." Two Valuable Friends. 1. A physician cannot be always Lad. Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Bruises and Burns occur often and sometimes when least expected. Keep handy the friend of maty households and the tltetroyer of all pain, the famous Red Flag Oil, 25 cents. 2. Many a piecious life ronld be saved that is being racked to death with that terrible cough. Secure a gotid nitht's rest by investing 25 rents for a bottle of Pan-Tina, the great remedy for coagh, colds and consumption. Fan-Tims sold at G. W. Benfoid's Drog Store. "There are times when he U very gloomy." "I don't wonder ; he calls himself s self made man." Bucklen s Arnica Save. The best Salve in the world for Cats, Braises, Sores, Ulcere, Salt Rhenm, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil blains, Corns, and alt Skinr Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay re quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refaitded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by J. K. Snyder. WHOLE NO. 2224 Doctors Discouraged, Relief Found. Mr. C. E. Bartholomew, Kalkaska, Mich, writes : "I am as certain as I now live, that Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy saved my life when I was a victim of Bright's disease." If yoa are r-u Jering from Bright' disease, diabetes, or any urinary trouble, yoa should use this only cure. "I had been troubled since 1SCS)," writes S. N. Amald, of Rochester, N. "with gravel and catarrh of the bladder. Tried several doctors, but got no relief. Upon advice, I used Dr. David Ken nedy's Favorite Remedy. The result was marvelous; a few bottles, entirely cared me." "So yoa do admit yoa feel better for having gone to church?" "Yes." "Was it tlie music ?" "No." "The sermon, then ?" "No! No! I worked off two plugged nickels I'd had for six months." It covers a good deal of ground Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. And when you hear that it cures so many dis eases, perhaps yoa think "if too good to te true." But it's only reasonable. As a blond cleanser, flesh-builder, and strength-restorer, nothing like the "Discovery" is known to medical science. Tbe diseases thaf it cures come from a torpid liver, or from impure blood. For everything of this nature, it is the only guarnnited remedy. In Dyspepsia, Billioosnees ; all Bronchial, Throat and Lung affections ; every form of Scrofula, even Consump tion (or Long-scrofula) in its earlier stages, and in the most stubborn Skin and Scalp Diseases if it ever fail to benefit or cure, you have your money back. Chronic Nasal Catarrh positively cured by Dr. Sages Remedy. 50 cents; by druggists. Eastern Girl We have the crad.e that my grandfather was rocked in. ' Western Girl We have the boots that my grandfather died in. Tennyson on Spring. We have the word of Alfred Tennyson for it that in the spring the young man's fancies lightly turn to thoughts of love. It is lingular that the great laureate omit ted to mention the fact that it is in the spring that a considerable portion of the human race turn to taking Hoods's Sarsa pariila. Probably nothing bu the ditli cu'ty of finding a good rhyme for that invaluable remedy deterred him. Certain it is that the old-time domestic remedies are generally discarded in favor of the standard blood luririer, Hood's Sarsa pariila, which has attained the greatest popularity all over the county as the fa vorite Spring Medicine. It purities the blood and gives nerve,, mental, bodily and digestive strength. He Our new school teacher has a very studious eye, hasn't be? She Yes. I presume that is becauae there is a pupil in it. Has Headache No More. Mrs. Fannie Markly of Safe Harbor, Pa, gives the following account of her terrible suffering, and happy relief : "Early last spring I was much run down with sick headache. It was so severe at times that it seemed as thsugh I could not endure it, and I found no relief un til I tried Hood's Sarsapariila. After I had taken two bottles I had the head ache no more. Hood's Pills cure all liver ilia. 25c r.issenger Why, guard, how' this ; There's no rxiui in this train! Guard There's room enough, but there are too many passengers. Now Try This. It will cost yoa nathing and will sure ly do you good, if vou have a cough, cold, or any trouble with throat, chest or lungs. Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds is guar anteed to give relief, or money will be paid back. Sufferers from La Grippe lound it just the thing and under ita use had a speedy and perfect recovery. Try a sample bottle at our expense and learn for yourself ju4t how good a thing it is. He What dos the postscript say She There i no post script. He No postscript? I thought yoa said the letter was from a woman. Specimen Cases. S. II. Clifford, New Caaael, Wisconsin, was troubled with Neuralgia and Rheu matism, bis stomach waa disordered, his liver was affected to an alarming degree, appetite fell away, and he was terribly reduced in flesh and strength. Three bottle of Electric Bitters cured him. Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, 111, had a running sore ou his leg of eight years' standing. Used three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven b ixesof Buck len's Arnica Salve, and his leg is sound and well. "Perry GratTer won't be able to write any more jokes for a good while now." "Why ?' "He fell and broke his humerus." What Am I to Do? Thi is the oft expression of the weary sufferer with Rheumatism, Neuralgia and other painful diseases. The whole human frame is tortured and racked with pain. It is well to remember no known medicine equals Red Flag Oil for Rheumatism. Neuralgia, Sprains and Bruises. Price 25 cents at G. W. Ben ford's drug store. Pan-Tina, the great remedy for Coughs, Colds and Consumption, 25 and 50 cents. Sold at G. VY. Benford'a Drag store. "Yoa ongbt to be ashamed, Arthur ; yoa annoyed your aunt so much that she has left oa." "I don't care; I only like distant relatives, anyhow." 0 tor si eye more clear to sea, A mini to grasp mora earnestly. For every good intent. That to the sick and despairing 1 bring the a Beerieas cure. Pan Tina, the great remedy for Cough, Colds and Consumption, 25 and SO cent. Sold at G. W. Bedford's Drug Store. tk s.rrrcR'3 enemy. Ureal Instruct ton t tla Delaware t-a S 1-1. by the " Barer." The "Imrvr." a pest about the siize of small strawberry, is working great havoc niuvair the oyster btils in DcU v iro tr.y and tributary streams, say the? l'hil-.jdclphia Ledger. i apt. Mux s Venie. of the oyster schnr:er White Lily, nays that the de structive powrrs of the ikot" have been known tv oystermen only a few years, fie had followed ojster uitrico; for nearly thirt---hve years, and the) flr.t "borer' he saw was about ten years ao, lut their ravages in the oys tcr istis were comparatively unnoticed until last year. Capt. Ye-ule said that "last year the number of dead oysters with holes made by borers in the shell became so great that oystemien were alarmed. This year the work of the borers has becomei a grave? matter, and if it continues many bays will re depopulated of oys ters. From one bed we dreJired on this trip we pot twelve hundred baskets of oysters, but out of these only two hun dred were good, the dead oysters hav inif been killed by borers. A peculiar th iti about the ravaarea of the 'borers Is their apparent selection of the best oyster beds. We have found this to be true several times this season. Wo have found a bed of small oysters al-m-xst entirely free from borers. This bed will bo separated from another bed of 'arger oysters by two hundred feet, but thi latter bed will be ao badly atiocted by the creature that it will hardly pay to work it. -From what I can learn from oyster men the destruction wrought by borers is much more severe in Delaware bay than iu other places. "The work of the borer this year makes a double misfortune, for tho oyster beds were badly damaged by tlie t: storm in Auj'tt-st and Scptemlcr. Very few people who are not in tho oyster dredging" business know any thing of the methods of sie borer. When I first took notice of its work I secured several oysters just after the borer had f.istened itself to the shell. When the borer fastens itself it holds on like a leech, and it is with difficulty that it ran be removed with tho tlngvrs. "Jsouietimes the borer fastens itself to the oyster shell ner the edtfe anil then the oyster is not killed When the hole of the borer is made near tho center of the shell the oyster is at tacked in its vital parts and dies iu three or four days after the hole is first made." Some of the bed-owners near Maurice river have lost larjre sums of money this year on account of the borer. All oystermen say there can be no way of taking away tho borer without de stroying the oyster beds. FUTURE OF ALUMINUM. Roofs for Hooaea and II nils for Testis Hare to Be Made of It. Aluminum, which itself possesses a high decree of specific heat, does not really absorb heat itself, and thus is not liable to the chief objection to iron buildings in hot countries. But apart from liyht decorative purposes, says the St, Louis Post-Dispatch, such as balconies, cupolas, fiuiitls and veran das, it Is as a rooting material that aluminum should tie most welcome t the builder. In plates or scales, two thirds lighter than copper, nncotTode.l by air and undimmed even by the sul phur cf London smoke, it should niiiko a roof fit for a palace of romance. The humbler elements of health an. I comfort in the hou.se hardly le im portant than it external defenses against the weather pipes, cisterns, t::ps and gutters, now made of iron w hich rusts, r lead which poisons would be more enduring" and far mora healthy if made of this light and clean ly metal, which migbt also take) tho place of all water-holding" vessels now made of heavy, brittle earthenware or painted tin- An aluminnrn bath is amonjr the probable luxuries of tho next century. But it is not as a mere accessory to comfort and convenience that real development of the new metal should lie. It is for u-se at sea that its most marked quality of light ness obviously tits it. The marine engineer and the naval architect, who are already looking iu this direction for a reduction of the weight which is inseparable from loss of eftioacy. whether in speed or carr-j, cannot ncrloct the possibilities of a metal, which, when mixed in the pro portion of one to fifty, gives to aluminum-bronze a hardness and tough ness which makes it almost as reliable as steel, and which, if the proportions could be reversed and the strength pre served, would reduce the weight of ships and machinery alike by two thirds. That is a problem which awaits the metallurgist for solution. The reduction in cost, judging by an alogy, can only be a question of time a:v! research. The best steel now costs little more than one-half penny per pound, while aluminum U fifty times that price, lint aluminum exists in far greater i;it:tntilics than iron, is more widely -tribtitfd. and neither the limits ol time nor the history of metallurgy for bid tis to conjecture that, as the world has seen its age of stone, its age of bronze and its age of iron, so it may bvfore long have embarked on a new and cv.'D more prosperous age of alum inum. FAMILY TRADITION COUNTS- A Dominant Force la tbe rolltlee wast So ciety of Lit tie Delaware. No resident of a great state can easi ly gness the feeling of local loyalty and of almost clannish pride common throughout tho commonwealth of IK.-1-awarc, says the New York Sun. When Wilmington is left out of account tho remainderof the state is peopled chief ly by a rural community, native to the soil and descended from ancestors often settled for two centuries within the bounds of the state. There are many families still holding lands under seventeenth century patents, lands that have descended from father to son all those years without the passage of title deeds. It is only a few years since a Delavvarean about to remove to the west sold a pi--e of Ltnd tliat his ancestors had purchased from an In dian chief as the representative of his tribe. Long descent i: Delaware is confined to- no self-on"titiitcd upper class, but is the bott.st of all sorts of people. There are many ancient churches in Dv.lav.are. ami probably every one includes within its congre ffUvon some families descended f.'o:n those that took part in organizing tha church. Rural communities through out the state are curiously immobile. IsurnaKies are few, and the region from which a man comes is casiiv guessed frm his name. Family traditions are jealously treas ured, and family traits reappear gen eration after generation. There is a numerous family in the northern coun ty famous from the fact that nearly all its male meml-crs, have red heads and heavy red beards. The character is said to belong even to distant branches of the family in the west. Long de scent, though so common, is highly prized, and even where a family has sunk ir.sr, disrepnts the fact of a re spectable ancestry is held to make iti members a little better than just every day newcomers whose conduct is u worse. Neighbors ia Delaware have tenacious memories, and old family scandals are whispered about for gen erations. An old gentleman of blame less life and excellent name never dared to become a candidate for public oCice because it was recalled that he hail bevn born out of wedlock. Geneal ogies are carried in the ha-ads of hun dreds and old ladies often know the intricate family relationships of half the community. According" to tradi tion, the Du Fonts, who have been making powder for a century, used to remember with aatusfactiou that an early Bayard had been a hatter. Every community has local traditions of this sort and every man lives with the knowledge that his family history is known to all who have good memo tu. -
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