of Publication.
: .-. 7 morning at t2 00
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, -x.rred.
J be discontlnned ontn Ml
'"CSJ 4 op. Potmien nesltin
.V, nben do not take out
" .id respomibl fca U sub-
.A - am metafile to
l9 . n.oSce. Address
Somxksat, II.
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in-
,1 I
a W. WALKER.
.J? WALKER,
sod N'OJAEY PCBUC,
Somerset, Pa.
iwcvwrt House.
I ' '"ad euwi..Pituarsh, Ps.
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t AilW- ojMfcitBX, PA.
ttUrJKT-AT-LAW.
samara. Pa.
... rs.SC'1'EL.
BiatiB! Bouse Bow, opposite Court
J. G. Ouix
bukjuuiCT, Fa.
a Til lr
Bumereet, Pa.
I somerset, Pa.,
, uuon to business entrusted
:15J?S: tow. u..pu the Court
i RrtJ Enaie. Will Attend to all
'ar,ZrrZ with proiapuio
j c-ni3"
Ai Somerset, Pa.
.--."ruiendto ailbutiiK. eumiated
rjt CU"UOUA, C Of-
LS 0. K1MMEL,
- ATluK-Nki-AT-LAW.
. -aaa loail buiiue- eulniswd to hi care
'-ACSiaiii wuiiues, prompt
tTLtSj oc7 oa u Cro.
AllUKV-AT-LAW
- IT.i ... ,e,i buauus-aV
A Ul eaiuu. , " , ....
ATlukNMa-Al-LAW
kocMa entnwtd to our care will I
sjiryuAud ouiiveyacUi aoue on r-
buueiwet, Pa.,
tfirtic In Somerset aad a-ljouuii ooua
L aitruieJ w ium ul receise
HComnrH W. H. KurrlL.
X'FFfiOIH A RUPPEL,
y AnyitMiis-Ai-LAW
bomenct, ra.
; noa er. nMe& to their care will be
.-wt puncruaiir aileaaed to. Ottiw on
vioiet,ofpowie Mammotn Bioc.
T.CAKUTUEP-S, M. D.
. W.aitiAJi AMi tolKoE 'S.
: KMiLKsin, Pa..
1ob taion Rreet, next door to PrinliiiR
. iiiui cami ai oOice.
,5 P V 4.11 1 FFPTJ
PUVslClAS AM 6URGEON,
bU Ticunj u&c ucxl iour to
J
H.6. KIMilELL,
aim lis proftaoal aerrlcei to the dtixroi
av tu-A rii A.iy. Inixm prolmnoniiliy
niuk tuuita at lu omc on Mam bk
Vi J. M. LOUTIIER,
HTSIClAS ASD SI KGEOH
i ord permmnenily In Somerset for the
n u iToieauon. Ooe oa Main aueet.
2.J.S.yMILLE-,
ff-al attention to the preserratlon of
-"rurwl iatiicu7. Otboe In the
-rM k.I.lwcU cu'a atore, corner
. j ; 4 i-j u-.o; ttrwta.
lOils! Oils!
-r. Ert!nirV "., Pittkbanrh Pepart
" r '-"t-n-i. hiu, taskm a i-cia;ty of
" ''ti.-f lr.ag iur the lwmeatic trade
bating 4 Lubricating Oils
Aphtha and Gasoline,
H32UCT OF PETROLEUM
Ifyoo wits Use mo oniforaly
Satisfactory Oils
-IS THE
-knerican Market,
"asn. Xrtat tea S&asjrset and Tkinltjr
cppliea by
COCK A 2 E FRITS 1!D
, FEKAjiX KOCeER,
" bOMUMT, Pa.
'CH&BROMBOLD'S
SAW KfLLissFIICH IPS
(sl iKpr,Tn.t hi FHrtlM Fei aa4
l-Ti, , L. of Unw ihrwr liaira
llW
ixid
" '7 c.rcujin ana prim : fumWiwl
srt MfiH J
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VOL. XLn. NO.
-THE-FIRST
NATIONAL BANK
OF-
Somerset, Penn'a.
CAPITAL
8URPLUS
SSO.OOO.
S14.000.
DEPOSITS KCCCIVCDtM LAttGC AN 0 SMALL
ACCOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS FARMERS.
STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED
-DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS :
LiEn M. Hicr-s. Cio. R. Scrix,
JAM8 U Pcuh, W. H. Millia,
Johh R. Ston, R. S. SiriL,
FtiD W. EiB-Bixa.
Edward Sccll, : : : : : Tresidsxt
VALKjmKi Hat, : : Vic President
IIabvet L BtuKLKT, : : : Cashikb.
The funds and SMmrities of this bank
are securely protected in a celebrated Cor
liss Burglar-proof Safe. The only Safe
made absolutely Burglar-proof.
Somerset County National Bank
Of Somerset, Pa.
K):
Dtxtllthad, 1877. 0rn!d Hatsal, 1890.
CAPITAL, $50,000.
Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't.
Wm. H. Koontz, Vice Pres't.
Milton J. Pritts, Cashier.
Di ECT0R.S:
gum! SDyaor,
Ju.i.h r-x-chi.
John H. ayder
Jofc-ph B. 1 'AVia,
Wm Endsley.
Jcnas M. 'xk.
John Siuflt.
Harriwm .--nyder,
JioahS. Miller,
Jerome biun
CAm n TArrison.
Cnrtomen of this Bank will receive the molt
liberal Ue!mr at ronsiu-nt ith safe oanking.
Pnies wlnlae to w-ni! money east or west can
be aecoramdaiea by dralt for any amount.
Money and Tl-ia! lea a-eurd by one of Dle
boid Celebratei oafca, with most approved Bme
'TtoilcrtlcBia made In an parti of the United
8llra. Char? modcrAt.
Aueoonu aud iudukius douhtu.
ratlin mi in tmst ei.
121 & 123 Fourth Ave,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Undivided Profits $250,000.
Acts as Executor, Guardian, Assiee
and Receiver.
Wills receipted for and held free of
charge.
Business of residents and non-residents
carefully attended to.
JOHX B. JACKSON, - President.
JAMES J. DO KNELL, Vice President
FRAXKLIX EROW'X, Secretary.
JAS.C.CHArLIX. Treasurer.
irtl tl k lITm To take orders. ooe-
IVlLlN V V AIM I LUJivenug or collecting.
.ipc.-iciicc u-i bwA-ry. -y ra, T Z. .j
ji.'jit tcnus. Vinieaiourcaiiu
ol territory.
ALLIN NUaSERT CO . HKmu, -
JORDAN & HINCHMAN.
We are now ready with our new and Urs
inToiceof fine t oni.'ctionery vtixxw, i-r--lar
brands of E.K-uits and Cakea, fancy
poods of all atvies, and everything .se
irrtainiriK to a first class tons to till or
ders prumptly, and to atifply resident fam
ilies to any extent. U.xKtij always fresh,
and alwavs offered t lowet figures, ta.l
and ee one of the finest assortments ever
carried.
JOBDAS & HIKCHMAM.
2TO2T2 Main Street,
Johnstown, Pa.
DREXEL'S
IMPROVED EMULSION OP
PURE NORWEGIAN
COD LIVER OIL
WITH CHEMICALLY PURE
HYPOPHOSPHITES OF
LIME AND SODA.
FOR
CONSUMPTION. BRONCHITIS. COUGHS,
- COLDS, ASTHMA. SCROFULA.
- SKIN DISEASES. NERVOUS DISEASES,
- DISEASES OP CHILOREN.
- WHOOPINQ COUCH. ANAEMIA,
- CATARRM L
- GENERAL DEBILITY, ETC.. ETC
This Talnable prepantioa curt by lt wutritW.
and alteram power. It a true emulwon. not
toap. t eawlv di?rwd. quickly aSHmiUted.
nd thow Its wonderiuf ctico cm blood, HMue
.ad ncrre by a "oat marked improemet trom
rTjrZ f W Ur Oil
rr"'.c lor m. v.... lor acroful.
sd Krof!dou eweliiDS. Riandular mlufrmcnn.
.Dd tlie wung of cWinood. roc d--peptic
aod ueooiH cooditiom. to ot Be, C1"
lurbed sleep ad mzht (weats. it u perirct cure.
Drexai'i Xaclaioa of Cod lim Oil ery
betTreiedy S be Lid lor couh,, co,d. bro.ch.ta.
croup. Um.g-t.fc a.d bleeding throat h"re
.m. t.cilinf ta triroat. oce.e of chest and fl
other Imuicd ioflmed od oiseAsed coodicooA
ot the t&rozi, luugi aod ckest.
T.. k.rtW 50 ecata per botUa. Sc2 by
iniggiiti generally, or aeat to any addreea oa i
caipt of 50 oaat.
SOLE PROPRIETORS,
tYinkBtaann i Brown Drug Co.
BALTIMORE. Ma U. S. A
YOU CAN FIND sJ5&
SSE REIlTuTOl ER.
e
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I3uttcricks
FasMoi ifaipziDB and Patlems
ARE NOW IN FOR SPRING.
METROPOLITAN FASHION SHEETS
FREE TO ALL CUSTOMERS.
From this date oar Office will be known
as a t irM-ciaw ( ittiee, where all
PATTERN'S cut by
EUTTERIGK FUBLISHIMG CO.
And all tizea w ill 1 kept in stock, w hich
will be Mailed, on Receipt of
Price, by Cret mail goicgont
of city.
ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR
"Delineator
Will be renewed at this office from any
where in Cambria or a.ijoiniujf Counties
on Receipt of 1'iice, viz: One Dollar per
year.
John Stenger,
Ag't Buttersriek Publishing Co.,
NO. 22T, MAIN ST.. JOHNSTOWN. PA
$15. S15.
115.
Fiftccu Dollars has a power to
draw, if correctly invested, which
beats a lottery. For Fifteen Dol
lars you can draw a nice CLa Tiber
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 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 Suite3you get a reliable
article from a reliable firm. The
Suite will "stand by" you and we
u stand by " the Suite.
HENDERSON
FURNITURE CO.,
JOHNSTOWN. PA.
ARTISTIC JOB PRUNING
A SPECIALTY.
HARRY M. BESSHOFF,
MAKUFACTURING STATIONER
AND
CLANK BOOK MAKER.
HANNAH BLOCK,
JOHNSTOWN PA.
What is this
m
It is the only bow (ling) which
cann.it le puili cl from the watch.
To be had only with Jas. Boss
Filial tthi-r watch cases v"
sta-nne.! with this trade mark.
t pesli! alii brmi ): j a riich case opener.
KcystoneWatch Case Co.,
r-HILADrXWMA.
; a UMi rn U. I U.UL mm uw
- UUr I ruun i o.
CA I OBTAIS A rATFNT f a
prompt i!wrr and an borwrt opinKin. write to
Ml ?N A- .. who ba. bid neu-lTllltT
eipenencelnthe jaKcnt buire. C.nmnnir.
ti.iis Vrv-tlT cnntilentml. A Hia4lw.li of in
t,rmxuo coocen:in Palr.l. sd bow to ob.
tain tbm sent free. Also a cialuoeoi aiecbao
lc,l and cienllto lvs FCOt free. ,
i'd;,.-:i. tken thnnurb Muna A CO. recelT.
mer-.ml notice., tbe iriillile As.rlca.. ami
tuus arc bn.ncbt widely before ll.e pohl.cwllb.
out crt to toe InT.uu-r. 1'hia nJeodid paper.
tM.iel wccklT. elwantly illomr.ted.hAa bj fax tli.
l.wet c n-alat.'m of any scieotiUc work In m
w..r:d. A3 a year. Kan i; copi mnt free.
Ku.idiTui ton.oo. monthly. ti-Mt year. bjnt
eotiita. J-i cut.. I-rery number enotaioal beu
tifal .'-. in eolort. and pkotwtpbi of new
brC5i. witb plana, erialilu boildw. to boU
jbt rl -ft'cw and ieaeur. corn recta. Aadre.
AlL'a's A Co. aw I oka. Sbl BmoauwA
nvnirllTf
TMPOHTA5T TO ADVERTISERS
The eretun cf the country papers is found
In Eemington's County Seat lits. Shrewd
odTortisers araU themaclvcs of these lists,
cony of which can be had of Eemiugton
BroA, of Sew xors rinourg.
A. H. HUSTON.
Undertaker and Lmbalmer.
A. G OOD HEAESE
sort esve.tlUng pertaining to furaerals turn shed
Somerset, Pa.
Sorinff Si I
i tj f
' t-'.-t UL I llJtlll Kit
anyhow
V - aLAitn o.i ir.ULiiinnni.- g
oiaer
SOMERSET, PA., "WEDNESDAY,
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Atr. Jamea H. Botd
rbiUdrlphla, Pa.
Muscular Rheumatism
Sciatica and the Piles Adds to
the Sufferer's Misery
Four Bottles of Hood's Sarsaparllla
Effects a Wonderful Cure.
"C, I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.:
"Gentlemen: Ai a result of the memorable
blizzard of March, 1 contracted muscular
rheumatism; at that time I wis engaged on a
ob of stemiBu'.r.g In PlalnfieM, X. J., and It
was necessary for me to wade through the snow
to the building, a new residence, la w hich we
were working. For eighteen months after
wards I was kiid up with muscular rheumatism
and sciatica. I tlien joined my son-in-law in
Denver, CoL, where I was engaged In ateam
DtUng and engineering, and where I commenced
to take flood's Sarsaparllla for my rheumatism.
It cured me not only of the rheumatism and
claUca, but also of outward piles, from which
for thirty-three years I had suffered
A Thousand Deaths.
rreTlous to going to Denver I visited the
University of Pennsylvania to be operated upon.
The doctor pronounced my ease elongaUonof
the bowels and the worst he ever saw. He re
fused to perform an operation, saying that after
having suffered so many years it was not worth
w bile tliat I should die at that late day from the
effects of the knife, and die I would if he used It.
No Man Can Conceive
what I suffered for thirty-three years. I tried
all sorts of remedies and treatments, often
without the slightest relief. Four bottles of
Hood's Sarsajiiiriila not only relieved, but
cured, both Uio i.Ues and rheumatism. The
Hood'ss? Cures
only trace of rheumatism which I feel now Is A
little stiffness when the weather changes, and
as! will be T3 years oM In August that Is but
iiicHenlal to my .-i;e. This In a simple state
ment of facts '' Jiu K. Kum, 2b!) West
Norris Street, Philadelphia, Ta.
Hood's Pills cure liver Ills, constipation,
biliousness. Jaundice, sick headache, indlgesUun.
A STRANGE CASE.
How an Enemy was Foiled.
The follnwiiijr graphic; statement will tie
read with Imi-riM-inli'tvM: "I cannot de-eri'w
tiiennnili.crwpysensatlontbatexit.n-d ' i"T
arms, bai.ils and b'tts. 1 bad to rub and Ix-at
thM- part 4 until tliey were wirt tiimrmiiM
in a n.oa-urv lite dead feeling that baj taht-ii
rn.Hse-v-ii.il cf them. In addition. I bad a
Mntnire eakne-t in my ba.-k anil around my
wawt, uiL-ellierwith an iiide-ri!.al'lt yie"
feeling In my Rton.acb. PbyMciain r-iil It
wasctwpinit paralysis, from which, acrurd
inir to their uiii-rs.ul con.-lu-ion, there Is no
relief. Once it fasten upon a person, th.-y
say.lt continues it-s Insidious pnr.-rt sH u.ml
it reaches a vital point and the MiiTervr di.-.
siiich wan my pnix't. I bad lieen doctoring
year and a half steadily, but w lih no par
ticular Iw neflt. when I saw an advertisement
of lr Miles' l-storallve Nervine, pna tired a
liotileand U-iran Using it. Marvelous as it
may seem, but a few days bad passed In-fore
every hit of that creepy feeling bad left n.e,
and there ban not Ix-en even tbo slightest
indication of Itn return. I now feel as
well as I ever did. and have gained ten
pounds In weight, tbouch I had run down
from ITU to l.C. Pour oi hern have u-sl lr.
Miles)' Kesn.ratlve Nervine n my rs-on-n-flation.andit
haslxs-n ss.itisfa-torv In their
caseins In mine." James Knne. I.a Hue. .
Ir. Miles' Itestorative Nervine is sold by all
druegists on a positive guarantee, or sent
direct by the Ir. Mile. Medi.-ai t'o.. Klkhart,
Intl.. on receipt of price, ft per iMMtle. iv
tMitt le. for express pn-paid. It is frw: fruoi
opiates or tLuigerous drugs.
FANCY
WORK.
Some Uieat Bargains In
IRISHPOINT LUNXH
AND TRAY CLOTHS
Botight below cost of transportation
we are selling at (treat bargains white
and colored Bedford Cord Table Cov
ers, stamped ready for working. Sing
ed Canton Flannel Table and Cush
ion Covers, Singed Plush Cushion
Covers, Bargarran Art Cloth Table
and Cushion Covers, all stamped
with Newest Designs ; Hem-stitched
llot Biscuit and Boll Xapkins. A
new and larpe line of hem-stitched
Tray and Curving Cloths from tJOcts
no.
Stamped ITem-irtitcbed Scarfs from 35cU
np. table Covers from tAi cus. up. a
full line of Figured
INDIA SILKS,
All New Patterns and Colorings. Also,
Figured Plush,
24 and 33 inches wide, in baafiful Colors
and iMsisTis. Art Siitin Squares for the
Centra! t'overs and Cushion Covers.
Waban ISTettinc:,
t5 inches wide, V rents per yard, In Pink,
Bl!i. )rve and Yellow. THE NEW
THISU f-ir lr.iping Mantles and
Ihors, and for Draping Over
lyrsperiis. A new line cf
llend-ret, from 2-v up.
Visit onr Table Unen, Towel. Napkins,
Mus-in. Sheeting and Linen Department, by
all means.
I1E&
11 FIFTS AVENU, Pittahnrgh, Pa.
BUGGIES at I Price
CAKia AX U AE l.sS.
t Tu. Kaasj... so w,rwtti
A I-bas-toE S PKR'rJi all
I'm TopSurrryA.: ouuell ALL.
s.. iujmI wroa. as owmpeau.
ti iuA Cart V M Huj ot fx
(35
TV
!0 Boory " ltHMJ-"
fcorva. Saddto. Sl.t)at r Fiw.
r. . Bt tit v a cast ce.
t w U Uwrsao. 8L, CiaciaoaU.
nriM'i BraMy for Catarrh Is UM fj
n, Mat to Ta& aad CbuprK. I I
1 ' ma mi' -
told try DrcsrtM or seat DfBttU. I 1
ISo. K. T. BawUlse. Warrea, Pa. kl
HOB
WARD
it."-'
"Slfl'd
set
EST A BT.THTTKT) 1827.
A WIHY POEM.
The following poem was read by the author
Mr. Wetmore but which he said had been found
by Eoke Smith's cook la the royal cabin of tbe
bnit Violet, at the Republican Club dinner in
New York :
" The new I hear is heavy and drear
A hundred and eighty for Grow !
And the Cuckoo bird sings with counterfeit flee.
And nobody cares for Lilly and me.
So off to the swamp I'll go."
A a-ay to the Dismal Swamp he speeds,
Where the truculent Sun never beams ;
For redhead ducks, in a deadhead biat.
And a cargo sufficient to fill up a goat.
And be hanged to ways and means !
I.'s North Carolina's sacred soli,
" Let the Governor know, of course.
We'll have no Senate to spoil our apon ;
B; ready and make the Intervals short
That break our solemn discourse."
Where gallant Sir Walter his colony led.
Their devious course they ser,
Now David B. and the whola of his gang.
The House and the Senate may all go hang
At least I'm Paramont here."
Then Into the depths of the IHsinal Swamp
They turn the violet's prow,
" And where b the bag the game to hold ?
Tim Judas who carried the bag of old.
Here, Gresham, you carry it now."
O'er the bosom dark of the silent lake.
The ducks are flying low.
" The gun, the gun ! Alas, my Lord!
There's never a single gun aboard.
We didn't have room below !"
" Now blauketyblank, thou roisereant knave.
For what do you think I've come ?
Dost think I'd charter tbe I'niua Bag,
As a mere excuse to cover a jag.
And furnish you fellows with rum ?
" I came to coo! my fevered brow.
Oppressed with cares of State.
I came to shun the maddening herd.
To lay my plans for term the third.
And me to consecrate.
" But now that I see the game Is up,
With nothing to bring it down ;
Lent men profane, with ghoulish glee,
Should say, we only came out oa a spree.
We'd better return to town !"
To the Capital then they homeward sailed.
And moored to the dock again.
Said Congress : " If only he'd never return !"
Said he." If Congress would only adjonrn !"
And the People said " Amen."
A Ride For Freedom.
There! I do believe that boy will be
the ruin of me. He never knowa how to
do anything right. And nowhere he's
been and cat down all the maples and
botewoods in that wood lot in my ab
sence, and I found tbe oxen misniated,
and everything was all wrong. A boy
that don't know enough to tell the differ
ence between hard and soft wood won't
ever amount to much, in my opinion. I
was so provoked that I told him he could
go to bed without his supper. Perhaps
it will teach him a lesson.
Old Squire Helton was emphatic in his
criticism of the ignorance or the thought
lessness that characterized the daily do
ings of his farm help. To him there was
nothing excusable in such conduct. He
had taken pains to tell the boy just what
trees he wanted felled, and it was an es
sential matter to him whether the maples
were cut down or left standing in that
fine new lot he had recently bought of
Maj. Jack man.
"I believe tbe boy did it on purpose to
bother me," be concluded, as be sat down
to his supper of hot porridge and milk
and fried doughnuts which bis wife bad
jast placed on the table.
. "Oh, no, father! John wouldn't do
that," said kind, motherly Mrs. Holton.
"John means to do right, but his mind
isn't on bis work."
"No, that isn't it, I'll be bound," mat
tered the Squire, between his mouthful
of warm poiriJge.
lle hasn't had a mind for anything
ever since that day General Washington
and bis officers rode by, a month agj. It
was only the other morning, when I sup
posed be was busy waterit g the stock at
the barn, and I happened to open the
door for something, and there be was,
marching up and down the floor, a turk
ey's tail feather stuck in bis cap band
and a pitchfork at his shoulder, and he
a giving off orders as though he was a
corporal. I almost wish the Continental
arm v was sunk."
"Why, father!" exclaimed bit wife;
ond then we should lose our liberties,
and the battles of Lexington and Bunker
Hill and Trenton would have to be fought
orer again."
"Well, it would be better, anyway, for
John if they were farther off than Valley
YoTge," answered the "Squire testily, at
tacking a boge doughnut that was as
crisp as frost.
And, overhead, in the large, open gar
ret where bundles of thoroughwortsnd
pennyroyal hung down from the long,
slanting rafters, and which was warmed
only by tbe heat ascending through a
ventilator from the kitchen below, tbe
subject of the 'Squire's wrath lay listening
tl every word.
He was a tall, fair lad, strong and act
ive, with steady, gray-blue eyes and a
shock of brown wavy hair that had a
knnck of always falling into his eyes.
John Russell w as sixteen years old, and
was an orphan. Mrs. Holton was bis
father's sitter, and the Squire, being
without children of his own, bad cheer
fully consented, when it was first sug
gested, that the fatherless boy should
came and live with them. He had lived
there now three years, but he did not
take kindly lo life on a farm.
The boy bad an imaginative tempera
ment, inherited from his mother, and to
drive the slow oxen day after day, do the
milking and all the drudgery incident to
a large farm, were not the most congenial
employments. He honestly strove to do
his duty, though, and the 'Squire, if
tough, was kind in bis way.
A shade of deep thought overspread
bis face as be bear J bis uncle's words,
and two or three tears rolled down his
freckled face which were bravely dashed
away.
"Hedid tell me tocutthe maples," he
said to himself; "I know be did, and, as
for playing soldier, what hurt did it do?
I had turned out tho cows and done just
as I do every day. I wish I was a soldier
in Washington's army, and I will be
when I am older, unless we whip the
British before. Bat I hope I thall be
able to do something for my country. If
I only could if I only could !"
He lay for a long time, bis mind full of
conflicting thoaghts, bat at last he fell
asleep, and forgot alike his trials and bis
ambitions lnthesaeet refreshing slum
ber of boyhood.
In the morning when he went down
stairs into the kitchen the "Squire spoke
ti him as though nothing had happened.
MARCH 28. 1894.
and be went out and fed tbe cattle as
usual. At the breakfast table his nncle
said :
"Yon may ride over to Googin's mill
to-day, John, and get a load of corn
ground. Mother says we are out of meal
and I've no mind to give np my johnny
cake in the morning. You may take the
gray mare, and while the corn's being
ground yon can call on Maj. Fry e, just
beyond, ask him if be can pay the inter
est due on that note. It is two pound
and sixpence. Don't forget now, and
don't make a blunder. I've got the corn
put np."
"AH right," answered John, cheerful-
iy.
And be went out and saddled old
Suke, the gray mare, and in half an hour
was ready to start.
"Here's some cheese and doughnuts for
your luncheon," said Mrs," Holton,
giving him a a mill parcel which
he placed in bis coat pocket ; "and here's
a new pair of mittens that I knit for you.
You'll need thein to-day, for there is a
raw, cold air.'
"Oh, thank you, aunt ! They will keep
my hands warm as toast," replied John,
with a good deal of feeling.
"Tell Googin's to take good toll, and
get back before dark if you can."
This was the 'Squire's parting injunct
ion as this "boy of seventy-six" started
on bis journey to the distant grist mill.
It was not exactly seventy-six, but it
was the 22d of February, 177S.
Going to mill in those days was a differ
ent affair from what it is in this year of
grace.
'John Buseell, dressed in a coarse home
spun, with knee-buckles and shoe buck
les, a coon-skin capon his head, and
wearing bis thick woolen mittens, mount
ed upon the staid .old firm horse, a bag
of corn behind his saddle and another in
front of him, presented a picture that is
not likely to have its counterpart in mod
ern times.
He whistled merrily as he rode forward
through the cold February day on bis
errand, for it was a pleasant changing
from driving oxen and felling trees.
Googin's mill, so called after tbe pro
prietor, who was a German of the name
of Hans Googins, was eight or nine miles
from 'Squire Holton's place, down on
French creek.
About a mile east of the mill the road
branched, the left hand leading on to the
mill, the other taking one to the Ameri
can encampment at Valley Forge, which
was four miles distant.
John would have liked nothing better
than to have gone to the patriot camp,
but his orders were imperative, and he
dared not spare the time, so he reined
old Suke to the left and kept on to the
mill.
The miller, a short, stoat German with
a broad, good-humored face, greeted our
hero with a hearty "Goot morning, mine
young frient!"
"How's business?" asked John.
"Beautiful," replied Hans. "Sd goot
vat nefer vae."
"That is good for you. I should like
to have my grist by two o'clock. Uncle
says you must take toll enough to pay
you well."
"Yaw. Mynheer Holton ish von fine
man, nnt I knows it," said the miller.
Veil, I vill grind dat grist right avay
vuick. Maype you vill go in untsee
Katrina nnt der chilJrent, De leeJle
ones vi'l be gild to see you, I dells you,"
said the hospitable Hans.
"Thank you," answered John, "but I
have an errand to do at Maj. Frye's, and
I brought a luncheon in my pocket."
"Dat Maj. Grye ish von rascal nnt
don't you forgit it! Yell, I don't vaut to
shpoke apoud him any more."
And with a shrug of his thick should
ers, Hans pulled up the gate and set the
great wheel in motion.
John remounted and rode slowly away
from the old mill, whose picturesque sit
uation was heightened by its winter
garb of white.
It was about noon when he approach
ed the house of Maj. Frye, who was an
old militia officer and had served in tbe
French and Indian war.
As be rode into the yard, be was sur
prised to see two horssa standing near
the door, on one of which sat a British
orderly. Before be could dismount, the
owner of the bouse, Maj. Frye himself,
appeared in the open doorway, ushering
an officer in gy uniform without.
"You ma trust me, sir," the Major
was saying. J here will be no misiace.
The General is to be here at eight pre
cisely, this evening. It will be your fault
if you don't secure him.
Then, seeing the newcomer, be hesitat
ed, and, as his countenance changed, be
whispered something to his English visi
tor, who, with a slight inclination or the
head, muttered the one word : "Remem
ber!" and then hurriedly remounted his
horse and rode away with his orderly.
'Will, young sir, I am glad to see
you," said the Major, with well-feigned
cordiality, addressing John. "I know
the errand you have come for, and have
got the money. Sj lead your horsj into
the barn and come in. I have reckoned
np the interest on the 'Sjuire's note, and
it is two pounds anl fjurpence," he re
marked, as they entered tbe house.
"Cncle called it to pounds and six
pence," said John, "and be told me to
colltct it"
"Oh, that wn't much difference ! I guess
it's all right, anyhow. I don't know as I
should have had the money if I hadn't
just sold some fat catt'e to the British.
They offend me a little more than the
Americans would, and I let then go."
"I wouldn't have done it !" declared
John, with emphasis.
"I bated to. But, yoa see, I knew tbe
"Squire would be after the money. It
was due yesterday, and he's regular as
the sun. Besides, I am going to let
Washington have a yoke of fist oxen to
night It's bis birthday, and the commander-in-chief
is going to make a feast
for the patiiota. He U coming himself
to-night to get them, as he wishes to sur
prise them."
John felt all his nerves tingle with a
sudden thought. Was this man a traitor
and bad be bargained with the British
to betray Washington?
The suspicion was strong in his mind,
but be said nothing as the Major paid
over the money in brand new English
pieces.
"You may sign this receipt," said Frye
as he took a folded paper out of his poc k
et, tore it in two, and scribbled a few
lines oa one of the pieces.
The by lookel over what ha I been
written, and wrote bis name as request
ed. The silver pieces be carefully stow
ed away in the inside pocket of bis wool
en spenser, and after Suke bad eaten ber
generous foddering of hay be started on
his way back to the mill.
His grist was ground and waiting for
him, but, before be loaded the bags, be
looked once more to see that his money
was all right
As be pulled it from his pocket, a piece
of torn paper flutter to the ground. It
was tbe companion piece of that on which
the Major had written the receipt, and
John bad put it in his pocket with the
silver.
He stooped to pick it np, and as he did,
so his quick eye caught a name, written
in a bold, cleat hand, that was famous
just then throughout the American colo
nics. With a swiftly-beaticz heart and a
flushed brow, he glanced over the few
lines that preceded the autograph. The
iint part of the letter was on the piece on
which he bad receipted f r the niouey,
bnt there was enough to make bis young
blood thrill in his veina, This is what
he read :
" received. If you mean busi
ness, I think the plan can be succeestully
carried oat. My aid-de-camp. Major
Singleton, will ride over to-morrow to see
you and arrange the details of the rapt
ure. He will pay into your hands half
of the money you ask fifty pounds. If
we succeed in our enterprise and capture
the General, the rest glial I be paid to you
down. You mav trust Maj. Singleton as
yon would myself.
"I have the honor to be yours, for peace
and unity,
Ges. Wm. Howe.
"To Maj. Daniel Frye."
It was all clear as sunlight to John in a
moment Major Frye mu a traitor, and
tbe plot in which he was engaged was
nothing less than the sell ire of the commander-in-chief.
There must be no time lost Wash
ington must be warned, and be was the
one to do it
"What time of day is it?" he asked
the miller.
. Hans pulled out a big silver watch.
"Veil, it pe tree minutes past two
o'clock," he said.
"All right! Now, yoa bake t!is mon
ey and keep it till I call for it I am not
going home with the grist at least, not
just yet Good bye."
The next moment he was on the back
of old Suke and galloping down the road
at a wild speed.
"Mine Gott, dot poy ish crazy !" ex
claimed Hans, as he stood in the door
way, bis bands in his pockets, gazing
after the retreating figure. "I gifs it hup,
ef he hain't gone stark mad. Dot vas
all!"
And he went back to bis work in the
mill, with a strange, perplexed look on
his broad, Teutonic face.
Meanwhile John rode on, without a
halt, till he reached the American camp.
He inquired of a sentinel for Washing
ton's headquarters, and an orderly was
dispatched to conduct him to the Potts
house.
That was two mi!e3 further on, and it
was nearly four o'clock when John and
his escort arrived there.
He was ushered by the orderly into a
room where three or four officers sat at a
table, one cf whom rose anl turned his
attention to the nsweomer.
"You want to see me, my lad? lam
the commander-in-chief.''
John gazid for a moment with silent
are at that majectic presence, with the
grave, worn, anxious fa-.-e, befjre he
could answer. He then placed in the
General's hand the piece of piper be had
found.
"Read that sir," he sid.
"Where did you get this?" asked
Washington, after he had real the Hues.
John told his story in a straight-forward
manner that vouched for his hon
esty, and when he had concluded Wash
ington turntd to bis oihcers and said sor
rowfully: "Alas! who would have thought it?
Whom stall we trust?"
He asked John a few mare questions of
minor importance, which were answered
readily, then he said :
"My lad, the intel'.igencs you have
brought me is the greatest iniporttnce
aad value. Probably your thoughtful
action has been the means of saving my
life and perhaps the liberties of the colo
nies. What can I do for you ?""
"Make me a sldier," was John's an
swer, as he thought of his one ambition.
The pater patria looked gravely at the
slender, boyish figure and earnest face of
the speaker, but did not smile.
"Yoa are hardly oil enough for the
rough life of a soldier, but I would like
you to care for my horaei. I ne-l a boy
for that Will you come V
"If uncle and aunt will only let me,"
replied John, so pleased that he could
scarcely refrain from turniag a somer
sault even before that august presence.
' Yoa may come to-niorrow, then, and
here is your stlary for the first q uarter."
Washington placed in bis hand a
couple of gold pieces. John thanked
him as well as he was able.
"Be assured, my brave bey," said
Washingtou, as he accompanied biu to
the door, "that the service you have this
day performed will notbd forgotten. I
tremble when I think what might have
bsfaliea our country if it had not been
foryoarfortona'.a discovery and mtei.i-
gentact.on. I wis gun to visit tnai
man's house tJ-nig'it, aud he, l:e Juda3,
had bargained to betray mo to my ene
mies for a few paltry pieces of silver and
gold. Washington thanks you no ; in
the future he will do more."
And he bowed him out of the door.
It was q.iitedark when John returned
to the mill, where the wondering llins
was waiting for him. Before be was half
way way boraa he met the. 'S piire, who
had become anxious at bis protracted
absence.
John explained this satisfactorily, and
there never was a man more eurprised
than was 'Squire Ho'.ton when bis
nephew related all the adventures of the
day. The next morning he accompanied
the lad to Washington's headquarters
and saw him enter upon his new duties.
Before the war was over John Russell
was a bona fide soldier. Ha did good
service at Yorktown, and won the com
mendation of Washington for dash and
courage. In after years he became a
Virginia planter and was: a welcome vis
itor at Mt Vernon as long as Washing
ton lived- The 221 day of February was
always observed by him with peculiar
solemnity and good cheer.
WHOLE NO. 222G
Unreconstructed Sentiments.
Very many ol the early settlers of
Montana were natives of Missouri, Ken
tucky, Arkansas and the border States
of the war. They came by the Missouri
river to Fort Benton or by coach from
t naha, and for many years were in tbe
majority at elections, when thoy held
the fl.tg of Democracy to the masthead.
The result of this immigration was a
strong sentiment for the Confederacy in
early days, and in 1S73, when General
Phil Sheridan and staff made an official
visit to the Northwestern posts, the
sentiment had not disappeared. Helena
Mont., was j'ist emerging from the garb
of a mining camp, but a few enterpris
ing citizens with ex Governor Hauser at
the bead determined to give a fitting
reception to the visitors. A delegation
met Sheridan and his party in a stage
coach several miles from the town, and
escorted them to the leading hotel. On
the following aficrn.Mon a banqaet was
given in the First National Bank, located
then in the present gamhlin district
The menu consisted mostly of canned
goods, jack rabbit meat and fresh game,
because the town was remote from civili
zation. There was, however, plenty of
champagne, Bince that wine is usually
found in mining camps even when noth
ing in the way of food is left but flour.
The gathering was very democratic.
Everybody in town was invited to ste
"Litiic rhil," though tLere was mcch
grumbling among the unreconstructed
Confederates over the display made for
a Union General. An old-time Confed
erate soldier was restless and uncomfort
able during the feast, and when the
toasls began this restlessness increased.
His face darkened and bis eyes flamed
with anger as various toasts were given
to the United States, the President cf
the I'uited States and the army of the
United States.
Finally be could stand it no longer.
He arose w ith a wineglass in one hand
anl a six shooter in the other, and in a
voice hoarse w ith rage, shouted :
"Here's to all mankind, so that no
dammed fxl will be overlooked.
With that he dashed the wineglass on
the llooi and emptied the six-shooter in
to tbe ceiling so that the room was filled
w ith smoke. The guests reached for
the revolvers, but the gambler, w ith a
look of :oute:iipr, returned his " ia" to
his pocket and walked out
General Sheridan afterward said it
was one of the roost dramatic and sug
gestive scenes is all his experience.
Curious Marriage Statistics.
A German statistician has recently
published the results of his investiga
tion of the relative ages of husbands and
wives in the various capitals of Enrope.
He ascertained that marriages are the
inoet frequect where the husband i two
or three years older than the wife.
Women under 20 years of age usually
take unto themselves husbands six or
seven years older than themselves. The
cases in which the man was a year
younger than the woman were almost as
numerous as those in which he was six
or seven years older. The ii rat condition
was true of 0-7 per cent, of all married
couples and the latter condition of 6 I
percent Tbe cases where the husband
was aix or seven yeara younger than the
wife were j 1st as nu nerous as those
where he was 13 or 14 years older. Only
two cases were discovered where the
husband was 35 years the senior, one
cose where he was 47 years older, and
one case where he was older by 4'i years.
One case was discovered where the wife
was 31 years older than the husband.
Twelve and three-tenths per cent, cf
all men who marry women under 20
years ago are between 2u anl 27 years
old.
An Owl H unt and a 3ig Surprise
There was an owl hunt Saturday niht
in the yard of John Whitman, at 1024
West Madison street, says the LoaisviHe
Courur J'turmd. Mr. Whitman had oc
casion to go into bis reir yard and sa w
in the corner of a fence two large eyes,
which betook for ths s of an owl, s'ar
iuarat him. Forthwith Mr. Whitman
aroused the neighbors and all orgtnized
for an owl hunt Gins, hatchets and the
ike wire secured, and after a council of
war ail proceedsd to the yard. Oae of
the men had a large blanket, whio'a be
intended to throw over the owl to keep
it from scratching au I cliwing the hun
ters. The others stool bar! by with
their guns, hatchets aal what not to give
battle to the rau ;h-feared bird.
The blanket was thrown, aal then
came a clawing and a great going on
from the inside of the blanket After a
long time ths prisoned creatoro ceas.-d
its strules, pr ohib'y from the fact that
it had exhausted itself. Then the blank
et was thrown off. The owl waj a harm-L-ss
cat, which had gotten its heal half
way through a silra one in fro:u wliich
both en !s h.i 1 boeu. removed anl had
stuck fasi theroia.
Saw No Ankles.
Several young w ;n-u of D ishore. near
Hazlcton, Pa., members of the Wuite
Clover clj1), were cn'.erta:ning some
gai-sts Fri lay evining in their rvoiu. on
Lght strict, when 13 year-old E. P. West
thought it woul 1 ba a gxjd j ke to intro
duce a mouse into the r n. A?c rding
ly he captured or.e, aa 1, awaitin' his op
pottunity, dropped it ou tae clu'o room
floor, and thea stepped back to watch
the fun.
The aiw-c wai soneip:eI by one? of
girls, and at the same time it started tow
ards the presidcat's chair, which was oc
cupied by Mi Julia Baunan. Instant
ly there was a commotion among the
members, but Miss Rea:nin was eqtal to
the occasion. West expected to see a
dispiayofanklc-sa.nl hysterics, but be
did not Hsdil se aa exhibition of
ang-?r, fir Miss B am-ii, who is well built
aud weighs l iJ pouu Is, af-er killing the
moos, opened tbe d oor, seu l West by
the neck, baugl him np against the
wall, battered him in the face with ber
fist and then threw him down the staiis.
Mr. West is getting better in a hospital.
The red sea is supposed by some to
have derived it name from the large
quantities of red coral and pink-colored
fuel which it yields, but the name is
with more probability derived from the
ancient Idurncea, " Sea of Edom," Edom
I'gnifyicg red.
What Horses to Breed.
A noted horse dealer says : Tbe hack
ney cross on our American bred or
thoroughbred mares produces an ani
mal with more dash and vim than the
pure bred hackney and with bis beauti
ful shoulders, short back, long blood
like neck and head, and powerful quar
ters, not only tills the eye, but is able
to go a rattling good pace, and the koar
or two that the man vt boiness can
afford to drive hiiu is a delight to the
animal as well as the reinsman.
Oue thing about which the farmers
make a mistake in breeding horses now
adays is that they breed to suit them
selves. They must stop this if they w ish
to make money ; they must breed to suit
tbe market I think that the future cf
hor?e breedicg is brighter to-day than it
has ever been, because the knife is beirg
used more and more every day on the
poor stallions, and the quality and in
dividuality of the horses are being con
stantly raised. People who are fond of
driving must have stylish animals, and
it will pay the farmer not only to breed
diich animals, but after he has bred and
raised the colts to make them. By this
I mean matching them up, bitting them
thoroughly, accustoming them to the
sights and souuds nsually seen in the
country or city streets, and having them
ready to go to work the moment they
are sold.
"If I might offer advice to the farm
ers of to-day who think of going into
horse breeding," continued this veteran
horseman, who handles in the neighbor
hood of 10,000 animals a year, "I would
advise them to secure mare IS hands
high, with some warm blood in them,
well ribbed out, gi od quarters, oblique
shoulders, deep through the heart, with
plen'y of room for the lungs, aud w ith.
above all things, an intelligent, blood-
like, bony bead. Breed for levelheaded
ness, and above all things forbid the
man cr boys about the place testing the
young colts. If the farmers will get two
or three mares of the above description
and mate them constantly to the same
hackney horse, they will get colts easy to
match and animals always in demand in
our best city markets."
His Client's Gratitude.
A good story about a lawyer is going
the rounds. The occurrence took place
so long ago that it is not within recol
lection of any but the older disciples of
Blackstone, so it will pass muster, even
though it is a cheetnut
It seems that a tramp was indicted
for stealing a watch. He was arraign
ed and pleaded not guilty. Having no
counsel and being without funds and a
total stranger, the court assigned his
defense to the attorney in question.
The Irauip was as guilty as ever a man
was, but, as the attorney was young in
practice and desirous of grinding off some
of his wire edges against the district at
torney, he aceepteti the task and entered
upon its discharge with all the zeal at
his command. He bad absolutely no
defense. His client practically admitted
the theft and sat through the trial in an
ttitude of dejection and despair.
Nothing daunted the young attorney
rose btfore the jury to sum up bis case.
Providence had endowed him with a
tongue capable of almost anything.
He bail bis address at bis tongue's end
and the manner in which be reeled it
off established his name in the commu
nity in characters as ineffaceable as the
ribbons of old Gioraltar. He held tbe
"twelve men tried and true" spellbound.
They gazed at him in openmouthed
wonder. Alternately they laughed and
cried, and people in the audience follow
ed their example. He pleaded the
hopeless cause of the guilty tramp with
all the eloquenceof a Burke, and when
he had finished, the enthusiasm of the
spectators seemed to know no bounds.
It is said that it took the jury eight
minutes to whitewash the tramp and
provide him with wings and a halo.
The verdict was for acquittal. The
tramp so tharoug'ily surprised and
overcome with emotion that he could
hardly speak ruee from his seat, the
tears streaming down his cheeks. There
was stillness in the court room. "Mister
lawyer," he exe'aitned brokenly, "yoa
don't know me an' I don't know you.
I I want to thank yen. I I ain't got
no money but but but here's that
watch."
Be Cheerful.
Don't sit ia a corner and mope because
things are not g'lir.g j'ist as yoa would
like. A disagreeable face will not alter
a disagreeable fact Try to extract some
grain of comfort out of your adversities.
Never despair. Under whatever circum
stances, be cheerful and hops on. There
is nothing so philosophical as a smile.
A merry heart ia the height of wisdom.
The greater part of our griefs will dis
appear when viewed through the lenses
of cheeriuicess. Let the dark past sink
out of siKht Look toward the sunrise.
Shout with merriment as if yon saw the
dawn kissing the hills. Fill your soul
with the visions of morning and the song
of the lark. Then all will become suf
fused with day light all the gloomy
places will poise wit.i sunshine, the clam
my rocks glisten with dew.
Would you like to know the key to un
lock the doorway to a happy life? It is
cheerfulness. Yui!.' Jo'irwJ.
- A'l hu-nsn bt tory attests
That haprriuess for man, tbe kangrj -inner?--Sia.-e
Eve ale apples, much depends ou dinner. "
And a good liver is absolutely essential
for appreciating a good dinner. Lord
llyron knew thit as well as anybody,
one of his greatest regrets was for Lis
weak etom.iche. "G id, man !" his lord
ship would say, "why don't one of theae
infernal doctors invent a liver medicine?"
I'.i ron won: 1 never have asked that
question were lie now living. Why? Be
cause he would have been using Dr.
Pierce's PitLsant Pellets, an absolutely
sure cure f.;r constipation, indigestion,
billions attacks and all derangements cf
liver, s"orutche au 1 bowels. There is no
griping or violence about these piiis, and
they're guaranteed to give satisfaction, or
your money U refunded. Don't live
with t!ies!o:uache weak, when the care
is within your reach for 2o cents.
Thousands of cares follow the twe of
Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. It's $"
reward for an incurable cs.se,
"Say, Mamma, is Leaveu beautti
fuller than Auntie May's parlcr ? "Oh,
ever so much, Johnnie." "Well, then, I
don't want to go there." "No? Why
not?" "'Cause everything'll be too
good to sit on.'"
Work Is Not a Drag.
Mrs. A. M. Clarke, of Lipp's, Pa.,
writes: "I have been using Hood's Sar-sap-arilla.
My little boy had no appetite
and could not sleep. I concluded to try
Hood's Sarsap-.rilla and I found it did
him good. He now eats and sleeps well.
I atu now taking it myself I always
felt tired and worn out Now I can eat
and sleep and work doea not seem a drag."
Hood's Pills act easily yet promptly.
& C3CKGQLD, ISicfn., YORK, FJL