A TOWN SOLD FOR TAXES. An Ex-Slave Bays tho Former Capital of Alabama. Buidiac Aristocracy Bat Sold lor the Prtoe X Ordlsvy Ton I-oU The Irony of f' wu new more striklDgly exemplified than t Sehn a few day since when the town site of C&liaba, once the capital of Alabama and the center of an opulent fclare boldicg aristocracy, was sold for taxes and bought In by Henry Freeman, an rx-slave, for fire hundred and fifty rlollars. On the rreirty are a down or more houses, to or three brick stores heiag among the number, but thee will be torn down. Situated as it was at the confluenos of the Cthaba and Alabama rivers, Ca haba was at one time one of the mofet important inland towns in the south. It is said to hare been a most beauti ful village. Surrounded by the beau tiful and fertile plantations tlat lay aloeff the banks of the stately Ala bama, Cahaba was the home of the cobles of the state. Here they built their lovely dwelling's in the archi tecture of the 6outb of that day, with broad verandas, wide halls and a mul titude of windows. Extensive grounds mi-rounded each. The choicest flow era bloomed in the gardens. Magno lias, oaks and stately cedars fring-ed the entranco to the grounds. Cape jasonlne and myrtle grew into trees in the flower pardffns. Hundreds of do mestic fowls scratched and clucked and crew in the poultry yards. Iilood--cl horses ccig-htl and pranced in and iibor.t the stables. It was Ideal livin? tlit-se jrood worthies had- Speaking' ol their manner of liviujr a recent news jpcr writer thus di-scourses: 'Some of the wealthier reared piles .f brick aftyr the fashion of the villas of old Enpiand, and few others yet, who.se ineoaies were princely, dwelt in veritable palaces of btone and marble, 5a the midst of parks, with winding 1 rives bordered by semi-tropical llowers, wet with the spray of flash ing fountains. Here lived the proudest iiunilics in the state, famous in the history of that day, and some of whom ere yet powerful in the affairs of the rew'era the Morgans, the Crais, the IVttuses, the Itowsons and others of ITeater or less celebrity. William L. Yancey's home was in Lowndes coun ty, jurt across the river, and his was a familiar figure on the streets of the town." Such was Cahaba when the confed eracy was born at Montgomery, one hundred miles or so up the river. Ca haba's men went to the front to fk'ht and her women wept at home. The capital had been removed to Tusca- 1 osa shortly before. In Its place a tall, (Trim stockade was erected, it be in the southernmost prison of the confederacy. The battle of Sclina, a few miles away, was the nearest that actual war came, but nevertheless the war was a death blow to Cahaba. When the strife was over the mer chants and business men restocked the empty shelves of their stores, a daily newspaper was issued and everything possible was done to restore the old town to lY.s former Importance, but Selma, her rival, had railroads and a river, too, and the trades people and their cotton floated on to that city. At last, by popular vote, the county seat was transferred thither and a hegira toon followed. Many of the costly mansions were torn down and recon Kructed In the successful city. Most of the balance were left tenantless. Year by year the population wasdimin i lied by death and removal until prad iia!ly the old town was deserted and in.aUy obliterated from the face of the iriLip by the auctioneer's hammer. The dear, dead old town will, how-t-ver, never be forgotten, and In that 1 Tier and weed prown cemetery there i-. dust that will ever remain sacred tc trery true Alabamian. A RARE MANUSCRIPT. op j at th Fcatateac h Drlleved to It Klcht Omorlra Old. Hebrew scholars in San Franeieco i. re very much exercised over the au thenticity of a rare document in the library of Adolph Sutro. the Comstock tunnel millionaire, says a recent !iputch to the Glol-lVmoerat. r-atro. when in Europe about iglit years ago, bought largely K.-'yptiun, Hebraic and Arabian doc uments and curios. These ere now Vein:? overhauled by Kev. lr. Solomon Itouliin, an Drientalist who has lately arrived from Paris. In examining several antique enrolls, upon which the 3'cutatcuch is v.Titteu, Dr. Koubin accidentally stumbled upon one very dilapidated manuscript, moldy and ver jnue'u impaired, that attracted his at teution. He discovered that the im-tl.d of its scripture, the arrange ment of the columns and other de tails, differed materially from the us ual im-tliods which obtain in writing Jlcbrew scrolls. Kemembering that the groat doctor, laimonides, ia LU ritual c.kUx had jiiveu variance from the regular ordi nance governing the writing of scroll. lJr. Koubin compared the discovered luanuscript with the rabbi's codex and found that the document agreed iu i-very particular with the rules laid lown by the Egyptian sage. This mukes the manuscript, if penuine, at least eiyht centuries old. It is made of tanntsj goatskin and is much dam used. Sutro, in order to confirm the opinions of his librarian, called a meet ing of Hebrew scholars at the library tud after dii-cussioa it was decided to photograph the manuscript and send copies to the leading archa-ologists of Europe. The worst that can 1 said against its genuineness is that it was bought at the auction sale of the ef fects of Shapira, the man who swin dled the British museum and many other large libraries with spurious He brew and Greek manuscipts, but as fully half of Shapira's documents were penuine this may not have been manu factured. -AVES CF THE COOK. Jioar Vorit Society 1'rople I nmbl to Ulna at Hon.r ob Sundays. Ctviks have their riphts as well as other people, and that is the one reason hv the restaurants of New York are iro.vded every Sunday night by people holiaTe numerous servants, including capable cooks. It was a custom for many years, nobody knows exactly why, ha vs the New York Sun. to cat a heavy dinner in the middle of the day on Sunday. During the prevalent- of this custom the cooks made it a point to take Sunday night off. and that point has now become a prerogative. Men who dine six days in the week at seven are Invariably overloaded and uncomfortable w hen they dine in the middle of the day on Sunday. The effort to have Sunday night dinner at even o'clock has resulted in a flat and iuduhitable failure wherever attempted by householders, and so the knot has been cut by allowing the cook to have her regular Sunday night off, while the master of the house and his wife po to a restaurant and the children scurry about for themsoles. If a t-tranger in New York is anxious to see the heavy weight financial, commer cial. legal and other professional men of New York city at dinner with their w ives he should visit Drlmonico's. the Jtrauswiek. the Savoy, Waldorf or New Netherlands hotel any Sunday night at about wven o'clock. It is acorions phase of New York life. Famous men of every conceivable walk of life dine out at these places. The general public is familiar with their faces, but not with those of their wives. There U often a very strong contrast, as, for instance, a small, famous lawyer and his ponderous, domineering wife, who tips the beam at two hundred and Cftv pounds and bullies the waiter; a famous st&tesman. whose wife is palpably jealous at hi slightest glance at his neighbors: an eminent judge of sixty and h'.s flirtatious wife of twenty, and so on Interminably. LESS RANT THAN FORMERLY. Thar U ow a More Jalrt Fystsm U. tho 1-r.irllc of Law. "There is as much learning here in the legal profession as ever but it Is not on exhibition," said a lawyer to a Philadelphia ttecord man. "In the first place, the courts will not countenance its endue display. In old times an ad vocate was allowed great latitude. Formerly, in a case of damages cau-ed by a neglected sidewalk, the attorney would be allowed to expound rot only the laws relating-to damages for neg lect but he might stray off into the realms of medical jurisprudence at great length and even perorate with an allusion to the magna charta. the con stitution and the American eagle. At present a lawyer must confine himself to the real merits of his case. The ma chinery of our courts has grown too costly to permit such waste of time. It follows that there is less oratorical 6kili displayed than ia former days, especially at the period when some of our leading lawyers made a specialty of criminal defense. Now few lawyers of eminence either in Philadelphia or the cast generally undertake the de fense in a criminal case. To-day the practice of law, like other professions, is being more and more specialized. A law ofllce is sim ply a business office, as you may dis cover by visiting some of the new handsome office buildings down town. I know of one office, where there are several partners, that would remind you of a banking office and where a bookkeeper and a cashier are employed to pay off clerks, typewriters and other employes. Yon will, however, still lind veteran members of the bar pur suing old-tirac methods in a cozy, quiet ofiie. sitting at a baize-covered table amid a wilderness of well-thumbed books. They carry a dark preen bag tilled with briefs when they po ti court, precisely as all lawyers did fifty years ago and as London barristers still do. "As to young lawyers, however tal ented they may be, if without social prestige their struggle to advance in the profession is sure to be a hard one. Practice now is often inherited or transmitted in some other way. I could point out to you in Philadelphia law firms that have been confined to the members of oue family or its collateral branches since the revolution." PROTECTION FOR THE SALMON. Necessary ia Order to Bavo a Parlflo Coast Industry from Extonntaatloa. There is a movement on foot to pro tect the salmon industry of the Pacific coast, for it is asserted there is im minent danger of the extermination of the salmon unless something be done. A bill has been sent to congress, and a petition to both houses of that body ia favor of the bill is being largely circu lated in Washington, Oregon and Cali fornia. It seems according to the Seattle Telegraph, that the favorite habitat of the salmon of the Pacific coast is the waters of Alaska, and the salmon fishing of that territory has be come one of the most important indus tries of the United States. In twelve years there were packed in Alaska 4,1 7ol cases of salmon, the total value of which at the lowest average price was Sli5,CJT,Oo4. There are in Alaska, between 53 degrees and CO de Tees north latitude, thirty-four can neries, which have been constructed i.t a eot of S-5,000 to $50,000 each. The pesent difficulty is that, al though the number of canneries in Alaska has largely increased, the out put from the earlier locations has actually diminished during the last three years. The reason for this de crease is that there are fewer salmon, the streauis which are their favorite liaunts having been fished out on the one hand and so guarded on the other with nets, h racks aid other appli ances that the salmon cannot get up stream to their spawning grounls. The petition alleges that to maintain and pi-e.irrve this great industry it is neee.oary that congress should pass a law for the regulation of the salmon fisheries of Alaska, and there should be no unfavorable response to such a petition. There will be some individ uals, perhaps, who will object to the regulation of the fisheries, but they will belong to the class which always kills the goose that lays the golden egs. It is alleged that any sensible proprietor of a s;il;non fishery and can nery in A'.j-.sl.a v.-.-.i;ld rather have his take of fi.-k liitcd for a few vears than to have his business ruined en tirely, as will be the case unless tho salmon be adequately protected bv congress. A CHINESE SAMSON. Wonjrrfal Feat ot a tiilnamau at a Mili tia Examination. A Hankow correspondent gives an account of the discovery of a young Samson a', the militia examinations. There were about nine hundred can didates of whom sixty-three gained the decree of promoted men. They are tried iu arebc-y, lifting, sword and fpear exercise, etc., also in writing. The senior wrangler was a young man, only twenty-two years of age, from Kinhua. His particular success wasa lifting, and his strength is estimated at eight hundred catties (the cattie is about one and one-half pounds), though, really they say it is only six hundred catties. This is tested by lifting a square btone of three hundred catties weight as high as the breast. This man not only lifted it to that height, but pave it a little toss up and caught it as it came down. The govtrnor was astonished and asked him to repeat the feau The young man supposing that he was sus pected of having some secret help, threw off his coat, exposing his bare IkkIv, and repeated the feat to the en tire satisfaction of the jndges. Though in archery and other practices his skill v. as not conspicuous, la was awaided the first place on the list of successful candidates and the gov ernor did him the honor of asking wha had been his teacher and trainer. He replied that it was Lis father, who was himself a military oflieer and had tcrved at Ningpo and elsewhere. Earvrt Always at Iland. In London, when a lady wearing a tiny silver star meets a man with a silver star, she will say: "How d'ye do, brother?" and he replies: "How d'ye do, sister?" Either is then privileged to extend any courtesy or ask any favor Df the other, without the act being misapprehended. If, for example, she desires an escort to the theater, sho can ask a man to go with her without his thinking she is expressing a too flattering preference for his society. If he wishes her companionship ou any occasion, she accepts it in the spirit it is offered. "The order of the Sil ver star," says the Evening Sun, r.rises out of the necessities of a social civilization, in which men an 1 women are more and more indispens able to one another. For this the new organization provides Otherwise it is called the "Anti-Matrimonial league." This by no means prohibits marriage. In fact, it has been called the "Ante-Matrimonial league." But this was by persons ineligible to mem bership. Neither widows nor widow ers are admitted. iiecnrdlnir to soiue stof ivt circulated in Washington, a distinctly Enplish stvle of a.l.limr ,,r, i come prevails in nnlonked-for quar ters, n is wen known that in London the hansom cabs &r nnr.t -. a fine profit by a man of distinguished vine a o a. i uningion society woman ha occurred the idea ofrmnlatmni..,), n illustrious example by operating a """' luuusiry. nnt buys up from time to time carriages "in varying states of repair or dilapidation and runs them as "night-liners." This fact she has of course, endeavored to keep from her friends a she wisely grasps the fact that while they one and all would be nothing l.vaih n t .m rt - ,i u l themselves by such an unusual enter prise ther irniiM tw K c ... . -- ' tj vuru and rend her for going into the businesa V. o a. 4-1 . . . . ivw ucifl ner a conuonAOie ARE YOU A SUFFERER fro Bbeaastitm or Nirt'g'.i7 t. r. Tijsr and Solemoa Dsvis, Speak to vie tims f TM Terrjble DiaM. E. P. Tayer, of East Naseua, New York, says: "I wish it possible to peak per sonally with every rheumatic victim, for I would tell them cf my terrible experi ence and the relief and euro I found in a simple remedy. " When I first saw in the newspapers, Rheumatism can be cured,' I was loath to believe it, but when I fonnd that the statement was made by Dr. David Ken nedy, of Rondont, N. Y., I inquired into it, and opon bis advice I began to use Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. My condition at that time seemed hopeless. I had suffered for fifteen years with in flammatory rheumatism. My physician said I would be a cripple for life, but it was not ordained that way, for I had not used Favorite Remedy long, before I was convinced that it was the right medicine, and in a shoit while I was tared. That was three years ago, and I have not felt a trace of the disease since." Solomon Davis, of North Kortright.N. Y., suflered awfully from neuralgia and loss of sleep, as is frequently the case with elderly people ; in Fpeaking to the writer, he said : "I found that Dr. Ken nedy's Favorite Remedy relieved the bowels, improved the circulation of the b!ood, and the old pain left me altogeth er." As one of Somerset's physicians recent ly said. "There is no reason in suffer ing with rheumatism or neuralgia, lor Dr. 'Kennedy's Favorite Remedy will cure them." All druggists eell it. Among some old newspapers in an Ar kansas probate court was found a doc tor's account for medical attendance dur ing the last illness of the deceased. On the back the administrator had made the following indorsement : This claim is not verified by affidavit, as the statute requires, but the death of the deoeaml is satisfactory evidence to my mind that the doctor did the work. W P , Adm, Green Rag. Two Valuable Friends. 1. A physician cannot be always had. Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Bruises and Burns occur often and sometimes when least expected. Keep handy the friend of mat.y households and the destroyer of all pain, the famous Red Fleg Oil, 25 cents. 2. Many a piecious life could be saved that is being racked to death with that terrible cough. Secure a good night's rest by investing 25 cents for a bottie of Pan-Tina, the great remedy for coughs, colds and consumption. Pan-Tima sold at G. XT. Benfoid's Drug Store. Tramp (to philanthropist) Sir, I am one of the unemployed, and yoa could placf me I should very mmii like to occupy. Philanthropist Certainly, my good man. What is the position T Tramp That of owing you $1 until the next time. I meet von. Truth. Bucklen s Arni The beet Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruise", Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheam, Fever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay re quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by J. X. Sny dei. Prospective Father in-Law. "Will you marry one of my daughters ? I'll give the younges' one $10,000 a year, and the elder one, with a hump on her back, $l.r,000." Prospective Son-in Law. "Haven't you got one with two humps?" Halloo. La Grippe. During the prevalance of the Grippe the pact seasons it was a noiiceable fact that those who depended upon Dr. King's New Discovery, not only had a speedy recovery, bat escaped all of tho troublesome after effects of the malady. This remedy seems to have a peculiar power in effecting rapid cures not only in cases of La Grippe, but in all Diseases of Throat, Chest and Lungs, and has cured cases of Asthma and Hay Fever of long standing. Try it and be convinced. It won't disappoint Free trial bottles at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store. The Hack Writer (preparing a biogra phy of eminent modern men). "How shall I handle this man ? I've got to praite him and they say he drinks like a fish and doesn't pay his debts." The Publisher, "That's easy. Just say he has 'the artistic temperament."' C?i'ci(o Ittcord. Strength and Health. If yon are not feeling strong and heal thy, try Electric Bitters. If "La Grippe" has left yon weak and weary, use Elect ric Bitters. This remedy acts directly on Liver, Stomach and Kidneys, gently aiding those organs to perform their functions. If you are alilicted with Sick Headache, yon will find speedy and per manent relief by taking Electric Bitters. One trial will convince you that this is the remedy yon need. Large bottles on ly 50 cents at J. N. Snyder's drug store. Everything that can cheer, amuse, and entertain should be contributed to the meeting of family or friends. Refresh ment of heart and mind should be con sidered equally important with re freshment of body. Men That Women Don't Like. Of coarse women like good men, bat they dont like prigs. The other day one bright girl was entertaining another with the description of a young man who lived next door. He seemed a model. He had never smoked, played cards, stay ed out late, talked back to his mother, told a lie or said a sweare word in all his life. "Now, what Jo yon think of a yonng man like that V cried the first bright girl, with the expression of one who has played the ace of tramps. "I think," said the second bright girl, slowly and solemnly, "that he mast have liver complaint, and have it badly," Chienga Pott. A GOOD KVILDlSa LP of a run-dow n &tui can be acrcnipu&bed l-y iha use of I r. fierce s Golden AIuJmslI I .- start from a fcn-pid liver and impure blood. Take it, cm yon oturht, when yon feul th first symptom llaa ruor, loss of apjwtite, dullness, aepna ion ) and you'll save yourself from aocuethuig as rious. As an appetizfsg, restorative tome, to repel disrue and build up the needed flesh and strength, there's nothing to qua! it. It rouvi every org-an into healthful action, purities and enriches the blood, braces up the whole system, and re stores Malta and vigor. for every aiaeaae cat by a disordered liver or impure blood, it the only guarnn- tra remedy. If it doesnt benefit or cure, yon have your money back. n is f ai S .ft lii Of" THE GYPSY MOTH. Borne Singular Facta About Deadly Enomy to Troea. ThroafH u Eotauiologita rareleuneea the Teat Wu Iatrodured Into Mum chueetta Where It Mow Create Oreat navoc Not so Tcry long ago a scientific wise acre of Massachusetts, who had never had the pleasure of meeting with a pypsy moth, since tlie frivolous crea ture had not journeyed Into the old Itay state at the time, according to the New York Sun, sent word to a friend in the far-away laud, the home of the insect, saying: "Please send mo a gypsy moth right away; I want to look at him; I want to stady him." So the friend, who was an obedient chap, went into his garden, and with no trouble caught a gypsy moth, one of a large band of moths who were en camped there and had eaten about everything in the neighborhood ex cept the house and toughest part of the fence, and he put him in a ven tilatcd box and mailed him to the en tomologist in Massachusetts. The gypsy moth arrived safely at his destination, and the scientiSs sharp went to work with his jacknife at his cage to disentomb him. lie was so lively that he easily stood on his head and scraped his hind legs together in the air, so that the wise man might know, perhaps, that he was glad to know him. He was just as lively after he had been carved out of his mummy case, but the entomologist was light fingered also, and be expertly caught his visitor by his tailfcatliers and then wont out on his veranda to scrutinize him in a strong light through his mag nifying glass. But the gypsy moth was smarter than the scientific man, evidently very much Fmarter, and he hadn't traveled over land and water several thousand miles to be stuck on a pin and to make an entomological Roman holiday, lie bided his time, and when the learned man had flipped him over on his back, holding him still by the tail, but with a slightly slack ened grip, and was about to chuck his microscope down upon him, presto! he suddenly gathered himself into a knot, spasmodically yanked himself away from the glass, slid down to the ver anda floor and was off into the garden in a jiffy. The scientific man gaped at him incredulously for an iustant and then set off along the garden walk and across the green sward, treading down sweet peas and clover blossoms in a perfectly futile endeavor to recapture liira. That gypsy moth got entirely away and never came back, and keen and sore was the disappointment of the entomologist thereat. ' Sore also has been the disappoint ment of the old Bay state therefor ever since the luckless escape of the gypsy moth took place a number of years ago. But though he is gone he is by no means forgotten. The gypsy moth of the scientific man followed the Biblical injunction: ''Multiply and re plenish the earth." and the point of this history is in the fact that that Ut ile incident by which the entomologist let go the tail-feathers of his gypsy moth has cost the state of Massachu setts over two hundred thousand dol lars in the last four years. Soon after the gypsy moth got away the Bay state had to appoint a state commission, whose business it was to go and find him, together with his progeny, and the commission found him easily and in a large majority. Each year now they keep on looking for aud finding him in a steadily augmenting horde. No trouble at alL He is always on dock. Last year's work of the commission, according to a Springfield paper, "in cluded the examination of four million trees and the destruction of forty-six thousand one hundred egg clusters, nil belonging to the gypsy moth, and over one million caterpillars. Now," comments the same journal, "an ap propriation of one hundred and sixty thousand dollars with which to find and fight the gypsy moth is asked, and it is a choice between constant fight to the extermination and the loss ou the ether hand of something like one mil lion dollars yearly by the ravages of K'JST HAVE SECRETARIES. SeeUlv Worn a Ko Laager Able te Ere I f with Their rorretpondesee. A great deal is Hud about how letter-writing is a lost art, and Livers of bygone days take great pleasure npd pride in pointing to the numberless epistles written in the past generation and then contrasting them with the little scrappy notes scrawled in the very illegible handwriting of to-day. Within the last few years the utter im possibility of any society woman U tempting to keep tip her own corre spondenee has been thoroughly provc.l, and the New York Herald thinks that of all the fields of employment open to women that of private secretary is most desirable and one of the most re munerative. It is a post which re quires business ability, great tact, a clear handwriting and a thorough knowledge of coi:iiOMtion. The schools and colleges are beginning to realise how important it is to train women to 11 these very positions, for every year sees the demand increasing. Some women require that their secre taries shall write a hand precisely i:k their own, so that notes of o most intt mate character can be Bnswered by the secretary without giving offense, as would probably be the case bhoulc tlie receiver of a note for an instan' fancy that anyone than the person to uhoiu the letter had been sent had hnswered it. Of course this position re quires the most absolute trust, for tht becretary is of necessity intrustec with the most intimate affair? of her employer. Tho world has cer tainly changed since the tima when j was generally bJieved and universally stated that no woman could keep a se cret, for many are the cases iu thii city where another person has charge of my lady's private affairs and never has there been known a tiine as yet when such confidence has been abused. The duties of a secretary are manifold and require considerable knowledge of society and its requirements. She must know to whom cards should be sent, must keep up a visiting list and be sure when invitations for receptions and dances are sent out that none of the dead friends are invited. In some places the secretary has charge of thr household affairs as well. HUNTING WITH TURKEYS. Tame Birds Csad to Capture the Wild Ones. "Tame turkeys can be trained to hunt wild ones," f aid a St. Louisan re cently to a Ulobe-Democrat man. "I owned one called Dick, down in Polk county, Tenn., that obtained a state reputation. I was offered one hun dred dollars for him at one time, but then I thought be was a phenomenal bird. Since his death, however, I have discovered that the talent for hunting wild turkeys is not uncommon amonj tame ones. The call of the wild fowl differs from that of the domestic oue, but the latter can easily learn the for mer's calls if the hunter is patient enough to teach him. The tame tur key can I taught so that he can be taken into the woods, and will then send forth the challenge calL If turkey cock is within hearing an an swering note of defiance is invariably made. This is replied to, and finally the wild turkey will come very cau tiously until he sees the Kmc o:ie, as he is a suspicions creature. But when he sees the turkey his fears are pone, and he starts at once to do battle. Then the trained turkey runs and the hunter shoots. "The advantages of this method of hunting are very great. While a hunter can imitate a turkey call pret ty closely, there is an accompaniment made by striking the ground with the wings which cannot be" reproduced, and without this the game is sus picious. The hunting turkey must be taken in band w hen very young and constantly drilled, but beyond tho pa tience required very little 6kill need to exist npon the part of the trainer." WEIGHING A LIVE TROUT. DeerpUre Appearance, In Size, of the FUh at I .arc la the Water. A few days ago a party of anglers TNited the hatching house of the t-tato fish commission at Cold Spring Har bor. Long Island, and were cstimati-nr tie weight of the larger trout which v-.-ere swimming at their feet, says tho New York Sun. One very hire speci men attracted their attention, and a veteran angler said: "That fellow will weigh bix pounds." "Bet you a cigar that it won't po over four," said another. "I'll split the difference with -ach of yon and tnke both figures that tho fish will weigh over aud under six pounds," said a third. Just then the superintendent, Mr. Fred Mather, came out of the building, and at once they appealed to him in chorus: "Major, how much will that fish weigh?" "About eight pounds," was the reply. "But I see you look incredulous. We'll find his weight precisely. 'Peter,"' said the superintendent to one of his men. "get all hands, the deep seine, a wash tub and the scales. Get out tho big trout and weigh it." Within ten minutes the net brought up a mess of great trout, which were allowed to escape, all except the big one. The washtdb, two feet in diam eter, was sunk tinder it, then lifted, and the party saw within it a magnifi cent brown trout that could not ex tend it tail within the limits of its confinement, whose breadth and depth were surprising. The angler who had bc-t on six pounds wanted to make it twelve, and the four-pound man be came interested in the iloclc of wood ducks and teal near by, which ore one of the sights of the phicc. "A Eh in the water," said Maj. Mather, "never looks as larg-.; as when cut of it. The depth is greatly foreshortened, and even the length and breadth do not seem to show their full extent. Boys weigh the tub." A pole over the shoulders of two men held the scales and when they straightened up and the tub with its contents cleared the ground, the scale indicated ninety-two pounds. Tho fish was then carefully lifted out and sent swimmin? away, and the tub and vtater pulled the scales at eighty -three pound;, leaving nine pounds as tho weight of the trout. "That fish," said the major, "is the common brook trout of Europe. I im ported the first eggs after taking the fish with the fly in tiie 'Black Forest" iu (jcrmany, and it is destined to be a favorite when LvL: l.r.own." . THIRTY MILLIONS. Speculation Regarding the Fopctatlon ot London Half a Century llrnre. The London county council has been studying into the growth of that city, whoso population seems to be decreas ing, l-ecause the people are moving into the suburbs. The invejtLration has brought out some remarkable figures says the Westminster Budget. If we do not add any more to the popu lation than the amount per decade that has leen added since lssl it seems that we should have a population in 1S41 of close upon 10.COO.000. If we allow for a growth at the rate of the natural in crease of births over deaths there will be ncar'o- 11,000.000 ia London in that year. If wc reckon that London will grew at the average rate of the last three decades we shall be over 14,000, 000, but if inner London and outer Lon don go on together growing at the rate they Lave been growing for the last three tens of years we ore to expect a London population in 1P-I1 of a trifle over IT.iv'O.ooO. If we look at the mat ter in another way and ask what popu lation greater London will contain when it has attained throughout the mean density of well-known areas we get the following appalling calcu lation: If greater London were only peo pled as densely as Ilampstead, it would contain a population cf 13, 000,000. If it were peopled on an average as densely as Fulham is now, the popula tion would be 20,000,000. If it were peopled at the rate of St. George's Hanover square, the total would rise to 20,000,000. Wkitechapel is three times as dense ly peopled as St. George's itself. The moral is obvious. PRAIRIE DOGS. They Are Sm-iil Uut C;reedia;y Aanoy Inr; to tVeAteraera. "The prairie dog," said a traveler, "is apparently a very harmless little anim.il, but, although its bile is not poisonous, it can wreck more goods and chattels with its little teeth than an animal thrice its si2e. Three or four years a.o, says ho St- Louis Globe IVmocrat, just after the ojH-ning of the Givt portion of Oklahoma, the country was infested by tens of thousands of prairie dogs, and one source of revenue among the settlers was catching the lilt!- animals and selling them to vi' itors, who seldom l athered with them more toan three or four hours' ride and then let them go ia di.gust. The prai rie dog can cat its way out of almost any box that is made, and it has a fondness for leather, which seems to show its appreciation for a popular provorb. I remember one night iu the early history of the territory ordering a carriage from the livery stable to drive me to Kingfisher. The con veyance came round very early in the morning all right, but I noticed that v hen the driver got out to attend to some defect in the harness he wore but one boot, and although this was large and long enough to make up for the deficiency, I was curious to know why he favored one foot and leg ct the expense of the other. His explana tion was ludicrous, if profane. The night before he had caught four prairie dogs to fill sn order from a tourist, and bad placed them in a small bos in his solitary room. As usual, they had gnawed their way out of the box dur ing the night and bad so mutilated one of his boots that it wes impossible to wear it." Tbe chief nobility of life ia work. We live in a working world. The idle and lazy man does not count in the plan of campaign. Labor found man a brute and has made him an intelligent agent. It discovered him dwelling in caves, clad in the skins of the chase, devouring uncooked flesh, and has made him what he is to-day. INFLUENZA, Or La Grippe, thon.-h occasionally epi demic, it always mur- or lsw prevalent. The het retnedv f'-r this complaint Is Ayer's Cherry I'cctoral. -Lt 8prlnr. I taken down with La Grippe. At tiiH- I was completely pros trated, and to diTv-tiit w my breathing that my breaM armH s If rniifined In sn Iron eaee. I prorated a bottle of Ayer's Cherry Peetora'., and no sooner hnd 1 bep.-in taklne It than r.-in f ft-Mnweit I eould not be lieve Uint the S-Tt miM be so npld and the cure io comply. It i truly a wonderful med-clne."-W. K. Wiluams. ( rook City, 8. IX AYER'S Cherry Pectoral Prompttoact,uretocuro DO not be deceived. The following' brands of White Lead are still made by the "Old Dutch" process of slow cor rosion. They are standard, and aUays Strictly Pure White Lead The recommendation of " Armstrong & McKelvy," " Eeymer-Bauman," " Davis-Chambers," "Fahriestock," to you by your merchant is an evidence of his reliability, as he can sell you cheap ready-mixed paints and bogus White Lead and make a larger profit. Many short-sighted dealers do so. For Colors. National Lead Co.'a Pare Wliiic Luii Timing C olon, a one-pound caa u a n-pounJ keg of Lera'i and mix your oa pa:tiis. Saves tune and annovance ia matching ih.: . oiid insures the bat piut that a a po' ib'e to put on wood. Snid as a postal card and get our book oa pa.ntii and color -card, free; it will probably have ycu a good many dollars. NATIONAL LEAD CO., New York. Pituburjr Branch, ' German National Bank Building, Pittsburg. - --i. . PATENT VARIABLE FRICTION FEED Beat Set Works In the World. Saw Mill & Engine Recered the Medal and Highest Award at the World's Columbian Exposition. WuTaUitfd the bMt mart. Hhnuri Mitim. JfoihtMiy aad 6tUMteVnl Acncuitur! Im pi'rnaotB uf BMt VuaJ ilj at 1"MI prx-ia. Sand fur UlaafcreViMd (Jtevlo(iM A. B. FARQUHAR CO., Ltd., YORK, PEN N A. ANY OTllE, STRICTLY For FAnT.Y Use. Drowned on pufnr suilrrinsr children love to take ill Every Mother hould have it in the house, it quietly relieves n4 cure all ache ana jatns. astnma, proiiciuin, wms, pwkhs catarrh, cuts, chaps, chilblains, colic, cholera morbus, earache, headache, hoop tug coub, inflammation, la grippe, lamcntis, mump, muscular soreness, neurViria, oervoua head ache rheumatism, bite, bumj, bruises, strains, sprains, sun'. swelling's, stiff joints sore throat, sore I u a?, toothache, tntiMiiti and inu co'.ic. Oriyinated to tM by the late JJr. A Johnson, Family I'hvsician. It merit and excellrnce ha-e sit!!u-d everrbov lor ocarlv a century. All whou-e itareftrriazeJ fli wonderful vowrr. It is safe. sorihinR. satityinsr; mi snv sick, sensitive sufferer. l'erf Internal and External. TV Doctor KUrnaviun and tLrwt'on erery Loft la, Ill'-M I'arai.fcVC frr. f-.M errrr brr-t. P:, 3F- 'M, WHOLESALE PRICES 70 jEV Roberts y Ml J.-.a.v.. 1 4 SCtaalUV ACTIVE FORTUNs. RANGES LARRABEE'S -OH ' PAIN EXTRACTOR CURES- RHEUMATISM. LUMBAGO, NEURALGIA. TOOTHACHE, BACKACHE, CATARRH. AND ALL KINDS CF PAINS AND ACHES. Larrarce's Khcnmatlc Liniment la aa eld and valued remedy, .hich ha, enji-ved a constant patrcca-e lor ever 60 Years, proving it wonder ful worth and efficiency ia ail ailments when pain is attendant. Larrabea'a Rheomaric Liniment is not liquM preparattoa to soil and tarntsh by breaking: tt is put up in wide-mouth Lotties and applied with the fineer , rubbing it ia wita more or less Iric tion. It is CLEAN. PUftC. EFFICACIOUS, AGREEABLY SMELUNQ, IjUieK AOflNO. LarraN-e's Rheumatic Liniment is a spleafi! aoitsehold remedy lor external use in cases of turns, scalds, cuts, wounds, frostbites, headache, paini in muscks. joints and hnibs. bickache, etc.. etc. Yonrdrotfewt sells it, or it caa be ordered by sending full name and address and sj cents tc below address. oca aaorairroaa, Winkelmann & Brown Drug Co. BALTIMORE. MO.. U. S. A, Going to Buy a Watch? If so, buy one that cannot 1 stolen. The only tiiisi-procf Watches are those with BOWS. , j Here's the Idea: The bow h a e;roo on each end. A collar runs down iniuda tha pesdent stem, ao4 nts into tho groove, firmly locking tha bow to the pendent, so tint it cannot ba r ti cr t-4f .. 4 nt7 w - To ' sure c f g.-tMi; a Non-putl-mit, see t)ut the else i-. a jm; eti ith this tr.i.lc mark. It cjsrkl Lo w:ih ai.y cthrr kind. Vi Seed a postal far --c!i rats psener to the ltrous Sots Filled Case misers. KeystoneWatch Case Co., PHILADELPHIA. HEfiGii&tjHGhlGGLD'S saT 1 SAY!.liLLMKSI..ES A wnn-W'Ul ImpmTernrnt In Frlrtlaa Frerf n4 la-Hark. rWk mmi-.n vl l axriaxr three limra an lust an any mM n tn market. Krirnsa ( Intra Kre. rausin ail ttw fW,l rmnnt lu atrnd still while l-.-ki.-i; treat watriac ia pwwer att4 Wfsr. Wnte f.,r rirculura and price : furr.ile4 Iran upon application. AIo l-prina Tuatfc liar, row, liar Kukri. Cultivator, turn I'lani era, Shellerw, etc. Mmlu.H ViU patr. HENCH fc DE0M30LD. Uanfrs., YORK, PA. IMPOKTA5T TO ADVERTISERS, The cream of the country pipers U fonnd in Bemington'a County Seat Iil-ta. Shrewd drerusers ats3 themelrea of thea lists, a Cory of vhkh can. be bad of Remington Broa., of Ecw York A Pittsburg. Jd?J SON'S , Off AnodyN Liniment I -- . . t CONDENStO TIME TABLES. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Somerset and Cambria Branch yOBTnWARD. .Mnrtnra Kit 1-R rv.memt t in, ei'fw .-- S.Oo. Joiinsiown. .!. nrset I 'il fiOTii l:ts. HouswuJ l.i, Joorisiown p. el. JoMuKn Atrvmwiodart'm Rockwood - p. m., rxanem-t 6:J p. to., Stoyestiwn .11 p. m., Hooerili Ixl p. m., Joaualowa a;l (. m. Sttnity AirnmmndatiuttRociwooi 12:55 a. m. rkucenwt, Llts. SOUTHWARD. Man Johnstown 7:3 a. m-, Hoorersrillo 8:M Wnrestuwn ;0, eotnersel Hoc wood Ji. Emr Johnstown S:! p. m.. HoiwersTtllf exweatowa 4j0, BOtuena.1 5.01, Kotkwood Smu!af Onlv Joh natowli SO a. m., HooTrTlll 9 ! a. in.. SioTftnwn M a. Hconenet lu-.l a. BL, Eucs wood 10. S a. m. Sunday Arrimmaitntiim Someraet 5:01 p. Jn. R.kwood5:26 p Bi, Daiij. TESXSYLYAMA EAILKOAD. BCHEDCLE IS EFFECT NOV. 19, 1?L CASTE!" TAfDAAO TlalC C0!DBWSCO STHIBPU. Trains arrlro an4 depart from tho station at Johnstown as follows : WESTWARD. Southwestern l!xpre . 6 0a. m Weoiern fcxr.ro- t.'i ia. m SI a. m :IOa.m 9-.'( a. m S i.' a. m &.l s. m V . p. m Johnstown Atfomtntxlmiun- ' Acroiumt.auou Parifl Ei prewi .. Way PaaKtuxcr..-...- johuitown Aceiimnimlatin.. Mail Fan! line . y.ii p. m. EASTWARD. Kerstone Fxpresa.. S:SS a. m & a. ds i M a. in 10:1.'. a. m. ll:lia. ru IM1 p. to 4:llp.m -" p. m 1 7 lS p. m lu .-O im Sa-sbute tspre a ltoona ArNHiinmtaiinMMM Main Line Expre 1 Iiay Expres .. -. . A:torua Aecommodation . . Mail Exproa .. Jthiiiown . cctimmoJatiou. Pbi la-lclptiia Fast Line- For rate, Ttiar.a, Ae.. rt) to Ticket Arr-rit or a!-dre- Tlios. K. Wail, V. A. W. L 110 lnh Ae- nue. PitL-i'iirvh. r"i a. X. rKKiiisi, tien'l Viussvr J. R. WOOD. Oen'l l aw.. Agt It is to Your Interest TO BUY YOUB DRuuo at, J lilEDICINES OF J. H. SHYDEB. rorimoi ro Biesecker & Snyder. Kane but the purt-rt and beet kept in stock, and wheu Pnips beuore inert by stand ing, as certain of them do, we de atroy them, rather than im ptre on oar customers. You can depend on having your PRESCRIPTIONS I FAMILY RECEIPTS filled with care. Our prices are as lew at any other first-c'ua houe and oa iceny articles moch lower. Tbe p ple of this county geem to know this, and Lave given na a lare ahare of their patronage, and wa slia'l still eontinus to give them the yery best goods for their piony. Do not forge: that we make a specialty FITTIXO TRURSF.S. We gnarantee satisfaction, and, if you hae bad trouble in tills drction. fflvt cs a calL SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES in great variety ; A full set of Test Lenses. Come in and bare your ryes examined. Ko charge for examination, and we are eon 2 Jen t w can nit yon. Come and see as. Respectfully. JOHN N. SNYDER. CURTIS K. GROVE, SOMERSET. PA. BC&IK3, BLXIGH3, CAEJUAGKS, SPRISO WAG0X8, BUCK WAGONS. AND IA3TE&X AND WESTERS WORK FTxmlstied en Hhart Nntlc. Painting Done om Short Time. Jf J work Is Hade out M Thoroughly Sauomat Wood, and the Ht-al row toui .sccet. Substantially ConstrQCted. Keatlj Finished, and Warranted to fir Satisfaction. Erplc7 C2I7 STrst-CIaa crktin. Bepalrist of All Kinds In Vy line Dona oa fihortNoUc. Prices REASONABLE and All Work Warranted Call and Examine my Stock, and Learn PiVaea. ( do Wagon-work, and furnish Seises let Wind Wills. Remember the place, and call In. CURTIS K. GROVE, (East af Coort Huns 80-TERSET. Pi. pQ DOLLARS 85V PER MONTH In Your Own Locality maile easily and honorably, without capi tal, dr.rins your npnre hours. Any man, woman, ly, or pi t can do the work li.ind 11. without cxMTicnc. Talking un-m-Tessitry. N'oiUin" like it for money making ever offered before. Ourworkera aiwars pror-per. Jio time wastetl In lea ruin the business. We teach yon In a nilit how to soccceil from tlie not hour. You can make a trial without ex pense to yourself. Wc start yon, furnish everything needed to carry oil the Iru.il ness nm-ces-sfiilly, and ffiiarantee you against failure if yon but follow our simple, pblii Instructions. Rpader, if you are in need of ready money, and want to know all about the best paring business before the public, send as your address, and we will mail too a Uocu Eteut giving you all the particulars. TRUE & CO., Box 400, Augusta, Maine. n Tiirnr it L'n Cliuoi " intnf 10 ru cuDouiuit ru.i cArtiiitlCF Their Cleanlines Lessens Labor. TT wiU pay you to examine the QUEEN CINDERELLA PaGE , A fore you'buy. It Las all tho latest improveiut nt. and is sold teed to be a good baker. It La3 the direct draft dumper, It w'ar"5 can have a fire in one-ba'f tbe time required with the ordiiiarr P .. Tbid i a valuable feature when jou want a quick fire for car'v brc""' IT baa an eitra large high oven, thoroughly ventilated. The Tc'-. of inflowin? and outflowing air can be regulated at will; tl,is .T, a perfect baker, and no burning on the top. It has the Triplex jv.' grate, which is the perfection of convenience and cleanliness. I; pecially durable, having three separate sides, or the advantage cf C grates in one, and not easily warped by the action of the tire. KEMEMEKR "Thinics done well with acare.extirpt t5ie:0S..'.vW j. , ilacuf.ictured by IMIAYICN" A CO., LiJ , PUtiba -gh. 3 ! aal urxa- iT JAIES B. HOLDERBAmr, Somerset Pa. KrLsinger & Kurtz, Derlin, Ta. and T. J. Corer t Son., Meyersdap, New York Weeklj Tribune Somerset Herald ONE YEAR. TWO DOLLARS. Address all orders to Toe IIerald. Louther's Drug Store, Main Street, Somerset, Pa. This Hcdsl Drag Stcrs is Favcrlte ttitfc Pscls in Sgarch cf FRESH AID PURE DRUGS, Medicines, Jye Stuffs, Sponges, Trusa Supporters, Toilet Articles, Perfumes, &c, TH DOCTOR GIVES PEEiOXAL ATTEVT!OS TO Tilt COMrV-rVDIXG Of Loillisr's Prescriplionsl Family tall eSSA? CAR BEiyg TAXZX TO JE 0'L T FSZS AXD PISX AS7ICL33 SPECTACLES, EYE-GLASSES, And a Full Line of Optical Goods always on hand. From such large assortment all can be suited. THE FIHEST BBAHDS OF CICAES Always on hand. It ia always to 'utending purchasers, whether they buy from us ojr elsewhere. J. M. LOUTHER M. D. MAIN STREET .... SOMERSET. FA Somerset Lumber Yard ELIAS CUNNINGHAM, K AirtmccKia nvo Dcalxb axd Waot.aasxa airo SiTAiLn o LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS Hard and Soit Woods, oak. poplar. srocGa, picket?, xorLDrxis, ash. wALKtrr, nooRisa, bah, sTAiaaAiia. CHERRY, TELL0W PIKE, BHINGLS3. DOORd BALC8TK53. CHESTXrr, WHITK PINE, I .TH. BLISW, SEWB K? A General line of ail (rades of Lomter and ;Baildin Material and Rootle F'.sie keplli Also, oan foruiah acyLiBi In the line of our btuinees to order with reasonable promptDCM, inch aa Brackets, OdJ-sised work, e'-c. elias cijjsnsrijsroiii, Office and Yard Opposite 3. &C. R. R. Station. Somerse IT . WILL FAY YOU TO TOT TOCB 3IemorIal Work WM.F. SHAFFER, SOMERSET, PKN1TA, M an of ctnrei of and Dtaler In Fatten Work FwrHikeii on Sfiori XoHc ttallQ mu mi mu tin Aim, Agni far IM WHITS Prson In need of MOHTSf EST WORST will find it to their interest to call at m shoo wira a proper showius will be (riven them. s-Sni YE& r LOW. I isrlte special attention lo Ina whit Bronze, Or Pure Zino Momimen Introduced by REV. W. A. RTN'O. a a Decided IronroTcmert In the point of MATERIAL AND ( (AsTKI (TIO.V. and which is deMiued to ha the Popular Monnmrut for 001 Chanceabla CU mate. rlI HI A CALL. WM. F. SHAFFER. B-r, tfessnt-:- Conrjitlon Itl'iautitT il rod than o.ti h cw t VUt trr rririaiDM.v ?-jry Nf', Lanre cans are niot ecoootiu w . MMB ir-rrfis lav 0 'w ruttu Uum LxUor " av u. un,,.,. M ....i ra .vsakrm. N wUw " -B)aaa Sola uj Uuims, gmocn sua (Ml ta - - c-;., it Cet It Near Home. Send to Us. Ask FjWj XfttifBrjaniR (iiiFkrpw ! 's fw as. sp "s. j-r UukJ," ku L. tM. L. x JulLNSo.- A Co.. Xl ciuuua a aux - ir you cant IT ITC rm rvhm.,..:: Their Economy Saves Money. AND Rapidly E?c:nhg aC-r. a pleasure to display onr cocJ 4 & ii.1 " SCIE5TI?i3iS CinnJ ns-H,., tfTiX'? SIC--- Over 500 Beautiful -;Pric.L; Designs. V MONUMENTAL t$0::-C- eepChickensStrong ana ncaitny; it gets yuur I j . , j inn ear!v:it is orth iu wr-j,-t ':1 S' i I 'arwiien hens moult : it prever.t a.. c& Cholera. Koi:r. Di.irriirr.-u Le'-we;;'5 It I a powerful food Ji-1'' Therefore, no matter what fcUM ul .$ too use. mix wilh it da. y br.t i'owder. Otherwise, 'r Pr '. ,l ee fall and winter wiil be lost ':!;3 u' price for eggs is very hi-;'- 5 perfect assimilation cf the I'yoa c-t- needed to produce heal'.h anJ i""" hrn. tnr utnr c-mn m m 9
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