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IP. F. SHAFFER,
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beating ri Lubricating Oils
Aphtha and Gasoline,
,!( from Helroiennt. We rhalkenc
rS33UCT OF" PETROLEUM
5r
atisfactory Oils
-I" THI-
erican Market,
te "A Tztet fc SuBnet And Tidnity
appaea by
rUAal Auf-F.B,
euiuuT, Pa.
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SPECIALTY.
HARRY U. BENSHOFF,
HHUFACTUMKQ STATIONER
ASS.
ELA5 BOOK MAKER.
"AUNAM block.
JQHNSTOWN. PA.
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ACCOUNTS Of MERCHANTS FAHMtRS.
rOCH DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS :
LaRcb M. HictA. Gio. R. Scoi,
Jakks L. Push, . W. H. Millis,
Johji E. Scott, U. S. Sn.L,
Fun W. Biescxis.
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are securely protects! in olebratd Oor-
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Somersgt talj Rational Bank
Of Somerset, Pa.
Etb:ihi, 1877. 0-nli '8S0
CAPITAL. $50 000.
Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't.
Wm. H. Koontz, lce Pres't.
Milton J. Pritts, Cashier.
D i ec tors:
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i....h H. i4tuv Karroo yder.
gam. B. Hamson.
. ..1.4- will mvlfc the most
libcrai treatment cmstent with aa.a lnJ-
Partiea w:-n:cr to mo 1 '
b aewmnhlaii by dralt for any "joon
MonT ana n.aw " -
boidACeoraieaoAfea, witH muat apprwed time
ki,i, .ijt tn aJ pan oi CnIuJ
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PITTSBURGH, PA.
uuuiua va!i
Undivided Profit 1250,000.
At-td as Esei'utor, Guanlian, A:nee
n-l Receiver.
Wills receipted for and held free of
charge.
Businea of residents aad non-resideDta
carefully attended to.
JOHN B. JACKSON, - President
JAMES J. D0ST LL, Vice President
FRANKLIN BROWN, Secretary.
JAS. C. CHAPLIN, Treasurer.
irit ulllTrnTouteonlix No ie-
iViniN VMII I LU li
reniij or couecuug.
taif emlorraent.
term'. r:le u ou
an.i Mtiit ctioioe ot
"allin'nursert CO
, Poc-CTC. N. T.
JORDAN & HINCHMAN.
We are now reaJy with our new and large
invoice of fie Confectionery Goo-la, popu
Ur branila of Biscuits ami Cakes. Uncy
jromisofail styles, and eTerythirir else
pertaioine to a Crst cla--s bouse to till or
ders promptly, and to supply resident Caaj
ihes to aoT extent. Goois always fresh,
and aiwav's orTered at lowest figures. Call
aad srt o'db of the t nest aasortaients eTer
earned.
JOHN k Hli'CHIiH.
270272 Main Street,
Johnstown, Pa.
A Quick Riucf row event Ttic or
HKASACHt
Foun Canoinal Points RcsccTia
Heaoacmc
N' e-rrr f irgft that all
ncjfti' tves are (
tiii-v net- oiA. y qut-t-rr.j
th trmi youstp
Ey he
pray-rr .
of the CTJB-
b xitc lTacb ua imrp-
SrlfMthl TOOT hUcfce
armM ti . 1-
Vat ben chtldra raffcr
1 with hraaiac&.
noOw. cvprouc. or be any oae eix tajt
caued ty worrr. aa-ii- svjttcr, nsc K rruc,
excesses o( ut kind tie bcf remedy rer oi
or" bram wcrutcu, k-red. Sir. ar. o3-ICorrju-Wft.
1 d-f.ui.j tn aATUcs.
ILofaljhk njfrt rrerr tvp rrf headac!.. epec
ttliy tfcat ditrctsnt;W pjn-J type prrmiax ta
laii iu9cncL from irrrn.-u-ifT or uicnn tm
tato, ar bokC Uaucs rcmure LOca W uaAd tuf
jpv
KOPFALINE CURES
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ailments a&d ccswUoos w hrre cr vatc foes Oft.
KOPFALINE
Is nmlubif loc TSm, ScboUrs. Prrachcn,
aad hii.ca. .errtJ wboae acre ar.
at alt kkeir to frt out erf onirr.
U M aiMoAutdy aa,icr all arcuawtaaces a.4
eoodiuea. Pnc. as t- .
Sold by arwt'" iieriir. oc MJU to any ad.
WINKCLUANN BROWN DRUG CO.
SALT) WORE. Maw U. 5. A.
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THIS
PAPER
7
S rS: REH31TGT01T BEOS.
wb wtii cts' mwuiu ai kwaat niaa
49
ITc. J a mca . Bond
PUiladelphla, Pa.
Muscular Rheumatism
Sciatica and the Piles Adds to
the Sufferer's Misery
Four Bottles of Hood's SarsaparilU
Effects a Wonderful Cure.
""C. I. Hiwd Co., Lowell, Mass.:
"Gentlemen: As a result of the mo moral)
tlizzard of Jiarch. I contracted muscular
rheumatism ; at that tirae I was ecoged on A
Job of steamfitrir.j in FlainnelJ, X. J., aud it
was neceMry f.w me to ade throush the snow
to tlie btikluig. a new residence, in wnkh we
were working. Fur eighteen months after
wards I was bud up aith muscular rheumatism
and sciatl'-a. I then joined my son-in-law la
IVnTer, CoL, here I was engaged in (team
tatcs ar.d eniineering, and wliere I eommcneed
to tike flood's fvanaparilla for my rheumatism.
It cured me not only of the rbeumaUsm and
sciatica, but lso of outward piles, from hicli
for tliirry-tlirce years I had su3cred
A Thousand Deaths.
Previous to poing to IVnver I Tisited the
Cniversity of Pennsylvania to be operated upon.
The doctor pronounced my case elongation ot
th bowels and the wort t ever saw. He re.
fused to perform aa operation, saving that after
having suffered so many years li was not worth,
while that I should die at that law U ly from tha
effects of the knife, and die I would if Ue used It.
No Man Can Conceive)
what t su!orcd for thirty-three years. I tried
all sorts of remedies and treaunents, often
without the slightest reliif. Foir bottles of
Iioxi s Mrs.iian.; only ri-lit-vd, b-t
cured, bcth U.0 aad rcmMitum. TtJ
Hood's'Cures
only trace of rheumatiiat which I foci now Is s
trtie st.ffiK-ss tihen the weather changes, and
as I win he 7 roars cl.) in Au:-"t that is but
tiM'identa! to aje. Tli: l r jr- V stato
nn-ut f.f facts. Jmrs 11. I!uii, West
Ncrr-.s j-tm t. Iihulelphia, Pa.
Hood's Pills cure liver ills, constipation,
biiiousiiv ss, Jaundice, sick headache, Indigestion,
a. a ' M
A RETIRED BUSINESS W0H1,
A Page From Her History.
The tmiMTtant eTpnrinr. t f other ar
iT.tert tui. Tt.tfiioirinir U no exception:
"l had tt-n TriMtHi witQ h;trt Oimjum tS
yt-ip-.. mu- h of that time very wrinuy. For
live -.i.r. 1 v:wtt-atJ by one phys.-Msn con-
Umii'U-ly. 1 WU tU t-Us.il. !se. but oliiiinnl to
n-fin? en ajitur. f my hoaith. A phy
su'ia.'i toM iut frit-mU thit I couM not live a
r-r:tli. My iVt am. Mmlm were badly woi-i-n,
:tud I was iuili-nl iu a serious nnditiim
! ti a ''t'nTrt rti.in d;r'trt. tr.v atTentum to
I t. M;iV N w Ht art I urv, anO taul that hu
fcitr. who hud Iro afflu'teti whh heart dis-e;i-
hui ira rurw! by the rnte!y. nl wat
a Mnnx. h-aiily woman. I pnniiH-l
a ;iTtie of tin- H-.irt Cure, kiiJ In than
an hmr aftr taking the lirt 1 rHiid
ft-ei -i inmrnvement in tbeMnuiation
of mr WitfMi. Wlten I bad taken thrve (It- 1
r uij niove my anttieH. st'nkfThtnr I had nob
d ne fM nioittus.and rr.y l;m had hwen.w4-i-n
-m urns thai they kerned almost putririt-d.
Ht-f( re 1 had taken one bottie of th New
Hea-t Cure the weIlin-T had ali pf-ne, down,
and I wa mui'li better that I did n.y ou
fie n my rwomnandation six other&are
taW:u Tiii?, va.Ui.h. tvaiedy ' Mrs. More';nj,
5r J W. Hurrwui t.. t hia2i III.
Ir. M:i' New Htar? ure, a discovery of an
em:nt-nt spt:iaiit in heart di-ea.. isild by
ail !ru.'Ji-t- in a pinve guarantee. or riit
bv ttir lr. Miit-s Mi-l:caM"o-EiiiharT. It)d.,oa
nVt-ipt of pr;i-e. ?! per bottle. ix botties for
h tpre pr- paid. It is positively trsx txjax
all upiatc or OdCijeruui arui.
FANCY
WORK.
Some tii eat Barjains is
IRISHPOINT LUNCH
AND TRAY CLOTHS
Bought below coet of transportatioa
we are sellica; at great bargains white
and coloreJ BeJfoni Coni Table Cov
ers, sUmpe! rea.lv for workinft. .""ing
ed Canton Fiance Table and Cosh
ion Covers, Singed Plush Cushion
Covers, Bargarran Art Cloth Table
and Cushion Covers, ail stamped
with Newest Ie8ins ; llern-etitched
Hot Biscuit and Koll Napkins. A
new and large line of betu-etitched
Tray and Carvicg Cloths from rjVls
np.
SUmpe.1 Hem-stitcheJ Scarfs from 35cts
np. Table Covers from 50 eta. np. A
fall line of Figured
INDIA SILKS,
AH New P At terns and Colorings. Also,
Figured Plush,
21 and 33 inches wide, in beautifil Colors
and Ies!ins. Art Satin S.(Qares for the
Central Covers and Cushion Covers.
Waban USTettino:,
S inches wide, ') cents per yard, in Pink,
Blue. Olive and Yellow, THE NEW
THISli for Draping Mantle and
Iioors, and for Draping Over
Iraperies. A new line of
Head rerfs. from ix;.np.
Vi?it onr Table Linen, Towel. Napkins.
Uaaim, Sheeting and Linen DeparUsent, by
all means.
41 FIFTH AVENtT, Piuaburgh, Pa.
A. H. HUSTON,
Undertaker and tmbaJmer.
A. GOOD HEAESE
aal e'ihlnf pertainina to fnmexals tura sned
Somerset, Pa.
Pia's BoHdr for Catarrh
Beat. Eaataa aa Tat. as. Cbeaaeat.
t sv - v v- - -e.-"- - bar .
T - V . ! T- V ASt
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HOME
WARD
Li
Bold by Drasaiaa avataa by
Bja. JL T. mnniiaa . warms.
omer
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
ATiere Mother Is.
Old fathioned So wen. with fragrance sweet.
Bloom where mother is ;
Life s a paaim a sonf replete
With joy where mother K
There ail woes and anrrows cease,
augrht but rest and heavenly peace
Dwell where mother Is.
The JostUnc crowd, the wearinf din.
Are not where mother is ;
The aaunting ray of shame and tin
Reach not where mother i.
Heart-sick, brain tired. Dene racked soul
Before thy tear dimmed eyes a fmi
Exists where mother is.
All grief and doubt and unbelief .
Flee, where mother is ;
Hope and faith aad sweet relief
Come, where mother is.
Kother ! mother ! name moat sweet.
Heaven irmide my weary feet
Home, where mother is.
The Fate of Jim Wall.
FAITH HOMES.
"So this is Bang-up City? Then the
place is a living geographical lie."
IUee Kenyon looked indignant as she
said this.
As she gazed about the collection of
saloons and other dingy shanties which
constituted the only visible portion of
the far timed mining camp, the indig
nant expression on her face deepened in
intensity.
For Miaa Kenyon had been led to ex
pect a very dillerent sort of place.
She had been told that Bang up City
was a species of earthly paradise, whose
inhabitants were so well satisfied with
life that they did not care to make even
a short excursion out into the outer
world.
"From what I can see of the place,"
she murmured, "I cannot understand
how any oae can ever be induced to re
main in the place over nighL Where
is all this Western bustle of which I
have heard? Where is the enterpru-e
which builds complete new cities in a
month? Bah! I have been imposed
upon."
She paused irresolute upon the plat
form of the little depot that was half a
log shanty and half tent.
Rose Kenyon was a very fair vision to
gaze upon. Young not over twenty
and prttty delicately pret'y she was
the kind of woman who can be depend
ed upon to set masculinity by the ears.
Suitors were no novelty to Kose. She
had bad many lovers, but had sent them
all way. Not one of them had ever ap
proached her ideal.
And now she hal been allured to the
Rockies by the illiterate invitation of
three men who subscribed themselves as
the School Trustees of Bang-up City.
They had confessed in their queer let
ter, that Bang up City was as yet with
out schoois of any le.-riptionf but they
had invited her, at a salary which had
astonished the New England school
teacher, to come out aud change the state
of aifaiis at Bang-up City.
And Rose bad accepted. She had ex
pected that the trustees would be at the
station to meet the first te her of their
new community, but there was not a
soul near the depot. Then Rose remem
bered that she had not told them on
which day she expected to arrive.
Finally Roees eye fe'l upon a nonde
script looking Chinaman who was com
ing leisurely up the road. He was not
an inviting specimen of the Mongolian
race. To begin with, he was dirty. To
add to that, he was very ragged. And,
to cap ail, he had one of the most hide
ous faces ever seen.
Ca!!y yo'glip miy?n he demanded
as be came close to her and picked np
the heavy valise which lay at Miss Ken
yon s feet
"Is there a hotel here ? Roee asked.
"Ye, missy ; you wantee go there?"
"Yes."
"Then I cally yo' bag."
"How much?" asked Re. She had
a New England eye to the cost of things.
"Two bittee, missy."
"All right. Lead the way to the
place.
The Chinaman started down the dusty
road, followed by Miss Kenyon,
As they got, into what might be called
the heart of the city, Rose saw that there
were a good men abouL As she walked
along the number became larger, and she
noticed, not without uneasiness, that
they all I appeared to be following her.
For, in seme way, it had got noised about
that this decidedly pretty young woman
was the new school ma'am.
And every mother's son of them felt
that he bad an interest in the school
ma'am, to pav whom ali were to be tax
ed. By the time the Chinaman came to a
stop before a shanty which looked just a
shade more pretentious than the rest the
street was crowded with miners.
They all stared at her, yet Roee could
not help feeling that she was the recipi
ent of attention most respectfully meant.
Jim Walker, a big, handsome fellow,
made so bold as to step np to her and
inquire :
"Beg pardon, but mebbe yerthenew
school ma'am V
"Yes, I am."
Walker turned to the Chinaman and
said authoritatively :
"Drop that grip right there, Jim Wah,
111 look alter it."
"You pay me, missy," said the China
man. Any miner would have given $5 bonus
for the privilege of paying the China
man, but all felt, after a brief inspection
of Mia Kenyon, that it would not be a
safe offer to make.
Miss Kenyon took out her parse and
drew from it a silver quarter.
"Four bittee, missy," said the China
man. "Why," expostulated Rose, "you offer
ed to cany it for Z cents."
"You heap lie," retorted Jim Wah ;
"me say four bite"
Jim Wah did not finish his sentence.
There was a load, sharp report, and the
Chinaman rolled over and over on the
round, holding his side and yelling
with agony.
Walker pulled off his sombrero, and,
bowing with native grace, as he held the
smoking pistol pointed at the ground
said :
"I beg yer pardon for scarin yer, miss,
but no Chinaman galoot can insult a lady
when I'm around."
For Rose Kenron had given a startled
shriek and now locked as if she were
about to faint
The next instant, to the amaaement of
set
ESTABLISHED 18537.
all the miners, the was kneeling in the
dust by the aids of the wounded China
man. Jim Wah lay silent under the touch of
her fingers, as she examined his wound.
"He's not very badly hurt, after all"
she said finally.
Jim Walker stood over her with a
shamefaced air and said :
"No, miss, he ain't very bad hurt, that's
sure. I'm ashamed of myself; I ought
to nave done better. The next time 111
make sure of killing the moon-eyed
galoot"
Rose glanced up at him with a look of
disgust.
Then she turned to the others and
said :
"Gentlemen, will some of you pick up
this wounded man and take him to a
bed in the hotel? No, sir; you needn't
offer to help," she cried, as Jim Walker
stepped forward eagerly. "You've done
quite enough already."
"I'm sorry, honest, miss, if I've hurt
your feelings," faltered Jim Walker, and
there could be no doubt that he was
sincere.
"And the Chinaman are you sorry
for him V she demanded sternly.
"No, miss ; nobody out this way is ever
sorry for a Chinaman."
"But he has a life, sir."
"So has a monkey or a rattlesnake."
"But a Chinaman's life is human."
"You're the first, miss, who ever said
so in Bang-up City. We hain't been
used to looking at it that way. All we
know 'bout 'em is that they're more low
down than In juw. I beg yer pardon for
saying it, miss, but when you've been
here longer you'll think the sama way
about it that we do."
"Never 1" retorted Rose, with a shud
der. "If I thoaght that I could ever be
come so hard-hearted by remaining here,
I would take the next train East."
At this dec'.arat.on the men looked
apprehensive. The vision of trim, pret
ty, dainty womanhood had just dawned
in Bang-up City. Better even that a
Chinaman should be mayor than that
she should go from them.
"Boys," proclaimed Walker, "from this
day forth no Chinaman is to be shot at
Do you hear?"
A chorus of affirmatives came from the
crowd. Then came a gust of sighs. It
was a difficult law to live np to.
"We are losing time," cried Rose,
"and the poor victim is losing blood.
Take him on to the hotel, if you please,
gentlemen."
From that day on, Jim Walker was in
disgrace with the new school ma'am.
For two weeks she attended the wound
ed Chinaman in all her leisure time.
At last Jim Wah was discharged as cur
ed. It was months before Jim Walker
could get back into the good graces of
Mb Kenyon. And when she did once
more condescend to treat him as an
equal, the poor fellow, who was desper
ately in love with her, felt that it would
be worse than folly lo ever dream of de
claring his passion to her.
"All over a cussed Chinaman, too,"
he would matter.
Oae night in winter Re Kenyon sat
all alone in her room at the hotel. It
was dark, but she had not lit the lamp,
for she preferred in her then mood to sit
in the dark and think.
Suddenly she became aware that the
door opened though it was done noise
lessly enough. Her eyes being accus
tomed to the darkness, she was able to
make out the nondescript figure of Jim
Wah. Ue stole toward the table on
which she had deposited her satchel
containing her last month's salary.
The Chinaman most have figured or
must have known where the little satch
el lay, for he went te it without hesita
tion, picked it up and etarted to leave
the room.
"Give that to meat once, Jim Wah,"
cried Rose, springing to her feet and seiz
ing the Chinaman resolutely by the arm.
Jim Wah struggled to get away, but
she only held him the tighter, and
screamed for help.
The noise of footsteps wes heard. Jim
Wah nttered a Mongolian curse and
drew a gleaming knife.
J ast at that instant the door opened,
and five or six men burst into the room.
One of them carried a lamp.
A shot rang out, and Jim Wah tank
to the floor. He was dead.
The shot had been fired just in time to
save Rose Kenyon's life.
It was Jim Walker who had fired the
shot aad it was he who said triumph
antly: "I told yer, Miss Kenyon, that the next
time I .fired at that Cainese galoot I'd
kill him."
But Rose didn't hear him. She had
fainUsL
"Boys," order Jim, "carry that yellow
snake oaf pointing to the blood stain
ed body.
The remains of the murderous celes
tial was lugged out with little ceremony.
The coroner of Bamr-np City would not
take the trouble to hold an inquest.
When Rose came to she was lying on a
sofa in the hotel parlor. The landlord's
wife was bending over her, bat Rose saw
only Jim Walker, who stood at the foot
of the sofa.
Reckoning him to bend over her, she
whispered:
"My preserver V
"Don't say another word about it
Rose."
"Bat won't you even letms thank you,
Jim?"
James Walker and R we Kenyon were
married in the spring. y. 1'. J-irniL
Help Is Wanted
by the women who are ailing and suffer
ing, or weak and exhausted. And, to
every such woman, help is guaranteed by
Dr. Pierce's Favorite) Prescription. For
young girls just entering womanhood ;
women at the "critical change of life" ;
women approaching confinement ; nurs
ing mothers; and every woman who is
run down or overworked, it is a medi
cine that builds np, strengthens, and reg
ulates, no matter what the condition of
the system.
It's an invigorating, restorative tonic,
a soothing and bracing nervine, and the
only guaranteed remedy for "female
complaints and weaknesses." In bearing
down sensations, periodical pains, ulcer
ation, inflammation and every kindred
ailment, if it ever fails to benefit or rare,
too have your money back.
MAY 23. 1894.
Fast Enough.
An employee of a large granite com
pany was driving from the station with
several kegs of blasting powder and
dynamite cartridges in bis load and over
took a young man walking. W ithout
waiting for an invitation the pedestrian
sprang up into the wagon and sat down
upon one of the powder fees.
He was a talkatite young man, and
began at once to make derog-Uory re
marks about the speed of the waon, or
the lack of it.
"We're passing everything on the
road," he said cheeriiy "that is, every
thing that is stationary."
Not receiving a reply, he continued,
"I was half a mind to hire a landslide
or aglacier jast for speed, yor know, bat
I g aess we are doing about ar welL"
He was silent for some tiuie ; then he
broke forth ajain :
"I say stop the horse ! The earth is
revolving fast enough to get us there."
Jast then he prepared to scratch a
match on the keg. The driver spoke
rather laxily :
"If you are goin my way, this is jast
as fast as it will be, but if you want to
go straight up at right angles to the road
joet light that match on that powder
an you're there now."
The young man decided to walk.
i'JtiiK't CifljflHujtl.
A Trousers Episode.
A dignified and elderly spinster who
sits at an editorial desk in town was
aske-l by the manager of her paper the
other day if she knew of any poor but
deserving person who would like a pair
of his discarded trousers, and replied
that her furnace man would doubtless
hail them with joy. Accordingly a
morning or two later she found on her
desk a brown paper labeled plainly :
"Old trousers for Miss W s furnace
man." At night she carried the pare 1
home in her hands, together with anoth
er smaller package.
Sitting in the troil y car between a
couple of gentlemen, she noticed that
one of them seemed to be much amused
about something in her lap.
What was her horror and disgust 0
looking down, to observe that she had
partly covered the larger parcel with the
smaller, i-oncealing the last part of the in
scription, eo that it read in bold, black
script "Old trousers for Miss W
giving her name in full 1 GUI.
He Wa3 Embarrassed.
There was something about his ap
pearance and something about his man
ner that proclaimed theotti4-e-seeker, and
the old-time politician recognized the
symptoms at once, "Mr. Bilggiaa," he
said, motioning his visitor to a chair, "I
am glad you called." "Thank you, sir."
You are one of the few people to whom
I feei onder obligation." "It's very good
of you to say so. I called to see " "It
is an obligation which I feel deeply, and
which I always hope to feel." "Perhaps
you exaggerate," the hopeful visitor said
in an effort to be modest "No I don't.
You are one of the few of my acquaint
ance who never asked me for an appoint
ment" And the applicant was to em
harassed that he concluded he'd go home
and send his remarks by mail.
Not Growing Worse.
Is the world growing worse? We do
not think so. All observing, intelligent
men know that the world, however, ap
pearances contradict it, grows steadily
better. One reason of the contrary seem
ing true is tht we now have facilities
for gathering all the news in the world
and evil makes news while good does
cot and presenting it in a single day.
When we take np the morning journal
the villainy of the entire civilized globe
is thrust upon our attention ; whereas,
only a few years ago, we got it in frag
ments, at intervals, and often but a small
portion at most Another is that during
periods of commercial dulintses and men
etary pressure, men, driven to their wits'
end to avoid failure in business, are
tempted in a hundred ways that they
would not be in active and prosperous
times. Moreover, their irregularities are
hidden by subsequent success, while,
with continued Btiain and stagnation
their misdeeds are forced into light
there is no method of covering them cp.
Sinners ire "found oat" nowadays, and
cannot lead wicked lives undiscovered.
At Last.
She let her hand be taken, and with
confidence unshakeu he tried his best to
waken in her heart some sentiment
With a wondrous bcrstof feeling round
her waist his arm was stealing, yet her
face showed no revealing of her mind's
ingenious bent
His voice, quite low and pleading for
himself was interceding, but the maiden
paid no heeding in the words that he
might say.
And no lover persevering ever had so
dumb a hearing to his terms of love en
dearing as she gave to him that day.
Until his chance he waited with a guile
premeditated, and with cheek unmitiga
ed up and kissed her. Then she cried :
' There, yoa monster ! I just knew it !
I was sure, or quite near to it if I waited
yoa would do it Now I hope you're eat
ieiied." Lic
Hjw to Keep Ice.
A very simple but little known meth
od of keeping ice is to draw a piece of
thick flannel tightly over some deep T"s
sel, like a bowl, for instance, and fasten
it there. The ice is placed on top of this
drumhead and covered loosely by anoth
er piece of flannel.
In this condition the wt keeps cold
and even freezes to the tlanneL Thus a
small piece of ice can be kept near the
patient all night so as to avert many
weary marches op and down to the re
frigerator. To break the ice a sharp needle or bat
pin is the best thing. Force it in and
yoa will be astonished how easily it will
divide the ice. 1'o-tiVs Cvuipanum.
Where will the increased whisky tax
come from? We can tell yod where
some of it will come from. Go down to
that drunkard's Louse, where his wife is
starving to death and where little chil
dren are shivering before s chill grate,
and that's where part of it will come
from.
erai
Nsws ltm.
Ju!s-e Sasidite, of tte Northumberland
county court, refased to grant naturalization
papers to Stanislaus Reigel, a F jiander, on
the ground that the applicant b not a peace
ful inhabitant. Reieel has b?n arrested
tor druckecesa ou several occasions.
Guilty of carrying the Commonweal
banner and walking on the Capitol grass
was the verdict found in the District Court
against Citiz-'n Coxey, and Marshal Browne
Christopher Co! umb'is Jones, the Philadel
phia member of the trio, was confided of
only the first count. Ail were released
under bail, pending a new tr.sl.
Poison ended the life of Mrs. Jjb Mitchell,
wife of a prominent citizen of Independence,
near Harnsbarg, Fa. Mitchell stood guard
with a shotgun, U is said, to prevent any
one from going to her relief. Later he tried
to bang himsvif, bat neighbors iuierposed.
They have beea married less than two
weeks. Sensational developruenta are ex
pected. William B. Marshall, senior member of
the mercantile firm of Marshall A Kline,
Indiana, Pa , committed suicide. Friday
morning. Marshall was a bachelor, aged o
and was a man of large means. boarJVd
with Mrs. James Sutton a relative, who
resided in one of the finest dwellings in the
town. Marshall was one of the moat
prominent ciiiicns of the town. The came
of his suicide is unknown.
The burial of a young married woman,
Mrs. Mary Gruble. at Altoona. brines to
light a very remarkaMe condition. Soon
after retiring last Sunday night she was
awakened suddenly tn a very nervous c ,r.
dition ai: J acted, from ail accounts, like a
person tally frightened. She had just
dreamed that some person had been at
tempting to kill her husband in the cellar
with a hatchet. Th poor woman weak
nervous system could not stand the shock
of the horrible delusion and in a few hours
she lay cold ia death,
Prohibi:ioa is in force in S-uth Arj'.ins.
acccrdicg to Supreme Court decision on
two teat cases. The suits were brought to
determine the status of aiairs ia ihit S'a
and knock out the Dirpensary law of 1 J.
The Conn in ifs decision does not touch the
Dispen-sary law of lt? 1. but decides that,
under the law as it now stan.ls, "there is no
authority vested with the power to grant
licenses for the sale of spirituous liquors
wiibin the State." The saloons have not
closed, and Governor Tillman has not in
d.cated what cuu re he will take.
The Gorman tariJ bill the Wilson bill
no longer was reported to the Senate last
week, fresh from the ax of the harm ni rrs.
The bill which paised the House ou Feb
ruary 2 and was presented then to the coun
try as ! he prelection of tar-.iT reform, has
since been two months ia the Lands of the
Senate Finance Committee, having its lily
painted and its refined gold gilded, aad one
month before the Senate tor discussion, and
now makes its final entry adorned with
e'J amendment. A little improvement ia
made ia the bill by changic g ad valorem to
specific duties and adding a little duty here
and there, but the bill is far from a satis
factory schedule.
A Long Season.
"It is one of the surost gins of rain
when you hear it on the shingle?." So
said one New Hampshire prophet An
other was less careful.
He was at work in the hay".;M with a
companion.
"I tell yoa what" hesai.l, "if the sun
se's clear of a Friday night it is s'tre t
rain before Mondiy night."
The second man could not see the rea
sonableness of this rule, and so expressed
himself.
"Well, it's so, whether you believe it
or not," cried the prophet "I've noticed
it more than a hundred times this sum
mer." Yjll.'h'i C"M.W; ;U
When a girl is making good, whole
some bread, d:gestible pies and cake,
and keeping a hocje homilike and com
fortable for her father, mother and
brothers, it is said she is missing the
"higher education" necessary to a wo
rn ins life. This "higher edacatioa" is
oae of the mushrooms that grow in the
brain of poets, spiritual.sts, theosophists
and fools. It means that her father,
mother and brothers should be content
to eat saggy bread and row dyspeptic
on canned goods, while she sits on the
bank of a stream and rellects open a lot
of things that de her harm. Every good
and useful woman avoids what is popular
ly known as the "higher life," the literal
meaning of which is the higher foolish
ness. J'lhil'll
Serpent Bites Harmless.
Dr. Calmette is continuing, at the Pas
teur Institute, a series of interesting ex
periments of the poison of serpents com
menced by him while residing in Cochin
China. He has obtained e ice '."lent pre
serrative efTecU by inoculating or inject
ing viper's blood in various animals.
He treats it first by heat or by chemical
agents, such as hypoeulph'te of soda.
His theory is that ven omoui animals are
unadected by their own poison. His re
sults confirm those recently obtained by
Phisaiix and Bertrand at the laborato
ries of physiology and chemistry at the
Paris Museum.
To Dress Lettuce.
To dress lettuce at the table fill a salad
spoon with oil, ad J a saltspoonfal of salt,
a mustard--poonful of mustard, a pinch of
pepper, stir with a fork. Pour over the
lettuce, then over this pour two more
large spoonfuls of oil and one of vinegar.
Toss the leaves with the fork and spoon.
A few chives add piq nancy to the flavor.
A Dog's Life.
"Yes, sir, ever since Le married that
wealthy heiress he had led a reg-olar
dog's life."
"I hope that will be a warning to "
"He has, in fact nothing to do but eat
drink, sleep, and submit to being caress
ed." .Vif(T Zift UK j.
"Certaialy," said the farmer, wife to
Meandering M.ke, "111 give yoa your
breakfast"
"Thank yoa, ma'am for ever and
ever."
"Suppose, ' she went on with a glance
at the wood-pile, "that you start in with
a chop.
And he turned hAuhtily away with
a remark to the effect that nothing was
so offensive to a man of taste as an
untimely and unseemly jest Wwhin-jti it
I suffered with dyspepsia for 20 years,
bit Hood's Sanaparilla has relieved me.
James H. Cbristman, Liaieid, Pa.
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"WHOLE NO. 2234
He Was Too Honest
A Detroit life insurance agent recently
received a letter from a man in the in
terior of the State ho said he was think
iig of taking out a policy, and he asked
that a blank te forwarded to him. It
was retarnetL aad the following is a
scimen of the man's honesty :
"What did your father die of?"
"Consu m pton."
"Your mother?"
"The same."
"Ever had heart trouble?"
"Yes, very bad."
"L:st any brothers or sisters, and if
so, what did they die of ?"
"Lost five of them, and and all died of
cons'imption and heart disease."
"Did you ever spit blood ?"
"Heaps of times."
"Ever had any serious accident?"
"Yes. Had nearly ail my bones brok
en two or three times."
"Memory good T
"No."
"Sleep well T
"No."
"How is yoar appetite T
"Yery poor."
Several other important questions
were answered after the same candid
fashion, and the arent had to write him
that there was no life insurance fr so
truthful a man. fv ..," f- ,.
Origin of his Good Fortuno.
"What trivia! matters will sometimes
change a man's whole career," remarked
Thomas J. Sander", of Chatsworth, N.
Y at the Lin lell. "I owe my good for
tune in life to a banana peeling. Twelve
years ago I was in Chicago, aboat
stranded, out of employment, and well
nigh desperate. An old gentleman a
step in advance of me slipped on a ba
nana peeling and fell heavily. I rushed
to his assistance and partaiiy broke his
fall, but he sustained a sprained aukle
and was rendered unconscious by his
head striking the pavement. I srot bitn
some water and a stimulant and when
h revived I ordered a carriage and
drove with him to his hotel, where I as
sisted hi ca to his room. Ha w;v very
grateful, and invited me to call next day.
I di ! so, and to make a long story short,
I was taken into his employ as private
secretary. Weil, in course of time I be-
carne of such use to him that I became a
member of Lis linn. To complete the
story you will expect me to say that I
married his daughter. Well, I did not
He had none. But I married his niece,
and I have often blessed the, to me, for
tunate accident of his fall ia the streets
of Chicago." .S'. LuiU Gl'jt-Lhm-tcr -l.
It is Impracticable in Boston.
The very latest fashion i a uncovering
the head as a salute has reached Boston
bvwavofNew York. It consists in
lifting the hat from the head aad then J It is more important to retain moisture
suddenly thrusting it straight out before a the soil than to endeavor to get rid of
yoa at arm's length. On Broadway no i it. Drainage is essential for removing
other style of salutation is recognized as j the excess of water in the lower soil, but
g-xd form, but in the crowded and nar- to retain the water near the surface, for
row streets of Boston it is mcst diflicult j the use of plants, is important. This
of achievement. It is not anusaal for a may be done by keeping the soil con
man whe attempts it to not only smash ! stantly loose with the cultivator, the dn
Lis hat, but to waste ten minutes in boil on the surface serving as a covering,
apologizing to the people who were too j or mali-h, and thereby preventing rapid
near him when he executed the .!ute. j evaporation.
It Lasto be done with such a j.-rk to le J j. : not K;ve at-tory results
effective that one stands a stood chance j unIws ?rowll on wry r;cj, jj. Procure
of giving the person in front cf him j stro tig pot grown plants, and keep th
notion that he has been sandbagged, and ; ij Br.jun,i them ..n the surface, to
it is diilica't to explain away aa impres- pwcent ,.Tilia frotn irettiag a start. Se
sion like that II.m.m J ,i.-wd. lect only the well-known varieties, or
-av j such as have been observed when ia
A Carious Old Custom. ; lioom, and be on the watch constantly
A cunous and ancient custom
I ancient custom ha
lust been observed at i-jurn, Lincoln- i
shire. Ia accordance with traditional
usage, the White Bread Meadow was,
by direction of the Cliarity Trustees, let
by aa--tica. A number of boys started
in a race, the bidding goin.; on while the
boys were running, and the field was ul
timately let .to the bilder who had
made the highest offer at the time the
winner breasted the tape. Tae rant of
the meadow was then expended in
"white bread" loaves, which were dis
tributed among the poor of the towa.
I"oi-.''ii re r'l: 1.
A cocple of tramps lined up
a.ocg -
side tne curbstone to let the dudeuous
and doless son of a rich father pass by.
"Goily, Bill," exclaimed oae, "what
was that ?"
"He's a nice young man."
"What's he do fer a livia'?"
"Nothin."
"Same as us 1 '
"Yes."
"Bat look how much better to-s he's
got than ourn, Bill."
William sighed profoundly.
"That's because we's orphan, sweet
heart" he said, and he brushed a tear
from his eye with his coat sleeve. IV-f.-oif
Frt-t ..
Effective Baptism. At one of the
smaller towns of New EaglanI there
was an Episcopal church, which had
two mission chapels, commonly known
as the East Ead and North Ead Mission,
from the parts of the city here they
were respectively Ixated.
f ne day the rector gave out the no
tices, ia his most distinguished high
church tone, as follows :
"There w ill be a service at the North
End Mission at :l o'clock, and at the
East End at 5. Children will be bap
tized at both ends." f.' w..i Tnin-ripi.
A pretty school mistress told a rather
amusing story at the boarding house.
She asked one of her classes to put the
nouns "boys," "bees' and "bears" into a
sentence. The schoilars thought intent
ly fox a tew moments, when one ragged
youngsu r, with a look of victory on bis
face, raised his hand. "Weil, Johnny,"
said thw ichool teacher, "what is yocr
sentence?" "B. js bees bare when they
go in ssimmia'." Toe teacher did not
call on any more of her class. iVfuu
Bobbie Didn't yoa say yesterday
it
was wrong to strike another ?
Bobbie's Father Yes, Bobbie.
Bobbie) Welt, I wish you'd tell my
teacher so.
Somehow a man feels moch worse the
day after he has lost an hoar's sleep
on account of the baby than be does the
day after be has lost five hours' sleep at
the dab. Tjcv &ffinp.
Here and There on the Farm.
If poeeib'e have long rows for the gar
den, so as to permit of the use of the
bore Loe or cultivator. By this plan
farmers who give but little attention to
the cultivation of a garden will be induc
ed to grow quite a variety .- f garden crps
at but little e!ia ot cf UVr. The
aversion of fsruets to the t;te cf hand
too!;-, such i tl.e hoe. rais and spade,
det-ar tiicui i-. in n.akii. the earJen a
sreviai'j, rut ! o,-i n ; a see 1 drill, an 1
planting in lung ro, so as to cultivate
with the hi rs ho, a gar lea will enta.l
but little extra work for some eropa.
No mechanic will Attempt to perform
s full day's work without sharp tools,
yet farrners will nse the same tools a
whole year without sharpening them. It
is as important to keep the farm tools in
good order as it is to have a sharp ax, as
the better the condition of the tools and
implements the less effort iVreqaired by
the tcu.s and the better the work ia per
formed. The sprayer is cot only useful on trees
but f.-r preventing or destroying vermin
on stock. When keronene emulsion is
spraved over cattle in the form of a tine
spray it reaches every portion of the
body and but a small quantity is requir
ed. The emulsion is not injurious, and
does not irritate the skin as is often the
case with unadulterated kerosene.
When the ground is worked: to a rice
condition the roots penetrate the soil
more easily, secure a greater share of
plant food, and grow t-ore rapidly than
when but slight cultivation is K'ven tie
soiL Careful cultivation thus increases
theyitdd of crop by affording greater
feeding capacity to the roots -f the plants.
Sameness of diet may lead to consti
pation of the bowels. This results when
cottonseed meal or cornmeal are fed con
tinually without change. The remedy is
variety of food, giving linseed meal,
ground oats and green food. Medicine
is nnnecessary, if the animals have a
varied diet
Horses that work every day and are
placed in their stalls at niht to come oat
for labor the next morning, are compell
ed to subsist on grain, hay and other dry
fuoL At this season of the year green
fool of some kind is aliu.st a nece-eity
with them, as it regulates the lowels and
cools the Mood. If but a small quantity
of grass could be cut and placed in the
manner fur them once a day, it will be
highly re!i-hed by them, and will also
promote their health.
All kinds of garden crops may go in
now, and there should be no delay. Pro
cure g XHl seed, as failure to germinafo
means a 'ops cf time that cannot be re
covered. Mav is the busiest m-nth ia
the year, and all work that has been de
layed should be finished at once, even if
more help must be secured.
There are inanv good farmers who
j make the mistake of imagining all the
money spent in making the home beau
tiful and comfortable ia so much lost and
ther will invest thousands in barns and
; eonveciences for stock an 1 stock feeding
and keep their families ia c amped and
j ancouif ortabie quarters. -
Fiower beds sho'll 1 receive attention.
Clean cp the oid bed, apply ammonia-
ted fertilizers, keep down the grassy and
j stir the surface soil arooa 1 the plants (
as to keep it loose.
I Peaches are regarded as uncertain
! crops in sotiiS sections, but those w ho
g-iarj their trees against i.isect enemits
will prolong the nsefulce-ss of the trees,
and procure larger crops. Many suppos
ed diseases of peach trees are due to the
work of borers that have secured lodg
ment in the trees unnoticed.
for kttai k bv rnse bugs
i It is better to u. too much seed, an t
i thin out tt.e suriiius s'ants. than to bt
j economical ia that respect. The saving
of a few ounces if seed may mean the
I lues of ha'f a crop. N farmer ever sav
ed anvtLing by economizing closely
with the use of seed.
Crowding plants does not increase the
j yiel L Each plant must have room fur
j feeeding and growing.
j Hon. C. W. AaLcura died at his home ia Ev
j ereit at o'clock Wednesday morning, at
j the aire of -evenly tle year. Mr. Ashcom was
j a well-known aud highly-respected titiz.-as,
I and in his younger days was prominentia
j ltie politics of this part of liw State. H
was a member of the Legislature in l-l.
;:d Collector of laternal Uvenu of in.
Sixteenth 1'iitrict, composed of Adams.
Knuiklin, Fulton. Bed.ord. and Somerset
Couniies, from IxlT to l-7i H-9 was sev
eral times chosen Cuairrcan of the R-publi-caa
County Comruitte, delegate to State Con
ventions, and C ji);rressio!ial and Senatorial
conferences.
"Harold," she murmured, as her heal
pressed against his stalwart boooux.
Harold, do I not hear the beating of
your fond heart ?"
"Not exactly,'1 said liar!!, blushing
slightly, "1 didn't mean to tell you, but
ycu see I'm teaiporarily obliged to carry
one of thoee watches." tA.c'tii fie-jr-l.
"Way did they break the engage
ment?" "He told her that since she wsj en
gaged thiru he wanted her to like his
sister, too."
A m ia m ty speak ten langnages and
still be unab!- to express his f-w!ings
when, after reading a paper studiously
f.r an hour or so, he discovers that it is
three days old.
Mistress "You must really break oil
J that dreadful habit, Babetta, of aicays
wanting to have the last wort to fay."
Maid "But Low am I to know, ma'am,
that yea have nothing more to say y
He (insinuatingly i Io yoa believe in
such a thing as love ?
She Wei!, there ought to be, after all
you've made daring your life.
An agreeable man, yoa will find, is
one who remember that people get tired
of listening long before he is tired of
talking.
He t tiered her his haad and fortune.
Did she accept?
No. The first was too large and the
second too anialL
"I married Horace- to reform hi in,"
sighe-J the young wife, "and the only
habit I've broken him of is parting his
hair is them id Jl. Hs doesat part It at
all now."
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