Somerset Herald.
s 0f publication.
iVrxiv
..,1 ,ory W-.I-K-s.L-y morning at
.. 'f imitl in advance, otbenri-ie
Mv la' '-iutnri-d.
n a d:si-natitinel until
4rf. ! I "--t master n
u tiu'wrrihow do no
. , .. ,.r w.ll be l-l- responsible
;.-- i"'
r.T.-int from one osufnee to
'vr U" ,h nam1 the form
" , .. j,r-.-r.t ofli.-e. Addnaa
ss-jicb-xt. Pa.
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C. W. WALKER.
.".v WALKER.
1 .vvns-AMaV,
aid NoTAltY PIBUC,
smirtvt, Pa.
1 in- ..M-1-AT-LAW,
;-. rour-.h M, PiM-borf. Da.
1
l M'l.KEY.
X a l i I- KV-AT-I- W.
SirTst Pa.
.Mtrs-r Bo-Slor.
i
1 VKV M. BERKLEY,
irarivrt. Pa.
H -5U;S.V-AT-LAW.
2 NllkTH
so-ncr-. Pa.
lc7oK R- scULL.
1 1' 1 1,1 ..ITT i.M Y-aT-LAW.
. - htm-rsel
-rsct. Pa.
r' V HIESKCKE1-,
,1v t ,-aT-LA W.
s. iuk-n-t Pa.
, - rr.: :. i- H -u-' Iiw. opouail Court
IMIIMfXft, Pa.
- J .UI'UNFY-AT-LAW.
r .not-rs-i. Pa.
- v.. NT2.
J. U. o-JLE.
VIZ A ooLE,
sonicrsct. Pa.
I rrv-i : : attention to business eo-
i - .' .' - .r- Nn'txl andattjoiuiuc
-.'- -r. Folate. ' Viil attend to
, . . li ' 1 1 . - V i . I ' ----- -
t
It k" h. niu
r-e v !-cinI to all 'himu - -..
M -iy iJvikvJ ui coll
IV 0. KIMMKU
A I" '.'iN i- -AT-LAW,
rtut-rxt. Pa.
- j-...; j t a-! (.'jin- itruwd to hi
. alio adjvnins chii.i.
a ,"( .Ir'AU irv-rf' Mure
tl " " .vrr i;tv-.vT-i-w,
!to-rM-i. fa.
l. V .:: rj'!h ISi-k. up stairs
" . ' ' : , -.1. n: -itnsim-d. "OJ all
"V." .i.ijj.vl to aitu roiii-iii
o ::n. l. c. auwES.
a ri K-N t v -a r-i
s-.:a-r-t. Pa.
-r.trutrl to ir rs.rr !'."- I
. u 1:1 N'HwrL bxifcnl and aljii-
L. I5AEIL
A lTvE. EY-AT-LA W,
' v ia fHiiti and aJuiiip
A .. lult- rtjLTU4c-U to i.ilU Ul
H i I ?. ZIL W. 1L KITPEL.
" H i:"lH 4 Rl'ITEL.
A n li E -Al-U.W.
Siiurrst. Pa.
V : u-.- :.:ruTJ to tix-r ca7v u! t
T Y. ('All fTHEliS. M. I..
i)t l i AN A1 U-.tAN,
I K. SIlAFKEIi.
7 i ii iAN ak I'liGEOX.
J. M. Lnl'THEIi.
i-rfv:. :an Mrn.;EiON,
Jt tr t. rr of Iru tor.
H. . K1MMELL,
- J. M. MILI.EX.
Pils! Oils!
:t'rg & Lubricating Oils
Naphtha and Casoline,
- tviu- i fra P,!Uuni. Wc rLai-
froiuct of Petroleum
'atisfactory Oils
r
IN" THE
I -Incnran ATarl-of
5 ..wvy
K EEEKITS asd
H.H-E k-EK. "
NtilRMl, Pa.
fWSTIC J08 PRINTING
SPECIALTY.
1UERY M. BENSIIOFF,
"HFtcri'StkG STATIOkER
-AXI
BOOK MAKER.
Haxn'am block.
A- H. HUSTO .
and Embalmer.
GOOD HEAESE
Somerset, Pa.
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VOL. XLIII. XO.
-THE-
First National Bat
OF-
Somerset, Penn'a.
Capital, S50.000.
Surplus, SI 6,000.
otosiT ncccivco m large am o shall
AMOUNT. PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS Of MERCHANTS, FARMERS.
STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
LaKI'E u. HICKS, EOl r. stll,
JAJIfX U PI (iH, W. H. SIIIJJ.K.
JMHN R. SirTT. KoKT. K. X'l'L,
FEED W. BIEIAKER.
F.PWARI) StTXX. : : Pr.EMI'ENT.
VALtTIXE HAY, : VICE PRUK"T.
HARVEY U. BERKLEY, : CASHIER.
The fands and snrltirtt of thi hank air
cutvij- prit-cd in a o-U-rated Odki.i3 En
cut Pit'.jr Sai k. TImt only sale made al-luL-ly
burgUr-prxiC
Ite Samst Ccoly Hatteal
BANK
OF SOMERSET, PA.
n.
OrsaM at t NaiiMl, U93
O.
$50,000
EitainaW. 1877.
CAPITAL,
SURPLUS AND UN-
DIVIDED PROFITS $16,000.
30:
Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't.
Wm. H. Koontz, Vice Pres't.
llUton J. Pritts, Cashier.
3ft
Directors:
SAMCEL SNYI'ER, T M. EN IiSLEY.
JSIAH SI-Et 1IT. J iX AS M. O "-K.
J.'HX H. XYIER, JoHX STCFIT.
J.r-EJ'H B. LAVIn XAH S. MILLER.
HARRIS iX SXYI-EK. JERtME STI FIT,
SAM. B. HAF.RIS.1X.
Oust.-- tht Wnk will rvivtJemot
ral trcumw-cl c.M,-tt.-nt with Jt toatin?.
liniK mivtimc xJ luouey u: -r
na tw wmuiiuoialrO Ly draft lor aty
aan-unt. . , .
Moorv&cd Ti!m.l '.- f.xmrvd tyone f In
t.nu c-rl.-t-rau-d ail-s. a :la UKt iafrovid
liliX" W K. . ,
'iirriKc made in all part of t!e rnitI
Skilm. 'Uiinr' n"d-rair.
Accvxinu and d pueal ilk-iU'L
niuin urn us nisi ts.
12 i liS Fourth Ave.,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Undivided Profits 1250,000.
Act as Exe-utfr, fiuAnliAn, A-ini
xud RtiVlVtT.
Wills rwfivvd f.r awl ht-M frve of
liarjre.
liasints of rt4k-nL- and nn-n-silt-ut
cart-fully att-tnWl to.
JOHX li. JACK-sOX, - rn-.i'ltrut.
JAMES J. DON NELL, V. rr-a.I ut.
FR-VN KLIN BROWN, - Sccrvtarv.
JAS. C CHAPLIN, - Tn-asarvr.
JORDAN & HINCHMAN.
We are now rrady ith ocr and larrr in
eef r.aeVont-C.UKM-tr ' "'-- p-'l'O1'
brand? 4 CiruU and lak. KaiK-y
of all wtylrssand -ry:lii" l-rjti'.iin5
to a e rK-ijiB. knew to 611 urim j.ruiplyt
and to vcfWF re4drtit fausilw tj any ex-v-nt.
Ovk1 aivay fn-sh. and a3y oCrt
ed at kvt Im. Vlard wof
avt artinit cvtr crrui.
JOMH & MCHffl.
fTO fTi Main Stn-et,
Johnstown, Pa.
LARRABEE'S
PAIN EXTRACTOR
CURCB-
RHEUMATISU. LUMBACO.
WEONALC1A.
TOOTHACHE. BACKACHS.
CATARRH.
AMD ALL MHOS Of
PAINS AND ACHES.
It!
clean. rvc
KrrtCACovs,
jkCJIt EASLT SMSLLMIC.
euc ACTtMO.
ttaaPra
t rm. m KWacSc UsiasMt li aa M a
tT. .a-. , a .uig-
. twMrik tiaiaiial
irickelmann & Brcwa Dreg Co.
BALTIMORE. MD. U. S. A.
e
15.
Hood's Saved
,c8.yHThnrT HyLife
"For jeara I vu la a tery srriocs eondtUj
vlth eatarrt of the stomaca. beveb and triad der.
I suffered Intense!?
from dy'ijia, and
Is fact was a m.Kr
able wreck, nrtj
a ikelrton. I aeenw
1 to F fraaa k.4
I realif
aUbed I vu dead.
I fcad no rest day r
aiht. I did not
, u.ww 1
mmM m 1UIKJI
Mr. W. R. ThU. fclar k aal frtm- ..W
ratter- MUU. ra. I t-pB to tk
Ecod't Sarupaxilla. I had faith in tbe medkine,
tad It did more for toe tbaa all prrerlptions. I
tave cradaallT rvyalae perfect aaJik, am
eaUre!y frae from citirrb of th bevels, aud
aala la mj back. Sly reeorerx U sic;-! aiar
elooa." W. E. Tocxo, Potter i I'x
Hood'sCures
Hood's Pills reilera dltrcsa after tttt
LADIES'
SHIRT
WAISTS.
TW warm spt II will sujrci.-st this
ciHnfortaMe anl inrv tljtn ever
jxipuUtr eaniK-nt. We Iiave all
Viii.L- in the
Star Make,
Tle U-st lita-U. with Tuff Plaitel
and .SHIELD FRONTS, turn
down and standing coILir-, in ina
ti rLtL- sarh as
PERCALES,.
MADRAS,
ZEPHYR AND
OXFORD CLOTH.
All sizs, - up to -LL
Prom 14 attrttnn will be plven to
Mail Orders.
H0RNE & WARD,
41 FIFTH AVENUE.
Jacob D. Swank,
WjtchmaV.tr and Jeweler,
Nert Door Wet of Lutteraa Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
I Am Now
j n jciivd v "siI i'i.Y t'i? put-lie
with C!. ks. Wat' !n'. and Jew
eirv f all l- ritiii'S a. Cheap
as I he Chcapi-A.
HEPAIUIXU A
SPECIALTr.
All work jraaranUi-J. Lk at my
4-k U-ire makiiiif your
ire!uir'!i.
J. D. SWANK.
THE ART AMATEUR.
Beit sad Ltrgett Practical Art
Masaziae.
(The stly Art PwlirI avaded a Medal at tie
or -3 fair.)
7ansW tc a (M ruA H m-tir tkrir UrimQ kjr art
rUtt IUC.
Dec TT
Be&:rT Me ttt desjaa irejtiar 1-nce
. or
mo OC -rn iel al "Painting
rUrt jC fjrBinnefiJrti.
MONTAGUE MARKS. 2S Uis Sqsart,
Krm Tsrk.
PennsYA-ania College,
GETTYSBURG. PA.
Fwadad ia US.
Ijyrzr Fi!t. Ta full nrv ,f etady
1.-.1 attd 's-rtitiftr. fi-fcl ia
kit drnnimu. -ri Kry. UUm-w
j . . ... M w:. un. kiLiinrK
-bvl t'ui'nrv .h rharreof aa rj-rvixl
bliiSru.i. Anw y tJ ra:inJ
tra;a. IiftU.o tiw Btti4.1 0rtty
bcry. awl ttrnwut ai noaiitiy.
PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT
in f.-iraK buiidinr. ana yen aa
ai care -V tie l"r?uf-.fl and Uf awvoaarc.
HvMttuu Tilt 4lrtit ia ttte iidir. rail
L-ra T- n. Korwuj.ei'S
air H. W. Mi k'ntrbl. !. I LL, I', lr
or l-r. . k.unc-r. A. 1L. FnarJjaU.
Orttrsoarc. Pa.
YOU CAN FIND PAPER
RE2H175T01T BPrOS.
aunt a mm li"1 naaa
W Afav .
y'- S TV. -j
IVt -Sf&S edlela c to.
we v i'l eed to aay one I A C
uMeKja a .pen..
irrinniM aad$ rcfte A. S
0
htl Ceatadr CWrt Cat
aac faiwl la. aa
Be B. T. BaaaKtaa, Wa
Somerset
SOEERSET, PA.,
IT MAKES THE HEART GROW
rOSDER.
It as In tbe early tuuimrr htn my Im-eand
I flrtit parted,
Sbe the hsiMdeouxbt aad left nie in the city,
bnlirn lieatrti-d;
I tosvelu-rthriKish lbeuioiu -r, he on
LLsmM hre to vander.
But liT lt a inl pave uie o;nf. prt, abvoc
tuakt the heart rnw ftmder.
How I loved tbe little Hut, that front tnoe
to tiine kite M-nt tiii-'
A 1 read, rt arvnied tluit tbey a momentary
bri'eze ktit me.
While Kbe wrote of jimir, hatbius. yaclitins
tri, thfii bade ine mi1t
Wdl the truth of that old Kiying , "aloenee
makrs the ht-urt grow fond-r.
K a T ;iil were cow Jht letti-r, aod t-he
wroU "I'm T-ry busy.
I exttalaW-d mildly with Uiy waywurd,
wlu-hiiif;, Liuic;
.race nuwe caice ne mine oM anwt'r any J
(NiMT w rixl iM-ooalirr
-Ion't you know, you irtuj id Willie, tlwnre
UiUn the heart rmv fciil rr
' oe more btl,-r rt he Mit me, while fche at
the -:dc tarried,
Laurhhir at trnuld airtatHiu," tetllii; me
that .lie vu uiarried,
Aod tvw thu her note C(HMrludtd -u I read
my face srvw yellow
'Absence nuikes the ixvrt (rrosr louder
dutdtt' of tbe otber fc-ljowl"
KISSIXG THE BRIDE.
Zeke and I are twins. We were, in
faet, at the tine of my -t. ry. Always
ua,e v. a.s utr .bck as i tn retiK-m-
U r, and that is a good long while. I
know that is the reason they cal W us
Ake and 1-Zekiel and Zedekiah,
lsit jmehow we could never Muite f..r-
give them forgiving us the names,
We are alike, and always have U-en.
, . 11- W . 1
neu we were mvs, motiier iiai a :
great fancy fir similarity in our d-w i
A J at eh on the knee meant a similar :
Iateh hi llie other Uys knee. The j
strekw-iHrr never tried to sell her sain- j
pies of g a Ls unless t!ie remnaiit eon-!
taiieii enough for two pair of tants or '
two cwis. iieui none ihji our arents !
knew us apart. Zeke lul a large wart j
on his left hand, while I had none.,
He had often trie,! to remove it, for j
people were ever on the lkKout for
that wart- Rat it was not to be got rid
of easily.
We were very fond of each other. I
Iiu sure up to the time of our mauhKd
one never did nor could do. anything
witlxvat 4 he other at his heel-. Rut
-lien we were 21 Zeke did something
which left me entirely in the coI-L I
have never quite forgiveu him yet.
He fell in love. AnL, whereas before
I was never too near, I was now al
togitlier t- near and one too many.
It was very hitter to me 1 le put in
a secondary place, and so I tld him.
'1i.i and do l;kewb- was all he
saiiL
It made rue feel ratlu-r him, and I
felt inclined to give him something to
tuns the channel of his thoughts I Hit
oni-how I loved him too much to
botljcr him, ami si we joggetl along for
a year.
We u--d in those days Ut have ring
ing and sjn llins rs-hoo'.s and it w as at
, . ' . ' , . .
eu ou lor tue aiK mmie. irne ingnt i j
. n . 1 t..ltrt u illi .t . ... t.f t ... .
I , ... ... ... , , -
home, so I lial a pl t liaiu-e to t)
i-i-rve tlielil jlW alieal of tue as I bear
ed them on mv wav hme. Tlie inoon
was bright and the snow hite, and
well, Zeke sioK-I ovt too look inside :
that h.Kls. manv times or to do -.Hue-! c,?r" "l" ,ltr
thing else tliat I made u piny mind the J wiuz over the earth we gathered our
we-hling most U- vtTV near at han.L I I'l''i ft Ptaad r-
thoaght Zt ke ou-ht to take me into 1 Wt rv n' quite Mine wh.-th-
hisonS-k-iK-e in thL- matter as well as hr J P-" inmie.li
iu all others. I think so stilL I w.-jld ! ul.v d"wn in lllt ir ho,M or
iK ver have teD half mad at him if he
i.-t.I Hat Im nml fn!lo-r would ntaud
.Kit and view that south 40 acre Lt and
Kif oiTshe plvtt for the hu-e anl t4ie
for tlie letrn, and if I neared them they
would U-gin to talk aUsit fertilizing it
fr next year's crop. Had I U-en a
little Lvd of 10 I would never have car
ed but Zeke's twin and treated like a
stranger! I could not gus- tlie cause
of Zeke's atiiHs.
Rut in lan-r years w hen I found a
little lass ja-t to my eye, aud w hen
other fellow looke-l on her, I felt rath
er !-lfir-h, and wvlL, 'vtiiigy" t. I
know now, U'cau.-. I kaked like Zeke
an l talked like Zeke and Ixliavcl like :
Zike. He, Zt-kkl lmne, was afraid
Nellie Lambert would swap twins.
Rut then I was tnly angry. As I said,
I knew tbe wedding could nt i many
moons away. In those days U-liing"
was the fashion. Woe unto each new
ly married couple if tU-y did not ap-p.-sr
at tlie door during theserena'le
and stand treat for tlie crowd. I men
tioned in half aui-r to my U-st friend
next to Zeke one night t the singing ! thr.jwn over them. I supse
(tho.4 that I supposed Zeke w twild siou j Nelly had done this to hide Ler blu-ii-quit
such places of amusement and set- ! u? S' thinking of tliat otler
tie d.wn by his own fireside. Of course i ki sjI in the tu-ioulight, I stnale up
tliev wanted to find out when the affair tiiein, pu ked out Nelly by the skirts
would take place. I confessed igmr- ': visible Uiievth i!kt fovrr, iIh-d offthe
an(v same with a quick niotiou aud planted
The following l-lan wa- matured, j t "I " iuth of the
But I will nlate tbe results instead of j Mushing bride or so I sui i-d.
Uk- plan, only I w ill say first, if Zeke h""t upHi sh.ait came fni those lo
La.1 used me like a twin "brother ought j Idud iue while I mlsjcl my eyes to see
I would have Uen Utter too.- I feel j if I indeed awake,
half ashamed f myself now as I sit I For there before me staal not Nellie
graydiek'I and a grandfather. To le j and Zeke, hut Mr. Whitney and his
sure, I laugh over the joke yet, but it ! white haired little wife. Wild with
was rattier hard on Nellie and yur j the determinatiofa to re!eeui myself
humble servant too. ' and punish tho-e who had caused me
I was t find the secret plans from i to make this mistake, I ransacked the
Nellie herself. And I did. We were j house f-r tbe ones I most w ished to
at singing school, Z.-ke aud I, anl, ac- j find. Otliers heijasl n-, but it was
cording to our fUsioni, dressn-d just ; finally told us by Nelly's fattier tliat
alike. I bail seen Z-ke get through the j tlie bride and groom w ith the minister
ceremony so oftn I knew just how. ' ha 1 gone to Oleifcbde, tliere to take a
So while one of the other Uiy kept j conveyance to PJker' Corner to visit
Zeke at Uie sclioolliouse I took Nellie j with'rcUtives for several weeks. Dur
urskr my wing and esinirted ber home, i ing the excitement I had forg.ittou U
Zeke was a little anxious to be pne, ! disguise my voice. It was ton Uie
they s-ii.1, lat Rb said tlie girts were I w hen I recovered myself. I was "sold"
waiting in the entry, they w ere, j completely. "Salute the I -ride" was
the W4 of tbeni ), aud be was anxious 1 hurled at me for years, and always up
to lay tbe plans ftr a grand sing and j my back would creep the chills as they
exhiUtiou in the near future, so ke4 ! Lad that night when I fcaind I had
Zeke all right- J hugged and kbrvd old Mrs. Whitney.
But to Morn to Nell and myself, j Nellie told me when she came home if
It was wicked, to be sure, but I took I had not treated ber so shabbily that
ber little hand in mine and preswed it night in the rnooiisLine her heart
as I knew Zeke did and walked on si- I would have repented her before she
Wntly. j had laid all tbe jJans. Tbe U r was
"There's Dave anJ Jen U-Lind us" j planned but an hour before the wed
I whi-pvred at length, "so we'll talk ! ding, when they happened to stumble
low."
"Yes." she replied. I hardly knew
what to say next, yes half the disanoe
was trawled, and I was listening for
Zeke's stride behind OS.
ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,1801.
"Wltat luakc-a jfMi go so fast, Z ke,"
she whL-red. "It will be over tw
wn.
"To keep them Uliind us" I repli
ed. "Let them let-s" and she rtoppel
till, and Dave and Jen laughed gayly
as they went on.
"I w ant to ask yt.u, Zike, if we had
not Utter havelreakfat at 8 instead of
7, for the hour is rather early, and I
am afraid Cousin Helen won't pet over
in time," she whimpered stilL My
heart went elap-a-t-elaj, for here was
the nut of p.li WMuing unasked.
"IVrhais" I whLirei ltk. "Oh,
Nell, how can I wait for the dayT'
"IVLaw, you silly boy I" And then
she prattled on about tle linen her
jrraiidma was inakiiiir for her and her
dre- that was quite done, Itut no exaet
time had she yet lueiitionctL.
"And to think, I don't !elieve any
one outride of my own Caiuily niL-trut
one wtrL" She lotked up in my faee.
"No, liorin mine," I smileil Uu-k.
"Rut they w ill U fore tong," I ventur
ed as I unlatcliel her gate, hoping
atrain.-t hojieshe would give nie wtuit I
was after and slie t weetly put up her
li and said, "Just one more lay, uiy
ZekieL" How tvnild I kiss tltat sweet
mouth? I would have given my gray
eolt ja-t to have Iwn Zt-ke and he me.
I ltad not loriiieil for a kiss; but,
ilieu, w as she not as rl asasLu r?
Sol kl-neil lu-r and held Ler in mv
. aruw a moment aud whL-il l.uu.l-
mf,hr M Jm. Wt.t in
j Mv cheeks burned, my fingers tin-
i gMf my han fluttowL n,e illto
; a npt4i ,n)1 lKHi,var,L
i .Mnti,e Rob kft Zeke, and the
! tKLer u,v rtme nKJlu, tht.m aml a.k.
e! questions and laid plans. A ringing
laugh now and then from the entry al
layed Zt-ke's fears couccmiug Nell for
awhile. As the plan was laid one of
the girls suid as he came out :
"Zeke, Nell couldn't Wait so loiijr.
Rut she doesn't want vtu to feel liaI
it jt."
..Uliv Ztke 1vmW.
to, ttldn.t .w-aVW4er." lUit his
M,weJ his di.'ppoiuUneuL
We lil found tut tlie secret at lea.-t
' And now tsir luck hung upu the
chaniv of Zeke and Nell notsieakiiig
; of that night's ;work. slim thread it
was, but anyway we could serenade
1 them just the same.
We were lusy. Ma-k to make
! drums to find, and horns and bells anil
i old tin j -ans and well, yisi young
i lajys know how it was told by your
l fathers, and ytu old hoys have all U-en
j lliere.
J I knew Zeke had rented rooms in an
! LofFamur JuL-n9 hotw, and by
jecri:ig into the windows we saw every
i thing was in readiness, even to fuel in
i Uie WMhllaOX.
They were married a few minutes
U-fore S (ince learnol it), had break
fast at S and repaired to their new
home t lok it over. Father and moth
er said they were going to town and
i
lid, lut st4ped tliere on their way
hither. Noneofniy brothers aud sL
t .-rs mitruel one wtrd, and some of
Nelly s coiL-m s
were as iiMrant as
: v. -.1 Ihj r .tlt a, .ho
had no one to keep it from at home.
Zeke siiee has told ine the lys had
! maie their brags aUrtit no one ever
j e-aping a "U-IHng" where they were.
itid for this reasau aud this alone had
he kept th e secret.
t a t 1
tarry a uy tr ? a! ine oia nonn-. e
knew well that the minister from I ilen-
LlW rnt-l 1 n'-vJf
Iiadim-t him witn tiis wi:e in a closeU
I -arriage tliat afteruaoii. Rut astwilight
i apprxtehtil a cheerful light from Zeke's
' new home t'dd very plainly to us wliere
i they w1m-iv. We marshaled our for-
; and took our plavs in line. Not a
drum was heard, not a hjulc note, not
I tie clap of a broken U1L, tliouh I
; have ofu-n wonderel how we all kept
; from shouting aloud as we jcred into
; ea-h other's fates.
i
' Tramp, tramp, along the slipjvry
: road ! Forward in an irregular trian-
g before tlie lightcl rooms
and cuinienc,d our Unlr.lujent.
Louder and louder grew our freuzied
music, aud no one oeiH-l the dr.
Finally tlied a'T was ojened, aud we
were invitel in. Just ln-hind me was
Iiob, enormously jndded and jtaintel,
and in a di-guised voie lie ?aid, push
ing me a little ahead 1 1 was their ca
taiu i, -Salute the I -ride !" In a little
alcove stul two fonus with something
upon the truth.
And now I don't know why I have
told this. I never want to afflict Uie
public w ith matter which has no moral
or kswon. This has none unless it be
IT
"do unto others" ftc I think I was
served just right for playing tlie de
tective. Vet Zeke either ought to liave
told me all or not have U-en my twin.
1'hiUnlrljihi'l Tint'.
Some High Old Lyiaj.
"I see," said the grocer thoughtless
ly, for he had forgotten that tle man
with the ginger U-ar.l was sitting U-hind
the stove, "I see the tcnierature drop
ped twenty degrees in fifteen minutes
down in Texas tlie other lay."
"I don't cull that nothing," said the
man with the ginger bearL "I re-
iucuiUt when they was a itrty of us
campin' up in the I Mack HilL- tliat the
temperature drapped so sudden tliat
one of the mules in the outfit, which
was in the act ofkickiu' was caught
an' froze that way, an' stood with its
heels in the air two days. We had a
thcrometer along, but the cussed thing
went tack on us so I can't czactly say
jlst how much of a drap it wuz."
"Oh, yes," said the school teacher,
"it Ls a well-known fact tliat at a tem
perature of about frty degrees U-low
zero the mercury frecfts and hence can
not register."
"That wasn't it at all, young man,"
said the man with the ginger U-ard,
with tine scorn. "Tlie durn mercury
drapjit-d so quick that the friction made
it red hot anil busted tlie glass."
The man from Potato creek U-gan to
snicker, I sit the man with the ginger
U-ard stopped his mirth w ithastoiiy
stare.
Prepared Jellied Peaches.
lrovide first a doen good sized
caches and half a Ux of gehttiiM, a
cauful and a half of sugar and a pint
and a half of water. Sak tiie gelatine
for two hours in a half a cupful of the
water. At the end of that time ut
the sugar and the remaining water in
to a stewjian, and k-t them boil for five
minute.
Pare the icaches and cut them in
halves then cook them gently in the
Uiling sirup for ten minutes. On tak
ing the stewpan from the fire turn the
soaked gelatine into it ; then set in an
other ltsin containing cold water and
stir occasionally until the mixture las
comes Cool.
Before the jelly lias liad time to con
geal, dip a inould into cold water and
turu tiie mixture into iL Set in a cool
place for three or four hours. At serv
ing time dip the mould into warm w at
er and turn the contents out oil a flat
dl-h. Served wilh whipta-d cn-aui or
soft custard heaticd upon the jelly.
Many ioile will think the flavor im
proved by tlie addition of a U-assani-ful
of brandy or maraschino when the
gi-la tine is put with the fruiL -V. 1".
Wealthiest Denomination-
Tlie wealthiest denomination in the
Uuited States, if we estimate denomi
national wealth according to t!ie aver
age value of the church eiliiice and
sites is the Hebrew. The next is the
Unitarian, the third is the Reformed
i Dutch and the fourth the Protectant
Epis.-()aL Tiie average Value of tlie
churches if it? Ik-foruied Hebn-ws i-
f.'is'.ss; of the Unitarian, ?J4,7i"; of
the Reformed ( Dutch i, fl'MlT, and of
tlie Pntestant Epi-i-opal, K.lsi Ttie
EpisciioI Cliurch i-, however, much
laoreaidely dUtribatol than any of
the other Uklies named. Tlie Hebrews
are almost catirv-ly ia the cities, and
the Ik-fonn-d i Dutch ) al-o are Urgely
yK but the Epl-xsqialians are found
not only in the Urger citk-s, Uit are
represcntiil in all the States and Terri
tories. This fact adds to the iirtiiri
caiiceof the high average value re Hi
ed for its churches. Its ministers l-ke
those of the Pnbyteria'n Cliurch, are
well eared for. It makes no - ignite
return fir ministerial salaries, lut ! y
corTe-pon.lence I liave gatherel these
fiut.
Indian Karnes of Lakes.
Sune sinie aao ttie New York Sun,
in an arti.-!.-on the Indian naru-.-s f
lakes Asserted that "the nam -s of
Maine are easy U-side the and others
fr4ii the ProvitKV of Ontario: I-ake
MipuaUnih, Ike Kashairawisramog
and Lake KaliwcumU-jewacaiu kz."'
Apr-i""s of this a Putmau i Conn. )
e.rrespondeut of the Sum writts: The
cliampion Indian name of this reiriou
is trailed acr a couple of counties in
Southern Massachusttts, j jst a-ro- the
Connecticut Uftlr, 'JJ miles north of
this village. It Is the name of a U-au-liful
lake at Webster, five miltss long
and studded with UUnds, which Is the
best bass lake in the old Ray Slate.
According to the late- researelies it l
sjclled in this style, and the sportsman
would like to know how a Ivaliwcam-U-jewagamog
Nva Scotiau would
tackle it w ith his tongue :
Chargi gaggmanchaui:. . rgagua
gauiaug. There is a briefer name for tlie thing,
which Is Usel, As a rule, u all I Kit state
occasin.s.
Won Her Heart
"You have seen Utter day, tU-n 7"
He l.oked at tlie fine jsece ff J'ie
and big glass of cold milk she set down
on the big table tr him to fiul-h on,
and laid down his knife and fork.
-If you mean by Utter ilays niad
ame," lie said, "tliat I liave always
U-en a tramp, I will reply 'yes;' lsit if
you mean by letter Iays that I have
ever had pleasantrT surroundings than
the pres-nt, or tliat I have surrounded
pksanu-r thinirs" and he blushed, "I
will say emphatically that I have not,"
and the g"I woman was so pleased
that she almost wanted to take him as
a j-rniatK-nt lerdcr. IhirtAi Fit
Vrw.
Better Than Sotting.
It is well to have more than one
string to your Uw. S thinks Tommy
Smithers as reported by the Indianap
4ts JiKWf d.
He was l-ing catechisv.1 fir his good
by a well-meaning visitor.
'"Well, Tommy," she sai.1, "D you
think you will ever be Prrsi.h-nt of the
United State r'
"I dunno," anwerel Tommy. Meb
be I'll try fur it after I git too old to be
s pitcher."
er
j
AVI
Against the Repeal of the Oleomarga
rine Law.
OFHt K OF M VSTKKOF
PlZNNsYLVASIA STATE iKAXiK,
Cextke H ai.i Ce.ntkk Co., Pa.
August 7, lsvl.
Tu (Ur Sulritnliiuilr ilruu'f !
trwtif J mixtjh 4Htin:
I liave Uvn lirtsted by the Ix-gisla-tive
CtHiimiltee of the State range to
send the enclosrd address and jictitHu
Ui every ti range in the State.
The Worthy Master w ill have it read
at the first meeting of Ounge and have
projier comruittces appointeil to take
cliarge of the -tition to se ure signa
tures. When completed K-tura to my
olliiv without delay.
I would suggest that you apint a
suitable committee to oiler the address
to your county jiapcrs for publication.
I would also suggest that a commit
tee lie api(Mntel to wait upon your eait
di'lates for the Legi-Iature anil Senate
and secure their asstiramv, if ehs-teil,
to cppixe the n-fa-al of the pn!iibitory
provlsions of tlie law.
Patrons we niay just as well realize
the fact that we are confronted w ith
the oleo. ctrtiibine, a jswerf'd organi
zation with large resources and well
versed in k-gislative manipulations.
If the law Is to ! maintained we
must arouse ourselves to ;he danift r of
the situation, as the oleo. combine will
leave nothing undone to secure the re-n-&
of the acL Once re-aled all pn
tcctiou would lie withdrawn from coii
sunier, as well as prMu-er, and oleo.
wisild l-e sold far and wide as laitter.
The carefully pn-jarel address of the
Legislative Committee of the Mate
Orange clearly shows that much f the
oleo. that Is .sold upon the markets is
inai.e of the fats of dbeased animals
aud offals of slaughter houses which
are treated w ith acids and chemical to
disial:ric it, which are known to U
very injurssis to the liuman sy-tcin
wl,eii incorjiorateil into aduhcratsl
food.
It will also le seen from the fact that
Ivo. is largely made from the olTals of
slaughter houses tliat it isaclear ppSit
to the manufacturer, and tan then fore
undersell at a profit the dairymen in
the production of pure butter; there
fore if the Patrons and farmers w i-h to
maintain tlie dairy industry in Penn
sylvania tliey must not only prevent
the rt-I-al of the law, Ujt see that it is
enforced.
Patrons 'his law was enacted by
your earnest api-als aud efforts
throunh the State Orange. You mu-t
now sho-- your eou.-i-tc-.icy and firm
ness by standing tot-ether as one man
ia the protection of your own inter
ests. If you allow your-clve to U- deftat
cl through negligence in this imjiort
aut crisis it is wt the fault of the
Orange, lut of yourselves: therefore I
hope you will ai-t proinjIy and decid
eiliy. Re sure and return the jatitions to
my office sit the Orange call keep con
trol of t hem aud prevent the opposition
from suppressing tbcin
Fratertially, LtiNAKI RlloXE,
Master --tate tirane.
Atte-4el :
IL H. Thomas, Secretary.
AMRIS oK THE IJ.lsI.ATIVK CiM
JIITTU: of THE PENNSYLVANIA
STATE OKANoK.
Tlie I-A-tfl-iative Coliiniittee of the
IVnnsylyar.ia State Orange, P. of IL.
aware tf the effort of the ideomarga
rine maiiufai-tun-rs to etriit the repeal
f tlie restri-.tive Uw of lss after due
consi'leration, would resj-cctfuliy re
Irt : That we regaril any molificatiou
of the act of May 1, 1 , looking to
tlie removal of its re-tri-tionsupiu the
manufacture or sale of counterfeit let
ter as injudicious and wholly unwar
ranted On the citi-rary, we would ure the
more effective euforcenu-ut of tlie pres
ent law, not merely for the advantage
of the ilairy interest, oue most imj-or-tant
to the pr-ierity of the country,
but for the -cike of the T-rescrvalion of
. t
the health of the whole commanity
than which tliere can l-e no m. re vi:l
L-sUe. Tlie dairy inurst may la-not
ininia-rly rcirarileil as the very fisin
tlalionof g-.-l h-Osl-audry and agri-ul-tural
pr-s;-rity. In it in this State is
invested a larger amount of capita!
tiiaa in any other single iudustrj-, and
it gives dirs.t employm.-nt to a greater
numla-r of !a-op!e.
While we do n-t a.k for any e-a-cial
favor under the law, we do dvinand
tiiat it sliaii la? considered fair!y and
equitably.
Okoinargarine is an imitation and
counterfeit of butter and is invariaMy
alnusl tiff on the consumer a butter.
It is a fraud, pure and simple.
It should la? a.-csrded uo more pro
tection undi-r the law tlian cu!it rfeit
money.
In some rv-jt-i-t Uterus lutter is even
more dangerous to the jKibiic itian b
gus nirniey, as has U-en shown by
thorough investigation of the prs-es-es
of manufacture.
Hon. Norman J. Colman, U. S.
Commissioner of Agriculture, a-ccr-tained
tliat over different artick-s
were tt-sl under 1 patents by tlje
manufacture of imitatin luttt-rs.
Amonz tlie ingredients are hutie
aciiL Uracic a id, salicjiie a-il, la-n-toic
acil, nitric acid and Isityric a-id,
cottonseed oil. oleo. oik fats of all ani
mals, lani, tallow, caul fat. glycerine,
annatto, steerine, etc.
The resnurc-es of mo-k-rn chetni-try
enable tbe manufaiturers to renk-r
anv animal fat or offal, no matter how
rancid its cooditioas, together w ith eot-tou-ed
iL into a com pu ml, whW-b, in
appearn-e. Is dirne-ull ti distingul-h
from creaniery 1 titter, whk-hdeceition
is further carried out by the niethodsof
packing and marketing which they
ado.
It has al-s) U--n deiiiotistraleil that
in the process of manufacture olennar
garine Ls not heated aU-e LB, which
is not sufficient to leroy any di-aA-e
germs the animal fats may contain,
while tlie powerful acils Used to iurify
and deialorize them are dangerous to
human economy.
Besides this the coloring matter now
gv-aerally empk'ye.1 by large manufac
turers is an analine dye called Methy'a
orange, a coal-tar color. Accorliag to
tmiiietit authorities who were oScial.
i in
I OLE XO. 2252.
ly inytiL-ating t!iis matu r, anottier
Coal tar ppxluit, chea and nasty,
which is n w U-insr u-l extensively,
wliere the laws still penult the making
of oleomargarine, is "paraphine wax,
which, indigestible its-!f, Ut the dan
gerous pro;-rty of coating the stomach
Slid dig-stive organs de-troy aig their
jmwer of diif'-stin:! anything."
It tlteref'ire aj fsars to us that the
interi-sLs of the jsiblic will U l-t
scrveil, iut ty tlie rej-al f the act of
lss.1, U-caUse of the allegation that it
is inoperative or for any other pretext,
l-nt by the full and projaT enforcement
of that law ; and we demand that tlie
Legislature of ls-i", provi.l- hy an ap
propriation means of sui-henfo.'cemeiit
by the State authorities.
LlJiNAlUi RlioNl-,
OkkakhC. Rrow.v,
R. H. Wakkex,
R. 11. Thomas
F. N. M-a.KK.
State Battle Flags.
The failed, bulk't-riddied battle flai.-s
-arriel ly the Pennsylvania troops
during the fisir years of t lianging for
tunes of the civil war will I installed
in the state mu-a-um w ith interesting
ceremonies ill charge of the loi-al Orand
Anny i"sts says the Harris! Hirg l't
fri'tf. It Is propose-1 to liate the sur
viving Color la-arcrs or other represent
atives of,t he regimental or-zanizatioits
take tlie flag or flairs of each regiment
fn m tiie state ar- naL, w here they are
teiuporrily ston.il, and convey them
to the s.ate laa-s um in a ldy. This
ceremony will U- followed by a street
jeira.ii-, in which 1-s-l and visiting
Ist.s and other veteran organization
will ji;trt;ci.a:e, and addrc--eby Auil
itor tetieral Orcgir and other distin
guished soldiers of the Keystone state
will la- made.
Tlie museum ill la? completed IieXt
inotith. It connect the new exs-utive
luildiiii witli the state library. It is
fifty fi-ct square, with a ct-ilini heiirht
of twenty-four fvt and U lihUil with
a larcv skylight fn:n aUve and six
large windows f.n the sid. The ceil
in is hand-:iK-Iy jaiie!sl in stucco.
The ntraiH-e is from tlie magnificent
sialr-Aay mid way U.tweeii the t'o
buil l'::gs- Carve-1 in the frieze over
the d'airwav are heaiLs of Wayne,
IVnn. MixTliii. Meade and Franklin.
Ar-sind the room midway U-tweeii the
tl"r and ceiling is a gailery wi;h
wrsi-fht inu railings. On the trallery
will la- displaysl Pennsylvania's ex-biMt-s
of bin's and animals at the
World's Fair and on the w&ils U-iu-afh
a ill l-e hung the pirtraits ,f ail the
governors of the commonwealth from
William IVnn to Pa!ti-n. Tiie rla
wiil la- tastefully arraiiu'l in gLas and
metallic ca-es in the centre and four
ciirners of the nui.
One Form of Untidiness.
A -Treat drawlecfc to the uniwrsally
woni shirt wai-t U tiie difficulty of
ki-eping tiie skirt taut and trim un-U-r
tlie outside U-lt. and nothing giv.-s a
m-re Iip-ho-i app.aran-e thaiea skif
which drajs d"wn in tlie lock, siiow
ii:g its bin if tut a gspinz pA--?
U-tweeu the two garments. Pin are
de!uiv and iiH-ffectoal. and hiks are
apt to prove slippTy. A ni.-lhod
which Is more trojt'le tlian eith-.-r, b it
which will make up in the satisfactory
result, i to make a U-lt ju-t long
cti'-uh to reach from one un k-rar.n
scum to across the t-ack of the wai-t to
the corresjaiiidini stain .a the other
side, and work in it three "uit.inhole-.
one near each end and one in the- miil
dle. Sew tlie U-lt u to thi? wai-t
firmly just a tthe wai-t lln, and then
w three buttons on the in-idj Ult
to slip into the tuttonh-an-1 tlie
la-t state of the woman who wear-tliat
wai-t and skirt w ill 1 as neat as the
lir-t. '.'..' (" V'"'' '"
3 d S weets for Hot Lays.
Sweet things are tKt crave 1 in hot
weather. People think they Want
them, but it i-an error in ta-te. Tlie
digestion of women and children, gen
erally slower and weaker than men's,
js sl"West in hot weather. a:id tlie
average liealth is lower. In reducing
solid nutriuii-tit, reli-hing soft and
lhuid fil- should be pruvidcsL Sur
apple sau-e, l-akeil apples and lemon
juiceservcl with fish or tight meat ;
vegetable omelets, lemon and ra-pl-r-ry
ice-, 1 lue. gre-n and tlI plums,
grai-s. 'ma and fi-h se!a.Ls. letnoti
aile and tea. coffee with Iclinn juiiv.
are some of tbe - sir things that projs
erly pri-ianl may la? beneficial alike to
the young and ol.L The remedial agen
cy of a id fruit to tlicdigi-stive system
is a long story. So simple a prescrip
tion as a few dro- of letinn in a glasc
of hot water taken the fir-t thing in
the mondiig might save the unmerci
fully a!c.--d liver many d-.es if plL.
When thir-t c:me-. like tlie cur-a- UM1
the Li lv of :,alt, a gl:ss of sour lem
onade is Utter than a flow ing f-auntain
of -ssla. f'ii-ti'fr 7'o'.
Pigejns as Saral Xeuingtrs.
It is somewhat a rvpM-M-h to this
country tiiat is i proiu'oly the only civ
iliz.sl .iwer tliat d a.- U't ret.- -gnize tlie
value of pigeons a naval me---:iger.
Italy, Siaiu and the UniU-d States em
I!oy Urge nuniU-r of pi-feou in tlie
navy, and it is not unc-numon to send
iiieages a di-tanee of a hundred miles ;
lut tlie fir-t exa-rinu-nt of any m u.-nt
that the Eng!i-h Admiralty liave ma.le
with pigcn wa during tlie r-svut
maneuver. A UUUila-rof Jiige-His from
Whak- Island were taken on board the
Latotia, and the auth-ritie were highly
plca-sci wilhtlieirpt-rf'Tmaiice. Thetx
peritnent wa a sreat si-e-s so suc-.-rssful,
in fact, tliat it is thought the
traininges4al4lshnieiitwillcea.se to la?
private property, and will betaken over
f. -rmally by the t-t-. Tic-tv are many
highly-trained pigsia it. liiecKe. Sev
eral bird were rervtitly IiU-rte-l from
tirii au rtsiia the cuast of France,
ail tliey all returned in a very short
time. In Ik-nuany a ln'-t effick-nt
pigeon s--rv i--e exi-ts and tts-ugh it is
I-riuHpally u-ed f-r military purja--
the birds are a'so Us,-1 f,,r carrying mes
sages at -,-a. Ky'Uh ( miri J'jurmit.
Stranger "What price do you set on
tliat red cow of vi-uts?" Mr. Hai-eed
4-S.e here, mister, air you an asses
ir. or ha- -he been run over by the
railroA-ir
jSZW YOEK SZPTJSLICA53
Horainate Ex-Vice-Pmident Mortoc
far GcTernor.
In tin- New York Suite Convnti-
last Tuesilay, which was the largist an 1
m:-st enthusiastic he-'d in in.ii- year-.
Ex-Vi-c-Pres;.!.-;i: M.,rt,.!i wjvs noiii,-
n.-'.tcl for O ivt-rnor i;i the tir-' liai:-
by a hirge m ij .-.:;.-; ' :i;ir:t-s T. Saxt :
for Liei.te'ian! Oovenior, and A1U-. t
Haight for Judge of t'n- Court of A: -pi.-als.
Tlie follov. ing Is Viv platform,
exii-pt tlij- j.art relating to Mate iwjies :
Tiie iK-risa-raUc parly of tlie Unit-1
States and the Imocratie Chain:ia:i
of tlie Wavs-and-Meati Committee of
the House of lifpresetitative luiw ati
Uouinsil that thf war airain-t Ibe j.r-tes-trsl
in-lntr:rs of the -ountry b- s
ju-t la-gun. and that it is to la- pn
euted to the l itti-r end. On la-half of
the wage-earner, the agri-n!tiirist, tbe
tsisiiMr man, and of every sacred in
t -rs.t in the Empire State of the Unio.-!.
the IU-pub!ica:i Jurly of the State of
New York aeevpt this challenge and
pledges its faith to defend ngaitist all
assaults, th1. right- of the workinginao
and hi employer, l4h wa.ionly in
vaiieil hy ns-kks.s dcmag--iu-s.
We invite the jas.ple to corn-tare th
pleilge of the Ix-mia-rati'- trty with
the perfonnaniv of a Ix-m s-ratic Ad
ministration. Its most inipi.rtaiit
achievement thus far lias Ut-n fitly
cliarai-terizsl by the Chief Executive f
it choice a one of "pcrlidy and dis
honor." D-iuHincing political eorruj
tion, it has rewar-h-d the Urg. t coii
tribut r to its campaign fund by the
la-stofall foreign missions ; denounc
ing trusts it j-ermitteil one of them to
formulate its Tariff bill ; promising a
continuance of the vigorous foreign
j-olicy established by the UtiiK-ntcd
James O. Blaine, it substituted a "jx-Ii-cy
of infamy" when Hawaii was freely
offerel us ; denouncing the tiennau
t a a cowardly makeshift, it was tn-
a'lle 1 to rea-al the Silver-pun-liasing
clause of tliat wt only by the help of
Reu!-n-au Si-natirs ; arraigning Pn-te-tion
a a "fraud upon laU.r," it iis
eil a mongrel Protective measure, taiitt
cd with scandal, tliat tjarely escaped a
veto; advocating; free raw material
and an extension of our foreign trade,
it de-troyed ail the profitable recipro
city agreements made by Presi.k-rit
Harrison ; pledging itself to the J-y-nc-nt
of "ju-t aud lila-ral j-en.-ioiiA," it
treat the Union soldier as if the Orand
Anny liadge were tlie l-adge of Uggary
and !rigaui!age : pleilging n-treii-ij-mcnt,
it cxi-ssbsl at the last session of
Congress the expenditures of the is-r-responding
scs-jo-is of the last Republi
can C ngrvss by 7. '.'-', in the fail
of decreasing re"enje, and a:.-r it
had a-ldeil .i.ii.n to the pubiic
del-t ; while prvlenl::ig t- la in favor
of individual freedom, it hastened t
enait an isliou Iuouie.-Tax force hi!!,
t-mpowerin-r Ivputy Coll-s-tors toenu-r
tlie hoiiK-s of citiitelis and s,mja-l the :n
by threats of official summons and
u.avy la-Haiti to .li-s los- th'-ir private
affair.
We denouni-e Northern I.-un-rati.-Congressiiieii
for j.-niiittiug Southern
lUrlols-rs t protect the chief prlu'-ts
f their srat ion while rv-nioviugor largi.
ly r-dueil.g Protective duties oil the
product of the North, thus penuitting
theSmthby I-gal enactment in tim'"
of a-ace U destroy our prosja-rity and
ai--o:iipli.-h what it faiici do by iile
ga! enactment in time of war. And
we e-pecially tietiouncetlie iK-nnx-ratic
R-prcscnU-t vis fnsn th'is State, the
ereatj-t manufa'turing state in the
Unio.'i, whi-se annual mauufatured
produ-ts ex-e-r-l th--? of the entire
S.-uth by siiv ,'- f'r their tn-ai-h-erj-
and cowarditv in ai-liiig the pas--areofa
sts-tional Tariff bill that has
crippled the iud;istri-.-s and relin-e-l the
wag.-sof uorkii'gnieli, and tiiat pla.v
a tax on ::.--me-, wiiicii is a tax oa
pro-a rit y. We u.-k all who favor a
dis.-ont'ilaaIi-e of Tariff agitation or
who U-lieve in the restoration f Ite
pubiiewa Pptts-tion, to eh-t liej-u'oli-can
m.-nda-rs -f the II Kl-e of lU-pre-sentativf
in every district, tliat our in
dustrial interests may U- proja-rly r--res-.-nttl
in the counciLs ifthe Nation,
atilm t, as a: present, left utterly un-represeiite-I
in the l-rvling c-anuittees,
u; u which tiie framing of Tariff and
financial Legi-lation largely d-ja-uds.
Oa behalf of thefamicr-of New York
we jritest again-t free wool, whi h
mean the k-strjtiou f ur stieep
h'Usltandry and which has br-uglU the
price of wd to the lowest figure re-rle-L
We -denounce theFeik-ral Ad
ministration fr s--iiTen'kTing an an
nual revenue of js.ii-,mi on wiad and
imjiosing a heavy l-urleu nearly ten
times greater by levying a tax on -ugar,
a- the commonest houset.oid ne-i--:ty.
We prote-t agaiu-t tlie removal of the
Protective l-arrierto the importation of
Canadian agricultural pruluct. The
farm product of New York ik-serve
Pr-tection equally with the rice of
S sith Carolina and the sugar of Louis
iana. We ik-noumx- the Ad:ntni-tra-tioa
for striking out the agricultural
schedule of the McKink-y bill and sub
stituting aa agricultural fn li-t fraught
w itli ruin to tlie farm r
Wefav.-rau ho:it-t dollar, and oj-p.-e
any effirt. whether by the remov
al of (he tax oa State Bank iss.i- or
the fn-? coinage of silver, to lower our
currency staiclar l. and we favor an in-t.-rnatiollal
agr-elnc!it which sliaJ ri.
jlt in tiie u-- oflnth gold and silver
as a circulating medium.
ThJugit He Xae.
T'.K p'iVsicia-1 w i t ld it didn't
claim tiiat it ha; p-:i -1 to him or tliat
he knew any of the p r-ons," but he
j Us-!arvsl it wasa true -ti.ry.
A mm whose maid was -ou-t-I in
other rc-iavts tia-1 a klusion that he
was di-aiL S. finuly fixe-1 was this
reaiarka'le hallucination tliat no
j amount of argument could remove it.
He was positive tliat he lial Cea.sisl f
! live. "I tslght to know wlietbrr I III!
iad or alive." he w.-uld say. "I'll tell
you, I'm as da 1 a a d r-nail."
"Dy.u ihiuk tliat a ik-al mm
would blee-1 if he re cutT" a-i--d the
phy-ictau.
"N.s I don't think -."
"All right ; we'll see if y-m are k-aL"
Tiieikati TpuIlr-U-i. tl-e -leeve of the
iu-a:ie man and picked the skin with a
-harp needle. In-tantly adrop of t4.al
appeare-L "D-su"t tliat prove to you
tliat you're alive T a-ked tiie -1-ator.
"Not at all," was tlie prompt reply.
That experiuVnt simj-ly up-a-t an old
tlieory. It proves U-yond all doubt
tliat dead m.-U d- blee-l -sii.tim--s."
Kin's Snpiditj.
"I wo.i L-r what that girl is working
her fac? ar-iuud to one si-le al the tune
f,r T -keI the fu-.y man on tlie North
Indianapolis car. "D you n.-koii
he" p tlie toothache 7
"Here you have la-en married fifte-n
years and ikm't know any m r? aV-ut
girt tlian that," rvplksl hi wife in
dl-gust. "Ilou't you see she's got her
youu-f man with her? She'a twisting
ber cheek that way to make her ditu p!
show."
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