TdZ ASTISTS &-JZLN An n-t iKt icf g -i ve t" the canvas a faee Th:.t lh wis. oaiuc miles t-t see, A lov.-licl.t jrhinro tn eye all a-dance Hi- had caucht In its subtlety. Hi- had iri ven a crown to the resnil one Ami kniidds at hT command, ll;it t'ii- jjiri-liCe meiu was not f a queen, Tii-Hiirii rounii'i kissed luT hand. Ami the critic ssid. as they razed en rapt. Thai the rank of a quern was not tliere Tln-.:i;;i there never was s-h grace and such t ir a tic' mini:- delicate dir. AaJ they hi.il to I hi- ar.iM and found that lie W;i in iiurti i lKrauI li;re, Uiil !- l-!d n hi le-art thi- counterpart if a ru-:'!- midden there. IklntiX I'rre 1'rr-xx. 1UUT OF A LIFE. 'S you want my littlo girl fr your w ife, do you?'' The jK';ik r, from a glance at his snowy hair am! mustache anl sorrow ful dark eyes, one would suppose to have Uvii a man well along in years but on looking more closely at the well knit, mpple fonn rvelining at ease $u the study chair it was discovered to la? "a-i old had on young shoulders." 1 1 i deep, musical voice was half sad, half tender as he continued to address the young man, who, standing la-fore him, was nervously toying with a hook that lay on the tahle. 'l-rhais I am not itiite as mui-li surprised as you thought I would lie. You have pl:iy-d together a little children, as Imy and girl you were coiu taiiions, ami now that you are a man and Maud a woman, your hearts nat urally turn together, and I will see the dearest wish of my heart realized. The friendship that hasexisted ln-tween your father and myself for hi years will lieaugnit-ntet! hy the union of our only children, "Von are a good, manly fellow, Hugh, hut a trifle hot-headed and im pulsive. I-arn to control yourself, Uy; learn to control yourself. "You have much of my disposition, and I would save you from the rocksou which my happiness was wrecked you and my little girl. "."-it down, Hugh, here, near me, and I will tell you a story an answer to the ik-s;ion you have so often had on the tip of your tongue to ask me' 'What was it that turned the hair of such a comparatively young man white?' "Tu-h, y, don't l.xik confused you couldn't help wondering. "Well, to begin with, -1 years ago I married one of the fairest, sweetest lit tie women that ever won the love of nun. '"I wa a rejmrtcr on an evening pa per, ambitious ami struggling to rise in my profession. "We rented a little cottage in thesuli urlis, and although we had not much of this worid's gimds our home was a very happy one for the first six or ctght ni nths. Then little bickering and fault findings liegatl. Hitter quar rels finally grew out of the most trivial tilings, anil scarcely a day passed that there had not !ie-n angry words spok en by one or the other. "We loved eaeh other dearly, and we trii"d hard to avoid all this. We had resolved again and again in our mo ments of reicntanee that we would treat each other with more considera tion, lc more forin-aring, but if seemed useless our troubles increased. "So it went on for several months. I had In-come morose and gloomy, and N'ora's jioor little face l.nd grown so iale and sad that the sight of it made my heart ache. "One lovely morning in early sum mer, when the riises that clanilicrcd over our cottage walls was in bloom and nodding their pretty heads at us through the windows, when the birds, newly mated, were singing their joy and the air was heavy with the jkt funie of flowers and breathed only love and jn-aiv, the crisis came. "While I was hurriedly getting ready to go to the oiliee something iccurrcd to detain me. I was annoyed and KMike sharply to Nora. She answered me in an insolent, taunting manner that always enraged iicj. Our words grew hotter and hotter ami more ex. tia vagal it. In my anger 1 applied a shameful epithet to her. "Howardf she almost shrieked, as she sprang towards me, her face dis torts! with rage and defiance. "What devil jiossessed me I do not know, but Uick its a flash I raised my hand and struck her in the face with all the force I could summon. She was such a slender little woman that she had not the strength to with stand my mwerful blow. With a low, heart-rending cry she sank to the floor. Almost la-fore she fell my senses return ed. I rvalix-d what I had done, and falling on my kmi-s ln-side her tk her ill my anus kissed the poor bleed ing lis I had so brutally lacerated, and witli my tears dropping on her fav implored her forgivness. She si-cmed completely broken. Her anger was all gone, and there was a startled, grieved look in her eyes that cut ine to the heart. "She lay motionless in my arms while I liegged her to forgive me. Then she said softly: " 'It doesn't matter, dear. It was my fault as much as yours. We will never let it hapen again. " Now go to work you are late already.' "She said it so strangely, with such a queer look in her eyes, that I would not consent to leave her. But nhe in sisted, and when she bade me good by fhe said, taking my face between her hands and drawing it towards her: " 'I love you with all my heart, my darling IiusIihikL I will love you for ever and ever. Now good by.' "What a long day that was! It seem ed as if my work never wculd la' fin ished. My heart was so full of love for Nora. "I bought a bunch of Jack roses on my way home to" remind lu-r of our courtship, when they were the flowers I alway brought her. I did not enter the house by the front door, as usual, la-cause I wanted to slip up la-hind livr . where she was at work getting dinner and surprise her with the flowcr and a kiss. "Softly I opened the kitchen door. Tliere was no sign" f any preparation for dinner everything was in order. Tertian Nora has cried herself sick,' I said to reasure myself. I went to the bedroom everything in order then', Init the nana was empty. NerviHisly I hurried through every room, looked into every eloset, .went down to the cellar, out to the coal shed and up to the attic. I didn't expect to find her in any of these places, I was sure sli" hail gone away, but I must look for her somewhere. "I went letek to the bedroom again and there found the note she had for me pinned to 1113' pillow. ,'I'oor little tear stained letter! Here it is, worn in the folds and yellow with age this is what hhe wrote: " 'Don't think it is ! use I am an gry at w)iat you did this morning that J go.- I eainiot stay", because I cannot make you happy. You will at least r.w in jieaoc withoat ine. I low you, my husband, and I always will. Think of me sometimes and of how much I love you. P.ut, w; if it makes you sad to think of me, forget me. rod bless you. I love you. Xoha.' "That was all. It gave no clew. Was she living or dead'.' "If living I wan determined to find her. I si-sirchcl for her every where, advertised, traveled all in vain. Nearly three years passed, and not a word had I hcr.nl fnm her. I had al most come to the conclusion that she was dead. During that time it was that my hair turned white. "I was working as a reporter on a New York morning iler, gathering news and searching for my wife, "One bitter cold night the last week in Januarys 1 was !'nt to riiK,rt a fire that had broken out in a large tene ment house in one of the jxwm-st quar ters in the city. The gn-atcr part of the building was in flames when I ar rived. The fin-men saw that it would le useless to try to save it and were di rect jng their efforts to getting out the frightened inmates. I did what I could to assist them in rescuing the ioor wretches. "At last, when we thought they were all out, the smoke cleared away from a part of the building, and by the light of the flames that leaped up we saw the figun-s of two women in a window. One of them had a bundle in her anus and was preparing to leap to the ground. I motioned her back. "In a moment a fin'iiiau moved a ladder to the place, ascended, and s turned with one of the women, a little hunchlKick. The other, the one with the bundle, clasped it convulsively, tot tered and would have fallen to the ground but for the fin'inan, who had just reached her. Quickly he descend ed, la-aring her unconscious form. " ttuejs she's aliout gone. I let a place n-ady for her, quick! I-t nie lay her down? lie shouted. "Off" came my overcoat, and the fin man laid her on it. "I stopped to see if she was liadly burned, and also to see what was in the bundle. "A little child alaiut two years old, round-eyed and frightened, looked at me from the wet, steaming blanket that was wrapia'd amund it. A pretty little thing, I thought, as I disengaged it from the blistered arms that chisja-d it. "The woman was luidly burned aliout the liody. I drew away the tow el that she had anmnd her head and sainy wife! luile and worn, but is. ill the same featun-s, the same clus tering brown curls on her fon-head. My wife! given liack to nie like this! "Frantinilly I called for help, for a doctor. There happened to lie one in the crowd. "He looked at Nora's burns and shiaik his head. There was 110 hojie. She would pniliably never oja-n her eyes again. But she did. Tiie great dark eyes lookeil up at me, and the lijis murmured: " 'Maudie luiby.' "I held the lathy over her. She smil ed faintly and said: " 'Maudie ja-rhaps papa will Tell him I always loved I' "But her eyes closed, and her head fell against my breast. She was dead. i'llid she recignizo me in those few moments? !h1 only knows. I could not tell. "The crippled girl who was with her in the window, and whom she insisted on the fireman n-seuing first, told me how she had met Nora in the hospital over two years la-fon', when Maudie waslairn, of Nora's kindness to her and of her weary struggle for bread. "And she it w as who found and gave to me the wedding ring and a tiny Iia-ket with my pictun' in it that was fastened anitnul her neck when she died. She had never parted with them, no matter how great her poverty was." A". 1". Adivrt'tM-r. Free Pills- Send your address to II. E. Buckleii A Co., Chicago, and get a free sample Ikix of I r. King's New Life Bills. A trial will convince you of their merits. These pills an- easy in action and urv jiartieularly cfTective in the cure of constipation 'and sick headache. For malaria and liver tnnibles they have lat-n proved invaluable. They an' guaranti-cd to la ja-rfcctly free from every deleterious s.ilistantv aul to la? purely vegetable. They do not weak en by their act hm, but by giving tone to stomach and liowcls gn-atly invig onte the system. Itegular size 3-V. ja-r lav. Sold by J. N. Snyder, drug gist. A Conscience Box. We have heard of a conscience lx, in w hich certain young people dropped all the p.-unics for charitable puriMwes that they could conscientiously sjutn'. What do you wy to having such a laix? Jl'trj) r'x Vitntn; l'ntplc. How He Fouht Old soldiers who have nally seen war are, as a general thing, not much given to (agisting and are perfectly n-ady to admit that they were not always so reckless as to lse all thought of ja-r-sonal danger. "Were you at Chickamaua, colon el 7" an exchang repjrU a lady us asking. "Yes, ma'am." "It was an awful Itattle, they say." "Yes, ma'am." "Could you see what was going on?" "Not very plainly." "I suppose the smoke of the artil lery" "It wasn't that, ma'am." "What was it, then?" "Them'." All Free. Those who liave used I)r. King's New Discovery know its value, and those who have not, have now the oj-la-rtnnity to try it Fn-e. Call on the advertised druggist and get a trial bot tle, Fne. Send your name ami ad-dn-ss to H. E. Buckleii 4 Co., Chicago, and get a sample box of Dr. King's New Life Tills, Free, as well as a copy of (luide to health and Household In-rtnn-tor, Fne. All of which is guar anteed to do you good and cost you nothing at J. N. Snyder's drug store. One Exception. Teacher "t live an example of the truth of tlie motto: Tnitcd we stand, divided we fall.' " Johnny" I I can't think tf any, ma'am. I don't believe it's true, anv how." " Wliat ? Do you know of any cast' in which it is not true?" "Yes'in. A stci-ladder." Cht-ajo Tribune, It is important to keep the liver and kidneys in giaal condition. I food's J Sarsajiarilla is the nmcdy for invigor- 1 . : . 1 miug iuee organs. The Way to Rest licst is change, not idleness. When men quit work and start to do nothing they cither get into mischief or go daft. The summer resorts are filled with miserable women who do nothing but sit amund, dress up, eat and shi p. They get no sympathy, but deserve a gn-at deal. To map out a plan of not ing is as difficult as to arrange a sum mer menu it is all a matter of indi viduality; the cook calls it taste, and the physician temperament. A small lxiy will go oil' with his dog, lie in the grass and 1-e as happy as a harlequin; his father will sit on the string-piece of the nearest pier aiid'lish or smoke him self into a mellow frame of mind. One reason why so few women suc ceed in getting rested is la-cause they p-t too thoroughly ready. Order is Ilea veil's first law, but it is a helpful and wholesome scheme to drop out of order without any fuss once in a w hile. Baking day, ironing day, sweeping day and kindn-d days of tortun- might la' skipped twice a month or oftener if the mercury is gavorting round the head of the column. Let the family eat crackers and wear crinkled clothes for a change. It will lte all the same in a hundred years. There is no rest in a rocking chair lalieve that, O woman, girl! The alaimiuation 011 rollers is tia-ductive to round shoulders, bad thinking, hys terics, nerves, hollow lucks and dislo cated stomach's, The dators say so, the Delstarte teachers say so, and the pnaifs speak f,r themselves. " let on a couch and goto bleep if j-ou an- tin-d," Sargent, Savage and the rost of the physical trainers say, and when you wake up do something." The most restful occupation, these ath letie physicians say is the one that ex ercises the mind most and the laaly h-asb MenUd supremacy is all-conquering. That is why laaik-lovers, dreamers and hobby-horse riders have their own roads to happiness. A lover of reading is one degroe lower than the musician's paradise. The restfulness to la found in laaiks "the only things that live forever" is inexhaustible. The late William Walter Phelps, speaking to some tlerman ladies aliout the various resources of his count ry nien, once said that "the salvation of the men and women he knew la-st and admired most was their fads." He then went on to enumerate the studies his assiH-'ates had prosecuted ever since their college' days, the club schemes of the ladies, and the pleasure, profit and rest he had got out of a tier man grammar and a work 011 horti culture. Instead of a change of phys ical action he adviK-ated novelties for the mind. Sit not idly nesting, saiththe iisahu ist. Women think they think, where as the mind often consumes itself briMKling, grieving, fretting over petty troubles. To this insidious habit nee dle work lends its baneful influence. When it is ta hot to la' diligent find rest in being desultory. X. V. World. Sine-eyed Indians. Ina mountain village, a-rhais a day's ride from Mexico City, lives a trila'of exclusive and arisiaratic In dians call-d "lostiriegos" (the(Snvks). They are light complcxioucd ami the majority have blue eyes and light hair. They dress princijially in two shades of blue and their clothing is good and well made and generally ornamented with the la-ad and silk embroidery of which Indians are so fond. Their houses are la-tter built and furnished than is usual among Indians, and many have pianos and other musical instruments, upon which they play w ith considerable skill. These "(Irie pis" have no commercial or social on nections with other trila-s, holding ahaif from even those who live at the base of the mountain on which their village is situated. They raise their own food, do theirown manufacturing, have their own schools, churches and social institutions, and seldom or never marry outside of their own trila? of blue-eyed, fair-haired Indians, who have the apja-jirance of tH-rmans, liv ing in the Sierra Madre Mountains in the State of Durango. Ctititto Trilt 11 n: Wayside Cleaning's. While the elephant appears clumsy, it is in realty one of the most nimble animals of Asia The reason why rod infuriates ani mals is la-cause it is the complementa ry color of green. There are two species of the true whale. One has teeth 'in the lower jaw, and the oilier has not. After hundred of years' investiga tion it is not yet known where or when a man first appi-an-d on earth. Sonic stars seen through telescopes are so distant that it takes their light 2,700 years to reach this planet. The cheetah, or hunting h-opard, of India is three and one-half feet high, and is hooihtl like a hawk when taken out to the chase. " The strength of the lion's fore limlis is only fU kt cent that of the tiger, while the strength of its hind limlis is but (" a-r cent. The stone known as a cat's eye is a gray quartz, with shreds of asla-stus through it. It is found in jH.-rfection in the southern part of the United States. The greatest daily change of teiiia-r-atnre to la? found on the earth's surface is in Arizona There is frequently a change of eighty degrees in twelve hours. Dealers in wild animals receive er'.r mous profits above the first c liut the exja-nse of transportation ,nd the litsses by death are so great that very little money is made in the business. Objecting to Venus. It was a christening Wines. The parents wanted the child to la- named Vanus. "Vanus? I supjase you mean Venus. Do you imagine I am going to call ny Christian child after that altaudoned fe male, and least of all a male child"."' cried Iatm Burgon. The father of the infant urged that he only w ished to name it after his grandfather. "Your grandfather!" cried Burgon. "I don't la-lieve it- Where is your grandfather?" He was prtaiuced; a jMKir old soul of eighty or so, laiit double, and certainly not looking in the least like the goddess in question. "Do you mean to tell me, sir, that any cler gyman ever christened you Vauus, as you trail it?" "Well, 110, sir; I was christened Syl vauus, but they alwavs calls me 'Van us.'" - . . How dear old Burgon enjoyed it! His tempest of indignation was stilled at om-e, and his queer face, always the gravest of the grave during an ecclesi astical tvnuHinla, puckered into an irresistible smile. VornhUl Magazine. WOODLAND A3TI) FLOODS. Then is no truth more incontestable than Miat a covering of plant life to the earth conserves the water delivered by falling rain and melting mow. The minor conditions are by 110 means so well undcrshaal by the public. Some facts from my notc-laaik may have an interest, "Tucsdtiy, April 10, ls:4, will long la' renicinl'red as the dale of the bliz zard which was phenomenal for this latitude. "April l.'Uh was warm and clear. The mass of snow disappeared so rapidly from theexjiosed places, that by night the Brandy wine was bnnkfull. A few hours more of this rapid thaw would have meant a disastrous freshet. "Whence came this water? Mostly from the open grounds ; la-cause on the morning of the 14th much of the snow rcmaincd in the wivals, but the fields were almost wholly Iwire ; in other words, it was a jaunted argument for the statement that melting snow com ing from the wiaxls is less likely to cause freshets than that from the open grounds, la-cause its delivery is less rapid." This is tnie, but it is a general truth and like all other such, is liable to sja cial exception. Waalland may la? so situated that there will la? no melting of snow until the season is well advanced. The whole fall of anow may lie until advanced spring, and in the difiuscd warmth of a late April or early May day the entire mass may go off in a deluge, long after the open grounds have de livered their water. Hence in some lands, lamlering on the Connecticut river, it is a common saying that there is 110 security against a fbaal until the snow has gone. But this is the excep tion to the rule, in our State. S1 w ill retain more waterlhan a lmr ren region. But it does not ordinarily conduct water to great depths, nor docs it offer anj" great protection against rapid evaporation. Even the scrub un der brush w Inch covers so larg ; a jatrt ion of our State after the matured forest has lat-n removed, retains much more mois ture than the sod. This is so, la-cause its roots la-netrate deeper than those of the sial, and atlonl highways along which the water seeks the greater depths. The height of the shaded zone is greater than mi the sod, hence evaiKiration is slower, and there is, la-sides all this, the matting ' leaves on the earth, w hich alone is as efficient us the sod. The real trouble comes in when such "scrub lands" are fired, as they are, at least once in thn-e years throughout our State, burned over, and nails, leaves, branches and homus wholly, or in part, destroyed. Under such conditions the region la-comes ultimately but little la-ttcr than a desert, though it nominally is forest land, and is usually so reported on our assessor's lists. The "high forest" that is the ma tured timla-r, is the most efficient con servator of water. To lagin with the leaves; their agency in breaking the force of the rainfall is seldom sufficient ly appreciated. The phrase, "ja-lting of the storm," is more than a figure of speech. Those who are most frequent ly exxsed to it, know la-st the actual fon-e of impact of the falling rain drop, and will la most likely to properly esti mate the jsiwer of falling water to pro duce iiiiortant changes in the surface of the earth. Nothing more clearly re veals this to the ordinary oliserver than the effect of a dashing rainstorm on a freshly cultivated field. Within twenty four hours I have seen such a surface furrowed throughout its entire length and the soil removed to a lower level, where it covered the growing corn. Then beneath the living foliage on the trees, and al aive the decay ing veget able matter on the surface of the soil, there is a U.-lt of moist air which, of it self, is a n-servoir of aqueous vajior. The air there, if not constantly saturated with moisture, at least holds it longer than that of the oia-n ground, ami this, also, is a most inqiortaiit factor in re tarding loss of the water in the soil by evaNtratiou. Every branch that leads to the main trunk, and this main stem itself, conducts the water to the ground, where along the diverging rats and naitlets the water isdistrihuted through the soil. This distribution is simply as watt-r latrrowed from the surface. Alworla-d by the roots, it finds its way through the leaves to the air, or perculatiug along the sloping strata, it niipja-ars as a flowing spring, jsissibly a hundred mile from where it entered the earth. The inqiortant point to l emphasized here is that matured forests, more than any other from of plant life, carry with them the conditions of a-ria-tuation. There is uoohvjous reason why a forest, once established, should not remain in a ja-ria-tual suctvssiou octrees forever. It makes its own soil, supplies . to a largeextent its own food, and maintains the requisite moisture for its own growth. More than this, failure to produce seeds for a single year, or for a score of years, induces no change in its growth and la-rja'tuity. The extremes! vicissitudes of any half century in the latitude where it grows, hardly ever threaten its existent'. The recent storms (in May), have lat-n full of instruction for me. Along the valleys of the north and west branches of the Susquehanna and also of the Juniata the freshets have been of unusual severity.' Oja-n grounds, more or less steep, and on which the drainage is rapid, characterize a large jairtion of the valleys through which these streams flow. High stages of water have always lat-n comiion in them, liut it is proliably capable of pnaif that these have become more frequent, or at least tif greater severity, in rett-nt years. The n 11st tn seems obvious. Ix-t one look at the absolutely bare hilU liack of Beech Creek, or those along the Northern Centnd Bailroad la-tween Willianisport and Canton, and the explanation will proliably suggest itself. The mere statement that there has been a cloud-hurst is no explanation. It is but a new way of expressinga condition of things w hich was proliably as com mon in the k as now. At Wilkesliarrv the water rose rapid ly. On May i!nd, the water on the Kingston Flats was high enough to cut off communication by the electric cars (on the ordinary route) la'twceii the eat and west sides of the river. It fell as rapidly as it rose. At the very time the North Branch was at iU greatest height, the waters of the Bear Creek region were but moderately swollen. Two days more of almost constant, heavy rain followed, and still there wlis no inordinate freshet iu the latter re gion. The ground w&, in its alsorblng capacity one vast stamge. It was well 011 toward the point of ah-olute saturation, but there was as yet no excessive discharge of water. Here all the conditions were just what have la-en exiaffetl. It Is true that there was hardly more than two million feet of gtaal timber in sight from the highest atint, but there was a dense growth of underbrush and lanealh ihis a tangled mass of leaves, ferns or moss as the case liappeued to be. A rtcent flre liad swept over ftjirt of the county and ex tensive areas were blackened by its visitation. But much of the original debris remained to retard the flow of water. The next, or a still later llinal, may sweep it out of the country and leave an imiaiverlshetl region on which firest restoration will la-come increas ingly diilk-ult. Tlietqa-n valley of the S;isijiu-hann:i carried the water out of the country in a destructive deluge. The highlands of Bear Crock region alisorla-d most of its rainfall for future utilities. It Ls to la hoped that such facts as these will le more frequently noted and commented iqain. Ix-t us have them in all their la-arings, for ujain th.m some of the most imMrtant practical questions of the next decade di ja-nd. J. L. Iloth-na-k in J-hrrxt Lean . Pickles end Peppers. We don't la-lieve a long haired man knows any more alaiut medicine than a short haired man. Atrfiinun (IUiIm: Admirer "Where did you get all this wonderful strength?" Famous Strong Man "I was a carver in a boarding house for three years." -ariixc J'i(. A man regaads his ncwsiaa-r much as he iha-s his wife something to find fault with when he feels cross and something he nevcrupprovesof. y.Yw fro. There is a giaal deal of quarreling in this world, and in a few weeks we may look to see the trees come to blows! IaiiwII Cmtr'ur. ' Is it true that your bride is very hard of hearing?" "It is. Why, w hen I promised to her I had to shout so loud that all the ncighlairs ran out and congratulated me." T'kI-JHIs. ... Tomniie's Father (sternly)" What were you fighting that liad lay for, Toinmie?" Tommic "To keep from gettin' licked." Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The la-st salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, uhvrs, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chajqail hands, chilblains, corns and all skin eruptions, and posi tively cures piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to ;ive la-rfcct satis faction or money refunded. Priit? cents ja-r !a.. For sale by J. N. Sny der, .Somerset, Pa., or at (1. W. Bral lier's, Berlin, Pa. Hem Item. Thus far this season IS tourists who set out to climb the Alps have lost their lives in the venture. It is claimed that at its present rate of Increase in J" years Allegheny City will la; the iiu-troiM.lis of Allegheny County. The peach crop from Chaiiila-rshurg, Scotland, Pa., and vicinity is abundant, the total shipment amounting to bushels daily. For fishing with 11 other men on his ' f'iru, in Clay township, IancasU-r county, i.siao Kla-rly was arrested. They had sained ve bushel offish at a haul. In Korea a Ijoj- ga-s bare headed until he is 7 years f age; once he puis oil a hat he nevtr apjiears v. ilhout it. A Korean girl b- never seen in public after her seventh birthday. Postmaster Harry Marietta, of C011 nellsville, and several others were, Wednesday, convicted of unlawful as semblage. It was proved that they aided the rioters during the rett-nt coke strike. Klniore (iilinore, a country school teacher of Kckerty, Ind., recently mar ried a farmer's pretty daughter. Three days later a letter was reit-iveil from a linn of barristers in Ireland stating that the bride hail fallen heir to t,VMi. I ica.l walls and hill-lxiardshave lattiiiie veritable gallerif! of patriotic art since the advance brigades of the Adam Fore paugh shows have xstsd umiii them the splendid aunouiiceiiieiiLs of the coming of the great shows on Tuesday, MoiaTl'. Hivoroodai 10 o'clock in th'J morning, married at noon and w idowed at 3 o'clock in the afternoon were the three events t-rowded in Mrs. Mary MctuadcV, U Scrantoii. Pa, life on Monday. This is a record of mingling connubial smiles and tears that is Kt-ldom panilii led. Alter Octola-r the head tax on 'Immi grants will c raised from ." cents p r head to 1. The money thus collected will Ik covered imo the I'nited States Treasury instead of ia-ing set aside to la; exien(htl under the control, of the Iliircau of Immigration. ' The silver dinner service which Mrs. J. W. Mackay has with her in Kurope is worth S!:!,im. Icr hiisland fu: nished jf7-"i, in weight of par silvr and then paid another ?:jI,io for llie work done iimii it. Theaiaive is reckon ed as Ia-ing the most costly silver set now in use in the world. William Ijiw, recently discharged from the West I'emi railroad, sought revenge last Friday evening by laying a builder oil the track in front of an approaching train near Frccort, Pa Fortunately the pilot of the engine hurst the rock into fragments and the tram passed over iu safety. Ijiw was plaivd iu jail. A neat bit of w hile-washing w as per formed Saturday by the Iliiulingiloii County lirand Jury. SheriU'T. 11. Oaks was exonerated of all blame in the man agement of the jail. Although lOprisoiu-rs have escaped from the jail iu IS mouths, tlielir.ind Jury eoiicluditl that it was only a misfortune and not an indication of mismanagement. A Scotchman has invented a thread spinning apparatus, and is said to have trained two mice to work it. The me chanical principle of the eontrivam-e is a small mill which is operated by the paws ofthemico. They can each wind on and otTfrom lull to I'M pieces of thread per day, and to do this they must supply a motor power by w hich a course of lnj luilcs could la? traverseL It Is asserted that the mice perform Ihis task every day without apparent fatigue, and that a halfpennyworth of lion r furnishes tht-111 food enough for live weeks. Iiuring that time the little animals have spun alasit is-Vl threads a yard and a half in length. Of late the naturalists have leen losing sleep ami lilling a great deal of valuable magazine spait- in discussing the causes that produce the light emitted by lire flies. As is generally the case where much study and investigation it involved there Ls a wide diirerenee of opinion. One school of scientists trace the plu'iiouu-iiou to the nervous system of the insect ; another to his respiration, w hile a third school have prepared an article opium words to prove that the light is entirely deieiiiU-iit 111H111 the poor bug's ein-ula-tion. The burden of evidence seems to la? in favor ofth-ise who claim that the luminous tissue is made up of fit glolr ules, which are intermittently acted iimii by the oxygen of the air and the phos phonis of the creature's body. iHiring the races at Terre Haute, Ind., Friday afternan, ltoliert JM the horse which surprised the w orld a few days ngo by pacing a mile in rj;, was brought out to break his own record. It wasseen that he w as at his I Hst, and w hen the quarter was caught at .! the hope was strong. The runner who was making .the jiiice came alongside near the half, w hich was made in l:0li. The three-quarters was reached in I:-'), making the middle half of the niilo ill the phenomenal time of seconds, or at the rate of liW. Ho came home strong, and went under the w ire with the apparent courage and effort of his. first quarter. The time 2.-01J was put up at once, and Ceers, the driver, was caught up by the cople and carried on their fdiouldcnt to the grand stand, where CuOu voices cheered biiu. P.eaon on This. You won!-1 cill a man a fVd to try to run an engine with a crooked piston rod. Yet you re afteiiip.'ing that when vou live with your system in a disordered condition. WhaU-vt-r Voll mav la.- uieutrdly, you are physically a machine. Nothing ink-rents you more than kit ping it i.i or-l r. If your ires'io.i i-i tint of comloioJ, or di i:ir kidneys ire disordi rv.il, use Dr. Pav Kennedy's l':tvoritr r-netly, a nu" id Pl cine prepared by a famous physic! and tested for yci.rs by t'.iou:nds an, of persons, who all etidor v it. A Very Pretty Tipple. The October brew of home-made beer was the celebrated one in 15'Jcks, and the fanner made it of milhcicnt strength by uieaiisof eight bii-shcls of malt to the hogshead of fifty-four im perial gallons. Once, in an outlying village in Bucks, the rector on a cer tain Sunday gave out as the text, "First Hebrews, il and 10." When Uhhi an old-fasniontl farmer, rciiou tid ed for his giaal tap, called out: "And a very pretty tipple, ba. I brews eight!" .triouiinf. Use it in Time. Catarrh starts in the nasnl passages, affecting eyes, t-ant and throat and is in fact, the great enemy of tin? mucous membrane. Neglected colds iu the head almost invariably precede catarrh causing an excessive flow of mucus, and if the mucous discharge larcomcs interrupted the disagreeable results of catarrh will follow, such as laid breath, severe pain aenws forehead and alamt the eyes, a roaring ami buzzing sound in the ears and oftentimes a very offen sive discharge. F.ly's Cream Balm is the at know lcdg.tl cure for these trotil- lcs. He Knew. Pat was an Irishman who never would admit that there was any wili- jeet that he did not know alamt. One day a gentlemen said to him: "Well, Pat, do vou know anything alamt the Wilson Bill?" "Oi do, sor; Oi know all alamt it." "Well, what do you think of it?" "Well. Oi'll tell ye," said Pat, w ith an air of profound wisdom. "Oi think that if that man Wilson is anything av a gintleiaan, he llcartaiiily my that bill." The Siberian Snowflower. "One of the greatest curh Miticn I ever me with in my travels," aid Profes sor Phillip L. Newman, of Cincinnati, "is the siiowllower that blooms in tlie northern jiart of Sila-ria, where the earth is continually covered w ith a coating of snow and frost. This won derful plant slnaits forth from the fro zen soil 011 the first day of the year, and reaches the height of almt three feet ; it blooms the third day, remains oa-n 24 hours, and then returns to its origin al element. It shines for a single day, then the stem, leaves and the flowers are ttuivcrtttl into snow. PAINT cracks. It often conts more tc prepare a house for repainting that has been painted in the first place with cheap ready-mixed, paints, than it would to have painted it twice with strict- Jy pure white lead, ground in pure linseed oil. Strictly Pure White Lead forms a permanent base for repaint ing and never has to be burned or scraped off on account of scaling or cracking. It is always smooth and clean. To be sure of getting strictly pure white lead, purchase any of the following brands: "Armstrong & McKelTy," " Beymer-BatLman," " Davis-Chamliers," "Fahnestock." Fob Colors. Nations! !1 Lead Co.'i rnre VVhae t.ea.l Tintmi; Cukm, a one-found ran lt a 25-pound ket; of Lead and mix your own kiint&. Saves time and annoyance in matching sh uli-s, and insures tlie best paint that it is pus siMe to put on wand. Send us a postal card and Ret onr book on a:nts uml color-card, free; it ill probably save you aguod many dollf rs. NATIONAL LEAD CO.. New Virk. Pilt-.turi: Branch. German National Bai.k ttu.Mmg, Pittsburg. What is this anyhow 1 It is the only bow (ring) which cannot be pulled from the watch. To be had only with Jas. Boss Filled and other watch cases stamped with this trade mark. A postal will bring yoa atc mm tpanar. KeystoneWatch Case Co., PHILADELPHIA. Xolhins On Earth Will Sheridan's Condition Powder! KEEPS YOUR CHICKENS Strong and Healthy ; Prevents all Disease. Good for Jouliiag II mm. It b stootutt-ly Mm HiirMy cimcntrmtiL Tnqiuus tit rtMt. Miitb uf a erut . lis. No oiteTflme-fom ch mM stnia. stm-tly a mviln-ine. Hll brrcnnitird m th wrmd ats mwr. In prvi eut Kotip." ivt on rwfatiwr. ITyou ean't cell! end to u. Ask Onl. Hainple for rt luwlsroiw. IWt-lM-k $1. lAnretltlb. i-au. Ir mall. $1 a. 8i Utyi- can, a rxprvM prspikt. Kaiuitlt- ropy of The H-t Poultry Paper sent f rrr. arm I'imi II r onr yr tm-e 2M- I .lid larir. t-aa tl to, L S. Juti-SSON OO , X Oulooi UvucsL.Bdatoa.Maa TA I OBTAIN A PATSXTf For prompt answer and an boneat opinion, writ, lo fill Ar CO.. who has had nearly fifty years' experience in the patent baaineaa. Cnnimunica t'ons suietly ennrklentlau A ItawdbMk of In fornuttHHi eoneermnc Pafrwta and bnw tn ok. tain Ibftn sunt fre. Also a eatalofuool nn-haiv leal and acientino books seut freo. Patents takeo tbroush Muna k Co. tveetr special notice la the. irieallfie Awteriraa, and thus ara brooKbt widely before the public with, out eoat to the rnrentor. This sdeodid paper. Iauel weekly, elea-antly lllnstrated. has by far tho largest rirculatioa of any scieuuac work la tbw World. 9.1 a year. Sample copies sent frew. Buildinc Editioav ajonthly. fijoa year. 8lyl Oiptes. i& cents. Krery number contains beau. tlful pistes, tn color, and Dbotosrapbs of new bouses, with plans, enabiina- boildart to show torn latest desiims snd secure coatnets. Address UlUS 4 to, .w Vouk. 31 BtutaiiWAV HEMS 4 COPYRIGHTS. V THE PEOPLE'S STORE. The EXPOSITION. WE PAY Your Car Fare. Iluy a rtiqH-t ht-re during S iitfiuU-r, ami we will W your t'nr Fare lth ways from nil towns within fifty milt-H tif ritUlnirff For all tow 111 over that tlistaiKf, we will pay Car Fare one way. This offer is on Carpets only; ami in aililition, we will ttell Carpets at the lowest priiMit in the eity. Cut Ihis out ami lir'nitf it with you. Best Extra Super Ingrains at 60c. Best 10 Wire Tapestries at - 80c. Fine Body Brussels at - $100. Soft Velvet Carpet at - - $1.00. IT IS NOT NECESSARY to liuy a Carpet to my j-our ear fan-, for you can wtve your own ear fare hy lmyiiiK your fall outfit litre. Everything ytKi iieel ean lie fount. riht here in this tore at the lowest priees iu I'itts lur,'. All Wearing Apparel from Shoe fa Killlaery. All MatsYUlt from Mutllns to Silks. All HwiMhsId NKetkities from Towelt to Carpsh. If vou want to v the latent ami t-hoitx-st styles, antl at lowest prieesyou ever hi-anl of ilon't miss seeiiig our Xcw Imported Dress Goods at 92c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50. Plain & Figured Fall Silks 69c, 75c, 89c, and 98c. All the other lemrtiiieiits loo. Thirty of them, ami all of them money savers. Try the in. Campbell & Smith, (Sunwun to CinplM-ll 4 IHrk.) 81, 83, 85, 87, & 89 FiTtli ATsnne, PITTSBURG. GOOD LIQUORS! and Cheap Liquors Ily falling at the OM HeliaUe Iuiimr More, So. 309 JIain St., anil 106 Cliiito- St, eJolmstown, I?a., all in ls f the ehoioest liiiiors in mar ket eau In- hail. To my oll eusttna- ers this is a well-knowd faet, ami to all others eonvitioiiij' jiroof will he aiiven. Don't forget that I keep oil ' liuinl the greatest variety tif Llipiorv, the ehoieest hramls ami at the lowest priees. P. S. FISHER. CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad. Somerset and Cambria Branch N.iHTH WARD. Johnstown Mail Kxprvc. Ittrbwoorl 3:10 a. in Sunn rsi-t Mil, s.,ivrs.w u fc'ij; ll.xv- trs lllf .0jn, iiiiiiniiw ,i;iii. Johnstown M:iil Kxns. Kia-ktrmid 11 -It) a. in.. Siiiirwt ll:-.i. stiiyt-stiiwii IWil, 1Imv. rrsvillr lJaU. Jolmsiown liV) u. in. Jolmslow n AitiiiiiiiiialatltHi. fturkwiwn! kVi p. in., rHiiiii-rsii 0:111 isiitj rsitiwu ik.j, noov i rsvillt- v:ti, Joiinsltiu u T:4Ul Dally. SOUTHWARD. Mai). Johnstown H::la. Hoovorsvllle 7:11. Sluvistiiwu T:i's SiUH Cwt "m, ICot-kwuml Kxrsi. Johnstown if) p. in.. IliMiverMvilte :kll. Stoyrslowii 3ij, rouisiTwt 3: , Koi k wimm! 4:i'. Sun-lnv ttiilv. Johnstown 8:.', Somrnart hkOI ICni-kWia'al UrM.'. , EN'XS V LVA X I A IIA 1 IAU )A D. CASTCRM STANDARD TIMC. ruNutxsED xcKtitri-r. Trains arrive1 ami ili-rcirt from the station at JohiistowiMi as follows: WKMTWAKD snithw-itrn Expn-ss Si a. in. Wisitrrti Kxpn-ss 4:"S " Jitlinstiiwn Ai-f-oiiniiiMltiiii.... . ri:.7 " - Aii-oiunioilulioll. : 10 fni-illr Kxpn-aa '.ir.'l " Way litss-iit;i-r....... 3SCJ jolinstowii Ais-oininiatiiliim Ml p. nt. Vast Une .'. . in. CASTWACD. Kin-stonf Kxpr-ss...... ..... tstii-KlMMV Kxiinsiji . Altiaina Aii-tnniiiotlatiiHi... Main l.iin- Kxpr-i liny Kx r -sw AltiHiiut Aii-oiiuiioilatioii Mail k:prcss Johnstown Ai-voinmixlsttou Hlillaitilphla W.prvss Kast Line 5SK C. in. .VKl - Si I - 10:1 " 11:10 l-.MC ii. in, 4:11 - :ii 7;lrt 10::M " Kor rates, niuiw. Jtc, go Iu Tii-ti-t Air nt address Thiai. rL Watt, V. A. W. 110 H or Mflli Avenue. 1'ittsliurK, la. 8. M. I'revust, J. If. Wk1. tn-n'l Matuttjer. tn ni I'asa. Aft. DREXEL'S IMPROVED EMULSION OF PURE NORWEOIAN - COD LIVER OIL WITH CHEMICALLY PURE HYPOPHOSPHITES OF LIME AND SODA. FOR CONSUMPTION. BRONCHITIS. COUOHS. - COLOS. ASTHMA. SCROFULA, - SKIN DISEASES. NERVOUS DISEASES. - DISEASES OP CHILDREN, - WHOOPINO COUCH. ANAEMIA. - CTARRHaaBal - GENERAL DEBILITY. ETC, ETC This valuable pre pa ratios cars by hs aatrlthre and alterative power. It is a true eeaalsioa. sot a bate soap, is easily digested, quickly assimilated, asd shows iu woadertul action oa blood, tnsue asd serve by a asost Burked improwcacat boa the first dose. Drexcl's Smalrioa. of Cod Llstr Oil especially serviceable for aaarmia, aervousasss.- for scrorala and scrofulous swetlirif s. f laadular enlargements, and the waiting diseases of childhood. For dvs peptic sad aervous conditions, loss of lesh. di. lurbed sleep and night sweats, it is a perfect cure. Drsisl't Euolsioi of Ccd Lisa Oil Is the ery nest reiacdy to be had for coughs, colds, bronchitis, croup, laryngitis, sore aad bleeding throat, hoarse, aess. tickling ia throat, soreness of chest and an other irritated, inflamed aad diseased con dittoes of th throat, luags aad chest. lUrga bottles, 60 eeits per bottle. Bold by dngguti foaersjly, ar atnt ta any address am eslpt of 60 Mats. SOLE PROPRIETORS, Winkelmann Brown Drug Co. BALTIMORE. MO, U. 8. A P ' -t'V !,.7is QUICK TO ACT! EASY TO BAKE! Maiiufucturtil l.y JK-HAVKN t Co., I.M., I'kIi. S.l-I ,t aunr.u,:. , , ,v JAMES B. IIOLDEUBAUM, Somerset, pa. Kriinjn-rA Kurtz, I! r!in, I'a., snl P. J. vit& Shi, M. v. r. . ' j :i New York Weekly Tribune Somerset Herald ONE YEAR. TWO DOLLABS. AdJrcss all orders Louthefs Drug Main Street, Somerset, Pa. This Model Brag Store is Rapidlj Ecconing a teat Favorite with People in Search of- FBESH ASD PURE DRUGS. Medicines, Jye Stuffs, Sponges, Tntscs, Supporters, Toilet Articles, Perfumes, &c, TH K IXM-Ti.lt HIVES PkK-siiN AL ATTtNTIoS T. TIIK (1X1'I'MIM: iF fiTiTrinTi n nwftnTiintirtn r I' n rrs 1 1 tt Mnfinirtu Luiuiidi i ridfiuiiuiiuii s m mmm ; tiUKAT CAKE KKIMi TAKEN To l"MK ONLV VKI-sIi AND PI Ki: AKTII I l.s, SPECTACLES, EYE-GLASSES, And a Full Line of Optical Goods always on Land. From such I large assortment all can lie suited. I THE FIHEST BHAHDS OF CIGABS Always on hand. It is always a pleasure to display our iood to intending purchasers, whether they buy from us or elsewhere. J. 171. LOUTHER M. D. MAIN STREET .... SOMERSET. PA Somerset Lumber Yard ELIA.S CTJsjSTT&HM, MASl FAtTl KHK ASD IlF.AI.EK AND Wlldl.KSAI.K ASD KKTAILFR OK Lumber and Building Materials. Hard and Sofb "Woods, Oak, Poplar, Kilinei. Walnut, Yellow Pi He. flooring. Cherry, Miingle, Door, Lath. White Pine Blinds, A general linoof all if r.i.l.s. f Lmiilx r uml ltuilIh M:il. r:I anil Iloifiiii; slate k -t m lu-k. Alwt, run ftirub-ti anrthinx In tin- line of our biiMii.-is toorilrr w ith r-.i.--na-hle lniiilii-ss, siu-li ai Cricket. oiUI-sizetl aork, eto. Elias Cunningham, Offlc and Trd Oprwile S. A C. R. R. IT WILL PAY YOU to iu:y ovii memorial Work or WM. F. SHAFFER, SoMEItSCT. PKS.N A. Maiiulaetun-ror anil ls-.ilcrin Eastern Work Kunii.-he,! on Short N.ii.v, Also, Agent for the WHITE I'.KoXZE! Persons In ni-e.1 of M.iiium. lit Work will liml it lo their interest to eall at my shop where :t proper showiiu: will lw uiv. ii them. , StitistK-titin KHanintexl in everv enw. nn, 1'rii-es veo' low. 1 invite ieciui uitention to the Whit Bronze, Or Purt Zino Monumart introduced hy 1U-V. W. A. Uirnr. as a ilerl.litl improvement in the inl of M:il. ri.il ami Const met ion. ami whieh is destined to Ik the pipular .Monument for our rlian.-alIe I'li limle. Give us u rail. WM. F. SHAFFEK, 920 DOLLARS PER MONTH Your Own Locality ma-le easily ami hononilily, without capi tal, tlnring your spare hours. Any man, xvonuui, Uy, or xirl cau do the work hand ily, without t-xioricnre. Talking un necessary. Xotliins; like it for nioney makinsever nuVreil liefore. Our workers Iw.iyH prsK.'r. Xo time wasted in learning the luisiness. We teach you in ft niUt Iiot to siien-eAl from tlie first hour. You can make a trial without ex pense U yourself. We start you, furnilt everything neeileil to carry on the busi ness successfully, and guarantee yon. against failure if you but follow our simple, plaiu Instructions. Reader, if you are in need f ready money, and want to know all about tlie best paying business before the public, seud us your address, and we will mail you a dutu meut giTin;; you all the particulars. TRUE & CO., Box 400, Augusta, Maine. Ask Any Woman ! that it m an -vcn l):.l-.r )., .,rt ly on top and ii,m,.X.u,l i to I ia l he tieoflui; I. ,r"i: II fo4. It work iim Iker, !,.. HII1 Wl:?l tlir? i'JKtf'.l,,,,,, anjr Kdujc iijuui t!it i-.JirWf . Their llranliiWHH f.tr.iin-nj, f,i,f An to The IIeiuu). Store, I Picket, Moulding, Stu.li. Star ItaiLs IlalusterM. C'hestiiuU Aewel l'owl, l'te. Station, SOMERSET. PI. ENDCHSG1 ET W PSACnCALLYtvl IalSStTliCtilllB Over 500 Beautiful Designs. - 1 ITIIS " MONUMENTAL PR02E CC".AT, ELYS CatarrH Cream Balm I iiiiekly uliMtrlH-tl. t'k-iissi Hi,. Nasu: I'llSsjlL'l-S, All iv. l'uin ;out lr:tt;imi:utii,n. Hetils the sir.-s. rroieeis the MemttRoie fniin Additional fold lleslores the Senses of T isteaml SmelL itwilTcure. iU1 HAY-FiiVER A lirtiele isappliel Into eaeh no-in asrns-uhle. I'riee :o cents at ilriivun-'" "r mail. FLY rtRirTlElUs..-ii Warn-n street. J IMPOHTA5T TO J.DTIBTl!eK The cream of the country papers i , in RetniDgton. County 8eat Lists. t'irf1 aJvoriisers arall thenuelvee of these n5 copy of which can be had of KS Bro. of Xcw Tori A Pitwbur.;. 1 - fllli!
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