T7nCX EDITH PLAY3. When Edith rliiys sSr.iiure witcheries Her ftmrers irk with tin white keys For though lli- sons of yest.-rd.-iy I lnnr a fountain" dn'lin 'ny. The night wind whispering in tin trees. AtiJ oaten pipes l ArcadyV 1'iin plains. B'lJ o Idly Ideiil with these A can h stre.1 rami; of to-day When Kdilh plays! ;.-iy niatin tn-l!. rine ecstasies if y.e.i li and lMi and iiielodhs, Like v.iK'roiiiin do haunt and stray Add tint to-day and yesterday In rosy lioun of dreamful eo When Edith plays.' V'ifrcijr'j intrr lem. SAVED 15Y A HISS. In front of the entrance a ''spieler" stood -i a starch Uis ami Uat ujioii a piece .f tin witli a .-tick, ami we weakly k:i.--u:ii1k-1 to his frenzied appeals and went inside. We did this, I am wire, partly to please the "spicier," who wouM have Uvti dreadfully disappoint ed if wc had not dune wi, but, partly, t., to please Toppan, who was always interested in the grvat U-asts and liked to watch them. It is KisiMe that you may reinem r t Toppan as the man win) married Victoria Hoyden, and, in so doinji, thru-t his jrreatness from hini and 1 eiinie a lnk clerk instead of an ex plorer. After he married he fame to le ijuite ashamed of what he had done in ThiU't and Africa and other un known corners of the earth, and after a while seldom s-ioke of that art of his life at all; or, when he did, it was only to alia le to it as a pasMiipr boyish fancy, altogether foolish and silly, like calflove and early attempts at jwetry. "I used to think I was going to tt the world on fire at one time," he said once. "I sujipose every young fellow has sonic such ideas. I only made an ass uf myself, and I'm glad I'm well out of it. Victoria saved me from tliaL" Jli;t this was long afterwards. He die. I h:ird, and sonu-tinics he -would have moments of strength in his weakness, jiM as ln-forc he had given up Jiis earecr during a moment of weakness in his strength. During the first years after he had given up his career lie thought he was content with the way things had com." to W; hut it was not so, and now and then the old feeling, the love of the old life, the old amhitiou, would lie stirred into activi ty again by some sight or sound or episode in the conventional life around hini. A chance paragraph in a newsjiaper, a sight of the Arizona deserts of sage and cactus, a momentary panic on a ferry b iat, sometimes even line music or a great jmh-ui would wake the lietter part of him to the desire of doing great things. Al such limes the longing grew big and troublous within hint to cut IiHise from it all and get back to these p!.: s of t lie earth where there were neither months nor years, and where the days of the week had no names; where he could feel unknown winds blowing against his fav and un known mountains rising lieiicath his feet; where he could see great sandy, stony stretch of desert with hot, blue shadows, and plains of salt, and thick ets of jungle grass, broken only by the lairs of lieasts and the jiaths the stein. Ii-mk make when they go down to Water. The most trifling thing would recall all this to him, just as a couple of notes have recalled to you whole arias and overtures. Hut with Toppan it was as though one had recalled the arias and overtures and then was not allowed to sing them. We went into the arena and sat down. The ring in the middle was fenced in by a great circular iron cage. The tiers of seats rose around this, a Kind was playing in a liox fiver the en trancc, and the whole interior was lighted by an electric globe slung over the middle of the cage. Inside the esige a brown Uar to me bss suggestive of a wild animal than of laproltes and furriers' sign was dan cing sleepily and allowing himself to K prodded by a JfcTsoil whose celluloid standing collar showed white at the neck a I Hive the green of his Tryolese costume. The Uar was mangy, and his steel muzzle had chafed him, and Tur pan said he was corrupted of moth and rust alike, and the audience applauded but feebly when he and his keejn-r withdrew. After this we had a clown elephant, dressed in a bib and tucker and vast Isiggy breeches like those of a partic ularly big French Turin who had lunch with his keeper and rang the U'll and drank his wine, and wiied his mouth with a hankerchief and a lied 1'iilt, and pulled the chair from under neath his companion, seeming to lie amused at It all with a strange sort of suppressed elephantine mirth. And then, after they had Itoth made their bow and gone out, in lioundcd and tumbled the dogs, liarking and grinning all fiver, jumping up to their stools and lienches, wriggling and pushing me another aliout, giggling ami excited like so many kiudcrgnrdcti children on a show day. I am sure they enjoyed their performances as much as the audience did, for they nev er had to lie told what to do, and seem ed only too eager for their turn to come. The licst fif it all was that they were fjtiite unconscious of the audience and apn.-arcd to do their tricks for the sake of the tricks themselves, and not for The applause that followed them. And then, after the usual program of w ick er ej'inders, hoojis and balls was over, they .H rushed off amid a curious serattlii.g of paws and filliping of tails and heels While this had lieeli going on we had liecii hearing from time to time a great sound, half whine half rumbling, gut tural cough, that came from somewhere 1 hind the exit from the cage. It was reicated at rapidly increasing intervals, and grew louder in pitch until it ended in a short lss grunt. U sounded cru el and menacing, and when at its full volume the wood of tlie U-tichcs under us thrilled and vibrated. Tlierc was a little iause in the pro- pram while the arena was cleared and new and much larger i.nd heavier par aphernalia were set aUmt and a gentle man with well-groomed hair and a very shiny hat entered and announced "the world's greatest lion-tamer." Then he went away, and the tamer came in and stmd exjiectautly by the side of the entrance: there was anoth er short wait anil the Intnd struck a long minor chord. And then they came in, one after tlte otlivr, with long, crouching, lurching strides, not at all grxNl-humorcdly, like the dogs or the elephant, fir even the liettr, but with low-hanging heads, sur ly, watchful, their eyes gleaming with the rage and hate that burned in tlieir lii-arts and tliat they dared not vent. Their loose, yellow hides rolled and rip pled over the great muscles as they rowed, and the breath coming from their hot, half-ojVu mouths turned to steam as it struck the air. A huge, black tainted see-saw was dragged out t the center and the tam er made a shaqi sound of command: Slowly and with switching tails two of them olieyeiL and clamU ring upon the balancing-board, swung up and down, while the music played a see-saw waltz. And all the while their great eyes flamed with the detestation of the thing and their black upper lips curl ed away from their long fangs in pro test of this hourly renewed humiliation and degradation. And one of the others, while waiting his turn to lie whipped and bullied, sat up on his haunches and faced us and looked far away lieyond us fiver the heads of the audience over the conti nant and cean, as it were as though he saw something in that quarter that made him forget his present surround ings. "You grand old brute!" muttered Topjian; and then he said: "Do you know what you would see if you were to look into his eyes now? You would see Africa, and unnamed mountains, and great stony stretches of desert, with hot blue shadows, and plains of salt, and lairs in the jungle grass, and lurking places nar the paths the stein Issik make when they go down to wa ter. Hut now he is hani-H-red and cag edis there anything worse than a caged lion? ami kept from the life he hives and was made for" just here the tamer spoke sharply to him, and his eyes and crest dropied "and ruled over," concluded Toplian, "by some one who is not so great as he, who lias sjioiled what was best in him, and has turned his jxiwers to trivial, resultless uses some one weaker than he, yet stronger. Ah, well, old brute, u was yours once, we will remember that" They wheeled out a clumsy veloci pede built expressly for him, and, while the lash whistled and snapied about him, the conquered king heaved him self upon it and went around and around the ring, while the band play ed a quickstep, the audience broke in to applause, and the tamer smirked and hohlicd his well-oiled head. I thought of Samson performing for the Philistines and Thusnelda at the tri umph of (iermanicus. The grand bcSLsts, grand though conquered, seem ed to lie the only dignified ones in the whole business. I hated the audience who saw their sliame from liehind iron bars; I hated myself for lieing fine of them; and I hated the smug, snigger ing timer. The latter had been drawing out va rious stools and ladders, and now ar ranged the lions upon them so they should form a pyramid, with himself Oil top. Then he swung himself up among them, with his heels uikii their necks, anil, taking hold of the jaws of one, wrenched them apart with a great show of strength, turning his head to the audience so that all should see. And just then the electric light almve him cracked harshly, gustcred, drop ped down to a pencil of dull red, then went out, and the place was alisolutely dark. The liand stopped abruptly with a discord, and there M as an instant of si lenee. Then we heard the stools and ladders clattering as the lions leaped down"; and straightway four pairs of lamlieiit green spots burned out of the darkness and traveled swiftly about here and t her, crossing and re-criss- imr one another like the lights of steamships in a storm. Heretofore the lions had lieen sluggish and inert; now they were aroused and alert in an in stant, and we could hear the swift pad pad of their heavy feet as they swung around the arena, aid the sound f their great Ixtdies rubbing against the bars of the cage as one and the other passed nearer to us. I don't think the audience at all ap preciated the situation at first, for no one moved or seemed excited, and one shrill voice suggested that the band should play, "when the electric lights go out." "Keep jierfectly quiet, please," call ed the tamer out of the darkness, and a certain tcculiar ii:ig in his vo'kv was the first Intimation of a jmssibie dan ger. Iut Topjian knew, ami as we heard the tamer fumbling for the catch of the gat, which he somehow could not loose in the darkness, he said, with a rising voiv: "He wants to get that gate open pretty quick." IJut for their restless movements the lions were quiet; they uttered no sound which was a bad sign, blinking and dazed bv the garish blue-whiteness of a moment lefore, they could see jier fectly now, where the tamer was per fectly blind. "Listen," said Toppan. Near to us and ui the inside of the cage we could hear a sound as of some slender Ixidy lieing whisked liack and forth fiver the surface fif the floor. In an instant I guessed what it was; one of the lions was crouched there, whipping his sides with his tail. "When he stops that he'll spring," said Toppan excitedly. "Hring a light, Jerry quick!" came the tamer's voie. People vt-ere clamliering to their feet by this time, talking loud, and we heard a Moman cry out. "Please keep as quiet as mssiblc, la dies and gentleman," cried the tamer; "it won't do to excite" Frrtin the direction of the voice came the sound of a heavy fall and a crash that shook the iron gratings in their mx-kets. "He's got him," shouted Toppan. And then what a tMcne! In that thick darkness every "one sprang up, stumbling over the seats and each oth er, all shouting and crying out, " sud denly stricken with a panic fear of something they could not see. Inside the leirred death-trap every lion sud denly gave tongue at once, until the air shook and sang in our ears. We could hear the great eats hurling them selves against the liars, and could see tlieir eyes leaving glassy streaks against the darkness as they leaed. Two more sprang as the first had done to wards that quarter of the cage from which came sounds of s'amping and struggling and then the tamer lgan to s-ranu I think that so long as I live I shall not forget the sound of the tamer's screams. He did not scream as a wo man would have done, from the head, but from the chest, which .sounded so much worse that I was sick from it in a second with that sickness that weak ens one at the pit fif the stomach and along the muscles at the liack fif the legs. He did not pause for a second. Every breath was a scream, and every scream was alike, and one heard through it all the long snarls of satis fied hate and revenge, iiiufllcd by the man's clothes and the rip, rip of the cruel paws. Hearing it all in the dark, as we did, made it all the more dreadfuL I think for a time I must liave taken lave of my sense. I was ready to vomit for the sickness tliat was upon me, and I U-at my hands raw the iron liars or clasjied them over my ears against the sounds fif the dreadful thing that was doing liehind them. I remeuilier praying aloud that it might soon be ' over with, so only those screams might lie stopjied. It seemed as though it had gone on for hours, when some men rushed in with a lantern and long, sharp irons. A hundred voices cried; "Here he is, over here!" and they ran around out side the cage and threw the light of the lantern on a place where a heap of gray, goMkieed clothes writhed and twisted beneath three creat bulks of fulvous hide and bristling black mane. The irons were useless. The three furies dragged their prey out of tlieir reach ai d crouched over it again and recommenced. No one dared go into the cage, and still the man lived and struggled and screamed. I saw Toppsn's finger go to his mouth, and through that medley of dreadful noises there Issued a sound that, sick as I was, made me shrink anew ami chwe my eyes and teeth ami shudder as though some cold slime had been poured through the hollow fif my bones w here the marrow should I. It was as the noise of a fine whiplash, mingled whirr of a locust magnified a hundred times, and elide! in an ab rupt clacking noise thrice repcated. At once I reiiiemlicrcd where I had heard it U fore, liecause, having once heard the hiss of an aroused and angry serpent, no child of Eve can ever for get it. The sound that now came from be tween Toppan's teeth and that filled the arena from wall to wall was the sound that I had heard once liefore in the Paris Janlin des Plantes, at feed ing time the sound made by the great constrictors when their huge bodies are looped and coiled like a reata for the throw that never misses, that never re laxes, and that no beast of the field is strong enough to withstand. All the filthy wickedness and almininable malaee of the centuries since the Ene my first entered into that shape that crawls was concentrated in that hoarse, whistling hiss a hiss that was cold and piercing like an icicle-made sound. It was not loud, Imt had in it some sort fif penetrating quality that cut through the waves fif horrid sounds at Hive us, as the snake-carved prow fif a Viking galley might cut its way through the tumbling eddies fif a tide. At the second repetition the lions paused. None lietter than they knew what was the meaning of that hiss. They had heard it before in their na tive hunting grounds in the earlier days of summer, when the first heat lay chise over the jungle, like the hol low of the palm of an angry god. Or, if they themselves had not heard it, their sires liefore them had, and the fear of the thing bred in their bones suddenly lca-H-d to life at the sound, and griped them and held them close. When for a third time the sound sung and shrilled in their ears, theit heads drew Itetween tlieir shoulders, their great eyes grew small and glit tering, the hackles rise and stiffened on their Imcks, tlieir tails dropped, and they backed slowly to the further side of the cage and cowed there, w hining ami lieateli. Toppan willed the sweat from the In side of his hands and went into the cage with the keepers and gathered up the ianting, broken Issly, with its twitching fingers and white face, ami carried it out. As they lifted it, the handful of pitiful medals dropped from the sh reded, gray coat and rattled down UMin the floor. In the silence that had now succeeded, it was aUiut the only sound one beard. As we s:it that evening on the porch of Toppan's house, in a fashionable suburb of the city, he said for the third time: "I had trick from a Miougwce headman," and added: "It was while I was at Victoria Falls, waiting to cniss the Kalahari desert. Then he continued, his eyes growing keener anil his manner changing: "There is some interesting work to U done iu that quarter by some one. You see, the Kalahari runs like this" he drew the lines on the ground with his can ''coming down in something like this shajK from the Orange river to almut the twentieth parallel south. The aneroid gives its average elevation almut (iUj feet. I didn't cross it at the time, because we had sickness and the porter cut. 1 Jut I made a lot fif geo logical oliscrvatioiis, and from these I have liuilt up a theory that the Kala hari is no desert t:t all, but a big, well watered pla'eau, with higher ground on the east and west. "The trilies, too, thcrcaliout called the place Linoka-Xoka, and that's the liantu for rivers upon rivers. They're nasty though, these llautu, and gave us a lot of trouble. They have a way of spitting little poisoned thorns into you unawares, and your tongue turns blue and swells up and your teeth fall out and" His wife Victoria came mt on the jKirch in evening dress. "Ah, Cie," said Toppan, jumping up with a very sweet smile, "we were just talking alniut your paper-gcrnian next Tuesday, and I think we might have some very pretty favors made out of white tissue paper roses and butteries, you know." Sttn F,-am-iiuit Aryiiiutut. Electric Bitters. This remedy is becoming so well known and so jiopular as to need no siecial mention. All who have used Electric Hitters sing the sanu song of praise. A purer medicine does not ex ist and it is guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Elctrie Hitters will cure all diseases of the liver and kidneys, will remove pimples, boils, salt rheum and other affections caused by impure Mood. Will drive malaria from, the system and prevent as well as cure all malarial fevers. For cure of headache, constipation, and indigestion try Elec tric Hitters. Entire satisfaction guar anteed, fir money refunded. Price 5(e. and $1.0(1 per bottle at J. X. Snyder's drug store. A Hen That Seared Pups. This summer might lie seen at (Sreen head, licmpitlaw, near Kelso, the extraordinary spectacte of a hen lie- stow uig maternal care on a litter fif three Ihindie Diumont pups, the property of Mr. John Wait, forester. 1 1 seems that the puiis had been deserted by their mother, and in the course of tlieir aimless wanderings had come in to contact with a broody Orpington lieu, the result lieing that the hen be gan to go alsiut with and look after them. When she sat herself down, the puis climbed over her Iwck and crawled under her wings, just like so many chickens, and were apparently a much at tad mmI to their feathered foster-mother as the latter was to her canine family. Lowon Anxirer. Politely Toll Young Lady trIling in the wooils Oo-fi! What a horrible fslor! Some thing must U dead. Polite Youth in the fur line X-o, it's a live fur-liearing animal, known to the trade as the black marten. Reason on This. You would call a man a fool to try to run an engine with a crooked pistou roL Yet you are attempting that when you live with your system in a disordered condition. Whatever you may lie mentally, you are physically a machine. Nothing interests you more than keeping it in order. If your di gestion Ls out fif condition, or your kidneys are disordered, use Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite remedy, a medi cine prepared by a famous physician, and tested for years by thousands of persons, who all endorse it. Woes of the Famous. Nero had bnlgingeyes ami was very near-sighted. IV Foe had more than one dose of Xewgate and the pillory. Spenser, the isn't, suffered the ex tremes of poverty and neglect. t'owper was all his days overshad owded by the gloom of insanity. Julius Casar had weak digestion and was subject to epileptic tits. Cervantes was always poor and con stantly annoyed by his creditors. Milton was blind in his old age and often lacked the comforts of life. Mary was rendered unhappy by her marriage with Philip fif Spain. Peter the Great was half crazy most of his life through drink and rage. Le Sage was poor all his life. In old age he was dependent on his son. Mohammed was an epileptic, and his visions were those of a diseased mind. (iiblion had the gout. He lieeanie so st'Hit that he could not dress him self. Hacon was avaricious, and his gnvd for money finally led to his dis grace. Tasso was miserably jsior most fif his days. His miseries finally drove him mad. Seldcn was once committed to prison for his attacks on the divine right fif kings. Palestrina lived in extreme poverty most fif his days, and finally died iu great want. Charlemagne had an ulcer ii his leg that gave him much annoyance for many years. Johnson was near sighted and his face much disfigured by scars resulting from scrofula " Is it true that your bride is very hard of hearing?" "It is. Why, when I proposed to her I had to shout so loud that all the neighbors ran out and congratulated me." Tl'l-liii-. Toiiimie's Father ( sternly ) " What were you fighting that Iwd I my for, Tonimie?" Tomniie "To keep from get tin' licked." Two Conundrums. A handsome and bright young wo man from Cleveland is spending the summer in Huflalo. One evening this week she was at a gathering of young people, and some one asked : "If you were going to dam the Mis sissippi river how would you doit?" The answer M'a-: "Why. dam it you can't." The next evening she was invited for a trip down the river with a party. Hit escort was a young man who was not at the gathering fif the previous evening. He projioscd a conundrum : "If you came to a river when Imth the ferry and the bridge were away, how would you cross?" The young woman's thoughts were iHirtly engaged with what he was say ing and partly with other things, and, thinkingof the other conundrum, she hastily answered : "Why, d n it, you can't," His surprise and her consternation were a sight to behohL The balance fif the evening was mostly seiit iu ex planation by the young woman. Buffalo Erpre. Ideal and Real. "I love all that is lieautiful in art and nature," she was saying to her esthetic admirer. "I revel in the green fields, the liabbling brooks and the little wayside flowers. I feast on the lieauties fif earth and sky and air. They are my daily life and food and" "Maudie !" cried out the mother from the kitchen, not knowing that her daughter's Uau was in the jKiiior. "Maudie what ever made you go and eat that big dish of jmtatocs that was left over from dinner? I told you we wanted them warmed up for supper. I declare if yiur appetite isn't enough to bankrupt your jia." Isnulon Tltl-llit. Little Tommy's Thoughtfulness. "Elsie's afraid of growing fat," said little Tommy, who was lieing exhibi ted liefore company. "How do you know?" a-ked fine of the guests. "Hccause," replied Tommy, confi dently, "last night when she and Mr. Hrown were on the piazza I heard her say: "I'm afraid I'm heavy, ain't I?" True Independence. Youg Lady I am tired of living on my relatives, and want to lie iiid iieiid ent. Employment agent I might get you a place in a store. Tliat won't do. I'd lie under some one's orders continually. I want to Ik independent of everything and every liody. Ah, I see. I'll get you a place as cook. Some Prenarations- Wife Considering how long I've lieen away, I think 3-ki might have made some preparations to receive me. Husliand You do me an injustice, my dear. I have had the parlor and library thoroughly cleaned and aired." Servant (interrupting) Please, sir, the man has come with the wagon for them empty bottles." A Nation of Inventors. Foreign Visitor "To what do you ascrilie the remarkable inventive inge nuity of the Americans?" Host "Puritan mothers," "I do not understand." "A Imy -with that kind fif a mother has got to cultivate his inventive facul ties If he is going to have any fun." His Greatest Sacrifice. Proof. She "You profess to think a great deal of me. That is all right ho long as everything is going pleasantly. Hut would you make any pvat sacri fice for my sake ?" He "You know I would. Haven't I offered to marry you T' Mrs. Messer "Xow, Tommy, go and kiss your auntie or mamma will whip you hard." Tommy ( after a long loo k at the auntie) "Whip me, ma." Frauds That Xuit B Checked. Tho attention of the state autlioritio lias rfjeentty lieen culled to the numerous frauds and impositions which are lieing practiced nixm many citizens of tho state by foreign Imilding mid loan associations whose principal headijiinrters are ouUido the state and over which tho authorities have no control. The most of these com plaint have Ixs-n made from people iu Western l'eiitisylvaniit. where these asso ciations have the largest ineinlwi-sliip. The plan of them corporations is to reg ister in the otliec of the Secretary of the Commonwealth and pay a registration fee of f 10.i which entitles them to do business in the state. 1oeul organizations re then effected through the state and local hoard of director cImsh'II, whose duties are shxply uoininul, Imt who are supposed to give them standing in the eoiiiimmity. A local treasurer is ap pointed to collect the monthly dues and forward them to the home otliec. Complaint is nnule liy those who have taken loans from the association and given mortgages on their property to se cure them that as soon as the mortgage is given it Ls fhuisfcrrcd to a third party who in a short time liegins proceedings for foreclosure and the unsuspecting victim discovers that ho has no defense to the mortgage and his property i swept away. Iu New York and other adjoining states law have been passed forbidding all foreign Imilding and loan associations to transact Imsiues within their liordcrs. The nunilier of these association doing business iu Pennsylvania is constantly increasing and it is likely that an ctlt-rt will lie made to secure the passage of u law by the next legislature which w4U guarantee greater protection to their shareholder in this state. If they are al lowed to go 011 as they have it i feared the frauds may tieeome as great a those pratieHl by the lealh-bed insurance" companies which were throttled several years ago by the state authorities. A Day in Bed. We are naturally given to condemn and despise the idea of remaining in bed when our health is good and nil our vital force are in fair working order, says the Health Kullctin. Apart from the matter of our nightly rest, we rarely think of "a day in lied" either 11s pre servative of health or conducive to lon gevity. Yet I m convinced there is iiiuck to liesahl hi favor of "a day in lie!" now and then, a an aid to health in the mid dle age and as a measure tending to pro long life in the ohL In lied the whole muscular system is at ease and the wear and tear of the Issly is reduced to minimum. The pro cesses of getting rid of waste matter are in alH-yanee ; there is less waste to get rid of, and lungs skin and kidneys have a measure of comparative rcMs. The nervous system, above all, is soothed and comforted by the "day in lieiL" Anxi eties am! worries disappear after the rest, and the individual returns to the work aday world refreshed and renovated, physically and mentally, iu a degree such us the actions of no medicine could have aoniplished. In a word, the person who enjoys "a day in lasl" is in the jMisition of an en gine whose li res are iKinkcd down iiiul whose energies are rccrii it ing for the re newal of the work of to-morrow. Do Trees Require Sleep? In the larger citii-s where shade tnos are few and scattering, eletric lights seem to have no visible effect iiMin their foliage. In the towns am! villages, how ever, many of which have their elei-trie light systems, the cfli-ct is very noticea ble, the leave appearing as though they hail lieen subjected to the blighting breath of a hariuattaiu The question was recently discussed at a meeting of tho eastern urlNiriculturists, the conclu sion lieing that trees need darkiiT. in order that they may sleep, am! that lie ing continually kept awake and active they have been worn out, and made pre maturely old by the action of the light. That this is proliahly the corrod solution of the mystery of the drooping leaves may lie judged from the fact that similar tree in the ncigliliorhood of those atfe.-t-e.l, (though not exposed to the illumina tion), still retain their color and sis-m bright and strong. Mr. Isaac Jones, of this place, ha ac cepted the agency of the Khuira I tooting Co., New York. This is one of the largest and licst rooting companies in existence. Mr. Jones will is at all times prepared to repair or paint 111. ial rooting, or to furnish new moling of the famous "Climax" brand, the oldest and Ix-st rooting in the market. 'Trust Those Who Have Tried.' Catarrh caused hoarseness and diffi culty in speaking. I also to a great ex t.'nt lost hearing. Uy the use of Ely's Cream Halm dropping of mucus has censed, voice and hearing have greatly improved. J. W. Ihtvidson, Att'y at Law, Monmouth, III. I used Ely's Cream Halm for catarrh and have received great U nelit. I U lieve it a safe and certain cure. Very pleasant to take. Win. Frazcr, Hoch estcr, X. Y. Price of Cream Halm is fifty cents. Didn't Enow Him. Observant Citizen. "That seems to lie a very thoughtful man in the fourth seat front, Judge?" Conductor. "X.i, Capitalist." "I should have fakcii him for a judjje or deep student by his straightforward, impressive hsik." " h, he's only playing make believe that he's iiid his fare, but I'll get him." Home and Abroad. It is the duty of everyone, whether at home or traveling for pleasure fir business, to cipiip himself with the remedy which will keep up strength and prevent illness, and cure such ills as are liable to come ujjion all in every day life. Hood's .sarsjiparilla ks jis the bliKid pure and less liable to alisorb the germs of disease. Hood's Pills are hand made, and perfect iu proportion and ap-icaram-c. 25c. per Imx. Tho Virginia creejier is an excellent vine for covering fences ami outbuild ings. The plants should lie cut down to ihe ground when planted, that the young shoots may cling as they grow. Iu the fall the foliage Itccomcs a brill iant red mid yellow. Two lives Saved. Mrs. Phielie Thomas, of Junction City, 111., was told by her doctors she had consumption and that there was no hojie for her, but two bottles of Dr. King's Xew Discovery completely cur ed her ami she says it saved her life. Mr. Thtis. Eggers, l i: Florida street, Kan Francisco, suH'cn-d from a dread ful cold, approaching consumption, tried without result everything else then Wight one lmttle of Dr. King's Xew Discovery and in two weeks was cured. He Ls naturally thankful. It I such results, of which these are sam ples, that prove the wonderful ctlicacy of this medicine in coughs and colds. Free trial bottles at J. X. Snyder's drug store. Igular size 50c. and $1. "Have you a good cook?" "She's very giil; goes to church four times a week. She can't cik, though." ' When a woman U trying to write a letter on a half shift of l:tler, inueli may be aiJ on both Mile, T- Make Bctlrr Citirens. The United Aim-ricm M(vhardc, in slate convention lit I-imcister, last week, uri-l theschool superintendent of IVim nylvania to have the Constitution of the I'nited Stall's taught as a regular study. The incoming ollieers were imth ri.ed to have prime! and listriSiiiUd iKHiiipie of the school casat Kircrsidu and J:d litzin. In thee school Catholic nuns were employed mi ! the A:ui-riaii Me-chaiin-s brought suits against the school board to compel them to discharge the nuns. The elect icn of oftiers resulted in tho choii-o of ltohert W. Crane, of Philadel phia, as State Councilor; Charles I!. Johnson, Wilkesliarre, State Vi-c Coun cilor; anil John W. Calver, Philadelphia, State Council Treasurer. The recom mendation of State Councilor Kvrr to uji point three Special Iicpuly State Council ors, one for each district, was approved. Their duties wore outlined, and they will not conflict with the regular iM-puty Stale Councilor. All of the rc-omiiicndalious for the ad vancement of the order were approved. Among tlieui is one providing for the cel ebration of the anniversary of tho found ing of the order and patriotic holiday. The next convention will niict at Me-Keesjiort. Bedoced Cora Crop. The .V. li"i.7 prints rr jmrts on tho condition of the orn crop ft-oiii nearly corre-.iondeiits. The-' rcsrts cover the states of Ohio, Indian:-, Illinois, Ken tucky, Michigan, Wisiniisiii, Minnesota, low:, Missouri, Kansas, Net.ra--.ka and South I'akota, winch include tho great i-orn licit of the I'mlcd States, and in an average year prislmfs 75 per cent, of the crop. The government make the yield thi year l,lio,uii,liilu bushels, but most all of the corn authorities say this i too low, and the rmrt indicate that they are right. About two-thirds of an average crop, or in the ncighlKirhood of l,.i,o', tMU bushels, will lie harvested in this year. The greatest reduction has lieen in the state west of the Mississippi, and there the loss ho lieen heavy. Nebraska, which raise more than TtM,tn bushels of corn in a giol year, reports only li.nm.mio bushels. Hut the stale east of the Mississippi, where rain is a more certain (-uantity, pull up the av erage. One year ago. ML Pleasant was Imshii ing with speak -easics. To-day they have license and the inhabitants are scrapping to get water. Mrs. Jacob Fell and Mir. Mary A. Myers had a slight iiiisuiidct- st. Hiding, recently, liet-ause the former refused the latter a bucket of water from her well. The argument lusiime some what animated, when Mrs. Fell whacked the other mcmUr of the over the hem I with a club. For this breach of propriety she was required to enter liail for court. The Korean Hag is white and Wars iu the centre a sort of Iwll, one half blue and the other red, typifying tho two elements of creation, the male and the female. In the corners are strange and complicated blue character invented by A Chinese I'mperor a few thousand yean ago. .Wm- York Sun. Have you seen Ilevlin's Ilrusscls Car tut at 50 cents per yard, in any pattern f ijuce Curtains lower than jobls-r' prii-es. Pric giriraiitced on any article, stand Franklin St., Johnstown, Pa REMEMBER there arc hundreds of brands cf While Lc-d (so calkd) on the market tli.it arc not White Lead, co'.i.tioscd largely cf Barytes and ether cheap inaterials. But the, number of brands cf genuine Strictly Pure White Lead is limited. The following brands are standard "Old Dutch" process, and just as good as they were w hen you or your lather were boys : "Armstrong & McKelvy," " Beymer-Batunan," " Davis-Chambers," 'Tannestock." Fo Colors. National tuead Co.'i Tart White Lead Tinting Colon, one-pound can to a 23-pound keg cf Lead and mix your onn painis. Saves time and annoyance in watching shades, and hisarea th best paint that It is puuiMc tu put on wood. Scud u a postal card and get our book cu piiit and colvr-card, free; it ill proLali'; yfii a soud many dollars. NATIONAL LEAD CO., New Voik. Pittshuix Brani-h, Cemun Ntiuiul buk Building, Pittsbur;. Going to Buy a Watch? If $0, buy one that cannot lr rtolen. The only tliicf-proof Wotclici are those with BOWS. - Here's the Idea: The bow has a eroova on each eni. A collar runs down inside tha pendent (stem! and tits into the grooves, firmly locking the biw to the pendent. so that It cannot ba pulled or twisted otT. To lie sure of getting a Non-pull-out, see tliat the case b stamped with this trade mark. vKfl It cannot Le had with any other kind. Vif Seed postal lor a witch cat opener to tbe taaous Boss Filled Case raaktra. KeystoneWatch Case Co., PHILADELPHIA. Xotliins On Earth Will Sheridan's Condition Powder! KEEPS YOUR CHICKENS Strong and Healthy ; Prevents all Disease. Good for Moulting lien. f t b ahw4utrly iMim. ni?My conccntmtfd. In (tuu tttv tiMU filth uf a ctmt 44. No ot lifr unv-finji I h as pirtmir. MiVtlr & MeJi.liM-. "In Urtr rn mv.-U hmi ff: nd w 1 h . rr . Tt-nt Roup. ) s mm niniwr. iryonran'tsellt end to a. Auk II ml. Saail fur rt. Iu latn'M. ftrr jack $1. Laiitr tit lb. can. tT Miall. 91. Sl UTT ean4. t rrpivMl pn-paid. MjumiM ciivof The Br. I Poultry Paprrarnt Kitrtu.r.mlli-Toiu- year .pi-it-v Jik 1 and litr can 01 4L I. JOII.XaOS A CU , E Ciututa llouac t, Uoatou, Uul '?SvEATSJRADE Marks: wUri rvtun i 3. CM T OBTAIW A TATE5Tf For a imimiit answer alia an bflnest opinion, wrlio to Ml? N A: Ml., who bate kad fwarlr ft fir rears' experience in the patent business. Coinronnica tliins strk-ttT ennltdoutiau A llaadbaakul Itv forroai ion ennrernina Pa trials and bow to ob tain tbem sent free. Alau a catalogue ol aaecbao. teat and scienttfle books peat free. Patents taken tbroneh Munu & Co. reretTe epecisi notice is tbe ixiratiHc Asxeriraa. and thus are broazht widely before the public with out coat to tbe Inventor. This splendid paper, leeued weekly, elexantijr lllaorrateil. baa br far tbe largest circulation of any scientific work In tbe world. 3 a Tear. Sam pie copies sent free. Bunding Rdltioo, snontbly. $i.tom year. Single copies. -J. cents, rvery number contains beau tiful plates. In colors, and pbotnerauhs of new booses, witb plan, enablinjr buildurs to show tbe latest desims and secure contracts. Address attest CO, w ITou. 31 Bmuauwat i THE PEOPLE'S STORE. The EXPOSITION. "WE PAY Your Car Fare. Huy a rar-iet here tluriiiR SepteinU-r, ami we will iiy your Car Fare Uitli way from all town within fifty inilet if Pittal-urif. Fur all towns over that ilistaiiiv, wc w ill pay Cnr Fare one way. Tlii oiler U on Can ft " ami in aiMition, we will m il Curjf U at tin lowest prices in the eity. Cut this out ami bring it w ith you. Best Extra Super Ingrainc at 60c. Best 10 Wire Tapestries at - 80c. Fine Body Brussels at - $1.00. Soft Velvet Carpet at - - $1.00. IT IS NOT NECESSARY to Imy a Carjiet to pay your ear fan, for you etui save your own car fare by buying your fall outfit litre. Kvcrythinir you mill mil If fouml rijrht here in this store at the lowest priees in Titts-bur-j. All Wea-in Apparel from Shoes to Millinery. A!l Materia'! from Muslins to Silks- All HcMMhoU Necesities from Towel toCarpsts. If you want to set the latest ami clioifcst styles, anil at lowit priees you ever heard of tlnn't miss seeiiiK our New Imported Dress Goods at 92c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50. riain & Figured Fall Silks 69c, 75c, 89c, and 98c. AH the other departments ttio. Thirty of them, ami all of them money saver. Try them. Campbell & Smith, (SuiTixMirK tiiCuitiplK lt t Pick.) 81, 83, 85, 87, & 89 Fifllt Avenae, PITTSBURG. GOOD LIQUORS! and Cheap Liquors I'.y callimr at the Old IMiable Lii-uor Ston, N..309 Main St, and 106 Clinton St, Johnstown, 3?a all in 1-t of the eho!et lK-tinr in mar ket mn If had. To my old eiWoin ers this i a well-kiniwd faet, and to all others I'onvliK-in-r proof will be iiiveli. Don't forjret that I keep on hand ihe untitest variety of Liquors, the ehoiii-st brands and at the lowest priees. P. S. FISHER. CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad. Somerset and Cambria Branch NilliTHW'AKIJ. Johnstown Mail Kx r. It.x'k Wixxl S :l . in.. -niii i-t 4:iu, -iiiy,ni,wn 4;.J, JIikiv- -Vi!lf.".1, JullllntilU U Ifclll. tolinttou li Mail KxpriiM. Hia-kwiKMl 11X1 a. III.. NollH-IX-t i StllVl-itoWII lliil, lliMIV .Willi' ll"?lt, JotltlMo l li.Vl l. 111. JiilmstoM'ii Arvoiiinioiliitloii. kwixx! :Kf, p. in.. Kiiin-i-t ti:lilS!iy-ttwii fca, Himiv-i-r l IK- b:4'.l, Johnstown 7:4(1. Ifciily. SotTHWARD. Mail. Johnstown :; a. in.. l!nnvitmvillp?:ll. StoYi-Mowit 7: s Soim-i-H,-!, 7 ;."", Itin-kwiMhl Klm-!. Johnstown iSil p. Hoovt-ovtlW :l;ll. Stoy.nlowu Solil.Tsvt &, lvoi-lt- Sutnlaj- inly. Johnstown Somerset lifcOl lim kw.xxi nr.:.. KXXS YLVAX IA 11A1 LKOAI). C. STERN STANDARD TIM IT. roNtfiKNSKD fi ll tUfl.F. Trains arrive nml iVpart from I lie station at Jotinstowoii a. follows: WESTWARD Southwestern Fx press...... .... (In" a. in. 4:".t ti:."i7 " ftlO nr.4 ...... :(: .' " "i:llt tt--l p. in. p. in. -iiTti Kxprvwi Johnstown Ai-t-i Minn kIhI ion AiTonitniUtion.... Ijiiilti Kxpntsi .... Wav laxxeii)fiT .. ... Mail JnhnMowii Amiiiiinixtalioii...... Kal Une tASrWAUB. Kovstone Espn .V!."! a. in. "i:-Ui " HMt " llH.i - 1 1:10 l.'rj p. nu 4:11 " Siii-Miore Kxpn-ss A llootia AeiiimiiHMlalioii. ...... Main Litis Kxpnun Imy Kx r n-i AlttMiiiu Aei-itiiniitMlati'iii Mail Kxpro. Jotinxtown Ai'c-iiiniiiiHjjitiou.. I'hiiHilflphta Kx press. Kusl Line :- 7:1ft 10-.S Kor mt-s. nuiiis, Ar irn to TU-ki-t A-nt or aildrvssTti.. I-- Wutt, 1". A. W. 110 nfth Avcniif. riltsburK, I 'a. S. M. I'rrviwt. J. It WooJ. tK ll'l Mauugi-r. Itt-li'l laM. AgL DREXEL'S IMPROVED EMULSION OF PURE NORWEGIAN COD LIVER OIL WITH CHEMICALLY PURE HYP0PH0SPHITES OF LIME AND SODA. FOR CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS. COOOMS. - COtOS. ASTHMA. SCROFULA. - SKIM DISC AStS, MCRVOUS OISKASKS, - OISKASKS OP CHILORKM. - WHOOPINO OOUOH. ANAKMIA. - r mnnn. a CKNKRAL DEBILITY. KTO KTO. This Tut liable preparation cure by Its Butrithrs sn.i alterative power. It is a true emulsion. not a lime soap, is easily digested, quickly assimilated, sad shows iu wonderlul action on blood, tnsue ar.d itm by most Burked uaproreawia from the first dose. Dreiel's EmnUion of Cod LItct Oil 1 especially serviceable tor anaemia, nervousness, tbe scroluta and scrofulous swellings, glandular enlargements, and the wasting diseases of childhood. For dys peptic and nervous coadiooas. loss of flesh, dis turbed sleep snd night sweats, it is a perfect cure. Dreiel'i Emolsiot of Cod Li Oil is tho very beat remedy to be had lor coughs, colds, bronchitis, croup, laryngitis, sore and bleeding throat, hoarse less, tickling in throat, soreness of ciiest and aA other irritated, inflamed and diseased conditions of the throat, lungs and chest. Largs bottle, 60 erata per bottls. Sold by dragguts generaKy, ar test to any audiea o rs oelpt of 60 ettata, SOLE PROPRIETORS, Winkelmann & Brown Drug Co. BALTIMORE. MO. LJ, S. A THE Is None Too Good When You Buy . EDICINES. It ii Juxt mj Iiiijuirtant to SWiirt FRESH, PURE DRUGS, An it i To J 'tie t'owflitntre AT SNYDER'S Y(Hi are always wire of p ttlii tin f.Tl-s-t iiitilii iiKf-ri.'Kx l:fi'f(, A. Cnrefully ('iiiiiuiiilnl. " TRUSSES ITITT123D. All of the ilest and Most Approved Trnnne Kept in A'or. Satisfaction Guaranteed. OPTICAL GOODS. GLASSES FITTED TO SUIT THE EYES. CALL AND HAVE YOU SIGHT TESTED. j JOHN N. SNYDER, Somerset, - - - ? Mew York Weekly 1 Tribune Somerset Herald ONE YEAR. TWO DOLLARS. Address all orders Louther's Drug Store Main Street, This Model Drug Store is Favorite with People in Search cf FBESH AHD PURE DRUCS. ! Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Sponges, rmses, Supporters, Toilet Articles, Perfumes, &c. ; THE rTTOt OIVKH ri:K.Kit A L ATTEXTIOS TO THE COMPufSMNG 1F T iL- n - a." LOUlEBfS rfBscrioflonss GKKAT CAKE RHMi TAKEN TO ISE ClNl.T KtH AM) PI KE ABTlfLia. SPECTACLES, EYE-GLASSES, And a Full Line of Optical Goods always on band. From sec': large assortment all can be suited. THE FfflEST BRAHDS OF CIGABS Always on hand. It is always a pleasure to display onr good to intending purchasers, whether they buy from us or elsewhere. J. IYI. LOUTHER IY!. D. MAIN STREET .... SOMERSET. PA Somerset Lumber Yard MAsrrAiTrtrR ash Dealer aso Vmit.EsAi.E and Ketailkk ok Lumber and Building Materials. I Hard and Soft "Woods, Oak, Poplar, Sitllnes. Walnut, Yellow Pi ne, Flooring. Cherry, Mi In glee, Door, La.li, Uhite Pine IUiutN, A crfm'ml lIn,ofiiTI rru.lM tt Ijtmh.,.nil " " ..uii..!.. .,m-iii,i hiiii (.intuiix .-.uiir tt .i sl.u k. Al-ai.raii hirnUh aiiytliins in I liiifof mir luiii- Uiunli-r with niiM'iia ble pnnutiH-s ku.-h as Itr.i. kils, iMtd-i.iz-i work, elo. Elias Cunnixgham, OfRct and Tra Opiosite S. k C. R. R. IT WILL PAY YOU to i;rv yui n 3Ie 111 o rial Work WM. F. SHAFFER, SOMEIISCT. PENS' A. Manufcu'turt-rof and IV.iKr iu Eastern Work K11 niilutl on Short Sotiiv, MiBBLi in mm Mil. Also, Agi nt fur the WHITE UIMiN.E ! IVrsoiis in ni-nl of Monuiiit-iit Work wi!l tln.1 it to thrir iiitcn-nt to rail nt uiv shiii wlit-rva .ro-rliowuue will W kiv. ii tlu iu. JMslmlaftim ii:iruiititl in cv-iv ia.-i ami l'ri--s very low. 1 iuvite MMi'lul uiuntiou to tile Whitt Bronze, Or Purt ZIno Monumert illtrikllli-l hv IE. V W A o mt . ,i..i.i ...i j ... ... . . . . " . . . . nitt iiiiinveiiifiit in the ikhhi ol M:it,-rial nn.l I'oustrui-lioii.aiiit wliieh U d-tinit to lie Ihe poptl.ar Mmiuiiifiit lor our elianj;-.lle fli umte. tii ve us a ml I. WM. F. SHAFTEl?, 120 DOL-A-'s B(&v PER MONTH B.m Your Own Locality ma.lt easily ami honorably, without capi tal, ilurin: your spare hours. Anv man, wiuuun.lKiy, or Rirl can Jo tbe work Uaml l!y, without t'X.M-rifu-e. Talkiti'r na ut.fess.iry. Notliini like It for money niuk ing ever otR-reU I fore. Our workers ahv.iv pros-ier. Xo time wa-uU iu Karniiis: the business. We teach you in a nixht how to siK-t-eeil from the first Lour. You can make a trial without ex pense to yourself. We start you, furnish, every thin ueviled to carry on the busi ness sucesfully, and guarantee you asainst failure if you but follow our simple, plain Instructions. KeaUer, if you are iu need of ready nioiter. and want to know all about the best pay ins business before the public, send us your address, and we will mail tou a Uocu lueut giTinj; you all the particulars. e TRUE & CO., Dox 4C0, Augusta, Walne. BEST in the 1'ftyilii'in II Un ' AND to The ITerald. Somerset, Pa. I Rapidly Eeccming a Great S q Pkketii, Moiildioc. : Satsli. filar Itailm j IIalailetrs. C'lieKlnnt. Aewel losl4, ttc. nii.i;.. Mutortiil anil Ririiir sl:iti k. pt : Station, SOMElMT.Pi. FElCnCiLLTi Ttiitii-iii)'i Over EOO Beautiful Designs. StTal Price List I i' Price i ri,r- & i r i H l MONUMENTAL BRONZE C0V!- ' UIIX3SPCB.X. CuS : I'lKKtTli ).S for uilnir CataprH Cream Balm. AlHily a (jcirtlele ol the KiiIiii well li into the noMinU. After a liioiu.iit ilraw Htron hr.nl h thniii'li Hi,. u,fco. I s.' three tinii h hiviiivr minis pre- n-rmi. alia be-on- retlrtn. Ely I 'ream lialm ieiis ami eh-uii till Nil Hit I l.wil,r AlUiys 111111 nmt-Iu- Itaiiiation. HinU the Sores. Initl' III.- "I 1 hrniie from t'ohU. Ii.-.i,u-i h..Si-ii-- ,4 l- amt ni. -II. The Ifailm Is n;ii. k! v unit irlves relief at oii-e. Priee lh-f ' ivlll" ' I'ruuiiMlsLr hy lu:ill. y ELY KltOTHERS Warnn ftrwt. . impokYaxt to adveuti, Tho cream of the country pipers ,i la Remingtt'-a's County Seat List , adrertisera avaQ thetunclves of r, copy of vhich can be had of l5 Bro. cf Ke-ff Torit ntt-ibur;. Family Beceijs BITTED i AST j Sw 1 T't ACov ':ul 1