Hie Somerset Herald. rSTABI.IHEl It-T. rponlls of Publication. i rvi-rv Wednesday morning at ',.r an"'"" 'f '" '" dv,"",e' ' "erwise .',l,.i-r will discontinued until ., r.. mid up. Postmasters no- :rn"i-- , 'to notify "l'n subscribers do not .ut their ht will be hcld responsi . n movillg from one rXWtofhce ible " r-h-uld give us the name of the form- wdl ' the present omce, Aoarea '' the Somerset Herald, Somerset, Pa, u . , t- t i:vi? II AT1 -UN EVS-AT-LA V, and XOI AKi riBu Somerset, Pa. off.. o,-iu- "r.r -i'i i V ' .ii'lVlLVKl-AT-LAW, M i - 1 - - 1 Nu. 17i Fourth bU, Pittsburg, IV. l r.EKKEY, 1 AliOK.NKY-AT-L.VW, SolIUTNt-t Pa. J. )lB,v!il.,v n-h, rV Book More. r iK TV M. RKRKLEY, All ... . . Somerset, Fa. iKH.nKUT, A l l - 'UN hVATU V, rsoiicrsct. Pa. 0S(r with luL , i kii:i;k it- scull, AIT. .UXKY-aT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. ,M1 V. RIESECKER, Somerset. Pa. , v ju iviniing House ltow, wNwiU! Court J. i; soit, athi:ney-at-l.vw, Somerset, Pa. . . . . .. w I." 1 J- AJTuUNEY-AT-L-VW, " Somerset, Fa. H. K' " 'NTZ. J.U.UOLJi. Kim VI Z 4 OULE, ' A TTUKN E YS-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. tt .il t;m- i r..init attention to business cu I i I' ! r re 111 Somerset and adjoining tr" TrJ .; -.v ill 1'niil House Kou, opposite t K (...an li.'usr. Ml KNTINK HAY, Somerset, Pa. . rill Kl Estate. Will attend to s; i'mi-wi" entrusted to hiscarewith prompt-in-. a:id Il-i' li'-y- JOHN" H. nil-, Am.UNEY-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. Will promptly attend to all business en-t-"t,J :. I"'". Money advanced on collec t,."ii ii'. i'iSi- in Mammoth Llloek, -rnHX u. KIMMKL, J A IT-'ltX E Y-AT-LA W , solllTS-t, Pa. Wi'I -itt.-ml loall busim-ss eutrusu-d to liis on in ..i n r. l ana a.ljoin ng e.uiui -s, with ..,.,1.1!.. -ami tidelity. utti.von Maiueros I'nvU a l m- Colt ivl h" O r. Kt-r' More. TlMI-s I l'I'tJH. J'' ' Arroi;tY-AT-iw, Somerset, Pa. itrtCT in Mammoth liloc-k, up stair. En tr....'.v ..u Mam Cn.ss fim-t. ..U ti..im i, .1- e.-.i.seltl.-d, titles examined, and all 1.S..I i.u-.iies attended to with proniflue i.J tl'ie.lty. A. J. C 'I.IK n:s. I. c. cxtaxiiN. riuLBuux a coLiumx, . j AT1UUN EYS-AT-EAW , Somerset, Pa. ;i l.usin entrust. to our eare wii: be ppmiptlv and tiithfully attended to. tolieo l uia.le ill s.iiici-l. lUiiK.nl and a.ljoin-v.-4 oMiniiit surve.viiujr and conveyancing c.'i.e t.u fssoruble U-rnis. HL ItAElt, . AIIUUXEY-AT-LAW, SomerMeL, Pa. j.r.ietii-e in Somerx-t and adjoining c.iiiiti.-s. Allt.usim-st. entrusttl to him mill rvrie .nmil alU'iilioii. A. H. O 'KKK (TIE W. H. IlL I'l'EL. V AnuKNKViS-AT-VW, SouiertM-t, Pa. All liu-iiies entrusted to their eare will be t(li: and puueiualiy atteiid-d to. urtioe on M..'iii Ihm street, opposite. Mammoth T V. J AKOTHEIIS, M. I)., tl l'lIVs-iClAN AXOl'HijEOX, Stimerst, Pa. iffi.v on Patriot strw-t, near K. IL Station. cl.t Tii at i.Iticc. DIL P. F. SHAFFEK, I'll YsICIAS anu Sl IWEOX, Somerm-t, la. T.-ndei his pnf.-ssioiuil r iee to the eiti trM ui satiuerset and vk-iuity. Krtiee next C'vir wi oiuuiert-iai lltel. D1L J. M. I.Ol TilEIt, 1'HVsKIAN ANUSl IUJEOX, t'Ci-ou Main st rwt, reur of lrug utore. 1) It. H. S. KIMMELL, I.ud. rs liif .n.f..siHu -r r to the eiti-t'-ii. id' s. .tut rw-l and K-iTity. I'ult'sft .n .i.iiali eiiciij.tl hr ran be I. Kind at hi of I.''rol. Miu L, ru-i of inauituikl. D li. J. S.Mi MILI.EX, !ruduateiu ll-nlistry.) "i-.v.t -ruil utt. iili.ii to tiw prewrvation M tin-natural t"th. Artificial k-o iiiMTt-d. A:i '.(.-run.,!!-, t-uaraiil.i-d salistaet..r. inTicr lu ttir n.iii, ,.i,-r L. H. luvi 4 More, oinirt- Mam ru. and Patriot Rtrw-t. Oils! Oils! o Tnf AtUiiiir K filling Co.. Pittsbuix Iiart i"'nu i'ltM.urx. I' makes a s-ially of KiiiiiLLe-tuniitf Umt Hie lhlil-stic trade tiie liiH-sl brands of Huminating & Lubricating Oils Naphtha and Gasoline, Tl-: can U- iim it- from IVtroleum. We chal aiif i-cfiiijuriauu aith every known Product of Petroleum If a ttie most uniformly Satisfactory Oils -IX THE American NFarket, A' fT oui. Trade for Somerset and vicini ty supplied by .K 4 ItEEKITS and EKEASE A KtMlsKlt, SotiK-rsft, Pa. MTISTIC JOB PRINTING A SPECIALTY. HARRY M. BEXSUOFF, UKUFACTURIHQ STATIONER BOOK MAKER. HAXXasi ULrOClv. Johnstown, Pa. A. H. HUSTON. Undertaker and Embalmer. GOOD liEAXtSE Mr, Althing pertaining to fuoeraU fum- 11 X- A. nnea. Somerset, Pa. 1 h VOL. XLIH. XO. 20. -THE- First national Ml OF- Somerset, Penn'a. o Capital, S50.000. Surplus, S16,000. DEPOSITS "EC El VCD IN LARGE AND SMALL AMOUNTS, PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS. STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED -DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. iarpe m. hicks, ;. 11. sf-ru JAMES E. I'l'tJH, W. II. M1I.I.EIU JoIlX IL StXITT, l:oKT. S. SCI EL, EKED W. BIESECKE1L EDWARD KlTLL, : : PUESIDEXT. VALEXTIXE II AY, : VICE PRESIDENT. HARVEY M. BERKLEY, : CASHIER. The funds and securities of this bank are e- curcly protected in a celebrated Corliss lti'R ulah Pkook Sake. The only safe made abso lutely burglar-proof. The Somerset County National AN & OF SOMERSET, PA. EiUblliWd, 1877. Orcanbad at a National, 1890 --O. 550,000 CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND UN- DIVIDED PROFITS lb,UUU. : Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't. Wm. H. Koontz, Vice Pres't. Milton J. Pritts, Cashier. Directors: SASH." EL SXYDER, WM. EXDSLEY, JitSI AH SPECHT. JOXAS M. ttHiK, JOHX 1L SXYDER, JOHX STCKET, JttsEI'Ii B. DAVIS, NOAH S. MILI.EIh HARRISON SXYDER, JERoME STCFFT, SAM. B. HAltniSOX. Customers of this link will receive the most ln-ral treatiiHtit oinsistent withsafelwnkiinr. Partie wishing to wnd money nst or w-st hi Ite accommodated by draft for any ,n"u"1- ...... n.......fi,i,. jH.HH-vanu vaiuiti'i.- M-uin. ... " IkiI.I s -lebraU-d safi-s, with ui.ist improved time l-k. ollection made in all part or tne l uiteu Stutes. Charges moth rate. Accounts and deposiw solicited. fUILIII TITLE 10 TEISI ti. 121 fc 123 Fourth Ave., PITTSBURGH, PA. Capital - - Undivided Profits 1250,000. Acts as Executor, Guar.lian, Assignee :UI1 lletviveT. Wills reeeivetl for ati.l lal.l fret? of charge. Business of residents anI non-residents csirefully attelilel to. JOHN . JACK.SOX, - Presi-Ient. JAMES J. IX)NXELIi, V. President. FRANKLIN RROWX, - Seen tar-. JAS. C. CHAI'LIN. - Treasurer. JORDAN & HINCHMAN. We are now ready Willi our new and iarye in voice of Fine Confectionery Coods llHiuir brands of Biscuits and Cakes, Fancy ;Ki!i of all style, and everylhiiiR else ierhiininR to a flrst-class Ibiusc to till order p-Minptly, and to supply resident tiniilh to any ex tent. tls always fresh, and always oirer rd at lowit figures. Call and see one of the finest assortments ever carried. JORDAN & HINCHMAN. 270272 Main Street, Johnstown, Pa. LARRABEE'S LI T i OR" PAIN EXTRACTOR CURES- RHEUMATISM. LUMBAGO. NEURALGIA. TOOTHACHE. BACKACHE, CATARRH. AMD ALL KINDS OF PAINS AND ACHES. ..iued 2y-h JS. v ' wonder pais .iteadsnt. UimeBt txm. lti. CLEAN. Ut, rricACious. ACREEASLT SMtLUHB, QUICK ACTING. oaoW -dr M"S"lJl hdfce. kums. scalds, cuts. w"dV , uAscbt. etc, 1- " - be ordered by bdo address. RHEUMATIC eoia roaaTO,fc Winkelmann & Brown Drug Co. BALTIMORE. UD, U. S. A. The Magic Touch OK Hood's Sarsaparilla You smile at the idea. But if you are a sufferer from Dyspepsia And ImlijiMtlon. try a bottle, ami b. fore you have taken half a dozen doses, you will involuntarily think, And no doubt exclaim, "That Just Hits It! I "That soothing effect is a mapa touch."' llool , Sarsaparilla Rently tones and strengthens the stomach and digestive organs, invigorates tlis liver, creates a natural, healthy desire for food. Rives refreshinjr sleep, and in short, raises the health tono of tlia euiire system, lietneniber Hood's Sarsa parilla Cures Hood's Pills cure liver ills, constipation, liliouswss. Jaundice, sick headache. Indigestion LADIES SHIRT WAi Tlie warni sjh'11 will mi freest tlii.s eonifortalile ami more than ever loiil:ir jranneiiL We liave all kinds in the Star Make, The Ut made, with PufT Plaited and SHIELD FROICTS, turn down and standing eollars, in ma terials such ILS PERCALES, MADRAS, ZEPHYR AND OXFX)RD CLOTH. All sies, S2 up to 42. Prompt attention will Ik-given to Mail Orders. HORNE & WARD, 41 FIFTH AYENL'E. Jacob D. Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Door West of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa. I Am Now prepared to supply the pulilic with CliK-ks, Watehe, and Jew elry of all descriptions, as Cheap as the CheajH-st. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. All work guaranteed. Look at my Moek U'fore makinjr your purehaseH. J. D. SWANK. ART AMATEUR. Best and Largest Practical Art Magazine. (The only Art Periodical swarded a Medal at the World's Fair.) anio'fr to all ku rUk to mat thrir tiring flrf I SMUT 1W IF num9 armmijut I send to anv one t f C. I'.estioa a speeiI I 1 erb o'.or plates III iK. and s supple JL J run i uc. we wm meuiior.iLK this ruM men copy, with surrrb iftir eoi.vins or Irannuir. I menuiry pses oi aubi$ia irguiu S.V. or rnn nc. we will send alo "Painting rUn Z.DC for Beginners" (!) prgae. MONTAGUE MARKS, 23 Union Square, New York. Pennsylvania College, GETTYSBURG. PA. Founded in 1132. Irve Faculty. Two full courses of study Classil and "scleiitilie. S- iiil cMirs.-s In all department. ( lsrrvatory, Ealsmitorltn and new tivmuasium. Six lurve buildinirs, s.t.-iilii liejiU libraries iiiW volumw. E-isiis.- low. lii-uartment if Hygiene and phvsical Culture in cliarpeof an cxperieni-rl oliysleiun. Avssible bv frequent railnnd trains. lK-ation ou (he fkttllelield of licit J -bury, most pleasant and healthy. PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT in sepnrate buildinirs, for boys ann you n it mvn I'relinnir for busincM or college, under sp pal care of the Principal and three as-istunts. iresidins w ith stildtiits in the buildimr- Fail UTm olsns tiih. 1MH. FiH-catulotrues, ad.iress H. W. McKnicht, It. I IX. I, Presi dent, or Kev. . U. Kliiuer, A. PriucipaL Ueltysbuix, Pa. 3 Puo'a Brmedy for Best, Easiest to Cse. Sold by Droralau a Si. . T. IlsarlUBft, Somerset SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, THE LAST LEAF. I saw him one? before. As he pascd by tlto tloor; And aalu The vcmeut stones resound As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say tliat in his prime. Ere the pruniiu-kuifeof time Cut him down. Not a lM-lter man was found By the crier on his rouud Through the town. But now he walks the streets. And he looks at all he meets So forlorn; And he sliakes his feeble bead, Tliat it seems as If he said, "They are goue." The mossy marbles rest On the 11M that he has pressed In their bUsuii; And the names he loved to hear Have born rarvel for nutny a yrar On the tomb. My jrrandiimiiinia lias said Poor old lady! she is dead Iini? hko That he had a Ronuin nose. And his cheek was like a rose lu tiie snow. But now his nose Is thin. And It rests upon his chin I.Ike a staff; And a crook is lu his buck. And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it Is a sin For me to sit and frrin At him here, But the old three-cordered hat. And the breech.- und all tluit. Are so queer. And if I should live to Ite The hist leaf ll sin the tree In the spring, Ix-t them smile as I do now. At the old f.irtken IioukIi Where I cliiit;. Olirer IIVc.-H Wwa A CONSPIRACY. "I would't marry the U-st man that ever livetl !" nnd she meant it, or, what answers the name purjsise, hhe thought she liictint it. After all, how very few of ih really know what we mean. "I engaged myself onee, when a girl, and the simpleton thought he owned me. I soon took the eomvitotit of him ! and sent him awav alsmt his business." The voiee was now a little sharp. What wonder, with so galling a mem ory ? "No muu shall ever tyniuizeover me never! What the mischief do you suppose is the matter with this aewiug machine "Annoyed at yotir'logie, most likely," said my friend, a bright young matron, as she threaded her needle. "My hus band is not a tyrant, Miss Kent." "I am glad you are satisfied," was the hteonie reply. Itwasipiite evident ly the expres sion of the dressmaker's face that she had fornitsl her own opinion aUut my friend's husband and was (iiiite comiie-U-iit to fonn and express an opinion on any subject. Miss Kent was a little woman, faira a girl and plump asa robin. She wasn't ashamed to own that she was 40 years old. She had earned her own living most of her life, and was proud of it. She was a good nurse, a faithful friend ami a jolly companion, but stroke her the wrong way, and you'd wish you hadn't. I ler views on all subjects were strikingly original and not to lie com mitted. "What are you going to do when you are old ?" jiersisted the mistress of the establishment. "What other folks do, I supjaise." "Hut you can't work forever." "Can't say that I want to." "Now, Miss Flint, a husland with means, a kind, intelligent man" "I don't want any man. I tell you, Mrs. Carlisle, I wouldn't marry the best man living if he was rich as Cnesus and would die if I didn't have him. Now. if vou have exhausted the war r'utge question, I should like to try on your drvss." There was something U hind all this, I knew well. My friend's eyes danced with fun ; and as Miss Kent fitted the waist she threw me a letter from the bureau. "R.-ad that," she said, with a know ing look. "It may amuse you." This is what the letter said : My Dear Jennie I shall le delight ed to spend a mouth with you and your husband. There must, however, In line stipulation alxHit my visit you must sny no more about marriage. I shall never lie foolish again. Twenty years ago to-day I wrecked my whole life, "inter embark in a new ship, had't he?" put in Jennie, sotto voice. So unsuitable was this marriage, so utterly and entirely wretched have lieen its consequeiuvs, that I am forced to U-lieve the marriage institution a mistake. S, for the last time, let me assure you that I wouldn't marry the liest woman that ever lived, if by so doing I could save her life. Your old cousin, Makk Lansing. "Rich, isn't he?" said Jennie, ami then iNiinted to the chubby little fig ure, whose back, happened to lie turn ed. I shook my head and laughed. "You'll see," said the ineorrigiable. "See what?" inquired Miss Kent, quite unaware of the pantomime. "That parties which are chemically attracted will unite of course an alkali and an acid. Don't you think this sleeve a little too long, Miss Kent?" "Not after the seam is oir. Rut what were you saying, Mr. Carlisle? The other day, at Profcssor'lloyiiton's I saw some wonderful experiments." "And dil they succeed?" inquired Jennie, demurely. "Reautifully !" "So will mine. I never yet botched a job in my life." ''I don't think I quite understand you," replied Miss Kent, perplexeL "No? I always grow scientific when talking alsiut marriage, my dear. "Itother !" was all the little woman aid, but the tone was much better na tured than I expected. The next week Cousin Mark arrived. An unhappy marriage would have lawn the last thing thought of in connection with that gentleman. He had accepted the situation like a man, Jennie told me, and for 15 years carried a load of misery that few could have endured. Death relieved him at hist, ami now the poor fellow actually ESTABLISHED 1827. believed himself an alien from domestic happinesri. Singular as it may appear, Cousin Mark was the embodiment of good health and good nature; fifty perhaps though he didn't look it, and as rotund and as fresh in his way, as the little dressmaker was in hers. True, he had more of the polish which comes from travel, but he was not a whit more intelligent by nature than the bright little woman whom Jennie determined he should marry. "I was surprised j-ou should think it necessary to caution me alxut that, Cousin Mark," croaked the plotter, as she looked tnit of the window. "The idea of my being so ridiculous !" and in the same breath, with a wink at me: "Come, let us go to my sitting room. We are at work there, but it won't make any difference to you, will it?" Cousin Mark said "No," innocent as a dove alxHit the trap lieing laid for him. "This is my cousin, Mr. Lansing, Miss Kent." He bowed politely ; she rose dropjied her scissors blushed anil sat down again. He picked up the refractory imple ments, and then Mrs. Carlisle proceed ed with caution and tact to her laUir of love. At her request, Cousin Mark read aloud an article from a magazine, draw ing Miss Kent into the discussion as deftly as was ever a fly drawn into the web of a spider. "Who is that lady, Jennie?" he in quired in the evening . "You mean Miss Kent?" said Jen nie. "Oh, she's a lady I've known for a long time. She's making some dress es for me now. Why ?" "She seems uncommonly well posted for a woman." Under any other circumstances Mrs. Carlisle would have resented this ; but now she only queried : "Do you think so?" Two or three invitations to the sew ing room were quite sutlicieiit to make Cousin Mark tit home there, and after a week he became familiar enough to say : "If you are not tK busy, I should like to read you this article." "Oh, I'm never too busy to lie read to," Miss Kent would say. "Sit down by the window iu this comfortable chair and let's hear it." Rut, ah ! what an arch plotter ! Mrs. Carlisle let them skirmish about, but not onee did she give them a chance to In? alone together, until the very even ing preceding Cousin Mark's departure forCalifijrnia. Then Miss Kent was very demurely asked to remain and keep an eye on the Iniby, whom the mother did not like to leave quite alone with his nurse. "We are compelled to be goneacoui- le of hours," said she, "but cousin will read to you ; won't you cousin ?" "Certainly, if Miss Kent would like it," replied that gentleman. The infant Carlisle, thanks to good management, was never awake in the evening, so the victims of this matri monial speculation would have plenty f time. The Intck parlor was the room most in use during tiie evening, and out of that room was a large closet with a blind elevator, and out of this closet a door leading to the stoop and garden. Imagiue my surprise when I was told that Mrs. Carlisle was going to the lodge, and that we, after profuse warn ings alsiut the baby and promises not to lie gone too long, were to proceed to this closet overlooking, the liack jwirlor, by way of the lack gate and garden. In vain I protested. "Oh, you goosie," said Jennie, laugh ing, "there'll lie fun enough to last us a lifetime. John wanted to come awful ly, but I knew he'd make a noise and spoil everything, so I wouldn't let him." The wily schemer took the precau tion to lock the closet door from the outside, so there was no fear of detec tion. On a high liench, as still as two mice, we waited results. Presently Cousin Mark, as if arousing from a protracted reverie, asked ; "Would you like to have me wad?" "Oh, I am not particular." replied Miss Kent. "Here is an excellent article on elect ive afiiuities; how would you like that ?" Jennie's elbow in my side almost took away my breath. "Who is it by?" she inquired. Jennie exclaimed clear in my ear : "That's to gain time. See if it isn't. Now for something interesting." "It's by a prominent French writer, I lielieve," he answered. "I don't think I care for a translation to-night," said Miss Kent. "Nor I. Nor reading of any kind," he continued. "This Is my hist even ing in New York, Miss Kent." "I hope you've enjoyed your visit," she returned. Jennie into my very head this time "She's as shy asa 3-year old coif" "I didn't think I should feel so bad alout leaving," Cousin Mark went on. "He is the wreck, you remember," whispered Jennie. A long pause. "I think I hear the baby," exclaim- eJ Miss Kent "Oh, no," said he. "You are fond of liabies, are you not, Miss Kent?" No answer. "I have lieen a very lonely man," he resumed, "but never realized how lone ly the rest of my life mast 1 until I came to this house." "Oh, how lonely !" echoed Jennie. "Now I must return to my busiuess and my boarding house hoarding house for a man so fond of domestic life as I am, Miss Kent." Just then we very distinctly heard a little kind of purr, which sounded like a note of intense sympathy from Miss Kent. "I have friends in San Francisco, of ctKirse, said Cousin Mark, "but no fire side like this no one to care for me if I am ill ; nobody to feel very badly if I die." "That'll fetch her," said Jennie. "I wish that I lived in San Franeis- co," said Miss Kent in a little quiver ing voice. "You could call upon me any time, if you needed anything." Jennie in convulsions. "If you will go to California with me, OCTOBER 31, 1894. Miss Kent, I'll wait another week." "Why, Mr. Lansing, what do you mean? What would folks say ?" she said. "We don't care for folks," said Mark. "If you will go, we will have a house as pleasant as money can make it. You shall have birds and flowers and horses and all the scientific monthlies that you want, deuced if you shan't and you shall never sew another stitch for anybody but myself. Will you lie my wife?" Just then Jennie and I stepped up another peg, and there was that little old maid, who would not marry the best man that ever lived, hugged close to the man's breast who wouldn't mar ry the best woman that ever lived, not even to save her life. We came away then, but my opin ion Is tliat they remained in just that Mtsitiou till we rang the bell alsjut half an hour Liter. "How did you know?"' I asked of Jennie. "My dear," she answered, "my whole reliance was uiioii human nature and let me tell you, dear goosie, what ever else may fail, that never docs " "Why, Miss Kent, what makes your face so very red?" inquired Jennie, u js in entering, "and, Cousin Mark, how strangely you look ! Your hair is all mussed up." "And I hojie to have it mussed up often," said Cousin Mark boldly "Miss Kent and I are to be married this week." Jennie laughed until her face was purple, and when I went up stairs Miss Kent was iiouiidiiig her back. Mon treal Star. The Traveling' Dairy. Canada has an institution that ought to be copied ill the I'liitcd States. This is the traveling dairy. The Dominion government maintains a traveling dairy school which in the summer season goes from one nciglilsirhood to another, holding institutes and giving practi.-al exhibitions of the lcst way to ileal with milk and make butter and clu-se. The result is seen in the great leap forward taken by Canadian butter and cheese in the ptist few years. At the World's fair Canada captured .'JO prizes from our American cheese and butter mak ers. The traveling dairy ought to lie taken in hand jointly by the American state exjs-riineiit stations and the dai rymen's institutes and associations. They could run it together. Part of the government appropriation to the stations illicit lie used for its exiM.-nscs, and proliably the state legislature would appropriate additional sums if properly approached. At any rate, that travel ing dairy we ought to have, Cut Bonea For Poultry. The Wine cutter is not a I sine mill. A bone mill is valuable la-cause it will grind hard, dry hones and thus render them useful, but it can do nothing with a fresh, green Isuit- from the butcher. A Isine cutter will save its cost in a short time, as Umes can lie 1 High t for less than meat. Rones are IvtU-rthau meat Ut-ause while meat contains ni trogen (flesh forming and egg forming) green Ikhics contain not only nitrogen, but phosphates. A Isme is largely composed of lime in a soluble form. The lime in oyster shells is insoluble and is not utilized by fowLs if they can convert soluble lime intoegg shells and store up in tlie egg the lime for the b uies of the chicks, b it a green bone, rich in its natural juices, is uot only di gestible, but nutritious. Insects Injurious to Vegetables. At the conference held U-tweeii the Isiard of control of the New York ex eriment station and representative Ing Island farmers it was agreed by the Litter that insects injurious to vege tables were more abundant and de structive this year than they had ever U-en known liefo-.v; that the farmers did not know how to destroy them or prevent their ravages, and that the greatest service the station could render would be immediately to send tine or more comiictcnt entomologists to in struct the truck fanners as to the U-si method of destroying the jK-sts. The first work of the station on Iong Island will proliably lie in this line and has doubtless liegun by this time. A Tax Ou Bachelors. Rather a nice question has arisen in Ottowa, where the Mayor has had the hnrdihiMHl to prtqiose the imposition of a tax upon liaclu-lop. The chief civic officer thinks that after twenty-one years of age no male person should es cae the special tax. If he objects to it, all he has to do is to marry, but the difficulty is that if a tax is to be imtios ed on single blessedness, something will have to be done to adjust the !al ance of the sexes in Canada. Howev er much some of the males may tie sin; to secure a partner, l-"i0,ixi0 of them must lie content to remain aingle, or else go outside Cana.la to find a wife. Conundrums. If a jicrsoti is suffering with disease, what covering should le used ? A counteriane (counter pain). Why is the whole of anything worth a dollar? llecause four quarters are always worth tr'l. When you seak of the luik of a small stream, why do you hint that the stream itself is sorrowful? Re cause you say "The brook side (sigh ed)." If a dissiiMtted man should begat your dtnr, and you should ask his business, and why he did not n-fonn, how could he answer both questions with one won!? "Mend I can't" (men dicant). Youth' (imijMtnioii. An Old-Time Stage Journey. "When I used to go home CO years ago from Maryland to Ohio," said an octogenarian, "the journey consumed a week. Sometimes I went by way of Cumlierland The rival state coaches raced all the way from that town to Wheeling. We nearly starved during those long rides, for although there was a stop every 10 miles to exchange hor ses, the time allowed for what was mis called n-freshments was cnt down so that one had to choose U-tween hunger and certain la ligestions. X 1". Sun. JJL Bravery Half the Battle. There was once a wise old goat. One day he took n-fuge from the storm by running into the first cave he saw. It proved an excellent shelter, but it licloikged to a lion, and soon the gtt heard the lion coming home. "Aha !" n-marked William lout to himself, "this is a place when; wit Is of more Use than sharp horns V and when the lion came in he found the goat calmly stroking his lx-ard. "How very lucky T' exclaimed old William, just as the lion was a! unit to spring upon him. "Lucky?" said Leo, stopping half way, "for me, you mean?" "Not at all," answered William. "I mean for myself. It is my Imsiness to hunt lions." "I never heard of such a thing !" an-swen-d the lion, laughing scornfully. "Very likely not," replied the gont. '-Rut then, I'm not an ordinary gout. I am the lion-hunting kind. We are ran-, but then.- an- a few of us still left. I made a vow that I would kill ten li ons this week, but they are scarce, and so far I have slain only five. You will be the sixth." S saying he lowered his head and charged the liou with pretended feroci ty. Not exja-cting the attack, the lion turned and ran (Hit. No sooner was Wiliam the (tout sure that the lion was at a distance than he started otr, too, but iu another direction. Meanwhile Leo met a jackal and told him alsmt the story the goat had made up. "What nonsense !" said the jackal, bursting into a roar of laughter. "Why, I know old William Ooat wt-IL He is no fiercer than any other goat. Come with me, and we'll quickly make an end of him." S they turned Iwck towards the cave and soon fniiliiigthe goat's tracks, tiny made after him at top speed. William (iotit luckily caught sight of them Is fore they saw him. "Now," said he to himself, "I must make believe harder than ever or all is lost." i Then-ujion he turned and ran towards his pursuers at full sHtsl. As soon as i he was near enough to lie plainly heard, he cried out iu as angry a tone as he could command : "Why jackal, how is this? I told you I needed five lions, and hen you bring me only this little one !" At this ls was again overcome by fright and he once more took to his jmiws towards the deepest part of the jungle. The jackal called after him in vain, and, Iteing really a coward, did not dan-to face old William (toat alone. S William arrived safe at home, to the gn-at joy of Nanny and the little) kids. St. Y'7ofVM. Short and Sweet. Something to lie studded a shirt front. It Is the quack nostrums that gather in the ducats. A gun Is not doing much execution when it hangs fin. In the race of life it isn't the fast men who come out ahead. Poverty is in want of much, lmt avar ice demands the earth. To la- found iu liad company is often equivalent to being lt. One good deed is worth a bushel im-pmjK-rly made and recorded. A bail lo'.;keeHT may la- a giasl Umd keeiier when he has a chance. Then; an- a great many painters iu this world, but they are not unnum-licn-d. The monkey goes to the sunny side of the tn-e when he wants a wanner climb. What is Mipular opinion to-day may la-come unpopular opinion to-in jrrow. PaT-hangers are alsmt the only men who succeed iu Imsiiu-ss by going to the wall. In Venice, a gondolier Is discharged when he is caught goiidolcering at tin ladies. The age of a tn-e can Is.- estimated by counting its rings, lmt it isn't so with a woman. Trran Sitiny. Splitting Seconds. The ineastin inent of minute intervals of time is one of the most difficult su In jects met with iu the lalsnttory, and this Is more esja-cially the case as the apparatus employed is often little adapt ed for the use of those who lack ex perience in the pns-isioii gained by years of exM.-riuieiital work in physics. A Frenchman has rvceiitly diviscd a pliotochmnograph which comprise a metallic disc, turning freely on an axis uissiiig thnmgh its centre. The free , end of a spring carries a needle-point, j which War against the disc ; this spring is timed to give 500 vibrations jht second. The ntte is determined by timing the spring so that it vibrates 1. tween known vibrations of 4'Kt and 522 peril sis per second. Any want of the extn-me accuracy in the determination of the intermedi ate iiin isTiot of great iiiiNirtaiice, as it can lie shown that the diRV-n-nce only affects the fifth pla-e of decimal of a single second. Of course, any variation in speed of the disc doc not influence the numlier of vibrations of the spring. Ry means of a magnesium light trace of the path of the spring are left umii a sensitive plate mounted upn the disc. The apparatus Ls certainly not new in principle, lmt the arrangement is one which has not been descrilasl in this particular fonn. A Good Reason. "What time of night was it you saw the prisoner in your room ?" aked the defendant's attorney in a recent suit. "Altout 3 o'clock." "Was there any light iu the room at the time ?" "No, sir. It was quite dark." "Could you see your husband at your side Tr "No, sir." "Then, nuulani," said the attorney triumphantly, "please explain how you could see the prisoner ami could not sve your huslwnd" "My husliaml was at the lodge, sir." rhlatUW''! Ctt'f. 0 Ut) "WHOLE XO. 2257. Hard Luck, But Maniid at Last A bride at Newark had a hard time of it in getting married the other day. First of all she insisted that she would only drive to the church in a new couch, and much time was lost in finding such a vehicle. Next, when the church door was nachsl, the bride was found in tears, and the cause was that, iu her excitement, she had for gotten to put on her whiteshocs. And as she refused to allow the ceremony to proceed until she had rectified this blunder, the party had to n-turn to her home, quite a distance away. The corns-t shoes having U-en put on a new start was made, lmt, iu entering the carriage, the bride slipM-d and sprained her ankle. This caused further loss of time. Once more the wedding Jiarty set out, but a'aiu there was a mishap; in crossing a railroad track, one of the hind wheels of the coach was wrench ed otr, and the bride was thrown into the ntad. An effort was then made to induce the bride to take one of the other carriages in the pniccssion, while the otvuiKints proceeded to the wed ding in a stn-ct car, lut she refused, and statisl herself on a doorstep until another vehicle was pn-cured. This ended tiie chapter of accidents and the young woman was safely mar ried. He Has Enough of It This is the way William Dickson, a well known Ivmocrat of Washington, D. ('., puts it in writing to a local or ganization and announcing his retire ment from the jiarty of free trade : "During my alisence from the city I n-ccived notification of my appoint ment to a prominent place on one of the committees of your organization. While thankful for the honor and n-c-ognition, n-sjs-ctfully decline to act. "Fnm ls;4, when McCIelhui was our candiilate, in the day of the war, until the present year, I have unhesi tatingly given my time, laUir and iinaus iu adv.-ating Democratic prin ciples, and stiil remain firm to my ear ly teachings. Rut I am disinisted lie yoiel measure, or expression, at the at titude of the so-called Democracy of the present hour, and I have coucludtsl to n-lire temporarily from active partici pation in any straggle for jsilitU-al su premacy in this camjiaigii. I could lie of no scrvuv to you, for I have no heart iu the work. "I have sacrified considerable of my means and lalsir in (he jwist for Demo cracy. I hull devote my efforts hen--after for the welfan- of my family .in honest jttrty who need my service in placing provision iu the wigwam and coal iu the cellar, and who will appre ciate hit efforts." The Old.Men of To-day. This is supposed to le the era of young men, lmt thetmthis, there wen never more famous old men on deck than we haveto-da3". Mr. ( iladstone is eighty-five and M. Jules Simon Is eighty. Roth are phys ically strong ami active, and they are now doing some of their Is t work. Rut these are not the only instances in history of the extraordinary activity of very old men. Dandolo, when it ninty and utterly blind, stormed Con stantinople. Titian was painting his finest pictures when he diet 1 iu his hun dredth year. Sir Isaac Newton was pn-sideiit of the Royal Sariety at the age of cighty-thn-c, and I -an dor finish ed his "Imaginary Conversations" at the age of eighty-nine. Rnmgham was a strong debater at eighty, and Lynd hurst, when over ninety, spoke in the house of lords. Franklin was governor of Pennsylvania at the age of eighty two, and we now have Morrill in the senate at eighty-four and Oliver Wen dell Holmes at eighty-five was brilliant a ever. It would la- easy to add to the list. Our old men are by no means hack nuniU-rs. They are among our wisest counsellors and our la-st workers. . t tlii nf it ( 'itHftitutiifit. Snap Shots. A. man, on Wing asked what kind of wine he pn-fernsl, said, other io ple's. People are usually willing t do eith er duty, but they do not like to do much of it. Lieutenant (admiring hi image in the minor) And yet they call women the fair sex. He I should like to kiss you a often as the ocean has dnips. She Which ocean? That organ-grinder left out a portion of the tune. That's all right. We're even. The dime I gave you had a hole iu it. Wife And did Mr. (Say really say I was positively dove-like? Husband Something of that sort. He said you were pigeon-toed, I lielieve. TublH says he's la-en making a num Wr of improvement alsmt his home ntvntly. Yes, I noticed he's sold the piano and lawn mower. Don't you think Itinklcs has a very bn-ezy manner? If you n-fer to the de light he takes in airing his opinion, I do. Waited for News. "I haven't heard you say anything of tliL- rcsotinvs of the locality in which you have Uuiirht land in the last few -lays," said the traveling man in the hotel nitumla, "I haven't said much, that's a fact," said the tall, angular num. "Rather unusual, Um't it?" "I guess it is." "Pnsluetive country, I always thought." "Si did I." "TimWr said to W uncxivlhsL" "That's what every one said when I Istught it." "See here! Has some one called you down ou the stories ytu were tell ing?" "No." "Anyone outclassed you iu tliat liner' "Not a bit of it." "What's the matter then?" "Well, the fact U that timber land was up iu Wisconsin, and as I haven't Wen there for a week I don't feel safe in t liking about it right now." Wheat for Feel According to reports received from the wheat-growing eo'mties of Mary land, as well as from various tortious of the West, a vast quantity of wheat will ! fed to hogs. It was stated in a letter from Washington county, pub lished in tiie llaltirnor '.S' some time ago, that those fanners who fed their wheat to hogs last year ntilized from xt cents to $1 a bushel for it. P. D. Armour, jr., of Chicago, ac cording to a statement recently pub lished in that city, has just completed an actual test of feeding wheat to hogs on his farm. On September he weighed eighteen pigs 1,975 pounds. September 29, he same plga weighed 2,500, gaining 52-5, and receiving noth ing for food except 1.&50 pounds r.f crushed wheat. Taking the present market for hogs at 5 cents it would make the value received for the wheat $2;.25, or a little over 15 cent p r bu-she! against a cost of alsmt 5.'! cents for the wheat. There had Iss-n some discussion as to the value of wheat as food for hogs. Hogs, likeother animals, thrive best on a diet which Is somewhat varied from time to time. Rut the ex perience of Mr. Armour and the west ern Maryland farmer seems to show that they do as well o:i an exclusive diet of wheat, pmpcrly fed, as upon an ex clusive diet of anything else. Ilairy nien who have fed chopra-d wheat tinn ed with chopjssl hay to milch cows declare that it Is an excellent fissl. Too Much Science in the Beer. A gissl tale Is told of the late Pro fessor Tyinlall alsmt the time he was a ina-ter at iueenwl collctre, Hants. The village inkectwr had a capital tap of home brewed old fashioned ale, which the educational staff much fan ciiiL Years passed on, but the scent of the rise remained, and when the pn fessor ran over his starting point in life he went down for a gUise of the Weil n-inemltered brew. "Simpkiiison,'' said he after a delicious draft, "I never had any W-cr like yours since I went away." "No sir. Nowadays they put t much science into Is-cr 'stead of malt and hoiis." F'l Hint Sanitation. Specimen Cases. S. II. ('lirTord, New Cassel, Wis., was tntuhlcd with Neuralgia and Rheumatism, his Stomach was disor dered, his Liver was affected to an alarming degn-e, apjs tite fell away, and he was terribly nsluivd iu flesh and stn-mrth. Three lsttlesof Electric Hitters cun-d him. Edward Shepherd, Harrisburir, HI., hail a running sore on his leg of eilit years' standing. L'scd three bottles of Electric Hitters and seven Isixes of Itueklen's Arnica Salve, and bis leg Is sound and well. John Speaker, ., had five lare Fever sores on his leir, doctors said he was incurable. One Isittle Electric P.itU-rs and one l:v Rucklen's Arnii-a Salve ctinsl him entirely. Sold by J. N. Snyder, Drug gist, Somerset, Pa, or O. W. Rrallier, Druggist, Ik-riin, Pa. She Was Very Cautious. "Did Mist Chilton give you any en eouraireiiiciit when you pros-d to her?" "Not a great deal. I used every argument. I even went so far as to assure her of my ability to support be r in the style to which she had Iteeii ai-custonied." "And what did she say?" "She said I might call around later and show her my income tax ntvipt." 'nhh)yttnt Stnr. A Household Treasure. D. W. Fuller, of Canajoharie, N. Y., says that he always keeps Dr. King's New Discovery in the house and his family has always found the very ls-st n-sults follow its use ; that he would u.it In- without it, if pnx-urable. i. A. Dykemaii Dniggist, Catskill, N. Y., says that Dr. King's New Discovery is undoubtedly the I test Couirli n-medy ; that he has used it iu his family for eight year, and it has never failed to do all that is claimed for it. Why not try a n-medy so long tried and testtsL Trial Unties free at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store Somerset Pa, or O. W. Rrallier's ' Dr.ig Store, Rerlin, Pa. Regular size 5.1c. and $1,00. One Exception at Least. Teacher (Jive an example of the truth of tiie motto, "I'nitcd we stand, divided we fall." Johnny I I can't think of any, ma'am. I don't Wlieve it's true any how. Teacher What ? Io you know of any case iu which it Is not tme? Johnny Yes'm. A stepladder. Vhunipt Trittuiu. Beyond Comparison Are the g-Ksl qualities possessed by Hood' Sarsaptirilla. Alsive all it purities the bio si, thus strengthening the nerves; it regulates the digestive organs, invigorate the kidney and liver, tone and build up the entire system, cures Scrofula. Dysjs-rsia, Catarrh and Rheumatism, (t.-t Ibxtd's and onlv Hood's. Hood's Pills cure all liver ills bilious ness, jaundice, indigestion, sick head ache. 25.-. Pleasant Iatevioar ii Sjw in OrJjr. Young htislinnd i in a low tone to hi wife, who meets him at the railroad depot with her mother "Didn't I telegraph you not to bring your mother to the station?" Young wife "That's just why mam mi has come almr. She wishes to sia-ak to you ah nit it She opened the telegram." Truth. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, son-s, ulcers, suit rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped bamls. chilblains, corns and all skhl eruptions, and posi tively cun-spile or no iay required. It 1 guaranteed to give ficrfcct satis faction or money n funded. Pr'u-e 25 cents per Wx. For sale by J.N. Sny der, Somerset, Pa., or at (J. W. Rral lier's, Rerlin, Pa. Mamma Well, Willie, what did you learn at Sunday sell sd b-day? Willie That I must sell five tickets for our pie nie next week, give j25 cent to Imjv the teacher a pn-sciit and that Noah built the ark. Vtujur. "Mamma," said a little Isiy, rushing into tlie natm with an air of one carry ing valuable information. "What is it, dear?" "Did you know that Rntwn's little lby was dead?" "Yes, dear, I hear! of it. Are you sorry?" "Yes, but Mamma, it was only three days old." "I know love." "Rut don't think Ood would W surprised to see it coming back so soon?" ' ! o
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