The Somerset Herald
jTABMHF.P 17.
forms of Publication
. i, -.1 every Wednesday mom
ling at
n. if paM i advai.ee, o;b.
f- ....
i:iviin:ii in-ruun-u.
u iil lie discontinued
until
v.. u--''l"
ir.i--' art- P'"' P- 1 'O'1""''"
n ne-
.' ... t . notiO' a vrihomlwriix-n
do not
' t,'.'.:it iti.-r p.pr will be hold ivsp.
...... ::Wri'tioU.
luslble
", r.m.. 1"? from one postofllce to
i. .-ivf us the name of the form-
" "' ' .,, .,, present office. Address
' X.lt SoltEKSET llKBALD,
SuMLKSFT, Pa.
. ,IVY C. W. ALKUfc
A- ... r n'l)
II
ATTOUX K YS-AT-LA
tillU Mi AU1 - lLi
t, Pa.
. ,, i i I.
1 1aji;.unkv-At-l.v,
No. 170 Fourth HU, Pittsburg, Vsu
KKlUvKV,
J.
.1 i I-w a -a -a I
Pa.
,,.-, r'isher's It.. .k Story.
t7KVKY M. BERKLEY,
A- Somerset, Pa.
. i it v,r-t National Hank.
A "-' 1 aih.k.vkV-at-I-aw,
Somerset, I'a.
I - i i'i ii; v
A iTtoKN tV-AT-LAW,
Somerset,
-,,.FI). w. iukseckek,
h ATli.KM-.Y-AT-L.oAV,
SoiIliTSft,
I'a.
vrtUv in l-rii.lw House IUiw, opposite
H,.u-'.
Court
J.
AlVoKNEY-AT-LAW,
tsouicnict.
Pa.
I
tSomerscl, Pa.
v. Ii. K""NT
J. ii. OGLE.
Koontz a ogle,
Somerset, I'a.
wii;giv prompt attention to business en-
,, ,.j i ii., ;rcjirMiirmii-iiiuujiiiiK
'i!i.t: mi Print House IUiw, opposite
1Heia.-t il..si.
MLKNTIXE HAY,
A I J 0- r-1 --Y i -i-.-v
Ssjincrsct, Pa.
IviVr In H.l Estate. Will ntUnd to
', uirusted U hiscarew ith pionipt-
toUN ii. nil-,
J AlToKNEY-AT-LAW,
N)imr't, I'a.
Vii l i n.nij'tlv r.tu-nd to ail busimwi en-tn.-i'-'i
'" !!" " advanced on colleo
H!iw iu Mauiinolu ltl-iek.
t...;i-
toIIX O. KIMMKL,
J AriOllN ,E -AT-L-VM ,
fc-umersot. Pa.
Wi"attnd to all busimi tutniMed to his
an- ii "' r- ' i""1 'lj"'"i'e untieN with
.nm.';:i'ai'd inl. lnv. rti-.-ou Main C'ros
limi, e I ilrotu' Urocerj" "'ore.
TAMKS IT(iII,
J ATTtHtN fc V-AT-LA W ,
toiiKr't, Pa.
titr.ci in Mammoth nioek. up suiirs. Kn
truh.v "ii Mam fr." mt'l- CollectKMis
iiua .oial.i- M ttk-d. mil examined, and ail
i..i, '.ii-.ih- ati un.-d to with promptness
u.i nJ'-ia.v.
A. J. O 'I.H: .US. I- C. O .I-HOKX.
-)Li;unx c(H.iM'it
J Al fuKN fc Yt-A T LA W,
Somerset, I'a.
All bnsine entrusted to our care will be
tromi-llv and tutniuUy all-inl.-d to. t oll.-c-mad.
iu somerM-t, lWl.Td and adjoin-ii-
eounli. surveyuuj and cuuveyaucinK
o.ie u raoiuille U rn.s.
nL BAEIl.
, AiroUNEY-AT-LAW,
SoiiH-raet, Pa.
prirtiee In Somerset and adjoining
t-uiiin. All bufciin entrusted to him wilt
rwvivc prtiupl altenti.Hi.
A. H. O YVIU 'Til. W. H. KL'PPEL.
Ol l lIOTII i KUPl'EL,
V ATTuliS tVo-A'1-U.W,
Somerset, Pa.
Allt.ii'.ij.entru-ded to their eare will be
li-i!in ami puiietoally atteiid.-d to. rliv
oil M;iU Ihm ftreel, oiip.wlte MauimolU
J. AU( ITHEIJS, M. I).,
1'lHSk'IAN AMiM'i.WJN,
Somerset, I'a.
i.J.Tim Pa; riot Sirvet, nir 1L 1L Station.
N ill al oltice.
DIL 1'. F. SHAFFER,
I'HYMCIAS ASusriUJKOX,
siiierft, I'a.
Tt-nJ.-rv hif jirof.-ional ietriee to the cltl
l"U it Niiiw-rx-t a!.d Vieiuity. Olliee next
0.jr luiuiii. reial ii oU-L
DM J. r. LOUTH Ell,
I'll Yslt TAS Al srRGEOX,
W rc M.iin stni t, nuruf Drug Ktore.
D
l II. S. KIMMELIj,
i'H.i n hi -n.r.-innal Hfrvicv to the citl
trm tM rs.iu. rvt and vicinity. I'lilcw. pro
Wkmmhv . ih:;,4:,-U he iii te lound at hia of
fci Mjiu u, r-l of iHaiuoud.
D
'l J. S.M. MILLEX,
iraduale 111 I KlilitrT.)
'.!r.e,ai atl'-iitiiMi to the preservation
oM.ii-a.(..ir.il i.-:u. Arlitieiai t't inserted.
A.. it r.,;i..ii uumnt.-d satifi.t.r'. t .Iti.'e
lii:ini;i,.i,-r L H. luvis A t'o' KU.re,
turu-t k.i, (.rfs and Patriot street.
Oils! Oils!
o
A:! .n; :- !l rmins Co, I'ittshnre Ilepart
"""'i'. l'lii-imra. I'a makes a st-ialty of
ii..iii.i.,. lui ui itr the iNfiii.'yiic
liu.ii iin tin.-st brands jf
Hair.!n;ting 4 Lubricating Oils
Naphtha and Gasoline.
Tlat can U- IlUl,i, fruill p,n,l,.um. We chal
kujji i u:up:.noii with every kuowa
Product of Petroleum
If yv.j v:ix tl.c most uniformly
Satisfactory Oils
-IX THE
American farket,
A'tT,ur. Trade for Soiuerect and vicini
ty uilutl by
limK 4 ItEEHITM and
i UKASE & KOUSEK,
Somerset, Pa.
WisflC JOB PRINTING
A SPECIALTY.
HARRY M. BEXSIIOFF,
HWACTUIUHQ STATIONER
ASD
fiLAX BOOK MAKER.
"ANXAM 1ILOCK,
Johnstown, Pa.
A. H. HUSTON.
Undertaker and Embalmer.
GOOD HEAESE
fyUilnc p.Ttal,iing to funerals furn-ished.
Somerset, Pa.
mi
1 Si iO
-A- iJLvy
YOL. XLIII. XO. 22.
-THE
First National Bant
Somerset, Penn'a.
Capital, 350,000.
Surplus, SI 6,000.
DEPOSITS RECEIVED IN LA HOC AND SMALL
AMOUNTS, PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS.
STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
J50AHI OF DIIIECTOUS.
LaKUK m. hicks,
iF. IL SCUI-U
W. It. MILI.F.lt,
KBT. S. SCULL,
jam fx u pi ;h.
JOHN K. SCIITT,
fkeu w. biff:ckek.
KIlWAKP SCULL, : : PItF5IDEXT.
VALKSTIXK HAY, : VICE IKFIIEXT.
HARVEY M. HEUKLEY, : CASHIER.
The funds and securities of this bank are se
curely pmtected in a celebrated Coklish Bin
glak I'ltoor Sake. The only safe made abso
lutely burgljir-proof.
Tbs Scmerset County National
OF SOMERSET, PA.
-K:
Ornnlin) National, 1890
- O.
S50.000
EitiblUM. 1877.
CAPITAL,
SURPLUS AND UN-
DIVIDED PROFITS 5lt,UUU.
Chai. J. Harrison, Pres't.
Wm. H. Koontz, rice Tres't.
Milton J. Trios, Cashier.
O:
Directors :
SAMUEL SNYDER,
J(SIAH SPF HT,
JOHN h. snyhfui.
wm. f:nisi.f:y.
jonas m. c'k,
john stufft.
Joseph r. kavis.
XilAII S. MILLER,
UAKRISoS SSYKEIt, J EKO.ME STUFFT,
SAM. B. HAHRIStN.
CiKitomerE of this Uinlt will receive the most
il-ml trti!iiieiit-..iisiste!iJ with sale iiaiiKinif.
Ii.rti.4 wishlll? to si lul money eI or e-l
can I accouuiMMtatea ny araii lor biij
.i.i.mnt
Mouev and valtmbl. secnivu i.y one 01 j.ie-
ld"s -iebraU-d salei, witti most improea
time lck.
Collei-tions made tn all pansoi inc imieu
Stiit.-. cliarpes iiHKleratv.
Accounts and dejB.lu soiiou-a.
fOEUlY TITLE 111 TOST ED.
121 & 123 Fourth Ave.,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Undivided Profits 1250,000.
Arts as Executor, Guanlian, Assignee
ami IU"viviT.
Willi ntvivtil for ami la-Id free of
t-harjre.
Husines.1 of rcsiiU-nti and ntn-rcridt-nt.i
carefully stU-ialetl t.
JOHX 1L JACKSON. - rrcsideiiL
JAMES J. DOXNELI V. President.
FIUXKLIX IiPvOWN, - Secretary.
JAS. C. CHAPLIN, - Treasurer.
JORDAN & HiNCHMAN.
We
are now rendv with our new and laree in-
.i.-, ..r Kine Conf-tio:ierv ixals. ipular
r.inds of Riseuits and Cakes Fancy ;.kk1s
f all styles and cverytliirrit else pi-.tiiuiiiF
trs.';w lioUS.-tO HI Ordl-fK .ro!llpll
nd to supply resident tmillh to any ex
nt. tiood always fr.-sh, and always ..Her
ed
at lowest fiifures. (ill and s one oi me
finest assortment ever carni-o.
JOBDAN & HINCHHAS.
270272 Main Street,
Johnstown, Pa.
LARRABEE'S
B
PAIN
EXTRACTOR
CURES.
RHEUMATISM.
LUMBAGO.
NEURALGIA.
TOOTHACHE. BACKACHE.
CATARRH.
AND ALL KINDS OF
PAINS AND ACHES.
. . . . a. L - aIj! MSMlff
TtaX Tea" -d-
rf to.".d
th bofrr
. rabb-a. a -ore or la. mc-
ooa. it
CLEAN. F-URE.
EFFICACIOUS.
ACRCEASLT SMELLING,
QUICK ACTING.
.ii h . a ?ilnIl'
ed I'T Miern.l f!.
aouscaoau
iMiras. seal
tndiof loll
below
address.
oca Tor
Winkelmann & Brown Drug Co.
BAN K
HEUMATIC LINIMENT
The Past
Guarantees
The Future
The fact that Hood's Sarsapa,
rilla has cured thousands oi
others is certainly sufficient
reason for belief that it will
cure you. It makes pure,
rich, healthy blood, tones and
strengthens the nerves, and
builds up the whole system..
Remember
Hood's
Sarsa
parilla Cures
De Sure to get HOOD'S and
Only HOOD'S.
Hood's Pills are especially prepared to 1
liken with 11(mh- Sanwinarilla. S6c. per box.
LADIES
SHIRT
WAISTS.
The warm spell will sup'jest this
comfortable and more than ever
Miiular ptrmeiit. We have all
kinds in the
Star Make,
The liest made, with PufT Plaited
and SHIELD FKOXTS, turn
down and .standing collars, in ma
terials such as
PEIICALIX,
MADUAS,
ZEPIIYH AND
OXFORD CLOTH.
All siA-s, S2 141 to 42.
Prompt attention will la given to
Mail Orders.
HORNE & WARD,
41 FIFTH AVENUE.
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Dcor We?t of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa,
I Am Now
Irejutrvl t Kij.j.ly the public
with Clocks, Watches, and Jew
elry of all descriptions, as Cheap
as the CheajH-sL
IlEPAIIUXG A
SPECIALTY.
All work guaranteed. Look at my
stock U-fore making your
purchase.
J. D. SWANK.
TE ART AMATEUR.
Best and Largest Practical Art
Magazine.
(The only Art Periodical awarded a Medal at tbe
world at air )
Iur-ll.i.L( to all rha tri-k In mnlr thrir Urinq hv art
(Ac V NSr. or. s: v mi
to any one J S C
n a peei All
'or pla-es II I
IS supple A J
rUn i UC. we wi l tend to any one
ineuiitiu.t Ibis pull:eaU.Mi
miti oiinv a'lth ftim.'rb eoT
1 r. Mu.v.n. ie tnniinr and i
mentary paxes VI uaignireguuu-i.nee
iic. Or
FOR 25c.
we will send aim
fJr Beginner.'
"Painting
' (W prge).
MONTAGUE MARKS, 23 Union Square,
New York.
Pi-nnsy vania Co'lege,
GST FYS BURG. PA.
Founded ia It32.
Inre Faeulty. Two full courses at study
('IsmkhvI and Si-ietitilie. h.p-ial eoorx-s in
11 depurtineiit. Mwervatry. Ijirswntori.-s
.. .1 ....... , .'...ulti Mi. lutv. Imi Itiiii mL
Steam h.nU l.ll.ntn.s i,Ut v.rfanies. Ki-
lensert I..W. iveiKtniiieni. 01 iipiene aiiu
li.'i.il l-iiltun in eluifveflr an exneli'-need
physteian. Aenwilde tv frequent railncid
trains, uhuhhi .III toe uauif-uem ui un.j n
burg, most pleasant and healthy.
PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT
in TMiihte tiuilriinrs- forliovs anu vounKinen
PreNrinir for ttiiiinw ..rc.liere. under sax--pal
care of the Principal and three as-diituiil.
residing with studenw in the building. Kail
term o-ns N. t.t. th. lt4. Korea Utloeu.-s,
address II. W. MeKniitht. 1. I., LL. Presi
dent, or Kev. i. O. K linger, A. PrincipaL
(iettysbnrg, Pa.
3
Pteo-s Beawdy for Catarrh Is UM
Best. Easlnt to tm. sad Ctwapest.
Bold by DrantauerteatbyasstL
Dc. T. H.wlilaf. lima, Pa.
om
SOMERSET, PA., AVEDXESDAY,
A MAN S WOMAN.
Sho is not awect, the woman that I love.
Xor is s,he fair.
Nor w ise in any love that look can tell,
And yet she knows the secret of a spell
KroiM foet to hair.
Alt, no, not wise, tht woman that I love
She is not fair, the woman that I love.
Nor Ls she wise,
Xor sweet, and yet who seaks from feet to
hair.
With turn of waist, or thfoat, and I nut
there.
Hell in her eyes.
Ah, no, not fair, the woman that I love.
She is not wise, the woman that I love,
Xor is she sweet,
Xor fair. Tho spell sho weaves, is it of
aense ?
Tis undefined and subtle, yet intense
Flame, withotit hcaL
Ah, no, not sweet, the woman that I love.
.or lair, nor sweet, uor wlso btshe I lovo.
IScyonda name,
Incarnate mystery of negatives.
l'nsolve.1, uusolvabltt; a spell that lives!
Elusive tlainc.
That which she is, the woman that I love.
0:f Kaglixh i'ix-iH.
THE DEAD
MAX'S KIXG.
The, Story of I,u-utmttnt Clyde's St rttnge
Ailwuturc in Arizona.
BY KDWAP.U LIVIXUSTOX KKY10S.
Christmas Day in Arizona. Not the
Arizona of to-l:iy with its railnutds,
telegraphs and other naslern cinveu-
iences, but the old Territory of twenty
five years ago, when the nearest rail
way station lay a thoustnd miles and
more to the eastward, and when even
"Price's wire" was a matter of the
lain-y. Hie Arizona whose copier-
colored denizens turned the coach in
which Ix.ring, Harvard's former stroke
rode, into his hearse ; who burnt iMr
dishing, brother of the naval hero, and
his little escort, in one of Cochise's
"hatchways" In the Dragoon moun
tain and who sent a volley into "Jake"
Almy's noble breast uikiii the banks t.f
San Carlos.
It is morning and down the narrow
trail of the rough mountain that towers
in its Itarrennesi back of old Fort IU-110
coming iu single file moving objects.
The sage brush and mete-put hide front
view thoeie that have already gained
the valley, but a moment later the
bronzed U-ardeil faces and worn blue
garments not to mention the thimble
la-Its and carbines, tell us that it is a
scouting parly of regular cavalry. It is
a long st rjs'iitiiie line this command
makes, and the foremost troiijHTs are
swinging themselves into tlu-ir saddles
in the valley, while as yet we see the
rear and "packs" picking their way
down the dangerous detile. And dan
gerous it is. Three vacancies had lceti
made in one tr.iop during the iat hour
by Indians hurling and rolling rocki
and boulders from high precipices ujain
t'.ie defenseless men and beasts that
wound along below.
Tla-y move out now across the broad
valley, the white alkaline dust rising in
clouds at each motion of the horse's
f.vt, for the trail is an old one and not
even cholla cactus, the brush and the
mesipiit, which appear to- !e the sole
products of the valley, encroach ujon
the narrow passage which had U-en
traversed by many a g;od fellow for the
List time forever.
Though it is Deceni!cr, yet the t-m-jtcrature
is anywhere from Km to lid
degrees; but, with the exceptions of a
Very few, these tr.aK-rs are accustom
ed to the climate and 110 murmur of
complaint escajes them. On the con
trary, occasional snatches of U.rder
gongs break the monotony of the prod
of the horses feet, and a gd-naturvd
juke, with its stijuel, a hearty laugh, Ls
by no means a rarity.
It is doubtful if there was in the en
tire command a man who had not at
least once since breaking camp reincm-U-red
the day and contrasted it with
other Christ mases in happier lands and
amid fairer scenes, and there was one
young sulialtcrn among them who for
the last hour had done little else. He
was new to the sen-ice ami it win his
maiden scout ; and Lieutenant Clyde,
previous to entering ujo!i the duties of
the profession which he had chosen
alaiveall others, had iveii much of a
dilettante and something of a sybarite;
the roughness of the journey and the
homeliness of his surroundings jarred
upm him. It was hard luck that this
scout chanced to be his first for it was
an unusual and an unnecessarily se
vere trial of both men and animals.
The commanding oJllccr had a fair war
record, but he had quite recently lH.-en
transferred to this cavalry regimi'iit ;
his in-experienee in this new line pn
voked him and his ambition to make a
"killing" caused hint to disregard cer
tain details, to lose sight of i:i:iny
things which .I'.ruild n it h ive e-apjl
his olservutiou and attention. He had
forbidden the making of any fires lest
the Indians should see the smoke and
learn the presence of the tnaips. Con
sequently three days had now elapsed
since the men had tatol entice or any
thing warm, save alkali water, and it
was well understood they were not to
bivouac until the mountain range con
fronting them was passed.
liut late in the afternoon the ochre
colored foothills are reachetL Hut no
halt was mad-; on they push and at
length we see the head of the columr
beginning the &-4vnt of the mammoth
natural parapet with it different color
ed sections, or strata, showing, as the
scientists tell us, its age as unmistak
ably as do the rings 011 a cow's horn
and the wrinkes under a horse's eye.
At this moment Lieutenant Clyde
was suffering from an attack of Melan
cholia, together with that sense of
nausea we all have known, consequent
ujxm a long-delayed breakfast. As he
reached the mountain's base he drew
out of line, dismounted and led his
horse to the mouth of a narrow can
yon a short distance to the right. It
looked rather cool and it had been his
intention to avail himself of an unli
censed rest. Hut this resolved was
abandoned upon the discovery o'the
dead body of a man lying in the very
place he in laney had reserved for him
self. Though clothed roughly, as every
body wan in those days in Arizona, yet
erset
ESTABLISHED 1827.
there was a refinement about the well
cut handsome features, a certain deli
cacy about the small shandy hands
and bootless feet of the dead man scl
dom met with in the large army of
miners anil prospectors familiar to all
who have lived ujion the Imrder.
No trace of the previous presence of
knife or bullet as Clyde drew I1L1 hand
over the hunting shirt covering the
IxKlyofthe handsome sleejier; not a
mark uioii the face or head ti show
that he had liecn one of the many vic
tims of the AjMiches or the target of
some whiskey selling Oreaser. Not a
handkerchief or a scrap of paper iu his
Iocket to breathe his name or whisper
whence he came. That his horse or
mule was missing did not strike Clyde
as jieculiar, for the brute naturally
would have wandered off in pursuit of
water. Itut the utter alsenee of all
weajMins and also of his boots seemed
to imply that the lieutenant was not
the first visitor to the lonely sleejier, for
iu those days men put on their pistols
to go to breakfast. Kut why was this
jieculiar ring left upon the hand thrown
carelessly aliove head? Why this
chain and mosaic locket left alsmt his
neck ? To be sure, it did not show
aliove the tightly-buttoned shirt collar,
but would not the earlier discover do
as Clyde had done open the shirt for
some evidence of identity or for some
sign of the cause of death? He un
clasped the chain plainly a woman's
from the manly throat, slipjed the
ring otr the cold, slender finger and
transferred them to his pocket.
"You look like a gentleman and I
should like to bury you," the young
man muttered as he stood there look
ing down upon the dead, "liut the
fact is I have nothing to dig with, and
if I hud the coyotes can go down deep
er in one night than I could in a week.
It is queer that they have sjwtred you
this long, but there is no knowing how
long you have la-en dead. There is
not the slightest indication of decom
position, but in this beastly laud we
dry up like mummies. In fact the on
ly rot we know here come to us from
Washington via the Indian Ilurittu."
Hang !
The rejiort of an Ajmche's rifle ring
ing out from the opposite wall of the
canon, causinir a !cvuliar Mnirinir.
whizing sound in his cars, brought
Clyde's soliloquy to a sudden termina
tion. And, throwing himself into the j
saddle with far more activity ami agil
ity than he had displayed since he
joined, the lieutenant galloja-tl after his
comrades.
"I shall not mention this little side
scout," he muttered, as he caught up
with the pack train, and, when the
trail permitted pressed forward to his
prtqier place in line. It should le re
marked that for a youngster Clyde
showed unusual discretion and wisdom
in this resolution, for it was the first
dead man he had seen during his brief
service in Arizona, and besides he had
Iveii shot at. Fancy what might have
liecn made out of this little adventure
by some who for reasons inexplicable
are allowed to wear the blue.
iuite late at night Pleasant Valley
was reaciieti. Here me .Maricopa
scouts that had la.-en several miles ill
advanci; of the command were found
waiting and rather dejected ; they had
discovered no sign. The ambitious,
Wvll-meaning commandant was in ore
th m a little disgusted, and feeling a
large sized vacancy iu his own interior
d -partmeut h-" gave orders that ier-
mittcd the building of fires. With
slaji-jacks" and hot coffeea change
tuine over the spirits of the trooin-rs
and they decide. that the name of the
valley was an appropriate one for that
night's bivouac.
The following morning the Indian
scouts were sent out In different direc
tion in hopes that a rancheria might
be located or at the least a retvut
Apache trail discovered ; the command
was to remain inactive until their re
turn. This gave Clyde the opportuni
ty he desired and which previously
had not been presented. He shoulder
ed his rifle, the weapon carried by all
ollicers in the field, and strolled care
lessly along the bank of the Acequia.
Satisfying himself that he was 1k.-
yond sight of his comrades, Clyde seat
ed himself and proceeded to examine
th : trinkets he had come ujmui the day
before. The ring was a large blood-
s one in the shape of a shield and the
band was made after the fashion of
chain ami r, gold and silver alterna
ting. In the stone was cut a hand,
with the fon-finger pointing down ward.
Around th.'edgc, in Greek, where the
words: "I rotiijniber; you forget."
On the insi ie woven into a monogram,
were the capitals L. and II.. It looked
antique, and it was an odd device, but
intrinsically is value was slight He
replaced this in his jiocket and turned
his attention to the chain and locket.
The former was one of these broad oval
"snaky" gold circlets worn by the
fashionable women of thirty years ago.
The l.eket was quite large and octago
nal in shape. It's face showed a castle
in mosaic, with rocks and a little stream
in the foreground ; its three p:idants
were composed of diamonds and tur
quoise The back was formed by a
gold case, upon which was the word
llonvt. Opening this Clyde looked
upon the face of a beautiful young wo
man painted 011 porcelain, evidently a
portrait. After a long and critical
study of the features Clyde came to the
c inclusion that lut one thing was lack
ing, otherwise the face and la-ad were
perfect his ideal, in fac-L The color
ing was superb and natural and the ex
pression was faultless. At the same
time there was something that left the
face souless and artificial. "It is like a
Parisian bast that has been touched up
with the brush. There is no soul in
it ; the artist has just missed it," mused
Clyde, as he continued to gaze upon it.
There was an aigrette of diamonds
peeping from the coil of raven black
hair and a little sparkling chain encir
cling the proud, beautifully arched
throat. On the whole it was a rare
and costty jewel to be found beneath
the soiled hunting shirt of a dead Ari
zona wanderer. There could be little
doubt that the poor fellow who wore it
had blessed that glorious face many
and many a time.
One year later by a rare stroke of
NOVEMBER 14, 1894.
! fortune Clvde was ordered to New York
on siKt-ial duty. The ring which he
had never worn while in the laud of
the cholla and mesqtiit now graced his
finger. He was hastening to a restau
rant to dine, and we find him there a
moment later busily studying the men.
The room was well filled, and at Clyde's
small round table another man was sit
ting. As the young cavalryman wrote
his order the eyes of his vis-a-vis fell
Umiii the Arizona jewel and liecame
riveted thereon. The man flushed and
and paled ; glanced from the ring to
Clyde, and from Clyde hack to the ring.
liut this passing poiitomiine was unol
nerved by the officer who did not how
ever, fail to remark the man's agitation
and nervousness.
The hitter wai a well-made, fashion
ably dressed man of aliout forty. His
face was not a pleasant one. The small,
keen gray eyes were rather too close
together, and aland the thin, colorless
lijs tht re lurked an expression so sin
ister as to suggest viciousness. At the
same time his nose was of the shape
that has influenced great commanders
when choosing their general's. As he
arose to leave the table he hesitated a
moment as if about to address Clyde,
then, apparently forced against his de
sire to do so, suddenly turned about
and left the room.
"These New Yorkers lived to fast, he
mused." "A little of our Arizona pro
gramme would steady their nerves
amazingly." With this reflect ion the
stranger passed out of mind and the
young man's attention was given to
his dinner.
The following day he chanced to
jmiss his friend, Major (Jlitten, of the
artillery, in company with the same
man. The two officers made the con
ventional military recognition, but the
eyes of the civilian were fixed steadily
ujsm Clyde, who did not fail to observe
the scrutiny.
"Who was that man I saw you with
this morning?" asked Clyde of the
major, as later in the day (Jlitten stroll
ed into his office.
"He asked me the same question
rcsjiecting yourself the moment you
had fussed," answered the elder officer
pleasantly. "Is it a case t.f mutual
love at sight? He Ls the great st.s k
i.roker, Holmes. ou nave some ca-
ital and he is just the fellow to help yu
or ruin you."
"On the contrary, I did not like his
face," resjionded Clyde. "Hesatoppo-
site me at dinner yesterday, and he
eyed me in such a j .ecu liar manner
that I fancied he was either a little oil
or else that he thought me a suspicious
character "
"I know little alsiut him jK-rsonal-
ly," replied the major, "iK-yond the
fact that he is a tswer on the street
and that he has a lovely wife. Ily the
way. if vou care for society let me in
troduce you to Swinton. He is a mem-U-r
of all the lest clubs and an fait
with everylKxly and everything."
A few days later Mr. Swinton, and
Clvde were eniovini: a tete-a tete din
ner at one t.f the former's clul in the
city. The dinner was in every way
agreeable and entertaining t- the two
men, who already by that indcscril.
able intuition which one eammt readi
ly define felt themst lve iraiid-t. As
they arose to go into anrdjoining room
for their coffee and cti;ar Clyde to h:s
astonishment, saw IIoIiih-s in evening
dress enter the dining ns.ni. Turning
to his friend and makingaslight motion
in the direction of Holmes, Clyde said :
"Pray tell me who that man is and
what you knowaisiut him?"
"That's Holmes Ijiwretiee Holmes,
the stockbroker. I do not fancy him
myself, though his wealth and ability
command almost universal admiration.
I have always felt that he was in some
underhand way implicated in jxor
Clayton's misfortune, which led to the
hitter's disappearance and probably to
his deatti. However this may U,
Clayton's wla-ri-ala.uts have la-en un
known to his friends ever since the
la-autiful Miss Thorte, to whom it was
understood lie was engaged, gave h'm
I1L1 conge."
"Do give 11 ie the particulars ; or the
specifications, as we say in the army,
responded Civile, showing much inter
est.
Swinton assumed a more easeful jasi-
tion and then turning to Civile he said :
'You surely must have heard of the
great U-lle of a few years ago. Augusta
Thori' ?"
Clyde bowed his head and the other
continued :
"She was postH-ssed of every grace
and charm and naturally had hosts of
admirers and numberless suitors.
Among the latter it is only necessary
to scak of Clayton and Holmes. These
two men, though the antitheses of one
another, seemed to lie her favor'.tes
from the first. Holmes in two things
only w:fs the superior of Clayton
wealth and sophistry. Clayton was
by far the U-tter man in every way,
and, in time, though it had not Im-cii
so announced, it wai very generally
understood that he and Miss Thore
were engaged. Holmes did not dis
continue his visits, however. On the
contrary, he l-canie even more attent
ive than formerly. Strange as it may
appear the rivals continued to lie
friends.
"This was alaout the situation when
one evening, as the story goes, Clayton
and Holmes met at a late hour in this
very room. I can give you the story,
but as I was not present at the time
you will be quite at liU-rty to take it
with the proverbial grain of salL They
sat down over a Isottle of wine and le
gan chaffing each other pleasantly
about his chances. Each felt confi
dent of his success. It was a strange,
an improper subject to discuss within
these walls, but Holmes insists to this
day that only himself and Clayton
were present. If this be a fact, how
did the story leak out?
Well, to resume. The night merg
ed into morning, still the discussion
continued. More than one empty liot-
tle had been borne away and at length
each seemed to grow conscious of a
feeling of jealousy of the other. The
wine was doing its beautiful work.
Holmes taunted Clayton unmercifully,
and the latter, showing some temper,
said: 'She has promised to marry me
if I can obtain that ring from you,
pointing, as he spoke, at hi rival's
xx ei
finger. This was a double shaft at
( Holmes, for it appeared that he wore
( some queer ring which Miss ThorMj
nail repeatedly asked to tie allowed to
wear, and which request he had re
jicatedly and consistently declined to
grant, giving as a reason for so doing,
if I rememU-r rightly, that he was su-K-rstitiotis
and that he had l-cn warn
ed never to remove that ring from his
finger. Clayton's avowal greatly an
gered Holmes. He could not, iu view
of a very recent and an unusually
warm iKirting with the lady, believe
that she had made any such promise.
Uut knowing her great desire to pos
sess the ring, Clayton's allusion to the
jewel showed that she had spoken to
his rival on the subject, and this, Ja-r-haps,
in some disdainful way. This
flashed through Holmes' mind in a
moment, then, jerking the jewel from
his finger, lie flung it up. 11 the table,
saying:
"'If she can lie bought for a bauble,
jK-rmit me to aid you in your purchase.'
With this he left the club and the two
men have never met since. In fact,
none of his acquaintences have heard
of Clayton since the morning of the
day following the episode. One day
later Miss Thorpe's engagement to
Holmes was announced.'
"How very singular!" exclaimed
Clyde. "How do you account for it?"
"Why attempt to account for that
which from the first apjieared inexpli
cable? I firmly lielieve that Clayton
told the truth when he made his state
ment rcsiecting the ring. I also In
here that in a fit of temper Holmes
threw him the jewel. From this it is
natural to conclude that Clayton lost
no time in bearing the trophy to the
woman he loved the very l-ing who
had offered him such a rare prize f.r
its possession. Why she rejected him,
how to account for his sudden disap
pearance, how to explain her accept
ance of Holmes are things that I now
have little hope of learning until I
reach that sphere where all Ls to lie
made plain."
"Do you know Mrs Holmes?" asked
Clyde.
"As Miss Thoqie I knew her quite
well, though I was never tine of her
slaves. Since this affair I have simply
been civil to her. Clayton was one of
my liest friends. He was a capital fel
low and his disapia'arancc has occa
sioned me much uneasiness. It would
lie some satisfaction to obtain reliable
information ,f hi death, for dead I
feel that he is, and I cannot help l.nt
believe that Holmes and his wife are
in some treacherous way responsible."
"How long ago did this occur?" ask
ed Clyde, whose generous, sympathetic
nature re-echoed the sentiments of his
friend.
"Let nie see," answered the other.
Then after a few moments of mental
calculation: "Just one year and a half
ago."
The two men sat and smoked in si
leiic. Swinton was recalling Clayton
as he last saw him, handsome, full of
life, prosrous, popular and hojieful.
Clyde was savins mentally. "That
was just alsiut the time I joined in Ari
zona." 1 hen he spoke. "Ix-t us take a
gissl-night drink to the safe return of
your friend."
"With all my heart," was the rc
sjioiise. "And do not forget, I shall
call for you to-morrow evening to take
you to the Chutney' ball."
Scarcely had the two friends entered
the IkiII rta.iti when Clyde grasjvd
Swlnton's anu and in a strange voice,
H'td also in an intensely excited man
ner, said: "Tell me who that woman
is there? That tine! There cannot 1
two suca throats and necks in the
world."'
'Why, man!" exclaimed Swinton
'you look as if you had seen a gh-t;
or p -rh.ips one of your Ajiaches unex
pectedly."
"No, no," impatiently answered the
other. "Not an Apache, but one that
recalls the tribe vividly to me. Tell
me quick."
"Of her many conquests in the past
I a:i remember none quite so instan
taneous," answered Swinton; then,
catching the expression on his friend's
face, he replied directly: "That Is Mrs.
II ilmes."
"Mrs. Holmes! Not the wife of the
broker? Not the woman of whom you
t ild me last night?" exclaimed Clyde,
exhibiting such increased excitability
thatfora moment even the world ly
Swinton was a trifle alarm, d.
"My dtar fellow," the latter replied
in low and soothing tones, "pray calm
yourself. You shall know her in a
moment if vou wish to."
Yes, yes; she aliove all others. IX
present me at once."
"I Ivg of you not to ask me to ofll-
ciate, resp inded Swinton iu grave
tones. "I fear that I have already lost I
me dear friend through that woman. I
Do not rcnuire me to be the air.-ncv bv I
which I might lose another. Itut I will
arrange it for you, and at once."
A moment later Clyde was looking
into the face of the woman who had so
strangely moved him.
Yes, my lady of the locket," he
said to himself as his thought went
back to the lonely canon and the dead
stranger. " Flic same sujcrl throat and
neck, the same divine coloring and
even the little sparkling aigrette. Also
the same al.vncj of nature, tiie same
lack of soul. Had the artist painted
better than he knew?"
When Clyde left the Chutneys that
evening it was with Mrs. Holmes' jsT-
missiou to call upon her the following
day. Not one word did he say to
Swinton of hli suspicion that the hat
ter's friend, Clayton, and the dead
Arizona wendcrer were one and the
same person, itut the circumstantantiai
evidence was tiao overwhelming to per
mit of the vestige of a doubt entering
his own mind. The time of Clayton's
disappearance and the finding of the
body, the peculiar ring, with the ini
tials L. and H. (Lawrence Holmes),
and above all the locket with its artistic
counterpart of Mrs. Holmes, might
have convinced a far less credulous
person than Clyde.
On going to his nanus the following
day to dress for dinner Swinton was
more than astonished to find there a
brief note from Clyde informing him
that the latter, at his own request, had
received permission by wire from Wash
ington to at once rejoin his regiment
iq Arizona.
T f
WHOLE NO. 2250.
Perplexing, inexplicable as this bit
of news was to him, yet it was quite
alts irlied in the intelligence received
later the same evening of the sudden
d -ath of Mrs. Holmes.
Weeks later there came to him a
letter from Arizona, which gave him
every particular.
With the confidence that Mrs. Holmes
was the woman who had sent the friend
of his friend into exile and oblivion,
Clyde had called uji:i her the morn
ing after the IkUL He was not unmind
ful of her regal bearing, and her suja-rb,
matchh-ss lieauty. On the contrary,
he was fascinated,' charmed. At the
same time he never for one moment
forgot nor forgave that miming some
thing ; the alweiHvof which made it
imxt.-ihle that she should awake in
him that wanner feeling she had so
easily aroused in others.
They chatted of the liall, of the
iMMiks, the music and the flowers popu
lar at that js-ri.sl ; she most of the time
thinking how different he was from
other men whom she had known, and
he engrossed with the idea that she was
little better than a female Franken
stein, a modern Medusa. Then he art
fully swerved the current of the con
versation and made the human heart,
its duties, requirements and possibili
ties the subject. Hereupon they failed
to agree. Her views were too abnormal,
too inhuman in fact to meet the ap
proval of the severe, matter-of-fact
young oflhvr. He held her to lie un
sympathetic, unfeeling.
Itut Clyde's whole soul was in his
subject ; he argued his cause well, and
sent shaft after shaft into the breast of
the woman la-fore him who little
dreamed of the brief, or facts, in the
possession of her opMinent. Hut she
$;ave 110 outward sign that she had
lieen touched by the force of his logic.
In fact, her every resfioiise confirmed
him in his U-lief of her utter callous
ness. Her theory seemed to Is? that
matters relative to the effect ions should
not In- regarded nor treated seri.Hisly.
She even went further and gave it as
her opinion, based ujn .11 experience and
oWrvution, that love was but a Ktss
ing fancy, and slat challenged Clyde to
m .111 1 to a single instance in real life
where it had proved lasting after a
brief absence or where it had been so
sincere that the loss of it led to despair
or death.
This was the opportunity he wished.
Without nieationinif their proper names
lie selected herself and the dead Clay
ton for his characters in the life drama
which he pictured so faithfully that
even his listener was conscious of a
feeling not precisely similar to any she
had heretofore exjierienced. Not one
incident, not a js.int that strengthened
his position was lost sight of ; not a
detail that was not well and thorough
ly devcloiied. The dead man under
the mcsquit tree in the lonely canyon
might not have U-eti more graphically
presented had the scene been spnad
upon canvas before la-r.
As its conclusion she made a motion
indicative of unrest. Was she endeavor
ing to shake otf the emotion his story
had provoked ? Titis action, together
with her rcjieated assertions that no
living U-ing ever died of a broken heart
or of despir, impelled Clyde to act
promptly. He drew the l.n-ket from his
KH-ket and placing it in her lap said :
"Permit me to convince you to the con
trary. I found this on the neck of the
lead man whose stry you have just
listened to."
lie raised the jewel and tla-re was a
perceptible tremble of her hand as she
opened it and gaz si up 111 her own face.
An instant later an expression denot
ing acute pain over-spread 11 r coun
tenance. The hand holding the locket
tightened its clasp and with a spasmo
dic movement was pressed hard against
her heart. Clyde watched her intently.
A moment later he saw the l.-autiful
eyes soften, he saw a heavenly expres
sion steal into the ripe full lips and
over the exquisite face.
"Ah, now slie is perfect, he ex
claimed mentally. "All that was lack
ing is now found. Oh, how beautiful
One may see now that she has a soul,
a spiriL"
Hut he erred. The moment that he
spoke that spirit left la-r tsaly.
Of course, to neither Clyde nor Swin
ton was the mystery ever fully explain
ed. They could only guess that after
Clayton had received the ring from
Holmes, Miss Thorjae had scornfully
uiihraidcd him for seeking to win her
by taking her words literally an had
owned to him her love for his! rival.
Driven frantic by this reception jClay
ton prolctl.ly hurried away to become
a despairing wanderer, while- MLs
Tho;pe, after marrying Holmes, dis
covered that the power he exercised
over her was not real hive, j That
Holmes did not reclaim his ring, Which
he must have recognized, from Clyde,
was only to Is? accounted for h th
theory that he was aware of th !
of his wife's affection, and fea-yd to
make any ca-e of the ring at a1 lest
the memory of Clayton shiaild I iri sons?
way lie aroused by it. Which lu-pjR-n-
ed, in spite of him.
r
Danger From Catarrh-
The most important feature about
the very comtn n complaint, catarrh
in the head. Is its tendency to develop
into some other more serious and dan
gerous disease. The foul matter .'drop
ping from the head into the bronchial
tuU-s or lungs is very liable to lead to
bronchitis or consumption, that de
stroyer which causes more deaths in
this country than any other disease.
As catarrh originates in impurities in
the blond, local applications can do but
little good. The c Minn n sense meth
ed of treatment is to purify the blood,
and for this purptise there is no prepa
ration superior to Hood's Sarsaparilla.
The powerful action of this na-dicine
upon the blood expels every impurity,
and by so doing cures catarrh and
gives health to the eutire organism.
Dyspepsia seldom causes death, but
penuits its victims to live on in mis
ery. Hood's Sarsaparilla cures dys
pepsia and all st imach t roubles-
Local Institute.
Following li th program f.r Lk-jiI
institute to Is; field at the IVnlah school
hotis, Saturday aft. -moon and even
inir, IVe. 1, isui;
1. Ormuizutioii.
Opening remarks by the Presi
idtnt. 3. Iv.t-itation Cora Shaffer.
4. Topic seh's.l r s.'ii helps H. H.
Miller.
5. Itecitatioii Charles Hcrkey.
j. Topic Advantages of a graded
school M. W. Speicher.
". Select reading Jury OU-r.
H. Class drill in fractions -4 '. F.
Iarr.
. Hecitation Mary Griffith.
Id. Topic morals and manners J.
J. Darr.
KVKNINt; SJvvSio.V.
1.
a
Select reading Lizzie Herkey.
Topie eo-ojs-ratioti E. F. Hitt-
lier.
3.
4.
ia-r.
o.
.
Ier.
HeciUtion Lucy Shaffer.
Topic physiology C. It. Hitt-
IU vital ion J. W. HowanL
Topic ittttriotltiii X. l! Mil-
IUvitatiou Nellie Herkey.
Topic Ls teaching a profession?
J. W. Hell.
'J. Impromptu cla-s conducted by
C. It. Hi truer.
Program will la- interspersed with
music and queries. Patrons and friends
of education come out, take jnirt in the
discussion, and by your presence and
help you will encourage us in our work
which means better schools. Every
body invitcL
Teach ions.
Two Lirei Saved.
Mrs. Ph.L-ls Thomas, of Junction
City, 111., was told by her doctors she
had consumption and that there was
no hore for her, but two bottles of Dr.
King's New Discovery completely cur
ed her and she says it saved her life.
Mr. Thomas Eggers, 1S Flori.la St.,
San Francisco, suffered from a dread
ful cold, approaching consumption,
tried without result everything
eLse then bought one bottle of Dr.
King's New Discovery and in two
weeks was cured. He is naturally
thankful. It is such results, of which
these are samples, that proves the won
derful efficacy of this medicine in
coughs and colds. Free trial bottles at
J. N. Snyder's drug store, Smierset,
Pa, or Hrallier's drug store, Hcrlin,
Pa. Itcgular size 5de and f l.bu
A Lesson in Matrimony.
A bachelor one day set the table in
his lonely alsxle with plates for him
self and an imaginary wife and five
children. He then sat down to dine,
and as he helped himself to food he
put the same quantity on each of the
other plates and surveyed the prospect,
at the same time computing the cost.
He is still a lacheIor. Tit-lUt.
Ebctric Bitter.
This remedy i.s In-corning so well
known and so iM.pubar as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Hitters sing the same song of
praise. A purer medicine does not ex
ist and it Ls guarantee. to do all that Is
cluiiiKsL Electric Hitters Will cure all
diseases of the liver and kidneys, will
remove pimples, boils, salt rheum and
other affections caused by impure
blooL Will drive malaria from the
system and prevent as well as cure all
malarial fevers. For cure of headache
constipation and indigestion try El.-e-tric
Hitter entire satisfactian guaran
tee.!, or money refundetL Price "sic.
and f 1.0J per bittle at J. N. Snyder's
drug store, Somerset. Pa, r Hrallier's
drugstore, Hcrlin, Pa.
"The gentleman you see pacing up
and down yonder as if he were men
tally deranged Ls Schmidt, the famous
accountant."
"What Ls the matter w ith him?"
"He was trying yesterday to unravel
the complications of his wife's house
keeping Ismk."
H37 a Mother Saved Her Boy.
Little I5.ol.ert Frey lives at Silver
Lake; his m-.ther and father love him
with parental devotion; he Is a bright
little fellow. Hobby, as he Ls called,
took a severe cold, which would 11 it.
yield to anything they tried. A nciglt
b r persuaded the use of Pan-Tina,
the great remedy for coughs, colds and
cmsumptioti. The first few doses re
lieved and the contents of a -"1 cent
ia.ttle made a c ire. You can imagine
the mother's joy. Pan-Tina sold at (J.
W. Heiiford's drug store.
A nail or tooth brush should never
he left in the holder with the bristles
ties uppermost. It stands to reason
that water will soak into them in time
with such treatmetiL
"A Word tJ tie Wise ia SaScienL
I s-.iffi-red terribly from Maring its
my hea 1 during it:i attack of catarrh,
and lca-iie very deaf, used Ely'
Cream Halm and in three weeks could
hear as well as ever. A. E. Newman,.
G rating, Mich.
One of my children had a very ha!
discharge fmm the nose. Physician.-
prescriU-d without lK-nefit. After us
ing Ely's Cream Iialm a short time
the disease was cured. O. A. Cary,
Corning, N. Y.
Price of Cream Halm Is ."a) cents.
Instead of keeping ice in a dish,
where it will quickly m -It, tie flannel
I.aisely on the dish so that it drops in
to the howl, and keep the ice in a flan
nel I ag.
K al fr u t"i.; uvijr I voiu.n;
Th pts-m of thy rlioiee.
And lend to the rhyme of poetry
The beauty of thy voice
Which you catin.it il if you sutler
wi;h a cough or col.L Ui.l yourself of
the discomfort by baying a bottle of
Pan-Tina, the best remedy for hoarse
ness and infl aenza.
Pan-Tina costs 1 cents at tJ. W.
I ten ford's drug store.
Hints to Hsaseksepers.
Clean gilt frames with rain water, in
which tl Mir of sulphur has been stir
ed. Oranges and lemons will keep well
if hung in a wire net in a cool and airy
place.
lU-peated applications of alcohol will
remove grass stains from any white
material.
For nausea scorch some rice, jaair
boiling water over it and drink as hot
as possible.
Wiien milk Is used in tumblers.
wash them first iu cold water, afU-r-war.ls
rinse in hot water.
A little tl.Kir dredged over a cake be
fore icing it will keep the icing from
spreading and running otf.
Kread and cake bowls, or any dishes-
in which flour and eggs have been
used, ars more easily cleaned if placed
in cold water after using.
BALTIMORE. MD U. S. A.