jie Somerset Herald. rTAi:I.l-'i: 1-? m ,Tms of Publication. l 1 cvi ry WisitK-sd.-.y morning t . invariably '- -han;cJ. x ..,..,'.:! will l dlsi-outiuucd until V. SU' ' " .,-. arc ll'i ul'- l'oslmastcrs H-iiify u" I""" su!seril.ers do not f .1, ;r rMir will lH' he-Id ns-ponsible .,...c.i!T.l'ta- l "' , i:jliv:n2 frwi one postoflioe to . .i,; J.IVO ui tlic luinie of the frm- tir.- Slm-.- Add rest ,r" Tut SOVKKsKr HERALD, Somekset, I 'a. ,, , y 4J. . WAtavr-iw A. L- ,Tr,.i:NKV-AT-I.AV, 'tad S-jTAKV ri iiuc, SfiUiTM;), I 'a. 1 ,;;,.i.NKVT-I.AV. '" " j lourth St, l'ittsburg, l' T'-'aiwuney-at-l-vw, 1 Somerset IV. v ,v. Vi-iit I Is Hook Store. " . ,., i s v r.KIiKLEY T 1 .VI iui:t-V-Ai-LAW. Somerset, Ila. i e.-; "-',m:l' I'-11-'- Oil C- A1l..KNf.Y-AT-L.V, Somerset, Pa. 0-.v :"-- U" 1 U-' nrF1,. W. lslKSKCKKIi, 1- .vll'-'K-Nt-Al-l-W, Somerset, l'a. , f rT;i::: House lluW, opposiU.- Court House J." ' V . - ATI 1 l- JjoiacrM.-t, Pa. I - J KOUKK, Somerset, I 'a. J. 4j. OoLK, Ari"K.vrAf-Ar-iv, Isomers.-!, 1'a. ., - v !-.):i!'t attention t business en , '. . , re in .somerset and adjoiuiiig tra1'"' " , in l-nat Mouse Kow, oppusiu-u..eurtb-..c. V'Ui'VnNK HAY, Somerset, ra. 1 i:i Il.-it! K'.;ito. Will nttciid to "rlruMi-d lo hisi-aivwUU iromtil- J A i K.'il-N KY-AT-L.V . SOiiii'IXt, I.i- ...fv att.-nd to Ut oufiiu-t m u'nl.' M;mi.v advauo-U u colli'C- j ;-. i '. -..- ia Mammoth t;iock. TuiiN" o. kimmi:l, J Al lVi;tV-AT UV, W" a't.-n! tall luln witru-Wd to tiix r ' li rx ! wild a '.j millj: ullilK-S 'H' K.'.'.,'-.:!i.a:i iui. !:iy. (i!h-. i.ii MuiuCnwit HmU ai t- Croii'"Uriivr' 0 ATi-'UNt-V-ATl-VW. h,:lilTSt, ,,,.... M.,in:t-.oth up flairs. En- t-i'.','. .,i Mam Cro nwt cili-vtions 1 t-L-u- Mitkil, tuti-xjtiiii.d,!iiiil ai! i-.-.i btu-aaol to with .roiujtui- Ja Lv.-.iiy. A. J. '. 'i.i' 'KN. L- c- CXJLIH-'KX. rLr.iJKN & (OLI'.OItX, ai i ' 'i:N kvs-ai-uw, S;trst-t, fa. I t . i;-.x-; f.:r,'..-'.i J to our ore will be tnii-l.v -lui ttiauuily f.tu-n.ird to. I'ollee ' - ma.!.- i'i r-..nivr-cl. K-iIoil J ailjoiu L iuauii.-. Mirvvytus biiJ wuveyauciutf f or oil rvajaab.r t-riu. HL. UAKH. . AlluUNEY-AT-I-AW, hoiutn. t. Pa. V:;i practice in Somi rvt and aijoini!iR c.'.i;i.. An iuinc eiitrus-ted lo lmu uiil A. H. VKK1:"111. W- Ul'PPEL. MtrFKOTII t lil'PI'Kl., V- Am'Kt.YAl-lVV, SuincrM't, Pa. A'.i l.-i-:iic entrusted to their Oiire will I tjf:. i an.i Ulii lu::ily att iul.-d to. uliee eu Ma'.u u hireel, ojiixr'ile Jlamiiiollj T W. fAKOTHKItS, M. P., V l'iHJt 1AX AM)!l I!iWlX, Somerset, l;t. M&v ..n Patriot Street, near IL li- Station. aj!.:5..,:.l lt.o-. D!L P. K. SIIAKFKI t il V1CI AN A.M. Sl'Ri-iKON, Siiiers.-t, Pa. T-Ti 1'T i.is I'lMft-vMoiuil s'r'iees to the citi ! i. ir r-iia. ; l an t ieiully. Ulliee licit aT Uj I ' .:aincn-lai liou-i. Dl J. M. Lon iiEii, l liV! IAN AM-St'KOKON", ? i-a !:,: trv.-t. rtsr;f i'rnj st'irc. D 1L li. -i. K I MM ELL, T-b4ct l.i ir.f,.ona s- r ices U tlip citi V m .,i r- t and vicinity. I'nU-s iro- t--."!ia i lij; ..1 he etfl t' louiltl at ili of S't o:i Main u, h-a-l ol 1'laliivHiJ. DI. J. S.Mf.MILLEX. raJuatein lK-iilitrj'-) t,.,t ..tui i mi. iiti. m to the n-ervMtio:i of t.-iu:ur.,: t.-tl. Art metal -t inwrtil. A . ;- r.l'.: J(i uaranlt-d satisf:M-tory. :riee :a f . r t II. UaVls 4 Cos kiore, Cura r Ma. a I rus and 1'alnot hli- Ui. Oils! Oils! an-..:, i -v. Pa.. tiuiKav a .HValt4 ol '' ? i . i iiii l..r the Iiii-.Iic ir.. ! 1!,. liiil l.r.n.l.cl iiMnTiin:tSr,g & Lubricating Oiis Naphtha and Gasoline, " "iii;-: ir,.u wiih i-vcry knov.u Product of Petroleum If u.iii tli-- most uniformly Satisfactory Oils -IX THE American Market, A" ' ,r "u . Tru,i- for Soaierset and iciul ;.v sl'i'li'-l hy ""K 4 UKKI1ITS and KlttAsK A K"Kl Ssoiiierwt, Pa. WisfiC JOB PRINTING A SPECIALTY. HBR1' 31. BEXSIIOFF, HMUFtCTURISG STATIONER AND EUXK BOOK MAKER. KA.NXAM IJLOCIv, Johnstown, Pa. A. H. HUSTON. Undertaker and Embalmer. GOODHEARSE ytUi.s jK-riainin, to funerals furn- IslieU. Somerset, Pa. A. HO VOL. XLHI. XO. THE First National Bat Somerset, Penn'a. o Capital, 850,000. Surplus, 816,000. DEPOSITS RECEIVED IN LARGE ANDSMALL AMOUNTf, PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS CF MERCHANT. FARMERS. STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED DISCOUNTS DAILY. r.oARD of nnuxTons. lari k m. hicks, ;ko. it. st n.i.. JAMKM I- I'l'till. V. II. MII.LKIt, JOHN IL SCOTT, KOIIT. S. SC'l'LL, VllKU V. r,lhEC'KEll. KItWAPvIi Si TI-U : : ritESinKXT. VALKNTIXE HAY, : VIl'K PKhIKKXT. HAUVEY M. l'.KUKI.EY, : CASIUKIL The funds and s-uriti,'S of this tr.ink are curely riteittHl in a cclehratd t'oni.lSP4 Pt'ii glaii PuixtF Sake. The only sifo nuide abso lutely l.urnlar-.riKf. Tte SKSt Coil National 1 1 OF SOMERSET, PA. - :0: EiUbiUhw!. 1377. Crpiabed NaJisr.!, 1890 O. CAPITAL, $50,000 SURPLUS AND UN- DIVIDED PROFITS lb,UUU. Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't. Wm. H. Koontz, Vice Tres't. Milton J. Pritts, Cashier. Directors: SAM TEL SXYI'EH, WM. EM LEV, J1 1? SPKt'HT, JoXAS M. i;c, JuHN II. SXYUEIt, JOHN STI KI-T. JUSKPH U. IAV1S, XOAII H. MH.I.KIh HAKItlsoX sNYIEIt. J EliU.MK SHUT, SAM. B. HAUr.lS.iX. rustomers of this h:uik will receive the most lil ral tr :tni. nt lonsistent v ith sjif haiikin-. Parties wisttin?' to s-nd iiiouey caist nrwtI ian If Mwoiiiiuodau-d hy Urait for any amount. Monev nnd valuahles twoured hy one or ! IniI.i r ."-.lehraK d siiles, itu iii.n-t improved time lock. 4 'olleetion made in all jvirts oj the l uited Stat. 4 'haryes moi'.enite. Accounts and d' joit soUelU'a. FIBEIITY TiTLI All TRUST EL 121 & 123 Fourth Ave., PITTSBURGH, PA. Capital - - - Sljwoa. Undivided Profit $250,000. Acts as Exmitor, Guar.lian, A'Lr,f mil) Hetxivt-r, Wills rx-vivel for and held five of cliare. IJusinesHof ri'uleiits ami noii-reideiits irefully atteiilel t. JOHN V.. TACIvSON, - President. JAMKS J. IKNNKLI V. President. FRANKLIN I5KOWN, - rNs-nt:iry. JAS. CHAPLIN, Treasunr. Here's your PLACE! WOOL ! WOOL ! WANTED! 25 cents per pound paid for Tub - ashed ; onc-tliird lo s for Un watliod, in cxchuii;zc for good?: at JAMES P, ilDEtW Clothing, G-HiUFam'slig 1 Zv)A I'.rt, 425 Main St., - SOMERSET, PA. Men, Hoys and Children's fine and cheap Suits and a lar-e line of 4 iven-oats for Men, lloys and Children. l"ndcrw-ar, tv-r Shirts, Ijmn.lried Shirts Night Shirts, 4 (venills. Pants, Il.iery, 4Jloves, Mi;toiissH-iiders, v' t'u,r" l.irs, etc.. IUts CaiN MuRlen and Haiid-ker.hi-fs -. C'"M,!4 that have leen in st-x k o4-r one year. Am 4-losing out my etitire line of I!..ts, Sh.K,'anKt.-A Oil n.rth- at Keduced Prii-es. I huy for Cash; fell for Cash t Ap proved Notes al short tiiim and ne iiiently can aironl Small Profits. JORDAN &. KHN C H M AN . We are uaw ready with our new nd large In voice of Fine 4 oiifer'.iotH T- 4sls, .ular brands of IUs-uits mid Cak.-s, Fancy" of all stv-.es and evcrj thi" els.- perLiinmit to a flrst-cL-ua h.Mise lo OH order promptly, and to supply resident fauiill. to any ex tent. 4sh1s alwayo frenh. and al way offer ed at lot figures, tiill and et one of the fimt asrtineiil ever carried. JOBDiN & BIIHM. 270 272 Main Street, Johnstown, Pa. 25. Harper's Magazine U 1305. Tito Siinjiletoim, a now novel tv Thoin a Marly, will Im lg-m in the Iefii:lT ittimi r. IM-I, ami .i.ntimie to No etii'K r, l'o. W h.H-ver tr.av Ik.' cue's favorite among Kngijsh novelist, it w;ii n-le.! l.y i:ll r:tis that Thomas IIar!v Klnnils t-rc!iiosl as a muster artist in tie ti'ni.anil The Siuiil..-toim may I:e4 xpei-:-.l t' anniNo enthusiasm not inferior in ile-sn-v to tii u u-liieh h.xs murke l Triil-y the m st t-.t-sfi:l storv of the v"ar. Anotiier ien.lin; ie:itiir- will lie the 'l'er-H-ntal !:.-.-o!J( t!..nsof .?ta!i of Are, livtlio Ni'-iir !tiis ile 4'otite, Her P.iro ainr.Sce-ri-l.uy, tinder w Lien ruise the most t ular of livins; Aineri'-.m Magazine u r;l- rs will resent the story f t!n Mai.l of r!.-:i:is. In th;' Januarv nttinlx-r will iijear:i prof is-!y itliistnitei ii-;wr o:i t i:.ir!-ston ami tliu Carolina, the lirst of a series of S..:ii li.-rn Pers. Northern AI'rie:i is uttnu-titir more at-teiiti-iit than at any other time kimcc it w:is tlie weat of K.noiivs. The next vol time of IIitrp. r'i M.i,j t:iur will imt:iiii f'Hjir illuslrateil nrl!el-s on this resion, si ill three of them will (lejiiet the jreseist I:!'etii -re. Julian Kalpli will n-i:tru lor the M.iijttziiir a serifji of i -iglit stories, i!e jiietins typical jiiiiwes of Chinese Life a:.il Manners. l-si(hs the lon-f stories, there will U-cin in tlie January i:n:ii!n r the first chapter of a three-part Novelette: I y Hieiianl Hanlin D.ivis the longest v.mk yet nttempteil ly this writer. 4.t:i plete uliort stories ly .'nl:ir writers will continue U) Ix.- a feature ol" the Mh-j.m- Sen! Fjr llljilrlt;! Prospc-ctus. The Volumes of the M-tg-t-ht Ik-iii Willi the nuiiilH-rs of Jane ainl Ie;-o::!l-r ol e.-.eh year. When no titiie is iiienti.in !, stil..seritiiioi:M will t with tin? r.-miU r current e.t the tiitie of rovipt of i riler. Cloth i-lm-s, lir liimliii, .VI irnn ju-li liy mail, (xistpai.l. Title-ae aii:l Ill-lex s.-iitiii application. l-in:tians-s shoulil lie maile liy 1.M nrti.v M.uiey 4ril-.T or Ira:l, to" nvoiil -hani' of l-ss. Xnfiiftjtrra trr a t.' lo Cfi.v Atli'''r!i-MrJ. u iYei..' th-' vxliikts ttnifi' t:J H't.'jtrr Jiru'u. HARPER'S PERIODICALS Harper's Magazine, one year,$4.00 Harpers Weekly, " 4.C0 Harper's Bazar, " 4.03 Harper's Youn3 Peo()!e" 2.00 .S'M S Oinrttla a:ut J.v.". AMre-vs H4.RPER tz, BRO'S., P. O. Box 959, K. Y. City. Harper's Bazar IN 1895. Klojiant a;nl oxelnsive iie-i rti for ( tt Iixir:niil itt-ii.r ToileUcs, lnvn from Worth hhmIcIs liy S.i:i'loi au.l 4 liap;iis. are an important fe;etiti. Tlue appear every week, :ie:o-ipitiieil l.-y lai.mte tle scriptions ;-.!iii t'-t;i:;s. t mr Paris I-tu-r. Iy Kaji,.ir5!i'. th; l-'oret, is a weekly tran script of the latest styles an.l e:ipriis-s in the iinxle. I'mler the hea.l of New York Fashions, ilain directions anil full partic ulars are given as t- sh ipes, fahries, trim minirs, anil a-essorii-s of the eostuiii-s of we!l-ilr-sse-l women. 4 hil'lren's Cloth :nu rt ceives .raetieal attetiiioii. A fort iiiillitiv patti-rn-sh.s-t SiiPtileiiii-nt ii:i tiles rea lers t- c.it uiul in:i!xi; th-. ir own jrou ns. The w-tinan who taki-s Ji-trfrx It-iznf is prefiared lor every umasioii In life, 4-ereiiionious or inuitmal, whero U an'if'il lress is n-j lisllo. An Am.-rieni Si-rial, I w-tor Warri.-k's laii;hte.rk, t.y I'oiiueiM 1 Lulling; Havis. a stre.ti! i.ovel of Ami l ii-an life, partly l.iiil in Pennsylvania ami partly in the far south, will ixvttpy the last half if t lit) year. My Itily XolKilr, an intensely exeit ing novel, iv M.iarteii Ma.-irteus, nutlior of "4ioirs Fool," "The 4;ie-iter tilory," etc., will lK-irin tin' ye.tr. Kssays anil SiK-ial Chats. To this de partment Spectator will colli rilMite her eharmins papers on "What We are Iki- ! inn" in Ne-.v York society. Answers to t orri-spomieiits. tjuestioiis re-eive tho pers-mal attention ol" tli-3 edi tor, and are answered at the earliest ) sihlo date afler tlu-ir re.-eipL Send Far luintri'! PrjspKfcii. The Volumes of th s llnvtr Ixsjln with, the tir-t iiiiiiiInt f-r Jtnmary of ! year. Whi n imliiiic U nu-ntiuiiri!, suh-s-i'iptions will Ih-in with the ii:nnls-r j -.irre:it at tin, turn.' ol rm-s-.p, ot onler. I Cloth 4l-svs fir each volume, suitable i )nr l.iielin, w itl le. s-nt liy mail, post j paid, on ro-.-ijit ot" l.in each. Title-pi'.ile ; H'ld Iii'l- x sent on application, j llemittane.-s s!i mid Ih" made hy Post j o!li'-e Money Order or lirjft, to avoid ! rlnn rs of I jss. Xrirtp tartar.' mil lo f'i'ii "i A-lrrrt'nu-mrnl I uittt .' th? rr;tiifr.t r if II ir,cr Jk llro'M. j HARPER'S PERIODICALS i Harp3r's Magazina.ons year$4.0Q j Harpar's Waakly, ' 4.00 Harper's Bazar, " 4.00 Harper's Young People" 2.00 P tlnjr Frff lu tt'l utvrlhtrt in .': I'ttftil A..i'i. f vi.i,.(i (i.i. .l'jon Address riARPES & BRO'S., P. O. Pox 039, N. Y. City. Harper's Weekly IN 1335. rr-triri'jt !(' .'.'.v is a ji-tol-i:il history of the times. Il pr-sents every iiiinrt :m. -V4-nt prompily. .-us- tratoly and ex haustively in illustration and descriptive text of the Lic'ie-d order. The maimer in whieii. ditrins is:. it has troati the Chh-i;ji K iilway Strik.-s and the Chiuo-Japam-se War, and the at.ioiiut of li'ht it was aide to throw on Korea the instant attention was tlireete-l t-that litth-kiiowii sm:try, are exam ples of its atint IsMindless resiir-es Julian Kalph. the distinjruished writ-r and .orressiiidenl. lias Iss-n s-:il t- the s4-at of war, and there joined hy C. 1. Weldon, the w.-ll-ki.owti American artist now for many years resident in Japan, who lias Ikh-ii enjraiil to .-o-njeirate with Mr. K.ilph in sending t' l irr-r'n Wrrk hi exclusive in forma, ion and illustration. " I Mi ri lie 1" r every vital question will lie disj-uss.il with vis"r and without nreju lis? in the editorial columns and also in special articli-s by the highest authorities in each department. Portraits of the men and women wh iare making history, and H.werftil and imstie (sditical -:irtooiis will continue to lie characteristic features This ISusy World, with its keen and kind lv comment on the lesser doings of the jav. will remain a regular depart ineiiL, Fiction. There will Is- two powerful serials hath handsomely i! lust raHsl The Ked C.s-kade, a stirring romance of olden .lavs l.v Stanley J. Wavman, and a novel of New York, "entitled The .Son of His Father, hy Itramler Matthew sev.-ral novelette! and many short stories ly popular v Titers S.-nJ Fcr liluxtrated P.o-ptctu. The Volumes of the We.-kly lerin with the lirst iiumU-r for January of each year. When no time is mentioned. sulis-ri-tioiis ill Ih-jiiii with the iiuiiiIkt current at the time of rei--iit of 4rder. Cloth ibises for 'ach volume, sititahle for liiniliiiff. will ls sent hy mail, nKt aid. on r.s-eipt ofI.u each. Title-uti;e and Index sent on appli.-ation. Kemittanees Khonld lB made hy I'ost olli.s? Money 4rder or Iiraft, to avoid ehnnee of Iosh. Xrwnprrt arr t4 lo Cffy thu a'li-rrtim"iU trilhi.ul Ikr tTj rm ortlir . lUirjT & Jiro'. HARPER'S PERIODICALS Harper's Magazine, one year,$4.00 Harper's Weekly, " 4.Q0 Harper's Bazar, 4.Q3 Harper's Young psople" 2.00 Ixtn'jt Frrr la nit tubm-ritim in the I niti tX titatrt, din I'll aafl Mi ricu. Address HARPER & BRO'S., P. O. Box 959, N. Y. City. Somerset SOMERSET, PA., "WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1804, Mood's 5aved ,c12yHTr.st!3f riyLife "Foryeart I was ta a very serious condition VlLh catarrh of the stomach, tsjwels aud bladder. I suffered Intensely from dyspepsia, and In fact was a miser able wreck, merely a skeleton. I seem ed to go from ta4 wre. I really a lslird I was dead. s-4 r ..,( i nan no rest aay or nlBht. I did cot 4w ' a know what to do. I ''j had taken so much Lt medicine of th kiiiu uiai it poisoned me. 4 lit1 and my flnjer r-ills tarat black and cniie ot I bi-cn to take Mr. W. K. Younc. Putter', Mllli. I . Hood's Psrsanatllla. I had fuitli In the medicine, ad It did more for me than all prescriptions. I have gradually rraaiaed prrfrrl health, am entirely free from catarrh of the bowels, and pain in my back. My recovery is simply mar relous.' W. K.Y'of.vo, Potter's Mills, Pa. flood's Cares Hood's Pills relieve distress after eating. LADIES' SHIRT WAISTS. The warm spell will siiriest this 4-oi n fort:i Me nnd more than ever jiopuhir jrttnuetit. We have all kinds hi the Star Make, The liest inade, with Pnir Phiited and MUKLI) FRONTS, turn down and staudii!!; collars, i:i in;i tTiii5s stieli !is PKIiCALF-S, MADRAS, ZHPIIYR AND OXFORD C'LOTIL All sizes, 32 tin to 42. Prompt a!tcnt:o-i will W given lo Mail Orders. HORNE & WARD, 41 FIFTH AVKNL'K. Jacob D. Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Door Wet of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa. I Am Now I'repur.-.! to sujIy the puhlie with Clix-ks, Watcii.-s nd Jew elry .'f till des-riptions tw Cheap jls the (iutiii-st. UEPAIUINU A SPECIALTY. All work pnaranUsisl. Iok at my hiH k U'fnro making yur pureh:ts.-s J. D. SWANK. TE ART AMATEUR. Best and Largest Practical Art Magazine. (The only Art Periodical awarded a Medal at the , VoruliKiri maitf'lc to alt irui r In avitv V" ir litimi art . t. ji .-. i i m f fllMurmiirilvw.trMi ... Miux tin ir mim ijnt !1 send to any one C. M'.cation a -! I I 1 perb ' p ".s I 1 I in and H !iple X. J rUn I UC. we a III send meiiii.)nii.g ihls f iitiiicai men copy, with superb (fureot.vuiKO-Iramiii i mentarr page ol dmigns (rrguiai price -') r CHI OC we wtl fend alo "Painting rUn ZOCi fjr Bsjinnera"('.HKesi- MONTAGUE MARKS, 23 Union Square, New York. HERMAN BANTLY, 13 1 Clinton Street, JOHNSTOWN. - - PA., lKAI.F.n IN Builders and Other Hardware, QbASS, fAINTS, Olio, VAR NISHES, ET6. ft .'sec Our Larue Sliek of Sleighs. Bob Slcos. Sleigh Cells. Robes, Horse Blankets, Etc. PRICES to suit the times. ESTABLISPIED 1827. JES' T0EE CHRISTMAS. Father ralU me William, sUU-r c .lis me Will, MoihercalU me Willie teat thu felli n call n ic IHIl! Sllxhly gLid I uin't a girl ruth r b a b.y Without tiiem sa.siie-1, c-urla an thin;; luafs worn by Kanuili niy ! Lovetoi-hawnk green applesan owinnn!n' In the lake Uv.e to take the cnstor-lle they jrivo Tr bu'.ly- uche ! Most all the time the hull year r.mn' there ain't no Hies on me. But Jcs' 'fore Christmas I'm at (food as I can be! II Hot a yeller do nuiiM Sport sick 'lin un the cat ; Fust tlilni; iir kimvi !ie doesn't know where she is at ! Oot a c!iH.-r-iled, an' when as boys goes out tosiiie 'Ixnij .-oiues the grocery c.irt an' ws nil hook a ri.lc ! liut, Hoiii,t:iues, wh"ii the grocery nun Is worrited iin-1 cross, lie rcuchcKat me with his whip, and larruiw u. l.ls lujss ; Au' tlK-n I lafT and holler: "Oh, you never leclli.d hir r9 But J-s' 'fore Christina I'm as g'.iod as I can be! Ill iinaii'ma say she hooi that when I gk to be a m;:n I'll be a nilssioaerer llku her old.-s brother l.iu. As wux et up by the ctnaih'U tint lives In Ceylun'a isle. Where every iipjck plejs.ti an' only man U vile ! lSut eraii'iiia she luid never Ik-cu t- s-.s- a Wild West show, 4r read tlu life uv l.ini-.-l IIikiii.-, or els I gn.-ss she'd know That liilli.tlo liill an' eowisy is oo I euuuh fr nie V.'i ;' jcs' 'fore Chri:.tm:isi, when I'm jj.ssl as I kin Is-! IV Then ol' Sport he hangs aroninl, so soil. nil likei-.n' still His eyes they s.-ein a-sayiu : "What's er mst- ter, litlic- lliil" Thecal she s u-.lks down od her p.-reit, a- won-teriii' what's bs-oiii3 L'v tii.'in two eiieinii uv hera tint u-io t-.-r ni-ike tiling hum ! l'.ut I am so perlite and ktick so uirnestlike lo W, Tiiat mot tier says to father: "How Improved o-.ir Willie is r Hut fiith -r, liaviu' btvn a boy hisself, suspic ions me, Wle ii 'Jm 'fore Christmas, I'm as good as I kin 1st Kor 4 hristnuis, with lis lotsa:i' lots uv candies, ukc au toys Wuz in.nU-, they s,y, Cr pros-r kids, and mil Cr n iiivhty boys ! ss wash yer Civ, and breshyer hair, au mind yer 's an' n' An' don't bust out yer pantuloons, un' don't wear out yer shoes ; Say yessum to the ladies, an yesslr to the men. An' when they'd company don't ias yer plate f"r pic ani'in ; liut thinkin' uv the things you'd like to see 11 sill Unit ire, Jt-s' 'lore Christmas be as ixxl as you kl:i U-! Ki .;i:ne Field in iKvenitx-r iMili ' Jiviur JnHI'HIlU 4-tCAMIJUIDGKSTllEKT The Story of the Ghost of Eobert Trent and Its Silent Revenge. By Albert Hunt. From the 1'hiladclphU Tim 's. I Oa the nDrninsof th') ll:!i .if April, 1-vW, the iiuw.spap.-rs 4f rhiladclphLi chroniel.sl a fearful eriine. Ilirly the nirht In-fore a young man namtsl Hols ert Trent had mtirder.sl his wife and hiiiiself. They had lieeu married 4n!y a year, and tin- neii:hlsirs who had oh.st-rv.il their uiiilagiiig devotion tti each other during that tinu had made a pretty little roinamv out of ii. They wltj loth fr.en t!u ' e Kintry" name applied t: a thriving town in the interior .if the State. Trent had lu-rited a few thousands fr-im his fath er and, iis lie had Uen given a e.Kirse of eheinistry an 1 m-.-dieine, lie hr.wght his l.'i'ide to theeity andi-stahlislnsl a .irtig h'.isiness on a small se:ile. They were intelligent and, t- a d-.-gre.', r.'Iin til, hut they were als eminently un sophisticated and they fell into tempta tion. O.K.' .lay Trent left the store in the 4'U.stody of UU el.-rk and went down t wn. That night he jnhilantly told his wife that he was .in the high rad t fortune. Such terms as "margins" and 'rieinthe market,' were as t'r.-ek toiler and s'le heard listlessly. JL-r interest then va.s iviiter.il ill mvlle work tiny knit socks, .Mjei, luces and what not, Mich as hriiL-s of not .piite a year generally work upon. I'nfortu nately, Trent had in:nL' a profit with his shares of st-.M-k, witii the a-ual re sult. I:i the sptee of a few months' tinr. there remained no inheritanee ; ii prosperous little htisin.'ss nottiing exeept a ehuhhy little a:lair inn cradle, whose fit-hie wails drought tears to the m ither's eyes and inntiereil naths to thi father's lips. Trent u-lnred his young hride and he was weak. The almost illegihle seawl fo.nid on the dressing tahle dtvlared that lie lacked courage to face the prosiect 4f immiti gate.1 privation. The Coroner' jury, in one of its usual attacks of w isdom, decided that he was temporarily in sane. When the Indies were found that night, the 4ne witness lay placid ly asleep in its t-radic. Trent, in his despair, had either forgotten or inten tionally spared that little life. Tiieii stories were told utid rumors circulated. A wiseacre .if the neiiih hoorhood asserted that Trent had heen lujed. It w:w .inly a MUpicion and it was p.iickly dissipated hy a tvrtain le nevolelit gi-ntlenian who had 4fteli Uvn seen at the liouse ot the Trents and who wits known t. liave h.s.'ii their valu.il friend. IK announced that Trent h.ul Ikvh seiz.il with the fever in the ordinary way he wanted to get rich. The hjnvoleiit gentleman had done everything in his p3er to dis suade him, hut without avail, au.l the end was as he had feared- It was the old story. Next, plans for the welfare of the child were suggested, for the tragedy had uttracied nu.'h sympathy. Again the benevolent g.'iitleiii m cam 3 tp the front. He would take care of the or phan for friendship and pity's sake. Noli-.xly knew" anything alxiut the be nevolent geinleiiuui, hut everyixJy, in his or her secret heart, was glad tiiat the responsihility had been reinovnl an.1 they anplaude.1 his coiiduct with unfeigned admiration. When the applause had died away the sensation hud died witii it, and the tenderel-hearted guardian, with his Infant I'harge, had vanislie 1 had heen forg ilte.i. II. Camhi idge street was one of those tiior-iighf:ires which in every big city are thrust to the rear rank in the march tf progress. (l:uv a rapid, hustling commercial avenue, liti.-d with what were then very substantial business houses, it had degenerated into a par tially retail, partially resideiitiul street. It had Uwme cheap. The commerce now consisted in the green grocery and notion line, profuse with c etspk-tlous placards nud unhealthy vegetables. The dwelling houses were of tlie two story order, and their front l-ors opi-n-t-1 into their "pallors." l'.ut the meta morphosis had not Ik-cii complete. A ijtiarter of a eent'iry will !- much, hut not all. One building alone stod as the relic of a by-gone age entirely ir relevant to its surroundings. This was No. 41. It was a decrepit ailair, with creaking stairways and cracked window-panes. Originally a store house for a wool firm whose main build ing had stood nest disir where a .'an dy shop now nourished attempts at improvement by hazardous sjieculators ha-1 given it u ln-rmaphro-lite apjear-aiR-e half stoivlioti.r and half ilwell ing but a gtme:; toll that it did not belong to t!iis day. In fact, a rusty iron plate spiked tunK-r the gable roof, which reeeded from the top of the si-c-4nd story iu if trying to g -t away from evil asx'iaMoris, announced that it had Ikvii erected in ISl'i and this was 1-Vs5. Tiiere was e.:i utieanny at!ii-np!iere ah tut the plav a subtle stigv-stioti of mystery that replied o:i ?. After dark children toik the other side of the stre-.-t and whisper-d fe:.rful storii-s in which the words "glio.t" and "haunted"' were audible. Thus it s,i-x 1 for years, grimly watching the ciianges that time makeieven in riup--ramiuat-.il strvi-Ls tiiv'gra I i ll dis ipp-Mranee of f rniiiar faces and the succession of strange ones which in thir turn grew fatu-iiar, a:i I S- Oil. One night there was mild excitement in the street. Moving lights had Uvn s vnon the first fl-Kir of No. 44. The gh-wt st-ry was retold an-l the children HUiked, but one liar-ly youth, witii vaunted cour.ig; but throbbing heart, investigated to his everlasting glory. And the ghost develop---! into nothing more supernatural t!iau u band of noisy mistical students wiio had hired the lirst lioor of the old tumble-down house as a tit place to make c.eriinclits without disturbance After that they came and went at odd times, and the neighborhood had grown accustomed to them when anotiier thing hapieiicd. Tne house nv.-ived a regular tenant not a ghost, but a breathing, human personality a real tenant in common with the legion.s of rats which hud gnawed passages through tlte lloors and built nests in the . r.iy timVrs. The new tenant was as suggestive of mystery as was his dreary dwelling plutv. He was apparently on the shady side of i0, lejiu and gaunt, with a pair of shifty eyes and a hard, firm mouth. Kveii the denizens of a street such as this felt their resources fail when Ihey tried to find him out. They learned, in thatixvult manner in which secrets always leak out, tiiat his name was Kingston lh'aith, and they said tiiat he was rich and a miser. Who bat a miser would live in such a hole".' I'uneonsciously they hit the trulh. Mr. Hr.tith had money and he lov.il and guarded it jealously. He livnl 4n the s.-4-..nd lloor they knew, U-causo the band of students sti'l came .in oc casions tn the first, bat they were less noisy now, having Uvn warned evi dently of the rigiits of llu upstairs tenant. Not from him, however. Whatever was his solitary 4cei;iation it must have b-vn of alsorbiiig interest fir they n -ver heard a sound from above. As a matter of fact the old man knew but vaguely that at intervals a certain group of m -n assembled lelow, but for what purpose he neither knew nor 4-Hivd. III. On the night .f November, 22, 10:5, about thr-v weeks after his first appear ance in the street, the solitary tenant of No. It Cambridge strevt, t-iitcrcd his room in a cheerful mood. There was a grin on his thin liis, for that ilay he had made a lucky stroke which nett.il him a snug sum. His keen eyes swept the bare room with trriin delight, and again he gloat ed over the chance which had thrown such a bargain in his way. What tlid k matb r if the place was deserted and crumbling to decsiy ? He had no call ers and wanted none. It served his liurpo.xr !-y giving him a shelter t.t the .smallest jiossible outlay, so th::t be could place his money to advantage in the market, an-l double, aye, jK-rhaiis treble it. He had rarely failed to place it to advantage during the thirty-live years which he had sjn-nt in sjiccula tion. Outside the night was swirtly coming 4:i, so he touched a match to the coal od lump on the table, and at the sud d -ii glare a troop of rats scamiercd across the IbMir and disjijiiK-jir.il. He laughed harshly and sat d wn. All at once his spasm of mirth grew stronger and peal after jval rang out on the still air. It was a strange thing, truly this cruel-fae.il old man, alone in his solitary and cheerless home, swaying to and fro in a paroxysm of harsh, un musical laughter which s'.io k the cra zy timlvrs beneath him and rattled the discalored panes of glass in tiie window behind him. The shadow fast on Ha waii by the flickering lamp-light rock ed in unison with him and lent a more ghastly effect to the uncanny scene. Suddenly he ceased, wiping the water from his eyes then he drew from his p.K-ket a thick leather b k and .peti inu it at the first leaf was in a momeut alisorbed in its contents. It was a closely-written rec ir l 4f events evi-U-ntIy a tliary an l thu d ite stood out in little gilt letters 4n the caver lsW. IV. II ur after hour fled swiftly by un heeded ; the rats, em'ooldeneJ by the nih iice, emerged from their holes and made little excursions across the fl.Kr, and the light in the lamp gradually waned, but still the old man bent over liis book and read with eager eyes. At fir-t a grin .f evil satisfaction dis torted his lips, but as j.ag-' after p:ige was passed, and he traveled into the bxly of the diary, the words he read seemed to troub!i- him. Here and there he pausil and glatc- -d fearfully over his sii-iulder. He t-dd himself that his nerves were playing tricks, but it was the first time lie had admitted the i-s-ses-sioii of nerves. The grill left his lijis and his brows grew together. Omv, a rat Imlder, than the rest, struck against a leg oftiie table, and the old man, with a sharp cry, half started from his seat. Then he looked towards the win dow. Outside it was black an-l utter ly silent. Night had come on, but he had list !1 estimate of tim--. As he raised his hand to sha le his eyes, he suddenly found that he was trembling. "lieen reading tK long" he said, but he knew that it was something e!-.-. He knew that idthough he had again and again read iiie rtsnrdofthat event ful year until the syllables sto-sl out plainly in his brain, it had never le fore ei'ected him as it did benight. It had jil ways given him a sort of pleas ure. He loved to read how sharj-wit-ted men amassed fortunes by their tun ing and at the cxin-nse of other men, but when the achievement was his own the joy was twif-fold. Yet he was Utideliinbiy nervous tiiiight, and he felt a triile ill. His head throhlxil painfully, but he went on wilh his l.k. At last he .time to a page which set his lips twitching, and almost un-4-o:isciously he read the chronicle uloud: April 1. TiKslay he came to me an 1 demanded money. I told him I was n it ills banker and then he used hur-h wor-ls. "Vou got me into this," he said, "and you iiiu-t get me out. I inust;have money an 1 you mj-t give it fo me." Really, I almost ! t my t.'iiilvr. "4 Jive it to you"."' I sa.d "My dear young fi ieii-1, am 1 to blame because, like so many olhtT f'.ls, you thought to g. t rich suddenly'."' "I was u fool," he uns-.vered hotly, "to tru.-t my List dollar to such jls you.' He was speaking loudly and I wanted no scene, so I sjiid : ''Let us have no trouble, Iioln-rt; use your common sense. Vou gave me the money to in vest for you aciiirding to my judgment. Unfortunately, jls fr.ij'.iciitly h:ip:ctis my judgment miscarried and your money went. If you had any more we iniu''.n try again, hut you say " "More'." he cried, "more? If I only had hut, my (Jod, it is all gone every jieuiiy the business rd nil oh, my wife," and he began to t ry like a baby, like the baby that he is. I shrugged my shoulders find repeated that it was hard. At this he burst into anotiier of his furies. "Hard ! you can stand there and say tiiat, witii my money In your pocket, you s--ni:idr. 1 ! I know sm-ie away I know you ha'. e me ; that I can't prove it, but I al- know tiiat as true jls I stand lie fere you, that you have cheated me and my wife and child and you know it." It was most trying to me, but I saw that he was agitated and I r.-.tlly pitied him. "Yoti may say what you pleas.-, Trent,' I told him. "I wotild help you if I c Kiid, but I have lost in this sudden turn, too. Now, you are excited. Jo home an. 1 say n dhing and we'll set what can Ik; d-ne t.-morro'.v." He looked at me strangely for a mem.-iit j-.nd then went out. This ended the day's rc.sird. The old m in lifted his i-yes an I m :r.n ire.l: "And twenty-five years have gone !" He was shaking fr-mi head to f.k.t now with a sort of superstitious fear, atidjhe no longer trided with his con science. "H w true his words were," he said, and yet, at the time. I fancied tiiat I had done no tinco::i:n n thing." H- startel up and looked around, fancying he beard a noise. A draught of air swept up through a cranny in the Ilr and llutter.il th leaves of his b Kok. Kvvn at this he start.il. Then, with another harsh laugh, he called himself a .-award and went on with his reading. The next few li-av,-s contain ed only dry rec r 1 s of the action of the st M-k market and he ji.is.ed them .piickly. S.i ldenly he gave a great start and read aloud : April 1:5. T.-night a bad thing hap pened. IK shot and killed his wife and then c m:uitted suicide. "II muttered the old man," that means It ibert Trent," and In- shtid-Kr-ed. Was it fancy or echo? Tin wor Is seem il to come back to him in anoth er voice from a c inur oftiie rmiii. The lamp ha I gone low and he was seized by a great shivering as he rose and Kvred into each corner. F.xcept for th.- r.it i he was alone. Again he went baek to his b ik and read : I hav. deei led to have nothing on in y conscience, although even now I kni.vl aui free from Ida ne. I will sen I the child away to be educated. II .' shall go through college, if he cures to, but he shall never know who is his benefactor. The papers have called me a Ivrievolcnt gentleman. I will prove my title. All the arrangements have been made. He is to be rear.il in a private sch-Kd and when old enough shall go to college. Tiie money has al ready Leen paid into the hands of a trustee. A pity that so much money should g for but I tri'l have a clear conscience. Now my work is done. H.'cloied the b Kik and wip.il the jierspi rat ion from his bro.v. At tiie same instant the mysterious voice again sounded in his ears again itsKinded the nam. of Robert Trent. He shook from hea 1 to foot and a dread of hor rib'e evil seized him. He sank into his chair and buri.il his f.nv in his hands as if to shut 4ut some fearful sight h wiio had never before known a in nil -ill's weakness. He distinctly heard a low muttering of vague, mean ingless s ton-Is, ever and aii.ui punctu ated by a sharp, cleir sound that as sume.! shape and coherence the sound of a name that made bis very marrow cold, 4-ouiing as it did from the silence of a piarter of a century to reproach him in his lonely home tiie name of libert Trent. Hi o i'.d n t lift his eyes. Fear, abject fear, had 4-om-plete control of him. Tne lamp flick ered and went 4ut. IJraith was not superstitious, but the dread which hung over him could not U- shaken oir. The bare old room seem e l to h int jicopled with phantom of a wretched, wicked past. It came t- him with full force WHOLE NO. 2i;2. now, a id he ackn. iwieg.il in his in most heart that it had Ucn wretched and wicked and tint he b re on his soul the st tins of m irdt-r. For an instant a thought of tin- child 4i:ne to him and he woiid'-rcd what bad Ik.s-.iiii ' of it of the b y for whose e locution he bad paid in si fit of un woiitnl g.-iiero-ity, an I wh .se tutors he had f-troidden to 4-oIiliii-liiie:.te witii him from that time on. The thought if the child touched a chord in him for an instant, but only for an instant, f.-r suddenly h:s f.-ar came back to bit-i with redouble force. He le-1.1 his hands tight ov.-r his fa.v, but an unseen and resi-ti.-ssfor.se tugged at them. Strug gling from his chair he gained bis feet, stiil with his eyes shielded from som. thing he kiiewnot what that seemed to be there waiting to meet his eyes. Tli.-n all at once the K.wer of resistance left him, his hands dropped to his side, and, w ith w ide, staring eyes, he saw what he had feaml to see a white figure, erect and motionless. In that instant his scotlings at so-called sjiirit ual phenomena rushed back on him and at the same time he once more heard tiie name 4fthe man he had ruined. With a wild shriek he rushed to the window, quaking in every limb and the mu-eles in his temple ihrols biuglike engines. Tiie window was stiff from rccviit rains and he could raise it only an inch, but as he did so he lvril over bis shotiM-r and sjiw the apparition move a sh-p nearer to him. F.veii in that ni eiie'it his old time shrewdness was with him, and, seizing the little l-ik from the table, he tore its sheets into fragments. Then, v. itiia .lesp.-.ir born of agony, he strug gle! and tore at the window until it gave way :-.n-l g'id.il suddenly upwards. As tiie chiil air rushts! in, the sjs-ctre, or whatever it was, lre down iijhii h'u.i swiftly, and, with one wild cry, theoi-1 man sank to tiie !!'or. On tiie very set-md that he fe!! tiie ils.r v.as bir-t op-.-n and thn.vi.ien d.isln-! i:it , the room. "There it fK-sT cried one of them, and tii-y Wi.tch.il the strati- white figure pass swiftly into the air with L'le.ims of triumph in their .-yes. There it meltnl frt.m their sight. It was then that they found the old man. He was .lead and on his face was a liK.k that turned them sick ami hurried them awav. V. TvvodiM-uments complete this strange st'-ry. One is a dipping from a morning newspaper of NowmU-r !!::, an-l j rea ls as follows : An eeivntric old man named King ston 15raith, aUi'it 7U years old, was found dea l in his r-KM, on thesei(iid tloo:' of N . 41 Cambridge str.s-t hist night. The discovery was made by a i iiumiH r of m.ili.-jil students, who w. re : liuikiiigVxja-rimelsts on the lower floor, i and w 1 10 were attracted by the sound of ' the fulling Ksly. llrai'.h re.vi.tly came from abroad, win-re he had sp,-nt a liumU-r of years, and ye-terdsiy he en gugfd tiie riK.m. Tiie house isan old-fa-hioiKil, tinus-.il ware hot Lse in the business xrtiou of tiie city, and he was the only, regular tenant, the lower IliKir being tH-casioiial'.y reutnl by the students meiitione.1 fur the purjs-s- of e:;jK-ri:ueiits, it being a secluded place. It is said that Ilraith, who was once a sp vuiator on the street, b it w:is sus pelidc i fr crMikel 3ealin;s in the t x eiialige, wa- jks.si-ssiI of considerable weaith, an-! eiforts will Ik- made to lo cate p-issible heirs. lK-at!l was due to heart disease, coupled with old age. The second diK-uiueiit is a lett. r from Sidney J. Carruthers, M. !., to 'n fessor Norton 15. Clarke, and says : M v I i:. l I'noFKss. n ; Vieti iry is at la-tour-. When I first spoke to you of oar belief in the thmry that a ccr tjiin co:iil.ii'.atio!i of chemicals, proper ly utilized, would raise a vapor which could lie made to assume a human form, you siilcd at me. ISut enthusiasts ii; n re s.-:rer.s. We kept at it determin ed to jir ve to the sip -r-titious wo.-l l t!ie hokus-pokus by which so-eall.i sp'.rit iralists m iterializ? spirits. And what avenues does it not open to the ardent scientist? Kxpect me t dinner to-morrow, when I will give you the details. Tiiis muc'.i, however, I cannot refrain from telling you now. It worked ud.niruMy. We hired a big room in an old warehouse down town t be sure of no disturbance. There we g-ii to work ; and in two hours the thing was done. One thing, though, we bad unfortunately not considered the air theory so tiiat when we had gain.il success and raised the phantom and it l'Kikcd so like a phantom that we were scar.il ourselves for a mouu-ut a current tf air from the broken liourds caught the vapor and carri.il it t!j wards. We found that it was irresisti bly j.ttracte.1 by air, as you shall see. It passed through the ceiling and we rush.il upstairs just in time to see it go through an open window, with an aw ful rush. Of course, once under the open sky, it immediately dissolved. We shall guard against thi ; in our next trial. ly the way, a strange tiling liajip -lied, t-Ks. I'p in the second-story room we found the dead bxly of mi old man, who, the newspapers say, died of heart disease. I wonder if our sj.H tre had anything to do with it ! In conclusion, I want to suy right here that the whole cmlit for the sinivii we have achiev.il is due tfie young man whom we are pl.-as.-d to call a hair br.iiu.il enthusiast, chasing chimeras. I I was his enthusiasm and determina tion that kept us at it. You know w hom I mean UoU-rt Tn-nt. What have you to say now ? s. ti. c. A2archy tad Aathoriiy. Nejir Milan recently, the laUirers on the estate 4f a ric'i jr priet ir nam il Ma! 4lrovc uj t his house with the liarveste-I c rn. Tn -y were met by his son, a youth 4f twenty-three, who I ina-le them a speech telling them that j the grain they had sown and cut was theirs by natural right, and bidding them take it home ami shout "Long live Anarchy!" After some- juvssun they o!eyed, an I .n the father's re turn the help of tlte police was r.ijuir- : e l to make them give up the corn I again. The son thought it rudent to leave the country. Talmaje on Heredity. Nov, the longer I lire the more I l.-e-lieve in blood good blood, bud blood, proud Ii!(kx!, humble blood, how-st b!K)d, thieving blood, heroic blood, inwardly h!'d, writ.-s the Ite v. T. !: Wirt Taioiage in tii- I)-ci-mIcr Lh'H' - ll'iint Ji,nr'il. Tile tendency n,a. skip a geth-ration or two, but it is snr to i-!im-out, as i a iitiie . hild you s-im.-tinies s.s- a similarity to a great -gra':dfaih-r who- picture hangs oi, the wall. Ttuit the pii y-i'-al and meutui a?i 1 moril ipialitii-s are inheritable is patent to any one who k.-eps his eye; o;n-n. The similarity is so striking -o.ii.-i iii.. as to U- jimiisiiig. ;ri-::; 1 im.ii. s, r nnl or literary, are apt to have the charact.-ristii-s !i lowit throtigh tin temratioiis, mi-i wiiat is more p-r-.-pii-ie in -u.-h f-ni.-iii.-s may le stii on a smaller s-aie in a!l families. A thousand years bar -no p iwer to obliterate tiie .Silf.-reiice. T.ie iarg" lionf tin- I' ins of Austria is seen i;i all the ik-sieidunts, and is c:i' !ed the Hop-burg lip. Tne limy of S'u-.rt always nn-rt'.s i i all genenti us ei I'y and bigotry and sensuality. Vii:iiss le.-n of S'ots. Witne-s Clinrles I and Charles II. Witn.-sx Jaiin-H I and James II, and all the others of that imperial liii". S'.-'teh bbio-l nt'-ans jr-r-i.-rt-riee. I)ut-"h b'o-sl Pieails -i.-a:i!i:ii-ss an 1 g sHl br.vding. Kngli-ii I1iik1 means r. vt reti.-e for the ancient. Wel-ii bi.s, 1 iiie-;ns religiosity, llallish blo-sl mt-i:is fondness for the sea. Indian bliKxl jiieji.'ss roaming disju.-sition. Celtic bliKMi mean, fervi-lity. It-mjn'l bliHxl means iiiiis.t. Tiie Jewish faculty for ai-umulatio!i you may trace clear back to Abraham, of whom the liible says, "He was ri.-h in silver and gold and -attle," and to I-aae and Jamb, who bail the same family characteristics. Are They Ever Struck ? The ipiestion has lately Isvn asked in F.nglaiid whether birds are ever killed n the wing by lightning. Several ! .servers have answ.-ri-l it in theatVirma tivc by ni'aliing instances in which they have uetu:;iiy ss-n birds thus killed. Doubt scs-ms to have Uvn entertained as to w h. th-r a bird on th wing is not j.roteeted from lightning by virtue of its U-ing -.-parat.il fr-iiu contact wilh the earth. liut 4-wn the m-ft' sh-H-k 4tius.il by the pa-sage of a Iiuhtning stri.ke thro.i.'h the air n.-ar it might lse s;.?' lieieiit to k-il a bird without nnyaetu .l d.s'trical contact. H w great such a -hock is, in many cas .-, every on- knows who can reitiM the era-hing s-itmdof a te-.r-by thund- riM.lt. S-.m.i o'oscrv.-rs a ;-rt that birds are lus.-tiliai'Iy s !i-:!ive t- the appn-a.-h of a thuiidcr-stiiriii, and :i'.m-st invariably v-t-k early shelter from it, as if faliy aware of the peril of remaining up.:i the w ing when !: re is ligiif ning in the air. IS.st for this exhibition of caution the ii'ii.iU-r of birds killed l y lightuing wo-sM probably U- far greater than it i.-. It w'..i.I In- interesting to know Whether iih'ij.i p ims. ji;.y in.-tineli v.: kri iw'.---life oi" the laiiL".-r of is-re!iiiig ill tail, exjmss.il trees in the ojvn fn ids 1 :ri:ig a thunder-storm. A iir-n-sjmndelit of the I'limjinlim has the impression that they are in the habic .f .i.ngregating in the forest under gr v. tii ainl in shnibl-t-ry on uch . cas ions. This might- lie maiuiy due, however, to a desire to find shelter from the rain. YtmtW I'lun'.nmiipn. Cpeu to EsgaaremenL "Mister," said the greasy wayfarer at the back disir, plaintively, "can't you do sojiu tliiii' furajmre man?" "My friend." rej-'i'i! the man of the ho'i-c, "I ant a jMir man myself." "I don't s'jsu-evou know .vhat it is to go c.ll over the country huiitiu' work?" "No." "The trouble with me," said the jii'.grim, wij.ing liis jK-rsjiiring bn.w with the remains of what had once b vn a handkerchief, "is nerves. I can't do heavy work. If you was to ask me to hoe in the garden to jay fur my breakfus' I couldn't do it. I wan t deceive you, mister. I ju-t (iuldu't do it. l'.ut I'm w iliiu' to do light work. I won't -t:t;cl back fur no man alive when it comes to light work. An" if you've got any .a-y job that I can do comfortable like, -. as to stimulate my uj-js-titc 'thout wcak'uin my in-rv.-s " "I have tol l you, my friend," inter rupted the .noli of tiie h in-.-, "that I am a p sr man. I symj.athize with you, but I am not able to do anything to helj you, and certainly don't know of any light work you could do. I am a lecturer and I make only a liare liviinr." "Would yoii mind telliu me what you ld-ture ab.ut ?" "No. The stibj.vt of the l.vture I am delivering this season is 'The In dustrial Crisis.' " "Mi-ter," sjii I the 4-aIhr, e:ig rly, 4'i-n't you want a feller to travel with, you as a horrible example of the .-fleets, of idleness?" (Vir ij Tri'f tn- . Grai-iiof Gall In't sj.-ik impitieiitly to children. Anybo-ly can go to heaven on a toml. stone. The man whol.ves hisd ty will not .slight it. T.ie feet of fr ith are -low, but they lie ver siij. I n"t gt wiiere yon would not Iv willing to die. I) :i't c to sl.N'ji until yo i cm for give 4-veryb -ly. Tiier j are to many p.-ojJe w'oo iK-w-r jr.ty until tin-y h ive t'. I) n't give a I vice to iKthers tli'it vol are n t w illing to follow. If we won'. I speak kind words we m j-t cultivate kind feelings. S i.n men join a church with no let ter in tive than ot'u -r r ! a bank. If m -:i iia 1 t be ju li-1 by one an otiier II b ly c .l! l get t iieiven. The juieke.t way for a m in to lin 1 o it wh it others think of hint is t r.i.i f ro!Tie-. I) in't do anything t -d iy that y.Ki wouldn't want l Ik.- found d ingo.i the; judgment .Liy. It is n it what you put into your p K-ket, b Vwh it you takeout that wilt make you rich. II ijp'm--ss consists i-.i a virtu-ms and h :i---t life, i.i being i-o:ite;it with a c :np -teaey o.'o itw.ir l things, and in u-ing them temperately. If c nve. -ati-m b -an art, like nin: ing, s,'.i!j.turean 1 literature, it owes its ui -t iwer.'u! c'ur.u t Nature; and the K-a-t shade of foruitlity or ar tifice d.-stroys the etfect of the best e .1 ltvtioa of w .rds TiielJrand Duchess Catharine, for whom the Itussiaii court is in mourn ing was the cleverest and most pojiular member of the royal family. She sus a very handsome woman, almost gi gantic in her pnjmrtians.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers