u
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DICK. THE DECOY STEEIL
v.(i.,.;:ij Hl'Tillllg tit
, j a.Jvanv, otlierwlis
i .,. M-.mtiiimxl until
r.t musters ne
" , h -n s!i'i--ri! i u not
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' fn.nt one ;!"!l!OC to
u iiai:io f t'e ftrm-
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Tut :
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I'Lisii'lAN ANUM lil't.O.N,
smu'N t, l'a.
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ii. CiiKr i: 1T11,
I'uncral Director.
-' -1 a.:i r.i-- si. Residence,
I';.iri.it St.
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Pilsl Oils!
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inning i Lubricating Oils
Vutiia k Gasoline,
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alUi -.. rj- known
p"oiact of Petroleum
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-atisfactory Oils
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s.iiicrv t aad vieiui-
i liv
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"MSTIC J03 PRMTMG
A SPECIALTY.
liX X BEXSIIOFF.
7
'fmTURiKG STATIONER
A Mi
:a.x a& iJll,
VOL. XLHI. XO. 28.
THE
First National Bant
Somerset, Pcnn'a.
Capita!, S5Q.O0O.
Surplus, 816,000.
deposits received in large and small
amount;, payable on demand,
accounts of merchants. farmers,
stock dealers, and others solicited
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
IJOAUO OF DIIilXTOIlA
I.AIU'K M. 11H KS, ;i:. It. StTI.Ij,
JAMKS U l'KJH, II. MII.I.F.IL
Junx il w.irrr, i joist, s. si tu,
KUKI V. ISIKSIX-KKII.
KIiWAItUWTU, : : l'UIl!::XT.
VAI.KNTIXK HAY. : VK K rilrl KK.NT.
HAKVtY 31. ISKKKI.KY, : CASIUKU.
Tlio Tun Js anil sopuriti? of t'.ils liar.k arr s
curi ly ini..vi.-.1 in a tvlrlirsttiil t'ouuiss ISfit
f.ui: I'ikhif Sate. The only tfv niado abso
hit'!y bunr"nr-iir.H(f.
Tiio SoDfist Csity K&al
OF SOMERSET, PA.
.O:
Elib:!Kl, .877. Crginbti ts i Nitlon!, 1890
CAPITAL, . 350,000
SURPLUS AND UN
DIVIDED PROFITS S16,000.
:0:-
Chas. J. Harrison, Tres't.
Win. 1 1. Koontz. V ice i res t.
Milton J. Pritts, Cashier.
Directors :
SAMI'KIj SXVM:!; V. KXIiSLKY,
J-i.H si'Kt HT. J'.iNAS t. 0;K,
.mux H. sNY!::;t, Jn.'ix sti kit,
JiSKI'H II. 1AV!S. NiiAH S. .M! I.I.Kit,
liAliiliSO.V SXYHKIL JKil" i.MK STlTiT,
am. is. iiA:i:i.su:".
C'itiiii rs of t;;.s :ii! w P.! nv-i lvo tho int
li.- ntl in-:il uittt -iiit'r.t with sin. t.iuikinL'.
I'aj iis u isMin to st it! y or u-!
nm t aiiiniMKJ:iUil hy timil lr any
KIMOtlllt,
Mliii I" V:i1ll:lh1i-S Vl!ri 4I 1V 0?lrt f Im-
Mt':i's '!l:r;iU'I Kih-s, Willi iiii i;iijnvi-J J
ti!;t ht-k.
t"tlkti i Tii:il In a:! irt- of tho ITiittcd !
Acrounls a!nl di M!iritl.
nSILIIT fill! ill fISST E3.
121 & 1:TS Fourth Ave.,
PIjTTSBURSH, PA.
v!rr
Undivided Frcflts 1250,000.
Arts as Executor, Cusrdian, A!nee i
and Iievvivtr.
Wills received for and held free ofi
U t-iiiv-s of r.-.-idciils and non-residents
carefully attended to.
JOHN V.. JACICs)N, - Pn-i-l'-i.t.
JAMRs J. DOXNF.I.I V. rrcsideiit. .
FUAXKLIX iniOWN, - SrcreLiry. !
JA. C. t'HAl'LIX, - Trea-;:rer. j
ore's your
pLACE 1
WOOL ! WOOL !
WANTED !
'2"t cents ;tr pouritl I'nid for Tub-
wa.-Iic-l; oncdhird k'.'S for Ln
waslict, in cxclia:ijc for
goods at
JAMES B, HOLDEMUirc
CI clhirg. G.at.FjrBHhlrj & Ca-ptt Store,
425 Miin St., - SOMERSET, PA.
Men, Hoys' and Children' lit cand cheap
S.jitsand a !..re line .f lvcr(ii:its for
Mi ll, Hoys and Children, l iiderwear,
over Shirts, I j-.titidi iisi Shitts, Niht
Shirts, Overalls, I'aiits, Hosiery, ;lov.
Mittens, SusiH-ndcrs Hr.:ss C"'K Col
lars, tie., Hals Cups, Muillers an.l Ihmd-k-r:!iiels,
tte., will s:ieiiliee all tfoods
.liiut have 1h-!-ii if. i-t-x k over one year.
Am closing out my entire line of V.-t .
Sa.KCarjictsA- d Cloths at lte-ltK-!
I I iecs.
I hay fT C:ih; sell Tor Cith cr Ap
proved Notes at thort time; and conse
quently can afford Small rrolits.
A. H. HUSTOW,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
nd everj-tl.I"8 iH-rt.-.ining to fam-mta ftiru-Lsliisl.
SOMERSET -
Pa-
That
Tired Feeling
So common at this season, is a serious
conlitioa. liable to leal to disastrous
results. It is a sure bisa of declining
health tone, anj that the LlnoJ is im
poverished anJ inipurc, Tlie best and
mo.t suceesiful remcJy is found ia
HOOD'5
SarsapariSla
Which makes rich, healthy blood, and
thus gives strength to the nerves, elas
ticity to the inus.-k-ji, vior to tho braiu
and health to tiie whole body. In
truth, Hood's SarsaiianlU
Makes the
Weak Strong
Be sore to get Hol's and only Hood's
Kood'S Pill3 are jiiircly ve TetaLle. -
tcUv harmless always rclktLlo au:I Lcuol' .J
LADIES'
SHIRT
WAS:
The wann s; i! will suriret this
mfirtaliie ami mrr t!i:ui ewr
u!.-r pirstieiit. Vo have al!
kinds in the
Star Make,
T!u? U-st mailt', with PuiT Pltiitt-d
a i.l S1IIKLI) Vl'.C ;rs, ttirn
ilown tui.l stauilir. roliitrs, in ma
terials such as
I rKIICALF-S
I
j MADRAS,
ZKrilYP. AND
joXKonn t'LOTir
All jtf:-2 up to 42.
PmiisiU attention will Ik- kiveu to
Mail Orders.
HORNE & WARD,
41 FIFTH AVKXFF-
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Door West of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
Am Kov
l.ri'p.;rel t.- f.ijiply the public
w ith Clotks, Yatches, sMstl Jew
elry of all l'M-rij:ioiis, as Cheap
as the C'hcipfsf.
KEPAIKLNG A
SPECIALTY.
All work iinrai!te-d. I.o.k at my
stN-k lie fore inakinjr your
p:inhis.s.
j J. D. SWANK.
iT!!i ART AMATEUR.
i
I Scst and Largest Practical Art
1
Magazine.
(The only Art rur'clli! e-vr.Jt a Mistal at tlie
oria Fi'ir.)
IMlwl.i,' 1.1 all trh'i ?' i' 'Irr thi ir Vrin? 6 trf
01 I mix Vnir fr'Hur lxl ifnl
FOn IOC ei :1 enit to any oce fC.
iiiviitH tni s 'h' l'uM;eiio.i a ,ci I I 1
lmn co.v. with t.nik-rt o'or Iles I I
if. cefviuKo-iremiiis an.l S Kiipi'le m. S
mefiurv fmiies cf dowaiis (regular i-rice
'). Itr
rnn -jr w will enil ai-o "Painting
rUn ZOCt rrBevinner-(j0igi.).
W0NTACUE MARKS, 23 Union Square,
New York.
illal BAITLY,
!3 Clinton Street,
JOHNSTOWN. - - PA
-DK.VI.KIt IN-
Builders sod Other Hardware
GfcASS, f AINTS, 01b, V A FI
NISHES, ETC.
Sic Our Ijirne Stin-k of
Sm&Hs. Bob Slcos, Sleigh Bells.
Roecs, Horse Blankets, Etc.
riUCES to suit the times.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2(5, 1894.
THE FIRST STAS OF TIIE YES A.
In. fli-M ofani'-thyst,
II 1:11:!:.).' liisea plol- .f ir.l-t,
t'om.-s thi llr.t st -rof t'ie ymr.
Htri.aMiini; liannrrN, rriiiiou r. il,
t'Un'. !ove the l.r h,-1 ,
U -tiii! fm.n his ihiy's rarerr.
I.iU a l.ir.-tii!-t ha!! f nww,
I.ik 'a xvh't.' ro-i- to Mow,
Shows tin.- lo.v'rln" siar lu r f ice.
Itri'uT .o:r. iiiioiis in. Iiy nv
:.itl T romij Iht wriy tlima ,
Keh rosjilea le.it In itx ii:i'.
I.Ike the ilawii:ri2 of th- tru:U
An lovo wakens in the youih,
I'ia-ili now s ii - New Ye.ir's st:ir.
! ii hi.'J lri:li:t of her nee,
Wie tiling a!l her liiMr.e.is araee
Iowu to from r.-ulni afar!
Io-:i to ii-; fnvii r-ulm of iih".
K.ver slowiti;, li..;:ui:i r, Iji-L'lit
loM -n !::ir un-1 d.i.iin: s.m.
"oa 1 m ty ofi o!x".n- their r.r. 4,
lStiL i!i .yc.irin.it m i h tle-ir o!:i.r..
rj is'.:n( in ;h 'ir ".!:. lh -y ran.
Y'!s loin fra.liii:, they ! i . iiin.' !ve,
Hoiv we 1 uy Iiy i.tv slioui.l live,
N'lli' r'.i'iiu!!! i:i our it'.it re.
if . itt-r iiiit aii 1 cio'.i.N i!i..y it:i;r,
Miineoii s:. .i.!l:is ii Ut- the star.
Like the l:rt la!" of the yeur.
'hit '!;. 7' r'.l 'f.
IX THE (JOLDFIKLDiS.
We v.tro all that New Year's eve
in tiie Ati.-Jralian pihlfn Ids hi the year
lv;k The day Ix-fore we iiuittln r.sl it)
Aliivricans and Ihieflishna n who had
eome in seareii of Meahh, and now
three of our iium!t r had jat Ixvu i
away forever on the hi!lide, hiri.-d in
one d-evji jrrave, their lives crushed out
bv a fall of earth.
That nh:hl, while t lie 17 of ts v. ho ;
were l.-fl sat around the camoliiv. votiinr
Hws said :
'iioys" (we were rdl friends and ni'V
eryet amoiiK onrselvi-s the ordi
nary iliejircr api. -llai ion m"inate , "tliis
is a stid ending of our !irt AtNtralian
New Year's day. Mayl it wiil chet r
us up some if 1 u !I you of one which iti
Car. a da two years ao turned out more
happily."
Th'-re was a jrcnerul cry of "Do, Fred
do," and the Ikv iK-e-.tu :
'Soiii" of yo'.i know that my home is
in a lac!;wo.Mls t-iwn shin, aixmt Si
mill's tior!hw"st f Toronto and not f.tr
from ( ;,i.ro-;:m hay. ?dy f:;t!ser, wh
was fiinn. rly a c: pt:iin in a regiment
of Ih-itih u , :dry, .-.old his eommi ion
in lskl aiidct-ii'rate-l t- Canada, where
he lionht a (i r acre, pariial'y cleared,
farm, wi ;hin to sr'.ve his live Viysan 1
four nir'.s a U'tur chance in life than a
family in moderate circumstances ca;i
have i:i the old e'Hintry. I v.n only S
years of :ire then, ainl toy l.ily si. ter
not half as many months.
".My mother" (I wi-h Icouhir nivey
an idea of liow tendcriy Fre;I sp: die that
word whciicvt r oeciirriiij: in his story),
"thotijrh a tiny little tiling, who wears
a No. - i Mil and a oi flovc, is as hrave
as a'i Indian prinii-s, and shcandmy
fatlierare just like lovcr yet. So we
were a happy family and got 0:1 splen
didly. "Every year a hi..: patch of l:ih w;is.
cleared up, and when I left home there
were more than 4-U acres of tiie farm
under some sort of cultivation. Fat Ik r
and my thrv elder hrotln rs sometimes
worked as hard as the hinsi men, and
they all liked it, httt Jltili ami I, the
two you mn-st hoys, v ere, we thought,
awfully ahtis.'d hy h- in.js.-nt to school,
and afterward t l"pp T Canada college
at Toronto. We made up for it all,
thoiih, in the sMiirn -r and Christmas
iiolidays, as there was any (jtiaiitity of
tishintrand htm ting every where amund
oar home.
"Alxmt six mill's from our place lives
Colonel Warwick, a half p.iy o:lkvr,
wiio-e family is exactly the same size
as ours, and evcrs'miv e lining to Can
ada we had dined and ent the evenihg
with them on Christmas day, and they
with us on New Year's day, and weal
ways had jrivat fun.
"Two years airo t-l ty, Jan. 1, Isll,
the Warwicks father, mot her and nine
children, lij and Intle came to us as
usual, h'.it when we s:.l down to dinner
oar total nuiieKT was only 1, instead
of:!!. The pl.uv at my mother's rij;ht
ii.i.i 1 was vacant, and she herself,
though doinfe the hoiKrs irituvfully,
wore a t rou hied anxiety, which she
could n..t wholly cmvitl, and which
was more or less rcllected hy each faiv
in our own family."
"Had one of your hmlhcrs or sisters
died, then, Fred'."' ask one of the men.
"No that is, we hr.ped not. Tlie
t r.m Me was that IS months before, in
July, 1H my eldest hrothcr, Ional.l,
lonhig for adventiiiV and exci!el hy
woiiilerfal rcportsfr.mi newly uie)v
cd trol liU'Ids, had left home, bound for
California, and not a word from or of
him had yet reaeiu'd us beyond the
m.'iv information that he w:l to leave
New York for Colon 011 the hitii ilay of
theni-inth m passenger on asailiu;;
ship, the name of which he did not
give. From Colon now Aspinwall
he intended to cross the deadly isthmus
to Panama, thence take ship on the
Pacific for San Francisco.
"On the New Year's day of 1S.V) his
ahsence had thrown but a slight cloud
on our jollity, as in those daysthire
was n Panama railway, and six or
even nine months might well pass away
witiiout lelters from him. Hut now an
other whole year had gone by and even
my bravely h:peful father had Ik'uii
to feel ahirni.sl, for it was not like true
hearted Donald to neglect his own p.-o-
pie, and yet, if still alive, how was his j
Ions silence to lie accounted for? We
feared that, like s many hundreds of
other gold seekers, he might have per
ished in fewr stricken Panama, as he
would, we thought, have certainly
written if he had safely reach San
Francisco.
"The grizzled old Sjldier, Colonel
Warwick, tried hard to cheer us by his
own reminiscences of mysterious lost
mid haim-lr refound comrades in India :
and elsewhere and by truthfully re- j
minding us of the many vicissitudes t
which letters from California were then ;
exposed. 'Why,' he said, 'the boy has
probably written a half dozen times,
but, either in crossing the isthmus,
passing round Cape Horn or coming by
way of that wonderful overland p ny
express the letters may every one have
lieen lest. I've known far stranger
things than that, In the way of missing I
mail matter, to occur among our fel
lows, even in easily reach and densely
populated India.
"For a vear before leaving home
ESTVBLISIIED 1827.
j D.:M ha.l owiu-.I a :auir:i ii-nt Xew-
foiitnll.-itiil i;r. I'rinec liv ii:ni' Tiie
. .,, - -
I l!l:i.-k I'riiuv Wfv:iintonoalhil liim
i:it only u aowjiit o.'liw c:il r, 1 tit
al) Icfatui' hi eliivalroiH and during
rl!:ir;ie!iT greatly ro.-t'mMe-l, in ot're
tiiuition, tlr.tt of the famous KTniajre
i:i iia;rlis!i h:.-try for whom we hat!
named him. Indeed Priiiee had cm
wived hit m:iLr'i life when the latter
wtis oneu iv, in a:i fiutlyiii field, i:d
denly a! aeketl hy a f iriotw half wild
lii:(i;e!ii!i. Ht-iuv D ni.ild was wurreat
ly aii u lied to the ereature th:it lie had,
imiwitiista'i.rtn tiie- ad L-.l txiviw,
taken him alon on his tedious journey
intich to our regret, as we .sorely mi-wed
the frr-U'd old fellow in all our outdoor
sjv irts.
"S:, mi this New Year's day, all of
us, even down t 9-ye.tr-oM Mar-ry,
thought eonstaiitly of tiie faraway pair.
I'vti the rites of hospiiality eotild not In;
ii'-ie.-ti'd, and hy and ly, s-liin iiatc-1
1-y the ii;.trs.d "ayety l" our visitors,
all u" us youn folks joined, j:t.-t in the
lo:i;iii;i, in a roKijiiiii; jranse of'iiide
ami sve!c.f
'At or.iir.ary ti'nts our lig ten r.Hm
lo;rl,.iHe was lighted hy hom-'inade tal
low candies, hut onfislive tiw.Mmw
lilV liK-lller l!.-M-d SiMTiii ones. Nutiiiiers
' oitluse were now liurnimr. in addition
i to the treat i-en tires. makiiiL' all with
i:i doors nlloeiher too litfht for the
proper enjoyment of our jjame ; s., by
uuaniniotis consent, wo a;-ree that the
j 'hiders' i-Iioiild have the privilege of the
i.ii iia: Keniiij; mikki i-iiiMi, .;aoic llliu
nearest barn.
Hie jday went merrily on for half
,u, i,ur r j..j, Hueces-ive 'sis ker'
generally routingoat tliemot cunning
ly concealed 'hiders' in 110 time. lint
then liu!- AtvtK-s Warwick so artfully
hid iier-i lf that the 'seeker' of tiie mo
ment, utterly failing to discover lier,
was tin. illy .i.lig,-d to -ill ujhiii the
w hole crowd tor assistance.
"Jiij! and low, up a:id down,
through stables lofts, between wmmI
piles, In iihel straw staek.-, inside the
big fanning mill, over grain bins and
under the barn, we hunted without suc-iv-.
Then, ge.tl.'.red in a cliistcron
tlie ihra-oihig Mo r, we were alxisit to
give up and h i the little mir-ehlef find
her- il", when, through the open door,
into which tiie pale m lonliglit stream
ed, a d irk body rti-hed, shot pa-t us
and sprang over into a nearly empty
haymow, whence instantly cam.? a
greatly rustling and a series of inartt
cuifie cries from the now discovered
Agnes which sounded to us like tho.-e
of fe:ir and pain.
"A 'near ! A bear T sereanie 1 the
elder.Miss Warwick. 'A bear is killing
tlie child !' These brutes are unite plen
tiful in our neigliimriiood.
"'Pshaw!' exclaimed my braiin r
Hugh, 'hvars don't com-jout in v.int.'r.'
" 'No, nor they d.m't have long tails
cither, I g le.--,' wisely ohvTved little
Margery.
"K.vovering from our momentary us
toiiiiimeiit, we young men and bays
were in the act of rtlr-liing to the rescue
when out of the mau'x.h' of the mow
crept little Agnes, laughing half hys
terically and encircling with one arm
the mck of a big b!a-k dog !
" 'Why, it's IVinc-! 1) maid's I Hack
Prince!' all of us simultan onsiy shout
ed, for now we plainly s.r.v the iccu!iar
heart shaped breast sp 't which was the
only rpeck of white on the glos.-y coat
or our long lo.-t friend.
"It really seemed as if the wi-e old
fellow had stealthily watched our play
until he found what the triable was,
and then, with de'.i'.n r:t!e purpose to
surprise us, he da-lud p.L-t without
greeting, and guided by his unerring
nose had p 'e lly torn the hay oil' the
form of his well r niemh-Ttsl playfel
low, for pivt'y Agnes Warwick used to
spend hilly amueii time at our home
a- at her own.
"Now, having so well succeeded in
creating a sc;i-:;tion, Primv threw oil"
all di-gtiiet and after hilariously j limp
ing upon each of us in turn gam?Ki!l,
barked and frisked around in an cc-tay
of delig'it, while we all started in a
wild r.ic to the house.
"Evidently some one p.-rii qn
11 ws of Donald had arrived,
v iih
for a
open
( t range sleluh stivnl In-fore the
door, and as we netiriil tiie house- we
could hear my father's voice ringing
out in tones which did not sound like
those of grief.
" 'There's word from Donald! Come
on !' yelled my brother Archie as he
sprang to tiie leading place.
"Tiie other V.i of us followed pt-ll-mcll,
a'.mot tumbling over each other
in our eagerness, ami burst like a cy
clone iiit the big parlor. Then the
old roof shook with our half frantic
cheers, for there, in the center of tiie
room, stoo l D .maid himself, lie was
l.rwuas an Indian and U-ardeil like
well like any gold digger, but was
the same old Donald, still, while clapp
ed to his breast, with her arms ah nit
his neck, lay my dear little mother,
softly crying in speechless joy."
Here pisir Fred alm.st broke down,
and not a homesick man of us all could
tr.Lst himself to speak. Presently, how
ever, tiie young fcliow he was only I'J
went on :
"lloys I tell you this was al
most too much for me. I'll never
forget that time if I should live a thou
sand years. It seemed like getting my
brother lack fr.nu tiie grave itself,
S :.iL'of uj cried like babies, and even
t'.ie stern old colonel himselfhail to pre
tend that the op.'iidoor blew the tiro
smoke into his eyes.
"At last we ipiieted diwn a little an 1
after the two hungry travelers l!!aek
Princj and his master had eaten a
g.od dinner, Donald told us his story.
It would take nuall night to rep.-at it
in full. 15 -sid -s I can't tell it as he
did, s I'll just give you the marrow of
it.
"On landing at Colon he and all the
other passenger had to pay f each
for mule hire, with a pair of big Mexi
can spurs thrown in for every rider, 111
order to get across the isthmus. More
than one-half of the crowd already had
xymptonsof the fever when they got
to the city of Panama, and p nr fel
lows died there while waiting a wei-k
for a Pacific ocean ship.
'Donald was stricked down aim x-t
nt once and lay for three months be
tween life andd -ath in the house of Fa
ther L ip .rte, a kind French-Canadian
priest, who twk gl care of him and
...
h is effects, and when he w:L able to
dictate wrote for him to my father
though neither that letter nor three
others written from different places by
Donald himself were ever received a
Unite common occurrence during the
first two ycirs of the California excite
ment. "During the whole of his master's
illness Prince stuck close to him, though
as Father Lajxirte afterward related,
nothing but the dog's tierce courage
and fidelity had prevented him from
being stolen by covetous thieves.
"At last D maid got strong enough to
sail for San Francisco, where he arriv
ed after a live weeks' voyage and in
robust health. Here he wrote a long
home letter, and, accompanied l,y
Prince, went ofr at omv to San Juan
digging:-.. He had good hick from the
very first, and in eight months cleared
aliove all expenses nearly f 11,0(10.
Then, luing no longer able tolicar up
under that awful homo.!-ku. -ss which
all of us arc U'giuing to know so well,
lie pulled up stakes and started for
home.
"He bid us tiiat often, while on the
diggings and in the city, too, lie had
lieen offered oil ounces of gold for Prince
but that-V) times ") could not have
bought him, very fortunately for Ion
ald himself, for on his journey from the
mines to San Francisco he was waylaid
one night by t wo Mexican tramps and
saved from robliery and death only
through the dog'a watchfulness and
courage.
"It seems the vagalmds had conceal
ed themselves in a clump of chaparral
by tiie roadside and were in the n-t of
stealing out upon their intended vic
tim when sharp eyed Prince sprang for
ward and bore one of them to tiie
ground In-fore he could use his murder
ous knife, then held him by the throat
until Drnald had bund him,
while his villainous comrade, seeing
the game was up, disapp.-ared in the
bush.
"Without further serious adventure
my brother had returned home by way
of Cuilao, thence to Panama, then
across tiie isthmus again, and so by an
Ailantie steamship to New York,
where he s l.l his g i!d, all except a few
specimen nuggets, for $17.10 er ounce,
that lM ingthcn the highest price for
California gold.
"While he was telling bis story the
noble old dog listened intently, and, I
do believe, li!idcrstMd every word, as
at the lii'st striking passages he thump
ed the ll.ior with his great tail in token
of approval.''
"You had a jolly time, then, after all
eh, Fred'."' raid one of our fellows.
"Jolly ! Well, I should say so. Our
New Year's day, which began with
anxious douhts and went along with
forced gayety, ended in a regular ju
bil v."
Feeling t- greatly shocked by the
tragic death of our comrades to r.imain
longeron the I.odden, four of ih Jack
Ur.pihart, Fred Iiss, Joe Wells and I
started next day for Eagle Hawk
g-iliy, IJ.uidigo, wh-.-mv, after three
weeks of profitable work, we went
across country to Jim Crow creek.
I may all that P. ss Wells audi,
after many stirring adventures, got
back to America all right, and that
Jack Frijuhart married a pretty Eng
lish girl and remained in Australia
Komalice.
A "Woman a? a S her if.
A P. 'lvidele, 111., special in the Chl
ciga Ti.ii's, says: After 12 years of
active, hazardous, and exciting life as
chief deputy .sheriff of li xine county
I!!., Mrs. Sarah J. Am.-s has hung up
her hainL'u'i's, piit carrying a gun and
delivered the keys of the county jail
into the hands of her successor.
While Mrs. Am.-' official title has
been "chief deputy sheriff," she has,
in fact, b.-eli the high sheriff for the
last two years on account of the ill
health of her lnisb ih 1, Alhcr T. Ames,
who held the certificate of election to
the ol'iec his wife lias filled. She dis
charged the duties in sjeii a satisfacto
ry manner that the K publicans tried
t prevail upon hertoaccpt a nomina
tion for sheriff last fall.
In her public career and in private
life Mr. Am.'s litis ever exhibited the
unfailing sign of genius-modesty. She
says that she has not done anything re
markable. However, here is what she
has done during the time she occupied
the sheriifs oiliee with husband :
Served papers in ail forms of civic
process.
O ,.:!.' 1 e .iri ei.'ii m r.i-:ig during
the term.
Was i:i charge of t!r. county jail and
personally admitted and discharged all
prisoners.
M.i le more arrests than any man 011-ii'.t-t.'d
with the slieriif s otliee.
Arrested several criminals at the
point of a pistol.
Track tl.'.-ing criminals int oilier
e (Unties and states an 1 apprehended
t'.ieut. Unraveled several mysteries of
crime and brought the perpetrators to
justice.
Personally conveyed all p -rs ns ad
judged insane in her county to the in
sane asylum.
Made all arrangements for the execu
tion of a condemn felon, and was the
happiest woman in the state of Ilium's
when the governor commuted the sen
tence. Organized a ladies' cavalry club for
political purpose and pers mally on
ducted her husband's last campaign.
Remember the Poor.
Illtfssed is he that on-idereth the
poor ! The L rd will deliver him in
every time of trouble. Lord, who shall
abide in thy tabernacle and who shall
dwell in thy holy hill? He that walk
eth uprightly, and worketh righteous
ness, and sp.-aketh the truth in his
heart ; he that back'oiteth not with his
tongue, nor d K-th evil to his neighbor,
nor taketli up a reproach against a
neighbor ; in whose eyes a vile person
is contemned ; who putteth not out his
money to usury nor taketh a bribe
aj-iinst the innocent he that doeth
these things shall not be moved forever
and ever. S.ittfti Vjinmrutitty.
Mjy the new year from this morning
to its cloe be one crowded with peace,
happiness and prosjH-rity in your homes
May it le a year rich in real blessings
for all people. th'tnjtoii I'mt.
f IK3
M'MAXlItf-XKW' YEAR.
Mr. Michael MeManus related his
trials and tribulations of last New
Year's to a New York lb rnUl r-jKrter.
He said :
Oil, but I had an awful time of it on
New Year's day. I shturted out in the
mornin to find out a fri'ud of mine
from Dingle one Diliny Iii-ary who
left the (ireen Isle several years ago. I
had his directions, an after a short
search I found him.
Dinny has lieeome a married man
since he arrived here. He was pleased
to meet me, an he introduced me to
his I letter half, who was a very in
teresting lady, I must nay. She in
sisted that I should have me dinner
with herself an husband. Dinny, it
appears, had won a pound turkey at
a raflle the night before, an they were
goin to have it for dinner.
She done nothin else hardly but talk
alnjtit that turkey, an what an "ilegant
fowl it was," an faith, I thought she'd
shtart in an ate the bird up In-fore it
was ; iked. Well, she was interrupted
at last by a kn:ck at the d'or. It
seems a woman named Mrs. Heaphy,
who lived over the way, sint her
daughter across t ask Mrs. L -ary to
come over nil see the fine sp -eim -n of
fowl she had got for a present.
"Shure," says Mrs. Heaphy's daugh
ter, "our turkey looks like an ostrich,
it's so big. Why, that's only a spar
row," she went on as she pointed at
Mrs. Leary's bird, which lay on the
table ready to he put into the oven.
"Put that turkey in to roast," yelled
Mrs. I.eary to her husband as she
shtarte lout to see thi size of the other
fowl.
Weil, after she wint away Dinny
began to deliver a lecture on "Marriage
a Mistake," an he shtrongly advised
me to lieware of Hymiii an told me he
was a fraud.
S-z he: "My wife is an un'.i trued
divil. She has my cranium like a regular
geography all full of hills and moun
tains an every now an thin she makes
it biok more natural by lettin a soup
plate fall down In-tween a Couple of
hiiis an shtartin a shtream." An,
faith, his head w:is all full of lumps an
schars, an I felt very sorry for him.
After he got the turkey in the oven
he wint to the closet an removed a
lmtt'.e f something I can never forget.
He thin priK-ured a couple of glasses,
an he sat down, p!acin the Uittle an
glasses on the table bechune us. After
we had a few dhriuks he began to tell
me more ali-Kit his wife, Moll Kyan,
which was her name before she got him
into throuble.
"IJ.'fore we were married," he began,
"I thought Moll was anangc! devoid of
supernatural accotltermints, but after
wedlock I discovered her to be a sort
of a natural divil. Ye see, my wife is
o 'firdown' girrul, an every other
eveiiin she invites her Chritinrlough
fri'nds to the house, an they sing an
dance an dhrink the whole night, an,
to make things more pleasant, they
bring otf a prize fight now an thin
which they apjiear to have previously
arranged.
"Why, the divil a wink could I
slileep whin we were firsht married,
the house used to In.- so noisy, an now,
shure, I am so aceushtomed to the
noise that I wint to tlie counthry
lately to see a fri'ud, an I staid at his
place overnight, an, ye mightn't be
lieve it, but it's turtle, I had t g.t my
fri'nd to keep shoot in otf cannons be
fore I U-gaii to shiumin-r.''
We kept takin a dhrink every once
in awhile, an Dinny got a pack of
cards, an We began to play forty
fives. After awhile tiie card in my hand
began to look like one big card, an the
five of clulis kept changin into the three
of diamonds, thin into the ten of
shpades, an finally the cards liegan to
Ink like a lot of black shiots on a
large piece of white paper, an I had to
give up tiie game, for I couldn't tell
one card from another.
Dinny tilled me out anotht r dhrink,
an thin he l'Xke 1 aroun.l an saw the
door of the sht ve open, an he got up
an c!-sed it an suit or fell down again.
The nmni was llyin around me like
ch tin lightnin, an I thought every
minute one of the chairs would strike
me in the face.
Dinny wint to fill out another
dhrink, but thehittle was impty. Thin
heconuninced to sing alnuit a couple of i
little girruls in blue, but tiie divil a
word hardly could I underdiaud, for
he wtis ait'iier thryin to tire all the
words of the song out of him at 'once,
or else he had the two shmall girruls
insiode in his throat, an they were
fightiu wid aich other an shtruggl'mg
to get out of him.
I remember Mrs. Leary came in an
In-gaii to tell aliout Mrs. Heaphy's
turkey bein a miserable look in bird,
not much bigger than a chicken, an
she was as mad as a March hare at
Mrs. Heaphy, who had the audacity
to call her turkey a shparrow.
Mrs. Leary had. brought a few fri'nds
in with her, an she began to set the
table for dinner for the crowd. She
thin comminced to blackguard Dinny
almut gettin dhrunk, an site asked him
how was the turkey. He said all right,
an thin she wint to the oven an took
it out an placed it on a platter on the
table, an thin holy murder, I'll never
forget that racket as long as I live !
Dinny was bawlin, his wife was
sereamin, her two frinds cleared oat,
the air was full of cups an saueers, an
she was hoi lerin at Dinny, "How did
tint get in there ?"
I was half asleep durin all this, an I
suddenly collected uhtringth enough
to lift me head an look at the turkey,
an then I saw the cause of all the
throuble.
There was a big ugly tomcat which
must have juuiied Into the oven to eat
the bird whin the door wasopin an the
fire not shtarted rightly, an Dinny
closed the door on it, an served the
thafe right, but I wouldn't mind if the
dhruuken blackguard hadn't pointed
at me an said I "threw the cat in
there."
The plates liegan to fly at me, an the
two little girruls in blue mast have
changed into two little hoys in blue,
for one of thiiu shoaved me out the
door an down the shtairs, an he wal
loped me wid a bit of a stick, an, faith,
1 was too sick to retaliate.
T
6""ti
WHOLE NO. 2205.
Ti3 Vail j of Minit3--
A party of ladiesand g--ntl-men were
lately visiting a large cirpet mvr.i
factary and the manager took them
over tiie different floors of the establish-
1 mint. O.i ascending one of the stair-
c.isvs they came to a locked door on
winch the following inscription was
painted in white Utters:
"S'ranger.s not admitted under any
circumstances."
The curiosity of th la, lies was ex
cited to a high pitch, and they impaired
almost in one breath : Whatever is to
In.-seen inside ?''
"Tnat Is one of our workrooms, in
which lo) women are employed in
embroidering carpets," answered the
manager.
"How we should just like to have a
peep at them !" exclaimed the ladies.
"I am sorry I cannot comply with
your wish," said the gentleman, with
a shrug of his shoulders, ''but our rules
do not admit of the slightest exception.
Truth to say, and there is nothing
special to lie seen, nor is there any
ijuest ion of trade s.-crets. Tiie reason
why admission is forbidden to strangers
is simply because every woman natural
ly looks up, and her attention is dis
tracted from her work from one to five
minutes. Supposing, now, each wo
man wastes a couple of minutes in
this way, that will make in the case of
lo!) women, a loss to the linn of .J0
minutes, or live hours, and we cannot
allow that."
Han jell Slanday in Scotland.
"Hanscll Monday" is still a familiar
phrase in Scotland, notably in Fife,
where old New "Lear's day is still ob
served 1 Jan. 12). The hanscll Is to bless
or endow or give a sort of luck penny.
To hansel! a new article Is to wear it on
an auspicious occasion.
Work is hurried over in the morning,
and then all take holiday.
Itide shifting at a target or glass
ball shooting is an ever popular sport,
the prizes In-ing given either in money
orlni'. The local butcher kills a fat
bullock, and tlie shooters pay so much
a shot in hone of gaining a prize. The
Christmas dinner of English folk is
eaten by their Scotish compatriots on
this d iv. Tiie master brews a Kiwi of
punch or toddy and passes it round to
the servants, and all unite in drinking
aud pledging g nxl health and happi
ness to ea-ii other. In the evening
dances, balls and rallies aru the popu
lar amusement. l'fii!ii)l'.fjhii I'uhl'u-
Hs Quit Betting.
A game of biliar.Ls was attracting
considerable interest in the bar-room
of a Western hotel, (irouped alxxit
were a numlnT of sjiectators watching
the progress of the game.
"I'll U-t yon a fiver that Christmas
wins," remarked an old-timer to a new
coiner.
"No, I guess not," was the answer.
"I'll U-t you sju to " that the game
is his.
"No, I guess not," repeated the new
comer, dissenting.
"I'll U-t yon to ?1 then," was the
emphatic retort. "Will you take that?"
"Can't do it." replied the stranger,
'I never Ut."
"Missionary or parson, jvrhaps?"'
suggested the old-timer, with a grunt.
"Oil, no," was the answer. "I have
simply sworn off. I In-t 10 a mouth
ago that I could get a billard ball in
my mouth."
"L-st your bet, of course; any fool
would." "
"Oil, ii-). I won the bet, hut it c-t'-t
me lo to have my front teeth extract
ed to get the la!I out. Since then I
have ipi'it betting." A'. 1". H'wH.
Book of Fate.
It is said in Scotland that those who
desire to lcara what fate or fortune the
new year has in store for them may do
sby onsulting tiie Bible on New
Year's morning before breakfast. The
sacre 1 b ok must be laid upon the table
and til ie who wish to consult it must
open it at randeni and place a finger
up u one or the other of the chapters
nt which it is opened. This chapter is
read ami is believed todescriln? in some
way tiie happiness or misery during
the ensuing year of thejn rsxui making
the trial.
Multum in Parr 0.
Simplicity, of all things, is tiie hard
est to be copied. Sticlc.
Sloth makes all things difficult, but
industry all things easy. FntnUiu.
To be vain of one's rank or place, is
to show that cue is U-Icw it. .Sttui-
lllliH.
Vexed sailors tuned the ntin for
which poor shepherds prayed in vain.
Yu(hr.
Who shall be true us, when we are
so unsecrct to ourselves? Shaktiar.
Out of clothe, out of countenance ;
out of countenance, out of wit. lint.
J'tllxOlt.
Sre-.it is tile difference bet wi xt a mans
being frightened at, and humbled for
h is sins. FulU r.
Could we choose the time, and
choose aright, 'tis U-st to die, our honor
at the height, Drydren.
No man ever made an ill figure who
understood his own talents, nor a good
one, who mistook them. Swift.
Mental ToiL
"Don't disturb him," said a Congress
man to his colleagues. "He's Nt-n
sitting there in silence ever since Con
gress met, and he told me not to let
anylody bother him."
"What's the matter with hiui. Trou
ble 011 his mind?"
"No. lie's trying to think up some
thing to which he can point with pridi
before wo adjoura. Wmhiitgton Star.
End of a Famous Banco Animal in the
Chicago Stock Yard.
dilmgo Imity TritmiH?.
"Dick," the bunco steer at Phil
Armour's yards, ant too I i;y fi-r bis
jo') an ! was l.-. : the slaughtering
p.-n ju-i like t'l aui::i ils he had disci,--!
t 1 d t'ii b f.je. Tne d-iit-ful
old b.a-t is dr-wd Utf now.
Dick will a big, fal, brown steer that
had winning ways and a odd, treach
erous h carl. Many and many are th
confiding country ycurliinrs and heifers
Dick litis led up to the butcher's steel
hammer.
Prolilial.lv there never was a U- f
"srilter" that bad so wide a celebrity
as Dick. Every visitor who went to
sire how the packing housiss work bad
to have a look at this steer. Foreign
princes and presty summer girls have
marveled at the skill and diplomacy
with which he stivred the unsuspic
ious range cattle to the pla-e of death.
Da-k's picture has Us-n limited in
the papers many a time and column
have been written about the U-a-t's
crafty tricks. Dick was just as much
one of the sights of the town as the
Masonic Temple or the I -ike Shore
drive, or Policeman Steve Itowan.
This is the way t.'ie creature got its
notoriety :
When the long horns from Texas
and tlie short horns from Missouri
came into the st'H-k yards and are unload-.
-d they are naturally exasperated
over their rough trip ami are full of
suspicion. The result is they are reU-1-lioits,
especially in the matter of going
into chutes. Now, unless a steer goes
hit one of the chutes in the packing
house it cannot have its throat cut, and
throat cutting is the aim and object of
their coming to Chicago. S it is neces
sary to have a d-s-oy steer, a crafty old
tieast, that can get the confidence of
the rural lie:r-ts and lure them on to
death and destruction.
Many years ago, Dick arrived at the
yards, and In-ing a U-ast of more than
usually sagacious app-'aramv, was
picked out for tlie work. Dick was
carefully trained in the art of walking
up a chute at tiie hea l of a bunch of
cattle ami then ijuietly dodging to one
side, leaving the bunch to walk on to
the place where the hammers swing.
After years of practice the big steer
had grown expert at his treacherous
work. Dick would saunter down into
a pen full of new and unsophisticated
cattle and scrap- an aciiiaiiitance with
two or three of them. Then the wicked
brute would b.-gin to look wise an 1
talk knowingly alnnit tiie racy sights
to lie. seen in the big ghite house ovvr
ln-yoiid the fence. When Dick offered
to lead the way there was a grand
stampede to follow. l"p the gangway
went Dick, and after him cluttered th
greenhorns. Itut just In-fore the hunch
got a sight of tiie big butchers waiting
inside, D'.ck would umnt'-ntatiousiy
shy otf through a side passage and
leave his victim to transact busine-s
with Mr. Armour's men.
S Dick grew famous. Hut likj
many other f imous characters he grew
puffed tip with pride, git lay, and
began to "lay down on the joh." It
got to le so easy this tiling of leading
wild-eyed country cattle up into the
chute, that Dick didn't seem to care
whether he worked for his feed or not.
Mr. Armour grew displeased with this
ajwithy. lie does not like to have his
employes loaf on their jobs. Si orders
were issued concerning Dick. One day
last week the wise old rogue was lead
ing the usual bunch up the gangway,
but when he got to t'.ie usual jumping
off place there was none tiiere. Dick
had to go on with tiie herL Before
long he had lnvn converted into dres
sed ! nee f. Now that Dick has suffered
the same fate as his thousands of dupes
his work all devolves on his former
partner, known to the butchers as
"Phil."
Keep your blood pure an I healthy
and you will not have rheumatism.
II-.mmI's Sarsapariila gives the blood vi
tality and ric hness.
Thi Hiniinej- of a Bis Mouth.
A g(Hl story is told of an American
farmer who had a colored servant with
a very large m ruth. One day, the
farmer being ill, Sambo was dispatched.
t market to disp se of a quantity of
vegetable. O.l his way home he
encountered two highwaymen, who
demanded his money or his life. They,
however, could find no money, so after
a while they decamped with the horse
and cart. On arriving home Sam!n
explained the robU-ry to his master,
but drew from the corner of his mouth
the money, where he had placed it for
safety. "Why in the name of thunder
di lu't you put the horse and cart there
too?" exeia imcd the master.
Grains of Goli-
D.-a 1 men have no faults.
A broken word can never le mended.
A righteous man needs no monument.
It is a great misfortune to be blind to
o.ir own fault.
Try not only to lie good, but to be
g .l for s Kiiethitig.
It is better to fail in trying to do good
th i-i it is n ; t try.
If we e 'il I k:i iw all it would not tu
so hard to for give all.
We cannot do a man a greater wrong
tiia n to misjudge him.
D :it talk ah K y ir -If when you
wan t to In interesting.
Ul W2IaZf 1:1 OLD.
Bat Pope Julius II. Refused to Fart
"With ti3 Big Bitli.
Thr largest Bible in the world Ls in
the Vatican Library, at Itome. It
weighs-) annuls and it is written in
Hebrew. Three men can hardly carry
it. As well as every relic preserved in
that venerable library it has its histis
ry, or more correctly speaking, its le
gend. In the year lot-a syndicate of
Venetian Jpws sent a messenger to
Pojh Julius II o.'feriug him its weight
in gold for tli it Bible. Julius refused
to consider their otfer. At this rate
the Bible would le worth nearly
$U),lK)l).
It is hoped that many will remember
on New Year's day that it Ls better to
give than to receive, and that the relief
fund may l-e swelled accordingly.
WuMit j'un Star.
Sonus have ill." powrer to nniet
The n-stU. pulse of cure.
Anil so:iu- like the heacUiction
That follows after prayer.
If you are worn out by that hacking
cough, and want a g nnl night's rest,
try Pan-Tina, the great remedy for
coughs, colds and consumption, 1V and
V) cents. Pan-Tina sold at 15. W. Ben
ford's drug store.
M the new year give iu all good
health, grnnl luck and plenty to do.
With health one can bs happy, wlti
luck one cia prosper ani with wori
avoid temptatlon.twfo.' Journa'.
-- rtx.
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