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VOL. XLin. XO.
THE-
First National Bant
OF-
Somerset, Pcnn'a.
Capital, 550,000.
Surplus, 518,000.
DCPCBiTS CCCIVCD IN AH6C ArtDSfeALL
AMOUNTr. DATABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS. . TARMEftB.
STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED
-DISCOUNTS DAILY.
IiOAKD OF DIRECTORS.
I-Alll K if. HICKS, GEO. R. SlTI.I,
JAM i U IT till, W. II. MILL Kit,
JulIX II. SCtiTT, ILOIiT. K. KCT'I.L,
m;:i w. riiki keh.
KriWAUn scri.u : : ritrnEXT.
YAI.KXl INK H AY. : VK K l'IUU'KXT.
iiauvey i. j:i:i.kley, : CASIIIKR.
The funds and securiii.-s of this bank trv nc-
curviy prolii-tcl In a o lc'.iratcd CoKLIsri Bi'K
ji.au I'kooF srt The only safe nuidc abso
lutely l.uivlar-lroof.
Tfe Mn& ConatY National
OF SOMERSET PA.
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Eiub'ithwi, 1S77. Orpalzei It i Nxt'eRl!, 1890
O.
CAPITAL,
S50.000
SURPLUS AND UN-
DIVIDED PROFITS $16,000.
Chas. I. Harrison. Pres't.
Win. H. Koontz, Vice Pres't.
Milton J. Pritis, Cashier.
Dj RECTORS :
SAMI KI. SXYItKI WM. KXISI.KY.
JosIAM Sl'KCHT, JilXAS M. it M iK,
JOHN II. s.NYIiKlt. Jt'HX STTKI-T,
Jsr I'll !!. I'A VIS, XOAH K MILLER.
HAKRIStj.N SNYKER. JEI'.t MK STIKI-T,
SAM. 11. HAlilUSfJX.
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liokl's -.-It bnit.'il sjir.-siU mot improved
line liM'k.
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Aeuiits anil diosils Mli;il-d.
FIBEL1TY TITLE IIS HIST tl.
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ami lUtvivor.
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charge.
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ket can le had. To my old cUrtom
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?:vcn. In't forget that I kvp on
hand the groatet variety of Lienors,
the choicest hrands and at the lowest
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P. S. FISHER.
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kboL SOMERSET - - Pa
85.
Mood's Saved
I Can Honestly
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Hy Life
j - - . ui icry sennas eoDilluos
With catarrh of the stomach, bowels and Madder.
MFflf t r. T ... A . ....
i Bunerea intensely
from dyspepsia, anj
In fact was miser
l)la wreck, merely
skeleton. I seem
ed to g.) fraa k.4
t. wtvc. I really
wished I was dead.
I had iio rest day or
. nlcbt. I did not
A know what to do. I
had taken so niurh
medicine of the
wrong kind that it
had po!soned mo,
and my Anger nails
tara
Hack and come off.
I began to take
Mr. W. K. Younc,
rotter's Ml lit, Pa.
Hood's Sirsaparilla. I had faith in the medicine.
tnd it Hd more for me than all prescriptions. I
have gradually rrgaiaed perfect health, am
entirely free from catarrh of the bowels, and
pain in my back. My recovery is simply mar
f elous." W. R. Yooo, rotter's Mills, ra.
Hood's5 Cures
Hood's Pills relieT. distress after eating.
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Star Make,
The Ut male, with Pun Plaik-1
a:il S1IIKLI) KJtOXTS, turn
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Jacob D. Swank,
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Somerset, - Pa.
I Am Now
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with Clocks, Watches, and Jew
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as the CheajH-st.
REPAIUIXG A
SPECIALTY'.
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Ituilders.
Manufacturers of
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New and second-hand Mju-Uinerj',
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HERMAN BflTLY,
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PRICES to suit the times.
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ye are now ndy with our new and large In
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bnindxof Hi-uitsand Oko, Fancy tkKids
of all Myle, and everythiiiK cine pertaining
to a first-class house to till order promptly,
and to supply resident families to any ex
tuiL txl always fresh, and always ofTer
ed at lowest flirunn. (iiil and see one of the
finest asKortinetits ever carried.
JOBBAH & EINCHHiH.
270272 Main Street,
Johnstown, Pa.
om -
SOMERSET, PA.,
BE MY SWEETHEART.
iiy F.r;i:xK fiki.i.
Sweetheart, be my sweetheurt
Whrn bird are in thv win.
When bee and bud and bubbling flood
lt-.-iik the birth of sprinir;
I'oiiie, KWeethuirt, Ik- toy sweetheart
And wear this xisy-rins!
Swei theart, lie my weetlieurt
In the mellow t!"l'l' " (,'!'
Of earth atlush with the rnx-ioim I. lush
Which the rip.-nlns fli-ldn for.rhow;
Dear sweetheart, be my swi-ctlmirt.
As Into the luoon we o.
Sweetheart, be my Sweetheart
When falls the bounteous year,
When fruit and wine of tree and viae
Uive us their harvest rhwr;
O swortlieart, Ik' my swi-etht-ort.
For winter it drawetb nwr.
Sweetheart, be my sweetheart
When the year la white and old,
When the lire tif youth Is .pent, forsooth.
And the land at nice Is co! J;
Vet. Kweci heart, be my sweetlntirt
Till tlie joirof our love be told!
MISS SCAMPER.
BY THOMAS 1CXX KXiiMstf.
None at the H:i(pa'pi!i Sulphur
Springs knew who Miss Seamjicr was.
and few eared to know. She came witli
an old gentleman, who registered the
pair as "S. Searnporanil gr.ind-tlaught-cr,
New York city." They were douht
Ioks jxor folks on a holiday. They had
no servants with them. The old man
wore a suit of rather rusty lla-k, and
his trunk, an antique leathern con ve
il ieney, bore the letters S. S. in hrass
headed nails. The young woman's
trunk ho had hut one was large
eno'igh, and of modem make, hut it
wasapjwrenl'.y not well tilled, since
she had shown but three dresses all the
three weeks she hail remained. One
of these, of rich material, she wore of
evenings ; the other two, of some wash
able material, were worn alternately in
daytime. She had no jewelry U-yond
a plain gold brooch. One of the eligi
ble young men there said that "The
Seamjicr has one Sunday go-to-mct-tiit'
and two work-day suits," for which his
itci!;hlor should have lucked him but
didn't. The eligible young man was
looking for an eligible mate in the per
son of Miss liolsover, the reat heiress,
whom the society paK-r hail said was
coming to the K ippicpia ; though, as
she hasn't come, the lSrown's young
man of the society iajor lalxosl under
a delusion. The mutch making dow
agers did not fear this modot, pretty,
and woll-ci;lttired young woman, for
the gilded youth, who were sil.-o lying
in wait f-r Miss ltolsover, much more
gilded, did not dangle in her train. In
deed, she had no train. Her biness
was to look after hor jor grandfather,
who was not in gKd health, and with
whom the waters seemed to agn-e.
Didyinus Dodd, who liad seraid an
aeipuaiutanee witli old Seamier, sts tiie
fellows irreverently called him, scoiu. il
to be her admirer; but Didymus was
nolxxly. He was well-made, tall, hand
some, and of good address ; but lie wa
only an upper clerk in a Philadelphia
life insurance company. To lie sure,
he would liesnpcrintondent after Jan
uary, nVc Hijrgins, retired and super
annuated, and would then draw a sal
ary of live thousands a year. Put no
one know that, and the jxs-.ible good
fortune to jxior Miss Scamper ; and had
they known, live thousand a year was
tni great matter. So the field was left
to Mi-s Scamper and welcome.
Didymus only bi'gan paying atten
tions to Miss Scamper out of courtesy,
and because no one else did; but the
more he saw of her the In-ttcr he liked
her and it ended in his U-ing badly hit.
Asheandshe wore the only impecu
nious persons at the old and old-fashioned
resort the other visitors count
ingthoir dollars well up in the hun
dred thousands the matter attracted
attention and byway of getting Uth
out of the way of marriageable sons
and daughters, scheming mothers lent
the airair all tpiiot encouragement is
sible. And this passed into a more ac
tive nature from two little incidents
that occurred aliout tell days liefore the
end of the two months' vacation of
Didymus.
There was a Mrs. IK.1 Nyse at the
Spring-J, who was well known as an
amateur vocalist of in.-rit, and whose
voice, though a little reedy in thcupin-r
notes, had been trained sj well as to
make her worth a hearing. One even
ing, when a few were in the parlors,
her friends besought her to favor them,
and soon, and she expressed her read
iness, but there hapjiened to lie no ac
eompanyist. Miss Seanier, who was
chatting near by with Didymus looked
up, and quietly Maid, "Perhaps I can
serve you in that way, Mrs. l)y Nyse."
"Can you play at sight, Miss S-.-am-jkt?"
inquired Mrs. Dj Nyse.
Miss SSeamjKT nodded assent, anl
st-ateil herself at the piano-forte, and
accompanied the voice with such gosnl
judgment the singer was delighted.
"I wish I c uld o:trry you aUiut with
me, my tlear,' slie said. "Hat do you
not sing? You surely must."
"A little."
L'rgetl by all around, Miss Scaiiipcr,
t i her own accompaniment, sang an
aria K Trocaforr. Her voice proved to
bo a rich soprano, of full register, clear
as a silver bell, and admirably cultivat
ed. Tiiere was a moment's pause when
she had done, as though not to lose a
note, and then a storm of applause.
Here was a sensation. Evi-ryUtdy
talked of her m.-ihod, and the gilded
youth were in raptures. The mammas
conferred, and oiieluded that Miss
Scantier was a niemiicr of some church
choir, or attached to some English
optra troupe, who knew? P.ut they
were civil. There was a party going
over to Almont, Col. Parsil'ali's place,
next day. Would she go ? She absent
ed. Didymus said to her in a low
voice :
"It is a riding party, Miss Scamper.
I know the in-st horsj in the livery-stable
here, and if you'll permit me, I'll
secure it for. you."
To which she replied in the same
tone : "Thank you, Mr. Dodd ; you are
very kind, but I have one at my com
mand already. (Set that for yourself."
Somewhat rebutted, Didymus color
ed, but he added: "Mine shall not
disgrace you," which was a distinct in
timation that she expected hint as
escort. The spirits of Didymus rose
from zero to blood beat.
The next moruing, as the riders were
set
er
KTABTTSIIED 1827.
WEDNESDAY, EEBIIUARY 15J, 1805.
ready to start, a gttioiii known to lie
one of Col Pari fall's rod.. ufi, leading a
iiiairiiillccnt hlixMlcd bay lclrs".', cipiijH
jH-d with a side saddle. As they were
admiring the animal, Miss ii'ainiier, in
a neat riiling habit, made Jior appli
ance. The groom to k cfl' his hat.
Didymus. not a little astonjshed, put
forth his hand, and thu ladjf vatillcd to
the back of tiie horse with easy grace.
The cavalcade net out, Mis Setmiper
and Didymus together, and U-ing Ut
ter mounted than the othcra, were soon
at the head of the column. ;
AUiut a mil'-' from the Springs there
wasa bar in Jhe way. A lofty tulip
tree had blown down during the night,
and had fallen across the road, the
trunk well up on account tf the wide
roots. Some one had already cleared a
way by letting down feneesou the road
side; but Miss Scamper lid not go
around with the rest. She fai-cd the
trunk, the horse went over, and then
trotted on. Didymus faitsl it too. His
brute got over, but half stumbled.
Didyinus was country-bred, had rid
den horses to mill bare-liack, and was a
half-centaur when aUiy, he brought
his horse up. j
Miss Scamjior smiled approvingly.
EveryUxly admired the ease and
grace with which Miss Sctuiier man
aged her horse, and Didymus more
than every UmIv.
When they arrived at their destina
tion the party dispersed in the house
and over the grounds. Tht y found old
Scamper there. He had gone over lie
fore in a carry-all. Almont was the
projierty of Col. Almont, and was for
sale, with its line blooded stock of
horses and cattle, its furniture, its li
brary, and everything in the houseand
around it. The Colonel and his family
were in KuroK, and intended to stay
tiiere while he educated his sons at
Heideliiurg. So he offered the whole
a house that cost a hundred thousand
dollars, with all its ollivs of all kinds,
stables, palmer-, grapery and gr.s-n-houses,
furniture made to order, and
over twelve hundred acres of land in a
high state of cultivation "for," as he
said in his letter, "a more song." Si
it was ; but its it was set to the tune of
three hundred thousand dollars, there
wen.' few who could render the music.
They all admired the place. The
agent, who was there, seized on the
Scamper- and Didymus, to whom he
showed everything and explained every
thing. Didymus was amused at this,
and whi.-iered to Miss Scamper, "He
has picked out the only throe wiiocott'd
certainly not buy it." Miss Scumjvr,
by the twinkle in her eyes, evidently
appreciated the fun of the situation.
Then the agent seized old Sonn:icr, and
dragged hint od"to look at the blooded
horses and imported cattle, leaving
Didymus and the girl together.
"How do yon like the place, Mr.
Dodd?" inquired she.
"Like it MissScaiiijier! Why, it is a
garden of Ivlen ; that is, it would le so
to hi.-, if I had it with an Eve in it."
The young lady smiled, and said,
"You like country life, then, Mr.
Iod.l?"
"Naturally," replied Didymus, "I
lived in the country until I was twenty
two. I was Uirn and bred there. I
should have U-eu tin re yet but for the
death of 'ooth my parents. I went to
the city in search of fortune. I have
done very well for the last seven years,
and have put a little by ; but to covet a
place like this is like wishing for the
moon."
"Tiie country is the place to live in,
and the city to work in," said Miss
SeanqH-r, sontentioilsly.
"To live in, I grant you, if you have
the means a good farm and money to
work it. Otherwise toil toil harder in
the country than in town, with ls
comfort and less profit."
Then they disbursed on rural topics,
with a marvellous unity of sentiment,
until the venerable Scamper and the
agent got back, which was at the time
the whole party, each with a nosegay
furnished by the gardener from the
greenhouses, was ready for a return to
the Springs.
Tiiere wore two days of the young
man's vacation left, when he determin
ed to place his fate at Miss Soaliqcr's
disp.sal at the first opxrtunity. The
chance came that very night. That
evening a nuniU-r were seated on the
veranda enjoying the moonlight, Miss
ScamjR-r sot apart from the rest, in
heavy shadow, with her grandfather.
The old gentleman rose when Iodd
came and left. Miss S-unjH-r made
r.Kim for Didymus at her side, anil the
two U-ga n to talk of the day's doings.
"Jly-the-bye," said Didyinus, "have
you heard that Almont hashed Isold?"
"Yes."
"And to the great heir.-ss, Miss liol
sover. I wonder if she will keep old
maid's hall there?"
Miss. Scamper laughed a low, silvery
laugh. "I presume she will," she said,
"unless she chances to nnrry. Wasn't
that a sad accident at the mill to
day ?"
"Very. The man has a wife and live
children. I went over t see how they
were to see if they wt re in pressing
net d, you know ; but that iwirt isall
right. This Miss liolsover, who must
lie staying somewhere near, had Ik-cii
there and provided for all their wants.
I suppose, as she has Uuight Almont,
; she means to play the Iidy ISountiful
1 I, ...... I. ull tl.. lu.-ter fur Mickv
and his family."
"I Ulievc, Mr. Dodd," said the lady,
"that you play the part of Lord lioun
tiful sometimes, csinfially if some poor
woman loft with four children i-hotil.l
rouse your sympathies."
"How did you know?" he asked.
"A little bird told me," she said,
but got her eldest Uy employment, and
then fairly ran away to avoid her
thanks. She was full of your praises.
"Put she did not know my name,
ssi id Didymus.
"True. Put don't yon renie:iiU-r that
a veiled ladv sat there the last time you
came? That was I. I was in Phila
delphia on a visit, and looked up Mrs.
Grant, who, had leen a servant in our
family U-fore she married. She told
me of her troubles, and how a stranger
had helied her. I looked at you well,
and when you came here I knew you
in an instant."
Didymus felt his heart flutter. Now
j was the time; but hU tongue refuse 1
it ofllce. After a little pause, Mis,
Scamper said, "I have had a very plcas
, ant time here, and .''in almost sorry
j that I leave to-morrow.
"To-morrow !" cried Didymus, in
lies: ration, seizing her hand, which
was not withdrawn. "Oh, IJuth Miss
Scamper you must have seen"
Here he toplcd, I it the lingers of
the lady tightened a little in his grasp.
A friendly cloud pussed over the moon,
and the recess grew darker.
"I love you, Uuth, darling" he mur
mured, and drew her unresistingly to
ward him.
The jioople on the veranda were too
busy in conversation to hear a faint
sound made at the scaling of a com
pact U-twocn two foolish young people.
Put once it was all settled, the tongue
of Didyinus was fairly unloosened, and
he went tm building his their joint
scheme of life. He told her of the
money be had laid away, and the big
salary in jrosject, and the cozy little
suburban cottage on the Schuylkill,
with its acre of ground, that he would
lie able to buy.
"And there is room for grandfather
to live with us," he said.
"That might not suit him, Didy
mus," she replied, "though it is very
kind and thoughtful of you. He would
prefer his own larger house in New
York."
"His larger house !" cri-d Didymus.
"I thought he was lxir."
"Poor! Silas Sctiinjior jxsir! Why,
he has a two-third interest in the great
banking house of Gould, Silver k Co.,
of New York, Paris and Vienna, though
he figures as the Co. He has his own
house and a great many more of tiiein."
Didymus, in spite of his aceeptaiitv,
felt a gulf yawning somehow. This
rich banker
"I U-g your pardon, Miss Soanitior,"
he said, "but I somehow "
"Yes. Didymus, you believed him
poor, i'.ut why do you call me Miss
Scamper? Why not Kuth? which is
sweeter from you. And then my
name is not Scamper at t-.il."
"Not Scanijv-r, Kuth! Are you not
Mr. Soaiiijior's granddaughter?"
"Oil ytT, bis only graudaiigtitcr, and
all the near kin he has. Hut my moth
er was his only daughter we are Kth
orphans, Didymus and of course I
take my fat iter's name. I hope you
won't buy that cottage, since you like
Almont ; for lam Kuth liolsover."
Jl fj r't J:i;nr.
Erihl Side of Farm Life-
At a recent meeting of the Fayette
oinitv farmers institute, savs the
t'nioiitown "Genius of LiU-rty,"
Daniel II. Pershing, one of the most
successful fanners in the county, road
an able and instructive cwsav on "The
P.right Side of Farm Life." We give
a synojisis oi tins ewty : I. He is wnai
we make it. In reviewing the year
just closing the fanner I. as lots to lie
thankful for. While hundreds and
thousands of unemployed have vtunly
sought work the farmer has U-eu con-
-tantly employed. Multitudes of
trtisans, mechanics and miners have
gone hungry t b.'d, and this cannot U
said of our farmers. Some complain
that they are making no money, but
money or no money, the fanner who is
industrious always has something to
eat, while many in other occupations,
at times have neither bread nor money.
Never let anything which grows go to
waste. For example, three years ago
there was a great apple crop and the
fanners had more apple than they
knew what to do with. 1 made all my
crop, K.'J huhel, and some of my
neighbors' apple., into cid.-r, and kept
''.) or ii) b.trrel of the cider for vinegar.
Fr.:n the vinegir 1 have mid," M a
barrel, and then did n t have s illb-ient
t supply the demuid, and thu I
realized si a bushel on apples. K.iising
fruit pays much bettor than raising
wheat, ami a hundred dollars an aere
cm ie realize) l mini me orenaru. it
will require much care, but the pleasure
and comfort, a well as pro'U, will
:imply reiay. Our home market far
exceeds the demand for small fruits.
Iiy use of fruit I have not paid a doctor's
bill in my life time on account of my
own sicklies. Tii.it is one of the way
to make money.
Tiie outlook for higher prin-s for
wheat is not good, but I am satisfied
that I can realiz.' a d Il.ir a bushel
fro.ii wheat by feeding it to poultry.
Imptoved farm implements have so
lightened the labor f the fanner that
he can say, as did Ko'oitison Crusoe,
"I am niouareh of all I survey." Of
the export this your, including the
product of the mine, foret, fisheries,
manufactures and miscellaneous com
modities, the farm ha furnisli.il -ijs-0
M,r.)J while the total has Ut-n but
s : ,!).: ,i)U. Or in other words, the
farm produ-cd over Z per tvnt, in
cash value of the export products of the
I'nited States.
Tiie prudent farmer will keep him
self informed a to tin- condition of
the coming crop, and in order to do
so, he must take agricultural and hor
ticultural pajKTs. Some farmers say
they are too jsair to take periodica!.,
ami they are likely to remain --r.
Owing to close coiujietition and im
proved method, it i only the wide
awake, active, progressive farmer
that cm expect to make money. In
vention has added at least b) year to
ni' ability to do fann laUr. I simply
do about all of my work riding. I
ride when I mow, plow, harrow, sow,
reap, plow corn, potatx-s, work straw-
U-rrios, raspberries, fruit trees or grajie
vines.
The day has come when the occu
pation of farming is the lightest, easiest,
cleanest, pl.-asatitest and most healthy
of all occupations. The farmer can le
independent when ether. are nut of
work. The position of a farmer is a
high one, a noble one, and I would
advise my fellow fanners to go on
Cease not to plow and sow, reap and
mow, until the archangel shall stand
with one foot ujion the sea and the
other uinm the lard ami say : "Time
shall lie no more."
It takes four things to make a thor
ough gentleman. You must U a gentle
man in your principles, a gentleman in
your tastes, a gentleman in your jierson,
and a gentleman in your manners. No
man who doe not combine these qnah
tie can be justly termed a true gentle
man.
era
Eudangerei by His False Teeth-
From the Clan I.I .lie.
"The most charming girl in the
world!" said Mr. lialtie, i-mphatii-al-
"That's what all of 'em says," said
his friend, Nicholas Pcoklcy, who ri
joi.iil in the glaring fact that be was
an old bachelor past all redemption.
"It's quite surprising what a numU-r
of most charming girls there are! Well,
lialtie, I wish you joy, I'm ure!"
Mr. lialtie rublx-d his hands compla
cently. "You see," said he, "she is a rose, a
one may say, in the full bloom, is my
Myrtilla just 157."
"She looks all of that," said his
friend dubiously.
"Envious dog!" thought lialtie to
himself, a he trotted briskly down the
str-t.
Ami thus meditating, Mr. lirutus
lialtie turned bis stes toward tin;
casket that contained hi heart's jewel
in other words the house where Mis
Myrti'.la Hopkiusou lived.
The front door was ojH-n; so Mr. Hal
tie walked complacently in, with the
air of a man who feels himself thor
oughly and entirely at home, and tq
toed up the stairs.
"IViir girl! I'll give her a surprise!"
said Mr. lialtie to himself.
Miss Myrtilla sat at the parlor table,
her hack toward the door, busily en
gaged in residing a letter, while around
her lay scattered jmmis, ink, paper and
the paniphanalia of epistolary occiijia
tion. "One of my notes," thought the
love-smitten swain; but while the-'
thought passed through hi mind, a
hoard in the llMoring creaked a warn
ing. Mi.-.- Hopkinso:i looked around
with a little shriek.
"My goodness gracious!" cried Miss
Myrtilla, jumping up.
"I have caught you," oriel Mr. Kel
tic, playfully making a gra-p at the
not!'.
Put Mis lbqikinsou evaded his
movement, and thrust the note under a
pile of newspapers.
Put as she did so Mr. Pal tic iHToviv
ed to his inexpresib!e surprise and dis
may, that the billet, although in an
unmistakable masculine hand, was
none of his H-uning.
"Myrtilla!" he exclaimed reproach
fully. " 1, Prutils, dear, how you startled
my jxior nerve!" cooed Myrtilla, tri
ping forward, with outstretched hands.
liefore Mr. lialtie could select appns
pri:;te words in which to demand an
explanation from his sweetheart, the
tete-a-iete win unfortunately interrupt
ed bv the entrance of Mvrtilla's mar
ried sister. Put as they parted on the
staircase Mr. lialtie said:
"Myrtilla, when I came in this af
ternoon "
"Yes, dear," purred the fair enslav
er.
"You w-re reading a letter a letter
from a gentleman!''
Miss Hopkiusou colored.
"lirutus, you surely don't doubt
me. '
"Will you let me see the letter."
"No.""
Mr. lialtie banged out of the house.
Mis Hopkiiisou dissolved into tear.
"O, dear! O, dear! O, dear!" she U-
wail.nl herself. "What shall I do?"
Mr. lialtie went home in a towering
p:L-sion of jealous rage, and penned a
note which would have l:i-. no dis
credit to any tragedy hero in the land:
False one, I j;ive you 21 hoars for an expla
nation. If. at the expiration of tluit p'-ri.st. j
you still p rsis: in refusing to show nn- your
clandestine eonv-isia.l.-nce, I sh:.ll regard
our iiiiitti.il relation at an eu l. It. IS.'
"I rather think that will tiring her
around, if anything will," he said to
himself; "and I won't post it, cither;
I'll leave it at the door myself."
The dtisk was only faintly illuminat
ed by la-re and there the yellow gleam
of an occasional gas lamp when Mr.
lialtie stalked up to the residence of
Miss Hopkiusou once more. Two fig
ure were at the area g.ito a woman
aula man whispering in the twi
light.
"(S .i.l!" thought Mr. Baltic. "It's
Bridget and her young m-ui. I'll give
the note to Bridget."
B it, as he approached, the dread
certainty stole over him that it was
not Bridget and her lover, but Myri.il
da and whom?"
Stricken, a it were, to sto:u he
watched Myriillsi give the man money.
He heard hurried sentences exchanged.
He saw the villain creep away, like a
serpent, through the dak.
Now was the moment for action.
"Woiiun!" he cried, puineing forth
on the uiie.:io:ous Mis MyrtilLu "I
have delected your maneuvers at hist
('lick! Give me the packet of letter
he handed you: I raw him!"
"I will die sooner!" screamed Mi
My rt Ma
in the onflict 'the bx foil to the
ground, its lid separating itself and
rolling away, something clinked out
upon the p.ivemeiit. Brutus stooped
to pit-kit up. It was a double set of
false tooth.
Myrtilla sank on the area step, hid
ing her face in her hand.
"I this all?" aked Mr. Baltic.
"All!" echoed Myrtilla. "O, lirutus
I would h:ive perished sooner than let
you know!"
"And that that villain "
"Wa the dentist's young man,"
sobUtl Mis. Hopkiusou.
"My Myrtilla! And that note?"
"Don't look at ine so, lirutus! It was
the dentist's bill. And now I know
you hate me."
"Not at all, my th-ar," said M.r. IVl-.
tic, raising his. tearful U-trothed. "J,ct
nie whisper you, a seyj-et mine are
false, too."
And so Cupid, the little godof love,
(ill-led his wing peacefully above the
empty box, which had tuna held iss
H-ipkinon's Complete set uf "u-,kt
tnd Iowoh."
Half The Battle-
He There is only a half hour until
train time, and your trunk isn't half
packetl.
Silt don't worry, dear. I have my
(Minuet on. t'tiiriiffo Int r ' U.
He who bring ridicule to I vac
against truth fin) Is in his hand a blade
without a hilt more likely to tut h'tu
e.lf than auy body wlw.
(Tl
LL o
WHOLE XO. 2272.
Harrison) g Letter.
II w.ittsio'i:... ... KcU ;, l-o'i-lioth
li..ss of the lj gi-.hit.irt' s 1.1 inclined
to push things, :is is shown by their ac
tion during List week. .Many aro dis-
I ose.1 to oniiiiciit unfavorably on this
limine haste, but the people at large st-t-iti
to think tiiere is ii.. rcas.ni wliv business
cm not Is-.l.uie exp;iliti..iisly aiel thor
oughly at the same time, especially by
l-rl lit el. -.1 men, such as our legislators
are.
Mor.dar night t'ovi-rnor Hasting re
turned to the House witli his signature to
the joint ri-Nolutio-i requiting Hon. A.
K. Mi 'lure, of the Philadelphia Timrx,
to deliver an address on the life of e
l.ovi rnor Curttu, which is his first otlieial
coiiiiniiiiicalioii to that IkmIv. The 1
ilrws was delivered in the hall of the
Hon.se, last Wednesday, to a largo ami
appreciative audience. The meeting wa
opened by Sisi-akcr Walton, who an-ii-ii:i.
.-.I it.-presentative tioorge V. Law
rence, of Washington, father r the House,
a the president, w ho, amid much ap
plause, introduced the Colonel to the ail-iliem-e.
tiovernor and Mrs. Hastings,
licneru! and Mrs. Itissler, Attorney (ien
er iland Mrs. MH'oriniek, Senators and
iiieiiils-rs of the House, of course, and
many prominent citizens, including la-ilii-s,
were present. At tie; conclusion of
tlio address ('.nigressni-iii liil i-ha A.
lirow, who had come from Wash
ington to participate, was loudly called
f.r. He was introduced by Mr. Lawrence
ami responded in an eloquent manner,
brielly alluding to th crisis in the coun
try's hi-tory and Ihe events in w hi.-h he
hail participated with t.overnor I'nrtiii.
After the address Coloiu-I and Mrs. Mc
( lure and a party of friends were given
an informal reception at the executive
mansion.
The address brought together many of
tue members of the family of the fatiusis
war governor. His only son, W. W. Cur
tin, of 1'hila l- Ipl.ia, was there, and a!-o
lr. I'.-.l ind i. Curtin, of the I'niversity
of Pennsylvania, whose father nnd the
ex -governor's father wer? brothers.
Tiiere is a brother of the latoex-govenior
liing in Ilellefuile. t'oiistans Curtin. an I
also a h.ilf-lirother, J'l'm Curtin, wins
sen, Harry Curtin, is a ni' ialK-r of the
legislature. There are also two sisters of
p-t;..eiiior Curtin living. Mrs. Clark
and Miss Julia Curtin. Kx-liovcrnor
Curtin's id-ov an I her two ilaughters.
Mis. ti.nrge Harris and Mrs. Kidder
It imi'ilpli llrt-eze, th- latter a widow of a
na'iid oili.t-r, v. ere als.i present.
Tin.- eigiith State Sanitary Con volition,
under tiie combined auspi.sst of the State
II .atd of Health and the Associutid
Ib-alrli Auihoritie. was held in tiiiscity,
Jan. .'".nh and -'il-t, and w as epen.si by
leivernor Hastiags. The evening session
wa held in the hali of the House, and
was addressed by Ir. T. M. Brown,
che'iiist of the Massachusetts Stale l"..a.-il
of Health. No end ot talk a to the pres
ervation of the h.-a.th of cities and towns
and tin; country was indulged in, and
aiming others having that end in view,
tiie f -llowing r-s.ilati'n was adopted, af
ter several whereases:
AV. ,.-.-., Th:it the Legislative Commit
tee of this convention be authorie't to
draft a bill for presentation to the present j
l.i gistature. w iii. li lull siiau titter a prize
of -":i"i,iisi to the discoverer of a practi.-a!
le ans to dispose of all sewerage by pre
cipitati.in. tiitnti..n. or otherwise, an-l
have .-isle in a s.ili.1 form tli.it it might
be roiurned to t!ie soil.
The f.fth annual ti'iiventiou of the city
and liro:ig':i snpt-riiit;-;i.!eiit of the pul-li-e
s-liisils taro.igiio.!t the state opened at
the High Soh.iol r..;il ,n ...i Wodnesday
lasi. City Snperii. ten lent 15. K. Patterson,
of Pottsv ille, presi.ling. The usual ad
dresses were dolivereil and many subjects
were discussed. The evening s.-ssion w as
an intellts-tual treat. Addrtsses were de
l:ertsMiy tiovernor Hastings r.ml State
Superintendent Schii-tfer. On Thursday
moruing the following olli.-ers were
elected: President, Kls'iiezer Mackey,
i'.utler; Vice President, Matilda Ihkts,
P.rist-.l ; Secretary. C. A. Itul-cock. oil
City. It w ill meet next year at the call of
the executive committee. Altoona, Co
hiiuliia and West Che-tor are not in il
and w ere turned down. Why can't Som
erset be the place ?
The Porter educational Mil was re-eoin-intttod
to the Committis; on li.iu.-.iti.-ii in
th-e Senate. All wa want to Ise Iieani
eitli -r for or against the mea-tire will now
be given an opportunity to present their
views, but the chances are that the bill
will never be returned to the Senate, but
will Ik- allowed to diu a natural death in
the committee.
Petitions and resolutions w ere on Wed
nesday read in lioth Houses from the
Municipal League of Philadelphia, ask
ing for the apMiintment of a committee to
investigate the management of municipal
alfair in that city. In the Senate the pe
tition was presented by Senator Thomas,
w ith the request that it be road at length.
At the conclusion of the reading the Lieu
tenant tt ivernor declared that it would
lie on th. table. In the House Mr. Piter
presented the petition, w hi. Ii was rosul
and referred to the Committee on Munic
ipal Corpor.it ions.
Mr. Hickeil, of I'hiladelphia. intro-d.K-ed
a bill into the House providing for
mi increase in the pay of mcinls-rs f the
Legislature from l,."imi to Z,: per ses
sion, liesir the Philadelphia ll r nl on
that subject: "The bill otrered in the
House at Harrisburg yesterday to increase
the pay of mem'oor of the Legislature
from Sl,.o to si.Vil per stsssion will
scarci'ly fail to strike a sympathetic vi
b at ion in the psieket-nerve of a body
w hicli has Isvn chietly distinguisheil thus
far by the novelty ami variety of its de
signs tiMn the State Treasury. The ag
gns ite increase of expenditure involvv.1
by sui-h a tiarefaeed grab would exisssi
."iil,iiio. P.ut what's fjt'iVOI tj this
grand old Com.iiouwoult'i 7" "
lioth branc'.ie f the Legisl.Unro a 1
jounie.1 on Thursday after a. k.ij until
Monday evening. The Agricultural
Committee and "others" visited the ex
perimental farm coimci-tcd w ith the State
College, to view its om rations and give
them an appropriation, perhaps.
The reception at the Kxteutive Mansion
next Wednesday evening Ut Slate otl'i-.
eers. Senators and Kopre-sentativva mii1
gentlemen of the press w itl tlotr w ives
w ill t a f;ishioiiabie evv-Ut,
Asseuiblymaii WmtUi'm, tf Noi-tll-ni.ipton,
iq t;le. I'mise at Harrisburg has
prouit.l a bill w hi.-h read a follows:
That any person who shall willfully state
or deliver or transmit by any m-o.:ws
whatever to the manager, editor or re
IM.rter of any newspaper, magazine, peri-odii-al,
serial for pubi(-.Hin thvrt-lt., any
lils-lous sViteiinM-.t uoms-ruing any person
ttf xiior.U'oU, tir thereby secure the
Wtua) publieatloil of the same, is herely
d.s-Iartl guilty of a misdemeanor, ami
upon conviction shall ts seiiteneed b pay
a line not exis.'et'.ing and undergo an
imprisonment for a pernsl not exceeding
two years, or either, at the discretion of
the court.
Senator Hackenburg, of Northumber
land county, has in coiileiiiplation th
intnsluction tf a bill at HarrislMtrg
which has some novel features. Senator
Hackenburg lielieve that the judge of
the court of Pennsylvania should Is re-
i lieve.1 of the annoying duty of coasidcr
. iug and disposing of aypllcatloos for li
' a to ttaij'ifarq v sell Tinous,
spirilui.us, malt or brew d liquors, and
his bill prMMs, the est.il. I ishment of a
Liis-nse Court to consist of ten persons
and to In- appointed by the tiovernor six
ty iliys from the passageof the act. The
bill i ri: tally requires that fit t iiieijil.er
of the pr..H--d issirt shall I liepubli
cans and rive lw-mocrats. Two shall M
npxinte I fr two year, two for four, two
for ix tm I'.r eight and tm f if ti ll
ye.it . On the expiration of the term of
any on" oi !.---.- ju 1 hi misvr
shall l" .. p !iit- I i'-.r tea year-, o tht
t'A o if ! Il- j'l !,'--h ill 1 h-isi-f evere
ts-ond J" ar. In t In-e cut ativ Vii. sri
er, the ...veriior is ilire.-te. to till it by
tiie aps iiitmeiit of a person of the same
polili.-al fiithof the one to lJ suis-ee.lel.
No incmls-r of tin-coiiit w ho has tw-rvtd
a full t.-rm of ten years shall lsi eligible
to reappointment. Tlie judges shall ex
en ise all the duties and wer in rela
tion to applicant heretofore exercised by
theC.sirtof tjnart.-r S-s-i..iis. Nojudgo
shall l- a gin-1 t- the district or county
in w lii. ii he may r'--el -. The el, rk of
the Court of ju.ir:cr Sessions shall is-tl.o
el'-rk of tiie License Court and shall per
form the same duties now imposed with
regard to llie is-uiiig of license. In ad-
iili.-iito the license fees now r'-piinsl to
Is- paid by tie' licensed aj.pl i.-ant. ho
shall pay 9- to the clerk of th" Curt of
tjiiartcr Sessions for the use of the Com
monwealth. K:-h of the judges of the
Lii-ense Court shall rss-ive $."..u a year
in addition to the payment of their a.-tual
traveling expenses. The bill divides the
State into ".l districts.
IN THEIR OWN TRAP.
IY A. I. S.
"I should like to do stunt thing to
scare tiie girls," dis-tared Hugh, as he
sat on the t' p rail of a live-l.arred gate.
"Yes," Bgr-d John, as he nseliiied
on a lower branch of a big sycamore
tree ; "they are getting a gtssl deal too
uppi-h. To-day Christina told methat
the girls she knew were far braver than
the Imys."
"Oh ! we'll soon see to that," decided
B1.
"What shall we do, though?" quts
tioiitsl Ted.
There wa silence for some minutes,
while the sun blazed down, and the
four Uiys gave themselves up to think
ing. "A ghost," suggested Hugh at
length.
"Oh, yes; a ghost would I fine,"
chuckled the others. "At any rate, we
can try that first."
Every year Uncle Theophilus Pilk
tugtoii invited his nephews and nits-es to
stay w ith him at his country hou-e for
a month. Eight of them there were
four Uiys and four girls, brother and
sisters and cousins. It was a splendid
place to stay sit ; and w hen Hugh sug
gest. s! gho.-t- a the U-st way to scare
"the gills," the other felt he w:l right,
for it w sis the vt ry hou-e whore a ghost
might If ex-cud, and "the girls"
would never doubt it U-ing a real one.
For an hour the Imys strode almut the
"round suggesting plan and places,
sounds and signs, for the ghost which
was l eoiiviti'-e the girl that they were
but cowards after ali. At length, a
they went through the hall on their way
to tea in the dining-room, a brilliant
til-a struck II il'ii.
"We'll have fo.ir ghosts!" heexi iaini
ed ; "we'll each Ua ghost."
"One I more than we've clothe or
room for," snapped John, who was hun
gry, and rather tired of planning; "how
ever csm we man-age four?"
"Easily enough," returned Hugh.
"There's the armor ju.-t the very
tiling we'll each got U-hind a suit. The
girl are sure to eoine chattering secret
lure in the evening, and we'll scare
them half out of their lives.'
"That's a good idea," agreed Boh ; "I
vote we do it."
I'ntil tiie light fad.-d the biys went
almut in a state of forced quietness,
protending to U- occupied as usual, yet
longing s.r the time topis. At length,
when evening came, and the "grownup-,"
were settled iii the drawing-room,
the four plotters left protended amuse
ments and crept away to the dim hail.
"It is awfully ghostly," whispered
Hugh ; "I shouldn't be a bit surprised
to see a real one myself."
They looked up at the suit of armor
as he spoke, and tin y did look rutin r
uncanny.
"Hush f w hispored Ted ; I heard
something."
"Nonsense." ret .rt el B b.
But they li-tcncd, and surely there
came a sound resembling breathing or
sighing ; and it sit-nii-d quite near.
"It can't U' anything, really," whis
peris! John: "do you ali hear it?"
"Ys," they r.-tutiod; "wnat can it
!?''
"A oat, I expect," shuddered Ted ;
"little U-a-t !"
"But Bob, whoso eyes hadU-on fixed
on the armor, said suddenly, "I do U
lieve he moved."
"Who?" they ilcui'tnilcd.
"One of the suits."
"t Set out, you donkey ! Everything
seems to move if you look lorigctioiigh."
"We're dutfi.r to go on like this,"
declared Hugh; "tiie girl w ill come
in a minute. Let's make haste ami
got in our places."
"I can't undcr-tond that noise,
thiugh,"pcr-isted Tod. "If I wort.' the
only one who heard it, it might be just
fancy ; but it's odd we ail hear tht;
same."
"Bosh ! returned John; "don't lie a
donkey."
So they tiptoed across the. hull and
stepped up t- the suit. of armor! But
the place looked horribly ghostly.
Light, and life, and the cheerful draw-ing-roori
sot tie.sl very far otf, and that
queer sound went on in a most uncom
fortable n:a hut.
Suddenly, as they reached the figures,
there was another sound, hollow ami
I si lor. Then a p uis;.
"Did you hoarthat?" sliuddt-retlTetl;
and ouch I my felt his heart thump up in
hi throat, and hi hair stiffen on his
scalp.
"I U-Uevsy the jJaiv is Umtitotl," ile
olarotl Hugh.
"Kuhblsh!" siiid John again, though
he felt very far from U-ing brave. " ict
into tlie armor, unless you are cowanls;
the girl will U' lu re directly."
With a big effort each Uiy gnqietl tit
hind his special warrior. Tlie light was
gone, only tiie moon's r-uys foil on to the
floor. Then each crept closer ami
stretched his fiaiid U-fore him to clutch
the cold armor, Uit to their horror each
at the same moment clutched some
thing sft and warm and terrible in
stead. It moved under the grasp! it
swayed ! it st niggled ! ami with confus
ed cries and shaking limbs the Uys
started Uu-k in honest terror, ami junn
ed quickly down again t the floor.
Thou there was a rush, a scuttle, ami
d wn jumped four otlier figures. It wasj
an awful moment there in that shad
owy hall. Then, to their great relief,
there came peals of laughter which they
knew well. The ghosts were only "th
girls" after all!
"How funny that you should havt
thought of it too!" gasped the girl
when their laughter bail tired them;
"we thought we'd try to frighten you."
And the boy laughed with them at
the idea: hut they nerer confessed han
' nearly the glxla had luccjcdaj.
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