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'Somerset Herald.
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".rtiiy us when .ubscriben do not
rM '! ;'. miH-r 1U be -"'- responsible
. bscril1' '"11-
removing from one pwtofflce to
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therrxT.toffi Add.
SOMERSET,
A1 Somerset, l'a-
t. f..!!T..ih 4 Kun-. b
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C. V. WALKKB.
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ml NUT-VUY 1'IUUC,
Somerset, Pa.
(,;,,w.ile Court House.
i:u K-urtu St-, I ntu-burg, Pa.
A-W:1Swi&EY-AT-LAW.
Somerset Pa.
i,h-,-Kih.--"uk'ilore-
1
rTTpvKV m. iu:hkli:v,
TTU' Am-ntY-A-i-iw,
J-- s-jiucrsct
s-jiucrsct, I'a.
a first Ni'i",ilui llltuk-
r noi.minT,
t- Al-ri.i:t.V-AT-LAW,
Koinei-wet. Pa.
A.
J.ilm II. riil.
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.r.il'i;-" K. StTLL,
,11.1.1. I - ,:Y
Somerset, I'a,
id v. liillslicKKl-,
ismierscl, Ia.
in IvjiUii llu Iiow, oi-R.ite Court
F
J.
i 'o lT.
A 1 1 oKN KY-AT-LAW,
Somerset, I'a.
F
r . Koosiii-,
A 11 Ol-N E Y-AT-LA W,
Soiiicrsci, Pa.
J. U. OOLE.
All I li- -1 s-.i " t
Somerset, Ta.
proil't attention t business cu-"i-
tii-ir c..rc in -s.incrset and adjoining
4. ;!,.-. in Trilll liou.sc UoW, oiipuftiu;
,-.,rt House.
rat-vnxi-: hav,
AliMlt-NEY-AT-LAW,
Somerset, I'a.
i-.Ikal.T in ileal Kstate. Will alU-ud to
t . lit ru-lol to liiscan.- with prouipl-
Eu-iUV'.
IIX H. I'HL,
All Jli. EY-AT-LA W,
Somerset, I'a.
:' rpiini'tU- :itt4-ud to all business en
.M Uuu.' M.inoy aUvauml on .-o!U-o-li.
winv iu MuinnuKli lllot k.
TiliX O. KIM MEL,
J A 1 1 X'll-N E V-AT-LA W,
HiiitTS.'t, I'a.
::t-od to all tul!uwi eutrutiU1"! to hi
V :L "1 '-l aojolliltlg cunlK-N W illi
fjiiJittv. uml Iij-lily. oilice on Main trosii
ir iw . ill roi uV O rocvry store.
TAML I- wan,
j AlTuUN fc Y-AT-LA W,
SoiurriM't, I'a.
i4m Mammoth Kloi-t, up flair. Ku
it a Mam Cross ntni-l. t'olltioii
i.r.n.tatfBfltll. tillvaiiilil,aud all
.u l!mh- atl-ua-d to Willi promptness
SJrill v.
OiLli'iIlX. L. C. CuLIWllX.
c
X'LUOUX & C0LI50UX,
AHUliN EVS-AI-LAW,
Somerset, Pi.
C liuincs -ntrustl to our cure will ie
rc::..'aiid lailhrully aiu-ndi-d to. t'ollto
iu MoiiM-mei, lfaillord and adj.il --j
i;uiii-. Mir euiB uud eoiiveyaaeiu "
L'jrub rtaxiiiabie U-rnts.
TT L BAKU,
ii, AlfOUNEY-AT-L.VW,
rioiuerM't, I'a.
V.:; pRimi in Smers-t and adjoining
All bUKlllfM entrusted to UlIU Will
fct.: inuipl attention.
1a.foFKK.1Ti1. w. ii. nri'PEU
uvmumi & nrri'Ei
!,L A'lTultNEYf-AT-LAW,
4 Somerwt, Pa.
! l'..!aiiirtw entrusted to their care will be
: i"i. ; nj iuin lu.illy attended to. Ollie;
t Mj.ii Cross stro.1, oposiU; Maiuiuotti
T W. ( AIJOTHEItS, M. I).,
. ! 1UVK1AN AMsL'i:fiKXN,
Stnnerscl. I'a.
'-ra Patriot Street, near U. 1L ISUlioa.
: -v-itaii at utlivx;.
F. SIIAFFEIL
PU i lf 1 A X AND S I" KG HON,
Somen t, I'a.
t h pn.f.-sioiial M-r ix- to the citi
'f. H!ii rsi't ami ieiuity. otliec next
"W(.uluUH It lal iioteL
Vl J. M. LOUTH EIU
I'll YM IAN ANUSl UitEllX,
',JH" Mam itrwt, nurof l'rus store.
D
!! 1L KIMMELL
i-iiiii pr.if,sioiiKl sor iecK to the citi-
"..us r. i ami vieiiiity. I iiIm pr
. ! iil liefstii l- l.rtllid at hi of
M.a u F.isl of 1'iamoiid.
;)- J. S.Mi-MillkX,
. iin..iuite in iH-ntistry.)
: '"",,P"-al attention t.i the preservation
-'taiutai u.-iu. Ariilieial aeta iiwrt.-tt.
jii.if.ji,nillIj snsfaetory. tdtiee
:jr"-m-t L. it. c.tvis 4 '.,' ure,
- a n f rw. I'airjol strtvla.
r .
v. IL COFFKoTH,
I Funeral Diiector.
i Ma'M -'ro St.- lU-sMi-ntv,
I Patriot S(.
3
!
.UMo-EY MAKKIL
i i-uTr"''-V(1',''1,'u the aurtionn-r
' . H" " ' (x. - r.-aiiu-d at a .ublic
iwi.T' a till. toiiKue, ijuieK eye
i i , . Joliu u lavmaii has
: l-,.V"7, r"iu'"-nn-iii and has met wiiit
'. m, T'Vr" l,,'r, v-r hiss.T iee lte
' iSnaJwl. "''"i"'e lon-iiiost auelionvrr
; -.u.uiitv, t.Mly. Addrvsa
JJllX U TAYMAN,
LaVMUsvitle, i'a,
OilsT OiYs!
fc-J"u!'.'",'-n"'iii:ro.. I-iUs-Bnr m-part-i
imaLi J"- '"aae. ,.p-ialiy ot
i aat iih iiu,i Urania vt
inating 4 Lubricating Oils
5 Aphtha k Gasoline,
v
i ""fnmilvtrolcutn. W e elm 1-
! iucl of Petroleum
- f 11 ?0B wll1 l"OKt uuir,,r,uly
;Satisfaetory Oils
-IN THK
I erican farket,
; 'tTKomcreetand vlclnl-
0"K A BKERIT and
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VOL. XLIH. NO.
THE-
First National Bank
Somerset, Penn'a.
Capital,
Surplus,
S50.000.
SI 8,000.
DEPOSITS RECEIVED IN LANCE ANDSMALl
MOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS,
STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY. -r-
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
LaRUE m. IIU'KiS
JAMKS L. PfiJH,
juux it. stxerr,
FKE1 W.
GEO. n. sru,
V. 11. MILLER,
IttiUT. H. KCL'LL,
BIESECKEll.
EDWARD SCfLI, : : I'RrXIDEXT.
VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PRESIDENT.
HARVEY M. UERKLEY, . CASHIER.
The funds and securities of this hank an- se
curely protected in a celcbrati-d Coki.ish Hi k
guak Proof SAt K. The only safe made abso
lutely burtflar-proof-
ft Sflmerset tetv Safei
OF SOMERSET PA.
- rO:
Orni!7cdatlNttleaat,1S90
EttabHiM, 1877.
CAPITAL,
$50,000
SURPLUS AND UN-
DIVIDED PROFITS $16,000.
Chas. I. Harrison. Pres't.
Wm. H. Koontz, Vice Pres't.
Milton J. Pritts, Cashier.
Directors :
SAM C EL SNYDER,
JOSIAH SPtt'IIT,
JOHN H. SNYDER,
WM. EXDSLEY',
JONAS M. OKiK,
JOHN STI KIX
NOAH S. MILLER,
JOSEPH B. DAVIS.
HARRISON SNYDER, J EltOM E STL" EFT,
SAM. B. Il.UiRISON.
Customrrsof this bank will rw-ivs llicmoft
lilH-ml treat nientcoiisisteiitvitliKafelBkiikiiid.
I'artiea uishinit to send iii.n.-y east ir wwl
can I aecominisjated by uralt for any
amount.
Monev and valuables secured by one of IUe
bold's -elebraled bafes with most improved
time la-k. .
I'olhvlions made in all part of the L nited
SUite. Cham- moderate.
Accounts and dejiosils solicited.
Wild & Anderson,
Iron & Brass Founders,
Engineers and Machinists and EnRin
Builders.
-Manufa-tiir-r of
COAL CAR WHEELS and AXLES.
Tov anl s-nil-bniil Machinery.
Shafting. Hanger "l liil''yS
Injectors, Lilri-aton, 'il
t'u os. Etc
ERECTING OF MACHINERY A SPECIALTY
Strictly F.rst-Clas Work Guaranteed.
Shop on Broal StM nir B. A O. iN-pot
Johnstown. - - ra.
T?i ART AMATEUR.
Bet and Largest Practical Art
Magazine.
(The ouir Art rWnrtical awanled a Medal at the
1 World'! Ka:r.)
7rtittaJ Ir to all tru lo wf Ouir Mii nrt
Mia is-, iv y
210
rUK lUC. ei'.leudloanToiie
meutiouu g lhit publication a specie
men copr .' wiperb co'tr piales
it. sn,.uin icnimif and a aupnle
menury aes t dcaigns (regular pn-.e
3.V). Or
rnn nr. we will wnd also -Painting
MONTAGUE MARKS, 23 Union Square,
Mew York.
ARTISTIC JOB PRINTING
A SPECIALTY.
IIAIIUY X BEXSIIOFF,
MANUFACTURE STATIONER
BLANK BOOK MAKER
BASM K
50.
ftServous
Teople hould realize tbst the only
true and permanent core for their
condition u to be found in having
Pure Blood
Because the health of every organ and
tUsue of the body depends upon the
purity of t he blood. The w hole world
knowi the standard blood purifier is
Mood's
Sarsaparilla
And therefore it is the only true and
reliable medicine for nervous people.
It makes the blood pure end healthy,
and thus cures nervousness, makes
the nerves firm and strong, gives sweet
sleep, mental vigor, a good appetite,
perfect digestion. It does all this, and
cures Scrofula, Eczema, or Salt Hheam
and all other blood diseases, bccause.it
Makes
Pure Blood
Kcsult9 prove every word we have
eaid. Thousands of voluntary tenti
moniala fully eatabliah the fact that
ood's Saream ,
Be Sure UrCS
to Get Hood s ii
" I was very nervous. I ued IIod's
FarspBril:o and my nrvouDe is all
gone." Catharine Kkck. 1130 Maple
fit., Allentown, Pennsylvania.
lr j raila cure ail liver ins
ilOOU S rlilis nest, headache.
cure all liver ills, bilious-
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Door West of Lutheran Church,
I Am Now
pju-parwl to Htijiply the pultlio
with Clinks, Watches, nii.l Jew
elry of all dt-scriptioiis, as t'lit ap
a.- the t'hj-st,
HEPAIUIXG X
SPECIALTY.
All
wtrk truarantwtl. Iak at my
stok la-fun- making your
purchases.
J. D. SWANK.
Campbell
AND
Smith.
Do von read our advertise
ments ia all the Pittsburgh Daily
Papers ? If not, do so. It will pay
you, and the inducements offe red
will jKjrduide you cither to visit
our Great Dry Goods Establish
ment, or order by mtil.
You will God wc always have
the good? just as advertised and at
the price named.
We have C9 DEPARTMENTS
all up to date in style, and contain
ing goods at lower prices than you
can find them elsewhere.
Departments:
Carjets,
Curtains
Furniture,
Cloak?,
Silks,
Wash Goods,
Linen Goods,
Domestics,
Millinery,
Ladies' Under
wear,
Ladies' DTose,
Trimmings,
Linings,
Infant's Wear,
Small Wares,
Umbrellas,
Parasols,
Shoes,
Corsets.
Dress Goods,
Gents' Furnish
ing?,
Lace Goods,
Art Goods,
Neckwear,
Crocket y,
House Furnish
ings, Toilet Goods,
Our NEW TRUNK DEPART
MENT 13 a great Success. Why?
Low Prices.
FIFTH AVENUE.
Between Wood & Smithfield Streets,
PITTSBURG. PA.
8. 1". swcitxcr. J- r-
Real Estate and Collecting
Agency.
Person- wishing to buy or 11 farra.oi -town
Prompt .K wlii i to.il ma" in-
'answer W.
, tsoiiK-rsci, I'a.
omer
SOMERSET,
A COMMON SORT OF A FELLOW.
I ain't got no taste fur glory,
Ncr uo hank'rln' after fume;
rn't kecref the gin'rul public
Never itH to know my name.
I don't eive a continental
'Ik Hit the tum o' sliti,ii ;
Ain't a-rumiiu'fur noo!Hv.
Nera-tryin" on notriekH.
't'ourss I want my n-:'ler rations
Want my three Miiare meals a day ;
'NoukIi to do to keep me busy,
'Opt what time I want fur play.
I do' want to be the wlnvl's hub,
I'll Jest he among the Mkes;
An' I do' want no more honor
'N the oilier common folks.
Tell yon what I like It'a restin'
At the close o' winter day.
When the liaekloi;'N gitiln' m-awmeJ
An' tin- hi-k'ry' In a blaze.
Hitch my cheera little nearer.
Stretch my arms an' ! ', a ' gap
Tell my sia-ctueb-K an' paja-r
tiiM-sa-tiiiuliIiii' from my lap.
;it Mime cider from the cellar,
some appU-s from the bin ;
Then to hnvea couple lit islilsirH
t'oiiKfaHlniiipiu' handy In;
Thout no style er no pertendiu'.
Jest ail nat'ral-like, you w-e,
Kver' Ixaly Keiiiiu' homelike
That ji-st suits me to a T.
K.-t tin' ruuii' a rooriu' fin-.
Tellin' tails an' crackin" Jokes,
Not a swell ncr dude amongst us-
Jest us common sort o' folks.
Now, I take my common tdi-cs
Into all I do an' say.
I've a common way o' sinniii'
An' a common way to pmy.
Them lluil knows mt-liest, I r.i-kon
'1.1 le willin' to a;rw
When it i-onnn to Isfiu n v'rent
Th" ain't none rev'n-nler 'n m".
Itut I sometimi have lo wonder
When I'm settin' iu a church.
An' Hie folks look ske- rt to touch me.
Kmnil I elvc their clothe a smirch.
Yi-s, It kinder m ikes me wonder.
When they draw aside their cloaks
Kf in heaven there's a sja-cial
t'orner fur us coiumon folks.
(V.ioiyo lintrd.
OUT OF THE
E,
HY Hi:i.!:N Kil:i:rT (iR.lVlX
Mary Miller came home fn-m the
factory njMin that April evening with
a light, quick step.
The sky was all a tranquil glow;
the frogs were croaking in the swamp;
the maples were crimsoned with their
earliest lnners of blossom; and as she
tripped along, Mary found a tuft of
violets half hidden under a drift f
dead leaves pale purple, ftviitless
blossoms.
"The first violets always bring gtxal
luck with them," she whispered to
herself, a she l.iuned tiiem into the
-T
bosom of her blue flannel gown.
"Home" was scarcely the ideal
realization of that poetic word to tins
factory tirl. She and her mother lived
iu the upier half of a shabby, unpair
ed wooden house, with the blacksmith's
scoluin;r wife and seven riotous chil
dren down stairs, and one-half of a
tniiniileil-ilowii back vard by way of
garden, where nothing ever grew but
burdocks, nettles and Mrs Muggs
long-legged fowls
P.nt Mrs. Miller, who had lecii a
school tcachor once, and still retained
ta.mou-iiHt of the refinement of her
earlv education, had the tea ready,
with n hudcd lamii and a huiiclt Of
maple blossoms on the table ready for
Marv to come home.
"(Jood news, mother!" the girl cried,
li-'htlv. "The Meadow rami is to let:
Mother, we must take it.'
fis. MiiW looked dubiously at the
bright, eager face, with its bluegray
eves and fringes of yellow hair.
"foil we afford it, daughter: she
wlou-lv. "A whole house ami a
farm of forty-threw acres"
"It i n't such a very large house,
mother," pleaded Mary, as she laid the
bunch tif violets in her mother's lap
"not so many more nsuns than we
have here. And we could keep two
cows, and I could sell milk ami butter,
and spring chickens and eggs; and I
am almost sure that Will D.ividge
would work the farm on shares And
only think, mother, how delightful it
would Ik; to have a home all to our-
selves, where we couldn't hear Mrs
Muggs Kxing Hobby's ears, or Helen
bricking with the toothache! And a
little garden, mother, where we could
have iH-onies and hollyhocks, and all
those lovely old-fashioned flowers that
vour soul delight inf
Mn Miller's nale mild face soft
ened.
"It is now a mouth since old Mrs
D.ibnev du-d," said Mary. "And they
say that her daughter in the city and
her son out in California despise the
old farm, with its one-story house and
its old red barn. So it is to let. And
sochean. too! Only a hundred and
fifty dollars a vettr! Mother, we must
take it! I'll leave the factory and turn
dairy maid. I've saved enough, you
know, to buy the two cv.vs and mine
real Ylymouth Itoek fowls to Ik-gin
with, and oh, it will ie such a hap
piness! Say yes, mother do say yes!"
When Mary Miller pleaded like this,
the gentle widow never knew how to
refue : and the utishot of it was that
they leased meom .ao . . ;
Usine co-sovereigns of tlie reanu oi
Meadow Farm.
It was their first night there. Over
head the young May moon shone
through a veil of purple mist. A
solitary owl hooted in the chestnut
wo id back of the house, for Meadow
Farm was situated on a lonely nioun-
tain side where no one ever came ex-
cept on siKH-ial business
i 1 . ... .
The I'lvnioutli I tuck clncKctis wero
safely shut up where foxes could not
rxW-ht!,emnor,inksstea!into bleed
their young lives away, the cows-
..... Ai.b.rneva were chew-
V T- rf he old red tarn.
Mm..-i..i tl.imr - handful
oftlar sticks on the hearth, where
Uieir ranted blaze UluminaU .1 the old
kitchen with a leaping brightness
. .
i itJstlibleU.e hou
may We damp," she said, "after being
V..,.:.., i There, mother.
U11 ; nUv
nit our d .1 hance
th& "'""ilff S with a
wn,T, . J 2 do
S,lll ,: .L wdl-oh. -u-h
r Old Mrs Da-
r " " ' r;mtr thevsay. It
oney - . -
rhtfX.StTne past here
i. .....I.,..
mis.
and raw old Mm. Dabney sitting in
ESTABLISHED 1827.
PA., WEDNESDAY,
the bije chair by the fire, just when- "
Mrs. Miller uttered a little hrkk,
nail gra-sjied her daughter's aria at
this moment. Mary xtoiijied short,
with an ashy pallor overspreading her
cheek. '
For as she sjxtke the dixr jisile
had opened and a very little old wo
man, silver-haired and nhrivcled like
a mummy, came in, and walking
across the tioor, seated herself in Mrs.
Dahney's very corner an old woman
dressetl in a snuff-eohired own which
Mrs Dabney lad always worn, and
wearing a snult-silk cad, while a hag
depended from her arm.
"It's cold, ladies," nlie said, looking
ur.iimd with a deprecating air, "cold
for the season of the year and they
don't keep fires nt Tewkstown."
Mother," said Mary, recovering
herself with a hysterical gasp of re
lief, "it isn't old Mrs. Dahney's ghost
at all. It's old Miss Ahhv, come hack
from the Tewkstown I'oorhotw."
"Voti lon't mean," begttn the mild
widow, "that Mrs. Daniel Dabney and
Mrs. Kverard Klberson let their old
aunt go to the poorhouse?"
Ves, it is quite true. Mrs Daniel
lends society in San Francisco, I am
told, and Mrs F.lUrson is a grand lady
in llridgeport, with a revption lay
and servants ii; livery. What could
they do with a half crazy old aunt, who
takes snutr and talks uncertain gram
mar? lcar Miss A I thy. Siie has wan
dered hack to her old home. Hie was
eighty last birthday, and things are all
misty and vague to her."
"Hut what shall wc do?" said Mrs.
Miller in accents of icrplexity. "A
crazy woman here! It doesn't seem just
right, Molly, does it?"
"I'll take her back after she lias
rested a little and had a cup of tea,"
said Mary, cheerily.
"Hut perhaps site won't go."
"Oh, yes, she will," haid Mary.
Poor Miss Abby! She is as gentle as a
child."
Her words proved to lie correct.
Miss Abby Dabney Millcrcd herself
to lie led unrcmoiistatiiigly back to
Tewkstown I'oorhouse, where the ma-
xnm read her a shrill-voiced lecture,
Hnt declared she would not Ik? allowed
another grain of snuff if she couldn't
limve K-ttcr.
jjj, Abby smiled deprvcat
ingly
"They are peculiar people here,
she said. "I think, my dear' to
Mary Miller "they forget sometime I
hidV. Hut it takes all sorts, don't
you see, to make a world."
The next night, however, ju-j as
Mary and her mother were sitting
down to tea, Miss Abby once more
appeared, in the midst of a gentle
shower of rain.
"I hope I don't inconvenience any
body," she said, meekly, "liut that
woman atTewktown has cut off my
allowaneeof snutf; and, after all, there's
no place like home."
And once mo.v Mary Miller patient
ly walked back with the Kxr old crone
to the poorhouse.
The matron was infuriated tins
time.
"It ain't human natur' to stand this!"
ihe declared. "I'll put her in the
jug!"
The jug?" repeated Mary, in sur
prise.
"It's a room down ccilar where we
shut up the troublesome eases, said
the matron. "I cant t stand this run
ning away business, and I won't!"
The "jug," icrhaps, proved elliea-
cious, for old Mi.-s Abby Dabney did
not npcar again for a week.
At the expiration of that iHTioti,
however, she walked noiselessly in just
at a.j tcd herself like a silent
;,a,i,w in the chimney corner,
'it is so gosl to la; at home again,"
j.j l0j nibbing her wrinkled hands,
t.j somehow seemed to get lost of late,
Jonathan is gone, and JJetsy is gone,
nij p,,, va K.re aH alone. Yes, a cup
of twlj please sugar and no milk,
nevi.r member how I like my
u,a a, Tewkstown. This is gool! And
u,tter on my bread, too! We don't get
i,ttor at Tewkstown
Mary burst into tears.
"Mother," said she, "Miss Abby
shall not go back to Tewkstown! She
shall stay here! Mother, how should I
f.s l if von were wandering, friendless
and alone, through the world?"
"Hut, my dear"
"She shall sleep in her own old room,
out of the kitchen!" persisted Mary
"She'll le no more care than a canary-
bird. Oh. mother, do consent! She
will think then that she is still in her
'in. ii horn- Oh. if von knew how'
dreary it is at that Tewkstown poor
house. with the grass all tramped out,
and piles of clam shells ly ing around
the door, and not so much ns a tlamie
liou or a daisy to lie seen!"
And Mrs Miller yielded to Mary's
tearful solicitatons
The Tewkstown authorities were
but too glad to he rid of thts poor old
incubus and Miss Abby Daldiey set
tled down into her old home, as con-
, I111(lllt.oi((nin;:ly a if she
- - - .
1,-id never left it. She ate and UranK
hut little; she talked less, and seemed
to regard Mrs Miller and Mary as
guests, who had come to visit the old
farm.
"The Widow Miller and her daughter
must lie rich foists to undertake to
1 a i r: . . l.t.a " uiiiiri'il nil
support om .m
neiglilsir.
i,i .....11 A..K,iiirii tirovnliHi for
.-i s- i -
at the i-K.rhouse," said another.
"I never yet saw a farm suceved
that was worked by women-folks,
leeretl a third.
"There'll Ik; the biggest kind of a
1 smash up presently," oliserved num-
r four, "And an auction sale of every -
thing; and I'll be on hand-for I dm, t
deny that them ittle Alderney
8 the cuiiningcst creeturs I overset
eyes on, and good milkers into the
bargain."
Hut time wore on, and there was no
fluttor of ay red fiag over the ,mreh.
On the contrary, matters throve, and
Mary Miller declared joyously that
"farming was a great deal more pro-
fitabinc tlian working in the
factory, atid she only w.she.1 that she
had found it out before."
Until one gray, autumnal evening
motlier came back Irom
i - .... i , i
a brisk walk to the village
brisk walk to the village, and iounu
stalwart, sunbrowneJ man sitting op
MAY 20, 1895.
positc to Miss Abby, by the red glow
of the fire.
The old woman rose up, in an odd,
uncertain way.
"Ladies," "he said fumbling in her
old snuf-liox, "this is my nephew,
Cyrus D'tbney he ran away from
home twenty-nine years ago come
Michaelmas Day, and we all stipoM-d
was dead. Cyrus, these are the ladies
who are so giaal as to visit me here.
I don't quite recollect their names, but,
then, uvr memory ain't as good as it
used to lie and after all it don't mat
ter much. Nothing matters miish
noivadays!"
And Miss Abby sat down and fell
into a "dae" again, as if all necessity
for conversational ctlbrt were over.
Cyrus Dabney stmal ti) a bron.ed, I
beardetl giant, with dark eyes and su-
perh st.-U ue.
" Indies, I l-eg your pardon!" he
said. "I5ut s'ihis.I when 1 came lu re,
I was coming home. I knew nothing
of all these changes. I never could
have dreamed that my cousin would
let this old creature go to the town
poorhouse. I don't know who you
are. ladies," with a husky rattle in his
throat, "out I thank you from the
very bottom of my heart for giving
her a shelter in her old age. A::d if
money will pay for it "
"It will not!" said Mary, sharply,
as if the words conveyed a slnr.
"No, I s'Kse not," said Cyrus with
a sigh, "iiut I've plenty of money
now. The dear old aunty shall live
like a queen all the rest of her days,
for she wtis good to me when all the
rest tet lue down for a black sheep.
I've made my fortune out in Panama
and I've come home to redeem my
self." "I have heard of Cyrus D:.l iiey,"
said Mrs. Miller, gently.
"And I'll venture, ma'am, you In-.ir I
no good of me," said the young giant,
with a short laugh. "I'll r.ot deny
that I was a wild loy enough, but
there wasn't any actual evil i:i me, let j
r.ll .. i...t ii,.... ,1.1.1 n,l ii .v I
! u rn i it :tai iih "'"' ...... .....
I've come back a ri-h man, and th re's
nolsxly to bid me welcome home ex
cept till Aunt Abby, o'lt of the p'r
hotlse." I Ie could not long have made this
staieilient, howevt r.
All the town was up to hid the rich
government contractor welcome to
Tewkstown within tweniy-fmr hours
Human nature is human nature every
where. Hut Cyrus Dahticy cared lit
tle for the friendly overtures of the
old ncighlior.s
Aunt Abby was the only ihts.hi f..r
whom he s-emed to can, and his
greatest pricf w:is that the old woman
refused In leave the old D..bu y farm
house to live in the stately brick win-
siou which he hailt on l'r-spect Hill.
And then he asked permission to
.leek her little Udroom with the
curi.isitics he lia.l hrougln iter iro-n
the isthmus, and in tacking up dra
peries and arranging shells aim old
silver coins he and Mary became
friends.
Friend-! She never knew that it was
anything else, until one i;.y oiu .v.iui
Abby tKk a strange idea into her head.
And Marv, holding a ridi Oriental
cord fr Cyrus Dabney to loop into
knots for picture frames, heard her
introduce Mrs. Miller to a neighlsir as
"My gue.-t, Mrs. Mill r the mother of
the young lady that Nephew Cyrus is
going to marry."
Cvrus looked at Mary. Mary drop
ped the ball of cord and turned crim
son.
"Mary," he said, "say that it shall lv
T I 1,.... ..Ii'
so. r or i iow you s i .-
And I can't live without your love.
And and you were g-xxl to old Aunt
Abby when all the world turned
against her. I sometimes thin,, Mary,
that you must lie like one of heaven's
angcisr'
And this was how they Invatn-' en
gaged. They still live in the old farm-house,
the happiest of married lovers, and
Aunt Abla-y firmly believes that they
are all her guests, for to her the world
stands eternally still the world that is
so full of bloom and N-auty to Cyrus
and Marv. Sntiirit.ii AV'Af.
Shoe Don'ts-
Don't tliink there is any nccccsty
for "breaking in a shoe."
Don't forget that science lias removed
all utH-ct-ssity for iiiduraiuv in this di
rection. Don't try to wtarashoe that is too
small, or that docs not tit when it is
first put on.
Don't fail, after having secured a
comfortable tit, to keep it so by proper
care.
Don't dry a 'vt shoe without first
applying some oil or grease, v aster
oil or tallow is the la st. The steam
.'ciierated in a wot Unit will surely scald
it and cause it to or.uk without this
precaution.
Don't put shoes by the fire while they
are wet, but let them dry gradually
and slowiy. Don't let the s.ioo become
hard. Don't run it down at the bet l.
Don't wear it into the welt or insole.
Don't forget that it pays to repair it in
time, so that it will retain its shajie
and comfort.
Don't use t' omueli force in polishing.
A gentle brusi ing w itli a soft brush is
Utter than the Mgorotis work of the
bootblack. When the brushing hisac
vour foot f'l warm stop until jour
ml
shoe cools tio.
Don't put a pair of good shoes in rmV
l,er.,ise an old pair for this and re
move the rubU-rs as smiu as you enter
the house.
Don't try on or handle a patent loath-
or shoe when cold always thoroughly
warm it In-fore U-nding the l-.tither. A
went leather sins.- put on in a warm
!- u-iirn out ill tlie cold
weal her without injury.
Throw Away Trusses,
...1.... ... twill. lilt- ihod. without use of
IIC1I "Ml "
L-nife. is guaranteed to permanently
ii. u-.rst ( of rupture. Si-nd
COlt lv ........
10 cents in staini for refcremrs am
pamphlet. Wold's DisiH i.ry Mo!i
oal A-ssociation, Butfalo, N. Y.
TT IT
I y f f pi
AXIE,
The Other
'Arjoaauts."
i:y t. k. m vkm;o!, m. i.
"Kvi r siii-e the days of 'at.iiu K
The Yaiiki-cs Think then-'s money hid.
The title of this arii.-'.e, a- it "thun
ders i:i the index," may ia' somewhat
misli-adiiig to the readers of theHi:i:
AI.' who are cniivcrsaiit with the
classic.-. To them the writer wishes
to say that while there is a J.i--n, he
is lu re known ty another nnnn-, asul
that the expeiliti iii iu qt:-st f the
"(Sol den 1'le.ce," in-tead of embark
ing at Colchis, starts in F.lldick town-
ship and gx-s tip into the ino-.o.taiiis.
to battie with sylvan g --Is, gnome and
ilf.'ins m !io g.i.tr-led the tn avire
they e veted. Many -oi!e now living
in the southern part of Somer-cl enun-
reCie.lect
in ceeeliiri', clieralde-
ung
old man vulgarly dubU-d
"Axie" Yoder. The writer well r.-memU-rs
st!!-g h"::i; in S-ilibury
alaiut the time of the "Harjs-r's IVrrv
Insurrection," as it was then called.
The K-opIe were very much excited f-r
fully a week tifter the news re::i h.-d
Sidisbury, and sine jire ii" te-l -and
truthfully tf that it w;;s the pr-lude
to a civil w:.r. "Axi " and "The
Or.iintiiar King,'' J. J. Stu'..nian, were
discussing J'i!iti l',;r n and the slavery
question. "Axie" was at that timealsitit
seventy ye: rs old, very shj-d, iind
had an ast-iuritie iigh tlr:t e-ei'.i
U-hear-l quite a i-.a'.i'e. IIev..i-a;i
Alnishmail and wore the varo ehatie -tori-tie
of that l--l!omiii:.ii.n. He
walk's! with a st-iif in each hand. Ti.e
Aniish patriarchs counselled their ja-is-pie
to avoid the tra-les and the prol'e
sioie; ; agriculture was to la- their vo
cation. "Axie" waa blacksmith and a chem
ist, and, although there is no tradition
that th' chnri-h ever n-primanded him,
it w.i well known that his vocations
were far from orthodox. The si.jieri-
! oiiry f his axi s earned f-r htm toe
til'.n "Axie." Kxia-tt ax-m d.vlarol
that one of "A.k.-" axes won! outwear
three of those i!:ii-rled I'rorn I'itt-hurg
or H:.'it::ni-re. Creat va to- stirpri'
of the citi.eiis, v, l.en after l.i-d -:ith his
js-rsoiial pr-pvrty w::s :;ei::g soel at j
p'.ib'ie atit'on, to t:-.e retoi ;s, crnci
bles, lit ir;:.r-, b!oW-p:pw .-.n-l ti.er
chemiea! apparatus t!;rit
re or-'Ughl
out f the lsSioratory. In ins enetnieid
experiments he discovei'ei! a process
for lar:enu:g or t.-injf.-r.ng stit-l,
j which gave to hi- cutlery a;i e-i re so
keen and la-ting tnat it quite nvati.-l
the Damascus steel or the Toledo biade.
"Axie" W:us uiso a i inventor. Tin
process of making nails at that time
by hand wa.4 a slow and u -lions one.
lie.-ides, i'. maiie nails cspeu-ive,
though laUir was che:ip
machine '
for sta. aping them out
f shut metal, i
as is no v.- don
was invented by i
'Axi--.'' The per-oa
mo-lel say it was a In
going to Wa-hiiigt '!!
who saw the
y. Ifisteadof
nd securing a
caveat, be went around exhibiting it
and tryit-.g to sell it ;. the in-.i man u-fa.-hirersat
1'iti-bnrg. A shrewd man
saw the pis-ilii'.ities of the invention,
copied it, pr-H-urel a patent and !-
came rich at "Axie's" exp.-n-e.
During his palmy days hi- forge was
located iit "Y'..-l r-tettle," now Me-
Ctie.nico'irg, a;t-i :n-en:'."..ei.e i i in
,t,..
. . ..ii i a ..
as five
- j onit.ym.!'t I lacksinlshs and
had se.ei.-.l
a;'lr--'iitie.-s. T.ier.- was
alwavs a demand for more axes, , raw
ing knives, chisels and small cutler
rliaii he could s;ii;lv. Had he ih
.... . i
U-eii a visionary he luigut cave sjK-nt
his declining years in luxury, instead
of striving as he did at hard lal r to
earn his daily bread. Over toe forge,
in the loft, at Meehnicsharg, he had a
room tilted up as a laU.ratory, which
was always kept securely locked. No
person by the cltemi-t's jcrmi io:i
was CVer IKTIi'ilted to cr.iss the thres
hold. As he ofu-n would remain in
the laUiratory for a itumU-r of days
together, the citi.t ns supp'-ed that
"Axie" and M.-puist ph. h-s, or even
old "ilornie" hi;ns l;', were in collu
sion, and no doubt thought he had as
many devils har:b-ss..-d and at work as
MnUti-rMicfiael Sortt. One of "Axle's' j
patrons who lived in that vicinity w is j
i man ny the name td rei. ri-, a- i
a practic.il joker and a man always j
Tlstiing with cariosity, w.leii lie .
.! . I. .. .e!-.!I e kll I
sali.uerco ino n.v -le j-, i i - . j
a rainy day, to smoke and chat with j
Axie," wiio, by the way, in a g-od j
lUul r w.is quite garrulous. One day j
Keik appeared at the Mrge, and n-- j
tleltig AXteS ao--iice, 5im " -"'
ie li.-.d gone. One of the men replied :
'He has I von locked in his -k- litmeiiy'
-meaning lab -r dory for thr-.v
I.ivs We call h- tr lt:m, i-ut nave noi
-.., .:... o t.- .;
once svss-n mm in ui:ti. u;o;-. in
said, 'T lii-J-t s.-e what this m ans,"
:md star.ed for th- ladder lea ling to
the lo:"- ant '-kem'-i.-iiy. .., no:
yotl ii.usu't," shouted ail the black
smiths and apprentices i:i c.iorus
lie Will tint lei you in, met ii " i
tlisf.irh him' he will kill someone in i
tins sisop oeior.
night, such is his an-
ger." Fcik was a piwerf.il man and
wherewithal courageous. He thought
he saw a chance for some fun, and be
lli! the astvnt t- the regions ataAe.
He advanced to the door of the labora
tory, and suddenly "Axie" heard
'-taiio'.ii::.
s .if soausiiie ai-ntly r.-ni-ne.'.
lial'iei.;al Ills .-li.-.ai:-.-r u-i.
ti:ly this ami iiollna more.
At first lie paid no attention to it ;
but it increased in volume until it
sounded like a regular r r, ii!-: Tiien
a voice cam.' from within, "-c-e d
f.;,f.l t'njj Tiiere was no au-
swer, but the rapping conliiiued. Fcik
was determined to solve the mysteries
of the "kemuierly," and was only
. .r - .1... .1..-. to in- lOW'M'.vCt
ti... l.T-icksniiths ineoutlnontly fled,
leaving Feik as they thought to his
dom.
tl. .o F. ik heard the Key
slowly an-l
......ii,i!- t-irniii r m tlie
ll.iivi-iii -
.H-k and stiw the door gcnity a.i-i qucw ...e 1 1.. -c-iutiouslv
o.K-ning. With all the force ", r-1 & iste" had earned the treasure a
heS multer hi-rushed against the ! quarter of a mile further up the run.
I forcing it wide o,h-:i an-l kn a k-, Nothing daunt.l "Axie" packca his
" Vvie" IH-il mell amongst his ,:-,,. ei.uip ig, and move 1 to th spit
'tssaVparatti, making quite as much; dirked. The work was vigt.nnis.y
fi iviH. w a bull in a china shop. "Ax- prosecuted here tor several weeks the
lev' Jril. knew no bounds "A Oracle making oWrvations drom time
,'lof Hishim" wasa lamo in com- to time without reduction ,of es One
di.io. ..i.iv. !,,,,.' davshoaPtH-arcduuhcnilded and an-
parisim.
l II.IIII ' -
fth,br'erand.u.r,pvvcrfulm:mand
WHOLE NO. 2287.
ready to do battle then an 1 there.
"Axi-" rushed out of trie l'krnnnrrly"
nnd down into thu forge wlier;; h
r,g -d like a wild Is a-t. H - threw i.ll
the h.-immers and other movable
tiiiics out the windows, knocking
n il, gi t-n and a!! int snillh o-ens
He broke everything that wouid yieM
to bis strength and tilled tic; air wi!h
bis iinpn-ciitioiis When Ft-ik ha-1
lisiish'sl his insjs-etioii of the r.iins Ie
had made alaive, he came down and
stw "Axie" in a turner of the forge
utterly exhausted. It required sevend
days I fore "Axie" recti pt rah d sntli
cienlly to n-srnue bis lalKrs. The
ciiarm of bis "keminerly" was broken
and so was mneh -xpen.-ive chemical
apparatus.
This rath r pn'ix sketch of "Axie"
may 1- pard-iied when it is known
tba. be is the eliief of "The Argo-
IK'tit-.'
("iite a nnmU-r of the omerset
(''iitity pion-t rs came from the palat
inate along the K'liue. With them
they not only brought "Die NieU-Mnn-geii
l'aol.-s". which furtiisljed material
for Wagoner's la-st opera-, b it innu
merable ghost stfir'c-s, wif-!i stories,
and tt b idget f superstition which
as i.r::i!y engrafted on p;,.-tenty
that even til! the training of the puMi -schools
has not entirely eradicated it.
At that time pifysieians were a si-iree
arti--!e and f-ir;;m tt-Iy r-: w-i iitti .-.-iekiK
. The !!i's!i4-ii:e f-r udnl-s
v.eie hi -key, a mixture of whiskey
:i:el garlie, a;: I genera! l! iod-IeTtiug.
Y"l;cc. a child t s) y-ting -i de-erils- its
syPijiteins -ri-d witii tarac'ie i: was
do.--. I it!i a mixture of onions, g-i-lie,
i's l;:rd and mol.t-.-s If these failed
t enre iu a few day-, the grannies, held
a ctTp- is and pronounced the child l
witched. A '. lbs-tor ws -.x oinv
s.nl f if and tiie ine;-.!!'ati':n Ireg.m.
Mothers kept s.-issre-j and horse -iio--s
in tile cradies to k-i p ois' the witches.
The divining rod was in cernniois us--.
llowev-r, an instrument that was
m e-!i sp ken of and greatly coveted,
"'v rji' was not -eeii up to
the time of :i certain dame, Veeiept
"Aie'J Del!." This iustrittieiit was
supp-'-ed to rive the H-r.son who
s .sed ii the p-iwer tosct; througti the
va !;..,: strata of the earth and to dis
t..v r hidden treasure a:id it"ld, r..- will
us th'.- baser metals. "Moil Del!," a
s!.;--.l, designing "Ann O'D-lia ln-s-tU
h..r." jK-rs:i elaini.sl -be had sib-!j
an in-'.r.nncnt, and m--t n-p!e le
lieved her. Among them was "Ax
ie" Yo h-r. Wiiether true or false, we
know no!, but it was the creed of the
eer'.y settlers and some of their ili-r--e'i-!a!it-,
thi'.t when Oenetal lirad-
-ok cit his way through the forests
on hi- marcii to i'l. DuqUesi-e, he had
with hint Ltrg-ch-sts of gold a:id sil
ver coin. M--t :f tne time the lu-.'ii
and iior-. s had all they ovald do to
''arry provisions
au-t tne malnlioiis ,
war :-.n-i Ii
and he wo-.ild have to
a:ido'.i tiie treacare. 1'Iaees a:-:.g
' the r o.:te were scl-cte.t and it was b.ir-
nsi ,;n t;e- e...-i ;;n i.iti .....
would ixhnmc it when they r.-turoe.l.
The f it.' of tiie br.;e, im;-ta - I - an I
foolhardy Iiri:.i-".i i :e.-r d is t wetl
known t ree.phuiate In re. Some of
ihe s..;.l:ers It is -aid returned ytars af
tt rw.ir I and tried to find ir. The land
marks ha tl b.-eii cliatig sl and u n.' of
tiiem ever succeeded. A mrnoe" ot
other p r- :i- c i:n.' fr-mi diifcivnt s
lio is of the c eantry in qtscst ot tne
ir. as'ire with no better results The
ni st pronii-ing I s-ality was t.lways
t"noug!it t bo near the old liradd-x k
r . 1 :!... I-' Pine Kan. in F.!k Lick,
j j and tUrrett county, Md., ahmt three
miles so:!t.i-e:'isl ot a!Ls'.-ary. ni"s
who can re -all tlie I'ine ii in locality
twenty years ago will r-.-m.-mikr it as
allow ling wii i.-riie. : its apsiroael-.es
were i'aro.i.'ti a ik-:w- fon-t, at places
so thick with laurel that a man had to
pick his way foot by fisit. The banks
of th.- run area!ni'st perpendicular at
those places and f-rty feet high, form
iiig a regular canyon. Fl-herm--n who
ventured there (the trout li-Iiing was
nowhere K-ttcrdiad to wale in the
mitl. lie of the stream.
"Axie" had lu ide som money at
his trad.- an I was bequeathed a iarge
nugget by his father. He had for
year- n::vle tiie search for Cue trea-ure
his day dream. Now he was in Ioi-
tioo lod he determined to lose no time
i:i carrying out his plans "Moll
Dell" had litled the country with
-what she had sen'' in her "crd spoi
gel,"' and was thought more valuable
to "Axi-" than was ever Malinehe to
Cort- z and his baud of brave Span
iards. Heat once engaged her and
i .... .1 t... Vr.r.w
I site tveame im- " ..o
! -., .-:ts f r :n that time. Considerable
j digging would have to be done and
"Axie" employed "r-assatra,
51 inisparger. II- J-ike Lichty, a man
wli souori j let was "S s-kam ck,"
an I sev.-r.il ol'nr lirm N-lievers to as
sist in t!;e work. Kverything In-ing in
readiness the Oracle "took observa
tions" and -aid the treasure was '.mat
ed on the banks of Fine It m, about
.- - . ...ii hj ...!'i..ist i.f Sali-burv:
: that it was in an iron box about twen-
ty-!lve feet under ground. Siie gave
sjxs ilie directions h iw it shoul I Ik-pV-iac'.ie-l
and skisl it was guarded by a
ilo. -ti " U or gnomes. The
Argonauts found it a hard matt.r t-
get provisions and whiskey enough
there to last them the required time.
With much difficulty they, however,
at length managed it an-l work was
U-gtm. The oracle stated that when a
certain amount of groun 1 ha I been
excavated she must I notified and
more "Is-arings mu-t le taken." Slie
was paid her fee an-l departed. After
nearly a fortnight had 1-cetl spent
bla-ting through the hard rocks, it
was thought they had reached the pro-weri!-l
depths and "Moll" was sent
1.
tor.
She came and t-mk o'i-s rvations
j What must have !-een th - surprise
I ti.e Argonaut v. hen sue announce..
i trial w.ey nao go.ie t" - -i--
tliall sue nan o-ei un-ia.
t . .11 i i ......
I ii cotise-
I I.k.. n.i.l
, r
nouncod that she liad a vision the day
previous wu.cU woum mawe tneui au
hapjiy. She Ktid the iron lx they
wi n! digging for contained no more
than s.'.,uii in silver, while on the ojs-iio-ite
!..-mk was l.uru-d a hair trunk
that contain--! nearly ,'io,nfi0 in gold
guineas. Sii liad also --n in h-r
"earth gi.is," that tlie silver t!i-y w r?
digging for w is loin h deep-r th in sh
Or-f s-ipp-s -I ati-l that if w-iM take
trine iii'i'irh :in I nine d i' to rnc!i it.
bile lie- h.i.r tr ml: c m' l be r-acht-d
in a! i it two iiim'V. Tiie c imp w.i .
at ores moved ai r . the i reck and the
work b ;nn witho.it a moments delay.
A great pit wjs excavated at this point
that would contain sevi-r.il ordinary
two-story hoiis-., nr.i'-h of it b-ing
through hard rock which required
bia-ting. Vestiges of these pits are
still to U s--n at the present time.
The Oracle bad to lx c insultcl often
during the progress of the work. D ir
ing the a-itumu, when "Axie" " capital
ha-l --. pretty well exhausted and
1;U p.il'ence solt-ly triisl, his "Fidtis
Aehaies," th.- Oracle, ap-arts and in
her !ii-st si li-rno manner U-g-in lo
take olss rvalioiis w'.'ii th- "e.rt!i mir
ror." Sin said th' y wer witldii a few
f.s-t of the trunk and ah. work must
ci-;ise nnti! the following Friday night
at "low twelve." That was Tue-alay.
Then she directed that guards h- pro
c;;r d aiel the ritl .-ho il l iie of the
"Hixie" Mier's lat-t pittern; th-y
Were to b - loified with silver bullets,
sr.id I!i!'e-ts to U-cooled in the blood of
a b!ac"k cat. The "crd geiste" and
dragons, who wo.ild fight ds.p-rately,
were, s!r- said, !:i,'ii!ii -rahle t ordtti-i-ry
h id. '-K- l J -.k-" L'chty, alter
war Is .'es-lared, in his vernacular, that
half nr. hour b f re "M .11 Ivll" a;-p-.tred
tin liitom of the pit was cov
ered with gn-. n sn ikes, t-ads, "ugly
and venoutos-," and red li-.rds. In
steail of ground and rock they were
shoveling thee reptiles, all of wh'n-'i
'-Sass.ii'r.ts S l'y" was retvly to athrm
with an th if neee-:iry. One of the
mo-t ih-sperate characters in that coun
try then was an old soldier of the war
of the itevolution Davie SeiU-rt by
name. I e was one of the soldiers s-nt
on picket tie- night Washington said
"P'.it ii'-ne '.-.it Americans on gn.rd,"
and f.-t.-isl n. -t man, K-a-t t! r devil.
"Axie" etigtigtsl hhti and "Sia-ka-mie
k" for pi.-kct duty. The fore -s
were on the spit at the app'inted
hour, thlr-ty for gold or gore, .-met
oniers wer- givi-t t!i it not a word
should Is- p ikeii. even not a whisper.
: while the work was iu progress. All
Co.-nmuiiie n ions were to la- made by
signs If any one spoke all would 1
! i-t. The pickets were pisted anil r-
::;! iir:;g -i! - attack-"! the workmen in
the ;it. On-" of the Argonauts after-
wards tol l i!i- tiiitbor that at the tir-t
-tr.k-. of the pi--k t'n -r-' w;ls a noi-e i-i
tin- trei- tops as if a t'.io.i-and frigtitcn-
od turkeys had Us-n left loo-- anl were
living agtiiti-t each other a id in ail
directions. Two of the Uildest .f
tiiesi-dragons, with ings larger than
eagU s, tl,-w so near one of the guards
til-lt he k.i-. k-l his bat off, while hw
d"sl'- d ; es -a-h- U ing struck, a limb
that was knocked down on the other
: I i. 1. : .1... .a,. ..i.t..- i ..t
j -if e si a- 1 : 1 1 x I -Ml .ii- si.--.i--- . a-i'i.-.-
!;;.t '! si-M-e.t.-! his ;:rm. He U-gall t-
IV i that 4 .i" we e-eap.- -Hl i we .tr,
stire to he wrecked ei Charylalis"
At this n-i;::ent tiie Iracle was so-si
waving 1:. r hands aove her liea-1. and
ail work ceased. She tried her t,la.s
and U-ek cied "il -l Jake" I.-chty t-
di r at a c.-rtaia p int. Then she took
the pick and rai- sl it car.-f illy herself.
She work'-d but a few moments when
she thru-t h r hand into the cleft of a
rock and m tion-. -l t "Axie" t- come
,J ( likt.w
"Axie aiiu-i-t faint-
cd with delight: he f.-lt tlie hair on the
trunk and the g liocas were sure. Iliu h
one of the party w is called, one by one,
an! mil- tie- sim- in-pctio-t. Ail
tiiev now iia I t -I was pry up tiie
roei- a i 1 the treasure w.i-il.l o- theirs,
ii -i I -r i :i igine t he excitement of that
m eii.-ut. AH went back t. their posts
an 1 the work of r d.-ing the r-x-k was
begun. In doing this one of the men
l.r .k - his pick handle and ripp.il out
aiioit'.i iu il l li'i'.e tone. ' a-kam:s-k"
afu rwards d.vl .r.s! there was a sound
th -n ju-t as if twenty kegs of ten pen
ny nails and spik- s had been poured
fifty fivt on a tin stirf.uv. Tiie "
ivV" and ls-ibgob'.ins -s-reamel so
s! i riil, that the Argonauts had to put
their fingers i:i their tars, and tl-w
agaiu-t the ro -ks with s;i--h force that
tire tl is'.i -1 lik - lightning. Tney car
ri.-l avvay th. h its and sim other
p.-io-rty of t '..- Arg malts in their
lligot.
Toe treasure wa-g ne, and so were
uls.ut one thousand dollars of "Ax
ie" Yoder's money. Davie S-iU-rt
e .u'.-l hardly be restrained from shoot
ing 11:11 I ell, the Ora-Ie's ssn, who
had broken the p'uk handle and the
e'.iir.n. Tlte Argonauts "Axie" ex
cepteddrowned their disippiinlme.it
in a week's debauch. The pro-pet-tor
and treasurer of the scheme returned
to his forge a sadder but wi.-or man.
Afterwards he spent a great deal of
money in -.:.!. -h o' the same treasiira
in doT-rent ba-alilics, and with rx-sults
quite asdi-o.itiraging as the lir-t fare'.
l-l!.l. vlti.lll, N. J.
"That Tiled FeeLaj'
o-t!v re i.nres s.n- si-no.
lik ; a g'n-s of milk, a cup of tea or
(lil'.-.-.iiritibv of S ir- ip il ilbl to re
lieve it ; but w':-e:iyo-;have--i'';s o.
........ ,,.-...! I I-
i-u l.l -.o s . si.-...,
Piercs tioldeii M slieal Discovery.
For every .i-s.-a-ca iscd by a torpid
liver or impure blo.l, Dys-(K-pr.i:i, "Liv
er Complaint." the mo-t sluM-oril
.-skin, Sealp. Scrtiruloas aiiectioiis
even C:isi::cpt:-.n, or l.u-ig-scrofula,
in it-earlit r stagi s -l r. Pa rev's t ild
on Medical Iusc -wry is the loos" josi
tl'.e remedy extant. Send for froe
pim:ialet. A-blrcss Worl-I s Dispcu
siry Medical Ass-niatioll, iiillf'alo, N.
Y.
Pasttire-llikinj ii aa Art
There is an art in making a goal
pasture that every farmer should turn
his attetirion t-i. T.ie picture should
lie as well taken care of as any part of
the farm. I'a-ture lands ought to he
m ide as rich as p t-':!ile. T.i.-y should
b - see led .iown with a large variety of
grasses those of tliilerent habits of
growth, time of ripening of stv.l ami of
g val, ric'i f.aal value. To the farmer
. . . i i . i.; , i..... i
j ju-t anoui i- s.v.i .ii., ii ins i......
pasture on ' thing essential au ve all
others is tlie t!i r.tgh preparation of
the soil. Tiie land should '.' well
t.'.o-ve lan l reiilowel, harrowe-l and
re.iarr.i.ve l, s. as io im.h-.i
to I t!ll,riil!,;,lv
Kveti chronic diarrho-i succumbs
q-i-ckly to Dr. Fo-.vU-r's Kxt. fWi!d
Strawia rry, nature's ow n specific for
all I-owcl complaints
Nat Rararin!j.
"Mr. St-i'.it--," said the bashful yiMing
er si-ter, "I asked sister if she thought
you would get up and go homelike the
other young man diil if I recited "Cur
few Shall Not King To-night.'" "Ami
what did she say?" "She said there
wouldn't bo any harm in trying."
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