A CHEEIiFUL GIVER. NOVELIST HOWELLS DESCRIBES HIS TRIBULATIONS. A Maitm-d lrar. a SolHJUT Hmlf Dollar aad the Contat Bftw Tw Con kIcmh I'Blrd A (.anally Calm Mind, bot a Conpramixe Waa ArrugmL Mr. W. D. Howells has written for Tlie tVurnry two papers entitled "Trib-1 nlatinns of a Cli-rful Giver." pvuiR his cKiTieuces with the begjriug frattT Eirr. Tlie following is takeu from the first ja-r: Soiimj months as I was passing thrush a down tou stmt on uiy way to the elevated station, I saw a man eittiiiR on the stops of a house. He aoonit-d to be renting his elbows on his knows and holding out both his hands. As I came nearer I perceived that he had no hands, but only stumps, whore the fingers had been cut off close to the palms, and that it was these stumps ho was holding out in the mute appeal which was his form of bogging. Other wise he did not atk charity. When I ap proached him he did not look up, and when I stopped iu front of him he did not sitoalc. I thought this ratlier fine in its way; except for his mutilation, which the man really could not help, there was nothing to offend the taste, and hi9 immobile 6ilcBce was certainly impressive. I decided at once to give him some thing, for when I am in tlie presence of want or even the appearance of want, there is something that says to me, "Give to him that asketh," and I have to irive or eh go away with a bad con science a thing I hate. Of course I do not give much, fir I wish to a good citizen as well as a good Christian, and as soon as I oliey that voice whic h I cau not disol-ey I hoar another voice re proaching me for encouraging street beggary. I have boon taught tliat street beggary is wrong, and when I have to tinbutton two coats and go through three or four pockets lief ore I can reach the small coin I mean to give in compli ance with that imperative voice, I cer tainly feel it to 1 wrong. Si I o'nipro luise, and I am never able to make sure that either of those voices is satisfied with me. I am cot even Kitisfiod with myself, but I am better satisfied than if I gave nothing. That was the selfish reason I now had for deciding to yield to my lietter nature and to obey the voice which bade me "Give to him that r.tkoth," for, as I said, I bate a bad con-b.-ieuee, and of two bad consciences I ulways choose the least, which, in a case like this, is the one tliat incensed political economy gives me. I put my hand into my hip pocket, where I keep my silver, and found noth ing there but half a dollar. This at once changed the whole current tif my feel ings, and it was not chill penury that repressed my noble rage, bet chill afflu ence. It was inanifest;y wrong to give half a dollar to a man who had no hands or to any sort of beggar. I was willing to commit a small act of inci vism, but I had not the courage to flout political economy to the extent of oO 0 uts, ::rA I felt that when I was bid den "Give to him that asketh" I was never meant to give so much as a half dollar, but a cent, or a half dime, or at 1 he most a quarter. I wished I had a quarter. I would gladly have given a quarter, but there was nothing in my pocket but that fatal, that inexorably indivisible half dollar, the continent cf two quarters, but not practically a quar ter. I would have asked anybody iu night to change it for me, but there was no one passing ; it was a quiet street of l.rownstoue dwellings, and not a tlironged thoroughfare at any time. At that hour of the late afternoon it was (i.KTtcd, except for the beggar and niy s If. and I am not sure that he had any business to be sitting there on the steps of another man's house, or that I had t be right to encourage his invasion by giving him aaythiug. For a moment I d'.d not know quite what to da To be 6ure, I was not bound to the man in any way. ' He had nut asked me for char ity, and I had barely paused before him. I could go on and ignore the in cident I thought of doing this, but then 1 thought of the bad conscience I fchi.uld be certain to have, and I could not go on. I glanced across the street, aud near the corner I saw a decent look ing restaurant, and "Wait a minute," I said to the man, as if he wore likely to go away, and I ran across to get my half dollar changed at the restaurant. I was now quite resolved to give him a quarter, and lie done with it ; the thing was getting to lie a bore. But when I entered the restaurant I kw no one there but a young man quite ct the end of a long room, aud when he had come all the way forward to find what 1 wanted I was ashamed to ask him to change my half dollar, and I pretended that I w:uted a package of Sweet Ca IKjral cigarettes, which I did not want, and which it was a pure waste for wo to buy, hince I do nut smoke, though doubtless it was bettor to buy them and oneonrage commerce than to give the half dollar and encourage beggary. At any rate, I instinctively felt that I had tolitical economy on my side in the transaction, and 1 made haste to go hack ro the man on the ht-s atid secure ny elf with Christian charity too. On the way over to him, however, I decided that I would not give him a quarter, and I ended by poising 13 cents on one of his outstrctehod stumps. , la the tight I'Uoe. Rubberneck Bill stood looking down at the inanimate form of his thirty -sev-entlu "Fit a greaser," said Bill, "he put np a purty game fight" "That's what," assented Soapicss Jones. "Pity iie had to go. For, if l:n was a greaser, his heart came mighty uear being iu the right place." "It is lucky for me that it wuz. S'ixu when I plugged him thar it Lad I oen oa tha other side." Cincinnati Tribnua HE KNEW JERSEY EGGS. Tli WIm Printer Could Tell by Ttw-tr Mm and Shape. Two printers lunclied at a Park row restaurant the other day. One ordered "beef and" and the other two bcilod eggs. When the eggs were placed before the one who ordered them, he said to his companion, "Why, those . are Jersey eggs." "How do yon know thoy are Jersey egg-.,? They might have been laid in 1'ennsvlvania or Kentucky for all yon know."" "Well, I guess not Thee eggs came from Jersey, and I know iL" To prove it the proprietor was called into the discussion, aud whn asked he said the eggs were Jersey eggs. Then the egg eater explained: "Over ia Jersey the farmers, or eoine of them at least, use a board with holes, large aud HnalL bored in it All eggs that will go through the small holes aro sent to market, and thve which vill only go through the lurge holes are reserved for lrine cmtsnmptiou. " Auothtr printer deviled a scheme i.t Iffucuring good butter at bis boarding l.t!e table. The landlady had two ta bles fur Ler guests ranged one each side jf a largo room. At one the women Jioanlers and married conpIos sat, whih) ut the other tablo the bachelors were placed. At the women's table there was always good butter, but at the other the butter was emphatically inferior. A lisiuter boarder suffered long and pa tiently, but at last h rebelled. He went to tho dining room Just before dinner one evening and changed the butter from cno table to the other. A howl from the women's table shortly lifter had the desired effect. The liuttor was of equally good qual ity at b;ith table thereafter. Xiw York Journal. There arc over 25 foreigners to the Kjuare mile iu the elate of Sew York. THE NEBULAR THEORY. Bow, Aeeordia- to It, tho Sua aad tha I'lanrU Wore Formed. The finite mind can hardly conceive of a time when there was neither sun nor planets, yet both the Bible and sci ence teach ns that such a state of affairs ou-e actually existed. We have all road the Biblical account of creation, and not few of ns have spent valuable time reading learned essays on the condition of things in the time of "the begin ning." It is not the object of this "note" to discuss the origin of the sun and the plauets from a Biblical stand point, nor do we mean to give a resume of scientific opinions on the subject. On the contrary, we shall confine our re marks to what is known as the "nebu lar hypothesis," or nebular theory of the origin of worlds and suns. According to the opinion of the most learned astronomers, the "beginning" is nshered in with the existence through out all space of an nndefinable matter of substance called "nebula." This raeb nla was of such wonderful thinness that it is believed that millions of miles of it could have easily been compressed in to a common thimble. The heavier portions gradually gathered around common centers after the lapse of ages and formed planets, suns and stars, the light and heat of the two latter be ing due to the clashing of their compo nent atoms as they gravitate continually toward the center of the mass. The nebula origin of the 6un and in cidentally of the planets also is thus finely set forth in a recent artieley a well known Brith-h writer: The matter, or rather the gas which composes our gun, was once spread rat to the farthest orbit of the outermost planets of our prstem that is, to tin planet Neptune. From the orbit of Jveptune this incon ceivably thin mass began to converge, growing denser and denser and smaller aud smaller as it gradually approached its existing dimensions. As it con densed, revolving upon its axis, the so ist left liehind it at iuta-vals tor tious of cloudlike-matter cast off from its equator. These masses of Eras, nudergoiug similar evolution to that of the sun, or central mass, have, with great slowness, hardened into what is now Jupiter, Sat urn, the earth and the other planets. Mennwhile the main central mass, al- w.ivs retreat iuir. eventuallv formed the sun itself, the present chief luminary of our system of worlds. St. Juis no public. On Catching- Cold Ia Bed. Mark Twain once wrote a paper point ing out the appalling danger of going tc bed as exemplified in hills cf mortality For one person who died out of his bed several hundred succumbed in bed, and now we have Mr. Ashby-Sterry drawing attention to the same thing. Hithertc he has hymned in graceful verse panta lets, frills and the tempestuous petti coat, aud now, quantum mutatus at illo Hectore, he lands the pyjama. Iu a recent number of The Graphic he says : "I have a theory that most peop.e catch cold at night after they are in bed, and it is to this fact that I attribute a great deal of tho violent colds, the brou chial catarrhs and influenza which have receutlv been so prevalent. The temper ature goes down suddenly in the night, and people catch cold when they are asleep without knowing it This evil it to be counteracted, not by piling on a lot cf heavy blankets, but by wearing thick, close fitting garments cf a py jamalike nature and warm socks cu the feet If this system were adopted, I am unite certain that it would be found beneficial" There is common sense in this. Peo ple unquestionably may catch cold ia bed, especially if there aro at all rest less and so kick the bedclothes off. Ia that event if only clad in a thin cotton nightshirt they are sure to catch cold, whereas if clad in pyjamas, not necessa rily thick, but made cf sonic woolen material, the chance cf a chill is much lessened. London Lancet tam Attachment to Telephone. Manager Fowler of the Telcphouo ex change, Ashland, Ky.t has devised an ingenious attachment for telephones, to be used in factories and shops where the amount of noise makes it almost impos sible to hear the call 111 of the iustru nient It consist of a steam whistle, which is turned on by means of a lever operated bv magnetism. When the in strument is called from the exchange the 111 rings as usual, anil, by the elec trical current passing through a mag cot, a weight is released which pulls the lever to the whistle. Once started, the whistle keeps up its shrill note un til some one answers the call and turns off the steam, which is done by simply replacing the weight One of th se at tachments is being placed at the local steel plant, another at the tannery and several more will proliaMy be installed in sawmills and similar establishments. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. An Odd Wager. A queer wager is the one popularly believed to have been won by Sir Wal ter Raleigh from Queen Elizabeth, on the debatable question of how much 6moke is contained in a ponnd of to liaeoo. A iionnd of the article was weighed, burned and then weighed Kshes, imd the question was held to be Mtisfaotorily settled by determining the weight of the smoke as exactlv that of the toiKicco 1 fore being burned, minus the ashes. The fact of the a.-hes having received an additional weight by com biuatiou with the oxygon of the atmos phere was unt bought of by Elizabeth and the knight nei-ndiated. "Go!" The form of the voting aad beautiful girl was drawn up to its full height, and quivering with rage i;he pointed to tho dixir. "Voa told me it won Id be With a euuiaauding gesture sho hand ed him bsck the ring lie had just ten dered her. "at least three carats." Detroit Free Pres. Incalla oa II u. Itefeat. Ex-Senator Ingalis, speaking of his defeat at Tcpeka in 1 SttO when he was a candidate for re-election, said: "When the returns came in and I saw how over whelming my defeat was aud what it meant to mo the end of 18 years scrv ice in the American senate, piesib!y tho end of my public life I confess that agon v was in my soul It was a beauti ful day. Everybody was watching me to see bow I was going to take it all my family. It was a tragic hour. I went over to my pasture aud walked through the withered wood. There in a little grassy glade, sheltered from the autumnal breeze, the sun sliming cold ly down, I opened the windows cf my spirit and let that whole thing in on me, and commanded my fortitude. sat there in that little dell until the struggle was over, until I was master cf myself. " aunday Recreation. Mrs. Ednah Cheney remarks : "It has Always lieeu my test for spending Sun day to see how cue gets op on Moudav morning. If on tliat morning work s-cuie sweet aud yon are ready to d3 it heartily and happily, then yon Lave sjieut your Sunday to some pur-p.-. I dou"t cure wljether it is in church or out, ia tlie fields or in your quiet boine with a book in your hand, tr playing and frolicking with the chil divu. But however you have spent Sun day the test of it is that the dawn of Monday seems blessed and good and hopeful" Philadelphia Ledger. Bimllar. Cynicus My wife would like you to send around a quart of pauperized milk. Milk Dealer I guess yon mean ias teurized milk. Cynicus Very well, but I presume there isn't mucii difference. At either pole the intensity of the so Lir heat is one-fourth greater than at the equator, became at the jxilo the sun thine during the w hole 21 Lours. A. T. Stewart'. Whim. A story 1st told illustrating the deter mination of the late A. T. Stewart not to allow any tender consideration or any sympathetic influence to interfere with the accomplishment of his ambi tion, which was to build up the great est Irtisiness house in America. Stew art was for many years the merchant prince of New York; he exerted an influence that was felt in every part or this country and was rewgnized abroad. What he achieved was not more by means of the genius of shrewdness than by means of the genius of iertinacity. Stewart cultivated the germ of selflsh- nes that was in him; cultivated it calculatingly and determinedly, as we see by this little story that is told of him: Upon entering the store one morning he sought out the man having the hir ing aud discharging of the cash boys. "Mr. Libby," said be, "who is that hands une, lright-eyed little boy stand ing by the counter yonder" "His name is Mason, Charley Mason, sir," answered Mr. Libby. "He is, in deed, a handsome little fellow, and he is as bright and as welj mannered as lie is handsome. He is the most at tentive and most promising boy we have in our employ." "Yes, I thought as much," said Stewart gruffly. "Discharge him at nee. "Why, Mr. Stewart," exclaimed Libby, almost paralyzed with astonish ment, "you surely can not mean it!" "Discharge him at once, I say," re peated Stewart sternly. "I'm getting too much interested in that loy. 1 find myself stopping and talking with him as I come in or go out of the store. His personality interests me his candor, his intelligence, his enthusiasm, his beauty. I find myself thinkingof him after I reach mv desk ami when I should lie busy at work. I have no time and no right to become interested in anyliody I must not suffer any liking to distract me from business. Discharge him at oncer Well, the little fellow had to go. Presumably he has now grown to the estate of manhood, fulfilled all the splendid promises which were indicat ed in his youth. We hope so. Per haps this reminiscence of his old em ployer will fall under his eyes. For this is a small world in which we live. i'li'mifo lirronl. To Make Pare Blood There is no medicine liefore the people eoual to Hood's Sarsaoarilla. It is the standard spring medicine and blood purifier and it sssses iieouliar merit which others trv in vain to reach. It really makes the weak strong. Do not neglect to purify your blood this spring. Take Hood's Sarsnparilla now. Hood's Pills lieeonic the favorite cathartic with every one who tries them. 2-le. jer Ijox. Seen on a Train. Thirly-two women got on the train at Tacoma. They had lieen attending the water works convention and were on their wav to Portland. It seemed that one of their number had shied the track and had stayed behind. Thirty- two tongues roa.sted this woman from one station to another until she was pretty well done. They kicked on what she ate and what she wore and what she didn't wear. Her shoes were too small; her feet were too big and she didn't know how to comb her hair and it wasn't her own, anyway; and the brakeman and conductor would hurry through this car as it they were afraid of something. Two of the dele gates went into the dining car for some thing to eat, while the rest ate out of Imskets and sacks. After they had got out the thirty remaining jumped onto them without mercy; the stutl" was off alioiit the track-shier; the- ran their ng? up and their characters down; they aroused them of having their hired girls' dresses on, and said one of them tried to make a mash on a I aroma jks liccman and the other spoke to a cigar sign. Then we went Into the dining ear to hear about the rest. We learned so much that we rle in another car the rest of the way. (iroffuit'H Jiceonl. "JIotMng- Venture Nothing- Have. Ilev. John Itoid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mon., recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I can emphasize his statement. "It is a jiositive cure for catarrh if used as directed." Rev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres. Church, Helena, Mon. It is the medicine almve all others for catarrh, and is worth its weight in gold. I can use Ely's Cream Balm with safetv and it docs all that is claim ed for it. 11 W. Sperrj'i Hartford, Conn. Fcr Your Scrap Bock- Mexico produces anything that may lie raised in any other country, so varied is the climate that in the same State may lie raised any product of the tropic and of the polar region. Cot ton, wheat, rye, silver, silk, cocoanuts, lianaii:is, rice, cocoa, vanilla, logwood, mahogany, hides and wines are the principal products. The centre of imputation in I71HI, was aliotit twenty-three miles east of Balti more; in l-oo, about eighteen miles west of Baltimore; in 110, about forty miles northwest of Washington; in l.S."0, a! unit sixteen miles north of Wood stock Va.; iu lsl,alKiut nineteen miles southwest of Moorfield, W, Va.; In 140, sixteen miles south of Clarksburg, . a.; iu !CjO, twentv-thrcc miles south of Parkersburg, W. Va.; in IS)), twenty miles south ofChillicothe, Ohio; in lsiw, forty-eight miles east of Cin cinnati; in I.snu, eight miles west of Cincinnati; in is:', twenty miles east of Columbus, Ind. The University Press at Oxford has appliances for printing in one hundred and fifty- different languages. Dr. Lekner, of Zurich, by chemical and mechanical means, practically su !crsedes the silkworm, and spins from such raw material as cotton waste, jute waste, or wood pulp, a thread that even the expert eye can hardly distinguish from that of the natural cocoon. Scientists In-Hove that all salt, where ever found, has come originally from the sa, iu some way or other. The lake of Cram ia, in Persia, con tains mon salt than any other body of water in the world. On analysis the water has I icon found to contain even more salt than the Dead Sea, which holds twenty-six ier cent, or eight times as much as the ocean. Taking the woild over, there is an average of one death and one and a quarter births jut second. Only one half of all wh are born into the world live to the age of seventeen year. An inch of rain, falling ujion an area of one square mile, is equivalent to nearly lT,-rot1(KX) gallons, weighing Uj.-i'iO.noO iKNriinds, or 7V;;T tons. (.trrritt l.iO future. Sold 'em Three for a Nickel. The business World of the village of Johnstown, in the western iiart of Licking County, O., had succumbed to the heat and had lain down for its sum mer siesta. Plainly things needed stirring up, and it was Postmaster and Editor W. A. Ashbrooke who did it. His humble instruments were merely a piece of white pasteboard and some black paint, the latter, however, mixed with a shrewd quality of brains. When his prewration was finished, a large placard challenged the notice of all passers-by with the startling legend: "Postage stamps, three for five cents." The first response to this alluring state ment was from a drummer. He ac costed the postmaster: "Do you mean to say that you actually sell three post age stamps for a nickel?" The post master replied that this was undoubt edly the case. "Well," said the drum mer, "I never saw a reduction in stamps liefore; I'll take (2 worth. I don't need 'em, but it's the best bargain in stamps I ever heard of." He waited with a gratified smile while Mr. Ashbrooke put his 2 bill in the drawer and counted out the stamps. By this time his expression of com placency had given place to one of chagrin, and as he pocketed the stamps, he remarked: "Well, that'soneon me." Presently a winsome girl came trip ping up with a letter to her sweetheart. When she read the placard her eyes sparkled with pleasure to think that the stream of coin she was steadily pouring into Uncle Sam's coffers was to he even slightly diminished. She laid down a nickel with a confident air and said: "Give me three stamps." The obliging collector of Govern ment revenues pushed out two twos and a one.' Then perhaps he didn't pay for the little joke! Feminine scorn held the floor in that oftiee for the next five minutes. Then, with the somewhat feeb'e peroral ion, "Will Ash brooke, you think you're smart, don't you?" the offended maiden flounced out of the office. Nervous Debility, in either sex, however Induced, speedily, thoroughly and permanently cured. Address, with 10 cents in stamps for reply and book of particulars, World's Dispeusary Medical Association, 0G3 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y. Essay on Pants. A lioy in a Western school has been suspended for reading the following es- sav on pants: "Pants are made fo: men and not men for pants. Women are made for men and not for pants. When a man pants for a woman and a woman pants br a man they are a pair of pants. Such pants don't last Pants are like molasses; they are thin ner in hot weather and thicker in cold. The man in the moon changes his pants during the eclipse. Don't you go into the pantry for pants, you might le mistaken. Men are often mistaken iu punts. Such mistakes make breech es of i iron use. There has been much discussion as to whether paiits is sin gular or plural. Seems to us when men wear pants they are plural, and when they don't wear any pants its singular. Men go on a tear in their pants, and it Is all right; but when the jwnts go on a tear It Is all wrong." "We had an epidemic of dysentery m this vicinity last summer," says Samuel S. Pollock, of Bricehtlid, CaL "I was taken with it and sufl'ered severely until some one called my at tention to Chamlierlain'sColic, Cholera and Diarrhiea ltemedy. I procured a bottle ami felt letter after the first dose. Before one-half of the bottle had lieen used I was well. I recommended it to my friends and their exjierienee was the same. We all unite iu saying it is the liest." For sale at Hen ford's Pharmaney. Little Isabel's mother had very inju diciously allowed the elwld to drink weak tea with her meals instead of milk. One day Isaltel was taken out to lunch at a friend's house, and the friend, never dreaming that a child could drink anything other than milk, placed it before her in a broad, low, fancy cup. The child gazed at the milk in silence for a while, and then astonished her hostess by remarking disdainfully, "I are no cat." A Pioneer's Recommendation. Mr. J. W. Venable, of Downey, a pioneer of Los Angelos County, CaL, says: "Whenever I am troubled with a pain in the stomach or with diarrluea I use Chamlierlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrlwea Itemedv. I have used it for years, know it to lie a reliable remedy, aud recommeud it to every one. For sale at Ben ford's Pharmacy. A Degal Ton of Coal One of the laws of widespread In terest in Pennsylvania, signed recent ly by the Governor, is tliat fixing 2,- 2-rO pounds as a ton of coal. lK-al-ers who sell less than that can now lie fined. In some parts of the State deal ers have lieen giving only 2,UO0 pounds for a ton, and the complaining house keeper could not easily get redress. Now the exact ton is fixed by law, and coal dealers will have to look sharp, lest tliey tumble into a trap by giving light weight. Among the numerous persons who have lieen cured of rheumatism by Chamlierlain's Pain Balm, mention should be made of Mrs. Emily Thorne, of Toledo, Wash., who says : "I have never leen able to procure any medi cine that would relieve me of rheuma tism like Chamlierlain's Pain Balm. have also used it for lame Imck with great success. It Is the best liniment I have ever used, aud take pleasure iu recommending it to my friends. For sale at Bcnford's Pharmacy. In the Past Tense. "Say, mister," he called, with his head in the door of a Michigan avenue grocery, "do you own a boss?' "Yes, I own a horse," replied the grocer, as he looked up from his pa- Ier." "And a wagon?" "Yes what of it?" "Nuthiu', 'cept you are mistaken about the wagon," drawled the boy "Your boss took a skate down the street aliout five minnits ago, and there hain't nuff of that there wagon left to make a club ot."Jjtiroi( IWr J 'rt tot. Backlen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve In the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt liheum, Fever Sires, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no imy required. It Is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 2"i cents per box. For sale by J. N. Snyder. Only one marble statue of the human figure with eyelashes Is known. It is fhi' ulivniti;' Arindiu om of Hit pom ! of the Vatican, and was found in l'AKi. Plan for a Vacation Trip. "I wonder why a farmer does not set aside 7i0 each y-ar for use in travel ing," writes a level headed contribut or. It will be money well expended. during a couple of weeks, seeing the sights with the gool wife. IVrhajisyou "can't afford" any vacation, let alone spending fciO on it- Well, perhajis you "can't afford" to live ! What's life for if we are not to enjoy it? Get a neigh bor to care for your stock and work that must bo done during your aIseiioe, if you have no one to leave ou the farm, nd do as much for him. A little neighborly co-oicration will make a vacation possible that otherwise might seem out of the question. Some seasons it would lie wise policy to spend a week in a busy city, not visiting friends, but paying for each privilege. Such a change would be beneficial alike to mind and body. The show of poverty aud suffering of those who cannot or will not forsake the city for the freedom of country life, will be as opportune as the glamour aud show of fine horses and equipages, and the many attractions. Every city is overcrowded. Make the change of scene in your va cation as pronounced as possible. Change is rest, as Abe Lincoln used to say when, after splitting rails all day, he went to sawing wood. If you live inland, go to ocean or lake; the sight of the water, the air, the baths, will do you wonders of good. If you live by the water, go inland or to the moun tains. Wherever you go, take life easy. IlesL Don't try to see everything. Take your comfort. The farmer is a typical American when he travels; he wants to do everything aud see every thing for the least possible time and money. Do less ami see less, but lie more thorough. Olwerve how the peo ple live and work. Note that all is not gold that glitters and that ever' sec tion or business has its disadvantages. Such a change, even if only fora day or two, lifts the farmer and his family right out of the rut. And they usually return to the farm not only refreshed, but better satisfied with the homestead than ever. This is a big, bright world, but there's no place in it like home. A report in a grange or farmers' club from two or three who have spent va cations aud small sums in this way would make a meeting of great at tractiveness and interest. Aimriran AgricufturM. A Good Suggestion- Kk iii-tkk, N. Y. John Davis of this city, took a severe cold and suller ed pain through the luck and kidneys. His physician pronounced his ease gravel, and failed to help him. Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite ltemedy was recommended, and after taking two bottles he was cured. It has never failed in gravel or urinary troubles. At Niagara Falls. Here is a somewhat new story of the Niagara Falls hackmau : Two tourists, a lady and a gentleman, stopped off at the Falls lietweeii trains. A hackman engaged them for a brief tour of sight-seeing. And the time actually consumed was fifty-five min utes. The hackmau said he must have $10. The gentleman remarked that it was an outrage. The driver explained that he had been of great assistance in pointing out the places of interest and stood firm. The gentleman prepared to pay under protest. Unfortunately for himself he handed the man a (20 bill. "Do you iay for the lady also?" ak ed the hackman promptly. "Do I pay for the lady also?" re pented the mail iu astonishment. "Of course I do. What do you mean?" "Then there will lie no change," re plied the hackman. "My charge of f 10 Is for one person; $20 for two jiersons. The amount you have handed me is exactly correct. Thank you sir." Iluffiiln Kxiift . ' For earache, put a couple of drops of Thomas' Eolcctric Oil on a bit of cot ton and place it in the ear. The pain will stop iu a few moments. Simple enough, isn't it? "Surelv." said the parson, "angels visit us in our sleep. Who has not seemed to hear the vibration of their wings as they lie at rest, and the soft soothing symphony of their music?" Before he could proceed, he was inter rupted by a bueolic gentleman in tho back seat, who allowed that he had "heard them durn nniskeetcrs, con found 'em, lots of times, but he never thought of callin' 'em angels." The DeviL The devil never throws any stones at a man on the ."once. The devil won't let a stingy man have any mercy on himself. The man who lias the devil's war is sure to have (.Sod peace. The Medical Press tells a story of a gentleman who went to visit a friend who was au in mate of a lunatic asylum. When he hail been there aliout an hour he looked at the chick and asked if it was right. The lunatic gazed at him with a look of compassion on his fitce for a minute or so, and then said: "Do you think it would be here if it was right, you lunatic?" What He Admired. "What did my father say when you asked him for my hand?" asked the young lady. "Oh," replied Augustus, "he he did his best to lie pleasant He said there was something about mc that he really admired." "Did he say what?" "Yes ni' impudence." Hay Fever, Catarrh and Deafness. Hay Fever has not the same cause in all cases. It is positively certain, that, iu many cases it is from over sensitive branches of nerve in the nose. Dr Sadler, 804 Penu Avenue, Pittsburgh, has found some cases where a touch ou a certain portion of the inside of the nose caused a cough instantaneously, with watery discharge from the nose and eyes. Last season several cases buffering from severe hay fever were relieved immediately, and remained free from all the symptoms upon ap plication of electricity to the sensitive jiarts. Catarrh of the nose aud throat predisposes to an attack, aud iVufnoss s caused in three out of four cases by Catarrhal inflammation of the nose jand throat. It is very rarely necessary to remove the bones from the nose, as being practiced by a few specialists of the radical class. Obstruction of the nose and mouth in breathing is most frequently caused by thickening of the soft tissues and not deformity of the bom's. Consult Dr. Sadler lk-fore su' mittiug to such unnecessarily severe and expensive operations. Dr. Sadler is conservative and thorough in his work, and his 20 years ex erhT.cc make his methods reliable ami. safe. Dob By Dynamite. Waco, Tex., July 2i.-At Mart, a small borough a) miles from here, five negroes were instantly killed this morn ing and one seriously injured, as tho result of a dispute whii-li began sever 1 mouths ago, when Alio Phillips, a ne gro, and Phil Arnold, white, both farm ers, were killed. Since then the fooling lie tweeii the friends of liotli men has been very bitter, and the negroes have fre quently lieen threatened with destruction. At 2 o'clock this morning the entire town was awakened by a loud rciwirt. Investigation showed that the house oc cupied by Mrs. Phillips, w idow of the negro killed by Arnold, was in flames. The house had been Mown up with a stick of dynamite thrown into it, and fire finished the work. Of the six negroes in the house at the time, five were, killed by the explosion and one burned to death. One person who escaped is so badly injured that he will die. Owing to the inaccessibility of the place, particulars are meager, but enough is kuowu to show that the tragedy is the result of the Arnold- Phillips killing. Kecently meats kept in the house have been found to contain poison, and when fed to dogs immediate death ensued. A nearby house was also demolished. and fragments of the houses were thrown iu every direction and at remote dis tance. The Sheriffs of the three counties havcgoiij to the place to investigate. No arrests have yet been made. Lost by Smut. Wasiunotox, July :3'. The ravages of the grain smuts are reviewed and the means of prevention outlined in a rcjiort of the Agricultural Department. The oat smut, which is found throughout the United States and is known on every continent, prolmbly ha the widest distri bution of any of the species. The of ficial estimate of the direct loss from it is aliout 8 per cent, of the crop or aliout ?18,00iv"0 annually. Smuts in wheat fields cost the country many millions of dollars annually. Sometimes o) or even ". per cent, of the heads are smutted, and the sound grain is so contaminated with the fetid spores as to be nearly worthless for flour and worse than useless for seed. The disease is often spread from farm to farm by threshing machines. When ouce introduced, if left unchecked, it increases year by year until a large percentage of the crop is destroyed. The loose smuts usually cause a loss of 10 per cent, or more of the w heat crop and has even lieen reported as destroy ing over iio per cent, of a crop in Michigan. Wheat growers are urged to try to se cure seed wheat from fields known by careful examination at flowering time to be free from loose smut, ft can, however, be comlmtted by treating enough wheat to furnish seed for the following year. Oat smut can lie completely prevented by two newly discovered treatments of the seed by use of MiUissiiim sulphide and hot water. Hot water is also advocated for eradicating loose smut of wheat and barley smut and coiht sulphate for w heat smut. The hot water and pot.is siuni seed treatment results in an increase in the yield, averaging double or treble what would result from suppressing the visible smut. A Graisiopper Diet. Pom- Jkkvis, X. Y., July V. A queer old man is Levi Layman, who owns a small farm in the liechwiods, I Kick of Callicoou leH-t, m Sullivan County, Some years ago his wife died, and several mouths after he says she appeared to him in a dream and told him to prepare to meet her, as he would die on the 7th of November, lVl't Layman believed In the dream and re fused to put in his usual crops, saying he had enough to last until tho time set for his tleallu Hut when November 7 arrived he was astonished to find him self in the tlesh, and since then has tie sired to live, fjitely he has lost flesh aud strength rapidly until he now weighs only 113 pounds. His appetite has gone, and he felt he had not long to live; hut grasshoppers put iu their appearance in that hs-nlily rei-ently. . Layiuau said to a neighlior ho could relish a mess of grasshoppers, but was too feeble to catch them. The neighbor was astonished, but to gratify the old man's will gathered a quart of the insects. Layman fried anil devoured them all ut a single meal. He said he never tasted anything liettcr, and lielieved if he could dine ou gra-vs. hoppers every day he would sioii regain his health and prolong his lift). His friend has since kept the old dreamer's table supplied with the insects, and Liyman is getting stronger in con sequence. I'rnest was four years old w hen he saw his first monkey, which was on the street with a "hand-organ man." He rushed into the house, saying, "Mamma, mamma! Him looks like a man, but him am a kitty." 15 IT SURPRISING 7l::r2 Aro So Many Skeptics When t'reven i-tstemr nt Are So Scarce? Whet's the difference between a state rieat not proven and a fact ? Let's siia it v.; i:i a plain, cvery-day manner. rj'.!;co!-.? in Chicago makes public state f.cr.t which coiuisto you without further endorsement. Is it proven conclusively to you ? We think not. But supposing a j::an ia your county, in your town; a i::ai. von know alout, perhaps know pergonal"'-, and know that his woid is as giXid r.s his note, makes a declaration, i!oss:i'l it conic pretty c'ose to being a fact ? This is the kir.d of evidence we have for skeptics, and the kind we give vou here. Mr. John H. Kennedy resides in Washington. Pa., at ?34 North Main itrctt. He ha? been Deputy Sheriil of the county for a dozen years, end the nioft veritable skeptic cai:not doubt what htr yavs; read it. We tell it here as he told it to our representative. Said he: "1 have been a sulTerer for some time pr.it with kidney complaint. I have a pain r.eross the small of my back near the hips. It W35 more severe morning and evening. I would arise in the morn ing feeling as though had not had a night's rel at all. 1 noticed an adver. liniment of poan's Kidney Pilis and went to L. S. Vowell's drug store, where I procured a box. I have now tx-cn using that remedy for some time, ind 1 C.a honestly say that they have dot mc great deal of good. I rest better at liiht and. ia fact, feel better in rvcry way since I began taking them. I am tlradilv improving and expect to soon be r.-tjrcd to my normal condition. I would gladly recommend Doau's Ki.lney 1'iils to any one u tiering frcui any fotti of kidney couipl.iint. I have known other who u?e tbein and spesk a highly of their merit as I feel tact I can." signed . Jno. II. Kenxetv. beau's Kidney Pills ate for sale by all dealers, price 50 cents per liox. Mailed by Fofter-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Yn ole agculi for the U. S. DIKF.CTONS 1 or using Cream Balm. Apply a particle of the y u well up in n :riN. After tnoiiK'iil IniWKtron ln-.il t through the nose, t'se Hint times it tin v.'ifUTliMmls pre- IATARRH I fcrntl. Mild before rvUrinic. Kly'm'rrtim Bitm on hiiiI cleanses th-NasU li-i itea COLD 'n HEAD ' Allayn l'uln nail i 11- fla 111 itlon, Heati" the Sores, Ir'roterlK the mem- limne from fouls, K:-tttorcK the Seiis-s of taste . and vincll. The Halm Is quickly almirln-d ninl sriv.n relief at ouce. 1'nee ou cents at lmc;isisor by mail. ELY MtoTHKKSt, 56 Warn-a Street, x- V IMPOKTAXT TO ADVESTISEBS. The cream cf the country papers ia found . Iu Eemintrton'a County Seat Lisia. Shrewd advertisers a rail themselves of theeo lists, a copy of which can be had of Hemingroa I LrycL. of Kevr York X mwbur;. THE KEELEY CURE In the last resort for the drunkard anj the victim of the morji.'iine habit alter all other niMnc hnv failrfl If fori dtrrctl V tO the foot of the trouble, eliminating the e.Tccts r f the alcoholic or narcotic poi-un from the v.I in. re store the stomach to a healthy con!ii.ion, liiil!s up the aervotw lvcm, rrtore tMe opt lite, aud hrini;s sweet ami rtfre!iinn tl-cp. 'lhrse results have been achieved bt the HTTTBtKa KEELEY INSTITUTE, No. 421 Fifth Avenue, to ahoat 1,600 case In the fr-ur years it !i.i treo In operation, the Kerley remedie never Uiuii when the atirtit live up ! the rule and t..i. the treatment in f ii'h. M -4 r.f ...ir e-.: I- n.llr brlong tothe II' t r.'- ct ti. - rr . nianv of them from vour o.vn count .-. t i w'-"n we can rcltr. The 'u'dcU invotisali'j" i'-o"-d. CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Somerset and Cambria Branch HOUTHWABO. Johnstown Mull Express. Itork trotyl 3:10 a. Iiu. Somerset 4:10, Ktoyeslown 4uU, lloov emville o.-OS, Johnstown :!(. Johnstown Mail Exprena. Rorkwood lOr'fl a. ni.. Somerset 11:1. Stoytntown 11:43, lloov ersvllie 11 "i4, Johnstown liV") p. m. Johnstown AceomiiHMlntlon. Ilo-k-ool.K. p. ni.. Somerset fc-JU stoyolown &4S, JJooV ersville fc-'al, Johliittow u 'i-U. Imlly. SOUTHWARD. Mail. Johnstown ::a. m Hooversville 7:11. Ktoyvatowu 7:i hiomerset TiVi, Kockwood 6.M. Express. Johnstown 2-..10 p. in., Hoovcrvvllle 3:11, StovcHlown ifclii, "somerset ifcii, Kock wood 4:i. Kumtny Only. .Johnstown SM, Somerset lfcOl Kockwood lif.x. EXXSYLVAXIA RAILROAD. (ASTERN STANDARD TIME. IN EFf EGT MtY 20, 1895. CONDENSKD SCHEbl l.K. Trains arrive and depart from the station at Johnstown as follows: WESTWARD Western Express 4:'.1 a. tn. Southwestern Express fc.iis " Johnstown Accoiii!iiotittio!i t:-7T ArcomiiMMUitioii H:I0 " l!telfte Expres.1 fcM " Whv luKciier ;;.-:i2 Mud Vlri " Kat Line tern p. in. Johnstown Accommodation. 'j-M " EASTWARD. Atlantic Express Sen-shore Express A 1 1 n :i;i Ai-couiinodutiou ifcty Express M;i in Line Kxpres , 'oonu Accommodation Mail Kxprcst Johnstown Accommodation... I'liilu'l'-lphia Express . East l.liu: ."M a. in. .':! S:L'I " ft to " hi:!.-! " A-?rl p. in. 4:11 " ... I. V " 7:1-1 " Itiiil " For rales, m.-iiw. Ae.. cull on Ticket j ntsor address Tin. K. Watt, 1'. A. W. II., 110 Eifth Avenue, I'ituhuri:, 111. . M. 1'revtKt. J. R. WimkI. Gen'l M.oiiiy. r. (ieu'l lVs. At- YOUR EYE! We want to catch It! EVKKY FA HMI'IJ in Somerset County who h;is a cord of Hemlock liurk or a lIilo to disMiseof will find that the (" ." KIXl'M E TAXXEKY Co., will pay the highest cash prices for the same. Write for quotations to WIXSLOW S. ('OH It A CO., Continence, fa. JORDAN & HINCHMAN. We are now ready with our new and large in voice of Fine Confectionery lioods, popular brands of Biscuit and Cakes, Fancy ,.!. of all style, and everything else pertaining to a first-chins house to nil orders promptly, and to supply roideut families to any ex tent. Goods ulwiiys fresh, aud always offer, ed at lowest fli;ur.-s. Ca!! and see one of the finest assortments ever carried. JORDAN & MCHSAN. Main St rvct, Johnstown, Pa. GOOD LIOUOES! and Cheap Liquors By calling at the OM IMiaUe Li.juor Store, .a.309 Slain St., aad 10 Clinton St, Johns to wii, 3?a., all ituls of tlie choicest li'itiors in mar ket can lie h:ul. To my oll custom ers this is a wt-ll-kliowtl f:;ct, ami to all others coiivincinir proof will lie Jiivcti. Ifcin't forget that I keep on hand the greatest variety of Lhitiors, the choicest brands ami at the lowot j'ricc. P. S. FISHER. BAI1TLY. 134 Clinton Street, JOHNSTOWN. - - PA.. -PEALKK IX- ifders and Cther Hardware QbASS, f AINTS, 01 b, VAR NISHES, ET8. See Our Large Stock of Sleighs. Boa Suds. Sleigh Bells. Robes, Horse Blankets, Etc. PRICES to suit tlie times. COPYRIGHTS. TA I OUT IX A PATENT f Fora Promtit answor and an konnt ommon. write to Bl I .NX A' .. ho he had Dearl-r flftr TraiV experience in the patent iiuineas. ronimdnit-a. tiona MrlrtlT cnnfrlonli!. A lla.ilb.iik el lu. fiirmanon conrvrnina Pa tests and bow to tb tala ttiera sent true. Also s raiataeueot niechao Ical and .leiiOnc bonk, mi free. Patents taken thrnuga Xuna ft Co. rccrlT special notice la the Sv-ti-atlrir America., ana thus are brought widely betoreibe public with out t to tlie tnrentcr. This dIim1i1 paper. Issued weekly, eleraut ly II hurt rat rj. has by tr tha larcenl rm-ulilum of any ectvntiBe woik la Uia Vtirld. t3 a year. Sample cop'es sent free. Huildlna Ralitiuo, monthlT. V:.Mm year. Si nd enpics. cents. FTery another cnntaios beau tiful plates, in colors, and photnerapba if new houses, with plana, enablinc builders to show taa lateot itslirn and secure intra. -is. Addrem UIJ.N3 Jb to, .Nta Kuuii, 3il BuoabWAV vnn r am vmn th-3 unit Jl 111JJ PAPER a ais ia rrrrsBt'a-.H at in. A'Henmor Kureau oi REinNGTOlT BROS. av wut iuiuki tut suianuuui ai iust lata THE sIs None Too Good When You Buy y MEDICINfiS. It i Ju-'t sw FRESH, PURE DRUGS, A it i To Hare CotiMence AT SNYDER'S You are always sure of getting the Carefully TRUSSES FITTED" Bl All of the lltnt ami Moat Avurored Trunnea Kn.t ... ... . Sa t ifuct ion OPTICAL GOODS. GLASSES FITTED TO SUIT THE EYES. CALL AND HAVE SIGHT TESTED. JOHN N. Somerset, GREAT VALUE fOR bITTbE MONEY. WW YORK The a twenl y-ir' journal, is the li-sulini; Itejiiililienn family i;ir of!:. 0fflla United Stales. It is a National Family Paper, and eivt--. ail the ,1 Hoc news of tlie I'nitiil States. It gives) the events of f.n iirn "ami- n, a : .-. "ZZ shell. Its "Agricultural" dt jiartinent has mi sii rir in ti;.- -..!;;,;- sj . j Its ''Market Rf ports" are reeojrni.ed authority. .S janiK- - j ;.:-:;-. J fur "The Family Circle," "Our Young Folk," and "Science and Mt. T chanics." Its Home and Society" wives and daughters. Its general Siioiis are eouii.ivheiir ive, hriiliant A SriX'IA L O .'TRA(T enables rill. . O The . Somerset . ITerali ONE YEAR FOR ONLY $2.00. CASH IN (The regular sulisTiiition SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY Addrew all orders to Write yonr Danie and aJJress on a postal card, send it to Ceo. W. Kt. Brf';,'. Tribune Ilui'dios. ew Yrk City, atd sample copy f The 5n arvu ' ti.r Weekly Tr.liiiDC will be mailed to Louther's Drug Main Street, This Kcdsl Drag Stare is Favorite with FRESH . AHD . Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Sponges, Tru Supporters, Toilet Articles, Perfumes, &c. THE DOCTOR GIVta PEKSOSAL LoiMs Prescriptionsl Family RecFi UKKAT CARE BEISti TAKE?? TO VSTE SPECTACLES, And a Full Line of Optical Goods large assortment all caa be suited. vwuk,,,, THE FIHEST BBMDS OF CIGfiiSj. Always on hand. It is always to 'atending purchasers, whether they hay tj.i W a?lrlU Aft 4 rrom us J. N. LOUTHER M. D. MAIN STREET Somerset Lumber YAxrt MASi rACTl RER ASH DEALER ASD WHOLESALE AND KlTAII FK of Lumber and Building Materials. f- Hard and OaU, Poplar, MdliiKs. riekel", M"b Walnut. Yellow Pine, Flooring. Sah. War, Cberry, MiingleM, Door, llah..rs. CbeJit Lath, VIiitePiDe BllutU, Aewel Iol, ;u,,rsl A g.-neral lineof all grulraof I.uniN-r an! s'orlt. Also, din furuiah anvlLiTi- In Uie ble irouipt:it-as, su,-b an Elias Cunningham, Office and Yard Opposite S. Jt C. R. E. IT WILL PAY YOU TO BUY YOl'R Tie mo rial Work WM. F.SHAFFER, SOMERSET, PKXX'A. Muntilaeturt-r of and IV-alrr In Eastern Work Furnlsh.tl on Short Notice HiSElE Ul 8SJS1IE fit aisi, Ai-nl Iitr the WltlTK BHONZK ! l'.'PHMia In nt-e.1 of M,.nnm, nl Work will rln.1 It lo tli.ir lnti-rti . t niy ,h,p h.-rva nk-r allowing U- Klv..,, thrni. 4 fat isb.i l nw guanmt.l i evt'-rv raw an, I tl"V'?ry I'aviujKp.vial aitruUon to Wlita Bronze, Or Pure 2tao Monument lntrtHlii.-,Mj by R. r. W. A. Hng. a dn-l.lnl L"!'. w,,'""' atl-il to I th.. popular MiHiuiiH-ut f,.r our i-hanahle Cli uate. C.wv usa cull. s v" W3L F. SUAFFE1I, BEST 1 Iinjs.rtaiit tn S-cure 19 3 in the I'tynician Hto pn s Them. or : Si auo freheat medicines I'I:lf p-j.,. z Compounded. - t - . Aii Guaranteed. Offlcso SNYDER, KIP Gific u WEEKLY NEWS A.? OF TJHE wc;0lBc f OR A TRlf: QIX WEEKLY TllBI- columns eoiiniiand the a-iinirurVu T-T ? jsiiitieal news, editorialvaml 'iin and exhaustive. us to offer this si.Ien.i'.l j.. ,rii:.I x.l f A . XX 1eou V-1 All : ALotv aii buafeu ADVANCE. for the two papers i ?.;.no. ) BEGIN AT ANY TIME. TIIK I II' K ALL J ViTI 1 r tniii-ri lo boaa,.'. . f - 1 joa. Somerset, Pa. 5 Rapidly Esccning aGfc., lona aial DC . 1 1 luu us) rv Peorfe in Ssarch :f TT PURE . DRUG I nnu K. H. Off Q0FF1 All baa n mi M.a ' ATTFNTIO" TO THE CttXPOrspiSG i' Office n (Sight cl a ONLY TKESH A5D PI KE ARIll LJ. EYE-GLASSESDi s always on land. Tn-z a pleasure to display our J)11 3r- or elsewhere. (HOlocali v i SOMERSET. 'VU a (b Wiin -uot a.u Soil, Wocc" S nr. ,. niiil.Iine M i. nal ana i:.'fi:ii: if i PJ aosrr. lin ,f our busiu. v., t.n.r.'.. r w::b n- Hr.tA - k. Ls .xI.1-m.ii-J wurk, w. StatUn, nuatiub 4 SEETISiSAS f-?t ph taat aJStHIl! 1 tco .1 J? Troo IV I i- TTAjIE; 'J ' AT Gain i&vl fl-A-it i Oil Beautiful 1 Uii V Designs. i Jmim ii "