L Somerset Herald. prABl.lSHSIllS.7. I Y'f of Publication. V j (.vprj- Wednesday morning mt if iwM In advance, otherwise t. pers""- F . ...vnat.ly becharyed. f "' r will be discontinued until r ' . ;.l nn Postmasters n- n.ttifr US fll SUi' ii m u.r -movini from one postofflce to houiu -ive u the name of the form- SjoaEBSST, Pa. f F It. ,!. vt.v'i NOTARY 1TBUC ....! Ir i Somerset. I'm. L -t.T E. MKYEllS, LV ..... . 1 f in r m fltMr. 1 . ., .-iiirutl to hb- care wiU be atr witti .ruinj'Ui ana nawuf. t "77 C W. WALK EB. 5 AY WALKER, lTToi: 1 E VS-AT-LA W. aJ SOTAUY l'LliUC, teoiucrwl. Pa. .or?.ilrCv:rt House. u. iTo Fourth SL, Pittsburg, Pa. X 1:t,EY-AT.LAW, Somerset Pa. ,bov, K!i r'" Store. ti VEY M- BERKLEY, U At iVUtY-Al-LAW. Somerset. Ta. 1 ie K.it National liauk. wilt " . . i . II 11.1 I7T7 OKOE It- W l Ll AlK'itY-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. KD Y. RIESECKER, AliuK.VtY-Al-LAW, bouiom-t, Pa. I . ,,,, u..,,-I'uir. oDDooite Court I ALt.Ml-fc n.M, iOJ IW"b ' K. rWTT, AIR'UNEY-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. J. KCH-'Eli, A1H..KNEY-AT-LAW, Soliierset, Pa. J. G. OGLE. NTZ Ai t KJLE, A I I m u t A i '- , Somerset, ra. iivf pmiiipt attention to business en- , t 'Hiv in 1 run jiouse .io , u(mitc LEXTINE HAY, . . i . . . v 4 r . u SolueKet, Pa. i ' I i .1 I . .1. ..... riiiru.ul to htecare with protuplr :in ii. niL, A 1 1 LY-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. rr.'n.i liv auena lo an uusiuon ra- i . . ;u. Money aUvautl on colleo- I CArM AL, i;L O. KIM MEL, Al iUULI-Al-LA , Somerset, Pa. :tend to ail business entrusted to bis . s..l:.rrel all J aOjoimtUj coUllll, Will. ;iit. ano iiiieiitj . oitiee ou Main Crosa uuti Iir'.u sGrot'vr" siore. me l. rroii, A I I Oti tt-Al W , Somerset, ra. ein Mammoth Block, up stiiirs. En u M;n I nM sireel. Collectious ixillea, iit!eseXMUiined.anl all j.u a-.u-uueU to with proiupuiess t ltrii'.y. VLBvUN. L. C. COLBOKX. LIJOKN i fOLIiORX, A Tll'UN S-A I , Somerset, Pa. urn's, entrusted to our care will be :,; and Uilluully attended to. Colleo u.Je in .-viiurrsei. lbilord and adjotu- uuties. uryll; and conveyancing l rmsHialie lenits. L BAER, AI RiKNEY-AT-LAW, Somerset, la. practice iu Somerset and adjoining . A'.i ium-s entrusted to him will pftiutt atteutiviu. 'I'l l'.' iTU. W. H. Rt'PPEL. r Ucjrn 4 r.riTEL, A nUX EYS-A T-LA W, Stimerset, Pa. a:tK- entrusted to tlnir care will be i.uiK tuallv atu uded to. lTlee l..u Cns i-ln.u o.xr.ile MainuiolU V. CAIKU HEIIS, M. D., i'iilSil'IAX ANUSl"IiEN, Somerset. I'a. - m r.tnot strwt, no.r R. R. Station. P. F. SHAFFER, 1'HMt'lAN A.xu SURGEON, SouH-rset, I'a. trk Lis pritf.sioiial setrii-ei to the citl rsxiuervt HU'l ieimty. Otlice next 'toiuun n iai Hotel. J. M. LnrTHER, l iHMi IAN ami SURGEON, c VI.; n stceL narot Drug store. II. S. KIMMELL, -t pr.f,..iuiiiil srr iei to the citi i s-.nrs,-! vicinity. I u less pns- in- can ih- Itiuud at uls ol--.u u tt-t ol Duimoud. f- J. S.M.MILLKX, iiauualein IHlltlstry.) -!""-ta: uun to tlie pnvervation .-..I, .rimeu.1 sets insenea. 'kU..i;fu.ir.l!l, satisLietory . .illi-e tmi. ..i r I II I . ...... . as.vis c to. .tore, :airw.,i;j i'atnol streets. H. CuFFKOTH, Funeral Director. Main Cr.sv St. IUiieDce, 3J Patriot St. i i. r. iK-srrj. ?eai Estate and Collecting Acencv. f-,'".ril,"",( '" ,"JJr "r farms or town (. o- i eoum or eis,'Wliere, are 'xilatouromiu Kti. .i r bloek. .n-i,ti ,n i-K,v..n UM ,,, i. lan.n,K I)n ,rf pniu- "-.-ni.i.sr, l,,r,.,t stMlnpto pre s A tl 1 .hit 4 ;K A H Y. Knepp-r KiiH-k. Soiuerrt, IV. i!s! Oils! UHh!.."!'."0- P"hnr Depart- ruaiiii - "at swtialtjr of iue uneft brands of wting 4 Lubricating Oils japMha & Gasoline, t!lW tvm retnrfrum. We chal- .in w.th every known "roduct of Petroleum If Toa " most uniform! ptisfaetory Oils -IX THE FJronr, . . , - Somerset and vlcinl- V Mippihxl by nK A BEERITS and UEASE KOOSER, fcuOMtnet, Pa, 1 lie VOL. XLIV. NO. -THE 'First National Bank Somerset, Penn'a. Capital. S50.000. Surplus, S20.000. DEPOSITS ftCCCIVCD IN LAHSC ANDSHALL AMOUNTS, PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS. STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. LaIIUE M. HICKS, GEO. R. SCULL, JAMES L. PIGU, W. H. MILLER, JOHN R. SOuTT, KOBT. S. SCULL, EKED W. BIESECKEB. EDWARD SCULL, : PRESIDENT. VICE PRESIDENT. HARVEY M. BERKLEY', . CASHIER. The funds and securities of this bank are se curely protected in a celebrated Corliss Bub- I guk Phoof Sake. The only tafe made abso lutely burslar-proof. TbB Sura! CoilT National BANK OF SOMERSET PA. Orpskad as I NitUsal, 1890 -O. $50,000 Establish. 1877. SURPLUS AND UN- DIVIDED PROFITS $lb,UUU. Chas. I. Harrison. Pres't. Wm. H. 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Ilruvf. k. aas' wouuenuny. ait Head aarilia is doinr hit rmrmrmrmrw wife a world of rood for That Tire FeU a- vjeob;e ii. iiETTrKn h, Hobbie.l'a. Hood's Pilla are efficient and gentle, ga. Campbell & "The People's Store . Smith. Stock Taking Over. . . Our Surplus Stock Is much larger than wc expected. We find many lots of goods that must lo sold during August, before the ai rival of our Fall Importations, September 1st. Price ..... will be no object we will - not carry these goods into another season, so look out for extraordinary values during August iu Domestics, Linen Goods. Wash Goods, Silks Dress Goods, Ladies' Waists. Ladies' Wraps, Millinery, Ladies' and Gents' Underwear, Carpets, Curtains, Upholstery Goods, Furniture, Housefurnishing Goods, China Ware, &c. Watch the Pitbburg Daily Papert for Particular. Campbell & Smith, Fifth Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PA. Jacob D. Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Door Wet of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa. I Am Now pri-part. to supply the public with Cl.x-k, Watchtis and Jew elry of all descriptions, as Cheap na the Cheapest. REPAIRING 'A SPECIALTY. All work guaranteed. Look at iny frtot k before making your purchases. J. D. SWANK. A. H. HUSTON. Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE, nd ererythinc pertaining to funerals furn a w'V ished. SOMERSET - - Pa ornerset SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, AM05Q THE MEADOW-LILIES. BT JOEL BrSTOX. Among the lilies, bonding low, I saw a blushing maiden go ; The nieadow-uirk aliore her flew. Her eyes outmatched the sty's soft blue. Strange that a nice can haunt one sol At first, too rapt was I to apeak, Shimmered the rose upon her cheek : The t ill grass, like a sea at rest. Against her form its glory pressed. While she weined worshipful and ineek. Oh, nialden of midsummer grace". No illy has a fairer fkee ; These flowers, still moistened with the dew. Were made lor beauty, so were you ; For both fond nature has a place. Stepping along, with Joy and pride, I suddenly stood by her side. And Oiled hr arms with lily-l -lis. Then told the tale a lover tells; And what I sought was not denied. Among the meadow-lilies we Tuned life to a new melody. The stream with sweeter cadence sped. And, when the homeward way I led, A new light shone tin hind and sea. from UrmumCM Hntozinr for Aujtut. 1HE LITTLE LOG Down in the heart of the mountains is a summer resort. It is not iu the north nor of the fouth, hut it is a cos mopolitan little city of hotels. It Hprung up in a feaon and will endure as long as the waters are limpid and the mountains grand. Crowning the highest hills is the chief hotel. The view frwtu the veranda is magnificent. The lower hilltops, rugged and Kcarred, near by, seem to grow level in persct- ive, stretching away in a vast plain of darkest green to meet the LI ue sky in the distant horizon. The morninir wind brings the odor of wild roses; the evening wind is freighted with the ppice of pines. The Chalmers, mother and daughter, were guests of the chief hotel. "It is exquisite," said Miss Chalmers. "I am wear' of society, I will do noth ing but rest for the entire summer." Miss Chalmers rested four entire days. The fifth day was Sunday. , "We must go to church," said Mrs. Chalmers. ' "Hut there is no church, mamma ; the minister is taking his vacation in the city while we take ours in the bills.'' "I shall go to church," declared the elder lady. "There is a lovely log church in the country. I went to a log church when I was a little girl. We will go to-day in a carriage." So the Chalmers went to church, not to the little white church in the valley below them, but over miles and miles of gravelly ridge road, down a long, tcep hill and into another and a larger valley, where there was a pellu cid stream, shaded with sycamores and festooned with a liewildering tangle of vines. The country church, which was built of rough hewn logs was not large. Mrs. Chalmers and her daughter found that the house was crowded, and, as there was no usher, obtained seats with some difficulty. Miss Chalmers was on the right of the centre aisle. She soon discovered that the aisle separated the two sexes ; that she, alone of all the women there, was watcd among the men. This breach of local etiquette amused her at first. Miss Chalmers soon discovered that the younger Ikivs were nudging each other with their elliows and laughing at her. The young men looked at her curiously ; she began to feel nervous. and the feeling annoyed her more than the attention she was receiving. Then she noticed that the girls across the aisle were giggling and whisM-ring maliciously; and, yes, actually pointing their fingers at her, How dare they! Her face U-gan to flame. The young men looked sympa thetic, now ; she felt that their pity was an outrage. The preacher could no longer hide his annoyance, for noUxly heeded the sermon now, and everybmly was intent upon that young lady, who knew no better than to sit among men. Mrs. Chalmers, who had fortunately found a seat on tliat upper side, was the only person iu the house ignorant of her daughter's embarrassment. The long ride had wearied her. She was resting, as elderly jiersons sometimes do. Site listened earnestly to the ser mon, without hearing a word ; she gaz ed at the preacher and did not see him. Miss Chalmers tried to call up her pride, but w as helpless before the ridicule, which constantly became more unmerciful. The benches on the other side all seemed to be full. t?!ie saw no escape but to leave the room. She had just decided to lolt ignominiously for the door, when there was a diversion in her favor. Immediately in front of Miss Chal mers sat a young man. He had aroused her interest, because he wore what she called a respectable coat, and because he had a fine head which he carried on his magnificent shoulders like a Roman hero, and because well, there is no stronger word than because. It can mean a great many inexpressible things. This young man arose and the girl noticed, even in her unhappiness, that he was very tall, as most mountaineers are. He stepped across the aisle and took a little girl in his arms, whisper ing a word to the child's mother before he returned to his seat. He did not look at Miss Chalmers, but the woman smiled to her, silently pointing to the vacant seat. The unhappy young lady was only too glad to accept the invitation. Her mother did not notice the incident, nor did the young man seem to be aware of it. He did not once turn his head, and she found herself becoming curious about the color of his eyes. They must be gray. The driver from the chief hotel had not entered the church. As he linger ed with his horses two men came by in a wagon. The men were old friends of the driver. In the bed of the wagon, shaded by some branches of the paw paw tree, there was a jug ; and the liquor in the jug was the driver's dear est and most fatal enemy. There were three men in the wagoo when it halted beneath the trees, a hundred yards be low the church. While the horse ate the men drank. When the sermon was over Mrs. Chalmers and her daughter ate their luncheon. Afterward, while the ladies ESTABLISHED 1827. plucked May . apple blossoms and en joyed the cool dampness which the river exhaled, the driver slept. He awoke often in a melancholy mood, but they did not notice it ; and each time when he threw off his slumbers he resorted to the jug which had some how been left behind by the men in the wagon. Later iu the afternoon the driver, whose depression had increased since the sun sank, hitched up his horses. and the carriage began the ascent of the long hill. The jug was left among the May apple blossoms. It was empty. Half-way up the hill a wheel dropped into a cieep gutter and the carriage came down with a lurch and a crash. It was a hoteless wreck. The driver looked at the broken wheel with Indif ference and the ladies were in conster nation. "How far is it to town ? asked Miss Chalmers. "About eight miles, I reckon." "Oh, dear, what can we do?" "I duuow," said the driver stupidly, From his manner one might bo justi fied iu saying that he did not care. "Well, driver," said Miss Chalmers. emphatically, "I know. You must go to town at once for another carriage, It is now 3 o'clock, and you can be back by 6 ; we will wait." The driver began to unloose the horses. He did not seem to be pressed for time. "You must hurry," she declared im patiently. "And say, driver, if you are back by sunset you shall have $ extra." He shook off his apathy, or seemed to, and, mounted on one horse, led the other rapidly away. It is always bad to wait. In this case tlie two lonely women, oppressed by the strange solitary surroundings, found the afternoon almost intermina ble. The Joshua of impatience seemed to stay the sun at one spot for hours. Six o'clock finally came ; they were ex- pectaut. Half jMist six ; tltey were anx ious. At seven they were alarmed. The sun loitered no more, but rolled swiftly over the opposite mountain and drew the day with him. They were terrified. Th"re was no house and no human lieing in sight They remembered no habitation on the road for miles. True, the log church stood in the bottom be low, but the darkest shadows had al ready gathered there. They dared not enter the profound obscurity which en- veloed the valley and which crept lik living thing up the mountain side toward them. They clung to each other like little children and wept. At sunset a tall young man was rid ing soberly along the wide road which led to town. He stopped suddenly at the sight of two harnessed horses graz ing by the roadside. 'I know that team, what has hap- K'iied ?" There was no one to answer the ques tion, but he looked about and discover ed the driver under the trees. "Here, wretch!" he exclaimed, 'wake up; tell me what is wrong. Wake up, wake. Where are the ladies?" But expostulation was in vain. The driver was a lump of clay a log. The young man mounted his horse again and galloped furiously back toward the log church. He looked at each side of the road anxiously, tmt he did not slacken his luce, and the horse was covered with foam when he reached the broken carriage and dismounted. "I thank heaven you are safe," he cried. "But we are not safe; we are lost. ost Oh, merciful sir, pity us !" ex- laiiued Mrs. Chalmers, hysterically. She thought the tall stranger was a brigand. ".Miss Chalmers knew lietter. She recognized the young man, and a feel ing of security, almost of happiness, swept over her. "Hush, mamma," she said, softly. "we are iierfectly safe now. This gen tleman will protect us ; he has come to telp us." The gentleman looked his thanks for the confidence. It was dark almost, but she could see that his eyes were gray. She thought tltey were lumin ous, but she was looking through her tears. 'Are you employed at the hotel? What hapieued to our driver? Is the other carriage coming?" The mother asked three questions in a breath. 'I am not employed at the hotel. I was riding to town and found your driver in a drunken sleep by the road side. You will get no help front him. I was afraid there had been a serious accident ami hastened back." 'Serious," asked Mrs. Chalmers in a high voice, "is it not serious? Oh, dear, dear, what would you have?" "My uncle lives two miles down the river," said the stranger. "It is the nearest house. You will come with me for the night and to-morrow you can return to the town. 'You are very kind, said Miss Chal mers. We will go with you gladly." 'But two miles," protested the mot It er; "I cannot walk two miles." "It is not necessary ; you can ride my horse. He is iierfectly gentle and I w ill hold the rein," said the rescuer reassuringly ; and the young lady may ride behind you, if she will." "Oh, no; I would much prefer to walk. I can walk two miles easily, and the dear horse is already very tired. Indeed, I will walk," said the young lady decidedly. The young man assisted the mother into the saddle. The daughter clung lightly to his arm and the litte proces sion moved slowly down the long hill and into the starless depths of the bot tom. They traveled carefully, for Mrs. Chalmers was not a good horse-woman. It was an hour liefore they reached the farmhouse. An hour! An hour is an epoch, an age, an eternity. Love, which never dies, is born, nourished and reaches ma turity in an hour. There was a camp meeting in pro gress at the log house in the valley. On the last Sunday of the meeting, which happened to be also the last day of the Chalmers visit in the moun tains, a party from the chief hotel vis ited the revival. Tlie party was com posed of Mrs. Chalmers, Miss Chalmers and a tall young man with a serious, grand face. The latter had been a guest AUGUST 7, 1895. at the hotel for only three weeks, or since the two ladies had been abandon ed on the mt4tiutaiu side by their drunken driver. On the afternoon of this Sunday the two younger memliers of the party were half-way up the long hill which leads from the valley to the ridges. They were standing silently side by side looking down into the valley. There was a great white tent, a taber nacle, indeed, near the log house, and a score of smaller white tents about the large one. Through the trees the peo ple could be seen moving alxnit like pigmies. "It is a lieautiful and peaceful scene," said Miss Chalmers, softly. The young man was silent and she presently continued, with some hesita tion : "I have never thanked you I hard ly know how for your kindness that first day in the church when I made such an embarrassing mistake." "It was nothing; do not think of it." "But I do think of it ; it was a great deal to me, and I want you to remem ber you know we are going away to morrow I want you to remember that I appreciate it. My predicament was almost as bad as it was that night when you again " "I beg you," he broke in, "not to mention those things again." She was silent. He turned to her suddenly, abruptly, almost roughly, and asked : "Are you rich?" She trembled a little, but did not re ply. "I am surprised that you asked that question," she said gently; "It is un worthy of you ; it is painful to me." "Forgive me," he said, humbly. 'Oh my dear, I love you, and I am poor. Your beauty ami your goodness make you a long way aliove me, and I have hoped that you were not rich. But I adore you. I want you to carry that memory away in your heart. I adore you. Some lime I will come and ask you to marry me. You will have known me longer ; my prospects will Is? brighter. I will come and take you by the hand like this, my dear. I will sayj: I love you dcarlj' ; I have loved you since that first day in the moun tains. I will love you forever. Will you be my wife ?" "When I ask you that question, when my soul waits for an answer, what will you say to me, dear?" She was placid ; she dare not look at h im. "Is there no grain of hope for me? Oh, love, will you tell me what your answer will 1 on that day?" With a supreme effort she raised her eyes to his face. She tried to speak ; site was sieechless ; but her litis formed a single word : "Yes." Dear reader, she was rich. She was rich and proud, and the next day she returned to her magnificent home in the city. And two jvars afterward, when a tall young man came and ask ed again that question, when his soul waited for an answer, what do you think she said ? "Yes." She was only a summer girl ; she met this jsior youth on a summer holiday, but she loved him for ever, anil they are now very happy. Carlyle'i Talk With the Queen. Carlyle, the dysjieptic and despond ent who disapproved of most things but silem-e and natural authority, was the kind of a man wholikedto feel him self imiicrvioua to such trifles as flat tery, suavity of manner, high rank or irilliant reputation, says the Yon,' VoiiijHiniiin. He said his say as he ileascd aUut high and low, no doubt, but it was apt to Is? pleasant when he said to tactful great ladies who admir ed him, and gruff to the more frivolous or indejieudent, who did not. His interview with the greatest lady of all (Jueen Victoria of which lie wrote to his sister Jean an account only recently published, is one which leaves us smiling to perceive how readily he fell under the spell of the polite little lady imperial. It is true that he violated etiquette so far and so sensibly as to request icr- mission, lieing infirm and old, to be seated during the interview a permis sion graciously granted, but he writes none the less much more like the ar dent subject than the indejiendent philosopher. It was at Dean Stanley's one afternoon in 1mK that the meeting took place, with several other notabili ties present. "The (Jut-en," he wrote Jean Carlyle, came softly forward, a kindly little smile on her face, gently shook hands with all the three women, gently ac knowledged with a nod the silent hows of us male monsters, and directly in her presence every one was at ease again. "She is a comely little lady, with a pair of kind, clear and intelligent gray eyes ; still looks almost young (in spite of one broad wrinkle which shows in each cheek occasionally); is still plump ; has a fine, low voice, soft ; in deed, her whole manner is melodiously perfect. It is impossible to imagine a jxiliter little woman ; nothing the least imperious ; all gentle, all sincere, look ing unembarrassing rather attractive even ; makes you feel, too ( if you have any sense in you) that she is Queen." That is a very pretty and no doubt truthful sketch, so pretty that it is a pity he should ntar its effect by ad ding spiteful remarks concerning al most everybody present, especially the eccentric but brilliant Mrs. O rote whom he was pleased to term "the most wooden-headed woman in Ijondon." A Baffled Advertiser. An exchange paper tells a story of a man in Indon who determined to spend all he made during the first year in advertising. He soon found that it was impossible, for the simple reason that the more he advertised the more he made, and after a strenuous offort to get rid of his money in advertising he had to give it up.Charttittun Min ury "I always recommend Dr. Fowler's F.xt. of Wild Strawlierry in cases of summer complaints and have never known it to fail. You may use my name." C. A. West, Druggist, Itains borough, O. Lera Orant'i Childhood. In the July Century are printed ex- tracts from a rare and curious Jamn ese life of (Jeneral (Srant. The follow ing is from it : From the time of his birth he was diflereut from an ordinary baby. His body was large. He weighed 1 kwan t2- me. As he grew, his thought le- came deeper accordingly. It was seen by the eye of every man. He showed no i color of fear, however great the sound that came into his ear. When he was not fully two years old his fath er, Jesshi Rumito Ourando, happened to carry him outside of his house, and some liad young men in the neighbor hood, looking hack at (itirando . Kuen, sittu: "He near mat tins oaoy as people say, has a brave heart, and nev er fears anything ; we will try whether this is true or false." And they went away and got a pistol, and gave it to the baud of Uurando Kuen, and pulled the trigger. Then came out a bullet thunder storm. The baby was not afraid of it, and never changed the col or of his face ; but pointing to the pistol asked another shot. The father as well as the bad boys, was astonished; and there was no one who did tmt roll his tongue. A year and a half later a circus rider entered his village. Desiring to see the show, (iurando Kuen, on his father's arm, entered the place. .Pointing to the horse he insisted on riding it him self. His father consequently aked the circus rider to let his lny ride. (.iurando Kuen, showing in his face tierfect satisfaction, rude on the neck of the horse, and apjieareil as if he was persuading the horse to go. One day, when he was older, he was playing ball by his own house, and he accidentally broke a glass window of of his iieijrhlsir. Havinir regretted what he had done, he made up his mind, and went into the neighbor's house, and excused himself to the lord of the house, saying, "I accidentally broke the window of thy honorable house. I have no word to excuse my- seif. The only thing I can do is to my f.itlur tell, a new g ass window buy, this loss repay. Pray excuse." This house lord, having Isven much pleased with this child's unusual thoughtful ness, without any condition excused his sin. Indeed, (.iurando Kuett's heavenly nature was like a serpent, which has its own nature when it is but one inch long. How Hale Got to Camp. Ihtring the war Kdwurd Kverett Hale went to the front to visit one of the generals in command. The last part of his journey to headquarters was tin a steamlioat, where Hale met an officer, a major, who was also going to headquarters. At first the major was very friendly, but when he learned that Hale was also going to headquarters he began to fight shy of him. Kvidently he did not want a "civilian" on his hands on the long night ride from the boat landing. When they reached the landing Hale found a hoise, and after a hard ride through mud and brush he reached headquarters. After he had his siij pvr, and as he was sitting talking with the general, the major rode up. He had lost his way more than once, his horse had fallen with him, he was cov ered with mud and in the worst jiossi ble temper. "Why, major," said the general, "where have you been? Mr. Hale has lieen here two hours." The major glared at Hale and grunt ed : "How did you get here?" "Oh," said Hale quietly, "I followed the telegraph wire." NoUnSv fought shy of him after that. General Harrison and the Flagr. There is no person who can say more appropriate things in a charming man ner, without gush, than can (ieneral Harrison. This, which he said at a pole-raising at Old Forge, X. Y., on Saturday, is a specimen : That flag stands to us a sentiment for instruction. In itself, in the combina tion of colors ti.a t make it, in the bunt ing or silk tif which it is made, there is nothing. It is what it stands for that makes it dear to us. It is not the land of ours, wide and rich as it is ; it is not this wonderful scenery that ojn-iis to us here these mountain peaks, these gnat lakes, these enticing summer grounds, nor the great plains of the West, where, while we rest, the farmer is pushing the plow to fill the granaries that can feed the world ; it is not this stretch of land, these rivers and I tountainsaiid plains; it is not the product of these ; it is not Wall Street ; it is not the Produce Ex change ; it is not bulk meats ; it Is noth ing that has bulk. It is something that lives in the heart ; it is an enshrined sentiment that makes this flag, and it stands for a glorious history. The Conquests of Silence. Washington never made a speech. In the zenith of his fame he once at tempted it, failed, and gave it up, con fused and aliaslad. Iu framing the Constitution of the United States the labor was almost wholly performed in Committee of the Whole, of which (ieorge Washington was, day after day, chairman, and he made but two speech es during the convention, of a very few words each, something like one of (i rant's speeches. The convention, however, acknowledged the master spirit, and historians affirm that had it not been for his personal popularity and the 3D words of his first speech, pronouncing it the best that could lie united upon, the Constitution would have been rejected by the people. Thomas Jefferson never made a speech. He couldn't do it. Napoleou, whose executive abilty is almost without a parallel, said that his difficulty was in finding men of deeds rather than words. When asked how he maintained his influence upon his superiors in age and experience, wfien commander-in-chief of an army in It aly, he said: "By reserve." The great ness of a man is not measured by the length of his speeches and their num ber. Chicttyi Tiiitrn-lfrraUL A Pittsburg editor says: Husliands are not made to order. We'll bet he among them Mariano Guadalupe Val can't convince most wives they are not. p jo. i1 Mo WHOLE NO. 22J)7. Inyadsi by Rattlesnake . Taan-i Sviai sl luit;ioM.-inornt. For a week a r.-ign of terror has ex iited here owing to the invasion of the town by an army of rattlesnakes. The reptiles are of all age and sizes, and have practically taken possession of the town. No woman or child dares venture out of doors, and when the men go out their legs are encased in stout leather leggings, which reach to the thighs, and they are armed with clulis, with which to di-patclt the ser pents. Tlie advance guard of this army of rattlers apieared just a week ago, and since then the snakes have come in such numliers that it is esti mated that there are now 1,im within the corporate limits of the town. Lat Sunday, as Mayor Yorke and his family were going to church, tliey met the advance guard. It consisted of two old rattlers aliotit five feet long, each with twelve rattl-s and a button, and a dozen smaller reptiles. The Mayor and his family lieat a retreat and the city's magistrate called for iicightiors to assist him iu di.-qiatching the reptiles. This brood was killed, but U'fore it was done shouts from different quarters of the town an nounced the approach of more snakes. Since then the men have been busy killing the reptiles. It is said that ) snakes have been killed and still the town is full of them. Their warning rattle is heard at all hours and on all sides. The dogs have made a gallant fight against the reptilian army, but nearly all have lieen bitten and are deaiL Several horses have also died of snakes' bites. S far no tx-rsou has lieen bitten, though there have lieen several narrow csca-s. Mrs. Sallie Jucolw hud the most rcinaikal!cese;ie. While washing linen in the yard she put her --year-old baby in a dry goods bx near by. S'kiii Mrs. J.m-oIk heard the bady laughing, ami, looking around, was horrified to see an im mense rattler roiled liehind the lx. The mother rushed for the baby and the snake struck at her, fastening its fangs in her clothing. Her screams brought her husband, who killed the rattler. The snakes came from a hammock at the foot of St. Clair-Abrams avenue. The Council has voted an appropria tion ami this week the hammock will lie cleared ami the home of the snakes destroyed. Bnffington's Friend. "The most genial fellow I ever met," saiil Dave Ruflington, of the American House, Brookvillc, the other day, "was a man in a oue-hursM wauon-I never saw him before in my life that I know of, but he knew me. He caught up to me just aliove the iron bridge on the road that leads to the dext. The bridge was being repaired and horses and vehicles had to ford the stream. while foot passengers could pick their wav acr.s on planks. " H'.ilo, Ruir,' he said cheerily. I :-t iu and I'll haul you over.' "I didn't altogether like the idea," continued Butliugton, "but he greeted me with such hearty cordiality that I acc-ptcd his invitation. He drove into the water and not knowing exactly where the 1- fording plaiv was be soon got in up to the huls and then ovt r the watroii led. " 'Buff, old loy, you'll have to hold your feet up,' he said. ''Then the wagon bed was submerged and the water came over the seat. u"Butl, old Uiy guess you'll have to stand up.' "I stood up. "The fellow by this time had lost his licarings completely and we went into a plout hole about tell feet deep and the horse had to swim. As the wagon box sank beneath the water he yelled with the same cheerful voice: "'Butf, old loy, I guess you'll have to swim.' "We both swam out and after the fellow had his horse safely landed on the other side, he said, as he climbed luck into the wagon: "'Weil Buif, old Uy, you got wet, didn't you? (iood-bye, Butf. old boy.' l'I ought really to have killed tlie fellow, but he was so heartily polite that I couldn't even swear at him. nee that time I am a little wary of jieople who get too friendly on short acquaintance." I'muxftturnri Spirit. His First Ride in an Elevator. A rather surprising exerien-e of an Irishman uMin riding iu an elevator for the first time Ls told in the Dublin Journal. Here is the victim's version of it: I went to the hotel, and says I, "Is Mr. Smith in?" Says the man with the sojer cap. "Will ycr step in?" St I steps into the office, and all of a suddiut he pulls the rope, and the walls of the building la-gan mnnin' down to the cellar. "Och, inurther!" says I, "what'ill become of Bridget and the childer w hich was left U-low there?" Says be, "Be aisy, sor, they'ill be all right when yc comedown." "Come down, is it?" says I; and its no office, but a haythenish balloon, that yes got me in." And wid that the walls stood stock still and he opened the door, and there I was with the roof just over my head; and U gorra, that's what saved me from going up to the hivius entoirely. A Very Early Betrothal This odd little bit is from the Orer latut Monthly: In the early days of California the daughters of the Lugos were "ought in marriage by the liest families of the State. It was a boast that they were even courted in the cra dle, as when the young officer, Colonel Ignacio Vallejo, being in San Luis Obis po, ou the occasion of the birth of a daughter to the Lugi, asked her father the hand of the day-old Imby, provided, when the time came to fulfill the con tract, tne senorita should tie willing. This seemingly alwurd betrothal took place. The child grew up to be an in telligent as well as attractive young woman, married her lietrathed, and liecame the mother of many children, Deduction and Coaclasion. There was a man riding on the rear platform of a 4 irand Itiver avenue car the other afternoon with a package lc twcvii his feet, and this package atlr.ic ts the attention of a little iu:ut who got on at Second avenue. Presently he queried: "Kver read Sherlock Holmes'.-' "Yes, sir," replied the man with tlie pncklge. " Ir. at h tnd to deduce and iti- hid-, wasn't b '.''' "Yes." "B.tt no greater titan 1 am. Fr in tanee, you have a tea-kettle iu that p:ix r. It follows that you are a mar ried tn in. lieing a married i.un it follows that your wife has Ut-n a-kiiig you a!Hit fis.r tini'-s a week f r the lust year to buy that kettle. llaiug ht'ti a year in b iyiug it, tlie inference is that you are aliscntcd-iiiiiidfd in a general way and have little concern for things around the house. The chances are that you will leave the tea kettle in the car when you get oft" and forget that you ever IxRiirht it. Am I correct?" "You are an ass!" was the blunt re fly. "My ibar sir, I have every reason to ladievt that " "You have lots of gull to talk to me as you have," interrupted the tea-kettle man. "I was simply trying to prove to you tiiat Sherlock Holmes only " "What do I care almut Sherlock Holmes? Who are you, sir, that you presume to lie so familiar."' "My name is Honit.icklc, and I like to detbiee and conclude. Bcingan iras cible man, it naturally follows that your pior wife lias " "If I had you on the sidewalk I'd punch your head, sir. You have said quite enough. I'll remcmlier your mug, and if I ever catch you on the ground I'll teach you manners!" With that he got otr. He not only got off, but left his tea-kettle. The little man held it up to him and wav ed it on high and yelled to him, and the conductor stopped the car, but the man would not return for it. After having lieen told that he would leave the teakettle U liiicl and after having left it, he would not have claimed it for a million dollars. Mfroit Vr Women'f Weapons. In "King I.e::r,"ShakesM-are speaks of tenrs as "womi-ns' weapons.' There is another wi ajsm that should Is- in the bauds of every woman throughout the land a weapon with which to light those disca-cs peculiar to the gentler se.x. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the weapon we mean. It will do more good, in routing tltnt "drairging-dowu feeling or those tinacconn table but terrible pains, than a river of tears. Di:. I:. V. PiKitt k: J"ir Sir Your advice to Mrs. Sayler was carefully followed, and five hottlcsof Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, I uiu happy to say, has cured her of uterine congestion. She is feeling finely. I assure -ou I appreciate your kiudnesM. With many thanks, I am, Yours to etiuimand, JOS. SAYLF.R, r,ri,.,, C.J. The Billville Banner. Lightning stuck mir office on Wed nesday night. It was the regular horgia Irghtnintr, and the jug held two gallons. The financial stringency has struck Billville at last. The town is dead and . we are sitting up with it until they can raise enough cash to defray its funeral exjienses. The school exhibitions are over; Mary's little Iamb has U-en turned out to graze; the Wy has left the burning deck and curfew won't ringagan until next year. Billville imfioss a tax of "2on jnsiple for the privilege of walking on the new sidewalks; we are, therefore, having a big! i old time in the middle of the stn-ct. It's d'isty, but ec-momical. Six men that we recommended to the President for government jssitiins are now splitting rails for a living: and yet, those same six men meant twelve votes in the last election! .t'Ai ( 'ttttMfifttfiotl. CheaT at the Price. The Chicago man who had gone on a business trip to Omaha had started home ag.iin. He had Uvil com pellet 1 to run several blocks to catch the train and was somewhat overheated. The temperature of the tar was over b degrees and still climbing. He stood it for about five minutes, and then tried to open a window. It was one of those car windows that are not built for op.-ning purposes, and it didn't open. He tried another with the same result. The third win dow stuck equally tight, and he raised his foot and kicked a large boh- through the plate glass. The conductor heard the crash and came running into the car. "Who broke that window?" he de manded threateningly. "I dil," said the Chicago man. "Well, sir, it will co-st you just .V "Here it is," said the other, hand ing him a bill. "I I haven't change for that," said the conductor, somewhat taken Utck. "Never mind the change," replied theChieago mvi. "Keep it." He raised bis foot again, kicked out another wind w, took a newspaper cut of his p;K'ket, sat down ami went to reading as if nothing had occurred. Wive3 Are in Deraani The Brooklyn widow who has jl l,tl and wants to get married w ill not have any trouble in getting a husliatid. She was willing to marry Farmer Orrin Holt, of Canada, a week or two ago. Several men out West have heard of her, however, and one of them has sent a letter to the City Hall matrimonial bureau. It is dated New York, July 17. He says among other things : "I did not come all the way from Denver for fun. I want to get a wife, and I can pay as well as Farmer Holt. I am a citizen of the Cuited States, and you must got in.' a wife a well as the Canadian farmer. "I want a young lady, below 17, who has got to have a few thousands; I will pay you for it. My present address is V) Fast Thirty-first street, John (iess ner, traveling salesman." A Detroit man, who says he owns a mattress factory; also wants to marry a woman with money. The $U,K) Brooklyn widow would suit him, be says. His name is Bart hold K. W. Haunschild. Bighead I believe in telling the truth in all circumstances. Sharpuu You are a liar and a con ceited chump. What do you mean, sir? I'm trying to pratice what you preach.
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