' tA BELLE DAME SANS MERCL Hy love Is y.Juns. my Unc i fair. Sws-t, trno and aruiable is siits. Jfith torkis eyes and t-pax hair Alas, my kw l lost to l Ht no crowd nor cranks confound. Nor IbHpnitisJi problems vox; 5ho has no Uumwiok to propound 1 vc aen-r bonnl her mention sex, t-hf dorsal smile on risque roots; Her ti-te in drew in qnite umne; She half an npi gooln- knows, iiut, ah, 6h never can be mine. 1 knew fhc paintod tamlarin And pn-kk- and opix-r bells With flower and -1vks and Tivor ace And moonlight views on scallop slnjlla. She's paintwl photo tramps pilore Wood, velvet, Ivorine and brass; She paints the panels of the door; t-he has not sjnuvd t-e looking glass. Tlie plush framed plaques upon her wall. H-r liu'.p art mnxlius everywhere The flural drain pipe in her ball They know the pang I've had to bear. And now the Rubicon ts passed. The preat abyss Ix-rween us net. The final blow has fall'n at last I've said goodby to Amoret. CkK,t.y to bliss that might have been, Goodby to happy hopes that were She's "draped" Vernis-lUrTin screen And aspualled an empire chair. rail Mall Gazette. HER WEDDING PRESENT. Marie Was : Doubt as Mack Surprised as Freddie Was. Yonnfr Mr. Sraitliers, having eaten an exwlleiit dinner, sat down to fnioke n pi)rxi cigar while his wife ran up 6tairs to make hor toilet for the tuoator. peaceful was his state of mind that he did uot even look accusingly at Lis watch when, after the promised "minute" had developed iuto 60, 6ha entered the room. "Seems to uie tliat you are looting Tory lik-e touight, my dear." he re marked. "1 am so glad yoa think so, darling. Of course I care more for your admira tion than that cf any one else. Besides the Skinners sit right Ix'hind us this evening, and this dress will irivc her a bad headadie before the second act is over." Mr. Smithers looked anxious. "So that is new, is it? VTasu't the eld one good enough?" "X-not quite, dear. Besides I earned the money for this one myself- " "But how did you earn" "Oh, after you left I fell to thinking what a lot of money f 23 was to fpeud ou a wedding present for Marie wlien I really needed so many things. Tlieu an ideaVtrnck me. I reineniliered all those pivtty things I found iu your tig trunk afu-r we were married the ones that horrid girL whoever riie was, sent back when the engagement was broken. I wouldn't have one of them myself, but it seemed a pity for them to lie there, so I v ent up ttairs and looked them all over. I selected that lovely silver back til mirror and cleaned it up until it look ed jut like new, and then I" "Sold it to buy the dress? I see !" "Nothing of the kind. I bought tlie dre.ss with the money you pave me. The mirror I sent to Marie with our best wishes. Won't she be surprised, and w hy, Freddie, are yon ill?" "Not at all, my dear! You ara quite right, iirie will no doubt bo much surprised, for, you see, she herself was the girl who returned those presents; that is all!" Baltimore Herald. A l'olar City. Numbers of explorers who have sought the arctic regions in quest of the pole have told of a mysterious city mirrored against the northern sky stately build ings in chou-e architecture, tall and im plying spires, but such as differ from anything we know about. Whether the foundation of this mirage is a reality and only unrecognizable because of transposition as to directions, whether it is a work of some mysterious remnant of our race that once occupied the pole, or whether this is some fanciful feature of the frost, as the peculiar shrubbery ve see on the window pane whatever this is, it must be consigned to the per plexing enigmas of the unknown region. Who knows but some spot, once the the ater of busy and advanced human life, may have escajted the general cataclys mal wreck, and this cisy may be the si lent and as yet undiscovered witness of prvpolar times, standing alone in the dead desolation, in the rigid shroud of now polar death. If we must be barred from entering this undiscovered country, we may add to our equipment by a care ful noting of its mixture, and then give to Uie base of these phenomena a most thorough study. Philadelphia Press. Tints and Step. "Sometimes," said an old soldier, "one sees the captain of a company marching proudly along, in time with the music, but out of step, the company riht, the captain wrong. Distressing But then I have seen a musician march ing cut of mp to the music of his own baud, and there is now and then a sol dier who never really learns to keep Mop. The familiar older is, 'Left, left, hit, left, the left foot down at the heavy tap of the drum.' " Xew York Sun. AMENDED HER LIST. Sue Now Declares That Lawyers Cotue fader the Head of N'ainaacea, A few evenings ago a lawyer living in West Philadelphia was visited at his I evidence by an indignant woman, who declared that she had come for legal ad vice, and in a businesslike manner de posited .n his table a f.i note as a re taining fee. After pocketing the money the man of law politely requested he to pn-wd with Ik statement. She said she was continually afflicted with a se ries of nuisances which she desired the lawyer to have abolished. Jrhe was annoyed by a neighbor on one side, she said, who is a music teach er and trainer of the voice. The con stant thumping on the piano and the discordant notes of the vocal students made her very nervous. On the other side the neighbor kept chickens, which awoke her early in the morning by their crowing and annoyed her during the day by flying over the fence and invad ing her premises. Day and night she was made nervous by the noise of the trolley cais passing her door, organ grinders and peddlers made her life mis erable, hucksters added to her misery by calling their wares, and she wanted to know what action she must take in order to be made free of such nuisances. The lawyer reflected a few moments ith compressed brow, and then said, "Madam, you are decidedly unfortu nate, and my advice to you is that vim i;o to a real estate agent and engnge him to secure fir yon a nice comfortable, dwelling in the suburbs of some coun try village, where the nearest ueighoor is a quarter of a mile away, organ grind rs unknown, trolley cars unheard of, and where hucksters and iieddlers do not come. " Realizing that she was $3 out, the woman replied, "I'll do as you say uud include among the others that no lawyers must exist in the same coum ty." Philadelphia Record. Tula as the MiC Scene, a town in the north ou a very misty day. Sandy McKay (coming out of a pub lic house and meeting his minister face to face) Lush, sir, it's an awful de vciviu thing, this mist. D'ye ken (im pressively), I wandered iu there the iioo, thinkin it was the grocer's? Lou dou Ulobe. The Canadian element forms two thirds of the foreign population of Maine and New Hampshire, one-half of that of Vermout and one-third of that of Massachusetts. Forming characters !, Whose? Our own or others? Botk And in that momen tous fact lie the jwril and responsibility of our existence. Elihn Barrio. Tasmania was named la honor of Tas I tan, tlie discoverer. CONSUMPTION. Car of the Patient, That Hs SaBerlng May Be Leaseaed. The successful treatment of consump tion and by this is meant making the 6ufferer better able to bear his burden, if not actually lifting it from his shoul ders is largely a question of nursing. If the disease has already gained a foot hold medicine in most instances is of no avail except in postponing the evil day, and even if it were otherwise a few peneral rules would be jut as essential to insure tlie comfiat of the patient while recovery is going on. In the first place, then, we must un derstand exactly the condition of the consumptive, not so much by ascertain ing the location and extent of his disease as by familiarizing ourselves with his temperament, his likes and dislikes, and, above all, with his power of endurance and resistance. If we will bear these things in mind we may be able to do all that is possible for the sick one namely, to enable him to withstand the onslaught of the dis ease until nature shall gain the control ling hand. So successful is this method of treatment that it often results in a complete or at least a temporary cure. Consumption is one of the most de vitalizing of diseases. only does it attack the lungs, but the action of the nervous system is sooner or later seri ously interfered with, the digestion im paired, and the simplest form of excite ment renders even the circulation of tlie bhiod dangerous from lieing overactive. We shall come nearest to striking at the root of all these troubles if we direct our energies toward limiting the fre quency and severity of tlie cough, and in this we have not only to follow the ad vice of the physician, taking care that his directions are exactly carried out, but we must give careful attention to nursing. To prevent the first paroxysm of cough ing, which is usually incited in the morning by the exertion of rising, a warm cup of tea or an eggnog should be taken before the patient leaves the bed. A glass of something warm, like hot milk or gruel, should also be taken be fore retiring, and plenty of time should be allowed in preparing for the bed. Tlie patient should sleep in blankets, and a glass of warm drink should be placed within reach in case he should wake through the night. If the presence of food in the stomach causes the reappearance of the cough after meals, some suitable preparation of pepsin should be used to hasten the digestion, and an hour or two's rest should be taken immediately after the meal Youth's Companion. AN AVENUE OF IDOLS. A Doable Row of Japanese Buddhas Which Cannot De Counted. Close to this interesting pool is the avenue of images, representing the Amida Buddha. The idols vary in size, but are similar in design. There are sev eral hundred of them altogether, and they sit facing one another in two long rows. We asked the little Jap who brought us to the place how many of them there were. In an awed whispei ho replied, "Nobody knows. " Then he told ns how imiiossible it was to conn' them. Each image was made unsightl. by having numbers of little bits of pap stuck on to it and chewed bits of papx which had been Suttat it. The object c this disfiguration we failed to discover, though our friend Hojo informed us they were put on by the young priests, a part of whose novitiate it was to attempt to count the Buddlms. There is -evidently something wrong with these idols, for no one has ever been able to reckon them up the same twice over, in spito of sticking a piece of paper to tick each ouo off. Of ctiur.- two uusuperstitious Englishmen were not to be humbugged by native stories, so IL (my traveling companion) and L thinking the whole thing ridiculous, de cided to count the mysterious images. We started on co-oierative lines, each taking a side of the avenue. Our efforts, however, were fruitless, for we had not numbered off more than a dozen each, before M. (whose eyes were not so good as they had once been) shouted across to me: "I say, I saw one of them on your side moving. I'm certain I did. They're uncanny. Let's give it up." This inter ruption t f coar.-e upset all my calcula tions, but we soon came on the moving image, which turned out to l nothing more than one of the old Frenchmen, seated jieacef nlly among the statues and looking in his white clothes for all the world like a jolly, fat, old Buddha. Gentleman's Magazine. 4,000 Miles With a Wheelbarrow. In 1ST8 Lyman Potter of New York state performed the prodigious task of pushing a common "paddy" wheelbar row across tho continent. He started from his home on Dane street, Albany, on tha moniing of April 10, Ib8, and arrived iu San Francisco ou the after noon of Oct. 5 of the same year, being almost exactly 17$ days (five hours and three minutes over) in performing the wearisome feat. Potter was a shoe maker, and the trip was the result of a wager made by come friends who be lieved that such a trip would occupy at h ast 200 days. Tlie wager was $1,000, but Potter made between three and five times that sum advertising for different parties along the route. The wheelbar row was made si'ially fr the use to which it was put and weighed but 73 pounds. The distance traveled by Pot ter was exactly 4,0S3?4 miles. St Louis R public The Man lie Wanted. "I beg yourpard . " said cue man to another iu a railroad train, "but I am the manager of a museum, and I havo a vacancy now for a strong man." "W( I1. what of it?" "Why, sir. I saw yoa cpeu the car window with no apparent effort, and I thought perhaps we could r.giccouthe terms and you could begin your en sragenicut immediately. " Detroit Free Press. Housekeeping- at Samoa. Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson says that housekeeping in Samoa was not so idyl lic as it might seem. Her supplies came from New Zeahtnd or Australia once a month, so that if she wanted a bottle of bluing or a bag of flour, for instance, site had to send half across the Pacific to get it. The native diet was all well enough for a few weeks, but as it con sisted almost solely of fruit and fish it began to iiall on European palates. Housekeeping in this South Sea paradise (of romances) had other drawbacks, par ticularly iu the matter of expense, which was fully six or seven times as great, Mrs. Stevenson says, as living on a corresponding acale in San Francisco. As for society, "there's more of it to the square inch in Samoa than in any other place I know," 6ays Mrs. Stevenson, but it appears to be largely of tho living picture kind. How Jones Proposed. "Jones Miss Arabella, do you like sabbagc? Arabella What a strange question, Mr. Jones! "I know it is a rtrango question, but please answer it. " "Yes, Mr. Jones, I aiu very fond of Cabbage. " "Ah. I am glad to hear that !" "Why?" "Your liking cabbage goes to show that we were born for each other. I dote on corned beef. Why should not we unite our fortunes?" . "Oh. Mr. Jones!" They will be married next week. Boston Traveller. In 430 there were a drought and fam 'aie all over south Europe. In Italy par rats ate their children. It was computed Xiat 000,000 people perished. Leech lake, in Minnesota,, takes its name from a translation of the Indian srahsnhgnsgwah chcuiakaug, "the place 'it loaches. " NO NEED TO STUTTER. THERE IS A SWIFT AND EASY CURE, WITH LASTING RESULTS. A Leadin- Specialist Says the SnSerer Can Cora Himself The Way Is to Take a Lone Ilreata Before Each Towel, Open the Month Wide aad Speak. Stammering and stuttering are now permanently cured in New York by a simple method. Those afflictions differ but slightly. In one case there is inabil ity to pronounce certain words ; in the other, certain ninds. Neither, accord ing to a New York professor, who is a graduate of a German college for the vocal organs, is a disease, but both are habits that will disappear under proper treatment The inability to tali plainly or to ar ticulate except with great effort, when due to organic trouble or malformation, does not come under the head of stam mering and is not within the scope of the stuttering specialist. "The whole thing is very simple," said the professor, "so simple that you will smile when I tell yon that the sole and only cause of stuttering and stam mering is careless respiration. People who suffer from the impediment have only to pause, take in a long breath, and then, opening the mouth in the manner laid down in the charts used by elocutionists, pronounce the word sharp ly. Have you never noticed the remark able fact that people who are inveterate stammerers are often accomplished vo calists? That is because in the act of singing respiration is done in a propel way. "A novel fact is that the troubles of stammerers or stutterers lie entirely with the vowel soumLs. Patients do net seem to understand this. In describing their cases they will tell mo that they have difficulty iu sounding 'p or'd.' That is where they aro wrong. They sound the consonant all right, but stag ger at tlie vowcL A patient conies tc me, and I say to him, say 'papa.' He will commence p-p-p-p-p, oh, professor, I c-c-c-c-c-c-an't suy p-p-p-p-pupa. "It is at once apparent that his trou ble lies with tho vowel 'a. ' Then the treatment oomnipuo Standing before him, I suggest that he take a long breath through the jiartially closed .mouth until tho lungs are well filled, and then, at the moment of exhalation, following my direction, he opens the mouth in tho proper manner, as indi cated by a chart, and pronounces with me in a high, mechanical voice, 'paw paw. ' This is often repeated, the vowels being changed. "From words wo pass on to sentences and soon to introduce in close connection all the vowel soumL?. The respiration before each vowel sound is necessary. The treatment tbref ore consists in form ing this habit. As the patient pupil pro gress the length of this respiration is reduced, tho pronunciation is made in a lower pitch and in a few weeks, rarely over five, tho most inveterate stutterer can talk fluently and rapidly with nc sign of his former affliction. But eternal vigilance is necessary. "Should the apparently cured patient become careless and forget the necessity of respiration as taught him, he inay re lapse into his former state, and then hif training must tie done all over again. A boy 1 C years of age was once brought to ma His was a stubborn case, but in six weeks I had him talking all right. Time passed on for two years. I fre quently saw the boy at his father's house and was delighted with the cure. Last summer he camo to my institute. He was as bad off as when I first met him. "It Feems that his father had sent him on a short business trip to Europe, away from the restraining influence of the fa ther, whose ears were always alert foi any return of his son's affliction, and much disturbed, as he explained to me, by the noise of the vessel's machinery, he became careless, and having once re lapsed he became worse every day, and was really forced to shorten his stay abroad and return to New York for treat ment "Ho was a bright lad, who readily applied himself to my rules, and in a week ho was all right again. As a mat ter of fact, he need not to have come back to inc. but could have applied his old lessons with success. "The German government has long recognized iho importance of rational treatment of vocal impediments, and school children afflicted in this maimer are put through a regular course by graduates of the college at Frankfort, where this specialty is taught in the government employ. Tlie German treat ment is that of elementary training in elocution. " The habit of imperfect respiration is generally found in connection with some diseases of childhood like the measles, but a mot frequent cause is uncon scious imitation. One stuttering child in a family will set all the others to struggling with the vowel sounds. An adult iu conversation with a stntterei finds it difficult to speak without stain- la Triable. "You see," said the lean man with tlie yellow vest, "it was dark when I got home, end ?he girl met me in the ball, and I saluted her quite affection ately. Then my wife got mad." "I reckon," said the fat man. "I explained that I had mistaken the girl f 1 r her, which was a fact Then the girl got mad, and now I am roaming around trying to find another girL" Indiana;).-.!; s J uniaL aim Mary M. Haskell. ML'S Maiy M. Haskell of Minneapolis has just been appointed census taker for Cass county, Minn. Tlie jxipulatiou of the county is widely scattered, and the 'rip will have to be made on horselmck. Much of it is an unbrokeu wilderness, i.id there are many Indians in the coun ty, some of whom will have to be enu merated. The undertaking is a formida ble one, and very few women would be willing to attempt it. SEVEN HANDED EUCHRE. Definite Points Given That Will Enable One to I'lay the Game. For pleasure, pure and simple, seven handed euchre clubs may be cited as models. The game is played with a full pack of cards, and the joker is used. Seven cards are dealt to each player, giving first three and then four and leaving four on the table. This quartet is dubbed "the widow." The player on the left of the dealer makes the first bid of 2, 3, 4, 6, C or 7 tricks, uaming the suit, the highest bid getting it The bidding is done in turn. The jicreon who secures the bid tlieu selects three other players partners thus pitting four against three. If the bidder wins, he and his partners each count the amount bid. If he fails, he is euchred, and the three opxueuts count each the amount Lid. While one can play a quiet, steady game, taking no risks, and holding high cards or the joker play for a euchre, the spirit of ex treme feminine politeness engendered by this fad of the hour requires that a person holding the joker should bid the limit, seven, thereby always introduc iug an clement of chance in the contest and giving each one more show. Prizes are played for. A certain num ber of points gained can be the limit or a givenfperiod of time as agreed upon. The one holding the highest uumber of points at the decisive moment wins. Philadelphia Press. rtieht He Was. "Now," began the orator, "in con sidering the money question, let ns avoid false issues. " "Right you air," shouted Mr. Fall wheat. "I thort I was buyin $3,000 of 'em onc-e, and it turned out to be saw east '' Indianapolis Jonrnai. Man is the merriest, tho most joyous of all the sjiecies of creation. Above and below him all are serious. Addison. "What I Eat Doe, Me So Good." How often this expression. Is heard Life destroying dyspejisia lias told on you when you feel thus, and should not be trifled with. There is but one remedy that can permanently cure you, Dr. Itavid Kennedy's Favorite llemedy, made at lioudout, X. Y., a vegetable coni)ouiid endorsed ly the medical profession. Druggists sell it. Washing Cleopatra's Needle. A singular scene, says the Westmin ster taz'tlc, was witnessed on the Vic toria Embankment this morning. It is tlie Intention of the Ixmdon County Council to give Cleopatra's Needle a coat of some material which is calculat ed to preserve it, anil the men of the Metropolitan Fire Ilrigade have been picked to do tlie work. Accordingly, at six o'clock this morning almut thirty firemen assembled on the Knilwnk ment, the steam float from Charing Cross was brought to the scene, and a washing-down process commenced, the float pumping hundreds of gallons of water through four lines of hose. To morrow morning the firemen com mence the painting at nine o'clock, and it is not unlikely that tiiey will have a considerable audience to watch them in their new employment This morning all the men were drenched to the skin. Mrs. E. E. Davis, of San Miguel, Cal., says: "I am trying in a measure to re pay the manufacturers of Chamber lain's Cough llemedy for the great good their remedy has done me. For years I was a constant sufferer from weak lungs and bronchial asthma. My rest at night was disturbed by a hacking cough, so that I felt miserable the greater jiart of the time. Many reme dies recommended by friends were tried, none of which proved suitable to my case. I did not experience any beneficial results until I begun taking Chamticrluin's Cough Remedy. After two bottles of the large size have liecn used 1 am pleased to state, my health is better than it has leen for years. The soreness lias left my lungs and chest and I can breathe easily. It has done me so much good that I want all who are suffering from lung troubles, as I was, to give it a trial." For sale at Retiford's Pharmacy. Too Neat. The numler of people in the world who are economical at the expense of others is immense. The abillity to do this was somewhat picturesquely il lustrated in a case in which two mothers were discussing their little boys. "( h dear!" said Mrs. Brown, "my Willie is so dirty and destructive! All his clothes are spoiled right away." "Oh, that's too bad," said Mrs. Green. "My little Johnny, now, is so neat and saving. Why, rather than soil his clean handkerchief, he always borrows one from one of the other Ikjvs!" Voh'i' Cuuitfiniwi. Ram's Horns. Nothing can kill an enemy entirely doad but love. The lest thing for us is what God sjes to.be good. God is not a rewjiec-ter of persons, but he is of character. Only love can make a fire hot enough to burn an enemy to death. The devil does most for the true Christian when he does his worst A policeman stops being an optimist when he puts ou lis uniform coat. A douU is not a sin when we resist it, but it is the moment we surrender to it In Tour Blood Is the cause of that tired, languid feel ing which afflicts you at this season. Tlie blood is impure and has become thin and rxor. That is why you have no strength, no apjetite, cannot sleep. Purify your blood with I bowl's Sarsa parilla, which will give you an apjetite, tone yoiir stomach, and invigorate your nerves. Hood's Pills are easy to take, easy in action and sure in effect 25e. A Blow by a Bicycle. A man weighing l-V) ininds and moving at tlie rate of ten feet per sec ond (which is only about seven miles k-t iiour) has a momentum of l"oo p Minds, leaving out of the account the weight of the wheel. This is sufficient to upset any pedestrian with terrific force. Tlie pneumatic tire forms a sort of fender, but it is a poor one. A collision. letween two wheels, each with a l-'iO-pound rider, spinning at the moderate speed of seven miles an hour, would re sult in a Bmuh-up with a force of .",('! pounds. "Willi siepn nni'lesas the summer nir Whnciinie in beautiful decay? Her eyes Iilssolvlng with a frwrish alow of licht, and on Her cheek a roey-llnt, ns if the tip ill leuty' finger Ciinlly prnwd it there! A!:is; Consumption is her name. This terrible disease which has nu fu llered its victims by millions, comes in the most insidious way. (Setting one's feet wet; a slight odd, a cough, and then other indiscretions until it gets a firm hold. Why fall a victim when a cure is within reach? Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will ef fectually cure consumption in its earlier singes. For weak lungs, spitting of blood, asthma, lingering coughs and kindred ailments, it is a sovereign remedy. Pineapple Water. Peel, slice and pound a good-hixd foreign pine until well pulped; put in to a basin, pour in a pint of Itoiling syrup; add the juice of a lemon; stir together, cover over with a plate, and when the whole has steeped for a coup le of hours strain through musliu and add a quart of spring waU-r.JstridoH 1ai1i. Eight Months Blind Cored. Luxou, Nkar GKEKXsnrirs, Pa. August 21, lsa-. W. Saileb, M. D., 8J1 IVnn Ave, Pittsburg, Ta. Dear Sir: You are at perfect liberty to publish my daughter's case, the facts of which are thesj: When I went to see you her eyes had b?en ulcerated and spotted with white scars over the sight for eight months, s.i that she cvjld bar no light or se to feed herself. I hail had. her treated by fhs different doctors one oculist for three months with no benefit whatever. Since I took her to you, ten months ago, she has run in the sun, without complaint, and her eyes are as bright and clear as any one's. I can give yoa the names of as niir.y reliable people as any one m.iy want, who Knew all about her eyes then and how they are now. I remain, yours respectfully, IIauky Hakt. Good Eyidence. They tell a good story of a party of excursionists who went on a personally misconducted tour to Mexh-o last win ter. The party was in charnf Charles Gates, of Toledo. They traveled in a special tniin, which stopp:d at all thu interesting places en route long enough to give the excursionists ample time to see the sights, and sometimes they saw some not down on the bills. This story concerns one of them. They stopped at a small town near the Mexican frontier name omitted, lest after this ta'eis printed excursion ists should swarm to sj it While strolling along a little stream half a dozen of the male memliersof the party came across an inclosure with the legend: "Itathing for ladies. Do not look." The fem-e was not loo high to climb, and when a Greaser policeman hap pened along that way he found six staid and supjioscdly respL-etublo ha-l of families hanging over that fence, gazing with all the strength of their dozen eyes. Accordingly lie gathered them in and escorted them down to a little adoliejail, woere they were bcked u p to await bail. As the time for the train to depart approached, the wives of the six prisoners begun to lo.ik about for their whrse halves. Then a Mexican olli.'ial'eame to the train and notified them of the trouble. Mr. Gates, who had luckily stayed with the train, at once went to the rescue. " First lie interviewed the prisoners, and then he went U'fore the local alcalde to plead for them. Luckily (hat official spoke Knglish and also enjoyed a joke. "These men are all American gentle men,' urged Mr. Gates. "Highly re spected citizens of some of our largest communities." ''Well, they should not have looked over the fence; they saw the sign." "I am convinced that they did not flee the sign," insisted Mr. Gates. "WhyV" inquired the alcalde. "IliH-ause there were half a dozen more iu the party, and if they had seen that sign ull would have been there." "Kelt use the prisoners," said the alcalde, while his sides shook with laughter. H '. .!, ' m 1'oxt. Quay the President Maker There was only one Convention in Harrisburg yesterday, and one man was in control of that Convention with votes enough to spare to render resist ance useless and compromise Un necessary. His name is Matthew S. Quay, and his business is olitics. He will now Ik; able to carry out his ideas of practical reform within the party, and those who have recently leeii his critics ami adversaries will, in a great majority of ea-s-s, fall to ami help him. The K. publicans of Penn sylvania like a leader who shows such energy, endurance, and marvelous tactical skill as Quay has manifested throughout this bitterest of factional tights. The great nuiss of the party reviitiy opjxised to Mr. Quay are not going to do anything which will pre vent Pennsylvania from entering the I'epublican National Convention next year, as she hlrV entered so many pre vious Kcpuhlican Conventions, to be the mysterious factor and finally the arbiter of nomination. That, of cour.e, is what Senator Quay has been fighting for. He lixs fought and won. lie c:ui afford to be gener ous as to non-essentials, and politic ami graceful in the concessions which shall prevent any serious breach. As mat ters stand this morning, there is no one man in the United States wIiom? voice will be mor patent in the wigwam wherein is to bo made the next Presi dential ticket of the Kcpublicans. .V. 1". Sun. A Hint U Yoan Ilea- Ala-, how prevalent are those dread di-nst-s which make men prematurely aged, pale, INtlc.-s, low spirited, lan guid, easily tired, forgetful and incapa ble; 1:11 iiiad-liouscs and swell the lists of suicides; separate hu-bands and wives; bring untold sulleriiig to mil lions, even unto the third and fourth generation. A complete and scientific treatise on the' ailments, prepared by an associa tion of medical men who have had vast exicrieiice in their treat men t and great success ill their cure, will lie mail ed in plain sealed envelop, secure from observation, to any sutU-rer sending ten cents ( the cost of ostngct, enclosed with this iiotivt World' Disiensary Medical Association, Ml Main Street, Kuffaio, N. Y. A Suspicious Uncle. "Kitty, what brings that young chiickhead of a S!ioonaiii're to this house so oi'lcn'."' "Why, Uncle Allen, he c.iiues to see in -j, I suppose." "What do you know alaiut him'.'" "I know lie's a very pbti-ant, agree able young man, who U-longs toagood family, always dressi-s well, is in good circumstance and is well educated and well read." "What else do you know alstut him?" "I know he hasn't any of the habits many young men have. He doesn't drink, siinUe, gamble, attend prize fights or go into had company." "Dies lie keep a race horse?" "Oh, no! I am sure he doesn't." "Part his hair iu the middle?" "No." "Ix-t his little finger nails grow ex tremely long?" "No." "Quote Ibsen?" "Never." "Chew gum?" "Oh, no!" "Wear pointed whiskers?'' "He does not." "Carry ehoc.date creams and carmels in his pocket?" "No." ' (Still suspicius) "He may lie all right, Kitty, but you'd better watch him, I'll hi-t $1 he calls his father papa." . Molar Toath Wei jhs 25 Pounds. An Alton, III., special says: llones of the head and neck of a mastodon were unearthed here to-day. One of the molar teeth tipped the scale at twenty-five pounds. Occasionally. It is occasionally the cas that the man who doesn't ay anvthing knows more about the subject than the man who is talking. Ati'himn G'fo-': Very Plausible Explanation. In Wt stern Kansas: "I like this farm in the main, but I'm suspicious of this outcropping of lime stone." "It's not natural, my dear sir; it's macadam we're standing at what was once the intersection of Main strict and Kansas aveiK'.i in lllooinvillc!" Cfl!-IJit .V? Jrl. A Cat's Eyes Indicate Time. Most jicople lielieve that cats are able to see in the dark. This Is an error. No animal can see in absolute darkness. Some little light there must lie; but cats are uble to sit- with a very very little. Everybody must have noticed th? slit like form of tlie pupil of a cat's eye. If the animal be placed in broad sun shine or strong artificial light, the pupil contracts to a mere line, thereby exclud ing excess of light, which would other wise he painful. If the aninul, how ever, 1k removed to a situation c m paratively dark, then the pupil opens to its full sie, and the slit-like aspict of it ceases. It Ls a point in (he comparative anatomy of cats worthy of remark that the slit-like pupil does not exist in the larger species of the tribe. The lynx has it, hut no cat-like anion! of much larger dimensions. It has licen stated that the pupil of a cat's eye is so perceptive of variations in tiie intensity of light contracts and expands so regularly that a Chinaman will tell you what tlie time is, or there abouts, not by looking at a watch or clock, us we would do, but by looking into the eyes of a cat Hcchnnye. Last August while working in the harvest field I became overheated, was suddenly attacked with cram and was nearly dead. Mr. Cummings, the druggist, gave me a dose of Chamlier lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Keiiiedy which completely relieved me. I now keep a bottle of the remedy handy. A- M. IJlWNEi.t, Centerville, Wash. For sale ut lienford's Phar macy. Too suggestive. "We don't buy our meat at Dicker's any more." "Why not?" "He has a horseshoe nailed over his stall." Iktrtnl Fire Vow. Use it in Time. Catarrh starts in the nasal passages, affecting eyes, ears and throat and is in fact, tlie great enemy of the mucous membrane. Neglected colds iu the head almost invariably precede catarrh causing an excessive How of mucus, and if the mucous discharge becomes interrupted the disagreeable results of catarrh will follow, such as bad breath severe pain across forehead and about the eyes, a roaring and buzzing sound in the i-ars and oftentimes a very of fensive discharge. Ely's Cream lSulni is the acknowledged cure for these troubles. She "You're just like all the rest of the men. Here we've lieen married only a year and you never kiss me un less I ask you to. He "Huh! You're ju.-t like all the rest of the women. You never think to ask me to kiss you unless you want money." Sfo h-h. Mrs. S. A. Kell, of Pomona, Cal., had the hud luck to sprain her ankle. "I tried several liniments," she says, "but was not cured until I used Chamber lain's Pain Halm. That remedy cured me and I take pleasure in recommend ing it and testifying to its efficacy." This medicine is also of great value for riieuniat ism, lame buck, pains iu the chest, pleurisy and all deep-seated and muscular pains. For sale at lienford's Pharmacy. Grains of Gold. We should quietly hear both sides. t iH the. He scatters enjoyment who enjoys much. Itvater. Life has no blessing like a prudent friend. Euripides. There can lie no high civility without a deep morality. Emerson. Every man is a volume if you know how to read him. ('banning. Ixve looks not with the eyes, but with the mind. Shakespeare. An evil deed will run a thousand miles ; a good action does not look out of the d'sr. Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice, and yet everyUaly is content to hear praised. Principle is a great thing and is a convenient excuse for some jicople avoiding something they ought to do. I t a man overcome anger by love, let him overcome evil by ;d, let him overcome the greedy by liberality, the iar by truth ! Cholera morbus, cholera infantum, diarrhoea-dysentery, and all those ot her deadly enemies to the little ones ate infallibly cured by Dr. Fowler's Ext. of Wild Strawlt-rry. UE AHT TO TELL YOU Why Your Back U Lame Why It Ache and Pains, and How to Curo It. TVi you know what it is to have a back that is never free from aches and con stant pain, a lame back, a sore back, au aching back, in fact a back that make your life a burden? What have you done for it? And does it still keep you from the happiness that perfect health brings tj al!.' Wc know full well if such is your condition a cure for it will be a blessing you no doubt desire. . Plasters won't do it. but may assist in bring ing ttrength. Liniment won't do it; for, while it may give temporary relief, it does not reach the cause. The cause, there's the point; there's where to make the attack. Most backaches come from disordered kidneys, therefore, you must correct their action u you would be cured. People are daily testifying that Djau's Kiducy Pills will cure "bad backs.- People in Pennsylvania, people right here at home, see w hat Mr. J. V. Bloud, a Washington citizen, says. Mr. Bloud can always be found at the clothing store of S. J.' KaUenstein, No. 9 N. Main itrect; said he to our representative: "Six ye.irs ago I became severely afflicted with kidney disorder; I was compelled to take treatment for it and finally got to feeling well ajain. I continued in very good health about six months ago. when I coniiuenced to have a pain iu the region (if the kidneys. It grew worse, and I fullered very much from it A dull, gnawing pain never seemed to leave me. I got a box of Doan's Kidney Pills at Vowel's arug store. Their efTect on my case was truly magical; with only half a box the terrible pain in my back was gone. Doan's Kidney Pills is a grand remedy and I take pleasure in endorsing it No praise 1 could give the pills can be griatcr than they merit." Ixiau's Kidney lHlls re for sale by all deaWrs, price 50 cents. Mailed bv Poster-MiU-um Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents f .r the V. S. MKECTOXS for using Cream Balm. CATARRH Apply a panicle of 1 lie '' well up Tito tie; n.xtrils. After a moment draw struiis Ureal ll thruu&h the nose. I'm? Hirer time a ilny jitter mea Is pre ferred, anj Im lore reltrfni;. K'y's rream Bilm 01. im a u,l elrauses the Nula t'asui;es COLD". HEAD Allays ruin and in- fla nun Ion, HenU the Hon-, i'roterts the mem brane from folds, llestores tlie Setiaes of tNte and smell. I lie lutlm Is quickly absorbed and Kive relief at once. Price oil cents at I'rutijinU or by mail ELY HltOTUKItS, 58 Warren Street, if- Y IMPOatTAXT TO ADVERTISES The cream of tho country papers U found la Remington's County Seat Lists. Shrewd aJTcruscrs avail themselves of these huts, a Copy of Which can be had of Keniimrtaa 1 Jims, of &cv iork Htteburg, TIIE KEELEY CURE 1 Is a special boon to badness men who, harlnr j drifted unconsciously Into th drink habit and I awaken to And the disease of alcoholism lasMoed , orn them, rendering; tbem until to manatcvaf ! fairs reqiitrins; clear brain. A fuur week course of treatment at tne PrTTSBURCJ KEELEY INSTITUTE. Ko. 4248 Fifth Avenue, restores to them all their powers, mental and physical, destroys the abnormal appetite, anil reMure them to Iho condition ther were in to- fore they lnduletd In stimulant. This has been done in more than imo cea treated her, and among them so toe of your own neighbors, to whom we can refer with eonfldri- aa to tho absolute safety and efflelency of the Keeley (ii. The fullest and most searehln Investiration la nvlted. bcud tut pamphlet girlog full lulormar lion. CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Somerset and Cambria Branch XOBTHWABD. r..Kn.i..n r.. 11 r,nnM ftsM'kwnnd 3:30 lii Somerset 4:10, Sloyratown siii, lloov- ersvllle jutimuiwn o:iu. Johnstown Mull Emma.-Rorkwood IOt'iO a. ni iSomeiKet Kloyetwn !!:, Uuov- ersvllle ll:., juiinstown l-u p. in. Johnstown Accommodation. Itork wood 5:55 p. m., MointvM-t fc'J) Htoyextown :S lioov er illcb;., Jouustowu IM. Iially. SOUTHWARD. Mull. jonnsiown esia. m., iiuovcnvnir :ii, Sioyestown 7u, bouieraet Kockwoud 8:3). Cvnpnua l.il.n.lf.lvn -"Vl n m Tf .wtV.YV f 11 A 3:11, HloyeHlowu Jili, Houierset 3:", Kock woud i:ix Sunday Only. Johnstown 8:30, Somerset IChOt IENXSYLVANIA RAILROAD. EASTERN STANDARD TIME. IN EFf EST MtY 20, 1895- CONDKVlfcD sCUEDCLC Trains arrive and depart from the station at j oiiiMtow u as km lows : WESTWARD Western Expn 4:'A a. ru. Southweslern Kxpre : Jo!iutown AivonifiMtdation fc: M Ai-eommodatiiHi. IfclO 44 Pacific Express tr:.'4 " Way IlisKenger... . . 3::c Mail x IS " Kant Line !M p. m. Joluiktown AceoliiliiixUiUon. ........... U-..M FASTWABn. Atlantic Express 5:OI a. m. Sea-hore KxpreMS iicHI " Allooint Aeeoiiimodatioii... K:L'I Imy KxpreM ttm Main lane Kxprew 10:1 " A U n.i in Accommodation. l-ri p. m. Mail Express 4:11 Johnstown Aci-oiniinolution. oV i'liiUdelpuiii E pre.. ....... 7:i " Kant Line 10::W " For rati-a, maps, 4c. call onTlchet Agent or address Tho. E. Watt, I". A. W. liii Eifth Avenue, rittturg, l'a. S. il. Pa'V.M, J. B. Wood. Geu'l MunuKcr. Ueii'l l'asa. Ait. YOUR E YE! We want to catch It! EVERY FARMER in Somerset County who has a cord of Hemlock Bark or a Hide to disjHiKe of will find that the CON FLUENCE TANN ERY Co., will pay the highest car.li jirices for the same. Write for quotations to WIXSLOW S. COBB A CO., Confluence, Pa. JORDAN & HINCHMAN. We are now ready with our new and lare,e In voice of Elm t 'onfc-etiollery Omuls, popular brands of Biscuits and Cakes, Fancy Goods of all style, and everything else pertaining to a flrst-cUi house to till orders promptly, and to supply resident families to any ex tent. Goods always fresh, and always offer ed at lowest figure, t'ul! and see one of the fl nei-t assortment evtr carried. JORDAN & HINCHMAN. 270-272 Main Street, Johnstown, Pa. GOOD LIQUORS! and Ch;ap Liters By calling at the Old Reliable Liquor Store, Xs.309 Main St., and 106 Clinton St., Join is town, 3?a., all mils of the choicest liquors in mar ket can be had. To my old custom er! this is) a well-knowd fact, and to all others convincing proof will be Siven. Don't forjret that I keep ou hand the greatest variety of IdiiuorM, the choicest braud and at the lowest pria. P. S. FISHER. HERMAN BAliTLY, 134 Clinton Street, JOHNSTOWN. - - PA.. -DEALER IN- Builders' and Other Hardware, SbASS, f AINTS, Olh, VAR NISHES, ETC. See Our Large Stoek of Sleighs. Bob Sleds. Sleigh Bclls, Roses, House Blankets, Etc PRICES to suit the times. m ww m em m ac .-a w smt b ClJt V??T "lJ n bowt opinion, srrli to Ml NJS 4l..wbo have, aad nearly Bfty years xpertene la taa paMnt bostiMaa. Coraaianiea. tlocia mietiT eonftdentiai. A Hti4kwk of lo formatiaa eooosnuMI Pa teats and sow to on. tain (beta sent fre. Also a eaialoaoaoi BMchanw teal ami sdentrlte books sent frri latants take tnmosa kluna A Co. rteatr srweiai nolle la tba Hriealiae America, ami tans ara broocnt widely oafnratba nabttcwua. pat era to tba taTentcr. This splendid paper, tamed !. eles-antly illastrated. has kr tu tba larcest circulation of any sraentlDe work la the f IV t AtVlfV A vmvai . roriu. ,j a year, e ample erte seat fret. Building Edition, Trj Btonmiy. zjm yea. enpiea. . canta. Every number contains beao- lyear. tMne:N titnl pUica. In eotors. and nbotnirraphs of new nouses, with plana, enablinc baiMnr to show tna nr.!,!!, mn rnirenminn A Harass ML.NJI 4 CO, Maw Voaa, 31 fiaoaiWAV YOU CAN FIND THIS Pipro n file in rYrom-a-.it at !! Alrt irjf hurvau ol S "X: REICNGTOIT BROS. COPYRIGHTS. V THE cIs None Too Good When You r,... MK 131 CJJNKS. It U Just Ait Iiiijxirtaiit to Keen re TTDTTCU PTTRTT TiPTTro As it U To Have t'onfldenre in the rhyslcinn If ho p.. r-?'w litem. AT SNYDER'S s-all nam Salts? Ull Ta txt (Mai t t 9 i A fri-M. lOS t TT1.-1 1 1 1 I 1 1 awi l f t X.' t T AV V sa aata ww j r a?- wa Carefully TRUSSES FITTED, Ml of the Bent and 3Iot Apitroted True Kept in stotk Satisfaction Guaranteed. OPTICAL GOODS. GLASSES FITTED TO SUIT THE EYES- CALL AND HAVE Y SIGHT TESTED. JOHN N. SNYDER, Somerset, GREAT VALUE fOR IslTTbE MONEY. m m Ml a twenty-iffli journal, Li the leading Iieullii-ari family l r i . United Stall's. It i.i a National Family Paper, and piwi all p-u, new of the l.'nitfd Stat-s. It gives the event of foreign land- in aj;v.. he!l. IU 'Agricultural' department h:n no .uj rinr in tlif inti.vrv. It.i "Market Reports' are rwoirnizeil authority. S-jiarate ! -.:trm. r:-. for "The Family Circle," "Oar Young Foiks," and "Science and Me chanics." Iti Home and Society" column command the aiimir;iti..;i , wives and daughter. It general jnilitieal new, editoriais'aitd i;-j. uioii.1 are comrirehcn.ive, brilliant and exhaustive. A SPECIAL COXTIiACT enablii The . Somerset . Heralc ONE YEAR FOR ONLY $2.00. CASH IN ADVANCE. (The regular sulrscription for the two psjier i ".(. ) SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME. Addres.1 all orders to TIIE IIKHAKD. Write your same and address on a pital rird, send it l (ice. tw. Rmi Triaoae ItuilJinsr, w Yark City, sad sample copy of TUe Ne I. Weekly Tribnae will be mailed te yen. Loutners umg btore Main Street, This Hodsl Drug Store is Favcrite with FRESH . AHD . Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Sponges, Trim Supporters, Toilet Articles, Perfumes, &c. THE POCTca GIVES PEK30NAL SBKATCARE BEITG TAIE5 TO I'SE SPECTACLES, Lontners niseis aae And a Full Line of Optical Goods large assortment all can be suited. THE FIHEST BBAfiDS OF CIGAES Always on hand. It is always to intending purchasers, whether they buy from U3 or elsewhere. J. M. LOUTHER M. D. MAINSTHEET .... SOMERSET. Fi Somerset Lumber Yae CUK"SnN'GPIAM, MA-tlTACTl RtB AXD DEALER AND WHOLESALE ASD RETA1LEB Vt Lumber and Building Materials. Hard and Oak, Poplar, Siding;, I'itkrta, Hfuli TTalDut. Yellow Pine, Floorliir. Kaah. Mr B Cberry, (Shingle, Ixi-m, Ialateri. C hr"'1 laiih, UkliePlne Ulleda, Aewrl Pot, V.tf. A general llneof all gr.ulrsof Lumber ami ruil.llni M.itrUl an.l Ris-rin; l' ' lock. AI. ran furnish anything in the line of our busings tior.i. r n!i iv'" blf promptness, such aa Brat'kpta, odd-ailed work. etc. Elias Cunningham, Offlce and Tard Opposite S. Jk C. R. . IT WILL PAT YOTJ TO BL'Y YOCR Memorial Work WM. F. SHAFFER, SOMERSET. PENS' A. Manufacturer of and Ik-alrr in KasUni Work Furnlshml on Khrt Notice marble m mmi am. Also, Agent for the WHITE BRONZE ! lYrwHis In need of Uoonrm-nt Work will And it to thi-ir lnl. n-it to oil ut my sh ip where a proper show-In will b.. riv :i thenr 4Mutis(:u'tion guaranuo-d in evry ci, and Pri-es ery low. 1 iuvile aptvuU atu.-n-.lju to tun White Brcme, Or Pur Zino Mommant Introdneed by R-y. W. A. Rln'. ns a d - t 1-1 linpntvem-iil In the point of M it -ri il ail t oiistni.-tii.il. sn, I whieh ii .1 -iln,-1 l In t'n potmlar MimuiiK-nt for our c.i itw.-k'iio i i,. uaU-. tiive us a rail. WM. F. SHAFFER, BEST .., A 1 W J Ki f'l - CompounleL WEEKLY NEWS OFTflEV.CPL; f OR A TRfkl WEEKLY . u to ofTV-r thi j-li-n.lid jo ir;;:ii a:; i Somerset, Pa. Rapidly Eeccning 2.5:-: People in Eearcli of PURE . DRUGS AITKNTIOX TO THE COX Pur NM Mi i'T S5 iij- OSLT FRK.-11I AND PI KE ARTH LE-. EYE-GLASSES, always on hand. From" ? a pleasure to display our Soft "Wood? R. SlatUa, siJaEKtl v. it; ELCLJQ EI t7 51 mmciUYPvr?? iff Over 5O0 Beautiful Designs. fill! Fail? Dopoin llUilaS 1LUU wbv wui win. mat u iwvtsii rals KvaXUJXPCALC. t'N-
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