soldier's secret Xj Captain CEAEIX3 EPG, aoi I ulM bf tibial rrauccitnt itn .I.... 1 SYNOPSIS. -M itTI'Ii I Ni'a iuthri.-.a St. Ix.uif eirl. I,. c.:i.if ttieTrilIh."U.!u J'.,u,ir. 2"r wftlMr llftpro- - ui-a ! rveeiaJ. An ou u:r ! la t r wiv Ni&i .uc ov;ri:ii lnyi.-i1ou .1. 1111.0 on Um e- f her U.p-rluni i I r ii:i.t Nil lv( e-xi-.r Ir Hol-t- n ti1- ( umnnii tli-myftiTvtI ln-rswoon. I- mi-i-vL that -.icef.nl K:iiM lY,w; -nnt.f'iJ :" '- history, '"'I " Mi:iie-t:"ti it l i:. CHATTER EL 'Opfn'H ToTv. it i " r,ri;on I rt iute l nnyi' r." Tl) r.ortJiwi-st winls that Lad finally kinked r.p the poiulicrn -lnrt!s ami Kjr.xzwl i vti a elir-mal drizzle the Hi-lit e.f. Mis Guthrie's eltTiartare now Ttvr.'.l ami v- iiisko.1 away the ismisi and il.iviiii!!' veil, and tlx ::fteni:i snc- hine of tin '.ay tluit Mlinve-il Mre-Him-d sienvs tlie I road uu-sa in afiil of p-ate-f nl" warmth and radianr-e. The olonel ord.Tt-d erot the entire ceuiiiaarid. t j the U-r consternation e.f Miss Winifred IVrrier. ami the wtj-reineriist -f m''::c Lalf a d.'Zea junior oflierrs, who, count ing on the weather imlie-atiops at nine a. m., bad e;'crly accepted Mrs. IJ-.-r-rien"? sn?-jrtion that they Mnd thtir rainy afsi-rnoon at the majors liospna Mc ijnarters, ly way of making it j.lus nnt for two young dauisels fnm town mill tbree or foiir from the fort itself, .ll f whom were pnpjf d t' l-c ileejily i ii tt-rested an d en-ajred i a t he eu ? .r. Ah-ry .f certain altar cloths, lec'.nrn and jiit adoniUjent-svithwlii. il to rvj.-ice the eyes of their amiahle tha;i!ain nt 'ljriti::as:ide. Here it was well uhmz in !oveinler. and Nyonda vast amonut of chatter and conjecture over the im-s-jiective jilcaitreof tho reverend dominie, liothin had leen don. Trno, the col n iel lijid ast mishol every Ih1v ly ordering iut the euti;-e rejri inent. :it least the ei'ht coiiijetnies tb if jf jm-M-ut at the l"sf, to parade for in-?jc-tion aDd reiew, eqniitped fur field t'rvu-e, at nine-ti.'irty that ujoniinjr, end only reluctantly recalhsl tiie order wliej tlie i-r : -tefct p.lahiu of the ran varned him that it would take a day or two of Fmi-hine to dry out the cloiiiiti.: and equipnieuts ftihjectcd to put) a downpour. And then if anything hhoulu Iiappi-n and they thor.ld le suddenly called r.pen to bundle everything right into the waiting train But. pshaw! the thing wasn't jKissihle; the idea could not le eiitTtained. Of course matten were looking wjtxaJly, very ninally, np there in the Dakota, and everybody from MisKutiri to the mountains and orlh -f the Platte was already out iu the field, and in little deta hments from the x'attered p.sts even far away ia Montana, even far in tontheru AVyout ing, the soldiery were converging to ward those swarming agencies where thotisr.nds of truculent warriors of the fm-at Dakota nation vrere drawing ra tioiis for every man, woman, child and lppivie t hey possessed. Be it known to the read'-r that paternalism i.t rani jiant in the land that while peace -ieti-s jind Indian rights asxiaTions and prayerful congregations away at the Atlantic sealx.ard are deluging tin' pr.-s.s with diatri'.ies Ujiou the wrongs of the red mati and the criminal neglect of the nation, and declaring tliat T:iii's inhnmnuity to Ijo Mkt ci.untlts Ii'iiiaii.- niocrn, in tiiir, Li'-t "century t-f dirdioiior" Uncle Sam l:as dj-burx'd millions upon mil lions ia the desperately hopdess task of tilling the tKniginal ftoinach, and in striving by meansof honest censns to re inee the nnmlier of the "countless"" so jtiithetically referred to. Indiajjs would make splendid ward politicians, and how it is that the sachems of Tammany have not long since ;s.--.-ssed tlieius Ives ot s- available a means of swelling tlieir ranks jiasseth all understanding. After I lie Iniiian had had himself, sevend wives and his bl.-oming oiive branches, okhet la!i, wiciucha," Ik-vs and gir'i.;. and M'.cii ia;f khcs as his l-tter hale? had at the lck (either of home pro-lnc-t ion or 1 arrowed for the moment from the tejieeof Two-Bricks-in-l.is-lIat ), dtily eiiilliK-ruteil. would he not f.v 11 the cen mis i,l his iribe by judiciotis distribittion fall his wives" relations amofg th.-' iht already checked oiTr 111. ii She truth could ever n ach the ears f the g i ra! .ublic wliat tab-s of Indian agaci:y luiglit not yet lx' i:i store for them! What annals might not lie nn foi.5 d! D-ali:ig wi:h his own. his white t hildren. who atv inaivoters. I'ik U' S:sia N'Oi s out one ration a day to ach en listed soldier. The wife ::l.1 the lals at:d !ass-s thiit tuuil 1 d al.-or.t tii- married men's quar ters ia the ju-t old days wre ail to fed fro::i that one ration, ouk'ss, r-i-iia:ii-e. mamma was a l.iimdress. B.;t . hi'jj dealing with the wronged and injur,-! red man he 2or.ld in.t i too mag i:aniu:ons. Every head counted. The mumbling old belda:;!, gTe:;t-grand-lii.ither of "countless thonsiitids," Jractl i;p from the edge of the grae for the occasion. The bi;j Ik liivl little for.r j earihbi, reveling i:i the dirt al;ut the reeking feiiauibies, the tiny hoar-old I apoose. even maay a pnpj.y, blanket swathed and fclung fquaw back, passing for a wee baby, anything he could thow sis jHsesing a Fiark of Indian life was duly credited to the warrior lord of the bxlge for another ration, a full :ic. .'attl might and did shrink, but to the Indian there is more meat in a lean cow than in the Ptall fed os to the white, for the reason that '-eryth:ng goes." Horns and hoofs are the only things the Indian doesn't eat. Agents might and did cheat and fteal, but to did the Indian, und many a re joicing old tinner Las "neon credited with a family of twelve when his sole avail id le domestic assets consisted of two t-quaws and three children, the papns-s having Ura lxirrowcd or jiersonated by bundled up doggies, the Taadmother being public property iassed around for the iccasiiii; the thers, pickaninnies ''.intcd f-a as to lx-k entirely unlike the prinniag nrchins counted in the Cock of brother Stal-in-the-Iark. whose nople had j'.Lst lien cuumerated. There were gents who lent thuuselves to that sort .f thing ljocause the more Indians they could show as their especial wards, the more barrvls and boxes and tales were invoiced to that agency and deftly "raked oST cu route. There was a time when the man who wouldn't luaie hav wken Fu h a eun thoue was looked ixtn as an unprofitable Rervtnt who couldn't contribute to campaign funis. "What the dcvU do you suppote we had you made cgent 'way np at Gallatin for' asked an irate iolitical "boss" of t le;osod and crestfallen late iucumlietit vcho came home superseded. "Why, it was you end our congress man who exjxjsed the tiealings of my Irvdccciri(ir and bad Litn fired. I snp posed you wouldn't ttand that ort of thing. I FUpposed you wanted me to be crfect!y bonest, "f)f course v.e did; bnt, damn it, von lont teem to understand; ke was iiaving -ne ,-i:e i 1 1 1 . I! ft But railways and telcgraidis have brought all this, or much of it, within range, to to tpcak. Things kavo changed, ex-ept iierliai htunan nature, w hite or Indian. There has Un failure to provide for carrying ont the earnest recommendations of the best friend the Indian has known for years fhe man whose word was bis bond, whom they feared in war and loved and trusted in peace. Tliero has been shrinkage both in the cattle and the count No matter bow much beef might shrivel on the hoof in the old days, the Sioux, if he were at ail bharp, gt more than was bin hare, and most of the Sioux wr a tharp their kuivfcS. Other tribes miht have starved and suffered, but not they. With the new order of things came fall stom achs for hosts of other aborigines, bnt fault finding for these Dakutag. Xo more "tepx-e counts;" on the contrary heads of families paraded their entire force, and while enumerators with look and ieucil went along the front of the line. Uncle Sam's blueeoats on the border keenly watched the rear and put sudden stop to all sham and swapping. Xow the shrinkage came to lie privation, and, turning in appeal to the general w ho headed the great commission and won their faith, appealing to tYook for the remedies congress had utterly failed to provide, their hearts were bowed with the tidings that the Great Spirit had summoned the "Gray Fox" to happier hunting grounds. Then was there no other apieal? One one which had never failed to wring from the government the concession de sired. Old chiefs might plead in vain, but the Lloo-J of the young warriors is hot and strong, the lust for reputation as vehement as of yore. Every brave stood rii for action, and no Indian leader ever equaled iu craft, in cunning, in ailroitness the scowling old sinner Sitting Bull, and no man need doubt that it was he who gave the cue. Every medicine man in the Dakota Nation le gan to preach the coming of the Mes siah, bnt the Mcsshil fnae was t,nly the means to an end. Un-koi-t, the In dian redeemer he who ordniued that his children should prepare themselves bv the savage rites of the ght dance to meet him and all their dead ancestry and with them w ipe the ialt face from the land Un-koi-to was a fraud of the first water, a masquerading scamp of a white man at odds w ith his own kind, and progressive Indians knew it. Br.t even to such a saviour, when urged by charlatans in every village, the su I"er!Ut'ns nature of the red man turned in eager adulation, and the gliastly, mad dening dance went on. Night after night all over the broad northwest the skies were aglow ivjta the Indian fires. The vault of the heavens tcivjed to the sound of frenzied shriek and yell end the furious beat of the Indian drum. It is bat a step from the ghost dance to the K-nip dance from Indiau worship to Indian war. A year ago iu every valley tA loauliful South Dakota cattle were browsing on the bunch grass, settler plowing on the plains.women sewing and singing under the new raised rooftreos, and gleeful children playing in the golden heap of corn. Now the plow stands idle in the iar.d'jed furrow; the cattle have gone, to mute up, presumably, for the reser vation thriukai;..; women's songs have changed to tije, chjjdreu's laughter husked to terrified silence, m Jh settlers sj-ek the refuge ef the towns. New red glare in the sky at night, and the new AUih house lights the way of many a savage rrjor. bound with arms and lonies to swell th hostile ranks in the mazes of the Bad Lands. "God only knows how soon it may f4ae." read Farquhar, but a week 1-e- fure, "but I think yon would better lie with your commaii'L" Farqnhar re linquished bis shooting trip aul at once got him home. He could not lear to leil his int.ple, in the happi.-st garrison the regiment liad ever known, that per haps it might be as well to drop the tlans for the cavalrr ball and the Christmas theatricals, the cherished projevts for the coming holidays. lie hated to Lave anv erne ask him if he thought there were not just a chance just a chance of their lx-ing ordered tip theft". But oven before he left Le and Berrien bad ben talking tue mat ter over. The i lea was to p) trays hav the regiment ready for unyt and it did seem as thongh with all the sum mer and fall marching and scouting and maneuvering iu the lield they were, a fliB Englishmen would say, "pretty tit." Fit, certainly, for any amount of te-out-ing or fightjng on the sonthern plains, and yet titteily unprepared for the rigors e.f a Dakota itit- r. Any colonel who, se-rving in Arizona or in tlu; Indian Territory, was to apply f.T vaiir'as overcoats, blanket lined, for fur cans, gloves, boots, leggings, ete-.. intended only for service in t'-r high latitude, would haw ln-en la -ed rt. if not snubleil. Farqnhar decided it l-st not to let any of the women worry over a possibility. No r-se KoTowing trouble he said. Long years had the regiment served ia that wintry laud Fierce and ine-essant had lx-e-n its campaigns c.g.nnst the Indians. Diro had bee'u its sr.flVr lugs and looses. Only recently .'n!;. within ti year had they re.:c!:ed tliir paradise, with its hazy hindrx-ape. it? lovely, I'caceful homes, its kir.illrnes; and gre tinrr yet warm in remembrance the edge f its cheer still new and tin worn. Au.l then Kenyon came lack from leave, a burly major of foot who had Ix-en visiting at his old home iu Chicago and was reported to lx- wearing the wil low for a girl who had bnt just married a men' tumor first Iieuieuatit in the Eleventh, their predecessors along this line-. It might lx? that Kenyon was cross and crabU-d. The youngsters called him "gmmbly" at first acqnaint aiice. ,It might lx that he was so bipp--d anl unhappy himsi-lf Le could cot lval lit see liit' bliss and content en every lace aU-r.t bi::i. He and Itolfe were e'on genial rpirits. said the lxys. for "both of them got left," But lienyoa, close mouthed as he was at t ime-s. had watched things a day -r two and then had given Farqnhar a "pointer." He had beard some-thing, ie said, at division head quarters. Hence tlie order for "turn out everylxxly, field kits and fifty rounds." The madde-st man at mess at one-thirty was Mr. Carroll Brewster "Curly B" Lis comrades called him in the years gone by, when he had much kink to the blond liair of his handsome head, and not a vestige thereef to the down on his lip. Now, as first liente-nant of the "Black Tr.x-.p," with a mnstache all bristle ami curl, and with a jate where on the curls were crop;x-d to rvgr.!atin line-s, he was a very different sort of fel low. All the morning long he had sal on a garrison court, where as "swi'-i member" he had uot enough to do to keep him from brooding over his wix-s. He had counted on sending the hours from two nntil stables tasking in the light of those wonderful, ele-ep, dark eyes of Miss Winifred BeTrie'n. Some what ix-tted andspoile-d in his earlier years of servi-e, Brewster had had lutu-h of the nonsense kntx-ked nt ef him in the harsh exirionces ef seven years in the saddle with a regiment renowned for its touch-and-go sort tf werk. He hail ste-adied greatly in tbe years, part of the prK?ess being duo to bis own latent good sense, and not a little thereof to ine-essant striving on the range to win high honors as a sharjishcoter, and to day the-re was not a finer looking soldier wearing the broad yellow stripes in the Twelfth than this same ex-dandy "Cur ly Brewster." There still lingered about Liui a cer tain repute for self cemsciousness, if uot for actual conceit, but he bad grown to be theironghly respected in the re-gi-ment and was vastly popular with the wen. He was ever rauly to umpire their matches at baseball, coach tke-tr shKting, lend his own fishing tackle or shotguns to longing sportsmen in the ranks who had none of their own, and he bad won the lasting gratitude of C troop, two of whose men were being mobbed by a gang of toughs one windy night in Sheridan City, just as Curly came trotting tack en route to itie post. "He was off Lis : horse and into that crowd quicker than winking," said Murphy, "and the way be laid over that gang with them white fists of his just nade my side's crack with delight." Ho had mere sense than they gave him credit for, said the sen iors" of the regiment after a while, and, j tarring an early experience, a cadet love affair that ko was lemg ago well over, had never let himself go again never until the Twelfth came to settle in this bapry valley and Winifred Ber rien returned from her eastern school. Then he went all of a sudden. Only one man did not e it; that was Berrien. Only one woman couldn't forgive Lis ek-votion, and the had no business inter fering, Ix-ing herself otherwise dis JMJSed of. To his credit be it said, Brewster and the lady's hrsband were about the only men who aprwed unaware of this au tumnal infatuation. Nevertheless, in those numberless ways in which women can claim and secure the apiarance, at least, of atfntiero from men, the dame had managed to monopolize consider able of bis spare time tip to the week of Miss Berrien s coming, after which it was not he w ho rode to town, but she who drove out to the ist and sent for him to come and talk to her as 6he leaned back in her stylish victoria and looked up at him from under her tinted lashes. She could have found it in her heart to strangle the lovely girl so dark ly, richly beautiful, but her call npon "the ladies" had been returned when she was conspicuously absent from home, and opportunities for meeting were not afforded by the damsel's par ents. There were girls at the post who were quick to see how "Autiuons" had lost his heart; bat these, those at least who were near enough to Winifred to dare allude to the matter at all. were content to archly juote the warning Chance the iiaine and not the letter, Slurry for worse anil not for better. There was one man with whom Brew ster was at odds, a sentiment due to an old difference when lxjth were yonnger, end that was Ilolfo. There was one man the gallant piajor espechuly Jiked and swore by, ami that w-is tfolfe. These facts, added to tho coincidence that the captain ha 1 never forgotten the hot words used by bis second lieutenant long years before, made a combination most unfortunate for a fellow so much ia love as was Carroll Brewster. On tlii-j particular morning b5 had striven to h'trry matters through on tho court to try three er four cases where the accused were only VjO ready to plead guilty and "throw- themselves on the mercy," etc., and then adjourn on the scions plea ef giving the judge advo cate time to writo up the proceedings. But tiiu president of the tribunal had other views and h M him. Brewster knew that Randolph and Hunt aud Hidge'way, irhaps others, bad taken advantage of the weather and no drill to slip over to Berrien's for a blithe morning hour with the girls. He could imagine that pretty parlor, with its pic tures and piano, its atuactive curtains ami portieres, the group of bright, sweet faces, the animated chat, Winifred her self, in her dark, rich Ixauty, seated at the phiioo, with liidgeway hanging over he-r, eager to tnrn the leaves, eager to do anything that might keep him at her side. Confound the fellow! he had money and a handsome old family home stead. What business had he roughing t ju fhe cavalry, with no end ejf chances of getting hU head knocked off, when his doting mother vk so eager to have him come home, marry, settle down and take up the management of the projx-rty his father had teft him two years be iforei fVr "Curly!" he could only gaze wistfully put m.?css the dripping parade from bis seat in the dark courtroom and watch the glinting ,ef the firelight W the Berriens parlor w indow. The major lovd 5 broad fireplace and a hickory blaze, and here l;e had them to Jijs heart's content for the first time iu fuij t"enty years ef army wanderings. Uow inu.-t that firelight enhance the coziness and comfeirt of fhe scene with in! Hour must it Ixj flickering alxjnt the dark masses of her lustrous hair at this very moment! How "How tlo you vote, Brewster? Are your wits wool gathering?" He pulled himself together as best he conld, but that was a morning of tor- And jiow It) flunk that, after all, he could Lave no uu-iut-i-t at her side this day! To thitk that Fanpjhar should have ordered them out for hours of pot tering around at saddlebags, nosebags, side lines, lariats, picket pins and ail that sort of truck! It was simply bar barous. He curbed his tongue as well as b kne-w how, for plainly be saw that his chums jvere mise-hievemsly exulting over him, but any one who knew Brew ster could 6c Lis wrath aud dLscenn fiture. The Hnnoutu'dinent was made just lx fore luncheon was over. The ad jutant came bolting in with the order, and shutting his e-ars to the chorus of expletives. "What time lid yon say lxxits and saddles would sonnd'r" fiercely demanded &audolph. "In a quarter ef an hour; so you've no time to waste saying swear words er asking damn fix.l questions. And as fi r yeu, Curly, you're for guard tntiuirrow.7 Brewste-r finishenl his cup ejf tea iu aa undignified gulp, quitting the table and ;bjerixim in thre-e trids. There was jusi time t scurry over to Berrien's nd se-o her for five minutes lx fore he had to jump back to his quarters and into riding lxxts, etc. Any pretext, would nnswer th dance tonight, for instance. "Get my field rig ready t raw find bring my horse tip here in ten minutes." he called to his servant, t dashed at his natty uniform with a whik broom nnd Ixmnded out e.f the eloor, only to en counter the laati e.f all others Le hast cared to see coining in. 'Were you just going, Bicwster? Then is a matte r I want very much to ask ye.u nlxmt, and I thought this the time to catch you without fail." The voice was that of Captain Rolfe. "I am just going out. captain, and Fin hurried, but if you will ste-p ia I'll be back jn ten minutes." 'WelLJ, ordinarily, I would not de tain you, atid-d, jiardon pie, if you verg going to Major Berrien's, they are all at luncheon. I bare jn.st left there." Brewster finh-d in spite of his effort at control. His first impulse was to say he was going over anyhow, if only to leave weird, but, sine-e he could not hpe to see her, what was the use-? It chafed him, however, to note that Kolfe, ia that calmly superior way of Lis, was pressing on into the hall, as much as to say, "It is my will that you give np what you have in view and attend at eme'e to my behest," just as thong!i Brewste-r were still his second lieutenant, inste'ad of First Lieutenant Brewster, commanding the "Black Horse" troop. It must be confes.-4'd that there was about Rolfe an intangible something that ever seeme4 t give that itnptvssion to the juniors. It was one of the things that set their teeth on edge, as they expressed it, ani Kt them against him. Feeling as he dil toward the c:-p'ain and exasperated at the way in which events seemed coalpit's ing against him, Brewster threw open his dixir. "Walk in, as I said, captain. Make remrself at home. I wish to go into Haddock's a moment, and will be right back." It wasn't that be had anything to say to Haeldoek, but Haddock had succeeded him as se-ceiud lieutenant of Ri dfe's trexp. and was uo fouder of bis 1 tern, bt-lf willed commander th:i Cur ly himself had bee-n. It was simply that he would not yield a nnral victory to Kolfe, and that in naming Haddock be knew he gave at least a slight re-turn for the annoyance afforded him by the captain's untimely calL Giving no sign whatever as Brewster sjpmgaway down the stops the captain parsed on into the plainly furnishe-d sitr ting room. Already McCann was busy hauling out the lieutenant's field hoots, breeches and overcoat, whisking off the dust and indulging in Milesian comment as be did so. At sight of Rolfe be abrupt- ceased, bustled forward and fferetl tae captain a chair, and a mo ment later bolted across tho hall to per form similar services iu overhauling and dusting Mr. Randolph's possessions. Left to himself, Rolfe wearily turned to tho mantel, and without show of in terest glanced over the various photo graphs there displayed. They were I mainly of army friends, young leilows iu whom he felt slight interest at any time and none at all now. So were thosO in the basket on the round tablo. Brew ster was popular, if one were to jndge by tho array of pictures that had been sent to bim by thtir prototypes. Then there was a large, handsome album lying open on the de-sk near the window. Turning listlessly thither Rolfe gave a fchrug -f the shoulders, something al most like a shudder, at sight of the pho- j tograph which lay npix rmost, a cabinet portrait, highly burnished and finisheil, of an exuberant woman in evening dress. In that neighborhood everybody knew her by sight. He himself bad received invitations in her hand to lunch or to dinner. He knew the writing of the note that lay beside the album, first page uppermost. He would have had no eyes at all had he not seen tho "Carroll, uon ami," with which it began. With a shiver of disgust he whirled over a page of the album, as though to cover and hide the beguiling fae-e, the betraying words, and then Brewster came bound ing back and in. Rolfe's baud was still on the album as he turned to face bim. The eves of the two uicn met. and again Brewster flushed hotly. He re laeinbered that only in the morning's mail had the large packet arrived con taining this nnasked for and ntiexix-cte'd addition to bis portrait gallery. He had not ojx-ned it until after court had not more than glanced at the photograph even then, beautiful as it was from an artistic point of view. Then that note, and that idiotic, semiseutimental begin ning! She bad never called him Car roll, but in certain evasive, insinuating, jn well, we have no word for it iu all thw vocabulary of the United States in a way he could pot but see and could not find a way to object to, she had been lately verging in that direction. It w as, fow, Mr, Carroll Brewster," or "my gr4 friend Carroll," pr ''Sir Carroll," or in some way Carroll; but h-.-re was an out and out Carroll, tho first of tho kind, A month before he might not have flinched; now be shrank from the pie-re idea of familiarity of the faintest kind. He had been striving to cut loose from her in every possible way, but hers was a friendship that "clung closer than a brother," and just as sure as shooting Rolfe must have seen that infernal pic ture, those misleading words. Brewste-r re-ad it iu Rolfe's calm brown eyes, but be would r.et divuss matters with bim, much less stoop to explain. "You wish to see ma, captain. Will yon take a seat':" ' "No.' What I have to ask need occ r;.y but little tim, and the call will sound in a moment or two. I am efnir.g to ask you a question, and as man to mn:i 1 want you to answer it." He pansed, as thongh awaiting submissive re ply. i.'And the question'" asked Brewster, finally and unyielding. was in hopes yon would cTpBm1 if a re-adiness to answer. Wh jcver have beini the differences between us i;i the !aaf, you can never accuso mo of having pried into your nfTairs, and the question 1 wish to ask is one of dee-p im portance to myself, and its answer can not, I believe, unpleasantly involve yon." And still Brewster stoexl silent, tho blue eyes looking straight into the brown. "I will not prolong matters unm-cessa-fii'. What I de-sire to know, Mr. Brew ster, is this: Have you or have yon not some knowledge of tho past history t.f Sergeant Ellis;" "Pardon me, Captain Rolfe, but I do not see how that can concern you in the least." "I have stated FaVistantially that it did," was the qniet reply, after n mo ment's thought, fit concerns me very deeply. I need to know something it bis antecedents. have reason to ask, and I repeat my question." There was a painful iause. Tbci Prr-vvste r spoke firmly: 'Captain Rolfe, jt js a question I re fuse to answer." (-jittlticd yrtrt UW.-.) Spiders in History. Spiders have played a greate-r part in history than inrst people are aware- of. Kverylxxly knows how the -rsever-a:ice of a Sphjer one-ouage'd Holx-rt Bnie'e t regain hjs kingdom of Scot land, but not m iiintiy know itiat ae eording to Jewish tradition t. spider saved I hivid's life'. Saul was hunting for hint, and his soldiers approached a cave where David was bidden. Short ly lx-fore, however, a spider had spun hT web at the ineiuth of the cave, and the sxdijiers, taking it for grantenl tlmt if lie ha taken fcliige in the pave, he must have broke!) fh: web, departed, forfeiting llmt liw web might have Ixi-n spun after as well as be-fore his entrance. A spider saved the life of the grand-une-le f the German Emjx-ror. Fre-1-erick William was King of Prussia, and an attempt was made to jxiison him in a cup of chocolate-, llj- cliar.ee a spider fell into the t up, and for this reason the monarch gave the chocolate to a dog, w ho immediately died. In quiry was made-, with the result that the cexik was hanged, and a large spi der wrought ii) gold now deforate-s one ef the chief rooms i,f thi: Winter palace at Potsdam iil memory of the king's escape. Mrs. W. B. Mivk, who resides at CamptonvilU', Cal., says her daughter was for several years troubled at times with severe e-ramjis in the stomach, and would be in such agony that it was nee-essary to e-all in a physician. Having read alxtut Chamlx'rlainV Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea. Remedy she concluded to try it. SJie found that it always gave prompt relief. It was seldom necessary (ogive the second dise. "It has not only saved us lots of worry and time-," kite wys, 4,but also doe-tor bills. It U my opinion that every family should havt a bettle eif this remedy in the houx'." For a!c by Be-nford's Pharmacy. A Certain Amount etf opposition is a gn at help to a man. Kite-s rise c gainst and ton with the w ind. liven a head wind is better than none. No man ever worked his passageany where in a dead calm. How a Mother Saved Her Bjy. Little KolMTt I'rcy liven at Si! ve-r Lake; his mother aud father loved him with parental devotion; he is a blight little fellow. Bobby, as he- is talle-d, took a severe e-old, u hh Ii would not yield to everything they Uieil. A neighbor jx-rsuaded the use if Pan Tina, the great remedy for Coughs, Colds and Consumption. The first few doses relieved and the contents of a 'Si cent Ixittle made a cure. You can imagine the mother's joy. Pnu-Tina Is sedd at (J. W. Ben ford's drug storv. (iooelness of Heart is man's Ix-st tre-asuiv, his brighte-st honor and 110- bh-st acquisition. It is that rav of the , Divinity which dignifle-s humanity. "I was troubled with quinsy for five ye-ars. Thomas' Kclce-tric Oil cured j me. My w ife and child had diphtheria. I i Thomas' Ecleetric Oil cure-el them. J ' j would not le without it in the house ' . for any consideration." Rev. E. F. Crane, Dunkirk, X. Y. Tho Iz.-ijaas of Flies. An ingenious iivpiirer, armed with a microphone, or a sound magnifier, has lxcn listening patiently through long hours to the curious noises made by l.ouse flies, and rexrts his U lief that they have a language of their own. The language ebx-s not c insist of the biiz.ing sound we ordinarily hear, which is made by the rapid ibratioii of their wing in the air, but of a small er, fine-r and more luoehiluti'ei series ef Hounds, audible to the human ear only by the aid ef the microphone-. Proba bly this fly eoiiveTsution is perfe-e'ly audible to their ears, w hich, as every schixdly knows who hastricel to move his band slowly uixn them are very acute-. The ltojx is expre-ssvd that, sinee the heretofore inaudible whisxTs of Ilii-s have been lotce-b?d and record ed, some inve ntor may construct a ni er"p!une which will enable us tonu.ke emt the langiiMgc of the microls, i-d so surprise them in the horrible seett t of their mode of operations. Itite&ded to Caeca Your Eye. D n't skip this p.tragrjp'.i b.vais.- it is sm;l!. It is worth rending, for it tel!s alx-ut The Fine-ahi Ba!im, a errK in reme-ly for cough, tickling hi she throat ai:l the stopped up feeling i' the lijqx-r part of the che-t. A simple cough m-ty turn into something serious if let alone. It ceases to vi'X you n.id to kte-p you nwake o'p.igliis w lr.-ii you have allayed the inlbiinmutioti in your throat with lily's PincoU B.iisam. The elruggists sell it for twenty-five cents. Jefferson Davis's Desk. One of the guides at tlie Capi-ol, Washington, s.iys r-n exchange, n.-e-eiit-ly said that he-hoped "lx-fore Captain lisxe-tt, 'the watch -b'ir of the St-nnte,' elie's he wjl! tell somelxHly w!iici one of the desks jt WiS that Jetii'jx.n jtivi. H-ciip;eil when he w:i a meinU-r of Im Seo.-.te. IkLsfM-tt J the fily oli t'at knows, mil he ui!I not t -11 fir fi:r v i- itors will flip 1 il' spiiiil rs f--r souve nirs, leiriog the v..ir a lot -fs.l-.J i got into the i-ounj-.x-t- jin.j ti. );;; tl . ir bayone la into l!ic d'-sk, and I ivcUoi. they thoiig.it they'd make kiiidimg wixMlofit. Fijt old Ci.pt:.:!! l;s c!t C'X-s to work :r..d p:i Vh. s it ;;!! lip v;t:i re-rews ai.d pnuy ai-.-l v:ir!ii-:!i til. i j hxiks like if:y e.tl.i r old .J.-f-u in 1. . ham!- r. I ;:;:"-.s for i..;:.;u t,.:o : siiiie- iiiighty iiiihie:ilii.i S' Uiis b-. 1 Itietl to g i the se 1 e i out ol tl'e ' ' , rurtu, but th y had ti.i-In as well t.i.-i. j to the i hh-ss of I.ilx-rty 0:1 top of the I dime as to get b''! ! t !! whit-It j-- j de-il'Davis s seat." Two Valuuilo rrie'is. 1. A physician iir-.o l e ;:I . i ! . ' I;iie!im:t !-ti. Ncird '!. pm- j-Bniise-s and B':iiij ! -i:ir .:'eii . e se'Ille-tilll'-s) U h li I.- ut e::ii.U-i. I ; "p b-iiidy the ffieii-.i of in;i;:y ho"t eh : the le-. tr-iye r o si! pa.-tl, i... famous IP.d Fl.i Oil, 'Z', cel-ts. 2. Many a pr.v;-.u iitV ciuid s;ivl that i- l-e!:i r.-.- hu.i l. Ie.--i: with tuac terri'. )v -o; g!:. S-e-t:- ; g xhl nig'il's rest by iiiv-iing "Si e. for a bottle e.f Pan-Tina, the prcat remedy for Coughs, Colds and Con sumption. Bottles of Pan-Tina sold at (i. Y. Iieuford's dru store. An Oddity in Mocnshininfj. The astronomer r-iyal for s-i-otland state's that when the miKin is half f'.sll its brilliancy is not nearly one-half as irre-at as when It Is (i:ie fu!J, le at tribute's the brightness of the lull n;xn and the lack, of bright n-ss in the half iexn to the variations in the rclhrti-d s'liishine, ulili-h i.i-e duo to thu fiiirged nessof the iiioon'rt xurfaix'. The high penks and immense c-iasms on the iiiixin's siirfiuv are constantly at cross puixse-s in tlieir iiuxV of rei'ei-ting light. The bright streaks which the te-lese-ope prove-s to emanate from the craters ami chasms are- largely invisible under cross Jight, but nj,v btiiliuiiily il hl:iill;;.cd W hcli the KUU hhilit-ii rull upon them. Catarrh Cired. "I was stitie-ring w ith dry catarrh so that I could not slee-p. I Ix-gan tak ing Ibx.d'sSarsiipnriUa anl afti-r I bad tise-il half a lx'tile I was able to sh-e-p well. I liclifVf that ll.xul'.s Sarsj-parr ill. i is a great liu ilii iue. "Minnii:' il. Kline, Jeiir.ci'towii, P:i, Hood's Pills cure sick headache-. A Sunflower Clock- Kansas has often Sx-e-n cidil the Sunllower Sta.e' -a title more than ever s'pproprittte sihe-i' the foreman iiixm iovernor Motley' farm instructed his sunllower cii;e-k. C!ixsii!g an enormous sitiillo-.ver. be attached t' its ilr-;ii!g head a tiny corn.-talk, not ! mi re than M fe-e-t long. About the the plant he drew a circle mid divid-il it hito :!! parts, cai.-li of which was sul divitled for mimUes ami se e-mds. And now, us the faithful plant Iroiu dawn tii! dusk t-yes Its tierce- lord, the corn stalk jxilnter moves about the dial, in dicating the time. The sunllower clock e-.ni also lx ue-d as a stfip watch to time r.ieis by holding over it a big umbrella, which chte-ks the revolution upon the instant, when the time to a fraction of a second may lie read oil' ujxui the tlial. h'mtxiiH CH Star. Tom Johnson'3 Demagogism. Ilx-Congressmaii "'fom'' Johnson's ste-e-1 rail mills in Ohio are again Ix-ing us-d by Ik-mocnus asan argument that Prote-cllon U not lleeeh-el, Imxuusc Mr. Johnson snys he dix-s not wuut it. This is another characteristic Free Trade trick. Mr. Johnson manufactures s!-l rails that are protected by mmu-r-eus iKiteiits. Ill fact, he is ullulely protected, tneire so than any rail man-factnre-r in the I'nited States. If he Udieves what he preaches he s!t c.ild throw up his patents and allow com petition. But he is, like many either", a big Fn-e-Trade humbug. Vl.iUuU I- . Vex. Dr. Sadier, The Eye and Ear Specialist, has been in steady practice at 8t)t IVnti Ave., fiir over years, bud has treated over x-rsoi:s for Kye, Far, Xo-e- and Throat el isease-s. His Miceess been se'coml to none ia the United tstates. If there is atiy value; in x jxrience, with the niist careful nnd conscientious obs,-rvr.lion, the nlliiet-e-d e-an find no Ix-tter to eonsilt, ai,-J e-an Ix' sure of a re-liable opinion of their condition. In restoration ofi sight from Cataract he has no superior. Send for illustrated pumphleL Cnxikesl -ye-s made stmight, and a certain cure for re-.l eye lids with pimples and tca-h-s. Spe-e-faeles adjusted perfectly. T.:mors ami discharges from tlie ear-, and l-.-:if-ness cured when all others have faihtl. Xo matter what is wrong with eyes, ears, nose1 or throat, l)r. Sadler will nice you the most skilful ami stieevss ful treatment known, and in a gentle luaiily manacr. mttttttttttttttttttttttttttttTtttttt t Hosts of people go to work in the wrong way to cure a PMAIH, C Tnikn iU 4, CJlt UUVIillS el I The Trennr in Japan. But there is one thing to have been tiolice-dulxi-.it Japan of late, a thing that se-ems to have rather escueel no ticeJapan is trembling. In the glow ing moment of her supreme victories, in tha long hour of her almost unpre cedented run of hick, elm's it se-ein more stupid or more impertinent to siM-uk ef Jap-in us iK-inga-treinblc? The laws of some conn tries hold that truth is no lil-!. The laws of either coun-trie-s hold that truth is the greatest libel. I am uttering liU-1 or I am uot uttering Iilx-1, according to the country by whose laws I uiny lx' j'lilgiMl. Most etiipliH'ic.'ly I am uttering the truth. ."i -mtn-r word so truly adjectives Japan :ls d-x-s the word trembling.' T;w is the age of arthqiiHke's. Al-ni'..-: I.olv the p.jrs rce-orl the up hcivnl of some virt or othir of the worid. And ourth-piiikcSHiv U e-oming aiiiio-t er):ii:io'i wh.-r t'i-y i;il to t-e iie:;rly or q-iiie unheard of. Japun, as far a we know, always has Ix-en, and proLnli'v iilwnys will lx-, the strong hold of enrih.pi.ikes. That inscrut alil ' so-iie one whom some of us call ;-l: that inse-nitable something w.-.lch s!ie of us call fate; that in-scrutal-Ic seime one or something of which the bravest of us, the most )i!ilegmntic of us, the mst callous of u-, o;ie and all, stand iu more whole soine dr-ttd, for uncMintable centuries has iv-e-il til and will see'lit to hob ovyf t"in flower -rr.viie-l hen f Ja:kll a Ri ii.x 1 :i:i s'((n.-JJri. Milu'j A iiuuschcli TrcAatire. J). V. Fuller, of Canajidiarie, X. Y., k;:;.? Unit he always keep Dr. King's New Dlstuvery in the house and his fi!::.i'.y iias always found t!ie very best i'1-v.'i:: -, ruim ii iia-; that he would not uiilio.u it, if ptiK-urable. . A. D.uemiii, DniggUt, Catskill, X. Y., wxllii'i Dr. King's Xew Discovery is i elo:ib:. llv tiw st Coiigii remedy; ;.:i i:-el u in his family for i 1-, .i: l i: .- never faiieil to ii :; : 1' t ;- !:" 1 for it. Wny not .- r.-M -ly s.-. 'ong tri-d t-sted. ti '.... !; .;. s . ;o j. ri:iyd r's utiig si.-k'. S imersvt, P.i., oral llnill- i. r i .-l e ,ig ,ote, B r!in. Pa. Regular t'o :-. B- ili:i factory girl Ix-long the ;. I in ' ..;.. ir i '.i;1 n ile-.s ts!ltlie. j J' : i .- n i-.-: 1 top a long Uu:e i t ..: . !. sVe.Udr.V jlil' Woiil'J tAilll- p!;oi; i t'-uthiii-lie, whiidi always iiiiiel- Hs-4.,-- .1- 5 riy N'lml.iv moro i' .... s.jt- jwiurday came around V-..:d ' svt.t with her tai-e sw. ' :e-i :r. b itid.iifi-s, but otherwise at-.-;, i.,: ui ;.. r ;t-.... - -". -.i-ual. Fiii.dly t v ; ' aiiio c-.irious as to what n-.ro. I nenrrci-ce ef the v;l, and one day the lore-man in tlie factory lxse-ii-d iie-r Ixitulage, and lo! llit re" were two strij of mustard das terouher ( Ij'-e ks. ' .fter e:I;st; eUes (ioning she e.-otifcsse-d that she 'hail fbiiie the same thing every Saturday in or fer to l(avp nice red checks whetl going to i.bitreli on Bumpiy nioriig: The phistcrs hurt he soiqevhat, but she preferreil a little pain in rcr to npjx-ar more w-nsotne at church ii( the Ufoj-iiitig uinj :d he t,aiii; In tlii) aflef- 1JOOI). T-- Pid You Ever Try Fh-e trle Hitter a- a reiueely for your troubles? If not, get a lxtttle now and get relief. This medicine lias lx-e-n foiitnl to lx' ixs-u'.iarly ndapteil to the relief and cure of all Female Com plaints, exerting a wonderful direit i:i-Ibn-iiiv in giving strength and tone to organs, ffyou have Loss of .piti-tite, I'-oiisiiji.iiioii, I teadaehe', Fiiiuting Hjiills, or are Xervous, SleH ide-s., Kx-eitabie-, Melancholy or troubled with Dizzy Sjx-lls, Kbvtrie Bitte-rs is the medicine you nce-d. Health and Strength are guaranteed by its uh Fifty ei-nts and l.(i) at J. X. Snyder's drug store, Smie-r-vt, Pa., or at Br.ill- r's dnig store-, Be rlin, Uu Tiic Soiinj fasstoM- When Ijord ( iieste-rfleld was in his last illne ss, nnd his death was only a miitl'Tofa few weeks, his physician aitvle-d that he lx tfkeii f-r an easy drive in his e-arri;ige, and lie went out. As the cqnitutgc was pni'pliiig slow ly idong it was- met by n l.,dy, w ho re marked pleasantly to the great invalid: !.h, my lord, I to. g'. id to you a't'ie to dii'V- o'it." ::1 u:ii not driving !;t, toiidam' aiisweresl Che-sti-rli Id; : I am simply relicarsitig my funeral." The Painful Condition Pf Mrs, J. C, CameroH-Ft-ir- ;. ; Experience of a New Cjs..' LaJy, Interesting to Ali. One woman that we kr.o-.vof isr j le'rj over her experience, and there are 1 many more in New Castle sjsuujted that they are not hard to find. If this inte-re-U you, and you know of .oouetoa..k u!ku', or verify, the statemri.ts that vie arc making, we will say that yo-i cm find pretty good endorsement at C3 Moravia itreet, where resides Mrs. J. C. Cameron. Said she to pur Kepiescr.taiive: -I have had kidney disease itr the p:ist ei'it c iine years; by spells have suffered every, thing with piy b:.ek ad kn'aeys: I V.? an extra severe Uack a?oi:t a moirh ag-; I was in bed for s week and nearly wild with the paia iu m v back and in t-ie lower part of my abdomen, which extended eea up to my shoulder blades; I could not lift, I could not sweep or ! anything; ii I attempted anything of the kind I wmld feel as though my b-ck were 'giving away; pirt of the lime I was bert over and could not s'.reuh'.en up; urination was accompanied by Jthe most fear.'ul distress; the passage was scanty, d.i:k Colored and unnatural in every wav; somehow it seemed as though I could not get any help. While laid up in bed I heard about Dean's Kidney l'ills, an l I was so anxious to get some relief that I entdown to llutton'udrug sto.c for some, and after the fiist three or four d-svs I was able to notice a difference, wh-.le, :n 4 short time, I could get up and be around again; I actually have no p.i a uow what ever in my back or at urination, which is perfectly natural. I can truthfully sar that Doan'a Kidney Tills have done tr.; more good than all the other niedk i::r I have ever used. If other sufferers on'y knew what a boon they arc; s-ini "l earnestly wish they tniy know a-i-1 br re lieved, for IKian 'a Kidney Pills niTi ic v." lor tale ov all dealers; ptice, i- er-;-Mailed by Foster-Milburn Co., I tt T..I, N. Y., sole ajeuU for the U. S. THE KEELEY CURE Isarpeclal boon to business men who, harlnr drifted unoonscloiuljr into the drink habit and awaken to find the diseueeif alcohousm fastened up n them, rendering them unfit to manage af fxira requirinir a clear brain. A lour weexa course of treatment at tha PTTTSBURa KEELEY INSTITUTE, No. 424 Fifth Avenue, rtorea to them all their powers, mental and physical, destroy tha abnormal appetite, and restore them to tha condition ther wera in lie fore they indulged in atimulanta. this has been Gone in more than lriou caaea tn-atexl here, and uhiiij them some of your own neUihbora, to whom we ran refer with confldenra aa to tha ali-oliitcaafe-ty and efficiency of the Keeiey Cure. Tha fullest and moat aesrrhinr investigation ia n vited. beud for ixunptikl civnu full iulonna Uon, a would cur it in ts ritht wav. rirht eft. iX. One day last week the famous engine Xo. W.i, on the X. Y. Central road, made a run of US miles in 132 minute between Albany and Syracuse, pulling three coaches. George Washington was considera ble of a land holder at the time of his denth. His holdings amounted to .r0,- " acres, or alxnit T'J smiare miles. About half of this1 was wild land in Pennsylvania, West Va., ami Ohio. A little tale I would rrheame ef one, once slrk. who n grew wonv. With txiia and blotrhe-a rovervd o'er, lie took of remedies i?i a acore. Alas, th'-y all did fail to heal. While herni-h day Mill worse did li-el. t'p upoke a friend "Your hlixkl's Impure "Kuf Ir. lli-ive run hel yoei mire "His HI. M Ii.' will quickly cure." IJke balm on wounds these wonlx were poured. The sick man's hi-nlth wits soon restored. Impure bhxvl is caused by want of healthy action on the part of the liver. I)r. Pierce's (Soldeii Medical I)isovery is tho Ix-st reimsly in the world for livers, and for purifying the blixxl and system from all poisons and imparities of whatever name or nature. Kansas legislates against certain nox ious weeds not by making an appro priation, but by adding to the tax bill of the farmer who neglects to cut them down. It is hardly necessary to say that the weeds are lisappearin g rapid- ELY'S Cream Balm Is oulckly iiliNoriM-d. Clean-- the Nasiil USC-I1, AIIkvii i 'it I n and InrlHiiiiiuiiliiii. litnils the sores. l'ri--ts the einhnne from AMIII.mihI Cold K tor- the tst-llnt-S of Tuste mi l Smell. IT WILL CURE CATARRH COLO (n HEAD A p:r1ic!e N n(.pli-l mlo t-ui-li nolril and is aiJi-,-iMe. lrice oil ce-nts at clruuis-.s or by mil. K1.Y It!tiTilKIt!s, .ii Wurn.n stree t X. Y. CONDLN'iED TIME TABLES. Buitimore and OUio KaUro&d. Somerset aud Csmbnt Branch so mil WAnr. Jolinilovn AJiiil Eprs.-link wood 3:"J n.. -vtiiit r-,-t 1 M. Btoj-stowu tiJ, ll.jur rr,lc -i'Ja. J.iI.i;(i.a a ..iUl Johnu,i ii Kxjir-.-H. kwtxxl KrV) a. mi- f'iuer t ll:l'i, stoyeaiown ll-.ti, li.xjv erv iile ilM, Ji.Uu-tuwu liii p. in. Joiii-t.iW'i .VenomiiKfiittloii. Itix-k woxj .V .. hi.. s..t,i,.r..! ii:.iMjvs.,n Moov crsville JoiiuKtown 7:jo. inny. .mrTHWARD. .l.iil. JoiniKtown S:.a. m., Hxverville 7:11, j-iii)wtown .Soim-rset , K-x kwixxl X:J1. r.xpni. Jomistown I:) p. in- Hoove-mvllle l:ll.Stiiy-itWii:j;iij.s0uie-nit-t i-Vi, Kix k wkh1 1:.1. Kunduy Only. Johnstown &:-. HrtUlvct 10JU Kx-kweid lU;.. pEX Xti VLVAX IA IUI LIKUD. castcrm aTANoaaa tiwc. IN EFf E6T MrY 20, 1835- COXI.kX.il SM IlKUCLK. Tmina arrive and depart from the tatiou at Johuxtuwn aa follow: WESTWARD Western Kxrre i 'S a. cm - eJO ie-4 i '..7.'. S:: " 5:18 Southwestern Kxpn jomiMowu Ace-oiiiiiiiMlHtion... Ac:iiiiiiHMhliim... Paolfle Kipn-Ni ..... Wav I'liKM-iiitcr Mull l-'iKt I. i ti Johnstown Ai've:ifinttUilim....,, wi n. EASTWARD. Atlantic Exprex s-i-hore K preKx AltxiiH At-c4iiiiiiobition... I:y KinM Mutn Line Kxpri , Mloonu Ai-coiiimodation..... Mail K.xpr.-ss JolinMown Ao-oinnioUaUim.... I'lnliiih-lphla Kx press Kast L;ue- ... .VM a. m. .v-fo :-'l " :4l " 10: IS " liief p. m. 4:11 i;:S " ; Tii " lu-Al " ly.r RUui, uutus, 4c. eail on Ticket Agent d.in- Thox. hi Walt, P. A- W. U-t liO Kii ntxor a.l.ln- Thox. H Walt. V. A. W. liO Kifth Avenue, iitisbun:. 1'u. . M. Hnrvx.t, J. K. W.xxl, Ucu'l MuiuuSer. Uen'l tuut. AgU YOUR EYE! Ww i nt to catch It! KVKl'.y FAUMtn lu fe.,ince-i Cmnty nk.o U:t.s ai?rd ofIleml.s k Itark or a Hide to dispow' of w ill tind that the COX FIX 'KM'KTAS.NKRY O., will pay the hii(hLt eM-h pri.-e for the same. Write for qiioaitious to WINS.LOW K Colin A tl., ("eiufluenee. Pa. GOOD LIQUORS! and Cheap Licpon By calling at the Old Ile-Ualje Lipitf fciiore, .0.3O9 Mali St, and 106 Clinton St, Johnstown, Pa., all Imls of the choicest l'upiors in mar ket e-an le had. To my old custom ers this is a wcll-knowd fact, and to all others convincing proof will lx? Si veil. Don't forget that I keep on hand the greatest variety of Lhpuors, the choicest brands and at the loweat prie-es. P. S. FISHER. 'T.iAiTP TDinr ii.? ACAVtAIO.inWJLMAKKSi Tw t OBTAtw A PATE5T? Tar prompt answer arxl an bnneot otinion. writ to II N V- O.. who haT had nearlTflft. .urs itmfwlu. IB th MtMt H... r& . j tioei. n-tl ennAlentiau A llaaalbMk of lo- format KHi eoneernina I'aleata and bu ! ob. tain l qmb aaot frea. A1m a eaiakafiiaof aMcban 1 leal anj teientlOo bnnk wnl (re7 i l',n, taken tbroma Uaom Co. reretr apeoal ootieela tlM Meieaiike Axerleax. ami tfaaa ara brovebt widely berorathe public mh ?ut , tha tnrentoe. Thia spleudid paper, laninl weealT. etecantly ilhutraie.1 has b tar th lanteat rrrnlatin of any anentiSe work la lb I "rld. 3 a year. s.mpV cpies tmt frea. I BaiKilrij lulltioo. WKmlbly. rJUarw. Slnata enpiea. i i eanta. Krery number cuataiaa beau Ufai plaiaa. in eotora, and pboincrapha of new boiuea. wita plana, cnabl.nc builOwa to anow u A CO. SiW Volk. 31 BaolAW IMPORTANT TO ADVEHTIaEMK. The cream of the country papers la round in Eeniington'a County Seat Lista. Shrewd adTcnisers avail themsolre of then lisu, a copy or w tilth caa bo had of amington orve oi Aew iorg s lltotxirg. YOU CAN FIND THI3 PAPER Ala in I1TTI H t the A,n am. HHIV2U M EElilNGTON BEOS. THE sbls None Too Good When You Buv" MEDICINES. It hi Just as Imixirtant to Se-cure FRESH, PURE DRUGS, A it U To Have Confidence in the l'hynleian Hho rearrj litem. AT SNYDER'S You are always sure of getting tlie freshest medicines n;n( .'ICIITloyg Carefully Compoundeel. TEUSSES FITTED. All of the llent ami Mont Approved True Kept in Stork Stitlfaction Guaranteed. OPTICAL GOODS. GLASSES FITTED TO SUIT THE EYES. CALL AND HAVE YQU8 SIGHT TESTED. JOHN N. SNYDER, Somerset, ... GREAT VALUE fOR bITTlsE MONEY. Th ffl YORK WEEKLY TB1BDIE a twenty-iMifre journal, Ls the leading lie-publican family jij-r of tfie Uniteil States. It Is a National Family Paper, and rive-s all the tr n. rd news of the L'nit.-d State-s. It give-s the -vents of f..re irn land- in ajnit-she-11. Its "Agricultural" d rtiii-iit ha ti superior in the iiiitrv. Its "Market Report' are r ixiilzcd authority. S4-pnr.ite dejitinments for "The Family Circle, "Our Young Folk, and "Science and Me ctuni.u In Home and Society" columns e-ommaiid the admirHtinti ij wiveri and daughters. It fr-.-tii-ral x!iti-ul new-, elitiri:tl.-ii.l sions are compre-henr-ive, brilliant and exhaustive. A SPKCIAL CONTItVCT eiutblc iw to o.T-r this sj.l.-ri.Ii.l j..uniul and The . Somerset Herald ONE YEAR FOR ONLY $2.00. CASH IN ADVANCE, (The regular siibscriptiem Pr tlie twn prip-r-t Is J1.00. ) SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME. Aeldr ail order to THE HERALD. Wrllf joor nam anl allrMS on a n" a B a a m w a inaone luuaini-, .ew itira ii(y, ana simple c, or Ij; evt i-r Heeklj Tribune will be mailed to job. Louthef s Drug Store, Main Street, Somerset, Pa. This Model Drag Store is Favorite with FRESI . AHD Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Sponges, Trusts, Supj)orters, Toilet Articles, Perfumes, &c. TBI DOCTeiB GlVbi FkU.So.HAL ATTKXTIO TIJ Til K pnfoi SMSii DF Loams Ti fin M AW CKRATCARI BUSOleKIN TO TSR SPECTACLES, And a Full Line of Optical Goods large assortment THE FESEST BBISDS OF CIGARS E ly t. . i. Always on hand. It is always 10 'tHf-noing purcnaaers, whether they buy from ua or elsewhere. a . J. F. LOUTHEF? M. D. MAIN STREET Somerset MAxrrAeTCKEK and Dealer asd WHaixs.tLt ad Ketailiki' Lumber and Building Materials. Hard and Solfc "Woods. Oak, Poplar, SIllnK4. M'alnut. Yellow Flue. Flooring. Cherry, ShIiiKIeH lorm Lalh. White Pine IlllniN, A gonenU linrof all ttnulonof Lumlx-rant) alook. Alms can furnish anything lu ble promptnrwi, nuch aa Elias CUxNLGHAM, Offlce tad Yard Oppoxit S. Jk C. R. K. IT WILL PAT YOU TO BUY YOUR Memorial Work VVM. F. SHAFFER, SOMERSET. rKX.VA. Munuttcturt-r of and IValer Id Emtern Work Fumiatiptt on Short Notle-e TIJJB ff.il Aluo, Agent Rr tha WHITE BIIONE rSintauia In nl of Monument Work will Bint It lo tlieir inter-t to call at mv aliop where a pnper howin will !. uiveti th.-m. -tiiticlmn Ku-tntniet-U in every e ite, unit Prle-ea very low. I luvite special alteultou lo tha WhiU Bronze, Or Par Zlio Mtj-nit Jntro.1ue,- hy It-v. W. A. nine. l.-el.ie.l i'iipn.ve-ii -nt in the point of M it.-ri.il a i.l ntru.-lu:i.:i 1 wliieii ii ,li-stln I to Iw tho pMUtr M.i-iu-n-nt for our cn i- jeable Cil iutle. Ulve ua at c-ull. WM. F. SUAFFEB, BEST Pa. WEEKLY NEVS OF TjHE YVOPID f OR A TrlfbE. p-ital eirJ, scnl It tfo. Yf. Bt'-t, Rem . a . Rapidly Bsconing ate:. Pecph in Search of . PURE . DRUGS, OSI.T llaiH AB rVRX ARTtCI.KS. Family Recei EYE-GLASSES, B! always on hand. From saci J"'nbi Of JN duurtutuin all can he suitejd. a pleasure to display otir . ' u: - - QnMm;rT. PA .op...... . UiiUBn Lumber Yard:1 rU-kef, laW: Sash. MrBtI ItMlnntrrM. rhetB"fc Aewel Ioel, He- BuiUlin M .lrriul an l R.o.nns -at i-!4 " tho line of our buiin-sa i,.rl. r with r' Bntrkrt. - s exlJ-iaJ work, ve. SUtUc, .0EKE-r .ilUIUI VWvV Over 50O RlHSi Boautiful WJ j fi Wcit Jaoual v ei "rneriiu, V. H. T( 'PRANK i Heal i i Pr.wi, aawr. " Atlantic i Oils k: fnatir a It,