a soldiers secret
By Capita CHAELL3 EC?G, TJ. S. A.
.id published br sp:ll rraupcoieut with
tLetu.)
SYNOPSIS.
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CHAPTER IV.
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ll( -ori injt ."'
That nili. despite the Ions li'iursin
the saddle, tht? youtis officers had bidden
their laily friends to an informal d;moe
iu the lnl)ro:n. It was just a wi
after Xita CJiithri A- a-lvcnlnro. and al
ready, except iu the thoughts of two or
three men, that etranst? affair was a
thing of the past Fin'ils had settled
down to a:i accentauce of Lit own ex
planation of the cause, not that it was
tutirviy satisfactory, bnt lt-ause no
nhor seemed plausible. Just why a girl
hhouM have been rendered nervous ami
niiset liecause she had had a projtosal.
Mrs. Vance of course could not uuiler-r-tau.l
"esj.ieciaily,"' said sha, a girl
who was reputed to have had so many
f .ff. rs." It was Lui -hinsly remarked 1 y
various miliary liem-dicts that since the
moment when Miss Guthrie's scrcaia of
i. nor had appall.-d the garrison the
tlames and damsels of their several
households had shown an unwonted le
VTeeof timidity in visiting about lbs post
after iikhtfall. and that much mors
jU.iii the traditional amount of huntins
behiii'l curtains and under bedsteads
Wiis now goins on.
li-rrien was esjievially jocular, and
n.;re than ever dirsed ti tell his
cronies in her presence that Berengaria
bal said this or Derensaria had done
that, tlie this or that Wins something
more than usually aljsurd or iinj. ;r 'Val le.
But in the conversations held of late in
the sanctity of Bereiigaria's boudoir tL
major ! rd lieen anything but jocular.
Tin-re was one incident of that evening
that had caused Lim deep perplexity,
lie had ijever for a moment forgotten
l:is wife's allusions to Winifred Wini
fred, the apple of his eye. The ssi
l.ility of her having li-st her voting heart
to. or even having cmue to feel inure
I hau passing interest in. Cat roll Drew
ler was something that troubled hii-i
l.ir more than he carel to admit. Like
many another father he had gone on
faucyinsi his daughter only a chill
tine to ioni the idea of falling in love
would not present itself for years to
come, and then only on irareutal inti
mation that it was esjpected of her.
Personally and officially he had nothing
against Brewster. He liked him quite
as well as he did any of the junior of
ficers, and he liked most of them very
much indeed. It was as soldierly, man
ly a lt of young fellows as one conld
a.-k to see, but in the close comradeship
and intimacy of frontier life men get to
know one another so tl'oratjglily and so
T'eil that the foibles.8veakiiesses and
waywardness of the animal are apt to
lt' far more prominently mentioned in
garrison chat than his sterling or lovable
trails. Suie men, it may 1 said, have
to die before their virtues can be in the
least appreciated.
More than once had the major closely
intern gated his wife as to tiie reason of
her statement. Had the young fellow
dared to sjieak to Winifred without first
asking his ermissiou? Had Winifred
dared to fall iu love liefore but no, that
was impossible, -What makes you
think she cares for him':" "How do you
kuowr -Why should he care for him
anyhow?" were the impati--nt questions
that rose t.". his lips. To one and all
tdie had simply replied that she knew lie--ause
she knew woman's unanswerable
rea.-n. No, Winifred had not told her.
They had never exchanged a Word upon
the subject. Xo, Mr. Brewster had not
t-H.kcn, if by that was meant of love or
marriage, for Winifred would have told
heron the instant. But half a dozeu
other people had spoken. The whole
garrison could see he vrns deeply in love
with her. Every glance, word, gesture,
act, told the fctory with unerring cer
tainty. -Is there a day, is there an
liour. when it is ic-ible for Liu to see
her, speak with her. that le is not by
her side?" asked Mrs. Berrien. "Yon
must realize it, major, and yon must de
cide what should lie done. She likes
him well, that I know, for she is ever
ready to dance with him or ride with
Lint, and I can s-e how her eyes brighten
snd her color rises when his step or his
voire is heard on the veranda."
-B'vt, confound it. V which ws
lunch nearer madam's prop-r name
'he hasn't tnytiting but his pay."
Mrs. lVrrien bug!n-d softly,
"Hut. Richard, dear, evi u tii::i !. tn
liieiit has iH-cjtMoanliy lx-ea ov-rI Hiked."
"Oil. of coarse. Exuclly. I know.
Neither liatl'I. Tluit is what Vou ii; ,.u.
1 sujijios.-. But things were diil.-rciit
then."
-(J ranted agaiu, Uick verv different:
so much-bo tliat were things as tiiey
lts-d to In; I Would be Utterly oppor-cd to
li- r tuarryiiig in tae army:"
This U ing ju-,t exactly the view the
major had not taken, he could onlv
taro at her iu a--toi:ishment.
'"Bess, what on caith do you mean?"
'.Int what I My, liichard. I like
T.bat I've mvu 'f Mr. BrewstT very
u.uch. and I d;n"t wonder Winnie fan
cies him. He is a gentleman; he is a
J:ai? FoMier; he ha a gxwl record; he is
v.e'd connected: his family is o::e of the
l.-i-si that you or I 1:!mw. he has every
thing in jKiint of fact to recommend him
that yon had, my liej;.-. and he has none
of your liad habits. Yon used to drit.k
and smoke and play x ker. and. Richard,
n-nictimes you used to swear."
-Well, cvcrylmdy did in those days."
"Exactly, iiid J.:;rdly unyUidy does
t'lay. cxcejit partialis oae hears a little
old language when the wind is blowing
f:om the dr:ll ground. B;tt in other re
tpects things arc indeed different. You
i.d your c:..!iits soineiimes talk almui
Low flow and how mdiffercut young
ofiiccr.-; :uv iiov.- as cou:jnd with what
they were twtnty years rgo. Dick, i
tiie army Were today what it was whou
I married you I would whisk Winnie
out of this gijTin and never let her
venture inside smother. But it isn't.
Iu every jxissible way that a woman
and a mother can tee.it is vastly ln-iter,
and you know it. I can conceive of
worse fates for our laugbter- than tlutt
fche should marry uch a man as Mr.
Brewster and into such a society as we
Lave here toX-y. You are eagerly look
ing forward to your promotion. IX. yr.i
think being lieutenant coloiitd wiS com
jicnsate you for leaving such comrades
and frieuds as you Lave in the Twelfth?"
"I'm Loping to exchange.
-You can't, Dick. Nobody will traus
. fer with you who or.ee gets into the
Twelfth. And tow as to Winifred.
You always liked Mr. Brewster. You
rather preft rrcd Lim until lately. Yt'Lat
Las chaiigel j our view 1
Ixothfng. except why why, IlWs,
von must have Keen or heard, for ono
thing, this affair with Mrs. .you
know."
"As utterly one tided an affair as ever
was knon u." said Mrs. Bt rrieii stoutly.
"I lielieve I can see clear through it. 1
despise the woman, fcha has always
made a dead set at some one of the of
ficers stationed here, I aui told. She
was just as nlisnrd about Mr. Martin, of
the Eleventh every Ik k'.v says so in town
and she picked out Brewster because
he was the LaiiJsouu-st of the new lot
iv he a our rcgimcut catac- in. Ask any
one you choose, and I think my view
will hold good. Ask Captain Roife what
he thinks, and he and Mr. Brewster aro
not on friendly terms."
-I have asked Rolfe; 1 asked him only
this evening," replied Berrien, tnruius
redder, "anil he begged- to be excused
from expressing an opinion."
-Why?"
-Well, he wouldn't say, but he Lad
seen something or other that we hadn't,
and he doesn't like Brewster. I can't
have a man maki. g love '.o Winnie one
minute and that kalsomiued creature
the next. I wi.-h there were no dance
tonight. I want to bc Rolf e again. Who
takes Ler?"
-Mr. Brewster, of course, ne asked
her two days ago. whea the affair was
first projected. He is iu the parlor now,
but so are all the others."
The major stepped over to the win
dow and began thrumming wuh Lis
pudgy fingers upon the pane. Ail the
joviality and gladness seemed gone from
his face". The lights were already be
ginning to twinkle in the quarters
across the jiarade, and darkuess, "waft
ed downward like a feather," was shut
ting out the long line ct shadowy bluffs
beyond the stream. Down stairs be
could Lear the sound of joyous chatter,
the deep voices of the men mingling
with the rippling, silvery laughter he
knew and loved so well. How happy
the child seemed! How she loved the
regiment and gloried iu Lis profession!
How prond she was at school of the pho
tographs he had from time to tima sent
of Lis brother officers, and how the other
girls, her letters declared, envied her
liecause she was a soldier's daughter
and had lived on the wild frontier. He
could Lear the sound of other girlish
voices, too, Winifred's friends from
town, but he found that Lis ear listened
only for hers. How blithe and musical
and full of hope and gladness it seeuied.
How lovely she looked as she came
down dressed for dinner just as he re
turned from that odd, constrained talk
with Rolfe. IW Rolfe! he was given
over to the blue devils now, sure enough.
He and Keuyon and "Pills," the doc-tor,
formed a triumvirate of symtiathetic
souls, for fince Jennie and -tiie kids"
Wi.nl gone Holden's life seemed to liave
fallen into the sear and yellow leaf.
Keuyon, as in duty bound, was mak
ing the circuit of the garrison returning
calls just now, bnt Rolfe went nowhere
except the doctor's. There lie could be
found almost every evening, for ever
since Nita Guthrie's visit the walls of
the old house seemed charmed to him.
-Begad,'" said the major, -I'll slip over
there tonight myself, while the rest of
the folk are dancing. I want to see
what it is he is holding back."
F.r the life of hiiu lie could not lie re
pellant in manner to Brewster when he
went down stairs. The three young
fellows honored with invitations on this
particular evening were Brewster, Ran
dolph and Ridgeway. Brewster le
cause he was to 1? Wiuif red's escort to
the hop, the others lurause they had
made the best of matters and invited
the other girls, Eidgeway, be it known,
not without inward exasperation. He
fancied Miss Kitty Penuoyer as a suli
stitute for inifred Berrien about as
much or as little as one is content with
a back seat when he cannot have a
box. But it kept him -in touch with
the Louse," so to sjieuk. and gave him
opportunities at least of occasional
word with the beautiful girl whom be
so admired.
He knew he was no match for Brew
ster so far as physique or reputation was
concerned, but then girls Lad been
known to prefer patrimonial estate to
personal charms, and he meant at least
to try the effect of Lis solid qnalitica
tions as against those which made Brew
ster so attractive to the sex. He knew
the major liked him well enough, and
he thought he could count on the good
oics of Mrs. Berrien, but he was not
so eure iiln.ut Winifred. When the
jovial major appeared he was iu readi
ness to jay Lis respects ai once, and
was cordially welcomed by tl:at red
faced veteran; so was Randolph; and
th.-n there stood Brewster ut WniiiH-'s
side, lioth, as it so happened, looking
straight at him.
-Well, by Jove, they do inak an al
most ideal coirile!" he said to himself.
Brewster fair, stalwart, straight and
HiLiielly. a picture of manliness and
vigor. Winifred dark, yet with so rich
a glow mantling the soft, creamy skin,
with such glorious, deep Lrowu-b!sck
eyes, so lovely and slender and graceful
a form. Ucr shaely head r-cem.-d ju.-t
on a level with his broad shoulder, and
something he liad Ix-eu saying to her ia
g Jow tone just as the others were greet
ing her father had sent the blood surg
ing to her cheek. B?rricn thought she
had never set wed f.o beautiful, even ia
his fond eyes. For the first time he be
gan to realize it was a woman, l.ot a
child, who stood before Liu. No won
der Brewst-. r lovtsl her WVU his whole
soul. Why. if he didn't! Pshaw! what
was he thinking of?
-1 low are you, Brewster, lad? (Had
you're hen- sot-ally. Your troop made
my eyes dance this afternoon." Oh,
surrender iguominiou::! !So ended hi
effort to be. rv'peEcut. How could he be.
with Winii'rcd's ft eyes lockirg at Lim
so wistfully, so 1 m.Ih?
And it v.a ' good to ice Brewster's ap
preciaiioii ' the veteran's allusio:i to his
troop. (i rl.ain, the captain. Lad ln-eu
away on leave for some weeks, during
which ti::.e the lieutenant had had com
mand, and, soldier that he was. had done
bis utmost to ii.ipro'.e the drill a:;d ef
ficiency i f his men. It was ab .at ti.fr
only trc p that did not come ia for a
rasping of some kind ct the ban iif ;hj
colonel tiiat afternoon, and ljciug in
Berrien's battalion reflected credit cf
coarse upon the major. Brewster's eyes
liad kindled and he Lad lowered Lis sa
ber iu glad acknowledgment of the brief
words of commendation that fell from
Farquhar's bjis as be completed his rigid
inspit tion of the equipment of the glos--y
blacks, and the major Lad supple
mented the worth by a nod ami a glance
that spoke volumes. But while all this
was a joy to his soul, it was as nothing
as compared with U-ing praised by her
father in her hearing. At that precise
moment Carroll Brewster stood the tiap
piest man within the limits of a crowdt d
county.
And now at ten o'clock the hoprooin
was well fillet!. A number of pleasant
jHt ple had driven out from town. All
the garrison girls were there-, is'k t cf j
the t Iders anions the mammas, a'l the j
juniors amo.ig the matrons, arid ti.P
ihaice went merrily on. D. lihtful mu
sic the orchestra of tin Tv.-lftli was
rvor ready to play, end iLij si,Lt their
loader seemed inspired. The aair wji-t
entirely informal. No written invita
tions Lad been sent out. OSi.-ers were
all in undress uniform, but. with few
exceptions, all were there, and tiie broad
stripes of bcarlet or yellow or white
were to lie seen everywhere throughout
the room. Mrs. Berrien, a smile of
motherly pride in her Lantlsome dark
eyes, was chatting pleasantly with the
wife u" a local magnate, who could not
fciy enough about Winifred's grace and
beauty, and the gaze of both women
seemed to follow the child as she ap
peared literally to float over the smooth
ly j.lished floor, just lightly borne on
Brewster's stalwart arm. It was one of
the oldest and sweetest of the Strau-w
waltzes that was being played at the
moment, "Geschichten a us dciu V.'ien
erwald," and slowly reversing end
turning, with the eyes of more than
half the stiectators and wall flow
ers upon them, Brewster and Winifred :
were now gliding across the r.nier.; ud '
..f hall within a few feet of t!e
smiling row of lookers on. ahiurt with
in touch of the mother's hand. His face
wore a look no woman could for an in
stant mistake. His eyes, full of pas-
bionato tendenie:, were fixed at the iu
stant upon her lovely face. His lips
were moving. Something was being
said.
There is one couple at least that is
utterly lost to the rest of the world.
naid Mrs. Vance, for of a sudden the
lovely upturned face was bowed almost
upon Lis arm, aud the deep, dark eyes
were veiled, aud the soft flush seemed to
l-n ihrou.-h the creamy skin to her
1 s,
verv temples.
-Oh, has that fellow Ridgeway no
sense whatever?" she continued, with all
a woman's horror of au interrupted love
scene, for at the instant Ridgeway had
darted forth, watch in hand, with a tri
umphant shout: -Time! My half!"
And without a word, with one swift
upward glance into Brewster's longing
eyes a glance fairly brimmiug over
with meaning Winifred released her
self from the half encircling arm and
ulaced her hand on Ridgeway's sleeve.
Another moment and she was being
whirled away under the guidance of
verv different partner.
"Miss Berrien's fan," said Brewster,
bowing a moment later before her
mother. "I was charged to place it iu
vour hands." His heart was beating
high. The music seemed thrilling
throbbing through his veins. He longed
to hold forth both hands and say: -Read
mv secret. Know my heart! I love Ler!
oh, I love her!" But there sat Mrs. Van
Ness, the banker s wife, with broad syur
pathy and approval glowing in her good
liatured face.
"Ah, Mr. Brewster, it wasn't easy to
give up half that dance was it, now?
Why do you do such things in tho
army?"
There were only four waltzes, Mrs.
Van Ness," smiled Mrs. Berrien. "Mr,
Brewster had had one and had claimed
this, and Mr. Ridgeway had had none at
all, and Winifred aud I both thought he
ought not to be denied entirely. It Is
the only round dance he knows."
Saying no word, Brewster had dropped
behind Mrs. Berrien's chair,
-He doesn't know that any too well,"
said Mr?. Van Ness to herself. Where
could he Lave learned to dance?" The
floor was crowded at the moment nud
unusually slippery, so that reversing or
avoidance of coliisiou was rendered the
more difficult even for exjx-rts. Twice
had Ridgeway bumped into somebody or
other without grievous disaster, but now.
as luck would have it, came catastrophe.
Iu the effort to check himself sudden
ly just as lie seemed sliooting into con
tact with a slender light battery man
whom he coald nt have touched had he
tried, the young fellow's feet flew from
under Lim, Left to herself, Winifred
would do more have fallen than a bird.
Drowning men clutch at straws and
poor, rich Eidgeway 's instant impulse
on feeling himself going was to clasp
L-r the tighter, dragging her with him
in his ignominious crash. His tumble
was 1-ad enough, though he was unhurt,
but hers was worse. With violent shock
her head struck the iiolished floor and
the rooin swaia arouml. A dozen men
flew to aid her, but Brewster seemed to
have seen it coming. He leaped through
the air and. be tiding over the prostrate
Ridgeway, had her up in his strong
amis and over at the window befvre
another Laud euuhl touch her.
"Quick, Hunt, some water!" be or
dercd, bis teeth tirmly set. Then Low
his eves softened as he looked down into
her pallid face! -Oh, my darling, hit
jarling!" he murmured in tliat little,
shell iike ear; and then, with wild anx
ietj iu her eves, Mrs. Berrien burst
through the syuiiatbetie circle,
It was all over in a moment. The
music never ceased. She was stunned
only for an instant, aud then, though
Mrs. Berrien would have interposed,
like the little heroine she was, Winifred
was on Ler feet and Lolding out Ler Land
to oor, bewildered, miserable Ridge
v.'av. -But come, we must finish tbe dance,"
she said, and in so sayijiif riveted fLe
caaius of Lis serfdom.
-I wouldn't dance with Lim again
f-'i 1 Mrs. auce, wuo had en opinion to
express on every subject. "Why, Le
almost broke her Lead.
-If she didn't she'd break his heart,
Mrs. Vance," was old Keuyon's reply, as
Le watched rhe scene. "That girl's a
lady."
"Am I not to be honored tonight, Mr.
Brewster?" said a low voice iu his ear
.'is be stood silent, anxious, preoccupied
by Mrs. Berrien's side. Lis eyes follow
ing Winifred about the room. The very
intonation made him turn cold.
-I beg your pard'., Mrs. Knowles; 1
saw only a moment ago that you were
here."
She was leaning on her husband's arm.
"Not half a bad fellow if he is a blind
fool." said those of Lis own scs who
knew him. Years her senior, Le wt
yet her slave. Witness Lis coming out
from town this late NovciitU-r night
solely at her liehest to attend a dance to
which lieith'.r was bidden.
"Ah, I wonder yon s.-nv at all, my
friend, with tiiat vision l-fore your
f yes; and I presume that was why you
tad no time to come in person with your
invitation."
"No invitations are sent out for these
little dances, Mrs. Knowles."
There, there, I'm not ,01:15 to up
braid you here. Mr. Knowles, would
you get 1110 a glass of watt 1? Mr. Brew
ster, will you nut present me to Mrs.
B-rrien? We have exchanged calls, but
I Lave not yet Lad tho pleasure."
What could Le tio? The request w:is
as audible to Mrs. Berrien as to him,
and, eveu as she i-i-oke. Mrs. Knowles
iKissed around in front cf him so us nl
la'ist to face the major's wife, taking
the introduction as a matter of course,
lie glanced apjiealingly at Mrs. Berrien
as he murmured tho name. lie blessed
Ler iu Lis Leart of hearts for the calm
courtesy with which she giveted the
local celebrity. He bit his lips with
Vexation at Mrs. Knowles very first
Words:
I could not rcsi.-.t the longing to
know you, Mrs. Berrien, for I am utter
ly lost ia admiration of your Jowly
daughter." She, dariug to speak of one
so pure, so innocent, s:o utterly beyond
Ler! Turning impatiently away, Le en
countered Major Berritti's eyes fixed
upon Lim with a look tnat was not gotd
to s-ee. He stepped forward, hoping to
explain, but Berrien, who had jnst en
tered the room after au al-seuce of ever
Lalf au Lour, whirled sharply aliotit,
plainly indicating that he did not wish
to sjK-ak. This was bad enough. lie
Lad lieeu mar the seventh heaven of
bliss. He had almost touched the gates
of jiearL Now they were receding
through clouds and darkness, fading iu
the distance. But worse was to come.
Mrs Knowles had seated herself by
Mrs, Berricu's side, pouring forth rapid
compliment and coulideuce. The uiusu;
Lad ceased. Ridgeway, with WinifreJ
on Lis arm, was approaching slowly,
checked every moment by man or
woman, who begged to Lear that she
was not shocked or seriously hurt. It
was not until she was within a few
yards that Winifred caught sight of her
mother's companion caught sight of
the faint gesture and the warning in
Ler mother's eyes. Then she pressed
Ler escort's arm and turned Liui away.
"Oh, do call Miss Winifred here. 1
so long to meet Ler, Mrs. Berrien," cried
Mrs. Knowles; ami what could Mrs.
Berrien do? The flush died out of Win
ifred's cheeks, the soft luster from her
eyes. Obedient to her mother's il will
ing summons, she stood before the lady
from town, but she stood erect, and
there was not the faintest cordiality in
her maimer. The long lashed lids droop
ed over her eyes as she bowed to tho
elder woman, but her hand, to Ridge
way's delight, refused to withdraw from
his arm. No one saw more plainly than
did Mrs. Knowles that nothing could be
more unwelcome than that introduction;
and it stung her to the quick. Chocking
the fulsome flatteries that were ready on
her tongue, she said:
-I could not go. Miss Berrien, without
saying how frightened I was for yon
and how glad to see yon were not hnrt."
Tlien, turning languidly, "And now,
Carroll, will you take me to the car
riage? Somebody can call Mr. Knowles".
Good night, Mrs. Berrien. Do come and
see me." And, taking Mr. Brewster's
nnoffered arm, she led him down the
brightly lighted and observant room.
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his proierty in such shape that, if neces
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Kach morning this millionaire's man
comes into his oltlee with a bundle of
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his morning mail and business men come
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the day, his oflSce looks like a carpenter
shop and the bundle of pine Micks has
vanished. The harder the business prob
lems he has to meet the harder he whit
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Instructor, Free. All of which u
guaranteed to do you good and cost
you nothing. J. X. Snyder's drug store,
Somerset, Pa., or at Urallit r's drug
store, Berlin, Pa.
The Banner Year for Apples.
This is a banner yesr, Kays the Now
York 7'hVim-, for apples, a crop of from
seven to ten million barrel liein looked
fur, exceeding any previous annual pro
duet by from one to three millions.
Prbi-s are down il to .VI cents a barrel
less than List year, with a lowering
tendency ns tho return come in, show
ing tho superabundance of the yield
everywhere. The bulk of the crop comes
from the West, Missouri sending the
largest contribution, exceeding that of
New York, iu which it wa formerly
thought that Pomona had spread her
brightest and intist spacious liowers. Of
the gifts ofthc year now fajling in the
yellow leaf (he ev.r we(uoine apple is one
of the most alxiiindiug. and ought to be
rememliered In ail rituals of Thank-giving
and Judiciously applied in all its
feasts.
A loud ring of your doorbell in the
dead hours of night is alarming. So is
the first hollow sound of a cough from
one's husluind, wife, son, or daughter.
It is disease knocking, with jx-rhaps a
certain silent visitor waiting not far
away. Arrest that cough. Stop it.
Stop it at the slart. A few days, use of
Ely's Pineola Balsam and the danger
is past. Helief is juituotiiate; a cure
eerluiii. This remedy Is rich In the
curative principles of the balsam and
also contains certain Ingredient that
are new.
Items of Intereat.
Mrs. Sallie Creenthal. of Arkansas, has
been awarded ?12,(fl by a jury in her
suit against the Iron Mountain railway
for the ihjatb, of her husliand, who wa
killed by an insane iian on a train of the
defendant company. A motion 6r a new
trial was overruled.
Senators Quay and Cameron have been
invited by (iovemor Hasting, through
Secretary Keenan, to accompany tho
party to Atlanta on Novemlier 14, when
Pennsylvania day will I celebrated. It
is said this was done to bring aUmt a re
conciliation lielwcen the "silent senator"
and the combine leader. The invitation
have not yet lieeu accepted by either gen
tleman. At the national convention of the
Woman's Christian Teniperanco I'nhm
rticently held iu Baltimore, Pennsylvania
wa represented as the banner state, tak
ing three prizes. The state lead in tem
perance work among the colored people
and won the lianner for the largest in
crease In tneinliership, rouortinj; an in
crease of J,hk) during the past year. In
work among the children of the state it
also rank first. Pennsylvania alvo hud
the largest delegation in attendance at the
convention of any state in tho Union; be
ing entitled to it by her large member
ship. Hr. William T. Harri, United States
o nniissioner of education, has just is
s ted Li annual rejmrt covering the year
en ling June .10, ls!il. It shows that the
whole ntimlier of student in schools and
colleges, public and private, was l-V'1.-or
2i5 of the entire tiopulation.
There wa an increase; in the average en
rollment of the year before, and a still
higher increase in the standard of at
tendant". There were eniployed lii.fiV5
men and :Mo,K women teachers. Tim
ntimlier of school houses wa !!,4il,
valued at cSi,4:K,ft!rt. It look $li:',ofVi,ia)
to run the schools that year, or 11 a
pupil approximately.
It is announced that application will 1-e
made to he Board of Pardon at Itarris
burg, on the ilh inst., for a pardon for
John Bardsley, the ex-city treasurer of
Philadelphia, who wa convicted in l:il
of embexr.ling the city's funds and was
sententvd to lifteen years' imprisonment
in the Eastern Penitentiary. The next
meeting of the Board will lie held on the
nh instant, and the application will lie
presented by Kolert W. Alexander, at
torney for Bardsley. Of late there have
lieen numerous report that a movement
was on foot looking to the pardon of the
convicted city treasurer, whose pecula
tion created stich a furore, but a definite
announcement of the project wa not
made until Friday.
Free Pills.
Send your address to H. E. Bucklen
& Co., Chicago, anil get a free sample
t of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A
trial will convince yn:j of their iu Tits.
These pills are easy in action ami are
particularly c-flcctive in the cure of
Constipation and Sick Hcaduchc. For
Malaria ami Liver troubles they have
bi-en roved invaluable. Tiiey are
guaranteed to he perfectly free from
every deleterious su!itance and to ks
pure ly vegetable. They do not weaken
by their action, but by giving tone to
stomach ami IkiwcIs greatly Invigorate
the system. Regular size 2e. per bos.
SiLl at J. N. Snyder's drug store,
Smu-rset, Pa., or at Brallier' drug
store, Berlin, Pa.
A Terribls Threat
"I don't like you, Aunt Jennie," said
Wilbur, after his aunt had interfered
with wme cherished idea he liad in
mind; "an' if you don't let me alone
I'll save up my pottct money an' buy
a tapir."
"A what?" a-ked his aunt.
"A tapir," said Wilbur; "an tapirs
they cats an!" Harper's L'uutid
Table.
What tae Department of Agriculture Eai to
Say About This Industry.
The reKrt of the state toard of agricul
ture which was destroyed in tho fire at tho
slate printing oflice some time since, is
now ready for general distribution. The
number of farmerts' institutes ha increas
ed from alKiut U to IT), thereby adding
very materially to the labor of Secretary
Kdge. IjlsI year, before tiie dcpai'ent
of agriculture wa organized upou its
present hnsi, and i only a state hoard,
with Mr. Kdge ns it secretary, the ex
pense of the work undertaken by it az
uregated Jlt;,.Vio; $.i,.Vk) of this amount wa
used for farmer' institute-. The annual
appropriation for expenses of members of
the board is according to the pres
ent membership, this gives a per capita
rate of f?J7., niuch below the former ap
propriation of tho lioanl, when tho
amount often reached fT per member.
This decrease per capita i due to the in
creased membership iu tho Ixiard with
out a corresxinding increase of appro
priation. Under the authority of the 1 mart I six
regular agent wcreappointcd toexamine
fertilizers. The fee for the analyse were
determined by the executive committee
and in 110 case exceeded seventy-five per
cent, of the usual price paid for stieli ser
vices. Ijtst year these agents returned to
the board l,7i" samples; 1.2il were of
complete fertilizers, 'M were of ground
Umeaiid were of South Carolina rock.
A these samples were taken at complete
random it is probable that of the fertiliz
er on sale in Pennsylvania seventy-three
per cent. U-long to the class called "com
plete," while fourteen per cent, are
ground bone and thirteen per cent. South
Carolina rock. Iist year there were li
censed and recorded for sale in this state
Htl distinct brands of fertilizers, of which
. were "complete," 1(15 were ground
bone, !)'! were South Carolina r.n-k, -ft I
were alkaline bono. The work of this
analysis has been performed by IT. Wil
liam 1'rear, of the Pennsylvania state ex
perimental station. l4tclt analysis was
made in duplicate to avoid all error.
Thirty-two tliotiaqnd copies of thi result
of these analyst's have lieeu sent out to
farmcis anil tltose using fertilizers for
their U-iitl-tati I protection.
One of the most tliili.-uU problems en
countered by tiie lmard i tho prevention
of tho re:id of contagion tliseuseamong
animals. Many of the farmer whose
animals are aillicled with some epidemic
are comparatively jKr ajid strenuously
protest against the kii'iutr of tho cmvs,
horse or sheep. T oo iate this ilillicnl
ty the Imard was authorized in 1-!I to pay
for tiie aiiiinttls tint killed. U i Mated
that "A a rule cattle are far too crowded.
In only three farm out of twelve especial
ly examine! wa any aitempt made at
ventilation, ami even in those three; it was
more in name than in fact. In not a single
tiarn visited was there any provision
made for the admission of fresh air."
The reort also gives tho results of some
important experiments tried at the State
collcgo agricultural experiment station.
From these it appears that w hen theaver
agep;i.t cf tl; foed consumed per cow
each day was l i 'J cent an increase of i.j
cents in tho otisj of their rations produced
an initroaso iu the vaiucof the butter pro
duct of .Vlor a net tfaiu of 11 cent per
cow, amounting to J5. cents per day for a
herd of i"i cow or 7i'iH per year. A
further increase of i7 ceiil per day in tho
food, making the total f.md cost cents,
gave no further increase in the butter
product and was therefore fed at a hiss.
Last year fifty-nine glandered horr-.
were c.Hidciniied and killed. Nineteen
of these case were in Wiikesbarre and
the value of them was
F-xpt-rimcnt s enis to pro", c that in com
petent hands ;:tuii-LHtir' is a sans and
tire diai:iotit: a-jciit for tu'ir-: -1 :sis.
Ir. I.ee stateslhat during the lust three
or four year he has examined M dairies
weekly and sometime ho find the milk
watered to tiie extent of four per cent.
Ir. F. Bridge, of Philadelphia, the vet
erinary surgeon, state that during last
year eighty-three herds of cattle contain
ing animal were examined for tu
iMTctslosis and killed. There were
three outbreaks of Texan fever and no
case of contagious pleiiro-pneumonia ;
ISs horses w ere examined in the course of
the year for glanders bj l;in.
It kcom from siaiiatit-s .loiupilcd by tho
department Unit the. utruie.ro of this state
expend f"l,"VMrWto f l.on.uo') annually for
commercial fertilizers. Ii-t year the
farmers used .".T.VI tons of ground bone
paying for it a total ol fll ".".
A regards the' forests of this state, we
find that l' year ago there were i'.lli'.,
I ) ai-rcs of t:nil-r land. This amount
had lieen reduced by best year to less
than 7.U I, ami of that amount not
more than 1,i5I,ik acres are valuable.
There is a dreadful destruction of valua
ble property each year from forest
fires. Iu lsj.l, mon; than liooi.Cit) acre
of land iu thi country were destroyed,
representing a value of over ?i.",oiu,ii!in.
At the present rate of destruction the 011
lire."i(i,ii'i.iKui acre of forest land in the
United Slates will have vanished at the
end of fifty years.
The cask value of all th" farm in the
state in 1VVI, was jo7,s.7",uii:i ; at the pres
ent date it is ?T.i ; the highest total
valuation was retichod in 17(1, w hen ail
Hie farms of the state aggregated $I,OIV
Js1,.
NIuM sli t'l hp filVrl with music,
AikI lllecir.- lll:t infest til"il:iy
Sii .11 fold tucir lents like I lie Artt.s,
A:kI hs silently steal aw ty.
Just like a Co-.lgil or Cold dies after
yon u-' P.in-Titi:, tin great remedy
for Coughs, C.ibls and C :n:l.n;i'i 0:1.
i'.and .VI ivut (J. V. ii Milord's
dm ' store.
'PENNSYLVANIA DAT" AT
IXPOSIIIQH.
ATLANTA
Seduced Bates lit Peaasylvania B. B.
For the c-speci tl l.;n;H of those w ho
desire to bo pree:it at tic; Atlanta Kxo-
sion tu '-Pennsylvania Iiy," Novemlier
1 1, the Pennsylvania K.iilroa l Company
will pla:-j o-i sale exe.trsion ticket to
Atlanta and return at th rate quoted
below. The tickets w ill n Id only for
train connecting with through train to
Atlanta leaving Union Station, Washing
ton, November 12, and are limited for
continuous going passage and for return
by continuous passao within ten days
f.-oni day of sale. PiUsburg, .10 ; Al
toona, JU'l; Il.irrlsburg, 17.7"i.
Nothinj S'lCcseJjLiks Success.
It can b said without fe.tr of con
tradict n that 111 m;r:c';:K has h:d
greater ssiccss iu caring Coughs,
Cold, If ur-icnes a:id C.i:n-iuiptiuii
tlrui Pan-Tina. Tin cvlebr;:ted rem
edy stop coughing, soothe the
thro.it and lung, ami ind ic-.-.-i a good
night's rest. Hundred can testify to
the rem irk:ille and life-saving virtues
of thi great rem.-dy. Pan-Tina cist
only "J-j an 1 ." ) c.-nt.
1! it tics at (S. V. litlford's dmg
store.
Ths Authorities.
"And so you love thi young girl ?'"
said the fin - siecle m it her.
"Vest," replied h-r s in. "Vo l know
how Iktttitiful and good she is?"
"Of course. Hut her family. Have
yon consulted the b Kiksab at them '."'
"What hook?"
"Why, Hradslrcvt's and the blue
IXM.k." i
Are you stifle-ring from rheumatism?
Thonia Eeleclric Oil has cured thous
and of the worst cases of this terrible
disease. It only costs 2 cent to try it.
fl.tirge Washington was considtia
bio of a land holder at the time of It's
death. Hi holdings am Hinted to CO,-.
!7o acres, or ib nit 7f stpi.ire miles.'
About half of this was w ild land in
I'cuiisvlvania, West Va., and Ohio.
I KKQGK
S THE
I SPOTS
A sore spot, green,
black, or blue, is a
ST. JACOBS
Use
S OUT.
IT
GEOVES'8 PBOCLAMATION.
He SeU Apart the 28th ofTnii Month ai
TbankagiTing Day.
I.ast Monday President -Cleveland
issued a proclamation designating
Thursday, N..venilr 'Js, a Thanks
giving day. Tho proclamation follows:
"The constant goodness and forbear
ance of Almighty od, which have been
vouchsafed to the Anieritan people dur
ing the year which is just past, call for
their sincere acknowledgment of devout
gratitude. To tho end, therefore, that we
may, w ith thankful hearts unite in ex
tolling the loving care of our Heavenly
Father, I. O rover Cleveland, president of
the Unititl State, do hereby ap'ioiul and
setupart Thursday, the iXth day of the
present uioiiili of November, a a day of
thanksgiving and prayer, to bo kept and
observed by all our people. On thai day
let 11 forego our usual occupation, and
in our accustomed place of worship join
in rendering thank to tho giver of every
g.Hcl and perfe.-tgift for the bounteous re
turn that have rewarded our lalmr in
tho field and in the busy marts of trad-,
for Ihe peace and order that have prevail
ed throughout tho land, for our protection
from pestilence and dire calamity, and
for tho other blessing that have lieen
showered ii'miii ii from an open hand.
And with our thanksgiving let us hum
bly liescech the Iird to so Incline the
heart of our peoplo unto him that He
will not leave 11 nor forsake us a a na
tion, but will continue to u His mercy
and protecting rare, guiding ns in the
path of national prosperity and happi
ness, endow iug u within roctitiido and
virtue and keeping alive w ithin 11 a pa
triotic love for tho freo institution w hich
have l.-euu given to tl a our national
heritage.
'And let 11 also, 011 the day ofour
thanksgiving, esjiecially rcuieinlier the
poor and needy, and by deed of charity
let 11 show tip sincerity ofour gratitude.
"Witness whereof 1 have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to lie alllxcti,
llone at the city of Washington this
Ilh day of Novemlier, in the year ofour
I.rd li"s and iu the one hundred and
twentieth year of the independence of the
United Slate.
ti UOVF.lt Cl.KVK l. N I."
Look out for cold at thi season.
Keep yourself well and strong by tak
ing Hood's Sarsaparilla, the great tonic
aiid blood purifier.
No Hope For The Negro.
The South Carolina State ('.institu
tional convention has settled the
suffrage problem by putting tho
''understanding' proviso on for two
year, ami then leaving a pure educa
tional and property tpi.-iliiic-ttion. Wheth
er this will stand the tost if judioi.il in
quiry is a .iiestion. There is no hope f:r
womau'it siitfraue.
The "undertan.ling" clause require
that a man should lie able to read and
writj, anil lie able to understand and
explain any (Section of tho Contilut ion
when read to him by the registration
otJiccr. Alter a voter 1 regiicre;ti, ne-
fort; ho c.tu vote he must satisfy the
election ollieer that he ha paid all taxes.
including poll tax. due previous to the
eb-et iol.
'( he iiegities claim (hi will iitiiaily
disfranchise tlpm, a tlo registration
an. I election ofrt vrs are tlia final judges
of a man's right to vote, and cm throw
out whom thoy like. K. -Congressman
Miller, eolored, ;iid:
I seeaiisolutely no hope for 11 in South
Carolina to ever have fair and honest
elections as long a the man in control,
(Senator Tillman), sees imaginary evils
coining through the channel of hon
est eh tions, and fail to make honest,
simple election laws.
One day last weeW the ruinous engine
No. wr.i, on the; X. Y. Central nud,
made a run of 1 IS miles In 112 minute
Utween Albany and Syracuse, pulling
three coaches.
Gigantic Coke Deal.
Tim greatest deal ever consummated
in the Connellsville coke region wa
that effected last week when the
II. C. Friek Coke Company bought
out tiie Mt-f'.uro Coke Company
and elect I x:i entirely new lmard
of oilieers. Tin; transaction iiim:h the
transfer of at least jl.(MO,OM. Charlew
Ii innelly ami Ciib.-rt Katl'erty are the
chief stockholders in the M .(.'Pare Com
pany, which ha lieen one of the 4ii!y (.wo
rival of t!(i Fri:k linn. This purchase,
added to the plant of the Pairt'hauee Com
pany, puts Clay Frh'k in undisputetl pos
htitiii of tko Held. Tho McClure Com
pany iMiitrolle-i :iUut "iVM oven, and the
pur.-lnsti give Fri--k p iesio:i of II,
i.novensoat ofa t ii.il ofl7,fi. It i es
tiui ittsl that the Friek Company now
ow ns and e.uitnil .nearly .Vt.O.M uere of
C uinellsviile c.Kil. They w ill have the
cipacity to manufacture about -"..(M) tons
of coke a day.
ti
A Sure Thing."
That What Wc Are All After Many
the One That Will Find In These
Words What They Have
Looked For.
Do you know what it is to have a back
that is nover free from aches end constant
p .ir. a lame back, a sore back, an aching
b ck. in I :ct, a bark that makes your hie
a harden f What have you done for ill
And docs it still keep you from the hap
piness that health brings to all? Ve
know full well if such is your condition
you ars looking for "a sure thing," zonie
thing tbiit c.i'.l relieve the pain, remove
the cause and restore the system to the
condition designed by ntture. Perhaps
this statement may assist you to finding
that sure thing, t comes from a Me
Keespoit cilizeu, Mr. Geo. W. Sherbine,
whose home is at CJ3 Shaw avenue. Mr.
Sherbine has this to say: "About three
years ago the small of uiy back was in
jured by a heavy wagon, and ever since
that time I have felt miserable and un
able to work. I would have such a dca.l,
drowsy sort of a feeling come over me
that would not wear oil. This was the
condition w Uh which I was forced to f see
a day's work and after working awhde
I was hardly able to straighten up. Some
months ago I read about Doan's Kidney
PilN, ami believing my kidneys were the
actual source of my trouble and anxious
to try anything that might benefit me,
went to the drug store of J. C. Smith antj
got a liox. Beginning their use, the e
suit has beer, that I felt like a new man,
I can work ail day until I can hardly
walk home, and after my evening uiea!
I feci as fresdi as ever. I rise in the morn-ii-g.
refreshed from the night's rest, with
no more of the former terrible feelings.
Mv hcartrc!t thanks are due to I loan's
K.tlney rills, the f.nest remedy in th
w-oild for the kidneys."
I loan's Kidney I'i'ils for sale bv all
dealers price. ") cents. Mai'.cil by
l-'os'.er-Milburn Co., Luilalo, :.'. V., tola
a-i-ilU fol the U. ii.
THE KEELEY CURE
Iiatpeelal boon to badness mm who, havlnr
drifted uncniMCinuslr Into the drink habit and
awaken to find the disease of alcoholism fastened
up n them, rendering them unfit to manage af
fairs muirin a clear brain. A four wceaa
course of Uvatmcnt at the
PTTT5BURQ KEELEY INSTITUTE,
No. 42(6 Fifth Avenue,
rstorei to thetn all their powers, mental and
physical, destroys the abnormal appetite, and
restores them to the condition ther went in be
fore they Indulged in attmulanU. this has been
done in more than KoO casea treated here, and
moiij them aume of your own neighbor!, to
whom we can refer wfih eonfldence as to the
abolutafctyand efficienrr of the Kef ley (tire.
The fullest and matt fearrhine Invertiration ia
n ritcd. beud for paaiutikt givicx full ialonoa
tlOBt . . Q
OIL
ml watch the color fade,
tbe soreness disappear.
IS MACICAL.
Jumped Te Ear Lover.
Scott Youkiu ami Minnie Stafford,
if Comiellsville, I'a., were niarrit! at
(.'umlx-rlaud. Mil., Saturday. Her
mother had previously forbidden
Youkin to isit her, and they had uisdo
arrangements to elope at night. Mr.
Stafford cam to know if their plans,
and w hen the couple arrived at the train
they were met by a policeman, who biok
the girl liaek to her home.
Next morning Minnie, who hail lieen
locked in her room, jumped out of a
second story window while her mother
was occupied down stairs ami on the
other side of the house. She soon found
I her lover antl they went to C'unilierland
to lie married. She does not appear to
lie over Pi years old, but the marriage
license gave her age as 111, aud that of
Youkin a ii.
Tommy "'Cause you're not agreed
on what you want. One says Vat it
up' ami the other 'take it down.
When you can get together and unite
on a projiosition I will do my licst to
please you. Hut us it stand at present
it can't lie done without standing on
my head part of the time."
Kansas legislates against certain nox
ion wil not by making an appro
priation, but by adding to the tax bill
of the farmer who neglects to cut thc-111
down. It Is hardly necessary to say
that the weeds are disappearing rapid-
lilltKlToNS
for using
Cream Calm.
CATARRH
Apply a particle nf
I lie I'a -n well up
into the nostrils.
Afo-r a iiioiiiiiit
draw strons Imtitli
thniiuti tie- nose.
t'e Hint times a
tiay.itltt-nwnl pre
ferr., and before
ivliriiiif.
Kly's 'wmi Rilm
ii'iis and cl.itiisf
liie Nasjtl Passitt-t
Allay I'h in ami 111-
COLD 'n HEAD
fl t innu.lloii.il. -ills tlit'Sor.n.l'nt--rtst lie m. in
bntne fpoin I 'ilN. It-sitnsi the .-sense tif taste
and 111.-II. The Italiu I pilekly alisorlasl
and iclvcm relief at once. Pricss i! cents, at
Druictlsts or by mail.
ELY lilt' 1TH Kits, .Vi Warren Street, X.Y
CONDENSED TIME-TABLES;
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Somerset and Cambria. Branch
ICOKTHWABD.
Johnstown Sfail Etnrfst. riockvor.d 3JD a.
in., ."siuersct ai..i.-i,,u ltoov
ersviile Sm, 4t.iiii!ou ;U.
Johnxown M:.il Kpr.-.-Iu-lt w.i-l l(V.mO a.
111., s.imenict U:l "s Sityni.twn 11:43, Uoov
er.vilie 11: Juliiixlown liii p. iu.
Jollli-towil Aitsinili.'iili.lion. Kot-kwond VVi
i. 111., Ssil'ierset B.atSlovesl.iwn &1K, iloov
erKvillr i: j, Joluistowu Tiit).
Dally.
SOITIIWAKD.
Mai'. J'.hmtown ::tlli. m., lbiovcrsville 7:11.
Stoi-wtoa n Stiiut-rset 7ii"i, Rm-kwiNnl
h:'JU.
Express. Johnstown iin p. H.K.versvlllr
2:11. Sl'.vesiown jji, SouieriM.-t 3: jo, Kuk
Wood 4:Jj.
Sunday Only. Johnstown 8:30, Somerset 10)1
K kwu.nl lihi'i.
f JKXXS VLVAX IA ItVI LliOAD.
CTCRN STANDARD TIM I.
IN EFf EQT MVY 20, 1895.
COXPCSSF.D SCI1EDCLK.
Train arrive and depart from the k tat ion at
Johuslowu an follows:
west" tip
U'estcm El.--w. 4:M a. ru.
si.ititliw. .i.-ni KxiirtM "
l.iiiit-.iwa At-otniiiii.sU!tl!i :.",7 "
" A ssm,iiio,latioii :li -
Paeirtc Expn-sM 'i:-4 "
Way PasM-iigi-r . t.m "
Mail ;,.lit "
r'ast I.iut- e,K p. ni.
lohnslown AeinimiiiHlation y-JU
EASTWAKD.
Atlantic Expnsw r,i a. Iu.
Sii-iiire Kxprcss 5,-m "
Aliooiei AccoiuiiitHlatitin S:il
Diy Kxpn-s ..s-,i "
Main l.liie Kxpn-ss phi". 44
Mtooiia At-couiiiiixlati.iu JiiU p. n.
Mail Kxpr.-ss 4; t
Johnstown Arc.uiiiiuxlalioii & k "
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East l ine . Jjt.g)
Eur rate, map. 4p.,rsiiojiTif.k.i Aentnor
address Tli.ts. K. Wall, P. -V. W. U. 110 EirtU
Avenue, i'iiibliurj. I'a.
S. M. I'rrv.t, J. It Wood.
lm.u'1 aiuiuMt r. iM'u'i Pa. Agt.
YOUR EYE!
We want to catch It !
EVKKY FARMER in Somerset County
who has a e-ord of Hemlock Rark or a
Hide to dispose of w ill rind that the t'OX
FI.l EXt'E TANNERY Co., w ill pay the
highest cash price for the same. Write
for qr.ot ition to
WIXSLO' S. COBB A CO.,
Confluence. Ta.
GOOD LIQUORS !
and Ch:ap Liquors
By calling at the Old IMiuble Liquor
Store,
So. 309 Hain St, and 106 (Union St,
Joliiistown, 3?a.,
all hid of the choicest lbfuors in mar
ket can lie had. To my old custom
ers this is a well-knowd fae"t, and to
all others convincing proeif will lie
Siven. Don't forget that I keep on
hand the greatest variety of Lbjuors,
the choitit bran.ls and at the lowest
prkva.
P. S. FISHER.
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tiwued wevklT. eleaanllf ilinat rale.1. haa b far tho
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MKDICIjSTJCS.
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It L Just a Important to Setiire js
FRESH, PURE DRUGS
As it Im To Have Confidence
AT SNYDER'S
You are always sure of getting the
Carefully
TRUSSES FITTED
a yffid
All of the Jiet awl Moat Approved True Kept in .Socit. au
Satisfaction Guaranteed. "
OPTICAL GOODS.
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SIGHT
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Somerset,
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Weekly Tribune will be mailed to yon.
Louthefs Drug Store,
Main Street,
This Model Drug Store is
Favorite with
FRESH . AID .
Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Sponges, Truses,
Supporters, Toilet Articles,
Perfumes, &c.
THK IXXTOR GIVES PKKSONAL ATTENTION TO THE O Ir ' lZ St Of
J- TI- i."
Luuiuur i
rroscnouuiiss
GRRAT CARK BEIMG TAKEN TO TSKOSLT FRESH AND PfRI ARTIl'LE.
SPECTACLES,
And a Full Line of Optical Goods
large assortment
THE FIHEST BBIHDS OF CIGABS
j ; o
to intending purchasers, whether they buy SSoSlu
from us or elsewhere. .
J. M. LOUTHPE? M. n.
MAIN STREET
Somerset Lumber
ELTAS C UZSTiSrilsrGT-I AM,
MAMrrACTl-RER .1JD IEALER AND WHULU.UI AND liETAILEK uf
Lumber and Building Materials.
Hard and
Oak, I'oplar, KidinEM. liikt, Mulil!fc
ita!iin(. Yellow Pine, Flooring. Sash.' Mr Rail
Cherry, Miinglex. lloarm llalnter. llen,,
lAlh, iVhlle Pine Blinds Aewel I'onts Klc
Agoneral llnr of all griLlm of I.uinU r an.l RulMlmr M;;t.-ri:il un l ': k'F'
atin-k. Alau, can runiisb anything in the line of imr Imsima l.inr.l. r r.n-s':1
ble pniiipuu-s, nai-h a-s Knickrts oilJ-sizisl work. rtc.
E LIAS ClJN X I XGH AM,
Office anil Tard Opposite S. Jt C. K. R.
IT WIIL PAY YOU"
TO BlY YOl'R
leniorial Work
or
WIVJ. F. SHAFFER,
MOMEUSKT. I'EXS A.
UanuCioturerof aaJ IV-nlrr in
EaatiTn Work Kurnlslu-d on Short Xotirw
HIISIE ilD 6BAIITE Jill,
AIm Agent far the WU1TE BU XZE !
Pfrsain In n.a.t-1 r .f.. ... v-
- - i .M-Muii H. "raV Will
flml It to th..ir int.-o-st ., ,s,u at my k!i,
..... rvi,miiii; i,l Ik- g:vi-ii tlii-m.
J-.-silisla. tiori tf.i inrilt-,-! in ,-v.-rv r is.-. n:i,
I'rti-i-a very low. I invite sK-oial iiUi-.i'.iou to
the
WhiU Bronze, Of Pure Zino MiiitiiiI
Intrrxlur s hy rt-v. W. A. Uin j. n a l I.1.-.I
ininve:ii.-nt In the point if M it.-ri-il an 1
I' msiru :!. hihI whh-ii Is ih-stim-1 t h l'ie
t). lUr M i iun.t for oir tiuj uMs Cli
iutt. iie us call.
WH. F. SHAFFER,
in the l'hynlclan Jlho r
Them.
freshest medicines PP.Ksf 'liIrTifjv, ' zz
Compounded. "
EYES. CALL AND HAVE YQUJ
TESTED.
SNYDER,
Pa,
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TIIE HERALD.
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Somerset, Pa.
Rapidly Becoming a Ursa.
People in Search cf
PURE . DRUGS,
a
Fail? Eecfii
EYE-GLASSES, D:
always on band.
all can be suited.
.. j,.ittoUIC w uim;
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