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a. ut-t. lklloru tua aojoin
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EAER.
ATTtES EY-AT-LA W,
rjoujtrrwt. Pa.
In !.'mni't aud adjoining
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A'TH t KlTPEL.
AnuL t S-AI-LA vr,
Souiervet, Pa.
.:ru!iS to tlirir care ill be
'tAxt. opposite: MaiUuaHU
aiWTUEJtf, M. D.,
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Somerset, l"a.
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; a: aloe.
F. SHAFFER,
ruliaA.N A.M. SURGEON,
Souieniet, Pa.
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I'.urt mil viomty. oinoe next
X. LOUTH EI
WlKiA. ANKfURGEON.
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-is p?.!i,ina m-rvioea to the citl-
."tt IK rjn or l.,unil mi t.i ,,t
MMILLEX,
i:iUn to the prnw-rration
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tX'FFKOTII,
f wieral Director.
K Patriot St.
S li FLL'CK,
Land Surveyor
ILER, UMie. Pa.
'rU a J.K.IWty".
tsate and Collecting
Agency.
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VOL. XLIV. NO.
Ivory Soap
It Floats
A luxury is " An ything which pleases the senses and is also
costly or difficult to obtain."
Ivory Soap pleases the senses, but is neither costly nor
difficult to obtain. Your grocer keeps it.
Tmi Paocnn & Guraic Co- Ci.-n.
-THE-
First National Bant
OF-
Somerset, iPenn'a.
o
Capital, SSO.OOO.
Surplus, S20.000.
DEPOSITS HtCtlVtO IN LAHOI ANDSMALL
AMOUNTS. PATASLt ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS,
STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTOIIS.
LaRI'E M. HICKS, GEO. K. MTIX,
JAMES L. PIUH, M'. II. MILLEU.
JOHN R. SOOTT, KOBT. 8. SCULL,
EKED W. BIESECKEK.
EDWARD SCULL, : : PRESIDENT.
VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PRESIDENT.
HARVEY M. BERKLEY, . CASHIER.
The funds and Becurities of this bank are w-
curely protected in a celebrated CoKLitw BCK
gulu. I'kook Safe. The only safe made abso
lutely burtVar-proof.
TtB ScmsTEBt County National
AN K
OF SOMERSET PA.
Dtabilthwl. 1S77. Orpslrei ti a Hitloil, 1890
CAPITAL,
$50,000
SURPLUS AND UN
DIVIDED PROFITS $19,500.
Chas. J. Harrison, - rresident.
Wm. II. Koontz, - Vice 1'resiJcnt
Milton J. Tritts, - - Cashier.
Geo. S. Ilarri-son, - Asst Catliier.
Directors :
Sam. B. Ilarristm, Wm. En.lsley,
J.isiah Specht, Jonas M. CVxik,
John II. Snycier, John Stufft,
Joseph B. Davis, Xoah S. Miller,
Harrison Snyder, Jerome StulU,
t'has. V. Snyder.
rintnmrn of thin bank will Ielv the most
lilx-ml trvtmentniititent with safe Imnkinar.
Purti.-. wikliinir lo eiid inoiiev nist r wwt
ean be accommodated by draft for any
amount.
Money and valuable wrurea oy one i air
lKld a celebrated aafes, with most Improved
time lock. .....
Oiltectiona made In all parte ol ane uuiieu
Statea. CtunTf mKlerate.
Account aad deports aoiiciica.
A. H. HUSTON,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
nd ererythls pertaining to funerals furn
ished. SOMERSET - - Pa.
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Door West of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
I Am Now
prt pan-d to wipl-ly tho public
Mvith Clocks, WaU lies, and Jew
elry of all dest-riptions, a-s (Hieup
as the Cheapest,
REP.aiUN(3 A
SPECULTY.
All work jruaruntivd. Itok at my
stock before making your
purcbasea.
J. D. SWANK
ARTISTIC JOB PRINTING
A SPECIALTY.
II All It Y M. BEXSIIOFF,
MAHU FACTUM KG STATIONER
-and
BLANK BOOK MAKER
HANJTAM JJLOClv,
Johiistowii, Pa.
27.
Campbell
& Smith.
THE PEOPLE'S STORE,
JOU will soon ItethiiikiiialMHitpet
Y tiiifr your CliristmaH l'reuont-,
ami nodoutit wondering what
you M ill want.
One of the great advaiitages this store
'H"ers is sueli a variety of all kinds of
goods suitable for all ages and condi
tions iu life, therefore it is easy and
pleasant to select suitable gifts liere.
It may 1 you will want to buy a num
Iht of articles at Twenty-five cents, it
liaps some at Fifty cents ; but it makes
no ditlV renee whether it be one dollar
or one hundred dollars you wish to in
vest in any one present, this is the store
to ti n (1 thctu in, and iu abundant
variety.
Here Arc a Tew Hints,
But we have thousands iiesides. Perhaps
you will want a nice Jacket orCae.
Fine Reaver Jackets, half silk lined,
and velvet pit! seams, ?7."i0.
All Wool 1 Sonde Jackets, new box
front and storm collar, $1(MJ0.
Ai! Wool lieaver Douhk Cape, with
satin stitching around collar and o:ile,
Aslrachan Fur CajH-s, with satin
lining, and full sweep, 27 Eavlies long,
only ilO.Oi!.
A nice warm Shawl makes a wry
nice present for older ieople.
All Wool Shawls, 72x72 inches, in
greys, browns and swtch plaids,
?1.!S, f2.2.i, ?2.o0, S2.75 and up.
A very desirable present in tllovesor
Hoshry. Ladies' 5 hook Kid Gloves
at 75c. and l.'Ki;7 hook or 5 button
gloves in a'l the r.ew shadts, and very
fine Kid at sl.oO liiid jl.7-5 ; an elegant
line of black suede and white niopjc
taires. Men's Scotch WixilGlo"cs the kind
that's warm 50c ; Men's dog skin, in
all the fashionable s:had-s, $UM ; Men's
Mocco Kid j loves, ?l.-0. Indies' fine
cashmere Hose, in eUlu r heavy or light
weight, at .Vta. Mail's Merino Hose,
nice, tine i'juliiy, :f'c. and 45c.
If it's Handkerchiefs or Neckwear
you want, we have them all styles
and qualities. Ladies' Linen Initial
Handkerchiefs at 12Jc Ladies Fine
Embroidered Handkerchiefs at 22c
Indies' Fine Silk Net aud Riblwii Col
larettes at .f 1.25.
Coque Feather Collarettes, 75c
Fine Ostrich Collarettes, -$..50; Os
trich Feather lloas, 4M inches lng,
57.50.
Iarge line of Fmbre'las of e"ery
quality.
If it's iMMiksyo'.i are wanting you will
find all the latest and best works, in
nice binding, in our Uik department ;
also a large line of Children's books.
In the China department you will
find all the latent and charming novel
ties in dainty china wnrc, such as Va
ses, Clocks, uuiqii'j odd dishes for table
use, Cups and Saucers, Jardinieres,
Lamps, etc. ; also Decorated Dinner
S-'ts, lOOpietres, at tii.4H, and 11 piece
Toilet Sets, .9S.
Every imaginable kind of Toys will
lie shown on second lloor. Bring the
children, they w ill enjoy it
And, as you all know, a full line of
Dress Goods, Silks and all kinds of Dry
Goods at lowest prices.
Fifth Avenue,
Between Wood and Smithfield Sts.
PITTSBURGH.
PINEOLA COUGH BALSAM,
U exet'lleiil for throat inflammation and for
axthnui 4'oiiMitn
lives will liivari:i
l!y derive lienetll
fioni iu ue, an it
I lirtln aUlttK Jlle
Ui:!i. ri-ndera rx
Nftir:iluin erisv.
aKilni!; nature In
rt.rin w a h 1 d
tissues. Thi"e i a
large perrenlaee of
tliioe ho aupimne
Dieirea in to lie
roii;umpUon Im
are only sufft-ring
from a chronic cold or de-p seated coukIi,
ofi.-i: mra-ra vated by catarrh, Kor catarrh use
ElvVCraana Balm. Both n-mlie an-ilwa-an'i
to u-w. Cn-Hin Balm. P-r bottle;
11ueol:i H-tl-ni. rr, at Iiruiosixis. In quan-t4li.-aofii.Vl
will deliver on receipt of amount.
ELY BBjTIIERS.S6 Warren St, New Vork.
THE OLDEST
AHO THE BEST
Cough-cure, the most rrompt and
rfTectivc remedy for diseases of the
throat and lungs is Aver's Cherry
1'ectoraL As an emergency mexli-
cine, for the cure of
Croup, Sore Throat,
Lung Fever and
Whooping Cough,
AYER'S
Cherry Pectoral
cannot be equaled.
E. II. Urawlet,
D. D. Dia. Sec. of
the American Jiap-
tist Publishing Society. Petersburg.
Va-, endorses it, as a cure for violent
colds, bronchitis, etc. Dr. IJraw ley
also ailds: To all ministers suffering
from throat troubles, I recommend
AYER'S
Cherry Pectoral
Awarded atedal at VerltTi Fair.
AYER'S PILLS Cun Unr and Stomach Troubles.
mmm
omei
SOMERSET, PA.,
03TE GRIEVOUS BIS.
Hla pli-o waa very cumeat, but St. Peter shook
hia lutid.
There la no room around hire for a man like
you," he anld.
"Xodoubt you have some virtue, but your
record isn't clear.
And, much aa I regret it, air, wc can not keep
you here."
"I've tried to prove my honesty," the appli
cant began ;
"There's none can any I swindled or Mid up
my fellow man ;
I always gave fair valueand I paid my clerks
well, too."
St. Peter bowed approvingly and answered:
"Tiiat is true."
"I gave a loi In charity," the applicant de
clared ;
"Relying on my promises no mortal badly
fared.
Kor I WiB ever truthful, as I think you ouht
to know."
St. Peter bowed approvingly and said: "That
is no."
"Then why should yoa refuse me, sir?" tho
applicant Inquired.
"I've been fair and truthful, too. pray why
should I bo fired?"
St. Peter slowly answered, seeming disinclin"
cd to talk:
"I noticed in tho winter time you never
cleaned your walk."
diieaga Yf.
s
SPECIAL PROVINCE,
BY MAVIE HITTENHorSE.
There were odors of turpentine and
hot paint upon the air when Nora
thrust her curly head Into Miss Yar
wood's studio.
"Wh-ew !" she cried, "aren't you
burnt up ? What Is it now ?"
"It's pin trays. six of them ! And
I am too warm, but I wanted to dry
the color well ; there' so little time."
"I wonder you don't die, Miss Alice !
You are cooped up here from daylight
until dark, and even after dark, now
that Christmas orders are coming in.
How late did you work last night?"
"Twelve," said Miss Yarwood, half
apologetically. "But you don't know
how thankful I am that I can do those
Dresden designs at night ! See here ;
aren't these dainty? I'm going to fire
them to-night ;" and Miss Yarwood
straightened her stiffened figure and
led the way to a tall cabinet filled with
odd l'its of china, from among which
she indicated one particular row of
tiny cus and saucers.
"Oh, the dainty darlings !" cried the
young girl, with positive rapture.
"How you do them I can't even im
agine. And will those black dots aud
scrolls be gold after the firing?"
i "Gold as can be !" laughed the oth
er. "They're an order for Kitty Hirch;
not a Christmas present, if you please,
but for the wedding of her dearest
friend."
"What will you get for them?" Nora
asked, suddenly, with the liberty of one
familiar with the "business" of the
studio.
Miss Yarwood hesitated a moment,
and a little name of color shot into the
pallor of her cheek as she replied, "Six
dollars."
"Apiece !"
"No no, for all of them."
Nora stared blankly and then fairly
shrieked :
"Only six dollars for the whole half
dozen? Why, you have worked for
days on them, and what did the plain
china cost?"
"Fifty apiece."
"That's three dollars for the set And
how much gold have you used on
them ?"
"Not more than a dollar's worth, if
that much," came the faint resionse.
"Then you'll get two dollars for
working two days and nights, putting
out your eyes, breaking your devoted
back, ruining your health, and and
the firing still to do. I forgot to count
that aud the gas. Miss Alice, my dear,
you're an idiot ! You make me absolute
ly furious !" and Nora stalked to the
other side of the room aud flounced an
grily into a seat by the low window.
"Listen, dearie." Miss Alice spoke
with a little deprecatory gesture. "It's
Kitty's very, very dearest friend, ami
she did want to give her something
charmingly pretty, and yet six dollars
was every cent she could afford."
"Then why didn't she use up her own
strength and nerves and eyesight in
stead of yours, in her Investment? She
can manage to wear beautiful clothes
and warm furs aud several hats a sea
son, while you are going about in a
cloak you've worn for five years and
even j'our liest dress frayed at the
edges."
"Now, Nora ! I'm sure my cloak is
still stylish and pretty, and I bound the
frayed edges only last week, so the
dress looks as good as new. I'm sure I
always look nice."
" 'Nice' ! You look like an angel V
and impulsive Nora flung both arms
aUiut the Utile spinster ami kissed her
hot cheek. "When I get to heaven I
shall exect to see all the angels wear
ing damed-over cashmeres and big
gingham aprons that smell of lavender
and tinting oil. Can't you come out,
just for a minute, for a walk and a
breath of fresh air?"
Miss Yarwood shook her head with
a mock-woful grimace. "I must get
the en-am jug ready for the firing, and
all the gold's to put on that vase yet.
To-morrow's Sunday, dear; we'll have
a long walk then, in the afternoon."
Nora sighed and left the room ; but
Miss Yarwood smiled as her fine brush
trailed delicate lines of gold over the
pale blossoms on the ivory-tinted cream
"Fora doesn't realize how fortunate
I am," she said. "I never had so
many orders before at Christmas-time."
Meanwhile Nora was freeing her
mind to CVesar, the huge mastiff, who
stretched his great legs as he rose from
the door-mat.
"She's killing herself, Ctesar, fora
dollar a day. If Christmas came a
week later she'd be a dead woman !
Com?, sir, you need a run. We'll take
the back way to the grocery ami get a
bag of cool oranges for that hot little
goo;. There, now, one, two, run !"
It was twilight and the street was still.
"Nobody'll know wc are school
marm i, Cte-sar. This is glorious ! Go
it, I say, OU ! oh, dear ! gracious !
set
ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1895.
I beg your pardon. If it Isn't Dr.
Grimes I"
"Or what Is left of him," that gentle
man flustered.
"Will you tell me, miss, what you
mean by tilting headlong in this fash
ion at respectable old gentlemen who
weigh two hundred ?"
"If you please, sir, we were In a bit
of a hurry going for oranges for Miss
Alice,"
"If she needs 'em that badly I think
I'll turn back with you to see that you
get a gxsl sort. There's new Florida
oranges in thin-skinned and sweet
M h ah, how is Miss Alice to-day?"
"Cooked, sir."
"What?"
"She's being slowly roasted, I say, In
that little ell-studio of hers. I'd like
to lie her mother, Dr. Grimes, for about
a year, till I could teach her some
sense !"
"I have found Miss Yarwood a lady
of extremely sound sense and good
judgment," said Dr. Grimes, with dig
nity. "Then you don't know her as well
as I do," eame the unabashed retort.
"You don't know her business meth
ods. She's doing charitable work for
people who could buy her house, lot
and all and who call themselves her
patrons! You don't know, perhaps,
that she has her breakfast at six o'clock
in the morning that she may lose no
minute of precious daylight; that she
hardly takes time to eat, all day ; that
she gives her eyes aud her strength,
and her real, artistic talent to the grace
less people of Birehwood for the muni
ficent sum of a dollar a day."
"You don't mean it !" gasped the
doctor.
"Indeed I do! And I want to fight
somebody. She's almost ill, this min
ute ; but she will tell me, smiling sweet
ly, that she must earn her bread and
butter, and that she's thankful she
can !"
Dr. Grimes cleared his throat. "I
haven't licen long in Birehwood," he
said. "I fancied Miss Yarwood did
her china-painting mainly for amuse
ment" "Well, that's about all shegi.'tsout
of it," said the girl, grimly : "but even
amusements may be indulged iu to ex
cess. Oranges, yes Floridas, a dozen."
"And a couple of pound of those
California graies," put in the doctor,
pointing with his stick to the saw
dusty !ox over which luscious white
clusters were hanging. "Well, well,
well ! there ought to be a guardian. I
should say. Siie looks well enough to
other ieole's needs. There was that
O.-goods family, shiftless things ! I
first ran across her there "
"That's where her mufl went, be
cause poor Mrs. Osgood's hands looked
cold, big fat things ! and her own
have frozen blue ever since. She mver
will learn any sense.
"Tut! tut! Miss Nora, No you
needn't say I sent the grap?s, I
shouldn't dare ;" and the big doctor
really looked alarmed. "But I hope
she'll eat them."
"If she doesn't her boarder will,"
and Nora laughed mischievously.
She was still smiling, over thoughts
all her own, when she looked into the
studio again at tea-time. Miss Yar
wood drop ied her brush for a moment,
aud looked knowingly at the rosy girl
ish face.
"I saw you, Nora, you rogue ! both
if you. And, my dear, there's the
right sort of nun ; how different from
those light creatures Billy Smith and
Tom. Not that Billy and Tom aren't
nice boys in their way, but the d'ctor
is so flue and big and handsome ! And
I saw him look after you, Nora dear, as
you came in at the gate, almost as if
he would have to turn and follow."
"It's likely enough he wanted to,"
laughed the girl.
Miss Yarwood looked at her half
wistfully. "Don't take it too lightly, Nora, my
big, happy girl. Ive doesn't come to
all lives not such love as his would
lie. I tell you he's a real nobleman,
Nora."
"Too fat," commented Nora laconic
ally. Miss Yarwood looked aghast Then
she said, with a little, quiet dignity,
"He's a large man, not fat ' We'll go
to supper Nora."
They had come lack from their walk
on Sunday afternoon, and if Miss Yar-
wihxI's hands were blue with cold her
cheeks were pink enough, and her soft,
brown eyes held warm lights in their
depths.
"Wasn't it delightful?" she said,
with a long-drawn breath as she sank
into the chair Nora drew be for j th-j
blazing coals. "I feel like another per
son. Aud how beautiful the fire is !
Chloe never forgets to have it warm
and crackling at the very minute when
I seem to need it most My dear, do
you know I feel such a great surge of
thankfulness roll over me that I could
go down on my knees aud cry and
thank the Lord at the same minute.
Who am I that all these blessings
should be heajied upin me?" There
was something very like tears gleaming
in the brown eyes as she spoke. "A
cozy home, my very own, a devoted
servanda friend, and what a friend
you have been to me, Nora !"
She paused with a little choke In her
voice, and Nora had not the heart to
repeat aloud her running commentary:
" 'A cozy home,' earned by her own
hard struggles; "a devoted servant," at
exorbitant wages a week ; and "a
friend," Nora, the boarder, who pays
twenty dollars for a thirty dollar room
and her board."
"It has always lieen like this, Nora,
sine I can first remember," Miss
Yarwood had thrown off her coat and
was looking ruminantly into the coals.
Nora swung a low chair forward, and
poked the fire a trifle viciously.
"I am tempted to tell you something
I have never told a living soul !" cried
Miss Yarwood, with a little start turn
ing the brown eyes full upon the belov
ed boarder. Her voice was low as be
came the telling of a deep secret, but
clear aud sweet and alive with feeling.
"It is this, Nora : That I believe my
self to be, in a special sense, one favor
ed of heaven, a charge of Providence,
a real ward of the dear Lord ! I won
der if it sounds wicked to say so, or
conceited? I have never breathed it
TT
aloud before, but I have been deeply
impressed with it from childhood ; and
weak aud sinful and undeserving as I
am, I believe it to be true, true ! How
could it be otherwise? Other people
have had terrible trials and troubles "
"And so have you !" burst forth the
girl impetuously.
Miss Yarwood turned meditativeeyes
upon her. "Oh, yes, of course there
have been clouds aud rainy days, but
God has kept his sun shining steadily
for me behind them. Always, I have
been specially protected and guarded
and shielded from harm. To-night,
for very thankfulness, I can't be dumb.
Let me tell you, Nora, I had a sweet
heart once "
Nora sat alert
"I was very young. I hardly knew
him, for he was a stranger in our town,
but I loved him desperately I think I
really did. We were engaged to be
married. My clothes were made,
what pleasure I took in them ! and
the day set But just a week la-fore it,
an oflieer came and arrested James.
Nora, that handsome young sweet
heart of mine was as cold blooded a vil
lain as ever lived ! He had robbed his
own father, gambled away his mon
ey, I can't tell you all the story of his
sins ! What I want you to see is that
the Lord himself was watching me to
keep me from becoming the miserable
wife of that wicked mau."
Nora sat, a speechless skeptic, as the
sweet voice went on : "Of course it
hurt for a long time. But after awhile
I was helped past it till all the pain
was gone, and in a strange, sweet way,
it seemed to me that bitter experience
helped me to appreciate the really
grand, good mau I later learned to
love."
"And he?" Miss Nora leaned for
ward as she asked the question and
held her breath.
"He taught me how truly fine and
pure a man's life may be, how all en
nobling his love. I honored him so en
tirely that when he afterward found he
had been mistaken in his love for me,
I could only admire the consideration,
the real nobility of character, that
prompted him to frankly to tell me so."
The girl by the fireside gave a little
gulp and looked away ; but if the faint
est shadow cnsed the fair face of the
elder .woman there lurked no trace of
bitterness within it.
"I love children, Nora, you know
that Aud I used to dream day-dreams
of babies lisping about my own knees,
babies with ltoU rt's fine, white brow,
ani Itobert's clustering curls. But
even this lack i:i my life is compensat
ed to me. There isn't a child in this
whole neighborho-vd that dxs.-m't love
to come to Auntie Alice's. On all
sides, yu see, I find love and tender
ness. And then this beautiful gift of
mine ! What if, like many a poor soul,
I had to eke out a miserable existence
with a poorly paid needle or doing
work too heavy for my strength ?"
"Oh, you'd do it, and shout praises
over your machine or your wash-tub."
Miss Yarwood laughed a little joyous
laugh. "What a tease you are, Nora.
One would almost think you didn't be
lieve in my talent or my my secret"
"I'll tell you what I believe," said
Nora, seriously. "I believe you have
the sunniest disposition a woman was
ever blessed with !"
"Yes, I have that, too !" beamed Miss
Yarwo.nl, with the naivete of a
child. "There isn't anything a kindly
Providence hasn't given me."
Nora looked at the re-bound let
dress, at the thin little figure, the tired
but smiling eyes, ami foreUiretosjicak.
"I wonder what she'd d; with half
the blessings most women have?" she
thought
It happened in the most cu rious way
just three nights later, that big Dr.
Grimes, passing the Yarwood cottage,
sto pin-d in the shadow of the fir-tree to
gaze in at the little studio ; aud at that
same instant, Miss Yarwood, leaning
over her china-kiln, more tired than
ever, aud just a little "shaky" from loss
of sleep ami appetite, suddenly "gave
out" entirely and fell, tea-cups, pin-
trays, and all, against her kiln, and
on, in a heap of tinkling Mircelain, to
the floor. Curiously, too, Dr. Grimes
forgot all about his ridiculous shyness
of the little woman, vaulted her fence
(fir tree, too, he afterward thought, so
great had been his haste), and in half a
flying minute reached her side, lifted
her out of her pitiful ruins, and sat her
boll upright in the chair.
She had not fainted, not she. She
was only a trifle dazed, and "not very
strong," as she explained. She felt
there was some explanation called for,
for there was absolutely no misunder
standing the fact that the big doctor,
having sat her upon her chair, had
shaken her soundly.
"Not very strong,' indeed!" An
other shake. "I have heard about it !
Miss Nora says you need a guardian,
and I am come to be he" His voice
was harsh and angry.
"IXm't you know, aio;r,you are kill
ing yojrself ?" Then it came over him
suddenly just how pale and thin and
pitifully small she looked, this mis
guided bread winner, and h i lo iked
about wildly until his eyes rested upon
a pillow across tha little windur-seat.
He strode after it; then he put it gent
ly back of her head.
"I did I shake you, you, frail little
m!tj of a worn in? I might have kill
ed you ; the L-ird only knows how easi
ly I could do it And rather than hurt
a hair of your head "
He stopped and looked unsteadily at
her, for his eyes were swimming iu
sudden tears. Aud Miss Alice felt a
strange yearning iu her heart toward
this man whom she had selected t) be
dear Nora's lover.
"You didu't shake me very hard,
I guess," she stammered. "I must
have provoked yoj to it fulling clums
ily, like that "
He stopped her short "What sort of
au old party do you think me, anyhow,
Miss Alice? Would you believe a
thing I told as solemn truth ?"
0!i, I would !" she cried, looking
steadily into the kiud, gray eyes.
' Then please believe that I love you
from my very heart, and that, old
bachelor as I am I shall always lie, un
less yoa let me come as business mana
ger of this firm. A Mrs. Grimes you
may paint tea-cup for me alone, and
1
I'll promise unbounded admiration aud
prompt pay. Will you be my wife,
Alice, aud let the love and care of a
life-time atone for the ugly gruil'ness
I've shown to-night ?"
He was holding both her hands, and,
kneeling there perilously ou those
broken bits of the fine arts, could look
straight into the big, brown eyes.
"I thought I had given all my heart
to to ltolicrt but that was long ago,
and "
"And now?"
"And now you remind me of him,
in being so grand and good, I mean,
so much so that I believe, in time "
"How much time?" cried this impa
tient lover. Don't you know that since
that first day in the leaky, Osgood
shanty I've thought of you day and
night, and loved you until I've Uvn a
perfect old fool? How much time?
Can't you love me iu five minutes?
Now?"
And the little woman, moved by
some impulse, leaned suddenly forward
and tremulously kissed the gray-sprinkled
hair of the doctor. That kiss in
stalled the new business manager.
When Miss Nora came in, five min
utes later, two happier jieople she was
sure she had never s-en. But it was
only to her pillow she confided, and
in the dead of night, that not until she
saw the big doctor's protecting ami
about the little spinster did she take
much stock iu that "special Provi
dence." The New Congress.
Never before did so many new men
come into a Congress as to-day, not
even when the first National Legisla
ture of the United States was organ
ized. There are 244 Itepublicans, 105
iX-mocrats, C Populists and 1 Silverite,
as Mr. Newlands, of Ne"ada, the son-in-law
of the late Senator Sharon, calls
himself, making a total of 356 members
in the present House. Of these only
177, k-ss than oi.e-ha!f, have bteu there
before. Of the 251 lU-publieans only
!Mi have hud exjicrieiice, leaving a bal
ance of 14S untried and almost un
known men among the majority.
Three hundred and forty-one mem-U-rs
answered to their names, the nt
being detained away for some reason.
Only XW votes were Cist for Speaker,
of which Mr. Heed received 'S'A, or
nine less than he was eutitled to.
Twenty States of the L'nion were
represented by solid Ilepublican dele
gates, including Indiana, New Jersey
and West Virginia, which have usual
ly sent few Itepublicans. The only
solid IX-uiocratic States are Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.
The solid South has Ui n split iu all
the rest The Ilepublicans have 10 out
of the 15 members from Missouri, and
2S of the 31 from New York. The 6
Democrats are entirely from Manhat
tan Island. The Itepublicans have 2n
of the2S mentis rs from Pennsylvania,
20 of the 22 from Illinois, and Mr. Tan
ner promises that the delegation from
that State w ill be solid very soon.
There are 2!t States with only 17 Dem
ocratic lieprescutatives, a condition
that has never before been known.
The memliers of the House as a rule,
are unusually good looking. There are
few aged men among them and few
bald heads. I think if the average of
their ages were taken it would run lie
low that of any other Congn-ss. Mus
taches are plenty, but very few wear
licards. I could find but two men ou
the floor who sport what are called
'burnsides." It is also a well-dressed
Congress, although, as I suggested, the
new members usually wear their U-st
garments on tho first day. You can
pick out a Southern or a Western man
by his clothes almost every time, and
the variety of hats that are worn is
amusing. It was a rainy morning, but
at least one-third of the new memU-rs
wore shining silk tiles that looked as if
they had just come out of the baml
boxes, but the numlier of old and di
lapidated ones that hung among the
assortment on the jn-gs in the cloak
rooms would reduce the average great
ly. Cliiatijo 1C irtl.
Eciton!
You may puzzle a long time over
that word In-fore you tell how to pro
nounce it Take the last end first and
read backwards, and j-ou have the
familiar word "notice." Thus it
might puzzle you to learn that "Yre
vocsid Iiacidem Nedlog" cures incipient
consumption and all scrofulous im
purities of the blood, ami is a sure
remedy for piles, skin aU'ections and
all complaints lue to deranged fiver.
Take the right hand end of your title
and rend backwards aud yon have the
"Golden Medical Discovery," the fa
mous preparation of Dr. Pierce, of Buf
alo. Get hold of disease by the right
end. Don't wait till the undertaker is
the only man that can do anything.
'G. M. D." cures consumption, lung
scrofula, when taken in the early stages
of the disease.
A Happy Meeting.
During the rtct nt meeting of the Bap
tist Association the Ilev. Mr. Eden
was driving along the road from
Washington to the Mountain, when
he met a citizen whose name is J. C.
Paradise. Eden pulled up his horse,
ami said:
"GMd morning, my friend. My
name is Eden, ami I suppose you are
aUiut as hear Edeii as you'll ever be."
The other looked at him for a few
minutes iu astonishment and then
said:
"Weil, my friend, let me tell you
something. My name is Paradise,
and I reckon" you are a little nearer
Paradise than you'll ever be again."
Atlanta VunttitutioiU
For Men of Society.
What is the use of dressing up to pay
a call when that cough makes you a
burden to yourself antl a nuisance to
your friends? Take something for it
There is nothing as good as a twenty
five cent bottle of Ely's Piueola Balsam,
which Ls sootldng to the throat and
ticneficial in all diseases of the throat
aud lungs. It will relieve the cough
at once and in a few days you will
j almost forget that you have had a
coun.
CilAUL
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WHOLE XO. 2310.
REMIXISCENX'ES.
In ante-bellum days there was quite j
a number of slave-ho'dcrs along the i
border of what was then Alli-g.my, I
but now is Garrett county, Maryland, j
Truman Fairall, a famous tavern-keep- j
t-r on Keyser's Itidp, owned quite a '
I....". .a.i,i.-., iii-i 'IIX ll'UIJ, U
well-known magistrate mid manafac
turer of woolen giols, also had slaves,
among them one named Stephen, who
was the main hand in tie factory, an I
was said to have been worth fifteen
hundred dollars a goodly sum of mon
ey in those days.
The Coildiugtons, Jamisons, H-fl- '
mans, Dr. F.-ey, and others, ail had
slaves; and it was no uncommon sight
on muster days, Christina Fourth of
July, or any day of a public character,
to see quite a numlier of them in
Petersburg, or any place on oradjaccnt
to the pike, enjoying themselves as
much as any lxxly. They usually had
an opportunity, by working over time
making up! it bask-ts, and in other
ways, of earning money to spend; and
they were never very long in sjiendiug
it; the women, with the vanity of their
race, on tawdry jewelry, ami articles
of adornment; the men ou ginger
bread, tobacco, and, when tley could
get it, whisky. Davy Hoffman, as he
was familiarly called, lived at Selbys
port, Md., and owned a good many
slaves, among whom was one huge
black fellow called Lc:ii, whose estiee
ial business it was to take care of the
old man when he got drunk, which
was a nightly or daily occurrence; the
old man delighted to play cards, run
horses, tight chickens and other amuse
ments, sud when he could find no one
cl-e to play with him, he made old
I?m play until he got ho drunk, when
Lem had to carry hi:u otr to l-1.
Sixty or seventy years ago, Selhys
pirt was a lively place, although but a
small hamlet. A furnace was erected
near there, w ith a large number of j
house and workmen. Th- ir.in ore j
was of the best, and for two or three j
year limes v; r- lively enough, b t,
as has (.up;-.'icd m sny ti.n -s before j
and siniv, t!:e trait-p irUi:!o;i of the j
iron, after it was made, ale up all the
promts and the work was abandoned.
Some of the buildings are standing yet.
A g:.Kl many persons came t- that
country when the boom w;-.s on, and
remained afterwards, men of character
and good tun l;:ig in the community.
Iong years ago a man of wealth, ed
ucation and family influence, who was
a lawyer of iare practice at Baltimore,
named Mc-IIenry, a meinUr of the
family afier whom the f rt, of Star-Spangled-Banner
notoriety was named,
came to the wilds f Allegany coun
ty, purchased a ltr-e tract r.f land","
built himself a hou, and lived f;tr
. 1 T -r ...
yeara me i:;c oi a reel Use, Willi an .x- '
mense library of the Ik.-: b xiks of toe ;
day, a. id no companions but liis negro j
servants, dogs and hordes, except when ;
some of his hih-toned relatives would ;
come to s e him and eoax him to re- ;
turn to civilization, which he always!
refused to do. He lived and died on
the farm selected, and no amount of
coaxing ever had influence enough
with him to change his life. He made
periodical visits to Petersburg and
lieighU.ritig villages; and, while he
was a scholarly, companionable man,
he made no particular friends. Legend
says, as it generally does, in such cast s,
that he had lieen disapp linted hi love,
and took this method of drowning his
grief. But, whatever the cause, cer
tain it is, that he never married, ii-;r
gave any intimation of the reason of
his exile. The place i, known to-day,
and presumably always wi?! U-, as Mc
Heiiry; but the house, with its br.oa !
verandas, and wide halls, aud lofty
rooms, and solid furniture, and im
mense library, with the barn? and out
buildings, has disappeared, and i:o
vestige remains.
The memory of the grim, grizzled,
gray, stern old man, dressed in the
fashion of half a century before, only
exists in the recollection of the very
few old )x rstms of the neighborhood;
or as a legend by those w ho are youn
ger. Here he lived, for long years, a
life embittered by some misfortune or
disappointment; and, when the "rider
on the pale horse" called, there was no
kindly hand of wife or daughter, sister
or mother, father or brother, to minis
ter to his physical wants, and he pass
ed out, in darkness and gloom, into
the eternal sleep, almost, if not alto
gether, "unwept, un honored aud un
sung." A quaint character lived near Peters
burg, named Wilhelm, w ho was, iu a
certain sense, an anomaly. He was a
near relative of the family of Wilhelms
in Elk Lick, and came to Addison
township at a comparatively early day.
For thirty years, perhaps, he never
missed a d:y, or at least very seldom,
summer or winter, warm or cold, wet
or dry, that he did not come to Peters
burg. He was a member of the Luth
eran church, and, on alternate Sun
days, he came lo Lutheran preaching.
He usually rtnle a grey hor-e, and, no
matter what the weather was, the
horse could always be seen tied in front
of Boss' stire. The flies might bite, or
the raius fall, or the winds blow, or
the sun shine, the horse wa always
there from early morning until bed
time. He was a wonderful talker, and had
a singular habit of wrapping his legs
around each other, as he leaned against
wall or counter, w ith his chair. He
chewed a great deal of tobacco, an.L
for six feet square around him, the
floor would lie covered with his saliva.
He was never known to take a drink
of water, and when he was thirsty, he
w as iu the habit of going to the hotel
for a cup of cold tea. Smetimes4ie
made a burgain with the tavern-keepvr,
paying ten cents for a lunch, and a cup
of tea; oftcm-r, he ate nothing until he
got home. If, on n.re occasions, he
stayed at home part of a day to oversee
his farm work, he had matches, or
some means of making a fire, ai,d,
with a tin cup, he made tea of the
mountain tea leaves, and drauk that
His wife always saddled and bridled
his horse, when he was ready to go to
town, ami she was compelled to stay
un, no matter how late, until he came
home, to put his horse into the stable.
When he was ready to go to town, he
would say in his peculiar squeaky
voice: "Liz, bring ont my liorxe," or
when he came home: "Liz, put my
horse iqi." As a general thing his
wife did the farming; that Js, she had
it done; mid, ind-i d, did a K! deal
of furni work with b-r hands, he py
iug ii attention t- any tiling esc-pt
vivj'i lit,., t-ion. v h,e loan'.-, of whi-li
th- re w.ts ci-ii.-,iii raoic. Om here
w.-is -i b!:ii u!y U twet'tk Wilhe'ui and
some of his iR-ighlxirs, Mid rather th:ll
have a line fence ln-tween the farms,
each party Isiilt i fene- on the line, as
tbsc as pwsible to ttif other; and the
writer rt meniL-rs sieing this fence, or
these f.nces, rather, many a time.
Ala-.ut this time a lot of doggerel pt
ry was written by some one al at
Wiihelni, one verse, of which ran iike
this:
"lie took a cut of Cavi ndL-h and moua't d
oi J Uray,
Aad rode up to Pternburii. to mx Mo a A."
By Cavendish was meant a kind of
tolacco used at that time, and Moses
A. meant General K.ss, of whom Wil
helm was a i'Tvut friend.
The writer rctnt iuU-rs t.haot the
lost time he sj-.-.v Wilhcim; be, in com
pany with Wilhelm antf 'Spure Ilmi
ly, was discu-sing the political situa
tion fur Wilha :;it, after having been a
Whig all Ills life, joined the Democrat
ic pirty after the a Ivuit of Know
Nothingi.sni when an old cif.en of
the town put his head in the 1 sir and
said: "Wilhelm, how are you to-day'.".
Wilhelm said: "I'm not very well to
day " The other man said: "It makes
a man feci d d bad to lie sick, does
n't it?" a remark tiat always seemed
quite original lo the writer.
Wilhelm is the man who once un
dertook to tell old tavern-keeper Show
how to discipline Hetty, Show's wife,
when Show made the remark that lis
Ix-c mie historical in all this country:
'Wiihelni, the man who doesn't have
Ilelty knows how to manaire Hetty
U-tUr than the man who Hetty.
And, from what the writer has heard
of Hetty, this was very likely to lie
true. It has often occurred to the
writer, in a wondering way, what
would have bt-n the consequence if
Wiihe'.m had had Hetty, instead of
"Liz," as he always called his wife.
It is altogether probable that some one
else would have been Williehn's hos
tler, or else Hetty would have "made
it snow," frequently-. Wilhelm died
worth considerable money, and i;
buried on the farm he owned, a rather
singular custom, by the way, which
prevails in thL country, of having a
burying ground on nearly every other
farm.
Addison, Pa. M.
Tamers.
Fibroid, Ovarian and many othi r
forms of tumors are cured by el.-ctroly-sii
an. 1 other rieans wit;:oi:t rtsort ;
tiie knife ai the luvaiids' Hotel un-l
Surgical Institute. Butiaio, N. Y. Only
rarely is it tsccessary to re-sort to Sur
gical Operation. Scud M cents f. r
pall! pi. kt and
World's r.Si-::
re fe r-. ! i ces. A d 1 1 res
r.rv Medical Assat-h-
doll, B'Jlt'al-i.
I in"t for;-t t. nave a few eoffee
grains handy to servers a deodorizer
when burnt on the coa!. Bits of chart-sal
piai-ed around tile room are also
useful in absorbing guses and other
impurities.
DiJ You Ever
Try E!ttr;e Bitiers as a remedy for
your troubles? If not, g. t a l-Ule now
tmd get re2k-f. Tliis medie-ia bus been
found to lie peculiarly adapted to the
r lief an. I cure of ail Female Com
plaints, ext nii.ga wonderful direct u:
iiueuee iu giving strength and tone to
the organs. If you have Lss of Ap
petite, Constipation, Headache, Faint
ing SH-ils, or are Nervous, s;;Mj,jt.s,
Excitable, Melancholy or troubled with
Dizzy Sic:ls, Electric Bitters is the
medicine you need. Ile-alih and
Strength are guaranteed by its Use.
Fifty cents and ilM at J. N. Snyder's
drug ston-, .Somerset, Pa., or at Bral
ller's drug store, Berlin, Pa.
S:'iiSa7ia?D3a't3.
1. Don't read iu railway trains or in
vehicles in motion.
2. D nt read lying down or in a eon
strained position.
3. Dm't re-ad by firelight, moonlight
or twilight
4. D n't road by a flickering gaslight
or candlelight.
5. D n't rea l books printed on thin
paper.
t. D :i't read b ioks which have no
sp:i'V between the lines.
7. I) m't Tea 1 for m ire than 5 ) min
utes without stooping, whether the
eyes are tired or not.
S. Dm't h ild the reading close to the
eyes.
9. D in't fj ly at nigot, b it in the
m irning, when yoa are fresh.
1). Don't select your o. vn glasses at
the outset C'm'j lit L'tt'-r'.
Hake Yourself St.-ongs
If you would resist pntumonia,
bronchitis, typhoid fever, and tr-slst-eut
coughs and colds. These ills
attack the weak and run down ys
tem. They can lind no foothold
where the bbsul is kept pure, rich and
fall of vitality, the app.-titj go d and
dige-tion vigorous, with Hoo-l's Sar
suparil.o, the one true blood purifier.
Hood's Fills cure liver ill., constipa
tioti, b.li u ..u,s, j iu idic.-, .sick head
ache. I) n't light a sle ro a at night by
means ' a g is jet or lamp burning
low; nothing imp iverishes the air
sooner. I'sespjr.n n:i lies, or tup.TS
which burn in sperm oil.
Hives are not dangerous to life, but
they are a prolific breeder of misery
and profanity. D urn's Ointment gives
instant relic even in the worst cases
of this and either exasperating diseases
of the skin.
Weiry Watkins "Dm't yoj beclicv
the pir is g -ttin' p i rer right along."
Hungry Higgins "I hain't notic-l
nothing of that sorL I o.ved $H ten
ye-ars ag an I I didn't have a cent.
4erdayla:ntgt a cut, bat them
elebts is outlaweel: s I guess they is
one p ire man a little better otr."
Indianapolis Journal.
Dr. Weaid's Norway Pine Syrup is
pleasant to tike', positively harmless
to the most eleheate constitution, and
absolutely sure to cure the m.ist
obstinate cough or cold. A household
Usui.
Du't thr.v cut upm th flrj.
Plaej it In brow a pap-r bs ai 1 lay
them ti pm the tire, thus avoi ling t'.u
noise which is sli K'kingtothe sick an I
s usitive.
Don't search for wrinkles. Massage
your face and trust to that ari l Provl.
deuce f k-jep it s:u oth. X;m 1V4
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