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"T77 C W. WALKKU.
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A TTOl.N KYS-AT-LAW,
and NuTAUY I'ttfUC,
Somerset, Pa,
tr Court House.
rlSHhr-LAw.
o. iro rourth SU, Pittsburg, Pa.
A. UEKKEV.
J.
A 1 n.'u.t-i-- " t
Somerset Pa.
tSlWTKilT" Book Store.
l-1T.'T UV
I Kl A'l jxUlfcY-Al-LW.
Somerset, Pa.
c holbebt,
t- AlfOli-VtY-AT-LAW,
Somerset, I'a.
lSx wAh J"liU u. ru.
nKiKOE It SCULL,
Somerset, Pa.
i-KLP. W- BIESECKEK,
Somerset, Pa.
OS. in rriuUns House Kow, opposite Court
HoilC
J" n. SCOTT,
, AilUllNEY-AT-LAW,
Somerset, I 'a.
1 J. KUO.-KR,
r , Ai iJilEY-AT-LAW,
rSjiiiensrt, Pa.
' H. KOoNTZ.
J. O. OGLE.
KuiMZ i OGLE,
AnyiusEYs-Ar-LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
Al ' rvri ArUi:.ttuutiou to business en-
tniv'rj U ' ' 1 .ii - f
T'U-ENTiNi: HAY,
AIiUlwEY-AT-LAW,
Suiuersct, Pa.
. - ik-ji. r in Ii.nl Etnte. Will uVU'nd to
, uu,uct cninisUtl to liucare wilii prouiptr-
T'JlIX II. T1IL,
X) ATIOUNEY-AT-LAW,
Somerset. Pa.
trrtWio mm. Money advanced im cxlleo-
UjAc. umo; ui -n-uiiiiwiu uii.
TulIX O. KlMJlhL,
J AJiuU.tY-AT-LAW,
SuiuerMtt, l a.
s xitetid tuall Lusiiiefc onurustl to bis
.L ssuiriv I and .Ujoiiuns cou-tltn, wilb
r-uiii'U-aiid liaviiiv. lUUurou Maiu CruM
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TAMES L. IT ill,
J AiToltN t Y-AT-LA W,
tSjiuerwt, l a.
t-tr iU MjIU H.M fclret-U JLlli-UollS
Sji.oia'.KI'U-d, tili--iJiiiiiiird,aud all
hi, L.Ji! alUrUlictl to with prouipUioMi
A. J. luLD iUS. L. C COLBOUN.
f MjLBuKX 4 CX)LI50RN,
V AlloRNEYte-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
A : biwinfw MitniKtrd to our care will be
jn;a;!i and lailliluily attended U. Collec-t-.siiiiiiriut'iiierel,
Bedford and adjoin
L cuunii!. urve nig aud couveyaucltig
U,
L BAEIL
A i TORN EY-AT-LA W,
Somerset, Pa.
imrtiee in Somerset and adjoinint
ei.y.Kv. All UuMueMteulniKleU U uiui will
lt.t prumt MlleiiUou.
A. H. OjKHH JUL W. IL RU1TEL.
f 'om:oTH & nvvvKL.
j Ari'oUNEYS-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
Al.liuDtMi entrusted to their care will be
r,eJ!.j -.! punctually attended to. Ofliee
ui .u .ro MrvxL, oj'Ikjkiu: juuukiui
J.
W.CAKOTHEIis. M. D.,
1"111CIAN AMiSLRoEON,
Somerset, la.
I'i'T on 1'atriot Street, opMisite I. B.
l:..'fli,
ii; aiU st utlk-e.
DU. P. F. SHAFFER,
I'HY.-k IAN AKDSrR'JEON,
Somerset, la.
Tr.i!-rv hi pnifeM-ional s-r i-s to the citi
:..! ,inierw t and viciuity. Office next
i-K iu CouiUH-n-iai Hotel.
DU- J. M. LOUTH ER,
IlIVsklA.N andM RGEoN,
tioo liniu street, rear of Irug store.
1L S. KIMMELL
i's i-n lit pnr.ml M-r ices to the eiU
f tMiierxH and vicinity, l ilies, pro-
-J.IU..J eii.'ajrni iiecn tie tuunu at Ills OI
itiuu U tiust uf iiiamond.
T)!i-J. S.Mt-MILLEX,
'n..lu;ite iu iK-mistrr.l
"'I'lsttetitiiin to the pnervation
. i-r: U'etii. Artificial inwrted.
'I'tj,;!,.!,, f.urjiii.d miustu-torv. liftire
Cv:"""'f L lJav' '"' store.
v i . iiua i .run streets.
C. IL OOFFROTH,
Funeral Director,
Main Cms ;l IU-nideuce,
SW 1'atriot SL
p-VSK Ii. FLUCK,
Land Surveyor
tXINtj EX..IXKER. Ustic, Pa.
J.K.Bcacby.
a! Estate and Collecling
inenru
"W,"''r'!lll!l' to title ..r lt r.r..,..,rlrn
"i rial iiiiT, m
Klieiilier Block.
run rei, ia. I
Oils! Oils!
i.p!!ir1R:Bn!n't'rt- ritisbonr IVpart
lus, '' "k s,M-.lty of
iiau u flnekt brands of
i
lansnafing L Lubricating Oils
naphtha & Gasoline,
made from Petroleum. We ehi
"CCOU,fnlu with eVy known
Product of Petroleum
lr ! iu the most unlformlr
Satisfactory Oils
-IX THE
Trade for Somerset and vleinl-
,5 it ''' '"oual
A.
rriiiw HI vl-tper Oloca.
..r.T'r n,!'"a '"' xrti touil mail iu
tr. . Ti'ie ln and ixittin of pnp
diu,.?"'"''""1 lw.e.-i,t tainp to pre-
... upiinea uf
"K A BEERJT3 aud
UtASE A KOOSEB,
bomerset, Ia.
r
1
h.
VOL. XLIY. NO.
Ivory Soap
It Floats
It costs a little more, but with chapped hands and clothes
weakened by the free alkali in common soaps, the house
keeper soon finds that Ivory Soap is the cheapest in the end.
Thi PascTt A Gunu Co, Caro.
-THE
First Itioflal Bit"
Somerset, Penn'a.
o
Capital, S50.000,
Surplus, S2O.O0O.
OCPOaiTSRtCEIVCDIN LARGE AND SMALL
AMOUNTS, PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS,
STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Larue m. hickh, geo. r. kcuij.
JAMES L. PrUH, W. U. MII.LEI
JOHN K. OUTT, ItOBT. 8. HJLIX,
FKED W. BIESECKEK.
EDWARD KCTLI, : : PRESIDENT.
VALENTIN E HAY, : VICE PRESIDENT.
HARVEY' M. BERKLEY, . CASHIER.
The funds and HWuritles of this bank are se
curely prolwttd iu a wlrbruted Coiu-iss Bl'R-
Olak Pboof Safe. TUe only safe made abso
lutely burelar-proof.
omerset County Naticnal
OF SOMERSET PA.
Estabiiihed, 1877. OrgnhtS u a HitloMl, 1830
CAPITAL,
S50.000
SURPLUS AND UN-
DIVIDED PROFITS $l,OUU.
:
Chas. J. ITarrison, - President.
Wm. II. Koonlz, - Vice President
Milton J. Pritts, - - Cashier.
Geo. S. Uarrison, - Ass't Catliier.
Directors :
Sam. B. Harrison, Win. EtiJ.-ley,
Joxiah SKflit, Jonas M. Cook,
John II. Snyder, John StufO,
Joseph B. I av is, Noah S. M iller,
Ilarriison Snyder, Jerome Stuflt,
Chas. W. Snyder.
rn.tnmi.nnr thishnnk will receive the most
UImtbI treatment ronsisteiit withsafeUiiikinar.
Parties w tstimr to sena inoiiev esi r n-i
can be aecommouaieu uy uiau
amount. . . ,
Monev and valuable soenrea iy one i.i i-ie-bold's
celebrated safes, with liut improved
Umelork. . . .. , . ....
t'olleetions made in an pan oi uie iuiku
State. Chanrr moderate.
AecounU and deposits sonciiea.
A. H. HUSTON,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
nd everything pertaining to funerals furn
ished.
SOMERSET - - Pa
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Door Wet of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
I Am Now
l.npan-d to wijii!y the juiMic
with Cl.K-ks, WutclK-s, and Jew
elry all dexTiititii3, as Cheap
as the Cheapt-sL
REPAIRING A
SPECIALTY.
All work uaraitooL Look at niy
stock U fore making your
purchasei.
J. D. SWANK.
ARTISTIC JOB PRIMING
A SPECIALTY.
HARRY M. BEXSIIOFF,
ItAHUFACTURING STATIONER
-AN
BLANK BOOK MAKER
HANNAM BIXJCIC,
Ties
B
Johnstown, ra.
29.
Campbe!
& Smith
THE PEOPLE'S STORE.
OUR GREAT .
JANUARY SALE
COMMENCED.
From now tin until the end of January
we tilli-r our stocks at mluin-d prievs.
All winter ."oilw have lot to go before
the end of the mouth, as we then take
ftoek.
Here is your ojM-.rti:nify to tret the
preaterit hartins of the year. Xow-a-days
winter dmi't generally eoninienee
until after Christmas, m the winter is
still before you ; and yet we w ill sell
you newest and sesiMinable goods at
tremendous reductions.
OUR ENTIRE CLOAK STOCK:
Jackets, Fur and
Cloth Capes,
Muffs all marked down.
All our DEESS GOODS stock
marked down.
Flannels and Blankets at
reduced prices.
Special Bargains in Woolen
Underwear for Men. Ladies
and Children.
Do you want to furnish your
House,
or any part of ii? Now is your chance
our immense stoek of Carpet at your
service, and not only at greatly reduc
ed rict s, but we will make, lay and
line it f"r iti.tiiiu: at a'iy r-T.-inable
iii.-tas!ce fr-mi l'iUM'urh.
IS IT FURNITUREYOUWANT?
Then this is the l h(v to find it ; two
entire floors filled w ith F'urniture for
I'arlor, Ied-room, I)ining-ro'm, Kitch
en at lowest jd iees, and a tqtecial dis
eount tf 10 ht cent, during this month
to reduce stock.
Remember we have two entire floors
filled with China, Porcelain and all
kinds of crockery. Handsome Toilet
Sets, Dinner and Tea Ware, both in
French and Engli.-h ware.
Everything wanted in the kitchen,
in granite, tin, wooden or w ire Mare;
also Stoves and Ilaiiges, and C!as or
Oil Heating Stoves.
P. S. Ladies' Muslin Under
wear. Come to this, the greatest January stile
of Muslin Underwear this house ever
attempted. Four of the licst manu
facturers iu the country represented.
Trices the lowc-t ever known.
J hm't forget our mail order depart
nmit. Samples sent and mail orders
promptly attended to.
Fifth Avenue,
8ETSCCN WOOD
MITHr CLO STBIt S.
Pittsburgh,
ELY'S
Cream Balm
Is uieky
u!MirH il.
Cleans t!i" Nsisiil
l:. . .-!
CATARRH
All-'iys l';:ii and
Iiill:tiiiiii:itini.
Il.nl. the so'es.
I'mtn-t the
etiil-n'Tie from
Aiii:Unsi1 ld
IF.litr.-. tlfi
r
S-ns s of Tate and
Smell.
TWILL CURE
COLD 'N HEAD
A p;irici- piii'iiirino"i .
mrj-tt-blt!. Tncv juo'iiU at druj;i;ij(t8 or by
a . : . i.. ..U.l ...,-. mul a-il tinrl i 4
fcJ.V r.UOTHKIES, 5G Wanvn str. t X. V.
SPECIFIC
FOR
Scrofula.
"Since childhood, I have . been
afl'.icted with scrofulous boils and
sores, which caused me terrible
suffering, l'hysiciam were unable
to l.t ip me. and I only grew worse
under their care.
At length, I began
S to take
AYER'S
isk-f Sarsaparilhu and
very soon grew let
ter. After using
half a dozen liottle3
I was completely
cured, mi that I have not had a boil
or pimple on any part of my body
for the last twelve years. I can
cordially recommend Ayer's Sarsa
parilla as the very best blood-purifier
in existence." G. T. 11 ei Ml ACT,
JIversville, Texas.
mm
THE C51Y 'VOSLD'S
Sarsaparilla
Sai
jeri Cberri Pectsral urti Cosgh ui Ca'
ClpBll
m
omer
SOMERSET, PA.,
THE DYIKQ YEAR.
My door stands ojen wide to-night.
In tokvu of a parting guest.
Whom twelve mouths slnse, with keen dc-
llclit,
I a vli onied to my homely vent.
lie stand there now, wan, wasted, old.
His race o,uite run, his mission o'er.
And when the midnight hour I tolled.
We part, to meet on earth no more.
He rsme to mo in merry jru!o.
With hoe and promises not few.
Ah, who cor. hi hxk within those eye
And deem lhat Uii'y were all untrue!
But expectations all have f!-l.
The promise are broken, too.
The hopes lie withered, crushed ind dead
Not one ol all but proved untrue.
And there he stands, decrepit, wan,
W'hocmne to mea merry elf,
A few xnnds more he will lie gone.
And with him gone part of myself.
Ho come ami go the passing years
That bear us to the silent sea,
11 ut bright with smiles or dim with tears.
They come iu love, dear IrJ, from thee,
ITtritttitH H'vrk.
A NEW YEAR ROH
"You may talk as much as you
please," said Muriel Vane, nodding her
curly head, "but I'm going to receive
company in the parlor on New Year's
day. Why shouldn't 1? Every other
girl dn's."
"It's a sinful, wicked waste of time,"
said Mrs. Vane, "when the quilting Is
so behindhand and there's such a deal
of sewing to be done."
"But life isn't all for work," pleaded
Muriel. "And Mr. Clifton is coming
ail tiie way from the city in his sleigh
to see nie. OU, mother, please let me
have a loaf of homemade esike and some
red apples and real cream for the coflce !
Just for this once! It's only one day
in the year. Do, mother !"
"Stulf and nonsense V said Mrs.
Vane, who was one of those aggravat
ing women who make up their minds
on the least possible grounds and then
pride themselves on udheriug to their
word. "I've said no, and I mean no.
When I wasayoung girl I wasn't set
ting my cap at every fellow that came
along."
"Mother," cried Muriel in an agony
of wounded pride, "do you mean to say
that I do such a thing?"
"You think a deal too much of the
beaus anyway," said old Mrs. Vane,
screwing up her thin lijw. "And I'm
going to break up that sort of thing.
See if I don't !"'
It was with difficulty that Muriel
Vane, naturally a high tempered girl,
checked the indignant retort that rose
to her lips. Surely, surely, it was not
right that she, a girl of IS, who was
earning her own living by teaching in
the district school, should lie treated
like a child ofM; that her tyrannical
old mother should place no confidence
whatever iu her sense of right and deli
cacy. Up to this time she had rendered
the tribute of an unwilling obedience
to Mrs. Vane's behests, aud now she
felt that the moment for just reliellion
had come. She felt that she could not
live any longer iu this cramped, nig
gardly sort of way, with the very lumps
of sugar for her tea meted out to her,
one by one, aud the pippin apples for
her lunch dealt sparingly forth, as if
each one were molded in gold. Mrs.
Vane took her lamp away at 9 o'clock
every night She dictated to poor Mu
riel as to the very color of her dresses
and the number of yards which she
might purchase for them ; in fact, the
girl scarcely dared to think for herself.
Could she live thus always? she asked
herself. Was it right that she should ?
"At all events, mother," said Mu
riel, sinking in a low, determined
tone, "I shall receive my friends on
New Year's dsy ! It is my privilege,
and I claim it !"
"Humph !" was the contemplous re
joinder, but there was a world of mean
ing in it.
S Muriel ret rim hied her one black
silk dress and Ik night a new ribbon sash
ami linked a great, goldeu New Year's
cake filled with plums and studded all
through with translucent liars of citron
and herself bargained with the grocer
for two pounds of real Java coffee with
as little adulteration ofltio Maraeaibo
and chicory as he could bring himself
to coneocL
"I can use the china that my grand
mother Vane left ne in her will,"
thought Muriel. "That, at least, is
mine, although mother would never al
low me to unpack it !'
She was busy decorating the walls of
the little parlor with laurel leaves and
loug, dark green trails of prince's pine
on New Year's eve, when her mother
came into the room.
"Muriel," said she, "I want to send
gome dressed chickeus and a peck of
those golden pippins to your Aunt Dora
at the lighthouse. Jenkin's boy is
ready witli the boat, but lie's such a
limb that I don't, for the life of me,
dare to trust him with the apples and
the bag of hickory nuts. I want you
to go and ask Aunt Dora for the pat
tern of the new lied.piilt the 'Phila
delphia pavement,' you know."
"Very well, mother," said Muriel in
the old submissive way. "But isn't it
rather late?"
"Pshaw !" said Mrs. Vane. "Why,
the sun is an hour high yet, You'll be
back long before dark if Jenkins' boy
is spry with the oars."
Aunt Dora, Mrs. Vane's only sister,
was a worthy scion of the family tree
till, masculine and hard featured. She
had always taken the entire charge of
White Iteefs lighthouse even although
the official appointment was conferred
upon her husband, and when one day
that public servant departed this life,
things went on precisely the same. Mu
riel was not fond of her Aunt Dora, aud
her Aunt Dora regarded her as a "poor
chicken hearted creature Vane all
ever." But Muriel did feel sorry for the
lonely old woman, and she thought that
even a jiair of fowls and a few apples
this unwonted manifestation of sisterly
feeling were worth carrying to White
Itoefs. So she made haste to don her
wadded cloak and little fur edged hood
and to draw ou the scarlet woolen mit
tens, which she herself had knitted
during these long, dreary winter even
ings when she and her mother sat in
silence oppfisite each other, for Mrs.
Vane never invited any company, and
gave her neighbors but scant welcome
set
ESTA.IBLISBCED 1827.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1890.
when they came of their own accord.
"Jenkins boy" was ready with the
boat, a small, ferret eyed youngster,
with an intensely freckled face and a
furtive, sidewLse glance, which Muriel
always distrusted ; and as they glided
out over the water, already dyed with
the orange reflection of sunset, in the
direction of White Ileefs lighthouse.
Muriel leaned her chin in her hands
and thought of Mr. Clifton.
What would her mother say if she
kuew it all that Paul Clifton loved her
that he was coming to ask for her at
the maternal hands the very next day,
"It will be of no use," she thought
sadly. "Mother will say no. She de
sires me to marry 'Squire Sedley, who
is bald and deaf and twice my age, and
who only wants me liecause his house
keeper has struck for higher wages and
he thinks a wife would be better econo
my. But we can wait, Paul and I. We
will wait"
And then they ran up alongside the
tall, spectral cylinder of the lighthouse
for the tide was high and landing was
comparatively easy, and Muriel sprang
lightly out of the boat, looking up at
the fiery eye iu the lantern above.
"(Jive me the bag and the basket,
Tommy," said she. "Steady with the
boat now ! I'll be back iu one minute."
So the orange glow had burned down
into a deep red radiance and the dusk
shadows of the New Year's' eve were
creeping over all the glassy surface of
the sea.
Auut Dora was at home. In fact,
Aunt Dora never was anywhere else.
Her own society, little as other people
cared for it, was all sufficient for her
self. "Oh, it's you, is it?" said Aunt Dora
as unconcerned as if she lived on dry
land and was in the habit of seeing
company every hour iu the day. She
was darning stockings by herown espe
cial little lamp, and the teapot already
simmered on the hob for her tea. "Any
thing the matter? Ik-cause I couldn't
leave the light if it was ever so"
"No, nothing is the matter," said
Muriel. "I have brought you a note
from my mother. Something about the
pattern of a bed'juilt, I Itelieve. And
some chickens aud apples aud a Lag of
fresh hickory nuts."
Aunt lXra read the note once, twice,
three times over. Then she regarded
Muriel In a sinister fashion from under
her thick, black brows, while the girl
played unconsciously with the cat
"Humph!" said she. "Yes, I'll go
and get the pattern !"
She was goue some time half an
hour, at least, as it seemed to Muriel,
and when she came back, the girl start-
til up.
"It is nearly dark," she said. "I
must make haste home."
"Welt you needn't lie in such a flur
ry" said Aunt Dora, with a grim
chuckle. "I've sent the pattern
by Tommy Jenkins. He's halfway to
shore by this time."
Muriel uttered a little shriek.
"And how am I to get home?" she
cried.
"You ain't to get home at all said
Aunt Dora. "You're to stay and spend
the New Year with me. That's what
your mother said iu her note."
"But I shall not !" exclaimed Muriel,
stamping her foot vehemently. "I must
go home ! I expect company to-morrow."
"Sit down and be easy do !" said
unt Dora. "Must is for the king. I'd
like to know how on earth you're to get
home, with only one boat at the steps,
and that padlocked tight, with the key
snug at the bottom of my pocket !"
And Aunt Dora laughed a hard, dis
sonant laugh that was like the croak
of a raven.
For a moment Muriel gazed wildly
around like a newly caged bird, then
she burst into tears and sobs.
"It is all a stratagem of mother's !"
she cried, wringing her hands. "I
might have known it ! I might have
known it V
And that night at the White Beefs
lighthouse, with the melancholy sea
lapping the foot of the tower and the
wind whistling around the steady glow
of the lieaeon, was the dreariest that
Muriel ever spent iu her life.
"You ain't good company to-night,"
said Auut Dora, glancing at her niece
ever aud anon between the stitches of
her darning.
"Because you have deceived me !"
cried Muriel. "You and mother !"
"Humph !" said Aunt Dora. It's all
for your own good. You'll thank us
one of these days. (Jirls oughtn't to
have their own w ay."
But Muriel only wept on and refused
to be comforted.
She went down to the foot of the
tower, the next day, and sat there, her
cloak wrapped about her shoulders list
lessly gazing out on the sparkling floor
of the deep.
"Is that a boat coming?" she asked
herself. "With one man in it? Is it
coming here, I wonder?"
Nearer and nearer came the iwat,
rocking lightly on the surface of the
waves, and presently Muriel started up,
with a cry of joy.
For it was Paul Clifton waving his
hand to her, as he came ever nearer
and nearer.
"A happy New Year, sweet Muriel !"
he called out, as the boat touched the
stone steps. "I am the enchanted
knight come to rescue you from the
prisou tower !"
"How did you know I was here?"
said Muriel, with sparkling eyes and
velvety cheeks dyed with crimson.
"Your mother was entirely noncom
mittal," said Clifton gayly. "I could
learn nothing whatsoever from he r ex
cept that you were well and were not
receiving company. But I was fortu
nate enough to meet Tommy Jenkins,
who, for the consideration of a silver
quarter ignoniiuiously turned state's
evidence. And here I am, my sweet
heart ! Wiiryou come with me ?"
"Of course I will," said Muriel,
springing lightly into the boat "But
where?"
"To be married," said Mr. Paul Clif
ton. "It is high time that this system
of tyranny was broken up. My little
Muriel must be mine and mine alone
hencafirward. Do you not agree w ilh
me?"
And Muriel answered :
"Yes."
Aunt Dora got to the window j-ist in
time to shriek an ineffectual summons
to the pair in the fast receding boat
"It'j no use," said Aunt Dora, draw
ing a long breath. "When a girl is in
love, she is neither to hold nor to bind.
I've done the liest I could. Mehetabel
cant't blame me !"
Two hours later Muriel walked into
the old brown roofed house on the
shore, leaning on Paul Clifton's arm.
"Mother," said she to the amazed
Mrs. Vane, who fully believed that she
was "dreeing her weird" in the solitary
lighthouse tower, "lam married! And
this is my husband. Will you forgive
us, please? For I am so very, very hap
py to-day that I do not want a living
soul to beat variance with me !"
And so Muriel signed her declaration
of independence, and became Paul Clif
ton's wife upon this glorious sunshiny
New Year's day. Ami Mrs. Vane aud
Aunt Dora were compelled to confess
themselves outwitted and to accept
their defeat with as good grace as pos
sible. "F'ate is fate," said Aunt Dora grim-
Jy.
"And I wash my hand of the whole
concern," said Mrs. Vane.
But Paul and Muriel were serenely
happy. And what mattered aught
else? AVtr lor Ledger.
Doetorg and nurses
Make slender purses;
The rood to health
Is the way to wealth.
Many ersons of slender means have
seen the savings of years swallowed up
in a few weeks by exorbitant doctor
bills. Serious illuess and its result,
heavy bills, may almost be prevented
if taken iu time.' When the system
seems to le run down, the blood weak
and impure, causing eruptions, head
ache, weakness and lassitude, backache,
scrofula, biliousness, chills, aversion to
work, etc., there is reason for U-lief
that serious illness is threatened. A
bottle of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discoyery will drive the impurities
from the system, enrich the blood,
bringingsound health, energy, strength
and ambition. All dealers in niedi-
A Featherweight Skate.
One of the most important of alumi
num novelties of the year, says the
World, is the invention of a New York
er. It is a racing skate that is almost
without weight and at the same time
sufficiently strong to stand the tremen
dous pressure brought to lear by ska
ters ambitious to break Donoghue's
record of a mile in 2 minutes lz l-o sec
onds.
Th skate is composed of a steel run
ner eighteen inches long, one-sixteenth
of an inch thickL and almost as thin
as the blade of a knife. The blade is
supported by a peeu'iar-shajted alumi
num support, on top of which isalight
strip of mahogany, making a Uautiful
and artistic skate. One of the greatest
problems skate manufacturers have had
to conteud with was the production
of a skate with a knife-like runner eigh
teen or more inches in length, strong
and rigid, and yet light enough to
make their use practicable.
What Hat to do on Christmas.
In north Germany you must not spin
during the 12 nights of Christmas, lest
you should walk after your death, nor
after sunset on Saturday, for then mice
will eat your work. Speaking of eat
ing, if you want to have money and
luck all the year round, you must not
fail to cat herrings on New Year's day,
nor, if you wish to be lucky, must you
rock an empty cradle, or spill stilt
wantonly, or cross knives, or point at
the stars.
If you leave a dirty cloth on the
table overnight, you will p:;-.ke the
angels weep; if you point upward to
the rainbow, you will make the angels'
feet bleed, ami if you talk of cabUiges
while looking at the moon you will
hurt the feelings of the man in it, who
was a cahltage stealer in his salad days.
All the Yttir A'ouutl.
Lincoln's Modest Fee.
M. D. Hardin, one of the oldest
Illinois lawyers, tells of an instance
where Mr. Lincoln was retained to as
sist two other lawyers in the conduct
of a case of the greatest importance.
'I will not say now what the case was,'
said Mr. Hardin, 'but it was one of the
greatest moment to the State and of
importance to the Nation. The decis
ion arrived at grows more stupenous
in its results every day. Even at the
lime of its settlement those connected
with it knew it meant a great deal, and
the two men who had been his col
leagues consulted together after the
trial as to the amount of the fee to be
charged. They decided that S-j.OiW
was the least they could take, and
concluded to send their bill for that
amount But they waited for Mr.
Lincoln and laid the case liefore him.
They asked him what he thought to
charge. He pondered over the matter
for a time and finally said he thought
his share ought to be about $10. That
was, he thought, pretty good pay, con
sidering that he had only given a littie
over a day to the case.'
A Liberal Old Uncle.
"Yes," said Mr. Cash Byrnes to his
boon companion, "I went to see L'nclc
Bill, and as soon as 1 stepped in he
said: 'I can see by the looks of you
what you want You want to borrow
a couple of dollars.' Then he pulled
them out of his pocket and handed
them to me."
"Liberal old chappie," remarked the
friend enviously.
"Liberal? I was just aliout to. touch
him for twenty, and he as good as
knew it" IiulittnajHtlu Journal.
There is Christmas east and Christ
mas west, Christmas north and Christ
inas south, but whether amid the snow
or the roses it is the same dear festival.
I have spent Christmas in St Augus
tine and San Diego, in Boston and
Chicago, and Santa Claus was the
same jolly old geutleinan in all four
place. Unidentified Philosopher.
Man wants but little here below, and
egnerally gets less.
erald
XEW YEAR PORTENTS.
Ancient Superstitions Regarding The
Weather.
The 12 days from Dec 2U to Jan. C
have loiig been recognised as indices of
the weather during the following year.
The ancient texts referred to distinctly
assert this, a Sanscrit proverb running
thus, "The 12 nights are an image of
the year." Auother text from the
same sources evidently refers to the
same period, "The Uhibhus (storm de
mons) sleep for 12 nights and days iu
the house of the sun god Savitar."
In northern Germany it is said that
as the weather is during each of the 12
days, so it will be during the corre
sponding months of the year to come.
A like belief exists to this day In Lan
cashire and Northamptonshire, Eng
land, and a very old writer (li;K)) re
cords the current notion in his day that
the 12 days served as an index of the
coming year's weather. It was said in
one English port that if the wind blew
hard on the fifth night (Dee. .'W,) ships
at sea would be in great peril the com
ing year.
The inhabitants of the Vosges moun
tains restrict this prophesying period to
that of our holidays, from Christinas to
New Year's, and are willing only to
say that these six days indicate the
character of the weather fr the suc
ceeding six months,
j Iu one part of our own country it is
said that "the first three days of Janu
ary rule the coming three months,"
while in another place the 12 days are
said to be the "keys of the year."
Of New Year's day itself we have
the authority of a very old weather
prophet the author of the "S'iej
herd's Kalendar" for the generally
ominous portents to be drawn from
the weather on that day, "If New
Year's day in the morning ojn with
dusky red clouds, it denotes strife and
debates among the great ones and
many robberies that year." More re
cently it is said of this day, "If the
morning of New Year's day is red, it
portends foul weather and great need."
While on the second day of the year it
is said, "As the weather is this day, so
will it be in S-ptember."
In the "Book of Presidents" (prece
dents,) lull, Jan. 1, 2, .1, 4, and 5 are
set down as unlucky days. Another
chronicle says: "January. Of this first
month, the opening day, and seventh,
like a sw ord w ill slay."
The first day of the year is often re
garded as the proper time to make cer
tain divinations with reference to
many events affecting the future. In
Northamptonshire the master of the
family this tempts fate by opening the
Bible with his eyes shut and obtain
ing from the passage first touched with
his finger some indication (if the
events of the coming year.
Among the Wends young maidens
hasten the advent of tiie chosen hus
band by going to the henhouse on
New Year's eve, striking the perch
right among the hens while repeating
to themselves the following doggerel:
If cackles the hen.
You will have a man;
If raekU-s the hen.
Who knows when?
Certain oliservances are supjiosed to
obtain luck for the year following. In
one part of modern Greece all in the
house go out early New Year's morn
ing, then return to the dwelling h ir
ing each a branch on which the leaves
are well dried. These are cast on the
open fire, each wishing at the same
time good luck to the family. The
drier the leaves, the greater the flame
and the la-tter the augury.
In the north of England new clothes
are put on for luck the first day of the
year.
An ikIiI ceremony is recorded of one
locality iu England. Bauds of straw
were put under the feet on New Year's
day while at the table. When the
meal was finished, one person gut un
der the table and another one sat on
his Iwck and drew out the lands of
straw. These were taken to the or
chard and bound round trees, which
were thereby insured to lear a full crop
of fruit the noxt year.
In parts of Fiance it is regarded as
unlucky to lend anything on New
Year's day.
The fire must Is? watched with great
care ou the first day of the year. In
Lancashire, England, it is said that if
it do not burn through the night of
New Year's eve, bad luck will visit the
household that year; nor must any one
le given a live coal, or even a lighted
candle at this time, for the bad luck
will then visit the recipient of the gift.
At Auspaeh the shadow thrown ou
the wall by the candles on the Christ
mas tree, on New Year's evening will,
if any one is to die soon, represent his
shadow headless.
In Kouniania the New Year begins
with a ceremony of blessing the wa
ters, the priest performing a mass and
sprinkling the streams with holy water
while blessing them. ,Sf. Loui Z.V-
Two Valuable Friends-
1. A physician cannot lie always had.
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains,
Bruises and Burns occur often and
sometimes when least expected. Keep
handy the friend of many households
and the destroyer of all pain, the
famous Red Flag Oil, 21 cents.
2. Many a precious life could be
saved that is being racked to death
with that terrible cough. Secure a
good night's rest by investing 2j cents
for a Isittle of Pan-Tina, the great
remedy for Coughs, Colds and Con
sumption. Bottles of Pan-Tina sold at G. W.
Benford's drug store.
A Mean Trick.
A certain married lady of Hope sat
up till 12 o'clock the other night wait
ing for her husband to come home.
At last, weary and worn out with
waiting, she went to her bedroom to
retire and found the missing husband
there fast asleep. Instead of going
down-town, he had gone to his room.
She was so mail that she wouldn't
speak to him for a week. ll'tc
Erauiiner.
WHOLE NO. 2318.
Happiness in Store.
A colored man entered a Woodward
avenue jewelry store yesterday with a
small silver watch in his hand, and
pacing it t; the rejiairer he curtly said:
"See what ails it."
"The mainspring is gone," replied
the repairer a- Ut opeu..-d thi ease,
"and-"
"Dat's all right."
"And the jewels and"
"Dat's all right."
"An 1 ;u ist of the wheels."
"Dat's all right."
"In fact, there is only a!out one
quarter of the works left"
"Dat's all right Kin it be fixed?"
"No."
"Is it wuth olier a dollar?"
"No."
"D.it's all right Ize gwine to put it
n tie ole woman's stockiu' fur Christ
mas." ! fruit Fr:c l'rt.
Old People.
Old people who require medicine to
regulate the"bowe!s and kidneys will
find the true remedy in Electric Bit
ters. This medicine dt-s not stimulate
and contains no whisky nor other
intoxicant, but acts as a tonic and
alterative. It acts mild'y on the
stomach and Ixiwels, adding strength
and giving tone to the organs, thereby
aiding Nature in the performance of the
functions. Electric Bitters Is an excel
lent appetizer ami aids digestion. Old
People find it jut exactly what they
need. Price fifty cents and $1.00 per
liottleat J. N. Snyder's drug store,
Somerset, Pa., or at liralhtr's drug
store, Berlin, Pa.
A G.'cat Oppor;anity Missel
The dunidest case of snake-bite I
ever kni wed of,' said the man with
ginger lieard, 'was a fellar out i:i
Ioway that got bit by one of them
prairie ratib rs. Wei!, you know that
ef a man drinks enough whNky he
sees snakes oJt this here fell.ir, boiu'
bit by a snake, imagines he was full of
whisky and blin' drunk. Nex' day
they rtta him out of town.'
'What for-." a.-ked the grocer.
"Cause he kilt the snake, of course.
Tiie darn fool could have made a mint
of m :iey out'u that snake in Ioway ef
he onlv knowed it"
He Hal a Snap.
"I was a stockholder in the first rail
road ever built in Oregon," said a veter
an Wall street man, "and it was a
snap. The road was a street in Port
land. It was b :ilt in lstfl, and road,
rolling rtock and mules ft only a
little more than -?:,00;). It was a mile
long, and every man, woman and child
that rode that mile had to come down
with 2 cents. There were only six
stockholders, and the first year we paid
for t.ie road and divided nearly jvio.oio
in pn:i:s. We didn't know what a
g.vd tiii:t:r we had, and when, in lsl,
Ben Holiday offered us ?2uO,ono f.-r.
it, cah, we, like fiols, went and sold
it to him. I wish I had it now.!"
y ir York .S'rt.t.
Chance for a Lin'oist
"Language, they say, is c instantly
changing," said the in in who had a
job.
"I'm glad of it," returned the man
who was l'K king for one.
"Why."'
"Well, I'm something of a linguist,
and if I can hang on long enough
perhaps I can get a job retranslating
some of the translations of the old
authors." ( 'hi-1 ij W.
Eucklea's Arnica Salve
The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sorts, Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price cents per box. F'or sale at
J. N. Snyder's drug store, Somer-et,
Pa, or at Brallier's drug store Berlin,
Pa
Pressnts far a Famil.
Fond Mother Here comes my dear
txy. Bless his precious he-art He has
been out all the miming buying Christ
mas presents with his own mon.'y for
the whole family. Well, pet, did you
have a nice time?
Little Dick Yes, indeed, ma:n:ii:t; I
lsnight a paper i f pins for the cook and
some hairpins fr you, and a p icket
eoiiili for pa, and a brass collar for my
dog, and a bell and ribb a for my kitty,
and a drum an I trumpets and sled and
pair o' skates f..r my little brother.
"But you haven't any little brother."
"Well, m.iy b. I'll have one before
Christmas. If I don't, I can use the
things myself." .V-ioj i.r Lcath. r AV
r.Y.r. A Fahe Diagnosis.
I.a Grippe is confounded by many
persons w ith a severe attack of catarrh,
which in some respects resembles the
former. These individuals sutrer
severely with pain about the forehead,
eyes and cars, with soreness in throat
and stoppage of the nasal passages, ami
in fact, are incapacitated for work of
any kind for days at a time. These
are catarrhal sufferers. Ely's Crvam
Balm has lccn used with the liest
results iu such ca. es, The remedy will
give instant relief.
"The meanest man I know of," Jones
said, reflectively, "is in politic. He
doesn't know what honor is." "What
dil he do?" asked the listener. "He
lsmght votes on credit, aud after the
delivery of the gixuls repudiated the
obligation. "
You Can Believe
The testimonials published in Udialf
of Hood's Sarsaparilla. They are
written by honest people, who Lave
actually found iu their own experience
that Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the
blood, creates an appetite, strengthens
the system and absolutely and per
manently cures all diseases caused by
impure or deficient blood.
Hood's Pill for the liver and liowels,
act promptly easily and effectively.
The Baby in the West
From the Portland Oreg-onlan.
The (PrrgtMhtn has awarded a f 150
prize for the best definition of a baby.
The Hejipner lady who won the prize
went in this answer: "A tiny fiat her
from the w ing of love, dropped into
the sacred lap of Molherhood."
The following are some of the test
definitions given:
The bachelor's horror, the mother's
trea-ure, aud the' desjMitic tyrant of the
most republican household.
The morning caller, the noonday
crawler, midnight brawler.
The only precious jiosscsslon lhat
never excites envy.
The latest edition of humanity of
which every couple think they pos
sess the Guest copy.
A native of all countries who speaks
the language of none.
Aliout twenfy-two inches of coo and
wiggle, writhe and scream, filled with
suction and testing apparatus for milk,
and automatic alarm to regulate
suj ply.
A tiling we are expected to kiss and
look as if we enjoyed it.
A little stranger, with a free pass to
the heart's best adVction.
Tiiat which makes home bsjpier,
love stronger, patience greater, hands
busier, nights longer, days shorter,
purses lighter, clothes shabbier, the
past forgotten, the future brighter.
Consumption is the natural result of
a neglected cold. Dr. Wood's Norway
Pine Syrup cures couglis, bronchitis,
asthma, aud lung troubles of all sorts
down to the very borderland of con
sumption. Presidents Who Joked Hot-
Jackson was al ways aggressive, un
compromising, serious.
Tyler was cross, sour, unapproach
able and irritable.
John ijuincy Ad&ixis we a Puritan
through and through, w ith a caustic
and bitter wit, but no humor.
John Adams was impulsive and
irascible, but tixi much in earnest ever
to Ik? humorous.
Benjamin Harrison is credited with
having no sense of humor, although
he does not object to a joke if the point
h explained to hi:n.
Buchanan cou! I never see the point
of a joke and rcgirded all j-?sting as
ill-bred. His strong point was digni
ty and politeness.
Washington was the emliodiment
of gravity. It is said that he seldom
smiled aud never laughed. A man
was once so cv.reles as to slap Wash
ington on the shoulder, and the pmr
fellow was fro. -n stiff by the icy staiv
of bis Excellency.
Nothing Succeeds Like Success.
It can le said without fear of con
tradiction that no medicine has had
greater success in curing Coughs, Colds,
Hoarseness and Consumption than
Pan-Tina. This celebrated remedy
stops coupling, soothes the throat and
lungs, and induces a good night's rest
Hundreds can testify to the remarkable
and life-saving virtues of this great
remedy. Pan-Tina costs only 25 and
GO cents.
Bottles soil at G. W. Benford's
drug store.
Mire Fruit, Less Beer.
Few persons would i'li tgine that the
supply of frih would in any way affect
the .-ale of Uir, but the brewers know
it. One of the big brewers was speak
ing of this p. viii?y. "As sof-n as
there is a plentiful supply of p. actus
and such fruits in the market as there
has U-en this year," he said, "it makes
a difference to me of uliout four hun
dred barrels of bter daily in my city
rales. You when a ersori can
buy a peach on the street and cat if,
he will go f.:r some time afterward
without U'cotnhig thirsty. But it is
not among the men that the most im
portant ditferenee r.ccyrs. It is in the
family, where the pint trade lies.
When i'ruit is cheap and plentiful the
women w ill tat that ami satisfy their
longing for something to slake thirst
instead of sending out for a pint of
Ut r. The pint trade u-es up beer very
rapidly, and this is where we feel the
difference in the fruit season." A". 1".
Sun.
A Son j of Tares P's.
Let me yi.u .1 :i;r of three l"s.
That :Or w..rk are a Inisy a bees;
Th.y ensure 70.1 h it's -..rth more than
A mau bussed al'UmL'.r.ce of health.
The liver they invigorate.
A.nl y,-t they do not salivate.
The bilious anil dys;:-pt;c, h.
They iiiU kly make to feel liile new;
And piles and eonst!p.iti-n sfo
Before this reuimly you k:iow.
Bdt I wiil stop, for you have prolei
bly guessed what I am driving at.
Who des not know that Dr. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets cure all the com
plaints mentioned and many more.
Small, sure, s.ife, pleasant
Onee used, they are always in favor.
Don'ts far th.5 Ho3te3i
Don't dress to outshine your guests.
Don't convirt a festive gathering
into an exhibition such as upholsterers
and silversmiths make iu their stores.
iKm't talk about the servants.
Don't talk aU.ut the children.
Don't strive to yieulcate envy of your
K-Iongingi iu the hearts of your guests,
iKin't address all your remarks to
feminine ears w hen you are ho-tess to
men aud women both.
Don't invite more gnests than you
cou comfortably euteriaiu.
Never give your guests such enter-,
taiuuu-nt as will entail jnxir fare upon
the family for a week after. '.W-
!. 'lilt ill ilr.-nrj.
A Bit of fountain Philosophy.
From the lieleua uuel.t.
Drink, and the gang drinks, with
y,u; swear off, and o;i go it alone;
for the bar ro;t bum who driuks
your rum- has a quenchless thirst of
his own. Feast, and your friends are
many; fast, and they cut you dead;
they'll not get mad if you treat them
Uid, so long as their stomach is fed.
Steal, if you get a million, for then you
can furnish bail; it's the great big
thief that gels out on leave, while the
little one goes to jail.
Deaf Taro Years, Restored.
My grand daughter Ethel Moore
had been very deaf fr two years, every
cold making her worse, until she could
hear only very loud conversation. She
also had catarrh of the nose and throat.
Dr. Sadler, SH Penn Avenue, Pitts
burg, U-gan to treat her in June, ls;4,
and in two months had her completely
well. It is now over a year and her
throat and head are still jierfeetly clear
ami her hearing as good as ever.
KOBEI.T SMITH,
Stene Tavern, Soth Ward,
Pittsburg, Pa,
Dr. Sadler will return from hi?
vacation, Dec. loth. Take advantage
of the Holiday Excursions to visit him.