lie Somerset Herald BTTABL1SHBD X6J. 0f publication Patched every . , r,aDuinif paid In advance, otherwise : . i-Mr be charred. morning at .; are P-id "P- Fotmtr ne- ai ... viu ulMtf-ribers do not ia to noUU - rZ u" P"r wU1 held re6ponibl8 !h-subscription- ' ntw movli from one postoffloe to M .K.;d cive us the uanMS of the Xorm- . .1.....iit office. Address . ell M TUB SOMKSM HlHALD, HOMEBSST, Pa. T FArt"w! NOTARY PUBLIC. V Somerset. Pi Pa. - . xi levi-Mlst V Vt I S uVrv -iT-LAW. A ... fcoiuereet, Fenn'i 1 U.hu.Mms.Muour. . -.,! rusted to Lin care will be A.: W"'T ',1,,uirM and nueliiy. at- ,;;,lra W"-r I JAY A WALKEIi, .XTOU-NKYS-AT-LAW, and XOTABV PUBLIC tsoiuerset, ITU ,iw Court House. .. t. - I. EVoo.-aT-LAW. .lUC-- " u. 170 Fourtb L, ritubuix, P. T A" kmEY-AT-LAW. u ' Somerset P- 05 abo" 'utT' Book SU,rt I-II.-T ie" 1 1 1 A 1 XV li t i -AT-LA W, Somen t. Pa, tlS...iaFii ;..Lf.: liauk. A Allots tY-AT-LAW. bouientrt. Pa. MEUlWiE U. SCULL, bouu-net. Pa. VKLl. W- BIESECKEK, h AIXUli.NfcV-AT-X-AW, Somerset, Pa. t,.,:n I'riuuii Horns; liow, opposite Court J H SC'UTT, , 1 A'Xl"OltEY-AT-LAW. Somerset, Pa. V J. K0OsF.lt, V , Ai'XwXlNEY-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. u H KooXTZ. J- OGLE. KlKjMZ & OGLE, AX'XVXitYS-Ar-LAW, Souierwet, Pa. V ' 'r'vepr.in.pt attention to business en-t-uvrJtt turtr e.re in somerset aul aiijoiuiug Uiiti C'iU.f iu X'nul IIuuk ito, opposite I'VLEIxTINE HAY, AliVK-NtY-AT-LAW, fctoiucntet. Pa. t-w iwikr iu IUal Xtate. Will attend to l MttiUf rui ru-uil io uiscare witXi roiupt- J ArXuXi-'EY-AT-LAW, iSoiueniet, Pa. promptlv attend to all uusiua en-t- u liau.' 14 ii. y navuiivd uu collec tju. 4c uiiioe iu MuiuioUi XJlock. TyliX 0. KIMMEJL, J AX'XVXiN tY-AT-LAW, oUMireet, Pa. 1 jinwii J to all busiuti entrusted U bU a.t it jvjiu.rs. I auJ aOj.HiiiiMI cuu-LWi Willi f:jtii.- and UJiiity- olUce ou iaaiu Civiaa tiwi.ltCoanHi' Oiocery btore. J AXXVli-NtY-AT-LAW, boiueraet. Pa. (Sain M:imuiotb Blurk. up suiira. lili tia uu iiaiu I nM UWL ColletUona ajt, suu K-UlrU. title eiaiiiiiieU.aud all lo.. alieuued to wilb rouipUwi rOLliUllX & COLBOIOT, j ArrulvNfcYS-AT-LAW, tSouierstt, Pa. 4;itiDw entrufW to our cure will be pr'iu.i i.yaiiJ luiltiluliy alumdeU to. Colleo L ju uudr ui uiiierkel, l-dlord and adjoin. Of uuuu.. Nunreyiuc aud couveyajidug Gvj. uL rvuMiUabie U-ruia. HL BAEIl, ATToRN EY-AT-LAW, txiiueraet. Pa. a prat-tire iu Somen aud adjoiuine Ail bUMIleKS eulruaUai to luui will IM..t pruuipl atu-uuou. k. H. OjFFKoTH. W. H. RCPPEU puFFKOTH & RU1TEL, j AITuUNEYii-AT-IJaW, Soinerat't, Pa. A.: buanvw eutnuted to tbeir care will be If-J. . aud puuctually atu-uded to. Office oc liun Crua uvel, oppo&ilo! ilanmotn lWa. T W. I'AKoTHEllS, M. D., U PUVftlUAN ASUfL KUtXN, Somerxet, Pa. 'fa on Patriot Street, opposite U. B. uiakliat ulLce. D? P. F. SHAFFER, mi slCIA-N A.xu Kl'UGEOX, bouieniet, Ia. Tnln his pmftiiMonal aervioec to the citl :' iue.n-( and viciuily. UlSce next fijurw Commercial iiou;!. DP- J. M. LOUTH Eli, l'HY.-iCIAN AM.M KGEO.N, CS ao Mxiii street, nsruf Drug atore. J)P- 1L S. KIMMELL, J ti pn.r.i.nal serv ice to the clU- Pwiu.nei and iriuity. l uleaa pro J.uUai:y ru-ej he O.U be touud at hia vt- T)P-J. S.M. MILLEN, '.Omduatr iu Xeutltry.) Hin "P""! attention to the prewrration -.JHuiural U-.-1U. Artitieial m La InDerled. niU.mi;-ilrji,i,-l kaUabu torv. ottice .,wrL H. ivu A iVi store. JUiu imm ud Patriot atreela. C IL tOFFIiOTII, Funeral Director. "6' iu Cr.s St. Ilusiaeutf 34J Patriot Su Ltnd Survej'or tru.T. J.F.BeacbF. al Estate and Collecting Agency. t-A'rt Mi1''" ,,u" r 8,11 tarniaortown i , m:, h xn'-rfc-i o-unly r elaea here, are '-'ni, '. ?L"'l"ur',m"r"' Knepper bl.-k. ;. r!l .",M1 '" "'' r;, u- r"'"" aud ioration ol pn.p- K itaiw !" 1 " n'"t ta"'P P" XJXKK A 11KA H Y. n. i4l.a..lr Oils! -o- hiu,?finlnro- WtUlHinc Depart- c,5oewiUiJulin"-l"lL Oils! laminating 4 Lubricating Oils aphtha & Gasoline, Bud, from Prtroleuro. We ehal .'.L.r.wn witu rvrry kBow. duct of Petroleum I?WWUbth,nMtMlIurB,,y tisfactory Oils -IN" THE can rarket. ,,for ourrt and Tk:lnl V Tplied by "'K A BEERITS and FREA.SE a KljCjciER, laawiiHt, Pa. 1 lie VOL. XLIY. NO. 30. V0RY5OAP 99ioo Pure High priced toilet soaps cost more than the Ivory, not because the soap itself is any better, but by reason of the ex pensive wrappings, boxes and perfume. Then the pront on toilet soaps is much greater. Tnt Pbdcteb A Gaaavi Co, C:-tu -THE- First national Bank Somerset, Penn'a. o Capital, S50.000. Surplus, S2O.000. DEPOSITS -CCEIVCD IN LARGE ANDSMALl AMOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS OP MERCHANTS, FARMERS. STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. LaRCE M. HICKS, GEO. K. Wl'LL, JAMES U PL-GU, M'. H. MILLER, JOHN R. SIXJTT, ROBT. K. SCLLL, FRED W. BIESECKER. EDWARD SCULL, : : PRESIDENT. VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PRESIDENT. HARVEY' M. BERKLEY, . CASHIER. The fund and securltlen of this bank are ne- cnrely pnt-U?d in a celebrated Corliss Bi k glakPkoofSafk. The only safe made abso lutely burglar-proof- Tie Scirset Coety NatiGnal BAIN! K OF SOMERSET PA. Eitib'iiM, 1877. Orgtnhti u l Natloml, 1890 -or CAPITAL, $50,000 SURPLUS AND UN- DIVIDED PROFITS 5iy,OUU. : Chas. J. ITarrison, - President. Wm. II. Koontz, - Vice Tresident Milton J. fritt, - - Cashier. Geo. S. Ilarrison, - Ass't Cashier. w Directors : Sam. B. Harrison, Win. EnuVley, J(iah Sje lit, Jonas M. Cook, John H. Snyder, John Stuftl, J.wph B. Iavis M iller, Harrison Snyder, Jerome Stuftl, Chan. W. Snyder. i . r .kiB ir mwaIv thrmmt ll!-ral treat ment cniKtnt wit h wife lam king. ri&riies wisnmp 10 eim invnr . v.. -' in be aocoiuiuodaU-d by draft for any amount. . . , , , Money and valuable, secured by one of Die hold' eelebraU-d aufeH, with moat Improved time lork. Collectin made In ail parts of the United SUten. t liareei' moderate. Aecounu ana aepoaiis sonciteu. A. H. HUSTON, Indertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE, nd eTerj thlr.s px-rtalning to funerals furn ished. SOMERSET - - Pa! Jacob D. Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Door West of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa. I Am Now prepnrttl to Piipily the public with ChHks, "Watt-he, and Jew elry of all deTiptkms, as Cheap as the CheajiesL REPAIRIXU A SPECIALTY. All wtrk guarant-el. Look at my fctot k bt ft-re making your purt-htsfs. J. D. SWANK. ARTSTIG JOB PRINTING K SPECIALTY. HARRY 31. BESSUOFF, MANUFACs'URISG STATIONER AND CLANK BOOK MAKER HAXNAM J3LOCIC. Johnstown, Pa. Campbell & Smith THE PEOPLE'S STORE. OUR GREAT JANUARY SALE COMMENCED. From now on until theem! of January we otfer our stocks at rcxlu-! prices. All winter pmhIs have pot to jjo l.'cfore the end of the month, as we then take tock. Here is your opportunity to p t the greatest liargatns of tlie year. Nw-a-tlays winter don't generally ooinnient'c until after ChrMitsas, so the winter U still U fore you ; and yet we will sell you newest anl seasonable gods at treinendotiH reductions. OUR ENTIRE CLOAK STOCK : Ja'.kets, Fur and Clcth Capes, HulTi all marked Jc:m. All our DBESS GOODS stock marked down. Flannels and Blankets at reduced prices. Special Birga ns in Woolen Underwear for Men. Ladies and Children. Do you want to furnish your House, or any ptirt of it? Now is your chance our immense stck of Carpet at your serv ii-e, and not only at greatly reduc ed priet s, but we will make, lay and line it for nothing at any reasonable distance front Pittsburgh. IS IT FURNITUREYOU WANT? Then this is the place to find it ; two entire floors filled with Furniture for Parlor, J!od-rooin, Dining-room, Kitch en at lowest prices, and a sjecial dis count of 10 Jht cent, during this month to reduce stock. KcinemU r we have two entire floors filled with China, Porcelain and all kinds of crockery. Handsome Toilet Sets, Dinner and Tea Ware, both iu French and English ware. Everything wanted in the kitchen, in granite, tin, wooden or wire ware; also Stoves and Ilanges, and (!as or Oil Heating Stoves. P. S. Ladies' Muslin Under wear. Come to this, the greatest January sale of Muslin I'nderwear this house ever attempted. Four of the liest manu facturers in the country represented. Prut's the lowest ever known. Don't forget our mail tinier depart ment Samples sent and mail orders promptly attended to. Fifth Avenue, BCTacrn wood $n SMITMF CLO STRCC Pittsburgh. PINEOLA COUGH BALSAM is excellent f'T throat inH.tiiiiiuithHi and for uKthtna 4'otiMimp- iiv.h iu invariH- b'.y derive benetit from its use, a it iniu irlti u Ik t.-H t (. asisiin iii.iure in restoring wasted tiskUCK, The-fl.a fr.?a2ic?it " thow whoMipimse R-? rZ!iS th ire a sen to lie vJJ5"- -oiiKuiiip:i.n who m v are only suneniig from a chronir cold or de-p wat.-d roimh, often nirznivated bv ratarrh, Foreatarrh use K1W t renm Itilm." ISoth remedhn arepl.nn ant to u . t'rmm Balm, "ilr. pT liottle; I'incoiit U:ilim. at DruitirlMa. In quan tities of will deliver on receiptor amount. KI.Y UIUTH Kits. M Warren SU, New York THE OLDEST AND THE BEST Cough-cure, the most prompt and effective remedy for diseases of the tliro.it and lungs, is Ayer's Cherry 1'ectoraL As an emergency medi cine, for the cure of Croup, Sore Throat, Lung Fever and Whooping Cough, AYER'S Cherry Tectoral cannot tie eotialed. S K. M. Brawlet. D. D, Dis. Sec. of '' the American Ilap- tist Publishing Society. Petersburg, Va., endorses it, as a cure for violent colds, bronchitis, etc Dr. Ilrawley also adds: To all ministers suffering from throat troubles, I recommend AYER'S Cherry Pectoral Awarded Kedal at World" Fair. AYER'S PILLS Curs Liter and Stomach Troubles. it i omei SOMERSET, PA., A BOY IN THE LIBRARY. Alan! what ruin has he wrought In learnlnK'a dim domain ! Invader of the reuliim of thought And leveler of brnln ! How did he iru in the library key And wale the topmost Khelf To Iwtu r Imnte'a buxt, to be Lnib' butcher by himself? My Milton shows an Inky mark A page U nibbed from Moore; And Chauwr from bis corner dark Hit tumbled to the floor. And Baxter he of saintly "Best V And meditation deep lirought from the regions of the blent. Lies in a tousled heap ! fcae treatise on ancient Greek And dissertation lone, And noul-cnchantlng love lay speak I'romim'uoua from the throng. From corners drear I sadly hear Old Duncan' dying gmuus; A handful' gone from Hamlet's hulr And Iiunquo suns his bones ! Then in the rare and ehowic wreck I see the tyrant's form ; His arms are round his mother's neck A refuge in the storm! And as his rosy lips meet mine And showery ringlets lull, A world of She key pea rrs I'd resign His kiss Is worth them all ! Frank L. Stanton In Atlanta Oiiutilutitm. STORY OF A NEW YEAR'S BY ELMSI'AKKF.K BITLKIL I had known (Iregory in the states. He was an A No. 1 young fellow aud we had worked side by side for three years at the same desk in a tittle whole sale house in Iowa. How (iregory ever hapjiened to leave Canada and fiud his way to Iowa, is too long and too dull a story to tell; but he did find his way there, and soon after he arrived we be came great chums. He sang in the choir, made out the bills of the concern for which we work ed, rode horseback, and had boils. Of the four occupations, the lioils seemed to interest him most, and no wonder, for they were with him night und day. He used to back up to me and say : Look at my neck, will j-ou, old fel low, and see if that siot looks like a Uil?" Usually it did. We all used to advise him what to do for them, and he did it. Our desk drawers were always full of his tonics and lotions and salves : and when any one pulled one of his siiccial drawers ojh'II an odor like an ajiothecary shop escaped. ISiit all this has nothing to o with niv story. When (.iregory was called back to Canada he made me promise to visit him at Sutton-West some time. He said it was the most beautiful spot in the world, and that it had a climate as much sujierior to ours here in Iowa as gold to lead. So when I found I was to have two weeks' vacation during the Christmas holidays in ".,'!, I wrote him that I was coming. His reply to my letter was en thusiastic. The weather was superb, the sleighing excellent, a pretty cousin was visiting them. Come right along, and he bad a big carbuncle on his arm. So I weut. To get to Sutton you go through Toronto and up a little branch railway, and irom Sutton you drive several miles to Sutton-West along the shore of Lake Snncoe. (iregory met me at the station and wrapped me well iu robes. A servant drove, (iregory explained that he would have handled the ribbons him self had he been able, but owing to his carbuncle he was obliged to carry his arm in a sling. He was downright glad to see me, and asked questions all the way to Sutton-West, about the old friends in Iowa. I enjoyed the first half of the ride, but the last half was decidedly cold. It seems that they had had a change of weather and were now having a genuine Canadian winter. The place, which they called Old Sothcrwood, fronted on the lake, and was a rambling old building in the real English stvle. There were 14 rooms and they kept 1.1 stoves in continual action. The room without a stove was an extra room in the atiicand was used for a store room. Gregory said that all the men turned out iu the full and hauled wood, and then when snow fell all be gan chopping, aud chopped until time to plant in the spring. It kept (iregory busy feeding the stoves. He would fill up number one, and then fill number two, and soon, and by the time he had number 13 stocked he would be ready to load num ber one again, and sometimes he would not be able to get around in time and the fire iu numlier one would be out U'fore he had number 13 full of wood. The front door was completely snow ed up, buried behind a 3-foot drift aud (iregory told me it was a lucky thing, for if it had not been and anyone should have opened the front and rear d-sirs at the same time the lake breeze would have blown the whole unlucky 13 stoves out of the house and clear down to Toronto. That lake breeze was what they called "bracing weather" up there. Down iu Iowa we would have locked ourselves indoors aud said : "What a fearful blizzard !' And they seemed to enjoy it. The girl cousin, Maud (iregory, did not mind it in the least, and would take her skates and sail out for a little spin oa the iee on days when I was wonder ing whether we had not better tie the house to the pine trees to keep it from blowing away. Itut then she was accustomed to it. She had never been further south than Toronto, aud frequently spent her win ters there on Lake Sinicoe. She was a beautiful girl, Urn. I saw that the first time I met her, and I saw it more plainly every day. liy the time I had grown a little ac customed to the beautiful climate we were quite good friends, aud as Greg ory's carbuuele practically confined him to the smoking-roMii, the pleasure of escorting her on her numerous skat ing trips naturally fell to Die. And I did not shirk my duty. She was an only child, and her fath er was a clerk in one of the Toronto banks, the Commerce, and Maud was very desirous of helping him by secur ing a position as stenographer some aset ESTABLISHED 1827. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 189G. where. She had taken a course in a school, and felt herself well equipped for the position, but so far she had not secured it. Of course her aunt laughed at her, So did Gregory, too, for that matter, for she had been quite a society girl and both predicted she would be pick ed up and married otT before she ever got a place as stenographer. I thought so myself. I remember it wan the last day of "J.3 that I was sitting in the smoking-room and all the others were in the next room ( which they called the "warm room" because it wasn't quite as cold as the others) when the next mail came, Gregory brought me a letter from the "boss," and I was reading it when I heard Maud say iu her quiet way : "Auntie, I may as well tell you, I am engaged." Then I heard Mrs. Gregory get up and go over and kiss Maud, and as I don't like to overhear conversation meant for other ears I went up to my room aud stoked up the fire. I may as well own that I was cut up quite a little, for I had begun to like Maud a little too well for my own com fort, and, while Iliad no real hope of ever winning her, it was rather a shock to learn that she was actually engaged, and that I was to have no chance at all I pulled out my writing material with a jerk, and answered the letter I had received in a pretty bad mood, and then smoked a pipe aud read a bit, and before I knew it it was late. Gregory came iu and sat on the lied awhile ami talked about a curling match that was to come off the next day, and then he incidentally remark ed : "You heard Maud say she was en gaged at last, didn't you?" "Yes," I said, "I did hear something of the kind. Who's got her?" "Simpson's his name," said Gregory; "rich old fellow, runs a furniture factory in Toronto." "Oh!" I said. Then (iregory left and I pulled out my note book. I took a new leaf and set about writing soma resolutions for 94. I do it every year and usually I keep them. This time I thought for q'lite a while bc-fore I could think of any reforming I needed and at length I gave it up and simply wrote: "Ilesolv- ed : That I will be a bachelor all my life." Then I shut the book and went to lied and naturally dreamed of Maud. You see how far gone I was. The next morning we were all at breakfast when some oue introduced the subject of Maud's engagement. "You are the only one to neglect to congratulate me, Mr. Ilutler," she said, feigning otlense. "Hut I do congratulate you. Miss Maud," I said, sincerely, "and I hope your engagement may be leading to nothing but happiness for you." "Oh ! it will " she said. "If you knew Mr. Simpson, you could no doubt it. He is the kindest man. He isjust the man I should have picked of all the men I know." "Indeed! I imagined that you did choose him in a way? Iu such a mat ter one usually" 'Of course," she said, "I chose him, but still it lay with him, too, for with out his consent " "His consent !" I cried. "Why, yes," she said, "he had to ac cept me la-fore " 'Accept you, Miss Maud f I ex claimed. "You certaiuly did not pro pose to him?" '(Vrtainly, I did," she said. "You don't tliink I could have got the posi tion" "The position !" I said, amazed. What position ?" "Why, as stenographer of course. What did you think I hud" and then she must have seen through my stupid blunder, for she blushed. And as for me, there was no staying at the same table with Gregory after that, so I went up to my room and tore up the only resolution I had made for the New Year ; and, to make a long story short, we were married at Sutton West, Maud and I, that summer, and (iregory was my best man, which jaisi tion he filled very well, in spite ofi, boil on his neck. A Congressman's Story. Washington Post. One of the Massachusetts Congress men lives near lioston. He has a beau tiful estate, his admiration for which is shared by the coachman, Mike. The other day Mike brought a couple of his Irish friends upon the place, and after showing them the stable, ushered them into the hall. There, somewhat to his surprise, he met his employer, but the latter was determined not to be out done in hospitality by his coachman. "Bring your friends right into the dining room, Mike," he said, and into the dining room the trio followed him. "Now, my men, of course, you can have what you like," he remarked, as he stood by thy sideboard ; "but I have a drink here that I think you will like. There is a story to it, by the way," lie added, "which may interest you. It is called Ik-nedictine, and it was made by monks up on the Alps. They fill a little flask with it and send out their St. Ilernard dogs to find travelers who may be overcome by the cold. When a poor, half-frozen fellow is found he drinks a little of this cordial from the flask, and then he is able to follow the dogs to a place of shelter." The men listenened to the story in silence. Filially one of them mustered up courage to speak. "Have you any gin?" he asked. "Certainly," said the Congressman, as he laid aside the cordial. "Help yourself." The men took a good, substantial drink of gin and smiled happily over its familiar taste. "That wasn't bad," said one of them. "Now bringonyourdogliquor!" Testing Milk by Freezing It Professor M. Winter, who has special ly investigated scrum and milk, has observed that the freezing-point of or ganic liquids is invariably below that of pure water. He suggests from this that freezing is a convenient means of recognizing the adulteration of milk with water. Railroad Postal Cars. From Harper's Weekly. The postal authorities have put in operation recently half a dozen improv ed cars, which have become known as "burglar and collision proof." The construction of these cars is such that robbers would find it difficult to break into them in transit, as frequently hap pens with express cars, but they are not intended primarily to le "burglar proof." Extensive use of steel plates iu the framing at the ends and lietween the sills of the heavy timliers that run the length of the cars hits made them much stronger than the cars in use heretofore, ami they are practically collision proof in ordinary smash-ups. They are not collision proof in the sense that they will withstand any shock that comes when the accident usually results iu loss of life. The place of postal clerk is extreme ly hazardous. Several of these clerks were killed in an accident recently on the Pennsylvania K'ulroad, near Har- risburg, and others were injured in a train-wrecking accident on the New York Central U-.tilroad, near Utiea, shortly afterward. Whenever an ac cident happens to a through train al most invariably one reads that the pos tal clerks are killed or injured. The reason for this is that jsistal can are carried next to the locomotive, as a rule, to avoid switching as much as possible. They are usually heavily loaded and in making over the train at junctions they are placed where they will cause the least delay hi getting under way again. By strengthening them with steel plates and stout angle liars the danger in accidents will be greatly lessened. Six of these cars are now in opera tion between New York and Chicago on the Erie railroad. In a few weeks fifteen of them will be in operation, and from time to tint3 their uumle r will lie increased. They are made from the design of E. W. Grieves, su lcrintcndcnt of the car department of the Baltimore and Ohio I tail road. They are sixty-five feet long on the inside, and have no nlatfon is. The absctice f platforms gives the apjK-arunce of i one long jointed car when three or four j of them are made up together. There are no doors at the ends ; aud this fact, with the abseuce of platforms, gave rise to the "burgh.r-proof" idea. The platforms were taken off to get more room inside rather than to prevent robU-ries, which rarely occur on mail cars. The internal arrangement of the cars is a decided improvement on the old style." The stove is in the middle of the car. This lessens the danger from fire i in time of accident, and also gives a j better heat. The racks ami storage part of the car are in one end. These j serve as a buffer in collisions. The cars ; are Iightea by oil an 1 gas, and tins ; makes careful sorting of the packag-s ! easier. L inter eaca enI is a six-wheel-ed truck. The wheels are thirtv-three inches in diameter, and are said to lie the largest ever used on cars in this country. There are two doors on each side of the car, and the sides of the car seem as thiili as the sides of an armor clad ship. When these cars come into general use it is probable that we shall hear of fewer deaths and injuries to postal clerks in mil road accidents. The Lady and the Doctor. "Is it still raining, Jeannette?" in- luired Mrs. Lightford, wearily. 'I'm afraid it is," rescinded the maid, apologetically. "Ju.-t a slight drizzle." 'Are you sure I've nothing on for this afternoon? I'd give anything for some diversion." 'Nothing, ma'am, .I'm afraid. You wouldn't like to go to the matinee?" 'No, there isn't a play fit to lie seen. King up Mrs. Harvotirt and scl- if she won't drop in to see me for a little while. She's clever and nrikes lots of fun." 'Don't you remember, ma'am? I rung her up this morning for you, but she's going out for the afternoon. Would you care to hear the end of the novel we began yesterday?" "No, it's too early to go to bjd yet. If there's absolutely nothing else to d-, I'll have the doctor. He's always clever, and sometimes amusing. Be sides, there is something the matter with me what did I say it was yester day?" "Your lungs, was it? No, I think it was a headache P' "A h?adache? Nonsense! It will have to lie something worse than a headache. You can't have a dm-tor come to see you for a mere headache. What was it I thought was wrong with me? Why, of course ! Indigestion! It was after Mrs. Duprosne's ball. I re member it perfectly, now. King him up at once the doctor,' I m?an and ask him to call to see me this after noon." "Shall I tell him what's the matter?" "Yes, you'd better. I may forget again before he gets here, and it might Ik; awkward if neither of us knew." -. C. lioulfhce, in Truth. Wedded Eighty Years. There is living in this vicinity with in three miles of this city, prolmbly the oldest married couple iu the State, if not in the United States, says the St. Paul J'ioucrr "rr. Their names are Dar-Canada, and are French. Louis Darwin was born on Septenilier 21, 1 7SS, and is therefore over 107 years old. His wife was born on March 17, 1794, and was 101 on her last birthday. This aged couple were married in IS 15, and have passed their 80th anniversary- They have lived near here for the last 42 years, and he has been extensively engaged in the lumber and logging business, also in farming. They have reared a family of seven sons and five daughters, only fi-e of them being alive now. The oldest daughter lives here and has a large family, she being married when she was 11 years of age. They have the fairth generation from the parent tree. Tho old gentleman was one of the liveliest among the "boys" on the river 40 years ago, and could dance all around the young fol lows at that time. eraiG KEMIXISCEN'CES. It is a sad, though not a singular fact, considering the mutation of all sublunary things in this world of ours, that, in all this country, there remain but two old-time, regular wagoners, aud one old stage driver. Of course, there are still some "sharp-shooters," men w ho, in slack times of farm work, rigged up a team to haul gisMl on the road ; and a few who had regular Con nestoga wagons on their farms, who occasionally drove their teams for a season. Daniel Augustine, who has lieen mentioned in these pacrs, was a regular, although he did not drive as long as some others, as he got into bet ter paying business ssin after. Jerry Strawn, a typical old-time wagoner, still lives close to the Maryland line, wrinkled, grizzled, gray and old ; and aiany an anecdote can he tell of the happenings on the pike. He has lieeii through it all, and has seen it all. He drove on the "line" at an early day, and afterwards drove on the regular local freight. There were three different lines of "line" wagons, with relays at conve nient points. Mr. Strawn says in sjH-aking of driving teams, that a fourteen hundred jmhiiuI horse was let ter on the road than a heavier one, as the lighter horse was sjtevdier, and al most as strong. He says he ulwats made it a rule to rest his horses often on an up grade, aud not very long at a time. Iy doing so, they were com paratively fresh all the time, and were not "winded" so easily. He claims that with a ten thousand pound load aud a slow traveling team, a small stone the size of a man's list, on the solid pike, will cau.-e a jicrceptible halt. On the other hand, when the team was quicker, the obstruction was hardly noticeable. He was in the hall it of feeding his horses jsitatoes about twice a week, aud they seemed to im prove on tliem. Strawn was consider ed a strong driver, that is, he had every horse to know his place exactly, and to pull his proportion of the load ali the time, with no hanging back or side pulling. After the decadence of the pike, Mr. Strawn settled down and became a hunter, and many a d'.-er and turkey has fallen low beneath his steady aim. He hail rather an unusu al occurrence hapis-n once during his hunting ex'ierienee. He started out hunting one day, and s.ui struck the track of a large buck, and followed it some distantv, when it came to the famous "Money Den," crossed the rocks, aud went on down the ridge. While standing a moment on the rs k to see where the track went. Mr. Strawn heard a commotion down iu the "Mo.iey Den," which is a cleft in the rocks, some twenty feet long, and six or eight feet wide, with a cave of considerable capacity beueath, which was described at some length some time ago. Strawn threw a snow-ball down the chasm, and was surprised to see a deer come out into the opening. He shot it, a:id ha 1 to get an ax and make an "Indian ladder'' to get it out, which took some time. An examina tion showed that the deer had Urn lying on the rock, apparently ash-en, und when the buck or the hunter came tdong it had suddenly awakened, and, in the confusion of making its first jump, hail fallen into the "Money IX n." It could never have gotten out, and but fir the hunter's fortunate discovery, would have perished. In the meantime the writer and tUree other hunters, Wright, Turney and Hartzell struck the buck's track, and Mr. Turney shot and killed it, and it proved to 1' the largest deer evtr killed in this country, ln-fore or since, weighing, dressed, jiouuds. Fielding Montague was an old wag oner first, and later, a stage driver. He is living in Fayette county, some ten miles from Petersburg, worn out and crippled with rheumatism. He drove on the pike when quite young. Perry Collier, sou of John Collier, the old wagoner and tavern-keeper, u-cd to drive his father's and his own team occasionally, but he was Hot what might lie called a regular, although he had the regulation harness, with big "housings," back-bands and tratvs, and a regular ('onnestog-t wagon. He lives in retirement an old man, on the farm originally owned by his father, and he still has his Connestoga wagon, the only one in the county, and the same harness he used in the old wag on days. A few old wagoners remain in the vicinity of Uuiontown, but their number grows less every year, and, in the not very distant future, we shall have seen the hist of them, and, when that time comes, there will lie no one living who was a particiator in the busy scenes of yore, and legends and traditions will have to serve the pur pose of history of those exciting times. Mr. Strawn says the he-.ivi-.-st load ever hauled out of Baltimore, was hauled by "Gov." Lucas, a well-known old wagoner. He had one hundred and twenty-seven hundred pounds on his wagon, with six horses, it lieing the old wagoners' custom to designate the load by hundreds, instead of thou sands; this number, of course, would mean twelve thousand seven hun dred pounds. Mr. Strawn says Lucas was a good driver, but very cruel to his horses, aud he never had his team in as good condition as the other driv ers. On this occasion "Gov." Lucas had considerable trouble with his wag on, as it was not strong enough to haul such a immense load. Another old wagoner, Bob Allison, Mr. Strawn says, hauled eleven hundred and five hundred pounds from Baltimore to Wheeling without unloading or hav ing any one to pull him out. It was not uncommon for wagoners to haul ten thousand pounds on a wagon, but the two loads mentioned, were the largest Mr. Strawn had any knowledge of. Lucas had to call on the other wagon ers to help him along with his load, frequently, during the trip. Bob Allison was a small man, but very pugnacious, and got into frequent fights. He was intemperate, and his wagon upset on him, aud killed him. As a rule, generally, indeed, the wag oners took great pride in the looks of their teams, and sjit-nt hours currying and brushing their horses after they had supper. All the old taverns had a J good supply of tin lanterns, with per- , WHOLE NO. 2310. forau-d sides and "tallow dips" or moulds for light. The light from such a lantern was not of the brightest, still it was the lest they had, and they seemed satisfied. Many times too, the wagoners carried a lantern of this kind with them. The stages were lighted with Urge sperm candle about two inches thick, enclosed in a frame with glass sides; the can-lies were in serted in a socket, in which there was a spiral spring, which pushed the can dle upward as it burned away, and, as the wick needed no snuffing, the light was comparatively giHsl. Nothing seems to have Us-n known then about reflectors, or at least, that Is the writ er's impression. If they had had something like a Iis-omotive head light, the light would have been im mensely better. The writer's uncle, John Mitchell, whose well-known tavern was men tioned in a previous pap-r, always had a Nix of slippers U-hind the bar; and, nt'ist likely, other tavern-keepers as well, had the same. These slipTs were made of fair b-ather, and their soles without heels or shanks; they were intended only for indoor wear, and when the wagoners Mere through attending to their horses, and the hog and cattle, horse and mule drivers had their stock si-cure for the night, they ptilicd off their lioots, and sli;jcd their feet into a pair tifslipiH-is. There was always an abundant supply, and if a wayfaring man, or several of them were guests at this hotel, there were slip's. rs enough f ir everybvly. Bsit- ja-Ks were a liee.-ssary arii.-!e ar-u:vi the bar rooms of those old taverns, as shoes worn by men were almost un known then. Now, however, boots are seldom worn, shoes being worn al most exclusively. It was a right to see m winter evenings, when the wag oners and others had gathered around tiie immense gr.-.te, toasting their slip pered feet, lel!::;gy:'.nis, and swapping stories to, and with each other, their Is aits the while, standing against the wall, conveniently by, ready to bo put on iu the m.ir:iiug. Then a. the night lengthened apac- arid their eyes grew heavy, they unr-lled their U-d.s spread them on the 11 r, and slept the sleet"., if not of the "jut," at least the sleep of weariiuss, enjoyment and content ment. The wagoner's lcd was not of down, nor curled hair, nor woven-wire prings, by any means, but a straw tick wid.; enough for one man; not a very thick tick either, as in that case it would have Isen inconvenient to roll, a pillow, a sheet and a couple of quilts or blankets. This l-d in the morn ing was rolled up as compactly as pos sible, with a strap buckled around it, and carried i;i the front part of the wagon. The writer slept on one of these beds ou.v, with his feet towards the lire, and he c.n not conscientious ly say that the lied was of a higher grade than, at best, from fourth to tenth class; this dep.-n ling mainly o:i h-.v tired a fellow might Is-. As a tr-.-m-ral thing "in ith.-r earth" n i!i! lie infinitely sofurand pleasant. -r. Time and tide, which, we usl to le told in our "copy" liKiks, wait for no man, have meted out changet iu ail these things, and we shall never look on the lik-agjin, mire's the pity, for those were etij iyable tim.-s. A l.lison, Pa- M. Dog and Goose. A dog and a goose on one occasion became fast friends, but the gise seems to have made the firt advance. If the d-g barked, the goo? would cackle and endeavor to bite any j-r-son she supposed the dog to be luirking at. She wo jld not roost i'.i the usual way, but ran aliout the yard witli the dog ail night, and even when he went ab:mt the lieighUirhood the g'-ose sc cc.mpanied him, running and tlyin in order to keep pace with him. What is very strange, however, when the dog was ill the goose would not leave him for a single moment, so food h t.l to be placed in the kennel for lioth of them. This affection is sup posed to have had its origin in the dog's saving the goose from a fox. J n another case a dog tried t con sole herself f.r the loss of her family by adopting a brood of ducklings. When her little ones were taken from her she was quite disconsoiate. These she tended in the most affectionate manner and exhibited the greatest con cern when they naturally t-.Hik to the water. When they cme to land the dog seized then iu her mouth aud car ried them home. Strange t say, when robbed of her family she took charge of two cock-chickeus, which she rear ed with great attention. When they began to crow she was evidently much annoyed and endeavored to suppress tlr'ir noise. '.invnt Liti nitarc. ReajTin' Stains. To rem ve stains the following sug gest'! :is are uvfjl: For fruit stains apply hartshorn ; for grease, ammonia; for iron mould, turpentine. Cover an ink stain with salts of lemon and ox alic acid ; hold the cloth over a vessel and prar boiling water through ; then wash in the usual way. To remove grea-c stains from cloth, place the stained part over a hot iron, cover with powdered French chalk, rub off with a clean rag, and repeat till the stain is removed. The Latest Style in Bjnnets And the very newest thing in "Dress Patterns," are not half as important as the perfect health of the ladies who wear them. For without health there is little enjoyment in life aud no desire for dresses and bonnets. When ladies are suffering from pains in the back, nervousness, neuralgia, inflammation of internal organs, "Female Weakness" and derangement, the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription will bring immediate relief and, in due time, a complete and perfect cure. Druggists have it for sale. Custer battlefield, in Montana, where Custer and his command were massa cred, is to Ikj greatly beautified next spring ami made into an attractive park. The government is to put i-i a system of water works and plant trees, and a substantial stone wall, three feet high, will lie built to take the place of the present stake fence enclosing the battleground. Clouds of Swallows. Fro.n the Savannah News. A Uu.ssisn steamer, hailing from Od-ssa, has for some time lsn engag ed in the Mediterranean trade, princi pally carrying passengers U-t ween leg horn and Malaga. Oil on.- offc- r -cent trips it eiieo.inicred an alviit'ire whii-ii Mill nev.r b- f.i 'often by ith -r tin- crew or tie- pi---, ner. Tin- pi sttge had Ihvii a s:.,r:oy one, but the day of the occurrence was unusually tine. Though a rather heavy sea was running most of the passengers wer-; on d.-ck. Suddenly the lookout cll ed: "Hurricane cl't;d leeward." At once there was great consternation alxu.rd and a number of people sought safety below. The captain, however, after glancing at the larometer, gave it as his opinion that it was no hurri cane cloud. Th.- black m i--i that they saw hovering near the horizon was, he thought, a particularly dense volutin of smoke from some steamer. But the solution of the mystery came much sooner than they had expected. The threatening mass grew larger and larger, aud soon was seen tols-ar down in the direction of the vessel with ter rific sp.ssl. Everybody, Isith crew ami passengers Leca.-ir.l frightened at the mysteriisw clouds, whieii scem-d to move with great rapidity, notwith standing that a perfect calm prevailed. Then came the solution. The vast cloud that they had a--en was comp-istd of swallows. The forerunner, a small detachment of sin.- ! )), swoop-d down on the deck, to the bewilderment of tie- people on biar l. These were so..!! followed, not by thousand, b;;t by hundreds of th i:i-ands. The birds literally overwhelmed the vessel. The man at th wheel lost his t-arings, a.-id the wildest disorder prevailed. The birds p.ured i, to every available open ing, hatchways, win-lows and every where else. They got tang!-d in the ropes and sails, and clustered atxsit the rigging. Even the smokestack was so filled up at one time that the fins were near ly extinguished. The most amazing part of the whole thing was that the birds did not evince any disposition to leave. To heighten the confusion the steadi er bad g"t out of its cour.-e and ran ash ire. However, on account of going very slo w, no n.a;. rial damage was d nt though the pass, ngirs were bad ly frightened. When the crew bad recovered fpim tbtir amazement they b -g:ui to clear the -leek arid t!i- vessel in general of these unexpected and Hot at all weicoui ? -gili-t... The captain ordered the men to u.-e shovels an I whatever e!-e they could to throw the birds ovt r!sard. Af: r getting fairly in sha-ie the vessel pro ceeded on it. voyage, having lieen de layed for si -:tr!y eight hours on account of this singular cxptrieni-e. The cap tain could n "t offer :ty tho ry as to where this vat army of swallows came from. All l.e said was that the birds were exhaus'.d fr m a I rg tiil t luring the storm of the previous day, aud sought re-t on his e--cl. Organic wiaksa-s r loss of rs-.t r in either sex, however induced, sjieediiy and i-ri!!an-e! tiy cured. Enclose ;) cents in stamps for Uik -f particulars, mallei ill pieiri envelope sealed. World's Dispensary Moli-al Associa tion, Buffalo, N. Y. Prohihi'ion -st-ms to ! a compara tive condition, even i'.i K irisas. A---eor liog to statisti.-s j.ist p iblis'ied in Topeka there are i'l the S:a: 2,".s per sons and firms e:;g-.g i i l making and selling intoxicating liq'iors. The num'K-r included 2 brewers. 1 recti fb-r, 13 wiiol ..-sale a:i 1 2.'-Ji retail liquor dealers, and -VI wholes. tie and 27o retail dealers in beer. A Kenuciwc, Me., man was shovel ling gravel -nit of a l-ank into his wagon the oilier day, and was natural ly a triile s irprised when he shovelled a woodchuck into the cart with a spade ful of gravel. Skunk farming has proved unprofit able on the ranch at Dixtiel 1, Me., aUmt which much has ln-cn written. The skunks tok ati off' turn recently and died so rapidly that there was no profit in caring for those remaining; so the proprietor kill. si the survivor.. It is related at Taunton, Mass., that at a club house in tiiat town, a few nights ago, a young man found thirty six pearls in one oy: ter be was trying to eat. Thesj.iry isomewhatsiilistan tiated by the fa.-t that it is not claimed tiie pearls were priceless. Several were just large enough to set in a small rin g. A grandmother with twenty-six grandchildren came "into Martinsville, In I., from the country jitst U-fo.-e Christmas to buv toys. She wandered through the stores pretty much all of one day, utterly nonplussed by the profusion of toys an. 1 tiie possibilities of jealousies and heartburnings. Final ly she selected a pint tin cup for each of her grandchildren, loaded them into her wagon, and started for home, hap py and contented. Wat -rmelons of g.Kid size and I its cious quality were on sale on the streets of Auguera, Ga , the day before Christmas. Bangor, Me., is planning a big ice palaee, to b- built on the Penoliscot Biver as s.on as the ice is of sufficient thickness. A veteran of the war of 1M2, and only one, lives hi New Hai.ijwhire. He is Elex-aT Smiih of Alexandria, and is (fc years old. A woman broker is miking a g-l living and building up a considerable business in Clarksville, I nd. Sue is a broker in sugar, coffv, and tea. What is claimed to In- the largtst single pane of glass in the country was received tit Hartford, Conn., from Belgium a few days ago. It is 121 feet high, lot feet wide, half an inch thieh, and weighs 1,SX) pounds. Th ? night and day forces of police in Burlington, N. J., d in't speak to each other, officially er otherwise. All order; left over from one force for the other are transmitted through a g; between. Some js-tty rivalry is the cause of the feud. Th? village wag thought he would hav? some fun with the mild-mannered young man who had recently taken charge of the county paper. "I say," he said, coming into the office excitedly, "there's a man in the street looking for you with a club." The young editor looked up pleas antly. "Is that .so?" he inquired. "We make special reductions to clubs. How many subscribers has he got?" AV a- Yui'k Trti.'.'i. Pjysicl aus re.? o.nui -ti I Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup because of its prompt, positive action hi all cases of lung trouble. It is a positively reliable cure for coughs and colds. St.- 1 Teacher If a boy smites yo;i on the r igiit check what should you do? Dick Hicks Give it to hiiu with ni left. Pud. V ! i :
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