.f Somerset Herald
What Some Things Have Cast.
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t ' 10 k rfironUnaed until
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-' r be held reaponaibla
. ..n-iOQ-
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I-1"'' . , ,,ve u the umt of the fonn-
Cprt office. AJdrB-
boMUtarr, ra.
-. F. I'H Jf'V v., TART PUBLIC.
Somerset, I'eiin a.
U tBn..tij W hi. car will be at
tJ.ir " aud ndelily.
C. W. WALKEB.
iV 4 WALKEIs
.TT..K.NEVS-AT-LAW,
and -N-..X AKY l'lIJLIC,
k a iTii Fourth su, lltubnij.
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tsuiuervl Fa.
TvvrY m. ii:uKLi:v,
tvuuei-wt, Pa.
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ISoluel'bet, Pa.
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S . ; s rriuuiiS Huum- Kow, opposite Court
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' AIIVKNEY-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
AlioilSKY-AT-LAW,
suuu-rM.-t, Pa.
H. K00NIZ.
J. Ci. CKjLE.
A liOiiNt VS-A f-LAW,
somerts-l. Pa.
rvrr"''"!'' attention to bushies eu
; ii ere in MUK1XHU11 adjoiunig
. 4w in I'nul Uuusc LU) , oppoaiU:
AI i -'ll. L i -AT-LA W,
soUK-rfce", ra.
. hai.Tin Ileal ICHite. Will attend to
riarutl to Uu-aire with pruuipt
raJ iiJfi"
T ilLS H. I HL.
J AiKUEY-AT -LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
P.r pr'v attend to ail busiucaa en
...u. h.u,.' li..ucy advalic-i-J u culleo
AC OUi'; JUallllliOlll IJIovlL.
J Ai luU.NL Y-AT-LAW,
!oiucrset, Pa.
w: i't-iiJ'.nail Im-iiH-wi eutrusU-J to bin
i-'wryi ana a.ljoiiiiiij; iiiu .l.es, iUi
ami Lji ii'.y. (iibnrou laiu Crw
jlwu tiiruUi'fc vifuwrj' tetore.
J A rroiUk t Y-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
Sio Mamu;itli Ll k, up stairn. Kri--4j
uu Mu:u (. no ilre-U Cllctiou
J.j-.tuio.K-Uli-vi. liIlie3Luiiued,aud all
ti inline iiiUuui-U to wiib pruuipUitM
i J 0. 'IBl'RX. L. C, tXLBOR.
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MLUUIOC A COLIiOllX,
AllOUt.S-AI-lW,
(NomcrHet, Pa.
A'.ksai entnitd to our care will be
i.: ..tarn: L.:lul;.uy all-nled ti. Cileo
.uw ui mhihix'!, lliillonl aiil aojoiu
4 oHii-Ui-s. ullli And vouveyaiiciug
rt&tujitiie U-l'Ui.
KL LA Ell,
AITuRXEY-AT-LAW,
HuerM-t, Pa.
V. prartiiY in Smm-ix-t anJ ljoiuinj
s.!Lo. A,. buMu.- . utrusUrl to biui will
i. E. a Fl U' 'TU. W. IL Ul'I'FEL.
t.i;oTH i KUITEL,
AnU It Y.S-A 1 -LA W,
Somcrwt, Pa.
i. to.n- cairuiili to tbr care will be
cjutl .uu-tualiy ulU'iided to. !li-
- lulu trunt tirvel,' cppoile Mauiiuolu
T W. (. AIIOTUKILS M. L.,
' il IAN iMisriiliHlN.
rvniit-rset. Pa.
ou ratriot Htreet, opposite V. Ii.
'-icisklolljce.
TRP. F. SUAFFEIl,
Somerset, Pa.
"tvrt his in.fi.iitial .-r T to the cltl--j
u: n..i nt aii.l vieiuity. Othee next
K' (.viwaereial Hirtel.
)"-J. M. LOETHEIt,
1a "0 M j;n i.t rwl, r,str of I rut itlore.
)'-H. s. KIMMELL,
L pn-Winnul sn iffs to the citi-
rp.-t Miiti irinitv. I'lilrsa Xro-
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-J. .Mt MILLEN,
'n..rja!. in lK-miKtrv.)
"'r::iia-l,.Tllj,,n fi the reTTatin
' Ar il. :iil M-tM in-i-1-(l.
'"' susiMurtorv. flioe
v,r L. 1!. lKJi & rtons,
'..c liw a;id pa: riot streels.
il
U. COFniUTil,
Funeral Director.
fn" St Ibidem,
Patriot iu
li. FLL C'K,
.... L;inti Surveyor
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tstate and Collecting
v"" '"' lm "r trtnjortown
" '4 i"''ir'' "uiiiy orelwm Ii-it, are
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t.-. . . ' .uni mail iiihii in
ivH' '" auj l.ati.Hi of pn.p
" tl tatnp to pre-
- - ... .ri. lir.AI III,
Kn. i-r tilork.
Oils! 0iTs!
Uii-u-.J; r-1 '"ak, a kiN-i-ialtv of
1n .. . '
141 -br huri LrauUt of
fig & Lubricstimr ni!c
Satha & Gasoline,
u.ie fr.,m iv.iru tha
;lq vtrry known
ct of Petroleum
" 01 Wl the ukj1 nnif..r,..i.
"atisfactory Oils
lv
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A BEERITS and
l'-EAi;E4KjSER,
boturd, Pa.
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VOL. XLIY. NO.
VRY 5QAP
99ioo Pure
Chapping is caused by the removal of oil which is necessary
to keep the skin supple. Those v.ho su2Lt froui this cause
should use only a mild puie soap like Ivory.
Tut PuocTta 4 &UI3U Ca, C xn.
-THE-
First National Bat
Somerset, Penn'a.
o
Capital, S5O.O0O.
Surplus, S22.000.
DEPOSITS RECEIVED IN LARGE ANDSMAIL
AMOUNTS, PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS.
STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY. -
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
LARCE m. hicks, gvx. r. sccll.
JAMES L. PI GII, W. II. MILLER,
JOHN R. SCOTT, ROBT. S. SCULL,
FKEU W. BIESECKER.
EDWARD SCl'LL, : : PRESIDENT.
VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PRESIDENT.
HARVEY M. BERKLEY", . CASHIER.
The funds and aecurltiea of this bank are se- j
cureiy protet'toa lu a ceienraieu lvkuw ui i.
GI.AK Pkoof Sakic The only safe riiatle abso
lutely burvlar-proof.
The Siercet Comity Hatioaal
OF SOMERSET PA.
Eiti! ittwd, 1877. Orei.liW u 1 Ri!la!t 1830
-O.
CAPITAL,
$50,000
SURPLUS AND UN-
DIVIDED PROFITS 5iy,t)UU.
X.
Chas. J. Harrison, - President.
Wm. II. Koontz, - Vice President
Milton J. Pritts, - Cashier.
Geo. S. Harrison, - Ass't Cashier.
:
Directors :
Sam. B. HarrUcin, Win. En.lsU-y,
Jot.iah Spwlit, Jonas M. Cook,
John II. Sny.ler, John StufTt,
Joseph B. Davis Noah S. Miller,
Harrison Snyder, Jerome StuflTt,
ChiiH. W. Snyder.
rii.lnmcm nf thWbnnk will nv-ivethemwt
lil ml treatment consistent wit!isnf. lnkiii.
Vurf i. wislilnr to teiiil money tust tr wrl
can be afotniiiodated by draa for any
amount. . .
Mom-v and valuablPS aecurea i.y one oi i ie
hold'a eelebraU-d aafes with most improved
time lork.
'4illeeUom made In all wraoi me iumu
Stjitea. CIimit nHxlemte.
Aocouuts and deposits aoltcnea.
A. H. HUSTON,
Undertaker and Embatmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
nd everything prtain!ng to funerals furn-
iahed.
SOMERSET -
Pa.
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker n(l Jeweler,
Next Door West of (.utheran Church, j
Somerset, - Pa.
Am Now
preiiared to supply the puhlic
with Clocks, Watches, and Jew
elry of 11 descriptions, as Cheap
as the Cheapest.
REPAIRING A
SPECIALTY.
All work guaranteed. Look at niy
tit4K-k U fore making your
purchase.
J. D. SWxVNK.
4RTSTG JOB PRINTING
A SPECIALTY.
UAKIIY M. REXSIIOFF,
MANUFACTURING STATIONER
BLANK BOOK MAKER
IIANXAM I3LXCIv.
BANK
Johnstown,
Pa.
e
32.
Campbe!
0 o
THE PEOPLE'S STORE.
OUR GREAT
JANUARY SAL1:
COMMENCED.
From ttriw on until Iho t-iul of January
we olll r nur ;tH ks at retlmxtl jiriet-s.
All winter jroo-N have p;ot to go In-fore
the eiiil of the nioiitli, :is v.e then take
ft'k.
lK re is your pirti:iiity to get the
greatest hargains (f t!:e enr. Now-a-tlays
winter lion't j.'eii-r:illy eounm-int.'
until after Chri-tnias, !-) the winter is
still before you ; at:. I yet we will sell
you newest Jitui wt'.soiiahle px w at
Iremeii'loUs reiluetions.
OUB ENTIRE CLOAK STOCK:
Jackets, Far cud
Cloth Capes,
Muffs all marked down.
All our DRESS GOODS stock
marked down.
Flannels and Blankets at
reduced prices.
Special Birga ns in Woo! en
Underwear for Men, Ladies
and Children.
Do you want to furnish your
Hou
T
or any part -f ii? N nv is your ehanec
our iinnii nse k of Carpet at your
serviee, and not oniy at grea:ly riHltie
til j-rii ts, ! ;:t v.e make, lay ami
line it for nothing at any reaou:ih!e
tlisiunee from i'ittshurgh.
IS IT FURNITUHEYOU WANT?
Tht n this is the jlaee to f;n.l il ; two
entire Honrs filled with Furniture for
l'arlor, Ih-l.rMiii, Iiinir.g-rooni, Kitt li
en at lowest jiriees, and a s.vial dis
eount of 10 jN-r cent, during thia month
to redtK-e st.ek.
Kciih ip.Ik r we have two entire fhwirs
filled with C'hini:, roreelain and all
kinds of eroekery. Handsome Toilet
Sets, Dinmr and Tea Ware, Uitli in
Freneh and Kuglisli ware.
Kverything wat'tetl in the kitchen,
in umiiile, tin, wKwIen or wire ware;
also Stoves and Ranges, and (!as or
Oil Heating Stoves.
P. S. Ladies' Muslin Under
wear. Come to this, the greatest January sale
of Muslin I'ndervvear this house ever
attempted. Four of the lust nianu
faeUirers in the country represented.
Pries tlie lowest ever known.
Don't forget our mail order depart
nu lit. Sainples sent and mail orders
promptly attended to.
1 &
Fiuh Avenue,
atTcr n wood an
SMITHr CLS STRtCIS.
Pittsburgh.
ELY'S
Cream Balm CATARRH
Uhyil IhnI.
ClfIl tin Xi.rl
ls -s:!
Aliity I n:ii
XvX'.i iiiui;ttio:i.
li-:is ttu- f--ir-H.
:iiir:irk frtii
Union's Ii.e
tit-ji f Tasto and
Kil.t-Ii.
TWILL CURE
COLD lH HEAD
K jrirtlclr Unpplb-d liitoesu li oiiMril mikI l.
nje.sibie. l'riee 00 feau at tirusgixU or by
ELY II!:OTHKl:.. i Warrrn ftrtvt X. Y.
THE KEELEY CURE
Iar-lal bnnn to balnes mm who, .Tfrr
drilled uuviMr-kwlr Into the drink babit ana
awaken to find the diaeaeof aloohoiism fastened
ur n thein. rendering tbem unfit to maiuure af
fairs requirinir a clear brain. A four wceka
course of treatment at the
PtTTSBURQ KEELEY INSTITLTE.
Ko. 424G Fifta Avenue,
rtnre to thera all their powers, mental and
phmcaL deftn.jn tha ahnormal appetite, and
restores Uiera to ihe condition thev were In be
fe they induije 1 in stimulants. This has been
done in more than VWt case treated here, and
moii; them some of your own neighbors, to
whom we ran refer with confHenee as to tha
absolute s-tfctT and eflicienry of the Keeler Cure.
The fullest and most en-hinsr inveiiration la
n vited. bead for paiEphkt giving full inlonna
Uon. DtSICM PATCMTS,
X T inn mi . a 1 1 ' u ""'
SI V N N 4t CO- 661 llEiADWAT. Mw loMC.
OI irst harnn pctitlnfn.iwnts In Atncrira.
I'Torf vnv nt tatenwit l y ' Lrouchl U-for
f fienfific jpfiton
I jtirt Hr-iliHmi of an Hpntlfie psrier tnth.t
wui.d. bpletli.il lilaitrateil. h i la-li.-cnt
man ftxxA t t- without It. tVrHr. M.IKI a
vr; fioalamoneia, A1lr, SI U N V to
i tWJjULBJfttl Krulwa,i.i VurkCllf,
w mm .1- a It r UialKw.lr wnta f
6i 61111111,
GamuDe;
Smith
4 SdentiSo American
oiner
SOMERSET, PA.,
THE "OUT-OF-DATE" COUPLE.
We are "out of date" they say,
Ned and I ;
We love In an old-fiishloned way,
In Kiare icone by.
lie Kay I am his helpmate true
In everything
And I well, I will own to you
He in my Icing.
We met In no n una n tie way
Twixt "tflow and k'ooiii
He wooed me on a winter day,
And in a room ;
Yet, through life's hours of stressandstonn,
When Ri-i. fs iH-fvli,
Ive kept our small home corner warm,
And nil was well.
Ned thinks no woman life his wife
Hut let that w;
Perhaps we view the dual life
Throiiirh ros.'at? (jluss;
Even if the pnwpecl be not bright.
We hold it true
The heavieM burdens may grow light
When sluired by two.
I'pon the (tllded aeroll of fame,
Einhhizoiied liiir,
I ciinnot hope to r.-rul the name
I proudly boar;
lhn, Irippy ill their even flew,
The ye rs glide by ;
We are behind the limes, we know
Ned and I.
f'hiuubrr'i Journal.
!CE SAKE.
BY MARTHA MtXTLIjtM'II WILLIAMS,
Mrs. Southall sat upon her hack porch
shelling hhck-eyed jtease into a hright
new tin pan upon her lap. Whenever
the bottom of it liecanie well covered
she emptied the shelled pease into a
big wooden tray tliat sat uprin the Moor
back of her left hand. At the right
was a big splint basket full of the long
yellow-rod hrLs, w ith just beyond it
another in which she cast handful of
the snaky hulls. A mat of honeysuckle
curtained the jorch so thickly that
only a stray sunbeam got through it
here or there to make a round yellow
l'luruxii the clean cedar Moor. Though
it was August, and all the yard dry as
jsnvder, a foot-mat of phiited coru-
a neks lay at the porch stejw, so well
worn as to show that the use of it was
imperative. The sun fell up ni it ; the
lrch faced south. At one side a big
taw ny setter lay lax and panting, now
and again rolling upon his back, but
evidently without energy to snap at the
Hies which tormented eyes and nose.
The house wall was of hewn logs,
w ith cracks neatly pointed, and white
washed. The door and windows had
casings of smooth iiiipaintcd poplar,
clean as soap, sand and scouring could
make them. There were two square
front rooms, with a passage between.
The porch started at the buck door of
it, and ran down the side of the kitch
en, w hich was lower than the rest of
the house, aud set on to it L fashion.
Mrs. Soiithall could look into the
kitchen w indows w ithout stirring from
her seat. Just now she had iiltie in
tention of stirring, despite a strong in
clination. She was a dumpy, round
ish women, with no lightness of mo
tion, to whom her fifty years had
brought a greater weight of llesh than
her frame could graciously bear, lie-
sides, one foot, swathed in flannels, lay
at ease upon the cricket in front of her.
A severe sprain had left her for three
weeks past prisoned within her own
yard, when she especially wished to be
up and doing.
She had strong homely features un
der a thick shiny skin. A thatch of stiff
h-iir barely threaded with gray was
strained back from her narrow bulging
forehead. Her eyes were gray, so
deep-set ami intense as to redeem her
face from common pLurness, while they
accented its lack of charm. She wore
a clean stifT-starched calico gown,
girt about the waist with a leather lelt,
over which a scant check apron was
held in place by very narrow strings.
Presently she called through to a
slim girl at work inside. "Ma'y
Frances, are you ready ter make them
pies?"
"Most, Aunt 'Cin ; the dough jus'
n-?Js a little more workin',' a young
v.n-e replied.
At once Mrs. Southall sat more up
right saying: "Ma'y Frances, how
often must I tell you my name is I,u
cindv? Heaven knows I wish it
wau't! I do think my mother might
uv give me a Seriichcr name. Hut
Lueindy Ilascom I w us christened in
ter the Mcthodis' Church an' ter change
hit is sacrilege ; so let ma hear no more
or yo' Aunt Xins. c ve an got
enough original sin about us, yithou
hevia' any more Licked on to saveyo'
breath.
"Ycs'm, I'll try. I forgot," Mary
Frances said, meekly, 'fll.it about the
pie ; you want apple an! grape and
plum, don't you? and a peach-cobbler
too?"
"Yes, I reckon you bail better make
a peach-cobbler ; thar ain't nothin' yo'
uncle Dan'l likes better hot fer dinner.
An', Ma'y Frances, in makiii' the oth
ers, don't forgit ter make one o' each
sort ex try deep an' ex try sweet yo'
uncle Dan'l d.cs hate er po' pie an'
murk the crust different, so I can tell
waere ter cut him a piece."
"I'll pinch the others round the
edjesand mark his with the fork,"
M try Frances said, obediently, though
a laugh lurked in her eyes. She was
too young, too unformed, to see any
thing but the humor o." Aunt Lucin
dy's affection for the sulky fellow, at
least fifteen years younger than herself,
whom she had married in the second
giddiness that is said to visit on single
ladies at forty-five.
Mrs. Suithall dropied her eyes a
minute, then raised them to say : "No,
come to think uv it, you'd better make
'cm all alike all good ; it won't break
Us, I reckon, ef sugar Is so high. You
Uncle Dan'l be mortified ter death ef
any-body was ter come ter-morrow an'
he found out thar w as difference in
whut wus set befo' him an' them. II'
its mighty high-toned, you' un-le Dan'l
is. I never fergit how he set and cried
y.s, actually cried, him er man the
first Christmus after we got married,
when every nigger on the place wus otf
festivalin,' an' I had ter feed the stock
an' milk an' keep up fires sait it hurt
'iia so er see his wife doin' sech. le
p xr dear, tried his best ter help ; but
S ok cow kicked him ovtr wheu he
wus pulliu' the calf erway;an' the
devil the very devil got in them
mules an' horses ; the'd bat their a -s
an' kick the minute he stucH his hv'ad
set
ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1896.
Inside the stable do'. You, uv all folks,
Ma'y Frances, oughterknow how high
his feelin's is ; fer when yo' par died
an' let' nothin'n the wide world but
you an' er passel er debts, you remem
ber how he said : 'Lueindy, I HOC the
Ixml's hand in this; He don't mean
that you shall be by yon'se'f no mo
when business keeps me late in town,
ner that thar sha'n't lie some er yo'
name ter sing tribble in Ashbury meet-in'-house
when hit pleases Him ter
take away yo' voice.' "
"Yes, I rememlier," the girl said
very low, with a sort of catch in the
words. She was a pretty creature,
wholesome as the spring, with blue
eyes now dim and wet, hair yellow and
olive looking as the silk of young corn
aud checks as delicately pink as a fresh
opened wild-rose. She did remenilier
only to3 well the day of desolate mis
ery ; back of it the merry, kindly, easy
going life with the father who was so
unlike his sister. If they had had but
a dinner of herbs, love and mirth gave
sauce and savor to it J!y contrast,
she fairly hated the stolid prosperity,
the grinding plenty about her. She
wouid run away from it out of hand,
only there was Alan and hoe.
As if iu answer to the feeling that
was not yet conscious thought, a knock
fell on the front door w hich stood wide
open. At once the red setter gave a sharp
sonorous bark that changed to a howl
of welcome as a tall young fellow came
through the passage with a covered
cart ned dish in his out-stretched hand.
"Howdy, howdy bless my life!
Ma'y Fraud's, come out yere ; here's
Alau Keith come ter see us ! Set a
chair fer 'ini, an' give 'im er fan that
new turkey-tail one thar by the mantel-shelf,
an' er drink er water too. I
know he's hot an' thirsty. Who's
this fer, Alan me? Oh, thanky !
It's the lieautifulest white honeycomb
that ever I did see," Mrs. SouthaU
saitl volubly, airecting not to notice
how the young folks had reddened at
the touch of hands, nor the tremor in
Alan's throat as he greeted Ma'y
Frances, Finding the pair sieechless,
she went on :
"Take oft yo' apron, Ma'y Frances,
an' set an' rest crwhile. Yincey can
tend ter the rest o' the cookin. " Then
to Alan : "I jes had this girl a mak
in' pies. I don't want ye ter think
I'm evergoin' ter put drudgery on my
own flesh an' blood. Ma'y Frances
ain't all the niece I've got, but I'm
bound ter say she' the liesL Thar
ain't no sort er work that she can't do
an' ain't more' n williu' ter turn 'er
hand to."
"Do hush. Aunt C Lueindy, I
mean," Mary Frances said, Imploring
ly. It revolted her unutterably, this
parade of her excellencies to one whose
judgment of her meant all the world.
He bxiked over at her with a little
embarrassed smile; then, seeming to
take courage from her distress, said,
with half a twinkle of the eye :
"I'm mighty glad to hear it, Mrs.
SouthaU. I'm such a lazy, fellow my
self I want to know all the industrious
girls who could take care of me, if I
could jH-rsuade them to have me."
"Oh, so you are going to turn Mor
mon : ' .Mary r- ranees sani, laugiimg.
"Well, if you get about six real smart
wives, maybe you'll live in clover."
"No; I'll try it with just one," Alan
retorted.
Mrs. So'ithall laughed indulgently.
Mary Frances had fetched a spoon, a
china saucer, and a crisp Ibiky biscuit.
Her aunt was eating bread and honey
w ith the satisfaction of a child. 15e-
tweeii morsels her eyes went from one
to the other of the young pair in a way
which made it plain that the course of I
their true love would run sin 10th as
she c:uld contrive iL Fidgeting with
her bit of honeycomb, she said :
'Well, I ain't afraid er missin' my
dinner w hen I come ter see you, Alan,
not even ef yo' wife ain't a great work
er. With the start you've got house
an' land an' stock I dou't believe you
could fergit how ter work ef you tried
ever so hard."
"You jus' wait an' see. I'm gettin'
so trillin' Fin a fair field fer missionary
enterprise." Alan said, with another
laugh. "An' that reminds me," he
went on, heedless of the shad w on
Mrs. Kouthall's face, "that I ct'ne
p urtly to ask if I mightn't come back
to-morrow sn' help get you over to
church ; it's going to boa great day
this first Sunday an' you know we
can't possibly u without yu ii) tlje
c.hoir;"
"Why, I didn't know I wus seech a
utake iu the fence," Mrs. SouthaU said,
her face beaming. "I ain't never done
nothin' only my duty. ou know,
my graudpaw wus o:in er thu first
stewards when the nieetin-house wus
built, an' the bishop hlsself told me,
when I went up ter Conference last
year, that he'd never seen erno'ih
er class-leader with the power iu pr'ar
of Iirother Haseom that's my father.
An' ef my poor brother did fall away
from the Mcthodis' way he staid an
Kpiscopal ter the lasL Ma'y Frances
thar wus baptized an infant the same
as me. Thougli I know our righteous
ness is filthy rags ',1!t works won't
save none uv us no more'ii they did
the thief on the cross, I do feel sorter
proud ter think how I an' my folks
has tried ter do the will er Cod, not
with eye service as men-pleasers, but
liecause it wus all done iu His sight."
"You came next to the presidin
elder ; 'way ahead of the circuit rider ;
we all knew that," Alan said, gayly,
"That's why you must lie there when
we try the new organ."
"The what?"
Mrs. Suithall sat so upright that the
pan fell out of her lap, sending a fusil
lade of shelled peas all over the fliKir.
Her finger clutched the spjon so hard
the handle lient visibly, the saucer
tilted to drop honey ou her purple cali
co front. Her face grew almost as
deeply purple as she reiterated, "The
what? say that over, Alan unless you're
jes'jokiu'."
"There's no joke that I know of ;
the church has got an organ ; that's all
there is to it," Alan said, respectfully.
"J ow did it come by it ! tell me that,
please? Thar wasn't no money raised,
no talk uv it that I ever heard wheu
I got laid up three weeks back. Do
you mean ter tell me that Ashbury
stewards an' preachers and all have
done this thing underhand without
tellin' me, that Is the mother cr the
church?"
"No, ma'am ; no indeed ! You see
it's thw way ; SomeUsly gave the or
gan. All they did was to take it and
be thankful it was all they could do,"
Alan said, eagerly, intent to explain
away the hurt to sister Southall's
churchly dignity.
"Who was that somebody?" she de
manded, fiercely.
"What makes you want to know?"
asked Alau.
"llccause I'd like ter wring his neck
an' make organ bellows out er him,"
Mrs. SouthaU said, her square jaws
setting hard. "Young man," she went
on, "I hope you've spoke the truth ;
that you, my church brethren an sis
tren, have not lieen colloguin to trick
me. Twenty years ago they tried the
same thing. I fit them, tooth an' t'e
nail, ag'inst the desecretion er the sanc
tuary. You don't rcmciulier it. You
warn't much more'ii four then ; but I
beat the organ crowd that I've stood
flat-footed ag'inst ever setter, an' i::m1I
stand till I die."
"Why Aunt Lueindy, what differ
ence can it make?" Mary Frances
broke in. "I'm sure the music will lie
better, an' certainly you Is lieve Jtl
ought to have the very best of every
thing for His house and worship."
"Don't talk you 'Piscople ways ter
me," Mrs. SouthaU said, angrily.
"Child, it ain't the sound, butthesiicrit
that is pleasiu' ter our Lord. You must
sing with the soul when you come up
tor the holy place an' what soul, IM
like ter know, is thar in er box er w ind
an' brass? To my mind it's a heathen
sound, worse'n the aliomination of
desolation. I've sung trihble iu Ash
bury nieetin'-house thirty-five years,
but jes as shore as they keep that thing
thar try ter praise (.tod by machinery
'slid er the humble an' contrite heart,
I'll never set foot thar again alive, an'
ef they carry me in my coffin, I'll do
my best ter rise an' confound 'em,"
Mrs. SouthaU said, gettin' unsteadily
to her feet and leaning heavily u;n
the back of her chair. Mary Frances
ran to her side, but was waved oil". For
a minute the elderly woman stood a
statue of tremulous fury, then she In-ut
her gaze full upon Alan Keith, saying
slowly.
"Alan I don't know as you know
anything more'n you've told but this
I say if you do know whar that or
gan gulp over the word c.itne from,
I want you ter tell them that sent it
never ter come about me no more.
I've no fellowship fer 'em no Ciirist
ain feelin'. Dan'l shall take our let
ters at once we'll go ter some little
church whar the members don't want
er mix fashion with thar religion. It
comes hard ter leave the place whar
my fathers an' mothers have set under
the gospel droppiu's but I'll do it
ruther'n ter hear that suakin' an'
boomin' ter see the place I love made
er theaytcr, with the little preacher fer
play-actor. I mistrusted him when I
found that petry book iu his saddle
bags; now he's showed the clow n lriir
an' all I can do is ter say, himru'his
organ crowd keep fur away from me."
Young Keith stood up very straight.
"Mrs. Suithall," he said, resxvtful!y,
"I never meant ter tell anybody it
seemed too like lioastin' I bought the
organ all by myself. I love the sound
of it ; it heljw ter take my soul from
earth. Iast fall I sowed extra wheat
a purpose to make the money, and
from the way it yielded I can't think
(Sod saw anything wrong in the pur
pose. I bought it it's only a little
one wishin' I could buy better, the
very ln-st. Now you say I sha'n't
come here no more. Then I must say
somethiu' else liefore I go "
"Needn't take the trouble. I know
it; you want Ma'y Frances; you'll
never git her with my consent. You'd
Utter go on home an' quit tliinkin
about her," Mrs. Suithall said, frigid
ly, though curious small tremors lan
through her voice.
Keith turned to Mary Frances and
held out his arms. With a little
shamed cry she slipped within their
clasp, then sprang away, hiding ter
face in her hands. Keith drew them
down tenderly, saying:
"Little girl, you'll marry me, w h;t
ever happens?"
"Then she'd better do right oil"; she
can't stay here no longer ef that's her
purpose," Mrs. .SouthaU said, her lips
narrowing to a line.
"The ssKnr the better for me."
Leith said. "(Jet your bonnet, sweet
heart. My mother i-s ready and wait
in' to welcome her daughter."
Mary Frances went chut to her aunt
put out a timid hand and said, softly:
'Aunt Lueindy, please please dou't
be so mad. Alan didn't know. He
wouldn't he couldn't have done it if
if he had dreamed how you feitalaiut
iL I I can't bear to leave you this
way after you have been so kind."
"You can stay ; but tf you do, you'll
never sin-ak ter him ag'in," Mrs.
SouthaU said, nodding her head.
Then, as Mary Frances began to sob,
she broke out wildly :
"Lord (!od! Father almighty!
What has Thy lo' servant done that
this thing should come upon her?
Haven't I been faithful in season an'
out, goin' Sundays, rain er shine, ter
Thy po' temple ter sing Thy praises
an' raise the tusies? An' it seemed
You had give this child ter me that
wus childless. Have I made an idol
of her? Are you jtalous that I must
lay her on the altar?"
"Come away ; we make her worse
by staying," Alan said, again taking
Mary Frances' hau l. Tiie girl made
as if to renew her appeal, but shrank
from the set face ami tense gaze that
fronted her. IScnding, she laid her
lips lightly to one flaccid hand, then
went after her lover, who whispered,
exultingly: "We'll have music for
our wedding, dear an' ever after, I
hope."
Mrs. SouthaU kept her word. No
btsly, indeed, who knew her could
have a doubt that she would. Though
Ashbury meeting-house crowned the
hill opposite her home, was in plain
sight of her front gate she ignored it
utterly. Upon the two Sundays when
there was service there she shut her
self iu-doors to read the IiiMe aud sing
her father's favorite hymns. Upon
the other two, with her meek hus-
baud beside her, she trailed painfully
!
5
era
off to Big Ilock chapel, a good ten
miles away, where another Itinerant
brother dispensed what she esteemed
the sincere milk of the word. The
road ran post the Keith farm, where
Alan and Mary Frances lived and were
happy as the day was long. If by
chalice Mrs. Siutliall encountered
them, she gave them a severely courte
ous greeting and passed on. She had
hardened at all points ; even to I):iu
iel khe was now sometimes a pitiless
judge, although she weakened visibly
as the months went by.
He was a gentle easy-natured fellow,
the exact moral complement of his
wife's stern fibre. He had for her an
odd clinging dependent affection,
which she returned with the worship
that is both dower and curse of a nar
row intense soul. So when, three years
aft'-r Mary Frances married, he fell
into a low state, over which the doc
tor looked grave and shook his head,
it is not surprising that his wife felt the
solid earth slipping from under her
feet. Willi all her strength she fought
the thought of loss. Day and night
she watched, tended, soothed him,
humored siek fancies, and sought to
cnax him into the expression of his
lightest whim, feeling the while a
band of lead gripping the heart in her
bosom, till not even a suppliant song
could come from her throat.
One Sunday morning early he grew
very restless. "You must go to yo'
meetin' tcr-day," he said. "You've
missed three Sundays runnin' on' count
o' me. l leu you i am i wuiii n.
You oughter ter go you must go. I
sha'n't have er minit's peace unless
you no."
"But w hat's ter become of you while
I'm gone? Dan'l dear, don't a.-k it.
It's sinful ter let anything come le-
tween us an' our (!!, an' I couldn't
worship rightly fer thiukin' of you,"
the wife said, so gently that few who
knew her would have recognized the
tone. The sick man patted her hand
and smiled.
"Oh! I'll do tir.-t rate," he said.
"Jus you try it and an' scccf you don't
find me better when you come home.
I'm partly worried over yo' stay in' in
so close. ( Jit ready an' go now, right
off."
Demur was vain, refusal out of the
question against his weak persistence.
Willi her heart in her throat the wife
left him, actually went h:.lf-way lef re
her breaking courage drew her back to
him.
The house sbitxl wide. Within
there was only emptiness. After one
wild look at the vacant U-d and chair,
Mrs. SouthaU turned and ran toward
the church. What instinct guided her
she never knew. At the door she
stopped short, partly that the hated
organ was filling the low building
with throbbing waves of sound, partly
that well in front of the pulpit she saw
her husband propp-sl snug between
Alan and Mary Frances, with a gold
en-haired toddler upon his knee, who
played decorously with the old man's
open fa tit I watch.
As the voluntary ceased, the sing
ers, the minister even, were constrain
ed to silence. For Mrs. Suithul! glid
ed up the aisle to her husband's side,
knelt a haif-minute in silent prayer,
then dropped into her old scut at his
elbow. Her face was w hite, and work
ing tears were washing out the h ir.l
brilliance of her eyes. Her husband
drew u little contented sigh, then laid
a hand on hers, saying, weakly, yet so
all might hear :
"So you caught me, Lueindy! Well,
you see, twits tins way. 1 ve Keen
meanin' all along ter ask you ter bury
me here, an let the limbic play. I've
c ime ter hear the practi.-in' heap o'
times on the sly. Me an' Danny
here's had g'l times lis'eniu'. I
wanted ter hear it of a Sund'y, so the
golden harps in Parydise wouldn't
s und so strange."
"Dan'l, Dan'l, you needn't go 'way
ter hear 'em," Mrs. SouthaU sobbed,
clinging fast to his hand. "Stay,
we'll come ev'ry Sunday," she pleaded.
'Only don't leave me J u't Dan'l,
d n't !"
Daniel .-miltd faintly. For a miu
ute his eyes closed convulsively. Then
he looked straight into hers and said:
"Lueindy, I've been er coward the
wor.it sort but Jest trlmut this tie
thing. "Twas me put Alau in mind
ter git the machine. Now ye know
the truth. Maylie I can live er die la
in peace. I never lied ter ye about
nothin' else. Ma'y Frames knew it
all the time ; but she give her boy my
name."
"It's the liest name in the world,"
Mrs. Suithall said, brokenly gathering
the baby to her breast. Holding him
fast she turned to face the congrega
tion, saying: "Brethren an' sisters,
let me sjHiik truth too. In this time
of trouble I've searched my heart an'
found that what I called zeal fer pure
worship wus mostly mean low-down
jealousy. I'd sung down cvcrylnxly
fer thirty years, but I knew I couldn't
sing down the organ. I've asked (Jod
ter fergive me. Now I ask you, and
pray that you mean to do it."
Kverylwdy saitl, "Amen." Jbtrjx r't
Wttk.'j.
The Fly in Amber.
In WW of the Kuropean Museums
may be seen a piece of am'ter, iu w hich
is deeply embedded a perfect fly. Now,
neither the amber nor the fly are
curiosities, but the curiosity consists in
how the fly got into the amber. An
equally wonderful curiosity may oc
casionally le seen in country drug
stores, in the shape of huge drastic
cathartic pills, put up in cheap wood
or pasteboard boxes. The curiosity
with these "jokers" c insists ia know
ing who asks for them, when it is
generally known that Dr. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets, sugar-coated, and put
up in glass bottles, always fresh and
reliable, but little larger than mustard
seeds, are an efficient cathartic, regu
late the liver, and cure sick headache,
constipation and dysjH-psia.
"Willie," said the boy's Interested
uncle, "I hope you take fains with
your lessons in school."
"I took pians with 'em to-day, any
how," replied the young gentleman.
"Uuasual pains?"
"Yes, sir; unusual pains. Teaihif
whipped. luetwK't'.''
Id
WHOLE NO. 2321.
A Polite Sheriff.
"The most polite nia.i I ever knew,"
said J. D. Kwans, of Mississippi, to a
S'tir rejiorter, "was a color! man
dow n in my county. He lielonge 1 be
fore the war to Col. White, one of the
most cultured and olishcd gentlemen
in the Smth. During recoiistrui tioa
days Tom was elected Sheriff ami the
first year he held the office a w hite
man was seutemi-d to le hanged. I
knew the doomed prisoner and at his
request was w ith him several hours a
day for the last week of his life.
"The sheriff came in t lie first time
I was there and, adressing the prisoner,
said: , 'Sense me, Master Bob. I jess
come fur jess a little advice. Yo' see,
we ain't neither oh us us u.-d ter cere
monious occasions of lis kin' an' I je.-s
want:-! ter know how yo' would like ter
had de gallows, faein' tl-e sun or de
oib-r way.'
"The prisoner told him to have his
face away from the sun.
"'Thank yo'. Mars Bob. I'll done
hab it dat way. We don' wan' to
make no expositions ob ;t;iself l y not
doin' what is pro pah ou si' h events.'
"I'pon the next occasion the sheri'f
came iu:
" 'Mars Bod, scum- me one moment,
gemmi ii. I jess wants ter hah yo'
show me once mo' bow you done tie dat
knot. Mom' euriosest knot I cler.-i'd."
Up n the morning of the fated day,
as I went ia, the 'ieri:f h..d the doom
ed man's f-t tliro.vu over a chair and
was blacking his lxn.t, the other one
having already lecii jwiii.-hcd.
"'Mawnin', sah,' he said to me,
'Mar Boh jt ss giiiia ready. I done
liorrcr.-d a suit ait necktie from decuu
i:t 1 an' jc.s slit kin' im up. Der. I gits
inter my ov.'n drts-.suit dat I had made
a p'jjKis, an Mars Bob an" me, we
gwiue ter lie tie !' dressed oh any
Unly.' "Arrayel ia f."'.l evening dress, the
convict d 'Kin and the Slreritf mounted
the scuiJ'.M when the tlai came. 'All
ri'jhUnow, Mars Boo,' said the sheriff,
as he adj'i-ted th cap.
' 'S-tise me, sail, jess a minute,'
and he toMcacd the fat il spring."
,'tsfti,l;j 'i,:l S'-ir.
TLe Lead Pencil.
A carload of California redwood was
recently shiprtl to Nuretiihurg, in
(icrm:iny,.for use in the manufacture
of lead pencils. Owing to the exhaus
tion of the supply of cedar it has been
nevssary to find a substitute of it, and
red woo 1 seems to lv the only kin 1 of
wood except ce-lar with a sufficiently
straight grain. There is ia this a sug
gestion of the enormous number of
lead pencils con-iiiicd annually. Nu
remberg is tiie principal scut of the
manufacture of them, which u widely
distributed. It is necessarily a grow
i ig one, fr as fast and as far as civili
ze. ion spreads there is a demand for
lead pem ils. The more complicated
business relations are the more use is
made of penei!: On the railways and
i.i the departments of Siate and Feder
al governments they are consumed by
the carload. In the cities nearly every
pers'on carries one, even to the small
I v v , who amuses himself iu disfiguring
peters a:i 1 s inietiaii's h.Nkt when l.e
can think of no other variety of devil
ment. He gets in school the habit of
earn ing a pencil.
In the early ages he carried a stylus.
In a New York museum one may see
a pithetic memorial tf the long past.
In ancient Kgypt the slate was of wax
spread over a hoard. To erase an in
scription oa it the thigers were po-s d
over it. In the sjveimon referred to
there are s :n' ils and beneath them a
child. s'l expression ef cliagrin at fail
ure to accomplish Ilie task, whatever
it was. Sme one has imagine! the
little fellow's head aching, symptom
of a fever of w hich he s-.Kia died. The
slat wa put away with his Uxly ami
found with it after a lapse of ages,
bearing his m irks on it. But peiieil.
if earth or chalk were a t unknown
in tli is." rem te days. Toe arti.-ts us-I
them ia their m ii.chroai pictures.
So did the Greeks. Wet color came
into use abut four centuries, before
Christ an I thea the brJs'.i was em
ploye !. Jo! wishing that his words
were printed in a book, exclaims -'Thai
they were graven with an iron iea
an I lea l iu the roek forever V Toe
claim of the territory of the Ohio was
set forth ou lead plates graven with a
pea of iron aud buried at certain points
in the territory.
Graphite is called black lead. Were
pencils once made of refined lead? Tlie
small boy often has one of that kind,
his own ban li work, and can easily
disfigure pig's with it. Tiie best
graphite fr drawing pencils conies
from English mines of Cumlerlaiid.
but an abundance of fine quality is had
from Siberian mines. It has to lie
crushed, thougli, for it is seldom homo
geneous enough in the original state to
le trusted in the work of an artist.
For a long lime there was a problem
how to cause the crushed particles to
adhere without cement, which injured
the quality of the pencil. That wa
solved by pressure. Tiie crushed ma
terial was p it in glued paper, with na
orilin, ami plain! under the receiver
of an air pump. Wheu the air wa
drawn oir the orifice was closed me
chanically an 1 the ma. saljcctcd to
pressure, which left it as com plot as a
block from the mine. The masses
thus juvparcd were sawed into sizes for
pencils. People often Uxm-y w hat the
result would !e if the world was sud
denly deprived of some small conven
ience the value of w hich is seldom
thought ;f. What would the world do
if suddenly deprived of had pencils?
Victims of youthful foliUs suffiriig
from nervous debility, la: k of self
eonliilciice, impaired memory, and
kindred symptoms, should send In
cents iu stamps f.r large illustrated
treatise, giving means of certain cure,
with numerous testimonials, sent in a
plain scaled envelope. Address,
World's Dispensary Medical Associa
tion, t"tH Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
Why "Heury, Henry, Baby has
swallowed a tack." Husband "Nev
er mind. You can buy a whole box i f
;hvm for a few cents."
The magnificent National Capitol at .
Washington has cost, since the lay
ing of its comer stone ia I'.i.l, very
nearly $l,u0'to, b it the State Cap
itol of New York, at Alb toy, alt'ioJjli
not yet compicttd acnrdi:ig to th?
architect's d'-iiga-, has alr-a ly eit
ui ii i' -t sj ),') ( ),0 1 1, and is t'l" most ex
pensive bud ding of iiihI -ra tirii(.
The largest and m t expensive City
Hail in tbtf Unit-d States Ls that of
Philadelphia, and its principal tower
is to contain the largest clock in the
world.
The greatest price ever paid for a
horse was H'MiOo, given by Mr. Mal
coin Forties, of Bioii, for Arion,
which he bought from S-nator Stanford
of California. Axtell, the trotter,
brought i lOItt"), when three years old,
while in lvol Saint Blaise was sold for
$1MVM.
One hundred and three thousand
dollars has been offered and refused
for a Hehrew liihle now in the library
of the Vatican at B tine. This makes
it the most valla!, !e hook in the world,
so far as dollars am! cents go.
In li.;"., win a I be entire Dutch nation
was crazy Uon tlie subject of tulis, a
single bulb w as sold for rL',-"1'. At such
price it would pay better to raise tulips
than to own the most valuable gold
mine in the world.
Speaking of gold mines, where tlo
you supjiose the most valuable b;t of
tre ever .sup-lted in the world, so far as
is known, was found? In California or
Australia orltnlia? No, indtcd. It was
a !t obtaining two hundred pounds
of qnail.-hold.ng gold at the rate of
jV),'M j ron, and. w;;s found in a
mine at Ishpcming, Mich.
The largest sum ver a-ked or offered
for a single diamond was i-'J,loO,i)i,
which the Prince of Hyderabad, iu In
iia, agreed to give the jeweler who
then owned tiie Imperial, which is
considered the finest stone in the world.
The Shall of lYr.-ia and the Sultaa
of Turkey each jos.-es a prayer mat, or
rug, made of diamonds and pearls, and
valued at something over ,H
apiti-e. The largc.t and m-t exjien
sive rug in the wo rld, made of the or
dinary m iteiials of w 'nich such things
are manufactur.-.!, is owned ly the Carl
ton Chi' of London.
A broken wooden horse, with which
NafSfleii Bonaparte played when a
child was recently s M for l.'tr) franc.
Thiiili f paying ?-"". f-r a single
meal ! That is w hat a wealthy Itouuiii
once tii'i, when he '.Wished to ia pressa
d o.eu guests w ith his disregard f r
riches.
The mo.-: valuable of m xl -r:: paint
ings is Mcissoni.-r's "W!," w':ii:"i w is
biught by a I'Ycnchm in f or i ,f
Tiee same gentleman ptid si", i,.ri f r
"The Angelys," by Mille, f wl.Mi
you all h.ivcdo'ibtl-'sssccn photographs
or other rcprdui'tio:is. ILtrfi'
Yml.rj j', ;,,! .
Things ta ii j.
Steaming a t old f wl U fore rastin,
li t a-1 liri ; tli s't'l 1: ig till it goes .a
the oven, bur pu-ting a :"e.v sticks of
celery inside t flavor it.
Ad hng a little vinegar to the water
iu which salt :Is!i is o.ik -d.
Soaking salt ti-;li iu sour milk tofre-h-e:i
them.
A palette knife for scraping kettles.
Taree tea sp o:t fa's k -rosea e ia tiie
b iler ia washing clothes.
For s ;ve g I-;, ciil ri le of lime.
F r dis ij.ve t'jle olfs a phiell of
sulphur on a hot stove.
Covering a dish table with inc.
Kepi:!g steel knives from rusting
by dipping ia str tig skLi water, wip
ing, r.-ili'.ig in flannel and laying in a
dry plat e.
Simaarii'g rice flour and wattr
toother fr a cement.
A claaishell f.TM raping keittts.
A little po n wattr ai.d salt ill
whitewash.
Washing aa ink staia in strong salt
water, then sponging with lemon juice.
A canton !i laa.-i knife case, stitched
i it c .ii. irt u m: j.
To banish rats, chloride of lime.
Sweetening womIc!i or ironware by
scalding ia hot water and hay.
Soaking black calico ia salt and w a
ter before wasiii t.g.
Cayenne pepper for ants. 1 n.l
RLiiitj of a Gun.
An interesting experiment, which
will serve to illustrate why guns are
rilled aa 1 the etf-i-t on tiie shot by the
consequent rotary motion can le made
by any cycli t when cleaaiag his
machine.
Assuming the front wheel is detached,
lay it up a the :1 :r aa 1, keeping tli
axle vertical by the hand, give, the
wheel a vigorous spin. Tiie axle re
mains unaffected, the wheel running
in tiie ball races. Now lift the wheel
by means of the axle and put the left
hand uu I r the wheel ail catch tiie
other end of the axle. You now have
a horizontally revolving w heel, and
you will hi astonished to find how
diili - lit it is to turn the wheel into a
vertical p siti a. L -t this cease ami
you can d as you like w ith the wheel,
but give it a vigorous spin and you
will find, whatever position it wa th-i
ia, it will sho.v the p -rversity of a pig;
if you atte.npt to change ii. In mak
ing t'i"n ex; u ;.it g ! a g 1 grip,
it throws a very considerable strain on
the arms and feels, iadsv.l, as thou zh
oajw.n strug.;!': ug wli'i si;e aerial
wrestler.
Imagine n.v a 'i t . a:ing on its
eourse with rotary motion ; it" it units
aa obstructioa fairly ail squarely the
f r.var I m ti u will b s .n -w.i it ar
rested, but the hiring action due to
rotation will give it a terrible p -net ra
ting pwer. Agiia s ! a strike at
a siigu: aa !e, a 1 1 y i ai ; ,- fii Ti p.
will glance oil like a stone from a smooth)
pie? of v. a'li'i r. T ae ne w force, how
ever, here comes into play and mowt
decidedly objti-ts to the alternation of
d'a'eeti i t'l .'' e : I .; a p .i ;rati .i
tliat would be quite imptsniide under
other cireaui-itaa After making tin
strive exp 'rimentyoa will find you hae
a much increased respect for a shot tired
from a rliled barrel.
Bismol k and His Doctors.
There have In n rumors lately aUiue
the serUas state of Bismarck's health,
but "the great diplomat is rtally :
man of iron," said Ir. Schweninger,
his medical attendant, a few days ago,
"and he may live for ten vmr .r
m re." The doctor's assistant say.-
the Prince feels best when out waikiig
with his big d igs ia his park ia I-"n-d-richsruhe.
lie is, m-mally, like a
man o. thirty. Indeed. Bismarck is
p'ieuometia'ly a-tive and energetic,
an 1 works bard every day dictating
l- hli secretary answers to his uunicr
oas coirc-pondc-nts. It is said, by the
way, that the ex-Chancellor receive-
twenty times more applications for au
diences than the doctors will allow
hiai to trai.t.
liven catarrh, that dread bneder of
consumption, sueeuaib-i to the hea!inj
iuaueuevs of Thouuu' EcU-ctrie OIL