Somerset Herald prTABUISBKP 1S-7. aVrnlsorPablication. . cvory Wednedar morning at rsb in advance, otherwise .rnnu"' " i ..I.- t-charKcd. r J ,n will be discontinued until V are p' P- rortnMrtw no- Jury u when subscribers do not - , m,r wiu ne ne.u from one postoffiee to s- . n.nu at Um form- ,bouiU'';u'"" " tu- present office. Jvaare. inn SOKIKSKT UEKA1.IS (Son EKsrr, , -a- iK" i NOTARY PUBLIC. . 1 t Ai Somerset, Fa. . .,-..(rn.tbi I-urpel. 11 ..' tuiierset, 1'euu'a. i - . ,...., 2J flour. U " c.ii.-u-tcd to his car. will be at- C. W. WALKEK. ;V 4 WALK Kit, u i-vt vs-AT-LAW. .lid .NUTAKV Tl BUC. txiuierset, I'a. . 17J Fourth t, IllUburg, Ia. TTT,,i-i.-v A. lollvEY-AT-LAW. 1 Somerset T. , w ''rV lkK'k tllore- 5 1 Ai - 1 ; . r. .1; N KY-A 1-LA W. rMjiuersef. 1 a. . r.-.i N.uielial Bauk. isouien.-t, r. eic( .u Joku 11. VbL Somerset, I "a. .... i'irvl.'1'KKIl. ssoiuerset, Pa. , , .-Fruiting U..uc -Sow, opposite- Court J.': 1- ,,rr ,.CV 1T...W (somerset, IV- 11 1 KCHt.-I'.ll, J- ArR'KNKY-AT-LAVf T"k''NT- J. U. CKjLE. ..ii.Mt.NtYS-Ar-LAW, somerset- Fa. -v.-e-n-il't attention -" business ..-ir iiix.iiierts-laiid adjoining '"J" - ..;lnv Hi l'fiul lluux "I't" "..iirtBut- Vai-NTINK HAY, uiei-t, ...It -rill Il-a! Ilt. Will HtU-Ild tO "... . Miru'.- U hi care with prouipl. TjiiNH. niu J " Ail"liKY-AT-LAW, !ouienn.-t, P. - r.-..-ii,-t;v nttr-nd t 11 buillts en r . liu.i. M'Hh y aavamvd u colleo t 4-. '.'iliiv iu Miiiiimoih Uluck. T-.1LN 0. KIM MEL, J Ai i- -ii t- Y-AT-LA W , tSuiiic-mct, Pa. t" all Iiumik-m enirunlrd Ut lii e.-"1 virix-: aijjoiniUB cuu .Ln, with 'til.it ti-arutu urvxvrj Slunk tails l rrtiii, J AlluH-NtV-AT-LAW, Suuit-riic-t, ..i6 MasnmrtU Mark, up taint. En ti'r u:i iij'.u "lr1- loU'-Vtiua i. tUie- Ua-il, utU-cXiiiiirU,aua all .J. aiu-uUcU U ith jiruuii-Uit 1 ; iuI&'UX. U C. CXiLUOR . I, ATI U t Ys-AT-LA W, tSuiut-nx-t, l a. . .. . .. i.iM .tir fur m'ill be 1. ti:Ui!ul!y ntV-uded l. fU L i-iJi u. ivimi rv l, ll.Uord aud aJjuiu- a,.-. Kuri-y:ii)i aad couvijauciuj UL BAKU, , ATTUKXEY-AT-LAW, Souierwl, la. i.:. jrjf.io- In Somf-rwt and ailjoinlng -Lt A:i l'iiim eutruBlrd to him Wlli 1 H. O'FFUi.'TU. 1L UI PPEL. p iTKuTH 4 nrrrEi- V- AlTuHN t Ys-AT-I. W, Soiii-nM-l, Ia. A u !- enru.trd to tlu ir care will be r : .u:x-tuail- att-tidl mce - nvt.t," Mammoth T W. ( AKOTHEILS M. !., U I'iiiIt. lAN i.ul HiiKOX, Kmerset, I'a. ( " oa lVnot Strvit, iOKit? I". IS. DH. P. F. MIAFFEK, 1 -UYMl IAN au lIUiKO N:m-rt, l'a. Tr.:-- Vj pn.f-fIniial rvu-ri ut the cili- t'Tb-Kituliirn-lal H'tt l. J1 J. M. Lol TIIEIl, J 1HVM IAN ASi.rn:OtXlN, '- ''1 S.viu tn,-t, rnrif lruj more. JjH.H. S. KIMMELL, --ii in.f.-i:Tml rviof-t to tlic citl 7 'i:ivnw 1 ani vinnny. I n!t- pn- r--- t-iiiTiiie I t. -tl ttt t'iiuinl ut tn of- ' fcl ttl lMalilIIti. J)--T. M. MII.I.KN, - 'R..1U.1U 1:1 1 nti-itry.) t'- 'P'1' a'-'-titson 1 the I'rvwnration 4 '''"'r-i' ''' Ui. Arttlii utl m i iiiw-rt'Ml. t, T i- H. l'avi. & oi'it uton-, '--iJud I'u'.rmt etrw-ta. I uneral Director. '-'-i Main -r, r-t. lii,lcee, i'atrict St. C ;an;; 11. -LnT-K, I-iikI Survevor r? ;T. . . - " -1 r J. F. Baoty. eal Estate and Collecting , Agency. J- '' ,,UV or wll tinnrtwn k 'li"i"f' t -"Un:y or !- here, are "ur"!fl-- 1U ktir-IT I.UN k. V 4'": "" "'H '""tri'.rii tukil mail in--. imo an.l I. .-all. .11 rf .n.- t-t tJ " ' :'1;T f,5,.,,,v,, "'a'"!' p- v 1.1 ur.11 a t;r.A 111, fc.'it-i.-ix-r r.i.vk. Oils! Oils! IMltslmrr fk'nart. aaiiiii-.T' - ,,u,k, a Hvultr of the Cut hRtuil of -Jibing 4 Lubricating Oils HlMia 4 Gasoline, ""-f-t ","V fr'"u rt;''"m. We ehal-Uik,n-U" th every kuowu Product of Petroleum 'nntunSfornily isfactory Oils -IV THE- t -t . .r Somr.p, arill v,rinl. ""'K A BEEIUTS and '"Ease Ko.,KK, txiucret. Pa. n" VOL. XLIV. NO. Ivory Soap It Floats Try it for just one wash. Ivory Soap corts a little more, but it takes less to do the work, and how much whiter clothes are when they have been washed with it Tt Paocrc A Gauili Co.. Cii -THE- First National Ml Somerset, iPenii'a. o Capital, S50.OOO. Surplus, S22.000. DEPOSITS RECEIVED IN LARGE AND SMALL AMOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS. STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DI HECTORS. LaKUE M. HICKS, GEO. R. SCl'I-I-, JA.M1.S L. PrtiH, W. II. MII-I.KIv, JOHN K. KtXlTT, IUH1T. S. fH'ULL, FHED W. BIhECKEK. EDWARD SrULU : : PRESIDENT. VALENTINE HAY. : VICE PRESIDENT. HARVEY M. BERKLEY, . CASHIER. The funds and securities of this lwnk arc se curely protected iu a ivh-hmtt-d Cokliws Hl K- clak Pkook Sake. The only sare nuacauso lutely buryUir-proof. Tha SomerEet Cceij Kational BAN K OF SOMERSET PA. EiUtMtM. 1177. 0rnl "itlewli S0 -o.- CAPITAL, $50,000 SURPLUS AND UN- DIVIDED PROFITS ?pl,OUU. Chas. J. ITarrison, - rresident. Wm. II. Koontz, - Vice Presidont Milton J. rritt?, - - Cashier. Geo. S. Harrison, - Ass't Caliier. x- Directors : Sam. H. Harrison, Win. En-Wey, Jofiah SiKH-ht, Jonas !. Cook, John H. Sny.ltT, John Stuffl. Joseph B. Iavis, Noah S. Miller, Harrison Snyder, Jerome Stultt, Chas. W. Snytler. thickgnlr will mr-lvethemoHt lilo-ral tr.tnieiiteoiiistent w ithsnf.-liikiiiu. can be aecoiiiiuodaU-d by draft for any amount. , . ... Moni v and vaHial)lei necnrea ny one 01 i-ir-U.I.I Celebrated aafi-s. with niin-t Improved time lock. -..ii ...... made in all Harts of the I lilted States. I'lianres iiHMlerate. Account and a-piiiil8 anciieu. 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 prepaml to supply the puMic with CltK-ks, Watches, and Jew dry of all descriptions, a.s Cheap as the Cheapest REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. All work jruaraiitml. Il,k at IIjy ktot k U foa' muUing your purehaSt. J. D. . SWANK. ARTISTIC JOB PRINTING A SPECIALTY. HARRY 31. BEXS1I0FF, VAMUFACTURING STATIOSIR I LANK BOOK MAKER HAXNAM BLOCK, Johnstown, Pa. Campbel & Smith THE PEOPLE'S STORE. Grand Clearance Sale! hir Imvcrs Imvc Umlit s, :i.i);l,l, ami K-ir:iili mh!s at won.li-rftilly low prices, nihl c :ir.-il. l. riiiinc(l tot mp'y our 'h'Ivcs of nil ;irji!ui sto-k. in or.lcrto iio this w arc M-liin large tpiuiiiiiit-s of Dry Goods, Carpels, Curtains, Dress Goods, Etc, AT Fifty Ccnls on the Dollar. AND toy, Fauci Jgwdrj, TnMij, Etc., at Twenty-fve Cents on the Dollar. Not fVi-ryihiii in o;ir etN-k at ok' und 2i:i llie dollar, I cat wlin: isn't i-vt-n t!io lu wit :t!i'l r-t;t jle evt-ryl.; arc 111:11 k-d m low yo'i mii coino hun tlris of miles to Imy ami still saw money. We haven't r.!ii for details mention jut a few to ive you an idea of the val ues onVreI. 'l'lious.-iiids of others as K'""!, a.'i'l many of them U tter. Vi lour eajes I rimmed with Mack Thi U t fur and lineI with silk, at ?6 75, 8 50. 10.00. and 12.00; fully one third lielow reultir prii-e. Fine Klevtrir Si-al Cajx-s, " ) inches l-n'. fail sweep a:id satin lined ; re riiu d from 212.50 to $8-48. L:idies' all-wool IJ i.:i !e Cloth Jack-t-ts, shield front, mandoo'i sl-.-eves and Velvet collar; voi tli $10 03 for 85 OX All-wool I il.iek or lihu s-.t.' skirts, lint' i with p -rculiaii a:i I h a:i 1 with Velveteen ; mi-a-ures full live yards ; all finished scan's ; worth $7.50 for$l. All-wool Muck Henriettas, excellent quality reduced from 39c to 25c All-wool .S-re, 11 colors ; 4-' inches wide ; worth 50c reduced to lie. All-vv)l two-jdy Carpets, lest made, 50j. Colored Ca-hmeres, 40 in ('Ik's wide, reduced from 25c 15c- All our Iriiun.ed l..t!s that sold at $1 and 85 reduced to $1 00. "liildren's and Misses' uutrimmcd hats that s ld at 25j and 503 for 5c. Ileal Sid eh I.an; Curtains, .',4 to IU) ineiM-s witli, vanls Ions, worth $2.50. redue.,1 toS1.25. Irih I'oint Curiains, the regular 30 kind for ?10 ; and the only reason you ffet them at this price is that we have a surplus stock. Men's ;10 Miits for 739. Men's 12 suits f..r9 (J9. Men's slO-50 ovt ri-oats for Men's 12 50 overi.ats for 10. I Joys' 3 suits fori'1.98 -just the kind yoii want for schi wear. Roys' . I suiis for 2--"0; niee suit for fitlur dress or everday wear. Spti-ial valih-s in Linen, Flannel, Calicoes and Muslins. n V Fifth Avenue acTrc W330 tMITNf LO STKIC a. Pittsburgh. PINEOLA COUGH BALSAM xc- lli ut for tliro il in!l:i:iim iilnii and for S ' a.-thuui "ot!iii:i- tl-t will i; if Idy d.-rive l-n. lil. My l. , ' 'i"C '" L.jr- lr'.!l iH Ur- It !l';r!vJ fC?ll'-l''i !': Hie ' -' ' ; nlPTO"","r',l,,,u ,-,-y' yrilfkl Y "Vi 'iJv s'o.i nut ere In I Ul MrS'b n-l.tfiiiff wauled tiMis. Th'e is a lrtre H'lt--nt.iKe of the who sui'ifOM thrir A Kf K liil. ft' v?c?-i2!ri- -oiiMimplio! who I kVv are only Mitr-rju;; fr.ni a chn.nic cold "i dt-'J Seated ...ui.rn, f -T- : r.;i:-i t.v .:rr!i. Kort-ihirrh use F:lv'. r.niu Ikiiiii,' Holh n-inclii are phus a il t. tix'. O-on lUini, --. x-r Uttl-; rim- .!:i UiU'ii.i. t iTiiuiSts. In iinn titK's of ;i."wi!l .l. livcron msiptof aiiMMinU KEY HE' TH EKS. .Vi Warren St New Y ork . ft v ffcf 'r l Is a ficial Vo" I'tJSrcs' men trha tnm a.-.ft.t tmeoiiN-loualr Into tha uctnV i.al.:t ana u aakun t.i &nI the lis-4i-ef alcohoiisra fM-lcned .nil.-, r.-ii.l.riii lh.-in tint I to manaire af fairs reiiiir;iig a ck.r braia. A fuif VWm lAiurst; of iruamtcoi al Uio PITTSPL'Ra KEELEY INSTITUTE, Vs. tui n.lo Avenua, rrnre n them all their txiwer. mental ani phvMml, tb ahnormal appetite and r-uir.- them to' the conultion Iter were in t- f.ire tnerindaii.-e.! in ttlinulaota. inmnasDeen Atktf In'irmra than lvi caea treated here, and emi.ru them iome of yMir own neighbors, to a horn we can refer with eonfl.h-nce aa to the atwolnta sfctv and efficiency of the Keeley "ure. The f-.illcst and mtrl iMitn hiiir iiivestaratlon U n vitcd. bead tor jmj.iicl yivlng full inlorma- $olentlfio Americn Afiency tor lc 1 tJjr r-..Tm I '-. reSIC PATFMTB. l COPThlCHTS. tttoJ T tn'"iTnst!".a ar.il frre Hiaiou'K writ, to !I N' it 0, SkI hi: I)Wi. W lout f.'... t Imrrau fr amiKnz r-u-nt in America. Kvrr Mt-ni tatcn -ut t. v H hronsht lf"r. tlx ii'uUic t a u..tic eien fru.lcuar,ela IM f t'mMle nSm Ijirert etrrntsttn e a-r intlfle psTT tha -.r.J. t-p.eiiai.? l:utrultJ. lu:.ll!.;--nt mn hoiM ue witNjut tt Wecvtr .l.iMia T.-ir- SLUslimnp-U A-i.lri, Vffl 'it il' -i tl UulVi JcW VurX Cll7, THE KEELEY QURE I A omer SOMERSET, PA., 2TISDISG THE BABY. Yotise hetrher life dl ain't no cinch t' huslie lu rettll day An do .1' work an tend d kid an have uo time to play ; While nil d' u l.l.'r kids Is out a-pl.iyin Mini d' hlocU, And doiich mi.' work is tiiilsht, yet I lias to sit an ruck. Kays uia: "Now rock d' cradle. Kilty Ann, An look out ferd' bahy, Kitty Ann ; Ker lie, your little brudder. An yi.u.Hv' hasn't not no udder; He sure I' mind d tmhy, Kitty Ann." leycr playin riiis-a-roiiudi r, an at hop-scotch I kin 1 .11, I wonder T I took a sneak would he wake up an yell, t'hccw li ! I'ze been a-hustiin liereslneealniOHt eight o'clock. An now it'soue, hut still I s'jsis I'll if f sit no nx-k. I wish dere wasn't any kids. Ivy ain'l no use ut all, Except t' Isi ldi-r folk and keep dein in all day an luwl ; Aa- imw, dat'snll a bluff! Fer he's dc bes' kid In d' Muck, Ail U.m-h its radder touhon inc, I'll ch.-s' sit still au ruck. An so ches' rock d' cradle. Kitty Ann, And look out fcrd' bahy, Kitty Ann, Ker he's yer little brudder. An youse hasn't got no udder, So dies' yoiise mind d' Imhy, Kitty Ann. John II. xm u in .Vt- VwtSun. THE GOLDEX DRAGOX. ISV KLKANOit HIriSTAM-M(MiKK This rather remarkable story miht lie said to have several beginnings, hut the one that seems to me most logical is i-.mneeteti with the establishment of my husband in China as the Foochow agent of the l!reat Mongolian Tea Com pany. I ick had Ix-en a tea broker and taster for years, and last winter lie went over to take charge of the Foochow house. I was to follow later if he was satisfied with the business outlook and liked the country. Hi letters thus far had Ut'ii very eneoumg iug, and I expected to joiu him ere many months. It was nl suit this time, as many per sons will rcmetula-r, that a certain lady's splendid collection of a thousand teapots wits sohl at auction in a well known shop. It comprised a most curious assortment of china oddities from all countries of the world where tea used as a leverage, but I flatter myself that the old blue and white mandarin pieev- I Uitight for Nan was the gem of the collection. It was very large ami stood upon a little teak wood pedestal which displayed to the liest advantage its varied outline. On the lid there wxs jHTched a large golden dragon whose body wound in and out of the design in such an intricate fash ion that its atatly tail formed the loop serving for a handle and curled back into a ring by which one could lift the lid. The spout of the teapot was form ed by the neck and head of the dragon, apparency thrust through the side. This golden monster had two legs armed with claws which were buried in the body of a man. This fiction was represented ill an agony of fear with struggling li:nl and a distorted countenance, while all around the base of the tea (Kit were grouped other figures in flowing rola-s, kneeling in supnli- anv. "It is curious." remarked Mr. Van Heiissalaer Cobb when Nan showed him our treasure, "how the taste of decorators is fascinated by what is horrible." "The horrible can hardly lie said to exist in the sensibility of Chiuameii," replied Mrs. Vaughan, who was a dear little missionary lately back from Peking. "As a people, you know, they are barbarously cruel. I rememler when I first went out to China fifteen years ago, that I fainted in the street when I saw women and children (vlting a dying criminal with sour rice. There is no sjiectacle so delight ful to them as the su ill-ring of an enemy. This victim whom the dragon is about to devour is probably some legendary foe to the Tartar race." "What are all these men praying for?" Nan asked. "Did you make out what it says in the test?" "These characters under the spout are very plain," said Mrs. Vaughan, who knew the Chinese language. "They read: 'Hail, Dragon-god, the Shining one! Thus doth Tish-yen, the jsitter, glorify thee in the year of Con fucius, 17"1.' " "How old does that make the tea pot?" I asked. v ' ' "Alxiut five hundred and fifty years," Mrs.' Vaughan replied. "You have c;-rtam!y secured a treasure, Mrs. Morris. These old pieces do not often find their way out of a museum." Mr. Van Itnssalaer Cobb was arous ed. I le never deigned to look at Mnj thing younger than his family, hut aa v)A dynasty teapot was quite in his line. Nan fairly danced for joy. "Well, give a bine and white tea for the blue and white t-biekings of the 'entury Club!" she crieL " "Dear Mrsl Vaughan, do try to make out what it sav's on the lid." The little missionary la.y wa. j.tijf zled a bit. "I can read it," he explained, turn ing it slowly in her flnftr, "hut the application is very olisoure. It aays: '(J.mI of Vengeance, hold fast till the circle ends.' I presume thut Is the prayer of thesj kneeling figures who desire that there shall never lie an end to their revenge whatever it may be. The circle never ends, of course; it is equivalent to saying 'hold fast for ever.' " "lletty," said Nan, giving nie a rap turous hug, "I take it all tuck what I ail about your getting awfally sold at auctions. You know," she explain ed to Mr. Cobb, "my sister has a weak ness for buying things." The bubbling of the samovar sug gested something. "Now," said I, "I have a mind to try some of the tea that came with the teapot." "Are j-ou pure it isn't poison?" she asked dubiously. "Dr. Stewart says it is merely the powder of very old dry tea leaves. I didn't tell you, did I?" I continued, addressing our guests, "that we dis covered a queer little circular drawer in the pedastal, full of a fine brown powder." set ESTJV33LISHED 1827. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 189(5. "And Betty had it analyzed," Nana iuterjeeted. "It's old tea," I explained; "maybe as old as the teapot, and I have a great mind to try iL" "How delightful!" said Van It. Cobb, who would have liked to bathe in a ftix-hundrcd-ycnr-old infusion. "lam afraid it won't have much taste," Mrs. Vaughan suggested, but to the surprise of all, when, by common consent, I measured a half dozen cups worth into the teapot and jMiured in the boiling water, a delightful aroma filled the room. "Just look at the ShiiiingOne!" cried Nan from the couch where Van IL was packing her away in pillows. A cloud of fragrant steam was is suing from the dragon's jaws, and the effect was decidedly odd. "I will drink the first cup," I de clared, "after the fashion of the an cients when the hostess had to prove the harmless nature of the food on her own person." I am a great lover of tea and I like it concentrated. The cup I poured out for myself suited me to ierfcction. It was pale ami had a greenish tint like the tea of (Vylon; the taste was pecu liar, but it pleased me immensely. "How do you like it?" I asked, as we all sipjMiI our cups together. "It's too strong, Betty," Nan ob jected. "My cup is quite a different color from yours. Put in some more water." I lifted the lid by the loop in the dragon's tail, and I noticd at the time that the jaws of the animal M ere well adapted for holding the lid, which was dripping with condensed steam, and would better ho laid down upon my drawn-work tabic cover. "Isn't that convenient?" I remarked, fixing the dragon's tail in his mouth while I poured some more water over the samovar. Nan said something, but I did not hear it, for there was a curious rumb ling noise in the room, followed by an explosion which sounded like the dis charge of a dynamite cartridge. At the same moment the contents of the teapot spurted clear up to the ceiling, and the mandarin teapot was blown into a thousand pieces. The cloud of steam that filled the room, the severe pain o' my burnt hands and the bleed ing of a cut over my eyes, together with the shock of the explosion, rendered me speechless for a momeiiL The catastrophe was followed by a terror stricken silence, during which I gazed in liewililerment at Nan, then at Mrs. Vaughan, and then at Van It'.-nssalaer Cobb. None of them spoke, but yet there was a sound of voices in the room the voices of men talking in an excited yet friendly fashion. I looked around and lndield a dozen or more strange-looking figures, clad in rotic of blue and white, and wearing alxKit their jiccks amulets almost as large as breastplates curiously formed of golden scales. The faces of these strangers were of the Japanese type, and yet they did not exhibit the same degree of refinement and intelligence seen in the modern representative of the Aino race. One of the party step ped towards me with a smiling face. I observed that he was an old man aud that he held one hand to his side, where his clothing was stained with blood. "Madame," he said politely, but with a curiou-i accent, "in behalf of my comrades and myself I desire to thank you for having liberated us from the cruel bondage we have sutlered for so long a time a bondage which I, the ice famous Hojo-no-Toki-Numic, who U-hcaded the envoys of Kublai Khan, have shared with my noble taikos for over five hundred years." During this introductory speech "the noble taikos" alluded to sank upon one knee and each touched his forehead to the floor, laying his left hand over his heart and his right hand over the back of his head, to express, as I after wards learned, the gratitude of both heart and mind. I glanced at Nan and the others. They impressed me as persons who heard and saw yet who were suddenly liereft of speech. "The spell of silence it upon you. all," said Hojo-no-Tokl-Numie. "You have drunk of the Yulsal. But fear not, it will pass. Long ago, 'in Japan, we mixed it with the old wives' tea when tliey talked too much." lie smiled with gentle djiguity a le. sjsike. The eyes of the mthle. taikos twinkled, b,uT they iid not d;re to smUe in the presence of tlHr d'v'nH ruler. I opened my lips, but n s-mnd came. It was most astounding. "T'U'y jiurbMtk of a weaker draught," continued the ancient regent, waving his hand towards Van 11. Cobb, who was sdaring rudely. "In theni oblivion will follow, but to you memory re mains. Lady, allow ' me! I will tell you my story." He seated himself Hi ir,y old Seville ( hair andj at a siijn fTulu. l""'"0 U'0 iut:-aiui-whUt uentkJleV" squatted, ijoiiifortauly n the floor. "A long time ago," began Ilojo, "the Mongol race Invaded the King- i dm of Japan, the land of the great sciio.roo u-lien the Illustrious house of Fuji n in ra reigned supreme. It was my glorious privilege to drive from the country one hundred thousand Chi nese, Mongols and Coreans, of whom after the battles of Kiushiu but three men were allowed to escajie and carry back J he news of the disaster." The breast of the regent swelled with pardonable pride as he told of the fa mous repulse of the Mongolian invad ers in lsl. As he paused for his wonbi to take elici t there was a low niurnmr of adulation escape from, the lipa of the ad.n,iU'ing taikoa. "Thin thi re wiu peace In Japan," he went on, "and the term of my regency was long and prosperous, but when old age came on and my strength was not as it once was, up rose Nitta Yoshisada the head of the hated family of Mina nioto, and anarchy reigned in Japan. The usurpers triumphed, and I, mad ame, the faithful servant of the true Mikado, was banished to China, whera I fell into the hands of my enemies. I There, iu the city of Pekin, the art4 of the evil one were cast about lujaul my noble companions. To die was not iermitted us, but we were given over to the Dragon, to remain forever in iKindage." A smothered groan from the taikos stiggestnl what a horror their long im prisonment had been. "Madame," continued Hojo i:i a voice that trembled with emotion, "the vessel in which we have U-en confined was not intended for the use to which you have put iL It is a sacred vase in which the blood of victims was kept warm for the altar of the dragon god." I shivered ami a sense of faiutucss crept over me when I thought of the tea we had drawn in this terrible ves sel. I did not dare look at Mr. Cobb. "The otter, Tish-yen, was also a magician, and under his evil spell we have languished for over five hundred years." The Uiikos siglml deeply. It was like the rustling of rushes when the tide flows high. "It is the law of nngic," resumed Hojo, "that every spell has a counter charm, and Tisn-yen decreed that not until that circle wa- complete that is not until t!u dr.ijj in s!i il l t ikjhU tail in his mouth, like tin; scrp.-nt of Kgypt should I and my c o:np mions be free. You ni:ld line, when you placed the lid of the vase, in the mouth of the dragon, fulfilled the law, and our btn dage was ended. We rose then In our might ami slew the monster. B.-hold upon our breasts the tokens of bis downfall." The noble taikos and Hojo-no-Toki- mime himself arose, touched the golden amulets they wore, and once more mak ing an ola-isance of grateful acknow ledgement, sat down again. "I shall not weary you whh the story of our long slavery, of the dreary years when we were thus lou nd to serve the altar of the hateful Dragon. For two centuries we were condemned to remain in the temple at Peking; then came a long jH-riod of oblivion when we lay forgotten in the grave of a pri.-st. Chance brought us to light again, and a curio hunter carried us away from China to the land of Hindoos. There we went from hand to hand as years pass ed, sometimes as a piece of private property, sometimes as an object of public curiosity in the museum of a city. At last, an English gentleman carried us home with him and present ed us ro the British Museum. "There madame," he added, "Is where we learned, during five and twenty years when we were on exhibition to speak your language." I nodded appreciatively. It seemed to me that my bewilderment was pass ing away, and that I had U'gun to comprehend the situation. I longed to tell him so. "I do not propise to Iwtray the js-rson who stole us from the British Museum," Hojo continued. "That would le base ingratitude, considering the fact that this theft led to our leing sold in New York and then in Philadelphia where, to our great good fortun , we fell into tiie hands of our deliverer." A murmur of concurreiuv anise fiom the noble taikos, whose blue and white rolvs emitted a silken rustle a-t tli -y s waved their bodies to and fro. "It remains for us now only to thank you, madame," said Hojo, waving his hand, majestically, "and to give you some small token of our gratitude. After five hundred and fifty years of imprisonment in foreign lands you U hold us shorn of all possessions no weapon, no jewel, no gold remains for us to present to you. But we have heard you say that your husband is now in China in the tea business. For tunes may be made iu a week and lost as soon by the buying or selling of tea." I maided. I knew this all too well, for we had lai-n alnust swamHil ourselvis when the Ludlow Hill Company went up. "We are going back to Japan," said the old regent. "Now at last the in vasion of Japan shall lie punished by an invasion of China. Madame, Japan wrll declare war upon her ancient ene my; Japan will jiossess Corea; Japan will do victorious battle at the gates of Peking until every Ciin i:i i:i su s fir jieaiu upon bis knees, as v.e l;ve sued for liberty throughout exntuvies of bondage." The taiks sprang up, with an im pressible smmt, breaking hito invect ve in, tlu'U ;own tongue, waving their arms wildly and sUukiur their he.i l- with the emphasis of a tierce purpose. The regent' restraining gesture stilled them tigulu. "China Is no plan; for foreigners," he continued. "There will be massa cres and outrage iu Foochow. I do not s wish it, but it is the inevitable sequence of war in the country o'tkc barbarian. Tell your hub;iu to cony; home at once, bjijt before ho leaves China tell bin to buy all the tea he can lay hands on. The price will rise Whn war is declared. If he fbllow my advice he will make his fortune." I listened eagerly. It struck ny he was in a ptteitft to, k.noy. "vivl How, madame," he ad l.-d, rising, "we must say gmd-lye. I trust you feel how deeply we are indebted to you. If it were p:sible " His voice died away iu a faint Piur- mur. The noble taikos bowed very j low and withdrew toward the door. One by one they passed out silently, but the last Due tripped over a rug and fell with a loud thud upon the tl.ior. "Oh, I hope you have not hurt your self !" I cried, surprised to find the words coming quite naturally at will. "Nobody is hurt, dear," Nan ri,lctj soothingly, and I found n)-selfsr'tih-out upon tlf,e 'oucJi wlh lw. Stewart ijoliJ'jiiA iqy h,4.ud and Mrs. Vaughan Hiking at 'no in a v?ry anxious way. "How much did she drink of it alto gether?" observed the doctor glancing at his watch and then at me. "Almost a cupful," Nan replied. "The rest of us hail just Iwrely tasted it when she fell over and t-truek the teapot. I was so frightened I couldn't stir for a moment." "I thought Mrs. Morris understood that my report on the analj-sis was not final," observed the doctor. "I told her I should like another i-amplc, 1 though there really did not teem to be' anything harmful iu it." ! "The Chinese p -w-h a great many Lera secret ikiIsoiis," Mrs. Vaughan inter posed. "There are n great many fe male infants who die in China and nobody ever finds out what kilhd them." "Nan," I said suddenly, "what lx eame of the teapot ?" "It is in the ash barrel iu a thousand pieces," she replied cheerfully. "It was not a mandarin ti.tqxit, was it?" I observed. "It was not ateait at all, and they were taikos of Japan and not mandarins. But Mrs. Vaugh an wiis right aliout the jMitteraud when the circle ended" "Betty, dear," said Nan, '-you are not to talk. You have Ut-n very ill and the doctor's-afraid of your heart. Thut wretched tea stuff was some kind of isiisou, and you have come pretty near to dying." Little by little I heard the story of how I had risen to pur water in the teajMit and had toppled over insensible, knocking down the a-des(ul and shat tering the gem of Mrs IS. V collection. Nan insisted that there never occurred any such an absurd fantasfn-.il scene as I descriU-d ;that it was all a delirious fancy but then you know Hojono Tokimuue said they would all forget it all saw myself. I did not get Itctier soon. Dr Stew art said my heart had suffered greatly from the Miison and it was two months la-fore I was allowed to sit up. In the meantime, Dick came home. IT. Stewart had written him all alsiut my illness, and he said he could not stay in Foochow a day longer. He looked very paleand anxious, p xir fellow ; for he had many things to wor ry him. "Betty, dear," he said to me one morning, "I am afraid I um in trouble financially." "What is it. Dickey?" I inq-iired. "Are you short on tea?" "Short," he groaned. "There are twenty thousand cases due New York on the 17th consigned to me." "That's an awful lot of tea," I o scrved. "It is all that confounded Allan's fa'ilt !" Dick exclaimed. "I told him to order two thousand and he wrote for twenty. It will take every dollar I have in the world to hoi 1 it, Betty, and if the price should drop--" "It won't drop!" I snid emphatical ly. "It will rise, Dick. I know it will." "If I could only unload nlout ten thousand cases " he remarked. "Don't do it! I cried excitedly. "Please don't ! There is going to le a war, ami you'll make your fortune, Dick." He looked at me anxiou.-Oy. "Well, don't worry yourself, little woman," he said jutting my check in an indulgent way. I le thought I did not know anything about it, but it was not two days later that we heard the news of the rising in Corea and the initial li;li if.ticsof the great war which m.t China the Liao ttmg Peninsula. Within a week the tea market felt the influence, an 1 by thetime Dick's consignment arrived prices had advanced so far that he cleared on hisspeculation two hundred thousand dollars. What Hoj.i-ne-Tokimune aud his taikos had to do with this must always Le, of course, a matter of conjecture. I'hihil- 't!i'nt Thin K. "Jack the Giant Zillsr." Tiie child's story of "Jack, the Oiant Killer" furnishes a striking illustration of the efficacy of small agencies to wards the suppression of great evils, when judiciously used. The daring exploits of brave little Jack remind us, in their results of the wonderful achievements of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets ill kittling with the giant, Disease. Belatively, the prop.rti n lietween the youthful hero, and o'd Blunderbore, is apparently not greater than that lietween the little "Pellets" and the relentless monster which preis Upon the vitals. Yet, the "Pellets" comes off conqueror of couiipatii l, sick headache, ltilioi;ne---s and kiudrid ai;:ti'nt-i every time. If you are mi f feiing from cither acute or ihrontc dis or -r o the digestive organs, try this sure remedy. Caoosinj a Sweetheart. A lady who has the credit of lie'ng Ver-ied in matters of the heait gives th-se few hints for the novlc in love they are applicable to both sex.-s: Do not, it you have always admired fair ieop!e more than dark, fail in love with a dark pjr;i. Tiie fact lluit you have alw:.-i refetred fair people shows, that tini! best chances of happi ness YaM be with a fair life partner. For instances, the man who has al ways admired small, slim grls, should not choose for his wife a tall and Well develojietl girl. Neither should the girl who thii:k tltal a man shou'.d lc t;;l i au Uioad be persuaded to accept a man who possesses neither of these qualities. People of different compii xions and physiques will act in b-tally different ways under identically tiie stimecir sumstaccs, Itll.l it is to belkw that every man and every worn in knows in stinctively with what style of he'pmate he or she is most likely to live in I ap piness. Happy marriages have undoubtedly Ik.i-11 known when these run have not been followed; b.ut generally speaking, it is imiYl.-: f r any one, iu uch aseri VW natter us marriage, to disregard in a moment of iassion that fixed ideas und Instincts of a lifetime. Etlinfxmri iV iitmii'tn. Intended to Catch Tour Eye- Don't skip this paragraph because it is small. It is worth reading for it tells about The Pineola Balsam, a certain remedy for coughs, tickling in the throat and the stopped up feeling in the tipper part of the chesL A sirple cough may turn into s iut thtu n-ri-ous if let alone. It n-ases to vex you an 1 to keep you awake o'tiights when you have allayed the inflammation in y ur throat with Ely's Pineola Balsam. The druggists si ll it for twon'y-flve cents. 1 T WHOLE NO. 2322. HMMIXKSCEXCKS. In these day of churches, public schools, facilities for acquiring knowl edge and enlightenment, fist-lighting is not considered very r-sKi-falle nor profitable, except when men of the Corbit-Fit.simmotis strija; follow light ing as a business. An account of the famous Hanna-McCliiitock fight was responsible for the 1-gi lining of these centennial papers, reminiscent and otherwise. Fifty, sixty and seventy and more years ago, when everything was new, when the field -i were still dotted with stumps, evidence of recent clear ing; when log school houses and "slab" licnclics were in vogue, when churches wire few and far U-tween, and the dominie preached damnation and pounded the bible hours at a time ; when railroads, electric lights and tele graph and telephone were thing un heurd of ami iincxtcctcd, ulu n Ixioks and newspaper were scarce and difli cult to obtain, men, apparently in uant of licttcr means of employ ing their time, vied with each other ill feats of strength, ! dexterity mil hardihood. Jumping I high and far, throwing lie ivy weights, J running, sh-mting and wrestling, natu- rally led into fist-fights, sometimes to i see who was the better mail, sometimes j to .settle some old dispute, and some j times to take sides with a friend. "111 ! lie Jake" Hiucbuugh reivutly told the ! writer aiiout a terrible fight that oc j curred in Ad lis m township many year ago, lietween Perry Mitchell, I a brother or David and Alfred Mitchell, j and I: !-rt MeClintock, brother of j James Y. Me! "lif.t-M-k, of which, of i c itirse, the writer had heard I a-fore. J There was, for s-irne rea-ott, what is i called "bad blood" lietween these two j in -!i, which III! been brewing for some ' time, smoldering, so to ss-ak, like a j fal.-it. spark, gradually g. tting larger I and larger, until the flame bur-i forth. Mitchell was quite yo;:nir, hardly out I o:' his "n ns," active, powerful, ami i strong a a lion. Me'. 'lints-k was a I in in r itp.-re mature vcar, but still i:i i t:i-- very prime of vigorous young m ill h .1. " These two men came together some where near Walker's old mill, a good m my year ago, and it w.-u but a short i time until, probably, the fiercest and I b!tlici fight that ever t"k place in i the county commenced, and lasted for hour. Ouly a few sjxi-tators Were j present when the figiit commenced, but soon a great many jieople gathered ! from tiie iicighbirhood. No one intcr ! fered. It was n- man against the I other, with id see ml, tinie-keep.-r j or refere.-. T.i y f lilit lik.' d.-m mis. and with stre'i ".! of gianti. S i:n j tiui?s one would b- down, sometim- J the other. T.i -re wa scarcely rto:u j where the il -!it took place, fr t'letn to j exert themselves, and in t!i-ir on- slaught on e.icii other, a staked and ' ri 1-T.--1 fe:if wa t rn d wn for some : r-d, a t'i'i two mi l l ills were goring each other. Neither e-.ii -d t j he able to defeat tlieotli-r, au I it seeui 'd j to the bystanders that only darkness lor weiriiiess w mid end the contest, j Tiie ground wa tramped and torn up ! for quite a distance, and was covered with !!) .l, but still the combat waged with all its tierecnes, if not with it original power. Finally, after they had be.-ti fighting a n nig t!i. t ra down rails of the fence, iu which no one seemed to lie getting the mastery, MitL-hell sprang over the rails, went in to a el ar place free fro: ii rails, telling MeClintock to come there, where there would be no obstruction. MeCIint.eek ma I every eff rt to reach his antago nist, li li t I n t strent'i t g -t over j the rail. At tiiis liui? m itu tl friend I iut -rf. red, an I th. two m.-ti w re 1 I I away. They presented a s-rry sight ! with m -t of their clothing gone and j blo-d running from a hundred woi:i.s, stiff, sore an 1 U-draggle l, b it with I courage tiu launted and hatred unap- pe:n.s, like gnarled und knotted oak, aft -r a strm, shorn, perhaps, of their verdure, bent and warjied, but not conquered- There have lieen other tigiits iu this township, notably one in the "mountain" region, at a raising, in which nearly the whole community w.is engaged ; and another, when tin men were working on the road, when some of the leading citizen of the township were the jiartieipants ; but iionc"that coni pared in any way with the MeCliiitiK-k-Mitchell light, iu the le lgth of time, in bu'.l-dog couutge, iu the mighty strength dispayi by tiie gl.l liators in the un,iniiterel and llli is)H plera' ile spirit sJtowed to tiie very end. Prikil.!v the first school-h ue jcrei-teJ in Addisoti township was bailt pn the mountain country, not far from i where Fria Kinger lives now. School had lee:i t lught in t!ier ho.ises, at diflerent p tint, lut this wa the first bouse built di-tiui-tively for school p;;r-!-ses. It was, of course, built of logs. ( with cLrvUKird r.af, a long window or two, boar I naile i against toe wall for desks, slab from the nearest saw-mill, with leg made of the split slabs, splinters, crack and everything; so the small b y had to b. c ireful, while sliding along one of these lieliche to have a confab with another small Ixiy, that he wa not sliding against the grain of the woo I. This house I, v dis appeared, a have all t!e primitive school-houses, bti: one, which still stands ii t!e Uinks of the Youghio gheny rivt-r, mt far from Confluence, long sitico vacated a a scnool-h i , but remaining a a monument and re minder of by-gone days. In the early part of the century a log house was en-ctetl at the site of the old New Uury Cemetery, on Ian I owned by 'Squire Mitchell. It wa intended ."or, arid was used as a t'.niotv church, but the Methtxlist, bein; more numerous than other denomination, ue.l the church more frequently than any. This build ing was of pretty go 1 iz. and hod an immense pulpit, which wa movable, and sometimes it stood IiV'vtkMvifivr of the building, tvnt Ji.ti!ia- in the other, an.", soii -limeat oiv siV- This kwa the old clirch in which Stein, ? the old ticnisii im-ntioneI a g-aal while J'go, hung hims.-lf and wa f.Hind one Sunday morning, when the writer's uncle went to : pen the house for ser vices. Puaing the work on the repairs on the pik a man named Sam Mc Clean wa a mi b-eon tractor and board ed with the writer's i arents. H.e was in th.' habit of getting "half t over," or more than that, pretty frequently , and on one ocmaion, after he had la-en to Siim rlu Id, having a time with the "U.ys." he started up the hill with his load, which was something near the limit of his capacity. As be afterward told it, be said be bad thing all his own way, until he cimi to the bend in of the roil e.i-t of S ;n Tti -Id, wlien the first thing be kf;-w a man was walking along with him. Sum, being in a go.xl humor, a:ldr-s.ed wuue remark of an original h ir iefer to hi companion about the weather, and Un kind of night. T!.c ot'i. r puly Jii.ete no. reply, so Sum -.t.it and :f:-r luucb effort on hi pari o ! iq. a inim r-a-tioti, w ith no .s.ii ei-ss, be Is eano- a silent and taciturn as hi.- com j.aui.ei. After a while they came to Sam's boar-ling house, and Sam said l.e must st.q there. For the tir-t time the other said: "Cn;e with m-." S i Sa u went with him until they enme to the inne leading up to New Bury Church, w le ri be said to Sam: "Come tip here." Sam, w ho wa afraid of nothing, went along, and when he g it to the church the man went through the window, which was not open. Sam triisl to get into the church, ly the way of the door and w iudo-.v, and finding hecouM not, called bis conipai.i.ui to come out, and then fired stone through the win dows, after which lie went home, and told aliout bis adventure. The stones laid around in the houst- nexi. morning, proof, at least, that Sam had Iks-ii there even if hi ghostly friend h.:d not. One of the men employed iy Sam in the stone quarry, got up i. ne morning and said he dr-ann-d tie night la-fore that he lost his shoes. Sniie of hi fellow-workmen told him that w.-isbad luck, and that day the man was killnl by a blast in the quarry. Tiie writer has dreamed of losing his shoe a hun dred tim-s. The writer attended Li first term of school in thi old church, which, in theim-nn time had bei'ti util ized for thut purjiosc, other churches having Us-n built. He sat on the regu lation slab In-tie;., with feet nearly a yard fr.m the f! .r. the ti.-st day, and in the balmy Octo'.n r afternoon, fell as!i p and tumbled off on th- floor, to his own anil the teacher's and other scholar' mortification; possibly more of delectation from tiie scholars. Tiling, have changed skit then, li-ml-lma-s are c.i:ii;'.,riaMe and con venient, built with some reference t- sanitary regulation-, up to date dc!. ftlld lien.-hes, m-'kk.I :ipplia:nvs, lunik and material. It i doubtful, thotigh, w heth-r scholars enjoy tiiein-! ves We del iu tie- long ago. M. Addis,,.!, P i. Poor Felbv ! ll;iM.!i in :ny rii;:it ' uft Tiei.l.l.i!,! in !ny he i.tt A'-iv:! :ti my st. ;, S-n l!ni t-. t..- 1. In .--o 1 .-.in'r t SI.m; .i.- ;. on- in li e-t;t li' s 1:1-: :,i i- Worse t.-i.tn a '-f.ir.'itis itt-.-i'-itr' Tiiere is e-r;aiii!y nothing r.itfh more disareei'.i.Ie, but I)r. Pitrt -' (lolden Me.ii.ci! Ii-eov .-y will ms-ii make you al! ". I"." This i ti e great-t bbsxl-puriti- r known. Nearly everyone Isi-omc i:ore or less bilio-,; at titiies. At su.-h times, by taking ! as thousands do ; a fi-w d -s of tii tiolden Mis'.:.-,;! Ir-n very, tiny tr.. often saved w !;.- t.f actual sickness. Tiie "Ii-coery" is tiie only liver invigorii r ae.d bl.M'd -puri 't-r so js -i-tively is-rt:ii;i in ii curr.tive action, that, oniv ued, it is always in favor. By all dealer, iti m. dielne. Sniill Llaf.r j of Coarty Knim 1! irper's When one i -isk.-.l t- a ;;iall daiifi or otiier c.iterLaiume.it at a privaU' ho-is-e, le siioul l aus.ver in ttm t oal 1 ow hi hostess to fii: hi J..v if be is unable to go. It is in; a m re m itter of form, as so m my men seetu t 'th'u.k, but it i a in ttt-.-r of the utrii -.t import ance. Affairs of the kind are tet rot ten up haphazard, I.-.it are carefully thought out. Tiie -s kn-wsjut the people and ju.-t the iiuinik-r !ic wants, and if those whom she aks do not reslsinil, her plans are all ujs-et and the affair does not g- sin wit-ily. Then, a to making dinner calls or party call.-. Itisacii-tom tin. re hon ored in the brea.-ii than in tlieolser vamv, I fear, but lh re may lie more excuse in litis ims.'. Such calls are apt to lie stiff anil stupid simply from their formality. Many iic-n nl.olut. ly re fuse make them, bat it is not goo. form, and out of respi et to their host esses tht-y .s'ton: I ! ;;. Tin re is one title, r little formality that it is surprising x,,eti whoaresiip p.)setl to lie well bred often fail toolv serve. It is the writing of socal!el "bread-and-butter" letters. When unc ha spt :it a tlayortwo ut a iinintry house, or has Wtai mukitig a visit any where with friends, ordinary rourtesy dcmauils that on hi return home he siiall write a note to bis entertainer, telling them of his arrival, and tliank thetii for 'tie 4e:uiv his visit !ia given him. It wot i!d svma most natural thit:g to tl., yet some men constantly neglect Jj. T1iista tiling that is im perative, and no man can ailorl not t doit. One iney jK-rh.ip l' panloiinl for omitting now an. I t'.n-n to me.ke din ner calls, but tiiere i.s no excuse for his omiiitig hisbrea-l-atid-pJ.itter letter. Attention to srch little matter a these t:i;irksthe ilitfefetitv liet-.i-n the tlio.otighuivd and tiie tiirwn v!- goes luisllessly along on his iiiei-oveiitioual way, treading on otiwr jxioe's tsst and happy so 1-mg s hi c mtf rt i.s tin. dlsturlied. A Hjussioll Treasure. D. W. Fuller, of Canajobar. N. Y.. says that he always ke p. Dr. King New Discovery in the iion-c and his family has always found the vt ry lt-st nsults follow its Use; that lie would not lie without it, if procurable, ti. A. Dykcman D.uggis?, Cat-kill, N.-Y., says that Dr. King's New Dismvery ist i.ud nibtediy tiie b.-st Cough reimdy; that lie ha u-s-tl it in bis family for eight years and it has never tailed t iio all that is claimed for it. Why nob try a remedy so long tried and tested. Trial bottles free at J. N. Srnydrr drug store, S:n Tset, Pa., or at Brai lier's ilrug store, Berlin, Pa, IU guiar sii. oe. and Sl.tW. Haw ta Preii -kams. Au iligeliiiuw Wivisuto h:is isevvt-rtil a new and satisfactory way of prvw--ing sumi,. A rolling-pin. U ut Ihe 1 -t. ni of it. Site lets taken a Fi-liitc-iia und split it iu,!i;i!fK covi-iiu-4 il as one would ai U'-ning KitoJ-L It presses the seams its juth-xtkui, a it supplies a curving,, sjtuioth surface, and let one w hich re mains linn K-iicath the Weight of the, Iron. j Even catarrh, thai dread breeder T ( consumption, succumb to the lualing: influence t)f Thou.a' EelectricOiL j (ironnd that was sulsoilel the pasa foil has caught and w ill store a large amount of wutir that has reoeutlw fallen.. r ' , 1 i I!
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