fte : Somerset Herald.
of Publication.
. ,rr- Wedilr morning at
j J1 rr rhanred.
. ilinvan"v
' L-uon " discontinued til
notify "
,r moving from one poetofflo to
hv,uld i the nme ,orm
""llMtWpn toffl Add-
SOMUUT, Pa.
f Ffi NOTARY PCBUa
L Homtnwt, Pa.
- t teVielfsl
A t Somerset, l'enn'a.
1 laMit.2Jfloor-
., Mill Ulrd W biS r W'U
"TTTv C. W. WALKER.
U
A TTOl ' N EYS-AT-LAW,
Slid UIAUl I kuuw,
Soinonwt, Fa.
f . r (.j.po.:: ivurt House.
No. 170 Fourth bU, Pittsburg, Pa.
A. KKItKKY,
Somerset Pa.
J
t,2;e ,bo Fisher's Book Store.
l I - T T T leV
Ah Al roKNEY-Al-EAW,
bouieraet. Pa.
GS in First National Bank.
C. HOLKEUT, .
A.
Somerset, Pa.
et with Jol'" l'"-
.lit " -
boiuei-Mft, Pa.
I FU W. HIESECKEK,
a i v - -
Somerset, Pa.
tcin Priuliug Uoube ltsw, oi-poBile Court
F
J AliultXEY-AT-tAW,
Somerset, Pa.
u H. KUONTZ.
J. G. OGLE.
KinjXTZ A OGLE,
AT'oK-V EYS-AT-LAW,
Somen-, Pa.
Wi rv prompt atteulion to business en
: u it- ir crc somerset and adjoining
t.ini- iu 1'riut ttouse liow, oi-poslU.
VALENTINE HAY,
Aii(-iO.EY-AT-LAWt
Koiuereet, Pa.
w t in Ktl folate. Will attcud to
t'. 'u:i.. riiirull to htocare with proiupU
no-iaii iiiiviilj"
TOHX 11. VllU
J AH ..'ilS EY-AT-LA W,
Hoturnet, Pa.
VSi promptly attend to all business en
iu In""- Money advauivJ ou colleo
U'LJ. Ac OUice iu MiJUUiOlU lilock.
T01LN O. KIMMEL,
.1 . ( I- .1. V k -A
fl AllXilUtl-Al-LAW,
bomenet, Pa.
WUIt;eud tosll busiiiowi entruuted to Ilia
6 ill KoiuerH aud ajoiinu oou.iUea, witii
iinDipui(w "J tideluy. ottieeou itaiu CroM
rjwi, twe CoBruUi Groeery fclore.
TAMES L. IT;il,
0 AlTulO. EY-AT-LA W,
Somerset, Pa.
('St in Maniniotb Block, up stair. En-t-M-
u Mam ( HM MreeU CollecUolw
DiJi-.Ui;o. M-ltled, title exaiiiiued,and all
ina. tidMuo atu-uacd to ilu proiiiplue
A J. CuLBt-iKS. L. C CULBOHS.
'"'OLBOliX & COLIJOKX,
J AlTultNEYS-AI-LAW,
Kumerwt, Pa,
A'.; busins ratruiiUd to our care will be
pn.iiii.iir and faithfully alleuded to. tVlleo
tit uiaJr in .Somerset, Bedtonl aud aujoin
fci oihuil hurveynig aud couveyancinf
CjL ou rtmMiuabie teruia.
HL BAEK,
. AITORN EY-AT-LA W,
tSomerart, Pa.
Will practice In Somerset aud adjoining;
.suin. All buinteutruteU to him wiii
ttxae proiiipl atU.'UUou.
A H. aTRuTU. W. U. RCPPEL.
noFEIlOTH & RUFPEL,
V ATTuK-VEYS-AT-LAW,
Souierxet, Pa.
All batine entruKted to their ear will be
i)di:j'anl punctually atu-udeu to. OtBee
01 Hun CruMi niveL, oppuiil Mammoth
T V. CAROTHERS, M. D.,
V I'll YslCIAN ad SL'KOEOK,
Soiuereet, Pa.
Offiw oo Patriot Street, i.potite C. B.
C:.un u.
Lt callk at office.
DR. P. F. SHAFFER,
1'HYMUAN ASUSfRGEOS,
Somerset, Ia.
Trtiifrs hi prifcs.ional nerx ices to the ciU
tj uf Nun, rv-t and vicinity. Office next
ijur to Cuiuiuereial Hotel.
DR. J. M. LOUTH ER,
PHYi-KIAX asu SURGEON,
OEiton Main street, rear of I'rug store.
D
IL II. S. KIM M ELL,
Tit bin pmf.wional service to the dU--
o.' N..IU, nt and vicinity. Unless pro-t-.illy
ri:eiiprd he can be found at his of-
un Jlaiu .-u. Last of tllaiuoud.
D
R. J. S Mt MILLEX,
("ruiluale ill Dentistry.)
'''fttupreiai attention 1 the pnervation
tnr natural tn-th. Artificial o-U lnsert-d.
A i 'r!i..tv uaniniil satiHfactorv. tiffiee
tsitiniiii over L. Jf. Iiavis A Co's store,
OimerMalu Cn aud Patriot streets.
C IL UOI FIiOTH,
Funeral Director.
SwtfJti Main Cross Ht. lUidence,
34J Patriot St.
riLAXK 15. FLUCK,
Lantl Surveyor
MISIXG EXG1XEER. Ustie,"pa.
p- 'eihM-r. J. F. Bcby.
Real Estate and Collecting
Agency.
ihinj to buy or sell fcirTHn or town
i t'-i" 7"T "' s""" """t eirtinty or elsewhere, are
11 loiraii m Mirofflce iu Knepjier block.
mptsiiention will lie given to all mail n-j:-nt
''Sariliug ,nc and location of prop
. - I '-ix ei" .- a Iwoeent clamp to pre
M.wrr. hW Ell'ZER HKACH Y,
Knepper lilock.
touieraet. Pa.
Oils! Oils!
A.'amicIu.ririiilrCo Plttabunr fVpart
"""t. I itt.t.un. J'a makes a nwialty of
"nuiaetunn for th ltomesUc
trade liie Quest brands of
laminating & Lubricating Oils
XapMha & Gasoline,
TtVn ni5f from Petruleum. We elial
wujccoiuparuiou with every known
Product of Petroleum
Jf ro wish the must uniformly
Satisfactory Oils
IX THE
-nerican Market.
"oan. Trade for Somerset and vicini
ty supplied by
COOK BEERIT8 aud
KREASE A KOOSER,
tkmiemet. Pa.
V
1
VOL. XLIY. KO.
wry Soap
The muddy tinge of shirts, handkerchiefs, napkins, and
table cloths just from the wash, is often from the poor soap. It
will cost little, if any more, to have thcia washed with Ivory
Soap.
Tut Paocru 4 Gambia Co, On
-THE-
First National Ban.
Somerset, Penn'a.
Capital, S50.000.
Surplus, S22.000.
DEPOSITS RECCtVCDIN LARGE AUDSMALL
AMOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS.
STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
LaRUE M. HICKS, GEO. R. KCTLL,
JAMES L. PUGH, W. H. MILLER,
JOHN K. SCOTT, ROBT. K. SCULL,
FRED W. BIESECKER.
ED WARD SCULL, : : PRESIDENT.
VALENTINE HAY', : VICE PRESIDENT.
HARVEY M. BERKLEY, . CASHIER.
The funds and securities of this bank arc se
curely protected In a celebrated Cobliss BCB-
glab Proof Sack. The only safe made abso
lutely burt'lar-proof.
The SoniBrset County National
BANK
OF SOMERSET PA.
Fjtabllihss. 1S77. 0rfib u Mitlesi!, 1890
-O.
CAPITAL,
$50,000
SURPLUS AND UN-
DIVIDED PROFITS $19,500.
X
Chas. J. LTarrison, - Trcsident.
Wm. II. Koontz, - Vice President
Milton J. rritts, - - Cashier.
Geo. S. Harrison, - Ass't Cashier.
Directors :
Sam. B. Harrison,
Jiwiah Sjiex-ht,
John H. Snyder,
Jwepb B. Davis,
Win. EncMey,
Jonas M. Cook,
John Sttifft,
NoaUS. Miller,
Jerome Stuflt,
Harriwin Snyder,
Cbas. "1. Snyder.
Customers of this bank will receive the most
liberal treatment consistent witlmafe banking.
Parties winhinc to "f'"1 tmrnev east or weet
can be accommodated by draft for any
amount. . , m ...
Monev and valuables seenred by one of Dle
bold s celebrated safes, with most Improved
UE?llection made In all parts of the United
States. Charres moderate.
AocounU and deposits solicited.
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 West of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa-
I Am Now
pnpared to snpi-ly the public
with Clocks, Watches, ami Jew
elry of all descriptions, as Cheap
aa the Cheapest
REPAIRING A
SPECIALTY.
All work guaranteed. Look at my
stock U-fore making your
jHirehases.
J. D. SWANK.
ARTISTIC JOB PRIUllHG
A SPECIALTY.
IIARRY M. BEXSUOFF,
MAHUFACTURING STATIONER
-AND
BLANK BOOK MAKEB
HAJTXAM BLOCIv,
Jnhnstown. Pa
e
3.
Pure
Campbel
& Smith
THE PEOPLE'S STORE.
Grand Clearance Sale!
Our buyers huvo lHurlit wasonahle
and d'siralle: tMMNt wonderfully low
prices, and we an -determined tocinpW
iur shelves of all surplus sM-k. Jn
order to do this we are selling large
i-iiHiitititit of
Dry Goods, Carpels, Curtains,
Dress Goads, Etc.,
AT
Fifty Cents on the Dollar.
AND
Mtej. Fancy M Jewelry,
TriniiEES, Etc, at
Twenty-five Cents on the Dollar,
Not everything in our stock at "! and
"coii the dollar, hut what i- i't even
the newest and staple every -i !:.. g i.mI.-i
are marked so low you can com-? hun
dreds of mile to htiy and srill save
money.
We haven't room far detailsmention
just a few to give you an idea of the val
ues ottered. Thousands of others as
good, and many of them ln.ttcr.
Vt lour cajK-s trimmed with black Thi
liet far and line.1 with silk, at if 6 75,
18.50, $10.00. and $12.00; fully one
third l-low regular price.
Fine Kl't-trie Seal Capes, 3") inches
long, full sweep and satin lined ; re
duced from $12.50 to $8-43-
Ladies' all-wool Roucle Cloth Jack
ets, f-hield front, Mandolin sleeves and
velvet collar; worth 813.03 fur $5 03.
All-wool black or blue serg-? skirts,
lined with ji.TiMliue and biund with
velveteen ; measures full live yards; all
MnisheiJ seams ; worth $7.50 for $1.
All-wool black llenri-.'ttas, excellent
(pialit reduivd from 39c to 25c-
A11-wki1 SiTge, all colors ; 4 inches
wide ; worth 50c rolurcd to 3-ic.
All-wtml twtvply CarjH-ts, lest made,
50c
Coloreil I'a-hiiieres, 40 inches wide,
reduced from 25c to 15c-
All our trimmed hats that sold at $1
and $5 reduced to $1.00.
Children' and Misses' untrinimed
hats that sold at 25o and 59j for 5c
Real Scotch Lace Curtains, 4 to fiO
inches wide, vards loii:r, worth
$2 50, iv duced to $1.25.
Irish I'oint Curtains, the regular $30
kind for ?10 ; and the only rcasiii you
get them at this price is that we have a
surplus stock.
Men's ?10 suits for .7.39-
Men's 12 suits for 9.63.
Men's ?10 50 tivercoats for s.
Men's sl2 50 overeofits for ?10.
Itoys' ?3 suits for sl-93 just the kind
you want fcr sc1ih1 wear.
. Roys' ! suits for -2."0; nice suit for
either dnss or everday wear.
SHH'ial values in Linen, Flannels,
Calicoes and Muslins.
&
Fifth Avenue,
BCTMCrN WOOO AM
tSITHF ELD STRCt S.
Pittsburgh.
DIRP.CTONS
for usinj
Cream Balm.
CATARRH
Apply a particle of
the l':i -ii w.-;i np
info the iiotrii.
After a moment
ir:iv striH5 bnilh
through the mi'.
I'se tlir.' times a
i:ty,!LncrinnilK pre
f. tr.1, and before
rvlu inc.
head
Eiy's Cnnni P: I lit
llpl'llH Jltllt eltOlw-K
the Natl ln?-K;iiceH
Alluys l'ain uml in-
COLD N HEAD
flaiiinuilloii.lIe:ilsthes.ireii,l-nrt"Ct the mem
hnine from folds, Kvton theSenws of timte
and Miiell. The Italm in quickly abforln-d
and (fives relief at once. Price 30 cents, at
Druiru-iM or by mail.
ELY WloTHEitS, 56 Warren Street, N Y
THE KEELEY CURE
Is a special boon to btrincs men who, harlnr
drifted unconseiounly into the drink habit and
awaken to find the disease of alcoholism fattened
........ ,hm rnrlnrin lh.m linflt til nillimif.
fairs reunirine a clear brain. A four weeks
course uf treaunent at the
prmrjirRo; iceeley institute.
Xo. 4246 Fifth Avenue,
r"tnr to them all their powrrs, mental and
r.hncif-al divtmra the abnormal ai.Delite. and
restor- them to" the condition ther were In be
fore thev indulred In stunulann. 1 nls has Deen
doneiu'inore than lfiOO canes treated here, and
m.ing them st.rae of your own neiplibori, to
whom we can refer with confidence aa to the
.twOiit ftjifi'tv and efficiency of the Keelev Core.
The fullest and most scarchine: invertipstlon is
n vitcd. bcud for pasphibt Kulcg full informa
tion.
C1W1TL
CESICM PATENTS.
rrtDVDinUTI atal
F"T fnfnrmatlnB an1 free Hariri bock write to
iL'.',( CO, tail BaoiWiT. Kl uK.
0!dl baresu i secur.n peients fa Amerlr.
tverr rt. nt tak'B out hr am it broucht befors
tas pui,iw by a actios given fjveoi chars ia tb
f rienfifif titifaB
Larcest ctrrnurllon of hit s-fentlfle psfier In the
worid. spk-ndailr lliastrated. Vn luteMireot
naa hmd.f withuut lu Weekly. fc3.00a
year: iiAinlxmontlis. A IJn. MUKr iXKt
fyfi-iHis3l Uruadway.fcvw VurkClty.
CampDOli
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i 5A Lr TOB MARKS,
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omer
SOMERSET, PA.,
LITTLE MAID-O'-DEEAMS.
Littlo Mald-O'Drcams, with your
Eerie eyes so clear and pure
('axing, where we fain would sou
Into far futurity
Tell us what you there Iiehold,
In your visions manifold J
What is on beyond our Might,
Hiding till the morrow's light.
Fairer than we see to-day.
As our dull eye only may.
Little Maid-O'-Dreams, with face
Like as in some woodland pla:e
Lifts a lily, chaste and white,
Fnoin the shallow to the light ;
Tell us, by your subtler glance.
What strange sorcery enchants
You as now, here, yet afar
As the realms of moon and star ?
Have you magic lamp and ring.
And genii for vassaling?
Little Maid-O'-Dreams, confess
You're divine and nothing less,
For with mortal palms, we fear,
Yet must you, dreaming here
Yearning, too, to lift the tips
Of your lingers to our lips ;
Fearful still you may rebel
High ami Heav'nly oracle!
Thus though all unmeet our kiss.
Pardon this ! and this and this!
Little Maid-O'-Ifreams, we call
Truce aud favor, knowing all !
All your mngie is, in truth.
Pure foresight and faith of youth
You're a child, yet even so,
You're a sage in embryo
Prescient poet artist great
As your dreams anticipate.
Trusting "od aud man, you do
Just as Heaven inspires you to.
James YVhitcotnb Riley in Ltvlict Home
JfuriKt!.
THE HERMIT DF FQUCHE.
I'Y SISAX SHKITAItn STEVENS.
No one seemed to know whence he
came, or how long he had been there,
when a countryman, more curious than
his kitid, seeing the corner of a shanty
through the b'sshes, stopped his ox cart
and went down the slightly worn path
to reconnoiter. The abode which re
warded this trouble would scarcely
justify even the name of "shanty,"
aud after a wonderiug survey of the
then desert dwelling he returned to
his carL
"("land!" he ordered, emphasizing
his command with a crack from his
long whip, and he slouched along be
side his oxen, with a gait and liearing
so like their own weary slowness, med
itating over tiie foolishness which had
led any human being to select such a
sjsit in which to dwell. Some weeks
after, when he encountered Elijah, tall,
dark and gaunt, with sombre dark eyes
which seemed to burn with a consum
ing fire, he ceased to wonder, and de
cided that "the critter was plum cra
zy." The sjot selected by the stranger for
the erection of his shanty might well
jiave given rise to wonder, even in the
minds of the stolid country folk who
frequented the road. It was ujion the
bank of a stream, a fork of the Arkan
sas, known to the jicople thereabouts as
Fourche, and in reality a cypress
swamp, from whose muddy, current-
less depths the corrugated cypress
trunks raise themselves high in air to
end in dark green feathery foliage arch
ing over and closing in like a green
Gothic aisle in one of nature's cathe
drals. From root to topmost branch,
the water below faithfully reproduces
the leafy arch, and so still and unruf
fled is the surface of the swamp that the
reflected image is as unwavering aud
as clear cut as the original. Itush aud
water plant thrive lietieath the trees,
though little sun strikes through to
help their growth, while dotted aliout
here and there is that curious root form
ation, the cypress "knee," which pre
sents the appearance of an abortive tree,
attempted, perhaps, by one of nature's
journeymen, who found histak impos
sible of completion.
About twenty feet from the bank of
this stream had lieen placed the hovel
which had given rise to so much won
dering comment. It was built of half
rotten, discarded boards, and consisted
of but a single room, whose one window
closed with a wooden shutter. The de
ficiencies iu the roo." were made good
by a covering of tin, evidently con
structed by the laborious melting aud
b.-ating out of stray tin cans. On the
outside of the house was a rude chim
ney, built of lath, and plastered with
mud. Within, on a floor of rough
biards, stood a chair, table and bed,
all unmistakably of home manufac
ture, and evidently the work of awk
ward aud unskilled haud. In one
corner of the room, fastened to the
wall, were two wide shelves. Cpon
the upper one rested an oblong wooden
lox, of a size which might have served
as a colli n for a new born infant. This
box was secured by a tiny padlock, and
had evidently remained untouched for
m mths, as evidenced by the dust and
c bwels which had claimed it for their
own. lleside theojien hearth hung an
iron pot and skillet. There was noth
ing in all the room to relieve its look of
bare poverty save scrupulous cleanli
Had one taken the pains to observe
Elijah's way of living, he might almost
have been led to believe that, like the
prophet of old whose name he liore, he,
too, depended upon the birds of the air
for sulisistciice. For the most part
such iKior living as he got came from
the muddy waters at his door. He had
a bateau and an old dug-out, which he
had plugged up aud made sufficiently
sound for use, and iu one of these he
dailv paddled himself out on the
swamp, to sit for hours patiently fish'
iug for the tasteless tinny inhabitants
of the water. When his catch was
larger than he needed, he sometimes
sold a string of fish, and in this way,
supplied the few necessaries of his mea
gre existence. Once or twice he bad
worked for a few days at odd jobs for
some of the neighboring farmers, but
they were curious and asked many
questions, and so he had ceased any at
tempt to make his living among his
kind, and now spent his days and
nights beside the swamp, which seem
ed but a sombre reflection of his own
sombre personality.
"That pore crazy critter '11 bechillin'
it 'fore long, ef he ain't already at it,"
remarked a woman, glancing toward
set
ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 189G.
the cabin in the'bushes from her chair
at the back of the wagon, as the oxen
slowly slouched ver the long bridge
leading to town. ; "He'll git so full er
pizen, be won't stop shakin' this side
er judgment." If the chills racked
his bones and the fever burnt his body
no one was any the wiser, for he endu
red in silence, growing perhaps a trifle
more gaunt and yellow as the summer
wore away.
The hours spent in his miserable
hovel which were not given to sleep
were, for the most part, passed in pray
er. Kneeling upright on the floor, his
body sometimes swaying in ecstasy,
ofteuer rigid with his strong effort at
self control, his voice would rise in sup
plicatory cadence until it reached a
commanding frenzy, in which he lie
sought, implored, demanded of the Al
mighty to help and save him from the
temptation of the devil, and the weak
ness of his own heart; endiug at last,
when spent and weary with the force
of his passionate outburst, with a sob
bing iteration of "Lord, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy; Ixrd, have mercy!"
A warm sunny day in October, the
sun beating down hotly on the stretch
of white road, no hint of approaching
winter, save in the steady autumn
breeze which came with a sharp, cut
ting sound through the half dead
grasses, like a sigh straight from the
heart of Nature, grieving, -ierhaps,
over her fading loveliness. Down the
sunny road walked a woman, a wom
an in experience of suffering, though
scarcely more thau a child in years.
Her face would have been babyish,
had it not been for her hollow cheeks
and lack of color ; her eyes were large
ami childlike, her mouth delicately
moulded, her chin weak but pretty.
She wore a slat sun bonnet pushed
I ack as far as possible upon her head,
in spite of the heat of the sun ; her
limp calico gown had caught, and still
dragged after her a long blackberry
brier, but she walked on utterly oblivi
ous of her apjiendage. She sighed
with weary satisfaction when a bend
in the road brought her within the
shade of the cypress trees, and when,
after a few minutes, she reached the
long plank bridge leading over
Fourche, she for the first time showed
an interest in her surroundings.
She paused in the middle of the
bridge, and looked eagerly out over the
dark waters, first up then down ; nor
did her eyes relinquish their search
until they encountered the shanty on
the bank, partly concealed by the un
dergrowth. Hurrying forward, with
a look half expectant, half fearful, she
reached the eud of the bridge and kept
the road, until she discovered the now
well-worn path Jeading to Elijah's hut.
Into this she turned. With hesitat
ing step, she went down this narrow
way, and pausing at its end to push
aside a glowing sumach that burning
bush, whose flame-like bunches winter
would soon snutr out she found her
self close iieside the house. Inside, a
man's harsh voice rose and fell on the
still air : "Oh, Lord ( Jod, just Creator,
spare Thy faithful servant; in Thy
wrath and displeasure, give me not
over to the buffeting of Satan, lest I be
utterly lost and cast into the fiery pit.
Take away from me the face of this
woman who is ever before me, trying
to drag me to perdition aud the barter
of my sold. Smite the evil one that
torments me, Lord (rod. I have ever
been a faithful servant to Thee from
my youth up. I have preached Thy
word and regarded Thy laws. Thou
didst say, 'If thine eye offend thee,
pluck it out,' and did I more I tore
out my heart, and yet the evil one
comes to me in the shape of this wom
an atid tries to draw me back, to make
me forgive and cover her crime and
sell my soul to lie with her. Lord
ttod, take this temptation away! Let
me not slip into the fiery pit, else will
I lielieve there is no God."
The voice which had been climbing
higher and higher, more frenzied and
more impassioned with each appeal,
finally broke into a pitiful sob, atid the
woman heard the hysterical murmur,
"Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mer
cy." She stepped softly to the open
door, facing which the man knelt up
right and rigid in the middle of the
room. As he saw the figure in the
doorway, his face took on a ghastly
pallor, and once more his supplication
sounded on the still air.
"There she is now, L-rd; I sce her
plainer than ever. It is Stan himself
taking the form of a woman to drag
me into everlasting damnation. God
have mercy un ine ! I know Tiiou
art a God of wrath and punishment,
but what have I done to be so tor
mented?"
"Elijah, Elijah !" exclaimed the wo
man, and holding out her hands, she
advanced a step within the little room.
"llegone, fiend; thou shalt not have
me!" exclaimed the man, springing to
his feet atid retreating a step.
"Elijah, Elijah," exclaimed the wo
man, with a weak little quiver of the
childish chin, "I ain't no fiend; don't
you know me? It's Luella; It's your
wife."
For some minutes he regarded her in
tently, trying to satisfy himself that
this was a reality, and not a mere vivid
impression of the face which had haunt
ed his vision for so many weary months.
Finally his tense form rolax-d slowly,
ami he asked in an unnatural voice,
"Whar did you come from?"
"I come from home, whar I ben stop-
pin' ever sence you sent me thar; but I
won't go back; 'Lijah, I can't stay thar
no longer. The folks is alius peekin'
an' pryin' ter fin' out why you dun leP
me. They 'low it must er ben some-
thin' mighty bad ter made yer go off
like that; and main an' dad ain't much
better. Leiume stay here with you,
'Lie. I won't never do nothin' ter
spite yer agin. If I'd a sensed how you
was goin' to take oti 'bout that, I never
in this wort' would er done it; but it
didn't seem so bod ter me. I couldn't
help loviu' pretty clo's an' gay colors,
and it was just as natural fcr me ter
ter want 'em as it was fer the pinks
and pretty-by-nights ter blossom in the
garden." She took a hesitating step
nearer her husband, aud continued in
pleading tones, as she saw no relaxa
tion of his stern features. "I knowed
it wa'nt right to git the dress unbe
knownst ter you, but the sto' keeper
'lowed he trus' me, and I fixed it that
I were goln' ter pick berries, and Jim
was goin ter peddle 'em in town fer me,
an' I war goin' ter pay fer it that way.
After you sent me home and lef the
place, an' I see how you looked at it, I
fetched the dress back to the sto' an'
the man tuk'it back agin. Won't you
let me stay with you now, 'Lige? It
don't look like ter me that was such a
awfully wicketl thing."
"Ef that was all yer had done, Lu
ella," answered the man sternly, re
lapsing into the rude speech from which
he only escaped in his moments of reli
gious communing, "I could er forgiven
yer; for while I don't hold with vanity
an' sinful bedizinen' of yerself in fine
apparel you that was a preacher's wife,
an' was boun' ter be a pattern I 'low I
ought ter remember you was like that
when I married yer. If a man catches
a butterfly er "flutterin' roun' the gar
den, he ain't got no right ter expect
that ly puttin' it in er cage it's goin'
ter lie anything but er butterfly. Even
as it was, when I found out yer crime,
don't you 'spose I was tempted ter over
look it an' make excuse fer you, until I
saw that it was the devil olll-riii' me
you, that I loved, for my own immor
tal soul? Don't you know that I wras
tled with the powers of Satan fer hours
before I got the strength ter come away
an' leave yer? Don't you know that
thar aiti't ben a day since I lef but I've
seed your eyes er hauntin' me an' Iw
8eechin' me ter come back, till I have
mos' give it up? Hut the Lord said,
'If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out,'
aud He give me the strength to hold
out."
"Why Elijah," she exclaimed, in
puzzled surprise, "I ain't committed no
crime. I don't know what you mean."
"Thar ain't no gKx in denyin' it,
returned the man sternly. "That don't
make matters no better fer anyljody.
You know, and I know, that you took
the ten dollars that was collected at
meetin' ter help Mother Hawkins pay
her mortgage, thinkin' ter pay fer yer
gewgaws with it. I knowed, Luella,
yer was trirlin' an' full er vanity, but I
never 'lowed yer love fer the sinful
pleasures er the world would er tuck
you ter such lengths as that."
"Ilefore the Almighty God, Elijah, I
knowed no more than a babe unborn
'bout the money. I never, s'help me
God, even knowed yer had it. Do you
'low ter tell me thet was why yer went
otTan' lef me?"
The man gazed at her with sorrowful
displeasure. The fixed lielief of
months was not to be shaken by a sim
ple denial. "Elijah, Elijah, don't yer
believe me !" she exclaimed, a pitiful
break in her voice, her childish face
whitening with despair. "Oil, Lord
God Almighty, what shall I say to
make him believe me?" she question
ed, smiting her hands together in help
less dismay.
"There ain't nothin' yer can saj,
Luella. You know yer done it, an' tf
yer was ter talk tel je-igment you
couldn't make me believe nothin else.
Circumstances is too strong agin yer.
I fetched that money home after get-
tin' it turned into one bill, an' it war
the very day Abraham Skinner fell
often the house, an' was so b id hurt.
I had ter go right olf ter him, an' not
wantin' ter carry that money with me.
I put it behind the box what we kep'
the baby's things in, thet same Ixix,"
he said, following her eyes which had
quickly turned toward the corner.
"When I come back from Abraham's
I was thet forgitful I never thought
ter take the money an' put it away tel
next day, an' then I see it was gone.
You 'lowed yourself, when I asked
you, that thar hadn't lcn nary a soul
bout the place whilst I was gone, an'
that very day I foun' yer had bought a
dress ter the sto', an' I knowed then
that Satan had led yer captive, through
yer vanity. I am t a goin ter tell yer
how I wrastled them next two davs.
tain't no use," he said drearily, "but
it didn't seem no good tellin' yer fer I
knowed you'd deny it, jest like yer
have, add in' the sinfulness er lyin' ter
the burden yer was already carryin'
so I come away without saj-in' nothin'
and you ought not ter have followed
me ; 'tain't no use."
With no look of appeal, only blank
despair, which almost dignified the
weak little face, the woman accepted
her sentence. She had tiw often beat
en out her puny will against the stotie
wall of his opinion, not to understand
fully the uselessness of further protest.
"I didn't do it," she said, doggedly.
"I don't 'low you'll credit me, but I
didn'L"
She waited a moment, and then, as
the man made no reply, she pointed to
the box ou the shelf and asked hum
bly : "Let me take that, Elijah. I'll
go way an' won't come back no more."
No," he answered sternly. "It
ain't fit yer should. I ain't never
opened it since the day I lef yer, but
it did look like ter me that you wasn't
fit ter have anything thet was lef ter
user the baby, so I fetched it with
me." She acquiesced in the same
hopeless manner, as she had accepted
his judgment of her own conduct,
merely saying in a dull voice: "I guess
I couldn't hurt the baby now."
She moved toward the door, then,
pausing a moment, siie let ner eyes
rest for the last time on her inexor
able judge, when they flitted from his
face to rest for an instant on the lox
in the corner, and, turning slowly,
she passed out into the yellow sun
shine, and followed the path until it
forked, then, after a moment's hesita
tion, she went slotvly down the one
which led to the water's edge.
Within the cabin Elijah sat staring
out at the spot where his wife's figure
hail disappeared from view. Once he
started up as if to call her back, but re
straining his impulse he returned to
his seat
Outside a brooding stillness hung
over the swamp, scarcely broken by
the song of birds, as the day faded,
and slow-footed evening came on. It
was as if all nature sat breathlessly
awaiting the finish of this tragedy of
two ruiued lives. Little by little the
set look of the man's face relaxed, the
tight shut fingers slowly unclenched,
and the down-bent eyes were raised
until they rested on the shelf contain
ing the box. Rising from his seat be
era
took it from its resting place, and put
ting it on the table, sat down once more.
It was covered with dust ami cobwebs.
He brushed them tenderly ofXwith bis
cmt sleeve, and a deeper look of mis
ery came into his eyes as old memo
ries stirred within him. He felt oin-e
again the keen pang of pain which
had shot through him when the baby's
little life had gone out in darkness ; he
saw Luella's dumb grief over the little
coflin ; he rememb.-red that moment
of agony, when, standing at the head
of the tiny grave, he had committed
his first born to the earth ; then the
night when he had awakened from
sleep to find Luella gone from his side,
and, searching, had discovered her iu
the next room, alone in the darkness,
sobbing out her misery, as she held
one of the lutby's tiny dresses against
her aching heart. He remcmiiered
the loving care with which he had
fashioned this same box, with awk
ward hands, planing and smoothing
the rough boards into a fitting recepta
cle for the sacred relics of their child.
There, on the back, was the hole
where a knot in the wood had given
way when all was finished, and Luella
had jiasted a bit of paier over the place
to keep the dust out. He had never
ojiened it from the hour, when, hav
ing judged and condemned his guilty
wife, he left his home, bringing with
him little else than these relics in
which, to his austere mind, the moth
er had forfeited all right
The key was fastened to the padlock
by a bit of faded blue riblion. He put
it iu the lock, turned it, and lifted the
lid, not to find the little clothes spread
with the neat precision of a woman's
hand, but stained and tumbled, and
cut and ruined by sharp teeth. In
one corner, a mass of fine cut cloth and
pajKT showed the use to which these
precious relics had lieen put. A bitter
smile swept over the man's face; in
the ruin and dotation which had
come to his life even this could not be
spared him. As he gazed at the stain
ed, ragged little garments, at the nriss
of debris in the corner, he felt that the
crime and wrong-doing of bis
wife had like the sharp teeth of this
nit, cut and made havoc of all his sa
cred memories, and that nothing was
left to him but their stained and dis
honored remains.
He picked up the handful of trash,
ami a bit of paper caught his eye. Ex
amining it with a white face, he
searched until one scrap larger than
the others rewarded his effort. He
seized it with trembling fingers; it
was a bit of a greenback and bre, still
uncut, one-half of the X which told its
denomination.
He sprang from his seat with a cry
of horror. He saw the truth now; he
had put the money liehind the lox, it
had been dragged in by a mouse and
there cut to pieces to prepare a nest for
its j-oung and Luella ! L iella was in
nocent. He rushed from the cabin, on
thought upp.'rm st in his mini to
find his wife and bring h -r b ic'i; to
fling hiunelf before her and b.'g
for forgiveness. Joy over her inn v
ceiic-j was swallowed up in r.:n rse
over his own conduct. As a drowning
man is said to review th seenes of his
past, he saw in one quick revelation
his hard, fanatic nature in its true
light; saw how he had worshiped a
God in his own b ird unmerciful like
ness, and forgotten his g.-nrle, loiig
sutl'ering Master ; saw that selfish fear
for his own spiritual welfare and the
salvation of his own soul had 'made
that soul little worth saving.
When he reached the fork in the
pathway where Luella ha 1 paused,
hesitating, but an hour before, he
would have turned toward tiie road,
but a cloud sevmed to pas over his
vision which blinded him for a sec
ond ; then he saw, not the familiar
surroundings of his cabin, but a spot
somewhere iu the dark waters of the
swamp. The trees and undergrowth
were so dense that little light from the
rapidly declining day forced its way
through. Iu this dim light he saw
Luella, the same look of hopeless de
spair on her weak, childish fai-e which
it had worn when she turned from the
cabin door. She was standing uncer
tainly in the bow of the rocking dug
out, ami even as he watched he saw
her release her hold of a bush by
which she had steadied herself, and
with one last look at the world she
was leaving, plunge swiftly into the
muddy depths Mow.
Then the vision faded, and he stood
again at the fork of the path, down
which he ran toward the water, with
ati unutterable fear in his heart. The
dugout was gone. He sprang quickly
into the bateau and unloosed its moor
ings. He pushed himself from the
bank anil began to paddle wildly. Oil,
God, Oh, God ! which way should he
go ! He could see the spot of his vision,
but it was so like many other places
in the swamp he could not tell in
which direction to search. "Luella!
Luella !" he shouted, starting the ech
oes, which came back to him in ghast
ly mockery.
He paddled on, from time to time
calling aloud, only to hear his voice
return t him through the weird si
lence. Ihe shadows deepened under
the trees, giving an added gloom to
the surroundings. A huge turtle, dis
turbed by the unusual sounds, slipped
from a log close beside him and dropp
ed its great bulk into the muddy water.
This was no unfamiliar sight to Elijah,
but the dim light changed all thin.
and he shuddered. "Oh, G.l, Oh,
God!" he prayed, "only let the light
last until I can find her." On and on
he paddled, uutil at List he descried in
the half darkness the dugout floating
empty. He called aloud, wildly
now, hunting iu and out among the
bushes. Something floating on the
water caught his strained gae; he
came close beside it ; plunging his
hand down he felt the soft slipperiness
of wet floating hair. He had found
her her white face still wearing the
look of despair, as she floated, caught
by her long brown hair tangled among
the branches of a fallen tre.
It seems strange that the hard drink
er drinks the easiest.
do
WHOLE XO. 2323.
A it Never Happens.
This is aliout a man who put up a
stove.
It is unnecessary, perhaps to go furth
er with it You know in advance jut
how he swore and tore, and soiled the
cariiet, and the pipe didn't fit and he
skinmsl his knuckles and cut his finger
and spilled soot down the back of his
neck ami finally went up town and got
six men to finish the job.
"Johnson, said Johnson s wife at
dinner yesterday, "I want you to coin;
home early this afternoon. I want
that sitting room stove up and going by
Sunday."
"All right my dear," said Johnson,
"1 11 be boms at 4."
Si that afternoon Johnson's wife
sent the chi dren over to visit on the
other side of town and stuffi-d rags in
all the cracks to deaden sound. After
a fervent prayer that all the neighiairs
would lie out of town for a few hours
that afternoon, she was ready for John
son. He arrived promptly.
"The stove is out in the woodshed,"
said his wife.
The stove was not very large, and
after Johnson hail dressed himself fr
the occasion with the help of Mrs. John
son, who had takm care to have his
obi clothes and gloves handy, he got
the stove to the luck porch without
much difficulty.
"It must lie blackened," said Mrs.
Johnson, as she mixed the blacking.
It blackened to a beautiful finish with
very little rubbing and Johnson whis
tled at ids work.
Then he tacked down the oil cloth
mat and Ihe zinc and kept on whistling.
He took tiie stove in carefully and
put it in the right plav.
There was plenty of the old stove pile,
and while he cleaned it in the alley
with a stick Mrs. Johnson sat on the
back iorvh and listened to him whis
tle. The first joint went on :dl rirht, and
the dau:jr stayed in place. The next
joint fitted so well that Johnson almost
stopped whistling in sheer admiration
for it, and so did the next one. The el
low fitted admirably and the collar
and last joi:it went on like a top.
There was not even a speck of soot
on the papers Mrs. Johnson had
spread on the carpet
hi ten minutes more Johnson had a
lovely fire in the stove and was in his
business suit ag tin spick and spin read
ing the paper while his wife got supper.
It was just here that there was a sav
age nude in Johnson's left ribs and be
heard bis wife tell him to wake up
and hustle out now for it had been
daylight for h ilf an hour. "To;--!
Sfrtte Journal.
Hr.ise Cleaaiaj
is considered and acknowledged to K
a necessity. The nature of man is q
piied to filth. If, however, the
cleaning of the house is ni cessary to
health, how much m re necessary to
health, should we c insider it to keep
the Temple of G kI the human body
fre, from the taint of impurity. Dr.
Pierce's (' 1 l.-n M.ilie.il Discovery is
like the the thrifty housewife, going
through every nook and corner, search
ing out the aecumlated tilth, purifying
the system and restoring perfect
health.
It's the only blood-puritier, liver and
lung invigorator, so sure and certain
in its curative action that, once Used.
it is always in favor.
Ti3 Presidential 0S&:2
Ex-President Harrison writes on
The Presidential Office" in l1rmtni
.'i ". . 11 ,!' Joiirmt'. In discussing
the constitutional provisions for the
selection of a Chief Magistrate he
ouches u'ioii the discussion in the con
vention relative to a plural executive
for the nation, and upon the point
presents his own views: "Exiierieiice
basso fully justified the conclusion
reached by a constitutional convention
in this matter (a singleexecutive head I
that no change has ever been suggest
ed. The incumbent has never satisfied
every one, but the discontented have
ver sought relief by giving him a
double. Executive direction should
always lie single. When anything is
wrongly done we must lie able to put a
hand on the man who did it. The
sense of restionsibility begets careful
ness and that sense is never so perfect
as when, after full consultation, the of
ficer must go alone into the chamlxer
of decision. In all of the recent reform
ty charters this principle is made
prominent by giving the Mayor the
power to appoint the city boards and
officers, and so making him resjion-
ssble for the efficiency cf the city gov
ernment. Tv. Presidents or three
with equal power would as surely bring
disaster as three Generals of equal
rank over a single army. I do not
doubt that this sense of single and
personal responsibility to the people
has strongly held our Presidents to a
good conscience and to a high dis
charge tif their great duties,"
The soothing, lung-healing virtues of
the newly cut pine are all emliodied in
Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup, the
severeigii remedy for coughsand colds,
and lung troubles of all sorts.
A man in P.arton, Vt, married his
stepmother a few weeks ago. The
match was interesting, but not success
ful. Domestic difficulties) brought
them into the police court a very
few
the
weeks after their marriage, and
troubles are not smoothed out ytt.
Threw Away His Canes.
Mr. D. Wiley, cx-postmaster, Hlack
Creek, N. Y., was so liadly afflicted
with rheumatism that he was only
able to hobble around with canes, snd
even then it caused him great ain.
After using Chamlxrlaiu's Pain Halm
he was so much improved that he
threw away his canes. He ays this
liniment did him more good than ail
other medicines and treatment put to
gether. For sale at 50 cents per bott'e
by Hcnford's Pharmacy.
Eve was the only woman who evt r
UTieved the man who told her she was
th ; only woman he ever loved.
Jimmy's Clob.
A gentleman sat in a plain ofih-e puz
zling his head over a is-rplexing ques
tion. I f e was the agent of a lienevoleiit
society organized to help the poor of a
irrcnt city. The trouble was this :
Thafik-viv i'ltf was at hand, and he had
liof lir-tny elioii -h to do all that be
ished to do on t!e- coiiiiiijr d y. lb
knew, too, Many famiiie.- bo lived at
starving int, to whom Thank-Diving
gave little apparent P-Jisoti for thanks,
lb- knew young men who did not h--itate
to s-nd this- dollars on a sin!-?
f.H'. He knew young !adis who
thought nothing of wasting more or
li-ss dollars a week on candy. Twenty
five cents would buy a sumptuous din
ner for a starving child.
Many hundreds of the extreme!
p.ior b.-oked to this man for one good
dinner at Thanksgiving time. F-r
one day in the year they hoped to have
enough to cat. How was he to give it '
Suddenly three or four dirty faces
ps-ercd through Hi" window; a timid
knock followed. Five street loysaiil
two somewhat tattcr-d little girls troo;
ed in. The agent n-cognii-d them rs
mcmlicrsof the city mission school. He
said, pleasantly :
"Will, children, what can I do fir
you to-day V"
"Nothing," answered the children,
vaguely.
"You, Jimmy, you tell," said one of
the girN, giving the tallest lxy a shove.
Jimmy fumbled in his raided pocket,
a:el slowly prod i t a h n l;"ol of pen
nies and small change. "We fe'iers
are a club," .-aid be, with a grand air.
"There's twenty of us, mister."
"We gals are in it, bxi," interrupted
tiie girl who gave the shove.
"We, all of u-, an I the gals, too."
responded Jimmy. "We come from
Cummin's Al!--v' and we're a club to
lulp Thanksgivin". Here's nine dol-
lars and nin-etv cents."
The agent stared at the large sum col
lected, at what cost of self-sacrifice only
the givers could --a v.
dt's for tlii-ui that can't git no di.i-
nt r, exciaime-i toe little sjioiiesman.
'Is it .'"' exclaimed tie- g-xxl man.
lie hardly knew what to sav as he
glanced at the jsmr clothes and shrunk
en cheeks of the "cluh."
''Yes," said Jimmy, stoutiy. "there's
plenty -. Hirer l::aii us, m:-vr; we re a
club to help 'em. We didn't care if we
lidn't have a dinner fir two or threo
lays so's that we miht give real poor
'o'.ks fine."
"How many dinners wi'.I nit.e dollars
and ninety cents gvt?'' asked a little
girl, rattier hungrily.
What kind of a dinner?" iii-piind
the agent, with a perceptible weakening
1 his Voice.
"turk.y S;:d sttiffin' a:id-ai:d
puddin'," cried the chiMrcii, eagerly.
"That will cost pt-rhv-s twenty-five
nts apies-v," -aid the agent, "aid
your money wid give a r;ite l;!a!is-
giving dinner to as many :s thirty-five
hungry s.'j.le. You have d-::e nobly,
children, and I'm de!ig!.ud t!.;it you
have 1st ii s i kind an ! 111 n:ght oil f- r
others."
Tiie dinners wire Ito'ight. "The
club" distributed them. The children's-
first plan was to put a cahbage in w i?h
eae:i dinner, t..e agent savs. j;nt tntrt
were no. cabbages i to go a rniin. I.
Sithey cut i-ik'-h cabbage into ,jtiarU-rs.
anil put one p:e-e into each l ag.
That club of f -.VLiity povt riy-strii -k. ;
children worked until nine o'clock
night on the day ls-t',i,- Ti.aiik-givir g
dLstrilintiiig t:.ir:v-!ive dinners to ts.-
ple xsr r than themst ! vcs."
Tais is a true story, and o:i- th:.t
should make our t:isV blood tingle wi !
something akin to sliaine. lmfa:
A Lonrr. Lcn? Si?h.
Pope talks 1k! it wat'iing a si::h frcn
iinin s to me i i:e. . lo::. long sig:
that would lie. Talk a'oout si::hii;g
why, if a!! the sighs of the women o
the world, for just on-- day, could b
gathered in one sigh., it would !e Ion:
enough to reach from here to the fa:
thest fixed star. Hut thousands of w
men suffer and sigh because the vii
tims of disease. Others would sutl".
as sorely and sigh as often if they ba
llot lieen wise enough to ue I'l
Pit rce's Favor; e Prescription. This i
a wendenai rcc-.;;vratir of waste-
trcngth and of sovereign efficacy i
al! th--se derangements and maladii
peculiar to their svx, by which th
vitality is slipped and the seeds
leaf!) are so-. n.
IU-. IL V. Pi::;u ::: I ur i'.f- hav
taken the "Favorite Prescription" an
I can recommend it to any UnIv thr
suffers with any female disease I hav
tried several d -Cors" prescriptions in
none did me the go.! that yours did.
Yours respectfully.
M ATTIE TEUIiY.
Post Mistress, Sherrer Hill, DalU
Co., Ai.L.
A former superintendent of the Ne
Haven, Conn., almshouse died an ii
mate of that institution a few days ag
ile was removed from office tweut.
two years ago, K-cause of cruelty to tl
inmates. About a year ago he w.
obliged to seek shelter in the almshou
for himself.
Orange shipments from P.iversid
Cat, averaged forty car loads a L
during the first two weeks of th
month. Thesupp
sufficient f.r the
Eastern markets,
of the Caiiforn'a
largely due to th,
Florida growt rs.
y of the fruit is n
iiamls t tf
"s geed ft-rtur
i:-r;c rrowers
I! fortune .f t!
A Saaker's Opinion of Scijtj.
Some yee.rs ago I know an ilder
the Shakers w ::!". r, d from mai
of his brethren in having tliong
much about the scvia! structure of b
sect, though their communal life w
rather favor.i'-I- to thinking iu ai:
them. We were talking one day
the life of the w-.rl-l. which I iK f-in!
and he said in eo;icssi.i!iof my gro-.i
at on; piint, "If g d s.viety vt
what it appears to '- on tiie surfait
could in'-1 find fault with it IftKS;
iu s-H-'ety laehavcd toward one anotl
from motives of real kindness as th
le-have now from motives of tioiitcin
s,H-:ety wou'd W all image of Ilea v.
for in society you s-e p-s-ple defer
one another, the strong give way to I
weak; the brilliant and the gifted w
not put the rest ai a disuvaiitage, a
they all seen i to meet on an equali
The trouble is that tle-ir U-havio
merely a convention and not prineij
th -y U-'.i.tve U-aiitifully from jnilitu
and not from kindness." W. D. lb
ells, in Century.
Our eople are growing more j
more iu the habit of looking to H
ford's Pharmacy for the latest ami I
of everything in tiie drug line. T
sell ChamU-riain's Cough Rein
famous for its cures of bad colds, cr
and wh.mping cough. When in r
of such a nudicisie give this reined
trial and you will lie more thau pi
ed with the result.