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ciuisiiiHi itwtory. m
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Funeral Director.
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VOL. XLIV. XO.
Ivory Soap
It Floats
At all grocerr stores two sizes of Ivory Soap nrc soM ; enc tliat costs
five cents a cate, and a larger size. The larger cake is the more con
venient and economical for laundry and general household use. If your
Grocer is out of it, insist on Lis getting it far you.
Tmi F-aocrt ft. Gaubu Co.. Cmn.
THE-
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First National Bank
Bomerset, Penn'a.
o
Capital, S50.000.
Surplus, S22.000.
DEPOSITS NCCCIVED IN LARGE All 0 SMALL
AMOUNTS. PATABLC ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS,
STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
LaRXE M. HICKS, tiEO. R. KCl'IJ,
JAMES L. PCUU, W. H. MIIXEK,
JOHX R. HCOTT, RXBT. a KCL'LJ
FEED W. BIESECKEK.
EDWARD SCULL, : : PRESIDENT.
VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PRESIDENT.
HARVEY M. BERKLEY, . CASHIER.
The funds and pru titles of this bonk are se
curely protected In a celebrated CoKLiss Bra-
clab Pbixk Safe. The only siife made abso
lutely burslar-proof-
Somerset County Katieaal
AN K
OF SOMERSET PA.
EitaklliM, 1877. 0rrnl2td at t Mitlonil,18S0
O.
CAPITAL,
$50,000
SURPLUS AND UN-
DIVIDED PROFITS $1,3UU.
Chas. J. Harrison,
President.
A'ice President
- - Cashier.
Ass't Cashier.
Wm. II. Koontz,
Milton J. Trias,
Geo. S. Ilarrison,
Directors:
Sam. B. Harrison, Win. KmWpy,
JoHiab Siiecht, Jonas M. Cook,
John II. Snyder, John Stum,
Joseph B. I a vis Noah S. Miller,
Harrison Snyder, Jerome StutVt,
Chas. V. Snyder.
rH.isnni of thin tmnk will receive the most
llU-ml treat ment conMent wit h saf- tank in.
i .1 i.i.ii,. t.. u..nfl IIK.11..V etst or wefcl
can be aooomiuodated by dna for any
amount. x ,
Moim-v and valuaines wcurro oy one "i
bold' celrbnited aafeK, with most improved
time lock. .
Co!ltlini made in all parts of the I nlted
State. Oiarc- moderate.
Accounts and lepil oiicnea.
A. H. HUSTON,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
nd everything pertaining to funeral furn-
Uhed.
SOMERSET - - Pa
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Door Wett of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
Am Now
prvjiarwi to supply the public
with Clocks, Watches, and Jew
elry of all descriptions, as Cheap
as the Cheapest
REPAIRING A
SPECIALTY.
All
work guaranteed. Look at ruy
stock before making your
purchases.
J. D. SWANK.
ARTISTIC JOB PRINTING
A SPECIALTY.
IIARRY M. BEXSUOFF,
MAhUFACTURING STATIONER
-AND
BLANK BOOK MAKER
IIANNA5I BLOCK.
Tte
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Johnstown. Pa.
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35.
Campbe
t Smith
THE PEOPLE'S STORE.
Grand Clearance Sale !
Our buyer. have Iwniiit sc:tso;i:ilih'
nnd desirahle ;ls at wonderfully l w
pri, r.inl we .ir.-dfU riiiincd tixinp'v
our shelvcK of all Mirpius s!irk. ill
order to d i this we are selling large
quantities .f
Dry Goods, Carpels, Curtains,
Dress Coofe, Etc,
AT
Fifty Cents on the Dollar.
AND-
MlEEry, Fancy Gooes, Jswslry,
TriEiis, Its, at
Twenty-five Cents on the Dollar.
Not everything in our .-!h-V tt -VK? ati'l
'Z'c on the dollar, but what isn't -vi-n
the newest and st:'ji!o every -day g.Huls
are niarktlso low you can come hun
dreds of lnik-s t buv and ."till Nive
money.
We h-iven't room f.ir details mention
just a few to jrive you an ilea of the val
ues olH-red. Thousands of others as
good, and many of them lelter.
Ve!o:ireaetriiiii!Hd with black Thi
bet fur and lined with silk, at if 6 75,
8 50. $10.00, and $12.00; fully one
third U'low regular price.
Fine Kl-etrie Seal Cafwn, inches
long, f.iil sweep and saliii liiiv-! ; re
duced from $12.5Q to $3 -18.
Ladies" all-wool I'. .tii !e Cloth Jack
ets, shield front, mandolin .-kt-ves and
velvet collar; worth glO 03 for $5 03-
All-wool bhiek or blue s-.t skirts,
lined with p.-rciline and bvind with
velveteen ; nie;is'jn-s full live yards; all
finished scams ; wt.rth $750 for $4.
All-wool black Henriettas, exejllent
quality reduced frt-in S9c to 25c.
All-wool Sere, all colors ; 4' inch
wide ; worth 50c rediKtl to 2-V.
All-wool two-ply Carpets, U-st made,
50c
Colored Cashmeres, 40 inches wide,
reduevtl from 25c to 15c.
All our trimmed hats that sold at 4
and $5 reduced to $1.00.
Children's and Iir-s-s' untrimmed
hats that sold at 25c and 50c for 5c
Heal Scotch Lace Curtains, 1 to
inches wide, ;!'. yards lonir, worth
$2 00, redll.-el to $1.25-
Irish Point Curtains, the regular 30
kind for jlO ; and the only reason you
ret them at this price is that we have a
surplus stock.
Men's 10 suits for 57 39-
Men's jl2 suits for 3 63.
Men's 19-50 ov rcoats for s.
Men's 12-50 overcoat for slO-
liys' 3 suits for -1.93 just the kind
you want for schoci wear.
JVn-s' s4 suits for ?2--'0: tiice suit for
either dress or evt rday wear.
Siieeial values in Linen. Flannels.
Calicoes and Muslins.
Fifth Avenue,
BCTCrN W090 AH I
Pittsburgh,
(MITMr CIO S7.lt S.
ELY'S
Cream Balm CATARRH
Ik iii kly
All:i I'.tin and
Intl:inafit:Iioii.
tfif wins.
tliihit? fnmi
AitiltTioiial iit!
S-ns s f T:tsU and
aSuitil.
TWILt CURES
OLD 'N HEAD
A tKirtii-lc fsnppliiHl inton-h iitri! and 1
at-i-Rbl.-. l'riw jOc.!it at druiisi"t r ''y
mil. .
KI.Y liKOTHKKS, X Warn n trt V 1.
THE KEELEY CURE
Is a special borni tn bnine men who, havtnf
dhfW uucoiist-toadr into the drink habit an J
awaken to find the disease of alconousm fastened
up a tlu m, renderinir th.'m unfit to manage af
fairs requiring a clear brain. A four woek
course of truaunent at tie ,
HTTSBURa KEELEY INSTITLTE,
Xa. 4246 Firth Avenue,
rtnrwi to them all their power, mental and
physical, ditrT the ahnornial appetite, and
restores Uiera to" the condition thev were in be
fore theT indulzed in stimulants. This has been
donein'more than IftO casta treated here, and
mong them some of your own neighbors, to
whom we can rtfr wuli confi'lenre aa to the
alxoiuta safety and eflicienrT of the Keeley Core.
The fullest and mt sinhins; investicaUon la
n ritcd. bead for pasi-hict giving tuil inJorma
Uon. eivrira.
nans mad ir Si
DESICM PlTtMTa.
Tor tnfonnatlnB ana rrr Handbook ntt to
HtNS tu, t tcuwM, Mw 'Voire.
OldM tmo f rninn paUTiu la Amfnrt.
trerr raiml uLrnout h l t rooirlit b-fi
Ui. tMiUM bj a aooos siven Creaotcaaiva ia Ua
frieutific mxltn
Tarrest rtrmtsMnn of rT irtentSfle paper In thft
..r.J. h'llrtiuWIr lllurfraust. J liiu-llu.'rnt
man .boul.l b. without 1U Werklr. K3.UOa
UiidTmoiitiia Aldr KU.VV jO
1-t uuis, 61 iMoadwaj.SuW VucaCttf.
Caipell
Sfflilli
i
4 Sclenliflo American
Agency rn
fj i Z.S TRADB MARKS.
.VOVjr DESICN PATENTS.
irLit w
omer
SOMERSET, PA.,
BETWEEN THE SIZES.
Should I have lieen no nidely planned
That nothing seems to ever tit.
If Nature when she took in band
The work, had glv'n her miud to It?
My I . Kits and liats and gloves and all
Kuch things, are never ready-made;
I'm what, I fancy, they would rail
"IVtween the sizes" in the trade.
My tiocial views I cannot square
With tlueofany tther ach.Mil,
My olitio. are just as rare
And follow no existing rule;
And when my spirit's deeper needs
Cry out for comfort or control.
I search in vain anions the creeds
To suit my solitary soul.
If Nature ne alone to blame
That I have leen constructed ill.
Must I forever lie the same
And stay "lietweeii the sixes" still ?
Or, in some happy future state
Krom human limitations free.
Will crt-eds and clothes l out of date,
And will there lie a place for nieT
Ci'iittitbcrx' Journal.
FIDDLING JIMMY.
He was lon.
lank and lean, light
haired, with pale blue eyes, the pro
duct of the Missouri bottoms, where
tilings sprout up with such amazing
quickness and then mature with so
much deliberation.
When he dropped from a train at
I odge City, he had an old fashioned
carpftsack in one hand and under bis
other arm was a fiddle in a faded
brown bag. I Ie looked about him some
what in wonderment at the river and
the rolling, treeless country merging
into the sky far away to the south and
then again at the long, crowded street
on the other side. He looked but for a
moment, however, and then proveded
straight to the olliee of the foutlnvesl
ern ftage company. His inquiry there
was short and to the point.
"Have ye got airy job a felhr kin
do?"
This was years ago, when Dodge
was the end of the overland cattle drive
and fully entitled to its reputation of a
w ild and wooly town. To the south
for a few miles was a sprinkle of s:et
tlt rs and U-yond that all was lonesome
and inhospitable.
The Southwestern company always
had vacancies. Along the many routes
were certain relay stations, some of
which were sure to lie in need of keep
ers. There w as one line in particular,
running down to Taseosa, on the South
Canadian, in Tex&s, a stretch of 2"0
miles, and just a little over half way
was a station, No. 13, w here a man
was needtM at once. The pay was $10
a month. The duties were simply to
watch half a dozen mules and have a
team ready for the weekly bueklxmnl
that performed all the transportation,
the freight lieing usually two of Cncle
Sam's mail sacks. The company sun
plied a gun, ammunition, Hour, eolfee,
salt and irrocerics. Truly it seemed a
lionaua to our knight of the violin.
There was no haggling over terms,
and Jim DiiscnU-rry, fiddle and carpet
bag were duly dispatched the very next
morning to the field of his new lalsirs.
And Jim was duly dubbed Fiddling
Jimmy by clerk, driver and all who
came in contact with him.
Jimmy had been duly informed that
he would find things "sorter" lonesome
out at No. 1.'5, but had responded that
he didn't "keer a durn" for lieing by
himself. The fiddle was plenty of
company so his grub came regular. I
Now, there were certain thingsaliout
No. 1.3 that hal been discreetly over
looked in the telling. It was 3- miles
from the stations on either side and
consisted of a square hole dug at the
top of a steep liank overlooking a water
bole in one of those plain creeks where
such holes occur at long intervals, the
remainder lieing simply a grass grown
depression. The bole was roofed with
cottonwood poles, upon which dirt had
la-en thrown a dugout pure and sim
ple. There was a rude fireplace and a
hole for a chimney. There was Jim
my's residence. There was a stockade
up on the fiat for the mules, and with
this you have the station complete.
No man who knew the country could
lie induced to take No. 13 for love or
money, so the company had to depend
uhii the ignorant and the transient.
The country was full of rustlers and
cow thieves. Occasional gangs of In
dians from the nation used to slip
along there, bent on any deviltry that
came handy. When No. 13 was occu
pied, it was a shining mark for such
gentry. The last occupant had been
found, not a fortnight before, lying out
on the fiat with a bullet in the back of
his head. The man lie fore him had
had a mile fide for life and. a month
ill lied from a leg broken by a Win
chester bullet- )n each occasion fo.
13 had been gulled and. the mules run
oir.
Hut in blissful ignorance Jimmy
took xisessin of his new home. The
huckboard rattled away, the driver
looking !ack, sympathetic but non
committal. For some week all was quiet and
Ieaeeful. It was the pleasant season
of the early autumn. Jimmy put aline
in the water hole and had fish when
ever he wanted. Twice he shot ante
lope coming down t drink and revel
ed in fresh meat. He shot everything
of any size that had wings and feath
ers, and lieing unversed as to what was
good or lad to eat cooked and tated
all. Some he ate and some he threw
away. The buckbourds came by with
prompt regularity, dumping off a stick
of flour or meal, nnd the report came
weekly to headquarters that the "fel
ler with the fiddle out ou Lost creek
hadn't been pestered yet."
"The "feller" put in his days watch
ing his stock, fishing, hunting, cook
ing and eating, and when the chill of
the evening came after supper he would
throw a little wood on his fire, draw
up a soapbox seat and play on the fid
dle until he was sleepy enough to roll
up in his blankets on the clay floor and
sleep the sleep of the mau perfect in
health and conscience.
Hut one evening when the shadows
had fallen on all the valleys aud the
upland, when there was but a lighter
shade over the west to show where the
sun had bidden its daily farewell, there
came slinking up Lost creek Crawling
Wolf and seven of his dirty, ill smell
ng brethren, foul birds of the night,
set
ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1890.
ready for Anything, from petty larceny
up to murder, provided the situation
allowed crime without danger to the
criminal.
They had a herd of stolen ponies cor
ralled some miles below and were com
ing up to see w hat No. 13 might albird
in the way of diversion. In single file
they flitted along noiselessly as shad
ows, now and then stopping, heads up,
to listen, as is the wont of beasts of
prey. Suddenly Wolf stopted shorter
and more suddenly than usual, giving
vent to a startled grunt. All stopped,
rigid as statues, to .listen. A faint
wind rusthsl for a moment, died down,
aud then from afar came an unwonted
sound in the wilderness. It was the
sound of Jimmy's fiddle.
Cautioti-ly the Indians crept closer
and closer, stopping now and then to
listen, until the' reached the foot of
the bank at the water hole. Just above
them shone the light from the dugout
entramv. The noise of the tortured
fiddle was loud and clear, and at times
Jimmy's voice was uplifted in old
hymns and camp meeting songs re
miniscent of other days back in Mis
souri. Quiet, but swift as crawling
snakes, the intruders swept up the in
cline of the clay bank. A moment
later they swarmed in on the musician.
Jimmy was silting at the side of his
fireplace, and his Winchester was near
the door. Thus he was cut oil from
his only weapon.
When those Indians came in, filling
up the little dugout, I doubt if in all
the world there was a more surprised
and frightened lieing th.tu the keeper
of No. 13. The music stopped. The
hand that wielded the lw dropped as
if paralyzed. Jimmy stared at the aj
paritions, while old Wolf smiled hypo
critically and grunted "How !" Some
what reassured by this apparent socia
bility, Jimmy managed to gasp out,
"Howdy do?"
The sons of the desert deliberately
sat down on the bare floor, and old
Wolf once more grunted out :
"Play fiddle more. We like."
Jimmy played something at once,
and of course after awhile wound up
with a flourish, as all performers do,
aud stopped.
The somber audience gave no sign of
approval or dislike. They sat perfect
ly still, except that their little eyes
glittered and shone in the firelight like
diamonds. I5ut when Jimmy stopped
Wolf grunted again:
"More."
Jimmy played more nnd kept on in
response to the request after each cessa
tion. Finally he lowered the bow and
protested :
"I'd like to lie obliging, but I'm get
ting too tired."
Wolf simply loosened a" Winchester
from the folds of a dirty blanket, cock
ed it and presented it at the protestor's
body, grunting again :
"l'lay more. Much heap. Hamn
quick."
There was an immwliate revival of
mush-al activity.
And so they kept the frightened fid
dler to his work. He played his w hole
rejH-rtory over and over again, the audi
ence never caring lor me repetition.
The night wore on. Far over the flals
came the answering howls of the mel
ancholy coyotes, quavering and dying
away in a long drawn note of utter
lonesomcness, but the sound of the fid-
tile never ceaed. A late moon nse
and slow ly elimlied toward the zenith.
The big dipper in the northern sky
dropjed down and around the polur
star as though time were not the es
sence of the jierforniane. Still the
sound of the constant fiddle vibrated
in the chill air. At last over in the
cast came a faint streak of light, ami
then all creation grew dim and gray.
And with the first light Craw Hug Wolf
stood up and shook himself. His
brethren did likewise. They took Jim
my's rille and everything portable on
the premises, never allowing him to
cease for a moment, then quietly filed
out and disappeared in the morning
mists.
About 10 o'clock nexi morning the
keeper of station No. 12, over on the
Ileaver, happening to look up, saw
something coming very rapidly over
the hills from the southwest. The
something soon resolved itself iuto a
man on the back of some creature. As
it came closer it was apparent that the
creature was a mule running for dear
life, while the man was using lioth
hands and feet with great energy.
The mule stopped, all blow n and wet,
in front of the station, and the man
fell oil in a dead faint. He had a
broken fiddle bow in one hand and in
the other a ruined fiddle, the b:dy part
beaten to a frazzle and the strings fly
ing ail about in a perfect maze of
tangles.
And the very next driver tq arrive at
Dodge City announced, to the powers,
at the stage ofiiee .
"Fiddlin" Jimmy's done quit,"
Dont'i for Lovers.
Don't fear to be sentimental occasion
ally. Don't forget that your prosaic par
ents were once lovers.
Don't quarrel for the Joy of becom
ing reconciled. That grows monoton
ous. Don't forget your acquaintances.
You will long for them after the
honeymoon.
Don't gaze into each other's eyes and
flatter yourselves th:it the stupid public
doesn't understand.
Djii'I "test each other's affection"
If you don't lielieve in it .you should
not be engaged.
Don't tell your long suffering friends
that never before in the history of the
world has there been just such a case
of love.
Don't be jealous. There is no room
in the same house for love and jealousy,
and when the latter conies the former
will not stay.
Itatd from the treasured vuluiuj
The poem of thy choice.
And lend to the rhyme of poetry
The beuty of thy voice.
Which you can not do if you suffer
with a Cough or Cold. Kid yourself
of the discomfort by buying a bottle of
Tau-Tina, Mieliest remedy for Hoarse
ness and Influenza.
Tan-Tina costs 2" cents at O. W.
lk'iiford's drug store.
REMIXISCEXCES.
SOME OLD PIKE BOYS.
According to the definition given by
Col. Searight, the term "Tike Hoys"
meant, and included any and all per
sons who lived adjacent to, or in any
way were connected with the pike,
cither during its construction, or dur
ing the reiairs that were constantly
lieing made ou account of the immense
amount of travel. Not many old pike
boys remain in this neighUirhtxhl
now. In a previous paper the few re
maining old wagoners, aud the one or
two old stage drivers were mentioned.
Dr. H. A. Hartzell, who is living in
Petersburg, in retirement, and who
has passed his four score of years sev
eral years ago, was an old pike boy.
He came to Petersburg many years
ago, and has lived here ever since.
11 is profession, originally, was saddle
and harness making, aud later becum?
a dentist, which calling he followed
for a long time; then he lieeame an
extensive dealer iu furs, woo!, hides,
ginseng, etc. At his advanced age,
he still jumps m his cart or horse, and
makes long trips through the country,
and only a year or so ago did he
abandon his semi-yearly trips through
the mountains of West Virginia in
quest of ielts, etc. He, w hile working
at saddle and harness making, made
untold numbers of "wagon harness,"
with ten inch side straps, or traces,
twelve inch luck-hauds and breech
ing, and "housing" that would take
nearly a quarter of a side of leather to
make, and wagon and drove whips,
galore. Many a long-lashed buck-skin
whip, that has cracked over prancing
steeds in a stage, was made by him.
Dr. Hartzell saw the old pike in her
glory aud her decline, in her projier
ity and her adversity. The oldest per
son now living in Addison township,
is F.phraim Stuck, who is almost
eighty-eight years of age. He was a
blacksmith, and has shod thousands
upon thousands of wagon anil stage
horses. Night after night he ha
made horse-slmes, or nails, or has
driven the shoes on, the merry ring
ing of his anvil sounding in the still
night, like Christmas anthems, or the
Curfew Dell" that "shall not ring to
night," He it was, who made the
"butt-chains" used on heavy harness,
spoken of in some previous paper,
which were forged out of the iron bar
iuto flat short links, which were tied
la-hind the wagons and dragged
through the sand until they were as
bright as silver. He also made "doul-lc-linked"
breast chains, that were and
are yet, the wonder of all who see
them. The old man's working days
are over, and he seem to be waiting
only for the summons to the "further
shore" against which his frail life-bark
has long lieen beating with the reced
ing waves of life. James Me('artn-y,
"Jimmy," as his friends call him,
pat four sore, an Irishmtn, a his
name indicates, came to this country
while the pike was in its original
glory. He was essentially a pike boy,
sines he sjK-nt the best days of his life
on it and near it He has quarried
many thousand of perches of stone for
repairs ou the pike. He has dug ami
shoveled, and broken stones, and cart
ed in rain, and wind, and snow, win
ter and summer, scores of year. He
now lives with his son, on a pnxlae
tive farm, an honest, venerable, law-
abiding citizen, beloved and respected
by everybody, happy that in his de
clining years he is blessed with a rea
sonable degree of health and strength,
and an abundance of the omforts of
life, with kind friends to minister to
his want, and willing hands to a4st
his tottering fixitstep. He owns an
extensive quarry, from which lime
stone was hauled by a splendidly built
train road, described iu a former paper,
for repairs ou the pike. (Jeorge W.
Turney is another old pike 1kv, but
his years do not weigh so heavily up
on him. He has passed the Psalmist s
allotted time, but he can take his- fish
ing rod and walk several miies to the
creek, wade in the water a whole day,
if neciMsary, in pjrsuit of that noblest
of all fish the brook trout come
home in the evening with his b isk-.-t
full of delicious fish, a fresh aud spry
as a boy of twenty. Mr. Turuey was
also a blacksmith, and apast-miter
was he, too, in his trade. He was a
brother-in-law of Mr. Stuck, nnd like
him he has made the same kind of butt
and breast chains, and ha also shod
horses without number. He worked
in a shop with several other workmen,
and many nights did they hammer
the iron until "daylight did appear."
In addition to being an expert fisher
man, Mr. Turuey has b-en a great
hunter, and many a mile has the writer
trudged along with him after the nim
ble deer, taking turn ah.vjt on the
"crosssing." Mr. Turney was a faith
ful soldier in the late war, and his Gov
ernment, appreciating his services, has
granted him a liberal pension, to ch-vr
him in the decline of life. On one oc
ousiou Mr. Turney and the writer were
hunting together, and we scared up
two old does that we knew were up in
the mountain. We had same trouble
to get them into a go.kl plats?, but
finally Mr. Turney ran to a crx-wing,
and the writer drove them to him.
The conditions of the piece of timber
in which wo had them were suc'a that
there wa only one placi for them to
run out and when the reprt of Mr.
Turney's gun was not heard, the writer
concluded something was wrong, and
when he came through on the track he
saw Mr. Turney with a look on his
face a man might have had if all his
friends were dea-L He felt something
like the man whose load of turnijis
had rolled out of the hind part of the
wagon to the bottom of a hilt he was
ascending, when he remarked he was
too mad to swear, and anyhow lie
could not do the subject justice. The
does, both as large as good sized year
lings, had conu within easy gun-shot
of Mr. Turney, when his gun did not
"gooff." All he said when the writer
came along, as he slung his gun over
his shoulder, in a sorrowful far-away
voice, that betokened a wrath that
nothing could appease, "I am going
home;" and home we went, On an
other occasi.m we got after a fawn,
which, by the way, as every hunter
knows, is the meanest thing iu the
er
shape of a deer to follow. We could
not get it to any crossing, where an old
deer won hi have gon, and, finally
when we brought up in Maryland,
several miles from home, with the
fawn still going, we concluded to give
it up and start for home. After going
silently along for some di.tance, Mr.
Turney said "well, we gave that deer a
gKid race, didn't we." The writer
did not gainsay this remark, for it was
self-evident, and it was some slight
satisfaction for us after our jaunt. On
the other hand, when we killed a nice
deer and brought it home with us,
which was not an unusual occurrence,
we were correspondingly elated.
'Squire Henry IlUheltarge r, was an
old pike lioy to. He came to this
country in the thirties, a single man,
when the pike wa in the height ot it-t
prosperity. lie Is a cahinet maker,
and of course, can do ail sorts of work
pertaining to carieiitering. lis wus
married a good deal more than fifty
years ago to Miss Itiehel Hendrickson,
iteT of Joseph Hendrickson, an old
pike ly and prominent citizen, who
was mentioned in these pajnTs some
time ago, and half-sister of Thomas
Liston, Ksq., who was also a promi
nent and a well-known citizen of Ad
dison. 'Squire IlisheUirger always
says he and his wife were blown to
gether by the wind, since a preacher
named Wind married them. Many
a iiou.- in this county has U-en built
by 'Squire Hiihcliarger, and there is
hard!y a house in all the country that
does not contain articles of furniture
made by him. It is probable that he
has more and lietter tools in his shop
than any man iu the county. iVith
of hu sous, Ik-iUoii and Charles, are
finished workmen, too. The 'Squire Is
also in the undertaking buiness, in
connection with his son, ami they go
far and near to attend the obsequies of
the p'jople of the country. He is
serving his third term as Justice of the
IK'ace, and before a mairiage licc.ise
law had U-en passed in Pennsylvania,
his ofiiee was the "Gretna Green,"
towards which many couples, with
matrimonial intentions, from Mary
land and West Virginia turned their
faces. Parties have lieen known to
walk fifteen miles, o-er m iunLtins.
through woods and ricks, carrying
their "grub" along, to lie married by
the 'Squire. He ha held the s-ales of
justice evenly balanced, all these years.
lictwccn man and man, and cases
without number have bin compro
mised without cost to either party
through his persuasions, and few if
any of his decisions have been reversed
by courts. Indeed the writer lias no
knowledge of any being reversed. As
s-ii.l, the 'Squire cune here when the
pike was In its glory, and he in the
prim-j of his vigorous young maniio.nl.
He saw the wonderful panorama of its
prosperity, daily, with the rush and
bustle and confusion of the countless
staats, wagon, carriages, droves of an.
imals, and all there was
to be seen
then. Now, when all that has passed
away and the old pike is a quiet u
the loneliest c i.mtry road, he lives iu
retirement, ease and c mfirt, his hair
and beard white with the frosts of
nearly eighty winters, and bleached
with the heat of as many summer suns, j
l ... .. :.l. . t ..... .... ..I.. ..,.. !
i.it vtitit a I'm ait u..ii ij tittt
vigorous as of yore, with the esteem
and respect of his neighliors, and the
c. immunity at large. Oatside the
official duties of his c.ffie-e, which he
faithfully and honestly dischargi-s, and
occasionally working at a job in his
shop when he feel like it, the 'S iu:re
has laid aside all business cares, and
the establishment, so far as the work
is concerned, at least, is run by the
Junior memlier of the firm of 11. Itish
cl larger & Son. As the months and
years chase each other by so swiftly,
the old pike boys, and other b;ys, of
ten not s old, join the "great majori
ty," and we miss them from their
usual place, and our hearts sadden
when we think of the changes a few
years more must inevitably bring.
Addison, To. M.
It was an Easy Oae-
'Is this where you answer questions ?'
he asked as he entered the room.
'It is,' replied the careworn man at
the desk.
'Well, I've got a corker for you,'
said the stranger.
'Fire away,' returned the man at the
desk, with the weary air of on-; who
had settled so many hard problems
that they had cease 1 to interest him.
'I'vejtist come from a lunch rKm
largely patronized by women,' explain
ed the stranger, as a sort of preface to
his query.
'Yes?' said the man at the desk, dis
interestedly .
"There were two women la-hlnd me
at the table," continued the stranger,
'and two women behind me at an .her
table, and two women just across the
aisle from me at still another table.'
'Not an umisal experience for a man
during the mum hour in Chicago,'
said the mau at the desk.
'Of course not,' replied the stranger,
'hut it suggested a corking giod quest
ion to me just the same.'
'Let's hear it?'
'Well, w'ty Ls it that two women
c.iu't carry on a conversation fifteen
minutes at any time or place without
discussing dress:"
'Is that your great questiou' asked
the man at the des'.c, wearily.
'Jt is. Can you answer it?'
'Easily.'
What's the answer?
'Because they're not liu.lt that way.'
Ciicuyo yw,
Two Valuable Friends-
1. A physician cannot be always had.
Itheumatisin, Neuralgia, Sprains
I'ruises and Hums occur often and
semetimes when least expected. Keep
handy the friend of many households
and the destroyer of all pain, the
famous lied Flag Oil, "" cents
2. Many a precious life could be
saved that is being racked to death
with that terrible cough. Secure a
good night's rest by investing - cent
for a bottle of Tan-Tina, tli3 great
remedy for Coughs Colds and Con
sumption. llot ties of Tan-Tina sold at G. W.
Beuford'a tlru tare.
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ILO
WHOLE NO.
0-wney, the PostoSce Dog-.
Ownry's pedigree is not worth brag
ging about, he is mainly what is known
a a mongrel, but he leis signs of some
purer blood. Neither is he a hand
some dog, but h.-" has exi-ellent q'lali-ti-s,
and is kindly and intelligent.
When l.lwney found himself an uncalled-for
package, he did not la-gin to
whine or bark or f.-ar lie was unwel-
ie was unwei-
come, but sought to make liint-lf
agrecable and to w in friend..
t ni'luig
that Cncle Sam was w illing to keep
him in comfortable quarters, Owney
gladly accepted the situation. And
now, no matter how faraway he may
travel, be is know as 'Owney the Al
bany Postollicedog,' and is every w here
considered as n popular member of the
department.
"How tin you know when Owney
has gone on a trip'."' I asked the man
who especially hsiks after Owney's in
terest. "Why, when the cat comes in the
office we know that Owney is away,"
he replied.
And the dog is away from home so
much that the cat is seldom obliged to
move out
"Tell me how he begins a journey.
Does he know which is the postal car?
"Know? Of course he d.s. He
know a p-t.-t! car a well as any p.is
ttl clerk. When the mail is sent to
the .station, Owney jumps on the wa
gon, and stays there until the last bag
is thrown into the car. If he feels like
taking a j urney, he then jump alsird
the car, harks g.Mid-hye, and a.vay he
goes. O uv ou the train he is the guest
of the clerks at the offices along the
roud.
He wears a fine collar marked 'Ow
ney, AlUt'iy T. O., Albany, N. N.' ami
with him is often forwarded a hook iu
which is k'-pt a record of places he
vi-it., and a very interesting story the
li'iok tell.
A "tfjiern Webster.
Kr:-i th.r Miaeapoli JourtMl.
A g'i! story c.imes lroni Meeker
county, thi Mate, and ha to do with
a well-kno wn country school district
t'.iere. Wh'-n it cam- time last sum
m -r to hire a teacher, the bicul board
discovered that there were two appli
cant, bitli young men. As to sulary
there was n difference between their
bids; bat the sec I'ld one insisted that,
if he were employed, the board should
provi l-e a dic.iouary for the school
room. The first one made no such de
mand, and said that he would lie well
able t get a!o:i.r with it a dictionary;
a he expressed it, it was useful only in
the mi'.u-r of d : ling wardt an 1 giv
ing their "proa-i .incj-ition." N amber
one g t the s -'iid. Let week the
biard m a I ius tifs', visit to the build
ing. F.-'erythin wvrit well fir the
first f.fte "i mbrites, but tiually a red
he lie 1, f.-eckle-l-faeel y ith in the
r.-arof the rs:u held up his right
hail ail sii;i:-1 his t'fi'.T in a
very e:i rg -tie m inner.
"What is it, Ciarlie."' a died the
teacher.
"I want t. know how to pronounce a
word," said Charlie.
"Spell it," replied the teacher.
C.i irli, in a lo i 1 voice, spelled out
the word "vocabulary.''
"-ca-b.iil-ary," rep mded the
teacher, p'a-ing t'l a"Mt oi the
"bill;" an I h ad led, a to it mean
ing: "Appertaining to homed csttle."
The b lard cat sh irt ks visit and is
no w biking for a new teacher and get
ting ready to buy an unabridged dic
tiona'v. Wife vs. Horse.
Husbands, give to your wives at lat
as much consideration as you would a
pet animal. You would not knowingly
work a favorite horse while sick. Yet,
how- many feeble, debilitated wives
work on, dragging out weary lives,
made miserable by the many diseases
peculiar to women. They suffer in
silence and Iieenuse delicacy prevents
complaint you tinderstimate the dis
ease ami its effect in shortening her
life. Get her Dr. Tierce's Favorite
Trescription. We assure you that no
sufferer from those painful and weaken
ing female diseases which wreck the
constitution of so many women, can
take it without lieing U-netitetl. The
greatest restorative tonic and strength
ening nervine known to medical
science. Produces refreshing sleep and
drives melancholy away. Prevent
threatened insanity, said cures slec
lessness, nervous debility, spasms, St.
Vitus s Dance, and kindred nervous
discuses.
Han Things to Say.
Kr.iu) the 1 eu.ioli News.
Shlblsdeths to test sobriety, or com
pilative sobriety, ill the case of sup
jiosed drunkards have often been heard
of, an I have generally been l.v iked up
on a joke for the dinner table or the
smoking room. From a case reported
at the Westminster Police t ourt it ap
pears that a doctor, examined as a w it
ness, ha invented a tet phrase which
he regard a infallible. This is: "The
artillery extinguished the court ignition
early." Thi miy lie very cfiictive,
an 1 it was tried successfully oa a cab
man (the d -fciidant i, but the i lie '.or
need not have taxed his inventive
power, Th-re is the. "Peter Tiper
picked a peci of pepper," ce., test aa I
one or two more not quite s elab
orate. "Itiblieal criticism" and liritish
Constitution" have long been favorite
tests but the U-st is probalby "Mrs.
Smith's fish shop."
Temperance people will be interested
to",know that the practice of breaking
a bottle of champagne over the bow of
a new war ship in christening it w ill
not lie followed in the cose of the battle
ship Kentucky. Protests against the
practice have frequently lieen made,
aud they were esieeially numerous in
the case of the Maine. A magnum
filled with the best product of all Ken -
tacky' noted whisky distilleries is to
be broken over the Kentucky's bows.
Kvery distiller in the State has been
aked to contribute some of his finest
product to help make up the bottje,
which will be filled iu Kentucky In a
'ew day.
Fast Living Amei icans.
We new world people are fat livers,
and iu nothing is this more olerv-.ible
than iu our reckless irregularity as to
sleep and diet. We alternately starve
and g-rg" our- lves, doing each in tlu
! ;ii t irregular and ha-.ty m inner,
without regir llo the nutritive valu
of the f,rM eoif-rii or the d- Ic'ci i
o.l e!r- s up u t!i- ! ;-! t or;?:!!'.-' r
the terrible tv-L- inip's-d U'll tlit-m
j at the ni i.-f ;inse.isi im'.I-- I. 'ir-. It is
little w-iii l- r we nr.- a na'ion of -r
.ti s, and prone to i i.:i-l Im! e n,
piles, ete. It is to their efficacy as a
ntn.ly for tin-?- ailment that Ir.
Pi.'.t's Pleasant Pi I let owe their
ii:.:.iruii--lel iiu!.irity. Good refill's
always follow their us- i.i all cit 'f
d. raiigeincht of the liver, stomal h and
bnvels.
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Judge Morrow of the ('uitcd State
District Court in San Francisco de
cided, a few days ago, lh:.t a Chinese
h rn in this country is a citizen of the
l.!tcd Slab- and as such may leavo
an 1 return to (hi country at any time
he piea.-s-s. The deei-i-m wa made in
the e-.ic of a Chinaman who arrived iri
!..,...:,. r.-,,-,, ri.i.i-i mi-nili-.
( n11i ,l-li.rr--.l fiM-ii htn.litiir l.v tfi.r
I !!, , ti,r, on the ground that he wa a
Ials;rer, and a sin-h barred tint l.y the
F.xclusioti act. Tin- Chinaman was
lsrn iu San Franci.-co, and had lieen
to China on a visit. The I'nitcd States
Di.-trict Attorney argued that a Chinese
could not be a citizen of thi country
even though l.r:i here, under
the Fi.tiiteeiit'u Amendment t
th Constitution. Judge Morrow
ruled that a 'l;ii::..:n:i'i l-oni lit re
i a citizen of the Cnitt-d Stat.-s withio
the m-M!ii:ig of the citiz -ns'iip clause
of the Fourteenth Amendment even if
he is not a citizen .-f any State. The
case will le appealed to the I'nitcd
States Supreme Court.
The Proosr Tiaie
When the mi-t Um lit is to ! derived
from a good mcdi'-hi, is curly iu the
year. Thi-. is the .season wh'-n tho
tired b.h
w cake lied i.rguii and 1HTV-
v I
oils system yearn
a Li:Iding-iq
medk-me like Hood's Sarsapariilu.
Many wait for the op n spring w.-uthi r
and in fact, delay '.'iviug atlention t'
their physical c(;,iil,i';..!i so I'-l.g that a
long siege of sicklies. is inevitable.
rid the sy.-tem of the impurities ac
cumulated during the wh ur season,
to purify the h!xi and to invigorate
the whole system, there is lotthiiig
equal to Hood's Sar-apariihu I.n"t
put it off, but t;.ke Hood's Sar-j-.puf':! a
now. It will d you goo 1. I'. :: l the
testimonials published in U-haif f
Mood's Sarsaparilla, ail from reliabl -,
grateful pec pie. Ti.ey tt !! the i-tory.
Pres.-ott, the (; iu-.l f Arizona,
1 boost that it is the i. :.r st approach :
the New J r isalem as de-criU-d in t; e
Uible, as its streets are being pavi d
with gol 1. The grabiteuMtt for pv.v
ments co:itui:! J in g -id au-I - cci:;s
in silver to every ti!, so th.it in tim-
when less expensive tuetli-sl of reduc
ing ores are ue.l, it may p-y the city
to tear up and cr iii its street pave
ments. Cli Peopls.
OH jn-ople who require medicine to
regulate the bi.vls and kidneys will
find the true rene-ly in '".let-trie Hitter.
ThisTneuh-ine d.s.-s imt stimulate and
citifs'ifi" nn whiskey nor other intoxi
cant, but acts a a t !ii'- and alterative.
It acts mildly r. the stomach ::i-d
t-ow.-ls. adding strength and giving
tone t- the t rgaii. thereby aiding
Nature in the s rf-irmance of the
luueti uis. Fleet ric l""U;-r i an exei '.
I. nt aptvtizt-r a id aids ;ig-s;i.iii. Oid
people find it j l-texat tly what they
ucrd. Trice fifty c-en's and !, j r
Kiltie at J. N. Snyd r's drug store,
Sinu-rset, Pa., cr i-t 1'ralIU r's drug
store, Iierlin, Pa.
Young or mi'i.lle-ag sl men suffering
from nervous debility, loss of memory.
premature old age, a the result of ba 1
habits, shoul. I seii-1 Pi tv:its in stamps
for illustrated Ka.k offering sure m.-an
to cure, sent securely sealed lit plain
envelope. Ad-ire. World' Dispensa
ry Medical At-eiatio:i, I'.iffalo, N. Y.
How a Holier Saved Her Boy.
Little Hob. rt Fr.-y lives at Silver
Lake; his .n.rher and father love him
with pireiila! devotion; he is a bright
little fellow. 15 bhy, as he is called,
took a severe cold, which would not
yield to everything they tried. A
iicighlr jierswadcd the use of Pan
Tina, the great remedy for Coughs,
Col Is and Consumption. The first few
doses relieved and the mntent of a
cent bottle made a cure. You can
imagine the mother's joy.
Tan-Tina sold ut G. W. lienford's
drug store.
IIorcs are cheap in the I-!ast now, as
well a in the West. A fairly g-d
hoise was sold at auction at IVihel, Vt.,
a few days ago for c'J. A jH-rl'ectly
sound three-year-old colt, of god size,
wa sold in tho same place last wet k
for iVirji.
TJss it in Tini;.
Catarrh starts in the nasal passagts,
affecting eyes, ears and throat, and is
iu fact, the gr-at enemy f the mucus
membrane. Neg':ec;.-1 col Is in the
head ahiDist iuvaiiably precede catarrh,
causing an excessive flow of mui-ns.
ami if the nr.ii-ous li-c'.iarge 'oecnie
interrupted the J..aTtvah'.o results of
catarrh will follow, such a bad breath,
severe pain across forehead and aUutt
the eyes a roaring and bu.'..ing sound
in the ears and oftentimes a very of
fensive discharge. Fly's Cream lla!n
is the acknowledged cure for thcte
troubles.
liovernor Morton has gnmt.sl a further
respite to "IS.it" Shea, the murderer of
Holier t Uiihs at Troy, N. Y., in lue elec
tion riot of Novetn'ier, l"i'. until Febru
ary lllh, because of Juilge M.y ham's ad-vi.-e
that he can n t ivo a decision in the
matter of the apfitie tliou for a new trial
until February 7tb.
Rheumatism Runs Eiot
When there is lactic acid in the blood.
Liniments and lotions will lie of i:o
jiernianent la-nefit, A cure can I ae
eomplilied only by neutralizing this
acid ami for thi purpose HidhI's Sur
saparilla is the medicine iiecaue 1 total's;
Sarsiiparilla is the only true blood
purifier prominently iu the public eye.
Hood' Pill act easily, yet promptly
and effectively, on the liver and
Iwwels. ';.
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. ia tha t wn of Monte Crist., Wash.,
' j.-, hmist-s were wrecked by asnow-slitl
from the mountains.
A cough L a danger signal of worse
troubles to come. Cure the cough ami
' prevent it results by using Dr. Wood'
! "Sorway Tine Syrup.
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