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Soim-recl, Pa.
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Somerset, Fa.
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Souuwt, Pa.
mijmvd t our -ure will be
40C.;clu.iy atl.nJed to. Collo
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S-IIIUTM-t, Pa.
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s.niiiTwt, Pa.
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H'iTIiOTlI,
Fuaoral Director.
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' Patriot tt.
itnl
urveyor
IJstie, Psi.
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hi
J. F. lucl -.
srate
and Collecting
Agency
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4 Lubricating Oils
& Gasoline,
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of Petroleum
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VOL. XLIY. NO.
vry5oap
Q9Xoo Pure
It costs a little more, but with chapped hands and clothes
weakened by the free alkali in common soaps, the house
keeper soon finds that Ivory Soap is the cheapest in the end.
Thc Psocth & Gawo. Co , C a tv.
-THE-
First National LM
Somerset, Penn'a.
o
Capital, S50.QOO.
Surplus, S22.000.
DEPOSITS NCCCIVCDIN LARGC ANDSMALl
MOUNTf, PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS.
STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
LaRUE M. HICK, GEO. R. SCUlX,
JAMKS L. PUGH, W. H. M I LLEIl,
JOHN 11. SCOTT, KtJllT. K SCULL,
FKED W. BIiECKER.
EDWARD HCULL, : : PRESIDENT.
VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PRESIDENT.
HARVEY M. BERKLEY, . CAS HI EH.
Tlie ftind and -urltlcii of tlila bank are se
curely proterted In a ctlcbrati-d Coul-iss Br
clakPkcrifSafk. Thc only safe made abso
lutely burular-proof.
Be Somerset Ccuntj Hafeal
BANK
OF SOMERSET PA.
:
Ornnl2Jtl"i!lotl.1890
-O.
btakiiihad, 1877.
CAPITAL,
$50,000
SURPLUS AND UN
DIVIDED PROFITS $19,50U.
Chas. J. Uarrison, - rresidcnt.
Wm. II. Koontz, - Vice President
Milton J. rntts, - - Uaslner.
Geo. S. Harrison,. - Ass t Laslner.
Directors:
Sain. B. Harrison,
Josiah Spwht,
John H. Snydor,
JiiM-th B. Iavis
Harrison Snyder,
CUas. W,
Win. Kndsloy,
Jonas M. Cook,
John Sluflt,
NoahS. Miller,
Jerome SlufTt,
Snyder.
rs.rr.ra r ttils tmnk will rwlvetlwmort
lilml trTOtnwntconit-nt a it Ii Nift-lwiikint:.
Parth-s wishing to wim nioi v mM in
in I ai-coiiimodaU-d by dralX for any
amount. . . ,
Monrv and valuable swnml by one of Die
bold'a celebralod arc-s, with mot improved
UniekM-k. . . ,. . ,..
Collwtiin made in an ptine 01 iuc .u..
SuI. Clmrprn nHMlcraK.
Aocouuu- and deposit iicna.
A. H. HUSTON,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
nd everything pertaining to funerals furn
ished. SOMERSET -
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker snd Jeweler,
Next Door West ot Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa-
I Am Now
prepared to supply the public
M ilh Cl'H ks, Watclws, and Jew
vlry c.f all dm riptioiis, as Cheap
as the Cheapi'sL
REPAIRING A
SPECIALTY.
All
work guaranteed. Ik at my
Block U fore making your
punlia.
J. D. SWANK.
ARTISTIC JOB PRINTING
A SPECIALTY.
HARRY M. BEXSIIOFF,
MANUFACTURING STATIONER
BLANK BOOK MAKER
HAXXAM BliOCIf,
Johnstown,
Pa.
,JG.
& Smith
THE PEOPLE'S STORE.
Grand Clearance Sale!
Our hiiyer-t have lo:iirh fsejisonl-ie
and d-inilile pxxN al wonderfully l!w
prices, and we Mredeieiiiiiiiod louiip'y
ur fhclvcs 'of all surplus stm-k. iii
order i d this we are selling large
Uaiilities of
Dry Good
0
JU0
Dress Goods,
El;
AT
Fifty Cents on the Dollar.
AND-
Jlfllinery, Fancy Gee's, Jewelry,
Trials, Etc., at
Tw nty-fjv Cents on th Dollar.
Not everything in our stock at oik" and
i"ie ou the tlolktf", hut what i..!i't ven
the newest aul staple every-l;iy h.xmIs
are ir.arkeilw low you can come Itt.it
dretU of Utiles to huy and still save
ntoney.
We haven't room for detail? mention
just a few to give you an idea of the val
ues oflVred. Thousands f otiu rs as
gi'Mid, and many of them Uttcr.
Velourcaja-s trintmetl w ith Mack Thi
bet fur and linetl with silk, at $6 75,
$8.50, $10.00, and $12.00; fully one
third U low r.'fiular price.
Fine Klectrie S:-:il Caju-s, inches
Ion full f--.ve-p and satin lined ; re
duc,d from $12.50 to $8-48.
Ladies' all-wool ltouele Cloth Jack
ets, shiehl front, mandolin shwes and
velvet collar; worth $10 03 f r 85.03.
All-wool black or bhiL f r skirts,
li:iel with p Tcalln" an I b.in l w ith
velveteen ; measures full live yards ; all
finished scams ; worth $7.50 fr$J.
All-wool black Henriettas, excellent
iuality reduced from 29c to 25c.
All-wool Serge, all colors; 4' inches
w ide ; worth 50c relucid to iV,
All-wool two-ply ('aqK-ts, lest made,
50c
Colored Cashmeres, iO inches w ide,
reduced from 25c to 15c
All our trimmed bats that sold at $1
and $5 reduced to $1.03.
Children's ami Misses' untrininied
hats that s.i!d at 25c ami 50c for 5c
IJeal St'teh Lace Curtains, .VI to ml
inches wilc, 31 var.ls ltiujr, worth
$2-50, reduced to $1.25.
Irih Foint Curtains, the rcirul.tr 30
kind for HO ; and the only reason you
pet them at this prkv is that we have a
surplus t-t-k.
Men's slO suits for c7.30-
Meu's?12 suits fTr-9.63-
Men's slO'SO ovt rc.ts for s.
Men's f 12 50 overcoats for jlO.
Uo.vs' ?3 suits f. r 1.9S ju-t the kind
you want for school wear.
lloys' 4 suits for $2-"0; tii suit for
cither ln.ss or evcrday wear.
Special values in Linen, Flannels,
Calicoes and Muslins.
Fifth
iMV,
Pittsburgh.
cTcrH wood a .
tSITNF tlO STHC S.
NASAL
CATARRH
Is tlx- n-siiit of n.l.Is
antl U'!tl'n -Ii--natlc
cliaiic-s.
It cau le-iinKl by a
ti t re m f J y
whicii l apiH.-"l
r-rilv into th.' it
tri ." I! ins Ui-k-ly
Hl-sorU-tl it t'!cs
relief at onir.
CATARRH
Ays'
Kly's I'nain Bulm
otM-ns and cUiim-s
t lie NhI l'as!i:-
A liuyn Pain and m-
COLD". HEAD
flaniiii!i!ion.Hi-!i!stlicSor.lroti,-ttheiii m
bnmr from f liis It-tiri- thi senses of tM
ml nn. ll. The iiiilm is iiii kiy alsorbl
?ixl givr mliff at once. Price otl citits. at
nif-'Kii-is or by t:inil.
ELV P.ltO'fHKltS, 54 Wamn Street, N. Y
THE KEELEY CURE
1$ a rcial boon to bnsinesi men who, haTinr
dnfU-J u:iroii'iouily into the drink habit ana
waken to find the disease of alrohoiism fastened
upu them, rendering them unfit to maiuure af
fair requiring a clear braio. A four week
course of treatment al the
prrrsBURa keeley instttvtb,
Ko. 45 FiOU Avenue,
rnrps to thera all their powei, mental and
phvsiol, dtrr the abnormal appetite, and
ntor thera to" tha condition thev were In ba
furatheTinduirpd in Mimiilanta. Th is bu been
douein'more than WO ca.1 treated here, and
roong them some of your own neighbors, to
whom we cn refer witn confldenr as to the
stxolnta safety and eflieienry of tlie Keeley (tire.
The fullest and most seatvhine inveieatlm is
n rited. bead for pamiUvt giviag full ioiorma
tion. A
CAVEATS.
TRADE MARKS.
DESICM PATENTS.
COPVRICHT8. atoJ
Jctr tn'nrat'Tn ani free Haixlbuck write to
Nl'NN (U, ibi Hoi)WT. Ktw Voax.
OhWt borraa f securiiw pau-ru la Amertea.
I rrrv paii-nl takes out t.T u l tronht befora
tiM p'uUiG t a BtAtoo aivea tre. ut citarge la Iii
f rffutifif mtttt
Larrect etrmlatlmi ef tit wtenufle paper la tha
woriU. l-l'lenUul!T lilustrauxl. ho lut'-Ilirenl
maa ho,J ba without II. Werklr. M.UOa
vrsr: !' momlii. AMre. 3fVST t
j-t rt Jlvl lvuailwajr, fcw Vurk Uty.
Campbell
Carps!
Campell
Sift
enlino American
H.VV XZJr TRADE MARKS.
tlJ-ZJr OESICM PATENTS.
omei
SOMERSET, PA.,
DON'T LEAS' OUT OF PLTTMB.
Ild you ever bsere In your rambles about
The poiitloal acrnrt of the day.
How often refornient eni inler a doubt
liy their overpunrtilioua way!
Their rvnsorship always reminds me of those
Win) beneath my InNpi-rtion luivecontis,
Att.-iiij linr to strike a magtiifternt poe.
Have o'erdone it to lean out of plumb.
They h-an far baek, and In fact become bent,
Mohl fooliNh the posture they take ;
And Instead of expressing their upright Intent
They lead yon to f-nr they may break.
They wlh you to fed tliat they're honest and
wine
And not at all crooked or dumb
Yet there they stand with their eyes to the
skiva
And uneouwioukly lean out of plumb;
In trade or religion, in K1itics, too.
If our rectitude we would disclose,
Stitnd modestly forth to the popular view
And don't try to strut or Ut pose.
Korofliiintu our euirerneM may be too great.
At least it has huppened to Home,
An I our efiorts to tower in matters of st.-ite
Dwarf all chance as we leau out of plumb
Harry O. Dowd in .Vrw York .S'aa.
A PACKAGE OF OLD LETTFRS.
At homence more !
I call it my home. My mother had
died when I was very young, and my
father married again. When I was
fourteen years of age my father died,
leaving hardly jirojierty enough tosup
srt my stei-inother and the two
children that were here. Still, there
was a putn set apart by my father's
will for my education, and it had been
placed in the hands of my Aunt Dor
cas, who was to sv that it w as proper
ly applied ; and front that time I re
garded my aunt as my protector and
guide, and her house became my home.
In those other years there came a
licautiful girl sometimes to see my
mother, and after my father died she
lived with my mother all the time.
She was my stepmother's niece and
her name was Ieonora Carter. She
was not only the most, beautiful girl I
had ever seen, but she was, one of the
best.
Time wore on, and my freedom day
was close at hatuL I had graduated
with honor, and my aunt was delight
ed ; and all that now remained was for
me to select what profession I would
follow, and go into preparation for iL
During my stay at college I had cor
resioi;ded with Leonora as often as
was proper, and h-r love was the polar
star of my ambition.
Three months lefore I left college,
Ltstiiora went away to visit a distant
relative, and was gone until I bad
graduated. She returned a few days
Inf. ire I did. Kutyou will understand
that we did not return to the same
town. I came home to my aunt's,
while Ieonora lived with my step
mother in the adjoining town. As
soon as I got home I sat down and
wrote a long letter to my love, telling
her that I should lieone-and-twenty in
a very few days; that I was going into
busines for myself, and that I wanted
her to lie my wife.
I jiosted the letter and no answer
came. I waited a week, and then I
wrote again. I inquired if Miss Car
ter was at home. She was. I wrote a
third letter; and at the end of a third
week I was still without an answer.
In the meantime I heard something
sa:d about a young man of the name
of John Walworth, who lamrded with
my stepmother. He and Leonora
were very much together, it had bien
stiid. He was handsome and accom
plished, and was doing an excellent
business; and more than one mother
had thought of him as a god match
for her marriageable daughter. (Jood
heavens! Was it jKissilile? I sat down
and wrote once more. This letter I
carefully posted myself, and I waited
anxiously for a reply. I felt sure she
would send me some sort of word ; but
she did not. I waited a week and the
last spark of hoe died.
I forgot to say that when I came
h me from college I f'Kind my cousin,
Hitty, stopping with my aunt. She
was sixteen.
One day my aunt asked me to ride
over to IJerkley, and do some business
for her. I told her I would, and at the
same time I resolved that I would call
at mj' stepmother's and see Leonora.
While the groom was harnessing the
horse, Hitty declared that she would
go with me. Aunt was willing, aud I
could not object. So away we went
together, and as we rode .through the
village of Berkley we met Leonora.
She was walking, and John Wolworth
was by her side. I did not then re
flect that it was the dinner hour, and
that Walworth might have accident
ally fallen in with L'.-onora ou his way
to his meal. I only thought of my
unanswered letters, and my soul was
filled with jealousy of the most poig
nant kind. Hitty aHcd me what was
the matter ; I told her I had a head
ache, and she pitied me as only a girl
like her can pity. And I thought, as
J looked upon the happy face by my
side, "Why not cast off the false love,
and take this in its place?' But it was
more easily said than done. That old
love was too (Jet-ply rooted to lie cast
otr.
It was near the middle of the after
noon when I called at my stepmother's.
I know that L?onora was in the parlor
as we cam'. iut- the yard, because I
saw h-.T risj and p.tss by the wind w ;
bat she had left the room btfore 1 en
tered, and though I remained there an
hour she did not make her appearance.
I did not ask for her. She knew that
I was in the parlor, and yet she avoid
ed me. Was it not clear enough that
I had lost her?
I spoke with my stepmother about
John Walworth, and she praised him
in extravagant terms.
At the end of an hour I took my
leave. Before calling for the horse
Hitty wished to go to the postofliee to
see if there were any letters there for
her, as she had intended, when she had
left home, to sjiend some time at Berk
ley. We found the office in one cor
ner of John Walworth's "tore. He
waited upou us. There were two let
ters for my cousin.
I looked at Walworth, and he looked
ed at ni3. I fancied that he regarded
me with a feeling of triumph. Iu short,
the look was not to be mistaken. What
he detected in my face I cannot tell,
though if he had thought I hated him,
aset
ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1890.
he would not have b-en far out of the
way.
One day Mr. Dinsmore, a friend of
my aunt, called to see us. I la Was go
ing to Europe ou busiues-t, to be gone
several years ; and he wanted a clerk.
Would I go with him?
Eagerly I embraced the opportunity,
and went away with Dinsuwre, and
was gone three years. At the end of
three years, as I said at the beginning :
"At home once more !"
There had been cha nges during my
absence. I found Aunt Dorcas as well
as ever, but my stepmother had been
dead a year, and Ljouora had found a
home with my aunt. She was not the
Leonora of old. I had left ' a rosy
cheeked, bright-eyed, joyous maiden,
and I found a pale, melancholy wo
man, who seemed to ItesufXcring under
the weight of some great calamity.
There was one other irson who
found a home beneath aunt Dorcas'
roof, aud that was Hitty ; but she was
away ou a visit.
When my aunt and I were alone I
asked her about Walworth ; and she
told me he was dead. He died about
a year after I went away. And that,
I thought, was the cause of Leonora's
sorrow.
After Ionora had gone to lied my
aunt and I sat up aud talked, and
among other things she told me that
John Walworth had left a beiptest for
me. 't
"A liequest for me?'' I cried. "And
what is it ?"
"I can not tell you," my aunt re
plied, "When Walworth had been told
that he must die he sent for me to
come and see him, as he had a mes
sage for me. If I could not come, he
asked that I should send some one
whom my nephew would have no hes
itation in trusting. I could not go, so
I sent Hitty, and he gave to her a
small packet, bearing your name, and
securely sealed, and he obtained from
her a solemn promise that she would
keep it faithfully, and deliver it into
your bauds when you returned."
And that was all that I could learn
from my autiL For further particulars
I must await my cousin's arrival.
On the following morning Leonora
met me as Ix-fore ; but I thought her
eyes were brighter thau then, and with
the melancholy shadows upon her face
were mingled slight gleams of hope.
Could it be possible that, since the
death of Walworth, the old love had
come back to her? The thought was
joy ! But was it likely ?
During this second day I visited my
old friends iu thc village and altogeth
er, the time imsscd ver. pleasantly.
Occasionally I would find myself lost
in thoughts of .the mystery which I
had attached to the strange looks I
had detected upon Leonora's face ; and
more than once I fell into a reverie
upon the subject of Walworth's be
quest. When I went home to dinner
my aunt informed me that she was
going out to spend the afternoon and
take tea with a friend ; but IxKuiora,
she said, would attend to my wants,
and in all proltability my cousin Hitty
would lie at home to help enliven the
evening.
It was duriug this interview w ith
my aunt that I learned that Hitty was
8:xii to lie married. Ix-onora was
present when my aunt told me this,
and I thought she watched my face
with considerable anxiety ; and I fur
thermore fancied that when she had
seen me receive the intelligence not
only with jierfect composure, but with
a frank expression of thankfulness in
view of my cousin's good fortune a
load seemed lifted from her heart.
Evening came at length. After tea
I walked out aud smoked a cigar, and
when I came in I found Ix-onora alone
iu the parlor. My heart beat wildly;
but I succeeded in calming myself. I
asked her about my stepmother; and
then, summoning all my fortitude, I
asked Iter about John Walworth. She
told me of his sickness and of his
death, and I could not discover that
the subject was any more painful to
her than had la-en that other subject
of my mother-in-law's passage to the
world of spirits. Here w as the oppor
tunity, and I determined to embrace
it.
"Leonora, you must have suffered
much when Walworth died?"
She started.
"Lionel Mr. Drake! Why do you
say that to ine'."'
"I had thought," I answered, stum
bling over my words in a confused
manner, "that Walworth was some
thing more to you than a friend."
"Oh," she cried, "what is there lie
neath the sun upon which suspicion
cannot fix its cruel grasp ! Walworth
was not even held by me as a friend.
The very first time I ever saw him, I
distrusted him ; and though, from his
living with my aunt, I was forced to
treat him with respect, yet I never
trusted hiti as I would a friend."
I$efore I could recover from the state
of astonishment into which.this sjteech
threw me, my cousin Hitty entered
the room.
"I'll give it to you on one condition,
she cried. "Leonora and I shall see
you open it."
I told her that she should, and she
ran away to bring iL It was a small
aflair eemingly nothing more than
a package of Ktpcrs. I broke the seals,
aud as I opened the envelope I dis
covered a second packet, also sealed,
with the following written upon its
face :
Lioxki. Dkakk When you receive
this I shall tie no longer living. Death
is at hand, and a I feel its icy touch I
am impelled to restore to you what is
you own. Within are letters which
I intercepted, hoping thereby to turn
the current of her love to myself. But
I faileiL lieonora would not love me.
Trusting that this revelation will en
able you to win her, I am yours re
pentant. John Walworth.
It would be impossible to descrilie
the feeling with which I finished read
jug this. I opened the second packet,
and there were mine to Leonora, aud
there were Loostora's to me.
"Leonora," I said, "I find some
thing here which belongs to you ; and
here are also letters belonging to me
which I have never read. Here is
what John Walworth wrote to me."
She took the letters, and I returned
to my seat, and opened mine, reading
them in turn according as they were
dated.
Oh, blessed letters ! As I read them
I cast my eyes toward her, and she
wa reading my first letter the ona in
which I sjioke of marriage.
In her second letter she wondered
why I did not write. Wa it jiossible
that I had forgotten her? Oh, no.
She could not lielieve it. In her third
letter, written when she had waited
three weary weeks for an answer to
her last, she told me that her heart was
crushed, and joy was no more for her.
She had heard of my love for my cousin
Hitty, and though only sorrow could
be hers, yet she hojx-d we might lie
happy. And then she asked me to
write only one line to her just one
line that she might know her doom.
"(treat heavens?" I gasjied, "how
that man's villainy has caused us to
sutler! Leonora! IxMinora! after these
many years the veil is lifted, and we
know that our hearts have been true
all the while!
I remember that she hung on my
neck and that we laughed and wept
by turns; audi rememlier that my
cousin when she bad learned the
whole story, went away and left us by
ourselves; and I rememlier that w hen
aunt Dorcas came she was much sur
prised uiKin finding thc girl nestling
uion my bosom. Hitty returned to the
parlor, and I began to solier down.
"And now," cried Hitty, clapping
her hands, "what a happy, happy
time we will have. You mi 1 Leonora
will lie married on the same day with
Charlie and me won't you Lionel ?"
"You must ask Iconora alut that,"
I said, with a light laugh.
"You'll say yes, won't you Nora?''
And Ijeonoru said "Yes." Stir
York Scim.
Ridiculous Caution.
Parisians extract amusement from
everything that hapjiens to them, no
matter how terrible. Itecetitly, says
the Pittsburg Dixjxtfcfi, they were much
agitated and excited by explosions of
dynamite, brought about by anarchists;
but, in the midst of their alarm and in
dignation, they found time to make a
great many jokes alsiut their dangers.
One writer, for instance, demanded
that a law should lie passed providing
for the arrest and imprisonment of all
wives who were susjaM-ted of an inten
tion to blow up their husbands.
Tlie proprietor of a large lodging
house amused the public with the fol
lowing sign above the entrance of his
establishment:
"No cabinet ministers or magistrates
allowed on these premises.''
This notice derived its jMiint from the
fact that the wrath of the anarchists
was supposed to be directed toward
these officials.
One journal states that a tenor ap
plied to a manager for employment,
and sang two or three songs to shovv
what he could do.
"You sing very well wry well,"
said the manager, "but"
"But what, sir?"
"Well, you see, your style is rather
explosive, and at the present time your
audience would be apt to take alarm."
Queen Victoria's Throne.
Tlie throne of England, so splendid
in its rich trappings of silk, velvet and
gold-wire lace and tassels, is simply an
old-fashioned, high-lracked chair. It
has been in use for more than rtH) years,
but the early history of the old oaken
relic and the name of its maker are
Isith unknown. The wood which com
poses this "throne" is very hard and
solid, as may lie imagined when it is
known that the chair has been "kept
in the dry" and well covered w ith rich
cloth of various kinds since the days of
Edward I. .The back and sides of the
chair were formerly painted in various
colors. The seat is made of a rough
sandstone. This stone, which is believ
ed to xs-icss talismanic powers, is :
inches in length, 17 inches in breadth,
and V.tt inches in thickness. Numlier
less legends are told in connection with
this wonderful stone, but the truth
probably is that it was originally u.-ed
in Scotland as a "coronation stone"
upon which the Scottish kings were
seated while undergoing the ceremon
ies connected with being crowned
"king of the realm of Scotland."
Suing for Half a Mustache.
A singular story is reported in the
(faHfiiriiii Mi wiiyr from St. Calais.
A few (lays ago several person were
sitting at a table in a local hotel w hen
the splendid mustache of a hor.-e dealer
became the subject of conversation.
Oue of the members of the party com
plimented the horse dealer and asked
him for what price he would sell his
mustache. "Ten francs," replied the
latter, laughingly. "I will buy half of
them," said the would-lie purchaser,
placing five francs on the table. The
horse dealer put the mouey in his
jxicket and later in the evening left
the hotel. Not qulto appreciating the
joke, the man who was minus the five
francs sought the aid of the County
Court process server, and, having laid
the information in regular form
brought action against the horse deal
er ior&tw Ira tics damages for non-cx-
eeutiou of his contract.
Banning- the Clock Backward.
This apparently impossible feat is
eay to the watchmaker, but more
wonderful is the necromancy which
makes the old young again. Yet that
is very much the effect Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription bason multitudes
of prematurely worn-out, broken-down
women, who seek in it relhf from the
manifold woes of their sex. Backache,
dragging pains, displacement, nausea,
functional derangements and irregular
ities disappear before its use as by
magic.
For nursing mothers and all debili
tated and run-down women, it is the
most effective restorative tonic and
saothing nervine. Dispels melancholy
and prtHluees refreshing sloop. To
those about to become mothers it is a
priceless boon. It lessens the pains
and perils of childbirth, shortens labor,
promotes the secretion of an abundance
of nourishment for the child and shor
tens the period of confinement,
irier
REMINISCENCES.
People who live to-day can form no
idea of the condition of society, or of
the way things were done during the
time the National Jtoa.i was hi process
of construction, unless, indeed, they
may have lived somewhere near when
a railroad was being built. Iu this
connection, though, it would be neces
sary to rememlier the difference lie
tween the time now and eighty or
more years ago, when work on the
pike was commenced. In the early
days, when the work wa under full
head-way, and workmen were iu de
mand, and Hocked in vast numbers, in
quest of work, it naturally followed
that someone had to keep boarding
houses for the accommodation of tlie
hands. Sometime after the work wt;s
commenced, an old Scotch-Irish wom
an named "IJranny" Kinnear, came t.
this country, w ith her children, and
her "old man," but, as he was always
"second fiddler" to her, very little or
nothing U known of him, except the
mere fact that there was such a jhtsoii.
"Oranny" Kinnear was the active
meiiiUr of the co-partnership, the
"old man" licing only a silent mem
Ikt. The old lady, when she came to
this country, after looking alxmt her a
little, concluded she would keep a
Ixiarding-house, and the writer's
grandfather, 'Sjuire Mitchell, agreed
to let her occupy an old house stand
ing iu the meadow not far from the
pike, close to w hich was a spring. The
old lady, without very much previous
preparation, announced herself ready
for business, and, as the class of cus
tom she exjiected was something like
herself, not very particular, regarding
either the surroundings or the accom
modations, she soon had a many
boarders as she could comfortably care
for.
Ait old farmer was once describing the
condition of his w heat crop to a neigh-ts-r.
He said, "my wheat is short, but
then it is thin." So, while the viands
gotten up by "(iraiiiiy" Kinnear, were
not very plentiful, nor of very great
variety, nor the cooking quite up to
the standard of Dclmonicos, neither
were they very clean. . Things went
along swimmingly, for a while, utitil,
finally "tiranny" Kinnear conceived
the idea of giving her lioarders plenty
of soup, every day.. So she procured a
large iron kettle, holding thirty gal
lons or more, and hung it on a crane
in the fire-place ; there were no cook
ing stoves then, into which she put
all kinds of vegetables and scraps of
meat, bones, etc.. This conglomerate
mass was said to contain potatoes, eal
bage, turnips and almost every kuown
vegetable and plant, liesides all kinds
of meat ever heard of, pork, beef, mut
ton, game, chicken, goose, etc. This
kettle was never taken from the fire,
and as tiie sup liecame low, by evap
oration and hce.lthy apjictites, some
in'. re vegetables and meat were ad i.-d;
so the kettle, like the widow's cruse of
oil, never became empty. Day after
day the soup was dished out to her
hungry countrymen, who under the
stress of environment aud circumstan
ces, made no complaint. '-(Jraiiiiy"
Kinnear at this time had a puppy,
which some of her neighbors had giv
en her, of which she wa very fond,
and to whose physical and material
comforts she religiously administered.
After some time this puppy disapjicar
eil, and 'iranny" Kinnear made in
quiries of all her boarders whether
they had seen her puppy, and suppos
ing, possibly, it might have gone back
to the 1H.TSOH of whom she got it, she
inquired there, hut no puppy had been
seen by any Innly. The old lady still
dished out her soup to the h.Ktrders,
stirring among the bones at the bot
tom of the kettle frequently, so that a
meaty flavor might lie added to the
soup, and the Uiarders still ate with
their wonted relish. One morning,
however, after her boarder had gone
to their work, and the "old man" was
just starting down through thc mead
ow with hi pick and shovel ou hi
shoulder, the old lady came running
to the door and shouted, "Jami-j! Jam
ie! I hae just f'Kin the wae puppy. It
wa in the Ixittom of the kettle in the
soup." S tlie long lost puppy came
to light, if not to life, and long years
Ufore the modern phrase "In the
soup" came into general use, the iden
tical expression had liecti inadvert
ently used by this old Seotcli-IrUh
woman. After this, though, "Oranny"
Kinner was compelled to discard the
soup kettle, and it is reasonable to sup
msc her boarders were a good while
getting the flavor of the "wae puppy"
from their mouths. The old lady's
popularity as a boarding-house keeper
la-gan to wane, after this occurrence,
and she was constrained, to seek for
other employment.
A large cherry tree stood, and still
stands, close to where "Cranny" Kin
near's board iug-house stood, and while
she kept tioarders, she was in the hab
it, both before and after the puppy iu
cidetit, in summer weather, of setting
her table under this cherry tree. Prev
ious to the time the puppy came to its
sad end, she cooked a sheep's head,
one day, with some kind of dumplings.
The mess wa savory enough, at least
the men ate the dumplings, and as
much of the meat as could l-e cut from
the sheep s head. The old lady, how-
ever, prompter uouniiess, i,y a spirit oi j
economy, still put the sheep s head on
the table, for a couple of days. Final
ly, one morning, when the sheep's
head appeared, as usual, a young fel
low picked the head up ou his fork,
saying "you are getting to lie an old
acquaintance, and your face is alto
gether too familiar," carried it to the
ravine below the spriiig, gave it a vig
orous kick, which sent it spiuning
down the lank, into the spring drain.
The old lady had witnessed this per
formance, aud she wa almost sjieecli
less with amazement and wrath; re
covering herself she said, "De'il fly
away wid ye for a dirty s pal pane that
3'e are, mony's the day an' ye shall ate
any of "Oninny" Kinnear's victuals,"
and she summarily dismissed the
young man. The old lady's custom
gradually left her and she removed
her belongings to another old himse,
owned by the writer's maternal great-
grandfather.
While living in this
house, the old lady made, what she
considered an extra good dinner, coo-
WHOLE NO. 2325.
listing of vent from a calf two or there
days old, with other thioirs in proor
tion, to which she invited 'Squire
Mitchell and McCIatie and their wives, !
in consideration probably, of the fuel
that 'Squire Mitchell was her fir.-it
landlord, mid 'Squire Mi-Clane her
landlord at that time. H( r guests hav-
ing iu vivid remembrance the "wae
puppv" incident, a well ssother lapses
1 1 - ' '
of more recent date, made it conven
made it ouvcii-
ient to stay ut home; the twoold ladies,
however, called in th" aftcrm
Sometimes 'Squire McClane ind-l
a lime loo tree v in me cut) t mi cueer
.... - , . i
.. ,. ..n ;,.!, ,..i !..
w - A (KT III! S ltt rif illl'S ol(j Sa
ter the dinner spoken of, "Oraiiny"
Kinnear wet:t to 'Sjuire McClane's
house; the old man wa lying on a
lounge w in n she cume in, and the
'Squire, feeling pretty gol, commenc
ed to tease her, by saying "I want
some veal! I want some veal!" The
old lady retorted by saying "De'il
paty your guts if ye ne'er get any vale.
I put onions ahoot it and I put praties
alsNit it. tnd ye ne'er eooni t ate it
and de'il do I care if ye ne'er get ony."
Ot! another occa-Jon the old lady was
at 'Squire McClane's and he pretended
he wanted her to kiss him, by saying
"I want a kiss! I want a kiss:" The
first thing be knew the .!d lady caught
him around the neck, and gave him a
sounding smack on his mouth, saying,
"Kiss a roiue and be quit of him."
The old 'Sq lire did not a-k for any
more kisses, after that. On one occa
sion, w hile the pike wa in full bla-t, a
large, litR-looking, well-dressed young
man came to this part of the country
on a stage, acinmpanicd by a beautiful
young woman, refined-looking, and
dres-cd in the height of fashion, for
that day. They seemed to be very
much devoted to each other, and were
apparency well supplied with money,
and wearing apparel. After staying
a w hile at a tavtm, they rented a small
house, a mile or two eatof SomeriicM,
and commenced hou-s-keeping. They
i.-d a retir.d, uneventful Lfe for some
time, utte.-idir.g strictly to their ow n
affairs, making no sp i-lA eft'Tt to get
acquainted with their neighbors,
neither did they decline to sr-e callers
of whom they had a g d many, for
the curiosity of the community wa
excited; after living in this way quite
a while, one day the young woman wa
picking chips in the yard, when a
stage came along, and a passenger,
stopping it, hastily alighted and going
to the woman, spoke to her; after a
somewhat animated conversation, the
man got into the stage and went to
Sunertield, where he stopped. Next
meniir.g lie cam'.- back to the houc,
but man and woman were b th gone,
and nothing was ever known concern
ing them, only t'lat they, both being
married, ba! 5ovd each other well
enough but n it wisely, and had lift
their fimi'ies for an illicit love. They
had kive;i fietitio is -tanies, and the
man on the stag- w.s the -:n.-ia.
liu-o-;::-!. No one :;i this country ever
heard of them, they doubtless went
som -where els-, where disc very would
be less likely, aud the r imatuv of iluir
lives will never b- knovvn.
Ad lLvn, Pa. M.
Tlie oldest ber'uri i;:! in the world
is doubtless that of the Museum of
Egyptology at C iir . I:c:ii-t of a
large number of crowns, garlands,
wreaths and bouquets of flowers col
lected, one and all, from the ancient
Egyptian tomb, most of them 'icing
preserved in excellent condition. Sime
flower wire U-tter protected than
other, and in spite of their extreme
delicacy have retained the original col
or in an astonishing manner. Ii'.o
som from the watermelon plant, for
ia.-tancc, s'i rx after being immersed
in water, that they s:ill inv. the
green coloring matter. Thi should
certainly seem surprising sin.-e most of
the sarcophagi dated back -"i cciitu-.-ies
B. C. It is, however, very difficult U
state the precise age of the tjowers cor
rectly, since in many cucs the tomtis
had been opened by the ancient Egypt
ians themselves, and it is almost im-pos-dhle
to know whether the flower
found in t'leni belong to the periiHl of
Ahinc I, or IUuieais II. At any rate
they can not be less thau three thou
sand year old, while the oldest col
lection of flow ers and h rls iu Europe
is hardlv four hundred years old.
! Among the plants of the Cairo collec
tion are found blue aud white Lotus
flowers, red poppy blossom, the
Oriental larkspur, the holly -hock, sev
eral species of chrysanthemums, the
IKimegranate, leaves from the willow
and celery, and several other species of
flowers, of which we also hear in the
(.ineeo-Bi'tnan period.
Hi77hj 7ja the Girl-
The young cavalier had failed to pop
the question, and the young lady left
the house i:i dudgeon, telling their
mutual host that I. r moibtr hud no
use for such a chicken-hearted n-in
law, say t'.ie New York llirnlil.
A little later the host reticated this
to the youth, who really loved the gi rl,
and iiad merely delayed proposing uu
t il he could do so at her own home.
1 lis tiorso stood licur the door, and be
int)) thtf am, t;,,,,
j afiof Va) tra);, hu(, h.ft a
; o(. ofaa ,,ou; u.flW. OwingtoU nign
providence ami the management of
this country railroad, he caught the
train before it reached the next station,
which was Kruow. He spied the
young lady at the window of a first
class compartment, and, riding up to
the train before it came to full stop, al
most shouting breathlessly: "My dear
, I ask for your hand. Yes, or no?"
At the station, just a the train ar
rived, a "Yes !" wa. joyfully given by
the youug mis and tearfully approved
by In-r mam-.ii u
Anjther Brnte.
Mrs, Winks "Did you see this arti
cle bv Labouchere on English and J
American women?"
Mr. Winks "No. What does it say?"
"Itsays EnglUh women do not know
how to dress."
"May be not."
"But American women have a natu
ral taste for clothes."
"That's so and not much else, tome
o( 'ent.'-. Y. n'tclty.
Centennial of the Potato.
Ccnt-nnial celebrations being one of
our rniKleri: fashions, why shotiM the
nppr inching tercentenary of the iutro
ilil: lion of that popular ami valuable
article of fiod, the pitato, to unhonor
d? a.-ks the London '-New-.." Mr.
! Kir iiaulf, the chairm in of the agri
cultural btir- n'l of S 1 1 !i .:!tr.:!i:, ha
liirei ied all 1' i' li I ill.' I'.lft t4iit it
w j- in tin; y.-,;r l.ii- j'i-t upou tlir-celiiitri.-.;
iio -thti the ;T- .tt Ll.i'-!i
b-iiaiii-f, ferard, tir-t l;tr.-d p.t:l s
I !'l be- sr irdi-Ii at I!'!oi;n. :t 1 !:-: Ii t
scmimral suburb in thw days. It i
Iflicved that be obtained tubers or .
seeds fa -ill Sir Waller Italeigh, who
had tin :t lately brought from Soiitii
A:n-ri-:t samples of that hitherto un
known vegetable, ate! planted them on
hi estate at Youtrhal, near Cork,
t i-rard, however, recommended the.'.i
only a a delicate dish, and it is re-oro-ed
that the tua-r were sometime
roasted tiii I ste lieil in sack that is.
j sherry and sugar or Itaked with inur
' row a:cl spiv, and even pres-rvod
eannie.i. .-oapcarc iwi.-e men-
!"-'tate-iii "TliB Merry Wive-
j "f V ""-" "l "Troilu an 1 Cre- -
:.j..t' ......... t i
r"" ""l " , """"-
iiK-iii as a c.ir.oMiy or th- mater i
1j
Hied :-; rather
thin a-i ti'i article of
d. It is curio:! now to note how
I
1 S10i IV Till liiir:iro Tll:l i 1T4 W'lV lit I ! :
- j -
tallies eilii-T r!
.......... i . i
Keeping :-xk kept by A:i':- of l.-n-murk,
wiiV; of King James I., an en
try Iris !.v-n found of the pun.-ha.-e of a
small qu-iiity of pitat'-s, from w hich
we learn that thc price was then two
shilling a tn:nd.
r-;iafir the restoration the g-v-eriiiiient
tried to push the cultivation
with the assistance of the II ival socie
ty, but progress was slow. In English
book of gardening at the time ef
lieorge I. potatoes ae not even men
tioned, and a late as the year 17-4 they
were chi--;ty found in the gardens of
noblemen and other rich men. Soou
after thi however, the cult ivation 1
garitoroake rapid st rid' -s, withgo-vl
effects Upon tie: health of the jieople,
who, till then, lived chiefly on salted
meat and coarse bread, varied by little
iu the way of garden vegetable.
Thus in the year IT.; l,7;r) acres of
potatoes we rj pli'itt ! in the county of
Ev x :.lone.
William Cobb
us ! remem
bered, was a persL-tent opponent of the
n ?v f L Li hi .'-English Oard.-ni-r,"
published in Is.;-., denounced th"
substitution of the potato for bread,
urging that it hud been etabl:-i:e 1 by
evidence taken In. fore committees of
th: houe of commons that to raise p -tat
es for tlie purpose would be a tiling
mischievous t tha nation. In S.s.t
laulafcwpla.it could bo found i a
li" t-Iiieffv iii g.tr.'u!! around Eili;:-
b-jr-.;!i. After i.'.J they 1
m re gei:--raliy planted,
rli.j ( irvat w is more ..ui-ev-.-
: :i to If
Frederics
iii in-
d'l -ii:g til-: Pomeranian t-i'ti vators t
take to p'.af.o-grovving ti.au his father
hidU-e:i. II: had recur: t; he;
soldiery, who ha l t- force the farm.-:
to plant them : but Mr. Krichauir
think that if it had Uot h-.vil for th-i
famine in l-rniany in 1771- tl.o
merits of the p itato would not have
bev:i s-j generally ackn-.vle-lg.--d.
France wa decidedly b.-hiud her
n.-:gh!nr, and even to this day t'ie
quantity of p itai.x-s
Frarw, tilth u'i wry
sideruhly less with
was a popular p- j idice
groan led o.i a s t-p':
were U'l v'l iles :u -.
consumed i:l
I trg i c Ki
ns. For therj
aglillst them.
-:: i that the
Tiie ptato,
I o.i l'i ; r v-.;'
:i':v.-rth, wa p! a--table
in Era. tee a -.'.;
;!y as 1 il i, but t
wa I'.irui n'Jer, an ap ith -arc, who
more tha'j a c-utiirv r.:i I a half Iat" '
:ir.-t impressed in valu: upon hi
cutry:ii."i. i'ar-n :i;ier -bowed h
p itat wVc'i were th-ii evidently
r -g ird-. l i.i Fran-v a a novelty, to
Loui XVI., wli g-.v: him upva.' l of
a hundred acre of land for exjvrimeiit-
il cuUivati :i. Tli pretty p irpie an 1
i. range p tato hlso:n, lo iking like a-i
eii'.arg I variety of the ll .vers of the
b.-lh.noniia ;r deadly night-shade to
which terrible plant, o I by enough, it
i b :ta;jie.i!!y allied became :t
fashionable a lornm -nt. Tiie king
wore it in hi buttonhole; ti'ieen
Marie Ant iniettc twined it in her
beautiful hair, an 1 prince, dukes and
high functionaries fell hi love, with thc
p tat. Il iv.-er. Ail Pari talked of
I'armentior au-l t'ie le-.v "earth apple''
! p m:u '-de-terre , as they culled them.
Tne king sai 1 to the cultivator:
'Franv will th. mk you one day, for
you have found fod for the ioor."
"And France," add Mr. Krichaurt",
'ha not forg-kiteii Purmentier, for I
saw myself, in l.s!, p tatocs growing
on his grave in the grand cemetery of
IVre la. da'sv, and I wa assured that
they were planted there every year, so
that hi services might never be for
gotten bv Frenchmen."
Avail Cosaietici.
Igldies, shun cosmetics! Mcst of the
common preparation contain puso;
ou chemical. which exert a ddeter
i u action on th- skin: and at the
I -est no paint, powib. r or wash can sup
ply tin: natural beauty of a fine com
plexion. They are palpable and a
palpable fraud is an aUmiitialion. Pure
rain water and gootl health an- tsseti
lials to a ht aluiful skin. Tlie former
is plcTitiful; the latter can be regained
and kept by the ue of Dr. Pierce's
Uolucn Medical Di-covery which puri
fies the blo.nl, removes pimples, black
beads and roughness, strengthens im
paired digestion and w ard-off pulmon
ary disease. Without pure blind you
cannot have a el tar u n.j It xicn.
Phasitrs.
There are few thing which ba-e
been more differently (stimatcd than
the value of pleasure and the right w:
have to seek f ir it. Some have held
that it wa the only good in life, an.I
that to aim for and obtain i: wa tiie
one pursuit worth following.
Others have .stoutly maintained ti nt
it was not merely worthies, bnt cor
rupting, and that no folly i so hx-li-h,
no sin so sinful, a. t seek for it. Of
cour e exiK..'Ieiiee and intelligence ha e
toned down b .tli these- extreme ;
yet even now there are reiuantsol tacli
left in certain min.l.
Tlie avowed pleasure-seeker is not ex
tinct, and, on the other handt a vague
idea yet lingers that in someway pleas
ure itself, and, still nirv, the search
for it, are in-r :ii.:ent with a good
and noble life.
Still tlie world is slowly realizing
that pleasure in it true sense is an ele
ment of life neither to le very greatly
cherished not yet to be ignored. 1 1 is
a needed stimulu in every life. The
pleasureless man is seldom an admirable
or a useful cue, while it is iqually true
that he who is giveu over to pleasure
Can never be either one cr the otiu r.
"I wa troubled with quinsy for five
years. Thomas' Eclectric Oil cured
me. My wife and child had diphtheria.
Thomas' Echctrie Oil cured them.
I would not be without it in the house
iorany consideration." llev. K. F.
t tane, Dunkirk, N. Y.
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