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"'A thi.-f raho : a v..!-i .! 1 e'lt.r i off of i.iy watch eliu'ii u::.l ran - I ESTlT3T,ISHED 1827. potitoQce to s- , ve us lie name of the form- : .mm. Addrees ..ticF'-' T:vHa Herald, VOL. XLIV. XO. 87 SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2(5. 189(5. WHOLE NO. 2320. boHuatrr, Pa. , F. UJL! tJh NOTAUT PUBLIC. A1HU.-"-' Souient, Pa. ' w " Momerset, 1'enn a. , , Mfioor. ' ,ruievl to h" ear will e - uuw' . ,..-A-lrt HOW. 1 - ' f. AiT-"-- . .. Pittibure. Pa. j. 17v f ou i . - Somerset Pa. J. CTr'VA' M. 1'EUKLEY, jj. ' Somerset, Pa. t.T' v iiww"-J Somerset, I'a. ,...j.Jii. U. Ci-L J Somerset, Pa. "inoltl-AI-LAW. i Somerset, I'a. . j-auiii House Kow, oMMfcitts Court J aIioH-NEY-AT-LAW, ., J. kW'J" v- .-rt a Al -1 , ii. - A, lu ii-1 Somerset, Pa. - smlereL. Pa. r,i u; at:t-ni!'n to busiuews en i ... -! n iU f..,,,.--! una adjoining '" crml iiouc lio. oppokit "I-,.-: a ,-AX-LAW. souienct, I'a. i:te. Will attend to ' ' '.''usuii w uncart witU prompt- rII-.rhKv.AT.LAw. ! Jii"' Somerset, Pa. p::v ntUii.1 to all bu.iu en LV .MfiK.v alvaiir-a u colleo ..- T.--.tMI'T ' iiL l IV' . .... I AUuiLNtx-AT-LAW, tSomcrxet, Pa. - . ui all busi Mrs eutrut,d to LU CJc-..'t una aigHiiiU( cuu..t-. Willi . ..... ...i..nr i.ilu-e uu iaiu Cruw TilitsL m-ii, . fj AlTuUNLl-Al-l-., SouMTei, a V il M iii.inoib Klirk. up mlr. Kn- Kia I"" "llTl- . . ., k-r.n-iiiiil. ntU-J.itiiii-l.auil ail ...u ik-ua lu will- Aruiupun : i Li: i;X. L. C. COl-isuit. . vUtilS & COLBuUX, troiiK-rset, Pa. i r,tni.il to our care win oe 'Ui! bttillUiiV ltll-llJl l. Coll- jJi-j.'im-rv i. lWlord aud adjoiu . . ... ..... ..i. vfvaiiciiiir h L IiAER, LL AlTt-'RN E Y-AT-LA VT, Siiicn-t, I'a. n &imm.t and MfliuiniflC r.-j. A., i.UMiir!Miiruiletl lo liiu. W'lU . .;: TH. W. H. RL I'PEL. FHU'TH A I.UITEL, AlTL'lO. L Vs-AT-LA W, Somerset, I'a. - f!itmt3 to tluir care will be -:.-4iC K.ni-tuai.y atu-uded to- Uflice T T.ubiTHEIlS, M. I)., : u i "iv a.iv. ct, .. .-- it ISuiijfrsot, Pa. ocP:n.x Strevt, oHKite t". B. W F. F. SHAFFER, J rHi-u ias" iMisrp.tiEox. boinersel, I'a. ':.;. r.f,!f.n-.l cn-'.. ti till fitj- ---Mr-t jji.d iiciuity. office ueiil J M. LfiUTHEK. i'uisK IAX ami sVKGEOlf, -t li-ii siiw-t, ruir of Jjru); bture. 'J-Hii KIMMELL, ----susjn.WUina! ric to the cltl- "ji-nrt mid it:iiutv. l ul.-a uru- i .. ...... . ,.r ri--ei,ttul Uiuiuoud. J--J- !-.i!iM!LLEX, 'Jix'ivuiu- iu tKniiMtrjr.) .'i'"" "''''11"" " pTvwrvation imti. Artilii'lsal at-tx inii-rt-d. "'..'r"' '-ml ;ilislartor. fTie j " er L. H. liaviy 4 .'o'ii tilore, and 1'atnot street. H. CuKKilOTH, Funeral Directoi. JLin Cross Sl Ilwidfiioe, Patriot SL rNx li. FUVK, Land Surveyor -ES'.IXEEtt. Lintierpa. , . J. F. llM-ty. " Estate and Collecting - '"-X Ul ttir .v a - - - i I i iinvr io n -..i iir tirn Iiim mall tti- rill- 1 - - ' T 'I w.. rrnt ktamp lo pre- -. ..r.i a lir-Ai ill, Kn. i.i-r Hla-k. iniTH, I'a. Pit talrtinr tw. pi.rt. of ""Ur tiuwt braudfof .trul.-um. We ehl- 'ery known ft ct of Petroleum uniformly sfaeto Oils THE lrn-rlr-f hoinenet and Tlelnl- M KEERITS and n .r . m Oils! Ivory Soap It Floats Do not do your wasmiic your hands. It will hurt Soap is pure and mild. Tot Pascrca A Gamili Co, Cwtl -THE- First National BnA Somerset, Penn'a. Capital, S50.000. Surplus, S22.000. 0 OCPOSITSHECCtVCDIN LAHGC ANOSMALL AMOUNTS. PAYABLE OH DEMAWD. ACCOUNTS Or MERCHANTS. FARMERS. STOCK DEALS. AN OTHERS SOLICITED DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. LaRUE M. HICKS, GEO. K. SiTIX, JAMES L. PLUH, W. H. MIIXKIt, JOUX K. ftX)TT, ROUT. 8. SCULL, FRKU W. BII-ECKEK. EDWARD fXTTLL. : : PRESIDENT. VALENTINE HAY. : VICE PRESIDENT. HARVEY M. BERKLEY-. . CASHIER. Tbe fiindj and securltleji of this hank are se curely protected In a celebrated CoKLls BCR- c j-ab Pkoof Safe. Tbe only safe nuiue aoso lutely burslar-proof. He taet Ccimtj National OF SOMERSET PA. Ettakllihwl, 1177. 0rpltl Rib1,1890 CAPITAL, $50,000 SURPLUS AND UN- DIVIDED PHOM l s i Chas. J. ITarrison, President. Vice President . . Cashier. Ass l Cashier. Wm. II. Koontz, Milton J. Pritts, Geo. S. IIarri.on, Directors : Sam. B. Harrison, Jopiah Spwlit, John H. Snyder, Joseph B. Iavis Win. Endsley, Jonas M. Cook, John Stum, NoahS. Miller, Harrinon Snyder, Jerome Stufft, Chas. W. Snyder. . .,l.l.lnlr rill rvWlTPthrmiKit literal treat.. lent consistent witbKifelmnkinK. I"arti- wishinp to nl money M or t can be accommodated by draa for any amount. . . , . . . tli Monev ana viimuk aerur j -hoiil'a crlebniled Kifei', WitU most improed ""ou'ecUon. made in all parts of the United State, fhanrr moderate. AOCOUnlsaUU aepotUM aoneioru. A- H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEAUSE, nd everj thinf pertaining to funi-rals furn UliL'd. SOMERSET - - Pa: Jacob D. Swank, Wtchmaker and Jeweler, Next Door Wet of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa- I Am Now pniivl to supply the public with 0x-ks, Wattlu-f, anJ Jew-tlrj- f all tlostTiptirw, as Cheap as the Chea.ieKt. BEPAIUINU A SPECIALTY. AH work guaranteed. at my BUx-k lefore making yur Tnr-1 1 aw. J. D. SWANK- ALWAYS On Hand. BEST IN THE MARKET. B esssa Jailcl PUpliale, Crantaed Cke. Iliird Coal, fealUbury Soft Coal. At the Old Stand Dear the Somer set & Cambria R. IL Station. Goods Delivered Free - Prices Right. Peter Fink with a sonp that hurts the clothes loo. Ivory Campbel THE PEOPLE'S STORE. Grand Clearance Sale ! Our b'.iyers have liotiht seiisoikihie and desin.Me roi at wonderfully li priees, ami wi are'letA'riiiinitl toeiiiji.'y our nhelvt-s f all mrplun st-k. iu order.' lo this we are selling lare quantities of Dry Goods, Carpets, Curtains, Dress Goods, Etc, AT Fifty Cents on the Dollar. AND HiBETj, Fancy Goads, Jewelry, TdESMca Etc., at Tw nty-fi v Cents on th Dollar, Not everything in our sUk-U at 50c and 25c on the dollar, b'.it what Un't even the newest :uul stitple every -day j;oh1-) are marked m low you can cotih; hun dnils of miku to buy and .-.till wave money. We haven't room for details mention just a few to ri ve you an idea of the val ues offered. Thousands of others as good, and many of them lietUT. Velour capes trimmed with black Thi bet fur and lined with silk, at $6.75, 8.50, sflO.00. and 1 2.00; fully one third I "flow regular price. Fine Klectric Seal Capes, 30 inches long, full twerp an 1 satin lint-d ; re duced fn.m $12.50 to $8.43- LadieV all-wH! lJouele Cloth Jack ets, shield fpnt, mandolin sleeves and velvet eollar; worthlO.03 fr $5.03- All-wool black or blue serge skirts, lined with p-.-rculine au-.l bmnd with Vflveiecii ; iiieanres full live yails ; all finished seams ; worth $7.50 for $4. All-wool black Henriettas, excellent quality mluced from 39c to 25c. All-wool Serge, all colors ; 4i inches wide ; worth 50c rcdu-ed to 25c. .U-wool two-ply Carpets, lest made, 50c Color-! Cashmeres, 1 inches wide, reduced from 25c to 15c All our trimineil hats that sold at $4 ami $5 reduced to $1.00- Children's and Misses' untriniined hats that sold at 25c and 50c for 5s. Ileal Scotch I.a Curtains, 54 to 00 inches wide, ::i vnrds long, worth $2-50, rAtluitd t $1.23- Irish Point Curtains, the regular $30 kind for $10; and the only reason you get t hem 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 overcoats for S. Meu's 12-50 overcoats for 10- lioys' 3 suits for 1-98 just the kind you want for school wear. Hoys' 4 suits for 2-50; nice suit for either dress or everday wear. SfH-cial values in Linen, Flannels, Calicoes and Muslins. Fifih Avenue, StTAtrM WOOD sMITMr CIO (TRCC . Pittsburgh ELY Cream EalmCATARRH Is otliekly abxirtanl. CleHiif I lie Nasal I'llKW", Allnv i'.nn nnd Iiitlammation. I J. ii Is the rn. Irot"eis ilie enibrane from Ad'iitional fold l.Ttore the Si-nsi "f Taste and Smell. C0LC1 TWiliLCURECOLD'NHEAD K nnrtiole ic applied intoi-aeli oimtrlland U atrjeUble. 1'riee ju cenU at druglsw or by ELY BKOTII KRS, S Warren tre t N. Y. THE KEELEY CURE Iarcial hoon to burinosn men who, having drifted uuroiwiously Into the drink habit ana awaken to find the diceof alcoholism faMened nn n them, renderinir them unfit U manaee af tWir rcqtiirinir a cl-ar brain. A four weckJ course of iraalmcnt at the PITTSBURa KEELEY INSIITUTE. No. 4246 Firth A venae, tstnres to them" all their powers, mental and 1 Ka Kn.m.l ar.raotita. .nil Ti n VfKml, oTM,,n iu. -"" - rt"---. - -reiores them to the condition the were in b tirethev indulired in utimnlanui. This has been donein'more than Ifino ca treated here, and roong them somo of your own neighbors, to whom we can refer wiih ?onflden- aa to tn The ftillv!t and most n-hin InvwticaUoa 1 n vilid. bend lor rffi.-hl.t giving fuiiialorma tion. SoIentlfiO American Agency for - " . a. TSlnc alBfl. OESICM PATEMTSt & Smith. Mm Smitn Frrr tnfirmatlno ant fn-a Hanubook wnti t MLNJ lO, l Bkoadwat. M Vokc. Oi,le tmreau ? ecurin pau-iiu a Anoerlefc I reVr palenl taken out ! J u is I ronrht brfw ihe buc hy a noi k ln five of charge ia tt f timlitit iwwifau lrrt e1rt-nlt"n of any r-K-ntlflc r-'ier n the W.J H.lendidlr liluatraled. N latclllirrn rein .houU I without It. Weektr ,H (K) la r1l- "'-, 31 lirvMalm k7, w Vara City. ACROSS THE DELAWARE. The winter nijfht is cold and drear. Along the river's sullen How; Tue cruel frost is camping here The air hast flying blades of snow. Look ! pushing from the icy strand. With ensigns freezing in the air, There sails a small but mighty I -and. Across the dang'roua Delaware. O wherefore, soldiers, would you fight The bayonets of a winter storm f In truth, it were a bitter night, For blazing fire, and blankets warm ! We seek to trap a foreign foe, Who fill themselves with stolen fare; Wo carry Freedom as we go Across the storm-swept Delaware! The night is full of lusty cheer, Within the Hessian's merry camp; And faint and fainter on the ear. Doth fall the heedless sentry's tramp. O hirelings, this new nation's rage Is something 'tis not well to dare ; You are not filled to engage These men from o'er the Delaware! A rush a shout a clarion call. Salute the early morning's gray; Now, roused, invaders, yield or fall ; The refuge-land lias wSu the day ! Soon shall the glorious news be hurled Wherever nieu have wrongs to bear; For Freedom's torch illumes the world. And tJod has crossed the Ielaware! -Will Carletou in Jlceri li'u re for Feb ruary. CHOLIA'i STORY. It was too warm an evening, even for a smoking concert, Cholly said, as he came out of his room, attired all in whke, looking a perfect picture of manly beauty. Cholly was a blonde specimen of the male sex, blue eyed, golden huired, a stalwart representa tive of the .Saxon type. He was 27, well placed as regards this world's wealth and position. Life to him thanks to old Kgertou Hailey, his late father was a pleasant pastime, the worid a charmed play place, where girls worshiped him and men voted him a trump. So much for Cholly, debonair, kind hearted and handsome, who had traveled the world over, making friends wherever he went. Cholly's prediction thai it was too warm even for a smoking concert on this particular evening was verified by the slim attendance there on his ar rival. Only eight men out of the 30 expected found their way to the usual rendezvous. Hy general agreement the music was bauiahed, coats discard ed, neglige attitudes assumed, and the eight men amused themselves by re lating anecdotes and personal expe riences. "Hy the way, Cholly," at last a friend said to the blonde Adonis, who, sprawled on a sofa, was listening quiet ly to the conversation, "you're very si lent to-night. You've just arrived from the west too. Come, haven't you some blood curdling tale to tell us of west ern atrocities, cowboy 'breaks' or Cox ey outrages? These fellows' stories are stale. We require something spicy to stir us up a night like this." "Well, I did have an adventure, but iU recital won't le spicy, Tracy. I don't think it will lie the style you care for." "Out with it ! Oat with it !" seven voices simultaneously exclaimed. "I it a Christian Endeavor story, Cholly?' asked Tracy. "You do look awful sol emn." "No ; it's a Sunday school talk," said Andy Vicars, a very young man with a new mustache and a drawl. "All right," said Cholly quietly ; "if you .cllows don't be quiet, I wou't tell it." "(Jo m, Cholly. D.m't mind the calves," grunted old Major Poole. "Tell us your story, man." "It will interest you, major. Doubt less you remember the Donovans of Limerick pretty Kate, they called one of them. I met them in Dublin." "Do I remember her? May me eyes fall out of me head if I ever see her likes again eyes Jjke violets, hair like ink and a skin like peaches and cream. .ml a figger ! Mod bless you, boys, she had a figger like a goddess. .She could ride cross couutry like a bird. Never saw such a rider before nor since. But, Cholly, me boy. I thought you were 'gone' in that direction. Oh, the pair you'd have made V Cholly blushed scarlet ; the company exchanged glances. "Seems to me," said Andy Vicars, "that the major's telling this story. S on, Cholly; hold the platform." S3 Cholly cleared his throat, as Andy said afterward he seemed mightily upset by the major's remarks, wiped the perspiration from his flushed face and began : "You see, fellows, my story will have to consist of two parts, the intro duction and the sequel. It begins in Ireland four years ago and ends in Canada four days ago. It was in Dub lin that I first met Miss Kate Dono van of Limerick. She was a stunner, as the major says, the best cross coun try rider I ever saw. She was poor as a church mouse and proud as Lucifer. Siie was an orphan ; had lieen brought up by her uncle, old Peter Donovan. He had three daughters of his own, but none of them could hold a candle to Miss Kate herself. From what I saw during the time I was in Djblin I don't think the trio cared much for pretty Ktte ; they were jealous of her and took pains to show it in many p.'tty ways, particularly when Captain Gordon, who was considered a matri monial cat ell, app-'arjl on the scene and devoted himself to Kite." "Captain Hjpert G rdon of the Forty-seventh?"' queried Major Poole. "The very same, a dark beggar, with a bad m uth and lots of m ney. "Well, he was the man that set all the Dablin girls wild. They literally lionized him. He wa douce enough there. He was asked everywhere, and old Peter Donovan was mad enough when he asked him for his niece and not for one of his daughters. They said the three girls never spoke to Kite for weeks. "Poor Kite! She hardly knew what to do. She was very unhappy. Sli3 told me all about it one evening at adanc?. She had a devil of a life in her uncle's house, aud Gordon seemed very fond of her. She. didn't know what he really was ; neither did I, or I ciuld hive warned her. They were in irried in September. In November Gordon took her to the Riviera after the honeymon was over. A fellow who met them there told me that Kate that is, Mrs. Gordon looked miserably unhappy, and people said Gordon ill treated her. However that may be, she did not stay with him very long. One day a woman appeared at the hotel where they were staying. She was a triudilv attired sneeimm. not overcultured. She registered as Mrs. Captain Gordon and forced her self into the Gordon private rooms. Gr.lm hain't a word to say. Hj owned up that he had married her five years before s Jinewhere, where his reg iment was stationed I forget where. There was a terrible scene, which end ed by Kate leaving the hotel. No one knew where she went. My friend, an Englishman, who told me just what I have told you, tried to follow her and ollcrcd to do what he could for her in a monetary way. He was a gentle man and meant well by her. S'.ie re fused all oilers of assistance and disap peared as if the Mediterranean had swallowed her up. He heard of her again at Marseilles. She had liecn singing in a cafe there. S'ae always had a passable voice and played tho banjo well. Psr Kate ! Her pride was dragged into the dust ; her heart was broken." Cholly paused to wipe the perspira tion from his face and take a few sips from a tumbler licside him. The old major, for a wonder, kept silence, from time to time shaking his head sorrow fully. "I suppose that is the first part of the story," broke in Andy Vicars. "It is deuced sad. Hope the little girl got back to her uncle." "Under' growled Major Poole. "Poor child ! He didn't want her. He was a cruel hearted, mean old scoun drel, was Peter Donovan. He never treated the girl right when he had her." Cholly nodded his head affirmative ly to Major Poole's assertion and con tinued his story : "This all happened four years ago. No one heard anything during that time of pretty Kate Donovan, for, you see, she wasn't Mrs. Gordon, after all. An aunt of hers did have the grace to write to me, mnking inquiries. She had heard that Kate was in the United States, in a place called Pennsylvania, aud would I make inquiries, as I lived. no doubt, near there there? You know, these old country people, as they call themselves, think that the United States are about as large as an English county." "Do I know It?" interrupted the major. "Why, a lady in London once asked me to personally deliver a small parcel of china to her daughter because I lived in New York, near where my daughter was settled. I took the par cel, thinking to see the -address of some street here. Where do you think the fair creature lived ?" "New Jersey ?" hazarded Vicars. "Maine?" queried another. "No !" roared the major. "Idaho !" "Guess you didn't accept the com mission, major," said Cholly. "Well, no. I relieved my mind by reciting sundry words not in Webster's Dictionary. Go on, my boy. Tell us all you kuow of pretty Kate Donovan." "I came through Canada on my way from the west a few days ago," con tinued Cholly. "We changed cars at a place not far from Toronto and had some hours to wait for connection. Strolling around, I came to a place where a circus was iu full swing dou ble tent, side shows, all complete. Con sulting my watch, I found I had time to see the ierforiuanee. An English steeplechase was advertised as the chief attraction. It had just commenced when I took my seat in the first row, close to the ring. I can hardly tell you my feelings when I recognized the first lady rider who entered. It was Kate Donovan." "Good heavens !" ejaculated the major. "Come to that ?" " Yes ; it was Kate, graceful, lithe, Hcrvy as ever, looking like a queen among those painted judys and rugh ii)en." "How could you sit there and see it?" groaned Major Poole. "I hadn't to sit long. I recognized her instantly, and, jioor girl, she saw me !" "Knew you ?" gasped the major. "Yes ; she turned pale under the hor rible paint and rouge she was daubed with. Somehow she seemed to lose her nerve all of a sudden. The horse, a vi cious black lieast, swerved to one side suddenly major, fellows, I cannot tell it was too horrible." "Kate Donovan to lose her nerve on htrseback? I cannot credit it," said the major in an awed tone. "I was in the ring and by her side in a moiiK'iit," Cholly continued, not no ticing the major's interruption. "She knew in?, poor girl, when her eyes opened for the first time. She died with her hands tightly clasped in mine." "Did she say-ay anything?" asked Andy Vicars. "Did she tell you any thing?" "If she did. vou're not the one I'd repeat it too," said Cholly fiercely "The last words of a poor dying girl are hardly club talk, not if I know it." Si saying, Choily seized his coat and strode angrily from the room. The other num looked at each other significantly. "He's hit hard," said the major. "Poor fellow! If you had seen Kate, you'd not blame him. I always thought he liked her." And Cholly, as he strode along the street homeward, cursed his own folly in telling the story of pretty Kate to such an audience. "As If they cared," he muttered. Tiiey were a set of hard hearted, cold, cynical men, ami he (Cholly) was a fool for telling the story. Somehow he had never realized before that he had cherished an ideal for the post four years, aul that ideal was t!t3 woman who but a few days before had died in his arms. Tell that idiot Vicars what she said? Cholly smiled grimly as the thought struck him, for only he knew what those last words had been. They echoed in his ears even now in the din and noise of the New York evening : "Cholly, dear dear Cholly !" If she had only said them four years ago, ha thought miserably, as he shov e 1 his key into the latch of his home door. Vtuutj. A Naturalist's Fright. "When I was collecting specimens of plants and animals in Zucatecas," said the noted Dr. Maximilian Schu mann yesterday, "I had an experience with rattlesnakes that came near being the death of me." The doctor had just returned from Sacramento, where he had been for a couple of days on a bunting trip. He is the Helgian explorer and naturalist who went through Africa, and is now liound to Thibet for the Huron de Ilothschild and the institution of Nat ural Science of Luxemburg. In telling of his adventures he said: "I had gone a day's journey on horseback from the city of Zacatei-ns to the southeast to examine some old Toltec ruins there. These are known as the.t'uemada ruins. They are very extensive. I got there late it night. I had shot a couple of doe on the way, and had thrown them across my pack animal. "On my arrival within the ruins I lit a fire to get my supper, after which I pread my blankets and lay down. In the morning when I woke tip I threw my hand outside of the blanket, and it almost touched a big poisonous rattlesnake. I eseaiied by the merest chance. Ixiking toward lit- feet, what w as my astonish men t to soe rattlesnakes ail over the blankets. There were no less than six of them besides the one that missed 'my hand. "The reptiles were not the Crotaltis borridus, or diamond crotaltis known in California, buttheCrotallusmi.arius, found in the hot regions. They are very poisonous. When I had lit my fire in the evening I could not see the snakes, which, I presume, had crept along the wulls. "The altitude of Zaeatecas and the old ruins is between 7,0)0 and V feet, and it gets quite cold at night. My fire was what undoubtedly attraet ed them. When they got out to ward it they found my bed, and discerning the warm blankets, crawled up on them aud went to sleep. I have always thought it was almost miraculous that I escaped lK-ing bitten. As I did not want the snaket, having alreu 1 all I wanted, I killed them and nailed them all to the adobe wall, with my cr.rd on each. "The lizards and other reptiles which I got there I salted away in casks and forwarded to Europe. It is a general belief among the Indians, notably among the Creeks, Cherokees and Choctaws in Indian Territory, where I was for a time, that if one is bitten by a rattlesnake all he has to do to prevent fatality is to eat the snake. Hut I never discovered any virtue in this. The best remedy is to immedi ately bind a thong above the wound so that the poison can not circulate higher. Then cut an incision below the wound and squeeze out as much blood as jiossible. Then if to the wound is made an application of Kt- asli or any alkali mere is almost no danger. "I got the best collection of reptiles from Mexico and forwarded them to Europe that has ever been seen there. The rattlesnakes were so plentiful that they could lie seen by thousands and thousands.'' Sitn Frtuwiro Cult. Cannibal Plants. It has been proved time and time again thai the so-cauca "canuitiai plants," of which the Venus fly-trap is the tyiH, are much more healthy when they are reared under netting or in any oilier manner which exciuaes them from their regular meat diet. The above is an oddity in itself, csjh? cially when we consider the fact that there is a certain sc'.rvd of botanists which teaches cannibal plants make no use whatever of the insect prey cap tured by them, but it is nothing com pared w ith the bold assertion made by Francis Darwin. That noted scientific gentleman bravely meek; the "vegetar ian Uitauist" with the assertion that ull kinds and classes of plants, whether known as "meaters." or not, liear more and heavier fruits and seeds when fill on meat than those that are allowed a flesh diet. He grew two lots, compris ing various varieties of the different common plants. One lot was regularly fed (through . a.-...., ixf IMll B'ttl llllAl tllllMHI their roots of course) w ith pure juiit-s compressed from meat, the other with water and the various fertilizers. The final figures on this odd experiment proved that the plants which were fed pure meat juice U ire KM fruits of the different kinds, while the unfed plants of the same numlier and original con dition bore but 74. Also, that the panijiered plants bore 240 seeds to every 10) Uirne by the plants that were not given a chaiice to gratify their canni balistic taste. This is certainly a dis covery worthy of much careful study and extensive experiment. (7c-o.'-17 Kninifer. This nineteenth century is con spicuous iu history as an epoch of marvelous advancement. Steamships, railways, telegraphs and many of the achievements we prize so highly are the offspring of this grand era. Higlit abreast with the wonderful improve ments in science and art is the not less remarkable irogress in the medical world as exemplified iu so efficient and powerful a restorative as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery accomplish ing so speedily what formerly was considered impossible. It will not festore sight to a blind eye nor insure a healthy circulation in a wooden leg but consumption in its earlier stages, yields to it! Mr. James H. CiiEXoWKnr, of O.d; XarkolU Co., AYVo.o-, wrote Dr. Pierce as follows: "In June HJ.), I was taken with the grip aud began soon after to cough up a hard substance, sometimes the lumps would lie half as large as a coffee berry. The physicians said I had consumption in the worst form, but they did me no gxd. I then, took "Gulden Medical Discovery" and it has now been one yearsiuce I cough ed or expectorated any hard substauci Besides I weigh more than I ever did in my life." Do you pmoke?' asked a Detroit girl of a Boston man. 'Not at nil.' he an swered, loftily, 'but the tobacco I use smokies.' A Towa of Celebrities. Ex-Governor Prehum.'one of Maine's best preserved and happiest "ex's," en joys telling a story of a stranger's visit to a little Maine hill town of fragrant memories, where one of the natives took pleasure in politely pointing out the local objects of interest. "There," said the villager, pointing to a hand some old-Mylo house, "lived a former member of Congress ; yonder tin that street you see that big square house, where one of Maine's nist distinguish ed sons was born, who was successively iiR-mlier of the Legislature, House of Ileprescntatives in Congress, United States .Senator for a generation and Vice President ; right down there is the modest printing office where one of our boys usiil to work, whence he grad uated to liecor.te a leading political ed itor, and afterward Postmaster Gener al." As the promenade continued around the village, the native directed the attention of tiie visitor to other old residences. There," s lid he, "is the former home of another m.-mbcr of Congress, Governor of the State, etc., and over across there Is where M. C. once resided. Kight down the street there is the old home of Judsxe C . and over there is where Jud-e E used to live years ago. We've got a good lot of famous lawyers, editors and col onels besides, that I haven't mention ed," remarked the escort. Hy this tine the stranger was beginning to get decidedly interested, and burst forth with the enthusiastic inquiry: "Hut, good heavens! Haven't you ever had any common people in your town?" Lf:wi-itmt Journal. One San Has Disappeared. The great density of the several satel-p5t--s which accompany planets iu our solar system is also a very strong pror.f in favor of the truth of the theory that all the revolving spheres in the Heavens are increasing in Icat rather tliun diminishing, writes W. H. Lam aster in the Popular Monthly. Our own moon is almost as dense as our earth, and, instead of its being, as Sir John Ilerschel supposed, "an orb very much heated possibly to a degree much exceeding that of boiling water," it is now known to be about ID times colder than the earth ; while Jupiter, that mighty planet, even at its surface, is found to be a' lie st incandescent, and less dense than the earth. That our own solar system has now but one central sun Is no reason whatever that it did not at one time have two. The very fact of there being discovered what are known as double stars (suns) is a very good proof that every other solar system in the universe is not al ways like our own as regards the num ber of their suns in an uoi -solar con dition; and there can lie little, if any doubt that the coal measures now to be found deposited in our earth were made during a perio 1 when our solar sj-sleni had two central suns, and it is reasonable to suppose that a second ry sun m our solar system, and one, too if it should have revolved in close proximity to our earth, would have sooner or later converted the earth's vegetation into coal. He Had Faita. A young man about 2"i years old was sitting iu the waiting ro un of t'.ie Hnish Street Dep it, with a year-old baby on his knee, and his alarm and helplessness when the thil l began to howl were so marked as to attract at- tention. Hy and bv a waiting passen - ger walked over to him with a smile of pity m his face and queried; "A woman gave you that Imby to hold while she went to see about her baggage, didn't she?" "Yes." "Ha ! ha ! ha ! I tumbled t ithe fact soon as I saw you. You expect her j buck, I suppose?" "Of course." "Ha ! ha ! ha ! This is rich ! Looking for herevery biased minute, ain't you ?' "I think she'll come back." "Well this makes me laugh ha ! ha ! ha ! I had a woman play that same trick on me in a Chicago depot once, but no one will ever again. Young man, you're stuck ! You've been played j a Mvt t,lm that ,,, 1 over to a policeman and make a skip before some reporter gets on to you!" "Oh, she'll come back," replied the young man, as he looked anxiously around. "She will, eh? Ha! htiMia! Joke grows richer and richer ! What makes you think she'll come back ?" "Because she's my wife and this is our first baby." "O'l inn I see," muttered the fat man, who got over feeling tickled at once, and in his vexation he crossed the room and kicked a dog hich a farmer had tied to one of the seats with a piece of clothesline. IX doit Free Pre. Kind to all Concerned. To get rid of a bore try the method pursued by a certain friend of ours. When accosted bv one, he shakes hands warmly with his persecutor, glances ar i i lanxi-xi-ly, an 1, drop ping his voice, confidentially remarks: "I must lie off. There's an awful bore here that I want to dolge talk a fellow to death. You understand, old lioy ?" The bore (with a wink) "I under stand, old fellow." ( Departs without the least suspicion that he is the bore. Hilton iiz tt. Electric Bitters- Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for anv season, but perhaps more generally needed, when the languid exhausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of a tonic and alterative is felt. A prompt use of this medicine has often averted long and perhaps fatal bilious fever.. No medicine will act more surely in counteracting and freeing the system from the malarial poison. Headache, Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness yield to Electric Bitter. 50c. and $1.00 per bottle at J. X. Snyder's drugstore, Somerset, or at Brallkr's ' dril8 btore Btfri,n Pa" Hal Cat Hit Eje Teeth. One afternoon on a crow led platfor n of the Sixth Avenue Eltvaied two or three pickp-iekets got in their work, but none of the victimsdiscowred their Ion until they had boarded a train. Tiieu a man suddenly ros'? up and ex claimed: "Hy j:ng, but my w.itc'l is sroneT' "Yes, I saw the pickp s-ket when be took it," calmly observe I a man op- p-ite. "You did.-' "Certainly. It was a minute or so befopj the train cani" up." "Hut yo;i didn't say anything." "Not a word." "Hit what sirt of a mm are you to witness a theft and k"e mum a'l-iat it?" shouted the victim. "IVrhap, you got a share of the ppHvcds.'' "Perhaps you're an ass! I've lived here long enough to know a thing or two. If I'd given the alarm the fellow would have been arrested right there. My name would have been taken as a witness, published in the papers, and I should have had no c:i I of trouble going to court. I might even have been sent to tho H r.H.- of D.te'ttiou until the case was called." "And you you saw the mm rob Ilie?" "Yes, sir." "And said nothing?" "And stM u i-.hing. A :iim of your age ought to b- able to take C;re of his watch. I've been knot-king ariund New York iu a'l s rts of crowds for the list fifb-ji. years, b it no p,ckp-K-ket ever got" " What's the in ttier."' asked three ok four in chorus, as the man stopped and b-g.m fumbling abit. "Say, the same duriic 1 se-tuip also got my tinker!" he gi-ped, as be fell back in his s Tit a:i 1 the sweat !' to atari on his f nvhea .I- 'ntli V Vcs.;. 7 j mtui's Ri.sli" In a recently pub-i-hed medical work, th" author asserts that iiine teiiths of the women of Am -riea are subject to uterine and kindred diseases and iu con-eqU!-nv, maternity becomes to them a dreaded burden. How very small Is the ppqsirtiou of ladies who reach mid lie aire wearing the bright glow of health which was their maiden ly attraction and of which they have been robbed by functional disorders and nervous weakness! We take pleasure in recommending to all thus afflicted the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, a tried remedy, safe and sure in aii cases. Its discoverer merit the grutitu le of the sex for the blessing he has conferred upon them. For nursing mothers and all debilitate' "run-down" women, it is the uio-o certain restorative. To those aho it t become mothers it is a priceless bom. It lessen the pains and perils of child birth, shortens labor, prom tes tht-s.M-retioa of an abundance of nourish m .-iit for the child and shortens period of confinement. H37 oaai Hub Gror. th A s.m 1 bill is not "mile" m ul. as plantel. W.ierover a pitch o' "nnrruui grass" takes root, there th sand blown from the greak bank gathers round it. As the sand spreads, th. grass grows through it, until the lwtpi drybla lesfor.il the nucleus of thous ands of tons of bills." Near Iloikham Hay there liy not 4) years ago a we: "lake" inside the hh-'h sand. Ther. . the "gunners" used to hide for curlew, i digging holes, a:i 1 ti'lin r them with ; "m trr.iiu grabs'' to in ike t.ie.n dr and c i.-nfor.ab'o. Tn'.s gr.i-s t-vik root, the svi I g ith red ar iu 1, an i w'.i re the "lake" l.?V is uo.v a tu:n liiJ i m iss of r.i.in led hillock, rising i' feet al ive high-water level-built by the "in irrum grass" from the surplu- ; .j t".i mi .hie s in.!. III IU..l ... o Spectator. LiaoDla as a Dancer. Lincoln mi le his first appearance in society whe.i he was first sent to Springiiel 1, Ills., as a m emh T of the state legislature. It was nit aa i:n posing figure which he cat in a bill room, but still he was occasionally to be found there. M iss M try To 11. who afterward became bis wife, was th magnet which drew the tall, awkward viiunir in ui from his den. O.ie even ing Lined u approached Miss Toll and said, in his peculiar idiom: "Miss To l l, I should like to dance with you the worst way." The vouni worn in accepted the Inevitable a:l 1 hobbled around the room with him. When she returned to her seat, o.ie of her o.np mions ask ed mis e'.iie vo is iy : "Well, M iry, di I he dance witn you the worst way?" "Yes," she answered, "the very worst." An Individual Preferen: "Some fellers as is iu terested in sil vcr wants silver money," remarked Plodding Pete, thoughtfully, "while others thinks gold is right. I've even heard of fellers thet wanted to deposit wheat au' things an' git currency fur em." "Yep," replies Meandering Mik. "A good deal depen's cn yer pus'nal interests. Now cz fur me, I think a heap o' time could be saved by gittin' out orders on responsible breweries negotiable at all the Imrs in the coun try." 'uhhiytun Shir. 'Nothinsj venture, notlunj haves' R.ev. John H id, Jr., of Great Falls, M,on., recomnicndcil I'!y'al-am Balm to me. I can emphasLv his statement. It is a positive eiire for catarrh If . Used as dirA'cteil." Ii -v. FYaueis W. , Poole, Pastor Central Pres. Church, He- . Jena, MouL U U the medicine aUive all others IVir catarrh, and is worth its weight in gold- I cin use Ely's Cream Balm with safety and it does all that is claim- ed for iL B. W. Sperry, Hartford, Conn. 'I've had my tlysjiepsia cured by this j WihhI's Norway Pine Syrup are felt ni ne w vibration fad.' 'SoT 'Yes, 1113- J most instantly. There is no other girl gave me the shake and I got so : cough medicine that combines so many mad I've felt all right ever sance.' 1 virtue-, down t; e all-y :i it. " 'Did he gi't the chain?'' u-k -dtl.! ofH.vr, wish uu evident purpose of get ting an inventory lx-f.re be gt t!,o thief. "No, Le didn't.' "'.V.irthe watch?' "'N..' " 'Nor y..;r nn.:ii y ?' " 'No nothing ::it t':eeh:irm.' " 'Where's yur r, .-.el-t.ee?' ''I don't ii.e here. I'm f.".;n Hi -cniro.' "The o;V;c:-r's manner un-1 rwent i mark) .1 change. 'Oh,' he sneered, from Chicaz", a j you? Wei!, whit re rtre y et to you w u kick t.' abuit? D -i :;! Is- treab I :u!d hav i- I the t-atn.f v.-;iv here o-.-en tr:-:'-'.- l l.e one t: robbers? You're in lue-;,' ail the a::t :i l turn; I f!i'- r Called tip a ser; ttie .-trail ger over to him." H'Wi-V- in ,S'.'i;r. Karvelotis lisstilts. I'ro'a ,i letter written by K-v. J. Oiin l;-rma:i. of Dimon.l ile. Mieh., we are permitted to ni:i;.e tins extract: I have no he-ut-iMou i:i re.-ommetiding Dr. Kin.r's New Di-eoverv, as the suits were abn-i-t marvelous in the iso of my wife. Wliile I was pastor of the H:pt:-t I'hure'i at Hives Junction ;e was brought Nwn with l'.i.-union'a sueeisiieg l.i t.riipe. itrriu-s ptrixysnis of coughing wis'! I i-t hour.-, with I.e-le int-err r'io:i aul it secme l as i. .i ci.:i n-;i s-..r. ? ih-.-rn. A friend reirnui -a. led Dr. Kin's New D.s-ivi.-rv; t was : ue in its wor :ir. l Mir V satisfacti-rv in resi.ts. ' ir'.i. !i.iti;--s K 's at J. N. Siivder's drug .-t re, S-'mi -ei, I'a, -r Berlin, I'a. tt brllii r a drug More, r.egi;':-r r-i.e ":-. M.d jl.l Sh.3 Coiiln t Reaib. Him. suee tiie i!i .ith of ex-Ciuigrcs-m.-.n Frank Li.vh r, of Cui'-ig-i, a numl-r of anecdotes t-'iiceMiing l.im J-iiVels .tl told, e-peci.tHy in i!-!iii'.cto.'i, where he i well reitiei'iNercd. It is nin:.'l of Lawler that on or.e i ( - -;.. i- ir.-.ve the doorkeeper- of tra- H-msv strict :is-Mri!eti--;is ;;nt b prtset. t : i:y in-- re rds to him, as he was j:ivtit!y ami' y- ed bv callers v. ho wire taking t:p !: If his time in the lol.Lks. Mr. Law cr one day a:;roe.c.e.i a u-iorke :er, w i had held his pe-i:io:i but a short ti. ;e and who (lil t knee.v .r. SI: e a edtose Congress-, ian Lawler. "Sorrv, madam," he 'lilt V, Mr. LiwK-r will see !; one." "Oh, yes," saM Mrs. Lawler, ":.e will see use. You just tell him his w e is out here." "That wi i't iln," said the do -r-ktcp r. "that nickel is wrked en num bers everv dav." ?'. y 7'".ve s. H1:j Srn "Without Stock. L '. t wo i;;i-. r!.s of waur In which in o lion h is b -en -liced ;i:'d a buricii of celery-tops thrown ooii tor an hour. ii-em ive the onion i.u-1 leaves, and i Id h-i'.f a cup of rice that h.is U cti etrefully washed and look- 1 over. KoK hr tiiree-quarn rs oi an lioi.i. stirring often, or until the rice is will swollen a'.cl l 11 leT. Jilsi oei-.re seri- i-iir.beat up in the tuptti itself the yolks of two eir-Jis with half a tumbler ful of rich milk cream is Utter and t pinch of grate-l nutmeg, if liked. Pour the boiling cp ovt r this mix ture from a height, 1. eating it stul with a whisk to mix tlmr-Highly, and serve w ith toast so-a.res.- --Y. '. L- rcnJ of Zlew Thir.". Samuel Spring, chaplain to the ex pedition :':j.:iinst l-.ul tc iii etr I!c!'c diet Arnold, was one of the n:ot tal iitnt and l'o.unt of the revolu tionary preachers. He was pr.sior of a church iu Newbcrypert for 4- ytars. He did not like new ways and when a church near by purchased an organ he referred contemptuously to "our neigh r's box of whistles." Once some unwise parishioners conspired to m o,!ernize the music a little in their own church. They did not tell the pastor; only, when it came time fi r the first hymn, the tentative, gentle, prolonged opening wuil of a bass viol was heard. Hack went Dr. Spring's spectacles; up came his tall form to its utmost height, his black eyes gazed fiercely toward the clioir seats, and he said, ptictly, but in a voice not to te d"s obeye I: "Hemovethat fiddle from the l.i use of G sir' There was n further innov: tloit while S.:n iel Spring i ommunded the parish of the Vo:iiitni tt. No rtl eh. Y; .' One Drawback. There's no sue!: thing in lliis life a.si compute satisfactic.n. If a uuiu l as no money l-.e is u.ot ruble, ai d if lie has lots of it it is text to iii:rs.bie to invest it rt mun rativ ly. There is no bu-huss which is ure to lay, not even the buMiiess of stealing; but that's U-cause tliere are so many persons in it, and there would le many more in it if the jieiilleutiary did not prevent it from U iug open to evcrylio.iy, and so l--e utterly ruir.etl. Ii.ts!.t.i iri--f-.. Diveri in the hike of Nenii, n.-ar AlUino, have found at the bottom of the lake, St I feet fnm the shore, ; he pleasure galley iu which Enirt-ror 'I'iU-rius held his orgies. It still stems to lie decorated with bronzes and mo saics. They have brought up bronze heads, a wolf an 1 a lio:i. targets with inscriptions, and rings fur the docks. Cardinal Colonna tried without success. j to rec,vcr the galley in the loth ceiitu- . ry, and another attempt was made at ! t",e tvginning tif this century, when rt)me :XTe bronze nails were broi.'ght j Up Tiie soothing, healing effects of Dr. buuivrwt, i'a.
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