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The Somekset Hekalo,
Soxesset, Pa.
, K. niU Jr.,
I Al'K'KNtV 4 NOTARY PUBUR
Boiuerset, Pa,
v,, i : J". meyeies,
AVKdi t V AT-UW,
, - .,;;' Soaicrset, Peuu'a.
1 "'., i.'.ii ii.ig.lM Cor.
i ! .: ) niruiil ti his caiv will be at
t, j.i iHxmipliies and fidelity.
A I-
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C. W. WALKEIi.
AV i WALKER,
A T IX lt E Y S-AT-LA V,
:id NuTAKY TL BLIC,
isomer t. Pa.
.,, -m-ite-Court House.
VrU'KN EY-AT-LAW,
No. in) Fourth St, Pi
Pitteburg, Pa.
J.
OS-1
BERKEY,
ATI OiiN EY-AT -LA W,
homcrset Pa.
Csr aSk've Fisher's Book Store.
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vJiVEY M. BERKLEY,
A TTcJiiN E Y-AT-LA W,
Somerset. Pa.
OSvf in First National Hank.
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C. HOLBERT,
ATTediN EY-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
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Of .t 0k 4. li-eri:s Ulock, up stain.
lOKtiE E. SCULL,
AlTullX E Y-AT-LA W,
Somerset,
vi'LD. w. i.!E-a;cKER,
ATluUN EY-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
11: .t l'r.iiting House liow, opposite Court
It M'OTT.
AliuUN EY-AT-LAW,
Somerset, I'a.
"P J. KOOSEB,
X! . ATXUliXEY'-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
H. K'-'NTZ. J. O. XLE.
T'rooNTZ & OGLE,
J AlToltN EVS-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
WiP s'.ve proiupt attcnUon to busiunss en-
r ,:-'-! ; l!ic:rc.relurvjiiiercianuaujoiniiig
(.'j.;:.--!-. "tlicc iu Print House liow, oppooiie
italemim; ii ay,
AlToll-VEl-AT-LAW,
fSittuc-rset, I'a.
A jtv lH-ilt-r in IU-sii Est.-te. Will attcud to
. . .ii.w -mrusivi lo luscarcwitliproiupU
TuilX II. I HE,
J ATI uil EY-AT-LAW,
t :ii i.r.n:iiiv attoud to nil buiue en-
tru-1- j in l.im. i.nvy Muvum-vu uu coiieu-
ti.u, . OliKi- iu iliiauioUi iilOCK.
TUJIX O. KIM MEL,
U Al iuUN EY-AT-LAW,
Souit-rset, IHu
i ; . .tnd to all lus::!f tutruU-d to bis
.:. MiiirN I ana uljoiiiiiit: ixu .t.es ilU
j,:,,:, ami iini L:i. iiu--oii Mulu cross
TAMES L. l'l ill,
0 A'iTuUN EY-AT-LAW,
iozjw-rt't. Pa.
:7 v in Maniiiiotii IU.k k. up htiiirs. Eu-
fi: Main t'roi iitr--l. t'ollii-tioim
. . iUii.f M-itltii. Iitl x:tiiiiiifu, ud all
,, iu-iiK.s alteudt.il to with pi-oiiipUl,-s
A. J. 1 1 '!.!. -UN. L. C. tiLlKIlN.
( v jLKoEX & COLIiOiiN,
J ATltJliN E Y.x-AT-LA W,
iMiucrt, Pa.
A ! !-.i:ii -iis entni-itf-d to our rare will be
i-.u.i i v Mii.l Liitinuiiv ultfiided to. t'olleo
l .m iit;.'i.- iu !Mmerfcet, liilt"nl and adjoiu-
Lx (i:inii'. r"Ui'v-iii noil couveyaucing
II,
L, 1IAER,
A 1 roilNEY-AT-LA W,
kIuerst, I'a.
V't!! pr.i-!ire in Somerset and adjoining
.uL!i. A i liUMw-s eutrusuu to mux iu
r.v.iVt j njiiipt Aiteiiliou.
h. 1 1 m: i il w. ii. KirrPEL.
( vjFI IIUTH & WPPEE,
J AiTuUN tYS-Al'-LAW,
SkjtiierneU Pa.
'71. . ....9 A . 1. ..1 A.. TH Will t(A
-.;: an t puiw-tUHlly niu-nded to. .'
T W. t'AKO'I'HEIUS, M. D.,
0 PHYSICIAN AMI sl'KoEON,
Somerset, Iiu
"",- e on Patriot Htreet. opiKjsite V. B.
i - 'j " -I.
'Liti-aifct OfEcC
DM V. F. SHAFFER,
I'U Y.-.KIAN Au .srP.UEOX,
(rkiinerset, Pa.
T-1-1.--S his ir,f.-c-iona! wn lro to the eitl-
K i s,iiii rv.-t nd vi-l:iity. Ollice next
ftjr 1'; liiiiia-n:l;il tiou-L
DL J. M. LOUTH ER,
PHYslclAN ash sCP.GEON,
Ca-.t- on M.iin stru t, nar of l)ruj more.
JjlL H. s. KIMMELL,
T'U-l-rv !.i rriif.ional sen lfl to the citi-
tr::f i.: t i and vn-iiiiiv. I n! pro-
::. .' :i-.at'il iierun b found at hi of-
. Vj:u .-t., lit ol lJiaiuond.
DIl. J. S.M. MILI.EN,
iitraiiuaU-iu lvnlistry.)
i.-:'. i-. i ;.t.,it i.kii to thp nrr-ation
Pr l.i h.rar-.i. :-.-!(. Aniiiciiil w-!i inM-rtnl.
A: (.--.ii.,.,. ;i;ar.mliit :.ll!-u-tory. 'flil-e
i-i'i. M..:-:.,icrI. H. Iuivi A o store.
'"Err .j:a ( iiud Patriot BtrwtM.
C H. ( OFFItOTH.
Kuneral Director.
OS .. Majn Cr. St. Ik'sidt-nfe.
340 Tat riot SL
pUANK 15. FLUC K,
LantX Survej-or
iN''V:N!N.; KN ilNEEIL LUtie, I'a.
Oils! Oils!
-o-
fir-in? "n., ittlurr OeprrU
i:r I'a.. niuki-ra mxt-ialty of
I1.TT.
-;:.n-ti.riiiR for the lKin:catic
5 1- 'i t- f,i;t bntudM of
ljmhning& Lubricating Oils
Naphtha & Uasolinc,
run i-.- made from Pctrokum. We chal-
vi.iupar.son with every known
Product of Petroleum
If v.id wih the most OBiformly
Satisfactory Oils
IN TIE
American farket.
L-tura. Trade for Somerset and vlelnl
V xi'plUil by
Cl)OK BEERITS and
PUEA6E KOOSEK,
Komeiset,
1P0HTAST TO ADVERTISERS.
ij of tli country i&pera in found
krWm' Courtj Scat Lista. Ehrewd
6-user8 avuil theaiselvea of these Unto, a
- wiiidi ca be Lad of Readn&cm
J"t Tor t Pittburj.
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VOL. XLIV. XO. 45.
vry mm
It Floats
An experienced laundress will tell you that
shirts never look as white as when washed with
Ivory Soap.
Tm Phoctu A Gjuiiu Co . Curn.
-THE-
First National "Bank
OF
Somerset, Pcnn'a.
Capital, S50.000.
Surplus, S22.000.
DEPOSITS RECEIVED IN LAKSC ANDSMALL
MOUNTS, PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, rARMERS.
STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
LaP.UE . HICKS, GEO. R. SCULL,
J A ESL. PUG 11, W. 11. ILLKK,
JOHN U. SCOTT, IUhT. S. SCULL,
FRED W. BlESECKEIi.
EDWARD SCULL, : : F RESIDENT.
VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PRESIDENT.
HARVEY . BERKLEY, . CASHIER.
The funds and sruritii-s of this bank are se
curely protected in a celebrated CoKLlss Bl'R
C lab Proof Sake. The only safe made abso
lutely burfclar-proof.
Tte Soraet Conntj National
BAN K
OF SOMERSET PA.
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EstabiliM, 1877. Orpulzad a Nit!ral,1890
CAPITAL,
$50,000
SURPLUS AND UN-
DIVIDED PROFITS 519,t)UU.
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Chas. J. Harrison, - Trcsidcnt.
Wm. II. Koontz, - Vice PrcsiJcnt
Milton J. Pritt-5, - - CaiLior.
Geo. S. Harrison, - Ass't CabLier.
Directors:
Sam. B. Harrinon,
Jomah Sje-ht.
John II. Snyilor,
Joseph B. I 'avis,
Win. EudVley,
Jonas M.'C)k,
Jolin Stuffl,
NoahS. Miller,
Jerome Stufl't,
lIarrlon Snyiler,
Chiis. YV. Snyder.
lUinTnCT OI 1 11 If mil m- win i . . ...v .
literal trwtHnent consistent with iif-Iwnhinu.
. . . : . .. 1 wOl twulr, 11. mrM
Part Ira winning i" h-,'
can be aoeominoduUd iy dralt for any
auiounu . m , .
Monrv and valuable secured by one of Die-bold-
celebrated safes, with most improved
; U
.u.tu.n maIP in nil n&rt of tiie United
Account aua qpjiuwiakwh iku.
A. H. HUSTON,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
nd everything pertaining to funerals furn
ished. SOMERSET - - Pa
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Door West of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
I Am New
prepared to supply the public
witli Clocks, Watches, and Jew
elry of all description., a Cheap
is the Cheapest.
UEPAIUINU A
SPECIALLY.
All work giianiiiteed. Look at my
stock Kfore making your
purchases.
J. D. SWANK
ALWAYS
On Hand
BEST IN THE MARKET.
Jarecki Phosphate,
Lfms,
Crushed Cote,
Hard Coal,
falisburySnft Coal,
At the Old Stand near the Somer
set & Cambria R, It Station.
Prices Right.
Peter Fink
Campbell
- Smith
PEOPLE'S
STORE..
17 VERY ladj is interested in nice
Spring goods, whether it be
for her own personal adornment of
for comfort or embellishment of the
household.
This spring we have made extra
ordinary preparations and arc now
ready with a magnificent stock of
Carpet,
Lace Curtains.
Furniture,
China and Crockery Ware, and
Kitchen Goods,
Extra siijxt, all-wool Caqiet, very liewt
design, 48c
(Jood quality Iirust-1 Carpet, best de
sins, 43c
Iiet Urussi-lt Carjets, including Mich
well known makcHa Hoxburg- etc?.,
iK et de!-ins, 78c
If you want a haiid.-ome Velvet Carjiet
for your parlor, the prettiest and tiest
M earinr carpet ni.d', conic' to this
t-t' ;re and ;fet one at $1.03
Thi.i-jiiid-s of pairs of T.ace Curtains,
niiv patterns, at 5Dj. per pair
Lace curtains 3J yds. long, at $1 pr. pair
Fine imported Nottintrhaiii Iai Cur
tains at $2, 2.50, $3 and $3 50 that
are worth about one-half more.
Come to this store for Dinner Sets,
Tea Sets and Toilet Sets, all kinds of
(ilassware. You can not only save
your railroad fare but a great deal of
money lieide.
Our new Spring tock of
Dress Goods.
Wraps, Jackets,
AND Millinery.
Is exceedingly attractive and the prices
very, very low.
Every man who reads this advertise
ment, come and get one of our good,
stylish Suits at $10.00
(iood Suits for Men, as low as $5.09
Jood School Suits for IJoys, at $1.50
Fifth Avenue,
SCTCCM WOOD KO
aaiTHMtLO nni-ii.
Fitishrg
NASAL
CATARRH
CATARRH
the result of colds
uii.l KU-.ld'-ii e'l-
ii:itlc t-hancen.
It m le eu-d by a
;t;i ii t re in e ily
which N 'i d !i
rectly into the inn
t ri s.' V-ini! quiet
ly absorbed it given
relief at once
Ely' Cream BhIiii
oeiis aud clnse
KW-'ffK COLD lh HEAD
flaiiimiitinn.HenlK therr.Pnt'Ctsniemeii
brane from Colds Restores the iiki- f Ute
aim smell, i ne lutiui is hih-hiv
and pives n-lii-f at once. Priee & cents, at
ELY BROTH Elt, 56 Warren Street, X. Y
THE KEELEY CURE
i .
Is a special boon to business men who, having
drilled unconsciously into the drink habit and
awaken tn una the disease or alcoholism fastened
CD n them, rendering them nnflt to manwreaP
fjrs rniririnir a clear brain. A four weeks
Course of treatment at the -
prrTSBURa keeley institute,
No. 4246 Fifth AveoiM,
rfstoref to them all their powers, mental nd
DlivsicaL destrora the abnormal appetite, and
restores them to the condition thev were in bo-
fore they indulre 1 In stimulant. This has been
done in more than IfiOO easea treated here, and
among them some of your own neighbors, to
whom we can refer with confidence as to the
absolute safety and efficiency of the Keeley Cure.
The fullest and most sean-hinir investigation is
n vited. bead for 4inJ.lct giving full ialorma.
uou. - u
Caveats.
TADB SaABKS.
OtSICM PATCHTS,
COPYRIGHTS. taj
For tarormatiog and rr tianaooua nan
KUN.V CO, SU Boiwat. liiw Yoas,
OIJeM bamiii for securiTm pnicnts la America,
K-er patnit takeaout by V i lriurh bef"ta
Uir (iuUws by auouosgivvnlnautchargats Ui4
Lsnrest etrrnlsHnn of any o-lentlfle paner tn tha
world, fcpienoidlr llluctrated. K iatellirenl
rr.aa ho:l.l ba uhuut IU Week It. KJ.UOs
jew; inlrnonthi A'ldms. WuSr OU
Khi HHHi. Stil smadwa! kw Vwtk CUT,
4 Solentlfla American
Aflency
in w" r-
omer
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
THE QTEEH OF THE HOUSE
HOLD. Slic rules with subtle art and skill
Excelling statesmen fir,
And'neatu hercluiugKful humors still
Her KUhJccts loyal are ;
No heart rebels apilnst her sway.
Her actions meet no blame ;
In all her moods from grave to gay
Iter words attention claim.
Her tiny hands no sceptre hold ,
No purple robe she wears.
Above her shining curls of gold
No dindem she bears ;
Hut yet to her In beauty bright
Not lldo fumed and fair,
Not yet that queen, Troy's bane and blight.
Could ever once compare.
(she owns do castle and no lands.
No ship, no warlike aid ;
Yet ne'er an emperor's commands '
As hers were so obeyed ;
My little daughter, aged but four
Short years, reigns royally
With youth and frown and laughter o'er
Her mother and o'er me.
C'httiibrrMburff Journal.
MY UNCLE'S LEGACY
Charley Wihurn and I are cousins ;
hut, Bomehow, I scarcely seemed to be
long to the family at all. We had no
end of relations, ami he was a general.
favorite with all, even some he had not
seen, for they would die anil leave him
legacies. He was constantly getting
some little "windfall" of this kind till
at length "Charley Wiburn'a luck"
liecame a general catchword among ua
a synonym for all that was lucky and
fortunate.
One morning at breakfast we were
artists, and shared the same rooms and
studio he received a black edged let
ter, which, upon opening and reading,
he cast down with a discontented look.
"Another funeral to go to," lie
grumbled, "and here are my pictures
unfinished, and next week is sending-
iu-lay."
"Who is it now?" Tasked. "Anoth
er legacy, I suppose, eh?"
"Very likely," he returned. Indif
ferently he was so used lo these things
he scarcely took aiiy notice of them.
"It's Uncle Alexander Stephen. l)id
you know him?"
I shook my head. "Have heard of
him ; never saw him," I taid.
"I hardly knew him myself," Char
ley explained "at least, not ince I
was a boy. It's a rare bother, this,
coming just now. Such a long jour
ney into the country. I say, Jack, you
have done your pictures! and sent them
in, and have nothing to do for a spell
Nildu't you go down for me?"
"What, in your name?" I exclaim
ed.
"Yes; why not? It's years since I
was among any ot the seL 1 lus letter
is from Mr. Parchly, the solicitor to
the will, I supjKise ; he doesn't know
me. lou are Jach iburn it s only
a difference of Christian names; and
it's all in the family, you know."
To cut the matter short, I had to
consent, as I generally did where Char
ley was concerned.
I took the lawyer's letter, as a sort of
credential, and set out, grumbling a
good deal at what I considered Char
ley's "cheek" in thus making use of
me. If I had finished up my work be
fore he had, it was only because I had
worked at it more constantly ; and
now, instead of reaping the advantage
iu the thape of a few day's rest, he
made it an excuse for sending me off
on a lugubrious mission like this ; and
Charley would, no doubt, have a good
legacy, too, out of it.
"I don't suppose it's much," he said
to me. "Perhaps a hundred or two
hardly worth going down for, you
know I"
So I had to go with no legacy in
view at all, small or large.
The next day, therefore, saw me
among the assembled guests. I found
out Mr. Parchly, and silently showed
him his own letter. "Ah," said he,
you. are Mr. Wihurn. Very good.
Glad to see you." I did not reply, so
he concluded that I was Charley Wi
burn, without my having said any
thing one way or the other.
But, when, after the funeral, the
will came to be read, I found Charley
was down for 5,000 ! This made me
think it harder lines than ever that I
should have had to come down in his
place. The weather was atrociously
cold, the March winds strong and
blustering, with showers of sleet and
snow ; and I felt cold and miserable.
At the end of the reading of the will
I was making my way out to get back
to the hotel, when some one said :
Mr Wiburn, I believe?" I looked
around, and saw a fctiff, military-look
ing old boy regarding me with a smile
through his spectacles. "Charley,"
said he, don't you remember me?" I
thought to myself, "Oh, now I'm in
for it Here's a nice mess all through
trying to serve Charley. Just my bad
luck-V This feeling did not grow less
when he said : "Mill wants to speak
to you. She has been looking at you,
and says she can hardly rt cognize you
for her old playfellow." ("No won
der," I thoughL "It would be strange
if she did !")
She came up and shook hands ; and
the moment I looked at her I simply
fell helplcst-iy over "head and ears in
love then and there. She seemed to
toe the loveliest, most adorable creat
ure I had ever seen. A sudden resolve
came into my mind. Ilather than run
the risk of losing the chance I now had
of speaking to her, I would say noth
ing about my not being "Charley,"
let the consequences be what they
might
"iXm't you remember your little
playmate, Milly?" said she, with a
blush and an entrancing look of her
b -autiful eyes. "Well, it's not so sur
prising, for I should never have known
you either, if Mr. Tart-hly hat! not
pointed you out to us."
' Before I exactly realised what I was,
doing, I was whisked otrto Major r$ain
ficld's house as I found the name of
Milly's father to be to dine, calling at
the hotel for my evening "togs" on the
way.
I found the Major's house a neat,
quiet looking little place on the out
skirts of the town. He lived alone
with his daughter (his wife being dead)
a house Keeper ana one servant.
Though everything was comfortable,
there was that indescribable air that
gave oue the impression that they were
set
ESTABLISHED 1827.
not too well off as regards this world's
goods.
Since I was not too well off, either,
this would not have troubled me, but
for that legacy of 'y,0M I was suppos
ed to have coiue in for. "Was that the
secret cause of this sudden friendli
ness?" I a-ked myself. But when I
looked at Millie, and saw the frank
glance of her truthful, honest looking
eyes, I felt ashamed of myself; nor,
when I regarded the Major and noted
the open, manly look the line old sol
dier gave back to nie, could I bring
myself to think of him as a scheming
old fortune hunter.
Such good friends ' did we three be
come that I lingered on in the place
for a week, during which time I daily
grew more uncomfortable at the part I
was playing. At last I sought out
Millie one day, alone, and confessed
the truth to her.
"I am not surprised," she said ; "I
thought you were not much like the
Charley I used to know. But I am
sorry lor you sorry to think your
cousin should have got that 5,000
while you were not even so much as
mentioned."
"Ah !" I said, with a sigh, "that is
Charley's luck and mine. It Lsalways
the same always haslieen, and always
will le, I suppose."
I was thinking what I dared not say
that, if that xyWO had but been
mine, I could have asked her to be
mine, too; whereas now, with my
poor prospects well, of course, it was
folly ever to dream of such a thing.
I watched her narrowly after that,
but could see no difference iu her treat
meiit of me.
I had written to Charley, telling him
of his good fortune, and that I was
going to stay on down here for a few
days ; but lieyond a brief note express
ing wonder at whatever attraction I
could see there at that time of the year,
lie had saia nothing and written no
further ; not a word of thanks, or of
reference to his X ,0s) legacy.
Another week slipped by, aud I still
stayed on. At the end of that time I
was in such a state of mind that, one
day, finding myself alone with Millie,
I blurted out my hopeless love for her,
and said I should go away at once, for
I felt that I could not possibly stay on
there any longer. Milly, always quiet
and self-possessed, remained silent a
while, and then said, looking down :
'I think you had better speak to
papa."
"What !" I rapturously exclaimed,
do you really bid me hrqe, Milly?
"Do you really think there is a possi
bility of your father" I stopped aud
shook my head. "Alas, no !" I said.
such a thing could not happen to me.
It would le Charley's luck, that not
mine."
"Well," said Milly, composedly,
they say you never know your luck
till you try ; but if you are too faint
hearted to try, why, of course "
'I'll go off and rind the Major, and
have it out at once," I burst out
And I saw him accordingly, and told
him the whole story, humbly apologiz
ing for daring to ask for his daughter's
hand, when, as I was bound to tell
him, I was not Charley, but Jack Wi
burn, and I had no -', MX legacy, and
no pnwpeets iu particular, and "no
luck !"
"H'm," said the Major, "how is it
Master Charley comes in for all the
"luck in this way?"
'I don't know, sir," I answered
dolefully. "He goes about more, and
makes himself more liked. I think.
while I" I hesitated.
"While you stick at home and work.
Is that it?" he said.
'Well," I returned, 'I try my best.
You see, I have nothing else to rely on
r hope for like Charley. It's his
hick and mine !"
However," said the Major," "I
have been told you get your pictures
hung, and sell them, which is more
than he does. Is that luck, too?"
To this I made no reply ; I couldn't
see its relevancy.
'Now, look here, Mr. Jack Vibur,"
the Major went on, "I knew you were
not Charely Wiburn" ( I looked up in
surprise). "Milly told me; aud I have
made certain inquiries of my own, and
I have something to tell you. The late
Alexander Stephen Wiburn was a very
Id and intimate friend of mine, and
had long ago set his heart upon Milly's
marrying Charley." (Here I jumped
up excitedly, but he waved his hand to
be quiet). "But he was determined
that if it came about at all, it should be
spontaneous, and not through any
compulsion or unworthy motive. But
in that will you heard read the other
day there was something you did not
hear it was mixed up in another mat
ter ; but it comes to this, that if Milly
married "his nephew,' he and she
were to have a certain sum between
them to commence housekeeping with.
have consulted Mr. Parchly upon
t,his matter, as "Charley's name is not
expressly mentioned, and as he would
not take the trouble to come down him
self, even to the funeral of his poor old
uncle, who had been so kindly disposed
to him, if Milly likes you well enough
to have you, you and she will be just
as much entitled to the sum set aside
as if Master Charley had married her ;
and I am sure I shall not object to the
substitution. In the will the only con
dition is that Milly shall marry "his
nephew," and of course you are as
much his nephew as Charley is.
Therefore, I leave it with Milly ; if she
says "Yes," I say the same, and you
will both have something to set up
housekeeping with."
No need to tell the joy with whicj)
heard this unexpected news, or the,
heartiness with whitJi I thanked the
kind-hearted M,ajor.
"I'll go off and tell Mil!y at once,"
I said ; but I had not gone far when le
called me back..
"You. dou't ask bow much you will
bave to start housekeeping upon," he
said.
"What matter, sir, since you think
it enough ?" I answered.
"I I'm; but you nuy as well know.
You may not think it enough."
"How much is it, then?" I asked.
"Fifty thousand pounds !" taid the
Major.
And this is what Charley lost and I
gained by that journey Milly (w.'tth
more than all) aud 10,000 !
APHIL 22. 1896.
And now Charley won't speak to me
or to my wife for Milly and I are
married, and lie says I meanly took
advantage of him ; but I say, as I used
te say before, it is ail his luck and
mine. The GcntU trnnuui.
The If an From The West.
"So you were a pioneer in the early
days of the West?"
"I was," answered the graybtard.
"And you lived out among the
hostile Indians?"
"Yes."
"Lived with a rille in your hands
and in hourly ex jactation of lieing
the mirk for a hidden enemy's bullet?"
"It was something like that."
"I k you know, I often think a life
like that must be terrible. I should
think the mere strain on the nerves
would kill a man iu a short time
holding your life in your hand all the
time, always conscious that a moment's
relaxation of vigilance may mean
death."
"Oh, I don't know," replied the
graybeard. "When I came back from
the West I was W) yer.rs old and did
not have a gray hair. I got off the
railroad train and started to walk across
the street Half way over I heard the
dingedest clanging and yelling right
on my heels I ever heard, and some
body gave me a push that sent me clear
to the curb. Then when I locked I
saw I'd come within an ace of lieing
run over by a trolley. Never had to
narrow an escape front Indians.
"I went into a saloon close by to git
a drink and settle my nerves. While
I was standing at the bar a couple of
fellows got into a scrap and one of
them threw a heavy beer mug. Didn't
hit the other fellow, but it came within
a sixteenth of an inch of my right
temple.
"I started to walk up town and the
first crossing I came to a policeman
grabbed me by the shoulder and
jerked me across so quick it made 1113
head swim. I looked to see what was
the matter, for there were no car tracks
on that street, and I saw that I had
just escacd being run down by a
hackmau who was hurrying to catch a
train.
"L'p street a little further somebody
yelled, 'Look out!' at me, and when I
jumped a big icicle fell off a roof and
struck just where I had been standing.
"I got to my hotel and was heading
for the door when somebody grnbbtd
me and asked me if I wanted to I e
killed. They were hoisting a safe into
a second story window over where I'd
leen trying to go, and I lutdn't more
than got out of the way U-fore the roje
broke and it dropped.
"I went to bed and about midnight
I was called up by a U 11 ringing over
my head and found the place wus on
fire aud I had to slide down a rope to
escajie. lieing a sound sleeper, I hey d
had hard work to wake me and I hud
barely touched the ground when the
roof fell in.
"When I looked in the glass iuxt
day I saw the first streaks of gray tlat
had ever showed themselves in my
hair. Oh, there's dangers in c'.viliztd
life as well as out on the plains!'"
Iluffulit J-'xjrr.t.
The Law and the Lady. "
Patient Man "Suppose a woman
makes it so hot for her husband that
he can't live with her and he lea vis
her, what can she do?"
lawyer "Sue him for supixirt"
Patient Man "Suppose she has run
him so heavily into debt that he can't
support her because his creditors grab
every dollar as quick as he gets it,
besides ruining his business with their
suits?"
Lawyer "If for any season whatevtr
he fail to pay her the amount ordered,
he will be sent to jail for contempt of
court."
Patient Man "Suppose she drivts
him out of the house with a tlat-irtn
and he's afraid to go back?"
Lawyer "She can arrest him ft r
desertion."
Patient Man "Well, I don't c
anything for me to do but go hang my
self."
Lawyer "It's against the law to
commit suicide, and if you get caught
attempting it you'll te fined and im
prisoned. Ten dollars, please, (iood
day. New York Wet kty.
Gone Down with all Hani3.
When we read such an announce
ment as this it sends a thrill of horror
through our very being. And yet the
number of lives lost by accidents at sea
are very few compared to the number
which are sacrificed to single diseases
on land. Take consumption. Statistics
show that twenty percent of all deaths,
are due to this fatal malady. - It would.
be easier to reconcile ourselves to the
fearful fact if there were no remedy,
B,ut there is. Dr. Pierce's (ioldeu
Medical Discovery has cured thous
ands, and aiqong them many whom
the doctors have given up to die. If
seeing is believing, then the thousands,
of living witnesses to its marvelous
ertcacy in cases of this kind, ought to.
convince the most skeptical.
Dh. R. V. Pikuce: Jh-ar Sir Two of
our best doctors pronounced my case
consumption. I spent nearly &J0, and.
was no lietter. I concluded to try the
"Golden Medical Discovery." I bought
eight bottles, and I can now say with
truth that I feel just as well tday is.
I did at twenty-five, aud can do just es,
good a day's work on the arm, al
though I had not done any work for
several yea.Rv J give you all th,e
thauk Truly, your friend,
William Dilasev,
VttmjtbeJt, Ohio
Why He Prote3tal.
'Another boat christened with
wiuel" he exclaimed, throwing down
the newspaper. "I tell you it's au out
rage!"
"I'm glad to hear you say so," said
the thin man in the next seat in the
oar, approvingly. "I should not have
picked you out as a worker in the
cause of temperance, but I'm glad to
fiud "
"Temperance!" roared the other
angrily. "Temperance nothing! I'm j
kicking on the almost criminal waste
i of good wine." (.'Aieayu iW. '
eralc
FOR A DREAM'S SAKE-
Time li u coiii) to sit and think,
Oh, my heart, nnd fjM-e the truth ;
Fate gives us a cup to drink,
Somewhat bitter 'tis. In sooth.
Yet, nM'think that we m ill drain
Even the dre;, nor show our jsiiu !
Time has come to ponder yea !
Time lo think a lorn;, long thought -In
the arms of yesterday
Lie our dreams that came to naught.
Yet, methlnks, we'll bow to Cite.
Nor show that we are desolate !
Time lias come to close the Ixiok
Itricf enough the tale it told.
One might read it with a look -The
common tale of love turned cold.
Yet, methinks 'twas dear to ns.
Even though II ended thus !
Time has come to keep a watch
lly something sweet, but dead ;
prom Its Hps no sound we catch
All Is said that' to )e suid.
Yet, methinks, that we will ache
Sometime for a dead dreniu's siike !
.SVjm M. li--t.
UEMIXISUEXCES.
Nothing that can hapjien to a people
is ns demoralizing in its effect as war;
especially a civil war. Outside of the
cost to the governments enguri-d, and
the devastation and waste of pnqierty
and substance, the demoralizing effects
on character can never !e effaced.
While a war of any kind is horrible
enough, a civil war is infinitely wor-e
in every particular. After a laje of
more than thirty years, the animosi
ties and bitterness of our own civil war
are only iK-ginning to disappear, and
the huge debt owed bv the United
States Covernment will be a remind-
er, for years to come, of what war costs.
Some writer has said: "Oh, LiU-rtv!
what crimes are committed in thy
name." If there is a latent distinction.
however slight, in auy young man, to
evil, a soldier's life develops it to the
imicisi extent, ine writer knew any
number of young men who were mor
al, well-behaved citizens, or at lea-t,
civil, at home, who developed into
very tough characters in the field.
May kind Providence protect us from
another civil war! During the late war,
particularly along the border, there
were niany instances of theft and ra
pine committed by both sides that
ous'iit to have brought a iitis!i 01
shame to their cheeks. Hundred of
horses were driven acrss the Uirdcr
that had been owned by non-combat
ants, for which no recompense was
ever made. A troop of cavalry served
in Virginia and Maryland, whose prin
cipal service seemed to be to ride lack
and forth along the pike, and coming
iu the direction of Western Pennsyl
vania and Eastern Ohio, it required
several horses frequently, for each
man. Smie of these voting fellows
came this way so often that p.Hiple be-
came well acquainted with them, i in anticipation of the coming of tiie
One in particular, whose name has es- j enemy. Tiie-e couriers had taken
caped the writer, came aWit once a j g"""1' care to each secure a good horse
month, and usually stayed several r two to carry him out of harm's way.
days at Petersburg. He seen ltd civil : Tiie w rittr remembers one particularly
enough, only he had a different horse, ' villainous looking pair, one mounted
or several, sometimes. He was known j on a magnificent blooded hor-e, and
to everybody by the name of "Lizy j one 0:1 a large m ile. They an
Jane," because he was constantly sing-j nouiiciil that the Confederate army
inga song, in which "He went out I was only a few miles east of Peters
the new-cut road, and she went out burz, and, of course, there was hurry-
the lane" where he "met her on the
corner," with the refrain at t'.ie end of
every verse: "Sing go long Lizy Jane."
The hist time this young mm pissed
through Petersburg he was in theconi
ptny of a squad of United States sol
diers, and was somewhat encumbered
in his movements by manacles.
"Lizy Jane" evidently failed to meet
bird at the corner on time. )nce some
of these cavalrymen were coming west,
and this side of Frostburg, on the top
of Savage mountain some lumber
teams hod halted to eat their dinner
an 1 feed their horses, among them be
ing one old, inoffensive and innocent
(ierman, whose name is not remem
lered at this writing. The old man
had taken the harness off his horses, j
to let them cool off, the day being j
warm, and he was lying down under
a tree, the harness bein? c1isj bv on 1
the ground. When the soldiers came
along, one of them r.xle over the old
(aerman's harness, who politely told
him not to do so. Without any furth
er provocation or parley, the soldier
drew his revolver, and riding to where
the old man lay, shot him dead. He
was never arrested or punished. He
turned his horse into the pike, and,
with his companions, rivje off west
ward, leaving the old man lie as he
had fallen. Another time the same
nun, with the same comrades, possi
bly, or, at least, some of the same eom
m md, came through Petersburg, also
going westward; they were all drunk,
and this one particular person attempt
ed to ride into the bar-room of the ho
tel, kept at that time by James Al
bright, a cripple, who always used
crutches, and who now lives in Ursina.
He rode his horse over the pavement,
aii up the stone steps, with bis front
ftwt inaide the door, when Mr. Albright
Caught the horse by the bridle and
forced, him back again. The soldier,
in his drunken freuzy pulled out an
immense pistol, cocked it, and aimed
it directly at Mr. Albright, and would
iuxt certainly have shot him, had not
one of his companions, more sober, or
sensible, or merciful, charged up on
his horse, and taken the pistol from
him. The writer's blood fairly ran
cold at, the sight, as he stood chwe hy,
but powerless to avert the threatened
crim?.
What bt tsjti written on this mat
ter, han, of course, no reference to sol.
diers, for, aa a rule, the Aerivtin sol
diers are the most gentlemanly f any
i the world, and the best;- but every
body knows there was a Judas even
ammg the selected twelve, '''he
American soldier is the best iu the
world, as a nutter of erirs.', boeaue,
under our free institutions he could
not be otherwise. Unlike the mon
archies of the old world, we have no
classes or castes.' Every man is a mon
arch, and as good as every other man,
and, sometimes, as the Irishman said,
"a great deal better." Daring the
spring of 1st)!, the writer sat in the
lecture room with students who were
members of militia regiments of their
statewho were under obligations to
enter the U. S. service for one hun
dred d ys, in case they were'callel ou.
Tlu writ r distinctly renumbers some
ha'. f-Joen who responded to the call,
auJ, in two weeks froiu the time they
WHOLE NO. 2384.
were in the laloratry, or the disect
ing, room, they were in front of Peters
burg during the terrible lighting there,
and later on, at least two gave up their
lives in the Wilderness, f-tich things
could not M-ctir in any other than a
free government such as ours. It takes
-seven years to make a soldier or
most of the Kunqpeau and Eastern
people; while our free-born ja-oplr,
and our naturalized citizens as well,
under the licnign inlluetu-e of fr-e-d'iii,
can leave their farms, their.-hops,
their stores, and in a few weeks march
t' victory, or, mayhap occasionally, to
defeat, with the firm tread of veterans.
With our little standing army and its
trained officers we have a nucleus
around which can gather, if necessary,
and when neeeswary, the grandest ar
my the world has ever seen; but our
strength is our safe-guard, and war
with any other jswer is now a remote
poMdhility, never likely to mvur, ami,
more partit-uliarly, is a war la-twec 11
the states an inposoibility again, lie
cause the cause has been removed, an 1
the same reverence for our institutions
and laws exists all over the land, ce
mented, as it has Utn, by untold
blood and treasure.
Sme time in the latter part of June,
IS'i."!, when Celleral Milroy ik-eaiiiit-
ed so precipitately from the Valley of
Virgiiiia and ths Confederate forces
were coming into E istem, as well as
western I'eiinsylvania, as was sup-
iNed, a panic ensued all along the
pike, such as was never known before
or since. We had no telegraph line
then, it having been taken down a
' year or so previou-Iy, and our only
means of obtaining news was from
Climlicrlaiid, Md-, on the east, or
Unioutown on the west. At that par
ticular time, however, we were more
esp-.i-ially interested in the news from
Cu!iil-rlainl. The imprc-ion prevail -d
th.it Early and las r-.ug!i ri lcrs
were coming on a raid along the pike.
Stragglers and camp followers from
Milroy'sarmy were seen in large num
bers going westward. Every squad
that came reported a large Confederate
army on the march. Our citizens
would be told they were at Ciru'n.T
land, then at Frmlburg, then on Sav
ngt; mountain, lh,-n at irantsville,
then on K oyer's Itidge, and so on.
. They were kept iu a fever of unrest
for a gad many days and the moun
tains, from Cumberland to Union tow 11,
were full of horsM. E.-ery night the
farmers would t ike their horses to the
mountains and bring them back in the
morning; but it was something like
tiie cry of "Wolf, wolf," only the wolf
never canu. Fortifications and forts,
of considerable dimensions aud
strength, wen.- erevtc 1 on the hills
amund Pittslur, and on the pike
east of Uniontowu rille-pits were dug
ing to and fro, hiding of valuables.
running off horse-, and excitement
rose to the highest pitch, but the Con
federates, at that time, never even
came to Cumberland, and only a small
squad was ever there.
Addison, Pa, M.
Seed-Thaugrhts.
He who has no faith in
himself is
doubted by everbody else.
"There were giants those days."
There are organizations in these days.
Institutions are made of men, but
institutions never yet made a nan.
The center of cyclone is a calm.
The man who most moves others is
himself unmoved.
Duplicates are waste material.
Counterfeits are worse than worthless.
Bj yourself.
Indolent'' is worse than ignorance.
Ignorance may be excusable; Indo
lence never.
A mind unused - a mind abused.
This work-a day world has no more
use for au idle brain than it has for a
brainless i,l(j.
An intellcetual tinker may le a
brilliant Urnqtietist out of others'
thoughts; but I would rather be a
plain, original thinker, with hss of
bizarre effects and more of self-respect
The World's Telegraph Wires.
The total length of telegraph lines in
the world is 1,1 ki2, TOO miles, of which
America has -14-",aK miles ; Europe,
30,700; Asia, ;7,4'l(); Africa, 2I,."),
and Australia, 4T,-"!j miles. The Uni
ted Stale has a greater length than
any other country, VLJVK) miles, and
Russia comes next, although European
Russia, has only Sl.noi) miles. The
other countries follow in this order;
Germany, Frame, Austria-Hungary,
British India, Mexico, the United
Kingdom, Caimda, Italy, Turkey, the
Argentine Republic, Spain and Chili.
Iu point of proportion, however, Bel
gium leads with 40U miles of wire for
every blOO square miles of territory;
Germany comes next, with 2V miles;
Holland is only slightly U-Liud Ger
many, and the United Kingdom has
!0 miles of telegraph for every
l.hOO miles of eouutry.
A Woman Train Dispatcher.
Mi-ss Byrd Vatkins,ofToeka, Kan.,
is theAmly woman train dispatcher on
a single-track railroad iu the Uuited
States. She is stationed at Junction
City, "on the Kausas division of the
Uuion Pacific Railway. Miss Watkins
is one of the three "shifts," working
eight hours each, and is ou th j second
"trick," as the time lietween 4 o'clock
iu the afternoon and midnight is call
ed. She is in full charge of the office
during that time. Her duties as a dis
patcher on a single track differ
materially from those of a double-track
dispatcher, as meeting points must be
made for all trains going in opposite
direction. I.'lrctric Urcii tr.
"Saigleigh boasts that he is a self
made mnn." "D-Je he? Then te
must have gone out on strikj bj'oti he
finished the work." JuM.
Tesla's Radiograph.
"I ni getting trior and mor ,,D.
viocd," say. Mr. Tesla, ii, upMkjn;
"( It" p-rimiiti in radiocTar hr,
"that we have lo deal with a stream of
material particle, which .rike the
sensitive plate with great velm-ity. So
far, most of the phcnoim-iiu indicate
that they are pr. j-,-r,., through the
wail of the Crook'.- bulb, of whatever
material it may an J I aru seeking
for still more conclusive evidences in
this direction, it js utVf demonstrated,
beyond any doubt, that small metallic
objects i,r Isiuy or chalky deposits can
be infallibly detected in any part of the
body."
By an ex;xsure of forty minutes Mr.
Tesla obtained a radiograph of tL
human skull, showing clearly not only
the outline, but the cavities of the t-ye,
chin, cheek, nasal liones, the lowerjaw
and connections to the skull, the flesh
and even the hair.
"By e.xjsising the head to a jsiwer
ful radiation strange effects have lcu
noted," he say. For instance, I find
that there is a tendency to sleep, and
the time stems to pass away quickiv.
There is a general soothing effect, and
I have felt a sensation of warmth in
the Upjier part of 'the hcu'L Should
these remarkable effects I- verified by
men of keener sense of observation, I
shall still more firmly U-lieve in the
existence of material strength jieiietra
ting the skull.
"Roentgen advanced modestly his
results, wariiingagaiiist toomth h ho.
Fortunately, his apprehension were .
groundless, for although we have, to
all appearance, to ileal with mere
shadow predictions, tiie possibilities of
the application of his discovery are
vast. I am happy to have contributed
to the deelopmenC of the irreat art he
has treated." F.'i-!i-iril It--rittr.
A Gilded Untrnth.
A gililcsl steer alsive the cupola on
the Exchange btiil.iiug at the st-k-yard
tells the cattlemen w hich way
the wind blows. The steer is a work
of art and much admired, and yet it re
main a contradiction to the belief that
cattlemen are ol sc rvers of the habits
of cattle.
"What dots a steer do when the wind
blows hard '."' an old plains ctitil n;tn
was a-ked.
"He turns his tail to the wind, humps
his back and waits for fair weather,"'
answered the plainsman.
"There's a steer that doe-sn't," said
the questioner ii:itmg to the gilded
stt-r on the cupola, which faced a 10-mile-an-hour
wind, disregarding the
well-known habit of hi kind.
"Well, if that ain't so I'll be U-at,"
said the old cattleman. "But it's jnst
like the market goes by contrarie.
Perhaps that's why it fai'e the wind.
But I guess more likely they let the
contract for that vane to a tenderfoot
who neveo" saw a steer and never was)
out of the city."
Down in the yards the wind blew
from the north, and every steer and
cow had its liack to the wind and stocel
humped up, placidly chewing its cui.
The pictures of plains cattle in a
storm, by Frederic Remington, ail
show the cattle w ith beads away from
the wind and plainsmen swear to the
correctness of Remington's pictures.
To lie consistent, the gilded steer over
the cupola should le reset todoasdo
his brethren on the p ain and In the
pens of the stockyards. A it i lie U
au annoyance to many of the cattle
men at the yards, who are consistent
in all thing-. A"'i.-n fir.- .V'".
Crowley's Maiden Speech.
"Did I tell vou fellows bow I came
to make mv maiden siieeeh?" asked
Congressman Crowley, of Texas. "No?
Well, it was thi way. A gang of news
paper fellows was guying me as not
making a speech. 'Speechmaking
no sign of a man's usefulness in Con
gress.' savs I : 'Utter men than me are
not making speeche-s; but if you're
Uttin" that I can't make a sjieech I'll
just go you a ten.'
'"It noes. savs one of the gang.
'You're afraid,' and he shows the long
greeu.
"'What's up in the Ibmse now?'
savs I.
"Cannon is fihtin' an increase for a
lighthouse keeper in vour district,' say
he.
"I'll go right now," says I. And ii
I goes. Well, you know what hap
pened. I told Cannon he didn't know
as much uliout keepin' a lighthouse a
a porcupine diie aUnit ascension day.
and Cannon spreading himse lf all over
me. If he'd known how I e-ome to
uniD on him I'll bet he'd laugh. Then
I iroes out. andlthe stakeholder hands
me the stuff. That's how it happen
ed. II iwimy'wi '.
Households Hint.
Iu buying vegetable-, Ihiv by weight
if possible. If heavy they are .usually
good.
Put eamnhor gtnu in the drawers
where silver is laid away to prevent
tarnishing.
Never cover hot meats or s ntps when
setting away"uutil thoroughly chilled;
if there is no ese-.ipe for the hot air
they will inevita-My pil.
Fi;rs that liave jirown dry may be
steamed until moist and plump, dusted
with nowde-red sugar and served a a
dainty dessert with salted peanut or
almonds. Nrir York Joitrna'.
Studyiagbcean Waves.
According to Dr. G. Schatt, who has
been making a siecial study of nee-ait
wave's, their spefd in a moderate bree ze
is bi.s mile's per hour. Their size and
spevel increase proportionately to the?
velocity of the wind. In a strong hreczer
they increase to 3) feet in length, and
reach a speed of 3i feet per second. Itt
heavy storms their length increases to
hK) fee t and the speed to 2S miles an
hour. Dr. Schatt does not think thai
the maximum height of the waves is
very great; his maximum is just 32 feet.
He believes that in great temie-st
waves of more than W feet are rare,
and that even those of ") feet are ex
ceptional. In the ordinary trade
winds the height is five to six feet.
Asthma and Hay Fever
cured by a newly discovered treafruenf.
Pamphlet, testimonials and referenee
free. Address, World's Dispensaiy
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
Greatest Corporation en Earth.
It is said that the greate-st corpora
tion ou earth is the London A North
western Railway Company, of Eng
land. It has a capital of 4W.tM
and a revenue of if vVW n hour; ha
2, engines, and employs (s,"K" men.
Everything is made by the company
bridges, engin.-, rail.-, carriage s,
wagons, and an innumerable lot of
other things; even the coal scuttles and
wooden limbs for the injured of it
start. Repair to tht permanent way
cost S13J.00O a month. Popular
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