u u V The Somerset Herald. VHTABL1MHKD IS27. r'enlis of Publica tion. j- . i.li-.-I .very. Wodiwulajr morning kl a--an:mn II paid in advance, otherwise . y. :i arinbly be cltaiv-t v i .!-npli'iii will be discontinued until i -nrss are paid up. Postmaster nes ..j.ig to notify ns when subscribers do not ,,oul their paper wlU be beld responsible pr itif sutwcription. -rubers retnovtne from one potofTlne to ,-iicr s-fcould f ' u "n of the. form . M will a I he l!i"eeut office. Addreaa Thk Sou lrset H kkalD, . Hon uurr. Pa. ,- I'll Ir ( '.UTOKV NOTAKY rUULJC. jSoinerHet, Pa. ...C'TL' till? pel. Ml lTSK. MEYERS, 11 AIiuIiNi.Y-AT-I.AW, j- s-:iV fouiersct, Peun'a. 2.1 tl'r. , . ;1, en" ; uslisi b his (are will be atr r. .. ;.tw:;ti pioiiiptue and lideliiy. . T v; HY. C. W. WALKER. II AY & WALKl.K, ATTi lUNLYS-AT-LA W, aud NOTARY 1'UBUa Somerset, Pa. C'Tl iiiU-fourt Hous. "pD. R. SCl'LL, .i: H'.T.t.AU'. No. 170 Fourth fct, Pittsburg, Pa. T a. BERKEY, J . A TTUltNEYVAT-LAW, Noineret Pa, Ci ' si-ove Fishers BookfSlore. - i t V M liKRKI.EY Ai rolvNLY-Ai-LAW, Sxuucrxel, Pa. O'E't to First National Bank t C. HOLRERT, iV AilORNKY-AT-LAW, Somen, Pa. 0.1. -r in iiie Cook Bi-criU Block, up stairs. . i-ii'i:l- I! sU'l-T.T. Il ATToRN KY-AT-LA V, Somerset, Pa. riiED. NY. RIESECKER, All UUN t Y-AT-LA W, Somerset, Pa. !';, in Printing House Row, opposite Court H-'usti. J. il scott, A TTORN E Y-AT-LA W, boiai rsot, Pa. C J. KOOSEH, ' , ATlXiUNEY-AT-LAM, pomerjft, Pa. V !!. Ki.Xi.MX. J. U. CKiLE. Kt.nNTZ i tKiLE, A 1 TsjiiN E YS-A MAW, .Sotzu-nat't, Pa. . W :; cive proii'.pt attcutioa to busiu.-ss cu- ... i u tifircan-ui Niim-rst auu ailjoitiiiig 'li'.-i- ill l'riut House iiow, oppOKiU! : 1. t'Ul I lloiii!: -ALENTiNE HAY", AiluitN'EY-AT-LA'.V, tvjiiienM.1, Pa. - l.5.i. r in K-tto. Will attend to , . vii.rau-i to bis-carewiliiproinpl- Tf-IIN H. UliL. O A i K'iNEY-AT-LAW, fomeret, Ta. H i! pr.-n-.p'.l.v att.iid to all buMuvM eu-tr::-;'i io biui." oik-.v mivaiKtti ou collee t. i -. A .-, ifllicv iu .iilil:oolll lilovk. TuiiN O. K1MMEL, 0 All'-itNEY-AT-LAH", rMiueiX't, Fa. '.'".; st!. r. i to nil i.usiu.'-Mt eiitruMt-d U bin f,r ,i, t aol a.ljoi'iilis OKI. lien, Willi f., .;i,..au i tidvi:;y. luee on juiu tni .r!-.', a(-je L;UioLU wrocerj- ftlors. TA.ME.S L. VVi.H, 0 AXlUNt.Y-AT-LAV toiumet, Pa. !h M:.iiin"tli l'.lK-k. up swii-ii. F.n-f.i.i'-r ti .Main t,ro iire-t. toil-tiouii li .-i.n o M-ltieu. title Jt;iloim-J. ud uil h.,.iiH!:ci- atlcuuea to wttti proliiptiiehs tavii.y. A. J. t X 1.1V 'UN. L. C VLBOUN. f tOLUOlCX & C'OLIiUliy, j ATXuilNEYS-Al-LAW, SoiaerM-t, r. A : l;!n-M! entniMed to our ire will be rr..iu ;;v nd tiothluiiy uUeii.lixi u. LOilec t ..ny ma le iu xnii.TM-t. li-olird and adjoin L:t ofjiitu. surveying and conveyancing G i;:'- oli ix-axjuab: UTIIIN L. BAER, AITURNEY-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. ft'lll praclioe la Somerset and adjoining -until. Ait bUKinewneutrUfcteU to biui will ri-e;vt prompt allrti' lou. A li. tuFFl'.UTU. W. H. RL'PPEli. tuKFl'.OTH & KUPPEU J ATXUHNEYS-AT-LAW, fcioinerset, Ta. A.i i uaie;?entnitel to tlieir care will be i-.:i v aud punctual!- attended to. Ultie ti M.."iu cross street, opposite iUuiuioiti t..U. JW. CAUOTHEltS il. D., pUYolClAS ASUSCIiUhuX, Soiueraet, Pa. 0:T:-: on Patriot Street, ippoit V. B. .ut cilsat oUice. DlL P. F. SHAFFER, l HYs:- IAN A.vi SURGEON, Somerset, I'a. T.-i-.d-m his prof.-esional er-iei to the citi 1. 1 hi xiiii,-rM-t and vicinity. Otfice next d-Kii U Luiiiiinrvial tioteL D !L J. M. LOUTH ER, PHYSICIAN AMiait'.tjW., 02 i.q Main street, rear of I'rug fctore. 1)! H. KIMMELL, i-1. t prof. ssional service to the c!ti-tr.-s : s.uu,.ji't anil viei-iiiy. I'niess pn--.!...::.- i la-run bf Ion it J ut bis of- t;- la:a su lu.t 'f Waiuond. I) l. J. S.MrUILLEX, n..m!-.-.ite in len;istry.) ttti-'nt.on to tiie pr.-t-ervat ion r.-'i :t.ii t.-.-;ii.- Artttleb-i -u iii.-r!iii. i- i.i ; in .is f i:irHiiiH-d ittislii.-t i--. fiiee :.o'.r 1 11. imvn A Co's store, -r 11 . ri!s and Patriot Btn-ets. C. H. COFFIIOTH, Kuneral Director. ClTii-r-1; Main Criss St. Rtt-hionce, VA-) Pr.triot pUANK P. FLUC'Iv, Land Sui-veyor A"IV!NIN(i ENOFSEER. Mstic, To. Oils! Oils! -o- - A-'M.t'.i- Hi C.nj'it Co.. I'lttsliars IVpurt- I'iM.' iii'-, l'n., nr.ik-sa viait' of fc-anulacc-riiij: for the lymestic tradt the anesl brand of il-minating & Lubricating Oils X&pMIia & (Jasoliue, L;. fa,j i. nia,je from Petroleum. M'e elia- :::ceouirjnson with every known Product of Petroleum If you wish the most uniformly Satisfactory Oils IX TIIE w A mer ioan farket. -v ' Trade for Svnnerset and vidnl- OHikly supplied by FliEAivxK BEEniTf and EASE KXSEP., Rorawtt Pa. rOKTAXT TO AD r 7 - a III r.LL I A Z XXV a Vuintrv' wwvv-ra'VTcra m rm CoUCtT Setlt,rr Tr,r 1, found f. rf v ,-Ca.B .."Ivf'S of tiiee list, ft ew lork k KtwU v.a 0r liemiuirto . iPStttbuij. V 11 Lie JL 1 VOL. XLTY. XO. 99Moo Pure " Men should be what they seem," arid so should soaps, but Ivory is the only soap that is 99AV per cent pure. Tmc Phoctck A Giaax Cc , C -tL -THE First National Bant Somerset, lJenn'a. Capital, S50.OOO. Surplus, S22.000. DEPOSITS RCCEIVCD IN tPCt ANOtMALL MOUNTS. PATH ON OEWAND. ACCOUNTS OP MERCHANTS, FARMERS, STOCK DEALCPS, AND OTHERS SOLICITEO DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. LaRUE . HICKS, CEO. R. SCULI., JA E-J L. Fl"(iH, W. H. JLLER, JOHN R. SCOTT, ROBT. H. SCULL, FRED W. EIESECKEK. EDVARI) SCULU : : PItFIIF.NT. VALENTINE HAY. : VICE PRESIUKNT. HARVEY . BERKLEY, . CASHIER. Tl-.e funds and ecurltle of this link fire se curely pnteet.-d In a celebrated Co1-.lis Dm Ol.AK Proof Safk. The only safe- made abso lutely burglar-proof. TtB Sossret County Kaiion2i OF SOMERSET PA. EUfc'!ik!4 1877. Orfankrf 11 1 Kitlostl, 1890 CAPITAL, $50,000 SURPLUS AND UN- DIVIDED PROFITS $iia,3UU. Chas. J. ITarrison, - Trcsident. Wm. II. Koontz, - A'ice rrcsiaent Milton J. Pritt?, - - Cashier. Geo. S. Ilarrison, - Ass't Cashier. XT- Directors : Sam. B. Harrison, Win. EtKlsIcy, Joeiah Speeht, Jonas M. CKk, John H. Snyder, John StutlX, Josoph B. Havin, Noah S. Miller, Harrison Snyder, Jerome StulVt, Cbas. Y. SnydT. n...inmirnr thislMiik will iwlve the most liU-il treatment consistent ith si.fe Isiukiiiu-n..;.-, uisioiir to send money east or w-st con lie accommodated by toft for any amount. . , , . ,. . ... Money and vaiuamee sei-urru . bold , celebrau-d safes, with most Improved U" oliecttmn made In all parts of the United State. Ciiarpws moderate. Account and aepw-s xiuram. A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE, nd everything pertaining to funerala furn ished. SOMERSET - Pa Jacob D. Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Door West of Lutheran Church, Somerset, .,- Pa- I An Now prepared to supply the puUic witli Cl-x-kM, Watches, and Jew eliy of all di-sc riplions, as Cheap as the ('hpt. REPAIRING A SPECIALTV. All work guaranteed. Look at my Uh-U before making your y u ri lu'isi. J. D. SWANK. ALWAYS On Hand. BEST IN THE MARKET. Jarecki Phosphate, Lime, Crushed Coke, Hard Coal, f alisbury Soft Coal, At the 01 J Stand near the Somer set & Cambria R. 11. Station. -Prices Right. Peter Fink 40. Campbell Smith ws- PEOPLE'S STORE.. pVERY lady is interested in nice Spring goods, whether it be for her own personal adornment or for comfort or embellishment of the household. . This spring we have made extra ordinary preparations and are now ready with a magnificent stock of Carpet, Lace Curtains, Furniture, China end Crockery Ware, and Kitchen Goods,. Extra pup-r, all-wool Carpet, very U-st designs, 48c Cixxl quality Brussels Carpet, best de t-ins, 43c IV-t Brussels Carpet., ineltuliug pueh well known mulies aw. Itoxburfjo, etc, newest designs, 78c If you want a handsome Velvet CarjH't for your p.irior, the prettiest and lest wearing e-arpet niad.', etmu' to tiiis -torv and get one at $1.03 Thousands of pairs of I.ace Curtains, niee patterns, at 53;. per Iair I.av eurtains 31 yds. long, at $1 pr. pair Tine imported Xottinghani Eaee Cur tains: at 82, 82.50, $3 and $3 50 that are worth ab.mt one-half tnore. Come to this ttore for Dinner Sets, Tea Si ts and Toilet Sets, all kinds of (lassware. You can not only save your railroad fare but a great deal of money beside. Our new Spring stoek 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 Good Suits for Men, as low us $5.00 (Jood School Suits for Boys, at $1-50 Fifth Avenue, CTWEtN wood t-no SKlTHMfLO tirtllS. Pittsbu ig. For your Poke:ion positively stall tliiit this reiu'-dy does not eontifiu ineieurj vrHiiy otiit-r injuriou.-. dr"B- ELY Cream Balm CATARRH Clunsen the Nal las);(. Allyit In" n..iiimntioii, HeaP th- !s,.n-s. Prot-t the Membrane froni Colds. K.-ston t h Si-nses of Tiiste and IT WILL cureCOLD'nHEAD A purticle i applied inloi'arh onstrll andU agjewtble. Price JucenU at drussists or by mil. ELY' BROTH FES, 50 Warren Rjreet, 1. Y TIIE KEELEY CURE Is a special boon to bosinen men who, harlnr dnftfil un-on-toulr into the drink habit and awaken to find the disease of a Ion holism fastened np'm tbein, rendering them unlit to manajre af fairs requiring' a clear brain. A four weeka course of treatment at the , PTTT5BURa KEELEY INSTITUTE, No. 4246 Fifth Avenue, rtores to them all their powers, mental anil physical, destror the abnormal appetite, and restores them to" the condition ther were in be fore tiiey induireil In itmtilnU. This has been done in more than 1'W) ca.cs treated here, and nvmff them some of your own neighbors, to whom" wo can refer with confidence aa to the Stnolnte safety and efficiency of the Kecley Cure. The fullest and most searching investigation is n vlted. tcU4 for ptciiiii;t giving full nlormv lion." . Solentlflo AnarlMB Agency tot CAVEATS. TRAOK MARKt. DESICN PATEMTS, COPVRIOHT8. toJ y,T Information and frea Hand hi. k write to KVNN CO, Ml UaOiDW.T. Kw Yott Olilcit burrtu fur seriirlDf pau-nU la America. Krerr t.u-nt takea out ty u la broneht b-for the puiiUc by a nouca girtn tiv oldiarga ta lit ri(uiifif wifaB Larrest elrenlstpm of atir aeleiiUfl? parier tn tl wuriu. rpielioiair iimitraiiM. zto i-w-n..--n ni.a W.t ha without It. Weeklr, M.OOt rev; IJW ill tnot.shs. AddrMt, M 0."i V OJ I yvai iHmnisi wuauway, ww isvs7, . onKer SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20. 185)0. DER PIHWIE. Plhwle. Plhtric, Plhwlttltle! KI, Pihwhs ll-ht lerlcS T Nau hoek di--li uf der PiMClitc hi' Un sing del Morxeschtlck. IIoHcht king verwellt I in StiminerlanJ, lliwht aelt Ok tower fort ; Itlsi-ht drutine onllieh gut Im kannt T W'ie (ii lit's die Vegel dortf tSt Hchnee. dort uf dleOn-naelibeem. Cell, dort Kcht's (car kee' Miimv? LkK-h flelscht du aln reeht kruuk for Ileem Wann's Zelt is for se geh' ! Biw-ht doeh uusall rei'ht willkum do; IHmk, du l.lseht net su frleh T lx r Morxe RUkt emol net k tiell net, du klee Plhwtc? Pihwle! wo bauMcut du deu Johr lii'T Kanmcht wehle wodu wltt; Witt du am Haus 'n Plactzell? Ich ducel d'rs wllllg miU Ich geb' d'r neh-r Dreek for nix, (iellshoor und Klax un Helm ; Nemmscht's ennlhau ! Ich kenn del Tricks, l'u schmaerter klcener Schelm ! Tessisju-ht :aclipass, mui Pihwiefricnd, Ich rw liel dich kee' Dleb! HetLseht mit mei'm tlold del Nescht gelelnt, Du waerscht in'r Juseht so lieb. N Kruchtjohrolinc dich, Pihwle, Waer w e 'n lieri Welt ! Del lleii!-ht, mel liewin Vetell, li. z ihlt m'r net mit Gi-Id ! Pihwle, wle 'n milde Luft du bringK-ht ! Dii Krlehjohrssunn, wle schee'! 'A gebt nau, well du 'mol Morgets singscht, Kee' Wlnterduge moh'. Pihwle, Plhwic, Pihwittltle! Itin froh, du bischt xerick ; Nau hock dich uf d'r Posoute hi', Un sing del Morgescbtlck ! from Ifurbaugh' Jare. THE DOCTORS PERIL "He was a man who did not know what fear was." We read of this inex perienced individual every day-with-out a thought of cavil. Did anybody ever really know sueh a man ? I am for one firm in the belief that ho never lived. The bravest man I ever knew was a doctor. His heroism had been proven iu four years of war, and, all about the country Hide, his courage wax proverbial. He had been known to risk his life with such hardihood that it was a question as to whether hero ism or folly was uppermost is his char acter. Vet this hero not only had a knowledge of fear, but had felt it him self. He had U-cn literally scared out of his senses, and, worse than that, the danger was only the shadow of a dang er and had no real existence. This is the tale of it as he told it to me : "It was a good niany years ago. I had quite a practice among my coun try people outside town, and used to drive nearly every day over the rock road that runs south into the river val ley. Four miles out is the IImnnn plaeea neat cottage, close to the road, in a large yard, where there was much shrubbery and many trees. The house had Ih.i-11 vacant for (some time, and one day I noticed ieople moving in. They were Northern people, a gentle man and his wife. His health was delicate, and he had come to try our milder climate. She was a slight, frail sunny-haired little woman, very young and girl-like. "'I saw them often after they had set tled down. They evidently loved the open air, and seemingly spent the whole day outside the house. I have often seen her working with garden tools among the shrubU-ry while he looked on, leaning upon his cane. Again I would see them, at lunch or tea upon the gallery or. under the trees. They were a pleasant sight, for I love to see husband and wife so unconscious ly fond of each other. "Several mouths wore along and the winter drew near at hand. YV.ith its approach there rame a spell ofmiscra. bly cold, wet weather, tiood weather for a doctor's practice, but very disturb ing to his convenience. The genuine ly sick are more numerous and then there is a vast increase in those who think they are sick, which amounts to the same thing in the wear and tear of a medical man. "One raw night I had just returned, tired and sleepy, from a far visit to an exasperating old woman, hoping I might be at peace for the rest of the night, when my hojies were shattered by a ring at the door. I opened and a negro stood shivering iu the driz zle. " 'Well,' I said, as he stood dumb and unmoved. 'What's the matter? Who is sick ? " 'Boss,' he answered, finding his voice, 'you is wanted out to Mistah Wimanscs right away. He's been tuck'n down bad, and de Micns sont me to git you to conic quick as you kin.' "'Wimans? I don't know him. Where does he live?? '"Why, dey is tie new folks what's took de ole Hamson plac? on de rock road. Me an my ole woman been a1 working fur 'cm since dey fust come.' "I knew then where and by whom I was wanted. I roused my own servant, had my gig brought around, and in a very few moments the negro and I were on our way. The trip did not take more than a half hour, as the good firm, macadamized road was unaffect ed by the weather. It was well after midnight when we reached the Ham- sou cottage. The negro took charge of my horse and vehicle, leading it arouud to the stable in the rear and telling me to go right up to the front door and ring the bell, which I did. There was an immediate noise of some one inside hurrying in response. The door oik-ii-: ed. There stood the little sunny-haired woman, her face all drawn with the cruel marks of anxiety and distress. She spoke rapidly to me in a nervous half whisper as I took oil" my hat and great coat in the hall. " 'Doctor, I began to fear you were never coming. I am so uneasy about my husband. Come, follow me at once.' "She led the way along a hall and into a large bed room. In the center was a solid heavy oaken table, and over opposite the door a bed iu which lay some one, iny patient, evidently. His face was turned to the wall, and one hand lay motionless outside the led clothes upon the counterpane. He seemed to be asleep. His peculiar quiet did not impress me at the mo ment. Bringfng a chair close to the bedside, I laid my medicine case on the floor and proceeded to make an ex amination. The little woman stood close by holding a lamp so as to assist with its light. "I felt for the pulse. The baud and set ESTABLISHED 1827. wrUt were cold as ice. There" was no pulse. I hurriedly passed my hand 1- ncath the covers to find if there was any heart action. There was none. I turned the head toward me. The jaws had fallen ; the eyes were wide open, ilxcd in the awful stare of death. The man was a corpse. Surprised and shoeked out of my ordinary profession al lea ring, I exclaimed : " 'Madam, I am too late. Your hus band is dead. He must have died four1 or five hours ago. It is very strange that you should not have known his condition.' "She turned hastily and sat the lamp upon the table. Then going around so as to place the structure between us, she faced me, leaning forward with her hands resting on the polished surface. The look she turned upon me was one which no man could ever forget who hud once seen it. Shespoke. Her voice had a harsh, vibrant, rasping sound that made my nertres jump at every word. " 'lead ! Dead ! It is not true. You are lying .to me.. You are one of our enemies. He is yet living and you would bury him. My God ! You would bury him alive. You shall noL You shall not.' "I was so amazed, surprised and over whelmed that I could not think or act, but rose half up from my chair. At my motion, still repeating those words: 'You shall not, you shall not,' she step)ed backward, tore open a bureau drawer, took out something and again faced me. I saw then what that some thing was. It was a six-shooter of the largest size, a weapon having almost the power and accuracy of a rille. She held it cocked full upon me, using both her hands to steady it, the weight be ing too much for the slight strength of her single arm. I could plainly see her slim forefinger resting against the trigger. I sat down again as she hiss ed at me these words : '"Liar! Murderer! You shall not do it. Restore my husband. Now, at once, or I will shoot you as you sit there.' "It was four good long steps K-tween us. There, too, was the barricade of the table. Should I rush upon her I must receive at least one and probably two or three shots. She could not miss me, and a bullet would surely disable me. These things flashed through my brain, and the idea was dismissed in the winking of an eyelid. Then the full terror of my situation came upon me as a wave. The woman's bruin had turned. She was crazy and jiosMessed of that one fatal idea. Between myself and death was the slightest pressure of a finger, a'mere muweular contraction, responsive at any instant to the dis ordered impulse of a lost mind. I am not ashamed to say that when the full realization of my critical position came upon me that I was scared, badly scar ed, scared completely out of my senses. I sat there helpless, dazed and bewil dered. The woman's voice aroused me. " 'Restore him,' she said. 'Begin now.' "What I did was not the result of any forethought, but simply a mechan ical act induced by fright- I reached down, picked up the medicine case, opened it, and began fingering over the vials, saying all the while : " 'Well, well, be patient, and. we will try what w can do.' j "I did not know my own voice, it sounded isi fuF off and queer. But I began to recover myself somewhat, and my thoughts assumed something like order. I ventured to look up at her. She was now sitting down in a chair, her arms resting on the table, her hands still clasping the pistol, its ugly muz zle pointing straight at me. Site held it firm and true. There was no hope for me in that face. No feeling there save the concentrated force of her iu sane determination. " 'Hurry,' she said. "Her voice was a sa whip to mj- mind. The first coherent idea that I formed was, anything to gain a little time. So I spoke to her again, never raising my head, for a man don't care to gaze upon such faces or into such eyes any often- than he can help. I lied to her good and hard, too. '"There is a possibility,' I said, 'that he is in a cataleptic trance. Liv ing, but presenting all the appearance of death. If this is so, I may be able to revive him.' '"Revive him, then,' she answered, 'do your work, and do it quickly. Bring him to look at me, to talk to me.' "Ah, me, no one has ever worked such marvels since the gentle Nazarene walked the earth. My panic had grad ually worn away, however, but the sense of deadly peril still remained. A careless movement, an incautious word, might bring a bullet crashing into my brain. But the quick niove mentof my mind brought a suggestion of a means of escape. Pulling myself together, I spoke again : " 'Madame, I will use my utmost skill in spite of the extraordinary situa tion in which you have placed me. That I would do iu any event, and is all I can do. I had no idea of being called to such a case, and tiie simple medicines I have with me are useless in this instance. I require rare drug of extraordinary power. With -your permission I will return at once-tq town and get what I need. The delay w ill in no way affect your husband's condition.' "Would this pretense deceive her? She did not answer at once, and when she did the structure of my hopes fell in ruins. " 'No,' she replied, 'you can not leave here. I will call a servant, and you can send for what you wish.' "My despair was only for a moment, for her very wordswere pregnant with m great idea. I would send a message for what I wished, but it would be for help to a living man, not impotent drugs for a dead one. I took out my prescription pad to write, and came near spoiling all with my precipitancy. Of course, she would insist on seeing what I might write, and, reading a summons for help, .her crazy fury would go beyond all restraint Deceit must wear a more careful guise. How to write such a message as would be intelligible in town and unintelligible to her, puzzled me considerably until I thought of Latin. I would write the thing in Latin, although there was a. t V' T"T chance of her U-ing familiar with the language. As oppsed to the certainty of English there was no choice in the matter. I went to work at once, and the necessary words came to me with surprisingly small effort, considering I had allowed years to pass without any attempt at furbishing up my old col lege studies. My completed prescrip tion read like this: TOHATTKRLKK A FINK, MCVUiilSTH. For Mr. Wimon's residence, Haiiisoii place, South road: In nomine Del, 2 drachma. Stati in mittcauxlllum, a ounce. Homo mortuus est, W ounces. I'xor furlosa, me, 2 ilnu-uins. Tenens cum pistole, 3 drachms. ABRAM EDWARDS, M. D. "It was very hard Latin; so bad that I expect the soul of my old profesnor up in heaven grew heavy w ith indigna tion, but if the right man got hold of it, jts purport was plain. Translated it meant: 'In the name of (il send help immediately. A man is dead; his wife insane, holding me with a pistol.' I put signs of draehms and ounces at the end of each line to add to the prescrip tion-like Bpearanee of the whole. When I had finished I said: "'The prescription is ready. You can call the servant.' "She struck a little ornamental gong upon the table and the negro who had come with me came into the room. His eyes opened wide and his face turned ashy as he saw how things were. But he was already in and dared not retreaL I knew his type too well to count upon any assistance from him save in his capacity as a messen ger. "She made the negro take the paper from me and hand it to her. I felt my heart beat dull and heavy with anxiety as she attempted to read it. She gave no sign, but handed the message to the darky, telling him to go to town at once and procure what it called for. He left th j room. Soon I heard the sound of a horse's hoofs over the grav eled pathway iu the yard, the slam of a gate and I knew my call was on its wav. "Alone there in that room wiih that crazy woman and the dead man I could do nothing but sit and wait and think. As the monents passed with leaden slowness, possibly long Invfore it could in reason be expected, my nerves grew tense with anxiety and every sense keenly alert for signs of approaching rescue. My brain grew sick with at- prehensions of probable miscarriages of the message. Again my mind lie gan to call up visions of all the bloody, mangled wounds I had ever seen or imagined. A double sense seemed to 4 nui, . rklkf. of n n v i.l w VtftlMft and a sickening impression of evil all around and alxiut ready to close in and destroy me. "Time and again I thought I heard the longed for sounds of rescuers dp-I proaching, to find it was but the rising wind, the first breath of a fresh 'north er agitating tiie trees or rattling a window sash. "At last the welcome sound came in fact and not in fancy, with unexiiected suddenness, breaking upon me near at hand without prior announcement. I heard the front door of the house open suddenly with crash and a noise of hurrying people in the hall. She heard it at the same instant, a look of tu it ling questioning crossed her face and then the fury of a demoniac possessed her aa she screamed at me: " 'So villain, they come to help you! They may bury my husbund, but you will go with him.' "I saw her finger contract upon the trigger. I covered mj face with my hands, expecting the explosion, the pain, the dreadful crash. What I did hear was a sharp click, a rush, half smothered t-jaculatir-us, noise of strug gling and something that was heavy which fell upon the floor. I looked tip. "Two men had hold of her. She was trying to free herself, wild-eytd but silent. Another man picked up her pistol from the floor, looked at it a moment, pointed it downward, snap ped it six times and said: " ' Why, Doc, there ain't a thing in the gun.' " St. Ismit (Huhc-Dcmorrat. Rhubarb as a Vegetable. After the rhubarb has served its pur pose by giving us its leafstalks in early spring, it often throws up an immense buiuh of flowers. An Euglish writer states that if this head of flowers is cut oil", and treated like cauliflower, it is just as good and desirable. One would suppose that there was something of the acid taste of the stalks in this flower head; but this writer says not. Many plants have a gecat difference between the elements in their flowers or fruit and the leaves. We can, for Instance, eat a tomato, and find it both healthful and ag r-ceablc: but if w e were to venture to eat a handful of tomato leaves, they would probably be the end of us. Those who are on the lookout for new vegetabk-s might, however, make a trial of the rhubarb flowers. It may be noted that the tomato is very closely ' related to the tobacco, and equally poisonous with that celebrated plunL Mrvhan't ifunth'n. Resolutions of Thanks. "Busied with the body politic," writes an Arkansas editor, "I neglected my own, till malaria swamped me, alternately chilling and consuming. I had more headaches than a barrel of Jersey lightning. An old medical friend advised Dr. Pierce's tJolden Medical Discovery, and ft' cured me. Then there was a ratification meeting up at our house resolutions of thanks to I r. Pierce and my medical friend were unanimously adopted. Both of them can always have Ust position iu this paper, next to reading matter." The medicine cures and expels ague and other miasmatic diseases by rousing the torpid liver to activity. Il purifies the blood, so surely and certainly that, once used, it Ls always in favor. Funny Things we See. The professional beauty in the Turk ish bath. The very stout woman taking her first bicycle lesson. The new woman wrestling speech lessly witli her collar button. The bachelor friend making his first attempt to hold his host's baby. eraio REMIXISCEXCES. A confection, if that name Is appli cable, indigeuons, so far as the writer is informed, to Western Pennsylvania and Maryland, called ":ppJc-btitttT, was considered as necessary on the table of the old taverns and farm hous es, as anything that was on it- If this article is, not, or rather, was not, in digenous to this country, it was "t least, made in its purity here. A few weeks ago the writer saw a large buck et or several buckets, from Pittsburg, marked as somclody's apple-butter, guaranteed to contain seventy percent, pure cider and apples, and thirty per cent, sugar, and some kind of syrup, Shades of our grandmothers ! What would they say if they could see that kind of stuff, and lie compelled to set i: before their guests as applo-btitter. Even tieneral Cot! roth, who knows all alsut apple-butter, and is somewhat fond of it, would turn away in disgust, if it were set ln-fore him. In the writer's boyhood days apple-butter making was a great event. The appli-s for the cider were carefully selected, they were crushed or ground in an old-fashioned mill, the "cheese" made just the riht thickness, and the cider strained through clean rye straw, running away brown, clear,' sparkling, pure. In those days there was no such thing as a hydraulic steam crusher and prt-s with a power of sixty tons or more, making the pomace dry enough to burn, while the eider is as tasteless as rotten wood, but, as stated, the old fashioned mill, and the old "beam" or "screw" press. What if a good deal of fluid were left in the piiiiai.-e? The hogs coul J eat It, or the "addition of a little water on it made the Ix-st of vine gar, and the cider had a "Issly" to it that is never seen in these degenerate days. You Can never see the small boy nowadays around a cider press, with a rye straw in his mouth, suck ing t'ae seductive fluid into his stom ach, until it fairly overflows. Oh, never ! If a Uy goes to a modern cider mill now, he .stands around look ing ou awhile, in a half-hearted listless w ay, and if the attendant hands him a cup of cider he drinks it with a melan choly longing in his eyes, that seem to be looking fur something better, and giK-s his way seeking for some other means of enjoyment. But itive that boy a straw, and a stream of rich brown cider running out into the gut ter of the pi at fori ii of an old-time cider mill from the "cheese," and he is in a "seventh heaven" of delight. In ad dition to the pure cider required to make the oM-ia-mioned appie-tmtter, the apples for the thickening were se lected, if possible, with more -are than those fnnn which the cider was made. An appie called the "pear-main' was famous in-this country iir cider, and the rusty-coat sweet fort'ue thickening, although frequently, Uth the eider and thickening apples w-re sweet. As a rule, however, the nppie-b'itter was preferred a little tartish. The ap ples for the thickening were pared and cored ao that not a seed or knot or bit of paring remained. The cider had to lie boiled until it was thick, a con science readily recognized by the good house-wife; the other apples were cooked a while until they were ft soft, a condition also well-known to an ex perienced person, when they were mured into the boiling cider. Then the stirring commenced, the imple ment used for-this purpose consisting of a smooth hoard some two and a half feet long and six inches wide, with some holes bored in one end, and more or less elaborately finished, a hole at the other end into which a smooth pule, some ten feet long, was fastened. The lower end of the lioard was some what oval in form so that it would fit the bottom of the kettle, while the stirring process was going tn. A eoj per kettle always had to be used, at least one of which was owned by ewry fanner or housekeeper, for nearly the express purpose of making apple-butter. One of these kettles was always considered a necessary part of the out fit, when a girl was married. The writer remcmUTs once seeing a ma chine, made by an ingenious farmer, for stirring apple-butter, which turned with a crank, the board fitting the bot tom of the kettle and keeping the aj-ple-buWer constantly loe; but then there was very little fun in using it, for one person could turn the crank, whereas, with the old pole stirrer, two, a young man and a young woman, Were required. It scented a little sin gular that the stirrer did not go with nearly so much regularity or smooth ness when two girls or two boys had hold of the handle, at when they were of the opposite sex. Apple-butter boil ings were very common, in the old times. The young folks of the neigh borhood, ami some not so young some times, were invited to help cut apples, some of which were to be made into "snitz," and some iutu apple-butter, and when the cider had lax u boiled to a proper consistence the cut apples were put in.. As mentioned, it always required two persons of opposite sex, to manipulate the stirrer properly, for woe to the couple who permitted the apple-butter to burn fast to the bottom of the kettle. A country girl who would so far forget her teachings as to allow such an accident would lose caste; consequently, notwithstanding "eyes that looked love into eyes again," she had to be constantly on her guard. Tiie lady of the house, of course, had the whole business under her supervision, so that liurniiig did not often ocenr. The writer well re members an apple-butter boiling he at tended when he was many years younger than he Is now. There was quite a large party assembled, and of courae, with so many youngsters to gethcr, there was fun. After a while, when the pples for thickening were ready, and the cider iu a "receptive condition" the younger and more gid dy members of the party managed to have an older couple, of maturvr years and more majestic proportions, as to height ani breadth, assigned to the stirrer, and through the longyears that have rolled sw iftly by since that night, the w riter can never forget the scent, nor the fun. The young man stood six feet two or more, and was proportion ately Isiilt. a magnificent specimen of i I pliyslcal manhood, in the prime of WHOLE XO. youthful vigor. The young lady was, also, of generous prqortio:is, strmg. hearty, healthy, a fit companion for the young man. The writer can see them yet, in his mind's eye, as they stood erect, vigorous, contcnti-d and happy in each other's society, with the light handle of the apple-butter stirrer held jointly bctwwn them as they vig orously stirred the bottom of the ket tle, whispering, the while, words known only to those w ho love each other. They have sjeut long years to gether since then, and have children and grand-children, but doubth-xs that night stands out among all the others, as one long to lie remtm!ered. The writer has seen somew hat of the world since those callow days, but" who tlare say the old time wood-choppings, corn huskings, apple-cuttings and apple-butttr-lsiilings were not the happiest days of his life ? We may have lietn, and were "green" then, the "m'ss"' perhaps, was sprouting on rnir backs, our clothes were not of the best quality, nor did they fit w ith the immaculate neatness of the boys of today ; the creases had long since departed frt.m our trousers, if they ever had any ; most likely our good old mothers, .Iod bless them, w ho sire all in heaven to day, had made them. We did not have watches, nor "loihd" shirts, not many of us at least, nor fine shoes, nor fancy late-style hats, nor kid gloves, but we hud the fun all the same, and we were healthy, strong and active. The writer has, many times, in ecm paiiy w ith one or more Uiys, walked six or eight miles to a spelling-school, eorn-htiskipg, apple-cutting, or party of some kind, and back the same night. Buggies were scarce then ; such a thing as a fancy cutter was never e n, arid if a farmer's Uy wanted to go anywhere, he usually had to walk, even if he had worked all day himself, as the horses would !e tired. The boys of f-,r!y years ago arc the middle aged men of to-day, and, how soon the ti 'iie will come, w hen, in forty year fr.'in now tiie boys of t-wlay w ill lie the middle-aged men ! Addison, Pa- M. (ili! woman fair, tiiat you are heir To many a woe, alas, we know; And through the world yon often With weary t?p, ami sa.l and slow, When oi'yotir ills you rid might le, I'.y using that sage remedy: '"'. P.. F. P.. V. P.. K. P." Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre-eription has rescued many a periled life, it is especially prepared for women. Cures "Female Weakness," displacements of jh-lvic organs, irregularities and pain ful periods. Send for free pamphlet or n veins lor lvrK oi hi pnf-t ttw mau's Diseases. Address World's Dis pensary Medical Associati n, BiKfalo, S;.rjofHuC.art5h;p. A traveling limn who n;akes month ly trqs through Wot Virginia to'd litis story of a courtship of his. ' There is one of the pn-tliest girls in the country l:ii:g in a little Wtst Vir ginia t w n," h said. "At one time I th Light myself very much in love with her an 1 wanted to marry her. TU .; girl's father was a customer of mine and I always limed my trij so that I could spend tiie evening at his house. "One night I oncluded to try my fat-?, and managing to see her alone I proposed to her. I was accepted con ditionally upon my getting her father's consent, and I was not to ask him until after she had a chance to soften him a little. Of course when I went away that night I thought of nothing but what presents to send her. I could not see her for a month, but we could write. We wrote every day, and I invested a whole month's salary in presents. "When I reached the town again, I called at once to see her, and she told me to ask her father the momentous question at once. Approaching the old man, he said to me: 'Young man, you act as if you was going to ask me if you could marry Sue. If you are, I'll just say that I've just got to the point where I don't care who she mar ries. When that New Yorker asked me, I told him ye; when the feller from Chicago asked me, I told him he had my blessing; when the Wheeling man wanted her, I told him all right. That was last week. Yon are the sixth this week, and I ain't going to let you say a word. Siie told me this morning she was going to marry a young law yer at our county stat, and judging from the two or three wagon loads of parcels she has received by mail and express the last two months I should think she had about enough plunder to go to housekeeping on right away., "I did not say a word and skipped that town. The girl married the lawyer." ll".ii'A Star. An AfHavit. This is to certify that ou May 11th, I walked to Melick's drug store on a pair of crutches and bought a liottle of Chambei Iain's Pain Balm for in flammatory rheumatism which had crippled me up. After using three bottles I am completely cured. I can cheerfully recommend it. Charles II. Wetzel, Suiibury, Pa. Sworn and subscribed to ln-fore me on August 10, ism. Walter Shipman, J. P. For sale at oO cents per bottle by Benford's Pharmacy, Feeding; market Gardens- The old idea that fertilizers were not adapted to market gardening, was long ago exploded by the practical exper ience of the big market garleners near our large cities and by the truck farm ers in the South. Cabbage, celery, spinach and similar leafy vegetables depend for quality upon quick growth, and it results only from plenty of soluble plant food in the soil. "A slow growth is usually tough, dull and rusty while a quick growth is tender, bright and crisp." Only by filling the soil with decomp-sed stable manure in excess of w hat the crops need, can the needed supply of available plant food be obtained from manure. Usually it is cheaper and more satisfactory to feed these market garden erops w ith ferti lizers than to buy horse manure at high prices and haul or ship it long distances. JVe England Homttttad. THE SEW W0XA5. How Ebe Appeared to long Row of Old Family Portraits. She picked up the fencing foils and ra-i up the -tsirs two at a time, through the picture gallery, into the gymna sium. She Wort- a w hifc- woolen sweat er an I crimson I.I ooni- rs. Her eyes, sparkled wiih lu-slth ; her skin was as smin.-th and fair as a rose leaf. The family --rtraits, every la-t man of them, cruied their nceks to get anoth er look ut her. Spanish explorer, French marquis, Ititch settler, Crom well's sober Roundhciwl, early Puritan, latter day Yankee, handsome Indian chief for, alas, the proud family had known i;' misalliance all were eager t stare at the lovely vision. Dutchman What is that w hich just pas-cd through ? R-iundhe.nl It should I? a man by the garb, but the outline were those of a woman. Frenchman St. Denis aid me, but she was fair to look upon ! Marked you her trim ankles? Spaniard I beheld more than ank les. To me she seemed some bold mat adore ready for the fight. I say she violates etiquette in attiring herself thus. Puritan 'Tis Monday of the week. Why U ndetli she not over the family washtub? Roundhead Who prepurvth the noontide meal? Indian The chiefs wampum gn-s unstrung. Dutchman She should be on her knees c,iri:ig the kitchen floor. How have such things come about ? Yankee I have heard bits of talk a people jxiss. I always keep my eyes open. Il seems that women have be come completely changed. They now reU-I against tradition and scorn St. Paid. It is whi.-jersl that they have blotted out the word "oliey" froru the marriage service. ( I'niversal groan. RoundheadOh, froward and'per wrse ! Oh. generation of vipers ! Frenchman The little serpents are Lively as angels. Yankee They join dubs ; they read the pajiers ; they deride the laws which we have made to govern them. Spaniard Horrible ! Where are their dii'-nii-i? Yankee The duennas are tiie worst of the lot. They began it, wearing their hair short and clamoring for emancipation. In some states the wo men now go to the pills and vote. Roundhead Huskies ! Puritan I would put them in the stocks. I would duck them in running wattr. I would brand their shameless foreheads. Yankee Thev duck themselves gay ly. Frenchman That they ever did. 'Tis no crime they would be beautiful in our eyes. Yankee They consider fields and buy them. They plant vineyards. They take up claims. Indian L'gh ! Heap fool business. Who carries the wigwam ? Who skins the deer ? Who hots the corn ? Yankee Not that fair squaw in the gymnasium putting on grace and mus cle. The brave hoes the corn, or there wouldn't le a kernel iu the land. Indian Oiad I'm a good dead Injun. Spaniard What is lu-r object in do ing these scandalous, these unlicensed tilings . Yankee Why, they say they have been downtrodden and oppressed for ages by brute man : haven't had a fair .... , , . i r , euauee. liiey even ucoure tue i-ru created them the equal of us. Roundhead Jezeliels ! The Lord made them subject to us in all things as weaker vessels. I woul l keep thetu down with a heaw hand. Yankee Your day has passed. What could you do with tiiat compound of lire and steel in yonder. She would fight. She would Mil you throng1 with her sword. SiKiniard (thoughtfully i The Maid ofSurgossa. I heard of her after my time. Yankee She boxes; she rides strange machines through the highways; she drives four horses ; she drills like a sol dier: she knows no fear. Frenchman Joan of Arc St Joan! Dutchman There were such at Ley- den and at Shiys. Yankee She danees all night ; she hunts and swims ; she wheedles her old father. I n l i a n Pocal i on t as a ga n. Yankee She studies Jreek and med icine ; she visits the slums ; the sick v hospitals. You will find her on the battlefield lie fore the smoke has clear ed awav. Roundhead ( respectfully) Florence Nightingale. She was not of the Stuarts' reign ; she came later. Yankee Strong, healthy, earnest. gay, eympallMHie, full of fads, she- laughs, weeps, sings, flirts Frenchman Ah ! Yankee Works and plays. She rules the world with a rod of iron. Men call her tiie new woman. Roundhead She Ls a mystery. I give her up. Yanki-e I never will. Frenchman Other times, other man ners. Let her lie what she will, I sup pivse she still can love. Yankee Now as she is, she is as old as Eve. A warm heart beats under that sweater. Dutchman It takes an idea some time to penetrate my head, but I have been thinking that may lie we are all re sponsible for her. Iu Holland women fought and starved and drowned along with the '.est of us when we drove out Alva's hordes, and they never co.i plained. Spaniard Isabella and Columbus. Frenchman We Frenchmen have always let them set their dainty feet oil our necks. Roundhead Magna Charta and tiie racist beef of old E:igiau L Indian Fresh air and a free life PuritanStrength through endur amv. Yankee The Declaration of Inde pviideiice. Three cheers for the uer woman! Hash; here she omes, the darling! ihirvi-jn Tur -ll-rtiUL Face the Facts. The direct yearly cost of liquor in this country is $l,0u,UV-J. Th in direct cost L- as much more, the eos of labor, loss by dninkeness, the re sultant sickness, the crime, pauperism, etc. Two thousand millions a year for liquor ! At the same time we pay for bread, $-'afi,ls,niH ; meat, ?i;!ii,t)i),t; woolen gooiIs,-irT,si,(m; cotton, $JIo,)t)0,oiiO; hoots and shoes, H ;,in,0x; and for foreign missions, ?o, ".,(-Wt send a nickle to convert the heathen, and then ind our. hundred dollars on a spree to celebrate our philanthropy. In cases of burns, sprains, scalds, or' any of -the other accidental pains like Iv to cnie to the human body. Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil gives almost ' instant relief. II
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