V7 J i -flC Somerset Herald ETAM.1SHBD 1SCT. !'erms of Publication. ....lie-l every Wednesday lnomiug at f .Tmluin if I'"1 in valice- otherwise invariably ne ciis nrca. iia , ji.i ion will le discontinued until . trnvni re I'1 11 P llljn'- ne- to sotll) US lieu uuicnucil UO 1I1H , lt). lr rPr wiu be held reaponslbla W ruiuvlnt from one postoffioe to .vr!"Uyulu I ... j .! a a .4 f'i a tur 'reciit omv, rtuutw TUk SoUEUHET liKKALD, SoXEBaCT, Fa, - w THL. Jr.. i !"" KV i NOTAHY l'CBUC. -yLn - mi-:yi:rs, L A i K'-vitV-Al-LAW, SiMut-rm?', l'cnn'a. ., , -.. . hi in-led to hi care will be at- ".i-d t- pioiiii'Liiewi and udriuj. , ,; HAV. C. W. WALKER. ji iV L.IVE.t., AITed'NKYS-AT-LAW, aud NciTAKY I'l BLlC, iSomcrset, I'a. ...-He Court liouue. -D. 1;- -Cl"LL, ' A;lnU.KV-AT-LAW, No. 170 Fourth SAU, Pittsburg, I'a. t A. LKKKKY, J, AiTuKXEY-AT-LAW, Somerset I'a. fe-iiiKive Ki-her's Dook Store. ii A.KYF.Y M. HKKKLEV, AIie'liNEY-Al-LAW, ."somerset, I'm. in 1 :": .;tiul lsink. A. (.-. i!(i.i:ki:t, A I'luU-VtV-AT-UW, - Isouierset, I'a. lii .in C.wk Bcvrit liltH'k, Up kl.'lir. 'EUJ.I-K IL SCULL, All -li 1 1 -A l-LA , Somerset, Pa. -KKl'. W. JUESECKEJl, sSoiuersct, I'a. fit in I'riiiuiitf Houe liow, oppoMu.' Court J. It. K'UTT, AiTe'KN EY-AT-LA W, somerset, I'a. V J. KUUSEli, J" , Ai luUS EY-AT-LA W, Somerset, I'a. voN A'Z -i. Ot.LE, j rHiij.t atiitiiu to buMiifte tU-tU- II Hi 11J tlJKl I ailU MUJOlllllilg II'U'J -'allmim: hay, Al li'iiNEV-AT-LAW, ssniuvrxt, Ta. i . i...:-r in Hsil Eu.l'. Wiil i:itfD5 to ,. . i-iiii-uslvd to :iare with irouijlr - n:i U'li il IV TuliN II. I'HL, j Ail'NEY-AT-IW, fvjiui rM.t, I'a. V. ' j r irni 'iy a". nJ to kll luiui- ru , : ;.i : i.u- y av.-.ni'xl oil co;U-t Tv'ilN O. KIM Mi ML, j At iuK-N EY-AT-LAW, iMierM:t, I'a. W.!. .v.'.i :id t" uiii. -iiiru.xiti to his :n .iiM-rx I aiM aljouiu cmU. Ijis wuh i-.tL, j:k c voliroia e Gjx-.': ftloru. T.VMMS L. I'l tiH, 'J A Tlu it .tl-AT-LAW, loiiu-iet. Fa. i .' - iii M.iininoth tt'KH-k, up n.:in.. Kn-.-ii .Man: t r.. int-t. K ul.vli.;is : . I im ti-l. lit'-- t Xitlllillfvl. illd ail s i'L-iii.- aLic;ni.ti to wilii promptness 1. J. O 'Li:i I1X. L. C. CULISOllX. A rioUN El 5-A1 -EA W, .Somerset, Pa. A'! i:i:t:-?- riitrtisol to our care will be mi:i(-;ij and Li.tliuiiiy HllemleU to. t'ulleo l ui.i.; in .mii. iei, ltllord aud aijom u eiiuiiti.-. surAH ing aud couveyaueiug ..Lr uli rmMiUable Uriui. II L. BAMR. il. AiToUXEY-AT-LAM. tiolueP-t, Pa. Vii! ;.rj-tio? in Somfiet aud adjoinins i'ia.. Ail Iiumihts entrusted to uiui will -t:t-proinjil alleiitiou. H. ..I f If TIE "VV. U. Kl'I'I'EL. ! 'urrikUin s lit. n r.ij, J AriuH.NEVr-AT-LAV, tSoinerset, Pa. A :. .'j-in- ei;tru; d to their rsire will be :!!. and ulelllaily Htteiided to. Iti - M. ju Cixs ureel," o.pMt.- Mauiiuoth T W. AKOTIlKRS M. D., . J. PHYSICIAN" M)M'K',bUN, tromerset. Pa. mi Patriot Hlreit, ojnoito V. B. ir.-ri. .a ii i. at ollice. D!L 1'. F. MIAFFEIt, PlIYs-KlAN AM) St RGEOX, JSoiiK-rwl, I'a. :i i-r hi nnif.-iinal n r to the citi- 1 1 f! n i-t and vicinity. Ollice next :.r lo tumerri:il llt-L FL J. M. LOCTHKlt. in y.-i. I an ami .siri;ixi, o:i Main street, rear of Itrug store. L 11. S. KIMMELL, i. ni:1i. rx'i ami v i:i:ey. rnlM n !;y h- cam in.- inmj at hit of- D!L J. S.MrMILLEX, ii .ra:hi;i'e in leiiti!ry.) .v--. .;..!,,; :.:.,-t;t.! to the preservation :.;.ri:'!. etiu An.Ii' ii.! sets inTted. ;-!-. ! ...Us v U..R. !i!r d Mlli-Ieet.il-) . ltiu ;:;e i. . .r if. Iavix to' stoie, ''e-r M-ia - ross and Patriot streets. . H. tOl-FliOTH, Kuneral Director. .; Main Crj St. llt.-sWcnw, S40 Patriot St pIUNK 15. FLUCK, L:ml "Snrvo3'or 1 Z N I X i E.NtilXEEIl. Llstie, Pa. Oils! Oils! litir Hit tlutl braiitl of laminating it Lubricating Oils Naphtha & Gasoline, ' ' i i !. made from Pet rolenm. AVe chal stns. comparison with every known Product of Petroleum If you wish the most uniformly tisfaetory Oils 'U IX THE -A-merican ZSEarket. "-"oc.-H. Trade for Somerset and vicini ty supplii-d by OKiK A liEERITf and PUE.VbE A K(KSEU, Smifift. Pa. ttPOKTAST TO ADVERTISERS, ecrfa of tLo country paper is roend t.::.flon' County fceat Lists. Ehrewd 'ffWrg ava3 tlitmsclTea of tbene list, .7 of which can be had of Bdnizigto of Xc w Tork k rsttatais. V 1 VOL. XLIV. XO. 47. IyRYSAP It Floats At aH gTocerr stores two stzos of Ivory Fonp arc sold ; one that costs Cvecctits -a cake, and a larvr size. The larger cake is the more con venient and economical for laundry and general household use. If jour Grocer is out of it, insist on his getting it for you. T-i Pnocrca A Hutu Co.. C ti. -THE- First National Banlc Somerset, Penn'a. Capital, S50.000. Surplus, S22.000. DEPOSITS HCCEIVCD1N LARGC ANDSMALL AMOUNTS, PATASLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS, STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. La HUE . HICKS, GEO. K. SCULL, JA ES L. PltiH, W. II. ILI.EK. JOHN IL SCOTT, U I5T. si SsCCLU FUEII W. Bl DECKER. F.PWAItn SCULU : : miIIENT. VALENTINE HAY. : VICE PKESIDENT. HAKYEY . BEItKLEY, . CASHIER. The funds and serurltic of this bank are se curely protected In a celebrated Cokliss ltfR CLAK Proof Safe. The only safe made abwv lutely burglar-proof. le Sdssret Conatj National OF SOMERSET PA. - rO:- Etftb ishri, 1877. 0-5nbMl u Ustiori!, 1ES0 CAPITAL, $50,000 SURPLUS AND UN- DIVIDED PROFITS iy,OUU. :0: Chas. J. Harrison, - rresident. Wm. II. Koontz, - Vice President Milton J. Fritt-?, - - Cashier. Geo. S. Harrison, - Asst Caihier. Directors : Sam. B. Harrin, Wm. Kndsley, Jo:ah Spot lit, Jonau M. Cook, John II. Snyder, John StutTt, Joseph U. Iiavis Noah S. Miller, Harrison Snyder, Jerome Stufit, Chas. W. Snyder. Customers of thUbailk will rpcclve the most !iier.il treatment consistent with sale uaiiKinx- rartien wisniiiK ki wuh iinni. -:-.. can I accommotlatfd by dralt for any amount. Monev and valuatiles s.x-nrea oy one 01 im- rM.M fc celebrated fes, with ui-ist unproved lime lock. T. , Collecti'in rruKle in an pans 01 me timeu Slates. Charce motlerale. Accountaaud deposit solicited. A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE, nd everything pertuining to funerals fum- Uhed. SOMERSET - Pa Jacob D. Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Door West of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa. I Am Now preimretl to supply the puMic with Clocks, Watchcf, and Jew elry of sll descriptions, as C heap as the CheojMt. IIEPAIUIN'U A SPECIALTY. All work pu:ir.tnU-ed. IHik at my stock U fore making your .risn-hases. J. D. SWANK. ALWAYS On Hand. BEST IN THE MARKET. Jarecki Phosphate, Lime, Crushed CoVe, Hard Coal, Salisbury Soft Coal, At the 01J StanJ near the Somer set fc Cambria R. U.- Station. -sPrices Right. Peter Fink e Campbell Smith, PEOPLE'S STORE.. F7 VERY ladj is interested in nice Spring goods, whether it be for her own personal adornment or for comfort or embellishment of the household. This spriii? we have made extra ordinary preparations and arc now ready w ith a magnificent stock of Carpet, Lace Curtains, Furniture, China and Crockery Ware, and Kitchen Goods, Extra mijht, all-wool t'urpt-t, wry hest lfiy;!n, 48c ( iiKxl quality P.msvls t'arjH-t, U-st ik i:-i;s, 4Sc liist Uru.-M ls t':trj ts, in lu liii such weil ktiou it iti:kfs as R.xlurirs, etc., Iiewt-st liiglis, 78c If you v;int a hamlsonie Vtlvot Carpx-t for your parlor, the prettiest anil In."?-! wi-ariii; fiirpe't inniio, come to tliis t-tore tinil get one at $1.03 Thousand of pairs of Lace Curtains, nkv patterns, at 533- I-r pair I.aee curtains yls. long, at 81 pr. jKiir Fine imported Nottingham Iilv Cur tains at $2, $2.50, $3 and $3-50 that are worth al-.ut one-half more. Come to this store for Dinner Set, Tea Sets and Toilet Sets, all kiud.s of (Jlassware. You can not only save your railroad fare but a great deal of money licside. Our new Spring stock of Dress Goods. Wraps, Jackets. and Miliinery. 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 CmxmI Suits for Men, as low as $5.00 (Jood School Suits for Jloys, at $1.50 Fifth Avenue, BtTartcn wood hs SHITHFIflO STRCtTS Pittsburg NASAL CATARRH CATARRH is : LOCAL KI.-KASK anil is the result of ..!. 1h and Mi l I n I'li'natic cli an.. It ran U't iH"! Iy a I.:.-. vint renn-ly which is appUei! 'li r.'ctl v into the nos trils.' K!y"i Cnwin Kilm ojm ns and c!ins;- the Nnsjil I'lissaees Allays l'nin und Ii - COLD N HEAD fljiiniiuition.Hils thesonv.l'nit.x-tathe men linine from Col. Is, Il.-stoiisi Hie wnstK of taste and smell. The llulm is ouickly alfeairbcd mid irives relief nt once, l'rice it) cents, at 1'rut.ifist.sor ly m;i!l. ELX BIloTIIKI.sj, SWarnn Street. X. Y. THEKEELEY CURE Is a special boon to bnsinem men who, harinr drifted uncon-K-inusly into the drink babit ana awaken to find the disease of alcoholism fastened U. n them, ren.lerin them unfit to nianaee af fairs rrijuirinic a clear brain. A four weeia Course of treatment al the PrrTSBURO KEELEY INSTTTLTE. Kol 4246 Flfta Arenue, restores to them all their powers, mental and physical, destroys the al. normal appetite, and restores them to" the condition thev were in be fore they indulret in lUmulants. This has been done in more than lfino ca.s treated here, and nmonj them tome of your own neighbors, to whom we ran refer wuh eonfl in- as to the stvioluts safety and efficiency of the Keeley Cure. The fullest and mot ear bine investigation is n vited. bend for pamnhlrt giving full kUorma tion. s Scientific American Agency tor CAVEATS. TRADE aaARicS. CESICM PATENTS, COPVRICHTS. to. far Infonnatlnn and free Handbuok write to MV.VN CO- SU BaoAbWAT. New Yosc. Oldest bareau for aecuring patents la America. Ken r'enl tskea out tf u la brnilcht bef.w the (Hibuc by a BotioKtn fn of chars in IM f (itntiiic Jltttmnm larrest efrrolsttnn of an HnUS e rsper tn ths wuiid. tpleudldlT liluLniteo. K. luWlll-tit tnaa should ba without lb Week It, B3.00 a yenr; !.! six months. Address, KUSn CO Vtausauut Ml iuvisuT sf, kcw Vork City. A I W "Tf SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, WHEN THE BABY HAS A COLD. I live a iuict itort of life, with nothing to re prct; Without a care to trouble, and I'm not the ma a to fret ; Hut, like the ghoM of Ilunilet, "I con I1 a tale unfold," When my wife Is In a temer, and the baby htii a cold. Now I've the sweetest lby and the kindest, loving wife. With a temper that's perfection she's as dear to me as life, P.ut she would not be liuinan, If she didn't sometliinsi scold. Or Just show a little anger when the baby lias a cold. Ho, when she romes a-lmniplng and a -thumping round my hs, Aud ikes me in the shoulder, and then wlmcks me on the bead, I feel certain she's not sleeplnic. thoiiKhslw p liaU-s to lose Its bold ; It Is useless to sham slumber when the baby has a cold. Then, if you could but watch me, you would think my actions strange. As I hustle from the covers, quickly lijfht the kitchen raiijje.. Set the teakettle to boiling, for the catnip quick I run. Scamper Iwrcfoot 'round the kitchen, with Mosaic garments on. For the tl.Kir Is just at zero, and 'tis midnight by the clock. And h:id Mos.-s struck this eMiluite he'd h ive donned another fris k. If huumii nature is the same as 'twas in d iys of old. Were his wife not in a teiuier, or his baby sick with cold. I'm sort of slow and cumbrous, and I do not claim much speed, ' And hold none of the record, of which you dully read ; But I canter round the bed room like a trolley round a loop. When my wifo is in a temper ai.J the' Luby has the coup. )hlo I Konsojf, A ST011V OF TO-DAY All of Which is Set Down Exactly ai it Happened. . KV WILLIAM S. aiIKY. It's after o'clock, Silas! What've ye got that light burnin' up there for?" The youth to whom these words were addressed, a sturdy, manly-looking lad of 17, was seated at a small table in the low-ceilinged upjier chamber of a Ver mont farmhouse, witlt an open tiook before him. In one corner of the room was an old-fashioned lied, with round heavy posts, near the foot of which stood a washstaud aud a small trunk, while along the side of the room ran a row of hooks, upon w hich various arti cles of clothing were hung in orderly array. A small mirror and an extra chair completed the furniture of the room. "Come, young man, d'ye hear me? It's high time ye were in bed !" again shouted the voice from the foot of the stairs. "Yes, father, I'm going in a few minutes," answered the youth, pleas antly. "Few minutes, hey? When I tell ye to go to bed I want ye to ttart at once, ill soon nui out wnai Keepin ye up!" and heavy footsteps W-gan ascending the stairway. The youth at the table Bushed and glanced uneasily towards the ojien doorway. A moment later his father stood liefore him with frowing counte nance, and as he caught sight of the book, the scowl on his face deepened, and he burst forth : "Studyin' agin nights, are ye, in spite of my orders What's this ye've got now?" "It is a Iatin grammar," said the youth, "and I did not understand that you had forbidden my studying nights. You said you would not have nie wast ing time studying when I ought to lie at work, and I have no work to do evenings." "I don't care for that. I won't have ye studyin' at night when ye orter lie asleep, either. It plays ye out so ye ain't wutit shucks to work the next day ; an' I'd like to know what earthly use Latin'U ever be to ye, anyhow ?" "Why, I can't get into college with out it, father." "Can't help that. I reckon ye'll be able to run the farm when I'm through with it without a college education, an' besides I want ye to understand I'm not goin' to pay for any such tom foolery as that." "I won't a.sk you to pay, father. I can work my way, if necessary. All I'll ask of you is your consent to go, in a few years when my studies are so far along tltat I can pass the examination." "Ye needn't wait till that time to find out I can tell ye right ofT that I ain't goin' to put up with any such nonsense, I need ye here on the place. If I have got a little money laid up, I don't intend to throw it away liirin' help, an' have ye wastin' yertmiegoin' through college. I got along all right without it, an' I guess ye can do the same." "Hut father" "None of yer talkin' back to me ! I tell ye once for all I won't have ye wastin' yer tiDie in that way, an' to show ye I mean it I'll jest take that book of yersand throw it into the stove. Kccken that'll settle the matter in a hurry ." And picking up the Latin grammar from the table, he started for the door ; but before he reached it, the boy, now pale and trembling from excitement, sprung before him exclaiming : "Father, -give me back that book ! It U mine ; I bought it with my own mouey the money I earned working ouL" "Stand back out of my way ! I tell ye I'm goin' to burn it up." "If you do, father, I I shall leave home; to-morrow." "Well, go on, the quicker the better, au' don't ye ever dare to show yer face around here agin. I've stood all of yer impudence an' back talk I'm goin' to. Now, get out of my waj- an' to bed with yc, an' in the mornin' ye can clear out soon as ye'r a mine to. D'ye hear?" And raising his clenched hand, he struck his son a blow on the cheek which sent him reeling aero the floor and then he strode angrily from the room. Down the stairway aud then straight to the kitchen went Hiram Stone, and removing one of the stove lids, he dropped the book on the hot coals, and stood for H moment grimly watching the flames as they began the work of nns N -O- ESTABLISHED 1827. destruction ; then replacing the lid, he turned away, still scowling, and going into the family bedroom he sat down and began removing his boots making as much noise as possible in the opera tion, w hich was his usual method of letting his better half know that things wcTe not going to suit him. The noise aroused Mrs. Stone, who had gone to bed some time before and knew nothing of the scene between father and son, and she soothingly in quired : "What's the matter now, Hiram?" "Nothiu' much ; only I've bin givin' the young man upstairs a lesson he'll remember a siel!, I reckon," was the answer. "I found him set tin' up, studyiu' a Latin grammer that he had bought unbeknown to ne, an' when I told him I wasn't going to have him wastin' his time in that way, he com menced talkin' back about going to college an' all that sort of humbug, so I jest lugged the book downstairs an' burnt it up." "Why, Hiram, how could you do such a tiling? Silas will never get over it he thinks so much of his books." "Who's askin' him to get over it? I reckon I'm boss around here yet awhile, an' he's got to do as 1 say or gel out. He said he'd leave home in the moriiin' if I burnt up his book, an' I told him to go on an' never show his face around here ag'iu. "You ought to lie ashamed of your self if you did, Hiram." "Well, I ain't," said Hiram, doggedly. "If he don't know when he is well oil let him go ; that's all I've got to say." "It isn't likely he will leave home, but I'm very sorry you burned his book. I should think you mlvlit give in aud let him go to college. He's the only child we have, and you know you could give him a good education and not feel the;lossf the money." "Meblie I could, but I never had a college education, an' I don't know that it's necessary for him to have one. Anyhow, .there's no use talkin' alsut 't any more. The matter's fecttled now as fur5 I'm concerned." "Uut Hiram" "I tell ye the matter's settled !" And without another word Mr. Stone finished undressing aud plunged into bed, where he was soon, to all appear ances, peacefully slumliering. There was one of the inmates of the little farmhouse, however, to whom no slumlier came that night. Silas heard his father open and shut the kitchen stove. He kuew that his hard-earned book was destroyed ; and bitter wt'q' the thoughts that surged through his brain. He f It. that there was only one course ieft for him to pur sue. It was miiiossiule to study asJie wished at home; through fear of losing his services his father would not allow it ; his cheek was still tingling from the blow he had received ; he could not longer endure it. He must go away. Whether right or wrong, this was his resolve. If he had waited till morning per- hnin things might have straightened themselves out, but he did not wait. He could not bear to have his mother see that mark on his face, which was already swollen and discolored ; l.e dreaded a further interview with his father; and having made up his mind to go, he sat down and wrote a faie- well message to his mother, giving in full his reasons for leaving home, though dwelling us briefly as possible on the scene with his father, and mak ing no mention of the blow he had re ceived, and endtd by mying that if the time ever came when, through misfor tune or otherwise, his father really needed his help, and asked him to re turn, he would consider it his duty to do so. This note he left on the little table, and then, gathering in a bundle the few things he would need for the pres ent, he crept softly down the stairs, in the darkness of tiie night, and with an aching heart, went forth into the worhL When Silas's mother went to his room to awaken him the next morning, she found it empty and his farewell message awaiting her. When her husband came in to his breakfast the storm of her grief was over, ami with a calm face she placed the letter before him. He read it tb-ough in silence, and then grimly re marked : "Well, if he waits till I ask him to come back he'll wait a good while; I can tell him that." "Hiram," said Mrs. Stone, after a moment's silence, "did anything take place between vol wand Silas more than you told me of last night?" . Mr. Stone kept his eyes on his plate as he answered : "Well, he stepped right in front of me when I was com in' out of the room with his liook, an' he didn't get out of my way quick enough when I told him to, so I had to to teach him hi place." "Surely you didn't strike him, Hi ram?" "Only once, Martha, an' I reckon it wasn't any harder than he deserved. An' now I've heard all I care to aliout the matter. Don't mention his name tome ag'in. He's gone an' that set tles it. I've got enough to do without worry in' over that." And pushing his chair luck from the table, Hiram Stone got up from his half-finished breakfast and left the room. letters came frequently from Silas to his mother, telling of his whereabouts, his progress in working his way through the world and in his studies, but al though she invariably left the letters on the sitting-room table beside her husband's weekly pape rs, so far as she knew he never read any' of them, and whenever Mrs. Stone meutioned the name of the boy, he only settled down further behind his newspaper and read on in silence. Three years passed, and they were busy years for Silas Stone. During that time he had taught school in va rious places, worked at wood-chopping, haying, harvesting or anything that he could find to do when there was no school, and, best of all, he had save! about $SU0 to apply on the college course towards which he was anxiously look ing forward. 1 le had of course kept up his studies all this time, and had made such progress in Latin and Greek that . MAY G, 189G. the felt sure of passing the required ex amination when the next college term began. The months passed swiftly by. Silas had added another hundred dollars to his savings, had triumphantly passed the preliminary examinations, and was all ready to begin his collegiate course in a few days more, when all his high hopes were dashed to the ground by the receipt of the following message from his mother : Dkar Sox : I have bad news for you. The horses ran away with your father to-day, and he was thrown from the wagon.'injur ing his spine. The doctor savs even if he recovers he will lie a crippfe tor life. You know, of course, how this will leave things on the farm. It is too bad to sacrifice your education, but there will lie notie totakeehargeunlessyou come home. Your father lias not ask ed for you, hut he needs you. He is perfectly helpless, and can speak only in a whiser. l'lense come if not to stay, to make your licace. with him. Your Moth Kit. r. S. Your father has Ix-en worry ing over something of late, but did not tell me what the trouble was until to day. It seems he has drawn out and unwisely invested the money he had in the savings bank and lost it all, besides j4l that he borrowed of Mr. ilroun, lie village stor-.-keeju-r, the note for which is now due. 1 am afraid that the worry and his injuries together will kill him. Two days later the stage that con nected Mapletown with the outside world drew up at the Stone farmhouse, and a stalwart, handsome young man jumped out, and went up the grass Uirdercd walk without waiting to see to his baggage, which was bundled out after him. When the meeting with his mother was over, Silas went with her into the room where his father lay propped up in bed. "Hiram," said Mrs. Stone, "here is Silas, come home to see you." "Yes, father, I'm here, bag and bag gage, and I'm going to stay as long as you need me," said Silas, stepping to the bedside ami grasping his fut Iter's hand. "You mustn't worry or think about anything except getting well. I will attend to all the work, besides help ing mother take care of you, and we'll have everything running along like clockwork in a day or two. liy the way, I stopped down in the village and aid that note of Mr. l!rwu's aud I've got a little money left, if you need it. I've liecu saving it up to pay my way through college, but it won't make any ditfereiice if I don't go. My first duty is here now." For the first time in years, Hiram Stone's eyes filled with tears, and he whisjiered: "I was in thewrong, Sila.s, and I've bin sorry ever sence that night, but I was to stubborn to own up to it t till now. It almost seems as if my get tin' hurt was a judgment on me for ai.-tiu' the way I did. Hut I'm glad it has brought you back, so I could tell you I was wrong. I can tlie in jieaee now." "iHin't talk about dying father. Mother and I can't spare you just yet. Just take things easy and keep your courage up. I'll have a city din-tor here as soon as I can get one, and we'll see what he thinks of your case." Silas was as good its his word. He procured the services of a specialist, who said with projvr treatment, his father might be cured. And cured he was, though it took all of Silas's re maining capital aul a year of unre mitting care and nursing to accomplish it. For one year after that Silas remain ed at home, toi ing early and late, and studying as he found opportunity, and then, when his father's strength was fully restored, he went to college as he had originally intended, and not only with his father's cordial consent, but with all the financial assistance that he could spare him from the income of the farm. N In later years, when Silas had won his degree and a professorship along with it, the proudest and happiest m--mcnts of Hiram Stone's life were when "my son, Professor Stone" as he was wont to introduce him to strangers was spending his annual vacation at the little Vermont farmhouse. Fans Repaired. Fannie, or as her family culled her, Fan, had losUher lieau and she was afraid she never would le paired. She hated the thought of being single all her life. One day she saw in a store window the sign "Fans Repaired." laughingly she said to a friend, "There is hope for me yet. I may lie re paired." "Of course you may" said her friend, "if you will take Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, that wonderful cure of woman's complaints, aud tone up your system. Do you wender your lk.'au left you when he found you al ways complaining, looking pale as a ghost and all that. Young men won't knowingly harness themselves for life to a walking corpse or a iH-ripatetie in firmary. Take the remedy and get well." Fan did and has been satisfac torily re-paired. For nursing mothers or those aliout to become mothers, "Favorite Prescription" is a priceless boon. It lessens the pain and perils of childbirth, shortens lalxr, promotes the secretion of an abundance of nour ishment for the child and shortens the period of conlinemenL High Ceilinjs no Longer. It is no longer common to build houses with such high ceilings as were in favor fifteeu or twenty years ago. Every foot of heiight in the ceiling re quires more Mian a foot of length in the stairway, and every stair must be trodden over many times a day by every member of the family. Where in such houses ceilings fifteen or even eighteen feet were sometimes used by the builders of a former day, thirteen, twelve, or even eleven are now more usual heights. In a country .house of modern size I should favor a ceiling on the first fioor as low as ten feet six or even nine feet and on the second floor eight feet six or nine feet When the height of a room Is lessened its ex tent seems greater, and decorative effects of a cozy sort are more easily produced than in higher rooms. One application of Dr. Thomas' Ee lectric Oil takes away the pain of the most severe burn. It is an ideal fam ily liniment era IX MEMORmi. A few weeks ago an article apjeared in the columns o." the Hkka Li , giving a short notice of five old "Pike lioys," then living in Addison town-Lip: Dr. H. A. Hartzell, Ephraim Stuck, James McCartney, Henry Kishebarger, Esq., and (i. W. Turney. Since then the two oldest have lieen taken away from friends and relatives, and have entered into the (treat Ileyond. Dr. Hartell and Mr. Stuck Isith died inside of two weeks; Dr. Hirtell two week 4 ago and Mr. Stuck last Saturday morning. Doth had liveiL long past the allotted time of the Psalmist, and had been living "on trust" for a gd many years. Dr. HartzeL's death was men tioned in a late issue of the Hkkali. Ephraim Stuck was lioru in, what was then Allegany, now Garrett county, Maryland, August 2, Wis, and died April IS, IS'.!, at the time of his death lieing the oldest person in Addi son township. He died aliout as far north of Mason aud Dixon's line, us he had In-cn born south of it. He was apprenticed, in early life, to learn the blacksmith trade, with a man named Simmons. Tiie articles of apprentice ship are now in pMsession of hW son, Pct-.T Stuck, a wounded veteran of the Iau war, of Listouburg, where Mr. S.uck died. It is written after the quaint manner of the time, and quite a curiosity in its way. Mr. Stuck lie came an expert master of his trade, in all its branches, but he particularly excelled in the manufacture of the cel ebrated butt-chains aud double-linked breast-chains used among the old wag oners on the pike, as was mentioned in the paper referred to. He worked a numlicr of years in Petersburg, for some time in a shop which stood where Ross' store has been standing for a long time. From Petersburg he went east on the pike to an old tavern that sttMid a mile beyond the line in Maryland, where he worked for some years, after which he came back to Pennsylvania, to the top of Winding Itidge, where he built a house and shop. JJis next move was to the foot of Winding Itidge, to the old WaUe tavern, and from there to Listouburg, where he bought property, and resided until his death. Mr. Muck was an indefatigable worker at his trade, as indeed he was compelled to lie, for, as slated in some of these papers, there was an abundance of work for all blacksmiths during the prosperous days of the pike. Mr. Stuck was a man of great strength, but g'swl-natur-ed aud jieaeeable throughout his long life. He seldom, if ever, liecame em broiled in the quarrels and fights so frequent in those days. He was a friend of everybody, and everyliody w.is his friend. For the last few years he has lieen unable to work, on ac count of his advancing years, but, as long as he c itild work, his delig'at was to make his butt and breast-chains. During the last year or two his mem ory, as is so often the eas with aged persons, has been blank, almost, to re cent events,- but bright and clear in regard to things that happened fifty, sixty or seventy-five years ag.. His anecdotes and reminiscences of things that occurred long years ago, were in teresting and entertaining. His long residence on an 1 near the pike had en abled him to see all that was worth seeing, and there was ntuc'.i to lie seen then. H could give the genealogy of every family in the iicighborhottd, whneee they came, whom they mar ried, when they died and where they were buried. Mr. Stuck was a widow er fir nearly thirty years his wife having died in lsi7, and duritig his declining years he was kindly attend ed by his children, and, while he suf fered from the diseases incident to old age, aud latterly, with what was sup p:sed to lie "Grippe," his real pain was not great, and when the end cam he passed away as gently as the pleas ant spring-time breezes that fanned his wasted brow. He was a member of the M. E. Church, South, an 1 his ob sequies were attended by It. -v. P.rown, and an immense concourse of people from all the su rrounding country. Addison, Pa, M. Th3 Country Eiitor. Verily the life of a country editor is a path of thorns. His bread is promises and his meat is disnppoiutmctiL His creditiirs chase him by day and the devil grin net h at him in his dreams by night. He sendeth the pajier to a suliscrilw-r on credit and the suliscriU-r paytth him not. Then he stoppeth the delinquent's paper, and the delinquent singeth ira la! and borroweth it of a neighbor. One sHbserila-T payeth his subseri i n wood, and behold it is rotten and soggy and of short measure. He whoopeth up the township poli tician and the politician gets elected and knoweth him no more. He pullet h the church fair gratis and then atteudeth it and payeth his quarter and rcceiveth two oysters. He hoometh his town and all things therein, and yet reeeivcth no support and is a m in without honor in his own country. Two young people m irry, and he giveth them a great puff, and they go to housekeeping and taketh not his paper. Yea, he is bound down with woe and his days are full of grief and trouble and vexation of spirit. Hut sorrow eudureth only for a night and joy comet It in the morning. Heploddeth along and eudureth in patience, and it Is written that he will receive his reward at the judgment. To Offer a Reward of 100 Dollars For a case of catarrh that can not be cured, creates the suspicion that the article so advertised is a humbug. Do you know of any such reward being paid ? Ely Hros. do not promise re wards iu order to sell their well-known "Cream Halm." They otrer the most elleetive niedieants, prepared in con venient form to use, and at the lowest isissible priev, 50 cents per bottle. Au honest and flcetive remedy, which is absolutely free from mercurials or other harmful drugs. Id. WHOLE NO. 2330. A Mountain Post-Office. I had directed tliat my letters be for warded to the pW oflice at Mouutain ville, and I reached the place to find it composed of a store, a blacksmith shop aud three dwelling houses. I inquired for tin olliee and was directed to the store. There was no sign of a postollice in connection, but I asked of the old man who came forward : "Is this the postomie?" "iieckon 'tis," he replied. "I don't see anything like a post oflhv." "Meblie noL We ain't never done a ower o' business here as a potot71ee. What's wanted?" I gave him my name and added that I expected some letters, and, after thinking for a moment, he replied : "Them letters three of 'em dun come several days ago. Lemme sc what I did with 'em." He looked along the counters, up on the shelves and behind loxes and bar rels for a long ten minutes, and then finally said : "It's mighty qua re ware them letters has gone to. We was all a lookin' at 'em yere for two or three days, but I doau' reckon nolssiy curried 'em otf home. Jest sot down till I look fur- der." He made a pretty thorough search of the store this time, even getting down on hands and knees to p-cr under the molasses barrel, but the letters could not be foujid. "Say," he said, as he got up and bra-bed off his knets, "that's my house over yan. Meblie the old woman's took the letters home." I went overand knocked on the door, but got 'no answer. I passed around the house and found the woman smok ing her pie as she minded the lire under a kettle of soft sup. "Letters?" she repeated. "Yes, I brung 'em over and put em under a pan on tiie shelf, and I reckon the jK-sky rats hain't got at Vti yit." She went in and got them, and when I returned to the store the Postmaster said : "Now, then, if yo ar gwine to want a postage stamp this week yo' Utter let me ktiow to-day, so's I kin order it from Knoxville." Pensive Pencilin js. An optmist is a man who, when he is seasick, can ge! seine amu!!". i.t out of the misery of his fellow-passengers. It is a bad time directly after bretik fist for a housekeeper t- ask the nit ni ts rs cf her family what she shall order from the j rovL-ioii dealer for thtit da's dinner. The man who invites trouble gener ally has his i iviiation promptly ac cented. A K-year-old girl's idea of the riht kind of a chaperon is a young man of 1'' w it h curly hair and a nice little b!a.-k mustnciic. No one really knows what becomes of List year's Hies, b.it this year's crop will sooa trowd them out of memory. It pleases a man's wife to have him take her photograph with him when he goes away from her on a long jour ney, but she isn't aitogethersatistitd if, when he coined home again, she finds that the picture doesn't show some signs i f wear. The man who has nothing to do can almost invariably find some busy man to bother. The man who can't sleep nights wishes that somebody would invent a mu..le that would suppress his neigh Imr's dog's bark as effectually as the or dinary niuz.le diie-s his bite. No matter how p air you are, it is not impossible to follow the fashion, and g-.-t wlihin a reasonable distance of it, too, if you try. If only a girl can annex a couple of meal bags, for in stance, she can have a pair of bloomers that are quite au fait, so far as their outlines are concerned. S-mifrville A Tree That Stings- There has lately lieen added to the collection of plants at the botanic gard ens at Madras, India, a specimen of a strange tree. It is in size se-arcely more than a bush, but other individu als of its sjieeies are known to have at tained iu their habitat iu the Himala yas, Durniah and the Malacca Penin sula the dimensions of a large tree, from fifty to seventy-five feet in height. The Madras specimen is surrounded by a strong railing, which Uars the sign "Dangerous all persons are forbidden to touch the leaves or branches of this tree." It is, therefore, a forbidden tree in the midst of the garden, but no tine is tempted to touch it, for it is known to be a "burning tret."' This name is a misnomer, for the tree stings rather than burns. -Itene-ath the leaves there are stings comparable to those of net tles, which, when touched, pierce the skin and secre-te a fluid which certain ly has a burning etlect. The stiug leaves no outward sign, but the sensation of pain persists some times for months an.l is especially keen on damp days, or when the place which has been wounded is plunged in water. The ' native's in the part of r.runiah where this tree grows are in such te'rror of it that they fly in haste when they perceive the peculiar tutor which it exhales. If they happen to touch it they fall on the ground and roll over and over ou the earth with shrieks. Digs touched by it yelp and run, biting and tearing the part of their bodies which has lieen touched, A horse which had come iu coutact with a "burning tree" ran like a mad thing, biting everything and every body that it could reach. A mission ary at Mandalay who investigated a leafof the plant with his forefinger suffered agony for several weeks, and for ten months felt occasional darting pains iu his finger. London Titbit. After Typhoid Fever. CoLi'MiiiA, Pa., March 30, lssKS. I take pleasure iu saying that I have lieen taking Hood's Sarsa'arilla and have found it an excellent medicine. I have used it after typhoid fever and think there is nothing that equals it. Minxik ItiLLKT, Philadelphia. Hood's Pills cure sick headache, biliousness. The Tramp's Partner, The May train attend of u hnd struck an open it h and ln ditrh1, and two pnsnengfrN were killed outright and five or six others more or hss in jured. The killed and injured were lying m the dejiot platform as our train cntne up, and among the latter was u profo.,i.,ii;il tramp who had U-en stealing a ride. After the doctor hail looked him over, the vagabond, who had not lost coim iousnesw f(r a moment, mils 1 faintly and asked: "Wall, pard, what's th verdict of the jury?" "You are liadly hurt," was the reply. "I know that. I was ' right in the squeeze when the two cars come to gether. I'm as flat ai a pancake. Will I ever tramp again." "I'm afraid not," "Ar' my legs t.fr :" "No. You are fatally injured, how- i ever." "That means I'm goner'." "Yes." "Wall, I'd liked to hev got over this and hal suuthiu' to talk atsiut and brag over, but I ain't doin' no kickin". My pard was on the car ahead. Was he hurt ?" "No, here he is." At that mnent a ragged, unkempt and typical vagabond came forward and bent over the victim and asked: "Wall, Jim, they say you hev to go?" "Yes," "How ye feelin' over it '."' "Sirter. No use to kick, Tom." "That's righL You never was no kicker nohow. Got any friends?" "No." "Want word taken to anybody?" "No." "Kin I doanythin' fur ye?" The dying man gazed at him for a moment in silence, and then whi-jr-ed: "Tom, ye ar' the only pordner I ever had as knower the Lord's Prayer. Jest say it over to me." The old tramp pulled off his cap and knelt down, and as the score of us un covered and bowed our heads he ri jicated the prayer word for word, and with such feeling as astonished every body. When he had finished he rose up and said: "That's it, Jim, and kin I do any thin' more ?" "Nothing more for Lim," answer, d the doctor, as he I'x-ked down upon the pale face. "Your partner is dead." Ih tro-t '".' J'ri. Glad he was in Trouble. "I do not l-lieve in gloating over, the misfortunes of others, but I am glad that man is in trouble," she said, as she threw down the papt-r she had been reading. "Who is it, and what has he been doing ?" he a-ked. "I don't know who he is," she re plied, "but he -sild his wife for 10." "He did?" "Yes, l.e did. " "The scoundrel." She ktsl ut him in surprise. "Areyoti glad that he is in trouble, to i ?" s!ie a-ked. "I hope that he U sent up for life." h'? returned, emphatically. "Why John, I didn't suppose that yo.i felt that way almut it," she said. "I rather thought you would laugh at it as a g.Mul joke, or make some unkind remark." "It's no joking matter," he answer ed. "It's a crime; that's what it is. It's a crime that appeals forcefully to every true and honest man, and it should be punished as such." "Oh I'm s.i glad that you feel that way abiut it," siie exclninieiL "Thai's wh it I think, but I was afraid that yoj wouldn't look ujo:i it as a matter of any importance. I'm glad to find that I did you an injustice. What would you do with him, if his punish ment were left to you ?" "I'd make it severe enough so that it would be a warning to all others," he replied. "I don't think I would I satisfied with a mere term of imprison ment." "Hut surely you wouldn't hang hint ?" "No, I woul ln't d, that, But I tell you, Mary, any man who will deliber ately defraud his fellow-man in such a emscienecless way ought to be made to sulfi-r, and I would be iu favor of com pelling him to live with the wife he had sold for the rest of his natural life. It is not a case of mercy." t"iinj- l'o(. The Richest Xan's Wife. Of the wife of Li Hung Chang, mil lionaire of millionaires, a writer in Pearson's Weekly says : Marchioness Li is a very beautiful, and, compared with her fcllowcouiitry women, an ex- eecdingly lenrntd lady. Her age is in ire possibly a great thai more than ., yet she looks .",, or even lese. The wife of the richest man in the world, she spends royally, although not without keeping a detailed account of her expenditures. In her magni ficent home oil the tanks of the Pie- Ho she lives in great splendor, sur rounded by sting birds, peacocks, aquaria, pottery, gems ami botanical collections. One thousand attendants and serv ants answer her leck and call. In her wardrols? are guarded two thousand coats, one thousand two hundred pairs of "trvusercttes" and five hundred fur ro!.s, made from the finest skins. Her feet have becu compressed until they are quite inefficient for the orig inal purpose, and t!ie Marchioness is unable to walk more than a few yards at a time. Twice a day she -bathes iu oil of orange and acacia blooms, and aiter- ward takes an airing in the coolie sed an, r maliv siie ureases ner nair in ways each more miraculous and a more perfect example of the coiffeur' art than the one that goes liefore. Salt These Facts Down. Salt puts out a tire in the chimney. Salt in the oven under baking litis will prevent their scorching on the bottom. Salt and vinegar will remove stains from discolored teacups. Salt and soda are excellent for bee stings and spider bites. Salt throwu on soot which has fallen on the carpet will prevent stain. Salt put on ink when freshly spille I on a carpet will help in removing the spot. Salt iu whitewash makes it stick. Salt thrown on a c ml fire which is low will revive it. S ilt used in sweeping carpets keep out moths. Sttti F.ti'i" iW. In The School of Jonrnalism. "What do you call a piecj of exclus ive news that you secure ?" "A leat or a sctaip." "An 1 what do you call a piece of exclusive news that is secured by your rival ?" "An idotic fake." CMnyo Iit. f II
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