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!'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
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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.
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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
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