U u The Somerset Herald ESTABLISHED 1827. 1'enns of Publication pablltbed every Wednesday morning at S 00 per annum If paid in advance, otherwise j 30 will Invariably be charged. o subscrlpUoii will be discontinued until U arrearages are paid op. Postmasters ne glertlns to DotlQ: us when subscribers do not ske out their paper win M held responsible r the subsertpUon. Subscribers ramoTinc from one poatofflaa to another should glTe oa the name of the form a a well aa the present offloe. Addreas Tbk SoxKBan Hmi.n, Somejuut, Pa. , F. UHL, Jr., ATTORNEY NOTARY PUBLJa Somerset, Pa. ffi .. jSmCj r. -ih iappel. UUFUS E. MEYERS, ATi'OiiNEY-AT-LAW, (...li.e in Scolfs Somerset, Peno'a. .. Itniidinz. '2d floor. Ill tusaitsv rutrust-d to his cars ar ill be at- (iVIL-il lO SHU iilwulJUic-a buu uucuij. . L. G. HAY. C. W. WALKER. AY & WALKER, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, and NOTARY PUBLIC, Somerset, Pa. p-a-e opposite Court House. VD. 1- SCCLL, ATIORN EY-aT-LAW, No. 170 Fourth bt-, PitUburg, Pa. T A. BERKEY, f) . A'l 1)1A"EY-AT-LA.W, Somerset Pa. Cilice above Fisher's Book Store. UAUYEY M. BERKLEY, AlTuKML V-Ai-LA W, Somerset, Pa. 02K-e in First National Bank. A. c' C. HOLBERT, A110Kt-Al-UlW, Somerset, Pa. Office in the Cook a Briu Bloc k, up stair. EOIiGE 14. SC ULL, r AilUtiMiV-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. 'RED. W. BIESECKER, Al l ltt fc -A 1 -l-ft. v , Somerset, Pa. OSce in Printing House Row, opposite Court Huuse. J. 11. SCOTT, AXrOKS EY-AT-LA W, Somerset, Pa. n J. KOOSER, U . AlTuKNEY-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. W. IL KuONTZ. J. i. tXiLE. KUONTZ OGLE, ATI Oll E YS-A T-LA W, Somerset, Pa. Will give prompt attention to business en roled to tiicir rare in somerset and adjoining ouiilie. Oiflioe in 1'riut ilouse iiow, opposite he Court House tfALENTINE HAY, V AliuKStY-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. ... T v. i... )n r?-,! l-"1 . t. Will ml Li'Ild to a . i iueM entrusted to hlscarc with promplr JOHN H. U11L, A'iTuU EY-AT-LA W, Somerset, Pa. ..1.- .tiMiii tj sii lniiiM en- truMed ui hi in. ouey advanced ou collec tions, Ac 01b.ee tn iuamiuoU) BWi. JOHN O. KIMMEL, ATI Oil t. Y-AT-LA W, Somerset, Pa. Will attend to all business entrusted to his exrc iu Xiiuervt and adjoining oou.-llea, with j. -.lLpiiKaud mlcliiy. tiUictuu Win Cross str-il, ooM-coiirxrtu Grocery Store.. TAMES L. POiH, J AITOICSEY-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. Office in Mammoth Block, up stairs. En- tvwe ou Millll cross sireeu v'ii 1 t ue. estate settled, title exatuiucd, and all 1 business attended to with promptness J. O )LB iRN. Lu C CULBORX. COLBORN & COLBORN, ArfoK E YS-AT-LA W, Somerset, Pa. All business entrusted to our care will be f..,il.t..ll. .tliil.iliwl tdft litllHV U'. "Illflll. uu Uliuiuii; ... -. oiis made iu Somerset, iiraford and adjom- 12 rtmulles. punrifjius u wuft;iv, a ne on reasonable terms. nL. BAER, ATTORN EY-AT-LA W, Homcrurt, Pa. U'ltl In finmAKPt (111 Sll Ulillill Z ouiitit. All busi new entrusted u him will r veive prompt attention. A H. COFFltOTH. W. H. RCPPEL. -lOFFKOTH & RUI'l'EL, j attuicneyis-at-Law, Soinerset, Pa. All business entrusted to their rare will be li"eii!y and punctually atteuded to. UIfl oa Main Croe street, opposite Mammoth Bi-jcs, T W. CAUOTHEIIS, M. D., 0 s PHYSICIAN ASD SL'KtiEON, Somerset, Pa. Offlr on Patriot Street, opposite U. B. n.un-li. 4litcailsat ofBce. DR. P. F. SHAFFER, PHYSICIAN AI SURGEON, Somerset, Pa. Teniern his profewlonal services to the clti !! of Somerset and vicinity. Office corner Mjiii Cross and Patriot street. IlTrrTTWTTHER, PHYSICIAN ASDSCRGEON, O33oe ou Main street, rear of Drug store. IL S. KIMMELL, U Dders his pni!tsionai serv ices 10 me nu-f-im rf Sumrrw't and vicinity. Unless pro ewionaliy enuMgui ue enn be louud at his of fice on Main Si East of iiiamond. L J. S.McMILLEN, (Graduate in Dentistry.) !ve kperial sttz-ntion to the prwervstion o natural teeth. Artihcial sets inserv-d. All operations KUKranteed SHtistwUry. Office la tlie r.,m over L. H. Davis A Co"s store, torwr Main Cross and Patriot streets. C. IL COFFEOTH, Funeral Director. Offi! 000 Main Cross St. Residence, 340 Tatriot St. w . - . i i . i J pitAXK li. FLUClv, Land Surveyor AM) MINING ENGINEER. Lixtie, Pa. Oils! Oils! -O- Th Atlantic IHlitlng Co., I'ittl.urr Dcpart trea. ru:hurg. !' iiukn pei-ialty of man uL.t u ring for the iMmestic trade the finest brands of I iiiiiiiaLiiig u. i-uui iLaiuig una Naphtha & Gasoline, ' hat can be made from Petroleum. We ehal lecge comparison with every known J rrannrt: nf pp.trn flnm If you wish the most uniformly Satisfactory Oils IN THE American farket, i-jroura. Trade for Somerset and Vicini ty scpplled by COtjK BEERID-S and FREASS KOOtSER, Sdmaraet, PI. nn iL JL 1KB VOL. XLIV. NO. 49. RY5AIP It Floats You have noticed the disagreeable odor of clothes just from the wash. That's the soap. Cheap soaps do not rinse out. Ivory Soap rinses readily, leaving the clothes sweet, clean and white. Tmc Psocrts A Cmhu Co, Cxrn. THE First National Bank Somerset, Penn'a. Capital, S50.000. Surplus, S22.000. DCPOSITS RCCCIVCDIN LANGC AMOSMALL AMOUNTS. PATABLC ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FAMMCRS. STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIEECTORS. LaRUE . HICKS, GEO. R. SCULL, JA E L. PUGH, W. H. 1LLER, JOHN R. SCOTT, ROBT. S. SCULL, FRED W. BIKSECKER. EDWARD SCULL, : : PRESIDENT. VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PRESIDENT. HARVEY . BERKLEY, . CASHIER. The funds and securities of this bank are se curely protected in a celebrated Corliss Bcr cur Proof Sake. The only safe made abso lutely burglar-proof. He SomersBt County National BANK OF SOMERSET PA. EtUhililwd, 1877. Orgisiras n t Ustleni!, 1890 CAPITAL, $50,000 SURPLUS AND UN- DIVIDED PROFITS 5iy,DUU. . Cha3. J. Harrison, - President Win. II. Koontz, - Vice President Milton J. Pritts, - Cashier. Geo. S. Uarrison, - Ass'l Cashier. XT Directors : Ram. B. IIarrim, W'm. Kndslcy, Josiah Spet ht, Jonas M. xxik, John II. Snyder, John Stuff!, Joseph B. Iavis, Noah S. Miller, Harrison Snyder, Jerome Mufil, Chas. W. Snyder. iviinimn of this bank will receive the most lltx-rul treatment consistent with safe baiikinjr. Parties wishing to send money eaiM or west can be accommodated by draft for any amount. , . Money and valuables sccurea iy one 01 ie hold's celebrated safes, with most improved time lock. Collections mane in all paruoi uie c mieu States. Chart's moderate. Accounts and deposits sonciieo. A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE, od eveTylhinc pertaining to funerals furn- Uhcd. SOMERSET - - Pa Jacob D. Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Door West of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa. I Am Now ' prt'ltred to BUpr.ly the public with Clocks, Wau-hes, ami Jewelry- of all descriptions, as Cheap as the CheaposL UEPAIRING A SPECIALTY. All work guarantociL Look at my 8tK-k U fore making your purchase. J. D. SWANK. ALWAYS On Hand. BEST iTthTmARKET. Jarecki Phosphite, Raisin's Phosphate, Lime, Crushed Coke, Hard Coal, Salisbury Soft Coal, At tlie 0M Stand near the Somer set & Cambria.R. IL Station. Jrices Right. Peter Fink MrsAElM IVJEW SPRING GOODS. New- 1 " est styles in all kinds of goods and lowest prices. A full line of Cashmere and Serges in all qualities. Splendid assortment of Black Wool, Worsted and Mohair Dress in Brocaded and Novelty. Styles, suited for dresses and skirts A big stock of newest styles of Novelty Dress Goods, ranging in price from 12 1-2 cts to $1 a yard. GREAT variety of Silks and Silk and Wool Plaids, &c, for waists & dresses. Wash Goods for desses and waists, including Swisses, Lawns, Percales, Dimities, Crepes, Moire, Chintzes, Cheviottc Prints, Ginghams, Seersuckers, te. Splend id values in Table Linens, Towels, Napkins, Table Covers, Bed Spreads, Tortiers, Furniture Da mask Silk and Silkoline Draperies and Cushions. LADDZS' Dress Skirts and Shirt Waists. Ladies' Spring Capes in Velvet, Silk and Cloth. Ladies' Night Dresses, Corset Covers, Skirts and Chemise. A handsome assort ment of New Lace Collars and Dress Yokes. Infants Long and Short Dresses, Long and Short Coats and Sacks. Great variety of Children's Mull and Lace Caps and Hats. NEW Style Buttons, Silk?,Gimps, Ribbons, Laces, Ac, for dress trimming. A large variety of Cambric, Swiss and Nansook Em broidery iu white and colors. 1 Linen Sheeting, Stamped Linen and Embroidery Silk. A large assort ment of Lace Curtains cheap. Also Curtain Swiss and Sciiin. LARGEST stock of new Millin ery Goods. All the latest styles. A large assortment of Lace aud Button Guaranteed K.id Gloves. Fast Colored Stockings in Black and colors for Ladies', Misses', Children, Men and Boys. Best dark, blue and light calicoes, 5 ets. Wool and Cotton Carpet Chain. Mrs. A E. UHL. ELY'S CREAM BALM CATARRH Is quickly absorb ed. Cleanses the Nasal Passage. At lays Pain and In flammation, Heals the Sores. Protects Ht storet hse Senses tlie Membrane from Additional Cold of Taste an i Kini ll ives I&elief at once and it will cure. COLD N HEAD AJparticle lsanlied directly into tli nostrils ami is agreeable. Price it cents r.t Drujrgisls or bv mail. V.L ltKOTMER-S, 56 Warren Btrwt, N. Y. THE KEELEY CURE Is a special boon to btnineas men who, fearing drifted unconsciously into the drink habit ana awaken to find the disease of alcoholism fastened nprn them, rendering them unfit to manage af fairs requiring a clear brain. A four week course of treatment at tha PfTTSBURa KEELEY INSTITUTE. Ka. 4244 Fifth Avenue, r-tnrp to them all their pnwen, mental and physical, dcstnyi the abnormal appetite, and restores them to the condition ther were in be fire they indulrtvt in stimulants. This has been dona I n mora than W) case treated here, and smong them tome of roar own neighbors, to whom we can refer with confidence aa to the Joints safetr and efficiency of the. Keeley Core. The fullest and most searching inrestlgation is n Tited. bend for pamphlet giving full informa tion. A CAVEAT. TVAnc Minrt. OtSICM PATENTS. COPVRIOHT8, Fr tnfnrmatlnB and f?M Haadbuok writs to MU.NN CO, au Dkosbwst, Mw toac Aklrit borraa rnr ascuiiiut patents la America, I very patent taken oat t-y at Is bmusht brfura Mm pubuc by a acoaa ftrsa Ima of chsrga la la f riwttiific mertn lartest etsealarlna of stit erirntifle paper tn thm world. Kpleadldlf Illustrated. Ka tiiflllrrnl mss shoolJ be without It. Weekly, H3.VO a yesr: lJli montus Addtm. K US 1ST CWu Vcausaua, AS1 Juuadway, w Vurk Cuy, . IMPORTANT TO ADVESTISESS. The Gream of the country papers is foand In Bemington's Courty Seat Lista. Shrewd adYertisera avail tLenuelrei of these lista, a opr of which can be Lad of Bemlngtoa Efii, of Kev York t Pittsburg. ' . 4 Solentiflo American I'M w i u m r s m s s -jm omer SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, THERE IS NO DEATH." There is no death! the stars go down To rise upon some other shore. And bright in heaven's Jeweled crown Th -y shine foreverroore. There Is no death! the forest leaves Convert to life the viewless air; The rocks disorganize to feed The hungry moss they bear. There Is no drath; the dust we triad ' Khali clutnKC, neneiitli the summer showers, To goldeu gruln, or mellow fruit. Or rainbow-tinted flowers. There is no denth! the leaves may till, The flowers may tndeand stss away They only -ait, through wintry hours. The warm sweet breath of May. There Is no death! the choicest gifts That heaven has kindly lent to earth Are ever lirst to seek again The country of their birth. And al! things that for growth or Joy Are worthy of our love or care, Whose loss has left ns desolate. Are safely garnered there. Though life become a dreary waste. We know Its fairest, sweetest flowers. Transplanted Into Paradise, Adorn immortal bowers. The voice of birdlike melody That we linve in ssed and mourned so long Now mingles with the angel choir In everlasting song. There Is no death; although we grieve When Iteautiful familiar forms That we have learned to love are torn Prom our embracing arms Although with bowed and breaking heart. With sable garb and silent tread. We bear their senseless dust to rest, And say that they are dead They are not dead; they have but fussed Beyond the mists that blind us here Into the new and larger life Of that se rener sphere. They have but dropped their rolie of clay To put their shining raiment on; They have but wandered faraway They are not "lost" nor "gone." Though disenthralled and glorified. They still are here, and love us yet; The dear ones they have left behind They uever can forget. And, some-times, when our hearts grow faint Amid temptations fierce and deep. Or when the wildly-raging waves Of grief or passion sweep. We feel upon our fevered brow Their gentle, touch, their breath of balm; Their arms enfold us, and our hearts tirow comforted and calm. And ever near as though unseen. The dear, immortal spirits tread Korall the boundless universe Is Life there are no dead! Jainrt L. McCrrtrf. MISS ABIGAILS WILL. "Yes, I shall certainly marry Agnes Lane. She's pretty and accoruplLshetl, and, t utter than all she's Mi.su Abigail Flint's heiress. The old lady's worth halfa half a million. Agnes is her niece and only living relative, and fche'll get it all. A retty girl with a half million dower is not a Lad thing to take, eh, old fellow?" JUirke Xorris stretched himself lazily as he propounded the query, and stop ped making cigar rings long enough to eye his companion for a moment. Claude Ik'iitley's face was white, and his drooping down moustache did not wholly conceal the quiver of his lips. "I)n you love her?" he asked, a little hu.kily. ' "Well er yes, I suppose so ! Hut then, it's not a hard matter to love a girl who will hringyou a fortune like that. You see, it'iejust this way with me, Claude. That last deal in wheat cramped the governor pretty badly, and he's cut down my allowance. Hut good-bye. I'll see you later on the board-walk." Uurke Norris lazily arose, stretched himself, and sauntered out on the park of the Tra3 itiore, at which hotel he was stopping a couple of wet-ks during those balmy, spring-like days peculiar to Atlantic City in February. His footstejw were still ec hoing down the hotel hall w hen Claude Hetitly sprang to his feet and began to jiace rapidly np and down the room. "The selfish wretch," he cril under his breath. 'A pretty husband he'll make, and she thinks he loves her for herself alone. I would lay down my life for her, and, were she a beggart would gladly take her to my heart and home and shower upon her the true love of an honest .man. Hut then that can never be. Her old aunt is as proud as Lucifer. Hhe once told me to my face that people in trade had no busi ness in society. Well, my two weeks' outing, on the whole, has tieen far from enjoyable, for even the smiles that Ag nes Lane has deigned to give me have been torture, for she has been brought up in the same aristocratic school, and I now know how utterly conventional they were. To her I am only tho son of the family grocer, and she probably considers it great condescension on her part to notice me at all. I think I'll go back to Philadelphia." He glanced at his watch, saw that he had time to catch the limited express and walked away to pack his valise. Meanwhile Agnes Lane, coming up from a stroll along the board-walk met one of the hotel servants, who held in his hand a telegraphic envelope. "The clerk said this was important and I " lx'gan the man, banding her the message. He stopped suddenly, for Agnes Lane had torn open the envelope, glanced hurriedly at he message it contained and a wailing moan issued from her lips. "Your Aunt Abigail is dead." That is what she read, and though she tried to control herself, tears of sincere, heartfelt grief sprang to her eyes, and all the sunshine and bright ness seemed blotted out of her life, for the old spinster, haughty though she was, had had a tender spot in her heart which Agues had filled completely. When a few days later Miss Abigail Flint's will was admitted to probate it was learned that the dead woman's fortune would go to a noble charity iu which she iiad been interested during life. The old spinster had always been eccentric, and the concluding para graph of her will read as follows : "I give aud bequeath to my beloved niece, Agnes Ijine, my receipe for mak ing doughnuts, a copy of which is in the hands of my lawyer, and will be turned over to her by my executors. Claude Beutly, believing that Agnes' heart was another's, tried to forget all about her, but he found that simply impossible. Her memory was con set ESTABLISHED 1827. stantly present In his thoughts, and he dreamed of her sweet face continuously. One morning the juni or partner of Bently &, Sons was in his office, busy looking over some accounts, when there was a timid knock at the door, and his brusque invitation, 'Come in V caused the door to open. When he looked up, Agnes Lane, dressed in deep mourn ing, stood before him. "Miss Agnes!" he cried, and spring ing to his feet, brought her a chair thinking meanwhile that she had nev er looked so pretty before and inward ly cursing the cruel fate that was to give her to anotlu-r. There was an embarrassing silence, and then Agnes, nervously, removing her gloves said : "I have come to you for for ad vice, Mr. Beutly. As you well know, my Aunt Abigail was a very peculiar woman. It was generally believed that I was to lie her heir. This, how ever, is my dowry,' and she handed him a written paper, the heading of which was : 'My Celebrated lteciie for Making Doughnuts.' 'It's funny, of course,' she continued, with a gay little laugh, 'but I think I see a for tune a small one, it is true in Aunt Abigail's recipe, aud that's what I came to see you about to-day,' and then, drawing her chair up closer, she explained to him that doughnuts made from this recipe were so crisp and light and generally luscious that every one who had ever eaten them would never forget their luscious taste. "I am anxious to make my living," she said iu conclusion, 'and I think the doughnut recipe will prove a regu lar bonanza. Your store has a reputa tion all over the city, and your cus tomers are among the best people, and I thought if you would introduce them for me and take charge of their sale, for w hich I would pay a liberal commission, I would, perhaps, be able to work up a business that would in time give meat least a comfortable in come.' Of course Claude Bently was some what amazed at this proposition, aud he hardly knew what reply to make. Words that he would have liked to have said trembled, on his lips, but were not spokea, aud the result was the drawing up of a contract which both signed. At Claude's suggestion an advertise ment was inserted iu the city papers, and the next day the first lot of dough nuts was put on sale in Bentley & Sou's window. A funcy sign called attention to the delicious character of 'Aunt Abigail's Doughnuts,' and, to use Claude's own expressive words, tbcy sold equal to gold dollars.' Fifty doen at fifteen cents per dozen were disposed o", and orders for more were taken ahead. "Aunt Abigail's, Doughnuts" became the town rage, and their fame extend ed to other localities. It was found necessary to enlarge the "factory" several times, aud before many mouths a small army of work men were engaged in their manufact ure. The story got into the newspaper, and Agnes found herself cut by a great many of her old friends. Burke Norris passed her ou Chestnut street w ith a cold stare. When the contents of Aunt Abigail's will were made public he had ceased to visit her. As business increased and Claude was daily thrown more ami more in contact with Agnes, he plucked up courage and one day poured out the story of his love and asked her to be his wife. He was the happiest man in Philadelphia when sheblushingly con sented. Burke Norris, whose father had fail ed without any assvt to speak of gnashed his teeth in impotent rage when he read an account of the wed ding, for the "doughnuts" were intro duced and the reporter went on to say : "The bride, wljose independence of character is well known in society, first conceived the idea of introducing these delicious edibles to the public as a pleasant diversion. She has an in dependent fortune in her own right, which was left to her by her father, the late John Laue." "I I thought you were poor and dependent ou your industry for a liveli hood," said Claud, when his wife con fessed to him that her own independ ent fort u no was even greater than that left by Aunt Abigail. "But you'll love me just the same, won't you, Claude, now that you know that I am rich?" she said, and he kissing her, replied : "Indeed, I will !" Every Young Man - should be possessed of certain informa tion jwithout which millions contract pernicious and most destructive habits habits which make young men pre maturely aged, pale, haggard, listless, devoid of ambition, easily tired, lan guid, forgetful and incapable; fill mad houses aud swell the lists of suicides; separate husbands and wives; bring untold suffering to millions, even unto the third and fourth generations. Parents, guardians and philanthro pists en do uo better service to the ris ing generation, than to place in their hands the information and warnings contained in a little liook carefully pre pared by an association of medical men who have had vast experience in deal ing with the grave maladies here hint ed at, and who feel that they owe it to humanity to warn the youug of the land against certain destructive habits which are far more prevalent than any layman can imagine, and which if per sisted in gradually undermine the con stitution and health and destroy the future happiness of the victim. Cut out this notice and enclose it with tea cents in stamps (to pay postage) to World's Dispensary Medical Associa tion, Invalids' Hotel aud Hurgical In stitute, Bullalo, N. Y., and the book will be sent, secure from oliservation iu a plain sealed envelojie. Twly? 'I notice," said Morcomb, "they call It the X ray, but Y they do it I can't Z." "Perhaps," suggested Hulsizer, "you haven't got the Q." Chicago Tribune. MAY 20, 189G. REMINISCENCES. The papers, periodicals and maga zines for several months past have had a great deal to say aliout the "Koentgen Cathode rays," as applied to what has been termed electric photography, Roentgen was, jierhaps, the first per son who succeeded iu taking photo graphs in darkness, or through opaque screens, coins or metallic sulistances, wood, 1 sines, etc. In connection with this people talk alsiut Geifcsler's tubes, Crook's tulies, fluorescence, waves of rarefied gas, etc These raj s, they say, are invisible ; they pass, with varying degrees of intensity, through wood, rubber, flesh, glass and metal. These rays are said to produce "fluorescence" upon striking certuin substances, thus acting on the photographic plate. These things, of course, produced quite an excitemeut throughout the scien tific world, and our own Edison set about to ascertain why "these things were thus." What he does not know about them by this time, no one else need to try to 11 tid out. He has dis covered certain new metals that are necessary iu making these photo graphs, aud has made it applicable to surgery, in that he has made it possi ble to see exactly the location of a bul let at any place in the body, a broken lioiie or a diseased tissue anywhere, and he is not half through yet. An other scientist, named Tesla, appar ently not to lie outdone ly Edison, has announced that, by a process discover ed by him, he can see through two or three human bodies. This most likely, ought to lie taken ruin grano m'ii, for, even if it were true, it would be of doubtful advantage in applied surgery, or in anything else. It would lie too much like the fellow who was hunting ducks, who complained to his com panion that whenever he took aim at one duck, two or three more swam between him and the one he was aim ing at. Edison, however, has demon strated that, with a simple ma chine he lias constructed, it is possi ble to see directly into the human liody anywhere. His explanations, while not much clearer than mud to the non-scientific mind, are accepted, because Edison savs so. All this is very nice, and we can but honor the scientists who make so many wonder ful discoveries ; but, if we oliserve a great many simple things in nature, we are comielled to admit that science ami art can not explain them. Tlie writer is somewhat of an angler, and many and many a time he has dug over ten feet square or more of ground, when the ground was somewhat dry, without finding angle-worms encugh to catch a few, fish. On the other hand he has noticed, hundreds of times, a robin-red-breast, for in stance, light on ground that seemed as dry as a last year's beef-rib, hop around a little, turn the "X rays" of first one eye, then the other, on the hard-baked earth, and proently commence to pick a hole iu the ground, aud quicker than you could tell it, pull out a fat juicy worm, which, after swallowing, would make his red breast swell out with justifiable pride. This process would goon until his hunger would be satis fied, when he would fly away to his mate, and the young birds, with as many worms as he could carry in his mouth. Yet, hundreds of other times, the writer has seen a bird of the wood-pecker-siiecU s, fly against a tree that looked as hard and solid, almost as iron, hammer away with his beak un til he came to a fine nest of worms, up on which he gorged himself to his heart's, or, rather, his stomach's con tent. Then again, who has not ob served the wonderful engineering skill displayed by birds in the construction of their nests? Although their nests are built in the ojien, yet they are built in such a way that rain never inter feres with the hatching process, and it is a rare occurrence to see a bird's nest destroyed by a storm. Can Ilocntgen, can Tessla, can our own Edison, even, explain these things? They may talk learnedly alaiut cathode and X rays, and sound waves, and fluorescence, and all that, but no one can tell why or how these bird. can do these things. They may say it is instinct, but that is au explanation that does not explain. But the most wonderful thing, iu the writer's opinion, iu all nature, is the sense of smell, or rather the faculty or power of following other animals, by a mysterious, unexplatnable something, allied to the sense of smell. What is it that enables a dog to follow a deer, for instance, through woods, over rocks, in snow or on dry ground, anywhere, except through running water? The writer has seen a dog follow a deer that had run in among hogs, cattle and sheep, keeping his nse close to the ground, and taking his course as un erringly as though the track was plain ly visible all the time. A dog, a fox hound, will follow a fox all day, as long as it keeps out of running water, which a fox rarely takes to, no matter where it goes. How is it possible for any animal, man included, to leave a scent on dry ground that can lie taken up,afT hours have passed, and followed by a dog? You may lie going along a road with your dog, and the first thing you know he will dart oil" into the bushes or over a fence, with his nose close to the ground, when in a few minutes an animal of some kind will start up. l)oes any scientist on earth know why this is so? A dog's olfacto ries, or those of any animal of the ca nine species, do not seem to be any di (Fere nt from other animals, or man, indeed; in some respects a man has a more acute sense of smell, actually, but in the mysterious faculty spoken of, a matt is simply not in it. A numlier of years ago the writer's boys had a small calico dog, which, after a time, got into the habit of following him wher ever he went. Some of the trips were long, but the dog did not seem to mind it, and when we came to the house where we were to stop, the dog always took possession of a chair, even if there- was only one in the room, where he remained contentedly until the writer was ready to go, giving vent, at times to a prolonged howl or liark, should a patient seem to be suffering. He kept this up for a good while, sleeping generally with the horse in the stable, unless, for pruden- ! tial reasons, he was not allowed to do era so. The writer, after a while, sold the horse the dog had been used to, and got another. The next next day after getting the new horse, the writer had a long trip to make, and concluded to leave the dog at home. Ko, when he started away, he locked the dog in a room with orders for him to be kept there until a certain time. When the time was up the dog was let out, and he immediately went to the stable, w here found the horse gone. He -then ran out on the pike, made a few circles around, and, in a minute or so, started in the direction -the writer had gone. When the writer was four or five miles from home tlie dog overtook him. He had a kind of an injured look ou his face, as if he said: "What did you go ofTand leave me for?" and at the same time a knowing look, as if he said: "I knew I could overtake you." The writer had not been ofTthe horse since he left home; he had left the pike and had gone on two or three other roails; the dog was not acquainted with the horse and could have had no idea where the writer was going; and yet he followed all the same. By what occult power was this possible? Talk about instinct and all that; that explains nothing. All animals and birds have what is called instinct, but what is it? A dog will select the trail of his master among a thousand or ten thousand men, all nearly alike as pos sible. It would make no ditlercnce if all the men were bare-footed, or in their stocking feet, or if all had new- shoes on, the dog would follow just the same. A dog that is acquainted with his master's horse, or whether he is acquainted or not, so his master rides him, will select his track from among hundreds, and follow it any distance. although all the horses may lie shod with the same iron. This rather long dissertation only mentions a compar ative few of the wonderful things to le observed in nature; and while great discoveries are made nearly every day, that are wonderful, the great store house of nature is filled to overflowing witli things more wonderful still. Addison, Pa. M. Satisfied His Cariosity. Kroin the Detroit Free Press. A man about five feet tall and weigh ing about llo iiotmds stid leaning up against the wall of the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee depot, and the most noticeable thing about him was a large and generous black eye. A hack man who stood for a moment and gaz ed at it said to himself that three prize fighters must have punched that eye in chorus. His curiosity was not satis fied in looking. He presently advanced and observed : "t Jot it bud, mi.-d.er." The little man nodded. "Worst I ever saw." Another nod. "Must have knocked you alsmt five nsls aud left you unconscious for au hour?" The little man noded two noils this time. "Say !" continued the hackmau, as he drew nearer, "you must excuse my curioeity, but I'd give ab ut f to see the man who hit you." The little man pointed over his shoulder towards the sitting room. "Iu there, eh? What sort of a look in' feller is he?" The little man indulged in a lot of gestures to signify a height of six feet and a weight of l"1) pounds. "You orter known better'n to tackle a whopper like that," said the hack man. "Was it an upper cut ?" Tlie little man resorted to other gest ures to explain that it was a straight lead with the left. "Well ! well ! But how ou earth a little rat of a man like you should put your dukes agin a heavyweight scrap per like John L. Sul " "Sam ! Sam !" called a hoarse voice from within the depot. The little man gave a wobbly sort of aw iuk w ith the unblackened eye and vanished, and the hackman stepped aside until he could catch sight of the owner of the voice. One brief glance told him the story, and there was pity in his voice as he muttered : "It's a woman, and the little cuss went and gone and got married to it !" Harper's Weekly. A journal that keeps itself abreast of current events cannot, of course, posi tively engage its spa-v in ad ranee. It is with that understanding that the plans of llirjnr' Wtfk'y are given. Some of the features included in the general plan for the present month are these : Illustrated articles on the dedi cation of the "New Site of Columbia" ; the "Olympic Games" at Athens, by Prof. Charles Waldsteii; ; a "Newly discovered Portrait of Washington" by IVale; "The Tennessee. Exposition," and the "Opening of the Red Lake In dian Reservation." There will also be an important contribution from the World's Transportation Commission, extending over seven pages of illustra tions and text, entitled "China To day." This w iir treat of the recent visit of the commission, aud give the results of its study and investigations of the present problems of the empire with relation to government, transpor tation, and commercial development. Lovo Could Not Conquer. "I)e conquers all things" they say; but we know better. There are some things it can not conquer. Among them are, headache, biliousness, dys pepsia, constipation and piles. Bjt if love can not conquer them. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets can. You can not buy real love at a drug store but uo live druggist will be without Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. "Love" can not do better thau to recommend them. Too Much Boom. Wright "Thought you were star ring. Didn't I hear you say something last season about starting out and hav the whole stage to yourself once iu your life?" De I lamme "Well, I not only had the whole stage to myself, but at the last town I tackled I had the whole house for my owu." IiuUanapolU Journal. WHOLE NO. 2338. MEMORIAL SAT. Commandcr-in-Caief Walker, of the 0- A. E-, Issues bis Memorial Cay Order. The time is again at hand when in clination and duty call the Grand Army of the Republic to prepare for the sol emn service of Memorial day. In ac cordance with our Itules and Regula tions the .'JDth day of May is set apart for its reverent observance. This day is consecrated to the memory of our dead. Itls the Nation's festival re membrance, when a liberty loving aud happy people, enjoying the blessings of jeace and prosperity, cease from their labor and with grateful hearts pay loving tribute to the memory of brave men, w ho having fini shed their course with honor and crossed the starlit line, now rest peacefully under the shade of the trees on-eternal camping grouuds, Sweet be their sleep, unfading their glory, imperiahab'e their fame. Over the mounds a'xve them with Spring time's richest offerings, raise above them the flag they lo-ed- I,et silvered age standing by their tombs feel that, with dust of such men sleeping in our soil, the Republic will stand with its glory uudimmil and its power un broken.. L'.-t trusting childhood weave garlands for them, and at their graves rec?ive inspiration that will keep them earnest in loyalty, pure in citizenship and faithful to duty. It has .been our custom for years to gather in the churches of the land on the Sunday preceding Memorial Day for such reverent worship and instruc tion as becomes the occasion. We shall honor ourselves by a continuance of this custom as a fitting preparation for the solemn duties of the day, and invitations should be given to all sol diers, Son of Veterans, Woman's IU." lief Corps and citizens generally, to at tend these services and unite with the Grand Army of the Republic in toy ing tribute to those who fill in defense of National unity. The holding of p ttrioiic serv'o s in the public school on Friday pn. ceiling Memorial Day should be generally observed, and Post Commanders will co-operate with the teachers and school officials in the per formance of this duty. By command rf I.N. W.W.KKK, Commander-in-Chief. Fled From a Threat Krom the WashinictiHi Tost. "There are some men of such unre lenting purpose that when they once register a vow to do a certain thing no human agency can cause them to alter their resolution," id Mr. George Rice, of Arkansas. "Here is a little story taken from life every incident of which came under my own observation. The facts are truly stated, aud can lie easily verified. About ten years ago, in a little South ern town, two friends of mine, a young man and a man of middle age, had a diihVulty, and the former fell dead, pierced through the heart with a bullet fr.:n a revolver. The blame all rested with the deceased. He came of a high-ly-resiectabli? family, but had fallen into convivial habits, and when drinking was very ugly. Time and again he had made threats against the man who killed him. Friends of the latter told him of the threats, and beg ged him to avoid a meeting, which he did whenever possible. At last it came to a question of killing or getting kill ed, and he otieyed nature's first law. "A jury would have .cleared him be yond all doubt if the case had ever cni to trial, but it nevcrdid. Instead, he forfeited hU bond of am' the cash was paid over by my hands. The man who did the killing left for parts unknown, and has never returned. Why did he not stand trial. Simply because the father of the deceased sol emnly declared in the presence of all his townsmen that if John was ac quitted of slaying his sou, he would be come the boy's avenger. 11: wojld kill his sim's slayer. The old man was never khown to break his word. His courage was of that desperate kind which feared nothing. Nobody doubt ed that he would do just what he said so I advised John to clear out, and as there had lieen enough killing he went. "Ten years have gone by and the old father has never relented. He stands ready t-day to make good his oath. Argtimeut and persuasion are useless, and a good man is forcnl into lianish ntent as long as the other lives. He is getting very old now and his health is feeble. His stay on earth is shori, but until he goes the sentence of exile stands." Deceiving the Brides. From a Chit-apt Record 1-etttT. The thousands of brides who have vWted the Treasury on their wedding tours and have been allowed to hold in their hands for a few moments the big bun vile of money so carefully done up iu manilla paper, sealed with great blotches of red sealing-wax and mark et I f2,(Mi,(," will realize what a wicked and deceptive world this is when they kuuw that the real contents of the package were simply two old census reports. This innocent decep tion has been carried on for a quarter of a century. Her Only Friendr. "Mamma," asked the little 4-year old, "how do you spell 'ginger? " "Put away your Inxik, dcur It is tint-; for you to go to bed." "Papa, how do you" "Don't bother me, Katie." "What does it mean when it says" "Didn't you hearyour mother?" Katie threw the book on the floor. "I don't believe there's anybody that loves me," she burst forth, " 'eept grandpa an God. Grandpa, he's in Michigan' au' I don't know where God is !" Ciieoy Trifjimf. No need to fear the approach of croup, if you have Dr. Thomas Eclec- j trie Oil in the house. Never was a ' case it wouldn't cure if used at the out set. ' Discouraging a Lawyer. After the road agMit got the sven of us out of the stage and in line aerus the road he quit cussitij and thread ing and stained to fully enjoy the situ ation. Among our numlier was a young man who was going dowu to CusUrr City to ojien a law o!ti-o. The agent asked each man hi occupation, and eah answered as he pl'-astd. This y-ejpg man felt the digjfy cf to, rr. f"c?n. and whn a---d what h did f'rs living b replied. "I am a lawyer, sir, and I want you. tliat sooner or later you will tie brought to the bar of justice and convicted of your crinif-s !" "Lawyer, eh?" queried the robber. "Well, now, we'll have some fun! We'll suppose I'm a prisoner, and tlide six men will act as a jury. You are the lawyer who is prosecuting the case, and uow let's hear what you have to ay V "I'nder the circumstances I shal beg to refuse," said the young man. "Then, under the circumstances I shall shoot you full of holes ! Either get upon that rock and talk to the jury or you won't never do no law business in this country !" "It's bad enough to 1 nbbed," pro tested the young man, "but to be in sulted and degraded is more T" " Jit up thar ."' yelled the robber. The young man got up. He remov ed his hat, cleared his throat and be gan a speech to the jury. His 90ul wasn't in it, as a matter of course, but he wasn't an orator anyhow. He stum bled und stuttered and made a very lame argument and at the end of ten minutes closed his ca-e." We returned a verdict of "not guilty" without leaving our seats, and the agent said to us as a body: "Gentlemen, business is business. I'll allow each of you f, jury fees, but you must hand over the balance." We were a poor crowd, and he only got about J) over ami above "fees." When through with the "jury" he said to the lawytr: "I want every blamed cent you have, with your hat and sh)es to boot ! You are such a pwr, one-horse lawyer that my object is to discourage you from going any farther in that liue! Shell out ."' The young man shelled, lie shed tears of rare as he did so, and the rob ber took his coat. He indignantly protested, and the result was that he continued the journey with a horse blanket wrapjied around him. He had panned out H"0 and a good suit of clothe-, and as we drove olf the rob U r called ater him: "Any time you make up your mind to go ranchii'g, prospecting, rfLIiri or something at which you can make a success I'll return you everything I've taken, but I'll be handed if I'm going to ein-ourage any such enipty headi d cuss :ts you are to 40 down to Custer City and talk aiut writs of re plevin and assault and battery and pa.-s yourself off as a lawyer !" lM troit e V'. Concealed Plunger- A sedate old ostrich tlitd in Central Park the other day and by his death was revealed the fact that his life, so placid on the surface, was full of evi dences of crime and guilt. I" ndir the i !ak tf it - j f t-t ability he had for years bee n making a "fence" of himself. His stomach was stored more ri l.!y than a storage warehouse with the things which he hail secretly pil fered throughout an evil and nefarious life. He was not a "silly little ostrich." NoWdy could give him iintson theft. He knew it all. He acquired pnqierty both iersoual and real, and secreted it In his capacious inside. In his greed h at-k ti, lkiv nv.rrtcritil liilllstlf- for last week he was seized with violent internal pains and died in great agony. J. A. Bailey, to whom he belonged, sent the body to the Museum of Nat ural History as a present. Mr. Row ley, the taxidermist, performed an au- t py and found iK-neath the biped's vest evidence which, had it been dis covered sooner, would have made hint a jail bird for life. H found trinkets and articles of vertu which would have stocked an antique store. It is thought that the creature intended to escape from the menagerie and to lead a gay md ribald life upon the prx-jeds of the sale of his ill-gotten gain-. This is what the taxidermist found: One wooden clothespin. Two pieces of glass, the bottoms of beer bottles. A mouth harmonica, five iuches long by two inches wide. A metal skate key. The ferrule of an umbrella with picc? of handle in it about four inches long. An ordinary bras door key, five inches long. A black horn lady's comb. Lilly's silk handkerchief, with the initial "M." Two pieces of coal abrjt an inch thick. Three stones a'out an inch thick. Cablwge. Grass. Lettuce. Celery. Carrots. Turnqis. Tiie old bird's speculation ia the way of real estate was shown by the discovery of half a cubic foot of earth, which he had stolen from the Park Commission' rs. The ostrich will !e stuflltl and in a few weeks his form may le seen be ueath a glass case in the Museum of Natural History. The taxidermist said that the bird showed symptoms of tuberculosis. iVaeon ToMas Hamilton, who is the author of many interest-sng tales aKutt animals, informed a reporter yesterday that ostriches will swallow any kind of a bright article. Several of the manu scripts of his stories have leen lost through their ii.otdittte gred. He cited cases where ostriches had swal low d a dozen dry oyster shells of "un ual sie." He mentioned a case, too, where a particulatly predatory bird had swallowed a pair of boot anil would hve ex per: aoed.no inconvenient e had not the copper toe caps deveiopid a poisonous mineral salt which caused its death. AVw For lltntld. A Clear Case of Bulldozing. Judge-"If, as you say, you found this woman violent and headstrong, even during the engagement, why did you marry her" Abused Husband ( meekly I I didn't marry her. She married me." St ir York Weekly. Mrs. White Aud do you mean to say that you and your huslaud always agree about everything? Mrs. Black-Always except, of - . ..! then, when he's out of COlllssr, i" 1 . ... n;.,h.i.Ml or something UUIUVI vi ' j that sort. Xoiif Ahut.
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