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ESTABLISHED 1827.
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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.
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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.
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lartest etsealarlna of stit erirntifle paper tn thm
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. 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
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' . 4 Solentiflo American
I'M w
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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.