THE GIANTSOF OLD. PREVIOUS AGES SUPPLY US WITH ENORMOUS FOSSIL BONES. gjnrds Thrr Tim. the Mae f "w Ir ct Elei-hant and .Turtle 'k SheU I looked IJk Hut-Maria. Giant, and t the Bwnarkable ritd IJaard. The Mirt m a ra?e of piauts was C-n. almost universal and held until recent vonra. Even today largo okeletom wrh-n f.innd an? sometimes reported as liein" i!i.ef giant human brmps. Tin as?Ki-ial;v true, of the period abont tho twiia au.l Wmh .vt-turi.. aud in tlm latter a most .niaziup discovery vas re-rU-d. vuieh threw tho -.-,.i.i tinm into creat excite- uuc i ir c fcii that the body of Pal las, the fon of Evauder. had been dis- j covered beneath the tornD ci me raF" or Henry 111. The bones were enor mous, and it ia unnecessary to state, proved to hare belonged to a huge fossil elephant As late as the fifteenth cen tury a war of words was waged over a tnd of large bones, one party claiming that thev belonged to the giant Teato fcochus. "in 1S57 a fiiaut was discovered in Switzerland. The council of Lucerne reanested a learned scientific man. Pro lessor Felix Plater of Basel, to report tipoa it, and he not only announce the bonea as part of a human giant, but mada a complete restoration, shewing the man 20 feet high, which the proud city adopted as an ancestor in the arms of the commonwealth. The design and some of the bones can still be seiu the college of tfesuits at Lucerne. Un fortunately for tho theory and much to the discomfiture of tje people who had raised to a hih piuuacl-J thi mighty ancestor, it was found to be the remains of an elephant Nearly all the mastodon finds in this country were attributed to giants, but there is no evidence that a human giant ever existed over 8 feet in height, and i is extremely doubtful if this height was ver attaied. Giants other than bnm iu ere very com mon iu all branches of the animal king dom giants in every stuse when com pared to their pygmy representatives of today. Some years ago some laborers in the Senalilc hills of India were engaged upon a government work wbeu they came upon the remains of a turtle that proved beyond question that these ani mals had their giant6 in the days of old. The shell which the men exposed might have been used as a shelter for several men, and at first, before its bony nature was observed, it was thought by the na tives to be a but of some kind. Fortu nately the bones woro uninjured, and they were taken cut and removed to the British museum, wJieie a complete res toration of the animal may be 6een. The length of the turtle was 10 feet, its horizontal circumference 25 feet, and its frlrth 15 feet, but it was estimated by scientists that this was not an adult, aud th:it when fully grown this huge creature would display a domelike back H or 9 feet high, giving a total length of 20 foet One cf the common animals in equa torial South America and in Central America i; he lizard, iguana, whith at tains a length of 4 or 5 feet and is con sidered a large lizard, but it was a pyg my when compared to an ancestor that once wandered over England and vari ous portions of the world. A number of years ago some workingmen were exca vating and blasting in a quarry near ilaidstoue, England, when some bones were uncovered that caused profound astonishment ou the iart of the finders. The skeleton was jieifert, and as it was lifted out, bone by bone, the.r amaze meit increased, and tho news was spread all over tho country, attracting large numbers of people. When the bones were placed ia their proper position, they were found to be the skeleton of a gigantio lizard tLat when alive must 1)ave been three times as bulky as the largest living elephant and stood upon its hind legs like a karjgaroo, tearing down branches from the highest trees, isneh an animal was a blow mover and sluggish and must have fallen an easy prey to tho human Lncters, if they ex ist e'd. The marine giants were even more bizarre and remarkable thau the land forms. If wecau imagine the little igu ana lengthened out to 30 feet, its back spines changed to broad finlike object?, we form some idea of the appearance of one of the small dinosaurs, totegosanrus uugulatus, one of the most uncanny and remarkable creatures ever found. It is called the plated lizard, and the best - skeleton was found on the eastern flank of the Eocky Mountains. Some of the plates with which this armored lizard were protected were two or three feet in diameter and the spines over two feet in length. From the fact that the bind limbs were the largest, it is evi dent that this strange creature could lift itself up and Bit l:ke a kangaroo, rot jug upon its powerful tail, which, with its enormous spines, must have been a terrible weapon. A giant irora America bud a skull that measured eight feet in length. Al most over tho eyes were two large horns, a third placed over tho uose. The great length or the skull was given by a huge rrest that was protected by a ridge of long plates. The mouth of the tricera tops was protected by a horny beak. In life it must have preheated a formid able aruvarance, with a body clumsy and low l.ko that of a hippopotamus, a long tail like an alligator's its head calling to miud the rhiuocen is. This monster was i' 3 feet in length and must have been one of the strangest animals if its time Philadelphia Pi ess. Sillies I P I'- There is nothing so tends to shorten the lives of old people iind toiujure their lieaith as tho practice of sitting up late, particularly in the winter evenings. Tins is especially the caso hen there is a grown tip daughter in the family. We publish this item at tho earnest request f several young men. Luiiduu Tit Hits. All tha Vowel la One Word. There are bet six words in the Eng lish language which contain all the vow els in regular crder viz, bbstemious, arsenious. ainuious, facet ions, materious and tragedians. There is but one word which ocitiiua them ill regular reverse on'er w A that word is duoliteraL Ecs:.l3 the above there ate 149 Eng-li.-b wcios which contain all the vowels in irre tu! :.r order. Twelve of those be gin w:;is t': e letter a ; 7 with b, 23 with c, 2 G v.'i;:: i, 1 1 with e, 4 with f, 7 with P. 1 v:?"ii ii, C with i, 3 with j. 2 with is, Z w: b ? 2 with o, 13 with p, 1 with r. C with r, 0 with 2 with t, 15 v. it'a u tud 0 with v. St. Louis Re-l-cllie. A r.olaod Tor Ilia Oliver. Lord Er-h. r, who, when president of the emit cf cpptaL used to keep up a running frecf "chaff" ou learned coun reL tocjctiux-s got a Roland for his Oli ver as w 1 n a young barrister, in the course of aigumeut 6tated that no rea sonable person could doabt one particu lar propos-hica. "15ut I flocbt it very much," said the Judge. The yentbful 'advocate, not one whit abaslied, replied, "I said uo reasonable person, my lord. " The master of the rolls could only gasp, "Proceed, sir; proceed!" Liver pool Mercury. arrival of a French Word I Scotlaad. While speaking to a respectable house fife near Dunfermline, sumo SO years ago, as to the merits of a cleigyman in the neighborhood, she informed me that be was said to be the best preacher "in, a the room. " A cautious cross exami nation elicited the fact that "the room" c.r.iiiny did not iwlade the Lothians, and did but extend so fur as Sterling, i Ciiue to the couclcuou that the word "ruum" was a corrupt form of the French "iwjaumo," tho kingdom of Fife. Edinburgh Scotsman. WHAT MAKES THE PIANO RATTLE? Qowr Cun Fonnd by tho Taoor Thln Id the Instrument. Piano tuners are sometimes called upon to "tune" gas fixtures as well as pianos. Frequently the owner of a fine upright "grand" enters a vigorous com plaint because "that piano rattles ea" Then the piauo tuner packs his few tools and some extra glue and parts of the "action" into his long, slender ralise and proceeds to feel the pulse, pound the chest, examine the tongue aud over haul the internal economy of the of f jding riana His experienced ear tells him that the piano is all right His intimate knowledge of the mechan ism and make up of tho piano assure him that nothing is the matter with the instrument, and he says so. "But the piano does rattJe, insists the owner. "Now, listen when I touch j this key." And, sure enough, a decid- ed bnzx aud jingle are heard. "It is not in the piano." replies the ; tuner, and he touches the key again und j again, at me "r," ! around the room. "There it is, he, says at last, "pointing to the glass globe around the gas jes. inere n iuo rattler," and the irritating noise is si lenced when be removes the glass globe. This is a common experience of piano tuners. Certain notes in the piano vi brate in harmony with a gas fixture, a picture frame, a china plaque hung against the wall or the bric-a-brac which commonlv litters the top of the sensi tive instrument, and the innocent piano is blamed for the discordant jaugla Pins, buttons and other things foreign to the piano which find their way into to tne piano the instrument 6et up complaints ana harsh cries when certain keys are struck, and recently a piano tuner in Fvaiihtnn. searchiiiB for the "rattle, found and restored to the young woman who used the instrument her upper set of false teeth, which bad disappeared i-!.. (Im uroelt hefore. 1 mvsteriouslv the week before. "Besides coins, buttons, pins an.l toothpicks, the piano tuner's salvage in cludes hairpins, pocketknives, paper cutters, manicure instruments, knitting naedles, matches, jewelry, nails, tacks, bits of glass, pieces of picture wire, buckles, collar buttups, sleeve buttons, rings and even 'money which had been placed in the case for 6afe ketping and then forgotten. Chicago Chronicle. STORY ABOUT UNCOLN. Senator Joha M. Palmer Telia of Their Fin and Laat Meeting. "The first time I met Air. Lincoln," said Senator Palmer of Illinois, "was iu 1839, when I went to Springfield to be admitted to the bar. He was already recognized as a Whig leader. He wore, I remember, a suit of linsey woolsey that could not have been worth more than $S, even in those days. The last time I saw him was in February of lhCD. I bad come to Washington, at the request of the governor, to complain that Illinois bad been credited with 18, 000 too few troops. I saw Air. Lincoln one afternoon, and he asked me to come again in the morning. The next morn ing I sat in the anteroom while several eflicers were received. At length I was told to enter the president's room. Air. Lincoln was in the hands of the barber. " 'Come in. Palmer,' he called out, 'come iu. Yon're home folks. I can shave before you. I couldn't before those others, and I have to do it some tiiue. "We chatted about various matters, and at length I said, 'Well, Air. Lin coln, if anybody had told me that in a great crisis like this the people were going out to a little oue horse town and pick out a one horse lawyer for presi dent, I wouldn't have believed it' "Air. Lincoln whirled about in Lia chair, bis face white with lather and a towel under his chin. At first I thought ho was angry. Sweeping the barber away, he leaned -forward, and, placing one hand on my knee, said : 'Neither would L but it was a time when a man with a policy would have been fatal to the country. I have never had a policy. I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day as each day came.' " New i'ork Sun. The Arabian XichU" Once Store. A large part of Cairo is very littld spoiled. It is still, to a great degree, the city of the "Arabian Nights." The worst injury was done before England took the leius, for it was Ismail who recklessly rau streets through mosques and ancient palaces iu order to make a straight drive to the citadeL In the Boulevard Alohammed Aly we certainly find the oddest jumble of east and west, old aud new. For example, just oppo site the ctately mosque of Sultan Hasan, at the head cf this unsightly street, yon see a cabaret with the signboard. "Grog Shop For Army and Navy;" next door a Moslem school, as the inscription, "Aledresseh Alohammediyeh," shows. Across the road stands tho shape less ici-i of the unfinished Rua'iyeh mosqne, erected at the cost of aloO.000 by tho mother- of Ismail, and within those unroofed walls, surrounded by rotting scaffolding, lies the body of tha princely borrower himself. Under the shadow of Sultan Hasan an Arab barber is cutting hair with a modern clipping machine. A gayly painted harim car riage stands iu the road. On the panel is a sham co:t of arms. Solemn sheikhs pass by without any sort of emotion at these queer sights. Overhead the citadel guns boom out a salute, for it is the great festival, the Id-el-Kebir. Satur day Review. Reminded Elm. "I observe, Brother Roekswortby," said the Rev. Dr. Fourthly, "that when I spoke in my sermon yesterday of the evils of gambling in stocks, and ex pressed the hoie that no member of my cougiegatiou ever frequented places where sura gambling was made a busi ness, you slapped your thigh emphatical ly. 1 am g'-ad if the sentiment met your approval. " "Why aw the faci is, doctor," re plied Brother Rocks worthy, "I I sud denly reiatnibered where I had left my umbrelli " Chicago Tribuix. Superstition! Abcat the Weather. Popular superstititions about the weather linger long, and in spite of the teachings of science people persist in be lieving that seaweed hung up in a back yard will become damp at the approach of rain, or that a similar indication is . . . r . , chewing straw. Mr. Richard Inwards, the resident of the Aleteorolocicalsoci- ety, it is needless to say, has no belief ..... whatever in such methods of prophesy ing the weather. What belief could lie more firmly roa'ed in many people than the belief that if it rains ou St Swith iu's day it will rain fcr 40 days? ."An unadulterated fallacy," such is what Air. Inwards calls it, yet in spite of the evidouce accumulated upon the subject by the Alcteorclogical office, people go on putting faith in it as though there were no such thing as experience. Then, agaiu, it is said that a full moon will clear away clouds, aud that a change of moon on a Saturday or a Sunday is an indication of floods, although not a lit tle evidence in favor of either belief has ever been adduced. Loudon News. An Adtantage. "What advantage do spiritualists have over other men?" "Their first wives always advise them to marry again. " Chicago Rec ord. The Australian sword found in sse among the aborigines when that country wjs first discovered by Europeans was modeled after the sword grass which grow wild in that continent The famous Calabar bean is said to be worse than strychnine. The natives use it for an ordeal If a person is accused of a crime, be is made to eat one. being adjudged to be guilty in case of deaih, which is almost inevitable. Another need employed for a like purpose is that pf the ordeal tree of ALulaga.-r, &&A to be the most deadly of vegetable liroJ- uc.'s. One of these seeds about the size j of so almond w ill kill 20 men. ' Material Tor Caralry While the United States does not boast of a large standing army, the few regiments cf cavalry which have Been service on the plains will not only com pare favorably with the mounted men of other nations, but for the particular kind of work to which they have been trained they are without equals in the world. We have had no reason to keep them lu training, but if put to the test wo could certainly raise a magnificent army in a very short time. Unlike the early days of the reoent rebellion, we would have plenty of horsemen to call upon. Whereas, iu earlier days, equestriun Lni was unknown, comparatively speak ing, it has in later days become bo general as a means of exercise, recrea tion and health that old and young are ri.Km Tha various s porta of nuutjug and racing have served to 8tiinlljate merest in equitation. The njjjjtary troops formed throughout tha (xmBtty are algo factors, AJ1 vf tbesa eonrcea wonld be drawn ui-on for ofiicers ratber man tar privaw -j,,, They do not represent a large number in comparison with the force necessary to cope with a foe, but they would certainly prove a valuable nu cleus on which to build. Rider and Driver. Woaldot Keed Ik The Syracuse Standard tells cf an amusing correspondence that tecsntly took place between a Wisomsin farmer and a local boiler firm. Tha farmer wrote as follows : DtR Sins I ha a 1.000 akera of tree that T .-.nt mt In Dora but Im willlna to pay too e fer M engin tha. IU do my ort that he engJn neoeMary tQ nh the devastation cf his virginal forest would cost f a.vuu, and thev informed him to this effect Wi)Coa. 8 ' r A week passed and then tue loiiow sin woods Derb Sirs What In h 1 wvd I wantof aa en rin or bilcr it 1 bud Sa.uuf "A fearful crank, an awful croak. My wife bn coiite to ." So said a friend, one dreary day. In confidem to me. "Iid't e'er inquire," ai.l I to him What pains and aehea he knows! As like aa not she's tortured by Kmie one of woman's woes." Uterine disorders esjjeciaHy depress the t-j.irits and sap the energies and vital force. For the; distressing eoni plsiuts, functional irregularities, un natural discharges, constant aius, weak lck, latitude, dullness, sinking sensations anil all weaknesses, jKfutiar to women, Jr. Pierce's Favorite l're scrlption U the sjHijit!. Ee Still Livei. "Do you we that man in gray ? He has had the extrieiice of huvirjr leen shot, buried and resurrected." This startling declaration was made to a Ist-lii ateh rt porter the other day :i' the I'tiioii Station by a gentle n ..u living in Cnt ne county, 111., and a i. iativeof the party with the wonder ful txperin c-e. The fetory seems very improl-fible, but j i-nrs to be fairly well sulotantiattd, and a deeply sun ken place on the fore head of the "man in gray" is evidence cf the allegation that he was thot The man's name was given as '.ob Nicholas, and his home as Oranger county, Tenn. Several years ago in his locality moonshiners a!xundedand their illicit operations were carried on in the mountain fa.tntfs willi but very ir regular molestations. AIout every settler was more or less involved, and dtath was the jortion of the man who interposed an objection or refused as sistance or co-operation. The revenue officers, howevtr, U-canie apprised of the condition of things in some way, and a series of raids were made, during which nearly every still in the county was captured and about ail the male population taken to Knoxville, either as defendants or witnesses in one or a dozen cases. Indignation meetings were held 8 r.d a price set upon the head of the informer." An active search was U-gun, and Nicholas was arrested as the guilty party. He had not U-en in the mountains a great while, and had associated with the people but very little, didn't drink much, and was quietly sot down as a suspicious character. One night a party of nu n went to his house, and tupluring him took him to a rock house or c-ave, where a trial was had, a physician acting as principal prosecutor. It was shown upon several occasions nex had acted unfriendly, aud once had the temerity to say that moonshining was danger ous business. This settled his guilt with them, and he was sentenced to lie shot When this conclusion was ar rived at he was taken out and tied se curely to a tree, a board was placed on top of his head, and uion this lioard were placed a few lighted pine knots, which illuminated the surroundings and gave his slayers no excuse for mak ing a poor shot of it. The men drew lota to see who should do the shooting, and the physician "won" that is what he called it and ftepitcd lack twenty pacts, rille in hand. Nicholas' feelings during all thetime these preliminaries were being settled canjbe imagined, possibly, but even he himself is tuiable tr deacrilie them ac curately. He heard a report, saw a Hash, felt his head sting and barn, and knew nothing more. He was placed in a -shoe box brought for the occasion and buritd in a trench. That night, just before day, the phys ician, who jiossessed a business soul, dug up the Isix, took the body and s'.i:ppcd it to a Cincinnati medical col lege. And all of this time Nicholas was ,. , . .., ,.,,... (. ' a, ti i . v i - ja.-5 aa vw i iiv v "in L. v. I and P"n a d.ssect.ng table, where ! for the Ume 'nsc:oiisiui return- ' i -v-:..i.. i . . i l r . . . i i . ni .iiifiu main uik: hi t lie riuut'iiL? say. "See, the blood flows; the man is surely alive." The proper restoratives were applied, and after a few hours the victim was thoroughly aroused from his lethargic stale. The college doctors did every thing possible to nurse him back to health, an l succwdad, too, so far that after a eleven years he is as strong and active as at any time of his life. He went to California, fearing to re turn to Ids old home, but recently his wife, with whom he has kept up a con stant oorresjiondeuoe, and who has cared for their little farm and family during his long absence, wrote and told him that all the men who had taken part in his Wing shot had either died or left the country, and that she thought his return would not raise a riot He returned to Tennessee, lieeanie re united with his family and sold his farm, and was in this city the other dry en route, with his loved ones, to California, where he will go after a brief visit with the relatives mentioned above, ta Creen county, I!L, not a gn.at disiaiKe fro"j the rock-producing vil !fgc of Pvar!. St. Louit I'urt-IKifctt, The cannibal ehic f smacked his lips. "What a remarkably well-preserved wman V he murmured. Ii&Uinz his voice, he bade his th'.ef ojn-n another can of the same. The King of Rattlers. Said an intelligent and veracious farmey from Nippenoae the other day to a Williameport man : "Well, sir, I saw the king of rattle snakes last week, I caught him in the act ot nibbing a hen's nest ami while I was looking about for a club lie made his escaie. That night he bit and kill ed my dog ud several chickens and swallowed three pet toads. - Thus, night after night, things disapjicared and I became alarmed lest the snake would devour every head of Mve stock I toesfssed. So I closed up every hole I could find under the hen house" and that ended it. "I forgot ail about the snake until a few nights ago when I was going home from llauchtown. Snakes are the meanest things to think about at night and that's the reason my perverse thoughts turued upon my serpeutine persecutor. A moment later I noticed a dark, round object ahead of me in the road. I stopped and tried to imagine it was the hat which the blizzard car ried awav for Jim Eek last winter "Hoping to secure the reward Jim of fered 1 stooiied to pick it up. Like a flash the object liecame alive. It was my old friend, the rattler. He pi jceed- ed to fasten his fangs in ny coal sleeve. I threw my arm in. the air and was horrified to see the reptile hang on, wriggling and twisting in great fury. I was so scared that my hairkuocked my hat off my head. . "All I could do was to keep the snake twirling in the air and I twirled him so fast that he whistled like a cart whip. Seeing that I was becoming exhausted I made a sudden grab for the reptile with my left hand, and, jerking hfm loose from my sleeve, slammed him to the ground. I then lit a match and examined my coat sleeve and found to my astonishment that its fangs were still there. It was now time to faint S) I fainted. "When I came home the rattler rat tled a tune so much like FA Cuttler's drum solo that I liegan to think the snakes must have had a musical edu cation. Then, fully aware of the fact that he could not bite without his fangs. I parried his snakeahip home aud I propose to give him to Ed to senl to band Ejecting as a substitqte when he feels indisposed. "What are the snake's dimensions? Well, upon my word, I never stopped to measure him. But he is the king, as I have stated lefore," The Meanest Woman. There is an elderly spinster down in Lancaster county, Pa., who haa earned the reputation of being the meanest woman alive.' Her whole career has tended in the direction of upholding her right to this u nen vied repute, but a recent act of hers absolutely clinched her claim in the mind of her neigh- lxirs, says a correspondent of the New York Stui. Her meanness got her into litigation with a neighbor, which lasted several years, and ended at length in her vio tory by reason of the cleverness and hard work of her lawyer. She antici pated that the counsel's bill would lie. large, aud although a woman of wealth tl-e thought of having to jiart with several hundred.?, racked her menially and physically., " One day the lawyer received a hur ried call to her. home, where, it was said, she lay at the point of death. He found his client ill a-bed, breathing hard and apparently very weak. She explained that she expected to. die very shortly, and as she had no near kin, slid wished him to draw up her last will and testament The lawyer made ready, and then the old woman, be tween ga-jvs, said: "I want you to make the will out so that your two sous, John and William, will divide between them all my prop erty at my death. They are line lads, and I a prei iate the f:: t that they have always treated me with more eon side ration than any eif my acquaintan c.." The lawyer protested. 'His sons had no claim to her; perhaps she had some pxr, deserving relatives. No, there was none; the spinster insisted. John and Wiliiatu were to get all, eir she would not die contented. After a half hour of expostulation the lawyer final ly gave in, and drew up the will in favor of his sons and had it eluly signed and witnessed. Then it was placed in a drawer, where the testator said it would be found at her death. She was fast growing weaker, but managed to say: "Now, licfore I die I wish to settle my bill with you for legal work." "JJut, madam, after such generosity, I cannot take a cent for such services. Your goodness to my sons a thousand times more than repays me for my work. I will not take a cent" "Hut yqu must I wish to leave this world free of debt. Name the sum at once." Then she reached under her pillow and drew forth her purse. The law yer to satisfy her named the ridiculous ly small sum of ?J0, which he receivad and gave her a receipt for. This elone, he liscketl out of the rexm. tut t soon ps he was gone the elderly woman lepped from her heel in the most sprightly manner; ran to the drawer, got the will and threw it into the fireplace, where it went to ashes and smoke. She carefully died away the receipt, dressed herself, and is living today. J- Wei! Dressed Women Are not always well otherwise. Health, you know, depends very largely on the proper action of the kidneys. It is the duty of the kidneys to filter the uric add and other poisonous matter out of the blood. If they do not do this, the blood in its never-ceasing journey carries the poison into every part of the system, and diseases of all sorts result. DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS Strengthen and regulate the kidneys. Help them to do their duty. Even in the severest forms of kidney disease they never fail. A 'Il-knmm lair of Cwiw'-nV, r.. re fiJin? lit ..I W. PutCu.s St., it J,. ,,rr. StirMjr 'F I. fee a I have L-it Uuk- arhe. AH la; winter I ulftfn-d cinch. Could not walk am d4. Plasters helped only hi e their ttngih lasted. I trie.1 Ivan's Kl.loey Pili. ImproTenieiil eaine at oni-e. Tho hark pains left me entirely Iuans Kerrey Pills were just what I BeedeU. I cUU.y uiUema them. Doaa't Kidney Pttls Cast 50 Cents at any Drugstore. Fosler-Kilbura Co.i&y. BEWARE IN TIME CMLOTie WARNING TO CT lAfTlRQ Oil DCLST, AND THOSE TWINQCB MAY jsc JnWUJ KJl L. iwiaT your no out or shac Had no Hand in It The Rev. Samuel E. Pearson, of Port land, Me, was a witness in a divorce case the other day. "Mr. Pearson," a-skcl the Judge, "were you on this lrench in my place with all the cir cumstances ot this case, would you grant this divorce 7" "Mot certainly, your Honor," replied the minister. "But how elo yeu reconcile this state ment with the injunction, 'What Ood hath joined together let no man put as- j under?' " "Your Honor, I am satisfied that the Lord never joined this couple," replied 1 the clergyman. Argonaut. I How to Treat a Wife. (Front Pacific Htalth Journal.) First, get a wife; second, be patient. You may have great trials aud per plexities in your business, but do not therefore, carry to your home a cloudy or lontrae-ted brow. Your wife may have trials, which, though of less mag nitude, taay tie hard for her to bear. A kind werd, a tender lxk, will do wonders in chasing from her brow all clouds eif gloom. To this we would add always keep a bottle of Chamber lain's Cough ltcmedy in the hou-H'. It is the best and is sure to he needed soemer or later. Your wife will then know that you really care for her and wlh to protect her health. For sale by lien ford's Pharmacy. Marvelous Results. From a letter written by Rev. J. Gunderman, of Dimondale, Mich., we are icnuiitcd to make this extract: "I have no hesitation in recommend ing Ir. King's Xew Discovery, as the results were almost marvelous in the case of my wife. While I was pastor of the liaptist Church at Hives Junc tion she was brought down with Pneumonia succeeding I,a (jrippe. Terrible paroxysms of coughing woulej last hours with little interruption and it seeuieel as if she could not survive them. A friend recommended Dr. King's New Discovery; it was epuick in its work aud highly satisfactory in re sults." Trial bottles free at J. X. Sny der's drug store, Somerset, Pa., or at Itralliur's drug store, lierlin, Pa. Iteg ular size 50e. and tl.00. Harper's Magazine. The taste for the. pleasures uf the wilderness, whie-h is rapidly increasing iu this country, will be gratified by a p!iiT on "The Ouananiehe and its Cantliau Environment," announced for publication in the June uumlier of Harper'. y the employment of the name "ouananiehe" the author, Mr. E. T. D. Chambers, introduces a de cidedly pretty and somewhat unfami liar word into the popular vocabulary ; but it should not be inferred from this that he makes a secret of his theme or a hopeless mystery of the angler's art. Quite the count rary. Your Thysical Condition Needs attention at this time. If you are tired, we-ak and nervous, it is clear that your blood is impure, and without doubt there lias lecn to much over weirk or strain 011 brain and body. The course of treatment for such a con dition is plain and simple. The blotai must first be purified so that the nerv ous system, aud in fact all the organs will le fed upon pure blood. Intelli gent people without numUr have tes tified that the best blood purifier, nerve totiic and strength imparting medicine is Hood's Sarssjiarilla. Nervousness, loss f sleep and general de-biiity all vanish when Hood's Sarsaparilla is porsi-tently taken; in a word, health and happiness follow after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. Harper's Bazar. During the month of May lfnr,v' linear m iil furnish many' designs "or cotton gowns, shirt waists, and gn lu ating dresses for young women. It "U tiful illustrations of parasols and is will interest itsVeaelcrs. Esped!-' :it tention will be given in "New Y rk Fashions" to novelties in fabrics mid to the best way of making up the favor ite material tf the season. Mrs. Annie Nathan Meyer will have a paper on Barnard College, with a picture of Miss Emily J. Smith, its popular Dean. ' Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Halve In the world for Cuts, Bruises, Heire-s, L'le-ers, Halt Rheum, Fever S-ire-s, Te-tter, Chapped Hanels, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It Is guaranteed to give erfect satisfaction or money refundeel. Price 25 ce nts per liox. Fer sale at J. N. Snyder's drug store, Somerset, Pa., or at Brallicr's drug store Berlin, Theoiizing. They were discussing the new board er. "He slips in and out of the house so quietly," said the grass-wielow board er, "that I think he must have been a married man once." "Maybe it is that," said Miss Hash croft, as a troubled lk came over her face, "and maybe he is in the habit of getting K-hind with his lieiard." JmliannjHhlisJuurtiuL x Mr. D. P. Davis, a prominent livery man and merchaut of tiushen, Va., has this to say on the subject of rheu matism: "I take pleasure in recom mending Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism, as I know from jer sonal experience that it will elo all that is claimed for it. A year ago this spring my brother was laid up in lied with intlainmatory rheumatism and suffere-d intensely. The first applica tion of Chamlierlain's Pain Balm eased the pain and the use of one bot tle com pletely cured him. For sale by Ben ford's Pharmacy. Within Gunshot "You say you hsvs bscn within gun shot of hostile Indians ?" she said with evident admiration "Often." he replied. "And you weren't afraid?" "Not the least bit" "Oh, well," she said, after a mo ment's thought, "I suppoae that is easily explained. A gun may be a rifled, connon." Chuxigo l'o.tt. For bronchitis, asthma or kindred troubles of the throat or lungs, take Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup, a household specific for all these complaints. llillllTIiB first 2cuts twinge of Electric Bitten. Electric Bitters is a me-dicine suited for any season, hut perhaps more gen erally needed, when the languid ex hausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of a tonic and alterative Is felt A prompt use ef this medicine has oft en averted long and ,'ierhaps fatal bilious fevers. No medicine will act more eure-ly In counteracting and free ing the system from the malarial joi sou. Headache, Indigestion, Consti pation, Dizzinuss yield to Electric Bit ters. &0c. and $1.00 per bottle at J. N. Snytler's drug store, Somerset, Pa., or at Brallier's drug store, Berlin Pa. Observant Counsel Did you observe anything particular about the prisoner? Witness Yes; his whiskers. , Counsel What tliel you observe with reference to his whiskers? Witness That he had none. Thl Rit. For every quarter in a man's pocket there are a dozen uses; and to use each one in such a way as to derive the greatest benefit is a question every one must solve feir himself. " We lielieve, however, that no U tter use could he made of one of these quarters than to exchange it for a bottle of Chamber lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, a medicine that every family should be provided with. For sale by Benford's Pharmacy. A Close Observer. Chicago Man "I guess New York has a very unhealthful climate. I think the people there have a cold about all the time." "Why so?" "Well, when I was there last summer they put a handkerchief by everhody's plate," Truth. A Deception Easily Practiced is the ofter of a reward for "any case of catarrh not cured" by certain "cures" or "blooj medicines." Nothing is said regarding the number of bottles required, and therin lies the deception. The makers of Ely's Cream Balm, have never resorted to such eleviees. Cream IJalm is an elegant preparation, agreeable to ise, and immediate iu its beneficial results, It cures catarrh. You ran rely upon the fact that it eon tains no mercury nor other injurious drug. 50 eU. -aw- "The natural history class will now write down the name's of 12 arctic ani mals," said the teacher in monoton ous tones. Little Johnny dashe-d off the following and handed his slate proudly to the teacher: "Six seals five polar liears and one walrus," .Y. '. Keening Sun. Suffered With Stomach Trouble. IUkkonvai.k, Pa., April 17, ISIVi. I suffered with stomach trouble for nine months. I doctored with phy sicians but they did not seem to help me, and I began taking Hood's Sarsa parilla anel have used three bottle's and it has done me a great deal of good. I recommend it as an excel.ent medi iciue." S.vniK E. Pyi.k. Hood's Pills cure all liver ills. "That last load of coal you se nt," said Mr. Slopay, with a most impres sive manner, "was more than half slate." "Perhaps you may remember," retorted the coal man, with much spir it, "that you said, after you had or dered it, 'just slate this, will you?' " Inilinnrijioti Joiiran!. ATccketn:! of Pets- The famous naturalist, Mr-Frank Buckland, very sekbmi wore an over coat, hut when he did so it was more lacnuse of the extra pockets it containr ed than for the warmth. When he returned from Franc on one occasion he had his overcoat Muff ed with natural history specimens of all sorts, dead and alive. Among them was a monkey, which was placed in the large hreast jioekc t. When Mr. Buckland was getting the ticket the monkey thrust his head out and attracted the attention of the book-clerk, who immediately said; "You mus-t take an extra ticket for that dog." "Dog !" said the naturalist "It's 110 dog.-' But the clerk said: "You must pay for it." The naturalist took a tortoise out of his ptx-ket, and stid: "Perhaps you call this a elojr?" "No said the clerk. We make no charge for them; they're inse cts." An twr. Cleaa Up. As summer draws near it Ileitis to elawu tipon the average householder that the thiuijs which be tolerated during the winter months will not be so easy to hear when the hot elaya of summer are getting" in their sweltering work. The filthy back alleys t hieh he did not notice so much when the air wan clear and frosty, will become a danger to health and an insult to decency iu hot weather; the clonels of dust and dirt which obscur ed his street vision when the ah cart man waa carrying off bis btove refuse will be unbearable when he has to have open doors and windows, and more th&n all, when, on summer eveninjrs, he sits at his front door, he will not find much pleasure in seeing the street littered with waste paper, aelvertising dodders rd mendacious circulars. It is such petty drawbacks to the pleas ure of home life which utill gall him the most when the nineties are round and be is fit only br sweltering anel swearing. Headache, d Eyes, Sosley Lids, Stjei, Blurred Sight Anel weakness to liiiht and wind, with many other symptoms and disturbances, all come from imperfect focus of the eyes. Aeotcness of vision is brought about by an effort of tho will acting through the muscles of the eye which adjust theloeal elements of the eye-ball, in the same mechanical sense as you grasp a ball in your hand. So much energy is required to see, tha mind as well as the muscles weary, and detract from memory force to such a degree that students having de fective refrae-tion. are often counted dull or stupid, the real atupidity being in the parents or physician, in uot discovering . tl' cause. When you realize the intri , cate and injuriouscompliCMtiouM that arise ihhii c aw at u, j uu tiiiifc 10 Bet3 IIIB great importance of scientifically correct adjustment of glasses, with careful dis- J crimination in relation to other tliseases , of the eye only known to the skilled I oculist. Dr. Sadler, Penn avenue, j Pittsburg, treats all diseases, defects and . deformities of eye, ear. new and throat, I in the moat skillful manner. OMEUSET MARKET REPORT, cvaaix-TKM viiKit at Cook & Beerits, WtdMltyt April tl I per Im .... Apples.-' dried, B -VHp'ritt4-d IV ......... Apple liiili- r, K-r k.i lJ... 1 roll, per lb Uutu r. frvMti ki-s;. PT ft (frmrwry, per tt.. . 7itoll.no ..'..Z'!fe. U ItlHv Zr..'."7!TJ!"'iiic jk- a iwtni, 1 xt ... ........ j , . ....... ) suiear cured ham. txtr k to V2e .UtoWVjO Bacon I Uk Ix-r 7 to 'houhlfr, per )..... 7 to kc f wliita navy, per bua .41 . 1 1.1 ma, pr-r m ,, ju Corti-e. J arern. per ft . IniuHtad, per IS toic VtneiiL l'uinls-rlnd, per Dtd UIue"L Portland, par OU evrnnnl, per BY. KsTKN per dox . Mo nh. uke h-rriuri;j;;;;, - ------7j.; Honey, whit clover, per fc .. I mt, per ft lf IJnw, per lil.l l.t5 Moluswt, N. e.. per ja! 'ie onion. iK-rlu. to l'ilatN-. per bun. . 10 to 3k- 1'iwlie, evuiKiruted, pr ft 10 to l.te rrumn, pi-r ft 10 to 1 ir .1 . ipt-runi i . nitBlmrj;. per Mil IM lxkty, fcu'-ks . s " i lus KHrkn .7. frmiml alum. m ft ka...... c Halt, iiuiple, pi-r ft ic lifitMirti-d yellow, per ft wliile, A. p-r ft (;r,iTiiilut 1, per ft So 'uk or Liulvk-rireil. wr lb He Kiixar. Syrup. j p r Kal S-'x; i nuiple, H-r ifal ..50lo Stoni'Ware, -lilt.u TIUiw, per lb ...... 3 to-" Vluegur, rK'tl - 3) to : iiiiiirinj, -r liub.hm.mw. v clorrr, -r bun .. to im 44 rrluiNon, per lus i-'u - a I fill fa. per bus " Llivke ii.r ItikM 7 . Heed. Millet, tierman, per lux l.i" n.iriey. wime laiiraieMi, per ihih.. i. Uunk w)h-mL, p.-r bu. -Jitc corn, ear, per lu to 4 " tlellel, per lu to ." attM, p r bit to air Grain rye. per uu... " A Feed j wlintt, per bu T'r lintri. pi-r 100 tM H" I rorn ami wit chop, per lot fta f) i dour, roller pn--K4, per Mil i. Flour. I Kprtnif Dau-nt and fMiicv 1 hlah grade 1.) to W 25 Iflour, lower irntde, per Ul ft $l.m indd.iu ra1' STTrrrrr: .l:-J IENNSYJ.VANIA RAILROAD. CASTERS STANDARD TIME. IN EFf E6T MtY 20, 1395- OOHDKKSKD BC1I Kll'LC Trains arrive and depart from the station a Jotinstowu aa follow: WESTWARD Weatern Expresa.. a. m. Mouth western Kxprrwi Julinslown AreomiiKxlation... Aecoiioiiodtlon Paciftr Kpr-wi W ny l"aMenger kat ij'ireT!."rr""T."r!! Juhnstovn Aeeuinaiudatka... 6:r " S.-.-.7 IhIO " St-M " S:.S " 3:l " ri p. m. K tj - 1A.HTWASO. Atlantic Express . Seiehore Kxprrna Altoona Ai-roinniodation lny Kipnw ... Main Line Kxprv .ltoona AeronifniMiation.. .... Mail KxpreM ..... Johnstown Aeeommodaoon... I'hilMtlelpliiu rlxpnuM . Faal Llne.......... .. xi " S:J1 " eel " .-..lOtll " l-' p. m. 4.11 " " 7:l " For rate, maps Ac., en!) on Ticket : iddrewi Tlion. Wtt, I'. A. V. II., : Aientnor addmnTlioK. R Wntt, 1. A. V. l., 3n Hfh Avenue. 1'ttiiilninf. l"a. S. M. I'revwt. J. It. Wood lien. Maruucer. ei- n'l Paha Ax CONDENSED TIME TABUS. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Someriot and Cambria Branch. 50KTH71KD. Johnstown Mail Express. rUx-kwotnl J :l a. m, SomerM-t 4:10, .stiyetowa 4ii2, Hmov. ersviue jounniou n n:tu. JohliKtown Mail Expresis. ttockwood lViO m., someiwt 11:1-1. stuyeMown 11:4:1, Hoot- envilie 11: .4, JiUi.!own Urto p. m. Johnstown Aecommorlatlon. Rock wood 5:55 p. in.. Snmieiset i:Jlsloye.uwn fcl-, lloov- Iai!y. SOrTHWABP. Mall. Johnstown :a. m., HonverrIlla?:ll, toyeU)Wn 7:ij, taomrwt 1xi, Hock, wood fcJtl. Express. Johnstown 2:30 p. m., Hoovervllle X:ll. Mnyrstoa n 1:6, SkillH rset Siii, Hock wood 4V. Sunday Only. Jchostown 80, iH-piertrt l(h0 Kockwood ivro. YOUR EYE! Wewantto catch It! EVERY FARMER in Somerset County who has a cord of Hemlock Bark or a Hide to dispose of will find that the CON FLUENCE TANNERY Co., w ill pay tho highest cash prices for the sanio. Writ for quotations to WIXSLOW S. COBB Jk CO., Ctinfluenee, Pa. Salesmen Wanted on Hntnry, to sell- Pennsrlranla crown Xur eiy Min k, which is tha best ia the or!d. All the new n well ns the xtKiiditn ur1- tles of Fruitt & Ornamentl. A fln oiittlt fiir-nl-liej and all tmveltnir exprnsa piiid. Sala ry dntea from day work l rommeuoed. Write fur ter-.ua, stutln aire. Hoopes, Bro. t Thomas, Maple Avenue Nurseries, West Chester, Pa. ' NEW hi ,4- THE, ONLY PERFECT .FAMlaYUSE. For Sale By J. B. HOLDERBATJM, Somerset. Pa. s TfAA, 1H I 1 w 4 YOU CAN FIND a tie la Prmtrii n 4 Die Artniair Hurcau S rREMIlTGTOiT BROS. a veil nae loc adiarSauu at kM nl THE sIs None Too Good When You Buy -T.MEDICINES. iN3 It Is Just as Important to Hecure FRESH. PURE DRUGS, A it ia To JJave Confidence in the rhynlcian B Aa r Them. AT SNYDER'S You are always tiure of getting the freshest ttedlclnetjpREMCRIPTlOVii Carefully Compounded. TRUSSES FITTED All of the Bent and Mot Approved True Kept in Sink 8itiftction Guaranteed. . OPTICAL GOODS. GLASSES FITTED TO SUIT THE EYES. CALL AND HAVE YCUH SIGHT TESTED. JOHN N. Somerset, Louthefs Drug Store, Main Street, Somerset, Pa. This Jiodd Drug Store is Rapidly Beccniag a feat Favorite with People in Search cf FRESH . AHD . PURE . DRUGS. Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Sponges, Truses, Supporters, Toilet Articles, Perfumes, &c. TH DOCTOK OITCH PEaUtOSAI. ATTkJTTlO TO THE COMrorXM.OQ 0 Prescriptions 6BEAT CAES BKIS TAXES TO SPECTiVCLES. EYE-GLASSES, And a Full Lice of Optical Goods always on band. From s-ici large assortment all can be suited. THE FEBEST BBAHDS OF CIGAES Always on hand. It is always a pleasure to display onr joci to intending purchaser?, whether they bay frca ns or elsewhere. J. FV. LOUTHER M. D. MAIN STREET - - SOMERSET. PA Somerset Lumber Yard MASCrACTUKEK ASD DEALEK A -SO WHOLESALE A3D RETA1LEB UE Lumber and Building Materials. Hard and Sott TVbods, Oak, Poplar, KlilincA. Picketn, .Mu( be Walnnt, Yellow Pln?, Floorlnrj. Sanh. Mar Halla, Cherry, hluglea, Ioorm Baluster. lsetnat, Lath, MhltePine J)liuds .wel TooU, I tr. I j. grnersl Unat al! smds of Lamlwr and Ruil-ling M.iU-rUl ami Ronfin'f-!:!- k-'rt ia sUk. Als can furnish anything in Ihe line of our business toor-ler ;ta r-a.-.-t)-bie prnaiptnena, such an Bmcbeta, ! J-ieJ w.-k,lc. Elias Cunningham, OJBce and Tgnl Opposite S. 1 C S. E. PREPARATIONS FOR The Great F NOVEMBKR 3 ARE ALREADY WKI.L IM'KR WVT. A 51 PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES IS TO 1K KI.K-Tt:i, A NO TIIK NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE will, a.H alwars, l,e found in the lhirfcet of the f. -hi. l attliriT vigorously for .SVjhh. Huxi11r.11 Triumph, wlii.-h l-rti'-g proxperiti to the n-itiuu. The .V-ir 1 ork Wefk!y TnKuite U not only tlie lt:nlii.r K-pI-lii-nn paper of the country, but vprc-e)tiiiii !'y .1 ,... ' . ' . jn-ir.iyc per. It.ntuiipi.igu news anil diM'ii.ions will intortt every Ameri can citizen. All the news of the day. Foreign Corrp-n-,ieinf . Arl.-iwiiir-1 Department, Market Reports, hort Stories complete in e a nunilr. Comic Pictures, Fashion PUte with e!aKrate Je.rip tiona, anj a variety of items of household interest, make up a Jtlmtl Fitmiljt Pit per. A SPECIAL CONTRACT enables us The . Somerset . Herald ONE YEAR FOR ONLY $2.00. CASH IN ADVANCE. SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY EECIN AT ANY TIME. Address all orders to T1-I1I IIKIwALl. Writ ynr sum anl allrvit at a px in.one liuuaiar, sew Trk Clfj, aad sample copy fTheewi'o Weekly Tnbane will b mailed t Jan. IT WILL PAY Y07 TO BUY YOUR lemorinl Work or Vm. F. SHAFFER, SOMERSCT. PEJIN'A. Manufacturer of and Dernier In Eastern Work Famished on Short Notice mm m mim mi Also, Agent Tor the WHITE BRONZE ! Pfron In nAl t.r -i .. . .1- ... .! I. . , . VT. j luiiumrnj nora will ZvllJ' tMr '""'"" " at my shop Ti. T.' Pr,,w,howln)f will be Ktven th.-m. rsUsC"-lin (unrantoea in rvrrr rur, an l lju-ea very low. 1 invite spoclul alteutton to WhiUBronza, Of Part Zlnp Mo-uraa ntrodutvd by Rev. W. A. Rlnr. a. a derUe.l mprovemeril in the point uf Mjio.inl r..i tunimrti.,n.nd which U d.li,i . he Hie K"ow:".,,.MSii.fcr cur ctarM- - F. SHAFFER, BESrF SNYDER, Pa. 9 lis CSE OSLT FEESH A5D TV BE ARTICLEM. Station, SOMEIlsET.r to offer this splendid journal and cirl, seal it ta Geo. W. Best, Kon .. j 1st ! 1ZTTE3A53 3 EY PMCnClLLTiT. i f-rrl 151 Over 500 Beautiful Sand for Price List I Designs. Circulars. t.wrti-itioiT y Family Rece Battle i II m v . - 1
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