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fiie Somerset Herald.
BTMUUU 1827.
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Turn HOMBJtan Hsjlald,
BOKKBSST, Pa,
n F. UHL, Jr.,
(J, AllOU-StX A JiOTARY PUBLIC.
Booierset, Pa.
j.; !jf J OXiJli ip pel,
vTlFUd H MEYERS,
,Tjh in Scotfa Bojuentet, 1'enn's.
Building, "-
. 1 ! Itiikinc
entrusted to bit care will be at-
cd w " pruuiptueM mid IideUljr.
rilG.UAT. C W. WALKEK
tT AY & WALKER,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LA W,
Slid OTAKV PUBLIC
Somerset, P.
3oe opposite Court House.
ED. B. SCULL,
A 1TUKM6. V -AT-LA W,
o. 170 Fourth HU, Fittaburf , Pa.
J A. BEKKEY,
. AVIUlLsEV-AT-LAW,
Somerset Pa.
Cflif above Fi-sher" Book Store.
UVKVEY M. BERKLEY,
AlfUtOfct-AX-LAW,
boiuersel. Pa.
03c in First National Bank.
AC. HOLBERT,
. All OK k. y-AT-LA ,
Somerset, Pa.
OSct in the Cook a Beerit Block, up stairs.
r EORGE It SCULL,
AITOiOi fc V -AT-LA W,
Somerset, Pa.
FKED. W. BIESA.iJJt,
AX! UK t V-AI-LA W,
.. T-
C3ce in PrinUng House Jlow, opposite Court
House.
r R. SCOTT,
I . A 1 1 CRN E V-AT-LA W,
Somerset, Pa.
J. KOOSEK,
J . AliuRXEY-AT-LAW,
Soineraet, Pa.
V . IL KooNTZ.
J. G. OtiLE.
KOOSTZ OGLE,
ATToKN YB-AT-LAT ,
Somerset, Pa.
Will eive prompt attention to business en
niied to Ujrir care in noiiMiniet and adjoining
ouuIk. uiUce in Prim Huuk Row, opposite
tie Court House
VALENTLNE HAY,
ATTuKN t V-AT-LA W,
Somerset, Pa.
AIo Dealer in Real Estate. Will attend to
a . L :-iorss entrusted to ins care with prompt
Ds aui Oddity
JOHN H. UHL.
ATXOKN EY-AT-LA V,
Somerset, Pa.
W'lll promptly attend to all business ea
rl usird to him. ouey advanced on collec
tiuus, 4c. Office lu Uaiuniolu Block.
TOIIX O. KIMMEL,
J AXXuRtY-AT-LAM,
boucnet. Pa.
Will attend to all buatneea entrusted to bia
etre in Somerset and adjoiuiug eou t-ea, wltn
pmuipUiea and ndeUty. Ottlee on kiain Croea
itreel, aboe CollToUi'a Urocery BUM..
TAMES L. PUGII,
J AXToiOi E Y'-AT-LAW,
Soineraet, Pa.
Office in Mammoth Block, up stair. En
tiuuce on Mam Crow, street. CllcUoue
nmde. etU settled, titles examined, and ali
ltxl buMiiec atleuaed to with promptness
sud fidelity.
A. J. COLBORS. L. C COLBORX.
COLBORN A COLBORX,
AriURX E Yej-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
Ml busiuesd entrusted to our care will be
promutiy and faithfully attended to. Colleo
Ciraii made iu lKiierwet, Bedlord and adjoin
i eountiea. sunreyiug and couTeyancinc
Ane ou reasonable terms. .
UL. BAER,
. AXTORKEY-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
Will cracttce In Somerset and adjoining
ouuiies. All business enuusted to him wiu
twelve prompt attention.
A. H. COFFROTH. W. H. RCPPEL.
COFFliOTH & RUPPEL,
ATl'URN E YS-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
V. buslneos entrusted to their care will be
Pi.ce.lilv and punctually attended to. Ulnoe
on Main Cross street, opposite Mammoth
iiiocK.
T W. CAROTHERS, M. D.,
tl . PHYSICIAN AKBSLRUEON,
Somerset, Pa.
Office on Patriot Street, opposite V. B.
Ciiun-h.
ight calls at office.
D
R.
P. F. SHAFFER,
PHYSICIAN ASD SURGEON,
Somerset, 1 a.
Tenders his professional aenrlces to th'
iis of Smeret and Ticinity. Office
Main Crows aud Patriot street.
the citl-
corner
DR. J. M. LOUTHER,
PHYSICIAN AND SLRGEON,
Office on Main street, rear of Drug store.
-QR. H.
S. KIMMELL,
Tenders his professional services to the dtl-
seiis rf tSomerset and vicinity. Lnleas pro
sioually euaged he can be found at his of
fice on Mam fcU East of Diamond.
DR. J. 8-McMILLEN,
(Graduate in Dentistry.)
Gives special attention to the preservation
of i..e naiural twin. Aruticial seu inserted.
All operations guaranteed satisfactory. Office
iu the rooms over L. H. Davis A Co's store
corner Main Cross and Patriot streets.
C. IL COFFROTH,
Funeral Director.
'fiW 60S Main Cross SL Residence,
340 Patriot St.
PRANK B. FLUCK,
Land Surveyor
AND MINING ENGINEER. Llstie, Pa.
Oils! Oilsl
The Atlantic Refining Co.. Pittsburg Depart
ment, Pittsburg, 1'a., makes a specialty of
manufacturing for the Itouieslic
trade the finest braudt of
Humiliating & Lubricating Oils
Xaphtha & Unl ine,
That can be made from Petroleum. We chal
lenge comparison with every known
Product of Petroleum
If you wish the most uniformly
Satisfactory Oils
IN THE
American !Market,
tor ours. Trade for Somerset and Vicini
ty supplied by
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boeraa(, Fa.,
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It Floata
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ordinary soaps.
Ivory Soap is always in sight and is not wasting at the bot
tom of the tub.
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THE
First National Ban
Somerset, Penn'a.
Capital, S50.000.
Surplus. S22.000.
BCPOSITS BeetlVCOIH LARGC NDalLl
AMOUNTS, S.ATABLC ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS Or MINCMANTS, FANslgNS,
STOCK DCALEHS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED
-DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
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JA ES L. PUGH, M'. H. ILLER,
JOHN R. SCOTT, 30BT. 8. SCULL,
FRED W. BIESECKEiL
EDWARD 8CULL, : : PRESIDENT.
VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PRESIDENT.
HARVEY . BERKLEY, . CASHIER.
The funds and securities of this bank are se
curely protected In a celebrated Coaxiss Bck
blar Proof Safe. The only safe made abso
lutely burglar-proof.
Tie Somerset County National
BANK
OF SOMERSET PA.
EltaiNihsd, 1877. Orginlzsd n I "tloil,1890
-O.
CAPITAL,
$50,000
SURPLUS AND UN
DIVIDED PROFITS $19,500.
Chas. J. Uarrison, - President
Wm. II. Koontz, - Vice President
Milton J. Pritts, - - Cashier.
Geo. S. Harrison, - Ass't Cashier.
:
Directors :
Sam. B. Harrison, Win. F.ndsley,
Josiah Speoht. Jonas M. Cook,
John II. Snyder, John StufTt,
Jctph B. laviH, 'oah S. M iller,
Harrison Snyder, . Jeroriie StufTt,
Chas. W. Snyder.
Lunomrra ui un. - ...
liberal treatnienteoni'if.tent wubsafeiwnkinK.
Parties wistnnf ui senu iii' .
can be accommouated by draa for any
amount. . .
Money and valuables seen red by one or Die
boid's celebrated safes, with most Improved
rfi 1.2ft iAn mmAn in all Darts of the United
States. Chante" moderate.
Accounts ana aepiwiis iwiuicu.
A. H. HUSTON,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
nd everything pertaining to funerals furn
ished.
SOMERSET - - Pa
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Door West of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
I Am Now
prepared to supply the public
with Clocks, Watches, aud Jew
elry of all descriptions, a Cheap
as the Cheapest.
REPAIRING A
SPECIALTY.
AU work guaranteed. Look at my
stock before making jour
purchases.
J. D. SWANK.
ALWAYS
On Hand
BEST IN THE MARKET.
Jarecki Phosphate,
Raisin's Phosphate,
Lime,
Crushed CoVe,
Hard Coal,
Salisbury Soft Coal,
At the Old Stand near the Soiner
ect k Cambria R. R. Station.
AsJrices Right.
Peter Fink
5!.
MrsALUhl.
NEW SPRING GOODS. New
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 Xoreltj.
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
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waists fc dresses. Wash Goods for
desses and waists, including Swisses,
Lawns, Percales, Dimities, Crepes,
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Ginghams, Seersuckers, &c Splend
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LADIES' Drcs.s Skirts and Shirt
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Short Dresses, Long and Short
Coats and Sacks. Great variety of
Children's Mull and Lace Caps and
Oats.
NEW Style Buttons, Silks,Gimps,
Ribbons, Iaces, &c, for dress
trimmings. A large variety of
Cambric, Swiss and Nansook Em
broidery in white and colore.
Linen Sheeting, Stamped Linen and
Embroidery S ilk. A large assort
ment of Lace Curtains cheap.
Also Curtain Swiss and Scrim.
LARGEST stock of new Millin
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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
NASAL
CAT1HRH
Is a
LOCAL KISKASE
and 1 the result of
rolds and nu.iden
eii-natlc changes.
It can beetled by a
pleasant remedy
w liU-h Is applied di
rect I v into the nos
trils." Ely's Cream Ralm
f. na Miifi ehrarmes
the Nasal Pasaces
x llnv i'uln and llt-
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bmne from Cold. Iteslor. the sense of taxte
and smell, ine iMiim is quieaiy
It ml rives reiiei ai ouce. nce -m--, n.
Urueihst or by uuul.
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THE ICEELEY CURE
I a special boon tn badness men who, narinf
drifted uneorurlowly into the drink habit and
awakon to Una ine oiseaseof aieonousm lastenea
nmn them, renderinr them tuflt to mauara af
fairs requiring; a clear brain. A four week.
course of treatment at the ,
PITT5BURa KEELEY INSTITUTE.
Ko. 4346 Fifth ATenae,
rtnrs to them all their powers, mental and
nhninsL destrors the abnormal aeDetite. and
rstires them to the condition ther were In be
fore they lndulred In stimulants, tb u nai been
don. I a mora than lio cases treated here, and
among them some of your own neighbors, to
whom we can refer with confidence aa to the
ebvinte safety and efficiency of the Keeley Core,
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SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
THE DOWN GRADE.
When the engiue is a-puffln'.
An" a-miortin', an' a-bluffln',
Like it mighty ofen will;
When you heaj the thing a-blowin
Then you know it's hard a-goin'.
For it's clitubin' up a hill.
When it goes a-whizzin' ty you
In a way that's like to try you
If you're just a bit afraid;
When it' runnin' fast an faster,
Like it doesn't need p master.
Then it'a on a down (trade.
When you see a man a-workiu'.
An' his duty never shirkin',
An a-sweatiu, more or less;
When you see him climbin higher,
An' ho never seems to tire.
He's a-clintbin' to success.
When you see one goin' easy.
In a manner light an' breezy.
Like for pleasure he was made,
Just remember ho's a-showin
That it'a mighty easy goiu
When your're on the down grade.
Chicago irf.
TWO LITTLE
VAGRANTS.
What Happened to Them Oat La the
Big world.
BY ELIZA HETII FLINT WADE.
Little Madame and Canard, her hus
band, were to all appearances the most
contented couple on the Avery farm,
but appearances, as one learns in the
copy book, are often deceitful, and
Madame, in spite of her placid air and
her quiet manner, was at heart as dis
satisfied with her peaceful home as was
Itasselas in the Happy Valley. She
was always telling Canard of the fine
thing that might be seen and enjoyed
the great world outside the farm
gates, and trying to persuade him to go
with her and see them. Canard list
ened patiently, but was quite content
to remain where he was aud enjoy the
friendly gatherings of his companions,
happy enough if he had plenty to eat
and drink for the day. His favorite
Karinir was "Let to-morrow take care
of to-morrow."
However, day after day Little Mad
ame continued to beg her husband to
set forth in the world to seek their for
tunes, aud at last Canard said :
"Well, Ducky, if your heart is set on
traveling, I will go at any time you are
ready."
"I am ready now," said Madame,
and we will start this very minute.
"Oh, not to-day," said Canard ; to
morrow would be far better."
"To-morrow, indeed ?" exclaimed
kittle Madame. "Didu t you hear
Farmer Avery say this morning that
one should "Never put off till to-mor
row what can be done to-day ?"
" said Canard slowly, and
then added quickly, "but I heard Mrs.
Farmer Averv sav vesU;rday that
Haste makes waste.'.'
"Well, Canard, I should like to have
you tell me what we have to waste but
time, and we are wasting that by stand
ing here talking ; come, you have said
you would go and we will start at
once," and Little Madame stepped
briskly down the path to the gate.
Canard followed more slowly, and
presently they stood in the road lead
iug out into the great world.
"Which way shall we go?" said
Canard as they stood looking up and
dowu the long, dusty stretch of road,
which seemed to end in the sky far
away,
This way," said Little Madame,
stepping briskly along. "The sun will
be at our locks if we go this way, but
it doesn't matter avfeich way we go, so
that we only startWe will go till we
come to the end of the road, and then
we will turn about and go to the other
end, and thus we shall have seen the
whole world.
For a time they enjoyed the walk,
but by and by the sun shone hotter and
hotter, the road was very dusty, aud
even sprightly Little Madame began
to feel weary. As for Canard he was
quite disgusted, and proposed that they
go back and start some other day,
when it was cooler.
"Oh, no," said Little Madame quick
ly. "We can rest a bit here In the
shade and then go on. If we had a
drink we should feel all right Hark !
Don't I hear the water running?" and
she jumped up aud ran a little way
down the road.
"Oh, Canard," she cried, "here is a
beautiful brook, much nicer than the
one we had at the farm. Come here,
quick."
Canard hastened to join her and
found a clear stream of water gurgling
and sine-in bv the roadside. How de
licious the water tasted to these thirsty
little tramps, and Canard was so pleased
that he took a swim at once, in order
to wash the dust off him.
It was so charming a spot that they
concluded to stay there for the rest of
the day. They followed the stream
across a pleawttit meadow to where it
entered a deep forest, and there they
rested till the shadows beirau to
lengthen.
"Whv not stay here all nteht?" said
Canard, when Little Madame asked
where they were to sleep.
They found a bed of moss on which
they slept as peacefully as if in their
snug home. The next morning, after
a bath in the brook aud a breakfast of
herbs and berries, they started again
on their travels. The sun soon cloud
ed over and it began to rain, but this
did not disturb them ; in fact they
liked it better than the hot sun.
"It is so much nicer," said Little
Madame, "to be walking in the soft
mud than to be scuffing along In the
dust that, for my part, I hope it may
rain all the time."
"It's just the weather for ducks, Isn't
it, my dear ?" said Canard, giving her
a fuuny wink of his eye.
The little couple traveled on day af
ter day, meeting with many adven
tures. Sometimes they did not have
enough to cat, and they were obliged
to sleep out of doors, but this they did
not mind, as lone as it was warm
weather. They started out each morn
ing hoping they would come to the
end of the road, and then they would
turnabout and travel back. Canard
was weary of their vagrant life, and
often sighed for the home he had left
set
ESTABLISHED 1827.
and the gossip of his old companions,
but Little Madame would never admit
that she wanted to see her old home.
Canard, however, had resolved that
when they turned about and reached
the farm gates again, he would not go
step farther, but would stay at home
for the rest of his days.
'If I only knew the way home," he
said one cold, windy morning when he
Had had a poorer breakfast than usual.
"I would start this minute. I am sick
of having no place of my own, and,.
for my part, I think the world a pretty
poor place aud wish I were back iu ihy
yard."
Though Madame wished so too, she
would not confess it. i
"Dou't fret, Cauard, dear," she said
cheerfully "I am sure that by to-mor
row, or at least by the day ater, we
shall find some place that we shall like
far better than the one we have left."
The morrow came and many mor
rows followed, but the wanderers seem
ed no nearer finding a home or a for
tune than they did the day they set
out, and it was hard for even Little
Madame to keep up her spirits. The
weather was getting cold, and now and
then Canard thought he saw a little
frost on the grass when he awoke in
the early morning.
The houses, they now noticed, were
closer and closer together, and one
morning, instead of the dusty road or
the green grass on which to walk, they
found the road filled with hard stones,
while by the side of it large flat ones
covered nearly every bit of the grass.
"What does this mean !" said Can
ard, for the rough stones hurt his wea
ry feet. "I do believe we have come to
the very worst part of the world."
Little Madame was as much puzzled
as Canard was, but she told him that
-ery likely they had now come to the
nlace where thev should find their
a
fortune. They met many ieople, but
while some looked at them curiously
no one sjioke to them. The stones in
the street were hard and rough and
Canard was so thirsty that he thought
he would irive his bwt feather for a
drink. If they stopped to rest, dogs,
which were the special fear of Mad
ame, ran and barked at them, so that
the tired pair were obliged to keep
moving. Finally they grew so faint
for the want of food, for they had eaten
nothiug since early morning, that they
ventured to sit down under a maple
tree, where the grass was as soft as vel
vet. Some children came out of a house
near by and a boy, seeing the couple
sitting on the bank, scraped up a hand
ful of irravel and threw at them, so
they rose aud hurried on.
They had learned much since they
had been out in the world. Tliey had
learned that everyone cares most for
himself, and that if one has no friends
it is hard to mttke or find them.
Little Madame talked less and less,
but she thought the more.
"How foolish I was," she pondered,
"to persuade Canard to come away
from our home, when we were so hap-
py. ow we are nomeiess, anu irieuu-
less. No one cares for us, or what be
comes of us."
Here is a fine large meadow," said
Canard just then, stopping before a
beautiful lawn, "and see what a fine
shower in the centre," which was his
way of describing a lawn sprinkler.
They were about to rush up to it to
get a drink w hen Mailauie stumuieu
over a small board set next to the walk.
She picked herself up aud saw that the
Uiard had letters ou it. lth some
difficulty she spelled out the letters :
"K-E-lvP O-F-FT-H-E G-R-A-S-S."
"Come here, Canard," she cried. "It
says 'Keep off the grass V Keep off the
grass, indeed ! hat sort of a country
is this, where one is not allowed to set
foot on the grass?"
They turned away sadly, feeling that
they had come, as Canard feared, to
the very worst part of the world."
Though Madame was a brave little
thing she was now thoroughly dis
couraged, aud told Canard that she
was sorry she had ever thought of leav
ing home. Cauard refrained from say
ing "I told you so," hut said that he
was glad to have had the experience ;
he was free to say, however, that he
had had enough of wandering.
They walked slowly along turning
first one corner aud then another, but
never finding a place to rest. It was
nearly night, and a they were passing
through a wide street, they came to a
large gate, which stood wide open.
"Look here, Canard," said Madame,
"doesu't this remind you of the gate at
home?"
"It does, indeed " said Canard with
a sigh.
Ijook. uuick. Canard ! Look over
the door! 'Home for the Friendless'
is what it says. Surely this must be
the place for us."
They walked in rather timidly, and.
having learned by experience tltat the
front door seldom opens for vagrants,
walked around to the back of the house.
No one was in sight, but a plate of
scraps stood outside the kitchen door.
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JUSias II inejr viiKvicu un, w""
Little Madame, "and knew we should
be hungry when we came."
They helped themselves and were so
nearly famished they left not a crumb.
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Then they walked atout the yard, aud,
finding some straw in a corner, snug
gled dowu in it and were soon fast
sleep.
In the morning they were up bright
I and early, inspecting every nook and
corner of the yard, and when the in
mates arose they were surprised to see
the couple gravely parading aliout the
yard as if they belonged there. The
cook opened the door, and, calling to
them, gave them Borne breakfast How
glad they were for a good meal, and
how nice it seemed to have it given to
them instead of searching for it theiu-
selves !
As they were taking a little wash in
a pan of water that the good-natured
cook had set out for them, a wagon,
drawn by two fine black horses, rattled
up the driveway. The driver jumped
down and rapped on the door.
"Good morning," said the cook,
opening It "I am so glad you have
brought us some fresh vegetable irom
your farm. You may put the puiup-
kins over in tliat shed."
"All right," ud farmer Avery,
I who, strange to say, was the driver,
I loading up his arras with th bhxyel-
JUNE 3. 1896.
low globes. "Hello V he exclaimed,
stopping short as he caught sight of
Little Madame and Canard standing
and looking at him. "Where did you
get those ducks ?"
'They strayed in here last night,"
said the cook. "Do you know whom
they belong to?"
'Well, as near as I can make out,
they are a pair of mine that strayed
away last August, and, as they are of a
flue breed, I'll take 'em home with me,
if you don't object"
Comfortably tucked in a box of straw
Canard and Little Madame journey-
ed home, and were glad enough when
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11H1IHJ 1 111. Ill 1 O wn V v.- uiuiv i
an.omr their old friends.
fi.rm vnrd. and U never tired of relat-
tn th4r adventures. When he fin-
ui..-. .mA rsillv excitintr tale
Little Madame shakes her head and
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"Ah ( 'nrd ! that would never have
happened if I had not had the courage gant living such as is now consigned to receiving no reply, amid a fresh out
t n ..t I.. tl. world to seek our for- a roval and iiever-to-be-fonrottcn patt: burst of merriment, he grew furiously
tunes !"
The Eophone.
Possibly there is no greater terror
among the many met with at sea than
a fog. The helplessness of our harbor
boats and the clamor of bells and whis
tles during a heavy fog in New York
harbor gives one some idea of this
nightmare of the ocean; but w hen a
fog closes down upon a vessel at sea
the most reckless captain proceeds
cautiously aud anxiously.
The probability of collisions and
wrecks due to fogs has been accepts!
as a sort of unavoidable evil, which
must become greater as the number
and speed of the vessels increase. But
the inventive genius of man could not
let such a condition of affairs continue
without attempting to do away with it,
and there has been perfected lately a
simple instrument, called the cophone,
by which the direction from which a
sound proceeds may be determined
u-iih nlMolute accuracy iu fojr 01 dark
ness.
The simplest description of the in
strument is that it consists of two bell-
mouthed sound receivers, separated by
a central diaphragm. The sound re
ceivers are connected to the two eais,
and, when pointed directly at a source
of sound, the noise is the same in each
ear. When turned away tue sounu i
heard in only one ear.
On shipboard the souud-catching
and dividing part of the instrument
extends alxive the top of the chart
house. The tubes are brought within
the chart house, and the instrument
may be turned froru below to poiut in
any desired direction.
The eophone has now been perfected,
there being many points for which
numerous experiments, lasting over
several years, have been required, in
order to determine the best form,
especially with the sounding tubes and
earpieces. Various refinements. such
a micorshones and devices adding to
complication, but not improving the
use, have been eliminated. -NVr York
llrrnld.
An Admirable Hotel.
The following unique advertisement
has been prepared by the humorist of
the Puyallup (Wash.) Commerce, and
is among the standing matter at the
1 of a column and iust beneath a
cut of the Egyptian pyramids:
"The famous Paradise Park Hotel
takes pleasure in announcing that it
will open up as soon as the snow melts
down to fourteen feet Delightfully
located on the instep of old Mount
Tacoma-Ilanier-ruyallup, 14,444 miles
high. No flies, no fleas, no bugs. No
stares to klime. Guests have the
privilege of doing their own 'washing
if so bent Fine fir board. Fresh frost
cake every morning frost right off
the grass. No xtra charge for stand
ing in the kitchen door and seeing
New York and other Eastern villages.
Free sidewalk to and from the house,
and drinking water free to guests xcept
in Jule. Aucust and September. No
- J 1 o -
mortgages.
"Svnerv everywhere. No xtra
el ia rire for scenery, xevpt special tun-
II TV that have to be xpedited with
i
special x plosives.
"Only twenty-seven miles across the
ridge to Lard Valley, where sugar-
cured hams of mountain goats grow on
the trees.
"Among the distinguished touris-ts
hotied this year are Owen ister, W .
D. Howells, rrofessor Charles E. Nor
ton. Theodore Itoosevelt rredenck
Bcmiugton and Major McKiH'.ey.
"(If Senator Squire gets through his
bill to make a national park of it, he
will also be welcome; otherwise other
wise.)
"Now is the time to telegraf for front
bay windows, with glaciers right un
der them.
"No dosrs. children or kranks al-
lowed." I'vuaUaii ( Wax,.) Comi-
"
witrce.
Wife ts. Horse.
Husbands, nive to your wives at
least as much consideration as you
would a pet animal. You would not
knowingly work a favorite horse while
sick. Yet, how many feeble, debilitat
ed wives work on, dragging out weary
lives, made miserable by the many dis
ease peculiar to women. They suffer
iu silence and because delicacy pre
vents complaint you underestimate the
disease and its effect iu shortening
her life. Get her Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. W e assure you that no
sufferer from those painful and weak
ening female diseases, which wreck
the constitutions of so many women,
can take it without being lienefited.
The ereatest restorative tonic and
strengthening nervine known to med
ical science. Produces refreshing
sleep and drives melancholy away.
Prevents threatened insanity, and
cures sleeplessness, nervous debility,
fpasms, St Vitus'a Dance, and kin
dred nervous diseases.
F.ven chronic diarrhoea succuml
....w.L-lv tn Dr. Fowler's Ext of Wild
Strawberry, nature's own specific fcr
all bowel complaints.
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SILVER MINING
IN NEVADA.
Sandy Boweri' Big Stake.
The sudden and great accumulation
cf wealth during the first fifteen years
after the practical inauguration of sil
ver mining iu Nevada has no parallel
In tb history of modern times. The
fortunes made during the flush period
in California w ere, to use a mild term.
' . . ...
unimportant as compared with tnose
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aiunu . . v . v. ... j - o I
simply bv the fortunate stroke or a
I""
The maioritv of those who did real-
ize handsome competencies as a re-
ward for enterprise in locating in
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Washoe, when such a venture cutanea
i ei t i j.,...!i.n. i
i a i iiiunntiPfti nnriiki hm hiiii iii'iiiii or i
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t on soon squandered them in exirava-
and also in unfortunate speculations iu
stocks w hich would never amance in
market value.
Those davs were the days w hen the
dealers in all classes of luxury reajed
a bountiful harvest; and, in fact, .the
rich discoveries on the Comstock lode
were the keynote to an increased gen
eral prosperity all over the Paciuc
slope.
New developments in the mines
and of a character that would set the
stock market wild now were daily
made, and fresh millionaires naturally
followed in their wake. During those
years Virginia City was a mining camp
such as may never spring up again on
the globe. The extravagaut and riotous
life encountered there was unpreceden
ted. Nearly all poeneswd more money
than they had practical use for, and it
was squandered as if the sources
whence it was derived were inexhaust
ible. But alas, the end came several
years ago, and it appears just now as if
there were to lie no resurrection of the
neglect?;i golden past.
It was not business capacity nor
shrewdness in any form that brought
riches to the fortunate ones during that
epoch of Nevada's greatest prosperity.
It was sheer luck, as in the greater
uumber of instances those mot ignor
ant of all the business principles were
more lavishly favored by fortune than
their intellectual superiors.
The case of Lemuel I.. Bowers, popu
larly known as "Sandy" IJvrs, a
sujwrlatively illiterate but very gener
ous man, is a fair substantiation of the
alove.
In 1SV) he was earning a precarious
livelihood by placer mining in Gold
Canyon (now Gold Hill), and in the
latter part of that year, when the dis-
overy of silver in the Comstock was
announced, he found that ten feet of
his claim covered a portion of the lode;
and the former, after being systemati
cally prospected gave promise of great
value. The ten feet adjoining his lH
longed to a widow Mrs. Cowan his
social and intellectual equal. Sandy
and the widow had known each other
a long time, and now, as a new and
prosperous era seemed to dawn for
them, thev concluded to rKl their
prosjeetive wealth by getting nurried.
Tiie mining ground owned by the
couple is located in what is known as
Crown Poiut Ilavine, I pper Gold Hill,
and was called the Bowers' mine.
About the middle of 110, while
Sandy was taking out ?2,000 a day, he
was offered $-jO0,On0 for his claim, and
refused to sell.
Neither he nor his wife had ever
before leen accustomed to any of the
greater luxuries) which are at the com
mand ef boundless wealth, and having
a penchant for display of semi-civilized
grandeur, the reader ran form an idea
of Jthe regal doings of the Bowers
household. They were in imitation of
the "Rasher" family, only that the
Bowers added a little more tinsel and
red lire.
They believed themselves in poss
ession of Aladdin's wonderful lamp,
and regulated their expenses accord
ingly. .Their hospitality knew no
bounds, aud they entertained everyone,
but in such style as to cause consider
able merriment for those who made
their society debut before arriving on
the Comstock.
The Bowerses were then the wealth
iest couple in Virginia City, and while
inuoeently rendering themselves the
subject of much ridicule when not pre
scut, their ready cash eomman ded for
them mueti obsequiousness at other
times. In IStii Sandy conceived the
idea of erecting a granite jmlace on a
little ranch Klonging to his wife in
Washoe Valley. This so-called ranch
was then almost a howling wilderness,
Mark Twain ence spoke of this, aud to
convey an idea of its perfect isolation,
observed that the first architect sent to
the ranch to select the most eligible
site for the structure, was killed by the
savage Indians abounding in that
locality. Specifications and plans
were soon drawn on the extravagaut
scale, but in full keeping with Sandy's
crude conception of doing the "grand
thing."
Scarcely had he made final arrange
ments for the erection of his new home
then he prepared to visit Eunie,
despite the fact that he had never seen
more than two cities in America.
Sandv wanted to see the great men of
the world, as heexpress-d himself, aud
having seen the late Senator Nye and
Horace Greeley iu Nevada, he jumped
to the conclusion that he had exhaust-
I ed his native land in this respect.
A month later the Bowerses were
found suugly situated in an upper
deck stateroom on a Panama bound
steamer, surrounded by many of their
type, all of them making as ostenta
tious a display of their suddenly gotten
wealth as the circumscribed oppor
tunities of an ocean steamer would al
low. On that trip to Panama the first
cabin passengers, for want of some
thing better to do, would daily make
Wts on the speed of the steamer. Each
mau would write his nameou a slip of
pajier, together with the number of
miles he, in his judgment, believed the
steamer would travel during the
twenty-four hours. The various slips
were scaled and the owner of the slip
J that came farthest from the actual dis-
I tanco made would lose a oasEet o
k
WHOLE NO. 2340.
champagne, to be drunk by all hands
l.tlie same day.
One day Sandy, growing tired of the !
comparative economy which the trip
enforced, concluded to take a hand in
the betting. So he surreptitiously visit
ed the chief engineer and placing five
double eagles in his hands he request
ed to be confidentially informed as to
the exact number of miles the ship
would travel during the current twenty
four hour. The engineer accepted the
douceur, and told Sandy that if he
would bet on U40 miles there would le
no chance of losing. The captain's
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ouiieun on me i.mowmg uaj rep..
a nroirress OI 41 nines, lue nenitu
. -'
slip were, as utmai, opeueu .mu.n.i
v . 1 i I4MI
040 miles." tins was amonstrous esti
mate and, amid much laughter, he was
told that he had lost the wine, ttow
, . . . it
ers wouiu noi nave u s., ..u a
i ha nitpa riiriirc. ii n rw r kih iu i itir
liic jiiv -' - -
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w nai mrj ... v.
Indignant and declared tiiat he would
n.t lie trifled w ith, as he could buy up
the ship and all aboard. The captain
eventually explained Sandy's mistake
to him, when he paid up and looked
pleasant lint from that day on, until
reaching New York, he kept aloof from
his fellow passengers, whether from
pique because of the exposure of his
illiteracy, or otherwise, did not trans
pire. The IJowerses, after encountering
more than the usual quota of comical
vicissitudes that fall to he lot of inexperi
enced travelers, at length arrived in
Europe, remaining aboard about six
months, during which time their out-
lay was not less than $.-.0,000.
Sandy, although hardly able to sign
his name without protruding his tongue
from the left corntr of his mouth, pur
chased in England an immense library
for his new home- the books being
principally chosen on the score of the
flashiness of their bindings; it mattered
little whether they contained "Mother
Goose's" Melodies' or Herbert Spencer's
logic.
The Storm'i Echo.
The terrible whirlwind hail done
its
worst-
Stately nionarchs of the forest lay
prostrate. Bum and desolation mark
ed the path of the funnel-shaped mon
ster that had swept with resistless fury
over the land, destroying everything
that stood in its way.
Here and there were the scattered
fragments of many a dwelling that
had been the alxsle pf peace, happiness
aud prosperity.
Dtsolate, deqairiiig men and wom
en wandered among the ruins. Now
and then there was one who bewailed
his fate with loud lamentation or bit
ter curse, but for the most part victims
bore their sorrow in sullen silence, and
there were not wanting those who
found consolation and even cause for
gratitude in the fact that their lives
haj n Spared.
In an upper room of a house that
had escaped the storm lay one of the
injure. L
How long has she been uncon
scious?" inquired the physician.
"Ever since she was picked up and
t-rotiirht here." replied one of the
c? ' -
watchers.
"There seems to le no bones brok
en," he rejoined, "out me suocs nas
been severe. We can only hope for
the best I have witnessed the effects
of many a cyclone, but this one '
The young woman on the couch
om-ned her eyes.
A cyclone," she muttered feeoly,
"is a rotary storm of widely extended
circuit, its center frequently being
many miles from its outer limit or cir
cumference, lniswas a toniauo. u
was not a cyclone. This misuse of the
term is, however, almost universal, ex
eept among educated persons."
"From Boston?" said the doctor, in
a low tone.
And the watchers silently nodded.
lliictigo Tribune.
Didn't Believe it
"Stranger," he said to the traveler
who had stopped at his unpretentious
home for a niirht's lodirins. "hev ye
ever hearn tell ez how ef ye see a ml
headed girl ye're boun' ter see a white
hoss?"
"Of course. That's an old idea."
"I hearu it some time ago myself."
"It has sonie basis to the fact, too.
You see, the case simply is that there
are more wnue norses in existence
than there are red-haired cms. So
their appearing at the same time is
more than likely coincidence."
'Well, sir," replied the householder,
kin call it a cerincldeu.ee, cr what ye
please. I call it a durn lie. See thet
gal over there?"
"les."
"Her hair's red, ain't it?"
"It's it's quite auburn."
"It's red, that's a dead sure thing
an 1 ain I ashamed 01 01 11. jsiie s my
wife. The day before I married her
had one of the p jrtiest white hosses ye
ever laid yer eyes onto. Hoss thie
come along while the preacher was a-
pronouncin' the ceremony. I've got
the red-headed girl, but I ain't seen no
white hoss sence. Au' what's more,
I don't expect ter see none.
'What a Piece of Work is Man.
And so liable to get out of order.
His food may not agree with him, his
liver may be torpid, or his heart have
some functional derangement His
blood can become impoverished, and
break out into boils and carbuncles.
His head may ache, and his senses
may one and all refuse to act, his limbs
to olev his volition. He may go into
quick consumption, or he may liv
years, a moving mass of scrofulous cor
ruption. All this is possible to a man
and yet it all may be avoided by the
timely use of Dr. Pierce's (.olden Med
ical Discovery, the great blood-purifier
and the only one so positively certain
in Its curative action that, once used,
it is always in favor. Sold by dealers
everywhere.
Some of the politicians out West are
such rabid advocates of silver that they
won't even follow the principles of the
i ' golden nue.
Oaffaey WaiPlncky.
"They are flanking the brigade and
charging, the battery." . "
The word.4 were uttered by an officer
who had Mifiloieiitly recovered from
the stunning a gunshot wound
bad given him to raise his head and
reply to the salutation of hi brig-vie
commander. It took plare on the fleld
of Aiilictam, t urly in tlieday, and the
inn who Nke w.i lldwtrd S. Kr.tL',
theu lieutenant .! n-l eoiimian-liiDr a
regililt-lit. A Irtlllet hud slril'K his
arm, initialing a i-aiiiM wxitil, part
ly .ing it.
General John Gibbon, the brigade
commander, was riding rapidly to give
directions to the battery when he saw
colonel Hragg lift up his head. "OH
man, arc you hurt? You are very
white," said Oibbon.
"No! They are flanking the bri;rad?
ari charging the Lattery
It was one of thos? occasions when
lieutenant colonel presumed to give
imrlions to his general.
I u a few minutes the colonel wa
able to walk to the field hospital.
Surgeon Bartlett ami Brairg had often
bantered ea l other. When Bartlett
saw the colonel he said: "So you have
come to see nie; have le-?t expecting
all the morning to le called ujioii to
anqMitate jour head. What is the
matter, colonel 7"
"I don't know. If I did I wouldn't
come here. I want to find out."
"Where are you hit T'
"In the arm. Can't you see?"
"Is it brokeu ?"
"You are paid to tell me whether it
is broken."
The doctor took the limp, helpless,
urt arm, felt of it hurriedly and said:
Bragg, if any other man in the army '
had been hit as you were he would
have had a broken arm, but your arm
isn't broken."
Thank you. Tie this handkerchief
around my neck and l.iu-h it to my
hurt arm, doctor."
"What are you going to do "
"I am going back to my regiment"
"Better let me dress your wound
first."
"Never mind the wound; you can
dress that to-morrow," ami the plucky
little warrior, who more than earned
all of his ranks from private to briga
dier, rejoined his fighting and dr-.-ii-
fully decimated regiment
On his way Uick the colonel saw
a man of his oll company. "Hello
Nick. What's the matter?"
I am shot, colonel; I'm going to
die."
"No, iaffney, you are not going to
die. Let me ree your wound."
The boy pointed to a biue spot on
his breast. "You're all right, chicken."
Then the colonel put his hand oer the
wound and said:
"Take a long breath."
Poor Nick took a long breath, lut it
hurt him like the cut of a knife, and
the colonel's hand was covered with
blood. The shot had struck him ia
the breast and gone clean through.
In telling of the incident years after
ward Gt titrai Br;.'g taid: "I told the
poor fellow he was all right, but I
didn't U-lieve it. I didn't see how
a fellow shot through the lung could
survive.
"Nick Gatl'i.ey Is still living and
apparently a strong man. The surgeon
Irew a silk handkerchief through his
IxhIt soon after he went to the hospi
tal. It makes vou shudder, doesn't it?
It made p.r Nick Gaff.iey wince, but
he uttered no sound."
Colonel Brasrg remained with his
regiment the balance of the day, but
when the battle was over the reaction
came and he had to give up for a time.
I'fil'tiyij Ttint-lli r'lUl.
Tattooed by Lightning
Christian Anderson, of Greenwich,
red was instantly killed in the
presence of his family ou Tuesday dur-
ng the progress of a heavy thunder
Iiower. Auderson came to this coun
try ten years ago from Denmark, and
by hard work has been able to send for
the rest of his family, one by one. His
mother was the lat to arrive, and to
celebrate her coming a family reunion
had been planned and all were gather
ed at supper when the tragedy happen
ed. The flash entered through an open
window and struck Anderson squarely
in the fatv, cutting a gash two inches
on the right side of his nose. Anderson
was killed instantly. When his body
was picked up the riht side appeared
to lie tattooed from head to f.u
Although there were fifteen people
a Unit the table none of the others were
hurt. Ilif'j'-jrd Tim- i.
A Lake That Disappears.
There is lake near Ya!d(ta, Ga.,
which disappears every three or four
years aud comes back again, no matter
what be the condition of the weather.
The lake is, three miles long and three
quarters of a mile wide, withau iv.rae
depth of fifteen feet of water, but at the
present time the water is rapidly pass
ingoff through thej-ul -rrane-an pa-sa-
es, and in the next two or three weeks
there will be left in its place a mam
moth basin, furnishing as pretty
bea-h as can be fouud anywhere.
fter a month or so it legins to return;
in a couple cf wetks it Is the same
magnificent stretch of water as it was
befo re. Lou ixriife Cunrfr-Joumit.
The Boy Forbore.
With a look fill of compassionate
congratulation the noted diviue bent
over the small gamin while other soil
ed Aral of the street paused at a dis
tance and looked on with interest.
"I saw it all, my Uy," he said.
"You did well. I saw the little wretch
strike "ou and saw the noble forbear
ance with w hich you held your hand.
Believe'me, such conduct w ill not go
unrewarded. In rtself it is no mean
reward. Vo you not feel letter now
than you would if you had struck him
back?"
The child ruhU-d the back of his
hand across his neglected nose. Theu
he raised his head proudly.
"You bet I di," he said. "If I'd
hit him he wouldu't I doing a thing
to me now but walkin on my face."
Mileage of Congressmen.
"The mileagj of Congresmeu run,
all the way," said a clerk at the Capi
tol, "front ft to $1,0 . Tiie law re
quires that the mileage shall be calcu
lated by the nearest rnite of travel. A
Maryland lU-presentativeets the low
est sum fl which includes his com
ing and going, while an Oregon mem
ber gets the larger sum. The California
Congressmen get on an average $SV
each for mileage. The mileage is, of
course, a good deal more than is usually
paid, and it helps out in some cases in
paying ether expenses," Wuthhigto
.
-Most people would be happier if
they didn't expect so much. The man
who bought a grapevine for nine ceata
lost year, for instance, ought to be buy
lag bottles now for wine from this
ye-"8 crop.
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