Somerset Herald. y BnitLUiO 1827. tws of Publication. died every Wednesday morning at r annum if paid In advance, othttrwlae n invariably be charged. sbscripUon will b discontinued onUl j mrg are paid op. PosUnaausrs ne- j j noUfJr c when subscribers do not their pper win oe ir-pomum. KubaciipUon. (rtbers remavtof from one poatoffloa U j-should five ua the hum of Um form. M the present offloe. Address J Turn Sombsr Hxa-AXD, i BOKEBbKT, Pa, TKKt NOTARY PUBLIC. ; Somerset, Pa iUve Coffrotb BuppeL FlK- MEYERS, U, .-otl s boiucrael, I'sna'a. ituuuiiut. 1 Hoot. ,nin- cuinn-led to his care will be al- u uu pruuiuuus uu uueuij. G ii . y. C W. WALK KB. tY WALKER, I ATTUIUNEYS-AT-LAW, ? aud NUTAKY l'LBUC. J Somerset, Ia. o,.MU-Court House. i . ? , -e..i,x. v..T-LAW. 4 ' No. ITU rourtu e-L, Iittsburg, I'a. i A. BEUKEY, I A 1 iUilN IA-AT-LA y i I Somerset Pa. lUve Fisher's Book Store. inVEY M. BERKLEY, . Ai XoitN -A I -La w , 5 iu Kiret NaUoual Bauk. Sjouicrset, ia. i c. 110LKEKT, J Ai ivilO a, i-AT-LA W ! toomerset. Pa. Jii, tin- look Beeriu, Work, up suura. EuliOE Ii. SC'LLL, f A 1 1 uKN fc. 1 -A T-LA W, I Somerset, Pa. iLD. V. lilEftEC'KEK, Ai IXJllN t -A'i -LA W , I ISoiuursi-t, Pa. iu I'rinUng House Kow, opposite Court ju- I it. K'O IT, J AiloUNKY-AT-LAW, 4 JSomerset, Pa. J. ROOFER, Ai loiiNEY'-AT-LAW, Snuieret, Pa. p. KlAMi. J- kajNTZ A; OGLE, . AilLlt-Ar-LAWt j riucret. Pa. I; t.vr prompt alkiiUuu to 1uiu. eu L w lut-ir ci.rt m Somen! aud adjoiuiitg put. IflXux IU ITlul UiHUc llo, oppoalU: jUurl iioUBc- Valentine hay, iAlluli-Vtl-A T-LA W , tSoiuenttrt, Pa. k.. ls-aler iu Rel LUt. M ill alU-nd to . jr :iiruMl lo Likcare wilb prouipt- au- Udiilly bHS H. UHL, i Ai l UU it Y-AT-LAM , I Somerset, Pa- I) : .n.iuptly aiuud to all buiuea eu-B.-d lo luiu. ouey advud on oolloe- , c Olllce iu Aittluuioui Biol. JH.N O. KIMMEL, A i i UK 1 1 -A iLA W t L - ... ... ..win.ac t trusted Ui his tiuSMmit-nKrtiiuaaiiJumtfcxMi wiUi Hi . j.'lUfe nuu iivjvn . va- James l. rutin, j ATI VUN L Y-AT-LA W , I Somerset, Pa. ttcein llmnmotb Block, up etatrs. tn-fc.-r .u Mail! lt" li(WU tvllectlouil latl eellied, tiua examined, aud all k. Ou..i. atlruOt.-U to j0i prumptuea. aaeiiiy. j. (X'LBuKN. L. C CXLBURN. j ATiuKNEYS-AT-LAW, 3 Someniet, Pa. Ill tluinel entrusted to our care will be Unpllv miiJ Uilbfully atU-uded to. Colleo i. uuuir iu fHiuen-u B. u lord aud adjoiu- i-ouiiu.. surveyun aud eooveyaucimi fie uu rtmfMiauie " tun. 5 L. BAER, J.. ATTuKNEY"-AT-LAW, Somecaet, Pa. a mi r.n.tiftp in M,bttinuH and adloinina SnUcx. All bUMueM, rutrusled to uiui will pti'K prouipl atleuliou. ( H. tXJFFKtiTH. W. H. Rl'PPEL. uFFKUTH A HUPl'EL. Somereet, Pa. , !.umii.-w-t nirUK'.-d to their care will be fcdiiv Miid puiu-tually atu-uded to. Ufliee t iin'iu CruM elreel, opposite Mauuuolii t W. CAUOTHE1W, M. D-, I PU YSICIAN ASH SL'RUEON, StMDemet, Pa. t'rf.ce oa Patriot Street, opposite V. H. fcjn'ti. ul til. at ouloe. f I DR. P. F. SHAFFER, PHYSICIAN aud SLRGEON, Somerset, Pa. f? r. l-r hi pnr-ninl !-r"I to the cltl f rimri Mud vu-iuity. orrjueconicr L 1. 1 r and l'atn,t trwi. J. M. IXH THER, J I'll V.-lt IAN ami SURGEON, IT w n Mum ftr--t, rrof lrug store. Jj!L H. .s. KIMMEL L, "-ii-1t n. Iii rof,'cKual serv ices to the ciU- oiii i i and viciuily. L'ultw uro- -! ilmu tliKaKd lielntll lie louud at bia of- t - ou Mam irt, ut Diauioua. UK. J S.M. M1LLEN, iuate iu lx-utistry.) IV,, hr'if1 atttf'iiti,.. In niwun-Htlnn ? lu. i vi y teeth. ArtiOrial wUi inserted. I i n ui, i , (tnHrautt-d satUiuctory. Uflicif j n; X:i Cti i-e aud Patriot streeti 'M, ,mr i. n . iwvih a lilt aujre. D, H (LirFUOTH, I Funeral Director. )i1i'x s, Main Crows .St. liiJt-ni, Patriot. 8L JHAXK R. FLITK, Land Surveyor IM MINING KN'oIN KER. Ustie, I"a. Oils! Oils! he Aii.wii- Running Co, Pittxburir IVparV ... . Minuunc. i a-, maaea a Kpxrialty ol uiaiiuii.ctuniie tor tue Domestic trade Hie nuest brands of II Jminatingdt Lubricating Oils Naphtha & GU1U e, i rj.n l- made from Petroleum. We chal- "nsnMiiilianxiu with every known Product of Petroleum If you wuii tut moat uniformly Satisfactory Oils -ix tj IE American "ffLrWof. lor .Kim. Trade for Somerset and vicini ty aupplied by COOK A BEERITS and KEASE KCKJSER, I lie VOL. . XLY. NO. jVRY It Floats To retain the brilliancy of Ginghams, wash them only in luke warm water, in which a tablespoonful of salt and an equal quantity of Ivory Soap to each gallon of water, have been dis solved. Dry in the shade. Thi Paocrt & bwi Co.. Osti. -THE- First National Bank Somerset, Penn'a. Capital, S50.000. a Surplus, S24.000. DEPOSITS NCCCIVCD IM LARAC AH D BM ALl ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS, STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: LaKl'E M. HICK8, GEO. R.8CXLL, JAMES L. PUUH, W. H. MILLEK, JOHN R. SCOTT, RUBT. 8. rCULL, FRED W. B1EXECKER. . EDWARD rK-l-LL, : : PRESIDENT. VALENTINE HAY", : VICE PRESIDENT. HARVEY M. BERKLEY", . CASHIER. Th TimAa and srru title of this bank are ae- eun-lv orolerted iu a celebrated CoRLIMS BCB- qlak Pkoof Kafe. The only afe made abso lutely burslar-proof. The Somerset Ccetj.Moiial BANK OF SOMERSET. PA. Eitibilttwd, 1877. Orgtntna NitloMl, 1890 CAPITAL. $50,000 SURPLUS AND UN- DIVIDED PROFITS J,UUU Chas. J, IJarrison, - President. Wm. II. Koontz, - Vice President Milton J. Pritts, - - Cashier. Geo. S. Harrison, - Ass't Cashier. r. Directors : Sam. B. Harrison, Win. Kndsley, Jonaa M. Cxik, John Stum, XnahS. Miller, Joniah Spcbt, John H. Snyder, Joxeph B. Itavlw, Harriwon Snyder, Jerome StutTt, Chas. W. Snyder. n.nAH nl tkla lunk rill IW.I V mi.l lito-ral treat inentcoiniixtrnt with safe banking. I"artii wihtiiiiK to send money at or went can be accommodated by dmft for any amount. Money and valuables secured by one or Ine iMiid's celebrated safes, with most improved time Hjra. . iv.lirrtuMia made in all Darta of the L ntted Htatea. t'harirw moderate. Aecounts ana wpovits oi iciu-u. A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE, and everythlnc pertaining to fanerala furn- tshrd. SOMERSET - Pa Jacob D. Swank, Watchmtlter and Jeweler, Next Door Wett of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa. Am Now prrpaivd. to eujily the puWip nitta Clocks, Wti;lih aud Jew elry of all dTiptHHi8, as Cheap as the Cheapest. REPAIRING A SX'ECIALTY. AH wvk guaranteetL Look at my stork U'fre making your purohasew. J. D. SWANK. ALWAYS 0n Hand. BEST IN THE MARKET. Jarecki Phosphate, Raisin's Phosphite, Lime, Crushed Coke, Hard Coal, Salisbury Snft Coal, At the Old Stand near the Somer set & Cambria IL IL Station. Prices Right. Peter Fink 7. MrsALUhl. JVTEW 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 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, Ac, for waists & dresses. Wash Goods for desses and waists, including Swisses, Lawns, Percales, Dimities, Crepes, Moire, Chintzes, Cheviotte Prints, Ginghams, Seersuckers, &c. Splend id values in Table Linens, Towels, Napkins, Table Covcis, Bed Spreads, Portiers, Furniture Da uiaek Silk and Silkoline. Draperies and Cushious. LADIES' 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, Silks.Gimps, Ribbons, Laces, Ac, for dress trimmings. A large variety of Cambric, Swiss and Nansook Em broidery in white and colors. Linen Sheeting, Stamped Linen and Embroidery Silk.A Jarge assort ment of . Lace Curtains cheap. Also Curtain Swiss and Scrim. LARGEST stock of new Millin ery Goods.. All the latest styles. A large assortment of Lace and Button Guaranteed Kid 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 B. UHL. NASAL CATARRH Is a IXK'AL DISEASE and is the result of colds and sudden cli-natic ell aiigea. It can be cued by a pleasant remedy whii'h is applied di rectly into tbe nos trils. Ely's t'rvam Bnlm open and cUwican the Nal Passiiires AUuys I'alu and In CATARRH OLO'N HEAD fl:iliiiiiHtiin,Healsthciur,l1rolltrK- mem brane from folds, KMlun the senses of taste and smell. Tbe Halm is quickly abaurjed and rives relief at qn.ee. Price jU central I'ruKKists or by mail. ELY BROTH EIH. o Warren Street, N. Y THE KEELEY CURE It a special bora to basinets men who, naftaf drifted unconsciously into tbe drink habit acq awaken to Bud the disease of alcoholism fastened op n them, rendering (hem unfit to maua. f fkirt reouirinf a clear kin. A Cwf WU fpuoe irwaiaieu a( Hip m. frrrBuiti kebley wsTmmj, 'o. i24e Fifth ATenne, rartorsj to then all thalr powers, mental and physical, destroy the ahnonnal aipeuta, and restores them to tbe oondkkm ther were In ba furethey Indulred In stlmulanta. Tfaiikaibar don. in mora than 1A0O casw treated here, and among them toss of your own ncipiihocs. to whom we can refer with confidence aa to tK absolute safety and efficiency of the Keeley rare. The fullest and most searchlne lnvmtlratioa tl a Tiled, bend tor tatainblet girlm full lalunpa. Uoa. I eiuvirs srw A rar asaaaa. DKSICN VATKBlTa). eoaranuTa. at.. ML'S.I CO, S&l Baoanw.T. Kw Yost Oldest barraa fnr trcunnf patents la America. T.rr patent taken oat by Da Is broorht befor. tb paUML7aaotsBclaB(rso(ekarciBIM f'ritttfific attim LarreatefreelattnBof aay senttflc prT tn th worul. tplcBdaliy Illustrated. lo lntc!llin snaa ahntild b. wilhoat It. Weekly. A3 OO a year: iiju all montha Address. CNJT tw Hai-iistsa, s l isnssdway. k.w Vara Cuy. IMPOKTAVT TO ADTI1TISI19. The cream of tfcs country papers ta found, ka Betnington'a Court r Beat List. Shrewd aJrertiaert a rail themjselrea of theso liaU, a mM of whirh can ha had of K7nlntrtoai 5M i Solentlflo Amerleai f Ajency fora 111 9 T BtaTof Kw York FHtobnig. onier SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, SIXTY AND SIX Light of tbe mornlnc, Uarllne; of the dawniua. Blithe little, lithe little daughter ol mine! While with tbee ranging, Hure I'm exchanging Sixty of my years for six years like thine. Wings can not vie with thee. Lightly I fty with thee, Uay aa the thistledown over tbe lea; Life la all magic, Comic or tnuric, Ilayed aa thou playeat It dally with me. Flouting and ringing. Thy merry singing Cornea wheo tbe light cornea, like that of the birds. list to tbe play of ill This Is the way of itt All's in the music and naught In tbe words, t ilad or grief luden, Kchubert or Haydn, llullad of Erin or merry Pcotcb lay. Like an evangel (Some baby angel Brought from sky nursery stealing away. Surely I know It, Artist or poet. liucnsea my treasure of Jublliunt hours. borrows, what are they? Nearer or far. they Vanish in sunshine like dew from the flowers. Years. I am glad of them; Would that I had ot them Wore and yet more, while thus mingled with thine. Age, I make light of it! Fear not the eight of it. Time's but our playmate, whose toys are divine. MRS. ST. ELTOX. JuoeMorello was a plain woman, if you looked at her with her eyes clotted; but little danger of her being pronounc ed such if they were not. Her face u one that would natumlly attract atten tion, but where the spell lay that drew one toward her so strangely, not three of her admirers could have told. Some were positive that it lay in tbe delicate intonations of her voice; others, that it was certainly in her face and manner; but it was rare that one mentioned her eyes, liut there the fascination was wholly. Such wonderful power they possessed that her whole face seemed lighted with more than earthly beauty when her soul was speaking through her eyes. She was one that men raved over, went into ecstacies about, and go where she would, she drew lovers to her feet just as surely as the magnet draws the needle. It seemed to be nothing to her. positively nothing; aud that fact had, perhaps, considerable to do with her crowd of admirers. Her cool indifference was quite enough to craze one; but there was such heaven in the look she sometimes gave, that it quite compensated for her seeming coolness, and sent her suitors away more madly in love than ever. It was not strange that Elton St, Kl- ton followed the crowd, when their steps led to such an altar; indeed it would have been more strauge had he taken another way. Hut he received no more real encouragement than the others. True, she now and. then irave him rare smiles, and sometimes a rare look when they were conversing, which made his pulses leap. By gaslight these little nothings sat isfied him, and then, when her eyes were looking into his, and the spell of her presence was over him, he would have sworn that she loved him; but iu the morning he - awoke quite disen chanted, and with his daylight eyes, it was easy to see how much he had to hope for. 15ut Elton SL Elton was not a man to be easily battled. Strong-willed and accustomed to ruling, he could ill brook defeat at vonun's hands; and if for only his pride's sake, he would have striven hard to conquer; but now some thing more was at stake he loved her. All the passion cf his proud heart seem ed to have gathered itself about this woman, and he had no more idea of letting her slip from his grasp, than the earth has of letting the moon slip off into space. But he knew she did not love him yet. Her eyes never grew brighter at his coming; her cheeks never flushed at his earnest words; she was cool. calm, self-possessed always. He could not tell, either, whether she was aware of his devotion or not. Site was so ac customed to receiving admiration that she took it naturally, as one takes the air they breathe, without thiuking of compensation. If he had been sure that she had nev er loved, he would have thought his chances as good as others, Imt his own s nil, if that was any criterion, told him that sach a calm as she seemed to have reached could only e attained through much suffering and storm. But if there was somewhere in this world a form sacred to this woman's heart, if there was a being on whom she looked with reverence and love, then Elton St. El ton meant to discover the fact. Sutler as be might, it was surely better to know aud face the truth, than build his hopes upon the sand. - He was thinking of these things, as he rode through the long avenue of oaks leading to the Morello estate, and as he sprang from his horse at the door, he said, half aloud ; "I could kill the man who should dare to come between us !" In truth it might be dangerous busi ness for a rival to stand upon the field beside him, for, being strong in his love he might also be strong and deadly iu his hate. Upon the steps as if the Fates were furthering his wishes for knowing of the future he met a man in uniform, a stranger who had just come out of the door, and he thought he saw June's hand through the window, waving an adieu, as they passed each oilier. His face darkened involuntarily, but as June was as cordial and smilingasever, he soon forgot his suspicions and auger. She was in one of her most brilliant moods, and SL Elton thought he had never seen such a light in her eyes as now. If he had only dared believe that bis presence had inspired it ! A new picture upon tbe wall attract ed bis attention. He crossed to look at it, June also rising and going forward. "A battle-piece," St. Elton said; then looking at It closer, "the gentleman I passed in the foreground, is it not?" "Yes, Colonel Brett," June answer ed. "It must be a correct likeness, siuce you recognized it so quickly." "He is a relative of yours? I think I set ESTABLISHED 1827. see a slight resemblance," St. Elton added. "His father acted as my guardian while my mother was in Europe, so we were together for several years." " SL Elton looked at her quickly. Was the secret out at last? Her face was quiet as usual. No tales from thaL She could undoubtedly keep her own counsel, aud meant to. "I suppose he is a hero, of course. Every man who has been in the army is supposed to le," St. Elton said. "He Is a very brave man," June an swered, passing to another painting and changing the subject by calling SL El ton's atteutioit to the peculiar richness of the sunlight that flooded it. St. Elton cast his ayes upon it, but he could not have told whether be had been looking at sunlight or moonlight a second afterward. He was thinking of something else. "You are not well," June said at length, noticing his abstraction. "o. I was born under evil stars, I suppose." "Every man can control his own des tiny," June answered, going to the piano. "Every man doea not'' "I said that they could, not that they did." "Be careful of your words. I might believe them if you were not in jesL" He turned over the music as he spoke, and selected a piece for her to sing. "I was not in jest, but I am a woman, and a woman's words are of little ac count with you men." "But sometimes they make us very wretched." He was looking at her intently. She shrank away from him a little and be gan to play, saying, under the music : "If they do, it is not our faulL" In turning the music their fingers touched for an iustanL June snatched her hand away, and struck the piano with a hasty, violent touch, but St. Elton could not fail to see the crimson which sprang into her cheeks. It was the first time she had ever iu the slightest degree actually acknowl edged his power, and SL Eltou would have been elated had it not been for this new comer upon the stage. As it was, he went away nioody, and angry with June, the stranger, himself, aud the whole world generally. At home he found an invitation which had oonie during his absence, from June, for the following evening. "An entertainment for her friend," he said, irritated still more. "But what matter? I may as well see the farce out now !" "Well, SL Elton, I did net think you would allow yourself to lie out-general- ed like this," one of the guests said in that gentleman's ear, as h was slowly making his way into the crowded rooms. "How?" SL Elton asked. "We thought you the favored one, till up comes a captain, or a colonel, or a something, with straps on his shoul ders, and you are slipjied as well as the rest of us." SL Elton did not reply. He was look ing at June. She stood beside Colonel Brett, and, though addressing her conversation to others about her, one could see at a glance she wus far from indifferent to the man beside her. Her delicate reference to his opinions, the tones of her voice in addressing him, the glance of her eyes, SL Elton thought, all seemed to say she had a right to his devotion, and, more, that he had also a right to hers. Both men looked at each other with keen eyes when they were presented, and SL El toil's face betrayed more than he had intended it should. Colonel Brett turned to June and said something in an undertone as SL EI. ton moved away. She shook her head in reply, and the gay talking went on as before. Half an hour later SL Elton passed them in the conservatory. The angry look he gave the colonel was uot un noticed by June. "I believe SL Elton Is sick," she said. "He acted strangely last night, and ju.st now he looked Mtle, I thoughL I am going after him." "Did I not tell you that he was jeal ous. Do go and hunt for him, for I am afraid of my life now," Colonel Brett answered, aa June disappeared. She touched St. Elton's arm as he was standing in the door leading out nto the grounds, "Something is the mailer with you." He turned upon her sharply. "You cannot cure nte if there is. "I know I am not a phyician," she answered, smiling, "but a stroll in the air will l good for you, I am sure, and I am going to get some one to tccoiu pany you." "Come yourself for five minutes." "Certainly. I shall be delighted to please you." She took bis arm and they stepped out under the stars. When they were away from the sound of voices SL Elton stopped abruptly. "I hate you, June," he said in a low. fierce tone. She drew her arm from his as though she were touching poison. "What did you say?" He could see her eyes flame in the moonlighL "I said that I hated you." "That Is as you please, Mr. SL Eltou." "And I could kill the man who has dared to look into your eyes as Colonel Brett has to- night and receive such a return. "SL Elton, what do you mean?" Before she had fluished speaking he had caught her face to his. "I mean that I loved you once, if I hate you now; and that I will win you too, iu spite of that cursed colonel." He covered her lips with burning kisses. Quick as a -Hash she sprang away and stood civet before him. "I demand aa apology this instant," she said, angrily. He went upon his knees before her, "I ask your pardon most humbly. But I have loved you too long, June not to touch your lips once. Forgive me." He turned away, as if to go. June caught his arm. SL Elton felt JULY 29. 1896. the quiver of her hand, as she touched him. "Come back, SL Elton." He clutched her arm as in a vice. "To you ?" 'Yes." She covered her face. "Truly? It would uot do to trifle with me now." "Truly !" Colonel Brett laughed heartily when he found that what he had said was true, and often tells June that if he had not steped Uan the stage when he did, SL Elton would never have pro posed, and therefore she would never have been Mrs. Elton SL Elton. And How For "Forty Wiaki." Well-dined humanity will feel re lieved to hear the decision of the medi cal profession that the tiine-'onorvd institution of "forty winks" after din ner U conducive to health aud a beau tiful recuperative process. Plethoric, full-blow'ed people have feared to in dulge iu this tempting settling of a heavy feed. Several English practi tioners have made a severe attack on the siesta as tending to apoplexy or nightmare, but the Medical 1'ress de clares this idea is founded on a misap prehension of the physiological func tions of the stomach aud brain. And this is what it says, answering the question: "Is it harmful thus to fall asleep after a meal ? By no means. The process is merely a physiological one, and as such when it occurs is quite natural. When digestion is in pro gress, nature arranges tbat all tne available blood in the body shall be collected in and about the digestive or gans. Consequently the blood supply to the brain falls to a low ebb, aud thus sleep is easily Induced. On the other hand, physiologically, it is wrong for brain work to be attempted immedi ately after a solid meal." Which is a most comfortable doctrine, but one that offers a new development in the attractions of dinner parties or public banquets. How would it be possible for guests, after tossing off the pouswe cafe, to recline with comfort ia the straight back chairs of modern fashion? Would these heavy dinners be able to restrain the snores with which nature afflicts the children of men in their uncon scious moments ? If tbe "forty wink" method is to receive public and immedi ate postprandial adoption, another or der of dining room furniture must prevail. People who are in the habit of dining not wisely but too well, must insist on the introduction of the classic 1 toman style of couch or triclinia round the mahogany, and on that ex tend themselves as gracefully as may be until the digestive organs have done their duty. Beneficent sleep! It would work well even at the dinner dance, for then guests, however light of foot, would awake refreshed, and their gen eral happiness Is? promoted, because in digestion would be avoided. Itoston Herald. Where He'd Been To- Krom the New York Tribune. A story is told of a Scran ton, Pa., young man who called ou ayouug lady one evening. When he arrived there was not a cloud in the sky, so he car ried no umbrella and wore neither galoshes nor mackintosh. At 10 o'clock, when he rose to go, it was rain ing cats and dogs. "My, my, my !" said the nice young lady, "if you go out iu all this storm you will catch your death of cold !" "I'm afraid I might," was the trem bling answer. "Well, I'll tell you what you stay all night; you can have Tom's room. Excuse me for a minute, and I'll just run up and see if it's in order." The young lady flew gracefully up stairs to see that Tom's room was in order. In five minutes she came down to announce that Tom's room was ii order, but no Charles was in sight. But in a very few moments he appear ed, very dripping and out of breath from running, a bundle in a newsjiaper under his arm. "Why, Charles, where have you lieen?" was her greeting. "Been home afier my nightshirt," was his reply. Princess Hand's Presents. Wedding presents for Princess Maud, of England, who is to marry Prince Carl, of Denmark, are coming iu rap idly and in great numbers. The (mreiits of the bride and the aristocracy having begun presenting their gifts to the young bridal couple, they are now lie ing followed by the numerous towns, counties, shires and guilds. Among the presents received there are to now not less than S ladies' bicycles, for it Lt known that Princess Maud is an enthusiastic wheelwomau. There are wheels of almost every first-class make, and of the most varying con structions and executions ; some adorn ed with engravings and others with inscriptions. Beside the wheels, the Princess is the recipient of several doz en motor carriages, some driven by steam, other by petroleum motors, compressed air aud electricity. Since the exhibition of wedding presents is still fashionable in aristocratic Eng land, thj show of Princess Maud's wedding gifts will look very much like a cycle show or an exhibition of motor carriages. The Old, Oil Question. from the Indianapolis Journal. "Mabel Miss Feathwort, I should say," said the young man, "is your father at home? I want x ask him something." "Y yes," said the young woman, tremulously. "I wish to ask him," he continued, "I wish to ask him the question that nearly every man has found necessary to ask. In short, I wish to ask him" Theyouug woman tittered and the young man "switched." "I wish to ask him," said he, with a malignant tone in his hitherto honey ed voice, "what is the exact meaning of 16 to 1." Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cures colds, croup and whooping cough. It is pleasant, safe and reliable. For sale by Benford's Pharmacy. era Free Coinage And Wages. "I'm going to vote for Bryan," a New York man said to me. "It's a good chance to get in a lick at Wall streeL Devil take Wall street !" "Don't you care anything about yourself V I asked. "What do you mean V "Don't you care anything about the effect on your own earnings and dom estic economy of the establishment ot free coinagef silver?" "Oh, stuff! It wou't make any dif ference to me. Not a bit of difference." 1 lere was an intelligent man, a bright man, a man who earns his fiiUKiO a year. He didn't know that the es tablishment or free coinage would af fect him personally. "What is free C3inage?" I asked. "Means that the government will coin all the gold aud silver that's taken to the mints, free of charge." "I suppose you noticed that provis ion iu the Chicago platform iu regard to the ratio of 10 to 1." "Oh, yes." "What's that mean ?" "Means that sixteen times as much silver, by weight, shall go into the dol lars as of gold." "So that all a man need do Is to take a certain quantity of silver to the mint, regardless of its market value, and get a dollar for it 7" "I supjiose so." "So if a man can buy as much silver as goes into a dollar for 53 cents, he can sell it to the Government for a dollar?" "Why, yes; I suppose so." "Now, do you mean to say that it would uot affect you personally if the dollar of to-day, the one -hundred-cent dollar, should be superseded by a nfty- three-ceut dollar V "But it wou'L" "Why not?" "1 lang it all, a dollar's a dollar. It's the stamp of the Government that makes the dollar. Isn't this silver dol lar that I've got in my hand as good as a gold dollar?" "For present use it is. It's worth a dollar to-day because practically it bears on its face the promise of the United States to redeem it in gold. But if you should keep that dollar, and un limited free coinage should be estab lished in this country, you would see the time w hen you couldn't exchange it for gold a time when its value would be simply the value of the silver that's iu it, ju.st as to-day the value of a gold dollar is the value of the gold tliat's in it. You say the stamp of the Government makes value? Iteally, you don't believe that, do you ?" 'Certainly; wherever ihe stamp goes, the value goes. Isn't that true?" "Not a bit of iL The stamp on the gold piece is simply a certificate of the quantity of gold it contains. We are shipping gold to Europe all the time. Europeans take our gold coin at its actual bullion value. If !there was more gold iu a five-dollar piece it would bring more abroad; if less, tbe price would be lower. "So it is in our own country. The gold coin is taken for what it actually is worth. It stauds on its meriU. There is no redemption back of it. It is our standard of value. If a man has a horse to sell, he names the price so many dollarsand expects peymeut in dollars that come up to the standard. "Not so with silver. The fifty-three- cent dollar you have in your hand stands precisely in the position of the paper dollar. It is practically only-a promise to pay gold. It would cir culate as freely if there was but ten cents worth of silver in iL It U taken now in trades of all kinds without question because noUsly doubts the ability of the government to redeem it in gold. "Establish free coinage aud the sil ver dollar will have nothing behind it. It must go for what it actually is worth. There would be no redemption. In the first place, it is not proposed to back it with a Government promise of re demption; in the second place, the Government could not keep such a promi.se good if it should' make it, "Free coinage means the substitution of the silver dollar for the gold dollar as the standard of value. "Can't you see now how it would af fect vou personally ?" I demanded of my friend. "I'd get my salary in silver," he an swered frankly, "not necessarily silver coin, but in dollars redeemable in sil ver. Is that what you mean ?" "That's part of iL You don't enter tain any expectation, da you, that your salary would be raised as the value of the money staudard should fall?" "Do I ? Of course I don'L I've seen too much of the world to expect the like of thaL Men who work- for waires. bijr or little, would keep on working at the same wages. I've no doubt of thaL" '"HowalsHit your expenses? Take rent, for example. You pay $ fi a a month now for your tl it, you say. Will your landlord continue to rent that flat for $3 when dollars shall be worth 50, 0, 40, cents? What do you thiuk about it?" "I wouldn't, if I was he." "How about clothing, food, and the other necessaries of life? Would your salary go as far after the scaling down by free coinage as it does now? You paid about $30 for that suit, I judge ftO in gold. You don't suppose thirty fifty-cent dollars would by such a suit of clothes, do you? "Another thing. Is your life Insur ed?" "Yes, for tOOOO." "Ct mfort to you to think that if y u should die your wife would get that fi000 ? ou needn't ray yes. I know. Now, how would you feel if this $.0t0 should be scaled down to about 50 per cent?" "Tbat would 1 devilu-h." " 1 Dal s what irve coinage proposes. It proposes, too, tnai every dollar yiu ana your wne, ty- aim ot economy, self-denial aud hard work, have put into the savings bauk shall be cut iu two about in the middle. "Now my advice to you," said I, in conclusion, "is to siuay into mis ques tion a little. Let Wall street go to thunder. Wall street will take care of itself in any circumstances. Look out for yourself. I maintain that i 1c WHOLE NO. 2348. who works for a living as you and I do wants a stable monetary system. Cer tainly we don't want to vote to cut our owi wages down 50 per cent, without first satisfying ourselves that we should get some great compensating advan tage out of free coinage." New York Times. The Shorter Silver Catechism. J- Mexico has been a silver-stand anl country for four ienturiea. What is its present monetary condition ? A It is on a silver specie basis. Ten las.nk issue notes f'Jl, 47,01 JW in all. The specie (silver) reserve to pay them is fcaVVJiyM). There is 1j,iI0,iM), Id sil ver dollars in circulation, aud the country has aliout $-,X,000 of money in use, counting in gold and subsidiary silver. The population is 1100,00 1 1.50 per capita. There are no Govern ment notes. . What has become of the .t,3-l, OKI,!) coined by the eleven mints ? A. It has been exported as fast as it was coined, as bullion, to pay for imports, at its commercial price as bullion. (j. What is a Mexican dollar equal to in our silver coinage? A. flJXU. It contains 40'.S) grains of fine silver, ours 371.-". Q. What is it worth in Mexico in gold ? A. Exactly 58 cents when sil ver Is worth cents per ounce, as bullion; and W cents for a legal tender fl e cents being the cost of coinage. It fluctuates from day to day as tar silver fluctuates In London. Q. Then a Mexican silver dollar is worth no more in Mexico than it is anywhere else in the world its market price as bullion. A. Yes, five cents the cost of coinage. It has no other fiat value In Mexico. . Then its practical "free ami un limited coinage" adds nothing to its value? A. Only tbelejral tender fiat value. If free coined this would disap- !ear, and it would only be worth in Mexico its weight in silver. J. What is the cost of living in the city of Mexico? A. About one fourth more thau iu New York city in Mexican money. Hotel rates are $5 per day. Catw cost. $1.50 per hour. Street.car fares are oj cents. K;nts are higher han in New York city; baard is dearer; restaurant meals cost more. Q. What is the cost of food ? A. Flour, 51 cents; sugar li) cents; beef 6 cents; pork, 8 cents; coffee, 21 cents; tea cheapest), $1; cheese, 25 cents- All staples imported cost gold prices iu ad dition to duties. Q. How much of this Mexican sil ver money can a man earn 7 A. ine street-car companies pay conductors. drivers and collectors from 50 cents to $1 per day. The highest wages paid blacksmiths is $-2.3); bookbinders, $1; carpenters, $l.5v); engine drivers, $1.50; harness-makers, hatters, blacksmiths, silversmiths, plumbers and turners, $1; machinists. $1.75: bricklayers, stone cutters, house-painters, $!.. Many work for half these rates. i. Then the cost of living is much higher and wages of craftsmen much lower than wit Ii us? A. Decidedly. A craftsman in Mexico receives practi cally one-balf American wages, and his living in the same way as here costs much more. tl. How is it with laborers? A. Tbey gt from 37 to 50 cents per day in this Mexii-an silver. O. Aud how do they live? A. "At less expeuse than a farm horse in New New England," and not so well, John Bigelow once remarked. "The labor ing classes," says a Mexican newspa- per, "regard themselves as a plant, which moves by extraneous aids only, and has uo power of volition, and no desire to exercise It if it had." New York World. Couldn't Stand tie Test "It's all rank nonsense to talk abcu the men of this day and generation not having the courage aud valor of the nien of the olden time," said Mr. Juniper, wrathfully, as he slammed down the paper he had been reading. "People don't seem to remember,' he added, "that there's nothing in this day to call forth exhibitions of high courage and true fearlessness. Iet the occasion arise, let the country be in peril, let traitors insult the flag. let anything happen to put men to the test, and you would see that we would match in splendid courage the heroes of any age!" Charmed with his own oratory, he burst forth again: "I only wish I might prove to the world that there is one man in this 'age of weakness,' as it is called, who is ready to do or dare anything if need lie, to face any foe or danger, to" "l m truly glad to her you say so. Henry," said Ma. Juniper, "for you know tbat Bridget.- the cook, was to be discharged to-day, and I haven't the courage to do it. If you'll just go lown now and " "Why it's almost two o'clock," said Juniper hurriedly. "I forgot I hail an important engagement at two o'clock down town. I must be off this min ute. Just tell that fiend that she'll have to go, that's alL I'm off!" De troit Free Press. He Spoke Promptly. "It is said," he remarked reflective ly, "that women's hands are growing larger." "Yes?" she returned inquiriugly. "Yes," he asserted. "And the worst of it U that there is every likeli hood that tins tendency will con tinue." " ies. she said, in tue same inquir ing tone. "Yes," he repeated. "You see, the bicycle ami golf and tennis and otlier sports that women have recent'y taken up are responsible for It." "in that case," she said, with a glance at her own dainty hands. "you'd better speak quick if you want a small one." He realised that it was the opportun ity of a lifetime aud he spoke prompt ly. Chicago PosL For earache, put a couple of drops of Thomas' Eclectric Oil on a bit of cot ton and place it in the ear. The pain w ill stop in a few moments. Simple enough, isn't it? The Money Question. It is the duty of every citizen to study carefully the various phase of the present campaign and vote io ac cordance with bis convictions, and In favor of that money standard which his Intelligence tells him m the beat for the country. What U beat for the individual citizen who puts patriotism above party and who believes In the perpetuation of those principles that are eternal. It Is possible for a man to be intense in bis patriotism and to believe that the silver standard is best for the coun try, just as lt is possible for a man to believe in the gold standard; but every man should vote as he believes, and the light he claims for himself he should most willingly accord to his neighbor. It Is only in this way that the rational settlement of vexed ques tions can be reached in "a government of the people" where His Majesty, The Majority, is tbe reigning mon arch. There's neither heart nor pulse nor politics in money. It will serve the needs of a poor man as readily as thus? of a king, and, if it be of the right kiud, it requires uo certificate of char acter in the baud of a sinner auy more thau in that of a sainL This Is as it should lie. In olden times, when the "bush" was the accepted sign of the tavern, a phrase became current that has since passed into a proverb, and it declared that "Good wine needs no bush." And, so, good money should ne:d no praise, no advertising, no passport, it should le its own best recommenda tion, and lose none of its virtue by travel. A dollar should tie as good iu Indou as it is in New York, and the protH.iL ion to make and keep it so is not one of partisiau politics merely, but of business. Common sense tells us there should be uo such thing as a rich man's dollar or a poor man's dollar. If such a dis tinction should arise the poor man would be more interested than the man of wealth in having the best dol lar going, aud this is why we believe it to be to the interest of the wage- earner to maintain the gold standard of value. The adoption of the silver standard at a ratio of l'i to 1, which makes 53 cents worth of silver a legal dollar, will naturally double the cost of living, but there is no assurance that it will double wages. The man of means can buy silver with his gold and have it coined into dollars under the free coinage law, but the man who has only his labor to sell can not do that. He will have to take his pay in silver dollars of diminished purchas ing power, and ay twice as much as he does now for sugar, coffee, tea and clothing and other necessaries. How much is the poor man benefit ed by the free and unlimited coinage of silver? How much are the gold barons injured by such a change? The gold baron can easily become a sil ver king. With one of his gold dollars be will le able to buy enough bullion to make two silver dollars at the ratio of ! to 1 and thus the wealth of the gold plutocrat does not diminish. The silver mine owners are the only men who will be directly benefited, and this is why the subject developed such a strong sectional feeling at Chicago. The men of the silver States were fighting for their personal interests, not for principle or pirty. The silver kings will profit by free coinage be cause they have that to sell which the people will be compelled to buy at twice its intrinsic value. If there were no silver mines in this country and no silver kings, d)es any one suppose for a moment that there would be any clamor for a l'i to 1 dol lar? The issue ! the outgrowth of im patience of a lot of silver mine owners who thought they had captured the country when they bought their way into tbe United Slates Senate, and then bought up such other Senators as they could reach by giving them "fat bargains" in silver mines. Having failed at Washington they tried to capture the Republican convention at SL Louis, and failing in that they played their last desperate card at Chicago, and now they want the peo ple of the United State to endorse their action and help them to bunco the en tire country. Against this bold scheme Democrats and Republicans who believe in honest mouey, and honest value for It, most strenuously protesL The silver con spiracy, hatched in the United State Senate, will never be consummated. The independence and integrity of press and people will not permit iL The silver kings captured the Demo cratic nomination, but they have not captured the Democratic leaders or the Democratic newspapers of the land. There must be no speculation in the intrinsic worth of the American dol lar. Its integrity must be upheld, ami it must as good for the day laborer as for the silver mine owner. The kind of a dollar that buys the most is the dollar for the people, and that is the lollar that is based on gold, whetlier it be expressed in silver or paper money. Long Time Between. The barkeeper laid down the inter esting account of the war operations in the East, which he had been read ing, as old Cap'n Butler came rolling in for his regular "'leven o'clock," and reluctantly passed over tbe decauter. For the Cap'n has a reputation widely established, for being long on time and short on cash. "You may put that down along ,'ith the others," he pleasantly observed a he returned the glass aud passed the back of his hand lightly across his el oquent lips. "I wish you were a Soudanese canc el," discontentedly growled the bar keeper, as he rinsed the glass. "Inasmuch as to wherefore?" the Cap'n womlereL "Bec.use tbey al ius takes a large quantity of water?' he facetiously added. "No," retorted the barkeeper, wip ing off the counter. "Because they go twenty days wi tie- out taking a drink," sighed the bar keeper, as he lugged out the slate and jotted down another unearned score. The Cap'n was going to say some thing about a man's getting his back up, but he was so confused he never thought of iL New York Recorder. Knew the Sensations. Vrom the Chicago Fust. The sensations of one who has been buried almost alive must be horrible," she said with a shudder, as she put aside the newspaper she had been reading. tN "Indeed tbey are," he returned with great earnestness. She looked at hliu in surprise. "What do you know about it?" she asked. "I've been through it all," he an swered. '.'You have !" she exclaimed. "Yes. I one lived In a boom to WW for six months after the boom burst,' baoienet, fa. ,
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