The Somerset Herald.; ESTABLISHED 1S2T. I'erms of Publication. rui,!;.lir4 every Wednesday morning i r annum if PMid lQ advance, otherwise ,ii.l inariHhly be charged. .ui-scriptiou will be discouUnued until l trn-re sro paid up. Postmasters ne- rt;ue w notify us when subscribers do not 'as out their paper wlU be held responsible ,,r:be ,BbTiDtion. ,,.rbtrr removing from oue postofflce to ,Uir should .ive u tue nauie of lha form- v weli a ia present office. Address TUE bOMKK&CT Hl8l.l, boantarr, Pa. F. VllU Jr., 1 Yi -f yiitV i NOTARY PUBLIC. boinerael, Pa. t.3iA- "ove Co roth 4 KuppcL o'i'-FL 1- MEYERS, ll AliUluVtl-Al-UW, C"".' '.. i.o.,.!.iijr. floor. . . cinmsicd Ki hi c-ire will be atr 1 .aui ! r'"'"i"" - ' , . ii.iV, C. W. WALtElL ."V- - ...... H A v WALivLii, ii"lWi.fcY-AT-LAW, ana ufAii V t'L liLlC, aoiuerxd, Pa. . u iiurt House. 1 "l .-t'l'LL, I". in nr.l-.T-LAU, j. rourtn su, llllsburg, Fa, J. . i.i.i.ivKV. 1 1 uiO! tV-Al-UW, i-t'imnxrt Pa. Vi. t ti'vt i i-l r' Bookstore. II Ai; i.V M. 1JLRKLE 1 , All l'i till " , ."Somerset, Pa , 1 .r-I .ViimiiHl Ualifc. A. . iioi.i;i;iiT, .ill i.iii. i-V-AI-LAW , iiucrsei. Pa. ,lt i a. i'i-itt lliocii, up Ktuini. G All tl-.ll -LA W , Miurrxl, Pa. i"Ki:U W. BIESECKER, .Uluutl-.tl-iiW, S, iNi'l I'u ..ice iu l'r;: g House liow, opposite Court Ai i uK EY-AT-LAW, fsiiucrsel. Pa, KlHi.-Ell, A 1 1 oll tV-AT-LAW, ouicrsct, Pa. J. ii. OGLE. i 'm)TZ OtiLE. y iiuiiti6-Ar-LAW, tsoiiicrset, l a. U i l nnpt attnliou to LtUMues en wi' ;i m -uui'i'sH-tanu adjoining 1u. 'iim i" 1'iiul uuasc ihow, uppoeale .ri-vur: U"um: y All uii t AI-LA W , JxiiurtM-l, I 'a. ij,. It:-r in KmI Elle. Will atU'Ud lo . t iii. uia lo uncart witn proniplr , J. Clvl.'O OH-N J I. VllL, A 1'iuiLN EY-AT-LA W, Soniemct, Pa. :.; rn p::y atteud to all business en u li.ia. i'ii' y auvaut-a ou cotieo us, Ac. t'.rt ill liiliilliotll liiock. huliN 0. KIMMLL, JJ AllJlUVti-AT-LAW, tMiuierset, Pa. nUrtid t"!l buriiits entruiiied lo ilia ill "liii :.( '. iiu J aUJtu.lli ixu,.(.ets, Willi .uiVUie-c iitia liutln . .filic.' on Main Crob rti, nJoc toUnuu'b rotcry U1. Al"l uliN L Y-AT-LA W, tkmien.fl. Pa. Si'rin !.i:r.iii'tli l'.iock. up Mnir. En- r on M.iin v uf i-lreeu 4iieeilonfc . Ui'.(.-. -Ui-U. lltie exaliiiueO. allU all i ,.-.i,' atit-Lded lo wim proinpinea. J. 0i.: 'UN. 1- C. COLBoRN. MjLlAiKX A 'OLrOUX, J ATl'oKNt-A'r-LAV, SiuimrL Pa. tiu;u rii;ni!t-d to tur care will be i'l.v i.i,u Liiii.iuuy aiu-uded lo. Coiieo. utur in rvtii'rM-u BeUlonl and aojoin. y. n-uuii'-x. 9urveinic and couveyauciug iroL rvaMiljtLMt.' UT1H&. I L. LAKl 1. AliVKNEY-AT-LAW, iomcroet, Pa. i-i 1!W-.'T in Somerset and ajjoiniug u;-k A., i-u-uit-js. eutrustea to tnui WlU - lr .MaiJ.l atuullou. H. (.H i:uTU. W. H. RUIi'EU "JrFKuTH i KlTl'EL, AlluU-NLVS-Al-LAW, Somerx-t, Pa. 1 !'U-.ii- .-iitru-ted to their eitre will be --." and uii-luil,y atlelnied to. tjlfic ii.u Cr.. reeL, tppohiie iiiiUiluotii W. ( A IIOTH LItS, M. D., I'U V Ml IAN ami SURGEON, Somerset, Pa. :5' on 1'alrmt S' reet, oppowle U. B. in-lj. f. at vaiik at oaii-e. P'i. P. F. lIAFFKIt, l iiM IAN ANU SURGEON. Somerset, 1'a. 'Its Ui- pr!f,ioiia! stiii-w to the cili 1 n: m.' :,J ieimty. oilire coruer ii 1 r 4.in I'triot street. I)R. J. M. UH-niKK, V -:iVMt.lAN a Mi U Rli EON, tu Han. -tr(...t, rear of linig store. )!- H. s. KIMMELL, -!1I ! L: pr,, 1 ""..a,. r i -.ma! service to the citi im ieinity. Unless i.ro- u- v 'und at his of- "J f.M'MILLEX. -iiduatc iu Is utii-try.) ' all. t tde innervation ''ii- Art.i.eii.i s-i ius-rteU. irnxruuteej satisfactory. Mttii-e n it., , ! I... II r ii. livi. & Co'. BUirK. i-iv!, auj 1'airiol streeta. H. CO.1-FROTH, Funeral Director. :lu.u Cr... SL Iio-idelKf , I'airiol SL ;:- K U. 1'Ll't'K, Land SMirveyor nixelr Listie, Pa. N Oils! -o- fc-:,::igr Pittshure lieparV - l-i: ,:.,. . "'-a specialty ul ti- , "' Is.uiesuc tut Lu.M brands of Pitting 4 Lubricating Oils sPhlLa i Gasoline, uT "1 !r""J ,Vlr,,l, am- we chal uL every known Prodac ct of Petroleum 11 yU iu "t uniformly atisfactory Oils -IX THE Tn.de fr Sounrrset and vlclni 'J sappaed by l-,; BEER'TS and i-tAhEKOtiER, Oi areL, P 1 VOL. XLV. NO. V ivory Soap 9foo Pure At all grocery stores two sizes of Ivory soap arc sold ; one that costs five cents a cake, and a larger size. The larger cake is the more con venient and economical for laundry and general household use. If your Grocer is out of it, insist on his getting it for you. Tec p hoc teh 4. Gamble Cx. C . tu -THE First National Bail: Somerset, 3?exm'a. Capital, S50.000. Surplus, S24.000. DEPOSIT RECEIVED IN LSC AND SMALL AMOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS. STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED 1 t-vtc-",-r T-aT"-Tse-i T- A TT r UiOUU UiX lO XJ.rt.ll-. I . BOARD OF DIRECTORS. U.KI E M. HICKS, GKO. R. St'ULL, JAMKS U I'l till, W. II. MILLKR, JOHN U. StXiTT, ROBT. 8. hsCL'LL, PRK1 NV. BIESECKER. EDWARD SCULL, : : TRESIPEXT. VALENTINE HA V, : VICE PRESII'ENT. HARVEY M. BERKLEY, . CASHIER, The fuods and s-ouritliK of this bank arese- curt-ly protected in a o-lebrateU CoKLiss Bl"lt glak Pkoof Safe. The only if; inaJe abso lutely burtflnr-l'roof. Hie taset County National OF SOMERSET PA. EiUb'.ith), 1877. OrgintKd u National, 1890 -O. CAPITAL, $50,000 SURPLUS AND UN- DIVIDED PROFITS $23,000 CLas. J. ITarrison, - President. Wm. LT. Koontz, - Vice President Milton J. Tritts, - - CasLicr. Geo. S. LTarrbon, - Ass't Cashier. I Directors Sum. B. Harrison, Josiah Sjieeht, John 11. Snyder, Joseph B. IaviH, Harrison Snyder, Win. Endsley, Jonas M. Cook, John Stuflt, NoahS. Miller, Jerome Stuflt, ChaA. W. Snyder. Customers of this bank will twelve the most libera! tretneiit eoiiMtleut Willi safe tanking. Partie winning to send money enst orvmt can be aecouiniotuited by draft lor any a n ion nt. Money and valuable secured by one of Pie IhhU's wlebrated aafeK, - iti iniist improved time lurk. Collections made in all parti of tbe United Suites. Chances niodera-te. Account and deposit solicited. A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE, and everything pertaining to funerals furn ished. SOMERSET - - Pa Jacob D. Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Door Wett of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa. I Am Now prejiared to pupj'ly the public with Clocks, Watches, and Jew elry of all desxTi'tiis as Cheap aa the Clieajsvat. KEPAIRINU A SPECIaiLTr. All work puunuitet J. Iok at my Ktnck Isv-fore making your IWrfllHSeH. J. D. SWANK. I ALWAYS On Hand BEST IN THE MARKET. Jarecki Phosphate, Raisin's Phosphate, Lime, Crushed Coke, Hard Coal, Salisbury Soft Coal, At the Old Stand near the Soi aer fcet k Cambria R. IL Station. --Prices Right. Peter Fink BAN K 10. fcAE.Uhl. JVJE V SPRING GOODS. New 1 est styles in all kinds of goods and lowest prices. A ful line of Cashmere and Serjres in all iiualitie?. iilcndid assortment o Black Wool, Worsted and Mohair Dress in Brocaded and Novelty, Styles, suited for dresses and skirts A ,bi stock of newest stvlcs of Novelty Dress Goods, ranging in price from 1'2 i-2 cts to $l'a yard REAT variety of Silks and Si Ik and Wool Thuds, fcc, for waists i dresses. Wash Goods for desses and waists, including Swisses, Lawns, Percales, Dimities, Crepes, Moire, Chintzes. Cheviottc Prints, Ginghams, Seersuckers, &c. Splend id values in Table Linens. Towels, Napkins, Table Covers, Bed Spreads, Poitiers, Furniture Da mask Silk and SP.koline Draperies and Cushions. ADIES' 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. N' Ei.;.! I iii u, Silk s, Gimps, Ribbons, Laces, &c, for dress trimmings. A large variety ot Cambric, Swiss aud Nansook Em- broiderv in white and color?. Linen Sheeting, Stamped Linen and Embroidery Silk.A xlarge assort ment of Lace Curtains cheap. Also Curtain Svis3 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. ool and Cotton Carpet Chain. Mrs. A E. UHL For your Protec tion wc positively state trial this remeiiy doc not contain mercury or any other injurious drug. ELY'S Cream Balm C Unfit tho Xnal CATARRH r:i-i:.irf. Allay I n- flumuiinti, H 4si It tlir Sorts, PniK-cis Hit mcmi-ntm fmin Ken--- of Taste auJ COLD 'n HEAD IT WILL CURE A lmrtlcl Is applied directly into the nos trils and is agreeable. Irlc So nnU Drug gists or by mull. KLY niMTHEItS. ofl Warren 8U, New York. THE KEELEY CURE Is a special boon tn basineas mm wha harinr drifted uiimimclously into the drink habit and awaken to find the disease ot alcoholism fastened np"D them, rendering them unfit to manage af fairs requiring a clear brain. A four week course of traaunent at tbe prrT5BURa keeley institute, Ko. 4346 Fifth Avenue, r-atfirw to them all their powers, mental and physiuU, destroys tbe abnormal appetite, and restores them to the oondition Ihev were in be fore they Indulged in stimulants. This has beea done in mora than InOO cases treated here, and among them some of your own neighbors, to whom we can refer with confidence aa to the. absolute safety and efficiency of the Keeley Core. The fullest and most searching investigation is n vited. betid for pajnpbitt giving full ialonna. lion. f SoIentiuO American A.ency far CAvraTTt. TRaDK aaastrfL. OEaiCM atATKMTS, COPVRICHTS. mto. T"r mfnnnattna ani frea Baadnook write to MINN a o, a&l BaoibwsT. kiw Voac OIlert bares a fvw ascurlag patents la America, t'erf pasrnl takes oat t'T U Is troveht brfor IL public by a ncK gtvea fraaof caargaia Uas I'ritnlifif wtwftt laTst ctnmlMni of anv rleaUSepafterfatba w.jrsl. hptraaiair liliulrausl. tia latrllurent snaa sbooU b without It. Weekrr, K3.00 s-ear: Li)slx monttis. Atdreaa. a0S?ra Cluw Ptausasaajaci liruadway.aisw Vara City. IMPOBTAXT TO ADTXBTISESS. Tbe cream of the country' papers is found fcn Bemington'a Court Seat Lists. Shrewd oc-ry irhich can be had of Remington BroiCof Ke Tork t Phttburg. omer SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, LOVE LIGHTS OF HOME. The bird to the neat and the bee to the comb When the night from the heaven tails dreary. And liove to the light In the windows of home The llcht of the loveof my dearie! And Love to the light, like a swallow In filKtit, When the storm blows the stars from the blue of the night ; And a kiss from the red rose, a smile from the white In the Burdens that bloom for my dearie! The ships to the harbor from over the foam. When the way has been stormy and weary, And Love to the light In the windows of home The light of the love of my dearie ! And Love to the light, like bloom from the blight. When the spring suns weave wonders of red aud of while. And the darkness of winter is kissed to the bright In the gardens that bloom for my dearie! The bird in the nest and the bee to the comb. And never a night shall full dreary While the lights In the beautiful windows of home Are lit by the love of my dearie ! And !veto the light, like a bint from the night. Where angels In lilies Ive's litanies write Aud a kiss from the crimson, a smile from white In the garden that bliMim for my di-urle! Krunk L. tstuuton in Harper's lluzar. AX EXCITING ADVENTURE. Three partners iu the firiu of Brown fe Co., mining brokers, were holding an excited conference in their private ofliee, iu the frontier town of Kettle Falls. Thej w ere talking alsmt an in terest which they hoped to secure in the "Silver iueen" mine. "It is strange that we do not hear from Blake," aid Brown. "Proiwtbly failed to connect," said Whiting. "Never knew hint to fail jet, did you?" a.-ked the ever-cheerful Furiiiss. "D-r-r-r-ring !" Brown sprang said the telephone, to the instrument. 'Hello !" After Brown had listened for a few moments, he exclaimed ; "All right ! (Sood-by !" and turning to his part ners said: "Blake has made the purchase for live thousand dollars cash and the balance in sixty days ; but how long do you think the option lasts?" "Give it up," exclaimed lioth part ners. "Just six hours !" he replied with a snort of disgust. "Just our bad luck," muttered Whit ing. Nonsense !" cried Fnrniss. "The money Is m tne sale, ana 1 nave a horse in the stable that can reach Bossbtirgh in two hours without sweating a hair." "Yes; but whom will you get to un dertake it?" "You're too fat, and Brown is too lazy, and as for me, well, you may le sure I value my life at more than five thousand dollars. It is the most dangerous ride in the state. There are highwaymen behind almost every tree. A poor fellow was shot day before yes terday because he wouldn't give up his money." Without beetling these words of the cautious Whiting, Furniss soliloquized, "Twenty miles to Bossburgh; good road over an open country as far as Marcus. Then you strike the 'Seven Devils, where the way winds around the sharp points of the hill and into the dark 'gul ly heads.' It's dangerous; but there must lie some one in town who will Is? glad to take the risk. Let me That is-" At that instant, Duncan McDona.il entered the room, placed a note iu the hands of Mr. Brown, and stood by the table while lie read it. He was a bright-faced boy of fifteen years, and a model lad for his business of running errands. He looked one squarely in the eye when ppoken to, never asked a question the second time, and had only one weakness. That was a passionate love for horses. To him the world seemed made for horses. He had a cayuse pony of his own, ana couia often tie seen standing on its Imck, and loping thus through town, to the delight of the children and the astonishment of strangers. The wildest horses that came in from the plains he mounted fearlessly. There was however, onefly in'.heoint metit for him he had never lieen jer mitted to ride Mr. Furniss's bay mare Carara." This hurt his pride. The mare was the only thorough-bivd horse in the county, and it was conceded by every one that she was not only the most b.-autiful, but the swiftest horse in the whole region. When he opened the ofiice door that summer afternoon, the same thought entered the heads of Whiting and Fur niss, They whispered to each other, Why not send Duncan with the money 7 ' 'Say, Duncan," Mr. Furniss said to him abruptly, "how would you like to ride over to Bossburgh with five thou sands dollars in your belt and only two hours to make it in ? Duncan hesitated only a moment and then he said, "I will go if you will let me ride Carara." "Well, it's a great emergency, and if you will Is? careful of her you call go." With a boyish whoop he hurried out of the dKr and into the stable. Fling ing a heavy Mexican saddle across the mare's beautiful back, he jerked up the stirrups to fit his short legs, tied them securely with buckskin thongs, tight ened the cinch so that the astonished mare took him gently by the coat, as much as if to say, "You hurt be care ful." He stroked her white nose, put tbe bridle over her arched neck, and the bit between her teeth, and led her to the front ofiice and tied her. While he was out, the three partners had time to reflect. "It's an outrage to send that boy on such a dangerous errand," said Brown. "I won't asseut to it" 'Nonsense, Brown, you're needlessly cautious," said Whiting. 'I wouldn't assent to letting him go," Furniss interjected, "if I thought there was much danger. No one would think that a mere lad would have any money about him. They would as soon look for teeth in a hen's mouth." "Well, all I have to say 1 that I set ESTABLISHED 1827. protest against it earnestly, and the boy's blood will be upon your heads if anything happens to him." With these words, Brown . went out of the room. By this time, the "little express agent," as Whitiug called him, had returned in a fever of anxiety to be otr. Whiting took a buckskin money belt from his drawer, and crowded into it the packages of shining gold. Furniss fastened it tightly around the boy, close to his white skin, and buttoned his shirt and coat carefully over iL "How does it feel, little man?" he inquired. "All right," answered Duncan proud ly. "Are you ready ?" "No, sir." "What more do you want?" "That pistol with the ivory handle." Furniss bunded it to him, reluctant ly. He examined the chambers, and finding them loaded, placed it in his hip-pocket. "Are you afraid?" asked Whiting. A ljyL-.h laugh was his answer. "Be careful," Whiting added. It Ls a dangerous road. I do not think you will have any trouble if you keep your eyes open and your mouth shut If for any reasons you have to ride iu a hurry," Furniss said, "lay the bridle ujion the mare's neck, give one quick yell, and let her have her head. There is not a horse in the state that can catch her." They followed the boy to the door, He llung himself into the saddle and was gone. The mare started up the river road at an easy loiie, as if she were carrying a feather. After Duncan had passed from sight the two partners found it hard to settle down to their work. They moved about restlessly. avoiding each other's eyes. A half hour passed iu silence and then Whit ing said, irritably, "Furniss, that was a dastardly act of ours, sending that boy ou such an errand." I think I know it without being told," Furniss repliitl uneasily. "I feel as if I had killed him with my own hand. I wish I wish but what's the use of wishing? I have a mind to get a horse and" D-r-r-r-ring!" said the telephone 111.. Furniss snatched the receiver and placed it to his ear. Whiting, who was watching him closely saw his face blanch. "What is it now?" he asked, nerv ously. "Hush let me hear w hat Mason is saying. Y liat did you say -Mr. .Mason.' What? That three desperadoes had started? Were they well mounted? You think that of them overheard you give us tlie message, ell . V liy didn't thev start sooner? Oh had to feed their horses? "You say, you think they mean to catch him in the 'Seven Devils?' Hor rible. Tell me ! Is the line to Boss burgh open ? Well, listen to the mes sage and send it this instant : "Andy Blake, Bossburgh : Thirty minutes ago, Duncan Mclionald start ed with five thousand dollars. He is riding Carara Three desperadoes, lieddy Cameron, Bill Dyer, and Jake Buddock, have left Bossburgh to rob him somewhere in the Seven Devils. Head them oft' and save the Uv! FlKMSS." "(iood-by. Mason; thank you for your promptness." In less than ten minutes the three partners armed, pale and silent, mounted on the three best horses in the village, were tearing up the road to Marcus Twenty miles to the northward, Andy Blake and Guy Farnham were.waitiug n the telegraph ofiice for a reply to their message. It came. They read it eagerly, stared at one another for a moment in a sort of stupor, then slip ped out of the door, and sprang into their saddles, turned down the river road aud were lost in a cloud of dust. After a moment's thought Blake said, 'Carara's gait is alsiut eight miles an hour; but Duncan will push her to ten or twelve. I am afraid those mis creants will overhaul him before we can reach him." Let's push on," said Farnham, touching his spurs to his horse's sides. In the meantime, three high waymen were moving rapidly down the long grade from Myers Falls to Marcus, over a road cut in the side of the mountain. At favorable point they could overlook the whole open flat across which Duncan had to pass From one of these they saw a speck moving slowly along in a brilliant sunshine of the summer afternoon. "There he is I" said lieddy. "He is outriding us T' added Dyer, 'and will get into the woods before we will. We can make a dash and catch him when he rounds the second point in the dark gully-head where we did that dirty job day before yesterday." Unconscious of his pursuers, the hap py boy rode ou. His bosom was swel ling with pride at the confidence re posed iu him by his employers He had the best horse in the county under J him, and nve ttiousaud dollars tn gold strapped around his waist. He drew the silver-mounted pistol from his pocket, aud amused himself by aiming it at different objects along the road. Then he leaned over the saddle and patted the beautiful neck of the little bay mare, prattling to her in a boyish fashion : "Nice girl, Carara ! What do say, my lady, to Having a nine spun 7 They never gave you a fair chance. Here's a nice level plat. Go !" He loosened the rein, leaned forward, and like a shot from a cauuon the beau tiful animal was otr. He let her run for a half-mile or so, then slowed her down, aud she took up her old easy lope and bowled along over the smooth surface of the prairie road, almost keep ing time with her feet to tie merry song her rider was singing. At Marcus he stopped for water, rubbed the sweating flanks of the mare, chatted a moment with the stable boy, mounted again and pushed on. He was nearing the foot of that steep mountain along the edge of which lay the serrated gorge around whose dark and lonely heads he must pass. The formation of the land resembled an enormous seven fingered hand. Around each finger-point and up be tween them toward the palm, the road wound. Aa the crow files, the distance from one end to the other of this AUGUST 10. 1896. gloomy region was not more than a mile; but it was five times as far by the trail. As the desperadoes had foreseen, their intended victim had outrun them, and they swept around tbe last curve in their road Just in time to see Duncan mounting the steep hill, not more than two hundred rod ahead of them. He was in plain sight, ami when they saw that it was a boy they had been following, lieddy exclaimed with a savage outh, "Sold! It's no body but a kid." Dyer muttered curses. But Bad dock took a longer and more careful look. "It's a kid, sure enough," he said at last; "but he Is riding Furniss's bay mare, and he wouldn't be doing that unless something big was at stake." "That's so," said lieddy, "and we can run the game to cover iu ten min utes. It'll lie an easy job. Five thou sand dollars, and no noise but the squalling of a brat He'll fall off his horse when we call him." By this time Duncan had entered the woods. As lie was passing out of sight they urged their horses up the hill and at its summit dashed after him. He had turned the first point and could not hear their horses up the hill and at its summit dashed after him. He had turned the first point anil could not hear their horses' hoof beats. They rounded it in a moment and he was not more than twenty rods in advance. Counting on the fact that he was a mere boy, they rode reck'essly. "Throw up your hands," shouted lieddy, aiming a pistol carelessly at his moving target, and expecting to see him stop at once, and pale with fright He had reckoned without a host. Quick as a Hash of lightning, without so much as turning his head, the lad dropped flat on the mare's neck, loos ened his bridle and yelled, "Go."' It seemed to him as if a million springs bad been loosened iu the lody of the little mare. Her first lean had all the speed of an acquired moment um. A shot rang out, and a bullet sang over the boy's head. The next instant he had turned another curve, aud was hidden by the bushes. This sudden move was an absolute surprise to the robbers. The best marksman in the region had missed a gissl shot Their prey was escaping. They sprang like hounds to the chase. They were well mounted, and although they had ridden hard, their horses were still quite fresh, and, terrified by their mas ters' yells ran furiously. As for the boy, his face did not even blanch. He knew that his young life was in peril, but his hope lay in his horse, and his confidence iu her was supreme. On she went, swinging round these sharp curves, darting down the level t retches; on, on, tin, over reaches of slippery clay, lietls of caving sand, stretches of loose boulders, and the boy perched on her back like a bird, talking to her as quietly as if she were in the stable enjoying her oats. They passed the second of the seven points and then tiie third the fourth the fifth, and the bay seemed to be gaining at every leap. Her rider could now and then hear the curses of his pursuers and the crash of their horses' feet; but less and less audibly. As he rounded the sixth jm i nt he glanced over his shoulder. His heart throbbed as he saw how lie was getting away from them. "Bun, girl, run!" he whisjiered joyously. A wild feeling of triumph flamed through his young heart After he turned the seventh point his course ran down a sharp and rough decline. His mare passed it without a misstep. A few moments later he turned in his saddle and found that his pursuer hail just come into view, suddenly the roblwr's horse stumbled there was a violent plunge the rider was thrown completely over the animal's head, and evidently remained stunned on the ground, as the boy did not see him again. Just then he caught sight of the two remaining desperadoes, pushing along a trail at the bottom of the mountain of which lie had never heard. It had saved them a mile of hard riding, and seemed probable they would cut him itr. For an instant his courage failed him. His only course lay onward. A moment more and he had summoned resolution to meet the emergency. He uttered a cry into the ear of the little bay, and she responded to his call, increasing her terrible speed. From his elevated pathway the boy could see his foes and measure their progress. The abandoned trail was rough and they were going slowly, but their road was a short one! Neverthe less the brave lad felt that there w:s possibility that he could outride them. It was only a few rods to the little open prairie, and a few more across it into the woods If he could only reach those he was safe. He was gaining. Yes He would beat them into the prairie sure! There was only one danger now. What if they should shoot? Out of the woods he dashed, straight across the ojien land. Yes, they were unslinging their guns There was no use of looking any more. He had done everything he could, except surrender and that never would do! The brave lad lifted his heart to God, and lay fiat and low on the neck of the mare. On! on! the moments seemed endless; then came the reports of two rifles One ball cut oira lock of his brown hair, aud the other struck the arm that was clasping the horse's neck. Worse than that! the bullet pierced the neck itself! O Carara! A shudder seemed to pass through her, but she did not pause. On, on, a few paces more and they would be out of sight She seemed to know all about it and, darting forward with a few agonized springs she gained the cover of the woods Then she began to stagger, and in a moment stumbled and fell! The pursuers were clattering close behind her, and to Duncan the end seemed to have come. At the shots of the robbers rang out upou the air, Blake and Farnham were pounding down the road on horses that reeked with foam. Through an open- - : a - era ing in the woods they had seen the boy as he passed the edge of the cliff and had also seen the highwayman thrown from his horse. The two shots were dashing up to the very oening through which Duncan hud ridden. Flinging themselves from their sad dles, they stretched a lariat across the road and concealed themselves in the bushes, eaeh holding one end loosely wrapped around a tree. The next in stant the two desperadoes appeaied, riding at the top of their sjHeed. Waiting until they were a couple of rods otr, the two hidden miners sudden ly tighteuend the lariat with a savage twitcii. it Hung across the road as taut as a bowstring, about a fix it from the grouniL The horses were going neck to neck, aud it caught them just aliove the ankles Down they went with a crash, and flung their riders over their heads into the dusty road. Blake and Farnham sprang from their hilling and covered the rascals with their guns It was needless, for they were badly shattered and bruised by their fall, and it was an easy task to tie the great ln.-wildered fellows hand and foot as they lay writhing with pain and rage. leaving tlieni there they made their way to the side of the boy. He lay with his left arm shattered and help less by his side. "His right was wound round the neck of the dead mare, and he was crying as if his heart would break. Mr. Elaine's Sueech. The other day an intelligent Repul lican of a Western State was asked how he stood on the silver question. He answered that he stood where Mr. Blaine stood. He had read extracts from Blaine's ptiecch of ISTS which the silverites had garbled and perverted, and in which the great IlepuMican lead er was made to apjsar as advocating free silver coinage just as the Bryan Populists now advocate it Without a word of argument thi misled Ilepublican was handed a full copy of Mr. Blaine's sjH-ech and asked to read it The next day he came back, and broke forth : "Why, the dishonest knaves are deceiving the jieople; they have deceived me, they have garbled and falsified Mr. Blaine's position; they have picked out one or two sentences which, standing by themselves without the accompanying text, give some color to their claims; but the whole speech is a siwerful and conclusive argument on the other side." The Bryan Populists have lieen mak ing great use of these garbled sentences from Mr. Blaine. Mr. Bryan's paj,ier in Omaha has been printing them hi big black type. Mr. George Fred Williams has lieen quoting them in his har angues in New EngLand. This willful perversion is characteristic of the whole method of the silverites To garble and distort a statesman's utterance for the purpose of making him apjiear to sup sirt what he abhors and opposes, Ls as dishonest as to steal money from his pocket The whole case of the Popu list is oue of false claims and preten sions It is to oe borne iu mind that silver was only at a slight discount then. The bullion value of the silver dollar was frl cents, instead of o3 cent a now. Neither gold nor silver was in current use, for sjiecie payments had not yet lieen resumed. But the Government was preparing for resumption, and Mr. Blaine wanted both gold and silver coined. Yet with silver only at a small discount he sounded a warning against coinage of it except at the commercial ratio in the markets of the world. He showed that to enter upou the free coin age of silver dollar with less than a dollar's worth of silver would drive gold from circulation, would fail to raise silver to par, would force the country to the silver standard, would cheat all the holders of patier money and would derange all business relations If this contention wa sound when the silver dollar was worth 'J2 cents, how much stronger when the bullion value is only 5.1 cents. Mr. Blaine in sisted that the silver dollar should have a full dollar's worth of silver, and he proposed an amendment requiring it to contain grains instead of 4125. The same rule would require it now to contain nearly S00 grains And yet the Populists have the hardihood to claim the authority of Mr. Blaine for their dishonest scheme ! The Ilepublican National Committee has wisely decid ed to print hundreds of thousands of copies of Mr. Blaine's i-eeh for gen eral distribution. It could use no more effective document. Grains of Gold. Beware of a man that does not talk. Friendship, like phosphorus, gives light in the dark. Believing right has everything to do with feeling right D.Mng gotxl will pay better in the end thau digging gold. Whenever you make a mistake make it teach you something. It is folly to expect ( rod to forgive us while we are hating others When one is low enough to insult you, be too high for him to reach. No reproof or denunciation is so potent as the silent influence of a good example. Be careful where you step, aud the man who follows you will not stumble so much. If we knew what our enemies have suffered, our enmity would die a sud den death. Poverty is an icy wind, and the high er the situation of the impoverished, the colder it blows - Ad-ersity shows a true nan, as the nuht brings out the stars obscured while the suu is shiuiug. Most of us spend a considerable por tion of our lives wondering why we did things we considered smart Pitch upon that course of life which is the most excellent, and the habit will render it the more delightfuL Many troubles are like dogs Run from them and they w ill follow you. Turn against them, and they will My. Educating your children is investing at a high rate of dividend. Lay up in them, aud they will lay up for them telves 1 Id. WHOLE NO. 2351. REMINISCENCES. In a recent Issue of the Hf.kai.k, Major J. B. Tred well made a suggestion that a reunion of tbe middle-aged men, and all other ages, presumably, who at anv time had Uh-ii students un der the tuition of Prof. J. J. Stutzman, be held in Somerset, a suggestion that ought to meet a hearty response from the whole county. What a grim and grizzled lot of old fellows they would lie, anyhow. A regiment or brigade of old soldiers would not be more no, and indeed, many Somerset county soldiers, perhaps a vast majority, were pupils at one time or another, over whom Prof. Stutzman supervised and advised. Prof. Stutzman has done more for the cause of education, and ha educated more men in the active pursuit of life, than any man in the county. There is hardly a town of any size in the coun ty where he ha not taught, or, at least, no town that d'es not contain some pupil of his The writer looks back with grateful reverence and re membrance to the training he re-eived from Prof. Stutman. He was a com- jiaratively young men then, just in the prime of his vigorous manhood. He had a faculty of imparting knowledge that no other man seemed to have, and he was a dull scholar, indeed, who did not improve under hi kindly tuition. ir a by wanted a booK, or any kind, the school wa in Centre- ville from Itockwood Mineral Point, then, 1s5j Somerset, Meyersdale Meyer's Mills then or if the Professor thought the Isiy needed the book, it would be at the school-room in the morning. Mauy times ha the writer known him to go to oue of these places iu the evening, and come back the same night, or early enough iu the morning for the opening of school. He could be seen starting across tbe the fields, if that seemed any nearer, and, after striking into a kind of a "dog trot," could easily travel at the rate of four or five miles an hour. A horse would have lieen a nuisance to him; emseq'iently he uever rode one, and the writer never heard any one say he ever rode in a wagon or burgy with any one. There wa a story going, years ago, a'smt some of the Professor's friends prevailing on him oue time to get a horse and ride somewhere. He mounted the horse, ami rode to a place where he had lai-en iu the habit of tak ing to the fields, when lie jumped off the horse, threw the rein over the fence, "lit out ' on his "dog trot," and never thought of the horse again. Some oue found it and sent it home to its owner. He walked all over the county during the time he was Coun ty Superintendent, different tiues The writer remembers seeing him once coming through the fields, towards the s hiMil house in which he was teach ing. The weather was cold, and deep snow was on the ground. When he came in the door, nothing but his su crior agility prevented him from fall ing flat on the smooth t!or, a the iv had gathered on the heels of his boots, and frozen, making it almost imjxissihle for him to keep his feet He knew in a minute after he entered the school-room, as much about the progress of the school as some men would know in an hour. He could tell by the order kept, and the attention paid to their lessons and the condition of the school-room, whether things were progressing satis factorily. In case the school seemed to be doing well, the Professor's stay would be short, otherwise he would stay until recess, noon or evening, as the case might be, when he would kindly instruct the teacher, in a fath erly manner, regarding his duties ".Some men are bom great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatuess thrust upon them." A like remark might be made in regard to any avocation, and particularly with reference to Prof. Stutzman, who wa certainly a born instructor of youthful minds His method of teaching grammar, a any of his old students will remember, was simple, but effec tive, plain, easily understood, and never forgotten. And in arithmetic, mental especially, he had a way of making the boy have the answer at tongues' ends constantly, and no mail in Somerset county could cram a boy's mind a full of geography as he, and they never forgot it either. It stems but yesterday, when the writer, a callow yellow-haired youth, in comjiany with Boss Fisher, Potts, Tanuehill, Il.mna, Scott, Griffith, Campbell, Bowliu, Knable, Lichliter and scores of other callow boys with quite a sprinkling of young ladies, at tended Prof. Stutdian's school, and recited in the old Lutheran church in Centreville. It is possible, probable, indeed, so far a the writer knows for long years have passed since then, aud since he was in the village, that with the exception of Mr. William Flick, Mr. Ileulien McMiileii and Mr. Wil liam Miller, none of the old citizens f that day, are living there now. Some few have moved away, but more have "joined the great majority." Dr. Har- ah, Dr. Walker, Mr. Caldwell, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Scott, Mr. Dull, Mr. Vought, Mr. Miller, the elder, and many more, have been sleeping thir last sleep for many years The writer remembers them all, kindly, and the interest most of them took in the wild pranks of the boys At the west end end of town Mr. Dnll owned a piece of wood-land, in which the boys used to have Indian war dances, aud many other athletic games Dr. Tannehill, with his rotund form, and his some what "hare-foot" head, would look a little out of place coming rapidly around a circumscribed ring, at the other end of the "whip-lash" in the play of "craek-the-whip," and,, if he could be seen tumbling end over end, when the whip was cracked, as the writer has seen him, it would make a preacher laugh. And it would be a sight for a father to see A. M. Ross "a good man, weighing two hundred aud fifty pouuds" taking a running jump, or a hop-step-aud-jump, or dancing to the inspiring ami melod ious music of the "Hagen Nugen" and the wild whoops of the Indian war dance, and others of like character. It is not 1 kely that Alex Hanua, with the weight of passing years on his head, and the gradually advancing in firmities of age, could perform the feats of strength for which he was noted in the days of long ago. And the stately Bowliu, with bis ministerial coat and cravat, aud his grand-fatherly look, would hardly be able, nor have the In clination to ran many foot races. Al though 'Squire Lichliter's years it lather more lightly upon him than they do tini the most of u, ti!l when he looks back thirty-eight years, be can not but feel that he is not in his "first youth," and the joint and mus cles and tendons, once so supple and flexible, are now used only in the nec essiary locomotion of a busy life. C. H. Fisher, while younger than a gsd many of us, and not yet a grandfather, iu consequence of the wounds he bears in defense of his country, and tbe grizzled crop of hair, can, to-day, go farther in two hours than he can in one. The world has dealt kindly with most of us but many have long ago passed to the place, mentioned by Shak esiare, and so often quoted, "wbencn no one returns." Prof. Slutman had no reason to be ashamed of any of 1J. classes, and the one in question was no exception to the rule. The best teachers Somerset county ever had were those who received thtir early training at the hands of Prof. Stutzman. They did not teach iu the uji-ti-date school house of to-day nor did they have the appliances, nor the uniformity of books, but they taught, many of them successfully, in the old log school houses, with slab lunches, and an al most universal lack of ne-essary ap paratus. Prof. Stutzman ha seen the evolution of the common school sys tem, in the application of which be was so great a factor, in all its phases, and Somerset county owes him a debt of gratitude it can never repay. Addison, Pa M. Ancient Jewelry. Among the richest of recent archaeo logiml discoveries are those afforded by the opening of the two brick pyram ids at Dushur on the Nile, the most southerly of the great chain ofMem phian pyramids, and of some of the ancient tombs surrounding them. Th explorer found that the tombs had long ago lieen plundered of most of the gold and jewels buried with the royal personages for whom they were coti structeL Fortunately, however, some of those precious relics had escaped the plunderers, lieing carefully concealed in the tombs of some princesses situat ed ou the north side of one of the pyramids Here were unearthed three splendid breast ornaments beautifully worked in gold, set with cornelian, lapis lazuli and turquoise, and covered with hu man figures and tbe curious insignia employed by the ancient Egyptians Nothing, perhaps, gives a greater in terest to these specimens of jewelry than the fact that they are far more beautiful and artistic in their work manship than similar objects made by the Egyptian. at a much later time. Although they are not loss than ,f year old, these Dashur jewels are set and finished in 4 manner that excite the admiration of our H'th century ex lerts Not less wonderful a a specimen of the artistic skill of the men who con structed the pyramids i a statue rep resenting the King, Ita-Fou-Ab, at the age of alsxit 1! years, which was found in a chamber near the sarcophagus containing hi mummified body. The statue is carved out of a hard almost black wood, with great attention to detail, every muscle being carefully wrought, so that anatomical expert have pronounced it a remarkably cor rect representation of the human fig ure. It is believed that many other not less interesting discoveries remain to lie made among the tombs of Dashur. Youth's Companion. My little boy, wneii two years of age was taken very ill with bloody flux. I was advistd to use Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea liemedy, and luckily procured part of a bottle. I carefully read the directions and gave it accordingly. He was very low, but slowly and surely he began to im prove, gradually recovered, and is now as stout and strong as ever. I feel sure it saved his life. I never can praise the Remedy half its worth. I am sor ry every one in the world does not know how good it is as I do. Mrs Liua S. Hinton, Grahamsville, Marion Co., r lorida. I or sale by Benford s Pharmacy. A Tender-Hearted Father. Mrs. Mann Is your husband fond of children, Mrs Goode? Mrs Goode Oh, he dotes on them. Why, he can not bear to hear them cry, and so when one of them is fretful he always goes out I really llieve it would break his heart to hear Johnnv or Mamie cry for an hour or more, as they sometimes do. lUistou Trans cript Fish and S ackers. A doddering old fossil was one day fishing 011 what had been the bank of a river. The throat of the stream was try and parched a there wa no more water to be found there than in the dining room of a Raines law hotel. "W hilt are you doing, friend?" in puired a traveler. "Fishing," said the fossiL "But there U no water there. See, when you cast your fly it raises a cloud of tlust a it strikes I know a stream where there i plenty of limpid water in which the fish disport themselves Furthermore, the wild thyme blow on it banks Will you nut e :a with me and cast your line there ?" "I will not," replied the ancient dodo. 'My son, I fished here when I was a boy, l?fore you were turn, I trow. I have caught fat fish in this stream heretofore and I may do so again. At any rate I have precedent on my side and I have never seen the stream of which yon prate." Moral Precedent will not catch fish, but sucker can lie caught on dry land. Truth. How They Work. Farmer Greeuhaw "Needn't tell me that tramp won't work ! One of 'em worked yesterday, to my certain knowledge." Farnu-r Whetrick "What did he dor' Farmer (Jreenhaw "He worked me! He promised, if rd give him a good dinner, to tell me how to get rid of the cockle-burr ou my farm, an' wh n he got through eatin he told me to jest move off an' leave 'em." Puck. R. C. Joiner, Allen P. O., Hillsdale Co., Mich., says: "Nothing gave my rheumatism such quick relief as Dr. Thomas Eclectrk' Oil." As daylight can be seen through very small holes, so little things will illustrate a person's character. iJt-eff. rU
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