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u li.ia. i'ii' y auvaut-a ou cotieo
us, Ac. t'.rt ill liiliilliotll liiock.
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nUrtid t"!l buriiits entruiiied lo ilia
ill "liii :.( '. iiu J aUJtu.lli ixu,.(.ets, Willi
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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.
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AlluU-NLVS-Al-LAW,
Somerx-t, Pa.
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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.
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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,
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-.ma! service to the citi
im ieinity. Unless i.ro-
u- v 'und at his of-
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' all. t tde innervation
''ii- Art.i.eii.i s-i ius-rteU.
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r ii. livi. & Co'. BUirK.
i-iv!, auj 1'airiol streeta.
H. CO.1-FROTH,
Funeral Director.
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I'airiol SL
;:- K U. 1'Ll't'K,
Land SMirveyor
nixelr
Listie, Pa.
N Oils!
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fc-:,::igr Pittshure lieparV
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,:.,. . "'-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
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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.
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