A
TS aaby'i Viewi on Silver.
I'. iroVuin V. Nalv. 1-
C.m-kilkitXKoahs (Wkh is in
I'm? Stale of Kentucky,) Jan. 22, 1S7S.
I uin t so certain that I want the sil
ver l to i er. I was. Tlie Caot U,
the thing don't work e I spoed it
M o.nl. and I ain't dear onto it. There
is settle principle in these finanschel
jiie-tin wiHi reuires a great deel uv
thoiiKht, and there is underlying prin
, tvi.-h a man ha got to uuder--i:ml
afore he is eotup.'tent to xet his-
. If up authority.
One thin? I'm eertin ur; Ra.com
ain't n liiia!i!xT, nor never will l,
mid I tld him
Wot is a finan.eer?'r aked he.
A fiiianer," I, asooming the
l....k of Ian'l Welter, "is a taan wich
kiu pay hL debts with nothing a man
vrU-h kin acit suthin' with nothiu'."
"The Corners, then, is full of fiuau-
seers," he reiuarkt, latterly, cuslin a
.aasuul glanee at his slate, wich wuz
jit full enuirto turn over and begin
on tother side.
Jut he hasn't any uv the hcience uv
it. I wuz arjxooiug with him theother
iay in favor uv my noshun uv a leath
er "currency, though I told him silver
U2 much the same thing, and, for ex
ample, I would assootn that t-ilver wuz
to in- tlie currency of the fucher.
"Now, don't you see, liaseom, that
if I hed twict ez much money, I eood
drink tw ict ez much whisky and pay
for it?"
J low much is twict uothin?" wuz
the unfvelin' anseruv the tyrant who
hold-tlie destinies of the Corners in
his hands. "That's wot yoor capitle
hez bin ever since I knowd you."
"Parson," sel he, "I don't see what
crthly difference its goin' to make
whether silver is currency or anything
else. How are yoo goin' to git silver
-f it is made legal tender? Ef silver
wuz ez plenty ez l.ricks w'at hev yoo
t'ot to git any uv it w ith?'
"Troo, !. V.," wuz my anser: "hut
-au't you see that to hev silver wood
relieve the dettor cla? Even now,
nfore it is legal tender tender, it's only
wuth '- cents on tlie dollar, and hen
the country is floodid with it, it will
so still lower. Then we or rather
siih ue us ez hev property to raise
money on kin pay off"
"Egcsactly so," retorts Bascoru,
'you kin ay me for the good, honist
likker uv mine, w'ich you hev oon
s toined, in coin, which is less than the
d ollar vou promised. All rite. But
look here come in here, all uv yoo. I
want yoo silver men to know exactly
w'at yoo are ruhin' into."
And this feeiid led us into the back
room that liack room wich contanes
the sul-i-teuee uv the Corners. There,
in long row, wuz Ilascom's stock.
Tiiere in barrels, piled one on top uv
another, wuz the delicious whisky uv
Eouisv:!!e, uv different ages, rangin'
from that uv two weeks old to tliat
wich hed jist left the etui, and wuz
5carf Iy cold yit. There it lay, and ez
my eye ranged atfeckshuiiately over it.
I felt if I eood hev the drinkin' uv all
that likker I woold 1 content to lay
down an' die when the last drap wuz
gone.
Bascom p'inted to an immense tank
w'ich he erectid within a few days
with a pijH rumiin' in from the roof.
"I shan't raise the price uv likker in
onseken uv lein' paid for it in de-
presuiated currency!" said he.
1 fell on Baseoni's neck, in an exU'
y of delite, while the others shouted,
'rah for liascom!"
"(j. V.," I remarkt while teers suf-
f, sed my eyes. "I never placed yoo
much Inflow the angels, but this gener
ous act has histed yoo a hundred per
cent, in my estiuiashun. Bless yoo, G
V., bless you."
"But I'll tell yoo w'at I shell do.
Di you see that tank?" said he.
"May I a-k w'at that is fir?" I Bed
"Tliat tank will fill with rane-water
seJ lie. "Tlie moment yoo git to pay
in me in silver, 1 sliell take out uv
eeh uv them birrils jist eggsackly
three and one-fifth gallons uv likker,
and fill it with water."
"Merciful heviugs!' we all exclaim
ed "and poor likker so weak uow!"
"And wheu silver gits down to 75
o?nts ou the dollar, I shel take out 21
per cent uv whisky and fill her up
with 25 jier cent, uv water. And so on
down. Ef silver goes up I shel add
whisky eggsackly in proporshen. In
whort, my whisky is jist agoin' to fuller
-urrencv, and nothin' shorter. Yoo
fellers wich work for wagis may swet,
lut I won't."
"But yoo'l increase the size of yoo
glasses?" sed I.
"Xot euy. But yoo may drink twice
ex many times to git the same amount
uv drunk es before, by payin' for each
drink.'
And Bast-om stalked hawtilv hack
anJ took his iosisheu liehind his bar.
TIist was consternation in the Cor
ners si-h ez I hev never seen. Ther
sva a hurried consultashuu at the
JVekiuV house and I scjested that
vre emancipate ourselves from the d-
tuinyun uv this tyrant by slartiu'
vrros-ry uv our own, on the joint stock
irin -;pk which wuz agreed to, each
man agreein' to eoutribbit $10 to the
cipille stock, which wood be euufT to
buy a barl or two, for a beginuiu'.
We wuz enthoosiatie till we come to
ballotin' for the man to keep the place,
when it wuz found iustid uv niy'bein
hoseii, yoonauimusly, es I eggspected
to l, that every man hed votid for
liiss .'f. y-.i not a soul uv them would
recede, the skeem wus Mocked rite
(here, and finally had to be abandon
-l anl we went back to Baseom's an
submittid. That tyrant hez us.
I v course we can't stand likker di
bmtid in that manlier. We are wdlin
ciiutTto diIxK the rurrencv with which
to pay for likk-r, but we want out lik
l.er fu:l strength. We coo.lelit help it,
Imt th tt nite we signal and heiit to our
r.'precntative a rem mstrani agin
i lie silver bill. The Corners is now for
a lnnet currency. Wood, O wood
iiiat we hed some uv it.
rm:oi.KLM V. Xasby,
Finanseer.
Think it Over.
Have yon ever heard of a medicine
w ith such a record of cures as Hood
f-arsapan.U? Don t you know that
11. sol s Sarsaparilla, the One True
Blood 1'uriSer, lias proved, over and
vcr again, that it has power to cure,
-vru afu-r all others fail? If vu have
impure blood you may take Hood
tsarsapiniia with the utmost oonfi
deuce that it mill do you good.
Hood'
fllt-.
Pills assist digestion. 2"
Sotaintr Sew to Her.
Mrs. Jones That Mrs. Tucker next
Vor must be an awful gossip.
Mr. J ones Why, what's the row
ti w t
Mrs. Jones Oil, nothing in particu
lar; out I never eau Ml her anything
oui nai sne s Ueartl it before. Har
der bazar.
How He Erred.
The beauteous creature was in tears,
and consequently the young mans
7.
blood .wiled with indignation. Would-
n'tluty in distress make any im-
rireionable youth's blood 111? Well
1
rather.
A great big hunk of a man had
stopped her on the public MreeL He
had addressed a few words to her first,
and as she tried to hurry past him
without answering, he had roughly
caught her by the arm.
"Let me jro?' she had cried, but tue
big brute had merely laughed, and
then said something to her in a low
tone,
at which she had burst into
tears.
Clearly it was a cause for interven
tion by any courageous gallant Her
tears were evidence that she had been
grossly insulted, and her attempt to
free herself from the big bully's grasp
was additional proof tliat she stood in
need of succor.
Now, that'll do!' said the young
man, warningly, in a loud tone.
The big brute stopped shaking the
girl and looked at the young man in
surprise, while the girl's astonishment
was made evident by the way frue
pened her eyes and stared.
he can hardly believe that she has
chamnion. noor thine." 6aid tne
voting man to himself, and his bosom
swelled with pride until the buttons of
his coat threatened to give way.
Who ver talkin' tor' asked the
big brute, after he had partially recov
ered from his surprise.
You," replied the young man
promptlv, more determined than ever
to make a bold stand and a good Im
pression. "I can not stand idly by
and see vou insult aDd bully a friend
less girl one who in every way is your
sunerior. For every pang your dis
graceful conduct has caused her I "
"Climb his frame, Bill!" suddenly
interrupted the girL "Don't stand no
gas from a spindle-shanked dude what
interferes with things that don t con
cern him, or I'll wade into him my
self an' teach him that I kin handle
me own quarrels. wiie him quick!"
hicago Post.
The Grandest Remedy.
Mr. B, B. Greeve. merchant, of
Chilhowie, Va., certifies that he had
consumption, was given up to die,
sought all medical treatment that mon
ey could procure, tried all cough reme
dies he could hear of, but got no relief;
spent many nights sitting up iu a chair;
was induced to try Dr. King's ew Dw-
covery, and was cured by the use of two
bottles. For past three j ears has been
attending to business, and says Dr.
King's New Discovery is the grandest
remedy ever made, as it has done so
much for him and also for others in
his community. Dr. King's New Dis
covery is guaranteed for Coughs, Colds
aud Consuptioti. It don't fail. Trial
bottle free at J. X. Snyder's drug store,
Somerset, or at Brail ier's drug store,
Berlin.
She Turned np Again-
"I rode up to a cabin in Knox coun
ty, Ky.," said John Williams, a trav
ehng man, to a btar reporter, "and as
I approached, the man of the house in
quired:
" 'Stranger, did yo' see a red-headed
gal with a yaller sun bonnet com in'
from town?'
" 'No.'
" 'I reckon she'll be hver termorrer.'
" 'Expecting company?
" 'No; jess my darter. 8he'd been
down ter Frankfort. She tuk in her
head ter git married an' run off with a
no-'ecount fellor, Tim Hadley. They
stole a raft o' mine an' floated down
the Kaintuck ter Frankfort.'
" 'Did you stop them?'
" 'No; mail gits ter Frankfort quick'
er'n a raft so I writ ter Jim Wakefield
down thar to buy th' logs, put Tim in
jail fer stealiu' th' raft, and send th'
money back hver with Sal. I reckon
she missed the stage.'
"At that moment a girl turned the
corner of the road, and the old man
said:
" 'Waal, Sal, yo' got back?'
" 'Yaas, dad.'
" 'Tim in jail?'
" 'Yaas, dad.'
" 'Bring back th' money fer th
logs?
" 'Yaas, dad.'
" 'Waal, go in an' cook supper,
an'
uex' time yo' git married, run off with
a man who has more gumption than
ter try to git away on a raft.'
" 'Yaas, dad,' aud the girl went to
the kitchen as though she had never
left iL" Washington Star.
Make the Most of Yourself.
It is tlie duty of every man to make
the most of hiiusc-lf. Whatever his
capacities may be, he is sure to find
some piaee w hre he can le useful to
himself and to others. But he can not
rea--h his highest useful tuna without
good health aud he can not have good
health without pure blood. The blood
circulates to every organ and timue and
when it is pure, rich and healchy it
carries health to entire system, but if it
is impure it scatters disease wherever
it flow. Hood s Sarsaparilla is the
one true blood purifier. It cures salt
rheum, scrofula, catarrh, dyspepsia
and rheumatism because these diseases
have their origin in the blood.
Terse and Truthful.
History of man bawled in infancy
and bald in old age.
The most conscientious mechanics
have their little vices.
Take things as a matter of course
the table d'hote patrons.
Lawn tennis is not a very quiet
game. Even the costumes are loud.
lue iiioim, -live ana lei live," is a
very good in its way, but it does not
do for the battle-field.
The Emperor of China has ten men
to hold his umbrella. It has never yet
been borrowed.
While the true American does not
believe in a king, he will bet his last
cent on four of them.
A young lady refers to the time she
spends in front of her mirror as "mo
ments of reflection."
A whisky trust has been formed in
Dublin. This will tend to raise the
spirits of tlie Irish nation.
A n heir brake should invariably go
with very fortune which is left to a
frivolous young man.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
Tlie Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheuni,
Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
i-ures i-nes, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded,
Price 25 cents per box. For sale at
J. . feeder's drug store, Somerset,
P, or at Briers drug store Berlin, j
Mrs. Offen' a Jourtiey.
Mrs. Offen started from ber country
home for a visit to the city. lhe was
. u. i : . .11
an exceueui womau, o.,M" ......
the best social pieties of her home
town, and a great temperance worker.
it therefore struck her as very unpleas-
... . VS..K .
ant to nave u. car u , .
eled so permea w "
whisky that she was obliged to ask the
conductor to open the window
"
n r,- j -
lone iu ot..v ,
as impudent.
The ride came to.an end, and Mrs.
Utien giaaiy jen me sieam .
electric, which was to convey ner 10
her friend's bouse in the city.
'Dear me," said tlie good woman as
she paid her fare, "your car smells
dreadful strong of liiuor."
"I agree with you, ma'am," said the
conductor, with a wink. "If you'll sit
nearer the door it will be pleasanter for
the other passengers."
"The man is intoxicated. What a
shame T said Mrs. Often to her next
neighbor in the car.
'lie careful you ain't run in," said
the man as he went outside.
Now, what did he mean?" she so-
liloquized as she thought it over, and
saw the curious looks directed at her.
She concluded to get out and walk the
rest of the way. Seizing her satchel in
a firm grip, she rose, but as the car
gave a lurch forward she sat down
again.
You're not at S street yet," said the
conductor.
"I know where I am ; let me out,"
she persisted.
"Don't let her off here at the rail
road crossing she will certainly be
hurt," said a kind woman.
Mrs. Offen insisted, and left the car,
aud soon reached her friend's house,
very red and tired and with her bonnet
askew.
Her friend met her at the door and
was going to be very glad to see her,
when Mrs Offen blurted out:
"I'm going right back home. Every'
body's been drinking. All the people
are intoxicated. I wouldn't live in
such an ungodly place an hour. You
are as bad as the rest Phew ! That
vile whisky !"
"Sarah Jane Offen," said her friend
solemnly, "you've been drinking your
self." "Oh ! what a horrible slander ! 1
never tasted a drop in my life, and
that's why I told Uncle Silas, at first,
that I wouldn't bring a bottle of whis
ky for medicine to old Uncle Peter.
But I did; for I thought a sick man as
old as he is might need it. And there
it is, and I wash my hands of the
w hole matter."
She opened her satchel and gave
shriek. The bottle was broken, and
everything in the satchel w as saturated
with the pungent fluid,
Good gracious !" she exclaimed. "No
wonder they wouldn't sit next to me,
and she promptly went into a fit of
hysterics.
And half the pleasure of her visit was
spoiled by the knowledge that she had
actually figured as an exponent of in
temperance. iM troit Fr( IW.
Something to Know.
It may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restor
ing the tired out nervous sj-stem to
healthy vigor is Electric Bitters. This
medicine is purely vegetable, acts by
giving tone to the nerve centres in the
stomach, gently stimulates the Liver
and Kidneys, and aids these organs in
throwing off impurities in the blood,
Electric BitU?rs improves the appetite.
aids digestion, and is pronounced by
those w ho have tried it as the very
best blood puritier and nerve tonic
Try it Sold for -50 cents or $1.00 per
bottle at J. N. Snyder's drug store,
Somerset, or at Brallier's drug store,
Berlin.
Very Different.
He fixed a steady glare on the grocer
and began :
"I bouirht a chicken of you. after
asking you if it was a spring chicken
and being informed by you that
was. It was so tough tliat it turned
the edge of the carving knife."
"I did not tell you it w as a spring
chicken," said the grocer. You pick'
ed the fowl up and asked me if that
was w hat I called a spring chicken
and I said it was what I called a spring
chicken. If you had asked me direct
if it really was a spring chicken, of
course my devotion to truth, wouia
have compelled me to admit that it
was nothing of the kind." Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Be Convinced.
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a generous sample will be mailea oi
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5 Warren SU, New York City.
Catarrh caused difficulty in speak
ing and to a great extent loss of hear
ing. By the use of Ely's Cream Balm
dropping of mucus has ceased, voice
and hearing have greatly improved.
J. W. Davidson, Att'y at Law, Mon
mouth, 11J.
A Long Time to Wait
"How old was Methuselah when he
died?" aaked s Dallas Sunday school
teacher of Tommy Yerger, a precious
youth.
"I don't know; how old was Methu?"
said Tommy.
"He was nine hundred years old
when he died," replied the teacher.
"Nine hu ud red years old! Whew!
I wonder bow his sons-in-law liked
that," replied Tommy, as he gave an
incredulous whistle.
From all accounts Chamtierlain's
Cough Bemedy is a Godsend to the
a-llicted. There is no advertisement
about this; we feel just like saying it
The Democrat, Carrollton, Ky. For
sale by Benford's Pharmacy.
Wild Horses in Queensland.
Wild horses have increased to such
an extent in Queensland that the
animals are being shot, with a view to
reduce tlwir numbers.
"I suppose you know all about the
financial questiou?" said the intimate
friend. "I don't say that I know all
aoout it," replied the candidate; "but
I know enough not to talk about it."
Washington Star.
No Difference.
She "It seems rather hard, dear-
tliat you can't afford to take me on a
wedding trip "
"But, darling, you will never know
the difference. In the little flat I have
engaged it will be just like living in a
Pullman car."-Life.
Susie'i Becord.
Mamma," all 7-year-old France,
as she burst in from school.
What ia it, sweetheart?" asked
mamma, as she kissed the ruby lips.
"You know, in our school, if one
scholar can't answer a question and the
next one can, the one who answers
goes up and the one who can't answer
goes down."
Why, that is the way we did when
mamma was a little girl and went to
school."
Is it?"
Yes. I suppose you are trapied
pretty often, Frances ?"
"Yes, mamma," replied the truthful
little girL I was trapped this morn
ing." "Who went up into your place?"
"Freddy Trotter."
"I should think Freddy wouldn't be
able to trap you often. He is only i,
while you are iast 7."
"Yes'm. Say, mamma !"
"Well T'
"You know Susie Briggs ?''
"Yes."
"I never saw her trapped even
once."
"Didn't you?"
"No."
Isn't that nice? Don't you wish
a a. 11 t)
you knew your lessons mat w en
Don't you wish you were never trapped
like Susie Briggs?"
'No'rn. You see, mamma, Smie
has been clear at the bottom of the
class ever since I've been going to that
school." Detroit Free Press.
It used to be that the small lioy had
to wear his big brother's cast-off trous
ers. Now it looks as though the big
sister's bloomers would have to be cut
down for the same purpose.
Don Dock Make Ton Srlfl-ok
"Talking of game," said a diner at
an up town cafe, "did yon ever notice
that a duck has a weird effect on a
man's selfish instincts? A tender canvas
back, cooked to a turn, will arouse a pe
culiar gluttony m the average good fel
low's nature. I ve watched this cunons
development for years among my friends
and acquaintances. Just drop into a
club or a swell restaurant about the time
the shooting 6ason opens. If you a
fellow hiding over in a comer, his eye
balls gleaming lifcs a cannibal's over a
young missionary on the fire why, he's
got a duck. Jroilows oi waitn. social
qualities, addicod to table fellowship
nd liberality, become possessrrt oi a
solitaire gastronomic mania totally out
of their line when they strike duck.
They steal off like a dog with a fresh
bone, and vou can almost hear a growl
from the greedy beast if you go too close
to that bird. Take that fellow SCO days
in the year and you'll find him angling
for some other rood fellow to share a
dinner with him says be hates to eat
alone. Now, I want to know w by the
succulent dnck should arouse this un
canny instinct in a social specimen of
the man. Think It out if yon can. "
New York Herald.
The Prince Metternich.
In the days when a black skirt looped
un over a short colored petticoat was as
daring a costume for a lady of position
as the divided garment of the cycleuse
is today, the Princess Metternich eager
lv urged the empress to wear the new
fashion on a public occasion. One of the
ladies of the court who knew that the
advice, if adopted, would bring censure
on her mistress, asked pointedly, "But
would you give the same advice to your
own empress (of Austria)? Oh, no!
was the answer. "But the Empress
Elizabeth is a real empress."
The other anecdote, though not more
creditable to the princess taste, has
racy humor about it which puts us, in
spite of ourselves, on better terms with
hT. Having lost patience m an argu
ment with Mine, de Persigny, she ap
pealed to the empress, who bf gged her
to give in, saymg oi aime. ue rersigny.
"Kememlier that her mother is mad.
So her mother is mad?" retorted the
princes ''Well, madame, my father is
1 ... 1. r- .1 win 1,1 T in tn hro-?"
flirt 11. . " , l.J cuuuiu fe - -
--Iondon Spectator.
LIdooId'
With the earlier anecdotes of Lin
coln's size and strength are linked al
wavs other antcdotes of his story telling
in the intervals between working hours.
when his lotg, gaunt figure would be
Stretched at ease, and he would jK-ur
out stories, anecdotes and bits of mimic
ry till the crowd around him was help
less with Jaugnter,
In one town, where he stopped four
weeks to build a fiatboat, there was pre
served and pointed out for many years
a peeled log, called Abe s P g. whereop
he and his listeners used to sit lounging
and whittling in the summer evenings.
So irresistibly funny were the yarns that
Aba told there that, said the narrator,
who wd to be one cf the Tpoys, "when
evtr he'd d up in hia unexpected way
the boys on the log would whoop and
roll off."
The result of this appreciative frto
tion, constantly repeated, was that Abe's
log, so long as it was in existence, dis
played a polish like a mirror from one
end to the other. louth s Companion.
Ghot I'uU Ula Feut la It.
There was tm amateur theatrical r-
formaiM-e a few nights ago in a fashion
able mansion on Austin avenue, (ins
De Smith was cneagtd to play the
Ghost iu "Hamlet"
"Now, Gus," said the manager, "all
in the world vou have to do is to come
in and say, '1 am thy father's ghost,
and you must do it in a deep, sonorous
voice.
Gus said he wanted some bard part
whe re he might have a chance to spread
himself, Lut finally agreed to do as he
was told.
When the Ghost's turn came, he
spoiled the tragic effect of the whole
performance by saying, "I am thy fa-
thtr'j ghost, aud yoa must do it in
deep, sonorous voice." Texas Sifter.
What Do You Know?
A Grt Deal Dapanda on Knowing
lie niont i ping orpatimes.
pp jrou know all about your kidneys
Do yog know their real functions
A school bojr writrt in composition
"We could not live without kidnm."
He might add, some don't live with them.
The man who "doesn't know be hu
Kidneys
May be sure his are In ro-d order.
The man who knows he has them,
Has been told so by his kidneys.
Sick kidneys ta'.k right through the
bound kidneys nrrer complain.
Tlie kidneys filter the blood.
If filtered through sick kidneys, the
blood is sick.
Sick blood means uric poison.
Means urinary derangement, means dia
betes. Means Bright' Disease means Death.
Do you know the silver lining to that
cloud?
There is one covering its entire field.
Doan's Kidney Pills are the sunny side
Of every stage of kidney miseries
And perfect masters of their diseases.
We give you a case of knowing the
right thing.
Mr. John H. KenneHvnwfcfos In Washington.
IV, at 2M North Main Mm. He tuts been
Ilutrshpnrror ireeountTfnradoxeiirran.
tavi be: "I hare been a wAvrer for some um
fn with kidney complaint. I bar a pain
aero the small of my bark near the hips.
Il was more were monuitr ana eveninr f
would rite in the mominr feellnras though I
oaa not nad a night's re al aiL I mioed
an advertisement of Doan's Kidney Pi'.ls. and
I procured a bnx. They have ln me a
rn-ai aeal or (rood I rem
etter at nlvht ati
in i
i ct feel belter in everv wv kiu I
takir tiem. Am steadily improving and
exrvettosoonhereMnrl to nv normal con
ation. I would gladly nrommend Doao's
Kulney Pills to any one suttrrins; from any
lonn or kidney eomplaini. I bare known
others who ue them and imt as biahlv of
their merit as I feel that I can." J
Dnan's Kktaev Pills are for sale by all deal
em. price 60 cent rr box. Mailed by Foster
Milburn Uo, BuCalu, X. Y, uA mgema fur
the l.'. a.
BEWARE IN TIME.
SCIATICA
TO
ST. JACOBS OIL.
The PoSvAge Came High.
"Do tell me all about Nell's wed
ding," said the girl in the crash suit.
'Did it go off well ? aud how"
"Oh, teiitiful!y," cried the girl in
the white frock. "My dress w as per
fectly lovely, my gloves were an ideal
fit and my hair kept its curl as well as
I was only attending an old maid's
tea party."
How nice. But tell me all altout
NelL Wa she-"
"She wxs horrid. Actually wanted
me to help her dress for the ceremony
as if I hadn't my bridesmaid's toilet
to think of. I am afraid that dear
Nell is too selfish to make a really good
wife."
"Then she w ill naturally have an
unselfish husband, dear."
'Perhaps so. Oh, it was delightful
to walk up the aisle feeling that every
eye was fixed on "
"Yes, I know. P.ut tell me how did
Nell get through the ceremony?"
'I really don't know. My mind
was full of the one awful thought that
I was standing with my back to all
those people, while there was no tell
ing but that my gown was crumpled
after that long drive to church."
"Oh, probably it was all righL Was
Nell's gown "
"And wasn't it toa bad that Harold
was out of town and unable to see me
in my lovely new dress."
'Oil, well, you can send him a
photograph."
"Not unless be aiologizes."
"For what going away?" But then
even an engaged man must attend to
business."
"It wasn't only that; it was his
sulequent liehavior. You see, I
wanted him to share some of the fes
tivities, so l sent him a box of wedding
cake. You should have seen the letter
I got in return."
"But ierhajs it di.-aTeed with him."
"It wasn't that. You know, I
thought it would be nice to w rite him
a sweet little note and slip it in the
bottom of the cake box so that when
he had eaten it all he would have a
pleasant surprise."
"Good gracious, do you mean to say
that you gave the Ids. away and never
knew "
"No, I don't. The well, the truth
is that those horrid, mean Post Office
employes actually ojiened the box and
found the not! Oh, how 1 do dcrpi-e
such prying inquisitiveiiess! Not satis
fied with that, they"
"Goodness, can can they send you
to jail for violating the i.tal laws'."'
"No, they can't. But they actually
made Harold pay letter jostage on the
lox liefore they would give it to him !
Four square inches of wedding cake
cost him ju.-t H- j"; and now he he
says that he is afraid that I am n-uot
economical enough to make a g-gotnl
wife for a poor man! After I had put
the note in the box to save extra post
age, too T' Chicago Times-HeraUl.
In a recent letter to the manufactur
ers Mr. W. F. Benjamin, editor of the
Spectator, Bushford, N. Y., says: "It
may be a pleasure to know the high
esteem in which Chamberlain's medi
cines are held by the jieople of 3-our
own State, where they must le lest
known. An aunt of mine, who resides
at Dexter, Iowa, was about to visit lue
a few vears sinoe, and liefore leaving
home wrote me, asking nie if they
were sold here, stating if they were not
she would bring a quantity with her,
as she did not like to I without
them." The medicines referred to are
Chamberlain's Cough liemedy, famous
for its cures of colds and croup; Cham
berlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism,
lame back, pains in the M-lc and chert,
aud Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Bemedy Air liowel com
plaints. These medicines have leeii
in constant ue in Iowa for almost a
quarter of a century. The ieop!e have
learned that they are articles of great
worth and merit, and uncqualcd by
any other. They are for sale here by
Benford's Pharmacy.
Statesmen and Politicians.
"What we need," be said oracularly,
"is fewer oliticians and more states
men." She looked at him admiringly, as if
wondering how- one man could know
so much.
"What's the difference letween a
statesman and a politician, Edward?"
she asked at last.
"The difference ?" he exclaimed.
"Yes," she replied quietly.
"Oh, yes, of course the difference,"
he said iu an easy, otX-haiid way.
"The difference is all -ah. Why,
you ought to know that."
"But I'm afraid I don't," she return
ed. "You know, I'm only a woman."
"Of course, of course."
"My idea," she went on, hesitating
ly, "would be that a statesman was the
one who didn't talk politics on the
street or at inappropriate times and
places and didn't try to make a fog
horn of himself every time a jKjlitical
subject happened t.i c mie under dis
cussion, while a politician"
"I I think you're right," he inter
rupted, and somwhow he couldn't help
wondering all the rest of the day
whether she had been taking a long
range shot at him.
Sent it to His Mother in Germany.
Mr. Jacob Isl'iiscii, who in in the
employ of the C'hhgo LuniU-r Co., at
Din Moines, Iowa, say: "I have Just
aent some medicine back to my mother
in the old country, that I know from
personal use to be the Ust medicine
in the world for rheumatism, having
used it In my family for several years.
It is called CbumU rlain's Pain Halm.
It always does tlie work." 50 cent
bottles for sale by Denford's Fhamiacy.
mollna.
Dr. Coke, at one time chaplain of
Greenwich hospital, was, according to
James Payn, "a chore himji of the
tawny port wine school. " When called
in to minister to one of the patient on
bis deuthbed and finding him perturbed
as to hut ghostly welfare, he com fur ted
bini by saying: "Don't concern yourself
about that, my dear fellow. Tliat 's uiy
jdLur. "
Lla-itations of Ilercdity.
Men an' the kind of husbands ti-at
their wivf-j -jike them. No man wai
bom a husb iud, it should Le remeu-brr. i
a.1 fn,i intiu-il .15. .i . j . -. -tw . 1, TC
and moles, bat they duu't inherit wive.
Atchison Glebe-
Cholera morbus, cholera inf.mtuQi,
diarrhoea-dysentety, mid all those
other deadly eneiiiis to ' t.ie little ones
are infallibly cured by Dr. 1'owhr's
Ext. of Wild Straw'jtrry.
me first acnla twinge of
IS THE
WARNING
DELAY. AND THOSE TWINGES MAY
TttiST VOU LEO OUT OF SHAPE.
Succored by Gen. Harrison.
S. B. Boltoruton, who died at Shelby
ville, Ind., WedueHdiy night, was a sol
dier iu the Seventieth Indiana, Cieueral
Harrison's regiment. One day when the
army was on a forced march from Dalton
to lUesca, Mr. lUjbertson fell by the way
side ou aerouot of wounds and sickness.
The march was a tiard one, no person
having the time to stop and care for a
lone comrade. After lieiug alone for some
time a horseman came galloping along,
and seeing a private in a ditch with his
kunpack on and his gun by his side, be
stopped aud got oil' his horse to see what
he could do for th sutTerer. The pros
trate form had but little life remaining,
but the olticer gave him a drink, poured
but in in his wounds, bound them up, and,
assisting him on the horse, walked and
carried the guu arid knapsack. The rider
was General Penjamin Harrison. When
Harrison visited Shelbyville in lTii Mr.
Ujbcrtson erected a triumphal arch
across the street. Iu the middle of the
arch was perched Mr. BobcrtMoti's daugh
ter, who showered ruses on (Jen. Harri
son as he passed beneath her.
A Eecord of Crime.
Statistics compiled by the lioard of
charities show that from 177S to 1S.W, in
clusive, ' persons were hanged in
Pennsylvania. Of these suffered the
penalty of death for high treason, 8 for
roblx-ry, 1-1 for burglary, 3 for assault, 1
for arson, 4 for counterfeiting and 7 for
unknown offenses. On April i. 17m, the
death penalty was alolihed except for
murder of the first degree. The- greatest
number of persons hanged in any year
was in 1S77, when hi were executed, in
eluding six Mollie Muguire in Schuyl
kill county and four in Carlton. The
past 20 years the nuinlier of executions of
murderers in the state reached Hi Of
these Si expiated their rrimen on the
gallows in l-77. ls7S ami 1"7!. Before lS'J-1
hangings took place in public, and since
then in jail yards or corridor.
The number of persons tried iu the
courts of Pennsylvania last year was 17,
4'!', a devreuoe as compared with the
previous year of 1S70. The number ol
convietiona was 4,417, a decrease of
The amount of recognizances forfeited
was f J04,3y.oo, an iucre of over &1.0U
Possibilities of JonrssUsm.
During the past two weeks "The Phil
adelphia Presa" haii given a striking ob
ject lesson of what the public may expect
from a great national newspaper. Al
though opposed to the principles which
Candidate Bryan represents, "The
Press" is the only newspaper published
In Pennsylvania which has printed ver
batim reports of all the candidates'
speeches. The ai-hieveineiit was accom
plished by the addition .f columns and
pages to its space, so that, with what all
the candidates hae had to say, "The
Press' has given, from day to day, all
the other news of the world in the com
plete form for which it is f.mious.
This jKlicy, "The Press" announces,
will le continued. The campaign has
already become the most remarkable In
the history of the nation. The full and
fair reorts of "The Philadelphia Press"
will be among iu chief incidents.
Sherman's Fin Points.
There are two beautiful KinU in Sher
man's speech that ought to l kept before
tlie people. One is that Thomas Jefferson
was guilty of the crime of the century in
ordering as he did in 1SJ the discontinu
ance of the coinage of silver dollars, his
order remaining in force for . years, all
through tho most celebrated liemocratic
administrations of Mouroeand Madison
sndAcurrw ju kmiii. it silver was so
holy a metal for the people, why did not
Jackkou order dollars to be coined and
kiuash the banks with them? Sherman
gives names and dates and words and
votes, showing the silver states' senators
and representatives were for the awful
centennial crime of 1S73 and Sherman
voted against the obnoxious regulation.
Itrooklyn Standard-I'n ion.
Fleatr of Squirrels.
The squirrel season in this State open
ed yesterday. Reports from the sur
rounding districts are to the etrei-t that
the lively little loi g tailed animals w ill
be very nuuieroua this year. A promi
nent local hunter said yesterday that
every person from the country he hiia
met informed him that youi:g siiirrels
are more plentiful this season than for
years.
ne reason for the increase this year is
due to the fact that uiast is more atun
dant this teascn than for the past 'JO
years. The oak tree are well supplied
with acorns aud there are no trees r
bushe thnl liear fruit that are not loaded
down. This Is a great attraction for
squirrels and it is known I hut the ani
mals migrate from one part of the coun
try to the other. In some n.ai.ncr or an
other the little animals use a sort of tele
phonic communication lictwceu each
other. If the nuts and acorns are not
plentiful iu the secti-m inhabited, the
squirrels hnve been known to swim
rivers, rnn fem-es and in different ways
travel to the land of aluindauce. It is ex
peeted that quite a numlier of foreign
squirrels will find their way to Western
Pennsylvania this year, and the shooters
will have a better season than they have
had for many years.
Ton Can't Afford to Ba Without it.
We are introducing for the first time in
this community one of the greatest in
ventions ever produced, and one that is
appreciated by every housekeeper.
Thrr are thixnnit. in ilnily t.w
thniffhiit the I'uitnl State and it gives
universal and perfei-t satisfaction wher
ever it has liecn introduced. It is a com
bination Flour or Meal Bin, Sifter, and
Spice Kei-eptacle, all in one article. It is
made from imported tiu plate, substan
tial, durable, Japaned and baked, mak
ing the finest finished piece of kiti-hen
furniture ever placed on the market.
Where teitnntA are nxetl il is especially
adapted, as they are usually careless and
w aateful. It s ia absolutely proof against
i;ipHfJH, a-'Mr, mice, rtf.i, roaches and
insects of all kinds that infest the kitch
en. It does away all old barrels, boxes,
bins, sacks aud tiu cans alrewn around
the shelves and' kitchen.
Our company 1 a reliable aud respon
sible concern, represented .by curtcoiis
and gentlemanly salesmen, who will
make a thorough canvass ot this vicinity.
We sell our goods strictly ou merit, and
you will not he insisted upon to buy lie
cause you are kind enough to examine;
our object is as much to introduce and
get It liefore the public as to make sales.
We have iu our employ only men who
are gentlemen in every respect and
memliers of good families, and who will
conduct themselves as such.
Kindly requesting the public to exain
iuc our article when our salesman call, I
am
Very truly yours,
W. S. Mkrciiant,
Manager.
Joseph Iinhoff, Agent, Berlin, Pa,
Er. Echaeffer Kot for Silver.
Pittshurvh IMsptitt-h.
Ir. Scbaetl'er, Superintendent of Public
Instruction, is lieinocrat, but not of
the silver kiud.
in you vote tue ticket 7 ' I ques-
. .
'I pay cut
$."i,.V0,0UO of the State's
money for tthcols every year, and I
think too much of onr school system and
the welfare or the children to have the
districts receive a depreciated currency,
&1 rents for a dollar," w as the signifi
cant rr ply. The u t tor said co more. It
w as enough.
SOU F.BS FT MAUKET BEI'OBT,
cwaaavTKU s tkiLi ar
Cook & Beerits,
Wednrvbn, April 28 ISM.
rprr im 11...
Appl'-s J dritsl.
' Irvaporatrd &i
Apple butu-r, per
.Hie
M to
IX
. lilC
-Mr.
1 roil. M-r iu
ButU-f.K frvh per B
Icnuim rji mt tt .
IScvawax. per lb .
.country hum. -r tb
,.-,. J UKrcur.sj uiu, pr ...
1 sl-lc. ix? r tt .
a to I'Je
.11 lv li' J
; u
.T to
i.j
!jc
..Jt
' shoulder, ptr t.. .
iilkMiy. per bus
I.luut, pi-r
rfrn Jr'u Ir "
lto JUC
Cement. jnianj, tMrr bui S..O
Comment, per lb .
t-ttCS per uo " . i
KUh. lake hcrriu !;- -"---.,.!
Honey, white clover, per
Uird, per tt l"5
Mine, pcrlM. - fl-1
MohiMHK, N.O., per tfal "
Inioiiis per hu ' " -""e
I'oluloe. ier I'll Ji 10
Feat-hen, evaporall, per ID to l-e
Prunes, per to iu ut i.ie
. 1., r iii ji.i
l'lttwhurx, perbbl l.W
Liairy. bus narks -
- ' - " :r
i bus snckH. .!-
ground alum, ltd lb ?uck.4... M
I r.utple. per 6 tosr
I im iMrt-4 yellow, im t
Salt,
Sugar.
wliiu-, A. -r -
I trniiniLHl.it. l r t
( ul- or pulverised, per ..
Syrup, j ,,,., ."r"gi . tow
Stoneware, j;iiloii. J
T-llow, per - X Ui.jC
Vinegar, i-r gal -SJ to :
I liinoitiy, per bun !"-.
I clover, per bus.... $.tJ0 to a.
Seed I,. " rrtiiimtn, per bus.... 4.i
I " uifallH, per bus
alH.vke, per but 7.-tO
Millet, tiennan, -r bus
I barley, wbite liennlleiM, per bus. l-2
)tu kwlit-m. per bu.
corn, enr. per bun to tV
- shelled, per bus to 4-c
i out, per lms. to :S
i rye. -r bus
A Keed j wheal. er bus Too
I brun, i r lm 1
Icoru ami mU chop, per b lis.-..
Hour, roller proo-ss, per bbl fi'ii
opring patent anil fancy
blirh Rrade........ H.W to U
Hour, lower 11n.de, per 1 lut $liii-i
I lute, ner Po ts !
EXXSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
EASTERN STANDARD TIMK.
IN EFf ECT MtY 20, 1895.
OOSDEXSED SCHEDCLJt.
Train arrive and depart from the station a
Jolinalown as follows :
wesTwako
Went era Ex press "3
a. m.
Southwestern Kx prem
JobUHtown Aceomiiiodiition S:"i7
' Aceolumotlalion M)
Piielflc Expre -4
Way 1-ai.sentj.er .vi "
Mall 5:1 "
Fast Line sw p. iu.
Jobnslown Accoinmo-lnliou.. trUA) "
EASTWARD.
Atlanlie K.xprv
Km ii bore Kxprewn
Ailoona Ara-ouiriiodation.....
Kxpr- -
Main Line Kxpres
54 a. m.
i "
S:M "
ti- "
10: IS
Allisina Aceoiiiinodatioii
J3rt p. m.
Mail Kxnr.iw :!!
JohnMown Aeeomuiodaliou S:
Pbilailelphia Lx pruts T:IS
Fat Line tool)
For raten, m
nm, Ar.,CHllonTtrket Auentsor1
K. Wall. P. A. W. 1) .iiO Kiltli
address TIhm.
Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.
i. M. Prev.iKt,
Oeu. MauaKer.
J. R. Wood.
Ueu'l Paaa At
CONDENSED TIME TABGS.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Somerset and Cambria Branch.
SOUTHWARD.
Johnstown Mail Exprvna. fUirkwond 7:00
m, rnmeriet SHi, Sioyestown t.-U, Hoov-
ersvillr lonw, Jolinstown 11:10.
Johnstown Mail Kxpr. Rorkwood 1 1 -of, a
ni., Nmirnri il::' stoyestown 11:., tioov
ersvlile 11IS, Johnstown UVo p. ni.
Johnntowu Areommoitatlon. Rockwood rK)0
p. m., Somerset stoye!own ii3, Uuov
ersville klM, Johnstown H.jkX.
Daily.
SOCTUWABD.
11.11 T..V.. ....... - 1 r .-n ..111. .
Stoyetown s:-(, Hoiiierxrt r: Korkwood
Express. Johnstown 2:1(1 p. m- HoorerTllIe
i ii, Stoyexlowu &12, Homerset .1:4, Kocb
wood S.-UX
Sunday Only. Johnstown 7:0, Somerset S:V2
KuctiWHl Kla.
YOUR EYE!
Wewantto catch It!
F.VERY FARMER in Somerset County
who has a cord of II em link Bark or a
Hide to dispose of w ill find that the COX
FLL'KXl'E TAXXF.KY Co.. w ill pay the
highest cash prices for the same. Write
for quotations to
WIXSLOW S. COBB A CO..
Confluence, Pa,
Salesmen Wanted
on Falnry, in sell' Pennsylvania crows Xos
wry Moi-k. whirh Is the hut latfctwsrM. All the
new r.perlal1teii as well as the imidur'! varie
ties of Fruits II Ornansr ftralt- A Aim outfit fur
nished ami all traveling expenses uuid. Snla-
ry dat-s from day work la i-oiiiinenred. Wnie
for tennis slating age.
Hoopea, Bro. 4 Thomas,
Maple Avenue Nurseries, West Chester, Pa.
mm
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ONLY PERFECT
FOR
For Sale By
J.
B. HOLDERBAUM,
Somerset Pa.
vnn r am vmw this
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a il in IIttsbi-k-h "t Ibe A4ert in hureau at
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THE
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MEDICINES.-:- x
It is Just a Important to Hefure
FRESH, PURE DRUGS,
At it is To Have ConjUleitce
Tliem.
AT SNYDER'S
You are always sure of getting the
Carefully
TRUSSES FITTED
All of the Beat and Most Approval Trusses Kept In Afe,
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
OPTICAL GOODS.
GLASSES FITTED TO SUIT THE
SIGHT
JOHN N.
Somerset,
Louther's Drug Store!
Main Street,
This Model Drag Stcreis
Favarits with
FBESH . AHD .
Medicines, Jye Stuffs, Sponges, Trusi
Supporters, Toilet Articles,
Perfumes, &c.
TBI OOCTO G1VIS TTHBOX AL ATTCSTIOS TO THE COlSPOO DlXd Of
LoiMs PrescristiODSl Family M$
eXAT CARS BKIKO TAKES TO VIE
SPECTACLES,
And a Full Line of Optical Goods always on Land. From rA
large assortment all can be suited. t
THE FIHEST BBAEDS OF CIGABS
Always on hand. It is always
to intending purchasers, whether they buy
from us or elsewhere.
J. M- LOUTHER M. D.
MAIN STREET
Somerset Lumber Yam
ELIAS CUNniSrGHAM,
llAlSVPAeTCRER AUD DEALER AXD WHOLESALE AXD RETAILER OF
Lumber and Building Materials.
Hard and
Oak, Paplar, Kidlnc,
Walnut, Yellow Pine. Flooring.
Cberrj, febing!?. Door.
Lath, Hhlte rine Blinds,
A grnera! Unof aU gradrsof Lumber and
stock. Also, can furnish anTthlng In the line of oar businen to order wtui rwur
ble prumptneaa, such.as Bracketa, odd-sixed.work,etc
Elias Cunningham,
Offlcf and Yard Opposite 8. t C L
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TO BCY YOUR
Tlemorial Work
or
W. F. SHAFFCR,
80MEK.SKT, PE.NN A.
Manufacturer of and Dealer In
Eastern Work Furnished on Short Notice
im u iiioiiiK mi
Also, Agent for the WHITE BRONZE !
Persons In need of Monument Work will
find it to their Interna to call at my shop
where a proper showing will be give thetn.
a"Xatilarlion guaranteed in everr case, and
Prices very low. 1 Invite special aiunUoa ta
a
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j
rodtfid by PiT. W. A. Ring, as a dtcldxi
niproUMut tn the polut of Material and
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popular Monunieut for oar euaagaabl til
male. Cilve us a tmll.
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freshest medicine PREC'p.Ipxjfjr
Compounded.
EYES. CALL AND HAVE YCH-1
TESTED. .
SNYDER,
Pal .
Somerset, Pa. j
Rapidly Bsccnhg afc?
Psfiflla in Search ef I
PURE . DRUG
OULT FRESH 15D PURE ARTICLE.. I
EYE-GLASSES, I
a pleasure to display cur
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Soft "Woods:
Pickets, nocUi
(Sash. Star RaiV
Balasten. Chralnait
Aewel Posita, l ie. f
BulldltiE Material and Roor.nep'iite t--i 4
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