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Peter Fink THE KEELEY CURE Is special boon t businest men who, hsrinr drifted unconncioU9y Into the drink habit and aa aken to find the diseawof alooholiaai fastened upon tbeuv rendering them unfit to manage af fairs requiring a claar braia. A four wcU course of treatment at the PTTTSBCRa KEELEY INSnTLTE. No. 4246 FifUi Aveiioe, rutnua to then all their powers, mental and physical, douoya tha abnormal appetite, and resiorea them to the condition ther were In be fore they indulged ln stimulants. l"h is has beea oonein more than Iflno case treated here, and morif them tocie of jour own neighbors, to whom we can refer with confidence aa lo tb bvilnte safety and efficiency of ttie Keeler Oire. The fullest and most searrhlnsr investiratioa to n vlted. bead tot paaifrkt auvloc full lulunna lioa. jj aw V 22. A A A A A Begin Work Early !l" if yoa want to. bat yoa wont hare to work late anyway, If you use Sunlight Soap -ill because It washes clothes quickly. 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TftADK MARiCt. DCSICM PATENTS, COPVRIOHT8. eteJ F tn format Ion and fr Handbook write lo MUNN CO, isl BoiiwtT. w Yoac C'ldest burema fnr seeurng pspnts la America. Lverr nu r t laki-a out t o la broucht b-fnre ca rtii4lotajUoesleBfxeot charge la lae Ia ste! 1 1(1 oTsbj rlentlSepaoermtbe yror.lL Kplcnlallr IllUjiriUxl. ho liitellureiis tnaa sbooM Ls wIUkmu Iu Weekly. sa.OOa T-rt $lMi tnontlia A'4 , HONS UO,. txLiiats.al iiiuadwaj'M York City. IMPOST AST TO ADTEKTISEIIS. The cream of the eotiitrj papers ia fotmd ia Eeminpu c'a Courty ?eat LUta. Ehrewd arerujerB avail themaelrea of the lists, a eery of wlrich can be hsd of Bemingtm Brafci of lei York J1-burs. ti X XML ! Mrs MM A HLI--w wj kJ VNV a . r oilier SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEaMBER 11. 189G. UNANSWERED. Why Is It the tender feet must tread the roiiKhcst road ? Why U It the wotket back must carry the heaviest load, While the f'-et that are surest and firmest have the smooth t paths to go. And the back that Is st lightest and strongest has never a burden to know? Why Is it thc'.hrightcxticyes are the ones soon dim with tears? Why is It the lightest heart must ache and ache for years. While the eyes that are hardest and coldest shed never a bitter tear. And the heart that Is smallest and meanest lias never an ache to fear? Why Is it that those who are saddest have always the (rayext laugh? Why Is it those who need not havealways the "bissost half," While those who luive never a sorrow have seldom a Millie to give. j And thone wli.i want Jtit a little must strive l . .. i ... ... . . - . uuu iiruK8ie to liver Why is It the noblest thought are the oiun t hat a re never ex pressed ? Why is it the granda-sl deeds are the ones that an- never confessed. While the thoughts that are like all others are the ones we always U-II, And the deeds worth little praise are the ones that are published well ? Why Is It the sweetest smile has for IU sister as!Kh? Why is it the strongest love Is the love we always pass by, While the smile that is cold and Indifferent Is the smile for which we pray. And the love we kneel to and worship is only common clay? Why Is It the friends we trust are the ones who always betray ? Why Is it the Hps we wish to kiss are the lips so faraway. While close by our side, if we knew it. Is a friend who loyal would be. And the lips we ml),' lit have kissed are the lips we never see? Why Is it the things that we can haveare the things we always refuse? Why Is it none of us live the lives. If we could, we'd choose ? The things that we all can haveare the things we always liate. And life seems never complete, no matter how long we wait. Newbury port (Mass.) Herald. AX EXTAXGLEMEXT. There wan a delightful perfume in the room, ami for a few moment Mr. Ovey faueied that the operation had been fatal, and that, contrary to his expectations and the opinion of his friends, he had parsed from this earth. Even his glance with half-oiieiied eyes at the pretty nurse did not destroy the fancy, for she might well have been an angel if angels have ruddy golden hair, big, forgetmeiiot eyes, clear, col orless skin and coquettish, white caps. A moment later he saw the foot of the bedstead and gave a sigh. Nurse Greenhalgh Hetty Green halgh jumped up. "Oh, I'm so glad," she said in an eager whisper. "It va.i a splendid success, and you'll soon be as sound as a roach. It was a most elegant opera tion." Mr. Ovey sighed again a happy sigh. "And I'm really alive and go ing to get well?" "Itather. You will be out and about in no tine." "How jolly!" he said. "It's a jolly thing to be alive." They lth laughed quietly. "What a lovely scent !' he said. "Yes," she answered, "it comes from the flowers. What friends you must have! We've enough fruit and flowers to stock Coven t Garden with." A contented smile, with a gloss of vanity on it, played on his white face a face handsome in cut of feature, kindly iu expression, with a sugges tion of weakness iu the mouth that was slightly blurred by age early middle age. "One doesn't know how many friends one has or how few till something se rious happens." She nodded. "Hut, oh," she re marked, "I'm afraid that you've been a terrible flirt." "No. I protesL" "Hush ! You must not tire yourself. Go to sleep." The nurse came to the head of the bed, rearranged the pillows gently, !oured something into a glass and gave it to him, aud he went to sleep imme diately. She stood still tor awhile looking thoughtfully at his pleasant face aud then crept away. Her arm as she passed a table grazed a splendid martin ware jar that held some lovely rosea. She frowned, yet certainly she was not hurt in the least. Herbert Ovey slept like a judge on a summer afternoon. He did not awaken until next morning. "Are there any letters?" he said to Nurse Greenhalgh when he had finish ed his breakfast, before which his man had managed a sort of picnic toilet for him. "Oh, a lot," she answered, "and all from ladies. Oh, you but doctor said you were to see no letters till further orders." "It doesn't matter. They're only 2lite inquiries of no importance." Miss Hetty smiled, and with a little frown said, "More fruit and flowers have come. See here." She handed him a splendid bunch of lilies. He glanced at the card attached to it by a white silk ribbon. Ou it was written: "With ardent hopes for a speedy re covery. From Mary." "Who is Mary?" he asked. "I don't know." "I'm sure I don't," replied the nurse rather tartly. "Look at the back of the card; see, 'Stonewall Cottage, Wey bridge.' " "Why, it's Mrs. Dower." "Then she called here three times and wanted to come up and see you," said Hetty, "and said she'd a right to." "Oh, bother the woman," answered the invalid. "Look at these wallflowers and for getmeuots, 'With Kate's kindest wish es. From liidgmount Mausions.' " "That's Mi-s Hemming. H:u she"' "Oh, j"ce, tine's called. There's Ut-n a flock of thorn Miss Campbell, Miss Goring, Miss Suiythe, Miss Johnson, as well as your w idow and Kate and I've had such trouble, and two of them came together aud glxred atone anoth er, and they've tried to bribe John to show tiieru up here, and one of them, a girl with tousled hair, was awfully rude and ottered uie But good gracious! j What's the matter?" j He looked as if he had just aeea a ' ghost or a whole ahoal of ghosts. set ESTABLISHED 1827. "Great Scott f he gasped. "The letters !" "The letters ? What letters ?" "The letters I wrote. Ring for John." "Calm yourself," she said as she rang. "Calm yourself' "You don't know. It's too fearful!" John entered. "Here, John the six letters I wrote just liefore the operation and told you not to jiost unk-ss I unless it went wrong." "Yes, sir." "Don't say yes, sir, you idiot! Where are they?" "Oh," interrupted the nurse, "I saw some letters ou the desk. I thought they'd been forgotten and posted them.' "Merciful heaven!" groaned the patient. "You've ruined me! And he fell back fainting. Herbert Ovey was one of the lucky children of fortune. His father was a builder, with an average knowledge of building, and had as partner a brother gifted with a genius for finance. I!y daring speculation iu land in the city aud ingenious, almost rash, ma neuvering of other people's capital they had built a magnificent collection of wan-houses, so d the ground rents, paid off the mortgages and realized a large fortune, his share of which he invested very soundly in house prop erty iu a rapidly growing suburb. Herbert, an only child, had been brought up luxuriously, aud after a fairly successful career at Ktou and Cambridge became an able member of the bar not absolutely idle, for he got a small rating practice owing to his father's constant lights with the assess ment committees. The fortune came to Herbert when he was 30, and during the next niue years he passed a pleas ant life, spending his 10,000 a year in traveling, hunting, fishing, buying bibelots and pictures. Society, iu the popular sense of the term, he avoided on account of the husbaud hunting tactics of mothers and daughters, for he held matrimony in horror since he had noticed how little happiness his father had got out of the life in which the "poor old boy" was cruelly hen pecked. Yet when Herbert was approaching his forty-first birthday he began to feel lonely, to wonder whether, after all, it was not worth while to run the risk of getting a bad wife iu the chance of se curing a good one. So he took a house in Park lane and soon bad abuudant opportunities of studying the girls and women likely to accept a charming, well educated, interesting man and 10,000 a year. Most of them fell out of the running quickly. The residue were the half a iloxa already mention ed. The odds were from about 2 to 1 against the widow to 10 to 1 against Miss Campbell. Certainly the widow was very dan genius, aud upon two occasion, but for an interruption, Herbert would have proposed to her. In each case, after the danger had passe!, he felt uncer tain whether he was glad or sorry. It cannot be suggested that he was in lve with all or any of them, but his loueli ness and waut of human interest in life preyed upon him, and every one of the six had some charm or quality that appealed to him. Fortunately they belonged to differ ent sets. He was considered a flirt iu the literary circle, where he met Miss Hemming; in the artistic, where Miss Suiythe was famous; in the sporting, of which Miss Goring was a leader; iu the politicit-economical, over which Miss Johnson reigned; in the simply aristocratic, dear to Miss Campbell, and in the theatrical, which considered Mrs. Ilower a star. Yet none of his pursuers knew of a rival out of her own circle. Matters jogged along, his danger growing greater every day, till sud denly bis illness declared itself. It is needless to give any details of the mal ady which threatened his life and led the profession, after much discussion, to decide that he must undergo a severe operation. The family physician told him that, though the chances were in his favor, ho ought to make his will. The day before the operation he sent for his solicitor aud asked him to add a codicil to a will already made, as he wished to leave 1,000 to his old school fellow. When the lawyer asked him if there were any more legacies, he became thoughtful. He knew that Mrs. Bower would be disappointed if he died, and also that she was not rich. He felt too, that perhaps she might think he had trilled with her, so he said, "Put Mrs. Bower down for 2,000 free of L'gacy duty." "Any other?" inquired the solicitor. The thought of Miss Hemming came into his mind, then that of Miss Camp bell aud others, consequently he left 1,000 to each of them. When he was left alone, Mr. Ovey began to consider seriously what he had done. To his nicely sensitive feel iugs there seemed something of imper tinence in the matter. Moreover, he suddenly remembered that each would read of the other legacies and perhajw guess the rather comical truth. He would get contempt possibly hate instead of gratitude. Then a happy thought came to him a letter would set matters straight. He began by writing to Mrs. Bower. He mentioned the legacy; told her that twice he had meant to make a proposal but accident had stayed him; spoke pitifully of himself and the idea of dy ing without having tasted the joys of married life and wound up with tender hopes that she would cherish his mem ory. Then came the turn of Miss Campbell, but he was already tired of his task he hated letter writing so to save himself trouble he simply copied out M r. Bower's letter. Iu the eud he adopted the same course, with all the others. His conscience, quickened .by fear of the operation suggested to him that the letters were untrue, but he satisfied himself by the thought that really he was quite find of them all; so he ad dressed the envelopes, sealed up the letters, gave theiu to John and told hiiu not to post them unless he died of the operation. , When Mr. Ovey oatue round, be waa in a frantic state. He bad the let tern brought up and read them aloud grimly. All the six treated his letter aa an offer of marriage, subject to his recovery, and all accepted him. He burst iuto hysterical laughter at the idea of being engaged six deep, declar ed he would take the lot to Utah and marry them, and he suggested sarcasti cally that the nurse should join the party, as one more or less would make no dill't renee. He made the poor girl cry by his reproaches. He determined to die and said that it was his duty to his six fiancees to get himself buried, so aa not to give undue preference to any one. The upshot was that he became delirious, and for weeks there was hard ly more than an interval between him and death. Nature, aided by the wonderful nur siug of Hetty Greenhalgh, pulled him through. When he came to his senses a mere wreck of a man he found Hetty by the bed. She had grown hollow cheeked, and her eyes, by reason of the dark lines below, seemed larger aud more brilliant than before. For a week he said nothing of his troubles, the deliriuui seeming to have wiped them from his memory. He lay still, gaining strength rapidly, and apparently did nothing but gaze lan guidly at the pretty nurse, to whom, however, he rarely jK)ke. At the end of the time he suddenly made the remark: "Where are the flowers?" "What flowers? Oh," she said red dening, "they've left oil sending them or fruiL" He looked round the room. "Oh, but there are some pretty roses, aud I've just had splendid graies. Were they from Mrs. Bower?" "No, not from any of them." Noticing her blush, he said sharply, "Did you get them?" "Yes," she answered nervously. "Have you hired a van to hold the letters?" "It's hardly necessary." "Surely," he said, "my half dozen betrolheds have called ami written each day?" "They haven't called and have only written once since since that day. To tell you the truth, you're free." "FreeT' he said eagerly. He notic ed that she blushed again, and strange, vague thoughts jiassed through his mind. "Yes, free." "But how?" "I mustn't tell you yet" "But I will know." "Oh, no! Wait till you are stronger." John entered the room. "John, why do you walk like a fun eral mute? What's the matter."' "Do not tell him him," interposed Hetty. "I order you, John." "Well, sir, I think it's your ruin has drove oir the baggages begging your pardon, sir." "My ruiu?" Miss Greenhalgh opened her purse took out a newspaper cutting and read: " 'Be II. Ovey. A receiving order was made to-day against 11. Ovey. The debtor is of inJejietKient means and possessed of a, large amount of house property. His insolvency is at tributed to Stock Exchange specula tions. The assets are estimated at 00,000, the secured creditors are for 1.jO,000 and the unsecured lo7,(V".C., Oh, I can't go on, I'm so sorry.' " The sick man gravely said, "Bring me the letters." He opened them aud read one aflt-r the other. Miss Hemming expressed regret that reasons which she explain ed unintelligibly aud at great leugth caused her to withdraw. Miss Smythe hart mistaken mere sympathy for the love without which matrimony is in tolerable and felt that it would wrong him, her and another if she carried out an engagement entered iuto through vexation with "another," who had since been pardoned. Miss Johnson had changed her views after reading a certain novel, which she found ex cellent in principle if execrable in writing, and must decline the ofler of Mr. Ovey. Miss Goring was sure she could not give up hunting aud would le a useless burden as a poor man's bride. Miss Campbell's parents ol jected on the ground that his father had been in trade. Mrs. Bower alone came out well with a bold letter, say ing that she merely accepted him to give him pleasure and comfort when in danger, and of course withdrew as soon as he was out of it. "Oh, dear!" said Mr. Ovey. "To think that women are so" "Not women some women," inter rupted the nurse timidly. "Humph !" he replied. "A little while ago they were all after me, and now" "I don't think we are all so lad," she answered with some stress on the "we." "You don't? Do you fancy you could name a girl who would be true to a ruined man?" "No one," she responded, "unless he told her first that he loved her. You needn't feel my pulse. I am not your patient." He carefully adjusted his first finger on her wrist aud answered: "I'm cu rious to see. how it is working. I un derstand pulses. Now, if I told the girl that I loved her?" "Well, but you haven't" "If I say that I have Iain awake dur ing a week gazing at a beautiful girl who has nursed me from death to life, who is sweetness, gcxHluess and pur ity" "But you have not." "But I do, Hetty. Can you do you care about me?" She turned her head away. "The pulse is at fever pace," he said. "Isn't that au a:)ser?" she a-ked. "If you will, I'll get a wjh-cUI license. We can le married hers and then go to Kiviera." "A special license!'' site exclaimed. "Oti, the extravagance of poor people!" "Poor people! .Oh, the newspaper," he laughed. "That refers to my .cou sin Henry, you goose." "I am so glad I didn't know that I was mistaken." "So am I," answered Mr. Ovey. Edward F. Spnce, in Wiadsor Magazine. era Looking for the Treasury. As a Washington Star reporter cross ed Twelfth-st. the other morning on his way up Pennsylvania-ave. a man, like a hundred men one can nee in Washington any day in the week, and who cait uot always be detected until they name their play, stopped him. "Excuse me," he said, with a half familiar air, as if he had been used to asking people to excuse, "but can you tell me where the treasury building is?" It was such a relief to the reporter that he was not to be held up that he softened at once. "You're going the wrong way," he said; "it is back up the street." "Well, I'll liedinged," laughed the man, and turned around. "I reckon," he added, "that you wouldn't mind letting me walk ou the same si le of the street with you and kind of pipe me off when we get to the joint? I wouldn't know it if I saw it." This was a style not agrecalle to the reporter, but he couldn't well refuse a civil request like that. "Certainly, you may walk on the same side with me," he said, and start ed walking faster, the man half trot ting after him. "I reckon," he said, "there ain't any places along down here where a hun gry man could get a bit of victuals, is there? I haven't had a nibble since last night at supper." The reporter knew it was coming, and he wasn't surprised, but he thought to be struck for a whole meal was asking rather much of a stranger, so he hedged. "There's a place up street here two or three blocks where you can get a cup of coffee and a sandwich for a dime," he said tentatively. "I've wondered a good many times why it was a man had to go hungry in this world," said the man, "when he could get a filling for a dime or even less. Or go dry when beer was only 5 cents a glass." This was also to le expected, but the reporter couldn't exactly reconcile the philosophy and the beer. "May be," ventured the reporter, "it is because they haven't the price." . "There may be something in that," he admitted with apparent n-Iuctauce, aud then carefully rau his fingers through his vest pockets as if feeling for last week's salary. "Don't you think that most of those who have such hard luck deserve it?" said the reporter, w ho felt that if he was going to pay the bill he might as well get something for it. "I suppose tliey do; and still it ain't every jxior devil that starves because be ought to," and he hitched his trou sers at the belt and made as if he would get a little closer to the reporter. "Have you ever been hungry?" he asked with a wolfish suddenness. The reporter sighted a lunch place ahead and got his dime ready. "Well, no," he saitL "I can't say that I have been that hungry exactly." "Well, I am right now," laughed the man, "and I'm going straight up here to this hotel and get a four dollar breakfast. Come and go along with me. I guess I've got the price," and he took a roll of bills out of his inside pocket three inches in diameter, and the outside one had a capital C ou it, which made the reporter's eyes pop out so that he forgot all about the dime he had ready. The reporter thanked him and de clined. "Ta, ta, then," he said as he disap peared toward the breakfast. "I reck on that treasury building will stay where it is till I come back, but just the same I'll not hurry on that ac count." Consumption in its) advanced stages is beyond power of man to cure. It can be preveuted, though, by timely use of Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup, nature's own remedy for coughs and colds. The Yanderbilt Kaase. The handsome home of Cornelius Vanderbilt on Fifth avenue is receiv ing new decorations. Groups of classic figures are being carved upon the porte cochere. The dri veway reaches thi house by dipping under the massive porte co chere. About the columns which support the roof of this are now scaffolds upon which are models of classic groups of men, women and children. Stonecut ters, uuder the direction of a sculptor, are copying the figures with chisel and mallet upon the sides of the great ped estals which support the columns. The groups when finished will cover the sides of the pedestals, except ou those nearest the house. They are six in number and will be in bas-relief. Music, literature and art are some of the pleasures which the groups sym bolize. Each group will be an art gem itself. The house has long been regarded as one of the handsomest in America and is artistic within and without. Eveu the massive iron fence which sur rounds the grounds in which the house aits is a work of art and cost thousands of dollars. New York World- How ta Prevent Croup. SOMETHINtJ THAT WILL PROVE IX TKKESTIXG TO YOCXU MOTHERS. HOW TO GUARD AOAIXsT THE DISEASE. Croup is a terror to young mothers and to post them concerning the cause, first symptoms and treatment is the object of this item. The origin of croup is a common cold. Children who are subject to take it take cold very easily and croup is almost sure to follow. The first symptom Is hoarse ness; this is soon followed by a pecul iarly rough cough, which Is easily recog nized and will never be forgotten by one who has beard it. The time to act is when the child first becomes bourse. If Chamberlain's Cough Itemedy is freely given all tendeucy to croup will soon disappear. Even after thecroupy cough has developed it will prvveut the attack. There is no danger in giv ing this remedy for it contains nothing injurious. For -dt by Benford'a phar macy. 1c WHOLE NO. 2303. Lire Frogs in Bocks. The fable of the barnacle goose has long ago been discredited anil almost forgotten; but other fictions'of stoology are longer lived. We often hear to this day that a living frog or toad has been found byVjuarrymeu Imbedded iu solid rock, where it must have lain since the formation of the rock, count less ages agi. These statements have lieen widely believed, and even men of science have endeavored to account for them by saying that the frog and the toad are animals of singular powers of sustain ing life iu untoward conditions; thai they hiliernate during each winter, and that ou Icing enclosed in the rock per haps when actually hibernating they have simply continued their long sleep until the time of their release. Of course, the explanation is absurd; for, even in a state of hibernation, the wear aud tear of life, though reduced to the lowest possible amount, still continue, and must within a measur able time exhaust the animal econo my utdess nutrition by supplied. Be sides, all animals and the frog is no exception have a limited term of life, beyond which their existence can not endure; so that the very idea of au ani mal's surviving under any conditions through a period many thousands of times longer than nature allows to it is simply absurd. No doubt frogs have been found by workmen wh.-n removing rock from quarries, and no doubt the men have firmly lielieved that the frogs have lceu imliedded in the rock; but then, the workmen must have been mistak en. There was no need, then-fore, of a cruel experiment to prove what was al ready certain; lut the certainty lias nevertheless been established by sever al cruel experiments. The late Dr. Butland was at pains to bury a num ber of frogs alive. Some of them were irumur.'d iu stones; others in plaster; aud the result was that none of them survived thescsmd year of their sepul ture. Our Animal Friends. A Horrid Saperstitiaa. We ail know a horrid custom of the pa-t, which was that of human sacri fice ia conjunction with the erection of building or the construction of a bridge. It was supposed that no such supersti tion was discovered among the Dra-vido-Tibctan races, A correspondent writes to Nature that this belief does exist. There was a ridiculous story rife in Bengal not so long ago that the Queen of England, for some purpose unknown, wanted the heads of five children foru each village. All the villagers hid and were prepared to fight for their chil dren. It took months before the peo ple could Ihj made to believe how utter ly absurd was the story. After a while it was found out that the report of children having leen wanted arose from the fact that a foundation was to le built for a great railroad bridge. It wa discovered that among the people living in the ptst it had been the cus tom to sacrifice a victim when any thing of importance' in the way of building was undertaken. Then the stories of former ages, when these a'-ts were carried on, had not jassed away, and they remain in folklore. At least the drea I of the Iiengal coolies was lian-d on tradition. Something to Depend 0a. Mr. James Joues, of the drug firm of Jones & Son, Cowden, 111., in speaking of Dr. King's New Discovery, says that last winter his wife was attacked with La Grippe, and her ease grew so seri ous that physicians at Cowden and Pa na could do nothing for her. It see m ed to develop into Hasty Consumption. Having Dr. King's New Discovery in store, aud selling lots of it, he took a bottle home, and to the surprise of all she begau to get better from first dose, and half dozen dollar bottles cured her sound aud well. Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds is guaranteed to do this good work. Try it. Free trial bottles at J. N. Snyder's drug store, Somerset, or at Brallier's dmg store, lVrliu, Pa. Where the Telegraph Fails. There was a man w bo lived in Lon don many years ago who had once been elected member of parliament and never neglected an opportunity to emphasize the fact. He was quite au infidel as to new discoveries and the aew sciences, being perfectly satisfied that if the world should turn over all the water would spill out of his well and only giving in to steam locomo tives by slow degrees. But all the vials of bis contempt were poured out upon the idea of a tel egraph, and he was wont to say that nobody need try to come "the green" over him in th:.t w-ay, for he had been an M. P. Finally a highroad was built, and one day workmen began to put up telegraph posts right in front of his house aud to stretch the wire. His exultant neighbors promptly asked : "Well, old fellow, what do you think of telegraphs now ?" He was concerned, but died game. Drawing himself up an inch taller, he said : "Gentlemen, when I was in parlia ment, I gave this subject my very at tentive consideration, and I said then, as I say uow, that it may do for letters and small bundles, but it never will take a cotton bale never !" Pearson's Weekly. Old People. Old people who require medicine to regulate the bowels and kidneys will find the true remedy in Electric Bit ters. This medicine d tes not stimu late and contains no whisky nor other intoxicant, but acts as a tonic and al terative. It acts mildly on the stom ach and bowels, adding strength and giving tone to the orgtns, thereby aid ing Nature in the performance of the functions. Electric Bitters is an ex cellent appetizer and aids digestion. Old People find it just exactly what j they need. Price fifty cents and $1.00 j per bottle at J. X. Snyder's, drug store, jSoui Tsct, or at Brallier's drug store, I Berlin, Pa, Spain. When the young men of a country fly from it, to avoid serving it, a.s40,nif of them have fled from Spain ; when the Government of a country Is unable to borrow the money essential to it support, as Spain Is unable to Narrow the needed autu of ?i),0 )0,i W, when the army of a'ctMintry fails, after twen ty months of camptigning, to gain any success over a imdy of insurgents one-fifth its size, as the :?,) Spanish troops ia Cuba have failed ; when the Generals of a cuintry bring disgrace upon their military tith- by deeds of dishonor, as Weyler, Melgnizo, and other Span iards have brought it ; when a country represents oppression and corruption, as does Spain ; when it ex pends ail its strength in mad efforts to destroy the liUrtiesof its colon Lil sub jects, as Spain has vainly expended hers in Culia ; the ruin of that country must be at hand. Spain, once so proud, is perishing in disgrace. Once a conqueror, she has suffered, and yet suffers discomfiture. Once the richest country iu the world, she Ls uow impoverished. Once the ruler of America from Florida to the furthest south, site fights for the only remnant of it left to her, an outlying islauiL She sowed the wind arid reaps) the whirlwind. She went up like a rocket aud has come down like the stick. Yet Spain Is as supercilious and in solent as ever she was. When driven from Cuba and Poito Itico, her last foothol l in the New World, she will leave behind her there, as she left lie hind her elsewhere in America, a name to tie long and deeply detested. Ose Cot Two Baths- There is a family over on the West nide in which there Is a pair of tw in girls. They are years old, and resem ble each other so marvclou.-Iy that only the mother can tell w hich Ls Gladys and which Is Grace. OnSturlay night, jut bef re bed time, the motlwrr issued the order for baths. The older children took theirs, and along aliout 'J o'clock it was the turn of the twins. They were undress ed and waiting. The mother took Gladys into the bathroom and gave her a thi n ugh scrubbing. Then she allowed trie mile to play in the water a few moments, and after that put her ou the rug, dried her, powdered her au 1 put her nightie ou. Jui.t at that time the grocery boy came and the mother had to run down stairs and take provisions. After she had put everything away she came back, grabbed up a twin and took her to the buthnsiiiu The little girl did not say much. After she was bathed she scatuered back to her ledroom. Tuere was a whi-pert-t consultation between the twitia and they both be gan to laugh as loudly as they could: "What are you youngsters laughing at?" aked the mother, a.- she came in to the r'Mm. "Nothing," they protested between giggles. "But you are," insisted the mother. "Well," said Gladys, rolling about on the floor in merriment, "you gave me two laths and didn't give sister any." Butfalo Express. Catarrh MeanslDanjer, Because if unchecked it may lead di rectly to consumption. Catarrli ia caused by impure blood. This fact is fully established. Therefore, it is Use less to try to cure catarrh by outward applications or inhalants. The true way to cure catarrh is to purify the blood. Hood's Sarsapa rilla, the Jgreat blood purifier, cures catarrh by its pow er to drive out all impurit ics from the blooiL Thousands of people testify that they have been perfectly and per manently cured of catarrh by Hood's Sarsaparilla. Bnlin; Passion. "Yes," said the charitable lady vis itor, fussily, a.- she was being shown over the orphan asylum. "I should like to adopt a little boy, if you have sv many of them. Now, there is a very pretty oue, over there iu the corner. How a'oout him?" "Oil, he is not a good little boy at al!," replied th sMperintendent, dis coumgingly. "He is always getting into trouble. Why, he's b-.-eu marked down twic-i to-day!" "Marked down, you say?'' said the charitable lady visitor, quickly. "I'll take him." New York Journal. That Catarrh is a Local Affection of the nasa! passages, is a fact establish ed by physicians, and this authority should carry more weight than asser tions of incompetent parties, that ca tarrh is a bUxnl affection. Ely's Cream Balm is a local remedy, composed of harmless medicants and free of mercu ry or any injurious drug. It will cure catarrh. Applied directly to the in flamed membrane, ii'restores it to its healthv condition. 0a tha Ketired List. Among the political brioa-brae whi"h will now pass into disuse are these: "The enemy's country." Boy orator. Rabbits' hind feet. The record-breaking family of voter. Debs. Pitchfork Ti'ilman. "The crime of '7.V "The American peasantry." "Sixteen to one." Marion Butler. J. K. Jones. The Post's rubbish heap. Faked telegrams. "The por man's money." "The plutocrats of Wall-st." "Coercion." Tom Watson' letter. Wolfert's Boost. Pittsburg Chron icle Telegraph. The wife of Mr. Leonard Wells, of East Brimfield, Ma., had lieen suf fering from neuralgia for two days, not being able to sleep or hardly keep still, when Mr. Holden, the merchant there sent her a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm, anil asked that she give it a thorough trial. On meeting Mr. Well the next day he was told that she m all right, the pain had left her within two hours, and that bottle of Pain Balm was worth fl.OO if it could not be had for less. For sale at .") cents per bottle at 15eu ford's pharmacy. Gettiaj ia With Saint Iick. Mamma Freddie, you've Uen very gtxnl boy lately. I'm glad that you are hegtntiin to learn that we slrould do to others what we would have them do to us. Freddie (contemptuously) Learn ing nothing! If you want to know what I'm doing, I'm getting popular with Santa Claus. Harper.
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