Somerset Herald. TABU-HEDlS-7. nSof Publication Weduidy morning at f phM ' advance, otherwise ;.i be discontinued until :oDOin - t-o'- . ... viuovlr.f rrom . 4 ,,,( us the name of the form- ,u! present o""- -aare ISuHUibST. Pa. A1 tSlIlleret, I'SL ouiciM'W 1'eun'a. u r- l!"'r" '"" ,u-i.-u io uinciirt-will be t- ,.uii" uaiiny. L. W. .VAUvtiii. rt'.vL.vLK, : V- S. i'-lA W. ,tW il"1- slll..lt.----'-- somerset r. .... All- .1..M.-.U-i-i'1 sjuun.i. t, r&. , (, 11. .-t I'LL, " A1lt.l-Ar-UAW. isoiuerxcl, l'a. L w. i;ilkckek, Privet -i'lJeil -'urt ?("Ui ! lui.-N LY-AT-LAW, .sumtrvL, Pa. Somerset, Pa. T . . .. I 1' Ai i -'U-N 1. 1 SeA r-luA W , Llmiliiav, SMiiucrxet, Pa. Vriii i-.st.Ue. Wiil attend to ...i;j-u-ieu u au.iivtu prouipt- .iJc.;.. L li. HiL, . siuk'imi, l'a. t 0. KIMMLL, .niitrst't, Pa, t r ; aa.nmiii oU-.l-. Willi - l mm. M , .;j"tu iiitK'k, up siair. En- . ,M..u h.l-t-u t Nlt'CtaOllS r:.:ru!-Tu our ture will be MirvrVa. utii CUilVf VJilCil( L LAKIt, Ai LY-AT-LAVk , huiiii'N-t, Pa. Li- -iiiru!i. a lo una ni FFK"TH. W. U. RL'PPEL. A i Tuk-N t S-A'i K. W, !iii iel. Pa. -.r.r-ii!ni.:rd to tlrtrir care will be .!. '. (iuu. . ii..y ati,-ul-u !. utiioe '. (AKolHLi..-, M. D., l'HiiciA and L KutON, Somerset, l'a. r;r:"t i-;rrt, oj.poMie U. P J.j.iuSce. P. F. sJlAFFKIi, fHlU. axusfRGEOX, JjHH-n-t, Pa. " h: fr:f.:(inal wkw to Ibe citi-ui- i- ; Kil l VH-imty. uilice uirvr iV.-wt ;rtt-l. J. M. LOUTH Fit, FriVI. IAN and .-l -rueox, - Vax -.r-i t, rar of Lnaj store. H. KIMMELL, :. pri.:,.nili M-rvico to the cJtl-'iii'-.'wt zu.i n-ituy. t ni-M" pro- -i.i-i--o ijv.ii u. iouud at Uut f- .M.-MILLKX, "jau;.;. in iH-iitUtry.) !". " " to t,. pn-M-rration 1 i'i.. An:i.-ul m-ik inwTt-d. ' :' : Kuti-liM-tort-. I'tiict ' u ? .)., r 1. w i fc . ,U,a!11liVn,iinr.-i. t uneral Director. IS. 1LIX K L;md Sni'veyoi ilsi Oils! O- 1 . ' . "'fart- ,,; " - M- v "t - '-. !...i-.,-.c " . -li. . ...j,, u n. chxl- - "". II .,-1 tt,,if,)rM. '"atiui-y Oils ! " -l-: V.--.U- j boun.-rm.-t. Pa. r tie VOL. XLV. XO. -THE Firsi MomI Banlc Somerset, JPenn'n.. Capital, S50.000. Surplus, S24.000. PtrO?'T "ECCIVt iWtHRSt PU. AMOUNTS, PYLt ON OCKAND. ACCOUNTS OF dtSCHAftTI, TOCK OCALCRS, AND OTHCRS SOLICITCO DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. La RUE Si. HICKS, GEO. R. 8CULL, JAMF24 U PLGH, W. H. MILLER, JOHN R. StXTT. ROBT. S. HCDLL, FRED W. B1ESECKER EDWARD SCTLL, : : PRESIDEXT. VALENTINE HAY', : VICE FRESIDEXT. HARVEY M. BERKLEY, . CASHIER. The funis and securities of this ban are se curely protected In a celebrated CoRl-ias BCR gi.ar 1'K(kf Sake. Tlie only safe made abso lutely burglar-proof. ft SomerEet County National AN K OF SOMERSET PA. Etb 'liM, 1877. Orn"d National, 1890 O. CAPITAL, $50,000 SURPLUS AND UN- DIVIDED PROFITS $23,000 Chas. J. LTarrison, - President Wm. II. Koontz, - Vice President Milton J. Pritts, - - Casliier Geo. S. LTarrison, - Ass't Cashier. Directors i Sam. B. narrLwin, JoMiah Spwht, John II. Snyder, Joseph B. Iavin, llarrison Suler, AVir. "Sndsley, Jonas M. Cook, John Stufft, Noah S. Miller, Jerome Stufft, CUhs. V. SnyJer Customers of ihislwnk will receive t he most litxTMl tnnitnentconsisti-nt wttlmafetwnkniK. Partit-s wishini; t4 Mriiti money -hM or vrr-t run e accommodated by dral for any amount. Money and valuable u red by one of Ine boit's ri-letRited iwfiti, with most .in proved time lo-:c. Killuctions made in all parb'.o Uie United charire mKli-rnte. Accoautit and di-piMU' wjlicited. 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 West of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa. I Am Now prepared to supply the public w ith Clocks, Watches, and Jew elry of all descriptions, as Cheap as the Cheapest. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. AT work guaranteed. Look at my stm-k before making your purchases. J. D. SWANK. 1 ALWAYS On Hand. r.v r..r BEST IN THE MARKET. Jareclci Phosphate, Raisin's Phosphate, Lime, Crushed CoVe. Hard Coal Salisbury Snft Coal, At the 03d f tand near the Sorner eet & Cambria R. IL Station. -Prices Right. k i-eier a Ut THE KEELEY CURE I a special bona to baoiness men who, harlnr dnfW unnnnaciously into the drink habit and awaken to find the dise.eof alcoholism fastened uj n them, rendering them unfit to manage af fairs requiring a clear brain. A four weeks course of treatment at the PfTTSBURa KEELEY INSTrTUTE. No. 4216 Fifth Avenue, rstinis to them all their powers, mental and phytical. dextrors the ahnormal appetite, and renores them to the condition thev were in be- I fore they indulged In stimulants. This has been doaeinmore than 14)0 cam treated here, and tinonj them some of your own neighbors, to whom we can refer with confidence as to the absolute safety and efficiency of the Keeley Cure. The fuUest and most scan-bin? invemlndnn la ! n vited. beud for pajspblct givicgfuliinlunna- ' boa. aa 23. li what gives Hood's,Saniarilla its great popularity, ita constantly increasing sales, and enables it to accomplish its wonderful and unequalled cures. The combination, proportion and process uted in preparing Hood's Sanwij arills are unknown to other medicines, and make Hood's Sarsaparilla Peculiar to Itself It cures a wide rar.jre of dista.-eti Ixcacte of its power as a blood puriGer. It acts directly and positively upon the hlocti, and the blood reaches every nook end oorterof tfie human system. Thus a!i the i.erves, muFclcs, tores ard l frt:es come under the btmiiccnt iiifioence of 0. Sarsaparilla T' On" Tni" !.;.; I'uriP' r. 1; six lor f S. rit . ""ri I--vt i''s; es,,y i iOO S lil.S trjic.ei.--y to ojie.-AU;. c. MrsALUhl. NEW FALL GOODS New St vie Fall and Winter Dress Goods now in stock. They arc pretty and cheap. A complete line of all kinds of Flannels, Flannelettes and other goods now in stock Ladies' and Children's Xow coming in. Call and sec them. Mrs. A E. UHL. ELY'S CrSEAM BALM In quickly absorb o-i. Clean 4e the Nasal Passages, Al lays Pain and In tlumiiialion, lleuls the .SorLm. Prou-cts li. ston'tnte s-ns s Uie jleiuoi.tnc Inuu Ad'litional Cold of Ta"te anl Smell. Give Relief at once aiiJ it will cure. CATARRH COLD N HEAD A particle is (.piled directly tnU the noHtrlls ami . iitrn-eMOic. Price at ix-nl.Rt lrurignia or t'V i.i.til. KlY MKOIHEIW, iu Warren fitretl. N. V. CAVEATS. TRAnz aaaitrS. DCSICN PATUITS,! COPVRhCHTS. teJ Yr trf"rmat'ni eni frr. Haadbuok wril Xa Idl N.N tz iibi bKOtWAT. N IW Your. Oi.t- bureau for ecT!nne prtrntKln America, l.vcrr r.tent tatf a out irvli towM hrfor. tb. jHiliUe by a a-jtio givea (imUcUtii la tba I'riculific tucriQ fATTost etrrol.Moa ef im neotlfle paner fa the T"-:i- hpleotua.y liiuntaMi. h i iutellir.n n.a .hncH b. wl'hubt it. Weeklr , S3.0a Tmrilliainmni A-)-!r MO'Sx tW Vi. , urn I aoi ixuadwayru VorkCtty. IMPOCTAXT TO ADVERTIbEHS. The cream of the country papers is found in Remington's County 6 fiat Lists. Shrewd advertisers avail themaolves of these lists, ft copy of which can be had of Bccungtoa Broa, ofXc York Fittebuiz. G5 TWA LMl 5entifi0 American Jf TRDZ MARKS. C..i2J DESICsJ PATEHTS, oiner SOMERSET, PA., IF WE HAD THE TIME. If I had the time to And a place And sit me down full face to face With my better self, that can no show Iu my dally life that rushes so. It might be then I would see mr soul Was stumbling still toward the shining goal; l. - ilfhiNfhiMi - w - ii i lutu ine lime m icv niy uean. pak out and take In my life a part. To look alHHit and to stretch a liand To a comrade quartered In no luck land Ah, God, if I might but Just sit still And hear the note of the whlppoorwill I think that my wih with God's would rhyme If I had the time. If I bad the time to learn from you How much for comfort my words could do. And I told you then of my sudden will To kiss your feet when I did you ill ; If the tears aback of the coldness feigned Could flow and the wrong be quite explain ed, Brothers, the soul of us all would chime If we hud the time. IUchard Burton. TOMMY ATKINS. It was quite a romance in tiie begin ning, rather funny iu the middle, and in the end positively audacious. Little Gertie Kingston, driving a po ny along a country lane that skirted a big field in which a battalion of soldiers were exercising, pulled up to watch them, when without the least warning, down went the front rank on their knees. An officer Miouted "Fire!" and off went the iony as fast as he could lay his legs to the ground. Remembering a very steep unprotect ed declivity not more than a mile ahead, the frightened girl she was ouly 13 set her foot against the splash board and pulled desperately. She cut her gloves to ribbons, but Bobs galloped on with speed unabated, and, dashing around a corner almost plunged into a company of soldiers. The men sprung right and left all but one. lie made a leap at the runa way and caught hold of his bridle. Terrified anew, the pony dragged him some little distance, but failing to shake him off, eventually gave up the strug gle. Of course, Gertie burst into tears when quite Bure the danger was over. Ko the soldier got up beside her and drove her half a mile on her way. "I've only a shilling," she said, offer ing the coiu. "I wish it was a sover eign. If you'Jl tell me your name Un cle John will send you one. I thank you very much, and 6ball never forget that you saved my life." The soldier took the shilling and eyed it comically. He was a well set up fellow, and be looked very hand some in his red coat. So, at least, Miss Gertie thought. "I can't take this, don't you know," he said smilingly. And he tossed the shilling into Ger tie's lap. "But won't you tell me your name?" she urged, thinking that the small nens of the reward was the reason of its nou acwpUnee. The soldier laughed merrily. "With pleasure. It's Tommy Atkins. Private Tommy Atkins. Now dou't you forget it." And with another laugh off he ran, trertie watching him, very sorry that the despised Miilling was all she had. The soldiers formed when "Private Atkins" rejoined them, and, turning the corner at the double quick, passed out of the girl's sight. Nine years passed. Gertie was now Miss Kingston, of Balcomer. She had not expected any such good stroke of fortune, but two male cousins had diet!, and a third had offended, and Mr. Itay nor, who, being able to dispose of his property as lie saw fit, had bequeathed a few thousands to the offending neph ew and the Ba'comer estate to Gertie. The girl, never to her knowledge, had met this distant couin Richard; nor, indeed, was she aware that she had dis placed him. That had been kept from her. During all thee years she had not forgotten Tommy Atkins, the name by which she persisted in speaking of the soldier who had stopped her pony. Al though only a private, he was her typi cal hero, a veritable Paladin. It was not surprising, therefore, that one of her first resolves, on realizing what seemed to her unlimited wealth, should be to reward her hero in a prop er manner Having learned that the Hertfordshire Fusiliers were stationed at Pembury she visited a jeweler's shop and bought au elaborate gold watch and a massive chain of the same costly metal. The watch she left to be suitably engraved. as follows: "Presented to Tommy Atkins, of the 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment, by Gertrude Kingston, as a mark of gratitude." "I don't suppose that is the soldier's name," Mis Kingston explained, "but I want to put it on the watch. He saved my life, and that was the name he gave me." Having purchased the most expen sive purse the shop contained, she placed inside it five bank notes, and when the watch was delivered she set out alone for Pembury. To and fro before the door which led to the officers' quarters at Pembury bar rack. Private Glossup was goiug sentry-go. Miss Kingston Btopped in her path. "Can you tell me," sheetsked, "if there is a soldier here named Tommy Thomas Atkins1."' Private Aikius grounded his Loe Metford. "That's my name," he said, with a knowing wink; then gauging hist le to LU shoulder sniaruy, he marched to the p.'iiiiy box, turned right about ta.-e ..ud marched back. At this Juncture Sergeant Smith ap peared in the doorway, smart in sash, li loves and swerd, and swinging a uat ty cane. Mis Kingston addre.-ed her question to him. t "Somebody's been having you on toast. Miss," he answered, interrupting Uie explanation which she had con cluded w::a very necessary. St?j i!u Sbivk-1 luake room, he sa luted an officer who passed ir. Uli ul handsome, with a face bronzed to c-'p- j per color. The battalion ltad not lotig returned from India. "That is he!" exclaimed Miss King- set ESTABLISHED 1827. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER lb 1890. ston. "I should know bint anywhere, Will you kindly tell him that a lady wishes to speak to him? btay a mo ment," she went on, producing her card case. "Give him this card, and say I am the girl wboae life he saved, near Balconier. about nine tears auo. MypoVMBW.y and he8topped it. I I tin re liuv iia a-lil rpmiiinlipr " He conducted her to an orderly room, gave her a chair, and entered his com manding officer's quarters. Lieut. Col. Graham, almost the youngest officer of that rank in the British army, had just taken off his gloves when the Sergeant entered, and, saluting, gave him the card. "Lady wants to see you," he said. The Colonel started. "Miss King. ston, Balcomer Hall!" he exclaimedi iu tones of surprise. "What the dick ens does she want with me! I won't see her tell her tell her don't tell her anything. It wasn't her fault " ThU to himself. 'Iid she mention her business?" "Not exactly, sir. I was to say that you saved her life about nine years ago. Stopped a runaway pony, sir. She ask ed for a soldier by the name of Tommy Atkins begging your pardon sir," added the Sergeant with au ill conceal ed grin. Col. Graham pondered for a moment "By Jove! I remember !" he cried at length. "She must be the little girl in a short frock who wanted to give me a shilling, and begged me to tell her my name. You say she asked for Tommy Atkins?" .-"Yes, sir. And she recognized you as him begging your pardon agaiu, sir." "Then she doesn't know me? I'll see her. What a coincidence? And she really thought I was a private? Did she have a good look at me when I pa-sed?" "Not more than a glimpse, I should say, sir." "Ahem! Crockett!" "I want you to change tunics with me," said the Colonel, "or lend me yours, anyway. You are about my size, I think." When Miss Kingston entered Col onel Graham was standing at atten tion, with his thumbs pressed tightly against the seams of bis trousers, in the stillest I've just-swallowed-a-bayonct altitude that he could assume. But his eyes said : "Awfully pretty girl," as plainly as eyes could speak. "I'm so glad to meet you again," she said. "I've never forgotten you, and I've brought you a little gift, if you will accept it." . Col. Graham executed a half right turn aud faced Private Crockett. "Is it against the regulations to re ceive a reward for doing my duty, sir?" he asked. " - - "I I I don't think so," stammer ed Crockett, almost as red as the tunic that covered bis manly breaL Miss Kingston looked at him in sur prise, then glanced inquiringly at her hen, whose bronzed features wore the most wooden expression ttat he could summon up. Evidently she suspected something. But she produced the watch and chain and presented them with the purse and a few graceful words. "1 had the name you gave me en graved on the watch," she said; "but that is not correct, I think." "No, Miss," answered the Colonel, glancing at the case. "That was a joke. But Tommy Atkins will do very well. I am very much obliged." It was rather a singular coincidence that on the day following her return to Balcomer Miss Kingston should re ceive a visit from Miss Rsynor, a spin ster sister oftlie late Squire; who had hitherto, for some reason or other held aloof, and that this white haired old lady should at once introduce the sub ject of her nephew Richard. "You don't know him, I think, my dear," she said. "He Is Lieutenant Colonel of the army, aud I must tell you that he was always led to expect that he would succeed to BilcomtT. Unfortunately for him, he quarreled with your uncle, anc', in cousequence, you are here." "I never heard a word of it Why did he quarrel ?" "My brother wished him to marry a certain lady, aud Dick did not see his way." "What a shame!" exclaimed the girl, deeply interested. "I am so sorry! I feel that I have no right to Balcomer. Can't something be done? Is it possi ble to divide the property?" Miss ltayuor smiled. "Wouldn't that be rather quixotic, my dear?" she asked. "I dou't know," was the reply. "I think I ought to do it." Miss Raynor soot) afterward took her leave. But a week later she paid another visit to Balcomer. "I have heard from Dick," she said, "and he'll call on you the first time he isiu the neighborhood. He says he doesn't resent your being here in the least, and he will be very pleased to know you." Miss Raynor had scarcely been at Balcomer fifteen minutes devoted to praises of her nephew Dick when that gentleman arrived and sent up his card. "Lieut Col.- Richard Graham, 1st Battalion Hertfordshire Regiment !" exclaimed Miss Kingston., reading from the card. "Why, I was at Pem bury ten days ago and I saw " "Dick!" interrupted Miss Raynor, blandly. "I dou't know, I saw Private Tom my Atkins, and, I think, his Colonel. It's very funny. The Colonel looked and spoke like a prince, and Tommy Atkins like a gentleman. The footman retired and the next moment the Colonel eanie in, and Miss Kingston stood face to face with her hero, across whose Thito waUtcout the massive chain she had given him was proud'y displayed. "Why why " she began blushing almost as red as Private Crockett when stated in the officer's chair, "we are old acquaintances!" "And cousins," added the Colonel, bowing. "You paved icv life!" "It pliM! yoa tosaj so. I hive ome to tiittuk you for your oiler to share Balcomer with me." "It would be a pity to divide Bal comer, my dears," interposed Miss Raynor, shaking her white ringlets archly. Isn't there a better way to put things straight?" Restored Confidence. The cable under the Atlantic is kept hot now by the orders of European in vestors who are anxious to buy Amer ican securities. The special London correspondent of the New York Trib une telegraphed that journal the day after the election as follows: "McKinley's election has been fol lowed by scenes of the wildest excite ment on the London Stock Exchange. So great was the pressure by brokers who had received private cable advices of the completeness of the Republican victory that the Exchange was opened ahead of time, and American stocks went up with a rush, carrying every thing else with them, even consols. So buoyant a market has not been known for many months. Every American stock advanced rapidly in price, Mil waukee and Lou is vi lies leading the way. A slight reaction was followed by a sharper advance, and the market remained active aud excited until the close." The foreign markets seem to have re sponded with greater activity than our own to the good news of the defeat of Populism. There has been a complete restoration of confidence iu the value of American securities and the stead fast good faith of the G.i vemment. A ballot-box endorsement has lieen writ ten across the evidences of our indebt edness in the hands of foreign holders. As an immediate consequence of this improved condition of affairs we may look for continued imports of gold. The gold that has been carted away from the Sub-Treasuries to bu locked up by timid or speculative persons, will go tumbling back again to swell the Treasury reserve. The additions to the reserve the day after the election were nearly two and one-half million dollars. Philadelphia Record. London Netty Ely. Miss Elizabeth Banks, who has come over from London to "write up" our presidential election for the English pa pers and tell the Britons just how ridic ulous we appear when we are iu the midst of an exciting campaign, is an merican girl who has made money by transferring the methods of the new woman journalists from New York to London. She might be called the Nel ly B!y of England. Miss Banks American career was not an especially brilliant one. After graduating from the Wisconsin Female college she did some newspajier work in St. Paul and Baltimore, aud then for a year acted as private secretary to the United States mini-ter to Peru. Two or three years ago she went to Loudon and attracted some attention by replying to an article by Kipling, in which the latter criticised Americans severely. In further retaliation Miss Banks sprung a surpri.-e on the English people which fairly made them gasp. She secured a position as servant in several families, staying a week or so in a place. After she had acted as par lor maid, laundress and housemaid she wrote up her exerienees, divulging many secrets of English liome life. Then she made another and still more brilliant stroke. She advertised for an introduction into the exclusive circus of British aristocracy, stating that she was an American heiress and willing to pay the rate. She received ls.1 an swers aud obtained exact figures as to the amount it would cost her to be pre sented at the queen's drawing "room and other functions. These letters t-he mercilessly printed, and Mayfair was set shaking iu its shoes. Since then Miss Banks' services have lut-n much in demand by a certain class of Englii-h publications. She has also written a book entitled ' Campaigns of Curiosi ty," in which she tells all about her adventures. Her most recent exploit was to ob tain an interview with Li Hung Chang while he was iu England, and she was the only woman journalist in the United Kiugdom to succeed. Statistics of Old Age. High civilization does not favor ths greatest length of life. The German Empire, with ."Vj.OtW.OOO population, has but subjects who are more thau UK years old. Frauce, with fewer than 40,00O,C0O residents, has 213 centenarians, while England has 14i, Ireland 57S, Scotland 40, Denmark 2, Belgium 5, Sweden aud Norway l'J, Switzerland and Spain 410. The Balkan Peninsula has the great est uumber of persons over 100 years old, as follows: Servia, 57; Rouma nia, 10S4, and Bulgaria, 3X13, or one centenarian to every thousand inhabit ants, which is the international record. In Servia there were in is:) some 2W persons between Mi and 1 1-5 years old, 123 between 115 and 125 and IS between 125 and 135. Three Utweeu 135 and 140. The oldest man in the world is, ac cording to this writer, Bruno Cotrim, a negro, born in Africa and now a resi dent of Rio Janeiro. He is 150 years old. Next probably comes a retired Mos cow cabman, named Kustrim, who is in his 140th year. The wife of Mr. Leonard Wells, of East Briiufleid, Mass., had been mf fering from neuralgia for two days, not being able to sleep or hardly keep etill, when Mr. llolden, the merchant there sent her a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm, aud asked that she give it a thorough trial. On meeting Mr. Wells the next day he was told that she was all right, the pain had left her within two hours, and that lxttle" of Pain Balm was worth 5.00 if it could not be had for less. For sale at -V) cents per bottle at Beuford's pharmacy. Not Happy. "Benedick dos not s-em h.tppy with Lis wifj." No wondi-r. S:e tries to make home happy according to rules printed in a paper." Judge. erald SEEN FORTY MILE3 AWAY. Washington Monument ah Object of Varied Interest. The distance at which the monu ment is visible has always been a mat ter of debatable interest with Washing ton people, says the Washington Star. Not a train approaches the city, nor a boat speeds up or down the Potomac, but carries a group of people anxious to see at just what poiut you can last see the white marble against the sky as they depart or first find it as they return. Probably the greatest distance at which the monument is seen is from the summit of the Blue Ridge at Snick er's Gap, a distance of about 43 miles in an air-line. The elevation there is 2.000 feet above the Potomac The mountaineers years ago with their keen eyes, trained to long and sharp sight in the mountains, delected the white spot gleaming on tiie horizon, and they can always quickly deter mine its place on the horizon line. But to city folks, however, the location of the white shaft is not an easy mat ter. Thousands of Washington people every summer invade that region as summer boarders, to subsist on fresh milk and fried chicken, and incident ally in their excursions up on the mouutain to get a sight of the niouu ment On clear days it is distinctly visible, especially to those who are fa miliar with its precise location. But it is more easily seen at sunset than at any other hour, as the sharp reflection of the suu's rays brings out the while surface of the marble. The mountain people are otdy too glad to point out the monument to their visitors, and usually tell them the secret by which they can themselves locate it. 1 his is by finding first on the horizon line the slight elevation of contour presented by Muuson's hill. Then slightly to the left, ierhaps one degree, there it is. The poiut from which the monument was first seen from the Blue Ridge is the mountain farm of Mr. Louis I Shoemaker, of this city, and the place is called "Monument View." One of the ntost singular stories that may be told about the Washington monument is hardly credible, yet it can be vouched for as jierfectly true. There are hundreds of ladies in Wash ington who wear upon their hats the plumage of the entire skin of a bird which has lost its life flying against the tall mass of marble in the dimness of twilight of daybreak. Every morn ing one of the watchmen who spends the night in the monument finds about its base quite a number of birds who have loet their lives in this way. This mortality is not limited to any one spe cies, but includes nearly all the birds known in this region. Strange to say, few English sparrows lose their lives by flying against the monument, but the beautiful golden finches, cedar birds, starlings, tanagers, grosbeaks and many others of bright plumage and great rarity have been found. The watchman takes these birds uptown to a taxidermist, who stuffs and mounts the rarer specimens, which are sold for a good rouud price to collectors, and the skins of those less rare are prepar ed for the milliner. Hardly a morn ing comes that there are less than a score of dead birds about the base of the shaft. Another queer thing to know about the monument is that its height and width vary. It is taller in the sum mer than in winter, and in the flatter season its width on the south side is about an inch greater than on the north, east or west side. This is due to expansiou under the sun's rays. This phenomenon was determined by CapL Greene during the erection of the shaft. Plumb lines were suspend ed at each corner of the marble wall, aud the plumb "bobs" or plummets were suspended in pots of glycerine aud molasses. Across the top of each ot was laid a finely graduated steel bar, and three times a day an army engineer "took off' the registration thus made of the expansion of the walls. It was held that the plummets moved precisely with the points at which the plumb lines were attached to the top of the shaft, and the glycer ine held them firmly without vibra tion or oscillation, so that the officer could note any change f position. All these registrations, twice a day every day of the year, were recorded in a book during the seven years that were occupied in building the monu ment Ballet in a Hailstone. Colonel Clark It. Westcott, of Lon don, England, who has been spending a couple of months in Chicago and the West, in the interest of a syndicate which owns considerable mining prop erty in this country, is responsible for the following account of a singular natural phenomenon. His story is as follows: "Oue hot day a couple of weeks si nee I was riding along a mouutain road in Colorado on my way to a mine in which I am interested, when I noticed high above me, soaring in majestic cir cle, an eagle. I had a 45-00 Winches slung across my back, and it was but the work of a moment to unsliug the gun and fire at the bird, which was di rectly above me. The shot was a clear miss, and not caring to waste any more cartridges, I was about to ride on, when I was startled to hear what I took to be a dull 'clung' of a stone thrown by an unseen hand, which fell into a little gully partly filled with leaves, within 20 feet of me. "I looked carefully about me in all directions, but could see no sign of a human being, dismounted and, scrap ing back the leaves, was astonished to find a piece of ice as large as a goose egg, and about the same shape. Upon close examination, I was further as tonished to discover my rifle ball firm ly Imbedded in its centre. I have speculated a great deal over this phen omenon since that time, and the only solution I can see is that the twill in pat-sing through the cloud gathered the moisture and held it by its whirl ing motion, bo that it was frozen at a higher altitude and fell to the earth as I have described." Chicago Chronicle. o WHOLE XO. 2301. Niagara's New Bridge. The new metal arch bridge at Niaga ra falls will be noteworthy in two re spects. The new bridge Ls to be built over the old suspension structure, with out interruption to the traffic on the latter. The s;an from end pier to end pier will be h 10 feet, making it the largest arch span in the world. The susj tension bridge now in use. which his been familiar to all visitors to the grea, natural wonder for 4) years, will le kept iu place until the new arcii is ready, a it would be in possible to construct false works over the Niagara gorge to sustaiu a struct ure of this class. The span will have a rise of 150 feet from the level of the piers at the skew- hacks to the center of the ribs at the crane of the arch, which point is 1 711 feet above low water. The depth of the trusses is 2'J feet, and they will be inches apart. The bridge will carry one floor, 4'i feet wide, divided longitu dinally into three parts. On the mid dle Mirtion, which is 22 feet 'J inches wide, will be two trolley tracks. Each sidj of these tracks will be a roadway for carriages H feet wide, anil outside of these, raised t indies from the level of the roadway, will be f jothpaths. The construction of this remarkable span is from plans of L. L. Buck, en- gineeer of the new East river bridge be tween New York and Brooklyn, and the author of the plans by which the railroad suspension bridge at Niagara was replaced by an arched bridge. The approaching or fl.tuking spans will !e feet long on the American side and 210 feet on the Canadian side. The total metal iu the new structure will Ik aliotit 4,000,t),0ui) jounds. Every confidence U expressed in Mr. Buck's ability to carry out his plans. The replacing of the railroad bridge by another without an hour's interruption of business was one of the engineering feats of the decade. Tlvse who have not seen the great structure at Niagara which it Is intend ed to replace will hardly realize the stupendous character of the undertak ing. Imagine the task of replacing the simplest sort of bridg without inter ni'itin ' trallii., and then add about 1,0X1 per cent to the difficulty. Thi will give something of an idea of what confrouus engineers and builders. In an undertaking of this nature the slightest error might Iw productive of intiuite disaster. Every measurement mu-t lie a-furate to a hair's breadth. Every portion of the great arch must perform its particular share of the great combination that will be one of the marvels of the world. All that is done must be accomplish ed quickly, for iu affairs of this nature time is inl-ed money. Every man who can be utilized will joiu the army of construction. PerhaiH no work of rectit years lias required or will yet need more skilled labor. In fact, in bridge building it is bee iming uu-iife to utilize labor of any other class. The bridge when complete, will in truth bi a work of geniut in punt of construc tion as well as point of conception. The work of preparing the material for the great structure has been in pro gress for some time, as little can lie ac- campIUhed in aa enterprise of this na ture uutil the preliminaries are com-plet-.'. When the effort of placing the different parts of the bridge iu position is begun, Niagara will ba one of the busiest of busy places. Railroad Ga zette. Hawthorne's Reserve. All the testimony in regard to Haw thorne, says Youth's Companion, is that lie was not only shy, but very re served. Frank Preston Stearns savs that on the occasion of Hawthorne's last visit to the Isles of the Shoals, iu company with his friend, ex-President Pierce, there was also a party of New Hanijishire business men, who tried to make his acquaintance, but without much success. Their after comments were very amusing. "Nathaniel Hawthorne Is a very re- serveu man," saia one. "ineres Franklin Pierce, he's been President of the United States, yet any one could go up and speak to him. We found Hawthorne very different" This conversation was repeated to Hawthorne's acquaintances at the Shoals, aud the poet Whittier was am ug those who laughed heartily. 'Reserved is no word for it" said Mrs. Thaxter, and Whittier added, in words which not only seemed to de scribe the case, but were in themselves epigrammatic: "Hawthorne is a strange puzzle. I never felt quite sure whether I knew him or not. He never seemed to be doing anything, an l yet he never lik ed to be disturbed at it."' Pumpkin Pie. Make a tine pastry, if possible the day before you wish to make the pies, and cover with a cloth a:ul stand in a cold place. Boil a moderate siz-.s I p jmp- kin after removing the seeds and cut ting it, and when done drain and mash through a collander. To one piart of mashed pumpkin add four eggs, two ounces of butter, half a cup ful of granulated sugar, half a tea- spionful of cinnamon and cloves, and puarter of a teaspoonful of allspice, half a nutmeg grated, one wineglassful of brandy and one of wine; two teaspoon ful of salt Mix all well together. Roll out the paste made the day before. Cover the pie plates w ith it and fill with the pumpkin. Bake until the crust is done. A Valuable Prescription. Editor Morrison, of Washington, Ind., "Sun," writes : "You have a val uable prescription in Electric Bitters, and I can cheerfully recommend it for Constipation and Sick Headache, and as a general system tonic it has no equaL" Mrs. Annie Stehle, 2t25 Cot tage Grove Ave., Chicago, was all ran down, could not eat nor digest food, had a backache which never ' left her and felt tired ami weary, but six bot tles of Electric Bitters restored her health and reuewed her strength. Prices 50 cents and $1.00. Get a bottle at J. N. Snyder's drug store, Som erset or at Brallier's diug store, Ber lin, Pa, Now He Wants a Wife. "I.ook at my duck pants," id th tmehelor, who was walking around bis den as n-stlesMly as a hyena when his married partner called. "Met of the people in the city have seen them, but I'll give you a private exhibit. Note tiie big green fplotcliet. See the patrhes whcr the strrch was taken out, limp as an empty f Vftt vrnr eyes on tills nhirt front, stn-nked and strisl in every color from Mnckl-erry jam t pink lemonade. Looks like tlu vork of a osier painter u ith the Jim jams. Observe this Panama bat Yoti would naturally think that it had been run through a clothes wringer aftd then put in crimping irons. Count the blisters on the inside of my hands. Note that my ejes are as red and bleary as though I were a victim of the gin habit The skin is pt-Iing off my face and my hair look as though it had been dried in a harvest field." "Good heavens, man! Wire jou in a building that collaj.-d, :m explosion or a shipwreck?" "No, no. It is all the ir-sult of a !e Hberate and premeditated act of folly on my own part. Sme of the 'dear ladies' inveigled me into attending a Sunday-school picnic, all the families of the children invited. The young sters took to me like is s to a suar barrel. The babies crawled over me, slobiM-red over me, dumped all kinds of refreshments over nie and crowed over me. The little boys rolled in the grass, piled on me like the lxittoni man in a foot-bull mountain of flesh, used my hat as they would the ball and voted me the nicest man they ever took any place. I rowed the littlo girls on the river till my hands were life puff balls and I thought that my back would have to le set. I was pur boiled iu the sun and pretty near blew my brains out while I smoked my eyes out starting a fire. I was u-d as a pack horse and did iolice service in keeping two or three hundred kids from getting lost or falling into tho water. On the way home out.-ide ims sengers dispute i as to w hether I w as drunk or had been in a runaway. Now I'm looking for a w ife." "Because you think you can stand any kind of trouble now'."' "No, sir. Because I notice that none of you married fellows are ever picked upon as the victim in these social bar barities. I'd rather assume the respon sibilities of a h'Jsband than sujeri:i tend another picnic." Detroit Free Press Moving a Big Bailiing The largest building ever move! in this country was a freight warehouse of the Baltimore & Ohio liailroad, in lialtimore, which was moved Septem ber K to li Tl. building is 4H fevt long, 120 feet wide and feet high. It is a wh1 and iron structure, and was moved to make ro:m f'T a new dock. The work consumed live aixl a half da vs. The building contained a great j:ian- ty of freight, among Ahieii were -'1,U cases of china ai.d crockery, but not a dish was cracked in the moving. The men were engaged five weeks making preparations for the move. On top of the old and the new foutubi tions were placed the sills on tracks upon which the building was to run. These tracks numi-rel forty, each consisting of two tix!2-ineh timbers. On top of these were placed the oue thousand rollers, each a piece of five- inch pipt three feet iu lengtli. There were twenty-five rollers to each of the forty tracks. Between the tp of the rollers and the floor beams of the buildiug were arranged more of the xl2-iuch timbers. In all, ti,'j of the txl2-inch timlk-rs were used, each atiout 30 feet long. The 225 wooden pillars which sup ported the warehouse were then sawed away and the structure rested on the rollers. Along oue side of the build ing were p'.a.vd forty-five ton screw jacSs. I hey wero bra;.vd against a railnnid track, an a '.j lining warehouse and the tracks upon which the rollers ran. Two nu n stood at each jack At a given signal the men responded with military precision, and each was given a quarter of a turn, moving the great building a fractiou of an inch. After ward the progress averaged two feet an hour for 5! days. The structure arrived at its new foun- lation without a straiin-d timtier or a bolt. The jacks were again used in raising the warehouse enough to allow the removal of the jacks, after which it was lowered to the new foundation. The structure cost ?:;",1iihi ten yearsago and it cost $15,(H to make its removaL New York Journal. "If taken info the head by the nos trils two or three tidies a week, Thom as' Electric Oil will positively relieve the mo-t offensive ease of catarrh." Rjv. E. F. Crane. Dunkirk. N. Y. Hnmminj-21ris Umbrella. A writer in the American Sixirtsmaii tells a nmarkable story a! cut a hum mingbird. In front of a window w here I work ed last summer was a butternut tree. A hummingbird built her nest on a limb that grew near the wiudow, and we ha lan opportunity to watch her closely. In fact we could l.iok right int the nest. One day, when t'.i?re was a heavy shower coming up, we thought we would see if she covt-red her voungdur- ing the rain. Well, when the tir-t drop fell, she came aud tool; in her bill one of two or three large leaves growing close by and laid this leaf over so as to completely cover it. Then she flew awav. On examining the leaf we found n hole in it. and in the side f the nest was a small stick that tiie leaf was fastened to or luvikcd up u. After the storm was over the old bird came back and unhooked the leaf, and the uest was perfectly dry. How to Prevent Croup- SOMETHIXG THAT WILL PROVE 1N- TERESTIXU T Vor.M) SMTHK'tS. HW TO;t"ARI .Ml. U VST T1IK HIsKAsK. Croup is a terror b young mother and to post them concerning the cause, first symptoms and treatment is the object ot this item. The origin of croup Is a common cold. Children who are subject to take it take cold very easily and croup i almost sure to follow. The first sympt mi is hoarse ness; this is si sn foliowt-t by a -cul-iarly rough cough, whicli is easily r i-g-nized and will never !e forgotten b one who has heard it. The time to act is when the child first becomes hoarse. If Chamberlain's Cough Rcutedr i freely given all tendency to croup ill soon disappear. Even after thecroupy cough has devel.qvd it will prevent the att ick. There is tn danst-r iu giv ing this remedy for it contains nothing injurious. For sale by Benford't phar macy.
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