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VOL. XLV. NO.
-THE
First Mural Bank
Somerset, JPenn'a.
Capital. S5Q.OOO.
Surplus, S24.000.
(i
CUXT4, PATPl.E ON OC"fC.
iTOCK CA'.EPS. A( -s CTHITS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
LaKCE M. HrCKS, GEO. U. PCULL,
.IAMb-S U PI GH, W. H. MILLER,
jo'IN n. ott. robt. s. m;ull,
HIED V. B1LECKEII
EDWARD PCrLL, : : PRESIDENT.
VALENTINE HAY. : VICE PRESIDENT.
IIAP.VEY M. BERKLEY, - CASHIER.
The funds and wurltle of this bans are M
canly proux-tod in a celebrated Corliss HfR
glak Pkof Safe. The only safe made atwso
lute'.y barslar-proof.
S3
Saet Coetj HatU
OF SOMERSET PA.
BAN K
I Eitib'hSed, 1877. Crpnlretf f i a Nttlonil, 1890
-o.-
CAPITAL,
550,000
SURPLUS AND UN-
DIVIDED PROFITS 23,000
Chas. J. Harrison, . President
Wm. LT. Koontz, - Vice President
Milton J. Pritts, - - CasLier
Geo. S. Harrison, - A?s't CaLier.
Directors ,
Sam. B. Harrison,
Joriiah Sjxn-ht,
John II. Snyder,
Joseph B. Davis
Harrison Snyder,
Wiu. Endsley,
Jonaa M. Cook,
John Stufft,
Noah S. Miller,
Jerome Stufft,
Chas. W. Snyder
Cnstomers of this bank will receive the moot
liberal treatmentoonKistent wttiimife banking.
Partien wihhinit to Bend money east or t
can be aecotniuodated by UraTt fur any
amount.
Money and valuabli seenred by one of Dle
bold'K elebrau-d safe, with uiott Improved
time lock.
Collections made In all parti, of the United
SUiUn. ChanttT" mcHlerate
Account and dipofclu Bolicltetl.
A, H. HUSTON,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
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ished. SOMERSET -
Pa
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Lime,
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Hard Coal
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THE KEELEY CURE
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SOMERSET, PA., WEDXESDAT, ' NOVEMBER 25, 2800.
WAHTED-A LITTLE OIEL.
Where have they gone V the little girls,
With natural manners and natural curls.
Who love their dollies and like the toys
And talk of something besides the boysT
Little old women in plenty I And,
Mature in manners and old of mind ;
Little old flirts who talk of their "beaua,"
And vie with each other In stylish clothes.
Little old belles, who, at nine and ten,
Arr sick of pleasure and .tired of men ;
Weary of travel, of balls, of fun.
j And hud no new things under the sun.
1 Once, In the beautiful long ago,
' Home dear little children 1 used to know :
Girls who were merry as htiiilw at piny.
And laughed and rollicked the livelong dy.
! They thousht not at all ofthe style of thKr
clot he.
iat boys were "itus"
" ,"a "in"l"
' They never imagined that
"Other girls' brothers
they.
Hplenuiu kllows to help them piny.'
Where have they gone to t If you see
One of them aiiywhrrv, send her to me.
I would give a medul of purest gold
Tooueof theite dear little girls of old,
With an Innocent heurt and an opeu smile
Who knows not the uieunlng of 'flirt"
"style."
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
ALMOST TOO LATE.
An Old-Time Thanksgiving Story.
BY EXOS EYRIE.
Our story opens ou Thanksgiving
Daj, 1S36, and the scene is uearHtrouds
burg. Stroudsburg was at that time a
sleepy little hamlet with a population of
a few hundreds, the summary of busi
ness enterprise consisting of two hotels,
three or four stores, and a grist mill.
The one event which awakened its in
habitants from their apparent lethargy
was the arrival, once every oiher day,
of the stage coach from Philadelphia
for this was before a thought had been
given to the advent of the railroads
which now send a score of passenger
trains rushing through the town tlaily.
A mile and a half from the village
lived the heroine of our story. Her
father, John Wright, was a farmer on
a small scale who managed to make a
comfortable living for his little family
of a wife and daughter. " Edna Wright
was a lovely young girl, and her warm
hearted, impulsive and affectionate dis
position fully merited for her the ador
ation of her parents and thelikingof
her friends. Edna had just turned 17
years. Her golden-haired brown-eyed
type of lieaury, with the charm of a
complexion that reminded one of a
ripe peach, and a form of girlish grace
and beauty. These with just the leant
mite of coquetry in her make-up, were
enough to madden the village beaux,
who fain would have ventured beyond
a mere passing look upon her youthful
loveliness. Such waa the only child of
old Farmer Wright and wife, aud the
worthy couple had not been sparing of
their limited means in fittiug her
mind to correspond with her physical
b.-auty.
Edna was standing idly by the gate
of iter father's home on this Thanks
giving Day, musing as perhaps al!
girls at her age do muse on her pres
ent and future life. .Should she always
remain, as now, in obscurity, or would
her knight come some day and carry
her off to scenes of grandeur and beau
ty? She rested her dimpled chin on
her hand on the gAte post and her
childishly lovely face took on a thought
ful, far-away iook. The sun looked
down upon this fair picture from be
hind a cloud-bank and tried to soften
the etiol November air.
Suddenly the girl's listless attitude
changed to one of attention, for in the
distance could be heard the loud rum
Ming of the old stage coach on its way
Lj Milford. In a moment the lumber
ing vehicle came into view on the
Ln-ow of a neighboring hill. "Mjrcy!
horses are running away!" the girl
exclaimed, and such, indeed, was the
c-se. The four frightened auima's,
flaked with foam and with distended
nostrils, we-e madly galloping down
ths road, and old Luke, who had han
dled the reins and cracked the whip
for fifteen years or uiore, was vaiidy
attempting to hold them. The coach
swayed dangerously from side to side
and was in momeutary peril of beiug
overturned. When Edna stood look
ing at the thrilling sight with dilated
eyes and blanched cheeks the horses
suddenly veered to one side, and the
coach, with a groan and a crash top
pled over the embankment of the road
into the ditch below, while the animals
after floundering around disengaged
themselves from the vehicle and con
tinued their mad flight. Edtia hastily
summoned her father and went to the
asWtance of the unfortunate passen
gers, for she was a girl to act as well as
to think.
It was found that the only one serl-
omly injured was a young man whosat
upon the box with the driver. As the
mmi-Ii went over he was thrown vio
lently upon the frozen ground. He was
unconscious, and as Edna looked upon
him she thought with a strange sink
ItH-at-heart that perhaps he was al
ready dead. He was finely dressed and
his handsome features bore the stamp
of nobility of character. Mr. Wright
gave orders for the injured stranger to
be carried into his house, being the
nearest at hand. The other passengers
had, beyond a shaking up, escaped in
jury. Old Luke, the driver, more for
tunate than his companion, had leaped
from the box and was unharmed. The
horses were captured a short distance
from the scene of the accident, and,
being again attached to the coach,
which was found to be not serious
ly damaged, they once more proceed
ed on their way.
A physician had be summoned from
the village and he soon made his ap
nearauce. An examination showed
that the young man had sustained a
broken . arm, besides several bruises
abouL ihe head and a severe shoe to
the whole ej otcm. The broken mem
ber was set and banJaged ar.d the j.-hy-sician
left such remedies and directions
as he thought necessary. "Will he
recover, doctor?" asked Edna inno
cently, her eyes humid with tears at
the sight of the evidently cruel work
of joiuing the broken bone. "Why, of
course he win, ' rtpneu me
dot-tor
smiling st her tarneMut s and beaming
Sbebish
' ,A -carlet and. sverUPC her head turn
ed away to hide her tearu of relief
set
ESTABLISHED 1827.
'Why should I weep over a stranger?'
she asked herne'.f, half ashamed; hut
there was wmething in the h'lple,
pitiful condition of this young man
that appealed to her soft-hearted wo
man's nature. "Lucky, 'twa no worse,'
said the doctor, as he took his leave,
promising to come again soon; "but it
will be some time before he will be him
self again."
When Harry Eirle, for such was his
name, awoke to consciousness, he had
but a dim idea as to where he was or
what had happened to him. He tried
to stir hinnelf, but the effort csl him
such bodily1 anguish that an iuvolun-
! tary groan escaped his lips. Kdua
nastencu to nis u-Usi.ie ana iti'j urea it
j si,. eonij ,i, anything for Lint. The
granger's dark eyes lit up aa he gazed
tranger s tlarK eyes lit up
uion her face. "Will you idease tell
me win-re 1 am and what has happened
to me?" he inquired. Edna then
briefly detailed to him the circum
stances of the accident and how he had
come to be carried to her home in an
unconscious condition. "I remember,"
he said; "the horses ran away," and
then he relapsed into silence; but oc
casionally his eyes would wander to
where she sat.
The doctor came again and again,
ami the patient improved rapidly, con
sidering the extent of his injuries, till
at last he was able to walk out with his
arm in a sling. The acquaintance b
tweeti himself and Edna had progress
ed famously, and he had given her
parents and herself an account of
himself. He was the son of a
wealthy importing merchant of
Philadelphia, and at the time of the
runaway was on his way to Pike coun
ty on a hunting expedition, and added
that but for that uuforseen occurrence
he would perhaps have never known
those who had been so kind to him.
Edna attempted to hold aloof fron him
as much as jrossible after his recovery,
and she had a f.KilLsh feeling of blush
ing whenever he came into her pres
ence; but Harry was inexorable that
she should accompany him on every
little expedition, and she more often
went from a luck of courage to refuse
him. He spoke of returning to his
city home, but the good farmer and his
wife gave him a warm invitation to
remain longer, and he continued to
stay as though loth to depart. He
aud Edna were thrown more and more
in each other's society, and she found
her liking for him growing stronger.
Indeed, in he secrecy of her own
thoughts, she knew site loved him; but
she felt that an inseparable barrier was
lietween them in soeial position, and
she tried to kill her budding passion.
Harry Earle exhibited bis preference
fr her by many kind attentions, and
it was plain to be seen that he was far
from indifferent to her." His dark eyes
kindled when they rested upon her
fair face, and he knew that she was the
one among women whom he could
love. Site was so different from those
with whom he had liefore associated
so charming in her girlish simplicity
and inuojnce, and so lovely of face
and form.
At last came a summons from his
fuller requiring his presence in Phila
delphia immediately. Harry knew
what were his father's intentions with
regard to himself, and also what his
anger would be should he contract an
alliance contrary to his wishes; but he
was determined that he would not
leave this sweet girl who possessed his
whole heart without a declaration of
his passion and an explanation. He
informed Edna that on the morrow lie
should start for home in ola-dience to a
summons from his father. Her face
blanched for an instant and site invol
untarily exclaimed "Going!" Her lips
trembled ami her voice wavered, but
she bravely hid her emotion and quiet
ly express d her regret. "Yes, going,"
said he, "but before I go, Edna, will
you te'.l mc that you are sorry that
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you cure ior me . x wir "Bt
.ind cannot tro away silent, Tel! me
that you loe aie," sai 1 he seizing her
hand tnd trving to look into her eyes
those coy, sweet brown eyes, now shin
ing witn the light of lovi "and I
shall be the happiest man in the
world." She did not resist him as he
pressed ber yielding form to his breast
ami covered Iter face, brow, and neck
w ith passionate ki-ses. He then relat
ed to her his father's ambitious tlt-sirea
for him, matrimonially, lU stated that
he would wed her or none. He then
asked her to wait for him, "for. my
dearest," he said, "whatever my father
thinks, I will surely claim you for my
v.ry own within a year s tlmj."
The next morning Harry Earle was a
passenger on Ixtard the coach, bound
for Philadelphia. He had bidden good
bye to Edna and her parent, with
many assurances to the former that he
would write often. Edna went into
the house with a desolate feeling at
heart a feeling as though one whom
she had loved was dead. She catrer
ly waited for the slow-coming mail,
but no letter came, as days drifted
into weeks w ith no tidings from her
absent lover she became plung tl in
grief. She thought with a shudder that
perhaps he was dead, and almost sob.
bed aloud in her Agony of mind. Dis
trust also entered her heart, but she
immediately thrust it out as unworthy
of her, and finally resigned herself to
calm despair.
Three years have come and gone
three years of silent wretchedness to
Edna Wright and Thanksgiving Day
Ls here again. What sorrowful memo
ries the day calls up in her mind
memories of him whom she had loved
but to lose, and of her once happy care
less life! There has leen a remarkable
change in the manner and app-arance
of Edna during these three j-ears. Her
girlish figure has developed into wo
manly fullness, but her manner has be
come more gentle and subdued, her
cheeks no longer have their inachy
bloom, atid her brown eves wear the
patient, long-suffering look of one who
has resigned herself to a life of mourn
lag. She has long since come to the
conclusion that her lover is dead, for
she eannot Ivlieve him to have lieen
unfaithful to his vows he was too no
lhmindid. too sincere for thaL Her
mother stands watching her as she i
nuking her toilet.
The mother's eye
- ; notice, ,,,. d-cep abstraction the pa-
- ticm, sorrowing i " r uaujuin,
and a sigh passes her Hps as she thinks
of the once happy girl who is a a now
woman bearing a life-long grief.
"Edna, darling, she says, "I want to
talk with you regarding Hugh Ooble."
The girl simply inclined her head by
way of reply.
"I want to -," continued her
mother, as I liav -aid la-fore that if
the man is so diHia?t ful to you it is not
too late even now to save yourself from
a marriage which promises to lie so un
congenial. Ilather than that I should
cause you to make such a sacrifice of
your happiness I would goto thepta-r
house, and I am sure your father feels
as I do."
"Mother," said the girl, and lur
voice trembled pitifully aud her hands
clutched convulsively, "there is no
more love or happiness for me in this
world, and I would as soon marry
Hugh (ioble as any one."
The anxious mother walked sorrow
fully away w ith many misgivings at
heart
Hugh Goble, the subject of their con
versation, owned the farm adjoining
that of Mr. Wright, and was reputed
to be quite wealthy. He had secured
sissession of a mortgage against Mr.
Wright's farm, which, owing to along
illness and ix aiir crops, the old farmer
had been unable to pay off when due.
(ioble had cast covetous eyes upon the
farmer's lovely daughter and determin
ed to use his power to advantage. He
was a mau fully 4 years of age and ut
terly coarse and repulsive in apjiear
auce. She at first coldly repelled his
advances, but he worked upon her feel
ings by appealing to her sense of duty
to iter pareuts in marrying him and
saving them from ruin. E ina looked
the matter bravely in the fatv, and,
burying her finer feelings, determined
upon sacrificing herself for the sake of
her aged parents.
This thanksgiving whs not much like
that of three years ago, tnought Edna,
as she calmly prepared forthe trying
ordeal of becoming the wife of a mm
whom she abhorred. The few guests
invited had already a-wemhiud when
the bride, her face as whiu as the bri
dal veil, entered the room where the
ceremony was to take place. The wind
howled dismally without, like a lost
spirit haunting the scene, and a feath
ery snowflake now aud then scudded
past the window. Edna's soon to lie
husband greeted her with a miile
upon his coarse features and his man
ner was one of triumph. The guests
too their places around the couple, and
the clergyman, in a slow, solemn voice,
liegau the readiug of the marriage ser
vice. "Wilt thou take this man to In-thine
lawfully wedded husUiid?'' he inter
rogated Edna.
There w as a breathless silence for a
second.
"Never T' rang out a char, thrilling
voice, and the next instant a tall, man
ly form strode into the room.
E lna looked, clasped her hands to
her head as if to collect her senses and
with a cry of "Harry!" she tottered
aenss the room and into his arms.
It was indeed the long lost Harry
Earle, risen as though from the dead.
The guests were surprised and the min
ister amazed at the turn affiirs had
taken, and the would b bri l r v.m
silently left the hoin-j with al Uof
unutterable disgust and httrel upon
his face. The wedding was declared
off ou the pot-
Elna had fainted from sheer joy and
overwrought feelings. Harry Earle
bore her in hU anm t a I ri , w t -re
restoratives som brwght her tocn
sciousuess. She imme lii'ely l.-ikd
for his fai-e, fearing that it had a'.l b-en
a terrible dream a-id that s'i- bad
awakened to find him no m r.'. S e
tightly claped his h i l ls as though
shi would fain hold then forever, and
his nts-si'inate k'nes bnvigh; sueh a
look of happiness into her fucea-t it had
not worn in many a day.
That night, when the little family
assembled together, Harry Earle relat-
.1 the story of his !o-:r absence and
ap;rent neglect, which haa weit-
nighwrvckel the happiness or ooni.
When he returned hom-i from Strouds
burg his father met him in a state of
great perturbation, saying tuat there
was some trou'de ah ut a consignment
of tea from China ana mat tiorrj
ahould sail for that country immediate
ly, giving him full instructions and tell
ing him to go on board at once, as t ne
vessel was ready to weigh anchor.
Harry hesitated, thinking of his be
trothed and her ignorance of Ins jour
ney; but he told himself that he would
be alneut but a short time, and that he
would write to her in the meantime.
Shortly after his arrival in China he was
taken with fever, and for a long time he
raved in delirium and his life was des
paired of. At last, when the crisis had
passed, his recovery wis slow. He
wrote and. ported a letter to tvina, out
it must have miscarried. When he
had fully recovered he sailed for home.
The voyage was a rough one and the
vessel had to put iuto port for repairs.
Reaching home at last, the young man
found his father o:i his d m'-'i-Ik-I and
stayed with him until the end came.
By his father's will hi was left heir to
vast wealth. Tlun he prepired to
come to his sweetheart, and on the
way he met a former Stroudsburg ac
quaintance, who told him the circum
stances of tte approaching marriage.
Harry left the slow coach and, securing
a horse, galloped on ahead and arrived
at the scene just at the critical moment.
"God be thanked!" said Mr. Wright;
"let us pray," and the little company
knelt down while the good old man
poured out a prayer of thanksgiving to
the Giver of all good for I lis mercies.
It is doubtful if a happier or more
thankful family in the land gathered
together on that Thanksgiving night.
On New Year's Duv E lna Wright
was led to the altar by ber happy lover,
and ths whole villsge turned out to
give them a farewell when they left.
Mr. Wright wasenablcd to se ll his farm
and piy off the mortgage, and, at the j that Major McKinley owes hi election
request of their children the worthy not to corporations or corporate agen
couple removed to Philadelphia, where t ies, but to the w ill of the people of
their days were ended in peace and : the United States. It is only eleven
pleuty. The descendants of Harry and ! dayssince Bryan telegraphed to Major
Edna are prominent people of the City j McKinley :
of Brotherly Love t.wday, and they ' "We have submitted the issues to the
can readily repeat the story ef Aljiost ; American people, and their will is
Too Lats. ' I"-"
era
Ugder Ether's Influence.
The doctor got out his ether appar
atus and soon compounded a smell
like a photographer's shop in olden
days, w hile out of the corner of my eye
I could see the surgeon, who had taken
off his coat ami pulled some guards
over his wrists and arms, arranging
his weapons in a neat row on the dres
sing table. When the doctor had his
medicine ready he plac-d it over my
nose aud mouth, with instructions to
breathe deeply two or three times.
The apparatus for giving ether consists
of a box, in which the compound Is
placed, aud an oval india rubU-r mask,
very pliable and flexible, projecting
from it, with a tap which allows com
munication lietween the two parts to
be cut off or establish at will. The
mask part was placed over my face,
and I inhaled deeply once or twice,
with the only result that I was seized
with a choking cough, which, how
ever, was soon followed by a pleasant
and restful sensation.
I felt as if I were gently dozing off
ou a warm summer's day, so I closed
my eyes and placed my arms down by
my sides, that they might not inter
fere with my breathing. The doctor
bent over me aud raised an eyelid, but
I was wide enough awake to say: "Not
yet, doctor." 1 was rapidly going,
though, and I felt I was beginning to
lose consciousness. The light seemed
gently to fade away, giving place to
darkness that was not awful or horri
ble, but soft and restful. There was
no giddiness or singing in the ears,
but silence reigned and darkness set
tled down over me, and then a red veil
seemed to come from beneath my eyes
and to float away into the increasing
gloom, gradually diminishing to a red
spot, the only speck of light left.
Slowly this faded away, and sight,
hearing, volition and every sense with
it. I had a dim consciousness of ex
istence, but my very life seemed far
away, buried under soft masses of
d.-irkncs. I t!o not kno whether I
sjoke, but my brain was a blank, and
not a thought crossed my min 1.
All was numb, dead and still, the
silence of the grave; but u Ith a faint,
nude finable consciousness somewhere
that this was not death, but only the
susi?usion of life. Darkness was all
around; not a darkness that might lie
felt, but one that filled everything,
covered everything with black, impal
pable, and all jiervading presence.
Gradually aud softly as it went the
sight came bac-k again, with no startled
wonder as to where I was, for almost
liefore I could shape a thought I in
stinctively remembered my jwsition,
and knew the ope-ration was over. The
figures in the room grew distine t and
clear. I half rose up in bed, and then
a horrible feeling of nausea and pain
rushed upon me. I had laiu down
stroug and welL I woke up weak aud
throbbing with pain under my band
ages. "Splendid," cried the surgeon,
cheerfully, "all over, first rate! Not
much more than a quarter o." an hour
over iL" During my trance they had
cut and carved me, sewed me up aud
bandaged me without my knowing
that I had been touched. Pall Mall
Gazette.
Will Give Bob a Chance.
According to a dispatch from Easton,
Md., about 7D of the farmers of Talbot
county have banded together to give
"Ilob White" a chance. They will
shoot no partridges on their farms this
fall, nor will they permit anyone else
to do so. For several winters the
weather has been extremely severe, and
fast winte'r, especially, a great number
of birds in Maryland and the more
northern states perished of cold and
hunger, aud those that escape weather
are apt to fall a prey to the pot or oth
er hunter. Several things militate
against beautiful anil cheerful Bob
White, and he is having a hard time
these days. As the ceuntry is more
closely cultivated, cover and refuge for
him get scarcer and scarcer. The im
provements in shotguns, t'o, is hard
on him. With the old style guns, af
ter a hunter had brought down two
birds he had to stop a while to load,
and if his fingers chanced to be uumb
with cold, the time taken to load and
tit a i-reussion cap gave the remainder
of the flock a chane-e to esc.ipj. But
now, with the breechloader, which
can be charged as the hunter walks
along, the entire covey Is apt to be de
stroyed if the hunter is expert. Un
less some kind of care is taken of the
remnant of partridges, so that they
can increase and multiply, they will
shortly be utterly consumed from the
face of the earth. Baltimore Suu.
Cowardly and Disionest.
To an audience of women in Lincoln
tlay before yesterday, the defeated can
di late for President expressed his eon-
tempt for the verdict of the nation,
and insulted Major McKinley in one
breath :
"I want to say to you as a private
citizens, standing among you, I will
enjoy my life for the next four velars
belter than any person itt public po
tion who owes his election to corporate
agencies. In saying this I don't want
you to single out any particular person.
I am making a general statement, ht
cause I want to say to you thit the
man who owes his electiou to any of
ficefrom the highest ofliea in the gift
of the nation down to the city ofllce in
your city who owes his ofilee to cor
porations who will desire to control
him when he is electesl, has ait office
that any man with honorable spirit
ought to be ashamed to occupy."
This is cowardly and dishonest innu
endo. Cowardly, because Mr. Bryan
I disavowed to the women any intention
' of imputing to any particular per-
j son a lack of honorable spirit, while he
pointed his remark diree-fy at Major
McKiuley.
Dishonest, because Mr. Bryan knows
ILO
WHOLE NO. 23G5.
Trahplanti2j Trees.
A leading authority in dendrology
favors Country Gentleman with his
views as to the best time to set trees,
also some bints on the manner of do
ing it. He writes:
Generally I should transplant decid
uous trees in autumn or spring as most
convenient, with a little preference to
spring. I have transplanted ever
greens only in the spring. I should
fear that transpiration from the leaves
during the winter would so exhaust
the moisture from evergreens as to kill
litem. o far as l tiave observe!, a
white? frost upon the exposed rtsots of
any tree, even the hardiest, will kill it.
Sunshine is also very injurious. I
doubt if any hemlock can la mad. to
live after :fi minutes of bright sunshine
on its completely exposed rxits, and I
think it is pretty much the same with
the pine.
If deciduous trees are transplanted in
autumn before all their leaves have fal
len, or in the spring after the leaves
have started, the leaves should be most
ly removed, in order to prevent them
from exhausting the moisture in the
trees liefore the roots have made
sufficient connection with the ground
to supply the required moisture. Trees
transplanted from shade to open
sushi ue should have their bod
ies protected from the sunshine.
Transplanted trees generally die not
from lack of f d, but from want of
moisture. Trees taken up with good
supply of roots and set in wide, gener
ous holes, with pulverized soil careful
ly packed around their rxts and sulTi-
cieutly moistened, will almost invaria
bly live. They may or may not re
quire several watering. This elepen.L
ujxmi the soil and the season.
It is well to set the tree as it grew
with retird to the points, of the com
pass. When the ground is well wet, it
is well to mu!ch the true with straw.
sawdust, stones or any similar sub
stance which will keep in the moisture
and keep down the grass or weisU. As
many roots are broken off in taking up
the tree, limits should be clipped off lo
corrt-sjKind, lest the many leave may
require more moisture than the roots
can ruruisii. Mua:i, inriitv trees
rowu in the sunshine are generally
preferable for transplanting. Earth
left upon the rxits when the tree is
dug up helps to make it start readily
and grow.
Sn?ersti:ioa and IosTiraace.
When li.'e insurance was first intro-
duevd some persons hooked upon it as a
violation of divine law, which pro
hibited any projsisition to make com
pensation for passing away to eternal
rest, in defianev of the will and ae't of
the Supreme Being. It was thought
to raise the presumption that the pol
icy writer would control life as he did
j rsonalUies, aud the impression exist
ed that a contract was entered into
to buv them life for a monetary con-
ideration.
Tiiis superstition yet exists among
some people, illustrate1! as follows: An
a ged colored pastor once consulted an
insurance agent about obtaining a pol
icy upon his life. He made inquiry if
there was not so.ne other way by
which he could secure an inheritance
for his family, for he said, as God had
given him his life he had come to the
conclusion that it would be a violation
of religion to entrust it to a corporation
that had no soul, and it seemed like
tempting Providence to enter into con
tract with a corporation on m?re spec
ulation. P.wsibly this pious man was
under the impression that lie was on a
straight transit route to heaven and
p-is.ses.sed means t enter its g-ites,
which might lie prevented by an im
pious act such as he declared would la?
the aco ptanee of the polii-y on his life
writteu by human hands. He did not
place any respee't on the indemnity
promised, whether it was to be in gold
or silver lo to 1, but said that he was
confident that his reward in future life
could not lie grant-sl by any man or
assiK'iatiou.
It is not intended to be understood
that such thesis is now prevalent in
civilized communities, for those who
neglect to make provision for those de
pendent on them after passing away
commit as great a sin as the pious min
ister apprehended he would have been
guilty of had he aevepted a policy on
his life. Views.
The wife of Mr. Leonard Wells, of
East Brimfield, Mass., had been suf
fering from neuralgia for two days, not
being able to sleep or hardly keep still,
wiien Mr. Iloiden, the merchant there
sent her a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, and askeel that she give it a
thorough trial. Ou me-eting Mr. Wells
the next day he was told that she was
all right, the win had left her within
two hours, and that Ixittle of Pain
Balm was worth i.Ot) if it could not be
had for less. For sale at ol) cents per
bottlo at Ben ford's pharmacy.
Plucking Fowls-
Plucking fowls may be easily and
quickly accomplished in this way : As
soon as the bird is dead immerse it in
a pail of very hot water, the water to
e-over all the feathers. Oue minute is
usually long enough lo ke-ep the fowl
uuder not water; too long soaking is
liable to discolor the skin. After this
hot bath the feathers are so loosened
that they can le almost rubbed off.
The bird is theu rinsed in cold water
and wijxetl with a soft cloth. It should
then lie put into a cotton bag kept for
this purpose, and hung in a cool place,
When fowls are not to lie used at once
they should always be loosely rolled in
cloth or paper to keep them front turn-
iug dark. Ducks cannot be managed
in this way, as their fe-atbers contain
so much oil that the water does not
tenet rate them.
Wbj Attempt to Care
catarrh by the use of so-eolled bhtod
remedies? That catarrh is not caused
by blexxl trouble's is self-evident when
you reflect that attacks are always due
tosud'len climatic changes or expos
ure, and occur most frequently during
the winter and spring, though the
blixxl Is as pure then as in summer or
fill. A remedy which quickly relieves
and cures the catarrhal attacks has
been found in Ely's Cream Balm.
DEBT0R3 INVITED TO A LTJSCX
It has bs-n left to a Kin-ins Mnrk
suiith to make a th-l.t-payitig r pleas
ure. All creditors will ! evfiituitly
foriisl to adopt his plan. Next tim
ysi pay y.mrdel.N demand what this
man gives bis debtors, t i.. r th.
system adopted by Fred Westhoff, of
Watht
ena, Kansas, his customers look
forward to settling their a 'counts with
him, much as the suburban youngster
longs for the coming of the tfrear-i-t
show ou earth. Instead of revardit g
his debtors as undesirable s-rsons to t
particularly friendly with, be welcomes
them royally, on an appointed day,
and they all feast and make merry at
his expense.
The beauty of Mr. Westhofl's idea is
iU absolute originality. He has con
sidered the collection problem, after
the fashion of almost every Kun-.is
man, on the basis that it is a very diffi
cult on.-to solve. It in the misfortune
of the country blacksmith tiiat aim t
all of his work is done c.-.-d;,', the
farmer, as a rule, lindi: it inconveni
ent and often impossible to pay spit
cash. S Mr. Westhoff studied his
bxiksaud rack"d his briins until he
formed this J-lao. A a first step t
carrying it n:it, !. is-nd .-ri invitation
to every debtor, in i liieii h.- s-d :
"As I have to meet payment of a
note I find it necessary t' call iipm ail
those who are indbo-d t to help
iii3 out as much as you cm. TLer-j-fore
I h've decided to selec one day
and request your presence at my !-
at Wathena, and pay the amount here
in stated, and all th'i-e complying with
this reqii'.'st will receive a serial treat
Lunch and refreshments will Ik? served
from 1 P. M. to P. M. in ray b.-ts.-niL-nt
that day and a very g-sul tiuif
assured to ail present Plea-se present
thiscard when you all, an 1 s iw tine
amount ot your aecou:r, which is
dollars and ceuls. H 'tiiri'ail w ill
respond and you will have a g"d so
cial afternoon."
It may naturally lie supposed that
this absolutely uuijuo i.ivii u crat
ed astonishment Noolieha'! everuta d
the like. To think of a m in inviting
his debtors to meet and enjoy them
selves with him, and miking the ope i
sesame to that enjoyment the settling
of their bills. It seemed hk ' a
Belsh iz. ir fe ist, a i i no little d -ri-.; i
was excited by the Id ie--:i:th de
parture. The day came it was only
i few d ivs a.' i-when it w u d fi ! I
the debtors so iu!d g i!h T, ail w;i it :i
git:i'rin g it ivk If t i'f. wis ou
tarui -r present th-rewr-re thirty, a'cl
l- jolliti ; ttio.l the etii ye 1 iias li"t
been eq'i i!-e 1 s:n .'-e t'l days i t lv m-sas
City, just :;eTssth' line in MiH;ri,
when Mirttu It 'gun was running :t,c
Citv Council.
Not the least unexpected feature of
the occasion was that, without excep
tion, every debtor who atteii 1 the fe:is t
squared accounts. P.wsibly this might
ha'e lieen induevd by the fact that
beer and other lsewr.i-.'es th it cheer
were dispensed in plenty, and also that
it was g I beer, which is a rec :ii:n -n-dation
that no tippling Ivuisvi can af
ford to piss lightly over. When it
e'O.ii-es to h-e. iii Kri-is it is always
clearly apparent totne p irchas.er there
of, that, while the intention of the man
who sells him the amber liquid may
have been excellent when he supplied
himself, that the fulfillment w.ts of an
exceedingly weak nature. Not so with
Mr. WesthotTs lieer. It was of the
regulation blue riiitmit variety, such as
lelights the thirsty soul an 1 increases
the capacity of the e:iMmer. Kn-
sas has many q i.vr tilings placed t
her account, and there is n question
but that this tikes rank an mg tit?
;ir.t.
"It was a new cr.p ri-;i ut.' "Sic.
Westhott'said, wh-.-n oii'-stioiie-l, "but
I figured out that I couldn't bse by it
nohow. You see, I looked at the
thing in this way : The-re were three
particular points that I calculated my
idea would enver. The iir-t of the-?
was that this is a prohibition State,
and that the b -er ought to g pretty-
well if it was g o 1. Toe s 'on l was
that the ae'i-ounts d le m would all lie?
piid in o:ie !iy and i.i t'.'.at way I
could ue the receipts to r.nch greater
advantage than I ouM it" the money
came in driblets. When cash Irenes iu
a dollar at a time now and then, it
don't briu any returns, an i it is sent
as fist as it comes in. Tho I'.rst you
know it's gone and you have nothing
to show for it. Tht1 third jx'int w-as
that I believed I en a I 1 eoud i-t such
an affair that it would te on a paying
basis. Of course, that is a matter that
has got to Ise left to the wit of the man
who is getting the idea up. and I jut
thought I had enough brains to run it
right
"It don't take much of- a rnan to see,
according to my way of thinking, that
success is much more certain hi e-liect-ing
bills of persons who might not pir
at all if you trie-1 to force them t do ir.
in this way than in any other. B-side
that you don t m.tKe anyo.x;y your en
emy. There's a whole lot f jvople
wdio would be willing to -give ttsty or
seventy-five cents for the kind of treat
I set tip. In fact, I think they'd give
that much rather than Ue left out S
you see I collect my b,!ls, ki-e-p my
friends and get new e u-tomcrs, because
I tell them I am going to do this svrt
of thing right along. There is no
humbug about my treat. It is ::s fue
as air."
How to Prevent Croa-?.
tsOMKTHINi; Til AT WII.I. l'KOVi; tX-
TLKKSTlNti Til VOtNti MoT I! Kits, HtiY
TO i;i'AKI AGAINST TI!K 1!::.VSK.
Croup is a terror to young mothers
and to post them cmii-erni::g 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 h-cuI-iarly
rough cough, which iscosily ree-og-nized
and will never lie forgotten by one
who has heard it. The time to act is
when the child first becomes hoarse.
If Chamberlain's (Vngh Keniidy is)
freely given all tendency ! croup w ill
soon disappear. Even after thecroupy
cough has developed it will prevent
the attack. There is no tlange-r in giv
ing this remedy for it contain nothing
injurious. For sale by Itcii ford's phar
macy. Salt put on ink when freshly spilled'
on a carpet wiii help in rem ivitig thj
spot
Serious troubles come from the ne
gleet of a cough. Dr. Wood Norway
Pine Syrup is a perfect cure for cough
and colds of all sorts.