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Surplus, S24.O00.
OEOSITS PCCEtVt IN LAftSC I0MLL
AMOUNTS, PAYABLE ON OEWANO.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHAMS. FARMERS,
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DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOAIiD OF DIRECTORS.
LaKUE M. HICKS, GEO. R. XUi,
JAMES U rUGH, W. H. MILLER,
JOHX R. SCOTT, ROBT. 8. SCCLL,
FRED W. BIESECKER
EDWARD SCTLL, : : PRESIDEXT.
VALEXTIXE HAY', : VICE PRESIDEXT.
HARVEY M. BERKLEY, - CASHIER.
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Milton J. Tritts, - - Cashier.
Geo. S. Harrison, - Ass't Cashier.
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Directors (
Ram. 15. ITarrison, Wiu Endsley,
Josiah Speeht, Jonas M. Ck,
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WHEES S MOTHER!
Bursting in from a'hool or play,
ThU I what tho children aay ;
Trooplntr, crowding, big and amall,
Oa the threshhold. In the liall
Joining In the constant cry.
Ever a the days go ly,
" iVhen-'ii mot her V
From the weaiy bod of pain
This same Uotion comcaaraln ;
from the Iwy with sfiarkllng eyes.
Bearing home hit earlicM prize;
Front the bronzed and Ix-anled Hon,
IViilH pant and lioniim won ;
"Where' mother?"
Burdened with a lonely task.
One day we may vainly ask
For the comfort of her face.
For the rt of her embrace ;
lx-t uk love her while we may,
Well for tin that can my,
Where' mother?
Mother with untiring hands
At the pot of duty stall Jk,
1'atieiit, weking not h. rown.
Anxious for (tie soid alone
f thcchildixii us they rry.
Ever us t he da s go by,
"Where a motli. r?
Uood HotisekeeplDg.
A MEUFWOOIXG.
A NEW year's IXCIHEXT.
'Rai helors' apartu.ent'! Hun ph! A
blot on civiliztition, a libel of the Crea
tor. " A miserable triK', the whole lot!''
Since the Artnitage lifictl ibt brow n
stone fronton Washington wjusre, east,
Jonathan Stand ish had leen master of
its mot.t s-pticious suit. Ten years the
black and white namel placard, 'Dhch-
elors' Apartmenta," had confmnted
hin entrees and his exits to always ir
ritate him.
"Bachelors indeed!" he groaned,
brushing the snow crystals from his
iron pray mustache. "They ought to
be killed, every mother's son of them
wiped oil' the face of the earth.
"Had night, Mr. .Standish."
"Beastly, beastly."
"It's coming in like a lion."
The elevator stopped at the third
floor. Tiie dean of the Armitage's bou
vivants alighted.
"What did you remark, Toby?"
"New Year's is coming in like a lion,
:r."
"Ah, yes. New Year's? Why, so it
is. You're right, Toby. May it bring
luck to you, my lad. God bless you."
Richer by a gold eagle, Toby de
scended in glee, while fcjtandish crossed
the threshold of his luxurious sem
blance of a home. A fire crackled
brightly. Creature comforts were on
every s: le, but the lord of the manor
felt s-tilkd. Was it the omiuous silence,
the pertinent placard in the vestibule
or lisapiointmeut in not meeting a
single boon companion at the club?
Where were they? What was up?
It was New Year's eve. They were
doubtless in the bosom of their families
or the guest of honor in the homes of
kindred, while he, Jonathan Standish,
boy and man for .0 years in the me
tropolis, was without home, kith or
kindred. More than one of his fore
fathers slept in Trinity churchyard.
The stately house in Stuyvesant square
where so many, many happy days of
his ltoyhood had passed was long since
relegated to a boarding house. And
they were going oh, so rapidly! all
the old familiar faces.
"Won't do, won't do," ho muttered,
slipping into his eider gown. Antago
nistic to his tastes and temperament
was the life he led. He was the victim
of a series of circumstances that he
fancied he was jowerless to have avert
ed, and so his life had drifted. "Too
late, too late!" Memory recalled what
might have leen, egotism what was yet
possible. "All the good old fashioned
women are gone. There's nothing left
but that caricature, the uew woman.
Bah, with her ologies and her isms, her
sufTrajre meetings and good govern
ment clubs! She is not only driving
men from stores, ol'ices and counting
rooms, but by (Jeorge, she has rob! nil
him of his coat, vest and four-in-hand,
and now she wants his breeches !"
He set a'.MHtt to clean up his secreta
ry. An old auuress itooii roiicuoui.
Leisurely he turned the ptiges. I he
addresses smacked for the most part of
the turf and the ccunting room.
"Miss Blacknn.re, 1S9 Broadway."
It w as the one woman's name in the
little red Utok. .Standish lit his pipe
and drew up his chair to the open
hearth.
"What a game of whist that woman
i.lavs! I wish she were here now. What
a rubber we ould have if Daniels and
the captair would drop in! There's
not a man at the cluh that can match
her. There's a woman of horse sense!
No New fangled notions about her!"
Aud Staudish's thoughts went back to
Mrs. Vandyke's parlor at Manhattan.
Mrs. Vandyke was a dilapidated socie
ty woman who resorted to summer
boarders to replenish her coffers. Late
in the season Standish chanced at her
cottage, and the domesticity of the en
vironment charmed him, aud soon
Standish ww enrolled among the wid
ow's tntiet substantial guests.
The night of his arrival it rained in
cessantly. The guests were driven
from the verandas to the parlor. Be
fore Standish could escape, Mrs. Van
dyke proposed a game of whist. He
had au old fashioned reverence for
womankind, but when it came to play
ing w ith them lie had his prejudices,
but he consented. It did not escape
his keen glance that bis partner, Miss
Blackmore, was not of his world or the
type of women he had known and ad
mired in his youth.
Certainly she had little in common
with the "set" in which Mrs. Vandyke
had singed her wings. But hers was
the voice and manner of the well bred
woman of experience experience de
rived from personal contact with cruel
facts rather than from the dilletant
ism of the boudoir or the drawing
room. She was, moreover, ?uch a
strong partner that he did whitt im hsd
not b"en guilty of for IS) years frank
ly pleaded that an acquaintance so
pleasantly begun migt;t not end so ab
ruptly. Miss Blackmore smiled, Land
ed him her card and told him she was
always at lw' Bms.dway.
"A clever wointu. No iioiic-i.se
about her. I meant to html t.r .ip
fjre this" said Stm1-'i 1-id as he
awakened fr mi his reveri
' One hundred aud ei;r';ty-nh. Hiva-i-wjy?
Wlit '! e ! -n. e.:i a o...ao
such a oni,i:i be doing so tar down
Somerset
SOIERSET, PA.,
town? One thousand one hundred an I
eighty-nine, 981 or 891 would bring her
nearer a resident neighborhood. There
must be a mistake."
But, then, it was ISO in the little red
book. Standish knew, or thought he
knew, Broadway from Central park to
the Battery. Neither hotel, apartment
bouse nor private residence responded
to any combination his fertile fancy
could make out of Miss Blackmore's
address.
The next night New Year's night
a hansom drove up at the Armitage.
With a carnation in his buttonhole,
Standish entered, and it rumbled gny
ly toward 1S9 Broadway, for he could
not persuade himself that he had not
omitted a figure from Miss Blackmore's
address. No. 1187 was a street car
stable.
'Drive to ftsi."
The red lamp of ft Turkish lnth fr
"u.vn exclusively" reflected StSl.
j "Try K'l." A vholesn!e toyhoa-e
! greeted cabby. When the hansom
finally halted at ISO, Standish alighted
and scanned the directory iu the hall
way of a modern scraper.
' Sixth iloor Ii. Blackmore, drafts
man." On the fourth floor he met the jani
tor. , "Does IL Blackmore live in this
building?"
"There's a Miss Blackmore who has
an ofllec on the sixth floor. Never
here at right. Don't you know, man,
this is a holiday?"
Standish colored. "But I thought
she lived here," he stammered "had
apartments, you know."
The janitor chuckled. "Miss Black
more lives at the Columbine, Washing
ton square, west."
"Whew!" said Standish.
As the hansom rolled back to Wash
ton square Standish found himself face
to face with the new woman in a new
light Was it the true light? He had
met Miss Blackmore on purely social
grounds, and in a social spirit of more
than passing interest had a&ked to call,
and she had smilingly given him her
business address.
Ten o'clock found f-tandish in a large
alcove room that played the double role
of boudDir and salon. In appointment
it was simple, but rich, very rich in
that which his sumptuous quarters
sadly missed, the indefinable touch of
a woman, the intangible aroma of
sweetness long drawn out
The latest magazines were ou the
table. Casts from the antique and
copies of the old masters were on the
walls. In the shadow of the 0ien
hearth was a couch smothered in mul
ticolored cushions. A cozy tea tabu',
with a singing kettle, gleamed under a
swinging lamp.
"Just iu time, Mr. Standish. I was
about to hae a cup of tea. You will
share it with me, will you not? And
I'm so sorry that two can't play w hist."
She extended her hand as if they had
parted but yesterday. Very simple and
wholesome was Miss Blackmore in the
flowing lines of au old rose tea gown.
But traces of tears, the lir.st shed in a
dozen years, trembled in her darkey s
and did not escajie Iter New Year's
caller.
'When I tell you of the wild goose
chase you have given m" this evening-,
I trust you will ptmlon, Miss Black-ni-.re,
the tardiness of this intrusion,"
said Standish, relating w iti humorous
Interpolation his reckless ride in pur
suit of ISO.
His hostess laughed a merry laugtt,
with a sob in its ebb.
"How long Mve you lived in the
Columbine?"
"Three yars."
"And we have been neighbors all
this time? It is ten since I went to the
Armitage."
"So, ho," said Miss Blackmore.
One of the Christian privileges of liv
ing In a cosmopolitan community. No
ore know s or cares who is his neigMior
p-ovidl his comfort or his exclusive-n-ss
is unmolested."
"And do you approve of this manner
of living?" said Standish.
"I have ni-ver had lime to give it se
rious thought," confessed Miss Black
more, filling his cup. "Most of my
life is spent at ISO Broadway."
"You would have preferred to have
seen me there rather than here amoi g
your penates, a precious loon to me, I
assure you." His fl ittering eyes took
in the woman and the environment,
each the complement of the other.
"Pray do not misunderstand me,"
said she, with an impulsive warmth he
had not suspected possible to so placid
an exterior. "It was force of habit
alone that prompted me to give you
my business address. Since we are
neighbors I will be frank. It never
occurs to me, it hasn't for years, that
anybody of your persuasion, any man,
desires to see me on other than busi
ness matters. That will seem strange
to you, perhaps, and equally strange to
women w ho are not part and parcel of
this workaday world. Nevertheless it
Is true, as hundreds of women toilers
have learned, some to their profit, more
to their loss. You see, I have never
been without resjsnsibilities. I was
early forced into the world to earu my
own living. I have created and do fill
a distinctive place in the business
world. Experience has awakened me
to the injustices that confront the wom
an breadwinner."
"And does it satisfy, does it pay'"
Miss Blackmore paled. It was the
very question she had asked herself,
aud in the effort to answer had shed
the tears that had not dried when
Standish disturbed her reveries.
Why had this stranger come at this
Inopportune time to learn in ten min
utes more of her Inner life than did her
cl-tsest friends? More and more Bhe
wis beginning to realize that It did not
a:isfy m-r. A .id th!t ight, of all
others, wh-n site hsd been nlat, while
the whole world se. med t be review
ing friendships, the thought came to
her with unusual force.
"Do you believe in women votintr?
ix yu go to their nettings, male
-rvurt.;"' gtsped Stand isrj.
"No," said Miss Biuckmore thought
fully. "I lelieve iu letting woman's
..rk sncat for itself. All "listing evils
will be righted in ti.no, I thibk, and
mu-.'l. speedier if v."o;ti!n would learu
to talk less and labor more individual
ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1890.
ly to make themselves invaluable in
whatever industry they enter."
"And you have succeeded?"
"Yes, I am counted among the suc
cessful women, and I am paying the
price. I have no time for social amen
ities. All day down town, night finds
nie fatigued, huppy tos.vk theseclu-ioii
of the Columbine. Occasionally old
friends who have survived the chagrin
of my seeming Incivility in not return
ing calls, accepting invitations to
lunches, dinners and clubs drop in for
cards or a chat. Then I try to keep in
touch with new books, new pictures,
new plays."
"Does it satisfy, d es it puy, to live as
you and I do, for example?" said
Standish. "To pass in and out of the
Armitage and the Columbine year in
and year out, with noixtdy to pay,
'(od be w ith you going; heaven send
you back?' Nobody to care whether
you sink, sM-itu, survive or ix-rish, save
the janitor or the elevator Ixy, who
might jierhaps miss a fee if miilicr of
us ever returned in the fl.-sh? As a stu
dent of sociology I have given the sul
ject thought of late. Believe me, the
only one it satisfies, the only one it pays,
is the landlord. Oh, I tell you, it is all
wrong, and it's such men, such women
as you and I that are multiplying Col
umbines and Ariiiitajjes, liUIs on the
sacred lmttie of home.
"I hope yon will pardon me, Mks
Blto-kmore, for bringing business into
your 'holy of holies,'" he continued,
ucitig the length of the cozy den. I
have a scheme iu which it's my heart's
desire to enlist your sympathy, your
aid. I-t us help wipe out bachelor
apartments and maiden dens by build
ing for ourselves a home."
She lifted her hand forbiddingly, but
"love in her eyes sat playing."
"A home," continued Stait.li.ih, fold
ing her baud in his warm gra-p "with
a yard iu front, a yard in the rear and
a yard nil around, and iieitrhbors in
whose joy we at least will rejoice and
w ith their sorrows weep."
ilii.s accounts lor t.'ie oj.-ajipearance
of IL Blackmore front thw directory of
l&l) Broadway. The young man Mrs.
Jonathan Standish trained in l.erolhVe
has sucoHfded to the business, thus en
abling him to give his mother and sis
ter an honorable discharge from the in
dustrial army.
Lua H.O.-E Mi-Cake.
The Hoaseholi.
As one or our well Known writers
has said, "Some lines of work are so
crowded that there is little demand
for the pnsluct of this work," and for
this reason anything out of the ordi
nary rut is very acceptable to the mass
of sclf-supjorting fetialcs, aud to this
end we suggest that the making of Sar
atoga chips, although at first thought
it seems to !e an absurd idea, mav, if
managed rightly, form a nucleus of a
really lucrative btisir.-ss. To make
a success of any money-making enter
prise, one must be careful i:i the miu-
utia, aud so it is even with this home
ly enterprise. Saratoga chips for
lunches, picnics, etc., are always in de
mand, and to one wl.o learns the art of
making them well, there is a line o
portunity to make a good income.
Commence ou a small scale, and vcu
may inerese your facilities as your busi
ness increases.
First notify your friends and neigh
bors that you intend m:. king Saratoga
chips to sell, and icrhaps allow them
to sample some of you make, jer-uade
them to give you a small order, say a
pound or two then procure a small or
der from each grocer in your vicinity.
Having arranged this business, satis
factorily, proceed to make the chijis to
fill j-our orders.
First buy your potutos, a few bush
els at first, directly from a farmer if
possible. You will find tlsat it is more
economical, as well as much more sat
isfactory, to purchase l he ler.f, and "try
out your ow ii lard. You can get it at any
meat market for six cents n pound,
whereas you will Ik obliged to jay
t ight cents for lard, which is not near
ly so sweet. If tried out jir.q-erly there
is very littie loss in wt ighL To try
out the leaf, cut it in small pieces, put
it in a jmrcelain kettle, jour over it a
small quantity of water, just enough to
keep it from burning; let it boii slowly,
but steadily, until the lard is all ex
tracted from the bits .f mtut, then
strain it through u very fine strainer or
a jiiece of cheise cloih, squeezing the
cracklings perfectly dry. Set it .away
iu jars to cool.
Now prepare your potatoes. Tare
and slice very thin: you ca.t d this
with the slaw cutter; they must le like
shavings; lay them in strong salt wat
er about ten minutes to harden them,
then squeeze all the water from them
aud lay them on a cloth to drain.
I'lace a large shallow kettle on the
range (a doughnut kettle Is nice), fill
it half full of lard, let it boil slow ly un
til it is smoking hot; drop in a quanti
ty of your jHitato shavings, let them
cook until a delicate brown; then re
move them w ith a skimmer; lay them
on a cloth until jerfectly dry; they
may then be jtlaeed in boxes, pans,
etc.
Care should be taken not to brown
them to much, as they will not present
so attractive an appearance, yet equal
care must be taken that they are sulH-
ciently brown, and for this reasou you
must be certain that your lard is just
the right tcrujxTature. It is a good
plan to drop one slice In to test it.
A young lady of IndianajKilis only IS
years old, commenced making Saratoga
chijts, which excelled all others. For a
few months her business was confined
solely to supplying private families aud
the Woman's Exchange. She sent
samples of her products to wholesale
dealers. Those firms are now regular
customers, and she furnishes them with
OW pounds per week. She buys pota
toes by the hundreds of bushels a::d
furthermore she din-vts the b-j.-iniss
herself. The Ilousekoejier.
All ruachintry, wagons, ;c, that
are not under shelter will le exposed
to snows and rains, tind consequently
rendered almo'-l worthless fr use In
the spring. If it is cl:?aper to buy
new tools ev -ry year then there is an
exoose for iiegl't ting the to ds, but it is
generally th cast that the f.e-ni.'r who
does not ta!:e cor. of rtis t.;.i eui;
has but little interest iu his farm.
A PEAIEIE NEW YEAH-
How the Cowboys Celebrate cn the
Western Plains.
A few days before the New Year's
preparations are begun for the big
dance which inaugurates the season's
festivities on the western jilains. The
ranch where the ball or "fandango" is
to be held is literally given over to the
boys for the occasion, and they never
fail to make the most of it. Invitations
are sent over the neighborhood within
a radius of IS) miles, and nearly every
one Is aecejUed, for a ride of 20 miles lo
one accustomed to spending 10 or 12
hours a day in the saddle Is a mere
nothing.
Besides, this is the ono opportunity
of tiie year to spend money lavishly
for the sake of a good time. An extra
cook or two are hired, and sttpjlies
enough laid in to feed a small army.
It is the privilege of every cowboy on
the place to make out a list of eatables
that lie feels his constitution demands.
And several days beforehnud the great
wagon Is hitched up and a trip taken
to the nearest town to get provisions.
A more heterogeneous mixture of ed
ibles can scarcely lie imagined raisins,
nuts, candies, canned meats and fruits,
pickles, crackers anything kept ami
recommended by the obliging and
neighborly grocery man.
In addition to tho store bought deli
cacies for the feast, the ranch cook dis
tinguishes himself in the way of barltc
cued shote, game, "jks.-uui and taters,"
pies and dikes and the like. For a
wet k or two ln-fore the feast all hands
lend their aid to the capturing of grime
and the finding and saving of eggs.
As for the fandango, the jr-jara-tion
are few and sinu le. Beds an 1
other space consuming jtieces of furni
ture are removed from the r.xms i:i
teuded for the dance. The We floors
are sand scoured and flecked with Cue
shavings of sjierm candies, which soon,
under the many gliding feet of the
dancers, form a thin, sleek coating, de
lightful and seductive to the feet. On
two sides of the room, clone up against
the wall, a row of chairs is set for the
accommodation of those not dancing.
By six o'clock in the evening the
guests begin to arrive, the loys having
gone after the girls, oa horseback gen
erally, some of the "tony" couples
coming in Luggies, the high seated
"jiino lKxed" vehicles of the west,
with their double teams aud general
air of smartness.
The girls have tbir p.trty dress: -s
tucked up under their bhu-k calico rid
ing skirts, some of the:u bringing
waists, gloves and white kid s!ijpers,
done up in a bundle, to be jtit ou after
they urrive. And a merry hearted,
merry faced set they are cheeks glow
lug and eyes sparkling from the exhil
aration of the ride in the wind and the
exjiectation of the unwonted frolic.
The music is furnished by m-gro f.J
dlers, whose rejuTtory of old fashioned
"breakdowns" is never improved ujsin
nor never falls short of its early charm
and infection upon its hearers.
IVrhajisyou never saw a eowlays'
fandango. Their style of dancing is
jH'culiar to th etnselves. Like their
horses' build aud gait, it is made for
hard and long service. It is a solemn,
rythmic sort of jiosing, the heels rarely
leaving the floor, as much dancing le
ing doue w ith the arms as w ir.li the
feet, It is a motion which seems un-
cotiscioti.sly to partake of the monot
ony of the prairies, suppresse , intense
and inexhaustible.
There is almost no distinction of
classes or social grades in the west.
Years ago, in the formative timeof cat
tle ruuehing, the cowboy wa. a s :i
generis. His f.tther and grandfather
were cowlsvys. "dav wrauitlers."
nightli.iwks" and "cow punchers."
His language was "blo-nly," anl his
figure aud mind uncouth. To-day ho
may be a graduate of an eastern col
lege, a theological student or the
youngest son of au English lord.
Tiie western woman or "gal" is more
typic-.l. Siie may lu tiie "boss "
daughter, ed jested "on east;" the
"renter's" daughter, wi;'i only a smat
tering education from the free school,
or the "hired girl," jilucky, independ
ent ami "good as her better."
Iu the same "set" there nuy l one
man with a "store" suit on; another in j
his regular suit, consisting of blue fi-m-nel
ovt Tshirt and leather belt, buckskin
leggings or cottonado overalls.
The boys laugh loud, flap each other,
hang their "guns" on the wall whilu
they are dancing, s?eal behind the
house for their drink between th sets,
but they treat the girls like queens,
No matter how rough their clothes,
they generally have white hands and
small, well clad feet. They will wear
boots, but they will have them made
with high heels, of fine leather, point
ed toes and often red toj-s.
They revel In dancing. They sre
graceful, natural, muscular and active.
Dancing to them is horseback riding
in good company, under shelter and to
the tune of tho fiddle. It gives free
play to their untiring, restless bodies
and at the same time satisfies aud de
lights their love of women's society
aud good fellowship.
These holiday dances last all night,
their only breakfast being at It) o'clock,
when eggnog is served, and at 12,
when the big supper is eaten. Then,
with renewed vigor and sjiirits, they
return to the floor. The fires burn low
in the great chimneys, the kerosene
lamps flicker and smoke, the fi ldiers
doze and play on mechanically, the
girls languish, and even the cowboy
himself feels the force aud strain of
jirotracted, time measured motion.
But the dance goes on.
Not until the dull red glow of sun
rise creeps over the dun j.rairies does
the music stoji.
Then after a breakfast of "cold bits"
and strong, hot black coffee the girls
go to rooms prepared for them tho
ranch, or mounted (Ml fleet f.uited
bronchos go galloping over the jirai
ries, the fresh, wild wind in their faces
and the thrilling memory of sweet
words or sweeter promises in their
wholesome, simple hearts. New York
Herald.
In cases of burns, sprains, seal Is, r r
any of the oilier accidental jains like
ly to come to the human liody, Dr.
uts Thomas' JvjltMtric Oil gives almost lu
' tant rchef.
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Dr. King;' New Discovery For
Consumption.
This is the best medicine in the world
for all forms of Coughs and Colds and
for Consumption. Every bottle is
guaranteed. It w ill cure and not dis
apjioint. It has no equal for Whoojs-
j ing Cough, Asthma, Hay Fever, Pneu
monia, Bronchitis, La (Jrippe, Cold in
the Head and for Consumption. It is
safe for alt ages, p'e.-nant to take, and,
above all, a sure cure. It is always
weil to take Dr. King's New Life Pills
in connection with Dr. King's New Dis-
civery, as they regulate and tone
the stomach aud bowels. We guarantee
perfect satisfaction or return money.
Free trial bottles at J. NySnyder'sdrug
store, Somerset, or Brallier's drug store,
Berlin, I'a.
One of Mauy. "Keeping up your
bicycle riding t:iis cId weather?"
"Nuj. Just keeping up the payments;
that Is all." Indianapolis Journal.
A woman never makes so many ex
cuses to company for the looks of the
hou.se as she does just after she has
sjH'nt two whole days getting it ready.
New York Press,
A Ferkey Little King.
King Alexander, of Servia, who has
been calling ujxtu the Pope and paying
his respects to Francis Joseph of Aus
tria, is described by tho Kocket as "a
jterky little chap." In height he is
about five feet four inches, and is slim
ly built, He is bieswd with a distinct
ly Hc'braieal head of dark curly hair,
and an olive colored complexion. The
juvenile monarch is ju:t now iu search
of a bride. Alexander will possibly
come to Loudon in May or Junj next
year.
Ereshleigh, 10O3, met an old colored
man tliL other day crossing the campus
and the following conversation ensued:
Freshleigh "Hello, Sam! The trees
are getting nearly as black as you are,
hey?" Big Sam "Yessah ; an' next
spring, sah, dey'li bo nearly as green
as you, sah." Princeton Tiger.
3ucklen's Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Ft
ver Sores, Tetter, Charged Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erun-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It Ls guaranteed to give
jverfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Prlea ' cents jh.t box. For sale at J.
N. Snyder's drug store, Somerset, or
at Crallier's drug store, Berlin, Pa.
The
Wealthy Americans and Kr.
Whistler.
A "Man o' Kent" in tho British
Weekly says : "A friend of mine visit
ed Mr. McNeill Whistler some weeks
ago. The famous artist's room was
tolerably well filled with jiictures.
When his visitor returned a wtek or
two later the room was empty. The
explanation was that in the interim a
wealthy American had visited Mr.
lustier and insisted on buyingall the
work he had on hand.'
Major C. T. Pietoti is manager of the
Suite Hotel, at Dttison, Texas, which
the traveling men say is one of the best
hotels in that section. In sjieakiug of
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Ilemedy Major Picton says:
"I have used it myself and in my fam
ily for several years, and take pleasure
iu saying that I consider it an infalli
ble cure for diarrhoea and dysentery.
I always recommend it, and have
frequently administered it to my guests
iu the hotel, and in every case it has
proven itself worthy of unqualified en
dorsement. For sale by Benford's
Pharmacy.
An ingenious French statistiean has
calculated tha t in reading a million
letters of the ordinary newspaper type
the human eye travels a mile, and that
tue average lifetime goes through liVW
miles of reading matter.
A Valuable Fres cripticn.
Editor Morris of Worthington. Intl.,
"Sun" writes : "You have a valuable
prescription in Eleetric Bitters, aud I
can cheerfully recommend it for Con
stipation and sick hsadache, and as a
general system touic it has no equal."
Mrs. Annie Sti'hle, 2G2 Cottage Grove
Ave., Chicago, was all run down, could
not eat nor digest f.od, had a backache
which never left her and felt tirestl and
weary, but six bolttes of Electric Bit
tirs restored her health and reuewed
her strength. Prices M cents and id.OO.
Gtt a bottle at J. N. Snyaer's drug
tore, Somerset, or Brallier's drug store,
Berlin, Pa.
Johnny's Soliloquy .-."It'll be mean
if I don't git somethin' stunnin' after
bein' amiable for three whole week."
Boston Transcript.
Urged to Try Hood's.
Pixb Hill, pan Not. 3), 1S91. "My
mother was under the tloetor's eare for
several years and at times was confined
to her bed. She was urged to try
Hood's Sarsaparilla and after taking
four bottles she was in better health
than she had been for some time. She
had a good appetite and was able to
sleep well." Elmira Fritz.
Hood's Pills act harmoniously with
HooJ's Sarsaparilla.
A girl always gauges the price of the
Christmas presents she gives her bosom
friend by the value of the presents the
other girl gave her last ytar. New
York Press.
When most needed it not unusual
for ytnir family physician to be away
from home. Such was the exjerience
of Mr. J. Y. Scheuk, editor of the Cad
do, Ind. Ter., Banner, when his little
girl, two years of age, was threatened
with a severe attack of croup. He
says: "My w ife insisted that I go for
the doctor, but as our family phy4
clan was out of town I purchased a
laiitle of Chamberlain's Cough Reme
dy, which relieved her immediately.
I will not be without it in the future."
i undo.) cent bottles fer sale bv Ben-
I oid's Pharmacy.
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WHOLE NO. 2370.
HEW YEAS THOUGHTS.
What the Day has Seen and ia Now.
New Year's Day, though not Jan.l
always, has ben celebrated religiously
or socially from time immemorial. The
ancient 1 tomans consecrated it to Jan
us, w ho, it was thought, controlled all
ls-ginnings and ma le sacrilieesto him.
They exchanged gracious greetings
and wishes and gave presents to friends
and kindred. The church condemned
its social oltservations and turned it in
to a religious festival. The Hebrews,
the Chinese aud other jxoples, pagans
and non pagans, regard it superstition
ly, attaching the utmost importance to
its celebration.
We Americans in the last quarter of
the nineteenth century are supposed to
be wholly free from sujierstition. But
are we? Not a few of us still imagine
that there Ls something auspicious in
New Year's day ; that as we begin the
year we may so close iL We are solicit
ous, before, to resolve to relinquish bad
habits then, under the impression that
we shall relinquish them altogether.
Iu other words, we determine on that
day to turn over a new leaf, as we have
probably determined for many previ
ous years, and there our determination
and reformation end. This is exactly
the way the old Romans acted more
than HJ centuries since, which proves
tiiat we have not advanced much in
reasonableness despite our assumptions
to the contrary. It is a problem whether
men who continue in mature life to
yield to their weaknesses or fail to rec
tify their faults ere capable of correct-
ng themselves. Whether capable or
incapable, they rarely do so. Their
good resolutions seldom bear fruit.
They terminate, for the most iart, in
words, iu promises to themselves, in
mockeries of jerforinanee. What a
man is at -10 he is apt to remain. No
amount of New Year's resolves will
help hirn w ho is not fjll of virtuous
endeavor. Jan. 1 dawns brightly to
the mind, but the succeeding days con
clude elisoially as to achievement.
Nevertheless its recurrencu must ever
le pieusiin. If it d-iei not bring ac
complishment, it at least brings hope,
and hop-? nerves us to bear our burdeus,
to dischargeour duties. Then welcome
New Year's. W'j dearly love to think
that the cares aud troubles of the old
year, which so largely spring from our
tcutjierameut, will not invade the new
one.
Originally New Year's was intended
not for a universal, miscellaneous call
ing day, w ithout motive or propriety,
into which it ultimately degeneratetL
It was iuteuded for a day when men
w ho hud been prevented during the
year by bushiest or any condition of
cileutn -tauees from keejiing up their
frieU'tshipor acquaintance with women
they liked or esteemed should make so
cial atonement for apparent neglect
and renew t'tseir pleasant relations.
Tiie ide-a waj excellent and commend
able, as was the cu.-teni, and before
this city grew to be such a Babylon the
calls were agreeahle1, often delightful,
to makers and receivers. But the city
bee t:ui t'K big, aaJ the community that
assumed to represent stH'iety in some
manner, more or less remote, became
too heteroge'iieous. The custom was
crossly abased. Many men and wo-
m?n thought only of the number of
e'alls.tgrtoring quality for quantity, and
sometimes the scenes indoors and out
doors waxed disreputable from overir.
dulgcnce.
The better sort of juople, repelled by
the license prevalent, refusee! to "re
ceive" any longer. The smart set who
had long believed exiling too "com
mon" they declared, with their pre
tense of superiority, that it had grown
vulgar set themselves and their influ
ence firmly against it. They refused to
see visitors on that day and soon after
shut up their houses and fled to the
country, thus setting the seal of fash
ion on their last decision, which sjteed-
ily met with social approval. The fae-t
was that respectable folk hail got tired
of thi extreme to which calling hed
been carrieel, anil the coarse, objection
able class could not sustain it alone.
So th-; whole thing fell to pieces here,
and there is no probability of its re
construction in the immediate future.
The custom extended long ag- to
other cities anil is still followed. Eut
as tiie metropolis makes the m:de its
duration is doubtful. New Year's is
yet a holiday holidays are always
wholesome aud business of all kinds is
suspended. Sms, husbands, fathers,
now stay nt home, instead of racing
about town, tiring ami boring theni
sjlves to little purjxse, and they are
gainers, along with their families, by
the change". New Year's in its old
guiso has passed away. But New
Year's w ith Its quiet, domestic accom
paniments has come lo remain. The
world moves. An l New Year's is
still New Year's, with its seuse of
freshness, repose and recovered h pe.
Chahlkh ArptaaiEK.
New York.
Give it a Trial.
On receipt of ten cents, cash or
stamps, a generous sample will be
mailed of the most popular Catarrh
and Hay Fever Cure (Ely's Cream
Balm) sufllcient to demonstrate its
great meriL Full size 50c.
Ely Brothers,
o6 Warren St, New York City.
My son was afllicted with catarrh.
I indrntnl him to try Ely's Cream
Balm and the disagreeable catarrhal
smell all left him. He appears as well
as any one. J. C. Olmstead, Areola,
III.
A new and apparently inexhaustible
veinof fine blue granite has recently
been found near Fred.'rioksburg, Va.
The wife of Mr. D. Robinson, a prom
inent lumberman of Hart wick, N. YM
was sick with rheumatism for five
months. In speaking of it, Mr. Robin
son says: "Chamberlain's Pain Balm
is the only thing that gave her any
rest from jain. For the relief of pain
it can not be beat," Many very bad
ca-ses of rheumatism have been cured
by it, For sale at 'jO cents per bottle
by Benford's Pharmacy.
Sky Scrapinj Trees.
What are said to be the tallest trees in
the world are to be found in the fores's
of Victoria, Australia. They belong to
the eucalyptus family, and nge from
.V0tooU ) feet in height. One of thetn
that hud fallen was found by measure
ment with a tape to be 4.M feet fro:a
tiie roots lo where the trunk had lesj-ii
broken otn.y the fall, inI t that iot
the tree H i, three f..-t in diameter. Thi
tree grows with ustoiiiuirg rapidit.
A tree of this pt-js, planted in Flori
da grew 4) feet iu four years with a
bole of a foot in di-mieter. Trees of
the san:e sjiecie-s in Guatemala grew
120 in 12 yeurs. The same one w;is
nine feet thick.
Piles fr tn 10.) to I V) feet long are b.--Ing
used by the Taeorua I.aud Compa
ny, of Tiu-oma, Washington, in placing
the portions of a sea wall with a pile
and string- r w harf. The water is :i
feet deep, ami the outer row of piles
ranges from b)0 to 1T feet in length, ')
inches in diameter at the tip and 27 in
ches at tie butL These ji!es are of the
"Dougla-H Pine."
That Catarri i3 a Local Afection
of the nasal jassagei, is a fact esta!
Iislud by physicians, and this authori
ty should carry more weight tha i as
sertions of incompetent jj-artie, ll. jt
catarrh is a blood aflectiou. Ei s
Cream Balm is a local remedy, com
posed of harmless mt-dienr.ts and fr e
of mercury or any injurious drug, it
will cure etttarrh. Applied directly io
the inflamed membrane, it restores it
to its healthy condition.
Deposits of marl w hich are said to
be as valuable for fertilizing material
as the jdiosphate beds of Florida have
been found uear Hamburg, Ark.
A bottle of Dr. Wood's Norway Pieie
Syrup in the house saves doctors' biiis,
saves trouble, and very often saves
precious lives. Gives .l;iet instant
relief in cases of coughs, colds, or lung
troubles of any sort.
Tour to rioriua.
No district!:! America pre-i.-its, dur-
'ng the Winter s-m:i, so iu t:iy varied
attractions as Jsv-f.e : I- . in 1 1. ee
sides its deiigVLil elirii V. -v-ii -h to uii3
escaoin.; iroui tiia col-i .i i -a. la. .
chaues of the No: lh .-j::is aloM-t eth
real, it is pr"-etuiuenliy a 1 1 of sp .rt
and pleasure. Along its eleven lr,inIr-I
miles of saltwater i-o.L-t ii:..: in i's tehs
hau.lred freshwater lakes a.-e ti-.a of al
most every con .-eiv.i'.ilu variety, Troru ties
iniuratory triir.-s common lo ...irtaoio
waters to t ie t-irn ti, p oitioano, and oth
ers of a til--re tropical e-hara.-ter. N -where
in all our broad land e-au t!i9 ang
ler tind a ;rea'.er variety of game or tet
ter sport.
Here also the tiest enthusiostli hunt, r
finds satiety. Iteer, taikeys, bea;-i, pan
thers, and wild eats roam a', lare throu:.
the more sparsely sellie-J regions. whi.
birds o; all kinds may bo 1 Mil. i in abun
anc3 ttirouiio'il tae "state, l.-ia uioia
novel sp rt if alligator ai.d iniiniit-H
hiitiuni; i:i tv atso be iiehi! .-d io oy l-j
moro at ve-jiiiroos tourist.
Wita iis matchless e-liui.tte. its oran;:
groves, iis rivers n-1 laiies, its laii:.
and b itiii:.,', its fishing aid b. lutin.-, a: J
its extensive forests, Finrida presei ts
unrivaled attractions lor the valetudinar
ian, the lover of uature, tiie spoitsuili.-:,
and the explorer.
To this aiiraelive Slato the Paiinsyh t-
ma ltaur aa C ompany n.'.s arrang a
four personally-conducted tours elari :g
9 season off'", leaving by special tra.u
Jauuarv Ufi, February U and Zi, aud
March 'X The livst three tours will au-
uiit of a si.journ of two weeks ia this de-
ghtful land ; tickets for the fourth tour
will be valid to return uui.il May 31 by
regular trains.
tates fr thi round trip, ?VUO from
New York, $sj from Philadelphia, and
proportionate rates from other points.
For tickets, itineraries, and other infor
mation, apply to ti.-ket . agents, special
biK-kittg olli.-es, ora.Mn-siiieo. W. lloy I.
Assistant General Passenger Agent,
Broad Street S'.atiu, Philadelphia.
Tsars to Califraia.
California h-es been most fitting y
termed the "Italy of A :neri. -a." All tae
delicious balm, thecloo Jlesssky, and the
rich verdure of the great Kuropcan pen
insula are implicated in this sunny land
ef the Pacific. Here nature b:tsks in the.
aunshineof her leauty ; and hereshe has,
established her own sanitarium, wbr--
eternal spring inspires everlasting youth.
With tho siiow-nia.otie I peaks of the.
Sierrvs upon the one h.tn.l, the cahn Pa
cific with its s..rt breezes u;.i the olfc. r,
and a veritable paradise of :1 wers, frails,
and plants bet -.veeii, man can lind tn.l
ueeds no lovelier land. To visit, such av
country is a privilege, a blessing.
The Pennsylvania Itaiimad Company,
recognizing the need ef a more comforta
ble and pleasant v.iiy .f crossing the con
tinent, inaugurated a s-'ries of ant.jal,
tours to California, running a through)
train ot Pullman pal tce ears fr-..:i Na-w
York to the I'acil'.o C:i-t, mil stiipj;.jf
at the principal po-uis of iiit.-.iv-st cm
route. Tho gre:it popularity of these,
tours demonstrates the wls'.iut of the.
movement.
For the season of Is;C three tours have
tHn arranged to leave- New York, Phiia-.
ilelphia, and Pittsh.irg. January 27, Feb-,
ruary Jt, and March 2T.
Tho first t.xir wili r..n direct to
Diego via Si. Louis and Na;:i:t Ko Itou;v
and return from Sao Francisco via Ssla
LskeCity, Ivuvrr. mid Chicago, allow
ing live weeks in California.
The sevoiid tour will ru:i i-t the Ma ;
moth Cave and New Or.-'aus to Sam
Diego, stopping at the "Crescei.t City
during the .Mardi llras CarnivaJ. Thi
tr.ir will return via Salt Lake City, Den
ver, Omaha, and Chicago, allowing f.ux
weeks in California.
The third tour will run via Chicago.
Denver, and Salt Like City, allowing
passengers Vv return by regular trains
via different rHites whlii.i nine months.
All of these tours, either going or re
turning, v.ill pass through tho luui.-is
Colorado region, t.lenwiss! Springs,
Leadv ille, and the ..i-.l f the ;.!.
Itates frotu all points on the Pennsyl
vania Railroad System east of Pitt.sl.ti -g ;
First tour, '1:: second tour, i'li); tl-.,n4
tour, J210 round trip, and iM.'O one way.
For detailed itineraries aiidotaer infor
mation, apply at ticket ageneii-, spe. ia
looking iitiiis?, or address i.eorge W.
Boy.l. Assistant tiener.il Passenger
Agent, I'.coad Street Station, Philadel
phia. Lou Hia Lifd by Tigut Sioii.
Sr. Lotus Mo., Iec. 17. Frennaa O.
Smith was killed by wearing tight shoest
Yesterday Ju.Igo A. lams hark-.! down a
decision giving Sarah T. Smith a judg
ment against the Western Conimere at
Travelers' AsH.e-iatiin for j;-i. This i
the somewhat celeJirited "Tight Shs,
Sore Toe Case," The plaintiff is the wid
aw of Freeman . Stnuh. lie eontiue: c
ed wearing a pair of me.v sh.s-s, a id
"breaking them in" produced friction of
the shoe against his f..j, and there rest li
ed "unexpectedly," as th-.t Jo-lgo f:
"a Eld not according to tho a ,u 1 .- irs .if
things, an abrasion nf tlioskiu oi" one ot"
his toes, thereby causing a sere. TUo
sore grew worse ami blood poisoning stfc
in, and on October 3 ho died from tho ef
ects of blood poisoning, which Judge Ad
ams concluded was a dirt c rosi; U of t he
abrasion of th toe caused by a tight shoe
If a child is a'went front school live
days daring any in i.th without satisiae-
tory ex-ise. the p:;re:iLs are liable t
fine of j2 for the tint ohous aud SuC
ea :a subsequent offense.