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VOL. XLV. NO.
Harper's Magazine
In 1S97.
FICTIOS: The Martian. I lie now novi 1 l.v
I'll VauriiT, lilt mufrl.v t-X'ld Kurnwir lii
Trlltiy," btvun in t KMtt-r NiiinU r. IfiKi-Wltli
illustnttioiiN Iniin Hie Htillior'x drnwinrs. A
ntw tltivt! bv Krnitk IL sturlnn .l.-vi li ini nir
a Twentiptlfonturv K' ltissHtitt lull of hti-
inortMis FluiHtitint. and -harMt-iriMiti:y II
lUKirated. A pair of patient lovers, by Wil
liam Ih-mu HottfllK. utiifri.trikiiii:nv'lt!ii
iv Alll-nt!;in uuthttrH. Shtirf ttiriH lv .Murk
Twain. Til.. man NeKon Vage, Kit-hard" Hnni-
ine itnviv. tiw.-ti W islfr, Jthn Kt-ndru-k
lljinjrs. Itinli MfKntr-r-tu.-trt. ttt-l.-tvr Tli.int't,
Mary K. S ilkins. Mini oilier popular writers.
H'IKNi'K ; isiorv of liie i.rnrti tf wienee
duriiiK tlie tiiiiettt'ntli eeiilnry. n serien of j?4
perHby lr Henry Sinitii WiliianiK, Kiipplt.
lueuTed by ct.utruulitiiN on speeial tsul.jectft
byextwrt scientists. Artifiex on Hit relation
ot etmoiiM xveiit!ot;itil tnauitetationH lo
nvsioit.v i.v iir. Aii.irew . iiMin.
AMKKli'AX IKAlTUlX-lhe Mexico of
To-day, a writ ity (Tutrltu K. I.uiiiiuis. xplcii
tiitllv liltiKtrattl tlie rn.u!t tf a reeent viit
to M xieo undertaken lor.HRrper'K Matrazine.
Mezieo is t rtMMiiii:emly a Mlver iin:ueiii;r
ronntiy. and it. monetary mfratioiin rent en-
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din-ussion of certain eroiiniiuo nroiileniM In
ctiinttion with iit.ut tf urct-tit inirHrt:4iiee
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mand e. neraf atleiilion. American Historical
Parer y Wilftiw Wilstm. John liaeli Me-
i:t!er and .limes names. The true flor.' of
5heridan's k'ide. by tieii. A. Korsvlh. Con
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AH;iCA AM THK KA.T: While Man'a
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'nnstlie witole neiti ct t.uropttu xploit:
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steph-n iitT!sai on tlie tniiislormntions iroiiii;
on in Lantern Liberia, r.ceiitly viitel by the
author. Hungarian Sketches, writlen" and
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Nasal Passag.-s, Al
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tl e ISon a. Protects
K -onthse Kenses
tbe Membrane from
Additional Cold
of Taste an1 Smell.
CATARRH
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an-! .r art eat.le. Price 50 cents al Druggtsta
or br maii.
ELY lilt OTHERS. 5ti arren fstreet, N. Y .
THE KEELEY CURE
Is a medal boon to btrdneas men who, haTlnr
drifteii uncoiisrkHjsly into the drink habit and
awaken to find the disease of aienholigm fastened
opf n them, renderinr them unfit to mai4aeaf.
tsim reouirimr a clear brain. A four wee
course of treatment at the
PTrTSBURQ KEELEY INaTTTLTE.
No. 4216 Fifth Avenue,
roatotra to them all thetr powers, mental and
phvnoxL deatmrs the abnormal appetite, and
ru-iores them to' the condition tber wet in l
f they indulred in atlmulanU. This has beesj
done in mora Uian 1H( case treated here, and
using them some of 7 our own nrirbbors, to
whom wa can rtf'T with confi Kti'-a aa to the
fcsointe safety and effieiencr of the Ke-ley Oire.
Ihe fullest and ovist aeapcLinr lnretiawtiti is
nviteU. touai for ittaiiict fsvU Iiai uiitxni'
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Medicinal value la a bottlo of Hood'i Sarsa.
parllU tU:in In any other preparation.
More s"'1 : reiiurcd, more care taken, more
expense Incurred in Its manufacture.
It rosU tlie proprietor and the dealer
More but it costs the consumer lest, as be
gets more dnses for Lis money.
M ore curative power Is secured by Its peculiar
combination, proiortlon and process,
which makes it iccu!iar to Itself.
M ore people are f :nployed and more since oe-
cnied In its LRlmratory tlmn any other.
More wonderful cures ellectrd and itHrreU-s-
tiinoiiuils rceivel than by any other.
More sales and more increase jear'by year
are r-jsirted i.v drupe sis. ,
More "plo are takiii; llood s SarsabarHla
tod..y than any other, and more are
takini; it UKl.iy than ever before.
More and stii.l Mom: reasons Uligbt be
Kiven wliy you should tike
Sarsaparih'a
The line Tnie lilood PurifS'-r. $1; six for $.V.
. . rn'ii rI,rr n" '-'v,'r Ills and
llOOU S PillS Sick Ueadacue. a cents.
THE
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OF
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o-
Capita!, S50.000.
Surplus, 826,000.
.
CCPOSIT RCCEIVC. IN LAN&C AIOMALt
AMOUNTS. PAVASLC ON DtVANO.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FRMCRS.
STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SCLICITEO
DISCOUNTS DAILY.-
BOARD OF DIRELTOIiS.
LaRUK M. HICKS, GEO. R. KCULL,
JAMES L. PL'GH, W. U. MILLKK,
JOHX R. SCUTT, lit BT. 8. HCULL,
FKEI W. FIB-X'KER
EDWARD WTLL, : : PRESIPF.XT.
VALENTINE HAY. : VICE PR EH ID EXT.
HARVEY M. BERKLEY, CASHIER.
Tlie funds and securities of this banc are se
curely protcctd in a celebrated CORLISS BrB
ola k Pkiko- SAi'a. The only safe made abso
lutely barular-pooof.
Tte SeseriEt County Katiocal
OF SOMERSET PA.
io-.
tsUbUihad, 1877, Orgifilzeo tt Nitlsstt, 1890
Capital, - $ 50,000 00
Surplus. Undivided Profits, 23,000 00
Assets, - - 300,0000 0
Cha3. J. Harrison, -
President.
Wm. II. Koontz, - Vice rresideuf.
Milton J. Pritts, - - Cashier.
Geo. S. Harrison, - Ass't Cashier.
D I RECTORS .
Win. i:ntls!ey,
Josiah Specbt,
John II. Snytler,
JotsotiU R, lavis
ChHH. W. Snyder
II. C. neerita,
John Stut!t,
Hiirison Snyder,
Jerome Stnift,
Noali S. Miller,
Sam. It. Harrison.
Customers of IlilsTiii': will meetvetbetnost
Ills rai ti-.tiiei.tctfi-islcn w ltliaate twnktuK.
lartie wishing to sj-nd money east or we-1
can be accommodated by ilmt f'-r a..y
amount . . , ,
Mom-v and valuables ncnsvl by ot.e of Ple
lattd s cek-brat-d saft-., vr:tu Uit lnii.-rov.iJ
Colltittons made In o'l rmr of tte Tnlted
H'.ites. I !art" niotlerale.
Aecouuutaiid depo.io oilciU-a.
A. H; HUSTON,
Undertaker and Embalmcr,
A GOOD HEARSE,
and everytuniK pertalnintf to raneralt. furn
ished. SOMERSET
Pa
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker nd Jeweler,
Next Door West of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
ssBssaWsssssSmmaaammsssss
I Am Now
prepared to supply the public
with Clocks, "Watches, and Jew
elry of all deHtxiptioiia, as Cheap
a tbe CheapewL
REPAIRING A
SPECIALTY.
All work guaranteed. Look at my
6tock before making your
puro-hasf.
J. D. SWANK.
wv i CXIERICNCe.
TRADE MARKS
OESICNS,
COPTRICHTS AO.
AimM aewHttt a ks-h and 3 tJUl" tn
quh-k', afterAjn, fr, wtwstrt an invaotMin
l:oisllr rstvitahla. (inaieiatitmikM at rut If
etttiottejitlaL ut'btst arssM- f.snartotf pstnia
ta A ax-itea. Wa hs a Wastnrurttiii t4b.
Patents lakea tkmaaa liana A t. IvestTe
avaC4ai turtles la tbe
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN,
beaattfaltr IRarrafed. HnreM etmtlstioa it
sn cioitltc .'"iinul stetta r, lerwwKi'U a fear
II Ilisi aoilhu. stjnisM ati ml ius
bow vs faTBSTS aaui tis Addnaa
MUNN A CO.,
3S1 Brassdwar. Kew Yarn.
X
DO IE
SOIERSET, PA.,
NO HOPE FOR THE MEN.
Big sleeves are going oat, they say,
And yet we see them every day
Where'er we go.
It's plain that tbe millennium.
Although, perhaps, It's bound to come.
Is coming slow.
And when It does, and sleeves grow small,
What will the women do with all
The cloth they've gotT
Will all the wool-.'ii mills shut down.
While (tore men full, aad tailors frown f
Man knoweth not.
One thing is sure. Men's pocket-books.
However lovely woman looks.
Will not grow tat.
I.'eloth is plenty, what they save
K 1. h one to spend at onoe will crave
On a new haU
Homervllle Journal.
THE CHAPLAIN'S STORY.
Jim Bourn and I were boys tofjether
at Westminster; we went to Oxford to
getherto Ilalliol; we took our degree
together in the classical (honor)
school, and were ordained together by
the bishop of L , as curates for his
diocese. Here our paths separated for
some years, and when next we renewed
our old friendship I was the vicar of
the town. Htill single at 34, and Jim
was the chaplain of the famous jail in
the same town, and married.
We were talking in my study as in
olden times. Somehow the eonvera
tiou drifted to tbe subject of a recent
newspaper article: "Ought Married
P:-ople to Have Any Secrets from Each
Other:" I said "No," Jim said "Yes."
We both Hiiiiiinx-y stuck to our text.
"Why, Jim," sui-l I, "you would
have been the !nct p.r?fin I Fhould hae
expected to take that Hue, for I aoi
syrt--, from what I Lave seen, thnt if
evvr two folks were happy aud luviur,
they are Ella and yourself. I can t
canceive of your having any secret
which you would not want Ella to
know."
"Ah," rvtnrtcd lie, with a peculiar
smile, "that's just it. Well, Howson,
111 tell you one, if you like, though,"
he added, "it must remain a secret be
tween us two. I have never upoken of
it to anyone in tbe world, anil never
shall, extvpt to yourself."
"Thanks, Jim, you need not fear me,
as you know. I am on'y desirous to
know theca.se," and I assumed an at
titude of eager attention to Jim's story.
"1 was tbe chaplain at Lowmarket,
as you are well aware, before I ranie
here. It is a pretty place, and one
woittlers whatever made the govern
ment build a jail there. However,
there it is, aud there was I. Ti e
amoitiit of society that oneg!t in Low
market was perfectly astonishing. Had
I had the time and inclination for it, I
might have turned out a regular, 'socie
ty' clergyman. As it was, I had a full
amount of lectures, soirees, parties and
entertainments. Among the people I
got in with none were nicer than the
Yorks. Miss York, a maiden lady of
."0, lived in a large and beautifully fur
nished house called 'The Cedars, in
the best part of tlie tO'.vu. She was
known all over the district for her
charity, kiudness of heart and pure
life. Everybody had a good word for
her. JC-.r was her niece, Miss York,
any I" popular. People in Lowmark
et fairly worshiied both of them.
"I was 28 when I first saw Ella York,
and at once succumbed to her charms.
For weeks her praises had been iu my
ears, and now, on acquaintance, I found
her beauty, her manners, her kindnees
of heart, not one whit ls than report
stated. I loved her. Of course, I could
not s ay so at once; and whether, after
two or three meetings in the course of
my work for Miss York the elder took
great interest in our sphere of labor
she guessed my love, aud reciprocated
it, I could not then say. I found, upon
judicious inquiries, that Miss York
Ella lived with her auut from child
hood; that she was now 24; that her
mother was dead, and her father lived
on the continent for his health; also
thai she was l 'r aunt's sole heiress.
These facts were of course only learned
Sy degrees, as t.r.c can not go to the
fountain had forsucii information.
"Afur much heart -searching and de
Itating within inylf, I thought I m
thnt Etia Y'.rk was not wholly iudifl'er
ent to me, and I r vI ved to ask her to
he my wife. I need u t yo into dotai's
as to how 1 didt, beyond saying th-t
it was one summer morning rather
more than C ve 3'ears a?o, when, hav
ing gntte to see i.sT aunt, who watt ou;,
i met Ella in the grounds; ami after
t t!kin as we walked along on various
subjects, somehow it came out unex
pectedly, and almost before I could
comprehend what it all meant, Ella
York had promised to lie my wife, sub
ject to her aunt's consent.
"II jt her aunt didn't consent I re-c.ivt.-d
a dainty note that night how
tenderly I regarded it, Howson! from
Ella, saying that she had spoken of my
visit to her aunt, and had told her I
was coming to-morrow for her approv
a'; MLss York had been very kind, but
acted rather strangely, and said she
would see me, but she could not con
sent, as she did not wish to lose Ella.
My dear girl went ou to say that she
had in vain tried to get from her any
more than this.
"I was iu a curious state of mind aa
I went next morning to see Miss York.
What could her objection really be?
Surely not to me! My position, my
family, my life here were, I hoped, be
yond reproach. Even were it a ques
tion of money, I had enough private
means, as you know. As for Miss
York, well, of course, it would be lone
ly without Ella at tir-t, after so many
years' companionship, but surely sh
didn't expect her never to get married!
It was preposterous.
"I wes destined to know her objeo
tiou. As I approached the lodge the
porterefcs met me.
"Oh, Mr. Iiouni, this is shocking!"
"I was more puzzled than ever!
Why ray engagement to Ella should
be 'shocking' I xnildu't see; and I no
doubt expressed tt in my looks.
" fSo sudden, too, air!" said the wom
an. 'Nobody expected it-'
"Whatever's the matter?' said I."
" 'Why haven't you heard that Mis
York Is dead? No? Oh, dear: Poor
thing; had a fit in the eight, doctor
ay; wtas ouite unooiin i tys when Mis
Eila got ut. an J d.ed at nine o'clock
this nwirr.il. 2
"My heart tank; I felt faint and
set
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giddy. It was some minutes before I
could move. You will never know how
it feels, Howson, unless you should
have such a blow, which I hope you
never will. Hut I am bound to say
that my one thought was: My poor,
lonely darling, Ella!'
"There were no more details to be
learned about Miss York's death. She
waa buried in Lowmarket churchyard.
Ella was ill for weeks, and could not
sea even me. When she was well
enough to attend to business, it was
found that she inherited all her auut's
money; aud as she had already accept
ed me, we were married a twelvemonth
afterward. She had been awfully lone
ly, she said, since Miss York's death,
but no couple had ever lived happier
and been nearer and dearer to each
other than Ella and I. May God bless
her!"
"Amen!" said I, solemnly and rever
ently. "Ella and I," pursued Jim, "could
never give the remotest guess as to her
aunt's objection to our engagement,
aud it would probably have remained
a mystery to me, as it has tt Ella even
now, had it not been for the following
circumstances: Some time ago I was
sent for at the prisou to see a rather
desperate character, whose end was
very near. He had been sent to seven
years' penal servitude some three years
before for forgery, and after serving
two j-ears at Portland had been trans'
ferred to Lowmarket. His appearance
was superior to that of tbe ordinary
convict, even when a former. Although
I bad seen him several times and cer
tainly I eeu struck with bis face and
appearance, we could not lie said to b
friendly, as he had beeu indiilereni to
all my advances.
"I found him lying in tlie hospital,
and I soon saw that he would nut live
very long.
" 'You seem pleased to see me?' I
said,
"'Yes, sir,' replied No. 1"2. 'I am
glad you've come; I hardly expected
you would, considering how standoffish
I've beeu. But I wanted to see you,
as the doctor says I'm not li'sely to
last much longer perhaps not until
to-morrow.'
" 'There, well, never mind. Keep
your courage up, and you'll probably
deceive the doctor.'
"I talked to him about his iul and
spiritual things. That we may pass
by, Howson; I believe be was thorough
ly peuitent. I asked him if there waa
anything I could do for him.
" 'Yes, sir, there is one thing, if you
will. It's such a curious one I hardly
like to ask you.' His eyes looked ea
gerly at me.
"(Ja on,' said I; 'I'll do it if possi
ble.' " 'I've had a queer life, sir,' said the
convict. 'I might have been sorae
ttotly and done some good; but I got
led astray after marriage and broke the
heart of my wife, who died soon after
ward. Yes, I've led a bad life, and
it's precious few friends I've had late
ly, anyhow. But I hope I may le for
given, as you say God will pardon even
the worst of us. And if you'll prom
ise me to do one thing when I'm dead,
I shall die happy.'
"'I'll promise it as far as I can,'
said I. 'What is it?'
" 'It's to take care of your wife,' an
swered No. l.2. 'Ah,' said he smiling,
'I thought that would astonish you.'
" 'Take care of my wifer I gazed at
him iu amazement. 'Why, of course I
shall! But what is that to you?'
" 'A great deal," said he.
" 'Why?'
" 'Because she's my daughter!
"I looked at him in terror and as-toni-thment,
and was about to send for
the nurse and for the doctor, feeling
sure he was rambling, when he said,
slowly:
" 'Sit down, sir, please; I can't talk
much longer. You need not send for
Dr. Darton; I'm all right. I feared it
would give you a shock, sir, as it gave
me one the first time I saw her here
with you. Eila York you see I know
her name all right was taken when
quite a child by her aunt, who disown
ed me, and never told the child what
her father was. In that she was quite
right. She changed her name from
Wilson to her mother's name of York
and completed the disguise. When
ever I desired and, oh, sir, I did of:eu
desire losee Ella, my darling, Miss
York has always threatened me with
police, and I knew better than to have
them on my track if I could help it.
Yes, sir, I see you can't realize it yet,
but you'll find Eila Wilson's birth au-i
baptism in the registers of Northtield,
and I give you my word it's true.'
"I sat iu dumb silence. What could
I say? Ella, my Ella, a convict's
daughter!
" 'Please, sir, don't tell her,' said he.
'She has never known; don't let her
know. But I felt I muit tell you, sir,
and you'll not think any worse of her"
an 1 his eyes looked pleadingly and
wistfully at me.
"My senses had somewhat returned.
" 'No,' saitl I, 'of course not. I am
half dazed, but I feel what you say is
true. But Eila is my own now, and
always shall be while I live. I wish I
had not heard this, but it cau not alter
my love for Ella.'
"Thank OodT iie said. 'Ami, sir,
there's one thing more. The doctor
says I shall sleep myself away. Do you
thiuk it could bo managed for my dar
ling to give me one kiss ere I die just
one'."
" 'I'll try. Yes,' said I, 'she shall, if
you'll leave it to me.'
" 'I will! God bless you, Mr. Bourn.'
"I left him. When I got home Ella
thought I was ill, and indwd I was.
Overwork, I pleaded. InatiotRerhour
they came to tell me he was asleep, and
w mid not wake in this world.
"I took Ella with me to the hospital.
'Ella,' said I, 'a prisoner who is dying,
and who has no few friends, told m
to-day how he had seen you an I would
like you to kiss him ere he died, as his
own daughter would have done. Will
you?'
" Cerinly, my darling.'
"And with eye full of tears she did.
Tbe unconscious form rose, the eyelids
half opened, the face smi'.ed. She didn't
J know; did he?
j "I led her away, wwpli.g, my own
(heart folL I afUTwiu-1 ver.led his
1 story. But Ella ha never kuown any
more, Howson, and never will. There
is sometimes a secret which should not
be shared between husband and wife,
Howson, isn't there?"
"You're right, dear old Jim," said
I, as he grasped my hand in silence, but
with tear-dimmed eyes. "You're right,
old fellow, aud God bless you both!"
Birmingham Weekly News.
He Had Enough.
"Hickorytown was wild with excite
ment when I was there Friday," said
the big drummer to others of his craft
at the same table. "The butcher's
dog bit the doctor's daughter, the doc
tor shot the dog, the butcher thrashed
the doctor and the doctor had the
butcher arrested for assault and bat
tery. The justice of the peace before
whom the trial came oil' is a long,
loose-jointed farmer who looks like a
bald-headed eagle ami plays dominoes
with the doctor.
" 'Bead that thar indictment,' order
ed the court with more unction than
accuracy. This done, he continued:
You've heered th' charge that you as
saulted aud battered this here man
agiu'th' peace an' dignity of th' people
of this here state. Be you guilty or
not guilty?'
" 'Not guilty, yer honor.'
"What's that." thundered the
court. 'Yer not guilty? Didn' yer
loun' th' street with th' doc? Didn'
yer injer him extarnally an' intarnally
an' spile bis false teeth'."
" 'Your honor, my client has a de
fense to oiler and is entitled to a hear
ing,' declared the butcher's lawyer.
" 'Nothin' of th' sortT shouted the
justice. 'I caekerlate I wouldn' a lieen
here ef I couldn't tell when a man war
assaulted an' battered. Don' try none
of yer snaper-doodlc games on me,
young feller. I kuowed tiiat thar dog.
He chased me up a tree one time an'
took half er yard oireii a pair of new-
overalls afore I could shin outen his
way. They hain't no lawyer or no
body else kin tell me nothin' 'bout
that dog.'
" 'But, your honor, that has nothing
to do with this case.'
" 'Ef you weren't a la-ginner an'
didn' know no better I'd fine yer fur
emtemp'. I takj cognerz-ince of th'
repertation of th dog. He roamed
'roun' this here neighlnirhood like a
roarin' lion, a chasin' ole t iter.ens up
trets an' bitin' people's darters. I fine
this her prisoner $-J an' costs an' th'
doc's bill for curin' hisself an' his dar
ter, likew ise th' price fur a new tit out
in teeth.'
"The young lawyer wanted to ap
peal, but the butcher prided himself
on knowing when he had euough."
Detroit FreePrcs.
A Joke on Uncle Sam.
The lot of the counterfeiter is not a
happy one. Hounded as he is by the
minions of the law," there is really
no safe place for him to carry on his
business unmolested. Hi) has even
been traced into his lair in the soli
tude of the government penitentiary at
Ieavenworth.
The lynx-eyed ollieers of that insti
tution have just discovered that a gang
of daring counterfeiters have been op
erating for some time within the walls
of the prison. It is said that excep
tionally clever $- certificates were
turned out with tools kintlly furnished
the convicts by the government. Just
how long this work ha been going on
is not known by the oflleers, but it is
believed that Leavenworth is fl oJed
with these spurious bills.
That the joke is decidedly on Uncle
Sam there is no doubt. Still, since
there is so much talent iu the various
prisons in the country, why not em
ploy it in turning out legitimate nion-
ev. 1 ossitiiy tne convict laoor ques
tion might be set ted by converting all
government prisons into mints or bu
reaus of printing and engraving.
This would entirely do away with the
dangerous gangs of counterfeiters that
now infest our prisons and at he same
time turn their service into account for
the government. Kans:is City World.
Laws of SlDiera Warfare.
The "laws of war," as at present for
mulated by tlse civilized nations, for
bid tbe use of poison against theent my,
murder by treachery, as, for example;
assuming tbe uniform or dispiayir.g
the flag ol a foe; tho murder of the
who have surrendered, whether upon
conditions or at discretion; declarations
that no quarter will be given to an
enemy; tbe use of such arms or pro
jectiles as will cause unnecessary pain
or suffering to an enemy; the abuse of
a flag of truos to gain information con
cerning au enemy's positions; all un
necessary destruction of property,
whether public or private.
They also declared that only fortifl-
ed places shall Iw besieged, open cities
or villages not to be subject to siege or
bombardment; that public buildings of
whatever character, whether belong
ing to church or state, shall be spared;
that plundering by private soldiers or
their officers shall be considered inad
missible; that prisoners shall le treated
with common humanity, that the per
sonal effects and private property of
prisoners, excepting their arms and
ammunition, shall be respected; that
the population of an enemy's country
shall be considered exempt from par
ticipation in the war unless by hostile
acts they provoke the ill-will of the
enemy.
Personal and family honor and the
religious convictions of an invaded
people must le respocted by the in
vaders, and all pillage by regular
troops or their followers strictly for
bidden.
A Word or Two
to sufferers from catarrh will not l
ami.- if a cure can be offered. Ely's
Cream Balm has become a favorite In
a!l sections of the United States.
Yur cobl in the head will be quickly
relieved by It, and the severest attack
of catarrh will yield to, and be
perfectly cured by a thorough treat
ment. Catarrh is not a Mood disease.
but an inflammation of the passage of
the notse aud throat, due to climatic
changes.
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Remarkable Instance of Delusion.
The following arilcle la copied from the
Somerset Whig of June 17, Irih The Whig
waa edited by John Patton. EditoB Hfc
KAI.D.J New Philadelphia, (Ohlo)May 12.
TO TUB EDITOBOr THK WCSTEB UEBALD.
Sik I have to make you acquainted
with one of the most successful exam-
amples of wickedness and delusion,
that ever came within my knowledge
I had thought the time past, in
which stories of ghosts aud hol-got.
blius, and witches ami warlocks and
long liebb'd things, could have been
p:is.ed even upon the most ignorant
ami credulous, as facts but to show
you the extent to which some ignorant
a-rsons have been imposed upon, by
the devices of some wicked person or
j rsons, I have penned the following
story, all of which except the super
natural part, actually occurred.
A few years ago there lived, near
Bedford, Pa., one Abraham Coon, since
deceased, and one Conrad Haverstock,
who removed from thence about 3 years
ago, to Tuscarawas county, O A short
time after Coon's death, he appeared to
a young woman, residing iu the neigh
bourhood, near Bedford, of the name
of Sills he appeared two or three
times, before Miss Sills could muster
up courage enough to speak to him ;
she mentioned the visit she had re
ceived to her friends, and they advised
her, in case Coon came again, to speak
to liiin, and ask him wliat he wanted
Coou appeared to her once more ; she
spoke to him Coon told her that some
years ago he ami Haverstock played
cards on Sunday, for a dollar's worth
of liquor, which was won by Haver
stock that having bad no money, he
liorrowed the dollar of young Haver
stock, and sent him for the liquor
that some short time after, he (Coon)
started from his home to repay the dol
lar to young Haverstock, and wheu he
bad proceeded a few rods from his
house his wife called to him to nturu,
fir the child was dying that previous
to returning he placed the dollar un
der the root of a tree he then came
home, the next day took sick, and in
five davs died lie described the tree
where tbe dollar was concealed and
told Miss Sills to get the said dollar,
nnd take it to young Haverstock, from
whom he said lie had borrowed it and
further told her that as the dollar was
justly due to Haverstock, she must re
turn it into his own hands, or in failure
so to do, lie enjoined her not to return
within luu miles of her home for the
space of three years Haverstock, at
that time was, and now is, a resident
of Tuscarawas county Ohio.
Agreeably to the above command,
the young woman went to the tree de
scribed, and there found the dollar.and
about the first of this month she arriv
ed iu this county, aud went in compa
ny with her uncle, the rev. Abm. Sny
der, Philip Menich, Peter Williams,
and Abraham Knicely, Esq. to Mr.
Haverstock, and made a tender of the
dollar Haverstock denied having any
knowledge or recollection of the trans
action, insisted that Coon did not owe
him a dollar, and refused taking it
She then threw the dollar to him, and
insisted that he should take it, as she
was under the injunction aforesaid
( which she described )to give it to him,
and agreeably by the said injunction
she ba.l travelled from her residence
(near Bedford) abouriuO miles, wholly
and solely for that purpose. Haver
stock still declined taking the dollar,
and threw it back to her she l.ft it ly
ing where he had thrown it, with the
belief that she had done her duty, and
turned away. Esquire Knieeley, (le
ing as it is said, a friend to specie cur
rency) took up the dollar lest it should
be lost, for the purpose of giving it to
the proper owner, so soon as the owner
could lie found a most vnrttmj,rhihlc
dollar to him ! On the second or third
night after, being engaged in burning
brush on his farm, a man in dark
clothing appeared at his side, on a large
black horse as soon as Knieeley oI
served him, he accosted him with
"good eveniug sir" the man, or appa
rition, replied in a hollow tone "Abra
ham Coon" and asked Knieeley if he
had not a dollar belonging to Jacob
Haverstock? Knicely replied that lie
had Coon then enjoined him to go
ami give the dollar to Haverstock
Coon enjoined him repeatedly, ami he
as often promised to oltey Coou told
him that if he could not prevail upou
Haverstock to take the dollar, he must
lay it ou a pile of bricks near H's
house. Kuiceley sent his father to
Haverstock with the dollar, who again
refused to take it, and persisted in say
ing that Coon owed him nothing the
old man told 11. what bad occurred,
and at length prevailed on him to per
mit the dollar to remain in his house.
H. at length consented the dollar (an
old rusty one) was seen, a few days
ago, by the writer of this, laying on
Haverstock's window.
Squire Knieeley said that the man
on the black horse, (who he has no
doubt is an inhabitant of tbe other
world) when he first appeared to him,
told him all about the injunction laid
upon the young woman that he spoke
in a hollow sound, as tho' his words
came through a tube that when he
had done conversing, he vanished,
horse and all, into the air, in a flash of
fire he described his face as having
all the colours of the rainbow.
What further adventures the dollar
is doomed to meet with, time only can
tell, and will probably lie tbe subject of
another history.
The girl, with her uncle, returned
home a few days ago.
I will confess that it is almost incred
ible, but it is nevertheless) the fact, that
this young woman aud her uncle
should have travelled two hundred
miles, at an expense probably of 30 or
40 dollars, for the whole and sole pur
xif of returning a dollar to a man who
was an entire stranger to them and
that thee people should have lielieved
tie injunction laid upon them to have
been a supernatural one, U no great
credit to the atate of learning in the
I sth century. But that a justice of the
peace should have been so weak as to
have given way to a species of super
stition which even children should be
ashamed of, is the more to be wonder
ed at.
It is evident to my min i, that the
young woman and her uude should
AVHOLE NO. 2373.
have been the victim of some mischiev
ous wretch in their neigh bourhood
who prolmbly invented tbe whole sto
ry, and placed the dollar under tlie
tree ami that the same means were
made use of to frighten Squire Knieeley
is also evident- Be it as it may, howev
er, there are hundreds of people who
believe tbe above story, and have
made divers aud wondrous addition
toit.
The girl and uncle have certainly a
fair claim ou Mr. Coon to provide ways
and means for remunerating them for
the expense of their journey but per
haps Mr. Coon, although an inhabi
tant of the other world, is like a good
many of the folks in thUt honest for a
dollar, but a rogue wheu $o0 are con
cerned.
It is hojied that measures may be
taken to discover the author of this
vile ami stupid imposition, so that he
may be brought to just :c?.
A SUBSCRIBER.
Pitfalls For Thieves.
Although burg'.ar-proof vaults have
been brought t a high state of perfee
tion, bank robberies continue, so that
now the latest developments in this di
rection are not merely to increase the
massiveness of the safes, but al-o to
provide offensive measures. At the
Fifth Avenue Bauk aud Safe Deposit
Vaults, in New York city, the deposi
tory of tbe wealth of the "400," the
entire building is provided with a rys
telii of pitfalls such that no burglar
could osilly escaie. Every window
aud door is connected with Lurg!ar
alarm companies. s, also, are all the
stairs Ieadii'g to the vault, and certain
squares in tiie fityiring. If the I urIar
were lucky enough to escape all these
pitfalls he would find himself in front
of the vault.
The vault dtirs are protected by ap
parently simple wtsxleu affairs, which,
if destroyed or i:i any way interfered
w ith, send out burglar alarms and ac
tuate a gun coi.ctaled in the eld-? of
the wall, which sends forth a broad
side of l.uikslii.L.
A daylight hold-up is equally pro
vided for. Tiie tellers are provided-
with foot push buttons, so that if they
were held up they could readily give
the alarm while apparently standing
ierfeetly still with their hands up.
Tbe buttons actuate the vault locks
and at the same time lock a steel grat
ing that extends in front of itT as well
as sounding a huge gong in the mid
dle of the building. The president's
desk is similarly equipped so that if he
were threatened, while apparently
complying, he would have his intrud
er nitst completely entrapped. The
bank people consider that they now
have absolute protection.
Musical Battles.
A simple and easily constructed mu
sical instrument consists of a cumber
of ordinary class bottles filled with a
certain quantity of water, the height of
which is varied according to the pitch
of the note to 1 obtained. After a
few tentatives it will be possible to re
produce all the notes and their octaves,
including the sharps and flats. The
tuning of tiie apparatus, however, re
quires a go-d musical ear.
The bottles are suspended by t'.e
neck by means of strings, from two
broom handles resting upon the backs
of two chairs. In order to produce the
sound the Utiles are struck with two
rulers, or, better, two drum-ticks.
With this arrangement airs in two
parts may le played; and there may
be two performers, one playing one
side without interfering with the per
former on the other sidt. In tbe
hands of good musicians this appara
tus is very pleasant to listtn to. Sci
entific American.
There is Ruthin? so Goji-
There Is nothing just as good as Dr.
King's New Discovery for consump
tion, coughs and colds, so demand it
aud do not permit the dealer to sell
you some substitute. He will not
claim there Is anything better, but in
order to make more profit he may
claim something else to be just as good.
Yoi want Dr. King's New Discovery
for you know it to be safe and rel;ab!e,
and guaranteed to do good or money
refunded- For coughs, coltls aud con
sumption and for all affections of
throat, chest and lungs, there is noth
so good as is Dr. King's New Discov
ery. Trial bottle free at Snyder's drug
store, Somerset, or at Brallier's drug
store, Berlin.
Siilroal Empbyes as Stockholders.
Railway employes as stockholders
will lie a feature of the Illinois Ceutral
Railroad Company, the directors hav
ing ad. .pled plans by which its em
ployes can purchase stock, according
to the Engineering News. The plan has
beeu prepared by the president, Mr.
Stuyvesar.t Fish, and over l-"-0) appli
cations have already Ien received.
Did You E75T
Try Electric Bittttrs as a remedy for
your troubles? If not, get a tioUle now
and get relief. This medicine has
l-een ftKind to be xculiariy adapted to
the relief ami cure of all fema!e com
plaints, exerting a wonderful direct in
fluence in giving strength ami tone to
the organs. I f you have Uns of appe
tite, constipation, headaehe, fainting
St-ILs, or are nervous, slerple, excit
able, melancholy or troubled with
dizzy spells. Electric Bittern is tbe nie.1-
icine you need. Health and strength
are guaranteed by it use. Fifty cents
and l OU at Snyder dru utore, Soru-er-et,
or at Brallier's drugstore, Berlin.
Thej Are Searee
Withoul a hair between him and
heaven, he sat aud watched 11m foot ball
game from beginning lo end, and.
turning away, he murmured. "Aud
to this day I have failed to find a bald
beaded fool." Adams Freeman.
"I was troubled with that dreadful
disease called dropsy; swollen from
head to foot. BurdtK-k Blood Bitters
has completely cured me. It is a most
wonderful mediclue." Joseph Herick,
Ltluwood, Out.
Inebriate Hens.
Everybody knows that Scotland is
far from being a land of total atsrinec
from strong drink; but it is news that
even the poultry of Scotland are I e
ginning to engtge? in bacchanali n
orgies. The following account ? a tr '
growing out of siieh a I-pari.i n fn .,i
rectitude is repr'nbea-l ly the Lis-mry
Dig --t from the We-t'iii.ii-tcr iaii.,
with I he editori! r-m:tfli that if they
did not know l-elter, they might i-on-clu
le from this account "that ti.e
Scotch reporters had been emulating
their American compers:"
"On Wedaestlay, at ian, coun'y of
Aruyie, Scotland, before SiieriffMr"
tavish, John Turner Laigan claimed
&) pounds damages, restricted to VI
pounds, against a local distillery com
pany, for injury done t bis poultry It;
the said company In allowing intoxi
cating material to tlow into the I.'
gan bum. This material, it was al
leged, caused drunkenness among t
pursuer's jxuiltry, and conseqiw-nt: y
rendered them of little or no value 'o
him. Pi.r-uer elicited thai '-r som-j
years past be had len making a ct.a
siderable income from keeping poultry,
but that since the starting of thed.s
tillery he bad made little or nothing.
His hens ami ducks would not e. t,
They were, be might say, almost al
ways more or less under the influence
of drink, except on Sundays, when t!ie
distillery was not working. On Sun
days their condition waspiriable iu tht
extreme. Moudays were their worst
days, for then the hens drank exces
sively, fell into the burn frequently,
and lately he had to keep a boy to loo'
after them on Mouday mortiings. They
took no food unless they first had a
walk to Iiggan burn. Their conduct
was generally very reprehensible, and
the ducks were no better than the bens.
It took the iou!try some time to dis
cover tiie bum. JId thought itwasa
hen be had bought at Fort William
that made the discovery first, and that
she had led the rest astray.
"Cross-examined by Mr. William
Smith, solicitor: Have you oserved
'gapes' in bens? Yes. Do you n.t
consider that your hens are s'lfferiig
from 'gapes?' Yes, whisky 'gapes.'
(Laughter.) Did you know anything
about this Fort William ben l-fo.-t
you bought her? Notl. leg M balcvt
"Mr. John Scott at this state Ls i-
ed to read to the bench au article
Mr. Andrew Lang, rftrring t aso-n.
what similar case. Mr. S:ui:h oljc.-
ed, as the party was nut tailed. Vr.
Scott staled he ha-1 summoned 'f.
Lang, bu'. he ha 1 n.t f-:U in an appet --
ana. He left bim-If in His Lorl-
sh'p's bands. The SLtnff sutair.-d
the objection.
"Superintendent M , was then a ti
ed by Mr. Scott to place on th- lien, i
a cage of wickerwork containing t its
Fort William hea referred to. He a.-.sl
ed to be allowed to recall the p trsUt,.".
Granted.
"Mr. Scott: This is the Fort Wil
liam hen? It Ls. Is it sober? It :s
uot.
"Ar.y one eoul.i notice thai this wrs
correct, for it sat ou ti.e Nittoai of t it
cagi and put its long neck t'.r -'g!i t .e
bars, looked sideways at the ceiling,
crooning to itself in what was term-!
a 'maudlin style' by the pursuer. This
was always noticed, he i'urther statt. I,
when it was 'i"ar gone.' At this stage
the hen seemed to address some forci
ble remarks to Lis L.)rd.-hip, who er-
dered it to be taktn awe v.
"Examination coutiuuetl: Was ti.is
hen at the distillery bui'u this mor i
ing? Any one could seethat. (Laugh
ter. ) How are the other hens to day?
Worse than this otie. Was this the
only one you could take to court?
Yes. Why? The re?t were too dnin't.
So that on the whole the Fort Wiiiia u
hen is not the worst? That is so. How
do you account for that? She t-.:u
stand it Letter.
Cross-examined: What do the hens
do when they return from tbe burn?
Sleep. Anything else? After a sleep
they geuerally fight. Have yu no
sober hens at all? Yes. but drank ot:-sj
break their eggs.
"For the pursuer it who mien led t!.:.t
he had made out hiscaseand wit enti
tled to damages. Ina:i ao!e sjieeeh for
thedtfentf it was sahmute I that tni
contention had not been prove L T.ie?
condition of the pursuer's bt n might be
due to influenza.
"His Lordship stated that, the ease
being a peculiar one, he would delay
giving a OLtisinn that tiay.
The cKtrt was crded, aud the
Fort William hen was the object of
much interest outside. A thoughtful
ndividual presented to i: fully balfta
glass of whisky, whie-i it took gree li
ly. This revive! it considerably, a:i l
it cackled at a great rate, to the iute:is
enjoyment of the by .-tan lers."
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A LaT7 Saii of Fift7-Six Years-
Dr. J. B. Sprati returned Tuesc
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from Lincoln county, where U put t
finishing tout-hes to a lawsuit wh:
had been in Kentucky c varts fir fit
six years. TUa'. is, be g5 a n te .
the purchase money of a tract of la
which he thinks will U paid. T
suit grew out of a settlement of t
estate of his gran liathcr, Gord
Sprat t, who died in Is I . Theorigh;
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suit was for $i,J"' a:idlbe nutter b
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been so conducted thnt Dr. S ra:t v
realize but little m re than that -hi
He has had char. of the - ;'
wetity-f.Kjr years. T:u 1. fenda-
have h-vl pt-sncni .n if the land :
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fifty-eight years, j- nl ti t r nt a'.l ti.
time and get one-half of t 'l land '
nliiig. ML Sterling S t::iuI Ivn.
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IIve yol earache, tihachc, re
throat, lain or rii ji-s ef any
rt? A few aiplieatifiis ,.f 1 r.
Thomas' Ec let-trie Oil will I ring rr
lief almost instantly.
Plenty of Honesty Up to ilaine.
Sja-aking of coi:icidctivs, oise of
more than uual ii.tc ovt-urred ii I-w-
tston the other tUy. A woman t-t
her pocketUiok. A man found it. and
seeing tbe li advertised, rvtiirnd :he
Isxik. In tloing mi be ltst his on n.
ami Ibis, iu return, was found by i:t,
thr honest man.
Why not protlt by the exp-rVt-nct- or
other who have Team! a in-roianetit
cure for catarrh in HiSHl'sSfarsaparilla?
To bake too much bread at once.
For a small family two loaves are
euiHigh aid all that will be eateu be
fore beeoralnj dry.
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