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VOL. XIV. NO.
NOW FOR THE
Red - Letter
SALE.
w
E have a large stock of goods
ou hand that must le reduced
before invoicing. We know
Prices will do it. Down they
go.
We mean business !
yds of Calico for 00 cents.
yds Hhirtintr Calico for 9!t cents.
Yds American Tndii'O Rlne. Tnrkev
at r j
lied and Fancy Prints for Sftcts.
yds Lancaster Gin;haius for 99 cts.
yds Toweling for 11 cents,
yds Outing Cloth for 'M cents.
20
25
3'ds 4-4 good Unbleached Muslin, 90c
yds Heavy Sheeting 99 ceuts.
yds 4-4 Gilt Edge Bleached Muslin
16
in cents.
yds 4-4 Hill and Androscogin
Bleached Muslin 99 cents.
Noft Oil Cloth, 12 cts per yard.
yds 4-4 Fruit of the Town and Lons
dale 99 cents.
16
14
! All-Wool FLANNELS,
WOOL CLOTHS,
DRESS GOODS,
in the dillerent
Weaves and Makes.
VELVETS, SILKS,
TOWELS, NAPKINS,
TABLE LINENS,
BED SPREADS,
BLANKETS,
POBTIERS,
CARPETS,
are all to be marked
DOWN TO
COST.
Cotton Carpet Chain, 12',e per lb.
ool Carpet Chain, 2"c per lb.
Stocking Yarn, 50c per lb.
Ladies' Jackets from il.'A) to 2.50.
Misses' Jackets from 75c to $25.
Our Goods Have Been
BOUGHT FOR CASH
and at right prices. Will offer at great
bargains. Don't delay, but come early
and get first choice.
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Til k remedy dws
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THE KEELEY CURE
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drifted unconsciously into the drink habit and
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Course of treatment at the
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restores them to the condition their were in be
fore they indulged in stimulants. This has been
done in mora than Itfo case treated here, and
mong them some of your own neighbors, to
whom we can refer with confidence as to the
absolute safety and efficiency of the Keeler Cure.
The fullest and most searching investigation ia
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Prove the merit of Hood's aanuparilla posi
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Cures of scrofula in severest form, like
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Cures of Salt lau um, with Its Intri'se itrhing
and Imrniii;, srald lieud, U ttrr. ru-.
Cures of noil, Piinples and all oilier erup
tions due to impure M00.L
Cures of Iyiesla and other troubles where
a good stomach tonic wus neeurd.
Cures f Rheumatism. where patients were un
able to work or walk for weeks.
Cures of Catarrh by expelling the impurities
which cause and sustain the disease.
Cures "f Ncrvousnrss by projieriy toi.ii.Raud
feeding the nerves upou pure bloiHl.
Cures of Tliut Tired Feeling by restoring
strenju. Send for book of cures by
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To C. I. Hood Jt Co.. Proprietors, Lowell. Mass.
t-f i rn t'-re the best after-4'inri"r
ITOOU S I'll IS pills, aid digestion, c-
-THE
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Capital, S50.000.
Surplus, S26.000.
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Otr-OSITS RCCCIVB.' IN LA ROC ANOBMALL
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS.
STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
HOARD OF DIRECTORS.
LaRCE M. HICKS, OEO. R. SCULL,
JAMES U TLGU, W. 11. MIlXElt,
JOHN It. HtX)TT, ROBT. 8. tiCULL,
FRED W. BIESECKER
EDWARD SCCLL, : : PRESIDENT.
VALENTINE II A Y, : VICE PRESIDENT.
HARVEY M. BERKLEY, CASHIER.
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curely protected In a celebrated CouLiss Bca
Glak Paoor Sate. The only safe mode aoMV
lnteljr burulur-proof.
ft taEt County Safed
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Surplus! Undivided Froat?. 23,000 00
Assets, - - 300.CCG00
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Chas. J. LTarrison, - President.
Win. II. Koontz, - Vice President.
Milton J. Pritts, - - Cashier.
Geo. S. Ilarrison, - Ass't Cabhier.
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Directors
Wm. Endsley,
Josiah Specbt,
John II. Snyder,
Joseph B. Davis,
Chas. W. Snyder
II. C. Beeribs
John Stufft,
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Jerome Stuflft,
Noah 8. Miller,
Nam. B. Harrison.
Customers of this bank will receive the most
liberal treat mentconsb tent . wltli safe banking.
Parties wishing to send money east or went
can be accommodated by draft for any
amount. . , ,
Money and valuables secured by one or Ile
bold's celebraU-d safes, with niottt improved
time lock.
Collections made in all part of the united
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A GOOD HEARSE,
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ished. SOMERSET - - Pa
Jacob I). Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Door West cf Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
I Am New
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elry of all descriptions, wt Cheap
as the Cheapent.
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16 TO 1.
SILVaR COLD
In the money question nienns lluit In
weight it would leke 16 liolil doiiar to
IllHke In uelclit oneilverd.)il:ir. U
guamniev for eitlier one silver or old
dollar to givt you the purest end InR-t
agiii giKKis wild. Take a moment's
ti neHu J loot at these price :
1 Yeartdd tMni.'r-t tL'O VOT gal
to I Yr.Oid Pure Kyei'.l.itoi Ml " -7
to o " .lootoJ.VI
w Hand-made Hour Mah h.to " "
J. M. IKiugbeny Pure Kye...o no "
An'iriewi ii 1.: iure rtyeJ..A( " M
l"ciiil price list on Wine, ete on
application. Nti i-xtn cfmrire Mr Jug
or pneking. tiivc i a triul order.
VCLfPMOnt A. ANDRirSSCW,
mo. . Federal SuAHcrhcny, Pa
tstMiCne-mMiiai
nier
SOMERSET, PA.,
A GAME OF CII AXCE
I 4,Ir y. Isn't ehe?" said Tom Vin
cecL, ts be rode along by Ida Lalf
' brother' side ncrosa the undulatin
J vrM', iiil iialph iiodJcd, although no
, nan.e l:d Iwii me!itior.eI.
There v.'i" no need of a name, wbea
! t'leir iirt ii'feiiiinineavUn'mtaiioe8waa
I ho ;r: .:y limit vd. One minht h.tve
. ac-1 rohed within a radius of twenty
j tii'icd round the spot, near their home,
j where they were without finding more
j thaa thrvje liuropean ladies, and of
I thete, Mrs. Marsden, at whose hospit
able farm they had just leen visiting,
was decidedly homely, and her little
girl took after her.
Mr. Mar-wlen's niece, Viola Cray,
btnvever, was of a dillerent type al
together, and as Ralph thought of her
delicately-colored oval fnee, with it
frame of gold ml hair, and its tsoft,
dreamy eyes, he felt that to speak of
Miss (J ray as "pretty" was to do her
an injustice.
"Rcaiitiful, rather," he said, quietly,
and flushed a little.
Tom was the first to speak again.
'If I had known that Viola that
Miss Gray was coming to the Marsden's,
I should not have suuested sending for
Floss to come and look after us."
"Why?"
"Well, a sister is rather in the way
when she marries," said Tom, slowly.
"You know what the proverb says
about two women in one house."
"We have not got one woman in the
house at present," said Ralph, and his
half brother smiled with easy self-confidence.
. "No; but it won't be my fault if we
don't have one soon, whether Floss de
cides to come or not. Directly I saw
Viola, last week, I said to myself, there
is the wife for me.
"You have said that to yourself be
fore, haven't you?" aked Ralph, and
Tom emiled good-naturedly.
"Lots of times, but this time it is se
rious, and there is nothing in the way.
We ;n either of us afford to marry."
"And Miss (Jray ia willing?" asked
Ralph, clearing his throat.
"I haven't asked her yet, but she
seems to like me; and out here, of
course I have not much fear of a rival."
"No!"
There was something in the tone of
the short monosyllable which made his
brother turn sharply.
"Wei!, what rival is there?"
Ralph's face had frown a shade paler
thau usual; his lip-; were tightly com
pressed.
"Wlv don't you tell me?" asked
Tom.
"I suppose it woulJ lie more fair and
s.jn-ire if I did," said Ralph slowly
uurl thoughtfully.. "I urn sorry, old
iuu.i, Liit you have one rival."
"Who?''
'Can't you gucs?"
"! ..ik! if lean. You don't
iiie-vn i'nt head man of Marten'?,
Clayton?''
"Of eoure not. Rut Is there any
particular ren:-'in why I should not
think of marrying?"
Tom pulie l up Lis hrc to stare at
,,:i in uufeiirned Kstonishment.
"You th::ik of marrying Viola
Gray!"
"Why not?"
There was something in Ralph's voice
a7aia which surprised his brother, and
made him stille the inclination he had
felt to laugh.
"I do not know whj' I should be sur
prised," he said seriously, "but some
how I never thought of your marrying.
We always looked upon you as a con
firmed bachelor."
"Because I never met the right wo
man." "And you have met her in Viola
Gray'"
"This is awkward," he said. "You
can not expect me to give up my claim
to her?"
"You have no more claim than I.
She likes me at least as much as you."
"That is a matter of opinion," said
Tom. "I am going to ask her to be
my wife to-morrow."
"So am I," said Ralph, and his
brother laughed unpleasantly again.
The unanticipated rivalry made Tom
feel more determined than ever to se
cure Viola for himself.
His face and voice began to betray
some little anxiety.
"Do you think Viola is in love with
you?" lie asked, trying to cover the
anxiety with a sneer, and Ralph's
voice came as a pleasing contrast with
its quiet earnestness, as he answered:
"I do not think that she is in love
with either of us, although shecertaiu
ly likes us both."
"Then the one who speaks first will
have the pull," said Tom, quickly, and
was sorry the next moment that he had
not acted on the idea instead of putting
the enemy on his guard by mentioning
it
Ralph did not answer. He was real
izing how true the words were likely to
be, and that the chauces of a word
from his brother might lose for him
the woman who seemed to him the one
for whom he had always waited aud
look forward.
They had reached th farm and a
IvafTir servant was coming out to take
t uir rirws.
"Oiiiwaj ho seeiii to haves letter,'
paid Tom, who had caught sight of b . I
fiist. "We shall sve wu; Iher Floss La
deciu.-1 1 1 come."
He tk th letter from toe Kaftir as
he approached aud glancing at the ad-dr-ss,
handed if across ! his brother.
"Is she coining?"' itskel Tom, al
though the arrival of his sister was a
mutter of less im)iorlacce to him since
Viola had come to the neighboring
farm.
"Slie has come of course," said his
brother, trying to hide theeagcrness ia
bis voice, and bis face fell when he
found that Ralph had realized what
his absence might mean.
"I do not see why I should go," said
Ralph in a way that surprised bis
brother and showed him that, easy-1
going as he was an ordinary way, he
could be firm when he liked. "You
v.ereail anxiety to ga when" we first
spoke of Floss coming out.
"I ba'e charged my mind," said
Tom.
"Hut I have not . agreed to yo ir
changing it," said Ralph. Unless
set
ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1897.
! yU can Klve nie a Kood rea,,on for doln
so I shall certainly refuse to take your
place."
"Then Floss will have to come here
by herself."
"What! all the way from Natal, more
than a week's journey through a coun
try that she knows nothing about? We
can not thiuk of iL"
"I suppose not, so you had better go
for her."
"Or you," said Ralph. "You must
see in common fairness that it is as
much your duty a3 mine. Rut it is of
no use quarreling about it We must
decide it like sensible men, and broth
ers."
"How?"
"The fairest thing seems to be to toss
up which goes."
low's eyes brightened. After the
decided way in which, before Viola
Gray's advent, he had declared his In
tention of meeting his sister at Natal
if she came, and spending a week or
two there, he was afraid that Ralpl
might insist on his holding to his in
ten I ion.
His face flushed as a sudden thougli
came to him.
"Let us decide it by s throw of the
dice. Clayton gave me a set to-day,"
he said.
"Anything, so long as it is a matter
of chance," said Ralph; and still red,
his brother felt in his pocket for the
cubes which were to decide which of
the two was to have the field to him
self in trying to change Viola Gray's
liking into love.
"Do you want to throw at once?"
"Why not? The oue who has to go
will have to start as soon as it is light.
If I am unlucky I shall turn in as soon
as I have had my supper. Hand me
the dice."
"iou will decide it on a single
throw ?"
"All right."
Ralph shook them up in his hand as
he spoke aud threw them on the table,
bending over it anxiously to see the re
sult. His face had turned pale again
under its bronze as he thought how
much dejended upon the result.
He breathed a sigh of relief when he
looked at the dice. He hail thrown
fifteen. It was scarce'y likely that his
brother could be more successful.
Tom's face had grown whiter than
his when he took up the dice, aud tried
his luck
"Eighteen," he said sharply, and
there was no exultation in his voice, al
though he had won. "Eighteen. You
will have to go, Ralph."
"I suppose so," said Ralph, huskily
"eii: goou-night. 1 shall turn in
now, and start before you are up."
"Aren't you going to have supper?'
"No, thanks, I am not. hungry
Good-night."
He turned into the small white-wash
ed room at the back of the building
where he slept, feeling that the dream
of his life was ended.
At the very shortest, the journey to
Natal would occupy him ten days; ten
days iu which his brother would seize
every opportunity of seeing the woman
he loved and making her care for him.
His brother rose later, in the lest of
spirits, and as Ralph bad expected,
started as soon as he had breakfasted
aud walked round the farm, to ride to
the Marsden's.
A lady's figure had appeared on the
pretty veranda, and was coming to
meet him, and Tom Vincent's face
brightened at the sight.
The brightness disappeared aa the
figure came nearer, and he saw that it
was only Mrs. Marsden; but Viola
could not be far away, aud he bad no
rival now.
"Here I am again," he said. "Ralph
has gone to Natal, and left me all alone.
I thought you would take pity on my
loneliness."
She smiled a welcome.
"We are always glad to see you; it is
duller for us now that Viola has left
us."
"Miss Gray gone?" he said, staring
at her.
Mrs. Marsden nodded.
"Of course you have not heard. Ths
mail last night brought a letter from
her brother in Natal. He is ill, poor
fellow, and she wauted to start at once
to nurse him. George was going to
take her as far as Ochefsdroora, but
luckily they met Ralph at Gayler'a
Drift, and George put her in his charge.
It was lucky for us that your brother
was going to Natal, wasn't it? George
is just back."
She ran on chatting without noticing
the change that had come into the
young man's expression as be rode
slowly by her side to the house. Rut
she noticed that he was unusually
silent,
He scarcely spoke until they had
reached the house, and she rn indoors
while he was attending to his horse.
Tom waited until she was out of sight
and then taking the three loaded dice
which Mr. Marsden's overseer had
given him as a curiosity on the pre
vious day. from bis pocket, ho threw
tbem dow n aud ground them uuder
his heel.
"This is all you have done for me,"
he said, and ground them again, as he
thought of the journey that Viola and
Ralph would have together. He knew
so well wliat the end would be.
For Your Protection.
Catarrh "cures" in liquid form to be
taken internally, usually contain Mer
cury or Iodide of Potassa, or both,
which are injurious if too long taken.
Catarrh is a local, not a blood diseas,
caused by cold and clamp weather. It
starts in the nasal passages. Jd in
the head, if repeatedly neglected; re
stilts in catarrh. Ely's Cream Balm Is
the acknowledged cure for these troub
les and contains no mercury nor any
injurious drug.
The Ohio Legislature is to consider s
bill forbidding the promiscuous distri
bution by patent medicine venders of
pamphlets aud bills describing the
symptoms of disease. There are cases
ou record of well persons who have
worried themselves into s decline over
fancied symptoms, and people of weak
nerves are no doubt often much injur
ed by seeing these ugly pictures aud
uglier descriptions of disease.
I Th Humble Home in Which Lincoln
First Saw the Light-
Twelve years ago, the cabin in which
Lincoln was born was torn down, and
the logs were hauled to an adjoining
farm, and used in the construction of
another house. The old farm had
practically been abandoned, and near
ly all the people in the ueightiorhood
had quite forgotten, a second time
within a decade since the death of
Lincoln, that he was born on the
"Lincoln Spring Farm," ai the dace
has always leen called. The Lincoln
birthplace is fifty-four miles southeast
of Louisville. It can be reached from
Louisville by going to Eli.-tliethtown,
in Hardin County, a distance of forty
two miles, and then taking another
road from Elizabeth town to Hodgcns
ville, a ride of twenty miles. The
Lincoln Spring Farm is three miles
from this quaint old town, on Nolin's
Creek, directly on the public road lead
ing from Hodgeusville to Buflili, a
village six miles to the east. It Is a
pleasant twenty minutes' drive over a
good dirt road, through a poor, but in
teresting, country.
The original Lincoln cabin had been
torn down and tlie materials had been
moved away, as stated, by a man nam
ed Tom Devenport, who used the logs
in his own house.
' Mr. A. W. Dennett, a New York
gentleman, not long ago bought the
Davenport house, recovered the logs,
and, after much difficulty, restored the
cabin exactly as it was originally, us
ing the very same timbers, door, wind
ow, aud frames. It occupies the for
mer site, and is in much the same con
dition as it was wheii the Linen! in left
it. The cabin is eighteen feet long,
sixteen feet wide, and about twelve
feet high, counting from the il r t
the ridge-pole. There is only one door
and one window the latter an open
ing twenty inches square. A lar
open fireplace, built iu the most primi
tive way, occupies nearly the whole of
one end of the cabin. The chimney is
made of small logs, placed together
just as log houses are built. Inside of
it, fiat ktones plait d on the ground
made the hearth, and wide llat stones
placed against the logs kept the fire
within bounds and protected the wood
en chimney. - The inside, from the
hearthstones to the top of the chimney,
was thickly daubed with c!:iy. Tiie
chimney reaches ouly half-way to the
roof of the house, and is rounded off
with small sticks. This simple fire
place furnished most of the light, all of
the heat, and the sole mt?atn for ok
ing the meals for the family. The cab
in did not have even a loft, or second
etorv. as have nifet cabins. It was
built by Thomas Lincoln, father of the
President, some time ab.iut l'rtor lsu.5,
and was entirely constructed with an
ax and saw, the simple tools of the pi
oneers, rne vupimurd roof was an
chored down by sin i!l logs, laid length
wise on the tip of- the rows of oak
boards. There were no nails or bard
ware. The door-hinges were of wood.
and the paneless window hail an in
side iMiard-shutter, held In place by
raw-hide thougs. There were chinks
aud mud between Io-, and the punch
eon floor wa pegged down. It is prob
able that after Abraham Lincoln's
grandfather was killed by the Indians
at Ling Run M-vtinghome, in Jitter
son County, Ky., tlie family went fur
ther into the forest, and to.ik up a sec
tion of land in La R le, then pirt of
Hardin County. Liter, to better his
fortune, Thomas Lincoln, left this
farm on Nolin's Creek, and settled on
Knob Creek, a dozen miles from Hod-
gen.-viile, and from there he went to
Indiana, and later to Illinois, "The
Birthplace of President Linoln," by
George II. Yenowine, in February St.
Nicholas.
A Comfortin Father.
Mr. Cumrox's son was study ing his
Latin lesson. There was a tremolo of
discouragement iu his voice as he re
marked :
'I don't seem to get along with this
lesson very well, father."
"Can't you say any of it?"
"Yes ; I can say 'a mo, a mas, amat,'
and then I always forget what comes
next."
"What does those words mean, John
ny?" asked Mr. Cumrox, who deserves
credit for being always ready to add
to a somewhat deficient early educat
ion.
"They mean 'I love, thou lovest, he
loves." "
'It does seem too bad to see you
starting in so soon," the old gentleman
mused, "with the difficulties that has
always surrounded that verb. But
you might as well commence young to
learn that them words in one way or
another cause two-thirds of the both
eration that occurs in this life."
"Please, can I quit school then ?"
"No ; it wouldn't be any use. You
couldn't dodge 'em, and you might as
well go right along aud get as familiar
with them as possible. You'll find
that learniu' 'em ain't half the worry
that handlin' 'era is after ye know 'em.
Cheer up, Johnny, and remember that
most of your trouble is still ahead of
you. ashington Mar.
A Sunday School Siory-
Once there was a little boy who was
lazv. He would not work, but would
ie in his bed long after the sun was up
n the sky. Eveu the advent of a cir
cus did not arouse him to enthusiasm,
and he refused to ride a bicycle because
it necessitated labor.
As he grew older he grew lazier, and
his friends predicted that he would
come to some bad end. He lazily en
tered a disclaimer and sid that the
end, bad or good, would have to come
to him.
He did not do a thing, and at school
he was always behind his class. He
was so lazy that he would not tnll-r an
excuse for his shortcomings.
When he grew to ba a ma a he wis
lazier than as a boy. lit-ing unfitted
f r work, he secured a iositioii as a
clerk of a congressional committee,
where I12 had nothing to do, and bis
old age was spent in idleness as were
the days of his youth.
Any bright boy can find the moral to
this tale without a
York World.
coni pass. New
Senator-Elect Piatt's Sensible Talk.
When Koecoe Conkling and Thomas
C. Piatt went out of the United States
Senate sixteen years ago becausj ttuy
had differences over Federal patronage
with Garfield, they said, "We go, but
we will return." The Legislature did
not return them, however, and Conk
ling died without the fulfillment of his
promise. His colleague now sees it
fulfilled as to himself in his almost
unanimous election to represest the
greatest State in the Union, and one of
the culminating features in this vindi
cation was the great dinner tendered
him in the metropolis last night by the
New York State League of liepubli
can Clubs, One thousand prominent
m n were there, but Mr. Piatt seemed
t be the chief centre of attention of
all.
He embraced the occasion to say
some sensible things in a speech, part
ly of a personal nature and partly deal
ing with National attains, among them
the following :
"It is not without hesitation that I
have again accepted the resjiousibili
ties of public office. Indeed, it seemed
as though the temptation to do so had
been put by, and that the remainder of
my life would have no other relation to
public affairs than such as becomes ev
ery citizen. I shall be acquitted,
think, of any affectation about office-
seeking and office-holding, but it is
fact that I have not been a candidate
for tlia Senate. I have not asked any
member of the Legislature to vote for
me. I did not even intimate until af
ter the caucus that I should accept the
oillce if it were tendered. That it has
came under these circumstances, and
with such generous expressions of good
will and confidence from Republicans
throughout the State, makes it a pleas
ing burden and a rich compensation
for all that I have done and tried to do
in my party's service. And so I shall
go to Washington, grateful to the R
publican party, devoted to the State of
New York, and earnest in the resolu
tion to exert whatever influence I may
have or may acquire ror the welfare of
our incomparable country.'.'
Turning to National atltlirs, he said :
"Sufficient time has passed since the
November election to permits close ex
amination of its results. It can not hi
said that they are wholly satisfactory
Tiie bewildering programme of legisla
tion proposed by Mr. Bryan obtained
so great a popular support as to forbid
the idea that agitation in its favor will
be abandoned, and our Democratic
friends, who, without giving unquali
fied adhesion to Republican principles,
were, nevertheless, constrained by
their convictions ou the money ques
tion to support the Republican candi
dates, should give sober consideration
to this fact- It is not yet certain that
any plan for the relief of the Treasury
can pass the Senate as it will be consti
tuted after the 4th of March.
"Capital will not invest, production
will not increase, labor will not be ade
quately employed until laws are parsed
to insure the Treasury against insolv
ency, and to guarantee to the business
interests of the country a safe aud rea
sonably permanent basis on which to
operate. If the changes in the compo
sition of the Senate now in progress
fail to produce a majority that can Isold
together for the enact meut of such
legislation, we shall have the same
fiot out of which we have just come
to make again four years from now,
under probably less favorable condi
tions. "The lesson which the possibilities
teache to the Sound Money Demo
crats and the duty it enforces upon them
seem etitirely clear. They can find no
home in the Democratic party. Their
presence there is not wanted, whereas,
with us, it is held in just esteem. They
must come into the Republican party,
exert their due influence upon its poli
ties, and accept their share of the re
sponsibility for its work. And, with
out abandoning any vital principle,
which they would not ask or expect,
we must sek iu all we do to hold their
confnleuce and support.
"The people do not want the Wilson
bill patched up. They want it repeal
ed and iu its place their plain demand.
to which the election of two successive
Republican majorities in the II ue of
Representatives sufficiently testifies, is
f.r the enactment of an intelligent and
consistent Tariff, based in every sched
ule upon the principle of preventing
the foreign producer of goods that com
pete with American goods from whole
saling his wares iu the American mark
et at prices which compel the Ameri
can maker of eueh wares either to go
out of business or to reduce the wages
he pays bis labor."
Living in High and Low Places.
A report has been published of the
investigations made by M. Korosi, the
Huugarian hygienist, on the effect of
living in cellars and on ground and
upper floors, upon the duration of life.
Summarizing this report the National
Popular Review states that Korosi
found that the dwellers in cellars av
eraged a life of about 39 years and "1
months; those on the grouud floor 4.3
years and 3 months; those on the first
and second floors lived toonly 42year.
Alt thiugs being otherwise equal, it is
considered that these observations may
be accepted as showing the different
effects upon longevity by the different
planes of residence. Thus, the air of
cellars or basements is never healthy
nor can such localities be suitably ven
tilated without considerable cost, the
occupants being exposed to ground
moisture's contaminations, to the im
purities of body exhalations and to
foulness of the heavier ground air from
the street and yard that of necessity
pours down into such spaces. Those
living on the first and second floor
seem to enjoy the longest lease of life,
as might be expected, in view of the
greater freedom of such floors from foul
gases, microbes and germ, animal
emanations and from street duet.
The soothing, lung-healing virtues
of the newly cut pine are all embodied
in Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup,
the sovereign remedy for coughs and
colds, aud lung troubles of all sorts.
WHOLE NO. 2375.
McClellan's War-Horse.
General McClellan's favorite war
horse, usually called Dan, was a dark
bay, alnxit seventeen hands high, well
bred, with good action, and never
showing signs of fatigue, no matter
how long the course. Ha was an ex
tremely handsome, showy animal,
with more than ordinary horse sense,
Dan was a very fast walker, an import
ant requisite in a commander's charg
er, but a disagreeable accomplishment
so far as his staff were concerned, as
their horses in general were kept on
slow trot.
After the war Dan became the fam
ily horse at General McClellan's coun
try home in Orar.ge, and seemed to be
proud of his position, performing his
duties well and easily. On one oc
casion, when driven to a neighboring
estate by two ladies of the General's
family, and left untied as usual at the
door, Dan came to the conclusion that
they had remained long enough for au
afternoon call, so, declining to waste
any more time there, he trotted back to
his stable, carefully turning out to pass
carriages and other vehicles met on
the way home. Dan died and was
buried iu Orange, N. J.
The General said of him: "Dan was
one of those horses that could trot all
day long at a very rapid gait, which
kept all other horses at a gallop. He
earned from the aides the title of 'that
devil Dan' a name that be justified
on many a long and desperate ride be
fore I gave up the command of the
Army of the Potomac Dan was the
best horse I ever had; he was never ill
for an hour, never fatigued, never dis
turlied under fire. The dear old fellow
survived the war many years, dying at
a ripe age in 1S7!. No matter how
long we might be parted once for
nearly four years he always recogniz
ed me the moment we met again, and
in his own way showed his pleasure at
seeing me. Even on the day of his
death, which was a painless one, be
still attempted to rise and greet me,
but, unable to do so, he would lean bis
head airainst me and lick my hand.
No soldier ever had a more faithful or
better horse than I bad in Daniel
Webster." Our Animal friends.
4A Penny For Your Thoughts."
Have yoa ever stt'dicl a coin to see
iiow many symlxds it represents? Jly
following out the directions given be
low, says the Ladies' Home Journal,
you will find you will be the means of
giving a very pleasant and agreeable
time to one or any number of fri-nds,
as A Penny ror lour 1 noughts" is a
game that both young and old can par
ticipate in.
Procure enough tally cards for each
guest, on the top of which write, "A
Penny fur Your Thoughts." Attach a
ribbon to each card with a small pen
cil at the end, and have holes put
through enough pennies to striug one
on each tally, in order that everybody
tn-iy have one to study out by them
selves.
The questions given below are to be
written on the cards, leaving enough
spain? for the answers. Of course, an
allotted tiiue is given in which the an
swers may be written, and when time
is called the one having the greatest
number correct is the recipient of the
prize.
Questions and answers will be given
below, but the one giving the party, of
course, withholds the answers:
1. A messenger? One cent (sent.)
2. Mode of ancient punishment?
Stripes.
3. Means of inflicting it? Lashes.
4. A piece of armor? Shield.
5. A devoted young man? Bow
( beau. )
6. A South American fruit? Date.
7. A place of worship? Temple.
8. Portion of a hill? Brow.
9. Spring flowers? Tulips.
10. Three weapons? Arrows.
11. The first American settler? In
dian.
li Emblem of victory? Laurel
wreath.
13. An animal? Hair (hare.)
14. Two sides of a vote? Eyes and
nose (ayes and noes. )
1. An emblem of royalty? Crown,
hi. One way of expressing matri
mony? I nitcd States.
17. Youth and old age? Youth 1395
Old Age.
is. Part of a river? Mouth.
19. Something found in a school?
PupiL
2). Pa rt of a fctove? Lid (eyelid. )
21. Plenty of assurance? Cheek.
22. The cry of victory? Won (one.)
23. Implements of writing? Quills.
Ths Host Valuable Spots on Earth.
ProlabIy the most valuable spots on
the face of the earth (as the burial sites
in Westminster Abbey can not be
bought with gold) are the four corners
where Wall Street torches Broad, and
the two where it meets Broadway. I
can not guess how large a price any
any one of these might bring in the
market now; but a million dollars and
and half a million more were recently
paid for five lots on Broadway oppo
site Bowling Green. This ws the val
ue of the land aloue, as the old build-
ngs it bore were at once to be torn
down; yet, says Philip Hone, a lot in
ust this ptace sold in 1329 for only $19,-
500. As late as 1S10 lots on Cortlandt
Street could be had for $1,000 or even
for 70 ). But a year or two ago the
corner of Liberty Street and Nassau,
measuring 79 feet along the one, 112
along the other, and about 100 feet in
depth, brought $1,2-0,000, and this
again, for the sake of the land alone.
Mrs. Schuyler Van Rcussehter in Feb
ruary Century.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
Tlie Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe
ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup
tious, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 2-" cents per box. For sale st J.
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Stonewall Jackson's Dea'h.
General Horace Porter, in his "Cam
paigning with Grant," In the Febru
ary Century, relates the following h
erdo'e of au occurrence; after the Wil
derness campaign. While oor people
were putting up th tents and making
preparations for supper, General Grait
atrolled over to a house near, owned by
s Mr. Clitndler, and sat down 011 th
porch. I ai-ioinpnnie.1 him, and took
a seat beside him. In a few minutes a
lady came to the duor, and was eur
prlned to find that tli vi.ior was the
geni-ral-iii-chief. He was always par
ticularly civil to ladies, and he rose r
his feet at once, took off his hat, a:. 1
made a courteous bow. She was LwV
likeand polite in her behavior, 9 .d
she and the generat soon l;-a:ue -gaged
in a pleasant ta!k. Her eonv r
sation was exeeediusiy entertainir
She said among other things: "T. s
house has witnessed some sad s-erie-v.
One of our greatest generals died hre
Just a year ago General Jacksor.
Stonewall Jackson of Messed memory ."
"Indeed ? remarked General Gra: r.
"He and I were at West Point togeth
er for a year and we served in the sat .e
army in Mexico.'" "Then you rip -t
have known how good and great e
was," said the lady. "Oh, ye," re
plied the general; "he w is a wtcrlir :,
manly cadet, and enjoyed the rctq: , t
of every one who knew him. He s
always of a religious turn of mind a.. I
a plodding, hard-working frtuder t.
His standing was at first very low u
his class, but by bis indou:it:tb!e en- -fry
he managed to graduate quite bi; 1.
H-j was a gallant wMieT and a chris
tian gentleman, ami I c-ati understa d
fully the admiration your people ha .-e
for him."
"They brought him here the Mi 1
day after the battle of Chancello.
ville," she continued. "You pmba! y
know, sir, that he had been wounded
in the left arm and right band by l is
own men, who fired upon him ac- i
dentally in the night, and his arm had
been amputated on the field. The i-p-eration
was very successful, and . e
was getting along nicely, but the vet
applications made to the woud
brought ou pneumonia, and it was
that which caused his death. He lin
gered till the nest Sunday afternoon,
May 10, and then he was t:iken fp n
us." Here the lady of the house 1 e
came very much affected, and ahw -st
broke down iu recalling the sad evei t.
Our tents had by this time be- it
pitched, and the gener.1, after taki..
a polite I;ave of his hostes-t, and an y-
ng he would place a guard over 1 tr
house to see that no damage was done?
to her pri-perty, walked over to cam ,
and soon .-:'.t tio u with the me.-j to a
light supper.
"With Hi3 Own Petard.
"Will you please examine that di 1-
mond, said a man who bad stepped
into a down town jewelry store yester
day, "and tell me what yo-j think cf
il? If it is a good stone I think I Id
buy it"
The jeweler took the gem, wtwehwvs
unset, and looked at it criifcally for a
moment. Then. 1:1 otii. Jr-iit:.: tones.
he said:
"Wellto tell you e truth, tl-t
Isn't a very good stone. It has
much fire; it is baiijr cut anl ther. :s
something here that Lxjfcs very mu 1
like a blight flaw.
Then he held the diamond under a
micros-cere r.d exeu.iced it carefully,
finally observing:
"No, it isn't exactly a Haw, I u I
shouldn't call it a perfect stone. No,
ifyou want something really fine, I
have here "
"Excuse me," the other man inter
rupted, "I think I will not buy a
niond to-day. This is a stone that c i e
of your clerks let me take Saturday, on
approval. I deposited on it. Pie. -e
let me have my money and we willc !I
the deal off."
The money was handed over with ct
any comment, but there wasagrie' .d
expression upon the jeweler's cout -nance
that told the story of a less ;a
well learned. Cleveland Ijcadi-r.
Cli People.
Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys w 11
find the true remedy in Electric 1 Al
ters. This medicine docs not stimul..:e
and contains no whisky nor other in
toxicant, but acts as a tonic and al: r
ative. It acts mildly on the storms h
and bowels, adding t-trvngth and giv
ing tone to the organs, thereby aidi ?-
nature in tiie performance of the fuo.
tions. Electric Bitters is an excell. nt
appetizer and aids digestion. Old -p!e
find it just exactly what they need.
Price fifty cents and $1.0.) per bottle at
Snyder's drug store, Somerset, or at
Brallier's drug store, Berlin.
Confused.
The boy looked a good ileal pnzz'.il
aud was silent for such a longtime a
to attract his mother's attention.
"What are you thinking about?" t-he
inquired.
"I want to ask a question, onij- I
cin't get it so that it won't sound mix
ed up."
"What is it?'
"Why, when an elephant shakes hisj
trunk is he waging his tail?"
Settling: a 3 at
The quiet of the r-Mt.n hi which the
answers-toqueries editor sat was i.s
turbed by the entrance of two h-iif-growu
boys.
One of them pulled off his hat and
addressed bint:
"Me and this feller have made
bet," he said, "and we've agreed ti
leave it to you. He bets that i.'all be
turkeys that was ett last Tlsanksgi :ti
was placed in a line they would re- !
around the world, ami I Ut tl y
wouldn't. Who's lost?"
"You have, aiy sum," answered t':e
man in the chair. They might be
placed a mile apart and they would s ill
b in a line, you know."
As they turned and went out of t ie
room the boy who had acted as spokes
man was seen to hand a small evils
over to the other with great relucta-.ee
and distinctly heard tossy:
"Well, I can lick you, anyhow."
"Bet you a nickel on that, too,' re
plied th other hoy." Chicago Tr l-
Bicycle riders, football players e 1.1
athletes generally, find a snvtre: rr
remedy for tiie sprains and bruises :ul
cuts to which they are constantly lia
ble, in Dr. Thorn is' Eclectric Oil.
The trustees of Columbia Univers.fr
have preseuted to that institution a
$.yM,000 gymnoolum, which will '
built ou the new site of the univerV'v,
Morningside Heights, Ne.v York.
Ringing noises in the ears, stitippij.r,
buzzing, roariug, sauted by uxrb,
all diaappsar wlik Us aat af Firiat't
tarskfsrtlht.