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VOL. XL VI. NO. d.
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Prc vetlj merit of Hood t Sanaiiarilta posl
tiro, jH-rfirt, permonrnt Currs.
Cures of acrofuU In sevrrt st forms. Iik4
irortre, lai lli-d nock, running sores, hip
di-Ae. sorrs In tl-e .
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Cures of I-.1U, Pimples and all other erup
tions due to impure blood.
Cures of Jypepia and oUkt troutih s here
a pood stoniaeb tonic was needed.
Cures of KliruiiLitism.m hi-re nutients were un
able to work or walk for week.
Cures of Catarrh by etpt-lling the impurities
w lilch cause and sunUiin the disease.
Cures of Xerrousness by proerly toning aud
Rd:ng the nerves upon pure blood.
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HAH. O. SCl'LU UKO. R. RCULU,
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EDVAKD StX'LL, : : PRrIIENT.
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fie Somerset County National
BANK
OF SOMERSET PA.
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ElUbUlted 1877. Ornba M I litlMlt, 1890
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Capita!, - $ 50,000 00
rplu4 Undivided Profits, 23,000 UU
Assets, - - 3)3,03333
CLas. J. Ilarrison, - Trcsidont.
Wm. II. Koontz, - Vice President.
Milton J. rritts, - - Cashier.
Geo. S. Harrison, - Ass't CaiiLier.
Directors t
Wtn. F.oWey, Cbaa. W. Snyder
Joeiah Spetbt, H- C. Heerito,
John II. Snyder, Jhn Stum,
Jnoetih B. Ivw, Harrbton Snyder,
Jerome Stuff!, Xomh S. Miller,
Sam. B. HarriMoo.
n . k.ir win muMwlhrmmt
ljtx-r.1 treat nient oKWulrtit wit it sale ban kiiK.
Partie. wmliiuif " " , 1 J
in be acconiiuodatd by draa for auy
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Money anI vaiuanie. "- -
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"IwkH madelr, all parU of Lbe United
Ktiite. ( luirgrti mod.' vie.
Aecounu sua aeiuii inu
A. H. HUSTON,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
and everything pertaining to funeral rarn
tubed. SOMERSET - - Pa
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Door West cf Lutheran Church,
Somerset, Pa-
I Am Now
pi . ed to supply tbe public
with Clock, Watches, and Jew
elry of all desTiitIons as Cheap
aa the Cheapest.
REPAIRING A
SPECIALTY.
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purchase.
J. D. SWANK.
CATARRH
Ak Totir
DRUGGIST
Cor a generous
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TRIALSIZL.
ELY'S
Cream Ba!M
ruotinx no eoralne.
m-n-rv nor any
al,er inju rl
'VJ!. tmlrklv Ab-
rbj-Lo.v., iu-.ief COLD lfrl LAD
smeil. Kull 8ie SOe Tlal Hise Me. at UrutKiM
v&nUtM. S4 Warren Htreet, S. T.
lie
A BABY UNBOSOMS ITSELF.
I wbih I w:uiu't pretiy aud I wish I wasn't
sweet;
I wUh Tolks didn't think I look "jut pnd
ruuush toral;"
I wlh if I'm a niwliud, as they say that I
hr.d thorn
As sharp ax Mama', needles and as bis as
Moolj ' hurna.
I wish that great big gmwn-ti fiilks weren't
HMn euough to take
Advantage of a little, Uvtity-weenty mile.
and make
Life a burden to 'a baby, xHiueingon It, one
and aH,
Iu a way they wouldn't dare to if it wasn't
weak and small.
I gutiw. If you wen; me, that you'd he mad
tho' you're a. meek
As Mom If each woman poked a finger in
your cheek.
And ald, "Oo j. illy itty slngrn and all but
-look your brvath
Away with her hard hugging, while be kii
vi you rmt lo dm'.lu
They call me "little angi 1" but an angel
wuuld be sailed
liy such outrage, and an angel's dipokition
would be MiIed;
Yet these fool folks they all wonder why I
double up my fist,
And with angry bawls bombard them ev'ry
time lliat I am klsMsl.
I'm the baby that's abused, and I Just think
it is a fchame
The busy, big au-lety that's got the great.
long name
What is it tliat they call It, now the 8. F. P.
C C.T-
t'an't keep IIiokc cruel women from orever
klnsing me!
Mary Norton Bradford.
HE SAVED THE SHIP.
"That's rather a purty story, that
of Hull's in The Journal the other day
ulaiut how he t nailit the Sibery
throuuh a cale in lss;," reiuarktnl
Engineer lllow it to xonie btnui com
panions who had gatliertil iu the en
gilie rixnu of tbe famous old sidi
wheeler Exile, a firty-niner," built a
a palatial passenger loat ami later
winning fame a- a grain earner.
"I hai.iH-netl to be at Eaghj harlor,
on Miehipocoteu inland, when he
brotinht the 8ibery ihto port and can t
may but what Hurt ha.s played it purty
n:Mletlike iu tellin tbe yarn. He give
it htrai-rht, though, barrin his leaviu
out a few tilings which mebbe he didn't
think important, though some of Via
was to the owners. e see, when they
tied the boat up at the dock in Iligle
harbor, thvt'aou Michijioeoten island,
there was the prettiest layout of ice on
'er yd ever want to look aL W'y,
'twas even with the rail over the deck,
and the purliet iluU-d pillars of it run
right down them open hatches and
stove in skylights aud other open
places right down to the KeeL y, it
war a sitiht to behold, fine as anything
at the ice palli, all made without
hands. W'y, the fellers that pack ice
iu liable harbor, ou Michipoculou is
land, jet tumbled over each other to
git iu bids ou tbe layout, for I tell ye,
bovs. two foot ice, every blamed inch
of it as clear aud .iarklin as the Koh-
inoor dimonJ, ain't often fouud al
ready histed on deck so ye c'n git it
without wetliu yer feet. See? Hull
shouldn't 'a' left thet out, even if he
didn't make the ice himself, with a
patent frecziu machiue, siai'ially when
they sold the ice for enough to pay for
all reiiairs Iwsldes addin somethiu to
theowuers' bank accouut after payiu
a handsome salvage to Hutr for savin
the ship.
"Thet header he took after the cal
maul, axes not beiu handy to git at
jest then, I kin swear to, for he show
ed me the lump on his head, caused by
strikin the firerooiu floor, bavin mis
calculated the depth of water, thinkiu
it was teu feet w hen it war only six.
It war a pretty bad contusion, right on
the place where the phreiiologers locate
the bump of self esteem. He was very-
proud of thet lump, ye bet, ell, ye
can bet that we fellers iu Eagle harbor,
Michiiiocoten islaud, appreciated tbe
gallant feat aud lost no time in round in
un tbe whole crew before the bar aud
wettiug Vri down solid with somethiu
hotter' n lake water iu ovemlier, ex-
it the miserable cap'n who took to
the steam pijies in the hour of dauger,
because, I s'liose, he's lined bo many of
them blamed societies what roast their
men on hot gridirons and thing be
fore they let 'em ill on the ground Hour
to enjoy the enormous benefit of payiu
assemuicUU thet he jot llatehully took
:o them pi lies, as it war.
"When Hutr told us how the whole
rew went lelow, wheelsmen and all.
and fed the fire w ith xal what they
picked by hand outeii the water which
war nourin in ou Vui by the hundreds
of ton-s bavin to sw im to git it, the fine
old boat jett navigatin herself all the
time, with her steeriu machinery all
ut of gear and useless, w'y we wet em
lownairi'u with stuff hotter'n them
steam pipes the cap'n set on, aud when
letold how he ru up iutwoleelot
water or more and in a haughty and
commaiidiu toue told tbe miserable
coward of a cap'n to leave him alone
aud never sjieak to him ag'in we jest
hoorayed, for I c'n tell ye that au eu-
iueer what knows his biz like Iluti
does can stand at the throttle and nav
igate a ship by instinct better'n the
swellcst cap'n atloat.
"W'y, I e'n tell ye, an engineer has
know snmethiu besides how to give
-dors, and a man thet can't run a ves
sel without lieiu on deck and seein the
hole lavout don't know his biz. I
never could see tbe use of cap'ns ou
steam vessels what have No. 1 engiu
eers except to swear and put ou airs.
for mate, two good Cremeuare
l-tter'n a dozen of tin overbeariu
cusses. See? Wliat cap'n would V
thought to dive down under water and
uash that bulkhead what was kcepiu
the men out of the fire pit? Wy, like
at not he'd 'a' had some fool plan and
gone to interfcrin with tbe only cool
head aboard tbe boat.
."HutTa story Is O. K., but I had a
little ex perieuee which lays it on Its
beam ends some flatter'u the old Sibery
laid on her starboard w ith her weather
side so high out of water that the d d
treacherous elements could ouly git a
little spray on lot bet deckload of ice.
'Twas in war times, ami we had load
ed with beans at Chicago for llufiaU.
Ye see, every bloomin farmer in the
country had taken to arisin beans for the
army as the best thing they mul J do
to help siuelcb. the rvtat Tbe rrop
hadn't been over aud above good thet
year, aud thetu Chicago hustlers war
omer
SOaAIERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
a-trying to corner it aud make the gov
ernment iay big money for its beau
rations. Some Iluflalo fellers saw the
game and caught on to it, aud there
was a contract with our owners to send
their whole fleet to Chicago and make
a break iu the Windy City bean plans.
As luck would have it, the old Kxile
was the last one to git her load. She
was a stiff old craft, though, and iu
thetu days side wheelers war thought
more o'u they are now.
"We got out of port and up the lake
all right, but by the time we war well
among the islands it begun to snow, a
blamed fine snow, like a thick fog, so
thet ye couldn't see nothin at all, with
tbe wiud a-risin aud the snow cutliu
like cambric needles. The cap' i looked
kind of blue around tbe gills when he
came below to ask my advice. 'If this
yere weathers keeps up,' says he,
'blamed if I see how we're goin to git
through the straits without svrapiu ac
quaintance with things we don't waut
to hev anything to do with.'
"I jest la (feil heartylike aud said,
says I: 'Never you mind, cap'n. I'll
take this yere boat through, the straits
slicker'n greased lightniu. Don't ye
git scared while Jim Klowit is aboard
and settiu on the safety valve so hard
as h 1 can't move him. When Jim
gives bis words, it's for keeps. Go to
bed if want to. Ye'll be less nervous
there, I reckon.'
" 'I couldn't do thet,' says he, 'for
I'm responsible for the safety of the
boat,'
"'Responsible flggerhead,' says I.
'Ye c'n keep on dock if you want to.
The engine room don't need yer, and
ye'd belter be careful what orders ye
send dow n. See?
"We went through the straits as
slick as a w histle, but w hen we got in
Lake Huron it was blow in great guns
and snowin thick as fog, and the seas
war enough to make yer hair stand up
like a currycomb all over yer head.
Says I to myself, 'This is growin iu
terestin,' and I told the firemen to keep
the fires roarin while I took a look on
deck. The boat had her head well on
aud w as keeping purty steady, but it
looked bad, sure enough. The seas
war 'mountain high,' as Hull' says,
and the snow thet thick you could
hardly see across the deck. The cap'n
and mates came over to where I stood
and war ou the iiut of a-kin my ad
vice when a thunderiu big roller came
over the stern, sweepiu the deck clean,
aud them as wasn't washed overboard
war half drowned, us fellers standiii at
the head of the stair bein sent down
into the fire pit without know in bow
we got there. The man at the wheel
was seared outeii a year's grow th and
let go, and the next . minute the boat
swung round, and her st a' board wheel
was spiuuin in the air, and the other
one was laboring in jj icei oi waier.
When we got cur breath, the cap'u
hollored out, 'What's the matter?
'"Ye'd better go aud find out,' says
I.
" 'Somebody must lake the wheel,'
says he.
'Take it persclf, ye d d laud-
luiilier ye,' says I.
'How can I ever climb up thet
slanti ti deck" says he.
"I jest swum over to him, aud takin
him by the nape of tbe neck I yanked
him up ou to his feet and said, says I,
'You jest git outen here ye wbiniu
puppy, ami see what's goin on up
there,' aud with thet I kicked him up
the stairway and ordered the mates to
follow on. Then I said to the boys,
says I, Ye see we're iu for it, but ye
jest keep coo, for Jim llowit ain't
drowned yet.'
'The men ou deck couldu't do a
blamed thing. The bait had lost her
seaway aud was roll in aroui: like a top
first one wheel up iu the air, then the
other, the engine jest gruauin aim
sbudderiu with the strain on it, water
comin in by tbe million gallons a min
ute, pumps choked up, some of 'em al
least, but what with I couldu't tell;
hatches stove, in, whcelhouse iti.e.
steenu gear badly mixed, liulklaaU
giviu way, aud I'll be blowed if ib
didn't look as though we were in for a
short cut to kiugdou com. Hut I said,
says I, 'Hoys keep 'er steam up, and
we'll pull outen this hole yet, but jest
now all we kin do is to let 'er rip for
aw hile.'
"Jest then tho cap'n come tumbliu
down into the pit, spluttering from
gettiu ducked ill six feet of water.
T.Iowit,' says he, 'w hat shell we ever
do? The ship is doomed. We've done
our best to save 'er.'
"Says I: 'Ye dry up, and don't let
me near anoiner worn ouieu yer
mouth, and, mind, ye sliukiu coward
.. . . . it
ye, w lieu we gits into iori ye auu i
cau't walk on the same side of the
street. Cos why? lJecau.se there'a
tie a collision, aud somebody'd get
hurt, aud it wouldn't be Jim Klow it,'
says I, at which tbe uiei. give three ,
cheers aud a tiger, and the cap'n got
bluer round the gills and kinder sigh-'
ed. Then he give the almighties!
screech I ever heard aud hollered. 'Tlie
beans, the beam.r aud tbeu fainted
dead away aud fell iu the water. Wu
fished him out and hung him on a
bulkhead frame to dreeu and then
looked around. Sure enough, them
blamed beans had begun to swell from
tbe water we'd taken and war already
crawiin through every crack and
opeuiu.
'Now, ye see. Huff had wheat
aboard, a dervnt sort of graiu that ye
can rouut ou behaviu itself in most
any situation, which is w'y it didu't
bother bin' any wbeu them bulkhead
war atoe Ul aud them hatches smash
ed. It koowrd it place and staid thet-v.
but beans can't be depended on. Y
c'u count ou their servin ye a meau
caper Jest wheu ye' re iu the worst situ
ation to cope with it, 'Iloys,' saya I,
'them beans has got to be dealt with
mighty quick. They've got to have
au outlet, or we'll all be in the por
ridge iu no lime. 1 leans are ensued
unreliable things. Jest get axes, and
w herever ye can cut a hole and let out
the surplus. Cut it mighty quick.
Away to yer duty,' says I in a com
maudiu tone, aud they went Then I
shook my fist at the cap'n hangiu
there a-drippiu like a drownded cat,
and then went to heavlu ooaL By thin
time we were runnin with only one
w heel, the other crank beln broke, and
set
ESTABLISHIiD
we war jest goiu round in a circle, like
a man lost iu the woods.
i was inin&in out me situation at a
pressure often tons to the square inch
of brains when, crash! Great God
The lee bulkhead had been burst iu by
them swelling beans, and tons of 'em
began to pour Into the fire pit. The
way they sucked up tbe water was a
caution, and quicker' n a cat I opened
the fire doors aud began shovel in iu
beans by the peck. They war putty
damp, but they made a roarin fire thet
burned blue and hot. I yelled to tbe
men to come and help me, which they
did, as they had cut holes outen which
the beans war runnlu a steady stream
into the lake, and, by George, it may
sound fishy, boys, but I'll Lamed if it
ain't true thet them pesky U-ans,
which we thought war bound to bust
the boat to flinders, war sooth iu down
the sea like oil and actiu contrary to
their well kuowu reputation, which Is
what I say is the nature of beans to be
unreliable, for here they wasstilliu the
temiiest instead of raisin one, aa they
generally do!
"Well, in less'u au hour we were in
a dead calm, the wind bavin no more
effect ou them beans than a child's
breath. I was mighty quick to size up
the situation aud in jest no lime had
all hands at work gittin things a little
shipshaie, takin good care to have a
steady ttrearu of beans flow in over
board. Well, we lay to for about 24
hours aud then started up, I takin
command aud navigatiu tbe ship from
the engine room. The cap'n had come
to a little once aud asked iu a weak
sort of way, 'Where are we Ulowif."
I didu't answer the skulkin coward,
only to tell him to dry up. The weath
er let up a bit, and I made up my
mind to run 'er right through to Buffa
lo, keepin the cap'n in U-d till we war
nearly there, when I let him up ou
deck jest to have things shisbae
wheu we run into the doek.
"I cau't say as we had much of a
cargo of beans to show, that's true
enough; but, boys, would ye believe
thet thetsuivelin cap't strutted round
like a turkey cock, and, by tleorge, if
he didn't report nie as lieiu mutinous
and s;,v-iu him and refusin lo obey or
ders! And would ye llieve it boys,
there's such a d d curious likin
among vessel owners for cap'ns thet
they believed thesiieakin tkuiik and
war half minded to try me for rebel
lion and misappropriatin the cargo?
Huff got ahead of me on salvage, ye
wee; but, then, he had wheat instead of
beans to deal w ith. bee? Let's wet
up a bit, boys." Detroit News.
Picnic Fare.
It is wise to begin preparations at
least two days liefore tbe aiipiciou
event, so that each participant maybe
sufficiently well rest-1 that the idea of
spending a day iu the woods or park
may cause pleasure aud not exhaustion
lo those upon whom the burden of
preparation will falL
Do not fail to order served on the
day preceding the event a siifiicieut
nuuitier of sandwich loaves. When
ready to prejare the sandwiches, cut
the cru.-t from one end of tbe loaf,
spread the end and cut offasthiua
slice as jMissible; butter the loaf again
ami cut and so on to the end.
liy buttering liefore cutting it is pos
sible to cut the slitvs more regularly
aud much thinner tliau if buttered
afterward.
Now neatly trim the crust from erch
slice, aud use the filling, laying the
crusts aside for future use such as
bread puddings, crumbs aud the many
ways iu which such pieces may be
economically Used.
By judicious management a large va
riety of sandwiches may be made with
out much extra work.
Cold sliced ham and tongue, which
can be purchased already prepared,
salad or uut sandwiches are a pleasant
change, jelly, preserved fruits, egg and
lemon butter, are much liked, while
an entirely new sandwich one but
tittle kuowu by Americans may be
made by Using cocado, it being a Bra
zilian favorite.
Now They Don't Speak.
From the Xew York Pn-w.
"Iion't you and Agnes sjeak to each
other now?" asked the prettier girl of
the two, as the third maiden swept in
dignantly past them, "aud, by the way,
she wasn't at tbe Waitell's dance, was
she?"
The other girl smiled repres-edly
and threw a forgiving glauve after tbe
retreatiug figure.
"No," she said demurely, "and that's
why we don't speak. She blames me
for having to stay away. I never do a
really kind action but somebody turns
against me."
"What did you do for Agnes?" in
quire the pretty girl, keenly, "did you
lend her that awful purple waist of
yours, or "
"No," was tbe quiet response. "I
didn't. But she had such a bad cold
the day of the dance that her uose was
aw fully red, aud I was so sorry for her.
I told her that grandma always cured
me, when I was like that, with a hot
foot bath. It leaves your face just love
ly and white, you know. So I went
home with Agnes, and fixed the bath
ready for her, and she said she could
just feel her nose getting whiter, ao
she kept her feet io the water for an
hour. It did her lots of good. But
there! She always was ungrateful,
anyway. The next day she wouldn't
qicak to me."
"Why," queries the pretty girl
curiously, "what did you do to her?"
"Nothing," responded the other girl,
more demurely than ever. "It was
w hat I didn't do that made her mad.
You see I forgot to tell her that mus
tard water always blisters tender feet
if you keep them in just a mite too long.
and she didn't go to the dance because
her feet were so sore by the time she
took them out that she couldu't get
even her bedroom slipiK-rs on. And
now she blames me because her skin is
so sensitive."
The confidence of the eopIe in
Hor.d's Sarsaparilla is due to its un-
cqualcd record of wonderful cures.
1827.
JULY 7. 1897.
Useful Hints.
Iu "fly days" the ironing should 1
protected by a mosquito netting.
Clothing often gathers some damp
ness in summer while lying in tbe
drawers, even wheu it is put away dry.
Before it is used it should 1-e shaken
out and hung iu a sunny window for
at least a quarter of an hour to air.
To Wash a Sheepskin Mat The
first thing to be remembered is that it
should not be washed in too hot water,
as that would spoil tbe color of the
wool and make it quite yellow. Boil
ed soap must be used In sufficient
quantity to clean the skin well, after
which it must lie thoroughly rinsed iu
cold water until the w hole of the soap
is removed. It should now be put in
to water with blue in it, of which
enough should be used to make it clear
white. The mat should be put in the
sun to dry, but care must be taken not
leave it too long, nor to put the skin
uppermost, but always the floecy part.
otherwise it will become stiff and w ill
crack. To prevent all chance of this
it must be very frequently shaken
while drying, as this is an important
part of the process, and is of as much
consequence as the washing. If tbe
mat be a colored one, some ox gall
should be mixed with the boiled soap
to preserve the dye.
To Clean White Straw Hats. Make
a paste of pounded sulphur aud cold
water, wet the hat or bonnet, and cov
it with the paste till you do not see the
straw; rub hard; hang the bat up to
dry; when dry, brush the sulphur off
with a brush till the straw gets beauti
fully white. This method is easier
than the sulphur hlcaching-box, and
can le dime quickly.
Marking ink or iron moulds in.-iy
be removed by placing a plate on the
top .f a bain of boiling water, then
spread the articles on the plate, wet
the spit with boiling water, and rub it
with a small quantity of salts of lemon;
as the article dries the stain will dis
appcar. If the first fails, repeat the
application.
Blacking for Harness. Melt two
ounces of muttou suet with six ouin-es
of beeswax, add six ounces of sugar
caudy, tu'j ouni-es of soft soap dissolv
ed iu water, an 1 one ounce of indigo
finely powdered; and when melted aud
well mixed add a gill of turpentine;
lay it on the harness with a sponge,
and olish off w ith a brush.
Writing rendered illegible by rge
may be restored by moistening it by
means of a feather with au infusion of
galls, or a solution of prussiate of pit
ash slightly acidulated with muriatic
acid, observing so to apply the liquid
as to prevent the iuk from spreading.
Britannia metal tea Hits should l-e
rubbed with sweet oil on flannel, then
polished w ith roUeiistonc, and next
washed with soap and hot water aud
finished with wash leather and whit
ing JKiwdeT.
Paint or grease sjnits may be removed
from wooled cloth by lurj ntine U-iug
rublied on.
Harried to Help His Dj.
In the North of Knglaud, where rab
bit coursing is most in vogue, swift,
well trained dogs often win large sums
of prizes. It is therefore little to be
wondered at that the owners of these
animals should bestow so much upon
them.
An old Yorkshire collier, well know n
for bis success iu tbe coursing field
recently surprised all bis mates by mar
rying a very unprepossessing pauper
woman. He had always been consider
ed a con. rmed hater of the other sex.
"Why has ta gone aud got spliced,
lad, at th' age?" one of his friends
a-ked him.
"Oh, that's not much of a tale,"
answered the old man, stolidly. "I
ree wi' ye 'at Betsy youdes is no
lieauty if she had bctn I shouldn't
have wed her. But that there dog
o' mine, he w as simply pinin' for some
body to look after biui while I was
away at t' pit, I couldn't bear to leave
hiiu in the house by hisseu, so I hit on
the idea o marryin' IVtsy. She's not
handsome, but she's mighty good com
pany for the d g."
The Grandest Remedy.
Mr. I. It. G reeve, merchant, of Chil-
howie, Va , certifies that he bad con
sumption, was given up to die, sought
all medical treatment that money
could procure, tried all cough remedies
he could hear of, but got no relief;
fqient many nights silting up iu a
chair; was induced to try Dr. King's
New Discovery, and was euro! by the
use of two bottles. For tbe past three
years has lieeu attending to business,
and says Dr. King's New Discovery is
the grandest remedy ever made, as
it has d:ie so much for him
and also for others in his community.
Dr. King's New Discovery is guaran
teed for coughs, colds and consump
tion. It dou't fail. Trial bottles free !
at Snyder's drug store, Somerset, or at
Brallier's drug store, llerliu.
The Optimist
The heroic efforts of ihv'J )regon Pop
ulists to keep their party from falling
to pieces recalls the old story ol tbe
West V;rginiau wlw moved to North
Carolina.
"I low are you doing?" asked a frk u 1
a year later.
"Never betU-r iu my life," responed
the the ex-West Vir.;iiiau.
"Theu you're Braking money at
last?" said the other.
"No," replied the ex-West Virgin
ian, with an uncertaiu catch or two at
his head. "I ain't makin' no money
yet, but I ain't losiu' so much a I
wa." Portland Oregonian.
Backlen's Arnica Salve-
The Best Salve In tbe world for Cuts,
Bruises, Stmts Ulcers, Salt Ilheum, Fe
ver Sores, Tetter, Chapfied Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, aud all Skin Erup
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 25 cent per box. or sale at J.
N. Snyder'a drugstore, Somerset, or
at Brallier'a drug store, Belin, Pa.
JL
"As Big as a Piece of Chalk-"
The small piece of chalk w hich is in
constant use in the schoolroom, the lee- i
turcroom, the billiardroom, aud the
workshop luw a strange history, the
unraveling of which through all its
complexities is one of the most difficult
problems with which the science of
the present day is called upm to deal.
This piece is in reality a chip of an im
mense block of chalk that once filled
an area tbe size of the continent of
Euro and of which even yet several
gigantic fragments remain, reach hun
dreds of square miles in extent. These
patches are scattered over tbe region
lying between Ireland on tbe west and
China ou the east, and extending in
the other direction from Sweden in the
north to Portugal iu the south.
Iu the British Isles the chalk is
found in greatest irfcctioii and con
tinuity in the east aud southeast of
Knglaud. A sheet of chalk more than
lOUJ feet iu tbicklieesH underlies all
that portion of Knglaud which is sit
uated to the southeast of a line crossing
the island diagonally from the North
Sea at Flamhorough Head to the oast
ou the Kuglish Channel in iKirsvt.
This enormous sheet of chalk is tilted
up slightly ou the west, ami its de
pressed eastern pinions that dip toward
the waters of the North Sea are usually
buried from sight by means of overly
ing sands and clays. Where the edges
of the chalk floor come upon tbe sea
the cliff scenery is strikingly grand ami
beautiful. Any one who has once seen
tbe magnificent rocks of Klamborough
and Bts-cby Head, the jagged stack of
the Needles, or the diy ma-s of
Shakesjicur's Cliff, near I lover, can un
derstand why "the white clitls of Al
bion" has grown into a stock phrase.
This m.-issive sheet of chalk appear
aguiu in Franee, in many other parts of
Eurojie as far east as the Crimea, aud
even in Central Asia, beyond the Sea of
Aral. How far it stretched westward
into what is now tbe Atlantic may
never be known, but chalk cliffs of at
least 2X1 feet in thickness are seen at
Antrim, in Ireland, and less conspi
cuous formations are found in Scotland,
in Argyle, and Aberdeen. There cau
be little q. 1st ion that all these now
isolated patches were om-e connected j
in a continuous sheet, w bich must,
therefore, have occupied a superficial
area about UtM) miles long by nearly
1im broad, au extent larger than that
of tbe present continent of Kuroje.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
What Jealousy Does.
Due of the commonest kinds of a
pace tliat kills Is jealousy. A jealous
woman, iu common with every other
creature w ho dissipates, if she encoura
ges that jealousy defeats her own ol-
ject. Take the women who by habit
is suspicitMisIy watchful of her husband
and the woman be meets. She fears
these other women may usurp her
place in his admiration, respect, aflecl
ion, etc. And if she is unwise, as
many jealous women are, she thinks
and says irritating things reflecting
upm the man's probity aud the wom
en's looks, temers and characters.
The physicians say that the enter
tainment of jealousy really has a dis
organizing effect upon tbe body, and
certainly it is disturbing to the mind.
A jealous woman w ho may have been
lovely as a May m ruing through in
dulgence of her fears begins to become,
from the moment at which sha first
susjiect-', the very object which will
drive away her husband's regard.
Jealousy guarantees biliousness. Bil
iousness makes bad temper, cross words.
These, too, are disturbing to the cook,
and she semis bad food to the table.
The man can't eat it, and his business
goes wrong all day. A jealous, bilious
woman is a bad mother. She upsets
Vie children, and money has tobeaid
out for medicine for them.
Domestic jealousy is a pace that kills.
Professional or business jealousy kills.
The woman who w hisiiers a conve
nient detrimental word ah tut an asss
ciate into the car of her iKitrou or em
ployer may lieiietit for a day. Iu the
end, he concludes that she is untrust
worthy. Under Kes'riction.
The sour and surly looking visitor
called the little boy to him and took
him ou his kins;. Iisohuppeued that at
this particular time he w ished to make
friends w ith him in order to stand well
with his parents.
"I like little boys," -aid the visitor.
The boy looked as if he doubted it,
hut held his peace.
"That is," explained the visitor, in
order that there should lie no mistake,
"I like good little boys, and you're a
good little boy, aren't you?"
"Well," returned the boy cautiously,
"there are a lot worse than me ou our
street,"
"I want that you should like nie,
too," persisted the visitor.
Again tne boy was wise enough to
hold his eaee, but he looked as if he
thought the job was a pretty big one.
The expression was not lost on tbe
visitor.
"Don't you like me now ?" he asked.
The U'V baiked at the visitor and
sighed. Then he looked at his father,
and but expression was one of great
doubt.
"Pop," he said at last, "does all that
stuff that you told me about never tel
ling a lie go or not?"
The meeting was promptly adjourn
ed amid considerable confusion. Chi
cago Post.
Something to Know.
It may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restor
ing the tired out nervous system to a
healthy vigor is Electric Bitters. This
medicine is purely vegetable, acts by
giving toue to the nerve centre in the
stomach, gently stimulates the liver
aud kidneys, and aids those organs in
throwing off impurities in the blood
Electric Bitters improves the apatite,
aids digestion, and is pronounced by
those that have tried it as the very best
blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try it.
Sold for 5Dc or 1.00 per bottle at Sny
der's drug store, Somerset, or at Bral
lier'a drug store, Berlin.
1
ILAUJL VALo
WHOLE NO. 2307.
Defense of the Bed-Head.
We went to our favorite bench in
Lincoln Park, sitting so we could view
J tbe lake. I watched my artist friend
j who had asked me to take a quiet
stroll with him.
I tried to opeu the conversation by
remarking:
"Come now, let us play 'troth uiku
honor for one-half hour."
"Very well, what shall the topic be?"
"tJh, anything, from tbe Hum
phrey bills to tbe question. Why has
red hair always been looked upon in
all ages with aversion?'
"Bed hair!" exclaimed te. "There's
no such thing. Don't let any one con
vince you that there is such a thing as
real red hair. What people tall red
hair is a mixture of two or three
shades of yellow aud brow a. Call it
auburn or Titian."
I saw that my friend was getting a
faraway l.nk a.id would soon be
come reminiscent. He continued:
"I never knew a red-haired girl to
be stupiiL She is always interesting,
quick of actili, quick of sps-ch, quick
to resent, quick to forgive, ami above
all, symathetic. She makes many
bright siiceches, and sometimes with
the greatest uaivette. For instance, I
knew a charming you lady on the
North side, a goldeu-haired belle, w bo
boasts the family crest over years
old, whose wit is equa! d only by her
love of fun. She is somewhat relig
iitusly inclined. To a young gentle
man who earnestly el: I rented her to
wait the other evening, she returned
the startling negative: 'I'll lie
damned if I do.' Ot course she meant
it as a statement, not as an a--- rtion.
"lied hair brings with it j;rert sensi
bility. When the owner has blue eyes
and bnwu brows and lashes she i f a
sentimental tura of mind ami always
musical. Br twn eyes and dark lashes
are noted for their beauty and often
develop great dramatic talent. Bed
hair always goes with strong emo- J
tions, and the red-haired girl laughs
and cries nt the theatre, while ber
dark-haired sister ls half of life by
U-ing more diguified aud less appre
ciative. Yes," sighed my friend med
itatively. "She is a lovable tlarling
wheu she likes you, but sharier than
a two-edged sword wheu she doesu't."
I looked at my artist friend iu utter
astonishment aud wondered why my
remark bad called for so much en
thusiasm. However. I was rather
pleased than otherwise, as my own
hair barely esJied the suspicious
coli -r.
' I see there is no rtom for argument
here," I ventur.-d to remark.
"Well, no," be laughingly replied,
but I'll tell 4u something 3"our own
consolation. . When I was abroad last
year I came across a red-haired club in
Vienna, and to prevent fraudulent ad-
niissioiisevery candidate was obliged to
wash bis hair iu hot water before tbe
committee. '
' Your apolitgy is avepted," I re
marked.
"Oil," said my artist friend, "I am
just freeing my mind." Chicago
Times-Herald.
Mason and Bryan.
They are telling this story of Sena
tor Mason: When the Senator was ill,
just la-fore coming to ahini;ton, the
d--etc r i rescribed ouly the lightest of
reading. Senator Masou immediately
sent for a copy of Mr. Bryan's new
bisik, remarkiug that it was the light
est literature that he knew anything
about- When Mr. Bryan was here re
cently he a:id Senator M ison came
face to face for the first time siuce the
campaign.
"Senator, dou't you thiuk you were
a little hard on me to refer to my book
as light literature?" asked Mr. Bryan.
''No, sir!" replied the Senator em
phatically, aud added, "the iH.-oj.le
gave the same verdict in the last cam
paign." "Well," returned Mr. Bryan a lit
tle warmly, "remember that Bull Bun
was followed by an Appomattox!'
"Now, see here," returned the Sena
tor, half confidentially, ''that isn't a
good comparison, for you waut to re-meml-er
that the fellows who led at
Bull Hun didu't even get au invitation
to participate at App:uattox." Wash
ington Post.
Much in Little.
Nutmegs and mace grow in the same
pxl. The mace is the ooveriug or outer
skin of the nutmeg.
Chamois sklu is hardened by the
rosin in the soap. Chamois will re
tain its softness if washed w ith a good
white soap.
Bread pans should never lie heated
before putting iu the bread or the loaf
will have a rough doughy taste.
There is nothing better, cleaner nor
safer for exterminating roaches than
borax aud sugar.
Custard is apt to curdle if allowed to
boil, as eggs cook just uuder the Uil-
ing point.
For the sake of economy and whok
someness more suet and less Lard should
be used.
Haw cot ten soaked in castor oil will
cure soft corns.
Childreu should lie covered from top
to toe in gauze wool under ware at all
seasons.
A teaspiouful of glycerine aud
whisky, in equal parts will cure
troublesome cough if given at intervals
of au hour.
learning Fast.
Two Washington county boys were
dodging bullets at Sharpsturg. The
llls commenced to shave off the bark
of the pine tree which they were using
for shelter. Finally an eati lading fi:e
began to chip off the other sile of the
tree. One of the gesieged Georgians
remarked:
"Bill, don't you remember that Geu
era! Toombs said in his speech at San
dersville that Yankees couldn't shoot?"
"Yes, Tom," aaid the other, "he cer
tainly said so."
"Well, Bill, they are learning
damned fast, aren't tbey?"
A Doctor's Mistake.
He was a fat, jovial appearing man
and be sat on the front of the grip i ar
siuokii'g a frsgraiit bLw k-rooking cig
ar. A gum smile was ou his face and
occasionally, as be removed the c?gar
from bit lips to blow out a great cloud
of smoke, be seized the opportunity to
let out a chuekle of delight, while
there came ovtr him a convulsive
q'iivr as if he were inwardly vtry
milt h amilse at something.
Beside him sat a qriiet, serioua-faced
man ostensibly reading a iiewiir
but who took occasion to view the per-formam-eof
the other with a great
deal f.f furilve curiosity. This was
MKin noticed by the fat man and he
qui kly ap.earel to l anxious to ex
change con till. nets.
Ju-t then the car slowed up at a
strict ending ami a young woman,
who was lurched ou the very front
seat, sw ung lightly to the ground and
w ith a quick run got to the sidewalk
before the car had ceased its moment
um. "Huh," said the fat man as he imi
tated the rest of the passengers and fol
loued her disap-ariug form with an
admiring glam-e, "It's a wonder she
didn't get off backwards and on the
'wrong side of the car at that."
"Y-e-e-s-s," assented the quiet man
in a philasophical way, "but if you'll
notice, w hen you find a woman who'll
take that little dinky seat ou grip car
you'll generally find a womau who
can just do a trick like that."
"That's so ha, ha," laughed the fat
man genially ami with an air of sud
den interest iu the other. "Nice day,"
be ventureL
"Yes," returned the other readily.
And the fat man puffed a cmiple of
times at his weed aud then five vent
to another of his inward and hilarious
chuckles.
"Something funny?" queried the
other pleasantly and with a synqa
tlietic smile.
"Ye," returned the fat man ea
gerly; "have a cigar?" and be pulled
one of the combustible articles out of a
picket,
"Don't mind if I do," returned the
other, taking it, and he accepted a
light from the other's cigar at tbe
same time.
"I was ju.-t thinking ha, ha of a
funny story on a friend of mine a
vising physician," U-iran the fat man.
"The young fellow bail a case of a
broken leg to fix up for a little child
Utit six weeks ago, and as it was the
first case of the kind be bad bad lo
himself simv ho k ft o.l'ege he was
much taken up w ith it and exercised a
gnat deal of i-are iu si tting the lu s."
And here the fat man let e-ape ai -other
chuckle while the llsteuer con
tracted a steady griu. .
"But here the other day," he con
tinued, "the bandages were taken off
and the little one taken out for a walk
and er, ha, ba "
And the fat man went off into a con
vulsion of hilarious glee aud was un
able to proceed.
"What was tbe matter, didn't it set
right?" queried the other.
"Yes, that's the trouble," was the
response, as the fat man stifled his
choking laughs for a moment, "he set
it too much right you see the kid was
origiually bow-legged aud er ha ,
ha, the straight leg and the crooked
leg nearly drove the kid's family to
irink you ought t" seen him he was
a sight a wrecK was a coleseum dis
aster and a railroad collision funniest
thing you ever saw looks like hfc was
tarting both ways for Suuday and
trying to walk down the middle of the
street."
Well huh ha, ba, what' re they
going to do alsmt it?" queried the
ither.
'Break the leg and set it over
again.
And the gripmau who was listening,
was smiling in such a preoccupied way
that he mortally insulted a maideu
lady who was violently signalling the
car. I liu-ago rvews.
A Good Cleaning Fluid.
A good cleaning fluid for removing
pits from men's clothing or sponging
silk and woolen goods is made of ul-
veried soap-tree liark. Let a couple of
tablespooufuls of tbe bark steep in a
geuertMis pint of water until the
sireugtu is drawn from tbe wood.
Straiu the water through a cloth, and
tor sponging it can be used at once.
Strained into a jar, aud with a couple
of spoonfuls of alcohol added it will
keep auy leuth of time, to tie used when
it is required. It is best not to iron
ponged dress goods. Tbe cloth should
lie pinned to the floor upon sheets or
rolled smoothly aud tight over a lare
roller kept for the purpose.
How's This!
We offer One Hundred Dollars Ho
ward for any case of catarrh that can
not t cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F.J. CHENEY A CO.,
Props,, Toledo, O. '
We the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last lj years, and
believe him irtVctly honorable iu all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any ob'igaliou made
by their firm.
Wkst Jt TKl'A.V, Wholesale, Druggist",
Toledo, O.
Walking, Kixxax Jt Makvis,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally, acting directly upu the blood
and mucous surfaces of tbe system.
Prfoe TV. ir bottle. Sild by all
Druggists. Testimonials free.
Innocent
Little -Vyear-tdd Jeunie's mthcr
haI gone to church, leaving her and
her liaby sister w ith their grandmoth
er. After a while grandma got weary
ami p it the baby to U-d. The she
suggested that it would lie nice it Jen
nie, also, would retire.
"I dou't waut to yet. Grandma,"
said the little girL
"But see how nicely little sister has
gone to sleep," grandma urged.
"Oh, well," replied Miss Jennie,
"she ain't old enough yet to realize
that it's not dark?' Cleveland Ix-ader.
After using a 10 ceut trial size of
Ely's Cream Ialui you will be sure to
buy the jO cent size. Cream Balm has
no equal in curing catarrh and cold in
the head. Ask your druggist fur it or
seud 10 cents to us.
ELY BROS.,
oo Warren St., N. Y. City.
I suffered from - catarrh for three
years; it got so trad I could not work;
I used two bottles of Ely's Cream
Balm aud am entirely well; I would
not le w ithout if- A. C. Clarke, 341
Shawmut Ave., Boston.
The burdck, considered a uulsance
in this country, lias becu cultivated aa
an article of food in Japan for centuries.
The roots, leaves And teuder shoots are
cooked and eaten, aud tbe annual val
ue of the burdock crop In aaid to bo
about ?tOO,0U.