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touv i.u M.ai Cr. irwW twilectloua
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Irs. iu.iis aiuudwi Ui iUi prouiptu
luw tiddly.
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CHLUUliX t COLIIOUN,
AlluiiLYS-Al-LAW,
rsoutrm-t. Pa.
n ,ni....c Mit n-.ii to our cure will be
pr.nu.i; and luiiutuliy niu uocd U. Cill4
Luii uu..k-iu .-v.iiK iK-l. tk-uioid and adjoiu-
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louiem-t, Pa.
WiU iinu'tice iu Soim-nuA and adjoining
eimii. Ail iu.iureutruU'U U U'ui WUi
tmvt prouii'L atU-uUou.
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CioFuyjin &. uurrEL,
AiluUNLYS-Al-LAW,
SiucnMt, Pa.
All buin.-is MiU-usled to their care will be
twrdilv ai.J imiKiuuiiv itlnded to. Jdic;
o:i HiiU Cro .iroel. ofpotate Mnuiuiotn
J. W-
t'AlUll'HERS, M. D.,
PHYiCl.i N AuL'IUiEOIf,
tSouiersd, Pa.
Offife on Palrio. bUwL oipoiU L7. B
t.un h.
'at cailn at office.
Dli. P. K. SHAFFER,
I'll YaK'lAN AM) SUlUiKON,
tSouieim-t, Pa.
lindt rs his pnifiitsioiial R-r"ice to the citi-
r u ol rviiucLct and viviuiiy. Ulllcc coracr
I.nu i'm aud Patriot :rivt.
DK. J. M. LOUTH Eli,
PtnlClAN AM.L RtiLON,
Ci!ii iu M ui, trl't, riar of Drug ktore.
11. S. KIMMELL,
'i-udt-r tim pnifiiinuil m-n iii to the clti-
!! irt NuiirK. ! :tml vn-:nity. I ii1cm piw-
--Ol.Ml.y l-li.ii-rl tlil-MI U- luild ul tllH ol
Biv en Ma;u i tisl ol Diamond.
1 n. J S.M. MILLEN,
a-' o .-a d ua U-1 u t-ii list ry . )
'jivii s :i' atl-iilion to tlie pn-scrvation
ot ii., iai utth. Ariitii-i.l iu.s4-rU.1l.
An on.ui 1 , tuarauul isaUif-Ury. OIlM-e
lu IL ! ui xir H. Uavi V Co n store,
Curm: cna. aud I'aLriol ktreeUt.
c.
. H. COFFIIOTH,
Kuneral Director.
0;liot 6U Main Cross St, ResiJeuoe,
m Patriot St.
JjMUXK R. FLUC'K,
I-ind Sui-vej'or
MIMXu ENOlXLElt. LUtle, l'a.
BERLIN
Marble & Granite
...WORKS...
tSUCl!SHD 1878. THE OLD AND RELIABLE.
o
Tiii. i the aith year of my busl
at IJerlin, and I deMir to
Hake it the hanuer yfcar as to vol
""ie of Irtiniuess. I have there
f redw-ided to let profit go, and
v a U.ken of my appreciation of
the lante ptroiiaK.- that I have
i'j 'je.1 throughout the cuuty, to
run the butiinms in the inU rt -d
of my patrous. I have instructed
" y manager and ttaltman to fig
ure Urk at a prii-e that w ill Biin
l'!" cover
ACTUAL COST
Now i yllr ti,ll0 M J(y to .
wire the erec tion of a first-clHHS
1'iw of work at COST 1'P.ICE.
E. H. KOONTZ,
Proprietor.
C BOUmCER, Bin,,., .f W.rk.
WH 0. kUFiii, 6aa.ral ajletma.
VOL. XLVI. NO. 5.
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P.Iood raMni sound health. With rur.
ri-ih, healthy blood, the stomach and di
gestive orpins will be vigorous, and there
w ill be no dyajx-iwia. Kiivumatiam and
Neuralgia will be unknown. Scrofula anA
Salt Rheum will disappear. With pure
OOQl
our nerve will be Btronp and your Mecu
round, sweet and refreshing. Mood's
Sar-aparilla makes pure blood. That hi
why it cures ao mauv diseases. 1 hat is
why so many thousands take it to curt
disease, retain eood health mH
sickness aad suffering. Lemember
fln r
Sarsaparilla
the Out. Tni- Hlrtii.1 Pur'Aor. $1; six for ti
Hood'S Pills Uke.'
3 HI-
First Naiioaal Bant
OK
Somerset, Penn'a.
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Capital, S50.QOO.
Surplus, 526,000.
o
deposits nccrivc. in large arosmali
AMOUNTS. PATA.tE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS,
STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
CHAS. O. St'l'LL, GEO. R. SCUKU,
JAMUUlTuH, W. H. MI1XEK,
JOHN K. .S1XTT, KOHT. H. SCULL
FltKli W. BlhXtCKEK
EDWARD St 'I'LL, : : FKESIDKNT.
VALKNTINE HAY', : V1CK PUKS1DKNT.
11AUVKV M. BKHKLLY. . tASHlElL
The funds and f!cctiriti of this bank are se
curely pmUvt4'd iu a cekrbmted l?iKl.lwt Ht"R
cuk I'ok.fSaie. Tlieouly fcafc madeabso-
luU ly lai hir-i'roijf.
13 ksmi County National
AN K
OF SOMERSET PA.
rO:
EiUbllthod 1877. Orfi HaMaart, 1890
-O.
Capital, - $ 50,030 00
Surplus & Undivided Profits, 23,000 00
Assets, - - 333,03333
CLa3. J. UarrLsun,
Win. II. Koontz, -
President.
Vice TrcsiJcnt.
- . Cabier.
Ass't Cashier.
Milton J. Tritts,
Geo. S. Ilarrison,
Directors i
Wm. Kndsley,
Cluts. W. Snydor
II. C IJe'riU,
John Stufft,
Harrbtou Snyder,
Noah S. Miller,
Harrison.
Josiah Speclit,
John H.StiyJer,
Jofteh R. Davis
Jerotue Stufft,
8ain. B.
-s..r.nr. nt till, lank will reeetTethemiwt
lllx-ral treatmentconxiHteiil willjaafeliaiiking.
Partin wisliiUK to nioucy eitnitir
can be accoiiiioouau.-o o uit i
imount. ... , . ,
MoinT and valuable aerurea oy one tu
hold's celebrated aafea, with uiont linprovea
Umelo k. . ,.,
Collection ninae in an laniw m
SUitos. t'luirin modcnile.
Accounu and d-idus soncivea.
A. H. HUSTON,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
and everything pcrtAinlng to funerals furn
ished.
SOMERSET - - Pa
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Ooor West of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
I Am Now
pi -ed to supply tlie public
with Clocks, Watt-lies, and Jew
elry of all deacrii'llons, at Cheap
as the C!ieait.
REPAIRING A
SPECIALTY.
All work guaranteed. JLook at my
stot k lfore making your
ptircliaspa.
J. D. SWANK
Orever
Coi
ead
n.VS CREAM BALM la . poaitlwetiwi.
A,lTintolbeixtri!a. It Is OQiekly aowrneo. w
eeVu nmrrW. or by msd ; Vi-
tXY LIttrl lltua. am h
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tie
THE MARKED CHEEK.
"Is thH Mr. Robbin's?''
It was 11 handsome young mail who
ask the ticslion.
And tlie girl who had opciitsl the
door for him, in that pretty country
plaice where the richest eople were
not very fashionable, was Mr. Rush
ton's only daughter, Fanny, herself.
" hat a pn-tly little houIT' lie
thought.
Then, as she tuned Iter head, he won
di-red for a moment whether HoiutUnly
had just blapcd her on the left chick,
there was such a singular sjKt there,
exactly like the scarlet print of a palm
aud lour fingers.
Rut that mark had been there all
Fanny Rushton's life, and it was her
one grief, her peri-tual torment.
She had grown morbid about it in
these early days of womanhood.
Rut there was no cosmetics and no
arts of surgery that could remove it.
There the red mark must be as long
as she breathed, its hateful scarlet at
tracting the llr.-t glance from every
stranger.
"Mr. Rushton at home?" said Luke
Robbins, with a bow.
"VeV'said Fanny.
Then she ushered Mr. Robbins into
the parlor and went away; iu a few
moments the mill owner sauntered in.
It was a business call.
The business was easily completed,
and then Luke Robbins rose to depart.
"The hotel is a long way oil", and I
should l pleased to have you staj' over
night with us," said the old gentle
man. "There are one or two spare
bedrooms, and supiT will be ready in
fifteen minutes. Let us have the pleas
ure of your conipanjV
"Thanks," said Luko Robbins.
"You are very kind."
Then he thought of the pretty face
with the red mark upon the cheek.
Despite the mark, he wanted to see it
again.
It sat opposite him at supper time.
"The liest and the kindis. face iu the
world," he said to himself a il.en
times.
And he did his liest to win a little
chat from the shy girl, who could not
forget her tormenting mark until they
sat on the piazza iu the tw ilight after
ward. '
Mrs. Rushton had a call from some
neighbor, and isat apart conversing.
Mr. Rushton, after many amiable at
tempts to rouse himself, went soundly
asleep.
Through the evening shadows Luke
saw the girl's finely-cut profile and ex- ,
tpiisitely shajied head; and the mooti
turned all to black aud w hite soon, and
bloUwl out the red mark.
And he s:it as close to her as he
lured, and her Bweet voice charmed
him, auk he fell iu love, as men do, for
an hour.
Poor little Fanny gave away her
heart that night in one whole piece.
It is always best to keep a little
piece, if oue can; but sometimes that is
impossible.
"Oh, what a Ix-autiful night!" said
Fanny, as ghe stood on the porch with
her mother, after the gentlemen had
retired. "Such a fine breeze and such
a bright moon."
It's quite damp. We'd letter re
tire. I wonder whether your pa will
be suited with to-morrow's breakfast.
He does ask visitors so uuexieetcdy,"
returned Mrs. Rushton.
Marrh-d forty and single twenty take
difierelit viewsof life sometimes.
Fanny went to lied to dream of para
dise, and the next day was all happy
iu memory of a arly pressure of the
hand a whisK.-red hope that Chey might
often meet again.
"What a pity that mark is," thought
young Robbins. "She's a darling little
thing, aud I suppose that Rushton is a
very rich man. A young man might
do worse than be his son-in-law.
Then, as the train whirled him away
he said to himself:
"What a pity that mark is
Nevertheless, very often alter that he
was with Fanny a great deal.
Fanny's mother felt that though this
suitor was not rich, lie was eligible,
aud she knew that tli.H mark was a
disadvantage to her Fanny.
'He certainly means something;"
said mamma.
And they could always live with
us," said papa; "we need never part
from our only one."
Our eyes grow used to everything
after a w hile.
Luke Robbing forgot that there was
... r I
any marK on rannys lace, umesn
something particularly called his at
tention to iL
lie loved her very much at times,
though there were long hours la which
he never remembered her existence.
Tw ice a week at least, Luke, thought
enough of Fanny to buy her a louquet,
or some music, and to spend two hours
on a dusty railroad for the sake of see
ing her.
lie felt her love for him in her very
finger tips; he saw it iu her eyes; he
heard it in her voice.
He was a man who is happy in be
ing lielovtd.
And It was not old Mr. Ruslit oil's
money that made him decide toofVer
himself to her, despite the red riark.
Yes, the next time he went he would
ask Fanny to have him for better or
worse.
Ami he knew that she would say
Yes."
There are evil momenU iu every
one's life moments that change one's
destiny for the worse.
If only it had rained one morning; if
only Fanny had fallen ill; if only she
had not undertaken that trip to the
ity ju.st when she did, this would bo a
di ill-rent story.
She used to be shy of going into the
rnwded streets alone, and, even with
her mother, wore a thick veil and felt
uncomfortable when any one looked at
her.
Rut now she cared nothing lor
strangers' eyes.
Sjniehow her blemished face had
found favor iu his.
Ix-t them state.
The prettiest girl living was not so
happy as she.
She made her little purchase with a
ight heart.
Aud then she saw Luke Robbins
om
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
yes, really Luke himself, coming to
meet her!
"Looks as if some ono had slapped
her la the face," said a giggling girl's
voice.
And he turned his head.
He saw her and went to meet her at
once.
"Oh, I am so glad to meet you," said
Fanny. "I suppose I ought to start at
onee."
"And I'll go with you as far as ,
where you change carriages," said
Luke Robbins.
He saw people stare at her as she
passed.
Part of the staring was at the mark,
part of it at the pretty free and figure.
He laid it all to the mark, as she had
all her life.
He grew very grave.
It was a terrible blemish.
In those moonlight lovers walks in
the country he had forgotten all altotit
it, but iu the crowded streets how it
forced itself uiHin him.
Everyone stared so.
In the carriage which they soon stcj
ped into, a little child opened its round
eyes, and with a child's innocent im
Ierlineueet jioiuted its finger straight
at the mark on Fauny's face.
At the station there was a crowd.
Luke had passed Fanny in first, and
stopped to iay the fare.
"Two," said he.
"The old lady ?" asked the man.
"No," said Luke.
"Oh, that one with the red scar on
her face'" said the man, lowering his
voice. "All right,"
"Confound you!" said Luke, in a
rage.
Rut the man had meant no rudeness,
nor had Fatiuy heard him; but Luke
was excited, confused, agitated.
He hardly knew why then.
He handed her out of the carriage;
then he pressed her hand.
"(iood-by until we meet," he said,
and stepped to the platform. "Here is
you train coming up."
There stood one of those white-beard
ed, red-cheeked old gentlemen who
ad'ect to I e "judges of women" in a
way that is insulting to every woman,
since it places heron a level with wine
and horses, having nothing whatever
to do with anything but her persotiai
attractions.
"Ah! howdedo?" said this old gen
tleman, grasping Luke's hand. "Glad
to see you my boy. Doing the gallant,
I see. No relation, I suppose?"
"No," said Luke.
"Thought not," said the old gentle
man. "We lit our sisters and cottsiii
take care of themselves for the most
parL Pretty figure, rather; good step;
hut confounded u;ly red mark. A liui.
wouldn't like that, eh Luke?"
"No," sai l Luke, "a man wouldn't,
like it."
Something rustled at his elbow.
"I I left my paroei, Mr. Robbins,"
said a cold little voice.
Fanny stood there, so pale that the
mark looked pure scarlet.
"Thanks. Don't trouble yourself."
"Rut he went back with her, and he
would have pressed her hand once
more, only she kept it from him.
She had heard his speech:
"A man wouldn't like it."
She h.nl heard the sicecli that cans-
eil his answer.
Aud as he looked after her as she en
tered the carriage, two tears came into
his eyes.
They trickled down his checks.
He wied them away.
Suddenly he felt that he loved Fan
ny Rushton from his soul that this
cowardly sort of trouble that the re
marks and gkmccs of strangers had
caused him would never make him
ashamed of himself again.
"Fauny, my darling," he said to him
self; "Fanny my love your face is dearer
to me for its blemish, and you shall
know it before I sleep. You should,
were you a beggar. I'll hide it from
the world's cold eyes oji my bosom,
darling, and I'll love you all the more
for it
He folio jred after her.
He walked up the garden path In the
twilight.
He asked for Miss Fanny.
"She hasn't come In yet," said the
servant, "They are so irighteiied
aUut her master and missus-but I tell
'em she'll turn up all right."
Luke's heart st.tod still.
A presentiment of evil filled his
mind.
In the gathering darkness two anx
ious men went forth, hoping against
hope.
"She stepped out on the platform
suddenly. Either she was bewildered
or she did it on purpose. We were
going full sjieed. She had a blue dress
and a white hat, and there's a red
mark on her face. They'll know tier
by that.
That was the guard's story.
That was the story that Luke iI
Fanny's father heard at last.
Did she step out on purjajse or vaa
she "bewildered?"
Clod only knows no living being.
Luke tried to believe that what she
had heard him say had nothing to do
with it,
liut it was too late now to tell her
what he felt too late t hide her sweet
face on his heart.
He could only stoop over, her, as she
lay iu her colli u, and press the last kiss
his lips -ever ifTered to any -woman
upon the odd check that, even in the
death hour, bore still upon it that fatal
red mark. New York News.
There is Nothing so Good.
There Is nothing just as good as Dr.
King's New Discovery for consump
tion, coughs and colds, no demand it
aud do rot permit the . dealer to sell
you some substitute. He will not
claim there is anything; better, but iu
order to make more profit he may
claim soniethiug else to hejustascMxi.
You want Dr. King's New Disced' cry
because you know it to lie safe and re
liable, aud guaranteed to do good or
money refunded. Fur roughs, coUds,
consumption and for all afTeclions of
the throat, chest and lungs, there m
nothiug as good as b Dr. King's New
Discovery. Trial bott) free af Stry
der's drug store, Sonnrset, or at R mi
ller's drug store, Rerlin.
Regular size 50 w-stta id $1.00.
erset
12STABIiISI-IISD
MULE DRIVER SETH.
Bravery of a Soldier Whose Compan
ions Thought Him a Coward.
From theClitoao JournaL
No one wp posed Scth Hawkins had
spunk enough to fire a gun. He had
drifted along through a year or so of
service without lieing required to do
mudi more than to drive tent stakes
for the camp and mule wagons for the
march. The captain kept him putter
ing around a little at odd times, and
once or twiie he had tried cooking for
his company, but that was really too
dangerous. The boys didn't like his
style. Iu fact, poor old Selh didn't
seem to fit in anywhere and he hadn't
sent in any satisfactory reasons why
he was living. Not that he ever did
anyone any harm! Lazy as he was, I
believe he would have driven his mules
nut of the mad and up a ten-foot bank
rather than run over a crippled bird or
anything weak and helpless, but he
didn't seem to have any call for soldier
lug, and the boys Usi-d to say they'd
lie blessed If they knew why he had
ever enlisted.
One (lay, in 'ti.'!, if I remember right,
we were making a forced march to join
the rest of our command below Reset-,
and some way I never knew just how
it happened Seth was put in charge
of the hospital train and drove the am
bulance filled with the poor fellows
who had been wounded in the skir
mish the day before. The .wagon
headed a motley priM-cssion of pack
mules carrying the camp furniture, the
commissary supplies under escort
aud a few stragglers. There were not
more than twenty men even if Selh
were counted and they jogged along
slowly, falling gradually further and
further behind until only a cloud of
dust proved that the regiment was still
in liue in front of them.
Seth was half dozing on the driver's
seat, aud the little company moved on
to the cliuk-ctank of the frying pans
and kettles dangling over the sides of
the mules.
Suddenly a shot rang out from the
clump of underbrush a little dis'auee
from the road; then another, and
another! Seth woke up ami sprang to
unhitch the mules, Fishing them for
ward. Away they went, until the
cloud of dust first veiled, then absorli
ed them; while Seth, suddenly trans
formed into a man of action, worked
like mad to draw the pack mules up in
a living barricade around the wagon
containing the wounded, and even
then under fire from the enemy. The
animals were laden with tent canvass
and blankets high enough to reach the
toj of the ambulance, and to form ex
cellent breastworks for the little com
pany, UUIM'll 4oJ put ..iU Binl l"'s!li-
ing shape by the mule driver, who
then swung his own rilL to his should
er, and for the first time raised its ham
mer for a purposeful blow. There was
some good fighting ou both sides; a
bold rally to capture the wagons was
aliamloiied only after the rcU-1 captain
was killed by Seth's bullet, but ln-fore
the detachment from the front warned
by the arrival of the ambulance mules
that something was wrong, came to
the relief, the little baud had the John
nies routed.
"You will wear chevrons for this
my man," said the captain, when he
heard of the strategy and repulse.
Seth shifted his tobacco from one cheek
to the other, and looked uneasy.
"Wall, I dunuo," he said, at hist:
"I duuno as I keer to le pestered with
them tarnal thiugs." An 1 he swung
up again and cracked the long whip
over the backs of his mule team.
DELIGHTFUL SUMMER TOURS.
Two Tours to the North via Pennsyl
vania Railroad.
For the convenience of those who
seek the most attractive way ofspend
iug a. Summer holiday, the Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company has arranged
two delightful tours to the North under
the persoually-condiicted tourist sys
tem, July 27 aud August I". The points
included in the itinerary and the coun
try traversed abound iu nature's beau
ties. No matter how much may be ex
pected, one eannot be disappointed iu
Watkins tilen, Niagara Falls, Thou
sand Islands O. lelnv, M.mtMil, Au
Sable Chasm, Iakes Champlain and
George, Saratoga, or the Highlands of
the Hudson. .
K ch tour will be iu charge of one of
the company's tourist agents, assisted
by an experienced lady as chaperon,
w hose especial charge will be unescort
ed ladies.
The rate of f lot) from New York,
Rrooklyu, Newark, Trenton, Phila
delphia, Harrisburg, llaltimore, and
Washington covers railway and boat
fare for the eutire round trip, parlor
car seats, meals en route, hotel enter
tainment, transfer charges, carriage
hire in fact, every item of necessary
expense.
For detailed itinerary, tickets, or any
additional information, address Tour
it Ageut, Pennsylvania Railroad
Company IPX) Rroadway, New York;
8W Fulton Street, Rrooklyn; or Geo.
W. Royd, Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Rroad Street Station, Philadel
phia. How's" This!
WeoflerOtie Hundred D illars Re
ward for any case of catarrh that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F.J. CHENEY & CO.,
Props., Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for tlx last 1 years, ai d
believe him perfectly honorable iu all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligation made
by their firm.
West & Tkuax, Wholesale, Druggists,
Toledo, O.
Wai.dino, Kisx.vx & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intern
tidly, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
1'nioe '. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. Testimonials free.
Tl farmer with a few acres can only
compete with the large farm by grow
ing more produce on an acre. He can
give personal supervision io all details
and adord better cultivation than can
be given by owners of very large farms.
1827.
JULY 11. 1897.
The Story of the Declaration.
If any of you should visit the build
ing iu Washington known as the War
and Navy Department, you might see
in one of the rooms, framed aud hung,
the original manuscript copy of the
Declaration of I udependence, contain
ing corrections, iuksjMils aud all, and
below it the engrossed copy that was
sulseUciity signed by all the lut-m
lers of the Continental ( 'ongrcss.
The I)cclaration of I uilc)icndcnce Is
the greatest of all our state pax rs. It
is worth a great many times its weight
iu thousand dollar notes. It is the
monument of one of the grandest
events iu the history of the world, aud
ushers in the real beginning of Ameri
can history. It announced a startling
truth to the tyraiit-cittshi-d millions of
the old world, and marks an epoch in
the history of human HU-rty.
The framer of this immortal docu
nieiit was Thomas JellVrson, of Vir
ginia, a member of the Continental
Congress which met at Philadelphia
in 1770. It is proier perhaps to state
here that it was a simple accident that
imiNKted this labor or privilege upon
the young Virginian.
The man that would have been se
lected for this purjiose, according to
parliamentary usage, was Richard
Henry Iee, of Virginia, the early
friend and compatriot of Washington.
F'roni his seat in Congress on the 7th
of June Ia-c had submitted this ques
tion in the form of a resolution, "that
the colonies were by right and ought
to be tree aud independent States,"
which was seconded by John Adams,
of Massachusetts. When, subsequent
ly, a committee was apjioiutcd to draw
up a proper dce-laralion of indejiend
ence, as the mover of the original res
olution, the chairmanship of this com
mittee would have devolved ujon Mr.
Ix.-e. He had, however, been, calhd
away by sickness in his family, and
his eollengue-, Mr. Jefferson, was cho
sen in his stead.
Jefferson was only thirty-three at
this time and was the youngest man
on the committee. His associates were
John Adams, Reiijamin Franklin,
Roger Sherman and Robert R. Living-
btoue all much older men. Franklin
himself was seventy, a patriarchal
looking figure in his long bull coat.
Sherman was fifty-five, and Adams
was forty-one, a short, thickset, red
faced man, quick anil vholerie, but a
cogent reasoiiir. Livingstone was the
afterwards famous chancellor, one of
the iest educated and one of the rich
est men iu America.
As chairman, and also liei-ause he
had already won the reputation of
having "a masterly pen," the work of
dtafllog the declaration was put uon
Mr. Jetlerion. His tak was done
with singular force rf argument and
elegance of d!cli;i.
The document, nearly as written by
Jefferson, only a few changes having
b-.s.-n made bv Adams and F'rauklin,
was presented to Congress June is,
177-i. It was discussed and debated in
committee of the whole, but was not
adopted until July 4. Many suppose
it was also signed on that day, but it
was not. It was simply authenticated,
ke other papers of Congress, by the
signature of the president and the
secretary. Tlie preMdfiit was the
courtly Hancock, and every schoolboy-
is familiar with his signature, which
was written with a force as though he
was determined that his name should
never be erased. The j-n with which
he wrote that clegaut and decided sig
nature has leeii preserved and is now
in the cabinet of the Massachusetts
Historical Society.
Ou the 10th of July, as apjears by
the secret journal, Congress adopted
the following act: "Resolved, that th i
Declaration passed on the fourth be
fairly engrossed on parchment, aad
that it le signed by the members."
Consequently, on the second day of
August it was signed by fifty-four of
the delegates, and subsequently by two
others, fifty-six iu all, representing all
the 15 colonies.
The names are growing somewhat
indistinct, but they have been litho
graphed for prese-rvation. Hancock's
is the handsomest and the boldest; the
other signatures look weak and cramp
ed beside it, R it not oue was written
with a trembling hand except that of
Stephen Hopkins, of Rhode Island,
and it was not fear that made him
tremble, but the palsy, from which he
was a sufiVrer. Charles Carroll was
the only member who added his place
of residence, aud the reason for his
doing it was somewhat peculiar. Wheu
he was signing someone near him re
marked: "There are several of your
name, and if we are unsuccessful they
will not know whom to arrest."
"Not so," repl'ii-d the Maryland mil
lionaire, and immediately added, "of
Carrollton."
Mr. Carroll was the last survivor of
the signers, living to see all the mem
orable men with whom he had acted
on that eventful occasion, pass away,
aud enjoying the prosperity of his
country until 112, when he died at the
age of ninety-ll ve years.
Made a Difference.
"I can't take that half-dollar, mad
am. It's counterfeit,"
"Why, I got it here yesterday morn
ing." "Are you sure?"
"Yes, sir. I bought a pair of shoes
for S5 j. I handed you a V, bill. You
gave me a dollar bill and this half-
dollar in change. Tlu-re can't be any
mistake about iL I haven't had any
other oO-ccnt piece in my possession
sitice."
"Let me look at it again. H'm the
coin's all right. It looks a little sus
picious, nut ou closer examination I
find it's only battered. I'll take IL"
"O, I beg your pardon. Now that I
think about it, I didn't get it he-re at
all. A fruit peddler gave it to me in
change this morning when I bought
some berries. I had forgotten iL How
ever, if it's all right, you'll take it, so
it doesn't make any"
"H'm on looking at it still e-lose r,
madam, I find my first impression was
corree-L It's a counterfeit, and a bad
one. I shall have to re 'use it, madam."
leraia
Princess Victoria.
There was an occupation in w hich
. the wee woman of 7 years, wearing a
siuque wnite gown anu large straw oat,
wtts frequently seen engaged. It was
watering the garden plants. One of
those who saw her sail that as be
sometimes watched her intently at
work he wondered which would get
the more water, the plants or her little
fecL
The princess was an early riser, get
ting up at 7, frequently earlier in the
summer, and breakfasting at S o'clock.
Her breakfast was ju.-4 such as any
we-ll-cared-for little girl, who was not
a princess, might be exjiectcd to enjoy;
bread and milk aud fruit, placed on a
small table by her mother's sid
When breakfast was tini-hed the
little priiice-s went for a walk or a
drive, while her half-sister, Feodore,
ht-r almost constant companion, stud
ied with her governess. I-'roiu b) to
12 the rftchess instructed 'Diina, after
which she was at liberty to wander at
will through the rooms, or to play
with her many costly toys.
Two o'clock was the dinner hour of
the princess, though tlie luncheon
hour of the duchess. Plain food nicely
cooked was placed before the little girl,
and she did it justice, for she was
healthy and strong and enjoyed her
meals. After dinner she received as
sistance iu her studies till 4 o'clock,
when she was taken by her mother to
visit a friend, or perhas to drive or
walk, or she was jn-rmitted to ride a
donkey in the gardens.
At I he dinner hour of the duchess
her little girl supped, seated next to
her mother. Then came a romp with
her nurse, Mrs. Rrock. Ry the time
the romp was finished the house party
would lie at their dessert, and then
the princess would be called in to join
them.
Nine o'clock was her bedtime, and
she never prolonged ter day beyond
that hour. No matter whether she
was at home or at the house of a friend
't) o'clock bedtime was rigidly eti
forced." Her little bed was p!aiid lie-
side her mother's larger be J, so that
by day and night mother and daugh
ter were never far apart.
Regular study, regular exercise, sim
ple fxsl and pleuty of time out of
doors, plenty of play and plenty of
sleep, distinguished the up-bringing of
Fliiglaud's future (J'Jccii. St. Nicholas.
Useful Hint3.
An oily cloth Ls useful in dusting fur
niture.
A carver's cloth should always lie
placed under a roa-t or other dUh of
me-aL
Real lace should never ls washed or
prefsed. If only slightly sotlisl it can
he cleaned by dipping in soft, clear
water, then wrung out and stretched
and carefully pinned on tlannel or
cloth.' If ladly soiled it should go to
a professional cleauer, as soap aud hot
water are liable to disfigure iL
F'or nervous headache a cup of mod
erately strong tea in which two or
three slices of lemon have U-en in
fused. For tired tired feet put a handful of
common salt into four quarts of hot
water. Place the feet iu the water
while it is as hot as can lie Urne.
Then rub the feet dry with a rough
towil.
Oranges make a nice salad. Ar
range lettuce leaves on each plate and
place upon them several sections of
orange; serve with a dressing made f
yolk of one egg, oliveoil, lemon juice
and oil.
It is said that sand around the stems
of cut llowers will keep them fresh
longer than almost anything else.
Place the flowers in a va:-, then insert
a funnel and pour in loose sand until
the vase is almost filled. Add water ins
til it rises an inch or so alxve the sand.
Keep on adding fresh water from day
to day, taking care not to let the sand
get dry.
The whites of eggs are frequently
needed and not the yolks. To pre
serve the latter, slip them unbroken
into a deep, narrow dish a marma
lade jar tieiug suitable and pour .oftly
over them a covering of cold water.
Set them in a eool place, and they w ill
remain fresh for several days. When
the w hites are left over, they ean not
be kept at their liest for more than a
day or two, even in an ice box. If
they are to be used for cakes iu which
soda is an iiigredicnt, a little fresh
milk may be gently turned over them,
the same to le ued when they are to
lie baked.
The most tender me-.it e-omes from
the centre of the animal. The Ust
steak is in the centre of the loin, the
best chops from the centre of the loin
of Iamb, aud it is the same with venl
and pork. Iu each the very centre
contains the most tender meat, and
goiug cither way from it the meat de-te-riorates.
The muscles eoneeutrate in
the hip aud the shoulder, and spread
out from those poiuts; there are fewer
in the centre, and therefore the meat
there is more tender.
Did Yon Ever
Try Electric Ritters as a remedy for
your trouble-s? If not, get a bottle
now, and get relief. This medicine
has been found to be peculiarly adapt
ed t the relief and cure of all female
complaints, exerting a wonderful di
rect influence in giving strength and
tone to the organs. If you have loss
of appetite, constipation, headache,
fainting sjiells, or are nervous, sleep
less, excitable, melancholy or troub
led with Dizzy spells, Electric Ritters
ls the medicine you need. Health
aud strength are guataateed by its
use. F'ifty cents and $1.00 at Snyder's
drugstore, Somerset, or at Rrallier's
drug store, LVrlin.
Backlen's Arnica Salve.
Tlie Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Cruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe
ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Flrup
tious, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It Ls fc-uaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 2- cents per box. For sale at J.
N. Snyder's drugstore, Somerset, or
at Rrallier'a drug store, Bel In, Pa.
WHOLE NO. 25398.
Ia a Lighthouse.
Here is what the wife, and assistant,
of a lighthouse keeinT says of the life
she leads:
Sometimes I think the time is net
far distant when I shall climb these
lighthouse stairs no more. It has al
most seemed to me that the light was
part of myself. When we had care of
the old lard-oil lamps on M.i
tiiiicus Rock, they wen- more difficult
to tend than these lamps an-, and
sometimes they would not burn so well
when first lighted, especially in cold
weather when tlie oil got wI. Then,
some nights, I could not sl-cp a wink
ali night, though I knew the keeier
himself was walchiug. And many
nights I have watched the lights my
part of the night, and then could not
sleep the rest of the night, thinking
nervously what might happen should
the light fail.
In all these years I always put the
lamp? in order in the morning, and I
lit them at snn.-s-t. Tiusc old lamps
as they were alien my father lived on
Matinii-us Rockare so thoroughly
imprcsscd on my memory that even
now I often dream of them. There
were fourteen lamps and fourteen re
flectors. Wheu I dream of them it al
ways seems to me that I have been
away a long w hile, and I am trying to
get hack in time to light the lams.
Then I am half-way between Martini
cos aud White Head, and hurrying
toward the rock to light the laliqs
there Ik fore sunset. Somttime I
walk ou the waL-r, some-times I am iu
a boat, and sometimes I am going iu
the air I mu.-t a. ways see the lights
burning ia both places lie-fore I wake.
I always go through tlie sa ne scc'ies
ia cleanicg the lams and lighting
them, and I f.-cl a great deal more
worried iu my dreams than when I
am awake.
I wonder if the cure of the light
house will follow my so-.i! aft., r it has
left this worn-out Ixxiy! If I ever have
a gravestone, I would like it to te iu
the form of a lighthouse or beacon.
The Century.
A Sweet Revenge.
It is claimed tiiat this story origi
nates! in Cleveland, a claim which
may very well be true, liecattse Cleve
land and eccially the E.t.-,t Ead
has more precocious children to the
acre than ISoston could boast of iu her
paJmie.-.t days. This particular precoc
ious infant lives on a pretty cnss street
iu that favored locality. Not long
ago she was troubled w ith an annoy
ing and persistcitt toothache. Finally
her mamma :xk her to a dentist and
the dentist interviewed the trouble
some tooth.
After examining it he told her that
the best thing to do under the circum
stances was to ha'e the tooth extract
ed, as it contained a very large cavity
and this was the seat of the trouble.
Rracing herself firmly in the chair
she lu'l,- him go ahead and remove
tlie acher. After the operation was
over she c:trrf illy wrapped the tooth
in paper and declared she would take
it home. .
Next day her mamma noticed that
she was an unusually good girl and
upon looking around located her iu a
window scat industriously poking
sugar into the cavity of the extracted
tooth. Her mother demanded the
cause of this strange preceeding.
"Why," she said, "I'm pokin' sugar
in the -M thing just to see it ache!"
Johnstown, Pa., May i!, Is:i7. We
depend upon Hood's Sarsaparilla as
our family medicine and we give it to
ur children, and it keeps them heal
thy. Wheu scarlet fever was raging
in this vicinity aud nearly all the chil
dren had it, ours did not get it, thanks
to Hood's Sarsaparilla. Mrs. John
Wid -nan n, 7oS R iiIro.i l SL
Hood's Pills cure nausea, sick head
ache, indigestion, biliousness. At
druggists, 2")C
An Indian's Retort.
Last winter when the Indian (Ht
lall team from Carlisle, Pa., came to
Chieage to wipe up the gridiron with
their paleface brethreu from Wisconsin
University, the copper-colored visitors
received a great ileal of atteuliou at
the hands of the young women stu
dents of Dr. Harper's school. A group
of girls surrounded one of the swarthy
athletes and, having taken him pris
oner, Wgau to crocs-question him.
"Tell me," remarked one gushing,
radiant creature, "why do you red peo
ple paiul your f-ees when you go on
the warpath? '
"F'or the same reason, I presume,
that you white ladies powder your
faces when you go upon the warpath
in society," quietly replied the Indian.
Chicago Times-Herald.
Who can fail to take advantage of
this otrer. Seud 10 cents to us for a
generous trial size or ask your drug
gist. Ask for Ely's Cream Italm, the
most iMisitive catarrh cure. Full size
o0 cents.
ELY BROS.,
5i Warren St., N. Y. City.
I suffered from catarrh of the worst
kind ever siiu-e a boy, and I neve-r
hoped for cure-, but Ely's Cream R-.ilm
seems to do even that. Many acqtiain
tamvs have used it with excellent re
sults. Oscar 0trum, 4 Warren Ave.,
Chicago, III.
All the People
Should keep themselves healthy and
especial care should be given to this
matter at this time. Health depends
upon pure, rich blood, for wheu the
blood is impure and impoverished dis
eases of various kinds are almost cer
tain to resulL The one true blood
purifier is Hood's Sarsaparilla. Ry its
power to purify and vitalize the blood
it has proved itself to ha the safeguard
of health, and the record of remarkable
cures eltected proves that it has a won
derful power over disease. It actually
and permanently cures w hen all other
preparations fail to do any good what
ever. A teaspiioiiful of glycerine and
whisky, In eqU:l parts will cure a
troublesome cough if given at intervals
of an hour.
FAil TOPICS IN SEASON.
Remedy for Pear Blight Cultivation
of Corn -Caring for Old Strawber
ry Beds Notes.
rmm tin I'tillji'l. lpliln Record.
A remedy for pear blight, and one
that is very important if it accom
plishes what is claimed for it, is given
by a fruit grower eif :v years' ex pe
rieiKT. He staU-s that he uses salt, ac
c r lir' t the 5 of th" tree, from one
'i irt f n hiiht-, (.eo!y -pr-ad on
th" gro-net, xtt-ndiiit! In'yond th
range of the r its. It should he done
ill the spring, just as the frost Ls leav
ing the ground, so that the fibre root
will curry it to the nap. The salt de
stroys the germs of the disease. It
should be done at least before the buds
begin t swell, aud the fruit growef
who gives the valuable information ad
vises each grower to try the remedy
with a single tree and the cost of the
exeriment will not be over 10 cents.
Tiie reuitdy is so simple that any one
can give it a test, and as the salt will
d-.-1-troy some of the insect eueniks it
will at least prove beneficial in that
respecL
The fix-d controls the flavor of milk
and hiitu-r. When the bay is pros-rly
cured it will bo betti r than if any de
fects exl-ts, U-caiise it w ill effect lh
II tvor to a certain extt-iiL All fouls
for cows should be of the best quality
if a superior rlu-t is disind.
In England it was stated at a meet
ing of farmers that one acre under gla.-s
exceeded lm) acres iu producing a pro
fit, and that the Ialor and cost was no
greater iu proortion to area than for
l! acres, exc-epting the original cost of
the glass and fixtures.
Every year deep and shallow culti
vation of corn is tested at the experi
ment stations aud there has been no
e inclusion as to which is the better
method, owi to the difference in sils
and locations. Thirteen stations, how
ever, have made ex'ieriments with re
sults rather favorable to shallow culti
vation. At the Ohio statioti the aver
age yield from cultivating one inch
and a half deep with a spring-tooth
cultivator was six bushels jer acre
greater than from four inches cultiva
tion with a double shoveL Ivcp culti
vatio:i may be lvnetb-ial wik-ii tin
plants are very small, but after the
r.ats have spread t-trough the surface
of the soil the cultivation should be
shallow.
Now that ihe strawUrry crop is har
vested the old beds should either
cleaned Uj or the ground plowed so as
to prevent the weeds from growing.
The old straw l-erry U-ds are excellent
weed producers if not controlled, from
which they spread over the farm.
What the farmer grows to sell Ls not
for himself, but for others. He may
have his jersonal preferences for some
kinds of products, aud can grow such
for his own use, but the articles that
are to be marketed must beof the kinds
and quality to please the customers.
Hudy the markets and endeavor to
learn what Ls wanted and theu supply
the demand.
Knowledge is power iu farming. The
farmer who reads what ethers are d.
ing is receiving the experiem-e of those
who have been successful or made mis
takes, which enables him to adopt any
superior methods or avoid errors that
he may make unless informed. The
most unwise course pursued by some
fanners is their opposition to auy thing
sce-u iu print, aud it Ls strange that this
class of iors4us is a large oue. With
out exeriiuent and improvement, and
a diffusion of know ledge of agriculture,
the fanning interests would retrograde
instead of progress. The farmer who
reads alut w hat others are doing can
sift the wheat from thechatfand adopt
the best.
The g.iat is a-ed largely in Spain,
that country having over 4,"sm,0tw of
them. In England goats are now ped
igreed, aud some of them have excel
lent records as milkers, a quart of milk
a day l-ing tlie yield by noted females.
In favor of goat, it Ls claimed that they
are less liable to disease than cows and
can le kept not only at less cist but oil
.nations where cows could not exist.
There is one product of the farm that
that a majorityVf farmers buy beans.
The white navy lieaii can be produied
in all sections, aud if n t profitable as
a crop should ut least be grown for
home consumption. Compared with
the staple crops, however, it w ill be
found more profitable than some.
Iu Chili strawberries grow to m
enormous siz-., they being two or three
times as large as auy varieties grown
in this country. The climatic condi
tions here may not be favorable to the
Chilean varieties, but it is pomib'.e that
if a few plants from Chili were intro
duced here that they could increase the
size of our strawberries by using the
foreign plants from which to make
new varieties by dusting the blossoms
with pollen from some ot the Ameri
can varieties. The Chilean berry is
said to lie well flavored and exit-lleut
in every respwL
Farmers who buy wood ashes are
eoiup.-llcd to take several risks. It Ls
uot often that any two loads of wo. si
ashj contain the same percentage of
p itash, aud as ashes are made heavier
iu damp weather by the extra propor
tion of water absorbed the farmer pays
for weight which is uot of advantage
to him. It is well to save all ashes pro-
due -d ou the farm, but the proper way
to procure potash is to purchase the
sulphate or muriate, as they w ill give
better results in projiortion to cost.
He who has much fruit can hardly
hope to preserve it without some kind
of cold storage, for thus kept the loss
from shrinkage and rot will be com
paratively small. A cellar with heavy
brick or stone walls, built into the side
of a hill, can be cheaply made aud will
bo very satisfactory.
Thero is one case in favor of coru as
a crop which should not be overlook-
ed, and that is the large amount of
fodder produced. The value of the
folder, however, dep.-nds upju how it
is cures I and cut down. There Ls no crop
more neglected than folder and the
waste of this valuable cattle food over
the whole country is enormous. In
s Hue sce-tious the fodder is considered
of su Ilk-lent value to pay the cost of
the coru crop, but there are farmers
who attach little or no value to it if
they have hay, but such farmers make
a mistake in uot using the fodder in
connection with the hay.
All through the rich counties of
Chester, Lam-aster, L -b.111011, Dau
phin and Montgomery, in Pennsylva
nia, may be seen piles of stone along
the roads used as fences, with more
stone iu the fields that give the farm
ers considerable difficulty in disposing
of them, and yet right alongside of
these stone fences may be seen roads in
winter than are impassable, farmers at
times being unable to leave their farms,
while all that Ls necessary to make th
roads better Is to use the stones that all
wish to get rid of.