"SECUKED (iliEELEY. HOW THE GREAT EDITOR'S HAND WRITING SERVED A TURN. Ita HlrKflHlty Waa Takra AdvantC- of y,r tw Nuuc-i' "t the Country Fair, Mt the IVople or - FbIU Saw and Heard the IJo of he Ia-. Every comjiokitor who ever rut in any of Hora Greeley's copy will certify to tbe fact thmt his handwriting wa almost illepiliki. It was the despair of the notup:iiip room, and even tJree ley !iii:im lf eouhlu't always decipher it A iuu who was many years ago pvsi deut tit tbe Vwego tXanty Agricaltaral association said several days ago that he had pood reason on one occasion to be thankful that Mr. Greeley's- writing was hard to do -iphrr. Thin fact peeurd for him a star attraction at the fair w hich be could not hare obtiued other wise. Tbe association of which ho was prcfeident made a great effort each year to outdo rival associations in its fair, and one of its regular attractions was a distinguished speaker w bo delivered an address to the crowd ou any eul ject that be might select "When I was made prc-ident," said the ex-officvr of tbe association, "I was young and ambitious. I wanted to give the best fair that ever bad been held at Oswego Falls, and I was willing to work hard to accomplish such a result Long beforehand I stirred up the farm ers to raise big squashes and pumpkins, stud I prepared a good scl dnle cf horse, races. I enured a man to make a bal loon ascension, and all that was lacking in my programme was the speaker. "At that time Mr. Greeley was the most conspicuous man in the United Suites. We all wanted to see him and near him speak. He was a very busy man, however, and I knew that we had aUmt one. chance in ten cf securing him. I determined to take that chance After much preliminary thought and many consultations with others I pre pared and sent to him a very creditable invitation to attend our fair and deliver an address on any suLject that he chose. I assured him that he would find only friends in his audience, and I said that we had locg looked for euch an opjior tanity to bear him. Two days later tbe village postmaster told me that he had a letter that he thought was addressed to me. I had beard a good deal about Greeley's -handwriting, and I knew at once that this was my reply from Mr. Greeley. When I opened tbe envelojie, I found a fch.ct of paper cn which were irregular scrawls that I couldn't de cipher. With several of my friends I puzzled over it a long time, but I could not read it I remembered that the ed itor of our paper had at one time been familiar with Mr. Greeley's handwrit ing, and I tock tbe letter to him. lie was a little out of practice, but be de ciphered it after half an hour's exami nation. Mr. (ireeley ngretted that be was utntlle to accept our invitation. That was a great disappointment to me. I thought it ever, and suddenly it dawned in me that there was just a chance that I might by strategy get Mr. Greeley to Osvgo Falls after alL I st lit him another letter that must have staggered him. Mr. Greeley was well aware of the fact that bis writing was almost illegible, aud be was never much surprised when his letters were misconstrued. I simply took advantage of that, and in my second letter I thanked him for ueccptiiig our invita tion. To leave him no loophole for es cape, I told him that we had begun to distribute handbills announcing tbe fact that be was going to deliver the address at the fair, and I added that I hail ordered the printers to place his name in big letters on our three sheet posters. I knew that when he got my letter he would conclude that we bad read bis letttr declining the invitation as a letter o. acceptance, acd I hoped when be leo-nrd bow far we had gone with our printing that he would con clude to coe. "We received no reply from Mr. Greeley, but from time to time we sent him our posters and information about the fair and the town. A week before the day set for the address we sent him a time table and told bini on what train we should look for him. I was uneasy all this time, because I knew that if Mr. Greeley didn't turn up I should be blamed. Ybi the day for tlo great event arrived, I went to the station to await the train. Sure enough, Mr. Greeley vas on board. I introduced myself to him as tbe man who had sent Lini tbe invitation and who had re ceived his very kind acceptance. Mr. Greeley looked at me closely, and there was a suspic :.' of a smile on his face. 'You h;-d no difficulty in reading my letter?" he said. "Well, it was a little hard to deei rtlur it at first,' I replied, 'and we were in doubt for a few luiuuti-s whether you had said "Yes" or "So" to our invita tion. When we did decipher the letter, we were very much pleased to find that you had agreed to come. ' " 'Humph!' said Mr. Greeley express ively. 'You ordered your posters at once, didn't you?' " 'Yes,' I replied, 'wo wanted every one to know what an attraction we had to offer." "Mr. Greeley again looked at me closOy, as if be were a bit suspicious. He delivered tbe address, and tbe largest crowd in tbe history of the as sociation heard him. Whether he suspected tbe trick I had played on him I never discovered. He intimated to oue of my friends that he had his suspicious, and be made tbe remark that I would make an excellent politi cian. That was his only comment I still have Mr. Greeley's letter, and any one who will cxamitm it will see how easily it might 1,-v,' I ;t u mistaken for an acceptance."' Xiw Y'ork Sun. Life, to be worthy cf a rational be ing, must be always in progression. We must always purpose to do more or bet er than in time past. Johnson. The GreartA of Laac-age. No committee can tell whether ortl is a good word or a bad word, or whether it is wanted or not Old fash ioned people will always Ml you that a new word is not wanted and that there are plenty of exact equivalents for it ul rcady in tbe language. This seems con clusive, yet experience often proves that they were wrong and that there was a shade cf meaning which they did not pcroeive, but which was nevertheless pressing eagerly fc'e xpixs&iou. Tbon sauds of words which we now consider atniolutely essential to tbe language were, when they were first introduced, da-scribed as quite unnecessary and the mere surplusage of duutiy or affecta tion. Let any one turn to that most humorous of Elizabethan plays, "Tho I'octaster," and read the sceiw in w hich tli poet (Max-ton is the suhjct cf the satire) is given an emotio aud made to Iting up all the new f .in-Vi words which he has used in his wot ks. The character who is watching tbe result keeps on calling out that such and such a monstrosity "has newly come up." This was thought a brilliant piece of satire at the time, and yet now half the condemned words are admitted by all readers and writers. In truth, th io can be no censorship in literature. Tbe only rxsible plan m to give eveiy word its chance and allow the fittest to survive. It was in this sense that Drydeu de clared that he proposed new words, and if the public approved "the bill passed" and the word became law. In stead cf a writer being on tbe lookout To throttle aud destroy any and every new word or phrase that may be sug pVstcd, it ought to be his business to en courage all true and fitting develop ments fit his native tongue Drydeu, in tbe admirable passage from which we have quoted already, uses tbe mciHO raLlo phrase, "I trade both with tbe liv ing and too dead for tbe tnrkhnieut cf cur tongue." London Spectator. FOREST MONSTERS. Bon of the C.lant TrrM Tliat Are round In California. Ill the national parks ami forest pre a nn of California the big trees are by far the mct interesting and greatest natural features. There are two vari eties namely. Sequoia sempervireiis. ordinarilv knowa as tho rodwoort, tlie tree which haa furnished most of the redwood lumber of commerce, aud the Scouoia cigantea, from which a comparatively small amount of similar lomtier has also been mai'.o. llie mr- . . 1 , mir is the smaller variety ana grow a on the foothills along the coast Tho Utter attains a considerably larger grow tli, is, more strictly speaking, tbe "big tree" of California, ana is seiaom found at a lower altitude than fi.OOO feet Scattcrt d along the extent of the Sier ra Jit va.las Irom norm to soma arc many distinct aud separate groups or groves of S-qu)ia gigautea. These are IIt- Limwii bv names significant of locality, as, for instance, "Calaver as," "Tuolumne," ".Mariposa auu "Fresno." nam of the counties in which the groves so called are situated. The Tuolumne grove is in the Yosemite park, and the Mariposa near ty. This latter is the one most frequently visited by tomists and contains the"Wawoha" a tree with a bole burned in its base, through which the stage road runs aud four horse stages are driven without difficulty and the "Grizzly Giant," oue at the largest trees in the world. Tho stately grandeur of these enor mous and lofty trees is so impressive that it seems quite fit and natural that some cf the larger ones should have been individualized and honored with distin guished titles. Nearly every state in tho Union and every distinguished gen eral of the civil war has a namesake among them. The "General Grant," in the General Grant park, and the "Gen eral Sheridan" of tbe "Giant forest" (situated in the Sequoia park) are indi viduals of the largest size. It is difficult to determine just which of the big trees is the largest, but these two and th "Grizzly Giant" the guarly base ot any oue of w hich will exceed 30 feet in diameter are probably the biggest trees yet discovered. The trees often grow in such inacces sible mountain retreats that some of the territory covered by them has never yet been thoroughly, and systematically ex plored. Outsido the lands reserved by the government a California lumber company owns several thousand acres cf these trees enough to last 40 years, cutting many millions of feet per year. Harper's Weekly. A THRILLING EXPERIENCE. Shoving; What a Shotgun Can Do la a Load of Hay. "What was the most exciting experi ence I ever had?" repeated Clarence Haight at the Olympic Gun club.. "I think it occurred last summer, when I was hunting doves up in Sonoma coun ty. Now, shooting dovts is not par ticularly exciting or p rilous, but this w as one cf the hottest experiences I ever had. "I had been traveling all day with a big bag, and was pretty well tired out when I struck tbe country road and 6torted for home. It was a good four miles' walk, and I was pretty well pleased to see a big wagon load of hay approaching. The rancher gave me per mission to ride, so I scrambled up on top, lay down on the sweet, new mow n hay and went swaying and swinging down the road. I was just dozing oif when bang! went my shotgun. I had forgot ten to take the cartridges out of it, and something had pressed the trigger. The horses gave a jump, aud tbe driver rolled off into the ditch. "Then I discovered that my gun bad set fire to the hay, and I thought it was about time fur me to escape. The horses were tearing along the road as hard as they could run, but I clambered for tho side cf tbe load and slid for tbe road. The tail of my stout hunting coat caught on the top of a sharp standard, and there I bung to the careening wag on that threatened tc upset and dump a load if burning bay on me at every turn of the road. "The fire was crackling and burning fiercely, and already I con 11 feel tbe flames. Still tbe horses ran, and sriil my coat held me fast to that seething mass of flanict. My trousers commenced getting hot, and then I found my coat was ou fire. Tbe next moment tlie loose cartridges in my pockets commenced ex ploding from the beat, and then I &nicllud my doves broiling. "I had jast made up my mind that all was over, when tbo tail cf my coat burned off end I was thrown into a ditch full of water beside the road. I did not stop to see w hat became of tbe hay aud tbe horses, nor of the rancher, but cut straight across that field for iionie. That, gentlemen, was the most thrilling experience of my life." Xew York Press. Swindled. First Street Loafer It's a shame. Bill, to think that any one would swin dle a poor bard working man iu that way. Second Street Loafer Why, what's your trouble? First Street Loafer Here I worked hard tor half a day painting up a spar row into a redheaded Belgian canary, aud I am Mowed if the fellow I sold it to didn't give me a bad half crown for it Loudon Spare Moments. The town in England best provided with places of worship is the ancient one of P.ochdale, wh re there are 143 rhurches and ehajx ls. Fifty belong to the church of England and 95 to tbe Loucouformists. The church of Eng land accommodates 24,449 and the non conformists Gl.bOO persons in sittings. jjnrrary Ktoiauon etf Aiui. We are passing through the same stapnef liWraiy evolution as the French, only that with them the habit cf liter ury rriiicisni and self criticism makes the tendency more marked and more easily studied. Here, as there, it might seen that for the time tbe minds of iimu Lad overleaped themselves, as though in this strange fin da siecle we were pausing in our letters and art, un certain of the onward way, and seek ing in more acute apprehension deeper penetration and keener analysis of w hat baa been and is .an answer to our per plexity of what shall be. Here, as there, originality, never ubseut, manifests it self too often in a studied eccentricity aud wastes its cneigy in a m arch for tbe novel and bizarre a scaich that is xnost futile when most succcful. But as one reviews the fi Id cf Amer ican letters lie niuy take l.ealt cf brute to say that ccr development iu no way lags In hind that cf England, that it ii it tho promise e.f i.u evolution as Lril:iu::t, as varied ui:d J rl);:t s uc:e critically sound. Alx.vor.ll.iin iaJc ptndeut, und to m cctr)bu'.i::g uu im portant, pcrbana an essentia, part to tho growth cf a distinctly i:utioi;ul lit eral arc riofessor II W. Wells ia Fo rum. He Know t liirki uv Mr. Suburb What cu erth are, yon trying to do, iMighbcr? Mr. Ncxdoor Mcifrly taking down a little of this fence, so that I can move my chicken house ever into your yard. "Eh? My yard?" ' Yes, I like to be neighborly and con siderate toother people's feelings, y oc know. " "But er" . "Yes, yen shan't have any more cause to complain about my chickens scratching op your yard." "But you are moving your whole house over n to my property!" "That's the idea. A soon as tbe chickens find their bouse iu your yard, they'll conclude that yoo own them, and will spend tbe rest of their natural lives scratching in my yard, you know." Puixaui's Week.lv. i Jiew Method la Public InfctrBcUon. The promotion examination having been ubaudoned, the teacher's estimate cf tho pupil's ability to do advanced work dttermiuea his promotion. Ab the teacher's estimate is shown on the report, the pupil and his parents know monthly what prepress ho is making toward advanced wnrk. In tho primary gradi s the teacher's jn anient determines tho record, and iu theLgu ir grudes the teacher's judgment is ccr rectiJ by written recitations and tests. This method puts a premium t.u tb daily work and gives a moderate but continuous stimulus rather fuan an ex cessive and spasmodic cue. Tests given by tbo principal and the superintendent show tbe projuT completion of work and are nw ful to direct and broaden the instruction, but have nothing to do with promotion. Pupi's promoted pre maturely aro returned whence they came, and teachers become moro careful thereafter. It may be said that the teaching test is but another name for tbo promotion examination, bnt a moment's thought will show that there is a great differ ence between the two. One is a careful diagnosis at frequent intervals for tbe purj of discovering tbe disease in iU iucipieucy in order to apply tbo proper remedies and to save the patient Tbe other is a blundering post mortem to learn tbe cause of death. Common sense and experience nuite in declaring tbut every efficient teucher knows w hich pu pils are ready for advanced work better than a superintendent can know. All who have had experience with this plan of promotion agree that never before were promotions mode so satisfactorily and never before did the teachers study individuals so closely. W. J. Shearer iu Atlantic. Queen Victoria's Coronaiiua Oath. Queen Victoria's 'Coronation Roll' ' is described in The Century by Florence Hayward, who copies from tbe official records the follow ing oath signed and subscribed by tbe queen on her corona tion: Archbishop Madam, is your majesty willing to take tbe oath? The Queen I am willing. Archbishop Will you solemnly prom ise and swear to govern the people cf this Unit3d Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and tbe dominions thereto belonging according to the statutes in parliament agreed on and (he respective laws and customs cf tho same? Tho Queen I solemnly promise so to da Archbishop Will-you to your power cause law and justice in ' mercy to be executed in all your judgments? Tbe Queen I will. Archbishop Will you to tho utmost of your power maintain tbe laws of God. the true profession of tbe gospel and the Protestant reformed religion estab lished by law? And will you maintain aud preserve inviolably the settlement of the united church of England and Ireland, and the doctrine, worship, dis cipline and government thereof, as by law established within England and Ireland and the territories thereunto belonging? Aud will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy cf England und Ireland and to the churches there com mitted to their charge all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall ap pertain to them or any cf them? The Queen All this I promise to da The things which I have here before promised I will perform and keep. So help me God. Victoria R. The t int Xaila. The first nails were undoubtedly tbe sharp teeth of various animals. Then, it is believed, pointed fragments of flint followed. Tbe first manufactured metal nails were of tronze. Tbe nail with which Jael killed Sistra was a wooden tent pin, probably pointed with iron. Bronze nails have been found in tbe Swiss lake dwellings, in several places iu France and in the valley of tbo Nile. Until tbe present century iron nails were forged, a blacksmith being able to make only two or three dozen a day. Tbe first cut nails were made by Jere miah Wilkinson in Rhode Island in 1 7 73. The first patented nail machine was by Perkins, 171)5, and its product of 200, 000 nails a day was considered so enor mous that some persons deemed the re sult due to supernatural agency. Somethlnf For Nothing;. " Where are your tickets, gentlemen ?" asked the doorkeeper of a theater to a line of men who confronted him in In dian file. "It's all right," shouted a man at the tail end of the line. "I've got the tickets. There's six of us with me. Count 'cm as they go in." "In you fco, gents," said the door keeper, and be tallied off five, who im mediately mixed with the crowd within. The Cerberus turned to look for the bolder of tbe tickets, but be had disap peared, and five men saw the perform ance safe freiu identification in the tre mendous throng of people. London Fun, ELEPHANT NOT CLEVER. The Popular Belief Contradicted bv aa Encliah Writer. The elephant possesses very charm ing characteristics and makes a very pleasant companion. For one thing be is not easily mislaid, and he is very obedient to the slightest hint given by bis mahout la speed he is scarcely a record break er, but he can get over tbe ground in Lis shuffling way at tbe rato of '15 miles an hour, when he likes. There is oue thing that he is not be Is not a really clever animal, in spite of all the tah-s in tbe story books to tbe contrary; otherwise he would not suffer himself to be so easily captured in the klKfldahs, the huge forest inclosures in to w hich the hunters drive the herds of elephants for tbe purpose of capture. All the actions w hich are apparently spontaneous on the part of tlie working elephant are really performed at the bidding of the mahout The driver on bis neck directs every movement by pressure of tho knee, and as the man's knees are concealed under the elephant's ears it is very easy to imagine that the elephant thinks for himself. When thotuahoat elects, for a change, to sit ou tbe saddle, or pad, he drives with his feet and tho dullest rye ran detect bow a rub of the heel on the right shoulder turns tbe elephant to the kft, cud vice versa. After his tractability his gentleness is the elephant's most marked characteris tic. The mahout takes cruel advantage of his disjKmitioii sometimes, thrashing him on the toe nail with a billet of wood, or if free from risk of discovery by his European master pricking his trunk with a spear till blood flows. Au elephant has rarely been known to retaliate save when it must When tliat curious madness conies on him, no cno dares approach him in his pickets. If he be tal.cn iu must, and the fact es ca; in tice, tho consequences aro likely to l-e awkward at least Iu a suburb of Rangun an elephant belonging to a firm of rice merchants was one af tcrnocu taken down to the river for his nsual bath after work. He had, the mahout said, been "dull" all day and seemed out of sorts. Ho was in must He signified tbe fact by seizing his mahout and tossing tbe astonished man into tha water; then bo ran into tbe "go down" close by and, with ono squeal, dismissed some 200 coolies at work there. The go down was a huge palisade shed, covering over an acre and was fall of loose paddy (unhusked rice) and stacks of bags and grain. Fortwonigbts and two days that elephant enjoyed himself among those stacks. Spearmen, posted round the palisade wall, kept him in, and one might have supposed 40 e lephants bent on mischief had been there instead of one mod ono. At last he was made prisoner with the aid of two big tuskers and chained up until such time as be should recover himself. London Sketch. She Had Mosey in Sheets. The IkfeUm Record prints a para graph about a surprise which a Boston shopkeeper lately experienced at the hands of a lady customer. 1 1 er husband is a bank president in Xewburyport. The national banks re ceive their bills in sheets of twelve, which are cut after lieiug signed. The generous president gave one of these sheets to his wife, and she naturally started at once for Boston. After making some purchase In one of the large stores she drew the bills out of her pocketbook and calmly said to the clerk: "Lend nie your fccissor and I will pay you," thereupon cut ting off a bill. The astonished clerk at first refused to re-eive such money from so open a manufacturer of currency, but finally the matter was explained. Stands at the Head. Aug. J. Bogel, the leading druggist of Khreveirt, Ijl, says: "Dr. King's New Discovery is the only thiug that cures my cough, and it is the best sel ler I have." J. F. Campbell, mer chant of SafTord, Ariz., writes: "Dr. King's New Discovery is all that is claimed for it; it never fails, and is a sure cure for consumption, coughs and colds. I can not say enough for its merits." Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds is not an experiment. It lias been tried for a quarter of a century, and to-day stands at the head. It never disap point. Free trial bottles at Snyder's drug store, Somerset, or at limllier's drug store, Berlin. Ton and Your Grandfather Are removed from each other by sjtaii of many years. He traveled in slow going stage coach while you take the lightning express or the electric car. Wheu he was sick he was treated by old fashioned methods and given old fashioned medicines, but you de mand modern ideas in medicine as well as iu every thiug else. Hood's Sarsajiarilla is the medicine of to-day. It is prepared by modern methods and to iU preparation are brought the skill aud knowledge of modern science. Hood's Harva par ilia acts promptly up on the blood aud by making pure, rich blood it cures disease and establishes good health. Electric Bitters. Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for any season, but perhajw more gen erally needed when the languid, ex hausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid aud sluggish and the need of a tonic and alterative is felt A prompt use of this medicine has oft en averted long ami perhaps fatal bil ious fevers. No medicine will act more surely in counteracting and free ing the system from tlie malarial i- sou. Headache, indigestion, constipa tion, dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. 50c. aud $1.00 per bottle at Snyder's drug store, Somerset, or at Brallicr's drug store, Berlin. It Will Snrprise Ton. In order to prove the great merit of Ely's Cream Balm, the most effective cure for catarrh and cold in the head, your druggist will supply a generous 10 cent trial size or we will mail for 10 oeuts. Full size TjOcts. ELY BROS., M Warren SL, N. Y. City. Ely's Cream Balm has completely cured me of catarrh when everything else failed. Many acquaintances have used it with excellent results. Alfred W. Stevens, Caldwell, Ohio. Wise Ken Enow It is folly to build upon a poor founda tion, either iu architecture or iu health. A foundation of sand is inse cure, and to deaden symptoms by nar cotics or nerve compounds is equally dangerous and deceptive. The true way to build up health is to make your blood pure, rich and nourishing by taking Hood's Sars&parilla. Hood's Pills act easily and promptly on the liver aud bowels. Cure sick headache. Unadulterated Honsehold Spice. Everything is impracticable till it is put in practice. The worst of creeds is better thau no creed at all. A decaying body is not so jteruicious as a decaying soul. An evil soul is not an evil substance but an evil influence. A revelation that needs to lie prop ped up is a sorry kind of revelation. The man who has no belief had bet ter sell all that lie lias aud buy one. A poor sermon following a good one acts like a damp air on an electrical machine. ( Jail Hamilton. The Uses of Fruit 1. To furnish the variety of diet 2. To relieve thirst and introduce water into the system. 3. To furnish uutrimeut 4. To supply organic salts essential to proper nutriment 5. To stimulate the kidneys, increase the flow of urine, and lower its acidity. fi. To act as laxatives. 7. To stimlate aud improve apjetite and digestion. P. To act as antiscorbutics. Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette. Fcr a Sty on the Eye. When you feel that prickling pain and see the fatal little spot of red on the eyelid which surely foretells the coming of a sty, put into a small bag a teasiMMiuful of black tea, ou which pour enough boiling water to moisten; as soon as cool enough put it on the eye, aud let it remain until morning. The sty will, in all protiability, lie gone; if not, one more application w ill be certain to remove it The Honsehold Linen. The demand for round table cloths is much less than for square or oblong. Iu point of durability, no lied room towels are equal to pure linen hucka back, and piece-goods come in wide range of width and quality. Plain or dotted lace-trimmed white Swiss bolster covers are much cooler and prettier fur summer use than starched linen ones. For various good and suflicieut rea sons white bed dressing has never been out of style, despite the Uauty and popularity of colored ones; but the re vival of the colonial style of architect ure and furniture ami interior decora tions has brought white maraeilles and dimi'y Udspreads into decided favor, enu tl ey sre br rglit out in many new j aud ell ct i e patterns. I Civil Service Lav YoditUd. President McKinlwy ha" issued nn or der modifying tiie civil service rule in tha internal revenue department and throwing safe guard around removals from otbi-e 'ln other directions. Deputy collectors, cashier and assistant collec tors are taken out of the classified serr ice and made subject to apixiintment by the collector. The new rulo in full it as fillows: Internal Uevenue Service One em ploye in each internal revenue district, who shall act as cashier or chief deputy or atsiKl.-uit collector, as may be determ ined by the treasury department; one deputy colle-tir iu each internal revenue district where tbe number of employes in the office of the coIlixHor exceeds four; c one deputy collector in each stamp (or branch) office. Appointments to the of fices named iu this rulo in the Custom house service and in tha internal reven ue service shall be subject to an examin ation to be prescribed by the secretary of the treasury, not disapproved by the commission, equal to the examination held by the commission for positions of like grade. Such examination shall lie conducted by tho commission in accord ance with its regulations. Considerable speculation is ind ulged I as to the exact meaning of the words "one deputy collector iu each internal revenue district, as may be determined by tbe treasury department' Nit those who profess to have direct information from Washington say that it will "lie de termined by the treasury department" to include all deputy collectors. President McKinley also promulgated the following amendment to civil serv ice rules: "No removal shall be made from any position subject to competitive examina tion except for just cause and for written charges filed with the head of the depart ment or other appointing officer, and of which the accused shall have full notice and an opportunity to make defense" A statement prepared at the treasury department shows that this order in creases the exemptions from the civil service competitive examination from 3 to 219 in the internal revenue service. FotUl Savings Banks. A bill to establish postal savings banks was introduced into congress at the lato setetiou by Senator Butler, which will prolathly come up for discussion at tbe next regular session. It provide that an account may lie opened by any person, including married woiusu and minors, by the dejxwiit of au amount of not less thau fifty cents, although after the ac count is opened as small an amount as ten cents may be deposited and credited in the pass book. In order that smaller amounts may be saved to be deposited a postal savings card may be purchased for one cent (the cost of the card to be credited on the depositor's account,) on which may be attached stamps to the amount of ten cents or multiple thereof for dejKsit On every deposit amount ing to live dollars or multiple thereof in terest at tho rule of two and one-half per cent, per annum from the first of the cal endar month following deposit will be al lowed, check for the same to be drawn by the p;itinater-general on demand of the li jxwitor payable at any postal sav-iiiK-t Rink office. Interest, however, will not l.-c allowed on tbe deposits of anyone person which may exceed five hundred dollars iu one year, nor will interest be allowed on accounts when they exceed the suiu of one thousand dollars, After a depositor has had ten dollars or more U his enilil for three months he may, if he so desires, make application to the postmaster-general that I'uitcd States bonds, ot the denomination of ten, fifty or one hundred dollars according to tho amount to his credit le Ksced t hi'ii in lieu of his dtMtsit, such bond to bear in terest at the rato of two and four-tenths per cent, per annum and to le known as I'nited Slates postal savings bond. Shot Her Hathaad'i Brother. (iREKNKiirito, Aug. L -Friday evening, during a light between Frank and Jacob Byem, brothers, who w ith their families, occupy tbe samo house on a farm near Tarr station, Jacob was overcoming his brother Frank, when the latter's wife hastened into the room, got a revolver and shot Jacob in. th9 luck part of the head, making a serious, but it is thought, not fatal wound. The atTair has created great excitement iu the neighlorhood. 0. A. R. ENCAMPMENT, BUFFALO Half Sates via Fenniylvania Haik-oad. For the National Knrampment of the (rand Army of the Republic, at Buffalo, August 2.5, tbe Pennsylvania Ilailroad Company will sell special tickets from all points on its system to Buffalo and return at rate of a single fare for the round trip. These tickets will be sold and will be good going on August "1 to 23, and good to return not earlier than August 24 nor later than August .'tl, 147. One Man'i 1,800,000 Bniheli of Cora. Sr-RixoFiEi-O, O., July 30. John W. Itookwaller, the millionaire traveler.has returned from Nebraska, where he has ai.ftWacreH f corn that will yield, he says, ftt bushels to the acre, a total of l,H).() bushels. lie says Nebraska wheat will yield from is to 41 buahels to the acre. Wheat Goes XTp, Bryaaitm Goes Bowa. Now York Mail and Kxpresa (Itvp.) Wheat is uow worth 20 cents a bushel more than it was one year ago w hen M r. Iiryan went up and down the country warning tho unsuspecting farmers that the pestiferous gold bugs were eating holes in our glorious institutions. Mr. Bryan would like to repeat his solemn oltficrvations to the same audience, but the farmers are so busily engaged in hauling in their 7-! cent wheat that they have no time to listeu. "The Foot of a Fly" ayi an eminent English doctor, "will carry enough poison to infect a house hold." In lummer-tirae, more espec ially, disease germs nil the s:r, multi tudes ere infectcJ, fall iU, d.e ; multi tudes escape. These messengers ol mischief do not ei.st for millions. Why not ? Because they are healthy and strong protected as a crocodile is against gun shot. It is the weak, the wasted, the thin-blooded who fall ; those who have no resistive power to that a sudden cough or cold develops into graver disease. We hear of catchinj disease! Why not catch health ? We can do it by always maintaining our healthy weight. of Cod-liver Oil, if condensed nourish ment; food for the building up of the fjrstem to resist the attacks of disease. It should be taken in reasonable docs all summer long by all those whose weight is below the standard of hca.th If you are losing ground, try a bottle now. 1 ct tela br aU drngists at oa and $!. mimv Tor all Bujoc and Nmtoos pCTAsas. Tb7 purify the Llood and give Iicaltuv actina to the entire system. Core DYSPEPSIA. HEADACHE, CONSTIPATION and PIMPLES. m. Em FLLB Don't Go to Alaska FOR LE) All Grocers Sell It. Chans Everything. MADE ONLY BY THE N. K. FAIRBAN K COM PA NY, Chicago. Ht-LouU. New York, lkwtoa. Philadelphia. NEW PRICES ..ON... Columbia -:- Bicycles, THE STANDARD OF THE WORLD. 1397 COLUMBIAS tmi scsr aiCTCLts moc 189C COLUMBIAS bccono "ly to V7 hodcls. 1897 HARTFOHDS COUL TO MOST SICVCLta HARTFOROS PATTCRN 2, HARTFOROS PATTERN I. HARTFOROS PATTCRNS 6 AND 6, Nothing in the market npronched tho value of these bicycle at tho frmer prices; w hat aro they now? POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Conn. Catalogue free from any Columbia dealer; by mail fur a 2 cent stamp JAMES B. IIOLDnRBAUM, Columbia Dealer, Somerset, 3?n. QUEERS It --sil NEW THE 01LY PERFECT cno FOR SALE BY JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM, Somerset, Pa. CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. SomerMt and Cambria Branch. KORTH WARD. Johnatnwn Malt Exprv. Knokwnnd 7:00 a. m Hmnerxcl s.t. H!iKtown hi, liov rnvllle l'i, JoIiiikIou u 11:10. Jobntown Mull Expivs. Kckwrt 11:3) a. m Hoiiicrvct ll:tMiytiwii lil'l, Houv enivillc l-:-l, Johnsiowu i:in p. ui. Johnstown AcconiiiiiNtiitioii. Itiirk worvl :V p. in.. Notnt rscl VJ trtyMuwn 5: is, liuov cravillcV A', Johnstown tiilV. pOCTHWAKD, M.iil. Johnsl.rn 8:Sil a.m..l!oovervllle VJ Shtvi-stowu :., Konit.rt't M- ilockwoud Ifr.Si. Expn-M Johnstown 2:10 p. m., Hivervlll- 2 ., Hl.iymlii ru 3:1.!, ttoiuenwl :!, Koek VMlJ l.-Ui. Daily. T. B. MAIITIN, Manual r of I'lutst'iigi-r Tmtlle. ,S4 CO YEARS KXPCRIENCC. TFArr Miirt. r4 ttt COPVRICHTt Ae. AirrrvM irtvt1rvjr ft ikctrh and frmcripitom mm.j Qmcklf aycrt-i- froa whtHbrr ui ItiTiwim is pruhaitilf aantbl. Conmuiiintf tons stiivtlf Oauttttentkal. Ul1i avreucy 1r tecum pateau In Anw nem. We have WwsbuKta oftK. Patcnu taken thruuata Muiin A Co. rvoeiT pocijai ooUcti to thm SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, beaotlfuIlT tllnxrrmted, larvm etrrnlatloa of any eieutlHc ur-l. weekly. terms S.UU a tear; tl-jOaix mmitht. Pperlm-a sopie, and U.u JKmiM. OU fATKNTH aent Ire. AddreM MUNN A CO., . 361 Ilraadwa-. Hew Vark. lurercti lie i urel UI-. tbe kan'o. IT r.ifl uf ith -!,,. 'tlil4irs I'a. k- liMieml a lie remed; thai eur tile ran-et tiJ !".' llr lunuiil ! l-r'1'le lll rail. IMl -an lre-lel pnllebt we lr. but. . .itl a Sew U k b-Y auU mU ml iimh S. Y. -- ix4 eurM, kut Im SlHuert b aurralullr tratUK arvotl uf Ihcm It M dillnemit- liera lb uvw b lueated a kp rurvd mmitt that CxWrfU LURE ll Uic-nrer qoili.lort.ir,l Mi,i-ai)i ivvti.( t bli udh-e caa trm Utr wua.lrra euro of raarer ouwa ha a- fur nrpln(. U aM-aiber ta-i lr. C Si-Iimu t la the only raanr 4u U la M'aatera Panjrl,-nU-ml bi-lt car la la data P-ilrala ran ba tiul la mbwat. Alan Rika. w, i-lner. aeaaa, lap, mymt m akd ather ailHM-u oi Um ha a tailj tutnt Vanted-An Idea Who ran think of anme aimpia Pmteet your Meat: the- may brloa weaha. Write JOHN W tbOI-jlht llN A Ol- I'.l.nt Altoe--era. Wakblacbm, I. for Ihelr $i.ai prtaa uOar p- l ILit ot ia Itundrad luTanuoua wauled. unuiC 10 paienl fflf HftA IS i -1 Reduced to S75 Reduced to 60 Reduced to 50 Reduced to 45 Reduced to 40 Reduced to 30 HERE'S PLEASURE Aim! untNfactiim I" a kk1 i-.x.klli; all llanre, nof that U a gooj bik-T ati l a jh r fwl njHKtcr. .tMM'. STOVES & BANCESj, ' Arr mailt in hii wt mii1 -, Mull a vlt-w of Hireling ev ry ---4iit of the htniw- T ktriwrat a iiMitrsTr Tm-y have llT tin lal'-M ImpniVfriK-niM, nt an ma!' "fX thetn-Ht materia), himI by Hit work im ii. T Tht v tjj.Vf many good 1011,1 not fujiJ " X irn!y Hitim fr the CI N DERFL- Your 11 mi try nu-k if not KitistitHl J. B. Holderbaum, S-Miierntta I'a. 4 SOMKIiSKT MAIJKKT UKt'OIlT iiacct-rei wekkly br Cook & Beerits, ( j-rr tu ...... Arple -' i!n-l. H .4e I cvainiit-. B.... Al!c Ilult. i, r 1 mil. -r ISutU-r.-' fm-li kits, i r ft (cnnim-ry, jt ... J Hcmnax, per & 'St country hum, r ft -!' t lc ' Misar cun-l hum, ix-r lb .. l.".c choulilcr, -r B tic fwhit? n:y. i-r hnn iic 1 Limit, per ib Ic CtiUYe. fii, per 8 si-J, iter t. 1 rBtsitl, Iwr - Ijl'iJr tM 1 .i i i uiiil-rlanJ. irmriii. ii,l , .1.1.1 J pel Kafirs l-r do. I' Klh, lake beninr,;!;!,-----J.1; Honey, white clover, per lb l.v Ijtnl. p-r ft h !. li - l.lflie, JH-r I'M jl.tt) Molitw. N.O., per gill r i iiimiiK, ht hii 7 5 Potato)-. p-r hu J to ai 1'mrlwn, -varull, pt-r S II) to iTum-. per 1B. .. .x u hi . i., I UUI ............ ... f ' - riu-i.urjr. per bll. ! Salt, I lMiry, '4 bus Kick 'Sf " 4tU! rarki. I. rmiintl alum, lnu fr nark maple, per to to Imported yellow, per . ahile. A. per ft tinttiuiatefl, per ft in? sinjar. (.t ut-v. or pulverized, per ft v J per khI tc ( liutple, er gal .X)t.i.-e Stoneware, K:tllon - T ill". t ft . i i Viuvgiir. rirnl j) to (timothy, per bun J1.7" elover. per bo S.V.IW lo i.7"i See-ln. i -rin!on. iHr bn 4.i alfii'fa, n r 1uh l alvke. im r bun 7. Millet, .i-rnt;in, per bu.. l.l'.'i Iwrley. white bestrdlews kt bu l.'Ji btiekwheitt, per buit 3." crn, ear. i r I '.u Xi to r Urain - ulielled, per bu i t I out, per hitn..i to SK." I rye. per bu .V 4 KetJ j wloitt, per but ... ...7i c I bmn, per Im ftw 7" (eoru iiihI out. etMip, pet t.i J..7'-e Hour, roller pme-, per bbl f I.Tj spring patent aud tmev hlirll snide ' Hour, lower crude, per lkift fl.JO Klour. , , ,, ) white, per fttir -J red. per 1J nEXXSYLVAN I A ILVILIiOAD. CASTCRN aTANDANO TIMK. IN EFFECT MAY 12, 1897. COXDKNSKD IM'Ur.bULK. Tnilnn arrive and depart from thenUiUon at I JoUustown an follow: WESTWARD Western Kiprwv.... 4 vt a. m. smlhweiteni Kxpresi JohiiKiowu AeeoiiiiniMlulMia.. Aeeoliimodaliou Paoille Kxpre-i. W y laN.teiiker ......... rill-bur Kpr-s Kust l.hie JoUu-towu Accommodliou . i: " " . w. " . le.l " , 2: -1 " 4::vH - . iN p. ru. . -M - KASTWARD. Atlantic. FxpreM "teat-shore Kxpresjt AltoiMiit Actttmmoihitiou lMV Kxpr-s ...... . .vs i s.-.'i MtIO Hkl.i Main Line Kspress . Alloona Aceomuiodalion.. l-'.nrj p. til. Mull KxpreKc 4:11 JolniHt4wti Ac"eomiiMblloii.. H:V5 rinlmlelphla Kxprev , 7;ll Fast Line . , .10: Jl) For mtea, ni.ina. Ae.,erll on Ticket Asentunr addrewi Thm. Walt, 1. A. W. 1)., o- t iilh A-iitie, I'lit.-lmnj, J. U. HniehliiKm. J. K. Wood. Uuu. Alauajcer. Ueu'l i'uaa. A IiIMIEI! I The 0.. I C. LIME COMPANY, SUCCESSORS TO THE KEYERSDALE LIME COMPANY, have just completed their new aidlnc. find are now prepared loohlp bv riir-loiwl Iota lo any part of the country. Tliii lime i iimiiuf.ut ured rrom the rei.-lmtt-.t Siyier Hill LimFjtcn and U eKHvutlly rich In ml t he eleinenta re quired to invigorate the aoil. IT IS WHAT All FARMERS NEED! ioo.l st.a k on hand U The tune. 1'rut-. low aa the lowest. Addreaa all oouiiiiunlcalions to C. LIME COMPANY Fred.Rowe. Fropiietor MEYERSDALE GET AN I KlUCATtlV-,n.? i finuiM k ba:-l hi EDUCATION sSiSSS liaaiiaamia rrkaal. I. .-a , , , lla-ea, la. firei- eiaaa acmmninlailnna and i.r rate-. ,-,ttt. aut tustu-lenx. Korrin o'a vi'llll.n oaf .al.ln- t-4 l I -. . l.,r. fn. IMPORTAHT TO A O V EttTI SEE Tha cream of tho eountr- papers ii fonrnl tn Bemington'a Court- Seat List Shrew advcrti.iers avail tlienwolves of theoe lisw, a cop- of which can bo had of lu-miugtop Bruk. of Kcw York & riitsburjj. S'TIIE 'Is None Too Cood When Ycu Bu : MEDICNES.-: J H It in Juftt ji luijnrii!it to aSt-iire r FRESH, PURE DRUGS, j A it i To Hare fori faience tn the 1'fiynUian J rfr, I AT SNYDER'S Vou are always tan of gating the Carefully TRUSSES FITTED I All of the Bent and Moat Apjnrored Truaen Kept s?0,. ' Satisfaction Guaranteed. f OPTICAL GOODS. f GLASSES FITTED TO SUIT THE EYES. CALL AND HAVE. r. J SIGHT TESTED. "i JOHN N. SNYDER, j- Somerset, Louthefs Drug Store Main Street, Somerset, Pa. ThisHcdel Dmg Stcrsis Rapidly E.ccning atbuij Favcrite with People in SsarcL cf FRESH. AHD . PURE . DRUGS j t Medicines, Dye Stufts, Sponges. Trusty Supporters, Toilet Articles, Perfumes, &c. ru a immtou oivca ijsosi. attkntjos to Tlx x fi.mi 5 mm; cr Lontlisr's FroscriptioDElFainily Eeceip OhKAT TARIC KCl.Vii TAKE.N TO I SIuMT rtfehH AXD ft'ltX AiCTU'LJCfi. SPECTACLES. EVE-GLASSES, j And a Full Liae of Optical Goods always on hand. Frr,a sv larc a-sortic.t all can be suited. THE FINEST BBflKDS OF CIGARS ( Always on hand. It is always a pleasure to display our p f to ictecding purchasers, whether they buy irom us or elsewhere. J. M. LQUTHER Til. D. MAIN STREET - - SOMERSET. PA j Somerset Lumber Ya. ELIAS CTJ2s2STCSrGITM, II A!fCFAlTCRIB A5D IIULM1.1D WHOLESALE ASD KETILCROr Lumber and Building Materials. Hard and Soft Woods, Oak, Poplar, Millng. Plrkrt, naldi( YValmit, Yellow I'lne, Floor In 7, Sai.li. Star HalK Cherry. Sliiu;Ieci, Doors IJaluMten. C'lic-tunU Lath. IthitePlne BUnd-s Aewel PomIm, tie. A general linrof all ei-nlt-a of LnmWr and BaiMing aterial anl llr.ii!.' k-pt s lock. ALto, tun furulsh auytUiug in the line ol oar businou toonlcr Willi r-.i-..a-ble roinpaN, such.- Brac-eta, oUixed.worketc. Elias Cunningham, Office and Yard Opposite S. & C. E. H. TheN.Y. WeeklyTribune f With the iliwo of the rnii!. i,tial the fai t tht tht An ri(tin jnople are home ami liiiiu s!' iiUt rvMs. T nut t !Iace ainl proii'iiiimv, until another newalof the iiht for the irii;i.ks for whuh Till-: Tilir.t'NK Ui-'-i from its iii(Vtioii to the j n tit .lay, and won iis A. :i!t-t v'u tri.s. Every posxil.le etlort wiil l ut forth, ami r,o, v frvelv tH iit. ti n-'w The WEEKLY Till II I" N E iie iiiint ng, m.struetive, tnU itauiiiii; and indi.in'n.uLle toeatl-h meiuU-r of i!if f'".v We furnish "THE HERALD" ONE YEAR FOR ONLV $2.00. CASH IN SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY Address all orders to Write yonr name anil address on a nostil wrJ. A , : .a i:..a w 1W. Ku 5 Tribune lloildins. New Terk Hll.T.lkn.. -Ill I II... IT WILL PAY YOU TO BUY YOL'R Ztleiuorial Work or a m a m mm iwi. r unMrriiH SOMEKSET. PESSX Manntactnrer of and realer Id Eastern Work furnlshJ on Short IflDDIP irn nnitiTB irnnu Alao, Agent for the WHITE BKONZE! a.??T1?'' nw1 of Monument Work wil ilX.U Uw'T ;'" " rail at n y ah. r Hrlc very low. I tnvtir sptciui atlenuon Whit Brz, Or Pur. Zinc Vo-T.ntj. prodiiTrl hy K-v. W. A. Rlne a rt-. l.i..i po,.Ur M..,in."nt for our cl.ai.b. i a Wm. F. Shaffer. BEST- fnlint anlK'.iut--l'i:i !,, CompfrtiudexL ' i i Station, FOR FARMERS AND VILLAGERS. r.r.U.5 AID MOTHERS, von 013 AND DVJSUESS, 1 T H FAMILY. laiiiiwi-jiilTHF. THini'M Tv--iV.;t now anxiotis i ;:,vo tlu ir utt. -nt; t this t-omlltV i!uio u i!l li:ive far W State or .':itiX na! m--aion ih-tiia:nl ntly a National Family Newspaper, inuri and "H. WEEKLY TRIBUNE" ADVANCI A BEGIN ATI ANY TIXF. 'tr-nt.' ilVMIVTA). mi' Citj, ai i .me itip- rThrrwI W11 " ES3IS mTn i ' -' ? T. -V) oar.' Deal- -.3 i 1
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