Somerset Herald nf Publication ienlSOl x 'J. t f ,ul:J iu .dvaace, otherwise J '!:,',,'MlVia l discontinued until t s1-' J l.eo sul-ciibwa " f w C"""V mlii be held respoualble M -ve US Hi "me 01 tonn' dux (J, Allst Somerset, fa. ..1'vtl"" J,1! somerset, fci i.. luscatv will be mlr d 1 ' somerset, ktL. xuierel I'm. More. as " i -i v 1 l.HKivLEi, Somerset nl, I'a. tH.iutrri, U ssjiucrsct, l'a- w i;iilvker, ' Im. I!,.-- lw', il puf'le Court r K. '(vii.sKV-AT-LAW, V' somerset, I'm. somerset. Pa. J. o. OuLK. v si. Kuu- Somerset, I'm. :.u lo business . i.o'Uiiiijoiuiug .... I-'Ujcc A. L. U. HAY. 11 V & HAY, ,r-..i. Miui-rwt, I'm. PHN "..y-at-law. W somerset, I'm. : dtvi.-.v "1 ' " b ,eu- juii UiLNO. KIM.MEL, iiiirt t, I'm. ltr aiAivt rAiiiis l. rrcai, J Al'iuiiAtl'-AT-LAW, iuJ f: - :.-.wiuiuni,uil all lEir.:'.v. A. J. iVL&jI.N. I C CULBOKN. ili.j:itiAi-LAW, ii.iifMi, Pa. AUtu!i .:rj-:rj our iv will I rwticv -u u.:ui....j .:.iiitl CoH-fcjiiuJjriii..:ii.-i-"- mud dju- L wulhr ur,j.-.; -.iid ouue-muciUK HL LA Ell. AliuHNLY-AT-LAW. DouierMrt, Pm. kliLOk A.. ruLJ JslCTl U lilUl Wlii A. H. IvFUL. 1 H. W. H. KL1TEL. HFi"lWTH A Kl l'l'EL, V AilJl.t-i.-Al-iW, .unT L, Pa. A i l.rK :.:ru. -1 :o i:.- 3iv will be lurd. kiti i'-;. :-.... ..'.uuit-d l. Ulttee T W. i'Al;n i'hl. M. I., ri:urn-l, Pm. -See on i1;.'... MntU i lxk-iic U". B a ..tj. D!l P. K. -HAtFKlU .koEON, J. M. LolTHKii. J I i A.S AM..-L UGEUN, l'1-tot V..i., r-, i, r.an.I lrug fcUire. H. s. KIM M ELL, Tmi. -rv i. .,,-:.(. . totUe ctU ' r- i I'tiinm rt- D S. ; r-.M. MIl.I.EN, .u i- l.tlctrjr.) it.t- pn.-rvaHoa C H. COKKK.I H, Funeral Director. I'u'.riot .-St. ;. HA CK, Iaaml Surveyor BERLIN Marble&Gianite -.works... u ir i,, HI1., , j ') ' rir as to vol- .1T,J"5 U M K"i and il .y aj,,,TO-iati,u of -!: l.ir.,!.iKe that I have fn.T l',e i"ltr-' . .a..aif.r n,;J lWIlian u, flK. ""ACTUAL rncr V w w . er-"':"u "f first-da u tk at .yr PKK't H- H. KOONTZ, ' 1 wui.cn. Proprietor. 1 tie VOL. XLVI. KO. 14. MiHlioinal valu in a bittle of IlixxJ i Tju-.s. ar.!U tlmn la any otlr KrpaniUon. More "k'H I rt-nuirvd, iihk- cut- t-iki u. i,ut rM ' "K-urn-a in in Biam,f.-,-;uiv. It .(t1 tlx I roir it-tor !.! n... .. More '"it it cost tlw rousunwr tet, a he t-i r 11111(1 KIT IIHIIM'y. More curative iw-r 1 vurcl ly Its NcuIiar tTniiunutiHni, prnMnuin and proctij, whioU ntiki'S It iieilbir lo !tu!f VI ore twple are employed and nwrc Siar oe- 1 . . '""ry uun anvnitxT. More ndi-rfid oiir-!i ello-trd and uutrrV tiiitoiiuilt rwiVMi lhn by any otht-r. mora win iiiorrr nMrrvaH4 year ly ar are ri-iMirttsl ,y drutu-isK. More wple are taking Sarutiorina t.xlay th.in any otht-r. and inore are More d TII.L mohk rras,in might be t".VfT hv Voil )utnl.l .L- nlood!, Sarsaparilla file One Tnie Iil.iod Purifier, f 1 ; six f.r $V i iff! r,lre an i.iver ins and IIOOU S FllIS Sick Headache, s&eeuu. THE- First National M OF Somerset, IPenn'a. o Capital, S50.000. Surplus, S28.000. o CPOSITSKECCIVC. I N LAM OC N 0 SM ALL AMOUNTS. PATAILC ON DEMAND. CCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS. STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOAttD OF DIRKCTORS. HAS. O. SIX" I J GEO. K. 8CCLL, AMr5 I- I'LUH, W. H. MII-LKK, JOHN K. SlHJTT, Kt)HT. K. SC I Li, FKKU W. BIKSETKER EiiwAimwrix, : : pkesiiulxt. VALENTIN K HAY, : VICE PIIEMIUKNT. HARVEY M. BERKLEY', . CAiiUIER. The fUnd and wcuritlf of thU bank are se curely protected in a rek-ltrated CoKM BrR- lak PKoor Sake. The only aafe made abso lutely burslar-proof. Is Somerset CM j National BANK OF SOMERSET PA. : rjUkillhW 1(77. Ornub-''. 1890 -O. Capital, - $ 50,000 00 Surplus It Undivided Profits, 23,000 00 Assets, - - 333,00000 Cliaa. J. narrison, - President. Win. II. Koontz, - Vice President. Milton J. Trills, - - Cashier. Geo. S. Harrison, - Ass't CasLicr. Directors i Wnu KnAiley, CUan. W. SnyJer J.iniah Specht, H. C. Becrita, John H. Snyder, John Stuflt, J.isph B. DavU, Harrison Snyder, Jerome Stuflfl, Nomli S. Miller, Sam. I. JImrri.'wn. Cuxtomem of this ban will receive the mont litml tnaitmrntconxtoiieot will! mmJebmnkinr. Partiea wixhit: to 'id money exl or wl can be accutu iuodfced by dn.fl tor any amount. . . . . Money and vuluahlen ired by one of Wb bold', eelebraled mafea, w ith Dial Improved UWIot made In all part, of the United Stale, t harse. mod.THte. AecounU and dVpoKiin .olicttea. A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE,- and eYerytbine pertaln ns to funeral furn ished. SOMERSET - - Pa Jacob 1). Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Ooor West of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa I Am Now pi . -1 to Bupj.ly the public with Cl:ks, Watcbes, and Jew elry of all descriptions, as Cheap aa the Cheapest. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. All work guaranteed. Look at my stock before making Jour purchases. J. D. SWANK. WRIGHT' For n Bowie mod Nanov Dm.hi They puri'r the Bum aa4 five Health V action to the entire trt'.esa. Cure DYSPEPSIA, HEADACHE, CONSTIPATION, and PIMPLES. Viantorl-An Irlpa Whn eaa think . .f unr Hmflm UiiB( lo pu nl' uiitwiu mi iwwm umupwo" Fwwrt onr I4ea.; ther mr brtu y- ea'iB. Vrtw JOHN W tUltUiUXTiS A 0-. FmUttt A"i Berfc Wa.blBCbm. 1. C. for tbelr lra .... . . . . . il Urn. WItilL FILLE Inert. WMDiDfRm. i - ' "r ' ' . ' -- e--t UM ut lw huauraJ tannuoul HOW. IUxo, for the day in imkxiug, Aud you lie dnainhii; on ; The others have buckled theirannor. And forth lu fi'ht are pine. A laee In Uie rnuku awitihtyou Ku h man has me jcirt U play The Kixt and the future arc nothing In the tice of the utoriii tohty. Kliie from your dream of the future. Of gaining Home hard-fought Held, f storming some airy fortreHU Or bidding wiiir giant yield; Your future has deeds of glory. Of honor, ttod grant it may! But your ami will never be strouger Or the need so great aa Uxiuy. Itiso, if the iikt detains yon. Her sunshine and storms forget; NocUilms so unwonliy to hold you As those of vain regret. Kud or bright, she is lifeless forever. Cast her pliuntoin arms away, Nor look buck, Ha ve to learn the lefcsou Of a noble strife to-diiy. Ilise, for the day is passing! The low sound lliat you scarcely hear Is the enemy marching to buttle. Arise, for the foe is here! Stay not to slurcn your weaxns. Or the hour will strike at hist, S hen from dreams of a raining iiattle Vim may wake to find it p.isu Adelaide Ann Pus-tor. HE WAS ONLY A WAIF. Bat His Little Breast Contained the Heart of a Hero. ltV MltS. JI LIA TKl'ITT HI.SHOI'. It was by the merest chance that Mrs. Htrung met Jack. Slie had a little Kirl of her own, and one would have thought that gave her responsibility enough, without going out of her way to gather up orphans. J5ut one day, when she was pa-ssing the Home, she could not resist the tetupt.ttiou to look ill and see the waifs, for her heart hud always gone out to them very tenderly. The first child that her eyes fell upon was a fine little fellow with Mueeyes and a mob of tumble curbs jmt shading off into golden brown. The child's lieauty attracted her, and si le asked the su peri nteuden t about h i in. It was a pitiful story; his mother had come to the city with linn, a sliort time before, and had taken a roo:u and looked for work awhile; and then sick ness fell up n her, and djath; and tho boy was left friendless aud forlorn. No one knew anything about him; but that didn't matter to the kinddiearted little woman who heard the story. iShe asked for the boy, and he was given up to her, for the present, at least. Khe would write to her husband about him, she said, and with his consent, she would adopt him. 15 Jt it was there that the- trouble ca'ne in. Her litis! wild, who was a commercial traveler, aud was away from home all the time, wrote that he was surprised that she should take a child that site knew nothing about, and that he could not allow her to as sume such a responsibility, rilie might keep the boy until hen-turned if she liked, aud then he would try to find a good home for him. It happened that Mr. Strong was ab sent a longer time than muil this trip, and several mouths passed, during which he was constantly writing that he thought he would be back soon. In the meautime, how that boy delighted the woman who was trying her best not to love him too much, and to be ready to give him up at lasL All day long his cheerful prattle lightened the hou-te and male the hours pass quickly. Wherever Mrs. Strong went, he trotted after her ask ing questions from morning till night and saying things that would have puzzled a philosopher. He took faith ful charge of the baby and was as gweet and gentle with her as though he had done nothing all his little life but play nurse. It was his delight to run on errands, and when he came panting back, to staud with his hands behind him and say: "I'm the man of the house, aiu't I, Mamma KJith?'' And what pleasure she took in dress ing him! He was so pretty that he made a perfect little picture in the charming suits that she provided for him; the great rufll ed collars, the pret ty ties, the broad-brimmed hat on the hak of bis curly head. People turned to look after him as she went along the street; and more than one said, "He lo;ks like a little prince." Among all the treasures in the house, he took the greatest delight iu an old sword that stood in the coruerof the parlor. Twenty times a day he came out of this corner, bending under the weight of the sword, and it was a sight worth seeing when he stood proudly up litfore Mrs. Strong aud asked, his eyes shining: "Mamma With, did your grandpapa carry this sword in the war?" Yes, my dear," said Mamma Kdith, for the hundredth time. "And did he carry it by his side, like this?" he asked, staudiug bolt upright beside the sword, which overtopped his curly head by several inches. 'Just like that," she said smiling into the beaming eyes. "And did he draw the sword just this way?" was the next question; and then she looked ou while the little soldier struggled with the sword, and in his effort to draw it from the scab bard was forced at last to lay it down ou he lloor and put his foot ou it. The sword was finally withdrawn, and the little face came up, flushed but tri umphanL "Was that the way?" he asked, and Mamma Kdith, smothering a laugh, assured him that it was something like that, at least After which the sword went back into the corner, and the little soldier weut on a furlough. He had never boasted what he was going to do if he e7er found a burglar iu the house, but there is little doubt tliat he had all bis plans made. At any rate, when the burjjlar really came he found the little man ready for him. Mrs. Strong had taken the two chil dren to a neighbor's, and with her usual carelessness had left the house unfastened, expecting to return in a few minutes. When she was urged to stay to tea, she turned to Jack and said: "io home, my boy, aud lock the outside doors, aud bring me the keys?" Away he went, running along the omer SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1.5. 1897. street and up the steps of his own home, aud ii) a few momenta be had entered the house. "I had better look through the house aud see that everything is all right," he said to himself, proud over his new found importance, and he went run ning from room to room, peeping in and closing the doors as he came away. Everything was right iu the parlor, in the dining-room and in the kitchen. The bed-rooms upstairs came next; aud as the boy ran up the stairs, he was as tonished to notice that there was a smell of tobacco smoke iu the air. The discovery lightened his footsteps, so that he made no noise as he stole up to. the door of Mrs. Strong's sitting-room and peeped in. There sat a man, leaning comfortably back iu the largest of the easy chairs, and quietly smoking a cigar! The little fellow trembled, aud lean ed against the side of the door with a little gasp. The blight noise that he made attracted the attention of the man iu the easy chair, and he turned and exclaimed, "Hello!" l'.ut before the exclamation was ut tered, the boy had disappeared from the doorway, and the man laughed and settled himself to his cigar again. Presently, however, he heard a patter of feet along the hall, aud all at once he found himself confronted by a little boy, whose cheeks were flushed, and whose eyes were shiniug with deter mination. He was carrying a sword, which he pointed straight at the man. crying, with a thrill iu his childish voice: "You'll have to get out of the house before Mamma Kdith comes home, or I'll hurt you awfully." The man was so much astonished that he droped his cigar aud his bauds, and sat staring at the valiant little soldier before him. Then the hu mor in the situation came over him, aud he leaned back and laughed heart ily. "You needn't laugh," cried the boy, holding his sword and never flinching. "You tat n't come in here and steal without getting hurL You'd better go; this sword's awful sharp." "Mercy, Irow you frighten me!'' cried the burglar, pretending to shiv er. "Uut you are surely not going to turn me out of the house, wheu I am hungry and tired. I came here think ing that I might get something to eat" "You can't get a thing till Mamma Kdith comes home," declared the little defender of the house, sturdily. "Aud you've got to be shut up, so she can talk to you through the keyhole. I'm not going to have her scared to death." "You're not very big." said thi burglar ; "suppose I shut you up, aud then take what I like?" "You'd better not try it!" cried the boy, -bracing himself and raising the point of the sword iu a threatening manner. "I'm not going to have any burglar stealing Mamma K.lith's thiugs. Just get up, now, and march into that room, aud stay there tits Mamma Kdith comes home, an 1 then. I'll get her to feed you, if you ate hun gry." The burglar straightened himself up, and from his great height he looked down upon thi little fellow with the sword. "You see that I am flsijreat deal larg er than you are," lui aitifl, as he leaned an elbow ou the mantel, and twirled his moustache. "I really believe I might give you the worst of it if we should have a pitched battle. What would you do then?" The blue eyes traveled, all the way up the man's tall form until they reach ed his face. "I would just keep fighting," said the little soldier. The burglar laughed, and said: "Well, then, there is nothing for it but to obey your orders. Which room, have you set aside for my prison? This? Ah, I see it ha9 no rocking-chair. Will you allow ine to take this one in? Thanks. IVm't fail to call me wheu Mamma Kdith comes home." j And the burglar sat down ou the ! easy-chair, aud Jack turned the key iu the lock. Mamma Kdith, coming iu to see what was detaining the boy, met the little fellow at the front door, his facie pale, his lijs quivering. He had for gotten to put the sword away, and be clung to her as he cried: "Oh, Mamma Kdith, I've shut up a burglar in your room. I)ou't go up there alone. I'll get Mr. llrown to come over aud go with us, and the burglar says he's hungry, and you'll give him something to eat, wou'tyou?" Mamma Kdith was not one of the fainting kind, aud so she did not faint. A few minutes later, a little procession of them went up the stairs, and into Mamma Kdith's sitting-room. Then they approached the door of the inner room cautiously, Mr. llrown in the lead. Mrs. Strong would have been close behind him, with the baby in hef arms, but Jack had pushed her aside and stepped in front, determined to protect her at all risks. And then, while they all held thei r breath, the key was turned by Mr. Brown, who was well tinned for the occasiou, the door was thrown open, and there sat the burglar, serenely rocking and smiling at them. And then Mrs. Strong cried out: "Oa, Frank, have you come home at last?" aud she threw herself, baby and all, into the burglar's arms. Mr. llrown laughed and excused himself, aud Jack was left standing at the door, sword in hand, looking at the scene, with widening eyes. It was the burglar that thought of him first. "Come here, little man," he cried iu his jovial way; and when the boy came near, he held the little face between both his hands and studied it "Do you know who you are, my little defender of helpless women and ba bies?" he cried. "I'm Jack," said the boy quickly. "Yes, but you are more than that," said Mr. Strong. "You're the son of this house, my man; and I am proud to have such a boy. I shall not be afraid to leave Mamiui Kdith iu the care of such a valiant little man as this shall I? And now, will you be good enough to see that your promise set ISTaVBLISHli:D 1827. is carried out, and that Mamma Edith gives the burglar something to eat?" Jack leaned the sword up In the cor ner, and went out of the room hand in hand with Mamma Kdith. "Supjxwe he had lieen a real burg lar, Jack, and had tried to fight you?" she asked, as they weut doMii the stairs. "I'm very glad he wasn't," said the boy, with a smile into her eyes. "I thought all the time that he was mighty nice-looking, and I should have beeu very sorry to hurt him." And Mamma Kdith took him iu her arms and carried him all the way to the kitchen. Caught the Train. Ham Wood, whose name is written all over the State of Kansas, was one of the brightest lawyers aud newspaper men in the State. He made and wasted several fortunes before an effort to change a county seat ended in a guu fight which cost him his life. Not ovrr-scrupulous, he had his good traits, and he has almost as many friends as enemies, even now. One day Sam Wood weut out to a new county seat aud opened a law ollioe. Presently he found a fliw in the title by which aliout half the town site haI been conveyed to the present holders, aud he picked up the link and served notice he would give quite claim deeds to every lot if the people iu port session would pay him. If not, he gave notice he would begin suits iu ejectment. They were wild. They held a meet ing aud appointed a coinurttce. The committee looked into the matter and then weut to Sam Wood with their re ply. "We have searched the records, Mr. Wood," said the chairmau of the com mittee, "and we find you are right- If you iusist ou trying these cases all these people must be thrown out of their homes. What sound is that, Mr. kmmiltee?" "It is the fust freight from the west," was the reply. "Yes, it is the fast freight from the west," repeated the Chairman. "It will stop at the tank for water. You have just time, Mr. Wood, to catch that train, and I wouldn't take a re turn ticket if I were you." He began to unwind a rupu he had looped up under his ulster. "Hut through freights don't carry passengers," said Sam Wood, fully grasping the utterly hopeless situation. "This freight will carry a iiassenger," said the chairman of the committee, calmly. "Put the end of this roeover that awning kIc, Mr. Committeeman. It will carry a passenger, and he can go as live or dead fr.-ight, just as he likes. We h:tvc J-st t " Uut Sim Wood was in the middle of the street and half a block away, run ning for dear life. Hi cjught the freight at the water tank; and he never returned. Business Cares. There came a ring at the telephone bell, aud the druggist's clerk laid aside his newspajier and went to the 'phone. "Well," he said, "what do you want?" "Is that Iteuderby'a drug store?" ask ed the voice at the other end of the wire. "Yes." "Can you send a gallon of good whis ky to" "This isn't a saloon. Ring oil. The young man sat down again and resumed the reading of his newspaper. Presently there was another ring. With a sigh of weariness he arose again aud answered it. "Well?" "llenderby's drug store?' "Yes." "I want to know if I can gel a gallon of kerosene." "This isn't a grocery sbHV." "I know it, but this is Sunday, and all the gro " "King oir." Once again he sat down and picked up the paer. "Mister!" He looked up. The caller was a little girl whose head hardly came up to the level of the showcase. "Well, what is it?" "I want to jjet two cents worth of postage stamps." "What kind?" "I don't know. Mamma didn't say." "Uun hack and a-k her." The next customer was a man. "What can I do for you?" "Nothing, thanks, I merely want to light my cigar at this hunter. I find I iiave no match." When he fm ad hiui-lf alone again the druggist's clerk threw himself lieavily into his chair, tossed the news paper on the floor, aud leaned his head on his hand. "I'm going to have a higher salary," he groaned, "or I'll quit. This business li fe is killing me." Chicago Tribune. D idn't Understand English. A Chinani an was once "hauled up" lfore a magistrate in Sydney, New South Wales, charged with some of ense. In reply to his honor's usual query as to whether he pleaded guilty or not, he would only answer: "Me no sahe! Mi no talkee K iglishee!" Tlie magistrate, however, who was quite accustomed to the proceedings on Uve part of many Celestials who came before him, turned to him and said: "That answer won't do for me. You understand English well enough, I'll be bound." "Me no sabee me no sabee!" were the only words to be drawn from the obstinate Chinkey, and, no Chinese in terpreter being in court, the magistrate, taking the matter into his own hands, directed the case to be proceeded with as if the accused had pleaded "not guilty." After hearing the evidence of the wit nesses the accused was fined f 10 and costs. The clerk who was a bit of a wag, called out to the accused: "John, you are fined aud costs." " No, nor' promptly replied the non En&lish fieakfng Chinese. "He say me lined only $10 and costs." How the Housewife Conquers Un sightly Spots and Stains. She remove blood stains from cloth by covering them with a stilt paste -nade of common starch and cold vater, which she renews as often as it lieeomes discolored, until the stain has disappeared. Paint stains that are dry and old she removes with chloroform from cotton aud woolen goods. They disapjicar more readily if the spot is first covered with olive oil or butter. Wheu marble is spotted aud stained she cleans it by covering the spots with a paste composed of equal parts of soda, powdered pom ice stone aud chalk, mixed smooth with water. She allows the paste to remain ou over night and washes it otriu the morning with clear hot water, after which she rubs the marble dry with a woolen cloth. She removes ink.spots from linen by thoroughly rubbing the soiled part with clean tallow, before throwing the piece into the wash. Siots tif iron rust she bikes from linen by squeezing lemon juice on them and then covering them with a good coating of table salt, and hanging iu the sun; after washing, if a trace of the rust remains she adds more lemon juice aud slt, as often as requires!, while the garment is hanging in full sunshine. Very deep rust spots will soon disappear by this prowess. Talking is Good Exercise. It is seldom, says the London Daily Graphic, perils' that the average per son can glean as much solid satisfaction from a medical article as oue does from Dr. Harry Caiuplwll's pajer in the Lan cet upon "The Therapeutical Aspects of Talking, Shouting, Singing, L-iughing, Crying, Sighing and Yawning." It is, indeed, a complete vindication on the score of health of all the expressions of em tiou wlne'i we have b.ea hitherto taught to suppress. The tyrannical pro verb that children should be seen and not heard is utterly discredited by Dr. Campbell. Oa the contrary, the child who cries by night and shouts by day must not be hindered from so expanding his lungs and accelerating his circula tion lest such dire evils as contracted chest and even consumption eu.-ue. Theyawuer, too, is uot Wing intention ally rude, but is exercising muscles which have been for a long time inac tive. The lover, sighing likea furnace, is doing himself good by leratiug his blood. But talking is the healthiest occupation of all, for it is good for heart disease, serves as a valuable sub stitute for bodily exercise, and promotes longevity. There is, however, a darker side to the picture, for the talk which brings I:cti!t!i to th hypttchoudriac may prove deadly to the listener. Taking the Air Without Going Oat Klderly jieople and others who may lie temporarily house-bound and pre vented from enjoying a regular daily stroll out-doors can devise a fair substi tute as follows: liundle up as if for the usual constitutional, select a large sun ny room, preferably at the top of the house, open wide the windows, shutotr the heat and move around briskly, going to the w indow aud inhaling the fresh air deeply through the nostrils. We have often called alteution to the fact that house air, with its many im purities, overheated condition and gen eral lifelessuess, is one of ttie principal predisposing causes to colds and ca tarrhal affections. Where a patient or invalid is confined to bed, if the should ers are kept well covered and the head lightly protected, the windows may be opened and the rooms flushed with fresh air without any special risk, pro vided the current does not strike them too directly. The dauger from want of protier ventilation is decidedly great er. Deep inhalations of air at the open window, taken gently through the nose, impart an enlivening and touic influ ence to the whole nervous system, which can soon be demonstrated by a personal experiment. The Health Magazine. She Was Fleased. Kroin the Ietroit Kree Press. The young man has only recently taken up photography and is an ardent enthusiast. He persuaded the girl to whom he is engaged to p se for him. She was seated in a hammock and he stood directly before her wheu he took the picture. In a day or two he proud ly exhibited the result of the sitting. She gave oue glance at it and then handed it back. "Don't you like it?" he inquired. "I don't assume to criticise," was the reply. "I thought it was pretty good for a first attempt," he iusisted. "Perhaps it is. I am glad you are satisfied with it, anyhow." "Of course it might be better." "Do you think it looks like me?"' "Yes." "Then, Herbert, I am content" "But you don't seem very cheerful over it." "Perhaps I don't show it; but that photograph has made me very hap py." '.'I'll have a frame made for it and give it to you." "No, I don't want to keep it But it fills me with joy, nevertheless. They say that wheu beauty fades, affection van ishes; but when I realize that you can see me depicted with hands and feet like these, without breaking our en gagement, I am convinced that there can't le any doubt about your loving me when I am old." ' Care of the Eyes. Avoid "squinting." Shade the eyes fiom the full glare of sunlight When the eyes are weak, sleep all that is possible. Keep soap and all patent eye washis out of the eyes. As you value your sight, avoid all quack eye doctors. Never read or use the eyes for fine work during twilight Whenever an eye is injured, call in an experienced oculist at once. erald An Odd Argument From the Washington Ht.tr. "There are excuses and excustst, and explanations and explanations," re marked the man who had U-en on a prospering tour in the West and had got lack liome with more experience than anything else, "but the oddest one I think I ever happened upon was furnished to me by a deck hand ou an Ohio river steamUwt running from Cincinnati to Pittsburg. That Is, she ran in that trade wheu there was water enough in the river she wouldn't have to climb up the bank and walk around the b..rs, as the clerk pictur esquely explained to me. I wa-tou oue of these boats aud she was on a sand bar not far from Marietta in the State of Ohio, and while were waiting for it to rain, or something else, I strolled down ou the boiler deck an 1 incident ally fell into on vers tti ;i with the deck hand afortsaiL "This is tine traveling," I sai.l with some degree of sarcasm. "There's nothin liki? gittin' u.' 1 1 1 it," he replied, easily. "How long does it usually t ile?" "D.-jKMidson the Hater of the brute," he smiled. "J lave you always work.sl at this busiuess?"' I asked. "No, I used to I a sailor. "A sea sailor?" I inquire in some surprise. "Yes, I used to sail otit of Baltimore." "Then you know about iiavigitin? here there is water?" "I had ten years of it" "Well, how in thunder did you ever happen to give up the deep, dt p seas for this sort of thing?" "Conscience, mister." "What in the mischief had con science to do with it? I asked. Had you thrown somelssly nverUmrd?" no; want nothing of that kind," he said, with an honest grin. 'You see, I was a Biptis' in them days and there couldn't be too much water to suit my taste, but one time when I was ashore in Baltimore I got mixed up with the Methodists somehow or another, and after that sprinklin' seemed about my size, aud so I left the ocean and struck out for the Ohio river. Barrin' a tl 1 now and then, I ain't got any objections to offer." The Spelling Class. Stand up ye spellers now, and spell Since spelling matches are the rage, Sdl Phenakistoscope and Knell, Diphtheria, Syzygy andOauge. Or take some simple word as Chilly, Or Willie, or the garden Lily. To spell such words as Syllogism, And L ichrym we and Synchronism, And Pentateuch and Saccharine, Apocrypha and Caleudine, Lactiferous and Cecity, Jejune and Homoeopathy, Paralysis and Chloroform, Rhinoceros and Pachyderm, Metenisyehosis, Gherkins, Basque, It cert i inly is no easy ta-k. Kaleidoscope and Tennessee, Kamtschatka and Dispensary, Would make some spellers colicky. Diphthong and Krjsipelas, And Ktiqnet and Sassafras, Infallible and Ptyallsm, Allopathy and Rheumatism. And Cataclysm and Beleaguer, Twelfth, Kighteenth, Rendezvous, In triguer, And hosts of other words are found, Ou Kuglish and ou classic ground. Thus Retiring Strait and Michaelmas, Thermopylae, Cordilleras, Suite, Jalap, Hemorrhage and Havana, Cinquefoil and Ipecacuanha, And Rappahannock aud Shenandoah, And Schuylkill, and a thousand more. Are words first-rate spellers miss, Iu dictionary lauds like this. Nor need one thiuk himself a Seroyle, If some of these his efforts foil; Nor deem himself undone forever To miss the name of either river The Dueipr, S.'ine or Gjalal quiver. Good Housekeeper. English Pub. Boa and Ours. The British government sells all its publications. It gives nothing away, says the Chicago ReeoriL If you want a copy of a bill that has been in troduced into the house of commons, or a report that has been presented to the house of lords, or any public matter iu the Iiondon county council or the board of the city, you have to buy it fiom the oflieial printers, and you have to pay ostage if sent through the mails. Iu our country nearly all olli cial documents of this kind are given away, and are sent free through the mails uuder a frank. The British plan seems to be more sensible. It saves millions of dollars every year that are wasted iu the I'nited States to furnish public documents to people w ho do not care anything for them.and who throw them into the waste-paper basket as soon as they are received. The charge for official publications is only suffi cient to pay the cost and a small mar gin for wastage. Thus the govern ment printing office is self-supporting aud the postal service pays a profit of of f 10,OW),000 or $12,000,000 annually into the treasury. On the contrary, on our side of the Atlantic, it costs $.i,0u0,000 or more to pay for printing for which no one is the wiser, and our postoflice department declares an Irish dividend of O.mm.iKjO or jlO.OOO.tniO every year, much of it Is due to the transportation of "pub. docs." Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions, and (Hisitively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 2- cents per box. For sale at J. N. Snyder's drug store, Somerset, or at Brallier's drug store, Belln, Pa. "That Scotch writer made a special study of American base ball terms." "What was that for?" "He said they would mix in beauti fully with his dialect phrases." m m Very few men are as confident in making assertions in their wives' pres ence as when they are abseut WHOLE NO. 2407. Why Animals Dread Man. BY FRANK AARoN. From my own observation, and from comparing notes with other natural ists and hunters, lam of the opinion that all wild animals learn to dread man only when they find him to le an enemy l-nt of their destruction. As long as he comes and goes without dis turbing theiu unless they regard him as their natural prey they care as lit tle for his presence as they do for that of other animals that have no motive for injuring them. Birds, "or example, that have learn ed to dread man's destructive gun, have no fear of the horse, the cow or the sheep. When a farmer sees, perch ed on the limb of a tree, a hawk, which he knows is planning a visit to his hen-yard, he mounts his horse and, witii gun in hand, rides within easy shooting range of the hawk. The bird can ii't at that distance separate the hostile mail from the harmless horse. It is interesting, tisi, to olm-rve how much greater is the dread of wild creatures for their natural brute foes than for man. The squirrel, which hides in terror from the file hi or the cat, will sit in saucy familiarity almost within reach of the schixilgir! ram bling iu the wo.sls. Oace, after atiris ing myself in my garden with the mo tions of a toad, as it hoppvd lazily out of way of my f t, I step(ted back to watch it from a greater distance. Presently I noticed it making great leaps in fra:itic haste, and, looking for the cause, I spie l a garter snake glid ing through the grass in swift pursuit of the ill-fated batrachiuti, whie in ivemeuts now were in striking con trast of a few minutes previous. I quickly rescue ! the panting fugitive, for the iiinK't-d.ivouring toa 1 is the gardener's friend. In these days of geographical re search, when the old "unexplored re gions" are almst banished from our maps, i is no easy m itter to lind a ter ritory into which neither the savage hunter nor the civilized sportsman has ever j-eti'-t rated. It has never lH?n my g'sxl f.irtnne to set foot in such a region, but trustworthy o'j-s-rvers in form us that in isolated sections, such as the (ialapagos Islands, where hu man beings had sold :u b.vn seen, the wild deui'iis of the earth and air were perfectly "tame," or, iu other words, inditfereiit to the presene-j of man. We read of hermits who, hiding away in remote wilds, "the world forgetting, by the world forgot," or on broad es tates from which human intruders were rigor.Htsly excluded, sit surround ed by birds squirrels aud even rabbits, in fearless and e mtented intimacy. But these conditions are only rare excei'tious. Toe uncivilized hunter with his ru le app'iauces, bv, arrow and spear, or the iinl -ru s;rtsm iii, with ritle and shot-gun, h is penetrated every where, and has k pt up the re lentless war on the bru:e creation in which mm has delighted since the days of NimroL K.'ery where the great cats, th-? wolves, t!i foxes and other carnivorous quadrupeds, the ea gles, the hawks and birds of prey, gen erally, have an instinctive dread of ma:i, of his rill; and his dog. It is set u as well in the yojng of the-? creatures, although they have never seen man, as iu the older and more experienced of tteir kind, which have before been chased or shot at, or have seen their companions killed. The impulse that drives them to avoid man, to shun his death-dealing gun, and, most of all, to dread his dog, seems a matter of heredity. This instinctive dread of man ou the part f many animals powerful enough to attack him as their prey, may have partly originated with the advent of gunpowder, though not entirely. We can hardly believe that the arrow or the spear cau have impressed these great beasts with mau's physical su periority. It is said that a pointed ar row, at close range, will pass through the Uxly of a buttalo, yet it is not at all likely that the force of such a weapon agaiust the thick skull of a panther or bear would have the least effect in checkiug its an gry charge. But the imprisoning traps must have had an awe-inspiring influ ence, and a still more potent cause must have been the hand-to-hand en counter. It has lt-n proved by fre quent instances that a lithe and active man is more than a match, even with out weapons, for a-wild cat, an ocelot or a wolf; aud, with a heavy club or an ax, for a pauther or a black bear. Consider then the probable outcome of battle between nieu aud the larger licasts of prey, when the former were armed with great stoue ax.s or ham mers employed by the primitive races. The crushing descent of such a weight added to the for-e of a stalwart arm, would, if rightly aimed, lay low the largest of uiau eaters. Consider, too, the advantage of position, the man standing erect and thus sw inging his weapon from a superior height Some of the stone implements wield ed by the prehistoric tribes, aud by later races of uncivilized men, were models of their kinL Great rounded, or elongated, and often edged masses of stoue, with tough handles thong ed to the wrist so as to be always at hand, enabled the natives of the Amer ican forests to defy the panther or the jaguar, aud only the grizzly bear would venture to attack him singly. But in Asiatic and African jungles while the leopard and the cheetah sel dom attack a grown man, the tiger and the lion, those monarchs of the feline race, against which primitive weapons could seldom avail, have for a mail without firearms but little fear. In the dawn of our settlements, the earliest pioneers found that the formid able grizzly bear, always more thau a match for the Indian with his rude weapons, took far less notice of the white hunter than it afterwards did when it had learned the far-reaching power of the rifle. Indeed, Rocky Mountain hunters tell us that the grizzly, perhaps without exeeptiou the most fearless and independent of the brute tribe, if it has never before en countered man, passes him with lordly indifference, as regardless of his pres ence as if the stranger were a wolf or a cat Indignant She hail a very detennined look in her eye as she came down the stairs of her nephew's house wher she was visiting, prepartd for departure. Set ting her luggage down in the hall she pu.-hed oien the door of the room where the family were at breakfast and said: "I didn't quite hev the heart ter do what I flr.-.t intended to. I s'pose I'm beholden fur a gl deal iu the way of hospitality an', though I've certainly had provtM-atioii, I've got too much re-pet k fur my kin ter walk out of the oor an' not even say good by." "Why," her nephew exclaimed, "you're not thinking of leaving u so soon? You intended to stay a wet k longer, at the very least" "That was lie fore certain happenln'a had come ter pas. I know amuse ment's scarce, but I don't propise t-r remain an' lie a laughiu' stock fur no body; an' especially not fur my own relations." "Nolssly has been laughing at you." "That's nice euotigh fur your ter say, when you're the very one as tried b Is? smart at my exjense." "I wish you would tell me exactly what occurred." "There ain't no use o' harreriu' it up an' makin' it worse," she answered, her li closing firmly. "I ask it as a simple favor. I'm sure there must lie some misunder standing." "No, there ain't no mlsunderstaudin. An' there ain't no use o' you tryin' ter deny that you started a conversation with ine this morn in' by sayin you guessed you'd have ter go down to the clothing store. Of course, beiu' aux ous ter make talk, so long ez you seemed so inclined, I says, 'what fur? Thur ain't no use o' my goiu' further." "But I insist ujn it" "You can't deny thet you're answer was that ye was goin' ter git a pair o' duck trousers." "Of course I won't deny it; that Is what I intended to buy." "There! Ye've U-en leadiu' me on so's ter do it all over ag'in an' show tiff before your fam'ly. Ez ef I didn't know that ducks don't wear panta loons iu the city any more'n they do in the country! The nex' time ye try ter make a joke it'll lie safe ter find tx;t somelsxly ez can't see thriHigh a mill stone when they 's a hole in it" De troit Free Press. Hot Weather Diet "During the hot mouths," writes Mrs. S. T. Rortr in the August Ladies' Home Journal, "the diet should con sist largely of dainty, cold, lean ineft, green, succulent vegetables and fruits. It is a lopular fallacy that the free u.-e of subacid fruits during hot weather causes disturlianivs of the Isiwels. No diet is more healthful than the rij fruit provided it Is properly masticated and swallowed before or after bread and butter but never with it. "The lighter wheat preparations, such as farina, wheat let and glutetia, should 1 substituted for the heat-giving irttmeal for breakfast Csk enough one i lorning to last two, as they are just as palatable cold as they are hot. While fried food will seem a little out of p.aee in the worm weather there are certain light dishes that may be util ized for breakfast Cornmetd hominy enqueues, or e-en rii-e crprttes, may 1 made the day Is-fore and simply fried at serving time. Squash aud cu cumbers may l dipped and fried. In the chafing dish oue may have chip ped lieef, creamed or fricasseed barbe cued ls?f, cold mutton warmed in a little tomato sauce, aud dishes of eggs such as omelets, scrambled eggs, cream ed tggs or ached eggs. "Fruit should Iw serves! iu a fiat dish, with, if the weather is particular ly hot, a little chopped ice sprinkled over it Fruit that is very acidulous should not lie served too cold. Pow dered sugar and cream should accom pany the fruit course. In the plas-e of chops or steaks we may have eggplant, broiled or "fried tomatoes, pauned to matoes, a dainty omelet with peas, omelet with aparagus tits, or with parsley, following the fruit Corn oys ters and corn fritters may also take the place of meat Cotfee, tea, chocolate and milk are, of course, iu summer, as in winter, the breakfast beverages." He Knew Longfellow. Several travelers were waiting for a train on the veranda of a Southwest Georgia hotel. It was a dismal, rainy day, and one of them remarket!: "This remiuds me of one of Longfel low's poems 'The Day Is Dine." " At the mention of the name ( Ling fellow ), a tall stranger leaned forward and said: "Longfellow? What do you know 'bout him'."" "Little," repli?d the first speaker, "except that he wrote books." "An' is he a-writin' of books?" asked the tall man. "Why, the last time I heard of him he wuz ruuuin' fer Sher iff an' makin' of stump sjieeehesr "I fear you are mistaken iu the man," said the first speaker laughing. "Not ine!" replied tne tall man. "D n't I know him? Bill Longfellow had a squint iu oue eye an' a cut over the other. An' jest ter think the durueti fsd's took ter writiuT At lanta Constitution. His Wise Decision- A Culian fruit dealer stopped a d estrian to whom he was known, and asked: "Well, how my i-ouutry to-day?" "Gone up," replied the ittlcstriau. "No hop? for her." The fruit dealer looked thoughtful as he slowly polished an apple, and then said wth a sigh: "Ah, Cula no good no more! I no go there. I stay iu 'Merica and sell vote and fruit" A Valuable Prescription. Editor Morrison, of Worthingtou, InL, "Sun," writes: "You have a valuable prescription in Klectrie Bit ters, and I can cheerfully recommend it for constipation and sick headache, and as a general system tonic it has no eqtiaL". Mrs. Annie Stehle, 2iC Cottage Grove Ave., Chicagi, was all run down, could not eat nor digest fiasl, had a backache which never It It her and ft It tired and weary, but six bottles of Electric Potters restored her health and renewed her strvugth. Prices otic cents aud $1.00. (iet a bottle at Suyder's drug store, Somerset, or at Brallier's drug store, Berlin. In cases of burns aud spraius, scalds or any of the other accidental pains likely to come to the human body. Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil gives almost iu slant relief. We know the great cures by Hood' Sarsaparilla are genuine because the people themselTee write about them. o
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