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THE L0N0 WHITE SEAM.
As I came round the hnrbur buoy.
The lights began to clcaiu.
No wave tne laud-lK.'ked water stirred,
The cni were white us cream ;
And I marked my love by cundlc-llghl
Hewing her long white tieam.
H'k 11 ye M'wing akhore, my dear.
Watch snd tocr at sea;
It's re f and furl and liaul the line.
Set asil and Hi ink of thee.
I eliinlHxl to n-aeh her cottuge door;
Oh, sweetly my love fcinj.!
Like a shall of light her voice breaks forth.
My soul to meet it springs
As the shining water h-aiied of old.
When stirred by angels' wings.
Aye, louring to list anew.
Awake and in my dream.
Hut never a song she sang like this.
Sewing her long white scam.
Pair fall the lights, the Itarbor lights.
That brought me In to thee.
And peace drop down on tliat low roof
For the sight that I did see.
Aud the voice, my dear, that rang so clear.
All for the love of mc
For oh, for oh, with brows bent low,
Hy the candle's flickering gleam.
Her w-xlding gown It was she wrought.
Sewing the loug white seu:n.
Jean Ingelow. '
STOUV OF A YIOLIX.
It was a mad, a shameful, thin, as
I realized just a moment too late.
Though I did my utmost to atone for
the part I played in that tragedy, the
white agony on ChrU Carew's boyish
face that night haunts me as vividly
now as if I had seen it there yesterday,
and it is years since he lat bent his
head over his previous violin.
I supose that two friends fired with
the same burning ambition were never
more genuinely attached to each other
thau he and I, perhaps because, if I
searched the world, I might never fiud
a more lovable, more unselfish aud
thorough fellow than Chris Carew
To become great violinists that was
the life dream we shared. Living
together, we had practiced together for
years and dreamed of triumphs to come.
True, more than once I recollect hav
ing a spasm of envy because, as time
went 011, Chris uneonsciou-i'y develop
ed a delicacy of touch and puri'y of
tone that I could not seem to reach
and was more often given the sn'.o
parts when we played together in pub
lic, but nothing more. Chris invaria
bly turned its edge in his quiet, con-
ineing way:
"Will, it's nonsense. My instru
raent happens to be an older and better
one thau yours; that's all. Put any
other fiddle into my hands, and I
could never get half the eflecL You
know it; we have proved iL"
And so in those dear days we always
placed it down to the subtle sympathy
that had grown between him and his
exquisite old violin, nearly black with
age. As I say, we had struggled and
dreamed together for years, and then
then that shadow of a woman came be
tween us. Then
They say that every woman has some
kind of beauty in some man's eyes, but
Lottie Arnold well, she seemed to be
one of the women who unconsciously
e t longing the heart of every man they
nitl rihe had just joined as piauiste
the orchestral s;x-icty to which Chris
and I belonged, ami I know that I ex-
lHTienced a queer thrill the very first
moment I saw her on a concert night,
when she floated across the platform to
give the overture and again when she
stood bowing to the applause, a slight,
indescrilwtbly bewitching figure iu soft,
white evening dress, with a mass of
Jeep brown hair and clear, calm eyes
that shone even at that distance. And
Chris, when I happened to glance at
him his lips were parted, and he stood
as if lost in an eotacy. At the moment,
though, I set it down to his deep appre
ciation of ber playing.
If it had ended there ! Hat practke
nights came twioe a week and with
them opportunities of turning Lottie s
music, of begging her accompaniment,
even of whispering soft nothings, until
I understood that she had too intense
nature to appreciate them. In a
mouth I was madly in love with her
and could not realize a future without
her. When I grasped of a sudden
that the same thrill had communicat
ed itself to Chris, and that we were se
cretly running a race together for Lou
ie's heart, the mischief began. IJefore
I knew it that insane, unreasoning
enlousy of him and his chances had
sprung up 111 me.
He was handsome. More, it present
ly seemed to me that she thought more
f his playing than of mine, a galuug
danger in itself. Often on practice
lights I watched as he stood bowing
away dreamily beside her until I grew
so sick w itli jealousy that I left the
lace aud went home alone, and yet he
never sevme! to understand. Truth to
tell, as the weeks went by no one
could have said that either of us had
come within winning distance of her.
Someiimes it was I who would go
home 111 a state of mental intoxication,
while Chris would seem paler and
quieter thau usual; then, next time,
Chris would come in with the telltale
flush to find me sitting moody and
...
savage. -Never ouce uiu we speas. ui-
rectly of it, but the shadow was there,
thickening every day, aud somehow
from the first it seemed to me that
Chris, taken on his merits ahiue, would
be the winner lu this silent, despende
struggle.
Desperate? Yes. One night iu a fit
of pique I had absented myself from
the practice and for hours sat planning
how I could make him set a match to
the xwder. About 11 o'clock hebuist
u, his face all aglow.
"Will, I've just heard the sweetest
.it of music ever written her own
composition Lottie's I mean! I can
hear it now! I caught her playing un
awares, aud what dj you think? I've
made her promise to embody it in a
violin duet to be played by you aud me
at the next concert, bue can uoit.
She has written more than one pretty
song. Will! Will! What is the mat
ter? What have I done?"
I had tried to sneer, but it was no
use. uen ue put, ins iiauu uu uij
iouhier and softly asked tLat, I could i
only get up and walk from the room.
The lump in my throat was too great
for words. I knew I loved him, but 1
di i not know that I hated him too.
Then for a month of suspense we
.. -. a 1 Li. .
saw nothing oi L.uie .atuoiu. one
was as much of an enthusiast as Chris
oilier
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himseir. Having set herself to the
work, her one fear was, I suppose, that
the duo would not be finished in time
But at last came a letter. It had nearly
driven tier mad, she said, but we could
judge of her success if we called at her
house to try our parts on the following
Wednesday evening.
Tiie note was addressed to Chris. For
a moment my jealousy flamed up so
that I had almost snatched it out of
his hands as he read it, I mastered
that impulse, but I knew that the crisis
was at hand now. My brain was in a
whirl all that week. Scarcely a word
passed between us. Aud Chris, as he
walked beside me that Wednesday
evening, seemed to have grown hag
gard, aud he shifted his violin case
from hand to hand constantly. I think
he had begun to uuderstuud.
Reaching the house, we were shown
at once into the sitting room, and there
sat Lottie at a piano, surrounded by a
litter of papers. Perhaps she, too, real
ized something at that moment, for she
rose with a start and a heightened
color.
"Is it really 7 o'clock? I seem to be
left behind the world lately. This
staccato finale lias kept me iu a ner
vous tremble for days. Oh, and aud"
She hesitated, plucking at the velvet
band at her throat, quite childishly
for her. "I I'm dreadfully sorry, but
it isn't to le a duet at all. I found I
hadu't ixissiWy time to arrange tiie
second part as well as the accompaui
ment, so I I abandoned it, aud I real
ly think it goes better as a solo." A
straiued, never forgotten pause. Then,
becoming herself again, she ran for
ward and touched my arm appealing-
ly. "You don't mind very much, do
you?" she asked iu her sweet voice.
All over iu a breath! I know I stood
stupidly still for a time, uuable to get
syllable past the swelling in my
throat, while the floor seemed to be
r icking. So she had written the solo
for Chris and with it ended all my
dreams. I wanted air. I munujred
cojK'thiiig, caught up my violin and
went mchauically out and down the
stairs. At tins door I stopped. Some
one had calle I me. It was Chris, his
face white an J imploring as a frighten
ed woman's.
Will!" That was all he said huski
ly as he gripped my arm. I knew va
guely that it meant "Sootier thau that,
you can have the solo." But that only
maddened me the more. I shook olf
his hand aud walked away home.
Three hours laUr he walked iu. I
think he had beeu wandering the
streets, fighting a battle with himself.
He came straight across to where I sat,
with a palpable attempt to speak aud
act us if nothing had happened.
"Why didn't you stay, old man?
It's grand she's a genius it wid
h junt you when you hear iL Oh, and
I've per.-U-ided her to take a rest and
theu write the second fiddle part.
That'll be all right, won't it? Will,"
whispered, "why didn't you tell
iu..'"
"Keep her," I said icily, "aud the
so'.o too. There!"
He drew a deep breath. Another
soft word from hi m and I should have
given way, but he had turned away
aud picked up a letter that had arrived
'or him by the last pjst. Absolute
sileuce for a time. Theu I glanced up
to see Chris staring at me, his face a
stu iy, iu incredulous wonder.
"Heavens! Will!" he breathed.
"My name's made! Here's an invita
tion from the manager of the (iraud
hill to play there to-morrow
night and name my own fee. One of
heir artists is indisposed. Will, did
you hear; At the uraim hail, Ken
sington, to-mrrow night. Me oi.-!
Wrhit can he have heard of me? Why,
it s the chance of my lifetime: ill,
aren't you going to grip my Iiand?"
He was so overcome that lie hardly
n ticed I sat like a stone. He went on
whispering rapturously to himself:
To-morrow night! I must write
aud tell her this. Why, the solo I
can play iL Siie must be there! Will,
listen you must hear it! It goes like
this!"
He caught up his violin. I see him
n w as lie stood that night, hear that
downward sweep of his bow across the
strings, full of' conscious triumph
that one quiveriug chord, uo more. I
was on my feet, a terrible passion pass
ing through me. Every word of his
had beeu a stab. Kach seemed to carry
Lottie farther and farther from me. I
struck out at him at Chris, the man
who had made me love him like a
brother and the savage blow caught
the rim of his beloved instrument aud
sent it spinniug across the room. Near
the door it fell with a sickening crash
ud lay there w recked!
Yes. Next minute, when I realized
and would have given years of my life
to spare Chris that blow, I crept across
and picked up the violin. The linger
board had snapped iu two, and the
body of it was stove iu like an eggshell.
"Oh, Chris!" I whimpered, one
shaking hand put out. But he did not
stir. His body was stilf. Only his
face worked convulsively. "Take mine
take everything I've got!" I said in
au agony of apprehension then.
One dry sob came, then a shiver,
theu he groped his way past me like a
blind man. Listening so for my life,
I heard him mount slowly up to our
bedroom and lock the door ou the in
side. Theu oue stilled moan aud uo
more.
All that night I sat iu a lever of
shiiue and suspense, and the dsr
above had not opened. Several times
had crept up aud implored him to let
me in, but not a souua uaa come.
What was he doing? Save myself, uo
one on earth knew how he had prized
that old violin what its loss meant for
him. What would hapten? When
morning came, I could do nothing but
ask our landlady not to disturb him
and wait on.- Afternoon came, aud
still the same silence overhead. And
then, just about 6 o'clock, I went hot
at the recjllectiou of that concert at
the (iraud hall. Tue chance of his
fetime he had called iL If he fail
edno he should not fail! The wild
est of ideas had flashed across me.
Chris and I were not so unlike iu ap
pearance, aud, heaven helping me, I
m'ght
I went up aud knocked ouce again.
set
ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. 1897.
No answer. Clearly if It was to be
done there was no lime to hesitate.
Seven o'clock, no Chris. Half past 7.
i had dressed carefully, chosen an
effective solo that I knew by heart,
taken one of Chris' cards and stood
waiting on the last chance. A quarter
to S, and that d'Kr remained locked
Five minutes later I had called a cab
and was ou my way to the (iraud hall
I recollect askiug for the manager
and handing him that card, but the
rest seemed afterward like a dream.
Scores of times I had played iu public,
but always with a nervousness that had
marreu my periormance. it was gone
now. I remember that when about
half past 9, I faced that great, critical
audience as Christ Carew I was as cool
and confident as though my success
had been assured for years. To play
as I had never played before to carry
home news of a triumph to Chris!
Aud, with the vision of him sitting
at home there always before me,
played that night well, as Chris him
self would have done. The moment
the prelude had ended I was sure of
myself. Never had my fingers seemed
so supple. Never had my bow rescind
ed so lovingly to the emotions that pos
sessed me. I did not need to wait for
the buzz of applause to know that
"Chris Carew" had justified his en
gagement I remembered afterward
that the manager had shaken hands
with me and said something about a
good notice in the morning papers, but
the first tliiug I recollected clearly was
trying the handle of the door at home
and whispering eagerly, "Chris, old
man! Chris!"
The handle yielded the lock was
broken. With an intense awe and
foreboding creeping over me, I stood
iu the doorway and looked. Two per
sons were bending over him. He lay
on the bed, his face damp with sweat
and his eyes
"Oh, I'm glad you've come!" whis
pered our landlady. "I knew there
was something wrong, and I heard
him groaning aud calling out after you
went, so I fetched the doctor at last,
and we had to break in. 111? Why.
Mr. Marsh thinks it spells brain fever!
Oh, and he has kept calling out 'Iot
tie! Lottie! Who is 'Lottie?' "
I could not tell her just then. What
I did was to rush down stairs, seize pen
and paper and, as well as I could for
the mist iu my eyes, write a scrawl to
the woman he loved and deserved, tell
ing her all aud begging her to come.
For something seemed to tell me that
Chris would never know of his triumph
by proxy that he was going to die.
.
5od spared nie that. In a week
Ciiris was down stairs again, whitvr
and thinner tha l ever, indeed, but so
much his old se f that he could smile
and preas my hand wiienever 1 heid it
out. But it was hot until more
through my scheming perhaps than he
w ill ever know he led Lottie Arnold
from the altar as his wife six months
later that I could look hint in the face
aud feel that I had atone-1 in parL
Only iu part, even at that sacrifice
of my hopes, for Chris, who might
have been oue of our greatest violinists
to-day, has never touched a violin since
that night. Often I have pleaded with
him, often enough showed him the
notice of "Mr. Chris Carew, a new and
promising young jH-rfonner," that ap-
.cared in the uewsjiapcr that morning,
but he shakes his head. The wreck of
the instrument that he loved Ik-sat the
bottom of his Imix, and his old fixed
lieliefthat he could never do himself
justice ou any other, even if lie had
the heart to try, lias never been shak-
eu. Tit-Bits.
At to Slander.
Against slander there is no defense.
It starts with a word with a nod
with a look a smile. It is pestilence
walking in darkness, spreading conta-
glou far aud wide, which the most
wary traveler can not avoid; it is the
heart searching digger of the dark as
sassin; it is the poisoned arrow whose
wound in incurable; it isthemrtal
sting of the deadly adder; murder is its
port. The man who breaks into my
house, or meets me on the street and
robs me of my property does me injury.
le stops me on the way to wealth, he
trips me of my hard-earned savings,
n vol ves me in difliculty, and brings my
family to penury and want. But it
does me au injury that can be repaired.
Industry and economy may again
bring me into circumstances of ease and
allluence. The man who, coming at
the midnight hour, fires my dwelling,
does me an injury he burns my roof,
my pillow, my raiment, my very shelter
from the storm and tempest; but he
does me an injury that can be repaired.
The storm may beat upou me, but
charity may receive me into her dwell
ing, will give me loot! to eat ana
raiment to put on, will timely assist
me, raising a new roof over the ashes
of the old and I shall again sit by my
own fireside aud taste the sweets of my
home. But the mau who circulates
false reports concerning my character
who exposes every action of my life
which he presented, to my disadvan
tage, who goes first to this then to that
individual, tells them he is very tender
of my reputation, he enjoins upon them
the strictest secrecy, and theu fills their
ears with hearsays and rumors, and
what is worse, leaves them to dwell
upon the hints and suggestions of his
own busy imagination the man who
thus "filches from me my good name,"
does me au injury which neither in
dustry, nor charity nor time itself cau
repair. Fraternal News.
Interesting Hints.
For cramps or pains in the stomach
try a few drops of essence of camphor.
For a nervous headache a cup of
moderately strong tea, iu which two or
three slices of lemon have been iu fused.
For tired feet put a handful of com
mon salt into four quarts of hot water.
Place the feet in the water while it is as
hot as can be borne. Theu rub the feet
dry with a rough towel.
For making a clear complexion stir
two teaspoon fuls of flour of sulphur in
to half a pint of uew milk. Let it
stand awhile, and then rub the face
over with it a short time before washing.
Bleeding at the Nose.
Pliny regarded nosebleed as one of
the distinctive characteristics of the
human race, for he said that "man is
the only creature from whom blood
flows at the nostrils," and, properly
undershKid, he was right. Of course,
blood will flow from any part of an
animal when the arteries or veins of
that part are opened, but it is a fact
that nosebleed, occurring without any
apparent cause, is seldom, if ever, seen
in animals. The reason (or this hu
man peculiarity is that the membrane
lining the nostrils in man is especially
full of blood-vessels, the walls of which
are weak and easily ruptured by slight
causes.
It is usually very easy to recognize
nosebleed, but sometimes the blood
flows backward into the thro-.it, and
then is coughed up, or vomited, aud
may be thought to come from a hem
orrhage of the lungs or the stomach,
and so cause much needless alarm.
Asa rule, nosebleed is a thing of
slight importance, aud stojs of itself
after a little while, but the blood may
escape in such quantity, or the bleed
ing may continue so long, that the pa
tent is greatly weakened. When e-
curring in children it has ordinarily
no significance though this is not al
ways to le taken for granted but iu
older iiersons it may be a symptom of
some other illness, such as the begin
ning of typhoid fever, or a trouble oi'
the liver or the heart.
Nosebleed is one of the common
manifestious of tiiat curious condition
in which there is a tendeiicy .to severe
hemorrhage after any slight injury or
even without any cause that can be
discovered. Children with this pre
disposition suffer from frequent un
controllable attacks of noseblee I, and
sometimes die in one of them in spite
of all the efforts to control the hemor
rhage.
Ordinarily there is little to be done,
for the bleeding usually slops of itself.
Tiie child should be made to sit quietly
n a chair with the head only slightly
inclined forward, just enough to let the
drojH fall clear of the lips into a basin.
All clothing should be loosened about
the neck. Ice may be applied to the
back of the neck, or ice water m-iy bo
dashed into the face or made to trickle
down the back.
It is useful, also, to insert a little
piece of ice into the bleeding nostril
sometimes the effect is better if the ice
be put into the other nostril aud re
tain it there for a moment or two; or a
still better plan is to snult up a mix
ture of alcohol and water as hot as can
be borne. The introduction of cobwebs
into the bleeding nostril often induces
coagulation, or the same purpose may
be served by a little wal of lse
worsted which has beeu picked aparL
If simple measures fail, the physician
should be summoned before exhaustion
ensues. Youth's Coaipmioa.
(A simpler rem.tly thtn any sug
gested iu this article, and one that
rarely fails, is to placj a little bit of
pajer, folded, in between the upper
hp and the gum, and under the nos
tril that is bleeding. This will almost
immediately stop the bleeding. Edi
tor Our Boys and Girls. )
L$ Saved a Family.
The following comes from Milwau
kee, Wis. The rec.'tit d.-mise of Cas
er M. Sanger, father of Walter C.
Sanger, the bicyclist, and formerly a
millionaire, brought out the f.u-t that
his large fortune hail disappeared, but
that his family would be cared for
through policies on his life aggregat-
ng $l.Vi,0.k) which had beu saved
from forfeiture, m duly through the ef
forts of Walter, who had devoted his
earnings as a wheelman t j the pay
ment of the premiums on this large
amount of insurance.
When the true condition of his fath
er's atriiirs dawned upon him he en
gaged iu a heroic struggle to save this
insurance for the beuellt of his mother
and the members of his family. The
prizes wou during the season of ls:l
were disposed of for about $;',(), and
those wou in previous years also netted
him a fair sum.
For a number of years he has also
had contracts with bicycle concerns,
which have netted him from $2,i to
$.$,000 each season. Since he entered
the ranks of the professionals in July,
lsJ-, his earnings have been suiHcieut,
n connect ion with his savings from
previous seasons, to enable him to car
ry the insurance.
Backlen'i Arnica Salve-
The Best Salve in the world forCuLs,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe-
er Sores, Tetter, Chaped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and allSkiu Erup
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. i or sale at J.
N. Snyder's drug store, Somerset, or
at Brallier'a drug store, Belin, Pa-
Care of Umbrellas.
Do not let it dry while opened as this
strains the silk aud makes holes at the
seams.
Do not place it to dry with the han
dle up. In this case the moisture
lodges in the center, where the ribs
meet, causing the silk to decay.
Never put it iu the wardrobe without
unrolling it or after a long period of
dry weather you may have the niLsfor-
tune of finding that the continuance of
the pressure has cut the silk between
each rib.
If you are satisfied for the present
with your umbrella, and are not anx
ious to be obliged to purchase a uew
oue, see that it drips ou end with the
handle down, unless the handle is val
uable aud easily injured by dampness.
Such an umbrella cannot be cared for
according to any fixed rules.
In cases of burns and sprains, seal d
or any of the other accidental pains
likely to come to the human body, Dr.
Thomas' Electric Oil gives almost in
stant relief.
That rough irons may be
smooth by rubbing them on a
plentifully sprinkled with salL
made
hoard
era
Story of a San-DiaL
An interesting story is told of an old
sun-dial in Pennsylvania which is
worth repeating. In the first part of
the l;it century an Irish emigrant
named Porter settled near Philadel
phia. Among his sons was one named
Andrew, whom he tried to make into
a farmer and then, like his brothers,
into a carpenter. B it Andrew would
have nothing to do with the plow or
the plane. He hid in corners, wiring
over some mathematical books that
had come into his osscssioi.
One day he found the design of a
sun-dial in one of them, and resolved
to muke one. He walked eight miles
to a soapstone quarry, found a slab and
carried it home on his back. Full of
zeal he went to his brothers' shop and
used their saws and chisels iu his work.
When they came home in the evening
the dial was finished. Andrew was
triumphant, but every tx.l in the shop
was nearly or quite ruined. They
drove him into the street iu a fury of
anger and contempt.
His father, now convimvd that he
was an idle iriod-for-notln.i.r. who
would never fully earn his bread, ba le
him go and fit himself for school
teaching, which he called the "lazy
man's work."
Andrew gave himself to hard study
for the summer and then went to the
astronomer, David Rittenhoiisc, and
asked him to lend him a book of conic
sections.
"How long have you studied Mathe
matics?" demanded the great man.
"Three months."'
"And what do you know of c :i:c
sections-."' Bittetihouse rejoined, wi'.h
withering contempt
But after askiug the boy a few ques
tions he not only k-nt him the book,
but advised him not to waste his time
iu the country, but to go to Philadel
phia and open a mathematical school.
Tais po r farm boy was afterward
General Andrew Porter, an ollieer iu
the war of the Bevolutiou and a:i au
thority on mathematical science i.i the
young Republic.
There are plenty of farm boys now
who dislike farm work. It wouldn't
1m wise to infer that because of this in
dolent disposition they are Andrew
Porters in embryo. Au easy basis for
judgment is to note the use they make
of their idle time. Ix they give it to
conic sections or baseb.-ill?
A Sermon for School Girl.
Now that school days are comeagatu
a word with regard to the behavior of
school girls in public may not be
amiss. Who tes int know the early
morning scene on the trolley car, the
suburban train or the bu.-y thorough
fares, crowded with bright faced,
laughing school girls? But too often
the oltservant fellow-passenger sees
much to decry among these thought
less little women. Laughter degener
ates into giggling; the merry joke, if
it's too long kept up, challenges the at
tention of the looker-on, voices become
loud aud rummers much ti free; and
all because: light-hearted an, I innocent,
the unconscious school girl, like the
rest of m-tukind, lacks the p.wer to
see herself as others see her!
It is the duty of every mother to
warn her daughter against such
thoughtless conduct, which, though
perfectly harmless in itself, lays her
o-n to comment au-1 unkind criti
cism. The low vote the quiet man
ner an. I the dignified bearing m trk the
deportment of the little lady in public
as surely as that of her growu-up pri-
totype, and in nowise lessen the nat
ural gayety of girlhood and childhood;
rather, indeed, give it the charm
which is always inseparable from that
intangible something called cood
breeding.
Why Sheridan Won-
General Horace Porter, in his "Cam
paigning with Grant," in the Septem
ber Century, says, after describing the
battle of Five Forks:
Sheridan had that day fought one of
the most interesting tactical bittles of
the war, admirable in conceptimi,
brilliant iu execution, strikingly dra
matic in its incidents, and productive
of extremely important results.
I said to him: "It seems to me that
you have exposed yourself to-day in a
manner hardly justifiable on the part
of the commander of such an import
ant movemeiiL"
His reply gave what seems to he the
true key to his uniform success ou the
field:
"I have never in my life taken a
command into a battle, and had the
slightest desire to come out alive unless
I won."
Stands at the Headl
Aug. J. Bogel, the leading druggist
of Shrevejiort, La., says: "Dr. King's
New Disrovery is the only thing that
cures my cough, and it is the best seller
I have." J. F. CampbelL merchant,
of Salford, 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 aud colds. I
can not say enough for its merits."
Dr. King's New Discovery for cou
suuiption, coughs and cold is not an
experiment It has lieeu tried for a
quarter of a century, and to-day stands
at the head. It never disapiNiints.
Free trial bottles at Snyder's drug
store, Somerset, or at Brallier's drug
store, Berlin.
Practice Economy
In buying medicine as in other mat
ters. It is economy to get Hood's Sar
saparilla because there is more medici
nal value iu Hood's Sarsaparilla than
in any other. Every bottle of Hood's
Sarsaparilla contains liX) doses and
will average, taken according to direc
tions, to last a month, while others
last a fortnight.
Hood's PiKs are the only pills to
take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Easy
and yet efficient.
That cut glass may be made spark
ling and bright by putting it in saw
dust and polishing with a chamois
after washing thoroughly iu soap end
war u water.
WHOLE NO. 2108.
FIVE MEN LYNCHED.
They Were Taken From Jail and
Hanged by a Mob.
Vi:hsaii.i.i, Ind., Sepltnder 1.
A mob of 4X) infuriated men last night
lynched Lyle I-vi, Bert Andrews,
Clilford Gordon, William Jenkins and
Hiuey Shuler. They were taken from
the authorities. The men had U-en
arrested for burglary. Frequent rol
beries had enraged the citizens of the
county, and the mob was composed of
citizens from Milan, Sunman and
other towns.
The mob on horseback entered the
town au hour after midnight and call
ed out Jailer Kenan, who, upn refus
ing to give up the keys, was overpow
ered. The mob soou pushed its way
into the cell rooms aud in tiieir impa
tience first fired ou tiie live prisoners
and then drugged them to a tree, a
square from tiie jail door and strung
them up.
Andrews and Gordon bad already
l-en wounded, having been shot sev
eral times while attempting to rob a
store at Correct last Saturday night.
Shuler was in j:iil for attempted bur
glary, an t Levi and Jenkins had just
been indicted by the grand jury for
robliery. They had failed to give lond
and were put iu juil bst evening. It
is thought that I'vi and Shuler were
Uith dead from the shots fired bv the
mob when taken out of the jail. The
ban-lag' s that wera on the- wounded
men were found along the street where
they Lad been t.ru olf as the men were
dragged along.
Lyle Levi was an old soldier and
bore on his f.ice wounds received dur
ing the civil war while fighti-ig for the
1'iiion.
When the citiz -ns of Versailles anse
this morning it was to fki.l tiie bodies
of the men dahgliug fro-n as maliy
limbs of an e!m tree iu tin centre of
tiie public s j iare. Stout roj.es, not
over six f-.-et in length, had served to
send each to his eti-r.iity, and their feet
were but a few inches from the ground,
while their hands and feet hud been se
curely piiii 1 with stout r-'pes.
For four or live years the farmers of
the county have been the vietims of a
lawless gang. Farmers would come
into town with a bunch of cattle or
load of farm products and each morn
ing they would be found along the
roadsi-le sulTeriug from a wound and
minus the proce.! of their sale. Old
tk'iruail farmers have beeu visited,
aud both men and women have been
subjected to all the tortures that a
hardened mind could invent. Aged
German women have been forced to
stand Ujn a red h-t stove in an etrt
to compel them to disclose the hiding
plac- of the treasure in toe house.
These depredation have continued un
ceasingly. Arrest have been mad-',
but guilty parlies hai covered up their
lawlessness and it was seldom that
conviction followed.
Last Saturday word was received ly
the sheri:r that the store of Wooley
Bros., at Correct, Iu-1., 11 miles from
here, w as to be entered. The informa
tion was given by one of the gang's
confederates w ho bad been under sus
picion. S:ieri:l" Henry I'. iihing ar
ranged that his informant should ac
company them, and, securing five dep
uties, they went to the place. Sheriff
Bushing concealed hi.nstlf in the cel
lar, while his deputies Were stationed
at a omveiiielit dL-tan-v outside.
Shortly after midnight the gang reach
ed Wooley's store. Cliltord Gordon
and the sheriffs informant were de
signate. I to break into the Iniilding.
Gordon himself effected an entrance
and just as he stepped inside the sher
iff grabbed him. I'th pulled pistols
at the same time aud began tiring. Bert
Andrews was with the robbers and he,
too, joined in the fusillade, while the
deputies came to the assistance of the
sheritl. Snue thirty shots were fired,
the sheriff U-iug shot through the
hand and Gordon was shot several
times. Three pistol balls entered his
body and be was also shot in the leg.
Gordon and Audrews succeeded in
escaping aud went to Osgoid, where
they were arrested. The robbers had
driven out to a place in a buggy belong
ing to Lyle Levi, and from informa
tion subsequently gathered it was
learned that the robliery had Urn
planned at the home of William Jen
kins. The two latter were arrested as
accessories. All were brought to jail
here. Heury Schulter, -1 years old,
was put to jail fr robbing the barber
shop at OsgiHid last week. Levi was
o7 years of age, Gordon '11, Andrews S)
and Jeukins 'IT.
While the citizens have not been
able to fix the various robln-ries upon
these meu they were thought to be
part of a gang that has committed most
of them. When it U'came known that
they were in jail, it was suggested that
"justice" be summarily dealt the pris
oners. It was 1 o clocK this morning
when horsemen seemed to come from
all quarters aud disiuouuted on a hill
side near Versailles. Little time was
lost, for the details had been prearrang
ed. Quietly, about W men marched
into town.
The jail was in charge of William
Kenan, Sheriff Bushing's brother-in-law,
the sheritf being at home on ac-
eouutof his injury. Iu front of the
jail proper Is the residence and in that
were acting Jailer Kenan aud Robert
Barnett, William Block and Leu
Wenzel, deputies. Shortly In-fore '1
o'clock tnere was a knock at the door,
and when Kenan and the others open
ed the door they were con
fronted by pistols held by three mask
ed meu and asked to turn over the
keys. This they did aud the mob
filed into the jaiL Three of the pris
oners, Levi, Jenkins and Shulter, were
on the lower flMr, while Gord.ni and
Andrews were in the upper tier. Levi,
Jenkins and Shulter showed fight and
the former was shot through the breast
while the skulls of thj two latter were
crushed with a stool. liopeswere iu
readiuess,and adjusting a noose around
the neck of each, their feet and hands
were pinioned and then the march
U-gau.
With several meu at the end of
each rope the five prisoners were drag
ged a distance of feet to au elm
tree, where their b nlies were suspend-
t d. It is said Levi, Jenkins and Shul- :
tef were dead before they reached thJ
pl-v-e. Death resulted from hangiug
in the case of Gordon and Andrew.
None of the citizens) seemed to de
plore the action of the mob, but on the
contrary, the hanging of three or four
more members of the gang to-night Is
being talked of, and it may be done.
No troop have leen asked for and the
citizens say they are not wanted.
Thj Ebqunce of Wrath-
"When I lectured at Carlisle, Pa,
near tht Gettysburg battlefield, thy
showed me," sys Eli Perkins In the
New York Sun. "the ruins of old Thad
Stevens' iron mill, destroyed by Gen.
Lee. Old Thad was not a scholastic
man, but he was earnest. When they
talked about bridging the Potorna-j
during the war, old Thad said.
"'Bridge it! Why, I'd bridge it
with the carcasses of dead secessionists!'
"After Lincoln's proclamation of
emancipation, old Thad wrote the great
president a letter.
"Iu my opinion, Lincoln,' he wrote
'your proclamation is an almighty able
pajier.' Somehow or otlier the Demo
crats got hold of the letter.
"In oue place in the letter, Mr. Ste
vens, in referring to himself, used a
small 'i.' In referring to this fact, and
to bring on a laugh against the old war
horse, Vallandigham said: 'And to
think, in this enlightened age, this
gentleman from Pennsylvania, in
sjiettking of himself, writes a little 'i'
instead of using a capital. Think of
iir
"Old Thad drew down his heavy
brows and bis eyes pierced the dandy
w iih an ekctrie glance as he struck the
desk with giant hand and growled ill
a tone of scorn, beginning with a roar,
and ending w ith a hiss:
" 'Sir, when I write to such a great,
such a towerin' man as Abraham Lin
coln, who has freed 7,00O,.) slaves, I
abase myself I abuse myself, sir; I
Use as small an "i" as I can put on
pajier; but, sir, if I should ever get to
such a low-down pitch as to have to
write to such a darned little snipe as
you are, I'd use au "I," sir, that would
till two page of foolscap, so help me
God.'
"I heard Wendell Phillips once when
he showed the eloquence of wrath. It
was at an anti-slavery meeting in
Faneuil hall, B istou, after Lincoln's)
proclamation. The great emancipator
had just said:
" 'And every man iu this republic is
a citizen, and every citizen, black or
white, shall Is? protected by the Hagf
Then some one lii-sed.
"Mr. Phil-ip turned pale, and then,
marching down to the footlights, ex
claimed: "'Truth tossed into heil would hiss
like tuatr "
The Elephant and the Baby.
ssnie time before the elephant-hunt
I have descrilied my husband was at
a station in Bengal. His work kept
him out nearly all day, and, Is-ing ill,
I used to lie for hours in a longgardet!
cbair on the veranda, too w eak to read,
or t- enjoy any more exciting amuse
ment than my eyes supplied to me.
We had three elephants f-r our tents
and baggage; and one used to feed
from my hands every day, and seemed
as gentle as any dog or c; L
One of our government ehaprasi
was particularly devoted to her, and
invaribly share.! his meal of fruit or
flour-cakes w ith his dumb friemL On
a particularly hot day, the ehaprasi,
to my surprise, placed his little child of
six months at the elephant's feet,
warning her expressively that the in
fant was iu her charge, and was to be
cared for until his return.
I was a:i eye-witness of her wonder
ful sagacity. Large banana-trees and
tig-trees grew around, and, to my sur
prise, tiie elephant broke ofT one of the
former's spreading leaves, held it like
a fan in her trunk, and from time to
time grai-efully waved it over the
slumbering child, whether to temper
the heat of the atmosphere or to keep
oif flies, I am unable to say. The gen
tle way in which she moved her feet
over the child, and acriss to each side,
astonished me. I sent for a white loaf
and some oranges, aud tailing her by
name (she was never chained ), tried iu
vain to tempt her to my side on the
low veranda. Nothing would induce
her to leave her charge.
The warm air and the monotonous
wave of the sw ingiug fan overpowered
me with drowsiness, to which I yield
ed; and, alter a sleep of some duration,
I was awakened by quiet, subdued
snorts beside me. To my surprise, I
found that the chaprisi had just re
turned to his offspring, and that the
elephant stixsl near the veranda beside
me, patiently waiting and gently ask
ing for the tempting dainties so brave
ly withstood for more than two hours.
St. Nicholas.
New Cheese Law-
The uew law regulating the mauu
facture and sale of cheese iu this State
went intoettect last Monday, and since
that time the office of the dairy and
food commission lias beeu deluged by
letters asking for information about it.
Copies of the law are being sent out by
the hundreds aud chief clerk Hutchi
son, who lias charge of the otlice, in
the alrieuce of commissioner Wells,
has lieen working hard to answer the
letters making inquiry of its provi
sions. Laws are Wing sent out not
only to Pennsylvania but to New York
and Ohio manufacturers.
The new- law requires the name of
the manufacturer to be placed on all
packages of cheese and it regulates
standards and brauds. By direction
of the department there has been made
analysis of over three hundred samples
of cheese selected iu different parts of
the State. These tests so far as yet re
ported indicate that the cheese is fairly
up to the guarantee required law, and
that nearly all of the samples show
over thirty-two per cent of butter fat as
required by law.
The deimrtment is also answering
many inquiries as to the new law regu
lating the sale of vinegar. By au act
of the last legislature certain provi
sions were made as to the color of the
article.
Electric Bitters.
Electric Bitters is a medicine suited
for any season, but perhaps more gener
ally needed when the languid, exhaust
ed feeling prevails, when the liver is tor
pid and sluggish and the need of a
tonic and alterative is felt. A prompt
use of this medicine has ofteu averted
long aud perhaps fatal bilious
fevers. No mediciue will act more
surely in counteracting and freeing the
system from the malarial polsou.
Headache, indigestion, eoustipotiou,
dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. 50c.
and 1.00 per bottle at Snyder's drug
store, Somerset, or at Brallier's drug
store, Berlin.
Very few men are as confldentlu
making assertions ia their wives' pre,
nw as when they are abseuL