Somerset iieraiu. pjXAIlI.tBBSO HOT. aofbUoatin' --nadav rooming at w .uvanoa, otberwU J be charred. .a ,hi subscribers lltt"" fJovlo, from on. porfofflo. to eswcn"" ..,. nam of the tonn- . Utom,-. Add,-. . THt ar Htaau. Bokkbsr; Fa. - T-ur. Jr- . ... u, w ulg will be av i ' tsoiuerset, I"a- -.irCourt House. hoiuerael Pa. (perble . 11 w. Somerset, fa. 4 c hVfr.".;.v.ATiw. , i-i-'T bouiertiet. Pa. stairs. i. a-ri.i W boiuensel, Pa. suuaunet. Pa. ttotas- . .1 AiIuKNEY-AT-LAW, boiuerm.1. Pa. , J.KW,V,V.1T,4W. alkOOSIi J. G. OGLK. Somerset, Pa. . Lrv prompt aUruuon to buiueas n , ti i iiVrul.viu.-- .rlaiuaujouiiug YiU-MlNt 11 AY A. L. U. HAY, 11 AY & HAV, ' T I A VI.' tV-Al-UW, Somerset, Pa. promptly aiu-ud to aU b w - en-t!C- ""' evince i uu coiiM- jOHS 0. KIM MEL, Somerset, Pa. UEd tull 1-uMuess iuu.kd to LU ..uu I. ITiiH. J AllytwtY-AT-LA, boiuenet. Pa. j4in Miuiuulh Block, up Uiii. Kn- Lot.i.a.if !"!. uliaiuiul.iuil aU A. J. OoLttJllN. ! C tVLBOKS. I lOLBOliN & COLDOliN, J . AriuKtYS-AI-LAW, isouienKt, Pa. AiibJBUCT mtru.-ta to our care will be 1TJH.PU nu biiuiuuy uiwl lo. Cllo Uxi,uiat m r-oun rwu IK-Uionl aul aOjoin Hoouuum. buncjiuj ud ooiivejuiicui KL BAEli, , AiroKEY-AT-LAW, iSoluerset, Pa. pmcliw in Somen and adjoining aaulie. Ail Uu?iueuu-ul5iHo luiu Will A H. OFFK'jTH. W. H. KUPPEI i HJFi'KUTH & RUPPEL, V ArryKtYs-Ai-LAW, tHjnieniet, Pa. Ail bu-iinei entru1rd to tueir care will be alsJ puurtuauy alUfUileU to. Ulfioe c lulu tru lrevl, oioBita! Manuuolb T V. CAUOTHillK, M. D., U. PliYalCLiN MLKotON, bomtrwl, Pa. oSS on Pinc. bin, ojiposite U. B Q.urcu. yai ouit ai office. DR. P. F. SHAFFER, mioiUA.N albl RGEOX, Komeniet, Pa. le&dm his prf4Tiiorial eer'ices to tbe citi- ua ui Suan:.--l and viciuay. utliocooraer Mill; L'ln ftud I'aUial s'.reel. I 8. J. M. LOUTH Ell, J mVMUA.NANUsURGEOS, 02k on ILna iirwrV, rts&r of Drug store. JJR. H. S. KIMMELL, leLders hi pnifs-iouHl wn ice to the citl ai u( rsuuirrvl tktxii VK-iuity. L'uitma pro :uu,.jr KXiHsl lip mu Oe iund at nil ol' ct uc Jtiu su, ol iiauiuuit. T)R. J. f.Mi-MILLEN, AV Omduau-in DeutUtry.) ;wJ,Vait.-i;tiin to tde prwervatlon urn u-tn. Araarn.1 s,u insrtcd. Jl.ii re (junmineed sau-iciury- Office in ii. il oer L. 11. l. vi A Co e Btore, m.i Crv anil i"iriol IrwtU. Ct H. C0FFR0TH, Funereal Director. 02ot 606 Main Cr Residence, 340 Patriot bt piUXK B. FLI CK, Land Survej'or KI.M.S.J L.SOIXEER. Itle. Pa. 5 a w 3 3 S S s 2 S t 5 5 -s 5.. a C3 X o Cfl a 0 o i J to c "D s 5 a a 2 a v I Lit V 1 lie VOL. XLYI. NO. THE- First Mioflal Bani Somerset, Penn'a. o Capital, S50.000. Surplus, S28.000. 0 OCPOaiTSftCCCIVC. IN LANaC ANOSMALt AMOUNTS, PAYABLE ON OCMAND. ACCOUNTS OF MCHCMANTS. rARMCRS. STOCK DCALCRS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CHAS. O. SCUM GEO. R. 8CULL, JAMEH U. PITCH. W. H. MILLER, JOHN R. SOOTT, ROBT. a 8CULL, FRED W. BIESECKER EDWARD SCTIX, : : PRESIDENT. VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PRESIDENT. HARVEY M. BERKLEY, . CASHIER. Tbe funds and securities of this bank are se en rely protected In a celebrated OORLias Bra olae Paoor Safe. Tbe only safe made abo lately bonclar-proof. Be Somerset taty National BANK OF SOMERSET PA. EitablUM 1877. Orpl u s KiUssil, 1890 -O. Capital, - $ 50,000 00 Surplus L Undivided Profits, 23,000 00 Assets, - - 353,33333 Chas. J. Harrison, - President. Win. II. Koontz, - Vice President Milton J. Pritt3, - - Cashier. Geo. S. Harrison, - Ass't Cashier. Directors , Win. EndaJey, J.wiah Speoht John H. Snyder, Joneph B. Davis, Chas. W. Snyder II. C. Beerits, -John Stuffl, Harrison Snyder, Noah S. MUler, Jerome Stufft, Kara. B. Harrison. Cnstomersoi mis uana in ..-i . . liberal treatnientoimHlntt'nt with safe banking. Parties wtxhinx to send money east or weat can be acoomiuoaatea iy uxi t amount. ... , . T-u Money and vaiuaoiea securea uy out hold's celebrated aafea. with most Improved aj fTl )O0 rT s Collections made In all parts of tbe United States. Charges moderate. AOOODDU sua uejMuw A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE, and everythlnf pertaining to fnnerala furn ished. SOMERSET - - Pa Jacob D. Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Door West of Lutheras Church, Somerset, - Pa. I Am Now preparid to supply the public with Clocks, Watches, and Jew elry of all descriptions, as Cheap as the Cheapest. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. All work guaranteed. Look at my stock before making your purchases. J. D. SWANK. BERLIN Marble& Granite ...WORKS... ESTABLISHED 1878. THE OLD AND RELIABLE. This is the 20th year of my busi nexa at Berlin, and I deaire to make it the banner yr as to vol ume of buainms. I have there fore decided to let profit go, and as a token of tny appreciation of the largyi patronage that I have enjoyed throughout the county, to run the buaineas in the iuterete of my patrons. I have instructed tny manager and salesman to fig ore work at a price that will sim ply cover ACTUAL COST. Now is your time to boy to in sure tbe erection of a first-clana piece of work at COST PRICE. R. H. KOONTZ, Proprietor. F. C BOH IIGER, Manager or Works. J OH I 0. KEEKS, Sensril Salesman I Gcf AN s Kf 'UCATTOX an fr(.Mr t: HMua In 2 lij.nl. - I b rdo- 1 ilarra. Pa. 1 Irx- efam armranvtotailom an4 nrw raws. Male ab1 tu aitf temn. KwretrrutaniBfiH ill(m.rai..aoaAs J a VCt Kl.kxtx. Pa. BV, PH,rt I I 18. Your Vitality? The essence of life is force. Erery breath you breithevcvery heart teit, every motion of your hand, takes force- The measu e of force we call vital ity. If this is lacking, there is loss of flesh, lack of resistive power, a tendency to catch di sease easily, especially a tend ency to Consumption. For low vitality nothing; is better than Scott's Emulsion. It supplies force by furnishing- the nourish ing, strengthening elements of food in aa easily digested form; enrich ts the blood, and builds up the system. When ordinary food is of no avail, Scott's Emulsion wil supply the body withallthsvitale'ementsof life. Two sizes, 53 cts. and $1.00. All drujjists. If you wul ask for it we wul send you a book telling you all about Scott's Emulsion. Free. SCOTT & BOWVE, New York. THE Somerset Iron Works, formerly Hotnernet Mechanical Ifori,) OPERATED BY A NEW FIRM, Has been refitted w ith New Machinery and is now prepared to fumuh Stoves, Plows and Castings Of all kinds on short notice. Also builders of the -IMPROVED- Barrett Gas Engine, Best in rise. Any size. Call and see it We also carry a line of BRASS GOODS, STEAM FITTINGS, PACKING, OILS and ENGINE SUPPLIES. Having put in a new and complete line of Mifhine "Tools, are now able to do all clas of work, such as lie-boring Cylinders, Planing Valve and Valve Seats, or any kind of Engine Work that may be re quired. We earnestly solicit your work and will (ruarantce satisfac tion. Office and Works near the R. R. Station. Somerset Iron Works, Somerset, Pa. Orphans' Court Sa'e OF Valuable Real Estate Hy virtue of certain orders of sale imued out of the Orphans' Coart of Somerset coun ty. Pa. ana to us uirrcua. we win on.-r at uuulic sale on th premiw. 01 m. n. rnis. lute of KinTt township. Homtwt county. I "a , di-c'd. the following litrptiianrr JcrtlK-d rwii etaU- as the prcmcrty of Win. H. Frits and liannab KriU, dee'd, viz: on Friday, Oct. 29, 1897, AT 2 O'CLOCK P. -. No. I. The property of Wm H. Frits, d-'d. A certain tract of land situate In Som-eix-t to:it.hlD. Homcniet county, l"a.. ad joining litntls of Jerome KriU, Catharine richer, einon jhoiiohit, toari ,v"iirrt Alice Bacr. now Alice MoKtoller. Josiah Krilx. J. L. i'ueli and others, containins; one hnn dred anil sixty-five acres more or lets. beinK the hotmtid of sal'i d-'d. This 6rm l underlaid witr the Ustie vein orcnal.haseoil huiidinir. One on-hard, aood wtti-r, .some timlH-r, and will make an excellent home In every rvict. TERMS cab on conflrmaUon of sale. No. 2. Tlie property of Hannah Frits. d- reaNed. All that certain tract of land situate in Somerset Uwnhii Soiiwraet counly. Pa-, adjiininc lands of diaries Keifer, Nelson MoHliolder, Cyrus Hhaver, Charles Walker and other., containins forty-eiKht acres more or I cm. Tlds tract 14 timbered and under laid with coal, well watered and will make a deHirabe home. TfcK.M!-. cash on connrmauon 01 sale. Ai-There will also be offered at tbe same time and place a lane amount of PERSONAL PROPERTY for sale. (See bills.) J. K rrrjH. LYKIA I. FIUT7, Administrators of Win. and Uannab Fritz, Uec'd. Pnblie Sals OF Vahatls Real Estate! By virtue of an order of the Orphans Court to us. the umlernlKiieo aireeiea. we win c- poHC to paulic sale at uarreu. ou Saturday, October 30, 1897, At I o'clock P. M., i i t . r fiunr PwIa l.tj of ftlack llir rii iT-i.. ...... - i --- township, Homerael county, l a-, dec a. No. L A certain tract or land situate in ... 1- . ...... i WA.numu Minilr 1 'u mA Joiniug lands of Samuel Kamsbenrer on tbe norfti, s iitiiTwnt" Itoddyon the south and Samuel Weimer on haw.it miiiiiitiliiir one hundred and fifty acres more or lew, having a Two-story House and a one-story bouse, a rood barn, a food orchard, a S foot vein of coal opened, eiphl- foot vein ol nre ciay wnn an m nn i. i ; . .nil .hmil .1 t , rn nf tfood f M I UCI". iH 'J timlier on the premises. No. Z. Also, a eel lain hs oi iruuuu .nu.ic In the town of UarreU. in the township of w..mn.if nniiniv nf Komerset- Iaand known on tlie plan of said town as lot No. 1st, bound ed as lot lows: r rviiiiuic r..... east, alley on the s.Mith Mulberry alley on the weal and lot No. IK ion the north, coutalnlmc one-fourth of an acre more or leas, having thereon erected a two-story frame dwelling ..utaastlli. atltt fllf. Terms: 'llCtllll 1 111 uaiiuv - a a.1 -.1 In aatt.a vu SS 111 rwr ntiL n I ntiu iiit-nii i lis j i - tlie hand money to be paid when the proper ty Is knocked down. The payment to be se- runo on ine Treiinw.- uj j ' " . " Ieed mane on wie im wt " potion will H-:RMAN ffXiQLE, JAO'H Jl'DV, Administrators of Henry Fogle, dee'd, Foe all Bmoos and Nsaroos Diseases. They purify tbo Blood and give Haairtrt . i. tK. .n( ir. srstess. iro w 9rrt CONSTIPATION and PIMPLES, omer SOMERSET, PA., EVOLUTION. O drowsy day when all thlngn yield Submission to the summer's heat. When tbe warm wind blows o'er the fie'd And ripples in tlie lusb buckwheat! A wonted sight It seems to be. Yet In that swaying emerald lake The poet's eye may soolhly see Thy genesis, O buckwheat cake! II. The boar-frost whitens all the glade And chills shine out the wintry moon; Within, a dainty Yankee maid Is stirring batter with a spoon. The ruddy fire with cheerful sound Leaps through the logs of cracking fir. while round and round and round and round Tbe slim white fingers stir and sUr, Until with every ancient form She finishes tbe mystic lite ; Then sets the batter snug and warm Beside the embers for the night. Now let the Lar, If such there be. Watch well the hearth till day shall break, Hlnoe In that modest pan we see Thy chrysalis, O buckwhml cake! III. Fresh from tlie griddle's warm embrace It smokes before the ravished sight, A dash of Indian in Its face, Alt golden brown, all liquid light. While from a hundred tiny cells Tbe sirup glints in amber foam. And forth the melting butter wells As honey oozing from tbe comb. Each morsel, like a Houri's kiaa, Melts at tbe Hps, a fairy Bake To grace thiue apotheosis. Ambrosial vision buck wheat cake! Ilarry Thurston Peck, In tbe Commer cial Advertiser. WHICH TO MARRY? "I suppose she witl marry sonte time or other, and perhaps, after all, she will be as well off to marry now, as to wait half a dozen years.' Old Mr. Dorian turned the letters over in bis band and looked at the pretty blonde in the easy chair oppo site. It would be hard to give her up. but with either of these two men, he felt that she would be happy. West Hartley wrote: "Mh. Dorlax: For many months I have bud a deep interest in your daught er, and am bold enougli to hope that my affection is in a degree returned. I am not a neb man, but have a fair buaiuess, aud strength and energy, and my wife would have a certainty of tho love and respect of au honest man. With your permission I would benlens- ed to call UMnber. Respectfully yours, " lT HARTLEY." Clarence Hillsdale wrote: "DeabSir: I am deeply and sin cerely iu love with your daughter. I propose to make her my wife, with your consent. My name, position and means are well known to you. I await your reply. Yours, ; llarexck Hillsdale. . The first was a faithful counterpart of himself in his you Dger days. There were a few improvements, such as a little better prospects, a few more dol lars than be possessed at twenty-five, but the principle, the straightforward honesty and strength of purpose were there. Tbe other was the very man he had had iu mind for mouths. Everybody knew the solidity and worth of tbe great banking house of Hillsdale Broth ers. Everybody knew Clarence, the younger, to be a thorough man of business and a gentleman. He drove bis handsome bays with grace and ease, but never with recklessness. He gave a supper now and then, when cham pagne and Madeira flowed like water; but he went to Li chamber with a clear eye and steady hand, and without even tbe faintest breath of tobacco perfum ing his elegant clothes. Men found him always at bis post, with his fair face flushed with health, and not a trace of dissipation wrinkling a single feature. It was hard to choose between them. Perhaps Ruth could choose. So he spoke: "Ruthie, come here!" She came with her well-bred, grace ful step, and leaned over his chair. "Well papa?" "Read these." He gave her the two letters and she read them carefully over. A blush stole up, mantling brow ana cneeK wneu she concluded West Hartley's letter, and at the end of Hillsdale's a delight ed exclamation escaped her. You cannot marry both. Which shall it be?" "Papa, I don't know, I used to real ly love West, until Clarence cime; but now well, Clarence is rich and stylish. and yet. West is good and true. You shall decide." "And you will abide by my decis ion?" "With all my heart, papa." Ruthie went back to her easy-chair, and gave the matter up entirely to pa pa's superior judgment, and he with quite as much if not a degree or so more anxiety than be had felt at his own matrimonial settling, sat back and re flected. Honesty and truth were jewels sel dom found, but with money and pow er on the other side of the scale he was a little afraid they would siuk into nothingness. "Well, I will wait. Some way I shall receive the truth of the matter, aud know Into whose band to place the happiness of my little Ruth." These two letters arrived on the sec ond day of December. On tbe fourth each trentleman received a brief note from Mr. Dorian, with a few pleasant, but unsatisfactory lines. He would consider, be said, and give them his answer, if they would wait with pa tience. On the twenty-fourth there was a fair at the church. It was magnificent, from its foundation, and its object was to decorate with greater splendor the already splendid edifice. Fairyoung girls, with confectionery at ten dollars per bite, and dainty, use less knick-knacks priced at five times their real value, besieged every visitor, and he was a hard hearted creature who could resist the touch of tbe white hands, and pleading from the soft eyes, and sweet entreaties of "Do buy this, you know you need it- Please do!" Mr. Dorian was there, and his little Ruth was the proprietor of a table well filled with worsted nonsense, silken cushions, bead work, smoking caps and slippers, and many a close fisted fellow laid a bill upon her table and carried away a trinket, as satisfied as though be had got double his money's wirth. Clarence Hillsdale wai there and bj set ESTBIaISHED 1827. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1897. was West Hartley, and Papa Dorian whispered: "Ruthie, you'll never have a better chance. Study these lovers of yours." And Ruth studied. They did not slay away a moment longer than etiquette demanded. As soon as tbey could frame an excuse, they sauntered toward her table, Of course, they were not jealous, for each other's motives were unknown. and they met as well bred men do, and after offering their salutations to Ruth, fell into an easy conversation. "They are pretty articles," said Clar ence, taking up 4 pair of velvet slip pers. "Did you rhake them, Miss Dor- Ian?" ( " 1 es. I have ;but those two pairs left; won't you take a pair? They must be exactly your slse." "Yes. 1 believe, they are. What do you expect in retirn?"' "My price, as you see, is ten dollars, but in a case like this we trust more to the generosity of the purchaser. She said this with a charming smile, and he placed a little roll of bills in her hand. "You will take tbe remaining pair, will you not, Mr. Hartley?" she asked, while doing up tb4 bundle. "Yes;" and West Hartley tendered his offering. I ' Some one else catne up just then, and they turned away,! leaving Ruth for a moment with her father. "Oh, papa!" "What is It?" "See what a generous heart Clarence Hillsdale has. Five huudred dollars for a pair of slippers! And West, oh. how mean." 1 "How much did be give you?" "Ten dollars only." "Well, that was your price, and a pretty steep one, too, considering the fact that they did not cost more than one-half that sum." I know, but think how great the contrast between their gifts. Why, I'd have gi veo more, after what was said if I'd been obligedUo pawn my boots." West Hartley ! is more sensible." was papa's short rvply. They went awajL each bearing a pair of slippers wrougl by her dear little lingers, ana eacn itnin nis neart naa hope enough to mike him happy, and Ruth lost ber cliaae to study her two lovers. Long before the; close of the eveniug Papa Dorian got slpy uud started for home. Ruth was J a good hands, and he was too tired toutay there and stand the heavy An an4; constant demands upon his purse and patience, so he found his coat and furs iu the ante room, and presently was trudging along towards his comfortable mausiou. A lithe figure pvt him at tbe end of the block, and iinstt-r The light from the street lamp be recognized West Hartley. He was ia a hurry, and witti a little curiosity Papa Dorlau hurried, too, and kept quite near. All at once he disappeared. Papa Dorian rubbed his eyes. Where in tlie world did be go? Ah! There was a grocery store on the corner. Possibly ne might have gone in there. A few steps more and l'apa Dorian was peering In at the glass door. Yes, he was there, and so tbe curiosi ty box outside watched and wailed. It was a long while, for this strange young man was superintending the ty ing up of mysterious parcels, and final- tbe rolling out of a barrel of flour. "What in the world is the fellow buy ing groceries for? He don't keep house!" thought the watcher at the door, as West took out his pocketbook and laid a bill on the counter. These articles must be delivered to night," he said as he opened tbe door. "All right, sir!" Well, Papa Dorian looked after tbe tall figure as it sped out of sight, and began to think it a decidedly mysteri ous affair. I may get myself into trouble, but I'm bound to solve this matter;" and straightway be walked into the store. "These articles are to be delivered to night?" "Yes, sir." "Where?" "At No. 2S M street." '"Could you give me a ride around then?" "Oh, yes." The answer came promptly, but the grocer's eyes looked wonderiugly at the finely dressed gentleman. It was a long ride apd by no means a pleasant one, for it ran through narrow streets and alleys aud ended in a low but clean little court. "Here you are, sir, at No. 28. Halloo, there, Mrs. Martiu!" The door of No. 23 swung open and a woman, pale and poorly clad appeared. "Here's a load of goods for you." "For me? There must be some mis take." Not a bit of it Take a parcel or two, and I'll run up with the resL" Papa Dorian, eager to see the whole, caught up a bundle and went up stairs behind the wondering woman and tbe grocer. it was a poor nine room, as neat as wax, hair nneti wun iresniy iroueu clothes, and its proprietress, a pale, meek-faoed woman, bearing tbe marks of poverty upon every lineament. Two children, from their supper of bread and milk, looked at the stranger, and hailed the apples, as the grocer rolled them into a basket, with a shout of de light. "Did you buy these, sir?" asked the woman, turning to Papa Dorian. "No. ma'am: I did not, But I know who did. Do you know West Hartley Yes. heaven bless him! I do his washing, sir. Did he send these?" "Yes, he did. "Is everything here? A barrel of flour, five pounds of sugar, one of tea, two of coflee, four of butter, a bag of salt, two bushels of potatoes, a bushel of apples, crackers, raisins and a bag of cakes! There, all here in the book. It is all right" "Yes, sir; they are all here." "Come. Bir. are you troing to ride back with rue?" "Yes. Wait a moment Here, my good woman, is a little to help you must not be behind Hartley, God bless him! May he have a family washing to pay for before another Christmas.' And Papa Dorian hurried out and again mounted the grocer's wagon. It was very late when Ruth arrived in the carriage of a friend at her fath er's door, but late as was tbe hour, she found her respected parent in the library. "Why, papa! Are you awake?" "Yes, and I've something to tell you Do you remember that you promised to abide by my decision in choosing be tween your two admirers, Hartley and Hillsdale?" "Yes, papa," "Well, I have decided. Marry West Hartley." "Why, Papa Dorian?" "You know you love him best If you don't you will when you bear my story." Ruth folded her hauds over papa's knee, and listened while he related the incident of West's generosity. When he concluded, she said: "Papa, send for him. I'm sure I love him best" Next day the two gentlemen receiv ed their replies- West Hartley folded his and leaned bock from his desk with a happy smile illuminating his handsome face. Clarence Hillsdale cooly twisted his and lighted bis cigar with it and went out for a smoke. N. Y. News. Life in the White House. President McKinley has returned to work in pretty good condition. From now on till next summer he will leave the White House only on rare occa sions, and then for but a day or two at a time. It is going to be a long and ar duous campaign for him. Since the war there have been few periods in which a president of the United States had as much to worry him as President McKinley is likely to have duriug tbe coming year. hue the president feels his responsibility as an earnest and conscientious oflicia), it is fortunate that be does not fret Not long ago Mr. McKinley found he was mt sleep ing well. It became more aud more difficult for bim to throw off the cares of state on retiring, and bis health suffered a little in consequence, writes the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Times-Herald. This was some thing new iu bis experience. All his ife be bad been able to leave his troubles outside bis bed room. This was the secret of his remarkable en durance during the long campaign of syG a campaign which really began in January and ended in November, with most extraordinary demands upon his nervouir forces. Obviously something was to lie done, and then it was the president took him self in hand. He resolved," by will ower, to couquer the habit of think- ng when he should be asleep. He has iving example or tne rule mat no troubles or anxieties are too great for him to endure who can put them be- lindhim and . go to sleep in half an hour after retiring. The president has discovered another thing, and that is that he is better off when actually in harness aud bard at work than be is when trying to rest in vacation time. Many auther man has had the same experience, ana tne reason loritisa ery simple one. The man who has large responsibilities, and who leaves them alone during the day while en gaged in riding, driving, boating, din- ng or social converse, invariably takes them up the moment he is alone iu bis chamber. On the other hand. the man who works bard during tbe day disposing of many callers and a mass of routine is tired enough when bedtime comes to drop everything and go off to sleep. This simple and accurate statement of the effect of the presidency upon the habits of the man is an indication of the overwhelaiingnes, so to speak, of the presidential office. The man who is president of the United States leads during the time of his incumbeucy, an abnormal life. Possession of such vast power means the burden of a corres ponding responsibility. With the issue of peace or war in his bands, with vast influence upon the prosperity and hap piness of 7j,000,000 people dependent pon his policies and successes tbe man does not live who could take this office and fill it properly without feeling the weight of it day by day aud hour by hour. As in great things, so it is with innu merable small affain. He must many times a day ask himself the question if this or that suggested action is in keep- ng with the diguity of the president of the United States. Personal impulses by the thousand must be suppressed. The man must to a great extent make himself over. Almost without excep tion every American who has occupied the presidential otlice has risen to it, risen in character and dignity and manner, no matter how much below it he was at the outset It is an office which demands that the man shall sink himself and become almost anoth er entity. Tbe wonder is that so many of our presidents have retained their personal characteristics aud habits, their natu ralness and simplicity, while in otlice. All the tendency is iu th other direc tion. Unconsciously to tbe man him self, be ceases to be as his friends knew him, as he knew himself, aud be takes on a new consciousness. He is the president" This fact be is never permitted to forget It follows him everywhere. It bobs up Impertinently at the simplest dinner in a country house as well as in a cabinet meeting at the executive mansion. That Mr. McKinley has retaiued his charming individuality, his real self, as fully as the average of his predecessors, is the testimony of all who come much in contact with him. Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for any season, but perhaps more gen erally needed when the languid, ex hausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish aud the need of a tonic and alterative is felt A prompt use of this medicine has often averted long and perhaps fatal bilious fevers. No medicine will act more surely in counteracting aud freeing the system from the malarial poison. Headache, Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. 50c and $1.00 per bottle at J. N. Snyder's, Drugstore, tkiiuerset Pan and G. W. Brallier'a i Drug Store, Berlin, Pa. era San Spots and Society. "What is an Aurora?" is the title of an article In the Century by Alexander McAdie. The writer says: On the first day of January, 1XS2, Dr. Rrendel and Herr Raschen reached the Alteu Fiord, Lapland, to remain several months, studying auroral displays and magnetic disturbances. Urendal suc ceeded In photographing the aurora, a very difficult thing to do, as all who have attempted it know. The deep reds, which are so beautiful to the eye, make little impression on the photo grapher's plates, and the light itself is generally feeble and flickering. Not UMptly bave the quivering auroral beams been called "merry dancers." Even the bright displays are hard to photograph, as we may see from an entry in General Greeley's notebook on January 21, 1SS2. "A most beautiful aurora," be says, "with intense light, at tla.es sufficient! y bright to cast my shadow on the snow. Rice exposed a stnsitive plate without effect, but the constantly changing position of the aurora may have been the cause." Rut, some one will say, photograph ing an aurora, while interesting from a scientific standpoint, is not a very mo mentous matter lo men or nations. And we make baste to answer that these auroral displays are linked with phenomena which have a very practi cal Interest Long before tbe now well-known relations of solar phenom ena ana terrestrial magnetism had been determined, Sir William HerscUel thought he could, from meager data, detect evidence that the price ol wheat was generally higher at times of few sun-spots. In later days we bave Stan ley Jevons tracing a counectiou be tween financial crises aud sun- pots, to a host of writers tabulating tbe allied phenomena of auroras, sun- pots, magnetic disturbances aud tracing in their periodicities a close relation to famines, commercial crises, and ab normal weather. What a wonderful achievement it would be to foresee the weal and woe of a decade! While such relations are conjectural, there is little doubt that auroras and solar and magnetic disturbances are closely linked. They do not come and go by chance. The astrophysicist knows that these phenomena will be very numerous In VJ-i-i. . He . knows that a similar condition will not again occur until 191-, tbe mean period being eleven years. Still the Champion. They had been tiling stories, a;:d the man from the north had listened attentively without lietraying any de sire to break in until thev had made up their minds that he had uever ob served anything at all extraordinary in the whole course of his life. Then he suddenly ""poke up. "Speaking of cold" he began. Up to this time the weather had not been discussed at all, but, of course, that is the usual way of starting a real good story in some parts of the country. "Speaking of cold," he repeated af ter a pause to make sure that he had not forgotten the story, "when I was up among the E-ikiin x I found that things froze so tight and solid that it was customary to build fireplaces and stoves of snow and ice." The man from Kansas breathed hard. "Do you mean to say," he a-ked at last, "that you actually started fires in stoves and fireplaces made of snow?" Certainly," replied the man from the north. "Now, do you know, I never would have believed that if you hadn't told me?" said the m to. from Kansa. "I read about that in a newspaper a little while ago, and I said to mself that if I could only find out who wrote it I'd hire him as press agent for a boom town, for I made up my mind he was surely one of the most artistic liars that ever got the attention of a report er, but it you assure me mat you know of your own knowledge that it is absolutely true, why, that's differ ent." Tbe man frroru the north winced a little when the Kansau spoke of hav ing seen the story iu a newspaper, but that was alL He insisted that there could be no doubt as to the truth of it. "Why, I've actually seen them do it myself," he said. "You see, the snow freezes up so hard that the hottest kind of a fire won't begin to melt it under six months." "That settles it" returned the man from Kansas. "My last doubt is re- mived, and I want to say that it is the most remarkable thing I ever heard of with a single exception." "What's the exception?" asked the man from the north. "Why, out where I live in Kansas," explained the Kansan, "it gets so hot during the month of August that we actually use fire for refrigerating pur poses." It was decided without debate that the man from Kansas was still entitled to be known as champion. Chicago I'ost $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that scienca has been able to cure in all its stages and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is tbe only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a con stitutional treatment Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting direct ly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving strength to the patient by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. jtiTSold by Druggists, 75c Hostilities End. First Indian I have met ray old foe, Strapping Squir rel, and I have buried the hatchet Second Indian Where? First Indian In his neck. 1'C WHOLE NO. 2111. Horse Education. The education of the colt should be gin when it Is but a few days old. Tbe first lesson to be taught is that it is not going to be hurt when handled, and the next that it is no use to rebel when it is once caught If these lessons are learned thoroughly, the colt 1 all fear of being handled and has implicit continence in its teacher. There is little danger of petting a colt too much so long as we avoid teasing or teaching it bad habits. Kinduess and Ormnens go hand iu hand in all successful colt training. It is the worst sort of folly to attempt to whip a colt into submis sion. First in order is baiter breaking. We do not consider this lessou complete when the colt allows itself to be led slowly across the lot Let it understand that it is impossible for it to get away from you. It should learn to come to you rather than fly away when excited or scared. This it will soon do when it learns that you want to protect rather than abuse it It is a good idea to lead it into unfamiliar places and accustom it to all sorts of strange sights and sounds as it is able to bear them. It is sure to meet with exciting causes some time, and it is a part of its training to learn to control itself aud to rely on your directions at such times. The trainer should bear in mind that the colt is not capable of grasping a dozeu new things at once. What you say and want done Ls as Greek to the colt If you give it too big doses it will get con fused, rattled and become unmanagea ble. The colt must settle down to a comfortable acceptance of the inevita ble before anything further is required of it Then comes the harness. Our colts are broken to harness when in their yearling form. A neat fittiug harness is buckled on them securely. The check-rein is allowed to lie quite lo-e-ly at first, and they are left in a roomy box stall for an hour or two at a time for several days, or until they cease to fret and have become thoroughly accus tomed to the harness and bridle bit The next step is to take them out for a quiet walk. Run the lines through the shaft holders instead of tlie rings at the saddle and let the trainer walk behind aud very quietly teach tbe youngster just what is wanted. No whip is allow ed, for we have found there is no need for one, and much harm may be done to the colt causing it to kick or become sullen by the injudicious use of the same. We advocate breaking the colLs with an open bridle, and never allow the blind bridle to be put on them. We are confident that a olt is less liable to be come frighten! at bbjeel where he can see them and by so doing will learn that there is nothing that will injure him. After the colt has Tieen handled and driven unlit it is briiiiewise it is then hooked to the breaking cart If jtll tlie lessons so far bave been well learned, there is very little trouble here, as there is nothing new for them but the shafts. In a few days they go along nicely. The driver is theu sent with them to the public road. He uow rides on level ground, but walks up and down bills. O.ie mile at a time is suf ficient for quite awhile, but gradually the distance U increased, aud the e-lt4 seem to Improve more rapidly if driven three or four miles at a lessou than wheu less exercise is given. One of the greatest troubles we have is to get the driver to understand that the colt should not be driven too fast To be sure, some of the yearliug record break ers of today go at what a few years since would bave seemed a race horse gait but as we have no scientific colt trainer we think it belter to go " slow and sure." If the olU Iearu readily and take to their work kindly, they can by the time tbey are a year aud a-half old be booked double with an old steady horse, and with a few lessons they will trot out at a lively gait aud if they are ell developed and strong, a little track work will not hurt them. Some persons advise the breaking of colts to double harness first, but Gleason, the famous horse trainer, says always break them singly first and since adopting this method we bave bad much better success. Mrs. W. W. Stevens in Na tional Stockman. Stands at the Head. Aug. J. Bogel, the leading druggist of Shrevepott, La., Says: "Dr. King's New Discovery is the only thing that cures my cough, and it is the best seller I have." J. F. Campbell, merchant of SaffjrJ, 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 cannot say euougu for its merits." Dr. King's New Discovery for Con sumption, Coughs and Colds is not an experiment It has been trieU ior a quarter of a century, and to-day stands at the bead. It never disappoints. Free trial bottles at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., and G. W. Brail ier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa, In California a new blackberry has been Introlaol, called the "ma:u- moth," being a hybrid between the dewberry and blackberry, the fruit having all the characteristics of the blackberry, and is also larger than any other kind. The canes grow thick aud stout until fouror five feet high, when they begin to run, growing over 2J feet in length, the tips taking root, like tbe black-cap raspberry. The canes do not therefore spread from the root and over run the field. It will prove a very val uable acquisition if all the claims in its favor are true. Backlen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, aud all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale at J N. Snyder's drugstore, Somerset, or at Brallier'a drug store, Be Lin, Pa. Nothing so effectually subdues young man with a swelled head as marriage. October on the Farm. From the Philadelphia Record. The time to purchase fertilizers In ia the fall, as the demand for certain kinds is tlien less than In the spring. Iu making purchases the object should be to procure only the kinds needed, if possible. If clover has been grown on the land no nitrogen will be required. As nitrogen U worth three or four times as much as mineral fertilizers there will be a saving of a large sum on a wide area. Potash and phosphates are near ly always safe materials for investment, as they are required for all kinds of cro. Every farmer should endeavor to learn what his soil needs. If the land will not produce clover it indi cates that lime and potash should be applied. Once get a stand of clover on a field and the cost of fertilizers will be greatly reduced. In regard to giving salt to cows, tet have shown that the animals give bet ter results with its use. In one case three cows increased their milk flow from Vl pounds to 564 in two weeks when given salt making a gain of 110 pounds. Salt assists digestion, corrects acidity, an i is also an essential sub stance iu the use of foods. The Canadian experiment stations are inducing farmers to assist in mak ing experiments, nearly 3.0U0 farmers being engaged in such work this year. It is an example which should be fol lowed in this country. Farmers who are sulhciently interested iu station work to take hold with the officials are sure to succeed and also assist in edu cating others. It has been demonstrated that when apples are dipped in a solution made by dissolving an ouuee of salt iu one gallon of water, after they are pared aud sliced for evaporation, they retain their natural color and are better in quality than fruit which has been sub jected to sulphur fumes, though not as white and clear as when sulphur is used. Formalin is claimed to be equal to corrosive sublimate in treating potatoes for scab, and it has the advantage of being uon-poisonous. It Ls also said to tie effective against smut One pound of formalin (about a pint) to fifty gal lons of water is the proper proportion to use. It Ls a commercial article and no doubt will be largely used next season. All baskets or boxes used for ship ping produce to market should be of standard size and shape, and should also be made to hold quarts, pecks and bushels. There is no reason why small fruits should not be sold in boxes hold ing piuUand quarts, and the "haaiper" baskets made to bold pecks and bush els. Such a system would also permit the buyer to measure the goods, if de livered to him in a loose manner from boxes, aud would avoid many unpleas ant results due to deficiency in quan tities purcht sed. A horse blanket is not costly and saves the horse from colds and disease n winter. Progressive dairymen uow blanket the cows when taking them to fairs in order to protect them against draughts of air due to causes that may not be anticipated. The hired man on the farm will re ceive good waires if he will make hiro- If indispensable to the farmer: He should kno what to t!o and take an uterest in the progress of the work. If he waits for orders, and does only what he is directed to perform, he will not prove as valuable as when he under stands what is required and needs no advice. Some sheep breeders worry them selves over the reduced price of wool, and abandon sheep as unprofitable. while other farmers and breeders are raising "tiot house" Iambs at a profit. n New York one farmer reports hav- ug sold $1,2) worth of Iambs from 10J ewes, but he used good breeds and got the lambs into market early. S iceess depends on how the work is done. When the Stars FeLL The recent eclipse was discussed in a crowd of old-timers the other day, and it wa- uaaaiiu usly admitted that whenever anythiug unusual occurred n the heavens it impressed the be holder more thaa any other phenome non, r rom the subject of eclipse the conversation turned to comets and me teors, and the big shower of falling stars in November, liJ, was referred to by one of the talkers. IrtmsmVr it" sail CoL Oewgj W. Adair. "At that time I was only a small boy, but the spectacle was one not to be rorgtteo in a hurry, and the agitation and alarm of the older p"- pte around mi impressed it upon my miu'L "It was on th niht of tha 1 Ua of November. H55. when the stars felL was then living oat in taj oantry, in Henry county, and was fast asleep when the shower came. My father had gone that night to a coru-shucking, and knew nothing about the trouble until he started home. He was with a friend namxl Jones, a man of a religious turn of mind, and when the stars commenced cutting up their capers my father was anxious to reach home as soon as possible. Bjt Jones was frightened out of his wits, and got down on bis knees by the side of the road to pray. It was no use r asoning with him. Every hundred yards or so he collapsed and dropped on his knees. - He had a powerful voice, and his lamentatious and shouts made tbe woods ring aud added to the horrors of the night "Fiually my father got home, and he loi-t no time iu waking my mother and myself. I shall never forget the scene spread out before me when I weut out into the yard. It was indescribably grand and awful, and the heavens seemed to be filled with millions of sky rockets. Streams of fire rolled in every direction, aud the stars, or meteors, fell like flakes of snow. "Nothing like it had ever been seen by th people then living, and they were badly scared. - The negroes set up the most unearthly yells and howls, aud from every cabin might be heard snatches of prayer and religious songs. Many of tbe spectators believed that the world was coming to an end, and they were in a frenzy of terror and ex citement "The next day everybody felt re lieved, but there was very little work done. Naturally everybody got Into a religious frame of mind, and for weeks afterward the preacher bad large con gregations, and a crowd of old sinners joined the church. "It was a wonderful sight and I never expect to see anything like ic again." Even catarrh, that dread breeder of consumption, succumbs to the healing influences of Thomas's Electric Oil,
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