iTIIE CLOCK 'WINDER. A MtW YORK MAN WHO MAKES MIS UVING AT THIS CALLING. Wilms of Smm of Bis Patrons Whosa , TiwcpieCM He l""01 After Mjcry ot the Clock Tha Woold Kot &o M Friday. . Twesty Clocks la Om Boose. Clock witx'.ing seems a simple enough . tafk to be performed by owners f c tbeir resTpecti ve timepieces, but there are many people who find it sufficiently tnrdensome to make them delegate it tc acroa one else. Hence has arisen tba profession cf clock binder, which sj yet claims probably fewer mciubcra than any other calling in the city. For some years jewelers have attended to the repairujR cf clocks which th. y oold ud have even ioukod after the winding where this was especially desired, but they never t-ied U obtain this kind of business, and it was done merely as aa acrommodationtotl5urcnstoners. Now tf ere is at least one man in Kew York tbtre may be more, thengh not many wboe only occupation is the wind ing, regelating and occasional cleaning of clocks for numerous families. He makes daily rounds so as to cover his entire rente, bat be never visits the same house often er than once a week. On that day his coming is expected, and he has free access to all the rooms, whether they are occupied at the time or not Through the various halls and apartments he got, from the top of the bouse to the bottom, winding the clocks end piving a touch here acii there to a rcgclator where he finds it necessary. Of course be does not pay any attention to the little nickel alarm clocks, which run for only one day. His care, bring given weekly, is spent npon the eight cUy clocks of more expeusive design and workmanship The clock winder whom The Tribune reporter saw had several 6torios to tell bout the pursuit of bis occupation. "Some people are very particular about the striking of their clocks, " he said. "They will ask rue if 1 can't arrange to have all the timepieces in the house strike together. Now. as a general thing, that is an impof Ability, and I'll tell you why Some clocks are arranged to strike just half a minute before the hour, some for a quarter of a minute before, some for a few seconds after the bour and so on. You see if I fixed them so that they would strike together they would not be exactly together in point of actual time, which is more important In one botue on my list the family owns 20 clocks. Of these I suppose 6 or 6 perhaps more strike in unison, and the others all within a minute. My or ders in this boubo are to have al! the clocks except one at precisely the cor rect time. This odd one is the timepiece la the bedroom of the mistress of the house, and the wishes it kept three minutes fast 1 think that is the only instance among my customers of any body who want a clock perpetually fast, and i am very certain there is no one who asks mo to keep one slow. ' When 1 undo take th care of the clocks in a bouse, t abody tLse is allow ed to touch them, i ud the servants in particular have orders n"vcr to move or interfere witi them in auy way. Some times this 19 done accidentally, and it is hard, to find out how the clock has lioen injured. A few months ago I lost one of my brwt bouses because there was one clock which I could not seem to put in proper order. I would take it away, clean it thoroughly and look to every smallest part of the mechanism. ApjiarontJy it made no difference. The clock positively refused to run right Finally 1 pave it up, and that family bad a mighty poor opinion of my abil ities as a clock repairer. "Some weeks alter that I came across a clock in another house which acted in exactly the sanie way. I was puriled for awhile. Finally I noticed that it al ways stopped on Fridays. That was queerer than ever, nntil by chance I hit upon the solution of the mystery. The aerfant, while dusting the room on tha day, was in the habit of passing her cloth along the mantle under the clock. This would have made no difference with many timepieces, but this one had an open bottom, through which the tip tit the pendulum projected. The dusting cloth just touched this enough to stop it The girl did not know what she had done, and thus the family were mysti fied anew each week by finding that the clock would not go on Friday. "1 clean all my clocks regularly once in two years, and in that way keep them in proper running order. Most people think that it is just as well to Kt a clock run until it stops, fairly clogged cp with dirt. bt:t that isn't so. By that time it may be so bad that it will ba impossible ever to make it run as accu rately as it did before. "1 am usually paid by the month to take entire charge of all the clocks in a bouse, it Icing understood that I moke weekly viiits Sometimes, though, I am employed by the year. In the case ot the house I was telling you of, where they have 20 clocks, they pay me f 100 annually for the work. It takes a good deal of my time in tbo course of 12 months, and 1 don't fill my pockets as fast as some folks seem to think 1 cught," concluded the clock winder with a smile. New York Tribune. Worked tha Officers. A snilmaker's mate in the navy who wanted to get out of the service to go into boldness with some money he had fallen heir to made a success of the monomania dodga It is the business ol a man-of-war 6uilinaker's mate to sew cp members of the crew who die at sea in hammocks preparatory to their be ing cast over tho side. This sailmaker's maie appeared on deck one day with a queer look in hU eye and announced to his shipmates forward that he was diad and that he was going to prepare him self for burial in the deep. Some of the men watched him as he west to the sailmaker's storeroom uud began to sew himself up in a new hammock. When he bad got the job ctctt half finished, the men informed the officer cf the deck of the case, and the tailmaker's mate was put under observation in double irons. When he was released from the brig, still under observation, but appar ently not aware of the espionage, he went direct to the storeroom, got an other hammock and began to enshroud himself again. The skipper-of the ship reduced bun to the rate cf Seaman for this, for the purptx? of keeping the man away from the sailmaker's storeroom, thinking tnat if be was removed frcm the sight of the stored cp hammocks his mania might leave him The night of the day he lost his rate the ex-sail-nuMier's mate broke into the storeroom where the new hammocks were kept aud tewed himiielf up for banal asiu Then the eet surgeons held a survey on him. and he got his discharge lie started a tobacco store for sailors near one of tiie navy yards, and tor some time te made it a practice to stand in tltr .i-iorway ot bis shop and grin when any tit the board of surgeons who had prououuexit him insane passed by. as they were com pell d to do on their way to and from the nary yard. New York Sun. A Ilea Was Kept. A girl from town is stay: us w:h om country cousins who live at a tarm. On the night of her srrival she finds, to her mortification, that she is ignorant of all sorts of things couuected with farm life which to her country cousins are matters of everyday knowl edge. She fancies they seem amused at her ignorance. At breakfast the follow ins? moniina the sees on the table a dish of fine hon-1 ey, whereupon the thinks she has found an opportunity of retrieving ber humil iating experience of the night before and of showing her country cousins that the knows something of country life after all So. looking at the cUa of aouey, ana says carelessly: "Ah, I sea you keep a boa. " Pe&r on Weekly. i COAL AND WOU. Tba iasaortaat Relatiootklo tl These Two Valuable Mineral. Statistics show that, wheteas Great Britain in 1840 produced 75 per cent of the world's supply of cosd, at the pres ent time it produces only S4 per cent Atlantic liners no longer carry coal from Graat Britain for the return jour ney. They now take In American coal, and no less than 1.500,000 tons of American ccal were thus consumed ia 1633 The condition cf the ircn manu facturing fndut-trics has always exer cised a r.'ost important influence on the production of coaL so that a large de mand for iron draws with it a large de mand fr mineral fuel During the last 25 years the world's production of pig iron lias :uTcased from 12.000,000 to 2(1,000. 000 tons, but the share taken by Great Dritam has fallen from 48. H per cent to 2'J Jht cent, while that of the United Stales has increaj-ed from 14. 1 per cent to 20.2 per cent, that of Ger many frvra 11.4 per cent to 21.4 per cent, aud that of Russia from 3 per cent to 4. 1 ptr cent Indeed, iron is now be ing imported from the Uuited States into this country, and, incredible as it may ectm, the railway station at Mid dlesbrociib, the center of the iron trade, ia built cf iron brought from Belgium. 6urely. then, the author of "Our Coal Besourcfs at the Close of the Nine teenth Century" is hardly right in thinking that British coal and iron still hold their own. Ha argues that other countries of Europe arc exhausting their ooal supplies just as Great Britain is, yet the figures be gives show that Ger many has in reserve, within a depth of 8,000 feet, 1 09.000.000. 000 tons of coal as compared with our (England's) bI,CH3.000.0O0 tous within a depth of 4,000 feet Aud this estimate dx net include brown coal, of which Germany raises 20.000.000 tons annually. Na ture. CHEMICAL FIRE ENGINES. They Cave Oone Mnch to lied oca tba Loss from Water at Fires. Mr. Chales T Hill writes of "The Fire Patrol" in St Nicholas, the iLcil paper in his tcries on the New York fire department i'lr. Hill 6ays: The cheinli.al engine." used consid erably in the fire departments of several cities, nas aided materially in lowering the loss by water at Email fires. The preparation carried in the tanks of these engines has a double advantage not only does it extinguish a largo body of fire with the use of a email amount of water, but tho liquid itself evaporates quickly, leaving very little "drip" in the apartoients or floors underneath the fire. The tanks of those engines are charg ed with a solution of bicarbonate of so- I da (baking soda) and water, with a j small cylinder cf sulphuric acid sus pended at the top When the tank is in verted, this acid is emptied into the aoda and water, and the mixture at once generates carbenic acid gas at a great pressure. Chaigiug the liquid with tiiis gas gives it the necessary pres sure to drive it a considerable distance. The he; is coiled around a reel on top of the engine, and always connected with the tanks, so when the firemen ar rive at a fire all tney have to do is to ran off as much hose as they need, dash up stairs with the line, give the order to "dump" one of the tanks (there are two, cairying 60 gallons each), aud they are all ready to go to work The chem ical engine has extinguished more than 25 fires of considerable size since it has been in service in the New York depart ment, a little over a year It ia station ed on the upper west side cf the city, where there are a great number of dwellings and flats, and it has aided materially in keeping down the f re losses in that part of New York. Lelpslo. Mrs. Isabel C Barrows, in an article in the New York Independent on "Plain Life and High Thought" as exemplified at Leipsic university, says: Leipsic is one of the groat flower marts cf Europe. It is a joysoine sight I to go through the early morning market and see the Covers of all kinds m masses beyond conception There is no student so poor that he cannot add to the beauty of bis room the charm of a flower when for 2 cents he can have a big bunch of mignonette This very morning the expenditure of 24 cents gave one literal ly an armful of mipionette, large and fragrant; forgetmenots, bluer than the sky of rather gray Leipsic; great golden buttercuis like those tLat grow on the up land nicadcws of the Rigi; knrnbiuinen, the old emperor's favorite flower, and lilies cf the valley in profusion. Plain living, aciid flowers, with music, na ture and friendship at command, may easily lead to high thinking, and the student who is here to strive for ac quirement of truth may well scorn the trappings of wealth, since wealth is not u eeded to command the highest and best On tbe High Cs. Ellen Beach Yaw, the phenomenal soprano, went on a yachting cruise re cently in southern California. The waves grew high, and she soon took to ber berth. One of her friends, gping to j inquire hew she was progressing, heard per numm:ng a lunacy m a most pecul iar tone of voice Her maid came to the door and explained that Miss Yaw was sick " But she is singing, " the vis itor exclaimed. "Yes. 1 know," an- swered the maid, "but Miss Yaw moans in tune tuat way so it won t aistrrn any one else. " Kausi s City Journal. Tbe omnibuses of one London compa ny cover just about 20.000,000 miles in the course of a year half as much nj is covered by the trains of the Loudon and Northwestern railway a distance suffi cient to lake tbeiu nearly three times around 5 be world every day. If hnre racing were abolished, it U sstiniaicd that over 20,000 people would be thr.iv jo out of employment in Eng tuid. Toymaklnc. A great many toys are now made ia this country, including many mechan ical devices. Many toys are still iin portci Such things as woolly sheep and dogs, now as highly prized by children as ever, come from Germany, as do tbe skin covered horses. They could be made here, but they can be produced cheaper abroad. As a rule, whatever can be made by machinery is uiade here, while toys made by hand are mostly imported. The iniuute a lb;cg is brought within the reach of m' ainery American man ufacturers c?c "y their higher prices for labor anu aiill beat the world. With the low prices of labor in foreign countries handmade productions can be made cheaper in them. As a result of lias there are toys of somo kinds which in tucir completed state are partly American and partly foreign. Among those are toy vehicles with horses at tached The vehicles and everything in and about them may be the product of American machinery, while the horse lauding between the shafts may be from Germany. New York Sun. Mr Ooodfellow'S Geoeroaity. Mrs Closemao My dear, what a paragon that husband of yours is I I never meet him in tbe car but he insists upon paying my fare, and if there is a party tf us he pays for every one, men and all So generous! Nothing will prevent him. Mrs. Goodfellow (wih a sigh) No, nothing will prevent him, even if it takes til my housekeeping money and the money I need for a new gown. New York Times. Testing Bis Condition. "Your wife ia literary, isn't she?" "I should say so. When I coma home late at night, she makes ma say, 'Re Tie w of Reviews," five tioies, as fast as 1 can get it off. " Chicago Record. SLEIGHBELLS. CoeaaEoalT Tat as Ker Sosar Chug la Cuiom The ileighbells used In tfris country are muda here, most of them in Con nectictit. and many sleighbella of American manufacture are exported to Germany and to Russi. Sieighbella are as commonly used as ever whenever thsre is snow enough to make good sleighing Tbey may not be heard so much as formerly here in the city, where the enow is cleared away from many streets and wheels cut op what is left, but cp the state and elsewhere the sleight!! j'ugle in winter just as mer rily is wer. There bav been some changes in sleiphbe.il customs. Shaft bells and bells fixed on tbe saddle of tho barn ess have to sown extent taken tbe place of the old time string of bells on straps, but the strings of bells are still tha more commonly used. ProLaLly a third of the bell outfits sold nowadays are of the kind that fasten to shafts or tha saddle of the harness and two-thirds axe strings of bells. The bells exported are in about the same proportion. The bells attached to shafts and harness are open mouthed and provided with tongues. Some shaft bells are mode with all three in a act alike; oftener tbey are made in three sizes, forming a chime. The three bellujarried over the saddle of the harness aa5 set in an orna mental frame, which is supported by the saddlo. The fileighbells of tho old, familiar kind, round, with balls inside, are at tached to straps, as they have always been, to body straps encircling the here's body, and to neck straps. Sleighbells mis made of bell metal, and they were nvcr made with such care with a vie to their sound produc ing qualities, -ior were they ever co mu sical, as novr The commoner kinds ot sleighbells are produced at a very small rxt, and whole strings of bells are sold at prices that seem marvelously low. Shaft bells of tbe commoner kinds are clieaper yet, aud that accounts in some measure for the increased sales of shaft bells. The question has often been asked, and as often answered; How does th' ball get inside of tbe sleighbell? The question is here again answered Of course the ball itself is first cast It is then placed inside the boll of sand that is to form the core of the mold in which the sleighbell is to be cast Tha mold is of the form aud size of the outside of the sleigh be-U. The core almost fills the interior of the mold, bet not quite. There is left all around, between it and the mold, a little space. Into this space the molten metal is poured, and when it hardens it is a hollow globe of metal, with the mold outside and the core in dda. When the sleighbell is taken from tbe mold, the sand of which tha core is composed, having been dried out by the heat of the molten metal can easily bo shaken out of the bell through its narrow mouth, but the ball which has been placed in the Kind before the bell was .cast is bigger than the mouth cf the bell that now surrounds it, and fo it has to stay in. New York Sun. Kheridsa la Battle. General Horace Porter, in his "Cam paigning With Grant" in The Century, rays of Sheridan at Appomattox : No one could look at Sheridan at such a moment without a sentiment of undis guised admiration. In this campaign, as in others, he bad shown himself pes Msed of military traits of the highest order Bold in conception, self reliant, demonstrating t" his acts that "much danger makes gitait hearts most reso lute," fertile w in resources, combining the restlessness of a Hotspur with the patience of a Fabius, it is no wonder that he should have been looked npon as the wizard of the battlefield. Gener ous of bis life, gifted with the ingenu ity of a Hannibal, the dash of a Murat, the courage of a Ney, the magnetism of his presence roused his troops to deeds of individual heroism, and his uncon querable columns rushed to victory with all the confidence of Cajsar's Tenth le gion Wherever blows fell thickest there was hU crest Despite the valor of the defense opposing ranks went dov n befere do fierceness of his onsets, never io rise again, and he would not pause till the folds of his banner waved above the strongholds he had wrested from tho foe. Brave Sheridan I 1 can almost see him now, his 6ilent clay again quickened into life, once more riding Rienzi through a fire of hell, leaping opposing earthworks at a single bound, aud leaving nothing of thosr who barred his way except the frag mcnts scattered in bis path. As long as manly courage is talked of or heroic deeds are honored the hearts of a gr?tn ful people will beat responsive to the mention of the talisman ic name of Sher klau. Tu Car of Toanelt Think deliberately of the house you liv in your body Make up your mind firmly not to abuse it Eat noth iug that will hurt it Wear nothing that distorts or pains it Do not over load it with victuals or drink or work. Give yourself regular and abundant ileep. Keep your body warmly chid. Do not take cold ; guard yourself against it. If you feel the first symptoms, give jonrself neroic treatment Get into a tne glow of beat by exercise. This is the oniy body you will have in this wcrld. Study deeply and diligently the structure of it the laws that govern it, the pains and penalty that will surely follow a violation of every law of life and health. Medical Reporter. Asked Too Macb. Yes, we bad to let that nursegirl go. She was recommended as being thoroughly cp to data, but she seemed to us to be more than that The first thing she did was to demand pneumatic tires for tbe baby carnage, and we promptly got them However, we felt that it was time to draw the line when the insisted thet we must hire a man to keep them pumped up Chicago Post Rose to tba Occasion. The story of a young woman whe wound up her letter to a friend with. "P. S. I forgot to tell you 1 was mar ried, " is liu.iched, says the London Tel eg rapt Miss Kate of Belfast re cently consented to adopt the name of a gentleman friend, and so they were married. She is in Dublin now and u stopping at the Grebhain hotel. The other day she made some purchases, and in going home sho said, " Yon may tend them .borne for ma Miss Kate , G re bain botcL " She bad reached tha sidewalk before she recollected that she had given hi maiden uaino. With admirable wit she stepped Lack and said to the clerk. "Oh. by the way, scud that package to Miss Kate , care of Mrs. , Gresham hotel, " and she swept out of the store as if she had been married 16 years Swords worara Abroad. Some da it will be the women of foreign coui.irics who will defend their Latiou's honor after tha French-Italian style reoeuti witnessed. Women of the upper class- in France and Spain are generally expert swords women. They are taught tu fence as carefully and ac curately as their brothers, and there are numerous scLools in the two countries where young women are taught not cn ly to fence, but to handle the brocd word. In aotne of the Nevada canyons in se vere weather the jack rabbi u freeze to death, huddled together in clusters, vainly trying to get a little warmth out of one another. Then the Washoe and Piute Indian hunters break them off in bunches and flood the market with them. "Do you think they .-tra married?" "No, they "re only engod. Sh look id pleased when be burned br haa4 rich hU lighted cig&r. " Detroi Free Press. IS GALLANTRY LANGUISHING? ObserraUoaa oa tbe Derlrae ot Street Car Maaaera la tbe Sooth. It cannot be concealed that there is a growing tendency, even in the south, where masculine f Jlantry bas held out longest, on the part cf men to let wom en in the street cars shift for themselves. It has not come to that point yet, but the movement is growing in that direc tion. It is a fact that men are rapidly fail ing in the courtesy which was once uni formly shown' to women, and the rea son, to a large extent, is that men are meeting women as competitors in all fields of labor, and this fact vastly changes the social relations between tLa sexes. Women are claiming all sorts of equality with men, moral, political and physical, and are declaring more and more their independence. Theefftct on the next generation will ba very marked and peculiar. The men and wo men of the present are affected to an overpowering extent by the influence of old ideas and training, and that ia tie reason they talk about street car lull ners and social ethics in their relations to the sexes, but in the year 1930, or the period of one generation from the present time, people will no longer con cern themselves about such matters. The greater tha number of women at work in proportion to the men the more stringent tho competition, and it can easily be set n that, according to the fig ures shown, the day might come when there would be co street car manners, but every individual would look out for himself or herself, as the case may be. But even should chivalry be extin guished from human manners there will always remain the Christian grace of charity, so in the time to come able bodied young men and women who have seats in the cars will rise to give their places to old men and women and to others who may bo sick or disabled. Kew Orleans Picayuna ALL THE OX UTILIZED. Every Particle Pot to re Only IU Dying Breath Lost. In an article on the "Wonders of the World's Waste, " William George Jor dan, in The Ladies' Home Journal, de tails how science at the present day utilizes the ox. "Not Luiny years ago, " he says, "when an ox was slaughtered 40 per cent of tha animal was wasted. At the present time 'nothing is lost but its dying breath. ' As tut one-third of the weight of tho animal consists of products that can be eaten, the question of utilizing the waste is a serious one. The blood is used in refining sugar and in sizing paper or manufactured into doorknobs and buttons. The hide goes to the tanner; horns and hoof s are trans formed into combs and buttons; thigh bones, worth (80 per ton. are cut into handles for clothes brushes; fore leg bones sell for 30 per ton for collar but tons, parasol handles and jewelry; the water in which bones ire boiled is re duced to glue; the dust from sawing tbe bones is food for cattle and poultry; the smallest bones are made into boue black. Each foot yields a quarter of a pint of ceatsfoot oil; the tail goes to the "soup, " while the brash of hair at the end of the tail is sold to tbe mattress maker Tb choicer parts of the fat mnke the basis of butterine; the intes tines are used for sausage casings or bought by gold beaters. The undigested food in the stomach, which formerly cost the packers o' Chicago $30,000 a year to remove and destroy, is now made into paper. These are but a few of tbe products of abattoirs. All scrips unfit for any other use find welcome in the g!ue it, or they do missionary work for farmers by acting as ferti lizers. " ; Pa's Prayers. Once upon a time sickness camo to the family of the poorly paid pastor of a country church, says the Omaha World-Herald. It was winter, and tbe pastor was in financial straits. A num ber of his flock decided to meet at his house and offer prayers for the speedy recovery of the sick ones and for ma terial blessings npon the pastor's fami ly While one of tho deacons was offer ing a fervent prayer for blessings upon tbe pastor's household there was a loud knock at the door. When the door was opened, a stout farmer boy was seen, wrapped cp comfortably. "Wbt do you want, boy 7" asked one of the elders. "I've brought pa's prayers, " replied the boy " Brought pa's prayers? What do you mean?" "Yep, brought his prayers, an they're out in the wagon. Just help me, an we'll get 'em ia " Investigation disclosed the fact that "pa's prayers" consisted of potatoes, flour, bacon, corn meal, turnips, apples, warm clothing and a lot of jellies for the sick ones. The prayer meeting ad journed in short order. tier Sphere. Professor." said Miss Skylight, "I want you to suggest a course in life for tne. 1 have thought of journalism" " What are your natural inclinations? "Oh, my soul yearns and throbs and pulsates with an ambition to give the world a life work that shall be marvel ous in its scope and weirdly entrancing in the vastnessof its structural beauty. " "Woman, you're born to be a milli ner. " Louden Fun. . Too Weak to Bold It. Charles Uncle, I want yon to try this limborger It was imported all the way from Germany, each pound care fully wrapped in tinfoil. Uncle Josh Gosh I Air you sure they didu t have to do it op in b'iler iron? Indiana xlis Journal There is a species of pine tree which grows m California an. is known as the giant piue which is tbe largest of the pine genus, often risiup to a height of 230 feet with a trunk 20 to SO feet in girth. Four-fifths of the world's supply of cloves ccme.a from Zanzibar aud Penibn, Africa. Going to Better stay at home and get LB frim yonr grocer, where and Sold every- Cleans Everything MADS ONLV BY THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, BU3T Chicago. Kt Louis. New Yc:'. Boatoo. Philadelphia. WRIGHT" Far all Bilious and Karroos PnaAias. They parity the Blood and cire HaAtnrr action to the enure trstcta. Cure DYSPEPSIA, HEADACHE, CONSTIPATION and PIMPLES. Circa m 9ptMUtd Brtmd-whmfag Edocatiom. CMBCUL4S Air TO P. DUFF & SO.S. 244 i'tilb Armor, PITTShCJCG. PA. BIS Fine YICT0SY OF L07Z. A Blind Girl Seceoes a Blind Boy From the Almshouse. William T. Ellis tella an affecting story in St Nicholas under the title of "Helen Keller and Tommy Stringer." The following Is the story : A little child lived in black silence. There never was midnight so denote as the darkness that enveloped his mind. Sight and hearing were gone utterly and forever. The child knew abso lutely notbiog, except that sometimes from somewhere something put food into his mouth and move! him about when necessary. His world was HmiU ed by as much of bis little crib as be could feel with his hands, and by the touch of tUw something: that cared for his wants. The merest babe knows the 6unl:gbt and its mother's voice and face. Five years had passed over thl little boy as he lay on bis hospital eot, but he keew less than a month-old Infant lens, in deed, than tne least of the beasts of the field. He was completely shut up In a living tomb of flesh', wilh noconuuuui catioti Ittween himself cud the great world about Li ui. Since tbe terrible sickness Jhat had come to him lu infancy, Utile Tommy .Stringer haj lain thus among stran gers. His mother was dead ; liis father could not help him. From his birth place in Washiugton, Pa., the helplers sufferer had been removed to a hospital in Allegheny. But no institution wanted this troublesome charge, a ho would require the constant attention of a teacher, to tbe almshouse setmed the only haven for Tommy. The: at least he could find a shelter. But it was not to be so. Light was ahead the glorious light of knowl edge. One who bad been similarly shut in by the walls of a triple afflic tion was to lead Tommy Stringer out into the bright light that she herself enjoyed. It was during the summer of 18'jO that the rews of Tommy's sad plight came to Helen Killer. The sen sitive foul of this 10-year-old girl was deeply affected. She, if no one else, would pave the poor boy. Thenceforth Tommy liccame the bur den of Helen's thought and conversa tion. She talked about him to ber friends ; she wrote letter npon letter asking aid for him. At this time oc curred a pathetie incident that was the means of turning toward the little blind boy the kindly interest and gen erous gifts that accomplished his rescue. The pet and playmate of Helen when she was at home was a beautiful New foundland dog. Through a foolish blunder the animal was shot by a po liceman. When the news came to Helen she bad no word of reproach, but simply said, with beautiful charity, "I am sure they never could have done it if tbey had only known what a dear, g-Mxl dog Lioness was." Tlie story of her love was published wid ly, and from far and rear even from across the ocean came to Helen oilers of money or another dog. The little girl had only one answer to all these kind expressions ; she was grate ful, but she did not care for another dog to take the place of Lioness. Nev ertheless, the gift would be accepted, if the donor so desired, on behalf of a lit tle deaf, dumb and blind liny, for whom she was trying to raise money enough to bring him to Boston to be educated. In every direction Helen sent this message, always ia a eeially written personal letter, that was marked by the sweet simplicity aud remarkable abil ity of the author. For a long time these letters averaged eight a day, and a marvelously versatile and eloquent lit tle p eader Helen showed herself. She also wrote for newspapers articles ad dressed to cLildren, as well as general appeals never any two precisely alike. Helen instituted for herself a rigorous course of self-denial (absence from soda water and other prized luxuries), that she might save for her one great object. The result of all this effort was the se curing of sufficient funds to insure Tommy at least two years of education at the Kindergarten for the blind, at Jamaica Plains, Mose. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Tbe Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Brui.-ies, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, aud all Skin Erup tions, and positively curea Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents er box. For sale at J. X. Snyder's drug store. Somerset, or at Brailier's drug store, Belin, Pa. Grains, of Gold. Truth is truth, though from an euetr.y and spoken in malice. He who puts a bad construction upon a good act, reveals his own wickedness at heart. The best security for civilization is the home; it is the real nursery of all domestic virtues. In everything we do we ought to rc fleet and reason, otherwise we shall never do anything well. A cough is a danger signal of worse troubles to come. Cure the cough and prevent its results by using Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup. Klondike? 60 YEARS EXPER1ENCC V V T0K MARKS, f1' CoStsicuts , COPVRICHTS Abtom mdtnc a tketea iml ooacrlpcloB arar me!? aaeerUda, tree, vbther an invention ia prub&sty oateniJttae, fowmanicatioftt atrw-t:r cmrijnt ial. otdoai areocf ftiracvunnc a'ata ta America. He have a Wa.tiinjrtoa oOhm. Pumta ttkoa thrun Maua Co. reewra special notMM In tba SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, branttfntlr f!)nated. htrrM etrnihtioa of jnj wleutlfle wrDAl. ert!y.tnn?.ai a jerx; al-vaul njtmtba, hpeenD" cotf- : wl iiA u -VjoA. oa fATurra tree. Aoureas MUNN A CO., 361 Breaaura,, kew Yertu STOPPED EVERY THIRD BEAT. But Mrs. Strope's Heart Now no Longer Lags but Throbs Regularly. Ia a larpe, commodious house it No. 104 HuuliiiiL'tou fcuvet, t'lrvelaiiJ, Ohio, livrt Mrs. Emily A- St rope, widow of the late X. M. Strop, and she U the mother of a jou'ijj mat a bo haj been, aod is now one of this city's fueecwtul aud euerpetio pharmacUu. Jin. Strop, who has lately recovered from serious cardiac difficulty whao questioned by a re porter regarding her late nUneas, tted as follows: "To yean" set, 1 had hit first experience with Dr. Williao' Piuk Pills, lor a ions time I waa troubled wiiii o aiiuirut wliu-h I fcired would eventually drive meentiy unlet I rid uiysrlf of it. It will tiiiid nrant-e, no d.Mibt to to rue, but my heart lild not beat a it In. u hi. lu aetion was irr.iruiar. There would vjt twopulsaii.ms, or perhija three, and then oi.len r-aSHii'n. My ht-urt at t-inni to real for ;he period of one or two Uats, and tb n resume in aetion. ?:-mt times snoh Kpvf wnuld not 1 frequent that, but ranf-ly 'lav pa-""! 'h' t'"'T did n"t occur. It ft it jl tuouirh omettiins; ouM 'nke the beurt wilh creat lorce, and push, it out of place. lurin(f that period, whenever I lay uoww to sleep or rest, my httiuN wonlil become perfectly numb and helping. -I eou'.d feel the temporary psiralyns eon.inir over thein, Imt I oulJ ilo not hinir which would preveut it. f 7 feet were arieetl in a like manner, and I htd eonileribledirticuIty in walkintr when such a ape'.l had posatwioii of me. Nalunlly tf nt atateof afl'iiirsci.mplete'y upset my nerv-, n d any one w hose nervotm system i well i;,'h mix-in 1 A W - . . ItTiTTGrcar s Comforts525B 1 ?;fcs THE Ol EXAMiNT THt C'N"ieaCLL FttFORC YOU BUT- I JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM, Somerset, Pa. J W8Q .Bfc. tl THE ONLY PERFECT cno FAMILY USE. FOR SALE BY JAMES B HOLDERBAUM, Somerset, Pa. THE Somerset ta Ms. formerly Some-Att Mechtmical Work,) OPERATED BY A NEW FIRM, vi llas been refitted with New Machinery and is now prepared to furnish Stoves, Plows and Castings Of all kinds on short notice. Also builders of the IMPROVED 3arrett Gas Engine, Best in use. Any size. Call and see it. We also carry a line of BRASS GOODS. STEAM FITTIXCS, PACKING, OILS and ENGINE tUITLIES. Having put in a new and complete line of Machine TooLs, are now able to do all clans of work, such as lte-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 guarantee satisfac tion. Office and Works near the R. R. Station. Somerset Iron Works, Somerset, Pa. "3 . - . ..4 4 ftlr. - it. -- '' ' iK- kM-r. . ..ii-r f - .r.i: I, .. er l'll..i.r 1 aa. rfiMi-ml . rpm4' UMt -ar 11m- . iyM aihi ie M- -Mrit ll hill. ken inlMl vanruU Im in Hi . bw).tl sea Irk HO aul MuTllai l h. V a1 Xtr ua:;en ti jie.lr in lei M-.nrftl ut itorei 1' make m ) Cr-,.- fttt-rr Ulr cmmT mnl-le a- rmf taa 1AM CLU CUJL5 " B""l lertafsaae mi. ewpt'" 1." OVe eu ee tbe -eierfm twl raaxw !, he lor aafe tpin Ke eet ia It C. siuvi W tie. ei rm-e eee eeura re"ili4r"" te e a Kue4l rej, W oeme4 la taeei SeeM t1er Bhiiv eriue, ea :PJ3iTTEWT : slnttered, can appreciate and toderrtand t!iy I miserv. ehieHv mental, which I endured. 1 J lost touch iieep aud rest, and often 1 was ci.m- peljcu Irocu sneer exnausuou iui u, MK tbe dar to obtain aoine repuse. liut aa job aa 1 did o 1 felt that numb ionsutiuti hands and fecL aud I rock-d j v- -icntly in my chair to drive it awy, but ! frequently to no avau. ' One Ju7 Biy son, who was keeping a drti ' store at the tuu brought roe home aoiue : l)T. UiiiianM' i'ink Til! for Pale IVop.o Uud advised me to lake tUui for my heart tioul ie. I did SO ar.d soon oeimn io i" .:-r. I astd the pills about two niocths thee certainly cund me, for now my jj heart hears regularly and all cunibnes b:.s disappeared and mv circulation is in ttdeodid order." ' 'if; We priut the above hopine Mrs. b:rope eperinea niay be beneficial to others who may sutler from derangement of the heart. TV. Wiii.am' Pick I'ills contain in a con- denstd J'ortd all the elements ui essary to givo new life and richce to the blood ai re store shattered nerves. They ire aUo a sie cilic f.r troubles peculiar to frniales, such as I suppressions, irretruianues ana an " weaknftsa. in men ej in SU cases arisimj from dental worry, over work or excesses of whatever nature. P'n Pills are sold in boxes (never in hxwe bu.k) at a box or six boxes for $2.50, and mar he had of all dru.its, or direct by mad Jrom IC Williams' Medicine Company, S.heacc tady. Is. Y. to a t:i;v housekeeper to HAVE A i:ooD STOVE. li one i f 1'ie most perfect heating stoves, fr household use, ever placed upon the mari-cC All the latot and best ideas are incorporated into its construction. Every feature to promote durability, cleanliness ami economy has been well planned and develojied. Produces the Greatest Heat From the Least Fuel The cold air is drawn frcm the floor, and discharged through the sides and top, thoroughly heated. This method of circulation Prevents Cold Floors And establishes that much desired uni form tem;x:ratuie in all pans of the room. Will Burn Any Kind of Coal! Wilt Keep Firt Twenty-four Hourt! Can be Used as a Single or Double Heater! All tha Good PointiNon of tho Error ! S OMERSET MARKET REPORT COaaKCTED WsJCKLY BT Cook & Beerits, Wednesday, Oct 6", 1S07. icr ba .. M 4c Inc. c 1." ltlc .....'Me Apples C rieL evaporated a.. Apple Bo tr, per iral Jr II. per E . (iwh kct, per V creamery, per Beeswax, per B .country hum, tier Bacon. 1 Miirarcureil iutui, per ft.- 1 lile, per m... alioulder. per P f mtiit navy, per bus I l.i nut, per ... Coffee. i5.rr:!'ir. ijttei. per t. K1C ...tl.5,) 4.11 l-C j Cumberland, per bbl... Cem-nt. j por1iaud, perbbl Commoi, per t r.KS, pe, uui ......v. i.i i i f bbl Ji.75 r l,4 bM.., SO Honey, white clover, per .... r Lard, per t b to loe l.i rue, per bbl fi.Oo Mo!w, N.t., per gal 'c Onions, per bus . 7 PotaUii. per bu JO to sue Pem-tnw, evaporated, per 1 10 to I nr. FruucK, per 0 s to l"c r . I per ooi . ..si. I Ptttiibunr. pi-r bbl. ! lJuiry, ,. bus nai-Wa . . " " " c " 4 bus nu'ks S'--i cround alum. lb auckii xc Salt, maple, per s . .. lose Imported yellow, per li jjc white, A. per t f.',c Kntuulatett, per t t'4c t ube- or pulverized, per .... .?c per tral : maple, per gal 00 toH!c Sugar. Hyrnp. Stoneware, eh lion Tllow, per lb a to Vinegar, per fnl j) to iimoiny, per nua.... i.iw toll.7 clover, per bus. tux) to iii 44 criniwn, per bu.... 4.U0 alfifH. per bus 6.0 alirvke. oer bus. .. 1.M Seeds. Millet, Oernmn, per bun l. barley, wnlle becrdletiS, per bus. l.JS buckwheat, per bun corn, ear. per bu 4 V Grain I shelled, per tua... 4." oata, per bus 25 ! W rye, per bus. ..... . i e wbeHt. per bu bmn, per 100 Bm T'-e orn aud oats chop, per liO tba " Sour, roller proeetui, per bbl .".ij0 spring patent and lancv high trade jri.ro flour, lower crnde. per Hu ibu. 11 V A Feed Flour. UMHiinn i white, per 1 !b j per no t j-c CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltimcro And Ohio Railroad Somerset and Cambria Branch. 50STHWAID. Johrstown Mall Expreee. Rock wood 70 a. niM s.iners 8il, ftve;c-n 9-J3, Uoov ersvUle 16M JohnsU an 11:10. Johnstown Mall Eiprena. Rockwonr? 11:3) a. n.. Homer.-! 11:4.1, Stoyestown 1:13, Hoov ersvlile li2L, Johutlowu 1:10 p. m. Johnstown Aecommoltlon. Rockwood 4;.v p. rrt.. Suiieix't VJO Stoyrvtown 5:48, iloo erevllleioO, Johnstown a: 45. aomtWARD. Mall. Johnstown -in a.m.,HooTers vl -.19 ritjiyeslown a, touierel 10-Ji Kockwooti 10:25. Expren.-Johnatown 2:10 p. m., HooversvlUe 2:i, Stoycstowu 113, ftomeniel 3:4, Rock wood 4.-ya. Dally. P. R MAKTIX, ManiT f iasKeiiavr TralDc. I ENNS YLVAN I A RAILROAD. CASTCMN STANOA0 TISJC. IN EFFECT MAY 12, 1897. COVSESSED BCBBDEXB. Trains arrive and depart from the station at Johnstown as follows : W extern Expreoa. 4;H Southwestern ExpreKn Johnuwn Accv)mtuodKtlon. H-.yj ArcoiuiuocUUim 9-.) Pacific Expres fr 'i sjr rVenifer . rt i riubiinf tipre rant Llne.... JoLnstown Accuuunodation., . J0 EASTWARD, p. m Atlantic Expre i fti'ei whore Exprew . Aitootui AccommodaUoD Iay Express. .... Mhiq Line Exiiit. , AlUmna AcroiumoojiOon.. Mall r. xtr.w JohiiKtown AcevmirocUition. PhiUdelpnla Kxprei ia.. e'aat Liue Ginaerella flir Tiom : : : : 10 to IJc t 6 to c v If 5:2 a. 5.W S:J4 ' in-t 4.11 : 7:11 it) JO For ratea, map. Ac rn'.lon Ticket Ar-ntnor ad.lreea Tho.. fc. Watt. P. A. W. 1 SO) ,ifUi Avenne, rituburs, l'a. J. B. Hntcliinson. J. R. Wo. VI. Oecu Masaarer. Ovn l Vt ur. A j Snyder's Pharmacy! Sjjj . It requires a good selected stock and a nealU- a.an-Ij et: room to do a liri.sk Lusines?. WE HAVE BOTH OF THEM. Pure Drugs LTC 5 Fresh and Good condition. Ia the way of 1 Prprrintinn on,p?Bndinr' ST 1 lCoUlljJllUll Anything not advertUo.l. Sr svq arc sure to have IL You arc always sure of i.v:;in tl . y Z JJ; - yaj OpticalGoods cl:i,;v W9 ujMiir'iiiininiii' ii'i i mi inn i u uiin.i 9 MMWWKitMtM4MNMfHIWHItllN4IWI) Louther's Drug Main Street, Somerset, Pa. This Ucdel Dmg Stars is Rapidly Esccniija'c Favcritg mtlx People ia Search cf FESSH . AED PURE . DBUt Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Sponges, fna Louis GREAT CAKE PKiyo TAE E!S TO CSE 0LT FRESH A.ISrrBt AkT!n.SV SI'ECTACLES, EYE-GLASSES, And a Full Line of Optical Goods always on hand. Frca large assortment all caa be suited. Always on hand. It is always a pleasure to dijplaj ota to mtending purchasers, whether they buy from us or elsewhere. J. hi, LOUTKER m. D. MAIN STREET - SOMERSET. Somerset Lumber Ya: elias CTjisnsrrisrGHAii JlAircrAcrcBBK axd Dealer asd Wholesale a.id Rictailizo Lumber and Building Materials. Hard and Soft AVood Oak, Foplar, Sldlnesj, PUkrt-, Hi4 fValnut. Yellow Pine. Flooring. Kab. KtarLf Cherry, Shingles, Doom, BalaHter. thfOi Lath, White Pine III J ml, Newel Pont, tit. A general line of all grades of Li mber and Building aterial ami R.xriir"S'iU r stock. Also, can furnish anything In tbe line of our business toonh-r aitli naa ble proiuptaeaa, suct.as Brackeu, oUJ-ftUed.work,Vtc. Elias Cunningham, Office and Turd Opposite S. A U R. R. Station, TheN.Y.WeeklyTrik With thecloneof the Presidential t-ampaign TIIE Tr.ir.t7E the fact that the American jxople are now anxious to jrive their siw- hrtni ami liiutniMid ttir..rt fr. . ' ..i;m, u. ill hxn - . -. . ... ...... -v.. 4V UITTI Vl'llUIU'MI, " ' ! 1 . " , space and proninence, until atif.ther htut or National i r:c-iti oVrudit newal of the fight for the i,rtr.cii! for which THE TKIHUSE l) t from ibi incention to tho !,r...ut rl iv or .1 -m ilu rrrntt vii fiiricJ. Every possible effort will t put for.h, and n;onc fret ly 9 The WEEKLY TRIP.rXK tir.ii.ir-..u. . M,4tn.,i r,m;u Newoapefr- ug, instructive, enteitaimug and indLrensable to each numiroi w We furnish "THE HERALD" and "N. Y-WEEKLY TR ONE YEAR FOR ONLY $2.00. CASH IN ADVANCE. SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIXE. Addreaa all orders to Tl IE II EK-4 Write yonr name and adJress on a postal eai-d, send it to to. W. ir.unne tsaiiauss;, sew lork Utj, and sample topy Heeklj Trilmne will be mailed to yon. IT WILL PAY YOU TO BUY TOCR 3Xeiuorial Work WM. F. SHAFFER, SOMERSET. FO.VA. Uanafiwrtarer of and Drmler la Eastern Work Fumlshd on HhorX Notlcs MASSLE AID EB1IITI Y9BI Also, Ajent for U WHITE BIWSZE t Pt-iwins In need nf Monamcnt Work wtl Bnd it U their titert to mil at my shoe whrre a proper shuwin will be rlen tbeni -M.tiKr:uuuin Knaran'.evd in everv case, an Prtcea rery low. 1 Invite special a'tu-utjoo aa A'hito Brio, Or Puro Km Monuments. produced by ReT. W. A. P.ir.f. as decldod mpron-imut in the point of Materia! a i.1 Cont ruction, and which in deitt;n1 to be t h p)pular Monnntent (or onr ctacisb i naw. tiivr us a cxil. Wm. F. Shaffer. 1 Trussed Fittctl. All of the best aud most aj.pr.iv,.! Tr." kept ia stock, uisfaction guarantee-J. JOHN N. SNYDER SOMi:iiKT,i.4 i Storl Supporters, Toilet Articles, Perfumes, c, tii wjnoa oi Aa ,iMjA.i. attention to the coapor5a:5ao j r a n 'i n THE FIHEST BEIHDS OF CICA1 S3IS: FOR FARMERS AND VILLAGERS. FOR ATHIS AMD MOTHERS, FOR SDNS AM D DAUGHTERS, FOR ALL THE FAMILY. 3 ii-JUU'.L! J1 I e-T Over BOO Beautiful Designs. im 4 f- IkZJv V ... 1 1 n
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