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.
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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
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OpticalGoods cl:i,;v
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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
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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.
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Beautiful
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