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oouitTbel, Pa.
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1 'OU-VU & CKiLE,
bowevet. Pa.
liiii't prompt atu-uUon u Litoiu.
in. en-
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iie Court House
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tSOUiCTM.'t, Pa.
JOHN U. UHL,
Ally.tY-AT-LAW,
bomeraet. Pa.
promptly tU:nd to all to w esa en
tMio ujui. ou.y wvuwi on ooUeo
buiu, c Oiace iu Jdjuiimoiu iliocK.
I0HX 0. KIMMEL,
J AllutUNtl-AT-tAW,
boineroet, 1'a.
U!tleni to all bujJui8 entrusted U hia
o.- m juitr t uji ujoiuiii cou-uta, w 1U1
piupuiJi uueiuy. ouioe ou lulu trom
tjxxl, loke CoUruai uroccry store.
JAJIEri L. ri'GU,
AlToltMiir-AT-lAW,
bouieniet, Pa.
Ulfice in Unimuth Biock, up .talra. En
Uiuiue ou iiiu cruM ktreeu Collection,
nuc, iat Uiea, uUt euiuiuvO, aud ail
ksi niMWM attended U WIUU piuuipUlo
ud Hiiciuy.
A J. tVLboKX. L. C. OOLBORN'.
CK)UiOKN A COLBOKX,
ATiUlikX3-AI-t.W,
bouierwrt. Pa.
AU busiaew entrustea to our care will be
ruuiiU) aiiu uuiiiluny alteuaed to. Colleo
huu uiMitr iu cxdiii n-L iKMiord and adjoin
14 oouuUtx. eurvryiij nd couveyamMiig
.out 011 rtMMinaUie teruia.
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L. EAEK,
AirORNE
He AlTOBNET AT-LAW,
boioerwl, Pa.
Will practice In Somerset and adjoining
huu. Aj tiUomtM eutrobU-O to uuit will
weit prompt alleuUou.
A H. aTFUuTIi. W. H. KUPPEL.
j ArivKXtVb-Ai-iJW,
bomerhet. Pa.
Ail biMinew.eutrm.ted to their rare will be
peril uy and puuclually alteuded to. Ollioe
ou Mlu Cruut ktruel, opposite ManinioUi
JW. CAUUTHERS, M. D.,
PM 1 alCL". N a u s L' Rii LOS,
Souierset, Pa.
OSoe on Palrio. Street, opposite U. B
Cmnu.
'41111 emu at office.
DR. P. F. SHAFFER.
PHYSICIAN AKBdURGEON,
Somerset, Pa.
leodrrt bis profetwioual aervioea to tbe citi-
oiueiel aud vicinity. Uliice corner
a.11 v.ro aud t'atriol street.
DR. J. M. LOLTHER,
PliYsiCIAN ami SURGEON,
Cioe on Mm 11 street, rear of Drug .tore.
J)R. H. S. KIMMELL,
TeoJers bit proftMional ervlce to tiie dtl-
m ouuierei aua vicinity. Lul u pro
Mouiiy engaged ue cku be touud at hi of-
u mmiu ei l-jtt of Diamond.
T)R. J. Sf.McMILLEX,
AV Oruiiuate iu Deutistry.)
(iiVfr(c'' atUution to the DrwervaUon
tall !' teilh. ATUfli-lMi HU IluerUnl.
ltiH tf tfoaruuUT-d aatistntoo'. Office
uittt iiniovtr L. 11. ivvti a Co'a store.
. ii auu rau-101 aireei.
c.
H. COFFROTH,
Funeral Director.
05 &J Maia Cross St. Residence,
S40 Patriot HU
Land Survejor
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VOL. XLVI. NO. 23.
Just as
Good
as Jxxrtrs and srTl tt md
cheaper," i$ . statement sometimes
made by the drucc-ist arfcm Sentf
Emulsion Is called for. This shows
that the dm g-gists themselves re jard
SGOtt'G
Emulsion
of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypophos
phites of lime and Soda as ths
standard, and the purchaser who
desires to procure the "standard"
because he knows it has been of
untold benefit, should not for one
instant think of taking- the risk of
using1 some untried prepa
ration. The substitution
of some thine said to be
,, Tn t .4. i
ard preparation twenty'
five years on the market,
should not be permitted by
the intelligent purchaser.
Be .ore vou eet SCOTT'S Fmnlunn R
1-11 im man ana Bsn are on tbe wrapper
50c and li.oo, all drupgista.
SCOTT & BOWKE, Chemists, New York.
THE
First National Bank
Somerset, Ponn'a.
Capital, S50.000.
Surplus, 828,000.
o
DEPOSIT RCCCIVC I N LA ROC AMD SMALL
AMOUNTS. PATABLg ON OCMANO.
ACCOUNTS OF MCRCHANTS. FARMERS,
STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
CHA8. O. SCULL,
JAMES L. PUGH.
JOHN K. SCOTT,
FRED W.
GEO. K. BCCLL,
W. H. MILLER,
KOBT. a SCULL,
E1ESECK.ER
EDWARD SCULL, : : PRESIDENT.
VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PRESIDENT.
HARVEY M. BERKLEY, . CAHHTKR.
The fUp'j and securities of this bank are se
curely prelected in a celebrated Corliss Bca-
GLi.l'aoor Safs. Tne only enfc made abso
lutely barglar-prooL
1b Somerset County National
A
OF SOMERSET PA.
UtablUkal 1877. Orfukea n national, 1890
Capita!, - $ 50,000 00
Surplus Undivided Profits, 23,000 00
Assets, - - 333,03333
Chas. J. Harrison, - President.
Wm. II. Koontz, - Vice Tresideat
Miltou J. Tritts, - - Casliier.
Geo. S. Ilarrison, - Ass't Cashier.
Directors
TV in. Endsle,
Joxiah Speoht,
John II. Snyder,
Joseph B. Davis,
Cbas. W. Snyder
II. C Beerits,
John Stuflt,
Harrison Snyder,
Noah 8. MUler,
Jerome StuSt,
Sam. 15. Harrison.
Cnatomere of thin batrt: vU receive themort
liberal treatment cont,iU?nt with aafebankin.
Parties wishing to send money eat or
can be accommodated by draft for any
amount. , ,
Money and valuabWa seen red by one or t'ie
boid a celebrated saftis with moat Improved
time lock. ,JI -T .
Collecuon. made In all part of the United
Suites. Ciiargea mod. -rite.
Aocoun 16 and deposita soliciteo.
A. H. HUSTON,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
and everythine pertalninj U rnnerai. furn
Ubed. SOMERSET - - Pa
Jacob D. Swank,
VVttchrruker And Jeweler,
Next Ooor Wet of Lutheraa Church,
Somerset. - Pa-
I Am New
prepared to supply the public
with Clocks, "Watches, nd Jew
elry of all description a Cbesp
aa tbe Cheapest.
REPAIRING X
SPECIALTY.
All work guaranteed. Look at my
stock before making your
purchases.
J. D. SWANK.
GET AN
EIirCAT7f5 aa
g fortune no
EDUCATION!
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ksum. 't.romilrafdUhiaea..a'ldJs
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Xlni; a Mig of uutlin-Uuie,
Autuinu days urv tiore;
Sooa will irlnl.T'i frtt aud rime
On tbe hilU piir.
Thro' the wocis we . anm Ugether.
Nutting ii the day ;
In tue H:iccUtxT wa.lhcr,
IluirU are blithe and (fay.
Now appr the hazelnut.
In the wotxied dale;
CtifTtuuLx. walnuu, butternuU,
Uru-t ax in the al.i.
No bl ut bird. In the mer-dow f lr,
tiiiijpi In r roundrlay ;
In the dvll and dingle drear
Tiie wiulrrvl bolds mil (Wtty.
fun-sl and In rocky glen,
'lie Urnves are l.rown and sere;
? ben sing a sung of nutting lime,
for buppy days arc here.
James U PKyricsoT.
A STORY FROM LIFE.
But It Is Less Interesting On That
Account.
BY MIW. CLARA J. lEXTON.
Look at that cow. A pretty fix she's
iu! Did you ever see such an idiot?"
And the words were followed by a
loud laugh.
Attracted by this evidence of amuse
ment, the other loungers on the wharf
turned about and watched the cow with
a grateful Interest. In her explorations
along the pier the creature had come
upon a discarded salt-barrel, and had
licked up the salt still clinging to its
edges.
Had she been content with this, no
barm would have resulted, but in the
eagerness of her appetite for the salt,
she puhed her head further and farth
er inside the barrel, until her horns be
came fastened there. Held thus, as in
a vise, she made frantic but unavailing
efforts to free herself, and in so doing
floundered blindly about the wharf.
The loungers watched her without
goina; to her relief, and at last, in her
aimless struggles, she plunged head
long into the water. Thereupon the
heartless spectators broke out iuioi'.'lls
of delight.
Outcries were unusual in this peace
ful village, and in a moment the occu
pants of the stores in the neighborhoikl
of the wharf were rushing pell-mell to
the river.
"It's the Widow Howell's cow,"
cried one of the throng, as tbe poor
beast, self-blind folded, w;ut swim
ming madly around in a circle.
"Here, bossie, bossier' called another
hoping to lure her towards the shore
Several other voices took up this cry,
but the commotion served only to ter
rify the creature, for," with a sudden
plunge, she turned aliout and liegan
swimming vigorously down stream.
"She'll never stop until she reaches
the lake," cried a dozen voices.
At this juncture a boy, carrying a
basket of eggs, rushed through the
crowd to the edge of the wharf. He
seemed to take in the situation at a
glance. In a' moment his basket was
on the grouud and his ragged clothes
were on top of it.
"What are u going to do?" ex
claimed a tall fellow ou the ei'ge of the
crowd.
For answer there was a splash in the
water, and then a tow head arose above
the surface aud steered ofT in the di
rection of the cow. The crowd watch
ed breathlessly. This slender boy had
done what not a man among them had
either cared or dared to do.
The river was wide at this point, but
the boy struck out in a bee-line, aud
was able, after some minutes of strong
and swift swimming, to head on the
animal by catching hold of the barrel.
He then swam around her, caught hold
of her tail and steered her towards the
wharf again, amid the cheers of the
crowd.
"Throw me a club," he shouted,
when within speakiug distance.
This was done, and the boy climbed
onto the cow's back with the club ia
his hand. IUisiug it aloft, he brought
it down upon the barrel with a few
vigorous blows, shivering the wood,
and in another moment the liberated
jow was shore, running with all
her might towards home, aud the boy
was drawing on his clothes.
"Are vou the Widow Howell's boy?"
said a voice over his shoulder.
"No, sir," was thequick answer, and,
looking up at tbe tall, fine-looking
man, the boy weut on by way of ex
planation; "she hasn't any boys. I'm
Pete Noble's boy, and my name is
Harry."
"Well, Harry," said the gentleman,
you're just the sort of boy I need.
How would you like to go to the city
to live?"
Harry gave a little gap of pleasure,
but did not auswer immediately. All
his short life he had been longing to see
the city. Tube sure.it was only five
miles away, but it might as well have
been five hundred. Here, them was
his opportunity.
"Well, sir, I'd like to go," he said,
"but I haven't any clothes but these."
"No matter about the clothes," said
his new friend, "they're for sale in the
city. I want a boy to stay in my rooms
at the hotel and answer the telephone,
and sometimes go on errands. You'll
have $10 a month aud your bwd and
lodging. If you want to go, aud your
folks are williug I don't want a ruu-
away boy meet me at the 5 o'clock
train."
'My folks will be willing," said
Harry. "I haven't any but my latuer,
and he wants me to get something to
do."
"All right; here's my card; you may
want to tell your father to whom you
have hirtd yourself."
The slip of pasteboard passed from
the delicate white hand to the hard,
sunburned one, and the two parted.
Harry, with his basket on his arm,
went on slowly, lost in admiration of
the finely engraved script on the card.
"Jerome K. Umtgomery," be said
to bimself. "I wonder what father
willthiDkof that for a regular swell
uame?"
When, a few Lours later, he followed
his new employer into the railway
coach, be aaid to himself:
"Harry, you're ia luck."
For three happy months he contin
ued to think so, but one sad night iu
iSoveaiber, all the joy wis swept out of
Somerset
SOMERSET, PA.,
hrslife. He was awakened from a sound
midnight sleep by voices in the ad
joining room, and before he could warn
the speakers of his waking, he had
heard bis employer unfold to a visitor
a plot to ruin financially a man who
was apparently one of his best friends.
Harry slept no more that night; be
had now but ore overwhelming
thought, to save this man from ruin,
without betraying his always kind em
ployer. One day, six weeks later, as Mr.
Montgomery was coming out of the
counting-room of a largo hardware
fctore, where he had been holding a
business interview, be passed near a
man who was unpacking a box of caster
"cas .j" that is, the part that goes into
the furniture, aud to which the easier
proper is fitted. Mr. Montgomery saw
that they were the cases belonging to
the patent caxter invented by his friend
Leypoldt. He fetopped and took one
up, and then examined one of tbe
caster stems lying near. A dark
frown settled upon his brow.
"Some one has warned him; some
one has warned him," he said to him
self over aud over again.
The penalty for wrongfully affixing
the word "patented" upon any article
i very great. Leypoldt, the inventor
of this particular caster stem, had, in
his ignorance of this law, placed the
stamp upon the unpatented "case."
Mr. Montgomery knew of this infringe
ment of the law, but, to gratify an old
grudge, he had allowed Leypoldt to
remain in error, intending, when a
large lot of the casters was thrown
upon tbe market, to inform the gov
ernment cf the wrong marking and
thus briug financial ruin upon his old
friend.
A dastardly plot, indeed, but now
Mr. Montgomery held in his hand in
dubitable evidence of its failure, for the
word "patented" was on the caster
"stem" where it belcnged, aud not
where it was first placrd, on the caster
case."
Still holding tbe stem in his hand,
Mr. Montgomery turned his steps tow
ards his hotel, wondering the while
who could have informed Leypoldt of
his danger.
'I have told no one but Jones," he
said to himself, "and he left for Hono
lulu within an hour after I told him.
He would not have written to Leypoldt
although wc were all college boys
together, he is one of the miud-your-
own-busineas-whatever-happi:s sort cf
men.
At this point iu his reverie, he enter
ed his own cosy library, and the first
object that met his eye was the open
book that Harry had been reading be
fore going out upon an errand.
"Ah," he exclaimed, with a growl
of rage; "I have it; that little pau
per was lying awake, and has be
trayed me! If I had him here, I'd
thrash him within an inch of his life."
Harry, however, did not return for
nearly an hour, and by that time his
employer had fully decided that he was
the culprit, and that he must be dealt
with iu the most summary manner.
As soon as he had heard the result of
Harry's errand, therefore, Mr. Mont
gomery turned upon him a stem face
and said:
"Harry; how dared you tell Leypoldt
of his error in marking his caster case?"
Harry started, and Lis face grew
white, but without a moment's hesita
tion, he said :
"Because I thought I ought to, sir."
Mr. Montgomery started to his feet.
"Thought you ought to defame and
scandalize me?" he roared.
Harry ojiened his mouth to speak,
but Mr. Montgomery threw out his
band with a commanding gesture,
"i3top," he said, "I will not hear a
word; there can be to excuse for such
an act. Now," and he took out his
check-book and turned to bis desk,
"go pack your truuk while I write a
check for your month's wages, which
will be due in a dsy or two. I order
you to leave this bouse inside of five
minutes."
These were harsh words, and as
Harry threw bis clothes into bis little
trunk, he thought fiat he should never
forgive or forget them.
A few moments later his truuk was
in the hotel baggage-room, aud he was
standing on the hotel steps, holding
Mr. Montgomery's check in his fingers,
an l looking vag lely out upa the hur
rying throug.
He folded his check aud put it away
in his purse, and, as he was buttoning
up his outer coat, the hotel door swung
open behind him, and a familiar voice
said:
"Well, Harry, out for another run?"
"Oh, Mr. Leypoldt," sobbed Harry,
"I didn't think you'd give me away ;
you said you never would," aud be hid
his swimming eyes on Mr. Leypoldt's
coat-sleeve.
The man looked down upon him in
puzzled silence, and then a light broke
over his face.
"What has he done to you, Harry?"
be said.
"Discharged me," said Harry, forc
ing back the tears and holding his head
erect.
"Nothing could suit me better," ex
claimed Mr. Leypoldt. "I have long
wanted you, but, of course, I would not
take you from Mr. Montgomery."
Harry's face flushed.
"But you see," hestammered, and
then be looked down silently.
"Oh, yes, I see," said Mr. Leypoldt,
laughing; "of course, you've no use for
a man who amid, as you say, 'give you
away,' but the truth is that I have never
exchanged a word with Mr.' Montgom
ery about the patent caster."
"Oh," exclaimed Harry, "then I have
betrayed him, aterall."
"Yes," said Mr. Leypoldt, "that's
the way things often go in this world
people with the best Intentions often
do, before they kno' it, the very things
they have vowed not to do."
"But," said Harry, looking bewilder
ed, "if you have never spoken to Mr.
Montgomery about it, I can't see how
he found it all out no straight, or how
you knew so quick that I had quarreled
with him."
"Well," said Mr. leypoldt, "when
he saw the markings changed on the
casters, be know someone had warned
me. iiw discovery 01 you was omii
a lucky guess.
When you first told me
ESTABLISH:!) 1827.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17. 1897.
of my infringement of the law, iu spite
of your precaution, I susfiected Mont
gomery, for he has an old grudge
against me, something I am not at all
to blame for, and when you met me
with that accusation that I had 'given
you away,' I was confirmed in my sus
picions; but, never mind; some day,
when his wrath is cooled, I'll show
him how you befriended me without
betraying him, and I'm sure he'll be
grateful to you .'or having saved him
from doing a dishonorable thing."
t
Harry is to day superintendent of a
large furniture factory, and Mr. Mont
gomery, now an old man, is his stead
fast friend.
No words have ever passed between
them concerning the "patent caster,"
but at every possible opportunity the
latter says fervently:
"You're a trump, Harry," and Harry
understands, and is satisfied.
So Sad.
They were both Spiritualists, aud it
is hardly necessary to add that they
were not commouplace, for, being
Spiritualists, how could they possibly
be commonplace? No!
They met, this He and She (it sounds
like the speakers in a dialogue joke, but
this is no joking, laughing matter.
It's serious,) at a seance. Have you
ever seaneed, auy of you fellows? It's
great fun. After tbe lights are turned
out you take hold of the hand of the
girl nearest you, and
But I'm getting away from my story.
After the seance was over and the
spirit of Daniel Webster had vouch
safed to the faithful this soul terrifying
communication: "I seen a lot of
things when I was alive," and various
other equiilly mysterious manifesta
tions had preieuted themselves, this
he and she fell Into conversation.
They had never met before, but as they
gazed iuto each other's eyes they recog
nized right away that each was the
other's Afiioitv!
"My Affinity!" he cried.
"Mine!" she murmured aud fell into
his arms.
"You are married, of course?" he
then said.
"No," she whsspered, hesitatingly.
"Nor I," he reluctantly admitted.
"Then we must part!"
They could not lo'e, th'jse twin souls,
because there was nothing to prevent
it, and what is the good of being affini
ties if you dou't have to strive against
Fate?
Thens is nothing commonplace about
your Spiritualistic Affinity, b'gee.
New York Journal.
The soothing, healing etT.-cts of Dr.
Woods' Norway Pine Syrup is felt
almost instantly. There is no other
cough medicine that combines so
many virtues. Sold by all dealers.
Don'ti For the Broom.
Don't let the broom get dirty. It will
take but a few minutes to clean it in a
pail of soap suds, or to bold it under
the warm water faucet after each using
that has made it especially soiled; and
this will also keep the splints pliable.
Dan't allow it to become pressed out
of shape while damp.
Dm'tseta broom downwhen through
with it, even when it is psrfectly dry;
and dor.'t stand it ou its handle when
damp and allow the moisture to settle
about the wire and rust them. Bore
a hole in the handle and keep it hung
up at all times when not in use.
Dan't use a broom straw to test cake
or bread, while baking. It is not neat,
and it is realty dangerous as many
broanis are soaked in arsenic solution
to give them their green oolor.
Djn't sweep with your back. Use
your arms and the broom, with not too
long a stroke.
How's This!
We offer One Hundred Dollars re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last 13 years, and be
lieve him perfectly honorable ia all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any oblifrations made
by their firm.
West A TnuAX, Druggists, Toledo, O ,
W A 1. 1) I X , K I X X A X & Marvix,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c. per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
A Presentiment.
"I know," said the somewhat irre
sponsible friend, "that you don't be
lieve in signs in tbe ordinary sense.
But don't you sometimes find yourself
in circumstances which cause present
iments of evil?"
"Yes, every time some people ask me
for a loan I feel as if I were going to lose
money." Washington Star.
Stretching the Troth.
Stranger (in Arkansas) So the poor
fellow swore that he didn't steal the
horse, and after you'd lynched him you
found out he'd toid the truth about it?
Storekeeper Yes; and the coroier
was right smart puzzled for a spell
what kind of a verdict to bring in, but
he finally called it a case of stretching
the truth' and let it go at that. Judge.
Br. Xingi'i Hew Discovery for Con
sumption. This is tbe best medicine in the world
for all forms of Coughs and Colds and
for Consumption. Every bottle is guar
anteed. It will cure and not disap
point It has do equal for Whooping
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0FTEX JUSTICE IX
IXDIAX OUTBREAKS.
abaadaat Probation Farnlibedby Whites
ia the Far West.
STOET 0? A VILE 0T7IEAGE.
Much has been written of Indian up
risings and outrages, but there is a
story to be told on the other sl le which
often shows not only justice in the In
dian action but the most violent out
rage on the part of the white settlers In
provoking it. Here is a tali told by
Scout Allison, an employe of the gov
ernment In the West, that throws some
light on Indian atrairs:
Mold was discovered in the Black
Hills in 1371, an l regardless of Indian
ownership, white men from ail parts of
the United States rushed to the hills iu
eaer search of the precious metal. The
luiiian.i entered a strong protest and
appealed to the United States authori
ties to expel the miners from their
reservation. Many were driven out by
troops, but in spite of all opposition
the spring of lS7tj found the new gold
fields literally alive with white men
and mines giving up gold at the rate of
thousands of dollars per day, while
every trail leading to the Butck Hills
across the reservation became a public
highway over which supplies were
hauled into the mines. One of the
principal routes to the Black Hills was
over the Bad Ili7er trail, through the
very heart of the great Sioux reserva
tion in South Dakota. Fort Pierre at
the mouth of Bad River was the start
ing point and base of supplies. Thirty
five miles above Fort Pierre was situat
ed the Cheyenne River Iudiau agency,
on the west bank of the Missouri river,
around which were clustered about
5,000 friendly Indians. Sixty-five miles
below Fort Pierre the Lower Brule
agency was located, also ou the west
bank of the Missouri, where about 2,
50J friendly Sioux received their ra
tions. Indians passing from one agen
cy to the other frequently camj in con
tact with miners and wagn trains on
th3 Bad River trail, but the Indians,
being inclined to peaceful m Hhods, and
hoping that the government would
eveutually protect them in their rights,
avoided contact as much as possible,
waiting their opportunity and crossing
the trail where no white man was
visible.
About the middle of April, H7t5,
seven lodges of Minnikanyeju Sioux,
who hail beeu visiting at the Lower
Brule agency, were on their way home
to the Cheyenne River reservation,
when one of their number, a young
warrior, was taken violently ill and
died while they wer-enea:nped on the
bank of the Bad river.
Following the usual Indian custom
in such cases, the body of the dead
warrior was washed and painted as if
for a festival, dressed in his finest sav
age attire and then wrapped in a new
woolen blanket, his old mother having
first brought bis bow and arrows and
placed them tenderly by his side. Then
the blanket and dressed deer skins
were carefully wrapped around the
body and fastened wi:h leather thongs.
Lastly, the finest and biggest buffalo
robe in camp is wrapped with the fur
inside around the dead warrior and
securely fastened with a long stout
lariat. Four forked posts were then
set upright in tbe ground on a little
mound a few rods north of the Black
Hills trail, ou which a scuff .Id was
erected about eight fett from the
ground. On this scaffold the body was
placed secure from burrowing animals,
and after the usual funeral rites tbe
grief-stricken friends went sorrowing
to theii homes at the Cheyenne agency.
The mourning red men had been
gone perhaps not more than six hours
when a party of gold hunters, fourteen
in number, with a span of mules and a
wagon to haul their supplies, came to
the place where the dead warrior was
laid to rest
The whites saw tbe Indian grave; the
first one they had ever seeu. and the
last and only one they ever saw. They
turned the mules out of tbe beaten
track and drove to the little mound
and halted by the side of the scaffold.
They walked round aud round the
strange object, looking up and examin
ing it from every side. At length one
of them said: "Say, boys, that looks
like a good robe around that redskin;
somebody bring an axe from the wagon
and we'll see how they fix up a dead
iujen, any way." The axe is brought,
and in a moment the posts are cut
through and the scaflold, with its grue
some tenant, falls to the ground. The
lariat is loosened, ar.d two men (?) seize
the end of the robe and unwind it from
the body. It Is, indeed, a good robe.
They shake it in the wind aud then
throw it into their wagon. "We'll have
use for that robe," they say.
The removal of the robe brought to
view the dressed deerskius. "Just what
we want," they said, "to make whip
lashes," and tbe deerskins followed the
buffalo robe Into the wagon. And then
the blanket, which was a brand new
one. It wouldn't uo to leave that. Bo
Into the wagon it went to keep com
pany with the rest of the funeral fur
niture. Next their attention is given to the
almost naked body of the dead warrior.
One of tbem seizes the bow and arrows.
"I'll keep them for my little boy," said
be. ADotherakes the bear claw neck
lace. He will take that home for bis
wife. Aud thus the body is entirely de
nuded. The moccasins are taken by
one, the silver armlets by another, the
garters, with little bells attached to
them, are taken by another, and, spurn
ing the naked body with their feet,
they go on their way rejoicing at their
rich find. It portends good luck when
they reach the Hills. ,
About noon the following day the
little band of Indians reached their
homes, where they imparted the sad
news of the death of the young brave
to his friends and relatives. Among
the latter was a brother, who, after
learning the exact locality of the grave,
mounted his hor?e, saying that he
would go and look upon the silent form
of his brother aud weep for him. Be
fore sunset he was drawing near the
little mound, but saw no scaffold stand
ing there, and wondered if be bad mis
taken bis directions. No, there is some
thing there, and he rides closer to soe
what it Is. One brief glance at the ru
ins and he knows the whole story. The
posts with the marks of the axe, and
the poles which formed the scaffold are
there. The tracks of the wagon and
the mules show plainly in the soft
earth, and all an mud are the footprints
of white men. But where Is the dead
warrior? Scattered about are frag
ments of the skeleton stripped of the
flesh, and down yonder by the river
is a score of coyotes, snarling and fight
ing over something which looks v ry
much like a portion of the dead In
dian's body. The wolves and coyotes
had finished th; work which the white
vandals bad begun.
No tear started from the eye of the
dead warrior's brother as he sat there
on bis pony and contemplated the
scene, but giving utterauee to that sav
age growl which no white rntn can
imitate or describe, be turned bis
horse's hetd toward his home tn i t'ew
away with the spetd of a frightened
deer.
It was midnight when he reached his
camp, but before daylight, mounted on
a fresh horse and followed by filly stal
wart bravts, h- was on the trail of the
fourteen rr.en who committed the out
rage. They never used that buffalo
robe, nor tlid they make whlp'a-he. of
tbe deerskins. The bow aud am ws
never reached the little boy. Every
oue of the fourteen was killed, provid
ing a big feast for the wolves. But the
newspapers just rang with the news of
another Indian outrage. They never
knew the primary cause. Boston Her
ald. People can't be giaxi natured, can't be
pleasant, if they have Itching Piles.
Doan's Ointment will make any sulferer
from this plague of the night happy.
It gives inslaut relief, and permanent
cure.
A Sabaxban IdjL
It was too cold to sit on the porch.
It was stuffy in the house.
"Let us walk," said Clarissa.
They walked.
Presently they came to a place u here
the houses were few and the lamp posts
far between. And the morn discreetly
veiled her face, and several lare,
opaque clouils scampered across the
starry vault.
Clarissa shivered.
"How chilly the air has grown," sl.e
said.
"It is the wind," sail EJgardo.
"The wind Is fresher."
"Fresher than what?" asked Ciarissa.
Edgardo started slightly, but did not
reply.
- Clarissa's teeth chattered. -
"My sack fits ma loorsely," she mur
mured. "Am yo i afrail of cttcVmr cld.v'
asked E Igardo. Hi was a kin 1 heart
ed youth, and there was a ring of sym
pathy in his unstudied tone.
"No," she Irritably auswered.
She looked at bim critically.
"Do you ever catch cold?" she a? kid.
'S imetimes," he auswered.
"You astonish me," she said. "I
didn't suppose.you were brisk enough
to catch anything."
He turned his eyes toward her hi pain
ed surprise. Then he gave another
start. His face brighten nl.
The moon crept behin 1 a thi :k cloud .
The wind came round the corner with
a chastened rush. The street lamps
wiuked lazily.
.Edgardo's arm was around Clarissa's
taper waist Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Friend in Need.
Here !s e good story from the "Recol-
eclioc?of Aubrey de Vere:" A young
man wa tried for murder, having kill
ed a member of a rival faction in a
faction fight. The judge, reluctant to
sentence him to death on account of
his youth, turned to him and said:
"Is then anyone in Court who can
speak as to your character?" The
youth loiked roualthi Curt, then
said sadly: "There is no man here
my lord, that I know." At that my
grandfather chanced to walk into the
grand jury gallery. He saw at once
bow matters stood. He called out,
"You are a queer boy that don't know
a friend when you see him!"
The boy was quick-witted: be an
swered: "Ob, then, it is myself that is
proud to see your Honor here this day!"
"Well," said tbe Judge, 'ir Vere,
since you know the boy, will you tell
us what yoy know of hi.u."' "I will,
my lord," said my grandfather, "and
what I can tell you is this that from
tbe very first day that ever I saw him to
this mijutc I never knew anything
that was not go-nL" The old tenaat
ended his tale by striking his bands to
gether and exclaiming: "Aud he bad
never clapped his eye upon the boy till
this minute!" The boy escaped being
hanged.
Ten Thousand Kisses.
A dispatch from Berlin tells of a
young German who has just attempted
to take ten thousand kis.ses in ten
hours from his sweetheart's lips, his
ambition, of course, being to establish a
kissing record. In spite of the some
what hampering condition of witnesses
and scorers, a record of two thousand
"smacks" for the first hour and one
thousand for the second hour was es
tablished, when suddenly the youth
collapsed, his lips became paralyzed
and he fell in a faint. It is deplorable
that tbe cable makes uo comment upon
the condition of the youug woman af
ter 9uch violent labial exercise.
What It Means.
When we advertise that we will
guarantee Dr. King's New Discovery,
Electric Biitera, Buckten's Arnica
Salve, or Dr. King's New Life Pills, it
means that we are authorized by the
proprietors to sell these remedies on a
positive guarantee that if purchaser is
not satisfied with results, we will re
fund the purchase price. These medi
cines have been sold on this guarantee
for many years ana there could be no
more conclusive evidency of their great
merit Ask about them and give them
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WHOLE NO. 2110.
Ghosts in the Orchard.
Teddy, like all otht-r bojs, loved fruit;
and when he left bis English school
to visit his father's home iu tbe island
of Ceylon, jut outside the town f Kan-
dy, be was charmed with the tropical
fruit, the delicious inaugosteeu, fresh
cocoanuts, soft and creamy as a custard;
bananas r'.pe?:d on the tree, and a great
many others.
Oue morning he was filled with dis
may to find the orchards nea-ly bare,
the boughs strlpred, and no footprints,
no noises the night before, though there
must have been a hundred or so of
the rogues to d s much damage in
a few hours. Hastening to ctll his
father, he met his el ler bmther and
showed him the ruiu of the fruit-trees.
Richard looked grave enough, for
this meant a very serious loss to them;
but when TedJy repeated for the third
time: "Dick, who d you suppose Old
all this uiie'iief?" tie answered with a
smile:
"Why, ghosts, to be sure."
"But, you kuow, ghosts can't rob or
chards and devour fruit You are only
trying to fool me as if I were a baby?"
exclaimed Teddy indignantly.
"O lr Ceylon ghosts rob orchards, as
you see."
'Nonsense," said his father in a dis
pleased tone as be joined the boys, "I
will not have you talk such stuff to Ted
dy, Dick."
"But who did it, father?" asked Ted
dy eagerly".
"Tiie flying lemurs. You never
heard of them in E iglaud, but we
kuow too much of thvm here," aud he
pa-vk'd on.
"Iok at your Latin dictionary, Ted
dy," said Dick: "It is the same thing."
Teddy did look aud found that lemur,
or lemure, m?ans ghost. He was very
uiuc'.i puzzled, bit he would ask no
more questious. Ho resolved to watch
that uight himself; one part of the or
chard had not been touched.
After every one elie had gone to sleep
he sat watching, and was suddenly
startled by seeing a great many shad
owy forms passing silently over the
grass towards the fruit trees. They
seemed to spring into the air and hurl
themselves upon the trunks, then with
lon, flying leap rlat through the air
to the next tree. There seemed at Ieaat
two or three hundred in the flock, and
it was :Ul so noiseless that he was fright
ened an 1 cried aloud for bis father.
The alarm wjs quickly given, and
the men ran to the orchards, attacking
the marauders with guns and clubs,
killing a good many and at last driv
ing them off.
These lemurs are a family of tropical
animals of the division of four-handed
or foot-ban id creatures, and are very
like the monkeys, to whic'i they are
a":iu, except., that thsir hiiul legs are
much longer than their foreleg. They
have sharp muzzles, like foxes, and us
ually not always have long tails.
Ah they delight tolivoin trees, eatirg
fruit or birds' eggs and insects, it is a
convenience to them to have a piece of
fl.-s'u lengtheuel from tlu fore legs to
the hind .? -like the flying squimls
which t'.kes i'ae place of w4ngs and
helps liiem to throw themselves into
the air quite a di.-tan?e from one tree to
another. Th y canuot rea'iy rise from
the earth au 1 lly, but they can climb
and jump much better on account of
this appendage, and with their sharp
claws they hold on to the lark and
strip the fruit off.
They go in large flocks and do an im-men-e
amount of mischief. There is
one kind of lemur, called a loris, that
climbs iuto a tree without a sound, and
swiftly and silently captures the birds,
which never dream that hu enemy is
near.
Tne uext day Teddy wrote to an
English schoolmate:
"Our orchards have alt been robbed
and the fruit devoured. Can you guess
who did it? Ghosts! You will not be
lieve this, but I am telling the truth.
Perhaps if you ask our Latin teacher
he may help you to guess this rid lie."
Islands Samed For Dogs.
Dozens, some say scores, of islands, of
greater or less dimensions, are known
as "Little Dogs," "Dog Islands," "Big
Dogs," etc. An island in the Thames,
now a part of London, is called the
"Isle of Dogs." Three lofty, rocky isl
ands near St. Tb.oi.ias, Virgin Islands,
are known as "The Great Dog,"
"George Dog," and the "West Dog."
There are "Dog Inlands" in the Ma
layan Archipelago; off the coast of
Maine; on the const of Franklin county
Florida, aud another iu the Serawati,
Group.
Ou the coa.-t of Kamschatka there is an
island know u as "The Island of Talk
ing Dogs." Tne curious story tnmiiect
ed with this spot of land and the oue
that gives it the name it bears is this,
accordiug to an Asiatic legend:
The first inhabitants of the Far
North did not employ dogs, but drew
their walrus-rib sleds themselves. Af
ter ages had elapsed men made an at
tempt to use the dogs of that region
whic'j. by the way, talked just as men
do as beasts of burden. The talking
dogsT however, argued the case with
their would I masters, and were not
long in proving that they had enough
to do to catch game for themselves and
the children of men.
But tbe men soon learned the use of
the bow and arrow and the spear, thus
ruining the occupation of the talking
dogs. Again an attempt was made to
Larnessthem to sleds, but they rebell
ed, and all swam out of the islaud,
afterwards known as "The Island of
the Talking Dogs."
Here the game was srce, and the
dogs soou turned canuibals, and by the
end of the first winter there were only
seven left Some humane Kamschat
kans volunteered to row out to the Isl
and, and bringoff the remnant of the
dog colony. But the dgs refused to
leave their barren island, saying:
"What people are you? We have never
seen you before." For thb untruth
Chami, the dog go,!, took their voices 4
away from them and until this day they
have been the dumb s-.rvants of man.
Sweet ForetfoJness.
Perkins Has Slopay ever paid you
that ?10 be borrowed last ytr?
Dibsou No. I guess he hai forgotten
all about it; he is Just as social and
friendly as he ever was. Puck.
AU Around the Farm.
Scrub rams should be promptly dis
posed of, and not allowed to mingle
w;lithe othersheep. By wecdingou
the ewes and procuring crosses from
suitable pure-bred ram the flock will
not only bold its own, but cor.tiutialiy
improve.
Ho not sow grain In the orchard.
especially wheat or rye. Oat ruiy te
sown after the orchard is well grown,
and pasture-l down with hogs, with but -little
bad ellect Never under any cir
cumstances allow timothv, red-top.
bhK' grass, or auy other gross that forms
a tugh sd, in au orchard. When the
ordiard U uot in cultivation It should
te in clover; hogn may le pastured on
the clover.
Give the soil something for what you
take from it, and protect the young tree-
from cattle and bark-loving marauders.
With the same intelligent care that Is
given to other farm crop I am convin
ced that the prontdofthe apple orchard
will exceed them all.
Au experienced farmer ouce tol l us
that when lie wasobligwl tolgiu fi til
ing new oats, while still moist, he had
saved injury to hi.s horses by giving ati
eiplal bulk with them of wheat bran.
As the bran is itself nutritious the
amouut of oats may be diminished to
the extent that the bran by weight U
substitu' As the oats dry out the
proportion of bran may be decreased
until none is given. Yet in seasons
when oats were dear we have known
bran and com meal uses I as a substitute
for feeding to working horse. Ameri
can Cultivator.
Renew au old orchard by plowing in
the fall and applying a top dressing f
barnyard manure, giving each tne
about two big wagouloads. Iu fact,
spread it over the entire surface four
iuches deep, aud you w.-jll be astonished
at the results. Your t.'ees will take on
a new lease of life, make a (rood growth,
with healthy dark green foliage in the
place of the sickly light greeu of pre
vious years. You will get large crops
of excellent fruit. TLe (rouble with
Mt old orchards is that they are hide
bound in grass and starved to death fur
want of foiod.
From recent experiments it appears
that a meadow will yield aliout four
times as much feed in bulk if made into
bay as it will if pastured. But, as it is
well known that the young tender gru
ot the ofteucropp.'d pasture is more nu
tritious than tbe older and tougher
hay, it was found by a careful test that
the advantage in nutrients, digestibility
and freedom from cost o' harvesting,
housiug and feeding of pi atured fields,
will uearly lilance the greater yield of
hay fields, except on vtry high-priitd
lauds.
The first consideration iu planting
trees about farm b lildings is to shelter
them from sun, wind aud storm. The
ueed of shade iu summer is generally
recognized, but tix many planters over
book the equal necessity for evergreei.a
to prubfet from whiter winds, aud t-
give a little color to the monotouy of
the winter laudx-apts. Evergreens
produce an effect in ornamental plant
ing not to be obtained in any other
way.
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Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt R ieum, Fe
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Chilblains, Corns, an 1 all S'iiu Erup
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Uo InlrLa'cnent
Ethel I'm sorry to see you so very
distant with your next door neighbor,
Jack von Dusen. The Bible says you
should love your neighbor as yourself,
you kuow.
Dorothy Yes; but I'm not at all stuck
on my:lf, you know. Judge.
Seeping Lamps .From Smoklaj.
To prevent a lamp from smokiug boil
the wick iu vinegar for half au hour,
and, after drying thoroughly, put iuto
the lamp, which should have be n
thoroughly cleaned. A tablevpooufu!
of salt put into the oil will help greatly
in giving a clear light free fcom smoke.
Kaiser Wilhelm Is thinking seriously
of adding t .he sp!en i or of his impe
rial crown by the purchase of a mon
ster sapphire, lie h is always admired
the Euglish imperial S:aa crown,
which was male in lsdo. The gross
weight of this Ls about 31 ounces troy,
and iu the mid lie of the front is a
large partly drilled sapphire, purchas
ed for the crowu by King G jorge IV.
When Elizabeth Barrett married
Rob.Tt Browning, the bride's father
expressed himself oa tne subject with
that cruel frankness which is too often
heard in the family circle. What he
objected to, he said, was "not her union
with a silly young poet, but her marry
ing at all at an age wliea persons of tier
years 4 ) should have their minds
fixed exclusively ou the uext world."
Betrayed By a I&real.
Some very interesting stories aliont
post oilice robbers enliven the pages of
the atinu.il report of Joteoh L. Bristow,
tbe fourth assistant postmaster general.
The post olfiee inspectors who are in
charge of Mr. Bristow'a olUce sueceedod
iu breaking np several gms and in
making some iv.Ulne arrent-s. One of the
gangs bad its heaiiiuurtert at Hanover,
Kan., and operaiud in the summer aud
foil of l-Ji iu liia northern counties of
Kansas and the southern port of Nebra.
ka. The members of the gang robbed
banks and post ottlees so frequently as to
keep tbe people in a constant state of ex
citement. A detail from the inspectors' force was
directed to co-operate with an agent of
the Missouri Pacilie railroad company
and tbe state authorities to find the rub
bers. The inspectors found that twenty
five or thirty crooks would assemble at
Hanover at oue time. Several were ar
rested and all are now serving seutence.
Not a post office robbery was reported for
months after these arrests in tbe territory
in which the gang operated, though these)
had averaged Previously two a wwk.
Harry Laraway, an employee of the Can
adian Grand Truna railway company,
caused the inspectors a i'H of trouble. He
would rip opw't "oa'1 bags, extract letters.
and then sew np the bazs The inspect
ors could not find out at tirst wh other the
depredations occurred in Canada or the
United SlaU-s.
One day a Canadian bag which reached
Detroit was found to have been repaired
with yellow thread. This slender clue
was folio! il?C-.tly. Postal clerks
were tested and watched, transfer clerks
in Detroit aud Chicago were kept under
close espiouage, and mail bags were
ahailowed. Suspicion was directed to
Laraway, and In his room was found
some of tbe yellow thread. Laraway
was watched and caught, red-handeL
He was convicted.
Uuited States Minister Conner at Rio,
cabled the state department Saturday that
a Brazilian soldier had attempted to as
sassinate the president of Brazil, and that
the minister of war had been killed in
defending hi in. Great excitement pre
vails, but no general cause for alarm.