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THE-
First national Bank
Somerset, Penn'a.
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Capital, S50.000.
Surplus, S28.000,
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DEPOSITS RCCCIVC IN LAROC ANDSMALl
MOUNTS. FATftSLC ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS.
STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED
-DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
CHAS. O. SCriX, GEO. R. BCULL,
JAMES L. PL'GB, W. II. MILLEIi,
JOUS R. HOOTT, liOBT. a SCULL,
KKEO W. B1ESECKEB
EDWARD BCTJLL, : : PRESjJEXT.
VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PRESIDENT.
HARVEY M. BERKLEY, . CASHIER.
The rands and securities of this bank are se
eu rely protected In a celebrated Corliss BCR
glak Proof Safk. Tne only a&fe made abao
lately burglar-proof.
Tie Scmsrsst Comity National
OF SOMERSET PA.
to-.
EthbtUlwd 1877. Orgirtzti u I HiUoiii!, 1890
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Capital, - $ 50,000 00
Surplus & Undivided Profits, 23,000 00
Assets, - - 3 00,00000
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dios. J. Harrison, - President
Wm. II. Koontz, - Vice President.
Milton J. Pritts, - - Cashier.
Geo. S. Harrison, - Asa't Cashier.
Directors .
Wm. Endsley, Chas. W. Snyder
Joeiah SpecLt, II. C. Beorita,
John H. Snyder, John Suiflt,
Joseph B. Davis, Harrison Snyder,
Jerome Stufft, Xoah S. Miller,
Sam. B. Harrison.
rmiinwni r.f thin hunk will receive the mort
UlM-ral treatment conmsient withsale bunking.
PMrtie wishing to sena money rtmi or wr
ran be acoomuuKUun uy ura.i iur m.uj
bnioaut.
Money ana valuable ecurea vy one ui
Iwld'B celebrated aafva, with must Improved
lime !o"k. , . .
1 Collection, made m an paruioi ue tiuitu
HluUja. Cnargrti nioderHte.
AooonnU and aepoKits solicited.
A. H- HUSTON,
Undertaker and Embalmer,
A GOOD HEARSE,
ind everything pertaining to funerala furn
bbed. SOMERSET - - Pa
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Ooor West of Luther s Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
I Am Now.
prepared to supply the public
with Clocks, Watches, and Jew
elry of all descriptions, as Cheap
as the Cheapest.
REPAIRING A
SPECIALTY.
All work guaranteed. Ixxk at my
stock before making yoor
purchases.
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AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
In re estate of Jamea M. Ankeny actro.
The nnderelifned auditor, daly appoint
iv the proper auUjority to pa upu
tnbute tlie funds In the hands of the Adn.lw
iKtraiortoand anionic thoxe h-tally etitiUe.1
thereto, herehv jivea nouce that he wul at
tend to the dutiea of his appointment oj
Thursdny. January SM. at l.elo. k p tn.
at bis ollioe lu iMuer-C l a., wlwu ana wuna
ail parties Inlen-sted maj a'111!'- ur.... .
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Who Killed
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" I did," says tbe new furniture
dealer.
"How ?" "Ky knocking the bot
tom out of the high prices a.sked fr
FURNITURE
In Somerset, Pa.,
And don't you forget it.
are not here to cfTtr our
customers old goods at hard
time prices, but are hereto
offer you genuine new goods of a make,
qu;tlity aud finish that can not be sur
passed this bide of the Klondike Gold
Fields. You will not be required to g-i
to the gold fields and make a fortune
before buying, either. Young people
can now
GET MARRIED
and go to housekeeping a year sooner
than they could before the opening of
the new furniture rooms. Why ? (Sim
ply because we sell bo much cheaper.
We are here to make it go. Quick sales
and miall profits is our motto. Come
aud see us. We can sell you full Cham
ber Suits from H'i up. Couches, $0.50
up. Chairs 3j cents up. Many nice
and useful articles for the holiday
trade coming in.
F. H. SUFALL.
Daer Block,
SOMERSET, PA.
PUELI5 SALE
Valuable Real Estate
The undercienod administrator and trustee
or MieliMl Sine, utteof Jviinertownfthip Som
erset county, l'iu, will -xjose to public Kale,on
Saturday, Janvary 8, 1898,
ft One o'clock, P. M..
at the hom-td or deo'd In Jenner town-
hhly, the following deNcritx'd reul l-Mnte, vix:
certain tract of hind Kltuate in J- nner
Uiwnhip. Somerwt county. Pa Mdjitininx
lands of Henry luiucu. llonUKli of Jenm-r-town.
Adam Sliallir iind Kdward P. Mpe,
contuiitiiiir 110 acrtu mre or leNH, havius;
thc-ivon ereclea a gooa two-sury plana
Dwelling : House,
large hank barn, and all other necuwary out
biiildimrs. good orclmrd of yoiin? upple nnd
other fruit tree: underlaid wi;h limestone
and coal: the lar-r rrt of the bind i clear
nd under a eol relate or cultivation; ba!
nce well timbered, belac the nouieftend of
the decaaed.
Terms!
One-third, after payment of debts and ex
pen, to remain a lit-n on the reul estate, the
interest to be annuallv iaid to MaKdalena
ipe. widow f the dee'd, during her nxtural
Hie time, ana at ner aeain ine pn:cipai kuiii
to be piii'l to tbe heirx ann hval representn
tivesof ilii'hiK'l Sie, der"d; one-third of the
balance on confirmation of Kail ef and the rtv
muiiiinK Iwo-thirdH In two eUHi, annual pay
ments without interei.1. Ten percent, of the
entire purclutae money to be paid on day of
aae
Posension eiven April 1, 1WJR.
EliWAHD P SIPK,
Adminiklratorend Trustee.
F. W. Bicaerker, AtUruey.
Pufclic Sale
OF
Valuable Real Estate!
Bv virtue of an order of sale Issued ont of
the'Orphan' Court of romerel county, P
and to us direcU-d. we w ill oxpnw to public
sale at the residence of W. S. Veller, in Som
erset township, Somerset county. Pa., ou
Tuesday, January 18, 1898,
At I o'clock P. M.
the following described real estate of Samuel
J. Weiier, dee'd:
Ail the following real estate situate in Som
erset township, tSontrrset county. Pa., being a
certain farm or tract of land, adjoining land
oT Wm. H. Well.-r, Abraham H eller. Sara h
llrown. Harriii (iolui, Hoses Kriedline,
surah Mrlh-rs, William Kuhs and others, asoo
tainuiK otfliiy aarres more or less, being the
balanceof the tract of Ian i conveyed by i't
UT Lant and wife, by derti dated the 11th of
April. 1m;, recorded tn deed recni of bomer
aet county. Vol. i, pae 14, t-Ux, with
tvo-storr house,
Iwnk barn and ont-buildlngs, about 60 acres
cleared and in a tiir state of cultivation, bal
ance limber land. 41 an orchard of fruit
trees on the farm. Haldla m is n-ir public
road, in a good community, close to at-hool
houxe and c-hurrhtn. about S'j miles from
Somerset, near II uiband post office and store.
Also sugar camp on the premises.
Terms:
One-third cash, onthlrd In one year and
one-third In two years; ten per cent to be
paid or secured to be paid, on day of sale.
Any persons who desire to Uok at the farm
before the sale will call on the undersigned,
who siveon adioiiiing farms, or Mr. Sellers,
who lives on "the farm, who will show the
property. ABRAHAM WEI.LEF.
WILLIAM 8. WKLLER.
J. H. Till, Atfy. Admr's and Trustee.
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A
UDITOR'S NOTICE.
w
In re Assigned estate of Isaac L. Yoder.
Tbe nndersiiroed auditor, appointed by the
proper authority to distribute the funds In the
bands of the Assignee, to and among thiwe
lrtmily entlllnd tb-n-to, hereby gives notice
that he will sit in his office In hoir.erseC Pa.,
for the purnost of attending to lie duties of
sid appointment, on Friday, January W,
Itn, at one o'cloct p. nr. w hen and where ail
partae. interest may atwid.
Auditor.
SOMERSET, PA.,
WILLIAM'S WAY-
I will give you Just two bourn
Tovt down upon your knees
To put up your bands contritely,
And to meekly murmur "Please !
I have warships In tbe ofllng.
So come down for all you're worth.
Or 111 set my war dogs on you.
And I'll blow yoa on the earth!
I haven't time to parley.
And I don't intend to wait ;
I have sailors in your harbor,
I have aoidiers at your gate!
ilj demands, perhaps, are heavy.
But, I've made them that's enough
I am William, and I never
Stake my money on a biuft.
I am aching for a quarrel ;
I am spoiling for a fight ;
bo you'd belter kneel before me.
Or I'll blow you out of sight !
I ani William Kaiser William
Uod was present at my birth !
He is still supreme tn heaven
But I'm running things on earth I
Cleveland Leader.
THE GIAXTS
' MILE-DEEP KETTLE.
A Wonder Story of the Days of Odin
and Thor.
BY KIWAKU CXt"KTXEY.
Once upon a time, the great god Thor
took a journey to the land of the giauts
where he saw fcueh things as he had
never dreamed could be. For the
giauts were versed in magic, aud much
chagrined was Thor that he could not
perform the feats with which they
challenged him; but had he knowu
how impossible these feats were, and
the misery that the performance cf
them would have produced, he would
not, probably, have cared so much.
As it was, he left the land of Jotun
heim, having done more towards the
performance of them than he knew.
As he walked along, deep in medita
tion, he suddenly found himself in the
regious of the King of the 8ea., and
saw that Aegir, ti e old, old monarch,
was giving a banquet iu honor of all
the gods.
There stretching liefore him he saw
the beautiful palace in the sea. The
floors of shining silver sand were
thickly strewn with sea-weeds, rich in
coloring, soft to the touch of the feet.
Cave after cave stretched away as far
as be could see, inlaid with pe rls and
shells aud wonderful stones. Column
after column of white aud pink, and
red coral rose at irregular distances,
and upheld the walls and the dome of
water, varying every moment in color,
now deep green, now blue, and agaiu
touched almost to purple, or a rich red,
as me lignt irom me neat-ens ieii upon 1
it and sifted through. 1
The palace was lighted by pure gold, j
brought by the d waifs, aud theie, ga-
ing in upon the rich scene, Thor beheld ;
Odin and all the other gods reclining
upon couches of uudulating water at
the banquet table.
Aegir sat at the head of the table,
with Odin at his right, while the others
were ranged around, according to their
pleasure. The nine fair daughters of
Aegir waited upon the guests.
These daughters were called the
Waves, and were all beautiful. Bright
eyes, long curved necks, aud masses of
streaming hair, were the chief charac
teristics of each, and their motions were
easy and graceful, and their laughter,
and their babbling talk were sweet, as
the poise ol their forms was beautiful.
Playing about were little baby ripples,
csoing and hiding in all the corners.
SjcIi soft music as the waves made
Tuor had never heard before, and he
stood entranced, looking in.
Suddenly Odin looked up and saw
him.
"Ah! Have you returned- to us, son
Thor? How fared you iu Jotunheim?"
At this Thor's brow clouded. He
entered the cave and approached the
banquet table.
"Twas Dot so well as it should have
been," he answered.
Tnen Aegir said:
"Welcome, Asa Thor. Have you
heard of the wonder that has happen
ed in my kingdom?"
Every one looked up, and all cried
together.
" 'Tis strange," mused Aegir. "The
waters on the bhores of Jotunheim
have ruu Lack a mile from their place,
as if a huge giaut were drinking them
up."
All listened iu awe, but Thor remem
b.Ted how he came near drinking up
the sea in his match with the giant.
Then the ninth Wave laughed:
"Is that all you know of the wonders
here? Listen!"
A deep rumbling was heard, which
shaped itself into a sullen roar, heard
fro.n afar.
"Who is that speaking?" Odin
asked.
"'Tis the serpent that enwraps the
world and holds his tail in his mouth!
'Tis the serpent that, on the last day,
will rise to right against the gods! 'Tis
Jormungand, whom I now know I
nearly pulled from his bed," answered
Tuor.
Every one shuddered at mention of
tht avoided name. Then Odin ques
tioned: "What eays he, Thor?"
"He says I could not conquer him."
"Pass round the mead; let us drink,"
cried Aegir, seeing Taor'a darkening
brow, and knowing that it was time to
divert their thoughts toother thing.
But the kettle that held tbe foamiog
drink of the gods was so small, or they
drank so deeply, that before it had
passed half way down the table it stood
empty, before Tyr.
Tyrthen said:
"There lives a giant in the froaen
seas, far to tbe east, and at the end of
heaven, w hose Dame is Hyrnir!"
All looked at him queslioningly. He
continued:
"He has a kettle a mile deep. Purely
that would hold mead enough tot all
this company."
"That it would," cried Aegir, "If
Hymir would tend it to us, it would be
welL But who can go to tbe eud of
heaven to bring it to us?"
This was not meant as a challenge,
but Thor rose, drew tighter bk magic
girdle of strength: pulled on bk gloves
of might and grasped tighter nis
magic hammer of power.
"What, have you not 'jad enough of i
Jotunheim, boq Thor?"
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5. 1898.
"I go to bring Mile-deep," answered
Thor, "that we all may drink. Tyr,
will you accompany me?"
I tight gladly did Tyr cpring up, and
the two brothers set out, for the frostV
bouud land where Hymir dwelt.
Thy traveled as only gods can travel,
quick as the winged lightning, light as
the air of summer, eileuLly as the hush
of night; aud before loug they reached
the end of heaven and the beginning
of Frozen iSoa. Soon they found the
abode of Hymir. It was a huge cav
ern, hewn out of rocks, with floor, and
walls, and pillars, and ceiling, of frozen
crystals. Fountains of ic9 rose iu the
air around, and a vapor of frozen niist
huug lo about the cave.
As they approached the door, sudden
ly a giantess appeared with nine hun
dred heads, out of whK'h gleamed fiery
eyes; but the strangexi part about her
was that her heads grew out of every
part of her body, so tLat it was impos
sible to tell how she stood or walked.
She approached them with a terrible
roar and hiss Issuing from her nine
hundred heads, but tae two gods look
ed at her more out of curiosity thau
fear, aud seeing this' she turned away
aud left them.
As she did so the door of the cavern
opened, aud a beautiful woman appear
ed, as glorious la her loveliness as the
giantess was hideous. She approached
the gods with outstretched Lauds, and
made a beautiful picture as she walked
thus.
Her hair fell iu masses of gold about
her shoulders; her eyes shone with a
gentle, kiudly light She was tall, aud
straight, aud supple, aud walking tow
ards them thus, with tbe misty cavern
in the background, she looked like a
xpirit of good, breaking, by her love
divine, from the power of darkness
and evil.
"Welcome, Asa Thor and Asa Tyr,"
she cried in a voice soft, and calm, and
sweet, as a southern breeze, "welcome!"
And, taking each by the hand, she
led them into the cavern to await the
giant's return. As evening drew ou
and he did not come the woman's face
ijecame troubled.
"My dear guests, you must hide be
hind those pillars in the rock, for when
Hymir, my husband, is late like this, it
is with anger he returns. And he is
not then so hospitable to guests as I
could wish him to be."
"But," said Thor, "we are not used
to hiding."
"Do it for me," she cried pleadingly,
"and I will call you out when he le
Uirus." And they could not refuse her. No
sooner had they taken their place be
hind the great pillars than they heard
a rumbling, which f Tew louder and
louder as the giant approached over
Fioeu Sva. The goicta trembled at
his step, the ice drifts broke asunder,
aud all the crags ami caverns for mites
around re-echoed with his tread. With
a deafening roar the door suddenly
flew open, aud in stalked the giant, his
eyes glaring, his hand 'frost-bitten, a
forest of ice covering him from head to
foot. He bad been unsuccessful in the
chuse and his wrath was unbounded.
When she saw the mood be was in,
the woman approached him gently,
atd took his hand, and in a moment
he was calm, aud the baleful light died
out of his eyes.
"We have two guests," she said soft
ly; "will you not receive t'uem kindly?"
Without a word the giant turned bis
gaze on the pillar where the gods were
hidden, and as his eyes rested ou it, it
was hewn asunder, and the beam that
it upheld, on which were huug eight
kuge kettles, crashed to the ground,
and all the kettles but one were ground
to powder by the falL Then Thor and
Tyr stepped iuto the middle of the hall.
The giant received tliem civilly, and
net about preparing tlie evening rest.
Three whole oxen did he roast, and in
vited the guests to join him at the
board.
Thor's appetite was very great after
I lis day's journey, and he soon finished
one of the oxen entirely by himself.
ilj prepared to cut a slice from a se
ond when the giaut said:
"Thor, you will have to provide your
own food another time. I cannot
afford to entertain so expensive guest."
Thor finished his meal and the next
day, accordingly, as the giant set out to
o fishing, he invited the god to ac
swmpany him. Together then they
started, and soon passed a herd of oxen.
"Have you provided bait for me?"
a-sked the god.
"You must supply yourself with
j that," surlily taid Hymir.
So Thor was compelled to cut off the
head of one of the oxen for bait.
"You can never carry that," Hymir
cril; and, indeed, the head was im-
inefise, its name being heaven-break-
inr, but Thor threw it over his shoulder
with ease, and again they strode on.
Soon they were in the boat, each
pulling at the oars, and so strong, so
even, so steady were Thor's strokes,.
that they went skimming over the sea,
till exhausted, Hymir cried out.
"Stay, Thor; we have already passed
my fishing-pond."
"Nay, I wish t - go to sea," cried
Thor.
"But that is dangerous, boon wo
nhall be over the spot where Jormung-
and lies.
Then Thor laughed mightily and
gave one more powerful pulL Baiting
the head of the ox, he threw it iuto th
water, while Hymir, at the other sid
jf the boat, caught two whales.
When Jormungand smelled the god's
Wit he rose from his bed and swallow
vd it hook and all.
And when be felt the pain he strug
gled so that Thor's hauds were pulled
to the side of the boat Then began an
awful combat. Higher and higher the
ifod drew the great serpent, till its head
was nearly to the top of the boat In
Lis force Thor's feet pressed through
the boat and he stood upon the rocks.
Then terrible was the sigLt as the
g)d flashed fiery look at the serpent.
and it glared and threw out its deadly
soison over him. The giaut turned
pale, and, jumping before Thor, cut his
lioe. Then Thor threw his hammer,
which had the power of striking what
he wished and returning again to his
hand, and it sunk Into Jormungand's
fckull.
The rock rung with tb sound; the
I earth shrunk; the rca upneaved, and
H
et
Jormungand, with a terrible wound in
his head, sunk again to his bed, to
await the last day.
Then, carrying boat and oars and all
on his sboulder.4, Thor strode home fol
lowed by Hymir, more angered than
ever at his enforced trudge through the
sea, and the sight of his ruined bi.at.
Besides, he grew more and more jeal
ous and euvious at sight of the god's
power, and when they reached home
he began to taunt Thor.
"Thor, you may think yourseli a
good rower and a good fisher, though
you have caught nothing this day, but
let me see If you can break this drink
ing cup."
Without a word Thor threw the cup
upon a rock.
The cup was not broken, but the
rock was crushed to powder. Again
he threw it against a pillar, and again
the cup remained whole, while the
cavern trembled as the pillar fell, split
in two.
Thor gazed in wonder, and in the
silence following he heard the womau
softly chanting snatches of sagas and
runes as she s:tt behind hiiu spuming.
Suddenly ne heard thesj words:
Iiard the pillar, hard the stone,
Harder v-t the giant's b ine.
Stones xult break an 1 p!IUr fill ;
liyuiir's forehi-ad breaks thc-iu all.
A light flashed into his eyes. Grasp
ng the cup once more, he hurled it at
the forehead of the giaut, from which
it fell shattered into atom-, but Hymir
was unhurt
With a loud laugh the host cried:
"Well done, well done, Thor! But
now, think you that you cau carry that
Mile-deep kettle out of this hall?"
This was just what Tlior wauted.
Tyr tried to raise it, but could not even
lift the handle. Bending down, Thor
grasped it at the rim. His feet sunk
through the floor in the eiFort, but he
raised the kettle to his head and turn
ed from the hall, followed by Tyr.
Ou, on they journeyed, when Thor
suddenly l.toked back. There he saw
pursuiug him a great host of many
headed giants, led by Hymir.
"Treachery!" cried the god, and
throwing his hammer thrice amongst
them, he destroyed Jhem all.
There they remain to this day, petri
fied along the shore; some standing;
some stooping; some crouching. Peep
ing from every cavern, poising ou every
crag, running on every rock, they may
be seen; all pointiug and grinning in
malice, as they were in that last mo
ment And so through the sgis they stand,
telling the wonderful story of Tuor's
might and of their fate.
"Come, pass round the foaming
mead," cried Aegir, and this time as
Mile-deep went around there was
enough of the precious fr all the as
sembled gods.
It Will Surprise Yoa.
In ordr to prove the great mi rit of
Ely's Cream Balm, the most eflective
cure for catarrh and cold in the head,
your druggist will supply a generous
10 cent trial size or we will mail for 10
cents, r ull size "0 cts.
KLY BROS.,
5fi Warren St., X. Y. City.
E'y's Cream Balm has completely
enrad me of catarrh, when everything
else failed. Many acquaintances have
used it with excellent results Alfred
W. Stevens, Caldwell, Ohio.
Trouble to Hinnell
"When I was down in the Tennessee
mountains doing my turu iu that jiecu
liar and primitive section," observed
the special pension agent, "I had at
various times such glimpses of lift as
you pampered children cf the luxu
rious capital never get I remember
ona June moruing i arose irom my
simple bed of clapbjards ou the loft
fl xr of a log cabin and proceed id
down a ladder to the earth, thence 1J0
yards down to the creek, where I was
afforded ample opportunity for my ma
tutinal ablutiou.s, as the stream was big
enough to run a savmill with.
"As I splashed my face in the clear
water, and spluttered over it after the
usual fashion of a man who likes to
wash his face, I was joined by a 1J-
year-old son of the family w ith w hich
I was stopping. He stood on the shore
watching me with much interest, which
I am glad to say I returned with z?st,
for he was a picture boy. lie was
saudy and freckled and didn't look as
if he had a bath iu the ni.viiory of
mau. His clothes were simpleenough,
consisting of a cotton shirt aud a made-
over pair of papa's ptntaloous, and
there was no hat to hide a hea of hair
which I aui positive never felt the pen
etrating and persuading influence of a
comb. He was too much interested in
the mysteries of my toilet to say any
thing until I took out a pocket comb
and legan to use it on my tangled
locks. After a tug or two at it, looking
at him meanwhile, he spoke :
"'Say mister,' b eaid, curiously,
'have yer got to do that there?
" 'Do what there T I smiled iu reply.
" 'That there that yer doiu'.
" 'You jean combing my hair?
" 'Yes.'
" Of course, it has to be done.'
M 'Every -mornin' this erway T
" 'Certainly.'
'"Well, geewhillerkius, mister,' he
said, with much feeling, 'you must be a
heap o' trouble toyersclf.' " Washing
ton Star.
Statk ok Ohio, City of Toleoo, I
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
he is tbe senior partner of the firm of
F. J. Cheney a Co., doing business In
the City of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of
Catarrh that can not be cured by the
use of Hall's Catarrh Cl'rk.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this Oth day of Dot-ember,
A. D.
A. W. (1LEASON,
seal. V notary ruouc.
sAL.
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ly and acts directly on the blocd and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send
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T iw
S MINER WHO
SAW CUSTER DIE.
Tlifl Sola Survivor of the Indian Mas
sacre at Little Big Horn.
Georg Benjamin, a crippled and
wounded miner, Is on his way to Wash
ington, where he hopes to secure a pen
sion, says a Los Angeles dispatch to
the New York Sun. He claims to have
boeu with Custer at the massacre at the
Little Big Horn. Although it was sup
posed that there was no survivor of the
massacre, Benjamin's story bears marks
of truthfaluess, and the fact that he
was held as a prisoner by the Indians
and driven crazy by their tortures long
prevented his experience from being
made known. Senator Stephen M.
White is taking him to Washington
and will try to gt a jensiou fir him
this w inter.
"In ;he spring of ISTo," .ys B -njs-min,
''I was prospecting in the Black
Hills for gold with two other miners
named Stone and Kelly. In June we
were camped ou Clark's Creek, and as
we were g .'tting short of supplies Kelly
aud I went out to shoot game for stip-
jH.'r, leaving Stone in camp. When we
returned we found him dead aud horri
bly mutilated. We knew al once t:iat
the Indians were on the warpath und
that we'd better get out So we started
at once for roster s ranch, but whea
we reached there we found that the In
dians had been ahead of us. E very
man, woman aud child on the rt:i;'i
bad been murdered, and all the b slk-s
had been mutilated. The house bud
been burned and all the horses and cat
tle driven ott". We started for Chey
enne to give warning of the uprising,
and on tlie way we met a body f Cus
ter's men. They asked us to join in
the pursuit, and I consented gladly,
but my partner, Kelly, decided to go
on to Cheyenne. Not lorg afterward,
we found his b.vly, sculped and cut to
piecei, only a few miles from where we
parted.
"We broke camp on June 13, and
Major Reno scouted the trail to the
Rosebud and struck a fresh trail where
the Indians had crossed. Gibbons was
ordered to cross the Yellowstone near !
the mouth of the Big Horn and meet
General Custer at the mouth of the Big
Horn on June "!. On June 21 the trail
of the ludians was scouted twenty
eight miles up the Rosebud. That night
council was held, and the troops left
the Iisebud and marched up Dirty
Woman's Creek toward the Big Horn,
ten miles, aud went into camp, as it
was too dark to venture over the divide.
The next morning tbe troops were in
the'saddle soon afW daybreak, and
about 8 o'clock the first Indians were
s?en by the scouts from the top of the
divide.
"At first we met but few Indians,
and they quickly gave way liefore us.
But they soon swarmed upon us from
every direction. They came upon us
from front and rear and flank, and ev
ery ravine and every bush and tree
seemed alive with them. We soon
knew that we were d;xmed, and we
fought as meu fight only under such
circumstances. A perfect storm of ar
rows and bullets was pouring upon us
from every side, but we fought our way
back to our horses, mounted, and in onr
struggle to reach the bluffs we left the
greater portion of our men dead or
wounded on the field. But ten Indi
ans went down for every white man
who fell. The companies of Captain
Calhoun and Lieutenant Crittenden
were thrown across our flank to protect
our retreat.
"General Custer was everywhere, and
for a time seemed bullet and arrow
proof. Captain Keogh's company was
exposed to the fiercest fire and his men
were soon swept off. It seemed as if
we were hours making that retreat of a
quarter of a mile. We made our last
stand on a little knoll, which we reach
ed with oulv seventeen men out of our
entire command.
"There the first thing we did was to
shoot our horses, so as to make a breast
work behind which we could fiht
General Custer and his brother Tom
and Lieutenant Cook were among the
last to fall. Custer died with his re
volver in his left hand and his salier iu
his right hand, with a dozen dead In
dians piled around him. And, indeed.
almost every man on' that li tie knoll
went down with just such a heap of
red bodies around him. Charley Rey
nolds, a scout, and as brave a man as
ever lived, brought down an Indian at
every shot, and as he fell he emptied
his revolver still with a steady hand
The Indians were armed, in addition
to their bows and arrows, with the best
guns to be bad.
"Before we went into battle Trum
peter Martin was sent back with orders
to Captain McDougal and Captaiu Ben
teen to hurry forward with their com
panies. Had they done so, and had
Reno's men come up to reinforce us,
the result might have been very dif
ferent
"When I shot my horse a bulle
struck me in the head and I fell. In
its death struggles the horse rolled over
on me and protected me during the rest
of the fight When it was all over and
the Indiaus swarmed over the knoll
they chanced to see that I was still
alive. They then bound me hand and
foot and took me to their camp.
"There they already had two other
white men, prospectors, and a young
white woman. They put these three
through tortures, which I was compel
ed to witness. But I was reserved for
the last, because the execution I bad
done in the fight had been noticed, and
they wanted to have revenge for it In
fact, they named me "Little Thundtr-
er," aud called me by that name all tbe
time I was among them. The two
prospectors were made to run the gaunt
let again and again. Each time the
arrows were pulled out by force and
fresh ones shot into them. One of the
men finally resisted and was brained
with a tomahawk. When theother b
came too weak to afford any more sport
of that sort, he was bound to a stake, a
slow fire was built on his abdomen and
the bucks and squaws danced around
him, laughing over hid death agonies.
ins
WHOLE NO. 24,23.
T, ., . . . , , t
"Finally they be;an upon me. They
tied coals of fire upon my head and
left them there until L fainted. When
I came to they put o:i fresh ones,
When I refused to niri my mouth
they smashed my upper jaw and knock-
ed out my teeth with a hatchet. Then
a squaw gni.p.d my tongue with a
rough pair of wooden pincers and drag
ged me over the ground in that way,
to the great merrimcut of those who
were looking oa. They ti d my hands
to a stake, and then, stretching my
body with ail their strength, tied my
feet to another. Then the squaws beat
tlie soles of my feet until every bone
was broken and the flesh was a jelly.
"A big luck thrust a dull lance
through, my thigh, pinuing me to the
earth. Bat, these are only a small por
tion of the tortures they iutlicted upon
nil" while I lay there helpless. The
bucks, squaws and bys all joined in
shooting arrows into me, and at last,
when they must have thought I could
not endure much more, they tied me
oa an ant mount, to be eaten by the
large red ants. Horrible as the other
tortures htd been, this was tlie worst
of them a!L My breast is still one big
running sore where the a:its gnawed
my flesh. It has never healed.
"My tortures lasted three d tys, and
every hour of that time seem-'d an eter
nity. If I had iiDt been an uuuv.ially
strong and healthy young man. I could
not have lived through iL Before that
lime I scarcely knew what sickness
was, but ever since I havesuilVxed from
their w;rk. I still carry in my head
the bj'Iet I received in the battle. Buf
falo Bill and his cowboys rescued in-e
f.o:n the Indians at tlie end of three
days and took mi where my wounds
could be dressed. "
Tlie Shyn3a of Gra.it
Ge:i. Grant neither overestimated
nor u:srusteil iumseii. He was mixl-
est, a';d inclined to claim less than bis
due, b it he was also si lf-reliant and per
sistent. Ai atiec lote related by Mrs.
Sherwood in her "Epistle to Posterity
sets firth his disposition to accord to
others their due and to claim little for
himself save the virtue of "getting
there," says the Chicago Record.
Mrs. Sherwood told him on one occa
sion that an Iviinisri otlicer who Iiau
been present at the dinner given him
by the duke of Wellington in the Wa
terloo chami.ier ha 1 told her in Lon
don that he thought him a very learned
soldier.
'Well, I am not," said Grant, "I lu.d
neither the genius cf Sherman, nor the
learning of I.ee or Macpherson. I only
meant to get t lit re."
Iu isiw, j.i-t after the close of the
war, O.-n. ttrarii visited West I'oir.t,
his e'd alma mater, ace j:u pan led by
Mrs. Grant.
"We were i;i the library," writts
Mrs. rvicrwoo 1 ; "the examination was
going on, and Prof. P. irtlelt left the
room, comi.ig back with Grant ou his
arm. Hie profess rs roe to receive
him. I t'liuk p vr Gen. Grant uearly
sank thrug'i the ti or ; be winced us
be never had done in the face of the
eoem v.
"Those dreaded professors rising to
do me honor! Why, I felt the cadet
terror all ovir me,' he afterward said.
"He was n.ore comfortable when he
got outside and began shaking hands
with all mankind aud womankind, but
no one who saw that notable scene can
forget his modesty."
The Ccmin Woman
to the c'.u'j while her hus
band tends the baby, as well as the
good old-fashioned woman w ho looks
after her home, w ill bt h at times get
rju dwn in health. They will be
troubled with loss of appetite, head
ache, sleeplessness, faulting or dizzy
spells. 1 he most wonderful remecy
for these women is Electric Bitters.
Thousand of sufferers from Lame Ba k
and W eak Kidneys rife up aud call it
blessed. It is the medicine for woman.
Female complaints and Nervous troub
les of ail kinds are soou relieved by the
u-e of Electric Bitters. Jelieat wo
men shoull keep thi3 remedy ou band
to build up the system. Only oOc per
bottle. For sale by J. N. Synder's
Drugstore, Somerset, Pa., and G. W
Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa.
A Western man is -aid to have in
vented a machine for gathering, head
ing and delivering sugar lets into
conveyances. It was devi.-H-d at the
suggestion of the Secretary of Agricult
ure. It gathers the bet-ts from four
rows at once. The machine will cost
to manufacture about f 'S), and will sell
at $'io or 7i delivertd at a distance.
Tiiis item of current agricultural news
suggests the question as to whether the
relative cost aud profit on other agricul
tural imp'iemeuts is in this proportion.
that is, sel ling at double or more the cost
of production.
During the past two years, Mrs. J
W. Al ix vi It, w.fj of ih ; e lit or of the
Waynesboro, ( Miss. ) Times, has, la
great many instances, relieved her baby
wheu iu the first stages of croup, by
giviug it Caam'xTisiti's Cjugh Reme
dy. She looks up u this remedy as a
household necessity and believes that
uo better medicine has ever been put
in bottles. Tuero are m iny thous-auds
of mothers iu this broad land, who are
of the same opinion. It is the only
remedy that can always be depended
upon as a preventive and cure for
croup. The -1 aud 50 cent bottles are
for sale by all druggists.
The value of the persimmo.i, one of
the native fruits of America, has not
been generally recognized, though in
some parts of the country this product
of the forest Ls highly esteemed for va
rious purpses. It yields a wholesome
beer, wtioh for table use, has no super
ior, and the cost cf the beverage Is only
a trille of work which any family in the
country would not count an expense.
The fruit cau be gathered in the fall
and kept all winter in perfect condition.
The persimmon endures cold weather
so well that the fruit often remains on
tlie tre-s till midwinter without injury,
and after a hard freeze retains its best
flavor.
Coughs, colds, pneumonia and fevers
may ti prevented by keeping the blood
pure aud the system toned with Hood's
Sarsapariila.
The Snowy OwL
This beautiful owl makes its neft lu
the far north, and in winter visits the
Ccited State. Arctic explorers have
found it as far north as they have ever
reached. Thev tell us that it Ket-ts on
j tilt ground or ou a mossy rek, for,
while most owls nest in tree, there are
no tree in these far nrt'irn region
even the shrulu, are Mutited.
They do not build a nest, or, at most,
only gather together a few leaves and
feathers. The eggs are eight or ten in
numir, about two and a half Inches li
length, aud nearly two inches in the
smaller dinmeter, aud like all owls eggs,
they tre of a dirty white.
The young birds are at first diwny
and brownL-h-gray in color. It is not
.fin l. . I 1 t u . .. .... .1....
: n iiiri uavc leit me uei iuat
j tney are white, marked with brown,
like tlie old birds,
The snowy owl hunts Its psey by day.
Rabbits or harvs, grouse and ptarmigan,
j ar poanevd upon and eaten, and also
i small quaurujed.4 like mice aud
1 lemmings, which abound in the Arctic
j regions. It also catches IL.li, watching
silently by the streams till a fish comes
near ttie surface, w hen the owl seizes it
iu its strong claws.
The snowy owl Is about two feet In
length from bill to tip of tail, aud its
wings when extended measure nearly
live feet from tip to tip. Most speci
mens are white, marked with brown ;
la.it rarely isone seen pure w hite. The
plumage Is extremely thick and warm,
eveu the feet are clad in feathers ti the
tips cf the claws.
Al ost writers that have Uvn to tho
Arctic regions say nothing about the
voice of tliis owl, s) we might infer that
they had never heard it hoot as other
owls do; tut an explorer of the lost cen
tury describes its cry as very unpleas
ant Our Animal Friends.
Free of Caara to Saffa rers.
Cut this out aud take it to your drug
gist and get a sample bottle free of Dr.
King's New Discovery, for Consump
tion, Coughs and Colds, They do not
ask you to buy before trying. This
will show you the great merits of this
truly wonderful remedy, aud show you
what can be ace Kuplisiied by the regu
lar size bottle. Tais is no experiment,
and would be disanirous to too pro
prietors, did taey not know it woiil j
invariably cure. Many of the best
physicians are now u.itig it iu their
pr.tcticj witti gr.-at res ails, an 1 are re
lying oa it ia most severe eases. It is
guaranteed. Trial bottles free at J. N.
Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa.,
aud G. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Ber-
iiu, Pa.
The roof wears out, unless kept paint
ed, faster than will any other part of a
woodeu building. It pays better to keep
the najf painted thau it does the sides.
and it will also need to lie painted of-
teaer. Wuea shingles are used from
clear straight-grained wtxkl ami kept
always panned they will la.-t a very
longtime. Oaeof the advantages of
painting roofs is to keep w.tter from the
uails whose rusting soon rots the wood
where they are driven.
O. W. O. Har lman, whea sheritFof
Tyler Co., W. Va., was at cue time, ai-
most prostrated with a cold. He used
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and was
so much pleasci with the quick relief
arid cure it aiibrded him, that he gave
the following unsolicited testimonial:
To ail who may be interested, I
wish to say, that I have used Chamber
twin's. Cough Remedy ami fi,,J it j.
valuable tor coughs and colds." For
sale by all druggists.
The successful swine breeder does not
forget that ashes are essential in build
ing bone in h gs. Where wo kI ashes
cannot be obtained, c rn cobs cau bo
burned to a charcoal or else to a fine
ash and kept in some clean place to
which the hogs have access at all times.
There need then bo no special work iu
feeding it to them at any sta'ed time.
A Team of American Eagles.
Some curious propositions relating to
flying machines, writes a Washington
coi respondent, have lately been receiv
ed by the si glial corps of the army, in
which the use of birds is recommended
as a means of propulsion. One of the
propositions suggests that a team of
American eagles be yoked together,
while a man sits co:nf rtaoly in a pat
ent chair and guides their flight. The
eagles will be either reined and driven
like two horses, or else, if this plan
fails, the inventor thinks he can steer
himself and the birds by some sort of a
rudder run out astern.
This same inventor also proposes that
storks be used. The man in this case
drives his team of twelve full-grown
storks, fix abreast An illustration rep
resects the inventor comfortably seated
in a balloon holdiug tin; reins ou his
feathered team and guiding them at
his will.
A prize of otf -red by tlie Charles
ton News and Courier for the K-st half
dozen smoke -cured hams made in
South Carolina from hogs lra aft r
November 1, 1SU5, was awarded to
hams cured by the follow ing recipe:
"To l'X) pounds of meat, use four quarts
salt, four pounds brown sugar and three
ouuees saltpetre. The ingred ents to be'
well mixed, the salt having been beat
tn fine. When the meat is cold rub in
two thirds of the mixture and pack the
meat iu a cack. Tbe r.ext day rub in
the remaining third, and put the meat
agaiu into the cask, reversing the pieces
from top to bottom. Let them remain
three weeks, reversing the pieces ouce
a week. At the end if two wc-k pour
off the liquor in the ca-k, boil and skim
till clear, and when cool pour it over
tiie meat again. At the etui of three
weeks wash the meat in hot water,
wipe dry and smoke it three weeks,
after which bag aud bang it up." fhos
who cure their own hams might do
well to preserve this recipe, but we
would suggest that the length of time
for remaining in the brine and that re
quired for the smoking might vary a
little according to the size of the hams,
as the small ham or shoulder would be
cured a little quicker than the large
ham. Something might also depend
upon the taste of those who intended
to eat it, as some want but little salt,
and others but little smoke. But the
recipe is a good one as it is.
Plants are placed in the cellar to rest,
not to grow. Nothing Ls more harmful
to them when thus stored away than
water, and it should never be given un
less to keep the soil from becoming
dust dry. In early spring if tbe buds
on the plants are seen to be starting a
little, do not give water which would
only favor their growth, but keep as
dry and cool as possible until time to
take them out of the cellar. Vick's Mag
aziue.
Two million Americans suffer tha
torturing pangs of dyspepsia. No cti
to. Burdock Blood Blttr euro. At
asj drug- ttort.
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