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JU'Uiuoili UiiA't, up slairs. Ku- S.lt cutoxiu, ulleia!u""-tl,ua U uii-vaiT. .livuci-U W U1 lilMlliilUlch. tuu Clitl.i.'. CKi-UuiO" & COLliOilX, Alloiitlis-Al-LAW, isiiui'fv.'l, i'a. iuaw r:::ruicJ to our tun; will be pjl laliUli.i. .UHU111 I"- .Oll- irju oJui iii Miut i s -u :.tiivjhi ud Ujiiu HtuuiiK. uU cuuveuiciOK , AiruKStY-AT-LAW, tvjuicrstt, Itu ; ftu in Somerset ud ndjoluiug lu-Mt. A., bllslliv cliU UaIcU U 1U1U Will Kcr-stpruui iilu-ULioii. i. H. Ul KKulH. W. H. KLfFEL. J AiiuKSi-lS-Al-LAW, rHiuientet, Fa. A.. ini.aem.mlrutsl lo tueir cure will be a. luoi .ru tuni, opiuKiu: ilniuuioUi 1 W. CAIiOTHilltf, M. D., U fUiti.. . iSDS'v'KufcOS, Somerset, t'a, (.i oa Pairic. Slruet, oi'iwsiie V. B. D?w F. F. SHAFFER, .yimeriet, fa. L. pm(riuiial d vice to the cltl- ui jincin-. ai.a iiciuily. ulllct xjrieT I ! ua i'ilriol s'J-eel. J. M. LOL'TIIEil, L hHiKlA. au .-CRGEON, Oil oo JLiru 5;reel, rear of Uiog aVure. J)5. H. S. KIM.MELL, iaJrn L )m:, vioual s. n ice to tbe cltl " K NfcM tJ viciuiiy. L uieM pro .ua. j ilt can bt- louud at iii. of- Ji U l-i.-t ol iiuiiiiuaa. 1)2. J jf.M.MILLEX, .rif t(. the pivserratlon lUi. Artid.liil m l lUMrrlol. -ui ,u. i, eiLirauUTTi nnUsUiUiO'. Ollice 'x " ur H. lhvi 4: siure, t Crv.i u. I'iiriol hlrefU. C. H. COFFIIOTH, Funeral Director. D i- u- mo Miiu Cns tu lwsideiioe, oi'J Patriot J"ASK B. FLI CK, Land Survej'or - - NISu LNoINEEH. LUUe. Pa. o s S a ; X o Ha o o c a a 2 a s 3 o m c o 2 r VOL. XLVI. XO. 31 Lungs If you have couched and coughed until the lining: mem- J brane of your throat and Iuom 2 is inflamed, i ScottV Emulsion i of Cod-liver Oil wiU soothe, J s strengthen and probably cure. $ The cod-liver oil feeds and $ $ strengthens the weakened tis- $ sues. The glycerine soothes m and heals them. The hypo- $ k phosphites of lime and soda i impart tone and vigor. Don't $ a neglect these coughs. One $ bottle of the Emulsion may do $ more for you now than ten $ n can do later on. Be sure you $ S get SCOTT'S Emulsion. All druggists ; Joe nd Iijxj. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, Kew York. S THE- First Monal Bank Somerset, Ponn'a. o Capital. S50.000. Surplus, S3O.000. o depo.it. reccivc- in large and small amounts, pavaslc on demand, accounts of merchants. farmers, stock dealers. and others solicited DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CHAS. O. SCULL, GEO. R. SCULL, JAMES L. PL'GII. W. H. MILLER, JOHN R. HCVTT, ROBT. S. SCULL, FKE0 W. EIESECKEB EDWARD SCULL, : : PRESIDZST. VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PRESIDENT. HAKVEY M. BERKLEY, - CASHIER. The funds and securities of this bank are M- eurely protected in a celebrated Couijss Bck cus Proof Safe. Trie only aafe made abso- lutelv burlHr-proof. Tt5 Somerset County National AN K OF SOMERSET PA. EitabllihW 1877. Orfibd it!eMl,1S90 CaDital. - $ 50.0DU 00 Surplusi Undivided Profits, 29,000 00 Assets, - - 300,000 CO Chas. J. Harrison, - Trcsident. Wm. IT. Koontz, - Tice President. Milton J. rritts, - Cashier. Geo. S. Harrison, - Asat Cashier. - - Direct or.s i Wm. Endsley, 'lias. Snyder. Josiab Spcxit, II. C. BriUs Johu II. Snyder, Julio StulU, Joseph B. Davfes Harrisoo Snyder, Jerome SLuffV, 'oah S. Miller, Sam. li. Karriaon. llU-ml tntruiconstTit wlVaiuifela.irilt. can be axuiuiodtl by draft (or any '"Money and valuable. oured by one or Pie txjid's ilebroted aatra. with mil Unproved tlllielOTK. .. . , ,i.ituj1 Cillection made " pan-wi mo - "'--tiitea. Ch.Hrx nunk rate. AocouuU and UejKsst ts aollcltea. A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and EmbaJmer. A GOOD HEARSE, and rverj-thlnr peniiuln; to runeraU funv labed. SOMERSET - - Pa Jacob D. Swank, Watchmaker nd Jeweler, Next Ooor Weit of Lutherss Chure, Somerset, - Pa- I Am Now prt iKir-d to supply th public M ith Clocks, Watches, and Jew elry of all dejCTiitIona, a Cheap as the Cheapest. UEPAIKIXG A SPECIALTY All work guaranteed. Look at ay 8 toe k before making your purchases. J. D. SWANK. I GET Mi 5 rnu. w l"iMl la I EDUCATION! - Itan.l. - a 5 o:kii li" '"r tral State sorwa rhmt. Lock : ll.vri. 1'a. ir- rcr.TjniU-ini.al l w rai. rot ai .;i'iu Fit .in-riil.i 111". rat..llrM JM KI.IWV I'll. o V. e THE KISS IU C0UET. A lawyer met n pretty miss While he was walking out one day, A n l from her a lioneye-1 kiss. Which wan not Just thv pmper way. Al onee a ease of tort win broutiht Which rules could nut deny; The luwycr h !d no Justice ought So frail a suit as that to try. The action, when It sot in court. Met with a jury Kiii.-tiL. And many a ijuillet and retort Day aficr d;iy 0:1 it -an Kinrnt. Th? lawyer cl ilme l no maiden shojld mu;U mre lovt-linesM display. A kiss like tl:ix, he understood. Wan Hj' im on the Sute's hiih vr.iy. The mai 'en sii.1 her rosy lip No casement were for lilm to us". Though they ail others mii;ht eelip-e, Ili-i answer van somewhat abstruse An ' lbu proarcsl tiie argument Concerning klsxerand kis.see, WI1111 lo the jury it was sent WI10 tilled entirely to agree. Rut, sent into their room again. They gave their voie to Ihe def Mise, And f'ui:d (lie :lrl iu fjiult for plain 'Contributory neg'ioCiiee " Harper's Bazar. TALE OF A WHITE CROW Aal of Four Bays and a So-Called Crusty Old Uncle. 1IY M IIS. J. 1. llt KToV. " 'rilow and sure,' is my motto." " 'lapda-sh-go-lmng, hit-or-miss,' is mine." "Nothing venture, nothing have, ex presnes my sentiiuiliU on the present occasion." You would know, if you had ever heard the Uiys, that the lat precise utterance came from gentleman Phil, just as you would know that the second came from reckless Rick and the first, from careful Roh. The fourth member of the party said nothing, lie ran his eye al'Mig the trunk of the lightning-blasted tree up to the fork where the crow's r rA clung. It was fully filty feet from the gro-n.d, and there was neither knob nor branch along the tapering trunk, from which every purticie of bark had fallen away till it stood smooth and straight as a tel egraph pole. The noble head had leu riven away, with the exception of thai one shattered branch, and a safer eyrie than Mrs. Crow had chosen could hard ly be found, yet these four boys had a conspiracy already laid against the psice of her house. lilood had been shed in its further ance, for the sentinel crow had been brought down from his lookout in a neighlioring oak, and lay dead at Phil's feet. I can do it with my slip noose," de clared (Jeordie, after his survey. "I was sure I could, wnen Rick aud Rob described the tree." Up went tieordie, secure from any slip or fall, moving the noose in short hitches above him and ascending steadily till his goal was reached. There was a confusion of small heads and Happing wings iu the nest as he reached out for it, aud three black crows half tumbled and half tlew iuto the branches of a neighboring chest uuL "Oh!" cried the boys below, in dis appointment, but Oeordie waved the empty uest aud dropped it down to them. "I've got one," he shouted. "I see it," cried Rob. "He's tied it in his handkerchief so it can't get away." "2s"ow he's putting it in his cap and stowing that in his shirt waist. It'll be a wonder if he doesn't smother it on his way down." "Roys, boys!'' cried Phil. "Here come the old crows 1" lie half raised the fowling-piece that had settled the sentiuel, but Rick knocked it down again with a ".Stow that, Phil. They won't do him any harm." tieordie saton the limb quite undis turbed by the fljck that darkened the air above him, circling, w heeling caw ing, swooping till their wings nearly brushed the intruder ou theirdomain; and he slipped from his irch and be gin his descent when he was quite ready, without any of the ucrvous thrills that were ruuningover Phil. "Rravo. young one, that was well doner cried Phil, as (ieordie's fiet touched the ground. "Ia'I's ste the crow." tieordie fished out his cap, but held it closed, his eyes shining with sup pressed exciteiueuL "Ten cents a peep! It's worth it, as you'll see." "That a crow !" cried Rick aud Rob together as he opened the cap to their view. Phil gave an astonished whistle. "You've distinguished yourself, tieor die. It's a white crow." The boys' wouder found vent in many exclamations, tut Rob turned the current of their thoughts by ask ing soberly: "Do you suppose Uncle Champe w ill let us keep il? He's so miserly that he'll waut to sell It, maybe, or have it stuffed and put in his cabiueL" Rob's idea of the value or a wntie crow was very probably exaggerated, but the boys,' facta fell at the thought of Uncle Champe. "He can't be so very miserly," said Pjil. slow ly, "or he wouldn't have paid mrther'sand father's expense to Eu rope and taken all four of us U live with him while they are gone.' "He couldn't help himself very well,' declared Rick. "He was afraid latner would die and leave all of ns oc hts hand. He thought it would be better to take us for the summer than to take us for life." "But father wasn't in any danger of .-100. he left: he'd got over thtt." reminded Rob. "He ueeded oalv the Toyage to strengthen him up and ccmtpiete Uis cure." "What do you think about it Geor .lie?" asked Phil. "I'm eoinc to keep the white crow," answered Geordie, touching his cheek aminst his new treasure. The boys were not amiss in divining that their presence in his home was a .toss to their great-uncle Cuarupe. lfi.eh an influx of boisterous life was verydi-coroiiositig to the studious re Som SOMERSET, PA., cluse of seventy, who had forgotten his own boyhood, if he ever had one. Still, there was Niece Marjorie to be consid ered. If Niece Marjorie had not fool ishly insisted upon marrying and hav ing this family of boys, Uncle Champe thought he might have found some comfort iu asking her to live with him. "rihe wouldn't be clattering up and down stairs at all hours, banging doors and bumping a bicycle in and out of the hall. Or, if she'd just had four nice well-behaved girls like herself now, I could have stood them, but the boys hear that" now!" There was a shuffling of feet, strong ly suggestive of a clog dance, going on over Ids head. The noiss ceased sud denly, but not in time to prevent Uncle Champe from hurrying upstairs with both bauds buried iu his hair, present ing a distracted ap-earance as he threw ojieu their dixr. "Roys," he demanded, "what do you each want more than anything t lseiu the world?" "A new bicycle," answered Phil promptly. "I'veoutgrovrn mine, and one among the four is a short allow ance." "A turning lathe," said Rick as promptly. "I've always wanted a turning lathe, but I never expected to get iL" "A box of tools for 111c," decided Rib. "(".mkI tools that will hold an edg,, not sih hbaby things as we have ut home." "Very well. Now listen to me. If you will keep out of my way and be quiet while you are in the house, you sha'l each have your wish when the time comes for you to go home. You will have to earn your gifts before you get them; and I need hardly say if you raise another bedlam such as that of a m iineiit ago " Rick broke in hurriedly. "I beg your pardon, Uncle Champe. Tnat was I till Phil stopped me." "And we shall not force you to buy our good behavior, sir. We owe you that," said Phil with dignity. "Yo t sej, the boys are not used to being kept down, and they forget." "A bargain is a bargain," said Uncle? Champe. "I shall keep my part if you fulfill yours. Let me make a note. Ricycle, lathe, tools aud what? There are four of you, aren't there?" He peered orer his spectacles to mak; cer t tin of the number. "Oh, Geordie didn't tell his want. Hi must be in it if we are, Uncle Champe." Geordie was standing bjlt upright. iu a corner w ith his hands behind his back. "I I Oh, I should like a white crow, if you please.,' "A white crow!" The small boy advanced a step or two ! and brought his hands forward. "I've got the white crow, sir, aud E waut to keep it. Please, may 1?" Gjordie's earnest face and Unci Champe's astonished one were too much for the boys. They broke into a shout of laughter, quickly suppressed. but for once Uncle Champe was deaf to such atiuoyance, 'A white crow! Lusas naturae! G.'nus Corvus Americauus. Why, s it is. Well, sir, keep it safe. It's ait interesting specimen, but a crow is a crow, be it white or black. I shall hold you responsible for your crow's good behavior as well as your own." Rick danced aeross the room on hi toes, as the door closed behind Uncle Champe; R b fell limb iu a chair, and Phil stood alert, ready to quell any violent gymnastics. "How on earth can we keep out of his way and keep still? He's got the? safe side and he knows it,ly old coon!"' moaned Rob. "Roys, I've an ide.i!" said Phil. First, I'll ask him to change us out of this room to the far chamber, the attic, anywhere that we can have our free dom without disturbing him, and we'll go on houor to try to please hini. For the rest" Phil unfolded his plan to the three pairs of eager ears. The house was very quiet for the next few days, so quiet that Uncle Champe found himself listening expectantly for the usual interruptions. When they did not come, he gradually became ab sorbed in his books after his old fash ion, ouly coming out of them to drew- for his 7 o'clock dinner, where he al ways found the boys awaiting hiiu with theii best manners to the fore, more in tent upon listening to Lim tl an relal iig their own exploits. A full we.-k had gone by before it dawned upon him that tieordie might be seen at almost any time with his white trow for company, while tlio other boys were visible only in the eveuing. A pang of apprehension went to the old man's heart. Had his expe dient for his own peace driven them, from the house iuto the dangerous com piny that is alwaya lying in wait for biys? He lost no time iu calling the smrll boy iu aud questioning him clooely. They're not around because they're at work, Uncle Champe, that's all," answered Geordie readily. "You see, we've been hard up for spending mon ey this long time, and the boys thought they'd rather earn it than ask ycu for it, especially after you'd promised so mucji. It's funny, though. Phil does hate dirt, and he has gone into the cut lery works, where he gets all black and oily, and Rob's our slow coach, and he's carrying telegraph messages, aud has to hump himself, and Rick well, Rick's doing something else. He's put us on houor not to tell what," and an anxious line came between Geordie's eyebrows, but Uncle Ciampe's curiosi ty was not even aroused. "Something more distasteful thau cutlery or message-bearing," thought the old man. "And how does it come that you are left out of this game?" he asked. "Oh, I'm not I'm to look after Crow and you," eaid Geordie. "That doesn't seem like work, does it? Rut the boys said it was my part Thy couldn't leave unless I stayed around, you kuow." "Couldn't, hey?" Uncle Champe walked off to his study with a smile playing about his mouth. Marjorie'sboys were to be trust ed, afteralL Manly follows! He liked this thing of their going to work. Rat , boyish enthusiasm is uol always last ESTABLISHED WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12. 1808. ing. He would wait and see how it wore with them. And the little chap was to look after him! That tickled Uncle Champe's sense of humor at first, but he became alive to the fact, before much more time passed, that Geordie really was looking after him. He found his pencils nice ly minted, his ink well filled, his pens on the rack, his pitcher of ice water al ways at hand, and tieordie ready to step forward with a little cheerful con versation when Uncle Champe's aspect seemed inviting. To his own great amazement, that quiet little presence was neither obtrusive nor annoying. The white crow grew and flourished and devclojied the usual thieving and rcischievous propensities of all crows, but, thanks to Geordie's watchfulness, these were kept within bounds. He never forgot that b was responsible for the crow's good conduct, as well as his own, and when he could not keep the bird directly under his own eyes, It w as shut in a cage of Rob's making, secure against the mischief that the crow brain meditated. "He, has a cast in his eye that says he'll get ahead of you some day, tieor die," warned PhiL "He looks as Rick does w lit u he is iu his most slapd.u-h humor." "Now, do you know, I don't think I'm such a slapdash fellow as I was," exjiostulated Rick. "I) m't I walk as if I were (reading on eggs? I feel so." "I should think you would !' cried Rob, hotly. "I can't get over thinking what father would say if he kuew what you are at" "Father always says, 'Stick to your duty, boys,' " remarked the culprit, easily. "Rut it oughtn't to lie your duty. We shouldn't have allowed it. I've a good mind to blow on you to Uncle Champe, this minute." "Do," defied Rick. "I could make a bigger blow than that if I got nagged, and nervous, aud worried by your in terference." "Worried ! You let us do the worry ing, old boy," said Phil. "Rob's right, too. I w-ouldu't go through it again, but since you've wheedled us into let ting you rub along for two months, we can manage to stick out the remaining two weeks, I guess. We'll all knock otl" work then, and prepare for the home-going. It hasu't hurt any cf us this turu." If Uncle Champe had been asked his opinion, he would have said that the boys were vastly improved. Phil's listless, fine, gentlemanly manner had given place to a wide-awake earnest ness; Rob was brighter and readier in pecch and act, and Rick trusted less to luck, aud made better use of his brains than heretofore. Crow was walking the top board of the garden fence the next day, opening and shutting his wings in the sunshine, with Geordie close at hand, when Phil came tearing up in his working clothes, with black smears on his set, pale face. "I say," he gasped out, as he came rear, "didn't you hear the explosion? They say it's the powder works. I'm aff?r my wheel. Tell Uncle I've gone ahead, and fir him t get out the bug gy aud come as quick as he can." For the first aud last time Geordie f.rgot Crow. He made a dive for the study and tumbled iuto his Uncle Champe's presence, pouring out his imperative message with unaccouuta ble earnestness. "Rut why should I go?" asked Uncle Champe in bewilderment ".Sujijiose it is the power works, what good can I do?" Olt, you don't know. Why, Rick works there. He wouldn't let us tell. Oh, doa't talk ; do come." Geordie himself was not more fever ishly tager tobeotl'than Uncle Champe was, after that "Rick works there." Was this all that his charge of Marjo rie's boys amounted to, then, that one of them should have been subjecting himself to such danger, and he all un conscious of the fact? The road was doited with people hur rying to the scene of the accident. I Ia!f-way there, Rob hailed them from the roadside: "Take me up, Uuele Champe. Oil, tieordie !" "Don't Rob!" quavered tieordie. "May lie it isn't so bad." And, to their everla;ting relief, it was not so bad. Phil met them with the message of relief within sight of the works. "Rick's all right hurrah! Noliody's badly hurt It was a store-house that blew up, ai-art from the rest They got the fire out at once, anil there was no more danger. Rick w ill be along pres ently." "Rick w ill eonie now," said Uncle Chamjio, iternly. "And you boys, R ib and Phil, this work of yours ends now this hour; do you hear?" Rjb tumbled hurriedly out of the buggy. "Yes, Uucle. Phil, give me that wheel. I've some messages to deliver, and then I'll hand lu my resignation." "I'll do the same," said Phil, cheer fully. They had not yet returned to the house when Uncle Champe drove up with the younger boys, but Crow met them on the threshold such a crow no longer white, but piebald, dripping aud stained with ink, and cawing most dismally, tieordie caught him up aud raced to the study such a study! Rooks and papers were scattered in all directions; a lake of ink overllowed the table and was dripping lo the floor ; glass was broken ; the st tilled birds in the cabinet looked as if a cyclone had struck them; and Crow dropped his tail aud turned up his eye inquiringly, as if in doubt whether to expect praise or punishment for his performances. "Oh, uncle," gasped Geordie, "pun ish me! It's all my fault. I forgot to shut him up." But Uncle Champe dropped into a chair and laughed as the boys had never heard him laugh yet "Of course you forgot It's all right, boys. I'm willing to admit that Crow has better sense thar. I've had. I've lived too much in my books and my self, but I'm not too old to profit by the crow's lesson, I hope and trust." I fit ever occurred to the boys that they had any part in the lesson that changed Uncle Champe from a crusty recluse to a genial and generous host, they said nothing about it, but one aud 1827. all, with grateful remembrances of bi cycle, turning lathe, tool box and watch, the last ticking cheerily in Geordie'. pocket, united in declaring, "Uncle Champe's a trump.' Philadel phia Times. Thousands sutler from Catarrh or cold in head and have never tried the iopu lar remedy. There is no longer any excuse, as a 10 cent trial size of Fly's Cret'in Ralni can Ik? had of yotir drug gist or we mail it for ID. Full size "0 cents. ELY RROS., 08 Warren St, N. Y. City. A friend advised me to try Fly's Cream Ralm and after using six weeks I believe myself cured of catarrh. It is a most valuable remedy. Joseph Stew art, Grand Avenue, Rrook'yn, N. Y. Senator Kenin's Luck. I was told a curious story the1 other diy about, the late Senator Ktima, of West Virginia, whose statue is to It placed in the vapitol in a few days. When he first came to I'ongressa Mrs. Kearon, who lived in the same boardiug house, persuaded Lim to buy a ticket in a rafile at a chfrch fair for a cxiking stove and a completo kitchen outfit His ticket turned out to lie the lucky one and he sent the goods to his h Hue iu West Virginia. While he was arranging for their shipment at the railway station lie was introduced to the young lady who afterward became his wife, and jocularly invited her to become his cook. She replied that she would be very glad to do so. The next winter Mrs. Kearon sold Mr. Kenua a ticket in another fuirgivcu by the same church. This time the prize was a plain gold ring, and again he was successful. He put the ring carefully away until it was needed at his wedding a few months later, and it so happened that his bride was the first icrson to use the cook stove. Mrs. Keuna is now p.stinistress at Charleston, W. Va., and the Legislature of that state has decided that i's repre sentative in the gallery of statues of statesmen at the Cupitol shall le the man who won his wedding ring and his kitchen furniture at a ra'Me. Chicago Record. Households Gods. The ancient Greeks lielieved that the Penates were the gods who attended to the welfare and prosperity of the fam ily. They were worshipped as house hold gods in every home. The house hold god of to-day is Dr. King's New Discovery. For consumption, coughs, colds and for all allections of Throat, Chest and Lungs it is invaluable. It h is b-een tried for a quarter of a cen tury and is guaranteed to cure, or mon ey returned. No household should le without this good angel. It is pleasant to take and a safe and sure remedy for old and young. Free trial bottle at J. N.Snyder's Drugstore, Somerset, Pa., and (i. W. Rrallier's Drug Store, Ber lin, Pa. liegular size jOc. and 00. Willinj to Help Him. "No" declared the old man, who hasn't any children, "I can't tolerate the rattle and bai'g that always sums ti tie going on iu smut families. Noise upsets my nerves'," "Well," said the father of four Uys, "I know the trustees tif one ef our larg est tt mtter it. If you'd like a job as sexton I'll le glad to put in a god word for ycu." Chicago News. What Everybady Kaows, Or ought to know, is that health and even life itself depends upon the con dition of the bloo-l. Feeding, as it does, all the organs of the body, it mu.-t lie rich and pure in order to give prop er nourishment Hood's Sarsaparilla makes the blood pure, rich and nour ishing, and iu this way strengthens the nerves, creates an appetite, tones the stomic'i and builds up the health. Hood's Sarsaparilia wards oil" colds, pneumonia and fevers, which are pre valent at this tin e. Too Good to 0 Lost Surgeon Hurry up! Get the instru ments i.i readiness. We il amputate his leg." Student Rut it seems to be nothing more than a simple fracture. I should think the leg might lie saved. Snrgem Cortainly it might; bat don't you see that he's u:iconsci'Uis? Cleveland leader. Raeumatiam Cured. "My husband has had rheumatism aid could not rest at night His hands were drawu out of shape and he did not have much u-e of them. He could scarcely walk. He began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla aud after the use of a few b ittles is all right an I is able to rest well at night" Mrs. A. L. Ogeu, C'earfield, Pa. Hood's Pills cure all liver ills. Mail ed for Z'c. by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass, Providing For Him. Lawyer Aud you waut to have your will changed so that the money ycu leave to your son shall be held in trust for him, eh? What makes you want to do that? Has the boy shown nn inclin ation to be wild? Old Rillyuns No; he's studying art, and they tell me he haslotsof talent ia that direction. Chicago New. Something to Know- It may be worth something to know that the very best medicine for restor ing the tired out system to a healthy vigor is Electric Rittere. This medi cine is purely vegetable, acts by giving toue to tiie nerve centres iu the stom ach, gently stimulates the Liver aud Kidneys, and aids these organs in throwing ofT impurities in the lilood. Electric Ritters improves the appetite, aids digestion, and is pronounced by those who have tried it as the very best blood pnrifier and nerve tonic Try it Sold for &)a or f I Oy jer bottle at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., and G. W. Rrallier's Drug Store, Rorlin, Pa. Hi .O T? T; HE LIKED TO CHANGE GHOSTS. THIS WAS THE REASON ALFUED ALLEE KILLED EIGHT 0? HIS FELLOWS. From the New York Sun. Once when Alfred Alice was half drunk and wholly gmxl natured a San Antonio man a-ked him why he had killed so many persons. Leaning with h:s back against thj bar counter, with his hands thrust deep into his packets and a queer look oa his ugly face, he made aoswer: "llecause I like to change ghosts." He is a ghost himself now. A year ago, ia Ijartdo, three Mexicans who hated him found him in his shirt sleeves, weaponless and intoxicated. They set to work on him with knives. He was Incapable of resistance, ai;d said nothing more tiian: "Don't do that! You don't kn v what you are doing. Don't do thai! ' He had eight wounds ou him when picked up, and every one of them w;-:it to the hollow. He was a thorougVy butchered man. Fich of the knife stals rrpree'iitt'd a life that he had ta ken. Alice was an accurate shot, re markably swift w ith his pistol and ore of the most coolly tlesjierate men !' Rio Grande fn-iilier has known. The passion for slaughter sceimsl to grow on him, and iu the lat decade of I, is life he killed four men in all'rays. Fr each of thc.-e killings he stood tr:l in the courts and was acquitted, sometimes on the ilea of self-defense and some times for 110 reason ctall that any o'.e could see. () casionally he whs drunk when making his rei-ord, but not al ways. He was a merciless man at all times, nud w hisky did not make him ary lucre orary hs muiderous. Alfred Alice was born in Southwest ern Texas and followed the business of all natives. That is to say, he was 11 ranchman. lie had only a c-umnioii school education and early levelijed traits of w ildncas. He consorted hab itually w ith the ni-stler part of the pop ulation and was a frequent figure nt dances, horse races and eock lights. He was a desperate gambler when once en gaged, and those who dealt for l im were careful to deal "square." More than once he was accused of standing in w ith the many gangs of cattle thievt s with which tiiecx untry was infested, but this vims never proved. It is certtin that he was a rigidly upright man in business and his word was as gotxias hio bond. The first four murders with which he was charged were ordinary affairs of the ranch, the cow camp and the catth trail. The victims were Mexicans or cowboys of 110 prominence, and they brought their slayer nogreat amount of reputation. He was known as a man who would shoot quickly and well, and one upon w hom it was hard to get the drop, but he was not classed w ith the gilt-edged killers, of whom sonic-thing like a dozen owned the Rio Grai.de country. Alice was not brought into immediate contact with a:iy one i f them, which was perhaps a good thing f r them, aud he went along the even tenor of his way, killing an obscure person now and then, but exciting no sj ec-ial comment or remark. About this time he moved to Pearsall, the county seat of Frio county, and en gaged in shipping cattle. It was at tiie height of the 'nester" excitement. Pasture fences were cut nightly, cuttle were stolen by the hundred head and lh rough element was in the ascendant. The lI?Lchmen of Frio county foruitd the Cattlemen's Protective Association and made a lusintss of running down the thieves. Some of them were tried and sent to the penitentiary, but a go" d many more quietly disappeared. It was given out that they had lied the country, and no one made particular inquiry for them. All through the months of October and Noveuilier, 1-V, however, it was noticed that the Mex ican vultures were plentiful about the mesqtiite grown pnsiures of Frio county. Now and then a corpse w ith a good many bullet holes iu it floated down the Frio river. Simultaneously the c: ttle business U gan to pay larger dividt nds. It was not known (hen, but it sailise quently deve!iijed that Allee was one of the most trusted and ell'ecti vj agi tits of the Cattlemen's Protective Associa tion. His former intimacy with the rustltr element gave him t X':e ti:i)iiI advantages, and be utilized them. A choice was offered to him, and he w ise ly decided to range himself 011 the s'de of law and order. Re-established in the good graces of the wealthy men of that section and well paid by them, his desire to kill somebody not a rustler got the beit.r of him. The affair brought hhu ii.to State promiuence. The victim was named Rhodes. He was shot on the public square cf Pearsall. He reached for his pistol, but Alice had hiiu covert-red before his fingers touched the butt and he went dead in his tracks. Rhodes was well connected in the low er counties and his slayer was bitterly prosecuted. Self-defense was the plea and justifiable homicide the verdict This affair cost Allee all the money he had made from the cattlemen and he went to drinking. Roardingan International and (ire at Northern passenger train at Cotulla, L Salle couuty, one night, he quar reled with a negro car porter. Not knowing his man, the negro attempted to put him ofT the train. Alice killed him, of course, was arrested, and gave bail. Oace more his name got into the papers, and people began to look upon him as worthy to wear the mantles of Ren Thompson and Rill Longley and Sam Ras and a host of other worthies who had gone before. At that time train robbery in Texas was a thriving industry. The gentle men of the road distributed their favors impartially among the various lines. If a Gould train was held up one week, it was a certainty that a Huntingdon train would be held up another week. Several humorous features were intro duced which marked the crimes as the product of one master mind. A con ductor noted for his pride la good 1 wi i .1 i. j o WHOLE NO. 2-121. c!-t hes was forced to surrender his coat, waistcoat, trousers, shirt, cap and shoes, and bring in his train clad ouly iu his underclothing. Aa es press :n sserger proved obstinate about opening his safe, and his ears were cut, underbit in the right ai:d fuik, and slope iu the left An ancient ir.auh n laily of primness and prrpri.-ly w as made to lay a guit ar ac.-o:iip.i:,i:::. nt to a sor.g uevtrin-t-:ide.l f -r the etTiiM iag rvem. Gradu ally i! ci'inv t 1 e known Ihut the fuil lovii'g leader was a fr;!nr cowboy named ll.-at k tVrr.ett. His band was large and well crgani.t d. ltsn:em'iers called him Ccptaiu Dick. The country is thinly settled, covert d with chsp paral and broken, o!!' ring uuiiy hiding places to outlaws. Captain Dick's cp crati i:s inert used iu boldness and fre quency tliitil rewards nggr-atiiig fo, Hr) were otlVred for his capture, dead or alive. An entire company i f State Ring, rs was put upon his trail, as well as a hundr-d sjx e-i.! oiii -ers. They made it so hot for him that he quit train robbing and d -voted ail his time to dodging :( out in the brush. In this extremity lc? took refuge at the ranch of .li, whom he had known well 1:1 the old d is. Hi cju' l r.ot have made a wor-e move. Allee t!d liim that he con! 1 camp in the ranch yard. The next morning he v eot out to Ccrmtt, who was preparing his breakfast, and b'k a seat ori the tp.isi!i' side of the f.re. Tiie lo men tali-.etl pleasantly for a while. As the train robin r stoop ed to lift a pot of entice from the coals Alice shot l.iai through the brain, and he fell with Ids fac-e in the ashes. This as-as-inaiion brought the Frio county man t'i.l more fame. He w as congrat ulated ujou having rid the country t f a vt ry desperate villain, and collected the ic a arils. A man named W. C. Roweii ran a weekly p iper called the Leslg. r in the hale town of Cntuila, twenty miles fro'ii Pearsall. R uvea was of a fyjie not infrequent among country editors. He l ad ideas a!;ut statuiicg in the fin front of the battle for lie rights of man ; he regarded the prc-s in general, arid the Ledger in articular, as the palladium of our liberties ; bethought it his duty to act as censor cf the pub lic, and he would, w rite things w hen liriir.k that would turn him pale to read when s-uU-r. He got it into his head that Alfred Alhe needed a write-up, and he wrote hini tip, uinch inspired with rum. He said that the dojer-tdi had Let ii ruu t ut i f the lower counties, that he was a thief and murderer, aud that his removal would he for the coun try ' good. The pfj r was out on time, and I'.iAti), who was sober, shivered when I:e read I. is 1 dltci i.d. The people of the tov, u cir, it d l ets ujicn how long the editor woo! I be allowtd to live. A Week was the- urtcrtTiot limit set Al ice, who was always a man of very quiet m ini!, r.-, t all, d at the LVg-r cf li.e and .va!ktd up lo 11 men's desk. :I-- to! 1 ii,c editor that whi-ky was re spoiis:! for the lea er, but that it nits' net t cur again. 4 Iletry man in La Salle and Frio counties," he sisid to the tren.l!ing w ri t( r, kl:ii that you buVe abust-d nie. I am tiie only one who I ears you npol i'.';iz . If you n:. ii'i )'i uiy nam-, again 1 11 kill yo.i." Then he wa'k-d ou. Things were- quiet I r a il -y or two. R.'wt n got drunk ag:if. He wrote an e litt rial ten th grtes more savage than the last. The paper eaii-cd a sensation ail through the State. Rowen became soh. r and went to San Aiitonio, deem ing himself suf-r there. He was ac companied by hi brother, w ho was the County Attorney. The two remained in the city for three d.iy, but business forced them back to Cotulla. When they boarded the train eat h -.f them had u pl-tol. These j istols they laid on the seat faeiog them and covered lightly with a shawl. The train pass ed through Pearsall, which was Alice's tow n, w ithout incident, and the broth ers breathed more freely. At a little station five mile's further ou A'.Ie-i g i i n board. He entered the coach at the further end and immediately caught s'ght of the P.oweus. Thi-se wretched men grabU-d frantic ally for their pistols 011 the seat In front W. ('. Rowen was the first to fire. His bullet went through the roof of the car almost alnve his head. A! Uv advanced slowly toward them, with a set smile on his face, and firing, as was his cus tom, so rapidly that tiie shots could not le counted. At the fourth discharge County Attorney Rowen was crouched between the seats, with bit right arm shattered between the cl!owand wrist, and K litor ltiweii was double-d up in the aisle, with three bullets through the body. Allee s'.xid ovt r him a mo ment wkh the sam fixed smile, delib erately cmp'ied two more shots ii.to the corpr , glanet-d at the cowering brother with onttmiit, walked into another car and took a seat The d ad man had fired but one shot, and the weapon of his brother had not been diseliargod at all. Allee was tried for this murdt rand aeqiitttl. Public sen timent was divided. Rut for his record it would have bten wholly with hiai. The Roweii ghost accompanied him to the tomb. He did not change It Previously he had Uen pursued by the tqxiok of t'oriiett Talking to the ac quaintance mentioned in the oiieniiig paragraph of this story, he sraid that he would rather W followed about by an editor than by a train robtier, anyhow. It will lie seen that Alfred Alice, eight times a slayer of his kind, had also the giving ae'ise cf humor. During the past two years, Mr. J. W. Alexander, wife of the editor of the Waynesboro, (ML-s ) Times, has, ia a great many instances, relieved her baby when iu the first stages of croup, by giving it Chauiberlaiu's Cough Reme dy. She looks up u this remedy as a household ncevs-ity and lielieves that no better medicine has ever been put ia bottles. There are many thousands of mothers iu this broad land, who are of the same opinion. It is the ouly reme ly that can always lie depended upon as a preventive and cure for croup. The - and oO Cent lmttles are for sale by all druggists. There are said to be TUtl Chinamen in San Francisco who have profeessed Christianity and Lavs united with ths Salvaica Army. Tv' hav been made at the lot- a etl!en to deteraiine the n-lative merits of dMferer.t breeds of sheep for feeding and fattening. Nine lsmbs were select ed out of Southdown, Thropshire, Ox ford, Su:l" ilk, Lincoln, Leicester, t'ots wold, Dorset ami Merino breeds. After in faring them ftf the comparative tests by a preliminary feeding period, during which they were fed and treat ed alike, they wire weighed into tho feeding H-r.s on September lo and wcigh'-d out at tli e lose on Janaary 1. All feed consumed by eet li lamb was ;!' .filly we';l,cd and char -.' I, and w hat was 1. f; was weighed back and cretlitid to their ro:-vclive accounts. At the lifginniiig of the test they con sumed a suud to a siiind and a half per head daily ; at the c!os" they con sumed from one and a half to two and a fourth pounds per day. The Ian. lis wt re shipped to Chicago, sold there and slaughtered and dressed bi the p rest nee of a professor from the Iowa Exer i.itent Station, who made a memoran dum of the percentage of ollul and cf each class of meat, the value of the wool, fit, etc. In comparing the am ount and cost, of gains made, the t'ots w t:!d made the most and cheapest :iin; the Lincoln and L'-iits-tt-rs closely fol lowed; the Southdo.vns and Thnp shirts stoinl third ; the !rM is f-Kinh ; Oxfords and Satl'olks fifth ; the Meri nos last Tiie average cost of each pound of matter gained was less th; n three evnts. Eiciloa'3 Arnica Salve. The Rest Salve in the world for Cut. , l!ruivs, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe ver Srv-, T. Iter, Cimpped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and ail Skin Frui tions, and positively cures Piles, or lo pay required. It is guaranteed to give pt rfeft satisfaction or money rofutnlti. Price cents per Imos. Fur fait at J N. Snyder's Drag Store, S imert t, Pa., or G. W. Rrallier's Drug Store, Rer iu. Pa. In each wet ion of Canada Govern ment experiment firms have l-etnts-tablished as centres of education and object lessons to the surrounding farm ers. 1 lore tesshs are made und. r the U t scit iitilic coieiitioiis, and the resultsa' plitd for the b-ttt rnient of the methods of the average farm t. T'ns atoiiM.f the Govt riimei.t farms we :i..d ..,;-) distinct samples 1 f milk tested toestalt Iih on? fact namely, that when a isv.v has reached her maximum erccnt age of solids ia the milk she produce-, an increase of riihncss in the ratio. 1 she is led on !. not yi Id an inert as in the richness of her milk, but only nn increase in the total quantity of milk she prtxhiccs. London Chronicle. I had the rheuuiatisui o badly that could not gi t my hand to my head. I tried the il.vtor's medicine without the least Uu.e.'it At lat I thought of ( 'hamiaTlaiu's Puiri Ralm; the first bottle relieved all of tiie pain, and one half of the second boltlee'u cte,l a viri plete cun-.-W. J. Holland, Holland,' Va. Chamberlain's Pain I'thu is equally g- 1 fir sprain, swellings and lameuess, as well as burns, cuts and bruises, for sale at all drug si ore-.. Lau 'tiag-a. If a pioneer g'cs forth, how is he first? If a tramp taki-s a tramp to t' wixkIs, are there two of hiu.? If a man L fxst iu the me-shes of toil, s he leading a fat life? 1 f 3 and 2 make " afu r dinner, why could they not be fort? If a business firm Is snaky, how is it that it is a firm business? If a prisoner turns paie, can he be on bail or is the bail on him? If a capitalist givs assent to a scheme, may lie not give a million? If a sighing lover can not express himself, why cot send himself by mail? If bread is five cents a loaf, can the luker's boy take, a loaf for rive cents any time he feels lazy ? Peck's Sun. Sr.V'K of Ohio, t'lrv ok Tot.K!M, l.cc vs t oe N rv. j Fi'.ANK J. CitKMtY m ikes oath that he is the senior partner t.f the firm of V. J. CilKN'KY .V Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that sai ! lirui will pay the sum of ONE II lN Dl'KD DOL LI!.S fir caeli and every case of C.VTAltliii that can not be cured by the use cf Hall's CAr.vii;t.ii Critu FRANK J. CI I EN FY. S .voni to before me and s'i'os--r,bed iu my pn-seuice, this 'ith day of D'-cem-ber, A. D. ls-w". f , ) A. W. ( i LI1AHON, si-;.vi.. j Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internal ly and acts directly 0:1 the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHEN FY et CO., Toledo, O. t-jr.)ld by Druggists, Tie. "Is it true, boss," asked an old darky "dat de Legislatur' g-viue tor free all de convict..'" "Why, nn certainly not." "Well, suh, dat sho' ib.s ths urp'iut me, kaze I wuz ex ; in' my whole faiu'bly home for CliriVin usl" Atlanta Constitution. O. W. O. Hard.uan, w hen sheriff of Tyler Co., W. Va., was, at onetime, al most prostrated w ith a Col l. He Used ChamlxTlahi's Cough R -niedy and was s much ''eased whit the quick relief and ture It adorde-d hint, tnat he gave the following unsolicited tetiuioni.!: 'T) all who may bo i:itr sted, I wish to say, that I have '.scd CauuiVr laiu's Cough Ruiiedy and find it in valuable br coughs and c-d Is." For sale by all druggists. Farmer would do well tospeu 1 soiu of their leisure hours this winter in con tudering whether they cannot ad 1 some thing lo the variety of their crojis, either for sale, home or use, which will be profitable to them without adding very much to their labor or cares. Takej tiie burn out; heals the wound; cares the p liu. D. Tu ui n' E dectric Oil, the household remedy. Runaway horses are unknown iu Russia. No one drives there w ithout having a thin cord with a ruuniug nexw-e around the neck of the animal. When the animal bolts the cord is pulled, a::d the horse stops as soon us he feels the pressure on the windpipe. The roots of currants run near the surface, and therefore shallow cultiva tion is advisable. Now is a favorable time for pruning currant bushes, if it has not been done before. A large part Out of a total of 2,H!,0tf:) sheep iu the Maraaoa district of if leemland, Austra lia, thel ss from wild d gt ises.i:usvted at 4.U,(XM. When dovtors fail try BarJxk Bh-od Litters. Cures dyspepsia, oonstlpation; invigorates the wbole system. ! i' in TT Ml ii
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