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Wherkas, Tlie Hon. Jacob H. Isk
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of Coiniiion PL-ms of tlie M-verul couii'-icmi-MiiiK
the bith Judicial Iiiotriet, and Justice
of theOmrtMof oyer and Terminer and j-n-
rl J;iil Delivery, for the trial of all capiuil
and oilieroffeinlers In the Kiid District, and
1). J. ilnKNta and GtoKiiK J. Black, Esq's..
Judges of the Court ofOanniun Pleas and
Juslie of the Courts of Over and Terminer
and tiencnil Jail lK-live-.y for the trhil of al!
capital and other offender in tut! County of
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MONDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1898.
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lmll he in the jail of Somerset County, to be
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WAKTED-A LITTLE GIRL.
Wlittrc hive they ee to-Uic H'tlo girls.
W itu nalura; imnnm and uatural curi.
W ho love their l.Ui.aiid like the loya,
And taik of nom. thing beside theboysT
L'.ttie old aomen in plenty I llnd,
M it.iri lu mariners and old of rnt'id ;
Mttle old flirts who talk of their -beaox"
Aid vie witU each other in niylinh e!.)tiles.
Liltleold bo'lt, who, at nine and teu.
Are sic of pkuKurci and Urod of men,
Weary of tnvel, of balls, of fun,
Aud find no now thiugs under the (sun.
Once iu the beaalilul loiifr ago,
Some dear Utile children 1 used W know ;
Uirls who were merry as 1 uubs at p'.ay.
And laughi and rollicked the live-Ions Liy,
They tho-jifht not at all of ths style of Uisir
rloUM ;
Thoy never im igined that boys were "umux
vwiLTjim' Urol liars'' and "iiiate" w.Te tlirv.
n,j.eaci:a lcUowc to help them play.
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Where have they g.-r.e to? If vou ee
One of them anj where, sjud her to me.
would give a medal of cui-est sold
To one of those dear little girW of old,
w iin an innocent lioart nud an orn mnile.
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n uu anows not tue metuilng of uirt" or
"style." -Eilu W heeler W iicox
THE ADVENTURE OP
MY LADY BETTY.
My LiJy Rotty's bull was &s brill
iaut as ever I .saw, alU-it Lin Grace of
Rutland did not honor it with his
presence The alienee of the Viceroy
was not likely to pass unnoticed by
such lovers of acaudal as thronged my
cjusin's ball room. Here and there I
saw groups talking together with sig
nificant smiles and meaning gestures.
If I approached them they grew in
stantly tjuiet or e poke in loud voices of
things too innocent and biirrnle&i to
give pleasure, so that I was convinced
that this sudden charity was due to my
presence.
Somewhat impatiently I pushed my
way through the crowd, for I was but
new to the ways of the court, aud had
not yet learned to smile when I was
angry, and preseutel myself before
Lady Hetty. She received me most
graciousiy, giving me her hand to kins,
wune those auout tier arew oacK a
itlle. Then I lifted my head and look
ed into her eyes.
I had never ween my cousin looking
more beautiful, and if she missed Lis
Excellency's presence, as no doubt bhe
did, I could read iu her countenance
neither-anger nor disappointment
She wore a light piuk silk gown with
diamond stftmacher and sleeve-knots.
On her head was a large brown hat,
trimmed with red ribbon and decorat
ed with a great quantity of jewels.
There were many ladies in the room
more richly dressed, but none whose
robes became her as did -My Lady Bet
ty's. I suppose she read iu my eyes the
wonder I felt at her beauty, aud was
pleased at it. seeing that I was little
more than a lad and country bred, and
as yet untrained to lie with eye or
voice. She laughed merrily and in
spite of the paint and tlie patches I
could bave sworn that her cheeks Hush
ed a deejuT crimson.
"Why, cousin," she cried, "did I
not kuow that it is not so, I should
think that you had cjme from a con
vent of monks vowed to silence, and
not from the merriest and wickedest
court iu Eurojie. What do they say at
court?"
"No uew thing," I answered, "but
that my Lady Betty is the fairest lady
in Irelaud." Aud I made her a low
bow.
"Ah! Do they say so still?" she ask
ed, but not as if bhe desired an auswer.
Then she lifted Ler head proudly. "But
I care not wht they say," she went
on; "aud so, sweet cousin, you can tell
them."
Then she motioned me, a little
haughtily, to leave her, as though
she were angry with me because she
had spoken to me thua. So I bowed
to her again and drew bjiek among the
crowd, not a little perplexed at the
change ia my cousin's m tnner.
I had n t intendel to remain long at
the ball, and, indeed, had only present
ed myself because it was my duty, and
seeing how much I owed to my Lady
Betty.
Moreover, there was a certain matter
which lay heavy upon my mind. That
same evening I had witnessed a sad
quarrel over the cards between my
frieud, Phil Blake, and his kinsman,
Roger Delaney, and they Were to meet
an hour after sunset on the morrow.
Now I had small liking for ail'iirs be
tween near kinsmen, and yet I could
not refuse iilake to le his second.
Blake, too, had a quick tenipt r, espe
cially after wine, and he had but small
skill with the Srearins, although with
the rapier none was more cunning of
fence than he, uuless after a drinking
bout, when his eye was dim, for a child
could beat hi:n at the bottle.
I had little pleasure in tha meeting,
for there was small doubt in my mind
which way the duel would turn out.
Seeing how my cousin had dismiss
ed me, the ball was no longer to my
liking, and I was abtait to leave the
room, pressing my way through the
throng, when I felt my hand seiz
ed and sonielhicg thrust into it. I
looked round suddenly, hoping to dis
cover who the messenger was, but I
could see no one to whom this character
certainly belonged. I withdrew as
quickly as I could from tlie crowd, aad
unfolding the note, which was much
crumpled, I strove to read it. Nor
was it easy at first, for it was written
with peucil and indistinctly, as if in
haste. It was from my cousin, who
bade me hasten at once to her boudoir,
by the private way that I kuew. It
was signed "Betty."
I was no little surprised at this nies
saze. but without wasting time In con
jecture I sought the private stair which
led to my cousin a apart menu. 11 was
as well known to me.
I turned to my cousin in amazement,
aud witli no small fear at my heart as
to what itould mean. Without look
ing at m she drew the cloak down and
disclosed the race or a man.
"My Ci kI! ' I cried out. "It is Pai!
Blak-."
'ilushr she whispered, raising Ler
finger iu warning, and tho jewels Hash
ed unon her arm.
"He is?'' I began, an l ftared to
Fpak what was hi my luiuL (
Sod
SOMERSET, PA.,
"As you see," she answered wearily.
"Not dead?" Isai.L
"Nay, not dead, only sleeping," she
replied, aud there was seora in her
voice. -
"How did he come hither?" I asked.
But at this she turned her head away
aud did not answer me. But I needed
no answer, for I understood.
I knelt by the couch, and put my ear
to the sleeper's breast; his breath came
quickiy and he muttered in his sleep.
His neck was bare at the throat, and
the veins in it swollen. Every now
and again his limbs quivered, but still
he slept soundly.
I rose to my feet again, perplexed and
my mind filled with doubt, and looked
at my cousin. Her eyes were fastened
ujton the door by which I had entered,
aud she appeared Uj listen. Then she
turned and motioned me to retire from
the couch to a corner of the room.
Again the silver bell tinkled, aud the
curtain was thrown back, and a man
entered. A deep sigh broke from my
cousin's lips, aud I heard her murmur,
"At last!"
From th shelter of a screen I watch
ed. The man was small aud elderly,
and carried a gold-headed cane. He
bowed low before Lady Betty, aud
without a word went to the couch.
From his manner I judged that he was
a doctor. Then I heard them whisper
together.
"Four hours," said my Lady Betty.
"Nay, madam," he answered; "nor
tight, nor, it may be twelve."
"Then death were better!" she ex
claimed bitterly. "He has been " I
could not hear the lat word, but the
physician answered:
"Indeed, I fear that your Ladyship
is right"
"Never a word of this," my cousin
aid.
"My lips are sealed," he answered,
bowing and passing backwards beneath
the curtain.
Then my Lady Betty came to me.
"Cousiu Theobald," she said, looking
at me sadly, "ray honor is la your
bauds."
"It is safe," I replied, catching her
hand and kissing it, for my heart was
heavy for her trouble.
"Promise me," she went on, "that
you will do as I ask you, whatever it
be, for twelve hours to come."
"Forever, if you will," I burst out.
"Nay, I am no tyrant," she said,
smiling. "If he does not meet linger
Delauey in four hours' time," looking
at her tiny jeweled watch, "he forfeits
his projerty aud everything he has,
even his honor."
"You know ali?" I murmured, won
dering the while how she had come by
the knowledge.
"I know all," she answered. "We
you and I must save him, for you are
his frieud, aud as for me why, (iod
help me, I love him to distraction."
She bent her head so that I could not
see her eyes, but the jewels quivered,
trembling upon her neck.
"We will save him," I answered,
albeit I knew not how we should. At.
this she bent forward and touched my
cheek lightly with her lips. Then she
drew herself up, shaking her should
ers as though she were easting a wo
man's weakness from her.
"That we shall, cousiu Theobald,"
she said, "unless you fail me, which
you will not."
She weut back to the sleeping form,
and I followed her.
"He must not remain here," she weut
on. "Can you carry him?"
I answered that I could, and desired
to know whither she would have him
taken. She rstd door lead in v
to another chamber. Sj I took him iu
my arms without difficulty, for I ww
young and strong, and carried him.
My Lady Betty held back the curtain
to let me pass. When I had laid him
upon the bed I returned aud asked her
what next she would have me do. At
first shv-seemed confused and could nob
find words to answer me, but at length
I understood that she desired to have
the clothes that he wore. At this I
could scarcely conceal my surprise, but
she grew impatieut, complaining of my
lack of wit. So I returned to the bed.
chamber, and having uudreswd Phu
Blake, who still showed no sign of
waking, I earned his breeches ana
stockings, together with his laced coat,
to my Lady Betty, aud threw them,
upon the couch.
She did not look at them, but turned
her back, as if she feared the sight of
them.
"I think there is little dUTtrence iu
our height," she said.
A light suddenly broke upon my
miud.
"Cousin Betty," I exclaimed, "wbat
will you do?"
"Kill Roger Delaney," she replied,
with her eyes flashing.
"It is Impossible," I began.
"How so. Master Slow Wit?" sbff
asked calmly, though I saw that her
auger was rising.
"Because," I answered, "Roger De
laney will not fire at a woman." .
"He shall not know that I am a wo
man," she answered; "not when I wear
those," and she made & gestu re toward;
the couch upon which I had thrown,
the ciothes.
"There is little difference In our
stature," she went on, and in this she
spoke-truly, since, for a woman she was
uncommonly tall. "And if the morn
ing is dark, as it i apt to be, it would
need sharper eyes than Roger Dela
nev's to note the difference. Neither
are our fttures very different at least
in the morning." Aud she put her
finger on the patch that was on her
cheek.
"Lady Betty," 1 said, remembering
that Riger Delaney was not wont to
miss when he was minded to kill, "let
me take his place. At least I shall
save his life."
"But not his fortune, nor, hat i
dearer, his honor," she said. "But
you waste words, siuce you have given,
me your promise. I must return for a
while, or they will wonder at my long
absence,"
."Will not those garmenw betray
you?" I asked in despair, seeing that
she was not to he moved.
"A woman's wit shall make then
fit," she replied, laughing, "unless y u
fail me."
"What shall I do?" I asked.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 1808.
"Cousin Theobald," she answered
"go with all speed, seek the skillfulest
breeches-maker in Dublin aud bring
him hither."
So I went down the stair very gent!y
and out into the street. The night
was quiet, but front the windows of
many houses in Steplien's Green came
the blaze of light and the sound of
music, for it was the season of revelry,
aud my Lady Betty's ball room was
not the ouiy one in the city thronged
with guests.
I secured a tailor. I thought rhat he
was as ugly a man as I eve. saw.
told him what be was requL'ed to do,
whereat he smiled very cunningly aud
said that I bad come to the right man
for my purpose, as many could testify.
I answered that I needed no testimony,
but that his silence concerning the af
fair was as necessary as his skill, and
that if he ever breathed a word of it, it
would be at the peril of his life, aud I
tapped the Lilt of my sword to give
him warning.
He assured me that he carried many
such secrets, and that he would rather
die than divulge aDy of them. Then,
having put into a bag certain instru
ments of his calling, he declared" that
he was ready, aud followed me from
the house, carefully shutting the door.
So I returned to my cousin's house, tlie
breeches-maker creeping noiselessly be
hind me, as if he were a shadow.
At the top of the stair my Lady Betty
awaited us. She motioned my com
panion to euter the room while she
spoke with me. When the fellow had
gone iu 6he begged me to return to the
ball room, and show myself to as many
as possible until she went back to it
again, which she would' do in a little
time. When I had promised to do this
she told me that at sunrise I should
wait near to the house of his Grace of
Leinsler, and that when a coach passed
by with a white kerchief hanging from
the wiudovr I was to enter it
This also I promised to do, and then
I weut back to the ball room. 1 soon
perceived that my eous!u'obseuce had
not passed unnoticed, aud that many
lersous smiled and whispered together
as I passed. But I was too much occu
pied with my own thoughts to heed
thein overmuch, or to show anger be
cause of their evil tongues. Indeed,
remembering what my Lady Betty had
told me, I was careful that my greeting
should be frequent and not lackiag ia
courtesy. While I spoke with one of
them, who, with mjcii assumed indig
nation, complained of the Viceroy's
absence, a BudJeu silence fell upon
those about me, which was instantly
followed by the low murmur of voices.
I looked round, seeking au explanation,
and saw my cousin parsing through
her guests. Sho a word and a
smile for everyone, and as they bowed
before her she looked like a queen, and
they the loyalest subjects a queen ever
had.
Never had I seen her looking so beau
tiful and so proud. As she passed me
her eyes llished for a moment into
mine. In them I read triumph and
the assurance of the success of her
scheme. Then my Lady Betty took
leave of her guests.
As soon as she was gone I too depart
ed, and going to the bouse where I
lodged I examined carefully the pistols,
"Spitfire" and "Flash," which my un
cle had given me. I could not bave
wished my cousin better or more lucky
firearms, albeit they seemed a trifla
heavy for a lady's hand. I put them
carefully into my belt and sallied forth
again to seek the trysting place. On
my way thither I saw the Viceroy's es
coit. waiting in .ue street, the horses
impatiently pawing the ground, while
their riders sat with bent heads as if
Uiey were asleep.
I could not forbear to smile to think
that his careless Grace had forgotten
them, leaving them there, as he had
done so often, before my Lady Betty's
door.
The night was dark and cloudy, and
rain fell at limes, but not much. At
this I was glad, for it promised a
gloomy morning, and so the luck was
on my cousin's side.
When I reached the appointed place
I withdrew iuto the shadow of a wall
and waited. The dawn was beginning
to show faintly, and the sky was turu
iug from black to gray.
Now that I had leisure to think, I
felt my heart almost fail me, and I re
pented bitterly of my share in the mat
ter, aibeit I knew that I had no power
to refuse my cousin anything, aud
would do the same agaiu, even were
my pledge given back to me.
I was roused from these gloomy
thoughts by the sound of wheels, and
in a few moments a coach came slow ly
towards the place where I stood. Even
without the patch of white hung from
the window I knew that it was the
coach for which I waited. As I step
ped into the street it halted. So I open
ed the door aud sprang quickly into it,
taking my seat beside the other oceu
paut I could scarce keep back the cry of
nmazement which sprang to my lips
when I gazed at my companion. Did
I not know it was impossible, no man's
oath would have convinced me that
this was anyone else but Phil Blake.
My cousin bad said that her features
were not unlike those of Blake, but
even this had not prepared me for the
startling resemblance w hich I saw now
that my Lady Betty was dressed as a
man, and in Phil Blake's clothes. Only
her eyes were brighter than his, as was
bat natural, seeing that they owed no
dullness to the wioecup.
In my amazement I said nothing ;
and my cousin laughed softly, as if she
were pleased at my surprise.
"Do I make a pretty fellow?" she
asked.
"As pretty as ever I saw," I an
swered. "Were you pleased with the rascal I
brought you?" I asked, for I was lu
fear of making her sad, and that she
would lose heart when it was too late
to turn back.
"Rascal !'' she exclaimed. "Why he
is a prince among tailors." -
"He will be silent," I said.
"Aye, that he will, for I will close
his lips," she said quickly.
"How will you do it?" I asked.
1827.
"I have promised him a knight
hood." "A kuighthood ?" I cried out in am
azement. "Aye, wherefore not?" she answered.
"Is he not a moi excellent breeche
maker, and a knight among tailors?
Why should there not be a Knight of
the Breeches as well as a Knight of the
Carpet, since no knights light now
days?"
"But how shall you fulfill your prom
ise?" I asked.
"This night week my Lord Duke
cornea to supper to me," she replied,
"When he has drunk much wine, as
he is used to, then shall he lay his au-
gastsword upon MasterTailor's worthy
shoulder. So I shall fulfill my prom
ise and thereby also humble bis Grace
when he learns it in the morning."
To this I made no answer, for my
cousin's daring bereft me of speech.
We had now come to th Nine Acres,
and the coach halted. A little way in
front another coach was standing, and
I knew that s were uot the first to ar
rive. Of this I was glad, for with little
delay there wwld be little light to give
good aim.
I was about to lift my cousin from
the coach, but she pushed me aside.
whisieriug that if my wits did not
grow quicker I should yet betray her,
and sprang out unaided.
Under a tree I saw three men stand
ing, and one of them was Roger Dela
ney. As we approached the ground,
my cousin turned to me aud said :
"Cousin Theo, if I fall let no one
touch me or remove my clo .k. Wheth
er I die or not, I would not have them
know that I am a woman," and her
vo3e faltered a little. Sj I promised
that I would not.
The otherj now came out aad b j ed
to us. When my cousin had made her
Ikw she turned her back upon them,
and so she waited while we measured
the ground. Nor did her conduct seem
strange to them, sueing that they knew
it was a quarrel between kinsmen, and
so most bitter.
Then I loaded tlie pistols and gave
one of them to my L-Ady Betty, whis
pering to her as I did so that she should
fire low.
When Roger Dolaney saw that his
opponent did not remove the cloak he
declared that neither would he, for that
it was not his wont to take any such
advantage. Nor would he consent to
wait until the morning was brighter,
albeit his second pleaded for this, as in
deed well he might, sines his principal
was so short of sight.
Then they took their ground, having
their backs toward each ot her. I watch
ed my cousin eagerly, but she betrayed
no tremor. The physician opened his
bag, and took from it soma lint and
bandages, for he had leea out before
with Roger Delauey.
In all my life I had never felt such
suspense as I did while I watched my
cousiu aud Roger Delauey standing
and waiting for the word to turn round
aud fire. At last it came. Then two
shots rang out together, nor could I tell
which had fired first. My eyes were
fastened upou my cousiu. She was
still standing, and had lowered her pis
tol, from which the smoke was curling.
Then I turned and looked at Roger De
laney. He, too, was standing, but be
seemed daze I. He made a step for
ward, and fell upon his side. A bul!tt
had struck him in the hip.
I ran to my Lady Betty. She turned
and looked at me. In her eyes I saw
surprise, and something else, but what
it was I could not tell. My joy was so
great to find her uuhurt, that I could
scarce remember any longer that she
was a man. 1 think it was tlie cloak,
after all, that saved Ler, for it did not
fit very well, and there was a ragged
hole above the kft shoulder that show
ed that Roger Delaney's bullet bad not
gone so far amiss.
I turned to him now, but he was
aorely wounded, and would fire no
more to-day nor for mauy days to come.
Then I seized my cousin's arm and
led her a little nearer to where the phy
sician was kneeling by Roger Ivlauey,
and, making a bow to them and to the
others, who stood upright by them, we
hurried across the field to where our
coach was waiting.
My Lady Betty was very silent w hile
we drove back to the city. She seemed
weary, and her face was pale. As I
looked at her, for the first time the
thought came to me that my beautiful
cousin might oue day grow old.
"i returned with her to the hruse,
which I believe we entered un perceiv
ed, for it was still early, aud ftw, save
the watchmen about. Here she left
me for a space and then returned to me
dressed as a woman, and so I confess
that I loved her better, albeit she made
a gallant fellow enough.
"The coach is still without," she said,
"and I would not have him remain
longer. Can you take him to his lodg
ing?" I bowed without speaking, and hav
ing her went to the boudoir. As I pass
ed through the corridor I saw the tailor
descending the stair. He glanced at
me and smiled, but did not speak ; so I
went in and found the clothes lying
upon the couch as they had been. I
gathered them into my arms and car
ried them to the bed chamber. Phil
Blake still lay in a deep slumber, as the
physician bad said he was like to. I
had little difficulty to dress him, for he
lay still, only groaning a little when he
was moved ; but he did not open his
eyes. Then I kuew for sure that he
had been drugged after he bad drank
deep.
When I had dressed him, I took him
In my arms aud carried him to the
coach without difficulty, for though I
was weary, my arms were strong. As
I did so, I saw the watchman looking
at us, but he did not speak, thinking
doubtless that tlie man whom I carried
had drank overmuch at her Ladyship's
ball, and seeing nothing strange iu it.
Then I went back to my cousin and
told her wbat I Lad done.
She made no auswer to me, neither
did she thank mc. So I took her baud
to bid her farewell, and was raisiog it
to my lips, when she drew it back and
presented her check to me.
When I had saluted her I bow ed and
went down stairs again to the coach.
I left Phil Blake in bed in hislodgiuga,
and then returned to my own. On the
I morrow I sought him cgaia, and found
him come to himself indeed, but yet
j ruuch bewildered to think what bad
befallen him.
So I told him how he had met Roger
Delaney as he hail said he would, and
showed him his cloak where the ball
had gone through it. i.Tg for buffalo steak. He says:
"If you have any further doubt," j While I was ridiug toward the buffa
said I, "Roger Delaney can put your ! ls I saw five horsemen from the fort,
ml ua at ease, for he has a Hue hole In
him this minute."
At this he started up in the bed.
"Where did I Lit him?" Le cried
out, eagerly.
"In the hip joint," I answered.
"Then he'll never walk straight
again," he said.
"So I think myself," I replied.
"It is strange," said he, again, "lut
I bad forgotten it; and so must bave
dounk very deep."
To this I made no answer.
Iu a fortnight afterwards Lis Excel
lency supped witii my Lady letty, and
having drunk deep, and being at the
same time eager to make Lis peace with
my cousiu, he did, after supjier, make
the worthy tailor kneel before him, ac
cording to her Ladyship's desire, and
having struck him with his sword upon
the brad for, in truth, Lis Land was
somewhat unsteady bade hint rise a
knight. And though Lis Graco was
fain to forget it when Lis head Lad
grown cooler iu the morning, yet my
cousin would not suffer it to be forgot
ten, aud so the tailor kept his kuiglit
hood, while her Ladyship lost his
G ra"e's favor.
But for this, I think, she cared little,
seeiug that she loved Piiil Iilake, a)d
had not forgiven my Lord D-ike for
the slight that he had put upon her.
H. A. lliuksou, in the Illustrated Lon
don News.
Deafness Can Net be Cared
by l)cal applications as they can not
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by au inflamed con
dition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
inilamed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and w hen it is en
tirely closed, le:fness is the result, and
unless the inllammatiou can be taken
out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
flamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh ) that can not be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars; free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
CciySoId by Druggists, " jc.
Tie Deacon's Drag: Net.
"Kunnvl Ingersoll been Leah de
yuther night," slid tha deaon, as he
laid down his specticlej aud faced the
congregation, "eu I see de fruits er it
already. Hj tol' you dat dey's no hell,
eu I see it fain dj s'.irmu-si ob dis c m
gregashu u dat you h-iieve ii! B it
doan fool yo'se'f! for desez sho ez you's
settiu' befo me tcrday dey s a ret-hot
hell waitin' fer you, whar de fireman
never goes off duty en dey's no holid.ty
on de Fo'th er July! I ain't got time
ter prove it, but I'll mk d'n proposi
tion: Whoever wants ter Vscapo dat
hell mus signify it dis niiwniu', en iu
dis way: While singiu' erde hymn cn
page Zis, saltpeter, isr er Williams win
pass roun' de hat en poll de members
ez toilers: All who b'levts in hell fire
straight, will drap in a dollar; ail got
doubts 'bout it will say so wit 'St cent-1:
all who dau believe it at all, put in f0
cents, den we'll separate the money eu
put you In de list whar you b'Iong.
Come, now, while we sings!" Atlanta
Constitution.
Household Gods.
The ancient Greeks believed that the
Penates were the gods who attended to
the welfare and pnisperity of the fami
ly. 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 ail affections of Throat,
Chest and Luugs it Is' invaluable. It
has beeu tried for a quarter of a centu
ry and is guaranteed to cure, or money
returned. No hou.ehold should lie
without this good angeL It is pleasant
to take and a safe and sure remedy for
old and young. Free trial bottles at
J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset
Pa., audG. W. Brailkr's frug Stv.re,
Berlin Pa.
From Bad to Worse.
"I congratulate yoa, my dear sir, on
the marriage of your daughter. I see
you are gradually getting ail the girls
off your hands."
"Off my hands yes! But the worst
of it Is I have to keep their husbands
on their feet." Melbourne Weekly
Times.
It is not ofteu that a physician rec
ommends a patent medicine; when he
does, you m ty know that it is a good
one. Dr. J. P. Cleveland, Glasgow,
Va., writes. "I have used Chamber
lain's Colic, Cholera aad Diarrhte
Remedy in my practice and it has
proven to be an excellent remedy, where
a thorough course of medicine had
failed with me. I recommend it to my
patients every time for colic and diar
rhoea." Many other progressive phy
sicians recommend and use this rem
edy, because it always cures aad cures
quickly. Get a bottle and you will
have an excellent doctor In the bou,
for all bowel complaints, both for chil
dren aud adults. For sale by all drug
gists. What o' That.
"Do you think your sister likes to
to hrve me come here, Johnuy ?"
"ou bet. You take her to the
theatre aad bring ber chocolates."
"I'm glad I can make ber happy."
- "Yes, and the feller what she's en
gaged to don't miad it either, f-r it
sves him tha'. much money towards
housekeeping." Punch.
WHOLE NO. 2130.
Buffalo Bill's Story.
j 1
jur
Buffalo lii'.l tills a pleasaut tale of
I bam." aud ridine out of cainn at th
alarm of a herd of buffalo. It was At a
time when be and his comrades wtrt
short of meat, aud consequently long-
I w ho were evidently going out for a
chase. They proved to be newly arriv-
ed oflicers, a captain and his lieuten
ants.
"I lello, my friend," sung out the cap
tain, "I see that you are after the tame
game that we are."
"Yes, sir," said I.
They scanned my cheap outfit very
clely, and as my horse looked like a
work-horse and had on only a blind
bridle, they evidently considered me a
green hand at hunting.
"Do you expect tocatch thoee bu ffa-
loes on that ( iothic steed?" laughed the
captain.
"I hope so, by pushing hard enough
on the reins," was my reply.
"You'll nevercatch them in the world,
my fiue fellow," said he. "It takes a
fast horse to do that."
"Dots itr asked I, as if I didn't
know.
"Yes, but come along with us, for we
are going to kill them more for pleasure
than anything else. All we want are
the tongues and a piece of tenderloin,
and you may have all that is left."
"Much ob.iged to you, captain," said
I. "I'll follow you."
There were eleven buffaloes in the
herd, aud they were not more than a
mile ahead. I saw that they were mak
toward the crc-ek for water, and I start
ed up that way to head them off, while
the oftiivrs came up in the rear and
gave chase. The animals came rush
iug past me, not a hundred yards dist
ant, with tlie oilljers three hundred
yards in the rear.
I pulled the blind bridle off my horse,
and he, a trained hunter, kuew exactly
tvh it to d.. He started at the top of
Lis speed and brought me alongside the
rear buffalo. I raised my gun, fired
and killed the animal at the first shot.
My horse then carried me alongside the
next one aud I dripped him at the
next fire.
Thus I killed the eleven buflaloes
with twelve shots, aud as the last ani
mal dropjied my horse stopped. lie
member, I had been riding him with
out bridle, reits or saddle; but I jump
ed to the ground, knowing that he
wouid not leave me. The astonished
olVn-.Ts were just riding up.
"Now, gentlemen," said I, "allow me
to present you w ith all the tongues and
tenderloins you want."
"Well," said the captain, "I nev.r
saw the like before. Who under the sun
are you, anyhow?'
"My name is Cody."
'That horse tf yours has running
points! '
" Ye-, sir; he not only has the point",
but he knows how to use them."
"S I noticed !"
Who tan fail to take advantage of
this oltVr. Send 10 cents to us for a
gem rous trial siz-. or ask you druggist.
Ask for 'ily's Cream Balm, the most
p.siti ve catarrh cure. Full size ol) cents.
ELY BROS.,
;Ai Warren St., N. Y. City.
I suffered fnmt ratsrrVr oJJie worst
kind ever siii'y a boy, aud I never-1.
hoped for curej, tut Ely's Cream Balm
seems to do even that Many acquaint
ances hare used it with excellent re
sults Oscar Ostrum, Warren Ave.,
Chicago, III.
Taa Use Of Limy.
Many farmers do not know how to
use time. They add it to the manure
heap and also pile it on spots in the
field, where it sometimes remaius for
weeks bef ire it is spread over the sur
face. It Is true that the manure in the
heap will be decomposed by the use of
lime aud w ill consequently be rendered
fine aud fit for application to the land,
K..t liioj iliw rhw hv isnisini, fhmtrtl
reactions, ammonia being generated
au 1 allowed to escape into the atmos
phere. Where plenty of dry dirt and
other absorbent material is used, and
the manure Is kept moist, the loss is
less, but the proper way to apply lime
is not by adding it to the manure, but
upon the land, on which it should be
broadcasted. If left ia heaps on the
field it causes bare spots to show for
years. Get stone lime, let it air-slake
until it becomes fine and then apply it
to the fields without putting it in piles.
Store it under cover till it slakes. If
placed on the land and allowed to be
come wet in piles it loses some of.iu
properties, as a large port ion will be
changed to carbonate of lime, which Is
l-ss active than lime in its caustic con
dition. Where ouiy one cow Is kept and the
cream must be retained until a su ftlcient
quantity accumulates to make a "churn
ing," the butter will not be good, no
matter how carefully the milk and
cream may be managed. Old cream
and new cream, when mixed, will not
make choice butter.
Something to Snow.
It may be worth something to know
that the very Ust medicine for restor
ing the tired out nervous system to a
healthy vigor is Electric Bitten. This
medicine is purely vegetable, acts by
piviug tone to the nerve centres In the
stomach, geutly stimulates the Liver
and Kidneys, and aids these organs in
throwing off Impurities iu the blood.
Electric Bitters improves the appetite,
aids digestion, and is pronounced by
those who have tried it aa the very best
blood purifier and nerve toni?. Try iL
Sold for ka or $1.00 per bottle at J. N.
Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset Pa.,
and G. W.Braliier's Drugstore, Berlin
Pa.
Up in the World-
"Squills must consider himself thor
oughly established as a doctor now."
"Why?"
"He has quit wearing a silk hat, and
has not Lin r but a name plate on LU
I door." Cleveland Leader. -
They Count In Their Sleep-
How firemen manage to hear in their
sleep the right signal, while they sleep
right through any number that con
cerns the next company, uot them, ia
one of th mysteries that will probably
always remain unsolved.
"I don't know," said Department
Chief Bonner, wheu I asked him once.
"I gue-w it is the same w ith everybody.
You hear wbat you have to bear. There
is a gong right over my bed at houie,
and I Lear every stroke of it, but I don't
bear the baby. My wife hears the ltby
if It aa much as stirs in its erib, but not
the gong."
Very likely he is right. The fact that
the fireman can Lear and couut correct
ly the strokes of the gong iu his sleep
has meant life to many hundreds, and
no end of property saved; fr it Is In the
early moments of a fire that it can be
dealt with summarily.
I recall one Instance iu which the
failure to interpret a signal properly,
or the accident of taking a wrong road
to fje fire, cost a lite, and, singularly
enough, that of the wife ot one of the
firemen who answered the alarm.
It was all so pitiful, so tragic, that it
has lelt au iudeiibie impression on my
mind. It was the fire at which Patrick
F. Lucas earued the medal for that year
by snatching firj persons out of the
very jaws of death in a Dominick street
tenement. The alarm signal rang in
the hook-and-ladder company's quart
ers In North Moore street, but was
either misunderstood or they made a
wron start. Instead of turning east
to West Broadway, the truck turned
west, aud weut galloping toward Green
wich street.
It was only a few seconds, the time
that was lost, but it was enough. Fire
mn Murphy's heart went up into his
throat wheu, from his seat on the truck
as it dew towaad the fire, be saw that it
was his own home that was burning.
Up on the fifth floor he found his wife
penned in. She died in his arms as he
carried her to the fire-escape. Tlie lire,
for once, had won in the race for a life.
The Century.
If You Wish to Be Well
You must fortify your system against
the attacks of disease. Your blood
must be kept pure, your stomach and
digestive organs in order, your appetite
good. Hood's Sarsaiiarilla is the med
icine to build you up, purify and en
rich your blood and give you strength.
It creates an appetite and gives di
gestive power.
Hood's Pills are the favorite family
cathartic, easy to take, easy to operate.
A Mean Man.
"My daughter's husband," said Mrs.
Smitherkius, "is the most perverse
man I ever saw."
"Indeed!" exclaimed Mrs. Hapsley.
"Yes," Mrs Smitherklns went on.
"For years nobody could convince him
that he ought to have bis life insured,
and during all that time he never took
a bit of care of himself. But finally we
got him to take out a policy, and do you
know that he wouldn't think of put
ting on bis right shoe iir.n, in the morn
ing, now? No, he wouldn't do it for the
world. And he used to jump on and
off moving street cars, but he always
insists upon waiting till the cars come
to a dead stop now, and yesterday I saw
him deliberately cross the street in
order to avoid walking under a lad
der." "How singular," said Mrs Hapsley.
"Singular? Nothing singular about it.
Tt's simply Lis In-born meanness!"
Cleveland Leader.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe
ver .Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, aud all Skin Erup
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It U guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 'S ceuts per box. For sale at J
N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa.,
or G. W. Brallier'a Drug Store, Ber
In, Pa.
A Model Town.
"Three mttes from nowhere, in a lit
tle backwoods village over lu North
Carolina the other day, I found the oue
town in the world where everybody
works, and no loafing is permitted,"
said a well-known traveling salesman
last night. "In this hamlet there's no
idleness that is not voluntary or vicious,
and this privilege is not allowed even to
the wandering Willie out of a job. On
a sign at the post-ofilce in Beech land is
this Injunction, from which there is no
appeal: 'No 1 xtfing allowed iu this
town. We work and so must every
body else who expects to reside here for
any length of time. Idleness breeds
crime, and, as "we never had a robbery
or a murder here, we have determined
to strike at the root of all evil. Tramps
will be given one hour iu which to de
part, and horn st men out of employ
ment will be given work if they desire
it. If uot, they must git, and git as
quick as their lazy legs will carry them
away from our village. Th's means
you.' " Louisville Post.
To Cor Customers.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the
best cough syrup wc have ever used
ourselves or ia our families. W. H.
King, Isaac P. King aud many others
ia this vicinity, have also pronounced
it the best. All we want Is fur people
to try it and they will be convinced.
Upon honor, there la no better that we
bave ever tried, and we have used many
kinds. It. A. Blake A So.v, General
Merchants, Big Tunnel, Va, Sold by
all druggists.
An Indian Woman's Suit
A sensational suit has been brought
by an Indian woman at Mariposa, CaL,
against John R. Hite, the millionaire
mining man, for a divorce and a half
interest ia the Hite Mine, which Is
worth over foW.OOO. Thw womau
known as Lucy Hiu hasliv .-d for eight
years on a ranch which Ilite gave ber
wheu be left the mines. Wheu he start
ed in mining in 1S01 he bad Lucy's sis
ter for housekeeper, and when the
squaw died he took Lucy as his house
keeper. She lived w ith him until IS.1).
Theu he gave her a big ranch ia Mari
posa, stocked with Angora gouts. The
woman expected to get half his estate
when he should die, but ia October Iaut
he married a widow ia Oakland.
Tbeu Lucy made a demand for $300,000,
aud this being refused, as well as lesser
suras, she instructed her lawyers to
bring suit, Hite has had much litiga
tion. He sold ooi of bis miucs to a
New York syndicate com posed of 15. G.
Dun, W. 8. Chapman, A. S. Minear
and others. Syracuse Standard.
All the healing balsamic virtues of
the Norwuy pine are concentrated ia
Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup. Na-
tare's own remedy for coughs and
' colds.