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Niiiic.-xl, Pa.
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froiu.-rsct, Pa.
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f.CiBUTHiW. M. U.,
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Njuicrstt, Pa.
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fnncral Director.
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VOL. XLYL NO.
General Debility
and Loss of Flesh
Scott's Emulsion kas km tf.
standard remedy for nearly a
quarter of a century. Physicians
readily admit that thrv oki i
- w ni la a v 1
suits from it that they cannot grt j
rom any oiner lieih-torminy food, i
There arc manv nthr otfa na
tions on the market that pretend
to oo wnat
SGOTT'S
Ef7 uisiorj
does, but they fail to perform it.
1 he pure iNorwegian Cod-liver Oil
made into a delightful cream, skill
Eullv blended with the. Hnvwtiw.
phites of Lime and Soda, which
arc suca valuable tonics,
makes this preparation an
ideal one and checks the
wasting tendency, and the
futient almost immediate
y commences to put on
flesh and gain a strength
which surprises them.
lit tut vou ,rt SCOTT'S Emukjon. Sc. h th.
tad arc on tht wrapper.
joe nd Si.oo, U drjggists.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chcaisu, New Vcriu
t- irtiWrtrVilVtliWiiWiVrVi itrViVnfdillriilc.
i Life Assurance is i
1 An Investment, f
Treat it as such settle two 2;
points in your mind before
s buying i;-
Ttie Strength of the :
Company si
Its Ability to earn t
Money. ;;
When you bu- bank stock
; you want to know not w hat S:
s the directors "guess" will be 5;
i made, but what actually has 2:
been made in the past. :
I The $50,000,000 Surplus f:
Of the Equitable Life Assur- s':
ance Society is the measure i:
not only of its tremendous ;i
strength, but of its ability to S
s pay dividends. It is the 5
strongest company in the ;j
woria.
EDWARD A. WOODS, Manager,
PlTTSIU'KGll. 5;
L "CSDiCK, Gsczrs! Agent,
Somerset.
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THE
FirsUiblial Bant
Somerset. Pann'n
Capital, S50.000.
Surplus, S30.000.
UNO EVIOD. G.A rrf
PROFITS, UtjUWWi
trosiTs rcceivc in imei mdLL
mounts. Frn om otic. a
CCOUNTS OF HEttCHANTf , HI(,
(TOO OCtltR, AMOOTMCHSS3LICITCO
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOAUD OF DIREtTORH.
CHAS. . S ri.l,, GKO. Ii. WILL,
JAMES U Pt'iii. W. H. Mli.I.KK.
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DWAKD RTIX, : : FKKSIPENT
ALKNT INK HAY. : VICE I'KST
UAKVtV M. BtKKLEY, .6HIB
Thefunlsnd spcnrttie. of this bn arr ae-.
urely prrl"lHl in a r-lcbmt-d Cukliss Bl'K-.
iLjiKl'KtKiFSAFK. Tue ouly sale uuae tto-
alt-lv burtlar-vroot.
A. H. HUSTON,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
nd everything pertaluirig to funeral forn-
tebed.
SOMERSET - - Pa
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Door West of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
Am Now
prepared to supply the public
with Clocks, Watches, and Jew
elry of all descriptions, aa Cheap
as the Cheapest.
UEPAIItlXG A
SPECIALTY.
All work rjuarantt'ed. Look at my
stock before making your
purchases.
J. D. SWANK.
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pp!y into th nostriJd. Il it qukkljaboorbed. W
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Scientific American.
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IMrOaTAST TO ADVEHTISEOS.
The cream of tiie country pHpcra S foonl
in Rctuiaton'i Court j- Scat Iit. Shrewd
advcruirs a3 themselves of theo Hst, a
conr of which eaa be bad of Eesiingtoa
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IIS 50ETH DAZ0TY.
l'r In X.-rth IVikoty. Ihlner. lookin' brllit,
Ev-ry om-'a liappy at cho Ix-; .
Fuushino on the iiralrlm, tiunslilue on the
Golden Minbhlne of pmnperlty,
t'p iu North Ihikoty.
Everj-;liing In liQiumln', ioomiIq' niK'it an'
t'.uy.
TrospiTts never half bo brij:ht Ix forr;
St-ttlt-rs Jt a (Kjurin' in an takln' up the
hi lids ;
Uoom for all o' I li m. an' pleuty mo.-v
I'p In North ltukoiy.
Caltlo on the run(r-s, more tliun you cn count,
Uittin'JeKtnx fit u thy can lr ;
An'a-fxdln' 1th iLivia. on the prairies brown
SiiM-p an' hories fur as you can nee.
Up in Nortli lKiku'y.
K 'ery oue'n pot momy, got II too, to burn,
Payiu' niortipigi before tbey'roduo;
Aiii't nolxKly gruniblin', woiidrrln' how on
earth
They're a-goln, to live the winter through,
I'p In North Djkoty.
t'p in North Dakotyls the plae? U livt,
J'f t a sort of earthly paradise;
Ain't no let ut Hate to-day laylu'outof doorti,
Nothin' better this side of the skies,
Thauole North Ustkoty.
OF "OLD fiat;
PHEX0ME2TAL SUCCESS OF LIIL
LI0XAEE W. A. CLARKE.
Born a Farmer's Son, He Went YTeit
aid Made Honey Darin j th9 Gold
Excitement Got into Mining Sow
Buys Costly Pictures.
From the New York Sun.
.William A. Clark, the Montana min
ing king, who recently paid $42,0.) for
the painting entitled "The Choice of a
Model,'' was boru a farmer's son netir
Coone.llsvi'le, Fayette county, Pa., on
January S, IsS'J. His father was John
Clark and his mother Mary Audrewn,
both natives of Pennsylvania. His
grandfather, also John Clark, ciune to
Pennsylvania fthortly after the revolu
tion fnm county Ty rone, in the north
of Ireland. As a fanner's sou the boy
learned farming a'ld attended the dis
trict eebool in winter. At 14, being
especially fond of books, ! was sent
to the Laurel Hill academy f. r three
years aud theu taught school for a
year.
In lSo(i his father removed to Iowa,
where he had bought a farm in Van
Buren county. Oaoe settled in the new
home, William was wut to the acad
emy at Biruiiughnm, la., to lininh Lis
preparation for college. This he t id in
a year and iu K7 he entered Mount
Pleasant university to take up the Httuly
of law. Although his father cauld af
ford to give him a college education,
he was not, in a sense, a wealthy man,
and the son knew that, once out of
college, be would have to make his own
way in the rld.
He remained a student ..-at Mouut
Pleasant for two years. I le was a hard
worker and acquired knowledge stead
ily, so that the progress he made was
rapid, but during those two years news
came to the university every now aud
again of new gold discoveries in the
country further wet. First the news
came from California, then from (Vilor
alo, and finally frotu Montana. Of
course the stories that ll'tated in upon
Cue campus of the wonderful gold finds
were usually exaggerated, but they had
their elT'ect on the young law student.
The more stories of the gold fields he
heard the less interesting to him the
law became. Aud so it happened the
young law student, with only a year
between him nd an examination f r
admission to the Iowa bar, turned his
face toward the west. He had little
money, aud when he reached western
Missouri he had none. In a fairly good
education he bad some capital, how
ever, aud school teachers were scarce.
When his money gave out he got a job
at school teaching. He kept at this from
thetallof lVJtolStil. In lSi;2, having
saved some money, he purchased an
emigrant wagon and an ox team. With
these he set out across the plains. He
disposed of his outfit at South Park,
Col., and went to work for a mine own
er iu Central City.
VENT INTO MONTANA.
One day in Ivil a man rode irtfo the
Centra'. City camp with a story of rich
discoveries of gold at Benuack City,
Mou. Young Clark knew the bearer of
the news and believed the story, with
some discount, having learued that all
stories of fabulously rich finds of gold
should be discounted. Accordingly he
persuaded the owner of the Central
City mine to abandon his claim and
join him aud three or four other miners
on a prospecting tour in Montana.
At the end of a journey of days
the party readied IJ.innack, aud the
next day Clark happened to hear that
on the following night a party was to
"stampede" to Horse Prairie, a few
miles away, where the rich mines were
supposed to be. Although lie had no
invitation, Clark joined the stampeding
party, reached Horse Prairie iu safety,
and staked out a claim. At the end of
a year's hard work the yourig miner
had accumulated $l,o00. With that
sum he abandoned the mines forever
as a claim worker. With unusual fore
sight be saw mire money iu business,
iu the bartering of merchandise for
the gold that others t-ok out of the
earth.
With his f l.ooO he bought a load of
provisions in Halt Lake City and sold
them atan amazing profit. In the win
ter of lSv he repeated the venture
with equal success in Virginia City. In
the spring of that year he openel a
general store at Ulackfoot City, a new
miuing town, aud fnm everything be
sold he realijd large proflts. Various
other undertakings he engageJ in were
similarly successful. During the win
ters of 1ST2-73 and 1S73-74 he came east
and studied at the Columbia school of
mines.
ItS J. IS MINING OI'EltATIOVS.
With the knowledge thus acquired he
went back to Montana, bought more
mines, erected stamp mills on his silver
properties, and m ida other acquisitions
inl Jahoau.l ArUma In the latter
territory he discovered the United
Verde coppe r mine, which is uow reck
oned the richest oppenaiue iu the
world, the AuaeonJa and Mountain
Vw not excepted. Besides his mini ng
properties aud bis banking interest,
Mr. Clark concluding there was mouey
la refining Mtgtr, built a sugar refinery
ia Los Alamos, Ca:., arid hon, cotui g
to tV cxt, he c ju-.-IuJ-'d u adl wire
oiiiei
SOMERSET, PA.,
making to his other interests and built
the Waclarck wire works at Elizabeth
port, X. J. Then he built and operated
a system of water works ia Butte, es
tablished an t-lectric light plant, and
built all the cable and electric railways
in Butte.
In politics be has always been a Demo
crat. In 1S.S4 he was elected president
of the first constitutional convention of
Montana, and in the same year he was
appointed by president Arthur a dele
gate to the World's Industrial Cotton
exposition in New Orleans. In 1888 he
received the Democratic nomination for
delegate to Congress from the territory,
but was defeated. When Montana was
admitted to the union in I&SOMr. Clark
was elected a delegate to the second
constitutional convention and was cho
sen as the presiding o.Tbv.T. Iu 1S3),
when the Montana legi-Iature met to
elect a United States senator, Mr. Clark
was oue of the Democratic candi
dates. Ai a result of a split in the
legislature two sets of senators were
elected and the contest wai settled
in Washiugtou by seating the Jlepub
licam. Mr. Clark secured his great triumph
iu Montana jwlitics when, in 1H!4, He
leuajwas chosen as the capital of the
state. Heleua and Anaconda were the
leading candidates. Marcus Daly and
all his influence was back of Anaouda.
The patriotic people of the state favor
ed Heleua for many reasons, but Ana
conda seemed to bo sure of victory oti
account of the mouey and influence
back of that ?ity. Mr. Clark's resi
dence was iu plain view of the Ana
conda mines in Butte, It was thought
that he would favor Auaconda. He
kept quiet ontil he saw how things were
goiug. Then, that the state might
have the most favorable site for a capi
tal, he disregarded his personal inter
ests and declared iu favor of Helena.
He advocated Helena', interests iu his
papr, the Bitte Miner, aad slumpvid
the state ia the same interest from one
end to the other. Wtieu Helena finally
won the victory and the citizens of the
state gathered there to celebrate it, Mr.
Clark was the lioa of the occasion.
When he wat about to drive into the
city the people uiibitched the horses
from his carriage aud drew it iulo the
city themselves.
- HI INTKKKHT IN AKT.
In.l.Vilt Mr. Clark made his first trip
to F.urope, and he then began to give
his first serious atleution to art. He
wanted to own some of the world's
great pictures, but he felt he did not
know enough to buy them on his own
judgment. Therefore, as he hail stud
ied mining engineering to enable him
Ui know what mines to buy, so lie le
gan to study art that he might know
what pictures to buy. Every year after
that up to the present has found him at
sotu3 time or auotitcr iu the art centres
of Kuroje.
At the end of seven year he felt that
he knew enough art to buy his first pic
ture. This was a canvas by Lafont
called "The Difficult Question." Dur
ing the V2 years that have followed
since that fir.nt purchase Mr. Clark ha
acquired something like 0J pictures by
famous artists. In his collection are
oue by K'Misseau, called a "Landscap
in Picardie;" two landscapes by Millet,
"Falling Leaves" and "The .Shepherd'
Call to the Cows;" a large landscape,
"Harvest Scenes in Brittany," by the
peasant artist, L'Hermitte; two by Co
rot, "The Bacchante" aud "A Land
scape in Brittany;" two by Daubingny,
two by De la Croix, two by Beuellurie,
one by Zelm and three by Cazin. One
of the last called "The Weary Way
farers," was borrowed last year by the
artist to tie exhibited ia the Paris salou
in The other two by Cazin are
"Twilight iu Paris" and 4 The Ixwt
Bgue.'' The collection represents au
outlay of nearly $3K),0iK).
In ISOy Mr. Clark was married t Miw
Kate L. Stauller, of Conuellsville, J".
She died on October, 19, l.sitt. To Mr.
and Mrs. Clark six children were born,
five of whom are living. These m
Mary C, the eldest, married in Isyi In
Dr. D. M. Culver, of this city; Cbarlea
V , Katharine L., William A., Jr.,
and Francis Paul. The eldest fori,
Charle W. Clark, after having been
graduated from Yale in l'i:, became
the superintendent of his father'
minei. He is married and lives iu
Butte. The two youngi-st loys are pre
paring for college. Mr. Clark's New
York residence is now iu the Navarr
flats, 175 Wet Fifty-eighth street
Sjme day he inteuds to build a home
for himself on the site lie owns at the
northeast corner of Sjventy-seventh
street and Fifth avent'c Tiiere he wili
have au art gillery where his picture
will have a permaneut home.
The Sore La Grippe Core.
There is no use suffering from tbw
dreadful malady, if you will only g
the right remedy. You are bavsa?:
pain all through your body, youriw
is out of order, have no appetite, no lift
or ambition, have a bad cold, ia fact
are completely used up. Electric Bit
ters ia the only remedy that will give
you prompt and sure relief. They act
directl ou your Liver, Stomach ana
Kidueys, tone up the whole system and
make you feel like a new being. They
are guaranteed to cure or price refund
ed. For sale at J. X. Snyder's Dra?
Store, Somerset Pa., and G. W. Brali
ier's Drugstore, Berlin. Pa.
Ouly 5'Jc cents per bottle.
Honoring A Dead Cat
The most novel incident that ewrx
curred here was the funeral of 01A 1111,
the favorite old cat of the towi saya
correspondent ot the Xew Ybak World
writing from College Corne CX A
pretty casket covered with black doth.
and lined with blue sateen, aud bavin g
tbe usual outside trimmings with a.
large nameplate, inscribed "Old Bill,'"
was made, and the old pet laid in ttate
ia bis last uest. lie was the property
of Barkley, the druggfet, aodthe pet of
the entire inhabitants.
At the drug store wlere- he lay im
state, hundreds of people viewed the re
mains, and many briugnt flowers as a
last token of their friendship. The
body was taken in aearriage by the Im
mediate friends to the grave in the rear
of Berkley's residence lot, where it vra
buried with more care aud so'enrtttjf
hi 1 iu my huroHiM receive,
ESTABLISHED
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10. 1898.
The Gibraltar of Florida.
Sines the Civil War very little has
been heard of the Dry Tortugas, says
the Sedalia Capital. The map of Flor
ida shows the low coral and sand island
called Dry Tortugas to be sixty miles
west of Key West, upon which the
Uuited States many years ago built
Fort Jefferson, the largest fortification
in America.
Dry Tortugas was to be the Gibraltar
of the Gulf of Mexico.' When Spain
sold Florida to Uie United States for$5,
000,000 the bunch of sand keys called
the Dry Tortugas was thrown in for
good measure. It is ratherslngularthat
the place now atrjrd9 the assembling
point for the fleet which is watching
Cuba. Jefferson Davis believed in the
Monroe doctrine. He fathered the idea
of an impregnable fort on the largest of
the islands, from which the United
States might dominate the Gulf. The
first appropriation was made while
Davis was a Senator from Mississippi.
He pressed the work as Senator, and
later as Secretary of War uutil a mag
uiflcient fortification, as the theories of
warfare went in those times, had arisen,
completely covering ten or twelve acres
of Gardeu Key. The fort was built
with a view to foreign complications.
Until the squadron rendezvoused
there the other day, Dry Tortugas had
no place in the news columns aud al
most no place in the memories of this
generation. The massivestructure rises
from the shallow water of the key to a
height of sixty feet. It Is surmounted
by a parapet so elaborate as to give a
castle-like etrect. A hundred feet out
from the base is a low wall, inclosing a
moat. This outer wall was intended to
stop an attack by small I -oats. In the
defenses of fifty years ago theenglneers
of sea-coast fortifications always had in
view attenipU to scale the walls. The
outer wall and the moat were Intended
to keep small boats at such a distance
that the occupants might be picked oft
by riflemen on the parajtet. Fort Jeff
erson was well built. The masonry is
forty years old ami In perfect preserva
tion. But where wood was used the
realization of decay is impressed. The
great Parrots on the barbette, careened
by the rotting of the carriages, point
their muzles at all angles and ia all di
rections. The time was when four hun
dred cannon frowned iu the portholes.
Now the wild ducks swim in the moat,
aud the casemates know only the roar
of the surf. Fort Jefferson has no gar
rison, not so much as a corporal's guard.
It is the mont magnificent military
ruin ou the continent. The visitor can
walk through vaulted chambers half a
mile and wonder if the const fortifica
tions upon which the millions are being
spent at this time will tie as obtete
when the boys of to-day arw gra7
headed. A Narrow Escape.
Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada
E. Hart, of (iroton, S. D , "Was taken
with a bad cold which settled on my
lungs; cough set iu and finally termin
ated in Consumption. Four Doctor
gave me up, saying I could live but a
short time. I gave mystlf up to my
Savior, determined if I could not stay
with my friends on earth, I would
meet my alisent ones above. My hus
band was advised to get Dr. King'
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds. I gave it a trial,
took in all tight bottles. It has cured
me, and thank God I am saved aud
uow a well and healthy woman."
Trial bottles at J. X. Snyder's Drug
Store, Somerset Pa., and G. W. Brall
ier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa.
llegular size 50c aud f I.iX). Guaran
teed or price refunded.
One of Life's Misfortunes.
"Never mind, father, blindness shall
not interfere with my success In life,"
said the young law student, Henry
Fawcelt, when his father reproaclied
himself for carelessly destroying all his
son's prospects of advancement.
"Oue pleasant day in 1S5S the two
had gone hunting together. A flock of
partridges flew over a fence where the
father had no right to shoot; but as he
was moving forward they flew back to
ward his sou. The father, so eager to
bring down a bird that be did not think
of his sou's danger, fired. Several shots
entered Ileury's breast, aud oue went
through eaeh glass of a pair of specta
cles he wore, Ia an instant he was
stone b.ind for life.
"But withiu ten minutes from the
time of the accident which deprived
him of eyesight forever this boy of iron
nerve had determined that evea blind
ness should not swerve him from his
purpose.
"'Will you read the newspaper to
ms?" were bis first words to his sister
when they carried him home,
"He was obliged to abandon law, but
he began the study of political economy
with a zeal rarely equalled, meanwhile
having friends read to him ia his rai
ments of leisure the works of Milton,
Burke, Wordsworth, all of George
Eliot's novels and a wide course of
general literature, for he was deter
mined that his blindness should not
limit the breadth of his culture."
Success.
A Beal Catarrh Core.
The 10 cent trial size of Ely's Cream
Balm which can be had of the drug
gist is sufficient to demonstrate its great
merit. Send ten cents, we will mail it
Full size Ma.
ELY BKO-1,
5ft Warren St. X. Y. City.
Catarrh caused difficulty in speaking
and to a great extent or hearing, .uy
the use of Eiy'a Cream Balm dropping
of mucus has ceased, voice and hearing
have greatly improved. J. . David
son, Att'y at law, Monmouth, III.
Sheep dislike confinement, and re
ouire no shelter other than an open
shed, facing the south, but th floor of
the shed must b kept clean, the ac
cumulations being removed daily and
new litter provided. Cut rtraw or
shredded cornstalks make excellent
litter for sheep, the fine condition of
which facilitates the cleaning of the
floors.
Women love a clear, heabby com
plexion. Pure blotd inak if. Bur
dock Blood Bitters makes pure blood.
1827.
Swallowing' His Words.
"While I was at Moscow." writes a
traveler, whose words are reproduced
by the Detroit Free Press, "a volume
was published in favor of the liberty
of the people. Ia this book the in
iquitous conduct of the public func
tionaries, aud evea of the sovereign,
were censured severely. The book cre
ated great indignation, and the offend
er Ha? at once taken into custody.
After being tried ia a summary way,
he was condemned to eat his own
words. A scaffold was erected in a
public square, the imp rial provost, the
Magistrates and the physiciaus of the
Czar attending, the book was separated
from the biuding, and the margin cut
oft. The author was then served, leaf
by leaf, by the provost, aud wa obliged
to swallow this uu palatable stull on
pain of the knout, more feared in Rus
sia than death. As soon as the medical
gentlemen were of the opinion that he
had eaten as much as he could with
safety, the transgressor was returned to
prison. This punishment was renew
ed the following days, uutil, after sev
eral hearty meals, every leaf of the book
was actually swallowed."
Men and medicines are judged by
what they do. The great cures by
Hood'sSarsaparillagive it a good name
everywhere.
The Farm in March.
But few farmers accumulate as much
manure as they desire. Iustead of
spreading their manure over too
much land, it will be bitter to use only
one-half of the farm for crops ami grow
green material on the other half to be
turned under. In this manner it will
not be many years before every acre
will double its average yield, and the
profits will be larger because the ex
peuseswill be correspondingly reduced.
It is claimed that we have not yet
reached that stage of progress where an
acre ofland will cupport a cow one year;
that is, without purchasing other food
than that grown 011 the land, yet it is
done iu Europe, because every square
inch of the laud is utilized and kept up
to the highest degree of fertility. It is
not diuicult b make an acre support
a cow, but it Is not always profitable to
do so, as the labor required to care for
one cow is as great as that necessary
for several. It is telieved that 'JO acres
cau be made to profitably support "JO
cows, however, by judicious distribu
tion of labor, but the profits will de
pend on the kind of cows. It Is the
cost of labor that makes the expenses
so heavy and reduces the profits.
Tools on the farm may I costly when
they are not kept in plat. When the
hurry of work comes the implement
most required may be out of iu loca
tion really lost and a new one must
be procure 1. Some iuiplemeut rasy
then need repairs, which should have
been procured weeks before. Cases are
known in which fanners who have
changed locations found Ihemselvta
loaded with tools that they did not
suppoxe they had, the clearing up of
goods for removal bringing to light
those that had been put in some out-of-the-way
place. Another careless class
of farmers is that which stores the
tools iu places so safe that they forget
them, aud though intending to lie care
ful they endeavor to .keep iu remem
brance the location which they canuct
recall. AO inventory of farm imple
ments and tools once or twice a year
would change such conditions.
A garden Is not complete unless it
contains a full variety of vegetables.
It should not contain anything that is
not desired. Peas should be grown for
early, medium and late pickings and
early and late cablwges should be iu
the list- Tomatoes are essential in all
gardens. The tomato Is a plant that
will have blossoms and fruit at all
stages of growth, even to ripening, at
the rame time bearing a continuous
crop until frost. There is nothiog so
easily grown as early beets, and they
are luxuries compared with the fields
kinds. Carrots and parsnips are favor
ites with many, but the seeds should be
planted early. A hundred strawberry
plants will eutail little or no labor, and
are net only on anental, but ustful In
a garden- Before next spring the bed
will multiply to over a thousand plants.
They should be set out as early as the
land will permit. Unless the garden
is large such crojis as sweet coru aud
potatoes should be omitted. Try one
or two plants, for experiment, of jiepper
okra, egg plant aud cauliflower, if uot
accustomed to growing such, aud they
will surely be added to the crops next
year. The greater the variety the more
enjoyment w ith the garden.
From all over the country come
words of praise for Chamlierlain's
Cough Remedy. Here is a sample let
ter from Mrs. C. Shep, of Little liocfc,
Ark. : "I was suffering from a very
se7ere cold, wheu I read of the cures
that had been effected by Chamber
Iain's Coueh Remedy. I concluded to
give it a trial and accordingly procur
ed a bottle. It gave me prompt reiier,
and I have the best reason for recom
mending it very highly, which I do
with pleasure," Sold by all druggists.
Zola Declared Guilty.
The trial of the French novelist Zola,
forlibelioz the t-overnmeot, In deilar
ing that evidence was suppressed in the
Esterhazy trial, is finished, x.ia naa
liwn found iruiltv and sentenced to one
year's Iniprisouiuent aud to pay a fine of
3U0O francs.
His trial like the one upon which Zola
00 fearlessly commented, was a farce
from beginning to end. Many witnesses
refused to tewlifv. and were upheia in
their refusal by the Judge presiding who
refused to permit any question wmco
un,l nertineut. an answer to which
might have revealed the iulquitou, one-
manner iu which military trials
are conducted lu France. France to-day
di graces the uaine republic.
For some time, I have suffered with
rheumatism and tried every imagina
ble remedv, without effect. Mr. t G.
8. Wells advised me to try Chamber
lain's Paiu Balm, telling me that it
had cured many cases of long stand
ing like mine. I have used four bottles
ami feel sure that one more bottle will
' make my cure complete, A. P. Kootz,
' Claremore, Ark. Sold by all druggists.
1 1
A IP 51 (Tl
A CATCH.
fFrora the tracf-coinr-dy of
JThc Fa! A
iroio:,-cr. J
VTe know what ia. bat whet will I'
We kr.oTT not. No one e r knew.
The pia themselves cannot forvM
(If rIs there be 1 what men c ay do.
rroj lucin are arrows siw.t in the. dark
At aa cnftCfn irnrk.
If th'-y tui-a it. we Kt thera go:
If thi j hit it, as sometimes they will
When the r.iht winds tliitber Uow,
tiia-imfy the still
Of l.n:-.l that !- Id the bow.
The en!y tiling wc know
Ij lii&t we live ami !:
Net the ins.-t ulollu why!
To r I'tipcts of nuuil-hn cUyt
The world pecs ror.u and r-iuad.
And we go with it b-fo today,
Tciairroir urnVrsrronnd!
BiehnrU Ki.nry t-loLUaid ra New Tork Inde
pendent.
A MILD MANNERED PIRATE.
Aa Ei-Clerk Who Joined th Fierce Sea
IloTcra of the Spabli .Main.
"The Euccantcrscf Our Gwtt" is tho
title f a eoiesc'f rurrutive sketches
that Frank B. Stockton is writing for
t Nicholas. In fpetlkiug of Jcliu l's-
qtienit liiig, who joint d tliw bccca::e rs
aud btcauie thtir biaturiuu, Mr. tjtfick-
tou Fays :
It must havo been a str&uqe thing for
a iiKtn ncenstiimt-d to pcus and ink, to
yard.slkks ami fc::lt s, to cUcr to riiroll
liiiuwlf iu a company of bloci'.y, ;;ig
bearded rimes, but a tuau uiu.-t cut.
and l.urcaueeriug was the only profes
sion ojicn to our ex-clerk. For gome rea
son or other, certainly ant ou accouut of
his bravtry aad daring, Esiinttneling
was very well rcceivtd Ly tho pir..tes ut
Turtu'-ra. PerLaps they liked bi:a-be
cause he was a tui!d iiiamicred mau aud
so (litTi rent from themselves.
As f.ir LViueiiieliug himstlf, ho nu
traino to entertain tbe highest opiuir.iis
of Lis pirate compaiin us. I!o lock'd
u:;oa tho buccaneers who b. I tiistiu-
gci.shcd themselves as great heroes, cud
it ir. tat liavo betu extremely gratify nig
to those savage fellows to toll Esqoe
mrliLgn.!! tho wctderfcl tbiups they
Lad (line. Esqucuicling might havo
caruiid a talary as a lit-teuer.
It was uot loug Lefure bis inteuse ad
miration of tlie buccauct rs and their per
fiiriauuci'S I pin to produce ia biui the
fi.eliu ll-T.t tlitM; prtat exploit should
ni t 1-3 l:-t t4 the tTcrid, cd ' he .t
aloLt writing their lives and adve ntures.
He r-;a:ai:jcdwi:b the piratis for sev
eral yr.-.ra and during that time worked
ti ry industriously g.-triu together ma
terial for bis hihtory. When he returned
to his own country in HTJ, bo there
rompleUd a book wbk-b be called "The
Boccttnctrs of America; or, The True
Account f the M'it Remarkable As-
Bm.hr Committed of Lnte Years Upon
the t'oai-ts of the Wit Indies by the
Buccaneers, etc. By JcLn Esoneiueliug,
One of tho r.uccanters. Who Was Pres
ent at Tbowj Trascdi' S. "
Ftom this title it is rrobable that in
the capacity of reiser tor our literary pi
rate neenrcpauied his comrades en their
varioas voyats aud a-sKiclUi, and al
though he states he was 1 resent at many
of "thOfe tragedies" bo luaVta uo refer
ence to a:iy deeds of valor or cruelty
performer! -y himself, which shows him
to havo 1 1.,11 a wondtrfully con-vieii-tions
bit. rian. There are p 1 sous, how
ever, who doubt his impartiality, be
cause, r.a he liked the French, be al
ways pure the pirates cf that nationality
tun credit fur imt of the bravery dis
playtd ou their ttyi ditious, and all cf
tho Magnanimity cud courtesy, if there
ha;.j ui d to l.o tny, while tho surliness,
Lrorality cud ctruoidiuary wu kedueas
were ail ribt.d to tho l.'ugli.-h.
t'afurtaDat Lady Lamb.
Many of Byron's most charming and
ten.Ur verses aro written to Lady Caro
line Lamb, tho novelist, whofee life was
sadly interesting, the was married 1
fore tho as of 20 to the Hon. William
Lamb and was long tho favorite of
fashionable circles for her literary ac
complishments, ber personal attractive
ness and her grace. Upon meeting Lord
Byron she became tho victim cf au un
fortunate infatuation for the poet which
continued three yiars and was the cause
of innch comment. Tho poet is said to
have trifled with her feelings, aud a
quarrel took place. For many years
Lady Caroline ltd a life of comparative
seclusion at Brocket Hall. While rid
ing oue day with Mr. Lamb she met at
the park gaits tbe hearse which w:9
couveyitiR the remains of Lord Byron 1
Newstcad ablvy. She was taken hoc 3
iusensible and a loug aud severe illur i
followed, dcriug which sir? had epel
tf insanity. From this time ber mau
ner ami habits changed, aud three years
before her death a separation took place
between hi r and her husbuud, who,
UW.,,..W, W .. J, j
responded w ith her. A romantic susct p
tibihty of temperament seems to havo j
betu the misfortune of this lady. This 1
fact illustrates the wisdom of Thomp- !
sou's cdvice:
Then fcecp each paiwioa. bowercr dear.
Trut ukc thu tender are the icos severe.
-Excbaage.
Pill After Tie.
A curion9 comment upon our sanitary
condition as a nation is furnished by a
legend prominently displayed cn cue of
the tall house walls iu the asthetic city
of Boston. It is this Pill After Pie. It
is a general -statement, as if it were au
accepted and undisputed rule cf life ia
Coitnu. N mention is niado in sight
cf any particular trand of pill or pie.
It may not be a city ordinance. It may
bo ouly an advertisement, but if it is
it is a very shrewd oue aud shrewd in
two particulars. It seizes upon an es
tablished Labit, upon which it cau
reckou as a lasia of pecuniary profit.
There is and must be pie in the daily
life of tho city. Taking this for granted,
it then suggests pills as the necessary
sequence. It does uot mako tbe Lluud r
of offering pie as au iudneeruent to take
tho pill advertised. It uudirstands hu
man nature too well for that. Couipar:.
tively few people could be induced to
eat pio for the sake of getting pilL Still
fewer coold be tempted to swallow pill
on the bribe cf pie afterward. No. But
lots of people w ill do wrong with tbe
exptctaf iou of repenting after they have
enjoyed themselves aud lots cf people
will eat pie knowing that pill nic.-t
follow it who would cn nc account take
their puuishmeut before their pleasure.
Charles Dudley Warner ia Harper's
Magazine.
IIoomwItm of the Ottoaaaa Empire.
"Women in Turkey," nays a recent
traveler, "are net so sadly lacking iu
domestic virtues as tbe American house
wife thinks, and it must be confessed
that in some things they can even give
points to their sisters cf tho complex
civilizatiou. If it is washing day, the
bauom, however high ber rank, attends
personally to all tho riutiug of ber bus
baud's garments, though it must l:e con
fessed that this is not to much from a
fear that bis flannels may shrink as
from a belief that a spell could be cast
rpon them by any designing slave wlo
wishes to supplant ter iu his affections.
Although tvtiy Turkish family, how
ever bumble, has at least oca Llaek
slave to do the crdinary wnshing, cook
ing aud scrubbing every mistress, even
to tho highest iu rauk, prefers to give
her individual attention to all dulicate
ted special culinary ventured.
lLO
WHOLE NO. 2138.
TALL ELHLDINGS.
THe KkjMraper Conxijrred aa a Devle
For Savins Labor.
Iu tbe tall building it is emphatically
"a rcuditiou, not a theory," that con
fronts us. The niauy storied office build
imj is a necessary r roil at t cf certain
ecnaoEiiu tuc tots which havo operated in
t-Tiite cf the architects, and more intense
ly ia lao United States than elsewhere.
This is v. but has made it so peculiarly
au American product. Of these econom
ic fact' rs the cost cf land, so common
ly alicp d cs tho coutrolliug one, has
really been the least important. Laud
iu parts of Paris aud Loodou is as cost
ly as iu New York nnd Chicago, but the
li story office building has never coiue
into vegue there, while, on the other
hand, buildings of 10 or 13 stories are
not uucommou ia American cities of the
sccoud aad third rank, where bind is
relatively cheap. The cansa causaiis cf
tho skyscrupiug nionstrcity is to te
sought ia the drive aud burty of Amer
ica u business life, and iu the accom
panying 'American propensity to save
time aud labor. Tbe skyscraper is a
huge labor saving aud time saving de
vice. Each Luildiug is almost a complete
city, offc n comprising within its walls
banks and insurance oflices, postofllce
aud t 1. CTiipb office, business exchauRes,
restaurants, clc brooms aud shops. The
baviuess man cau provide himself with
clothes, sliix-s, tisars, stationery and
baths; receive and dispatch his mail and
his U-legtai.is; speculate ou 'change,
consult Lis lawyer uud his architect in
their unices aad transact his own busi
ness all w ithout leaving the bailding
iu which his oflice is located. Tho ex
press tit vator which shoots biia u? to
tha Mxteeuth etory or drops biia with
breathless rpced to tbe Lasement is a
prodr.tt of this Fame American baste
sud ccciHiny, und without the elevator
tho tall oflko bcildiug would be au im
possibility. It is tho triumphant suc
cess cf the skyscraper as a time riving
invention whic h has made it so con
spicuous clmJ insistent an element iu ocr
American architecture Etgiuetriug
Xugaziue,
WHISTLING WELLS.
NatarsJ Itwrotnetrrs Which Foretell Storm
In Vicuuilii.
A freak t f Litture -which is attracting
considerabla atttutiou is a series of
blowing or "v. hi.-tliug" wells located
iu the i.oithrru part of the town of Eu
reka, in Polk county. Wis. There are
six i f these hysterical wells, ranging in
ricptb from K0 to 100 fcrt. The one
owned l-y James Coltin exhibits most
reiaark iLle features. This well is 120
ftttdttpand v. as ting 15 years ago.
The t r.-t 20 f 1 1 w as bardpan aud the
rett coarse, gravt L
Before a ruiustorm tbe wind blows
oot of this well with great force, mak
ing a rourirg sound that can be beard a
long distance. Ihe wind is so bet that
water 1 lact d cn the cover of tbe well
will toil. Tbe wind blows out only be
fore a storm, ami the severity and du
ration cf tho st -nil are always In exact
proportion to tbe force of this current
and iti duralio.i before the -et.TCia con
mtcces. It iJ thi rel'ore an accurate and
tru'stwerthy barometer, cr vice versa,
with equal occtiracy, but remains quiet
iu e tth d -vrcuth'.r.
In vr inter a ccircct cf sir is drawn
iu tef. tti a change of weather just as
fntibly as it blows cut iu hot weather.
This curitxt v. ill frza the water 120
feet f rt ni tho scrface cf tbe earth as
qr.k kly ai it would at the surface, and,
though macy atttmpts have been made
t'i use a rcTJipia tbe well, tbey have
all failed, ci:d a cumber cf pumps cf
different luukes have Ueu destroyed by
tho v.attr freezing and bcrstiog the
cylinders r.ud pipes.
The other five wells, which resemble
this euo iu many respects, are all locat
td withiu the ratlins tf about one mile
and vary iu depth from 130 to 100 feet
All sorts cf theories have been ad
vanced concerning an underground pas
sage, bet no cutlet has ever been discov
ered, uud if third is cue it must be a
great distance away ia order to foretell
the apj roach tf storms so long a time
ia advance. I biladelpbia Record.
llev liorrowed Plaxbace.
A Syracrcso woman was in Boston
some tiaie ago, end she bad occasion to
get a check cuihcd, beiug without reaoy
money, the bad co friend who was
easily available, but she weut to a bank
aud pn sontul her cheek. Of course she
wes told she would have to be identi
fied. The ea-hicr of the bank suggested
that sbu might bate oue of ber cards.
She took out ber cardcase. but tbe card
she 1 reduced proved to be that of one cf
her friends. Ihia caused her a great
deal cf confusion, buS the accommodat
ing cashier sugj;i,sted that she might
prove htr ideutiry ty the initials cn ber
cur-kase. Let these, alas, proved to be
those tf her mother. Her confusion con
tinued to iucrcase until she thought cf
the initials ou ber baudkerchief. The
marked article was produced to be put
iu evidence, bet when it was examined
if was f juud to bear the initials cf an
other friend. She was thwarted in every
direction, let tbe cashier was "easy."
Boston cashiers are apparently not as
strict as thote iu this part of tho coun
try, for this particular one said be
"guessed" that it was all right, and he
cashed tbe check. Conductors of flim
flam and three estd moute games are di
rected to Boston for a good field of oper
ation. Sjracuse Poi;t.
A Foul Itoatted Bealde Him.
Ti.j plate woikers have to bear great
beat. I r.t few c;n realize tbe beat which
the humaa body can bear without in
jury. At the b ginning of tho century sev
eral interesting though highly danger
ors cxp rimeuts were made by different
mtu, chiefly foreigners, with reftreuce
to this subject.
Tho first mnn who risked bis life ia
this manm r was a Spaniard of Andalu
sia, mar Martinez, aged 43, who gave
au exhibition tf the most extraordiuary
feats on July 25, lb2S, at the New Ti
voli, Faris. His petformance took place
in the presence cf 200 persona, among
whora were many professor, savants
and physiob gists, specially invited by
the physitian Bcbeitscn, the director
of the establishment.
A cy limit it U oven, constructed in
the Fbape tf a dome, had bet-n heated
for fuur hours ty a very powerful fire.
At 8:10 the Spaniard, dressed in loo.-e
prntaloxu cf red CuuutL a loug Span
ish cloak and a felt somlrtro, went
itito the even.
He remained iu it. seated ou a fat t
stool. for H minutes, with the metaUic
thermometer registering between 43 and
oO degrees, tbe latter being the highest
craduaticn cn it.
He sang a Spanish song while a fowl
was rruutiug by bis side. When be came
out, a committee cf physicians found
bis pulse beating 134 pulsations a min
ute, although it bad only beeu 72 cn
bis goicg iu. Loudon Standard.
A Turki.-b turtan cf the largest size
contains 10 yard cf the ocst and soft-
eat u.a.llu.
A Freeaaae Bit ef Sfcamreek.
Tf. Phelps VTaitmar&h writes la Tba
Century of "The Steerage of Today."
his article being illustrated by Andn
Castaigna Mr. Whitniarsh draws this
picture of one of bis companions in tba
voyage that be made:
Kneeling in an upper bunk near ire,
a niiiLUe seed Irishman banging a
pet containing a shr.usrc.c. lanf. I en
tered into cenver-aticn with him aud
learned that he was going to join bis
son in California, to whom be was tak
ing tbe shamrock as a present.
"I hope it will live." be said, look
ing wistf ally at the pot as it swung
from the beam. "'Twos the was thing
the bbcy wanted. ' 'L'avs iv'ryt'ing,
says be in his letther, 'an come over. I
have enough for tbe both of as now.
says be, 'an I can make you corufor table
for tbe rest av your days. But,' says
he, 'fetch me a livin root av shamrock
it you can. ' "
Ail Sunday we were in smooth water,
running under the lee of tbe Irish coast
The day being fine and warm, the steer
ago swarmed on deck in full force.
Men, women and children all crowded
about the afterhatcb, some playing
cards, some dancing and some already
making love, but for tbe most part tbey
lay about tbe deck, sleeping and basking
in the sun. In tbe afternoon my friend
the Irishman appeared with bis sham
rock. He wanted to give it a "taste"
of fresh air, be said. At sight of it many
of the Irish girls shed tears; tbeu, seat
ing themselves about tbe old man, they
sang plaintive Irish melodies until the
sun went down. The sad faces ot tbe
homesick girls and the old father sitting
among tbm. holding in bis lap the pre
cious little bit of green, presented a
sight not easily to be forgotten.
A raJrj Godfather.
Jan. 1? was fairy godfather's day at
tin Baker Chocolate works in Milton,
Mass. Cn that eveuing was distributed
the ft 3, 000 left by tho will of the late
Henry L. Pierce to the employees of the
business of which be was manager.
Two hundred aud forty-five men aud
183 women met tbe officers of tbe cor
poration in a large room in one of tha
mills, and after a snppor and some dis
course! from Mr. Pierce's executor each
received a check for 100. Tbe oldes
employee received a special legacy of
2,000. It is not recalled that there was
ever a testator whose testamentary pro
visious gave mora ocate satisfaction to
more of bis personal acquaintances than
those of Mr. Pierce, There bas been no
audit lo grumbling about bis will He
did everything that was expected cf
hiin and a gteat deal that was not is
peered, surprising very niauy people and
disappointing uouo unless potssibly
some members of ono of the learned
professions, for as yet there has been no
hiut cf a lawsuit over bis wilt Tbe
will ran over with' miscellaneous kind
ness aud benevolence.
Mr. Picrcecuht to have kept a whool
fcr testators whose purposes were phil
anthropic. If Stephen (Jirard, A. T.
Stewart, Samuel Tilden and Daniel B.
Fayerweather coold have sat under bis
instructions awhile, the memory of all
cf them would bo sweeter, and tbe gen
eral public would be a gaiuer by a good
many millions of useful money. Is there
net some one liviug who bas bad experi
ence of wills aud is competent, by dis
position and kuowledge,- to open such a
class for the instruction of testators?
Might not Mr. Carnegie undertake it
or Mr. Pierpcnt Morgan? Harper's
Weekly.
The Leaky Mlatworl Hirer.
F. R. Spearnum writes cf "Queer
American Rivers' in St. Nicholas. Mr.
Spearman says:
With all its other eccentricities, tbe
lTissnurt river leaks badly, for you
know there are leaky rivers as well as
leaky boats. The government engineers
once measured tbe flow of the Missouri
away up in Montana aud again some
hundred miles farther down stream. To
their surprise tbey found that tbe Mis
souri, instead of growing bigger down
stream, as every rational river should,
was actually 20,000 second feet smaller
at tbe lower point.
Now wb:le 20,000 second feet could
be spared from such a tremendous river
that amount of water makes a consider
able stream of itself. Many very cele
brated rivers never had so much wafer
in their lives; bence there was gret
amazement when the discrepancy was
discovered. But of late' years Dakota
farmers away to tho south and east of
those points ou the Missouri, sinking
artesian wells, found immense volumes
of water where tho geologists said there
wouldn't be any. So it is believed that
the farmers have tapped tbe water leak
bog from that big hole in tbe Missouri
river away up in Montana, and from
these wells they irrigate large tracts of
laud, and naturally they don't want
the river bed mended. Fancy what a
blessing it is when the weather is dry
to have a river boiling out of your well.
ready to flow where you want it over
the wheatfit Ids! For of all manner cf
work that a river can be put to irriga
tion is, I think, tbe most useful. But
isn't that a queer way for tbe Mi.ssouii
to wander about underneath the ground?
The KUhoa aad tke Cabby.
Tbe Irish Ecclesiastical Journal tells
this story: "Last week an Irish bishop
was driving borne to his hotel in the
city from a suburb of Dublin, with a
lady and one of the junior clergy as his
escort. It was late at night, dark, windy
and rainy, aud the cabman drove away
merrily, but after some peculiar turn
ings and ten minutes' driving the cab
was returning whence it bad started.
Tbe wherefore was evident, as the cabby
was drunk. However, home bad to to
reached, and bis lordship, a man of ac
tion, jumped out of tbe cab, mounted
tbe box aud drove at a good round pace
into town. On reaching bis destination
the right reverend prelate said he
thought he ought to be paid, a senti
ment in which tbe cabby acquiesced
with tbe utmost good humor, but pock
eted bis fare notwithstanding. To be
driven home by a bishop on a cab, " adds
our contemporary, "falls not to the lot
of many curates, and is sorely worth re
cording. '
She Wm.
"Mary." said Mr. Thomas when s
nleuco fraught with unpleasant mean
ing bad followed bis first altercation
with his young wife,
"Yes?" said Mary interrogatively.
"When a man and bis wife have bad
a a difference, "said Mr. Thomas, with
a judicial air, "and each considers tha
other at fault, which of the two do you
think should make the first advance to
ward reconciliation
"Tbe wiser of the two," said Mrs.
Thomas promptly, "and so, my dear,
I'll say at once that I'm very sorry. "
It occurred to Mr. Thomas tbat it
might have been as well for biui to
make tbe first advance, after alL but ba
thoughtfully refraiued from saying so.
Youth's Companion.
Where to triad IU
Two sons cf Erin shared the same
bed as well as the same bottle of whis
ky. Pat waited till be found Mike slept,
when be quietly arose and emptied the
bottle. Soon after Mike, waking, stole
out of bed and groping about In tbe
dark, was asked by bis companion:
"Phwat are yea lookiu fcr, Mike?"
"Oh. nothin !' says Mike.
"Well, Mike," say Pat. "yell foind
it over there in tbe corner in the bot
tle." Chicago News.
Tae
Ethel Isn't it strange tbat Floeai)
attracts such intellectual men?
Maud Oh, not She told me she al
ways planned her gowns when tbey talk
to her, and tbat gives ber face that in
terested expression. Harper's Bazar.
Newspaper doty was invented by
Queen Anne. It was originally a penny
oa each sheet, afterward raised to foo
peace, acd abolished ia 1353.' -w
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