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I What Shall
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FOl? THP nrt mrr
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f your opinion at once. Children 6
cspeaaUy become very fond 6
of it ; and infants do not know I
tvriitu it li aoaea to tneir looa.
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years froin now. :
A Surplus of over Fifty
Million Dollars !
speaks for the future fj
of a policy in the i;
Equitable Life As- ;
surance Society J"
Tells of security as Si
well as future divi- ij
dends.
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A GOOD HEARSE,
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ished.
SOMERSET - - Pa
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Door West cf Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
Am Now
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ari the Cheapest.
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EXPERIENCE
tibi Marks
a "Dcsicns
'rH CorRKTS Ac.
InfwiU fl t""'"' i uw.rxr 1'KtrcU
scicmnic iswwn.
IMPOBTAST tn ADVEKTISEE
n.. .f tK ftxiEtrr napcrs is loona
Pi '-Is:
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of m-Mcn CM " uf " I
HID NOTHING TO SAY.
Yoa wr.t lo b a so!dl t, Jim? Well, I don't
"'ami? u, laj.
Tht t-ver that kaj hit yau now once moukry-
J with your dad.
I know exactly how yoa fwl; you're achin'
fur a Kcnip,
An want to yo an' lulp to wlje ol' Spain
olin oir the mau.
V ht n I waiyonugan'fullo' nerve In eiKhtet-n
ixtyne, .
1 wasn't half content till I w ix coupled to a
gun;
An' now that you're n-fc-ellD' In that same
o!' hokiiie way.
An' want to emu Lute your datl, I've not a
word to nay.
1 hopa you've reckoned op the cofct, an'
cuuntud It up well.
Fur w.ir, an Geu'ral Khermau RiiJ, aUi't
fur removed from bell !
lou'!i Ku.-l il in't no picnic Jim: vou'll
sun And out Uiat you
Won't have a bit o' nerve toa juueh in
rulliu of you through.
It ain't no circus-day aOair when ghelbi
lx gin to bust.
An' comrades Uy In bioiKl nn' pain a-writhin
ia the dust.
An' buliuw, J.a like maddened bees, iip
last In fit-iidi-h way ;
But If you Imve got a mind to po, I've not a
word to y.
I ruess yer mo: her won't object; I heered
her gay lxnt ni(flit
She wished she only wmiaiaiu o hcC4uld
go an' li'hU
T"U be an orful trial, though, fur lier lo see
ye sUrt,
An' one that'H mighty m4. to br.uk her pore
old niolher'n heart
Jes'tdi her iu a nunly wjy tint yon are
bound too;
That you're true blood American from
top cluan down to loo.
An' if she aska you wliat I tliliifc, Jos'
tell her t!iat' O.
That we have hid a tu!k an I have
no! bin' more to say.
I want to toll you, honest, boy, that thin ain't
no nurprise;
I've su the spark 8 of loyal prida a-dauciu'
in your eyes.
An' I've been waiting Tura week to hear you
make your Utlk,
An' show your dddy that you coe of ood
ol' fihtin' stuck.
An' now, to close the matter up, I'll tell
you, further, Jim,
Your daddy would have knocked you out or
you'd 'a walioed hint.
If, wheu yju'd heard yer country call, you'd
mkea coward play
I'n proud o' you ! Old biesn yon, boy ! That's
all I've got to nay I
Frank Tarklnjtoa Bilker in Indianapolis
Journal.
CLAPHAM MYSTERY.
"It Li all arrangod for to-iuorrow,"
said young Mrs. Latymer-Wjiiue, a
she aud her husbaud took their ucMs nl
the dinner table.
"What is arranged'."' asked her hus
band, a little grumpily, for be had had
a long and fatiguing day iu the city.
"OS, the football taitch, of caurse."
"And are you going to waste your
afternoon in looking on?"
"Q'lelle idee. Oh, no. I am going
to play,"
"You!Tf said Harry, and he almost
dropped his spoon in lUgut.
"Why not? It b all the rage now,
and you know I like to ie in the fah
iou." "You cannot lie Herious, Kate. You,
a married woniau, with two children,
going to exhibit yourself ia that way
before a crowd of loafers ! And iu that
dress too!'
"Well, the dress is a little unbecom
ingthat's the worst of it. But as to
exhibiting myself, that's all nonseuss.
Isn't it a woman's business to exhibit
herself? Don't we all exhibit ourselves
when we go to a draw in groom?"
"At any rate, you don't kick about
and tumble iu the mud when you go
to a drawiugrooiu."
'?jso; because the rules of the game
are dUIereut, but one is as much an ex
hibition as the other."
Mrs. Latymer-Wynne was decidedly
cleverer than her husband, and kept
him, on the whole, iu a state of sub
jection. He was a good, honest fellow.
who did very well ou the block Ex
change, where his high animal HpiriU
aud propensity for practical joking
were much appreciated, but he was nr
match for his pretty wife in the verbal
conflicts which sometimes take placw
between the most aftectionate couples.
And his wife, though very fond of him,
took a delight in teasing him; hb awk
ward attempts at repartee amused her.
"I'm really very lucky to have tht
chance," she went ou. "Lidy Hyte
that's our captain, you know said
that, ou present farm, I hadn't much,
claim to a place iu the team, but that
as two of her cracks were down with
the 'flu' she'd give me atrial Oh,
wasn't it good of her?"
"Conf.und her!" said Harry. '"But,
I say, Kate, this b beyond a jKe. L
really muat beg that you will drop it."
"Ye; into the goal mouth," sid hi
wife demurely. "Now, Hirry, don't
be an old goose. A hundred years ago.
uo doubt, it wouldn't have beeu dou
at all. To-day it is J'Jsi me newest
thing out."
"And you're going to allow alotoi
cads to criticise your legs, and perhaps
call out, HJo it, Tommy,' as they did at
a ladies' football mateh the other day.
LaJies indeed! It's positively dbgust-
iujr."
"O'.i, I think my legs are all right,
Htrry. And if tuey use w can me
Tommy,' I don t rotna. l ou koow
it'n meatit a aiiniration."
"Aud woman will do anything for
that. Well, I say again u s a mon
strous thing, and you will never piay
football in public witti my sinction."
Mrs. Lrtymer-Wynne smiled ou-
teutedly. She was probably couaciom
that there were a good many things
whicb she did without the sanction of
h:T husband.
Harry noticed the smile, and for
i. ; II. 1. ... ( l i
once it angervu mm. u
the old days when wives were suppos
ed tosubmit themselves to their hus
bands were over and that a direct pro
hibition from him would only make
his wife the more determined to carry
oJt her plan, so he merely said:
"You will regret it yourseir one uay,
Kate. I am sure you will."
Bat Mrs. Latymei-Wynne only
smiled again. Hue would not give
war. Still, if the could have foreseen
fie terrible calamity that was about to
befall her, she would wo doubt liave re
lented. But who can foresee me i u
tun? The who were living at Clapham
cr indeed anywhere in Loudon at
that time cannot have forgotten the
extraordinary sensation that waa ex-
Somerset
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
cited by what was called the Clapham
mystery, and the scene of the mystery
was Mrs. Latymer-Wynne's house.
It appeared that as the various rooms
in the upper story were in the hands
of the painters and paperers Mr. Laty-mer-Wynne
occupied temporarly the
library on the ground floor as a bed
room, while his wife tlept with the
children on another flior. Nothing
occurred during the night to disturb
those who slept up stairs, but when the
servants came down in the morning
aud proceeded to call their master th?y
were unable to rouse him. After
knocking repeatedly without receiving
any reply they iuformed Mrs. Laty-mer-Wynue
of the state of aflVira.
That lady was naturally much alarm
ed and at once sent for assistance. The
door was forced ojen.
The scene which then presented it
self was one calculated to excite the
most serious apprehensions. There
was no sign of Mr. Itymer-Wynne,
but there were various indications of a
desperate struggle. One of the win
dows was open below, and betwttn
this wiudow and the bed the floor was
strewn with fragments of the heavy
china ewer belonging to the withstand.
It appeared as if this had beeu used by
the unfortunate man as the only thing
in the nature of a weapon within reach.
More ominous still, a closer iurpection
revealed blood stains oa the earp.'t.
Toe bed had evidently beeu occu
pied, but the pyjama suit in which
Mr. Latymer-Wynue generally slept
was missing. He happened not to
have dressed for dinner the night be
fore, and the ordinary uioruing clothes
which he had been wearing were found
folded up on a chair in his usual neat
and methodical manner. But his val
uable watch aud chain, together with
a large sum of money of which he was
known to be in possession, had been
carried o!f by the ierpetrator or perie
trators of the outrage,
Mrs. Latyruer-Wynne was in despair.
Of rourae the police were sent for Im
mediately. Tbey came in the persons
of a district inspector and a sergeant.
They looked at everything with eyes
full of terrible tneauing and nodded to
each other significantly and occasion
ally grunted ejaculations. At last, in
resjion.se to an impassioned appeal from
the lady, the insjiector succeeded in de
livering himself of one or two cons
ecutive senteuccs.
"Very sorry, mum; it looks like a
bad butiness. Anyway, it's a detect
ive job. We'll wire for one at ouce."
.Alittie later Inspector Bickerdyke,
the celebrated detective made his ap
pearance on the scene. He made a
careful examination of everything iu
the room and then outside, followed by
Mrs. Latymer-Wynne aud her ser
vants. Here he pointed to a number
of footmarks aud said :
"Why, there seems to have leen a
whole iraii at work. It bu t in rea
son that one man could do the job all
by himself, but this looks like an army.
Hello, what's this?"
He pointed to holes in the soft gravel
which were conspicuous among the
crowd of footmarks.
"I expect they were made by the
ladder," siid Mrs. Latymer-Wynne.
"There was a laider against the houe
yesterday for the workmen to do some
paintlug."
"Oh, then, ruo-t of these are their
f.wtmark," said the inspector, greatly
disgusted. "That complicates matters
a good deal, for n vr we cau't get any
clew from the footmarks."
It aluirt seemed as if even Inspector
Bickerdyke would, f jr once, be bafll-id.
But at last his patieucj was rewarded;
a sweep made his appearance on the
scene aud informed the detective that
as he was passing the house in the
early dawn, he hail seen a man, very
shabbily dressed in a gray suit, steal
ing from the premises. At that mo
ment h had not attached any import
ance to the cireu instance, a he
thought the man was one of the ser
vants. Now, however, he felt it to be
his duty to meution it.
The inspector's small eyes twinkled
with satisfaction as he listened to this
statement. The mere fact that the
criminal wore a gray suit did not seem
much to go upon, but Insp?ctor Bick
erdyke felt pretty sure that it would be
enough for him. He would track that
gray suit to the remotest corner of the
earth.
When he had completed his investi
gation, he condescended lo commuui
caUs the result to Mrs. Latymer
Wynne, "It's a great pity, mum, the shutters
weren't put up Lut night. If they'd
Iwea up, this thing might never 'ave
'appened. There were two of them ia
the job at least perhaps three. Mr.
Wynne, he must Jiave. been in bed at
the time, and as they came into the
room be must have sprung out and
tried to defend himself with the water
jug. But they were too many for him.
However, I think I know the gang,
and it won't be long before I lay my
h ind on 'em,"
"But my poor dear husband T' Mrs.
Wynne exclaimed, clasping her bands
and fixing her eyes with an imploring
look on the inspector's face.
The inspector did not answer, but be
shook his head gravely. You can not
recall to life a man once murdered. Tim
only comfort for the well regulated
inind must be the hope of bringing the
murderer to justice.
The next morning there was in all
the papers a long account of "The
Clapham Mystery." A well known
member of the Stock Kxchange had
been surprised by burglars when asleep,
aud, after a desperate resistance, had
been murdered and the body carried
ofl. And yet all the elTorts of the po
lice to discover where the corpse had
beeu hidden had been fruitless. But
the Investigation having been intrust
ed to Inspector Bickerdyke, that fa
mous detective had already made au
arrest on suspiciou. He had succeeded
in tracking one of the supposed mur
derers the man iu the gray suit step
by step from Clapham to Whitechapel,
where he had discovered him in a low
public house and arrested h'm. It was
a ided that he would be brought before
the magistrates some time that day
Saturday.
When the man was placed in the I
d.ck - which, owing to various delays,
was not till the afternoon it soon be
came clear thut the evident was iudeej .
ISTA13 LIS BTKD
very strong against him. Inspector
Bickerdyke detailed all the circum
stances of the crime and the arrest
with his usual formality and clearness.
"From information received" (though
the sweep was to give bis evidence the
insjiector could not bring himself to
depart from the established formula)
he hal reason to believe that one of the
criminals was an individual in a gray
suit, who had been wjen to leave the
house uuder suspicious circumstances
at a very early hour in the morning.
He (the inspector) had therefore set
himself to work to track this individ
ual, and had, he believed, succeeded in
doing so. He had arrested him at tlio
Hen and Chickens in Whitechapel.
.The mau refused his name and address,
nor would he give any account of him
self. He had therefore been takeu to
the station and there searched aud his
clothes examined. Blood stains were
found upon them.
These might be accounted for by a
fnh cut on the thumb or the right
band. He had in his possession a large
sum of money in notes aud gold, of
which he refused to give any account.
Iu fact, he had hardly spoken a dozen
words since hi arrest. But the stron
gest evidence against him was that a
watch and chain had beeu found upon
him, which had been shown to Mrs.
Iitymer-Wyuue, and had been identi
fied by her as belonging to her hu
band.
"Is the lady here?" asked the magis
trate, "She was requested to be bore at 3,"
said the insjiector. "The case 'as come
on a little hear lier than we exjiected,
your worship. '
The magistrate -looked at ths clock,
and the public stared at the prisoner.
He looked like a man capable of com
mitting any crime. Short and thick
set, he was evidently possessed of great
strength. His general appearance was
that of a disreputable loafer. The gray
suit, to which he owed his detection,
was very shabby ; he had no collar in
fact, there wn a total alisence of linen;
bis hair was disheveled, his face un
washed, his chin covered with a thick
stubble.
The evidence of the servants and of
the sweep (who swore to his Identity)
was taken, aud then, as Mrs. Latymer
Wynne had not arrived, the magistrate
ordered the prisoner to be removed aud
the next case to be called.
But the next case had not been be
gun before Mrs. Latymer-Wynne made
her ajrearauri?. She was at once con
ducted to the witness box and the pris
oner brought back. Apparently even
his hardened nature had broken down
at the thought of confronting the wid
ow of his victim, for he came back into
the court holding a handkerchief to bis
eyes. Mrs. Iitymer-Wynn cast one
glance in hb direction and then averted
her gaze from an object so repubive to
her.
Her evidence was very short, relating
as it did merely to the disappearance of
her husband and the identification of
the watch and chain. When it had
been given, Insjiector Bickerdyke ask
ed that the prisoner be remanded for a
week, a request which was immediately
granted by the magistrate. The pris
oner had declined to put any question
to the witnesses. H? was now asked if
he wished to say anything before being
removed, at the same time being warn
ed that anything he might say might
be used against him.
'Well, there is one thiug I should
like to ask," he said, "and that b
whether thert b any law in England
against a man wearing his own watch
and chain?"
"Dou'i trifle with the court," said
the magistrate sternly.
But something in the sound of the
prisoner's voice had caused Mrs. Latymer-Wynne
to turn round and to look
at him again.
"What ! Harry !" she cried. "Is It
you ?"
She could say no more. If she did
not faint, as her grandmother would
have done in similar circumstances,
she sank back gasping into a seat
"What is the meaning of all this?"
asked the magistrate, glaring at In
spector Bickerdyke.
The Inspector looked as if he were
more ready to ask than to answer the
question.
"Bg pardon, your worship," lie
stammered. "It beats me all hollow."
"Allow me to explain," said the pris
oner blandly, "i am Mr. Latymer
Wynne, and I am curious to know
why a gentleman may not leave Lb
own house early in the morning with
out being arrested. May I ask what
crime I have committed?"
"Your conduct b most repreheusiW,
sir," said the magistrate, ruffling with
a sense of wounded dignity.
"Pardon me, your worship," said the
prisoner. "I have doue nothing. I,
have simply been passive in the hand
of Inspector Bickerdyke."
"And what was your object in play
ing such a farce?" asked the magis
trate, gulping down hb indignation.
"Well, I had two objects. The first
b a private-one, with which I will not
trouble your worship. The other was.
to see how far the cleverness of a Lon
don detective would g. No that!
have got one of them to airest a man.
as his own murderer I am satisfied.
th'nk I have established a record"
"How could you give me such ft
fright, Harry?" said Mrs. Latymer
Wynne, as a few minutes later she iud
her husband were driving home togeth
er in a cab. "It was very, very cruel
of you."
"It was your own fault, Kat?. You
shouldn't have driven me wild a you
did."
"About what?" asked hb -wife, with
a delicious air of innocence.
"Oh, you know well enou;b. I had
to stop you somehow from playing in
that beastly football match. Next time
I shall do somethiog worse."
"But, Harry, dear, yoa can not really
have thought that I ever meant to play.
Why, I only said it to tease you."
"Oh V said Harry. "Then. I needn't
have smashed the water Jug or cut my
finger, after all. But who is to know
what a woman does mean?" .Boston
(England) Guardian.
Now good digtsiion waits nn ippe
ti . and hra'lh ou both." If it does at,
Burd k Blood Bitters.
1827.
APRIL 27. 1898.
MEX WHO MUST
GO TO WAR. j
About 200,003 Soldiers May Bs Fat
Into Service. j
Plans now being formulated in Con- j
gress involve the placing of about 3K), ,
0J0 soldiers, in round numbers, at the
disposal of the Government within a
very short time after the Cuban resolu
tions are approved by the President.
This calculation is based ou the follow
ing figures, covered iu plans already in
effect oriu contemplation vis., stand
ing army, 27,000; by call for volunteers,
60,000; by vailing out State Militia.
75,000 or 100,000; by army re-organization
bill, 50.C00.
Leaving aside the present regular
army force, the second and fourth items
are practically determined upon in com
mittee, while the third, as to State Mil
itia, is being actively canva-tsed, aud
differing views are exjveted to crystal
lize into an authorisation to call out the
number stated.
The War Department bill to jirovide
for temporarily increasing the military
establishment In time of war was sent
to Chairman Hull, of the House Com
mittee on Military Affairs, and Sena
tor Hawley, the chairman of the Mil
itary Committee of the Senate, where
the latter immediately introduced it
The measure was prepared under the
immediate supervision of Assistant Sec
retary Meiklejohn, after a thorough and
careful study of the beet interests of the
service, Iu transmitting the bill to
Congress a request was made for favor
able consideration, and in view of the
exigencies of the situation sjieedy ac
tion b expected.
FE.VTTRF3 OF THE HI I.L.
Under the bill's provisions, in time
of war the army is to consist of two
brauches, the regular and the voluuteer
army, the latter to be maintained only
during the existence of war or while
war Is immiuent, and to le raised and
orgauied only after Congress authori
zes it. AH enlistments for the 7olunhtT
army are to be for three years, uuIi-ks
sooner terminated. All the regimental
and comjany oflleers of the volunteer
army are to be appointed by the Presi
dent, ujxm the recommendations of the
Governors of the States in which
their respective organizations are
raised.
Concerning the National Guard, it b
provided that when the memliers of any
eompany or regimjut of the organized
militia shall eulist in the voluuteer ar
ray in a body, as such company or reg
iments the regimental and company
officers in service with the militia orga
nisation thus enlisting may be appoint,
ed by the President, subject to an ex
amination as to fitness and capacity, to
be officers of corresponding grades in
the same organization when it b receiv
ed In the service as a part of the vol jn
teer army.
The troops in time of war, whether
tielonging to the regular or volunteer
t.rmy or to the militia, are to be orga
nised into divisions of three brigades,
men brigade to be composed of three
or more regiments, aud when three or
mora divisions are assembled in the
same army the President is to organize
them ic to army corps, each corjn to
consbt of not more than three di vbions.
The President b to appoint in the vol
unteer army not exceeding one major
general for each organized army corps
and divisions, and one brigadier gen
eral for each brigade, to be selected
from the regular or volunteer army or
the militia.
WHO CJXSriTCTE TilE NATIONAL
FOIM KS.
Following are the provisions of the
bill in full:
A bill to provide for temporarily in
creasing the military establishment of
the United States in time of war, and
for other purjases.
Be itenacted, etc., that all able-bodied
male citizens of the United States, and
persons of foreign birth who shall h-ive
d:lared their intention to become citi
zens of the United States, under and
in pursuance of the laws thereof, be
tween the ages of 13 and 4 years, are
hereby declared to constitute the na
tional forces; aud, with such exceptions
.aud under such conditions as maybe
prescribed by law, shall i liable to
perform military duty in the service
of the United States.
Section 2. That the organized and
ctive land forces of the United States
ashall consist of taa army of the United
States, and of the militia of the several
trtates when called Into the service of
the United States: Provided, That, in
time of war, the army shall consist of
two branches, which shall be designat
ed respectively as thi regular arm
and the volunteer army of the United
States.
Section 3. That the regular army b
the permanent military establishment
which is maintained, both in peace and
war, according to law.
Section 4. That the volunteer army
shall be maintained only during the ex
istence of war, or while war is immi
nent, and shall be raised and organized,
as in this act provided, only after Con
gress shall have authorized the Presi
dent to raise such a farce: Provided,
Thai all enlistments for the volunteer
army shall he for a term of three years,
unless sooner terminated; and that all
tifilcers and men composing said army
hail be discharged from the service of
Uie United States when the purposes
fur which they were called into servic t
ball have bjen accomplishsd, or cn
tie conclusion of botil.t"ea.
KAISIXQ A VOLU.VTEEIt ARMY.
Section 5. That when it becomes
sweessary to raise a volunteer army, the
President shall issue his proclamation,
stating the number of men desired with
ta such limits as may be fixed bylaw,
smWI the Secretary of War shall pre
wrrifce uch rules and regulations, not
itktvMsteot with the term of this act.
ms May, in hb judgment, be necessary
Curtbe purpose of examining, organ
izing ad receiving into service the
nen called for; provided, that all men
receded into service in the volunteer
army skall, as far as feasible, be taken
from the several States and Territories,
n4 the District of Columbia in pro
portion t their jjiulition.
Section . The the voluuteer aruiy
Hi p
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and the militia or the States, when
called Into the service .,f the United
c-tates, shall be organized under, and
Khali be subject to the laws, orders and
regulations governing the regular army;
rovided, that each regiment of the
volunteer army shall have oue surgeon
and one assistant surgeon, and Unit ail
the regimental and company oftkvrs
shall be appointed by the President,
ujKin the recommendation of the Gov
ernors of the States iu which their re
sjKctive organizations are raised, sub
ject to such an examination as to fit
ness and cajiacity as the President may
prescrtl-e.
President McKiniey.
Two yeare ago, when Mr. McKiuley
was a candidate for the Republican
nomination for President, many ob
servers thought him a weak and rather
timorous mau. Called upon tosupjiort
this opinion, they exhibited a series of
extracts from his sjieecb.es on the cur
rency, and invited attention to lan
guage which Indicated either that the
sjieaker had not made up hb mind, or
else that he wished to ke-p his conclu
sions a secret. Nor were these extracts
their whole case. They were able to
find occurrences of which the most nat
ural exjdanation was that Mr. McKiu
ley, while governor of Ohio, had some
times been so ready tooblige his friends
that lie had failed to judge correctly
the probable e fleet of his compliance.
Few and uuimportaut are tbe jer-
sous who to-day believe that this con
ception, of Mr. McKiuley was like t!.e
real man. To day it b generally c
knovtledged that a war between ti
United States ami Spain has leeu
threatening ever sin Mr. McKiuley
took ottk-e; that,' in sjiite of many stir
face iudications that sudden, sharp
action iu Cuba would be popular, in
spite of immense pressure from Repre
sentatives and Senators, the President
has not only stood firmly against preci
pitate action, but has also unp jsed both
his will and his belief upon Congress;
that he had either enough insight to
see that the course which he preferred
and which Congress did not prefer was
popular, or else enough faith in the
American people to feel sure that time
would bring them to the way of think
ing which to him seemed right; that
in the midst of these distractions he
has planned and carried on diplomatic;
negotiations which have brought Spain
from a mood iu which she was willing
to concede nothing to a mood in which
she b trying desjM.'rately to retain the
one thiug which she has not yt con
ceded. For many years no American
President has bad so hard a task, or
one which demanded for its execution
so rare a combination of discretion and
strength.
A Narrow Escape.
Thankful words written by Mrs. Add
E. Hart, of Groton, S. D. "Was taken
with a bad cold which settled on my
lungs; cough set in aud finally termin
ated in Consumjtion. Four Doctor
gave me up, saying I could live but a
short tim'j. I gave myself uj to my
Savior, determined if I could not stay
with my friends on earth, I would meet
my alisent ones alxve. My husband
was advised to get Dr. Kind's New
Discovery fr Consumption, Cwish.,
Colds. I gave it a trial, took in all
eight bottles. It has cured me, an
thank G.1 1 am saved and now a welt
and healthy woman. Trial bottles free
at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store,
Somerset Pa., aBd G. W. Brallier'a
Drug Store, Berlin. Pa.
Regular size 50c and $1.00. Guar
anteed or price refuuded.
Up a Song Ladder.
A very interesting feature of our bini
songs b the wing songs, or songs of te
stacy. It b not the gift of many of our
birds. Indeed, less than a dozen spe
cies are known to me as singing on the
wing. It seems to spring more from
intense excitement and self-abandonment
than the ordinary song delivered
from the Dereh. When the bird's joy
reaches the point of rapture it is liter -
ally carried off its feet, and up it goes
into the air, pouring out it song as a
rocket pours its sparks. Tne skylark
and bobolink habitually do thb, but a
few others of our birds do it only ou
occasions.
Last Summsr, up in the Catskilli, I
added another name to my list of ex sta
tic singers that of the vesjier sparrow.
Several tim s I heard a new song in the
air, and caught a glimpseof the bird as
it dropped back to earth. My attention
would le attracted by a succession of
hurried, cVrirpiug notes, followed by a.
brief burst of song, then by the vanish
ing form of the bird. One day I wa.-
lucky enough to see the bird as it was
rising to its climax in thaair, and iden
tified it as the vesper sparro. The
flight of seventy-five or oue hundred
feet was brief ; but it wart brilliant and
striking, and entirely u alike the leis
urely chant of the bird while upon the.
ground It suggested a lark, bjt wa-
to liiiiirv. or hummimr. The Dfeliui-
inary cmrpiug u h. .
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i ascer as tue uira uijjulcu iii an,
were like the trail of spark which a
rocket emits before Its graid burst o'
color at the top of its flight. Century
Magazine.
The Sore La Grippe Care.
There b no use suffering fniu thb
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dreadful malady, if you will ouly ge
the right remedy. Yon are Laviir,!
pam all through your ooay, your uwtj
bout of order, have nj appetite,
life or ambition, have had a bad cold,
in fact are completely used up. Electric?
Bitters is the only remedy that wik
give you prompt and sure relief. They
act directly on your Liver Stomach auu.
Kidneys, toue up the whole system,
and make you feel like a new being.
They are guaranteed to cure cr price
refunded. For sale at J. N. Snyder'
Drug Store, Somerset, Pa, and G. W.
Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa.
The brew vs are worried over the pos
sibility of a war tax on beer, but the
distillers are more philosophical. They
siiy that war creates talk, and talk cre
ates thirtt ; und the rest goee wituou.
sayirg.
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"WHOLE NO. 2439.
VA S fJPirTnp, TOfi
A U OAUUU 1X- U AUW
GREAT FOR HONOR
This is tae Tenor of tht Queen Bgent's
Address to the Spanish Cortes.
EITIZS ARRAIGNMENT OP THE
UNITED STATE 3.
The Spanish eortes assembled Wed
nesday, rive days earlier than original
ly intended, in response to a hasty
summons issued by the queen regent
and Premier Sagas ta.
The ojiening was truly magnificent.
All the wealth and beauty of Madrid
gathered In the senate, where every
available foot of space was occupied.
and there was a terrific crush at the en
trance leading to the senatorial seats,
many of which were occupied by wh
men
On few oceahious has Madrid witness
ed such scenes of popular enthusiasm
as wheu tbe queen fegent, accompa
nied by the king dressed in the uni
form of the infantry cadets, with the
insignia of the Golden f leece, traveled
iu state, w ith all the pomp that makes
the Spanish court famous, from the
palace to the seuate hall.
The queen regent and the king, es
corted by eoic missions from the senate
and the lower chamber who had met
them at tbe gate, look seats on their
throne. The government, the captains
geueral, the grandees and members of
the court stood on owe side and the di
plomatic ctrps on the other. Senor Sa
gasta advanced and handed the queen
regent the speech from the throne.
Her majesty read it, while seated, in a
calm, clear voice, all others standing.
Iu opening her speech the queen
regent said:
"The grave an xietie which radden-
ed my mind the last time I addressed
you have increased and are lieighten
ed by public uneasine s, conveying the
presentiment t f frebh and greater eoui
piicalions as a result of the t irn which
events in Culia have takea. These
complications were brought about by a
section cf the peoj!e of the United
State, whieh, seeing that the Autono
my previously offered in myiue-oge
was aUmt to be put in force, foresaw
that the free manifestation of the Cu
ban jieople, through its chambers
would frustrate forever the schemes
against Spanish sovereignty TvhL-h
have been plotted by those who, with
resources and hopes sent from the
neighboring coast, have fettered tlxa
suppression of the insurrection ia ibat
unhappy island.
"Should the Government of the
United States yield to thb blind cur
rent, the menaces and insults which
we have hitherto been able to regard
with indifference for they were not
an expression of the sentiments of the
true American Nation would become
intolerable provocations, and would
compel my government, ia tlefeuse of
the natioual dignity, to sever relations
with the Government of the Uaited
States.
"In thb supreme crisis the aed
voice of him who represents htiwaa
justice oo earth was raised in counsel
of peace aud prudence, t which my
government had no difficulty in heark
ening, strong in the consciousness of
its right and calm in the strict per
formance of its duties.
".pain's gTatitude isdu" to the pope,
and also the great powers, whose action
strengthens my conviction that Spain's
cause deserves universal sympathy and
that her conduct merits unanimous ap
proval. It is jiossible, however, that au
act of aggression is imminent, aud that
not the sanctity of our rights nor the
moderation of our conduct, nor the ex
pressed wish of the Cuban people free
ly manifested, may serve to restrain
the passious and hatred let loose agaiust
the Spanish fatherland.
"In anticipation of this critical mo
ment, when reason and justice will
have for their support ouly Sjianbh
courage and the traditional energy of
our peojile, I have hastened the assem
bling of the cortes: and the supreme
A decision of parliament will doubtless
2 l . i, i.l
1 sanction the unalterable resolution of
my government to defend our rights,
whatsover sacrifices may be imposed
upon us in accomplishing thb task.
"Although a dark and gloomy future
is before us, the difficulties are not be-
I yond our powers, and with our glorious
army and navy aud the united nation
tefre foreign aggression, we tust in
Ood that we shall overcome, w'.thout
ttain ou our honor, the baseless and
ucju.st attacks made upon us."
Hhp drugging youself with quack
nostrums or 'cures'. Get a wc-ll-kuown
pharutceulicd remedy that will do the
work. Catarrh and Cold in the head
wiU ii otuse suffering if Ely's Cream
iialu b ed. Druggist will supply I0c
trial sire or 50c fu'l size. We mail it.
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Itev. John lieid, Jr., of Great Falls,
Mx-nt., recommended Ely's Cream
Ralui to me. I can emphasize hb
statement. "It b a positive cure for
, it
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To remove a refractory screw from
i wood heat a piece of iron red hot, and
hold it on top of the screw for a minute
or two; then the screw-driver will easily
take out the screw if used while the
screw b warm.
I1 ,.T . i ;, m ,i, ti,niriTniiimih
j, a a, an J . j wm mh
I f . statement of what Chamberlain's
I C(flit cllojera sn(i Diarrhcea Reme-
d diJ writeJ Collms, of
Moore, S. C, "I hid a child about two
years old, that had tbe diarrhoea for
two months. I tried all the bet known
remedies, lut none g tve the least relief.
When thb remedy came to hand,
gave it as directed, aud in two days tlie
child was completely cured." Sold by
all druggists.
Soap used on the hair b apt to make
it brittle. If any b tc be used tar soap
b best, aud after using rinse tbe hair in
several waters, in which a little powder
ed borax has been dissolved.
A merica's greatest medicine b Hood's
Sirsaparilla, which cures when all
other preparations fail to do any good
whatever.
Puking' Pan at Honest John.
We regret to observe that the Hon.
"Honest'' ioh'i Wanamaker's martial
demonstration of last week b not re
ceived by a scoffing public with that
seriousness which anything from so ven
erable a source undoubtedly deserve.
In fact, a spirit of levity appears to ex
ist touching bb warlike deliverance,
and men who should have been pro-
toundly moved aud inspired by it are
treatiug it as one .'f the humorous in
cidents of a more or less tragic drama.
Take the Baltimore Sun, for example.
With an utter lack of that decent re
spect which so great and good a man
as John Wanamaker should universally
command, it lightly says :
According to a dispatch from Phila
delphia i he war fever has reached that
staid and quiet city of Brotherly Love,
and even that peaceful Christian states
man, John Wanamaker, has growu
llerce and truculent under the bellig
erent influences of the time. Fired hy
the jingo cries for pauislt gore, beta
aa il to have tthgiapbtd to Prtsideul
McKiuley offering to raiM a regiment
of yoidiers at Lis own expense and lead
them himself for the liberation of the
opprenseu Culians. We are incl ined to
tbiuk, fmm Brother Wanamsker's rec
ord a a man of peace, that bis otter
aud inteution have been misunderstood
and that he does not propiMe to war
agaiust the Spaniards with the imple
ments of carnal strife. We do not be
lieve he wid arm his regiment with
guns and bayonets and other shocking
and dangerous weapons used by the
ungodly on such occasions. Ou tbe
contrary, if we read his proposition
aright, they will march ou Havana
heavily equipped with the choicest
articles from his great department sti'-oe,
each man carrying a banner bearing
some soothing and attractive legend,
CoL Wanamaker himself marching in
front with a mammoth flag containing
his name aud coat of arms, and a flat
tering offer of the best bargains to be
had an v where In -the world. Such a
demonstration might not be war, in the
strict sense of thai term, but it would
be magnificent, overwhelming, Irresist
ible. Spaniards and Cubans alike
would throw down their arms and dock
around Col. Wanamaker's regiment as
it moved ujhu Havana. What Span
iard could resist such apjieals as this:
"Come to Wanamaker's and be saved.
Finest cigars and cigarettes in the world
at lowest market rates. Bulls in aud
out of the china shop a specialty."
Wnat Cuban could turn a deaf ear to
such a suggestion as thw displayed on
the regimental banners: "Come, ye
weary, naked, hungry. Wanamaker's
fine beds are the softest In the world.
His canned goods are better than the
fresh article. Special bargains iu pret
ty pantalettes 'r cute little Cubans.
See Col. John Wanamaker first. Com
pared with such a plan of campaign,
wi.emes cf independence, autonomy
and armbtice pale Into iniirnilieau-e
aud bet in ue the iridescent dreams of
mere theorists. They will have no
chance when Col. Wanamaker gow
marching on. The solution of the
whole trouble is fi uud. I-ave it to
Col. Wanamaker. Like the war horse,
he suutlltli the battle afar off, and, like
other war horses, be will protab!y con
tinue lo snuff at a tafe distance. i?ut,
if it is a question of oats, the war hore
will be where the struggle is fiercest.
W submit to all candid men that
thisU iu the nature of trifling with
sacred things.
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write Edwards A Parker, of Plains Ga.
Thb b the verdict of all who use It
For rheumatism, lame back, sprain,
swellings aud the numerous slight ail
menC and accidents common to every
household, this liuiment has no equal.
With it in the house, a great deal of
pain and aWJering may be avoided.
For sale by all druggists.
A C&mpai2 cf Fraud.
Allegheny Record.
Events In State politic- bv shaped
themselves sufficiently to enable the
people of Pennsylvania to understand
the force at work and tbe nature of to
contest to be decided next election day.
Just now Mr. Joha Wanamaker, the
Philadelphia department store owner.
occupies the center of the stage. Hb
voice is heard telling the voters that he
b necessary to the State's salvation,
word on word, painting a fearful pic
ture of the devastation and moral ryia
wrought by Matthew Stanley Quay,
ilr. Wanamaker may be au honest
man, but loug be Tore June 4 he will
learn that tbe Republicans of Pennsyl
vania know him to be iu bad hands.
He coms carrying aloft a banner cf
alleged high purpose, but behind him
are ranged men who eoeognize in pub
lic office only a meaus to personal gain.
They carry daggers to balance the Bible
in Mr. Wanamaker's bauds. They run
the ward conventions aud manipulate
majorities at the primaries, while their
auppiwed candidate makes long .-pe,h.
es advocating purity in politics.
Mr. Wanamaker's cam paiga b a cam
paign of fraud, pure and simple. While
Dave Martin, C. L. Mageeand his other
"supporters" in the campaign for "po
litical purity" cry aloud In public places
for bb election, privately they are en
deavoring to negotiate with Senator
Quay a compromise, by whteh they eat
select the next governor iu return (u
support of Mr. Quay's fight for re-lec
tion to the Senate. Tbey are using
Mr. Wanamaker's prestige among bus
iness men to boom hb candidacy to tht
danger point, in the bojie that thee
Senator Quay will see the wisdom of ar
ranging a "compromise," This done
these political purists will suddenly re
alize that the gold standard and tin
Republican party generally b iu grav.
dangpr, aud in still louder tones wii
call upon "genulue Republicans" t
"rally" rouud the flag.
Senator Q.iay may have mistakes ii
bb long career; he may have don
things he should not have done; b
may have left uudoue many thing
which he should have done. But as h
is to-day be is not as dangerous as ar
tbe Magees and the Martins. Depen
upon it the men who are talk in
about the State treasury's condition at
consumed with a desire for a long reae
through its glittering piles. Iniagir
the bosses of two utterly corrupt cit
machines, men who have made the
money in politics without any visib
means of support when tbey bega
business, proclaiming from the bous
tope that they want John Wanamak
elected Governor to Insure "clean
govern ruent."
Can the people of Pennsylvania t
fooled by a decoy, as the ducks a
down among the reeds of the Carolii
coast line?
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