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I Funeral Director.
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M J h 11
VOL. XLYI. NO.
Announcements
Foil THE
MAY REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.
To the K li;-r of tftr R wrist 11,-rald .
You will nn-ioiiwi- Kia r..ntt-iiv
nnnied eentlenin sit fndidntit fur ti viii-
ouk !ti,;e (l-!(tn lied, St t tie K"puO!i.u Pri-
uiAi j fireiioil Ui oe UCiU ou
Saturday, May 28, 1898.
H. M. KKIlKIiKY.
Chuniim K -p t'4. tiom.
t'ur Viii'c I .H'l'rK Scwt'or,
MATTHEW S. QUAY,
- O Jt'jarrr ('jtintif.
J. D. HICKS,
Of DUur Vuuuty.
Ku.lex-t to the derisina of the K"utii:ran Pri-
n:xry Mwunn, 10 ve nt'ia Kiuiraay, iiuy
h. lN, aud of the tislnot Coufen'iitMS.
y-ir Cotigrfsii,
FEAXCISJ. KOOSEE,
Of SoiiutihJ Hurotigh.
Kutiject to 1 lie derision of tl;e Hepuiilirnn Pri-
liuiry r-M.M-iioii, u oe insi Nilurtlnv, Aih
"w, and of the lMslrii-t ConleiX'noe.
For H'lite Senator,
JAMES J. HO I! L ITZEL L,
of My -ruddle E'roigh.
Subject U) the deci-ion of the lia-fiablicnn Pri
mary t-.ie4-utm.to ue tie tl ititturtuty.-Miiy i.
IK'S aud ot the HiMnt t Coutereiite.
Fur State fienntor.
JEREMIAH MA VEEll,
Of Sto'i xluwn JS'jroi'ih.
Subject to the decision of the llepubHcnn Pri
mary i-,leeliou. to ue held puituriiiiy, May
lrt;i, ana of the intncl Conference.
Eur A ssembly,
W. H. SAXXEE,
Of Somen I liorouth.
Suhjivt to t lie decision of the ILcjmblicau Pri-
uiiiry Kieclion, u lie tiela aturduy,
May 1vn
For Anxcitily,
E. D. MILLER,
Of Riickwoitd Eorottgh.
Subject to the decision of the R puliHcnu Prt-
mary Kle-tion. to lie held ?s:uurauy,
Miiy 1ms.
amos w. ki:ppj:j2,
Of Sohtcrut t llorttntih.
Subj- t to tli dii-on of Uie IL-puhlUatn Pri
r!5
Liai j t.iti f i. ii. yrr u--iu .-si, 1 1.1 viik , t
i;iy Wi.
For Axxeiiillu,
H. (J LA Y M' KIXLEY,
Of M yermliilc Ecintinjh.
Subject to the derision of the Itepubiioin Pri
mary i-.livtum, to tie Held ."aiurU:iy, .
Way lSi,
For A xcuilty.
S. A. K EX I) ALL,
Of Meycrgdule Enrnuglt.
Sulij'Tt to the decision of the Kepulliin Pri
mary t.tclioii, to ie neta riaiuntiy.
For Asxftii'-ly,
WILLI A M II. KOOXTZ,
Of Vo;- vt,' IhironjJu
t-ubjtel to the division of the Republican Pri-
marv leettoii, t-i oe tiet-.i tsaiumay,
May A. ir.is.
Fin' Axxoriute Jutlge,
J. C. WELLER,
Of Mil ford Totriuhip.
Subject to the decision of the Republican Pri
mary tlwliin, to oe neia .-Hiura:iy,
May, ISitt.
For Aiwociitte Jmhjc,
A. F. DICKEY,
Of Somcrfl Township.
Subject to the decision of the K .publican Pri
mary r.keli.in, to is- neiu .-Miiuru:iy.
May , lsih.
For Itiitrict Attorney,
A. C. HOLE EE T.
Of Somcrxet 11 trough.
Subject to the decis'on of the Republican Pri
mary l-.lecuoii, wi tie neia ftaiurauy.
May 2. laus.
For lUxtrict Attorney,
REFUSE. MEYERS,
Of Suiiiefset Eorough.
Subject to the decision of the Republican Pri
mary tiection, to tie neia euuuruuy,
May, !.
For Poor Director,
WILLIAM W. YOUXO,
Of Suuiermt Totrmhlp.
Subject to the decision of the Republican Pri
mary taecuon, u lie ii'-iu naiuiuAj,
May -H, 1-Mv
For J'oor IHrretor,
ADAM S. MILLER,
Of S'lmorxt t Towiisfiip.
Subject to the decision of the Republican Pri
mary r.lceuon, 10 ue neiu naiuraay.
May A, ls-.M.
For Ik-teg.tie to .V.viV (invention.
EDWARD HOOVER,
Of S'a"rrt R: trough.
Favoring for Governor the noiniimtion of
le leading ndvocate of restricted iinuiiirra-
tion and legislation to beiu-T the o.ndition of
liiiionng men. the S.jldie.- cau tidate. lion.
Will am JL. ftuni-i, o: Aiicgueny jouaiy.
Subject to the division of the Republimn Pli-
inur' tiii-clion, ui ue neia Mwiruaj,
May a. Is.",,
For Jelrjite to Stntr ttmi'Oitittn,
JACOB W. PECK,
Of Summit Township,
Favoring for Governor the nomination of
he leading advocate of restricted ininiiirra-
tion and legislation to betu-r the iri.liiion
f laborin" men. the fMiidier eandnl-ile.
Hon. Wiilinni A. stone, of Aliiheny County.
tiubjert to the decision of the Republican Pri
mary Election, to te held ituruay,
May JS. IS-.ts.
For Jteleijule In State Convention,
DAVID E. WAOXER,
Of Sutdr Township.
Favoring tor O-ivernjr th - nomination of
the liadint; adviwite of resLricted iiniuini
tion and bislHtiou to better the contltiion
of laiHc-lni; in. -n. tiie So dier candidate..
Hon. W illiaiu A. S'.oue.of Allegheny County.
Subject to th - i. vision of f.ie !l -pu jlican Pri-
umry hiei-.i m, to ih- iievt s nurilay.
May as, is.
For lh le.jn'e to S!ule t'onrrnfion.
ISAIAH HOOD,
Of Sun' r ( Dortiugli.
Subject to the division of the Republican Pri
mary tlociion, to lie lieia dalurilav,
May s Ism.
For Jh-leg.Ue to Stole iSimvhUoh,
H. F. EARROX,
Of Suiiierft Iluro'igh.
Subiivt to the division of the Pcpobtican Pri
mary Kiccuon, ui is lieia ?saiuruy,
Mny r
For Jtelegute to State oirrution,
CHARLES F. COOK,
Of Ecrlin Eorough.
Subject to thidivinion of the Republican Pri
mary Election, low neia -tuuiraay,
May as is.
Notice to Farmers and Stock
Breeders.
My Arai'Uu Stallion will make the sea
son of 1S:M at the foliowiug dtauds on the
dat'ts given bfclow :
Somen-'t, at .. iifler A Parson' barn, M:t
9 end IJ. Jl and 1, Jun- t ud a, U and It. 21
and ai, J uly 1 and 2.
Sipevill, at ieore FrlU'n, May II and 12,
23 ui.d at, June 3 and t. l.iaud 111, and 27.
Jenn;-r X R d,at Jc.'p:i J. Minbler's.M.iy
2und: l:iandH, zj and ai, JuneOnud 7, 17
aud lx, and A.
Friedens,at Nathlill.l Pickey's. M-iy inn A
5, bland 17, 27atid as June 8 and , auaudai,
aud an.
Ko?neriwt Township, I. P. MeAlis;er. Miy
and 7, lsand Im, Aland SI, Juno lUaud It, 12
and 1, and Ju.
Will be at I.avarti'Ville (home) with my
home on Saturday eveninj: :i o'clock mid
iij.i o'eioi-k Monday moruii.e of tlir folioa in
dHtc, May 7 audit, alaadzj.ji ue ll d 14
2i and 27
.-! will leave all Klntid at S ) p ni , on
Mvind day. ivrwnia comiiig froiu a iii;atK-v
kept free of charge.
J. H. fXtL'STRYMAN,
U ner ud Keeper.
49.
s Doctor
Know
Your doctor knows all about
foods and medicines.
Tito nast time you eeo him,
JrEt csi him what ho tliinL3
of
of Cod-Liver QT1 wi h HyriO-rhapLit--a.
Wo are vU-Ll;
to trust in his answer.
For twenty-five years doo- 1
tcrs havo proscribed our
Emulriori for palonoss, weai-
ncss, nervous octhausticn, and.
tor all di3 2ase3 that causo
Io?a in fleeli.
Its creamy color crd It3
pleasnnt taste make it es
pecially useful fcr thia and
i cciicate caildrea.
IJo other preparation of cod-
liver oil is like it. Don't loco
time and risk your health by
taliins something unknown
and untried. Keep in roind
that SCOTT'S E11TJLSION ,
r.as Btooa tne tcs lor a
quart or of a century.
noc sd It oo : all dniriTt.
SCOTT & DOW St. Chcmi-u, New York.
VirtVi'riiiVitVfiVfiViiti'i'iViVu
1 Don't Guess 8
The man who "guess
es", is not as safe as
he who '"knows."
You don't have to
guess about an
Equitable contract.
Guarantees written in
every policy are back
ed by a Surplus of
$50,000,000.
"
THE EQUITABLE I
Life Assurance Society,
"Strongest in the World."
g EDWARD A. WOODS, Manager, :
Pittsburgh. 5
L FOSDICK, Geseral Agent,
Somerset
THE-
T?vn Mn'finnnl
nm iiutiUJidi
Somerset, Penn'a,
Capital, 350.000.
Surplus, S3O.O0O.
UNOIV'OED
PROFITS,
S4,O00.
ozrt it aecctvc mhi lahcc moshali
aMOuMTB. aTWLC OH oCwaxo
ACCOUNTS OF MCACMANTa, iRKIt,
STOCK OCALtRS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY. -
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
CHAS. O. S L I.!.. tJKo. R. S I IjI,
JA.M1X 1H ;a, W. H. MILI.F.K,
JuH' P WMIT, KtHf. S HCL'Lla,
KRElt W. Elfc-SiKCKFR
ED'A'AU!) St I'LL, : : PRIX! DENT.
VALKNTINE HAY, : VICE PKK.HIDKNT.
HAKVKV M. UiiKKI.KY, l-4.SliltK.
The Tunds arid securities of this hnti arr se
earely protects In a c-!-tr:tt'-d t'oki-isn Bun
oi.au" l'wir SAt it. Tue only safe made abso
1 u lei v b li ra la r-p roof.
A, H. HUSTON,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
and everything pertaining to runerala furn
ished. SOMERSET -
Pa
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Ooor West of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
I Am Now
4reiared to supply the public
with Clocks, Watches, aud Jew
elry of all descriptlouM, as Cheap
as the Cheapest.
KEPA1IILNU A
SPECIALTY.
All work guaranteed. Dook at my
etock before making your
purchases.
J. D. SWANK.
Ask your
DRJGGIST
f' ir a euert)u
IUCKXT
TKIALSIZli
El's Crean
Balm
contains noc K-jiirte
mercury iior any
ill e r 1 ii j u r i urn
ilnt;'
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nor it.
ives Rcllefat o icc.
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COLD") HEAD
It i"iis and cleanse the Naal Piissuges
Alln I nil imiiuition. Ileal and Protect
t'ie .Veinbnin. Restore t lie Senses of Taste
mot Kine I. Full See oJC. Trial size 10c;at
urriTKis:s or lv iun:i.
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SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
THE BRAVE AT HOME.
The maid who binds ber win-kit's aatdi
With smile that well her patu dissembles.
The a bile beneath her drooping lash
One t tarry tear-drop hamrs and trembles.
Though heaven alone record! the tear,
And Fame shall never know her story,
11 -r heart lias shed a drop aa dear
As e'er bedewed the field of glory !
Tlic wife who girds her husband's sword,
'Mid little ones who weep or wonder,
And bravely speaks the cheering word.
What though htr heart ba rent asunder,
Doomed nightly in her dreams to bear
The bolts of doniii around him rattle, -Hs
shed as sucred blood as e'er
Was poured ujsm the Held of buttle!
The mother who concenls her grief
While to her breast her son she pro,
Tbn breathes a few brave aords and brief.
Kissing the patriot brow she presses
With no one but her accivt God
To know tiie pa n that weighs upon her,
Shcda holy blood as e'er the sod
Received on Freedom's field of honor!
Thomas ituciianan Ried.
KXIGIIT OF TIIE
GOLDEX LOCKS,
A Wonder-Story Trom the Folk-Lore
of Germany.
BY FRED MYRON CVLRY.
On the bordore cf a forest iu Ger
many, many years ago, there lived an
old wtxnl cutter arid hi wife. They
were very poor and very feehie, but
they thought they were rich, for they
had a strong young sou to help them.
He was now about eighteen years eKi,
a tail, stalwart youth, with eycadark
at midnight, and black hair H at fell
la waves ou his shouldets, like a wo
man's. Every day he went to the forest to
cut wood, which he loaded on an ass's
back, and carried to a neighboring
village to sell. With the money thus
earned he was enabled to provides
good living for his parents, and to save
something over for a r;tiny day. Hut
he disliked the drudgery of the work
and the felowness of accumulation, and
resolved to quit it at the first opportu
nity. One evening, after lie had returned
from the f.irest, he Paid to his father :
"Xo more of this work for me. To
morrow I am going to leave you."
"And how do you think j-our father
and mother will live without you?"
slid the eld wood-chopper.
"I have provided against that," an
swered the young man. "Here is
enough gold to keep you and mother
from want uutil my return, aud then
I will bring you more."
He drew a bag of gold from under his
b.-lt, and showed its contents to his
surprised parents.
"Have you been robbing a merch
ant train'.'" asked the old woman.
'Surely you could not have got so
much money honestly. Evil will come
upon us if we spend even a single
gold piece."
"Have uo fear, mother," said the
sju. "The gold is ours until some one
calls for it. It has been lying in the
forest all these months waiting for an
owner, aud to day I found it. See,
here are a thousand pieces of gold,
more than you can spend ifyoullvea
hundred years. You may have it all,
but this ring I will keep myself."
He then emptied the gold upon the
table, and among the shining pieces
lay a ring of marvelous b?auty. It was
an opal, and it glistened in the fire
l ght like a living coal. The young
man put a cord through it and sus
pended it from his ueek under his
ll.ixen tunic.
The following morning lie bade his
parents adieu and started on his jour
ney. That day he traveled a great
way, but he found no one that would
employ him. Towards night he came
(o a wood, in the midst of which stood
a cabin, and from the window shone a
light He rappid at the dour.
An aged woman opened it, ani stood
regarding him with eyes as bright as
those of a mouse.
"I seek a supper and lodging to-night,
aud employment for the morrow," he
said in answer to her inijuitiea.
"Come in; you are welcome to t lis
first," raid the dame. "As for the last,
I w ill see what eau be done for you to
morrow." The young man entered without
mire ado. The cabiu was small, but
wvll kept, and the fare she placed be
fore him was good. He slept soundly
on his couch of fresh rushes, and iu the
morning, after breakfast, the dame said
to bin:
"You asked for employment. I have
work for you to do, if that is what you
want"
At this she led hint to a pool in her
garden, bordered with thick foliage
and many tall trees that bore strange
kinds fif fruit fsald the woman:
"You see how bright and golden this
water is, and yet it is as pure as crystal.
It will be your duty to sit here all day
and watch that nothing falls iuto it to
disturb it At sunset I will come
again."
He observed that the water was full
of fishes, and that they were all of gold.
There were lusects Heating on the sur
face, and they were like gold too.
Plants grew from the bottom of the
pool, and their blossoms, floating on
the surface of the water, uptrkled with
a golden splendor.
The young man watched the pool
very closely, and at noon, being very
hungry, he helped himself to the fruit
that grew in abundance about him.
He found it very sweet and luscious,
but immediately ftfttr eating it he was
seized with a great thirst
He endured his thirst as long as pos
sible, and then, though with some mis
givings, he lay over the brink of the
pool and drauk. While doing so his
long datk hair drooped, over his face
and fell around him in the water. He
lifted his head with a sudden start
but the mischief was already done; his
raven locks had become golden, and
shone like the sun.
Just as the suo was disappearing the
old woman came, as she had said Bhe
would.
"What have you been doiug to my
pool?" was her first question." "A
pretty servant you are who could not
be faithful even for one day. Leave
tue; you cannot remain here; but you
shall lose your day's wages."
That night he alei In the forest His
KSTV33r.ISHli:D
sleep was disturbed by the frequent
passing of teams and people on foot,
and onee, as he opened his eyes, he
saw ia the moonlight a splendidly
mounted train eweep past with a loud
clatter. The sun was ehining when he
arose. At a little distance he saw
three little old men journeying through
the wood. He hastened to join them
and a.-ked:
"Whither go these crowds? All night
long they have been passing iu the for
est, and yonder couieth a train like
thatcf a king."
"Not far from here is the king's pal
aee," answered one of the men. "His
daughter, the Princess Idlewise, is six
teen years old to-day. The king cele
brates the anniversary by a great feast
and gorgeous pageantry."
"I never saw a princess in my life,
said the wood-cutter, more to himself
than to them.
"Never saw a princess V they ex
claimed. "Then it is time you should.
Come with us; we know the palace
gardener, and we will get him to show
yu a place where you can see the
shows."
The men were as good as their word.
The gardener found him a place by the
garden wall, where the crowd was not
great, and there he saw the princess.
'What do you think of a princess
now?'' asked one of the old men, w ho
still kept by him..
"O'j, she is fair enough," answered
the youth. "Hut for that matter, I saw
a more beautiful woman in my drtams
last night."
"Out, you vain fellow! ' cried the
three men. "Where are your eyes, to
think there is a more beautiful woman
than our princess?"
And they began to ls?at him unmer
cifully. In the struggle hist hat was
knocked from bis head.
The princess stood, at that moment,
ou the palace terrace, with a group of
princes and knights about l.er. Sud
denly a bright reflection swept across
her eyes so as to almost dazzle her.
Looking down upon the crowd, she
saw the sun shining upon the golden
hair of the young wood-cutter. She
was surprised, for she had never seen
anything to sparkling in her life.
"Ilring that youth with the bright
locks to tue," she said to one of the
knights; and in a few moments the
young man stood in her presence.
"Who are you?" said the princess.
"I am the wood -cutter, Rudiger," he
answered, bowing in a stately manner.
"You a wood-cutter! Impossible!
You look more like a prince iu dis
guise. How would you like to serve
in..'?''
"I will serve any oue, if the labor be
honorable and the wages fair," answer
c 1 Rddiger.
"Consider yourself iiij equerry theu,'
said the princess. "But you will need
tome better clothes. Go U the court
tailor and tell him the Princess Idle
wise sent j'ou. Then come back to me,
I shall await you."
So the wood-cutter put oil" his hem
pen blouse, and his heavy fur hat, and
his wooden shoes, and walked about
the palace in a suit of red and black
velvet. Great diamonds blazed ou the
clasps of his shoes, an I ha had a long
feather in his cap, and a chain of gold
around his neck. To this last was at
tached a whistle of ivory, the badge of
his new ollije.
One day the princess Called him into
her room to do an errand.
"You do not like me," she said to
him, as he hesitated.
"Nay, priucess, were I to smile and
fawn on you, would yoa be surer of my
service.' l am a tree man."
"You have no courtesy,"- she aid,
her anger burning in two red spots ou
her cheeks. "You are not fit to serve
in a palace. Go into the garden to
work; you are no longer my equerry."
Iuto the garden he therefore went
where he had to put on Lis old gar
ments again, and dig and rake and
sow, let the weather be what it might
Rut he whistled as cheerily at li is labor
as though he had never known any
thing else, aud was contented and hap
py all the day long. Some of his for
mer companions often mccked bim,
but he always answered:
"I am content. Retter be so and tell
the truth than be a liar and wear a
king's livery.
Not long aft - Jiis there was war in
the land. The king went out with his
princes aud his army to fight King Sto
nyheart, who had invsded his king
dom. Rudiger saw the train go forth
as be stood leaning ou his hoe by the
garden walls. The floating of the crim
son banners, the Hash of spear-heads,
and the tramp of ruauy horses, filled
him w ith martial ardor, and he wished
that he were going to the wars too. At
last he said:
"I am going to the battle, if I can
get me a horse."
"A pretty soldier you will makeP'
mocked the gardener. "And, pray,
how will you gvt a horse?"
"I will buy one with this," answered
Rudiger, taking the opal ring from his
bosom. I will ride to the war like a
noble knight."
"Why don't you wish yourself one at
once, and have done with it," said the
gardener scornfully.
Rudiger had the ring on his finger,
looking irtently at it "If it please
you, I do wish so," returned the youth.
No sooner said than done. There was
the rustling of bauuers and the tramp
of horses' feet, and two hundred brave
warriors, all clad in shining steel, came
up behind a warhorse that was capari
soued tit for a king, led by a mounted
equerry. Clad iu battle armor, sword
ou hip aud lance in hand, the quon
dam gardener sprung to the saddle, aud
rode away at the head of his troop.
He reached the battlefield just in
time to save the old king from an igno
iuiuiou9 defeat. The royal forces were
lieginning to give way before Stony
heart's legions, but the arrival of Rudi
ger entirely changed the face of affairs.
His steel-clad warriors swept like a tem
pest over the field, overpowering all re
sistance. KingStonyheart himself fell
dead before the chaVge.
Rudiger did not go back with the
conquerors. With his two hundred
warriors he rode directly to Stony
heart's castle. The seneschal opened
the gate to bim as though be were its
master.
Ridding his soldiers wait and watch
until his return, Rudiger, without even
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MAY 18. 1898.
waiting for supj?r, put the opal ling ou
his finger again. He had learned the
marvelous property it possessed, so he
simply said:
"I wish to find the owner of this
ring."
Immediately ho found himself in a
dark forest, where a group of wild look
ing men were gathered around a fire.
In their midst stood a woman bound
and helpless, with her head bowed
down to her hands. The knight drew
his sword and advanced among the
startled men.
"What are you going to do with this
woman?" he demanded.
"She is a witch, and we are going to
bum her," said the leader. "If you
have any objection state it"
"Take that then," cried Rudiger,
sweeping the bandit's head from his
shoulders with a stroke of his sword.
Then before the olhera could grasp
their weapons or make any defense, he
treated them in the same manner. The
woman looked up to thank Lim for
preserving her life. As she did so,
Rudiger drew back surprised. At the
first glance he saw that it was the old
crone that had given him shelter the
first night after be left home.
"Well, well, young man, have you
come back to work for me?" she asked
coolly.
"No; but I have a ring, a marvelous
opal, that"
"A ring! An opal! Let me see it,"
cried the woman, interrupting Lim.
Rudiger took the ring from his bosom
and showed it to her.
"That is my ring, young mint," she
said at once. "I lost it a long time ago
in this wood. It was in a parse full of
gold."
"I do not wish to keep what is not
mlue," said Rudiger, bantling her the
riug. "The purse of gld, however, I
have not with me, but I will return it
one day without fail."
"See that you do," said his compan
ion, placing the opal on her fingir, "I
shall trust you."
The next moment she had vanished,
and he stood alone in the dark forest,
dressed in the rough gardener's suit
that he wore before he weut to the bat
tle. He passed the uight in the wood.
and the next morning he presented
himself in his accustomed place in the
royal garden.
Everybody about the place was talk
ing of the great victory the king had
won yesterday, and they all said that
the battle would have been lost but for
a strange knight, who came to the
king's help with steel-clad warriors at
his back.
"I suppose you will say you were the
knight that helped our king win his
victory?" said the gardtner smeringly
to his assistant
"Certainly I do," declared Rudiger.
"Then of course you will claim the
prize the king offers to the man who
aided him. You will rule over half of
his kingdom. I envy you."
Radiger took no notice of the gar
dener's jeers, but at night, when the
king was walking in his portico, he
appeared before him, his golden hair
hidden under a rude straw hat. The
monarch looked at bim inquiringly.
"I have come for my reward," said
Rudiger, hastening at once to business,
as all men of energetic natures do. "I
am the man that saved you from defeat
jestcrday."
''You must be mad, or simple," cried
the king. "The man that helped me
was a knight iu gold armor, aud he
had brave men at his back."
"Nevertheless," stid Rudiger, "I aiu
the man; but I do not waut half of
your kingdom. All I ask is a thous
and gold pieces to pay a debt I owe. If
you doubt my word, go with me to Sto
nyheart'a castle I have two hundred
men there who will know me."
Doubtless his msjesty thought it all
very strange, but he agreed to accom
pany Rudiger to the castle, and the
next morning the two set out together,
the king iu his royal robes, Ridiger
still wearing his rough gardener's dress.
When they arrived at Stonyheart's
castle, they found the place like a scene
of enchantment Banners floated gay ly
from all the bat tit men U, aud the great
halls were splendid with garlands aud
bright-colored tapestry. At the portal
stood two hundred stout warriors iu two
long lines, who instantly lowered their
spears, bowing low as the king and Ru
diger advanced. Distantly the crier
exclaimed:
"Room for his majesty, King Gray-
hair, aud the Knight of the Golden
Locks!"
Then the king knew that Rudiger
wa-t all he claimed to be, but he had uo
tinn t) speak to bim, for just then a
very beautiful and gracious lady ap
proached aud welcomed them to the
banquet, which was spreads
When the feast was over, and the
company were assembled in the grand
drawing-room, the lady approached
Rudiger aud said:
"I know you. You are the young
man that saved me from the robbers.
You found my opal ring in the forest"
"And I owe you one thousand pieces
of gold, which I eau now repay."
"Rut I owe you a million," said the
princess; and then she told him how
she came to be an old crone in the for
est King Stonyheart, her husband,
who was a great sorcerer, had changed
her by his magic, after she lost her opal
ring, and condemned her to perpetual
exile. His death and the restoration of
the magic jewel, of course, gave her
the power to become her former self
again.
Rudiger wns feasted for a week in
great style, aud many rich gifts were
bestowed upon him; but at the end of
that time he expressed a desire to go
home.
"I have made my fortune, and shall
have to cut wood uo more," be said,
"and my parents will wish to see me."
The princess gave him a gorgeous
coach, with eight horses to draw it, all
wearing golden harnesses, and a large
retinue of servants accompanied him.
The peasant and bis wife did not recog
nize their son in the splendidly dressed
man, who came to them in the attire
and state of a king's favorite. When
he toUi them that he was their son Ru
diger, they woulT not believe it
Then Rudiger told them all that had
happened to him.
"It was all owing to the purse and
the opal ring that I found," he said, as
he closed.
1
"Nay, not so," declared his mother.
"It was rather because you were hon
est, and never told aught but the
truth."
watches for Eailroai Ilea-
The horological requirements in rail
road practice at the present day involve
mechanisms cf absolutely perfect pre
cision, says the New York Sun. Thus,
on the Atchison line, all the watches
are tevted for 24 hour in each oue of
three positions, pendant up, dial up,
and dial down, and the- permissible
limit of error is just six seconds. A
watch lo.sing three seconds iu 21 hours
in one position, gaintug thr.-e iu an
other, and losing three iu a third, ws ac
cepted, the extreme variation being
only six seconds; a watch gaining 15
seconds iu one position, 12 in the sec
ond and nine in the third would be ac
cepted, however; for the position rate
being thus shown to be correct for such
purpose, it is merely a matter of regu
lation to make the watch run with a
maximum variation of 30 seconds a
week, which is the standard of the
American Rail way Association. Itai
pears that the Atchison company re
quires watches to be examined und cer
tificates to be renewed on the first day
of each month, and the employes must
carry their certificates when on duty.
The standard watch of this company
must have 17 jewels, and must bead
justed to temperature, position and is
(H'hronism. Some of the watches in
the hands of emyloyes have tteeu fouud
that ran well iu the pocket iiosiLion,
but varied over a minute a day when
lying down.
Discovered hj a "Wornm-
Another great discovery has been
made, and that too, by a lady iu this
country. "Disease fastened its clutch
es upon her and for seven years she
withstood its severest test, but her vital
organs were undermined and deatii
seemed imminent For three months
she coughed incessantly, aud could not
sleep. She finally discovered a way to
recovery, by purchasing cf us a bottle
of Dr. King's New Discovery for Con
sumption, and wa9 so much relieved
on taking first dise, that she slept all
night; and with two bottles, has been
absolutely cured. Her name is Mrs.
Luther Lutz." Thus write W. C.
Hamnick & Co., of Sbelby, N. C.
Trial bottles free at J. N. Snyder's
Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., and G. W.
Brallier's Drug Store, Merlin, Pa.
Regular size . doe and 1.00. Guar
anteed or priee refunded.
Delicate Advice.
From the Kansas City Journal.
Mr. John Urisben Walker has written
an articleon "Motherhood a a Profes
sion." He hasa notion that girls should
devote more serious consideration to
the duties of motherhood, which Cer
tainly await most of them. In this we
agree with Mr. Walker, as well as in
his rebuke to parents for tabooing the
subject of marriage in their talks with
their children, n9 is so often the case.
But Mr. Walker seems not to know
that there has been a great deal written
in the way of bringing this subject be
fore young women wisely written by
wbe women and wise men. Is there
not danger ia insisting too much on
the study of the subject? We can hard
ly agree w ith with Mr. Walker's advice
to young women : "Give upyour whole
mind to this problem of finding a hus
band whom you cau love and who can
love y-u." We have known a good
many women who have done just that,
and the results do not sejru to approve
the advice as good.
Dewey's Horsemanship.
Capt W. U. Pitcher, of the Eighth
infantry (son of General riteher and
brother of Captain Pitcher of the First
cavalry), has been teldug a Chatta
nooga Times interviewer some interest
ing facts about the hero of Mtuila.
Pitcher was once iu the Navy a mid
shipman and cruised under Dewey in
the old Frigate Constitution.
Lin ked at from the standpoint of a
"middy" Dewey was at once soldierly
iu his instincts and ways and yet the
gentlest of men. Born in Vermont, he
looked like a Spaniard, was popular
with men above and below him in
rank, had the good will of all and a
happy faculty of controlling the rest
less boys who did not take readily to
discipline. He was thoroughly educat
ed in the theoret'eal and practical
features of his profession, a splendid
sailor, aud did not know the meaning
of the word fear.
Most tars are very poor horsemen,
but Dewey was a notable exception to
that rule. While on duty at Washing
ton he would every evening, arrayed iu
immaculate eorduroy, mouuted on a
Kentucky horse, go across country,
taking walls as became to taem.
Uuder the provisions of a new law
recently enacted by the municipality
of Cleveland, Ohio, which pensions its
old and disabled firemen, the second
wives aud children of such are debar
red from enjoying the benefits of pen
sions upon the death of the origiua! re
cipients. This legislation was made
necessary by the fact that many young
girls were marrying widowed pension
ed firemeu for the sole purpose of re
ceiving the pension after the firemen's
death.
L. M. Farley conducts a large ruer
cantile business at Liberty liiil, Ga.
He says: "One application of Cham
berlain's Pain Balm relieved me of a
severe pain in my back. I think it O.
IC" For lame back, rheumatism, ceu
ralgia, swellings, sprains, bruises, burns
and scalds no other liniment can ap
proach Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It
is iutended especially for these diseases
and is famous for its cures. For sale
by all druggists-
The throne room of Spain is described
as a magnificent apartment of crimson
and gold, with colossal mirrors and a
chandelier of rock crystal that is con
sidered the finest example of the kind
in the world. Under the gorgeous can
opy are two large chairs, handsomely
carved and gilded, an i upholstered in
crimson brocade. Upon these the
Queen Regent and the boy King sit
upon occasions of ceremony.
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WHOLE NO. 2142.
Ananias, Cain and Others.
The Reading newspapers recorded
the other day the fact that there had
1-eeti a stoce match on the farm of Ana
nias Remmtrto. The stone match was
ni rely a bee to build Lim a stone fence.
The really curious thing about the af
fair was the fa-?t that R-jmrnerto's first
name was Ananias. An elderly preach
er who has traveled extensively through
thi counties of Eastern Pennsylvania
commented on this fact as follows .
"I know of at least three good men
on my circuit whosj first name is Cain.
I know a man named Judas Iscariot,
but he is called 'Is' for short, aud near
ly all his acq'iainta noes think his name
is Israel. Oa the township tax books
it is down simply with the initials
'J. I.' I accidently came across his full
name in their family Bible, when I
reckoned out the exact age of his moth
er, whose funeral sermon I preached.
I know of a mau up in the Blue Moun
tains whose fir-t name is Balaam. We
have plenty of Noahs. I kuow of but
oue Nebuchadnezzar and oue Potiphar.
The Democrats of this county have just
nominated Lot Reitf for the State Leg
islature. Over iu Lebanon county, at a
funeral a few years ago, I met a man
whose first name was Shibboleth. I
asked him, in speaking of his odd first
name, whether he had ever met any one
witr a name more striking. He said he
once met a man iu Sehuykill couuty
wh-e first name was Og, named after
the king who was the first to sleep on
an iron bedstead.
"Oa the border of Lebanon county
lives a carpet weaver whose first name
cow is Pilot, but it is an absolute fact
that the G.-rman inscription in his
Bible is Pilatus, the German form of
Pmitius Pilate. 'Herod L , son of .'
cau be read on a tombstone iu a church
yard iu Pine Forest As for the Ana
nias who had the stone match, that
man may be named after one of the two
Jewish Disciples and not after the hus
band of Sapphira. We have a number
of families named Christ, but we pro
nounce it with the 'i' short An old
member of one of my former congre
gations Ls named Apollonia. Barney
Rilzwas a veteran Iieading railroad
engineer. I was once asked tochristen
a pretty baby girl Jezebel, and it was
with the greatest difficulty that I per
suaded the find mother to change the
selection. She said she had picked the
name out of the Bible. They finally
compromised on Ei'miuie. I have bap
tized female in Tints Salome, uo matter
if the original did dentaud the head of
John the Baptist. The parents thought
it a nice name ; that it sounded well.
"I have never come across the name
Isl.muel. I was once called in to
christen a boy Ham, but I discovered
that Hamilton was what the parents
really wauteiL I have known a fond
mother to decide upon Delilah for her
first girL I thiak, if I remember right
ly, the child was christened Leiley.
It was a good compromise.
"I once had triplets to baptize and
their names happfticd to be Minnie,
Fannie a:;d D tunic. Years ago I bap
tised twins Adam and Eve, and five
years af.TiVar.l tho p wen's, after the
st rmon, told me an odd but true story
how little Eve had been discovered
pla ing with a serpent iu their garden.
New York Sua.
Useful Ein's.
Kid gloves protect the hands in doiug
the dirty work of the house, but rubber
gloves can not bespec:ally recommend
ed, as they make the hands sensitive.
The yolks of eggs dry elmost as soon
a-t they come iu contact with the air,
but if dropped at once into a cup of cold
water will keep ia goo-' condition in
the refrigerator for three or four days.
If you use a water cooler in summer
you can cool your lemonade in It by
putting the beverage in a bottle and
setting it inside.
A piece of ice will keep some time if
laid on a piece of muslin which is tied
over a bowl tight enough so that the
ice can not touch the sides or bottom.
Then tie another cloth over the top.
The water from the melting ice is be
low, an 1 does not accelerate the melt
ing, as it would if the ice were stand
ing in it
Silk stockings should be washed and
rinsed in lukewarm water and wrung
between towels. Woolen and silk un
ikr.vear should be washed in warm
soapsuds to which a little ammonia has
Uen adJi.nL The silk garment may
soak for a quarter of an hour in this
preparation before being rubtied le
tweeu the lingers. Rinse twice through
clear, tepid water, and hang to dry
with great care, pulling out all wrink
les. Iron ut.d-r a cloth before quite dry.
A Nrge square of dale glass bound
around with ribbon makes a useful
present for a traveler. The glass is a
little larger square than a pocket band
kerchief, and upon, it the economical
oue presses carefully upon it the liand
kerchicf which she has washed and
rinsed, and it dries with a smooth sur
face, like a piece of new linen.
Challies can be beautifully washed in
rice water. Boil half a pound cf rite
iu rather more than two ouarts of wa
ter. Let the water become tepid and
then wash the fabric iu it, rubbing it
with the rice as if it weie soap; rinse
two or three times in rice water, from
which, however, the rice has been re
moved, and use the last rinsing water
well diluted, so that the material may
not become too stilT. Iron while slight
ly damp.
Yellrw Jaundice Cared.
Suffering humanity should be sup
plied with every meuns possible for its
relief. It is with pleasure we publish
the following : "This is to certify that
I was a terrible sufferer from Yellow
Jaundice for over six months, and was
treated by some cf the best physicians
in our city aud all to no avail. Dr.
Bell, our druggist, recommended Elec
tric Bitters; and after taking two bot
tles, I was entirely cured. I now take
pleasure in recommending them to
any person from this terrible malady.
I am gratefully yours, M. A. Hogarty,
Lexington, Ky." Sold by J.N. Sny
der's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., and
. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin,
Pa.
Slaughter.
ML. Airy World.
With returning warmth and burst
ing bud we have been accustomed to
expect each year our woods to be filled
with bird life. This expectation has
f.'orn year to year been realized lessi,
until to-day ouly the English spar
t m and sn occitsioDal ;obia or black
bird are here to greet us. Where the
wren, the blue-bird, the cat-bird, the
cLewink, the ml bird and a myriad of
others were wont to hold high carnival
111 mi. tiuilintnia-. .lunrt mi. r...i.i. a..I
I... . . iniii ivn wvn inil 11 11 1 J nil',
on our lawns, and to fill the air with
the melody of their song, there is now
a silence hitherto uokuown. Their si
lence casts a pall over ail nature and is
much to be deplored. Not only did
they add joy to life but they were thw
instruments of great good, suppressing
as they did the insect life that threat
ened not only to devastate our fruit and
grain fields but to lay waste our forests
as well. If this condition were from
causes over which we have no control,
we would not have so much to regret,
but when we consider that we ourselves
are wholly to blame for the lose of our
little feathered friends, that it was our
own vanity and our own inhumanity
that brought about the change we have
double occasion for seir-condemnation.
It is a fact that in one year five million
birds were slain to bedeck women's
bonnets; one million bobolink were be
reft of life; seventy thousand song
birds' notes were stilled that their plu
mage might be used for millinery pur
poses; but this is not the ouly cause for
the hush in our woods. The other one,
aud it is one quite as potent, is a pure
love of slaughter. There is some little
reason in killing to get a plume to deck
the person, but none whatever in this
killing simply for fun. The small boy
almost before he is out of his kilts goes
around with a sling, and the amount of
amusement he has is in proportion to
the amount of life he takes. When he
gets a little -older the sling gives place
to an air rifle, this a litte later to a shot
gun, and as soon as he can afford it, he
owns a breech-loading gun of the latest
pattern. He is then a full fledged
"sportsman," who sallies forth in the
morning with visions of ducks and
deer, to return at night destroying ev
ery Iiviug thing along his path. The
pretty songster of every size in the dell,
the king fisher and the bittern beside
the lake, the tiny chipmunk basking
in the sunshine, alike fall before his
deadly fusilade. If the warfare contin
ues, absolute extinction will be the in
evitable result Legislation bas done
something towaids arresting the evil,
but it is a case that demands much
more stringent laws.
Corn ia Nebraska.
From the Cora Belt.
A journey through Nebraska shows
certain facts that are iudisputable, since
they are apparent even from a car
window. First, there is an immense
6tore of the corn of 1S37 in cribs. The
small towus are, so to speak, full of coru,
aud the cribs full of it are visible wher
ever the farm buildings lie close enough
to the line to bj seen. Tuis corn area
lies far out toward the Colorado liue.
In eastern Nebraska and iu Iowa the
supply of everything, growing and in
cribs, Ls, of course, immense. It is
useless to expatiate upon the present
supply and the immediate prospects
of those uuequaled agricultural re
gious. Man's Head and Woman's Heart
"It is impossible for man's head to
solve the difficult problems cf the pres
ent day," remarked Miss Rose Scott at
a recent meeting of the Women's Suf
frage League in Sydney; "but when,"
she added, "man's head is joined to
woman's heart, there is some hope."
This was used as an argument in favor
of granting to women the right to vote.
Miss bcott weut on to say that women
did not want to work aud walk alone.
They wanted to be side by side with
the men of the day, and assist them in
working out satisfactory solutions to
the great problems which affect the
community at large.
Largest Carpet in the World.
The largest carpet in the world is at
the Carlton Club, in London. It cos
fW.000. The next largest is in Wind
sor Castle; it is estimated to contain
iW.000,000 stitches, and it took twenty
eight weavers fourteeu months to make
If. The most costly carpet, it is thought,
is in possession of the Maharajah f Ba
roda, in India, which is said to Lave
cost $1,0.10,030. It is decorated with
pearls and diamonds, and took three
years to weave.
When Yon Are Tired
Without extra exertion, languid, dull
aud listless, your blood is failing to
supply to your muscles and other or
gans the vitalizing aud strength-giving
properties they require. Hood's Sar-
saparilla cures that tired feeling by en
riching and purifying the blood. It
will give you energy aud vigor.
Hood's Pills are easy to take, easy to
ojierat. Cure indigestion, bilious
ness. 2oc
A nouogenarian citizen of Belfast,
Me., has just received permission to re
move from the Custom House there a
desk which he bought and put there
for his personal use when he was Col
lector of Customs, over thirty years
ago. The desk bad been listed on the
inventory of the office furniture by
mistake, and w hen the Collector's term
expired he was not allowed to remove
it He has put ia application annually
since IStiS.
Alter using a . 10 cent trial size of
Ely's Cream Balm you will be sure to
buy the 30 cent size. Cream Balm bas
no equal in curing catarrh and cold iu
head. Ask your druggist for it or send
10 ceuts to us.
ELY BROS.,
50 Warren St, N. Y. City.
I suffered from Catarrh three years;
it got so bad I could not work; I used
two bottles of Ely's Cream Balm and
am entirely well; I would not be with
out it A. C. Clark, Ml Shawmut
Ave., Boston.
Colorado Springs boasts of being the
quietest town in the country. No
church bells are rung there, and no
whistles are blown. A local paper ad
mits that dogs bark at night in Colo
rado Springs, as they do everywhere
else, but it adds that "when they run
about they make no noise with their
feet in the sandy soil."
Goat's milk, much used in Spain, is
very unwholesome in want weather;
hence the following Spanish proverb:
"M irch milk Is good for yourself; April
milk is gtod for your brother; and May
milk is good for your mot ber-in-law."
Takes the bum out; heals the wound;
cures the pain. Dr. Thomas' Eclectrfo
Oil, the household remedy.
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