he Somerset Herald, j MTABLISHCB 1837. erms of Ihiblicatioa. . . - WalMMlu niorain k.1 T anum if pal In 4 vanoe, otaarwl... will invariaoiy b cuarg - .ni-cr.pUon will b diaormUnn.! uta arrearage. . P-ad P- Pi- n- u. notify .ul-cnow. w u t a r P.Pr will xmvoiXb jf.e aut-acrtpUon. ..bacrtberi removing from oae portofflo. to er .tmll five u. lh nm u Kwm- .WjttlMproffl Attar-. T BOBkUtSAT UAXJ, Hon ion, Pa. V l .Hh .J5 V N..TARY PL'BLKi . A 1 lua-' ttomeraet, Pa i .wive Uigro'-n HupptU a UUMU.tUU U IWlJ" UQeilLV. jtal lo IU. Jluui J s V. WALKEli, AlTulOliV-il-UW, jt opposite Court Uoukb. - !VT.LAW. i i;u f ourw ou. PilU.burg. fa. I A. litiavLV, w suiuertcl f. :itr above r iii' loo s wrc tAKVLV M. V bmuciact, .it iu First Ukui Uai.. P. lu l.u too A htf ,Ut'"- 1 EOIMJE B. fTLL, bowel-act. Pa. 4e ill PnuUm. Uouc iio, Pl-iu Coui. r K. SCO IT, a AliOUNEi-Al-LAW, Ouiik Tael, Fa. aIioW-AT-LAW. touimTart, Fa. ti. kOO.Mi. J. U. UULi. AilUik-VtlS-AiLA. ,.ii;ivtl.rouii.tMruuou lo ouwu eii- ru!l. cu.ce tU I'll PP I, vriVK HAY. A-i-U. UA1 5 I AV fc liAV, .jUDll.l.-al, somen. Pa. J Ai Ki-AT-LA. ; Somerset, Fa. jj, UUIiv .U JoiiillloUl BiUCIU l.- UIU1- OUJ " ' ' lOliS O. KIMMlils - L Ail wit t -AI-LA , s fcomerel, ia. f - ..i...urilni.iiuHiLrUkll LO bid . ai .vic-uu wmi j-ill tHmierM-t ua ujomlli couUea. wiio ... it;iiiriiii luuu LAMI 3.llipUlc& iiu iiuiiii- - a'jovc twuiwu. A 1 1 . 1 -AT-LA W buji - t, P. J. u..,..n..!l. Ul.irk.ur I. Kll- .. oil Uliu trot U-eeU ..ilet-Uoull jUc a. la lex Ulle exmuilueO, alia ail u UUMUeak klleliUeU U. WlUl plviuiuUieaa 4 J. C0LBOKN. i- C. tX)UHjBJi. UUSUliX i COLIJUHX, Al'iXJt4li.&-Ai-i-AW, . Souiemel, P. Jill (.iiiiuta emi-asleU lo our care will be Huupuj. tun LiUiluil a;u-uuea lo. Colloo- ..wit- m SH.lm-.ael. ikmwiu viJ"" i tuuuuia. tMinejuij; -ua couveyauuuti c Oil RMUU.UIC ieiiu. i i 1 L. liAKli, jl, AliXjKMCY-AT-LAW, boiuerM't, P- .'-u ii: nn.,-iu in Fvt.ni-rM-t aud aUjoiiiinii ..ulu. Ail 0Ulues euU ull Ml tUlll WUl 9.clc prouipl allelillou. i L H. OJKKKU1H. W. H. KCPPtL. k lOl r llU l'H 4 RITPEL, j AllOlstV-5-Ai-LAW, i ISoiuerkel, Pa. tHikiiieweuLruiilrd vo Uieir care will be iiii auu puucluuny aUA-uUetl lo. OIlic cru xuvel, vpuukius muuuiuui S.jclv. a- JV. CAKUTHKIiS, M. D., I'msiu-LN AnibL'taibos, ISoiuernel, Pa. 3 or&ce on Palno. buwt, oppoaiut U. B V!.un:ll. -till vails at onlce. kR. r. F. SHAFFER, PHYblClA Au SL'RGEOX, ISouierMr., Pa. f i end. rs bis profewioual rn u-e lo Uie clU- w ilk. a i-Mkiuerhei ana ieiuily. otliv- corkier Al.iiu CruB iuu lairiol uvel. fl J. M. LOUTH ER, XJ -lir-H iAN AuL"KliEOS, jUClae ou Mum lreri, rear of lrug Htore. h U. H. sj. KIMMLLL, j 'leuder proftmiotial tvn im lo Ibe clli- (Aea o; .itK-tei muiI MiiMiy. I ii.e pro WkWkkiiM,. , i-tii;:. ij. can u- louiiil al Ilia ol- uce oa AliuU &u tol of tiu.uioud. l)a J. S.McMILLEX, Of lU tMlllH1 Will A ft'.rt.'iu 1 a.r- , 1 ll iu.oeT La, ti. Unvu Co kUirt. ;c. H. C0FFi:0TH, I Funeral Director. jtS fc6 Miu CiftB St. IUideace, SW Patriot PR.XK B. FLUCK, Liind Survevor l V f u i v- 1 1' . o i.-.i.u kVMjlNEEH. Uslie, Pa. KMU'EBATIVE MI TCAL FIRE i INS. CO., r.EULIX, l'A. I M in-umnce at actual cot by iusur- i'-'S, l hollie, V iniir T.i-.. .,..1 rai property. Write for information. JAC. J. ZORN, Secretary, Trade Marks Dcaiens . ana oem tpunn n.T rnnj. , witWa. t oean:aKa. k-S!iir,;'ir'I una A Co. noejra Scicntinc flmtrican. -.r- .-Kir r ,Tif ral. Tmio. a. a - t-k-k wateuwiwa, U.U i 1 1 I I vVVl4,'4 50 YEARS' j EXPERIENCE 1 lie VOL. XLVII. NO. 4. A fOME Dersons sav ! fS.Tn tn Hco floch during summer. But losing flesh is losing ground. Can you afford to approach another win ter in this weakened con dition? Coughs and colds,weak throats and lungs, come quickest to those . ho are thin ia flesh, to those eas- ily chilled, to those who J have poor circulation and feeble digestion. Soati's ft of cod liver oil with hypo- phosphites does just as p2 much good in summer as in winter. It makes flesh e in August as well as April. You certainly need as strong nerves in July as in January. And your weak throat and lungs should be healed and strength ened without delay. t: All Irnic-.-lu. too. and fl.' Y SCOTT WOW.vt, tvuiuta. Ktr Tort i In Considering i I Life I if Assurance f :" It isn't so much what i; j others are receiving :- ; to-day as what you Is will receive twenty si s years from now. J A5urplus of over Fifty j Million Dollars i f speaks for the future : of a policy in the ii Equitable Life As- si J surance Society i Tells of security as si I well as future divi- si dends. J Aik to tee the new t Cash Guarantee Policr. 5- 5 EDWARD A. WOODS, Manager, f: PlTTSBCKGU. 3 i encntrv Ca-r.i 5 UVIMCl O & k. I., THE First National Bant OK- Somerset, JPenn'a. Capital, S50.000. Surplus, S3O.O00. undivided ca onn DEPOSIT IICCCIVC ' IM LAM OK ANDSMALL MOUNTS. PAYABLC OK dco ACCOUNTS or alCHlKT, rARMCMS. TOCK OCALCRS. AM O OTMtM kOklCITtO -DISCOUNTS DAILY. - BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Cm. O. STL'I.U Gl. K. HC'L'I-U JAMrS U PK.U, W. H. MILLER, JUll.N K. mvTT. KuKT. (. ISCtLL, r KEI v . Elfc.-lU.KEJ4 EDWARIttsCUi. : : PRESTHENT. VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PKESU'EST. HAKVEY Si. BERKLEY, CASHIER. ThefnD1s and curit!M of thla bank arcae- eurely pmtwIeU In a celebrated l OKbirkS BCR gi.ak PKior Safe. TQvouij idft umUt abso lutely burKlar-prooi. A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE, and everything pertalnlog to ruoerala furn- Uhed. SOMERSET - - Pa Jacob D. Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Door Weet of Lutheran Church, Somerset. - Pa. I Am Now pri-jini-ed to supjiij tlie public with Clocks, WU-lir, and Jew elry of all descriptions, at Cheap a the Cheapest. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. All work guaranteed. Look ai ruj etih'k before making your purchases. J. D. SWANK. IMPORTAKT TO ADVIHTISEltS. The cream of the country wipers is found la Remington's County Soat Lisw. Shrewd uTcrvisers Avail tlicmseivcs of tiioee lists, a copy of which can be bad of Ronkigtaa Bfua. of Xctr York Jt Fitteburz. s s 3 "- ; a a - kv z o cn HI o o 3 S- 3 5 3 a ? 2 ? Si! a a -I THE COSaUEEOR. The buifle ii ill signal "tap" Aitiiwn tli li.li- line. Where trlnkil;:i; throng the oien fliiria The lM.l.lieri. ritridli-s rftttne. A prlvau-, like a thousand lien Who alks wrtir the blur, I n-tc no jrrt-fttt-r honor, deur, 1'han tbu-i to writ Ui ou. Although lu-isiiiu I liave noue No ncablknrl by my aide To ahow the place that I have woo My breast In tilled with pride. And while I -teem a piival.e, mere. What other man o liigh? For In your heart of heart., my dear. Leader of all am L Therefore, I covet 'trap nor bar That please the common herd ; Mine in a hngliU-r glory, tir, l'.y you, phtpm ittrl, conferred. Content, a private I appear. To thotte I'm inurh above; For I outrunk theui all, my deiir, fince I have gaiix-d your love. Tmtl SLAVE'S TALE For Forty Years Kept Secret by a Pennsylvania Fanner. A DREARY AND TRAGIC STORY Emm the New York Hun. "Iu one corner of a farm burying ground in Fulton roimty, I'a., near the Maryland Uirder," Mid a resident of that eounty, "is a grave with a muall headstone liearing the simple inscrip tion, 'Jo, ls::!.' Jo aa a negro. For years he worked oa the farm where he died and was buried in 1S1K5. Every one in the vicinity knew that lie had co.e to the farm a runaway slave, but n t until after he was dead did anyone except the farmer with whom he had lived so long, and the fanner' wife, know his strange and dramatic story. ''Early one morning in the fall of the owner of the farm, as lie went out to legin his chores, raw a negros.it t eg on tht bottom step of the back tst'Mip with hi a head in his hands. His checks and eyes were sunkn. The whites of his eyes were bloodshot, lli.i clothing was iu tatters. Wiuiout wait ing for the farmer to speak, the wretch ed-looking negro said: " 'I am a runaway tdave.' "The remark was unnecesury. The farmer knew well what the negro was the moment he saw him. Like ruost. of the residents in that part of I'enn sylvania, this larmer was a State's Rights Democrat and approved of the fugitive slave law. 1 le aked the negro where lie c&iuc from. " 'IxiuiMaua.' "This rather amazed the fanner, for such a thing as a fugitive slave from far-away sugar or cotton plantations was an unheard-of thing in that local ity, the runaways leing invariably from Maryland or Virginia planta tions, and the farmer at once su.-pected this forlorn fugitive of lying to bim, a suspicion that was not dispelled when the negro said he was not only from distant Louisiana, but that he had been two years making his way to where he was. Beeing that the farmer mistrust ed ft in, the runaway said: ' 'If I belong to any one in this neigh' borhood he will soon lie after me. Let me stay here until he comes and claims me. I will work for you until he comes. "This fcenied reasonable to the far mer. hve be was opposed to har boring or aiding runaway slaves on principle, he did not think that he was called uin to make it his business to look up slave owners who had lost slaves and notify them of the wherea- IkmLs of their missing property, ho lie went into the house and laid the case of this fugitive before his wife and ask ed tier what they had let do. She went out, talked with the runaway a while, aud then said: "'We will keep him here,' 'A more grateful creature never lived ban this wretched fugitive, and that night he told his benefactors his story, His name was Jo. jle was bt.ru ou the Hopkins plantation in Virginia. When ie grew up he became the property of bis master's son John, who was a doc tor, and a wicked, desperate man. Jo was the doctor's body servant. One day his master became incensed at one of his female slaves and ordered her to go to her cabin. Then lie handed a pistol to Jo, and, taking one himself, ordered Jo to follow him. They went to the cabin of the oitending slave. The doctor ordered her to stand with her back against the wall. Then he ordered Jo to shoot her. The woman begged for her life, and Jo begged ids master not to make him murder her. Hopkins placed the muzzle of his pi s- to Jo's temple and told him to shoot or he would have bis own braius blown out. Jo fired at the woman's shoulder a n.I she ML That seemed to satisfy the rua.-ter. "As Jo discovered afterward, or as he had reason to believe, his master, iu or dering biiu to shoot the (dave woman, was only training him to more serious business. Dr. Hopkins was a single man, but he was anxious to marry the daughter of a rich planter of the neigh borhood. She refused Lis hand, and accepted as ber suitor a rival of the doctor, a young man named Wiswell, a member of an old Virginia family. One night shortly after Dr. Hopkins had forced Jo to shoot the slave woman in her cabin, his master handed him a slrotgun, and taking a revolver and a dirk, ordered Jo to follow him. The Wiswell plantation was two miles from the home of the young woman who re jected Hopkins. The accepted suitor was in the habit of riding to the home of his intended onoe or twice a week iu the evening, and returning aCout ten o'clock. The road was lonely one. Dr. Hopkins led Jo to that road and a mile up it. There he ordered him to hide behind some bushes, and took a place by his side. P.y and by the sound of a horse galloping down the road was heard. As the sound drew nearer Hop kins, placed his revolver at Jo's head and hirvfrd: "'If the rider of that horse passes here you are a dead nigger' "The slave knew whatfthat meant, and he knew that his master would surely blow out his brains if the impli ed order was not carried out. The home and its rider came opposite the bush where Jo and hij master Wt re hiding. The rider wasjoung WLsweiL j Jo fired. The horse leaped lo one side, ome SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, and its rider tumbled heavily to the ground. The horse dashed wildly down the road. Dr. Hopkins, order ing Jo lo follow him, made his way tbrouch the woods by a rouudabout Course back home. Jo had saved his own life and believed he had done it by taking that of young Wiswell, although he bad fired at random. The horse ar riving at the Wiswell plantation rider lesx, slaves were hurried -back to see what had befalleu their young master. They found him unconscious in the road. 'When it was discovered that Wis well had been shot, a variety of cir cumstances fastened the suspicion on Dr. Hopkins as having been guilty of the crime. He wnd arrested, but per mitted to give bail pt riding the result of Wiswell's injuries, which were be lieved to be mortal. The action caused grciit indignation in the community, where Hopkins was most unpopular, and the doctor's re-arrest and incarcer ation were demanded. In the mean time he fled, taking Jo with him. They got safely to Louisiana. He was never followed. Boon after taking up his residence iu Louisiana Hopkins formed the ac quaintance of a young woman, the daughter of a sugar planter named Lyon. He married her within a year. A sister of hers married a planter nam ed Moore. The father of the two girls died soon after the marriage of the one with Dr. Hopkins, and Hopkins was dissatisfied with the disposition of the property. He quarreled with Moore and swore he would have revenge. One day in the fall of 151 Hopkins took his bowie knife aud his revolver, and giving Jo a shot gun, ordered the negro to follow bim. He mounted his horse and rode to Moore's house. Jo knew that he was liug taken on another er rand of murder, and he made a men mi vow that if lie was forced to shoot any one that day it would be his mas ter. "Moore was at home when Hopkins and Jo arrived there. He was uuarm- ed, and, conscious of the jHirpose Hop kins had in coming, he sprang ujkiu Hopkins and threw him to the tloor, grappling him so that he could use nei ther pistol nor knife. ' Hopkins shout ed to Jo to shoot. Jo could not fire without eudaugering the life of Moore, but lie replied that if he tired lie was afraid he might hit his master. Moore, of course, did not know that Jo had re solved to kill no one unlews it was his master, and so when he heard what Jo said he sprang from the tloor and threw himself uin tiie negro to secure the gun. Jo matte no attempt to hold it, and Moore, after securing it, ran cut of the house. Moore's wife had come into the room by this time. Hupkius got, to his ft-i-t, seized her, and demanded the money that was iu the house belonging to the estate of Planter Lyon. She gave him a bunch of keys and told him to find the money. He did so, aud then shot his sister-iu-law as she knelt oa the floor begging for her life. His first bul let cut all the fingers from one of her upraised hands and lodged iu her breast. A second bullet eutered her right eye, aud she fell over dead. Hop kins emptied his revolver into herdesd body and mounted his horse and tied, followed by Jo. "They had ridden several miles into the swamp country when they heard pursuers on their traiL Joe dropped from his horse and gave .t a cut with iiis whip. It gallojied on after Hop kins on his horse. Jo crept into the swamp. A lew minutes later the pur suers went dashing by. Jo laid still aud waited. Iu less than au hour they came back. They had Hopkins. They stoped opposite Jo's hiding-place and strung his master up on a tree. Jo was terror-stricken witness of Hupkius' fate, and yet he felt that it was no more than his due. He kuew that a similar fate would be his if he were taken, al though he was entirely inuooent of par ticiiuition in bis master's crime. For two years, in some miraculous way, he succeeded in eluding capture, a ione wanderer among the swamps and ba yous aud cauebrakes, gradually work- ug northward until he crossed the Pennsylvania border and threw him self njou the ui.Tcy of the Fulton wunty jeople, in the strongest pro-sla very locality uorth of Mason aud Dix on's line. "For years Jo was in constant fear that he would some day be taken back to Louisiana and lynched, and lie never threw otr that dread sullicicntly to re lease the farmer and his wife from the vow he exacted of them to keep his story secret until he died, and they kept Lis secret, even from their chil dren, nnre than forty years. A Big- Wine Tank. One hundred couples will dance at one time in the great half million gal- on wine reservoir of the Italian-Swiss colony at Asti, Senoma county, says the San Francisco Chronicle. The en tertainment will be a novel one in the annals of viticulture and pleasure. Such a fCf ne has never before been witnessed. for the reason that the opportunity is uow for the first time presented. The Asti wine reservoir Is the largest, if not the only, example of its kind lu the world. It was constructed last year as a matter of necessity and somewhat as an experiment from inability to ob tain sufficient cooperage for the wine crop which San Francisco merchants refused to purchase. It was quickly xcavated and lined with concrete, and upon its completion was immediately put to the use for which it was intend ed with perfect succeav There was tiien no time for a celebration, but since then it has been emptied, and while awaiting its refilling the Italian-Swiss colony concluded to give a ball in the monster tank. There will be room in the reservoir for the 2X) dancers, as its dimensions are SO feet in length, 34 in breadth and -4 in height. man in irginia, rode forty miles, to Fairfax fc fiition, for the express pur- pos of gett liemedy, an tg Chamberlain's Cough r fciok home with him. a dozen tiotti) of the medicine. The drtiggist au s. "Your remedy seems :eral favorite wherever to be a K' non." IF. eUects are indeed won derful in all ltung and throat trouble-. ! a Procure a b Ue at any drug store a rseic ESTABLISHED Willard'i Company of Volunteers. "The richest man in Virginia," is also one of the most atriotic of the sons of the Old Dominion, says the Nw York Sun. Hiscompany of volunteers is probably the most fortunate in the entire service of the nation. The men are to have a place in the army thst is to invade the Philippines, owing to the influence of their captain; they have been provided with uniforms at the ex pense of their captain; their pay is double that of other volunteers, and they will have extra care in the event of wounds or sickness. When the first call for troops was made there was no man more eager to respond than Joseph Willard, a member of the Virginia Legislature, a lawyer in active practice at this place, and the son of the found er of Willard'a Hotel, for half a cen tury the leading hostelry of the na tional capitaL He ofTtred himself for enlistment as a private, but so many of the young men of the neighborhood a-'ked him to be their leader that he was induced to raise a company. As soon as it was known throughout the county that Joseph Willard wanted recruits there was a rusk of young meu to his headquarters. His only condi tions of enlistment were that the men should be unmarried, able-bodied and citizens of Fairfax county. When he had the required number be selected a uniform suitable for a campaign in a tropical climate and sent every man to a tailor to be fitted. He paid the bill and was satisfied, when, on reporting at Richmond, his company received the flattering notice of otUciais and veterans for its fine appearance. The young men are tall, as most Virginians are, and show the sound health of men who live in the open air. They are nearly all farmer boys and the sons of veterans of the tonfederate army, reared in the traditions of a courageous struggle. Next they were informed by the captain that he would payout of his own pocket an additional $13, so that their pay will be iJii a month. This is because many of the families to which they belong have been partly dependent on them aud must find it hard to carry on the farms in their ab sence. Since the war legan many families that were iu comfortable circumstances have found it difficult to make a living on the few acres they are able to culti vate. In this region labor is not in the market except for the large farmers, who can employ hands by the month or year. The generosity of Cay tain Willard has made it easy for the mem bers of his company to enlist, although it was not expected when they first offered themselv.. Then their only inducement for joining this company was that Captain Willard was a dar ing and pushing mau, of a fighting family, who would certainly be in the thick of any fighting that may be going on. Wheu they were told of the promise to send them to the Philip pines, Captain Williard made a short speech that added enormously to the satisfaction of the parents of the boys. He said his income, aside from the amount that is necessary to keep up his household aud the like, is $l,0OU a day, and that as far as this sum would go the boys should lack nothing that money could buy iu event of wounds or sickness or to preserve their health in a strange climate. After several weeks at Richmond the company has been ordered to report at Camp Alger, where the boys will be visited by relatives and friends for a farewell. It now seems beyond all doubt that they will soon start for Ma nila. Captain Willard liimself leaves a wife aud two children. His wife is not less patriotic than her husband, aud has taken the utmost interest and pride in the eumpauy. C&ptain Wil lard told her how eager he was to go to the seat of war, as his blood had been boiling over the Spanish, cruelty in Cuba; but he had resolved to abide by her decision, as there would be no lack of men to take his place. She did not hesitate, but told him to go. Nobody is surprised at the bounding enthusiasm of Captain Willard if they happen to know the stock he rprings from. His father, for so many years the head of Willard's Hotel, was an officer in the Union army and as such was brought into contact with the most daring and efficient of all the ConfeJ ate spies in the civil war. This was Miss Ford, the daughter of a rich citi zen of Fairfax Court House. The old people here are full of reminiscences of her exploits, some of which were dangerous and required the utmost personal courage and devotion to the Confederacy. She made many jour neys between Washington and Rich mond when it was difficult to get through the Ftderal lines. Sometimes she was disguised and needed all th talent of au actress to elude the suspi cious officers. At one time t author ities at Washington, exasperated by the discovery of some of their plans by the Confederates at Richmoud, resolved to deal severely with all the spies, re gardless of sex or family inrhiencea. Miss Ford's friends attempted to per suade her to abandon her enterprise or to suspend her trips for a time. Even the Confederate officials who profited by her work warned her that it would be too hazardous to attempt another journey at that time. But it had no effect on her purDoses. and she con tinued to carry information and mes sage from one capital to the other. Proud as she was of being a rebel, Mis Ford formed a romantic attachment for a Federal offto r who had been kind to her, and when her work was done she became his bride. After Living happily with ber husband and chil dren for some years at Fairfax Court House ahe died here. Her husband also Is dead, the property going to Joseph Willard, the son. Captain Willard was born here, and after & careful education he look up the study of tii law. He was admitted to the bar whilo quite young, and went to work as though his daily bread depend ed on it. He is bright, wall-informed, and a good s-perker. He was elected to represent tfc is district In the Lower HiMiw of th Toialnt.in unil in nnlv question of time when Le will OA-upy seat in Cbwj ress. lie Inherited from 1827. JULY 0. 1898. his father the Willard's Hotel property and the Ehlett House, and from hU mother considerable property in this State. Although he is commanly re ferred to as "the richest man in Vir ginia," he is unassuming. Our Volunteers. From the New York World. The biographical history of the meu of the First Volunteer Cavalry who lost their lives in the first advance on Santiago shows what kind of stufl our regiments are made of. It is no exaggeration to say that there is no army in Europe in which men with the same advantages of fortune, and of social distinction could be found fighting in the ranks as privates. In the little republics of ancient Greece, or later on in the later days of the little republics of Italy, when every citizen was a soidier, some such roster of the dead may have been jtossible, but not at any other time or iu any great couutry. The Roosevelt regiment was excep tional ia the number of recruits it found among the men who might rea sonably have expected commissions, but the dillcreiice is only in degree, uot iu kind. There is hot a single regiment organ ized iu answer to the call for volun teers which does not contain a goodly proportion of men of a class not to be found iu the ranks of the European armies of men who might have stay ed at home in ease and comfort, but whose onljj thought was that express ed by young Hamilton Fish when he said: "The government wants big( strong chaps like me.'.' Such men give to an army a special character. It is the higher percentage of brains, of education, of capacity, which differentiates our army from the armies of Europe. It is an army of "thinking bayonets," such as Europe considers a l'ril, but which is to us an assurance of strength and safety. HU Trousers Were Eaten. In the tropics the cloth ing worn is of very light material, usually light duck or linen, says a correspondent of the Sew York Tribune, and knocking about o'l the decks of the lats these suits soon become torn and badly soiled. On the chase after Schley's fleet, when we went to Santiago, oue very fastidious correspondent had the bad fortune to have all his clothing washed overboard excepting the suit he was wearing. The trousers of this suit had become badly soiled and he determined to wash them. Not knowing the tech nicalities of the laundry, lie gave them a thorough soaking and, tying them to a strong cord, threw them ovr the stem of the lat, hoping that during the night old ocean would finish the washing. ? The next morning when the trousers were hauled iu to dry they were torn to shreds. The sharks had t-een nib bling at them. The young man went into port at Cape Haytieu two days later wearing summer underwear in stead of white duck. He was a hero with the natives. They mistook hi undergarments for tights and believed him to be a famous acrobat. Enterprising Druggists. There are few men more wide awake aud euterprising than J. N. Snyder of Somerset, Pa., and J. W. lirallier of llerlin. Pa., who spare no paius to secure the best of everything iu their line for their mauy customers. They now have the valuable agency for Dr. Kiug's New Discovery for Cottnunip tiou, Coughs and Colds. This is the wonderful remedy that is producing such a furor all over the conntry by its many startling cures. It absolute ly cures Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarse ness and all affections of the Throat, Chest aud Lungs. Call at above drug stores and get a trial bottle free or a regular size for 00 cents j.nd $1.00. Some Housewives Wnngly Pour dirty wash water in thedishpan, or use cooking utensils for dipping suds on wash day. Clean garden vegetables in the wash basin, when they ought to realize that the garden dirt is cleaner than that ad hering to the basin. Scrub the kitchen work table or moulding board with the floor scrub bing brush and in a mop pail, when the dishpan and clean cloth are suffi cient for these things, which should never become grimy. Fail to wash the hands after combing the hair, or immediately before prepar ing a meal. Keep a comb and brush and mirror in close proximity to the pantry doors and even lu the pantry, and yet consid er themselves neat and cleanly in their food preparations. . Fail to clean the nails and thorough ly wash the hands, dryir g tlieni on an immaculate towel, before kneading bread and other kinds of dough. I'se the tablespread for a tablecloth for a hasty lunch, seemingly forgetting that in its constant use it colJet-U dust, etc, making it unfit for the food, and that the food may leawj grejit-y spots, making it unfit for use as a spread. Wash dish towels in dirty wr-Aer with tiie soiled band towels. But it is to Le hoped that very few such housewives exist. The Wags and the War. Reduction of Spank 4i fours Manila, Havana, Santiago, a i J Porto 31ico. Life. Campaigning in 'uba seen u to be chiefly a matter of tieat, tauf ;lel un derbrush aud pra anity. 1 demphi Scimitar. Shrewd fellow, IBlaneo, in refusing to give up Hobron it this aU gs of the game ; he probably hopes to exchange himself for Hbsoii later on. Chicago Times Herald. Tliat famous set of tec th possessed by "Teddy" Ro.weVk.-lt. has flashed he Are the startled v Non f Spanish sharpshooter and th xe un nerved foe men promptly mi,- -Chii.'jvyj Record. A TJ ji The Courage of Nations ia Battle. It is by no means easy to decide which of the races of mankind is the bravest upon the battlefield. The Lon don Spectator is rather Inclined to as sign that place to the Osiii!inli, who, besides hi natural stolidity and ex emption from nerves, has the pride of a race of hereditary conquerors, exalt ed by an honest belief either that God is on his side or that fate is irresistible. If he is to die, ho will die; if not, uot; and he charges through the hail of shot-with an imperturbable serenity which makes him the delight of disci plinarians and the despair of decent meu. It Ls, however, niost difficult to institute even a comparison as to national courage, so much depends UHn circumstances, upon discipline, and, with some races, upon leadership. Very few troojis tight well when they are hungry. Frenchmen are distinctly braver, by their own confession, when they are led by a Napoleon, and Gcr nians differ violently from themselves, according to the perfection of their dis cipline. Slavs will face any danger which approaches if they are ordered to face it, but to induce them to show fierce charging courage, the courage which sweeit away armies, they must have confidence iu the general, and see him at their head. Italians have hardly been tried of late years, though they died in their track at Dogaii; aud the Spaniards, once esteemed the bravest infantry in Europe, have in more re ceut year appeared to have lost some confidence either in their officers or themselves. Even the evidence is im perfect. We English, remark the Spectator, believe in our hearts that we make the best soldiers in the world; but, as a matter of fact, there is no evidence for the assertion; indeed, there is a little evidence the other way. There is plenty of proof running through all history that the class of Englishmen who take to the army have nosujeriors in battle, if, indeed, they have any equal; but the English people have never yet beeu tried. They have never yet been su jectcd to a conscription or anything ap proaching to one, and the voluntary adoption of a soldier's life naturally acts as a winnowing process. The question of the comparative pro portion of really brave men iu any army will prolxibly never be determin ed. Great officers on the 0 ntinent keep their knowledge on that subject rigorously as a professional secret, and assume as a certainty that all soldiers are brave. They know very well, how ever, that they are not, and when con fidential will admit, a Marshal Von Moltke once did iu public, that with a great number it takes discipline, and severe discipline too, to induce them to face shells unflinchingly. American officers, continue the See talor, Lave been known to acknowledge that of their men, who are a brave a any in the world, twenty per cnt. would run away if they could; and, in every army, even our, which a mau euters ouly of free will, there is a cer tain proportion that can not overtime their fear. They are stricken with a sort of paralysis. The proportion is probably not high in any army, the majority, if in health, being able to do their duty, aud having intense motive to do it; but neither is the proioriio!i high of those who literally n-el no fear. There are such men, who do not quita understand what the emotion is, a- there are some also who have iu ex treme danger a sense of pleasure, which sometime not only quicken their blood, but distinctly increase their intellectual force. This is said to have been true of ( Jen- cral Pictoii, who, though a hard, rough j man, was an "angel when bullets were -j about," aud was undoubtedly true of ij the first Lord Gough, who had a trick, j highly disagreeable to hi stair, of seek ing points of full exposure to the ene my's fire. The immense respect paid to such men in all armies shows, however, that they are exceptional, and, on the whole, we believe that the opinloL of the first Henry Havelock is very nearly th truth. The writer once had .tn oppor tunity during a discussion on the util ity of the Victoria Cross of cross -questioning that famous Genera! on the subject, and never forgot hi reply: "Iu my experience," he said, "iu any British regiment there are alv.-ay a hundred men who would storm the gates of hell, eight hundred who, if they did it, would follow in, one hund red who want to skulk in the ditches, and about thirty who do actually skulk there or elsewhere." The averages should be higher in a conscript army, but then, also, the dis cipline I more severe. Why discipline? should imart courage is something of a mystery, but there is no shadow c f a doubt that it does, and that a well-dis- I cipliued regiment is not only moreolie- .. ... . kk ! ... . I client, nut actually more liwinereui u danger, probably because the continu ous habit ot sell-suppression nas posi tively diminished selfishness. The popular notion that seasoned troops are much braver than novices seems, however, to be unfounded. They are more afraid of giving way, know ing what a hell upon earth commence if men begin running; but Waterloo was won, in considerable measure, by young soldier, and Speicheren was carried by regiment in which no pri vate had ever seen a shot tired in anger. How to Look Good. Good looks are really more than skin deep, d'5ending entirely on a healthy condition of all the vital organ. If the' liver is inactive, you have a bilious liok; if your stomach is disordered, you have a dyspeptic look; if your kidneys are affected, you have a pinched look. Secure good health, and you will sure ly have good looks. "Electric Bitter" Is a good Alterative and Tonic. Acts directly on the stomach, liver and kid neys, purine the blood, cures pimples blotches and boils, and give a gixsl complexion. Every bottle guaranteed. Sold at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Someret, Pa., and G. W. BrallierV Drug Store, Berlin, Pa. 60 cent ier. bottle. ol 1 j WHOLE NO. 2440. Andrew Jackson's First Duel None of General Jacksoti's biogra phers give the details of hi first duel, and he himself never cared to speak of the matter in later year, but some years aijo a granddaughter of C.ilonel ait still Avery told me the full story. Waitstill Avery waa Massachusetts man who went to North Carol iua carry ing with him a letter of recommenda tion from no less a personage than Jouathau Edwards. He soon acquired reputation aud influence, and in time became attorney general of the State. It was hi custom to take students of law iuto his family, who became tutors of his children Iu ITsJ, wheu Andrew Jackson wa but 17 years old, and atnbitiwus to be- c me a lawyer, he applied for this situ tion. The tradition is that he was re fused because a daughter of Avery's took a dislike to hi appearance. Young Jackson next applied toSpruce McCay, a lawyer iu Salisbury, N. C, iu whose office he was fitted for the bar, and he shortly made his appear ance in the court. When Jackson was 21 years of age he and Avery met in the trial of a case at Jonesboro, Teuu. It was Jackson's habit to carry in hi saddlebag a copy of "Bacon's Abridge ment," aud to make frequent appeals to it iu his case. This precious book was always carefully done up iu coarse brown paper, such as grocer used be fore the neat paper bag of the present day were inveuted. The unwrapping of this mueh-prizvd volume before a court was a very solemn function as performed by Jackson. Now, Avery had by this time dropped whatever of puritan sedatcness had etutmended him to Jonathan Edwards, aud was uncommonly foud of a joke. He procured a piece of bacon just the size of the book, and while Jackson was addressing the court he slipjd out the volume from it wrappiug aud suUitiiiited the bacon. At length Jackson had ot-.-asion to appeal to Lord Iktcon. It was au im- H.ruttit case and he would not trust to lit memory, li t would confound hi lM)icnt by reading from the book itself. While still talking he raised the bearskin flap of his saddlebag, drew out the brown pajwr package, carefully un tied the string, unfolded the paper with the decorous gravity of a priest hand ling the holy things of the altar, and ttten, without looking at what he held in his baud, exclaimed, triumphantly: 'We will now see what Bacon says!" Tiie court, bar, j'iry and spectator were convulsed with laughter liefore Jackson saw the trick that had beeu played on him. Of course he was furi ous. He snatched a pen and on the blank leaf of a l-w book wrote a per emptory challenge, which he delivered then and there. He asked for no apol- iky nothing but blood would do. He eiwum.-iudi-d Avery to select a friend a ii.l arrange for a meeting at once. A very made no answer to this er mptory demand, thinking hi peppery Kiitagonist would laugh rather than tight as he grew cis.ler. But he did not know the young man. Jackson grew hotter instead of cooler. Next moruiiig he sent this note, which was full of bad sjelling. My North Caro lina friend had seen the original, and in copying it had corrected the orthogra phy, but these are the exact words : "Aug. 11, I Tv. Sir: When a mau's feelings and character are injured he ought to seek a speedy redress. You re ceived a few line from me yesterday, and undoubtedly you understand me. .My character you have iujured.aud, (further, you have insulted me in the .presence of the court and a large audi etice. I therefore call upou you, as a gentlemen, to give me satisfaction for the same. And I further call uin you to give ne an answer immediately without equivocation, and I hoe you can do without dinner until the busi ness L done, for it is consistent with the character of a gentleman wheu he injures another to make a sjeedy repa ration. Therefore, I hoje you will not fail in meeting me this day. From your obt. st, Am.kkw J.vt KSOX." "P. .S. This evening after court ad journ." Avery concluded to accept this chal lenge, aud so iu the dusk of the summer evening the duel came oiT in a hollow north of Jouesboro, iu the presence of tiie same crowd that had laughed at Jackson's predicament. When the wvrd was given Jackson fired quickly, .ui his ball flicked Avery 'sear, scratch ing it slightly, 3ow was A very s cnance u euauge k . i tne ktaier nisiory oi ins wumiy, out ui Puritan blood asserted itself. He fired iu the air, and then advanced aud offered Jackson his haud, which was accepted. Fought Like Thoroughbreds. A dispatch to the London Daily New from Port Antonio, Jamaica, says: "The condition iu which the American eutered the battle at Sevilla show that their fighting wa really iuag:iUlceut When attacked they were hysterical aud half out of their mind. All courage would have Uen scorched out of less thoroughbred men. Their tongue were swelled for thirst and their throat shriveled. 'Hell' said a survivor, 'ha no terrors for me now.' "The American appear to be suspi cious of the insurgent, who could be of Immense arsistance in bushwhack ing. 'But how can we lot sure,' says an American officer, 'that anyone of them i not a Spaniard ready to lead us into trouble? We cau't talk their nig- .ger Castillian, and when they guide a j we have to go it blind. We should Srust them completely or not at all." Mr. V. B. Bush, president of the Gil SjtfTCouuty court, Wll briefly his ex perience with an epidemic of bloody Cu in hi family. He writes under 4a4e of October lS;)t, at Auburn W. Va. "Iuring the past summer we had three case of bloody flux In our family which we cured in less than one week with Chamberlain' Colic, Chol era and DiarrhorA Remedy. In some instance there were twenty hem morhages a day." This remedy never fails to cure the worst case of bloody flux aod all lowel complaints and every family should keep it at hau.L For J sale by all druggist. AH Around the Farm. Ropy milk is caustd by a bat-nila. but it not a yet known how this bacteria gets into the milk nnlessit U frni the body ot tbe co. Wash thw udder, teats and body of the Cow before; milking; also see that the vessel and hands of the milker are clean. The animal heat in the milk should be re moved as soon as possible by passing the milk over a cold surface or through pipe surrounded by ice. American Agriculturist. The highly-resmmended Curtis sheep dip may easily be prepared by any farmer. It consists of tobacco leaves, oO pounds; suit bur, 10 pouuds; water, !' gallons. The tolaceo leaves should le steejied for an hour and a half, the leave strained oir and the sulphur added, after which it is ail to 1 again U.iled for au hour. The mix ture is to be kept well stirred and used while wann. Lima beans, though takiug care of themselves once they get a hoid on the poles, should have a littie assistauce at first one or two ties being all that is requireiL Too many plants should not le left around each pole, as they only crowd one another and result in a great many poorly-filled pod. Three plant to a pole is, as aeueral rule, quite sufficient, but it is well to make sunt that they are pretty well established before thinning out to that number. American Gardeuiiig. Accordiug to statistics obtained by Mr. W. H. Horuaday from sportsmen and naturalists in all parts of tbe I'nited States, there has been a decrease of no less than 4i per cent, in the number of native bird during the last 1 " year. Auioug the alleged, cause are killing 1 by gunners, plume hunting, egg steal ing, fire and the spread of the quarrel some English sparrows. Game and edible birds are becoming scarce, and in their stead .song bird are used for food. A cow giving a large quantity of milk ha been slaughtered, and every drop of milk ha lieeii fathered U( and the largest amount ever found wa aU ut four quarts; hence milk is large ly made during the time of milking; aud the cow must be plaivd under fa vorable conditions at the time, or you do not get the regular quantity f milk. Do not think that the milk is already there, a-l all you have to do Is to draw it out Only a small portion is iu this state. Most of it is there, ready to be chatiged into milk, but it i uot milk, and we must have thing favorable for the cow to make this change. The New Jersey law of lv.s require that all gardeners, horticulturists, far mers, nurserymen, and other grower of or dealer in plants or fruit of any kind upon their own or upon leased lauds or premises, shall free aud keep freed all p ants, shrubs, trees, cuttings, scion or bud grown, cultivated or dealt in, by them, from all injurious insects that might spread from the plant infested to other on the public highways or upon land adjoining or belonging to other. The State Board of Agriculture will appoint commi sioners iu caWi county to act in co-cx-ratiou with the entomologist of the Agricultural Exeriment Station in enforcing the law. Failure to obey the orders of the commissioner is punish able by fine, and in ease of necessity, ttie destruction of infested plant ami trees is provided for. It will be inter esting to watch the operation of thi law and see how it work. Regarding the cultivation of com, Professor E. Davenport say. "A syie temof cultivation that will give tiie highest jield uu ler ordinary condi tions seem to I about a follows; Cultivate deep during the early pirt of the season to remove weed, conserve moL-ture and allow the plant au early vigorous development Then gradually decrease the depth a the corn grows, until hear the end of the season, when the cultivation should I? shallow, and a far from the hill a is consistent with removing weeds, iu order to avoid root pruning and to leave the soil in the best mechanical condition. Oue or two signs will denote a good cow Professor Haecker a well a twenty; in a poor eow the thigh run down straight, so there U no space lie tweeu the thigh and the udder oil oae side and the tail on the other. There should is? plenty of daylight between the udJer aud the tail. One of the best way to tell what kind of a cow you have i her teiu(erameiit. A good dairy type ha a sharp spine, strongly developed nefvous syntein and sharp hip 1 wines. A good cow La a large, wedge-suae stomach, for she must have a large aud powerful digestive system to use up her fo.xl quickly aud make the best returns for it hcrofiila, hip disease, salt rheum, dyspepsia and other diseaaes liueto im pure blood are cured by H-mmTs Saxsa parilla. Notes About Cuba. The Island of Cuba is over one-third larger than Ireland, about four-fifths as large a England aud Wales, one-third larger than the Kingdom of Portugal, three times as large as Switzerland and a little larger than the combined area of the States of Rhode Island. Massa chusetts New Hampshire, Vermont, New Jer!y j.;awaxe and Maryland The length of the coast liae of Cuba is 2,i00 miles. There ia uo other Wand of its size having so many port aa Cuiia. Inclu ding -h'-ltered lauding, there are over JU, about one-half of which are acces sible to vessels of s'J to 1,0 tons, aud 4 ) to ships of any size. On the north side of Cuba, extending from Neuvita to Matauzos, there are s-)ine oT0 Island keys. Ou the south coast, to the west of Cape Cruz and ex tending to Cape San Autouic, there are about 7) island key. The eastern pari of Cubr. is tnouu tainou and rugged. Th-i principal range is the Sierra Ma.Lra, whoMe greatest elevation are: Pico Turquin no, about H.ono feet; Gran Piedra, S.LMO feet; Ojo del Toro, S.lAW feet, aud the Yungue, 2,!M) feet Over JXI rivers, besides iuuuueraUe rivulets aud torrents, water the island. They are all short but generally remark able for tbe clearness and purity of tli water. The largest of all is the Canto, . in the province of Santiago, with a course of 110 miles, oO miles of wnich are navigable for small vessel. The uncleared forest of Cuba cover an area of over lT,Oi)0,0.iO ai res, aud over 40 species of very fine hard aud cabinet woods abound in them. All the garden vegetables raised in Cuba are of the very best quality. The potato is equal to that of Bermuda or of Peru. Of the tweet potatoes there are several varieties, two of them supe rior to the best produced in the I'nited States. What's the secret of happy, vigor ous health? Simply keeping the bow els, the stomach, the liver and kid ney sir ng and active. Burdock Blood Bitter does it.
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