WT ft
jhe Somerset neraia
establish ihj:.
of Publication.
W ednesday morning at
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i 10 advance, otherwise
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nvarai'
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will he discontinued until
r;j,tion
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11 tte h
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:er" ..n HiULD.
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SoMKUSET, PA-
(J, iH11 Somerset. P.
jroUt Kr.Ppel.
somerset, Peun'a.
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carr will b atr
an Ms" u"fr..tir sad jauy
XV WALKER,
Somerset, Fa.
Court House.
"D. B.
VsT.LAW.
4 AlU'
So. i
Til r ourm x
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A-
sSoinentet Fa.
cKUlr i liook store.
3fiot iv
11
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Somerset, la.
ijflic in t'irnl
aUoual Bas.
....i :.'t'l!T.
A " AUV-AX-LAW.
XAt Somerset, Fa.
, ,,k a BoLTit Block, upstair.
V Somerset, r.
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All'-'1'-
Somerset,
oteaPnuHoa
Httase-
row, opposite Court
'0ITiuKEV-AT-LAW.
Somerset, Pa.
Somerset, Pa.
J. G. CKiLK.
H KOUSTZ.
Somerset,
...UiicuuuD to business en-
e.1 iO 'I'' ir C'
r. unties. I'll"'1-"
1T1,
I Uouse ivoW, Opposite
LL-MINt HAY.
A. ts G. HA.V.
u
AV tlYAT-LAW.
J
OILS U. UHL.
Ai'I'JKt.Y-AT-UA ,
sjouierset, Pa.
,JF
iuMmotaBi.K.k.
TOHS 0. KIMMKLi,
tl AliOliM-Y-AT-LAW.
Somerset, F-
v, i ,ia to all busing enuusted to bi
:il ataawJ a. ', piuut-w. with
P.1Uess mid ndelity, Cr"
rl! .above toUroth . urocer Store.
.JA ATTOIO EY'-AT-LA W
bonic . t. Pa.
,h Rlnck. ur rx. Eu-
onwin -Z ollectioos
l' .'?..i', ,,UeaeamJn-d.and all
F'TiZTkZ. siteuded to With prouiptuoss
i fioeiity.
i r,l.ft,RS. L.CCOLBOHS-
I ATToilNEYS-AT-UAw.
Somerset, Pa.
.....; - ,tirt to 00 r rare will be
7r, .....Tl .-landed to. Coll.
mde 111 soinerw-u tlcdlord and adjoin
nTJu?nu: "n,ui! uud oouveyaiidr.
loue on reasonable terms.
IT L BAER.
U. A1T0RXEY-AT-LAW,
'Vimerset, Fa.
Win praciice in Somerset, and adtolnlnsr
nnhwi. All busl less eutxusted u him Wlil
n .Te prompt alteulioo.
a. H. (XiFFKOTH. W. H. BCPPEL.
CUKFilOTH A. RPPPEU
ATTvaN EYS-AT-LAW.
Somerset, Pa.
111 Km!niuinictHl u iMr care will be
s-i!iv iint nuuctuallv attended to. Office
si Vmn Cross street, opposite Mammoth
B.ocs.
T W. CA UOT HERS. M.
D..
J . FHYolCL S ajsd SUIUiEON,
Somerset, Fa.
03ce on Patr.o.
Church.
N tii calls at office.
Street, opposite U. B
DR. P. F. SHAFFER.
PHYSICIAN AD SURGEON,
Somerset, Pa.
TB(5er hi pnifeaslonal services 10 the ciU
f" of Sinuersei and vicinity. Olfioe coruer
Mais Cross aad Fainot street.
M. IX1UTHER,
FHYsKTAN ASOSUEOEON,
Gce on Mala utreet, rear of Drug store
K. H. S. KIMMELL,
TrLde- his professional service to the ciU-
01 fsiae rs-t and vicinitv. I dIwh pro
' v.oaar- er,;:ij;e,l he can be found at his of-
a- 01 iU.D s' tust of Diamond.
&W f.McMILLEX,
liruduale in lteulistTT.)
u v t'' at!e!iUon to the preservation
tibial 1-stee:ti. Artificial sets inserted.
ail H t, six r guaranteed satisfactory. Office
ttlta i, u,ver L. H. Ituvis A Co'B store,
wiur; in (ni and Fatriol streets.
c
s H. CO F FROTH,
Funeral Director.
usoe 6W Main Cross 8L Rettidence
S40 Patriot St.
pBASK B. FLUCK,
Land Surveyor
--u 1..VISU ENiilNEEB. LisUe, Fa.
CO-OPERATIVE MUTUAL FIRE
CO., BERLIN, PA.
iiiiuraucie at actual cost by insur-
at home. We iusure Towd and
israi prop-rty. Write for Information.
JA'I. J. ZORN,
Secretary.
A.H.HUST0X,
Undertaker and ' Embalmer.
A GOOD HEAESE,
" Terythlnj pertaining to fUMrsia farsv
tahed.
SOMERSET - - Pa
'"NKTAST TP ADVEttTISERS.
I. V m ?l country papers is fonnd
-Tupe t County Seat list, Bhrewd
1. . - , mi'q Oi uirrw iua m 1
iTl of . cu l LU of Eeaingta
of Torg k Pitteburg.
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VOL. XLVII. NO.
SHERIFF'S SALE !
Hv vtrtoe of suintry writs of Fieri Farias
id Venditioni t-i iHnaii- issuml out of the
ourt of 'oiiiroou 1 iihk if Souivrst't county.
Fa , to n- li wliil, (h-re ill Ik- cxpux-ii to
wilf. at the Court Uou.te In Somcnt Bor-
oufjb, on
Friday, Dec: 9. 1898,
AT I O'CLOCK P. M.
the following dntcribed nil estate, to wit :
All the riiiht, ti'lo, lnterst. claim ml (li
niiid of . Iieil iH, in iint t two eert-Min
lot of k round tilitistte in Kn'i.-lur' lntij;li.
bonierwt eouuty, Fh., t'iii(l'-,d mi the north
lv lot So t-i. twtuili ty Mineral utrcet, ruit liy
trav treet. w.tit l-y it n ailev, heing numtere.i
n ion 41 and tJon the plot of lwcn.vV iidili-
lion lo aui iKnMiirn, wins ioi smiie io'i rit
veved by A. F. tfcnrhv mnl wife toCharleK r
Iwl tiy lln-ir dwl dnted April I t, lN-:t. and
rwordUl In I teed Ri-cord for tsomciwet county
l"a.. vol. ) puse 17s ele.
Tak'-n in exermlon and to be sold astlie
proterty of C. S. bl at the suit of J. 1- lixr-
C'llUK.
Al-SO
Ali the rieht, title, inter.t, rllm and de
niiiud of John Austin, of. In. and to a certain
lot or pn-el of tt"un.l. situate in Stoyeslown
Itorotmh Nimciwt ntnnty. Fa . bounded on
the Rouih by the liodford and Muouifr pike,
mrt tiy lot of i'rii. t'ntlririne Thompmui. wt-t
hv lot of Benjamin UerKey' helm, and north
Iiv an alley, liavins thi-reon erected a two
story frni dwelling bouse, and utabie, with
theBppurt'.-uancex.
Taken in execution and V be sold as the
pmperty of John Austin, at the suit of the
keystone HulldingunJ Loan Asiociullon.
A ISO
All the right, title, interest, rl-iim'and de
mand of C. H. Meiiges t. W. Uradower
and flinstoplK-r Martin. Unitei of Hie
Kvnnpeln-al Association of the I'nited Ktatcs
at V ellerstmrv. Fa., of, in. and to a certain
M or par--l of ground uttual in the Borotuh
of Wcil-rshurp. .Somerset -ounly. Fa., located
ontlieFlHiik JKoad hdiiif to uinleriand,
Md.. and lou:ided on the east hy the the Intm
estate. wi-Kt tiy an alley, Mouth ty a puhlic
roiol. having hereon er,'-lel a frame church
biuidinif. about S." " l fc-i.
Taken in execuiton and U be sold a the
proTlv of V. II. Mt-ngc. ieo. W. Hradower.
and t hristopher Martin, trustees of the Evan-e-licHl
Ass.aiatioii of tlte I'nited Mate at
Wei'ersbunr. Fa . at the suit of A. H. Unnr
and William Long, administratorsof Michael
Iocg, dee'd.
AL-
All the riu'lit, title. Intercut, claim, and de
mand ot Mrs Kliia M. .S-linict, of. in. and to
the undivided two-thirds interest in a certain
tract of land silutle In Somerset townshim
sxmierset couulv, Fa., adjoining lands of. C.
J. Miller, The sioineniet Hotel t ompany. Sr.
Weiirle. is. F. Sw-itzer and others. eonlainin
bjacrt, more or h-sa, havint: thereon er.'cb-d
a two-storv brick dwelling house, a laive
barn, and oilier out buildings with the ap-purt.naiKH-s.
Taken in execution and to be sold as the
property of Mrs. Kliti M. stcbruck. at the
suit of Vlrs. Julia 11. 1 111.
All the ritht, titUMpti-r. st, claim and de
mand of John M.Malu, d-f.-udant and Vim.
J.S:i)a. terre tcirmt of, in, and to the fol
lowing described real eslaU- to wit :
No. i. A certain trad of land situate in
Concmaugh town.tiip. Soincr't coiimy. Fa.,
coiilatiiiiig su Hen, more or li-ss. alsiut HO
acrsclear Imlance tinilierel. adjolnim: lands
ot Levi Berkey, Albert, MiUlarl, Jae,)i) I.
u'i.ii1iiiii limine! tlershisTtter. ana m. J.
tala. having therou eix ted a one anil a n ut
slorypiaiik dwelling house, baiiK barn and
other out buildintts.
So. 'i. A certain piece or parcel oi tana
situate in Com n auj; h toa iisiiip, riiiinwi
county. Fa , ivnuiinin( iiwn-"". nmreor les.
II cleared, adjoimui; lands iw iei iiersu-
l-n-er, Jeremiah ijvtmcslon, Harry K.
Biouh, Kiljah Mnhl and J. mil i. aia, inv
i nc t hereon creel ed a iwo--tory piankdweil-
iui; botis.-, stal. and oilier out ouiidintrs wnli
the appurtenances.
Taken In execution and to be sold a the
property of John Al. Sala di-fenda-i'.and Win.
J isaU tere teueiil r"scv: I v-ly. at tnesnnoi
Isaac U liKleradiuihisiratoroi jostpn ivaui
man, dee'd.
Terms :
Notice A11 persons purchasing at the
lUive sale will pleajw; take notice that 10 per
cent, of the purcliase money must be paid
when property is anocaeu uou; uinrri 11
will asaiu be expoel Ut sale al tlie risk of the
first purchaser. The residue of the purchase
money muit be paid on or before the slay of
confirmation, viz: Thursday, li,
Nodeed will be acknowledgea unm ine
purchase money is paid in full.
M. H. HA ftTZELU
Nov. 16, 1S38. SlHritT.
R
EGISTER S NOTICE.
otice is hereby given to all persons con-
cerm-d as letnb'es. creditors or otherwis".: hat
the following aci-ounts have passed register,
and that ttoc same a ill l preaenled for con
firmation and allowance at an Orphans'
Court to be held at Somerset, 011
Wednesday, December 14, 1398.
First and final account of John Sarver, ex
ecutor of Marv Kiugler, dee'd.
First and final account of William O.
Mim-k euardianof Annie li. Keitz, minor
child of Christian Kelts, dee'd.
First si'4 nnal account ot si n. y.immer
man and henry P. Coleman, admr'sof John
Coleman, dee'd".
Account of J. J. Brant and Robert Prilts,
executors of Alexander Fiitta, dee d.
First and final account of Jame L. Pugh.
F., trustee for the Rale of ll"! real estate of
Jotin and Sarah Hicks, dee'd.
First and nnal account of Eva Griffith, ad
ministratrix of Sarah A. Griflith, dee'd.
First and partial aceiHint of Alex. Jl. and
Wm. Long, administrators of Mlcliael lxng,
deed
First and final account of James K Pugh.
Es' , executor of William C tJnttith. dee'd
l-'irst and narUal scroll nt of Koss A. Long
and lBvid Snyder, adnunistrators of lvlj.
wing, dec d.
First and Bnal account of Simon Faldley,
administrator or Itanwl Faidley, dic'd.
TheaeoKint of A. H. hue man and B. F.
Auman, administrators of Frederick A. Buel
mao, doe'd.
First and final account of Isalan rue, aa-
mluisirator of Isvid File, dee'd.
Somerset, Fa.. J AME- M. CO t.li.
N ov. lti, ttegisier.
Zzentcr's Sale
OF
Valnatls Real Estats!
T( vlnne of the authority riven me by the
last will and testament of Solomon Jdy, late
of Jennertown borough, Sinersetcoun!y,l'a.,
dee'd, I will expose to public sale on the
premises, on
Saturday, December 10, '98,
At I o'clock P. M ,
the following 3escrisl real estite, lo-wn:
All that certain tract of land situste in Jen
,.irn Ixinmnh. JetineT township, county
and State afore-ald, ao.ioiuing lands of H- nry
I I' .n, I. e.iie Mrs I.C Cufliii, ssimersei anu
Jobnstowu turnpike, and lots Nos 1, i and
of-Ji.dv FloL'' OHitaiiiiug frty acres
more oi less, having Uier on ervciej a gisra
Two Story
Frame Building,
large frame stable, and all otber necessary
oul-buildiiikS, tieltig toe wen-auou
town Hotel" stand of the town Hr int- im
....tu-aoa cs' rofsl oreliara oi nppie
trees on the prem.ses, anu a gtssi sarins
never failing water. All of the land in a uigu
state of cultivation.
Terms:
t . nr .... r--l. . nifinev msh Oil
I sv of sale. omMhlrd on delivery f deed
onetliird In one yer and tne remaining one
tbtrd in two years, without interwi.
Fred. W.
Bicecker,
Attorney.
Executrix.
PUEU3 SALS
or VALCABLB
Real EsTste
Rrvirtneofanord-r of sale Issued out of
tne urplian' itiun oi rHiinnw i
la the uud-rsii!iied directed, there will he ex
posed to sale by public outcry ou lite premi
ses, on
Friday, Dec. 9. 1898,
T 1 O'CLOCK P. mi ,
thefjllowlng deacrilef real estate, late the
prop-rl of Freeman 1 oungrn.aec a :
All that certain tract of land situate In Vp
per Turkey to, d townsliip, Somerset county,
l., ad'oi'ning lands oi Hsmson Bnmgher,
W eSU'y 11. 1 IH1DX1H, 5allller jxssier, milium
IJ-uii. Kit Yonnkin and of hers, containing
ore hundred and sixty iltfii aera, more or
leas, having thereon erected a two story trame
Dwelling House,
bank barn $xfi2 feet and other outhiilldlngs.
with a good sugar camp; ahout PJ aires
cie;irel. of which Iki 5H acres 1 tn g'asl
cuilivation : located I!, miles from Klngwood
In a rsw eoinniuni'y ; aisKii j", nines irom
B. ft l railmad slatiuta ; eonvenienctochunrb
aud school. .
Terms:
Ten per cent, of the purchase money to le
paid on day of sale when the property Is
knoeked down, and tlie Imlance ou confirm.
tiou of sale aud delivery of rteen.
JOHN YitfXKIN
Adm'rsn" Trustee of FroeuianYm okiu.dur'd
Joh.i tC tseott,
AU'wt, (-.jiocrsct. Pa.
25.
Tested and Tried I
v
For 25 Years
H
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Would you foel perfectly
B&fa to put all your money t
in a. new bank ? One yoa
have just heard of?
But how ebout an oia
bank ? One that has dona J
buslaosa for over a quarter
8; of a century? One that has
always kopt its promises?
Ona that never failed ; never 't
misled you in any way ? .g
couldn't you?
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SGOTT'S
EFKLSION
of COD-LIVER OTT, WITH
HYPOPHOSPHITE3 is just
like such a bank. It has never
disappointed you, never wiiL Vj
in has never deceived you, a
never wilL j
Look out that someone x
doea not try to make you
invest your health In a new 3
tonic, some new medicine j
you know nothi ig of. X
foe and $i.oa; U drusgitts. j
SCOTT 4 DOWSE, Owraists, New York. Jj
THE-
First Nation Bank
Somerset, jPenn'a.
Capital, S50.000.
Surplus, S34.000.
und,vpSS?,ts S4.000.
DEPOSITS KCCEIVC IN URQI .NDBMALl
.mount. partt on ocss.md
ACCOUNTS or CHlSTt. Mtl,
trccit ocaLcns. ano others solicitcd
DISCOUNTS DAILY. -
BOARD OF DIRECTOPR
CHKH. o. stTI,h. UKO. F M'lU-U,
JAMW Lu FL,U, W. H. VILI KK,
JOHN H. StXii r. KOHT. K. SCULh, ,
FKfcl H'. BlrXKCKEB
F.DWARP WTLL. : : FRESIPEVT
VALKNT1SE HAV, : VICE PKr J IlKNT.
HAKVEY U. BEUKLEY, CASUIEK
The fund and securities of this bank are se
enrelv troiectd in a celebrated 'ORLI Bl'S-
oi.ak FmKir S ri. Tne only safe made abso
lutely burglar-proof.
Jacob D. Swank,
Wetchmalter and Jeweler,
Next Door Wett of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
Am Now
prt'iiared to supply the public
with Clocks, Watches, and Jew
elry of all descriptions, aa Cheap
as the Cheapent.
ItEPAIlUSG A
SPECIALTY.
All work guaranteed. Look at mj
stock before making your
purchases. .
J. D. SWANK
KEFFER'S HEW SHOE STORE!
HEX'S BOYS'. WOKEN'S, CIRL5 no IHiLUntfl a
SHOES. OXfOROS and SLIPPERS.
Black and Tsn. IjiteBt Styles and btiaf-es
at lowest
CASH PRICES.. ..
Adjoining Mrs. A. E. Uhh South-east
corner of square.
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Tbs bssSswtSt la lifs. Hst sssthsds md at
CEJiTRAL STATE KQRMAL SCHOOL
M Ik H1VL.1 ( Hat fA.
Stmntr fam,t, Trirj eowix, gno4 lihrmrjr,
tatxltrm apikavrmtaa in i&boraturjT and fytuny
gt om, b svm rtnsine bvildinsru. tiiii tritl,
hbortstt tira. iMt mi StW aid lo arto
dra's la 4'1ititft o rt-rolar cotirar.
tivawork foffm-H1 in Ms.e,ti'rthaod.Tja
tntm. fWil fr iiloptrau-4 ratalo-o.
4 Ami SUMlU risiaai, Lawt. .,. Pa.
MM CO YEARS
y' V. EXPERIENCE
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Traoc Ma
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Anoassenittng s JSJSJ
anh'tl ssceflsiri our oploion frss w n arr an
terns sirtctlr e.s,Bl6n 1st li"Vliff U
Sent free. CMt assncf U " ?L.
stMrtol aotlu, without ciisms, M tas
ScivitHfic flmerican.
A bsadsomely iltastrate weekly.
i'.UNN&Co."'8-Hew York
hriUi "m TS r St, Wsrfiinslou, o. c
Some
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1898.
A LAUGH 15 CHUfiCH.
She sat on the sliding cushion.
The dear, wee woman of four ;
Ilerfeet, In thelrshlny alippra.
Hung diuifiling over the floor.
8he meant to be good ; she had promised.
And no, with -uer bl. brown ere,
fche stared at the nieeUug house windows
And counted the crawling flic.
Khe looked far up at the preacher,
Itilt nhe thout-'ht of the honey beca
Pruning away at the bkwaoniR
Ttiat wluten"d the cherry trees.
She thought of a broken basket
Where, curled In a dusky heap.
Three aleek, round puppie with fringy
cam
Lay gnuggled and fast asleep.
Such sort, warm bodies to cuddle.
Such queer little hearts to beat.
Such swift, round tongues to kiss.
Such sprawling, cushiony feet ;
She could fori in her cla'plng ringer
The touch of the satiny skin.
And a cold wet uose exploring
The dimples under bet chin.
Then a sudden ripple of laughter
IU11 over the parted lips
So quick that she could uot catch it
With her rosy fingertii.
The people wnlsered, "Bless the child,"
As each one waked from a Dap,
But the dear, wee woman hid her dee
For shame In her mother's lap.
TALE OF AN
OPEX DOOR.
There really was no telling bow long
he bad been living there all alone ex
cept for the two servants. Even the
vrvants tbemtelves could not have
told. Susan, the cook, if you bad ank-
ed her about it, would have said :
''Law, chile, don't ak me no secli
question!). I've been sliet up In distsber
house m long I'se got plum moldy."
And if the years had not left mold
on the mind and the heart of the lonely
old woman In the upper rooms it waa
uot because the lime bad been short.
Peotile wondered w hat kind of a worn-1
, . . . . .. , . ;
iu sue n u iii iia7 wvu m iiv n . i
young, but that did uot really matter.
They all kuewvery well what kind of
a woman she was now. Not that she
was so very old, either. fc?ne bad sim
ply made herself old by sitting alont
aud shutting out the sunlight and
thinking hard, bitter thoughts, antt
getting wrinkles iu her face aud gray
hair on her head. Any one t an do that
who tries very hard, but whether it U
the best thing to do, that U the ques
tion.
Imaginative jteople said that she had
i i i. ...... i t... ....... .i; ...;, 1
. , , .,.. ,
meui IOLi ago, auu nun it unu miuci
her into a sour, gloomy old recluse,
haling the world and everybody iu ii.
but, after all, when you came to ask ;
attout these stories they were all hear
say. Of the two servants In the kitchen.
one w as Susan, w ho knew just heu
to do everything and just how to do it.
because she did the same things at the
same time every day during all thoset
years w hen she was growing "moldy."
TLe other was Jane, the housemaid.
Jane had been there only six years, and
Susau told her every day that if she
didn't quit "disrememberin' " every
thing that she was told, she would cer
tainly "git her walkin' papers."
Perhaps the threat bad been repeated
too often, and had lost its eflect. At
any rate Jane went on "disrernember
In' " with the calmness of perfect con
fidence in her safety, and left doors
open and forgot to lock gates, and was
altogether a trial to the methodical
Susan.
Year after year this old woman bad
been alone. She had a great, fine
bouse, but she lived in a little corner of
it. She had great quantities of money.
but she used very little of it. She bad
no friends, or if she had, she never saw
them. In all Susan's recollection of
her she had never done anybody a
kindness. The servants bad orders
never to feed a tramp, and aa for giv
ing money to beggars, w hy, dear me.
such a thing was never dreamed of.
But it was Jane that ended it. Jan
h id gone out to the coalbouse and bad
come in with a scuttle of coal, and per
hips it is needless to state, knowing)
what wa do of her, that she left every i
door open on her way op stairs. A j
she set the scuttle down iu the corner'
she heard the well-known command:
"Shut the door as you go back, Jane,"
And she gave the stereotyped reply :
"Yes, Mis Arnam, I ten to it."
So she went back shutting all the
d tora, but it was too late then. Tbe
m'schief was done. Something bad
w bilked into the room before you could
think, and before the echo of Jane's
fo ttsteps had died out of Hie room there
was the roundest, funniest gray kitten
ruoning up Mrs. Arnam's dress aud
scrambling into ber lap. Once there,
il looked ber in tbe eyes, stretched out
its soft little paws and mewed in tbe
most wheedling, caressing manner
known to kittenbood.
The old woman did not throw tb
kitten down, or push it down, or shut
it outside tbe door. She started to do
all three, but instead she only sat there,
lookiug at the little ball of gray while
it closed and unclosed its paws on her
folded bands.
"Well, what do. you want?" she said
presently.
The s-jund of ber own voice startled
ber. It bad been so long since she bad
beard it except in giving orders to the
servants.
There never was such a kitten. The
moment she spoke to it, up it went.
hand tJver hand, over tbe bosom of tbe
black dress, and before the old womau
could move a finger it was actually rub
bing its pink nose on her very ehin.
Not only that, but it mounted upon her
shoulder aud purred in ber ear and
smoothed its silky side against her
cbeek aud actually clawed at her hair
and tumbled down into ber lap aud
ran back to ber shoulder again as
though it were tbe greatest fuu iu the
wjrld
Semething stirred in the stern, silent,
grim old woman. The touch of a liv
ing creature against that withered face
went deeper than the face. She raised
a band and stroked the kitten, and
spoke to it gently,
Such a frolics that kitten had ! How
it caught ber band and pretended to
bite her finger) with iu ridiculous little
teeth and scratch them with all it
claws at once! How it scarupeiel
about, playing bide and seek with its
own tail ! How it swarmed up the cur
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ESTABLISHED 1827.
tains and th table overs and looked
at it-telf iu the glxts and rolbsd iUelf .up
in the Persian r.ijj au 1 enjoyed every
min iie of the titni ! In short, if ever
t'aero wa a kitteu thai jmt simply took
pmipti of a ratal and nivle Itself
thjrtiihly at htui t'ird, this wai
that kitten.
When Jiae want up stairs to an
nounce the iiest tuial, a was her cus
t m, she returned to the kitchen aloio.st
totteriug, aa 1 with dutendjd eyes.
"I bleeba Mis' Ara;n d-ua gone
crazy !" she crie.L SU;i tiotten up dere
wif a kitten in her la;, an' she say fr
you to fotch her dinner up to 'er, aa' a
Binet o' milk for de ki'.ten !"
"O'way from bens, nijjgah f cried
SuMan, and she hurried to her mistrew'
room t3 disprove Jane's story. She re
turned with slower foiLsteps and a
frightened face. Mr. Amain had said
to her :
"Yes, I want my dinner here, Susan,
until the kitten gets u-ii to the house.
I have never bad a kitten before. I
don't know why I have never thought
of it."
"Dey'a somefin wrong wlf Mis' Liza-
betfc," fcaid Susan when she had gained
the sacred precincts of the kitchen and
Jane had assured her that she "ehooly
did look pale. Long a I been stayiu'
here, she ain't never eat in her room
jit, an new she gwine ter eat dere ou
account ob a measly little cat."
On the second day a ijuetT thing hap
pened. The kitten had performed what
it considered a great feat, arid Mrs. Ar
nam laughed. Tlie sound of the laugh
frightened her, and i; sent the kitten
skurrying under the bed. It came out
presently and growled at ber as a gen
tle intimation not to try that any more,
and that made her laugh again. Jane,
sweeping in the next room, heard it,
and left her work unfinished to tell
Su.san, but Susan scornfully warned
I... a f . m.. ntlt'idt tix,s nn u)f1i
, , ,
trash." There were bounds beyond
, . ,
which Sudan's credulity could not go.
Of course Jane left the doors ojen
again before the we k was out. ribe
tk dared that she "shet ebtry one ob
'em. Hut she must have left thtni
open, fur how else did the kitten gtt
out? At any rate, Uforeany knew it
the kitten was gone and was not to be
found anywhere in the house.
When mistress and servants had
searched everywhere tn vain, Mrs. Ar
nam shut herself up iu her room again
and sat down bef ire tlie fire. The lit
tle creature that had distracted her
thoughts for a few day and had made
her forget herself was gone, and once
more she was a lonely old woman
i more lonely aud nii-crable than she
had been before. Shi- eat there looking
at filoomy scenes iu i he glowing coa!s
until she could endure it no longer, and
tlien she avows auu '.. .1 -bo .! tl-e
room aud finally threw up a window
to get rid of the choking pain in the
heart. And wlieu she leaned out into
the cold air, what do you think she
saw? Just below ber, seated on the
doorstep, was a ragged little boy w ith
her kitten in bis arms.
In a moment she was down stairs
and had the door open and had fright
ened the child so that he could do noth
ing but stand aud stare at her.
"What are you doing with my kit
ten, little boy?" she demanded grimly.
" "Taint your kitten ! It's miue !" be
replied, clasping it cIost.
"How did it happen to be yours, I
tshould like to know?" a.-ked the angry
old woman.
"It was horned mine," was the sim
ple explanation, aud then the woman's
iieart sunk. She had never once
thought the kitten might be some-
laody's property before it came to ber,
nd behold, she had no right to it from
a
the first
She was about to go in and close tte
c'loor, but she paused to ask coldly :
"What were you doing on my door
"We was a-warmin' ourselves," saia
the child, and this reminded him of b:s
own aiscomion so mat ne uegau i
shiver and to shrink together.
Trulv. it was a bitter day. Even in
(hat sunny nook the cold was lutense
sf -
Tlie child was blue with it. She hid
not noticed that before.
Come in and warm at my fire ycu
and the kitten," she said
Now what bad come over her? What
magic spell had been working on that
hard old heart? She sat in her arm
chair, watching the child thaw and
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grow rosy reu in tne grateiui wstuuu,
as he sat on the hassock before the fire,
There waa no sound in the room but
the soft crackling of the burning xal
and the gentle purring of the kitteu
and after a while the child began to
nod. Overcome with drowsiness, be
slipped down to tbe rug at last and
stretched himself out there, and whtn
the kitten crept iuto bis arms he mur
mured
It always sleeps wld me to keep me
warm.
After a while the old woman arose
softly aud covered both the sleepers
with blankets and supped a pillow un
der the hild'a head. Toor little tous
eled curls. How pretty they would be
if they were brushed ! The withered
hand touched them softly. When had
that baud ever been laid on a child's
bead before! And then, as though
ashamed of such weakness, she sat
down again and looked resolutely into
the fire. What was this child more
than any other? There were hundreds
of such children in the streets born
thieves, every one of them, ready to re-
pay kindness by stealing anything they
eould lay their hands on.
But il was no use. bhe couldu t keep
from looking at tbe child, and some-
how it did seem pleasant to hear bis
Hoft breathing ia that room, that had
been silent so long. And after she had
watched and listened for a while she
vent into another room and opened a
drawer that had beeu shut I don't know
how many years, and took out a
child's cloak, that would surely cover
that little figure la the other room from
head to foot.
Sh looked at the cloak a long time,
and once she rolled it up and put it
back again, but then she took it out ic
a hurry and went and sat down, with
Jt on a cbair beside her. Ah, surely
that was a genial fire! That icy old
heart of hers was thawing before It, as
the snow thaws on the southern slopes
i-i spring.
And Iu a little while she made an-
other journey to the long-shut draw
ers and brought out piles and piles of
clothes good ones, too, that might
have been made for the child by the
fire and shoes, too, wrapped in oiled
silk, as thongh they were made of gold,
aud the jauntiest little hat you ever
saw. And then, a while later, she
touched ber bell and summoued Jane,
and, disregarding Jane's anwrd stare,
said :
"Give this child a warm bath, Jane,
and put these clothes on him, and then
britig him here."
The little fellow was pretty in bis
new clothes, despite the thin face that
had been blue w ith cold that morning.
And what pretty curls those were, just
aa she thought they would be? TLe
kitteu took him for a perfect stranger
and went under the chair and grow led
at him. How he laughed at that a
thiu little laugh that brought tears to
her eyes Oh, it was wonderful bow
those eyes of hers were improviug !
And yet she did uot say a word to him
except to ask him where be lived. And
theu she told Jane to take care of the
Ihiv and the kitten until she came back,
and she wrapjted herself up and went
out.
She was gone a long time. When
she came back, her eyes were bright
and moist, aud lxiked almost like a
pair of new eyes. She sat down and
took the child and the kitten both in
her lap.
"Little man," she said, "I've been to
see your unc!nd aunt. They've bad
sickness and haven't been able to take
rare of their own children. And so
I'm going to send them all, the whole
family, out to a great big farm of mine, ity of the blood provided to both tne
where they'll get well and make a Hv- muscles and the brain. Greater con
ing, and you are going to stay with me centratiou aud more continuous appli-
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anu oe my utile ooy.
The child contemplated her with se-
nous eyes. Alter a wune ue ssmu
doubtfully :
"An' the kitten too?"
"Oh, yes, indeed," cried the old wom
an, "kitten too."
They bad supper there together after
ward, all three of them, and such a
humrrv bnv as that was, aud what a
pteasure it was to see him eat ! Why,
this rich old woman, shut up in her
own eloomv thoughts, bad 'cevtr
dreamed there could be a child as hua
gry as that in all the world !
And, afterward, w hen he insisted on
wearing bis new shoes to bed, Jane and
Susan had to be called up to see that,
and they made a holiday of it. 1 don't
know how many years it had been
since the old walls had echoed to such
laughter. When Susan saw that grim,
austere old woman actually persuading
the child to let the shoes lie in a chair
where; he could touch them, and when
she caw her put the kitten into bis I
a?m, she rt!"iriti to j:
n an f we-
struck w hisper :
"Hit do 'pear to me like de merlen-
nium mus tte jes roun ue corner. -
And that wasn't the end of it ! No,
indeed! Why, the very next day a
minister whose work lay among the
poor and destitute, received a summons
to call on an old woman who bad re
fused to see him when be had called
at her door ouce before. And when
he went, there Bhe was with a small
boy and a kitten, and there was a ra
diance in her face that did not come
from the firelight as she said :
"I have just found out what poverty
is. You see a great deal or it, I am
told. Next Thursday will be Thanks
giving. I have not observed it for
many years, but all that is changed.
I want you to take this money and see
how far it will go lu giving all tbe poor
you know a little supply of fuel and a
good Thanksgiving dinner. And will
you come back to me when that is gone?
I want tne u inner to ue b row ri
mind, a regular, generous, old-fashion
ed Thanksgiving dinner."
Oh, it was a great time la that old
woman's life; but that wts not all, she
chitect that very evening larger West India Islands, even in re
Ulk over plans for a home mote spots in the mountains. At least
sent for an arc
and began to
for homeless children, and w
bile she
talked the child was leaning agaiust
her knee and she fondled his thin little
hand. After the architect was gone
she still sat there musing. Late as it
was, she said to herself, a'ie might still
atone for her idle, seinsn, loneiy
life.
And that was not all yet, for when
Jn came to the door and said, with a
broad grin spreading all over her face,
somebody to see you, Mis Arnam, she
I .i: 1 .. .. I tl.. Bismol htii v ea inn
un u . umi uum m -""--
ia and stood beside her and asked :
"Mother, can you forgive me yet'
she must have been dreaming of him'
for stie looked at him as though be
had been part of a dream this hand
some mn, with a mouth as firm as her
own but in a moment she had awak
ened and was in his arms, crying out to
him while the tears rained down ber
cheeks :
"Oli, Dick, my little bb.y, my own
little lad, dou't ask forgiveness of me !
I need it so much more !"
And there was Susan's face in the
doorway, illuminated with a radiant
grin : for bad she not known where
Mas' Dick was all this time? And had
she not gone to him that very morning
and told him ?
Mis" Dick, now'syo' time to make
friou's wif yo' ma, for she sho'ly Is like
ano Jder woman !"
And there was the little boy in Dick's
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armi beiore you couia turns,
friends with him from the very first
minute, and there was the kitten run
I nos, ap the table cover and tumbling
,own again and making a perfect
whirligig of itself in that mad pursuit
0f.er ju own tail, altogether there nev
I er WiW a nappy time.
I sU9an began that very evening mak-
jDg preparations for the most delight-
ful Thanksgiving dinner that ever was
eaten, and while she worked she chuck
led with delight and took all the credit
to herself because she had brought Mas'
Dick home in the very nick of time.
But then, there was the little boy
who had melted the hard old heart
ready for Dick's coming and there was
the kitten which had brought the little
boy aud there was Jane who had left
the door open for the kitteu, and so
But what doea it matter bow the
Thanksgiving got luto the house, so
that it came. Philadelphia Times.
One form of conceit is to give your
own photograph as a Christmas pres
erald.
Physical Eecreatioa.
Tbaim of physical education is to
brini? the bodv to its ful'.est develo'.v
r -
! ment and vizor. Bucb education IS
always good, but its effect varies w ith
different persons. Every one receives
by inheritance certain tendencies and
peculiarities. Naturally a narrow
chested, under-aized youth cannot be
expected to become a perfectly devel
oped athlete. Yet it is precisely those
whose physical endowment is below
the average that derive the greatest
value from a careful physical train
ing. As nearly as can be ascertained, phy
sical improvement includes an increase
in height, if a course of traiuing is pur-
sued before the age when growth
ceases. An apparent increase in stat
ure after this period is to be-attributed
to a straightening of the spine aud a
more erect carriage.
Physical education, in order to be
most effective, should be systematic,
carefully graded, and in all respects
I . . . . :.:
adapted to the needs ana capacities m
the individual.
Its results are apparent not only in
Increased ability for physical exertion,
but in freedom of muscular action and
in gracefulness of movement. 1 rop
crly trained muscles perform their
work w ith less expenditure of energy.
While physical training may have
been unJuly emphasized in some char
ters, college athletes are rarely among
the drones of their classea ia mental
work.
The stimulation cf the circulation by
systematic exercise improves the qual-
canon m mcuuu im ".
possible because of physical training.
The hours of study are not the only
ones that teachers and parents should
supervise. The child should have his
.hours of recreation proer!y filled,
with no time fr obsolute idleness.
As has been said already, physical
exercise should be so planned as to
suit the needs of the individual consti
tution. It has been tbe custom cf one in
structor to prescribe fencing, gymnas
tics with apparatus, and lessons iu a
riding school for all "those idle per
sons whose brain languishes for lack of
work." But for a child over-worked
in school, or for one going through the
mental strain of examinations, acro
batic feats are not appropriate. Walks
and rides otfer the simplest and best
forms of relaxation.
To tbe sedentary brain worker tbe
easily mastered exercise of rowing is a
profitable pastime, while theold games
0f leap frog, prisoner's base, aud the
like, w;.l always La of Inestimable
value amoug itje exercises of child
hood. Youth's Companion.
How Porto Bicaas Shave.
The natives of our new territory,
Porto Rico, have no need to buy soap,
says the Chicago Times-Herald, for
wooded country abounds iu plants
whose leaves and bulbs supply most
fully tbe place of that indispensable
article. Among the best of these Is the
soap tree, so called, though it is more a
bush than a tree. Its bulb when rub
bed on wet clothes makes a snow-white
lather, which has an odor like old
brown Windaorsoap.
The Porto Itieans, who are all, from
the highest to the lowest, great dandies
in their way, make soap out of cocanut
oil and home-made lye aud a tine soap
it is, smooth and fragrant. This coca
nut oil soap is used for shaving. When
a man wishes to have a shave in the
morning he starts out with his cocanut
shell-cup, aud bis donkey-tail brush
and bottle. It Ls never any trouble to
find an empty bottle In Porto Rico,
Cuba, Jamaica, or almost any of the
I twenty generations ot imnij y-y
have lived there and thrown away the
bottles. The man carries no mirror ;
he is too poor to own such a luxury.
Not one house in tweuty in Porto Rico
has even the very cheapest looking
glass. But generously rich nature pro
vides the mirror as well as the soap.
The man goes to tome convenient pool
in the mountain stream where the water
is ouite still there is bi mirror. He
breaks his bottle on a stone and deftly
of 9uitable size
I '
Theu he lathers bis face profusely aud
begins to scrape away with his piee of
glass, which in his bands works as well
as the best steel razor. A cut, or even
a slight scratch, is extremely rare
as a result of this al fresco form of
shaving.
Discovered by a Woman.
Another great discovery has been
made, and that too, by a lady in this
country. "Disease fastened its clutch
es upon her aud for seven years she
withstood its severest tests, but uer
vital organs were uudermimd aud
death seemed immlneuL For three
months she coughed incessantly, and
could not sltep. She finally discovered
a way to recovery, by purchasing of us
a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption, and was so much re
lieved on taking first dose, that she
slept all night; and with two bottles.
bas been absolutely cured. Her name
is Mrs. Luther Sutz. "Thus writes W.
f? llamnick & Co. of Shelby. N. C.
Trial bottles free at J. N. Snyder's Drug
st,,re, Somerset, Pa., and G. W. Bral-
iier'8 Drug Store, Berlin, Pa.
- Regular size oOc. and $1. Every bot-
j tie guaranteed, or price refunded.
IragTaat Weapons.
"You look dreadfully battered ; how
Is that?"
"Wife has beeu pelting me with
flowers.
"Why, that wouldn't mark you In
that fashion."
"Oh they were la pots." London
Judy.
Indulging Her Weakness.
"Aunt Madeling waa very angry on
her birthday."
"What waa the trouble?"
"Everybody ia the house gave her a
bottle of patent medicine." Chicago
Iteoord.
WHOLE NO. 2170.
Two Girls and Another.
It was In one of the Chestnut street
lee cream saloons, where all good Phil
ailelphians go to eat ice cream because
their grandmothers and great-grand
mothers went there. A girl whose
enormous pompadour looked as if it
were dressed over a horse collar was
busily engaged iu making aa excava-
tiou ia a large dish of Ice cream. A
girl with a mauly stride cme ia and
the two shook hands like college boys.
"Well, she's gone," exclaimed the
girl with the mauly stride, iu a toue of
relief as she sank into a chair opposite.
"Who's gone?"
"That girl from the S-uth that's
been vlsting me. I've just taken her
to the statioa and put her In her seat
and checked ber baggage aud bought
her ticket and helped her off with her
jacket and done everything else but
order her dinner for her, so no 1 hope
to gooduess she will get home without
falling oil the train."
"tear me. eoulJu't she do those
things for herself?"
"I know it's dreadful to talk about
one's company, but I must or burst.
She's one of those 'clirrg vines' and
she's almost worn me to a shadow.
When she g-its a little older she will
be w hat Howells calls a 'hen-mindod
woman ' "
"Tell me, what did she do, what did
she say that seenu to have stirred you
up so much ?" asked the girl with the
pompadour Interestedly.
"Well, fr one thing, she was always
getting lost and wouldn't ask anything
from a policeman because she said It
was 'so conspicuous.' She came so
near being run over by bicycles, trol-
lev car and carriazes Jubilee week
that I thought my hair would turn
white. If anything was coming she
would stop right ou the crossing and
squeal."
"How stupid !"
"Yes. wasn't it?" I took ber out to
see the girls play golf and she thought
it was dreadful for them to play bare-
beaded and to roll up their sleeves.
She thinks girls who play tenuis are
tomboys, and bicycle riding she says
is unlaiy-Iike."
"The idea ! What did she Hfce' to
do?"
"Oh, she would sit four hours em
broidering dollies, polishing her finger
nails and watting for the men to call.
She was from the South, you know,
Don't vou hate girls who are always
kissing you and patting you?"
"Well, I should say so ; she didu't do
all that, did she?"
"Yes she did, every night and morn
ing, aud she had those abominably soft
little bands that squeeze up into noth
ing. They give me .the creeps. She
alwavs went to bed in gloves that
swelled of glvtvrine and rosewater.'
"How ridiculous ! Just think how we
used to hang out of the window this
summer to get our bands tanned."
"She bad those innocent, help?es-
looking eyes, and when we were in a
crowd she always hung to my arm and
called herself 'a poor frightened I.ttle
kitten. "
"Horrible !"
"Yes, and evenings she played
'Sparkling Waves' on the piano and
ang things about the murmuring sea."
"Didn't you feel like shaking her? '
"Often. The jirst night she came she
sniffled for two hours ; said she was
homesick because she had never been
out in the big world alone before. You
would have thought she was an orphan
starving in a garret. There our whole
household was racking its braius to
think of things to make her visit pleas
ant She went iill over my elation tie
up at the station just now, and said
when I came South to see her she would
introduce me into Southern society and
give a moonlight picnic for me."
"Are you going ?"
"Nit!"
Glorious News
Comes from Dr. D. B. Cargile, ff
Washita, I. T. He writes: "Four
bottles of Electric Bitters has cured
Mrs. Brewer of scrofula, which had
caused ber great suffering for years.
Terrible sores would break out ou her
head and face, and the best doctors
could give no help ; bat her cure is
complete aud her health is excellent."
This shows what thousands have prov
ed that Electric Bitters is the best
blood purifier known. It's the supreme
remedy for eczjma, tet'er, salt rheum,
ulcers, bolls and running sores. It
8tiavilate9 liver, kidneys and bowels,
expels poisons, help9 digestion, builds
up the strength. Only 50 cents. Sold
at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somer
set, Pa., aid G. W. Brallier'a Drug
Store, BerliD, Pa Guaranteed.
Her Coarage Failed.
A young woman, accompanied by
two meu, one young aud tall and thin,
and the other old and stout and gray
haired, arrived at the city hall bust be
fore 1- o'clock to-day and asked the
way to the marriage bureau, says the
New York Evening Sun."
"This way"' said Mirtie K?ya, and
he led the way.
Just as the party reached the office o
the bureau the girl stopped short.
"Oh, George," she cried. "I can't
I won't ! and then she picked up ber
skirts and darted out into the City Hall
park.
George raa after her, but when last
seeu she was 50 feet ia front of him and
bound for Brooklyn. The old man did
not follow them. He swore twice, re
fused to give their nams and then
swearing again, disappeared in the di
nectiou of a Park Row saloon.
He Fooled the Surgeons.
All doctors told Renick Hamilton, of
West Jefferson, O , after suffering 1
months from R-ctaI Fistula, he would
die unless a costly operation was per
formed ; but he cured himself with five
boxes Bdcklen's Arnica Salve the sur
est Pile cure on Earth, and the best
Salve ia the World. 25 cents a box.
Sold at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store,
Somerset, Pa., and G. W. Brallier'a,
Drug Store, Berlin, Pa.
When people take their own time
they generally take other people's time,
too.
Uncle Sam's Sew Scales.
Everybody is perhaps aware that th
large scales upon which entire freight
cars with their loads of many tons are
weighed are considered immense, says
the W-i-shiDgtou Time, but with all
1 uiuetise it eera that they are mesTs
!a ts ev? r?U:;!.' fjrs. w ho tz
sr.rii a'l ts.s ts.'fr rssa!? ta
It a country" cc? r.i.-.t r--V.?r r- in
stalling at the Lavy j a-d in lata at
one of the largest scalt in tbecoutitiy.
This mat bine can outweigh the larg
est railroad weighing machines by
tons, aud wlieu it is considered that iu
results must be accurate to the weight
of a pound, while railroad scales arw
considered good if they approach any
where near M pounds of being comet.
It ia to be marvelled at the advancts
that have beeu made iu scale niaan
facture ia recent years.
At a hurried giauce they are not un
like the ordinary platform or hay
scales. . Closer investigation reveals tt.e
fact that they are IS fcet long and 1
feet wide, and that they rest ujou a
cement base built upon long piles.
The ground is somewhat low, audit
was necessary to utilize the services of
pile-drivers to secure a stable founda
tion, which Ls one of the requisites of
an accurate weighing ruaehii.e. Tbe
cost was attout $1 J.
In order to illustrate the accuracy of
the counterpoise of the machine to a
reporter the superintendent of yards
and docks picked up a half brick which
was lying ou the ground nearby and
tossed it ou the huge platform cf the
machine. He theu consulted the Ions
brass lever in the reading box alon
the side of the scales aud found that
the record of the brick was just a
pound.
Turning to the reporter, be said that
the machine is so sensitive that it cau
weigh anything from a pound of sugar
to a trio of 12-iuch naval guns, and
weigh them accurately, though It will
eke out a long existeuce at the famous
guushop without' having the chance to
weigh an ounce of the former. - The
capacity of the new scales is fit) tens,
or double the capacity of the old scales,
which have just been replaced by the
uew ones. A lo inch gun weighsabotit
tons, aud it msy be readily seen that
the new scales can weigh two of tbe
monsters, reclining on a -4vfot en
truck, and not tax ita capacity to any
great exteut. A'l the big guns of the
new navy will be weighed upon these
colossal scales.
George Vanderbilt's Castle.
"The people of Asheville are very
glad to get young Geoige Yjnderbilc
back among them once more," re
marked William 1. Hill, of that noted
mountain town, to a Washington Post
reporter. "He came back to his grand
estate, Biltmore, af;er a long absence,
and his coming was all the more Inter
esting because he brought a bride along.
A special traiu brought the pair and a
big company of invited guests, aud
iiiitiuore has ever since been a scene
of unlimited festal pleasures. While
its owner was away sightseer were al
ways given permission to view the
glories of the place, but now it is sacred
from, Intrusion, and the tourist, though
not shut out of the grouuds completely
can get no nearer than half a mile of
the house itself.
"This is rather hard on the stranger
who would like to view Mr. Vauder
bilt's palace iu North Caroliua tuouu
tains for truly it has no match either
iu A merit's or Europe. By the side of
Biltmore the graud-jst castle ou the
Rhine looks cheap. It is without doubt
the most magnificent private residence
in the world.
"It is estimated that Mr. Vauderbilt
hasspeutin the neighborhood offv
OOO.OOd ou this property, which, of
urse, includes a vast amount of laud,
the whole tract comprises IJQ,tsH) acres.
He continues to sell chickens and eggs
an. t butter ana tue line irom nis iarm,
and I do not suppoise he will ever get
back one-half of the cost of the same,
although the idea of making any profit
from his place probably never entered
his mind.
Ilia coming to Asheville was a
blessing to the town, and its citizens
will ever put George Vanderbiit first in
their category of gtxal thirgs. May be
live long aud prosper."
Shafter's Old Horse.
Old Chub, the horse ridden by Gen
eral Shatter iu many a hot chase after
the Iniians during the seventies, is
still alive, says tbe New York Herald,
and iu bis old age earns bis daily al
lowance of oats by drawing a delivery
wagon for St. Louis Jean, a French
m tu, who runs a small grocery iu EI
Paso, Texas.
Old Chub was General Shafter's
mount while he was lieuteuant colonel
at Fort Davis, Texas, and carried the
gallant soldier into the midst of many
murderous bauds of Apache warriors
without faltering. Astride of Old Chub
Suafter led his regiment to San Felipe,
then the rendezvous of the Apaches,
up to Live Ojk Creek and up and .
down both 8id..-s of the Pec river,
where he earned the name of Pecos
Bi!L ' Old Chub and his mister drove
tha Indians out of Texas back to the
reservations iu New Mexico, and Shaf
t's nann becam; a terror to the red
skins aud bis reputation aa a fighter
was made.
The war horse wai condemned at
Fort Davis iu Hsi as being too old for
wjrk. lie was then believed to be 1!
years of age and must now be at least
2!. After be had been condemned as
unfit longer to serve hiscjuntry on the
battlefield Old Chub waa retained by
Shafter for a saddle horse. He was
subsequently sold to a man named
Houstou and brought to El I. He
was afterward sold to a transfer com
pany aud used as a draught horse.
Since that time Old Chub has been
used ia a livery stable, but for the last
tea mouths has been owned, by the
French grocer, Jean.
The Appetite of a Goat
is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose
Stomach and Liver are out of order.
All such should know that Dr. King's
New Life Pills, the wonderfnl Stomach
and Liver Remedy, gives a splendid
appetite, sound digestion and a regular
bodily habit that insures perfect health
and great energy. Only 25c. at J. N.
Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa.,
and G. W. Brallier'a Drug Store Ber
lin. Pa.
Station experiments show that
growth ia turnips late in tbe season
proceeds rapidly as long as the weath
er remains open, aud point to the im
portance of allowing these roots to re
main la the ground aa long as practica
ble, especially if the seed bas been sown
late. Ou the other band, a gardener
who leaves tbe roots ia the ground to a
very late date is liable to be caught by
severe frosts, when tits pulling of tbs
crop U disajrpwable, diScult and ex
pensivw.