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someraet, Pa.
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NiiOkiii at office.
DR. P. F. SHAFFER,
PHYaiClAS aRDfeCBGEOK,
Komereet, Pa.
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a of .sinrrv i nl vicinity. UIBee corner
kia CruH.aud 1'aUiol sireel.
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M. IX1UTHER.
PUYrtlCIAN iUDKCBOEOS,
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, 'M !xm-rvet aad vicinity. Cnieaa pro-
';.'yi...wj hru oeioundat bia of
3roa Haul su. tasl ot LuamouO.
D.J S.MtMILLEX,
A-7 lra-laale in Dentistry.)
ti:rfSMf a'alleuuon to the preservation
riinr uili. Artificial aeU lnerted.
i" ;",,,,k''' uaranteed aHtmtaclory. Otltee
n.t ov,r L. a. Uvn A Co1! atore,
u Cro and Patriot alreeu.
C H. COFFROTII,
Funeral Director.
33 6ib Main Cross St. Eesidenoe,
30 Patriot Bt
pSAXK B. FLUCK,
Land JSurveyor
OPERATIVE MUTUAL FIRE
'S. CO.. IIEKLIN, VA.
M m-urAn at actual cot bv iuur
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rai "y- Write f..r information.
J A J. ZORIf,
Secretary.
Undertaker and Embalmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
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VOL. XL VII. XO. 27.
Advice to '
Consumpfivos
There axe three great reme- '
dies that every person with ;
weak lungs, or with consump- :
tion itself, should understand. '
These remedies will cure :
about every case in its first ;
stages ; and many of those :
more advanced. It is only ;
the most advanced that are
hopeless. Even these are
wonderfully relieved and life j
itself greatly prolonged. ;
What are these remedies ?
Fresh air, proper food and j
SCOH'S EdEGlSlOn
of Cod-Liver Oil vith Hypo-
phosphites. Be afraid of
draughts but not of fresh air. J
Eat nutritious food and drink
plenty of milk. Do not forget
that Scott's Emulsion is the
oldest, the most thoroughly j
tested and the highest en- i
dorsed of all remedies for 3
weak throats, weak lungs and
consumption in all its stages.
Vjc nd 1 1 os : ll dnisgiiM.
SCOTT & BOWSE. Chcousu, Stw York.
THE
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UN0,vE?.ts S4.000.
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ACCOUNTS or BCMIT1, AM-.CMS,
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EDWARD SCI LL, : : PRKSIPFNT
VALKMiNEHAY, : VICE PKKilUKNT.
HAKVEY M. Bi-UKLEY, LAfsHlER.
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curely proxMed in a reiebmted toKi.isb he av
olak Pkoof Saks. Tde only sale made abo
lately burslaT-prooC
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next 3oor West cf Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
I Am Now
prepared to eapply- the public
with Clocks, Watches, and Jew
elry of all descriptions, as Cheap
as the Cheapest.
REPAIRING A
SPECIALTY.
All work guaranteed. Look at my
stock before making your
purchases.
J. D. SWANK
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Black and Tan. Latest Styles and Shapes
at lowest
...CASH PRICES....
Adjoining Mrs. A. E. Chi, South-east
corner of square.
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SIAUDE AND THE JUDGE.
Maud Mullor, on a winter" day,
OH out and liovekd the Know away.
Her checks wi ra ivd and In ber rye.
Was in i-prkl" that comta fruta ezer-
cis.,
; The jude mine trudging through the
Know,
With hlii collar turned up and his car
I pullc-d low.
He struck the path that M-iuJe had made,
And a Bmlie aero a hi features played,
I-lfilng h: cap he stopped a bit,
And fcue braced her shovel and leaned on
1U
"Yoa have done a pood job here, I de
clare," Said the Judge to the maid who was
standing there.
-And hive you no brother to shovel the
snow.
And where is your father, I'd like to
k now V
My brother's In bed." Maude Muller re
plied, "An my fAliM-r U eating his break ikst in
side. "But I love to get out, at the break of
day.
And xliovel the beautiful snow away.
Kor it qulrkens my wits, seta my cheeks
aglow.
And it makes me happy to shovel the
suow."
The J u, I ire gave a sigh and lingered
awhile.
And left the maiden, at last, with a smile.
And every ninmliig be trudged .that way,
And he and Maude met, at the break of
the day.
Ah me, but the years have been traveling
ou
Tbe judge married Maude, and ber rosea
a re gone.
She has ceased to get up at the break of
the day.
And othera now bbovel the snow away.
Cleveland Leader.
A BIG STOUT CATTLE-WHIP.
The Strange Use That a Young Girl
Made of It.
BY MILS. J. D. Bl'KKTOX.
From the Philadelphia 1 imes.
'I do not see how you can da tiiat,"
said Paula, as Mat came from the bath
room roey and fresh from ber moraing
plunge. "1 beard you running tbe
water till I am sure it was like ice. I
believe it 19 just becaui-e you like to
make a martyr of yourself when you
could as well take it warm and com
fortable, like tbe rest of ua."
"If you knew what a luxury it is to
hive tbe ue of a bathroom after dodg
ing tLe quicksauds of tbe river in
summer, aud breaking tbe ice on your
water-pail in winter, you would not
thibk anything here a martyrdom."
"Uut w hy make yourself uncomfort
able while you can have the luxury 7"
persisted Paula.
This Western cousin of hers was an
incomprehensible girl in some ways.
If she had gone through hare ships
when there was no choice in the mat
ter, there was certainly no reason why
she should continue tbem after the
necessity was over.
Well," said Mat, "I do not wish to
lose toil", for one thing. I am as tough
as a hickory-knot where you are as soft
as silk, and it not natural that I should
drop into your ways exactly. I am
sure that you would never fall into
mine."
"After tennis and basket-ball, and
wheeling and boating, I am something
of an athlete myself, w hen I am in
practice," protested Paula, "but I do
like to cuddle among cushions, aud be
lazy and warm, when there is uo work
on hand. Now, what are you laugh
ing at 7"
"At your ideas of work wheeling,
and boating, and tennis. I should call
them play."
"Well, every one cannot live in a
sa Idle and round up cattle, aud have
the passion fcr drudgery that animates
you. I suppose you know that it is
Mine's work you are 'doing now," as
Mat cleared up the toilet table and put
the room to rights. "I should think
you would be afraid of taking tbe bread
out of that poor girl's mouth by mak
ing her a useless appendage while you j
stay, but sincj you are w acconimo 1
dating, pleaae hand me a handkerchief, 1
and set my coMibs straight before we
go down."
"No," said Mat. "Not one hand's
turn for you 1 I am glad to help Marie,
who is overworked, but you are over
waited on, and I shall not join with
the rest in spoiling you."
She did not add, as she might have
done, that it was the ol jectrltsson that
Paula's haliU set before ber that kept
tier from lapsing into luxurious ways,
hicb ha 1 seemed so tempting at firxt.
Wren one needs only to press a button
to have all one's wants attended lo, it
is easy to slip into self-indulgence, and
it was seeing how often Paula called
Marie from more important work,
simply to pave stirring from her nest of
cushion', that first caused Mt to steel
h?r heart against tbe cozy corner;
seeing how she hugged the register and
shivered at every passing blunt, that sent
Mat wit la ail kindf weather to come
in ro-y and glowing, with tbe c ib"tu
Mown out of her brain and every sense
quickened by h r brisk exercise.
She cou'.d not aff rd t Upe into
such a hot bou-w flower as Paula had
become. She would have ui g bck
to the Westarn home by and by, where
the wark of her hand must be sorely
misled now, and she felt that the
sacrifice thit bad been made to secure
her this winter of pleasure would-be
poorly repaid if she returned less hardy
aud less helpful than she was when she
came away.
"Tbat is all very well for you," Paula
admitted, "but with a coachman who
has not half enough to do, aud horses
just pining for exercise, why should I
court colds and sore throat by follow
ing in your foob-teps? -It is really a
duty fr people that have the mans,
to make work for others, you know."
"It is more of a duty for them to be
helpful to themselves and to others,"
said Mat, "Riches Uke wings and
fly away sometimes, as we all know."
She was speaking out of the depths
of ber own experience, for her father
had lost both health and fortune before
he started life anew on the faraway
ranch, where the struggle had been
ong and hard ; so Mat had reason to
lo k shocked when Paula broke out :
"I almiat wih ours would. It woul I
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le so fine to do something heroic, like
your riding the ranch with your father,
and driving off the rustier when they
were after your Cittie, and milling the
herd when they were stampeding, and
roping the wild steers, and all that."
Mat laughed.
"How much you know about it !
And how ambitious you are, for a girl
who has not the strength to twin her
own voice, or the will to use It for the
pleasure Ok" her family !"
Paula had the grace to blush at that,
"It is such a little bit of a voice," he
said, "and ItV so stupid to sing badly.
Anyone can do that. I would prac
tice fast enough if I had a sjiecial gift
that made it worth cultivating."
"People who will not do something
with small gifts, might not do. much
with great ones," said Mat. "I do not
know that I have a great gift of herd
ing cattle, but it is finer to do the work
at band than to wish for that a thou
sand miles away."
"Meaning that as a hint to me. Some
one is always preaching at me, but you
know I am resting this year between
high school and college."
"You mean that you are ruoting,
Paula. You make that an excuse for
shirking everything that you do not
really wish' to do. It seems such a
shame to neglect your advantages,
when there are so many girls that
would give all but their heads to have
them. And you know that you will
not te so fit for the work next year, if
you fall back now."
It took some courage for Mat to speak
out from the depths of her convictions,
but Paula needed rousing to a knowl
edge of her faults! Mat herself was
striving hard to pick up some of the
accomplishments that were not open
to her in her busy life at home, and
between finger-exercises ' and dance
steps and elocutionary drilling, her
time was well filled. It is probable
that the example of ber untiring in
dustry, and the results accomplished
by it, carried more force than ber
words, for Paula went back to her vocal
lessens with renewed energy, and be
stirred herself in other ways.
Her family took quiet note of tbe
chauge.
"Mat is doing our thoughtless girl a
world of good," they aid to one anoth
er ; but Mat was having some troubles
of her own that were not susjiected,
even by Paula It was hard to hold
to her simple ways iu this gay house
hold, "and the temptation "while in
Rome to do like the Romans" very
often assailed her.
"Matinee tickets for you girls," was
one of the temptations, but she put that
down firmly enough.
"I am sorry that I cannont go. I
have to write my letter home this af
ternoon. Make some other girl bappy
by taking her in my place, Paula."
"The idea !" cried Paula. "You can
write your letter any day of the week,
and you may never have another
chance to hear Rosenthal."
"I could write the letter, yes ; but
my father will not get it in his weekly
mail unless it goes this afternoon, and
he will dri-e twenty miles t- the post
office, expecting it. I would not dis
appoint him for twenty Rosenthal,
said Mat. And Cousin Ben, who had
given the tickets, approved.
"She is true stuff," he said to him
self; and he set to wondering how be
might 'give her some bit of pleasure
that would show bis appreciation of
the good influence that she was exert
iug over Paula. He 'wrought her up
standing before a jeweler's window the
next time they Were out walking to
gether. "Which of these gimcracks shall I
give you 011 your birthday, Mat?" be
Kfcked. "You are not too strong mind
ed to like such things, are you?''
Mat was afraid that she might like
them only too well if she were able to
indulge her tastes, fir she had all of a
girl's liking for pretty things, but she
had observed that one bit of finery or
ornament out of the usual lice nearly
always creates a desire for something
else to follow it, so she answered :
"No gitneracks for me, please. I
want too many other things and w ill
thank you for something useful instead,
Cousin Rt-n."
"A pair of ppurs or a Mexican sad
dle, I suppose?" laughed Ren.
"Or a book or a writing set, as I have
both of those," amended Mat ; but Ben
observed that sb looked admiringly at
a jeweled pin, and drew an uncon
scious sigh as she turned away from
the tempting display. It was a trial lo
live up to her cm vie: ions- just then.
By a carious ooinchlence, Ma:'s birth
day fell upon the same date as Paula's,
though she was year the younger,
and Paula's birthday was always cele
brated with seme special festivity. This
year, in honor of the -double rejoicing,
it took the form of a butterfly ball.
Mat had never seen anything so won
derful as tbe gay costumes of the hu
man butterflies, aud it setmed like a
dream that she should be dancing
among them, dressed out in tuile, with
gauzy wings, as light of foot and of
heart as any one there.
"And wasn't it pleasant?" Paula
said, when the evening was ovc.
"And dojt you think it is foolish of
you to deny yourself any cf our good
times while you have the chance) at
them? I V) tie a butterfly while you are
with os."
"It was pleasant for a change, but
my way is best."
Mat was g ad to find that she could
say this honestly, for there bad been a
little uncoiifesed fear that such pleas
ures might make her discontented with
ber own lot. Her good sense saved her
from anything of that aort, and yet
there was a rankling of diaapjioint
metit tugging at ber besrt,
"No gifts" had been printed ou the
cards, but there was a tableful of gifts
from tlte family, aud from near friends,
who bad disregarded the injunction,
These had heard of Mat's desires, so all
the glittering baubles had gone to Pau
la, while books and photographic
scenes, a workbox, a lettercase and
other practical tokens made up her
share.
"You have not told me yet how you
like my Useful present," said Ren, as be
came up to the girls to say good-night.
It was verv mean of vou." Dut in
. , .
Paula, before Mat could speak. "An
ugly old whip like that ! There are
lovely little jeweled riding-whips that
ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 14, 1898.
would not tie so bad if you could
choose nothing else."
It was s thort- bandied, long lashed
whip, the nearest approach to a raw
hide quirt that Ben could find, but of
unusual size, and it looked strangely
out of place with its present surround
ings. But Mat took it in band as if she
knew its use. Notwithstanding her
protest, there had grown up in her
mind a conviction that Ben had fath
omed her desire for that pin, and in
tended to surprise her with it, hence
the disappointment she was fighting
down. But the utter inappropriate ness
of such a whip as Paula described made
her laugh, and helped her 'o say :
"Tiiis will be of more use on the
ranch. Thank you, Ben ; I am glad
you gave it to me." And she was glad,
for she considered her longing for the
pin a weakness, such as might be ex
pected of Paula, but not of her.
Kxcitemeut kept her eyes iipen long
after she had gone to bed, and tbe
bouse had become still, but she dozed
oil at last, aud was dreaming of rus
tlers and stampeding cattle and prairie
winds, when she woke with a shiver,
to find a strong draught blowing over
her, and realized that there was an
open window somewhere that needed
closing.
She crept out of bed softly aud made
for the dressing room, where a light
was kept burning. There was the win
dow, wide open, sure enough ; and
there was something more the slink
iug figure of a man just coming from
the chamber occupied by her uncle and
aunt The table laden with birthday
gifts stood before him, and he paused
to glauce over it, though he had found
richer booty in the room lieyond. But
he was not to escape with it through
the way he had left opeu.
He found himself unexpectedly con
fronted by a little night-gowned crea
ture, whom he could have crushed with
one hand, could he only have got at
her, but the creature had caught up
that providential gift of Ben's aud was
showering him with such blows as she
would have rained upon an unruly
iong-horu breaking from the herd,
keeping the table between them, blind
ing him with th- very first stroke;
keeping that hissing, biting, stinging
lash playiug about his head and hands
as he strove vainly to flht it oiF, thank
ful oh, so thankful !f.jr the hardy
strength of her prairie training, driv
ing him around aad around, till he
made a final dash in the direction of
tbe window in his desperate effort to
escape.
But Mat was so clw after hiui that
she pulled down the heavy sash upon
him, and held hiui prisoner there till
her uncle and Bs;n? aroused by the fra
cas, came to her aid.
Aud how they pi'aised her wheu it
was all over! It v?as almost incredible
to them that she could have done the
thing, even with the evidence before
them. That burly ruttlin to be takeu
by a girl like her ! Why, if it had been
Panla
"I should have fainted dead away at
first sight of him," Paula admitted.
"And Mat did not even faint after
wards, as all heroines do.
- "Because I am not a heroine, and be
cause it pays to keep strong, even here
in the East. Yet I could have done
nothing without Ben's Iueky gift,
"And that," confessed Ben, "was
half a joke and half a test. I thought
you might give Paula one lesson more
by showing her how well you could
bear disappointment, for every one but
yourself expected some sort of gewgaw
from me." There was a twinkle in
Ben's eyes as he said it that showed he
was not so ignorant of Mat's state of
mind as he pretended to be. "But I
see you Lave not mastered all the se
crets of your whip yet," aud he un
screwed the end of the handle to ex
tract something from its hollow, which
drrped into Mat's band to 11 ish up at
her, a real surprise now the coveted
pin.
Available Testimony.
A story told by Major Meuzie is be
ing cireuluted through 1116 011119 in the
ttate house of a Viucennes lawyer who
appeared for the defendant in a trial by
jury and put on the witness stand a boy
from whose testimony he expected to
gain a great deal. To the confusion of
the attorney, the story told by the boy
was greatly to the detriment of the de
fendant, and the attorney set to work
t show that the boy was "worthless."
"What is your occupation?'' heak
ed the boy.
"I work oh my father's farm," the
witness replied.
"You don't do much but sit around,
do you 7"
"Well, I help my father."
"But you're worthless, aren't you?"
was the attorney's decisive question.
"I don't know whether I amor not,"
retorted the witness warmly.
Then the attorney took another tack.
"Your fattier' a worthless man, isn't
he?"
"Well, be works about the farm."
The attorney here fastened an eye
which gleamed with triumph on the
jury and nailed the boy with a glance
from the other and said :
"Isn't it true that your father doesn't
do euough work to prevent bis being
cal e I worthless?"
Tne boy had chafed under these un
pleasant questions, and, summoning
his courage, be said loudly: "If you
want to know so bad whether my fath
er's worthless, ask bim ; there be is, on
the jury." Indianapolis Journal.
Remarkable Rescue.
Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainileld, III.,
makes the statement, that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs; she
was treated for a mouth by her family
physician, but grew worse. He told
her she was a hopeless victim of con
sumption and that no medicine could
cure her. Her druggist suggested Dr.
King's New biscovery for Consump
tion ; she bought a bottle and to her
delight found herself benefited from
first dose. She continued its use and
after taking six liottles, found herself
sound and well; now does her own
housework, and is as well as she ever
was. Free trial bottles of this Great
Discovery at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store,
Somerset, Pa., aud O. W. Bralllcr's
Drug Store, Berlin, Pa
TT n
X Sunset on This Country.
fit rinl, rinlrfkrirm.irrit
j Like the empire of Charles V., the
: United States is now a laud on which
the sun never sets. Going westward
the difference in longitude between
Kastport, Me., aud Manila is about 175
degrees. To the dwellers on the Atlan
tic coast of the United States Manila is
very near the antipodes. Traveling
westward from the eastern verge of the
country to its western boundary in tbe
far Pacific a circuit of almost half the
globe is made. Except in midwinter
th sun rises in Esstport before it sets
in Manila. In rummer, autumn and
spring it is daylight along the eastern
coast of the United States before it is
night on the western boundary. Eng
land, France and Germany also have
territory so widely diffused that the pun
shines on some part of it every hour of
the twenty-four, but, of course, in con
tiguous territory the United States is
far ahead of all of these.
In area, exclusive of colonies, the
United States is the largest nation in
the world except China. It far exceeds
lu superficial extent the empire of Al
exander the Great or the Rome of Cie
sar and Trajan. It surpasses the do
main of Charlemagne or the territory
of Charles V., exe-lusive of his colonial
possessions in America, which were of
indefinite extent, and which only tech
nically belonged to Spain, for no Span
iard in Charles's time had ever seen
any more than a small fragment of the
region that Spain claimed in the days
of Charles and of his son Philip II. It
exe-eeds the empire of Russia in Europe.
In population the United States ex
ceeds every Christian nation of the
globe if colonial possessions are omit
ted. In the case of the United States
the area and population of the colonies
are comparatively trifling, but in that
of the other great Christian countries
which have been mentioned theareaof
the colonies largely surpasses that of
the mother country, and in the ease of
all of them except Germany they are
exceeded by their colonies in popula
tion. Ih wealth aud materia! strength
the United Spates is far better equipped
than any other couutry for getting de
tached territory if it should ever engage
in that task to any important extent.
" Imperial America, which comprises
more than half of the inhabited por
tion of one continent, stretches its arms
aoniss to another hemisphere.- Its pos
sessions dot the world's greatest ocean
and extend from the arctic circle down
to a Kint close to the equator. Its col
onies, from the Alaskau islands of the
north to Hawaii, the Carolines aud the
Philippines on the southern tier, are
distributed within easy sailing distance
of each other. They cover all climates,
from the frigid to th torrid. When
our new conquests are occupied the
Stars and Stripes will be as familiar a
sight on the islands of the Pacific as is
the union jack of England. Unlike
many of the coloties of England and
other nations, the United States' new
possessions will all be productive. They
will add largely to the country's wealth
and general resources. Settlers and cap
ital from all parts of the world will flw
into them laiuK-diately after the Unite!
States gets them into its hands.
Through them the country acquires a
new credit and potency, aud the ad
vantages of Aiueric m civilization will
be extended half-way around the globe.
Wooings and Weddings.
The quaintest marriage customs pre
vail among the people who live in the
hillsof Buruiah and upon the borders
of China called Karens.
All courtships are conducted at fun
eralsbetrothals and obsequies are
dealt with together.
When a Karen dies he or she is inter
red temporarily ; or, if of great estate,
the remains are first cremated and the
small chest of teakwood into which the
ashes are gathered is buried protein.
The length of the int- rim between a
Kareu's first and second interment is
determined by the number of mar
riageable girls and marrying men there
are in the village or neighborhood at
the time of the death. When there
are enough candidates of both sexes
fr matrimony but not before the
great funeral-wedding day Is appoint
ed. There is not often, among the
same c immunity of Karens, more than
one such day iu a year. Often three,
aooietimcfl five, years elapse betweeu
one such day aud the next.
Every one attends on the great day
and extraordinary forms and ceremon
ies are gone through. - The wooing men
sing their proposals and the wooed
maidens sinij in reply their acceptance
or rejection. Proposal, acceptance or
r-jectiou are one and all sung in a thin
toned minor key and are attentively
listened to aud commented upon by
the unaffectedly interested spectators.
Then each would be bridegroom singst
in turn, a solo. It may be original or
classic in both words and music But
it must re-iterate the name of the spe
cial girl whom he is wooiug aud would
win ; it must praise her and repral-e
her as only Oriental poetry can praise
woman. After the cvremonles are
over all the engaged couples are mar
ried at once.
Story cf a Slave.
To lie bound hand and foot for years
by tbe chains cf disease is the worst
form of slavery. George D. Williams,
of Manchester, Mich., tells how such a
slave was made free. He says : "My
wife has been so helpless for five years
that she could not turn in bed alone.
After using two bottles of Electric Bit
ters, fche is wonderfully improved and
able to do ber work." This supreme
remedy for female diseases quickly
cures nervousness, sleeplessness melan
choly, headache, backache, fainting
and dizzy spells. This miracle work
ing medicine Is a gHlseiid to tbe weak,
sickly, run down people. Every bot
tle guaranteed. Only 50 cents. Sold
at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Bom
erset, Pa., and O. W. Braliier's, Drug
Store, Berlin, Pa.
Rjnday - School Teacher "Why,
Willie Wilson ! Fighting again 1 Didn't
last Sunday's lesson teach that when
you are struck oa one cheek you ought
to turn the other to the sinker?"
Willie "Yes'm ; but be hit me on
tbe nose, an' I've only got one."
o r Si AiLo
Capron at Santiago.
- At the engagement at Las Guasimas
Capt, Allyn K. Capron, of the Rough
Riders, son of Capt. Allyn K. Capron,
I Sr., was killed. His body was left for
a time where It fell. His hat was placed
to cover his face and a black rubber
poncho thrown over the body. Only
the rough, mud clotted shoes protrud
ed from lieneath the poncho. Word
was sent to Captain Capron, Sr., and
he soon n ached the t-eeiie of the en
gagement. White faced but upright,
bestisd f-ra moment looking down
at that black, forbidding outline of the
laat of three promisiug sons. Stoop
ing, he lifted the bat from the dead
boy's face aud, gazing at him with
moist eyes, said :
Well done, boy !"
Then replacing the hat he turned on
his heel and marched sliflly away.
One morning ou Misery Hill, I wit
nessed a sample of Captain Caprou's
methods with his men. It U a time
honored custom ia the regular army to
give a rookie, or new new recruit much
more than his fair share of fatigue duty.
The regulations protect each man, but
it takes the recruit some time to learn
his rights. Oa the morning in ques
tion Capron's men had received orders
to build their iutrenchments higher.
A corporal bad put a lone private at
work carrying gunny-sacks of sand
and piling them along the battery
trenches. The poor fellow staggered
back and forth with the heavy bags,
fairly dripping with perspiration. Tne
other men of the battery were scatter
ed about in the shade of the trees, tak
ing their ease. Captaiu Capron emerg
ed from his tent, and, with a grim
smile, surveyed the scene. Then he
shouted :
"You, sir ! Come here, sir !"
The rvikie marched up, sack on
back. As he said himself, "he was
seared sti IT." Capron looked him over
serenely."
"Drop that sack, sir !''
The recruit dropped it as if it had
been red-hot.
Stand at attention, sir !"
The order was obeyed with evident
apprehension as to w hat was coming
next.
"Don't you know your rights, sir?
Because you are a willing horse they
are working you to death. One man
sir, doesn't do all the work of a battery.
Tbe first sergeant will instruct you.
That will do, sir."
By the time Capron had completed
his reprimand aud re-entered his tent a
dozen privates had carried a sack each
to the trenches, and the rookie's morn
ing task had been completed in about
three minutes.
Captain Capron always appeared
pleasant with the enlisted men of the
voluutee-rs. He usually bad a cheery
"G od day" for them. He would stop j
and respond to a remark or question
that was respectfully put. But he did
not seem lo consider them in the same
class with his own men. His attitude
towards tbe volunteers was as if he
looked on them as a lot of promising
young cubs. In fact, hs said of the
lads who loafed around his teut :
"The cubs have good stuff in 'em. I
wouldn't mind whipping sime of the
whelps into shape myself."
But his own men he treated as if they
were a herd of full-grown roariug lions,
seeking that which they miirht devour.
His simplest order was delivered in a
hoarse bellow. Not that his men were
a noisy lot, for they were siugularly si
lent and self-contained. But they one
and all seemed to approve of Capron's
attitude toward them. Big, brawny
and hairy-cheited, they were iu com
parison with the volunteers like a lot
of untamed grizzly bears besides a
litter of white mice. And they seem
ed happy to be treated as grizzlies by
Capron.
In my memory of the men and events
of the Santiago campaign there will
always stand out clean-cut the image
of Captain Allyn Capron man, and
soldier. His creator forgot, to put a
hinge in his back. And he deserves
from his countrymen a monument in
scribed :
"Well done, Captain Capron !"
New York Sun.
Th3 Czar's Uewest Whim.
The Czar is a man of moral courage,
says the New York Sun. His peace
manifesto convinced a few persons of
that, but, to quote Cyrano, be has done
belter since. Popular fads are no res
pecters of persons. Even royalty can
not escape them; and the recent fad
for papering or decorating .rooms in
black and white sketches appealed to
the Czar and Czarina. According to
Su Petersburg gossip the imperial coup
le had one of the pa!ae rooms done
over in black and white, and were
mightily pleased with the result. Tbeu
the Czar had a brilliant idea. He would
have a den papered entirely with cari
cature's of himself. He gave orders
that a collection of all caricatures of
his royal self that had appeared in for
eign journals should be procured ; and
he is delighted with his scheme.
Few great men could stand such a
test; and only a phenomenal sense of
humor and a sturdy self respect, liber
ally flavored with genial tolerance for
other men's views, could enable a man
to be happy in a room papered with
caricatures of himself. It is doubtful
whether another sovereign iu Europe
would enjoy following the Czar's ex
ample; and imagination fails when
one tries lo conceive of the state of
mind into which such a room would
plunge the Hoheczol'ern palmer. But
if that same Emperor William would
mortify his vanity to the extent of or
dering a caricature room for himself,
what an inexhaustible fund he would
have to draw from, and what a spicy
character his decorations might assume!
He has supplied the caricaturists of two
continents with bread ever since he ap
peared on the public stage.
There were 9,729 court actions for
crime in North Carolina during the
two years ended June 30, HUH. Al
though the white residents of the State
outnumber the negroes two to one, the
negroes accused were 4i percent of the
total.
WHOLE NO. 2472.
Dewey at Manila.
Soon after Maj. Gen. Merritt reached
Manila he began lo experience trouble
with the insurgents. Aguinaldo was
not disposed to pay much heed to the
general's orders, and the general com
plicated matters more or less by en
deavoring to avoid any clashing of the
American with the insurgent forces.
The situation was becoming somewhat
strained when Gen. Merritt sought a
conference with Admiral Dewey ou
tbe Olympia. The general and the ad
miral discus! the situation at great
length, the former giving special atten
tion to the question of jurisdiction in
the Philippines. At last General
Merritt put this question to the ad
ui iral :
"Admiral, how far, in your opinion,
does your jurisdiction extend on the
island ?"
Admiral Dewey took two short turns
on the quarterdeck before answering.
Then he said :
"General, my jurisdiction extends
from as close to the shore as I can move
these flatirons," pointing to the Amer
ican fleet, "to as far into the island as
I can throw a shell."
If there is any one thing which
pleases Adixdral Dewey it U neatness
in dress. He has never been known to
set a bad example in this respect and is
regarded by bis subordiuates as a fash
ion plate for the American navy. One
of the standing orders following the es
tablishment of routine duty in the fleet
when there were no more Spanish ships
to fight was one requiring all otTicers to
wenr their white uniforms.
Oue day a certain paymaster named
Martin, who is afllieted with an ab
normally bushy growth of red whisk
ers and a figure of pronounced rotun
dity, visited the Olyaipi.) with business
connected with his department- A
the paymaster nvunted the gangwjy
he waj seen by Admiral Dewey, and a
fown githered on the brow of the auto
crat of the fljet- Paymaster Martin
was a sight to provoke a laug'i from a
ship's figure head. He was arrayed iu
a dun-colored suit of duck, a loosely
woven undershirt resembling a sweater
showed beneath his jacket and on his
head was one of those enormous cork
helmets with a circumference equal to
that of aa umbrella.
' Orderly, tell Paymaster Martin I
wish to see him at once," said Admiral
Dewey, aud the orderly sought the pay
master with a grin on his Caca. A few
moments later and the paymaster, very
much pleased with being accorded the
honor of vi-iti ng the quarterdeck, stood
before the admiral and executed one of
his very best salutes.
"Paymaster Martin," said the ad
miral iu his chilliest tones, "I think
you are drunk.'-
I beg your pardon, admiral I as
sure you I am not drunk I I am per
fectly sober," stammered the paymas
ter, felagg r'aS under the blow his com
plaisancejiad received.
"I still think you have been drink
ing," continued the little man in spot
less white, "for I can't believe you
would come alioard this ship solier wear
ing such an outlaudisb uniform. Go
back to your ship, sir, and don't let me
ever see another violation of orders like
this."
Among the volunteer officers of the
army is a captain in a California regi
ment whose mustache rivals the whis
kers of Paymaster Martin in its bush
iness. It spreads ov?r his featuresfrom
his eyes to his lower jaws and reaches
back to his ears. While ashore one day
the admiral saw this captain at short
range and his keen gray eyes shone
with unusual brilliancy as he turned
to a brother officer and, quietly re
marked :
"It tsn't fair to fight the Spauianls
with that officer."
"Why wjou say that, Admiral.'"
"llt'a in ambush all the time," was
the reply, and the admiral's joke had
circulated throughout the whole fleet
before night, Chic ago Times-Herald.
A Few Homely Words.
Give the caller who comes a long dis
tinct to see you a cup of good tea with
something to go with it, and you will
be long remembered as an example of
hospitality.
A quart of oysters contains, on the
average, about the same quantity of
nutritive substance as a quart of milk
or a pound of very lean beef.
The twelve days after Christmas are
supposed to indicate the weather for
the year. Each day in order shows the
weather for oue month.
A a excellent cement for leather U
made by dissolving small bits of pure
gutta percha in chloroform. It should
be of the consistency of bouey, and
kept in a txittle to preveut evaporation.
Small patches raty be placed on boots
aal shoes to give gxsl satisfaction,
and if neatly done- will not show at
all. It will remain permanent unless
held too close to a fire.
To keep lemons fresh pat them in
cold water and change the water every
day.
If the bath tub is Mot in such bad
condition that it needs to be re-enameled,
it can be cleaned by the use of pow
dered whiting, mixed to a paste with
water. This should be all wed to re
main on for an hour or more, and then
washed off with plenty of hot water.
To re-enamel a bath tub, remove as
much of the obi paint as possible, then
sand paper it till it is quite smooth,
when it will be ready for painting.
Use the proper bath enamel, and apply
it thiuly. Three coats will be needed
to make the result really satisfactory.
Lamp burners, to give a good light,
should be elcaned once a month. To
dean them, take a piece of soda the
size of a walnut for every q iart of soft
water that you use; place the lamp
burner in the water, and let it boil for
five minutes. Then remove the burn
ers, dry thoroughly, replace, and then
the lamp will give 89 good a light as
ever it did. An old tomato 'or apple
tia makes a capital pan in which to do
the boiling.
Croup instantly relieved. Dr. Thomas
Eclectric Oil. Perfectly safe. Never
fails. At any drug store.
All broiled meats should be wrved
the moment they are oooked.
I7sefal Hints.
Warm water and ca?t:le soap, with a
thorough rinsing after they are taken
out of the sud, is excellent for wash
ing white !i!k handkerchiefs.
Old brass may be cleaned to look ce'V
by pouring strong aniin.mia on it and
scrubbing with a scrub-brush. Rine
in clear water.
Eaol i-arto of amiic-nia jtod furr-eu-liue
will take paint out of . lotliiio-,
i-wn if it Is Lard and dry. Sa'ura'e
the spill as often as necessary and o.-U
out in soepsuils.
A little borax put in water in which
scarlet napkins and red-bordered tow
els are t be washed will prevent them
from failing.
In sweetening add fruit a little soda
put in first will lessen the amount of
sugar required acd will not injure the
flavor of the fruit unless too much is
used. Half a teaspoonful to a quart of
fruit is usually about right.
To brighten furniture and remove
spots take two tablespoonfuls of sweet
oil, one tablepoonful of vinegar, half a
tablespoon ful of turpentine. Use with
a bit of flannel.
Boiled potatoes ought to lie laid out
on a plate, and are then as good for fry
ing or mashing as if they were freshly
looked. If left heapd up they will
often spoil iu one night.
A few forms for use in hanging up
clothes may be purchased at any bard
ware store for five or ten cents, and will
keep a garment prese ntable a great deal
longer than when it U hung upon a
nail or hook.
Jave'le water, used to remove tea and
coffee, grass and fruit staius from linen,
is made thus: Mix well in an earthen
vessel one pound of sal soda, five cents'
worth of chloride of lime and two
quarts of seft water.
Carpets may be brightened by dust
ing with a damp flannel mop.
Never boil chocolate in your coffee
pot, as it would le likely to impart to
theootrVeau unpleasant flavor.
Try a little oil on the hinges to stop
a door's creaking.
Soiled wall paper may be brightened
by rubbing w ith pieces of light bread.
A single trial of the little iudividunl
omelet paus will conviuce that small
omelets separately cooked are far lij;bi
er and more delicious than large out a
iu slices.
Keroseue or burning fluid is excel
lent for cleaning windows. Moisten a
woolen cloth with it, rub the gla.
cleau, then polish w ith a fresh piece of
llaunel. This is an easy and effectual
method of cleaning windows ail I ho
year round, but it is especially recom--uieuded
iu frosty weather.
Fresh ink stains on carpets or table
cloths can be removed by repeated aj
plications of dry salt. Carpets are
freshened and colors brightened if
wiped with clean cloths wrung from
salt water. Coarse salt spriuklel oc
casionally around the edge of carjiet
is a moth destroyer.
Volcanic Eruptions
Are grand, but Skin Eruptions rob life
of joy. Bucklen's Arnica Salve, cures
them, also Old, Running Sores, Ulcers,
Boils, Felons, Corns, Warts, Cut,
Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Chapped Hands
Chilblains. Best Pile cure on earth.
Drives out Paiu and Aches. Only "
cents a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold at
J. N. Snyder's Drng Store, Somerset,
Pa., and G. AV. Brallier's Diug Store,
Berlin, Pa.
The Overruling of a Judge.
A judge the other day awoke in the
nij;ht to find his rom in the possess
ion of two armed burglars. Covered
by the pistol of one of the marauders,
the judge watched the proceedings with
his usual judicial calm. One of the
depredators found a watch. "I ton's
take that" the judge said, "it has little
value aud is a keepsake." "The motion
is overruled," replied the burglar. "I
appeal," rejoined the judge. The two
burglars consulted, and the sjmkesman
then replied : "The appeal is allowed.
The case coming on before a full tri
bunal of the Supreme court, that body
is of the unanimous opinion that the
decree of the lower court should be sus
tained, and it is accordingly so order
ed." Pocketing the watch, court ad
journed. Household Words.
Bismark's Iron Nerve
Was the result of bis splendid health.
Indomitable will aud tremendous en
ergy are not found where Stomach,
Liver, Kidneys aud Bowels are out of
order. If you want these qualities
and the suceess they bring, use Dr.
King's New Life Pills. They develop
every power of brain ami body. Only
Sc. free at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store,
Somerset, Pa, and G. W. Brallier's
Drug Store, Berlin, Pa.
The Saving Sea3e of Humor.
The friend was a Job's comforter,
"Intoxicated, fighting, resisting ar
rest. I'm afraid it will go hard with
you."
Bat the prisoner was calmly confi
dent. "You forget my name is Gunn," he
said. "No police magistrate "
He pinuei his coat lapels together to
hide the fact that his necktie was miss
ing. " 2an resist the temptation of say
ing ; 'Oaon, you're discharged, but
don't get loaded again."
Smiling serenely the experienced
disturberof the pacd waited, confident
that merry wags of magistrates allow
ed all men by the name of Gunu to
get half shot unscathed that they
might have their joke. New York
Journal.
His Only Good Deed.
Judge Hubbard, of Cedar Rapids,.
Iowa, was in histimequitea character,
writes a correspondent. The governor
who appointed him to the bench re
sumed the practice of the law after the
expiration of bis terua and occasionally
practiced in Judge Hubbard's court.
Oa one occasion the judge ruled against
the ex-gevernor, and the latter, waxing
indignant, indulged in several remarks
in regard to "man's ingratitude" and
"benefits forgot." The judge soon
Wearied of such insinuations aud, fix
ing his eagle eye on the ex-governor,
said : "Let me tell you, sir, that the
only worthy action of your entire ad
ministration was when you appointed
me judge." Law Notes.
A new experiment has been tried in
the. New York penitentiary on Black
well's inland, and so far it has proved
Vfnderfully successful. A thousand en
Jertainir g and instructive volume have
been added to tba library, and the pris
oners are allowed to read from 5 -W to ft
p. m. The privilege ia eagerly embrac
ed. If a man be rebellious he is de
prived of his respite in the reading
room, aad ss a consequence the num
ber of icsuUardl nates hat dropped pre 6
ty nearly 72 per seat.
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