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All t;noJ an' Il guide you, dtur. l!ou:id Ibe kuuiif, rtrclintt jrar! Y'oulh's Companion. BABY BETH. A SEW YEAR'S STORY. It was New Year's Eve. Downstairs in the parlor was Baby Bitii's Christ m ts tree, j j.-t a it bad been arranged a week agi bipje doll, toys, gUtteriiijr ball;', inarvtloiis MJgar dog4 aud bi'tM and "elp'juats,"' candy apples and hearts, pop corn, colored tapers jut ready to be lighted yo'j know it all, it was just what you had for your tbree-ytar old baby and upstairs ?laby Retb waa dying. All week long, witli the fierceness of a tigress fighting fjr ber youn M:irgaretTuorne had f ught for ber child's life). From the luotuent that the flrist hoarse cough s:uote upon her ear and Beth had said : "Mamma, it b'irt9 me here w hin I toff," she bal bst no -time. All that doctors, nurses, servants, friends even mother-love itself could do, bad been done, and now in ber darkened chamber the mother sat with her baby on ber knees and waited. To wards night a ehange had come. The harsh cough ceased, the panting breath came more quietly. "Didn't she sem easier?" he had asked, a;rl the doctor hid answered briefly: "Yei." Taen, after an in terval of waiting: '"Wasa't ber breath ing less labored?" The doctor made no reply. "D.xtor," pitcojaly, "d m't you think she is bettt r?" Dr. Lemoyne turned away. He had practiced many years, and witnessed many a scene like this, but l h's kin 1 heart each one was uevr. "My child," he said, "she will never be any letter she is dying." It is curious to see the e:r.-ct, upon diir rnt temperament f such a shock. Sme receive it with cries and UmeiiLatioiis ; others with silent tears ; Sinn- with blanehel faeesanl tighten ing lips ; while a few shut the teeth to gether and m ike no other sign. And under it all is the mother heart aud the same wound, aud who shali say that i'vrr is great grief, but Itesr U ltr? Margaret Thorue made no outcry, shed no tear the would have "to-morrow and all after life for bars," today she bad ber baby. She bent ovtr the child and half stretched out ber arms with the impulse .to tak her and go somewhere any where away from everybody. Ilw&atbe instinct of tbe wounded animal. Then she fell into the monotonous swinging motion of the kners, familiar to mothers; patting ber little one sof.ly the while aa if she wtre putting ber to sleep. It was heartbreaking. The women to whom tbe child was only a dear little baby who ''would be better off in Heaven," aa the phrase goes, crept about the room weeping softly with aching hearts, while she to whom she was all of earth was dry-eyed. After a time Margaret looked up. "Doctor," 6he asked, "how long?" "I can hardly tell," be answered, "but only a few hours at best, I think." She turned to the women. "Send for her father," she said, briefly. There was a slight stir of surprise. Significant glances passed from oue to another behind ber bowed bead. Then they went out to do ber bidding. And do you ask why the father must be sent for? why husband and wife had stood alone on this long, long day, when of all days they should have leaned upon each other? I cannot telL I only know that one year ago to-day, in an unguarded hour, a word born of a throbbing brain, oraquiv ring nerve, or an aching tooth, p-rhaps had wounded a heart; that other words, sharper and more stinging, bad fol lowed ; that the iroprisooed demon of misunderstanding and pride and cb-li-naej- bad been Jet bse, and that these two who hai Towed "to love and to cherish- had stood and cruelly tbru-t e h other through until their hearts were torn and bleeding. And ti.e sun went down on a blasted home. Aud a man tod on a sleepless bed that night, saying over and over: "If I could only take it bck !" Aid a woman kuelt in her lonely house and so'Jved : "O, U h1 ! O, God ! If I hadn't slid it !" And Memory wrung her bands aud wept over them both and moaned: "It was just a word just a word but they can't get it back !" The message was quickly sent aud as quickly answered. The case brook ed no delay. Margaret Thorne beard tbe familiar step in the ball, then in the room below. She knew what be was doing. How often she had seen him stoopover the grate with outspread hands. Buying cheerily, as Beth crow ed and held out ber bands : "Just a minute, little Beth. Ppa musn't chill the baby !" The mem ry of the old-time tenderness, tbe old-time hap piness struck ber with a sudden png. "Never again; never again !" she whis pered, aa she bent over the child. A moment later be came in. The women spoke to him in the ympa thetic key of the sick room, and the doctor silently wrung hia band. Mar garet lxked up with a slight in o ve in -ot of the bead, but did not offer him her hand. He tood irresolute a moment, then took the chair facing her, the hby between them. "Margaret," be said, "it was very good of you to send f.r ni." "It was only right," she said, her voice hardening in her effort to steady it : "she is your child, too." She had not meant to be bsrh, but be knew it scuuded so. Why must she always be misunderstood? He half sighed. The message bad come, then, from no lingeriog tenderness or re turning sft0'?8, but froui a atern aeue of right- Well, so be it. He made do -aort at conversation, and so tbey sat, tbe silence of death Somerset SOMERSET, PA., upon them. It grew oppressive. The women, one by one, stole out of the room, and the doctor fiual.y, with the feeling that even he intruded here, muttered something about going into the library to lie down, telling them to call him if there should beany change. He went heavily down tbe stairs aud the two were left alone with the dying child. It was a strange scene. Eich held a baby hand ; each with a burden of grief unutterable bent over the little form aud watched the flickering life go out ; and each shut up and double-locked and bolted the heart that the other should; not know what was therein. They were but a hand's breadth apart, but between them was a great gu:f fixed. John Thorne had not seen his child since that uever-to-be-torgottea day when be gave her and his home into Margaret's hands and went forth alone. How he bad longed for a s'ght of the baby face, for a touch rf the baby hauits, none but himself would ever know. But he had been too proud to ak to see her, and Margaret bad said, In bitter scorn : "It is the way of the sex. A woman would never have for gotten her own child." And she bad e'a-ped B.'th passionately to her heart and cried out : "I will be father and mother both toyou, my baby, my poor, forsaken baby !'' And she had steeled her heart against her husband for Beth's sake and bad kept her proudly out of his way, never doubting for a moment that bis bad been a shallow pretense of love compared with her own. As he bent over her now, all his heart iu his eyes, a strange feeling of dwbt began tugging at her heart. Had he really loved the child like this? Un comfortable regrets took possession of her. Could she have misjudged him? She might have sent Beth to see him occasionally, it seemed to her now, when she had herbal! the time. He had been more generous than she. Oj that dreadful day when they had made their final arrangements, and she hail Asked, with beating heart : "And Beth?" be had answered: "Beth shall stay with you. A mother has the first cl-iim." And she had never 1-t him see her once. And Beth had a-ked for bim so often ! How could she have been so cruel? Yes, he bad been very geuero.is she could see it now but then she bail called him heartless, destitute of uat ural affection, shallow-natured, and her own hard-hearted uess she bad call ed loyalty to Beth. Alas ! alas ! bow we worship our very vices under the name of virtues and never know tby are miscalled until some lightuing-flash tears away the rags we have clothed them in and lays them bare to our opened cys ! She glanced furtively at bim. He rested bis bead on bis right baud, bis left cla.-j.iing ISoth's. His eyes were fixed on the child as if lie would in the; few moments left feast his fam ished heart upon that which had been long withheld. Sniii'thing In his position made Margaret think cf one other night hen they bad sat like this and watched Beth through the croup, aud how they bad felt that if (iod would only spare her they could have n"thing In life to trouble them again. How gentle and U nder John bad been that nitfU ! And then there was the time that B.-tli was burned aud John had walked with ber the whole night long, and would not even let tbe tu'rther rest bim, because "she was weak aud be was strong," be had said. How the memories came thronging upon ber! Oh, if she could only wake and find that this year had been a dream a hor rible dream and there had been no quarrel ! She threw her head back and clos,-d ber eyes with a sick feeling that site hail dug ber own grave. It would never be! She would find herself here to-morror, but Belli would le gone downstairs would be a b-iby that would look like her, but it would not be Beth. Aud then there would be the funeral. And then "the empty house, the bouse that Jihit bad said he should never take from ber and Beth. And then oh ! wSiat would she do then? Why, she was only twenty three, and ni-l jeople didu't die till tbey were old. H w ould she live forty years fifty, may if, without Rsth or yes or John ! The clixk ticked on, th fire sput tered fitfully, but the silence of the vigil was unbroken. John Thorne rais ed bis bead and looked at Margaret as she lay with closed eys. Her white, puil'ering face touched his heart. How much older he looked! It was only four years since she bad stood a bride of nineteen and given herself to bim. Why, could it be only four years ! It seemed like an eternity. And yet tbe scene rose before bim with ths vivid ness of yesterday the organ's toDe, the brilliant procession, the subdued bush of the church, and then the rec tor's solemn words. He wondered if be could remember any of them. "For better, for worse" how they had jested beforehand over that ! They were so sure it ould never he "for worse." "For better, for worse" "For better, for worse" the words said themselves over i.ad over. "In sick uess aud in health" it was all omiug tack to him "to love and to cherish. T-t thcrUh! that meant to protect, to care for he had uot done that but he bad meant to as Gd was his judge he bad meant to he had male those vows in good faith, meaning to keep them all, but somehow it bad all been a miserable failure. He could see the mistakes now. If he could only blot it all out and begin again ! "To love and to cherish." He dil, for a time, he told bimseif. Their early married life had beeu as happy as that of most people, he eould houestly say "Till death us do part," sounded the preacher's v ,ioe, as if It were now "till il-nlh us do part." John Thorne wiped the aweat from his forehead. Ha had never felt those marriage rows so imperative, so un yielding, so for eternity, as now now that it was too late. Was it too late? A thrill pissed through bim- They were young, after a!L They hai their lives before them. Why not begin again? Then he re riM;mberei, with a sinking heart, the bitter, bitter tuinga they had each said. ESTABLISHED 1827. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 28, 1898. They were not true h had felt that at the tiine but they wrre spoken and could uot be recalled. Ah, no ! It was too late. They could never un.lo it. H? glanced around the r.wm. How natural it seemed ! only the crib was gone Beth had outgrown that, he sup posed. How they had laughed and joked over that crib and his blunders in selecting it ! And how sweet Mar garet had looked to him as she lay with the tiuy mits on her arm and called h'nu "papa" for the first time t And they bad called her their Xew Year's Gift and said she was to bring new love into their lives ! Aud in that night of anguish, just before, when Margaret lay hovering between life and death, how be had prayed iu an agony of fear that she might not die, that he might show his love by a life of devotion to her ! And bow ah, how he had broken those vows ! Tbe breath comes slowly. The little bauds are very still aud yet, O baby fingers, through the solemu watches of this night thou'rt gathering up the tan gled, broken threads of these two lives, and, with a touch no other hand might use, art weaving them together, deftly, surely, with Heaven wut skill ! There was a slight stir. The mother and father felt a quiver pass through the little form. With startled faces they bent over her. There was a ga-p, a sudden throwing up of the little bauds then all wa.s stilL In an instaut his arms were around her, her head on bis breast - "Margaret, my wife !" "O John, John !" she said. The clock struck twelve. A New Year had dawned. Iu the twilight of a summer day a man and woman stand beside a little grave. There is an air of subdued sad ness about them that tells to whom the little mound belongs, and yet when they speak it is hopefully and cheer fully. It is a tiny grave "ouly a ba by," a stranger would say but we who have stood beside such know that love and grief are uot measured by feet and inches. The glory of the scttinsj sun fills the place. It lights up the faces of father and mother as they lay, with loving bauds, forget-rue-iiots Ufu the green turf, and then, hand in hand, go forth. A stray sunbeam falls across the white stone. We stoop to read the inscrip tion. It is a very simple one : HA BY BETH. AI.EI) TIIKKC "And a little child hall lead them." Caroline H. Stanley, iu Good House keeping. A Too Impel ire Papa. ' "Mr. MiT2leou."i. 'd Bid well Bgjrs its lie entered the crusty old man's pri vate office, "I have culled to speak to you concerning your daughter. I" "Never mind going on," Diniel Mig gleson broke in. "I have noticed that you have been a frequent visitor at my house of late, and I wish to say to you right here, sir, that 1 don't approve of it, sir, not a bit, sir. Good morning, sir." Bidwell Boggs was only a railroad clerk on a moderate salary, but he wa9 a handsorue young fellow ; he moved in good s H'iety ; be stood well with bis employers, and he was rising. He drummed upon the crown of his hat for a moment, stixsl first on one foot and then on the other, and finally replied : "But your daughter, Mr. Miggleson, is-" "Stop, sir T' the old man exclaimed. "Miist I tell you in pttin words that you are not a man that I would js rmit my daughter to marry under any cir cunistauces? When riy daughter mar ries I hope she will have sense enough to chocue a man who is considerably higher in the world than you are. Oh, I know that you would tell me that y u love each other, and all that, but bosh ! She may think she loves you what cf it? She isn't old enough to know bir own mind. Now don't bother me any more, and don't come to my house azain. You and my daughter must cease being friends. Good morning. I'm busy." "If your daughter thinks she loves me," Mr. B'ggs replied with consider able asperity, "I don't kuow it. She certaiuly ba3 never hinted auything of the kind to me, and I didn't come here to talk 1 1 you about matrimony." Mr. Mtggleson took off bis glases and stared at the young mam "What I wished to say," continued Bidwell B gg, "was that your daugh ter spoke t me the other day about go ing East to spend the holidays, and tbe frUZgested that I might perhaps get a pjsa for her. I've got it, but, of couie, if you are opposed to our friendship, I shall have to cancel it. Good morn ing, sir." Mr. Miggleson sat and thought for a minute. Then he walked over to the revolving bookcase, gave it a savage kick, and returned to his work mutter ing things that can not lie printed. Cleveland Leader. Hia Life Was Saved. Mr. J. E Lilly, a promineu: citizen of Haunibal, Mo., lately ba l a wonder ful deliverance from a frightful death. I;i telling of it he says : "I was taken with Typhoid Fever, that ran into Pneumonia. My luags became hard ened. I was so weak I couldn't even sit up in bei. Nothing helped ojf. I expected to soon die of Consumption, when I heard of Dr. King's New D, cover. Oae bottle gave gre t relief. I continued to use it and now am well aud i-trong I can't say too rnu-ii iu its praise. This marvi Lous medicine is the sjrest and quickest cure 'a the world for all Tnroat and Lang Trouble. Regular tiz-s 50 cents aud $1.03. Trial bottles free at J. N. Suyder's Drug St ire, Som erset, Pa, aud G. V. Brallier'a Drug Store, Berlin, Pa. Tbe regular activity of the digrstlve organs is of paramount importance to the health of an individual, and cer tain conditions must be fulfilled rela tive to the quality, quantity, time and manner ofjaklog food if one is to re main in perfect heIth. The Brills'! Expire embraces 10,iX is'ands. HAPPY HEW YEAR! To One and All, tho Young, the Old, the High, the Low. A happy New Year to you, child of t day ! May you know more of sun shine than of cloud, and more of gle than of sorrow ; may your tumbles and bumps le few, your laughter be fre quent and long, your play lie unre strained, your sleep refreshing, your dreams pleasant. A happy New Year to you, bright youth of our city and country all hap piness in the ambition, the joy, the friendships, the competitions 'and the rewards of school life. Success to you in the endeavor whereby the firm, en during basis of true manhood and of noble womauhood are laid ; with what success comes two-fold happiness hap piness to others and happiness to your selves. Go forth gayly and confidently Into the New Year, oh, you who are beautiful in the fresh vigor of your youth! A happy New Year to you, young man ! We know your secret ! Your faltering speech, your diverted glances, your smart attire these aud other tell tale signs have betrayed you, and there is uncommon sympathy in our hearts as we bid you a bappy New Year. But to le happy y u must be brave. Go, like a man, and speak your mind to ber; pour out into her wilting ear the full measure of your soul ; she has a gentle heart and she will requite you. It is not well for you twain to live apart ; but your happiness is within your comprehension. Fate is propi tious; the time is ripe, and tbe girl is willing. And why do you blush, coy jnaideo, as we address to you the compliments of this happy season ? Can it be that a qualm oppresses your tender con science? Have you been playing the coquette O! monster of ruthlessnes ; have you been reveling in the anguish which your bright eyes and pretty fa"e hare entailed? We can not bid you lie happy when we know that ju, unde serving, should not nnd can not l Messed with happiness until you have made reparation. Hasten to pluck the brand from the burning; save the cal low but honest William ere he a'to gc'her ja rish in the delightful torments which your charms inspire. Toyou whose lives are hallowed with the grace if maternity, not one, but many, many years of happiness ! Live long, wives and mothers of this land, to See the little lives you have cherished so tenderly expand into beauty and Use fulness ; live long to know and feel the sweet rewards of gratitude, of venera tion and of love. Survive those hours of pain, of cru- Ity, of watching and of sacrlnoe live through it all, dear, pa tient martyrs, to share the peace, the repose, the contentment, the compensa tions of the fjture that surely wait f r such as you. We wish a bappy New Year to him whse life is inspired by houomble pur pose and whose strength is expended in bouorable endeavor.. Whats;ever his condition, whatsoever his environment, long life to him, we say, and may this New Year, if it do not find bim already advanced in the way to success and happiness, point and conduct bim thereunto. A bappy New Yearbo, toyou, grand mothers and grandfathers, every w here ! Look out upon all around you aud see how pacing fair the evening is ; aud all that is to be heard iuvites contentment and rejois. You hear voices, too, that we do not bear they have never been quite forgotten, and they peak to you iu the sweetly solemn twilight of the miming that foiloweth the evening, and of the wukiug that c tmeth after the folding of the bauds to sleep. Yes, to ail the young, the old, the high, the low a happy New Year, a happiness arising from and tempered with wisdom, faith, bojieand charity. E-igeue Field. Hi Rizfct to Ugliness. The woman w ho is lovely in face, form aud temper will always have frienls, but one who would be attract ive must keep ber health. If she is weak, sickly aud all run down, she wiil be nervous aud irritable. If she hx constipation or kiduey trouble, ber impure blood will ciuse piaip'es, blotches, skin eruptions and a wretch ed complexion. EUctric Bitters is the best medicine iu the world to regulate stomach, liver aud kidneys and to purify the blood. It gives stn.ng nerves, bright eyes, tuiooth, velvety skin, rich complexion. It will make a good-looking, charming woman of a run-down invalid. Only 50 cents at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., and G W. P.rallier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa. A cup of hot water, declares Sir An drew Clark, of London, possesses the same medicinal qualities attributed to an equal amountof whisky, while lack inr the injurious properties. Hot wa ter in abundance is especially recom mended in malarial troubles. "Don't you sympathize with the down-trodden masses?" inquired the philanthropist. "Yes," answered Mr. Meekton, who bad been shopping with his wife. "I sympathize with them. And yet I ean't belp feeling that they ought to know belter than to all try to get at the bargain counter at once." Washing ton Star. He Fooled the Sargeosj. All doct rs told Renick Hamilton, of West Jefferson, O , after suffering H months from Rectal Fistula, be would die unless a cosily operation was per formed ; but be cured himself with live boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the surest Pile cure on Eirth, and the best Halve in the World, Z cents a box. Sold at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., and G. W. Braliiers Drug St -tv, Berlin, Pa. Dr. F. W. IlfiikeY calls attention to j the grave signifb-ance of earache and the importance of early treatment. Earache in children may be tbe first indication of an approaching Euinin giti. R jseian railroad trains have smoking i crs for la lies. . - . IGF JL JL 0 Told of Little Wilhelmina. Doctor K iyper, of Holland, upon his recent vb.it to this city, says the Roch ester Democrat and Chronicle, related an interesting story connected with tbe early life of the young Queen Wilhel mina, which Is significant as illustrat ing the character of the Queen. It oc curred when she was not more than 7 years old. Her fither, the late King, was pre sented with a beautiful and very choice set of cutis and sauvrs, and so highly did he priz- the gift that he solemnly impressed upon his servants and the members of his household that if the pieces were destroyed or Injurtd in any way tiie unfortunate person responsible for the accident should be severely pun ishejj It happened that some time later a footman, in carrying the dishes from the room in which he bad ieen serving, accidentally broke one of the cups. He was horrified and filled with grief at the misfortune, which he knew would cost him his position and bis home. Happening at that moment to meet the little Princess, he said to her, with sot : "God-bye; I have got to go. I have broken one of the cups." The little lady expressed her regret, and a.-k-ed why, and tbe footman explained to her the decree of the King. The Prin cess became thoughtful, and finally saM : "I will help you out of this trouble, aud I'll tell you what to do. You get some gl oe aud fasten the pieces togeth er, and to-morrow you bring the cup to me filled with tea, hut be sure it is cold tea, and I will soe what I can do about it'.' The footman, much relieved, obeyed the little Princess, 'and the following evening the footman banded her the cup of cold tea. In a moment she man aged to let it fall. The cup, of course, broke into a thousand pieces. The King was furiously angry. Little Wil helmiua ran to him, and, throwing ber arms around his neck, said: "Good bye, father; I am going." "Wh-it do you meau?" asked the King, perplexed. "Why, you said tiie first ja-rs on who broke oue of thes cups was to lie ban ished ; so I am going." At this the King, who worshiped his little daughter, took her in his arms and forgave ber, and be never knew that tbe child bad committed the act to save the footman. Lonj-DrawnOat. They may supply us with all the pin trays the imaginations of the design ers can conjure up, and no matter bow attractive these same trays may lie, wo mankicd will never consider ber dress er as looking at its best unless a plump, pretty pincushion rests Uoa it. Why it is one ctn't tell, but th-s pincush ion seems to respond to ari.itic treat ment better than almost any other bit of wcrk. It's a question whether tfce new long, slender ones are any prettier than the older square ones, though, of course, their newness recommend them to uovelty-seekers. They are from eighteen to thirty inches long; perhaps the oue bo designed them patterned them after the kiss of which Bryon said "it must be reckoned by its length," you know. These pretty cush ions do not score on account of their length alone, for they are bits of love liness long drawn out. You may have them in embroidered linen, China silk, with a dainty lace rutlle, or, if exjeuse doesn't count, in painted lasting cloth over some exquisite tint of silk. Wild roses or pausies lend thenudves ex quisitely, aud in a setting of fine fluffy lace, with dainty ribbon bows, make an affair so dainty that one hasn't the heart to stab tteru with a pin. The Appetite oi a Goat Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whrse Stomach an 1 Liver are out of order. All such should know that Dr. King's New Life Pills, the wonderful Stomach aud Liver Remedy gives a splendid ap petite, souud digestion and a regular bodily habit that insures perfect health and great energy. Only at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., anl G. W. BraJlier's Drug Store, Ber lin, Pa. Toted S7.000.000 A Minute. WasniNoTox, I). C, Dec li The House to-day surpassed all previous rec ords in tbe expedition wiin which it part ed tbe Pension Appropriation bill. This bill in the days gone by has been one of the most fruitful themes of acrimonious partisan debate, but to-day, akhor.gb car rying $-l,w,V more than tb act for tbe current year, it was passer, in twen ty minutes without a word of criticism. It carried 15 .233.SUX How itHartj! Rheumatism, with its sharp twinges, aches and pains. Da you know the cause? Acid ia the blood has accu mulated in your joints. The cure is found in Hood's Sarsapariila which neutraliz s this acid. Thousands write that they have been completely cured of rheum atLsm by Hoods's Sarsapariila. Hood's Plls cure nau.- a, sick head ache, biliousness, indigestion. Price Z'i cents. I Wd At 110 Tears. An.- Arkik, Mich., Dec lo. Joseph Mcciee, ae 110 years, of Ypsilanti, to day got a liewuse to wed here. He wiil make Amelia D.t, 50 years old, hia wife. Mctiee's bearing U good, lie does Git use glAases, La has never Uaen rich loud or used tobacco. Mr. Mccie tougbt in the waroflsl, ia the Mexican war and in be Civil war. t Half the ills that man i beir to come from indigestion. Burdick B tteis strengthens and tones the stomach ; makes indigestion i-cpossib'e. He "Man proposes" what's the rest of it ? She But ia not always accepted. Detroit Free Press. A course often served lust before deswert is cheese custard, thin brown ' bread sandwiches being sent around with it. T1 "T o WHOLE NO. 2171. Kirtia ca Ballot B.form. II ARiusia Rii, Dec- 14 Ballot reform uK'tt:uus ar a loading feature of the biennial report of David Martin, Secreta ry of the Commonwealth, jost submitted ( (kivernor Ualinrs. Mr. Martin sug gests that the legislature should pans an entirely new and complete ballot reform bill, coveri' g the whole sutjet, an 1 em b ijying tbe bent results ol ballot reform iu other Mats. lis thinks the Massa chusetts law ha-s lutii'h to commend it, but there are mtny pin--es iu which it could be Improved- lie believes the Leg islature should specifically define which ciiuiiint are entitle 1 to the circles and which are not, and Chat such legislation be enacted on this question as to remove every obstacle in the way of tbe full exercise of the rijht of suffrage, render fraud iiiijKwvble and provide a simple and contplete form of ballot. Tbe Secre tary say the otjectionto duplii-atioo of columns on the ballot -Miild be largely re moved by asaAinbliiig all the candidate tor each o Ilice to be tilled in groups in a single column, lie thinks there should be a legislative declaration as to what constitute a political party entitled to nouiiuate a State ticket to appear on the ballot in all the counties. Mr. Martin also recommends thatcer-tirii-ates of nomination should be filed within todays after the nominations have been made, and not less than tl dsys prior to the dny of election ; that all elec tion blanks be prepared ty the Secietary of the Commonwealth, and that the use of any other forma be prohibiten! ; that where more than one ceStiticate purport ing to iioiniuatn different persons for the same ollii-e by the same party is present ed, the Secretary of the Commonwealth be directed to file only the first paper offered and if a second be presented, those interested in it be compelled to apply for a mandamus, and that no certificate of nomination papers be received aud tiled uiHtwt tha written acceptance erf' the can didates thereby nominated is filed there with. Th report shows that during the two years ended December I, the department received as fees for letters patent and for the tiling of corporation papers. Jot ol;, and from cxnniissions and other miscel laneous sources, Jl.CXiV.'iI. There was collected since the close ot the last session of the Legislature Jl.iV!.aw. 17 as bonus upxm charters and iucreawst in capital stock. There was a falling off iu -the eor po'slioii rnceipts of the department, and an increase in all other hrauehes. Mr. Martin recommends that steps be taken to either reprint the laws of 174 or to provide fr an edition of the corpo ration law of the State as they now exNt. lid recommends that after Legislative bills are nually passed and amendments ma le, a copy be printed on parchment paper, signed hy the presiding officers, and transrukittl to the Governor. He also suggests that if there were fewer de partment reports printed aod the money thus saved detsl to larger editions of the pamphlet 1 ws and Sinuli's executive bandiok, th public demand for thee two publications eould be satisfied and the State incur do additional expense. (Governor Hastings will emtaidy the most important of Mr. jjartin's rt eom nifnd.ition.s in his message to the next Legislature. Accidents comes with distressing frequency oa the farm. Cuts, bruises, stings, sprains. Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil relieves the pain instantly. Never safe without iL Vlraaa. Here we have a proud, imperial city, rather disdainful of trade, aristocratic and n-y pong, conscious of a long past, its rnlrs still animated with tbe eouriction that they are the successors ft Charlemagne and Otto, looking on Berii:i as jarrenu, on London as merely eonimerciti', ou Paris as half crazy. Ex ceptiugin the domain cf music, Vienna is net a home of art and culture, bat it is a center tf dignity aud grace aud a reitain calm air of superiority, which, however, does uot oiTeud. It is conteut to look cn while othtr places explore su:r write and toil and pu.-h aDd strain , it stands on its rank ; it can never furgft its 14 qaarterings and its claijis to hi-b estate. Vienna ia most interesting perhaps as tbe meeting place between east and west, where tue fine gentleman rubs shoulders in tbe afternoon loone along the Graben with the Bosnian peasant The guardian of Europe's ancient order, tbe center of a great and most interest ing empire, the city of leisure and cf a pride ao lofty that it doea not know itself to be pride at alL Vienna is both a charming city and an important polit ical ct titer, aa she will con tinea to be. no matter what is the fate of tbe Aus trian etnpiro. London Spectator 1. dc Vaateaell'a Bright Sp--eh-a. M said cf a young fellow who did not see that a lady was in love with bim: "Yoa are very young Yon can only real large print." A preacher said: "Wbea Pere Bour dalooe preached at Ronen, he cansed a great deal of disorder Tbe workmen left their shops, tbs doctors thi'ir pa tieuts. etc I preached there tbe follow ing year and set everything right. A lady 90 years of age said to M. de Fontenelle, who was 95, "Death has forgotten os." " Hash I replied Fon tentlle. patting his linger on bis lips. A conceited dolt interrupted a conver sation by. "I have an idea." A wit re marked, "Astonishing!' A cenrier id, "After the death of his majesty th. ie's nothing r.ne can't believe." M de Fontenelle, then in bis ninety seventh year, having jast paid Mrne Uelvetins a thousand pretty compli ments, passed ber on bis way to the table, witbool seeming to notice her "See," saidMme. Hclvetins, "wbat ac count I tboald take of year gallantry Yoa wtnt by without looking at me.' "Madame," said tbe old g-ntleman, "if I Lad looked at you I should not have passed by yoo," Gcntleaan's Magazine. lea aerate. "I want a horse aod trap for a fn ncraL Can yoa let me bave them?" in quired tbe Toong man in tbe load check fait cf tbe cautions liveryman, whose stock occupies tbe same place in bis affections that a wife and family shoold. "Well, if yon'recarefnl'replied tbe cautious liTtrrmaa slowly. Tbe turnout was at last ready, and while tbe yocng man in the loud check ait was arranging himself in his seat tbe proprietor patted the horse, an es pecial favorite, tried the bnctles of tbe harness, bcok the t baits and performed all the usual ceremonies doe upon such aa occasion. Thcu, as be banded op tbe reins, he sid cben!u:indr-dly: lVs sery willing and qiick. E caref at not to drive too fa4. " Ths yon'ig man regarded bira in rar prise fcr a cx-njeL-t. sad tbea assever sud. ;r". 1 ti grirj to kep op with t!o f t:. r :1 if it k:ils hi ui ! 'London ..n The OLD HYMN. t ast r!rMn a rwunt rw;. A UfwctiHd room. jii:mi .h..d. hara d. W-th windr.wi lrin . O'rr a bw h th san-: ' aU-.ry 1 rfsrawl I wached tia farcil 1l!t:in,; ni!, And --Half ara ro, St" ttiat i-smiin r A t-nter fr-mi the luavintt Kh.r,-o: 111 i.ttcr-1 rep-.. And im ryr nt';ir i.ir fi:1: tiLiT-st A desr M hvitia Iku :irrcd in iivart. Twxi "t'hir in it d i:m H -av. n!? tn;," And arful it m.;ic iiusclt tvars .liurt. Tiie K.nj ye:r. scvu.t.-.i to Ln: k.artl ?uru. Aa ? I, a httie c:i:Ui .i.--u:i. Fel l fx-t itfl:a hi nrci arm" rlasp. W.iu "tx lii or'-oned tho ;!d r.friin. Oh. put WW ronro fo fr that -h:ll And know mt-iia ! bh-wf'd rrt Ttw old hrnin hmaj;lit me. r-s iost to iWp Kh iiii wsl hNd up-m fa broastl Bit only yet a lit'io wii:l, Thuiwh earth m caii it. y-ara that crcvp. I know ha'il euma to rue atzain And roca me to 1 1 rnal Mary Iterrmui in ItoMun Trnsrr!pt IT CURED THE COOK. Tfce Reaalt af Her Waater'a Wrea tlla Mateh With the Tclevaaae. "About a wee after tb-s telephone was installed any electrical device is always 'in-tailed' when it is brought into tbe boose tbe cook was suddenly taken ill iu th" middle of tbe night, and I was requested to telephoue fur th doctor. It took me fully tea inmates cf prolonged rinsing and yelling before. I could induce the central otlice to pnt me into communicafion with the dec tor. Tbeu I sent an aonied bowl through the telephone, begging tbe doc tor to coino at once. "In the course of the following hoar six different persous cairk-d on brief conversations with me, bit no oue cf them was the doctor. Ia the case cf each ptrsou it took about ten minutes of hard labor to induce bim to say any thim; intelligible, and when the i lire I -liuible rental k arrived it was to tho effect that tbe speaker was Erowu t r Jones or Robinson; that he was not a doctor, and that he would iutiict per sonal ciiaftiseuieut on tbe man who bad called bim out of ted if be could find tbe criminal iu the morning. "At last, however, my efforts were apparently crowned with success. A wretch who said be was the person of whom I was iu search prombed to call at my house at onca Accordingly oue hour and a quarter after I had brst rung tbe telephone I received a burned call from tbe li.-cal undertaker, who insisted that I bad telephoned to bim to Lring a coftin without a moment's de-lay. I got rid o! bim at t lio expense of a shillings aud a g 1 a - s of wine, and I am happy to say that tbe shuck cf tbe visit curcdt'io cook without the aid i f any other med icine." W. A. Aldea iu IVarsou's Magazine. 4 rrllafa aa Sanrtamea. The wheeinian himself can hardly be held answerable for the death of a rab bit which bolted iiAo bis machine as it stood by the roadside, and broke its neck, and there was contributory negli gence, as tho 1 iwyers say, on tbe psrt of tbe cat which tried to go through the wheel of a passing bicycle and gave the rider a bad fall at the co.-t of ils own 1'fe. Much more noteworthy thaa either of tbes; was the achievement of a cy clist wbo wbilo aconhinit along the i;ad (be most bave been scorchinit) raa into a covey of partridges and killed oue, his wheel pacing over its neck. The on.'y way in which this carious accident can be explained is to suppose that the birds were "dusting" at a bend in the rnad, and that tbe cycli.-t's aj-proach, concealed ly the hedges, re mained nudetected till the enemy was literally among tbeai. Chain hers' Jour nal. laeorrlslbte. A pror little street Arab was brooch! into a hospital by the police. He bad been rua over by an omnibus and was badly injured. Tbe chaplain was sent for, as it was thought improbable that the boy would live many bears. With little tact tbe chaplain began, tno inter view thus: "My boy, tbe doctors think yea are veiy lunch hart Have you been a good little boy';" Boy (much bored) Von git aoot! Chaplain (shocked) Bat I am afraid, yon are not a good little boy, and yoa know yoa may perhaps be going to die. Boy (anxious to end the interview) . Well, tain't none o' your basine.-s ;aiy- ow. Wot's roe death pot to do with yoa? Ave yoa got a pal in tbe coifna line? It is pleasant to be able to relate that the boy finally recovered. Now aud tbea the doctor is believed to be almost onvjiscieut. A patient ia a military bospitai was constantly getting into bot water because he smngglcd food into the wards. One morning bis medical officer was about to examine his throat with a laryngoscope. Seeing the little mirror all ready for use the man's cbara wbispcrod an anxious warning from tbe adjoining bed. "I say. Bill, you'd be?6 'are a care. Ea mcight 'appen to see wet yer 'ad for snppcr lawst nnigbL " Cornbill Maga zine aafd SI era at Will. A friend of the late Dr. William Pep per of Philadelphia tells how he cculd go to sleep at wilL "Will yoa excuse me, Mrs. ? he would say some times. "I could talk with yoa much mere satisfactorily if I bad a few min utes' nap. Jane, make Mrs. com fortable and wake me ia ten minutes." Oatside the office would be crowded with people waiting to see bim ahont tbe Philadelphia muse orris, tbe Univer sity of Pennsylvania, the public libra ries, or abont their health, but he would go into bi3 owa room behind the office, would stretch out on the lounge, throw a rug over his knees and closing bis eyes would be asleep at ence. Tea minutes later he would be roused by his servant and would at once resume bis conversation with the patient at tbe point at which it had teen dropped. Ho would sleep ia bis carriage as be was driven from cue appointment to anoth er He would sleep in a train, in a strange parior cr library, ia private or ia puLlic. absolutely indifferent to com ment. Sraaal Holidays la fr'raaee. Two bnudred and ix holidays ia the year, as azaiast IZ'J scina-liliys! That's tbe retold of public instruction iu France. To lgin with, there is the regular midsmnnier holiday, which cov ers a period of 64 days. That's pretty good for a starter. Then there are tbe Sundays. -Tbey are holidays of coorse everywhere, tut they count aa addi tional 52 days. Tbea tea days are al lowed for tbe pre per celebration cf Christmas and New Year's. To be thor oughly observant cf tbe great feast of Eastertide 1 j days are givea. Thurs days are holidays, and that means 53 more days of to labor. All Saiata' comes ia for three cUts holiday, St Charlemagne two days. Shrove Tuesday and AitJ Wednesday two days, Wbit sauti lo three days, and tbiee days to make merry w bea tbe national fete ia July rolls round. The rest of the year tbe children are supposed to study. Philadelphia Ledger. Warld'a Lara-eat Werkaaaae. Tbe largest workhouse ia the world Is at Liverpool, where tbe workhouse has accommodation for no fewer than 5,000 inmates. It is not. however, of ten filled, as only half cf its many dor mitories are occupied by tbe perroaaens pauper resident. There axv occasion. sucb as a labor strike, if long continued, which cause it to fill op rapidly, aad tbeu it proves none too big for tbe re quirements of tbe union Liverpool bas a large number cf poor, bat it is spe cially maniacent ia its charities. Of these tbe chief are tbe Bloecoat hospi tal, maintaining aad educating SCO children ; tbe Orphan asylum, tbe Sea men's Orphan a.sylcm ia Newsbaia park, containing a boat 400 boys aod cn equal number cf girls; schools for the bimd aad tbe deaf aad dasb industri al choc's, and na.D of bosp; taia London Tit-Eita.
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