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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
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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
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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.