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VOL. XLV1I. NO. 37.
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I Delicate
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Children i
They do not complain of
anything in particular. They
eat enough, but keep thin and
pa'c. Thevannear fairlvwell.
but have no strength. You
cannot say they are really
sick, and so you call thern
delicate.
What can be done forthem?
Our answer is the same that
the best physicians have been
giving for a quarter of a cen
tury. Give them
I scon's Bausslon I
of Cod-Ln er Oil u i:h Hypo
pUosphitcs. It has most re
markable nourishing power.
It gives color to the blood. It
brings strength to the mus
cles. It adds power to the
nerves. It means robust
health and vigor. Even deli
cate infants rapidly gain in
flesh if given a small amount
three or four times each day.
4kC and Sr.oo; ill druggists
SrOTT A BOWSE, Chembii. New York.
THE-
First Nalional Ban:
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Somerset, Penn'a.
Capital, S50.000.
Surplus, S37.000.
UNOIV'OED
PROFITS
S.3000.
oeposits cccivc in Laec aiioaaiALi
aMOUNTa. PTLI o B(KO
ACCOUNT OF MCCMNT, :,
STOCK OCALCKS, HHO OIHIdl SOLICITtD
DISCOUNTS DAILY. -
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
CH AS. O. SiTLU GK . K. SCl-Ma
JAMES U. PI till, W. H. MILI.KKL
JOilN H. m"XTT. EOKT. 8. HCULi
fKKD EIEdECKEB
EDWARD SCrLL, : : PKCSIDFNT
VALKNXINE HAY, : VICE PUEbll'KXT.
HAKV EY M. BERKLEY, CASHIEH
The fundi; and gecuritie of this ban a are se
curely prolet-ted in a celebrated Coai.iaa Bfav
suau Pkoof Kafk. Tue only safe made abao
lutely buralar-proof.
Jicob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Door West of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
I Am Now
prepared to supply the public
with Clocks, Watches, and Jew
elry of all descriptions, as Cheap
as the Cheajest.
REPAIRING A
SPECIALTY.
All work guaranteed. Look at my
stock before making your
purchases.
J. D. SWANK.
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SHOES, OXFORDS and SLIPPERS.
Black and Tan. Iatst Styles and Shapes
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THE WHITE MAN'S EUEDE2T
BY It'UVARD Klf-LISG.
Take Dp the White Man's burden
(Send forth the best ye breed
Oo, bind your soui to exile
' To serve your captive' need ;
To wait. In heavy harness.
On fluttered folk and vlid
Your new-caught sullen peoples.
Half devil and half child.
Take up the White Man's burden
In piiii-nce toab'de.
To veil the threat of terror .
And cheek the show of pride;
By open speech and simple,
An hundred times and plain.
To set k another's profit
And work another's train.
Take up the White man's burden
The savage wars o( peace
Fill full the mouth of Katuine,
A nd bid tbe sickness cease ;
And a lien your coal Is nearest
(The end for others sought)
Wulch sloth and heathen folly
Bring all your hope to nought.
Take up the White Slan's burden
Nqlmn rule of kings.
But toll of serf and sweeper
Tbe tule of common things.
The ports ye elm I not enter.
The rouds ye shall not tread,
Co, make them with your living
And murk them with your dead.
Take up the White Man's burden
And reap his old reward
Tbe bUni. of those ye better
Tbe hate of those ye guard
The cry of hots ye humor
(Ah. slowly!) toward the Hunt;
"Why brought ye us from bondage.
Our loved Egyptian night
Take up the White Man's burden
Y'e dare not stoop for less
Nor call too loud ou Freedom
To clonk your weariness.
By all ye will or whisper.
By all ye leave or do, .'j
The silent sullen peoples
rball wriuh yoar (od and you.
Take up the White Man's burden
lUve done with childish days
The lightly proffered laurel,
The easy ungrudged praise ;
Comes now, to search your manhood
Through all the thankless years,
("old, edged with dear boughl-wisdom.
The Judgment of your pe.TB.
McClure's Mugazine.
A NEAT JOB.
BY W. PETT RIIHiE.
The barred and padlocked van came
out of the courtyard of the bknk into
8L Swtthin's Laue and was driven
slowly and wilh great circtiruxlance
down tit Cannou-et. station. Mr.
Lrge, in his long frieze overcoat, sat
on the box near the driver, for Mr.
Large was one of the bank courier,
red-faced and whiskered and sufficient
ly rotund of figure, with a seafaring
manner that not even a large silk hut
could hide. Mr. Large told the driver
that, this being the last day of the old
year, he was making his final trip on
behnlfof the bank; on his return the
bank proposed to superannuate him,
with a handsome allowance, and he
did not kuow that he should not take
a nice little hotel down at Ilythe, on
which he had had his eye for some
considerable time. "This," added
Mr. Large to the driver, with bis
usual caution, "this Is confidence,
mind." The driver answered that it
should not go any further, and that he
knew when to keep his mouth shut
and when to open it.
"Iu our business," agreed Mr. Large,
"you have to."
At the station the padlocks were
taken off the back of the van, aud
three Lirge wooden cases, red taped
aud sealed with scarlet wax, were
taken out by the railway porters care
fully aud placed iu a lirst-claas cum
ptrtmeut. It was all done with a fine
air of mystery, because to mention the
uanneof Large' bank was to fill rail
way men, and even custom officials,
with awe and reverence. Especially
at about the end of the year.
"Might those cases conti.in bonds,
inspector?" asked an inquisitive pas
senger. "Well," said the inspector, shifting
his lamp from one hand to the other,
"they might contain anything."
"Bat what do they coutain T'
"Ah !" replied the inspector, evasive
ly. "Now you're asking me some
thing." There were not many pa-sengers by
the night mail from Cannoo-sL, but
among them there was a party of
three, two well dressed, matronly wo
men aud a luuffled-up man; the two
women, when they bad seen the mufli-ed-upman
Into a first-class compart
ment and had warned him to keep his
scarf over his chin, came hick and
watched the proceedings with studied
carelwness.
"Wish your poor husband was alive,
Catherine," said one in an undertone.
"This would have been a job after his
own heart."
"lie was alwayt planning something
of tbe kind," Bid Catherine, feelingly;
"but he wa never spared to carry it
out. tseemed as though he wasn't to
be. Poor George !" The lady shook
her head sadly. "I don't believe, Mar
garet, there was ever anybody like
him."
"Fortunately," svd Mvgaret, there
is somebody like this man Lrge."
"Hu.sh!" remarked. the other re
provingly. "And it's srme consolation to think
that your poor 'usbandis looklDgdown
now and seeing us three helping th
foreign gentleman to manage a scheme
that"
"Certainly," conceded Catherine,
with emotion, "it is a mark of respect,
And there's no doubt it was Providence
sent me here this morning aud let me
listen to them miking the arringe
tnenta. You sent the telegram to DjI
afona'.l right?"
"If Edward can only lcsr? off yes,
dear, I wnt the telegram leave off be
ing a silly fool for a little while it
ought to pan out all right."
"He's the only miu for the Job, and
there's b-eu a rAre job to get the like
ness right"
The other lady was not optimistic.
"I haven't been bis lawful married
wife," she sid, "these two and twenty
yedM without finding out that El ward
has his fault. Haw'd it be to Uke our
aeits before the train (-tarts?"
At Djver the mul ommitioa of
psxsengeM alighting at the low, narrow
platforoi and, draped with ruy and
decorated with p.irtmntem. descend
ing the wooden steps to the Calais
steamer wa s'ayed f-r a few moments
while Mr. Large, with the imperial air
o in
SOMERSET, PA.,
that a Viceroy tyes to catch but can
not, strode down, keeping a severe
eye on the porters who were currying
the three elaborately sealed cases. The
crowd of passetigers had to wait while
this took p'aee, and the cold wind, de
termined to have some fun before the
old year went out, blew their hats off
and fluttered ladies' cloaks impudent
ly. Then the ordinary passengers
came down, and Mi. Iarge, who had
changed his silk hat for a tweed trav
eling cap that had Asps to cover his
ears, and was tied securely under the
chiu, nodded to the captain (who seem
ed pleaded to see him), aud demanded a
prophecy in regard to the Journey
across. The captain said that it might
perhaps bs the least bit boisterous, and
Mr. L-irge answered he knew what
that meant. Let the cases be placed
in the strong room, wltere they would
be secure from injury by sea water and
he would take a private cabin.
"Right you are, Mr. Large," said
the captain. - "Not too early, 1 hope, to
wish you a happy New Year. How's
the firm?"
"We're sending you a basket of game
this year," remarked Mr. Large casual
ly. ".Struck me your missis would like
that better than cigars."
"It all comes iu usjful," replied the
captain, "where you've go't a family.
See you aguiu presently."
Tiie captaiu went up on the bridge.
The Ia.-t truuk slid down the wooden
gangway and was caught by the sailors
on deck; a bell rang; the steamer whis
tled a mournful, regretful note to indi
cate its regret at leaving, if only for a
few hours, the land of its birth; the
engines grunted aud the steamer, mak
ing a prodigious amount of white foam,
we'nt out into the- dark, blustering
night. Tbe lights of Dover town
fringing the shore w inked ; a railway
engine, anxious to show ofiygave an
imitation of a cock crowing at early
dawu. Snow began to fall as the end
of the pier was passed, and the steamer
showed premonitory signs of playing
at pitch and toss.
"Why, I declare!" exclaimed the
matronly woman called Catherine,
with great astonishment passengers
were moving about mistily on board,
aud many were going downstairs "I
declare, if it isn't Mr. Large."
"Well," said Mr. Large with reserve,
"what of it?"
"Why, don't you remembe me? I
was lady's maid at the plaee in Pem
bri.lge Square years aud years ago,
when you used to come there courting."
"That's a long time ago," said Mr.
Large, uneasily. "Let bygones be by
gones." "Rut isn't it marvellous we should
run across each other like this after all
these years'."
"I dou't kuow alout being marvel
lous," replied Mr. Large curtly.
" 'Tisn't the lirst time I've len across
the Channel, Although it may le the
last."
"For pleasure, I presume."
"Then," said Mr. Large, "you'd
presume wrong."
"I shall never forget w hat a smart,
good-looking, well-built young fellow
you were w hen you used to call at
Pembridge Square years ago."
"I s'pose," remarked Mr. Iarge,
with less frigidity of manner, "I s'pose
I could hold me own with the best of
'em in those days."
. "How that girl used to rave about
you, Mr. Largo! I believe she wor
shipped the very ground you walked
on."
"Was a bit gone on me, wasn't she?"
said Mr. Large, chuckling. "Lord!
the hearts I've broken one way and
tbe other. What was your husband
when he married?"
"He was er a commission agent,"
said the lady; "used to dabble in near
ly everything. There's a sister of mine
on board."
"Well," said Mr. Large, risiug, "I
shall be getting down to my cabin;
there's a little too much movement on
the part of this steamer to suit me."
"We're in the saloon, Mr. Large.
My sister would like to see you, I ex
pec'; her husband's vith her."
"What's he?"
"Well, he" the lady coughed and
pulled her long cloak around her, "he's
a commission agent, too."
"Give 'em my kind regards," said
Mr. Lirge, "I'd see 'em, only that
I'v3 got important business in band
this journey. May meet again,' per
haps." 'Likely as not," said the lady.
Midway iu the channel the sea was
less boisterous, aud the steamer went
more sanely. Mr. Lirge, muffl-nl up
in his thick frieze overcoat, bad fallen
nearly asleep on the couch of his cabin
when he heard a tap at the door. He
did not answer, and the door opened
very gently. Assumiug it to be one of
the sailors, he roared an imperative
order to bring refreshments; the door
opened wider and the two matronly
ladies presented themselves.
"It is tbe right cabin," said Cath
erine. "Come on, Edward; come in
and shut the door."
Mr. Large sat upon the couch and
stared at the three w ith undisguised
astonishment. The mufild-up man
kept his head down and examined the
rlikorcf the cabin w ith an assumption
of great interest.
"Well," sail Mr. Large, satirically,
' I hope you're making yourselves
thoroughly at home."
"Margartt and her husband would
insist on seeing you, aud the only plan
was for us all to come iu here together.'
"Pity there wasu'tsome other plan."
"Edward, Where's that bottle of
apecial you said you'd got?"
Tae silent Eiward produced from
the side pocket of his overcoat a large
fiat bottle, and uncorking it, passed it
across to Mr. Large.
"Ladies first," sid air. Large.
"I could no more tucu spirits," said
Catherine, making a wry face, "than I
could fly. I did have a sip when I lost
my poor husband, and the mere amell
of it brings him all back to me."
"I was always a strict Rand of Hoper
as a child," remarked Margaret prim
ly, "and I dou't want to begin at my
lime of life."
There was nothing for Mr. Large to
do but to wip? his lips wilh the back of
bis baud, n-nl to each of his visitors,
say that here was a happy New Year
to them all, aud to Uke a long drink
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ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1899.
from the flat bottle. Having done
which, he replaced the flat bottle on
tbe table unsteadily and looked around
for a few moments at the three with
half-closed eyes.
Then Mr. Large slipped from the
couch to tbe floor.
"Now, Edward," said Catherine
with a prompt, decisive manner, "eff
witn your scarf aud try to play your
part."
Edward obeyed silently, In the man
ner of one accustomed to do as he is
told without argument. This done, it
could be seen that he bore an amazing
resemblance to the stupefied man; his
whiskers had been carefully trimmed
in a like manner; be bad the same bur
ly appearance and the same fresh-colored
type of face. When he bad taken
Mr. Large's frieze eoat and lied tbe
traveling cap under his chin be looked
rather more like Mr. Large than Mr.
Large himself; when with a pair of
scissors he cut off Mr. Large' whisk
ers few could have correctly given the
identity of the two men.
"So far so good," Baid Catherine.
Mr. Large was placed in a restful po
sition on the couch of the cabin with
his face to tbe walL He was breathing
sterterously.
"Now do listen, Edward, like a good
man, aud attend to what we say. Tell
him, Margaret, ouce more, what h's
to do. Everything depends on him."
"You go up on deck," said Edward's
wife, hi a dictatorial way, "and you
are you listening?"
Edward replied briefly that his ears
were not made of cloth.
"You go upstairs and you say a word
or two to the captain In a casual kind
of way. You speak about the three
cases of bonds that we saw tbem put in
the strong-room. Very well, then. You
give half a crown to several of the men,
and you keep close to them while they
carry them on shore. Dou't forget your
name's' Large, and don't forget to be
very friendly with the customs officers
if they nay anything to you. You'll
clear them through the customs here,
mind, so that there shall lie no bother
at the other end."
Edward said that it was in this came
clearance through the customs that he
foreaw a chance of ructions.
"Nonsense!" cried Catherine, sharp
ly. "Don't Le so stupid."
"Then," went on Margaret, enforcing
her points by tapping her forefinger on
the table, "then you have them taken
into the train; they'll reserve'a first
class compartment for you, and you'll
find Monsoor Delafon on the platform.
You remember Mousonr Delafon ?"
M. Delafon remained in Elward's
memory, it seemed, by r,a.-ou of the
length of M. Delafon's noee. Edward
said he could pick bint out of a thous
and. "You won't have to pick him out at
all. He'll come up to the carriage win
dow, and you'll get one of the porters
to uulock the door and let him come in
with you aud the three cas-s. Theu on
the way to Boulogne he'll know what
to do with the contents of the cases,
aud he'll know how to get them out of
the carriage. He will leave at Bou
logne and meet his friends."
Edward said gloomily that it was all
very well, but be w ished the job over
and done with.
"Ou the way to Paris you change
your appearance in every possible way,
and the moment the train arrives you
nip out and make yourself as scarce as
you can. Now, repeat it all over to
me." .
Eiward, like a reluctant schoolboy,
repeated the instructions sulkily, rather
a-i though he were anxious to avoid a
caning, and Catherine, who had been
writing, impaled the sheet of note-paper
on tbe table with a pin. On it she
had written:
"D not wake me. Am returning to
Dover."
Then more injuctions were given to
Edward by the two anxious women;
the fact was once more impressed upon
him that he had only to get the three
cases in the train and all his trouble
would be over, and a moderate compe
tence assured tc him for life,
"You'll be able to say good-by to
work, Edward," said Catherine; cheer
fully. Edward answered that he didn't
kuow that he'd ever aid how d'ye do
to it as yet, but be that as It might, he
should not be sorry when he found
himself on the boulevards. A job like
this, said Edward, complainingly, told
on a man's brain.
"If you dou't.do your best," said his
wife, severely, "I'll never forgive you."
The two women went Into the saloon,
and Edward ascended the gangway to
the upper deck. Tbe lights of Calais
were in Bight, and the captain, meeting
him at tbe top of the steps, said cheer
ily that he bad made a good journey.
How had Mr. Large managed? Fairly
well? That was right Eiward en
deavored to evade the captain, but the
captain, before going up on the bridge
to superintend the entrance into Calais
harbor, seemed anxious to be genial to
tbe representative cf so important a
bank, aud offered polite inquiries con
cerning tbe health of other c mriers of
the firm, Inquiries to which Edward in
a low vf'i.-e returned diplomatic an
swers. "I tell you what's wrong with you,"
said the captain, suddenly. Edward
started. "You've caught a cold. lean
tell it by your voice."
Edward asked what else could be ex
pected on a night like this. Enough
to give any one a cold. When would
the three case be taken out of tbe
strong room ?
"Won't have them out till tbe last
moment," said the captaiu. "How
many years have you been over on New
Year's Eve with a little consignment
like this? Pretty good number, I know.
They'd be disappointed in Paris, I ex
pect, if they didn't turn up as usual,
ti'iiti looking forward to it, I expect"
Edward, agreeing, said that nothing
bad ever gone wrong all the time be
had been connected with the bank, and
he hoped, please goodness, that noth
ing amiss would happen to-night
"Ofteu wondered, Mr. Large," said
the captaiu, "that you people don't
send the things over by the Grande VI-
.tesse service, jjst as ordinary people do.
It would save all your expenses. But
there, your people don't mind spend
ing a little money so long as the till tig
is done well and safely. Suppose I'd
better be getting up now. If I don,t
see you again, Mr. Large, allow me to
wish you a very happy period of retire
ment. You've earned it, and you ought
to enjoy it Good night !" ,
Tbe passengers came up from below,
and on deck a few unrolled themselves
from rugs and tarpaulins. Some who
had been ill were corking up their bat
tles containing infallible preventives .
irom seasicKness ana wonaering now
they looked and whether their faces
were very white. Edward dispensed
his half crowns as one accustomed to
tbat generous occupation, and tbe three
cases were carried up to the pier, ou
which stood a line of men belonging
to the customs and to the Chemin de
fer du'Nord; Edward followed close,
and the women, with an epproving
nod, remained on deck to come up
with the bulk of tbe passengers. A
man with a long nos standing under
a lamppost coughed. A customs offi
cial spoke.
"Ab, Mwter Larch! How do you do?
We await you always previous to the
day of the year."' Tbe customs otficial
smiled, and did it rather awkwardly,
being a man who did not use himself
to such weaknesses in a general way.
"By there, if you please, Mr. Larch,
follow me. How Is" here the cus
toms official lowered his voice rever
ently, "how is the baron ?"
Edward said that the baron was
among the middlings. He supposed it
would not be necessary to open the
cases,
"But yes! How else would it be pos
sible to charge tbe droits de douaue
the duty?"
Edward, hi a state of great perturba
tion and dismay, protested. He always
understood that there was no duty in
France on bonds.
"Farceur!" laughed the custom offi
cer. "You are a horrible man for your
little joke. The bank does not send
bonds for New Year's presents to its
friends in Paris. See?" ' The officer
had pried open the top of one of tbe
cases. "As ordinary! Boxes of cigars,
cases of bon bons, packages of ah! the
generous baron and his fortunate
friends."
The amazed and perplexed Edward
begged to be excused for half a momeut
while he went out to speak to a couple
of lady friends. With these he held
anxious consultation, and presently the
three hurried away from the Gare Mar
itime to the town of Calais.
"This," said the lady friends breath
lessly, and with much bitterness to EJ
ward, as they hastened in the dark
across the uneven ground, "this now,
is what comes of trusting to a man."
I Hack and White.
A Funny Finn-
Young Mrs. McRride had had so
much trouble with impudent servants
that she was on the verge of uervous
prostration, and she would certainly
have gone over the verge had the Mc
Bride income been large enough. She
finally became deserate.
"John," she said, one day, "I have
hired a new servant She isn't partic
ularly competent, but of one thing I
am certain she will not be impudent"
"She won't!" cried her astonished
husliand. "How do you know sfie
won't?"
"I'm sure she won't," replied Mrs.
McBride; "and even if she is, I shall
not kuow it. She's a Finn, just over,
and she doesn't speak but four words
of English."
AU the next day Mrs. MeCride strug
gled w ith the Finn. She talked herself
hoarse. She would fairly shout her di
rections, but shouts and w hispers were
alike to the Finn. She simply could
no understand. When Mr. McBride
Came home at night bis wife was again
on the verge.
"Why do you shout so when you talk
to her?" he asked, laughing heartily.
"Why? Why, I simply can't make
her hear!" cried his wife. "I am so
hoarse I van hardly speak aloud, and 1
am completely worn out. What shall
I do, dear ?"
"Let me discharge her, of course."
"Discharge her!" echoed his wife.
"That's just about as sensible as the av
erage man's suggestion. Discharge her!
Discharge that Finn, who knows four
words ofEuglishT'she soblied. "What
g;od would that do? "Why, John, I
have discharged her 17 times already,
and she thinks I've been telling her to
get dinner!'' Harper's Bazar.
Becoming Mourain J.
The girl whose slim and willowy pro
portions are emphasized by wearing a
boa around her throat is uot obliged to
give it up even In deepest mourning.
Euglish crepe is pleated into a ruching
thick enough to form a boa, and this
ba ii provided with long scarf eids.
Great pains are now taken with the
wardrobe of those "in m mrnlng." It
Is no longer thought necessary to look
like a frump, by way of showing res
pect to the memory of the departed.
Now the box of dresses sent to the be
reaved ones are models of style and
costly simplicity. It is also a faet that
the woman who finds difficulty in pur
chasing a bonnet or hat ready made,
which shall be beeoniing, often finds
something in the "seond mourning"
case which can be adapted to her wanU
with the introduction of a little color
or a bunch of frtwers. The ruching of
soft raousseliu on the edge of the brim
is apt to render these chapeaux becom
ing to the face which is not in itsy uth.
Glorious Kewi
Comes from Dr. D. B. Cargi'e, of
Washita, I. T. Ha writes: "Four
bottles of Electric Bitters has cured
Mrs. Brewer of scrofula, which bad
caused her great suffering foryfars.
Tel ri Me sores would break outon her
head aud fac-, and the best doctors
could give no help; but her cure is
complete and her health is excellent"
ThU shows what thousands have prov
ed, that Electric Bitters is the test
blood purifier known. It's the su
preme remedy for eczema, tetter, salt
rheum, ulcers, boils and running s res.
It stimulates liver, kidneys and bowels,
expels poisons, helps digestion, builds
up the strength. Ouly 50 cents at J.
N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset,
Pa., and O. W. Bralller's Drug Su re,
Berlin, Pa,
" i - '
QUEER THINGS IN CUBA,
Everyday Life in the Isle of To
morrow. From the 1'iiiUdelplii.t K.iirl.
One who is visiting Cuba in these
days of her reconstructing can bring
no U tter linanciul pit p than American
greenbacks ; they nre so much easier
to carry tbuu gold, and the premium
on them is the same. If he brings the
usual letter cf credit ' r draws on heme
through one of the Island banks, be
will find tbat the cashier's charges for
the accommodation are quite in keeping
with the Cuban idea that everything
American is lawful prey, to be made
the most of. The hotel-keepers etill
require their pay on the basis cf Span
ish gold, hut will readily allow f, per
cent on American bills- The loeI
merchants are glad to get our green
backs at tbe same rate in exchange for
their g'snls or the coin of the country,
treatise most cf their business is doi:e
in N'ew York, Philadelphia, Boston
and Baltimore uu the credit fystem,
and the notes are convenient for trans
portation w ithout the expense if get
ting them changed into another form.
But the cabmen, porters, servants and
others of their class, accustomed to be
ing cheated at every turn by their late
rulers, will have nothing to do with
any mouey they do not understand,
and iusist on the familiar 3) eent pieces
of the island, American dimes and
nickels, and coppers for small change,
or the dirty, K'ggar-handled, diseas"
iufextedshinplaslers. Ifyou oiler them
an American half-dollar, fresh and
shining from tbe mint, they w i.l eye it
doubtfully, try its edges In their teeth
aud ring it on the sidewalk, if they do
not refuse it outright
TIIE TKA1L OK KoU.MEK SHAKPEKS.
Some sharper of other days seems to
have flooded Cuba with American sil
ver In five and ten cent pieces, after
having punched a fraction out of eac h
for his own profit You may pick up
a hatful of these small coins in the
course of a day's transactions in auy
Cuban city and never find a whole one
among them. Not only do the muti
lated pieces pass t their face value
without question, but the islanders ap
pear to place moot confidence; in the
coin tbat has the greatest number of
holes in it, as a proof that it is genuine
else why did somebody take the trouble
to punch it? A great deal of paper
scrip, similar to that used iu the United
States before the resumption of specie
payment, circulates in Cuba, but ith
this ImjorUnt diflVreuee: w lien ours
became soiled or torn we could ex
change it for new, while in Cuba there
are no such facilities, aud the filthy
bi s of paper, handled by leper and
cirried about in the rags of the lowest
classes, become so loathsome that one
would rather forego his ' change' than
touch it.
A PIZ.LIXCi tTKRKNCV.
Oue dollarof our. silver will purchase
at least t2 Vj of this scrip, often more,
according to the rate of exchange at
the momeut Though based upon
uothing, having been issued Indiscrim
inately by a bauktupt government, it
answers all the local necessities of
trade, and is always used for carfare
and small transactions. It was ground
out of the paper mill nobody knows
toexactSy what amount in 5, 10,3) and
."0 cent "plasters." One thing is well
known, that every authorized issue of
a given sum was enormously exceeded.
Soven years ag au issue of bank bills
of this small currency was entrusted
to an estan'ishmimt in the diked
States, and fll.nuO.OiW was printed in
addition to the authorized amount!
All was duly receipted for and signed
by the orrupt Spanish otlicials, whj
so the quidnuncs say divided the extra
millions among themselves. It is as
serted that the Captain-General under
whose administration this financial
stroke was accomplished came to Cuba
a poor man, aud two years later return
ed to Spain with 3,00"), nD pesos to his
credit So thrifty were the proud hi
dalgos who threw down a dollar when
half of it was due (somebody else's
dollar), and stalked haughtily away,
sneering at the "Yankee pigV who
waited for their change !
The other day I went into the Cafe
La Luz to treat some of my newly ar
rived countrymen. There were four of
us, and each ordered a different bever
age. I threw down a five-dollar Amer
ican goldplece in payment. The 'smile
dispenser' studied long with knitted
brow over the knotty problem of
change, and theu handed me back a
Spanish five-dollar goldpiece and 4)
cents in silver. This p'.eastKl the group
so wtll that I treated again, givii g
back to the saloon-keeper tbe Spanish
five-dollar go.dpiecj. Tuis was easier
for hi ai to reckon, and my chaure for
the second deal was five silver dollar
aid four cents. Though the price of
drink-) is high in Cuba, it would seem
that there is money to be made in tak
ing them ad libitum, and the more
liquor one buys the more money he
fts ! To study the thing out It wu
this way : There was 1') per cent prem
ium on Americau gold o-er Spanish
gold, and 3J per cent on Spanish gold
as compared with silver. Thus, out of
the original American five-dollar gold
piece I bought eight expensive drinks
and still had V in silver and dis
covered afterward that the barkeeper
bad swindled me out of 1 cents
change.
H'L- DAYS (i.l LuKE.
In the Cuban calendar there are no
fewer than 250 "holy days," Sundays
included, in which nobody can be' le
gally compelled to la'jor neither the
man servant, nor the maid serva it, nor
the ox, nor the ass, nor, perforce, the
ptranger within the gates- With such
extraordinary deftreuces to the saints
and angels this ought to be tbe most
religious country under tbe sun ; but,
unfortunately, after hasty prayer In
the early morning the uatives employ
the remainder of their feast days iu
bull-baiting, cock-fighting, the lottery,
the ball, the theatre, Instead of atteit I
ance on heavenly personages. Sunday
Is the great gala day of the week, dis
tinguished by the added brilliancy of
every street tue in the bet clothes of
tbe populace, oislerous masquerade
processions, ten-foid activity in "shopo
I
WHOLE NO. 2482.
saloons and theatres, and noisy per
sistency of lottery vi nders. Bull- fight
ing is as dear to the native heart as
ever, though owinj-to bard times the
expensive aruu-emer.t is now confined
to a few of the larger cities and certain
reasons of the year. But the Cu!tu
village mu-t te K r indeed which has
not its several cockpits in full bbtst at
Ir-ist on- c'ay in seven, w herein crowds
tfmtiitw't !':' ir !.i-t re:d on fav'rt
birds and tro wild witheM itc r.iciit over
thf edifying jctac!e .f tvo mist r
al!e roosters clawing each other to
death.
The inveterate gambling propensity
oi ike teoi ie ai-o finds vent in tiomi-
liftis, clie.-s, baccarat and a thousand
other games cf cfcauce and skill, in
w hich wiitiii n may also indulge in the
privacy of home and seldom without
stakes. The Cuban female gfs into
gamblirg with the same innocent zest
which distinguishes her sister women
of Northern villages, who find their
highest ambition realized in the "lone-
band" prize of progressive euchre. In
this part of the world every table iu
hotels, barrooms, clubhouses and cafes
is in requisition all day long and far
into tin niht on Sundays for gaming
purposes. Iu these January days it
looks odd enough to eyes fresh from
the snowy north to see the marble
floors of all the finest cafes sprinkled
w ith damjtt ncd sawdust, with a view
to cool :itss, like Bowery U-er halls in
the thirsty days of August. I have ex
c lient American authority for the
t-tatcment that the Cuban barkeepers
out-Herod Herod in the matter ol
manufacturing c-eklai!s with energy
and dispatch. The native compounder
seizes tw o glasses one very large and
beay, the other small and thin.
With frantic baste be fills the former
w ith lumps of if?, the latter with the
liquors, bittersj e wee is and whatever
else may le rtq-jired in tiie compound
ing of a cocktail. Then. ith a swing
ing movement which cau be acquired
otiiy by long practice, he dashes the
lee and fluids from glass to glass, as it
his life depended on it, clicking the
crystal like a pair of castanets, until all
is thoroughly amalgamated in the big
g!as. Then, w ithout losing a seeoud
d time, he flings the mixture through
a strainer into the little glass, which
must be exactly even full ; atid then
the recipient is expecttd to dash it
down his throat with the same furious
energy, to smack his lips and say it
beats New-York "all hollow" and call
for more.
ii"v Acrr.AN munks water.
The fu'iiiiest thing in the line of
drinking ii to se the Cubans imbibe
wuter from a "su'-nkey-jug" or perotie.
The vesse I, by the way, which is fotu.d
iu every house and hotel bedroom, is a
delight to the foreigner, not ouly ly
rcA-onof its art i.-tie Ixatity, but lecau.-e
it keeps the water cool iu a compara
tively iceless country. There are jus
a''d j ig-", of varj ing shapes and sizes
ail of gray clay, moulded iu quaint de
s:g:i. Th.." commonest are round ai.d
slender, w ith two holes iu each near
the handle, w hich is en top. One hole
is perhaps an Inch in diameter, through
which t pour the water into the i'.ig,
and the other, in a knob which marks
the place, is not large r than the hollow
cf a goose q iill. It is the old story of
the bung and spigot Filled w ith water,
the jug is hung on a peg or any con
venient projection, iu a spot thf t is
draughty. The currents of air cause
the thick, porous clay to perspire, like
a pntic-ut re-covering from "Santiago
fever," and the result is that the water
is rendered cad and wholesome. The
Cuban fashion of drinking is uot to
touch the vessel wilh tbe lips, but to
open the mouth wide, aud, holdiugthc
jug up, to tilt it until a tiny stream
irickh s down the the throat, describ
ing a six-iuch curve aud striking square
on the root of the tongue.
lOi nTIMi IS I RA.
Apparently tbe highest social insti
tution of Cienfuegos is the Sunday
evening promenade in the plaza, and
without it I really do not kuow how
the youn people of the aristocracy
would manage to mate and marry.
During all the week senoritas of ihe
tipper class are kept under rigid restric
tion, neve r permitted to walk abroad
alone and constantly watched by pa
rents ar.d duennas, as if expected tc;
rush to the Lad if allowed the smallest
opportunity. This system of eternal
vigilance would doubtless become a
irksome to the guardians as to tbe
opening buds were it not so soou over.
At the age of thirteen a Cuban girl Is
considered quite old enough to marry,
I .n,i .., t.areuts hunt ur a m-in-law
j wthout delay-unless, as is more com
mohly the cas', some sub-rosa lover
announce s himself, or a match, satis
factory to paterfamilias, was arranged
for her wilh the sou cf a friend while
the pair were yet in their cradles. The
leauty and charm .f the fair Cubans
are as evauescent as irresistible while
they last. Like the lovely wild (lowers
of their island, they mature v ry early,
but fade as rapidly. The prettiest girl
w ill le plain liefore she is thirty, and a
handsome middle aged woman is not
to be found iu Cula if anywhere out-
fchle the temj.erale zone.
Discovered by a Woman.
Another great discovery has been
ma-.!e, aint that too, by a lady in this
country. "Disease fastened it clutches
upon her and f-r seven year she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital
organs were uudermined and death
seemed immineut For three mouths
she cougheJ inces-tautly, and could not
sleep. She finally discovered a way
to recovery, by purchasing of u a bot
tle of Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumption, and wo si much reliev
ed on taking first dose, that she slept
all nigh-; and with to Kittles, ha
Ken absolutely cured. Her name is
Mrs. Luther Lutz " Thus write W.
C. Ham nick A Co., of Shelby, N. C.
Trial b ttles free at J. N. Snyder's
Drug Siore, S in -rset, Pa., an 1 G. W
Brallier' Drug Store, Iterlin, Pa. Ileg
ular size 3'K and $1. Every Kittle
guaranteed.
A prictcd notitv of tbe Pioneer Club,
the famous women's club of Loudon,
reads curiously to Americau club wo-
miii. It i-: "Gentlemen are not allow-
ia th smoking-room."
Current Tonic..
A Japanese paper sjy that a soldier
of gigantic stature and enormous
streugth recently bad the honor of lad
ing presentex! to the Etnperor. He is
private Yantshita. of tbe Third Kegi-
ment of Nagoya field artil.eiy. He en
listed i- December last, and is no
twenty-two years cf age. Ills mu-cu-
lar strength U so great that be ctn car
ry a field-pie e oil hi . O!:ot:ldtr mi l
climb up a mountain where lor -et, are
not available. Yamshila regularly re
ceives two men's ratious, and his uni
forms are made to order.
A movement has been inaugurated lo
have the first annual reunioa of th
Bough Riders of the late war held at
El Paso, Texas, because that city fur
nished a great uumUr of tbe Tinier.
Governor Bovclt has notified ex
Governor Prince, of New Mexico, that
he will visit that territory this year,
aud while; down in the great South west
the effort will be made to hold the
reunion.
If Keely had bad a good thing in the
form of an inveutioti be would proba
bly have .starved or sold it foratriiV,
olk-erve-s the Boston Traveler. It is de
plorable but true thai gold bricki find
a readier market than genuine gtanls.
The Eiiglndi shipUiil'l.ng firm of
Short Bron- h:v lately made a rej-rt on
tbe results f a seven years' experi-en.-e
of the eight hour day. Formerly
the men U'gau work al i o'clock in 'the
morning, took half an hour for brak
fast at s o'clock, half an hour at noon
for dinner, and quit work at - o'clock;
but it is said that the day was so long
that many employ lost muc h time
from brenkiug down under the strain.
They now go to wrrk at T '') a- in., take
half au hour for dinner, au. I quit at .1
p. in., and the firm maintains that ou
these shortened hours more work is
done per individual, aud the general
operation of the plant is much more
economical. -
An Oshkosh jinirnal announces a lec
ture "by Dr. Haidekopf, our able health
officer, before the Sanitary Imrrove
ment Association, on 'The Beneficial
Effect of Flirtation on the Public
Health.'" U is reasonable to assume
that "thrtation" is a typographical er
ror for "filtration.''
A company organiz -d in Montana
has written to the New York Board ef
Health asking permission to sell horse
meat lu that city, promising that the.
animals to be slaughtered for the mar
ket would be horses that had never
been iu harness young stink, as well
fed as Montana cattle, and "superior to
beef." It is believed that many pur
chasers would be found iu the f reigu
piartcrs of the city.
"Tbe Piscataquis Observer uses space
t repjort that 'Gus' Oakes, f Snger
Ville, Me., sixty years old, was turning
handsprings on the streets Saturday,"
says tne Lewisiown evening Journal.
"If Gus bad been niuety iive year- old
it would have been worth mentioning,
but everybody expects a Maine man of
only sixty to be abls to turn double
handsprings."
Preparations are King made in
Northamptonshire, Englaud, to par
ticipate in the celebration of the three
hundredth anniversary of the birth of
Oliver Cromwell, which event will oe--cur
ou Aprill ii next. Otieof the ways
iu which it is prop.s-l to honor tli
lay iu Northamptonshire is by a pil
grimage to Na.se by bat 1 1 Ii bi the .!!
of Cromwell's greatest triumph. This
proposal has already lecn heartily aj
proved in the county town, aud many
prominent London free churchmen are
to be invited to participate in the cere
mony.
In the Hotel Everett, one of New
York's oldest hoftclries, a custom adopt
ed fifty years ba-k is s:ill iu vogue. It
is that of placing the reading of the
thermometer immedi tU-Iy uu ler the
late line of the register. This is the
duty of the clerk who takes the early
morning watch.' Year back, lfore
Gotham's centre was a myriad of ho
tels, thermometers were not so plenti
ful, and nearly all the hotels adopted
this custom of telling the if patrons the
condition of the atmosphere; but the
Everett is the only one to continue the
practice now.
The Americau Packer says that more
than f1,(K),ox has leeti invested in the
canning industry in the past four
month. The total pack of toinat'-
in the I'nited States and Canada was
1,e7,MX cases iu !s. In W; it was
4,li',4U cases. In IV s the pack for
the t'uited States was .l.iili.rstM c-ases as
compared with ",!".4,:-V for iv.17. Tbe
total corn pack of the I'nittd States
and Canada for was 4,":'H'.7 cases
as against iJKis.TlO cases in Is'.'T.
The timUrof the muff.dd ou w hich
four murderers were banged at Ches
tertown, Md., was afterward used
in building a henhouse on ex Sheriff
Plummer's farm. It is a significant
fact that while other farmers iu the
ueighlxirhocd have suffered from the
depredations of chicken thieves, Plum
mer's henhouse has never Ken robK'd.
Tbe American Agriculturist estimates
that there are 71,i),(i horses in the
world. Of these ."siirsm) are in
Europe, n.Uoo.iKK) in North America
and 'J.IXX),!" in .Via. The mules aud
asses iu the world are said to number
tl.fKm.fXJO.
Women'! Ways.
"Penelope and I don't speak."
"What's tbe trouble?''
"I got on the street car, thinking I
could borrow a nickel from her "
"Well?"
"She had got on, thinking she could
borrow a nickel from me."
"Yes "
"Neither of us had any money, so we
had to set off and walk." Detroit Frew
Press,
He Fooled Tae Surgeons.
All doctors told Benick Hamilton, of
West Jefferson, O., after suffering H
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Sold at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store,
Somerset Pa., and G. W. Brolli t's
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"May, I am utterly unworthy of
you," and there Is the s b of a l-st soul
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ma think, George," she replies. And
for a long time thereafter he Is silent
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