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C,TitVE AL FIRE
by
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VOL. XLY1I. NO. 45.
KM
UuivilU
OF COD-LIVER OIL WITH
HYPOPHOSPHITES
should always be kept in
the house for the fol
lowing reasons: '
FIRST Because, if any member
of the family has a hard cold, It
will cure it.
SEC OKD Because, if the chil
dren are delicate and sickly, it will
make them strong and well.
THIRD Because, if the father or
mother is losine flesh and becom
ing thin and emaciated, it will build
tnem up and g;ve ihem flesh and
strength.
FOURTH Because it is the
standard remedy in all throat and
lung atiections.
No household should be without it,
It can be taken in summer as well
as In winter.
yjc. n4 ti.oo, tl dmristi.
SCOTT it HUWN E, Chemist, New York.
THE-
First National Bank
Somerset, Penn'a.
Capital, S50.Q00.
Surplus, S37.000.
und,vF,ts S.30Q0.
DEPOSITS ncCCIVC IU LAftGC aNOaMALl
AMOUNTS. PATA.LI ON OCWAMD
ACCOUNTS OT MERCHANTS. FARMERS,
STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED
-DISCOUNTS DAILY. -
BOARD OF DIRF-CT0R3.
CHAS. O. M-1'I.L, OEO. 11. Sfl.'I.L,
JAMES L. Pl"Oilt W. H. MIM.F.R,
JOALN K. DtW. ROUT. . SCvilX,
EDWARD HCTLL, : : PRKSIDFNT.
VALKNTINK HAY, : VICE PKEsIIKNT.
HAKVEY M. BKKKLEY, iJUHUKE.
TbefumlH aud securitH- of this Nut are se
en rely proiM.-l-d in a cielmtetl I'OKl.l-stt BCB-
olah pBot.r Safe. Tne ouly aie tuaile abao-
lulelv burKuur-proul.
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Door Went of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
I Am Now
prepared to supply the public
with Clocks, Watches, and Jew
elry of all d?soriptIoiia, as Cheap
as the Cheapest.
REPAIRING A
SPECIALTY,
All work guaranteed. Look at my
stock before making your
purchases.
J. D. SWANK
KEFFER'S Mi SHOE STORE!
KEN'S BOYS'. WOMEN'S, GIRLS' ind CHILDREN'S
SHOES, OXFORDS and SLIPPERS.
I51a;k and Tail. Latest Styles sud Shapes
at lowest
.....CASH PRICES- -
Adjoining Mrs. A. E. Uhl, South-east
corner of square.
SOMERSET. PA.
Blen.l most sofiiv and
4 lay moit cficctnclycvcr
vi festiv!; Ecviic vbtu thrown
by waxea cauciics.
Tha lix'at thct io'j,litnis
teauty' tharui, Ihat f;nc? ihc
fini'acd touch to Uictlniwini;
roo.u r diiiirg rcom, is the
mclio-r giow oi
mmiiET
WAX CANDLES
Sold in all colors ood shades
to harmoaizc uitli ar.y interior
hangings or decorations.
M jniifa-ti:red
STANDARD OiL CO.
For alo every "1 sere.
Get an Education
Tb baat eatit ia lift. Bait method aaad At
CENTRAL STATE H3RKAL SCHOOL
LOCK (Cilattw CJ FA.
fitronff tmcv)tf, rid iwm. good lib?rr
modra pp4tr.tB m boUjrj and f nua
xum. faadMiB Uo:ldiar. it9ot aruanda.
bbortMt tit&t. Iaavm xpQM. fHw id to t
dot la v1 n in tu to rufuiu Krt, (
tiv vari m ofler4 in MaiioIha'nhiid,Tfl
writ me, 6cd for ilintri4 ctiof m.
iAJIlLd BUHIH. friwiiHA Uk IUM. Pfe.
l.tAfJy 50 YEARS'
EXPERIENCE
Trade Marks
.. UEBIONS
Arrone aenrtln a akelch rJ oacrtrtlor. may
eolaiT asw-artam .r optoia free beibr an
liietitMfi ( prohaMr KaUi.ilal.le. ( inrmunH
toilrlr!.B!entiaL HaiMStxink oa PaUui
avnl 1 re. Oldwtt k-j for ""ani patenla.
Pacnu taken Uirotura Mam A Co. Noun
yn-tal aouca, without ciiarae, ta the
Scientific American.
A handaomalT fnetrai4 weeklr. rrM rir
eulaixm of any eemiiir Jtwrna). tmbi. 3 a
r. foar mnn'.ba, L gowlbrall newadalera.
Mraaca Omoa. S3 F BU Waabibluu, IX U
n in ttn
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THE sosa.
A miu luy alloiit ill my pun
Where yeatertlay I found it,
Hijf'-.lcraxy In IU gloomy defl,
U lih a melody wrapp! roui:J It.
Through all Uie yeare 'twas wailing so
To li'wr the aumiuons of that minute.
I MmiigM I loveJ the pen. but no!
It was the song wltuio it !
T.Ml.iy my laly aung W me
My song in aweeteat faNh'.on.
lnwriped It fnm the mel.Kly
In the radiance of It pulsion.
Ax one mitit ace a bloaMtn Krow,
Yet never we Uie aun alove It,
I thought I loved the ung; but no!
It vu lier kjukIhx of It !
- John Ei tskineln Moru!ns-lde.
A MIDDY'S CAPTURE.
"31oblering wou't do anj good; jou
bad letter rf-port tlie matter to Captain
Wilson at once," said tbe navigatiug
lieuiPiiant of tr major's ship Tri-
U'nph as he gnzjnl quizzingly down at
the chubby faced midshipman who
etood in utich comical dismay before
his uterior oflicer. "Come with me;
I'm goiug to bis stateroom now," the
speaker added, uot unkiudiy, as he
noted the lad's evident distress
"I'm uot blubbvriug, aud I don'
care if be do stop my leave!"' indig
nautly resjoadel t tie youngster, draw-
lug hinifvlf up to bis full height.
"What is it, Stuart?" inquired the
captaiu as the twain entered bis cabin
"I merely wished to say that we are
ready to get und way whenever you
please, sir; but ltolwon has a report to
make," said the lieutenant. -
"Not seasick yet, I hope?" ejaculated
Captain Wilson ironically. "Well, I'm
lis-toiiing."
"Flease, sir, it's the 'First Lord.
lie's bolted. lie ran t fT while we were
shipping the soft tack I mean the
bread," incoherently stammered Rob-
son.
"The 'First Lord' bolted with the
soft tack!" exclaimed Wilson in aston
ishment. "What does he meau, Ktu
art? Who's the 'First Lord?' Is the
boy a raving maniac?"'
Lieutenant Stuart bad perforce to ex
plain that the cadet, being in charge of
a boat sent ashore to ship provisions,
had lost one of bis men, au ablebodied
seaman answering to tbe name of West,
but who was, by reasou of bis superior
beariug, nicknamed by bis messmates
"the First Lord of the Admiralty."
Charley Ilobeou meekly endured the
reproaches of bis commander, who was
a stern martinet and made no allow
ance for youthful inexperience. "But
at any rate," mused the young fellow
when he was at length dismissed, "be
said nothing about stopping my fur
lough " And then bis volatile spirits
threw off the recent discomfiture as
only youth knows how to do, while bis
thoughts wandered far away to that
pleasant country home in Surrey, with
all its attendant attractions, from which
be had been separated for one long year.
And if among the dream faces conjur
ed up there was one which eclipsed all
others the fact should not cause undue
surprise.
The usual steps taken to secure the
arrest of the deserter were of no avail.
His description was circulated by the
police throughout tbe country, and all
the majesty of the law was invoked to
capture the runaway, but the man dis
appeared as completely as if the earth
had opened and swallowed him up
He was of & strangely reserved nature,
mixed but little with his companions,
and bad evidently once occupied a far
superior station in life.
There was one person, however, who
did not forget tbe runaway, llobson
often in imagination ran the scoundrel
to earth.
Little did Charley Hobson imagine,
as at the commencement of bis long
deferred leave be lounged in a first-clasa
smoker on bis way to Guilford, how
soou or under what strange circum
stances be would meet the villain of bis
melodrama.
"And now that you have come home
Alice will be able to resume her inter
rupted country walks," said the mother
of the youthful sailor next morning;
but of course," added she, addressing
the girl, "Charley has not heard of
your latest admirer. I don't know
whether the girl's nerves are out of or
der," continued Mrs. Robson, "but the
declares that a strange man has been
following her about during the last few
weeks, although no one else has ever
caught a glimpse of Lim."
"I shan't 1 afraid of any loafers
while Charley is with me," responded
the maiden. In proof of which he shall
convoy me for a walk now." And Al
ice Westerue buoyautly danced off to
array herself for the proposed jaunt.
Tbe eyes of mother aud son followed
the girl with a wistful look as she quit
ted tbe room.
'I suppose nothing has been heard of
bira?" queried fie latter.
'No. Your father thinks there never
will te. Doubtless Sir Richard died
abroad, believing to the end that be
was a murderer!"
'And Alice is still Iguorant of her
father's fad history ?" queried the lad.
'Yes. We have decided not to eay
anything t her until she Is of age, un
less seme contingency should arise,
such as your obtaining your sublieu-
tenaney, and being of the same mind
as you ane now."
Robson colored si the bint delicately
conveyed by his mother and so well uu-
derstoo 1 by himself. To see their only
son maUid to their ward was tbe dear
est wish of Admiral and Mrs. P.obson,
yet they bad tte good sense to retrain
the impetuosity of the youthful couple
until both arrived at years of maturity.
With Uie course of true love running
thus smoothly, and tbe crisp, frozen
ground under their feet, the twain start
ed upon their ramble.
With buoyant steps they breasted the
Hog Back," from which favorite vant
age ground a splendid view of the sur
rounding country could be obtained.
"Yes, there's the dear old Towers,"
said Alice, "where I should be living
now if tbe pater bad not died."
"You've found another home," whis
pered Charley, "and other parents."
I know that, dear, responded tbe
girl. "But you can not Imagine what
it feels like to have one's birthplace
given over to ruin and decay, and to
know one hasn't a fiogle living rela
tive. Only to think I can not even
visit my father's grave, because he died
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
in some far-away outlandish place!"
J hen, with returning vivacity she add-
ed: "Don't you remember t'jal day In
your school holidays when we walked
over there and rambled through the
disused rooms? How we thought there
was a ghost iu the ball and ran all the
three miles back home without stop.
ping?"
"I should just tbiuk I did," said the
young officer. "You caught a chill
through being overheated, and the gov
ernor said he would make a tailor out
me for beiugsuch an idiot,"
"You wouldn't be a.'raid now
queried the girl.
"No fear," laughed her companion,
"Life ou a mau-of-war soon kuocks all
the fear of spooks out of a man.'
Iet us pay another visit, then."
A sharp walk soon brought tbe twain
to the rusty lodge gates of Westerne
Towers.
"How dreary it looks !" said the girl.
"1 wonder it that scullery window is
still unfastened?"
Charley tried, and, to bis surprise,
the sash slipped up without difficulty,
It's a case of gutlemeu first this
time," said he, stepping through the
atierture. "Come along, tomboy. If
you're not careful, you'll tear your
dress. .The window's no bigger than
the lubber hole of a brig."
The casement being negotiated in
safely, together they wandered through
the cobweb festooned rooms of the
once palatial residence. Ascending to
a second story, Rolison carelessly threw
open a door of a room which faced the
landing. Here an unexpected sight
met their gaze. Sitting before a wood
fire was an elderly man, contemplating
the llames with a rumluant air. At
the sound they made be turned his face
toward them and started In alarm.
ine next moment the youth was
across the room and grappling with
the stranger.
Ion villain!" be panted. "I've
got you at last! Run, Allie ! Rrlug
some one quickly ! I can't bold him
long. Say he's a deserter from the
navy."
The trembling limbs of the girl fail
ed to carry out the behests as she stood
fascinated, watching the unequal at rug
gle, which was speedily ended.
Youth and agility were no match for
the sailor's sinewy arms, and in
short time Robson was ignominiously
pinned agaiust the wall.
With lowering brows and eyes which
bore no good to his captive West stood
staring at the lad as if undecided what
to do with him. Then, catching high t
of the pale face of Alice, who was pet-
rifled with horror upon recognizing in
her companion's antagonist tbe man
who had so persistently dogged her
footsteps -of lute, bis own features as
sumed a softer expression, aud he mut
tered, "It is kismet !"
After a pause of breathless silence
the ex-sailor, addressing bis captive,
said: "You are not so muscular as was
your father in his youth, young fellow.
The Charley Robson that I knew would
never have allowed an old man to get
tbe better of him; but let that pass and
come to tbe crux of the matter. You
want to arrest me for deserting from
tbe navy. Very well, you shall, if you
still wish to, after bearing what I have
to say."
Releasing the grip upon bis would
lie captor, the elder man, in a strange
ly cultured voice, addressed bis aud
itor.
"Years ago," be said, "I was known
and respected in this neighborhood a
man of substance and a member of tbe
diplomatic corps. Unfortunately in
my official capacity I became embroil
ed iu a quarrel with a political oppo
nent, aud, as was more common even
15 years ago, the result was I bad no
alternative between fighting a duel or
being dishonored.
Not to make a long story, my ad
versary and our seconds journeyed to
Guildford with me late one night, in
tending to settle our differences at day
break on the following morning. With
the courtesy that such affairs demand
ed, I offered the whole party hospitali
ty for the night.
"From the moment my head touch
ed the pillow until I was awakened the
next moi-iiing my mind wosaneutire
blank; but judge of my horror wheu.
essaying to rise, I found the bedclothes
dabbled with blood and at the foot of
my couch a gory bunting knife be
longing to myself. Simultaneous with
my horrible discovery, the servant
found the man I was to have fought
lyi'jg foully murdered.
Although conscious of my inno
cence, 1 dared not face the Inquiry
which was sure to follow, as who would
believe my own theory of the matter,
which was simply that I committed
tbe terrible act in my sleep, as from
childhood I bad been subject to attacks
of somnambulism? Hastily caressing
my iufant daughter, tbe only pledge
left me by my departed wife, I left tbe
bouse like a felon and tied the country,
and it was hunger for a glimpse of my
dear child's face that has worked my
undoiug. My faithful secretary con
nived ut my escape, and subsequently
ent me the news of the finding of an
indictment for willful murder against
Sir Richard Westerne. Yes; you will
be able to deliver up to justice a more
important person than tbe deserter
West, My devoted retainer Burton,
who assisted me at such great risks to
himself, is not here to help me now.
He is dead."
"He was a villain, Sir Richard !"
cried Robson in wild excitement. "It
was be himself who killed Lord Mar
cus and artfully foisted the blame upon
you iu order that you should not dis
cover bis defalcations. My father pos
sesses his dying confessions to that
effect,"
The sudden revulsion of feeling was
almost too much for the baronet. Tot
tering to the nearest chair, be buried
his face In bis toil wdrn bands. Silence
reigned in the room for a few intense
moments; then Sir Richard, feeling a
gentle hand upon bis shoulder, looked
up into a sweet but still scared face
and two half frightened gray eyes.
"Daddy, dear," Charley beard a
voice murmur softly as be stole from
the room.
Powerful friends at the admiralty
soon glosoed over the delinquencies of
the seaman West, and Sir Richard
Westerue once more assumed bis prop-
ESTABLISHED 1S27.
j er rank atd station. As time wore on
and the vividness of his past misery
' faded, be could
even allord to joke
about the matter, and sometimes upon
the rare occasions that he saw a certain
young officer, would, muc'a to the
amusement of bis dajghter simulate
extreme terror and cry In affected dis
may, "He has come for me at List !'
When some few years later a very ex
cited youth, with a golden circlet upon
the arm of bis new uniform cuat, burst
uncermoniously into the room, he was
greeted by the same old joke, and iu
response thereto bluahingly replied,
"I'll let you off this time if you will
give me Allie as a hostage." And as
the girl seemed to be a willing sacrifice
Sir Richard gave them bis blessing.
Answers.
Filipinos Littis Bluff
Curious relics of war are those pos
sessed by several members of tbe Twen
tieth Kansas regiment of volunteers,
which was the prime factor in the cap
ture of Caloocan. They are the wooden
guns with which tbe Filipinos armed
the snare members of their army. In
appearance they are nothing more than
the broomstick gun, improvised by
many of America's young hopefuls for
use in their sham battles. After chasing
insurrectas until they were tired the
Kansas men fell back to look over the
destruction they had accomplished aud
found the little toys lying about the
hastily deserted trenches. At first it
occurred to them that there must ba7e
been children in the tiring line.
Some were uaed fr-firewood to cook
tbe camp messes that night, but sev
eral were saved. Inquiry among the
Spaniards developed the fact that It
has long been the customed of the
Filipinos to make up the deficit in fire
arms by supplying wooden ruu3 to
men who appear in ranks aud do what
they can by their appearance to fright
en the enemy by showing of numbers,
writes a correspondent. Sometimes
the toy guns are fitted with a strip of
bamboo, one end of which is lift-d
clear from the gun stock and dropped,
making a popping noise like the bit
ting of a Mauser bullet. The plucky
insurrecto9 crawled through tbe grass
toward tbe Spanish lines during the
night, and, after shielding themselves
from harm, made the popping sounds
which made the Spaniards believe
they were being attacked.
It Is a peculiar fact that scarcely any
of the dead insurgents picked up by the
Americans had their firearms with
them. It Is likely that tbe men with
wooden guns watched their opportuni
ty to seize the guns of fallen comrades,
and thus won their way into the fight-
iug ranks. It ia rp...ved '.hut a couple
of wooden cannon were found mount
ed near the trenches deserted at Caloo-
Tke Beauty of Soman Women.
Northern beauty, however fine may
be the line of its contour, is never, for
giKal or evil, a mere l-auty of the body,
a thing beginning with itself and end
ing in itself. Tt contains always a sug
gestion ; it is haunted by a soul; it
leaves for its completion something to
the imagination. But in the beauty of
R'iman women there is no trace of
spiritual beauty, none of tbe softness
of charm. It W the calm, assured,
unquestioning beauty of the flesh.
There are faces which should le seen
always in pure outline, fr they are
without melting curves, delicate and
variable shades or any of that sugges
tion which comes from anything but
their own definite qualities, as they are
ia themselves. The faces of Roman
women of the upper classes are cold,
hard, finished aud impenetrable as
cameos. Iu a face which is at all beau
tiful you will not find a line which is
not perfect, and this elegance and sure
ness of liue go with that complexion
which is tbe finest of all complexions,
pure ivory, and which carries with it
the promise of a temperament in which
there is all the subtlety of fire. Arthur
Symous in Harper's Magaziue For
AnriL
The Ocean Current.
Tbe force, apeed arid directions of
ocean currents are discovered by a sys
tematic plan of throwing sealed bottles
overboard and in time receiving reports
of them. These reports are indexed
and classified, with the result that
much valuable information is gained
about the ocean currents.
For instance, a bottle thrown over
board November 16, 1896, was picked
up March 20, 1398, during which time
It had drifted 4.7UO miles. Another
that was thrown over near Nantucket
was found, 512 days later, off the coast
of Scotland. Another, started from
Cape Cod, brought up at Cornwall
having tiaveled 2,500 miles in 600 days.
Some bottles, however, have shown
an average speed of thirty-one miles
per day, while others have traveled
along at tbe slower rates of twenty-six,
fourteen, and even four miles p-jr day.
In the Pacific Ocean there are fewer
chances of the bottle's being picked
up, but tbe experiments are made there
with fair success. As tbe work goes
on, the number of bottles is increas-
ng, and tbe captains aud skippers are
becoming accustomed to finding the
bottles and reporting them to the
bureau. St, Nicholas for April.
Eemarkable Rescue.
Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plalnfield, III.,
makes the statement, that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs; she
was treated for a mouth by her family
physician, but grew worse. He told
her she was a hopeless victim of con
sumption and that no medicine could
cure her. Her druggist suggested Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consump
tion; she bought a bottle aud to her de
light found herself benefitted from first
dose. She continued its use aud after
taking six bottles, found herself sound
and well; now does her own house
work, and is as well as she ever was.
Free trial bottles of this Great Dis
covery at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store,
Somerset Pa., and 0. W. Brallier's
Drug Store, Berlin, Pa. large bottles 50c.
and f 1.00.
APBIL H). 1809.
PEACE WITH THE SPANIARDS
NOW.
War With Spiin Hi Bi6n Offisiall
Declared Off.
A scene that will go down in history
took place at the executive mansion
Tuesday, April 11th. It was the ex
change of the peace treaties between
the government of the United States
and the Spanish government, A pecu
liar coincidence lies iu the fact that just
one year before President McKinley
w-nt to congrens his fa:nu msagii
advocating armed intervention on the
part of the United State in behalf of
the Culians. Thw wa really the slogan
of war.
Just one year to a day afterwarJ, the
ambassador from France representing
the' interests of the Spanish govern
ment, bowed himself into the presence
of the president of the United Stat,
and delivered into his bands the copy
of the treaty signed by the queen
regcut, Maria Christina, the humiliat
ing terms of which were virtually die
tated by the American members of the
Paris commission.
The treaty ' forwarded by Spain in
handsomely mgros-sed on parchment.
In parallel columns of F.uglish and
Spanish, aud bound In red morocco
heavily embossed with gold, thus giv
ing to the cover the appearance of the
national colors of Spain. The Ameri
can copy is simple in denign and bears
in margin the national colors.
The signatures of Secretary Hay aud
Ambassador Carnbon were attached to
the protocol at 3 :2s o'clock. Seals were
attached to the treaties, and they were
exchanged at .'l:.'i o'clock. Those pres
ent beside Interested parties aud mem
bers of the cabinet were AdjL Gen.
Corbln, Solicitor General Richards, As
sistant Secretary of War Meiklejohn,
Superintendent of Public Buildings
Biugham, Assistant Secretaries of State
Hill, Adce aud Cridier, and Senator
Cushman K. Davis, of Minnesota, the
only member of the peace commission,
who is iu Washington.
The following is the proclamation
issued by the president following the
exchange of treaty rat ideations, made
public at 3:50 p. m.:
Whereas, A treaty of peace between
the United States of America aud her
majesty, the queen regent of Spain, in
the name of her august son, IXu Al
fonso XIII., was concluded aud signed
by their resqective plenipotentiaries at
Paris on the 10th day of December,
ls98, tbe original of which convention
being in the Kngtish and Spanish lan
guages, is word for word as follows:
(Then follows the peace treaty In Us
accepted wording).
And, Wbereas, The said convention
has bteu duly ratified on both parts,
and the ratifications of the two govern
ments were exchanged in tbe city of
Washington, on the 1 1th day of April,
one thousand eight hundred and nine
ty-nine;
Now, therefore, be it known that I,
William McKinley, president of the
United States of America have caused
the said convention to be made public, !
to the end that tbe same and every
article and clause thereof may 1 ob
served and fulfilled with good faith by
the United States to be affixed.
Done In the city of Washington this
Uth day of April, In the year of our
Lord l.HUO, and of the independence of
tbe United States 121 d.
(Signed) William McKinley.
By the president : John Hay, Secreta
ry of State.
Not an Observant Man.
The old man in tbe shaggy overcoat
mentioned something about Kansas in
his talk, and the B.'stouiau leaned over
toward him ajid asked:
"Did you say you were from Kan
sas? '
"Xo; but I jest came from there."
"Then I want to ak you a few ques
tions. How are times out that way?"
"I dunno."
"Is money plenty or tight?"
"Can't say."
"But don't you know bow the farm
ers are feeling?
"No."
"Is business god or bad iu tbe
towns ?"
"I didn't a.-k anybody."
"You you are not an observing
man," said the Bostouian.
'No, I guess not. I went out to Kan
sas to see a widdcr I used to know, aud
to ask her to marry me. I got to her
bouse at 3 o'clock iu the afternoon. I
asked ber to have me, and she said she
wouldn't, and at 3JS) I was on my way
back. I didn't see no crops, nor ask
about good times or bad. Tbe State of
of Kansas may be holdin' a regular
Four.h of July over good times, or ev
erybody may be goin' to the poorhouse.
All I know about it is that I'm an old
fool for spendin' f0 to run after a Kan
sas widJer when I could hev married a
New Hampshire gal for 12 shilliu's."
Chicago News.
Storj of a Slave.
To be bound hand and foot for years
by the chains of disease Is the worst
form of slavery. George D. Williams,
of Manchester, Mich., tells how such a
slave was made free. He says: "My
wife has been so helpless for five years
that she could not turn over in bed
atone. After using t'o bottles of Elec
tric Bitters, she is wonderfully improv
ed and able to do her own work." This
supreme remedy for female diseases
quickly cures nervousness, sleepless
ness, melancholy, headache, backache,
fainting and dizzy spells. This mira
cle-working medicine is a godsend to
weak, sickly, run down people. Every
bottle guaranteed. Only 50 cents.
Sold at J. N. Snyder's Drugstore, Som
erset, Pa., aud G. W. Brallier's Drug
Store, Berlin, Pa.
Dom;stio Thrills.
"Have you ever experienced the ex-
eitemeut of being aroused from sleep
In a bouse at night when it was on
fire?"
"No, but I have several times gone
through the excitement attendant upon
my wife's announcement of her belief (
that the baby had swallowed her thim '
Me." Chicago News.
Message! Without Wires.
It is the confident expectation of offi
cers of the signal corps of the army
that within a short time messages can
be flushed to aud from the war depart
ment to Fort Myer, five miles away,
without tbe aid of wires. Important
experiments, already made at Fort
Myer by Col. James Allen, now acting
chief of the signal corps, and Lieut.
George O. Squire have demonstrated
that it is practicable to transmit mes
sages by means of electric waves pro
duced in t'je mauuer employed by Mar
coni. These officers have fouud that at
a distance of 1,0JO yards they can tele
graph any message, and it is intended
to increase the distances gradually un
til the war department and Fort Myer
are connected..
Lieutenant Squire is much gratified
at the results of the experiments, and
believes that when the experimental
stage has beeu passed the system will
be of much value for working lielwecii
the shore and lighthouses, communica
ting between vessels at sea, and for ma
rine work generally.
Perhap the most important demon
stration so far made has tieeii the itn
fiossibility of exploding a magazine ou
board a modern chip by meaus of the
electric wave. Lieutenant Squire said
that in tbe first place it would be nec
essary to have an operator on board the
ship to be destroyed, and even then it
would be impossible to transmit the
wave through iron. Placing tbe instru
ment in an iron cage will prevent the
waves from reaching their destination,
and a zinc screen also stops them.
O i aciMiiut of the length of the waves
their energies are absorbed differently
by different substances. Thus, water
and metal absorb all their energy; glass
absorbs nearly all, aud paraffin and
hardjrubber absorb hardly any. Thus,
they move through hard rubber and
paraffin as light moves through a!r,
gla-i- or water that is to say, with
hardly any resistance while glass lets
v ry little of them through, and metal
an 1 water are impervious to them.
Lieutenant JJqnire estimates that the
waves travel at the rate of lSt,000 miles
a second. At this rate they could reach
thj sun iu eight minutes. In time of
w tr, Lieutenant Squire states, it is pos
sible to fire a gun 500 yards away by
ru?aiis of a spark thrown that distance.
The experiments in transmitting mes
sages thus far have been very limited,
as the Instruments were received ouly
a few days ago. The instruments used
are the finest that could be obtained.
The messages so far sent have been re
ceive 1 without difficulty. New York
H?rald.
A C elebrated Mule.
"It Is mighty difficult," said an old-
fathioned sergeant, "to keep the ac
counts of an army post exactly straight,
particularly thoseof the western p-ists.
Hundreds of things are bound to turn
up missing and simply can't be traced.
yet the Grvernnieut requires an elab-
rate accounting for each particular ar
ticle, aud until its forthcoming the
qu irterly repjrt Isn't approved. So it
becama a favorite custom out west to
carry such shortage ou the bks uni.il
we ha 1 a small fire.
"It didu"t mike any difference how
small it was or how quickly it was put
out. It was sure to burn up all the troub
le, some olds and ends that nobody had
been able to find, and they were set
down in the reprts as 'last in fire.'
Sometimes there was an opportune In
dian uprising, in which case 'lost in
raid' answered equally well for clear
ance purposes. There was no fraud
about it it was simply a handy way
of getting around a preposterous piece
of red tape; aud that reminds me, by
the way, of a comical little story.
"In 1S73 Lieutenant Wheeler was
sent down to New Mexico to make a
geological survey, and wheu he came
back t his post reported among details
that one of his pack mules had tum
bled over a precipice in the mountains.
There bad bam no fire or raid for a long
time, aud the entry, 'lost on mule fall
ing over precipice,' immediately be
came frequent on the quartermaster's
tiooks. Later on the regular report
went in aud came back duly approved,
but acrose tbe face of the document was
a singular indorsement, written by Gen
eral Meigs, quartermaster general of
the United States army. 'You are here
by directed,' it ran in substance, 'to
purchase 1.0U) mules of the same breed
and carrying capacity as the one lost by
Lieutenant Wheeler, itapp?aring from
the within report that the said mule at
the time of its decease by falling over a
precipice was engaged in transporting
exactly 53,300 pounds of miscellaneous
supplies.' After that epistle Wheeler's
mule became famous as the champion
of the department of the west."
He Fooled the Surgeons.
All doctors told Renlc Hamilton, of
West Jefferson, O., after suffering 13
months from Rectal Fistula, be would
die unless a costly operation was per
formed; but he cured himself with five
boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve, tbe
surest Pile cure on earth, and tbe best
Salve iu the World. 23 cents a box.
Sold at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store,
Somerset, Pa., and G. W. Brallier's
Drug Store, Berlin, Pa.
Origin of "Cop."
The word "copper" or "cop," which
is an abbreviation, as appl'ed to a
policeman, originated in New York
city, and arnee from the fact that mem
bers of the original force of metropoli
tan police, organized by Mayor Fer
nando Wood in 135", wore a big cop
per star on their breasts, and a large
copper shield bearing tbe coat of arms
of the city cf New York upon their
hats.
In London tbe constables or police
men are known as "peelers" and
"bobbies," because the constabulary
force or metropolitan police was orgau
ized by Sir Robert (familiarly known
as "Bobby") Peel.
Bodily pain loses its terror if you've
a bottle of Dr. Thomas' Eclectrle Oil
In the house. Instant relief in cases of
bum?, cuts, spraius, accidents of any
fcort
WHOLE NO. 2190.
STONE'S VETOES.
The Governor Knocks Ont Two Bills
Deemed Full of Danger.
ONE WOULD UPSET LAND LAWS
For the first time since his inaugura
tion Gov. Stone last week wielded tbe
veto ax, and two bills feil by the way
side. Tbe governor is not disposed to
make us of this power frequently, pre
ferring to tru.Ht to the judgment f the
legislature as far as possible. There
fore bis veto messages are certain to be
received with more respectful attention
thau thoee of some of bis predecessors.
The vetoes are both addressed to tbe
house of representatives, where the bills
originated, aud are as follows :
"I return herewith, without my ap
proval, house bill No. 35, entitled 'An
act to amend the act eutitled "An act
to limit the duration of the life of tbe
debts of decedents other than thone of
record," approved the Hih day of June,
1 h'J.1, extending the duration of the lien
of the debts of a decedent upon real
estate to rive years.'
"The present law which this bill
seeks to amend gives a creditor holding
au unsecured account against the de
cedent two years In which to prosecute
bis claim. It limits the lien of tbe
debt against tbe decedent to a period
of two years after the decease of such
debtor. The unadjudicated account of
the creditor is not a lien on the real
estate of the debtor during his life, but
becomes such the moment tbe debtor
dies. This partiality in favor of the
crejitor i-hould not be extended beyond
a reasonable period. I am ioclined to
think that two years Is a reasonable
period, and I think it is so regarded in
general by the bench and the bar of the
state.
"The extension of the time to a pe
riod offive years would compel heirs-at-law
to wait that length of time before
they could convey real estate of the de
cedent with safety and no perjou could
with safety purchase at private sale
nntil the period of.five years bad elaps
ed. I can see no reason why an in
heritance in lands should be locked up
for so l ng a period and children who
might be dependent thereon deprived of
the right to enjoy that which their an
cestors intend them to have. This bill
would extend the lien of debts of de
cedents upon' which the two years had
not yet expired to a period of live years
from the date f the death of the dece
dent, and of course, affect all cases here
after. It would throw a cloud upon
titles and put an embargo upon the
sale of real estate. Besides it is a radi
cal and positive change in the rules of
adjustment aud settlement of decedents'
estates, which should never be made
unless justice demands it. Adherence
to settled rules of law ia matters that
affect so many people afford better
security and confidence than sweeping
and radical changes.'
The second veto reads :
"I return herewith, without my ap
proval, house bill No. 15, entitled 'An
act to protect tbe public from the un
lawful use of bottles, jars, vessels or
o' her packages in the sale and delivery
of milk and cream and their products.'
This act is evidently intended as a sup
p'emeut to the act approved May 4,
lsso, entitled 'An act to prevent and
punish the wrongful use or detention
or misappropriation of milk cans, but
ter tubs and market boxes, from tbe
owners thereof, and tbe mutilation or
obliteration of tbe name or residence
ot the owner of such cans, tubs or
boxes," but varies from it in important
particulars. Tbe act of 13S9 imposes a
penalty for the use of milk caus, butter
tuls or boxes of other persons without
their consent.
"This act, when litei ally construed,
imposes a peualty upon any person who
shall use any bottle, vessel, jtr or pack
age upon which is stamped, blown or
engraved the name, title or mark of
any other, person thau himself and
might, before ignorant or partial magis
trates, be used as a means of much an
noyance to people who had not violated
the rights of others in the trade. Be
sides, the act of 1SS0 imposes a fine uot
exceeding $100 aud imprisonment not
exceeding six months, either or both,
at the discretion of the court. The im
prisonment of six months seems to he
too great for the offense. This act sim
ply intends to impose a fine or imprison
ment upon any persou who shall use
the trade mark of another without bis
consent. The courts are open to re
strain by injunction any person who
shall use the name, design or trade
mark of another without his consent,
not only in the milk business, but in
any other legitimate business, and will
a vard damages for such unwarranted
use.
"I can see no reason why this busi
ness should be protected by the impo
sition of a penalty as evere more than
any other business, and am not dispos
ed to favor legislation which seeks to
redress injuries of this kind by severe
and, iu my judgment, unwarranted
remedies. Tbe t'tle of the act is to pro
tect the public from tbe unlawful use
of bottles, jars, vessels or other pack
ages in the sale and delivery of milk,
cream aud their products.' The public
is already protected by penalties under
the acts of May 25, 1870, and July 7, 1885,
for the sale of milk or cream adultera
ted in any manner ; but the body of tbe
act does not seem to protect the public,
but to impose a severe penalty on any
person who shall in any way use any
bottle, vessel, jar or other package upon
which is stamped, blown or engraved
any title or mark other than his own.
Tbe bill apparently under tbe inten
tion declared in its title masks the pur
pose which might be used by design
ing persons lo destroy that free and un
restricted competition In a legitimate
business which should be open to all."
The Appetite of a Goat
Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose
Stomach and Liver are out of order.
All such should know that Dr.
Kiug's New Life Pills, the wonderful
Stomach and Liver Remedy, gives a
splendid appetite, sound digestion and
a regular bodily babit that Insures per
fect health and great energy. Only
25c per box at J. N. Snyder's Drug
Store, Somerset, Pa., and G. W. Bral
lier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa.
CobimUis, the discoverer of Amer
ica, was the son of a weaver.
Tlve etuioent French buinori.-t, Fran
cois Rabelias, was the son of an apoth
ecary. Cervantes, the illustrious Spanith
author, was born of an ancient but
reduced family. He early entered mili
tary service and served as a common
soldier.
The great Fren h drunJ'.ti---t, M oik re,
was the son ot a tpestry-makcr.
Terence, tbe ctltbtaltd Komau dram
atist, was at one time a slave.
Homer, moet illustrious of poets, wit
at one lime a beggar.
The Greek poet, Helod, was a farm
er's son.
Demosthenes, the most celebrated
orator of antiquity, was a cutler's son.
The great English preacher, George
Whitfield, was tbe sou of an innkeeper
at Gloucester.
Thomas Wolsey, the English Car
dinal and statesman, was a butcher's
sou.
Edmund Halley, the English astrou
omer and mathematician, was the sou
of a soap manufacturer.
Dr. Thomas, Bishop of Worcester,
was a line-draper's son.
Dr. Mountain, Bishop of Durham,
was the sou of a beggar.
Joseph Hall, BLshopof Norwich aud
theological writer, was a farmer's,
son.
Virgil, the great 1-atiu epic poet, waa
the son of a potter.
Horace was a shop-keeper's son.
Plautus, one of the greatest of Ro
man comic poets, was the son of a
baker.
The English lexicographer, Dr. Sam
uel Johusou, was the sn of a bock -dealer.
Oliver Cromwell was a brewer's son.
Robert Burns, the Scotch poet, was a
plowman in Ary-liire.
William Shakespeare, "the chief lit
erary glory of England," was a jeo
niau's son.
The celebrated Ameriian engineer,
Robert Fulton, was at one time a jew
elers' apprentice.
Dauiel Wclwter was the son of a small
farmer.
From the most humble origin, Thur
low Weed became one of the lettdiug
journalists of the United States, and
great political K-adt r.
William Cullen Bryant was the son
of a physician.
Andrew Jackson wasboru at Waxaw
settlement, South Carolina. While the
future President was still a mere child
his father died, aud the family uas left
iu very reduced circumstances, on a
half-cleared farm in a new settle
ment. Abraham Lincoln was the son of a
poor fanner.
Thomas Jefferson, tbe writer of the
"Declaration of Independence," was a
planter's son.
William E. Gladstone, "the grand
old man," was a merchant's son.
Mr. And Mrs. Yanderbilt's Presents.
Some foolish and light-minded indi
vidual, writing in the Chicago News,
affirms that while the bridal gifts to
Mr. and Mrs. William K. Yanderbllt,
the printed invoice shows, are many
and presumably pretty, they seem to be
lacking in many important items, par
ticularly if the young couple intend to
go to housekeeping.
The list abounds with jewels, gold
dishes, toilet sets and "several haud
souie carts and traps," but there are
none of those articles which a youug
husband and wife lxk for. There
was no plush album with a picture of
the giver; no half dozn cane-seat
dining chairs; no cook stove; uo order
for $10 worth of groceries; no slippers
for the groom nor crazy quilt for the
bride.
When Mr. and Mrs. Yandcrbilt move
into their little fiat they will miss these
articles for they go a long way toward
making a young couple feel at home.
"Weloome" worked iu yellow worsted
and hung iu the front room is not so
costly as "twenty-four gold dishes,"
but St means a lot more to the persou
who made it.
But by saving alittle each week Mr.
Yanderbilt can add to bis house fur
nisbiugs. It is not nec-ssary to get
everything at once. If Mrs. Vauderbilt
docs ber own work, which she proba
bly will do, the money thus saved can
be put by for a rainy day. As we are
informed, Mr. Vatiuerbilt will have
only $1,000 a day until next fall, after
which be will do better. Until then
he should live economically, for it is a
bad thing for a young couple to run in
debt.
It will be a happy home, anyway.
We can see the young wife putting up
Willie's dinner in a golden dinner pail
aud watching him hurry away to toil
for the soulless New York Central. At
eventide the two will sit down to a
frugal supper of terrapin, canvasback
duck, etc., after which they will bang
the pictures, put down the carpet in
tbe back bedroom aud change the sofa
to the other corner. Then Mrs. V. will
place the milk pail with a pint ticket
in it on tbe back porch, wind the clock,
put out tbe cat and the little fiat will
be wrapt in slumber.
How the Heart Beats at Sight
Tbe main use of the coverings at
night is to give the body the warmth
that is lost by reduced circulation of
the blood. When the body lies down
it is the intention of nature that it
should rest, and that tbe heart especial
ly should be relieved temporarily of its
regular work. So that organ makes ten
strokes a minute less than when tbe
body is in an upright posture. This
means 600 strokes in sixty minutes.
Therefore, in the eight hours that a
man usually spends in taking his
night's rest the heart is saved nearly
5.0uO strokes. As it pumps tix ounces
of blood with each stroke, it lifts 30,000
ouncess less of blood iu the night's
session than it would duriug the day,
when a man is usually in an upright
position. Now, the body is dependent
for its warmth on the vigor of the cir
culation, and as the blood tlows so much
more slowly through the veins when
one U lying down, the warmth lost ia
the reduced circulation must be suppli
ed by extra coverings. N. Y. Herald.
Aot Quotations.
Proverbs, axioms and wLe sayings
have been uttered by Confucius and
other wise men from timeimmemorial,
but few people realize bow many there
are of them. C. 1 . 1 1 ood fe Co., of Sar-
saparilla fame, have over two thousand
and they have originated the ingenious
plan of serving them up iu delectable
shape in thousands of newspapers;
with each one neatly turning a point
as to the merit of their well known
medicine. Tbe extensive use of theeo
proverb ia original and creditable to
Hood & Ca