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SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 10. 1899.
"WHOLE NO. 2193.
How To
ain Flesh
Persons h2vc been known tj
gain a pound a day by taking
an ounce of SCOTT'S EMUL
SION. It is strantfe, but it often
happens.
Somehow the ounce produces
the pound; it seems to start the
digestive machinery Coins' prop
erty, so that the patient is able
to digest and absorb his ordinary
food, which he could not do be
fore, and that is the way the gain
is made.
A certain amount of flesh is
necessary for health ; if you have
not got it you can get it by
taking
peon's pulsion
You will find it just as useful in summer
as in winter, and if you are thriving upon
it don't stop because the wtath.tr is warm.
coc. ?ivi r.oo. Mit druiists.
SCOTT oi BO'A'XE, Chemk-.s. Sew York.
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Ssouienel,
LL.G. HAY.
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THE-
First Monal Bant
Somerset, Penn'a.
Capital, 550.000.
Surplus, 537,000.
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CHAS. O. Wl'LL, OKl. K. SCVLU
JAMtS L rWH, W. H. MILI.KK,
JOhLN K. St'OTT. ROKT. H. SC'L'lX,
EDWARD KCULL, : : PRESIDENT
VALENTINE HAY. : VICE PKiIDKNT-
HAKVKY M. BEKCLEY. CJk.bHlLI
The ftu4 and securities of ttiis bn re iw-ertlj-jrtM-.
in a cele br:t'wl t"uRi.!ss Bl'ic
OLARPROxrtSAi'. Tuf ouij aafe uutUe Uc
(ctelT baruUr-prooI.
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Door West of Luthertn CSiurcn,
Somerset, - Pa.
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bouicriit. Pa.
m..nini.iMi La or care 'will be
us laiialuiiy alteuueu
taiSuiueru tiruivrd nud fcUJOLa-
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ATlXi RN" E Y'-AT-LA W,
bouienet, Pa
.mw n Somen ana niuiii-
f iS Ail wiutM eairusied to lum via
Am Now
pnitared to supply the public
with Clocks, Watches, and Jew
elry of ull descriptions, as Cheap
aa the Cheapest.
REPAIRING A
SPECIALTY.
All work puaranted. Look at my
stock before making youx
purcha.
J. D. SWANK.
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AT1UN i- Yb-AT-LA W.
buLoernet, Pi
Jiefceutruiiled lo their care will be
uia Diiuitui'v ktVJJJrai to. Office
KIlM'S BOYS'. WOMEN'S) GIRLS' nd CHILDREN'S
SHOES, OXFORDS md SL1PPEKS.
mippicl. P.lak and Tan. latest styles ana napfca
at Iuwl
.....CASH PRICES.. -
Adjoining Mrs. A. E. Uhl, South-east
comer of wjuare.
SOMERSET. PA.
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bouieiscl. Pa.
F:rI N'iitiiml liulik.
ti-m. .in git-u lo Hie re of the i
i" u.c ;:-atit nt ul t-ti runic tiimMtn. i
. CAIlUTHERri, IS. D.,
rxjuiemtt. Pa.
aa Piitr.o. fcilreut, ouposiv. U. B.
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P. F. SHAFFER,
fHlaiCXAN ASU sL'KEON.
tiomeravt. Pa.
hi, pruftwiuual er-lce. to tbe citi-
suunrrfi uutl vicinity. OHM coruer
.d fitriul 'u-eeU
-J.M. LOUTHER,
l'HYsldAN jLfO eUROEON,
a Ku itrtet, rear of Drnj itora.
"rs ha profMwlonal nric to Uie ciU-
3uaTt ua viciuity. L &ie pro-
- ) r!iP3f-a be cull tif lutind m.1 iOb OI-
Ji at, oi tilauioud.
'J S.MuMILIiF.V.
Unniuaie in ttentntry.)
1' ' !'.-ntion to tbe nruerraUon
:vii! u?u. An:acml ku Imwrveil.
' f euarauitwl aaUklkciury. OCice
!a.i ovtr L. H. Davis A Cu'a atura.
aua falriul itreela.
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VP. tag? 'J S R-
Eleml nia;t sofi'v and
l r.ic
r i 4 P1:,y ,nost t:iccl,v cl.v ovcr tj
WN3
T!ic li 'lit thi.t l;ti'h(tr.s
bcauty'9 clmriii, that j;icmLc
lia;!ied touch to tLcdrawina
room or tliuiu; itcc:, is the
radio " clow oi
VAX
U liUilk
BUT JIE DIDN'T.
I knt-v a niiio wtio ai4 bf pay
That Jiit'.e I. ill that viry dJ-
Hf 'd Jut cokrt a little tiloiv.
And c.me r!lit u ail fork it o'er.
I ln-rl linn nay tlie uia ho" J II 11,
Awl walk Hftit In and pay bin bill
lint he JIJhX
I k new a ninn llo wiif In love.
Ami "-alli-d un all the uiut atnive
To w ilnc-a tlutt his hmrt a-as true.
And whHt li was about to i!
lit-aiil him liravea dtptrawn Ktgh
And say he'd iu her hand or die.
But he didn't.
I heard a nmn eorae in and Jhw
The iiutdilt uiun I ever auw ;
He'd teach us wfut to write al-ort,
r turn the olTu-e Inside out.
I iM-sinl biniHiiy he'd sikiI the tce
t'f every faun about the place
Bui he didn't.
1 knew a i Uip who had a plan
To mil he b!metfa wealtliy ni in:
He'd haul the money In ao L'tl
He'd own a !1e or two at lust.
I heard him nay with iimiie to bland.
He oou wuiild drive a four-in liand,
HjI In dil't.
V, lively time ! Oh, busy day
If these iiilenll'iiiK all would Hny !
litit niMrvelitr.H autt uitri'al tht'i
Would thU uiiitue arntitueiiw'Tjt bring.
What lively tlnu If Ibi-y'd eome tme,
'i'hewe thin thut men have Kaid they'd du.
And (lulu I.
A KING'S RAXSOM.
A few n,i!ts from what was iu by
gone days a thriving town, but now
ptvsf uts nothing but a wreok and a few
reminders of vanished greatnesn, there
blill extant the relit! of what was
once a stately hime. Its tpuiul ari hi-
teeture pnx.'!aims its age. t.Jusrdexl on
all sides bv siaut pines and the inter
lacing uudergrowih of years, it U aa
completely secluded, as thut away from
everyday buinau contact as tbe famous
cpot where Jiip Vau Winkle dreamed
away his thifiless youth aud reposed
through what had every judication of
proving a trying and troublous time of
manhood. Through tbe rusting re
mains of what was once an ornate iron
railing the hedges, now towering tree
like, thrust themselves in rat k luxuri
ance and the undipped growtli of yrurs.
Weeds and grass have long since oblit
erated all trace of what was once or-
lerly parterres, gay with flowers. Sag
ging galleries creaK aismaiiy in me
wind, stately sweeps or steps lie mold-
encg, having faileu irom tneir uigu
estate. Doors sway and drop hinge-
les, and, through holes in the crum
bling, moss-covered roof, the stars peep
and shimmer. Shutterless, eye- lifee
windows seem to stare unst-eiug on the
viH in all -colors and sjntxs
to haraoaizc wi.h eny iaicrior
hangings or decort-tiors.
Jlannfatnred ty
l or sk'k! every here.
Ices, rested upon the bit of stone gleam
ing upon his young mistress' hand and
many coDtlicticg emotions agitated his
mind.
Alee was a slave, the sou and grand
sou of slave?, aad though his owuers
were always kind, his work light, and
hij privileges very many, strange
thoughts had entered his mind of late
aud dwelt there persistently. He
would le free, free as his master, to go
where he listed, to study and learn.
He would go to some land where the
condition of master and slave did not
exisL Hut bow? Many sleepless nights
had this question cost him, and still so
distractiugly h peles3 seemed its solu
tion. lie must nm away. Opportunities
f)T flight were cot lacking; but other
slaves had decamped ouly to be brought
back to punishment and increased la
bor, or, worse still, were driven back
from the fastnesses of the swamps by
cold and starvation. Alec wished for
no freedom to hide like a beast in
swaicp or thic'iiet better his master's
rule and his master's mansion than
Hint.
Jlut iu a tlah his mistress' low ex
clamation solved for him the problem
of "bow." The little glittering stone
on his young mistress' hand should be
his He would become Jtoos ssed of it,
ibis kiug's ransom, and escape, nobody
being injured. Evelina, to whom he
was deeply attached, would not grieve
over its loss. 8he had many more jew
els, aud no drubt her future husband
would replace its loss by a second gem
etpualty as brilliant.
Many schemes for becoming possess
ed of the ring ctased each other
through his Utsy brain. The liri that
seemed most likely to succeed he was
forced to abandon forthwith that of
making love to Amauda Jane, Eveli
na's maid and persuading her to steal
the coveted trasure for him. Ry a few
adroit questions he learned that the
ring uever left the white girl's hand.
Then an awful resolve formed itself
in his mind. He would enter her room
in the solemn watches of the night and
take it by sttalth if he could, by vio
lence if he must, and then away to lib
erty and a new life!
Rut fate acd Evelina together frus
trated this plan, for shortly before the
night when he resolved to put it in op
eration the young woman left home for
a round of visits in the neighboring
counties. She was absent many weeks
and did not return until preparations
for the approaching wedding were well
underway. Many guests rilled the man
sion then, aL.d Alec's hands were over-
wreck, the dreary decay and ruin that
cruel time has wrought ot former great- J-iullof urgent, duties.
Thev marriage day was close at nana,
and stil?i he .could not raise his courage
to the point of executing his purpose.
Each day he promised himself that he
K R. FLUCK,
Land Surveyor
-M ENttlNLEB. LUUe. Pa.
ymUTIVE MUTUAL FIRE
s. CO., BERLIN, PA.
Get an Education
Th bMt outfit in lifa. Brt msUuxl wi at
CEKTRAL STATE K3RMAL SCHOOL
Lvi K ail tJ ccoaiM c.i, ra.
Stroar fTltr, TarleJ eoar, too librarT,
wjrn .l.prm. ia laburaturr nd fmn
w baadwin ba.ldia. tDi r .uodt
Kb.irvast tira., IrMt eipsuc, stM aid lo .vo
du la adiiti' K rseuiu-cmh !
ti.e work ifl in Ia.i:,bDnliil,Tp
wnfv.t. Bnd for illortJ rata'iuaa.
uiu luui. ra. tiM L um. ra.
'-sniRjice at actual cost by iusur-
uume. e insure Town and
If'iieny. Wriu; for Information.
JAU. J. Z0RN,
Secretary.
YEARS'
l.H-HL;T0X,
ertaker and
50
Embslmer.
GOOD HEARSE,
n7U.!ni
t pertalnlm to fuiwraU furn-
Ubed.
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Trade Mark
Desicns
r"'rflfO ComiohtAc
Anonenrtlrf a ke1i-h and crtpt!n aT
laM.leu i. urohKt.lTpalenO"'1- otumuntra-
taken tOniUKh kno Co. racetv.
tfervti 1UUCL. without CtiantC. tB tl.
Scieminc iimencsn.
A handaomely mtrai- welf.
hltiNN & Co.3B,BKew York
ness.
Within a stone's throw of the ruined
mansion, but screeneu tuereiroiii oy a
grove of moss-hung cedars, stands an
ancient mausoleum. Built of what
was ouce glittering white marble, time
has changed its hue to a dingy, mourn
ful gray. Small shrubs and weeds.
finding foothold in the gaping seams
of the tomb where sediment has been
deposited by wind and rain, make
brave show of veiling the sail colored
pile Iu summer, but nipping winds
change them to dry, rattling skeletons
of their former beauty, that stand as
though keeping guard over the last re
treat of a proud but fallen race.
Rut the story has not to do with the
dreary, deserted mansion; rather with
the people who once rilled it with life
and light and laughter, who lived, lov
ed and vanished from their place, but
whose deeds form the warp or woof of
many stories that cluster round the ru
ins of their former hearthstone stilL
Deeds of blood, tierhaps of adventure
and chivalry from the men for they
were adventurous, hot-headed and chiv
alrous of sweet charity, mercy and ro
mantic love from the women, for they
were generous, noble and lovely.
Especially lovely and beloved was
Evelina, the daughter of the house,
and the only child. In her all the
beauty of a handsome race seemed to
centre and bloom afreh. AM the
graces and witcheries of generations of
lovely women might be reproduced and
enhanced in the pemou of this beauti
ful girl U autif jl iu character and dis
position no le-s than in form and fea
ture. She had many suitors, but she hesi
tated long, gracious equally to all who J
would honor her with their name and
fortune and not a few who would bestow
name and title for the happiness of call
ing her wife and, incidentally, shaking
her own regal fortune.
But she turned them all aside, gently,
regretfully, may be, until her fan?y was
captivated by one who seemed the least
likely of all her suitors to meet her fa
vor. He was a grave and taciturn man
with bent shoulders aud iron gray hair,
generally considered old, though men
older by several years considered them
selves gay gallants still. He wa9 fifty
when he astonished the county by pro
posing to and being accepted by Eve
lina. How it happened that she fed in
love with this self-contained, undemon
atr.iiiv fhlerlv man Is like the blessed
mass a mystery. But love him she
did, and the whole country was invited
to tbe betrothal feast.
Dozens of lovely women, dressed a
trifle gaily, as southern women are apt
to be, and as they were wont to be at
that period, filled the drawing-room
and diuing-hall of the mansion, rale
colored silks vied with wonderful'y-col-ored
satins, handsome laces veiled
wealth of glittering gems, and though
there were mauy jeelsof price worn
that night, none equaled in beauty aid
VAlue the niaguifteent gem placed on
tbe hand of the bride -elect by her
grave, elderly lover. Pausing near her
mother In the course of the evening,
Evelina held up her hand, making tbe
gem Hash aud sparkle in. the subdued
light.
"Ah!" ejaculated the elder woman,
"it la indeed superb. It Is well worth
a king's ransom."
"A king's rariKoau!"
The girl smiled. It was worth far
more than that to her, for it represent
ed more, Ita deep lights and flicker
ing shadows meant much. Not the
mere dross ot vulgar wealth, of which
it was the symbol. It was the outward
and visible sign of the Inward, invisi
ble grace of a good man's love.
Tbe great, wistful eyes of Alec, the
handsome olive -skinned waiter who
flitted noiselessly among the guests
bearing bis silver salver of cakes and
would wait iio longer, that the coming
night he would do the work, aud tho
morning wculd find him far on his
journey toward a new life. Still, be
never acted, and the chain of days slip
ped by, one by one, until all but one be
fore the fiual day had passed. Rut that
night he would carry out his plans
when the proper hour arrived, and as
he sat waiting on the door-step of his
cabin it seemed that midnight would
never come.
Further down in the quarter a field
hand strummed a lnjo and a couple
shutlled uimbly in the glare of a small
outdoor fire. The dancers could ee
Alec as he sat alone on his step, ashim
niering white blotch against the black
tquare of the open door. They called
b him, and he recognized the voice of
Amanda Jane, Evelina's maid, but he
would not join them, and finally they
also strolled away to bed.
Now! The great mansion lay in shad
ov, and profound repose pervaded the
homestead. Creeping through the shad
ows Alec gained a small side-door left
conveniently open and groped his way
tJ the big central hall. Passing along
softly to the wide staircase, n-ar the
head of which Evelina's rooms were
situated, the would-be thief was almost
ptralyzed with fear by beholding his
master stauding at tbe top, a lighted
candle in his hand. Not waiting to iu-
quire how the slave had gained admit
tance or why he was prowling hi mid
night darkness through the halls, when
a all reason he should havcleeii asleep
. a t. 1 I iL.
on bis cauin ouna nours since, iue
judge shouted in agitated tones:
"Run, Alec, run! Saddle t annon
Hall and fly for iMctor Sage. Your
mistress is ill dying. I'll skiu you if
vou lose a moment!"
Catching the infection of the judge's
excitement the durky Hew, shoeless
and hat less, and was soon tearing over
meadows and through growing corn on
a mad race for the nearest physician,
who lived five milts away. It was in
deed true the lovely young daughter
cf the house, tbe fair bride-elect, lay
dying. A sudden malady, developing
from an indisposition too slight, as she
supposed, to notice, had attacked her,
and ere the man of medicine conld ar
rive she was seemingly beyond medi
cal aid.
There was mourning where festivities
were expected, and grief where joy
should have reigned supreme. Loving
hands dressed her in all the whit dra
pery of bridal aitire and bore I er below
to the drawing-room, where she lay in
state among banks and garlands of
rosea and ferns, where the guests who
expected to congratulate her as a happy
bride paid her the last homage of a sad
farewell. For three days she held si
lent court in the dim, flower-scented
dusk of the grand room, and then all
the servants of her father's house and
all the slaves on his plantation were
bidden to take a farewell look at their
dear youDg mistress ere she was borne
to joiu the silent company of genera
tions of noble kin ho lay in the ftin
ily vault beyond the gardens.
Alec stood at the open hall-door ad
mitting the black people In twos and
threes as they filed silently iu and with
scarcely a pause passed ou. He had
looked at the girl ling there many
times, and bis hungry eyes devoured
the waxen hand among the laces on
which the coveted treasure stiil gleam
ed. Her betrothed husband had signi
fied his desire that it should not be re
moved, consequently it remained, and
the slave'a anguished eyes caught its
last glimnr ere she who wore it was
hidden forever from the sight of men.
That night, his duties being over,
Alec nat again ou bis cabin step, and
still his mind dwelt upon the "king's
ransom" shut away from sight upon a
dead hand, while he, a living being,
full of the possibilities of the keenest
enjoyment of life, languished iu the
vile bondage of slavery. Tbe thought
burned lu his mind like: living fire, and
he experienced the depth of despair.
Yet to become possessed of the ring
were easy now that she could make no
resistance. To enter the vault, to lift
the lid from the casket and slip the
ring from her hand would be the work
of a few moments. Then he would le
free free as -his master forever after.
Alec's hair straightened and stood
endwise upon his head, the dew of ter
ror burst forth and trickled down his
fai-e, his knees trembled, aud his gorge
rose iu a very collapse and ecstasy of
fear. He could not! And yet and yet!
Without his own volition, not know
ing w hither lie was going. Alec louud
himself wandering in the neighbor
hood of the bii tombs that loomed
white aud shining in the watery light
of a young moon. The moss-hung- ce
ntra cast their trembling shadows
across it, and the entrance was in tit-
ful darkness, leaning aeaiust the big
broue gates, he peered into the dusky
recess from w hich a flood of cool, moist
air, heavy with the scent of lading
flowers, greeted him. The gates yield
ing, swayed noiselessly ajar, and as one
in a trance the slave passed in. Asoue
in a trance he paused beside the flower-
strewn casket and with set lips and
staring eyes began to turn the silver
screws that held tiie heavy lid in place.
For several moment he lalored as
swiftly and silently as a soft, gray
shadow, the lid was raised and the
covcttd treasure lay sparkling with
mocking brilliance on the waxen
hand. Almost swooDiug with terror
and superstitious dread, with staring
eyes and mumbling lips, as though
frozen to the very heart with terror,
he took the dead hand in bis aud as
sayed to slip the ring therefrom. Here
an awful ditliculty confronted him. the
fiuger, slightly swollen, held the jewel
immovably in place. It would not
yield. In a frenzy of fear bis hand
sought his pocket, a small knife, was
pulled forth, and before he himself
fully realized the awful sacrilege of the
act, he had severed the finger adorned
with the ring completely from the
waxen hand!
A slight wind sprung up, rustling the
cedars and stirring the shadows cast
within the tomb. The bronze gates
stirred thereby fell together with a soft
click. In a very panic of terror the
man fled uever pausing to replace the
coflln lid or close the gates. Flying in
the very abandon of fear, he reached
bis cabiu and lay crouching for many
hours in the farthest erncr, his bo!y
the occupant of the eay chair he fell
fae downward iu a paroxysm of re
morse and fear.
"Oh, miss! Oh, miss!" be ejaculated,
"I knew you would come to punish me,
but I meant no harm! Forgive, please,
for Ood'ii sake. I'll give it back if
you'll forgive and go away. I did not
know you'd caret Oh, Missy 'Lina,
have mercy T' And the slave groveled
aud chattered at the girl's feet.
By degrees the judge comprehended
the situation, especially when the ab
ject slave produced the missing finger
and riug and ottered them to her in
fear and trembling. Little by little he
was iuduced to tell his story, how he
desired freedom, and how his m is tress'
words suggested a means of w'otaiuing
it; how he had stolen into the tomb
that night and secured the treasure,
even how he intended to fly aud begin
life anew, free, with tiie prooeedsof the
a.i'e of the gem.
When he had finished there were
tears in Evelina's eyes, and a moisture
iu those of her father.
"You can punish nie, master," Alec
concluded, rising and standing submis
sively near the door.
"I will indeed punish you as you de
serve. You have mentioned your desire
to me and it shall be gratified. You
did an aw ful deed, but out of evil good
has come. Your deed has restored to
me my daughter. Take your freedom.
It Is yours."
When the doctor, hastily summoned,
confirmed the opinion that Alec's deed
had restored Evelina from her death
like trance the grateful parents were
not uiggardly in proving their grati
tude to him, nor was-the happy lover
Vtthiudhaud iu proving his joy. A
handsome gift of money from Eveli
na's husband and a snug piece of land,
together with his freedom, placet! Aleo
ou easy terms with the world. He was
industrious and prospered, and is to
day one of the foremost men among
his race.
While his family has grown and
flourished, that of his master has dwin
dled and passed away. The vast es
tates have depreciated or passed Into
other hands. The old family mansion,
where the preceding events transpired,
h:is for many years remained vacant,
mainly through an unexpressed but no
less superstitious dread of what had
happened there. Chicago News.
COLOXEL FUSSTOS S CASEE2L
Disgraced.
in the last throes or endurance, ins
mind tottering almost to its
'
The judge sat alone in bis library.
All but he bad sought their rooms to
find what repose a new and poignant
grief adaiitted, but he desired no rest.
His lamp burned dimly on the table,
the fire fell low in the grate, and wa
tery gleams, the first harbingers of the
new day, flickered through the un
drawn window drapery. His body was
weary, his heart sore, aud this new vis
itation seemed almost too much of sor
row for his heart to bear. In the still
e"t hour, just before the dawn, the
judge was disturbed by a soft tapping.
Again and again, but still it failed to
rouse him from his lethargy of woe.
Tiieu a voice, softly plaintive, ictisteut,
reached his ear and penetrated his con
sciousness: "Father! Oh, father!"
The judge flew to the window aud
threw wide the sash, and the sight that
met his view almost paralyzed his heart
with mingled emotious, for before him
on the grass stood Evelina, the daugh
ter for whose d?ath he was eveu then
bowed in grief, returned from the very
tomb to lift from his heart tbe awful
load of sorrow her untimely death had
caused.
"Oh, father, let me enter, I am chill
ed, chilled!" and, with a quick move
ment, she stood within the room. With
trembling hands the judge raked the
remnants of the lire together aud heap
ed fuel thereon. A bright blaze sprung
up and warmed the strange couple be
fore it into new life. The judge press
ed wine upon his child, and w ith tears
and laughter begged her to assure htiu
that it wait indeed herself, so miracu
lously returned, restored to his arms
from the very tomb.
"It is indeed Evelina. But why did
vou nlace me in the tomb, dear? Did
j i
you believe that I was really dead?'
You seemed dead, indeed, poor
child, aud your mother's heart is well-
nigh broken.'.'
"But we will mend it again. Come,
let us go to her."
Rather will I summon her, that we
may both hear the wonderful story of
how you came back to life."
"I do not think that I ever quit
ted life, father. It could not be. Out
thre," she said, w ilh a gesture toward
the tornb, "my consciousness at first
was of a chill wind blowing upon me.
and a sensation of cold awful, death
like. Then it seemed that some oub
took my baud, and a sensation of paiu
thrilled me through. I awoke fully,
and, sitting up, could not realize, my
surroundings. I w as iu the tomb; my
grave clothes were my bridal costume;
but I could not understand. Then I re
membered I had been 1)1, perhaps had
died; I was dead, yet conscious of my
position alone at night In the vault.
Then I thought that although a disem
bodied spirit I would visit my Lome
and see you aud my mother, perhaps
making you understand that I wished,
you to be resigued."
The fire and the wine had warmed,
the girl's life current to reuewed action,
aud down the shimmering folds of the
satin gown a thin red thread was now
flowing. With a hormied glance lur
father caught her hand, exclaiming:
"Your hand, my daughter! Who has
done this to you?"
"Oh, my ring!" and father and
daughter looked Into each other's face
with mingled emotions.
Ooiug to a bell that communicated
directly with his butler'a cabin, the.
judge pulled It violently. Alec heard,
the summons, aud through force of
habit prepared to obey. Shortly lje
entered the library, a limp, deject .xl
figure, and when his eyes rested up.rjt
I'nioutown New-SUnlarJ.
The Pennsylvania Legislature of K9
disgraced itself and the Mate. The best
act it did ia the whole session was
when it quit and went home to stay.
The session of ls'J7 has been held up as
a horrible example, but it was respecta
ble compared to its successor.
The Legislature just adjourned was
electwt largely ou a cry of "reform."
And those" wbu pealed loudest about
reform made the sorriest "A rord. Tbe
hsly was from beginning toend in con
trol of a few bolters aud soreheads
whose sole ambition was to seek politi
tod aud personal reveiigj because they
had failed to get all they had demand
ed. To this end they held up legisla
tion, prevented theelection of a Unitl
Siates Senator and did their utmost t
sow the seeds of dissension and over
throw party regularity and party o
ganizttion. I hey mii-t bear the re
sponsibility of the disgraceful failure
of the session, itud the pwp'.e will hold
lliem to a rigid accountability.
Tbe senatorial dead'oct w as the cause
of the session's abortive rec rd. Th
deadlock was brought about by the
action of oil odd il -publicans who bolt-'
ed their party's caucus and defied the .
party's rales of action t which they
owed their own election. Tiie action
of the Democratic c.tucu in making"
Jenks the party candidate was accept
ed by all the Democratic members a.-t
binding. It was no more binding on
Iletuocrats than was the s-lectioii of
luay in thesanmmanner binding upou
Republicans. DenuH-raths members
must accept their own share of respon
sibility f.r prolonging tho deadlock
through SO ballots for a candidate who
uever had the slightest ehanes of elec
tion. If the Democrats hoped that by
this means th-j next Pennsylvania
legislature would Ui Democratic, they
wiil be woefully disappointed. Next
year is a presidential year and the
enormous majority for ihe Republican
presidential caiuiii'ate will carry
through a Legi-Juture that will be more
than two-thirds liepulilicftQ.
Wherever Thera Was aa Adreatare,
He, Too, Waa there-
William Allen White, in an inter
view, gave this story of the career of
Colonel Frederick Funston:
"Fred. Funston was a sixteenth cen
tury knight, horn three centuries too
late. He did the best be could to rec
tify the error of his birth by prancing
up and down the froutiers of Uie world
hunting adveuture. He got as good an
education as the schools of his town
ship and county and State could give
him, and in ls.s set out for the jousts
and the tourney.
He began his career as a Santa
train collector, and a half a dozen cow
boys in New Mexico and Colorado and
Western Kansas, who laughed at the
little toy collector, as they called him.
put their faces in court plaster and
bought new guns. One of his favorite
pa-st iines was to disarm burly cowboys
who insisted on shooting holes through
the roof of the smoker.
"He got a place in the Agricultural
Departmeut at Washington as a botan
ist and went into Dakota and Montana,
collecting grasses for the collection iu
the Gaverumeut Museum. A year later
Funston was assigned to the Death
Valley expedition, which was sent to
survey that teariui aiKu waste in
Southern California, where the temper
ature ranges above !K) degrees Fahren
heit all the year round. Every man
w ho went iu that expedition except
Fuustou is either dead orinsaue.
"One day Funston started across the
desert, VSi miles, after the mail; be got
lont; the cannister of water gave out,
his horse fell uuder him andfortweo-ty-four
hours he walked without food
or water, with the thermometer regis
tering 110, and the sun beatiug down
upou him. Two days later he wrote
me a letter and devoted less than three
lines to the incident, aud it was ouly
by prodding and questioniug that I
ever got the truth from him.
"After coming back from Death Val-
lev Funston went to Alaska, stiil work
ing for the Government, collecting
botanical specimens. After fifteen
mouths he returned Lome and equip
ped himself for another expedition
which to-day is a record-breaker for til
Alaskan travelers.
"In April, 1M3, Funston left Chil
noot Inlet, and with a party of miners
went over the divide to the head of the
Yukou River. Two Indian guides took
him down the mouth of the Porcupine
River; he tacked his boat, the Nancy
Hanks, up the Porcupine to Rampart
House, au abandoned Hudson Bay
Company trading post. There he and
a missionary started to spend the
Arctic winter. The monotony of the
thiug palled on Funston, and with a
single Indian he started for an even
ing's walk to the Arctic Ocean. Fun
ston and the Indian got losL Oue day
they came across a party of Indians
-goimtio a whaling fleet iu the Arctic
Ocean. Faustonaud his Indian join
ed the party and cania 1'? to the fleet.
which was frozen in the ice," -ffhere he
told the news of the Presidential ffrri-.
iuatiou in lS'Ji aud of the election of
Cleveland.
"He started back to Rampart House
and got there just as the morning of
spring was dawniug. He had made a
iournev of DM miles in the dead of
night of an Arctic Winter. Peary's
famous jouruey iu Greenland was only
400 miles, and it was made in the light
of midsummer.
"He made his report, quit the Gov
eriment service and weut to Central
A nerica, where he tried to establish a
e idee plantation and failed.
"Then he showed up in the Cuban
ar.uy waeu he served uuder Garcia,
e ntistins? as a nrivate and coming out
r
a a lieutenant colonel and chief of ar
tillery iu that division of the army led
by Garcia. He was wounded three
time, once through the lungs, once
throu h the arm and ouce in the thigh.
He lay three months ou a bull-hide
haaim Kk in the Cuban hospital. The
atorvof no other American who has
lived in the last half of the nineteenth
century has so much adventure and ro
mance in it as this brief story of Fred.
tAunton.
"He is as honest as he is brave, and
if he should ever care to serve his coun
trv in peace as he has served her in
war he will make a careful, courageous,
ellicieut servant."
Re Culture.
The Penjujlvania Senaiorship.
Sew York Tribuna.
The acquittal of Senator Quay on the
charge of conspiracy to make Illegal
use of public money depot-ited in the
People's Bank, of Philadelphia, haa
evidently caused little surprise in any
quarter. The rather protracted delib
atioa of the jury naturally afforded
some reason to think that it might not
succeed in agreeing upon a verdict, but
after the cross-examination of the ex
pert witnesit for the prosecution and
the rather abrupt closing of tbe case
for the people it is doubtful if any
body reallv believed the defendant
would be found guilty. His friends
nevertheless had sufficient warrant for
their enthusiastic demonstrations, and
though be did not permit his habitual
placidity of demeanor to be disturbed
thereby, he d.mbtlesn finds relief as well
as satisfaction in the result of the trial.
What, if any, t-tleet his acquittal will
have with icsect lo Mr. Q iay's politi
cal future remains to be seen. There is
not much reason to believe that the
large and compact minority of Repub
licans in the Legislature which has
preveuted his election all w inter would
have goue b pieces and allowed him
to succeed if the verdict had beeu ren
dered prior to adjournment, but it Is
by no means certain that the opposition
will hold together uutil next Legisla
ture meets, two years hence. On the
other hand, it may gain strength aud
be able to accomplish its purpose when
the opportunity to elect a Senator re
curs. These for the present must re
main speculative questions to be deter
mined by the course of events. Just
uow the Quay supporters would seem
to have acquired some advantage of
position, aud they cannot be blamed
for claiming rather more than half the
honors of a drawn battle in the Legis
lature, having won the more serious
contest in the court.
Sew Law on Coatagioua Diseases.
The following law, passed at the last
session of the legislature and approved
by the governor, is apropos at this time.
An act to empower the school direct
ors of the several townships of the com
monwealth of Pennsylvania to exercise
the powers of a board of health in each
township, to make rules and regulations
to preveut the spread of contagious dis
eases, to appoint aud fix compensation
of a sanitary agent, and requi riug all
practicing physicians to report to the
secretary of the board of school directors
1 leach township the names and resi
dences of all persons coming under their
professional cire afflicted with such
contagious or iufectious diseases.
SkctiuN 1. Re it enacted, Jtc, That
the school directors of each township of
the state of Pennsylvania sh&l!, in addi
tion to the powers vested iu them by ex
isting 1 iws, have full power and author
ity to makj aud euforee all needful
rules and regulations to prevent the in
troduction a"d spread of contagious or
infectious diseases, by the regulation of
intercourse with iufecled places, by pro
hibiting from attending any public
hool any child or other persou belon
in ' uToi'nuLLuc with the family of
person, or ridin Uiue same
UilKons Givea Away.
It is certainly gratifying to the pub
lic to kuow of one coueera iu the laud
who are not afraid to be generous Ut the
needy aud suffering. The proprietor
of Dr. King's New Discovery for Con
tuuiptiou, Coughs aud Colds, have
given away over ten million trial bot
tles of this great medicii-e; aud have
the satisfaction of knowing it has ab
solutely cured thousands of hopeless
cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness
and all diseases of the Tt root, Chest
aud Lungs are surely cured by it. Call
at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Som
erset, Pa., and (J. W. Bralher's Drug
Store, Berlin, Pa. and get a free trial
bottle. Regular size oi)c. and fl.OO.
Every bottle guaranteed, or price re
funded.
Brave Ilea Tall
One Sort. "You sold this dog to me
for a bird dog. He doesn't know a bird
w hen he sees one. I took him out yes
terday and he wouldn't l'k at a
bird." "Well, how was the bird cook
ed.'" Brooklyn Life.
Eed Hot From The Gaa
Was the ball that hit G. B. Steadmsa
of Newark, Mich., in the Civil War.
Victims to stomach, liver and kidney
troubles as well as women, and all feel
the results in loss of appetite, poisons
In the blood, backache, nervousness,
headache and tired, listless, run-down
feeiimr. But there's no need to feel
like that. Listen to J. W. Gardner,
Idaville. Ind. He says: "Electric
Bitters are just the thing for a man
when he is all run down, and don't
care whether he lives or dies. It did
more to give me new strength and
good appetite than anything I could
take. I can now eat anythiug and
have a new lease on life." Only 50
cents, at J. X. Snyder's Drug Store,
Somerset, Pa., and G. W. Bralller'a
Drug Store, Berlin, Pa; every bottle
guaranteed.
A Family Disagreemeat.
In a hoaie in the country, not far
from town, w e are Informed, there may
be seen quite a pile of sewing lying on
tbe floor, nearly in the middle of the
room, that has bevQ lying there undis
turbed for more than six months. At
that time the head of the house wanted
a chair, aud seeing but one haudy he
dumped to the floor the sewing which
lav upon it- His wife asked him to
! pick it up. He said be wouldn't do it.
I cKa ,.l.l tiitTi an . threw it there it
It caused horrible Ulcers that no treat- J " . , . ... . a . riik
itna. She would never touch it. And
uous. iu which any person may be
sufl'eriug from cholera, smallpox (vari
ola varioloid), scarlet fever, typhoid
fever, relapsing fever, diphtheria, diph
fieretic croup or membraneous croup,
.. 1:.
or any other contagious uiaease, auu it
shall tie the duty of all physicians prac
ticing withiu the several townsbqw to
report to the secretary of such soho-d
board the uamiis and residences of ad
persons coming under their professional
care, aillieted with aay of the aforesaid
contagious or infectio isdiseases, within
twenty-four hours after the develop
ment of any such disease.
Se '. In tiie case of the prevalence
of any contagious or infectious disease
in any township of this commonwealth,
the board of school directors of such
township shall have power by them
selves, or by a sanitary ageut to be by
them appoiuted, to enter at any time
.ipou any premises in the said township
in which there is suspected to be any
coutagious or iufectious disease, or nuis
ance productive of such disease or de
trimental to the public health, for the
purpose of examining tbe said premises
aud abating any nuisance fouud there
on detrimental to the public health.
S;;. .1. Before appointing any sani
tary agent to aid in enforcing iue
rules and regulations cf tbe board,
as aforesaid, the board shall make
application to tiie court of common
pleas of the county In which the
township is located, or to a law judge
thereof, setting forth particularly the
reasons which, in their judgment, make
the appointment of such agent neces
sary, setting forth also the compensa
tion which the board deems proper to
pay for the services of such sanitary
agent, and if the sad court, or judge
thereof, rhall approve the reasons given
by tbe said board for the appointment
oi suc'i sanitary agent, aud shall alsoap-
prove the compensation deemed prop
er therefor, said board shall have the
authority to appoint sueh sauUary
agent for sueh term as may he desig
nated by the said eourt, or judge tbere-
cf,J: he said compensation to paid out of
the school fund of the respective townr
ships.
A pproved the 1 1 th day of April, A. l.
isiry. William a. Stoxk.
As thexe hints are meant o!y for tbe
-1 - ti
amateur, tlw must, ors ou a amau
-al, only a few rules aud suggMit
areoSVrel, with all the in xlesty and
perfect apprecitiou of th-ir iioiita
tnna. In regard to situation remem
ber, roee will not thriv in a damp,
close shady siluaiiou. They must nave
abundance of air aud sunshine, ri' h
soil and careful culture. If the soil U
poor aatura". U iua1 b removed aad
replaced with prepared il tj the
depth of U feet. If ouly a few ro-.es are
lobe planted, it Would be bel to g-l
the soil of a florist. 1 f much Is needed,
it may be prepared by mixing top soil
from field with about an equal por
tioo of good compost, thoroughly
worked In. If the soil is sandy, a little
clay should be added. By all means
avoid patronUlng tbe scoundrelly street
venders of what appears to the casual
eye to be "rich earth," but is. In fact,
street sweepings, largely cousistiug of
crumbled asphalt, warranted to destroy
anything planted iu it.
PLAN TON" NAY PAY.
Whenever practicably select your
roses from local florists that you may see
with your own eyes what you are pay
ing for. It is not really safe to plant
eoses grown under glasa before May 1,
but field-grown plants may ln act out
much earlier. Wet the roots thorough
ly aud pack the sod aKnit them firmly.
If this is carefully done these plants
will not know they have leen trans
ferret!, and keep right on growing,
though, if possible, it is well to protect
them from cold wiuds for sometime to
come, it is mticn uetter i ooutiu
bushes at least two years old. Younger
than that the plants are t; weak to live
through a hard winter, and give b-it
few and poor blooms the first season.
'utback each branch after blooming;
theu new shoots wi.l start, and it is
ouly new shoots that blooiu.
DISEASES AM I.N six 'IS.
The diseases and insect enemies of
the rose are many and obstiuab, but.
uot to be discouraging, only those most
common aud most easily overcome will
he noted here. The green aphis gener
ally makes an early appearance, at
tacking the young shoU in such num
bers as to completely couceal the young
wood. As fumig-ttioa out of door is
u )t practicable, a solution of t.!ee
water, made by boiling tobacco stems
in tbe proportion of 4 ounces of stems
to oue gallon of water, should be ap
plied with a syringe or atomizer. This
should be done in the evening, and re
peated until the aphis disappears. The
red spider is another most destructive
nsect, attackiug the under side of the
leaves aud destroying the plant in a
short time if uot checked. Spraying
with a solution of whale oil soap or
kerosene emulsiou iu such a way as to
reach the under side of the foliage is
the remedy. Daily syringiug with
coll water in the same way will pre
vent the appearauce of this pest, which
also attacks the sweet pea, nasturtium
and other garden plains. Au ounce of
prevention, etc, etc, A good rule for
making the ktroseue emulsiou is here
Uiven:
HOW To MIX Til K MEDICINE.
Dissolve one-quarter pouud of brow n
soap in two quarts of boilui-r w ater.
To this add one piut of oil and mix
thoroughly. T.icii a.l I two gallons of
l1J water aul s ir the whole until
well mixed. Spray with :tu atomizer or
Harden syringe.
The chafer is a brow u beetle which
attacks the rose wku in bloom, seem
ing to prefer the light olorel il iwers.
The only safe remedy is "baud-pick
ing" and dropping into boiling hot
water. The greeu slugs may be de
stroyed by applications of (owdered
hellelore or whale-oil soapsuds, but
band-picking twice a day is to be rec
ommended to thiwe not too squeamish.
Mildew, indicated by the spotted ap
pearance and dropping of the foliage,
is usually caused by long-c intituled
damn weather of a sha led situation.
As ttiis -disease is contagious the in
fected leaves sTioilH le at once remov
ed aud burned. The p!atii should then
be dotted over with powdered .sulphur
or oot, flrst spriuk'ia it that ih
powder may adhere. A few toada in
troduced into a garden aw said to be
valuable aids in the culture of rees,
destroying innumerable insects aud
slugs.
-
Quaint Sayings.
It is interesting and instructive to
read bright and well constructed adver
tisement. Messrs. C.I. Hood A Co.,
of Sarsaparilla fame, must have been at
a great feast au 1 taken everything
home with them. They are using a
bright selection of q iaint old aayiug
acd proverbs as the starters in a series
of clever advertisements, wherein the
proverbs are neatly turned aud para
phrased to lit the subject matter. The
public like this breezy advertising, as
it reminds of other proverbs au l opens
up discussion.
Talbsrt Lyacatas Trial Eads.
You Can't Get Bested
Ureenville, S. C. April is. Trial of tha
famous McCorinick conspiracy case.grow
ingotit of the t hoenix election riot anil
lynchiujf in Glen wood county lost Nov
ember, ended in lb- fod.jral coirt hire
today with a verdict of not guilty. The
jury, composed entirety ot wmie men.
balfofthew from IhUcjuuty, was out less
than 15 minutes.
The defendants were prominent Greoa
ville county men whs at the thn of the
Phoenix riot, served resolutions upou
James W.Tol!ert, the Republican assist
ant postmaster at MeConni k. advisius
him to leave, telliu hi:n t'aey would n.t
be responsible for his life, tu uzu they
would protect alio for i h-Mirs. Sia. hoars
after be left a mob rode into MuC'onuiuk.
to kill bim.
Workiaj Niht aai Day.
meut helped for i) years. Then Buck
leti's Arnica S-dve cured him. Cure
Cuts Bruises, Burns, Roils, Felons,
Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure
on earth. - cents a box. Cure guar
anteed. Sold at J. N. Snyder's Drug
Store, Somerset Pa., and G. W. Bral
lier's Drug Store, Berliu, Pa.
there it remains a memorial to an in-
r.vmnatihi!itv of disoosition. New
i
York Commercial Advertiser.
Impossible to forsee an accident Not
impossible to be prepared lor it. ur.
i Thomas' Electric Oil Monarch over
Mr. Wickwire "What is that wo- "
man across the road trying to sing?" j Probably it Is the same with the man
Mrs. Wickwire "My Sweetheart's the- I as with the horse. Either may be
Man in the M ou. " Mr. Wickwire driven to drink, and iflet aloueeither
'West, If be doesn't hear her It isn't would go of his own accord. Bwtoa
It r fau!t."-Tit-Bits. Transcript
Because That Tired Feeling Is not the
result of exertion. It is due to the
unhealthy condition of your blood.
This vital fluid should give nourish-
meut to every organ, nerve and mus
cle. But it cannot do this Unlese it
Urich aud pure. That is what you
want to cure That Tired Feeling
pure, rich blood. Hood's Sarsaps
ri'da will help you "ge'. rested." It
will give you pure, rich blood, give
you vigor and vitality and brace you
up so that you may feel well all
through the coming summer. If you
have never tried Hood's Harsaparilla,
do so now, and see how it energizes
and vitalizes your whole system.
The busiest and mightiest tittle thicg
that ever was made is Dr. King's New
Life Pills. Fery piii is a sugar-coated
globule of health, that changes weaS
liess 1 ito strength, Il-tleue into en
ergy, braia-fag iat-j mtnUl power.
They're wonderful iu building up the
health. Only i'c. per U.x. Bold a,t
J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset,
and at O. W. B-'ailier's Drug Store'.
Berlin, Pa.
4 Bisarttmiat.
Women are probably so much hap
pier than men because they have no
wives. New York Press.
You cannot put a great hope Into a
tiuali sowL J. J.Jonea.
Beaver Times.
Senator Billy Ftion s iy all h au 1 uU
iusursoists htartod out to -iowas lo make
tinny an "ex-Senator." an I ia tiiW they
succeeded. Tbe public hardly agrees
with EUily'a coueifixion; ieiihei does the
PUtsbar LeaJer which was with bitu all
through ti Senatorial d-ta.ocit, ;oc it
say, "t..:;y still retains the title of Soua-
tor, ud the chances are ten to one thai he
will be e'ven his stvtt, precol3nw or no
preosdeLts, without regard to tha d ubt
tul manner iu which theappointmeot has
been given bio:.'
Two million Americans suffer the
torturing ptnr of dyspe::. "' ued
to. Burdock B!jd Bitters "tires. At
A any diiig store.
A go-sl ruaay preached pray as it
they sort of hated to be under much
obligation toGod.-New Y'ork Pre?.