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C'UUTIVE MITUAL FIIiE
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1 r.v. Writ.-for j!,f.,ni!aiiya.
J A--;. J. ZORN,
w Secretary.
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VOL. XLYIT. XO. 50.
GRANDMA
HAD
CONSUMPTION
and I am afraid I have in
herited it. I do not feci
7eU ; I have a couh ; my
lungs are sere ; am lcsln
flesh. What shaH I do?
Your doctor says tako cars of
yourself and take plain cod -liver
oil, but you can't take it. Only
the strong, healthy person can
take it, and they can't tako it
long. It is so rich it upsets the
Etomach. But you can take
SCOTT'S
EMULSIOH
It is very palatatb ts1 easily
digested. If ycu will taks t l;nty
of fresh air, and exercise, ud
SCOTT'S EMULSICII stcauiiy,
there is very littl3 doubt about
your recovery.
There are hypophosphites in it ;
they give strength and tone up the
nervous system while the cod-liver
oil feeds and nourishes.
Sot. nd $;.oo. U drjrktv
SCOTT & SXJWSh, Chtausti,'Srm York.
THE
First liil Bank:
Somorsot, Penu'a.
Capital, S50.C00.
Surplus, 537, GOO.
UNOIV'DED
PROFITS
S.3000.
OCPOftIT "tCClVC iNUUSt DiomtLt
mounts, paraai-c on c(d
ACCOUNT OF MCRCNANTI. atP,
STOCK DOLtKl. aflO OTHERS SOLICITCO
-DISCOUNTS DAILY. -
poari) of DiP.y.rrons.
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EDWAK1 SCL'I.L, : : PKrIVNT
V U.KNTINK HAY, : VICE P1L1-- J 1 -KNT.
HAKVEY M. I.KKKLEY, t ASHlr::-.
The fuD!s and ?i'ro-ari't'n "t thin isne af -csreiv
pni'.n-td iu a ct-U bn.t-U t'oin.'-J Hl'K
gj.ar Pkhip Sae. Tar only (tile in:. tie H'wxf
Jicob I). Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next -Door West of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
I Am Now
preparpd to mijily the public
with Clocks, Wak-hrs, and Jew
elry of all dtsitrriiitiona, as Chep
as the Cheapest.
11EPAIIUNG A
SPECIALTY.
All work gu&rantct-d. Lo:k at my
etock lfore niAkicg ywir
purchases.
J. D. SWANK.
KEFFER'S HEW SHOE STORE!
KEN'S BOYS'. WODEN'S, GIRLS' ard CHILDREN'S
SHOES, OXTOEDS md SLIPPERS.
r,l.i. k ami Tan. I.nU-t StyldH and Shapes
at lowest
CASH PRICES
Adjoining Mrs. A. E. VUl, South-east
corner ff square.
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AT THE STILE.
A down thf jrrasy lane Oieejnie
And l..l!fred at tlie stllt-(Hi-r
fMaJiiuiniiu did Jat th ume
Tin-re many ymrs ir:wlii!)
Tli i!rile heritxHit, I wis,
Kr now are w.Uix to olinib ;
Yt t Kui h a g.yjijly Ktyle aa thin,
W'li.v did it cliiuix' wiih time? ,
Ni satin sIi'TS tlin she wore.
No grttn culiish. n-j shan i,
Noflcliu prliiilycrixsed iM-fn.-e,
No powdcriM wig nt all ;
Yet Mill sli liliupk-d on the stile
Ax gntndiiia did, tliey any ;
Tho' Ktyies may change, a iiuildfu'a omiic
1 Just as KWtrl to d iy.
Then Mar) -ri? looked up at me.
And 1 l-xik.-i down at htr,
Thp wliile upon tlie stile Kit we
As once tu:r graadfolhs were.
And then I spoke their old, old phrase
And mimed a swet t, fond name
Tiio' n Um liav.-hnn-od since ancient Any,
One kt yie remains the name !
AUiie Far ell Brown. In the Woman's
Home Companion,
BEST DELAINE.
Mrs. Xewoomb leaned forward a
second arid listened intently, tben she
smiled a satisfied Hinile as she heard
the gentle closing of the front door,
then the creuking of the parlor door, a
movement of chair, and tht BuUluel
murmur of voices.
"lie's come," she nodded across the
table to her husband.
He looked up from hi paper some
what blankly. "Who's he?" lie que
ried. She dropped her Hewing into her lap
and gluueed at him reproachfully
through her glares. "Julius New
comb, you don't mean to aay you ain't
never noticed ' that Beth Reynold's
leen coming here steady ever since last
Iviter-time, when he came home from
the concert at the church with Eme
line? Every Sunday, and holidays too.
You don't mean to say you ain't never
noticed that, Julius? and your own
daughter, too. It seems to iuj you
don't seem to show much interest in
such things. Maybe you've forgot you
were young once.'but I ain't"
The touch of asjwrity iu her voice
died out, as his clear blue eyea rested
on her, '"Why, bless you, Marilla,"
be replied," dropping the paper and
breaking int- a smile, "how you do go
o.Thalf cock just same's you u-ed to
when you was young and I was ourt
ingyou, and you used to goon at noth
ing, just like you do now. You ain't
changed oue mite."'
"Well, if you ain't interested " she
began.
" 'Taiu't that all," he went on, good
naturedly. "Here I was a-readin a piece
alxjut expansion, aud you suddenly
say, 'He's come.' Now how ou earth
was I to know who 'he' was? I warc't
a-listeriing and I expect you was, of
course," as she nodded assent.
"That's all right aud natural. You
was expecting him, and I was wy ofF
in the Philippines. That's the diller
euce." "Well, did you know it?" she insist
ed. "I ain't totally blind," he retort
ed. "And I guess there doesn't any
man come here to see our Emeline
without me knowing it, even if I am
stupid. Maybe you think I didn't
know that Joe Btlcher was ctmilg
here once pretty steady, then stopped
short? Well, I did, 'cause I sent him
home one night."
"You did?" Marilla leaned her
eliows ou the table and her eyes spark
led. "Well I never !"
"I don't tell everything I know,"
ber husband continued, but I guess I
keep sharp enough lookout on our girl,
Marilia. She's too much like you to
have fellows who ain't worth wliile a
callicg round, bo I just followed that
young Iielcher out one night and told
bim be didn't need to call any more.
And he hasn't, has he?"
"Xo, tever once," Marilla answered
excitedly. "Aud I'm glad of It. Only
I wouldn't have wanted to say any
thing about it, 'cause, you know, she
might feci iLtcreVted iu him. Its nat
ural for young girls to like to receive
attention, Julius, and I wouldn't want
to ba responsible." I5ut it's different
with you, Julius you're the head of
the family, of course."
".She didn't care nothing about him,"
Julius replied, hastily. "She had too
much sense.. Emetine's dreadfully like
you, Marilla. You couldn't never
abide flighty sort of men, could you,
Marilla??"
His wife laughed consciously. "You're
kind of praisitg up yourself, ain't you,
Juiu?? Just as if you were the only
likely fellow I bad a chance to get. I
gue8 you forgot about the others, see
ing 'tis so loLg hgo." She glanced at
him coquellishly. "But you didn't
forget it then. You was about as per
sicU'iit a fellow as ever J did see, I
gu -ss I liked you for that pretty welL
I never could abide folks who didn't
kuow tht-irowa mind, aud when they
did, eouldu't stick toil."
- "You can't Kiy that about me, Ma
rilla. I kuew frsm the very first time
I ever st t eyes t-u you. I just said to
myself. 'Tnere she is'jLnd I remem
ber I thought how nice you'd look sit
ting down oppus-ite me at the table all
our own. I ain't never changed my
mind since."
He I'siked at her acrosa the table;
tbeu he rose clumsily and walked
around aud leaned over her.
'You're ju.-t as pretty now as you
was then," he declared, as be passed
his rough hand over over her hair with
its broad streaks of gray. "You've
grjwn older, I s'pose, Marilla, seeing
Eaieline's old enough to have a b-au,
but it don't seem so, does ll?"
"So, ll don't, she replied, pressing
her cheek for a moment against bis
grizzly one. "It don't seem no time at
all. I cau rmeuilier sa well all about
how kind of proud I felt a-walkiug out
with you that first Sunday, aud won
dering, if the other girls didn't wUh
they'd got you. You wtre a pretty
likely fell iw tben, Julius."
There was a silence for a moment,
while the Corner clock ticked loudly.
"We're dreadful foolish, ain't we,
Julius?" suddenly drawing awsy from
him, and trying to subdue the gleam
in her eyes. "Emeliue a beiDg courted
I n the parlor there, aud her father and
ujjtbiT, like two old fools, a-spooclng
Somerset
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY.
here in the kitchen !" They laughed
together.
The door suddenly opened, and Era
elina walk in. They had not heard her
footsteps. There was a silence.
"He ain't gone so soon, is he?" her
mother queried, with a nod in the di
rection of the parlor, while Julius sank
into a chair by his wife's side.
There was a bright tlush on the girl's
young face. "Xo; I that is, can we
have some cookies and a glass of
water?" Her voice was a bit abstracted.
Her mother jumped nimbly to her
fet. "Of ourse," she replied, cheer
fully. "This last batch was extra good,
Kmeline, aud I guess Seth'll like them
first rate. You pump some good cold
water, Julius, and hand down the best
glasses from the lop shelf la the closet
there,"
She bustled into the pantry, and
gave ber husband a knowing look as
she passed. "Look at that dress, will
you Julius," she whispered.
When the girl was gone, Marilla
faced her husband.
"Xew dress?" he queried campre
heudingiy. S'ae looks mighty well ia
it, too. She's a pretty likely-looking
girl, isn't she Marilla?"
"liut you didn't notice anything par
ticular about the dress?" she insisted.
"Some purple stripes and kind of
flowered, wasn't it?"
"Yes."
"Ileminds me of something you had
once, Marilla."
"Iteally?"
"Kind of. If I was only guessing,
I'd say you had it on one Sunday night
when something peculiar happened
something very particular, Marilla."
He looked fondly at the faded wife
by his side, and his band stole out and
took hers iu his, while her thimble fell
from her finger aud rolled along the
bare floor.
"I guess I looked at that pattern
long enough. The flowers kept a-gig-giing
aud the stripes a chasing each
other. I s'pose I was nervous. I won't
ever forget it."
"I made it over on purpose."
"For Emeline?"
"Yes."
"And you kind of hoped "
"I s'pose 'twas silly, but I thought it
might help them along. It did us."
He laughed a hearty laugh, wuich
he tried to suppress. "You are a great
woman, Marilla," he declared. "Eme
line won't ever come up to you nohow,
even if she is my daughter."
"Sh."
They listened, and heard the door
close quietly. Then there was a long
silence.
"I know how she f.els," MarilH
whisjtered. "Kind of hot and cold,
and gUd and crycy, and's if things
were all kind of upset anyhow."
"And he wishes he'd kissed hcronce
more," Julius added, "and thinks what
an eternal fool be was not to ak her
before."
The girl's footsteps sounded along
the entry. Julius began to wind up
the clock. Marilla picked up her
thimble. Eoicline entered shyly, then
wjut straight t" her mother and put
her arms around her neck. "Some
thing nice has happened," she said in
an audible whisper.
Marilla held her close aud stroked
the sunny hair, and looked at her hus
band. He drew nearer, and put one arm
around his wife, the other around his
daughter.
"Something nice happened once be
fore,'' he remarked, dryly, fingering a
bit of the flwered delaine, Hy Har
riet Cary! Cox, in Harper's Bazar.
Porto Rica's Prospects.
There are not many opportunities for
investments down there. Lands that
a e owned by tlte Porto Itieans are cov
ered with mortgages held by the Span
iards, and they are paying from 12 to 18
per cent, interest. tJentml Henry has
issued an order putting off" foreclosures
for a year. Xow, then, there should be
opportunities for buying up these mort
gages and getting control of some of
the lands since these people have got
to settle soon, and the Spanish want to
get their money and leave the country.
But at the present time the people are
holding their lands ridiculously high,
especially In view of the precarious
hold that they have on them, and also
in view of the fact that their industries
are in a languishing condition. They
have a notion that the Americans are
going to make a great thing out of that
country, and prices are quoted now for
everything two or three times in ad
vance of anything that was ever be
fore known. There are probably some
mining interests down there that will
be developed, and there will bechances
for investments, but I would advise
any Americans to go down and study
the situation over carefully before they
embark in anything. Winter hotels
sal things that will be needed for the
comfort of tourists will certainly pay,
as Porto llico U going to be tlie great
winter resort for jieople of this country.
When it comes to beauty, it is a perfect
dream of nature, aud the winters are
so beautiful and mild that there is no
doubt that it will be very inviting for
winter trips in the future. There are a
great many opportunities for small in
vestments, such as would have to do
with arranging comforts like hotels,
liveries, bathing resorts aud excursion
resorts, and things of that kind for
people who ar; ging djwn thereto
make short visits in Porto Rico. And
there are also getting to be a great
many Americans who are connected
with military life, and all that sort of
thing, who are absolutely without
comforts that ought to be supplied.
At the present time skilled labor,
such as carpenters, bricklayers aud
plumbers, get about 60 cents a day ; un
skilled labor averages about 30 cents a
day. Both of these are estimated on
American money, so you can Bee there
is nothing inviting In that to our labor
logmen; but when the island is put
on an American industrial basis we
shall need u kiud of skilled labor and
a kind t f unskilled labor such as do
not now exist there, and for which, of
course, higher wages must be paid.
This all means that when the island
become Americanized they will sim
ply be Americans and be like Ameri
cans. Xew York Sun.
Passing ol the Stage Coach.
The last ditch In which staging Is to
die is in Southern California. The line
now consists of a double daily service of
eix horse coaches, running between Surf
at the southern terminus of the Coast
Line division of the Southern Pacific
Riilroad and Santa Barbara, Cal.,
which Is now the northern terminus of
the Sjuthera Pacitii The filling of
the gap, now. only seventy miles wide,
will complete another trunk line be
tween San Francisco and Lts Angeles.
Aday'srida turojg'a the rant en
trancing scenery I saw in California
brought me from San Francisco to
Lompoc, ready for the stage ou the
well equipped line that plies across the
mountains to Santa Barbara.
Promptly at (I o'ebx-k in the morn
lug the stage, drawn by six spirited
horses, swung in a graceful curve to the
porch of the hotel, its great body toss
ing on iu leathern springs like a ship
iu a billowy sea. : The Wells-Fargo
Express treasure box was stowed in the
boot beneath the driver's Seat, the
United States mail wks piled up on
top of It. I climbed to the high seat,
beside tlie driver, Charley Jennings.
Sharp "cracks-cracks" punctured the
swish of the long lash through the
mountain air. Twenty-four iron shod
hoofs smote the hard, smooth road and
we were otr in good old-fashioned stage
coach style.
"Which way lies the city of Santa
Barbara?" I asked the driver as I look
ed up a long valley that s-.-emed com
pletely walled in by towering tree and
mauauite shrub covered mountains.
"I'p the 'Santa Yntz' Valley," he
said, "aud over the mountain right
where you seetiiat white cloud up there
that has set down on the top of the
mountain to rest."
"How is the railroad to get over
these high, steep mountains?" I asked.
"They don'f go over; they go round
them. The railroad will follow the
beach of the ocean most of the way,
but they have some pretty still" work in
one canyon. It's deep and steep and
mighty rocky. When Fremont came
in here from the south with his army
in the forties the Mexicans fortified
that canyon. They thought he would
have to go through it, and they were
prepared to giva him a battle there.
But he was toocutefor 'em; became
over the mountains ou a trail that this
wagon ro.id we are on follows very
closely."
Dinuer at "Cold Spring Ranch,"
perched near the mountain top fried
trout, fresh caught; hot biscuit, honey,
golden butter and hot cotre, with an
appetite whetted by the light air of an
altitude half a mile ah ve the ocean
was not to bo despIJr
A dash down the steep aud rocky
seaward face of the "Sinta Yuez" on a
road that ctunj to the sides of yawning
precipices, down, down, the six horses
on a sweeping gallop, down to the
tooth ills, clothed in yellow mustard
bloom. Dowu into the valley, on a
broad country road, sixty feet wide,
and then we came to Sauta Birbara. -
Humble Beginnings.
The fir&t Vanderbilt ran a barge,
John W. Mackaye won gold with a
pick.
Sir Thomas Upton, the man whose
yacht is to race with the American boat
for the cup, was the son of poor parents,
and began Hie asacabiu b jyoti a oust
ing bor.
John I). Rockefeller, as he followed a
plow in bis boyhood days, had one am
bition, and that was to join a circus.
Later in life he got $-'0 a month as a
clerk. To-day he makes more money a
minute than he earned iu a whole year.
Fifty years ago Andrew Carnegie was
working for teuty-oue cents a day as
a bobbin boy in a milk Then he got
three dollars a week as a telegraph boy
in Pittsburg, and thought he was roll
iug in luxury. To-day lie counts his
wealth by millions.
Everybody knows the story of Jay
Gould and his mousetrap, which hein--ented
while he was a clerk in a coun
try store. The prrts from this and
from a lucky purer of land laid the
foundation of the me of W,0X),(Xi)
be left.
John Jacob Ast e founder of tl.e
Astor family, bad i cheap musical
instruments sent h.' Tom abroad, and
he sold them at f ry good profit.
With the gl.OOO he ade he bought a
plot of grouud ou t. Bowery, and it
iuerea.-d In value until to-day It repre
sents millions of dollars.
A Thousand Tongues
Could not express the rapture of Annie
E. Springer, of llii Howard sL, Phil
adelphia, Pa, when she found that Dr.
King's Xew Discovery for Consump
tion hail completely cured her of a
hacking cough that for many years had
made life a burden. All other remedies
aud doctors could give her no help, but
she says of this Royal Cure "it soon
removed the pain in my chest and I
can now sleep soundly, something I
can scarcely remember doing before. I
feel like sounding its praises through
out the Universe," So will every oue
who tries Dr. King's Xew Discovery
for any trouble of the Throat, Chest or
Lungs. Price 50c and 11.00.. Trial
bottles at J. X. Snyder's Drug Store,
Somerset, Pa., and O. W. Brallier's
Drug Store, Berlin, Pa, every bottle
guaranteed.
Boy With a Mercantile Head.
If the lad doet not make a successful
business man all the signs are wrong.
He was asked to take charge of s me
white mice for the summer and to unrae
his own price for doing it. Alter
mature deliberation he made his propo
sition as follows:
"For 15 cents a week I will tnke
charge of those mice and care for them
and be responsible for thtlr safe-keeping.
If any are lost or hurt I will re
place them. If I am relieved of re
sponsibility in the matter and will not
be called upon to replace any that are
lost or hurt I will undertake to look
after them for 10 cents a week, and I
will take equally good care of them."
Chicago Post.
Monarch over pain, Burns, cuts,
sprains, stings. Instaut relief. Dr.
Thomas' Eclectrlc Oil. At any drug
store.
MAY 2-1. 1899.
HYDROPHOBIA. BARE.
Very Few Cases as the Result of a
Bite of a Dos.
There Is no disease more dreaded or
horrible, and none, perhaps, less under
stood than hydrophobia. It is gener
ally supposed to be the result of being
bitten by a mad dog, yet only one dog
bite In many thousauds results in hy
drophobia, and that one sometimes has
been playfully inflicted by a perfectly
healthy animal, says the Philadelphia
Times. According to the consensus of
opinion of a number of physicians,
however, there is no need of a single
case of it among human beings if three
simple rules are followed.
The first, naturally, is to avoid being
bitten if possible. Take no chauces
with any dog, sick or well, a pet or a
stranger, as the germs of poison may
exist where least suspected.
Second, if bitten, go without delay to
a reputable physiciau a:id Irtvo the
wound, however slight it may be, thor
oughly treated and cauteriz nl, and con
tinue uuder bis care until it is healed.
Third, and highly important: Do not
be alarmed about the result. Fear and
worry are deadly accomplices of the
disease, and cases are known where
fatal results are believed to be due solely
to these agencies.
The subject has been very frequently
discussed ainiig physicians, and it nat
urally furnished the prhiciHil topic In
a gathering, some time ago, consisting
of six well-known doctors and two of
their unprofessional friends. During
the last few days each of the six had
talked on the subject aud exchanged
experiences and opinions with other
physicians, so in the course of the even
ing the views of at least thirty medical
men were given. Tlie experiences of a
few practically covered those of all so
far as cause and results were concerned.
Several cases were mentioned of per
sons who were bitten by animals un
doubtedly rabid, where treatment was
not given until the poison was well es
tablished in the system. These invari
ably proved fatal. Of others whose
wounds were of a similar tiature, who
received prompt atteution and proper
care, and there were many of these, all
recovered except several who were
among those who le!ieved from the
start that fatal results would ensue aud
whose fears could not be removed, al
though some of these experienced no
serious effect in spite of their alarm.
Yet the percentage of fatalities is really
very small. One doc-tor summed it up
as follows:
''Hydrophobia is so rare and so hor
rible in effect that every case attracts
atteution, and there is tel.lom one in
lbs Uniied Slates that we do not hear
of it. Yet is seems that not more than
a dozen or fifteen cases are known in a
year. Among 70, I),!) people there
might easily be lOO.O1) bites from dogs
alone. This would b au average of one
bite a day in about fiV,iO people. It is
probable that comparatively few peo.
pie who are bitten lake any treatment
whatever, beyond simply washing the
wound. Doubtless it is only infre
quently the bite is at all iisouous, and
even when it is if the wound bleeds
freely the virus may all le washed out.
There may be persons on whom the
bite of a rabid anim il would have no
serious effect, but it seems to Iks estal-
lished beyond doubt that when the dis
ease of hydrophobia is developed it has
so far been incurable."
"In over thirty years' practice," said
another, "I have come iu contact with
but two ra-e, and one really should be
called likiphobia, as the disease was
Cirtaioly superinduced by the mental
condition of the patient. She was a
colored servant, bitten by her mistress'
pet dog iu Xew Orleans. She received
prompt and careful treatment from the
leading physicians of the city, and it
was apparent that the Animal was in
no way diseased, but tlie girl insisted
from the begiuniug that sht would die
'like a mad dog,' and it took her only
ten days to work herself Into a condi
tion which usually takes six to eight
week to develop. She died in fright
ful agony, with all the symptoms of hy
drophobia. The other was a child. I
saw bim one day teasing a puppy, and
warned him that be would le bitten if
he diil not desist. Xeurly two months
later I was called to attend him. His
mother said the boy had not beeu feel
ing well for several days, and she
thought a dose of c istor oil would len
efit him. After looking at him I ab
ruptly octie i the w indow, allowing a
draught of air to sweep over the bed,
and the boy was seized with a slight
convulsion. The muscles of his throat
contracted and exhalation caused what
people call the barking sound. On in
quiry I learned that the boy had been
bitten on the day I saw him, but the
wound was so slight, only one tooth
just breaking the skin, that the child
did not complain of it, aud even forgot
to mention it until the next day. His
life could not be saved. In one of these
cases death was certainly due to fear,
but in the other the mental condition
had no part whatever."
Auother case mentioned was that of
an Irish laborer, brought into a SL
Louis hospital with unmistakable
symptoms of hydrophobia. To the
physician iu charge he sUeuuously de
nied ever having been bitten by au an
iniaL Then a slight war over his eye
brow was noticed and he remembered
that a pet dog had bitten him there
eight months before, but he insisted
that it amounted to nothipg. He was
not allowed to suspect the nature of his
trouble, but, nevertheless, he died of
hydrophobia. Xervous or meutal con
dition clearly had nothing to do with
this case.
The power of the imagination in de
vilopiog the disease, and the result of
needless and crimiually foolish gssip
about the matter in the presence of a
person who had been bitten by a dog,
were strikingly i.lustrated in another
of the anecdotes.
"Years ago," said this doctor, "I lived
in an Iowa village, and oue day was
calling at the home of some friends.
They owned a young bulldog, who was
very affectionate with all the members
of the family, but would uot be famil
iar with strangers. This day the young
daughter of the family was seated on a
low stool and a woman, who lived near
by, was seated on a ciiair behind her,
combing the little girl's hair. They
F
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had been thus engaged about tea min
utes, when the dog got up from the
corner where be had been lying, walked
slowly over to the woman, put bis front
paws upon her lap, and without a sign
of anger, bit her cheek aud then walked
away." The wound was very slight and
in a few minutes the woman laughed
about it and even urg--d that the dog
should not be punished and declared
she would tell no one about it for fear
of giving the auimal a bid reputation.
I insisted ou dressing and cauterizing
the injured sp t at once, and in proper
time the wound healed. After the
woman bad left the houne I cautioned
the few who knew of the matter against
ever mentioning hydrophobia in her
presence or hinting at any bad results
or betraying any anxiety about ber.
"Two years afterwards this woman
went to another place to live and I for
got all about the matter until fifteen
years had elapsed since the injury I
witnessed. Then I read of a case of
hydrophobia in another city and to my
surprise discovered that the victim w as
the same one I had treated years tefore.
As soon as possible I visited the attend
ing physician and learned the particu
lars. He said when he first visited her
she was acutely nervous and she at
once iuformed him that she feared
hydrophobia. On questioning her he
learned that she never was bitten or
even scratched by any animal except
the one time I have mentioned, that
experience having made her extremely
cautious. That dog, I also learned,
was killed two years after he bit her,
and he was then aud always bad been
perfectly sound.
"The wound had not troubled her
and she had forgotten the incident until
a few weeks before her illness, when
a chance remark recalled it and she
told the story to a woman frierd. Tlie
frieud at once told her all she ever
knew or heard of the effects- of dog
bites; bow a dog had gone mad long
after biting a person and then the pois
on had asserted itself in the system of
the person bitten, and a string of such
stories, including vivid descriptions of
the agonies of hydrophobia. These
preyed upon her mind to such an extent
that she ' actually became ill. The
dot-tor did his best to persuade her that
it was impossible that the poison could
lurk in ber system so long without pre
viously revealing jts presence, and
made her believe the soothing mediciues
he gave her were antidotal, but all to
no effect, for she died with every mani
festation of hydrophobia. I would
stake my exi.-teuee that she would never
have been troubled if she had not
heard the other woman's fooiinb talk
aud I firmly U'lieve that if all lersons
bitten by animals would give their
wounds prompt and 'Ttroptr atteution
anil then did not worry alout them, we
would never have another case of
hydrophobia."
The Bf ntmeg Tree.
.The nutmeg tree is largely cultivated
in the Banda Isles, Java, Sumatra and
Bengal. It is an evergreen, and usually
grows to a height of about twenty-five
feet. The leaves resemble those of the
laurel aud are very aromatic; the flowers
are while, aud from two to three grow
on a jieduucle. The nutmeg grows
from a reddish knob in the centre of
the flower. When matured the fruit is
about the sizo of an apriot, and looks
very much like a peach; it lias a lon
gitudinal groove on one side, and wlieu
ripe bursts into two pieces, thus expos
ing the enclosed seed covered by what
is known to commerce as mace.
The seed itself has a thick, hard
shell, and inside of the shell is found
the nutmeg proper.
Much care is used in drying the seed,
and they are not broken until the nut
megs inside are loose enough to rattle.
To preserve the nutmegs from iusects
they are soaked in sea water and lime.
Xutmeg trees begin to bear fruit
when about eight years old, and con
tinue to bear all the year round for sixty
or more years.
Penang nutmegs are the best; they
are about an iuch iu length, of a pale
brown color externally, while inter
nally they art gray and have red veins.
Why They Swapped Fines.
Travelers In Europe are limited by
the railroads to a small quantity of
baggage carried free, usually about o
pounds. In strain in Belgium recently
two fellow-travelers got into conversa
tion and came upon the subject of free
baggasre, w hen one asked leave to meas
ure the other's trunk. The result was
that the measurer said:
"Your trunk Is seven and a half cen
timeters too long and has no right to be
iu the compartmeut for free luggage.
I am a railroad iuspectorand must fine
you 5 francs. Please give me your
name and address."
The proposed victim of misplaced
confidence was, however, equal to the
occasion.
"Kindly leud me your measure that
I may satisfy myself on the subject"
Then, with a polite smiie, "I am a
director iu the royal weights and meas
ures office. To my great regret I notice
that your measure is not stamped, as
is required by law; so that, firstly, your
measuring is not legally valid, and,
secondly, it is my painful duty to subject
you to a fine of 50 francs. Please give
me your name and address." Xew
York Press.
Robbed the Grave.
A startling incident, of which Mr.
John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the
subject, narrated by bim as follows:
"I was lu a most dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunk
en, tongue coated, pain continually in
back and sides, no appetite gradually
growing weaker day by day. Three
physicians had given me up. Fortu
nately, a frieud advised trying 'Elec
tric Bitters;' and to my great Joy and
surprise, the first bottle made a decided
improvement I continued their use
for three weeks, and am uow a well
man. I know they saved my life, and
robbed the grave of another victim."
Xo one should fail to try them.
Oul y 50 cents. Sold at J. X. Snyder's
Drug Store, Somerset, Pa,, and O. V.
Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin, Ta.
541 . n
VLALI -1L
O
WHOLE NO. 2195.
The Cut in the School Fund.
Philadelphia Inuuiffr.
Politicians and newspapers of the in
surgent order will roundly ahuse (Jov
eruor Stone for leaking a small cut in
the appropriation for the public schools
of tlie State. In fact they are at it
already. They are denouncing him
for at tacking the public school system.
aud are holding a Ouay Legislature re
sponsible for not affording a large
revenue, forgetful of the fact that they
have been congratulating each other
for many mouth that the Legislature
was opposed totjuay, and proviug it
by the fact that it did not elect (Juay to
the Senate. Sensible men who can not
be misled by the partisan harangues of
the Insurgents will have only praise
for the Governor's action. Their sober
thought will I that Governor Stone
has done exactly right; that he could
uot have done differently, and that he
strikes the keynote of the situation
when he says:
"A Slate, like an individual, cau not
continue to pay out year by year more
money than it receives, aud remain in
a solvent condition."
The ( iovernor gave ample warning to
this Iegislature. He said that there
was au actual deficit of between $3,000,
(W0 aud f 1,000,000 on account of the un
paid appropriations, and he urged upon
the legislature that it should either cut
down the appropriations or increase the
revenues. It did neither one tiling nor
the other. The unfortunate slitical
entanglements engineered by the Flinn
bolters and the Democrats played such
havoc during the session that necessa
ry legislation was not passed, and no
new revenue bill of any importance
was adopted. The Governor has cut
wherever be could cut, and the only
place left for him to go was the school
fund. The appropriation is for -,"iJV
000 a year. He has reduced this amount
to .j,oon,jO. That is all.
It must be taken into consideration
that the State of Pennsylvania is far
more liberal In school appropriations
than any other State In the Union.
Xew York does not even begin to touch
our figure. Before the new constitution
was adopted in 1ST4 various amounts
were appropriated under $1,000,000.
The constitution placed the minimum
sum at t,00,iii)." From 174 to lss7
this sum was religiously appropriated.
Then the Legislature laised the amount
to $l,."oo,0iio, where it stood for two
years. In l.W.) the amount crept up to
$2,C)0,0ti, and ic lsiH up to $ :,000,UW.
In IsU'J the free school book question
came up, aud the sum of $500,000 was
appropriated for free books. From that
year to the present time the entire ap
propriation for each year bas been $5,-
5t).H00. In lopping off the VjO,000 lbi
Governor bas but taken off the free
book account, and if by this lime there
are not enough school books in the
State to pull through for another two
years then there must have been terri
ble waste and terrible destruction.
The annual income of Pennsylvania
is about $ll,ln.000. It is impossible
to run this great State, and give more
than half of this sum toasingle object.
We think the people of Pennsylvania
will understand this, and they will dis
cover that no one is re.illy banned by
the t-light red.ietion in the school ac
count As a matter of f.tct we are
rather glad that the Governor bas tried
this experiment. We think that the
schools will be better conducted on tlie
whole with this Soulier amount for
the reason that county after county iu
the State bas diverted its school fund
into other channels. Schools have
been run for only six mouths iu the
year in many couuties, poor salaries
have beeu paid, aud m jcii of the money
used for other purposes. Instead of In
coming self-reliant iu school matters,
a-tcommunitiesshould be, the tendency
has been in many of them to become
dependeut entirely aud then to skin
the money received by the State and
use it elsewh.re. Much money has
gone, too, into the capacious maws of
t oe book trust and into the pockets of
directors, who were willing to make all
sorts of changes for whatever financial
dicker there might le in them.
Tlie Governor declares his readiness
to uphold the full appropriation in the
future shall there be sufficient revenue
when the next Legislature meets, but
we fancy that this break haviug once
been made, the legislature will not
care to return to the figure. In any
event, the Governor has acted w isely,
and we have no doubt that when his
reasons are fully understood he will not
be criticised by any persons whose crit
icisms are worth anything.
Pricing a Pair of Trousers.
Lord Brampton was on the occasion
presiding over a case iu which the plain
till was giving evideuce against a man
who had stolen a pair of trousers from
his shop.
' How much were the trousers?"
queried Hawkins.
"Well," replied the plaintiff, "it de
pends who wants to buy them. I sell
them to one man for .10 shillings, loan
other for 25, but you can have them for
it and six."
Sir," cried Hawkins, angrily, "I
want you to tell nip how much those
trousers are worth T'
"Well," replied the plaintiff, "shall
we say shillings to you ?"
"Look here," thundered Hawkins,
if you do not instantly tell me what
those trousers are worth I'll send you
to jail for 1 i days for contempt of
court"
"Well, well, replied the frightened
plaintiff, conciliatingly, "you may
have them for a guinea. I'm giving
them away; still, you may have them
at that price."
?ven the stern Apct of Judge
Hawkins could uot stop the roar of
laughter w hich broke out on hearing
the reply, a roar in which Hawkins,
after a few miuutes, joini-i himself.
Xew York Telegraph.
A nervous system disordered at birth
resists good d.K'tors, but yields to
Wheeler's Xerve Vitalizer. It cured
Mrs. Lena Cooper, Cleveland, Ohio, of
St Vitus' Dance. Her case was pro
nounced hopeless by the best physi
cians. For sale at Ganuan'a Drug
Store, Berlin. Pa. and Mountain &
Son's, Drug Store, Confluence, Pa.
Memorial Bay.
General ) Haado uarters !ep't Pnn'a
Or.1tr. rtintnd Arinv S" the Kepohll.
No. IX ) .S.W. Tor. KitlU Jl CUtuut Ma.
raiL.PK.PKi., May t- fsiw.
1. The bliMsoooi of spring kiiue remits!
us that Memorial It is again at hamL
Our Me'uorUl Day is oo of sacred mem
ories and Is to be devoted toth loyal
dead of the land; a day la w hich a grate
ful people pay lov ing tribute to the men
who died that the Nation might live;
a day sl apart by the Grand Army of the
Republic to fittingly commemorate the
gloiKxis deeU of heroto meu w ho tell de
fending one country and one R.
It i oir hallowed duty to participate tu
the olnervaocM o( tb coroiuouoM of tho
th of May, ami no consideration Vjould
turn us aide fro in our sacred obligations.
Tet all tho eoiurdta nnite in the privi
lege and dtitien of the day; none should
fail to join the .column of those engaged
in loving and patriotic aervi.-ee to the
memory of our dead comrades. The
grave of every comrade should be mark
ed w ith rt.gs and llowora, and not one of
these mounds should be neglected.
If those not of our organization desire
to join with you bid them welcome,
yet let none but loyal hands touch the
hallowed ground.
Let us all nuite in these othees of love
to the memory cf our comradae in arms
whose lives were cut off by the fratrici
dal dartrt of tre.von, or haviug passed
through the fire of battle and the barbar
ism of retxd prison-pens, have since join
ed the Grand Army Encampment in the
shades of the other shore.
Wheu we make our annual pilgrim-?
to the silect cities of the dead we will
lind many new mounds marking the final
batting places of comrades who have fall
en out by the wayside during the year,
and who are now at rest under the sod
and the dew.
The new-made grave of soldiers and
sailors rising so rapidly in our cemeteries
a liiionish us that we are on the western
slope of life and that our grnat organiza
tion is fast grow-iiij smaller in tnuiibors,
and that many of our comrades w ho have
hreUl'ir assisted in doing honor to the
in miory of the dad are now in the
ranks of those who have passed on be
fore. I, et us continue to keep our patriotic
Memorial Iay bright before the Ameri
can people. "Let ns so number our days
that we may apply our hearts unto wis
dom," so that when doue with the toils
and duties of this life our Dames may be
found among those ho have been faith
ful to the end.
The roll of the mustered out will con
tinue to increase until ere long the entir.
membership of our magnificent Order
shall be at rest in the bivouacs of the
dead and the Grand Army of the Repub
lic wili live only in history.
"Step by step our ranks are tbimiiug,
me by one they pass away.
Here the loyal blue are falling.
Yonder fall the vanquished gray ;
Ami the solemn heHs are tolling
bust to dut and clay to clay."
II. As part of our duly it is directed
that Posts atteod DtviDe Service on Sun-
lay, May iSth, to unite in praise and
thanksgiving to Almighty God for the
many ilessingt vouchsafed to our belov
ed country. Kvery church will gladly
welcome you, and arrangements should
be made with the clergymen aa to the sep.
moriM to be preached and the music to be
sung on the occasion. The sermon abould
b based on the theme "ot the results of
the war for the I'nion to mankind and
humanity," and Ihe music in addition to
being devotional should be patriotic.
Kverv P'ist must take part in these
church services aud so far as practicable
every comrade should wear the uniform
and badge of our orgtuiz itiou.
III. Ilia urged that comrade be de
tailed to visit the Public S.-hools on one
or more days of the week coinmeneirvr
May ii I, to instruct the boys ami girls In
the great lessens of the War of the Ke
tmUion, and Pot Commanders shouid
improMS upon tUo comrades the grave re- ,
spousibiiity of this duty because children
are keen critics and scan actioita more
than words. Comrades of the war should
remember that they are the living epis
tles of patriotism and that they are teach
ing the yimth of the land not only by pre
cept but by example.
IV. In plai-es where there are two or
more Posts a division of Memorial Day
work will be arranged for by the oihcers
or Committers from eaeh I'ot acting in
concert.
V. May Kh is Memorial la" and not
dec.ratioii iay. Those who use the day
for pits, rive, gHio, ele. , apply to it
the Utter term. The only name whieh
the Grand Army lia for it is Memorial
Hiy. and it is hoped that the comradw
and their friends, the general public, and
t lie newspapers throiigVvt the State,
will on every occasion insist ou the only
proper and authorized name Memorial
Day.
By command of Department Coun
mao Jer, VV. J. Patterson.
Chas. L. Lkipek,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Thit Throbbing Headache
Would quickly leave you, if you used
Dr. King's Xew Life Piils. Thousands
of sufferers have proved their match
less merit for Sick and Xervous Head
aches. They make pure blood and
strong nerves and buiid upyour health.
Easy to take. Try them. Only 25
cents. Money back if not cured. Sold
at J. X.Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset,
Pa., and (J. W. Brallier's Drug Store,
IWrlin, Pa.
The Funny Waiter.
"You are too little," said the pro
prietor of the tough beauery. "It takes
bigger guys dan you to manage de
mugs dat feed here."
"Ah!" said the applicant for a job,
"I see. Xone but the brave do serve
the fare here." Indianapolis Journal.
A Frightful Blunder
Will often cause a horrible Burn, Scald ,
Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Arnica Salve,
the bet in the world, will kill the paiu
and promptly heal it Cures Old Sores,
Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Felons,
Corns, all Skin Eruptions. Best Pile
cure on earth. Ouly 25e. per box.
Cure Guaranteed. Sold at J. X. Sny
der's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., aud
at G. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Ber
lin, Pa.
Useful Notes.
An Excellent Eye-wash Dissolve in
J pint of water 4 grains of alum, and
apply it to the eyes whenever they are
weak or inflamed.
To Brighten the Light of Iinps.
A pinch of camphor powdered put into
the oil of lamps will givea bright white
aud steady light
Cement for Fasteuiug Knife Han
dles. Two pounds black resin, '
pound beeswax; melt, then add
pound of finely-powdered and dried
brick-dust
Scrofula, salt rheum aud all diseases
caused by Impure bhssl are cured by
Hood's Sarsapar.lia, which is Ameri
ca's Greatest Medicine.
Well Qualified.
Senabr Splurge As an official in tho
colonial service you wili encounter
many difficult problems. What quali
fications have you for the post ?
Applicant Oh, I have manned many
a primary ! Philadelphia Xorta
' American.