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A CHILD'S PLEA.
I think ihe world -. really ud,
I can tlo nothing but annoy ;
For little boy. are all born bad.
And I am burn a Utile boy.
It doesn't matter what', the same,
M'hetlierit'e In jian, train, or ball ; .
I alray know I am to blame.
If I amuse myself at all.
I xald one day on mother knee,
"If you would tend um right away
To foreign land aenwi tl sea.
You wouldn't aec uu every day.
Welioultln't worry any more.
In thoae strange lands with queer new
toy ;
But here we k la tup, and lay, and roar.
And wear your life out with our noiae.
"The aavagea would never mind.
And you'd b glad to have ut go;
There nobody would be unkind,
For you dislike your children ao."
Then mother turned, and looked quite red.
I do not think nhe could have heard ;
She put me off her knee Instead
Of answering me a single word.
She went, and did not even nod.
What bad I atiid that could annoy
Mother are really very odd
If you are boru a little boy.
Spectator-
THEY MET BY CIIAXCE
8 he didn't &sk him in and after paus
ing a moment he said a regretful "Good
night" and went on down the road.
She stood at the gate watching his re-
treating figure. Ibe walk home had
not been livelv. for how could Olive
chat cheerily as usual, with her cheeks
burning and ber heart beating Indig
nantly at the recollection of the scrap
of gossip. She was standing in the
vestibule waiting for him at his request
when the words reached her ears:
"So, schoolmarm's after the minister
now ?" I
"La. ves. and the's cot the inside
track. Goes home from meeting with
him regular, and they do say he's down j
there ev'ry week."
That was all, but it meant that she
was being watched and talked about,
and so she sto h! there thinking. The
moonlight seemed to mock her. Every
object in the landscape wa visible in
its brilliant rays, yet there was uoluing
in it of warmth or vitality. It struck
her that her sense of duty illuminated
her path in life with similar cold pale
ravs. She shivered in the fresh spring-
scented air and turned to go in, but the
chill and sting of her new resolve went
with her and drove sleep away.
She bad been so innocently happy.
Why could not prying eyes and gossip
ing tongues have turned elsewhere for
employment?
Of course, he came home with her.
Any gentleman would. He went her
way and knew that Mr. and Mrs. Hop
per never came out nights. As for the
weekly visits, they were nothing but
Dsveholoev lesus. A progressive
schoolma'am, of eourse, must know it,
and he had offered to assist. And she
must give it all up when she needed it
so? She set her bps firmly. She must
keep her positiou and couldn't afford to
be talked about- It made no difference
if neither had ever had a thought be
yond the lessons, and no matter how
bard it was to give them up.
"It's always well to stop before one
gets too fond of anything," she reason
ed, ".and 1 11 give it all up and never
speak to him again."
She had no idea how she bad de
i tended on the lessons until there were
no more to which to look forward.
"We'll talk it over at the psychology
lesson." had crown to be her habit of
meeting schoolroom puzzles, and now
that there was to be no Buch way of
solving them, there w re more puzlles
to meet- The following day was a Hard
one. Her own sad and distraught man
ner was not without its effect upon the
children. A full half-hour of the noon
recess the school spent as prisoners be
cause it wai found that some one naa
broken off the knob of the door, and
it could only be opened from the out
side. And they were compelled to wail
until some one passiug released them.
Four o'clock brought welcome relief.
"It's the embarrassment of writing to
the minister that ails me," she told
herself; "if I get that off my mind I'll
be all right and forget about iL"
And diligently she set to work, but
each attempt was more unsatisfactory
than tne iasL The old folks had retir
ed and the clock strm k 8-10 just as she
signed and sealed the letter, and then
suddeuly she remembered that the
school report must be made to the com
missioner on the morrow, and the roll
books were at schooL
"I'll have to get them tonight," she
said to herself, "late as it is. Serves
me right for being so careless."
Going to the kitchen shed she took
down the lantern only to find It empty.
Supplying herself with matches, she
peered cautiously out upon the moon
lit road and then rau swiftly the short
distance to the school-house, not seeing
the gathering clouds behind her. By
the light of the moon she unlocked the
outer door, and, in order not to repeat
the experience of the morning, site tooK
up a block of wood from the supply in
the anteroom aud carefully placed it in
front of the inner door to keep it from
shutting.
The diuev lamp above her desk gave
usntv liubt. and the task lengthened
itself out until a muttering or tnunder
and a dash of rain upon the roof start
led her. Olive was not timid, as her
trin to an empty school-house in the
dark would prove, but to be alone In a
thunderstorm was the one thing tnai
unnerved her. Hastily rising, she look
oduDattnelamp. It was nearly empty
It would be safe to leave it to burn out
of itself, and she c mid more easily nod
ber way to the door, but as she reached
it she came Into violent collision wiln
th minister. He had come In hurri
edly, tripped upon the block in the
doorway, kicking it out of his way,
and the door slammed shut behind ulm.
niiv (.termed back and stood trein
w .. . w f I
bliug. She was aotouished, glad and
aorrv at bis appearance, but more than
all was she dismayed at the predica
ment lu which be had pi acta ner, ana
under the impulse of these conflicting
emotions she burst forth angrily:
"Then", now. you've shut the door.
What brought you here, anyway? I
a-i,i I would never sneak to you attain."
The minister stared at her in amaze
ment.
"I was passing," he explained some
omer
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
what stiffly, "and took refuge on the
stoop from the rain. Finding the door
ajar I came in. I did not dream that
any one was here. I can go at once, of
course."
But he turned only to stand helpless
before the broken knob. At once he
understood the situation. An excla
mation of impatience escaped him, and
he crossed the room hastily and threw
open a window and heavy outside shut
ters, while Olive sat limply down and
atched him. The lamp flickered out,
but every few seconds he was visible in
the lightning flashes, standing up brave
and strong and unafl'rigbted. The girl's
strength was fust leaving her, and when
a lurid flash danced upon the floor and
played mischievously about amoug the
benches she gave a cry of terror.
The minister hastily closed the win
dow and groped toward her. "Is any
thing the matter?" he inquired aux
lously. "Nothing, only I'm afraid so afraid
of the storm," she moaned.
His heart went out in pity for ber in
her weakness, and silting down he put
hi9 arm protectingly about her, as one
would soothe a frightened child, and
said tenderly: "Poor little one." And
Olive, as crash after crash terrorized
her, clung to him and hid her head on
his shoulder and sobbed and shivered.
And so they sat until the storm bad
spent itself and the moon shone again.
Then she sat up, abashed and prim.
"I don't know how we're to get out,"
she said, hopelessly.
"How about the windows?" he in
quired.
"All too high."
"And the cellar?"
"Opens only out of doors. There's
nothing to do but wait until some one
passes and call ouL We tried every
wf y to-day." Aud then she told him
her previous experience.
He rose and paced uneasily about the
room, looking out upon the road. Olive
closed ber eyes and thought over the
events of the last three hours. She was
perfectly conscious that she ought to be
ashamed ot her conduct during the
storm, yet somehow she was not, and,
try as she would, she could not be oth
erwise than glad that he was with her.
Her reverie was broken In upon by the
minister.
He seated himself again at her side,
saylug forlornly: "We are likely to be
kept here for some time, perhaps until
morning. I am more sorry than I can
tell you."
'Yes," she replied, "I know; "it can't
be helped."
"I wish you would tell me," he went
on, "w hat you meant by your words
when I came in."
Like an ice wind piercing even to her
heart came the recollection of ber vow.
There was no reply.
'Perhaps it isn't the proper time to
ask it, but I thiuk you owe me an ex
planation."
Olive remembered the written pages
addressed to him at home. She could
have sent him the explanation, but it
seemed well to get it over with at once.
"We have been gossiped about," she
said, dully, "and I made up my mind
that I'd give up church aud lessons
aud everything rather than -be talked
about"
"And you wanted to give up psy
chology?" he asked.
'No, I did not; but I thought it beet"
"I understand how it is," he replied,
slowly. "I am foud of the lesson.-,
too, and yet I've beard the gossip and
I've made up my mind that I'd better
give them up.
Her face flushed and paled and she
sat up straighter and primer than ever,
mentally rejoicing that she bad sug
gested it first
"Unless," he continued, low, but dis
tinctly, "we care enough for each other
to study together all our lives."
The sentence ended so unexpectedly'
that she caught her breath in a half
sob, and buried her face in her folded
arms on the desk in front He leaued
over her anJ tenderly stroked her soft
hair.
"I shouldn't have spoken of it to
night, little one, but it epoke itself."
"And you think you could, tell me?"
he pleaded eagerly.
"Yes, I think I could," came the low
reply, "for you don't know how dread
fully I felt when I thought I must give
up the psychology."
The sound of wheels suddenly awak
ened them to a realization of the pres
ent The minister hastened to call to
the driver, who speedily released him,
laughing heartily over the scrape.
Then the two men went off together,
leaving Olive, with beating heart,
wedged in behind the door. When
the farmer drove down the road the
minister returned for Olive.
"I'm so glad he didn't see me," she
said; "but you must promise that you'll
never tell."
And the minister promised. Chic
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remedies and 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, some
thing I can scarcely remember of doing
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every one who tries Dr. King's New
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Three Daughters, No Son.
Emperor Nicholas II. of Russia has
no male heir. Besides the infant
Marie, just born, be has two daughters,
as follows:
Olga, born November 3, 1895.
Tatiana, born May 22, 1897.
The Czarina before ber marriage was
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ESTABLISHED 1827.
Women a Inrector.
In a most interesting aud instructive
lecture upon "Women as Inventors,"
Mrs. Ada C Bowles has given the res
ult of twelve years of deep research,
covering the history of invention from
the Egyptian goddess Is! 3 down to the
modern Yankee product of to-day. She
Includes silk weaving, invented by the
wife of the fourth Chinese emperor;
bronze work, by a Japauese woman;
the weaving of cashmere shawls, by a
woman of the Indian harem, and the
lost secret of Veuetian point lace, redis
covered by an Italian woman. Harriet
Hosmer Is mentioned as having invent
ed the way to make marble from lime
stone, which the Italian government
had long been seeking. Mary Kees is
spoken of as the first woman in this
country to take out a patent (1S08), and
this was for weaving straw with silk or
thread.
During the next twenty-five years
only fifteen patents were granted, ow
ing to limited means of education.
Amoug these inventions were a globe
for teaching geography, a baby Jump
er, a fountain pen, a deej-sea teIeseoje,
and tb first cook stove. In the uext
twenty-five years, when more privi
leges were accorded women, the num
ber of patents ran up to thirty-five.
During the next twenty-five years, from
1813 to 1h44, the patents numbered fif
teen hundred.
Taking their husbands' places in war
time on the farms and in the work
shops, women invented many improv
ed' agricultural implements and new
kinds of machinery. Nursing in hos
pitals, they invented camp beds, band
ages, canteens, etc. At the present
time, colleges, Sloyd and manual train
ing are developing woman's powers,
and patents resulting from her ideas
numbered 3,905 in the twelve years be
t?n 1884 and 1S!I5.
Some of the largest and most valua
ble inventions are due to women.
Mrs. Harriet Strong, who began by
inventing a corset, ended by takingout
patents for dams and rebervoirs. Al
though now an old woman, she has but
recently patented a device for storing
water. Mrs. Ada Van Pelt invented a
permutation lock with three thousand
combinations; also a letter box for the
outside of houses that throws up a sig
nal to the postman when there is a let
ter to collect
A little girl by an ingenious inven
tion revolutionized the making of
screws. A woman invented satchel-
bottomed paper bags, and was offered
$20,0u0 for the patent before ehe left
Washington. A woman invented the
Burden process of making horseshoes,
which turns out such rapid work that
it has saved the country $2,500,000 in
fourteen years. A number of women's
inventions are known to have been pat
ented under the names of their hus
bands, fathers or brothers.
The lecturer exemplified her wom
an's wit by an anecdote. She was out
driving with an old Vermont farmer,
and he said to ber somewhat testily:
"You women may talk of your rights,
but why don't you invent something ?"
to which Mrs. Bowles immediately re
plied: "Your horse's feedbag and the
shade over his head were both of them
invented by a woman."
"Do tell!" was the astonished rejoiu
der. The bright woman remarked in htr
lecture, "I do tell, and I think it is
good to tell these things." New York
Tribune.
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your faith in Hood's Sarsaparilla, which
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Reptile in the Piano.
When Prot Raymond L. Ditmars,
who is a lecturer on ophiology, and
connected with the board of education,
reached his home at ItiOo Bathgate-ave
last evening, he found the place in an
uproar. Mary, the new servant, was
standing in front of the door and shout
ing "Burglars! Police!" as loud as she
could.
"What is the matter, Mary?" asked
the professor. "Where are the bur
glars?" "In the parlor, professor," said the
girl, who was thoroughly frightened.
"You had better not go in there."
The professor, who is quite an ath
lete, took a long breath and went to the
parlor door and listened. A strange
sound greeted him from within. It
was like the playing of a piano by
ghostly fingers, ending in a thump on
the lowest key.
"I have beard that noise all the aft
ernoon; the burglars must be playing
the piano," said the servant
Professor Ditmars cautiously opened
the door and peeped In. The cover was
on the piano. Not a soul was to be
seen inside of the room. "It's a ghost,"
cried Mary.
Just then another strange sound came
from the piano. Professor Ditmars was
dumbfounded. He tore off the cover
from the piano and cautiously peeped
under it. Then be opened the case.
Again there came the strange sound.
Inside of the piano the professor
found a water snake four feet long. It
had made Its escape from a cage on the
upper floor and crawled into the piano
by way of the pedals. When Mary
saw the snake she fainted, and now the
professor is looking for another ser
vantNew York World.
Robbed the Grave.
A startling incident, of which Mr.
John Oliver of Philadelphia, wka the
subject, Is narrated by him as follows:
"I was in a most dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunk
en, tongue coated, pain continually io
back and sides, no appetite gradually
crowing weaker day by day. Turee
physicians had given me up. Fortu
nattily, a friend advised trying 'Elec
tric Bitters;' and to my great joy and
surprise, the first bottle made a decided
improvement I continued their uae
for three weeks snd am now a well
man. I know they saved my life, and
robbed the grave of another victim."
No one should fail to try them. Only
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JULY 5. 1899.
Light From A Site.
William A. Eddy, the kite expert.
says that any boy who can fly kites
can light up an incandescent lamp with
electricity collected from the clouda.
Mr. Eddy does It himself in a very
simple way. He imposes only one con
dition for the suceess of the experiment
It should be tried only when there is
not a cloud lu the t-ky, aud it niuwt
necessarily take plaee at night The
air is full of electricity at all times, but
during cloudy weather there is apt to
be too much for safety .
"The boy should use twokites ( Malay
or box) strung la tandem," said Mr.
Eddy, according to the New York Sun,
"and he will have to use two cables.
one of cord to hold the kites and one
of wire to carry the electricity. He
will have to have three Leyden jars,
which by the way, he can make easily
by coating some wide-mouthed bottles
inside and out with tinfoiL This tin
foil should extend to within one-third
of the top of each bottle. Through the
cork of each bottle should extend a
copper wire which should touch the
bottom of the bottle Inside. On two
of the bottles this wire should extend
externally from the cork a couple of
inches. On the third bottle, however,
the wire should extend out of the cork
quite a distance and bend over the side
of the bottle so as to nearly touch the
external tinfoil.
'When yod raise the kites far enough
in the air to get them flying steadily
this bottle should be tied to the kite
cord by a piece of twine. Around the
outside of the bottle, near the bottom,
the copper wire cable should now be
tied and should be twisted about the
kite cord as the kite is allowed to go up
in the air. When about 500 feet is paid
out counect the end of this wire to one
terminal of an incandescent lamp.
This lamp should be an old one, in
which the filament is broken. Counect
a short piece of wire to the other ter
minal aud tie the other end of this
short piece of wire to the wires extend
ing out of the two Leyden jars. Tie
still another piece of wire around the
outside of these jars and connect it
with an iron stake driven into the
ground. You will then be ready to
light your lamp.
'The moving of the kite cable up
and down will cause the bent wire of
the upper Leyden jar to spring against
the outside continually. This will dis
charge the jar which has become filled
with electricity from the air. The
spark will affect the jars on the ground,
and as the incandescent lamp stands
in the road the only way for the cur
rent to travel is across the broken fila
ment, in attempting to do which it
will Hash out brightly. One thing I
would advise is that every boy attempt
ing it get his father or an older brother
te help him hold in the kites. Their
pulling power becomes very great when
they are a good distance up in the air."
Preserving Surplus Summer Butter.
The following plan, recommended by
a writer in the American Agriculturist,
has been used for years with success:
Wrap each lump of butter by itself in
a clean and moistened piece of thin
muslin, and then pack in stone jars.
Tubs will do if perfectly sweet and not
leaky. Keep the butter covered with a
clear briue made by bringing to boiling
point aud holding for some minutes in
a solution of salt in water. It should
be made of good butter salt, free from
odor, and pure water, and the solution
should be saturated. I. e., there should
be as much salt added as will dissolve.
After boiling slightly for eight or ten
minutes, set In a cool place, and when
thoroughly cooled the brine may be
poured over the butter. Be sure to
keep the butter well under the brine by
means of a slight weight placed on top
of it. If the butter is allowed to float
it will come in contact with air and be
injured. The boiling removes the air
from- the brine and destroys the fer
ments which may be present in the
salt or water. Keep the jars covered
and on the bottom of the cellar or other
cool place. If tubs are used, put them
on a board or a stone to prevent the
hoops rotting off. It ought to be un
derstood that butter for long keeping
must have the buttermilk very thor
oughly removed at the time it is made.
Treated in the manner indicated, there
should be no difficulty In preserving
the summer butter surplus for the fol
lowing winter and spring consumption
She Smokes in the Street
Since the beginning of the summer
season, writes the Washington corres
pondent of the Chicago Tribune, rest
dents in the vicinity of the Mexican
Embassy have been surprised to see a
beautiful young woman emerge from
the Embassy smoking a cigarette. She
dresses in light summer attire, and is
io variably attended by an escort
During ber walk she continues to
smoke, and seems entirely unconscious
of the attention attracted, and goes
through all the graceful manipulations
of the cigarette io a fasciuating man
ner. Her escort does not smoke, but
devotes all bis attention to the fair
daughter of the land of the cactus. The
woman is Senora Perez, the widowed
daughter of the Mexican Ambassador
and Senora Aspiroz, and her escort is
her eldest brother. The cigarettes Sen
ora Perez smokes are the product of
Mexico, and her way of smoking them
is so distinctly Mexican that no one
could possibly object to it
Bed Hot From The Oun
Was the ball that hit G. B. Steadman
of Newark, Mich., in the Civil War.
It caused horrible Ulcers that no treat
ment helped for 20 years. Then Buck
len's Arnica Salve cured him. Cures
Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Boils, Felons,
Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure
on earth. 25 cents a box. Sold at J.
N. Buyder's Drug Store, Somerset,
Pa., and at G. W. Brallier's Drug
Store, Berlin, Pa.
The Coming Disease.
Dr. Squills "What was the matter
with that cab driver you were called to
see last night?"
Dr. Kallomell "As nearly as I can
describe what ails him it is automo-
biliousness. "Chicago Tribune.
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Some American Pioneers.
Every schoolboy knows that the
little State of Delaware was settled by
Swedes, who made their first perma
nent stand in it near the present site of
the city of Wilmington in 16iS. Re
cently In Wilmington the two hun
dredth anniversary of the consecra
tion of Old Swedes' church, as Trinity
church in that city is called, was cele
brated. The old Swedes' church is a
familiar landmark, but it is about the
ouly reminder iu the State of the pion
eer aettlemeut of Lelaware, in which,
such are the mutations of population in
the United States, there were by the
last federal census only 300 Scandina
vians, all told, in a population of 170,
000 -24H Swedes, 41 Danes and 13 Nor
wegians. Delaware is not the only American
State in which the early pioneers have
left very little trace In the population.
Wisconsin was originally settled by
the French in the Seventeenth century,
and evidence is found of it ia many of
the French proper names retained, par
ticularly La Crosae, Rat ine, Prairie du
Chien, Foud du Lac, Juneau and Mar
quette. But although Freuch-trappers
were the first settlers in Wisconsin aud
many French emigrants arriving in
the United States in the early years of
this century found homes in Wiscon
sin, its present French population is
not only insignificant in number, 2,000
in a total of nearly 2,000,000, but also
smaller than the French population of
most of the neighboring States, Iowa,
Illinois and Michigan especially.
Though there are practically no traces
in Wisconsin of the original French
settlements, there is a considerable
Belgian colony there, attracted to some
extent by the zinc industry of the Bad
ger State, in the development of which
industry Belgians in all parts of the
United States where zinc is found have
taken an active part.
Florida was originally settled by the
Spaniards, and in the same way that
the Old Swedes' church in Delaware
recalls its pioneer settlers and French
names iu Wisconsin recall the French
settlement of that State St Augustine,
Tampa, Feruandiua and other Spanish
geographical names recall the fact that
the Peninsula State was under Spanish
rule for a great number of years. But
there are not many Spauiards in Flor
ida. The last census returned the
number of such as 3S9 only, a very
small total when one considers the
proximity cf Florida to the former
Spanish possession iu the West Indies.
There are, of course, a great many
Cubans in Florida, particularly in aud
about Key West, but their presence
there was in no wise due to the Spau-b-h
traditions of Florida; on the con
trary, many, if uot most, of the Key
West Cubans went there as refugees
from Spanish misgovernment in their
own eouutry.
South Carolina was sett 'ed by Frenc h
Huguenots at Port Royal more than
two centuries ago, and though many
of the ideas of government of French
Huguenots are still observed in the
affairs of South Carolina, aud though
for many yara the port of Charleston
was a very important one and not only
a lauding place for immigrants, but a
receiving port for many foreign goods,
there were by the last Federal census
in a total population of 1,200,000- in
South Carolina only l&S natives of
France. The original settlement of
American States has Usually a greater
historical thau practical value, aud the
ouly conspicuous exception to be found
to this rule U seen in the case of the
New England States, settled by Eng
lish Puritans and preserving after
many centuries sundry distinctive feat
ures of the early settlers though in the
last few years there has been an enor
mous foreign immigration iuto New
England, particularly of Irish-Ameri
cans ana trencu canauians. -ew
York Sun.
"Old Silver Belly."
General de Gallifet, minister of war
in the Waldeck-Rousseau cabiuet, glo
ries iu the possession of a uickname
which is literally descriptive. He is
called "Old Silver Belly" because the
wall of his abdomen actually consists
of a plate of pure silver. While serv
ing with the French troops in Mexico
General de Gallifet was nearly disem
boweled by a shell at the siege of Pu
eblo. By a superhuman effort he suc
ceeded in holding his entrails in place
until help came, aud'Iater he was sent
to France and sewed up in a leather
coat (his "cage" as he called it), which
rendered it impossible for him to make
the slightest movement When bis
frightful wound had healed a silver
plate was cunningly fashioned to serve
him as an artificial abdomen. This in
jury, which would have been sufficient
to invalidate an ordinary man, did not
prevent him from serving through the
war with Germany and leading a des
perate charge at Sedan, nor from saving
Paris from the commune when peace
had been restored and the republic pro
claimed.
A soldier of the caliber of General de
Gallifet is not likely to be intimidated
by a Mercier, a de Pellieux or a Gonse,
or any other of the routine-made gen
erals of the war office bureau. H is fi rst
command of "attention!" to the French
army has been followed by unusual si
lence in the ranks. Philadelphia Rec
ord. Summer Pies.
In making fruit pies, which are al
ways Juicy aud apt to "spill out, to
the wrath of the pie-maker and the
detriment of the pie, sprinkle a little
cornstarch and sugar over the fruit
after it is in the pie, then put on the
top crust and bake. It is a good plan
when making fruit pies to rub the hot
torn crust over with beaten white of
egg before putting In the fruit This
helps to keep the crust from becoming
soaked and sodden with fruit juice.
"For fourteen years I was troubled
with nervous dyspepsia, which doctors
could not cure. To-day am In perfect
health thanks to Wheeler's Nerve VI
talizer," so writes Mrs. L. E. Titus,
Coopers ville, Michigan. For sale at
Garman's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa. and
Mountain Sc. Son's Drug Store, Con
fluence. Pa.
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TSo Law on the Case.
A small town far out West a town
which has since riseu to the dignity of
mention on tha map, but which then
consisted of two saloons and a dwelling-house
was much excited over the
fact that a homicide was to be brought
to formal trial. The judge was moved
to great eloquence aud iadignation.
"tieutlemen," he Nid to the crowd
which thronged his apartment over the
saloon. "I was in hopes that there
wouldn't be any more killings; uot be
fore the uext census was took. And
here comes this miscreant in cold blood
and w hips out a six-shooter and com
mits one of the most haynious crimes
on the calendar. You have took a fel
low-creature and pumped him so full of
lead that he dropped like a thuuk of
ore. You did this without provocation.
and went out and bragged about the
foul deed. You ought to have had the
decency not to laugh. Now, sir, I sen-
tence you"
"Judge," interposed a man wh' had
made his way up to tins magistrate's
elbow, "hadu't we better hear some ev
idence?" "Of course. Let's make it all reg'lar.
Who's the principal witness?"
"I am."
"Go ahead an' testify."
"Well, judge, this Chiuaman he kill
ed had been workin' fur me about six
weeks, and a quieter, more peacea
ble" "Hold on," interposed the judge.
Do I understand that the person killed
was a Cliiui-uiau ?"
"Yes, your honor."
He ran his hand through bis hair,
thoughtfully, and then remarked:
"This court is adjourned for an hour.
Go downstairs and have something on
me, Uiy-, and tell the prisoner not to
go away."
He turned to the series of store box
es, piled oue on top of another, which
made his bookcase. They contained a
set of the Revised Statutes, w hich con
stituted his entire library. When the
crowd had reassembled, be cleared bis
throat and said:
"Gentlemen, the duty of the court is
clear in this case. Where there ain't
any law to hold a man the ouly thing
to do is to let him go. I have here all
the law that there is. I have searched
through it carefully, and I don't find a
word in it about a case where a man
kills a Chinaman." Washington Star.
Emeralds From Egypt
An English syndicate has obtained
from the Egyptian goverment the right
to mine for precious stoues on the coast
of the Red sea for the next five years
and the syndicate expects to make a
great deal of money, for the country is
famous for its emeralds.
Iu Cleopatra's day the emerald was a
royal stone aud her jewels were world
famous. It was her custom to give for
eign ambassadors her portrait cut on a
large emerald. Egypt has been de
scribed as the country of fair emeralds.
T-o miuing centres are best known,
those of Sikali and those of Jebel
Abbara.
Resides emeralds, semi precious
stones, such as beryl, are found, but
there are no diamonds, rubies and
sapphire; the formation of the soil
ami rocks is not favorable to them.
As the emeralds now come iu the ore
from Egypt they are dull and pale, but
that is because some of them have been
lying in the hot Egyptian sun for a
thousand years or so and have been
faded. Skillful treatment, however, at
the hands of the jewelers restores the
beautiful green fire.
Character Not Good.
In some rural districts of England
there are held annually hiriug fairs,
where farmers and others attend to en
gage servants. At one held in Glou
cestershire hist autumn a farmer open
ed negotiations with a lad who seemed
suitable for his purpose. Various ques
tions having been asked aud answered,
the farmer inquired at last:
"Hast got a character from thy Lvd
place?"
"No," replied the boy, "but my old
gnttVr be about somewhere, and I can
get he to write I oue."
"Very well," was the reply, "thee
get it and meet I here again at four
o'clock."
The time came, so did the farmer and
the boy.
"Hast got thy character?' was the
tiuery?" The answer came short and
sharp:
"No; but I ha' got thine, and I bean't
a-co ruing."
"Good Morning."
"How are you?" That's 3wedish.
"Howdyou are?" That's Dutch.
"How do you stand?" That's Ital
ian. "Go with God, senor." That Span
ish. "How do you live on ?" That's Rus
sian.
"How do you perspire." That's
Egyptian.
"How do you have yourself ?" That's
Polish.
"Thank God, how are you ?" That's
Arabian.
"May thy shadow never grow less."
That's Persian.
"How do you carry yourself T' That's
French.
"How do you do?" That's English
and American.
' Be under the guard of God." That's
Ottoman.
"How is your stomach ? Have you
eaten your rice ?" That's Chinese.
This is a Homed One.
J. S. Boren exhibited In Cadiz ou the
lOcb iust, a live horned snake, which
was 18 inches in length. Mr. Boren
says that bis pet's weapon is his tail,
which is barbed with a long, keen horn
that is as sharp as a needle, which, in
a belligerent roood, he takes between
his jaws, and, rolling over like a hoop
with his spiral caudal appendage thrust
forward, be plunges it into the object
of his wrath w ith deadly effect, because
it is said to be tilled with poison. It is
said that a tree stuug with this variety
of reptile will die, if the sap is up, in a
few hours from such an assault Cadi
(Ky.) Record.
Baltimore A. Ohio Railroad
Bulletin of Special
- Excursions.
Yocxi Pkoflx's Society Christian
EXDEAVOR.
Convention, Detroit, July 5-10. Ons
Fare for th round trip. From points
east of the Ohio River, ticket will b
pood going July ;VI to Hh, Inclusive, and
good returning until July l"th, with th
privilege of extension until August l.ith,
inclusive, if li. fcet u deposited with Juict
Ajf-nt at ltrit ou or bofors July !2tb,
and upon payment of fee of oO cetili.
Tickets w ill ulno 1 good going oue rouu
and reluming another, al a higher rale.
Baptist Yousu Pkopljs's L'miox Asso
ciation. Convention, P.U-hinond, Va., July 1.1 lei
Ons Fare for the rouud trip. Fmui
points east of the Ohio River, tickets will
b good going July Ulh to lJlh, good re
turning until July 3lst. inclusive, with
privilege of extnsiou until August Ulh.
inclusive, if ticket ia deposited with
Joint Agent at Richmond on or before
July listb, and npon payment of fee of
50 cents.
Epworih Lkaovk.
Convention, Indianapolis, July 2023.
One Fare for the round trip. From point
eat of the Ohio Kiver, tickets will be
good going July lth aud VM.h, good re
turning until July 21th, inclusive, witU
the privilege of extension ui:til Atiguxt
'Juli, inclusive, if ticket is depuaited with
Joint Agent at Indianapolis not later than
July 2S;h, and upon payment of fee of M
cents.
Yorso People's Curisiiax Usioji ok
U.XITED t BBSBYTKRI.VX CHfRl'H.
Convention, Pittsburg, August 2 7.
One Fare for the round trip. From points
east of the Ohio Kiver, tickets will te
sold August 1st and 'id, good returning
leaving Pittsburg August '.Kh, with privi
lege of extension until August.Tlst, inclu
sive, if ticket is deposited with Joint
Agent at Pittsburg ou or before August
tiili, aud upon payment of fee of M ceuls.
National Em'catiomal Assciatio.x.
Iscm Augelea, California, July 11-11.
One Fare for the round trip plus $10U fur
membership fee. Tickets will be on sale
from all points on the Baltimore A Ohio
R. R. June -4ih to July 7th, good for re
turn to origiual starting point to and in
cluding September 5tb, lM.
Xeep Cool By
Talking about almost anything but
the heat
Refreshing and harmless beverages.
Resting at least a half hour after par
taking of a hearty meal.
An occasional rest of only five min
utes, w ith the eyes closed aud the mus
cles relaxed.
A scanty diet of meat and a generous
allowance of cereals, fresh eggs and
fruit and green vegetables.
Providing free egress for hot and con
taminated air through the attic doors
and windows.
Opening the doors aud windows of
the house for two hours in the early
morning say, from 5 to 7 o'clock and
then closing them until toward even
ing. IVmorest's Magazine.
Working Night and Day.
The busiest and mightiest little thing
that ever was made is Dr. King's New
Life Pills. Every pill is a sugar-coated
globule of health, that changes weak
ness iuto strength, listlessness into en
ergy, brain-fag into mental power.
They're wouderful iu building up the
health. Ouly 25c. per box. Sold at
J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset.
Pa., and G. W. Brallier's Drug Store,
Berlin, Pa.
''Room for the Lady.'
A little black-eyed aud nimble-
tougued Irish street car conductor in
Dublin went into the car and called out
in his peculiarly penetrating voice:
"Wan seat on the roight! Sit elorer
ou the roight, ladies an' gentlemin au'
mek room for a leddy phwat's stand
ing." A big, surly-look'ng man, who was
occupying space enough for two, said
sullenly:
"We can't sit any closer."
"Can't ytz ?" retorted the little con
ductor. "Begorra, you niver wiut
ortin', then."
It is needless to a id that room was
made "ou the roight" for the lady.
What's the secret of happy, vigorous
health ? Simply keeping the bowels,
the stomach, the liver and kidneys
strong and active. Burdock Blood
Bitters does it
SUMMER OUTIXUS.
Personally-Conducted Tours via Penn
sylvania Railroad.
The Pennsylvania Rairoad Company
announces the following Personally-Con
ducted Tours for the Stfmuier of
To the North, including Niagara Falls,
Toronto, Thousand Islands, the St. Law
rence, Montreal, Quebec, Roberval (Lake
St. John ), the Saguenay, Au Sable Chasm
Lakes Champlain aud George, Saratoga,
ami a daylight ride through the High
lands of the Hudson, July ! to August
7. Rate, ?li; Aug'ist la to ii, visitiiig
same points as first lour except Roberval
and the Saguenay. Rate, JliXI fur the
round trip, from New York, Philadel
phia. Raltimore, Washington, and Har
rifiliurg. Proportionate rates from other
poi nls.
For itineraries and further information
apply to ticket ageuU, or add reus (Jeo.
W. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger
Agent Philadelphia.
Reduced Rates to Iio'.roit via Pennsylva
nia Railroad, Account of Christian
Endeavor Convention.
On account of the Convention of the
Young People's Society of Christian En
deavor, to be held at Detroit, July 5 to 10,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
sell excursion tickets from points on its
line, to Detroit, at rale of smyle ire fur
the rOHHtl trip.
Tickets will be sold on July X 4, an. I
and will be good to return until July 15,
inclusive, except that by depositing ticket
with the j int agentat Detroit before July
12, and the payment of fifty cents, the re
tarn limit may be extended to leave De
troit, not later than August 1.5.
For specific rales and conditions apply
to Ticket Agents.
Diphtheria relieved in twenty min
utes. Almost miraculous. Dr. Thomas'
Ectectric Oil. At any drug store.
Pennsylvania Ckaataaqaa.
Reduced Rates to ML IJretna via Penn
sylvania Railroad.
For the Pennsylvania Chautauqua, U
be held at ML Gretna, Pa. July 4 to
August 10, l!tO, the Pennsylvania Kail
road Company will sell special excursion
tickets to ML Gretna from New York,
Washington, B-iltimore, Frederick, Md
Canandaigua, and intermediate points,
including all stations on its line iu the
Slate of Pennsylvania.
Tickets will be sold June 25 to August
10, inclusive, and will be good to return
nntil August 1-5, inclusive.
To avoid heat pmttratiou dresa a
tightly as you can, eat fparingly, wiib
plenty of fruit in your diet, keep out cf
Ihe sun as much as poasibla, don't worry
or fret about any thing Though you
may not know it, one of the eawicot and
yet surest ways of keeping cool is to keep
a ca.'tn and even spirit with you. Vexa
tion, anger, discontent or worritnent are
not to be thought of ir nch weather if
you don't want to mind the heat.
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