A BUSINESS MAN ON EXPANSION. How the Issue Is Viewed by a Leading Citizen of Pittsburg. Republican! Should Roll Cp Bif Vote to Sustain the President and Prevent Disturbance of Prosperous Eusine Con dition!. Considering the question of expan sion from a purely business polut of lew. Ralph Butler, a well know n bust cess man of Pittsburg, baa addressed Liinseif to tbe voters of Pennsylvania in an interesting review of this absorb ing topic, which is being discussed in every Elite tiiupaign throughout the country. Jlr. Butler, who is secretary and central manager of one of the largest insurance companies in the state, says that as a business man he tus a decided interest in the success cf the Reubiiciin party this fall. Ie feit. or doubtful victory, means an vnfertain -oiitet Beit year and iu consequent derangement of business. He heartiiv advocates the election of the whole KeyuMkau ticket and de clare that every business man who wishes to see the era of prosperity con tinued should exert his iuCuence to lieip swell the Republican vote this fail. A BUSINESS QUESTION ONLY. 'The question of holding the Phil ippines temporarily cr permanently is a business question on;y." says Mr. liutler, "interwoven to a certain ex tent with the moral Question. In all the mlian'HS of the civilized races, so called, into the duiaain of the uncivil ized or iufi-rior races, the business que.fivn atid fk'.I interest have ln.cn the motive powers. C'jSumbus was not moved by phiianthrcphy in sailiii wesrward over the unknown ec.-e. but was alien. j-tirs to f.ud a shorter pas sage to the Indies, for inriMen lal pur l)?. His ccTircnial vcnv.irc re.vilt ir.g in the discoery of Ara?ri:a. whore It caused the destruction practically of the native races, niaced two grent continents ir.to the possession of. and at the disposal of that dominant :v:l izirjg font of the world, the Caucasian race. "Today the business question is the motive poT behind tueland, Jer many, France and Portugal la their invasions itto the heart of the d.uk couULiiit. The same Lusiues ques tion is bail, of K'JKiluii. Ij-.-i mau. l-:i-rlish and l reruh advances iuto Aaia. These great nationB are not fwols. and we should consi'iei carefully the busi ness sl'ie of this question before we decide to run counter to the nicmier rial polity tf all the great nations of the Eastern H-nj!sJ;!ieie. "It Is not the pioj-er way to discuss a business prc;iuou to ry iiupriai ism and militarism, aiid attempt to ex cite the passions as a red rag excite a buiL Neither is it proper to ad vance theories. an ;-ul moorings and moral questions. We must take the world us we find it, not as it was a hund.tJ rears ago, or as we would like to see it. The civilizing force of business is invading the valleys, the forests and the mountains of the in ferior races, and we could not stop it if we would, for It will move on like the fatal Juggernaut, crushing out all opposition and gathering to the peo ple who wield its forces the gieat and unknown wealth of tltee so-called heathen lands. We may shudder at the thought, but the work of subjugat ing these people will go n. even though we stand aside and see other nations place into the coffers of their people this great wealth. THE DUTY OK OUR GOVERNMENT. "One of the fundamental principles of our government is the j-reatest poo.! to the greatest number, not to tne world's people, but to our own pec pie. The physical welfare of our peo ple is one of the most pressing uutics. Their moral advancement usually keeps pace with the physical. "Remunerative labor will best ad vance our people's physical and moral welfare. Our manufacturing capacity is unlimited, our present markets are limited, heuce, at times we face labor troubles, communism. jKiss-ible an archy. We have an acreape in-equaled in its extent and productive cap-ity, yet the demand for our soil products is often limited, bringing commercial depression, for much wealth grows on the earth's surface when it can find a market. "The greatest good to the greatest number of our people will be bes: terved by securing by every possible means a market for the manufacturing and agricultural products of the coun try. This will give employment to out people, with an increase of remunera tion and wealth. Iiut what has the Philippine ques tion to do with this? Perhaps much. jerhaps nothing. If we conclude to hold the Philippines we will have taken a stp toward adopting the com mercial policy of the greatest nations of the earth. If we relinquish the Philippines on moral grounds and the fear of abandoning tome aucient moor ings, we will not benefit the Philip pinos, for the Juggernaut of commer cial greed from other Bourcej will sweep over the islands and we may russ our opiortunity to advance the commercial prosi-erity of our people on the liues that have made England the richest nation on the earth. A POSITION OF VANTAGE. "We stand today in a position of vantage never approached by any other ration. We are more isolated than England: we command from our own ports both (-ccans, England but one; we have within our borders a gre.it agricultural area, rich and fertile; ex tensive coal. Iron and precious metal deposits, and the largest manufactur ing plants extant. Who can hold a candle to us in all iLcse things? In manufacturing the markets of the world are ours, if we will but force them. Within ten years China may nd pro'jably will be oper to the civ'i xation of the world's most aggressir force, business. Railroads, buildings, bridges. etc must be built. With a navy and a smalt army on the eastern shores of China we w ill secure to our workmen this labor, to our capital and nanufacturing ventures, the profits. The Philippine Islands may not be worth the candle; the adoption of a new and aggressive national policy nay mean the commercial end manu Tacturiug supremacy of the world and vl'.e consequent enrichment ot or.r ow u people. "Within a short period of time our army and our navy have astonished the world and served notice to all the rreat powers to keep their hands off our affairs, a protection greater than fie Monroe doctrine. If we but reason ably Improve our war foot ins no na tion will seek a conflict with us. and we will l proud to say that we are Americans, and we will be shown proper respect and be protected in t-very land throughout the world. THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY. "We are a growing nation, the most progressive on the earth. Y.'e must expand to meet the requirements and demands of our increasing population Greater dangers menace our goverr tumt from an unemployed and r:tes people than wiil ever come to this in telligent people from a reasonable military power, and a continuance of Ji r expanslou policy, a policy w nnve followed under all parties since tl." original 13 olonies bound themselves together for the common god in an indissoluble bond of union. "Demagogues, theorists and vision aries have demanded that the presi dent withdraw the army and navy from the Philippine and abandon these ig norant natives, these children (as we might aay) in the theory and practice of seif government, to the mercies of Arttinaido and his army of cut throats. Wnt rigrht hare our repudiated leaders to demand that this great iues tion shall not go to the people. To give up the Philippines, or make an agreement to jive them up, is to deny the people the right to pass on this rreat and important business question I The eor-mon pecple Lave as muc 1 ngat to dc beard as the ini':!nar. the repudiated statesmen and the dem agogue in politics posing for popu larity. WHO FI10ULD DECIDE? "Thi" question should be considered br the people. The national adminis-V-ation has a plain duty before it. The fortunes of -ar have placed the Phil ippines in cur possession. The ad-minfs'-stion should hold them at all hazard, until the people have care fully considered and spoken on the gTeat question, whether by continuing our e'paksion policy we are to become the rreatest nation on the earth, com mercially, or whether in a cowardly sp' 'it we r re to build around us a Chinese wall, c:'let the Monr-e dor trine, and assume the rcpn?isiVlity of d-ny1ne to our laborers bp1 rsi.ital ists their rightful share of the world's trade. "I-abor troubles may cost us more money and nfore lives than the sus taining of a reasonable expansion pol icy. "The people's interest lay In mak ing this a great nation. Great things are accomplished by advances, not by retreating. "The Republican party stands for expansion and enlarged markets, as well as the home markets for our la borers and capital. "Many Deuiotrats individually be lieve in the same doctrine, though their party is an opposition party. REPUFlMCAN? AND DEMOCRATS. "This should not be a party question. It Is an American question. Are you not proud of the record of our army and navy? Has not the noble work of our brave l ovs made you an Ameri can above und beyond the reach of tha demagogue and the theorist? "Will you vote to take down the flag, that glorious emblem of Liberty, from any foot of soil on which the brave Iots have planted it? "Your answer will be recorded as in Wl to UOj. Then without regard to party the word nation was written iu the blood of the heroes of the civii war. and today the blue and gray re joiie that the north and west decide! that we must govern the south even "w ithout the coiiM-itt of the governed " t5rrr'rarily. "Will ycu vote as the brave boys fi'ii'ht, for the Fupren.:'cy of American inficsrs at home and abroad? "If in i',rii the people decide for -t Chinese policy, for a reircgxzdc move ment, for lal)or trouhU-s. for -oni-mi!nlm pnd psKiWe anarchy, we will ail ol ey the will of the people, for the peojile n:!e. "In the fall of 1 S59 we should, by lare niajoriti"s, sound the prelimin ary note nt protect against the sur-r-ad-r of one foot of so.l on which the flag has U"-en planted, and we should rpcak through the ballut in de cided laiiE'iaize in favor of gi.ing to our l;it.r and our capital every ad vn;a.i;e cii.-i-y-J by the iple of any other nation." Sail W'atrr liatka. For a baud lath 1.1 bath given to the body by use f the hau Is only or by H'OliSt.- or cloth p!a-e a handful of salt in a basia as oriir.nKly til'.i-l for wash Is?. A'.bnv the sal: to dissolve or has ten the action by stirrlus it with the hand. Tlie water i-houM le as cold as you have vitality to withstand. Use L soap. liuthe the entire Uxly. Do m.t n. ;'lcct the fast? and tiecii in the free use of the salt water. This bath has au cxhiUiratln; Influ ence. K.ncs the entire system and gives to the skin a heallhfui condition that acip'.y repay for the time and trouble involved. If used in the winter, it will le an excelleut preventive of colds, besides lieiu-; a substitute for face cosmetics. No chapping, no roughness of the skin anJ uo clogging of the rxires will trouble the perscn who systematically and regularly talies a bath of this sort. Ordinary table salt or rock salt will do. but a! not do so well. The sea salt contains medicinal properties not fund In the others. Whether one ex ercises cr not the Ixxiy should receive a daily hand bath of coM or cool wa ter, especially iu the summer, either ujffn rising or before retiring. Ed ward II. Warman Iu Ladies' Home Journal. Tharkerar aad the t'ibmaa. Thackeray loved to relate jokes on himself, and one he especially enjoyed was about a Reading backuian. The author was unacquainted with the town, a;:d the moment he emerged from the railway station he told a hackney coachman to drive him to the nearest hotel. The driver closed the door ceremoniously, mounted his box and they started. In half a minute the cab was at a standstill and Thackeray saw the cabman at the door, bowing to him to come out. He did so with out a word, and found that he was at the portico of the statiou hotel, which he had failed to see was not a dozen yards off. Hut he handed the man a shilling and was entering the hotel, rather pleased with his own sang froid. w hen he was amazed to see the cabman taking off his coat and offering to "fight him for the other sixpense." It appears that on that day a resolutlou of the Reading town council bad come into operation empowering hackney coach men to charge eightecncnce for any distance within the township. This was its tirst fruits! It is unnecessary to add that the cabman got his money and Thackeray a good story to tell at the clubs. lalerrapted Ike Pntrinar, "Did that thar sharp what give a show in the opry house last night ketch bullets In bis teeth as he said he would on his placards?" asked Porcu pine Pete. "I!e ketched a few," said Lariat Lcm. "but not exactly as he allowed he was a goin to." " 'Nother one of them tenderfoot swindler. I s'pose." "Mcbby. I dunuo. He didn't git fur ?nough so we could tell whether it was a swindle or not. You see. he begin Lis pufTorniaiiee by askin fer some gentlemanly memlier of the audience to lend Liui a hat." "Wot caponed then?" "Well Dog Paced Dick handed his hat up. and the professor started off by breakio a passel of eggs Iuto It. The bullet Lett-bin part of the pro gramme bap(eueJ right thar. The coroner's waitin to hear from his frieuds in the east, if he has any." Chicago Times-Herald. Vlrlaea Reward. "Tonight." said Mr. Perkins at the table, "as 1 came ut ou the car the fellow next to me had a nickel out and was baudliug It. The conductor came along aud. thinking It was a quarter. gave mm uack lour nickels. Tbe fel low took them and Iheu said to i n That was pretty slick, wasn't Itr Well. It would be." I sai.L if von wen. beating a big comany like the trcct car company, which could stand it. iui mat conductor will have to pav tliat out of his own Mcket. He ouly gels so much an hour, aud 3 ccuts is quite a ier cent of his day's wages. It's tough on him." "What did the awful man doT" ask ed Mrs. Perkins sympatlietl-ai!y. "Leaned up against me aal wept sound asleep and then woke up when I got off and cursed me for letting him go past his street." said Mr. Perklus. Rochester Democrat. t aeiperlri Hrmli. A freight train pulled iuto a Maine station recently, and a ventriloquist n the platform thought he would have some sport, so be threw his vole un der a car. saying: "Let me out! Let me out!" The station agent was called, and he hastened to unfasten the door of a car. After working for a time be got tbe door open and out walked four tramps, all of whom disclaimed that they bad asked to be let out. The ventriloquist bad budded better than b knew and had stepped upon the ride of the four hoboes, who were ten ueuina. t A DOLIiLEGAME. Creaiiy With Fanners Denounces Tensions, Afterward Jollies Soldiers. VETERANS SIZE HIM UP. Democratic Candidate For State Trtasuret Not Popular at Hume, Warn They Ought to Kxow Eim Beat. Columbia coticty, being the borne of Willi.im T. C'rea?y, the Democratic candidate fur state treasurer, the po litical interest Is naturally centering more or less around the fight between Colonel Earnett and Mr. Creasy, says a special dispatch from Bioomsburg, Pa. Probably no tetter illustration of the status of political matters, and especially pertaining to the state treas urer fight in Columbia county, could be given than an abstract from an edi torial in this week's Columbia County Republican, which invariably voices the sentiment of the Republican party ia Columbia county, and which reads as follows: "Columbia county veterans cannot be easily deceived, because too many of them heard Farmer Creany in the early part of the summer, at the Grange picnic, in Sugerloaf township, lament over the fact that the pen sions paid by the government imposed such a heavy burden upon the taxpay ers of the country. Then he was talk ing to the farmers, and courting their support, and many farmers, too. who never had much love or respect for the toys who wore the blue. But now the audience changes, and Farmer Creasy is angling for soldier votes, and thi-tefore he changes his bait. "The insurrent press may deceive sortie of the veterans throughout the state where Creasy is not known into the llief that Cre;tsy is as warm a friend of them and the cause they represent as Colonel Rarnett. the gal lant commander of the 'Fighting Tenth.' but it cannot be done in Co lumbia coLnty." Notwithstanding the fact that this is Mr. Crcasy's home county, there will be no splitting of the vote on the pait of the stai waits, aud undr the leader ship of County Chairman Harvey A MiKiliip a big vote will le turned out for the reeular Republican ticket. A fact which is particularly pleasim; to Columbia county Republicans Is the unity whiih exists iu the party ranks. Creasy is not popular here. He is looked upon as having become sud denly inflated with the idea that he is a great man, but his neighbors know him as a quite ordinary indi vidual. Dub; aad ttnrL We urn indebted ti the Parisians for mnch that is beautiful and graceful. but there are other things which we copy from thc-m tbst are ridiculous to the lat decree, and of these the silliest of til is the fancy for dressing np dogs. Siime of tbe pampered canines of fashion in New ork fare far more softly than the children of the working classes, says Tbe Puritan. Many have maids especially to attend them, to wash them, perfume them, change their blankets and ether garment, take them ont fur numerous airings, feed them and doctor them. Often these dogs cost thousands of dollars and. being of a fine breed, are verv delicately organised, nervous and petnlant They have to be carefully watched and continually attended and pbieM.d from drafts rnd dampness. Their food mnst be jnet right and given at regular honrs. Ard they are the most selhVh. nngratef-il creatures tin aginable. unbearably jealonsand exact icg. for their owners cater to them coo- tiunally. giving far more attention to their comfcrt than to that of tbe bn man bvings around tbeiu. Only a few weeks ago a famous Bal timore belle went so far a) to take her dog to the altar with her, leading him by a broad white satin ribbon attached to a collar of white bride roses. Tbe dog sat at his uii.-tress' ft during tbe ceremony, and then preceded her down the aisle and bopped into tbe carriage lie-fore tl-e b.ide asd grocm. Poston Ueril.L Waaderfal Hair ilmilif, Hairdres.-iDg in Zalaland is an ! portant feature, bot'j to tbe bride ani bridegroom, and the attention paid t the coiffure of tbe pair won Id shame tbe performance of a west end hairdresser who arranges a bride's locks and fastens tbe orange blossom chaplet. A cone shaped erection, for iustance. is tbe lawful coiffure of a Zulu wife, and this caunot be legally worn till the marriage rites are duly completed. Save for the all important cone, tbe head of a Zulu bride is closely shaved, an as sagai being used for the purpose, while m hx,u as a youth is of marriageable age his head is shorn to leave a ring around tbe scalp and then liberally lie- emeared with fat and other, without which nngneiits no Zulu would feel fit tinfly docorated for his bride. When the bridegroom elect has been shorn of all his hair save tbe wool on the crown, which is trained in a circu lur thai ""'l some foar inches indium cter, a ring is sewed to this gniu and charcoal. In this the Zuln thrusts long snuff Foons, needles and small utility articles and is very proud of bin ring, which is the badge of manhood. Caa- sell's Magazine. Arll.li la Mather f Pearl. The incrustation of precious woods w!:h mother of pearl is In Ilanort French Tunqiiln. an Important In dustry, an entire street known as the "street of the lulayers" being devoted to It. Landscapes gleaming in tbe sum. sheafs of many colored flowers, the most delicate arabesques and many other beautiful thlugs are evolved by the deft and pliant fingers of the art! fleers, with the aid of the plainest and crudest tools only, and marvelous cab inets and other articles are fashioned and put together without the aid of nails, by dovetailing and lacquer paste. rkarefc Bella. Why do they have church bells? What good are they? Men go to a bank or the store at tbe proper time without a belL Women open np their millinery stores on time without being rung up. People In the country, where there are no bells, get to church on time. The fact is church bells are a relic of ancient times. People have theiu because It Is custom. They do no good. Really, they are a nuisance. Atchison Globe. Aa laaleaaaat Diet. Mr. Dukaoe Jouesy Indulged In a linguistic diet yesterday. Mr. Gaswcll What do you mean by that? Mr. Dukanc North&ide made him est his words. Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. The man who Insists at the poker party that the husband Is the lord and master is the one who takes off bin shoes to sueak cp stairs when be vt home. New York Press. A calm at sea resembles that artifi cial sleep which is produced by opium In an ardent fever; the disease Is sus pended, but no good Is derived from It. The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blenches, tbe thonrl.t that never wanders-these are the mas ters of victory. Burke. An employer of German clerk a cava that they work 20 per cent sbwer than tugllsb ones. Aa na.vdatia Car. Pnllade.'j-LiaQS have become ans toroed to the Chinaman who carries his nickel for carfare In his ear. but it remained for an enterprising rep resentative of The Record to discover a man who used tbe soft lobe of his ear for a cotton wad. Passengers on a street car In the Quaker City the other day were at tracted to a well dressed man of mid dle age because of something peculiar they noticed about his right ear. It seemed to those who looked that the ear was minus a lobe. Suddenly there was a Cop. and the Interested pas sengers then noticed that the ear was all right, with tbe lobe In the place where it ought to be. By tbe time tbe passengers had gone deep Into wonder over the strange sight the man raised bis hand and pushed the lobe into the opening of the ear. placing the ear Iu the condition It was before the flop. Noticing that the man who sat next to him stared In an Inquiring way at him. the man with tbe magic ear said that the lobe was his earache cure. lie was a great sufferer from the ache, he said, and formerly used cotton to shut the wind out of his ear. One day he was without cotton and found that he could shove the lobe Into the ope-nicg. It did not only keep the wind out. but the pain disappeared quicker, and since then he has always put the lower part of his ear iuto use when the earache has come on. Weadell Phllllaa aad Blalae. When Wendell Phillips was last In Washington, be was for a few minutes on tbe floor of the United States sen ate, surrounded by a group of senators, among whom was Senator James G. Blaine, always a favorite with Mr. Phillip. It so hnpeued that a few weeks before this time Mr. Blaine, in presenting to congress the statue of Governor King, first governor of Maine, to be placed in the rotunda of the capitol. had commented severely on tbe loyalty of Massachusetts, and especially the Federalist party, during the war with Great Britain in 1S12. Of this party the father of Wendell Phillips. John Phillips, was a con spicuous uiemlier. When Blaine's speech was made Dawes and Hoar were senators from Massachusetts, and they lioili essayed some sort of an Impromptu reply thereto, but did them selves little credit Ia parrying the thrusts of Blaine's glittering rapier. So. when Wendell Phillips met Blaine on this occasion, he said to him laughingly. "I w lsh I had leen a mem lier of this body for alut an hour the other day when you made that speech attacking the Massachusetts Federalists." "Ah." said Mr. Blaine with that ready wit which never deserted him. "if you had been here I shouldn't have made that speech !' Harper's Maga zine. Star Kamoaa Fa era. Napoleon, with a face as if It had been modeled from a Greek cameo, was never. Iu Talleyrand's Judgment at all events, quite a gentleman. He gesticulated too much aud was alto gether too violent for the correct taste of tbe great noble trained under the old regime. Perfection of body Is not necessary, either, for many misshaped men have been dignified even when they were not. like the Due de Yen dome, Princes of the L.lies in days when that distinction meant so much. Little men and wizened men have both Inspired awe. for great soldiers trembled If Ixiuis XIV frowned, and no man received without weakened knees a rebuke from William III. The protruding uuder lip of the Hapsburg has ueve-r detracted from their majes ty, and Yictor Kmmanuel. who. for all his good manners, always suggested to the onlooker a bull face to face with the luetadere. was for all that every Inch a Ling. Spectator. A Barglary Slorj-. They were telling "burglary stories" on the veranda In front of the grocery store In a down east town.. "The man's hand was thrust through the bole be had cut In tbe door." said the star talker, "when the woman seiz ed the wrist and held on in spite of the struggles of the iimii outside. In tbe morniug the burglar was found dead, having cut his own throat when he found escape impossible; but tbe brave woman hud uot known he was dead, and so had not released her grasp on his wrist all night long." "Hub!" growled the skeptic In the corner. "Why didn't she feel of his pulse 7" Buffa lo Commercial. The Coaaaeka. Cossacks form the volunteer caval ry troops of southern Russia. Tin y provide themselves with horses, uni forms and weapons and serve as guards to the highways and perform certain other military duties on de maud of tbe governor of the district in which they live. In return for which servl-e they nre relieved from taxa tion to a certain extent. Their cos tume are picturesque, and they have worldwide reputation for the excel lence and daring of their horseman ship. Clever Charlie. Some one look Charlie up and asked him if he was papa's boy. He an swered. "Yes." "And you're mamma's boy too?" "Yes." replied Charlie. "Well, bow can you be papa's Ixiy and mamma's hoy at the same time?' "Oh." replied Charlie quite indiffer ently, "can't a wagon have two horses?" reaad at Laat. Proprietor I'm looking for a man I ran trust. Applicant We'll get along then. For ten yt-atM I've done nothing but look for man that would trust me De- troll I'ree Press. The fellow who begins by lending'an ear to blandishment in apt to end by losing bis bead completely. The woman who wears a new dress is usually satisfied with ber surround ing. a LASTINGEFFECT. This Evidence Should Prove Every Claim. Relief from the pains and aches of a bad back is always welcome to every backache sufferer, but to cure a lame, weak or aching back is what's wanted. Cure it so it will stay cured. It can be done. Here's the strongest evidence to prove it. Mr.- J.r.ci McElhiny. contractor, of 75 Hillside avenue. Franklin, Pa., says : I nsed Doan's Kidney Pills in the sum mer of 1S96, was interviewed by a rrp re&entative sod allowed my opinion to be expressed in the Franklin newspapers. At the time they relieved Bie of back ache and lameness and corrected the kid ney secretions. In March, 1S97, 1 sprained my back badly, snd a lameness just in one spot was painfully evident. I procured Doan's Kidney Pills a second time, and from my experience snd the results ob tained, I can conscientiously recommend them to the people of Franklin or any where else, as a preparation up to their representations." Doan's Kidney Pills for sale Ly all uealers; price 50 cents a box. Mailed on receipt of price by Foster-Milbura Cj., Buffalo, N. Y.. sole agents for the U. S. 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In the desert. aHUiull'S jre, with Phigstaff as a center, are spread out a variety of wonders of which the people of this country hare little or no conception, but if tliey were In Eu roie or Asia thousands of our citizens would cross the ocean to see them. P-cln within only two or three days' Journey of Chicago and easy of access by frequent trains of sleep! u 3 and diuins cars and other modern luxuries of travel, th-.-y are overlooked by the multitude aud are practically uu kuowu. To ur mind, uext to the tirand can yon of the Colorado, the most Interest ing at:d Impressive of the natural won ders of this great Arizona museum U the petrified forest, which covers near ly 1i"J square miles, within easy dis tance, cither on foot or horseback, fioui Hillings station, ou the Sant.t Fe rsilromJ. but it can be more easily reached by carriage frotu llolbrook, where U-tter accommodations can be foi'ud. The government explorers have christened It Chalcedony jmrk. The surface of the grouad for miles and miles around Is covered with gi gantic logs thrt-e or four feet la Uiaui eter. petrified to the core. Many of them are translucent. Some are almost transparent. All present the most beau tiful shades of blue, yellow, piuk, pur ple, red aud gray. Some are like gi gantic amethysts, some resemble the smoky topaz and some are as pure and white as alabaster. At places the chips of agate from the trunks that have crumbled lie a foot deep upon the ground, and it Is easy to obtain cross sections of trees showing every vein aud even the bark. Comparatively little of this agate has been used In manufacturing, although It is easy to obtain. Mauufacturiiitf Jewelers of New York have made table tops and boxes and other articles from strips that have tieeu sent theiu. aud If the material were not so abundant Its beauty would command enormous prices. Where you can get a carload of Jewelry for nothing you are not like ly to pay high prices for It. A bird's eye view of the petrified for ests on a sunny 'day suggests a glgau tlc kaleidoscope. The surface of the earth resembles an Infinite variety of ralnlxjws. The geologists say this great plain, now 5,000 feet alove the sea. was once covered by a forest, which was submerged for ages In Tatcr strongly charged with minerals, until the titic-rs of the trees were thoroughly soaked and transformed Into eternal stone. Many vt the truuks are st:il packed In a deposit of Cue clay, which was left by the receding waters, but the erosion of the wiud has pulverized much of the clay and carried It olT In the air, exposing the secrets that na ture buried under Its surface. One great tree spans a deep gulch 40 feet wide. It lies where it fell cen turies, perhaps ages. ago. and Is a most lieautiful sjiocinien of petrified wood. The rVgs ami the bark can lie easily traced through the translucent agate, and It Is tirm enough and strong enough to last as many centuries as It has already spent In Its peculiar posi tion. It Is undoubtedly the only bridge of agate In tbe world and alone Is worth a long Journey t x see. The Indians of the southwest used to visit the petrified forests freiiieut ly to obtain agate for their arrow a 11. 1 spear heads, and the material was scattered over the entire continent by exchange between the different trllies, from the Isthmus of Panama to Ber ing strait. The great deposit here ex plains where all the arrowheads of moss agate came from and other weapons and Implements of similar material that are found In the Indian uiouuds aud graves of the central aud western states. I a the stoue age the- agate of the petrified forest was the very best material that could be ob tained for both the implements of war and peace of the aborigines. A scalp lug knife could be made very easily from one of the chips of agate and could be ground to a very fine edge. Many crystals were used for Jewelry aud ornaments also. Chicago Uecord. Chaacrd Areoai-saaimeat. One can hardly be expected to have "music in his soul" when there is dis cord iu his stomach. Husband What was that you were playing, my dear? Wife Did you lika It? "It was lovely the melody divine, the harmony exquisite!" "It Is the very thing I played last evening, and you said It was horrid." "Well, the steak was burneu last evening." Stray Stories. Killed r a MUprlat. It Is related of Alassandro Guldo, a famous Italian poet ami composer of the seven teeth ceutury. that he died at Frascatl of apoplexy, brought on by his discovery of a tyjiographh-al error In a finely printed copy of poems which he was ou his way to present 10 Pope Clement XI. It Is a farorite occupation to de nounce tLe sons of wealthy men for lielug worthless. Vet their worthless bess soon scatter fortune that might otherwise Increase lo the detriment of the general public. Ill Is th wlud tlut blows no oue goo-l-St. Joseph Herald. and exclusive styles of QairksanJa lIIddB I ader tlay. Curious but dani-rjcs freaks ft na ture fniiuently fottu-1 in the deserts of Arizona a: called snnilderos by the Mexicans and Ic liaus. They are mask ed pitfalls of quicksand that occur in the dry plains cud are covered with a treacherous crust of clay that has been spread over them la tne particles by the winJ ami baked dry by the suu. The peculiar properties of the soil retain all the moisture drained into theiu after the Infrequent rains and al low it to be filtered to unknown depths, so that a man or a horse or a cow or a sb.-cp that ouc-e steps iqHin that de ceptive crust Instantly sinks out tf sight beyoud hope of rescue. The suuiideros are on a level with the sur I'ace of the desert. There is no dan ger signal to mark them, au.l their surface cannot le distinguished by the ordinary eye from the hard clay that surrounds them. They occur most fre quently iu the alkali covered Cits and are often 15 or '20 feet in diameter. Sometimes they are only little p.x-kcts or wells that a man can leap across, but the longest iole has never found their lottoiii. A stone thrown through the crust sinks to unknown depths, aud t:o man who ever fell iuto one o' them was rescued. They account for the mysterious disapiM-arance of many men aud cattle. Chicago Uecord. Foar orlhla Saadara. The four Suudays of November are observed as fete days Iu Holland. They are known by the curious names Re view. IecisIon. Purchase and Posses sion and all refer to matrimonial af fairs. November In Holland being the month par excellence devoted to court ship and marriage, probably because the agricultural occupations of the J year are over and possibly because the lords of creation from quite remote antiquity have recognized the pleas antness of having wives to cook and cater for them durluc the long winter. On Ueview Sunday everybody goes to church, and after service there is a church parade In every village, when the youths and maidens gaze unu each other, but forU-ar to speak. Ou Iieclsiou Sunday each bachelor who Is s-cklug a wife approaches the maiden of his choice with a ceremoul ous Ikiw and from her manner of re spondiug Judges whether his advances are acceptable. Purchase Sunday the consent of the parents is sought if the suit has prosM-red during the week. Not until Possession Sunday, howev er, do the twain appear In-fore the world as actual or prosjKttive brides and grooms. I)enver News. EavlUh Srrrrl Srrxlrr Maarr. The term "secret service money" Is usually afipli.il to a fund pl.K-t I at tLe disposal of ministers to t-e elM-iided at their discretion In promotiug or pro tecting the Interests of this country. These moneys consist of a sum of 3.V 000 annually included in the estimates. In resKt-t of which ministers are only required to make a declaration that the moneys KjH-nt have been expended "In accordance with the iutc-ntioiis of parliament." As ministers are required to give no account of their stewardship, it is ob vious we have no means of knowing how these moneys are exjiended. The reader, however, who carries his mind back to episodes within his knowledge, such as the collapse of the Feniau con spirators or of their later develop ment, the "Irish luvlneibles." will have little difficulty iu realizing how Indis pensable a fund of this kind Is to the protection of a state and of under standing the Infinite variety of uses to which It may be applied. Chambers' Journal. SHgbtlBB the Walter. It was at a railway refreshment room. The passenger was hungry aud in a hurry. "Phase pass me them porta ters, mis ter." he sai.l. addressing an elegant gentleman who sat next him. The latter slowly focused his gold eyeglasses on the speaker. "Did yon think that I was one of the waiters?" he asked Icily. The others held their knives an forks suspended In midair, expecting to see the man shrivel up. but no such phenomenon took place. He turned and beckoned to the nearest waiter. "tleorge, come here, please." "What is It. sir?" asked George. "I wanted to apologize to you that Is all You see-, I mistook this iariy here for you, but I hope you won't U offended at It. Now pass me them pertaters. aud we'll go 00 with the rest of the nieaL" London Tit-Pits. A Qnratloa r Drrr. Judge A. Well, L'ncle Zeb. where are you going? The IVnedict I wuz Jls' going to de cote. suh. to see you. suh. and get a remorse from dat yeller limb dat 1 married the ynrder day. Judge A. Why. Bee here, that won't do! Didn't you promise me that yon would take her for better or worse and all that? The Benedict Tas, suh. but den she am a sight wuss dan 1 took her fur. Harper's I'.azar. Saved. Xodd Blinker had a hard time the ther day. H!s head clerk Is In the habit of giving hira checks to sign, and Blinker, who has every confidence in him. always does so without question. "This day his wife filled out one. and the clerk took It iu. Blinker signed It Todd-Buin him? Xodd Xo. It was for such a large amount the bank wouldn't cash It. Detroit Pree Press. la Lark. "Tou thlak you know all about wo men, don't your asked the newly mar ried boarder. "Xo." replied the savage bachelor, "and 1 am mighty glad I don't-" la dlannpolis Journal. THE BALD EAGLE AT HOME. 11. Cfcaoara Bl Tr Far Hla Of faale Jrll. An old friend met He first showed as a bit' k sxt far up on the shore. th. v U.-.fteO grandly Uown upon set tiu.ous, tacking in end out lik? a vaoht working to wlu-lward. It hap pened he was slantiag shoreward when be passed, and at 4 yards his suowy b.-ad aud UiU broad, brown fans abowed to fine advantnge. We could lee the puK-shed yellow of bis hooked bill and the fierce flash of his marvel ous golden telescopic eye as he turned It upon ns aud then lack to his tireless searching of the water and tbe wave line along shore. For years this eagle, hoary old 1-cach comber as he I, has patrolled the shore daily for miles. Seeking what the waters have cast up, fr be It known he is not above accepting even carrion. Many a dead fish aud lost bird be gets for the Uoiibie of picking them up. but he can hunt. too. when he feels so dis posed. Season after reason he and his mate lave patched the old nest and reared their eagles In jx-ace. No one can climb the tree, and no decent man would shoot fit the birds. Should you visit the foot of the tree your nose will t-e assailed by a most ohjivtionab!' odor, and your naturally brief Insinttlon will convince you that the eagles do hunt more than they are given credit for. Everywhere are frag ments of fish, while among them are wings and tails which must have be longed to grouse, portions of hares and other fragments suspiciously like cer tain parts of lambs, sucking p'S ami domestic fowls. P.ut they were not our lambs, pigs or fowls, and so no shot whistles after the old pirate, who seems to understand ttat he Is free to buccaneer to his heart's content. Ed W. Sandys In Outing. GESTICULATING TALKERS. Itallaaa Wave Arnia W lldlr Wfcea (omrraiuu With One Aaothrr. The farther south on goes In Europe the iirnre d the jwople gesticulate In conversation, asserts a traveler who is at present "doing" Italy. A Neapolitan, he says, goes through an eutire course of calisthenics N'fort he has talked fixe minutes. Give a Neapofitan a pair of dumb bells and ask him what he thin'. s of the weather aud U-fore he finishes his answer he will have taken enough healthful exer cise to last him all day. This traveh-r sis-nt many an interest ing hour iu watching the Neapolitan talk. One day Iu a cafe he sat next to a couple of Italians, who were engaged la a most spirited conversation. The younger of the two men grow very excited. With his hands he made reaching aud clinging motions, as it" climbing. Then he reached right and left above his head. s one would do lu picking cherries. Then, without slack ening his remarkable flow of conversa tion, he put the thumb and first finger of his left ban. I together and held them a few Inches before his eyes and went through the careful movements of one threading a small needle. And all the time he talked. Next he made overhand motions as of throwing. Then he gave an Imitation of some one swimming. After that he descriU-d several rapid circles with his left hand, which gave the Impression of a revolving wheel. Then he l.-atKil f irv.ard and. with his right hand lifted, acted as a person would act In trying to put a key into a keyhole. The writer a,sked his fiieu.l. who understood Italian, what all the fuss was about. "They're talking chiefly about the weather." was the reply. '.ondon Mail. IEXN8YLVAXIA RAILROAD. (ASTCftN STANDARD TIME IN EFFECT JUNE 27, I8S3. OOKDKKBZD SCHKdULa. Trains arrive and depart from the itallon at Johiutowo aa follows : WE8TWASS. Weatern Eipnw.. :S : UM :!0 :J0 . 2:ti 1 : Y-tl 5:11 tfciO HouLhweMU-ru xprt JohoHiown Acconiinoitiitlon.. Jobiifttown A worn tuodaUoo.. Fact fir Expn-n..... Way Paxm-nKi-... Pittnburv Exprt-KM Mail Kaat Line .. Johnalown Accommodation... p. m. KAirrw A kD. Atlantic Ecomi . 4 9 . 5:40 Altoona Aceomoioilalion.. I -a J Kxprv Main l.ia Kxprea! Altoona Aceoimiioiiation. i:24 S: lOtiS l.ll p. n Mall Kxprvan.. JohunUjwn Aorolu riKMlaUOQ... . V i fbiiadt-lphia Kiprm . . 7:11 Kaat I '"- lu-JO 'OM EF.SET MARKET UKfOKl J VKHl!(-Tt:U WtKKLT BY Cook & Beerits, Wednesday, ih t. 4,ISS'J t jxm bn Appleaj lrt-i, t vaporut4d . Apple liu it rr, per l )pjII. per S . frw.h kr,; per !b erwamery," per .. 2V k -Vi ..) looiv lsc IV 1U- DcwwaA i r wo . .country nam, pr 10 to IJr luirrcurrd haul, per to n-u aide, prr to . tui Bacon. -unouiuer, per to lo to it Beana. ?"" navy, per baa au- 1 Lima, per k-.. .v com-. fr L Tiv I ruustwl, per to. .. .toiv bbl . i ) o l.iV t- JJ to 4.Ur 1' Cornmeal, per a ' Ij.. .1 .- .. E-I.h l.b. fkbb! Dr TO to t! Til , " I V tii pcraitoiv- Honcy, white clover.per " iir I-ard. per to 7 io'lOr Lime, per bbl m MolaNtra, N. ., per fail. T. K Otnons, per bus LW to Potato., per bus V, Feacnea, evupo ruled, per to Ji'ui vv I S Y ner MJ Bait, lalO", V. bua aackiZZZZ-Z - i2 " , .,, rround alum. lau to aacicaZZ nna bu t m m uiapie, per K , im ported yellow, per . while, A. p-r to fruuuiau-tl. per to..ZZZ" Tube, or pulverUed, per to per If Hi in.nli, ru .... I Hutrar. Syrup. Stoneware, callou Tallow, per to ZZZ lueaar, per rH I tl I v - . uuniui7,prr mm ,, ,, ciover. per Dua " erimaon, pr bua Z 4.00 alfalfa, per baa .io Heed a. l - aisyae, per Dua . 7 50 Uillet, German, per bua l io f barley, white be ard leas, pe7"buL L.V I buckwheat, per bua t On .In i corn a helled, per bua to -Is 1 irKbu" i:t t- ' ft Feed i wheat, per buiZZZZZZZ bran, per 100 toa s corn and oat chop, per ho 'toa k" Sour, roller procena.ner bbl s m Flour, i v.," prjof pateui and fancy 1 ...a.. e. si . so M7S I Hour, lower srad. ne, H0toaiU35si . I Whlt ruir In) Middlings, i VT 1) ks ; . ptrluo toa ZZ Si CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltimore nd Ohio Railroad Somerset and Cambria Branch. HOITBWIIII. Johnstown Mall Fxpra ..-Rock wood n-10 . m Soinenet Il::i4, Stnrestown til)-. Hoot rnville iMi, Johnatown l.-w) p. m. .. " ... .I..,, It, i-Lt I K- -unirnw .-U.yKloWQO.-U7. llOOT- ' envlllxi'liL Jnhn.A.. ' "T 1 SOCTHWAJtO. Mall. Johnatown S:30a.tn.,Hoo-er--Ule!H9 Untfua1wit b-UO . ..... .. ' . 10: i. oumrre' nr. ttocxwuod j Exp . Johnstown a D. m Hoo-erci-:, uy town S:4, Huincraet liii Kock wood illi. Dally. F. D. CNDERWtmn. D. B. MARTIN SAKHM nejal M(.Bser. Paaaenger Truffle Manager. lo U)c 1.15 . 2' .rir t.S stoiue Je . .v iZZTZv .40 too. .8C ... 8 to ie 2U l 'tie .. . !- I Snyders Pharmacy. It requires a good selected stock aad a neatlv arrarivH EE - - j o oca '(Jr 5, vc are sure to hare it. You are always sure cf getting t; Optical Goods Call and hare your ejea te Truces Fitted. All of the best and most approved Tr kept ia stock. Satisfaction guaranteed. JOHN N. SNYDER Cr Drusrjjist, Louther's Drug Sto: Main Street, Somerset, Pa. This Uodel Drag Store is Rapidly B.c:mhg a& Favcrlt. with People in Search cf FRKSTT HAD . PURE . DRDW S.a laf- s w - - - - - r 't Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Sponges, Tm LoiMs FrBScriBtions And a Full Line of Optical Goods always on hand. From i large assortment all can be suited. TBE FISEST BBAHDS OF CIGA3S Always on hand. It ia always a pleasure to dispky cur : to intending purchasers, whether they buy from us or elsewhere. J. M. LOUTHER M. D. MAIN STREET - - SOMERSET. P; Somerset Lumber Yah ELIAS CUNNINGHAM, MAXUrACTTKIB AMD DKALXS ASD WHOLESALE A5D RETAILER 0T Lumber and Building Materials. Hard and Sott Wood Oak, Poplar, Sldlnge. Walnnt, Yellow Pine, Floorlnj;. Cberrj, Shingles, Doors. Lath, While Pine Blind, A fenei-1 Uaeof all rrali of Lumber and Building atertal and Rrr.D? - atock. Alao, can farslab anything In tbe line of oar baslneea toordrr wilb ma" ble promptness, aacha Eraeke A, odd-alzed;work Jl-U . Elias Cunningham, Office mod Yard Opposite S.cCB.1. Station, Fiftv-eight Years j o aok now letted the country over as the leading National Family Nel't,,-r- Recognizing its value b those who desire all the news of the State and 1I:" publishers of The Somehskt Hkkald, (your own favorite home paper; has' into an allinnee with "The New-York Tribune" which enables tuein tofure-- papers at the trilling coat of f-J 00 per year. t-very farmer and every villager owes to himself, to his family, and t0 l niunily in which he lives a cordial support of his local newspaper, as it ":S" stantly and untiringly f.-r bis interests in every way, brirgs to bi t n.f news and happetiingn of his neighborhood, the doings of bis friend, the and procpe-U for ditTerent crops, the prices in bctne iratketf, aid, ;n weekly visitor which should be found in every wide-awake, progr.sive uu-.- Just think of it! Both of these papers for only $i 00 a year. Send alt order, to THE HERALO. tOMCRttT. p. IT WILI PAT TOTJ TO BUY YOCB Jlemorlal Work or WM. F. SHAFFER, 803IF.RSKT, FEJfJTA. Manufatvirrr of and Dealer la Eaatrn Work FurnlanM oa Short Kotle unu in Himi toi Alao, Agent for the WHITE BRONZE ! Persona In need of Monument Wrk will Dnd U lo tbeir tnu-ivat lo eall at djt how wliere a p-uper ahowln. will be viveo them -Utiif i-uoi g iroteed to every esw at Fneea very low. i Invite special attention to WhiU Brie, Or Pure Zino Monumert. prolad by Rt. W. A. Ring. s a d-ldrd tmpnveiuent in the ixilnt f uu....... . rom.tructiou.and wblcb ladeatined Lo be the Vm, F. Shaffer. room to do a Irbk business. WE HAVE BOTH OF THEM. Pure Drugs C1 fre.-h and good condition- In the way of Procrrintinn ComPundIn we re I I UNjI 1 UL1U1I Anvthin? not ftiirf-rtijn l . i. . SOMKR3KT. Pa. Sitpporfvrfi, Toilet Ai-ticles, Perfumes, &c. THB DOCTOB BIVIS rkiuK'SAL ATTE5TIO.- TO THE COJIPOrsDINQ Of Family M ORkATCAKE BEISO TAKEW TO TS O.ILT FREHH ASD rCKE AKTICMS. SPECTACLES, EYE-GLASSES. PilllCir, SaL. Star Baw Balaters. Cbettim Aewel PoU, lie. NEARLY Old! It's a lorg life, tut devotion to & interevta ami pi-ferity of 'be A"r People has won for it new frienJs years rolled by and the original nifu:' it fatuity pamwl to their rewsril. admirera are loyal aud t-i.!lxt ith faith in it teaching", nrA --r: the information which it l-rii: homes and Srenides. A a natural mriefuence it fj"." ' old iue all tbe vitality and viof 'll-v atrensthened and ripened I y theeif of over half a century. It bas lived on its merit, and "B dial upxnit of pr.-grewive Au;el":, It is "The New-York Week.y T:-t- SCESTISi'S AS F21CTICALLTr0., Over 6CO Beautiful Designs, rZ . ' - V- . 1 h 1 OMUWtNTAL BR02J JJi.(. XlS. I ' if Mr-5