STATE ISSUES ARE BOLDLY MET State Treasurer Beacom Talks , About His 0ce Right L Among the People. XVEBT DOLLAR ACCOUTrTID TOR. Democrats Demoralized Over tit Frank ' Action of Republicans la Discu- ; gin2 tie State Issues. i in tne platform adopted at tne te publiran state convention It wai de clared: We favor an economical admin lstration of state affair and de mand the prompt settlement and collM'tion of all claims and taxes due by individuals, companies and corporations. We also favor tie prompt payment of school war rants drawn upon the treasurer, so that each district shall be paid as soon as the appropriation is needed and demand be made for the payment thereof. We believe in reducing the ex penses of the Judicial, executive and legislative branches of the state government to the minimum, so that the pubilc expenditure shall not exceed the annual revenues. It Is a source of gratification to re call that our state has never lost a dollar by leason of the negli gence, default or dishonesty of any of its accounting officers, and we especially commend the business like and efficient administration of the retiring state treasurer, James S. Beacom. Upon these two planks of the plat form the Republicans of Pennsylva nia are making an aggressive cabvaas. Colonel Barnett. the nominee for state treasurer, stands pledged to carry out the policy therein outlined. BEACOM ON THE 1SSCE& State Treasurer Beacom, In com menting upon the Important issues of the canvass, had this to say: 'During this campaign statements tiave appeared in the Democratic and sorehead newspapers that the Repub licans dare not go to the country this year on state issues; that we are afrid to discuss the management of the treasury department, and are endeav oring to throw dust in the eyes of the people by keeping up a hurrah on na tional questions. So far as I am per onally concerned I think the very strongest issue of the Republican party in this campaign is the management of the treasury department for the last 25 years under successive state treas urers." Mr. Beacom then entered into a minute explanation of how the money of the people is managed by the treas ury department: how it is collected, how it is cared for. and how it Is paid out. He showed that every cent of money paid Into the state treasury is traced to the hands of the treasurer, not only by the receipt of the treasurer, countersigned by the auditor general, but also by the detailed annual report cf the state treasurer, and by the books of the auditor general. It would be Impossible, he held, for a state treas urer to receive the smallest sum of money without the public knowing that he had so received it. Continuing, he said: "There Is some difference of opinion as to the best method of caring for public funds. A distinguished Pennsylvanlan argued in a speech made in Philadelphia during the last campaign that the money should be kept in the vaults of the treasury department and paid out over Its own counters. I do not pose as a great financier, but I believe I express to you the conviction of the best finan ciers of the world when I say that this would be a most primitive and vicious system. "Just now, when business is flourish ing and new enterprises are springing, up all around us. furnishing an un paralleled demand for money and la tor, the business world is confronted with the fact that several hundred millions of dollars are absolutely with drawn from the channels of business and stored up in the vaults of the Uni ted States sub-treasury, whence it can only come for the purpose of paying claims against the government Now, suppose every state treasurer and ev ery county treasurer for if good for one it is good for all should lock up the balances in their own valuta, what would be the result? Such an argu ment, reduced to its last analysis, me&ns that every man ought to carry his money in bis own pocket, and that tho whole banking system is an evil that ought to be abolished, which is to reduce the argument to such obvious absurdity that nothing more need be said about it to aa intelligent audi ence. "According to my humble view it is the right thing to keep ail the money of the country in the channels of busi ness, which Is the same thing as saying that it ought to be kept in the banks. In addition, it is an undeniable fact that the money of the people of this state has been so well safeguarded that the taxpayers have suffered abso lutely no loss whatever, and it will be time enough to talk about a change in the system when it is found that the present system cannot be continued with safety to the people." TREASURER BEACOM S POLICY. After entering into the financial con ditions of the slate and explaining the system of paying out the appropria tions to the public schools, he con Uned: "The policy of the treasury department since I have had charge of It has been to pay the appropriations where needed and when needed. As the pubilc funds are upon interest for j tne taxpayers at large while they re- I main in the state depositories, it has seemed to me to be good business to leave them there until they are need ed for the purposes for which they are appropriated. Of course, as soon as a school district actually needs its ap propriation it shculd Le paid, and I say that every school district In the state thathas ever made known to either the school department or the treasury department that it was in need of its appropriation has been promptly accommodated with either the whole amount due or as much, thereof as was necessary for its pur pose. This was the record made last year, and that is the record this year up to the present time. ALL THE BOOKS ARE OPEN. "Now. having explained how your money is collected, cared for and paid out. I will indulge in a few general re marks about the treasury department and Its critics. I notice that 'Farmer' Creasy is traveling about the sute telling the people how anxious he is to get into the treasury department and take the lid off. He is making the bolJest assertions about official rot tenness and corruption and holding forth the idea that the people can be only relieved from their thraldom by his election as state t.reasurer. This is me merest political twaddle. The rec- ords of the treasury department are ui oi uis AmmnHVoaltli V... lwk . ' comiaonweaiLn nau a ngnt to come there and examine every book and paper in the department, and no man since I have been treasurer has beea refused access to anything that is In the office. "If 'Farmer' Creasy Is as honest as he pretends to be why does he not come to the treasury department and 'lift the lid.' as he calls It, and flnl out what is wrong and tell the people in plain English what It is that is rot ten and corrupt? "Farmer' Creisy's Ftatements about the treasury depart ment and its management show either lamentable ignorance or a willful dla position to misstate facta, and in either case be la not the best man to be se lected for the office. EFFORT TO DECEIVE DISHONEST. "The whole effort to deceive the people into the belief that there is something concealed about the treas ury department Is simply bold dis honesty. I have stood upon the plat form time after time since I have takes charge of the treasury depart- j meat and have asked the people before ! whom I was talking to come to the ' treasury department themselves if they were so disposed, or to appoint ' experts to examine everything in it and tUo"jt It. and satisfy themselves as to whether there was anything there that would not bear public inspection. This whole talk about the treasury depart ment is for political purpose solely and absolutely and is a wrong to the peo ple of the commonwealth. "Creasy and his band of orators are going over the sute telling the peo ple that if Creasy is elected state treasurer he will pay out $5,600,000 every year of the public schools, not withstanding the governor's veto. It is hard to believe absurdity could reach such a climax. How does be expect to go over to the school department, take the superintendent by the neck and ixmpel blm to sign warrants? And if he gets the warrants signed there will he go to the auditor general's de partment, and at the point of the bay onet compel the auditor general to countersign the warrants? "Orators on the Stump are endeavor ing to create a belief that the public funds are loaned out from the state treasury. This is not only not true, but it is not possible that any such thing could be done without the public knowing it- A monthly statement la published by the state treasurer, giv ing out the amount of the balance la the department and naming the banks In which the money is deposited, and It would be simply Impossible for the money to be any place else without immediate detection. NOT A DOLLAR LOST. "It should be a matter of pride for you to consider that for more than 30 of 35 years the officials of your party have managed the treasury de partment without the loss of a single dollar to the taxpayers of the state, and that your party through its repre sentatives has passed laws so hedging the state officials about as to make it almost impossible for the taxpayers to suffer injury. "The worst that has been said of the treasury Is that some banks which had the state moneys on deposit some times lend their money to politicians. I would remind you that when the state treasurer places pubilc funds in a bank they become the funds of the bank and are no longer public funds, no more than ycur private funds placed in a bank remain yours after they have been deposited. When you make a de posit in a bank you have no power to say what use it shall make of the money. The banker gets the money to lend and not to look at. He is re quired to pay interest on it and he must use it, and the state treasurer has no right to say to him what use he shall make of it. "In this Republican year, when the glories of Republican legislation are sounding in the hum of industry and . business prosperity, there can be no reason why a Republican should not j vote th Republican ticket unless the candidates are clearly unfitted for the ' duties of the offices which they seek. I have known the candidate for state treasurer. Colonel James E. Barnett, I for 20 years, and I have never heard his honerty and integrity questioned by friend or foe. If he is honest and capable, which seems to be generally - admitted, then you can depend upon It that he and nobody else will run the treasury department. POLITICIANS NEVER INTERFERED i "I want to say right here and now that if you have any fault to find with the present management of the public funds you need not abuse the Republl- ; can party or the politicians on that ac- j count. In fairness to all parties I am compelled to say that I have never been interfered with In any way. For whatever has been or Is being done I am solely and entirely responsible and ought to bear personally whatever Just criticisms can be made. "1 believe I can say that after May 1. 1900. Colonel Barnett wUl run the treasury department, and he alone, and not only our candidate for state treas urer, but every man on the Republi can ticket will be elected by majorities only measured by the percentage of voters that will find time from these busy, prosperous. Republican days to go tc the polls." Ilia Saaake la tke Dark. "I am convinced cf the truth of the old theory that the pleasure of smok ing resides more largely In the taste than It does In the sight," said a busi ness man of this city who recently underwent a minor operation for gran ulated eyelids. "I bad to sit for three days In total darkness, and, being a confirmed smoker. I longed for the solace of a cigar. The first difficulty I encountered wan In getting a light, and I wouldn't confess my helplessness until I had burned off half my mus tache. Then 1 let my wife hold the match, but I kept complaining that the tobacco wouldn't Ignite. My wife would assure me that it was burning like a furuace, but I couldn't taste a thing. "One of the main pleasures of the habit, although we don't realize It, is to exhale the smoke gently and watch It curl up Into the air. I caught myself straining after that sight a hundred times, and there was an overwhelming sense of something missing. ' Except when I inhaled the smoke it was abso lutely imioslble to tell whether the cigar was gclng. so 1 got some ciga rettes and Inhaled every one. But It was a poor substitute.. I felt Instinc tively that I was getting only a morsel or the old delight. "When they took off the bandage, I grabbed my pipe with an aridity that surprised the entire household. 1 have been trying to catch up ever Blnce." New Orleans Tlmes-r-emocrat. Straek fcr lk tratem. A peddler the other day found him self In an office building occupied wholly by lawyers." He went op to the first flat looking for a customer. but he found all the doors locked. Then he went up to the second flat, and there he found everybody absent, and so at last he went to the top flat. Here he espied an open door. and. looking In, saw a tuan busy writing at his desk. The peddler began telling of his wares, but the lawyer interrupted with. "No, 1 don't want any." Still the peddler continued, and again the lawyer pro tested. "I tell you I don't want any thing. Get outT But the peddler per sisted so that the lawyer, thoroughly angry, quickly arose and threw the In truder down the stairs. Just as be landed the lawyer's part ner appeared, and. taking It for grant ed that there was good reason for sut-u action, he seized the poor- man aud threw him down the next flight. Strange enough, the Janitor of the building saw the secood landing of the peddler, and the fact that be was a peddler was enough to cause him to seize the victim and throw him down the final flight of stairs. Ilere the un fortunate man picked himself up. and. rubbing his bruises, observed. "WelL this is the first visit I hare made to fill 1 . 1 1 " 1. 1 j 1 1 . n.l t ... ,.a I .............. .wa uiiiai I Ut-J ilC got a periect system.- LK-trolt Free Press. Tke Parrorl. Mead. Down the village street, getting one root before the other with a couibina- ...... .... tion of a jerk and a draz. shriveled, tremulous figure. "See him?" a villager inquired of Hie summer resident, polutlug a shoulder at the shambling figure. "That's a paregoric fiend. He swallows more paregoric than ail the babies in the Tillage put together, llow'd he gel in the way of taking the stuff? Well, you know, there's some old women In our town that think paregoric good for all manner of things tint's the matter with yonr Insidea, an when dad.lv had pains from eating too much his Ji? tT h"nw,,b Paregoric, an the I auot uim tuuiN ue coutun t get I- on without It, He's worse'n a drunk ard now. an 7ou can't get within ten j feet of him without smellia the stuff. n had a stroke a spell back, an the doctors tried to scare bias about oslng paregoric, but It wasn't no use. He'll j never stop now til! he stops breath- tag. Exchange. Illatrate Starlea. Rnii rnKn rw. . wiKp-Nen or my profession are very good story tellers. Customer lea, and they usually U Just rate their stories with cuts. Cin cinnati Enquirer. . ALL LINING UP. .Republican Journalifitio Corps Ar rayed Againtt Democracy. DISCUSSLKQ THE ISSUES. Intelligent Consideration cf Grave Questions That Concern the Welfare of the Peo ple of This Commas wealth. "On Tuesday. Nov. 7, Pennsylvania will go to the polls.' says the Phila delphia Inquirer. "The Republican party presents a ticket that it la proud of. The Democrats say that the Issue is purely locaL Very well, be it so. Can the Republican ticket be matched? "There is Hay Brown for Judge of the supreme court. He is known In every county. Is there a word to be said against him? "There is James E. Barnett, the gal lant commander of the fighting Tenth regiment, the candidate for state treas urer. Has any one dared to bring a charge against him? Yes. He Is a Re publican and a soldier. That Is his crime. And so they place against him William T. Creasy, who is neither a Republican nor a soldier, and they say of Creasy what? Why, he is honest. He may be. He undoubtedly Is. But no one yet has dared even to breathe a suspicion of the honesty of Colonel Barnett. And there Is John L Mitchell for su perior court Judge. We fancy that there is not even an "insurgent" who would care to assail Judge Mitchell. His life has been an open book. He was raised on a farm, taught school, studied law. was three years district attorney of Tioga county, went to war for a year, was five years in the legis lature, served four years in the nation al house of representatives, was for aix years United States senator, and for the past ten years has been president Judge of the court of common pleas of Tioga county. He was re-elected last November. Where is the man who is going to say that Judge Mitchell is not worthy of a seat on the bench of the superior court. "If there is a Republican who can not vote that ticket he ought to be ashamed of his association with the Republican party. "Pennsylvania will be expected to fall into line with the states that believe in prosperity, patriotism and peace, and support McKinley. There can be no question of the loyalty of Pennsyl vania. This great state will elect Brown and Mitchell and it will prefer Barnett, the man who fought Spain and Agulnaldo, to Creasy, who fights for Agulnaldo by opposing those who gave battle to him." "ONLY A LOCAL ISSUE." Vot For Creaay and Give Asalaaldo A Lin. "'Only a local issue.' cries Mr. Creasy, Democratic candidate for state treasurer in Pennsylvania," says the Philadelphia Inquirer. " 'We should pray to God that the Democratic party may win.' proclaims Agulnaldo to his insurgents. " 'Only a local issue.' Indeed! "In every state in the Union where an election is to be held Agulnaldo is arrayed against the McKinley ad ministration. " 'We must show our gratitude to the Democrats.' declares Agulnaldo, 'pray that they may win. I "Mr. Creasy has found a powerful ally in Agulnaldo, and the party cf Agulnaldo and Creasy is expected to go to the polls and support the alll 1 a nee and Republicans are expected by Cuffey and Creasy to aid in the work. "By all means vote for Creasy and Agulnaldo. It is 'only a local Issue.' " What Hrotectlou Has Done. "A protective tariff, despite the claims of Democratic statesmen during a recent session of congress." says the Greensburg Press, "has not reduced our markets, and we are selling to the outside world a million dollars' worth of msnufactures every day in the year. Secretary of State Hay. who Is es pecially able to speak with accuracy, says in the connection: "We have gone far toward solving the problem which had so long vexed the economists of the world of raising wages and at the same time lowering the cost of produc tion something which no other people have accomplished in an equal degree. We pay the highest wages which are paid In the world. We sell oar goods to such an advantage that we are be ginning to furnish them to every quar ter of the globe. We are building loco motives for railways in Europe. Asia and Africa; our bridges can he built in America, ferried across the Atlan tic, transported op the Nile, and flung across a liver In the Soudan in less time thar. any European nation with a start of 4,000 miles can do the work. We seH ironware in . Birmingham; car pete in Kidderminster; we pipe the sew en of Scotusn cities; our Dicycies distance all competitors on the con tinent, and Ohio sends watch cases to Ge&eva.' " FUN FOR THE BIRD. new a Rem Tirafilrl aa Paa- laked a Greedy Pi Dc The greediest an! most coocelted pug that ever lived, according to his owner, was Suto. The sight f anything eat ing (except himself) was agony to him. A large raven was kept In a cage in the garden of Suto's owner a raven gifted with sardonic cunning and love of mischief. The pug was the butt of his malicious humor. Daily at 3 o'clock the raven was given a lump of steak, and Suto would always be hovering about at the time he hovered near everything eatable. The raven knew his shameful greed! uess and made fine sport of It. At first Suto, though In torments of gluttony, would feign Indifference. The raven would put the stake, close against the wires, and Suto's agony would get past bearing. Then the raven retired with a chuckle. At this all Suto's self con trol was gone, and he plunged at the wires In a mad attempt to snatch the meat Of course the thing was hopeless; his blunt nose could never penetrate the wire netting. But the raven's beak could. Instantly the bird would swoop on him and drive In one on that greedy pug's nose. With that Suto would bnrl himself furiously at the raven hope lessly ever, for he could never touch the tormentor. The tormentor, in fact, daneed and Jumped in an ecstasy of delight, driving In dig after dig at the dog's unhappy countenance and get ting well home at every dig. till at last poor Suto retired, pecked and beaten. Then the raven, happy and content, his appetite well whetted, swallowed his steak at one gulp, while Suto bid behind a tree or anything else opaque, that he might not have the pain of wit nessing the operation. Day after day the performance was repeated In every detail, and the dog must bare known what would happen every time, but his master passion of gluttony was too strong for him he could not keep bis nose away from that meat Chicago News. Daaaestla tareasaa. He (at breakfast) XI dear, ths m. per says there was onlte a fire in un block early this morning. It la sup posed to have been the work of an in. cendlary. She Well, don't let a little thin like that worry you. He Why. what do yon meant She Nobody will ever v-n ran f building it. Chicago News. A Perfect! y Katai-al Cjaaallaa. "Pat," said his young wife. "I wish yon wouldn't put yonr knife In your mouth when yon eat.' "An ph were would yea bev me put It." add Pat In astonishment, "la me eyes?" Harper's Bazar. Flowers are the terrestrial stars that bring down heaven to earth and carry up our thoughts from earth to heaven, the poetry of the Creator written in beauty and fragrance. POET BURNS AS A PUGILIST. a ! SaTfalr of Hia Flsktlag AkUlty Owee la tklur. A part of the Masonic altar that once brought the Scottish bard, Robert Burns, In dire disgrace, before his lodge is now In the potisesston of a Chicago woman, Mrs. W. F. Funcb of (350 Sidney avenue, and Is treasured by her as a family heirloom. Mrs. Punch Is by birth a Canadian of Scotch origin. In the days when her grandfather. George MacRae. was young he attended the same lodge as did Bobble Burns and was one of the llclits" of the town. One night before lodge meeting the poet and MacIUe sat long together Bouxtng at lbs aappy, A ad guiita foa and nsoo happy. And then ana In arm they sauntered slowly to tho room where the Masons were wont to assemble. All would nave gone well had not Bums desired to show his Masonic brethren how good a pugilist he was, and be let go a heavy undercut at Mac Rae, arousing the hitter's flghtlug blood, and the bout began, which re sulted In MacRae being felled to the floor aud Bobble Burns throwing the four legged altar, or stand, at blm as he attempted to rise. - Luckily he missed blm aim. and the stand struck violently against the wall, shattering completely one of the legs. At the following meeting the two friends were brought before the order for trial A One was imposed on tbem. and they were made to replace the al tar. The broken one was thrown out. aud as MacRae went borne be carried the stand with him. It is about two feet high and Is of a style out of use today In the Masonic order. It has since been preserved in the family as an heirloom. Chicago Tribune. HE WAS A MASON. Tet tke Cafeella- laser Oaard Gave Hla tie Grui Uifk, A well known Chicago publisher, speaking of scenes and incidents In that city In the trying days after the big fire, suld: "The great fire was a thing of the recent past and the down town portion of the city a scene of the greatest confusion. About 0 o'clock In the evening, while on my way to my home In the west division. I was ac costed by a man of respectable appear ance, who asked me to give him the price of a lodging. " 'I'm not a beggar.' said he. tut I'm In bard luck. A man told me that some Masons were In session over this way. If I could find them, I'd be all right' "I hnpiien to know a lodgeroom on Canal street, where there Is a meeting tonight.' said I. "Come along. I'll take you there.' "Tli? place reached. I conducted him op a long flight of stairs and knocked at a door. " 'I'm not a Mason,' said I to a man who seemed to be acting In the ca pacity of a guard. bnt I've run across one of your fraternity who seems to be In bard luck. I take It you'll be glad to do something for him. "Congratulating myself on having done a good act. I pushed my chance acquaintance forward and retreated toward the stairway. A whispered con versation ensued, when the guard ex claimed: " 'You're not a Freemasonf "No replied my late charge, "but I m a stone mason out of a Job "The roar of laughter that Issued from the half open door made me wish myself a Mason. As It was. I hur riedly quitted the place." Chicago Chroulcle. Be Saw Her Baaae. On a rainy afternoon not long ago one of the pretty young matrons of Connecticut avenue left the car from which she bad ridden up town and darted through the drizzle toward her home, a few doors from the corner. She had no umbrella. A Willie of the char acteristic type, who was riding In the same car, noticed that she had no um brella. He was right after her with his own umbrella up and extended. "May I see you home, miss?" he In quired langulshingly, stepping up alongside of her. She turned to hun with a dazzling smile. "Certainly." she replied. "Watch me." And she ran up the steps of her home and entered the vestibule door without looking back. "The rude thlngf" muttered the Wil lie, blushing to the roots of Its wavy hair, as Laura Jean would say. and then It took the next car. Washington Tost. THE INTERMEZZO." Tbe Urbt ebooe eolt oa my ewe, Witk yam riolia pmxa le your rfaia. And u the roeat was tiled witk each tarobbiaf Tha acffvU aitand crowding la Tbe inter mm in. ee eoft and awccC That It drrw from my tyt9 'be tears, Aa. the ecno atiU, a faint and left, I catca e'er the apace of ynn. Too ore a g-ow-a eo pure and white. At roue throat a gitaipee of bine. And tbe etus euuide. the eyea uf Bicnt. Stnaed tookinc la at jou. Tour ana amvrd atowljr ap and dowa ae each thfobbtac trine foe prean-d. And I earicd at that riolia browa Ite prrrioue place ef feat. Each Bate erne plajred aa pure, eo true. But fu!l ef at-rrow. g-rrat and wild. And. pnj. whet (ricf had coane le yoa. Thra at-arnel-r awjre thaa a little child T Twee the mattc grief that alueic bring Froa a trioliu'e wail la aa oruaa'e roll; Twee that which tmablid aa tbaae atriage And ytmm i) true thraa tc aijr lut'aiag avwL I en earrlrd bark to that alght. whra I hear The Are Maria." aa mrt Bad alow. And my Been beau fact tor 70a. my dear, Aa U did that Bight, aa loag age. Dvtrait free Pnaa, TEACHING DOGS TRICKS. Oae That Weald BeAaailig If Trie I pea Yeareclf. Although it Is by no means an nn comtuoa thing to see dogs throw som erset after somerset In stage perform ances. It is a somewhat remarkable faet that few people know bow such animals can be taught such a difficult feat. Ask a friend bow be thinks a dog can be initiated Into tbe mysteries of som erset throwing, and yon will receive some very curious suggestions. As there Is more "ban one way of cooking a goose, so there is more than one method of teaching a dog to throw somersets. But tbe most practical and thorough manner Is to fasten a cord around tbe body of tbe animal, close to the fore legs, and two people should hold the ends of the cord on either side of the unfortunate dog. A third party, armed with a stout rope, takes a posi tion Immediately in front of tbe canine acroliat and. with a measured and masterly stroke, flogs the floor at close quarters to tbe dog's nose. At each stroke of the rope the dog springs backwsrd. and that movement la the trainer's golden opportunity. As the dog springs backward the rope passing under Its body Is Jerked up ward, and. although tbe first few at tempts may prove futile, the somerset Is acquired In course of time. Aa Intel ligent dog soon sickens of this order of things and throws somersets without the assistance of ropes. For the sake of your dog In particu lar and your patience and future wet fare In general, we do not commend yoa to teaching your dog to turn som ersets. If. however, you think there Is no harm In It. just get a few friends to put yon through the exercise and see bow yon like II It will prove im mensely amusing for your friends. Ext-bange. The basin of tbe 8t Lawrence river covers 30,000 square miles, of which 400.000 are In Caoada. As employer of Gentian olob. that fhey work 20 per cent slower than Etg-fisb ones. AN UNCANNY STORY. ORIGIN OF THE "&OULLES3 MONSTER OF FRANKENSTEIN." Tke lafereatlas Bleterr Tlaae Hewel That la Oftaa Aliased ta la Llteratare eaa at Wanes aet ed laeerrertlr. Everybody, or nearly everybody, has heard of the novel of "Frankenstein, though It Is not probable that ma ay persons read It nowadays. There are so many allusions to It In our litera ture, however, that one absorbs soma ort of a uotlon of It ao that be can not help knowing that It Is a weird and ghastly story about a monster, but whether or not Frankenstein Is the monster even well Informed people do not. always know, showing that they never read tbe story. Sometimes we bear allusions to "Frankenstein's monster," as In one of Charles Sumner's orations, where he speaks of the "soulless monster of Frankenstein, the wretched creation of mortal science without God." and sometimes the reference Is to Frank enstein only, as If be were the mon ster. Of course Sumner, who was very particular In bis use of figures of speech, was right When Mrs. IXland. In her One novel of "Sidney." makes Major Ie say that "Christianity la a Frankenstein." she suffers the major to talk nonsebsc. The story of this weird novel snd the circumstances under which It came to be written are decidedly Interesting and may be told In a few words. The facts are as follows: In IS10 Mary Godwin, afterward Mrs. Shelley, eloped with Shelley, and they took i:p their residence near Ge neva, In Switzerland. They bad Lord Byron for a neighbor, and the three passed much time together. Their con versation frequently ran on the occult and the mysterious, and Byron one day proposed that each should write a ghost story. All agreed and went to work, but It was not long before tbe two poets gave It up as a boeleM task. They could write poetry, but they could not write stories. Mary persevered and completed her tale In the spring of 1S17. When By ron and Shelley heard It read, they were surprised and delighted. It was bound to be the novel of the century! The name of It was "Frankenstein; or. The Modern Prometheus." It was Im mediately sent to London for publica tion and met with a great success. Frankenstein is a Swiss youth, a student at the University of ingol stadt. deeply Interested In the study of chemistry and natural philosophy. lie resolves to penetrate tbe mysteries of life and death and wrest from nature the secret of creation. After prolong ed study be succeeds and discovers how to Impart movement and anima tion to lifeless matter. lie then resolves to mold a colossal man. making him beautiful In form and feature and Imbue him with life. He carries on his work In a studio far from the habitations of man. labors long and secretly, and at last the work Is completed. There In tbe great room lies the form and semblance of a hu man being, perfect In all his propor tions. Frankenstein relates the story: "It was on a dready night In Novem ber thai I beheld the accomplishment of my tolls. With an anxiety that al most amounted to agony I collected the Instruments of life around me that I mlirbt Infuse a spark of being Into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet "It was already 1 o'clock In the morning. The rain pattered dismally against the window panes, and my candle was nearly burned out. when, by tbe glimmer of the half extinguish ed light. I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open. It breathed hard. and a convulsive motion agitated Its limbs." ' Slowly tbe Immense creature arose, and the artist, frightened at his own work, fled away. Then he returns to find his creation possessed of life and every attribute of humanity except a souL Nowhere can It find human sym pathy. It Is out of harmony with all things about It, and after searching tbe world In pursuit of happiness It returns again to Frankenstein and de mands that be make a companion with whom It era live In sympathy and love. Frankenstein declines, and thence forth tbe monster pursues blm with hatred and revenge. It slays bis broth ers and sister, bis friend and bis bride. It follows him to Russia, to Siberia and Intc the Arctic ocean, and there creature and artist perish together. It is a most uncanny story to read o' nights. Sir Walter Scott reviewed tbe novit In The Quarterly, but while admitting Its power confessed be did not like IL "Our taste and our Judgment revolt at this kind of writing." All tbe critics agreed as to Its daring originality. Chicago l ost. CURED BY LEOPARDS. Tke Dries; Maa Seddealr Reeaveredl Uia Uealtk aad Speed. In "Lumsden of the Guides" there is an Interesting story, says the London Chronicle, of the rescue by Lieutenant Teyton of her majesty's Eigbty-sev entn of a young Pa than who had fallen into tbe Kabul river. Tbe lad's father, In his gratitude, came down from his home In Independent Territory, and as a thank offering presented Feyton with two young leopard cubs. Peyton, be ing an executive engineer and con stantly on the move, could make no home for them and gave them to Lumsden, who himself told me what follows, and It seems to me worth pre serving, as leopards seldom have an opportunity of assisting In a criminal investigation. Tbe animals were Uk young to be dangerous and were al lowed their liberty. One day Lumsden was holding his court In Yusufzal when In the middle of a case there was an uproar, and the two aides In an affray case poured Into the court, and, as always happens, each side accused the other of being entire ly In fault. One party, to Improve Its case, brought a dying man on a native bed. A blood stalued sheet was remov ed, showing a much belabored man. who appeared to be at the last gasp. Lumsden had tbe bed put down In Court and went on with the Interrupted case. Just then the young leopards sauntered In. probably attracted by the scent of blood, and. moving gently around the court, approached the bed and began sulOiug at the wounded man. who, miraculously recovered, Jumped from tbe bed and fled rapidly. Made Far tke Plaee. While traveling In a coal mine dis trict, says Dr. Cuyler. I noticed bow vesy dingy tbe town appeared. The coal dust seemed to blacken buildings. trees, shrubs, everything, but as a foreman and I were walking near tb mines 1 noticed a beautiful white flow er. Its petals were as pure as If it were blooming In a daisy field. "What care the owner of this plant must take of It," said I, "to keep It so free from dust and dirt!" "See here." said tbe foreman, and taking up a handful of coal dust threw It over the flower. It Immediately fell off and left tbe flower as stainless as before. 'H baa an enamel." tbe foreman ex plained, "which prevents any dust from clinging to It. I think It must have been created for Just such a place." Fatal SSrrer. 'N. Peck's wife leads him a rather merry gate, I fancy." h. yes. When be was conrtlnr he be told ber one day she looked pretty when she was angry. And now It has got to te a BabIt"-Ind!ananolls Jocr- Bsi. Ugeade ef the Apple. The apple enters more largely Into folklore and legend than almost any other fruit. "In England there was of old a peculiar dance In honor of the apple tree, and various songs were sung and bowls of elder emptleJ to se cure a good apple harvest from the fatea. In Germany tbe girls "snap ap ple seeds" on New Year's eve to see from which direction a lover I com ing. In Austria a girl cuts an apple In two at one blow and counts the seeds. If there sre as many In one half as in the other, she will marry. dd. she will be ao old maid, ir a aeed Is cut In two, she will quarrel with ber husband and be separated from hlm.-IlttBburg Dispatch. Kut Real Ceeat, MjrteWby do you think the count Is a fraud? UloeBerauRe of the way he acted when I showed hi in the paper contain ing an account of papa'a failure. Myrtle What did be do? Break the engagement? Alice No. He threw bis arms around me and said. "Never mind, darling: you and I can be happy as long as we are left to each other, no matter whether we have money or not" Chicago Times-Herald. It llaa Deea getleee. "There's a rather queer thing that I have noticed alout people who follow the profession of letters." "What's that?" "The man who writes Just to keep the pot boiling Is noi the one who pro duces tbe hottest stuff." Chlcajo Times-Herald. Dean Swift, when Invited to dinner by his friend. Lord Bolingbroke. was shown tbe dinner bill as an Induce ment to accept and replied. "A tig for jour bill of fare; show me your bill of eomnanv." HO MAKESHIFT. la This Case the Work wj Properly Done. Any reader who bat bad backache and found relief by rubting the back with liniments and lotions, understands that the relief obtained an but a makeshift, for the ache return. Therj's a way to do it so the sche will not come back. Read bow it's done. The Rev. Daniel Ely, of 496 East Washington street, Chambersburg, Fa., says -" For a number of years at inter vals I had dull acbing in the small of my back, and slight urinary irregulari ties. My physician diagno ed my case, called it bladder trouble, and at the time benefitted me somewhat, bat not perma nently. In addition to kidney complaint, I bad stomach trouble, the symtotns being akin to dyspepsia. Doan's Kidney Pills removed tbe pain in my back, corrected the kidney secretions, and in a measure helped my stomach trouble. There is one fact about Doan's Kidney Pills worth pointing out. They act directly on the kidneys aud the auxiliary organs. I have every confidence in them or I would not have recommended them to others who suffered from inactive or overexcited kid neys. It is a p'eajnre to me to endorse a preparation which will do what it rep resents. " Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers; price 50 ce its a box. Mailed on receipt of price by Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.. sole ag -nts for the U. S. Remember tbe name, Doan's, and take no substitute. ENNBYLVANIA RAILROAD. IN EFFECT JUNE 27, 1893. OOSSKKSKn SCBKBtTLa. Trains arrive and depart from the station JohnalowD as follows : Western TTpn aa Bouthweaieru Expreaa JohnalowD Accommodation.. JobDMtown AooommodatiooM Paelfle Kxpreaa. Way ! nyr . PitUDUIf pmm 4:53 a. m. UI " :5J " 9:10 " a " . Kio p. m. 4 ;a - 5c -II " tr-i5 - man.. Faat Line John Iowa Accommodation.. SASTWAnn. Atlantic Exoreaa.. Sea-abor Expreaa... : 1 - S.-J4 -10:15 Altoona Accommodation.. lay Expreaa.. Main Line Expreaa-, Altoona AecomiuodaUoa. 1 4 1 30 7:11 ..1030 p. m Mail Expreaa.. Johnatnwn Aeoominodatton. Philadelphia Kxpreae. QOMERSET MARKET RJiPOKT O COBSBCTKO VltILT BY Cook & Beerits, Wednetdoy, Oct. 4,1899. (pel bo S-aV (dried. ivapuraiea a Apple Butur.per (al ( roll, per a Butter. freab (-' per t (creamery, per B. 13c 0 toSOr lie 1 20e onawu urr m J iujcr cured ham, per t . r mi ill r. nam ru. Bacon. lids- ir as. Shoulder, per -10 to He Coffee, i IT!?' r'A- 1 n.. .t 10 to 12c Cement I nmorland, per bbl- 11 .00 to LiO 1 Portland, per bbl fcljo to 4.0r rorniW, jvr a ruh. Uke herriiif . f & P Honey, white clover.per a a)e j.u, y. 7 to Uc Lime, per bbl -- N ri UI 7 On loo a, per but On . to to . K- vua.. S5 reacnea, evaporated, per B stolOe 1-ninea.per a to loo Der I V fc.1.1 PlUaburf, per bbl 1.I5 BsJt. L-ajr UJ7' N b2 sackaIIZ ST M J. 5oe l.OU rroand alara. lis) a aac k aTlL"" iim maple, per fc to 10 a imported yellow, per ft be white A. per ft 5",-Se granulated per ft Cobe. or pulverised, per ft per rai ilC tllaV tile rvaa ara 1 t a a- Bngar. Byrup. fttoneware, railuo ikiiuw, ptr m 1 t,, v, viaes-ar. pervai Ju mtie .. .u,tl-, uua r JijU clover, per baa . . , ,4 " ciimaoo, per bua 00 alfalfa, per baa SO Seeds. Millet, Oerman, bu.L" IZIZ Z iZ.ZiX. . DrV"'eea, per boa. l.SJ backwTHwt, per bin -, corn Bhetled, per baa is to 4sc oata,perboa a to rye, per boa 3 wheat, per boa Kle braa, per 100 fta corn and oata chop, per 100 ftaftie Grata A Teed - - K, K- 1W floor, roller proreaa,per bbl Floor. .Hrua; paieoi. ana fancy hl.H .rail. . . - . - - ----- 7 - r d m.7 I Hoar, lowercrad pat lS)ftaUHI,w) v ."-- rmuw par 41 Mlddllnra. 1 wh,'. Pr U .. I red. par 109 fta & CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltimors and Ohio Railroad. Somerset and Cambria Branch. omviiiv Johnstown Mall Expiaa.-Rorkwonl 11 10 a. ET1- H. 1 TTW. rail li-u . . i . . . ,T errvw .a, John town UOO p. m. Johnatowa AceommodaUon. Bock wood 5c IS t . """"i i ioyeatownu7. Ham. rviUeSils, Jobnnown lita. SOUTH WASO. Mat!. Jnhnatow-n 1:30 a.m..HooTeriv11l felt likji oomatwi u3 stock wood a.-. Htovealown 1:21. Mrr.. a.; r T wood fcia. " " ' Imily. . F MARTIN 0-njal U.n.. 1A a'JL' l.k- tote ON TOE FIRING LINE. Stalwart Eepnfclicaa Editors in the Pennsylvania Campaign. EOT SHOT FOB THE ENEUY. I key Ui tke Aflvsnes Foe tfcs Battls it u BaUdts oa Tsssdsr, November 7. Tfcs control of tbs Democratic party. In tbs national and stats organisations, aaya ths Clt!n Prssa. of Franklin. Pa.. is in ths hands of ths dlsrsputabls and anarchistic slsment. which la placlnf ths honsst. InwllUent and patr otic Democrats in a falss position, so long as thy silently permit their names to bs used ss the supports of the Pjafurms erected and the policy expressed by tne ftltgelds. Cry sns and other "t" men" who assume to speak for the par ty However, one by one of the here tofore prominent Democrats are pisc ine themselves on record as opposed to the copperheadlsm which Is manifest ed by the rabid leaders of the party snd will emphasiw their protests by voting the Republican ticket In No vember, hoping by such action to rele gate to the rear the wild eye repudia tlonlsts now In control, and thereby save the party organlxation for the future. This course seems to be the only one open for them to pursue at this time and maintain their self re spect. Ex-Oovernor Pattlson. of this state, is the latest to repudiate the policy lal-l down for the government of the party by Altgeld and Bryan, points out thst patriotism Is higher than party. "My duty as an American citizen." says be. "commands my support of the country's president at this Juncture. When the president said In his PltUburg speech that the Philippines were Just ss much A merles a soil as were Texas and Alaska he spoke the truth. The Islands are ours by title of treaty, and we have no title to Louisiana or Alaska except that confirmed by treaty. As they are ours, we are bound to see them paci fied, to set op law and order In their midst." This Is the solemn fact, and people who throw obstacles In the way of the pacification of tbe Philippines are aid ing and abetting the rebellion, and those Democrats who are of the same opinion should show their patriotism by voting the Republican ticket this fall. It Is the on'y wsy to make them selves effective. Votes count. A REPUBLICAN TEAR. "This ought to be an easy year for Republican success. It does not re quire oral or written argument to In duce men to vote the Republican ticket." says the Everett (Pa.) Press. "Argument and appeals fall on listless ears In ths face of well known facts. When free trsders cry out that the tariff robs yon. -ths laborer answers with a shrug. 'Well, under your free trade we had no work and nothing of which to be robbed. Now. under pro tection, work Is plenty, wages sre good.orat least good in comparison with Democratic times, and we have plenty to eat. clothes to wear, and can send ur children to school.' The tramp days of Democratic ascendency are over. When they tell you that free illver will bring greater prosperity, the answer is. well let well enough alone you have fooled na already too often to our sorrow; we will wax.t more than theories now to indues ns to leave tbe tarty under whose sway we have re ceived and are enjoying the present rood things. No Mr. Democracy for us. FARMERS AND THE TARIFF. "The American farmers should be pretty well satisfied with the new tariff law," remarks the Wlikesbarre Times. "Here is the official record of the exportation of leading farm pro ducts in the last year of the Dlngley law. compared with those of the last year of the Wilson law: AVUaon Law. Dinrley Law. Flecal Fiscal Tear 1SST. Tear ISM. Breadstuff's all. Wheat Flour Corn, bushels... Oata. bushala... Rye. bushels tl7.R7.n M.K0.17S &.14.24T IT SM.XS SS.IM.T3S 1.560.771 tn.6 1 04. IS 73.093.K7t 174.CW.(.4 10.140.87t Oatmeal, pounds.. 47.310 151 JTovlaiona US.C2.73S Live anlmala 43. MS. 441 Cotton, bales M7t.3S Cottonseed oil. caL t7.lH.U2 M.04!.30r. 175.S6X.tU. 17.Vl0.91i 7.3T3.1S. M.er7.a: TAnd this is the sort of prospertt the Democrats condemned at their last county convention." DONT FORGET THE DATE. Free trade and soup bouses. Pro tection and prosperity. We had th first ender Democratic rule and pros perity came with Republican success. says the Franklin (Pa.) Citixen-Press "Vote to continue the latter party It power, on Tuesday. Nov. 7. Don't for get the date." THE STATE ISSUES A Good Mia to Administer the Office of Stats Trtsmrrr. "Republicans are not afraid to tak np the state issues or to discuss tht necessity for Governor Stone's act loo In cutting down the most liberal Iten In the budget so as to make expendi tures la income balance each other.' says the Wlikesbarre Times. "We have already been too liberal at the expenst of the state treasury, and If the sctlor of the governor wilt draw attention to this subject he will have performed a public service. Honey gotten by In direct taxation Is apt to be lavishly spent, and we know something of thu lavish expenditure by many of tht school boards and townships In oui own county. "Nor 'are we afraid to discuss tbe management of the treasurer's office Under the new laws there is no pos sibility of wrong doing, and themethod of depository, together with the pay ment of Interest to be turned Into the treasury, makes everything so plain that only a reputable business man Is required for the position of cus todian. We have such a man In Lieu tenant Colonel Barnett. the Republican candidate, who besides possessing all qualifications named la all right on tbe protective system, an advocate of sound money and a supporter of the McKinley administration. This is the maa for tbe times, and the people of Pennsylvania will undoubtedly say eo on the 7th of November." . THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC Sicnificsat Address fey Archbishop Ireland aa te Us railippines. Archbishop Ireland, of St Paul, was shown much attention during his re cent visit to Pennsylvania. This dis tinguished prelate is a staunch Repub lican. In an address which he made at the '.banquet of the Marquette club, of Chicago, given in honor of President McKinley on his trip west, in respond ing to the toast "The American Repub lic." Archbishop Ireland, among other things, said: "The American republic Is the best form of organised democracy revealed U Humanity's history; aa such she claims homage from her own cltixens as such she draws to herself the at tention of the world. "And surely there baa beea In Amer ica no lowering of the highest stand ard of patriotism. Where U the coun try at whose call for heroes eltlrena with such speed, with snch forgetful Bess of self and la such numbers rally to the flag? Defeat Is unknown la America; defeat is Impossible in Amer ica. "We proclaim that la Asia, as U America, the American flag means lib erty and all the blessings that go with liberty. Some say it means in Asia the repression of liberty. "It means In Asia order restored, and It must be restored; the flag of America may be trusted to be for ths Philippines the harbinger and guar dian of the liberty and the rights of the peonla." Warh rr ha Jaws. John Bulwer. a quaint writer of the teventeenth centary. recommends tbe following three dinner rules: Stridor aentlom. alt am silvntlom. rumor sea. Hum, which has been humorously translated. "Work for the Jaws, a si lent pause, frequent ha-has."-Wbat to Eat I Snyders & I Pure Drugs LCt fresh and good condition. In the way of IE j PrGSCriptiOIl AnygnotSv!rSd1,;,, g we are snru to hare it. You are always sure of getting lUiiiUiliUesiiiii Louther's Drug Sto Main Street, Somerset, Pa. This Hcdel Drag Store is Rapidly Bsccniij f; Favorite -with People in Search cf FBESH . AID . PURE . DM SIedicine39 Dye Stuffs, Sponges, Tn! Lomiw's Prescriptions! Faif E sksat cass szxso tun to vsb ojri.Y raxsH am reus Atria SPECTACLES, EYE-GLASSES. ind a Full Line of Optical Goods always on hand. Frta 1 large assortment all can be suited. THE FIIIEST BBMDS OF CIGlIi Always oa hand. It ia always a pleasure to display on MAIN STREET - - - - SOMERSET.:! Somerset Lumber Yd ET.TAS CTnSTNnSTGHAiL atasirr ACTrmsB awn Dkalb ajt Wbolbsalb abd Rstaius o Lumber and Building Material! Hard and Soft Wood Oak. Poplar, Sldlmc. Pickets, 1K Walnut, Yellaw Pine, Flooring. Saab. 8tarU Cherry, Shingle. D-ra Balusters. Chtei .Lath, White Pino Blinds, Kewel Posts, Etc. 1. general Una of all grades of Lumbar ana Building atertal and KooT.nf ITaU m stoeJL. Also, ean ftunlah anything !n toellneof oarboslnetoordrrwitliia' Me praaptnesa, sochs Braes eta, odd-sUed.vork Jetr. Elias Cunningham, Office an Tart Opposite 8.1CB.B. SUUsn, Fifty-eight Years Old v v acknowledged the country orer as the leading National Family NessP'Pf' Reooeoizinr its ralno ta th.ui ,Kn il.ir ll th nmm of the State anil paoitsneraoi ths somkkskt Herald, (your own favorite Dome py into an alliance with "The New-York Tribune" which enables tbem tofcf papers at the trifling cot of 92. 00 par year. Every tanner aod every villager owes to bimselC to hia family. d 10 A monity in which be live a cordial support of his local newspaper, u i sUntly and untiringly tat bla Interests la every wsy. brirgs lo news and happening of his neighborhood, the doings of hia friend, tl and prospect for different crops, tbe prices in bene .aikttr, it". weekly vial tor which sboold be found in every wideawake, prrgrmi"" Just think of it! Both of these papers for only taowayear. Hand all orders to THE HERALD. SO-CSSCT. PA. IT WILL PAT TOTJ TO BOY TOUB Memorial Work VYM. F. SHAFFER, BOMEBSIT. FEW A. . 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HOKE!. 1 1 NEARLY It's a k rs life. 1 ot devolif a to interests snd prperiiy of 'h ) a :. , ffioJli I enpie naa woo ior i. r years rolled by and tbe origins! w . it family panaed t their rerA ) aamirero are ioya. mu with faith lo its teaching, snd ths informatkD ahith it bricp homes and firesides. , As a natural consequence it old Ke all tbe vitality srd vigcW strengthened and ripened ty it1? of over half a century. . It has lived on Its merit. cd JIsl support of progremive Afrx I It 1 "Tbs New-York e J " . t kai t3 CuISHjHD et mini? is F2ACTIC1LLT T-4sw-THa mm Over COO oeutifut Designs. 4 Vm, F. Shaffer.
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