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(ViPERATIVE MUTUAL FIRE
LNi CO., LEHL1S, PA.
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JAC. J. ZORIT,
Secretary.
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VOL. XLYIII. KG. 24.
SHERIFF'S SALE.l
Friday. Dec. 8, 1899,
At I o'clock P M.,
the followlog described real estate, to-wit;
A,,h? fl-'"1- "" nterest. claim and dr.
rn.nd of Vi iilut.., Kendall, of. I. and to i
tain p. or parc-l of a,,d Mtut tnLa,1DT
towusuip, Somerset county. PaTcinWmT
"" ljoini ng Uuds oi ivi?
g
Sht. by the,r atiomev iu fert, hIt
ll5't2;dH?lll0rl- ni recorded in
ljeed Reowd ior Someract county. Vol?; p.
Taken in execution and to be sold as the
ALSO
All Ihe right. t:tle, interest, cUlra and de
mand of J. K. McMillen, of, in andio the tot
lowing described real estau?. to-wit-
ISSi SfJi ? Widdlecre, k
tx) .ere. more or l.-w, about acres clear, bal-
Bii.uiiniiE wnas or ( iir
. . .. .. .,1. i v aim oi nt'rK. tiavin
hT"1 erKCUl1 onettory log hjtue an
-. '"nun nrm or ira lor tana situ,
cutnt UIe,Turkeyr'Kl.""''hip, CHUnntet
N'n 9 A j. . . .
, v, i. . Kc-m anu anow-
ncT- ' f rlr, baiauce timber, adjoining
'"d" ofNoah Fletcher, the Philip e.ulljvi
tZr-i" v 'j i -umur i.oiiijaiiy, and
onemlf-story frame dwelling house, stable
and oLlkrftitkii.fi....
WULUtlJEn.
Kn K A . . . . . . . ...
i "1; irara oi taua Kituale In
rv i. "jiwiownsrap, Hiieraet coun-
i. . i ... eonuiining 37 mvrw more or less. Kn
acre, clear, balance timber, adjoining lauds of
, - iu imri w iana Fnuaie in
N J . . .. ; .. . . . .
.... uiBciiuui piwasQip, Borapiwi (nun-
tp. PacontaininK lyo acre, more or ieM, 5
ayres clear, balance timber, adjoining land,
of Schwetbenc luinh.-r otnpunv, iiavid Har-
iiKii aiioouiers, wstn me appurtenance..
" l " riw uuii'i anu to oe nil uip
SroMrty of J. K. McMillen at the sail of
uben McMillen.
ALSO
All the risht. title, lntermt. rlnlm ml
niand of W. H. Ii.-r.lpr of in .nil 1A Ih. f. .1
lowing dtwribed real ectate, to-wit :
so. l. i wo and one-half lot. of ground it
oate in the OlinKer Wnrvpv to m.nili. l..
ough. rkimerset county, Pa and' known and
nunioerea on ine plan or ald irarvey aa lou
u, -s .iiu oounaea on me Don ti Dy
Hill street, south by Otiufer atreeL Mil hv .n
alley and went by Clay (treeU
No. & A certain lot of ground si'aate .
afore-ald, beinif lot No. Sis, bounded on the
nortn oy tnn(;er street, aoutu by Summit
st rvet, east by lot No. J37 and west bv ClaF
si rvet.
No. i. A certain lot of cround situate as
aforesaid, bounded on the north by oiinirer
street, south by Summit street, east by Fourth
si reet, west by lot iso. KM. aud known and
numbered as Kit :fi.i
No i. Two certain lots of rround situate as
aforesaid, known as lot No. SC and Slu,
DuuDdra on tne nonn dv uiluger street, east
by lot No. west by Clay street, and south
by Summit street.
Taken in execution and to h sold as the
S.perty of W. H. Bepler, il the suit of A. L
liter's use
ALSO
A II the Fit-lit Utt. interest, claim and de
mand of Beu Cramer, of. in and to a certain
piece or pam-i of land situate in Iincoln
township, Somerset county, Pa., cot-tainine 5
cres more or less, adjoining lands ot John
l.runl, Joseph th;!lne, Harrison kinert and
Moses Ktearn, having a two-storv frame
dwelling bouse, a ont--sUry dwelling house
and stable thereon erected, with the appur-
V -nances.
Taken In execution and to be sold as the
property of lien Cramer, at the suit of lieory
BarnetU
ALSO
'All the right, title, interest, claim and de
mand of Nurah Bow I in, of, in and to a cer
tain piece or parcel of land situatein Addison
township, Somerset county, la., oontalning i
six acres more or less about two acre, clear,
adjoining lands of 7.. T. tmitb and wife. John
W. TreKsler, William Kndsiey and others,
having thereon erected a twcxlory frame
house, stable and other outbuildings, with the
a ppu rtenanrea.
Taken in execution and to be sold as the
property of Sarah fiowlin, at the suit of
biiuon Miller's use.
Terms:
NOTICE All persons purchasing at the
above sale will please take notice that 10 per
cent, of the purchase money mast be paid
when property is knocked down: otherwise it
will aain be exposed to sale at the risk of the
first purchaser. The residue of the purchase
moey must be paid on or before the day ol
confirmation, vlx: Thursday, Iec. 1-i, 1W
No deed will be acknowledged untl the pur
chase money is paid in full.
6heri3's Office, V. H. HART7.ELL,
Bomenet, Pa. Sheriff.
TRUSTEE'S SALE
Of a Uadtrided Uterest Is Cr!a! Pisces r
Pt-celi of ld asd
Mineral Interests !
Porsoant toan order of the Pislrict Court
of the United Slates for the Western District
of Pennsvlvanta, made on the aid day of Sep
tember, In the matter of AMA ll s U.
SINK, Bankrupt, No L4. In Bankruptcy, the
undersigned Trustee of the estate of said
Bankrupt, will sell, by Auction, at the
COURT tOUSE IN THE BOROUGH OP SOHERSET,
in the county ol Somen, aud State ol
Pennsylvania, on
. NOV. 23, 1
At 2 o'clock P. M,
the undivided third part of the following de
scrit'ed pirces or parorls of land aud Muiefal
Interests of said Aroamlus ii sink, said
Bankrupt, clear, discharged and divoHed of
liens, to-wit :
The one undivided third pert of all those
certain pieces or parcels of land and mineral
interest, situate in Uwrf Turkeyfoot Uisn
ship, in the county of Somerset, and Stale of
Pennsylvania, as follows :
1. The one undivided third part of. cert-la
tract of laud, situate as aforesaid, containing
four hundred and twrtity four '4l'4 acrea,war
rautml in the D.me of H llliam Joiles. ati.loin
ii.g land wa. ranted in the name of Satnoel
Painter, tieorge Lark, Jr., William lrk,
Isaac Mason and oth rs.
i The one nodi vided third part of a cer
tain Uact of land, situate as aioresaid, coo
tal itng two hundred and flttj-tive ti'ii acre,
being irt of a tract of land, w.imuiu d in the
name of Samuel Painter, Andie rtcwaru
merving oue-half of all iron ore.
S. The otie undivided third partof a certain
tract of land, ituate as aforesaid, containing
aevenly-HHir v7acre. known as the Jolin 1
Roddy tract. Heory Kurts rewrviug fourteen
ilt, atrvssurtace now in posawsion of James
Hya.t, with privlMire to Uie said James 11 y.t
to mine and use sufficient eiwl for his family
nsa.
4 The one undivided third part of all the
coal underlying the surface of a certain tract
of land, situate as tfisMsid, cootalulug one
hundred aud seveo (IUT acre, being part of a
larger t nut of land warranted in tne name
of aininrl Painter, with the right of free in
gress, egress a nd regress.
5. The one undivided third part of all that
certain tract of land, situate as aforesaid,
warranted in the name of isaae Maaoo. a1
Joining lamls warrai.Id In the anes of
Wliiiam Joilea, trtorge Dark and Lavld slew
art, eontaliiliig lour hunured and twenty-
,a .a . . rnwriiiv and excepting from
O.isooovevance toe same rcserv.uon made
by Andrew Stewart and wife in ti-tr dwd to
John Hush, being all Iron ore and the umber
that istwrtve liM he. acrow toe i"" v "
......ivobtfnHsilic crouad and Wito
c-itam privilege, in uid deed nieiitioncd.
C The one undivided "bird part of all be
coal and nilnemls underlying a certain lrat
ot land, situate as aforesaid, eoutainlcg slx-
tv-lbree H acrea, oeiug !" .
in. tu name of Hamu- Painter, re
serving to ami rewstewnsrt Uieooe-balfuf the
iron ore unaenyiug si uww
Terms:
Ten percent, of the whole purchase money
to be paid wlren lite mid property to knocked
. . . i . i , k. k . i i m rrliiiwtfi woo
down; wnriimi - t-
ey. Its the ten per cent . to be paid oo eon
. i ' 1 . 1 '.,llrt' iuiA.llil Of
th pu'rhaw B.on y tbe paid in six ruoolbs
from the date of coortrnistJon of sale, with
interest from date of eonnnuauoo of "jic,
andiHM-third of Ine pun-hase uioury Ui be
paid In one year from date of eonflruiaUon of
aale, with luti-reat from date of eoDtirmaUon
of asle; the dvferred payment. U be aerured
to Ue Irustee by Ue bond and wongHge ol
U ,rcha or , LL DAVIr4i
Troite of the estate of Amanda. i- sink,
. . . . i. !.
A J. Kll.fey, Alu.riM-i for Trustee. Altooaa.
Hank Building, Al'uuaa. ra.
Aiusma. Pa , October ij, imH.
Vanted-An Idea SSrlS
rrawrt rr the way reiag yow.u.
Wnt lint outKrk CO- Anjss
asTS. Wsrtlstoa. I. C. f. ta.tr tiJ" prise oaa
50
need not lose flesh in summer
rf you use the proper means j
to prevent it You think J
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t EMULSION in hot weather.
I but you can take it and di- J
9 gest it as well in summer as $
J in winter. It is not like the
tt plain cod-liver oil, which is J
difficult to take at any time.
3 If you are losing flesh,
you are losing groand and 3
f you need
: Scott's Emulsion f
f and must have it to keep up i
' your Ilesh and strength. If f
you have been taking it and j
prospering on it, don't fail to
r; continue until you are thor- '
9 oughly strong and well. i
Joe ind $i.oa, il druggists.
f SCOTT & BOWKE, Qiemstt, Nw York.
THE
First National Ml
Somerset, Penn'a.
Capital, S50.000.
Surplus, 540.000.
UND,viREF,Ts S4.000.
0eaiT accctvg in taaoc snoaaaLi
MOUNTS, PsVAItt ON OCMSNO
accouMTs or aiiacM.sjTB. samttna,
STOCK OCALKR0. AHO OTHCRB 0OLICITK0
-DISCOUNTS DAILY. -
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
CHAS. O. SCULL, OKO. R. HCULL,
JAHS L Pl'UH, W. H. i!Il LKrC
JuHN R. HCOTT. ROBT. 8. SCL'LL,
FKKJJ VT. BltblM-KtR
EDWARD HCULL, : : PRESIDENT
VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PRESIDENT
HARVEY M. BERJvLEY, UAMHIER.
The funds and seen rt tie. of this bank are se
en rely pnKecved in a celebrated Coki.ih8 Bex
eux Paoor Sin. The only safe made abso
lutely burglar-proof.
Jacob D Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Ooor West of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
I Am Now
prepared to supply the public
with Clocks, Watches, and Jew
elry of all descriptions, aa Cheap
as the Cheapemt.
REPAIRING A
SPECIALTY.
AU work guaranteed. Look at my
stock before making your
purchases.
J. D. SWANK.
KEFFER'S NEW SHOE STORE!
EN'S BOYS'. WOMEN'S, GIRLS1 is CHILDREN'S
SHOES, OXFORDS as. SLIPPERS.
Black and Tan. Latest Styles and Shape
at lowest
..CASH PRICES-.-
Adjoining- Mrs. A. E. Uhl, South-east
comer of square.
SOMERSET, PA.
Blend most sofUy and Xj
' play most cnecuvciy t--vir
festive scene vacuum.
wn 4
by waxen condlii.
The light thtt beibtens
beauty's charm, that gitcMLc
finished touch to ibcdrowir.s
room or dining roco, is the
mcuow gktv oi
WAX CANDLES)
Sold in all colors and shi-ces
to harmonize rith any tatericr
hangings or decora tiors.
Mannfactnred by
fr.sjr.Dn rAtt m
i
? For sale everywhere.
Get an Edncatlon
rMkBtMlitii Ufa (.asstMissslti
CDfTRAL STATE t2JJL SCKD3L
bSCK ktATM tcttessa Ca.. M.
Btrassj sealtr. wM iinna r.s MbMry.
saaii syasrsM. at Usss.mry sad trmmtt-
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S.OTVatt luM,laSMSWtKSlliUS
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bnnrtStlnl rs Hg. hwnMi.
wnfctu. B..d fi 1 J . I . . ss..i.a.a
60 YEARS
At, i f
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8Birir BMrui. .ii. fVs. .sst.sr aa
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SOMERSET, PA.,
IMPEOMPTU.
Written for the Herald.
All of my loved ones, I think, are aware
Of the attachment I have for this dear old
chair.
The reasons are many that make It so dear;
To part with It would cause many a tear.
Associations connected with the dear old
chair
Help me wonderfully life's burdens to bear.
Now, this may seem strange and absurd.
Nevertheless it la true every word.
Twas by this chair, this dear old chair.
That each of my little ones knelt In prayer;
And when the stars began to peep, "
Each little loved one I rocked to sleep.
Ii it any wonder that I love the chair
When such sweet memories cluster there?
Oh I 'tis a treasure of the gone-by past.
But I shall cherish and love It while life shall
last
And now, often, when burdened with rare,
I find myself resting on the dear old chair,'
And there I pray to my Father above
To guide and protect the dear ones I love.
bvb. b. a.
THE DOCTOR'S STORY.
i.
I was a young man of 27, and bad
just bung out my sign in a little manu
facturing village of about 2,000 inhab
itants. There were at this time three
other physicians in the town, and du
ring my four weeks' stay I bad been
favored with but few patients.
I boarded with an elderly lady whose
grandson cared for the garden and sta
ble. My boarding mistress was precise
and methodical in everything, and was
a model of punctuality, so I one day
set my watch, and tbe clock in my lit
tle office, ten minutes fast, in order to
be prompt at meals when at home.
On tbe evening of that day, just be
fore tbe clock struck 10, my telephone
bell rang. I had only tbe day previous
bad the instrument put in, and hast
ened to answer my first call. "Come
immediately to Millville, No. 20 High
street. Take the ten o'clock train."
"It is too late for me to catch that
train, but I will drive over with my
team if that will do. What Is tbe case?"
I f-sked.
No reply.
"Hello!" I called again, but all was
still. Then I rang up the central of
fice.
"Please connect me with the parties
who callsd for Dr. Wildes," I said.
"No one has called for Dr. Wildes,'
answered tbe voice of the operator in
tbe central office.
"You must be mistaken, for I have
just been talking to some one through
the telephone who wants me," was my
reply.
"The wires must be crossed some
where. I will see if I can find out
where tbe trouble is, sir," came in a
sleepy voice from tbe central.
I put on my hat and started toward
the stable, meeting Jimmie with lan
tern in hand.
"I was just coming after you, Doc
tor," he said. "Your horse seems to be
dreadfully lame, and I can't find out
what ails her foot."
I Bent the boy to a livery stable near
by to procure a horse and carriage for
me, and was bathing and bandaging
my own horse when I beard the whis
tle of the 10 o'clock train. Then re
membering that my watch bad been
too fast, I muttered a very unorthodox
expression aa I thought of the IG-mile
drive I must take in tbe cold March
night.
I bad hastened indoors and put on a
heavy ulster, when I beard the boy
drive up to my door.
Again I went to tbe telephone and
ringing up the "central," I inquired if
be bad ascertained who had called Dr.
Wildes.
"I can not find that any one has call
ed for you this evening," came the re
ply over the wire.
Suspecting that somebody might be
trying to play a joke on me, I stepped
to tbe door and bad the horse and car
riage returned to tbe livery-stable.
I seated myself in an easy chair by
the fire, and after reading a short time
I fell asleep. I woke just as my clock
was striking 12, and as tbe last stroke
ceased my telephone again rang.
I hastened to reply, and received tbe
call, "Come to Millville on the mid
night train, to No. 20 High street"
"Who wants me?" I anked, as I knew
not a soul in Millville.
I received no reply, although I raug
several times, and putting on my over
coat and cap, I seized my medicine case
and hurried to tbe railway station, a
few rods away, where the Bight train
stopped on being signaled. Before 1
o'clock I bad reached Millville and
found the place to which I had been
summoned.
It was an old-fashioned house, which
bad been modernized by the addition
of bay windows in tbe front, from one
of which shone a faint light.
I hastened up the steps, but before
my band could touch tbe door it was
opened from tbe inside, and I passed
la. A very old lady, with pale face
and snowy hair, silently pointed into
tbe next room.
I entered, and found I was in a good-
sized apartment that seemed to be half
parlor and half library. A leather-cov-erel
lounge was drawn up before an
open fire, and upon it lay a man of per
haps GO years. An ugly gash was In
the right side of bis bead, wbicb, with
tbe partially dried blood upon bis face.
formed a picture at which I shuddered.
I bent over bim and felt for bis pulse.
His band was cold, but in bis grasp be
ht 1J a peculiarly shaped key, wbicb I
saw plainly in the light of tbe fire. His
lips moved, and, without opening bis
eyes, be said:
"The second bunch of grapes; the sec
ond bunch of grapes."
"Tbe man is delirious," I thought,
ma I stepped into tbe hallway.
"Madam," I called, as 1 peered
around In the darkness, "please bring
me a basin of warm water at once."
I beard do sound except my own
voice. I could faintly see by the light
of tbe fire that shone from tbe library
that there were three or four other doors
leading from the ball. One after an
other I tried to open them, but they
weru all locked fast. I ran back into
the room from which I had Just come.
The leather-oTered lounge was still
drawn op in front of tbe fire, but the
man was gone. -1 looked wildly around
the room, but no sign of bim could be
seen. I drew my band over the lounge
erset
ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, S9.
and found my finger showed plainly
on the dusty covering."'
The fire was burning low and I seized
my medicine case from the chair where
I bad placed It, stepped Into the ball
and hastily opened the front door.
Once outside tbe bouse my courage re
turned, and looking back I shouted,
"Where are you, sir?" but no answer
; came. Then I grasped the door-bell
and rang peal after peal, but all I heard
were the echoes dying away in the
empty house. I may as well coufess
that I ran to the railroad station.
When I aeked the night-watchman
who lived at No. 20 High street, he re
plied:
"I can not tell you sir, aa I am but
little acquainted in this place."
Btill puzzling my brain over the
mystery, I remained with hirn until
five the next morning, when the first
train took me home.
IL
The next afternoon, my courage hav
ing returned, I drove to Millville and
went straight to the house which I had
visited the previous night. I went
boldly up tbe front steps and was ring
ing the bell, when a man at work in
tbe next yard looked over tbe fence.
"There is no one at home, sir," he
said.
"Where are the peoplo who belong
here?" I asked.
"They are spending tbe winter in
Southern California, and have been
away since last September," was bis
reply.
On returning to my office, I found a
telegram from my sister, who lived in
an adjoining State. In response to It I
started at once, and on arriving at ber
borne the following morinng I learned
that an elderly physician, a friend of
her husband, was about to give up
active practice. Arrangements were
kspeedily made, and I moved to my
new location.
During the spring and summer I was
kept busy and bad but little time to
myself, yet I often pondered over my
midnight visit to Millville, trying to
persuade myself that it might be only
a delusion of my brain while in some
stage of somnambulism.
One evening at about 12:30, I had re
turned from a professional call and was
about to retire, when I picked up my
evening paper, which my thoughtful
sister always left on my table. The
first item I read was a notioe in the so
ciety column:
"Miss Marguerite Law ton, of Mill
ville, is visiting her grandmother, Mrs.
Stephen Powers Lawton, on College
avenue."
The name of the town brought to my
mind the mysterious call I bad once
answered. I placed the paper on tbe
tbale at my elbow. As I did so I be
came aware of a feeling as if some one
was in tbe room.
Olancing hastily around I saw that I
was alone, but as my gaze again fell on
the table I saw moving towards me the
figure ot a man's band, holding in its
grasp the same peculiarly shaped key.
Tbe band moved over the table until it
rested on the paragraph I bad just
read, and the key tapped once or twice
on the name "Marguerite."
The hand began to fade; already I
could see to read tbe letters that were
under it, and as the shape of tbe key
began to grow Indistinct I seized a pen
cil and made a sketch of it on the mar
gin of the paper opposite tbe para
graph. Tbe key had barely faded from my
view when my bell rang. A man stood
in the door.
"Come at once to Mrs. Lawton's,
College avenue."
In response to my Inquiries be repli
ed, "She is unconscious. It is proba
bly a stroke of paralysis."
I n a few minutes we entered the room
where a slight girlish figure, clad all in
black, was kneeling by the side of the
bed, whereupon lay an old lady. She
was quite dead, and but one glance was
needed to tell me that she was the mys
terious one who bad opened the door
for me at tbe Millville bouse.
"Here is the Doctor," Miss Marguer
ite," said the man.
Tbe young girl rose, and with a sti
fled sob, held out ber hand to me. "My
dearest friend, my only friend on earth
is gone," she cried.
A few days later my sister and I call
ed to see Miss Lawtcn, who had decid
ed to ciose her grandmother's bouse
and go away.
"The only relative I have now is my
mother's half. brother, in California.
He has telegraphed for me to come to
him. Poor Papa and I were to happy
there until bis sudden death last
spring."
Then she added, "I will show you
his picture," and taking a photograph
from a case on tbe table, she handed
me tbe exact likeness of the man whom
I bad found upon tbe lounge with the
ugly gash on his bead. I did not ques
tion ber at that time, although my cu
riosity was difficult to control, as I saw
that she was deeply agitated, and I felt
that she must be kept as calm as pos
sible. Destiny, fate or what compelled me
to follow Marguerite to California? I
was not wholly impelled by the desire
to obtain a solution of my mystery, of
bich I fait that somehow I held tbe
key, having been to a locksmith and
bad a key made from tbe drawing on
tbe newspaper margin.
In tbe Utter part of January I placed
my practice in the bands of one of my
medical friends, who was not quite
ready to settle down, and started out
for a six weeks' vacation.
Marguerite and my sister bad kept
up a correspondence. I bad no diffi
culty Id finding the object of my search
and in less than five weeks was on my
way east with my bride.
Before leaving California! had learn
ed the particulars of Mr. Law ton's sud
den death. Marguerite's grandmoth
er, who bad been a leader in society
until ber husband's death, was tbe pos
sessor of some valuable diamonds.
which a few years previous she bad
placed la her son's bands for safe-keeping
until Marguerite should be of age
to wear them.
He very seldom mentioned the jew
els to his daughter, and it was supposed
that be carried them around on his per
son. One day early in March he was
returning from a drive, when he saw a
man skulking around the street corner,.
who looked strangely familiar to him.
He finally said to Marguerite, "It has
just occurred to me that tbe stranger is
Davidson, who used to be employed by
your grand mother. Shew rote me some
little time ago that she bad dischaged
him because she found bim one day
trying to unlock ber desk where her
private papers were kept."
The following day Mr. Lawton was
brought home unconscious, with a cruel
wound in his head. Robbery was evi
dently the motive of tbe assailant, for
tbe diamonds were gone, also the mon
ey and watch of the victim. The poor
man did not regain consciousness, but
died in a few hours. Comparison of
the date showed that this occurred at
the very time I bad been called to Mill
ville. Inquiry proved also that the grand
mother bad been in her own borne, ill
in bed with an attack of rheumatism,
on that night.
Before going back to my practice, I
went with Marguerite to ber old borne.
On arriving there I told her of my
mysterious visit, and of the key which
had been held out to me. I produced
tbe one I bad bad made, and asked if
she had seen one like it, but she never
had.
When we entered tbe dining-room,
it was a bright, sunny day. I looked
around the room, and as my glance
rested on the massive oak sideboard
that was built into oue corner of tbe
room, I saw along the top were carved
grape leaves and bunches of grapes.
Suddenly there flashed into my mind
the words, "The second bunch of
grapes," and, mounting a chair, I
managed to reach iL After a few at
tempts I found I could move it a little,
and finally I ucceeded iu pushing to
one side the entire cluster, leaving ex
posed a keyhole in a little door of iron
four or five inches square.
Producing my mysterious key I at
once unlocked the door, and found that
tbe aperture contained a small iron box
in which we found the missing dia
monds. We soon went to the house of Mar
guerite's grandmother, where we have
lived for tbe past eight years, during
which time I have only once met with
another ghostly visitor. By Helen A.
Cousins, in Philadelphia Star.
Mr. Hen&eisy on the Boer.
Mr. Dooley's theory of the Boer war
In Africa seems to be as shrewd a com
mentary as any that has appeared. The
few paragraphs from his la test colloquy
with Mr. Henaessy on current topics
that follow are taken from the Pitts
burg Dispatch:
"An what's It all about?" demand
ed Mr. Hennessy. "I can't make head
nor tail iv it at all at alL"
"Well, ye see, 'tis this way," said
Mr. Dooley. "Ye see, th' Boers is a
simple, pasthral people that goes about
their business in their own way, rais
ing hell with ivrybody
"Kruger, that's th' main guy iv thr
Dutch, a fine man, Hinnissy, that looks
like Casey's goat, an' has manny iv the
same peculyarities, be says, 'All r-right'
he says, 'I'll give thim th' franchise,'
be says. 'Whin T says Joe Chamber
lain. 'In me will,' says Kruger. 'Whin
I die,' he says.
"An' there they go, Hinnlssy. I'm
not again' England in this thing, Hin
nlssy, an' I'm not again' th' Boers.
Like Mack, I'm divided on a matter iv
principle between a desire to cemlnt th'
lieance an' an efJection f r th' Dutch
vote. But if Kruger bad spiut his life
in a rale ray public where they burn gas
becud've settled th' business without
losin' sleep. If I was Kruger ttere'd
've been no war."
"What wud ye have done?" Mr.
Hennessy asked.
"I'd give thim th' votes," said Mr.
Dooley. "But," be added, significant
ly, "I'd do th countin'."
He Admitted It,
A story is told of two prominent Chi
cago lawyers wbc several years ago
were regarded as being among tbe
brightest lawyers tbe State bad pro
duced In a long time.
There was great rivalry between
these men, add one day they were hav
ing a heated argument on the steps of
the State House at Springfield.
"I'll agree to leave it to the first man
we meet," said one of the wrangling
lawyers, fiercely.
"All right, and that will settle it once
for all ah, here he is, Charley we'U
leave it to him."
"Charley," as the man spoken of ap
proached witbin bearing distance," we
want you to decide who is tbe best law
yer in Illinois. We agree to abide by
your decision."
"Well," replied Charley, himself an
old practitioner, and well known In the
capital city, "I plead guilty to being
tbe best lawyer in tbe State myself."
"Why, Charley, how can it be prov
en?" inquired tbe first of the two Cbi
cagoana, "You don't have to prove if," replied
the Springfield man; "I admit it, don't
I?"
The Barber Got Eii Honey.
A suspicious-looking individual en
tered a barber's shop in Manchester
and while being shaved casually re
marked: "I suppose a good many of
your customers forget to pay T'
"Ns air.'e'the barber replied, "there
was a time when I used to give eredit,
but I never do now. In fact, nobody
asks for it any more."
"How's that?"
"Well, you see," said the barber, try
ing tbe edge of bis thumb-nail, "when
ever I shaved a gentleman who afeked
me to mark it up, I put a little nick in
bis nose with my razor, and kept tally
that way. They very soon didn't want
to run up bills,"
There was a tremor in the customer's
voice as he answered from beneath the
lather:
"Do you obj ect to being paid in ad
vance?" "Dtbls mon Dewey can't be much
av a poluticlan," said O'HooIigan.
Whoy not?" said Fionerty.
"He's accipted a home from his
grateful admoirera," said O'Hoollgan.
"A poluticlan wud have preferred an
office."
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He
Biti Abont the Boert,
The most important holiday In the
calendar of the Transvaal Boer Is De
cember 16, known aa "Diogaan's Day,"
and celebrated In the short and simple
annals of the South African Republic
More than 50 years ago the warlike
savages of Zululand were dominated
by their King Dingtan. It was in his
time that the Great Trek of tbe Boers
from tbe Cape Colony Government
took place. Of those who took part In
the great emigration movement few
survive, but among them is the case of
"Oom" Paul, Mr. Kruger, now Presi
dent of the TransvaaL He was then
a boy of ten years, and followed his
father's herds as they were driven
northward across the veidt. Tbe lead
ers of a well-organized body of Boers
thought it worth while to propitiate
the Zulu king by endeavoring to ob
tain from him a formal grant of land
in due form. The Boers went to
Dingaan'a kraal and obtained their
grant, but the next day the treacherous
king offered them a "stirrup cup" of
drink as they were about to depart,
and so doing gave a signal to bis Zulu
soldiers to "kill tbe wizards." Tbe
Boer leaden were massacred on the
spot, and the body of Dutch immi
grants who were awaiting their return
at a short distance from Dirgaan's
kraal were also surprised and slain by
an overpowering Zulu fori.
The Boer emigrants, having found
peaceful measures a failure, were now
roused to revenge, and in a terrific bat
tle on December 16, 183S, a mere hand
ful of Boers vanquished a large army
of Zulus. The Boers, slow to rouse,
fought with a steady valor, remarkable
when .the relative proportion of Din-
gaan's band and their own numbers is
considered. This defeat was consider
ed such an overwhelming disgrace to
tbe Zulus that they drove Dingaan
out of their country. The anniversary
of Dingaan'a day is still celebrated by
the people of tbe TransvaaL
It was on "Dingaan's Dj.y," 1SS0,
that tbe Boers were called to arms,
and a triumvirate of statesmen Mr.
Pretorius, Paul Kruger and General
Joubert proclaimed the re-establish
ment of tbe South African Republic,
thus terminating Great Britain's "an
nexation." Joubtrt's operations at
Lai rig's Nek and Majuba Hill followed
hard upon British attempts to regain
sovereignty, and by March 5, 1SSI, the
"Transvaal State" was recognized by
convention. No wonder "Dingaan'a
Day" is kept as a national holiday in
tbe Republic
Fatal Obstacle.
"No, mamma, I cannot marry him.
My dream is over !"
Unshed tears stood la Glycerine Mc
Curdy's eyes. She was not quite ready
to abed them yet, or they would have
been shed.
But let that pass.
"Why do you say that, my daught
er?" asked the elderly woman, on
whose sweet face, crowned with a
wealth of silver hair, was a look of
anxious concern. "Has he failed in
business?"
"No, mamma."
"Have you discovered that he keep
low associates ?"
"Oh, no. It is not that"
"Has he formed drinking habits?"
"No."
"Is he penurious?"
"Never."
'Has he deceived you in regard to
b is ex pectaUon ?"
"Not to my knowledge,"
"Is be not handsome?" .
"He is."
"Is he not well bred, courteous, at
tentive, and " -.
. "Oh, yes, mamma, he is all that It
is nothing pertaining to bis reputation,
his habits or his treatment of me."
"Then, what under heaven my child,
Is tbe insurmountable barrier that has
arisen between you ?"
"Mamma," wailed the daughter,
with tears in ber voice bow they got
there nobody knows, but let that also
pass "mamma, the stripes on bis cuffs
run the wrong way." Chicago Tri
bune.
A Foreigner From Arkansas.
"When I was on the bench," re bites
Judge J. J, DuBots, "we were once
making up a special jury for a murder
trial. The lawyers were examining
tbe venire, and I wasn't paying much
attention to what was going on, till
one of tbe lawyers attracted my atten
tion by saying:
" 'Your honor, this man is incompe
tent for jury service. He's a foreigner.'
"I looked at the man under examina
tion and didn't think he looked like a
foreigner. So I asked him:
"Have you ever been naturalized?1
" 'No, sir,' he answered.
"'And you say you're a foreigner
and not naturalized. What country
are you a native of?"
" 'Arkausas.'
"Well, everybody in the court room
laughed. I told the man he could go.
He wasn't much of a foreigner, but too
much to sit on a jury in my court"
Memphis Scimitar.
Chamberlain's Fain Bala Caret Oth
ers, Why lot Ton?
My wife baa been using Chamber
lain's Pain Balm, with good results,
for a lame shoulder that has pained ber
continually for nine years. We have
tried all kinds of medicines and doctors
without receiving any benefit Crom any
of them. One day we saw an adver
tisement of this medicine and thought
of trying It, which we did with the
best of satisfaction. She has used only
one bottle and her shoulder is almost
well. Adolph L. Millett, Manchester,
N. H. For aael by all druggists.
Hot a Case in Point
"You durned expansionist," remark
ed tbe man with tht long sorrel beard,
"ought to remember the frog that tried
to be as big as the ox and swallowed
bisseir up till he busted."
"That frog waxn't an expansionist,"
aaid tbe other man. "He was an in
flationist" Chicago Tribune.
n
WHOLE NO. 2521.
Useful Housekeeping" Hints.
Cleaning the cellar before the winter
vegetables and fruit are placed therein
is a most importaut consideration. Tbe
work should be properly and thorough
ly done before cold weather.
Wash the windows and woodwork
and whitewash tbe ceiling and walls.
A whitewash that is both a deodorizer
aud purifier is prepared thus :
Pour sufficient boiling water over a
peck of uusbu.ked lime to cover it;
keep the vessel covered duriog the pro
cess of slacking. When slacked add a
pint of salt and four ounces of copperas.
Pour enough water to make tbe white
wash of the consistency of thick cream.
Stir thoroughly. Apply with a white
wash brush or broom.
One of tbe requirements of a health
ful cellar Is freedom from dampness.
If very damp an artificial drain should
be made. Slight dampness may be
overcome by keeping a pailful of un
packed lime in the cellar and as soon
aa it absorbs enough moisture to render
it fine like powder replace it with fresh
lime. MoUture is a producer of decay,
and decay is one of the greatest ene
mies to be guarded against in the cellar.
Cellars under kitchens and living
rooms are usually too warm for the per
fect keeping of vegetables. To prevent
sprouting and decaying of vegetables
the cellar must be cool; the temperature
should just be above the freezing point
Do not close tbe cellar window in tbe
fall uutil there is danger of freezing.
Make frequent examinations of all
the vegetables and remove at once any
that shows signs of decay. Decaying
matter will vitiate the atmoephere of
the cellar, and if allowed to remain
will spread through the whole house
and cause sickness in the family. The
shelves and cupboards, if there are any,
should be washed with hot water every
week. If miik or anything gets spill
ed clean it up immediately. What To
Eat
He Had the Jury "Fixed."
The great lawyer was trying a great
murder cae. The defendant's nearest
f rle ad, a man of much practical sense,
though little book learning, eat behind
the eminent attorney. Tbe work of se
curing tbejury was in progress ana tne
State had accepted and tendered to the
defense a certain gray-haired man.
Tne defeudant's friend leaned over
to the lawyer and whispered:
'Take that man, quick."
The lawyer turned around with a
grave and solemn air and said to his
alvider in a pompous manner: .
''You should be more careful in giv
ing me advice. This is a grave matter.
Noar, I don't think that man will do.
He is old. He has one foot in the
grave. He is about to be called into
tiie presence of bis Maker and be
kuosit Wheu men reach that age
they are apt to be exceedingly strict
aud are apt to make a stern judgment
hitweeu the people of the State and
the prisoner at the bar. They bold life
s m -thing most precious. Do you
ever think of these things ?"
"No, sid tbe practical individual,
"but that man in the box is the uncU
of the defendant"
'"Oil!" exclaimed the lawyer.
The man was accepted at once. The
j iry returned a verdict of not guilty.
New York Journal.
A Cautious Verdict
An Inquest on tbe badly decomposed
body of a man who bad beea drowned
iu tbe Yellowstone river resulted in the
following cautious, if not especially
luminous, verdict:
"We tbejury, find that the decadent,
Fred Darwin, lost bis life accidentally
while trying to cross the Yellowstone
rivet-on the 2 lb day of AugU3t, 181)9.
Tbejury know from hearsay and word
of witness, not present the above fscts.
No witness present, but from his evi
dence heretofore expressed, we find
from the body and property recovered
evidence sufficient to arrive at this
verdict" Case and Comment
Used by British Soldiers in Africa.
Capt C. G. Dennison la well known
all over Africa as commander of the
forces that captured tbe famous rebel
Galish3. Under dated of Nov. 4,1807,
from Vryburg, Bwehuanaland, he
writes : "Before starting on the last
campaign I bought a quantity of
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, which I used my
self when troubled with bowel com
plaint aud had given to my men, and
in every case it proved most beneficial."
For sale by all druKgists.
Aiother Mystery.
"I have never yet" she said, "heard
of an elopement that turned out for the
best"
"Then," he answered, "I suppose
you woul never consent to elope, for,
of course, you would not wish to ru b
iato unbsppioess with your eyes open."
"Well," she murmured, "you know
it is always the exception that proves
tbe rule."
He didu't argue the point, and yt be
was almost sure when b went home
that she was ma I at him for some
thing. Chicago Times Herald.
"If the Cap Fits, Wear It"
If you are suffering from tbe conse
quences of impura blood, have boils.
pimples or scrofula sores; if your food
does not d;gest or you suffer from ca
tarrh or rheumatism, you are the one
who should take Hood's Sarsaparilla.
It will fit your case exactly, make your
blood pure and care salt rheum, scrofula
rheumatism, dyspepsia, catarrh, and
give you perfect health.
Hood's Pilb cure all liver ilU. Noo
irritatiug. Hard to Raise.
"I suppose you can raise anything on
this ftrai?" interrogated the belated
summer boarder.
"Well, brother," responded Farmer
Hardacre, I can TaL pig, grain,
fowls, vegetable and chiliren, but
there's one thiog I can't raise to save
my life,"
"What's that?"
"The mortgage."
Saved by Slang.
"I had a peculiar case In court tha
other day," said a lawyer to a New Or
leans Times-Democrat reporter. "An
old Irishman named Callahan bad got
into a row with his landlord about
some repairs aud refused to pay bis
rent Tbe landlord was a fussy little
ex-college proferaor, totally unversed
in tbe ways of the world, and he was
imprudent enough to send word that
be would have tbe family evicted and
then called to discus it personally.
Ha emerged yelling murder, and said
that be bad first met Mrs. Callahan,
who told him that tier husband would
do him no harm, upon the strength of
which be bad waited fr his return.
When Callahan came in he promptly
gave the visitor a beating.
"The old Irishman and his wife were
both arrested, and I appeared for the
defense. Tbe ugly feature of the case
was the alleged effort of the woman to
lure her caller into a trap, but when
put on the stand she denied the land
lord's story in toto, and swore point
blank she had warned him that ber
husband proposed to punch bis head.
Both parties seemed perfectly sincere
in their statements, and I was some
what puzzled. I finally decided to
cross-examine tbe ex-professor.
" 'Now repeat to us,' I aaid, "exactly
what Mrs. Callahan told you la regard
to her husband.'
"'She assured me positively,' an
swered the landlord, 'that he had no
intention whatever of molesting me.'
"But abe didn't say it in theeo
word,' I Insisted. 'What I want Is
her exact language.'
" 'Well, sir,' said the witness begin
ning to get flustered, she gave me to
understand
" 'Oh, never mind that,' Interrupted
the judge, 'give us her own words.'
" 'Very well, sir; very well, sir? ex
claimed the little landlord Jesperately,
'She said. When Mike comes home be
won't do a thing to you r " When the
judge got through laughing be let the
prisoners off with a reprimand."
Current Topics.
Just fifty years having elapsed since
tbe first public telvgraph Hue was es
tablished in Prussia, that Government
has issued a publication giving a com
plete account of the progress made.
During the first yean telegrams were
restricted to a hundred words, and no
abbreviations or cryptograms were al
lowed. Miss Myrtle Fraier, formerly of Gl
rard, Kan., but now of Honolulu,
writes interestingly to The Girard
Press of educational affairs in our new
puesessions. She says that recently she
atteuded a kindergarten. When it
came time fur the children to sing
their morning song it was sung first in
English, then in Hawaiian, then in
Japanese, then in Chinese, and last iu
Portuguese,
"The bouse, No. 12 Camden road,
Great Yarmouth, known as 'Peggotty's
Hut,' which was lately sold by auc
tion," says The New York Commercial
Advertiser, "is not tbe building of that
name described by Dickens, as the
cable reported. The original 'Peg
gotty's Hut' or what was said to be
tbe original was pulled dewn several
years ago, and the present white brick
residence of the small villa pattern
erected upon the site. Tbe position is
just beyond the old Southeast Tower,
and answers very well to the descrip
tion given in 'David Copperfield.' The
old hut was built of wood from wrecks,
bad a ship's boat for a roof, and waa hi
very dilapidated condition."
The Wichita ( Kan.) Eagle says that
General Fred Funston looked out of
the car window at a small town In
Western Kansas and saw a seething
mass of humanity assembled at the de
pot todo him honor. Turning to his
wife, be said: "Two years ago I lect
ured to an audience of seven in this
town." Time certainly works great
changes.
Mr. Lincoln's Last Signature-
Ex-Governor Alvan Saunders of Ne
braska, whose death at Lincoln, in
fiat State, was noted recently in the
Record, was the last of the war Gov
ernors, and a friend of Abraham Lin
coln. He was one of the last men to
see Lincoln before he was assassinated,
being in his private office at 6 o'clock
in the evening, when be signed bis
cmimisbion. He walked with tbe
President from the building. The
President remarked that he was going
over to Ford's Theatre that evening.
Saunders took the train for the West;
and, buying a paper the following
morning found that Lincoln had been
shot This last signature of the Presi
dent is now in the possession of the
SAunders family. Ex.
It will not be a surprise to any who
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ties of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
to know that people everywhere take
pleasure in relating their experience in
the Ude ot that splendid medicine ana
in telling of the benefit they have re
ceived from it, of bad colds it has cured
of threatened attacks of pneumonia it
has averted and of the children it baa
saved from attacks of croup and whoop
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cine. For sale by all druggists.
'-P.pa," said Willie, on returning
from school, "is Latin a dead lan
guage?" "Yes, my son," replied Mr. Busy
man.
"What did It die of, pa par'
"I don't know, my sou," replied Mr.
Busy man, with a sigh. "I fancy it
was talked to death."
We give no rewards. An offer of
this kind la tbe meanest of deceptions.
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snetzing. It soothes and heals the
mem rna. Price 50 cents at druggists
or by maiL Ely Brothers, or! Warren
Street, New York.
. Mrs. Finnerty (readiug) "The daje
aud nights in Greenland be six months
long."
Mr. Finnerty "Faix, an Oi don't
btlaveut! How cosMda baby yell 6 r
months stheady a a night?'
"Wheeler's Nerve Vitaiizer made a
new man of me, one bottle of it put
fifteen pounds good healthy flesh on
my bones. It has no equal as a nerve
and health builder," so writes Joseph
Nabb, West Carrollton, Ohio.
When all others fall, take Brant's
Cough Balsam; it never falls 25 eeoia.
For sale at Garman'a Drug Sure, Ber
lin, Pa , and Mountain Jt Son's Drug
Store, Confluence, Pa.
Mrs. Young wife I want to get some
salad.
Dealer Yes, ma'am. How many
beads?
Mrs. Youngwife Ob, goodneas! I
thought you took the heads off. I just
want plain chicken salad.
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