Several jwrsou standing lu front of
show window on l-'uurtu street
watching a pro-vision of Japaoctfe
tnlce in a case .".a they ran in nt one
door of tiir sleeping apartment a'iI
out at nuo:licr with ligLtuiug rapidity
Ix-cauie involved in a dispute as to now
many of tLe animal.- there w ore. One
said there were only two inkr. while
others thought there were at l-;ast
three.
They were very active, curious little
aciiuaU and. instead of being of the
p:r.r iiioue color, were black and
white, marked in large blotches like
Il'-lsti-in cattle or old fashioned swlue.
Ti e IxiicM into and out of which they
rati were close together, and lliey chas
ed around no swiftly that It was Ini-IKis-ible
to count Il.:ii. f'r sometime
there was a mouse at each Imle and
souietiiue one outside and the others
Inside, and sometimes it appeared as if
tliere were just one long mouse in a
circle revolving on a pivot, with noses
c:id tails at intervals.
The mr 1 rac-e was kept up for some
time, and dually all the mice disap-iw-an-d
as if by magic. One of the 8iee
tat.jrs went into the store and askl
liow many mice there were in the cage.
Mating that he and his companions had
not lecn aide to decide, as they moved
too piicUIy to le counted. A clerk said
then? was only one mouse, and it was
Impossible to count it except when it
was asleep and. weing a look of in
credulity on the countenance of the
caller, raised the top of the cage and
showed one little black and white
mouse nestling on a piece of cotton In
a corner. Portland Orcgnnian.
The IJottle at Ship I-auaraes.
Down to Charles U s time it was cus
tomary to name and baptize a ship cft
er she was launched. sometimes a
week or tvo afier. The old Tudor
method used for men-of-war was still
in use. Pcpys' "Diary" shows t!iat.
The ship was safely pot afloat, after
which some high jicrsonage went on
Wird wilh a sjcci:il silver "standing
cup" r "flaggou" of wine, out of which
be drank, taming the ship, and poured
a ligation on the jr.arter deck. The
cup was then generally given to the
dockyard m.-nter shipwright as a me-l:n-nto.
Wh-n did the present usage of nam
ing and baptizing a ship licfore she is
scut afloat come in? I trace the la:-.t
explicit mention of the old method to
U.U. when the Koyal Katherine was
launched (see Pcpys i. The lirst men
tion of smashing a lUie of wine a
the l:ov.s of a British man-of-war that
I have found is in a contemporary
iiewspajM-r cutting of May. lTv. '1--s--riliiir
the christening of H. M. S.
Magiianime ;it Ifcptford. but n-.thing
Is hinted that it was then a new cus
tom. Notes and Oueries.
A Vox-! In a ntbe:i.
Met him.
Sli t him again-in love with him.
Met him again uo longer in love
with him. but he in love with me, be
cause I am so beautiful.
Met him agaiu he is still more ia
love with me, not only because I a.ei
lteautifuL but because I am also good,
fc'orry for Liin.
Agaiii I met liini he is colder thuu
lie was. Think he has forgotten my
lM-auty and my goodness. I. however,
aui inclined to think that I a::i ill love
with him after all. llow lucky he is.
and how angry mamma will be:
Mamiua proved ' to Ik' strangely
pleased. Makes me angry, fr I know
she is not a good judge of a young
girl's heart.
riirti-d with him outrageously to
make mamma mad didn't succeed.
Kugagcd to him-glad.
Married to hiiu sorry. London An
swers. Took liini a l!ls Word.
The faculty of terse and forceful
fv-cli is ordinarily an advantage, but
M-casioually a man gets hoisted by bis
wu epigram. A hustling young New
Yorker who was recent! cstablhhe-1
il a bninch of the oil business had set
out to get tin patronage of a certain
lirm. The head of the couceru was re
luctant to make a change.
"The oil we have lx-en getting has
not been unsatisfactory." said lie. "and
I fail to s-e why we shou'd make a
!-::nge. Are there any extra i;.duce-Meiits-
yon -an offer? I low di you pro
tx.se to improve on the old piality?" -
"In this way." was the prompt an
swer. "I proM-so to give the business
my pcrs 'ial attention. I intend to put
rome of my brains into every barrel of
oil we send out."
The rejoinder pleased the old gentle
man, and he lecauiea customer.
A few mouths later the hustling
young man was obliged to make a jour
ney, and in his absence, through some
oversight, the quality of oil was allow
ed to deteriorate. It was tpiickly noted,
and a letter on file in the othce records
one of the protests. It reads: "tientle
men When we were induced to use
your product, we were assured that
Mr. I'.lank put some of his brains into
every barrel of oil. We deeply regret
to observe that Mr. Blank is threatened
with paresis." Washington Star.
A Thrifty Scot.
A good story Is told by an Engli ;ii
tourist who staid for a week iu apart
ments in AN-rdoen. the "(Jrnnite City."
"I had heard." he says, "of the canny
folk of Alerdeeu. and my exieriemv,
short thorgh it was. proved that rumor
lad rightly estimated the character of
Cm- people. The streets are granite,
the houses are granite, and the inha'i
liauts are granite, ami when they hae
a granite baby they give it a ball of
g:niie for fear It should l-ivak any
other toy.
"I had a granite landlady, and one
lay when I was g.i::g fishing Imt
koii voluaU-ered to accomjiany me. I
jnovided the lunch, the rd and the
lines; he provided the worms d':j
them np in a neighl-ar's garden wit! it
l-orrowcd spade. I -aught 10 trout: be
r.te tle lunch and broke my Ix-st rod.
When we got home. I made a present
.f 14 of the fish to my granite landlady
and asked her to cook the other two
for my tea. She did and charged me
threepence for the dripping iu which
liicy wete fried!" Loudon .nswet.
Mea as C reated.
The glittering generalities of Thomas
Jefferson that all men are created
. (jv.al and that the right of life, liberty
and pursuit of happiness Is inaliena
ble, have been the texts for many in
jurious instructions. They are rhe
torical flourishes, meaningless to the
irentlcman on the scaffold and in Sing
ing. who pursued the fleetiug phan
tom of happiuess with the Jimmy of
trte burglar and the dagger of the as
sassin. Men are not created eo,unl
J!:ysical'y. morally or intellectually,
tior iu aptitude. oportiinity uor condi
tion. It is perhaps accurate to say of
the l.rsMMMUio Inhabitants of "the
ffal uo two are created wpinl. Nature
Is iui-pab!e of tiulformity and detests
equality e nuuh as she abhors a
vaecKia. On- is made to honor, an-ot'i-rr
to dishonor, as one star differvtli
f ro;a another mar In glory. John J. Io
'pall. Th Fix are DteWaa Oct.
Satirists are not able to pern Ive
ti eir owu absurdities. Tli&i is a we'd
bwti-n failiug and as old as i)v Jjills.
Tb- f.rst great English writer to com
-ver Lere and create a Tarore was
harte IHckcns. and certainly ciaa
-ver lived who had a sharior eye f-ir
the grwtcsGe in personal apiH'arance.
a-specfcill Hi dr -ss. Acoordiug to ali
.account, his wake up was something
appalling. My old uncle saw him in
l'cw Orleans and used to swear he
looked more like a caricature than a
lii.rnan Icing. He curled his licard.
ed corsets, wported red waistcoats
n ith iav nler iantalious. carried two
watcbe with gold chains around his
tirck and wore rings outsi.l- hia gloves'
Just think of It!
NOT ON THETIME TABLE,
Tbe Onrloas IImi Par Which
Trila Was Side Tracked.
In t!v. rarefied atmosphere of the
high tabl lands of Mexico ohjeos that
iv rei.lly a long way off apiear to be
close at let ml. This has led to many
ludicrous mistakes ou the part of tour
ists, and ctcu on the part of those hav
ing a knowledge of the peculiarity of
the country.
The Mexican Central railroad baa a
tangent (section of track in which
here is no curvet that is said to be the
I -ttgest lu the world. It is over W
miles in length, and a locomotive head
light -iu U- seen, of course, for a very
long distance.
Mie evening a train rounded the
curve approaching this tangeut. and
ss it entered on the straight track its
brakes suddenly liegan to grind. It
soon cam, to a standstill, and the con
ductor. fearing that an accident had
befallen the engine, hurried forward,
and was shown by the engineer a light
that was twinkling and dancing on the
track directly ahead.
"A headlight, sure," the engineer
raid. "Must l-e an extra and the dis
patchers hove overlooked It, for orders
do not mention it."
-tlucss you are right." the conductor
replied, "but I never knew the dis
patchers to le so careless before. Any
where but on this tangent there would
have been a collision and somebody
billed. We'd better move ahead slowly
to the next side track. We cun't tell Just
how near that train may be, and we
will wait for it to pass us there."
They reached the side track In safety,
and. drawing In on it. awaited the
coming of the other train. Half an
hour passed, and the engineer waa
fuming, wondering how much longer
lie was to lie delayed, when the con
ductor called him to step out to the
main line.
What do you think of that head
light, now?" he asked, when the engi
neer had Joined him. "Seetns to have
got clear up and off the road."
The engineer gazed at the twinkling;
light, then. "Venus, by Jupiter!" he ex
claimed. "Billy, we've side tracked to
let a star go by. or my name's not
Smith !" Youth's Companion.
CLOTHES AND THE MAN.
The Differeaee Beta Well Dressed
Made to a Cabinet Official.
"Yes. the clothes a man wears make
a gn at deal of difference in this world.
esH-cij-.lIy in oracial life." remarked
the private secretary of a cabinet offi
cial, who is compelled to see mauy
people and to hold many more ecple
at bay.
"1 .!is especially struck with the
importance of clothing some time ago,"
continued the official, "when the as-sl-tatit
secretary was absent and it
was my duty to stave all the callers
off the secretary. I do that often, but
when the assistant secretaries are here
they help a great deal.
"Well. I noticed on the occasion I
referred to that 1 had no trouble In
keeping people away when I wore my
Prince Aloert and looked like the real
thing. When I told them that the sec
retary was too busy to see callers, they
thought I owned the whole place and
walked away without remonstrance or
vrithot-.t saying that their business was
very important and they were sure
they would be seen If I would Just takt
their names to the secretary.
"When I wore an average looking
business suit, which might look Just a
little bit shabby, the callers didn't pay
much attention to what 1 said. It was
more d;t!ieuit than you can imagine to
get them to go away. They would find
all kinds of excuses to remain and to
get me to preseut their names to the
secretary. The difference was so a;
preciahle as to be noticed by others ij
the room. I found that It paid me to go
well dressed on all occasions aud that
I was much more useful to uir execu
tive hea.!." Washington Star.
Tip I'akaiaii; of the "Hayseed."
Who docs not know him, with hit
catlike iK-ard. his wispy hair, his "gal
luses of homely cut. his trousers
evolved by the seeming aid of a buzz
av. his voice of an iuiossible nasal
ity. uis s;m-h1i uucouih, his gestures
ungainly, his greenness amazing? Who
has not seen hiui ou the stage of the
v.iudevii'e fane or outlined by the
overwoiked caricaturist? No one.
We are familiar with him from ab
surd hat to ludicrous footwear, and
have be n for j;cars. Who sees him on
the streets of northwestern oities to
day? No one.
In a i:iodi:i--d form he exists in that
p;;rt of the n.iliou which Bostouese are
wont to call "way down east." He
uiso t-ihis to some extent in the New
L"ngl::nd that is nearer Boston than
Maine, while from New York and New
Jersey he is not altogether abseut.
West cf a line drawu north and south
through Chicago he is rare at least as
an indigenous ariety.
The passing of the "hayseed" Is de
sirable. As the farmer lieeomes more
like him of the city he and his childreu
will care less for the so called delights
of metropolitan life, will recognize his
innate and indestructible indctendcncv
and will be Ix-tter satisfied wilh his lot.
MiniicajKiIis Times.
V.'hat rr.-i-i.lcnt Was Thisf
One day a president of the United
Stales sent for mo. lit had Ix-en elect
ed to that high office, but had not yet
been installed.
"I hear." he said, "that you Lave Just
ccme ba.-k from Washington."
"Yes."
"I tid you go to the White House?
You ilM? Well, please sit down and
tell me all about it. What sort of a
house is it? How Is it managed? How
u.auy rooms are in it? Whoroalouts
dos the president tlo his work? An
Lor.- did yon get iu there how do vis
itors manage to see the house while A
president and his familv are living in
it?"
"Why." I exclaimed, "you Lave often
loon to Washington! Have you never
visited the White House?"
"No." said he. "I have onlv si-ou the
outside of it. I have never evi n seen
a president or. la fact, a ay great man.
I an so iMfiiliarly constituted that If I
knew the greatest man lu the world
could 1k soon by walking to the corner
I would uot walk there. But now
that I ot:i about to make the White
House my uoi:n. I should very much
like to hear all thnt you can tell me
almut it." Julien Kalph in Saturday
Evening Post.
A ReCectlaa on the Jadre.
In an address !f.i:e the Virginia
State Bar association Jaues V. Harri
son of the Ianville bar told this story
of an eminent r.d?e in Virginia, who
sat on the Wr.cii v. itli his feet up 'be
fore him. showing his soles to coua
;! and attdien-v: "The defease Lat!
ofTcn d a little negro r.s a witness fo:
their client, and the oommouwcalth'.
cttorney challenged the witness as loc
young testify. When the p'.ckaaiu
ny had U-cn sworn en the Holy Evan
golists. he was asked by the common
wealth's attorney what he had done
"I swarod.' said he.
"'And what will hap;ien to you now
if you tell a lie?" the lawyer roared.
"My mammy, she'll whip me."
"'Is that all?" insinnated the defend
ant's attorney.
" 'No. sah. Be debble. he'll get me."
"And then Jtie Judge took his feet
doww. ad leB'ug over file liench wltt
menacing finger said. and I'll get
yon. int. elr!"
"When quick as a flash came the
boy's ready reply. -Boss, dat's jesn
what 1 done said.' "New York Sun.
Far Rheaaaaiism.
Mr. Johnson notice. Jasper, ,'a... j
yon have the rheumatism as bad a I
ever. IWt you ever take anything for
It? j
Jasper-'Deed I does, sab, I take. '
crutches mostly.-Boston Courier.
"sum 'se."yv
Tbe Saa's Joaraer Tfcrcsis f pC.
By means of the spectniscop we can I
obtain a proKtbly more accurate deter-
u; nation of the sun's velocity through
space. A is well known, the velocity
.-f a star In the line of sight can l-e
foDud by measuring the displacement
of the lines visible in the star's sps-e-tnun.
Now. the Ftars near the position j
of the solar "aiex" should be ap-
preaching; the earth on account of the
solar motion, and those at the opposite
point of the sky, called the "ant apes,"
t-hould le fveedlDJ.
This method Las been employed by
several astronomers, especially by Vo
rel at the Potsdam observatory. This
able astronomer has found from an ex
amination of 40 stars that the sun a
velocity through Fpaoe Is about -7'i
u.ilis a second, but an exaiuluatlou of
a larger number of stars would be nee
esscry lefore we could consider this
result as thoroughly established.
Ft am an examination of the spectra
of 14 nebula? Professor Keeler of the
Lick observatory has found velocities
In the line of sight, and from these the
French astronomer Tisserand has de
duced a velocity of about 1) 1-3 miles
for the solar motion, a result which
does not differ widely from that found
by Vogel. We may therefore perhaps
cocvlude that the velocity of the sun's
n:ot:ou through space Is between G and
12 miles per second. Gentleman'
Magazine.
Hard aa the BirgUr.
"There Is a family In my town," said
a Baltimore man. "where the children
are all boys. They are very rich, and
each of the three sous la in receipt of a
Literal allowance, but the manner In
which they expend It and certain of
their characteristics were as succinct
ly and tersely described as possible
the other day by Bob. the eldest oue. in
telling the story of a burglary that oc
curred last summer at their country
place. Bob Is the oldest. Jack the sec
ond and Albert the youngest sou. Bob,
lu Jelling the story, said: .
He didu t get very much, as some
one of the servants thought lie heard
something alH;ut 3 and lu going to In
vestigate probably scared liini off. but
when we discovered the uext morning
that a burglar had visited ns we natu
rally took an account of stock. The
only rooms in the house he had entered
were those of my two brothers and
myself, and iu each of them he had
gone tli rough the clothes we Lad been
wearing the day In-fore. Out of. my
clothes he got 10 cents, from Jack lie
got nothing, and In going through
Bert's jeans he got In debt"' New
York Tribune.
An Old Timer.
A crowd of young men were seated
In one of the steamltoat ollices in the
city the other afternoon while an old
steamboat veteran regaled them with
stories about old times on the Missis
sippi and rcminisccuces of old time cit
izens.
"Did you know old Bill Jones?" ask
ed oue of the men. after the captain
Lad finished relating Low he ran a
gantlet cf Indians with Lis boat way
back in the forties. ,
"'Me'.uU-r Bill Jones? Well. I guess
I CUl." replied the captain. "Iet's see.
he diet) just after the war. He was a
good old fellow too. I knew Lis father
before be was married to Bill's moth
er."
One cf tbe Leys thought the old man
was "doping" and by way of tripping
him up ou his dates asked. "Cap. Low
long Lcve you been running on the riv
er?"
"Who. :ne? Why. 1 6tarted on the
Mississippi when it was nuthin but a
creek!" Memphis Scimitar.
Chess and War.
The origin of chess is shrouded In
mystery. There is little doubt. Low-
ever, that its birthplace was in India
and that It is an offspring of a game
called cbaturanga. which is mentioned
In oriental literature as In use fully
l'!X years before the Christian era.
Front India chess spread Into Persia.
and thence into Arabia, and ultimately
the Arabs took it into Spain and the
rest of westeru EuroiH?.
The game was in all probability In
vented for the purpose of illustrating
the art of war. The Arab legend uHn
this Hint is that it was devised for
the instruction of a young' desjHit by
his father, a learned Brahman, to teach
him that a king, notwithstanding his
power, was dependent for safety uion
Lis subjects. The Greek historians
credit the invention of the game tc
Palauiedes. who, they .claim, devised
It to lieguile tbe tedium of the siege
of Troy during the Trojan war.
I p Date Dubby.
Bolert has iositlvely declined to
learn to spell. Womanly intuition ad
monishes Bobert's mamma that Robert
will doubtless say something very
bright if pressed, and she accordingly
argues with the hoy.
"All great men learned to spell when
they were little boys." she says.
"Well, that was before, you could Lire
a stenographer for $3 a week," replies
KolN-rt. .
Of course Bobert's mamma loses no
time In telephoning for the newspapers
a brief outline of what has happened
and bidding them send their liest re
porters right up. Detroit Journal.
Surprised tbe Coaicreirat laa.
Two little folks went to church alone.
It was otily around the corner from
tbeir Lome, and their mauima knew
they would be safe. During the long
sermon they got tired,. 'and the older
one. supiMising that the school rules
held good in church, led his sister up
in front of the pulpit and said. "Please
may we go home?" Much 6urpris-d.
the clergymen gazed at them over Lis
sxctacles. Then he understood, and
said. "Certainly, my children." And
the two toddled out while the congre
gation smiled. Weekly Bouquet.
The Actor's Card.
I showed them my card at the
door." the actor was complaining, "and
they referred me to the manager.. And
what do you ui lose he said? He said
he was sorry, but the demand for seats
Lad U-en so great that he had decided
to discontinue the professional free
list."
"Well" said Lis friend the sharper.
"did you expect to boat a full Louse
with a single card?" New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
A Uterary Sola.
The denizens of the forest were or-
iraniziug a literary club.
We must make the porcupine presl-
dent." said Br'er Wolf. "His stvle la
full of good points."
"Permit me." remarked Br'er Rabbit,
to re-airamend a reptile friend of
mine, lie can put up a rattling tail"
Catholic Standard and Times.
Mixed.
On one occasion the Prince of Wales
visited a Hindoo school In Madras.
The youngsters had been drilled into
the propriety of savin? "Your mml
highness" should the prince speak to
them, and when the heir apparent ac
costed a bright eyed lad. and. pointing
to a prismatic cotmiana. asked. -What
Is this?" the youngster, all In a flutter.
repnea. 'its a royal compass, your
prismatic highness."
Craelly Repressed.
It's a shame: that's what it Is
r es-
claimed the boy wrathful'y. "I
cau t
nave any fun at alL"
What's the matter?" asked the sym-
patuefk- neighbor.
' Pad says hs-'U fiek me If he ever
hoars of nie fight in? with a boy small
er than I am. an I dassen't fight with
a bigger one." Chicago Post.
Swiss archaeologists have decided
that a certain ruin near Biel which has
been
held to le one of the 111.1 m n.
man remains Is really Celtic, the only
one of the kind ! the country.
A eorawlery,
"riease don't go In tliere. That's th
growlery. and it's tccupiol." It was
a youu? West Philadelphia matron who
made the remark as she was showing
a friend thrcugn her new hom.
"The groivk-i-yr rcicatod the other.
"What's that? Not where you rush the
growler. I Lope?"
This was said in a jocular spirit, and
the visitor was rather staggered by the
reply.
"That's It exactly; where we rush the
rrowler, although perhaps not lu the
way you fancy. Yovi see, my husband
Is an occasional sufferer from Indiges
tion. wliiHi doesn't Improve his te!iier.
and there are also times when my o au
lempt-r I tell you this In confidence
Is not of the lest. Well, wheu wo
(ooed out here and Lad more rooms ia
the Louse than wc- actually needed I
bit cion the plan of setting aside one
as a place of solitary retirement, where
we could go and be alone when either
of lis felt our temper getting the best
of us. 1 have called It the growlery
because we can lock ourselves in there
and growl to our hearts' content until
we Lave quite recovered. We IkjUi
avail ourselves of It, aud I tb'.nk It's a
very good Idea. George Is In there
now. and I wouldn't disturb hlui for
the world." Philadelphia Becord.
Frances WUlard's Empty I'nrse.
It was characteristic of the late
Frances Willard that she never Lad
any money. Miss Gordon attended to
her finances, and It was found on The
whole liest to leave Miss WUlard's
purse empty, lx-eause if she started
out In the morning with a full pocket
book she came back penniless in the
evening. One night she told in her In
imitable way of Laving gone to Chi
cago and readied Best Cottage again
on tLe capital of a postage stamp. At
the station she turned Ler pockets out.
but not a bit of change was to be
found. She Lad forgotten all about it.
"Wbat a m I to do about It?" she asked
the agent erplexedly. "Anna is out, I
think, aud I haven't a cent of mouey."
Til give you a ticket. Miss Willard, '
said the clerk.
"When 1 got Into the bus I remem
bered again." she said, '"and told the
driver. "I think I'll Lave to walk, for I
Laven't any money." "Oh. that's all
right. Miss Willard." said the driver.
And so all day, greatly to her amuse
ment, she went on getting in debt to
tbe railroads, cabmen and restaurants.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
lie Did a Cat.
In a rural community in one of the
middle states dwelt a man who made
a vow lu 1S. that lie would wear his
hair and lx-anl untrlmmed until Jch'.i
C. Fremont should lie elected president
of the United States.
He kept that vow for 40 years, at the
end of which time he had nearly a half
bfshel of Lair on L!s head and face.
Theu. coming to the conclusion, to
ward which his mind had been gradu
ally working for a long time, that Gen
eral Fremont's death lu the interval
bad practically absolved him from his
vow, he decided to have his buir cut
and his beard shaved off chau. On
Lis next visit to the county seat Le
went to a barber shop and was soon
relieved of the hirsute burden Le Lad
carried for four decades.
"How much?" he asked.
'Have to charge you Lalf a dollar
for that Jol." said tbe barber, looking
at the mass that lay on tbe floor.
"Half a dollar!" he gasped. "Don": I
get anything for the hair louths
Companion.
Trae Drrau of Br'er Williams.
"Atttr dis." said th old colored
farmer. "I ain't gwine tek nobody's ad
vice 'bout whar I orter keep my mouey.
You know. Br'er Williams tol' me dat
banks wuz onsafe dat dey all time
failln cu swallerin up wbat yo' puts
In "nm?"
He did?"
"Dat what he done! En Le scy. 'Wen
yo' sells yo" cottou, tek yo' money en
dig a bole In de ground en bury It." "
"En yo done lak Le say?"
"I did. for sho'! En what yo' reckon?
Br'er Williams goae ter bed dat night.
en, please God. he see money in his
dream, en whilst he wuz lu a trance
en walkln In Ms sleep de sperit what
wuz a-movin er Mm led right whar dat
money wuz. en 'fo' he knowed it he had
done digged it rp en lef de state wid
it!" Atlanta Constitution.
When Henry IrTtnar.Waa Hissed.
"I was hissed every night for a week
when I was playing the proviucef.
about 2, years ago," said Henry Irving
to a writer In Alnslee's. "I was given
ax engagement as leading man in a
very small theater, and In-fore I made
my bow to the audience I learned thnt
tbe.innn whose place I had taken was
very popular in the vicinity and th:'t
the people strongly disproved of the
way Iu which the management hfld
forced him to retire, so that when 1
made my aps-arance the audience
showed their disapproval of the mana
ger by strongly hissing the successor
to their favorite, and they kept It up
for a week. It was a very unhappy
week for me."
Started a Ran. 1
A very simple statement proved
very unfortunate to a savings institu
tion In the rural district recentlv. Aa
editor, in writing of the Institution in
his paper, said:.
"The president is a very tall ttan:
the cashier is short."
And In less than an hour the excited
dejiositors were asking. "How much
how much?" Atlanta Constitution.
It Is Mid that cowIk-Hs are produced
In only four factories in the Uuitod
Stales and are made just the same as
they were 100 years ago and sound the
same.
In India elephants over 12 and up to
4." vears of age are deemed the !ost to
purcba -e and will generally work until
tbey are ko years old.
t'olned Word.
Coined words! I have made a little
study of them myself, always with
disappointing results. I always run
across them, after discovering them.
somewhere about 100 years before the
ulrta of the inventor. I once coined 4
name, away back in 1S7U. for oue of
my bo called humorous characters
BUderback. I put the BUderback fam
f 1 ( J m
uj ui jocus print ror several years.
One night, about 1SS7. I lectured in Sa
lem. N. J- and told one of my BUde!"
bars stories. The audience was con
vulsed with tnore nilrtb than tbe story
called for. After the lecture I was In
troduced to alwut a dozen Bilderliaeks,
who enjoyed my story more (ban any
one elae. Robert J. Burdettu In Chou-
tauquan.
Btalao Had Taarmaa,
The senate Las always been con
trolled by lawyers, who are the aristo
cratic class lu tbe United States, and
Blaine was at a disadvantage because
be did not belong to tbe profession.
Tbe law lords wore disposed to dis
parage and flout bin), but be was dis
respectful to the verge of Irreverence.
Does the senator from Maine think
I am an Idiot?" roared Tbunnan. in
reply to on interrogatory Blaine put
to mm one day In the Pacific railroad
debate.
Weil." bellowed Blaine, "that de
pends entirely on the answer you make
to my question!" Saturday Evening
Post.
Accuracy.
The Idea that a strict fidelity to
truth demands accuracy Is one which
Is seldom entertained, but until we re-
?efye it as a principle and embody it
ill action we slisll never attain a high
dt-'a'Ve of truthfulness. .
Hobbs My laudiady bas both strone
and weak points.
Doliba What are tbey?
Ro'obs Butter and coffee. Cblen m
SHELVED HtS INVENTION.
Aa Experience Which Taacht the
Sleebaaical Eper Wesson.
One of the U-st mechanical engineers
In New Orleans told an Interesting
story ap.pos of the tribulations of lu
ventors. "About three years ago," he
Raid. "I got up a little device that
greatly simplified the working of a
certain type of pump. I took out
imtents that cost me lu the neighbor
hood of $300. including attorney's fe?s.
ud finally submitted the thing to a
big manufacturing concern iu the
north. The proprietors at once win
ced ed the merit of the Invention and
offered me $o"0 down and a royalty of
$1J.1 ou each oue used. The cash pay
ment amounted to nothing, for It really
fell short of covering my time and ex
penses, but the royalty was geuerou.-..
aud I figured it out that it would yield
me an Income of $3,000 or SU) for
several years perhaps longer, it de
pended on how soon something lieittr
entered the field.
"Accordingly. I accepted the proposi
tion and transferred all my right. .Now,
Low much do you think I actually re
ceived? Not a penny! No. I haven't
been cheated; at least, all the accounts
Lave been perfectly straight. The
trouble Is they never put the device ou
the market. Tbey simply stuck the
patents and drawings In a pigeonhole
and there they remain to this day.
"Why did they do it. did you ask? To
save money. The public Is very well
suited with their pump as It stands,
and it Is doubtful if they could get any
more for it with my improvement add
ed. Such a step would merely cut down
the net profit, so tbey prefer to let well
enough alone. It was necessary, of
course, to pet my Invention safely
shelved, or It might have been takeu
up by some enterprising rival, and the
only earthly reason for sending $.'00
on the thing was to put it out of the
way. It was rather rough on me. to
be sure, but the experience was valu
able, and 1 won't get caught that way
again." N-w Orleans- Times-Democrat.
GLASSES FOR THE EYES.
1
The Reason They Are Worn by So
Many Persous Nowadays. .
The question Is often asked, particu
larly by those who can recall the cus
toms and exierieuces of U5 years ago.
"Why do so many persons nowadays
wear glasses?" The answer is easy.
"The increase In the number of spec
tacles worn is not to lie regardi-di as
an evidence of modern degeneration
of the eyes, but rather that a long felt
necessity has been met." For It should
be remcmliorod that within the past
quarter of a ceutary much has been
learned about the value of glasses, and
the range of their application and use
fulness has !weu enormously extended.
Of course the eyes need more help now
than formerly, as the amount of work
they are required to do Is much greater
than at any previous period in the
world's history. The sewiug machine
and many other Inventions of its class
save the labor of the hands ouly to
add to that required of the eyes.
New employments, new amusements
and new fashions are continually be
ing Introduced to Increase the exac
tions laid upon these sensitive and
delicate organs. TLe steady decrease
of illiteracy, together with the general
cheapness of literature and a spread
of a taste for It. the enormous circula
tion of novel, magazine and newspa
per, the ever increasing use of artificial
Illumination, all combine to overtax
the eyes nnd to weaken or possibly de
stroy the sight unless the required aid
and protection Ik supplied through
every means at our disposal. Thus It
happens that the some time luxury of
properly adapted glasses has come 1 1
be fecognized and understood by very
many of tbe present generation as one
of the real necessities of their lives.
Lippincott's.
English Officers Wear Armor.
Many officers of the British army
are wearers of armor. As a general
rule the mail Is Inclosed in a leather
casing, which Is sewed inside the
tunic, so as to be Invisible uuless the
garment is picked to pieces. And the
same with helmets a similar device Is
fixed in the lining, so as to give addi- I
tional protection In
! case of need. S
officers are not aliove wearing mail
vests underneath their tunics and per
fectly oblivious of their comrades, who.
although they may scoff In times of
peace, would only be too glad to don
one themselves when In the middle of
hostilities. The majority of the mak
er's customers are officers, liecause the
suits are very expensive, costing aliout
10 guineas each. Regiment.
A Cnrlons Rattle.
An Interesting spectacle was wit
nessed the other day on the banks of
the river Soar, near Hathern. by a gen
tleman resident in the district. Being
attracted by a peculiar cry. he turned
aside and came upon a young otter and
a huge eel engaged in a deadly strng
rei in a .iea.nr strng-
had evidently caught j
id retaliated bv wind- !
gle. The otter
the eel, which bad
lng Itself tightly round the former's
neck. The fight lasted several min
utes, the otter eventually freeing itself
and making off with a part of the eel.
which It had bitten in two. London
Telegraph.
A Shock to Boston.
An English woman, a visitor, grieved
all Boston by irreverently askl.ig a cit
izen, as she walked through the Com
mon and saw the cherished gilded
dome of the statehouse. "Beg pardon,
sir, but what building is that with the
brass top?" New York Times.
What Women Don't Know.
"One of the mistakes of women."
eald a woman's lecturer the other d:!j.
"is in loving too much. They can nev
er make n mistake In loving, but they
ought to be careful in picking out the
man. They are rather apt to do It on
the grab bag principle. Another of the
mistakes of woman Is not knowing
how to rest, nti-1 stlil another Is not
knowing how to eat. What women
don't know about both has built Id.iki I
hospitals. Consider the way of man
and be wise. Women worry too much.
They art- misers to Jollity. a:il they
nearly always die leaving a large ac
count in the Ban': of Merriment."
A Fire la Japaa.
A fire in Japa:i is exciting. The Jap
anese si-em to lose their heads com
pletely in the presence of the fire de
mon. The H-opL move from fhe houses
when- the tin- breaks out into the next,
then tr another, and so on. until the
fire is over, the united families moving
from Lo;:se to luuse with g:-eat non
chalance. A man dancing on Lis roof
with a paper fire god is supposed ta
avert the d:::iger.tand no t:an Is more
surprised than he when, la spit;- of the
fire g'.id. the h-.-use iguites. and In a
inomcLt roof aud man fall together.
In three days t-ie hoitses are rebuilt
and all traces of lire removed.
A Delnsloa and a Saars.
"Friends? 1 should say so. Never
8usp.-cted that I had so many. Have
to let them la one door and out the
other. IVst lot of feHows you ever
saw. Cive Via a big stag iarty to
night." Then the misguided youth sat down
and drew a check against the genei
bus legacy he had received within the
month and resented an insinuation
that his fiuish was visible. Detroit
Free Press.
A woman with pale er.rs can be safe
ly set down as one whose heart is hard
to reach, while she whose ears ar; nink
along the curled rims and downv IoIk-s
a creature or sympathetic aad
re-
spanslve tempera meet.
A sinecure is a position In which one
man puts yon for the purpose of draw
ing tbe salary while another Lian d.-v
the worU.- CI.Iea.-o News.
ADVERTISING.
It Has Rerolatioalsed Baslaesa and
Benefited Hamaalty.
Adertis!r.g is indeed one of the great
developments of the age. It has revo
lutionized business and made it ossi
ble to accomplish' lu a few years what
otherwise would have taken genera
tions to compass. Today the advertis
er, through the medium of the public
press, cau iutro.Iu.-e his article to the
entire public ilinost literally at a
bound. Such a servant at the seller's
elliow 1ms uaturally made business
vastly different from what it was sev
eral hundred yi-urs ago.
It Is no longer necessary, as it was
In previous generations, to coutine
one's commercial transactions to a lim
ited area. Iu fact, the manufacturer
of today regards the world as his field,
and there tire quite a number r pro
prietary articles, widely and favorably
known in every quarter of the civilii-ed
world, which have been introduced dur
ing the lifetime of their present pro
prietors, who are men ouly la the
prime of life.
Without advertising, by which It is
possible to reach and influeu.-e hun
dreds of thousands of persons simulta
neously, such a result could not lie ac
complished i:i several gem-rations, if
Indeed it .-ould lie accomplished at alL
Nor has this advertising lieuetited the
seller only. It has brought to the
knowledge of the buyer the hundreds
of Improvements and articles by which
life can 1- made more pleasant, by
which the health can Ik- preserved, the
palate gratified, the Intellect fed aud
satisfied.
It Is no exaggeration to say that no
force has conduced more to knit the
world closely together nor made our
mutual Irterdopemlcnce morcapparont.
"It Is but Jhe simple truth to assert."
says a recent writer, "that the loss of
the Information which the advertise
ments furnish would lie one of the
greatest Imaginable misfortunes to civ-iliz.-Uk.n."-Sclf
Culture.
Qncer story -t a t.rave.
A curious barren ni.ejnd is to be seeu
la Montgomery churchyard. What
ever the cause, there Is plainly to be
seen a strip or sterility in the form of
a cross among a m.-.ss of verdure. With
the r.:oi:nd a melancholy legend is con
nected. It is called "KoU-rt's Grave."
and the try is thu" beneath this bar
ren liilloe'; lie the remains of nn In
nocent ir.au who was hanged on mis
taken evidence. It is said that while
the man sbiod ou the gallows with
the rope round his ueck he solemnly
declared, as a proof of his innocence,
that grass should never grow c 11 It!
grave. And even so it was a::d is.
Any oue who attempts to frustrate the
fulfillment of this prophecy by sowing
j.-as:i 011 t'-iis spot jiays the penalty
with his life. Instances arc given of
individuals who have In-eu rash enough
to do so n::d Lave i.iet their doom so.:i
afterward. Cardiff Western Mail.
General Lee's Modesty.
A month or so after his surrender
General L-e went one day to the store
ucar his home lu Powhatan county.
Va.. which served also as the po-t-ollice.
Everybody in the town was
Instantly eager to see him. aud l:i a
few moments the store was crowded.
The general was talking with the pro
prietor about crops and other matters
and appeared utterly unconscious ,f
the fact that the gathering of the resi
dents wr.s due solely to his presence.
Suddenly he realized that everybody
was watching him aud modestly said:
"Brt I see I am keeping you from your
many customers. Pardon nie!" and at
once withdrew. Indies' Home Jour
nal. Martla's Way.
Irishmen are inclined to word per
version: but. says a writer In I he .Nine
teenth Century, the following descrip
tion of slow speech which often de
generate. into a stammer shows that
occasionally they use the liest words
possible in explaining a thing:
"It's a qua re sort uv way Martin
talks." said Pat. "It's as if he tuk the
wurds out uv his mout" nn lu!:ed at
em before he gives 'em to yez."
.
SU5,mE1 MA KKr.T KKPOKT
rvr v-unnai 1 h.L WKiKLT BY
Cook & Beerits,
Wednetday, Q (. 4,1899.
rpei ta
Apple
: dri.-.l, ft
I vnporute.1 !b
1
!:c !
40 loir J
r iv 1
"lO lolJc ,
li-U 1
Apple Huttcr. per sul
1 roll. p-r B
Butter, i fr.h ktr, pr !b
I creamery, ptr
Beeswax per Ih :,
country hnm. per lb
BaccnJ
J MiKar cured ham, per tt
J Hide, per i
vhoulder. tK-r Ih
8 tone
. lu to sr
Beans. "hlt y. per bus
Bn- 1 Lima, per h ..
Coffee reeu, per ft
Cement fumoerland. per bbl.
1'
10 t.i !.
. l."Ji to I i
- tM to 4. Or
Htj
! I rort!HUd,perbbl,
Corn meal, per &
J" ;;i:; r ,v
FUh. lake herrln. 'irj"? i
Honey, whlu clover,jr .-JK
elfs, pel a os
Lard, per lb...
7 to I'le
1.1 me, per UDI 1 Oil
Mola-wt. N.O., per gal . rtv
On Ion 1., per bu... """iii"tA i
f-uiMuw-M, per ii u w
Peaches, evaporated, per lb JJ
Prunes, per E.
:tt
k i in
.-. 1 ., -er m.i J1.J.
flttsbuiy, per bbl ) IX)
llry, V. bus sacks . 0.1c
71 .. ... . . . ,ie
" 4 bum sarks. i
Bait,
irround nlum. In) BisHcks tax-
maple per t 8Uj10
imported yclior, per tb
while. A. per ft. .S. Tl'KlsUc
rranulated. per 8 c
Cube, or pulverised, per i i " Ae
P" tfl '3.V.
maple, per val jn".''L;-
Sugar.
Syrup.
...... 1 " , -I.VUI...
Is 1 low, per ft...
JH!
Viuer ner eu-. ZZ7W 1c
I iiiFmLiijr. per ous. fivi
Seeds.
crtmnon, per bus 4 Ikl
aio-oa, per in --1
Millet, (S-rman. per bui. 1 IS
na ro-y . w h I te bear ile.-s, per bus 1 :
4
uimm
I com Hieiled, per bus iVioise
tML,prnu -;t t
A Feed wh.'nt, per bai'ZZZZ
I bran, per lm t J
I corn nd oats chop, per"lVio"'ibs av
(flour, roller procoi,per bbl
Flour, ii., w P's patent and fancy
I ntirn crane w 4 75
per HOfts...ijai.o
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CONDENSED TIME TABLES.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Somerset and Cambria Branch.
southward.
Johnstown Mall Ex press.-Rock wood nr. a.
Vm-wT' i town 123. Koov
ersvllle 12 4, Johnstown 1 .? p. m.
Johnstown Accommodation. Kockwood 1 40
ersvlllefHi .lohiia'cwr n M
')IT"AI1K
Mall.-lnhnsuiwn 8 2 1 s.in..Hooven.vlIle 0)
stnrnrtown :.t, someret irM Kockwood
Ex?,T,John",r,, ' r,) m - Hooversvllle
i .it. Miovestown 1 47, (Somerset M i. Kock
wood S to.
Daily.
D. B. MARTIN lenejl Manager.
Patweuner Truffle Uauaver.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
IN EFFECT N CV. 19, I8S9.
mnmin acHsnrrLc
Trains arrive and depart from tbe station t
Johnstown aa follows :
Wsxrwama.
Western Rxprew a
HnuthwetOem Eipnw "
Jnhuxtnwn AoiiumnriatTml
Johnstown AccotntnodaUon
Pacific Kinrmt
a. m.
:!(
.. 2ril
4M
Wst Pfutsenx-er....
Plltsbarg- Express
p. m.
.MII
fSBt LlD ZZZZ
Johnstown Acoommodatinol!
BASTWAKD
WH
i:tl
:35
Atlantic Fvpnss.
Ha-sliore Express
AlUwoa Accoiumodtion
Isy Kxprnn
Main Lln Exprra
Altnona Arrommoilntlnr
Johnstown Aeonm modAtion
PhtlsdWphla Express
Ft it Uus .
:f7 a. m
S -40 "
8:.: I
-H -
-JO-flr M
- K'sl p m
t2
7fli
'" Tfca Kaflr'a
IPs R-tfflr is a day laborer and reck
ons his wealth !n the uumlx-r of beads
of cattle he may be able to acquire.
He works for a couple of years until
be can p t 11 oxen or cows. Then he
hies L".::;self to the Zttlulaiid on the
east or to other coutitrics controlled by
black mcu aud there buy hilusel" a
wife. Ten cows Is the price of a wiT .
The eleventh is killed for the wed '1
feast. The Kaffir remains a f w
months with his wife, then off to the
mines he goes to earn the price of an
other. When Le Hissess half a dozen
wive, the Ka'lir's menial toil is over,
and Le becomes a gentleman. H!
wives plant the mealy t.t.rni and look
after what cattle their lord and master
owns. With a kraal full of daughters
the Kariir must become a rich aud im
portant per.on.
The daughter of a chief costs ".1
cows and the daughter of a king '
no matter how old or ugly. The chiefs
are severely strict In their watchful
ness over the morals of the Kar!:rs. If
one is found guilty cf dishonesty, he is
fined o many oxen. The KatP.r is
said to lie lwtter la his original state
th.in trlifn contaminated w!t!i what
tbey call civilization. Columbia State.
The Farm Beat the WnrlKWr.
The following story illustrates
the
tesources of a Nebraska
farm: A
farmer got discouraged
because he
didn't get rich the hrst
year and. r.s
there was a mortga.-
( r 7H on his
.w Hli.ort read'" t ) JV.mP t'-C
1.4. 111. ". "
whole business, but '- termiued to
mot-s AHA I'l.TP effort and sowed .S)
Di-ri-a iii wheat. It happened to be a
wheat ami the stand
was not very good. Concluding that It
w.isn't worth harvest ng lie. pitll.il liji
Lis stakes and uiosejed back to Mis
souri, leaving the farm to fight the
n-..rtr:i-e all bv Itself. The farm was
eoual to the occasion.
The wheat ripened, fell dowu and de
iw.sired the seed in the Soil again. Next
spring the wheat l-ga!i to grow lustily.
Siieie of the neighbors were honest
enough t-j write alxiut it down to the
fugitive In Missouri. tr..I Le gut inter
ested enough to come back and take a
I,).)!;. Th.'l) he stopped and harvested
Lis voluntary crop. ' He sold it for
enough to pay off the mortgage and the
rest of Lis debts and had a tidy little
surplus over, with which lie moved hi
family lack nv.d now t.cclares there is
no state like Nebraska. Line la (Neb.i
Journal.
Tate Cnre of Yonr Ears.
Men nnd women have much to do to
keep straight. A hundred nerves and
muscles are at work all through the
waking hours, giving warning or re
ceiving orders that the Ixxly. with its
many Joints and natural Instability.
shall preserve its equilibrium, shall iet
stagger or double up i:i a lioteles
Leap. These nerves :.::d inus.-l.-s are
highlv organized si -:uil service, the
chief ollices of which are in the semi
circular canals buried iu the "stony"
bonework that protects t:ie inner ear
Were it not for these canals a lnmau
being would find it difficult, often Ini
possible, to malutain a proper bahinc
either while walking or standing still.
So Lnig as tii.-se canals are in her.Itiiv
working order their retxirts are trust
worthy, but when any undue force ha:
shocked them or any agency, such ti:
sickness, has Interfered with the:
workings their messages are ineoher
ent. and the braia, like the engineer
a battleship in action, when the mel
above are blinded and liewild.-red, ha
nothing to do but let things go. Bcr
lin (Md.) Herald.
Railrosd S!ehk as Translated.
Extract from retnirt made by heac
brakeman:
"The -ou was Hipping the tissues h
the dt.g!i..::: e. . hind shack wa?
freezing a Lot I...:- near Jhe bind end
Tallow Pot was cracking diamonds ii
the tank. Fagle Bye was down greas
ing the pig aud I was bea ling the rail
when they hit us."
It was translated by an old tinier Ii
the ot'Iee as follows:
"The conductor was examining tie
train orders in the cupola. The rea
brakeman was cooling a journal. Th
fireman was breaking coal. The
glneer was oiling the engine, an 1 t!i
head brakeman was throwing a switel
when the trains came together."-
Maine Central.
Maklne Docks I.ny Black Flcsi.
According to a writer in a Krone!
RclentlUe paper. ir.:cks reil 011 acorns
which they will ent ravenously, no
ttnrrequently lay black eggs. I he rea
son is that their eggshell is natural!;
rich in Iron, and this combin-s wit!
the tannin In the acorn to produce :
good, fast black. The same pa in
states that If fowls are fed on le.iil.-c
lousier sneiis nicy win lay nng:.t re.
eggs.
A Good Shot.
A local sportsman, who has the repu
tation 01 neing a very Pa.l shot, recent
ly Invited some of Lis friends to ilim-
with bun. Before diuuer he showed
them a target painted ou the l ain door.
with a bullet i-i the LulU y.-. This h.
claimed to have' shot at l.i..J van!
! distance
As uobody lielieveil him. he
1 out rei
to bet the price of an oyster
supjK-r on it.
un one or uis guests accepting the
wager, he produced two witnesses,
whose veracity could uot be .pie.
tione.l. to prove his assertion. As lliev
both said that he had d-me what h
1 1... . ,
vj.wiii.-.i m- n ju me im-i. .i i:i;ner
the loser of the wager asked ho v.- hi
host had managed to lire such a-i er
ceuoiii snoi. "l Me host annvere.. "I
suci i:r. iimii-T m uu- (jill;r a: a dist.-m -e
of I.ihki yards and then I pai:,te 1 ti e
target aroutd it." Cln-.-iru.itl Bj-
1 -
Groond Floor Itrt ro
There is danger in the p.n.i:s ch.irac-
ijier n-uings. wnii-n .-.re
often very thin ludeed. The ordinnrv
celong Is -only a porous diaphragm
permeable by gases with considerable
freedom." The vitiated air of sittin;
im-renire irtMpieiltiy DDtls it.S
way through Into bedrooms. The I'.rit
t..i. t t
nn .iinjH.ii .lournai asks any skeptic
to "compare hU iMiilily and menial sen
sations after sleeping iu such a room
and In one situat.il over a similar room
well ventilated and Hot occupied or
iiumicatctl by gas during the eveq-
:pg. the remedy, it snys. is to have
bedrooms on the ground floor and liv
ing, workiug and cooking rooms np
suiirs. i.ji uuw about noise? London
Chronicle.
Canft-bt h. Crarral.
One of tlif regular army offirvrs tcjln
4 story of bow the ull suiugt-in nu.v
rvgulatious ouit went against ;-;ier'
kiiott. Out wet afu-rnoou that sol.Iier
was caught lu tbe rain iu Washington,
lie was Iu full uniform act! waVwt'll
known, so. no cab being n'ar. he bor
rowed an . umbrella. Arriving at liU
botel an unilcr otllcer ajiproacbetl bl:u
and calmly remarked:
"General, you will consider yourself
under arret for eight days for carry
ing an uuibrella while in Tull uul
forui." A Srhratr That Pays.
A CIncluuati uiilkinan invites hl
customers to bare tbe milk which he
serves analyzed twlcw a year at iiis
exMns. Tbe tests may 1m? made nt
any time, without warning
aairyman. bis object, of course.
iu prove mat big milk is of standard
purity all the year round. He docs a
large business and finds himself well
repaid for bis outlay for the analvsls.
Water charged with carbonic a I.J
gas. In other words, soda water. Is uiw
prescrihe.1 as a palliative Tor hunger,
especially for the abnormal sense of
hunger due to disease.
The strength of a man's virtue must
not lie measured by Its extraort'.kmry
efforts, but by bis ordinary life.
Snyder's Pharm
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room to do a brkk tin-ine:
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fresh and crood condition.
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we are sure to have it. You are alwava g
Optical Goods Sr::,t;r.r-
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at j'i ju cha.iv. rai.i.-itct.iuii uantiutt'li.
Druggist. OMVTNi.
Louthefs Drug Si
Main Street, Somerset,
Ma wwa ss yt " i
Favcrits Trith Pesris in Z
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Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Sponges,
Supports, Toilcf Articles
TRK 0TOOlVE) rrKSOHAI, ATTIMTIO;. TO THICuh)tVj.,
LoiiOWs PreseripliislFiiil:
8RIAT CARS B;5G TAKES TO CSK 0!LT rEEMH AND IT XT A3:!r;B
SPECTACLES. EYE-(iLAS.Sb
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Vnd a Full Line of Optical Goods always o
large a crtxent all can Le 3j
TBE FIEEST BBiffiDS C? CiC-ri
Vlways on hand. It is always a pleasure
to intending purchasers, whether they
from us or elsewhere.
STREET - SCHEaST
Somerset Lumber Yi
ISLIS CIXNIsrrN'GHAlI
SlAHTrrACTTac ajtd Dials ud Whoi.oaljc ajd Tlzri'.'.av
Lumber and Building Material'.
Hard and Soft Woo
Oak, Poplar, NlJlnc.
Walnut, 'elIow IMne. Flooring.
Cherry, Kbiugles, ICKrw,
Lalb, H bite Pine JJIlntU,
A rrira: Unrof all rralM of Lomxr anl BnlM!n at-ri:l a ul K--'
stock. Also, can furnish anythlrc In the line of our liuir.t- u,ir
b! promptness, snch.as I racieta, odd-s:zJ..)rkt
Office and Ttrl 0p?vItA S. A C. R. R Statli n.
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pnbKsbfr ofTiiK Smo-MKr UKRiin, your own lHv..ri!- li"''- W' ,
into an i liitnea with The N-w-York Tribune" wbicU fii.i'- ti""" !l
parr at It trklin ct ..f rrnf ltf,r ye-ir.
I.' ry turmrand averv rilliiwrnvrM to hiinsplf. to hi- I'.tt'iiiT. '
ninnity in hi-h h- live- a iTri!il stit'tKrt r.f his !m-h1 !. !! 'r-
tMllUV and lintiril t"l f. ,r hlu inlnrm. it, lrf 1V hrii '"
news and happnirc-r I-is iiii;bl--r):i-.l. the d.ii.ir "f l:" ,ri"'"
and prnt-pecta Sir diiffrfiit er-n. thft nrices in 1 ine inark:.
weekly visitor nhii h should ! f..ind in every iT
Jet thick of it! B"th ftht-. psprrs for onlv ?i 0' y'r.
Send all orders to THE HERALD. SOtfCftSCT. P.
IT WILL PAY YOU
TO BITY YOUR
ITIenioria. Work
or
WM. F. SHAFFER.
MOMKRHET, FE"N'A.
ManufK-iiirrof and Dealer to
Eastern tV'orK Kurulofl on Khnn v,.ti,
Sil! II! ISSllIi ig
Also, A gtul for the WHITE BRONZE !
Prons In need at vrnnnn.. m.i.
flr.d It to tlielr lntret to call at mv .tiow
h"r pnim-rstiowimf will bm rivn I ,. ..,
-(-Hii.rtion junrtnuwt i vry r:i.. at
tbe" Tr3r '9' Itn,"wP''i'aUii to
WMte Bri; Or Pura Zlno Moroir.-st.
nrodnred by Rev. W. A. Rlnf. as a derl.V.t
Jmurovrment In the point of Msteria! n.l
rctolsr Vr.nument for oar chanSMWe li-
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JOHN N. SNYDER,
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