KRUGER'S CAPITAL CITY Characteristics of Pretoria as Described by Poultney Bigelow. CUTLOCX FOE FDIUEE 13 EEIGHT. rWM.t Asm-able of SoatB Africa Toirei For Frrmaiircl Resistewce iU-Hf-ris Krace-r's EecrrlItlra. rrrdlrtioa That Barn Will B J.-yzrl to r.ritUk F1K Ar i rcncb Canadian. Ir toria is In many respects tlie icwt ?iwali! of all So-.'.tb African towns for K'ru.nnent residence. It is on a high plateau, where the air Is dry and hnaiii?. a climate sustentive of Colo rado in its virtue for those wh.ise Inns are weak. Geographically, it Is ailniiml.ly situated as the prosjiective renter cif a railway net destined to l.iad Mela sua Ifciy with tie African west cr.ast ::nd Cairo with the C'aie. S;ii;;li Africa is fortuuate iu 'javiu tours very dilereut one from t.)e oth er. ::cli ofierin; points of picturesque Interest to the traveler. Cape Town liss the nMe Talde mountain, tower ni::ji siiral!y l;ke a massive, drowsy lion ct the gateway of the dark conti Lent. ITnder its shadows are the an cestral avenues planted by Mutch Cast lediauaen 'AO yeiirs ago. At East Lon- I t if w- ti: :i ViTtl LEGISLATIVE r.riLPrXG AT PKFTOr.lA. don. by contrast, we lind a wide awake. essentially modern English towu. with mach that might recall r.i-.gl!?ou or Harwich and very little to uiaLe one realize tl.at this is a II some C.ihx) miles from home, writes J'ouitiie.v Bigelow in the European edition of the New York Herald. At Murbr.n we seem to be in a totally new world part lud.a. part savage Africa. Banana trees, buugalows. puukahs. juslms. Zulus these arrest the eye of the newly arrived and distract his at tention from the excellent municipal administration and the many evi dences f modern progress at this es sentially up to date port. Only a few miles farther is a splen did Portuguese failure, ljjuretico Mar ques, in Melagoa Bay. picturesque from a distance, but full of foul smell and saddening prospect when one ap proaches to within hailing distance. This Portuguese pest hole reminded, me of certain Turkish towns of the lower Manube which seemed like bits of romance from the "Arabian Nights." for at a distance one perceived ouly the minarets shining iu gorgeous sunlight, the battlements of the im-dia-val walls or the domes of sacred buddings. But to pres;i- our illusions iu such coun tries we should never go ashore pad dle past them far away under the op posite I a iik and read Byrou rather than contemporary history. r.loeii'fontein prepares cue for Ire toria. a San Antonio, in Texas, sug gesrs the typical Mexican cpy. Bloem foniein and Pretoria both lcar the stamp of their bucolic origin in the vast open place at the center where long ox trains can find rest and the farmers dispose of their produce or tiiid quarters during the periods of re ligions congregation. The great squares iu the midst of B-jor towns have their counterparts in those of Mexico and wherever the cattle interest predomi nates. - Pretoria is not today so pretty a town as BIcM'Tiifoutein. but that is for rea sons which may be obvious. Bloeni fontein gives the impression of good taste, of general comfort, of harmo nious development. At Pretoria, on The contrary, we find Boor cabins with mud floors ranged alongside of preten tious government buildings built obvi ously to impress the beholder by their pine. The Boer government in lvl was practically without money except ing for the ilidis!ensa!iie. The geld tiiineK suddenly threw into the empty treasury of th:s "cowlioy" administra tion so much money that it was rather embarrassing to know what to do with it. When a Yankee cowboy returns to civilization with a pocket full of mon ey, we all know wl;nt he Is apt to do. Of course the first thing is to make a round of the barrooms, treat every or.e. theu buy seme gaudy .Jewelry, a few fiahy garments, go driving aliout town in the handsomest carriage procurable, nnd when the money is all gone think cf Investing. The Boer legislators, who had prolv nbiy never seen a .1 note until the uit larders opened tl mines at Johannes burg, commenced their career of politi cal independence much in the same way. Instead of working slowly anl fle!i ling the monev for the future good f the country by establishing good ccl'iols and building roads, bridges and hifgs calculated to increase comfort, fhey acted on the assumption that in tercourse with their neigh!ors was a bad thing tind that to le strong they must remain a peculiar an! Uolat.-d people. The money which should have gone to the construction of railways was diverted into the building of huge forts. Instead of welcoming Afrikan ders to assist in their administration they preferred to import clerks direct ly from Holland n:.i Germany, as though these might prove more loyal ta them than even f -ir own kinsmen reared st the Cape or XatM. The pri vate residences at Pretoria are over toppcJ by monstrous government of fices, where much iTso'le? has been ppent for shew a:i;l liu? for beauty. Pretoria is in its way a reflection of Paul Kruger. That nol le cattle herder !i:rs do jKiiitlcal creed beyond hatred of the uftlandor aud loyalty to what he thinks is liberty. Iu theory he is th incarnation, of primitive democracy, yet outwardly he decks himself wi;h tawdry decorations loauej to him by Eurjiwan monarchs and ios semin.y r.l o up when be drives abroad. We lose fight of Krnger's dijraity. courage and iMiiitical virtues when we see him driving a!Kut I:vtoria with all the iiom-eusK-al pannle of a Soma Ameri can dictator. So are we aju to lose pight of the lioantios of the town itself, because at present ther is so much tliat is incongruous, such violent con trasts Itetweeu the normal residence cf a Boer patriarch and the mammoth public buildings In which he is called utioti to legislate. Ilvtoria has an excellent supply of ielioious water, which runs in refresh ing abundance liefore the very doors nf the iu!.;.bitants. This is nn i:xsti n::;b!e blessing la South Africa, where ti.e oue lin king thing Is water. On the occasion of my visit to Johannesburg water was so cosily that at Ce club r.:ea were frequently driveu ti wash their banCs in soda water. Had the hruger poverament siHut on Irrisntlou ! the m.mey it devoted to artilie:;. nnd ! fort:fica::.3S I doubt if the present war would have !Ke3 so popular. The streets cf Pretoria ere bror.d av enues, laid out originally ra:her v.ith reference to the pirat cx trains than to the probability of scrinal trlUc likely to prove crowding. At present the Ftreets are much tto wide for the Hpu Lution. and the extense of tnalntaining thetn and laying tse dast is. of course, heavy. In n;y mind's eve I have a vision of Pretoria ten yean; hence. It win be a city where all Afrikanders unite under aa Afrikander ting to do for that preat country what Canadian are doing at Ottawa an 1 Yaikees at Washington. Even in the year of the Jameson n:id QSMt Boers cud British luixcj socially at the Pretoria club. and. while tlier was much divergence of opinion on many matters, there was unanimity enough on ceain vital questions to plvc tue considerable confidence in a liripht future for the united white races. Itorr. Briton. Yankee and Ger man tht re were plenty of these even In that year who were heartily pick of Kruerism. much as they honored the old man for his past services. Men of affairs who had money to in vest, mcu who desired to jrrow up with the country all men with progressive nifndu were displeased with the pre texts put forth by Kruserites for keep Ins the country in a backward state. The modern Boer appreciates the ne cessity for liberal legislation quite as much ns any Afrikander, and when England shall have demonstrated be yond question that she not only can conquer all obstacle ic South Africa, but means to remain the paramount power in that region, then, it is my le lief. t!ie est portioD of the Boers will throw in th"ir lot cheerfully with the new order of things and 1 to the Brit ish Ga2 as loyal as are the French of Montreal or the Chinese of Wei-IIai-Wel. NEW WAY TO STOP TRAINS. Srhraa For Cattlne Oft Steam Wfaea DiiBfr la Ahead. Judge Albion W. Tourgee. who is cow eotisul at Bordeaux. France, writes to the state department at Washington of a recent improvement upon the "block system" on railroads designed by a French inventor, which, it is claimed, will greatly lessen the danger of collisions ou railways, says the Chi cago Chrotiieie. The fact that the Fuited States Is the most profitable field for the exploitation of useful in ventions," writes the Judge, "has taken a firm hold uion the inventive minds of other countries, rnd the first thing a man does who has a novel idea of any sort Is to seek to have it patented In the I'nitcd States. -The invention by Pierre Paul Guil l.ert of Millau. department of Aveyrou, France, intended to prevent railway collisions, is in effect a simple and nat ural application of the 'block system, but iustead of merely displaying a sig nal tit each end of a section of track showing that the same is occupied Gui!!erts system acts also on the en gine of the approaching train and by cutting ofT steam automatically brings the train to a standstill. 'As a preventive of head on colli sions this invention would seem a posi tive Improvement oa the block system, though it is quite possible that the iu- ! creased cost of installation will prevent its general adoption." New Ootid For the Mlnilppt. Captain John Cowdon's son. Mr. .Tames Seldon Cowdou of Washington, has just completed a plaster model of lower lmisiatia. showing the flood plane and floor plane of the Mississippi river from the mouth of the Bed river to the gulf of Mexico, says the New j York Evening Sun. It also shown the I location of the proposed Lake Borgne ! outlet, which Mr. Cowdon says must be made or nature will widen and deepen the Atchafalaya until the whole bxnl of the Mississippi river will l changed, absolutely ruining the rail road and other investments in New Or leans. When the river lied changes. New Oi leans will lx-come an inland city. The model is being shown to congressmen during the recess. Amrrlmn Furniture la Europe. Aa American furniture manufactur ing company is now shipping from Its factories American furniture in tho rougii. says the Washington Times. Being in parts and tightly packed, it ooenpicti littk space, an 1 consequently the freight is low. It is put together in London r.ud Glasgow workshops, and the salesmen place the furniture in the hands of dealers in England and Scotland. CENSUS PREPARATIONS. Preliminary Work Brcoa-Dot Few Clerka redt-d Sow. Th'.re is j;u unmistakable air of busi ness alxu :t the census office these da vs. 6ays the Washington Star. The new j building at the corner of First and B j streets, northwest, is now occupied by the preliminary force, and In a few j weeks everything will !c in readiness j for the large numlK-r of clerks who are to perform the great task of compiling j the census. J Since the advent of congress the pressure for jMisitions has been enor mous. Mirecior Merriam. while willing to do everything in his power to relieve the situation, tiuds himself absolutely helpless. There is no work to be done leyoi;d that which is Lew lieiug cared for by an ample number of clerks. Many senators and representatives, it is said, do not appreciate this and be lieve the ccusus is now lieiug taken and that every one cf the clerks allot ted to them should lie immediately ap pointed. The work of taking the census will begin on the lirst day of next June, when the enumerators will start out to nsake house to house visits. It is ex pected that the first returns will be trsrued in from Washington and that they w ill begin to arrive altout the "Jtith of June. Theu a uumlier of appoint ments will be made. They will not ail le made at once, but gradually, as the liM-csslty arises. So the original state ment of Miroctor Merriam still obtains th::t uo great number of clerks will lie noodijd t:::;il some time in July. It will require over l.CKXt clerks to puuch cards iu order that the count can le made. These will lie t-lassti! as "punchers" and will precede the clerks. After they have concluded their work many f them will Ik- scut to desks. Sever::! months will lie required, it is ttclicvcd. to make the const. As here tofore stated, the Hollerith system will be employed to do the counting. The system within rt few days will Im in ac tual ojH-ration by the Hollerith nple. who have i he contract to count the -oii-sus or Cuba and Porto il.iu which lias Jr.st In-cm completed. The list of oligibles to appointment, or those who have successfully passed the examination required, numliers 1JSS.1. of whom ST are men and 4N."i women. "Oont Pool" on l.ton Host In a. Pas;i" Kruger of the Transvaal has a cer'ain grim humor which re-min-'s one of Irvit'.g s KnickorlMM-kors. says the Philadelphia Post. According to a visitor from Cape Town, he was speaking rifenllv to some foreigner :f the :ssuc lictweeti his country and England and dosed his tall; v.iih a i.u.iint metaphor: "We B.H-rs have hunted the African I:,::; too h.i.g in f..lr j;. p.rj,ish o::c It's one thing to me i is- beast iti hi lut.titi-r veldt: it's very diiTorvni when le copies in front of veer v. indov, where you are standing with a loaded r::." Iti nrn Kept A-earktlnc. Teter C. Bctlolette of Mil ford. X. J.. who keeps layittg bens fur profit, hi Is'iKI surpassed his best p-cord for full 12 months. From !Xi hens he received IS.-!." cgs. says the Philadelphia Times. Mr. Bertolette's Industrious hens are a oi:ss betwi-en Brown leg horns and Golden Wytndot .es. and he it quite prtm.l of them. 1 e 40wrl nnity. "Bilklns got married rather suddenlv. didn't her "Yes. Somebody g:,ve him a railroad pass to New York good for two. and Le didn't want to waste iL."-CTeveland Tlala Dealer. When a man is missiug, every one's first Impulse Is to count the women left In town to see If oue Is ihort. Auliison Globe, TWENTIETH CENTURY. Camille Flammarion Sajs It Be gins on January 1, 1901. VIEWS OF FBIKCH ASTEOSOKEB. lie Aaaerta That All Chronological SelentUta Agree In Placlan" Dawn of Twentieth liandred at Mldnlcht of December 31. lftoo Olacnaalon Recnra nt Close of Each Period. Every hundred years, toward the end if each century, this question of the date of the change of century Is dis cussed. I have before me documents of 171t:. ltxRi and I.VJ!). which pose the problem and turn It over and over, writes Camille Flammarion.the Frencli astronomer. In the New York Herald. Again. Hki years hence. In the year of grace VXJ which, by the way. will be favored by a very tine eclipse of the sun. totil in the neigbliorhood o Paris on Aug. 11 at is minutes past 10 o'clock In the morning our gp-at-prandchil-dren will put the same question. Again. Iu the lin de siecle uewspajHTS of the period there will still lie distinguished c:i::d to repent the centuries old con fusion. Progress Is slow In the human race. One hundred years ago the discussion was very keen and was even reflected on the stage. Ill 1S00 there was played at a little theater In the Boulevard du Temple a piece entitled "En Quel Sie cle Yivons Nous. Bon DleuT" which had some little success, a title which would again be an "actuallte" nest yea r. In what times are we living? Cer tainly not in those of the age of reason. Moreover, the discussions of the last ceiaury have not convinced everybody. For example. Victor Hugo was born on Feb. ,i'i. 1'J. At that date the cen tury was 13 months. 115 days and a few hours old. I di not think that any one ever says of a child of that age that it Is 2 years old. yet the Immortal jKet. speaking of his birth at Besancon. wrote, as every one knows: f r.pWr avsit d-ax an; Rome remplacait Sparte; IVja NapcltMin (H-rrait sHis Bonaparte. Kt tin prrniirr eoT:ul; dja par maint endroit Le trotit de I'cnipereur brisait le masque etrcit. In spite of what Is called poetical li cense Victor Hugo would not have written those words unless he had thought that the nineteenth century began in 1SM. Poets perhaps reckon otherwise than astronomers-. Did not M. de Ileredia of the French academy say recently, in Octolier. KM!, in his greeting to the Emperor Nicholas in connection with the Pont Alexandre, which will be opened duriug the exhibition of 1900: Et rr:an1 !aulie du siecte renir aura lui P'riH. en on transport iiniversel de joie. O'.ivrirra ficrt-ment la triomphale voe Au couple thomphal qu'il acclanie aujuurdliui. Fmncisqiie Sarcey also called the year I'.hxi "1'aube du siecle." Well, no: the dawn of the twentieth century will not yet have shone in 1900. Al though we hear the exhibition of 1900 spoken of every moment as the in auguration of the twentieth century, it is the end the twilight of the nine teenth century. I have lef ore me several works of the year KIH). First, a dissertation on the beginning of the next century to ascertain which of the two years. 170O or 1701. Is the first or the century: sec ond, a critical letter to the author of the dissertation: third, a fresh disserta tion o: the next century Iu which it is shown that the year 17iH.i is the first of the century: fourth. "The authors ii;;:m I on the begjuuiuj of the next century ilit-ided." These four little books were printed in Paris iu the year 1099. They consist of oudh'ss discussions with arguments drawn from the Bible, from the fa thers of the church, from the Christian dogma, from Noah's deluge, from the institution of jubilees by the pope tlie interminable gossip of advocates, which confuses the question to 6uch aa xtent that it is impossible to make mything of it. in spite of the subtle listitjctioiis drawn between ordinal ardiual numbers. The authors have even taken the trouble tj insert geometrical figuws t thow how the years should be separat ed and counted. Dissertations of the tame kind are met with iu l.99. Eveti he pojie. who was mixed up in them. lid not settle the question, but left it to the astronomers, who. moreover, have never varied any more than has arithmetic. Yet this eternal question :s simple enough. A dozeu is composed of 1? unities. I ml No. 1: forms a part of the dozen. A hundred is composed of I'M) unities, and No. PHI forms a part of the hun dred. Now. there was no year 0. Iu Ihe Christian era the first 11' mouth ire called the lirst year, or the year 1. When Christ came into the world. do one suspected the importance of hi romiug nor the place which the re ligion that he was to found would take iu the Hilitical history of nations. The year of bis birth passed unercelve1 by the Bomans as by tke Hebrews. Even the first century of ChrUtiauity rnd the second, third, fourth and fifth, liad no place in tlie calendar. It was inly in the year .".32 that the Christian era was proposed by a monk of the Boman church, born in Scythia. named Dionysius. who ou account of his short stature was nicknamed Dionysius the t ittle, or Dionysi'ts Fxlguus. It was he who constituted the Chris tian era. That, ns has been seen, wast only in the sixth century. He suposed that Christ was born on Iec. '2X in the year of Botne 7.1?.. and the year "A of the foundation of Rome liecanie the Srst of the Christian era. This first year was not. Tncn-fore. even In the idea of Dionysius. that of the birth of Christ. Its Ix-giutiing was seven days posterior to his birth. - The ir.onk Dionrius made In "lis his torical researches a mistake of four years, which can easily be verified, as the date of the death of Herod Is ac curately kuown. Christ was born la the year of Home 7-19. not In 7oZ. and died at the nge of 37. not 33. and the whole Christian era Is four years too Touug. But it world certainly be in convenient to change It, although this mistake has been known for some cen turies. It is already referred to In the dissertations mentioned, whose Chris tian era has been kept as it was pro posed by Dionysius the Little. It is lUtlicient if people are agreed. It is lenrly a matter of convention. But. whatever date be adopted for the beginning of the Christian era, there was no year 0. Then-fore the first year Is the year 1. The tenth year Is 10. and the hundredth year of the first century Is the year 10. Put In this form, the problem docs not leave a shadow of doubt in the minds of the reader. Nothing in the world could be simpler. When the French revolution created a new calendar, it acted in the same way. It did not think of a year 0. It called its first year the year 1. What appears to deceive fertain minds, probably superficial, at eeast as far as chronology is concerned, is the change in the first two figures of the ceutury-the figures 1799 to 1S00. 1S91 to UM. etc. In these 99 years there Is a change from 17 to 18 and from IS to 19. This is true, but there is r other difference than that which makes the chauge from No. to No. 10 and from No. 'M to No. 100 that Is to say. to the completion of a. decade or cen tury. In the decimal system a decade pots from 1 to 10. a century from 1 to 100. There have also been variations In the date of the beginning of the year, which Las been placed sometimes at Jan. 1 and sometimes at Dec. 2.1. which was more logical frtmi the Christian point of view, for the Circumcision Is evidently merely an Incident. Some times It has licen phw-ed nt tlie concep tion of Christ, otherwise the AnuuXcU- tiou. logically fixed by the chureD at nine months from Dec. 2Ti; sometimes at Easter, the festival of the Resurrec tion and of spring. On the other hand, the year wan shortened by ten days In 15S2 to brinjf the calendar Into agree ment with aitronomy. but all this does not prevent the last day of llKM from being the last of the nineteenth cen tury. It may be seen by reading the papers that there a.v still dissenters in Paris. In the provinces and abroad. These simply complain that the first year Is called the year 1 Instead of the year 0. but it was thus that the calendar was drswn ttp. Dionysius the Little did not put the figure I after, but during, the first year, and the first year was called the year 1. It Is therefore on Dec. 31. 1900. r.t midnight precisely, that the century will end and fell In Its turn into an abyss of the past to make room for the new century. SOCIAL MUSEUM PLANNED. Rev. Dr. Jolah Stronc at Bead of the Movecjeat. The Rev. Dr. Joslah Strong, presi dent of tlie League For Social Service. Is organizing a permanent Museum of Social Economy In New York city, similar to the Musee Socinle fouuded in Paris by Cointe de Chanibrun In KU. Such a museum. It is said by Its ad vocates, would help to solve great so cial probleus of our times by furnlsh lug Invaluable servic-e In Improving the condition of oeratlves. miners, clerks and employees Iu general and by facilitating city Improvements. One of Dr. Strong's plans Is for the museum to lend data and photographs to other cities of all improvements and advance in municipal work and in social, industrial and educational In stitutions, says the New York World. Much available material has already been obtained. NEW SKATING WONDER. Korval Ilaptle Made World Records For the Hall and Quarter Miles. The fastest skating ever done in the world Torn half mile and a quarter mile straightaway was accomplished recent ly on Lake Minuetonka, near Minneap olis. Norval Baptie of Bathgate. N. D.. lowered the quarter mile record of 31'4 seconds, made by John S. Johnson, to 2S 1.1 se-onds. After a rest of 20 min utes Baptie started for the hnlf mile record of Joe Donoghue of New York ond Olaf Rudd of Minneapolis and low ered It from 1 minute 5 2-.1 seconds to 1 tnilMite 2-rv seconds. The records are oiUcIal. says the Bos ton Herald, and were made under the auspices of the Excelsion Ice Yacht club. Prelorla'a Armory. A letter written by a prominent offi cial in the government of Natal has l"en received in Ixindon. He says: "One rubs one's eyes when n horde of simple herdsmen' Is seen to drive back an ermy trained bv men of the highest and most up to date military skill and experience and armed, oue would think, with the most perfect weapons if destruction. The fact Is the Boer irmory at Pretoria would shame t'.ie armory of some first rate European powers." iAimlon Telegraph. BATTLE OF MAGERSFONTEIN Valne of the Boer Artillery In Dla lieralas the Infantry Attack. It is apparent from the account of the battle of Mdgersfontelu tele g:apiied by the correspondent of the Loiidou Daily News at Modder river that it was the bringing of the Boer artillery into action late in the after r.oou which decided the day in their favor. Tke correspondent says: The guards' brigade was heavily en gaged ou the right of the position, but loiiid no more than hold their own. The attack began liefop' the jxisition had been shelled and the guns came in only to cover the withdrawal, and then they most gallantly played their part. About (!20 Boers develoed so stping an at tack on the right center that the Twelfth lancers dismounted two squad rons which were detached from Gener al Babiugton's command. The lancers held on till 3 o'clock In the afternoon, when they were relieved by the guards. The Boers here were held in complete check, though they could not be driven out of their jiosition. Lord Methuen had no fp-sh trops at his disiHisal. and a determined attack on the Boer main position was impossi ble. Nevertheless, the effort of 10 a. m. having failed, the Black Watch made n gallant try at about llu'lil. but again unsuccessfully. The action was continued by tiur guns, which had poured in a terrific tire iimii the Boer ixisition. The naval gun. at 7.0a) yards: the howitzers and Sixty-second battery on the front and one battery on the right ceuter raked the Boer trenches and their position on the hills. Could an effective Infantry attack now have lieen made It must have succeeded. The fire slackened at noon till 3:.'U). when the Highlanders were again got together to co-oerate in a final attack upon the Boers. In the meantime we had got the last two gnus up. At 4:4.1. however, when the troops were in the act of watering, we were surprise! by two well directed shells. The men. having endured frightful punishment, retired instead of advancing to cover the attacking party and only rallied when clean out of range. The gunners, though startled by the enemy's shells, olwtinr.tely clung to their position, replying to their fire accurately and steadily till nightfall. Thus the guns. supjorted by the caval ry brigade, held the ground won. The Boers, content with having dispersed the infantry attack with their guns, tuado no attempt to take the offensive. A Woman'a Enterprise. The name "sightseers" is aptly nsQd to describe the enterprise of a Phila delphia woman who finds interestijg and useful occupation for a pr.rty of lucky children on Saturday cfternoj:is. says Tlie Record. She has formed a class of boys and girls who are of an age to take r.n expedition without fa tigue. They improve the shinir.g hours of this holiday from school duties In an exceptional manner. This bright woman believes that history of some value can be taught end the duties of a patriotic citizen instilled i:ito children by taking them about to the many places of historic association in Phila delphia and the environs. Oue place Is visited on each Saturday afternoon, and the leader describes what took place at this spot years ago. The out of town localities are visited early in the season, while the weather is with us. Chestnuts are dropping at Valley Forge, and this does not lessen the interest felt by the children In vis tting this hallowed spot. The idea is a thoroughly good one. and no doubt nire good times await the band of 8,hool child sightseers, WL.it with Bartram's garden, the Treaty monu ment. Independence halL Christ church. Betsy Ross house and t:e oth er poiuts of historic Interest near bv It will take quite a long time to ex haust the list of historic places to be visited. Children enjoy going about in a party, and the time so spent may be most usefully employed. Even if it Is not possible for the children to Join a large party much may lie done by Individual effort in this :..ection. Jfot ms vtyie. "A Eitislclaa out of work, are you" said the lu: sekecpor. "Well, you'll f:l f:-.v (!,! la the woodshed. Sup ',; r.i.cr i::e with an obligato." "" ur-h,;: the p , !-': jn. mii.l.i m.' ' I', r; . t ; t- , ;.c f i r. :. ',! -u i e C UNCLE mS ICEHOUSE Enormous Refrigerator Plant Recently Shipped to Manila. FEATTjm OF TRE STRUCTURE. It V.ill Be Two Haadred and Fortj- ve Feet Sqnare and Will Cost About e.VK).0OO Hose Glasa Glob to Be Illnmiaated at Sight Will Be Mounted tpoii the Building's Tow erllLe Chimney. Uncle Sam is going to be the Ice man. Lie has ordered scut to Manila the wa- ! terial with which to build a huge ice- making plant and cold storage ware house. The hist batch or Hie lilting for the Icehouse started a few days ago for the Philippines in two Swedish tramp steamers, says the New York Journal. Ice machine sharps say that no other government owns an Icehouse if any size. The one in Manila will .e IMS feet square, and N it will cost about $.100.0(10. It will hold enough beef, mutton, pork, butter, eggs ami other perishable food to supply 10.(i00 sol diers for three months. The commissary department began the building ulwut a year ago. Major Leon S. Boudiez Is In charge of the work, and he has as his engineer Frank L. Strong and as architect E.lward Barrath of Chicago, who builds Ice bouses for the licef trust. John Cook of New York city is general overseer. They have designed a structure which they consider artistic, although It is to lie used for such prosaic purposes as the chilling or pork. The chimney will masquerade as an ornamental tower, and on the top of it will lie a huge glass globe, and standing In heroic at titude aliove it will be a Goddess of Lilierty. At night the globe will be Il luminated to Impress the Filipinos. The plant will tura out 40 toils of ice a day and will kee1 cool 1.200 tons of beef. 2:hi tons of mutton. .10 tons of butter. 100 tons of iotatoes and 100 tons of bacon. There will le four miles of overhead track with hooks iton it from which sides of In-ef will hang and 1S.IT0 lieef hooks. When the plant Is started. It will be possible for a ship to le up alongside Uncle Sam's icchottse and take In a supply of beef by means of a sort of trolley railroad. The meat will run di rect from the cold storage rooms to the hold cf the vessel, almost without be ing touched by the workmen. The bricks for the walls are being made In Manila with machinery sent from the United States. The laborers are Filipinos, the bosses Americans, who are learning such expressions 89 'Get a move on yon" and "Dou't lie all day with that mortar" In the Filipino language. In order to Impress the natives with the In-tielits of a free and enlightened government Major Itondiez has order ed a handsome fountain which will stand In front of the office of Uncle Sam's refrigerator and squirt water to a great height. This fer.ture. combined with the glass globe and the Goddess of Liberty, the major thinks, will make the Icehouse the most tasteful Structure In Uncle Sam's far eastern possessions. Tenants of the other government bnil. iings In Manila look with envious ryes upon the pretentious architecture of the nw pork cooling establishment. They want to borrow Major Bondier.'s Goddess of Liberty and put her on the nrniy headquarters or the police co'trt. on the ground that she would look more appropriate there. OBJECT LESSON IN SAVING. Sloos India a Wltaeasea Make .Money bjr AToidlna: Kaitroad Travel. The Sioux Indians are occasionally able to give their white brethren an object lesson in saving. A movement, according to a Sioux Falls dispatch to the Chicago Inter Ocean. Is now ou foot among them to induce Indian wit nesses from Bosebud and Pine Bidge agencies who attend the United States court at Dead wood to hereafter travel to that place In their own conveyances instead of going by railroad, as has been their practice. Court Is held at Dead woe 1 twice each year, and there Is always a large cuni!T of Indian witnesses in attendance, who of course are allowed mileage by the government the same as any one else. Time, the Indians have discovered. Is of no value whatever to them, and by fctarting away early and driving across country, iu some Instances from Km to 1j0 miles, they proxise In future to save railroad fare. This oue item of saving will alone net them a considera ble sum each year and give them extra money with which to supply them selves with articles which are not uow furnished thcr.i by the governmeut. A Child's Pathetic Plea. When 10-year-old Angelo Pomaco of Glen Bidge was arraigned In-fore Jus tice Darlington in Montclair. N. J.. the other night on a charge of malicious mischief in breaking windows by throwing stones at passing trains on he Erie railroad, the little fellow. In reply to a question as to why he threw the stones, said: "My mamma was killed by a train, anil that's why I stone them." Justice Darlington was completely taken aback by the answer and. look lug at the boy. saw that the little fel low was crying, says the New York Tribune. He was locked up until It could be decided how to dispose of the case. Xot Preliminary Snrter, ITavIng carried the northern end of the Cape to Cairo railway as far as he could. Kitchener is now on his way to do something for the southern t ection. Philadelphia I-dger. A Telephone In a Christmas Tree. One of the prettiest stories of what the telephoue has done is told of a family out west. The mother was sick In a hospital many miles away. She Insisted at Christmas time that no change should be made at home. There must be Christmas presents and the tree. The father and some men work ed at the Christmas tree for some hours ou the afternoon lief ore Christmas. The mother far away was well enough to walk to the telephone in the hos pital The hour was arranged. Sud denly, when all the children were around the tree, the father reached Into the tree, put the transmitter care fully concealed there to the ear of the youngest child, and the child heard Its mother's Christmas message. Each In turn spoke to her. and they voted that mamma's voice was the best Christmas present they had. Outlook. Colorado's First Woman Juror. Mrs. J. II. Sperry. a lady highly teemed for her good work as agent cf the Colorado Humane society, was a member of the coroner's Jury summon ed a few days ago at Pueblo to Inves tigate the death of Frank Dour.ella. who was killed In the lU-sseincr mine. Mrs. Serry was treated with i::::-!i courtesy and was Invited to be fore man of the Jury. A local paper says she asked many questions, teudlng to throw light on the cese. This Is be lieved to be the first Instance of a tro man serving oa a Jury in Colorado. She Rode la tke First Railrcad Train. Mrs. Thoniasine Urnhan lias 2ied ct Middlesbrcusli-OE-Tccs t the a.ze cf !M years. K!:e v.-.-.s 11; when the first rail way In the wot I.I. the Stockton nnd tar:::i?toii. v.rts opened. i:d she trav eled In the t;;t train. whicli -.vsmlrawn by Stcpbenscu's er'.z'nzi No. 1. now erected oa .1 special ph't.'ortn 'n Iar i:utuD statl iu. I.tic..u t.'lo'.-e Solhern'a Kecltallon. Sir Edward Bussell knew E. A. Sotli ern, the actor. Intimately and In his book, "That Bemluds Me." telis many stories of him. He was dining at Portsmouth or somewhere at a regimental incsj to which the otucers bad asked him with every show of the highest admiration and with uo appearance of social su periority. ATtcr diuuer. as the party sat at Mine, one of the oiHccrs asked Sothern to give them a recitation. Now. Sothern abominated that kind of tiling. He wouldn't tolerate being treated as an entertainer when he was by way of being treated as a gentleman. He coldlv deciin.Ml. They pressed him He hotlv declined. Still they pressed him. He express! his feeling. Per haps tlie oilicers were a little affected by wille. At all events they persist ed. The- would take-no detiial. At last be said In a manner which showed that be was nettled, but yet yielding: "Well, ir you won't l.-t me oiT I must. I ll give you the dinner scene from 'David Garrlck.' " He did. He had never acted It bet ter. They were delighted until, spring ing to his feet, he made his wild, tipsy exit. Just ns be did on the stage, and dragg."! the cloth off the tabe nnd with It all the regiment's prized des sert chi'.l.t nml dec-niters and glasses, etc. Great was the smash. The actor dhl not wait to be applauded or to Im prove the occasion. The lesson was. In ced. a rough one. and probably only a man with some roughness lu his dar ing humor would have given it. but it was quite deserved. Ilovr Hard Bees Work. Darwin after close observation found that a U-e would often visit as many as 27 flowers in the course of a niiui'.te. though with other plants iu which the honey was ditlietilt to extract the aver age would be as low as seven. Strik ing a mean lietwcen these two figures, one may say that an ordinary working bee visits 11 (lowers a minut;'. or '.xxi nil hour. Considering the late hours to w hich n Im-c works, it is probably no exaggeration to say that It is busy for eight hours a day. allowing for inter vals of rest. This would make It visit 7.200 (lowers a day. or 0;S.(K!0 in a pe riod of six months. Mr. A. S. Wilson In a recent paper showed the enormous amount of labor gone through by lees in making even a small quantity of honey. He found that approximately 12.1 heads of red clover yield 1.1 grains if sugar, or 12.1. (HM) heads alsiut two xiuiids. As e:i-h head contains some MI florets. It fol lows that 7.."iK).i!(iO distinct (lower tubes must be sucked in order to ol tain two KMtnds of sugsr. Now. honey contains, roughly speaking. 7.1 per cent of sugar: therefore the locs must make. In rouud tinmlcrs. 2..100.000 visits for one pound of honey. (, it than wish it d. ire." Ilctter cure catarrh by taking Hood's Sarsaparillathati complain because vou suffer from it. Arc squashes gooi for milch cows? asks a subiciiber. Yes. THE CLEANSING AND HEALING CURE FOR CATARRH is Ely'sCrcaiuBaltn Easy and pleasant to u. t'ontxins no injurious iruir. It is quickly b sorbed. Givesieli.l at "lire. It opens and CATARRH eCSMBMKl COLD 'n HEAD Cleanse ihe Naal Pse. A Hays lu fiaiiimistMiii.llea) "I'd V rot pits the meiii liraiip. lttore the Sense ot TmmIo and Smell. Laree Srze. .") rent at Drugeisis or I'V mail: Tril ize, 10 cents bv mail. ELY UI'.OTH F.US. : Warren Street, New York. 'OMEKSET MATlKET KJJPOKT ) COKKKITUI WKKKLY BY Cook & Beerits, Wednf4flayt O f. 4,1SS9. I pe iur ( VII pei ta 25-40c Applf rieJ. B van inite.l n Apple butier.jM-r sal n.ll. pr ft Butter. fresh keg, per lb (cm. leery, per B.... Beeawax per t . 10 to '. . l ie iu to lc U-ll . to C .lu to V d V V I.K- . ... Hi Ul l-C 1 ! I . t-LM to 4.0r Jy J snear cured hum, per S.. ) aide, per S) ...... Bacon. viiouiuer, per id . t white navy, per bus . Bns-1 Lima, per ... Coffee ilt-wn, per t Lone- I rolled, per ft . ,-.., I ."iimher'anrl. rer bbl. Cement jporllandf perbo, Corn men I, per !... t-sg, pel do tiiil ...per 7.i i te.l Fish, lake herring. 1 t liI . ir :m :m Honey, white etover.per . -j-w Lard, per S 7 1 lor Lime, per hbl , Mc!ks., N.O., per gal wv Onions, per bus . 'm j0 tin Potatoes, per bus 3,-, Peaches, evaporated, per to Jit to liic Prune, per . g to IOc IS. Y.. per bbl I .5 HttHburp, per bill j ml U iry, V bus sacks 2oc ' A" " at 4 bus M-k. 41 th trround alum, lsu lb sacks floe maple, per to UtolOe ini!iru-u yeiuiK, p,-r si je wbius, A. per to ,V:-i,c granulated, per to &-t-tr.c. l"nbeorpuiveriied, per ft L v Syrup. Pr fil --Y v maple, p-r gai 4,1 to Mc Ktor.eware, t i lou Jc ThIIow, per to Zs"t's Yinega w1 ,, ,. f timothy, per bos Z... fj0 I Clover, ynrr bui .',. Seeds. " cnmon, per bus.! !TVfO I " alfalla. per bu i I " alsvke, per bus 7 Hi MU'et, ..ernian, per tais j m naney. wnlle be r1 leu, per bus 1 ;Ci I hucka-'imt. per bus 4 w Grain i corn ebelled, per ltui... r to 1 sr 1T D'lH ,3 t e rve, per bus . .Vy. wheat, per bt!" 7.. K bran, per lou to J v enra sn1 ct,j rhoii. i-r lirt tos 4 Feed I Dour, ronerproeesK.per bh Ji.tf) Flour. spring patent ana fanrr me-h enrte. j i (.flour, lower rrsd per 140a...tiJ5J.40 Hi CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltimore and Ohio nailroar. Somerset and Cambria Branch. MOKTHWAKD. Johnstown Mall Exprvw. Koctwond 11:1", s m.. Nornerwt U uT, si4.vm.icwn Koov ervlile 12 JobKMown 1 S- p. ru. Johnstown Accommodation. Kockwood 4 41) p. ! Homeoet 3:irj Ktoverrvw n j il. Hoov eiMvluei:!. Johnion t 3 KilC-rUWARt. Mail. Johnstown H -'a.iii..HpeTenivllle09 rvnyestown rximeret lr.ij Kockwood lfr.li Express. Johnstown 1 "! p. m., Hoovemvtlle 2 .Vn sovtown 2 17, Somerset S:Ij. Kock wood S.. Dally. F. D. I'XDEKWOon. D. B. MXTiTIN enejal Manager. Paaaeuiter Traffic Manager. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAP. KASTCKM TANOHe TI M C IN EFFECT NOV. 19, ISS9. O0!t5K!TS7) 9-firtlTI.B. J l'ln-town ss fcllror WerwARI. Western ""xnre 4 -r a. m. wumwe?em r.jpre ,-, 'nbnxtown Aertmimodatirn.Ti t-:'ti Jnhrwtown Arriniinodatiiin.... . Kl e-jnrlr K Tp- p-jvt way ttwrirw . - j PMtshurx F.xpress... .... .. Z 1 p. m. Vtl Dir, - fast I.iie Johntown Acconmola;lon ltT5 1A9TW1ID Atlantic. Fxpress "'eH-slmre F.x press .. VH.io-is Accommodation Fxris 1 !fin Line Kpres . Al.ona AeroininfMlittn .tti.town Accommodation...- 3Mt-vi!i.hiJ Kxpress Fi it lius 4rt7 a. m S:W S-l " - lo-r- " l-.'-ej p. m " 7 -. - ic im - M m a ELEPHAMS' THICKS. HOW THE AWKWARD ANIMALS AR: TAUGHT TO PERFORM. tome Ar. Tm Dnll I-'" thlsK. While Other. Ar. Quick to Catrh a- Uea-Forcible MetL-. ' tsed la Their Train!". Score of peorle ask mo every day.' said Keeper Snyder of the elephant honse in Central vrc recently. -lio anvthin? so stnpil looking and thicK Bki'nned as an elephant can be tanzht anvthinjr. I tell th. if aU that elephant! are not unlike children. Some, are Ui dnll to learn nnvthiu. and others can catch on idea rmckly. Tom." he went on. pointing to tho larj,-e elephant who was bnsilv cn-aicd in throwing hay on hi.i W k. "althonjrh irascible in disposi tion, is finite intcllisent. The first trick I tanght him was to lie down. This we nr.t eo eafy to accomplish as it Hi.'ht eecm. for it took a bliK'k and fall at front ;'.nd rear, with a gan of 1 or 20 men at each end. I st.xid at on side, and as I said 'Gt down!' his feet were drawn out from nnd; r him. This had to be repeated ouly a few times l fore he learned what 'Get down' meant for him. . . . . . . To teach him to tand on ni3 i.nu lef t and on his head a Mock and fait on !,,-, nvrr hi head, a snatcu ei lock and two'doad men in th floor and services of acotli elep'.nat were ,r.i.wt A- I Raid '(fit np!" the the all ele- j-hant in harn-sss wallied forward, c TVWa frnnt f.x t Went IIP. whi! I md his bind feet were chained together. Wh t ni,t 'SMnil nn your head!' his fro on nt feet, which had been previon-ly chain ed, remaineil on the noor. wuue hind feet were drawn tip nntil they al- most literally 'kicked the tieam. "These w.to his first lessons. Vlu yn V-rriwl tidrill to'riL'ht aliont. face and 'left about, face.' I etocnl cn one side of him aad anoth-sr man on the ntli.-.r and we each had a prL As cociniaudcd'Riht abotit. face!' he was r.lir.l rror in the ri-rht. and 'Left abotit, face!' he was prodded in th:it direction. I tanht him to waits in much the same way, only as wo pushed "him buck and forth wo made him po clear anmnd. rnd cow "ae is one of the best waltzers in the country. Ho learn tr Hn. thn bell and fan him-Lllf it one lesson. Bot'a require the f&if.e mo tion, end they are really the samo tricK, althonjjh people never think of that Yes, he kin.ws which is which and never picks np the fan or napkin whin I tell him to rintf tha bell. I only b.vl to pnt each, one at atia:e. in his trunk, sn.t n-ith the fan and bell I shook it and with the napkin wiped first one aide cf his mnntu and tui-n moot tie TT.i iV t.i lmnd (1:111 crindintf like Mulberry (street Italian. It is one of his favorite tricks. "The elephant is tho only animal whose les all tiend the same way. Ins hind lepi bend in. and the position re quired for crepinjj is not very coiniort nl,t. l.nt b iIik-h it ns well as a babv. IILs pcrforuiani-es on thu harmonica are the most snrprisin-r to oniisi!:crs. but the fact is that all The intilii. nc.' nvmir..1 fur that is huliiiiT' the instru ment A he uinst breathe through his trunk, cv.ry breath moves it bacit and forth. I discovered that ho holds his breath when he stands on his hind lejrs ry trying to get him to flu liiai an rlav the harmonica at the gam time l.nt bia frnt lift r.m r.n PtMiiit-rnn than the bound ceases nutil they are down asain. "Hn tnri i nhr.nt feet hiL'h. an it took me c.'oout an hoar to tret him to mour.t it tho fir-t time and as loi:s to gt t hi:!i dov.-n frcra it once be was np. I had finally to iiaiToviso abtcpfrom it before he w 0:1 Id c.-me dov.-n. He went right up i.. ". r. h.-wovcr. and came down end r!:vL 1 .ho movement fe. v- eral tiuns in the firt h sso:i. Now he mounts it and ptatuls on his hind foet Li) front fret, his si.io feet .nd wait.i and changes on it. "People til sevm to think that an c!j pha::t has no wnso of fcelimc becarso his skin i.; thick end coarse. The f jet is that his pkin is as sensitive as a buoy's, and if yon ticklo him with a straw yon will find iiont Tho feet of the i! phant havo to bo r-paired froqm nt!y. for they arcs as snsci-ptible to corns and stona l.-mises as the feet of people, and tl ey hava to bo cut and trimmed. Yon Wouldn't think it. would yon. that twice r.ronnd Ton's front foot, when he is standing with his f all wi i;;lit r; on it, is iin.:l to his height J It is true, and it is a rule that seldom varies cn inch in any elephant. "Tho African elephants have of-ly four tix-s, aud their ears aro very L:r;;e. Tho Asiatic elephants have livo toes, and their cars are smallor. Thcra r.ro few Africau elephants in this country not more than three or fonr. jot loa a'o. at au exhibition in this city, tiler-' was a sin of leather with K:::all ears and comparatively fine texture (the ide frc-.a all elephants has too L:r:;e fxecs tj i:iaki it of nix-), anil it was labeled. 'Hide from an African tl"-phant- People don't kno.w auythlc a'sjut them." N w Ye.rk Post. Very Ornate CucLli s. The buckles that are use.l uaw dis play a wonderful nuiount of workmati shi;. TLcy ere tsed in bats an I on waists cf dresses end also vi;h belts. In the hats the sold, the rhhicstou.-s and the c::t cteel aaLJet are the l st. The hnndsomest that are i:s.v on th. powes ore made of a combination ol" silver and fwld or say it sr.b rosa-o.f Imitation metal. They ere in o;mh work design and are rounded fo as u d to Interfere with t!::- s!i of t'.ie waist Indeed tlie Idea is thr.t they i:::;!:e t'.:r waist look atr.l!er. for they are ; :t Jest at the back an 1 reacli f. :-.i kM: to side. Then Ihe f ai:ie sort tf but l:!e is worn In frcat. I ::v!r' only a s:nall part cf the belt visible. The biv-I.I.-s on the fi:r or velvet s'.iort c;i:::s are of ten rap.de lar;:e enough to ijr.ite cover the l.aeU of the waist that is. the back of the lKIt. Theu v.ith the front of tLe Jacket Lans::!- f'trclht down it cu easily be underst.iod that a very slen der effect is riven to the f.-.:re. r.ad some of the best drcssm-Uers ilai-n tliut even u stn;:t wo:;:p.n cl'H wep.r ::.!s style of huc!:!: f ir It r.::i make her look more rh nder. In the rier.nrime every pwa t'.r: Is r:p.-t- rp has t'.ie narrowest posr-.ibV bc!t. fin 1 msny of the cloth rowns l av., the shirts to p-;t on over the waist, the 1 an 1 f.nishvd with the narrowest possiMe stitched bnnd of the same cl t!i. This cor:.-i!::!y mill: os the wr.ist longer and Is more becoming to the figure. V.a? cn C?Til He-srt. Tlie "koodoo" .r.s l.h-j taken fro i... ......it f ..... i . . u;iui very lately It was c aidered urdr.ehy t.i ov.n or wear op unless they eh.? sped to be the wean birthstoce. CI d then tl.ev were I.w.' n :is r's :.il Upon as lucky talisaiacs. br!r--'n. .....i luck nud hap;i!ness to the possessor. The old a.hi::e l.as It that the opal is a wiseacre with r--.-.rd tj tl:e heal;'! of the wearer. IT la III health, the ?em will t.eccme pale ar.d dim: if la -ood health, its colors will 1. flashla? ami brilliant. Cpp.i.i v.cre s:;n::r.rA to bii::- I.aJ I-pl;. disaster end illness to the perr-an v.earlr.- mem. and r,;r a lots time they were ta!.coe 1. i:;:t all this is chan.re.l nJV. pT-,. ,-,e peacock feather tsd the Ilost-.a be:..,, ihe c;ial is i:ov cut ia the r,r;u of a li'-art r.ad fcj thU shape given to sv. , , t hrarts as c ; vajb'.em of euduria - -tieu. Far fr.ua be las coL.sl.hrcl -a evil oraen. it Is. with its Cash:-- of raiuhor? hues. lo,;ked upon as a ty-,e or happicers rnd lo.k ' TLe citin who is detenuined to take care cf himself alone is of vcrr littlo nso to a community, and few tears are thed when he takes his tinai de partsxe, Birmingham ge-IIerald, TLe cost of a pabiut in Germany is $100, which include the Uses for ix jtrs. I Snyder's Pharmacy, It requires a good selected stock and a neatly arras m m m m m S Pure Drugs J frch and good condition. In the way of Prescription m we are sure to have iL Yon are always pure nf 1 111 """UWv. n? m Optical Goods ILL Trusses Fitted. All or the beat and most approved T- fly kejit in stocK. satisiacuon guaranteed. m m m Trt m Louthefs Drug MaiD Street, Somerset. i This Mcds! Dng Stcrsis Rapidly E-;:-?i. Favorite mih Pecple m Zzt :- -RESH . AHB . PURE . 0? Medicine, Dyt Stuffs, pottyi , Supporters, Toilet Articles, Perfumes, &c. TUB DOCTOR BlVtS PEKDOSAL ATTCNTIOW TO TB COHrorsi):jw LoBilefs PrescripiiOBslFaiiliy eRI AT CAKK BBIKO TAIIlt TO t78K OSLT FRE9H A50 PCBI HTlcLsV SPECTACLES RTE-OLASSF. And a Full Line of Optical Goods always on tmd. pff large sssortment all can be suited. TEE FI1ES7 B3MDS OF CIS1E Always on hand. It ia always a pleasure to disp'i? to intending purchasers, whether tbpy h from ns or elsewher. MAIN STBEET - - - SCMEEStl Somerset Lumber Ya: ELIAS CTJSTNESTG H AM MrTACTCR AWD OkALCB AND WHOLXHALS A5D RrTiltin' Lumber and Building Matenals. Hard and Soft Wood Oak, Poplar, Sfdlngt, PltbfU. Wlnnt, Yellow Pine, Flooring. 8sh. AtaiL Cberry, Hhlnsles, DtMim Balnstcn. lieat. LAtb, . While Pine Blinds, Xewel Potm Kit. A general llneof all grades of Lumber and Building alerial and Rnn":ir toe. Also, can (Urnlah anything In the line of oar business toorn.-r iUi nsr ble promptness, sachjis Brackets, oda-lzel.worktr. Elias Cunningham. Offlc and Yard Op? .site S. ft C. B. R Matl.i, Fiftv-eidit Years Old acknowledged the country over as the leadire National Family .NePP; Keoojrnizir its vs!ut to those wboilenire .11 the news of the Slate J publNber f Th e Scmprspt HfiRALP, ( vour own fnvorite b"ie pnrW into an lliHnce with '-The New-York Tribune" which enabiw tbein a '- paoers st ibe trillioir cost of ?iu0 per year. r.ery larmer an.l every villager owes to himself, to bi fstiii-y. 4,111 " ... mnnity m which bo lire cordial sin.nortof his local newlfr. " "'. !"tnt!y and untiringly fP bi interest in every way, brine t h new s and bsppeninir. of hia neii,.hU,rhnt th .I..in of bis friend, M and prwpeit for different crop,, the price in borne market-, .od. f; wrmy viHimr w-rti..K ui.n....i i , u i, T.rt.arei - w num.. in every w iu-c-. r' Just think of it! Roth of the. r..,.u r.i mi . vesr. Fend .Homer, to THE HERALD. .OMts.lT. ,1 IT "WILL PA T Y TO BUT TODB- 3Ieui0r,sU AVork WM. F. SHAFFER, OM ERMEM, rENJJ'A. Manufttnivr of and Dier ln K-tern Wort fnrnisr. on 8hort Notlo IT Also, Agent for the WHITE BRONZE ! her a oroX . ".wrpV m the 7low' I,B,r,tPcUlatWnUon U Whit. Pner Pur. Zlno Mowwu. prodneed by Rev. W A ti . 'raproTement In ihl . 'n a declri.d roAn7.n,l InVh0.' of. Msterlal and Vm. F. Shaffer. room to do a brisk buaine33. WE HAVE BOTH OF THEM iter. ComponndiDj, we are c: Anything cot advertiser! ."i. " JOHN N SNYDER J. M. LOUTHER M. D. NEARLY Ii ir ii' '"'"r r ir.tctcn ct d i-f i " y if 't' J3 l'cople bn aoii f. r it rr 'r.v yeara mllnl lym .1 :h.rigifl its faittiljr -..m.I i tlirir !. a(niirfr ! 1;1 snl Mmii'1 - .t.u r..;.u l,;l;i,- r J ill"' tin. i.ifi.rii K.i. n which it Hirf I h. mrs ami tiifsiii-.. As a iiHttinl crr...;u-r'-r it old rjifIl tbt- iislityi'dvip'r.'' MrrDBtbeot-d mid ti er.fi lJ ttrrJp of over half a century. Ithesliv.d.nitsu .ri!!", T& dial aor-r" t f prcprivr a fV"' ' It ia "The New-York WnkJ1-'' 0 i Over 500 Beautifu Oesigns ...... vrC . .sil . "k art.- f it- . 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