Il
cSome Rambling Thoughts.
... BY "KEMO."
H'opi rlichtrd by Dwe Tiber."
To Youth f lWmt Skxbs:
Oi.ino naw, lit I'imcy hail " ovr
the fultls, Iwml of their itoj. It
as a huiiiait jirivilf' to think, aiul
we lo not halt live unless we live
in order to think, ami most ' of us
will not half live unless we think
3o order to live. With this slight
. digression let us turn to the bare
Jields. One thought at lwt we
unust take away. The winter is to
me a type of oM age, for then do
jK-opIe live on the crops gathered m
.uutiumi afuT a suniiner of attention
following a siniiig of .Mi-ding. That
is 11 ago exaetly a lime for fml-
ing on the stores of memory. Little
(hkI in winter means mueh hunger,
mld and Millering. Little of wise,
kind v aelioii ami lliought to
look liaek iion, means an old age
. of naggi:ig regrets, eiupty hands,
and slinmk :), chilled lu-irt. Come
now, tliere is no escaping that eon-
elusion. l-A-ery day is adding to
your store of old-age memories,
.what are they to le? Firm grains
on whieh you e.m teed, or husks
and nd-H .. wrings unlit for a human
. ln illg '.'
age is one of the inoet woe-begone,
unworthy-developed, ami unsatis
factory products of human life that
you can possibly meet. So wrench
and tug at the things that universal
cxM?rienee says are noxious, and not
good tor mental food wrench and
tug and out with them, however
much it may hurt! The eud, in
this case will justify the means.
Lei us eiitureou another thought :
You cannot name a step in the
whole hisU try of a crop that is un
.ImiMtrtant. What aUut plowing?
It must U seasonably done and well.
What iiIh ut fertilizing? Suited to
; the soil and crop. Swing? Done
with tli- best available seed. And
as for cultivating ? Life and vigor
..are oiilv brought by apparently en
dangcring b-ith in the seeding. And
so on, ami so cai : your active
brains, having already possibly out
run inc. Turn the thought on your
self! Why should you venture in
your spring-time to endanger winter
stores bv letting the happy years of
joyous, wholesome youth, lcqonic
were catch-alls lor amusements anil
thoughts that later you would 'flihi
.forget. The mind is so whimsical
an organ that those things we need
.to recall, often most easily cscaH! us,
and the things that are ot no gam to
.us we most tenaciously rcmcmler.
Yet no field is fiw entirely from
Avceds. We cearccly know how they
veoine. Nor can twenty years pass
over our heads in the spring-time of
life without the accumulation of
.mental weeds. The chief thing is to
recognize the diil'ercnce lietwecn
them and the good growth, and then
-"Cultivate, cultivate, cultivate,"
t persistently covering the ibul
.growths so that they do not choke
the good. You have to be stern
about such doings, for you cannot
possibly'show me a food-plant that
'has anything like the vitality of a
weed.
Wurk with a will ; for Hip miiiihht ility f58
Klim like u stvnltliy Biukku uwuy, 22
N'otlihiK will ti'll t lint thi'JIiotirn arc liy
N'oiiK'it but the grain or the famine vry. iM
I low-often too the husbandman
. actually endangers the growing stalk
ti pull away from its very roots a
-wri.fi tint won Id js Mill 'rob it of
it- Hi:rishmciit. He is cruel to Ik
I kind. Me endangers life to save it.
'.Thus iuii?i joii do, if you would Ik
wisf.uid happy, Iad habits, some
.of them not only unwise but jxisi-
tivcly injurious cannot grow, en
. twined around i1icmx1, without
"Vtv.kening the good. Imitate the
husbandman's ways and wrench
.them out, though the doing of it
; shakes your very stability for a time.
' The good will ultimately take
stronger and totter growth ; never
icar alwut that.
The little weiil looks so harmless
.-at first, but the wise man sees ahead
: and. knows the risk of unclean fields.
'.The flippant jokes about the purity
of.men ami women are small in their
way, but the end is an. unclean
:mind, and an unclean mind in old
One more lesson from the field,
scarcely related to the above and
vet useful iK-rhaps to you in filling
you with the dignity of living. The
grain of the present fields has under
cultivation, advanced somewhat up
mi tliP irinin of the ancients. Its
.... f,.-
needs are letter understood, etc,
Yet its possibilities for improve
ment are only slight. Hut what
about a human toing, yourself lor
instance? When maize was al-
1 1 A.... 1 - ..1
reattv maize, ami me
ready built its dam, vour ancestors
. . i n: :..
ami nunc were savages uweiung m
ml 1 ... I .1... 1 ......
caves. J lie scihi aim me mwv "in
still the same, but man is monarch
of earth, is assaulting the air, ami
is lionilKirding the heavens with his
scientific instruments. Liok at Na
ture around for many lessons, but
look at man and hisjattaininents to
be thrilled with the glories of hu
manity. To think that the little
cooing infant, personally just as ig
norant as and more feeble than the
cooing infant of the early ages, can
so drink in the accumulated wisdom
of all time, that a few years' study
enables him to start where the gnat
before him left off astronomy in
relation to Newton for instance
will make you marvel that any
should speak unworthily of our race,
or draw back from a share in
its deeds.' It is hIhjvc the rest of
animal nature. Where animals
combine tor defence, always in the
same way for ages jmst, we move
torward into new combinations, un
dreamed ot by our ancestors but
possible by their own leadings in
that direction ; where animals show
skill iu all tlfe details of their work,
we show greater as time passes and
. i i-1. ..:
leap onward irom piunacie w punm
ele of ability till the present day
dawned. While the race lasts, the
same growth will go on if the same
conditions are complied with. The
gams of the past fill us with won
derment and then comes the longing
for these eyes to see what the eyes
of our children's children shall lc
hold in their old aire. The heart
reels in contemplation.
I TO TRE A:'OI.D IX OSI. PAY
Tako lenitive Quinine Tublott. Aliorui
giata refund the money it it fuila tu cur. zy.
BANK STATEMENT,
' ALASKAN SPU-UN& -A
HI DmMi m Um OilHaiaanj
WASHINGTON, Oct 11. Tat Unite
States board on gcocraphlo names,
which meets here at stated Interval,
has Just rendered decisions determining
the spelling of lit ft-eo graphic names.
These Include a number In Alaska.
Many variations of nomenclature fot
the same place are encountered, and the
board's action settles the uniform
usage. Following Is a summary of ac
tion relating to places conspicuously
mentioned In the gold stories:
As to Klondike, the decision Is to spell
It as here given, and not Clondyke,
Klondyke, Chandlke. Chandik or Deer,
Reindeer. Trondlke. nor Thron Dulck.
One of the lakes of the upper Yukon
was named Lebarge by the Western
Union Telegraph expedition In 1IM altet
Mike Lebarge, a member of the explor
ing party, who Is now living somewhere
near Ottawa, Canada. Lte pumica
tlons have fallen Into the error of spell
ing this Labarge, but the board ad
heres to the original from Lebarge.
There Is a Leharge river In Alaska.
When 8chwatka descended the Yukon
m 1883. he named one of the lakes on
its headwaters Llndeman. after Dr. mo
rlts Llndeman. now vice president oi
the Bremen Geographical society. Thlt
sometimes appears erroneously as Lin
durmun. The board adopts Llndeman.
One of the principal tributaries ot tn
upper Yukon is the Lewes river, named
by Mr. Robert Campbell of the Hudson
Bay company about 1848. This Is often
miscalled Lewis. V
The Inlet, river and village at tin
head of Lynn canal, which now appears
in the newspapers almost dally unuei
the form Dyea, the starting point for
the overland route, is an Indian word
which has appeared in many forms.
Admiral Meade in 189 wrote it Tyya;
Krause In 1882 wrote It Dejah: Schwat-
ka In 1883 Dayay; Dall In 1883 Taiy v
The board adopts the form Talya.
Kor the lake and river variously can
ed Hootallnn.ua or Hotallnjra or Testis
Ulna or Teslln Too or Teslln. the boarl
adopts Teslyn. The terminations Ulna
ami Too are said to mean river In dif
ferent Indian dialects.
An Indian village on the mlfldie tu-
Vnn !n called Nuklukayet. mis naa
been written In several forms. Includlna
the erroneous one Tuklukyet.
Rnnnrtnf the Condition of the Klrst Natlonul
Hunk of Ml(l(llimrn, nt MKtcui'imrtf". in me
Slub'iif IvmisylvuiiU, ill the climuof buslnew
ocu a, 1HV7 :
RESOURCES.
$126 smi.M
. ifi,ono.oo
I.ouiis and dlsonunLs
overdraft, aecuml and uiiiteeured.
l. S. Bonds to Hecure cireulullon...
I'ruinliimson U. S. HoiuU
County Hi mi Is
StockH, SMcurltleH, eW. 4 (Ki.0l
llitiil'.liiK-nouse. f ni hil ure. mid llxlures 14.U73.13
Other ruul online anil inoriotKeH ownea
n:u rrom Niliidiiiu umiKsiinoi ltcscnu
AireniM) ixi.i
One from State Hunks nnrt biinkera .... 1.7WMI
Due from unnroved rescn'e nireuts 67.ai7.93
Checks imd other cash Iteius 1 R70.7i
Notes of other National uunks lvu.uu
KruL'tlonul Duller currency. nlcklcs. and
cents 143 49
LAWri'l. MUNBV ltKSKKVr IN BANK
viz:
Snerle 1S.142.0A
UWU-'elKicr notes s.nii,w m.ja.vu
Iti'di-mntliin tiindwlt II 1 . Treasurer
(A per cenu oi circuuiuouj ia.uu
TOTAL..'. $210,713.00
LIABILITIES.
Ciipit hi stoek paid in :n.nnn.no
Surplus Kiimt 17.UUU.UU
I'ndivldcd nrollIM. less exoenses and
tAxesnuld 2.493.B1
Nutlonul Bank notes iml.il imdliitf W.MXuio
Duo to other Niiuonai duiiks ,m ,ki
Dlvldenis unnald ttss.ut
line to state Banks and Bankers
Individual depoMW subject
to check 1v1.xw.i 4
rtoiminrt enrttrlcuti'S of du- 17.902.19
twslt 155.1SS.66
Notesaud Hills redhtcounted
TOTAI I2W.713 00
8TATK Or I'KSNSVI.VANlA.i,
SNVUKUC'OUNTi.SS: )
t. J. N. TllOMI'soN. Jr.. Cashier of the above
niimi-d hunk, do solemnLv swear thut the almve
sutieuient Is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief. . t.
j. n. riiu.urau.-M, 4ir.,uosuir.
Hubscrlbed and sworn to before me this nth
day of Oct. 1H97.
j-, ... n.Dim n...14A
j.u. n Lianiii sivuuy i-u&uiu.
CORRECT Attest!
w. w. w itt k a a i Bit,
A. KKKKOKH,
U. ALKKKli SCnOCH,
Directors.
The Climax Brumly of 1870 Vint
age.
Lm proven to be superior distillation, and
with yr ol ripening is now put upon tht
market by the flpeer N. J. Wine Co. It Is a su
perior mellow brandy, poweutnf all the fined
leinal . properties . (or; whloh brandies from
grape are so eminently useful. Bold by drug
. stostek Mar MUaSt aakb
' Soma tin -tfra.targ tinutitisa of
a miners 1 localt called marjak mm
discovered a Barbadoea. It la of a
black color- and high luster, resem
bles newly-broken pitch, and la found
near the surface in seams of one or
two feet In thickness. IU composition
is not unlike Trinidad pitch, Utah gil
sonite and Canadian albertite, but it is
superior to these. It has been success
fully used as insulation for electric
wires, in Tarnishes, for asphalt roads,
as putent fuel mixed with peat, and
In small percentages as aa intensifies
of the illuminating power of ooal gas.
It has given such satisfaction by its
use for insulation that some experts be
lieve it will supplant rubber in water
proof work.
Oleosaargarla la Fraae.
Under the new law butter sold in
France must be the product exclusively
of milk, cream or a combination of the
two, with or without aalt or coloring
matter, otherwise it comes under the
head of "margarine," which must In no
case be artificially colored. Manufac
turers of margarine are registered,
their factories subjected to rigid In
spection, and the article when sold by
retail must be put in cube form and
stamped clearly "margarine.'
Celered Hosloa Flreeaaa.
The first colored member of the Bos
ton fire department was appointed re
cently, lie passed the civil service ex
aminatlon easll.v.
.' ": SUBSCRIBE iEplt.; -. ;
TIE llliffl POST
The Ro4Ile Arrive.
SEATTLE. Wash., Oct. it -J Tht
steamer Rosalie has arrived her from
Bkafrguay and Dyea, Alaska. The Ro
salie brought down 139 passengers, most
of them coming from Skagguay Among
the passengers were six from Dawson
City, who came out over the Dalton
trail. They were Patrick Oalvin ana
wife. Charles Thebo, C. E. Qarrlah, C.
II. Davl and a man named Bode.
They had about $12,000 In nuggets be
tween them. They left Dawson on Aug.
29 and arrived at Paine's Mission on
Sept. 23. They report that rich strike
have been made at Hunker creek, whloh
Is as rich as Bonanca or El Dorado.
The total output this year will ex
ceed any estimate ever made. The. Ro
salle reports everything quiet at Skag
guay. Many miners have completed
cabins In which to winter, and others
are cache! ng their supplies preparatory
to leaving next spring, when they will
again try the pass. . 4.
DRAGGED BY THE HEELS:
Chleago Story of Crael Treatment to a
Soldier.
CHICAGO, Oct. 11. A story appears
in a Chicago paper to the effect that
Captain Loverlng of the Fourth In
fantry, stationed at Fort Sheridan,
caused Private Charles Hammond of
the same regiment to be dragged over
the ground by a rope for a distance of
600 yards, badly Injuring him. i
It is said that Hammond had been
absent from the post without leave, nnd
was under arrest In the guardhouse.
He wns ordered by Captain LoverinK,
who was acting as officer of the day, to
leave the guardhouse and appear beforo
a court which was to adjudge his cose,
along with the offenses of other petty
offenders.
Hammond refused to leave the gutd-
house, and the story goes that Loverlng
ordered a number of soldiers to tin him
and drag him before the court. Ham
mond, it Is said, was thrown down,
bound nnd then dragged by the heels
before the court. The distance was 600
yards, and Hammond was In a badly
used up condition when he arrived at
the bar of justice.
Cleneral Brooke, commanding the de
partment of the Missouri, said that h
had not heard the story and placed no
rellnnre in It whatever. He expressed
himself as being confident that It would
be found untrue.
MtlTUCB
I
Friend
There is no
word so full
.IU I 1 11.1 1 1 of meaning
and about which such tender and
holy recollections cluster as that
of " Mother "she who watched
over our helpless infancy and guid
rl nnr first totterint? step. Yet
the life of every Expectant Moth
er is beset with danger and all ef
fort should be made to avoid it
ii i so assists nature
rlnthQr 0 inthechangetak-
IIIUIIIUI U
the Expectant
Mother is ena
bled to look for
ward without
dread, suffering or gloomy fore
bodings, to the hour when she
exoenenccs the ioy of Motherhood,
- . -. .L - I!
Its use insures saietv to tnc hvcs
of both Mother and Child, and she
is found stronger after than before
confinement in short, it "makes
Childbirth natural and easy," as
so manv have said. Don't be
persuaded to use anything but
MOTHER S FRIEND
u My wife suffered mora In ten min
ute with nither other other two chil
dren than she did altogether with her
last, bavin a previously used four bot
tles of Mother' Friend.' It is a
blessing to any one expecting to be
come a NUTIIUK, says a customer,
IIbndbbson Dale, uarmi, Illinois
Of DfogrlJts at I1.00, or sent by mall on receipt
t price. Writ for book oonuinlnp testimonials
ana valuable information for all Mothers, free.
Tss BrUBild Bolster C., AUaats, da.
To Care Constipation Forev v
Take Ctucarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 2.NC
If C. C. C. fall to oure, drugs' 1st refund niouoy
Itgives all important news of the Nation.
It gives all important news of the World.
It gives entertainment to young and old
It gives brilliant and instructive Editorial.
Price, $1.50 a Yean
Advertising rates on application.
Sample copy free to advertisers.
MIDDIiBBURGH, PA.
FURBITURE, CAItPETS AND CHINA
:0:
Bright new degljrtis look out froJ
rvrry uuua mm ooruer or our Ston
Shaiies and Htvla.. I.. ...111.
. ,. ,,, ,(. al on ,
jh see your Ideal.
VUUOMCa CHAIRS
CARPETS, nrn a tjt uai r,
PICTURES at prices so low tlint otli
it merchants nan uot compete
-:0:-
Yours Respectfully,
W.K FELIX, Lewib
Liberal Adjustments- Prompt Payments.
REMEMBER
H. HRRVEY 5CHDCH,
GENERAL !NSaRANGlTA"SENeYr
Only the Oldest, strongest (Jasli Companies,
Fire, Life, Accident and Tornado.
No Assessments No Premium Notes
The Aetna Founded A. D., 1819; Assets f 11,055,513.88
Home " " " " 9,853,628.54
American " li u 1810 " . 2,409,584.53
The Standard Accident Insurance Co. '
The New York Life Insurance Co.
The Fidelity Mutual Life Association.
Your Patronage Solicited.
iniddleburcrUiirket
Corrected weekly by our merchants.
Butter :4
EKRS 18
Onions So
Lard 5
Tallow 4
Chickens per lb 8
Turkeys 8
Hide 7
Shoulder 7
Hain 10
Wheat 85
Ryo 40
Potatoes SO
Old Com 30
Oats 80
Bran per 100 lbs 0
Middlings. " 70
Chop " 83
Floor per bbl 4.73
Auditor's Notice
J. HomlB, Dec'd.
In He-ei-tate of Lerl In the Orphans' Court
I OI BDjuer uouoiy, r,
Arre.tcd For llurflarjr.
NEW YORK. Oct. 11. The residence
of Francis H. Scott of the Century
company at Orange, N. J., was plun
dered by thieves last week and much
valuable property stolen. Oeoriro Ben-
. . . I . 1 II,. . v I. ."1.1 ,4 1
neu, anus me . iur mu, tnu diicliarKlns;
Pvrua IfvlAnii twn well known vnllnir lth nriiiifl iJ
eniolcs ure lorkert ud at Dnllce head- (of MlddlelmrBb, Hnyder Co.. Pa., on Mndav,tne
crooks, are lockea up ai ponce "a ' xatti duy of Nov.'7,at 11 o'clook A. M. of said tUy
lUOI IVIB 11... L, .IIW.IU n .v.. .
Jersey crime. Mary Rogers, alias
"Chicago May," Hyland's mistress, Is
also a prisoner. Most of the stolen
property was recovered at the rooms of
the trio on West Fdrty-thlrd street.
The undersigned, who was appointed auditor
at June term last, to make distribution of the
balance appearing upon the nrst and final ac
count ol A. A. Komlg, administrator ot the es
tate of said decedent, to and among those legal
ly entitled thereto, will sit for the purpose of
(llMharglng the duties of his appointment, at
jacoDUiioert, juhi., iu whs mn iu
wmi mid where all Dailies are renulred to nrO'
ent their claims atrulnst said estate or be for
ever debarred from coming In for a share of Hbld
fnnd.
CIIAKLES IIOVVEK, AurtHdr.
Mew York Markets.
FLOUR State and western quiet and
lower to sell; city mills patents, $5.85
1.10; winter patents, $5.10 5.35; city mill
clears, $5.505.65; winter straights, $4.65
4.75.
WHEAT No. 2 red opened lower on
rain .news, but rallied on stronger ca
bles and buying for a reaction; Decem
ber, 94 11-16(695 3-16c.; May, 93H4j94c.
RYE Dull; No. 2 western, 49Hc, c. I.
f Buffalo.
CORN No. 2 opened lower on rains,
hut rallied late with wheat; December,
J333 15-Hc.
OATS No. 2 ruled dull and largely
steady; track, white, state, 26 32c.;
track, wlilte, western, 26032c. .
PORK Easy; new mess, $9.5010;
family, 1112.
LARD Quiet; prime western steam.
I4.87H nominal.
BUTTER Quiet; state dairy, 120
19c.( state creamery, 140220.
CHEESE Easy; large, white, 19
(Ho.; small, white, tttc
EOOS Quiet; state and Pnnsylva
nla. ll01SVk&; western, MVitf 17o.
MOLASSES Finn; New Orleans, 21
Olle.
RICE Firm; domestic, 4So.i J-
nn. 4OBHs. .
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Let
te r s of Administration 1 n t h e
state ot Ben. K reamer, lata ol Ml lillecreek TpH
anyder oountr, r., ueo u, ustidh mrn urouiw
to ths nDderaiKned, all persouii knowtnn tliam
Mlvss Indebted to said enute are r4ueatd Ui
make imraedlate psvinent, while tho hat ins
claims will praent theui duly sutlieiitlonlod la
tht uuaenixnea.
Oct. S, 1397.
A. D. KRKAMKR.
U. U. KKEAMKU.
Adm'n.
FARQUHAR
Iix Center Crar.k Engine
accurals, strong and slmplt, with lanr
fw. i capacity, snguin on
4L " sills or wheals. 8tron(
ll . andasls. KsFareshar
JT V Bailer has eer ex.
5 1 platJstJ. Also slaiMtard
g vw cnoulturml Imptemenu
I faff I ltennallr. Bay Piwwi
U -(ptri Ji spwUlty. Send tat
4J2jF Catalogue and prion to
L (. ttXiim C3, lH,Trk, N.
EilA7En AXLE
GREASE
BKftT IN TBI WOBLD.
Great Reduction Sale of
For Ni iety Day s I
SSSSSSSSSSSSMSSSSSSSSSSSl
The Undersigned Offer The Public Their EN
TIRE STOCK OF FURNITURE
AT THE GREATEST 8ACRIFICR EvER KNOWN IN CENTRAL PENN
PYLVANIA.
We arc not celling out, but we do this to Increase our sales above euy prei
vlous year. We give a few of the prices as follows :
Soft Wood Chaiuber Suits $U. 00 Cotton Top Mattress 2.
Hard Wood Chamber Suits 16. 00 Woven Wire Mattress 1.7'
Antique Oak Suits, 8 Pieces lO.OOiBed'SprinKB 123
flush I'arlor suits uu.uui Drop Tables, per ft w
Wooden Chairs per set 3.60:Platronu Rockers 2 50
In stock, everytlilnn in the furniture liDe, iuoludlnit Mirrors, Book Cat).
Denks, Side-boards, Cupboards, Centre Tables, Fancy Rockers. Baby Chain
Feather Pillows, Lounges. Uouclies. Uonirhtravs. Binks. Hall Kaoks, Lao
Seat Chairs line, medium and oheap furniture, to suit all classes.
f noes reduced ail tnrougn. uouie early and see our stock before; giving
your order, and tnus save 10 to ao per cent, on every dollar.
Special Attention Given to Undertaking & Embalming
KATHERMAN St HARTNAN, Limited,
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OPPENHEIMER'S
GIotMng & SboB EiDOiiii.
Now in the time to make Bargain
in Boys', Youths' and Mem
Shoes. Asjwe bought our
stock before the late advance
we can give our customed
the benefit of same.
FAIL A1TD WHITER
BEADY IIADE CLOTBWW
For Yontha. Bovs' and Men received daily. Bemem
ber we are Head-quarters for Gents' Furnishing Goods,
Hats, Trunks, Satchels, Umbrellas, Etc. You will save
money by buying of
Fall lias Hmm Btaaketsl
,ASMS
' Lap Robes
lUweertngqnsllHeasrs wnrntfrnrnj, actuany
oatlaUw boxes WsriisW braad. Hot
FOB 1ALB HI DBsla OkXaJUIXaT
TALLOW-Easy; elty, 3Ho.; Country,
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gists.