lie Somerset Herald.!I

Terms of Publication.t 3 MPublished every Wednesday snomlns;

K' ! derwlser annum, If P1J31 torartsbly be ehargwd.

Jfo absortptloa will be eUswosHjuee aotfl an

rewaws m part ! Poetmaaieri neglecting

when sTibteribef. do not take eatI noufy uair paper will be hld responsible for the wb- -

rlptloa.SobterfbeitrenKrcinf from or ostuHlos to

name of the former an

11 $ ths promt efflee. Address

r The Somerset Herald,

Somerset, Pa.

J. MILLER.J ATTOBNEV-A- T XAW.Somerset, Pa.j sej6.

W. BIESECKER.FRED. ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW- ,Somerset. Pa.

: Offioe, In Oook Beertu' Block.

EOKGE K. SCULL,G AITOKNEI-AI-LA-

Somerset Pa.

OHN R. SCOTT,ATTORNEY-A- T LAW,

Somerset, Pa.

J. KOOSER,ATTORNEY-A- T LAW,

Somerset, Pa.

ENDS LEY.HS. ATTORNEY-A- T LAW,

t Somerset, P

C U. TRENT.ATTORNEY-AT-LA-

tHmerMi, Penn'a.

B. SCULL.ED ATTOKNEY-AT-LA-

. Somerset, Pa.

L. BAER,H ATTOKNET-A- T LAW,Somerset, Pa

Will prsetlwin Somersetaiidadjnlnliia-eoantles- .

an Mudoeaa entrusted to tiim will toe promptly

A. Hr)FrBOTH. W. H. BIFPEL.

C'OFFROTIIATTURNEVS-AT-LAW- .

& RUITEL,

f All business emrosted to their care will.... ..... ... . .i;i a M. r inMmil fn

s orrn a Or, Main Crow street opposite the

A J.LBor.K. X C COLBOBK

nOLBORN & COLBORN,Kj ATTORNEVS-AT-LAW- .

I All badness Intrusted to onreare will be prompt- -

e'rset. Bediord. and adiolnlns: Coamies. Surveytug k. Uoreyanclns; done on reasonable terms.

TITILLIAM II. KOONTZ,I ATTORNET.AT-LAW- ,

I Somerset, Pa.,

Will promnt attention to business entrusted to his rare in Svimerset and adjoining counties.Vthc in Printing House Row.

DENNIS MEYERS.

'. All leKaH'OPinrss entrusted to hlseare will beattenooo to wnn imminnr auu uucmj.

. i Iflice on Main Cross Street, neat dour to SnjtlcT k Co.'s store,

aprt

L. PUGH,JAMES ATTORN,; Somerset Pa.i Oflice. Mammoth Block, np stairs. Entrance.

Iln Cro street. Collections made, estatesrttled. titles examined, and all business

attended to with promitoess and fidelity.

KIM MEL.PY. ATTORNmat) Somerset, Pa.

PRITTS,ATTORNEY-A- LAW.

KiimmAt Pa.Office, in Mammoth Block.

0. KIM MEL.JOHN ATTORN3 Somerset. Pa.

Will attend to all business entrusted to his caretnS omerset ami adjoinlna counties with prompt-Bes- s

and fidelity. Olbor on Alain Cross street.

iH ENRY F. SCIIELI

u,,T.,-- . .rA Pension AaenU Somerset, Pa.Otfice in Mammotn Black.

Itt-alentixeha-

; V ATTORN

And Pea Win Real Estate. Somer t, P will

attend to all business entrusted to fill car. wunpromptness and fidety .

TOHN II.UIIL.A ATTORNEY-A- LAW" Somerset, Pa,

WlU pmmptly attend to all business entrusted. Ol- -

to him. Money advanced on collections,hce in Mammoth Buiidlnx.

T G.OGLE.t . ATTORNEY-A- T LAW,

Somerset Pa.,

Proiessional business entrusted to mj ear at-

tended to with promptness and fidelity.

XL J. M LOUT HER.D (Kormeny oi ioyeiowu.fPBYS1CIAS ASD SVXGEOS,

Has located ceimsnently In Somerset fr theslon Iflice doors W est olpraclce of his prole

Central Hotel, in rear ol Iru; Store. raaj.l.

R. E. W. BLOUGH,DHOMEOPATHIC PIITSICAS ASD SCBCEOS

Terdrsbis scrricesto the people of Somersetrd vicinity. Calls in town or country promptly

attended to. an t lound at ofilcc dsy orntuhintiles i.nfefiTaily eniraaed. WOttlce onSoutheast corn. r ol Ulam.nJ. over Kn-ip-

Shtil-M- . aprawtf.

R H. S. KIMMELD . umtW to the ci 1 -tenners nip. - , I ' ......mi nnoelHin.,rcnsoi nieriei aii -

a I eo-- he can be found at his ttioe, on MainSt , east of the Diamond.

H. BRUBAKER tenders hi?DR srrrlces to the eft liens of Somerset and vicinity, oiflne to residence on Mainstreet west ol the Diamond.

VM. RAUCH tfndere liifDR. services to the eltliens of Somerset and vicinity. .

( iifice One door tast of Wayne a. Berkebile ttnmiiure store.

Dee. . 'Kt

fiR.S.J. M.MILLEN.Pa

Gives special attention to the Preerva'loo ofthe N.tural Teeth. Artificial se'S inserted All

iieratlons ituirnowl satistaotory. m r- -

1,1 ercenn ratriut street, oa dir essi 01 lim- -

Iteiical Cbur. tu ocli em.

JOHN BILT.DR DENTIST.Olhce up stairi in Cook a. Beerlti Block, Somer-eUP-

WILLIAM COLLINS.DR DENTIST. SOMERSET, PA.Office ta Mammoth Block, above Byd s Drug

flora where he can at all times be found prepar-ed tode all kinds ol work, such as ftlllnsr reru-lattn- a.

eitracting .e Artificial teeth of all kinds,and of the best material Inserted. Operationswarranted.

J. K. MILLER hasDR. located ta Berlin for the practice efhis pmfessioa. Ooe oppusit. Charles Kris' Ins;,

er s store. epr. !, KMX

QIAMOND HOTEL,

STOYSTOWK. l'EKN'A.This popular and well known bouse has lately

been tkorouf hlv and newly refitted with all newwnd best ot furniture, which has atade ft a verydesirable stopping place tor thetraueting publicHis table and rnos cannot be surpassed, all ba-ng first cUsa, with a large public hall attachedto the same. Also large and roomy stabile.Ftm class boarding can I had at the lowest pos-sible prices, bj the week, day or meal.

SAMCELCTSTF.B. Prop.S. E. Cor. D1amd

StovsUiw ,PBi

Send rents tar po jt- -A PRIZE. ire and receive fre 9 anily box of l,ich will help vow to ar oremoeey rl.l.t away than anything else ia thisworld. Alt. of either sex. succeed tr" first jour.The bread Mad to fortune opens be lore the work-er-

aiisolutelr ore At once address, Tr rs aC .Amrutta. Maine. st jd'A.

JXKCCTORTS NOTCE

Lute of Adam 7. jnmermau. dee'd. lab of Som-erset township. Somerset CVssnty, Pa.

tetters teetassentary oa theabm Late hav-ing been granted to tba aoderstgnet. riot lee Ishetvbv given to all prrsens Indebtwd to said estateto male immediate payment, and tht se havingclaims strst the same will present them dulyauthentica ed lor oetOem-nt- . m Sat.rdav. No.ve.her I. 1KH4, at the late reatdeaea ef the ex-ecutor tn Jenner Twp.

JONAS MA VRER,Seri3t. Executor.

JJOW TO MAKE MONEYo salesmen i pay as nign

"$100, rncata and expense'. Memoir en.ment raartnlsed. 0 more

ed. Lxpcrieuc ar necessary. Any live mancaa sweeeed. MM acres under eabivatioa. Them.t cumpiete pacamg grosnsds ta the t'nltedState.. Newest and choicest varieties of fruit atjeisity. Send tor term, stating age. Caaa.II. ham. hurservaaa. Mucaeetar. N. Y.

V i N (CY. i Tr lT.ine Doiiierset n

VOL. XXXIII. NO. 20.

GREAT BAEG-AIN- S

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BRASS AND COPPER

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MANUFACTURER AND JOBBER IN

Plain, Stamped, and Japanned Tinware.RANGES, STOVES AND HOt'SE-FCEXlSHIN-O OOOPS,

COPPE, SHEET-IRO- N WARE, AND BRUSHES.WOrders Solicited from Merchants So'llnf Oools In tn By Line.- -

280 Washington Street, - Johnstown, Pa.

TO THE

Farming Trade !

-- :o:-

Wc wish to call j our attention

to the

IMMEXSS STOCK

-- OF OURCrlcbrated Male of Monogram

BOOTS & HOES,

Which we have Just Received

for the

FAU AIIO WINTER TRADE.

Ivery Pair are Warranted to

Give

ENTIRE SATISFACTION

3y the Manufacturer, and ifthey fail to do as we guar-

antee them to do, werefund the money

or give you aNew Pair

FEEE OP COST !

lease hear in mind that weare Sole Agent for the

Monogram Boots & Shoes

n Johnstown, and no otherShoe Dealer can sell you the

Monogram Boots & ShoesBut Us. Our Stock of

other

BOOTS AND SHOES

Of Coarse, as well as Mediumand Fine is Larger this railthan ever, and at Prices thatWill surprise you. We cansave you fully 25 percent by buying your

Fall and WinterStock from

Us.

L. STARGARDTER S

ONE-PRIC- E

SHOE STORE

No. 212 Main St., Johnstown, Pa.

A NEW ENTERPRISE.

E. M. Lambert & Bro.,Maaarfaeturert of aad Dealers la

iWiBe Hue ami Heslcct SMcules--

We bar secured a

2sl "JBTW HVTTTilj,aT

Aad ansiaaaetara Sblagles am the MlehiaaaPrloeiplew We eat, and ewisianUy keep on bandtwogradesof the vartoag klsuta of Shinglea. vVe

gwaraetM ear Shinglea t be supertor ta anyla the IVaiaty. Snail b pleased to hava partieosne am iaspect ear aaiatriea beiure baytafeUewhera. Addreas

E. M. LAMBERT & BRO.,

LA M R rRTS VUXE. SOM fcKS ITT CO., Pa,a BUrai.

SOMERSET COUNTY BANK !

(ESTABLISHED 1877J

CHAELES. J. HARRISON. M.I. PRITTS.

President (Soehier

Collections made In all parts of the Unitedstates.

CHARGES MODERATE.

Parlies wishing to send miner West can be ae- -eomioodated by draft on New York In anv sum.Collections made with promptness. V. S. Bondsnought and sold, money and valuables securedby one of I Heboid's celebrated safes, with a fear-ge-

9l Tale 9 00 time lock.

. ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.

WAllleira holidays observed.

Albert a. Hoasn. J. Scott Waan,

HOME & WARD

trccaasoas to

EATON & BROS.

X0. 27 FIFTH AVESUE,

PITTSBURGH, PA.

jPRl5?G1882.

NEW GOODS

EVSLY DAY SPECIALTIES

Imbroideriet, Laces, Millinery, Whits Goods,

Dress Trlmings, Hosiery, Gloves,

Corsets, tint lis isd Verlno Usderwsar, la-f-

ts' d Children's Clothing. Fancy

Goods, Yams, Ztf hyrs, Bats-ria-ls

of All Kinds for

FANCY WORK,

Gent's FflmsMi GooJs, fo, to.

vera rATnoKAoa ia ararscTTTLLT soucitsd.

rOrders by Mail attended to with Prompt-ness and Dispatch.

TOTT'SPOLLS

"THE OLD RELIABLE."25 YEARS IN USE.

The Greatest Medical Trinmph of the Age

Indorsed all over the WorldSYMPTOMS OF A

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witlt aisiMUnation toerertionof body or min3, Irritability of temp-e- r,

Low spirt tJfLoss of memory ,wita feetoiThay neglectedJspmedatyt weariness. Dizziness, Flnttertng oXeHearjT3ots before the eyes,YgUow S kin-Hea- ache,R estlessnessat night, highly coloredTTrine.IF THESE W AEHIHGS ABE US HEEDED,ESI3 SSCASZSWriL BOSS SI SIVILSFXS.

T0IT8 PILLS are especially aUaptedtoacta cases, one doae effects aurh a change)

of feeling as to astonish toe sufferer.Therlsketvaea (JseAppeCHe. and canae

the body to Take em Flesh, thns the sys-tem ia numrisked, and by tbeir Taaiaeactlsam the IHiscattw Orspaata, Bcaravlar Sitools wre prtxinfcd.Prlee a eemta.

TUTTS IIAIll UYE.Gaar Hata or WmsKssa changed to a

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aaari

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HEBCEAIIT TAILOR.

tsVooww Krry HaaVejr! Btareu)

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A COMPLAINT.

0, IiHe on earth, what dreary sadness liesBetween thy day's first dawn and tetting

sun,What bitter pangs, what hopeless agonies

Thy moments bring os ere our task isdone.

For all our toil of fevered pulse and brain,For all the patient faith that leads us on,

What dost thou give ? A heritage of painAnd lost beliefs, when joy and hope are

gone.

Thy promises are wondrous fair and sweet,Thou lovest youth's bright smiles aud

- laughter gay ;

But thou hast only thorns for tired feet;For wearied eyes the g lare of noonday.

Alas! that thou no recompense canst giveFor all the labor of thy heavy days ;

Alas ! that man must ever toil and liveWaiting for eternity to praise. L. C.

A PHYSICIAN'S ADVEXTCRE.

Late on an afternoon, in the autumn ofl84o, on retarnincr to mv- c. .... .omce aner visiudk some Dttiants.I found this iiwte Ivine on thetable :

Dr. James: Will von do me thefavor to call at my office this evenmg oeiore reunngr 1 nave some-thing of importance to communicate.

Yours truly,J. L. Garbetso.v, M. D."

The office that I occupied was ina large, building,since torn down, on Arch street,Philadelphia. It was a large, doublemansion. I occupied the right parlor as an omce in conjunction witha young dentist, while Dr. Garret- -son, who owned the house, occupiedtrie lelt.

T r . . a ...lit. uarreison at that time was aman about thirty-fiv- e, though helooked ten years older. He wasrather tall, and slim in fieure. witha face that had once been handsome,though this was nearly obliteratedby trouble, sickness, or somethingelse.

Though with the reputation ofbeing a skilled physician, his solitary habits kept the fraternity fromseeing much of him. Indeed, he wasthe most seclusive man that I evermet

Having had my office for threeyears under the same roof with Dr.Garretson, and in all that time nothaving exchanged a dozen wordswith him, of course I was surprisedon reading his note.

My mend, the dentist, retiringabout seven o'clock, I finished mybusiness for the evening, and knocked at the doctor's door.

A voice bid me enter.I opened the door. The shutters

were closed, and there was a lampburning on the ttble. The doctor

date. :uI went in.As I was turnins around to close

the door 1 received a heavy blowfrom behind, which stunned me;though I seemed to have a faint recollection of the doctor's turning thekey in the door, and then bindingme.

Be this as it may, however, Iknew, when I recovered, I wasbound hand and foot, and so tight-ly that I could not stir, while I wassecurely gagged by a large handker-chief being stuffed in my mouth,and then being firmly tied behindmy neck.

I could neither stir nor speak ; anI could do was to listen and trem-

ble, for I suspected the doctor intended taking my life.

I was speedily reassured, however.

'You have nothing to fear, Dr.James," said the doctor, who hadtaken a seat near the table, while hehad placed me on a chair near thedoor. "I meditate no harm to you.I am sorry I was compelled to hurt

a v .1 .irvou. out l had no omer memoa oiaccomplishing my object Beforewe proceed to business, 1 win exam-ine the wound I gave you."

So saving he took the scissors andcut the hair away irora the neighborhood of the wound. He thenbathed my head and placed a cool-

ing lotion on it.' There, he said, as he nnisned,

I think you'll not suffer muchfrom it now."

The doctor, for some time after hehad fixed the wound, did not speak.but continued pacing the room indeep thought

It was raining outside, and therewas little noise in the street Allwas quiet sae the ticking of theclock and the noise of the doctorsfeet. I can recall my feelings as Isat there, bound hand and foot andmouth, waiting for him to speak.

At last he stopped his walk,and taking a seat near me, began :

MI have a confession to make tonight The confession must not betold till I am dead. After the con-

fession I intend to hang myself.The door will be broken in in themorning, and vou will be released.This will explain mv conduct toward vou this evening.

44 You have known me, I believe,for about three years. You haveheard me spoken of as a strangeman; you think I am a strangeman. When you have beard myBtory you will know what mademe so.

44 My father vas a wealthy cottonplanter ; I was an only son. Afterbeing pampered and spoiled at hometill my conduct was unbearable toall that came in my way, I was sentto college in one of the NorthernStates and afterward transferred tothe Univeisity of Pennsylvania,where I studied medicine and indue time graduated with highhonor.

44 My father's money soon placedme in a respectable position as adoctor in one of our large Southerncities. In a short time 1 had gainedan extensive practice,

44 With one of the families I camein contact dwelt a young womannamed Laura Moyer. She was em-

ployed as a governes, but her beau-

ty and other attractive qualities wonher a place in the hearts of thosewith whom she resided, and shewas treated more as a danghtberthan a governess of tbeir chil- -

j dren.I

44 Fate, as it were, threw me con-'8tan-

in this young lady's way.

ESTABLISHED 1827.

SOMERSET, Pi, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 29, 1884.

If I went to a all, she was there ;if I went to a aeatre I was sure tomeet her, and ft every social meet-ing I attended she invariably con-stituted one ofhe party.

From this fruent intercourse ri-

pened friendshj ; and from friend-ship, love. .Thaugb my social po-sition placed m far above hers, stilllove made us qual, and finally Iproposed to er and was ac-cepted.

44 My family tas greatly againstthis alliance. Every inducementwas offered meto break my prom-ise of marriage and marry a richbeauty of my pents' selection. Butall their pleadirra were in vain, andwe were marrid, thougn from themoment of our carriage my fatherdisowned me. j

"My practice was good and wesucceeded vrrywell in keeping upan appearance c weann. My wue sbeauty and attactions drew manyof the elite of tta city to our homeindeed, but forlhose attractions, ifshe had been a plain, reserved woman, instead a the belle or everyassemblage, I'dnot have to tell thisstory ht ;

une oi our nany visitors was ayoung man naned L.arue. He badall the qualities that charm the fe-

male sex vouni handsome, wittv.with a dash of oystery about him,and a thorough man of the world.He was also the most ardent admirer of my wife, and was seldom absent from the hmse.

l don t thini l am naturally ajealous man thft is, enough to accuse a man witheut strong proof ofbis crime, bu 1 taw so many thingsbetween Larue tnd my wife thatwould have aroised the suspicionof the most confiding husbandiving. ;

"To get my wife from the influence ol Larue J relinquished theextensive practice I had gained byskill and industry, and came here to

hiladalphia. Here I purchasedthe house that ws are occupants of,and it was here in this house thatthe crime was committed that hasbeen hanging on mv conscience likea millstone for years, and which Iwill atone for by my ownband.

We had lived here perhaps threemonths. I had put forth my greatest energies, and succeeded vervwell in getting patients ; my wifeseemed to return to her allegienceto me, and i thought I had a fullstore of happiness before me, when,one day, on returning to my home,

surprised ray wife again, in thearms of Larue.

44 1 was overwhelmed with passion,threatened to kill him on the snot

if he didn't leave my house. Hehad the advantage by his impene- -

the house, promising to call againwhen he pleased to do so.

I appealed to my wue to renounce all thoughts of Larue, re-

minding her of my constancy as ahusband. But her bead seemedturned again by her lover, and shewas as insolent as be.

I suspected the lovers wouldhave a stolen interview that even-

ing, as they knew I would be absent But 1 bad determined to stayat home unknown to them, andwatch.

44 My suspicions were correct Iheard Larue come. They went intothe parlor. Silently I crept into anadjoining room, and through a keyhole watched them. 1 heard anthat was said and done. They wereplanning an elopement

44 It was then the thought of murder first occurred. I would kill thefalse wife and deceitful lover. Buthow?

44 To use firearms would discoverme. and Larue having greaterstrength and being more active thanI, would bave the advantage ;n apersonal encounter. I had it !

44 1 would first stupefy them, thencommit the murder. This was theway I accomplished it:

4' My wife proposed having a littlesupper, and I knew they would usewine. I procured a bottle anddrugged it then placed it in a con- -

snicuoua nosition. The bottle ofwine was used, and the lovers weresoon, with tneir arms emwmeu,locked m the embrace of sleep.

"The rest was soon done. Myfirst step was to bind their ara.s se-

curely, then, with a rope, I strangledthem as they sat locked in each oth-

er's arms.44 But after the murder ! It was no

sooner committed than I repentedit Here were the bodies thoseriamnin? witnesses what was to bedone with them ? I could not burythem, and my blood shrank fromburning them. Yes, there was awav ! I nartlv understood the artof "embalming. It was my onlychance to escape detection. I putmy skill to work, and before morning had the bodies embalmed anahid.

"The next dav I informed rayneighbors that my wife had fled,and I expected she had eloped withLarue. I was believed. - Mv char-acter nlaced me above suspicion."

Here the doctor ceased speaking,and taking a pen and paper, wrotefor a considerable time, ne mensealed the paper, and laying it onthe table, said :

"That paper finishes the story, to-

gether with instructions I wishobeyed. I see your position is pain-

ful, but there can be bo help tillmorning.

He then bid me good-bye- , tellingme I should never see him againalive.

I managed to get on the floor,and I lay there till morning. I don'tknow how many hours I' remainedawake, suffering with my crampedposition, but at last sleep came to meand 1 slept till awakened by tbenoise of breaking in the door.

The note the doctor had left toldos the bodies were concealed in arhimnev. that was walled up, andthat Lis body would be found in tbegarret He wanted all three takensouth, and buried near tbeir formerhomes ; and there was more in-

structions regarding the propertythat he had bequeathed to hisparents.

W fonnd the bodies where thedoctor bad indicated ; and he wasfound hanging ia the garret His

wishes were complied with to theletter his parents coming on andtaking charge of the bodies.

This has been years ago, but Ishall nevr forget the night when Iwas compelled to listen to the doc-tor's tory.

by Children Should eat Honey.

Thousands and tens of thousandsof children are dying all around us,who because their ever-developi-

nature demands sweetness, craveand eagerly demolish adulterated"candies" and "syrup" of moderntimes. If these could be fed onhoney instead they would developinto healthy men and women.

Children would Tather eat breadand honey than bread and butter.One pound of honey will reach asfar as two pounds of butter, andhas besides, the advantage of beingfur more healthy and pleasant tasted,and always remains good, whilebutter becomes rancid and oftenproduces cramp in the stomache,eructations, sourness, vomiting, anddiarrhcea. Pure honey should al-

ways be used in every family. Hon-ey eaten upon wheat bread is verybeneficial to the health. The use ofhonev instead of sugar in almostevery kind of cookery is as pleasantfor the palate as it is healthy for thestomache. In prepariug blackberry.raspberry or strawberry shortcakeit is infinitely superior.

It is a common expression thathoney is a luxury, having nothingto do with the life giving principle.This is an error heney is food inone of its most concentrated formsTrue, it does not add so much tothe growth of the muscles as doesbeefstake, but it does impart otherproperties no less necessary tohealth and vigorous physical andintellectual action. It gives warmthto the rvstem, arouses nervous energy and gives vigor to all the vitalfunctions. To the laborer it givesstrength to the business man mental force. Its effects are not likeordinary stimulants, such as spirits,but produce a healthy action, theresults of which are pleasing ardpermanent.

The American Hotel.

The American hotel is both thecentre and nuisance of the town.Around the hotel gather all the discontented people, those who fromvarious reasons have lot industryfor housekeeping and thrift for plainboarding. They are like birds in acage, always tempting others tocome to the hotel and live and yetalwavs desirous themselves to getback again to some substantial life.At the hotel vou not only get all thenews, but all the scandal. It be- -

piaUC IV' ... j .5 I n rr

the town, who there tell their oldstories and cultivate the barkeeper,and I have often observed that thebarkeeper is the favorite guest inthe hotel. You can see young mil-

lionaires, or expectant that way,leaning on the bar telling their private family life to the barkeeper.Liquor encourages convivial inter--

1 t ' -course, and tne oarneeper nere islike the barmaid in England someone to make love to when anothersocial intercourse is frustrated. Thebarkeeper wears such a sice whiteapron such a spotless shirt, has hishair frizzed every morning, is daintyabout his shoes, he juggles his crys-

tal glasses so deftly that he wouldseem to be what the ladies call "sucha refined man." When a man hasgot a hollow stomache, looks paleand weak lrom his Fecret excesses.and has finally not much of anything but a toft address, insinua-tions and a good suit of clothes, hegets the name of being 'so refined."Frank Howe, whj appeared aroundGrant.s Administration as the chielbeau, made all his impression tybis "refinement, whereas bis wilehad to get a divorce from him forcorrupting his own house. I neverquite got over the feeling that hewas a rehned man, because ne seemed to be so effeminate that if therewas no refinement about him itseemed to me there could be nothing else, He never antagonized. Hehad a certain polish amountingto inoffensiveness. Under the skin.however, the wreck of human nat-

ure burnt like an old line of battleship that is set on fire to avoid theexnense of keeping up.

Letting the Young Man Down.

One of the Knickerbocker girlswhom I met and liked, writes ClaraBelle, is to be a bride in October.She ia a philosophic little thing. Inoticed that her to-b-e hushandwas being slowly, gently, but nonetbe less surely, let down from theheights of shadowy sentiment to thesolitudes of human actuality. Do

. . . .- i n T Ml -you loliow me : ei me illustratemv meaning, one waltzed onenight with the infatuated fellow andon seating her at my side, he whis-

pered rapturously :

a I really think you have wingsheels, danced so lightly.'on your

.you

a i aa nrtot a wing." she replied. .inefact is that I had No. 2 shoes on No.3 feet, and I felt as though 1 werestumping around on my ankles.rui just now my pet wiu onugothrough the numbness.

44 Ah 1" sighed the persistently roman tic chap. 44 then the wings extended invisibly from your shoulders, dear girl?"

44 Well, it's safe to bet" the heavenly seraph responded, 44 that if anywings are attached to me they aresomewhere outside of my corset,for there isn't room for half a breathinside."

An End to Done ocraplng.

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg,HL. says: "Having received so muchbenefit from Electric Bitters, 1 leelit my duty to let suffering humanitv know it Have bad a runningsore on mv leg for eight years; mydoctors told me I would have tobave the bone scraped or leg ampu-tated. I used, instead, three bottlesof Electric Bitters and seven boxescf Bucklin's Arnica Salve, and myleg is now sound and welL ElectricBitters are sold at fifty cents bot-

tle, and Bucklen's Arnica Salveat 25c. per box by C. N. Boyd

eraiaMODERN INSTANCES.

THE CCRI0C9, ROMANTIC, ASD TRAGIC-

AL IXCIDEXTS OF LIFE.

. ABOVE GROCSD.

One of the greatest yegetable curiosities in existence is on exhibitionat Thyes & Co's saloon. It is a po-

tato vine filled with well developedpotatoes, which grew out of theground in the open air, like toma-toes. Tb?y differ from the tuberswhich grow underground, accordingto established rule, by bearing aslight green tinge. Reno (Nevada)Journal.

TUSSLE WITH A BEAR.One day last week Mrs. W. K.

Lee discovered a bear swimming inthe Columbia and determined on itscapture. The men folks were allaway, but she summoned a posse,including the children, a boat, andthe dog, and, armed with a butcher-knif- e,

attempted to prevent a land-ing, while one of the children wentalter a neighbor wao had a gun.The bear landed and showed liirht.Mrs. Lee was treed once on a bigrock, but gaye chase again as tbebear tried to make off. The bearturned on her again and ia retreat-ing she tripped on a stick and wentdown, when the bear made a ferocious attack, bhe struck with a

;

knne and slashed it so severely onthe nose that it went howling uwaylong enough lor ber to regain herleet and the dog attacked so vigorously she made good her escape.About this time the nan with thegun settled the contest, and for several days bear steaks were plenty inthe neighborhood. Mrs. Lee showed great courage in this contest anddeserved a bigger share of the bearthan she received. Vancouver Independent.

BEN FRASSXISS WATCH.

Levi W. Groff, of Lancaster, Pa., astaunch old Pennsylvania farmerand stock-growe- r, yesterday visitedthe Sun office and exhibited thememorable Benjamin Franklinwatch," of which there has beenconsiderable newspaper mention. Itis manufactured of silver, in the oldbull's-ev- e pattern, with open fase,and on its back bears tbe followinginscription, in letters still well de-

fined ROiwithstandirg its extremeage and no doubt extensive handling: "Ben Franklin, UTfi." Anold paper on the inside indicatesthat it was "Repaired by ThomasParker, of Philadelplia, on the 24thof January, 1817," over sixty-seve- n

years ago. 1 he watch it appearslrom another paper, was made morethan 12G years ago. It was proba-bly purchased by Franklin when herepresented the independent coloniesat the British court in London.

" SKOflrXtl ' B BuamoaLi.bkobelen, so the story goes, was

working one evening in bis tentnear the Danube, or near a pond,when a Turkish bomb dropped atthe threshold of the tent The Gen-eral had just time to see the sentineloutside stoop and phlegmaticallythrow the shell into the water. Skob-ele- ff

approached the sentinal andsaid, ''Do you know that you bavesaved my life?" "I have done mybest, General." "Very well; whichwould you rather have, the St.George's Cross or 100 roubles?" Tbesentinel was a Jew with a fine Seroet-ri- c

profile. He hesitated a moment,and then said: "What is the valueof the St George's Cross, my Gen-

eral?" "What do you mean? Thecross itself is of no value; it may beworth 5 roubles, perhaps, but it isan houor to possess it." "Well, myGeneral," calmly said the soldier,"if it is like that, give me 95 roublesand the cross of St. George!"Whether the prayer of that child ofIsrael was granted or not historydoes not say.

A Man Jim Fit.lt Understood.

A recent book has this new story :

Fisk once received by telegraph thedetails of a dangerous bill introduc-ed in one of the State Legislatures.He telegraphed in reply to bis informant to come on to New lorkat once, received him at his sumptuous quarters at trie Grand OperaHouse, and inquired if his visitorcould kill the bill. The Judgethought he might Fisk drew outa check for So.OOO, The Judge4rrAicA trt Af trhnt ria arm Id frvr ansmall an amount, but never tooktlfIonchecks. FUk smiled and got thecash, which the Judge pocketed andshook hands to to, when Fisk sud-

denly asked : 44 By the way, who is

the author of this bill f 1 he J udgereplied, without hesitation, 44 1 am."

Oh ! said risk, with a beaming i

look of admiration, I thought soGood day."

An Important Isaac44 George," chirruped a pretty girl

to the young man who has beenkeeping company with her for thepast year, and had never plucks-- upcourage enough to propose,4 George,do you know I am reminded of oneof the issues of the campaign everytime I think of you?"

"No ; are you, Clara?" exclaimed the youth, eagerly.

Yes. Can t you imagine whatissue it is, George?"

" The foreign policy ?" venturedthe young man."

44 Oh, no."Western land claims ?" said he,

looking down at his feet44 Wrong. Try again."44 Nothing to do with an 4 Inde-

pendent party.' "44 Ne, you simpleton."44 Then I give it up," at last said

he."The main question at present

George, is protection. Do you see ?"He saw, and popped the question

then and there. Bradford Mail.

Though numerous causes mayoperate to turn the hair gray, allthat is needed to restore the naturalcolor is Hall's Vegetable SicilianHairRenewer. For more than twen -

ty years its sales bave been enor -

mous, but we have yet to learn ofits first failure.

The mosquitoes' motto4" Godbless our hum 1 "

WHOLE NO. 1737.

Clara Barton at Geneva.

The following letter, dated Geneva, Switzerland, Sept S, is from An-toinette Margot and addressed to theWoman's Journal:

The great kindness with whichtwo or three American papers received and published some articleswhich I sent them, a few years agoin regard to Miss Clara Barton'swork in Strasbourg, encourages meto send you an episode of her pres-ent visit to Geneva on tho occasionof the third conference of the Genevaconvention, known as the lied Cross.

I leave it to pens better authoriz-ed than mine to tell you about theconference ; but I want to be thefirst to speak to you of Miss Barton,whom we are proud and happy tohave again in our old Europe, whereshe is as well known as if she hadbeen born among us, and where sheis loved and appreciated by manyrulers and nations who saw her atwork after our great war of 1870.

The hearts of all her countrymenwould have beaten with a noblepride, as did mine, if they had beenpresent at the session of last Wednesday. Mr. Sheldon had just spokenof the Red Cross in America, andpaid a delicate compliment to MissBarton. After speaking of her ef-

forts to spread the lied Cross in theUnited States, and of the full suecess by which they have been crown-ed, he alluded to Miss Nightingale,and said with a voice of emotion :

" After our American war we uedto call her our Florence Nightingale;but now we only need to call herour Clara Barton, and we considerthat this name is enough." Uponthis the whole audience, who wereless familiar with the Americanwork of your famous and belovedcountrywoman than with her Euro-pean work, but who knew tbe latterwell, applauded warmly. One ofihe Italian delegates, springing uponthe platform, proposed to the n??era-blag- e

to vote by acclamation that"Miss Barton has deserved well ofhumanity." And actual thundersof applause broke out at this propo-sition. Emotion and enthusiasmwere at the highest pitch. The clapping and stamping were renewedagain and again as if thev wouldnever stop.

I do not know whether you arefamiliar in America with the exactsignificance of the phrase, "Menmerite ee Thumanite." It is the ex-pression of the highest approbation,honor and esteem that the Frenchlanguage can convey. It means thatall humanity is under grateful obligations to her for the varied workshe has accomplished, nrt in Amer-ica only, but wherever she has gone.ii is te declare her a universal benefactress. Miss Barton is probablythat from the official representativesof all the governments of Europe,and from seven foreign countries,which gives this vote a very greatimportance.

I hope and belieye that after thisCongress and thi vote old Europewill no longer be so afraid of seeingwomen mingle in public work.whichhas been considered hitherto as theexclusive domain of men. I hopethat this meeting with a woman dis-tinguished as a princess, modest andcapable as a statesman, will mark astep of real progress in the cause ofwoman, and that we shall be able,we women of all nations, to declarethat Mies Barton has deserved wellof womanhood. And this is why Iaddress, through a woman's paper,my humble tribute to our noble andvenerated friend. May God sendus many Clara B.irtons, and the tri-

umph of our cause will be near athand.

An Kxtlnct Volcano.

The Orange Mountains haveal waysbeen considered one of the redeem-ing features of Eastern New JerseyBut for this fine range of chestnutclad hills the geographers of EssexCounty might beexcused for believ-ing, with the contemporaries of Co-

lumbus, that the earth is flat TheOrange Mountains are their prideand joy, the Jerseymans picnicground, the locality of mysteriourobberies and murder", the supposedwinter resort of the seaside musqui-to- ;

and at lost something has actual-ly been found which should givethese humble hills a po--

ln the Appalachian system.The crater of an extinct volcano hasbeen discovered in the mountainsnear Orange, and hundreds of visi-tors daily crowd around the interest-ing spot. The genuineness of the dis-covery is asserted upon the authority of State Geologist Cook and manyother scientific men. The prevailingscientific structure of that part ofthe Blue Ridge range admit, how-ever, of caves and what are com-monly called "Sink-ho!es,"a- if itwas not for the corroboration of Pro-fessor Cook, who enjoys a distinguished reputation in his department ofscience, the report would not hi soreadily lelieved as it i. The NewEngland Society, comprising manyof the foremost citizens of Orange arearranging to obtain of the propertyon which this wonder i. situated.Gazette. '

A Strtl'na; Diiicosery.

Mr. Wm. Johnson, of Huron, Dak.writes that his wife had been troub-led with acute Bronchitis for manyyears, and that all remedies triedgave no permanent relief, until heprocured a bottle of Dr. King's NewDiscovery forConsumption, Coughs,and Colds, which had a magicaleffect, and produced a permanent i

enre. It is guaranteed to cure allDisea-se-s of the Throat, Lung9. orBronchial Tubes, Trial BottlesFree at C. N. Boyd's Drug Store,Large Size 81,00.

The Empress Eugeuie has return- - j

! ed to Farnborough, after an absence i

! 0f nearly two months. The Queen ,

j has again invited the Empress to oc-- j

j Cupy Abergeldie Castle, but it is j

now donbtiul whether she will go; to Scotland this year.

Butler u consistent He refuses! positively to enrich soulless corporaj tions. He travels on a pass. Bal-

timore American.

A Selkir on Cliff

Some two weeks ago Captaia M.M. Robinson, in the employ of thePacific Coast Steamship Company,gave an interviewer from the Vail aremarkable story abont an adventurein Chili. The Captain, whose bov-hoo- d

was passed in Pittsfield, Mass.,left the bark W. Robinson at Io;ii- -

J que, Peru, on the occasion mentionedand with four other men of the same

I vessel, made his way overland to Valparaiso. It was during the lonjtramp that the adventure occurred.Tho captaia, now master of tbesteamer Santa Cruz, is quoted :

"At about 4 in the afternoon oneday when we were getting prettywell down into Chili, we found our-selves empty-stomache- d and strand-ed at the base of a promontory thatjutted well out into the sea. Wehadn t come across house or man forseveral days past, and there wasn'ta crumb lelt in the provision bag,the last scrap baying been dividedthat morning. While climbingamong the rocks we found a springof water to which a path ran downWe scouted carefully up the path,to the queerest looking man I eversaw.

"He was a haggard, dried-u- p, oldbodj, whose age might have beenanywhere from 80 te 100, and he saton the plateau, a little back fromthe edge ol the cliff, nursing his kneeand staring out to sea iu a vacantsort of way. He had nothing onbis head, and his hair and beard,which evidently hadn't beencut for many years, had changedthrough age lrom white to a moldysort of yellow, and made hiai.

LOOK LIFE A HERMITin a picture-book- . His only cing was a lagged sheepskin, looselyhung upon his shoulders, and titsof sheepskin bound around h'u legsand feet I can't describe to youhow ghastly and miserable the poorold man looked, with his witheredflesh, dim eyes, and toothless gums,as he tut there muttering to himselfand ignorant of the fact that westood within a few feet of him. Iguess we all felt a creepy sensation,for several minutes must have pas-sed before one plucked up courageenough to touch the old boy on theshoulder. He slowly glanced up atus, took one indifferent sort of lookand then turned to sea-gazin- g again.Then some one made a remark iaEnglish, which f e?med :o give theold fellow a galvanic shock, for heroused himself all of a sudden.struggled on to his feet and appearedas though on the point of tryi ig torun. then be shook his head in aweary fashion and collapsed to. hisoriginal position.

"Our Spanish talker now askedhim frorne things in that lansruase.He didn't say a word, but fumbledaround under his sheepskin untilhe got hold of a razor and motion-n- s

t sharpen it lor him. It was ofEnglish make and had the dullestblade you ever saw, with nicks allover it. One of the boys had asmall oilstone in his kit and we allsat down there while he groundaway at the razor. After anotherfailure to get r word from the oldman we began chatting in Englishover our bad luck in the grub lineand wondering if our neighborcouldn't put us in the way

OF EATI.v; A SQUARE MEAL.

When a tolerable edge had beengot on the razor the old man stodup and motioned us to follow him.cl'eniy A&c,a ''tiMiS larsrieefcskin hung on the face of a low cliff.Lifting theskin he showed us a holein the noli rock behind it and signedus to crawl in. We hung back atrifle, but felt rather ashamed ofnhowifigany superstitious fear, anddid crawl iu to what was an artifi-cial cave.

"It was, perhaps, some twelvefeet square and so low that wecouldn't stand up. At the far endanother sheepskin divided thiscave from an inner one, and whenone of us was about to lift this theold man stopped him, and mutter-ed angrily something we couldn'tunderstand. Then Ik J pointed outto one chap where some brushwoodcould be got, and handed anotherone a rough crockery pot to get wa-

ter with. There wasn't the leasttrace of furniture in the cave, wherewe sat on the ground, and nothing,in fact, but two or three pots ofcrockery and iron and a few rudewooden platter. While a fire wasbuilding in the outer cave the oldman went into the inner cave andreturned with a small supply ofjerked meat and dried fisb. Therewaso t a scrap ot tread, and notenough of the other btuff to go de-

cently around, but we made as muchas we could of it aud filled in thechink with cold water; the poor oldboy wouldn't eat anything, but af-

ter supper he seemed to get a gooddeal of satisfaction out of a pipe thatone of us passed to hi in. Not aword did he speak, mind you. buthe sat there

STARINd AT VS."As it got quite dark outnide our

linguist asked if we might stay inthe cave all night and the old mannodded assent Shortly after thishe passed into the inner cave anddidn't come out again. We bunkedon the bare fiooraround the fire andwere tired enough to sleep as thoughit was in a feather bed. About 2o'clock we were aroused by awfulgroans from the inner cave and gasp-ing sounds that made our fleshcrawl. After chucking some drybrush on the Sre and raising a blazewe pulled away the sheepskin andfound the old man writhing withpain on a rough pallet He seemedto be suffering intensely withcramps and stretched his hands outto us. I thought I heard him say:"Forgive me, O Lord !" We coveredhim op well and went into thelarger cave, where we sat for a fewminutes. When we, went back hewas dead.

"In the morning, after buryinghim, we searched the cave. In theway of food we found a scant supplyfor two days, and nothing else worthnoticing except a Bible under thehead of the bed. This Bible wasprinted in English, and had beenread to rags. On the flyleaf a namewas written, and you can imaginebow startled I was to find the wordsPittsfield, Massachusetts, and abovethem the name ofa bank officer who had stolen alot of money and ran away fromhome when I was a boy." CaptainBobbins and his partv experiencedmany hardships, but finally reachedV alparaiso in safety.

i i . iWhen Texan vigilantee set oat on

a lynching expedition they are al- -

j ways mounted on their must-han- g

horses.- - ' "-- J- i

In New York the Merchants em-

ploy private detectives to watchtheir employees and report on tbeliyes they follow.