Mount Pleasant journal (September 19, 1902)

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YOTJ. :JO. MOUNT PLEASANT, WE8TMORELANI> COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1902. NO. 98.
WELL KNOWN
CALIFORNIA
GOLD HUNTERS
Who Have Just Struck a Good
Paying Lead
IN THE FRAZIER MOUNTAINS
SOME NINETY MILES OR MORE
SOUTH OF LOS ANGELES.
The Members of the Lucky Trio are
Elmer and Georse Galley, Mount
Pleasant Boys, and Harry Porter, of
Connellsville, who are Now Working-
Quartz That Makes Them From #00 to
#00 a Ton. Even Better Results Ex-pected
With Improved Machinery Now
Being Put In.
Advices to Till-: JOURNAL are that
Eluier and George Galley, Mount Pleas
ant boys, and their consin, Harry
Porter, of Connellsville, have struck a
rich gold lead in the Frazier mountains
of Southern California, some 00 miles
south of Los Angeles. The find was the
result of vears’ prospecting.
Several years ago while Mr. Porter
was working for the Frazier company,
whose mines are on the other side of the
Frazier mountain, he conceived the idea
of striking the same lead on the opposite
slope where he proceeded to locate a
claim. Elmer Galley and young Porter
then went into partnership and
about a year ago George C. Galley, on
going out from here to Los Angeles,
bought an interest in the venture and
has since assisted in developing the
claim.
Some time ago a lead was struck, hav-ing
every appearance of being the same
as that the Frasier people are working
on the other side. It ran Borne $30 to the
ton; that iB, as long as it lasted. But it
ran out. However, the young prospectors
were not discouraged, rightly believing
that the ledge had been broken by some
disturbance of nature. They then went
farther into the mountain side and sank a
shaft and it was by this means that they
found the lost quartz vein a few weeks
ago. It is proving much richer than the
outcrop, assaying from $60 to $90 a ton.
With the present rather crude facili
ties the young operators are making
from $600 to $800 a week, but they ex-pect
to do much better as soon as they
get their new machinery in operation.
COMERS AND GOERS.
Franchise Annuled.
Greensburg’s Council has annuled the
franchise of the Greensbnrg& Southern
electric road, for which $6,000 was paid.
The company, recently bought out by
the Pittsburg, McKeesport & Connells-ville
people, was unable to get through
Ludwick and ran a car over West Otter-man
street once a day to hold its county
4 seat franchise. Council held that this
failed to comply with the ordinance and
proceeded to revoke the privileges that
had been granted. The company will
it is said, appeal to court in order to
avoid a loss of some $20,000. The com-pany
is now trying to hold on by run
ning a car every fifteen minutes.
Another Nice Trolley Party.
Miss Lillie Hunter gave a nice trolley
party Friday night for her house guest,
Miss Gertrude Wolf, of Irwin. The
jolly party was made up of some fifteen
couples of young townspeople who were
carried on one of the big vestibuled cars.
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Hunter, parents of
the pretty hostess, were also aboard and
had charge of the refreshments that
were served by colored waiters. It was
2:80 Saturday morning when the occu-pants
left the car.
Approaching Nuptials.
Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Hissem have issued
invitations for the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Mary Olive, to the Rev.
Thomas Atchison, of Burgettstown, Pa.
The wedding will take place Thursday
next, September 25. Only the imme-diate
friends of the families will be
present.
A Splendid Speaker.
Rev. W. T. Bundict, the famous Vir-ginia
temperance orator, spoke Monday
and Tuesday evenings in the First Bap-tist
church and in the Presbyterian
church Wednesday night. All those
who heard this talented Virginian do
not hesitate to say that they consider
him the most forceful and elegant
speaker it has ever been their pleasure
to listen to.
Paragraphs About Prominent People
Gathered During the Week.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Warden are oil
on a ten days' visit to Butler relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Springer left
Wednesday on a week s outing at Cheat
Haven.
Aaron C. Stauffer, of Denver, Colo-rado,
is here visiting relatives and old
friends.
Charles Husband left Monday to re-sume
his studies at the Troy, N. Y.,
Institute.
W. VV. Lohr, with his wife, spent his
vacation with Pittsburg and Allegheny
friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. John D. McCaleb left
Wednesday for Harrisburg to visit their
son, W. B McCaleb.
Mrs. Emil Swensson and family, of
Pittsburg, spent yesterday here with
Mrs. Harry J. Jordan.
Miss Sadie Horner returned this week
to Huntingdon, Pa., to resume her
studies at Juniata College.
Captain and Mrs. Harry O. Tinstman
returned Tuesday from a two weeks’
visit paid New York relatives.
Mrs. J. D. Hughes, of Pittsburg, is
spending the week here with her par-ents,
Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Granl.
Misses Eva and Laura McLean, of
Philadelphia, were the guests of Mrs.
J. H. Rnmbangh Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Martha Cook and daughter, of
Cumberland, Md., are visiting the for-mer’s
niece, Mrs. A. F. Porter, of the
East End.
Mrs. I. T. Coppick, of Cleveland, O.,
and Mrs. F. S. Irvin, of Rochester, Pa.,
are here visiting the latter’s mother,
Mrs. M. S. Brinker.
A. O. Horner, a young Allegheny
real estate agent, who spent his vaca
tion here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Isaac Horner, returned to his office
today.
Miss Annie Shnpe returned Monday
from McCoy’s Springs, above Connells-ville,
where she spent several weeks
camping with Scottdale and Connells-ville
friends.
C. S. Overholt stopped off here Friday
and Saturday while returning from
Pittsburg to his Philadelphia home.
“Uncle Christ’’ is becoming a famous
amatenr golf player.
Benjamin E Tinstman, wife and
little daughter and Mrs. Tinstman's
mother, Mrs. Lusk, who have been
summering here, will return today to
their Pittsburg home.
Samuel Denniston returned Saturday
from Cairo, W. Va., where he had been
attending the funeral of his uncle.
David C. Pew, the father of Anna Pew,
an Institute student who died here last
March at the home of her aunt, Mrs.
W. A. Denniston.
Mr. and Mrs. Gillette, nee Miss Alice
Cherry, and their daughter Charlotte,
of Minneapolis, were the guests of Miss
Charlotte Voigt, at the Central Hotel
last Tuesday. They stopped on their
way to Boston, where Miss Charlotte is
to take a course at Wellsley College.
Captain Loar has received an invita-tion
to the marriage of Major George
Neff’s daughter, Miss Luretta, to Mr.
Chester Lingle. The ceremony will
take place in the Methodist Episcopal
church at Masontown at 7:80 o’clock on
the evening of October 1st.
Misses Fem Braddock and Blanche
Stoner, Lawrence and Lloyd Kalp and
Abram Gunter left Tuesday to resume
their studies at Bucknell University.
They were accompanied by Carl Mill-ward,
Armel Heffling, Clyde Morrison,
Dick Stauffer and Joe Byers, all new
students.
Boss Potato Grower.
J. A. Cooper, the well known Bull-skin
township farmer, is already in evi-dence
as a boss potato grower. One of
his weighing almost two pounds was
left at this office yesterday and we ex-pect
a big basket of ’em to follow it soon.
ERIGHTEUL ACCIDENT
That Befell Conductor David Hare’s eon
Harry.
Harry Hare, a young Pennsylvania
railroad freight brakeman and a son of
David Hare, the well known passenger
conductor on the Mount Pleasant
branch, met with a frightful accident
at Grapeville early Saturday morning.
He had stepped from his train to give a
signal and was run down by an empty
engine backing up to the water tank.
Both legs were cut off below the knees
and the right arm was fractured.
The poor fellow who is said to have
been dead on his feet for lack of sleep,
having been on duty for some thirty
hours, was taken to the Greensburg
hospital where his parents soon joined
him, the company having run a special
down to Scottdale for them.
ELECLRIC LIGHL PLANE HERE
SOLD ON MONDAY LASE EO
THE ELECTRIC ROAD PEOPLE
Who Now Have a Monopoly of all Plants in the Coke Region Erom
Greensburg to Uniontown With the Single Excep-tion
ol that at Scottdale.
An Iron Bridge Boom.
George A. Hogg, the Pittsburg iron
manufacturer, has sold 28 acres of his
stock farm at Iron Bridge to the Pitts-burg,
McKeesport & Connellsville Rail-way
Company for $400 an acre. This
property is to be used for a power house
for the electric’car line. Car barns, 800
x500 feet, are also to be erected there.
SALE DATES BACK TO THE EIRST OE THIS MONTH.
The long-drawn out deal for the Mount Pleasant Electric
Light, Heat and Power Company, between the owners of that
plant—O. P. and J. Wade Shape. .John and Marian Husband, John
L. Ruth and Thomas N. Seaton—and the Pittsburg, McKeesport
and Connellsville Street Railway Company, was closed Monday
last when J. 13. VanWagner, secretary of the latter corporation,
accepted the transfer of the property to the electric road people
who now have a monopoly of the lig-ht plants in the coke region
from Greensburg to Uniontown with the exception of that at
Scottdale. The consideration was $70,000.
Ten years ago the late owners organized themselves into a
company and built the East Eud plant which is a model in equip-ment,
although it will likely be abandoned as the power will be
centralized in the big plant the street railway people are building
in New Haven, A generator, however, may be maintained here. No
change was made in the old management, the sale dating back to
the first of this month and J. Wade Shupe being retained as super-intendent.
Whether or not there will be any change in rates to
private consumers remains to be seen. The ten year contract the
old company had with the town for lighting the streets will expire
next spring.
COKE AND C0AE.
CUPID WAS VERY BUSY HERE
DURING THE PAST EEW DAYS.
Four Weddings in Which the Principals are well Known Young
People in This Place and Vicinity.
MurFree-Rumbauerh.
Some sixty relatives and friends from
far and near witnessed the marriage of
Mr. Lyman D. MnrFree, of Terre Haute,
Indiana, and Miss Dorothea Gertrude
Rumbangb, eldest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew M. Rnmbangh, which oc-curred
at the bride's pretty country
home, a mile north of town, Wednesday
afternoon. The officiating clergymen
were Revs. Swickard, of this place, and
Gongaware, of Greensburg.
The bride wore a corded cream silk
gown and carried a bouquet of bride’s
roses and lilies of the valley. The
matron of honor was Mrs. F. L. Gress,
of Greensburg, whose dress was a white
organdie and who carried pink roses and
lilies of the valley. Lohengrin’s wed-ding
march was played by the bride’s
sister, Miss Florence Rnmbangh ;while
two younger sisters, Misses Anna and
Mabel, were the flower girls. The beBt
man was Mr. E. B. Adams, of Kansas
City, Missouri. Following the ceremony
a sumptuous luncheon was served.
Young Mr. MurFree and his bride,
who was the recipient of many hand-some
presents, among which was a
sealed envelope from her father, are
now off on an extended wedding trip,
but will be at home to their friends after
October 15th in the East End, Pittsburg.
Stoner-Fox.
Mr. Charles F. Stoner, the First Na-tional
Bank teller, and Miss Clara D.
Fox were married last evening at 8
o'clock at the West Washington street
home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Adam W. Fox, whose only child
she is. Rev. S. G. Yahn, pastor of the
Church of God, performed the ceremony;
while Miss Anna Stoner received the
guests who were limited to the imme-diate
relatives of the principals owing
to the small size of the bouse. The
bride’s gown was a cream silk applique
trimmed with ivory silk chiffon. She
carried a bouquet of bride's roses and re
ceived many beautiful presents. Miss
Edwards played the wedding march.
An elegant supper followed the cere-mony
and then yonng Mr. and Mrs.
Stoner left on the bridal trip They
will occupy the grooms Eagle street
residence which, all ready furnished,
awaits their return.
Southworth-Lackman.
The North Hitchman street home of
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Laekman was
filled with relatives and friends last
evening when at 8 o'clock their eldest
daughter, Miss Lena Alberta Laekman,
became the bride of Rev. Lewis Austin
South worth, pastor of the Leechburg
Free Methodist church. The ceremony
was performed by the groom’s brother,
Rev. Frederick Southworfh, assisted by
Rev. G. C. Wadding, of this place, and
was followed by a splendid repast.
The bride, who was handsomely re-membered
by her friends in the way of
beautiful presents, although young in
years, has already made a high mark for
faithful work in the Free Methodist
church. She spent some eight years at
the Atlanta, Georgia, mission, an expe-rience,
her many friends here feel as
sured, will make her eminently fitted to
assist her husband in his pastoral duties
at Leechburg where they will reside.
Majchrowski-Ryblcki.
A swell wedding in local Polish soci-ety
was celebrated at the Polish Catho
lie church Sunday morning last at 10:30
o’clock, the pastor, Rev. Father Pikul-ski,
officiating. The principals were
Mr. William Majchrowski and Miss
Mary Rybicki, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Rybicki, of Standard, where
the reception followed and where the
young couple now reside.
CUT IN TWO.
Frightful Fate of a Young- Colored Coke
Worker at Standard.
William Isaac Curry, colored, the 16-
year-old son of Isaac Curry, a coke
drawer at the H. C. Frick Coke Com-pany's
Standard works, met death in a
frightful form on the yards at that place
early Tuesday morning. It seems that
the lad, who assisted his father, got on
a car as it was being shifted into place
and while standing on the front bumper
was jolted off to the track directly in
front of the moving wheels which pass-ed
over his chest, literally cutting him
in two.
A Flagman’s Sad Fate.
While waiting to signal a train, E. F.
Steganious, a young B. & O. flagman,
was run down by the cars and instantly
killed at Brook’s tunnel last Friday
morning, his body heing-terribly man-gled.
The victim’s home was at White
Rock and he was to have married Miss
Mary Mullen, of South Connellsville,
Wednesday last.
FAYETTE JUSTICE
As Meted Out to Convicts at the Last
Term of Court.
In the Fayette county court Tuesday
Lewis Anderson, alias “Jack the Bear,”
Alex Harris, William Jackson, alias
“Cincinnati Shang,” and Andy Callo-way,
four negro highwaymen from
Allegheny county, who were convicted
of robbery and half a dozen other counts,
: were each sentenced 20 years to the pen-itentiary.
Other penitentiary sentences
I were George Patrick, larceny, one year;
Mike Bominsky, pointing weapons, 18
months; Henry Jackson, for stealing 13
cents’ worth of peaches, two years;
James Hall, forgery, two years; James
Washington, murder, 12 years.
Items of Interest Gathered From Both
Mine and Yard.
The coal and air shafts at the Heela
Coke Coin|>any’s new No. 8 plant were
completed yesterday. The coal WBH
reached at a depth of 290 feet.
The No. 8 mine of the Jamison Coal
Company, in the Crabtree district,
caught fire Tuesday evening. It is
feared that much damage will result.
Dr. J. B. Keaggy, of Allegheny, has
sold to the Keystone Coal Company 810
ncres of coal land lying a half mile west
of Greensburg. The consideration was
$90,000. Ten acres of surface are in
eluded in the sale.
Theodore Workman, connected with
the Frick company’s engineer corps at
Scottdale, was successfully operated on
for appendicitis at the Greensburg hos-pital
Tuesday by Dr. F. L. Marsh, of
this place, and his son, Dr. K. B. Marsh,
of Greensburg.
Nelson B. Nichols, a carpenter at the
Continental CokeCotnpany’s Marguerite
works, in Unity township, while rip-ping
a plank Saturday, was struck in
the month and chest by splinters. He
died in a few hours from htnorrhages.
He was 45 years of age and is survived
by a widow and six children.
John Husband & Bro., of this place,
are at work on 50 houses for the Great
Lakes Coal Company at East Brady,
Pa., and a like number of dwellings at
Bute, near Uniontown, for the Oliver-
Snyder people for whom Bennett &
Talbott, of Greensburg, are building 800
coke ovens at the same place.
John W. Gates and Henry E. Weaver,
the well known Chicago millionaires,
have bought the interests of the Weaver
Coal & Coke Company and leased the
plant and patents of the Leiter Coke
Oven Company, intending to have 500
ovens in blast at Dnqnoin, Southern
Illinois, in the near fntnre. They have
also leased 10,000 acres of coal there and
will add 1,000 ovens. Superintendent
William Ramsay, formerly of this place,
has had his services engaged by them.
Free Vaccination.
The children of all parents who are
unable to pay for such service will he
vaccinated free of charge by calling at
the Jacob Jnstice Free Dispensary any
j week day between the honrs of 4 and 5
1 p. m.
DEATHS 0E THE WEEK.
The Grim Reaper’s Work in This Place
and Vicinity.
Dr. J. W. Hughes, a veteran of the
Civil war, died at his Latrohe home last
Thursday night of catarrhal pneumonia,
aged 65 years. Two sons and two
daughters survive with their mother.
Henry S. Fretts, aged 77, who had
not slept in his bed for 15 years, died
last Thursday at the Scottdale home of
his brother, D. S. Fretts. He suffered
from asthma to such a degree that he
was compelled to sleep upright in a
chair.
Mrs. Eleanor W. Singer, widow of
the late R. W. Singer and a highly es-teemed
Greensburg lady, died at her
home in that place Friday night of
general debility, aged 76 years. Her
surviving children are Mrs. James S.
Moorhead and Miss Lanra Singer, of
Greensburg; Dr. J. J. Singer, of Con-nellsville,
and Mrs. James S. Mack, of
this place.
Mrs. Rachel Edwards passed away
Sabbath last at her East End home,
after a lingering illness of cancer of the
stomach. She was born fifty five years
ago in South Wales, where her relatives
still live. After coming to this country
as a yonng woman, she was married to
Hophni Edwards whose death occnred
about six years ago. She was a very
devout woman and spent mnch of her
time in visiting the sick and in carry-ying
the gospel to needy hearts and
homes. She leaves four grown children
one son and three daughters, and a
large circle of friends who held her in
the highest esteem. The funeral ser
vices were held at the Church of God
Tuesday afternoon, conducted by her
pastor, Rev. S. G. Yahn, assisted by a
former pastor, Rev. R. L. Byrnes, and
Rev. G. C. Wadding, of the local Free
Methodist church.
Clarence McLean Ringler died on Sep
tember 8th at the Scottdale home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ringler,
aged 1 year, 6 months and 27 days. The
little body was laid to rest in the Done-gal
cemetery.
Clara, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James Sidehammer, died of summer
complaint at her South Diamond street
home Monday evening, aged nearly 2
years.
Greensburg Schools Closed.
Greensburg schools are closed this
week while the rooms are being thor-oughly
disinfected in order to prevent
any further spreading of smallpox there.
It is thought that studies will be re-sumed
next week.
SPLENDID
HARVEST DOME
GATHERING
Held Near Old Bethany on Last
Saturday
BY ZION LUTHERAN PEOPLE
WHO WITH THEIR FRIENDS NUM-BERED
SOME FOUR HUNDRED.
Thirty-five Years Married.
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Tarr, of South
Eagle street, were given a surprise sup-per
party by their friends last evening,
the occasion being the 35th anniversary
of their marriage.
There was the Big Dinner for Which the
Hospitable Citizens of East Hunting-don
Township are Famed With Neat
Addresses by Brother Ministers and a
Poem From the Sharp-Pointed Pen of
the Popular Pastor, Rev. W. R.
Swickard. ,
The harvest home gathering of the
Zion Lutheran people at their church,
near Old Bethany, on last Saturday was
a splendid affair. The weather man
was all smiles and that’s all the hospit-able
citizens of East Huntingdon town-ship
ask when they are arranging for
any thing of this kind. They always
do the rest and on this occasion, with
their friends, they numbered some four
hundred or more.
The dinner was of the basket order
and, jndging from the contents, it
seemed as if the generous owners had
vied with each other to see not only who
could get the biggest basket but the
most good things to eat in it. For, when
all had been bountifully served lots re-mained.
Following the dinner the church was
filled and when the alter, with its hand-some
decorations in the way of vegeta-bles
and flowers, had been duly ad -
mired, there were short but striking
addresses by Revs. Ferner, of Scottdale;
Schaffner, of Rnffsdale, and Lyle and
Douglas, of this place. Then as a grand
finale to the joyous day came an original
poem, composed and read by the popular
young pastor, Rev. W. R. Swickard. It
was entitled “Uncle Ned on Harvest
Homes—Present and Those that Used
to Be.” The production follows at the
earnest request of a number of the de-lighted
hearers.
Oh! E’m glad to see you children;
Come, sit down close by my knee
And I’ll tell you of a party
That I’ve just been out to see;
S’pose you know men call me Yankee
And perhaps they’ll send me home
When they hear what I’m a thinking:
Of their so-called Harvest Home.
I was born out in New England
And perhaps men think me queer,
When they hear me speaking plainly—
Yanks don’t know such thing as fear—
Well, it did seem awful shocking
T’other day when Silas Crome
Took me with him to that party,
Which you folks call Harvest Home.
There we heard some rousing speeches.
Telling men to thank the Lord #
For their Ejarns filled to o’erflowing;
For great tilessings on them poured.
And they paid no more attention
To the words the preacher said
Than the sleepers in that church yard
Who for long, long years were dead.
Oh! those farmers acted naughty,
When I asked them 'bout the grain
And they said: "The crop is right good
So we surely can’t complain.”
But they used such soulless language
When they said the crop’s right good
That I’m sure they tried to murmur
And would do so if they could.
Now. we Yankees In New England
Never could act in that way
And we always felt so thankful
Even for a crop of hay.
And when we boys with our sickles
Reaped the sheaves of golden grain,
Every evening just at twilight
Sang we all a glad refrain.
When the wheat, rye. oats and barley
In our barns were safely stored.
Then the neightiorhood assembled
In the church to thank the Lord.
And we listened to the speeches
From the preachers’ lips which fell.
And we set our hearts to heeding
Ev’ry truth their words did tell.
And we always brought our offerings
Justlike Malachi has said.
And the Lord from out heaven’s windows.
Sent us day by day our bread.
9o you see our God in heaven
Did not let us trust in vain.
For each year came greater blessings
Than our garners could contain.—
Certainly, we had our picnic
When our speeches had been made,
For we took our well filled baskets
In the cool refreshing shade;
And our agile wives and daughters
Soon had set a sumptuous board
On the neat clean homespun linen
Which they spread upon the sward.
Then we all reclined at dinner
Having all things just as free
As the birds that chirped above us
In the boughs of that elm tree;
'Twasn’t much like that’er picnic
Where I went with Silas Crome;
But I’m sure it was a better
Way of keeping Harvest Home.
Yes, the singing and the speaking
At that picnic were quite nice
And the people bought their supper.
Paying for it quite a price.
Now, I do make some objections
To church fuuds raised in that way
For it seems the Landlord’s rental
After all Is still to pay.
(Continued ou fourth page.)
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Little Creatures
About Our
Homes
By L E WELD
|
At tho boltoin of the shaft is the
main apartment, nr “living room,” of
the nest. It Is n spacious hull, Irreg-
] ulnr In shape, blit approaches a circle
! In outline, and Its low celling Is sup-ported
by pillars of earth left for the
purpose, just as coal miners leave pil-lars
of coal to support the great layers
of slate and shale above them. From
this main hull long, narrow tunnels
\ ore dug In all directions and to a con-
! Bhlernhlo distance.
In the main hall nro congregated all
the nuts that arc not out upon some
errnnd, such ns collecting food. The
eggs, larva' (or gratis), and pupte (co-coons),
are plied In a heap at one side
of this living room and are carefully
tended by the ants. The larva? are
fed, and all are moved about from
place to place to secure constancy In
temperature and moisture. Sir John
Lubbock has observed that aids that
are crippled or sick are always ten-derly
cared for by their more fortunate
companions, who even carry them out
of tlic nest on pleasant days for an
airing in the warm sun, just ns we
take our Invalids out In their wheeled
chairs.
The reason why aids select a grassy
spot for their nests is now evident.
Were the soil not held together by the
fibrous roots of the grass, the roof of
the tiny nest might fall In, especially
If some great animal clumsily stepped
on it. and bury alive Its scores of help
loss inmates.
Ants often dig nests under stones or
boards in order to secure n solid roof,
not dreaming that some cruel person
may pick up their shelter and leave
their little treasures exposed to the
mercy of the weather. If In any way
we disturb their nest, the ants will im
mediately begin carrying their eggs,
larva? and pupte off Into long passages
where they cannot readily bo found.
The author once observed a very re-markable
arrangement which a colo-ny
of nnts had contrived for protect-to
know why ants arc put among the j |]l(, j|K, opening .Into their nest without
so called “membrane winged” insects ; glutting out the light. The nest had
when apparently they have no wings | evidently been made In the ordinary
at nil. The answer to this question wny> imving n low mound of earth
might lit' found by tearing open the | u|.0 JJ,,, crater of a tiny volcano, with
nest. Should the reader do so he > the entrance to the nest in the center
Then 11 curious thing lmd been done,
They bud found the transparent wing
of some large insect, dragged It to
the nest and laid It directly over the
1 entrance, piling dirt and small sticks
In Its edges to prevent It from blowing
away, and lmd then dug a tunnel out
ou one side as a new entrance. This
kept out the wind and dust, but light-ed
up the passage Into the main room
—a veritable skylight!
The food of nnts varies with the
species, but they will generally eat
anything digestible. They often de-
! vour large iusects or even small dead
i mammals or birds and are very fond
of tender grubs and caterpillars. Many
of them live ou fruit, and many flow-ers
are visited by ants for the nectar
which they contain. Some nnts come
Into our houses and feed upon the
sweets in our pantries, ns we know to
our sorrow. Auts frequently carry
food Into their homes for future use,
ns will readily be seen If we sprinkle
sugar or crumbs on the ground about
the nest and then watch the nnts.
It Is ofttlmes asked, What becomes
of the ants during the winter, and how
Some Home ll«|iiieiilna« l-'iilthfiilly
Chrimlcleil by tin* Rdltor.
(Copyright, 1902, by C. It. Lewln.l
Olvendnm Gulch was aroused from
s slumbers the other night to see a
loon and poker room damaged to the
extent of $200 by the devouring ele-ment,
hut we are too cosmopolitan to
t such an Incident as that Jump the
price of real estate.
We can't expect always to pot tic
test of an argument and have hi.r; c
to submit gracefully when l'ro. MCC
seeing to be on the other I’cIU r s side
Monday last Sing Lee, a (.'Ulnaiuiin
H I.—Ants. IGHEST of nil the groups of
the great division of the nni-nml
kingdom known as In-sects
is the order hymenop-tcra,
which name means “membrane
winged.” These insects are character-ized
by tlielr thin, dellcnte wings, their
strong, supple bodies, their powerful
Jaws and, commonly, a formidable
sting. Most characteristic of nil, how-ever.
Is their very Interesting habit of
living together In colonics nml acting
in such a way ns to be of service to
one another.
The commonest representatives of
this remarkable order are those which
we call ants, bees and wasps, there be-ing
many different kinds of each. We
linve nil become more or less familiar
with the bees, and nearly every hoy
and girl knows that there are three
kinds of bees In one taive-Minmoly, the
queen, the worker and the drone.
This same fact Is true of nnts and
wasps, there being In each ense appar-ently
three sexes. But careful inves-tigation
and patient watching of the
development of Ihe young have shown
that the worker, or neuter, Is really nn
undeveloped queen, or female, nml
that the conditions governing Its de-velopment
depend upon the wishes of
the other insects and nro regulated by
the kind of food given to the insect or
larva.
Now, some of my readers may wish
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Diagram of Typical Artificial Ants’
Nest.
[Showing entrance E. main hall M and
long passages.!
Would find that some of the nnts linve
Wings. These are the drones or males,
and they nro somewhat longer than
the workers. They are seldom found
outside tho nest. lie would also find
an aut much larger than the drones.
This is the queen. She 1ms wings at
first nml flics with them, but soon bites
them off nud settles down In tho nest.
There are several species of nuts
common to this country. There is the | long do they live? In some species of
tiny red ant, not more than a tenth of
an Inch long, which wo so often find in
the sugar box. There Is a larger, very
common reddish brown ant, which digs
its nest in our lawns, In the road or
eveu between the cracks In the pave-ment
or cement walk. This ant Is
about n quarter of au Inch long, and
we often find It running up and down
the bark of our trees und digging Its
nest at tlielr roots. Then there Is a
great black aut, nearly an Inch long,
small numbers of which are Bometimes
seen in the grass about tho founda-tions
of our houses or running in and
out of rotten logs in the woods.
One of the most Interesting and re-markable
features In the life of the
ants is the building, or, rather, the dig-ging,
of the nest. Men never displayed
more skill in digging mines than these
little creatures do in constructing their
complex works underground. Each one
of the colony of hundreds seems to
^tiow just what he is expected to do
find Just where he belongs. There are
uo bosses nor foremen to quarrel with,
Insects nearly all the Individuals die
during the first cold weather, only a
few hardy ones, with the eggs, remain
lug In sheltered places during the win
ter. With the ants the drones proba
bly die, they being few In number and
tlielr time of usefulness being short
The queen and the workers usually
survive, crawling off into some well
protected refuge, as the Interior of a
rotten stump, where they hibernate
—that Is, remain In a sort of sleep
or stupor brought on by the cold—dur-ing
the winter. The first really warm
weather of spring wakes them up, and
they soon establish an active nest,
where the eggs are hatched.
A most remarkable feature in the
life of some ants is In their habit of
keeping slaves and “live stock.” They
do not go and get the slave ants and
retain them as captives. If they did,
there would be perpetual fighting be
tween captor nnd captive. They have
a much more sensible method. They
go and drive another colony away
from tlielr nest and take the larva?, or
»io differences In wages, no strikes nor ! |TUV)g, bring them back to their own
labor unions. Each does his purt and
minds his own business. What a les-eon
to man!
The nests vary In structure accord-ing
to the surroundings and according
to the species. The common reddish
brown auts already mentioned begin
operations generally on a small open
patch of ground, surrounded by grass.
Seizing In their strong Jaws the bits of
earth, which to them must be like large
atones, they carry them off at one side
to a distance of two or. three Inches.
They know better than to put them
down Immediately around the pit they
tare digging, where they would be In
the way. The removal of these bits of
earth soon mokes a tiny well or shaft
an Inch or two in depth for their sub-terranean
works, and the earth re-moved
forms a circular barrier or wall
around it With scores of ants at work
the digging of this shaft is a matter of
only a few minutes.
nest and feed them there until they
hatch into full grown ants. Then they
make slaves of them, requiring them
to do all the work for the colony and
depending upon them entirely for food.
The poor slaves, born In a condition of
servitude, probably never know the
difference. Ferhaps some time a great
aut more powerful than his fellows
Will issue an emancipation proclama-tion,
and war between colonies will
ensue as a result of it! Some ants also
feed and rear the aphis, a plant louse,
for the sake of feeding upon a sweet-ish,
sticky Juice called “honey dew” se-cured
from Its body. This Insect la
often called the “ant cow.
Strangest of all is the habit of the
agricultural ant of the south, which
actually cultivates a kind of grass up-on
which it feeds. The cultivation
consists of keeping the ground clear of
all other plants.
[Copyright, 1902, by Lewis D. Sampson.} |
THE ARIZONA KICKER. MISS BONNIE DELANO
A Chicago Society Lady, In a
Letter to Mrs. l’inkham says:
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bout whom we had n Joke tho week
before, caught us unarmed on Apache
avenue and put a gun at our chin and
made us hold up our hands and render
a personal apology. We did our stunt
to his satisfaction and hold no grudge
against him.
Colonel Joe Taylor Is a cross eyed
man, but he never found it out, nnd his
friends never mentioned It until Tues-day
hist, when he fired fourteen bullets
at a Chinaman and didn’t hit within a
oil of him.
Vie haven’t snld anything about the
circulation of the Kicker for the last
four weeks, but advertisers can send
in their favors with the full assurance
that the figures are crowding tho bil-lion
mark very closely. There are times
when we hesitate to lie as to exact fig-ures.
Mr. A. M. Tyler, n shyster lawyer
whom we have denounced In these col-umns
on several occasions, entered our
office the other dny nnd got the drop
on us nnd secured our promise to an-nounce
our belief that he is entirely
worthy of public confidence ns a law-yer
and that all stories affecting his
reputation ns a gentleman are base
canards. While we made this promise
under compulsion, we carry it out just
the same. M. QUAD.
Tlie Other Side.
“Did you enjoy the circus?” asked
the prominent citizen.
Well, my wife nn’ the kids might
have enjoyed it all right,” answered
Fisherman Dave, “but I can’t say that
I did. You see, after we got it) I kep’
worryin’—kin o' undecided, you know,
ns to whether we ort to have went to
the circus or spent the dollur’n half fer
the new shoes what the kids need.”—
Indianapolis Sun.
I’iNentorliil Point of View,
“Iron may be good for some folks'
blood,” remarked the worm ns the an
gler run the hook through him, “but I
know it will be the death of me.”
And yet the fish that got the iron a
few moments later was simply carried
away with it.—Philadelphia Press.
Spronlfltivo,
Maggie—He’s goin’ ter buy me an
automobile; dot’s wot!
Katie — An auterrnobile, eh? An’
where’s he goin’ ter git der dough?
Maggie—Well, he’s goin’ ter watch
his chance an’ git run over by one an'
den sue for damages!—Puck.
"Pxxtt MRB. PINKHAM:—Of all the
grateful (laughters to whom you have
given health and life, none are more
glad than I.
‘‘My home and ray life was ha- j
<*A¥&nt' y/i
/si
MISS BONNIE DELANO.
until illness came upon me three years
ago. 1 first noticed it by being irreg-ular
and having very painful and
scanty menstruation; gradually my
general health failed ; I could not en-joy
my meals ; 1 became languid and
nervous, with griping pains frequently
in the groins.
“ I advised with nnr family phys-ician
who prescribed without any im-provement.
One day he said,—‘ Try
Lydia Plnkham’s Hcmcdios.’ L
did, thank God ; the next month I was
better, and it gradually built me up
until in four months 1 was cured. This
Is nearly a year ago and I have not
had a pain or ache since.”—BONNIE
DEI.ANO, 8348 Indiana Ave., Chicago,
111.—$3000 forfeit If above testimonial Is not
genuine.
Trustworthy proof is abundant that
Lydia E. iMnkham’s Vegetable
Coin pound saves thousands of
young1 women from clangers resulting
from organic irregularity, suppression
or retention of the menses, ovarian or
womb troubles. Refuse substitutes
BANKING BY MAIL.
Not a dollar has
miscarried tn the
six years this sys-tem
hasbeedinop-
'■ -eratlon. Nomat-ter
where you live
you can do your
R banking with us
as safely as If you
resided In Pitts-burgh.
Wilte us
about it.
Established 18G2. *12,000,000 Ooposlls.
30,000 Depositors. 4 per cent. Interest.
Mention this paper when writing, and we'll
mall you a raluable booklet on Money Saving.
[PlTTSBORGH BANK FOR SAYINGS |
Smlthfleld St. & Fourth Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.
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WARREN DOUGLAS, President.
DOUGLAS BUSINESS COLLEGES,
McKeesport, Connellsville, Union-town,
Pa., offer to young men and
women courses of study which prepare
for business life.
Makca 'Em Dizzy.
“It is claimed that microbes can be
exchanged by the shaking of hands.”
“la that so? Well, I’ll bet It makes
Mrs. Hottair’s microbes awful dizzy
when she gives that high handshake
of hers.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Pit Subject.
Victim—Why do you think I want a
«lnge?
Barber — ’Cause you have hair to
burn.—Chicago News.
A Sad Little Story.
Murmuring zephyrs, twinkling star;
Serenader; light guitar.
Dog in kennel hears the sound;
Wonders who Is prowling round.
Lass at window smiles and sighs;
Dog In kennel says, "I’m wise.”
First a swear word, then a scream
At a dog with teeth a-gleam.
Lass Is hastening help to beg;
Dog Is eating trouser leg.
Girl next morning—Miss McGuire—
Takes guitar to build the fire.
—Washington Star.
Catalogue B is free. Send for it to-day.
Address either school.
A good looking
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vhere
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Executor’s Notice.
Bell & Warden. Attorneys.
Estate of A. O. Mechling, Deceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate of A. C,
Mechling, late of Mount Pleasant borough,
deceased, having been granted to the under-signed
by the Register of Westmoreland coun
ty. notice is hereby given to all persons In
debted to said estate to make immediate
payment, and those having claims against
the same will present them properly authen-ticated
for settlement.
W. A. KALP. Executor.
Mount Pleasant, Pa., 913 6t
NOTICE IS hereby given that application
has been filed by the subscribers with the
Honorable, the Secretary of Internal Affairs
for warrant and patent for 250 acres of laud
situated tn Donegal township. Westmoreland
county. Pennsylvania, bounded as follows?
On the East by lands of Louis Sheets and D
D. Horner, on the South by lands of Will-iams
heirs and Wirshlng. on the South
bv lands of H. Hofelt and D. Harcum, and on
lie North by lands of Mrs. M. Douglass and
John Douglass.
12 4t
O. W. HARBAUOH.
1. J. MCWILLIAMS.
Dealers in Everything.
45 Department Stores 45.
We have no cut price goods to show you at
present, but invite you to see 45 stores full of
new, Iresh, clean goods. All the old goods we
had are gone, closed out. Nothing in our stores
at present but new, fresh stock. Our last clear-ance
sale was a good one. We cleaned out every-thing.
Now come and see our new stock.
We have Domets, Cantons, Wool Flannels,
blankets, Yarns, Gloves, Underwear, Hosiery,
etc., and you must have them. There is only one
place to buy them and our stores is the place.
This is our opinion. Come in and see if you do
not agree with us. If you do, your visit will save
you money.
SHOES.
The factories are crowding our new shoes in
and we want to crowd them out. We want to
sell you the next pair. We can fit your feet,
please you in prices, and guarantee wear.
CLOTHING.
Clothing is another thing you will be inter-ested
in. Let us make you a suit. Best work-manship
and trimming guaranteed. Prices will
talk for themselves. Our ready-made goods are
not excelled and rarely equaled. You will only
need to see them and that is what we request you
to do. We will then sell you. Seeing is believ-ing.
In this case, when you see the goods you
will believe they are right, but when you wear
them you will know it.
We Sell Everything.
If there is anything you want, we have it.
We can furnish your house, clothe you, shoe you
and feed you. all to your perfect satisfaction.
UNION SUPPLY COMPANY.
ALL WE ASK
Is au opportunity to prove to you that we can furnish
you with
Carpets and Furniture
of the dependable kind at prices as low, and in many
instances lower, than is asked for
Inferior Qualities
by concerns that boast of their long time payment
plans. Did you ever stop to consider
The Value of Cash
in buying house furnishings and how much more you
can get for your money on a cash basis?
Let Us Show You,
and, depend upon it, you will never buy on the install-ment
plan again. Come and get acquainted with our
Straightforward Hethod
of doing business. The must-be-right plan of selling
Carpets and Furniture, and we are sure you will be:
come a regular patron of our store.
GIBBS & KING,
furniture, larpets and Undertaking.
760 Main St., Mount Pleasant.
f BEST
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The same people buy it
again and again, and bread
makers know it—the lead-ing
flour is—Pillsbury’s
Best. Mill shipments
show it—30,000 barrels
made and sold every day.
Unless your grocer wants to make a
little more profit booming some cheap
flour HE tgo will tell you it's the best.
THK MOUNT Pl/KASANT JOURNAL, FRI DAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1002.
As Judged From the Past Week’s
Trade Reports
WHEN CAREFULLY COMPILED
FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF READ-ERS
OF THE JOURNAL
Industrial Activity is Greater than at
any Recent Date as New Factories and
Mills Have Been Added to the Produc-tive
Capacity, While Facilities are be-ing:
Increased at Old Plants and Idle
Shops Have Resumed Through the
Settlement of Labor Controversies.
A HARD HANDICAP. THE town hall always has a crowd
To hear my Uncle Jim;
There ain’t nobody In the state
That talks as well as him,
But when he run fur office once
I had to mourn his lot;
Mine and another feller's was
The only votes he pot!
The man who beat him was a chap
Of ordinary mind;
Ho wa'n’t particularly wise
Nor specially refined,
And all he said was, “Howdy do!”
In accents mild and bland.
And all the work he ever d 1*1
Was shakin' some one's hand.
The voters said they’d tried to help
The weak and not the strong;
A man as smart as Uncle Jim
Was sure to get along.
That's why that man of average mind
Finds life a restful Joke.
And Incidentally that's why
My Uncle Jim Is broke.
—Washington Star.
Industrial activity is greater than at
any recent date. Many new factories
and mills have been added to the pro
ductive capacity, facilities are being
increased at old plants and idle shops
resumed through the settlement of labor
controversies. A coke blockade still
exists, the railways being unable to
handle the output, which is above all
records and in urgent request. Despite
the rapid development of transportation
facilities the nation’s needs have grown
still faster, and the situation is distress-ing
Large crops are being harvested and
the greater abundance of foodstuffs
caused a decline in prices of commod-ities
during August of 8.5 per cent, as
measured by Dun’s index number. Re-tail
trade is large, with a bright outlook
for the future in jobbing and wholesale
business. There are few of the cancels
tions so numerous at this time last year,
while collections are improving. An
Advance of 22.9 per cent, in hank ex-changes
at New York over the same
week last yenr cannot be explained by
speculation, as dealings in stocks were
also heavy in 1901. Railway earnings
in August exceeded last last year's by
4 2 per cent, and those of 1900 by 18.1
per cent.
Although the weekly capacity of pig
iron furnaces in blast on September 1
was reported as 385,189 tons by the Iron
Age, it has since been appreciably cur-tailed
by the inadequate supply of fuel,
on which account numerous furnaces
were blown out or at least hanked. As
consumptive requirements are inereas
ing it is necessary to place orders abroad
more extensively, and in some cases the
entire output of foreigu plants has been
secured. Not only raw material, but
billets and even rails are sought in other
markets, German mills offering the best
terms in most cases. Heavy importa-tions
have prevented further advance in
quotations, hut domestic producers have
*, a ready market for their output, con
tracts still running far into the future.
Railways are In great need of new loco-motives
and other equipment.
New England producers of boots and
shoes are insisting on full prices, and
some grades that were slow to respond
are now sharing the improvement. Tex-tile
mills are well occupied, with prices
sustained in all cases, and moderate ad-vances
in some cotton goods which are
in demand for quick delivery. With
the completion of early orders there has
come a quiet market for woolens and
worsteds, but mills have large contracts
on hand.
Failures for the week numbered 205
in the United States against 193 last
y year, and 22 in Canada against 18 a year
ago.
GRAIN, FLOUR AND FEED—WHOLESALE.
Such « \>rve!
Bessie—lie's awfully cheeky.
Mabel—Yes?
Bessie—Just because he happened to
lie engaged to me at the seashore he
thinks he lias a right to how to me.—
New York Journal.
The Problem.
“I have a perfect horror of marrying
a poor man and living In a small way."
“But, darling, I shall grow.”
“All, hut will you develop financial-ly
as fast as I develop In social ambi-tion?”—
Life.
Love Unadorned.
“She says that In the whole course
of her life she has never been so bliss-fully
happy or so wholly wretched.”
“I see. Hers is just a commonplace
love affair.”—Town Topics.
A Certain Cure for Dysentery and Diar-rhoea.
“Some years ago I was one of a party
that intended making a long bicycle
trip,” says F. L. Taylor, of New Albany,
Bradford county, Pa. “I was taken
suddenly with diarrhoea, and was
about to give up the trip, when Editor
Ward, of the Laceyville Messenger, sug-gested
that I take a dose of Chamber-lain’s
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. I purchased a bottle and took
two doses, one before starting and one
on the route. I made the trip success-fully,
and never felt any ill effect.
Again last summer I was almost com-pletely
run down with an attack of
dysentery. I bought a bottle of this
same remedy, and this time one dose
cured me.” For sale by C. L. Kuhn.
NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT,
Union Veteran Legion. Reduced Rates
to Chicago via Pennsylvania
Railroad.
For the benefit of those desiring to at-tend
the National Encampment, Union
Veteran Legion, at Chicago, 111., Octo-ber
8 to 11, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will sell excursion tickets to
Chicago and return, from all stations
on its lines, on October 5, 6. and 7, good
to return until October 16, inclusive, at
rate of single fare for the round trip,
plus $1.00. 1
A Boy’s Wild Ride for Life.
With family around expecting him to
die, and a son riding for life, 18 miles,
to get Dr. King’s New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds. W. H.
Brown, of Leesville, Ind., endured
death’s agonies from asthma, but this
wonderful medicine gave’instant relief
and soon cured him. He writes: “I now
sleep soundly every night.” Like mar-velous
cures of Consumption, Pneumo-nia,
Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds and Grip
prove its matchless merit for all Throat
and Lung troubles. Guaranteed bottles
5('c and $1. Trial bottles free at H. F.
Barkley’s drug store, 5 19
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REDUCED RATES
To San Francisco and Los Angeles Via
Pennsylvania Railroad, Account
Meeting of National Whole-sale
Druggists’ As-sociation.
On account of the meeting of Nation-al
Wholesale Druggists’ Association, at
Monterey, Cal., October 7 to 11, 1902,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will sell excursion tickets to San Fran-cisto
or Los Angeles from all stations
on its lines, from September 28 to 30,
inclusive, at reduced rates. These
tickets will be good for return passage
until November 15, inclusive, when
executed by Joint Agent at Los Angeles
or San Francisco and payment of 50
cents made for this seryice. For specific
information regarding rates and routes,
apply to ticket agents. 2
Josh Westhafer, of Loogootee, Ind.,
is a poor man, but he says he would not
be without Chamberlain’s Pain Balm if
it cost five dollars a bottle, for it saved
him from being a cripple. No external
application is equal to this liniment for
stiff and swollen joints, contracted
muscles, stiff neck, sprains, and rheu-matic
pains. It has also cored numer-ous
cases of partial paralysis. It is for
sale by C. L. Kuhn.
Not Doomed for Life.
“I was treated for three years by good
doctors,” writes W. A. Greer, McCon-nellsville,
O., “for piles, and fistula,
but, when all failed, Bucklen’s Arnica
Salve cured me in two weeks.” Cures
Burns, Bruises, Cuts, Corns, Sores,
Eruptions, Salt Rheum, Piles or no pay.
25c at H. F. Barkley’s drug store.’ 5 19
REDUCED RATES
To the Pittsburg Industrial Exhibition
via Pennsylvania Railroad.
On Thursdays, September 11. 18, and
25, and October 2, 9, and 16, 1902, the
Pennsylvania railroad will sell excur-'
sion tickets from points on the Pitts-burg
and Monongnheln Divisions, and
the Indiana Branch of the Western
Pennsylvania Division to Pittsburg, and
from the Western Pennsylvania Divi
sion to Allegheny City, at half rates
with the price of admission added.
No ticket to be sold for less than seven-ty-
five cents, including admission
coupon.
These tickets will be good going only
on regular trains leaving stations at or
before noon on day of issue, and will be |
valid for return passage until the fid-lowing
day, inclusive a 29 to o 10 7
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“Ir. dealing with man, remember
that a spoonful of oil will go farther
than a gallon of vinegar.” The same
may be said of children. There is noth-ing
so good for children as the old-fashioned
castor oil. However much
they may abhor it, it is their best medi-cine
for disorders of the bowels. In the
more severe cases of diarrhoea and dys-entery,
however, Chamberlain’s Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy should
he given after the oil operates, and a
quick cure is sure to follow. B’or sale
by C. L. Kuhn.
4 Per Cent, on Savings
Deposits
rabject to withdrawal of $ioo without
notice, and z per cent, on Checking Ac-counts
at Pittsburg Trust Company.
Interest compounded semi-annually. Cap-ital,
surplus nd profits exceeditig$6,000,000
and deposits over $10,000,000. Do all
your banking by mail. Send for two-hundred
year calendar free. 323 Fourth
Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
A Communication.
MR. EDITOR -Allow me to speak a
few words in favor of Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy. I suffered for three
years with bronchitis and could not
sleep at nights. I tried several doctors
and various patent medicines, hut could
get nothing to give me any relief until
my wife got a bottle of this valuable
medicine which has completely relieved
me.—W. S. Brockman, Bagnell, Mo.
This remedy is for sale by C L. Kuhn.
An Ordinance.
Providing for the protection of the fire
alarm system of the Borough of Mount Pleas*
ant and also providing a penalty for the vlo-latIon
of the same.
lie It ordained and enacted bv the Town
Council of the Borough of Mount Pleasant
and It. Is hereby ordained and enacted by the
authority of the same.
SK<J. 1. It shall be unlawful, from and after
the passage of this ordinance, forany person,
corporation or agent of any person or corpo-ration
in any manner to Interfere with, ob-struct
or do any damage to the Fire Alarm
System of the Borough of Mount Pleasant, or
to displace any of the wire or wires connected
with t he operation thereof, or to Injure, de-face
or destroy the same or to do anything or
matter whatsoever which will or does Inter-fere
with the successful operation of t he said
Fire Alarm System otherwise than the pur-pose
for which they are intended.
SEC. 2. Any person, corporation or agent of
any person or corporation violating the pro-visions
of this ordinance shall pay a penalty
of not loss than Five ($5.00) Dollars and not
more than Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars to be
collected as like debts are by law collectable.
SEC. 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinan-ces
inconsistent herewith he and the same are
hereby repealed.
Adopted by the Town Council of the Bor-ough
of Mount Pleasant, this first day of Sep-tember.
1002.
Attest: I). H. STONER,
W. W. CAMPBELL, President.
Secretary.
Attest: M. S. KUHN. Chief Burgess.
W. W. CAMPBELL. Secretary. 0 19
For sale by
GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL,
J. L. ROBINSON. Prop.
ORPHAN'S
COURT SALE.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of an
order issued out of the Orphan's Court of
Westmoreland County. Pa., there will be ex-posed
to sale by public vendue or outcry on
the promises oil
SATURDAY,
October nth, 1902,
at 1 o’clock p. m. with leave to adjourn, the
following real estate all that certain lot of
ground situated la Mount Pleasant Borough,
Westmoreland County, Pa., having a front-age
of 27 feet on Depot street and running
back the same width llO.feet to land of Un-caphor’s
heirs, hounded on the north by lot of
D. P. Lowe and on the south by lot of A. J. It.
Lohr, having thereon erected a two-story
frame dwelling house and outbuildings.
Late the real estate of William Duguld, de-ceased.
Bale to be conducted by W. A. Kalp,
administrator. Terms: 10 percent, of H the
purchase money to he paid when the property
Is knocked down, balance of one-half on con-firmation
of sale, the remaining one-half In 6
months from confirmation with interest
therefrom, the deferred payment to be se-cured
by judgment bond.
Per Curiam,
S. G. STEVENSON, Clerk.
G. N. CRAMER,
AUCTIONEER.
30 Years Experience.
Orders sent to me at Mount Pleasant will
receive prompt attention. 212 -y
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
NA. OORT.
• ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office adjoining Eagle street residence,
Mount Pleasant. Pa.
RABE F. MARSH,
ATTOHNEY-AT-LAW.
40 Bank & Trust Building, Greensburg
First National Bank Building. Mount Pleas-ant.
Pa.. Tuesday and Wednesday of each
week.
EUGENE WARDEN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
208 Main street, Greensburg.
Bruddoek Block, Mount Pleasant.
GREGG & POTTS.
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Barclay Building, Greensburg.
XKT A. KALP, vv • Real Estate and Insurance
Agency, 838 East Main street.
S. C. Stevenson,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE,
4W MAIN ST.. MOUNT PLEASANT.
L. S. RHOADES,
JUSTICE OP THE PEACE & NOTARY PUBLIC.
All kinds of legal papers prepared and exe
cuted. Collecting a.specialty.
Office 1109 Main Street. Mount Pleasant
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
OF MOUNT PLEASANT, PA.
Capital Stock $100,000
OFFICERS:
H. W. Stoner, J. I). Illtehrnan,
President. Cashier.
G. W. Stoner,Vice President
DIRECTORS.
J. S. Hltehman. J. D. Hitchman,
II. W. Stoner. Wm. B. Neel,
J. C. Crownover, Jos. R. Stauffer.
S N. Warden. Dr. J. H. Clark.
C. vV. Stoner.
Particular attention given to collections, and
proceeds promptly settled.
CITIZENS’ NATIONAL BANK,
MOUNT PLEASANT, PA.
Capital Stock. - - $50,000.00.
Surplus Fund, - - $30,000.00.
OFFICERS.
J. S. Hltehman. President.
J. L. Ruth, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
E. T. Hltehman, John Husband.
J. L. Ruth. O.P. Shupe.
J. A. Warden. J. S. Hitenman.
J. 0. Crownover. J. L. Myers,
Jno. M. Stauffer.
Farmers & Herchants
^NATIONAL BANK>
OF MOUNT PLEASANT, PA.
CAPITAL STOCK. - $50,000.00.
OFFICERS:
R. K. Hlssem, President,
James Neel, Vice President,
O. E. Mullin, Cashier
DIRECTORS:
R. K. nissem, Abraham Ruff,
Frank I). Barnhart, E. T. Fox,
g. It. Ruff. L. S. Tlnstman,
D, H. Persb g. James Neel,
S. P. Zimmerman.
All the latest designs and the
largest stock in town
We ask simply that you call
and examine goods and sam-ples
before purchasing
COMPETENT WORKMEN.
If you wish to have the hanging
done on paper bought of us,
remember we employ only
the most competent work-men
and guarantee all work.
Respectfully
J. B. Coldsmith,
“On the Hill,”
MOUNT PLEASANT.
GERMANIA SAVINGS BANK
WOOD AND DIAMOND STREETS.
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Thi* bank** mail system makea saving through
Uncle Sam aa convenient aa tho’ you lived next
Pays 4 per cent.
annual interest
on all deposits—
Absolute safety
lies in assets of
over $6,900,000.00
Write for particu-lars.
Buy Rumbaugh & Dillon’s
fashionable Clothing!
Why?
TO Clothing and COMMON Clothing cost you
about the same.
Why should you not have the Best ?
OI 1ConloathCinLgOcSoEstRMmOaRrgEintothTaanilaonryanBdoyiss’ saonldd
Men’s Clothing.
Why should you not have this benefit ?
QI TO dothing is GUARANTEED — Fabric,
Why pay the same for Clothing that is not ?
TO Clothing is made by the best workmen,
I ^^ under expert supervision, in sanitary shops.
Why pay the same for Sweat-Shop Clothing, that
makes the term “hand-me-down” still an actuality ?
Ol^II*?V tCinlogtuhiisnhgabhlaes“teanssteefmubl ldee”tawilhsi,chanadddtshaattoudcish-of
grace to the wearer.
Why not “dress up” in one of our
Stylish Summer Suits?
A Suit.from us will silently convince you that you
need us, if you want up-to-clate merchandise.
At your command,
Rumbaugh & Dillon,
Clothiers and Furnishers,
B £Z.1i1m111m1 erman Block, Main street,
■■■■■■Hi
Mount Pleasant, Pa
McCORMICK HARVESTIING HACHINERY.
We handle not only all the McCormick Harvesting Ma-chinery
but also Wagons, Carriages, Surreys, Buggies,
Harness, Blankets, Robes, Whips, etc., all of the very
best and at lowest prices. Call and examine.
J. J. HITCHHAN,
EastJMain street - - Mount Pleasant, Pa.
THE MOUNT FEEABANT JOURNAL, Fill DAT, SEPTEMBER 10, 1002.
$thc<pount fUenaantJournal
JOHN L. SHIKI.DS, PUBLISHER.
Mount Pleasant Is situated in tlie heart of
the Great Oonnellsvllle Coke Kenton, has a
population of over 5,000; while, with offices
surrounding within a radius of three miles
the postofflce distrlhutlon Is IH.(MH). A new 24-
pot tableware glass factory, the ilnest In this
country and employing over 400 hands. Is In
successful dally operation.
SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 per year, payable in
advance.
ADVERTISING RATES will be furnished
on application.
JOB PRINTING of every kind with the
best workmanship and best material.
esty of what theSpeaker has to say, and
when an official of his prominence vol-untarily
retires because his views on the
trust question are not in accordance
with the people he represents, it would
doubtless be well to weigh his words
carefully.
FRIDAY. September 10. 1002.
UP TO THE COURTS.
Dr. Showalter, the Butler county Re
publican candidate for Congress in this
district, has refused to abide by the
decision of last Thursday's Pittsburg
conference, in which the eight West-moreland
representatives, going it alone,
named Col. George F. Huff as the dis
trict nominee, and has appealed to the
Dauphin county court to prevent the
acceptance of Col. Huff’s nomination
papers. Arguments iu the case will be
beard by Judge Siuionton today.
A week ago it looked as if Col. Huff
would have smooth sailing, thanks to
the influence of the Pennsylvania Rail-road
Company, and he may come out
all right yet But, not a few of his
followers would feel a whole heap more
comfortable, while waiting for Judge
Simonton’s decision, if State Chairman
Quay had not, in ordering the confer-ence,
expressed doubt of the joint com-mittee’s
legality.
ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT SALE.
While the sale of the Mount Pleasant
Electric Light, Heat and Power Com-pany’s
plant to the electric road people
undoubtedly meant a handsome profit
to the sellers, it remains to be seen
whether or not local consumers will be
benefitted by the change of ownership.
The purchasers, with the exception
of that at Scottdale, now own and con
trol all the light plants in the coke
region from Greensburg to Uniontown
and have, practically, a monopoly of
the business. They could, if so minded,
advance rates to the prohibitive point.
But, we do not believe that, as busi-ness
people, they would want to ad
vance prices. By centralizing their
power at New Haven, they can certain
ly produce both power and light cheaper
than any individual concern, and we.
therefore, expect to see rates reduced
instead of advanced.
BUTLER'S GOOD EXAMPLE.
Swift justice was meted out to Joseph
Bennett, of Butler, who on Tuesday last
in the criminal court of that county
confessed having criminally assaulted
6-year-old Thelma Wagnerat that place
Saturday night.
Judge S. H. Miller, of Mercer, who is
holding court there this week, called a
number of witnesses to establish clearly
Bennett's guilt and then called him for
sentence. The Judge told the prisoner
that he need not attempt the insanity
dodge, as the court was well satisfied
from evidence adduced that he was
mentally responsible. He then senten
ced him to pay a fine of $1 and costs,
and undergo imprisonment in the peni
tentiary for 15 years, the limit of the
law for criminal assault. When the
sentence was pronounced Bennett ut-tered
a low moan and trembled like a
leaf.
The authorities of Butler county are
deserving of the highest praise for their
splendid action in this case. At the risk
of their own lives they saved their town
from the disgrace of a lynching and had
-'-the extreme penalty of the law thus
- honored speedily dealt out to the guilty
wretch. This example should have its
effect for good throughout the entire
state.
Especially our Kind.
Pittsburg Times.
The 16,00C deaths from cholera in
Egypt since July 18 put the American
smallpox scare in the infant class.
Blairsville Water.
Blairsvllle Courier.
A glimpse at the Conemaugh vintage
that’s stored in the reservoir on the hill
is not calculated to fill one with a con-suming
desire to partake of it ad libitum.
SPLENDID
HARVEST HOME
GATHERING.
(Continued from first page.)
My! Some farmers gave a quarter
Who have rent due a whole year
If the Lord don’t get his taxes
It will be most mighty queer.
Some day, hoys. He'll come and catch them
At their nasty, stealing Job,
Then what shall hard labor profit
Those who now God’s treasure rob?
Guess one-tenth for one broad acre
Would tako ten times that outright
But one quarter for a hundred
Looks to us so awful slight;
Wonder how they’ll like their record
Which on high some day they’ll see;
But. my boys, we must not judge them
Lest that we should judged be.—
Yes. we all come short of duly.
And perchance old Uncle Ned
Oft has clutched the golden eagle,
When his Landlord for It plead.
And perhaps this Harvest party,
Which I've just been out to see.
Is as good as fair New England’s
Harvest parties used to be.
Children, one thing more I’ll toll you,
And the truth of it you’ll see
There’s an awful harvest rip’ning
Which some day must gathered he.
And these sheaves which now are blooming
Will not many years be spared,
For they all will soon be gathered
To the place for them prepared.
And If we will he but faithful
In the service of our Lord,
We shall shine as stars forover,
And receive a great reward.
For, God s angel soon will bid us
Come and feast, and cease to roam
Then there’ll be a glorious gath’rlng
At God’s Golden Harvest Home.
TO 00 TO COURE.
Judge Steele’s Ruling in the Famous
Sabina Beers Will Case.
The famous Sabina Beers will case,
maile famous through the army of
claimants, will be taken into the courts.
Judge Steel has handed down an opin-ion
sustaining Commissioner Jefferson
W. Taylor and recommending that an
issue be awarded to the court for the
trial of the case upon both questions as
to whether or not Sabina Beers was at
the time of the execution of the paper
of sound and disposing mind, and also
whether or not the execution of the al-leged
will and the disposition of the
estate thereby were not brought about
by the use of undue and improper in-fluence
and false representations of
Joseph Kelly and others.
BYERS BOND CASE.
SPEAKER HENDERSON’S RETIREMENT.
David B. Henderson, of Iowa, Speaker
•of the National House of Representa-tives.
has declined to accept renomi-nation
at the hands of his Republican
constituency, and thus retires from
public life. When asked for his reason
for having taken this step, he said:
“My letter to Chairman Albrook is
the whole thing in a nutshell. Yon
cannot kill the trusts by applying free
trade without killing our own indus-tries.
The foreign trusts are fighting
the American trusts, and I don’t believe
that for the purpose of controlling
American trusts we should make a
market for foreign trusts, thereby crush-ing
out the industries of this country.
After my conterence laBt Saturday at
Waterloo, hearing the views of the
chairmen of my district, I concluded
that my views on the tariff question
were at variance with those of many of
any party, and I did not desire to appear
in a false position.”
No one can doubt the thorough hon-
Hearing in the Allegheny County Courts
Set for September 24.
Judge Frazer, of the Allegheny coun-ty
courts, has made an order fixing
September 24 as a time for a hearing in
the equity suit brought by Jacob Byers,
the aged and wealthy farmernow living
near Tarr, against his grand-nephew,
W. S. Byers, a Greensburg lawyer, and
the Fidelity Title and Trust Company,
of Pittsbnrg.
The action was brought to prevent
the hypothecation of $175,000 worth of
Mount Pleasant Coke Company bonds
alleged to be iu a safe deposit vault of
the defendant at the trust company’s
Pittsburg office. The preliminary in-junction
heretofore granted was con-tinued
until tnrther order of court.
FALL 15 HERE
Winter is Coming.
We are ready with the greatest, nobbiest, newest and prettiest line of
wearing apparel from head to foot that was ever shown hereabouts.
Now, tO Start tbe ball rolling, and as an inducement to early buyers,
we inaugurate a
10-DAY SPECIAL SALE
that will even surpass our own previous efforts.
$5 90
$5 90
$190
25c
98c
SPECIAL ^ SHOES. .50 solid leather Work Shoes for $118
Solid leather Dress Shoes, $1.50 quality, $125
Women’s fine Dress Shoes, solid leather, $1.50 value, $1 25
YOU KNOW US. We never exaggerate in quoting prices. We always do as we advertise.
What prices we quote are solid facts.
H. QOLDSTONE. Clothing, Shoes, furnishings
SPECIAL.
SPECIAL.
SPECIAL.
SPECIAL,
SPECIAL.
Men’s and Boys’ Suits in black
Cashmeres, marked to sell for 5 and blue-black Thibets, Cheviots and
$8 and $9, only
Men’s and Boys’ Overcoats in blue, blue-black and oxford grey, long cut,
up-to-date, marked to sell for $8 and $9, only
Children’s Suits in plain black and beautiful striped cheviots, for ages 3
to 16 years, marked to sell for $3, only
Heavy ribbed Underwear, marked to sell for 38c,
only .
Men’s and Boys’ Winter Working Coats, marked to sell for $1.
for only
Mount Pleasant’s Largest Men’s Outfitting Store. Cor. Main and Church sts.
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Senator Boyd Turned Down.
The Democratic conferees of the
Fortieth senatorial district, embracing
the counties of Fayette and Greene,
met at Pittsburg Monday last and on
the first ballot nominated Benjamin N.
Freeland, Clerk of Courts of the latter
county. Hon. A. D. Boyd, of Union-town,
the present incumbent, was the
Fayette candidate, hut the unterrified
turned him down, it is said, because of
his leaning to Quay in the last Legisla-ture.
Swift Justice.
Joseph Bennett,who assaulted Thelma,
the 6-year-old daughter of John Wag-ner,
a Butler tailor, Saturday night,
came near being lynched by a mob that
partially wrecked the jail in a vain at-tempt
to get at the wretch. Bennett
entered a plea of guilty Tuesday and
was sentenced to the full extent of the
law, fifteen years to the penitentiary.
A Happy Occasion.
Yesterday “Uncle Dave” Fox was
given a surprise party by his children,
grandchildren, Revs. Yahn and Um-stead
and other friends to the number of
two score at his home near Morewood,
the occasion being his 81st birthday.
The happy old gentleman was presented
with a fine gold watch after the big
dinner had been served.
If it’s
JEWELRY f
You’re looking for, jjj
We’ve got It All. £
•j Watches, Clocks, w
't Chains, Charms,
(J Rings, Bracelets U
n Collar Buttons, CuffButtons, u
J Studs, Scarf Pins, H
3 Brooches, Ear Rings, *
Gold Pens, Inkstands, p
«jj and a complete and very hand- H
j some line of |»
H Silver Novelties I
3 which will be well worth your b
while to come and see. We never H
J had a finer line of these goods
d than we have this season, and the V
5l prices are very reasonable. Come r
J and see the goods before making |>
?! your purchases. ^
H H. C. MORRISON, H
At the New Stand,
Farmers & Merchants Nat. Bank Block, ^
Mount Pleasant, Pa. ^
*7W\7T7TTITTO7T7T7T 7T7K7T*
Talking*
AND
By the Wonderful Edison Phono-graph
is a Most Delightful Amuse-ment
for Both Young and Old- We
Have Just Received a fresh Stock
of Edison’s Latest Machines and
His New
MOULDED
Records.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
AGENTS FOR
WASHBURN MANDOLINS
AND GUITARS-AMERICAN
MUSIC BOXES,
APOLLO PIANO PLAYER,
LATEST SHEET MUSIC-HALF
PRICE.
II. KLEBER & BR0.,
221-223 Fifth Avenue,
PITTSBURG, - PENNA.
60 YEARS IN PITTSBURG.
SEE OTJR NEW $130 PIANOS.
Send for Catologue.
II. C DIXON, Principal,
fall Term Opened Sepember 17.
for the.
20th Century
buy the new
NOTICE:—So many calls have
come to us from time to time for
additional work in Arithmetic
that we have decided to give
special attention to that subject
this year. Both Mental and
Written Arithmetic--higher and
grammar grade-—will be offered.
Ball Bearing
Sewing Machine
All the regular courses of study
with some work in higher math-ematics
added.
and the
Sterling
Pianos
Organs
PROM , L. ARMBRUST,
of Armbrust, Pa.
SEND FOR PRICE LISTS
Repairing of Machines and Organs at-tended
to with promptness
music, Hrt aim Elocution as Usual.
For Catalogue, Address
THE PRINCIPAL,
Mount Pleasant, Pa.
L
TIIK MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, FRIDAY, SEPTFMRER 19. 1902
For the Past Week Briefly Men-tioned.
LITTLE TALK OF THE TOWN
THAT WILL BOTH INTEREST AND
ENTERTAIN.
CONGRESSIONAL MUDDLE.
A Department in Which the Local Editoi
Holds High Carnival and Works off his
Surplus Energy in Condensations
That Deal Solely with Matters Relating
to Mount Pleasant
The Institute opened Wednesday with
an attendance that insures a successful
fall term.
East End Terrace lots are going like
hot cakes, Agent Wheaton having dis-posed
of 17 the first day.
Local merchants have changed their
■time of closing until 8 p. m. except on
Saturdays and pay days.
Rev. S. G. Yahn will preach his tenth
anniversary sermon at the Church of
God next Sabbath morning.
Mr. Rodgers, formerly with the
Rainey people, is the new manager at
the Union Supply Company's Morewood
store.
John Crawford and Samuel Stevens,
the scrapping glass workers, were each
fined $8.50 by President of Council
Stoner.
E. E. Zuck has bought out the John
Baughman job printing establishment
in the Farmers & Merchants National
Bank block.
$( The local football season will be
opened at Frick Park tomorrow after-noon
when the Latrobe team will play
the Mohawk Indians.
The local doctors and merchants
played another warm game of ball at
Frick Park Tuesday afternoon, the lat-ter
winning 14 to 18.
Clark Felgar, a well known Mount
Pleasant boy, is starring the south in
“My Girl from Dixie,” doing the heavy
villian as “Harry Livingston.”
Norman Rough, an old Company E
boy, has been granted a pension of $0 a
month with $100 back pay on account
of Injury done his eyes during his ser-vice
in the Philippines.
Dr. Hose Duncan presented this office
Friday with a radish he raised on his
Laurel Hill farm. It was some fifteen
inches long, weighed over three pounds
and was nice and tender.
Regular services will be held at the
A ReUnion Presbyterian church Sunday
next. Rev. W. R. Swiekard will preach
in the evening, as his Lutheran church
is still undergoing repairs.
Ladies here desiring to visit Washing-ton
City during the G. A. R. national
encampment can have quarters reserved
for them by applying to either J. A.
Loar, W. M. Jordan or J. A. Stevenson.
Captain W. M. Jordan, of this place,
has been appointed an aide on the De-partment
Commander's staff for the
parade at the approaching G. A. R.
national encampment at Washington
City.
Rev. W. H. Tnssing will preach at
the First Baptist church Sunday morn-ing
next and in the evening the pastor,
Rev. C. W. Haines, will occupy the pul-pit,
with “The Anger of God” as his
subject.
Mrs. Lena Simes, late cook at the
National Hotel, this place, has bought
out the Clark restaurant at Monessen
for some $2,500 and is now in charge of
the place which is said to be an excel-lent
stand.
Architect Wadding is preparing plans
for the enlarging and remodeling of the
sexton’s house at the entrance to the
cemetery. The intention is to make the
dwelling in full keeping with its beau-tiful
surroundings.
Governor Stone’s suggestion relative
to the observance of the first anniver-sary
of the death of President McKinley
on Sunday last was followed at all the
local churches in the course of the day’s
regular services.
At last week’s annual meeting of the
Pennsylvania Embalmers’ Association,
held at New Castle, M. A. King, of this
place, was for the third time chosen as
president. The intention is to consoli-date
with the state undertakers.
Treasurer G. W. Stoner on Friday
last received the draft for the $2,000
insurance carried by the late A. C.
Mechling in Mount Pleasant Council,
Improved Order of HeptaBopbs. The
money was paid over to the widow Sat-urday.
O Contractor Hayes, of Pittsburg, com-pleted
the new local fire alarm system
yesterday and hereafter, when there is
a fire, the big whistle on the East End
brewery will sound the general alarm
and, in addition, blow the number of
the ward in which the fire may be.
State Examiner N. B. Engle, of the
Department of Agriculture, was here
last week and. after a thorough exami-nation,
found the Mount Pleasant Nur-series
of John McAdams entirely free
from San Jose scale or any other inju-rious
insect, a certificate to that effect
being now in the proprietor’s possession.
This District's Case to be Heard at Har-risburg'
Today.
Objections to the certificate of nomi-nation
of Col. George F. Huff, for the
Republican congressional nomination in
the Twenty-second district, composed of
the counties of Westmoreland and But-ler,
were filed in the Dauphin county
court at Harrisburg Monday morning by
attorneys for J. B. Showalter, who also
claims the nomination.
The claim is that the nomination of
Huff was made at a conference in which
Butler county, which had been instruct-ed
for Showalter, was not represented.
The arguments will be heard today.
A Great Fair.
Yesterday was the big day at the
Y'oungwood fair and, as the weather
was all that could be desired, the crowd
in attendance was a record-breaker.
The exhibits as a whole are the best in
the society’s history, while excellent
time is being made in the races that
will close today. A. C. Overholt’s Belle
Sligo won the 2:85 trot, best time 2:29$,
while Ansel & Grier's Alf Patchen took
the 2:87 pace in straight heats, best time
2:29$. Miss Mary Shupe, of this place,
was awarded the first prize for an angel
food cake.
Mysterious Shooting.
Joe Jeffrey, of Hecla, was held up
Saturday night at the old Strickler coal
works by Tom Pollock and a number of
his boarders who evidently mistook
Joseph for the fellow who shortly before
emptied his revolver into the open door
of the Pollock boarding house, severely
wounding the proprietor's 10-year-old
daughter in the right thigh as she lay
in bed. Joe wasn't injured, but had
Thomas arrested.
ABOUND AND ABOUT,
But Principally Within the
Bounds of This County.
A FULL COLUMN OF GOOD NEWS
SECURED FROM THE PAGES OF RE-LIABLE
EXCHANGES.
Return Date.
The Indiana Folks, who played
Wednesday evening at the Grand Opera 1
House, will give a return date here to-morrow,
(Saturday) night, in their new
piece, “Uncle Josh,” with band and or-chestra.
On Friday evening of next week “Ma-loney’s
Wedding Day” company will be
here. This is the one real laughing show
of the season.
New Dancing Class.
Mrs. May Greene, of 410 Mulberry
street, Scottdale, will start a select class
in dancing at that place on October 14.
Mount Pleasant people desiring to be-come
members will please communi-cate
with the lady at as early a date as
possible. 12 2
FOR SALE—Roman chair and parlor
table at about half price-all good. In-quire
of Mrs. George C. Galley or at the
residence of Albert Mortimore. 12tf
FOR SALE:—A good young quarter
Jersey cow, with first calf and very
gentle. Inquire of D. C. Rumbaugh,
the butcher, Mount Pleasant. 9 5 3t
FOR SALE—Six roomed house on Vine
street, East End, Mount Pleasant. For
all further information call on H. W.
Giles, at the Eagle street water workB.
8 1 tf
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FOR RENT:—Three rooms, suitable
for light housekeeping, with water, gaB,
bathroom and inside water closet. In-quire
of J. R. Walker, West Main
street, Mount Pleasant. 0 6 tf
FOR SALE:—House and lot on More-wood
street, Mount Pleasant. Will sell
cheap. For particulars, call on or ad-dress
H. K. Maxwell, Tarr, Pa. 12 6t
Aome Public Sales.
James Werry, of Acme, will, on
Wednesday afternoon next, make public
sale of his personal property, consisting
of horses, cows, hogs and farm imple-ments.
C. L. May, of the same place, will,
beginning at noon on Wednesday, Octo-ber
1, offer at public outcry his personal
property consisting of homes, cows,
young cattle, farm implements, house-hold
goods and a third interest in a
steam sawmill.
Rig Stolen.
A light bay, almost sorrel, stallion
home, 12 years old, with small head and
ears, good carriage, and a red-gear
buggy were stolen on September 12,
from C. L. Noble, liveryman, No. 118
Eight street, McKeesport, by a smooth
faced man of 25 yearn of age who gave
his name BB Borland. A liberal reward
will be paid for any information that
will lead to the recovery of the rig. 19 4
NOTICE—All persons desiring to save
5 per cent, penalty on their county taxes
for this year must pay the same on or
before October 1, 1902.
J. M. Yothers, Col. 19 2
WANTED—Girls at the East End glass
factory. Apply to Edward Rowland at
the plant. 19 2
REWARD—A liberal reward will be
paid for the return to this office of the
heavy gold watch chain, with alterhat
ing large, smooth and twisted links, lost
on last Sunday along the street railway
some place between Tarr and Iron
Bridge.
How these Articles Appear After They
Have been Boiled Down Into Short
Paragraphs That Speak to the Point
But Briefly of Interesting Events
Transpiring in the Old Star of the West
The Fayette county court has been
petitioned to make Everson a borough.
A two year-old child of an East Scott
dale family named Anderson almost
died Wednesday from having eaten a
piece of flypaper.
Uniontown’s Council so scored Bur-gess
Rutter and the local police force
for neglect of duty that Chief of Police
Jud Sisler resigned.
George Kelz, of Youngstown, and
Marguerite Ktihn, a South Latrobe
maiden, eloped to Cumberland where
they were married.
The Reformed people are the first to
take advantage of the free church sites
offered at Trafford City, the new town
near Stewart’s Station.
The Parr Wagon Company, of Irwin,
has decided to increase its capital to
$100,000 and remove its plant to a point
just south of Greensbnrg.
The new Polish Cntholic church at
the Klondike coke works, in Unity
township, was dedicated last Sunday
following a big parade.
Joseph Dunn, a 12 year old Pittsbnrg
boy, mysteriously disappeared Friday
at Hillside where he was visiting at the
home of Lawrence O’Brien.
Attorney James S. Kimmel and John
Franey, of Jeannette, were bitten last
Thursday by a supposed mad dog. The
victims will take the Pastenr treatment.
John W. Scott, Elmer Wineman, W.
F. Holtzer and R. S. and L. L. Love
have organized the First National Bank
of Youngwood with a capital of $25,000.
Anthony McNulty, a clerk at the
Union Supply Company’s Summit store,
met with an accident Friday while
driving from Connellsville. Both his
his legs were broken.
W. H. Shaner, a Scottdale clerk,
while in Pittsburg last Thursday, got
hilarious and, as a big gun was found
on his person by the police, he caught a
fine of $10 with costs.
Fire at Ridgeview Park Friday Dight
destroyed 38 cottages and the hotel and
store buildings, entailing a total loss of
about $25,000. There was very little in-surance
on the property.
The general store of Null Bros. &
Company at Ruffsdale was seized by
the sheriff Tuesday and is advertised to
be sold on September 29th at the suit of
James W. Stickel and others.
Edward Ramsey, a farmer living near
Stewart’s Station, was perhaps fatally
injured Wednesday near Turtle Creek
by his team running off and throwing
him out against a telephone pole.
There will be a big Democratic rally
in the Connellsville opera house next
Tuesday evening. Ex-Governor Patti-son
and other candidates for state offi-cers
will be present and make addresses.
Edgar Smeltzer, of Avonmore, is in
jail at Greensburg charged with having
tried to shoot his uncle, Joseph Heiney,
who he claims tried to poison him. It
i9 thought the prisoner is losing his
mind.
The Westmoreland Cl88sis of the Re-formed
church held a meeting at Manor
Tuesday, confirming Rey. Cyrus Cort’s
call to the Pine Run church. Rev.
Jacob Snyder was elected pastor of the
Salina church.
Francis Bruman, a brakeman on the
Pennsylvania railroad, was killed be-tween
cars which he was coupling in
the freight yards at Derry Friday. He
was 21 years old and resided with his
parents at Williamstown.
Mike Lobosch, of Rnffsdale, and
George Clark, of Bolivar, were jailed at
Greensbnrg Friday, the former for
surety of the peace and carrying con
cealed weapons and the latter for
drunkenness and cruelty to his wife and
children.
The National Water Works and
Guarantee Company, of Scranton and
New Jersey, has bought the Latrobe
water plant, paying, it is said, $400,000
for the same. The purchaser desires to
consolidate the independent water com-panies
of this end of the state.
The Huntingdon county jury on Fri
day last awarded a verdict for the plain
tiff in the sum of $9,250 in the breach
of promise suit instituted by Cora A.
Keim, of Elk Lick, Somerset county,
against Prof. I. Harvey Brumbaugh,
acting president of Juniata College.
The Scottdale police scandal was
smothered for a time at least when
Council at its meeting this week sus-pended
Officer McWhorton who, how
ever, swears he will make some one
prove the charges against him or there
will be trouble. He has since had C.
W. Brooks, of Scottdale, arrested and
ibound over to court in the sum of $500
Ion a charge of criminal libel.
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Our stock of Boys’ and Youths’ or Children’s Clothing con-sists
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0 How Lee Made
0 WayWith Pope
tlh O Os Os Ot
GICopyright, 1902, by G. L. Kilmer.] ENERAL UOHEKT E. LEE
kept the enemy out of ltieli-moml
for three years. lie
didn't stand on the defensive
nil that time, or he would have lost the
great prize earlier in the game. Rich-mond
was saved in 1802 and lSOil by
the boldness of Lee in going after the
enemy ou his own ground. The middle
■of August, 1802, found the Federal ar-my
under General John Pope patrol-ling
the Rappahannock river, a natural
barrier between Washington and Rich-mond.
Shortly before that date this
same army of Pope had crossed south
of the stream to march upon Rich-mond,
then changed its course and
crossed back again to stand between
the advancing army of Lee and Wash-ington.
General Pope was a new figure in the
battles of the east in 1802. He sudden-ly
appeared on the Federal side as the
new star of the nation. Ills own people
predicted great tilings of him, and he
was not modest in calling attention to
himself in army orders which found
their way to Lee's camps, lie an-nounced
that his headquarters "were
In the saddle;" that lie hoped to see the
“faces of the enemy;” that he didn’t
care about guarding the rear of the
army. Loo heard all of this and knew
how to estimate an opponent who be-gan
a campaign by despising his foe.
The Confederate commander intend-ed
at first to cross to the north bank of
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A FORTIETH
ANNIVERSARY $
WAR STORY
August 18-28, IC62
O O O Os O
day one wing of Jackson’s corps
fought with Joe Hooker at the cross-ing
of the railroad over Kettle run, five
miles west of Manassas Junction, and
the other wing fought a new force
which came by train from Alexandria
at tlie crossing of Hull run, five miles
east of Manassas. Jackson had sur-rounded
Pope's base of supplies and
was himself surrounded by Pope’s di-visions,
whose lenders didn’t know lie
was in the vicinity until they ran into
him unawares. Much talk lias been in-dulged
in over the war in South Afri-ca
because of the lack of scouting. But
here was a campaign in the summer
of 1802 where both sides had aide
scouting cavalry, and yet the move-ments
were more or less carried on in
a fog of ignorance. All the troops were
on the march day and night. A divi-sion
located by scouts at sundown
would lie miles away next morning.
Jackson’s raid on Pope’s commissary,
for that is what his initial move
amounted to, brought on the bloody
conflict of Second Hull Run, or Ma-nassas,
and one of Stonewall’s lieuten-ants
who was with him all through
the affair says it was due to the acci-dental
capture of one of Pope's dis-patches
by Jackson’s scouting parties.
Jackson knew lie was in a trap if his
foe was half awake, and he kept look-outs
in all directions. One of bis out-posts
took in a Federal courier who
carried a dispatch directing the divi-sion
of General King to march at once
w* s
THE IRON BRIGADE FIGHTING STONEWALL’S BATTERIES.
the Rappahannock in the face of Pope
and give him battle, but when he
reached the projected crossing Pope’s
army was massed along the river.
With the corps of Longstroet and Stu-art’s
cavalry Lee kept up a demon-stration
at the crossing which deceived
I’ope, and while tlie latter waited, con-fidently
expecting the enemy to fight
him on his own ground, Stonewall
Jackson's corps marched up the river
to another crossing, and the morning
of Aug. 20, a week after the first show
of forces on the Rappahannock, he
marshaled his whole command on
I’ope’s line of communications with
Washington, twenty miles in his rear.
i^jFor a general who didn’t care any-thing
about iris rear and who yearned
Vto see the faces of the enemy Pope
wtowed astonishing swiftness In turn-ing
Qsis back to Longstreet and liasten-angafterJackson.
With a skillful soldier
in Pope'ii! shoes Jackson would have
been lost and Longstreet would have
been overwhelmed. Lee had really cut
bis army in two in the face of a power-ful
enemy. Jackson was In Pope’s
rear, but he was alone, cut off from his
supports.
r- IBui: instead of smashing Longstreet
and then turning to catch Jackson be-tween
ids own columns and the fresh
troops ou the other side of the field
Pope started his different corps upon a
bunt for tlie wily Stonewall. For a
Week confusion reigned within the
Federal lines over twenty miles of ter-ritory
around the old battlefield of Bull
Run. I11 his hunt for Stonewall Jack-sou
Pope attempted to drag a field ten
miles broad and twenty long lying be-tween
tlie Warrenton pike and the rail-road
from the Rappahannock back to
Washington. Since lie first met with
Lee the first week in August he had
been re-enforced with four divisions
from McClellan’s army on the James
river and one from Burnside’s force in
North Carolina. Ills orders to his geu-
«nls were to hold the railroad and
keep the enemy from concentrating
on the old battleground of Bull Run.
One of the danger points on tlie rail-road
which Pope was anxious to save
was Mnnassas Junction, the sole sup-ply
depot for lity army outside of
Washington. This Jackson swooped
down upon Aug. 27, and after ills sol-diers
had appropriated to themselves
all they could eat or carry away he
gave the rest to the torch. That same
on Manassas Junction by the Warren-ton
pike.
Now, the middle of the afternoon of
Aug. 28 Jackson xvas moving cautious-ly
across the rough country skirting
Warrenton pike, heading westward to
unite witli the columns of Longstreet,
which he supposed were moving east to
meet him. King’s Federal division was
moving from westward to eastward
along that pike, little supposing that
Longstreet was following behind or
that Jackson was on the route ahead.
Jackson planted one of his horse bat-teries
on a ridge overlooking the pike
where it was screened by a bluff close
to the road and by bushes from view
of the marching troops. Just as the fa-mous
Iron brigade of the west marched
along in front of the guns they opened
with shells. The first regiment had
filed past and went on. The second reg-iment
in the column happened to be
the Second Wisconsin. It halted, closed
ranks and charged up the bluff at the
unseen foe. Just as the heads of the
Wisconsin men appeared above the
crest of the ridge they were fired into
by Confederate infantry concealed in
the hollow between the road and the
battery.
Meanwhile the third regiment of the
Iron brigade marched on up the pike,
and the Nineteenth Indiana, a regi-ment
never before under fire, brought
lip the rear. The Indianians saw the
unequal fight of their comrades and
rushed up the bank to attack tlie Con-federate
iufuntry. At that moment a
second Confederate battery un limber-ed
beside the first, and for an hour the
fresh soldiers from the prairie fought
with the coolness of veterans. Out of
433 men who charged up tlie bluff 259
were shot down. Tlie Federals were
delnyed In their march and Buffeted
unequal slaughter, but they delayed
the march of Jackson westward. The
sound of the firing brought other
troops to the scene, and Jackson was
forced to take up a position to defend
his isolated corps until Longstreet
could get through to his aid.
In marching from the Rappahannock
to meet Jackson Longstreet often at-tacked
the Federals on his front to
give the impression that he would
break through. Finally I10 followed
Jackson’s roundabout course, and the
junction so notable in history was ef-fected
Aug. 29.
GEORGE L. KILMER..
Grand Opening!
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Situated in the East End of Mount Pleasant, overlooking all
the industries and railroad stations, splendid view of the moun-tains
and certainly a garden spot for a home.
Throw your bundle of worthless rent receipts to the winds and
free yourself from the landlord’s grasp.
Let it be understood that this property is not down in a hole
and there are no nuisances in the neighborhood. All lots are
high and dry.
Lots $75 and upwards.
TERMS:
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Sales Agent.
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Railroad and car fares returned to buyers from Westmore-land
and Fayette counties. A few well known streets that are
to be extended through this property: Washington, Shupe,
Silver, Spruce. New streets: Center avenue, Terrace avenue,
Cedar avenue and Hickory street. A grand home site and
handy to work. One minute to High School on the new street
car line, and only 3 minutes’ walk to churches and stores of all
kinds. City water of crystal purity. A large force of men is
now grading and getting property in shape for the opening,
which will occur
October i and 2,
rain or shine. For choice selections don’t wait for Opening-come
today. A number of houses will be started at once on
plan, in fact the heart of city.
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[CONTINUED.]
“Did you hear the voice, Denise?”
asked madame.
“Yes.”
“It is stranger than ever,” she said.
And 1 could make no answer.
There was no doubt about it. It was
De Lorgnac, and instead of going to
the I'orte St. Honore, ns I thought when
he left us, he must have crossed by
the Meunniers and come out by the St.
Germain gate. He had evidently, too,
separated himself from his men.
“I shall be glad when we reach De
Bouchage’s house,” I said, with a
shiver, for the apparition of my hus-band
had sent n chill through me.
“It is not far now,” replied madame.
And then we both became silent, ab-sorbed
in our own thoughts, she no
doubt thinking of the vicomte and 1
with my mind full of forebodings as to
what other evil fate had in store for
me, and with this there came thoughts
of De Clermont, whose presence 1
seemed absolutely to feel about me. I
could not say I loved him, but it was
lie dashed over the road at lull gallop.
as if he had a power over me that sap-ped
my strength, and I felt that 1 was
being dragged toward him. 1 cannot
explain what it was. but others have
told me the same, that when his clear
blue eyes were fixed on them they
seemed to lose themselves and that his
glance had a power the force of which
no one could put Into words, nor indeed
can I.
It was only by an effort and a p'ayer
that 1 succeeded in collecting myself,
and it was with no little Joy that I
saw the gray outlines of the Chateau
de Bouchage and knew that for the re-mainder
of the night there was rest.
I will pass over our journey till we
reached the Limousin. Going at out
utmost strength, we found we could
barely cover more than six leagues a
day, and as day after day passed and
no news of the vicomte came ma-dame’s
face grew paler, and she be-came
feverishly impatient for us to
hurry onward, yet never for one mo-ment
did sue lose the sweetness of her
temper or falter In her kindness toward
me. No mishap of any kind befell us,
but at the ford of the Gartcmpe there
at last came good news that brought
the glad tears to madnme’s eyes and
the color once more to her cheeks, for
here a courier met us, riding with a
red spur, to say that the vicomte was
out of danger and striding hour by
hour toward recovery. The courier
further said, in answer to our ques-tions,
that the messenger whom Mine,
de Termes had sent on in advance to
announce her coming had never arriv-ed,
and he himself was more than sur-prised
at meeting us, believing madame
to be yet nt Paris. No doubt the poor
man who had been sent on in advance
had met with ill, and we thanked God
for the lucky chance that had put us
in the way of the vicomte’s messen-ger
and also that it was not with us as
with our man, for he hud doubtless
been killed, and indeed he was never
seen again. Back we sent the courier
with a spare horse to announce our
speedy coming, and it was a gay and
Joyous party that splushed through the
sparkling waters of the Gartempe.
Even I for the moment forgot every-thing
with the glud tidings that had
come like the lark's song in the morn-ing
to cheer my friend’s heart, and for
a brief space X forgot De Lorgnac and
my bonds nnd was once more Denise
de Mieux, ns heedless and light hearted
as youth, high spirits and health could
make me.
It was decided to push on to Aruba-zac
at any cost by that evening. The
news we had heard seemed to lighten
even the loads of the pack animals,
nnd we soon left the silver thread of
the river behind us and entered the
outskirts of the VIennols. As for me, I
do not know how it was, but I was, as
I have said, in the wildest of spirits,
and nothing could content me but the
most rapid motion. At one time I urged
my horse far in advunce of the part’-,
at another I circled round and round
them or lagged behind till they were
an out out or Right and then caught
them up nt the full speed of my beast,
and all this despite Lalande’s grum-bling
that the horse would be worn
out. He spoke truly enough, but I
was in one of those moods that can
brook no control and went my own
way. I was d'estined, however, to be
brought back sharply to the past from
which for the moment I had escaped.
As we reached the wooded hills of Les j
Esehelles I had allowed the party to j
go well in advance of me and. stopping j
for a moment, dismounted near a spring
from which a little brook, hedged in on
each side with ferns, babbled noisily
off along the hillside. To me, who, aft j
er all, loved the fresh, sweet country, ■
the scene was enchanting. The road
wound half way up the side of the
spur, and the rough hillside, with its
beech forests, among the leaves of
which twined the enchanter's night-shade,
swept downward in bold curves
into a wild moorland covered with pur-ple
heather and golden broom. The
sheer rock above me was gay with
pink mallow, and the crimson of the
crancsbill flashed here nnd there, while
the swish of the bracken in the breeze
was pleasant to my ears. Overhead,
between me and the absolute blue of
the sky, was a yellow lacework of birch
leaves, nnd a wild rose thick with its
snowy bloom scrambled along the face
of the rock just above the spring. It
was to gather a bouquet of these flow-ers
for madame that 1 had halted nnd
dismounted. The task was more dif-ficult
than I imagined, nnd while
was wrestling with it I heard the full,
rich baritone of a man’s voice singing
out into the morning, and the next mo-ment
the singer turned the corner of a
bluff a few yards from me, and Haoul
de Clermont was before me. lie stop-ped
short in his song with an exclama-tion
and, lifting his plumed hat, said
in astonishment:
“You. mademoiselle! Pardon—lime,
de Lorgnac! Where in the world have
you dropped from, or. say. are you the
genius of this spot?” And his laugh-ing
eyes looked me full in the face.
I stood with my flowers in my hand.
Inwardly trembling, but outwardly
calm.
“It is rather for me to ask where in
the world you have sprung from, mon-sieur.
It is not fair to startle people
like this.”
“I ask your pardon once more. As it
happens. 1 am traveling on business
and pleasure combined. My estates of
Clermont-Ferrand lie but a short way
from here, as you perhaps know; but
let me help you to add to those flowers
you have gathered.” And he sprang
from his horse.
“No, thank you, M. de Clermont,” 1
answered hastily. “I must hurry on
lest lime, de Termes, with whom 1 am
traveling, should think 1 am lost.”
“So it is M. de Clermont now, is it?
It will be a stiff M. de Marquis soon."
And my heart began to beat, though 1
said nothing, and be went on, “For old
sake’s sake let me gather that cluster
yonder for you, and then M. de Cler-mont
wdU take you to madame.”
With a touch of his poniard he cut
the flowers and handed them to me,
breaking one as he did and fastening it
into the flap of his potirpoipt. So quiet
and masterful was his manner that I
did nothing to resist, nnd then, putting
me on my horse, he mounted himself,
saying, with that joyous laugh of his:
“Now, fair lady, let us hasten on-ward
to Mme. de Termes. I need pro-tection
too. 1 fear my knaves have
lagged far behind.”
CHAPTER IV.
AT AMBAZAC.
HE road swept onward with
gentle curves, at one time
hanging to the edge of the
hillside, at another walled in
on either hand by rocks covered with
fern and bracken, to whose jagged nnd
broken surface — whereon purples,
greens and browns seemed to absorb
themselves into each other—there clung
the yellow agrimony and climbing rose,
with its sweet bloom full of restless,
murmuring bees.
Sometimes the path lost itself in
some cool arcade of trees, where the
sunlight fell in oblique golden shafts
through the leaves that interlaced
overhead, and then suddenly, without
warning, we would come to a level
stretch on which the marguerites lay
thick as snowflakes, and across which
the wind bustled riotously.
As we cantered along side by side
toy comiianion again broke forth into
a Joyous song that sprang full throat-ed
and clear from a heart that never
seemed to have known a moment of
pain. His was a lithe, leopardlike
strength, and as I looked at him my
thoughts ran back to the time when
we first met, on his return from the
Venetian embassy, whither he hud
gone when M. de Bruslart made a
mess of things. I do not know why
it wus, but he singled me out fbr his
particular notiiSe, and, though it was
openly known that he was betrothed
to the second daughter of M. d’Ayen,
I, like a fool, was flattered by the at-tentions
of this ga and brilliant cava-lier,
and day by we were tlirown
together more and more, and a sort
of confidence was established between
us that was almost more than friend-ship.
There was, as I have said, that
in his masterful way that had the ef-fect
of leaving me powerless, nnd,
though he could put all its light in his
eyes and all its tones in his voice, I
felt instinctively that ho did not love
me, but was merely' playing with me
to exercise his strength nnd dragging
me townrd him with n resistless force.
In short, the influence of De Clermont
on me was never for my good, nnd our
intercourse always left me with the
conviction that I had sunk a little low-er
than before, nnd it was nt times
like these when I met Do Lorgnac’s
grave eyes that I felt the unspoken re-proach
In their glance and would strug-gle
to rise again, nnd then in the con-sciousness
of my own folly I felt 1 fair-ly
hated him for seeing my wenkness.
What right had De Lorgnac even to
think of me? Whnt did it matter to
him what 1 did or said? So I used to
argue with myself, yet in my heart of
hearts 1 felt that my standard of
right nnd wrong was being measured
by what I imagined a man to whom I
had hardly ever spoken might think.
When I make tills confession and say
that the Influence of De Clermont over
me was never for my good, I do not
mean to imply that I was guilty of
anything more than foolishness, but
the effect of it was to sap my high
ideas, and I now know that this man,
aided by his surroundings—and they
were all to his advantage — took the
pleasure of a devil in lowering my
moral nature and In molding me to be-come
“of the world,” ns he would put
it. God be thanked that the world is
not ns he would have made It. At that
time, however. I was dazzled, all but
overpowered, by him. nnd day by day
my struggles were growing weaker,
like those of some poor fly caught in a
pitiless web. The knowledge of all
this was to come to me later, when by
God’s help I escaped, but then I was
blind and foolish and mad.
My companion's song was interrupt-ed
by Lalnnde, who came galloping
back in hot haste nnd in no good tem-per
to say that the whole party had
halted to wait for me. and. quickening
our pace, we hurried onward nnd found
them about a mile farther on. To say
that Mme. de Termes was surprised at
seeing Dfc Clermont is to say little, and
I could see. too, that she was not very
well pleased, but he spoke to her so
fairly and gracefully that in spite of
herself she thawed, and half an hour
later he was riding nt her bridle hand,
bringing smiles that had long been ab-sent
to her face. He was overjoyed to
hear of the vicomte's recovery nnd
( said many flattering things about him,
| for he knew him well, having served
under him in the campaign of Latigue-doc,
nnd then he went on to become
more communicative about himself,
saying that he was the bearer of a dis-patch
to the king of Navarre, adding,
witli a laugh, “a duplicate, you know,
the original being carried by M. Nor-reys.
the England free lance. Mn foil
But I should not be surprised if I reach-ed
the Bearnnois before the sluggish
islander.”
“Hardly, if you loiter here, M. le
Marquis,” I said.
‘You must bear the blame for that,
madame, but I will add that my orders
are to pass through Perigueux as well,
and so, madame”—and he turned to
my friend—“if you will permit Itaoul
de Clermont to be your escort there he
will look upon it as the most sacred
trust of his life.”
He bowed to his saddlebow and look-ed
so winning and handsome that ma-dame
replied most graciously in the
affirmative. A little beyond La Jon-chere
something very like an adventure
befell us, the first on this hitherto un-eventful
journey. At tie crossroad
leading to Bourganeuf we met with a
party of six or eight men who did not
require a second glance to make us see
that they were capable of any mischief.
They had halted to bait their horses
and, flung about in picturesque atti-tudes.
were resting under the trees—as
111 looking a set of fellows ns the pleas-ant
shade of the planes had ever fallen
upon. Had they known beforehand
that we were traveling this way they
Would very probably have arranged an
nttnek on us, but ns It was we came
upon them rather suddenly, and as
our party, which had been added to
by De Clermont’s two lackeys, was
somewhat too strong to assault openly
without the risk of broken heads and
hard knocks—things which gentry of
this kind do not much affect—they let
Us alone, contenting themselves with
gathering into a group to watch us as
we went by, and this we did slowly,
our men with their arms ready. As
we approached, however, and saw their
truculent faces I had doubts as to
whether we should pass them without
bloodshed and begged De Clermont in
a low voice to prevent any such thing.
He had drawn a light rapier that he
wore, but as I spoke he put it back
with a snap and, holding out his hand,
asked for the loan of my riding whip,
a little, delicate, agate handled thing.
“It will be enough,” be said as I gave
it to him, and he began to swing it
backward and forward, as if using it
to flick off flies from his horse. To my
joy they made no attempt to molest us,
though nt one time a quarrel hung on
B cobweb, for ns we passed the leader
of the troop, a big, burly man, with n
very long sword trailing at his side and
a face as red as the constant dipping
of his nose into a wine cup could make
it, advanced a step into the wood and,
wishing us the day, tried deliberately
to get a better look at me, with an un-speakable
expression in his eyes. I
saw De Clermont’s face grow cold nnd
hard, nnd he quietly put his horse be-tween
me and the man and, checking
it slightly, stretched out the whip and
touched a not very clean white scarf
the creature wore over his shoulder,
saying:
"You are a trifle too near Limoges to
wear this, my man. Take my advice
and fling it away.”
“That is my affair,” answered the
man insolently.
“I’reclsely, Cnptnln In Coqullle. I
spoke but for your good. Ah, tako
care!” And Do Clermont’s horse, no
doubt secretly touched by the spur,
lashed out suddenly, causing the man
to spring back with an oath nnd on ex-clamation
of:
“You know me! Who the devil are
you ?”
To this, however, De Clermont mudo
no answer, but ns we passed on he re-turned
my whip to me, saying: “I am
glad I did not have to use it. It would
have deprived you of a pretty toy had
I done so.”
“Thank you. Who is that horrible
man? You called him by name.”
"YTes, La Coquille. I know him by
sight, though he does not know me. He
was very near being crucified once nnd
escaped but by a fluke, lie Is a robber,
thief and perhaps a murderer, and”—
"And what?”
De Clermont reached forward and
brushed off an imaginary fly from his
horse's ears.
“And has something of a history. I
believe he was a gentleman once and
then went under—found his way to the
galleys. After that he was anything,
and perhaps I ought not to tell you, but
in time lie became De Lorgnac’s ser-geant—
his contidentlul man—and it
was only his master’s influence that
saved him from a well deserved death.
It was foolish of De Lorgnac, for the
man knew too many of his secrets and
was getting dangerous. I hope I have
not pained you,” lie lidded gently.
“Not in the least,” I replied and rode
on. looking straight before mo. So this
vile criminal was once my husband's
confidential servant, was perhaps still
connected with him in some of his dark
designs, nnd then I said a bitter thing:
“Like master, like man. Is that not the
adage, monsieur?" But as the words
escaped me 1 felt a keen regret.
“God help you, Denise,” I heard De
Clermont murmur as if to himself, nnd
then he turned abruptly from me and
joined Mme. de Termes, leaving me
with a beating heart, for his words had
come to me with a sense of undying,
hopeless love in them, and he was so
brave, be seemed so true and looked so
handsome that my heart went out in
pity for him. How the mind can move!
In a moment there rose before me
thoughts of a life far different from
the one to which 1 was doomed, nnd
with them came the grim specters of
the vows that bound me forever and
that I would have to keep. God help
me! Yes, I needed help. De Clermont
was right
We passed on, leaving the gang still
under the plnne trees, and soon came
in view of Ambaznc, lying amid its
setting of waving cornfields. Here for
a little time we suddenly missed De
Clermont and one of Ids lackeys, anil
both madame and I were much con-cerned,
for the same thought struck us
both that be had lagged behind and
then gone off hot foot to puuisk La Co-quille.
We were about to turn after
him when he came in sight, followed
by his man, nnd caught us up, riding
with a free rein, lie perhaps saw the
inquiry in my look, for lie said softly
to me. “I went back to pick up a sou-venir
I bad dropped,” and his eye fell
on the lapel of Ills coat, where my rose
was, a little, however, the worse for
wear. After that he did not speak to
me, but kept by madame nnd devoted
himself to her with a delicacy for
which I was grateful, for I felt I want-ed
all my thoughts for myself.
At Ambaznc, which we reached after
a little, we found good accommodations
at a large inn, although the town was
full, it being the fete of St. Etienne de
Muret. and after taking some light re-freshments
madame nnd I retired to
our apartments to rest until the supper
hour, for we were wearied. We supped
in the common hall, but at a small
table, a little apart from the others, and
De Clermont, who sat next to me, gave
madame an interesting account of the
defense of Ambaznc made by her hus-band
against ti e Prince of Conde. It
was while lie was detailing the inci-dents
of this adventure that, with a
great clattering and much loud talk-ing,
La Coquille nnd his men entered
the dining room nnd began to shout
for food and drink. Most of the
people in the inn, being common coun-try
folk and unarmed, made way for
the crew with haste, and even an ex-pression
of alarm appeared on La-lande’s
face, for our own servants were
but six in number, including the bag-gage
drivers and madame’s maid nnd
my own, who of course were useless,
nnd two of our manservants were nt
the moment attending to the horses; no
that we wore nt a decided disadvan-tage,
and La Coquille wus not slow to
perceive this.
“Dame,” he exclaimed, looking to-ward
us, “here are my popinjay and his
sugar plum. Look you, my good fel-low!
Join those boys there while I busk
in beauty’s smiles.”
1 [TO BE CONTINUED.]
Altogether IltiMineHNlIke.
First English Lord—Did you propose
to Miss Porkpacker?
Second English Lord—No—to her fa-ther.
I hate to have any business deal-ings
with a woman.—Nashville Amer-ican.
The Avernjfe Man.
Tommy—Pop, what is an average
man?
Father*—An average man, my son, is
one who feels that he is a little better
than his neighbors.—Philadelphia Rec-ord.
He Took Advice.
“Why have you failed In life?”
"My employers always told me that
a man witli my brains could make
more money doing something else.”—
Judge.
Worse.
“Mr. Smith looks awfully blue. Ha*
he been disappointed in love?”
“No; marriage."—Brooklyn Life.
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over to next season. It we get our money
back on the balance in stock we’ll be satis-fied.
If you want to take advantage of
this otter, do not delay, as
the supply is limited.
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THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1002.
1 NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS. I
AUVEKTON.
Samuel Carmichael, of Pitcairn, is
here visiting friends this week.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Tront nnd family
are visiting friends in West Virginia.
James Neish is visiting his father, An-drew
Neish.
William Erick, who was visiting his
relatives at Kingwood, West Virginia,
returned home Monday.
Mrs. Ernstns Loueks, of Braddock,
spent a few hours here Saturday with
her sister, Mrs. Lyman Loueks.
Lloyd Reese is a business visitor at
Pittsburg this week.
Justice Lyman Loueks was a county
seat visitor Saturday.
Charles Brindle spent Saturday in
Pittsburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell spent Sunday
with Connellsville friends.
The teachers of East Huntingdon
township held an institute at the North
- Scottdale school Saturday. School was
in session during the forenoon in rooms
No. 1 and 2 taught by Mr. Barron and
Miss Croll. At the afternoon session the
following officers were elected: Presi-dent,
O. P. Medsgar; vice president, Mr.
Wagner; secretary, Laura McGranahan.
The full program was:
••Morality In the School.”. M. S. Barnhart
‘•Nature Study.” Nettle Hays
“Nature Study." O. P. Medsgar
“How to Teach Spelling,"Laura McGranahan
•‘The Boy and his Needs.”. Mary Byerly
“Geography,” Anna Jones
The next institute will be held at the
Felgar school on October 14.
The smallpox patients throughout the
township have about all recovered and
the disease is thought to be stamped out.
One case was, however, reported from
the Strohm district yesterday.
KECK8BUIIG.
Dave Miller is doing the mason work
on the new house being built by Samuel
Cummings. The carpenters are expect-ed
to begin work in a week or so.
Mont Gettemy, of Youngwood, and
Will Gettemy, of Greensburg, spent
Sunday with their brother, J. M. Get-temy,
of this place.
Miss Martha Overly, cashier in the
Union Supply store at Mammoth, is
taking a few days' vacation.
Bert Whipkey has opened a barber
shop and is prepared to do first class
tonsorial work.
Miss Daisy Stairs, cashier for the Un-ion
Supply Company at Mutual is home
takings vacation. Miss Jennie Gettemy,
cashier at United, is filling her place.
Hand made tobies are being rolled in
town now.
CARPENTERTOWN.
Mrs. Anna Mensch and son Howard,
of Pleasant Unity, are here visiting the
former's parents.
Mrs. W. Scott Mullin, of Hyndman,
is here visiting relatives.
Miss Luella Lemmon, teacher of
Lemmon’s school, had a holiday yes-terday,
owing to the fair
Mrs. Walter Robinson, of Laurelville,
spent Sabbath here with Miss Knox.
UNITED.
Mrs. Dr. Painter returned the last of
the week from a very pleasant visit
with Kittanning friends.
Robert Burkholder, of Mount Pleas-ant,
has resigned his position as engin-eer
at this place.
One of Joseph Baker's fine steers died
of hydrophobia last week. This is the
fifth animal to die of the dread disease.
All are supposed to have been bitten by
a mad dog.
Supt. and Mrs. Robert Ramsay visited
friends in Greensburg Sunday.
Persons desiring a bus to meet them
at the station will kindly leave their
order with Charley Hepler, U. S. store,
United.
Mrs. Walter Jones spent Sunday with
Star Junction friendB, returning Mon-day.
Miss Weaver, of Calumet, called on
friends at this place Sunday.
TARR.
Sunday next will be a red letter day
with the local Methodist Episcopal
people who will then reopen their Mt.
Lebanon church with services in keep-ing
with the importance of the occasion.
The pastor, Rev. L. S. Wilkinson, has
secured Rev. T. N. Boyle, D. D., LL. D.,
presiding elder of the Pittsburg district,
who will preach at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30
p. m. A marked musical feature of the
services will be furnished by the Greens-burg
Quartette, a famous county seat
organization. The church has been
given a complete overhauling, both in-side
and out. All the woodwork has
been repainted, a new slate roof added
and the interior walls handsomely
frescoed, the congregation having ex-pended
about $1,000 in fixing up its
pretty place of worship.
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COOPER NOMINATED.
Republicans of the 23rd Distrlot Name
Him for Congress.
Allen Foster Cooper, of Uniontown,
was on Tuesday nominated for Congress
by the Republican conferees of the
Twenty third Congressional district of
Pennsylvania, composed of Fayette.
Somerset and Greene counties, thereby
breaking the deadlock which had so
long existed in that district.
The nomination was the result of an
agreement reached in Pittsburg that
day between the conferees of Fayette
and Somerset counties, as a result of
which .1. A. Berkey, Somerset's candi
date for the nomination, withdrew from
the race in favor of Mr. Cooper.
Lucky After All.
W. R. Simpson was thrown from his
bnckboard Monday evening by his home
backing into a street car near the Dia-mond.
He escaped injury, but one
wheel was knocked off the vehicle.
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BANK REPORTS.
EPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST
— Nut Ional Bank of Mount Pleasant, at
Mount Pleasant, in the State of Pennsylva-nia.
at the close of business. Sept. 15th, 1002
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured
IT.S.Bonds to secure circulation
Stocks, securities, etc
Banking-House, furniture and fix-tures
-
Due from national banks (not re-serve
agents)
Due from state banks and bankers
Due from approved reserve agents
Checks and other cash items
Notes of other National banks
Fractional paper currency, nlckles
and cents
Lawful money reserve In bank, viz:
Specie $22 259 90
Legal tender notes 12 880 00
Redemption fund with U. S.Treas’r
(5 per cent of circulation)
$234 002 3ft
1 201 91
50 000 00
89 000 00
19 000 00
01 75
10 000 00
ICO 940 47
10 905 58
4 915 00
„ 825 89
34 019 90
2 500 00
Total $008 032 80
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $100 000 00
Surplus fund 50 000 00
Undivided profits less expenses and
t axes paid
National bank notes outstanding.
Due to state banks and bankers
Due to other National Banks
Dividends unpaid
Individual deposits subject to ch’k
Demand certificates of deposit. ....
Certified checks
Cashier’s checks outstanding
13 940 22
50 000 00
631 00
386 219 10
7 062 95
179 59
Total $608 032 86
State of Pennissyylvania,
County of Westmoreland, f
I, J. D. Hltchman, Cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
.1. D Ilitcbnuin. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
19th day of Sept. 1902.
S. C. Stevenson, Notary Public.
Correct Attest
J
GEO
S. N. WARDEN.
|
.1. S. HITCHMAN, >Directors.
GEO. W. STONER, \
National Bank, at Mount Pleasant, In the
State of Pennsylvania, at the close of busi-ness.
Sept, 15th. 1902.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $191 668 57
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 5 861 12
U.S.Bonds to secure circulation 50 000 00
Premium on U.S.Bonds
Stocks, securities, etc
Banking-house, furniture and fix-tures
Due from national banks (not re-serve
agents)
Other real estate and mortgages
owned
Due from state banks and bankers
Due from approved reserve agents
Checks and other cash items
Notes of other national banks
Fractional paper currency, nickels
and cents
Lawful money reserve iu bank, viz:
Specie... 8 813 50
Legal tender notes 8 50000
Redemption fund with U. S. Treas-urer
(5 per cent, of circulation)..
1 250 00
48 500 00
30 000 00
101 17556
13 695 00
201 54
17 313 50
2 500 00
Total $463 417 83
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $50 000 00
Surplus fund 30 000 00
Undiv’d’d profits, less expenses and
taxes paid 15 658 26
National bank notes outstanding 50 000 00
Due to other national banks
Due to state banks and bankers -
Dividends unpaid
Individual deposits subject to ch’k.. 163 416 26
Demand certificates of deposits 114 270 17
Time certificates of deposits
Cashier’s checks outstanding 40 073 14
Total $463 417 83
State of Pennsylvania. i
County or Westmoreland, ) Si
T, Jno. L. Ruth, Cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true tothebestof my knowledge
and belief.
Jno. L. Ruth. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th
day of Sept. 1902.
S. C. Stevenson, Notary Public.
Correct Attest:
O. P. SHUPE. t
JOHN HUSBAND. ■< Directors.
J. S. HITCHMAN, I
OEPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FARMERS
& Merchants National Bank, at Mount-
Pleasant, In theSt-ate of Pennsylvania, at the
close of business. Sept. 15th, 1902.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $281 29191
Overdrafts.secured and unsecured 3 649 44
U.S.Bonds to secure circulation 25 000 00
Premium on U.S. bonds
Stocks, securities, etc
Banking-house, furniture and fix-tures
Other real estate owned
Due from approved reserve agents
Internal Revenue stamps
Checks and other cash items -
Notes of other national banks
Fractional paper currency, nickels
and cents
Lawful money reserve in bank, viz:
Specie 14 812 00
Legal tender notes 3 120 00
Redemption fund with U. S. Treas-urer
(5 per cent, of circulation)..
25 000 00
20 000 00 t '-.i! 60
6 431 68
504 59
8 125 00
904 02
17 932 00
1250 00
Total $395 730 24
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid In $50 000 00
Surplus fund 20 000 00
Undivided profits.lessexpenses and
taxes paid..
National bank notes outstanding ..
Dividends unpaid ....
Individual deposits subject to ch’k
Demand certificates of deposit 123 125 61
Certified checks
Cashier’s checks outstanding
1 788 31
25 000 00
30 00
175 786 32
Total $395 730 24
State of Pennsylvania.
County of Westmoreland,
I. C. E. Mullin, Cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best of my knowl-edge
and belief
C. E. Mullin,Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th
day of Sept. 1902.
W. A. KALP, Notary Public.