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President Lincoln's Leg Cases. ,


In his "Reminiscences Of abraham
Lincoln" Schuyler Colfsx said No
man clothed with such vast power as
President Lincoln ever welded it more
tenderly and more forbearingly. No man
holding in his hands the key Of life and
and death ever pardoned 80 many often
ders and so easily. There were from
time TO time, Of course, instances OF cow
a-,iice in the army in the face Of the
enemy-a crime justly punishable by the
laws Of war throughout the world with
death. In the earlier years Of the war
all the death penalties Of courts-martial
had 20 be sent b the President, as Com
mander-in-Chief. for hisapprovfl When
Judge Holt, the Judge Advocate General
ofthe army, laid the FIRST case before the
President. and explained it, he replied ,
Wen, I Will keep this few days until
I have more time 10 read the testimony"
That seemed quite reasonable. When
tine Judge expieinei the next case Mr.
Lincoln said must pat this by until
can settle in my mind whether this
soldier can better serve the country dead
than living To the third he answered:
" The General commanding the brigade
l. to be here in a few days to consult
with stanton and myself about military
matters l viii wait until then and talk
tie matter over with him.
Finally there was a hagrant ease Of a
soldier. who. in the crisis Of battle, de-
rnoraIized his regiment by his cowardlcc
throwing down bis gun and hiding be-
hind the friendly stump. When tried
for his cowar,lice there was no defense.
The eourt-martiai, in examining his an
tecedents, found that he had neither
father nor mother living nor wife nor
child; that he was unfit to wear the loyal
uniform, and that be was a thief who
stole continually from bis comrades.
" Here said Judge Holt, ais a case that
comes exactly within your requirmeHts.
lie does not deny his guilt. lie viii bet
ter serve the country dead than living. as
he has no relations TO mourn for him.
ami he Is not fit to be in the ranks Of
patriots at any rate" Mr. Lineoln's re-
fuge Of excuse was all s@ept away.
Judge Holt, expected. Of course, that he
would write approved on the paper ;
but the President, running his long fn-
gers through his hair, as he often used 70
do when in serious thought, replied
"Well, after all, Judge, think must put
this with my leg cases"
Leg cases. said Judge Holt. with a
fnonu at the supposed levity Of The Pres
ident in a case Of life and death. What
do you mean by leg cases, sir"
Why, why replied Nr. Lincoln
DO you see those papers crowded into
those pigeon holes2 They are the papers
that yos call By that long title, 'coEard-
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Leave hope behind,
~ - -..L-. ...a.. -.

So ran the dire warning which Dante
read on the portals Of the Inferno. So
runs the cruel verdict Of your friends if
YOU are overtaken by the first symptoms
Of that terrible disease, consumption.
Leave hope behind Your days are
numbered "n And the struggle against
death is given up in despair. But while
there Is life, there Is hope Dr. Pierces
Golden Medical Discovery has cured hun
dreds OF eases worse than yours and it
viii cure you. If taken in time. But de-
lay l. dangerous. No power can restore
a wasted lung the Golden Medical Dis
covery," however, can ami will arrest the
disease.
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Through some parts Of the STATE Of Con-
necticuf il would BE- hasl to pick our a
clover field Of ans size that did not have
a woodchuck burrow IN part ef IL. some
times they choose site somewhere un-
der the stone wall which surrounds the
field, or II there is a large rock, IS is Of
ten the case. anywhere about the middle
OF the field, the animal viii burrow un-
der this a a very choice location. Fl
nally the roots Of an old apple tree or
other tree are often chosen foF its strong
hold. the burrow being dug dowu among
them. the owner seeming . possess re-
aiizing sense that no man would ever
dream Of attempting % dislodge him from
such quarters As is the ease with exca-
vafions made for their hahitations by
most fossorial mammals. the burrov Of a
woodchuck at first decends oblIqueiy in-
to the earth. then passes nearly horizon
tally for several feet, rises moderately for
the last haifof i,s length % terminate in
quite spacious and round chamber
which constitutes the "living room Of
the entire family. In il the female brings
forth her litter and the young remain
there uutilihey pair Off and dig theirowu
homes elsewhere.
such burrow may be at least thirty
feet in length. 50 long that one never
thinks Of digginga woodchuck ont, bat
have seen farmers bring up two or three
barrels Of water on a cart and drown the
occupant Of This sublerraneln establish
meni az short notice and rejoice most
heartily Il the pair and perhaps seven or
eight quauerzrown young are caught IN
az the sane time. Very olSen have cap
tured them in steel traps set AZ the mouth
Of the barrow, taxing the precaution 90
sprinkle It carefully over With iine dirt.
one oh woo1chuck. ! remember, con
strucfed his borrow almost in the crntre
Of twenty-acre clover lot and every az
tempt % capture him IN any kind of a
trap utterly Enled IL was the Arrest
thing in the world TO even catch him
standing up at the entrance Of bis bur
row during the day, but frequently We
would see him just head and shoulders
out of IT, Il seems % me that must
have fired thirty or forty times at him
under such circumstances from the 0ther
side Of the stone wall which surrounded
the deld and that too, with heavy old
fashioned muzzlc-loading Kentucky rifle,
which 81 seventy-dge TO a hundred wards
was good nearly every time ior all small
game. But here every shot f,ilel cloud
Of dust would puff a. the very entrance
Of the burrow each time, snd I would
confidently walk over % pick him out
but no, next day be was there again.
looking ont as smiling as ever. He was
captured finally by my cruelty tying a
Colts revolver % a stout stake driven
down within a few Zee, Of the burrow
and training the aim down the entrance
and then tying long string to the trig-
ger. l waited behind the wall tiil he
again showed himself when the slcce=s
Of the device sealed his doom.
Ely Br0s-I have been afflicted With
eatarrh. purchased bottle Of your
Cream Balm. Il has effected a complete
cure.-H. G. Abbott, % Grant Ave- Al
Ieghenv CITY. Pa.
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Of William Dean Howels. and one bv Capt.
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WRIT OF PARTITION.

To Harrison EeiTn. Jacob KeiIn. William
Keim and Mar keim iniermarriei With
Walter C. Bates oi Carleton Thayer Co.
Neb, Annie KeiIn. i1ierinarrird with II
win Hay, Eliza keil. int srmsrried with
Joseph G Bender. and emilia keiFn. inter
married with John n. Bender Of Strzng
Fillmore County. Neh. Casharine KeiIR. in
ter1narried with William Tan5er, Of Duncan
Falls Mnskingura Co. Ohio
You are hereby notified that in pursuance OF a
wri1 81 Partition issued out of The Orphans Court
of Somerset County Pa. and 10 directed, !
will hold an inq1eSi the premises. on the real
estate Of E3iu keim- deed situate IN Meyers
dale Boroagh. Somerset Counfr. Pa. on Monday.
the a day Of Dec next. when and where yosl
can attend II you think pruper-
Sheriff. Ofice. Sheriff
Oct -, 1885. (
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1889.
Harper's S Magazine.
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llolsUSTRATEO.

HnyeTs Asgrziae Is tho most useful, enter
tanning and beantdui periodical in the world.
Among the attractions for 1889 will be a new
novei-an American story. entitled Jupiter
Lights by Constance F. Wcoison illus-
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Abhey a serics Of articles on Russia, ii.us-
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Dominion oi Canada and Characteristic Sc
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its reputation rs an tmequaled family jour
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iasiidiOus taste. Among the attractions OF
the new volume win be serial stories by Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnett. Mr.. Alexander,
William Black and Thomas Hardy. and
series of papers on nursery management by
Mrs Christine Terhune Herrick.
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81 ESEKER & SNYDER.
DEGIsTER's NOTICE.

DEGISTER'S NOTICE.
Notice Is hereby given 20 all persons concern
ed - icgatceS. creditors or Otherwise, that the
following accounts have passed register. and that
the same viii be presented for confirmation and
allowance a. an orphans Court % be held al
Somerset on "wednesday. Der. u, SIS
F3r-f snd fnai account Of Jacob Thompson EN r
OF Jaeot, BeTkey deed.
First and fnal account OF James Rodgers Acmr-
OF Elizabeth Rodgers decd.
First and inai account OF Fred Miller Admr. OF
wm Hauning decd.
fffst and fiusl account Of r. ". Patterson and
Nathan Siahi EXT. of Jno. g. Staiil deed.
Ffrst aud final account of. B. Jennings Admr-
Of Iavina Heinhdugh decd.
First and final account of Henry kldner and
Elizabeth Kister Ext of Leah kidnerdec'd.
First account Of T. o. IIvengoOd one Of the
EXT Of Jacob iivengOod dec a.
First and final sccOut u Jonas l. Ankeny and
Cyrus AnkeDy Admr. and Trustee Of Isaac An
keny deed.
First account Of Jacob l Kaufman and Levi
Soier TX r. Of Isaac Kaufman decd.
Final account nf Alexander beniOrd, Executor
Of samuel Sfah7. 'ieccased
RE6IsTR'S OFFICE JACOB d. sNASh.
Somerset. Nov. Il Register.
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WASR0SC0E C0NKLING' S CASE NECES-
SARILY FATAL.

From severe cold Mrs.. wife - Rev. r l.
was Attacked with severe pain ln the ear and
side Of he head. forcing her 10 seek expert treat
ment. The pain, swelling and effect on the brain
made it plain the inflammation was in The uesisid
seIslraied from the brain fy a wall not thicker
than sheet Of paper The death Of Senator Ros-
cce Conkling from this same Eillieiion caused no
litiie alarm 10 her family and friends Under the
skillfi treatment Of DT Sadlsr. the Eye ant Ear
Specialist so Penn Avenue Pittsburgh, Improve
ment was soon established, which continued -
perfect recovery of both health AMI hearing.
The similar case Of Mr. J. J.. Hunter % 1idi-
cute. Pa. IN vs. hieh the cells had 70 te opened,
ending with perfect recovery, demonstrates the
Doctor skill.
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bought medicine in thirteen States,
but nothing helped me till used Ely's
Cream Balm. In four days I could
hear as well as ever. | am cured Of ca
tarrh as we'll II is the best medicine
ever used,-Garret widrick, Hastings,
NY.
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Anauthor, ri,licu'irg the ides of ghosts.
asks how dead man can get into a iaeS-
ed room. Easy enough. VIII ? sksle,
ton key.
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Ringing Noises.

In the ears sometimes q roaring buzzing
sound are caused by caiarrh, that exceed
ingly disagreeable and very common dis
ease. Los OF smell or hearing also result
fiom catarrh. Hoods sanapariiia. the
great blood purifier, j. peculiarly snc-
cessful remedy for this disease. which it
cures By purifying the blood Ifyoa
suffer from catarrh, try Hoods sarsaparii-
a, the peculiar medicine
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having claims 10 present the same without delay
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The PopuIatIon Of somerset

Is about two thousand, and We wouid
say at least one-half are troubled with
some affection Of the Throat and Lungs,
as those complaints are, according 70 sta
tistics, more numerous than others We
would advise all not 10 neglect the oppor-
tunity to call on their druggist and get a
bottle Of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat
and Lungs. Price 80 cents and 81 90.
Triai s.ss free. For sale by ali leading
druggists.
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FaIsehood may have its hour but it has
no future.
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Lac Woodehuck's surrow.

offensive breath vanishes with the u'e
Of nr. ssge's Casarrh Remedy.
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Ely Bros-I have been afflicted With
eatarrh. ! Purchased q bottle Of your
Cream Balm. Il has effected a complete
cure.-H c. Abbott, % Grant Ave, Al
Ierhenv CITY. Pa.
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Ice in the faee Of an enemy, but call
them for shor5. my leg ea~es. put Is
20 yon sir, Aai leave it 20 you to decide
for yourself, ~ifAlmighiy GOD gives q
man eowardiy iegs. how can ne help
their running away with bin
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HARPER'S PERIODICALS.

P,,sfage frre 70 aR s,lseyibers IN the United
yaies, tailuda and Megico.
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-08
DSouraeFs OF The Widows Acre"

There is q cemetery Dear CerondeleG which
bears thequaint appellasion of "The Widow
Acre" Probably no cemetery about St
Louis receives 50 mNch attention from that
class of nourners as does this They bring
hundreds OF quaint devices as tokens 10 show
that the memory OF the dear departed" is
still fresh in their minds, and that it still
claims some sacrifice from them. The grave
yard is located at Bates and Grayois road,
and saoh numbers Of women in weeds alight
from the South Sixth stteet cars that bus
line h kept busy transporting them. The
majority Of these husband mourners, strange
to say, are young women Some of them are
very pretty, and their rosy cheeks, bright
eyes and smooth, plump forms almost belle
the black robes in which the owners are ar
rayed, but which seem TO enhance their
charms to such degree as to make 1t almost
suspicious that they wear the somber garb
more for effect than anything else.
But the groups are not wholly made up of
handsome, buxom young widows; there ere
ugly old widows and fat widows, monuments
of flesh, which must count good deal in the
mourning balance, because there is so much
there to mourn; thin widows there are in
plenty; in short, every conceivable type of
widow gets off at Bates and South Broad
way There are not wanting characters,
either or widows with histories. Some of
their histories are of deep interest and full of
sorrow, while not few cases are pure affec-
tation. Some go in little parties, and the
moment the incumbent task of refreshing the
little mounds is complete refreshments are
served, and it is jolly party in black that
starts on the return. Many of them, how
ever, weep all the way to st. Louis have
in mind a case where a young widow has
been coming monthly for four years, accom-
panied by an aspiring lover. Together they
water and tend the grave of her husband,
who died two weeks after the marriage cere-
mony. She insists upon postpOning the wed
Aigss day. though tkG cou9la were engaged
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Of mind and Body depends upon the regular,
though not necessarily exclusive, pursuit Of
some practical occupation. Brain workers,
he thought, should follow some mechanical
by-trade, and counteract the one sided ten
denotes of their study by mechanical labor
say, in an amateur carpenter shop, or pri-
vate smithy, Ia Z. j. Burritt; or, better
yet, on little farm, with bit of live stock
and thriving orchard.
Disappointment, oft repeated, undermines
health Us effectually as protracted physical
pain, and for the worry of the vexations
incident to the complex and precarious pur-
suits of modern civilization there is, in
deed, no better specific than the peace of
a rustic garden home. Xenophon's hunt
ing lodge, Felix Sylla's cabbage garden,
Erasmus green house, the patriarch Of
Ferney's home made Eden, with its
pear tree nurseries and refugee settlement,
and even the woodlands and wood piles of
Hawarden, may have enabled their proprie-
tors to outlive the rancor Of their enemies,
and in all secular pursuits the art of survival
is chief secret of success.-Felix L. Oswald
in The Forum.
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Man, Horse and Ring.

The fixed dimensions of the arena comply
with two fold exigence-the requirements
Of the man and the habits of the animal
Both are inveterate wanderers from town 10
town. Wherever they so they carry with
them an absolute identity of movement,
which secures for an exercise its mathemati-
cal and mechanical precision. Neither the
horse, nor probably his riders, know centri-
petal and centrifugal forces, even by name;
but practice enables them to measure those
forces accurately and to keep them In exact
equilibrium with their speed.
In circuses of invariable dimensions, the
artists, biped and quadruped, are every
where at home On the same Identical eI-
tent of sand or sawdust, false movement Is
never made by experienced performers The
horse knows his business and fu.:.I!s It with
out hesitation; he is not put out by having to
act his part under unaccus.OIned conditions.
And he is proud of having acted 1t well.
There are horses VINO take a.. - q yiause
for themselves and want to HIT Ll, ublic
to an encore before it is GS,;ed f,r The
rider may urge them to make Ihc.I g., Ley
will strive to linger before Their ao.A-.'er a
little longer.-Ail the Year Rand