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MIN INGfJf**. JOURN A L
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AN INDEPENDENT PA I’EIF
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Kxthas I Monk Store. ..I< lll n ni'.ii>
r I*. <. . . Mi- l.\ \ \ ;
Cents a Kopy at I k •.i >: > ..D\ v1- I'i;- • ~
1< >f> I iR<) A I >\VA V.
Fni'.iliiii'u, Md Si pti'iniM i l';,
Fi'Ve Men
And a. HcinK.
I By DONALD ALLEN
< “l>'iri[iht, . !>>/ A. .1. U/n/He-e/ £
“Verndon A Small, Banker-. was
the sign over the oiliest and what was
considered tlie -fam-he-t hank in tin*
western j.ni t of ti.• -i.it.-, i!,.• -in.
being situated at Poolsville Tin* hank
had been in existence for tiiirl.v year-,
had weathered all pan'. . and dep -s
itors Believed it to he as sound as the
government treasury it-. If.
For a quarter of a eentury the hank
was conservative, confining itself to
safe investments and taking no ri -K ~
Then Small died, and li'.s son Will i: i
succeeded him. William was thirl.'
year- old and had made nmne; in
speculation. Verndon had come to l>*
considenihly over tifty and was infill
eneed hy the younger partner to take
sil< h risks as lie never before had
thought of. Inside of two years the
hank was pi Pur
ing the last year llmre was not a week
when it was safe from eoi plete wreck.
It did business only on its record.
When the partners came to realize
that any day n glit pm- pit it** the
crisis each began to prepare f.>r it. In
those prepar tions iln x did n>t 1
each other into eoiifiden -e. In fact,
they did their best to deceive on.- an
other.
A man from ( hi. aao who .was tak
ing a little ti ip over the eoiintrx for the
benefit of his health stooped at Pools !
ville and the I nk one dax to g• ? ,ji: |
money changed. He ].. ....■■! a!• mt h a
and saw that a couple of em.-rpi ,g |
burglars would have little triable in
making a haul. lie hung around for a
day. making a few Holes, and then
went hack to Chicago for hi< tools of
trade and his friend Mile.
Patrons of the hank xv.-re slid de
positing with old time confidence, and
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Tilt: PlNClir.ns Wl HI \l:oi I To < I.OSl’. ON
MU. V I UN DON S I A it.
that night the vault contained upward
of $-0.1 no. This was n - great sum. hut
it would assist a e aiple of p -or an 1 en
terprising burglars to pay their wax to
New Voik and hang mound for awhile
in search of further eirplnyment.
Tin* genth*:aeii of tin* jimmy were
getting ready to begin work when a
footstep was heard outside, instantly
followed by the rattle of a key in tie
door. Filter Mr. Ycrndon, who had
shut the door behind him and was
about to strike a match when lie was
seized from either side, Hung down,
tied and gagged before lie knew where
he w as.
lie was only well disposed of when
there came other footsteps and a see
oml key rattled. Tin* burglars sta
tinned themselves as before, and they
had equally good lueF in tripping up
young Mr. Small. He was propped up
against tin* wall beside his partner,
and burglar No. 1 lighted a cigar and
said to burglar No. *J:
“Fight up. Mike, and have a smoke.
No telling h w many m me fellers are
due, and we must he ready to aeeom
modate all.”
A quarter of an hour pas el away,
and they had aim .d finished their
cigars when the third and last caller
appeared. Ue objeete 1 to being kno k
ed down and tied and gag :e|, but the
Chicago burglar is ever obstinate in
carrying his point. When h • was
placed against the wall the official s’afl
of the hank was present M Vei n ion,
Mr. Small and Mr. White, h • latter
being the cashier. <)f cours** tin* rush
ier knew tin* financial state of the hank
as well as the partners.
“Now, then, gentlemen.” said Bur
glar Bill wlien theaudiiMi e xvas assem
bled, “some explanations seem to he in
order, and 1 shall remove the gags that
you may make them. Should any of
you seek to take advantage of my
kindness of heart a clout ox er the head
will make you feel dizzy for a month
of Sundays to come. Old age has the
/reference. Speak tip, old gent, and
tell us wliy you are here this eveti’ng.”
“As we have no watchman. I g t to
worrying about things down here,'* ex
pin hied Mr. Verndon.
“And that's what brought me down,
too.” added Mr. Small.
“And me. too,” said the cashier.
“Very natural, gentlemen very natu
ral -only the xvliole three f you are
lying about it Mike, you'll find a pair
of pinchers in the outfit. Pass ’em over.
When I have given the old gent’s ear
t few pinches the truth will rise to the
PETER THE GREAT.
f ••for* SltotYM Tlmt the old
of It ti mm tit Won ii >loiiNt<*r.
Years ago. xxdien a loxv standard of
; morals prevailed, the epithet 'Treat '
was bestowed upon any monarch who
j xx on battles and enlarged the territory
and le-oiiices of hi- kingdom. ItuuUter
, ed little then 1 > the histurian what might
. ; he a king's private character, provided
i lie made his natim formidable by its
brute strength and full treasury. Even
if Lie xx as a bail man they eulogized
him as a g> >d ruler. Peter 1 of Bus
! sia is eajled IVier the t liv.it he
r cause lie transformed a barbarous into 1
• a semiharhar-ois nation. But no one
ran noxv read the following summary -
of his character without a feeing of
I disgust. Voltaire, in his “Philo-oph j
teal I het iomiry.” says that "Peter xvas
| | half hero a>ud half tiger." Macaulay j
declares that “to the end of his life he j
lived in his palace like a hog in a sty, j
and xx hen he xvas entertained hy other
sox ereigns never failed to leave un j
equivocal proof that a savage had been j
there."
Peter, xvhen the fit was on him, lit
erally caned everybody from his cook !
to his counselor, from the meanest i
peasant to the highest noble sparing j
neirln r age nor sex. IF* would get up ]
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Miscellaneous Advertisements.
, - Till'.
(iiiiilH-rliiuii l-rt'wini: l in|ian\'s
, I'A Mill s
. BEEKS.
i- rdingoco,
' ; ‘ ERLANGER,
•V. -T. b* - 5
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l'’oi' sale 1)\- KK’KI). W'KI IN'KK, Xirent,
•'i-nlKliusi i:i'i.-<; mu
ZIMMERMAN'S,
A(i b]N Tr FS
| Cumberland, Frostburg and Lonaeoning
koi; ti 11-:
G-R-rEQ-A-T
Dorothy oUft r
ODD fcj d ii tl L
WO/i\EN.
• I;il. Jl
tf • like civnm on h Jersey cow’s
i
A flic pinchers were about to close on
Air. \ . tii :oii*s c;i r lie expki ine.l tli.it In
n\ .' ■i 1 t > ;i; 11 ■ 11 ■ 1 his * x |I; I li;i I ion. lie
li.'.'l til-night >| going on ;i little jour
Ile\ in 1 I. > I . . • .mwii to the hank
to )!d\ it |e h! msr I f with money.
"Veil I'hiiniil o!.l robber!” hissed Mr.
Small in his partner's ear.
‘ I■ i't g- ! c\. ;!•■ I." earn . , | |hir
glar I’.ill. “1 will n>w take your some
what prominent nose pet ween the jaws
of the pinchers and see w I ni effect ;
g-'ll'le Squeeze o|* two will have.”
The effect was all that a burglar
could hope for. Mr. Small also amend
c 1 his explanation. I le. too. cmi m
plah d a little joitrmw and wanted the
cold rash to pay expenses.
‘A m miserable thieves;" hissed the
cashiet* at both part tiers.
“Your turn now.” remarked Hill as
In* reached the end of the line. "Speak
your little piece jor look out for
squalls.”
“You go to;”
“Spunky, ehV Well, let’s see. 11l
take a fat piece of your cheek in the
pinchers and see if it won’t oil your
tongue a hit.”
'I lie cashier w as game, Imt he had to
sit in and acknowledge that In* had
hoen anticipating a trip to Kumpe.
“A nice state of affairs!” said Hur
tflar Hill as lie sat down facing the
Hao. ”Yoiir kind are always railing
about my kind, and you cuter into
combinations to make us trouble, and
here you arc to rob the public and
emh other. Mike, we ought to feel
like Sunday school children beside
such men as these.”
“Mrc of the pinchers might make
them sec the error of their ways,” re
plied Mike.
”\\ e shall have to send ’em some
tracts as soon as we get home. l>on’t
let me fowget it. Just now 1 want
the lows to the vault. It seems that
each of the Hiree has one.”
As Mr. Verudun was the handiest,
he was laid on his hack, his pockets
searched and the key found. It was
not d ilheiilt after that to get the
money.
“Aice state* of affairs this,” said
Mike when he had counted the pack
ages. “Oldest hank in ten counties
and supposed to he as safe as the
rock of Oihraltar. You fellows have
wrecked it and conn* here tonight to
sneak away with the pitiful balance.
Well, b\ < Jeorgc! I have had a few
twinges of conscience since I tunas!
burglar, hut I shall have no more.
What shall wo do with ’em, Mike’:” |
"I.et ’em live on to work in brick- 1
yards by the month.”
“Maybe we can’t do better, l’ut in I
the gags again and we’ll he off. I
shall lay this ease before a t'hieago *
preacher and offer him .SI,OOO to give j
his congregation a sermon on it. We
will leave the precious scoundrels here j
to keep each other company and make
* t
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from the table and flog the host xvho
xvas entertaining him. He xvould stand
nt the door of the senate iiouse and
flog each scmi'o, that went in. Lefort
xx.is an intimate and trusted friend,
>• t on sig 1 11 provocation he wan
knocked down and brutally kicked by
his imperial nn*!e:\ But all this flog
ging was in the xvay of recreation.
When pet r 'meant business.“ it was
a more ser m - matter Incredible ns
it max -e t is nevertheless xvell
anthe ii< ate 1 that one of his own sis
ters it is - i 1 more than one received
100 Mr -he nf he whip on her hack in
j the J re e ee of the xx hole court.
In 1 hi A ! < . . his only son xvlio out
lived nf.in• -\ . was for some offense of
no gl e it seriousness sex era 1 times tor
ture ! j: tli • pi * en e of the diabolical
j father an ! a the end died either from
the e:;'c t ~f t’ • t -nne or hx assassi
natii.n. lor synipathlzing xvitli Alexis
j the Prim - - Holi'syn, the bosom com
panion of tile Fmpress Katherine, xvas
public!; whipped hy soldiers For thtf
same re i- at the brother of his first
i wife. Fudoxia xxliom he had throxvn
j p*i-on xvas tortunsl and then
j t-rn in | e on the w lie 1 Nothing
e\er told of \e”ii is more horribly gro
■ t(*squo than t iis. ; t this man, or tuoii-
Me raf e . is paraded before the xvorld
! as peter the I ; e 1 1
Real Estate Sales.
12 percent. Investment
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12 Rooms—6 on Each Side.
( \l\ I. Y located I .trim Park Yard . ,
* A I lr\ in rear S|,|,. I iitr.itir. . Sewerage
I’uil lina |i art irally new. Price SJ.euo.oo
Ihmts S_'u (HI moiit !i.
0. P. MILLER & CO..
( I’M MKKI.A x 1 ),
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Heal Estate Advertisements
lAI \ I > most interested readers in the
mini \<; ,i< >1 i;n \ i,
Miscellaneous Ai/irerfisemenfs.
eojviE jpi
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ajt .
11‘iirli r it I l'i|i rin nt
/ \ I’’ our Store and look at tin* I
* / many 1 lamlsome Pieces of I
Furniture S
I here displayed, and when you I
admire their beauty remember n
t hat I hey w ill look t\\ ire as ■
handsome in your rooms. rj
1 1 hit we lie lint rely alo||* oil H
attractive line of I
! Parlor Furniture |
at half price of the good* to B
whirh we are calling attention, B
but tbey would be “shabby B
genteel in a little while.
B Jy* These are strong and EJ
durable.
lee 12
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New Advertisements.
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Something
i
I Worth
j Seeing
IT 11 H uihnniv ”iianl of
urn' tall slock lias ar
l iveil, ami is n|> to oar
c\pedal ions in e\ ei'v de
tail.
I'i' er\ day for l lie ne\ i
I month will briii”- more
and more to onr store :
t hell We u ill have oil dis
|‘l a \ the Largest. Finest,
ami most Fp-to-Date line
at I lea nli fn 1 Fnniitniv
ever seen in ('nmberland. j
I'll is 1 1 i s 11 1 a \ Fine and j
Medinm-< I rade I' n mi- !
t nre will he w orth com -
ill” to see. and besides
t here’ll lie a mn It it tide of
”i-m runs values t hat can
not lie e<|naled an\ where.
“WAIT
AND
SEE”
IFLURSHUTZ & SON.
“THE FURNITURE MEN,”
No. 19 N. Centre St.,
CUMBERLAND.
I
*xj>l;inntions to the public In the morn*
ing.”
Within :m hour, however, the cash*
ier worked himself loose and then
gave the others their liberty, ami th
three went home. Next morning a
I whole state was astounded by news
of a great hank robbery. The robbers
had made a clean sweep, and the
bank of Verndou ,V- Small must close
its doors. Mike and Kill could have
told a tale, but t’hicago men, ami
especially t'hieago burglars, realize
1 that sileiiee is Ridden. Besides, they
were too busy preparing for their trip
to the east.
AO /Voirn&l Story Por
Little FolKs
Mr. Bear Is Duped
1 un a very warm spring day. when
the woods wen* more attractive than
the dusty highroad. Mr. Fox and Mr.
Bear, who at that time were great
. | mms. set out to pay a call on the
barnyard dog. They hail dressed tln-m
--| H*lves in their best Sunday clothes,
j for Miss Barnyard !><g was a great
belle at that time and also knew the
i way into the lien yard and had been
known to treat her friends to many
chicken dinners. As they trudged
along both began t<> grow very h>t
and dusty, and the line clothes they
wore did not help to make them more
comfortable. Mr Fox began t won
der how he could get rid of that heavy
coat of his, for it made him weary to
carry it.
1 have It." he whispered to him
self. “Make old man Bear carry it
| for me."
“1 say!” he said to Mr. Bear. “Bet
j you a ham bone 1 can run to the
I stump In the woods over by the pond.
| back of Farmer Brown’s. In five min
utes.”
‘‘Taken,” said Mr. Bear. "You can’t
i do It.”
‘Tarry my coat and I’ll show you,”
cried Mr. Fox.
Mr. Bear meekly took the coat and
i Mr. Fox was off on the Jump, lie ran
j|# V7-\ /
IIK (A Mi: Id Mlt Kit INO AM)N(i.
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I through the meadow past tin* hill,
down the valley Into the wood, jumped
! Into the pond and had a good cool |
! bath, smoothed out his hair nicely, put
on his clothes, ami then, seating him
j self on the stump near tin* cool trees,
he waited for Mr. Bear.
‘‘Bather warm,” remarked Mr. Fox.
"You seem weary.”
‘‘Tired to death,” Jerked Mr. Bear
crossly, “but 1 won the ham bone.”
"Fxcuse me, Brother Bear,” said Mr,
Fox cunningly, taking his coat and
starting for Miss I log’s; “it’s no race.
You forgot to take the time of start*
| lug." and, with a wink, lie was off.
Boys and girls, don’t forget to look
j after the little matters In life and be
very careful who Is your partner.— j
I Pittsburg Idsputch.
Miscellaneous Advertisements
vV i 2 YI-ARS 01.1) V&4O
- FINEST....PUREST
In “Whiskey
jjr| J| ALL RYE.
||p|| Bottle
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Al.li Ill’-TO-IIATK DKAI.KUS.
Maryland Vj
Dec 17
4IfIXOPHENE.iI,
fHi mi-;
Painless Extraction ol Tedh.
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\ i:<ilin:\i: wil. I t i \-i*l vh -1 r- .y all
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lt is applied t.. 11 in - ."..that there i- no
more need of inludinj pois.mmis drill's ieh
as < ’hloroform, Et her, < ias, eti i ; . •. -. • j - 1.
inn one'* life. <>r, at best. impairing one's
health. It ran In* used up"ii anyone. even
those sulln inn nn i l l i heart di-ease, lung
trouble or nervous <l-hi lit \ whether yoimn
or old. Presi rvation of the Natural Teeth,
and < rowii and Bridge W’oi k a specialty
J. C. PFEIFFER. D.D. S.
March lift
Advertisements,
/ 1 I:N l:!: \I. or SPI <I \ I a pp* ar in text
' I more a. .nrate|\ and m l\ pe more at
tractively in the Minin-, .1 ui;n\i than in
any ot her paper.
Save Your Vloney
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J. 11. IIITCIIINS.
\l.l. in fori 11 at ion com erninn rates, routes,
change "I - ears ami time of t rains cheer
fully furnished. March JO
Have Yuki a j souse
That is Not I iisiu-etl P
If So, You Should Phice a Policy
On It To-Day,
Or To-Morrow Before You Dine.
\ r <>r should place tin risk, too, with
1 standard companies, such as are avuila
hleat the |). I*.
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April iinj KKOBTBUKG, MU. *
ALTERING A PICTURE.
Wli> (lie ( ImiiKf l>l \ot rinisc the
Original \rlis|.
Ail ;iilis| w: i s talking about the noted
(■crniun painter Adolf von Men/.el.
"Non Menzel," he said, “painted tin?
clearest and most distim-t of pictures.
Fverytiling witli him wus worked out.
to tlie hist It lir. .N dhing was ever sug
~e led \\ h suggested. sketchy, illl
I‘T' : l i i ';>• pie'ii.c. h(* h;id lio sym
puli ;i * was railed lh* Meissonicr
of < i . nia n. .
"In .i <1 - u • i hi of a certain inipr*s
si'* 11 . -i - v;i air. unintelligible work 1
on e he. ,li \ .ill Veli/.el sa\ :
"'I 'h: ' mHI .Ml ! lie ill sdd to the
I "iin'u • two \r,irs ago one of his
lan i rapes. The countess after she had
had the land ape a few weeks tired of
*l. and to an ilher artist who dined
Willi her o e iii lit she said :
I thin:, the new piet li t* Ilia I 1 lerr
Markin ini - dd me larks animation. It
need life in it Would Von he willing
t" paint f me a man or woman oil
that road that runs through the mid
I I ley*
‘■‘“Why. surely, madam.” said the
second painter And he took the pic
ture home with him. made tin* addition
and returned it the next morning.
‘‘ Liter, meeting Markhelni. In* said:
“* ”1 laid the audneity to alter a
landsrape of yours the other day. It
was tin* landscape you sold the fount
ess X She wanted a figure in it, and
to oblige her I painted an old peasant
walking down the road.”
\Marklieim frowned.
“ ‘ ‘‘The road?” In* said. “The road?
I don’t remember any road in that pie.
lure.”
<>li, yos, there is a mini.” said
the other.
1 ‘ain't recall It,” said Markheim.
“Finally. to settle the matter, they
went to the house of the eoiintess and
Mood before the picture.
1 here.” said .Markhcim's brother
artist “there is your road, and there Is
my old peasant walking down it.”
‘‘‘“Fool,” Markheim cried, “what
have you done? That is not a road in
tin* renter of my work. It is a liv
er." ’ “San Francisco News Letter.
Rural Delivery Notes
The rural free delivery will cost the
government over for the
present fiscal year.
Rural routes are being ordered into
effect at an average rate of about ttUO
a month.
The greatest pressure for the con
tinuance and extension of tin* service
is coming from the southern states.
I here are pending 1. 70 s petitions for
new service, as against 5,170 similar
f *t it ions on tile one year ago.
Miss Fttn M. Nelson, driver on route
No. .*{ of the rural free delivery from
the Pittsfield LMi*.| office, who has held
the position since Sept. 15, lPO.'t, lias a
record to he proud of. Since begin
ning her duties with Fnele Sam she
has not missed 21 day from her duties
and has traversed her route of seven
teen miles, sunahiuc or storm, with
the exception of two days, when she
substituted on mute No. 1 In the ah- f
sence of the driver. t
Banks.
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CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
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DAVISSON A I.MSTKI >NO, I’rrM.lnil
l'’l! AN K WATTS. Caslilrr
Capital
\ Siirplusaml C lit! i\itlrtl I'roliis fDJ.ooo
| r iMiis r. \nk days
Iliicc Pci Cent. Interest
ON II M L 1) I*: IMS ITS.
Foreign I* xchaug*- Bought and Sold
Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent.
in kkctouk :
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April As
Railroad Schedules.
Georges Creek and Cumberland
\<A I I jl<( )A1 >-
I \ AILV Sundays lArcplcd, emninene
I ' ing September Ih. lsiiH
' L N I It A I. S I A ! I()N Chi iiihcrhind
OUTWARD HOUND Tit A INS.
Leave ( muhcrlund... 7 *Mi a m j Loo p m
A Megan v< • rove 7 L’< ain | I :’n pin
<'larysvilh* .. 7 .'( ain | l:.(ipm
Vale Sum 111 it . 7:15 ain I I L> ni
M i< ILa 11 < 1 iunc'n a in I ‘J;U7 p in
Arrive Lonacomng .. . H:ln ani j 2 1.5 p 111
From liOiiaeoiiing.
I <eave Lmiaeoning . In l. a m 115 pm
M idland jiine n In .It ain I dp u
Vale Summit In In a in slnp in
<*larys\ ille in .51 a in | .5 _*l pin
A I legan v Prove 11 In ain -in|> m
Arrive < uinbcrlaii'l. II to a in | 0:00 p ni
I Dili’s Lock exeursioiii.-tN take eil her the 7
a in or 1 pm train at ('iiinherlainl, and return
t" ( ’ninhi-rlaiHl by the n 15 p in t rain at Vale
Summit
< 'arriageservice between ValeSuinmit and
Fan’s Koek may he secured by applieal ion a
'lay ill iidvanee at the Washington street
otiice ol the t•. I '. and <lt. ('<•., < tiinherland.
JA MKS A. M ILIIOLL AND,
General Manager.
Kent. 24
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r M l * allow anyone to look in vain through
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