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Give us a trial order. ... a aMDRIESSfN. 4 1SS Fderal SU,Alleitlieny, Pa 42. BILL GETS ISrOlTEOITBLE. I've et a letter, parson, from my son away out West, An my or heart is heavy as an anvil in my hreaitt. To think tho Imy h(e futur I had once so proudly planned Should wander from the path o' right an' come to such an end! I told him when he lea us only three thort years aco He'd find himself a-plow in, in a mighty . crooked row He'd miss his father's counsels, an' his mother's prayers, too, But he said the farm was hateful, an' he guessed he'd have to go. I know lhar's big temptation for a youngster in the Vet, But Ifljelieved our Billy bad the courage to resist, An' when he left I warned him o the ever-waitin' snares That lie like hidden serpents in life's pathway every wheres. But Bill he promised faithful he'd be keerful, an' allowed He'd build a reputation that' J make us mighty proud. But it seems as how my counsel sort o faded from his mind. An' now the boy's in trouble of the very w us test kind! His letters came so seldom that I some how sort o' k no wed That Billy was a-trampiu' on a mighty rocky road. But never once imagined he would lxw my head in shame. An' in the dust he'd waller his or dad dy's honored name. He writes from out in Itenver, an' tho story's mighty short; I just can't tell his mother; it'll crush her poor ol' heart! An' so I reckoned, parson, you might break the news to her Bill's in the Legislatur', but he doesn't say what fur. Denver 1 ost. THE MYSTERIOUS MONITOR. From the Philadelphia Times. Everyoue in the city of Vkksburg was undoubtedly nervous. Although the Confederate forces defending the "iiibraltar of the South" had great faith in the leadership and wisdom of the gallant (itncral l'eniU-rtoii, they were unquestionably worried as to the probable outcome of the siege. A year before the Federal fleets had been triumphantly repulsed in their attempt to capture the city. True, they passed the batteries on the river front, but a great deal more injury was wrought upon them than the indicted. The jubiliaut feeling of victory had lasted for a long time, even until Gen eral Grant bad surrounded Vicksburg; but now it had long since died away. For days and days the Federal army, like some immense snake, had wound its blue coils about the fated city and its environs. Each day new earth works could be secu al ng the Federal lines, and each new breastwork was nearer and nearer the Confederate de fenses. General Grant had assumed com mand early iu April, and later iu the month two determined assaults were made against I'emberton's fortili ca tions, lloth were repulsed with heavy loss to the Federals, as history demon strates. There was a feeling of eiation among the men who wore the gray as long as there was fighting going on, or even the prospect of it; but it had been over a mouth since the last demonstra tion had been made by the Federals. Now, there was nothing but the horri ble waiting and wondering what the wily General Grant was going to do. Nothing definite cojld be ascertain ed. His lines were so closely guarded that it was almost an impossibility to penetrate them, and even when it was done the spies found no one who knew anything of the plans of the taciturn general, who smoked innumerable ci gars and kept his'bwn counsel. There was the knowledge that the earthworks were being advanced nearer and nearer the Confederate lines, and that under the hills there were sapiersan 1 miners tunneling away and placing mines, no one knew where, to be exploded at some indefinite time. Tbe suspense and inaction were trying in the ex treme. Nearly every Confederate sol dier in the outer fortifications felt as though he was sitting on a keg of pow der, to which a lighted fuse was at tached. In Vicksburg matters were reaching very deplorable state. The residents we descendants of those sturdy leorsriaus and Carolinians who so gal- lautly resisted the power of England luring the Revolution. They did not nclude the word "surrender" in their rocabulary. and determined to hold out against the Federals until the pow- r of resistance failed them. Iv.'cry day was one long brazen horror. The Federal mortars up the river dropped a shell or two into uie iowu every lew minutes. The heat was becoming un bearable, for in Mississippi April and May are the two of the hottest mouths of the year. Up the river the federal batteries cut oil' all approach; down the river it was tbe same, and across tne river was a strong garrison of blue. In land the thousands of soldiers under Grant prevented ingress or egress. Tha coil was complete, and there was uo hone of another Confederate army coming to the relief of the beleaguered city. Supplies were getting scanty in deed. A month had passed and uotL- inij had been brought in, while the cit- izvns ana soiuiers w ere uuiwius the the time on the accumulated stores already there. These were almost ex hausted. The milch cows had alt oeeu slaughtered, and starvation or capitu lation stared the defenders in the face. They chose to struggle with hunger a while longer, men iucjt nc in nmle meat. One by one the gaunt army mules were butchered and the oilc ate the blue stringy nesii along with bread made of bran, musty corn meal and bad flour, rather than Bur- render. For davs tbey had been expecting some decisive move on the part of the Federals. It was reported thatacom i.inrd attack would be made by land and water; and a very strong fleet bad been gatlured at Memphis, and it would attack tbe city from me river, while the combined laud forces under omer SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31. 1897. Grant would make an assault from the rear. Between the anxiety, the hun ger and the continua bombardment, the gaunt soldiers of the ill-fated Con federacy were worn down to mere bundles of nerves. On the night of June 23, '63, the city fell into a fitful slumber. Curiously the Federal butteries, both above and below, had been silent all the long op pressive afternoon. Not a shell had been fired into the town. The soldiers could not understand it. They had lecorie so accustomed to the steady bombardment that without the sullen boom of the big guns and the crash of bursting shells Vicksburg seemed strangely still. The pickets were doubled at all the out-posts in expectation of a night at tack, and at the batteries that formed a long line on the heights above the guncrews had made everything in read iness to serve the cannon at a mo ment's notice. The guns were all heavily loaded and the crews were un usually alert. However, nothing broke the stillness save the hoarse bellowing of myriads of bull-frogs in the bayous along the river front. The whip-poor-wills sang their weird song undisturbed, and the night wore along devoid of happening. The watch at IJattery I) was sitting on a big nine-inch Columbian gazing at the crescent moon as it sank to rest behind the willow-fringed banks of the Iyouisiana shore of the Mississippi. He was thinking of his home in far off Georgia; of the dark-eyed "girl he left behind," and of his mother and sisters. He was woullering when hos tilities would cease, when he could see his sweetheart again, and What was that dark object coming so silently down tbe river? Undoubtedly it was something in the shape of a craft, but what could it be? He rubbed his eyes and looked again. He was not certain whether to give the alarm or not. It might merely be a flat boat, and there might be friends on board who hud made their way past the Federal batteries above. No, it was a steamer. From the two funnels was now pouring a dense, vol ume of smoke and lurid flame. Its outlines were becoming visible. Clear ly all steam was being piled on in or der to get by the Confederate guns hur riedly. He looked again; it was a queer-looking craft, one of those moni tors, perhaps that he had heard so much about the Yankees using. Suddenly a tongue of flame was seen to spurt from the monitor and the deafening crash of a heavy gun was heart The boat was now midway be tween the Confederate batteries, and was right before the city," opposite the strongest works. The sentry was paralyzed at such audacity. He jumped from his seat on the big cannon, adjusted a cap and pulled the lanyard. There was a roar that fhook the fort ili cations. The Confederate lines were now aroused. The sleepy gunners tumbled from their beds and to their posts. Just below Battery E opened fire on the enemy. The thunderous jar of the heavy seige pieces was punctuated by the vicious bark of the twelve and twenty-pound ers. The water of the Mississippi was churned into a veritable maelstrom by the bursting shells, the ricocheting solid shot and the the thick hail of can nister. All the batteries were in work ing order and they were all vomiting their deadly hail toward one common centre. From all along the line of al most a mile the hundred cannon were fired at the gunboat as it drifted along with the current. Clearly she was disabled, for no reply was made to the land batters. But they wanted to make the job complete and the cannon were erved faster and faster. The noise was terrific The Federal mortars up the river opened up, as did those below, and began drop ping shells into the city. The flashes from the many cannon as they were fired rapidly cast a red glare through the suffocating haze of powder smoke. Tiic garrison was massed at the outer works ready to receive the supposed attack by the land forces under Grant. But the attack never materialized. The soldiers and officers were be wildered. No one knew definitely what the row was about. The soldiers thought that it meant a simultaneous attack by river and land; and the artil lerymen were of the opinion that the gunboat was sent down the river as a divertisement to draw the attention of the garrison from the defenses in the rear of the city. The artillery fire slackened, and at last ceased. Day was breaking, but the dense cloud of pow der smoke and mist had settled over the river so that nothing could le seen. Everybody was at a loss to account for the demonstration of the night before, and all awaited the result with anxie ty. At last the mist drifted away. There was nothing to be seen. The great "Father of Waters" ran on as si lently, as peacefully as if his bosom had never been torn with shot and shell. There was no gunboat, no wreckage nothing to be seen except the placid water flowing swiftly toward the Gulf. In the later days of the selge tbe "mysterious monitor" formed the topic for innumerable conversations, but a solution of the mystery could never be arrived at Even after the surrender the Federals could throw no light on the mystery. Tbe world knows the result of the siege. On July 4, 1SC3. General Pem berton and his want and famine-wasted soldiers laid dow n their arms, and the stars and stripes waved over the Mississippi from its source to its mouth. The war has been ended nearly a quarter of a century. On the front "gallery" of an old-time Southern man sion on the hills above the river and a little distant from Vicksburg sit a par ty of gentlemen, the guests of the own er of the house, Colonel MerrilL The visitors are from the North, and they have come down at Colonel Merrill's invitation to be his guests while they make an inspection of some lands they contemplate purchasing. Dinner is over and the gentlemen are in a reminiscent mood as they en jiy their cigars. The night is a glori ous one. The moonlight covers every set ESTABLISHED 1827. thing with its silvery radiance and the scent of the magnolias and cape jes samine load the balmy air with a heavy fragrance. In the distance on a hill side is seen the gleam of the marble monuments in the National Cemetery, standing like ghostly sentinels where ten thousand soldiers who wore the blue "sleep the sleep that knows no waking." "The last time I was down in this country I was not accorded such a wel come as I have received this time, Col onel Merrill," remarked one of the visitors, Captain Coke. "I was with Grant, you know," he added. Then war stories became the order of the evening. Colonel Merrill related the story of the mysterious monitor as one of the best incidents of the siege. Captain Coke -listened attentively until the recital was finished. "Now," said he, "I have a story to tell." "Good, good! Let's have it," ex claimed the others. Captain Coke lit a fresh cigar, tilted his chair bock against the gallery rail ing and began. "As I remarked a while ago, I was with Grant in 't3. I was a younster at the time, only 21 years of age and full of life and mischief. I was detail ed with others of my command in some rifle pits above Vicksburg. There were four of us youngsters in the pit nearest the river brink and furthest from our lines. We were all from the same Ohio town and had been in mischief from our boyhood days on up. "The monotony of staying in that hole in the ground and listening to the boom of our mortars as they fired shells into the city was getting unbearable We began to cast about for something to do to amuse ourselves. "There was an old flatboat tied to the bank a little above u one of these regular old Mississippi river scows and a bright idea struck me. One night we cast the boat loose, and the next morning saw it safely tied iu front of our rifle piL Some negroes came near us one day and we 'arrested' them and put them to work telling them that they were to help the United States Government out "There was a deserted negro cabin about three hundred yards away in the midst of an old field, and we stripped it of boards. Then, with the negroes to help us, we went to work to build us a gunboat. It was a fearful and wonderful craft, built iu imitation of a monitor. We found an old cracked nine-inch cannon on an abandoned Confederate earthwork, aud by dint of hard labor aud united effort got it on board. Finally all was iu readiness. The round turret was made of boards and painted over with tar so as to re semble iron as much as possible. Four empty powder kegs piled one on the other furnished the smokestacks. In the turret we had arranged a sort of furnace of old tin and scrap iron, and this we tilled with 'fat pine' and damp cotton, so that it would make a dense smoke and flame issue out of the smoke stacks at the same time. "One of the negroes we had pressed into services hung around the ordi nance officer's headquarters until he managed to steal euouh powder for our purpose. Then we loaded that old cracked cannon to the very muzzle. A rudder was attacked to the boat so it would go down stream without turn ing round and round, and then we were ready to have some fun. A slow fuse was fixed to the old gun, and we then, at the dead of night, towed the 'Terror,' as we named her, out in mid stream. When we got around the bend and in direct range of the Con federate cannon on the heights of Vicksburg, one of the loys touched a match to the pine and trash in the furnace aud I applied a light to the fuse on the cracked cannon. Then we got into our ski IF and pulled for dear life for the shore. "In less than five minutes that old craft looked like a terror sure enough. She was going down the swift current six miles an hour, aud the fire and smoke was jusk belching out of her funnels. Aud then, when she got right opposite the strongest Confeder ate batteries that gun on board fired. "I uever heard such an unearthly racket in all my life as it provoked. As soon as the gun exploded some fel low fired a great big siege piece from the works on the hill, and then the entire Confederate line took it up. Our batteries above aud below com menced shelling the city, and until nearly day it was lively, I'll assure you. But we four young men had a big time and lots of fun scaring the Johnny llebs in Vicksburg." Gakraud Harris. $100 Reward $100. The readers of this p:icr will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional, disease requires a con stitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting direct ly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative pow ers, that they offer Oae Hundred Dol lars for any. case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address, F.J. Cheney A Co., To ledo, O. BraT.-JoId by Druggists, 75c. The Effect of Cold. Little Ike Uncle Bast us, could cold make eberyting git littler? Uncle Itastus Yas it do; cold will contrac'; don't you 'member night 'fo' Ias't Cbris'mas de wood pile of Parson Jones that libs nex' to me swunk up in one night t' next t' no thin'? Little Ike But don't you 'member, Uucle Rastus, how de pile o' wood by de side o' de stove, in de cabin, got a heap bigger? Uncle Rastus Well, 'twas hot In de room, you little idyet; heat make thiu's bigger. . You ain't got de sense yo' was ba'n wid. Log Cain in Which Abraham Lincoln Was Born. Twelve years ago the cabin in which Lincoln was born was torn down, and the logs were hauled to an" adjoining farm and used in the construction of another house. The old farm has prac tically been abandoned, and nearly all the people in the neighborhood had quite forgotton, a second time within decade since the death of Lincoln, that he was born on the "Lim-oln Spring farm," as the place has always been called. The Lincoln birthplace is 54 miles southeast of Louisville. It can be reached from Louisville by going to Elizalethtown, in Hardin county, a distance of 4- miles, and then taking another road from Elizabcthtown to Hodgensville, a ride of 12 miles. The Lincoln Spring farm is three miles from this quaint old town,, on Nolin's creek, directly on the public road lead ing from Hodgensville to Buirklo, a village six miles to the cast. It is a pleasant 20 minutes' drive over a good dirt road, through a poor, but interest ing country. The original Lincoln cabin had been torn down and the materials had teen moved away, as stated by a mail nam ed Tom Davenport, who used the log in his own house. Mr. A. W. Dennett, a New York gentleman, not long ago bought the I)avenjKrt house, recovered the logs, and, after much dilTlculty restored the cabin exactly as it was originally, using the very same timbers, door, window and frames. It occupies the former site, and is much the same condition as it was when the Lincolns left iU The cabin is IS feet long, hi feet wide, and about 12 feet high, counting from the flour to the ridge-pole. There is only one coor and one window the latter an opening 20 inches square. A large oen fireplace, built iu the most primitive way, occupies nearly the whole of one end of the cabin. The chimney is made of small logs, plaeed together just as log houses are built. Inside of It, flat stones placed on the ground made the hearth, and wide Il.it stones placed against the log-i kept the fire within bounds and protected the wooden chimney. Tne inside, from the hearthstones to the top of the chim ney, was thickly dauled with clay. The chimney reaches only half way to the roof of the house, and is rounded off with small sticks. This simple fire place furnished most of the light, all of the heat, aud the sole means for cook ing the meals of the family. The cabin did not have even a loft, or second story, as have most cabins. It wm built by Thomas Lincoln, father of the president, some time about ISO I or 1S-T, and was entirely constructed with an ax and saw, the simple tools of the pioneer?. The clapboard roof was anchored down by small logs, laid lengthwise on top of rows of oak boarHs. There were no nails or hardware. The door-hinges were of wood, and the paneless windows had an inside board shutter, held in place by raw-hide thongs. There were chinks and mud between the logs, aud the puncheon floor was pegged down. It is probable that after Abraham Lincoln's grand father was killed by the Indians at Long Bun Meetinghouse, in Jefferson county, Ky., the family- went further into I he forest and took up a section of lan 1 iu La Bue, then part of Hardin county. Later, to better his fortune, Thomas Lincoln left this farm on Nolin's creek, and settled on knob creek, a dozen miles from Hodgens ville, aud from there he went to In dian v, and later to Illinois. George II. Yenowine, in St- Nicholas. What Zeep3 Women Yoanj. Mrs. Crawford, writing from Athens to Loudon Truth, says: "Greek wo men do not wear well. I a'tribute this to the seclusion in which they had to live under the Turks a seclusion that is still in the manners of the c mntry. What keeps women young is to have minds. They can be intellectual with out being Members of Parliament B it they must have friction with other minds, aud spheres for the display of their talents and the use of their ener gies. Cleverness and philosophy ap plied to the circumstances of everyday life are preservers of fresh aud youth ful spirits and of bodily activity." A War Incident. "There is sime d ubt as to what part the Nineteenth Miin played iu the war, though most of the boys thiuk it put down the rebellion," said Major Parsons, the other day, to a Lewlston Journal reporter. "The fact is, the Nineteenth ate up the Southern Con federacy. They stole pigs, robbed ht n roosts, cleaned out orchards and cel lars and foraged the country so thor oughly that the rebellion had nothing left to feed on, and so laid down and died." Then Al. Wells, of the same regi ment, took up the thread of the story: "We were sweeping along oue day, dining on the fat of the land as usual. Another troop was ahead, and between them and us rode General Hancock. As the General was passing one plan tation, the aged proprietor came out and stopped his party. "General," said he, "I want some sort of safeguard. Those troops that have just gone by stole my pigs lifted my hen roosts and emptied my cellar." "I'm sorry," said Hancock. "Yes," replied the old man, "they stole everything but my hope of im mortality. Thank God, none of them can steal that" "Don't be too sure about that," re plied the General. "The Nineteeth Marine is coming next." While English farmers find it easy to train their sheep to eat out the inside of turnips aud rutabagas on the ground as they grow this practice would never be tolerated here. English winters are so mild that the turnip does not freeze to hurt it Here alternate freezing and thaw ing quickly ruins its feeding qual ities. We doubt whether the method is eeoruieal, even for Eugland. The turnips must be badly soiled in the mud while being eaten, and a sheep is very easily turned away from tne best when there is a little dirt attached to H, era Exalting- Her Ideas of Him. A State street jeweler was conversing with a friend the other day when a large, stylish dressed woman and her daughter, of about 19 years, dropped i n and asked to look at some diamonds. Tho ieweler displayed a try full of glittering gems, and the elderly caller said: "I want to get a stone to match this one. It is to be a present for my other daughter and I want to surprise the dear girl." Whereupon she slipped oft" a solitaire ring which the young , lady wore and handed it to the jeweler. "Well," he said, "I can match the stone, of course, if you -will give me a little time. It is a finer grade than we usually carry in stock." "What will one like that cost?" in quired the woman.' "About $3 M) approximately," he re plied, and the customers, with elHisive thanks, departed. "I sold that ftone a week ago," re marked the jeweler, as he rejoined his friend. "It cost $17. The old lady is simply dying with curiosity to find out what her daughter's engigem.'iit ring cost Ah, there are tricks iu all trades but ours." Chicago Herald. "I was run over by a lumber wagon. Did not expect to live. Was terribly bloated. My friends bathed me with Dr. Thomas' Kclectric Oil, and I was cured. We have great faith in Thom as Kclectric Oil." Mrs. Wm. F. Bab cock, Norvell, Jackson Co., Mich. Why He Died. In 1&57, Mr. Zea, Colombian minister in England, died suddenly. He was insured in various companies, and rumor said he had shot himself. A me.-ting of one of the insurance boards was hi Id, and the directors were talking the matter over, when Dr. M. appeared, who was the company's medical referee as well as Mr. Zen's own physician. "Ah! now you can tell us the true cau-e of Zea's diath." "Certainly I can," said the doctor, solemnly, "because I attended him." H.Te he paused, and was surprised to find that his merely preliminary re mark was hilariously received as a so lution of the whole question. London Household Words. Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup brings instant relief in cases of asthma, bronchitis, and all throat and lung dis eases, down to the very borderland of consumption. When Tea Drinking Started. A pretty legend is told of the origin of tea drinking. Tiie story runs that a daughter of a certain E istern p Hentate wa-i euau r ed of a young nobleuitn, and one day her admirer, without the knowledge of her attendants, presented her w ith a few greu branches. One of these she treasured, and when she reached her apartments, she placed the twig in a goblet of water, there it remained some hours, the object of her tenderest care. Towards evening she was seized with a very sentimental attack, during which the twig had been kept It had a most agreeable taste, and then she ate the leaves aud stalk. The flavor pleased her greatly, and every day, in memory of her admirer, she had a bunch of this tea tree brought to her and ate tbcm or put them in water and drank the infusion. The ladies of the court w ere moved to try it themselves; and did so with such pleasing results that the practice spread throughout the world. Carried for Luck. Many people are superstitious even at the present day, and in spite of our boasted advance iu civivilization, large numbers of both men and women st'll carry charms, cither as a protection against evil fortune, or as a supposed means of encouraging good. One of the latest crazes amougst so ciety women is a charm made frotn a farthing. The coin is pierced in two places. In one place ribbon is thread ed to tang round the neck, and in the other is a set jewel. Burglars and thieves, aud criminals of all kinds, are notably superstitious. Only the other day a thief who was 8euteucd to several years' penal servi tude clung to the last to a piece of coal that was supposed to bring him good luck, and even refused to yield it to the warden who demanded it of him. Notable people are frequently great believers iu omeus. Napoleon Bona parte was one of the most superstitions of men, aud pinned his faith to his lucky star. Lord Byron carried a charm; Gener al Gordon believed firmly in his pre sentiments of good or evil fortune; and General Boulanger, President Carnot, and President Garfield were all tuper stitious. The last named is said to have had a foreboding of his approach ing death, and to have wished bis friends good bye a few hours before he was assassinated. Lawns made on filled-in ground oft en have depressions form as the soil settles. The winter season afford a good opportunity to see these defects and remedy them. When not too ex tensive, soil should be filled in, through which the grass will find its way in the spring. If too deep, re-sodding or sowing of seed may have to be doi.e in spring. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, aud all Skin Erup tious, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale at J. N. Snyder's drugstore, Somerset, or at Brallier'a drug store, Belin, Pa, A fruit plant with roots exposed to sun and wind will die as soon as a fish out of water. 1Q.0 WHOLE NO. 2383. Vinegar Male of Honey. A new product made from honey is a vlnejrar which for excellent quail- I ties surpasses all others. The Belgian chemist, Collard, has examined honey I vinegar which has l-en produced iu the following way. In June, 1S0", a barrel was filled with a mixture of one part honey t ten parts of water. The evaporated fluid was replaced from time to titne by some of the sarins mix ture, and the bung!iole was only cov ered with a metal sieve io prevent for eign matter from enteri ig. This bar rel was left iu the open air during the entire summer of 1 ;, subject to the influences of the sun. In October this was filled into auother barrel, which was completely filled, excluding all air, and the buughole was close!. Iu February of 1.V.W the vinegar was in lrfect condition and ready for use. This vinegar has a clear yellow e-dor, Is perfectly transparent and possesses an exceedingly fr-sh and agreeable taste aud aroma. Collard found at bis examination that this vinegar was pure and of the best quality, only it might have contained a greater amount of acid, which can be done if the quan tity of honey Is increased iu the solu tion, and that of water corresponding ly decreased. The prodactiou can al le made very profitable if done in a less primitive manner; for instanc--, if the temperature were kept up evenly, which would allow a sjieedy fermenta tion, this being of the greatest import ance iu the manufacture of vinegar. Even now the product may enter into competition with vinegars differently in uie. Electric Bitters- Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for any season, but ivr'japs more gen erally needed when the languid, ex hausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of a tonic and alterative is felt A prompt use of this medicine has of ten awrlel lo:r an I periiap-i fatal bilious fevers. No medicine will act more surely iu counteracting and free ing the system from the malarial pi s -n. Headache, indigestion, constipa tion, dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. 53c. aud ier bottle al Snyder's drug store, S meret, or at Brallier's drug store, B -rlin. Xecessarily Slow. An N-year-o'd San Rafael boy was being lectured on obedience. "I told you that you could play with the Wilson boys till 5 o'clock," said his mother. "Here it is 7 and you are just honiii. Why didn't you onie when I told you?'' "I did, mamma." 'Dn't tell me a falsehood. Why didn't you come home at 5 o'clock?' "I s'arted home at -3." 'Then you stopped to play on the waj ' 'No, minimi; sure I didn't" "I) you expect me to U-lieve that it ! k you two hours to walk half a mile? I think I shall have to punish you for telling me falsehoods." 'Honestly, I started home at 5 o'clock and came straight home." The mother led the boy into the kitchen and took down a whip. He turned pale and tears welled Op into his eyes. "Now, sir, will you tell me the truth?" ' Ye-cs, mamma; Charlie Wilson gave me a mud turtle and I was afraid to carry it so I led it home." San Francisco Post. Standi at the Head. Aug. J. Bgel, the leading druggist of Shre-'eport, Lt, siys: "IV. King's New Discovery is the only thing that cures my cough, and it is the best sell er I have." J. F. Campbell, merchant of Saiford, Ariz , writes; "Dr. King's New Discovery is all that is claimed for it; it never fails, and is a sure cure for consumption, oughs and colds. I can not say euough for its merits." Dr. King's New Discovery for con sumption, c.Highs and colds is not an experiment. It has been tried f r a quarter of a century, and to day stands at the head. It never disappoints. Free trial bottles at Snyder's drug store, Somerset, or at Brallier's drug store, Berliu. The Wise Bachelor. The devil might still be an angel if he hadn't got into politics. A man is a fool who marries for love alone; a woman is a fxd who doesn't A woman likes a dg because it is not ashamed to howl when it gets lone some. When a woman boards a train for her weding trip, her ideals fly about as fast as the telegraph poles. When you see a girl that doesn't act ashamed to let you s:ee she wears big shoes, you may bj sure she has pretty feet. T.iere never va a married wo nan who sympathi.i-d with an old bachelor, and there never was a married man who didn'f. I wonder if its better for a nim to marry a woman he loves, but can't be happy with, or one he's happy with but can't love. The rea'.Tcason why women are so down on the Sultan of Turkey is be-cau-e they have beard that be has 7(0 wivts. Bk.xki.YN, N. Y., Dec 10, 19G. MKSSK.S. Ely Bros : I have used Ely's Cream Balm a number of years and find it works like a charm. It has cured me of the most obstinate case of cold in the head in less than forty eight hours from the time I felt the cold coming on. I would not be with out it. Respectfully yours, 2sl Hart St Fked'k Fries. Cream Balm is kept by all druggists. Full size, .Wc Trial size 10 cents. We mail it ELY BROTHERS, oG Warren St, New York City. Safe. "I heard you fought a duel with Parker?" "I did." "Weren't you afraid to stand up le fore a loaded pistol?" "Not with Parker holding it. I'm insured in his tompany." Some Extracts That May be Interest ing, With Comment by a Correspondent. (Continued from last week.) Et'iToit Hm.i.i: In Whig of 31 of February, it is stated that a new post office has been established at Heury Iinlioffs tavern, east of Allegheny mountain, and 1 mile east of Somerset William Ini ho!l U ii a rue. I as post master but uo name is given to the post office. The State banks at this time report SHOO,?!") 00 of speele on baud and a cir culation of f 1S,377.'J. JoM-ph Young, John Ryan and Abraham Pan tor are victims of tho law of imprisonment for debt, and from Somerset Jail give notice of their desire to seek tbe benefit of the insolv ent laws. Tbe commissioners for 1819 appear to have been John Mo toller, Jonas II art z ell and George Meese, with Michael Wilson for clerk. The amount of the tax duplicate cf the several townships was 2,!4.2li. The actual expenses of the county were H.'JlH.W, of which the principal items were : for grand and ettit jur ors, $V; county expense, $l,."i2S.27; elections, (17H.40; road viewing and bridge building, $7(i.41; assessors,! 13. (S; for wolf, fox and panther scalps, $7 2-"i; schooling poor children, !121..T; commissioners' pay, $W; clerk's pay, t'Xi; coroner, fll; uncollected taxts outstanding, !'5,!i.'2.!; cash in treas ury, $ 1VI.02. In the legislature Mr. Hindman, presented a petition for the IncorjH.ra tion of the town of Berlin Into a bor ough. Mr. Kstipp presented 22 petitions for a new county from parts of Westmore land, Fayette, Washington and Alle gheny.al though 77 years have passed hy since that time, this project was unsuc cessful, numerous efforts to carry it out having failed. In 1SU". it was car ried through the legislature only to fall benea'.h the veto axe of the Jov ernor. A bill declaring Stonycreek, in Som erset county, a public highway was passed in the house on 4th February, 1?). (Whether it ever became a law editor is unable to say.) In the LegL-Iature Mr. Ogle, of Som erset, and Mr. I lower had an amusing contnversy about lots and lotteries, Mr. Ogle contended that lotteries were authorized by the Bible and produced the cae of Jonah where they drew lots, &c. Mr. Bower controverted this doc trine of lots aud lotteries being the same thing. On the fourth debate of the bill for the promotion of Agriculture and Do mestic Manufactures, Mr. Hindman, the other member from Somerset Co., spoke as follows: Mr. Hindman said he considered that the passage of this bill would be of considerable advantage to the east end of the state, but a considerable dis advantage to the west, inasmuch as a great part was a wilderness, thinly in h ibited, and farmers had to turn their atentiou toclearing land and improving their farms. This causes them to lab our under difficulty. A number of them are poor, and can not aiford to pay additional taxes iu these hard times. In forming these societies, Tom, Dick, or Harry might become a member, if he would subscribe one dol lar. He could go and slip his band into the treasury of the county, and draw money from it without any se curity, and make a frolic of it In my district, what funds we have to spare we lay out in erecting bt "dges and iu making good roads to pave the way to market Our lauds are fresh; and if become poor, we know very well that they will want manure. If the socie ties that are to be formed, would turn their attention to clearing laud, and would tike their axe and their pick axe and help the people to clear land, certainly it would be a great accommo dation to the farmer. I for my part cau not see any good that would arise from tbe passage of this bill, except draining tbe treasuries of the different counties; and that is not very accept able to the people. I feel somewhat opposed to so many incorporations; and on these grounds I am opposed to the passage of this bill: John Kurtz, county treasurer, adver tises the unseated land list for ls20, which covers 161 tracts of land in the different townships. Richard Green, of Addison town ship, otTers for sale a lot in Ream town, on which is erected a hatttr shop, ic -(Where was Reamstown?) Chauncey Forward, Esq., represent ed Somerset county in the Lewi-ton convention, held on the 7th March 1S2Q. This was a Democratic Republi can convention. William Findlay was re-nominated for Governor. An Electoral ticket in favor of James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins, for President and Vice Presideut, was also named. The general appropriation bill, as passed by the House of Representa tives at Harrisburg, contained an item of $4 ,000 for the Somerset, Bedford A Washington Turnpike Co. George Pile and John Kurtz, of Som erset, Rud Peterson, of (juemahoning, aud liernard Connelly, Jr., of Turkey foot, were appointed Justices of the Peace for Somerset county. The same number of the "Whig" contains the announcement of the death of George the Third, King of England, which took place January 2! ls20; while the succeeding Issue contains full particulars of that event, as also of the death of the fourth son, the Duke of Kent, who was father of (iueeu Victoria. This issue also contains the vote in detail on the final passage of the bill since known as the Missouri Compro mise, in tbe House cf Representatives. The vote stood 90 for the bill aud 87 against it Gen. Robert Philson, the congressman from this district, voted no. But two acts of assembly relating t Somerset county were passed at the legislative jessiou of ISIS-20, viz: An act declai ing Stonycreek a public high way, and another act prohibiting the holding of fairs in the borough of Som erset. The issue of April 1 aunounces the death of Rev. E. H. Fredman, in bis 32d year, at Bedford, Pa., minister of the German Lutheran congregation at that place. He had previously been minister of the Somerset congregation. Rev. D. J. II. Kiefer gives notice that at noon ou S.it unlay, April 22, 1S20, the church near the resilience of Mr. John Geohart, Sr., in Milford, would be consecrated, and that an En glish sermon would be preached in the after part of the day. This was prob ably a German Reformed church, and most likely was the old church at New Centreville. That Hood's Sarsaparilla purities the blood and relieves a vast amount of suffering is not a theory but a well known fact .r f 1 J t i o 'A i
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