"Somerset Herald. I0C SjiTABMSHED 1827. ycTm of Publication. Wedueedaj morning at : . slri -Is . .i.iu will be discontinued nnUl ""' ...... re iul UP- Postmasters ne- m'v u. when iubecriberi do not " -"k-v n-Hiovlns ttom one postofflcs Vo T ''" '1,, the .re-eut office. Address jugnoMUBUrrHuAUi, BOMKaSCT, . . I ..iv 111 UIP UKIIW Ul MW ry F. V.1 . v'L v.vtary public A boiuenet. Pa. A bouicrael. Peun'a. ei.iiuMeatohis care will be at " u woiupuieasaiid uueiity. . WAl.KER. c. K Ti'Oi: tY-AT-LA W. ... . v in - til tr i m l'. Si'l'LL, M 0. i;0 r ourUi bu, Pituburg, Pa. J. . ..i-i-v i CKItKLEY. SMiuiL'iM.-t, Pa. c holukrt, 41 . VT-I.AW. A. im imt TM-L. Pa. 03i w tu- Cook bVcriu, Blocs, upstairs. boiuerset. Pa, 'KEU W. KIUSECKER, Smiii-rnel. Pa. UJSiii l'raiuns "',U! ltow- "l'l"0'1 Court tsoiuerael, Pa. J KuOER, , AliuiNEV-AT-LAW, bouiuroct, Pa. t.lL-Ml J.G.OtiLE. I'UU.YIZ o: OGLE, SxIUiersct, Pa. u . Vf iir.piupt attention U buMue en-tm-:r iu.v iu.iucrsel aU.KMUiu Z OUloe IU 111 '1 1U! 1SW. oppOhlU) v.uknt:ni: hav. a- u u. uav. UV i HAY, Aiio.i-MiYS-AT-LAW, Ajo1kTi11 Estate. Will "It-uJ U is. ml mini u iithUin Willi invuivt- JUiiN H. L'HL, All uUJ EY-AT-LA W, SuuiiTM-t, Pa. Will pp'!"1'-.i' attend to all bw f libs, ic vdiix in MauuiioUl tiiucK. TUHN O. KIMMEL, -J A 1 1 -lt 1 1 -AT-LA w , tsuuirnict. Pa. A -i; a! nJ u all business euirucuxi w u- c n'i'a.imi l ;iua atUoiuiUB cou-.t-ii. witu l -'.ii,, i ii,i. nt. oilMjtou luialmx in trs aiir lUroUi . Oruci-rj SUre. J.VMH-5 L. I'l'CiH, All uU t Y-AT-LA , rSouientet, Pa. (.)! in Mi.iiuiKith Block, up ulaiis. Ka ir .m -M.ii. I'rw lrw-u lillcUu tuu vlllrtl, lilltkauiiutl,aud ail kr. i.u.1 11.1 luuacU u Willi ptuuipuieau A. J. CULB i'.N. L CXiLBOKJJ. I ATOK-NiVS-AI-LAV, feouierM-t, Pa. All buu c-i.trusted lo our care will be nuu('iit ami iniiuiully :u-uUl lo. Colleo .ia uJut- in .xiiM-racU !Ji.oil aud adjoiu couuiitT.. .urvi:ii iUl couvtryaucuuj L. HAKIl, AlfoKSEY-AT-LA W, bouicniet. Pa. Will prartiif in Somerset aud adjuiuing uull. Ail liLMiina ruiruslcd to Uiiu will avcivc rtiuiii uiUruliou. A U. IVI-1 UUI li. W. H. KCPPEL. wmwrii ot HUWEL, V AnijKNhVS-AI-LAW, bumerwrt. Pa. All buMiiti -nlrusU-d to their care will be l"rl:.) miJ (juurluaiiy alUrudl to. uUice ou il-.u Cru. kUVL-l, opuuuus jiauuuolii LimC JV. CAKOTHEIIS, M. D., 1'HY1C1.-S ASU&LllOtON, tjouicnet. Pa. OS re ou l'ulnc. Street, oiipur&ite U. B 4ir. cailis at olfice. DIL I F. SHAFFER, TUlsKlAN AKUSL'BGEOX, SouH-met, l'a. Iaurre Uii. pnfeKional nervicen to Uie cill- lo. ui Mimwi aud VK-iuity. OlUce corner l run aud 1'ainot slrect. D!L J. M. LOUTIIER, PHYSICIAN ami SUIIOEON, l2c ou Maiu .ireel, rear of Dru store. D 11 H. S. KIMMELL, IViiiL r-. ins iimft-Ksional nen icw to tbe CiU--iifc :ijtf-t aud viciuily. l'iitw pro--..'ijui y t tisag In-can be lound at Ilia of ta ou iUiu su, h-inl ot Uiaiiioud. D H. J S.McMILLEX, or'lunU; in UeutlKtry.) iiivir sc'i attention to Ue prtwervation of li. t au teeth. Arutieial aeta iuaerted. An "It.iiii r ur.;iranieTl aaUnlaelory. Uttlee In it i. . n r m r L. 11. liavm A Co'a a lore, euiat: M.i crckk and Patriot klreela. C. H. COFFROTH, Kimeral Directxr. OfBot bUi Main Cross SL Rosideuoe, 340 Patriot St. pUXK B. FLUCK, Land Survej'or M SJIMNU ENGINEEB. Ustle, I"a. Oils! Oils! At'antic rUttning Co., Pittsburg tiepart ""'t, fnuburn, Pa, nukes a i-p-uilty of luauuuirturiiig lor tbe iKiuiealic trade Uie lineal brand of laminating & Lubricating Oils Npiitha & Gasoline, !u.t can be made from Peuoleam. We chal leuceconipariiion Willi every known Product of Petroleum If yon wiah tbe meet uniformly Satisfactory Oils -LN THE -Ajnerican 3arket. lor our. Trade tor Somerset and Tidnl ty (applied by COOK KEERTTS and EH.EASE4 K CKISER, boineraet, Pa. 1 VOL. XLV. NO. Scrofula Face Broke Out With Sores-Weak and Sickly Until Hood's Sarsa parilla Made Him Well. " My little eon Was afliictod with scrof ula sores and be was weak and sickly. Oar physician recommended Hood 'a Sar saparilla and I bought a bottle. Before be had taken all of this bottle his face began to break out with fores and one side of his face was nearly all or solid sore. I continued giving him Hood's Sarsaparilla until he had taken tw o bottles. The sores were then healed and he has been wetland hearty ever since." Z. V. SMITH, Big Shanty, Pennsylvania. 'Everything I ate seemed to produce gas In my stomach. I was growing worse and friends advised me to take Hood's Sarsa parilla. When I had taken four bottles I was able to eg- snj feci no distress. I could attend to my household duties with out tbe fatigue I formerly felt." ADA McVicear, White Hall, Pa. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is tlie Best in fact tbe One True Blood Puri fier. Price 81. six for fa. lie. sure to get Hood's. Hru-iVc tS lie tasteless, mild, erfoc IllrUUS THIS tivp- All dnipi?it- -THE First National Bat Somerset, Ponn'a. o Capital, S50.000. Surplus, S26.000. o DEPOSITS RCCCIVC. IB LARGE ANOSMALL AMOUNTS, PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS Or MERCHANTS, FARMERS, STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED -DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CHAS. O. SCULL, UEO. K, 8CULL, JAMES L. PUtiU, W. H. M1LLEK, JOUN IL SCOTT, IiOBT. S. bCULL, KUEU W. BIESECKER EDWAKD KCULL, : : PRESIDENT. VALENTINE HAT, : VICE PUESIDENT. HABVEY M. BERKLEY, - CASHIER. The funds and securities of this bank are se curely protected In a celebrated Corliss Bcb OLAKPnoorSAFE. The only safe made abso lutely burglar-proof. The Somerset County National BANK OF SOMERSET PA. CitakiiilM. 1S77. OrnbH(llitlssal,1890 CaDital. - $ 50,000 00 Surplus Undivided Profit, 23,000 00 Assets, - - 333,03333 Unas. J. HarrLjon, - President. Wm. II. Koontz, - Vice President. Milton J. Tritta, - - Cashier. Geo. S. Harrison, - As3't Cashier. XT Directors . Wm. Endsley, Chas. W. Snyder Josiah Specht, II. C BeeriU, John II. Snyder, John Stuflt, Joet-ph B. DavU, Harrison Snyder, Jerome Stuflt, NoaU S. Miller, Kam. B. Harrinon. jvi.v..w vlll MMiv.1h,mrt mnomenoi urai" ' . . " . ' liberal IreatmenteoDKintent witlisafe banking. Parties wistiiug to send inouev east or weot can be accominoaatea uy aian. lor j anMiunt. , , . Money and valuables secured by one of Die hold's celebrated safes, Willi uiuat Improved lime lork. . lollectlona made In all part of tbe United Stales. Charges moderate. AOCOUnU UIU uejaiM muwwCT. A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE, and everything pertaining to funerals furn ished. SOMERSET - - Pa Jacob I). Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Door West of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa. MBSBjaaBBHsfaaaBBBBBBB I Am Now pi -ed to supply the public with Clocks, Watcher and Jew elry of all descriptions, aa Cheap as the Cheapest. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. All work guaranteed. Look at my stock before making your purchase. J. D. SWANK. Ak rmir DRUGGIST for a generous 10 cent TRIALSiZt. ELY'S Cream BalM roiitltm no rocuiue, n tetiry nor any oilier Injurious dru. li u quickly Ab sorbed. Oives rUHief at ouce. CATARRH I aa-- WTMW COLD "i HEAD It onow and cleanses the Nasal I'skwxi-i. Allay IullainatUMi. Hrwls and Prr:ect the Membrane. Iteclorcs the i-nuies of Tnte and smell, lull Slie juc4 Trial tSiieluc. at liruiit or In nail ELY liliurilElW, 3e Warren Btrcct, N. 1. 7 lie 52. SWEETHEART AND WIFE. If sweet hearts were sweethearts alwuya. Whether as niaid or wife. No drop would be half so pleasant In the mingled draught of lifts. But the sweetheart luia smiles and blushes. When the wife has frowns and sighs, Aud tbe wife's have a wrathful glitter For the glow of tbe sweetheart's eyes. If lovers were lovers always. The mine to sweet heart and wife, Who would change for the future of Eduu The Joys of this checkered life? But husbands grow grave and silent. And care on the anxious brow Oft replaces the sunxhinc that perished With the words of marriage vow. Huppy Is he whose sweetheart Is wife and sweetheart still: Whose voice, as of old, can charm him; Whose kiss as Of old, can thrill. Who lias plucked the rose to find ever Its beauty and fragrance liicraixe. As the flUKh of passion Is mellowed In love's unmeasured peace. Who sees in the step of lightness; Who finds iu the form a grace; Who reniUan unaltered brightness Iu the uitehery of the Cure. Uiidiniuied aud unchanged. All, hnppy Is he crowned with sueli a life; Who drinks the wife pledging the sweetheart, And toasts in the sweetheart the wife. Memphis "Commercial Appeal." S0L0MAX HOLT, TTO. "I 'low that this slavia yer life away on a pra'ry claim is perty hard on a man of your years," taid Doc Pitkin, removing hid fchet'ittkiu gloves and warming his brawny hand over the fire. "Jes ao," replied Soloman Holt, care fully brushing the dust from a cheap crayon portrait, which hung on the cabin wall. " 'Taiu't goin ter be for long, though. When I git ter be guard" "I ve heard tell as how you're goin' to git an oflice. I'm glad of it, Sol; you desarve iL" "Thank ye thank ye. 'Tain't much uv er olliee jea' guard up at ther ieti' teut'ary. I've already writ ter the gov' nor." "Perty sure of geltiu' the olllje, you think?" "Ain't no doubt about it- Tin pict ure now " "Who is it?" aVed Doc, surveying the crayon portrait, ritiojilly. "Tliat's Lige. Mtbby ye didn't know Lige." "No." "Nearly everybody knowed Lige. He knowed the gov'nor and the gov' nor knowed him. Taiu't every man that can have Bed that uv him." "That's so." "Lige war in the Legislature; he war one uv a pair uv twins. :' "He war?" "That's a fact, I'm the other twin." "You don't say?" "They did say we looked a power alike. Would you take that to be me say, five years ago?" "Well, there's a family resemblance, only the clothes " "That's a fact; I never thought uv the clothes. Lige always would spruce up had to do it yer know, being a legislater. Yas, as I war saying," Lige knowed most everybody, everybody knowed him, an' that's goin' ter help me in gittin ter be guard." "No doubt of iL Whar's your broth er Lige now?" "He ain't nowhar he's dead bin dead these five years. People come fer miles ter go ter his funer' I. It wars powerful blow ter the state when Lige died he'd a' been gov'nor 'for this, like as noL" "Like as not," repeated Doc Pitkin. "There was no doubt iu the mind of Solomon Holt that he would receive the appointment which he had asked, and set to work making prepara tions to go to his ost as soon as he should be called. Squire Spluford, who was something of a local politician, was going to the capital to attend the inaugural cere monies of the newly-elected governor, and he had promised to present the claims of Solomon Holt for appoint ment, and if possible to see the gov ernor in person. "I'll see that your claims are present ed to the governor," said the squire' "and there isn't any doubt that you will get the appointment, that is, if someone don't get in ahead of us." "I've been iu the state fer 35 years an' that ort ter count for somethiu' ," t-aid Solomon. "Yes, I've no doubt it will." "You'll be sure an' tell the guv'uor about it?" "Yes." "An' about Lige?" "Of course." "He'll know Lige least the other gov'nors did." "Yes." An' about the twin tell him I'm the twiu brother of Lige." "I'll do that, and as soon aa I learn about the appointment I'll let you know." In due time the squire weut to the capital, where he expected to remain for two weeks. After a few days Solo mon began to pay daily visits to Ren ton's store at the crossroads, where the post office was kept. "I'm lookin' fer a ltlter from the squire," he explained. "He'a goiu' ter let me know when I git the 'point ment." Solomon Holt was almost C3, and age and the hardships of life were already telling upon him. His frame was very spare, aud his thin hair was thickly streaked with white. He wore a suit of faded blue material that was thread bare in many places, and be made a grotesque appearance as he hobbled across the wind swept prairie. "I mast git some new clothes when I git ter be guard," he said, casting a glance at the pile of cheap, ready-made clothing at the store. His frequent visits to the fctore soon became tlie source of comment among the idlers that frequented the store and more than once Sol and bis appoint ment were made the butt of rude Jests. Rut of these he took no notice. The time would come, he felt sure, when be would he in position to "put tlie joke back on 'em" as he expressed iL But the days weut by without bring- I JUg milJT 11U1113 11UUI Ml- ppiic MK uncertainty of the issue kept Sol in a omer SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, state of restless anxiety, and everyday found him at the store, waiting for the arrival of the mail which the stage brought daily from Stoper's statiou. One evening the postmaster handed him a letter iu a large, official enveloe. He stared at it a moment in bewilder menL Then he glanced at tbe post mark aud next at the printed words on the corner, his heart giving a great bound. "Governor's office," were the first words that caught his eye, aud thrusting the letter into his pocket he walked towards the door. "What's the news, Sol?" asked the postmaster, whose curiosity was raised to a high pitch by the sight of the letter. "It's only er letters from the guv' uor," he he replied, loftily, and open ing the door, he went out. "It's my 'poiutment," he muttered to himself, as he hurried across the prairie in the direction of his little cabin. It was getting dark when he reach home. He replenished the smok ing lire, lighted a sui-.ill kerosene lamp, then seated himself iu one of the low tpliut-bottomed chairs, he drew the letter from his ockeL He gazed at it for noiue time iu fond anticipation be fore venturing to break the seaL "Yes, it's from the gov'nor" he said, as he ojieued the missive and spread it out under the rays of the lamp. "I recken he thought he'd give me a sur prise by sending the 'poiutment by mail. It's a good thing I told the squire to mention 'bout Lige, an' the twiu. Rut let's see what he sez." He read as follows: STATE F K " "Executive Department. tlovenior's Office, "January 17, It) Mr. Solomon Holt, Benton's rosloluee, K , My Dear Sir: Yours of January received. We note your application for position as one of the guards at the peulteiiUa ry In reply the governor direeta me to say tiiat the same will be tiled aud carefully considered with other applications. Yours very Truly, "J. L. BUKiHToX, "Private rxt-rctary." The letter fell from Solomon's hand, while a look of deep disappointment came over his face. "'Tain't the 'p'intment after all," he muttered, then relapsed iuto silence. Tlie disappointment was a severe one to him, but he did not lose hope. He read the letter many times, studying its every word. How cold and formal it all seemed. It was not even written by the governor himself as he would have wished. Perhaps: the governor had not seen his application at all. He could hardly believe that such a formal note would have been written to him had the truth been known. Perhaps he would hear from the gov ernor later on. "The gov'nor don't know nothin' 'bout this, like as not," he muttered. "I kent b'lieve he'd have sich a letter as that written the twin brother uv Lige." Three days later the squire returned from the capital and came over to Sol's cabin. "I didn't have time to write after learning of the appointment," said the squire, "and as I was coming home I thought it best to wait till I got here and come over ami see you in person." Sol nodded. "I'm a thousand times obleeged ter ye," he said. "I reckon I'll hafter be goin' ter the capital 'fore long." The squire shook his head. "I'm sorry it turned out the way it did; but you didn't get the appoint ment." "What! didn't git it?" said Sol, hU face growing a shade paler. "No; you didn't get it after all. It was given to Rill Shucker, who lives over ou Soap creek." Solomon Holt sat as if stupefieJ gaz ing iu the smoldering fire. It was sev eral moments before he could find voice to sjteak. "Ye seed the gov'nor in person?" he asked at length. "Yes." "You tol' him about Lige?"' "Yes." "An an' the twin?" "Yes; but there were so many appli-s-vita for o.Tiee " "I reckon he never kuowed Lige," said Sol, in a sort of hopeless,, dejected way, as if speaking to himself. "No, he couldn't a-kuowed Lige." He sat there gazing gloomily into the fire long after the squire had takeu his departure. The darkness deepened around him; the fire died out and the cabin grew bitterly cold. Still he sat motionless, his chin resting in his hands. He was thinking of well, no matter; his lot had been a hard one; his life had been a tierce struggle with poverty and want yes wanL He had not always had even the necessaries of life. If be had got the appointmeut he expected he might have got along; but now lie shivered like oue with a chill, and rising, he groped his way to his cold, hard bed. Three days later some of the neigh bors came to the cabin, to find him iu a dying condition. Pneumonia, the doctor said. He had but a short time to live, that was Uie verdict of all who looked iuto his pinched and wasted face. They gathered about him as the end drew near. He lay as If he were al ready dead, save when he would mur mur some incoherent sentences. "Yes, the gov'nor'll know Lige," he said, in a faiut whisper, his mind wan dering. "Tell him I'm his twiu brother." He lay silent for a long time, hU breath coming faintly. Presently he spoke again. "It's a long dark road," he said, feebly, "but I ken see the light now. It's gettin' closer an' closer! I see 'em com in' ter take me up thar How bright it is the 'p'inment's coinin' now thar ain't no mistake this time they they knowed Lige tell 'em the twin!" He fell gently back on his pillow. He was dead. N. Y. Ledger. BacUen'i Arnica Salve. Tlie Rest Salve in the world for Cuts, Rruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, aud all Skin Erup tions, 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's drug (store, Belin, Pa. set ESTABLISHED 1827. The Better Way to Freeze Creamt and Water Ices. The season of ice cream naturally opens with the season of strawberries. This is one of the most wholesome, as well as one of the easiest deserts, which can be made at home. It Is a a'mple matter to prepare the cream for freez ing but many people fail in freezing it to the proper consistency. Tlie best creams are made of a rich custard, simply heated to the boiling point, and the sane quantity of fresh cream with fruit pulps of flavoring. Some cooks scald the cream. It is not necessary to beat the cream to a still froth, nor is there any gain iu doing so, unless one desires to make a mouse and not an ice cream. Most amateur cook freeze cream too hard or unevenly. It is not desirable to freeze cream too rapidly. A freezer which is arranged to freeze cream iu less than ten minutes produces a coarse, rough-grained ice cream, which is vast ly inferior to the smooth, evenly frozen creams of the best French shops. Tlie ffeeriug of icecream mny be hastened by using a large quantity of salt in pro portion to the ice. This abo prsduces a coarse cream. Never allow over three pints of rock salt to a gallon pail of ice crushed fine. Crush the ice with a heavy mallet, such as is used by masons. Excellent mallets of ignum vitae may be purchas ed, at shops where workmen buy their tools for 30 cents. An ordinary sized bag, such as salt is delivered iu when sold at wholesale, is the best thing to crush ice in. It is softer than the ordi nary canvas bag sold for the purpose, aud it costs considerable less. One good salt bag, such as a grocer will sell for 15 cents, will make one large, square ice bag and two smaller ones of about half the size. These bags are as strong as canvas aud are more easily washed. The smaller bags are useful when a small quantity of crushed iee is needed for lemonade or for table service. With a good mallet of heavy wood and a strong bag of this kind a gallon pail of ice may be crushed a fine as desirable with very little exertion. Pack the freezer as firmly as ptsible, first putting a layer of ice and then a layer of salt, and packing the layers down securely with a wooden spoon or any small stick of hard wood with a square end. Divide the three pints of salt and pail of ice allowed for a gallon freezer evenly, so that the la-rt layer of salt is about an inch below the rim of the can. When the packing reaches this point put the cream in the can and put on the cover. Arrange the dasher and crank in position and fill the freezer pail as high as you cau witli crushed ice. Now pack in pajs?r newspajier will dj. The paper keeps the air from the ice and thus material ly assists in the work. Cover the free zer with a piece of old cariet to keep out the air aud turn the crank for about three minutes. Lift the eirpt and open the can of the freezer and remove the dasher. With a long-bladed kitch en knife scrape the thin layer of frozen cream which has collected on the sides of the can, and with an iron spoon scrajie the bottom. Mix this frozen orcitn with the liquid cream in the centre, working the cream thoroughly with the tipoon to make it light and even. Close the freezer and turn the crank three or four minutes longer. Open the cau again aud scrape it, and work the cream thurughly again. After, three minutes more, meantime turning the dasher rapidly, repeat the scraping. After this last beating of the cream it will usually be frozen enough to pack away. Turn the crank rapidly now for a moment or two, then remove it with the dasher. Scrape the sides and bot tom of the freezer for the final packing and work the cream thoroughly pres sing it down firmly in the cau. Smooth the top. Lay a ground of tea paper over the cream. Replace the cover of the freezer. Cork up the hole by the dasher. Fill up the freezing pail with crushed ice. Pack the ice in closely. Pack in newspapers over the ice and tie a heavy newspaper o.'er the freezer. Cover the freezing pail finally with a piece of carpet to exclude the air and light. Let the cream rest for three or four hours. It may rest for six or eight hours or longer without injury, if it is iu a cool cellar. New York Tribune. The Only One. He had wealth and fame, yet his heart was lead within him. He reel ed homeward as one stricken by a great sorrow. Making his way to his cozy flat he opened the door and entered. His charming wife called a greeting to him from the kitchen, where she was too busy concocting dishes for his pleasure to give him his customary kiss. Rut he answered not and groaned inwardly: "Alone, alone?' Two little cherubs who called him "papa" clamored for kisses, but he pushed them roughly aside and flung himself iuto a chair, still murmuring: "Alone, alone!" As he gazed about the handsomely furnished apartments it was evident that they had no charms for his hag gard eyes. Rurrying his face in his hauds he groaned in agony of spirit: "Merciful heaven! Can it be ptsdble that, in all this great city, mine is the only family that did not move on the first day of May?" And as & realization of the awful truth came over him he wept Chica go News. Dover, N. II, Oct 31, 1S9C Messrs. Ely Rros.: The Ralm reach ed me safely and in so short a time the effect is surprising. My son siys the first application gave decided relief. I have a shelf filled with "Catarrh Cures." To-morrow the stove shall receive them and Ely's Cream Balm will reign supreme. Respectfully, Mrs. Franklin Freeman. Cream Balm is kept by all druggists. Full size 50c. Trial size 10 cents. We mail it. ELY BROS., 60 Warren St, N. Y. City. Tlie appearance of moss on fruit trees Indicates an excess of moisture sad a deficiency of drainage. JUNE 9. 1897. Useful Hints. Flies dislike the oil from bay leaves. It Is not an expensive drug, and if a very little Is kept In a dish on the win dow ledge, or if the doors and window castings are coated with any color of fresh paint, to which four per cent, of oil of bay have been added, insects will shun them. Cinders make a very hot fire, and one particularly good for ironing days. German country women boil in milk the yarn for their home-knit black stockings, so they will not "crock." If black underwear, equestrian tights or stockings that stain are treated in a like manner, the result will be found very satisfactory. Pounded glass, mixed with dry corn meal, and placed within the reach of rats, it is said, will banish them from the premises. I u hot weather brushes, of all kinds when not iu use should be suspended iu the air. The best way to prepare a new iron kettle for use is to fill it with clean po tato peeling and water, boil them for au hour aud more; then wash the ket tle with hot water; wipe it dry, aud rub it with a little lard. Rfeat the rubbing several times after using. In this way you will prevent rust and all the annoyances likely to occur in the use of a new kettle. If it is necessary to wash corsets take out the steels in front and sides then lay them ou a tint surface, aud with a small brush scrub them thoroughly with a tepid or cold lather of white castile soap. When quite clean let Cold water run on them by holding them under a running faucet until the soap is all rinsed off. Pull them length wise until they are straight aud Hhaps ly, aud let them dry in a cool place; pulling them again when partly dry. A custard should never quite reach the tailing point or it will curdle. Washday is a good time to attend to tlie "manicuring" we are ail exhorted to do in these days. While the hands are well soaked, with a little ivory im plement that comes for the purpose (price 10 cents), loosjn and push back the skin that grows over the nail at the root, and with circular scissors trim the nails in good shape. It takes but a minute or two, then with a touch occa sionally through the week, they keep in creditable order. The fumes of a briinst me match wul remove berry stains from the fingers. If an artery is cut, compress it be tween the wound and the heart; if a vein is cut, compress beyond the wound. The Old Foes Meet J. H. Wyman, of Chicago, went to Newport News not long ago, and while waiting for a ferryboat a strang er, a man about Wyman's age, came up and shared his seat. They were waiting for the same boat "You were in the Union army," said the stranger, glancing at a button on Wyman's lapel. "Where did you serve?" "I was In the First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery and put in a good share of the time guarding the big bridge over the Green river in Ken tucky," answered the Northerner. "You did! I twice helped to blow up that bridge aud was there when the third attempt, which you fellows stoj ped, was made. It was a black night in wiuter when we went up tlie third time. There were only a few of us, but enough to do the work if it were done quickly and we could pass through the Federal pickets. We reached a point 1,0 J yards south of where we thought your picket line was and I was sent forward alone to locate the line and find some place through which we could pa's. I walked along freely until I thought I ought to take some care, and then I dropped to my hands and knees and went that way for a while. It was so dark I could see absolutely nothing. All at once I struck a dry bush and snapped a stick under my knee at the same time. Then a rifle shot came from a picket at a poiut not twenty yards away and my right arm was broken by the balL The fellow had fired at the noise and made a good shot It alarmed the guards, and our third attempt to blow up the bridge was a failure. Were you there then?" "Yes," said Wyman. "I am the man who shot you. I never saw you, but heard the moving of the bush aud the breaking of the twig. After I shot you walked straight to the right for about ten yards and then ran back for your command. "That I did exactly," said the Southerner. "We found your tracks in the sand the next day. I did not know I hit you. I am glad I did not kill yon and I'm mighty glad to see you." Then they shook hamls and took up tlie journey together. The True Remedy. W. M. Repine, editor, Tiskllwa, 111., "Chief," says: "We won't keep house without Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds. Ex perimented with many others, but uever got the true remedy until we used Dr. King's New Discovery. No other remedy can take its place in our home, as in it we have a certain and sure cure for coughs, colds, whooping cough, etc." It is idle to experiment with other remedies, even if they are urged on you as just as good as Dr. King's New Discovery. They are not as good, because this remedy has a record of cures and besides is guaran teed. It never fails to satisfy. Trial bottles free at Snyder's drug store, Somerset, or at Rrallier's drug store, Berlin. The poultry editor of the Farmers' Review believes that mixed flocks of general purpose fowls do not average more than 100 eggs per year per bird, and bis belief is baaed on figures of tgg production carefully kept for years. Therefore, select the birds, and choose a special fowl for a special purpose. Boils, pimples and eruptions, scrof ula, salt rheum and all other manifes tations of impure blood are cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla. era Only a Woman There is a living over In England at the present moment a plain, simple, rather commonplace old woman who is attracting a good deal of the world's attention. Her name is Victoria, and she happens to be by the accident of birth tj ieen of Great Britaiu and Em press of India. There are millions of brighter women in the world, but by reat:ou of the hereditary laws of the monarchy and by reason of the man ner in which rulers are selected she Is the most distinguished, tlie most noted, the most powerful of her sex. She is, also, by reason of these circumstances, partly by reason of her character and bearing as well as by reason of her age, the most illustrious individual in the world. She is the beloved and respect ed sovereign of all the millions of peo ple who dwell in the territories subject to British domain iu all quarters of the world and iu every zone and clime. She is not only this, but, by reason of tlie fact that she was called to the throne when very young, she has the added distinction of having reigned longer than any other British occupant of the throne. Not only that, but her reign has been the mt illustrious iu the history in her country, aud has witnessed the most marvelous advance in arts, science, industry aud litera ture. This is the liOth year since she came to tlie throne as a young girl of -1, and the people of England are going to spend millions in the mammoth cele bration of the event which promises to be memorable for centuries to come. There is no question of the loyalty and devotion of the English people every where to their (. lecu. Iu spite of the spread of democratic ideas, there is no doubt whatever of the stability of the English monarchy and the continu ance, for the present at least, of here ditary rule. One strange thing about all of this is that Victoria is not really an English woman. She is one of the several gen erations of Germans who have ruled over England, and she is about tlie first of her family of whom it could lie said that the Eugllsh was her native tongue. Iu addition to this she mar ried a German prince, Prince Albert of Sax Coburg Gotha. RJt none of these things effect her sovereignty, and Englishmen have long ago got over any chagriu they may have felt over the fact that their rulers are not of pure Euglish blood. This woman, however, great as she Is, is more o.' a figurehead than a person of p.witive power, having really less authority and less initiative in the conduct of the government than the President of re publican America. She is subject to tlie British constitution, which, unlike that of the United States, is an unwrit ten one, and is made up of a great mass of traditions and precedents, that has grown up in the course of ages, but which controls everything. She ha, like the President of the United States, a veto power, but while every Presi dent exercises this power more or less, it has become almost alisolute in Great Britain and has not been exercised for several reigns. As the mainspring of the govern ment, as the fountaiu of honor, as the head of the great social machine, as the head of the church, and iu other ways, this old woman has vast power aud in fluences. The sentiment toward her amounts to a sort of idolatry. To kiss her hand, to be spoken to by her, or even to be in her presence, is consider ed by many the crowning of a career, a thing worth the struggles of a lifetime. While all other women are denied the ordinary rights of citizenship, it is con sidered no inconsistency that the chiefest among the millions of British people, and the one to whom all citi zenship owes allegiance and royalty, should be a woman. And yet, in all that pertains to her personality, she is only a woman. She loved and married her handsome cous in, she raised a family of nine children, aud she was as much devoted to them as any mother in her kingdom. She mourned her husband when he died with a grief that refused to be comfort ed, and she even had the ambition to write a Uxk which was as poorly written, as books go, and could have been produced by any of her women subjects. She has ha-! little to d with the great progress which the empire has made during her long reign. She has simply contributed to it by having sense enough to allow those who were capable of its management to have their way, and by yielding from time to time to the voice of public opinion. She has devoted herself to making matches for her daughters the same as any other mother, and to trying to re press the waywardness of her sons, some of whom were disposed to sow an undue quantity of wild oats, aud through all her life she has set an ex ample of piety aud womanly propriety. She has been a good wife, a good mother aud a good woman, whatever we may think about the principle or hereditary rule, we cannot but think that in this the year of her jubilee it is fortunate for the world that for so long a period such a woman should have been in a place where here virtues were so conspicuous and her example so far-reaching. Whatever honors may be her due as a queen, they are equaled by those which should be paid to her as a woman. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physi cians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrb Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O , contains no mercury, and is takeu Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get tbe genuine. It Is takeu internally and is made in To ledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney A Co. Testimonials free. m fT.3old by Druggists, 75c WHOLE NO. 23953. All Around the Farm. Russia has o7,0lVJ0 bens. They average a yearly output of 4,000,()UO eggs and beat tbe French and German lay about oOU.OUO.ODO. The German agricultural papers say that the imports of American apples into Germany last year was 'J times as large as in any previous season. Average erottt iu this country are poor crops. They don't pay. Pros perity lies above; on which side of the line are you? Keep the orchard fenced from all stock, plant to hoed crops for three years, and then sow to clover. When bearing give it a load of manure for every load of apples taken away. Do not expect it to bear without food. lh not run closer than six inches to the newly-planted strawberries or raspberries with the cultivator, for the newly-formed roots will surely 1 dis turlied. Re content to do the rest of the cultivation with the hoe and let it be quite superficial. Wh ,'n it is possible to drive out of the feed lots a car load of hogs less than 1 year old, which will bring from f-xXJ to '.hjo, with corn at less thau 20 cents a bushel, it can be easily seeu that a little energy and push are bound to keep the bright side of the picture away from the wall. The large, coarse varrieties of carrots most used for stock feeding are not so nutritious as is the shorthorn, which gro as moxt of its bulk near the surface or slightly aliove it As the shorthorn carrot can grow more thickly in the row, it is nearly as productive as the deeper-setting varieties, and it is also more easily harvested. Five to fix hundred bushels of the shorj-horn car rot may be grown per acre. This is a paying crop at the usual price of this out The following cure for a hard milk ing cow in given by C. It Walker, of Illinois: Take a chicken feather from the wing Is best insert it in the teat, working it gt-ully round and round until it has panned upward an inch or more; then draw it out and proceed w ith tbe milking; this do for a week or more, and tlie cure will be perma netiL Do not trim or cut the feather in any way, as the sharp edges will hurt the cow. It is a great convenience to young farmers who have too little capital to make a contract with some seedsman to grow a part of tlie crop of seeds or potatoes that he requires for his cus tomer1. There are few seclsmeu who have the land to spare to grow all the seeds they require. At the same time they can not purchase seeds inlheopen market that thry know will be ju re aud without admixture of other varie ties. Hence they are glad to furnish seed for planting or sowing to some one who will keep it free from mixing with other kinds. And for this trouli le they can and do pay more than the average market prices. American Cultivator. Keep the manure pile free from the rubbish of diseased plants. Dr. Smith, of the Department of Agriculture, mentions a case where the refuse from a melon bed in which there bad been some disease ( melon wilt,) was min gled with '.he compost heap, and when the infected manure was put on the melon beds the following season, with disastrous results ensued. Rural New Yorker. The tent caterpillars are out in force, and are playing havoc with fruit trees. Fortunately they are easily disposed of. They return to the tent at night, aud iu the early morning, before the sun warms them up, it is easy to pull the tent and its sleeping millions out of the crotch of the limb where it is pitched, and drop them iuto a can of kerosene or eternally mash theni under fooL Take care that the last one of the vermin is dead before leaving the tree. What Royalty Costs. The royal family of England coet the British Government, iu round numbers, $:S,0UO,0JO annually.- Of this sum the f ieen receives nearly $2,0"W, OtK) a year, besides the revenues from the duchy of Lancaster, which amount to a quarter of a million. The Lord Lieutantaut of Ireland receives $ lUO, OoOayearfor bis services and expen ses, and the Prince of Wales $JX),000 a year. The President of France receives ?2W,0ut) a year for salary and expenses, an enormous salary, when it is remem bered that the Republic is sweating under a stupendous national debt of more than i,0o),iW,0 the largest debt ever incurred by any nation in the world. Italy cau have ten thou aud men slaughtered iu Abysinnias and still pay tier King $-J,G0O,0UO a year. The civil list of the German F.mpvror is about fl.OW.OW a year be sides belonging to the royal family. The Czar of all the Russia owus in fee simple l.OMJ.OO.) square miles of cul tivated land, and enjoys an income of l2,aw,0ua The King of Spain, little Alfonso XIII., if he be of a saving dis position, will be oue of the richest sov ereigns iu Erope when he comes of age. The state allows him $1,X),000 a year, with an additional $MX),000 for family expenses. We are said to be the richest nation on earth yet our President's salary is only $50,000 a year. It was only $i, OoD from 17S9 to 1873. Pittsburg Dis patch. Free FUIa Send your address to II. E. Buck It n & Co, Chicago, and get a free sample box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A trial will convince you of their merits. These pills are mild iu action and are particularly effective in the cure of con stipation and sich headache. For ma laria and liver troubles they have been proved invaluable. They are guaran teed to be perfectly free from every de leterious substance and to be purely vegetable. They do not weaken by their action, but by giving tone to stomach and bowels greatly invigorate the system. Regular size 25c a box. Sold by J. N. Snyder, druggist, Som erset, and by G. W. Brallier druggist, Berlin. Jane on the Farm. Th turnip crop should be a leading one, as a large supply can be secured front au acre of land. The growing of turnips fr winter Is during the sum mer season, but, while the growing of turuis is done somewhat carefully af ter the ground is ready for the need, the proper prearation of the ground is not always made. Weeds grow rapidly during warm weather, and to protect turui4 the ground must lie plowed now, harrowed, and tbe wets I sets Is uproot, using the harrow as often as may be neceary to dentroy them. Just la-fore seeding the turniii (usually iu July) the laud should le worked deep with a cultivator and then harrowed dowu again as fine as possible. This will not only cause few er weeds to apiiear, but will also in crease the crop of turnips both in yield and quality. Tlie mower is an excellent destroyer of weeds and every piece of laud that Is covered with them should be mow ed In-fore the weeds go to seed. It is the seeds that do the damage, and they are often overlooked when the weeds grow iu fence corners and loca tions not reached by the mower; hence a close, observation should be made iu order to not let a weed escape. By the use of ensilage the ration can be greatly cheapened, but ensilage is not a balanced food and must not, therefore, be used exclusively. A ra tion of 4-5 pounds ensilage, eight poumls clover hay, one pound of bran and oue of linseed meal will cost about 10 cents a day and be as nearly balanc ed as could tie desired. This ration will be ltter digested than one com poneil mostly of dry food, and the en silage can be grown from silage corn at a cost below that of any other food that can be produced on the farm. Good results have been obtained by trimming gooseberry bushes in tree form, which is done by allowing only one shoot to grow from a rooL This makes a strong and upright bush, and the lurries are larger than when tbe bushes are thick. The free circulation of air also assl-ts in preventing blight aud mildew, as well as permitting of cnltivaling tbe bush much better than by the old method, thereby destroying sjsires that prodm-e fungi. In England beans are grown for sheep, the long-vine varieties being preferred. When the beans are ma tured both the seed and the vines are fel and they are considered profitable to grow for that purpsse. Land in England is expensive, and if farmers in that country can make the bean pay as a fodder crop it could probably be made profitable in this country. At this season repairs for reapers, mowers, plows, etc., will be required, many of such being necessitated be cause of exposure of the implements during the winter. It is unfortunate with some that they are compelled to buy new implements aud tools every year, which might 1 avobled with care iu keeping those on hand. Every farmer should also keep his tools sharp aud always ready for work. Farmers who rely upon the fertility of the soil for success may be disai pointed if Ley do not give good prepa ration and thorough cultivation to the crop. While the soil may possess a large amount of plant f-xxl, yet it must be presented to the plants in the most available form. Much of the matter of the soil is inert aud is reduced by tbe foots of the plants, but this can be done most ellectively only when the soil Is in fine condition and every por tion of it within the reach of the plant Growing strawberries in stools gives large berries, but growers prefer the matted rows, as they can, bthe liber al u?e of fertilizer, gel larger crops than by stools. If grown in stools the runners must be kept down, butting or pinching, as fast as they are remov ed the plants send out more which re quires too much time for their re moval if the field is a large one. A German horticulturist states that he has fund a solution ot sulphite of lime iu water, with glycerine added (proportions not stated), a harmless remedy when used ou trees, but surely destructive of all insects infecting them. Clover for bay should be cut before it fully matures; that is, just as the heads are beginning to turn brown. If cut before the sap fully leaves the roots the plants will scud out new shoots and will be in better condition for produc ing a crop tbe next season than would be the case If the clover is cut after the beads are brown. Begin early for staking tomato plants, so as to keep them orT the ground, as they cover a large space when matured and keep the ground somewhat damp, thus conducing to the rot If the plants have plenty of room, and are held up otr the ground by stakes, more air will circulate and the fruit ripen earlier and better as well as being more exempt from dis ease than when the vines are ou the ground. The strawberry plants will now be throwing out runner, aud if the soil is loosened and the youug runners placed in the rows the work of cultivating will be easier next season and fewer p'ants destroyed. Cutworms prefer to work during cool nights, and they cause a heavy loss of early transplanted plants. When a plant has been cut otT search for the worm in that hill and it will usually be found. It is difficult to use reme dies to destroy them in a large fiel.L By wrapping each plants with thick paper an inch below and an inch above the ground the plant will lie protected. Tlie potato beetle does great injury to growing tomato plants and Paris green should be applied. If the plants are examined once or twice a day, as can be done for a few days, the beetle can be prevented from doing much dam age. There is much loss of time and un necessary labor on the part of farmers' wives who churn wit'aout the aid of a thermometer. The cost of the ther mometer is a tride compared with the needless work of attempting to make tbe butter come when the temperature Is incorrect, hours being used at churn ing unnecessarily. Philadelphia Rec ord. More Curative power is contained iu 11,!' Sarsaparilla thau in any other similar preparation. It costs the proprietor and manufacturer more. It costs the jobber more and is worth more to the consumer. More skill is required iu its preparation and it combines more remedial qualities than any other med icine Consequently it has a record t f more cures and its sales are more thau those of any other preparation. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best medi cine to buy because It is an hottest medicine and thousands of testimon ials prove that It doss actually and per manen tly cure disease.
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