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Mrs. Hcf.pood prided bersclf on be
ing one of t.he best of housekeepers.
She was oue of those rapid bouse
wifcu who pursue an atom of dust as
a hunter mijrbt pursue a Eta?. No
bold-natured flv ever dared to buzz
within ber dainty walls. No cat pur
red upon ber hearth-stone. Plants
were tabooed because their leaflets
would fall. Canary-birds were ruth
lessly excluded lest they should scat
ter peed. Sunshine was regarded as
an arch enemy. "It brings flies, and
fades the carpets," said Mrs. Hop
pood. As for Mr. Ilopgood and the chil
dren they lived mostly in the kitchen.
"I can't Lave the boys' muddy
boots tramping over the carpets, and
the girls sewing in the parlor," taid
Mrs. Ilopgood. "As for Ilopgood,
be dont care where he sits. One
place is as good as another where 1
is concerned."
The Ilopgood family also took their
meals in the kitchen.
"I've got a dining room as nice as
anybody's," said Mrs. Ilopgood,
with a "real carved oak side-board,
with a marble lop, and silver, polish
ed till it's better than any looking
glass ; but where's the use of turning
things all upside down, just for one's
own family ? Common crockery wa-e
and good bone-handled knives are
just as good for every day use."
"Mamma," said Klsie Ilopgood a
cbcrry-checkcd girl of sixteen, "I
should like to sit in the parlor some
times. Mrs. Montfort and daughter
use theirs every evening, aid it looks
ho pretty and pleasant tuere."
"Stuff and nonsense ;
said Mrs.
ilnntrnnd nbarnlv. "I keen house
rnvhclf after mv own fashion, and I
tl.ra1pa'v in An tin fcame."
"liut mamma," pleaded Elsie, "I
was thinking bowl bhould like to
invite an
tp oli ilm irirla here some even
ing, and have
tea, and afterwards a
little dance. I've been anked out to
many times without responding, tint
I'm really anhamed to go."
"Then vou had better stay at
home," said Mrs. Ilopgood, polishing
vigorously away at the stem of her
silver card-receiver. "I think I see
myself, with all tho young folks in
town, dancing on my Brussels car
pet, and cake crumbs and melted
cream daubed over everything."
Elsie made no answer, but her
countenance fell.
"I wish ma was like any one else.'
t-he said to herself, the tears obscur
ing ber eves. "I wish she was like
Kate Pickett's mother, who lets her
have company every Thursday even
fuir. John Elton wants me to marry
him. If I was married, I could have
a house of mv own, and do as I
pleased."
"Mother," said Mr. Ilopgood, a
a week or two afterwards, with a
troubled face, "Is it true that our
Elsie is out walking with John Elton,
evening after evening? lie is a
worthless, dissipated fellow, ana no
It associate for any girl."
"Mercy upon osl I don't know,"
aid Mrs. Ilopgood, with a perturbed
face. "I suppoeed'hat she was with
Kate Pickett or Clara Montlort, 1 in
entirely too busy with pickling and
housekeeping to run at a giddy girl's
beds the whole tuae. liut I m going
to commence cleaning to-morrow,
and then I'll warrant you I'll give
her enough to do, to keep her out of
mischief."
"Mother," said Isaac Ilopgood,
trravclv. Bometimes I think that if
we made our bouse a little more at
tractive to our children "
"0. nonsense!" petulantly inter
r opted his wife, "I Buppose you'd
like us to bare tableaux. like Mrs.
Montfort; or a magic lantern like the
little Miekfords. Our children hav
en't leen brought op that way."
And Mr. llont-ood said no more.
Mrs. Ilopgood was, to use her own
expression, "In the thick of the house
cleaning" the next day, with the
carpets rolled into heaps, the floor
"pattered with soapsuds, and her
bead tied op with a pocket handker
chief, when tba door soddenly open
ed.
"Take care of my pail of soapsuds
and soda 1" cried rbe, shrilly. "V
it's you, is it Ally T"
"Yes '.mother it's me," Baid Alex
ndcr the eldest son, who had just
con into business as junior rarty
to his father. "I say do leave off
washing a minute, and attend to me?
Pyerson's in town my old chum,
yoa know enly for one day, and I've
akr d him here to dinner."
"To dinner!" almost screamed
Mrs. Ilopirood. droroinr ber brush
in consternation. "Alexander Hop
rood, are yon crazy T Of course 1
can't have him to dinner. Just
look at the condition the boose is in."
"O, he won't mind that, mother.
Kyerson is a thoroughly good fellow.
Just let bim sit down to pot-luck witn
the rest of vis, any "
"I shall do nothing of the sort,
Alexander," said Mrs. Ilopgood, se
yerelv compressing her lips. 'Ton
know I do not approve of voor invi
ting company at any time, still less at
such a pel iod as this. If you have
K-ca (uA enough to ask him, you
mar ret otit of the scrape the lest
way you can."
"But mother"
"I don't Want any more discussion
on the subject," said Mrs Ilopgood,
aabblmg awaj with the brush.
And Alexander went out slamming
the door.
"By George!" quoth Alexander
liopgooa to bimseir, "it l can t ask a
friend to my borne, there's at least
the alternative of inviting bim to a
batel. I never did such a thing be
fore, but I don't see bow else I can
manage."
So Alexander Ilopgood entertained
Mr. Kyerson at the hotel, and gave
an unlimited order for iced cham
pagne and dessert And th upshot
cf it all was that Alexander ilop-
good was broogbt 10 at eleven
o'clock at night, by two of the wait
ers, helplessly intoxicated.
"Dont be' f-f-fraid, mother!" stut
tered be, braadishing an empty bottle,
as he became dimly conscioos of ber
white snared Tac bending over bim.
"Go on with your washing ! It's
a deal jollier at the hotel than at
bona. Freedom forever! IIoo-oo-
ray!"
"O, what shall I do?" sobbed Mrs.
Ilopgood, when the waiters were
once mors cot of the house, and the
roll of the cab wheels bad died away.
"To think only to think that a son
of mine should ever disgrace him
self thus!"
"It's your own fault, mother," said
Benny, the second son. You
woaldn't let Ally bring bis friend
bcre,"
"Hold yoor tongue," sharply re
torted Mrs. Ilopgood, wincing be
teath the prick of this home truth, i
"Call fclsw. I need Ler help."
"0, mother!" piped Fannie, the
younger girl, mnning down stairs in
fratic haste, "Elsio ain't here."
"Not here !"
"Xo mother; she baenH been to
bed at all and there's a note on her
table directed to you."
"Opon it mother," said Isaac Uop-
7 MU, Lu-kilw "This U
ni-rlif fr.r our household.
doomed
Mv Gol!jquickly cease.'
ho a our linmp Wome sj disiaetcrulf
to our children that thev fiv from. it.
like rats froji a falling house V ' I
Kkie's note was hhort enough. It
read :
"Dear MAhcr : I am tired of liv
ing in the kitebca. I Lave run away
with John Elton and before you see
me again I sha!l have entered upo"
a new future. Elsie."
Mrs. Ilopgood brvke cut into wild,
hysterical hobbiegs.
Mr. Ilopgood read tho harried! v-
scrawled paper with a face
COM CI. (J
set like 6te 1.
"llun awav with John Elton !"' he.
repeated fcl)!y- "Poor Elsie! God
help ber. For be is as great a villain
and scoundrel as ever lived ; and she
has scaled her own doom. Mother,
mother, this comes from your house
keeping."
"It wasn't my fault, Isaac," sobbed
Mrs. Ilopgood, rocking herself back
wards and forwards on a chair into
which she bad dropped.
"It was your fault," retorted her
husband, almost savge!y.i "You
made the very name of borne a mock
ery to your children ; yon shut up
your 6 n inside ol a seruboicg pan ;
and now you are reaping tee- niuer
harvest."
Of course poor Alexander Ilopgood
was unable to lift his throbbing bead
from the pillow the next day, and
bis mother never left him until after
noon. When at last tie came down stairs,
the parlor blinds were thrown wide
open, a flood of sunshine streaming
in, the table neatly set iu the pretty
dining-room, with flowers in vases,
and new books, games and puzzles
scattered around.
Mrs. Ilopgood gazed around with a
j 'oewi'dered air. i?hc hardly knew her
- ! own Home
"This is the way in which we
i;iust live Lcnreforward, mother'
raid her fcusUnd, cheerily. "Let in
the light and sunshine; teach Bon
and Fanny that 'home' is something
more than an empty name, aiid try,
in so fur as we can, to reti ic-vo the
errors of our past life."
And Mrs. Ilopgood mutely Leaved
her head.
"I will try," she answered. , !
Aburtl "Itemed lea.'
.K SOSStNSE CLRIXii Kit
l I1Y WfiltPS A$T PKIX-t " "!
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John George Jluumaa is not gen
erally recognized as odc of Lerks
couuty's authors and writers, yet h
has published a work which found
considerable sale throughout the
country. It is a small volume of 72
paces, and is a "collection of myste
rious and invaluable arts and reme
dies for man as well as beast?, with
aanv proofs of their virtue and effi
ciencv in healing diseases, etc., the
greater part of which was never seen
until 1820."
The book starts out with a remedy
for hysterics. The hand is to be laid
on the heart, and the following words
spoken: "Matrix, patrix, lay thyself
right and safe, or tbou or I shall on
the third day fill the grave."
For hysteria and colds, this reme
dy is given. It must be strictly at
tended to every evening. "It is to
put off your stockings and rub the
flesh carefully between the toes."
To cure worms the following must
be repeated three times. At the end
of the first time the patient must be
tapped once in the back, tMce for the
second, and three times for the third.
The words arc: "Mary, (.Son's moth
er, traversed the land, holding three
worms close in her hand: one white,
the other was blaric, and the third
was red."
If you are being slandered and
want "to prevent it, "take ff your
shirt and turn it wrong side out, and
then run your tuumbs down to your
thighs." .
Following words repeated will core
colic: "I warn ye colic fiends 1 There
is one sitting in judgment who
spcakctb. Therefore beware ye
fiends." '
Following is said to be a good rem
edy lor fever: "Good morning, dear
Thursday. Take away from (me)
the 77 gold fryers. O Thou, dear
Lord, take them away ! This must
be used on Thursday for the first
time, on Friday for tho second time,
and on Saturday for the third time
and each time thrice."
As a precaution against iujuries Le
advises a person to carry the right
eye of a wolf fastened inside of bis
right sleeve.
"If you call on another to ask for
a favor, take care to carry a little of
the five-finger grass with you, and
you shall certainly obtain what vou
want."
"To catch plenty of fish, take rose
seed and mustard seed, and at the
foot of the weasel, and hang these in
a net, and the fi.-h will certainly col
lect there."
The root of iron weed tied around
the Heck will cure running ulcers, and
will cure piles if the roots are boiled
in honey and drank; it also clears
the breath. Children who carry it
are easily educated and grow up
cheerfully and very wclL
For wild fire repeat the words:
"Wild fire and the dragon flew over
tho wagon; the wild fire abated, and
the dragon ekeated." . ;r"
To stop pains or smarting in a
wound : "Cut three small twigs from
a tree, all to be cut of in one cut, rub
one end of each twig in the wound,
and wrap them separately in a piece
of white paper, and put them in a
warm dry place."
To destroy warts: "Boast chicken
feet and rub the warts with "them,
then bury tbo fcot under the eaves."
To core toothache: "Stir the tooth
with a needle until blood flows; then
soak a thread in it; take flour aud
make a paste and spread it on a rag.
Wrap this rag around the root of an
apple tree, and tie it with a thread."
To banish whooping-cough . cut
three small bunches ot hair from the
crown of the head of a child that has
never seen its father, sew this up in
an unbleached rag and hang it around
the person's neck.
For burns, pay "ocra I blow on
thee;" it must; be blown on three
times in the same breath, like the fire
by the sun.
To stop b.eeding, count fifty back
wards, and when you have arrived
at three it will all be over.
If yon burn a large frog to ashes,
and mix the ashes with water, yoa
will obtain an ointment that will, if
put on any place covered with hair.
destroy it and prevent it from grow-:
icg again. 1
A pow-wow for sore mouth reads:
"If you have the scurvy, or quinsy
too, I breath three times on you."
For consumption say: "Consump
tion, I order thee out of the bones
into the flesh, out of the flesh upon
the skia, out of the skin into the
wilds of the forest."
Another cure for burn reads:
"Three holy men went out walking.
They did bless the heat and the burn
ing; they blessed that it might not
; increase : tbey blessed that it might
To cure a staie bite, 6ay
"God
bas created oil things, and they were
good , thoa only serpent art damned,
cursed be thou and tby sting.
Zing,
ziojr, zing."
Mr. Hoffman goes on to giremany
more remedies of the abovo class.
The words given are spoken over
the patient, and if the ailment is a
cut, brue, burn, wound or sprain of
any ki.al die operator blows upon it
at "the j-iiiue time repeating the words.
The text of the book was first pub
lished in 1S29 in this country, and is
something like the book written by
Albertns Magnus in the seventeenth
century. Since those early periods
tho beliefs of the people have greatly
changed. -
Sclcctioa of Urif.
Those who write on agricultural
grasses do not seem to appreciate tbe
influence which different localities
have on different rpecies. Some one
in Maine perhaps finds great profit
in a ccatain grass and this gets re
ported iu the papers of his vicinity
Straiirhtway the case is referred to
by sneakers and writers everywhere,
who wonder why everyone does not
iro and do likewise. For the past
year or so there baa been much of
this character said about the orchard
grass. Some one in the great cheese
district of New l ork asserted that
he cuts his orchard erass fields four
times a vear. and that there is an
average growth of two feet each cut
ting. We see this continually quot
ed and ccmmeLtjd on in erery part
of our country ; and we have no
doubt but that hundreds of bushels
of crchard-ffrass seed have been sold
this year on the strength of just such
stf tements as this. We do not say
that four mowinirs of two feet each
time never occurred, but we feel safe
in saying that if it did, it must hav
been a remarkable case and one
which very few will be uble to rc
peat. Certainly in this part of the
world no oue ever got more than half
of this from orchard-crass. It is
very early and on this account is
valuable lor early pastures. It gets
a good start before the trees come in
to leaf, and for this is valuable for
"orchards," or other places where
trees are grown. But it is not valu
able in any place where the summers
are dry or hot.
.Again, we have repeated recom
mendations of red top ; or, as it is
called in those places where it is not
hi "Lly appreciated, bent-grass. In
hit g cortla n regions it is a good grass
'especially where the soil is rather
heavy, but in such soils as generally
prevail in Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Maryland, and most of the middle
States, it does not compare with
timothy. But timothy likes to be dry
and warm. Indeed it rarely begins
to grow till the warm weather comes
in, and those in our northern agri- j
cultural districts that depended on it.
would find their neighbors with red
top, as a general thing, beat them
"all hollow."
Herein also has been the trouble
with the south. They read our pa
pers, note what grasses yield the
premium crops; sow largely, and faiL
Then comes the story that grasses
not grow in the south; and it is
true of or grasses; but as we have
recently noted, if only the right kind
is selected there is hardly a spot on
our great country wncre grass will
not grow.
AH that is necessary to be remec-
bcred is that grass the grasses is
very fastidious. Its tastes are local.
What is good for one region, is no
guide to the best for another. And
this should be remembered not only
by those who are actually experi
menting with grasses in new coun
tries, out by tbose or us who are
simply readers of the wonderful re
sult paid to be had from certain kinds
in other localities.
Htnrkejr'a Diaaer Backet.
The Eureka (Nev.) Sentinel 6ays:
borne years ago John Mackey, of tbe
firm of Mackey &, Fair, and an equal
partner with Flood & O'Brien, of
San Francisco, used to carry bis
bucket and work in the lowest levels
for four dollars per day. By a for
tunate streak of luck in stock vent
ures be suddenly acquired a healthy
bank account It was about this
time that he did something in the
way of stock transaction to displease
Sharon, who was then manager of tbe
bank of California Agency in Vir
ginia City, bharea became very
much exercised over the affair, and
in the course of a wordy altercation
which ensued impertinently said to
Mackey, "I will make it my business
to see that you resume tbe packing
ot your dinner bucket at four dol
lars per day." At all events, this
is the way the story went at the
time. Now John Mackey is the
richest man on tbe Pacific coast,
while Sharon, by the failure of tbe
Bank of California, must be serious
Iy crippled, if not, indeed, embarrass
ed beyond recovery. And it may be
tbt that very identical and ill adviE'
ed threat had much to do with bring
ing on the present calamity.
rennyrjrl mm rolaab.
The Scientijic America says that
if mosquitoes or other bloodsuckers
infest our sleeping rooms at night,
we uncork a bottle of the oil of pen
nyroyal, these animals will leave in
great haste, nor will they return so
long as the air of the room is loaded
with the fumes of that aromatic
herb. If rats enter the cellar, a little
powdered potash, thrown in their
holes or mixed with meal and scat
tered in their runways, never fails to
drive them away. Cayenne pepper
will keep the buttery and storeroom
free from ants and cockroaches. If
a mouse make an entrance into any
part of your dwelling, satnrate a rag
with cayenne, in solution, and stuff
it into the bole, which can then be
repaired with either wood or mortar.
No rat or mouse will eat that rag for
tbe purpose of opening communica
tion with a depot of supplies.
White Lie.
The other Sunday a Detroit minis
tcr preached a sermon on the sin of
white lies and evasions, and be 8tU
tcred himself that bis congregation
took every word to heart. Next day
be made a call on one of bis parish
loners, and as be mounted the firs', step
be beard one of tbe boys call out:
"Ma! ma! the preacher's coming
here."
"Great lands!"' be heard ber shoot,
"and my Lair do wo, and I've got this
old dress on! Bon to the door, Bill,
and tell bim I went to Grosse Isle on
a church excursion!"
"Oh, no, I hate to," replied the
boy.
"Go go quick hurry up, or 111
tan yoa till you can't raise a foot!"
she urged and the lad went to the
door and discouraged the preacher
from making tbe calL
The Dearer Xetcs Advises people
to Bhoot borglnra cn the fpot. A
vital hint.
Wllil Brant Tararrs. Tralnlas Ilcries.
In a review of Frost's book on
"Circus Life and Circus Celebrities"
the rail Mall Gazette says:
Menageries form also an attractive '
part of some traveling scows, and
the tamers of wild beasts are promi
nent among circn3 eeltbriticp. Van
Amhurg, in answer to a question put
by tbe Iuke of Wellington, said that
if be ever felt afraid he should retire
"from tbe wild beast line " The
greatest nuruoer ot lions in tbia coun
try were bred ia cages, are more
readily tamed than those purchased
in a wild state. It 13 said that the
Sacgcrs own a lion which is so tame
that it is now allowed to roam at
large in their bouso like a cat Lion
tamers must be strictly sober men.
Macomb, one of the most daring of
the fraternity, never drank any bev
erage stronger than coffee. Many
stories of his exploits are told by
showmen. One of the finest tigers
ever imported into this country, and
said to be the identical beast tnat es
caped from Jamrach's possession and
killed a boy before it was recaptured,
was purchased by Manders and
placed in a cage with another tirer.
The two beasts Boon began to fight,
and were engaged in a furious con
flict, when Macomo tntered the cage,
armed with only a whip, and attemp
ted to separate them. Both the
tigers immediately turned their f jry
upon him, and severely lacerated him
with their sharp claws, but, covered
with blood as bo was, he continued
to belabor them with tbe whin until
they cowed before
him, and knew j
r." Like Yan I
kirn for their master.
Ambunr and Crockett, Macomo died
a natural death. Macarthy, the suc
cessor of Macomo, was less fortunate.
He was of intemperate habits, and
often turned bis iack upon the ani
mals, though cautioned not to do so.
He died a horrible death at Bolton,
a3 some of our readers may remem
ber. The exhibition of wild animals
is rarely very profitable, so great are
the expense and risk ; but it appears
that the animals will sometimes ren
der their keepers essential service
when in pecuniary difficulties. A
sheriff's officer was one day about to
arrest a debtor, when tbe man ran
nnder an elephant's belly and took
up a safe position on the other side.
Tbe officer trying to go behind, was
prevented by a suddcu movement of
the elephant's hindquarters ; be then
tried to dive under the animal, but
the beast gave him a slap with his
trunk. "I'll have you if I wait here
all day," said he, as ho drew back
hastily. "You had better not wait
till I unfasten this chain," said the
elephant keeper pretending to do
what he threatened ; upon which the
officer moved off, and the man es- j
caped.
Mow llanba Went to Ireland.
They were all sitting around the
stove at the grocery store, and Hunks,
who bad been a sailor, relating his
adventures :
"Were you ever in Ireland, Mr.
Hunks ?" asked Judge Pitman. 5
"Never but once," replied Hunks;
"and then I went there under very
extraordinary circumstances. You
seo we was on a voyage from Liver
pool to New York, and just as we
was getting out of sight of Irish
land the men they mntineered and
seized the ship. I was second mate.
Tbey killed tbe captain and first
mate, and they knocked me in the
head. Then jest out of cussedncss,
I 'spose, they stuffed me into a beef
barrel, headed the cask up and hove
me overboard. I dunno how long 1
was insensible, but howsomdever,
when I come to I found myself in
the bar'l and the bar'l layin' on the
shore apparently, for it didn't roll
any. I tried to kick out, but I was
so weak I couldn't But I felt for
the bung, and busted it, so 'a to get
some fresh air. Directly I felt some
thin' kind o' ticklin' my nose. I
thought it was a fly ; as 1 knocked at
it, and ketched one end of a straw.
I gave tbe straw a jerk, and I heard
sometbin' knock again' tbe bar'l and
a voire exclaim :
"Gosh !"
"Then I knowed there was a fel
ler outside tryin' to suck sometbin'
out of the bar'l with a straw. Di
rectly he stuck another straw in and
I gave it a harder ferk, and jammed
bis nose again' the bar'l tollably live
ly ; and I heard him say :
"Munificent Moses, but that's
queer."
"But hi put the straw through the
bung hole the third time, be was so
eager for licker, and tbe way I
bounced that noso of his'n again' the
side of the bar'l was simply unbu
man. Then be jumped back and says
he:
"Be the sowl of St. Pathriek if
that don't bate Bonagher! What's
in yan bar'l anyhow?
"With that he gave the head a
kick and it caved in. I crawled out
and looked kinder solemn at him. 1
said for a bit of fun :
"I don't know much about your
manners here; but it seems to n.e
you might be more civil than that to
a man in his own house I
"Bun! Well he jes legged it; and
I heard afterwards that he went up
town ycllin' that tbe devil had come
ashore in a bar'l. But I jes went to
(Jjueenstown, shipped for home on a
brig, and quit And that' how I got
to Ireland.
Congresa Turn and Mow.
I entered Congress fifteen years
ago, says Senator Conkling. From
then till now my opportunity for
seeing both before and behind the
scenes has been improved with dili
gence, and nothing is more certain
tban the change for the better in the
executive departments in both wings
of tbe capitol and in the Supreme
Courts. In 1359 a large proportion
of the members of the House of Rep
resentatives went habitually armed
with deadly weapons. Drinking to
excess was surprisingly commou.
Large numbers in both bouses were
often, long before evening, unfit to do
business. Liquor waskept, as far
as I know, in every committee room
in the capitol book caseB doing du
ty as side boards. Gambling and
other dissipations were very commen
among public men, and vice and de
bauchery were tUe topics of loud
and unclean jest Yenal lobbying
was too palpable and preyalent to be
overlooked, and on all Bides lax prac
tices prevailed which now would be
scarcely credited. All this is chang
ed for the better in all respects. Li
quor is not tolerated in tbe capitol.
t ormerly every cabinet officer, and.
many others, rode in a public car
riage as a matter-of-course; now ev
ery cabinet officer, who merely al
lows tbe old custom to go on, finds
himself trumpeted through tbe world
as g great offender. . George Wash
ington, wtea president, rode with
six horses, and with outriders.
When be wished to use horsci fc.3
ordered them from the war depart
ment, at tbe public expense, and the
outriders also.
The peach season is about over.
Not one man in ton is filed to
train a horso correctly. One is too
passionate, another too timid, anoth
er too severe, another ignorant, asd
so .. tn through the catalogue. A
highly ficrvous animal can Le thor
oughly spoilt by a passonate man in
a few days timo. Bad habits in the
trainer beget bad habits in the horse.
The habits and character of a horse,
like those of man, aro formed in the,
training, and when once confirmed
generally "stick" through life. It is
an ea?y matter to prevent, but a se
rious one to cure. Whipping a
young animal for every real or fanci
ed offense. i3 one cf the worst of
practices, and yet it is almost uni
versally iadulged in. I know a horse
that jumps every time the harness is
nut on tim. The man who "uroKc
him hadn't common sense, and the
first time he threw the harness
on him, be did it just as he would
on an old horse, carelessly. The colt
was badly scared, and kicked, strik
inir bis owner on the Ier. This en
raged bim so that he beat biui unmer
cifully. That was five years n;ro,
and the horse has not forgotten it.
onrf novor will. Tho appearance cf
the harness thrown over him is insep
arably connected with that outrage
ous beating, and I believe no amount
of care or counter-training can over
come his fear, when the harness is
first put on him.
Some men whip a horse whenever
be shies. It never docs any good
hit always works nnscLitr. it is
perfectly natural for a young colt to
at objects with which he is not
familiar. But let him sby ; pay no
attention to ic He will soon get
over the habit.w hsn hc finds that none
of these things hurt him. But whip
him the first few times be stiies anu
the habit becomes confirmed, for he
will assuredly associate the whipping
with the appearance of a stone, a
stcmn. a child, or any othtr object,
on w ill l.n continually on the alert
for something to be frightened at.
And it is ju.-t so with stumbling.
Whipping will not cure it. It is a
defect, and tho remedy must be sought
in ascertaining what that defect is,
and removing it if possible.
The whip should never bo used to
urge a horse forward on the road.
They speedily become used to it, and
will not go without it. It is just as
easy to train them to go at the word,
and nothing is so detestable as to see
a man urging a horse by continually
applying the whip.
These arc only a few thoughts cu
this highly important subject, but
enough to indicate what ought to be
done, and what must be avoided. A
cool, calm judgemnt, perfect control
of one's self, absence of cowardly
tiaiiditv, respect for the animal,
knowledge of his character and dis
position, an understanding of your
own duties and above all, good com
mon sense and strictly temperate
habits, arc necessary elements to a
bcrse trainer. A horso trainerd cor
rectly, and free from bad habks, is
worth double the animal that is not,
and hence, I attach as much import
ance to the trainer ns the breeder,
and think that more should be said
and enforced on this point, in our
agricultural papers.
;oda ny and .llnn'a Way.
God says: Seek ye first the kingJom
of heaven and its righteousness, and
all earihly things shall be added un
to you.
Man says: Seek first worldly
wealth and" fame and power; religion
you can get on a dying bed.
God says: Open thy mouth wide,
and I will fill it.
Man says: Let prayer go, and
work for what you want.
God rays; Give and it shall be
given unto you; good measure, press
ed down and shaken together and
running over, shall men give unto
your bosom.
Mau says: Charity begins at home.
Why give to others that for which
you have toiled so hard? Your own
family may want it.
God says: Whatsoever ye would
that men should do io you, do even
so to them.
Men says: Each man for Limstlf.
Look out for number one.
God says: Lay not up for yourselves
treasures upon earth, but lay up for
yourselves treasures in heaven.
Man says: Make sure of your
worldly treasures. Heaven is along
way off.
(Jod says: Who hath this world's
goods, and setth bis brother have
need, and fchututh up bis bowels of
compassion for bim, how dwclleth
the love ofGod in him?
Man savs: What guarautee have I,
if I give my earnings to the poor,
that I thall not come to want my
self? God says: There is that which
seatteretb, and yet increascth.
Man says: It is only by saving and
boarding wbet you have that it will
increase.
Header, whtt szj s your conscience?
Is not God's way better than niau's.
t'oolluc will a Mule.
A boy in St. Louis was recently
presented with a jack-knife, with
which, boy like, he cut and marked
everything that came in bis way. A
few days after he become tbo happy
possessor ot tho knife his father was
startled by seeing two men bringing
home the young hopeful in a dilapi
dated condition. His face seemed to
be cut and bruised and covered w ilL
blood. The father, of course, was
very much alarmed, and inquired of
tbe boy wbo bit buu.
"Nothing didn't hit me, sir," the
boy answered between his sobs; "it
was a mule kicked me ia the eye."
"A mulo kicked you in the eye,
eh?" replied the father. "Have'ut I
told you a thousand limes or more
that mules and gunpowder was'ut Gt
things for boys to fool with? What
wtre you doing with tbe mule?"
"I wasn't foojin' with him at all,"
said the boy, "I was only trying to
cut my name on Lis back."
Nothing can be worse for a ehild
than to be frightened. The effect of
the scare it is slow to recover from;
it remains sometimes until maturity,
as is shown in many instances in
morbil sensitiveness. Not unfru
quently, fear is employed as a means
of discipline. Children are controll
ed by being made to believe that
soniethiog terrible will happen them
and punished by being shut up in a
dark room, or hj bpiugput in a place
they stand in dread of. i one
without a vivid memory of his child
hood, can comprehend how entirely
cruel suth things are. We have oft
heard grown persons tell of the suf
fering they Lave endured, as little
children under like circumstances,
and recount the irreparable injury
which they have received. No pa
rent, no nurse, capable of alarming
tbe young u fitted for her position.
Children, as near a possible, should
be trained not to show the sense of
fear, which above everything elsp is
to be feared in their education, early
or late. ;
Dinmontla on C&Hdre'ti.
i he remembrance ot baratoga as
I am about to leave it will always be
a sparkling one. Whenever I think
of this little village, with its three
monster hotels and their thousands
of happy aciij giy visitors, tie dazj
z!e aad glitter of a million diamonds
will natoraliy flash before my eyes.
It was laughable to think of the
heartrending cry of "hard times," in
all tho newspapers and in every
body's mouth, and to follow tho blaz
ing procession of diamonds down
the Congress Hall piazza. If they
were pebbles they could scarcely be
more abundant itero is one, jou
see. the size of a small window-pane.
It ornaments - thef cetlr f v-little
school irirl of sixteen. ! vou see
those little girls of s'x a I seven
frolicking in the drawingroom, up
setting the chairs and chasing each
other ur and down the costly velvet
carpet? They all wear diamonds
There are people here who say it is
bad taste to spoil the sweet innocence
of children by such showy pamper
ing of vanity ; but I suppose they
are laughed at. Tho very next thing
out will no doubt be diamond ear
rings, riusrs. aud necklaces for new-
bora pulpy infants. . ' . '
('ouaniupUoii ot t oll'ee. la tha U.S.
Few people have even an. approxi
mate idea or tho magnitude ot tue
coffee trade of the U. S. or of the
world. Tbe American consumption
of Brazil alone, dunn? IS 4. was
103.751 tons, or an average of 8,046
tons a month. This, says the Bulle
tin, is the largest consumption of Bra
zil coffee ia tbe U. S. ever known,
except that of 1870, when 108,502
t)ns were consumed. The trade is
now on a very firm footing, and the
consumption steadily increases es
pecially in the U. S., where it is
about one-fourth of that of the en
tire world, and more than any one
country on the globe. As fur as in
creased consumption is concerned,
England shows only a moderate an
nual increase since tho commence
ment of this century. The main
source of supply ia Brazil. Java,
Ceylon, and the West Iudies also fur
nish a considerable quantity. Trade
since 1820 has shown remarkable
progress. Tho value of the coffee
crop, according to an Amsterdam au
thority, purchased from first hands,
is $125,000,000.
Aovtl Curo for I.ove.
A new and amusing cure for love
has lately been found effective in a
lashionablj Parisian faubourjr. The
son of a wealthy nobleman became
enamored of his father's concierge,
(door porter), aud determined to
marry. Tho aristocratic papa op
posed, but moved at last by the des
pair of his son gave his consent, w ith
the prcrso that the smitten youth
should go to sea for twelve months
before the marriage. Shortly after
his departure, the father, who had
previously, observed an embonpoint
in the young intended, took her under
his especial charge, gave her the
most succulent food and wines, for
bade her to take exercise a3 unbe
coming in bis future daughter, and
in fact, stall-fed her to such an extent
that when the engaged swain return
ed from his year's voyage, he was
horrified to Gud, instead of the slen
der, elegant girl he left, tu immensly
fat woman, as big as two Albions
rolled into one. Of course the ruse
was successful, and the unfortdnate
victim of good cheer has been pen
sioned off.
A tie Advertisements.
New Firm.
SHOE STORE,
SNYDER & UHL
Having pnrcliacl the Shot
Store lately owned by
ir.C. IteerilM,
We take plonrare In calllnit the attention of
tiuMic to lite furl Unit we tiuTo now anl exitce
,co constantly va hand a coniplctu an
ment of
Boots, Shoes
and Gaiters
BOTH OF
Eastern and Home Manufacture
ai can he fi.unil anywhere. We also will have or
hanJ eountuutly a lull supply of
SOLK LEATHER,
MOROCCO.
CALF SKINS,
KIPS,
AND LININCI SKINS
or all kln.'.s, with a full line of
Shoe Findings.
The HOME M 4 VUFACTI'ItE DEPART
HLMwill he in churned ' '
1ST. 13. Snyder, Ksq.
W ho.e reputation for making
Good Work and Good Fits
Is nopon'l to none tn the State. The pahtlc In r
9xK-lluHy luvitnl In rail and examine our ttork,
as we are uVtcnninetl to keep goods ae piod as tba
tiefll and sell at prices as low as the lowest.
SNYDEE & UHL.
SOMERSET
PLANING MILL
The un leMiimo.t i prepared to furoUh mil 'rt
of mA work rtnuireii
For
liuilding
Furposes
SUCH AS
SIDING,
FLOORING,
POORS,
sisn,
fcCROLL WORK,
iiCf AC, AC,
at Furli rl(fs as will malt It to tho a-Iranta of
buiHer to give him a rail before iurv having eUc
wherc. IU bus ailoited
The Cash System,
ami a rrent reduction will he made in the price of
all work paid for within thirty days.
11a also nirea notice to those Indebted to him
thkl their acconnta most he settled at an early
day. ir he jhall he obliged to enfurce collection !y
other uieai.a.
July: ISAAC JOXES.
2ew Advertisements.
1
JOHN F.
DEALER IN
'Hardware, Iron,
OILS, &0.
Tbe following 13 a part'ul Est of goods in Stock: Cirpenter's Tools,
Planes, Saws, Hatchets, Hammers, Chisels, Tlane Iron?. A dzes, &c., P.laek
sniith's Goods, Bellows, Anvils, Vices, File3, Hammers, Ac. Saddlery
Hardware, Tab Trees, Gig Saddles, Hemes, Cackles, Rinjrs, Pits and Tools.
Table Knives and Forks, Pocket Knives, Scissors, Spoons and Razors, the
largest stock in Somerset County. Painter's Goods, a full stock. White
Lead, Colored Paints for inside and outside painting, Taints in oil, all colors,
Varnish, Turpentine, Flaxseed Oil, Brushes, Japan Dryer, Walnut Stain3,
&cr Window Glass of all sizes and glass cut to any shape. The best Coal
Oil always on hand. Our ttock of Coal Oil Lamps is large and comprises
very elegant styles. Bitston'a Circular,JMu!ey and Cross Cut Saws. Mill
Saw Files of thebest quality. Porcelain-'ined Kettle3. Handles of all kinds.
SIIOVTA FOJJIIS, BXAIS, ItAICEtt,
Mattocks, Grub Hoes, Picks, Scythes, Sneaths, Sledges, Mason Hammers,
Cast Steel. Step Ladders, Carriage and Tire Bolts of all sizes. Loooking
Glasses, Wash Boards, Clothes Wringers, Meal Sieves, Door Mats, Baskets,
Tubs, Wooden Buckets, Twine, Rope all sizes, Hay Pulleys, Butter Prints,
Mop Sticks, Traps, Steelyards, Meat Cutters end StuGers, Traces, Cow
Chains, Halter Chains, Shoe, Dust and Scrub Brushes, Horse Brushes, Cur
ry Combs and Cards, Ioor Lock3, Hinges, Screws, Latches and everything
in the Builders' line. Caps, Lead, Shot, Powder and Safety Fuse, Jfcc., &c,
The fact is, I keep everything that belongs to the Hardware trade. I deal
exclusively in this kind of goods and give my whole atttention to it. Per
sons who are building, or any one in need of anything in my line, will find
it to their advantage to give me a call. I will always give a reasonable
credit to responsible persons. I thank my old customers for their patronage,
and hope this season to make many new ones. Don't forget the place
April 8
74.
Ill, FOLLANSBEE & C0,C. & Hiorbai!
f
jVlerChant TailOrS,;
.And jVrijiulhcturer. ol
Gent's. Youth's and Boys,
Mill ail
ftraisiil GooSs.
121 Wood Street, corner Fifth Avenue,
PITTSBUlUill".
aj.rl.
KEYSTONE lIMt; KOOIIS,
293 Liberty Street, riMiluirsb. Va.,
V. U. 81X1 SOX, I'roprictor.
MEALS AT ALL HOURS.
-TRAXSIENT Cl'STOM SOLICITED. I
8p is ;
New Finn!
NEW. GOODS !
j
LOW PRICES! j
i
j
i-llavliig purchased the interest of 3Icj:;cs V. I
F. Khoade a Bro'a., la the grocery burners, w j
respectfully annoance to tho public that we will
continue the business at the vM stand,
I
1
( o. 2, IJacr's Itlork. )
1
In addition to a full line of Knxxrk'f (frt?h and I
of best qualities), I
GLASSWARE, j
QUEENSWARE, !
FLOUR, GRAIN, j
& MILL FEED, j
We will mate a specially of
S3 .A Li T 9
Carbon Oil,
Land Plaster,
CALCINED PLASTIB,
FREDERICK
AND
CLEVELAND
WHITE LIME,
Cumberland Lime,
GUANO,
PHOSPHATES, &c
We have a large wasehouao aud luue hote nea r
tho Depot, and will furnUh Country Moruhacls
and Fanners storage room at reasonable ratei.
W. F. ALTFATHER & Co.
i
SOMERSET, PA. 1
March 3J, 1S7J. I
IMPORTANT TO ALL. '
Protection of yoor Family from poverty, and In
ease of sudden deuth your estato Iroiu bankrupt- ;
cv; or in event of a lonn life n coiuiieteni'v lor your
11 are. ean ne seenreu II yoa now avail yourself 1
of th. Decennial dividend pun tumishedb, the
The only Com nan t that ean or do Issue theahove
tind of polieic?, the- moot liberal and fair in IU
proTisioiu many lamaw.irid.
Those who with to avail themselves of Its many !
beneiitsoan havethancccaMrydocunienttlitrnUh-1
ed them to till out, and additional and iuiiorant
Information, by applying by letter or in person to
P. E. GOODELL,
AOER ANCII OFFICE,
S3 Fourth Arc, PilUburg, Pa.
A responsible person Is wanted In this and ad
joining; ooonties to present tha aboer plan of in- '
surnnce to the public, to whom a permanent and
desirable posittonwlll be given. Address as above. !
Miscellaneous.
BLYMYEE,
Nails, Glass, Paints,
JOHN F. BLYMVER.
A Large and Complete Assortment tif
! (;ods fer
Fall and Winter Wear.
They have a comIote as.rtamnt ol
iroH.s Tjom!s.
FcU33irN,
IIooj?4!i iris.
i3::st!e.s,
' .
'And Pelt over Shoes,
1
Clothing.
Boots and Shoes,
HATS AND CAPS,
GLOVES,&C.
Underclothing for Men and Women
A large assortment ot
II A l I I W' i t! mi
-m I-jLJ--MS TT . . A V J
QUEENSWARE,
Cartets, Oil Cloths, &c.
& large stock of floe and coarse
g
Ky the Barrel orS.u h
Prices as Low as Possib'e.
C. & G. HOLDERBAIDI,
Somerset, Pa.
l)ct. 30.
NEW STORE!
SCHKI.I. WILSOV would Inform their
friends ami the public HTi'ncrnlly, that thy have
ojicned a store at
a II H ETT,
on tb line of the P. W. St II H. R., ami now offer
for pule a a General St.-k i-f Mcrcbaoiize, cod
slating of
DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING,
QUEENSWARE,
HARDWARE,
HATS A CAPS,
ROOTS & SHOES.
&c, Ac, &.c,
All ot which will be sold sheap for CASH or ex
chnmrod fir nniduee.
WAX l El Lumber .d all kinds, TIiHijt-tx.leg,
Cnws-Ties, Bark, Staves, fee.. Also, Wool, Hut.
ter, t(TK.
MAPLE STJGAE,
Faeon. Orain of all kinds. For. Sheep-Pelts, and
Hceswr.x. for which we will pay the hlnhest prices
iu C'a?h or (loods.
SALT AND FISH.
always on hand. Qlre ns a call aml.be convinced
th.it we intend to do business and cannot be onder
old.
SCIIELL & WILSOX.
VIKE & YOUNG,
BUTCHERS
AND DEALERS,
Wholesale and Retail,
IX
FRESH MEATS,
ALL KINDS, SCCH A3
uhrv-f,,,RK- teai-
S.VVSVGE, Pl'UMXtr, VUUNJKA
AXD '
:LARD Qyyfj RENDER!NG.
Market days, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Stur
ilays. " " marl'J'Ti
i STEVENSON & CAMEIGHT,
Mar.ofantnrers of
n . i i i T ' . . !
Mill V illllVf ITUIl lUI IllllSi
!
! Window and lir Heads. Unial. Turre's. Chim-
nev I'aps. Ventilators, and all kind of Oalvanu
I ed'lron tlrnainental Work. Tin Kooiin. Sut
i Intr. and all kinds of Job Work promptly attend
' ed to.
1 Xo. 158 Irilcra SI.,
Allegheny City, Pa.
maya
Miscellaneous.
J.W. PATTON. C. O. HURST.
NEW FIRL
N EVV GOODS.
THE NEW FInM OF
PATTON &-HUBS
m
1
No. J, Racr's III ork,
are now In rcejpt of a stiK'k of jr! a.Vij.trM t.t
the present wanis of the people. 1'un-linseil wiii.
in the last ten days fi:id sinco the di-ime In tf
prices of Staples md iK inejtics. they aroenaMe 1
blotter special iiuico'iucnls to all in want ol k..."s
of every descrtprii n in su -h vani ty a canct I o
fonnd any her in town, co:r; riiii a u . n
ral asourtiacut. Tiiey cull spevuil attcutim !
their Urge aaiurtintnt ot
CALICOES,
Dleachrnl nri'I Unbloa.-htil Mummm
GINGHAMS,
SHIRTING,
TICKINC,
EOYS AND MENS'
HEAVY PANT STUFFS,
hi CoUonade, Double ;ni:I
Irish Jeans, Saline Is,
Cassimcres, &.,
DRESS GOODS,
in Plain a.vj Corded Afpaccas, Pop
lins, Cashmeres, French
Mcrrinces, &.C.,
STAPLE & FANCY NOTIONS,
HA-TS Sc CAPS,
EOCTS &o SHOES,
TOBACCO AND CIGARS,
The I'trV-irtmpnt of
Carpi.'tin-s ami Oil Cloths
ever! -p.-jaht fwn. A lnr-. ,-,r OKccns.
ware, ll. lermioed to be a: to tin- tbnrs iu a..rt
no nt. styles and f-ri.vs. we rcpt.-e!:uily ?,.! it a
call Iruai tli"sc iu w;;iu of kkh1s. It!. is
DR. T. i:kow.-,.-o. . swoxn avk.vi i
between V ood and .Market Street. I'litM.ur--..jntinties
b. euaranico hi cure-in case? .,t 1'K i
V ATK UISKXSrS. ;is r. mwi. are prepare.'
byhnn-eir No patient will lie - ut to a .irimt-l. i
lor his medicine. Havinn had n l.ir- p. ri. i,
ti a practice 01 over a i years, he cm insure r. i.i '
in a lew days. Terms low mid cures i-euain li, i
l.-atedi-eaw-s, liver complaint, palpitation ot the
heart, strictures. di-.:i- ol the bladder and kid.
nej. general dvbilirv an I nervoUMiessvidd read
lly to his tre.itmcnl. All letters c ntaiuUi'; a U
or posla-.?': ttaiop promptly answered. j't 1
Cook & Eeerits'
FAMILY GROCER!
Flour and Feed
STORE.
We would roost respectfully announce to
friends and the puld le ifcnerallv, in the town
vicinity ol Somerset, that wo have opened
our NewStoro on
MAIX CROSS STREE7
And in addition to o fall lice of the best
Coiir?('tioucrie.4. Notions,
Tobaccos, C'ijjarM, Ac,
We will endrnTor,at ail times, to Hppiy jur cus
tomers with tha
BEST QUALiTY O V
FAMILY FLOUE,
CORX-MEAL,
OATS, SHELLED COIlX',
OATS i- CORX CHOP,
II RAX, MIDDLIXGS
Aud everything partaitilnii to tiio Fee l Depart
mtntultuo LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES.
For:
CASH ONLY.
Also, a w, !l selected stock of
Gla.'Pwarc; Ston-ware. Womlenware. llni.-h
al kinds, in,t
Which we will SrU as cheap as the cheapest.
Please rail, examine our (roods of all kinds,
be satistied Ipim your own judgment.
Don't furaret where we stay
On M A IX CROSS Street, So merset, Pa
Oct. i lj7i
Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral,
For Dineaaos Of th Throat an J JLunga,
SUJh as Couitha, Colds, Whooping
Cjuii, Bronchitis. Axikuia,
aad Consumption.
di'Cov. ric l" !:.-:.' ;t
-c :r::ce, lew t e , ;
inom reul vali.r r
Oiai;kii 1 !h..n t .j- e:-
f"CH::l r. -e -
ti-ea-e ( t!;e ! :
cn I I ir ?. A :
Mai ' I .:. ::' -.
Ibi-iM'!.!.. I :! : vi
ether coi;idi!'-, c ...
!li?U'tl tl:::t li .
fttireiv !l!:d ClVetuo ' V
control then. The festtnvnY of enr bM e:t -zens,
of a!i clinic.;, etaldi.lje. tic. l'ac ,;.::.
Cherky 1'KnoiiAL and ik relic; c to: I
tnre tho ntHictin disorder of the Hi u:t ::t I
Ltmj beyond any tlicr medicine. !he njo-F
dangerous Rtfection of the I'olmoncrv Orne"
yield b it power; and ca s of on-nmplion,
cured by this; preparation, arc pi;' ':c!y Kt.on!.,
so remarkable as hardly t Le believe.!, v. :
they not proven beyond dil ute. A a rrni.!y,
it is adequate, on which tiie public nc.v r- r
Pr full protection. Hv etirinir Coiichs. t! .
forerunners of more seriou-4 di-easo. it :iv n:.r
Lumbered lives, and an atrouiit of ui!", t mz t t
io bo computed. It thalitnej t.ru, ;m.i '
inces the mot sceptical. Every funi'v ?!...;;' i
kocp it on hand a a protection .urtiu-d the e-v, ,
wd unperceired attack of l'u!oei::iry
tions, which are easily met nt firt, but w i.i.
become incnrablo, and too often fcitul, if i.
lected. Tender lunf r.eed this defence: nt d ir
is nnwise to bo without it. A a sau -t.ar.l t
children, amid tho distressing di-eas wl.k'i
beset the Throat ami Cliest of aiiiMihood. Cn i.i:;: r
Pec-torac is invaluable: for, by iN timely i:
multitudes are rescued from premature srr.ne-.
aad saved to the love and aflcction centred a
them. It acts speedily and surely a.ai::t o, h
narr cold, securing sound and I'e:iiUi-rcfori:.
sleep. No one W'll snlfer trouldctonie Inllii-
! enza and painful Bronchi! vhun tlicy know
'. how easily they can be cured. . . ,
I Jriginaliy tno prod act of Ijt.IatrM.n'. '
! sneccasful chemical irivc.-tiV'atioii. no cost Cu' t. :l
u spared in mnki:.g every bottle hi the uria.-t
possible perfection. It fr.ay be confidently re!
upon as. powisinaj all the virthes ic has ever
exhibited, and capable of products!! cures). n
j memorable as the greatest it has ever criccted-
PREPA2EC BY ' "
Dr. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass.,
Practical and Analytical Chemist.
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