KtKAL TOPICS.
WriueafoTtheHaaauby a lamer, gardener
and InUt-f-mwer cf free experieooe.
haibvmen'b aociatiox.
At ibe late meeting f the Ameri
auui "--b -
ran PairrmeD' Association at l,iere -
land, Ohio, the following subjects
were discusoed : Oleomargarine was
r. i,io nn and a memuer sua
The manufacture or oleomargarine Is
increasing rapiJ'j to tbe injury of
farmer, "depreciating the price of
ct-Duine buuer." lie read extracts
row Trof. Arnold and lr. Mott,
slowing thai these two articles dif
fered somewhat in their chemical
ingredients, and especially in tbe
essential oils which gare flavor,
though proiuiucnt physicians bad
pronounced tbe oleomargarine a
Lealthful article of diet. He thought
the main fueiion was, "What shall
we do to protect ourselves, as dairy
men, from this form of competition ?"
As far as he was concerned, be was
willing that each article should stand
on its own merits, only protecting tbe
t-onKumers from deoeplion in tbe mat
ter lr. Mott, of New York, said that
by chemical analysis it is shown that
tbe fat of steers, from which oleo
margarine is made, is essentially tbe
same as that in milk and butter, and
when tie manufacture is rightly con
ducted, tie product is as pare and
wholesome as dairy butter, and as
acceptable to the taste of the majori
ty of consumers even more so than
the average quality of the butter sold
in our cities and it could be afforded
t Lalf the usual price. Hence, be
could not 6ee why there should be
any popular outcry against tbe arti
cle as an imposition on tbe public.
He also said that the New York and
New Jersey Companies bad nsed
over eight million pounds , of fat up
to March 5, 1877, and ia tbe year
l7G-7,lbey sold in one contract
3,2fl'(,000 pounds of the artificial but
ter. In 1" contracts were offered
to tlera but not accepted, for 3,000,
vWi pounds annually for five years,
and large offers are now pending.
Tie resell of the discussion was that
motion was made that the dairy
men of Ooio petition the Legislature
of that State to pass a law similar to
that recently enacted in "ew York,
and that is also atked for in Pennsyl
vania, requiring tbe manufacturers
and dealers in oleomargarine to eoj
mark or brand the packages contain
ing this article, that purcha&rs and
consumers can know what 1 hey are
getting and to impose a ioe ou!
those who may sell the artificial com
pound as dairy butter. i
THE TAX1AEK v'F CHEESE LOWERED.
A lea ling butter and cheese dealer
of New York spoke of the folly of
many farmers skimming tueir mi;K to
make tie more butter, then making a
second-rate cheese, not suited fur the
foreign markets, and at tbe same time
4ifcourscing borne consumption, lie
unrcd the cheese makers to skim less,
or none at all, and also to use all the
best annliances and knowledge for
tie purpose of improving tbe quality
of their cheese. Unfortunately,
through avarice, we have always giv
n the most inferior cheese we pro-
due to tbe borne trade, going so far
as to practice this short-sighted poli
cy with tbe very people wbo furnish
milk from which tbe cheese is made
hence it is only from sheer compulsion
that our own nation eat any cheese
at all. li we gave tbem tbe bent,
w hich, by the way, the foreign con
sumer gets as cheaply as our own
people do the rejections, we should
ooon have such a demand for cheese
in America, that we should not de
nend so largely upon tbe foreign
trade for a market He also spake of
the making of oleomargarine cheese,
which is now being done by a new
process. The owners of this process
do not claim to make as good an arti
cle as fine, full cream ciieese, but to
greatlv enhance the value of skimmed
milk. "
IREslI HI TTER fEl.l, hKft.
The same speaker said : We must
produce more fine butter and market
it while fresh, and by increased at
tention to winter dairying, which has
proven the most profitable branch, be
prcjred to supply it fresh at all
seasons of the year. The preference
for fresh butter has become so great
that in tbe winter, when the stock
cannot be Lad sufficient for all, the
masses take late made butter, how
ever characterless, in preference to
the finest early made New York dair
ies, which formerly commanded much
tbe highest price, in w inter, of any
kind. Tbe time when New York
dairy butter would bring from five to
fifteen cents per pound more in tbe
winter than in the summer when
made, Las gone by, and instead of
yielding a profit by holding it, gener
ally produces a loss. The time to
market butler, therefore, Las come to
when it is fresh.
AlUT CUVRMXti.
On tbe subject of churning the en
tire milk instead of cream only, Dr.
Mott quoted tbe opinions of several
authorities in its favor, bnt admitted
tLere was need of more facts as re
sults of actual experience. If said :
In my opinion, the views advanced
arc at best only theoretical, as they
are not based on actual trial. I do
not find recorded any statement
against churning tbe whole milk, ex
cept by persons who have never
practiced it ; but on the contrary, by
those who have experimented, all
agree that the yield of butter is great
er, ana tne naver and odor far super,
ior to butter made bv other msthods.
1 think that more experiments ought
to be made wub churning tbe whole
milk, for from a scientific standpoint
I believe it win be lound that tbe
whole milk churning will produce a
butter Laving an odor and flavor far
superior to butter churned from cream,
"other tilings being equal.
TEVrERATlRE or MILK.
I rof. Caldwell, after giving the
lessons on science and results of ex
pcriments, his most practical conclu
eion was, tbat in setting milk for
cream, it should be cooled as quickly
ms possible to a low temperature
say SCC to 40, or near to freeiinir.
no iar as ioe results oi experiments
go, they show Tery plainly tbe sepa
ration of tbe cream is more rapid and
complete at low temperatures, in tbe
region of 40, than higher. A French
chemist, at tbe results of numerous
experiments, found that when tbe
milk was quickly cooled to 36 is
small vessels, almost the entire cream
was separated in one honr : but in
vessel of forty quarta, it took twelve
bonrs to effect as complete separation
while at tbe temperature of C0' it
required thirty-six hours to effect the
aame with tbe same quantity of milk.
Nothing was gained in the amount of
cream bv letting tbe milk stand long
er than twelve hours at the low tem
perature.
05 1EEDI.NU COWS.
Prof. Stewart, editor of tie Live
Stock Journal, said if milk is desired,
cows must Lave a surplus of food be
yond the other wants of tbe system,
or all the rest it a loss. About two
tbirda of all an animal cats, is needed
to maintain its existence ; all tbe pro
fit comes from the other one-third,
nd this is often withheld entirely.
He adrieed soiling cows with green
food during dry times in the summer,
icomoeDuiui; iui t.t- - -
t(jre of M M(J ottgi cut WDen both
i Q . mlg0 u ongarjan grass and
j fowei corrjj arj(j more Qge of roots for
.unmanHimr tor this DanioBe a mix-
winter, wbere tne sou win j'"'"
He did not approve of corn meal alone
or with corn fodder for cows ; would
prefer at least part bran or middlings,
the latter having a good share of the
albuminoids, while the corn is mostly
carbon. Corn and oats groand to
gether, is excellent for cows. He did
not think it paid to cook food for
cows unless a large number are to be
fed ; but in feeding a large herd with
a good deal of earn fodder, he found
it of g'eat advantage to cut tbe stalks
finclv by steam power, then mix with
meal" and bran, and steam the whole.
All is done with the use of very little
manual labor.
TUE BET SALT.
Mr. F. D. Moulton, a salt dealer of
New York, wbo is agent for tbe 6ale
of the Ashton English dairy salt, the
superiority of which be set forth in
eloquent terms, and backed up his
arguments with numerous certificates
from American dairy firms.
Prof. Englebart, of Syracuse, then
followed with a scientific essay oa
salt and its uses, and showed by
chemical analyses tbat tbe Onondaga
dairy salt is the purest known in tbe
trade, and he also gave a number o
testimonials in iu favor as being
equal to any imported.
A Clirrks Dael.
At Dodie, Mono County, on Tues
day afternoon. Jack Braslin and a
man named Blair, who have for some
time been in partnership in their busi
ness of mining and prospecting, met
in tbe bar room of Pollock's boarding
house and commenced an angry die
pate; concerning the terms of a certain
location they bad recently made.
Tbey were bath under tbe influence
of liquor, Braslin mors so than Blair.
After quarrelling for soma time,
Braslin exclaimed tbat he was 'chief,'
which claim Blair disputed, saying
be was willing to fight him at any
distance, from a handkerchief length
to forty paces. This challenge Bras
lin. whose pUtol and belt were lying
on the floor a short distance from hiui,
accepted, asking for time to "beel
Linitelf," which te proceeded to do
by buckling on bis be. t lie two
men weat out in tne street, appc.nug
more pleasantly disposed towards
one another than tley had been at
any other time daring tbe aay.
Placing themselves it less tbaa eight
feet apart, at a signal from cue of
them tbey both fired effectively, Blair
hp in? struck in tbe shoulder and
Braslin in tbe 6ide. After tbe first
shot they bolt red rapidly, until
their revolvers, eaci. a six shooter,
Lad been entirely emptied. After the
smoke of tbe twelve rapidly firei
shots cleared awy both men appear
ed riddled with shot, blood from their
wounds crimsoning tie buqv at f
ery step they took. Neither seemed
to Lave been satisGed with tbe result,
each starting for a fresh pistcl. Bras
lin returned to tbe bar room and Blair
starts J around tbe corner of tbe
house, whcr La secured another pis
tol from an acquaintance with which
he returned to the bar room and shot
Braslin in the abdomen, inflicting a
wound of which Braslin died in about
Gfteen minutes. After firing the last
shot Blair fell to tbe floor from the
great loss of blood. He was moved
to tbe cabin of a friend, where, upon
examination, he was found to have
been shot in four different places.
Col. Trgns. Hi.
It seems thev are beginning to run
plows on tbe sea bottom to loosen up
the soil for the dredges. The Journal
of Chemistry says :
"During the summer we witnessed
this deep sea plowing in tbe harbor
of Belfast, Maine. The bottom of the
bay is covered with a tenacious, clay
ey deposit, into which tho steam
shovel penetrates with difficulty, and
to loosen it a huge Michigan plow
was 6et to work under the water,
drawn by steam power on the shore,
using a wire rope to form connections.
Tbe water at bigh tide was about
twenty feet deep when the plow was
working. Tbe man that held it was
engaged in tbe diver's armor, and
supplied with air by a flexible tube
connecting with an air pump on board
of a vessel floating above. He came!
up at our request, and after removing
his air-tight helmet, and conversing a
few moments, was again put in con-:
nection with the pump, and, disap-!
pearing under water, went on with
the plowing. This to us was a novel
proceeding, and, so far as we can
learn, it was tbe first experiment of
tbe kind ever made."
Oraaa; Filled mllh Jelly.
Select large oranges, and from the
top of each remove with a ebarp pen
knife a round piece the size of a quar
ter ; then, with the handle of a tea
spoon take out the pulp carefully, not
to break tbe rinds, and throw tbem
into cold water. Make jelly, using
gelatine and the juice pressed from
tbe pulp ; which should be strained
that it may be quite clear : color one
half a bright rose color with currant
jelly, wine or a small quantity of
prepared cochineal. When tbe jel.y
is somewhat cooled, arain and wipe
the oranges and fill tbem with alter
nate stripes of the two colored jellies.
Lacb color must be allowed to set
before tbe other is poured in. When
tbe oranges are perfectly cold, cut
them into quarters with a very sharp
knife, and arrange satisfactorily in a
glass dish with sprigs of myrtle be
tween them.
The Naat I'BtartaBMe Maa Ever Bars.
A Portsmouth man was going East
with Lis wife last week, and the
train started very suddenly while he
was talking with bis friends. He
grabbed bold of a woman, chucked
her on the train, jumped after ber
and away they went fifty miles an
hour, with Lis wife shrieking and
tearing ber Lair on the platform, and
a woman be never saw before going
into bigh pressure hysterics in the
car, calling him a monster and yelling
"Save me !" By a terrible mistake
he had got hold of the wrong woman,
and tbe conductor, refusing to listen
to bis explanations, kicked him out
of tbe car, the brakeman chucked
him into the ditch, tbe Sheriff met
bim before he was half way back to
town and put handcuffs on Lim. and
when at last he got borne, he saw his
business partner holding bis wife on
Lis lap and telling ber thai there
were men in tbe world who loved ber
much better than ber faithless hus
band ever did. He says the next
time he travels he will walk. Lewis
iavm (fa.) Democrat.
When is tbe pig
n is tbe j
he is lea.
tbehe aviest?
When
ItESCl El.
BV tlET.EX FOREST GRAVES.
"I don't like it at all," said Miss
Estcott. "Tbe flowers are vulgarly
massed ; the feathers are Lot-looking,
and tbat rope of Roman pearls stretch
ed across tbe crown is dowdy in tbe
extreme."
Madame Uossompierre, the fashion
able French milliner, gave a little de
precating smile and courtesy at each
one of these emphatically announced
opinions.
"Bat, Miss Ettcott " she ventur
ed to insinuate, as the spoiled beauty
paused for breath.
"Tnere are no om bojui it. -nounced
Victoria Estcott, dominant
ly. "The bonnet is perfectly horrid,
and I shall not take it Tray, wbo
trimmed it ?"
At this question Madame Bossom
pierre looked inquiringly at the tall,
slender girl who had brought tbe box
into the room.
She colored deeplv : the tears spar.
ikied out under ber long lashes.
"I trimmed it, Madame," 6be falt
ered, in a tone tbat was almost inau
dible. "Take it back again in tbe work
room!"' 6aid Madame Bossom pierre,
savagely. "Miss Estcott is not suit
ed with it; and let Mrs. Farley bring
in some of those exquisite hats that
we imported from Paris in Belle Hel
ene, last week."
But, apparently, Miss Estcott was
determined not to be pleased with
anything tbat morning, and she finally
swept out of the show-room without
baviug made a choice.
Madame Bossompierre followed
bar to tfce door, with the sweetest
and most engaginj of smilesj but tie
instant Miss KatOitt was gono sue
frowned darkly.
"Spoiled, ignoraat thing !" muttered
' she, setting her teeth clcse together.
!"One need bave tbe patience ota Job
.. -w t i
to cope witn a -ew loraceress;
Farley, send Mis3 Wynd here."
Once more the tall, slender girl,
with the hazel brown eyes, that were
heavy with tears, and the pale cheeks,
came into Madame Boesompierre's
presence.
"You are discharged," raid Ma
dame, sharply. ".o, don't attempt
to argue tbe question-indeed, it
Un't worth while A girl who can't
trim a bat to suit my best customer,
cannot expect o be retained in isy
employment. Mrs. Farley will sot
: tie with you up to date."
' "But madamc" gapped tho youDj
' girl, looking like a frightened fawn,
t into whose heart an arrow had en
I tered. j
I Madame l5asson:r,ierre lifted a
a-jrning finger.
"Pray spare my poor nerves," paid
ehe. "I am compelled to uiscuarge
I you. IJe go cbligiDg as to leaFC tLo
room : '
And Coral Wynd obeved.
M iss Estcott 's claret-colored broug
ham rolled up to the door next day,
and Miss Estcott came in all smiles.
"I'll look at that bat again, ma
dame," said she. "Upon second
thought I've come to tie conclusion
tijat it was really very pretty. Only
I was trosj aai out of temper yester
day, and nothing looked right to
me."
Madame Bossompierre wa very
gorry very sorry but tie bat had
been taken to pieces, being so unfor
tunate as to meet with Miss Estcott's
disapproval, and "
"Vhcn Jet it be trimmed again. By
thf same Land,'1' said the imperious
young beauty, "and as cctriy as pos
sible in tbe same style. Tbat rope of
Roman pear's has haunted me all
night."
"I regret tbat it is quite imposl
ble," said madame, with a puzzled
look. "I have discharged the young
person who "
"Tbat tall, pretty girl, with tie
shining brown hair and the dove-like
eyes V
"Miss Uorai H ynd yes."
"Discharged her: And only be
cause I was captious enough to find
fault with her work!" cried Victoria,
impetuously.
' Was not that reason enough, ?"
obsequiously smiled Madame Bass
ompierre. "No," said Victoria, "I don't think
it was. Be so good as to give me
her address. If I've lost Ler her
place, it's only fair that I should try
to do something to help Ler. And to
thiok tbat all this came from one
careless word !"
"I am very sorry," said Madame
Bassom pierre ; "but it is quite out ot
my power to give you ber address.
I bave not got it myself. I never
had it We have so many young
persons in our employ that "
"Andean none of your people ob
tain it for me?" interrupted Miss
Estcott.
Madame did not tbiuk that tley
could ; and Victoria went away witn
a troubled ache at her heart.
"Why can't I learn to hold my
tongue?" she asked herself, clasping
her small, plump bands so vengefully
together that tbe sparkling rings
made red, angry dents on tbe fair,
pink flesh. "Why can't I control
my temper? I shall never forget
the tears in that poor girl's eyes, the
quiver n ber lip! And I to call
myseU a Christian woman !"
Victoria Estcott went borne in no
enviable mood tbat night.
It was scarcely a week afterward
that Miss Estcott was crossing the
Brooklyn Ferrv, toward twelve
o'clock at night.
Miss Estcott on a Brooklyn ferry
boat was ratker an unusual sight, but
she had been spending the evening
there, and .in consequence of some
misunderstanding between Ler own
maid and the coachman, her carriage
bad not been sent as ordered, and
St. George Fawcett,the brother of tbe
young girl she bad visited, bad vol
unteered to escort ber safe borne.
Victoria did not at all dislike the
idea of his companionship. Tbe
night, early in April, was soft and
balmy, and altogether Miss Estcott
regarded it in tbe light of a gipsy
liko adventure.
"Isn't it lorely ?" she said, looking
brigbtlv around "tbe lights reflect
ing in the jiver, and tbe salt air rush;
ing against one s cheek f One never
sees this cooped np in a carriage: and
good Leavens! wbo is tbat?"
It was a face the face of a tall,
tugnt young girl, wrapped in some
dark, pall-like garment, who leaned
upon the guard of tbe boat, and look
ed intently down into the arrowy
waves. Victoria never wculd have
seen tbe pale cheek, tbe tronbled.dark
eyes had it not been for tbe illumina
tion cast on it by tLo lantern of tbe
deck band.
Tbe deck band himself Btopped,
and looked irresolutely back.
"Beg vour pardon Miss," said be,
"but yoa are in a bad place, there.
The board is slippery, and there ain't
much to hold by, and if yoa 6bould
get a jostle "
The girl drew back into herself
with a petolent jerk, as if the words
irritated Ler, and that moment Victo
ria Estcott recognized Coral Wvnd'e
pale face and large glittering eyes.
She rose nervously flo her feet.
Just then the boat crashad against
the floating piles of the pier, and the
clivht slender figure made a rush to
ward the dark and lurid waves that
surged below.
How she did it, Victoria Estcott
could never afterward tell, but she
sprang forward and caught Coral
Wynd in her arms, although the un
nremeditated sprinir nearly precipita
ted her into tbe boiling depths of the
black tides.
"Don't!" she cried. "For God's
sake don't throw away your life!"
Coral struggled lrantically with
her rescuer for a second or two.
"Let me go," she cried "oh, let
me go ! I am alone ! 1 am starving !
why do you not let me go ?"
And then she fell fainting into Vic
toria Estcott's arms.
All this happened when the April
showers were dimpling the waves,
and the soft April green was smiling
op in all the parks; and when Victo
ria Estcott was married, in June
married to St. George Fawcet, of
course a tall, pale gin was beiping
her with her wedding trunks and
"marriage garments."
"And mind you're in the house to
welcome us, dear, when we come
back from Niagara," says Victoria.
"Because you are my sister now,
and borne won't seem borne without
you !"
And Coral Wynd smiles back
with shy, sweet eyes, wondering how
it can possibly be that she is so radi
antly happyshe who was all alone
ia the world but a few weeks since.
"It must be because God is good!"
she ponders, to herself.
But when A'ictoria looks at tbe
sweet, dove-like calm face, and thinks
what might bave been, all through
ber careless words, she shydders and
grows pais,
im ibe Male Drparlmenl, Washington.
The courteous dojr-keeper at tie
main outer entrance guides us to tbe
elegant elevator, and we ascend
noiselessly, our pulses quickening as
we reach the seat of power. Let us
proceed at once to tbe rooms set
apart for commissions and pardons.
Here is kept the great seal of the na
tion, and here all the commissions
are executed to tbe ministers aod
consuls fir foreign countries. Per
haps you never before dreamed tbe
world was ouiteas large. Surelv no
district sohooj geography ever over
whelmed you with eq long a list of
proper names. Tbe walls of tie
great apartment frouj floor to eeiinr
are lined with pigeon-boles, and
every pigeonhole wears s label.
You read, your ideas expanding
meanwhile. You dwell upon the ar-
gjy of men it must needs take to fill
d thosa 8panment3: Consulships
and agencies, at least, uiast be e&sj
to obtain. You discover that N'ong
po, aod Wequill, and Ojaca, am
Dandlekeen, und the Cannibal Islands
are mini) consuls at tbe present mo
ment, and modestly inquire If tbey
ere eligillo posts. The clerk turns tbe
leaves of a large folio, and reads (or
your edification, commencing alpha
betically : "Cannibal Islands con
sul mysteriously disappeared ; na
tives reticent on the subject; fees
tV.ejve doijars. pandlekeen consul
lost in an earthquake ; he a uo'j.hlu;
Nongpo --consul shot by mistake ;
fees live dollars. Oajaca consul
died of the plagae ; fees-" You de
cline to trouble your informant fur
ther in that direction, but have the
curiosity to atk if there are any ap
plicants for tbe vacancies. "Ob, yes,"
is the reply; "for tbe Cannibal
Islands alonp there are three hun
dred." Therefore you decida not to
apply for yourself, and pass on. j
uui your advanced jreograpbicul
notions plunge you into an abyss of
research. What of tbe immense cor
respondence Involved ? Tbe solution
ot tie problem is contained within I
tbe walls of four apartments, alike in
architectural finish, and each about
fifty five feet long and twenty-feet
wide. These apartment) are devot
ed to tbe Bureau of Indexes and Ac
counts, under tbe immediate charge
of John II. Haswell. This bureau is
the pivot upen which the whole par
aphernalia of tbe department turns.
Here the mails are opened, and all
the letters of tbe Secretary and
Lis officers indexed before being
delivered to tbem for perusal, then
returned Lpre for further disposition.
Here are registered daily full ab
stracts of all communications to and
from tbe department, and all letters
are indexed both by subjects and per
sons. The work is divided into three
branches tie diplomatic, tbe consu
lar, and miscellaneous. Each branch
Las its subdivisions; for instance,
tbe diplomatic correspondence of
Austria. Belgium, France.'Germany
Great Britain, and Italy is placed un
der one bead ; and tbat of the Barba
ry States, Central America, China,
Egypt, Feejee Islands, Friendly and
Navigators Islands, Hawaiian Islands,
Hay ti, Japan, Liberia, Madagascar,
Mexico, Muscat, San Domingo, Siam,
Society Islands, Turkey, and other
countries is placed under another
head, etc., etc. The consular corre
spondence is distributed under sim
ilar heads. Outside of the diplomat
ic and consular, the miscellaneous
registes covers all communicationr,
even tbe most trivial. And these
streams of correspondence have been
ebbing and flowing ever since friend
ly relations wore first established
with tbe various countries. Tbe
vast accumulation of material would
seem enough to appall tbe common
mind4 With its perpetual increase
we are told tbat instructions to con
suls alone swell into two immense
volumes every month the wonder is
tbat it can be turned to account in tbe
multiplicity of emergencies where in
stantaneous reference is demanded.
The perfect order and method of ar
rangement, however, achieve tbe tri
umph. Tbe system of indexing has
been brought to such a bigh science
tbat any document from any country
or person, or to any couutry or per
son, upon any subject, and of any
date, may be found within half an
hour. It is tbe duty of tbe employes
in this bureau to answer calls for cor
respondence from the Secretary and
other officials of tbe department, and
if you loitor a few moments yoa will
learn somewhat of the variety and
character of these wants a letter
concerning the Cuban Claims Com
mission, document from r ranee in
1310, the charter of a college in Wis
consin about which there is a curions
litigation pending, correspondence
with Spain concerning the extradi
tion treaty and Tweed, letters from
the Mayor of Boston in 1813, papers
relating to tbe Italian Labor Society,
documents concerning the Texas fron
tier Commission, and so on indefinite
ly. Inquire for the letter you wrote
to the Secretary of State a year ago
on some private aspirations of your
own, and behold! it is at once forth
coming Martha J. Lamb, in JIar
xt' Magazine for March.
"Do drop letters ever get Lnrt ?"
asked an exchange. Well, they are
found dead sometimes.
I
Te Reeeek Bei Beef.
Mince ome of tbe meat very fine,
season well, bave a layer of mashed
potatoes about an inch thick in a dish,
spread over it a thick layer of meat
and cover it with another layer of
potatoes ; with a knife form tquares
on your potatoes, spread a little but
ter over it, and brown nicely ; also
cut some meat in inch square pieces,
lake about half as much raw potatoes,
cot the same size, and one onion cut
small; put in a saqcepan w itb some of
the beef gravy, and water enough to
cover it, a little salt ; cover tigntiy
and when it comes to a boil set
wbere it will simmer until tbe gravy
is reduced to quite one-half, then add
black pepper and a little curry pow
der and a teaspoonful of flour ; Eerve
in this way, or yoa can line tbe sides
of a pie disb, put in tbe meat, etc.
cover with a nice paste and bake.
Laaflsc Levi.
A Yankee wooing, in which the
sweetness was long drawn out, has
ended in a law suit for room rent and
lights. A long time ago shoemaker
in Harom, N. II., began to pay atten
tions to a yoang lady, wbosmiled and
sighed for bim to speak out. Tbe
days passed, the weeks rattled on, tbe
months swept by, the years marched
on with stately tread, tbe terrestrial
ball roiled on iu tbe roomy universe,
aud tbe shoemaker was still wooing.
1- our years after tbe courtship opened
tbe steplatber or tbe maid lost pa
tience, and forbade tbe deliberate
lover to come again to tbe cozy little
parlor. Then he brought suit against
tbe fellow tor room rent, fuel and
lights, estimating his damages at
$300. Tardy suitor, take warning !
Loafing is not loving.
lolute Salad,
Tbis is an excellent recipe ; Take
eight large Irish potatoes when cold.
slice them in a flat dish with one cr
two onions and a sprinkling of celery
and salt; over each layer of potato or
onion pour the following dressing:
Beat two eggs with a tablespoonful
of sweet oil. add a small teasDoonful
each of sugar, pepper, mustard and
salt; when well mixed pour two cup-
tuls of boiling vinegar ; put bak on
tba fire and stir till it is as thick as
custard. Let it cool before putting
it on the potatoes : sprinkle with cav-
enne on the top : niak.e this t tbe
utiM m miu ft iu iu puiue iu lue ta
ble, and, if possible twenty-four
bours before it is u,?el.
Sinrder,
JlEMi'nis, Tenn , Feb. 0. About
one o'clock this morning Officer Res
tememyer while on duty near the
Mississippi aud Tennessee depot,
beard a shot fired iu a shanty near
by and the spreads of a voman
Running towards tbe Louse tbe olli
cer met Bob Kiog, a notorious ne
gro, running out and ordered bim to
halt, when King instantly fired,
tbe ball striking the o3'.cer in the
jaw. inflicting a fatal wouud. It was
ascertained tbat King Lad slot and
fatally wounded Laura Burnsbill,
colored, and was fleeing when met
by tie officer. So far he has escap
ed arrest.
Bbowssville, Texas, February
C. Nestor Maxan was killed in a
duel with M. De La IVna at Mata
moras yesterday. Mr. Maxoo was
seconded by William Kelly, and M.
Pena by Dr. Combe. Twe rounds
were fired without effect, when M.
Pena announced himself satisfisd,
but .Mr. Maan, demanding another
round, was shot through the body
and died almost Instantly. All par.
ties are residents of Brownsville.
Tbe cause of enmity is unknown.
Deceased was a prominent lawyer,
and bis untimely death ha3 cast a
gloom over tbe entire community.
An irascible old gentleman, who
holds tbe position of justice of tbe
peace, was recently accosted in tbe
street by a yogth in ft manner that
did not come np to Lis Lonor's idea of
tbe respect due to bim.
"loung man " said be, "1 bne yen
five dollars for contempt of court"
" by, judge," said the offender,
"you are not in session."
"Ibis court," replied the judge,
thoroughly irritated, "is always in
session, and consequently always an
object of oontempt, '
What be Wot.
" bat did ye' get :" akeu one
tramp of tbe other, who bad been into
tbe house after "vittles."
"I got euthin'," was the reply.
"What was it?" eagerly inquired
tbe expectant one.
"A cold shoulder!" bitterly rejoin
ed the other as he tramped on.
Clothes pins are now shipped to
New Zealand. Ibe natives ue
them for ear-rings, but one old chief
who got bold of one with a-half-
borse power spring in its back, and
hooked It on his nose, was looking
around ten minutes afterwards for a
missionary to kill.
"I told her I'd never smoke anoth
er ciarar." he said, softly ; "and I
won't A mnft'a nlpntv pood enouzb
' - l 1 I O O
for me" and he drew a, match over
tbe largest part of bis trousers.
Patcboulv is the word to use when
you want to tell a Hibernian he prev
aricates. Then run.
"It s no wonder, as a critic recent
ly remarked, that "The Raven" sav
ors of ancient Greece. It's Poe-made.
A Brooklyn girl has been arrested
for burglary as if a woman bad no
right to be out with her jimmy.
In the statue Gght, in the Senate,
Blaine hurled his arguments on Mass,
while Hoar stack to the Mairie point
Tbe wife who is presented with a
new water-proof by her husband ex
claims: Water-proof of affection !
It is better to lore a roan yea can
ever marry than marry a man yoa
can never love.
The best way to interest the In
dian in agriculture is to show bim
that whisky is made out of corn.
A Brooklyn girl has been arrested
for burglary as if a woman had do
right to be out with her jimmy.
What parts of the body are the
most useful to carpenters? The
oilf.
Love Is aa intoxication. Yes, bat
a year of matrimoDy will sober yoa
up.
When is a man like a wheel? When
he's tired.
An end tbat very few banks ever
come to Divid-end. j
The Great Hew Medicine
Rt Mi -
Wis &
A Health-Giving Power
PURIFIES THE BLOOD,
INVICOMATCS THE LIVER,
PROMOTES DIGESTION, and
' STRENGTHENS THE MERVES,
ThuEtcluUr(Bri(4lMMf what
Mpr avame or nature. Xt is wortajr eff a
trial. RELIEF guaranteed.
.VIGOHXIXI3
la AGREEABLE to the taste, URATE
Pl'Ltothe stomarh, and acts efficiently
aa a CATHARTIC, ALTERATIVE a ad
1)11 KETIC. Ita action ia not attended
w llhiar napleaie at fit-lias, neither ia
lanpoar nor debility experienced, bnt
mm tba contrary, rerreahnient and in-Tig-oration.
Its lmmedlafeeirprtnpon thedlgeatlTa
organs. whet ber Impaired bjr disease of
rxhansted rromanjreanse.lstainerease
their powers of assimilation and natrl
tion, the appetite being increased nt
once. To thoae affected with ai major
ged condition tf the llrer. ns Bilions
ness.charac tertaed by arin.ky raiupiec
Ion, n coated luaeae, a pa.ty, bad taste
In i he mouth, ai a priciona appetite and
saagKlah ation of the bowels, with n
sense of fa lint s in the head and of men
tal dnllnrsa, VlOtHit.Mi proves moat
valuable.
Its effect npnn the kidneys Is no less
happy, a turbid, irritation arias is
(joit-kly cleared up by It.
Inflammatory and C'hronle RHECi
W ATlsM will soon disappear by a per
slatcnt use of VIUOREtK.
For the cure of Shin Dlaeaaes and
f.raptlons of all kinds, YlUOHEXf: If
moat eertnin.
IGOHEKE is composed of the attire
properties of IIF.HfIS, HOOTS, til MS
and BARKS, that Kature alone lar.
niahfS. grat care being taken by
that key are Kalherrd at the right
avaaonof the yrnr, and that thfjr possess
their notice virtues.
That VlfeURENE has tho power to
PIK1FY THE BUKIIl. IWIt-UKjaTE
the I.l VF.lt, and SI I. Ml LATE the 1)1
UEaTIVK ORGASM, la Indisputably
proren tty thore nba hare given It a
trialand hare been pel uianrntly cared.
We do not aak you to it y n doern bot
tle to expsrlene i rl Cftrwe GVAR
AUEH yon will fvl Letter ftou the
(irat few doses.
VIGOHE.VE la aafanLhing the world
with Ita cures, and la throw Ins; a 11 other
TOMCS. ALTEHATIIKH and 15YIU
OUANTS, Into the shutie. Put np H
large boltles,rinnl'!el length, UeniTirea
stuall doapa. and ia pleaiMt to take.
Price, J,i..n per Bottle,
WALHER & BADGER MFG. CO., Prop's,
ti .tti St.. Vf Til. tid Jsrt:; Ci:y, ST. J.
THE OBJKCT OF EATIKO." a Be book erei
cn nbbuM r.tJ. t nt .'rc rpon n-ej,pt .
CcntnUEju. ,r"'"-a
FOR SAI.I3 BV
G. W. S P E E P. S .
IHU'tiGI.ir, Somerset, Va.
t'cliruary I
After ya:vri of iatl(.tit labor an.l experiment tbe
ST. JOHN
J
Sewing- Machine,
ti now offrtre.l to t lie puMlr. as th triumph ol In
rentire veaiu in this Itranek of manufseture.
l;s uoinu ol excellence are apparent to any one
exnrninintt tho machine an.l o reaitih miKnied
that already t heP'hT. J Oil " forced itaeli to
the front rank ol Sowinr Machines. It lulnlla
all the necoaaary requirements tor a nrst-clnsa
sewing .uariuno, warn are
lU Ability to 4orx--rlectri all klmt of workile-
mantled of a Sewing Machine. XI. Kjtae of man
agement. 3d. Liphtneta or running. 4th. Kree
Join Irmn nle. oth. Si(niill-py of instruction
sth Durability. All theae piinU ire ac-nred
morethan in any other, in the
ST. JOHN SEWING MACHINE.
iVo. 2 Machine.
Ornamented Machine and Stanl, Black, Walnut
Table, to Drawers, Patent'H Cover, which
attaot.os to aide ot the Table, forming a
convenient work box or an extension
tup at will.
PRICE
No. I.
No. I 1-2
S4S OO
S3S OO
S40 OO
SS5 OO
S65 OO
NO. 3
No. 3 1-2
M.akPrt the IxK'k Stit-li.
Bantifol in Dm Partei ia Caastracticn.
EquaUj good ca. the lightest cr heavi
est Goods.
Its Points of Peculiarity,
AliOHSST MANY OTEEES AES
It makea no ilittcrenee whether the Machine la
run backward tr forward ; the work will al
ways run Iroin you, and there is no lost or chauge
of st!te.
II liaa a clnae ahuttln in one piece, with no thread
hole through, the bobbin holding from HU to 100
yarlaot thread.
It wimlathe boblitn wltboat running the nis-chitit-:
so that there la no neccsitr for unthread
ing the machine, or removing tbe "work when the
bobbin needs to be wound.
Ita tensions are simple, erlect. and do be ad
futteil both umler and upper, wifhont removing
the work.
-Kai-h Machine ia lunilxhed with the ordin
ary attachments.
Ita Furniture Is novel, peculiar and desirable.
Eveuv Machine is Warranted.
It takes well and gives complete satisfaetloa.
Twenty -ire ol these Machines bare already
been sold In this county.
1 aim sell tbe well known Familr Favorite or
Weed Machines at about half the old price, and
also repair the various kinds of sewing machines
promptly and satisfactorily And all kinda or at
tachments procured to order :
Address C. F. WALKER.
Somerset, f'a.
P. S. Sample Machines to be seen at P. Flick
or at Casebeer Ou's Store. -Jan.
as
OPIUM
eJsC-wX-TJIftfv INs. i. JW'"t
PUBLIC SALE.
1 wll
will expose to Dublin salsst Salisbury, oa Sat
urday, tne letnoi renruary. is s, at l o clock r.
I he following real estate of B. F. Johns, sitnate in
Johns' addition to Salisbury Borouga, Somerset
county. Pa, vis :
Lots from 1 to 14 Inclusive, all fronting on Mac
kenzie steeet. each fronting a feet, and extend
ing north to alley, 1JO feet, except lot no. 14, which
has a front of (t) feet, and 3; feet at the other end
or lot. v. i "t
Lots 15, U, IT, M, 18, , 21. 32, SO, 34 and 17 aU
fronting on (Jartoss street Q feet, and extending
bivk l2u feet to an alley, except lot no. IS, which
ha a front ol IS feet, aud is M feet In width at the
South end along the alley.
Also, bat no. , fronting on Depot street M feet,
and extending north to sn alley 133 feet, adjoining
laspot street on tba south, alley oa west, alley on
nor tit, and lots of Keiin m Uveotrood on tbe east,
having thereon erect J a one and a half story cot
tage boose, a stable, and other ou'i-baildlngr.
"Trans : Ten per cent, ol pure base money to
be paid as soon as property is knorked down
one third on eonbrmatioo oi sale, one-third la aix
months and one third; In twelve months, with
interest on deferred payments from January T.
1k;. Purchase money to be secared by udg
mentbond. DAVID HAT,
Jan. 21 . Assignee.
-- OaCiTa eV' aWflPnC' .
" " 1 Tinfriai T' ' v''
JOHN F. J3LYMYER
DEALER IN
Hardware, Iron, Nails, Glass, Paints
OILS, 5cC, &C
The following is a partial list of goods ia Stock: Cirptnter'a Tools,
Planes, Saws, Hatchets, Hammers, Chisels, Plane Iron? Jzea, &c, Black
smith's Goods, Bellows, Anvils, Vices, Files, Hammers, Ac. Saddlery
Hardware, Tab Trees, Gig Saddles, Hames, Buckles, Kings, Bits and Tools.
Table Knives and Forks, Pocket Knives, Scissors, Spoons and Razors, tbe
largest stock in Somerset County. Painter's Goods, a full stock. White
Lead, Colored Paints for inside and outside paioting, Paints in oil, all colors,
Varnish, Turpentine, Flaxseed Oil, Brushes, Japan Dryer, Walnut Stains.
Ac. Window Glass of all sizes and glass cut to any shape. The best Coal
Oil always on hand. Our stock of Coal Oil Lamps is large and comprise,
Tery elegant styles. Ditston's Circular, Mu!?y and Cross Cut Saws. Mill
Saw Files of thebest quailty. Porcelain-lined Kettles. Handles of all kind-ss
SIIOVKI.S, FORKS, NPAM, 1KAKKN.
Mattocks, Grub Hoes, Ticks, 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, Twice, Kope all sizes, Hay Pulleys, Butter Prints,
Mop Sticks, Traps, Steelyards, Meat Cutters and Stuffers, Traces, Cow
Chains, Halter Chains, Shoe, Dust and Scrub Brushes, Horse Brushes, Cur
ry Combs and Cards, Door Locks, Hinges, Screws, Latches and everything
in the Builders' line. Caps, Lead, Shot, Powder and Safety Fuse, Ac, Ac,
The fact is, I keep everything that belongs to the Hardware trade. I deal
exclusively in this kind of goods and give bit whole attteation to it. Per
sons who are building, or any one in
it to their advantage to give me a call.
credit to responsible persons. I thank
and nope this season to mafee many
S"o,3,
April 8 'H.
TENNANT, PORTER, BOYTS & CO.
Successors to ouflTer, 1 orter iV Co.,
IP O TJ ID IR, "X" ,
Machine Forge Works,
Water Street, Opposite II. si O. It. It Depot. C oiiiiellMTille, Fa
Manufacturers of Railroad and Machine Castings, li. li.
Frogs, Switch Stands and Bridles, Trucks, Pit Wagons, Lar
ries, Iran "Wheel Barrows, Sto.no Picks, Hammers and Chisels,
Bridge Trusses and Bults, Plows, Plow Castings,
Geek Parlor A Heating Stoves, Sratss&rire Frosts, Fenders, Hollow Wars.
ATisoellanecms Castings ratio to Order.
Slachincry of ail kiniU built and rerwircJ, at Short Notice and Itcaaonable Terms.
Also on hand all kinds of Material used about Steam Engines.
(las. SicaiD an.l Water Pl FIttinirs. brass Valves. Brass Wire, flora H.ise. (lam and Flhnus
Packing-, Ieathor an.l rluMxr bvltlnif. I.'oullniia. Spifal Car S;.rmis, Klvets,
April 11. BOLTS ETC.
New Firm.
SHOE STORE,
SOLOMON UHL,
Ilavtssg pnri'liaKetl tbe SIiim
Store lately owned ly
II. C. Beer it-,
We taae pwaaors la eallinx tba attention of
public to lbs fact that we bave nuw anl txi
keep constantly oa han.l as complete an
meat ol
Boots. Shoes
and Gaiters
BOTH OF
Eastern and Howe Manufacturt
aa eaa bs fonn I anywhere. We also will bave or
hand constantly a lull supply of
SOLE LEATHER,
MOROCCO
CALF SKINS,
Kll S,
AND LINING SKINS
Of all klnJs, with a full line of
Shoe Findings.
The HOME M ANTFACTT'RE IEPAKT.
M E.N T will b in chance or
N". 33. Snyder, Esq.
Whose reputation for making
Good Work and Good Fits
Isseeondtononelntbe State. The pnWie Is re
speetlully invited to eall ami examine our stock,
as we are ilMerralnwl to kep (rootls as -inl as tba
best and sell at prices as low as the lowest.
SOLOMON UHL.
DR. VAN DYKE'S SULPHUR SOAP,
Makes the SKIN Soft, I'lear, Pure White an.l
Healthy! Is t'leaninic, leolorilnir, Llinlecl
lri Soothing-, Healing and parttyinir : removes
Imn.lrult, ihannic. I k-ers, Sores. Eruption.
KoiiKhness and redness of the skix : relieves iteh
Iiik, hurnlnn and sttnictnK of the Skin, and Irriia
thn of hltinr und stlnirinir ineels : will relieve
ITOHlNtf FILES where nothing else will have
anveltect: Is EHEE KKO.M Aid OFFEN
SIVE ODOU, anJ prevents Contagious IHseases,
and a an External Medieal and Toilet Pre pa ra
tion it has no EQUAL. Price, 2 on a cake;
Hex, three Cakes, sixty cents. Sold hy
Oeo W. Hen ford, Somrrt. Pa., and lrugiist
aenerallv. E. S. WEHSTEK, Pnprletor. Of
bee, ou N. 5th St., Puilad'a, Pa, Wholesale De
pot. Ou N. Third St., Phils,, Pa.
Jul) ii.
045
mFwirw wiTrn inrntix-a
.steln-wtodcrrei lihevcryoruer.i)tit,
nt tree. . 1. 0) lord Lo, Caicago, 111.
KNOW
Ev rcaittrt? a- practlcinjy
tbe toriiiii:iblctrOHi con
tainrd in the bct nedic-.il
book ever inr(l, etillr d
SKLF-rnESEftVATlOX
Price only fl. ixntbymail
THYSELF:
on recrint of tmre. It
treftttof Exhatcd Vitality, I rt mature Decline.
KenroDS nnd lTiyslral Debility, and the endleM
eoDcomicant 1110 and uotoiii mtenet tnac iranti
Iherrfrom, ami contains more than juoniiml pre
acriptiona, any one of which is worth the price of
the nook. This b.k was written by the niott ex
femivs anl proUibly the moat eki.ful practitioner
tn America, to whom was awarded a irold aixl jrrr,
tiled medal hj the National Mcuie;d AssocUtton.
A Pamphlet, it lusi rated iritti tbe Tery fiucM
fctee tigwnnc
.tTbeliT: HEAL
t rnEB to all. fend llawtlaai
TC
cnt
1tr It at n(s. Ar1rlrr
l E ABODY MEDICAL 1 1 m aa ia aa
1NKTITUTE, o. 4 Hus. I IllVkl a
Inch St, Dostoo. JIaiS.
a a a v asiBaB
WESTERN PJWN'A. CLASSICAL AND
SCIENTIFIO INSTITCTE.
Tba instltnt. prepares Stodents lor Culle-e,
Business, Profesjonal J;booi Ho(r,e Life, and
Teaching.' Location elevaisdf, boaltulnl, easy ot
aecess, snd pl. ture)ue. oouuallnir an extensive
view c( Cboataut Kblge. Fall corps of Instruc
tors. Pl'eeonrscsof iiu.ly. Open to both sexes.
Expenses moderate. New bmldire; lor ladles.
Open prrale Id each room.
Address tbe Principal,
JONATHAN JONES. A. M.,
Def I, ML Pleasant, Pa
SSIGNEE S NOTICE.
Notice Is here airen. tbat C. B. Colbom of Som
erset borooirb, by deel o4 voluntary assiirnment
Baa assiirned all bis real and personal estate to
the undersigned. In tmt lor the benefit of the
creditors of said ;. B. Colrairn. All persons
therefore bxlebted to the said V. H. CJhorn will
make payment to tbe said Asslznee, and those
having elalms or demands will make known the
same without delay.
L. C. COLBORX,
Feb, I A&tfcnee.
need of anything in my line, will find
I wilt always give a reasonable
my old customers for their patronage,
new ones. Don t forget tbe place
"BiVEirS BLOCK."
JOHN F. BLYMYER.
$5 kr l
AS. 2.' .
SULPHUR SOAP.
THOk.irr.iii.YCrEES Diseases of the Ski,
tSt.ll rlUKS Ilia C'ovri.KXION, PRKVIATS
AND KkMKUILS KlIKUMAIIs.M AMI Uol'T,
UKA'S SlrKES AND AiiK.lhl-JNs uK THS
Cl'lICU. AMI Cui.Mlitt.WU CliJi r.u-osi.
This Standard I- lernol Remedy for Ertirw
tions Jv"irra ami Injuries of the Skin, not only
litM.lVK. VttoM THS CuMl'l KXIoN ALL lil.EM-
ISHKt &rUii); lYimi l:cul iiii)u;.urs ol ;he
Muotl and obstruction oi tin- ;rc-. but also
those produced by the sun ami wind, such as
tan ami fretkbs. It renders the cu l h:le
MARVKLOL'SLY CLEAR, SMOOTH and I'l.IANT,
and being a v.li-LtsoME BtALTlUf.k U far
preferable to any cosmetic.
All the remedial advantages of Stx
l'lirR Baths are insured BY thf tse cjF
(Menu' Sitljthiir .. which in addi
tion to its ptirilving eiTeita. remedies and TKE
VEX1S KlIEl MAllbM and GuLT.
It also disinfects ci.othinu ami l iven
and PREVENTS MsEASKS CoUUUN U'.VI Ei BY
to.NlACT with the PEki-uN.
It r.tssco.yt3 ru.ttl Fr, prevents buld
uoj, a..d f.iar.ls grzyr.ess of the hair.
I'hTsieians speak cf it in hih terms.
Prices -25 und 50 Cents per Cake; per
Box (3 Cakes). 60c. and SI. 20.
N. B. The 50 cent cake arc triAe the tire of those at
25 CCI. 1.
" 11 ILL'S II 1IR Ai WHISKER Df E,M
nUrU or Brown, 50 '.
C. X. tKiX lFTtTi. k 7 Sixth Av..
SSKSNEE'S NOTICE.
1
Notice is hereMr Kivcn. that Joseph W. Brunt
1V Ujetl ot voluntary n-Mitnuieiit ha aiicnetl all
his c?ute mil ami icrunai fur the lei.etu of his
ertiilitfiT to H. S. r l-rk. Alliern8 iDtte.tel to
the sal-1 JuStiph W, Beam will make payiuent to
t he AdiMunue, anil tin. having ela.um urdeiuuaU
will make known the same without Unlay
U. S. Filler K.
Ani Knee.
Jan. 30
A
UPITOIVS NOTICE.
Iu the matter ol the ainment ol Wui. B.
fjerhart to Jo?iah rerhart. No. 41M. Aair. term,
1S77. ata Court of Common Plras. ht-ld ai Somer
set. Pa., on the 2Mb day of January lsTf.on motion
ot Vaienilne Hay, Es-i , Samuel i taither was sp
pointc I Auditor to!isirltate tund to and anion
thoe loyally entitled thereto.
NOflOE. All persona interested are hereby
noticed that I will Mi at theofliee ot V. llav, (.,
in Somerset Pa., on Monday, theiilh day ol Fel
ruary, Ihts, tor the pnriose of the aiove appoint
ment. SAMUEL OAITHER.
Feb. Auditor.
pXECUTORS NOTCE.
Laute of Henry RemlvabL lute ol Urccnvile tp.,
uoeoaaed.
Letters testamentary on the above estate harinc
been irrantcil to the underaiinied by the proper au
thority, notice is hereby itiven to those imietiteil to
It to make immediate payment, an.l those having
claims, nirninst it to present themdulv authenticat
ed lor settlement and allowance, at" the Lite resi
dence of the deceased, ou Saturday, February
a, 1S7S.
FREDERICK IH'RR.
Executor.
CHKISTIA.VV REM HALO.
Jan. 1 Executrix.
P .M I N I ST R A TO C S NOTICE.
Estate of J.iscph Alwine.lateot Conemanich Twp,
Letters of administration on the above estate
having been snmtol to the undersigned, notice ia
hereby given tolho iilebte.1 to it to make iutaie.
dlate payment, and those having claluas auainat It
to preseutthein duly authenticated lot seitiement
on Friday, Fchuary la. l-.7i.at tho late twideiioe
of deceased In said township.
ISAAC YODER.
Jan. S Ailminiairator
JJXKCUTOR'S NOTICE.
Estate cf Jacob Stelnla. late ol ( reenviile iwp.,
deee:ised.
Letters testamentary on the above estate
having beenKranted to theunderdirned, ln.iice Is
hereby sriveo to tlue Irelebted to it to make im
mediate payment, and those havinn claims
aicainrt It, to present th.-ra duly autlientieated
for settlement st the late residence-.! the de
eeased, on Salunlay, the aul day of I'ebruarv
187 S.
LEWIS STEIXLA,
Exeent -,
Jau. 1
1VOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that snoetala will he held
rom tbe assessment ol lvi. at theC4inimiaaion,-ra'
elhce, Somerset,!. tbe several districts of the
county a follows, viz :
For" Jenner township, Jennerrllle borongh, Con
emaugh, Faint. Shade. Stova:own la-piuuh, Oo -mabonlng.
Stonycreck, New Baitlowre, Alle
gheny, Jelferson, S.uierset township, Homerset
t-orouih, lidriln Nrosgh. Hnthervalley, on
Xnursday, the 21st day ol February next.
fro Addiaoa. Lower Turkeylit. t'rslna bor
ough. Conl!uene Imniugb, Vpr Turk.yfoiit
Mlddlecreek, New Centreville b..rouh, Mn'onl'
Southampton, Northampton, Weliersburg b..r
ough, Uraenvllie, Larimer, Elklbk, balisbnrr
buroojjh. Summit, Meyerwlale bon.ugh, on Fri
day, the ii day of February. 1;h, when and
where all persons and corporations feeling them
selves aggrieved at the enumeration and valuation
ol I heir taxable pnperty and effects made pursu
ant to tbe several sets of Assembly in such case
made and anil provided are roiaesteil to attend
"law1" tiKl' rteTanct5 for edrees according
The appeal will be hekj on the above mention
ed days between the hours ol it o'clock a. m. and j
o clock p. m.
W. M. SCIIRfW K. WILLIAM REEL.
Clerk. J. P. PIUSUN,
Jan 3u
V. -MILa4MJ.
V-oUiicuisloQcr
G2C00.1-
aAH. Areata wanted. Busk
nese legitimate. Particular, 'm.
as
Mra4. m OKta A CO, &l Laeia, ae.
NEW STOR E.
11,1
In the Excelsior Mill
Building, West End
of Main Street,
SOMIsIWET, 1A.
We have air sale 1 a fsli aad varied stock rgeo
eral MerchaadLae. ronslsilng of :
Dry Goods,
Groceries,
Hardware,
Queensware,
Stoneware
Hats and Caps,
Boots and Shoes
Notions, and t
Iargc and Full Stock of
CLOTHrSfi,
SALT, FISH.
WHITE UME,
PLASTER, PEED
Flour, etc., etc. ALSO
ahill line of farm Implements, aaaoeg welch are
CHAMPION
MOWING AND REAPING M ACHIN ES well
made and warrantta durable, ol Light Ira't all
the vital parts being audeof Wrought Iron 'and
Steel, no Pot Metal machines.
The two Implements above named are our"g7a
Hvaleandauoa which we UK All ami
BANTER. One of our customers
tohl as that if he hail to bay
loo mowing machines,
he would buy
everyone
CHAMPION
The Oliver Chilled Plow
of different numbers, for one, two or three horser
Warranted to Loam better, Kun Lighter Lanier"
on Man and Morse, stick better to stoar ground
and turn a more regular and even lurrow'tbaa anv
Plow in use. '
We also have on hand aad .r sale lue following
flrstbiss
3LWISERY,
WSdeh we will warrant to be Well Made and w
good Material, do as good work as any oth
er Machines or tbe kind ami will
ik no man's money until
he has given the ma
chine a thorough trt
al and la sat lull
ed with Us
work.
THE EMPIRE Threshes, Separator as
Cleaner, 9, 8 and 10 horse power.
THE A. B. FAROUAHR, ahorse tkro.
er with shaker attachment.
"THS QEST," Tbe Haymow. Oraln
an 1( Ira j Seed Drill.
TMEHOOSIER force fee.1 Orain an.1 I rass
Seed DrUl.
"THE BEST," The Hagerstown. Spring
Tooth Hay -rake.
DODO'S CENTENNIAL Seir Dump
Horse rake.
MELLINCER'S Horse Hav-rake.
Hillside Plows
Caxt Iron Long Plows,
Double Shovel Com Plow.
Scythe, SiolaIe,
(arain Cradleit,
Fork,KhoTel awaalL
kiiuU of Plow ('a, i
Sliearx, Points dr.
In fa.t everytbir.g In the Agrienltural Imple
ment line tiil is worth keeping, which we will iry,
to sell at Men prices as wlllplease oar customers,
aaj as low as they ean be aad anywhere.
Kind of rrotlun taken in Ex
change, uch an rni, maple $vgar, but
ter and e(jj. All kindi of grain, beef
hide, theep and calf $kin. ami imperially,
wool, ofiehieh tet want 2.W0 pound, fur
trade or eah.
Mays.
A Desirable Kesidence
Tor Sale.
I oBcr for aale my residence la Somerset
ouub. eontalninv mi .... i i ... .
Bor-
high
a i,r t i Vo i "" aciecieu iruit tree.".
A brick dwelling boune with loroom. wash w,l
and lee hoase. well fillet Swiss barrT rarrtage
h..se, ha. acrer failing running waier .T the
door, bne evergreen shading. Strswherrv bed
bees and bee-house. The distant. I m7b7publ i
walk tbe entire distance, wilf sell stork, farm Im
plements and furniture if desired, aad will g lv.
possesKionimmeiliately. "
J ul ls- J. O. KIM M EL,
J. R. IYIEGAHAN.
BUTCHEE,
AND DEALER,
AVliolosale and Ketail,
IN
FliKSH MEATS!
All kinds, such as BEEF, TORK,
MUTTOX, VEAL, LAMB,
SAUSAGE, rndding-, Bolog
na. Mince Meat, and
LARD of onr own
Rendering.
MARKET DAYS
May, May aid SaturJay.
Somernel, Pa.
"MsMt -r boobtainadanytlny
dtarirur the wek. April 11.
T A TTTTC! Cancol. their own Stockings
aUAAaWlaWia) r thaa one cent per pair
affviYitoK or smadb by taa
nseorour ''M.VIliI TINTS. " t:a renew or
change the color of their Presses, restore to fresh,
neae and brilliancy fa.led.Silk. Mrinos. Alpacas,
Neckties, Kliilaais. fee., or inioart to them new
and lovely .bades Little inutde ami noutinal cost
Stick of any desired cdor sent on receipt of 10
cents. 3 different colors, Ac. Postage Stamps ac
cepted. Send Stamp r Circulars ami Samples.
KEAKNfcY CHEVUCAL WORKS.
M Cortlan.1 St. N. York. P. u. Bok, 31.H.
THE
Perfection Earth Closet.
n
AIR TICNT, MimtSS AIB A0T0MAT1C
Vat alwava clean and free from dual, amt
o ODoa can excape.
Kascclrty adapts, f.r .ae la aVas.itale.
Hotels aad families, (aa k aswTia the
Beiroom wliaeat glvl., aa,, .sreaee.
Prices, 10, 14 and 18 Dollars.
Address. wta aiamp, for circular,
HEKSY H. B. BLCOMFitlD,
. 0. Box 4ill 34 Arv ., w YwU
Kec. a
to care a one of Catarrh In each.
lelghborboud. with Dr. Karnser
Kemclr. to introduce It. Sainnlt,
frci. J. v. TiUon, rittsburgh. Pa,
Not. as
Store
m l7afifioDse