WL L BETTER rtlJ. HOW V I MAT ELEVATE THE STANDARD OF AGaICCLTURE AN ESSAY REAP BEIOKETHE rE?rSSVI.VAMA BOABI OF AGRICULTURE BV HOX. C. C. MLS SELMAX, OF SOMERSET, AT ItARRIS BCBG. . To elevate the standard of agricul ture We must derate (he farmer. And to mention all tbat coold belp to elevate tbe standard of apiculture and tbe farmer, is more than I can give in this essay. The first and most important help is by education. It is a remarkable Urt that manr oeople. even farmers themselves, think that education is of very little importance to toe agricul turist. It is true, there is no voca tion or profession tbat can be followed with lees education; but there is none high or low, that can make use of more than the business of farming. The body may put forth its utmost strength, tut it is only when physical power is directed by tbe best intelli gence tbat it accompliebes its happiest results. Men of science and acute observa tion are now continually throwing out through a teaming press, the must valuwV.e knowledge upon every subject, so tbat "he who runs, may read." While many of the learned profes sions come in contact with compara tivelv few of the arts and sciences, the farmer who follows his vocation, meets, perhaps, often with all the natural sciences, practically, in a sin gle day. He can scarcely do a day's work without practically knowmg an tbe mechanical powers in nhilosoDhv. lie comes in H.ilr with natural history, botany, mioerology, geology, animal and veg etable physiology. Chemistry strikes him in the face wherever he goes, es pecially when be enters bis stables and barnyard. This is a very pro found yet important study, and every farmer should know at leait some thing of tbe elements of agricultural chemistry. It is thought by many tbat astronomy has very little to in terest tbe farmer excepting perhaps the studr of tbe moon, and the signs in tbe almanac. No class of men opon dane sphere have a better ty to study tbe wonders than the tillers of the soil. Let os contemplate for this man opportooi of nature, a ia&iueQt an intelligent farmer, with a com mis eion of bis biirh calling from God, who create him in his own image," only a little lower than the angeu, nd commanded him to "r?plenib and subdue tbe earth, and have do minion over the fiobesof tbe eea, and tbe fowls of the air, and every living thing tbat moveth upon the earth," taadioir orcn his own soil (if it is otlv an acre), with a commisfion from tbe hignett authority, dating Lark to the garden of Eden! And a title that reach:- down over four thousand miles, even to tbe centre of the earth, and up to tbe very portals of heaven ! W hat an opportunity this man has to cultivate his mind and body while he cultivates tbe soil, rnoviog continually in the midst of a craod panorama of celestial and ter- restial objects. To him the sun pours dowa bis glorious beams of light and life. Ev ery ray is a dispatch from that gor geous world of beat and light, speak ing of its vast magnitude, its mighty attractive powers, the life and beauty it infuses, and all the rich instructions gleaned from this great source of beat nd life. "The stars bring to him intelligence from the regions tbey in habit, and each constellation affords Lira information of those who have saxed opon it beauties in centuries gone by. Tbe comets come to bim with their banners streaming back, telling by their inconceivable veloci ty of the immensity of space they Lave penetrated in the realms aboe. The moon pours down its floods of light. Tbe clouds and lightning come over bim, to tell taa mission they have to perform. The thunder and winds rattle and roar, to whistle into bis ears tbe story of their lives and labors. The earthquake moans to seni a voice of instruction to lum from below, while tbe volcano flashes up its great torchlight, to read tbe earth's ancient history by." He finds instruction in tbe "cattle of a thousand hills;" in tbe birds above bim, and (fee fishes and injects be- meath bim. l( I have overdrawn the picture, it was for the sake of elevat ling the standard ot agriculture, in which every man, woma& .and child us interested. it mere is one vocation more na tural, move bealtiy, more independ ent, and more useful Iban another, it is tbat of farming. It was tbe first, and must be tbe last. XeoopLon de scribes it as tbe most worthy employ ment of man, aod tbe most suitable to bis nature; tbe most ancient, the iett suited to all ages and caoditioos of life; as tbe source of health, pien tv. strength, riches, and a thousand aober delights and honest pleasures; as tbe mistress and school of sobriety, temperance, justice and religion, lint with all this farming is unpopular, it is looked upon as a business of hard work and little pay. Everybody vants everybody else to end to tbe I arm, while that particular somebody goes to something else. Tbe truth lis, we are U interested in farming and want everybody excepting our selves to stick tok. Jkluch uld 4e doD6 Kt "elevate tfbe standard of agriculture Lyru couragicg and making labor more r tillable. Some think tbat labor has a degrading tendency, but nothing is Jart her from the truth. It is a no torious fact, tbat tbe distinction which most known and eminent characters have acquired, was iiirowjh and lj 'labor. La-ear's becessities .drove him to J tbe field as a soldier, and it was tbe elive and severe service he en countered tLat brought out the latent power of an immense intellect. Na poleon bad to learn a trade for a live. Jihood, and it was tbroach pressing circumstances into which bis profes sion threw him that matured and made manifest his ready irenius and a'l-coDqueriog eiwrgy. And I be I eve we would never have heard of Benjamin Franklin and Robert Ful Con, bad Ihey sot been poor boys: and so of tbe thousands of others long the whole line of great men who vorlri tfceir own way to re- OOWB. The man who spend his time clearing up a farm, thereby making p-ovisions for man and the whole na tion for ages to come, lives and dies almost unnoticed, exalted pa tience, modesty, industry and frugal ity, doing his doty to bis faaiilv. i carving his coaatry and honoring bis u jd, u looked apoa as degrading, and of little account ITbile the po litical trickster, who is sitting around the corners waiting for something to turn op, who is all things to all men, and who, by bis crafty machinations, can wheedle the masses, secure to kimself honor and profit, and is cheered! Right here we belp to low er the standard of agricultor kv le- rtu'og idlers, spendthrift, gamblers. petti forgers and demagogues to offi ces, white the honest, industrious, on- assuming, economical iruior wt at is put in tbe rack for bim. is it any wonder tbat our young men are drifting from the farm inu the already over-crowded professions, and into the cities and towas, to tit around the taverns concocting mis chief, while there is bo little premium and respect for labor. Is it any won der that we bave bard times when we elevate these idlers and spend thrifts to office who never do any thing fiir themselves, vet some of them would bave us believe, tnat mey have an invention by which tbe gov . .. - , ... ernment could supply us with money as abundant as the miraculous man na sent trom Heaven to the Children of Israel! Farmers are the majority in peace and in war, yet how mauy offices or Drofit and honor are filled by them (excepting a few insignificant county or townobip offices)? Not one out of forty; yet they bave enough men in their ranks capable of filling every nffipa in the land from the highest to the lowest Inasmuch as dislike to labor ana tV annnnned nnDrofitableness of farming is but the result of training, this training must be changed before agricultural pursuits will be properlv nnreciated. How little the world admires, and yet how heroic the res olution which prompts the young ninnper to Denetrate the trackless forest, fell trees, erect a rude but for himself and family, and then, acre by clear off his farm in the wild woods, until he has a home of peace and plenty around. Ob, there is he roism and fortitude here that puts to cbame the famous march of Napoleon across the Alps. A nr man can be courageous when he has thousands to back bim and do his fighting. Any man can be heroic and persevering for a time under try ioe circumstances, but when the poor pioneer surmounts difficulties daily nd durinir a lifetime struggles with novertv. be displays heroism and manly'fortitude tbat excites tbe ad miration of all who can appreciate onrh indomitable persistency. There ia no emolovmeat so well calculated to ourify the character, elevate the nature, ennoble and expand tbe mind as farming. An azricultural and industrial col w has alwavs been mv ideal of a hizh school, if properly conducted provided it is possible to keep out of tbe old rut of uie-suj discipline at tbe eriK-use of rjbvsical traioiss. There appears to be something wrong wiih ur educational training, loeeoa a nunr man to a hieh school now is to send bim forever away from farm ing. We don't want less education, but we v-ant mote of it on the farm. By a course of study the body ofteo becomes enfeebled, if not entirely wrecked, without strength or energy to perlorin manual labor or anything else. clerfl a youtn starts out wuu a irood constitution, acquired by ear ly training or inheritance, tbe chances are tbat he breaks down before be gets through his collegiate course Alany of ur beet young men instead f gravitating to the farm, where tbey could go 0to training physically and mentally, drift out into tbe world with no particular object ia vlw ex cettiaj s education, which is gener ally not complete until they bave learned to revel la the fashionable nse of tobacco and otter vicious evils. And to what are we educating and training our daughters 7 Let the whole nation aland vp and answer! Are we educating them to become "helpmeets" and housewives to the farmers? Or are we educating them by a fashionable training to become mere playthings, more ornamental than useful; to become pale, sickly house-plants; ephemeral butterflies, unable to digest the latest novel ? Are the? educated and trained to honor and respect the dignity of la bor, to answer the cole design for which they were created, or is tbe order of Heaven to be reverend 7 The eolation of the laws of nature are ioexoraiLe, and we cannot escape tbe penalty. Woman in her true aaUre is the noblest work of God. Some one sail, "to cultivate and develop the woman, is to cultivate ao4 develop tbe hu man race," and I wiU ad, to elevate the woraan is to elevate the fiction, and to elerate the nation, is to "elevate the standard of agricult ure." Experimental farmers bave done and are still doing wonders for the promotion of agriculture, and should be n.?ouraged. Agricultural societies and fairs, if properly conducted, have always been a rallying point for tbe promotion of agriculture. Tbey create a laudaUe emulation and rivalry, and snatch a spark of tigt spirit and enterprise, so luminous in tbe rack of other voca tions, that are pusbibg cjoog at rail road speed. It is to be reg.-eCed tbat f&tCf rs as a class, do so little to elevate themsres and their oble calling, seeming not .0 regard the important position they occupy, ever content to tabor unrequited and un- bonored, complaining not nor attempt ing to reverse tbe decre 1'jat fash ion and folly bave recorded to tbeir prejudice, is it not a reproach to us farmers, if we make so attempt to establish our claim, and pros that we are not tte dull unenlightened ardes we are represented to be, but to have iLhe sense and energy to stand ereet and batye manfully for tbat lofty po sition, wbkh ;s our rightful heri tage. Let us sco sr .that we have mure than material suatb, to toil itb our working animals o tbe field! When ancient Rome was encom passed by conquering armies and pressed to tbe verge of destruction, she sampon4 a plowman from bis plow and dole iijjn with power. That plowman's word lecce tbe ab solute law of tbe (and. The conscript fathers bowed to bis dictation, and proud partricians obey ed bim without a question. The jetreled fingers of Rome's loftiest no. Dies were-Dointed, not with scorn, but admiration, at tbe sunburned farmer. If Cincinnatus, the faroer, by his wisdom and courage, saved tbe Co- man republic, the 'rail-splitter' and 'tanner' saved ours. Farming was tbe occupation of our first parents, to 'dress and keep' the garden of Eden tresh from tbe hands of God ! Sball this ancient, profita ble and honorable art (and Btill. while otiwr arts and sciences are pressing on to perfection ? Shall tbe tillers of the soil follow wooden plows 'n .the same furrows that were turned by thev ancestors some hundred years ago, whl'e the lightning .bears our messages, and tc element not less mighty propels our cars moa this land, and our ships upon the sea i No-! The tnswer comes from our Legislative hail, tixs bench, tbe bar, the press, tbe preaoher' ad physi cian's Office, and the meehanLc'a work shop. Agriculture nhail jiot ftand still, bat its standard shall be elevated and keep paee with its sis tr arts. All are witling to unite with the farmer, to improve our means of living, our conveniences, comfort and happiness. What lb BUte I l ik ! r A group of ex-rebel officers stood in tbe lobby of the National Hotel, at Washington, a few days ago, dis cussing earnestly the political situa tion and making no secret of their opinions. "The Grant movement is on the rise," said one, "and, judging from present indications, if the Gen. ia nominated be will win an easy vic tory." "Ves," said another of tbe party, "and 1 oelieve he will get the vote of a large portion of the Confederate soldiers. Tbey will vote fcr him on the ground that be was humane to bis prisoners, and was opposed to anything like cruelly to those capt ured by his men. So far as 1 am concerned, althoueh I am a Demo crat, I would vote for Grant in pref erence to any other man." "What do you think of the charg es of bigotry made against tbe Gen eral ?" inquired still another. "Ob, psnaw ! Tbat is a weak dodge of the General's enemies to poison the Irish minds against him. I do not believe General Grant ever said a disrespectful word to a Catholic priest or a member of tbe Catholic Church intentionally. If bis ene mies bave nothing better to work on than that they had belter throw up the sponge." At this point of the conversation another Confederate joined ibe party- and be was addressed as "Captain." He took part in tbe discussion, and was emphatic in his belief tbat Grant would be tbe nAct President, and would be elected by the assistance of tbe Confederate soldiers. "Why," said he, "the Confeder ates who fjught under Temberton at Vickeburg have got forgotten Grant's magoanimity to them while prison ers of war. Grant, after tbe surren der, ordered clothing and rations to be furnished to tbe Confederate pris oners, tnany of them being almost naked and starved. That i not alj be did for our men at tbat lime, but after clothing and feediug them he provided comfortable quarters for them. After the surrender I was standing in line at General Smith's headquarters waiting for my parole, when I noticed men in the line, cry ing, and some of tbem saying if tbe people of the Southern fciaies knew the feeling of the Northern people tbji war could not be carried on a week lunger. Grant from tbat time bad tbe respect of erery soldier in I'emberton's army, and that respect still continues.' The conversation turned on Grant's magnanimity at Appomattox. His many acts if kindness at tbe time of t,ee's surrender were recalled and discussed, n4 tj;e determined Bland taken by the (jenerl for tbp protec tion of liiosa who surrendered there was warmly applauded. Said one of the party: "If it had not been for General Grant, General Lee would bvn been indicted and tried for treason, but Grant fought all efforts in tbat direction sod con quered, and 'the old man,' although heart broken over bis defeat, died a pea.?ful and honored death." Tbe longest speech on record is be lieved to have been made by Air. DeCottuos, in tbe legislature of British Columbia, when a measure was pending whose paBtga would take from a great many settlers their lands. peCosmoB was in a bopelesis minority. The job Ltd been held back tut lue ere of the ios of tbe session unless legislation was taken before noon of a given day tea con Gscatton would fail. Tbe day before the expiration of tbe limitation, De Cosmos got tbe floor about ten o clock ia tbe morning, and began i speech against tbe bill. Its friends cared little, for they sup posed that by one or two o'clock he would be twrourb, and tbe bill could be pat on its passage. Cne o'clock came and De Cobojos was epeaking still ne nau not more man toierea opon bis subject Two o'clock be waa saying ";o '.be second place." Three o'clock be nrodared a fearful bundle of evidence, and U&t'awj on reading it The Eieiority began to have vague suspicion of the truth he was going to speajk tjU next non and kill the bill. For a while tbey rcade merry over it but as it came on to dusk, the began to get aJarmed Tbey tried interruptions, but soon 1 1 a . f . aoanoonea inem, because eacb one afforded a chance to digress and galo time. Tbey tried to shout bim down, but tbat gave Lm a breathing space, and finally tbey settled dewn to watch the combat between strength of will ana weakness, iney gave uim no oiercv. No adjournment for dinner. no chance to do more than wet bis lips with water; no wandering from his sutject, no sitting down. Twi light darkened ; the gas was lighted, and mccbers slipped out to i inner in relays, and returned to sleep in squads, but DeCosmos went on. The speaker, to whom he was addressing himself, was uroau:jy oozing, snoring and trying to look wide awake. Dav dawned and tbe majority slipped out in qqaas to waso ana breagi&st, and tbe speaker etill kept on. It can't be said it was a very logical, eloquent o ;f stained speech. There were digressions jo jt repititions also. But still tbe speaker fcep on. At last noon came to a baffled major ity, livid with rage and impotence, and a single man, who was triumph ant, although his voice had sunk to a husky whisper, his eyes were almost shut, and were bleared end jbloodshot, bis legs tottered nnder him, and bis baked lips were cracked and smeared with blood. De Cosmos had spoken twenty-six hours, and saved tbe set tlers their lands. i hi u. J K rU f Wir4f rn. The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart. No one is more profonndlr sad than he who laogbs too mocb. It ia a fool who praises himself, and a maaman who speaks ill of himself. lo be dumb for tbe remainder of lire is far better than to speak false. IV. A river is tbe most seaaltiv of things It runs away from even its own source. There are many idlers to whom penny begged is sweeter than a ahil- ling earned. mature has sown in man aeerfa r,f Knowledge, but tbey must be cuhiva- tea to produce fruit jClouds are tie rejj behind which theace of day coquettish;? ides it self, to enchance its beauty. u " ' An excange has a long editorial on "Tbe $i ewspaer as a.Cenaor." We don't know much aboct that, km it has a wonderful reputation aa an in. censer, especially uring a political ' ht ...... i jasie'suttmi aeiiicE. BY OLIVX IU KPEB. Janie had an invitation to a ball, and she waa happy. It would not be much of an event to most of us, bot it was like a tale of fairy-laud to this poor, lonely girl, and she bad nothing to wear. She had no mother to go to a cen tury old trunk and take therefrom a marvelous fabric of India muslin like woven mist, or a beautiful, priceless set of jewels or antique braided cord of pearls, nor did she have a cheque given her by an indulgent father or nncle as any ordinary heroine would bave had. She bad no father or mother, this poor, neglected, hard-worked nurse girl ; no one in all tbe world to take tbe slightest interest in her, beyoud seeing that she earned her miserable five dollars monthly, and tbat she pa tiently submitted to the pinching's and kicking'8 administered by ber ju venile charges. There was no beauty in Janie, un less you except ber eyes and hair, all eUe was commonplace and almost vulgar. Her eyes were large, dark and mournful as if she had never known a friend, and her hair was a rich brown, wavy and abundant. Her face was dull, heavy and sallow. Her figure coarse and awkward ; her hands red and ill-formed. Nothing interesting about ber, you see; there fore you may wonder at ber receiving this invitation, comiog, too, as it did, from tbe handsome Charley Elliott. All day lout; Janie went about ber household duties in a dazed kind of way, but with an uuusual smile upou her lips ; and she received many an extra rebuke trom ber mistress. They rolled off, however, like dew from rose leaves from Janie's happy heart. At last hermistre8t spoke to ber sharply : "What are you staring and grin ning at? Don't you see the baby wauts to pull your hair ? Set it down! I don't see what has come over you to day." Poor Janie gave ber long and beaatiful hair to tbe tender mercies of tbe baby. After he fell asleep Janie fell to thinking of what she should wear to this ball. She had no idea of what would be proper; she did not like to ask her mistress, for she dreaded ridicule. She thought of all her dresses, (they were pitifully few) and decided that none of tbem would answer, finally she determined to go to some strauge gtoro and ask the (:jcrj what was most suitable. She asked leave of abeoce cf ber mistress for tbe Grot tiuie iu ber five years of sertitude. With a Gold pure of surprise it was aecraea. uoiog to nrr miserable room away up uuder tbe roof, she took ber slender pure and counted tbe contents. Five dollars and a half were all that it contained. Janie wondered if that would buy a qrpss. However, ilh a little sigh shp put on per tfOun: end shawl and went to a store to maVe hpr purjubasp. The clerk pitting Ler embarrassment as she rxplaioed her want, (heaven bless him for it!) and pleasantly showed iff some tarletan, pink, blue and whits. l'oor Janie had aa unsuspected, unformed veto of poetry in her, and she mentally compared the fleecy white to drifting clouds ; tbe blue to tbe azure eky, while the pink ws like tbe morning light She would bave taken the white, but she acci dentally laid her rough, red band on it, and seeing the contrast, put it by with a little sigh and chose the blue, little knovjn?, poor child, that it would make tier sajlow skin look pos itively yellow. This paid for she had (if ty cents left to pay for g?Qres, shoes, ribbons and all other etceteras that render femininity so charming. She bought regretfully of thosp articles, fyut the war too happy on ber mafn idea to fret over tbem. Sbe bad no money to pay a dress maker, ao on evenings alter her mul tifarious duties were done, she would sit and sew, her face almost band some with tbe sweet, tender smile that COW softened tbe lines, an J gave new beauj-y to her lips and added a rosy flush to ber cbea "Why should she not be happy if" she thought. "Charley was so good and she had known bim so lonar aud now be bad nsed her to go to this ball with bim." (Jouii bz&;n felici ty ever reaib higher? Janie thought not The night before the ball Janie asked permission to go. She had ex pected a BCulding, bvt was not pre pared for what she did beer end it cut deep. Her mistress laughed to scorn tbe idea of janie going to a ball, shamed her, ridiculed her until Janie's heart was like to burst Finally ebe said : "You can go if you want to, but I w;ll hare no shirking of to-merrow'g work. ' Von will look well in a ball room, bucn a frigbtl L barley will be ashamed of you." When she left the room Janie sob bed and wept over tbe bitter words; but finally she thought, "Charley knows how I look, god if be bad not wanted me to go be would not hare abj;ed nie." Sbe dried ber tears and set about arranging her clothes for me coming nigni, mat tney might be entirely ready. ce nigni oi tee o U came, ana Iti was neany ma oclofk before Janie bad fulblled all tbe tasks Bjt by ber mistress, who seemed more exacting and cross than usual. But, at Ust sbe was dressed for her first ball and surveyed herself in the glass to her own satisfaction. Her dress did not fit bar, though ebe did not know it, and made ber poor figure look still more ungraceful bere it should bave been loose it was tight, and where it should have been snpg it was a world too wide. fche wore Jarre hocps, and taken all in alt she resembled in ihape precise ly an old fashioned Dutch churn. Her beautiful bair waa crammed tightly into a bespangled net and a targe scanet bow was at " her throat A light plaid sasb, borrowed from the cook, and thick, coarse shoes, tbe best abi had, .completed ber coot u me. he nau no gloves, ana per poor, coarse hands were painfully conspicuous. Charley, man like, neper noticed what ebe wore, but he somehow dim ly felt tbat she did not look as veil as he had seen ber. Tbey went to the hall, and tbe novelty of it all, the beautify! gjrjs; the flowers and music, made it seem more tike a beautiful fairy tale to unsophisticated Janje than a reality. Charley was kind and attentive. and sbe, happily, did not perceive in the general gaiety of dress tbe short comings of ber own, as contrasted with the others. Sbe would have been perfectly content to sit forever und waub tJ38j;ay couples float by iti the waltz, or dasb past io tha pol ka : it was all pure delight without alloy. ' ' ' ' ' " At last it was time to go home, and m tbey walked throogb the silent aireeia, unariey said ; tive. "Janie, I have got some news to tell you. I know yon will be glad, you have always been so sisterly and kind. Grace Edwards, tbe sweetest girl that ever lived, haa promised to be my wife next month. Yon will love each other dearly. Sbe knows now nue a aigier yoa bave been to me, so many years, and she loves you already, and we waat you to come and live with us when we get settled, ana leave that old termagrent m goicc np to ber borne next week, may I tej her yon are glad ?" les, marie, you may, said Ja nie, after a while, but io so strange a voice that Charley said : "Janie, ycu are hoarse. If you take cold and get ill I can never for give myself.": "It is nothing," said sbe, with an effort, but whto she came in tbe light ber face was like tbe faces of tbe dead. Tbat night all tbe sweet tender ness died out f ber life forever, and with cold but resolute hands she closed tbe book of ber one little ro mance from tht eight of mortal eyes. A young mat and his favorite com panion sat near tbe front at Burden's lecture the other evening. When tbe Hauleye man bad just finished con vulsing bis bearers wub an accouut of the youth's first shaving encounter with a barber, tbe voung man leaned over and whispered; "Tbat is true to life, I can tell you " "How can yci tell me?" inquired bis girl. "How ?" he replied in a whisper ; "why that's just the way I ftlt when I first got shaved." "When was tbat ?" the asked. "Ob, before I raised my mustache," be returned. What mustache ?" she queried, a little surprised. "What mustache do you Bupposo ?" he retorted, turning red. "Why, Charley," whispered the girl, "I never saw any mustache. Do you mean" "Never mind what I mean," hissed the young man between bis clenched teeth ; and be stared very hard at the lecturer all the ret of the evening, but somehow couldn't eee anything to laugh at Sunday night be went to see a new girl. A Premonition. A bootblack, seemingly ready to burst into tears at any moment, was seated io the sun, and a good hearted lawyer chocked bjm under tbe phin aud inquired if hi regular fall season for chills bad arrived. ' kinder feel like having chills, aud I kinder feel sad in my thoughts," was tbe reply. ''Any of the folks slek f "Not as I know of." "Perhaps tbe eight of falling leaves and other evidence of tbe dying year affect you," said the lawyer. "Mebbo tbey does, and mebbe it's 'cause I lent a boy ten cents Saturday night"' "jat won't Le fjay it bck?" "I duono. lie went out hiiniing Suaday, and I've got a feeling that he went to shoot at a crow, and the crow flew, and the gun went off, and the muler kicked urouod, and tbe breech fjew up, and all te fciof bjt Dick in the stoipix. If he got shot there'll be some 'citenient, and crying, and burying and taking uq tbat no one will think to ask me if ha owed me ten cents." "Will this relieve your mind ?" ahked the lawyer, as be passed over a dinie. v well, not quite, sir, but i.'ll sort o' reconcile me to take more chan ces on Dick's hittin' tbe crow instead ofbUeel,'," Jerrj'a Nlanaj Jerry and an old neighbor had gone on the bay during fhe thaw that preceeded the bitter cold. Tbey were "outside" and mnst wait for tbe tide to get. oyer the bar. They were not prepared for such a sudden change in tlje temperature. If grew colder and still colder. Tbpir friends on shore built op brushwood fires as beacon lights, but their boat was al ready fast in the ice, even if tbey were helpless under tbe influence of that ic? wjnd. Tbey drifted oot be yond their' earthjy shores jnto eter nity. . . A few days after this Tom tame to tell me tbe Bad news that poor old Jerry'? fjody bad been recovered. He was found 4ead lQ tL1 bottom of the boa:. . ! "Jerry always said," continued Tom, "that be bad prayed to be al lowed to give a sign tbat be was 'faithful unio weath and tbat God was uu uim iu ioe eou. uis Qegire was granted, Jje gave 'the sign.," "What was jt'J asked." "He took a pieca of an od jj ig and tied it on an oar sod planted it on the ice. I know Jerry meant by tbat, I've got tbe victory," "Is tbat all?" I exclaimed in a tone o disappointment Tom wCht on to scy "What , 'f L i i 77.. mages me Joel more tban ai, ma'ma, is, tbat if Jerry da.dn't been sp for getful of himself be tutguv La ye bjeeo a.'jye this minute. You see old bill was wltb Lieu, am what does Jerry do but take iff his owa oyercoa( and mittens and pnt them on old bill, ana wraps bis comforter around Bui' neck, aua co payed Bill alive but he was frczVde&d himself," A NwcarJnc Jflnlaie. ' - - tr Ithaca, H. Y- is scandalised over the charges of profane swering pre ferred aeainst a minister of that town. But under the circumstan ces, as the Journal cf .bat city pub Ubes them, there is certainty pome excuse for bim. e attempted to make bis way (u this dark through tbe sitting room to tbe pantry, to de posit a buacb of iheubarb preaeoted him by a parixboner, forgetting that the bouse cleaning had commenced. Tbe' wretb?d eirl bad left a pail of soft soap near tie" door, ' pypr w bicb be accidentally stumbled. AJakiog a herculean effort to sore bjmeelf he grabbed sometbiog with botb band. and as he alighted firmly on bis stom ach be pu;ld down on top of bim a table full of crorrfory Riciog promptly to bu feet he made eiiBb for fije niatch git, but happbuiojf ' to p!ot h'.i j'o q' sj ofljle Jf ih'tj 8ifi Bonpbe prco'pii et J.oyp jp a tub of preserved fruii. Ilia poor.'HreJ wife, who bid retired egrlr. was roused ia ber f lumbers, sad tbioklug that burglars were about, shritkpd for help, to wbicL tbe bire'l cirl re- pponaea, rastiiDg inrQ ijje roopa f.Pij IPO WBBQIUO. At tbU pjiot, ffiiVbt be expected, be swore m leged. 1- "Will advertising pay ?' is a very old question, which bas always been aaswerej i? tbe aRiraiatife ; but tbe (JaeMiori Iff a newsnaner nP Id "Will tbe advert ser haw ? Thin'Jn! not always answerad in the affirm- " ' Bow Wamth taAecmmaiatotf. As a rnle wealth Is the result of in dustry, economy, attention to busi ness, and aa a rule, povertv ia the re suit of idleness, extravagance, and in attention to business, though to these ruies inere are thousands of tiona ' The man who has wasted bis time, who has thrown away his op portunities, is apt to envy the man who has not For instance, bere are six shoemakers workiof in one shoo. One of tbem attends to his business ; you can bear tbe music of his ham mer late and early : he is in love, it may be, with some girl on the other street ; be bas made up his mind to be a mao, to succeed, to make some body else happy, to bave a home; and while be is working, in bis imag ination, he can see his own fireside. lib tbe light fallioir opon the faces of wife and child. the other five gentlemen work aa Huh as tbey can spend Sunday in dissipation, bave tbe headache Monday, and, as a re sult, never advance. Tbe industrious one, tbe one in love, gains the confidence of his em ployer, and in a Utile while he cots oot work for these other fellows. The first thing you koo-v be bas a shop of his own, tbe next a store, because tbe man of reputatioo, the man of charac ter, the man of known integrity, can buy all be wishes io tbe Uuited States upon credit The next thing you know be ia married, and he bas built himself a house, and be is happy, and bis dream has been realized. Afier a while the same five shoemakers, hav ing pursued the old courte, stand on tbe corner some Sunday when be rides by. He has got a carriage, his wife sits by bis side, her 'ace cover ed with smiles, and they bave got two children, their faces beaming with joy, and the blue ribbons flut tering in tbe wind. And thereupon these five shoemakers adjourn to some neighboring saloon and pass a reaolu, tion that there is an irrepressible con flict between capital and labor. Huh Inge moll. A fortune of 12.000,000 may turn upon a bit of yellow parchment found in a rubbish heap. A Nova Scotia journal says tbat tbe agent employed oy me beirs ot ibe Ujae estate to go to England bas written cucuoraging reports. He bas met tbe directors of tbe bank of Englaod, where the mon ey is deposited. Hyde was former! v in Annapolis; having been sent out by tbe imperial government He bad one daughter feorn in N,oya Spotja. The mouey in queauou vu left to her af ter he died. An intimation was sent to this country many years ago ask ing for tbe beirs. The family of the Hydea in tbe United Statea took tb matter up and deoided tbat tbe real heirs were in Nova Ucotia. The miss log link up to a recent period was proof that the original Hjde was the one who keld tbe imperial commission and went to Annapolis. There was no commission of his to be found. ,1 few years ago an old trunk was sol at auction aua oougnt oy a woman or ij cents. She substauently brute jt np for kindling wood; and in the lining round a parenmeni document, which sbe deemed so pretty with the seals attached that sbe put it away as worthy of preservation. Subsequently she happened to ment'oq the incident to a frienl Jt proved to be the mis sing gocument. Ul Uwr. -The other morning as two ladies were preparing tbeir toilet, an acci dent of perhaps a serious na'ure oc curred. ibe elder lady was sitting with a large cat at her feet Sud denly without warning, the animal seizud one ot the legs of tbelady and tore the flesh with iU teeth and claws. Before tbe young lady, her daughter,' could come to her assist ance, tbe wounds inflicted by the cal were many and painful Tbe young lady toof bold or the enrajd beast and pulled it quickly y. The cat, infuriated to' tigerish "ger, then sprang at ber, its tail swollen as large aa a human arm, and scratched her, besides badly tearin? her dress. A neighboring gaatleman was appealed to for help, and by tbe aid of tbe yoanj lady's tight grip on the rat's neck and a dumb-bell in the bands cf ihe gentleman, the furious creature was killed. A physician was called to drees the wounds of the elder la- dy,' ybo $a afiieted wjth erysipelas in tbe lacerated limb,'" an J whose safety is a matter of anxiety. I Old eilver. It is amazing what an amount of old silver there is now in circulation It waa bid away in old stockings, cracked teapots, in chinks in the wall and otper biding places, and never saw tbe light for rears; out no soon er did the Government begn to issue and pay os't silver, than it began' to creep into circulation, and cow old halves, quarters, dimes, half-dimes and even three pent pieces are be coming a nuigaope to dealers nd business men. Sj will it be with gold now tbat there is no looger any premium on it, pod the Government pays it to rcdeftiDticn ot its .era) ten der notes. Millions of ofd gold piec es, long booked jjp, wi)l come into circuiauuu muu ioe curreooy yfif i;e expanded (o tbat extent The brief experience of a week, sjnee resump tion, proves tbat business uma, uow thai they can get gold for tbe asking, prefer paper. The next thing legal tenders wilt coppsnd a premium. .Coanndrniui: Why is dancing fire milk? cause it strengthens the caivVa. Be- Why is an Englishman like a bee ? Because he is ruled by a Queen. What a the feest way to curb a wild young man? To bridal him. What kind of ship have two mates and no captain. Conrtsbip. Why is a discontented map like a watch dog? Because be ia a growl er. What is tbat by losing an eye has nothing ipiy ont a nose 7 A noire. n Arrosisitinr for.TMf . akron, o., Januarj 31 Tbe ia year old -daugbter of a reppected ginh ward citizea eloped to-dar witb a aarkj wuo waa enir-lowed about tbe bouee.' Tbw father f of the girl ijeeaieos to Bpoot tbem both. JfV T'16!'1 f,r le- Present. Ererj mao bas bis price. A resi dent of Coonectleat bas lost bis iog, which he valuea bighlj, "beeaofe it once tired bis life when be vu at. tacfced" hj a uiad bul," and offers a reward of $2 or tbe fajibful apimal's ret.r, Proposals f .r marriages ia Nevada are written oo postal cards, and tbe answer comes bjr return mail s "Come on with your preacher." foe isprcvicent man fa bard lo kill, beciuse be will not die Worth a cent. ' ' ' ' THE SOMERSET HEEALD, Established 1S27. . A GOOD FA1IIL7 PAPER. GENERAL, LOCAL AND POLITICAL NEWS. RED HOTREPUBLICAN. LARGEST CIRCULAT OX -IN- Subwriptlon $'i a year, Tran. $lent Oilvertlxtna 10 rent a line. Special rttte to yearly ami quar terly advertiser.- S3 papers tn the yeari no postponement on aeeonut of Chrintnuut, Fourth or July or PCItlPTIONS EIECOTED WITH NEATNESS AND DISPATCH. A LASaS OF SpiipqLGiiDKRS ED. B. SCULL, Boaiae Ktuugar. I! & SDH. I Ml STO E E Weat End, Main at., Somerset Pa. HEAD QUARTERS FOR THE SALE OF CHAMPION K0WZ2SAK2 EEAPZLS, CLT722 CHILLED PLOWS, HASS2S TOWIT G2ACI SSEL EEILLS. TJL PI2S THSESHS2 A2TD SEPAEATC2.H0S: POWEES. FARQUAHR'S Foor Horse Thrwhini? Ma chines wub Shakers. FARQ S Threther and Separator. FANNING MILLS, C'OKX PLOIVN, SHOVELPLOW SHARES, Cultivator Shovels AND Bspairs for ITearly All th9 Iottz Sold in tha Cauziv. If w WW A VALUABLE INVENTiON. THE WORLD BEMftWNr wilsow sewing mmm M m workmanship Is equal to a Chronometer Watch and as elegantly finished as a first-class Piano, "l received tha highest awards at the Vienna and Csn tennial Expositions. IT SEWS ONE-FOURTH FASR than oth?r rr?chin-3. It3 caoscity is unlimited. Thre ara moro .LSO.'3 MACHINES sold in tho United States than tho combined sales of all the othrs Tho WjLSOfJ MENDING ATTACHMENT, for don ' kind Sf pairing, WITHOUT PATCHING, given FREE with each machine WILSON SEWING MACHINE CO, -0,??.&, m2? Brroadway, New York; New Orleans, La.; -or.s-ate& Madison Sts., Chicago, Ills.; and San Francisco, Cal. FOR SALE BY ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS. TO THE LADIES. The Summer an I IVa. Jrull VyU-s .! K. ISntterkk PATTERNS t rj. - R. Wneer j, 809 Arcs Si., and 804 S;uth 2J St., Philadelphia Also for slo the Ontrnninl Plaltr. Orlera filled hy nail on receipt of prioti. Uauluu lur alaiiMl on application bjr mull. Aa. . WuuitMi lo Lure ou i aav of I"! A T A X T r ia rarh n'lclilnrhKti to liitrtnltn mir 5 0iln. .1 .t. M Muil by Aliiiarr iii.mi Kx. i.'o'k . aix-cj, r. a. s.kzi cs. s-a. A?.a. i rttfbriTh. " rj ""'".Triiiwiiii a i r . i aTrmjLll Jan -4 AOIiMffipAL ha been awarded at the Pari Expooitiun nr 1874 Kor th-"ir best Six-Cord Suool (Jolton. eonlirniin: the estimate placed urns their irmxls at all the WorM'n Expn'ttionft, frum that at London, to tne uentenmul ExposHlf.n ot into, where 'hev uok a diploma lor -S' PEKIOK STKKKGl'U AND E!VfcI.LENT QUALITY". fha feeiond ITr.e ot a Mirer Medal wag taken hy the wniiainantic Linen Cif,pauy, which claims to he the siiecial c.riHUii)in ot American lo dn.try, and which a. extensively advertised a Crraud Priie at Fans. fcr cd fcttcji at PASS. Mem. J. P. Coats hare e?tallihed In Paw. tnciiet, B. J , the larjreat Spool Cutton Mllla in the United aitatea. Esury pnn-eM ot Bianolacture, troni the raw cotton to tne huuhed moot, ia con ducted there. Their American-made Spool Cot ton tons the award at the Centennial, and while they hare never claimed special merit tor their American-made Spool Coiloa over tnet manutuc lured in their Scutch Mill, they have the atisiac t Ion of announcing that thev have su idcntlned the-"-elve- with th :s eonntry, that AMERICA; as represented by J. & P. Coats, is still Ahead in SdooI Cotton BATES & GOATS, sk'le Agents in rhllad),Hpm tu Not. - J;fcP. COATS, BlairsYille Me's Seminary. Second Term Den-cs Feb. 1st, 1879. j )' - i For terms . a infiriuati'n apply to ' BEy. f; R. EWINS, Pria;?pilf : h LAIKS VI ItLti. Olaeopy of mv Metllcnl C.ntim m Seae H-.k to any ierann sutlcrlt.i with CosarwrTios, as. THMA. l ATAUII, WI.K UITI8, Ia uf Vl I E, OS Snag TijKCAT- Send name an I jmrt otfi -e ad dreM. . ith two ? eef t poataijC ;tai;o anl state your sirknesa. The be k V e!-v-t !:ii traiel, (144 pp. W rnn. 197. j The tefrua.rtlou it wmuins. ih'tlie province' of Ood, hiis :ivej nvirir liven. He h:i beca t;-ea:jis d)seiiies of the' ose. Throat. Mini,, a. a Spei,int practo in i Ini'jnnail sinoeisiJ: iidrei Dr'.H. B, Wolfe, Cm- P'"VaP9- SURE REWARD. O 1EABS TO PA v roa A f r 'I r S4to SIQ Per l.c c. rh-.rawit 11 aiild and i d II mi I ruHtl 4 ..in p,, f , Hrunftvilwilrfvi'li r,.n,-. i .:. ber- iw Urouhl-tio .'ti, cu. . Uo to;i;.c:," ITwnntns atrrama - purr tvtrr--. W b:5?sV ' rt f y 4 r- i. Sn4 for painnir; f. r::-ils or . icr:u.-.i.'." - " .icdrM ; o. r:i pii ikt, " L indl uniiu -siurr. Cn.MO II ti'lkiS Mil II. ' IHEHimDI JETPASTE. - fWATa aiADt pofi fiatc.; kwikwaa'g u4i aWtaaa, mmm aw .ua wiIMMMMsM.unv rt9UJHWlNi.w L J I I WSSTK, HEH8T S. Z1EGLE3, Sole Banubcturer, . mm, see sa. km, snil.4le4iia. tietaapx. - JUST RECEIVED AND NOW OPENING JSSV J. Id HOLEEBMDS 4 SON'S. STORE West End, Main St., Som., 9et Pa A Largs and Well Selected LOT OK DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, ' IIAIiDW'Arj.; QUEEXSWARK, HATSii- CAPS, BOO'lS d- SHOES, The Largest, Best and Cheapest Assortment of Men's and Boys' CLOTHING Fresh and New, Ever Offered in SOMERSET. All Kinrfsi or Province TaUe,, In rxihange for GOOD. " .JsWs Do ouwanttomakesomomoncy? It whore t xuor ehiooe. ompetint Aural Male or It-male want lo wil the H.lar Sene The most Convenient Anlile lor l)onietle o i,'r the purpose dmiaui'd ever Invented. It , ..u fill., weigh. m-.iure and niuea. Alo i..r stiaW in rruii. Wafhin Klc.eete. Jr r 1 11 Ay-iu. are no mirxKed in zelUui them in toe west. Territory em;eri) takm heiV ever 4iirtd, apply earlj. yr pan.ul-iri .!- ;'rc,i' " hi i qen.At.Wcjt.Ptnna. Pittsburgh. Pa. M money make ranter at work for a than a anything el. Capital not require,! w- wii irt you. 12 per nay at home made hy the indiMtriona .Hon women. I.i. ..i ....io .... ed everywhere to wort r... n v.. i. .SI time. Oj.ily outnt and terni free. A.i.lre. Tara k t '.i.. Auguita, Jiaiue. March wees Iny.urown town. a Outfit free. ori'W. Header. II v u jnt i liU.n,.u it wnn-n peronn -f either i can no.. ureal nar all the tlm. ih.. ..h . .. nartlcuUrs w H. HaLLa-rr a. C, Portland, .Maine. ' March -a ine nwtt ueful present FO-R -STOXTR WIFE, lnten.le.1 wife, mother, or sister i one of our Is I IV T i. tiul ufi.l L.tt.a.a wi flu re ft tr rire. )r ateatlv He wi .i - . .. " . """ia in.n. 5(1 ti..ce on reeHiit'd pr,.-t. P;1'- llivwur Mib. Co. I'irtMl,,, V. K b or n i fiut a. An-i!-m Wanie.1 in t lion l-.tiiurv. yon can fnsrae In. tniiii-r uLO I ('Kll I" li ehyanr worker of either . tntdiown louit.tlej. l-.-i.. n. ., . rl""l'i"i wonu m tree, improve vi.ik stiare tliii(! at t:,is hqjineas. Address ri!'oj a Co., Cri iand aiaina. V. tr WALKEK ni thts piac has a lot ot his etehrated Honw Kak-s lor alo better than ev.r and olieap. Anyunewliti wants on at ou.-e, wuid do well to tend htm a postal card or in A.m. way let mm know In order to make sure ot vetting; one as he in hi rounds'of selling miaht ni4 Dud all who want rakea. Waya lf A UTEn s'aran bisellandeieham rl I LU ha.e h..nd;:d3 or in wniiiiii;tihuyjirmieinst 'now. Ne;er Vil .c . natter lime ta sell Acre at 1ali price, ar are liiilnir money from hanks and seeking for salety. Address !. M. JAMI J.';;'.;h"r"h Farm Afticy, li Smithfi. Th-, fe jfc fe 'fCir: cr.J fori rinf l Regli-tar. ' ' ' knew rri"eg. Aft peT seekimr A -re M. JAMES, Id F;irtn Nov.2g A U.M IVI.STRATOR S XOTICF, LMie if PolTiSim i-.'i' In e Irliu !t., deceaseiL letters of administration on theahoveestate h:iv tnii teen granted to the undersigned hv the t.r"ir aiMho.ity. notice I? he.ehy ;u to r ei d ti. it to make imineflhire paj-ment. au.tt' .fe-aavlt'I claims uarainst it to present themdalv aathi-titfr wi mrscuivtncnt oi bat onlay. M arch 7. 1- HKNB.) ty iitiMCr:;'.. ft MI N-IsIRAII R SJiUi Xi rjlats of ::mn-l Swank. I-M ut (i.'mih n tiiit Twp., S- mersel county, r::. m-r'.l. leuera ot administration m tne a,ve elf havina: been icmnteil to the undersiisneil. notice i neret.y iflven lo tliuselndeliteiito it to make iiniue Jiate M ment, and those having; claims az i:nl iU U. p,.j.t.,.i t .m lu jr ai!thenti.teii lor ettl. ment on tt-rdav,' tlie I.t da ci .11 1. 1i7:, at the rei;ncw ot de.-. -I ' ' . ' H tKA.M SWA.Vk Admin istrar caa ttilamenlo tinna o an -t4 ,- pMlIdslMia cb fSe v anave rs?imly mi.lt re:it Imprxenriits in the proce ol Meaaiiet t'oVew, auii suo ollrr to the trade the FINEST ROASTED COFFEE everptcp 'n Prka -e. We aran; r t" ' . tic-Hi fc.au., 'tY CHOICE" orvDD' PDS0 'S CHOICE."' to lie nnfliimr nnt.nie eecieii ttihs-e. iV'te. tm porud Iroin "HI O" by ourselie". J anney & Ancire ws Srj&rrs 4 mm '' csasiss ita tit. l.'l anil ya Market tre!:" May 2a' FiHI-iDEI PHI J, ssigxi:e-s XOT1CK. J:e ib Kline of S .in T'ct Twp.. hivhu :i-.'ie i all h.s properly reil an I p-r.n .l l . Itii.!iii Mil'.es h;r tho Louclt of an iltu, . cuth e I. r- .t Uen loan i,!ra''.a.M.;l i !i3sid A'.un-'j ui make immediate pavtueut. 'n I ih. fc.'ir, elai os hi preseul lo me gaii As.-ii(Qee f li " tw', Ualet, Ic. KTa. fl.AJfKt.I.X WtU.ll!. ieo s A-u'''. N JOTICK. rie "nderslimcl will tuiWm Koi.Iie.ii n he LevialVare tira sneio ' Ant for Inn sell un k llie uayment oi ptotision. .c li.n.i.rad companies of volunteers in ser ic under me 'nr maad ol'Cip'sin K iwiea of Center c.-m,:y :i'l Cap:ain S hrors Sienerset r"a.. In C. KKlSl'rlK. Jan -, Herlm. IN. HEALTH AND HAPPIffi Health ami Happiness are prtcel their Ksegor, and vet thev l Wealth 'J aitlnn : jea,n oi evekr one no llt tt nitH.HT SMVI H 1I.LS. The only sore CURE tor TorpM Uver, Uypti. Headaoba, S-air Mmniach, Coostlpatlo i. Ke'-ility. Nausea, and all Wiliou e-implain-s .in I B' dl.rilers. None senuioe unless signed -Wg. Wriifhi, Phlia." it your draaKist will i sop ply ren-l A cents f..rone box to liarrii k. Koiier s. Co., TO X. Ui St. fhila. Feh. March ;7. S3 UOU Ft ATV5 1 WATf B Fsi. Cheafiegl in the known world, cainpu Waukt" Aiklreaa, A.Cuct.isa 4U.Clik-a
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