I A TOCKT j "Well, Well," Bld fyjoi Adonijah Courtney, raising J,;6 ffyes heaven ward, rrovidenco has indeed af flicted us ; but should we mourn ns those without hope? Nay, enrol v not, since all flefh is weak and un able to meet and withstand tempta tion in its own eU-ensrth : and dear boy, Lionel, ftill pives us hope of his repentance. All is not lost, sister Kesiah," and lie pressed his 6pinstcr companion's withered and trembling hand reassuringly, as he bade his pretty, tearful niece (the culprit's sister )" to re-read the letter of confession that had that evening burst like a bombshell m their midst and o:iusod the good jmd n:ii-ple-minded great Forrow r.nd anxio-, tv of mind. ' Lily Courtney htld her brother's singularly jerky and illegibly writ ten epistle oM?n before her. 1 ndeed 6he had never closed it since it came, but continued to pour over its sha kv characters in the vague hope of gleaming a ray of light to illumine the murky record. At her uncle's request, she tried hard to wallow the painful lump that had ixtn aj- parently growing in her throat ever.! 6incc her startled mind took in the j . i. - I . - i: " ci.. ..,..,'.! 1 wreieueu iiuins. cnca j;euuv, shy-mannered girl, of great personal beaaty and equal modesty ; nut ucr j 6trong, and as vet untried trait oi character was unselfish devotion. She loved the dear old pair who had received her brother and herself in their early orphanage, and who had given every energy and thought to the education and moral training of the otherwise friendless children. Without ever having been outside of Greenville since she came there a little girl ten years before Lily knew quite well that her aunt and uncle were singularly innocent and unworldly people, and though she could not help but fall into many of their primitive ways and il logical views, she was quite sure that neither of them was fitted to start out in winter and travel to the great city where her poor dear broth er was in trouble, bhe had quite resolved from the first that she would go to him herself, and when her voice trembled and the chunking eensation oppressed her most as she read on, it was then thcconilict be tween her native timidity and cour ageous sense of duty occurred. The note wan dated a day or two before Christmas and written in pencil so uaaiy mat u was uimcuu , lo read. Its style, too, was unlike "1, ll .l i't I. Lionel s ; in lact, there was no way to account for its abrupt aud ua- i'en character except the true one. The dreadful snares and tempta tions of that frightful city, against which the cider pair, who had never passed a night in its joluted air, who had so faithful! warned him had seized him in their illusive grasp. He had succumbed ; he had strayed aud fallen from grace; some evil be ing had robbed him, and now con trite and helpless, he called home ward for relief. His scrawling epis tle ran thus : 'My Deau Uncle and Ai nt: I don't want Lily to be alarmed (it was she that opened the note), so I include her. I hare had a misfor tune I trusted myself in thesa fclippery ways. I was a fool not to listen to counsel but I thought I knew it all; the result is. I became lost, grew confused and feiL Do not alarm yourself dear aunt and uncle ; I might have been much worse. As it is, in the confusion, I lost my pocketbook. The people amoug whom, on coming to myself I prov ed to be, are not of the elms for me to remain dependent on for a single Jay. I'lease 6cnJ or come. I in close address, Regret to alarm you, U'ith love, Lionel." In a different hand was a com plicated direction, which Lily care fully detached aud put it in her pocketbook. That was the first step taken the rst loilowed quickly: uncle and aunt. I am going to the city. My mind is made up so please don t say, So. i ou, dear un cle, are suffering with one of your worst attacks of rheumatism, and aunt's head is threatened wita her regular January neuralgia. Martha is needed to look after you nh, and Simon can't leave the bam, oor old man. As for me, I was nine rears old when I was there last, but I remember the streets peifectly. I could even go to this place" she pointed to the direction in the pocketbook "alter a little studying of the localities." She spoke so confident, looked so brave, and withal so hopeful that the good couple could only accept her strength of purpose as providen tial, and "sent" for the trying occa sion. It wa over. On Christmas day she sat in the centre of the middle ear safest place in case of accidents. The cold air had frozen the tears on her checks ; she looked through the blurred window at the dark out line of the old family carriage which Simon was driving up the lane homeward, and sent the venerable occupants a silent kiss pressed against the unsympathetic glasss. The train was a full one; at every station new people came in, and at the second place from Greenville, a gentleman of excellent appearance and pleasing manners came in and found no vacant place except the one beside Lily. He wore a handsome sable collar round liis overcoat; in Lily's start led eye it seemed like a partial mask to his face, and when pointing to the seat, he bowed his request to be al lowed to share it, she assented with a start and immediately p aced her hand protectingly over her coat- j jHjeket where her money was. Shc ! had merely turned her face once to- wara me newcomer: that onee. however, was quite sufficient to ' fchow her a pure, oval outline, eyes ' poll as velvet and lovely brown in color, a straight nose and a mobile, red-lipped mouth a little compress ed and formal in its set but sweet xs an oponing bud in June. Apparently the stranger was sus ceptable to female loveliness; he threw off his fur wrapping, adjusted his coatcollar and gave a becoming touch to his hat He was young and good-looking, and 6ceroed de cidedly drawn toward the face that had been quickly averted from hi view. Lily looked steadily out of tho window and tried to think of her oear, uui untonunate brother, who ; left home to enjov brief holiday , before choosinr a nr-fcinn mH en! soon falling ihto life's "slippery nav." "What a pity it is that evil lurks vmder the most pleasing exteriors,'' sue sam to herself, with a sigh, and then 6he took a furtive peep, out of ! 11 l-"- wu- v I iVl fc Oil till- the corner ol her eye at her hand- gor stood at the corner and rec-iv-some companion, which caused her ed a gesture of direction from him. lo sigh again. I All three he, Lily and the carriage Ycs, but he was very prepossess ing, but it, wan of just such as that she had ahvavs Wen told to beware. Evil delighted to put on an lllunng guise ; but it was to entrap tho un- warv, ?nd a charming, smiling cxte-1 rior'wks too frequently the mask of luentiy the tempter. Thi b 5 solemn warnings all recur red to her mind faithfully, but somehow they gave her no great pleasure. "It is a pity !"' she said, and look ed out on the wintry prospect, with a tine sharp snow filling through the gray air and the bare tree boughs liivprin" in the wind. The shawl that Aunt Kesiah's ! i(jlolI htiuhiess had added to 1 l i-j her ! her ' nieces wranmnss supiku on knee upon the iloor; the observant cf fl II rr..r 1111111.- IV KtimtM'il 1(1 llltll Lily bent down also; their laces nearly met and both were forced to , smile". ! 'Ibcgvour pardon?" said Lily! mechanically. Oh, how her face J flushed the minute after! She had j k en first to speak, and had actual- j lv eddressed herself to a stranger? i ' I am the one to apologize! 1 am j vrrv nwkwarJ. I am sure!" cried ! " - 1 . the young man, elaborately repiac- j U1r the wrapper. i ', -, ...... i i . l ! - . . ., . i,hv recovcrcu ner.seu jor-r-e.-?iiui, bowed coldly, and again took refuge m peering into the gloomy outer world Suddenly without a note of prep aration, tiiey shot into a huge dark tunnel. The transition from day tonight was so swift that Lily al most screamed, and, do what she would to recover from the shock, her heart . kept beating so that she could Ecarely breathe. Here was a situation totally tin looked for. Neither her aunt nor her uncle had rrcnarcd her mind for this alone in the darkness, at ! ;xv of Greenville, who had, by the the mercy of this deceptive and 0dd process of entering his pocket wily stranger, who had no doubt ! stolen his heart. Such things will many subtile, mechanical contriv- J0 to keep, as will Lily's pleased ances ot command for extracting j amazement at the family misintcr pocketbooks from the possession of; pretation of poor Lionel's letter, country victims! iler breath camesiiorter; she fan- i a , u .l : icieu fi;e a reauy leu boujciiiuig ' touch her pocket. She was no cow !ard no, she would not submit to lose her treasure those crisp green notes of large denomination that were to save Lionel, and put him straight in the paths of rectitude once more. The thought gave her courage; she slipped her hand soft ly along the thick beaver cloth, i . ... .. .. i.t plunged it quickly into the pocket r;iuL'ht a man's hand lirmlv in her own! Ah! well, it was done, and she had it in a strong tight grip from which, strange to say, it made no effort to free itself; but, though triumphant, ho one could ever tell what that act of justice, that defense ; of right, had cost her ! As she held the guilty member j prisoner, her tender woman's heart i softened and plead for'thc offender j against her sterner judgment It was a struggle and a hard one he might be young in crime, the victim of tempation, of untoward circum stances; elie would not give him over to punishment; she would rather shield him from retribution ; but she must protect her money, A pale, gray it h atanosplutfe about them lasts an instant, then out they flash into the clear, bright day,u;ton which the laggard, wintry sun had just poured a welcome flood of light, showing clearly to her own horri fied vision, and the deeply medita tive gaze of her companion her little hand thrust deep into his coat-pocket, which closely adjoined her own. and clinched with all the force of its pretty pinkish lingers around his quietly imprisoned digit. There are some things that hap pen iu eveaybody's life of which the one mostly concerned knowns no thing. Lily Courtney never could tejl till her dying day how her hand got out of her neighbor's pocket. She soinehotr came to hersclt bv and-bve in a dazal wav her fore- head resting against thu window lass, and a suecessiou of crin;scn l.lnsbes chased each other over her burning cheeks. Covertly and by slow degrees she looked around. The seat was empty, the suspected pickpocket of whom she would never think without heartfelt shame had left her to lier rumination. They were not very agrcea)le ones. She had been taught that we could not be too suspicions she was ready henceforth to deny the assertion entirely. 'I wish I had been robbed rather than liave pHt ny hand " she could go no further even in thought. A blu-s!i always interrupted her, "J ; nope i may newr. n itr m , ui; a I mav never, never see that! ....v. ...... - - k m iiuv.ri so, she knew sue out not quite mean it There was time for no further mental conflict thank goodness, there was the city! It was two in the afternoon. Lily was just in that mood when f one ceases to be confidential even wuu onesseu. riie wouiu noi iic- She would knowledge that she saw the stranger as she crossed the depot ; she would not admit that shc was dubious about the the direction she should tike to reach her brother; in fine. shc wa3 vexed and chagrined, un certain and excited, and could not recognize hsrsclf as the resolute young heroine who h.Tt lelt lireen- viile that morning, KJyingon a store of goad counsel backed by Ijer own j j sagacity. At a little distance from the st i- tion she hailed a car, after carefully reading it lettered sides. When she consulted the conductor, hc learned she was being carried out of her way, and with a shouted line or two of directions ringing about her she descended and took another with a varied but unsatisfactory rc- smt. She wished she had not lm bibed a prejudice against hacks and their drivers as being the accessories of mysterious disappearance she had read of in those awful city ca pcrs : but tired and distracted as she w.is after to hours' aimless car-changing and mistaking of points of the compass, she still could not trust herself with night approaching to one of those convey ances. She resolved rather to go on foot, asking her way block by block, and 6hc swallowed back her tears and set out sturdily despite the cold. She forgot lo be hungry, and was at last fairly on her way. Then Ehc saw ehe could not tell just with wtiat fecit; directly in nd ranee of her the cenUeraai; with the sable collar coins the same war. : After a time she ceased to ask and . . - ' . -1 followed him blind v. !nlf - l,enurubed now. and she mur- mured to herself : 'I Wan by sus pecting him now I trust him in the dark !'' True enough, night was on; they were turnuig into mean little streets, having come back in the neighborhood of the depot A handsome carriage whoso driver nwmm" trw hnv r.'ti,. paused at a narrow door. It bore tho number, and was in the street that Lionel had sent to Greenville. The gentleman knocked then stood bark for his companion to enter; the door opened into a close, dirty room, where poor Lionel lay, on an nnti.iv ptf( III t.hf net Ot DCinil made ready for removal by a kind and genial old gentleman, a little hasty in temper, it seemed for he called out at sight of the young man whose pocket Lily had explor ed : "Well, vou've cot her at last, have you, Frank lScntley ! I've waited "long enough, I should say, and this poor boy sulfering from a fracture and fever in a place like this. The people who picked lum up insensible off the ice out beyond in the next street, have been very kind." he added to the German . . , . r .1 1 shoemaker ami nis wue wnut-wou bv. "You fou id him with his head cut by hi? fall, his pocket book lost or stolen, and carried him here where he wrote home and this morning got his senses sufficiently about him to send for me, which was what lie should have done at first" The doctor for he was the doctor with whom Lionel had it in ... . 1 1, . A-ll 1 mind to study on in this strai j . .. i. uy-anu-uye iujkcu strain to relieve an evi dent embarrassment. Young Dr. Uently, his son, ex plainedVwhilc the sistcrand brother induged in a singularly fervent em brace, considering that they had but been two days separated, that he had received his father's message per family servant or his arrival at jlhe depot at two o'clock, but that he was detained by a pressing ana most iniperattve engagement (he did not explain that said engage ment was his own resolution to fol low respectfully and unseen to her destination the nrctty timid little written in pain and fever. He, too, proud of his earlv recollections of the city ways, started on foot over its icy pavements and met with a physical, and a moral fall. That little mistake was explained and laughed over, but Lily did not want hers to share the same fate to keep it secret she even bribed Frank lWntlv. Once he threatened '"Oh, do not fell nlxi'.it niv bnnd!"' she whisner- 0( entreatinglv. ,,.,.-, it! will rivi it. to mo" - i .vas tlie answer, in the same key. Well Aunt Keziah liked him, Uncle Adonijah found him suitable, and they were married on Christ mas eve". a year after her adventure "in a pocket !"' Arlottc, The Child Martjr. Nearly seven hundred years ago, on a cold, rainy evening, five per sons stood together in a little room in one of the iioorest streets in the city of Cologne. There were four men and a little girl. It was plain lh"V were hiding, for chilly as it was, thev dare not light a fire. At last the Litter cold was more than ihey could bear, so they ventured to make a email fire. They had scarcely lwirun U warm themselves, when soldiers burst in and seized them nil. Thcv were taken to vri on, and soon brought before the judges. Then it wan found that their only crime was that thev wor shiped God, and would not pray to the irmn Mary or the 6aints Thev were condemned to be burnt to death : but a pardon was offered them if thev would not forsake Christ. Three of the men answered at onto they could not be unfaith ful to their Lord. The fourth named llobert. hesitated, he was the father of the little girl, Arietta and her mother had been dead many weeks. Hut soon he decided like the rest. The judges coaxed an tlireatencd Arlette. They told her they could not save her from be- ig burnt alive, unless she promis ed to leavu lier father s religion. She answered steadily. ''I cannot for- sake the faith." In less than week the five were led out to tho place of execution. The four men were tied each to a stake, and fa cots hearted round them. Thev placed Arlette against a stake, but did m.t tie her. Then thev set fire to the faints, end some kind-heart ed' man pulled the little girl away and said lie would save her from the dreadful death, and bring her up not to serve her father s God cannot forsake the faith," said Ar lette ncain. And liefore thev could , . , . . to her father i i. . . .. . . r- . w I 1,.1,1 i r I . . . few siKinicnts, Hobert and Avlette were in heaven together. You and I may be thankful that we have not to bear a cross like Ar- : lettc ; but we can love the Saviour Ins wi'll .id k!ii iliil nnd 1m n firm ns shc was jn refusing to do anything (hat will grieve him. Rirly Day. Worili Henjenjberlnff. .Now that good times are again upon us. before indulging in extrav agant show, it is worth remember ing that no one can enjoy the pleas antest surroundings if in bad health There are hundreds of miserable people going about to-day with dis ordered stomach, liver or kidneys, or a dry hacking cough, and one foot in the grave, when a 50 ct Imttle fcf Parker's Ginger Tonic would do them more good than all the expen sive doctora and quack medicines they have ever tried, Jt always makes the blood pure and rich, and will build you up and give you good health at little cost Kead of it in another column. j. 12 Death from Grief. DtBrytE, Iowa, Jan. 24. Ed ward Isackus, a prominent young attorney of Independence, has been missing soma tjavs, and search tail ed to discover his whereabouts. On Saturday his dead Lodv was found on his wife's grave. In h;s hard lie held a large reyojver, one barrel be ing empty. A larga bullut hole in his forehead showed where the mjss ing ball was. Some weeks ago his newly-wedded wife died, and he be -;ame downhearted, and to end his misery took Ins own life at her grave. Mr. rrtinglon Says t Don't take any of the quack ros ironw, fl iney are regimental to the . . i - . ...... human cistern j but put you trust in Hop Bitters, which will cure gen eral dilapidation, costive habits and all conjic diseases. They saved Isaac from a severe extract of tripod feer. They are the neplxifunwi of medicines. Boston Globe When Greece was in hot glory tramps were unknown. If a man started out to be one he raa rccog nized as a philosopher and given a fat position in the government Timber Lots. Not every man who owns a timber lot manages it to the best possible advant age. It seems easy enough, at first -.nought, to take care of this kind of land. Most peoplo who have id no experience with it would lcel sure that it required less than half the skill which is needed to carry "n an ordinary farm. liut experien is a great teacher and fre quently i akes unexpected and as tonishing revelations. Most men who assuuio the care of wooded lands find sooner or later that, in or-d-r to turn everything at a time and in a manner wh'ch will be the most profitable, they need all the ability and skill they possess. It is not very hard to cut off everything that has grown, r.nd put it into the mar ket ; but it is a diflicu'.t matter to cut at just the right time what should be removed and leave what should remain. There are two op posite directions, in one of which there is a strong libility to err. Many owners of timber lots cut wood and timber clean wherever they go, and without waiting until the" trees reach anything like matur ity. This course involves a great waste. All clean cutting must in volve loss, if the land is to be kept for growing wood or timber ; for it involves the removal of a great many young trees, which are worth nothing of any consequence for wood, but which, having got well started, are in a condition to rapidly j increase in value. If the old trees were taken out and the sprouts and young trees allowed to grow, a per- j pctual wood lot could be easily maintained, liut, if everything is cut clean, it will take many years for the growth of anything large enough for wood, and still longer for timler trees to grow. Somt peo ple, who do not cut everything, are yearly cutting trees which, tnougn arire enough to be of some value, are yet growing rapidly and can on ly be cut at a great sacrifice; lr when a tree has reached a trunk di ameter of six or eight inches it has attained a stage at which it makes a much more rapid growth than ever before. Five years added to the age of 6uch a tree insures a large addi tion to its size and value. At this stage trees seem to grow as much in one year as they do in five of their early life. To cut trees then is like keeping a lot of pullets until they begin to lay, and then, just at the point at which they begin to do something toward paying the ex penses of their keeping, billing and selling them for poultry. Everyone can see that this would" be a foolish ojeratiou, because up to this point considerable expense has been in curred and no income received. To kill the pullets then makes sure of cutting off all receipts from eggs, and the small sum obtained for the meat is far less than would be re ceived for this purpose if they were kept until they were larger and fat ter. There is another extreme to which some owners of wood lands go, which involves about as much loss as the course which has just Wn described. These men let their tim ber stand too long, and it becomes iniurcd bv the effects of age and its inevitable tendency to decay. The j-riter has in his mind what was once a spei)did grove. It was own ed bv an old ceiitleman. who had grown up on the farm containing the grove and whose more than fourscore years dated back to the early life of the tress. In his later years he spoke somewhat sadly of this grove. He knew that the trees were as valuable as they ever would be, and that self-interest dictated their removal ; but his affections clung to the old trees, and he deter mined that they should stand until lie was gone. After his death some wagon manufacturers bought the timber and took it from the land. Many a farmer in that community felt a sense of personal loss when those splendid old oaks were remov ed ; yet it was found that the trees had stood far too long for their high est value to be obtained. Many of Uiem had decayed at the stump and bore the ma'iks of injuries inflicted by age. Another piece of wood lard, containing a large number of heavy and splendid trees, comes to mind. A few years ago these trees would have been valuable for ship building and for many other pur poses ; but the owner declined to gejl them, and they now remain on his lot uionumpnts to his unwise de lay. Probably they would not now sell for more than half what they would have brought fifteen years ago, and the interest on a large sum of money which might have been obtaingd'fpr them has been lost. Here there was no excuse as in the other instance, as this is merely a common though valuable wood lot And there are many owners of tim ber lands in which there are many trees which have passed their prime and are now rapidly on the decline. The loss involved in allowing these trees to stand is very great. They should be removed at once, and the young trees which are growing up around them should thus ho given a chance to obtain sunshine and plant rood which they need for rapid de velopment A good method in the manage ment of timber-lots, is to cut out crooked and defective trees, even though they are small. In their growth these poor specimens use materials which if secured bv better trees, would prove valuable. The survival of the fittest should not be left to slow operations of nature, but should be secured by the prompt action ot the owner or the land Except for special purposes, where sueh a course seems neeef sarv, trees should not be cut until they are ful ly developed, or have reached that size wh'ch i3 best adapted to the purpose for whicli they are designed Iiut when they have Wome well matured they should be removed They will never be any better, and will, it allowed to remain, soon de- prcwat ii value. Besides, if they are promptly taken away, (he young trees which remain will grow more rapdly and be enabled to keep up a regular succession hi good spieimens oi umoer, unw fwrmer. 1 t a . t Supreme Benoh. Wasiiixgtox, January 26. The President sent to the Senate to-dav the nomination of Stanley Mathews. of Ohio, to be Associate Justice of thel nited States Supremo Court, vice Justice Swayne resigned. Much to the stiprise of his friends onjc opposition was made by Re publican seraton to Mr. Matthew's nomination, and the matte was aid over, there are cood grounds for tl belief that his confirmation will be fought for ff,m& days, but just what it is based upon Senators are loath to admit When is stealing justifiable ? When a blacksmith steels an axe. A Parable. The following first appeared in a California paper. then shall the Kingdom of Satan be likened to a gra"in of tobacco seed ; which, though exceedingly small, being cast into tho ground grew ; and became a great plant and spread its leaves rank and broad, so that hugo and vile worms formed a habitation thereon. And it came to pass in the course of time that the sons of men looked upon it, and thought it beautiful to look upon ; and much to be desired to make lads look big and manly. So they put forth their hand and did chew thereof. And some it made sick. And it farther came to pass that those who chewed it became weak and unmanly, and said : We are enslaved, and can't cease from chew ing it And tho mouths of all en slaved became foul ; and they were seized with a violent spitting ; and they did spit even in ladies' parlors, and in the house of God. And the people of God were greatly plagued thereby. And in the course of time it came also to pass that others snuffed it into the noses of them ; and they were taken suddenly with fits, and they did sneeze with a great and mighty sneeze, insomuch that their eyes filled with tears, and they did look exceedingly silly. And yet others cunningly wrought the leaves thereot into rolls, and did set lire to one end thereof, and did suck vehe mently at the other end thereof, and did look very grave and calf like ; and the smoke ascended up. And the cultivation thereot be came a great and mighty business in the land ; and the merchantmen waxed rich by the commerce there of. And it came to pass that the people of God defiled themselves therewith ; even the poor who could not buy 6boes, nor bread, nor books for the little ones, spent their mon ey for it. And the Lord was dis pleased therewith, and said : "Wherefore this waste ? and why do these little ones lack bread and shoes and books ? Turn now your fields into corn and wheat and put this evil thing far from you ; and defile not yourselves any more." But with one accord they all ex claimed : "We cannot cease from chewing, snuffing, and puffing we arc slaves !" How to Make Hens liajr. Having occasion recently to visit a friend in Northern New Hamp shire, who has the reputation of making money through the keeping of hens, I found his method of oper ations somewhat as follows : The hen-house was in the base ment of a workshop building, with windows facing the south. The size of tho room whero the hens were kept was about fourteen by twenty, The fowls were of the Brown leg horn variety, and numbered about sixty birds. Although the room seemed small, considering the num ber of fowls, yet, by means of good ventilation, it answered it purpose well. As we entered the room, the oder of onions attracted my atten tion. "Do you give onions to your hens?" I asked. Vcs. Onions make good green food for hens during the winter. As I had a quantity on hand, unfit for market, 1 am feeding them out in this way to goqd advarjttge." . "How do you feed your Lens dur ing the month ?" In the morning I give them a dough made of bran and boiled po tatoes. At intervals of two or three days I put cayenne pepper with this mixture. At noon I feed such scraps as are left at my table. In the evening I give my fowls about two quarts of whole corn, believing that this grain remains longer in the craw man any other, l wice a week I feed them meat I buy cheap mutton, ehopping up bone. and all before feeding. Evury day I furnish a supply of pure warm wa ter, also keeping before them at all times a pan of ground pygter- 6iien. "Do your hens pay you a good profit T "Most certainly. The net profit from my hensi more than pay our grocer's bills. There Is no guesa work about this statement, as I keep an exact account, showing the debts and credits in full detail. A corres pondent in the American Cultivator, Keep Sheep. At least a few sheep should be kept on every farm. No kind a stock is more profitable. In start ing a flock, a few superior animals should be chosen instead of double the number of inferior ones. The increased value of a flock range from good sheep, will greatly ex ceed the increased oost of a few good ones to start with, over what inferi or ones would have cost. Start with good sheep and keep them good or make them better by generous keep ing. If one intends to half starve his sheep he might as well begin with half starved ones, as they would be more likely to "hold their own" fyan those used to better keeping. Sheep keeping, b,owever,i notprolit able when the starving process is adopted, and wo would not recom mend it to farmers who practice any such methods. When good sheep are purchased to start with and are well kept, sheep keeping is profita ble, beneficial to the farm, and is to be commended. An Ancient Dame. Washington. January 2G. A cer tificate of the death of Mrs Sally Hunter, aged J15 years, has boon re ceived at the Health Office. .Mrs. Hunter was bo.n in Westmoreland county, Va., in 17(50, and belonged to the Washington estate, being one of the servants manumitted by the General's will. She lived in that county until the war, when she and her children came to this city, where she has since resided, lms is sup posed to be the last servant of Geo, Washineton. EJUUUXIM - - 1 Fall of Coa. WlLKESBARBE, Pa., January 27. The largest fa)l of top coal and rook ever known in this valley, occurred in thi Empire mines yesterday afternoon, when two thousand tons fell, burying two miners, Morris Evan and his son Thomas. Hun dreds of men are at work digging for the bodies. The cause of the fall is not yet known. Health, hope and happiness are restored by the use of Lydia E. nxj-iiAu's Vegetable Compouxd. It is a positively cure for all those diseases from which women suffer so much. Send to Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkharn, 233 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass., for pamphlet What fish have their eyes nearest together ? The smallest. 1 Uruddcr Gardper on Povertjr. "I war axed by a white man de odder day," remarked the old man as he whined off the end of his ! nose, "how much poultry dis club would serd out to de poor fer deir Christinas dinner. When I told j him we shouldn't Fi nd as much as j one wing ob a lean pullet ho abused j me as selfish an' hard hearted, an' i eached me a lonu sermon on charity. Now let me say a few re-' marks. In de fust place, poo' peo- j pie are jist as much a fixture in dis I world as de sun or moon. Dev has i alius been an' alius will be. 1 neb- i her yit foun' a poo' man who iratit- ed to better his condishen dat he didn't hab lots of chances to do so. It am no mo de bizness ob de sun to shine fo' one sartin class. If de poo' expect it, it am bckxse ob deir check. Let me ax you what good it does fur a family who am libin' on meal an' bacon an' tea to find a big Christmas turkey on de table ? Ten times out o' 'leven it will be sold to de nearest grocery or s'loon. v hen it am cooked and eaten it s sartin to make some one sick. (Jib- ben' ole cloze to de poo' makes 'em lazy. If a man kin git his liben' widout work, what's de use oxi workin'? Every meal sot out for a tramp goes to prove to dat man dat hard work am only for dull men. You can't find me ten cases of suf- fcrin' poverty in Detroit whar de sufferers am not directly 'sponsible lur deir condishun, an what dey couldn't improve if dey would. Charity means ty forgive faults in your fellow men. It doan' mean teedin loafers and lazy boneses. Dis club will help a widow or an orphan, but when, it comes to the gineral poo' dey shall have neither smypa- thvnoraid. If de Lord had in tended dat one-half de world should work hard to support de odder half loafm' aroun' we should have got de news long null allore dis time. Women on the Ileoea. Some years ago the einminent lawyer llenry W. Paine, of Mas sachusetts tried a case for a lady client, but did not receive a decision in his favor, although justice and equity would have warranted it. As he and his client were leaving the Court-room, the lady, who is well known as an exponent of wo man's rights, said to him: "That was rank injustice." "Certainly, madam," Mr. Paine replied. "Mr. Paine," the lady continued, "when we women get ii chance to sit on that bench, such injustice will not be possible." With one of his rich, rare smiles the great lawyer said : "Madam I never expect to see a greater set of old women than are at present on the Massachusetts Su premo Court benc-h, f How He tiot Out. When a young businessman of Detroit, recently married, returned home the other day at his uaual dinner hour, his young wife sun prised him bv saying: "Well, you got out. did you?" "Gt out T re plied the husband. "Out of what?" "Why, out of the station. Weren't vou in the Central station?" was the wife's response. "What kind of a stiff are vou giving me. anv way ?" demanded the husband. Imagine h;s indignation when his innocent wife of a few months drew from her bosom the following note and hand ed it to him : "Central Station Dear Tilly: I am in trouble from trying to prevent the arrest or a friend. Send me ten dollars per bearer." Your own Bob. The ten dollars and the young man who got it have not since been heard from. Bombarding a Hotel. Sax Francisco, January A special from Lompec, Santa Barba ra county, states that some parties, at present not known, tried to blow up the Lompoc Hotel, Monday night, by throwing four bombshells through the widows. Only one ex ploded. It bursted the doors, win dows and partitions, causing great oonfusiun. Two were tossed In the sleeping room of Mr. and Mrs. Butehard, but did not explode. One in the billiard room also failed to explode. Had they all exploded, the building would haye been com- detelv destroyed and several lives ost The size of the bombshells was two feet two inches in circumfer ence, and weighed nearly sU p,vands each. A Foolihh Mistake. Don't make the mistake of con founding a remedy of acknowledged merit with the numerous quack medicines that are now so common. We speak from experience when we say that Parker's Ginger Tonic is a sterling health restorative and will do all that is claimed for it. We have used it ourselves with the hap piest results for Rheumatism and when worn out bv overwork. See adv. Time. Salt n Sowing. Some French as well as some German authorities recommend the use of salt at the rate of one hun dred and fifty pounds per acre for clover and other leguminous plants : lor wheat and llax. two hundred and fifty pounds; and for barley and potatoes, three hundred pounds to fc sown broad cast in the spring season, belore the herbage has attained any considerable growth. Two Organs. Regulate first the stomach, second the liver; especially the first, so as to perforin their functions perfectly and you will remove at least nine teen, twentieths of all the ills that mankind is heir to, in thi3 or any other climate. Hop Bitter is the on ly thing that will give perfectly healthy natural action to these two organs. Maine Farmrr, i 11', -IJI.I 111 x inn . A lover, who was slighted by the females, very modestly asked a young lady, "if shc would let him spend an evening with her?" "No," she angrily replied, ''that's what I won't." "Why," replied he, "you needn't be so fussy ; I didn t mean this evening, but some stormy one, when I can't go anywhere else." Pennsylvania sends oak timber to j England. "As the twig is bent," the bov is ! fully inclined to shoot out at the door. Wlien is a boat like a hean of! gnbwf When t is a-djrift sin 11 i-i , , V lipn IS a Wail like a fish ? hen it ia scaled, "Subscribe for the Hkrald. MBS. LYD2A I. PiSiXHAM. OF LYNN, MASS. N Di;orEr.ca or LYDEA E. PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE CCMP0U1TD. Tot all Female Complaints. Thd prrrmrxtlon. Ul mm tijallW-a. tbmMb at VtfeUbl Frapm tlM that n tehnnle to tb uuat del irat Invalid, t'pon ona trial th nx-rlU of tbia Coat poaad will lw reeocilxnl, a relief InnoedlaM mmi whoa iu a la eontlanod. In a!aet7-oisa nnia la koa. 4 red, permanent cure U rft-tei m thl3iim will tea titf. m areoonl of Iti pmren menu, It In tniKj i orn mended ami proaertljcd 1 ta best ahralrlaaa la Ihaeonnt j. It will ura entire! tjo worst form of fatllnf tt tba uterus, Lracorrbna, lrrtcnlor and painful Ucnatrtiatloa all Oration Troablct, laJamwaaHf ana C Iteration, floodlne. all rtrptorraienu and tba aon aaqnact aplnal waaknen,and la npaelallj adapted to tba Chang of Ufa. It will dfcanlTa and axpel toawra from tba uteru In aa aarl aUja of dorslnpamit. Tlia tandenc7t3noaraabiunontbra h cbackod rcrf speedily by Its aao. la fart It hi trrT-d t ba tba a'"' ast an 1 best rciretlr t'u-t Las erer brn dlaoorcs. ad. It permeates ayeryportkio of tbo arMVan, and atvas BcwUfeaadT&or. I ri-moTca falMness.natoleney, dw ptro y all eraYlnff for t&uulaats, and nUsrca weafcnes of t.'M atonu.-Il U cures Ctoctlne, Hcadftrbes, ICcrvnoa rrostratfc CleneralIobllitrti:lrc(4cMjKf3, iJeprcnlon aud lnk gestlon. That feeling- of bearing down, cansUis; pai-t weight and barlcartrs. Is alwa;s rrrir-anentr eared by U as. It will at all tlmc- and ntkc-ordt ciraroMtan sea, act In bannevi llii tba L.w tint governs tba femalesystem. For Ul-'at 7 Cora Tlalr.ts of ei'Jkcr sec tills eosaaoaad la unsorpaMc d. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Is prepared nt Z3 and r3 Western Arenoe. Lrns, H asa. rricatLM. f x bottle for fAOu, Scut tr rmu! In tl. form of pills, also in t!io form e.f Is-sMiara, oa rarelpt ofprfca, tl.in. per bos, f ir citur. M -a i'lNKflAS freely answers all 1 tt'rsuf lnial.7. Bond fur pan polt. jlillrcsa ai atjora Mention fits pipr. Xafamnrr'an.Mbawltbout LYDIA E. MNKRur LIVE:; IIIIS. Tory eura Cosrtfpatlon, filor.sriesa, aad Torpidity .f the Ltscr ti-ccuU;erUia. FOB aA.E BY . C. X. BOYD, DRUGGIST. Somerset. la. Cathartic Pills Ca.m'.iui' tUr. clini'-ost rjitiiartic prina-iilat in Kta-ilia-iiiu, in -r'!"rtiaans aa.-a-ur:itrly aal JtiMt'a, tai sa-j-nr? a- tiviiy, certainty, anal ia:ii(airni:iv t.f t-fT : Thev are tlif rasiilt .f v:r-a,'f a-ara-fi;: stiialvaii.i raa ti'-iil ex-jioriiiia-iir. anal an- the insist eiu-a--titul ra-m-ealar va-t l!:--aVa-ta..l laar allaa-aw-B railsaaal liT tlfraiiifi.tin.iiit ail bai Kt.amaa li. liva-r, anil lrfivri-ii, wl.ia-U ral'ilni prompt ftnal crtw tinl trKtt:i,tiit. Avrii'j Till aro c pially npialia-al-l" to thl.-t ehiss of diseases. They aa-t diroctly o:i tiio digasstiva anal a-wimilntive pnices. ami r store rajgu lar lia-a!thv a flam. Thi-ir osteimive uso liv pbviri:iiM i:i tha-lr prurtia-p. anil by ail ivi!i7e-.l nation, i. oaa of the many proof af tii-ir va!u a" a SiJc, sura;, and iaa-rf,-rtlv ri-iialaitt pnri;ative iiiedicine. i:-; -oiiipom.aleal a-f the cona.-eiitrat!il Villi!-"- Of piirHV Va-JiattUlo SUhoUtUClia, tliaiy :r.i ai!a!i:vi:ly lia-e iioru raJtanil ot "iv i .hiriaiau jraaixrtu-.', anal can be aii;p:.:i -t -r.- l tai i-liildn-n with pajrfaxt liif-.-. . rn's Iii.i.A urif nn rff:-ctual euro fr-r Co:iH!:.itl-i. or t"otlvenss IndU fa-fiti.ni. Iysppsia, bona of Appetite, l'ul S:ontu-h au'i Hrentb. DizzU r's-a, Mciularhaa, Iias of Memory, Nmnbnos. UilloUMi., J.nmalir, l'm iiiii tti -in. Ki-iiption- anal Skin iii-te.tsr... Dropsy, I'uitior', Worm., N-iiraUI:t, Colif. iir:r.c. Diarrhoea; Dy vntry,ont. I'ilnt. Iisorlor of t ie l.iver, and all ot iter diitea-ie!! radt- ; lr.ru a aiwonU-rval state of the diges ; . - a;:raft. A : .-. TVrni.T Pill tha y hare no cqiml. V.';::"! r.-:itla in tlifir na-tion, Uaes l'l! I.-' :ir ; tit'. l!!aHt tlvafdiiKh iVlld SPaaK.-lw i : a n!:,niii- !aut cuu Ni employed, and r. -v-.-r . . u uiiu unia-?. tliai Ixawa-U are ln tl.i::ii-ii. n; l thaaii tlia ir inlliicnce ia heal-Tna-y Mtinml itn tlie appetite and ilia-tiva! airrt:i; t!n;y operate to purify anal firi.-h t'.R! 1-lanMl, anal impart re new: .1 h.-.iItU and vigor to the whole ayaUalll. PE?A1E0 BY D"J. J. C. AYER 4. CO., fr u-ti-.-vl anal Araalrtlcal Chemists, Lowell, Mass. OLD BV AM. ORL'MllSTf ETlBTTBtt. aasaaaa "ZJH'X2-lI-K HT SS.' jPI i l2.- . C. X. IJOYD, DliUGGIsT. aanaerael, fa. Profitable Reading: for Everybody Eusiireu meo and sromea, teacher, mechaaks J - -. . Hummers, moaners, ana au sano are oreau ut tay tne constant toil anal worry of yoaox vork Jon't drink intoxicarina. batter, bait me , Are yuu bunenug trorn Oytpepsu, sLneuma-' u-sm, Neunliria, or with Boaarel, Kidney, Lisaro brinary enmplsints, Ta-ai ran be cured bv n.ina a If you mre w-ucine amy uh iiiAumDtMn. male weakness or any itciituu : if you luye a painw tin yuwyn or qkt cfin. you will P.r.1 surf? relief I If you are enleebieal bv alucax. old am or du.! IKlPaUOn. and VOlir SVStam UmJ. inwisnnn n I arm haw nitnnlM ,nJ L! . I I ' ij puniTany. rm ran atsrav nepend on ..iii,ii-jUMiifj.i;T.itil n-I'la-114TJI'M J-! . J-l ll Made trorn Giaear. Bach. Mandraha. und many other oi the beat medicines kaown it 5j 'he Batst Health and Strength Raatorar Evarj Used, and ia far superior to Batters. Essences on 'nd combine the best curatiare properties of all. - merer ana otner 1 onica, as it aavar ahiata i naa aarea naaarras Llrea; it ay ' hara 1'aira. Boy a . bottle of your dniojt. ana to avoir!, rtaanterfcits be sura cur tiiiaaiiiie U on the out-' wrapiM. MlSCiX Co., ChaMutsts, N. V. J raiKt-r s ndir oaisum. i-.mn.H' B I.. -I. U.!. D.I Ilmllvl The Boat a Sot Eeaaoailcal Hair Drasala Contuinintr only injrrrdiems that are benencial to the hair and scalp, the Balsam will be found far nrore satisfactory thaa any other preparation. It Serer Falls ta Restore Gray er Faded Hair to the original youthful color and is warranted ta rmr-are dandruff, prevent baldne&s and stop falline- I the hair, itut Mrm(itts mt 50 ima, raaR 5u BY V. X. BOYD. WUTii.lST. Mataerac, I'a. S t3-u"jr . HOP BITTEES. (A ."Uediclae, aot a Drialu) CO!tTAI!i:s nrrs, rrcnr, r.iA?;-5nAKE, ,;.a.y):L:o:', AxtJTBa! rrnraaT ji j:i 1:kt MuntrsLTivau. litsuF Li. urua l.ii-i KSs. TI1KY CUXiK A ! n,ritrr tht-.ctotm-irh, Fowta. FIwhL T aw ..1 ., ,1 . . YivuiaitaM. ?l?4'trii: iv- fin iil.ti ftM.ialitf siaeo (71 COLO. C ait.'T. trni he p -id for a rs-r thr-v will .. m-.ir. !S U. .p. wr f ar a:ivthln li:aptirv ar lujiir.uMa f'lllWl m tiaa-m. 'Wa,,iia drnrrt fa.v Jtnp ralrla.r n-t i-r l;aw Uffurp iuu alrt-p, Taka a attirr. D t r Is an atwoliite and trmdstlMe rnr. for ilruulcuurM. uae uf oi-tuu uiuatco ao4 tm TOU tMCTUS. partfua lea. ill. C... HwhnM, N. I., . TmUOmA. All 1km Ii sv smSA. FOB SAI.S BY C. N. BOYD, r)RinoisT, Somonwt, Pa. : ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE. i Estate of John A. Fnyder lateof Jrlllfbrl Tan . tSaMBenat Uoauts. Pa., dee d. Iiettars of admlplilnWlao on tha aUro oa. Utabalnir t)oen trhatad to tla u.i.iiraWnajai: by tha proper auibotlty, aotloa u herahy airen Kiiaiaiwingiaiisuisuw Bui uonauinta pay, Bm n,J thnaa hatrlna elaim or deuwnalt will lease present them duly aathentteatod lur set. I Ueosent. on W eduasday, Marck la, iwi, at Ui. ; ttura o( J. B. Snyater, in Samienet horaaago. J. B. SNYDER. UEt. U. SXYUEK, AdnUnlMratiita, Feb. 5 JOHN F. DEALER IN Hardware, Iron, OILS, Tlia following U a partial lit of Gydt In S. k: Carpt,u-r' ,. ... HatcbeU, Hammer, Chielst Ailwa, Ac. Ill ksmitVt irbt vii ' Kiles, "Jarumen, Ac. Saldiery Hardware, Tab Trvc. dig SnI.ilm, !,, ., ' ' Bita, and Tool. Tabla Kni anU Forks. i'K. k et Kniv. .'Vimoni S r, , .' :" the iMtraat ltork in Somerset County. l'ainWatou f ,u J ''ul UtlUHU i itIHU l-'l SH-I via Varnuh,Turp.-tine, I lai.wct Uil, Urn!,. Ja.nn Dryer, W ,-. Stains, Ac. Wimlow Oiam of alJ aixl ,'.,'lt ,f ': any ahape. The bat Coal Oil alwayaiM, !,ai,.j. Our irtajck of Cawl il La mi,. is Vary Urge anl aMinprisaw rerya-Uaiit jtylesi. liit.'ta.ns ua-ti- lar,- MuK-y anal Crajsa-cut Suw.i. Mill Saw Fi!? of lwt quality. Ivr-ce?lain-Iinl Kntiei. HainHen or ; kinaU. HhoTela. Forka, ttfaa-la. luika-s. Mitit-k. Grub llawfl, 1'ickj, Ha vtbta, Srraf.'i", Sllca-i Tact "'tf.,.' Maon Hammer. Step Lalalr, tam?e ami Tira Bvlts ,. J. I aim. Iyxkinj Glasses. Wash board. Clothes Writira-rs. m.j . Ilaar MaK Uaikina, T'lba, Wooden litu-keta, Twinr, Raipe ,,( ,;j ' ' "''. ' ler. ButttT IVintJi, Map Sticks. Trapi, Steeiyaraii. .Ma-at utia-n anal Nilr, Chain. Halter Chains, tihoe, Dutt.anai Ma-rub Uru-ahc. Ila.rv; lirul.,, i t,Jr. ,' li ?T Ma.on Mamma-raj. Men Laalalr, DOOR-LOCKS, 1IIXGE8. KC'REWS, L ITCH I S, anal ererything in the buiMi?r' line. The fart ii, I kfp ererythin; thai in tliia kimi of poaxls anal ive my whole : I ..r - l. :n MM I : n . I will always jrive a rea 'liable credit to for ther patronage, and liie thin in-awm DO.VT FORGET THE PICE. tt ISo. 3, BUYER'S BLOCK." January it, u. Eyes ! Eyes ! Eyes ii you wisn to preserve your sight set a pmr of S or Eye Glasp-es that suit vou eyes. I have the finrst T f 1 Glasses in the County and will guarantee satisfaction, EYE GLASSES in Rubber Frames FRAME LESS Eye Classes, Spectacles, Nearsighted Glasses, Colored Glasses, She- Glasses, Goggles. Anything not in stock will he f.r.-C" I when desired. (Joods will be who need glasses should call C. BOYD, Somerset Herald i 18 ONE OF THE LEADING EEPUBLI I CAN NEWSPAPEES OF WEST- ! ! EEN PENNSYLVANIA. Subscribe for the Heuam). Siscribo for the Herald. Subscribe for the Herald. Subscribe for the Two Dollars a Yes: Two Dollars a Y'ear. Two Dollars a Y'ear. Two Dollars a Year. Two Dollars a Year, Two Dollars a Y'ear. HASTHE LARGEST CIRCULATIONS THE COUNTY. The B:st Family N.x7spap3 T1.3 Bsst Faaily NsTrspap-p. The Bsst Tmily Nswspap.r. The Bsst Famity Newspapsr, The It will contain all the General News of the Dav, h&b giving full accounts of the proceculings of Con istite Legislature by its able corespondent?. As for th? tonal and Local departments THE JOB DEPARTMENT! f Wc are prepared to furnish aoic terms all kinds of PLAIN Al FAICI JOB ffOfll I H . VlLiLi HEADS, SALi:iUU ; STATEMENTS, LETTERHEADS. I JLANKS, BOOK P1US1I ; H EDI) ING INVITATIONS, ttY,. ttf- I SOMERSET HERALD, r MINTING HOUSE ROW, SOMERSET, PEN VA-j G-ITV-E TTS -A. OjLXj. J BLYMYEU, 1- t X V Nails, Glass, Po; 7 ta 1 ili'-V &c, &c. 'i - - - - - ... p- ' 1 ' 1 f ( M S1III J rj fl' Capo, Leaal, fiia, IVawalr, lv, ba-lonz to tha. Uar.I-.var nt. I ai-il - attention t ) it. I'eisa-ns i ; M M . I :, ... ,i. i i'i ars '. If rajajiiMble ptraonn. J thank n' to ni.-ike inanv ik-w one. JOHN F. l:l.VMvf.. :c a . pec . A" ! J i: V exchanged if nnt smtal.Tn and exairnne my stock. Druggist, It Somerset, Pa9 FOU 8 11 j A :V i t i:ia If '-r-a ft 1 LL-.3- j:rald. tie. i It Subscribe for tho Hnu 5 V? t JHif 4 I '! i L f 4 I .3 xl hers m in-. r - Bsst Family Nswspap-i- j i 1 m . T, they speak for thennolv Ci. at'shnrt notio? and on n-a3- - sues: I I I V t ) i f It m 1 i s. at -t 3 Tf i 1 I 1 I' v. .A 1 a . l 1