THE STOSY OF AS OCEAN VOYAfiK I was homeward-bound from cue of mv various exenrsious across the ocean, bj which 1 had for many years beguiled the tedium of my monotonous bachelor existence, and having settled my belongings m my stateroom, I turned out to take a eurvev of my fellow-passengers. It was autumn and the last of the summer tourists were returning, and both saloons and decks wore crowd ed with animated groups. Every one seemed cheerful and gay, and already several embryo flirtations could be detected among the young people, ot whom the passengers were largely composed. Deing an outsider myself, traveling alone, and having left" such tender pursuits far back in the vagueness of the pa.-t, I amused myself with merely watch ing and listening, and it is perhaps not surprising that I soon iound myself wearied. It was for the most part such senseless chatter, such arrant frivolity that I heard,, such conscious posing and airy fluttering that I saw. Of course af ter a while I f und exceptions to this tendency, but the quiet and sensible people on board, as usual, occupied the background. Failing to find myself interested then in these surroundings, I began a leisurely inspection of the vessel, wandering about its nooks and familiarizing myself with my little island home. " And so strolling along, I came upon a small, quiet, prav-elad figure seated alone and looking wistfully over the v.aUrs. As she was quite unconscious of my proximity. 1 stepped a few paces oil' and examined her closely. She looked almost a child, so small and slight she was, and yet one would not have d:.rcd to treat her as a child. There was a self-reliance and serenity entirely unchildlikc, but, all the same, very pretty to see. Her complexion was dark and very rich, and cheeks charmingly round ed and curved, and her eyes, turned seaward, were the largest and dark est I ever remember to have s "'-n. Indeed, so uncommon wasthi ir that, when some sound arou -ed her and she turned them slowly on mi, I was dazzled by thorn they gave her face such a strange aspect, and yet it was a peculiarity far from be ing unlovely. . She was Spanish I had seen that at a glance and the mute, uncertain way in which she looked at me prompted the convic tion that she lelt. herself, even at the outset of this voyage, hampered by the fact that she knew no ether tongue. After that one long, steady glance, she turned her f;ice away again and I heard her sigh gently. After a moment's hesitation I moved just a step nearer and addressed her in her own language, asking if it was her first voyage. She turned with a sive smile and looked The great eyes were pleasure, and with an terance that made my swift i:njul ;t me .';iin. radiant with exquisite ut ovi Spanish seem a harsh brogue, she answered fearless and naturally that she was going to America for the first time, and, indeed, was for the first time at sea. "You will be seasick alnmst ecr tainlv then," I said. "Arevou pre pared for that?" "Oh, yes," she answered. "1 have hoped that perhaps I might not be, but I am peparcd for any thing.1' " There was a patient resolution in her tones that piqued my eurbsity, cspecialry as she presently informed me she was all alone and goin:: simply under the captain's care. She was full of joy at meeting some one who sjMike her language, and constantly intermiugled with her talk little rjaculatory expressions of thanks, which seemed to have no appliwa tion beside the general one of un knowing Spanislu hen the bell sounded for dinner I took her down. My arm, which was rather timidly offered, being promptly and gratefully accepted. After that I used to seeK her always before meals and take her in with nic, and once, when something de tained me ami I was little late, I found her waiting for me. I think the people of the vessel thought we were companions from the start, and some one alluded to her once as my daughter, and. although I hasti ly corrected this, I willingly let it be supposed that she was traveling under my care. In the simplest and most natural fashion she learned to defer to me and lean on my decisons, and. by and-bye, to confide in me. It was one evening that we had been sitting togethtT a long time, idly talking about the weather and the ship, and wondering how long we should have it so fair, when she turned to me, in her soft Spanish speech, that loses so incalculably by translation, and said : "I want vou to tell me about your people and your home." I felt as if her little, soit, plump hand had dealt a blow upon my bpre heart ; but I answered, sim ply: "I have no home, and mv people arc all dead or gone from m thai is, my parents and sisters and broth er, for I never had a wife or a child, which is what yovAjcant, perhaps.'" "Yes; I meant that It is so sad. I thought perhaps, you might have a daughter like me, and that made vou bo kind." "So, I have no daughter," I said Wlowly; ' though lam. in truth, oi l enough to le vour father." ''And vou fiave never loved anv mc never wanted to le married to ome one who was good and beauti ful and kind? How strange! These questions were scarcely marked by any interrogative aco-nt. Mie seemed to be merelv stating them as facts, with a gentle reluct ance. Hut, though she expected r.o answer from me, I was irresi.t il.lv prompted to confession. "Yes, Lola," I said, '"I knew some one like that once, and I loved her. Hut it was long ago. and we were parted." 'Oh, why did yon part?" she said passionately. "Why did vou suffer anything to part you ? Was she not willing to give" up all, to leave home and friends and countrv and everything to follow love as I have done ?" Urged on by a-doop excitement. hc had revealed her secret, and I half feared she would repent and retract it, but she did not She seemed cither to be unconscious that anything had been divulged, or unconscious of the fact that I had not known it all the time. "You do well," I said fervently. "It is worth the sacrifice. God grant you do not repent it." "I have no fear," she said, confi dently. "Fear could not live in my heart which holds a jerfect love." Then so simply and naturall v, she told roe her ttory. She had become engaged to a young American sent out to Spain as agent fureomo New York business firm, and lw had gone home a few months ago, expecting to return; but his superiors had made other arrangements, and he had written that although he would be stationary in New York thercaf- ter, he was coming back, to marry her and bring iier ii xier uiuuo in At the time set for the new world. his arrival, however, he had sent a letter instead, saying an attack of i say, but 1 believe he is lalsetoyou. illness prevented his coming, but! I believe the illness was a feint, and he was now convalescent, though I believe ho is willfully lost to you. the physicians said ho must not j My little darling, it is iiard I know, take the vovage for some time. j but not so bad as if you had mar "When I got that letter," said j ried him and found it out afterward. T-r.l-i I rnuld do r.ofhin? but crv I Uut do not despair. I will not leave and fret for the first two or three davs. I did not eat or sleep, and mv aunt, whom I lived with, said I j would die, and was very hard and , cross. I was utterly wretched, un- j til one night as I lav thinking it j over I resolved that I would go to him. He had once, half-hesitatmg-. lv, suggested it, saving it would save and he is not at all well off: but it had frightened me so that he gave it up, saying he : would spend all he Lad, sooner than give me the anxiety and trouble oi such a voyage. But now now that he was ill and alone I could think no longer of my dread; indeed, it was gone, and all I thought of was to go to him, and comfort and nurse and take care of him. So I got my aunt's consent, though she would not give it at first, and I took the very next steamer. Ami see how e;s"v and pleasant it lias been ! He need not have been afraid forme; but then, he could not know, and neither could I. thnt I should find yo-.i!" Her ardent tone and look, as she said these last words, thrilled me strangely. It was a spontaneous, affectionate outburst that pained while it caressed me. And beside my own personal feeling, a dreadtul misgiving about her weighed or my heart She was so confident, so full of trust what if she should be deceived in this in;... .'' What if the attack of illness were a mere subter fuge? Such tilings had been. I turned hot and cold at the mere sug gestion. I r.sked her lovers name, but it was unknown to me, though the name of the house he represent ed was familiar. JJut that went for nothing as to the personal character, and the fear that this might be treacherous made me sick with dread. What would be the end, if my apprehensions proved correct? What would become of the poor child? A wild thought suggested itself. It was a strange mixture of deep pity, for her and deep joy, tem pered wi'ih pain and yet sweet with !uje, for myself. At last the voyago was over, and lie realization of this fact made me unaccountably sad. For Lola was deanr to me every day. In 1 er little attacks of illness, which she had not all together escaped, I had carried her about in my arms, like a child, and she had leaned on me and looked up to me with a childish confidence and trust that was un speakably sweet to the lonely old bachelor whose attitude toward th's young girl had seemed to touch his a'ge and world weariness with a magic wand that had made them !rop from me like a garment. Lola and 1 stood togctner on me dedc, all our bags and parcels strap ped and ready for moving. She had not told her "over she was coming and of course lie would not meet .her. I reproached her for not hav- ing telegrap:ie.i, icenng u i-.riui-e re luctance to go and Hunt him up;; hut she answered simply that she could not afford it. All her money was required for the voyage, and, "Besides site added, quickly blush ing like a rose, "I wanted to give him the jov of the surprise." "And if,I said, reluctantly, "if he should not be here, or anything, have you not money to return?'1 "Hut he is bound to be here ; no-tV.n-' like that could happen. And if he were away I should wait un.til he returned. "I have no money to go home if I should want to, but there's not much danger of my wanting." Heavens! what trust, what ex quisite feeling, what beautiful be lief in love! And if he should prove unworthy ! When we stepped ashore, Ixda and I got into carriage, which I or dered to take us to a hotel. She let me arrange everything just as I chose, and "we had agreed to go to gether to the hotel, and then 1 was to find her lover and send him to her. I saw her safely seated in her lit tle parlor, and then, as it was early morning, I ordered a dainty break fast there and we ate it tete-a-tttc. I don't think cither had much ap petite, though I taxed my wits to the uttermost on the menu and had even given a lavish order for flowers. I tried to think of everything that could give her pleasure, lor I felt al most certain ot an impending ca lamity and I looked again and again into her sweet face trying to fix its look of happiness in my mind. And she was happy J Her voice was joyous as a lark's and her face was as radiant as day. I would fain have lingered a while to bask in this bright sunshine, but she was feverishly impatient and eager that I should be gone. I think she grudged me the boon of seeing him first, for she made me promise that I would not tell him of her presence, but bring him back with me under some pretext if I found him well. and return and take her to him if he was ill. 1 n either event, .-lie had settled it in her mind that tliey were to be married that very day. When I was ready to go I went up to her and took her hand in mine. "Lola," I said, "whatever lies before you, whether joy or sor row, remember that yon have'me always for your friend. You must rely upon me as you would iion vour" I paused and then said father." It was an effort, but I forced my self to say it. Then, before leaving, I stoojMHl ami kissed her sweet lips. It was the first time and will proba bly be the last, and I valued it as people do value what can come to them but once. When I "cached the house, the address of which Lola had given me, I inquired for her lover he was gone. The woman who kept the house could give no information ex cept that she thought he had gone West I was unfeignedly distressed. In that moment I rose abore self and thought only of Ixda. How shall I describe the scene that followed my announcement to the little creature ? The heart-rending grief, the wild denial of her lover's faithlessnes ! She utterly refused to believe it She would far sooner, she said, think that he was dead. After her first outburst of passionate crief was ver, she calmed herself and said. standing up : ' I must go away ; I J m -ist not stay here." l Thc sight of her agony almost killed mo. "Oh, IoIa," I said, "where?"' She flung herself back on the lounge with a motion of utter des pair. I went to her and threw my self ou mv knees besido her and folded bath her trembling nanas in mine. "Ix)la, be brave," I said. "Face the worst. It is a bitter thing to you, and you shall tell me just what vou would li ive me d . I will take you back to Spain if you want to go. "I cannot! I could not bear it! And I have no money." "Never mind that," I said. I have plenty more tar more tnan l want. I would give my lite to com fort you. I will go now if you say ho, and late passage on me next, returning ship. "I could not bear it. I never will go back," she said ; "no one loves me there. I am only a useless little burden. I never will go back!" -Then say." I said, passionately "stay with me. Ix't me love and comfort you. Stay with me always, lxla. No one can love vou as I will." At first I thought the did not un derstand my meaning, but when she did she wrenched her hand from mine and sprang to the middle of the room. "How can you? How can you be so cruel ?'' she said. "Do you think I could ever love any one else after having given my love to him ? No ; I have loved him only I have giv en him all my love and worthy or unworthy, he" has it still." "Lola, my little child," I said, "you must face the truth. You can not live in this strange country all alone. You have neither friends nor money. I cannot help you and maintain "you unless you take my name and occupy the honorable po sition of my wife. But I will not force it ou you. For the present I will find some tkee to put you in, and we will see what can be done. At all events whether you can love me or not, I love you and will al ways love you." "Do you love me?"' she said fac ing me and speaking with eager ve hemence. "Oh, I do, I do!" I said. "Then find him for me!" I could not speak at once. For one moment a wild hope had bud ded in my breast, and it would not die . without a struggle. Then I looked at her and said calmly : "1 will try. I will do my utmost I will give "it my conscientious ef forts. But, Lola, if I fail ?" "If vou fail to find him," she said "or if you find him to be false, then, 1 will give you the reward you wish I will marry vou." It was not a rapturous consent, but 1 found a wonderful satislaction in it, despite my fond sympathies for her. I was not being selfishly hap py at her expense, for, on mv own part, i entirely believed inner lover s treachcrousness, though there was nothing that could go lor real proof. It was a foregone conclusion with me, and it was, therefore, only its issue I rejoiced at In my present ?tate of feeling it was easy to fall into hopeful dreams of the future ; it was impossible not to. And now, as she sat meekly on the sofa, alter all her passionate struggles were over, 1 lelt convinced that, if I could win her hand in the way we hail agreed uiwn, I could also, with time, win her pure heart for mv own. It was a glorious goal Something to live for, something to work and struggle for. .My hie and utmost energies had found the in centive they had lacked so long. We fell now into a composed and auiet talk, and she listened patient ly while I unfolded my plans for her. But there rested on her lovely face such a look of unutterable sor row that I had to turn my eyes away. How blessed it would be to smooth away this look to recall the pr v vivactity of my own bright Lola! What a happy task! In spite ol all, 1 lelt 1 should succeed. V long silence had fallen upon us both. The room was warm, and I had set open the door leading into the hall. I was glad of an excuse to do so. as it took away some of the air of privacy which I feared she might find irksome. SJwj did not seem to notice my action, but sat facing the door, with her drooped eyes resting on the little hands clasped in her lap. Presently a foot step was heard coming along the hall, and she listlessly looked up. As she did so,the light of a great, ecstatic joy rushed over her face. She sprang to her feet, with the glad cry : "Ilichard !"' and flung herself into his arms. He clasped her tight to his heart, and drew her into the room. Was he true or false ? I knew that I need only to see his face to tell. In that moment f ex treme excitement he would forget to don his mask. He stooped above her and covered her neck and face with kisses. Then, after that mo ment of rapture, he looked at me. It was a noble face honest, manly and kind. I ought to have been glad, but I heard myself groan. I would have left the room, but Lola detained me, telling her lover in enthusiastic terms how kind I had iK'en, and begging him to thank me, which he did in such terms as only a good and honorable man could have used. I had to listen, too, to his explanation. He had, indeed, pone West, having accepted a promising appointment which would give him permanent and re munerative employment Having settled matters there, he had obtain ed leave, and was now on his way to Spain and Ixla. It was all as clear as day, That very evening they were mar ried. I was the only witness besides the clergyman, and I never wilj for get the radiance of her lace as I watched it during the service. I rather feared her joy might be dim med by some remembering thought of me, but it was not so. ' I don't think she ever comprehended mv feeling for her, and, of course, it pleased her to fancy now that it iiad been chiefly pity for her loneli ness. The service ended, there remain ed nothing but to take Lela to a jeweler's shop near-by and let her choose a present from me, which she munificently paid for with a kiss. It was, indeed, the last ! Lydia E. rinkham's Vegitable Compound has done thousands of women more pood than the medi cines of man v doctors. It in a tins. itivc cure for all female complaints. ' end to Mrs. I.ydia E. Pinkham. ' A Hoy of the Illtflit Spirit. Mr. Barber was one of the men who attracts boys. It would puzzle a good many people to tell why. It could hardly be because he flattered them, for he often told them some plain truths. Still for some reason, they were quite apt to come to him and talk over their affairs : and so he was not at all su. -;rised when Charley White came and leaned on his fence one day, while he was at work in his garden.' He hoed out his row, and then paused and asked rather ab ruptly : "Well, Charley, what do vou want now?" "Five dollars." "Five dollars! Whew! I don't know as I have it for you." "And if you had, I shouldn't want you to give it to me. I haven't conic to that yet I want to earn it" "But how do you expect to earn so much money, and go to school too ?"' "I didn't say I expected to cam it ; maybe I don't But you asked what I wanted." "Sharp boy!" said Mr. Barber, smiling. "Perhaps I would make out bet ter asking what you want of that five dallars. Do you want a new doctor for your bruised shoulder ?" "No ; my shoulder is doing all right now, and I guess all it wants is time and a little care. But I did have an awful time with that shoul der for a good while; and I tell you what it is, Mr. Barber," said Char ley, leaning farther over the fence : "That sister of mine is not ten years old yet, but you wouldn't believe what a little woman 6he is. She's next thing to mother to fix a fellow up and take care of him when he's sick. I'm afraid I didn't think much about it at the time ; but since I've been about again, I've thought a good deal, and I'd like to make Lou a present I know where I can find a set of furs, such as some of her mates have, and they would just de light her, and the price is live dol lars." "Well, well," said Mr. Barber, "you might have been thinking of something worse. I can tell you one thing you cm consider. Mr. Camp was driving the cows himself this morning. You know he pastures most of the village cows, and takes them back and forth in the bargain. He wants a boy at a dollar a week. But you must be on hand at the hour, every morning and night" "That is" tying a fellow down pret ty close." "Just so ; it would hang on a long while: so perhaps you had better go and tell your sister how much you appreciate her kindness, and you would do something to show it, if it did not cost anything." "You think mv talk is only talk. I see. But I don't believe I did much even of that, in the time when it might have done some good. I'm afraid I grumbled and complained when everything did'nt just suit, and when it did, said nothing about it" "lou rebound to make a man yet Those arc .some of the sure symptoms." "Well, we'll sec. Good day, sir,"' said Charley. "flood day," replied Mr. Barber. The next morning Mr. Barber nod ded and smiled to see ("barley pass ing with the cows, and the season came when the cows were no longer to go to the pasture, and Charley felt rich with his five dollars in his pock et, and more besides. Soon after came the day he had been planning for. When Lou open ed her door that morning, she found hanging to the outer knob a set of furs, with a card attached, on which she read: "For Lou's birthday, with brother Charley's love." Meeting Charley, she threw her arms around his neck and gave him a hearty kiss, exclaiming: "Oh, .vou darling"! how did you know just what 1 wanted, and how did you manage it?" "Drove cows," sard Charley, feel ing quite as happy as his sister. About a year later, Charley was again leaning over Mr. Barber's fence. "Well, Charley," said Mr. B.," "how did that investment pay Ave were talking of a year ago ?" "Fbst rate," said Charley ; "It w;is pretty hard work to stick right to it sometimes, but when I saw how pleased Lou was, I was glad I did not back out. She often said they did her so much good." "And when you had once made an effort to please her, it was easier afterwards to plan 3our plays so she could 6hare in your good times?" "Shouldn't wonder." "Certainly, it is so: just as after you have once gone to the barn and back through the drifted snow, you can go easier next time in the same track." "I believe it is all so," said Char ley. "Well, I want to tell you two thjngs you can take home to think of. One thing, the work was worth as much to you as .the money you got for it ; the other is, you have had a better time yourself for the practice you have had in thinking and caring for others." Xao York Observer. Vlif H Piij 9 to Read. One's physical frame his body, his muscles, his feet, his hands is only a living machine. It is his mind, controlling and directing that machine, that gives it power and eficacy. The successful use of the bdjT depends wholly upon the mind upon its ability to direct the will. If one ties his arm in a sling it becomes weak and. finally power less. Keep it in active exercise,and it acquires vigor and is disciplined to use this strength as desired, just as one's mind,by active exercise in thinking, reasoning, studying, obser ving, acquires vigor, strength, power of concentration and direction. Plainly, then, the man who exercis es his mind in reading and thinking gives it greater power and efficiency, and greater ability to direct the ef forts of the physical frame his work to bpttpr results than he can who merelv uses his muscles. If a man reads a book or paper, even' one he knows to be erroneous, it helps him by the efforts to combat the errors. Tho combat invigorates his mind. Of all men. the farmer, the culti vator, needs to read more to strength en his reasoning nowcrs,so that they will help out and" make more effec tive his hard TtoiJ. How it was Dona. "How do vou manage." said a lady to her friend, "to appear so happy and good natured all the time?" "I a' ways have Parker's Ginger Tonic handy," was the reply, "and thus easily keep myself and family in good health. When I am well I always feel good natured." Read about it in another column, f. 10. I Mark Twain Tells Santo of Hi Trnv- vliug Kiporlenccs. I got into the cars and took a scut in juxtaposition to a phcniale. That phemale's face wasa perfect insurance compauy it insured her against ever getting married to anybody but a blind man. Her mouth looked like a crack in a dried lemon, and there was no more expression in her face than there is in a cup of cold custard. She appeared as though i i - m i r i sue nau ueen in one lamine ami nau got nooui two-thirds through another. She was old enough to bo great-grandmother of Mary that had a little lamb. She was chewing prize pop corn, and carried a yellow rose while a bandbox and cotton umbrella nestled SAveetlv at her side. I couldn't guess whether she was on a mission of charity, or going West to start a saw mill. I was full of curiosity to hear her speak, so I said : "The exigencies of tho times re quire great circumspection in a per son who is traveling." S ivs she "What?" Says I, "The orb of day shines resplendent in the vault above." She hitched around uneasy like, then she raised her umbrella and said, "I don't want any of your sass get out," and I got out Then I took a seat alongside a male fellow, Avho looked like the ghost of Hamlet lengthened out He was a stately looking cuss, he was reading. Said I, "Mister did you ever see a camelopard?" I said eamelopard because it is a pious animal, and never eats grass without getting on its knees. He said he hadn't seen a camelopard. Then said I, "Do you chew?'1 He said, "No." Then I said, "How sweet is na ture !" He took this for a conundrum, and said he didn't know. Tnen he said he was deeply interested in the history of i great man. "Alas !" said lie, Ave are but r. few." I toid him I knew one. "The man that made my cooking stove was a great man." Then he akcd, "Would I read?" Says I, "What have you got?" He replied, "Watt's Hymns," "Bevcrhi? dy moonlight," and "How to spend the Sabbath." I said none of them for Hannah," but if you had an unbridged busi ness directory of New York city, I would take a little read. Then he said, "Young man, look at these gray hair.." I fold him I saw them, and when a man got as old as he was he ought to die. Said I, "You needn't think these gray hairs are any sign of wisdom, it's only a sign that your system lacks iron, and I advise you to go home and swal'mv a crow bar'." He took this for irony, and that entente coniiale there was between us was spilled. It turned out that he was chaplain of a base ball club. When we got to Rochester I call ed for a bowl of soup. I send you the receipt -for making it. Take a lot of water, wash it well, and brown it on both sides, then very carefully pour one bean in it and let it sim mer. Wiicn the bean begins to get restless, sweeten it with salt, then put it lip in air tight cans, hitch each can to a brick and chuc k them overboard and the syrup is done. The a!K)e receipt originated Avith a man in Iowa, Avho got up suppers on odd occasions for Odd Fellows, lie had a receipt for oyster soup leaving out the salt. Speaking of Iowa reminds me of the Avay I got the money to pay for my ticket and that fellow's supper. I bet a fellow a dollar th:ft I could tell him how much water to the quart Avcnt under the railroad bridge over the Mississippi at Dubuque in a year. I Avon the bet, but after all the supper Avas an awful swindle. Dubuque is celebrated for its fine turn outs on the streets. While I was there a wagon upset and spilled a lot of Avomen. I didn't sec it I looked the other Avay. No cards. Fattening an Old Cow in 3111k. Fattening an old coav is generally a slow and sometimes an unprofita ble process, unless she gives enough milk in the meantime to pay for the extra leed. A writer in the Xutionnl Lice Slock Jmra', who has made good beef of cows at sixteen to VJ years of age, causing them to weigh 100 to 250 pounds more than at any period during their younger life, thus describes his process, which lie has without exception found satis factory, the animal always a little more than paying at the pail for all food consumed, and sometimes a good deal more." "If the cow is quite thin and skii; ny, as she is very likely to be, she should not be plied strongly with corn meal at the start This is apt to make her feverish and to induce a state opposed to thrifty fattening; besides, this feA'crish statu will ren der her milk gargety. Give her slightly loosening and cooling food at first such as pumpkins, potatoes, sweet apples, succulent rowen grass, one or two pounds of oil meal, cheap molasses and clover hay, or better, green clover ; and Avith any of these, may be given on the start one or tAvo quarts of corn meal per day. The food must be gradually increased. A pint to three pints of molasses diluted with three pints of Avatcr, and mixed with one half a bushel of cut clo-er hay, will keep tho stom ach and bowls in excellent condition when beginning the corn meal. And all these foods will make prime milk. Another food that will be found successful, and in many pla ce cheap, is one bushel of flaxseed ground with fifteen bushels of corn. The flaxseed Avill render the corn meal just laxitive enough for the health, and flaxseed is worth as food all that it usually costs. Cottonseed meal may also be fvd to adA-antage up to three pounds per day. Lin seed meal, made by the new process, is excellent to feed with corn meal, as it has a'large proportion of nitro gen, and thus balances the corn meal ; but two pounds per day is sufficient of this. The principal grain feed may be properly corn meal, which is usually cheaper for fattening than any other grain. Bran and corn meal go A;ell together ' for feeding an old cow, and after the cow gets accustomed to the use of grain you.may feed her six quarts of bran and six quarts of corn meal in three feeds oaah day. It is always better to begin feeding he on pas ture, beginning the use ot grain lightly ,-os mentioned, ' and increase ing little by little, up to her capacity. If the cow be young that you wish to get rid of because she is too small a milker, yon may be surprised at the sudden improvement in milk when you try fattening her on the plan suggested. Many darymcn do riot knoAV the capacity of their cows to give milk, because thev have never fullv tested it by feeding." N. V. Tribune. Jnda Iscarlol'9 Age, "Am Brudder Artichoke Hurri cane in do hall ?" softly inquirrd tho president as the triangle ceased its echoos. Mr. Hurricane was there. He rose from his seat, and walked slowly forward to the president's desk. "Brudder Hurricane," continued the president, "you Avar down on de Central Market tie odder day. In stead of buyin' a piece of sturgeon an a neau ol cab huge an gwine an a head ol cabbage an j home about your business, vou ston- ped and got into an argument Avid Dujan Smith about the aige of Judas Avlien he betrayed the Savior. Am I k'rect abot dis ?" "Yes, sah." "Arter de argyment had continu ed for some time, an' Avhen it becum sartin dat vou couldn't agree, vou called Smith a liar, an' he called you a human hyena. Your loud voice brought a crowd, an' a pur- liccman finally ordered you off de market under de penalty of arrest Am I k'rect?" " ! "Yes, sah." j "Well, den, let you ask rrie what uiiiercnce 11 mattes to you wneuer Judas was 2-3 or 7o years of age when he sold out ?" "I doan' 'apect it makes any dif ference, sah." "If Judas had nebher libbed at all, wouldn't you have just as much work and jist as good wages now !" "I 'spose so." "If dat same Judas had been 50 y'ars old when he took dat money, would you ha'e to pay any more house rent dan now?" "No, sah." "Den it seems to me dat you made a plump up an' down fule of yerself. How does it seem with you?" "Jist dat way. sah." "Werry good; . you kin resomme ytr seat. When a man am satisfied in his own mind dat he has made a fule of hisself dar hain't much left to argy about. Be a let-tie keerful in de fuchur. Letdc a postles strict ly alone; it won't make any differ ence Avid j-ou wheder dar war 12 or " I of 'em. Iet de ole prophets alone. No matter how 'many they numbered or what dey propesied, de price of cowhide boots will not be less dan free dollars Avhile you an' your chil'en exist Arter dis go ver own Avay an' mind your own business, regardless of .Judos Iscar iot, Daniel in the lion's den, or any body else who has been buried o-er a hundred y'ars. We will now take up the reg'Iar order o' bizness." UruJicr Gardners Lime Kiln Club. How a Wyoming River Got Its Name. At Crazv Woman's Branch of Powder Biver there is excellent wa ter, good grass, and an abundance of fuel three things not easily found on the road leading up fr"m the U. P. II. It, and which arc absolute ly necessary in traveling in the far West There is an old legend con nected with this stream that is sad enough, it is said that when a party of white men once came here a'whitc woman Avas found roaming aboul in a distracted condition, Hiorly clad and famishing for want of food. Our people endeavored to help her, but she looked upon them in ai absent minded sort of a way as if endeavoring to recall some thing from the past. She Avas un demonstrative and helpless, and could not be induced to say any thing in regard to herself. She seemed to have been roaming about for sc-A-cral days, and it was rubse- jqut'nlly. asci-rtained, or rather, it Avas believed that she belonged to a party of whUc people moving to California, and of avIioiji, except her self, had been killed by Indians. She made her escape Avhile the rest Aere being tortured, and the sad scenes of that day had turned her brain. She stayed with our people while they cooked supper, and ar rangements Avere made for taking her along with them. She ctuld not bj persuaded to eat anything, though the daintiest food that could be prepared at the time Avas pre sented to her. She disappeared in the night, and no traces Avere ever found of her. AVbat Killed Him. Lawyers too often have a way of making a witness tell the truth so as to kill it. But a Avise presiding mag istrate may easily spoil their artifice if the opposing council does not. A few years ago, Avhen Judge Gould, of Troy, lately deceased, was holding court in that city,a prisoner was being tried for Avilful murder, in causing the death of a man by a pistol shot An eminent physician and surgeon Avas on the witness stand for the defense. The prisoner's counsil, an adroit laAWcr. attempted to sIioav that the man, who had livel sometime Jafter being shot might have died trom some other cause, and examined the witness after this style : "Doctor, would not such a thing cause death?" "Oh, ves, sir !" "Welh doctor, might not this man have died from such and such a cause ?" "Oh, ves, he might!" "This is quite sufficient for me," exclaimed the ucfendents counsel, Avith an air of triumph, tvirling his eyeglass. Judge Gould turned in his scat, rent his large, keen, penetrating black eves lull on the witness, and said, a little sharply : "Doctpr, you hayp told ua what might have caused this man's death ; what did cause his death ?" "The bullet, sir!" answered the witness. That ended the case. Oct Vaccinated As Ave arc surrounded by a float ing population, and persons are com ing to our -town from all parts of the Avorld, and many of them from places where the smallpox scourge Is raging, it is liable to be carried into our midst anyday it behooves our citizens to take the necessary means to protect themselues, againts the breaking out and spreading of the epidemic to our toAvn and vicin ity Sec to it, then, that every man, woman and child in our town and in the surrounding country is vac cinnated at once. The time to fight an epedemic is to begin before it comes. A Good Hoti.se wf fa. The good housewife, when she is giving her house its spring renova ting, should bear in mind that the dear inmatpa of" her house are more precious than many houses, and that their systems need cleansing by pu rifying tha blood, regulating the stomach and bowels to prevent and cure the diseases arising from spring malaria and miasma, and she must know that there is nothing that will do it so perfectly and surely as Hop Bitters, the purest and best of meet icines. Concord, -V. if. Patriot. Tint Premium Pcnn-yliH ' m utrntm Viir. Iii y tr - It Mold Boarrl WlU outwear Hip of the very best kinds of Che ordinary le-l moid Dowrua. It will scour In Sofia hire ail atl plows and all otlier plow have altbpno proml a falliirf. WILU this plow will b Infrr-dnfM a new style of flow Point ami Joint r point, on which wo hare onuU: id patents, and whlrh aiv alao a urc'it lmproTi'inent, both as n-garUs near The Jointer can be nhlfti'd no a to t-. n or cr ks lai !. e-i-l it r-n The wheel will mn und'T tie beam or one tJ'le of It rs o v.v-L ani 1 . i;. -The beaut te adjustable for Sprlm? or Fail Piowlntr. ami : If I r tv. or l i t The htindlea ran be adjusted to afcom nxlate a uu-n or b y u tu.-. wuk J It Is the Lightest Kraft Plow ever mad". Wooden beaiaa are (filnsr Jt of unn bw.tu.se tli -y BhrinS. s-vfll, :'. -. r ."r.l Malleable beauts become dinontued nd beod. whku Is wo,--- t;i u i A Steel beam Is the ne&sclty of the- d.tv. F? lj liinsj J.ie--n is r ittr r. : " When b aay a Mold Hoard la chilled. We do not palm off on tbem a cotum s.i: i i txnuiu m We want aitenut for this n-w PI w li i -rr twi l: ;:.! We can give but a verr uinall (ll-' iut M 'hi-in, bu. We propone to plat e this Plow in tlo jtar.;: Vv I" r. It Is the brM Agricultural Implement v r sold. . 't is r: Persona, Uieref'tre, who are not v.iMnif U act iir; c.i not apply for an mrrix-y. No Plows on comuilsHl n. All al;y lilt---. Wetuake Right and Lelt iland PI f a!) si.-. fyihlH Is lie only Steel I'hilied M .w la t!ie V.'.rl.i Steel coets 8feral times more tlLin In n Hut, til's I" v. Compare this price with that of any iron Where There are no agt-nu, we will, on eigne Atkiresa SYRACUSE CHILL!! ? r J. Feb. 1G Cathartic Pills Coml.i.ie the -hoi est cu'Imrrie prinri;i!t s in nie-lii-iiie. iii irt)irtions ;u-eiir.tti ! ,io jnstt'il ( Hi-curt? a tiviry. erMinly. ai"l uniformity ol rfferf. T!n-y nrr the r-suit of years of careful nfii'ly ami i-rat-tii al ex periment, ami are tlie most cfTecttiiil n m nlv yet i!i.n ovcr-l lor disease r:;tise.l by deninseinent of ih" stomai li. liver, r.nd Iroweis, i.i' lt rrqiiirn prompt ami eifec-tu-sl tre:it::it-iif. .-Writ's l'n.L .ire .-ri-.iilv nj-pliealtJe to this eiavt of itisca.se. Tliey net directly ou iirrtive and mimilntive processes, and restore regu lar Itcairliy action. Their extrusive us.; by pliyKirhtiLS in tiii-ir liriVct:i-c."nnJ by ail civilized nations, is oitu of t!io many proofs of their value as a safe, sure, and perfectly reliable jnirpilive iwdicine. Jen't comjtotimU'd of the concentrated virtues of piireiv vetp talile sulistances, t'.iey are wUively free Irom calomel or ai.v iiiio.rious proixTttcs, and can be administered to children with perf-'it aafftv. Fit's P.u.s are an effectual rurc fcr Constipation or Oostiveiiess, Indi. resttioii, Ifysprpslo, Loss of Appetite, Kotil Stoniivch ond Hre.uh. fizzi--toss. lleatlarlie. Los of Memory, Numbness liilioiiMtoxs, Jaundice, Kii-uiuuti-.m, Ki-uptiotis and Skin Diseases, llropsy, 'I iiinors. Worms Neiit-alfciH, Colic, liripe. Ularrhoca, Dyscntory, Oont, files, Disorders of fni. I Ivpr. nml nil other diseases result- ' iter from a di.sorder.jd state vt the diges-J lr. e apparatus. .As a 1i:iiht Till tliey" have no equal. While rm?le in their action, these I'M.t.s nre the most thoniuh aod search i:c cathartic that cull 1 employed, and never "ive ain unites the bowels are in 1! inn-iT and then their inllurnce is hcal i:tj Tliey stimulate the apjielite ami dip-stive organs; they operate to punfy and enrich" th.! blood, and impart re newed health uiul vigor to the whole aystou. I PREPARED BY DR. J. C. AYER L CO., Practical .in. I Analrtlcal Chemists, Lowell, Mass. OLD BY ALL bnutenivTs ETEnTwncns. FOR" BALE BT C. X. BOYD, DRCOOI.ST. Natmersef. Pat. Profitable Reading for Everybody : Bounces men and women, teacher, mechanic! ' fanner, aumuers. mother, and all who are tired lout by the constant toil and worry ol your work jon i onn iniojtrcaTine; rtitten. out ne , Are you tuncrlug trum Liysupua. kheiuM-f nun. Neuralgia, or wkb Bowel, Kidney, Liver or Urinary complaint, yon can be cured hr usm 1 U yon are watting away with ConauaipuiM, lm-A maic weaaneM or any ucaaess : if yon bavc a pais-1 Uil CTHigh rrr bad wM, rrm wit! find sttre relief in M you are anfeenlcd by luease, old age or tiia-i rtipouon, and your system noeds invigorating, or frieeds purifying;, rmt ran alwv r1Tnd rm t yon hare ptmnles and blotches, and tout biood' Band many other ot the best medicines known it uJ ;rne Bast naalffi anv Strength Havtoror Evr fuincer and other Tonics, as it avr intoxicate. ,Utd. and a tar suDertor to bitters. Lcaencesot 'and combine the best curative properties of ail. ; it Uas Saved Band ml of Uvea; It Say Kara Toara. ' Buy a toe. bottle of your drurjrur, and to avcnV '-nunterfeits be ure our signature is on the out ,.iJe wrapper. Hiscox ft Co., Chemists, N. Y. Parker's Hair Balsam. Tha Bast A Xoit lonmiral Hair Draaslaf Containing only ingredients that are beneficial to the h.ir and scalp, the Hals ax will be found for mure uiUfactory than any oiher.preparauon. It Sever Falls to restore Gray or Faded 0 air to the original youthful color and is warranted to nnive dandruff, prevent baldness and top failing of the k..ir aW by tirmgutt at 50 FOR 8AI.K Y G N. 1 50 YD, Diuvroisr. smri, Pa . If yon aro a man 1 of basuaeM.weMk- nad by tbe nun of your dntiea avoid Btunolantsand tt- nttuiiun; overnuU- nurM wurtt. r toitj Drain neivrnrj r Hop B. HOP V.tteirtw If yon art yoqnr and HasraCMO Or ai&ia lied or Btnrle. old or pooranaHh or laotftziata aeea, rely 00 Hop mfferinir from any In- uvn ; 11 joti arv ru-'.r-youna. mtiterui from op II Bitters wkMttryoitra. when Ter yon fe-ei Thousand iL an nually Irom some f rirra of K Id nif tea yonr iywm nevda cknnalzift. too-' In or atunnlatinir, without iMf oxi-argL, I have been presvnUtt 1 by t'mely uwwf " nop Bittwrs. nopal me r naveywrfaa. or artnory evm ptaintt cuseaw of tbe afvrwaeA, O. I c. Is an absolute HOP ftnd iireM:a 1 1! e m r e for ;tirunktmnesa (use of opium. tobaeeov or jnarooUua, lUaarenermnri Toa will be cured if yon wan Hop ftttters Ifyoaemafnv Ky win anu w spirited, try lti ft may lirtvour life. It has saved huit- I 1:1 ebta. Send tor j Circular. NEVER FAIL droda a t.ia, out. FOB MLK T IjRL'&GIST, '8oniert, Ta. WlUh PAY THE HIGHEST CASH PlllCF, OAK and HEMLOCK BARK, Eida, Sheep Pelts. Calf Slins, tc n - jtiv, D. 1 Jobnstown. f a ttt A ljal A . ..IasfePk Cl Irs wHfht t fUr1it--m p-W.i Vm 0t. n t r,rr. tlKt-kiMk st rl 1'Io'V. i.i:;i: l.i Hi'- f-ru:.i.:.-y '.. dollars InrerW St-fl l".-.-. r t.:ll from kltt -n t ' ; ;-; u I hr vticf: of our i:w I l'vv 1 toi tcuu-rti i-w..iir. irW.wlt.inil fti.nl. rtT!f. TV' T A'i. ... ., , .. , , , .... ... , I K. Hi' F.tni ot know ii !: i;.'l . -.:l 1-1--.1 Fr 1 ' p'.ow tvr ni i'ix!,.t of - tv..t-. ft I: t BLYMYER, A.gent, SOMERSET, EISri-T'-., ONE OF THE LEADING KEFUSLI CAN NEWSPAPERS OF WEST EEN PENNSYLVANIA. at Subscribe for the Deiiald, Subscribe for the I1euali. Subscribe for the Heiiald. Subscribe for the IIeiiald. Two Dollars ? Two Dollars 11 Year. Two Dollars a Year, Two Dollars a Year. Two Dollars a Year. Two Dollars a Year. HAS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION Th3 B:st Family Nswpapsr. Ths Best Family Nawspapsr. Ths Bst Family Nsv7spap:r. It will contain all the General News of the giving lull accounts of the proceedings of Con-. 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