VIVAS I.AMHHU.
"Viva, dear, it's cmfting near the
first of Mar !"
And rcntlc Mrs. Haynr laid
clown the coat tbat was perpetually
becoming clbowless, and looked
across the lamp-lit table villi anx
ious eyes.
"Yes, mamma, I know," a trifle
wearilv.
Viva, a slender, pretty girl, with
dark-brown hair gathered loosely
behind shell-pink ears, and lips ns
red as a cactus flower, met her moth
er's gaze with her eyes bright with
wistful thou.sMfulness.
"And we must move, of course,'
cried a shrill young voice from the
sofa, where sat Jessie, a volatile,
overgrown school-girl, "because the
front gale '6 off it's hinges, and the
roof leaks, and "
"Yes, Jessie, we all know the rea
sons for moving, bu, give mamma
an opportunity of suggesting where,"
"There's hardly much choice about
that," said the pale-faced little wo
man sadly. ".Some place where the
rent would be moderate, but'' a
sudden look of longing shining out
of the pale-worn face "I would
give all the world, dear, to see the
country again. 1 feel stilling here."
A gleam of quick determination
came into Viva's velvety-brown
tjes.
"And so you shall, mamma ! she
said emphatically.
"My darling, how ?'' in mild sur
prise. "Well," Viva puckered up her
low, white brow, and tried to look
wise and business-like "you see we
could get a cottage in some of .the
suburban villages at half what a
city house would cost. Uesides eve
rything is so much cheaper in the
country, and we could return to
the citv the coming winter. There!''
"Hut your pupils, Viva ?"
"I could manage to give all the
lessons in three days of the week ;
taking the train in, you know, is al
most as cheap ; and do work for
Crumley the intervening days. Now,
mamma !' triumphantly.
"It louks ulausihle at first sight,
mv net : but I'm almost afraid to !
hope. Dear, dear! how that boy
does wear out his clotlu s."
Viva came over and clasped two
maroon marino around the invalid
figure before her.
"Hope as much as you like, mam
ma, darling," she cried gayly ; "for
we'll watch the pajicrs till we see a
treasure advertised 'cheap,' you
know, and then "
The rest was too glorious to de
scribe. Three days later, Viva danced in,
out of a blinding April shower, with
rose-red cheeks and starry eyes.
"Here it is, mamma," she cried
enigmatically, with a hearty kiss and
hug that almost demolished the lit
tle figure in the arm-chair.
"Now, listen !" and from the
open paper of that morning, she. read
aloud :
To Kent. In a suburban village,
2) minutes ride from the city, an
eight-room cottage, with garden at
tached. Cheap, to good tenant Ap
plv to Clifford Chandos, Iloom 12,
4 12 street, City."
"I am sure this will suit 'cheap,'
as I said, mamma. We will hav.e
our happy countrified summer, af
ter all, with an exultant little laugh.
"Now, for a while, good-bye !"
"Where aro you going, dear,?"
"To see about this, mamma. Les
sons are over "'
"Yes ; but I do not like your
going alone, Viva."
"What ! an old-maid music teach
er like me ? I almost acquire the
dignity of age in this voluminous
waterproof and green veil. Green!
Just think of it! I might as well
have red hair and spectacles. My
nervous, old darling, I'll be back le
fore you know I'm gone."
And with this decidedly sweeping,
but scarcely possible assertion, she
was out again under the drifting
April sky, and going cityward as
fast as the street cars could take
licr.
In the thickest, busiest portion of
tie city, up two flights of dingy
stairs went Viva,
A timid knock at room 12.
"Come in!"
She turned the handle, and with
the green veil well down, went in.
Two or three gentlemen writing
at baize-covered desks, looked up
carelessly as she entered, and went
on with "their work.
A gentleman enveloped in clouds
of cigar smoke, with feet considera
bly elevated above the level of his
head, glanced toward the door, as
the figure in threadbare waterproof
came timidly in. Down came the
feet, out went the cigar, and Clifford
Chandos, pushed a chair forward,
bowed gravely, questioningly. to the
Jadv before him.
"1 I called to inquire about a
cottage advertised."
"The cottage ? Oh, ves, to be 6ure!
Will you please be seated, and I will
give you the particulars."
And Viva, taking the proffered
scat, listened while the tall, grave
man, with straight, black brows and
keen kindly, eyes, explained the
terms with pleasant courtesy.
And when she lifted the obnox
ious green veil a moment, to con
clude some necessary arrangement,
Clifford Chandos started ever so
slightly as he saw the pretty, girlis'i
face before him, as serene and dig
nified in its grave, business-like
composure as though its owner were
eight-and-fifty, instead of eight-and-ten.
"When will yon look at the place,
' Miss "
"Rayner," supplemented Viva,
"Miss Kayner. Shall we say to
morrow at one ?"
"At two, if as convenient"
- "Certainly ; two, if preferable."
Then he held the door open as
courteously as though she wore seal
skin and diamonds, while with a
quiet grace 6hc bowed slightly and
passe! from the room.
And Clifford Chandos went slowly
back to his chair, a softer light in
his keen gray eyes, and actually for
nee la his life forgot to relight his
cigar.
s
The day come at last when, from
the stuffy city house, the llayner3
moved to the pretty, roomy, rafter
ed cottage, where honeysuckles and
wild roses straggled at their own
sweet will over roof and porch.
And Viva, coming home from the
dusty city three evenings in the
week, pale and tired, brightened and
laughed her own low, happy laugh
at the sight of her mother's face,
grown young again, at tlie window, i
and at the sound of Dick and Jcs-!
sie'B boisterous laughter. j
It was curious all the repairing I
that cottarre needed after thev mov-1
cd in. It was more curious that J
their quiet handsome landlord
should insist on supervising it him
self. He grew into their simple lives in
those days. Mrs. Rayner came to
think the cheery voice better than
any medicine, the children to shout
- . . ... j... t x - .1
lustily at sigtit ol l:iin, :nw iva 10
listen for the sound of l.'u (inn foot
?!e'p on the garden path..:'
One evening. w!i--n tV M:y
wind was swaying tho '-July-fingers,"
as the children called them,
over the door, Viva snatched up her
hat and strolled down to the pretty
rustic gate.
Just a little more tired than usu
al after a desperate struggle to teach
an irritable obtuse pupil the myste
ries of crochets and q i ivers and
demi semiquavers.
She stood there, a fair girlish fig
ure, in hpr coft white dre-s-s a great
bunch of blue meadow violets at her
slender throat and waist The
scented wind gently loosened the
dark-brown hair, and blew a fitful
drift of rose-bloom into the pure pale
face.
Verv pretty.
Wci'l, Clifford Chmd i; thought
so, at all events, rs he c t-ne along
the uneven country road villi his
linh... firm footf.iil."
"Uid evening. Miss Jlyiier'
irhe Timed suddenly, the faint
flush deep riing to carnation.
"Good evening, Mr. Ciiandos. '
I think a person can give one a
very tolerable shake hands without
holding one's hand quite a minute.
Cat apparently Mr. Ctiand.s thought
ditlerenliy.
"Miss llayncr, will you come for
a walk jus't a Utile way down the
road ? There is a show place tin re
I should like to have you see."
He asked pleadingly and hurried
ly, as though fearful of a refusal.
""Is it far?"
"No," eagerly ; "quite near, lie
sides, Miss Viva, I have something
to tell you or, rather, ask you."
They were already strolling .slow
ly on. She paused "and looked up
in vague alarm.
"To ask me; Mr. Chainb? ?"
"Yes. Viva, I want to ask you to
leave U'-se Cottage."
Was he mad ?
"To leave Hose Cott
ie re-
peated blankly.
She stopped short, and looked up
at him with her brown bewildered
eyes.
" "Are you not satisfied with us as
tenants ? What will mamma say ?"
"I did not ask your mother to
leave Hose C-ottago"" and his vwice
was trembling and low "I asked
j-ou
T"
"Me ? Why, Mr. Chandos "
She broke off abruptly as she saw
the look in the eyes of the man re
garding her. Such a look as would
make more successful wooers in the
world to-day a look ot passionate
love and resolute determination to i
have her in spite of herself.
"Viva, my darling, my darling !"
he cried, all the mischief in Ids voice
swept away in his fiery earnestness,
"won't you understand ? I love you
very dearly, Viva, and I want you
for my wife!"
"Yes, I understand," plie said sim
ply. "I am not a rich man, dear, but I
would give my life to make you
happy."
She looked at him with bright,
out-shining eyes, and though her
chinks flamed hotly, she said, in
her gentle, straightforward,, girlish
way :
"I would be honored to be your
wife were vou penniless. Mr. Chan
dos !"
" 'Mr. Chandos !' " sternly. "Little
wife, say, 'Clifford!'"
And, "her hand in his, she said it,
simply
"Clifford V
In a short time they paused be
fore a massive entran ce gate and
pretty Gothic lodge.
"This is the great place of the
neighborhood, V all we go
up and look at it ?"
They paused at the great stone
steps of an ideal country-seat,
stretching, verandaed, porticoed,
with huge stone lions on guard at
the door.
"Cjiue in, dear !" holding out his
hand, with a curious smile.
"But the owner ?''
"I go with his permission."
Then, passing the servant at the
door, he led her through rooms
where the mighty torV.i of Midas
was softened and! made perfect by
the mightier touch of taste. Through
a conservatory where birds and
Uower3 were drowsily falling asleep,
and marble statues gleamed palely
forth from tropical, dusky nooks.
"It's a handsome place, dear, isn't
it ?"' he asked, when once again
they stood beneath the darkening
sky.
"Handsome ? Oh, Clifford !"' with
an estatic, long-drawn breath.
"I hardly know how much rent I
ought to charge you, little woman !"'
he cried, quizzically, drawing her
closer to him ; "but I'll he moder
ate. Suppose we say one thous
and kisses per annum !'
Yours !" she gasped. "You said
you were not rich !"
"Well, not a Rothschild nor Van
derbilt, love, but," with a sudden
change of tone, "richer than all the
world, sweetheart, in you."
So, after all, Viva graces a home
worthy of her. And Jessie senten
tiously remarks':
" Twas well moved !''
And Tiva nods and smilc3 as she
slip3 her little sparkling hand into
her husband's loving clasp.
Uarefootoa Bclh.
Barefooted belles, says a corres
pondent, are seriously promised for
next summer at the seaside resorts.
The Princess Beatrice Elipper, t-x
beaded satin, is intended to he wo. i
without stockings. But the idt i
will fail in practice, and I'll tell yc'j
why. Not one woman in ton has
feet that will bare baring. They
may be small and shapely, and look
fine in stockings, but without cov
ering they would reveal a corn here
and a bunion there, tots overlap
ping each other, scars of ingrowing
nails, and other blemishes that
would spoil them as aids in "mash
ing" the opposite sex. No ; the
roni3ee of barefooted belles will not
c fulfilled.
A Fool Once More
"For ten years ray wife was cor
fined to her bod with such a coin-1
plication of ailments that no deictor J
couki ieu wtiai was um mailer or
cure he r, and I uaed up a small for
ture in humbug frtuff. ix months
ago I saw a U. S. Flag with Hon
bitters on it, and I thought f would !
be a fool once more. 1 tried it, but
my folly proved to be wisdom. Two
bottles cured her, sha is now as well
and strong as any mans wife, and
it cost me only two dollars. Such
felly pays. II. W. Detroit, Mich.
Free IWs.
In two years a boy can learn as !
much Latin as he can forget in six j
months after lie goes to work for a '
livinjr. . - - I
A Strapperthe village school
master.
A Texan's IlovciitfC.
! Colonel
Albert
C. Ptlton, whose
j beautiful
twenty
ranchc is out toward the llio tiraiide,
near fuvl, has been the l'eter the
Hermit of the Toxans for years,
lie has believed that he held a Di
vine commission to kill Apache In
dians. C-olonc! I'elto.'i came l Texa3 in
ISM. a common soldier. By talent
and courage he roso to the rank of
colonel, and finally, in 1S5G, com
manded Fort Macrae. That year he
fell in love with a beautiful Spanish
girl at Abequin, New Mexico. The
admiration of the young people waa
mutual and parental objections only
intensified Hie affection of the lovers.
Finally, after two years of entreaty
and devotion, Colonel I'elton won
the consent of the parents of the
beautiful Spanis 7 girl and they were
married.
One day, when the love of the sol
dier and his lovely wife was at its
severest, the two, accompanied by
the young wife's mother and twenty
soldiers, rode out to the hot springs,
six miles from the fort, to lake a
bath. While in the bath, which is
near the Kio Grande, an Indian's
arrow passed over their heads. Then
a shower of arrows fell around them
and a band of wild Apache Indians
rushed io :i upon them, whooping
and yelling like a band of demons.
.Several ol the soldiers lull dead,
pierced with poisoned arrows. This
fiT'htencd the rest, who lied. An
other shower of arrows and the
beautilul bride and her mother
dropped into the water, pierced by
the cruel weapons of the Apaches.
With his wife dying before his eyes,
Colonel Pel ion leaped up the bank,
grasped his riile ami killed the lead
er of the savage fiends. But the
Apaches were too much for the col
onel. Pierced with two poisoned
arrows, he swam into the river and
hid under an overhanging rock.
After the savages had left, the colon
el swam the river and made; his way
hack to Fort Macrae. Here his
wounds were dressed and he finally
recovered, bift only to live a blasted
life without love, without hope
wiili a vision of his beautiful wife,
pierced with poisoned arrows, dying,
perpetually before his eyes.
After the death of 'his wife a
change came to Colonel 1 VI ton. He
seemed to think that he had a sacred
mission fiom heaven to avenge his
young wife's death, lie secured the
most unerring ritlcs, surrounding
himself with brave companions, and
consecrated himself to the work of
revenge. He was always anxious to
lead any and all exiveditions against
the Apaches. Whenever any of the
other Indians were at war with the
Apaches, Colonel IVlton would soon
be at the head of the former. One
day he would be at the head of his
own soldiers and the next day he
would be at the head of a band of
Mexicans. He defied Indian arrows
anel courted death. Once, with a
Land of the wildest elesperadoes, he
penetrated a hundred miles into the
Apache country. The Apaches
never dreamed that anything but an
entire regiment woulel dare to follow
them to their cam) in the moun
tains. So when Colonel IVlton
swoopctl down into their camp with
ten trusty followers,' firing their
Henry rillcs at the rate of twenty
times a minute, the Apaches lied in
consternation, leaving their women
and children behind. It was then
that there darted out of a lodge a
white woman.
''Spare the women!" she cried,
and then Fhe fainted to the ground.
When Cie colonel jumped from
his saddle to lift up the woman he
found she was blind.
"How came you here, woman,
with these Apaches ?" he asked.
"I was wounded anel captured,"
she said, "ten years ago. T,ake, oh,
take me back again !''
"II a ve you any relati yes in Texas ?"
asked the colonel.
"No. .My father lives in Aibequin.
My husband, Colonel IVlton, and
my mother were killed by the In
enans. "Great God, Bella ! Is it you my
wife?"
"Oh. Albert, I knew you would
come!" exclaimed the poor wife,
blindly leaching her hands to clasp
her husband.
Of cour;-e there was joy in the old
ranchc wnen Coionel IVlton
back with his wife.
The A laches had carried the
wounO.ed woman away with them.
The poisoned arro'.T caused inflam
mation which finally destroyed her
eyesight.
When I saw the colonel he was
reading a newspaper to his blind
wife", whiio in her hand she held a
bouquet -f fragrant cape jessamines
which he had gathered for her. " It
was indeed a picture of absolute
happiness.
Slioi't Dresses.
The short dreSs i3 still in tho as
cendant, according to Jennie June,
and it depends upon women them
selves to keep it so, or at least so
well sustained and protected that
any woman can wear it without
feeling herself remarkable. At pres
ent th3 short dress, as before re
marked, is ip the ascendant The
majority of evening dresses of silk,
satin and brocade worn by young
girls are cut short, and spring walk
ing and visiting dresses of the rich-1
est material clear the ground so
that they can be worn with compar
ative comfort. Unlike the mode of
some ten or fifteen years ago, which
ran in all sorts of eccentricities and
made those who indulged in it look
like mountebanks, the style of to
day is, or may be, modest, sensible
and convenient. It is not too short,
and it is most fashionable when it is
fcimtilc and free from overloading.
Can we not keep it that is, in its
essentials ? There ought to bo wo
men enough now of thought and in
telligence to adhere to a single idea
which is undeniably good even es
sential to health, economy and clean
liness and which offers no restric
tion, except where restriction i3 nec
essary to save waste, and the attri
butes become eycry conscientious
woman.
A Traveler's Story.
After sjx.-r.ding months at Euro
pean ami American watering f. laces
and thousands of dollars looking for
liealth, I returned home dishearten
ed and wretched. I consulted the
best physicians a.id traveled far
and near without benefit, and ex
pected to die. A frit a I urged a
trial of Parkers Ginger Tonic. Three
botMcs and careful diet have worked
wonders and brought me excellent
health and spirits, and ycu may
publish my experience for the bene
fit of similar sufferers. A Cincin-
nati lady.
Coffee county, Tenn., is being set
tled up by emigrants from Massa
chusetts. Ui course they must !
hnd good grounds on which to set
tk . 1
Hour Our Children lcave Is.
- ?
Watch, and within the brief cir-
thousand nereicoit of u year, rometimcs even m
the cotiise ol a few mouth, you wnl
tw a change in the little laces.
Take photographs of them, and it
you happen to lay them by for a
few years, and then open the book,
you will have a surprise. Yo;i wili
have Bom "thing like the follow ing.:
"Why, I huvo lost these children.
Surely th. y have gone from me.
lias God t.sken them ?'' No. They
arc "about" you still. They are he
side you now, looking at the pic
tures, much amused that they should
be pictures of themselves. They
can sec no resemblance to the image
they sec every day in the glass. .So
they vanish from w, even while
they live, and we see them no more.
The little girl with the ringlets is a
wayfarer who is tarrying with you
only for a night. She will ,-o on
again1 in the morning tow.ud wo
manhood. And the sunny boy will
keep her company on the way (o
his manhood. Very soon, now, you
will see touches of the manhood and
the womanhood on their facts.
Then will como their lovers, their
marriages, their cares, their children
and yo:; will he grandfather and
grandmother, before .you know it.
..Many are taking these honors con
tinually wlmc yet they are not old.
Their condition conspires to crown
them without their leave, although
generally much to their delight.
lhen a low years more, and your
children's children will leave you as
they shoot up into men and women.
You will have to reach across two
generations then to find the child
ren. Nor can we forget that there are
always some who far outstrip the
rest who do not glide away on feet
along the earthly ways, but who
have wings woven in silence on
which they fly up to the fields of
heaven- We have spoken of the
facial change as children grow to be
men and women ; but there is an
other change which sometimes comes
on a young face, which betokens a j ro;v teeth, so as to penetrate as deep
growth quite out of this world, and jv. sia possible, all subsequent work
a putting on of the beauty and glory houM be with cultivators hav-
of another. A change, this, sad at
first to see, sorrowful exceedingly to
our earthly affections. Y'et a change
growing more and more fair to look
on, a rebuke to our sorrow, a life
long memory to our love.
And so we lose them. And many
a Job stands amid the relics of the
past, looking back, and plaintively
or thankfully recalling the days
when the children were about him.
Well, but look forward. Ai.tedate
the time. Anticipate the inevitable
severance, and work for the forma
tion of the deeper, the immortal
union. If you have wealth heart
property in these children, as child
ien, know it now, for the riches will
"make themselves wings and fly
away." If you have nurture to give
them suitable to their tenderness,
preparation for their strength, give
it now ; in a little while they will be
too hard anel strong in nature's
growth to tako it. If there are les
sons which the Master would have
you learn of them while they are yet
young, and which they cannot teach,
nor yet learn of them, when you are
older, then harn the lessons now:
for soon the little faces will be se.-n
no mo?e at 'your table, the patter of
the little feet heard no more in your
rooms. Alexander Ililciyh.
lVjylns al Wholesale.
The other day, soon after
woman had decided to build
a city
a bis
strawberry short-cake for supper,
she heard the musical voice of a
peddler crying:
"Great big strawberries eight
cents a quart three quarts for twenty-five
cents !"
"Nothing like taking advantage of
discounts," said the woman, as she
ran for a tlish, and in five minutes
she had her three quarts of berries
and the peddler hail her silver quar
ter. Time p:issed on. She sat in a
roc-king chair looking over the lue
ious fruit ; all of a sudden she turn
eel pale and began breathing hard. It
was not a c:ise of heart disease or
spinal meningitis, nor a new vrinkle
suddenly developing itself on her
forehead. She had simply figured :
"Eight ccnt3 a quart three quarts
for twenty-live cents three
eight is twenty-feur !"
times
Her son came in just as she. had
slipped a revolver into her pocket
ami tied her bonnet strings into a
square knot, and when lie asked her
where she was going, she solemnly
replied :
"""Harry, I am going out to kill a
strawberry peddler, a seven storv
hypocrite and deceiver, who ga
:"e
me wholesale rates on these berries.
Tell your father to engage two law
yers and be at the Central station in
naif an hour." . .
Aud the strawberry man had
passed on, had sought other shady
neighborhoods, and she returned to
her darkened home with a toothache
under her ear, and her heart beating
115 decrees in the shade.
Fast Sloefc.
There is a good deal saiel by the
agricultural journals about this ques
tiem, and there is a prevailing opin
ion that the farmers should not
breed fast stock. We can hardly
arrive at such a conclusion. If there
is more money in breeding thorough
breds than there is in common hor
ses, we say breed the thoroughbreds!
It is claimed that fast horses means
idleness, race-tracks, gambling,
wlnskydnnkingand swindling, that
may be so, but no one ever objects j
i.. o i .? ',.
are required lor tnc manutaetunng
of whiskey aud malt liquors, there
is as much propriety in one as there
is in tho other. We believe that
horse-racing is ptrnieious in its
ion in re-anl lo drinking Hnm,v
unies3 useu lor medical jmrposes.
..."
out tnai is no reason that harley, rye,
corn and hems should not. i-n:ti.
vated. The farmer can breed fast
horses and yet not patronize the
i i . "i i ? i i
raee-in;eKs, unless ne encscs to eio i
so. If he can raise a horse th
. j worth
umlrS'lX "1 i i
u 1.1
oiu nve nunurca uou.irs, is it not
-11 n l- i i in ..
his pnviledgc, and Is it not belter
than to grow a plug, or a dung-h'ul,
that is only worth seventy-five or a
hundred dollars at that age? .Wei
say let the farmers make ail the j
money they can off of their farms i
in a legitimate way, The more they j
make tho better it is for all of us. " !
Ico Cream Caic-.-
.... -
Threc eggs, one cup of suar. two I
i teaspoon fu Is of baking powder, two!
j tahlespo-mfuls of water, one cup of;
s oi water, one cup ol ;
m jelly tins and let j
Tao one pint of thick .
and beat it till it looks 1
nour; Dakc
them cool,
sweet cream
like ice cream : sweeten and flavor
with vanilla; put very thick between
each layer of cake.
Vnluo of Hiiri'ins tin? Hoi!.
. Every one knows that wet soil is
a great injury to growing crop.
An 1 yet a regular supply ... if moist
ure in the.soii daring the weason, is
one of the mo.-t important object to
accomplish. If soil, especially wet
soil, is left undisturlied, it soon be
comes hard ; tcchni" ':-.. it "bakes,"
and the moisture ese. . a. ill mar
velous rapidity. It therefore an
object t keep the surface loose.
Moisture docs not escape as rapidly
through a loose surface as through a
compact solid one.
In pursuit of this object, however,
cultivators often make a great mis
take, and much injury results to
corn, potatoes, and other things.
The cultivator is kept running all
summer, the teeth often penetrating
several . inches dct p, exposing the
upturned surface to the sun, and in
this way a vast amount of moisture
evaporates that is really needed by
the plants. Jt is of course much
better than to have a baked surface;
biit there is loss for all that might
be easil y saved by a little thought.
i ..e tirsl .stirring in spring should
he deep, in order to break up the
compact earth, especially if the
ground was plowed in the fall ; but
after this the working should be as
shallow as possible. Finn soil
soil crushed and pressed when dry
holds moisture f tier than in any
other condition, and is a very differ
ent thing to a merely loose soil
through which tho external air easi
ly cocs. and dries the moisture out
The more such partially-dried soil
is pressed, tho firmer therefore it be- j
comes, and the more moisture it
contains. This is the principle on
which the good effects of the roller
depends, and which has been sj of
ten explained in the Telegraph.
Boiling and pressing while the soil
is somewhat dry is indeed the
whole science of pulverization, the
good effects of which are so well
known. .
While, therefore, the first stirring
ion i be ( oik- with acen and nar-
ing short and broad teeth just skim
ming the surface and cutting off in
stead of tearing out the weeds ; and
this advice is as gewd for the one
who uses the hoe in the garden as
for he who uses a horseultivator in
the fields. .
In any case the hoe should be
started early. Hoeing and cultivat
ing has now become among the most
laborious of farm and garden tasks;
and if the weeds once get ahead, it
is terribly hard work to keep them
down. i'cnnaulown Telegraph.
Mullio'.s Kami.
Moilic had a little
ram, fleece
black as rubber shoe, and
where that Mollie went lie emigrat
ed too.
He went with her to church one
day the folks hi-la-rious grew to see
him walk demurely into Deacon Al
len's pew.
The worthy deacon quietly let his
angry passion rise, and gave it an
unchristian kick between the sad,
brown eyes.
This landed rammy in the ai.le ;
the deacon followed fast, and raised
his foot agaiu. alas ! that first kick
was the last.
For Mr. Sheep walked slowly
hack, about a rod, 'tis said ; ere the
deacon could retreat, it sle.od him on
his head.
The congregation then arose and
ffent for that 'ere sheep ; but several
well-directed .butts just piled them
in a heap. .
Then rushed the- straightway for
the door, with curses long and loud,
while rammy struck the hindmost
man and shot him through the
crowd.
The minister had often "heard that
kindness would subdue the fiercest
beast "Aha!" he says, "I'll try
that game on you.'J
And so he kindly, gently called :
"Come rammy, rammy, ram ; to see
folks abuse you so, 1 grieved and
sorry am."
With calm and gentle words he
came from that tall pulp'.t down,
saying "rammy, rammy ram ; ram,
rammy, rammy, rammy, ram best
sheepy in the town."
Tho ram looked meek, ami on he
icame, with " rammy, raunny, ram ;
ram, rammy, rammy, ram ; the nice
little ram."'
The ram quite dropped its hum
ble air. and rose from its feet, and
when the parson lit he lay beneath
the hindmost seat.
As he shot out the open door, and
closed it with a slam, he named a
California tmrn. T think 'twas "Yu-
b.l Rim. -
Fashion Xotr.
Toilor-made dresses grow in fovor.
Long faces look best with low coif
fures. Traveling costumes are made? very
short
Tall women should not wear high
coiffures.
Heliotrope is revived as a sum
mer color in Paris.
Chuddah squares are the favorite
summer shawls.
Very little jewelry should be worn
with summer toilets.
White dresses of soft, crushable
silk are worn more than ever.
Long lace mittens in black, white,
cream, or the colors of the costume
are worn withslecve3 of short or me
dium length.
A novelty for bonnet strings is tu
bulant ribbon, woven double with
out any visible seam.
The total number of emigrants
brought into this country since the
establishment of the Uaion, not in
cluding those arriving in 1SS0, was
10,lSS,7oO. Of this aggregate Ire
land and Germany furnished about
;i.("KJ,0X) each, England 900.000,
Franco Slo.OOO, Sweden and Nor-
way ,Cb,OUO, Switzerland S.,,000,
'n,.it.
and other countries ranging from
70,000 for Italy to C13 for Turkey
3S3 for Greece. Very few i migrants
"ow comc frorn SI,ain
(,rccct-
. .
Portugal or
Philosophical Trulha.
1. rain brighten the
meadows; and little acts of kindness
onghten the world.
In life two men have failed from
defect in morals where one has fail
ed from defect of intellect.
! Women that have been bedrid
j den for many years have been en
j tirely cured .of female weakness by
! the uso of Lydia Pinkham's Vegeta
ble Compound. Send to Mrs. Ly-
dia L. Pinkham, 23 estern Ave-
nuc. Lvnn. Mas., for r.nmi.hlcfs.
. The Dallas iWd estimate that
. The Dallas Herald estimate that
there arc in Texas C.Q09,000 head of
cattle, 2,000,000 head of hcrses, and
4,000,(X0 head of sheep. .
Fear is the best temperance lec
turer. - .-.
THE GREAT
S3 fill fir
mm it
mm
Reurclqieciatic c, Lumbaqo,
r
Backache, Soreness of tho Chest,
Gout, Quinsy, Soro Throat, Sarcf
ir.gs and Sprains, Duns end
SczlJs, General Bodily
Pans,
Tooth, Car cr.d Hadcchc, Frosiad
T act and Ears, end all ciher
rains end Aches.
iw k rttfs. in..-, itttHin mill rhmj, tjOoi-i
UfbMtiy A trlil tnfuil Lit thm cuuimntti"-)r
tril!ii.c"ntjtltir i.f .tO Out, uml wrr m nitflerit.;!
with tal:i can Lttvu eti-iii fcn! m1uv IT'? il 1U
claim.
1'irecti.ifM in Kleven LsnfriiaAfl.
cold et alIj druggists aud nmr2
IH MEDICIHE.
JL. "v7CGEIiER & CO.,
Hnltlmorr, Id., V. H. JL
Is n ri;:-jwinn(l of the virtues of sana
I'jirilli, Rlillinjia, uianilrako, yellow
tlix k, witlf t he ioiliile of potash nml iron,
nil jK)vi:rftil blood-making. llool-cleans-in?,
anil life-sustaining element. It is
tlie imrost, sr.fest, nul most effectual
alterative available to the public. Tha
sck'r.ees of liieiltrine and chemistry Lavo
never inluceil a remedy so potent to
cure all diseases resultint: from' impure
blood. Jt curea Scrofula and all
scrofulous disonses, Krysiplaa,
Itose, or St. Anthony's Fire, Pim
ples uiil ruce-frnibs, 1'ustulcs,
JUotchos, Boil, Tumors, Tetter,
Humors, Salt Khcuui, Scald-head,
Kins-worm, Ulcers, Sores, Kheu
mr.tism, "Mercurial Disea&e, Xcu
raia, Feiuuie Weaknesses and
Irregularities, .Jaundice, Affections
of tho IJvcr, Iyspepsii, Kmacia
Uon, ;U General Debility.
:v it scare-lung and cleansing qnali
.ii s'it purges out tho foul corruptions
v bich toiitaminato tho blood and cauao
ieranzement and decay. It stimulates
t!iu vital functions, restores and pre
serves health, and infuses new life and
vijjor throughout th whole system. No
FiuTi-rer from any disease of tho blood
need despair who will give Ayeb's
:-,.i:s.rAiin.i.A a fair trial.
It is folly to experiment with the na
Merou lr-priced mixtures, without
medicinal virtues, offered as blood-pnri-liers,
while disease becomes more firmly
sr.-tu-d. Ayf.k's Saksapauilla is a medi
cine of such concentrated curative power,
that it is by far t!'. 1 est, cheapest, and
most reliable b!.".-purilier known,
l'liysicians know its composition, and
prescribe it. It has L.t a widely used for
forty years, nud lias won the unquali
fied conlideiicc of luilli..: whom it has
beuelited.
PREPARED BY DR. J. C. AYER & CO.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
Lowell, Mass.
SOLD rr ALL DUUtiCISTS EVZBYWllEBg.
roil SALE BT
C. X. BOYD,
DRUGGIST, .
Ronaerset. Fa.
sst Fragmt & 2kirsisg ef Perfsnes
ExceediBg! Delicate and Ustlig.
I ri39, 25 cu; Iiits EstUsa, 75 ot
tor A Co., N. Y., n tvrrj toft!.
PARKER'S GINGER TONIC
The Medicine for Every Familj.
NEVER INTOXICATES.
Ma&from Cmcer, Euchu, Manilntke. SbHinzu.
and other of the Lest vegetable remedies kaouru. 4
Fakii's Gikgek Toxic has remarkably varied 1
curative powers, & isthc greatest 5-tomacu Corrrtt-
f or, LloodturicrkiHii-rvcrUeLtorverni-ilca
t The Best Medicica You cm
t fbrEesteingHealth & Strength
It commences to net from the firt !wc, scurries
F out the weak organs, and u warranted to cure of
bcip au aisctses of the ikiweis, Mmnach, likxki.
Kidneys, Iaver,Lr4nsryOrpins,altCoiiviatnesof 1
f tiua and Drvnkeiiiieftft.
women, xtemwiess, slccptcSMKSS, 111 jlitua
Try a bottle to-day ; n may snve your ais. 5ct.
aod$s sizes alaHdruzcuts. Lrcry genuine botti:
h.u our signature on oufeulc wrzppcr. Hiscox St 1
Cot r. 1. Large uving in buying i?i
Jast What Is Wanted.
Everybody whose h.tir is ty rr u!rd h-.i icl:
the Cecil of a Haif Restorer ar.d tirro; titt is
cleanly, agreeably perfusird -.-.. 1 h-nnU . In
ker's Hair Baliam tsttsnrs tbe mc.it f.tidioi'S ia
these respects. Sold ty inie "wt at itoc. arid it.
FOR SAM! FT
C. N. BOYD,
DRUGGIST,
tanerMl, Pa .
Sen'.ember S.
0,2 BITTEES.
X Moi!ic!!j, not a Drluk)
( . i t r .' -A. i.kbU lii : rk.ua.
tji V CU1SK
' t. ..: u. f. I l ii.. t I i i:'.ii, tf
S5C.00 m COLD.
Vr'H V piH for a r.i r:-r win Tint rrim or
ItK.UU li WKUJ.
lit:.
P 'f
FOR S.L U Y
C, N. BOYD,
DRUGGIST,
Somerset, Pa.
BOARDING & LODGING.
1 hare opened ajflrst-clajf
BOARDING HOUSE
st IIooTertTille, Somerset county, Pv. where I
e.in aecoioixlute nil who may call. MeaU nd
uliriiiir lamlshed st low rates.
March il. CUAKLES A.LEWIS
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE, '
Estate of Tobias Menras, late of Shade town,
ship, deceased.
"Letters ef admlnlttation on the above rotate
having been granted to the andenlirned by the
JreraaUiority, notice ts hereby Kiven to tlioee
adebted to the said estate to make immediate
payment, anJ thono havlnv eUioii or demands
aicalnst It to pfeent them uulv asthentlcaied for
tvtllemcnt, on Friday, August raih, lesi, at the
huuso ol the ucuerilgned.
HENRY PENROD.
JjJO Admiaielrator.
wr.i u- -i
pars ap arm a
-u-r, N. V., A Tonmte.Sit. Q
The Somerset Herald!
(ESrAbLISMEO UJ)
Oaa of th.3 bodias Papsra of 'tf&tem
IS STALWABT iEPlICil,
HAS DOUBLE THE CIRCULATION
OF ANY OTHER NEWS
PAPER IN THE
COUNTY !
It Will Contain tha General News
of the Day.
The Editorial and Local
Speak Tor TIicuiscItch.
93.00 !
.o X YEAR!
i00 A YEAR
$-2.it) A YEAR I
S J.00 A YEAR!
$2.00 A YEAH ! '
82.00 A YEAR!
$2.00 A YEAR!
$2.00 A YEAR!
2.00 A YE All I
$2.00 A YEAR !
$2 00 A YEAR r
JiUO A TEAK !
t-'.eo a year:
$2 OO!
IN OUli
JOB DEPARTMENT !
WE HAVE THE BEST FA
CILITIES WEST OF
THE MOUN
TAIN. fraE nre prepared to funiisli
on short notice, ami at a great re
duction on former prices, all kindi
of
J O 15 W 6 R li.,
such as :
LETTER HEADS,
HILL HEADS,
ENVELOPES,
BUSINESS CARDS,
VISITINO CARDS,
AVE DDI Nil CARDS,
PROGRAMMES, '
HOESE BILLS,.
SMPB1H.S,
IH1STPRS,
i LABELS,
TA(i.S,
RECEIITS:
NOTES OK ALL KINDS,
HOIKJERS,
CIRCULARS, itf,, xr.
Orders from a tlntaiuvwi'I receive jiniuml
and rarvful attention. '
.
Adllc, I
'(he Somerset Herald, !
TJDTBXtMr? vrnnor. nsv... I
WH.
Ill !, aud Lis hlll. U M Hr.-.
ba to en ,!"-!: tL''; k fc.r 'l,i' 'l. V'"" t V.
Uw hot wrk. !.'. 'l''.7.y 'V,7.-X.AL uu:c.,.u-,y- in i-Mn. -
!... not lit W'.fK aro .V ,
win rrt win In yean., ph "Vt?1"1. rr"
f "ur-. il.a -1 t,nV i.f slinf.ri . t-
.. Iiwmm fiiows etMuplct'-l Am away withs t-:- e ,-.
SOONER THAN
. . tt -JvbT twins; 1'K.tXK ll0.Lli M.-lPr- Km? , iv,. . ,,.
c'"! . .iVL -in., thw-rrk Is so Mtlitthtp.rl twelve or .;--.-:, ,. .'.
"7,T,,i,1 uri- and yet m taH an I l.thn- te t.-.
w mn San"l",r-s. and W wh the y.mi.tr. 1 w- i-.r-Kow
that ticre is a remedy for ILis. m a MOt p" -
who lit rot rltrr-Ur IntnvWrl in luvn? ti';l la Ui ir tv.m-, l-t r
,m M and (e-rVul atesm on .vhyxt, A t bwh ?- "
Canmlsar.fU.-r lln they can b iaa-1.) by r A m.a; t . 1
to do lino auwina aad every arucle s cluui, as sweet 1 iu j-u.-j i. u
vTrnTiMONiALs-: -
From n. T. IVnn.es. M. T).. Ilammonton, S. J..
Klitor 6WA Jmt'j lUpuhUntn.
Mv attrntlon wan callnd t- FKAN TC BTT5DA I.T
Be) i W from an advfrtlieniMit In uiy wn
aril l tii In my house ft nearly a yu-. ancr.1. rise
tl "diriTU..ril.ha prve.J li.at lw lr."
properties have not b..n oyer.it1. K.r rnov
l,.K printlm InH It la U.valua.if, while .r t-.Uet
a id shavuig Uiatbebeataoapl nave ever seen.
I rum Mas. IL L. Keito, NorthEeld. Vt
IrtomywMhwith FftANKTTDAr.TKSOAPIri
half the time and with no expanse for rp. nt tf
Iwinalnfwl "re ium P-iw'-r u. I have no .u:n
or Vat from the w5, whllf the vlu iji
beallu,cloUeaud labor can hardly beajunttd.
From E. W. STASTO-t, 1M S. Kth 8U Ph -hvla.
We are ennndent. from toS'Y?i?r?fi
tHlna and rt?c.mnit.ndiriii t HAS K t-IltAl,i.rt
Soap, tt.t one trlisl. aro.riln to tM v. ry eay
rr'tiU-d "lirortiom. will iinreow all pwj'I rt- it
rniiiiv naa wondtrfol merit fur slivui, toi.it.
The folIowlDK are the Wredtlons furlne, so gmp.o t.mi a r.... . ::;.,;
I..nt do anj tiang no ridiculous as to baj th fxup nnlcr.i von i, ; f.
tM $100 positively forfeited if it injure the clithc, cr vUl ; ,.' , rr--- ;.
First, put tlie white clotlies ia a tub of water, nw'.y mvle rxa cr.'.-: ': '. , '
firtlie hands. Then tako one piece oat at a time on ti.e wath-b. r-1, r.f, : ;
ever it, roll it cp and put it tack into the atiroe tuh, a:i I bo on Vi .
hare the Soap rubhe-1 on them. Then ?' 01717 end kt t-.zk ::. ! '. i
without touching thcai, whea the dirt will ail be !'.; a-: 1, v ry
tho wash-board, out of Cat cne svh, will raaie tacta p'.rfLt.'v tl, -
tarn each piece while washing sacs to g -t at tlie sc-aias. T!: ; w;. h :
board, through a lukewarm rinse-water (without any Soap,) s a. 1, J.j .;
Then put through blue-wattr, and oa the line, vitho'-l 7 ..r
ATterward pat fLmneb and colored pieces to soak, and wi!t t:.; :.i ex .-.
It is important not to beat the wash-water ia a t'n, brass vt ,-. ys I -.- j. .
will hc:at cnocgh water for a large wa.h wi'.h thb Sor.p.
Just Think What You ::iU Savo by this Eczij V.'cy if 7r:j!
Ih Wash-boUcr! No Steam! No Smell cf Suds thrc:rh
It has the rcmarhc'Je Property cf keeping the Dkh-Ckih, Y'z
Sponge always Sweet, and of Waking Fre::j ir. !:.:-1 i
Cet a Cake and Try it for Yourself next Vc.
To Polat3 waero thlj Soap li net yet Introduced a Trial c
Hail, on roceipi of Fr:ce, (:-J ooac,;, li iocy or 7.-.
ADDRESS ALL LETTERS CO APIC QsFID - ;
TO OFFICE CF IT El At? ft J 0:
718 CALLOWIIILL ST., PKIi
ISvvirfi? :if an '-rtcr r.f tha f'rpliar.' t:-nrt of
S-'itrf "t t'-osuiiy, 1'a., the uDi'.cra'nel nil', on
Snt-irthg. J !':.; il' li, 1.1,
n tho ri,mi5' , la Shrwic township, at 1 "-If,
i'. A!., 11 tlio Et.al K;at uf tiHwn 3!r( rn.irr,
lti'i. c:i:.ri?'irK ol a Una et'iitainiric &;rtr
anj. SJ cf-l.cs. uor or U'j. .f :iir:i ibi.n; '-"j
:tcres rrl-iir. wfa Lri itweltii z II u! tl
i-g t-CiWu tUertcn rcdAl : ariviLlKic ian ':. of
AK-Grtror, San.uel Ziiici rn:nr hii-1 oth
T?. t?i'!i mnriy nerrr failiDtf ti:a0ii n
S:-. 1.'&1, aitd a tine ugar orctiari 00 .!.o ia:ue.
rtii.VS.
)T!e.'!.ir.l in hssit rathe flrrtor fV-li.l.T, ltI,
balance in two c;aal ancnal i-ayrocoo ai; b.ut l:i
ltrri'if. Ten r.cr i-nt- "I the Lur.-lt,iie xc-.-r.ey t. t.e
tntl.t rn .lay ol r.iW. r'i.e?s:(;u iiven uo llio tun
Jar ut St'et'tcnawr, It-M
juHN II. SNYUEB.
iu'.4 Truflee.
MERCHANT TAILOR
1,
CCH. WCGD ST. 1KD EUTH A7EKUE,
NO. 22G LIBERTY STREET
11 'r rata In th ltmba, bark, stomarh, R
1 m rvrrrajnpni mswmvD, CGi:' fi:T-fc
1 I racea. or vumliki?. Lika Pi.u.rMi'- rssm'
1J "FoTerjntrn, .nhm., nlifht Tv-iK. nrrt
r J acssof bntiiili, taie rtitUN a. tcvirj&:
VI Torrtrorilerntarrfi, bronrhirtDlccrlT.
lanasoreuiroatot aay UaU i'sacs." BSmi
J "Pr.Kl'SA Is t rnrest, most rm-t nnl, 'g
lj 1 ornwi nirtiicice Known toniao. " ag-jwrt
ttTV Wov
"It Ten an't slacn. tat i'tsi if lis
JTfnit cr vrorrtrij mcntnilv. can't n-t, t-.kejj
I a -vmu mu m pun or tiis ljt lmniirltT or 1 1
M 6old evprywtjrre. ForramrletTiTtffto Jl
J Tf yrrri are sir, fart Jndrv. or In r.nv w-iv
11 """en. tako FviiCSA Mad rctfuiato U10 bow- K 1
FOf? SALE BY
C. X. liOYI), Urtiayhf,
Nfltavrsrt, I'n.
BARG
JNS
-X3ST-
TO CLOSE OUT
THE ENTIRK
SPBING STOCK!
m
Tasss
35 cents a Yard
AXD l l'WAIMlS.
H. M'CILLUM,
TFTH AVENUE,
ABOVE WOOD ST.
KiiiirsTiil (renu'a.) LaJics' Seminary.
.... '
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CfiRPETS!!
try BrnsslRs.
Jkro LS Ht,
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t,n v.,!i -I'; . '--. ;.': Ut i ; -,
irxracn saner wnn -i, n:.7,
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