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LOVE EXDCnAXCH
Trial makes us brave anl strong,
Suffering makee nn stronger ;
Faith endures Uie trial long,
Love the sufforinj: longrr.
Ills which 'U our lot ta share,
Fith will kindly help us bear,
But the illi we cannot cat,
Love will lielp as to endure.
Death hath agonies i'sown.
Life bath sorrows greater:
Miseries whii h sin alone
Is the chief creator.
We can bear them if we will ;
Faith will kindly help us still;
Hut the pirns we cannot cure
Love will help us to endure.
Unman hearts go down the way,
Pausing but to borrow
Wisdom from their grief to-day,
Comfort tor their sorrow.
Disappointment, trouble, care
Faith has kindly helped them boar,
But the griefs they could not cure.
Love hath helped them to endure.
Be for worthines our prayer
Of such sweet assurance ;
God be praised for faith to bear,
Praised for love's endurance.
God forbid that doubt of heart
Ever should bid faith depart ;
Thus the ills which have no cure,
Love will help ns to endure.
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COVSIX JOE'S PLACE.
liY llEl-ES M. WHITNEY.
'It's just our luck to be cooped
up here in the horfid, dustv city, all
the cummer, when other folk3 go to
the mountains, or the springs, or
lakes, or somewhere !"
Viola Perry pouted and tossed
her head pettishly.
"Of course it's our luck!" chimed
her Bister Bettv. ' It was just our
luck when Uncle Lyman Terry lea
all his property to Joe Ferris the
best farm in the State, with twenty
acres in woodland, and a big orchard
and some of the finest blooded stock,
all thoroughbred. And Joe Ferris
was no nearer kin to him than we
are.
ITVk an old miser to take all the
property and keep it !" snapped Yi-1
ola, tartly. !
"But it's just our luck!" groaned
their mother. .
In the meantime Joe Ferris, the
old miser, as Viola had dubbed him,
but in reality a very good looking
young man, was taking a survey ol
his new possessions.
"Very nice, indeed, but lonely as
Sahara!" he soliloquized, with a
comprehensive glance at the big
brown farm house, with its wide
gables overrun with clematis and
wisteria vines. "Might as well turn
hermit, or Robinson Crusoe, at ouce,
as to live in this rambling old place,,
without kith or kin. Hold on,
though ! Haven't I got some kith or
kin somewhere, after all? "Pears I
hev.' as old Granny Greggs used to
saj I must a6k Dinah, or whoever
the colored genius is that presides
over the internal arrangements of
my bachelor establishment And j
if there are any pretty cousins, they
might possibly be persuaded to hon
or me with a visit, property chape-1
roned, of course." !
Joe Ferris had lived nearly all his
life in San Francisco, consequently
his Missouri cousins were entire
strangers to him, personally.
And so it chanced that Mrs. Perry
and her daughters were delightfully
surprised by an invitation to spend
the summer at Cousin Joe's place
Pinkdale as he had christened it
But there is no rose without a
thorn, and the thorn in this case
was the postscript to Mr. Ferris'
letter.
"I find I have two other cousins,"
he wrote, "Miss Barbara Perry and
Tom Briggs. Tom is in poor cir
cumstances, I understand, and I
shall try to get him a good situation.
You are already acquainted with
Barbara, I believe. They will come
by the same train as yourselves, and
I hope will help to make your jour
ney agreeable."
"Well, upon my word!" cried
Viola, her black eyes snapping an
grily. "Oh, of course," grumbled Betty.
"Bab must be invited, I'll warrant 1
She always does contrive to have a
finger in our pie."
"Oh, of course!" echoed their
mother.
"And shell do her best to catch
Cousin Joe with those owlish great
eyes and elfin curls," added Betty.
"I know what I'll do !" declared
Viola, energetically. "I'll go and
offer to pay Bab if she'll stay and
keep house for us while we are gone.
She is absolutely pinched for money
just now, I know, so I think we'll
agree."
"The very thing," chorused Betty
and her mother, brightening up;
while Viola tripped over to the
dressmaker's shop on the next
ainnm. whrre Bab earned a scantv
living by sewing, all day and half
the night, and made known her er
rand. "And it will be so much better for
you than 6ewing all the time, Bab,"
uhe added, persuasively, besides be
ing better pay."
But, to iola"8 disappointment,
Bab declined the generous offer.
She wanted so much to get into
the country, she said : and, besides,
Cousin Joe bad sent her a cheque to
cover all expenses, she added, with
a grateful flush lighting her pale
cheek.
Viola flounced off in high dud
ceon. "Bab's a mean, artful thing," she
declared, "and just wants a chance
to fool Cousin Joe, and marry him
for bis money."
And her mother and sister coin
cided in ber opinion.
They were still pouting over the
cloud which threatened to dampen
their enjoyment, when the door bell
rang, and the servant handed in Mr.
Briggs' card, with a few words writ
ten on the back, to say that he had
ventured to call and offer his services
for the contemplated journey ; but
his offer was scornfully declined.
"Tell him we are engaged and
have not the slightest need of him
or his services either!" commanded
Viola, in such loud tones that the
young man who was waiting in the
hall, heard the words distinctly.
He turned away with a disap
pointed look, before Bridget had
time to repeat the scornful message.
"An Bhure he's a gintleman born,"
muttered the girl, looking after him,
"if he does be wearin' the owld,
shabby coat, with a darned hole on
the Bhoulder !"
To do Bridget justice, she was in
nocent of any intention to indulge
in slang talk, for the hole in the
shoulder of Mr. Briggs' coat was
verr neatly darned indeed.
Xnd pretty Bab, in her new trav
eling dress "of 6ilver-gray, a wide
brimmed hat shading her shy blue
eyes, was ouite content to accept the
escort of Mr. Thomas Briggs, and al
lowed him to walk beside her to the
depot and carry her modest travel
ing bag, with a feeling of comfort
and security she had never known
before.
Evident! v Tom's Spanish black
e'e and tawny mustache had made
an impression on ncr lnexpenwiccu
heart
Tom had lust found a comfortable
scat for Bab and himself on the
ehadv side of the coach, where they
could look out on the broad waters
of the Mississippi, which lay stretch
ed out like a silver ribbon before
their gaze, when Mrs. Perry and her
daughters rustled by in their flounc
ed lresscs. ' '
They bestowed a tils'.;! lit nod on
Bab, but ignored Tom altogether.
"Just see how they are flirting I"
sneered Bettv. "I shall take care
that Cousin Joe hears about that"
A two-seated spring wagon.behind
a team of prancing sorrel, w ith a
stout farm-hand at their hcaa3,stoon
.nvaitinsr the visitors.
The two girls and their mother
immediately took possession of the
seats, while iora ana Li) squeezed
themselves in the back part of the
wagon, which was filled with straw.
"It's more comfortable down here
on this nice yellow Etraw than sit
ting od those seats anyway," whis
pered BJ, consolingly, to her com
panion ; and he smiled back at her
in such a way that she blushed till
her checks were as red as the bitter
sweet berries, growing in a tingled
thicket by the roadside.
The sorrels made good time, and
a few hours found them drawn up
in front of the brown old farm
house. "And this is Cousin Joe's place? '
cried Viola, exultantly, as they
walked v.p the broad, linn gravel
walk to the house.
Auntie, the colored housekeeper,
stood on the wide porch, gaily at
tired in her festive frock of red cali
co, her sable kinks neatly hidden
from view under a span new hand
kerchief, as yellow as a ripe field
pumpkin.
"Good mornin',bdies good morn
in'!" she cried, smiling a hearty
welcome to the visitors, and bobbing
a resnectful courtesy to each in turn.
"But where's our v.ousin Joe
Mr. Ferris, I mean ?" demanded
Viola.
"Your which, honey?" queried
auntie.
"My cousin Mr. Ferris where's
he ?"
"Him? Whv, dar he air," re
sponded auntie, pointing over Viola's
shoulder. "Ef lie bin a snake he bit
ye, honey, sure.
And auntie s lat smes shook wun
enjoyment
lola turned around, i om rnggs
stood behind her.
"Welcome to Pinkdale, Miss Per
ry," he said jwilitely, but coldly.
"Indeed! And who are you,
nrav ?' demanded Viola sharply, to
rebuke his insolence. '
Me? Oh. I'm your cousin, Joe
Ferris, at vour service!" said the
supposed Tom Briggs. Tom sent
me a telegram that he could not
leave the city at present, so I con
cluded to go and escort you myself.
And as I did not wish to buy the
favor of my relatives, I determined
to personate Tom, and see if I could
win some lnendship lor mvscii
alone."
Here he tried to see Bab's eye3 ,
but 6he had turned them away in
much confusion.
"De dinner's a-waHin," announced
auntie.
And as there was nothing else to
be done, they all took seats around
the well-spread table, and matters
were smoothed over for the time.
But after dinner Bab slipped away
by herself to the old apple orchard
on the north hillside.
"What will he think ?" she said
covering her face with both hands.
"He he must have seen that I liked
him , but I never dreamed he was
Cousin Joe."
But swift footsteps had followed
hers, and 6trong hands drew her
own away from the blushing checks.
"You shan't run away from me
again little Bab," he said, drawing
hrr to Lira.
And the next morning's train car
ried Mrs. Perry and her two d.iush
ters back to the city, in spite of Joe's
polite invitation to stay for the wed
ding.
The Men Who Succeed.
Tht great difference among men
of all callings is the energy of char
acter or want of it Given the same
amount of learning and integrity,
and the same opportunities, and en
ergy will make one man a conqueror.
The want of it will see th other man
a failure.
Dead-beats are all men without
force. They had as good a chance
as any of their companions. Others
went ahead and carried off the pri
zes, while they were lying by the
wayside dispirited and despondent
It takes nerve, vim, perseverance,
patient continuance in well-doing to
win a great prize. And the young
man who goes into a profession
without this pluck and force will
not earn salt to his porridge. He
will drag through life with the help
of friends, getting some credit with
them for being a well-meaning man,
in delicate health and unlucky.
The real trouble is that he lacks en
ergy. This is just as true of the minister
as of the lawyer or the physician.
Piety is not enough, and piety with
much learning is not enough. All
the Greek and Hebrew in the world
will not qualify a man for usefulness
in the ministry. It wanta push,
stamina, vigor, courage, resclution,
will, determination in one word,
energy. If the youth knows a litt'e
Greek,he knows whatfnrrjro mcai ,
and without it Dr. Parr's knowledge
of Greek will not help him to use
fulness or success in the pulpit X.
Y. Ol3ertcr.
A Singular Asset.
"I am a-peaceable man," said the
intruder, crasnmg his club with
both hands, "but if you dont come
down with tiiJ&Q damages tor my
lacerated feelings, the bombardment
will begin at once."
The owner of the dog paid down
the money, as he was afraid the
other fellow might exasperate him
if he hit him with a club of that
size. The owner of the dog also
said that he was 6orry the dog had
bitten the intruder's son.
"Why, he ain't my son," said the
intruder.
"Whose son is he, then ?" asked
the astonished owner of the dog.
"He is theson of a friend of mine
who owed me $17.."0 ; but he is
poor, and the only available assets
he has are these dogbites on his
I tody, which he turned over tome
l.r collection.
"Well, 1 11 be blowcd."
Oh, you needn't complain ; you
are getting off dog cheap. I ought
to make you pav in advance for the
next time that bov is going to be
bit" , ' - .
What every one pays must be
true," that "Dr. Sellers' Cough Syr
up" lias no equal for coughs and
colds. Try it Price 25c
A Journalistic Ring.
In a letter on New York journal
ists, the correspondent of the Phila
delphia Pre is says :
I met old "Doc" Wood on Park
Row the other day. I have never
known' whv he was called doctor,
unless it was by reason of his ability
to physic the manuscripts ot other
men. " "Doc" Wood is the most ac
complished condenser in the world, j
lie can boil an article down into less j
space than any man who ever wield
ed a blue pencil. For years he was
with the San in the capacity of
squeezer, and he received a heavy
salary for his services, too. - Now he
J .1 IF H 1 !.
is
a reporter on tue Jicrcua, unu ia
paid like any common reporter, for
the mere w rk he does. If Mr.
Wood is a fair example of jurnalists
and, barring his inability to look
out for himself Srst, he is up with
the best of them writers rctrogade
after they have reached a certain
poiDt on the journey of existence.
If they do not become dissolute,
they are cither absorbed by some
great institution and never heard ol
afterward, or they get out of the har
ness. Tht re are no men who are
known so little of as a class. There
is no profession in which one error
can be so full of serious results and
that, too, in the face of people's no
tion that writers are all Bohemians,
and that within this mystic circle all
is carelessness and joviality. I am
moved to these remarks by the fact
that to-day I saw on Broadway a
man who offers a singularly striking
example of the condition named.
Some years ago he was employed in
a responsible position upon a great
daily. He organized a ring which
embraced a proof-reader, a corre
spondence reader, and a city editor,
(he was the telegraph editor), all
employed by the same great daily.
The operations of the ring were
cleverly arranged any mysterious.
One day a member of the editorial
staff who had not been taken into
the secret picked up a Western paper
and found in its columns a telegram
credited to a Chicago journal. The
telegram he recognized as having
been cabled from London to the
paper for which he worked, and he
therefore wondered that the Chicago
journal should be credited 'with it
Only a little time after this he found
another paragraph in a second
Western paper similarly mis-credited.
He began to imagine curious
things. He went to the exchanges
and found copies of the publication
which had been receiving the Dene
fit of the enterprise displayed by the
naner which employed him. The
special dispatches had been careful
ly cut out and detroyed. lie went
to the office of another metropolitan
daily and borrowed their Chicago
exchanges. His first discovery was
that the journal in question printed
every day the best part of the "ex
clusive" news purchased by the
newspaper he served. Clearly,
somebody had been stealing this
material, and the exchange reader
knew all about it He posted his
superior officer and they set a watch
on the office. They found that ex
tra proofs were struck off and sent
down to the telegraph editor. They
saw him write busily a little while
and give an envelope to the city edi
tor. They observed the latter leave
the building and hand the envelope
to another man, who carried it to
the telegraph office. They pushed
the investigation further and learned
that the ring was furnishing dis
patches to ten or twelve newspapers
all over the country, at an aggregate
income of about $(500 a week. One
morning in the office of the great
New York daily there was conster
nation. Four men were instantly and
unceremoniously discharged. They
were all important members of the
staff, and, therefore, their acts were
not publiely exposed. The origina
tor of this clever scheme was the
man I met on Broadway this after
noon. He had a black eye, and his
visage lore other marks of debauch
ery and its attendant ceremonies.
Once he was a remarkably promis
ing journalist in the city. Now he
is a drunkard and a generally ruin
ed man. I believe all the others
who shared his dismissal from the
great New York daily have come to
grief since. One tried to be a detec
tive and failed. The others, all
bright young men, have drifted into
that black unknown which we call
obscurity.
Atmospheric Just.
Everyone is aware that the at
mosphere holds quantities of dust
in suspension. The dust betrays its
presence by settling upon our
clothes, furniture and other objects ;
but on account of the minuteness of
its particles it cannot be seen as it
floats in the air, except under the
illumination of a 6trong light, as in
the case of a sunbeam shining in a
dark room. Besides the grains of
dust which may bo seen in this
manner, there are others which can
be perceived only through the mi
croscope, and others smaller still,
little nothings like nebulosities in
the sky, which seem to become nu
merous as they are sought for with
more powerful instruments. These
bits ot dust, lifted up and carried
hither by the atmospheric currents,
must not be overlooked for they
play a part of considerable intport
ance in terrestrial economy, and
give rise to real geological forma
tions. Clouds of impalpable dust,
ailing from the air in showers of
considerable abundance, are not un
common in some countries, and
have been noticed in periods of his
tory. Showers of drst both wet and
dry, are quite frequent in the Cape
de" Verd Islands, and are called "red
fogs" by the sailors. They are also
common in Sicily and Italy, and oc
cur so often in some parte of China
a3 hardly to attract remark. A
6hower of very fine dust which fell
in Southern France in October, 1846,
was found by the analysis of M.
Dumas and the microscopic testa
applied by E. Ehrenburg, to be
composed of the fine sands of Gui
ana, and to contain the characteris
tic diatoms and microscopic shells
of South America.
Xothiog cm Earth ao Good.
Certainly a strong opinion, said
one of our reporters to whom the
following was detailed by Mr. Hen
ry Kaschop, with Mr. Geo. E. Miller,
418 Main St, this city: I suffered
so badly with . rheumatism in my
leg last winter that I was unable to
attend to my work, being complete
ly helpless. I heard of St Jacobs
Oil and bought a bottle, after using
which I felt greatly relieved. With
the use of the second bottle I was
completely cured. In my estima
tion there is nothing on earth so
good for rheumatism as St Jacobs
OiL It acts like a charm. YVora
trr Maim.) Spy.
"Honesty ia a good policy." Yes,
but you have to pay the premium in
this world and realize on your in
surance in the next
; Baltics of the Itcvclatloa.
While this country has celebrated
the cent? nnial of the battle of York
town and the surrender of Corn
wallis, it is well to bear in mind
other battles .by, which we gained
our independence. They began April
1U, 1775; they closed ueiooer iv,
17K1 ; T-onra find six months.
The British sent lZifW soldiers and
sailors to this war. The colonists
met them with 230,000 continentals
and 30,'.'. militia. The leading
battles of the war are uoncoru anu
Lexington, Bunker .Hill, Long Is
land. White Plains. Trenton. Prince
ton, Bennington, Saratoga, Mon
mouth, Kings Mountain, unvpens,
Eutaw Springs, Yorktown. Many
nfthn n'hrrn arc cgncciallv local.
The following is a full list of the
revolutionary battles :
Lexington, 'first skirmish April
29,1775."
Iiconderoga May ii, i ..
Bunker Hill Juno 17, 1775.
Montreal. Ethan Allen taken
September 25, 1775.
St. Johus besieged anu cnpiureu
November 3, 1775.
Great Bridge, Virginia Decem
ber 9, 1775.
Quebec, Montgomery tuned
December 31,1075.
Moore's Creek Bridge I-Vuru ry
27, 177.
Boston, British fled March 17,
1770.
Fort Sullivan, Charleston June
28,1770.
Long Island August 2, , 1 i G.
Whito Plains October 28, 177G.
Fort Washington November 1G,
1776.
Trenton December 27, 1 n G.
Harlem Plains Septemlter 17.
1777.
Princeton January 3, 177.
Hubbardton July 7, 1777.
Bennington August 10, 1777.
Brand v wine September 11, 1777.
First "battle of IJemia Heights,
Saratoga September 17, 1777.
Paoli September 20, 1777.
Germantown October 4, 1777.
Forts Clinton and Montgomery
taken October 0,1777.
Second battle of Bemis Heights,
Saratoga October 7, 1777.
Surrender of Burgoyne October
13, 1777.
Fort Mercer October 22, 17 t.
Fort Mifflin November, 1777.
Monmouth June 28, 1778.
Wyoming July 4, 1778.
Quaker Hill, Khode Island
August 29, 1778.
Savannah December 2!), 177S.
Kettle Creek, Georgia February
14, 1779.
Brier Creek, March 3, 1 1 9.
Stony Ferry June 20, 1779.
Stony Point July 10, 1779.
Haulis Hck August 13, 1779.
Chemung Indians August 29,
1779.
Savannah August 9, 1(79.
Charleston surrendered to British
Mav 12,.1779.
Springfield June 28, 1780.
Rocky Mount June 20, 1780.
Hanging Rock August 0, 1780.
Sanders' Creek, near Camden
August 1G. 1780.
King's Mountain October 7, 1780.
Fish Dam Ford, Broad river
November 18, 1780.
Blackstocks November 20, 17S0.
Cowpcns January 17, 1781.
Guilooro March 15, 1781.
Habkirk's Hiil April 25, 1781.
Ninety-six beseiged May and
June, 1781.
Augusta besieged May and J une,
1781.
Jamestown July 9, 1781.
Eut-iw Springs Septemlcr 8,
1781.
Yorktown October 19, 1781.
Charcoal and Lime.
These two articles play a very im
portant part in the management of
fowls, whether bred in a fancier's
yard or on a farm. Charcoal should
be liberally fed, for no one thing
is more conducive to health than
thi3. It should be broken hi small
lumps and put where the fowls can
get at it, and they will eat it with
great relish. We have seen it fed to
pigs, with the very best results ; and
those which were treated to it were
never troubled with disease or sick
ness, while neighboring ones were.
This helps to prove it3 value not
only for swine but for fowls. Where
the birds are kept in confinement,
it is a very good plan to keep a
trough in a sheltered place, full of
small bits of fresh charcoal, and the
fowls will soon learn to help them
selves. The value of lime in the form of
whitewash is well know, and those
who use it liberally are the ones who
keep their flocks healthy and clean
ly. To render whitewash more ef
fective in dislodging, driving away
or destroying lice and other parasi
tic nuisances, the addition of a little
carbolic acid is invaluable, for
scarcely anything else seems so dis
tasteful to the vermin. Air slacked
lime sluuld be occasionally scat
tered over the floor of the chicken
house, to remove unpleasant and
unhealthy odors, while a little of it
should be scattered around the yard
and run. For material for egg
shells, oyster-shell lime is the best
American Stockman.
Propert j- Flights of Divorced Women.
A Philadelphian, from whom his
wife had been divorced, seems to
have imagined that by leaving town
he could avoid paying the allow
ance that the Court ordered given to
the wife for her support His opin
ion may have been strengthened by
the fact that in similar cases Penn
sylvania courts have never seized
the husband's property for the pay
ment of the allowance. The Su-
Ereme Court disappointed him,
owever, by following the English
practice and granting an order of se
questri m on which the absentee's
property could be seized and held
until the order of Court had been
obeyed. The decision is to be hail
ed with satisfaction, for so many
tricks to avoid supporting wives
divorcing unworthy husbands have
been winked at that the women in
such cases has generally been doom
ed to a dismal looking, whereas ac
cording to law and equity she is en
titled to sufficient support
AsnncRxnAM, Mass.,)
January 14, 1880. j
I have been very sick over two
years. They all gave me up as
past cure. I tried the most skillful
physicians, but they did not reach
the worst part The lungs and
heart would fill up every night and
distress me, and my throat was
very bad. I told my family I never
should die in peace until I had
tried Hop BitterA. I have taken
two bottles. They have helped me
very much indeed. I am now well.
There was a lot of sick folks here
who have seen how they heljwd nie,
and they used them and are cured,
and feel as thankful as I do that
there is so valuable a medicine
made."
. Mrs. Jcua G. Ccsni.vj.
Sheep A" Renovator of the RoiL
In England the most important j
method of keening un the vigor of
the soil is by pasturing sheep. The
sheep and the turnip tiro insepara
ble, and it is due to cheep pasturing
that the farms ia the country do not
deteriorate m quality. 1 heir, plan
of managing sheep !:ir
is very different fiu..'
li'fi puqioye
-. .-. U'e turn
i!iid allow
1 licking and
our sheep on pasuu
them ti riiiim at will,
selecting nly such herbage as suits
them best, occasioning uicroby a
greater distribution of manure than
we wish. Sheep dung ia very con
centrated and fine, and if the ani
mals can be made to feed on small
spaces they not only strew the man
ure thickly, but prcs3 it firmly into
the earth with their feet It is very
rich in nitrogen, and Professor John
son cl tidis that this is due to the
fact of the iood bein nitrogenized
by the air taken into the lungs, and
from thence into the system and
discarded. This, however, is not
generally accepted as correct, for if
such is the c ise with sheep it ii also
cq'J i!ly applicable to all other ani
mals. Its nitrogenous qualities are,
however, very apparent, owing to its
highly concentrated condition.
Fallowing i3 practised to a great ex
tent in this country, especially in the
South. It should be substituted by
sheep pasturing. To manage it prop
erly the sheep shouldlbe herded on
particular locations changing regu
larly at stilted periods. It has been
'claimed that 10 J sheep herded ou
one acre of ground for fifteen days
will manure the land sufficiently
for four crops. The land is first
sowed witli turnips, the Swedes or
rutbagns being preferred. ' as they
kept well. Even in winter these
turnips remaiu for the sheep. As
sheep eat close to the ground, they
f. ave but little on the turnips. The
huddles are made portable, and are
easily removed or changed. As
soon as the inclosed piece of ground
has been eaten off entirely the hur
dle is removed jut sullicieutly to
clear that piece to an adjoining one,
and the place lately occupied by
them is reseeded with something
else. As 6hecp are not adverse to
any kind of food a choice can be
made by the farmer as to the next
crop. ,
Among the many plants suitable
for this purpose are peas and beans.
Cow peas are excellent. A sheep
will eat the pea vine, peas, hulls,
roots too, if he can get at them.
Heavy tall grasses are not preferred.
and so eager are the sheep tor leed
ing close to the ground that they
have been known to become poor in
llrsh on heavy clover pastures that
were high, lneylove the young,
tender grass, and nearly all kinds
of weeds make good food for them.
It cannot be denied that by a
system of hurdling,, and frequent
changing of location, they can be of
incalculable benefit on poor soils.
Instances are known in which worn
out lands have by being herded with
been brought to the highest degree
of fertility It is also a very cheap
method of restorins land, for the
sheep so pastured will not only add
an increase to the value of the land
by bringing it back to fertility, but
will, with wool and carcass, pay a
handsome dividend on any amount
of capital expended in such an en
terprise. JIow lobe a Gentleman.
"You bcc, I am ' a gentleman!"
said Will Thompson. l,I will not
take an insult" And the little fellow
stiutted up and down with rage.
He had been throwing stones at
Peter Jones, and thought that his
anger proved him to be a gentle
man. "If you want to be a gentleman, I
should think that you should be a
gentle boy first," said his teacher
"Gentlemen do not throw stone3 at
their neighbors. Peter Jones did
not throw stones at you, and I think
he is more likely to prove a gentle
man." "But he has got patches on his
knees," said Will.
"Bad pantaloons do not keep a
boy from being a gentleman, but
bau temper does. Now, William, if
you want to be a gentleman, you
must first be a gentle boy."
"A little further on the teacher
met Peter Jones. Some stones had
hit him, and he was hurt by them.
"Well, Peter, what is the matter
between you and Will this morn
ing ?" he asked.
"I was throwing a ball at one of
the boys in play, sir, and I missed
hiin and hit Will Thompson's dog."
"Then, when he threw stones at
you, why did you not throw back ? '
"Because, sir, mother says to be a
gentleman 1 must be a gentle boy ;
and I thought it best to keep out tf
his way untU he cooled off a little.
The teacher walked on, but kept
the boys in mind. He lived to see
Will Thompson a rowdy, and Peter
Jones a gentleman, loved and re
spected by all. CItildrcns1 Frieiul.
X he Parama'Canal.
Mr. Eissler, an engineer cent to
Panama by capitalist? in San Fi-n-cisco,
to inspect M. de Lessep's ca
nal, so that they might know wheth
er or not it was a safe investment,
reports that the work of excavation
is proceeding satisfactorily. In Au
gust the number of laborers employ
ed was 1,150 and this number is
constantly being increased. His
statement that only 27 persons have
died within the past six months,
does not conform to the alarming re
ports as to the death rate as circula
ted by the New York World. For
the care of those who may le sick,
two hospitals are being built, and
there is on theground a strong med
ical staff with a full supply of all
kinds of drugs.
BuHat-Froof Clothing.
In Leipsic lately some experi
ments were made with a cuirass
made of a newly invented prepara
tion of steel which seems to preseut
great resistance to missiles. The
metal was only three-fiftieths of an
inch in thickness, and the inside of
the cuirass was lined with a thin
layer of wool. The entire weight of
the piece of armor, which was in
tended to protect only the heart and
lungs, was two pounds and a half;
but of 11 rounds of ball cartridge
fired at the cuirass at a distance of
165 yards, although eight of the bul
lets struck it, only two penetrated
the metal, and these were found to
be flattened and retained in the
woolen lining.
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Com
Kund is a remarkable remedy for
all those painful complaints and
weaknesses so common to our best
female population. Send to Mrs.
Lydia E. Pinkham, 233 Western
Avenue, Lynn, Mass., for pamph
lets. , .
At the Talahassee, Florida, Stat3
Fair, a preminra of six dollars wa?
offered for the best darned stocking.
Iioine Again.
Aud mighty jjhid to get there. v
Glad to get a snot where vour
rbedroom is big enough to turn a
double handspring in without find
ing two thirds out of the window.
Glad to find a bed where the
footboard .is a ' few, inches below
your feet instead of a few inched
above your knees, making it neces
sary to sleep in an uncomfortable
half-opened jacknit'e attitude.
Glad to set a drink of water thai
i3 not so saturated with "healing
minerals" that it tastes like a rusty i
lamp post on a frosty morning.
Glad you haven't got to swear such
stuff "does you good."
Glad to abandon the nonsensical
conventionalities of "resort" life and
lift your feet to the mantlepiece iu
the American fashion and feci so
cial and free.
Glad to get a square meal into
your system garnished with symply
tho provission dealer's prolix. A
meal that you feel Bure you can af
ford to eat.
Glad to 6ec your wiio and family
around your own table and hearth
stone. They look better aud feel
more closely related to you than
they do promenading the verandas
of a hotel with strangers.
Glad somebody can speak to you
and answer a civil question without
charging "fifty cent3 all around."
Glad it isn't necessary to lie to
strangers about your extensive busi
ness and your magnificent estab
lishment You can't fool people
that have know you from a boy up,
bo you don't have to try.
Glad you had money enough to
get homo alter your hotel bill was
paid. This i.-s cause for proclama
tion of a day of thanksgiving and
prayer.
Home again. And you inwardly
vow that you will not let the ten
drils of your affections so cling
around your o.vn vine and fig tree
tree that you never will desert its
comforts again, never, never. But
in less than three months guide
books and "resort' literature will
begin to post otlice box, and you'll
find yourself planning just such
another lay-out for next summer.
The nomadic instincts of human
nature will not "down" after thev
have once been gratified. AVic
I lave a llrg liter.
AValkinz Stick.
To breako ff a branch for defen
sive purposes,as Crusoe did on find
ing himself on an unknown island,
would be one of the first act of
primitive man. A rude support of
this kind would soon be followed by
the piigrim's-staff familiar to us in
pictures of the patriarchs ; and from
these early staves down to the gold
headed cane of our modern dandy,
what a variety of walking sticks
have been produced, according to
the fiisliion and fancy of the time.
When, in 1700, footmen attending
gentlemen were forbidden to carry
swords, those quarrelsome weapons
were usually replaced by a porter's
stafl, with a large silver handle, as
it was then described. Thirty years
later, gentlemen of fashion begun to
discard their swords, and to carry
Jl rv Gfc..7 If till IVH n,mii
and ugly faces cf.ved thereon. Ik
fore very long, a competition arose
between long and short walking
sticks, some gentian - i liking them
as long as leaping pu! ?,r.s a satirist
of the day tells us; while others
preferred a 3rard of van.i-hed cane
"scraped tiper, bound at smc end
with a wax thread, and tipt :;t the
other, with a neat turned ivory
band as big as a silver penny."
Ch'tr.ibcr'j Journal.
Dancing and Its KfTeets.
This is what the Journal of Educa
tiun says about dancing ant! it? con
sequent effects : A great deal can
be said about dancing; for instance,
the chief of police of New York city
says that three-fourths of the aban
doned girls there were ruined by danc
ing Young ladies allow gentlemen
privileges iu dancing, which taken
under any other circumstances,
would be considered as improper.
It requires neither brains nor good
morals to be a good dancer. As tbe
love of one increases the love of the
other decreases. IIow many of the
best men and women are skillful
dancers? In ancient times the sex
danced separately. Alcohol i.-t the
spirit of beverage. 80 sex is tue
spirit of the dance ; take it away
and let the sex dance separately
and dancing would $o out of fash
ion, very soon. Parlor dancing is
dangerous. Tippling leads to
drunkenness and parlor dancing
leads to ungodly balls. Tippling
and dancing sow U the wind and
both reap the whirlwind. Put
dancing in the crucible, apply the
acids, weigh it and the vtruictof
reason, morality and religion in,
"Weighed in the balance and found
wanting.
PnniHlietl Tor Cursing the AI:nhtj-,
People in the region about Little
Rock, Arkansas, are much exercised
over two remarkable events which
have just been reported. Robert
Nelson, aged 70, has suffeied heavi
ly by reason of the long drouth, and
one day began cursing the Iord for
permitting such an affliction.
hue thus encaged he fell back
ward, having been stricken with
paralysis, llo has not spoken a
word since.
A similar occurrence is reported
in Union county, where a young
man named John rreeman, who
spoken blasphemously of the Lord
for not sending rain, was struck by
lightning mid killed. These inci
dents were the topics of several
preachers on Sunday.
Provable Wife Murder In IiahSmore.
Baltimore. Nov. 4. About eL'ht
o'clock l.tnt night Mrs. Funny Kee-
fer, cged thirtj', w;ts lataily shot
through a window from an alley
adjoining the bruise in which she
wus sented, cn I'.urke street, in
the northeastern saction of this city,
the full charge from a shosgun en
tering tho neck and face,just below
the e:ir. The assassin was not seen
and ascaped. Mrs. Kecfer has been
separated from her husbrnd for
some time, and was keeping house
for a man on -whose promises she
was shot. Emanuel kecfer, hus
band of the murdered woman, was
arrested at a late hzur 0.1 pnspicion
of Jiuvir.g fired the shot.
A Scoundrel IlisIi'eoasSont ivicn.
Xesv Yoks, Nov. '. A special de
spatch from Lumpkin CJ , s:ya ;
"Ii. Spark?, colored, who chloro
formed an old man named I:e and
outrrgeously assaulted his tlauh
ter, w'ub found guilty to-day and ben
tenced to be hanged on Noem Jer
IS." : : v
If you are deaf, ears run, ar.d
have'calarrb, take Peruna. 1 have
tried it C. D Wiley, Houghton,
Pa.
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Sackacha, Soreness of
Co'jt, Qa-ry, Soro Throat, Swell
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" Zez.'Js, Cer.oral Bodily
Peiits.
Tocih. Car and Headache, Frosted
feet and Ears, and all otner
Pains and Aches.
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C. N BOYD,
PRUGGIST
Somerset, Pa.
r TE CRSAT
jiuitLixoTox noiru.
CSXo other line runs Tin'C Throush Pna
sensrer Travis Ihiilr between Chlcnpo, Doe
Moitv -S C.'iicil Biu. Omaba. Lincoln. St.
Joseph, Atthison, T"i)oka and Eansns City.
IHrett ((.mifotioni for ail rwint in Kanpns,
Nelirustcn, t'olorado. Wyomlnir. Mi-ntana. Ne-rad-i,
Nc or Mexico, Arizona, Itkh J, Oregon end
CiiSifo-.Tiia.
The SUortet. Speediest tind Most Cr.mferta
tiVe lioute via llaimih..' to Fort Sett. Denison,
UUi:u. Houston, Austin. San Antonio, Galves
ton r.ud nil points in Ttsa.
VUo unwjualcd iuilurements f.ITcred by this
7 inn to Travelers and Tourist are a follows:
Vao celebrated Pullman ilC-wlieell 1'alace
Fieepinjr Cars, run only on this I. Inc. B. &
Q. Piiliiec nrnwicy-Itoora Cars, with Horton's
lieciininir Chairs. extra t haree for Seats
in Iteclininsr Oosiira. Tho famout C. It. & Q.
Palace I)inin tars. Oorjreoust Sra"kiii(r Care
fitted with Kica-nnl Ilifih-liat ked Kattan Ko
volvinft Chairs for tho exclusive u?o of first
cla's paenirors.
Steel Track and Sunerior Fnuipment, com
bined with their G resit Through CarArranee
ment. makes this, above all ot h.?!, the favorite
Home to the South, South-west, ar.d tho Fur
West.
Try it. and you will find travclin? luxury
Instead of a diseomfort.
Throufth Tickets via this Celcbmted tine
for cnlo ut all otlices in the I'Ditcd States and
Canada.
I All informal ion nlioiit ITate of Far"", 81ep
hiS Car AccmmolMlin, Timo Tabltrs, tc
will be cheerfully fivt-a, and will scud rrre to
ny address an ii?aa!.t t"in.'i .'J ip of United
ritatca. In colors, by applying t.
J. y. A. UiCVN.Uen'a lattcrn Aleut.
l 13 Bftluro's frrealmt renwdv. I jr. Huitmui I
rrncriDoa it to j,uro MUeon, au or mna I
I rornver.-.! or were luncfi Improved. I
yonnz, the mlddle-aimL tho old, the bat
iort tli mother. 13
f erun always aKnea wiui Uie puu-nt,
it rl-anio the system of all la liapurltlea.
(ones tne stomaca, rYnlates toe heart, aa-
incKsiasncretioniot uie uver, Kreortne:
U14nfirvud InvlimFalMthAhrmin. a
pEdUXA Is the greatest appotlier. iwa
blood, end to the Weary and tired rroo the
tollssndoresot tha dy tt rives swantand
rare earn meal, when wau. toprerent sick-
(uraeiWoltwIllnotenreeTnelpw I
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41 at3; each sue a (rot remedy la Itwlf.
See piraphlet. f
It Is pleasant to tue tumiuiisuii
stomach to digest auy arttele of food. I
F t.i book iiirh wl II enable yoa to u.
ToBrsalf, crttlrcsa 8. B. HAKTSfA! CO
033ORN, Ohio. AlwaysresulateUMbewols
snd pelrlo orpns with
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The Somerset Herald I
(ESTABLISHED S827.)
HAS DOUBLE THE CIRCULATION
OF ANY OHER NEWS
PAPER IN HE
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It Will Contain the General News
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sWe are ireparttl to furnish
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duction on former prices, ell kinds
of
JOB XV O R K,
such as :
LKTTER HEADS,
BILL IIEAD8,
ENVELOPES,
Br?IES3CAKPS,
VISITIXO CARDS,
WEDDING CARDS.
PKOGRAMMES,
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'Jnmberland at 2.3 A. M , sr-iii M
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dally sxcept Saoday.
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EQVIPPED : aad heace its
Leading Railway
of T HE
WEST AND northwest:
It is the shortest and beat roote betwfea Citar
and all plnt! in
Northern Illinois. Iowa, lisk-.ta. Trmfet
Netraska, t'ailic.raia. Urei-i-B. Arim. I'-"
Colorado, Idatao, Alonutna, Nevaua sd1 '
Council BluH Omaha
DESTER, LE.IDYILLE.
SALT LASS. SAN 72&Z
DEADWCOD, SICUXCIH,
C.lar Rapids. Dee Moines. Colaml-as. swl
Pomts In tha Territories, sn l the wn-t. A
Milwaakee. Green Bay, hk-h. Shf?t
Marijaetle, Food du Lai-. Wateruiara, H "3-s.
eenah. Menasba. St. PaaU Minneapi'li' l"
Volga, Fanro, Msmarek. in.-na. Lif1"
(Hratonna. and all points In Minnesota. V
AttV nncil Binds th Twins "f the mw
North-Wrstern and tbe f. P. Kr' tlersn
nil. a t ...I ii u th. Mm. i. .in t I niiia .
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ran uaniie Koutes.
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