1 r.-J $ :l 1 I Matches. Few people who use half a box of matclien & day are disposed to think much on the Bubjfct of their origin, and rest content with the fact the exist. Fifty years have not yet "passed nce the mo6t ele mentary match in its present form was invented, and in Vienna the other day they celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their invention by three Austfians, to whom, of course, that honor was assigned. In Eng land in 1S32 matches had not reach ed their preseut shape, but had only reached the atage of "lucifew." The modern generation has lost eight of all these gradual evolutions, and they are only known to thoewho have the misfortune to be the sur vivor! of those benighted and unen lightened days. In the time of Fox and Durke, and up to the beginning of the present century, the flint and steel and tinder stage had not been I wi8-d, though it is pronauie inn. p J..hi.totf and others were more skillful than we moderns are at this intricate nitration About the be ginning of the century, howevtr, matters began to improve, and long brimt-tone matches came into uce to pupply the place of the tinder. Then; were pieces f wood about six inches long, tip,, with xulphur. and caught fireeaMl? from the siwrk of the flint It would be difficult to obtain a penmen of them nowa days. No mueum Heems to inter-frt-t itself in prere ving thefe little Hicial curio-itif; and it in only some fil'twearn hence that they will be h.kei Un as such, and xoualit afl-r in some teclunciil exinnuion of the match trade It not,! however, until 1825 that matter- -gan to improve, when an ehiUirate apparatus, called the "Eupyrum, came into use. Thin coiiBMeil of an oten ottle containing sulphur ic acid, soaked in fii.roua asbestos, and the matches, which wtre. male alKiut two inches long and sold at one shilling a box. were tiped with a chemical combination, of which chlorite of potiish was the princi pal ingredient. On putting t!.e match into the Untie a'.tl rapidly withdrawing it" flame was produc ed, but a the acid was ineonvt nient and the matches liable to 1 spoiled by damp, the Eupyrion.beingshown not to be the fluent, dil not survive. Many inventions more ingenious than useful were successively tried theTyrophorous" the pneumatic tinder box and the hydrogen lamp of Debereimer; but it was not till 1S32 that the fir-t sign of a friction match was evolved, and was culled a "luifer" by the joking generation. Lucifers were substantially the pres et match pulled through a piece of sandpaper. The remembrance of such a contrivance is calculated to make us think less than we do of that dull time. But the country was waking up, and the congreve. which is the match of the to-day followed. Whether the congreve was called after the rocket of that name it a doubtful point There is a story of it, inventor which hows, if true, the value of atten tion on the part of rchool boys, and might be put up in all boarding schools. The real inventor, it is said a village school master ex plained it to his boys at school, and one more intelligent talked of it to his more intelligent parent, who was a chemist and who turned it to ma terial advantage. Be that as it may, this was the same as the match of today; and it has since uudergone few improvements, except one. changing it from a silent to a not-y match. The silent matcn, wnicn is mo affected by burglar, and is a reeeary accompaniment to lUt slipper, consists in tlx omi-sion f ehljrate of otah in the composi tion which tips it, and which U the cause of the crackling noise whicfc is liable to awaken Uu? intended vic tim. The great iuveulion waw the i"-ty mutch, which was patented by Bryant fc May in 1S56. "it would require perhaps theiu teilect of a B ibtnge to wrestle with tlx; statistics of matches. That . tW,000 are txurned every day in Eu roie seems tuucii below the mark. S ime firms, such a- Messrs. Dixon, at M uu-hestir, turnout 9,M.XI0a d.tv, and cnaiiv in LohJ. I no and Chree million. To !''ViMliUiiMI of 1 1.1 i- ... tone ehows that ati tl AJ0 a yar are turned ul hi tfw-se two countries alone. In America, here, as iu France, there U at; X on matchi s, ty which grist is brought to the null, ihestaiuittt show an out put of about 4J,UK),WaA). Soaihrra Blood fcirantls. The introduction .f hloodhound it ierfJCnaiices of '"Uncle To mi Cabin," by Mr. Abbey's company which has itenn traveling in Vir ginia, seems to many former slave holders to be an insult to the South Ami a perversion of th truth of his tory. The Wheeling fidelligmcer hiut collected numerous opinions on the suttject, of which the genefjj tenor is that fugitive slave were "never tr icked by dogs in Virginia or by bloodlwuuds in any part of the South. In Mississippi and some other States, it is said, ordinary hounds, sometimes called "negro houuds," which had beeu trained to pursue but not to bite, were occa sionally used for that purpose, packs of them being kept by men who found their profit in loaning them to planters as occasion demanded. 6etting aside the question of cruelty, it is explained that slaveholders were not so foolish as to employ bloodhounds to tear val uable prop erty in pieces. It is in fact evident thai a slave would be a(t to depre ciate rapidly after a bloodhound got hold of him. He Kipped aa Wisely, but im WrlL A young man dressed in the height of fashion, while riding in a Fulton aveuue car iu Brooklyn ou Wednes day afternoon, discovered a tiny thread across the patent leather ia step, and he wound it around his glovtd finger and begau to pull. It ,proved to be a long thread, but he (kept on drawing it, and whet) he aiad Killed out over a yard lie fcit is his pocket, as though he expect ed to find a spool of thread there. As he threw down his leg he was borror sUickea at thediscoverv that while one branch of his pantaloons was as tight fitting m he could de ire, the other was a hm flap, aud ftkai he had onconsciou-ly ripsed up Che side seam. His face assuuied n agnostic expression, and be bo& d for tbe door after borrowing two pins from the conductor. A German has discovered that if wood be exposed to the action of a bested current of pure oxygen, it becomes proof against (1 action of moisture and of changes of temper ature,and is especially adapted to the manufacture) of musical instra- iiiiiior.ius 111 ivigiaiii -iiui rr-uwi . . .. . . - , '. . . . mi irom lie tali e and out tier IiniuI A Kel Hair Boom. There are unmistakable sigus in the sky of fashion that a boom in red hair is gathering for a decent ujon us not the s't of red hair which is orange hued and too utter- j lv Milesian, but that other and soft er kind, suggestive of very ripe corn "iind the crimson tinge which makes the waving harvest field so beuuti-. ful." How this happy golden mean, this peculiar red with the dash of, pensive modulation in it, so to say, I is to be actiieved in all cases, we are not advised, but in due time, no doubt, some 6ubtle alchemy of dye- ini and bleaching will mate me nrocess easy and reasonably cheap. It is not to be expected, of course, that such a change from the various prevailing puffed, coiled and ring feted shades to one common sym phony in ripe corn red, as it were, can be effected all at once, or with out many accidents and a good deal of "off color" exasperation, but in this as in all other reform- we must le content with gradual progress. Ked hair, like the poet instinct or the faculty of guessing the weight of hogs, is a gift of nature, si.d not to be counterfeited on the impulse of the moment In the way of historical simili tude, this aspiration in the direc tion of redness over oilitr f.tst col ors in hair has the amplest warrant. It has leen tolerably well settled that red hair runs clear back to Eve., and came in w ith original sin. This gives it a piquant as well as an Hntiaue interest, and redeems it trotn the ni re Colnmonpl.iCe relation of an ordinary modem invention. Thre be those who are fun-itical enough to claim that the system of logic by which Lve is proved to have had red hair establishes, also, the uncomfortable fact that but for her hair there would have leen no fool ishness alnMit the forbidden fruit, and hence no difficulty with our consciences. That is a view, how ever, with which fashion has noth ing to do. The question is one of adornment simply, and do s not in volve considerations of a theological nature. Because Eve in imitated in relation to her hair, it d.a-s not fol lowthat is to say, it is not logically necessary that the harvest tinge should lie justified and authenticat ed by pursuing it to its extreme manifestations. It is possible to sport red hair and yet not lie Eve, just as it is possible to be Eve and yet grow hair of midnight darkness or to le Adam and yet be distinct ly bald headed. Tbe Bad Boy at Breakfast. "Yes," said the boy, with a vacant look, "I take no "interest in the pleasures of the chase any more, though I did have a little quiet fun this morning at the breakfast table. You see pa is the contrariest man ever was. If I complain that any thing at the table don't taste good, pa savs it is all right This morn ing i took the syrup pitcher and emptied out the w hite syrup and put in some cod liver oil that ma is taking for her cough. I put some on my pancake, and pretended to taste it. and I told pa the syrup was sour, and not fit to eat Pa was mad jii a second, and he poured out some ou hjs pancakes and said I was get ting too ponfounded particular. He said the syrup was good enough for him, and he soaped his pancake in it and fired some dowo his neck. He is a consamed hpyocrite that's what he is. I could see by his face that the cod liver oil was near kill ing him. but he said the syrup was all right, and jf I didn't eat mine bed break my J):k; and by Joe 1 had to eat it, and pa be guedsed he hadn't got much appetite and would jut drink a cup of coffee and eat a donut I like to dide, and that i tik makes this disappointment in love harder to bear. But 1 felt sorry for ma. Ma ain't got a very strong stummich, and hen he got some f that cod liver o j; her mouth w jyent up stairs, sicker 3 horse, and pa had to help her, and she l.wl nooralgia all the morning. I eat pickles to ute ha taste out of my mouih. and then ( laid for the hired girls. They eat too much any pay, and when they got o:i to thaiod 1 1 V- r i I and rWaitoaed a lt of it, ! t 1U-111. an Iris'i girl, all g"t oil Jw-rtrsetaiid guid lmwly Moses. and tluu fc'elitout into the kitchen looking as ma docs when she has I loader on hex 4at. and the other girl, who is wutcn, newJjowea a pancake and Kiid, 'Mine tioU, fas de matter from ine,' and she went nut and leaned 011 the coal bin. Tdev talked Irish and Dotch, and I thought I would come over lure. Tii4 whole family is sick, hut it 1 not frm vye like my il.ness, and they will get ,oyer it while I shall fill an early grave. F& and I are going to Chicago nejtt wk and I'll bet we'll have some fun. Pa says I need a chaogn of air, and I think he is going to try to lose me. It's a cold day when I get left any v litre that 1 can't find my way back. Well, good by, old pota toes. Kireec Befara. A veteran of the Mexican ar, whose leg was cut off iu a saw mill, has for five years excited the sym pathy of the people above four teenth street A loy sits on the walk in Fourteenth street with bis hat between hissiucpsof legs. An other boy, who is paralyzed, drags himself up and down a space &bout a rod in length in Union square and takes in the money. A woman has leerned to twist her hands in such a way that Jhey present the appear ance of a huxiile deformity. She ades to the pitiafcie spectacle by screwing up nex lace xa a manner that U calculated to draw a few pen nies at least from the pockets of the charitable. A humpbacked man lies like a ball on the walk in Twen ty-third street tlu wife assists him. She waits at some distance until she sees a person whom she thinks would give coming along, and then walking up to her husband as though ao entire stranger drops a single penny fulo his hand. The idea is that the sight of a poor, rag red woman giving will soften the heart of the person who seea the act It is a very common sight to see women sitting 00 the curbstone playing their piping and intermit tent hand organs and holdings babe in theirarms. Often these babes &r hired for the purpose. Blind men generally employ boys to lead tbem about A hatless man will step up to a jKsdestriau and say: "I am just out of the hospital, and I would like to ask you, sir, if you have an old hat at home, to gie jt to me." Of course, the man cannot co home to i get the hat, and the beggar, if any siteiiuoii is pmu u mm, receives & money gift. A well dressed man at one time made Broad wav tiie scene of his operations. His linen was clean, his clothing was carefully brushed, and his shoes were neatly, polished. He was thrown out of: employment, atd pawned his furni-j 1 " Ilia ... if., u rwl lure piece uy pieve. mo children wanted for bread, and hia pride fell. Fifty cents would keep tne wolf from the door for a day. and he would repay tne iavor wnen ha afrnrwl work. He made a mis take by going into several places twice. Women well attired go into offices and, saving they have lost their pocket books, ask for a loan suffi cient to pay their fare home. They hlv'uive a street far un town. so as to obtain the elevated railway fare. 10 cents. They say their hus bands will return the amount A man entered the ticket office of a railroad company on Broadway last week and asked the distance to Chi cago. He said his money had leen stolen and he was going to walk to that city. The hearts of the clerks were hardened and the scheme did not work. A half drunken fellow asked a hotel clerk to write a letter f..r dim in ink to Peter Cooper sav- i,.t 1 1 tourer wait a deserving man. Tbe clerk wrote instead that he was an impostor, and the man, not know ing the difference, took the letter to Mr. Coofier s house, last winter an iAA n-llnw in a linen coat came around to an office in Broadway, nearTwenty-lhird street, regularly, and was given something each time. Finally it was thought that if he was reailv needv he ougni 10 oe helped. There had been a heavy 1 .11 ..(' snnv A fchiivel was brought out and he was told he would be paid $2 if he would clean the walk. "On, no, sir," said he. ' I can't. 1 have a pain 111 my back. The Civil Service. Washington, December. 27. The following are :he essential provis ions of the bill to regulate and im prove the civil service as passed by the Senate to day : The bill provides for the appoint ment by the President suljcl to confirmation by the Senate, of three peisons(aia salary of SJ,UW each ami traveling expenses.) not more than two of whom shall be adher ents of the same party, as civil ser vice commissioners, and said three commissioners shall constitute tne United States Civil Service Commis sion. These iMimniissiontrs shall aid the President in making suita ble ruies for carrying the act into effect The rules "shall provide f r open, fair and practical eoniietiiive examinations, and that applicants who pass highest shall las selected for at po'ntmeiit Appointment in the executive depart mt tits at Wash ington shall be apportioned among the several states, Ac, on the basis of population. There shall be a pe riod uf probation in case of appoint ments, and promotions shall be made from lower to higher grades on the basis of merit and cocipeti tion. Ko person in the public service is for that reason under any obligation to contribute to any political fund, or to render any political service, and he will not be removed or oth erwise prejudiced for refusing to do so. and that no person in said ser vice has any right to use his official authority or influence to coerce the political action of any person or body. There shall be non-competitive examinations in all proper cases be fore the commission, when compe tent persons do not comjiete after notice has been given of the exist ence of the vacancy, under such rules as may be prescribed by the commissioners at to the manner of giving notice, competition may not be found practicable. Any diverg ence from the rules laid down shall lie reported by the commissioners, a lio shall giv JLheir reasons there for, their report to be e&ct'&nnually to the President for transm'istiun .o Congress. The commissioners may ii pp. int a chief examiner, at a salary of $3,000 a year and traveling e enses ; also, a secretary, at a salary of S J, 600 a year; also, a stenogra pher when jjecessary, and a messen ger. The commission siitu', at Wash ington and in one or more plaot-s in each fttrtU pr territory where exami nations are to late' p!a;e, designate a cumter of persoijs, ij hei than three, in the i.fh i d serviis ff fch.e United States, residing in said Mate or territory, after consulting the head of the department or otftoe in which 6uch persons serve, to be members of boards of examiners, and may at any time suistitute any other person in said service living in such territory U the place of any ou so selected. Such b(;id of ex aminers frhaJJ ie so hicate.d as to make it reio4nby convenient ajd inexpensive for applicants to attend belore them ; and where theta ara persons to be examined in any stats pr territory, examinations shall lie hehj,triQ3ciq at least twice iu eacn year. Fines and imprisoru:jciifs are pre scribed for any fiersoii i,n''th,e pluIic service who wilfully or corruptly . obstructs the opt ratio) ia of the ser vice by giving information, bi rail ing documents and wrongfully grading applicants for appointment JCach head of a department shall wiLluQ euty days classify his employes', .nd hall from time to time, by direction i .the President, make such revision of the iisL as is called for by the good of the public service. Whenever there are two or mors members of a family in the public service in the grades covered by this' act no Glt.er members 01 such lami ly shall be jeligibja to appointment to any of such graileg. 0 recom mendation of any person who ahaU apply for office or place under the provisions of the act which may be given by any senator or member of Ui House of Representatives, ex cept as vt character of or resi dence of .the applicant, shall be re ceived or considered by tny person concerned in making any examina tion pr appointment under this act. Ho peraon habitually using intox- icating beverages a excess snail oe appoiuLed to or retained ia unv of fice, business or employment ) which the provisions of this act are applicable. No Senator or Eepw sentative, or territorial delegate of tbe Uingress. or Senator, Kepresen .tative or delegate elect, or any offi cer or employe of either of said Houses, and .no executive, judicial, solitary or riaval officer of !ie United Jates, and no clerk or em ploye of any diaxtment, branch or bureau of theexecuXf ve, judicial or military or naval service pf the United SUtes, shall, JirecUy .or nr directly, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned ia soliciting or receiving, any assessment, sub scription or contribution for any po litjcal purpose whatever, from any officer, .clerk or employe of the United States, ox any department, branch, or bureau thereof, or from Any person receiving any salary or compensation from any moneys de rived from the Treasury of the United States. Xo person shall, in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by any person or employe of the United Stales, solicit in any manner whatev er, or receive any contribution of money, orany other thing of value, furany politic purpose whatever No officer or employe of the United Stales mentioned in this net shall discharge, or promote, or iu manner change the official ra nk or compensa tion of any other officer or employe, or promise or threaten so to 00, for giving or withholding or neglecting to make any contribution of any money or other valuable thing for any political - purpose, o orhcer, clerk or other person in the service of the United States shall, directly or indirectly, give or hand over to any other officer, clerk or erson iu the service of the United States, or to any Senator or member of the Hou-e of Representatives, or territorial del egate or other person acting for such Seiiator, member or delegate, any money or other valuable thing on ac count of or to be applied to the pro motion of any political object what ever. . The last section provides that any person who shall be guilty of violat ing any provisiou of the four Aire going sections 6hall be deemed guilt' of a misdemeanor, and shall, on con viction thereof, be punished by a tine notexceed ugtive thousand dollars, or by imprisonment r a term not exceeding three years, or by such tine and imprisonment both, in the discretion of the curt. Btudr Your Markets. The question of success or failure with most farmers depends upon their .knowledge of the markets. Many industrious and skillful farm ers tail just at this piint They know how to cultivate . crops, Uut are jioor salesmen. They keep iu a bcatcu track, and never vary the relative proportion of meadow, pasture and tillage ; seldom try a new crop of seed or to improve their breeds of cattle, swine or poultry. They do not read much, and seem not to be aware that farming, like other pursuits, is in m transition state, and they must meet new demands orjfail 111 business. The change is so great from the age of homespun, which closed some fifty years ago, to the present time, that our younger readers can hardly appreciate it. Then almost everything consumed 111 a farmer's family was produced on his own farm, or manufactured under his roof. Nearly all table supplies, except sugar, molasses, tea and coffee, were his own raising. The housewife spun and wove not only all her table and ltd linen, but all the clothing for her household. She made the cotton aud tow wicks and dipped them in tallow, for the lights in the dwelling. Traveling shoemakers made theannual supply of boots aud shoes. The trade winch a farmer had with the' outside world was of a very limited charac;er. AH this is changed now. ilo cloth is made in the home. The spinning wheel and loom have long since gone into kindling wood and only the small linen wheel aud distaff is pre served occasionally as a memento of the thrifty habits of our grandmoth ers. The farmer has become a pur chaser: buys all that he wears, buys much that he eats, and buys often times his fuel and lights. To meet these new demands, he has occasions to study the markets to find out what people want in exchange for the things he must purchase. Es pecially does he need to' study the home markets. Tillers of the low priced huid of the south, by aid of cheap transportation, are able to compete with hiin in wheat, corn and other grain, so that he cannot afford to raise them to sell, by the old method at le;st, though possibly he can for his own use. Hay, pota Umss 411.4 some other articles are so bulky that'he has little .competition and can sell them at a profit With a knowledge of the markets, and the capacities of the soil, it is not a very difficult matter to ascertain what crops will pay, and what will not. We want tnis knowledge and must have it if we are to succeed in busi nestf. Those who do notstudy these condition of success, and cannot ull ' what any giveu crop ciwis, d not, know whether it pays or in a. must glye up soir.e of the old crops, as untujU;di.o present'eircum-; stances, aim cuuivaiinoseior r men we know there is a profitable de mand for a first rate article,md thus have a specialty that will return him handsome profit aud wiu him the reputation of being an enterprising man. He will at the same time set gn example to other farmers that may benefit the agriculture of a W.hole',rxeborhood, or even of a (vrtinty. Tbe Wnla fjimtera of Japai). ' The whale fishery of Japan is carried on as a regular business ou both coasts of the country: but more nic-n art employed, and Hie catch of whaJet I 'g, "3 the eastern coast, : esjp-ciafly of)' K'ij j,.'.!yjiii Tilt fishermen of thje'lfUle Jiihu; of Koa have a lookout lower pt "!,' t-d upon the rocks, far up on the hill side. A sentinel is kept c.n-t inily watching for the spouting kjn ("number one fish", as the native call the whale. Long boats, hold ing frcm tour to ten men, are kept - ' I . I I TL . - l 11-1 reaay uncne, - inese naruy ni J0W8 row with tremendous energy, as If iu a prize race. f the whales are numerous, the met) wait in their boats, with sculls on their pjns and straps ready to slip tin at a luoaiciii'ji notice, all iu order to put out to sea, A gay flag with a curious device oat; at each stern. The whalemen are divided rnJto scullers, netters and harpooners, or grappjjng iron men. Japanese never row, but scul) yr&h curiously bent long sweeps, which swing on a half round knob set into a pivot, the handle end being usu ally strapped at the projier height The dyce on each flag is different, and spears, neu.wjd prappling irons are marked," so tthat the um kill ful get proper credit 'for their vur &ge, sure aim and celerity. ' ' Tie (boatmen are lightly clad in short, sleeveless coihjn jackets, with leggins, lake greases, ' fetuiLUig from knee to ankle. Aroun.J tieir waiut are kilts made of coarse rice straw. The nets, which are about tfTnty feet square, with meshes three feel wide, are made ef tough sea grass row, jtwo inches thick. Twenty .or tfdrty of .these nets are provided, ' and 'then 'jhgtiuv Ij.-d 10 gethex.so as to make 'oiie huge' net, rom four hundred to six hundred (eaf, Jom. As soon as the signal from ttffl jhjV.er jis given, te' boats put out, two by Jwceiibh pair of th larger boats baring the net tacfile, and all armed with 'darts and spears. Rowing in front of the whale, the net is dropped in his path. If skill fully done, the huge fish ruiw hia nose or jaw into a mesh. He at once dives, and tries to shake off the net. This he cannot do, for the square in which he is entangled im mediately breaks off from the rest which is hauled or. hoard, ready for another drop. Should this also be ! successful, the gamei.-t soon up with he wiial. Usually, tiie more he : flounders, the more tightly his hrri ; hie collars bold him, entangling his fins aud quickly exhausting his strength. No soonerdoes he rise for breath than the rowere dash close to him, giving the harMoners an op portunity to hurl their darts at his i big body, until he looks like an ex aggerated pin cushion. As Ins strug gles become weaker, the grappling irons are thrown on and the boat tow the carcass near shore. To land their prize, the successful hunters lash about it stout straw ropes, and attach to them a cable, winding the other end around a w indless set up on the leaeh. Then, with pay and lively songs, they haul the enormous muss ashore. The whale is now cut up into chunks. Its tidbits go on the fish erman's gridiron, or are pickled, boiled, roasted, or fried. The Uat auU Worthless are never imitated or counterfetteti. This is especially true of a family medicine, aud it is pos'tive proof that the remedy imitated is of the highest value. As soon as it had been tested and proved by the world that Hop Bitters was the purest, best and most valuable family med icine on earth, many imitations sprung up and liegan to steal the notices in which the press and peo ple of the country had expressed the merits of II. B., and in every way trying to induce suffering invalids to use their stuff instead, expecting to make money on the credit and good name of H. B. Many others started nostrums put up in similar style to H. B., with variously devised names 111 which the word '"Hop" or "Hops" were used in a way to induce people to U lieve they wtre the same as Hop Bitters. All such pretended rem edies or cures, no matter what their st le or name is, and especiall y those with the word "Hop" or "Hops" in their name or in any way connected with them or their name, are imita tions or counterfeits. Beware of them. Touch none of them. Use nothing but genuine Hop Bitters, with a bunch or cluster of green Hops on the white label. Trust nothing else. Druggists and deal ers are warned against dealing in imitations or counterfeits. Why He Didn't Take It. Not lung o an olil i iie r. who h.il lived in 'IVxmh in the dasi f the e;irly culoiiistu, w;ts honsiin the .'ooii old timet. "Why, sir," f:iiil rie,'"I was once iifrred a league of land for a p ur of old limits.'' "Didn't you take it?" s;iid the 1m rt he was talking to." "No, sir." "No account laud, I reckon ?" "Why, blefg your dear heart, sir, it wad the best piece of land out door. Urau five feet hijih, clear stream of water running through it, and in Undeveloped silver mine iu one corner." "And why the deuce didn't you make the trade?" "Because," said the old man, in & sad and regretful tone of voic-, "be cause I didn't have the I'Outs." Indulgent parent? who allow their children to eat heartilv of hinh tt a- oneil fooil, rich pies, cake, etc.j'will have to Uie Hop 15itter to prevent indirection, fleeplehv pightis, tick iie, pain, and, jn-rhajw, death. No family in falc without them in the houe. Au exchange abki in bold head lines, "Why do women work?" Well, Home women work because they enjoy it, and othvrs because their husbands are busy in politics, and the woman of the house is oblig ed, to ' bustle around and earn the daily bread ' ' : ' ' I Ul - U-U-JLLUH Are you kpmmm1 To malarial influences? then pro tect our svstem by U!-ii!jr I'arkerV (linger Conic. It treiilhe;i Hit liviraiid kidi es to t!ir.vv t.tl m.il.i rial Hiisins, and is goiMl lur eiiei.ii iltl'ilit)' and nervotiH exliau.-itiou. Dried baik; of eagsafras root put on tlrit.d fruit n il protect it from the Worun. Kahoka, Mo, Feb. 9, JSSO. I purchased five bottlen of your IIp Hitter of Bishop &. Co., lata fall, for my daughter, and am well pleafed with the Bitters. They did her more trootl than all the medicine ebe hds taken for eix eurn. Wm. T. McCluke. Tfhp abp jj ff;"' very reliable farmer, u hoe daiiiililer &a: in ixHir lieulth for btvm or fright ye:iw, and could obtain !) fell f Uiitil he u.ed Hop Bitter. Hhe ia now In ctiood health h any jhtkoii intlie cniiniry. W'e have a large h tie, and they an in ikiiijj reniiii k.i'-li' enr s. W. 11. BiMt.-i'ifeCu. Slijjlitiy jiii'try furniture ni.iy I e nude to jiuik like neu b-'upplj jnjr wiaf .f pure m; Tlmei unit tpencea Haveti. Hard worktr are nubject to Ml ions attack which may end in dan gerous illne. Parker's (ringer Ton,C mvs th kidneys and liver active, ana by prepepijn a:Utk s;!ff rirfciiMfc", Uifi an.ii .eijjeijte. Aroft Vee. I'rof. Brewer pays "the troiiint; hore is a miHlern and American invention." Thank heaven there is one thing that w is't invented by tiie Cfiiiu'e Hejjfy-three thousand years ago I Lau-r reUrna, Jyp yer, niaj rob U of thi bopor, You can keep your hair abundanl and glossy, and retain its youthful color, with Parker's Ginger Tonic. tea&i&edjf 3a??OXt X-flLjP. pheumasuj. Kctfraiaia, Sciatica, LaiBbaoa. Biuiicat. l-4.1e Tnettiaehe. ore Tb rem. rl 1 rhl . lr 1. Karew. axralON. f t mmA WM- " iu era Ml auiiat rIM n3L. ""ii r 11 1 ii i r ' yMy on mil IMfwMtawM II laaWaaaaV THR Ctf 4KI.U a. TOCKI.CK O. w ea fcm.in.at.1. ka. (1) Cures all diseases ol the Stomach, Liver, Bowels. Kidneys Skin and Blood. .Millions estiiy to its efficacy in healing the above aameri rlispAsea n.nri rronounce it to be the V BEST REMEDY KNOWN TO MAN. AGENTS Laboratory, 7 last 31 strait, rvm-rowx, Pa. AumwJW l'. bt Uar Jiliii.--1 rintrwhlilrl'h Pildutim h ma ti .Aft, t it ili.o al i f tur 1 11 Im hraf i a reeeireJ mueb ralleL J iOU kOUB. HAIR B&LS1, unu.x arju. , cu ac count of iu S'jpriirr ft contains niai.nI-i oi'.lv tlit are beneaVi.-l to the ta!j anil h and al tray Restores the Toulbfu! Color to Grey or Tzizu Xur Pincers Hair Balsam n finely perfumer! and It warranted to prevent tilling of tU h.itr and .o rr. tnoveaandTim auditchi:ig. HiScOX Sl Co . I- V. lHt. atvt 1 krrM. 4v1t tm rng mm4 '.U nu. PARKER'S GINGER TOI! n h A SuserUtfvi Health txi Sfresglb Reita.tr. If rm are a mechanic or brmer, trnrn ou iC.x erwurk. or a mm her rtin down ly iiuiy or wKt--h -Id tmies try rAitKEt' .tsotK '1 1 -mc. It voo are a lawyer, minister or buunest man e bausred by menial strain or anriou. cares, do not uke mruncatwcitimulaiits,botiue PaiLer'Gutef ioiiic It tou have C'oiwitfnptkm, Iypepia, khenma l&ia. Kidney ('otnptainiv or any dtMMtlcT of lite luut,, Mouiaeh. bcweli, blood cr nenfe Pa rule's ":n au Tonic will cureyuu. iiistbetireatrAt l'-Unl Fitvilv-T And tht Best and Surrst Cough Cure Ever tsci. It yon are wantinis rwy from ngr. diiiyti- or any dneaeor weakness and retuiie ainutitt inVe? (tiKCiv J o.c at f-fK-e; it will itivu'nr.tie mlt-l 101 no trom tiis fi-M dose btrt wiil iev md'tic'".. t ha caved btiniicd& ofltvc-i; it m.y cava yo-;x, CaUTION Rl-llr.hnitat. PwlNfiifierT "i!r . emrtXMet lb btwHliirH ti lfcwr!.l.iti .uii Mlrfvtu from frrflttf f t:.gri.if, trtJ ( -- tiurox ax Co., N. V. fcw. A 4' 'a !!.. 4RfcAT SAVINtl fUVINO HU II'.. lfn h a ! lading U r:itcc lw s df iicntfid pCTiiime rc:cli ily pr-pui.-. in aothlMg like It. Iwnt w luv . ton CuLouta and lw k iiuru'-- Ih" IS? - C C CUWl'fVW. tAsn-t tii it -. . JkliiiE stvivn arr-N.i : POSITIVELY CURED BY Benson's Capcine Pprcas Plasters, nnmtt Wy itooy are lraten4 w OtnerPoraaa Plasters or flxwraal rirai. Ttacanas they porarm all the merit of tiie Craiinnenhig parous piuxier, awl cuulain In ad diiitio tneretu tiie tiewiy diecoTervil owerfQl and ftCUveeagrtahiecoinbhmtkm which arte witii in crraaxo nibrfacient, atimulatiug, aedativ aud couuter irritant eSacla. Second. Hccaoae they area cennine pharmaceutical prep .troiioQ. and o recuynini by the uruteaaioD. TilrC. Tcanee tlicy am the ou! jilwtera that seline pamatuitcc Fourth. ncrauee lliry will poeilivrly rnre diseaaea which vtker reiaedi wul not trrn reaere. riftb. r.ccau!H" oer fOOO ph rulrln en end druggfsta hare vriiunurily testified t:mt they are auperiur to bli :iu:i iiiaMera or medkmra tor external aaa, Six lb. !lrcaaw the tnanufartarera bare rerelTad Uut ociy BMHlala erer given fur porous plaatera. Bauson's Capciiis Porous Plaster! SEABURY & JOHNSON, Manufacturing, Cbemlrta. New Tort A HIRE KEMFD V AT LAST. Price SSctl MEAD'S Xedkatea CORN and BUNION PLASTES. ros BALK Bt C K. BOYD, 'PftVGiStST mHTRf BUSTS BRIMG COUCHS COLDS CONSUMPTION BRONCHITIS RHEUMATISM NEURALGIA Perry Davis's Pain Killer CURES COUCHS COLDS CONSUMPTION BRONCHITIS RHEUMATISM NEURALGIA lTDYide against the evil effect of Win try EUtts by procuring Ferry Davis's Pain Killeju EVERY GOOD DRUGGIST KEEPS IT. U sa tsnu9 f:r .ufTsrlaj bm CONSTIPATION and other diacaaea th.it fallow a dia. orm state ol the S:cmach and Bow el, when the uk of OH. HZNHY BfiXTES'S lOmiBUE BiTTBES WM giv immdiato relief. Bi:iousness. Cyspepsla, Indigestion. Diseases of the Kidneys, Torpid Liver Rnoumatism, Dizziness. Sick Headache, f.s,, pf Apoetite. Jaundice, Ap oplexy, Palp.tatlona. Eruptions and Skin Dis eases, etc. , H of which these L.iLwm win miCKHtj lurvij nwID IIieflOKte. Wet Uut A-moM. tm-'?. end DiMlw V- as-a wtrv ri P"f wU a the reealk Luii'na aaiit aiHsta eah. ! Slcic Headaoh win t-M reiM aaa aenaaaeui enre erriie we or uieea Bitten BHaattwaiae eat (ntlrllw prattva they Up?py THE BLOOD. Price) 80 cis. bortU. "a ale b? all easier ij'cWMoay : trad adurM for rociptiiat, free. (Irliig full direetioM. IQII. HiTHt im, trfu. Iwiutlea, TW Wwe.la. ' , T ( ryi . w-pin by. jf L ' a4 dam nelora yua die. IA I? V I mkm hbK Blvhly and tin i XU KJ I Uaaa iwf. bekind te .n qnet'uaa. tree lu yoarowaiows, ( i.at t Ire Krt - lea-yihlD; new. Oapttal n-ri rrqnlrad. 1M rarnien j-m -ry thing. Many a makln Miu.iea. Iju'm Bike aa moci aa am wt-l bvr aw rirU mik-j vraat pa Kawler. If a want ba-laeea at wUeb yoa eaa aiake mnmt imj all the tlaw write Pit iiaAicalan le H U i.LaTT A Uo Purtlaad. KaltM. Back Ache 7intry Blasts CLARK JOHNSON'S Indian Blood Syrup Guaranteed to Cure Dyspepsia. WANTED.) H)M Yj.- City. Jmjjists tell it THE WHITE i Mil IS KINGr IT IS TIIE ! Lightest RunmngShuttle Machine bcliiK almott Dulselen Sdf-Threading Shuttle, which ten 1 1 can ba regulated without reutoTin; fruia the race: an Automatic Dobbin Winder , by which a h-ibMn can be wuand aaeren . a pil o tllk wlthnui i he aid ufinebwl iu guile the i ihnabi, ibu awurlDK an even teaibio; ,L SELF-SETT1N3 KEEBLE! I A DOUBLE-STEEL FEED! i i a Uixr Nice under ine aria than any other lam liy uiitchi..e in uln. il iu a larger variety aud re ter rauy;i l wra iluu .uy inmlly uiavldue. Si tupitrsi cuusbrue eU. eaiili-ti. inanii)cei. iu 9t ! tnrmb buita aud (Kit uiaciiine lu tne Wurl4 i &iuid ou liie ! M33T REASONABLE TERMS! I t uy Jenner aul ti X Roads, Pue We continue to act aa solicitors for Datcntn. esveata, atrrr".,i-r.ia:ts, copvri!;ut, etc for tlio i ! S'iu-hi nd toobtaincat tKjJila l ;'ti. iiia. Emrland, IVance, IiZ.Ji 1 (iiw. t:iv. i!l o?lirr cotmtrice. Ljcuisal TUirt '. --if i e:r practice. No ciur.-;! ! r Tn;ii::afr.:v of taodcla r draw -. ;v'm ' vuil f-c. l'u'i iial ;!iii.ra r.aro noticed in tho s; v i : viv A?.t n;c a, irhi U lias the lurrc -t eiren!.-.t;". rAU Ue tr.ont icllri eutial u.jrrKivr i it- k ml Tnbiili-din Uie worlii. ;:.lv:.:i:-i-.T.i f cell a uutice CTerj patotitoo :nl.-. Ttiislarp o::il l.H'liillril'riKtratpd new paperiancbiiH'i.il'tl KIKI.V at J 3.20 a year, anaixa liuitte 1 co f. t'..' l- -t Tnp-r dovmed to wience. mwaaaici. invc:.?j ewrir!ne workii, an l o'lior dcMitn'f-iiU of liiunxtriHl proCTCHS. pn'!;Hliel in our i-oniitry. 8inple copio l.r luiii!, 10 tvurn. "Sold by "all news- v tdd' '". M-inp. k "(- ir.?4;:t. ii M'Siiaa j;nc AtneRCia. -u lv. .;: . - i.-Bandlauuk bint it.ntT nta'nt !'- Cat a rrH ElYS'cream balm nv KITwonlly clean-. lie n4l mMrr jf I 'm irrhal eiras tut inn he thy ecre Uiof. allHjre .nflam. nation, i ae I he ineml an rum aiklt. tlonitl alia.vnplrte Iv heal LiiePort-gana rrliirea tb eeoM of 'ase and m. . Ken. Ocial reulu are re-l'te-l hy a lew ap- CRFAIA TAHITH COU. rill pni-atkirja. a. ia--r unh treatment will "are ;trrh Hr Fever ii-r. Unequal HAY-FEVER; d fair eull in the brad. Agreeai-le tu m. npo y tij toe title ftnixer into the Duetrilt. Otl reoeipt ol OVe. wtllmail a law-ksice. Sold by SumeT""! drorirlet. marl tXV Scat AM BALM (.. (IwerA N. Y. MARTIN SCH.SFER, Book Binder, m stiKt, on St. Wi WXl, Johnstown, Pa. ALL KINDS OP Books Neatly Bound A r LOHKST KiTKS. Old Books lie-Bound ' 'MUtifC BOOKS A Pj;C;lA.7V. Parties deirln- tvxjks noqnd enn .-hta'n price by drujiing ma a card. Acraotmeniii bHTr been maile whereby expre-tfl inie way will b-paid n all linreordere. All nell lntitnatWn aaa be obtained at Sumeriet UskalD omew. nuvli. FOR S-A.XjE! ! A tarta onntaimriK .e hala1 aad Bfty acre f B(o atnuutn. level land, well lmprueed with gi T House and Barn, loeated within bait s nlleol Rnekwonl Station, and on tbe ruad leaaline: from the latter pl.ve tu New Oenireeille, uuiert -.nn(j. Pa. Tniafam la l.aied in Miltwrd townsbiu. Fmt particulart ppiy W N0A1I SCOTT, Nc. l'r.l..Pfc HEADACHES C fcaeffe-t.ny en red y .inrlf. r.hrneyV Health Kmioist, beaanas It pwrltl.a tbe ayetem and renef atea the eai4a. There la no naaar in ill ate ,nd U purei.' TegeUbte. U.a be gieen t any-.. . . F.W.CLARK, . t WH0L5EALE PilODUCE AND CflyUISSIOi MERCHANT Corner Main tiid Market Spth, JOmiSTOVTN. PEJSITA. i m m r i it T PHI GET THE BEST! Af ore Somerset Coun: ty people Lave read the HERALD during the past year than ever be fore, since it was first printed. Because its news col umns present all the latest news in an at tractive style. Because it always givfis all the local news without burdening its columns with unmean ing and uninteresting correspondence. Because it is always reliable politically, and says what it means and means what it says. Because its Court re ports are always full, fair and trustworthy. Because it is the me dium used by the peo. pie of the county when they wish to let their neighbors know when they have a farm or anything else for sale. Because all legal ad vertising appears in its columns, and people are thus kept posted as to what transpires in the management of the af fairs of the Courts and County. Because it has the best Washington and flarrisburg correspon dents attainable. Because it is active, aggressive, and always for the cause of its constituents. If you have friends who live outside the county, there is no more acceptable pres ent yqij c?rrj sqqcj then thaij a copy of their county paper. If yqij hVQ neigh bor who heeds a paper recommend ' tho heui ald. It your childrenwant a paper, subscribe for the HERALD. i - ... Subscription $2.00 per. year. Address RAILROAJ3Sch j SOMERSET 4 CAMBRIA RA:l?. j i a ami after Jane 12, train Mrn, "I !3 6V eTATioaa. r. w. it 31 -,. r. a am. U Jt 1J KVX awooo .. MILvVMD , . . nmmnticr., ttHlHlLR .... . atiKje maTowai.. lv irii 14 : k 3tt I -44 :1W. J . BuuTnaatriLL :! 7 ... eK-lHL.... 2 iu T a . .. B..iia i:o7 (! IMILUIKI... K3w,..joHaaiuwa.. Tbe Mall, e-.rtk an ran, .j. . I a "lav. ' a lie l Trln daily ex--e On th mii-hurK-h UlvUI n. a . . 1 j tbrim b poamrDver iraiu". ea-t buo-i . kvkw.i i ea. m .l liu " nrai-ct vei-ctlecly at aMhinnino ai i.,'1 Iiiy.amt :il next evrnina;. an.) i mIi oa .. auieilxy. and at II uo next.. r.l i.n I hr. uhti..l,, ,, at :3o a m , an-l 7 a. .. and t 10 i Kw-kwoiid at IM a. I i .awl Wa,,-!,,, .. ar iTln, r-.p.-J,1 ..andlro-p.,1-''! BATIMORE 4 OHIO RAILROa; PITTSBl'hOU IMVlS.li On and alter Jane li, tralai will ni iiTwtin. STATIOXS r. w. a. i 9:l :5t . ..PITTSKI HOH.. lltlU 1 MiUIMNrLL-VIUE. IJ.li 1 :IH..i:U.MUI,.UL. Ilt l'iiu.... th.-lXA ... . VI:-' Vl:;' .UKi hi. !111i1 WsTt .. Pt.KkKuN .. a-.t i- .. cKti.HAX.. I: 0 12:U ...( K W(Mi.... l.uu 2:oi ...riMOittiVL ln l:.H .... O KhhTr IIS 1:05 Yniir.K 1:1H IM.StLIl KVjiji- l.sl 1.14i..air.V.KM' Lfc. l:'Je, l:lt ....KKlSlli.Vr, .. 1::' l.'ie .. SMl'ArH It' ! .... UOWMA.V. ... liu Wit HilLMi 16 l Vt lIh! :u7 l.i-f .... F WKHiiFK.... t: lo .10 HTMUN... . -im . CVMte.ttLlU . i t : iT' j- la : W -' 4 '."Sl 1 ia,. lw. ?- M"antnln Expreta leave Put..', nr., da uly . at 2 p. m. ; i-v- ( ,ni . n-ti, V t'ui-Oni-iH'e. -3.; ri-in. :aM; br.,,1' 4:: Pmkerlu , k:42 ; Hii n iM. t w-ii u: fine llnive. lli-rr..,' .: - I dr. o-Ji; uli!i.ur Juih ii..i . 6 3: v,.., f :34 Le ? K.i tw.l, Miii-m . .' 5. i rirea at .S-.tuir.-el, t .v. ' " i Thnmifh Mall trln dally. f tiarsii tri- aitailyexceut San.'.r Arcinu)uiiti-ii tramf ami i'aei r, tally excel Suo-lar. Ti-kei iiltlrea, ei-rner Fifth Arunuet, atrmia, ami iie(iui eurner Grant aad Wu." PitutiurKh. Pa. !. K. U'Kl), Oen. Par-enner aw -: m. v.ueuerai iii-krt 4 X TITT e T pe-.ple are ale.i.. , V V 111 I cre,-:,fr!,i.,.K f T 11. KmS I i iluielieeirniewrainn. '. wuo ui nuv lmtr..v . h ir o p-r ai.Kifi koreny w e . ff -r a r at rrmu.- ey e w.u.l m.i.y men. w turn !., lu work h-r v rih. In their hh l-.- ii ' n- eu ! Hie w nK properly fr-.ui ihe b- i, : Tne h -flnea will wy more i h -a ira ,! , nry wir iiirnil.fva fit lurni-h-j lfw ' mi- h nir mtri ttilii t- nk rn-n tr,, ' 14-a en ieie juur wtud'im t-. it e .. oi.lv ..ur i-re in rn -nr Fu l in in,' ' ll thai in oetnle.1 nt free, aid lrrw jtm...' 4.. Puri 1 iod, Maine. . R0CKW00DH0DET Opened .tloiHliiy. Kept. I, Siliate rinht at "he B Jt n i . p--t K-lUf .nt air.tciied. ..ib ..i.-r. .i i iiinht. Keei-urnnt h lrn eni, ...i j,. , lutxilitt. Pttrlir li-liiif a l 4 ll!e a1' In I., lake nuf'Ji irit. !h h i tni- i reLlt:uce. cc I i . o ir hi Y CO W o C H": FOUTZ'S 1 HOr.SE AND CATTLE POW03! DATID . r0WT2. Preprl.wi aUATixoar.aa ritE. HTln aunrlated with rae la the in n dleioe Ur. U K. t.nrl, ani i)-eJ i ip-.k,, nil ..I I co o-.tK ma-l be - le.i.'i"' iilateiy ur tbe will be ton in ih. n.ri.jiu ear tvreulleetion. i . J . bIH THtl i Mnyatowa, July oth. IHtrj i ft f"? Bi.b- at bi.me -J VL J 'Inarioai.. Kr.t bu-loe t S 11 Jr. I"e ih--utHe nuliai w Vf f Li ed Wewll.utrty a ' ' mm u..y-u.. Klrl9 .biiI er ryn'i' T fue. Now 1- ih i n v .. rt it ,"; a-- i.r ! ;..r l. 1 im- the rnwr' , -fr r I a-li r will pm y m n- ii erii lt 'niin Uil t-. m -e u.-ria ue t.ty l ai) i ' Miee U eilyitaD en.i wruie rv-. " ' i.. e..ily and b'Hrbly td ireu rrii tSKiwia, .Ueiue. FOR SALE, Janetl B R. R m y & H .i wrtitiii property a.iuw.i aa the "Eagle Hotel" Including ou! aildln(i aad BlacksmitU WITH ' IteloticfGnmiUi ttt 30 V. P.eHloo April I, Veia. f t terwA c dreae S. A. IVII.L. Attorney at Law, mo 4th An firrsHUKart-r dec IS Valuable Farm j FOB SALJ Tat valuable property kmw aa the J liebneld farm, aitna e n tbe line ik. erwt a. UAintir.a Kaiiruad, In Jail ..rdtf"l Uuffa.e.1 at prieue nle. It e c. mure t leas, and baa a first etaea i, Tarej Etcrjf Dwalliiiji Effi bank bam and other tw bal).lln therj. I. Tbie r-ia la well watered, le """Vi -harchea anl e'-la Tara ieet V. I eual. y "oe deairinc a fori Bo.1 t ia a r-l oprnin. Will be-" arm. Apply tooraj.irei-i ,n 4m. t. HUfurd Station, mere-1 ' I J . . . . ' Vm vr Junah Lambert, bvte ef - k inert, bvte ef Stuai- Twp.. fv Barren Co., Pa., dre'd Letter! tearamentary on tbe b" proper authi-rtty. holier la hereby I nereone iDdebied t a id eataie inamV ,1i I pcrtnent, and inuee havntu aiatm lri I wlllpreaanttiient dale aa' heriieatd " tent en Satantay. Jaanary U. X i, residence of laid aeeeaaed. .nef i FOUTZT ' Somerset, Penn'.o. i ZT u13 a J
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