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f rnv F. SCHELL,
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i w witt jrumi'tiie and fidelity.
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Somenet. Pa.
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! to with j,romj'tne and Ddellt.
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Somenet, Pa
i; mrtlof In Somerset and a4Klnln eonntlea
tm entrofted to him will be promptly
A. oeo to.
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hKSSIS MEYERS.
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'. Itl boidiw entrnrted to hiPcaraviUbe
v.iro ti' with inni'nriw and Bdellty.
; Mammoth liluck next Oner to Bofd
k' U.-Tt.
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HOWARD WYNNE, M. D.
jo j;.vrow.v.
MHt.rfih.rM Vat- KiM uid Throat.
wuJ and 1 irluiv prurtire. H"ur, to
a iBikcr a trreen I'.uick, zv m ot-
lU. WILLIAM COLLINS.
DENTIST, SOMERSET, PA.
i ' tiHaanotli Block, above Bord'i lrog
btr h iu at all time be finnJ prepar-
1. do all kuuli m work, rach af tl limit rera
I .nr. citrvimi . ae. Anlbcial teeth of allklnda
"I im ben kaurlal tnaerted. UieraUonJ
arranted.
ARUEM. HICKS.
.4 JVSTlCE OF THE PEACE,
Somenet, Penn'a.
'AMES 0. KIERXAN. M. D. tea-
' drr Itf ro(it1J aprrlce lo the ctt!ent ol
i r.,i Th-ml'Y. Uf raa be louad at ir
i.lrtw ot M father oa Main otreet ur at the
etiT Hrnrr liralaker.
I KIMMELI. B.B. IUXME1X.
E. M. KIMMELL A SON
'nirt their DroleMiona! aerricef to the dtl.
v' S Erixt ami rlclnitv. One of the mem-
U urm caa at aluniea, vnlew proJwt-io-P
r uael. he l.iund at their iofhoa. on Main
l-Nt. eut U the liiamond.
H. J. K. MILLER hug perma-
omtiy letwtMl Id tierlla for the nractloe ot
pc-tettioa. moe ufuatt Uharlea Kiwton
aw. tl Tn-U.
H. BRUBAKER Anders his
Li ':Tu("t-l errrioM to the rlUacna f Bom
'"''. tirnre In reatdenee on Main
ul the Mamuod.
if) W M. R A U C II tenders his
. f"'c"lotial anricei to tke etUaeai of Soa-
IVIOIIV .
wtiwHK of Wayne A Ilerkeblle'i
re store.
li. A. G.MILLER,
physician kstKGEon,
r H enlia) bj tetter or otherwaa.
D
,TL JOHN BILLS.
DEKT1ST.
'W ahor Htery HttDrjt nore, Main Cran
'"et, buaotnet. Pa. '
QIAMOND HOTEL,
Ti TOYSTOWN. l'ENN'A.
;---rnui lurcitnre. whlrb iiu made It a rrTT
'irahl, n11,:OK ,,u k? the trearltna; pablie.
w D1 r,"",' cannot be rarpeiwed, all l-
", wun a larere pntitie hall attached
'ft! eWli).n. asm I at Ik. "
5 pntct, b; Uc week, day or meal.
SAMVELCt'STER, Proa,
k. E. Oor Diamond
Sioyaunr .Pa
WANTED Teeannmror tkw-aleef
i 't ano ornamental Trees. Sbrat. Vtnea,
r i eaperienoe reqaireo. vtooa nu-
.it ezuwte paid. Addrett,
J. H. Bow den A Co.,
Socbrtlrr, K. Y.
CHARLES HOFFMAN,
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VOL. XXXI. NO. 40.
Frank M. Hay.
ESTABLISHED 34TEARS.
II .A. B :r, o s ,
WHOLESALE
Tin, Copper anil Mini fare Maif y,
Xo. 2S0 Washington Street, Johnstown, Pa.
A2E PEEPASID TO CPFE2
RANGES, STOKES and
At Prices Less than any other House in Western Pennsylvania.
Special attention ra.M ts Jobbing lo Tin. OalTunlied Iron and Sheet-Imn, Putfar Pan, Steam
Pipe, Hot-Ail Pli. Koonne;, Spoutin;, Stack! of
aaces. Ertimates (firen and Wtrk done oy nrsi-ciafs iecuanic ooiy. iwn mi m
Johnstown Ck Sj wars' Anti-Dust Cook, Excelsior Pcnn. In Himte-Farnithliis; Ooods we otier
Coal Vim. Toilet b.u. Ilread Cloecu, Cake Uoxea, Cliamler-Fai Knives and Forks (common
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Wares Hmss and Oopper Kettles, Meat broilers. Oyster liruilcrs, E:; Beaters, six dittereut klnd.
Dread toasters. Plated Britannia and Wire Castors, Iron Stands, Fire Irons, and everything or
Ware nee Jed in the Couklnif lK-partment. An exeTienc of thirty-three yean In bosinese here ena
bles ns to meet the wants ol this cwimunitT in oar line, with a txl article at a low price. All tkms
so!d WAKKANTEl A'i KEI'K ESENTED or the money relnnded. tlali and seethe Wares; pet
in-tees before purchaslnsr : no trouble to show arofxis. fersons eommenclns; House-Keeping will save
2 percent, bv lUTii n their ootnt tnn ns. Nereltants sellicir goods In our line shorld send for
Wholesale Price List, or call and pet Quotations or enr Wares. Aswe have no apprentices all our
work Is Warranted to be ot the best quality at lowest price. To save mouey call on or send to
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HERE IS THE PLACE!
J. M. HOLDERB AUM 1 SONS
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A Complete Assortment of GENGRAL MERCHANDISE consisting of
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MENS', BOY'S & CHILDREN'S CLOTHING!
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auyn. Tltv. Isk Lkmi lea.
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FASHIONABLE
CUTTER & TAILOR,
Harinar had many
years experlem.
in all branches of
he Tailoring bus
iness 1 guarantee
Satisfaction to all
who may call up
on me and favor
me with their pat
rooaite. Yours, Ac,
mm
wa. m. nocnsTETi.ER
Somersed Pa.
rnartl
SOMERSET COUHTY BAKK !
(EST.VBLISHF.l) 1877.)
CHAELES. I. EAKISON, M. J PEITTS.
President. Cashier.
Collections made In all paru of the Vnlted
States. .
CHAEGE5 ElVUtiOAliu.
Parties wlsbins: to s-nd money West can be ae
..mtuodated by draft on New York in any sum.
IXillCCIM'Ur Wsvir win. ' ,
. 1 ..i 1 Ur...AW a,ml l-salnalilfaa mawnrtl
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ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
AaTAll le al holidays oberred.- decT
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PITTSBURGH, PA.
SPRrNTGr, 1882.
NEW GOODS
F7ESY SAT SZCIALTHS
1st
Er.breissries, Uces, Millinery, WhiU God rliad
kerchieft, Dress Trlaia-isjt, Hosiery, tkwes,
Corsets, Maslta tad sterlai lsdsn.ur, 1
hstt' ad Chiidras's Ooraiag. Fsscy
Geods, Yarea, Zaahyrs, "fe
rial i of AO Kiads for
FANCY WORK,
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Ticararaxaa t aa racrvriiT olic"
KrORDtBSBr MAIL ATTESDFO T0WITB
CtUK AKD DISPATCH. ar
TTX O m nn, rl I aweepln by re
U j V 12 belor yow die,
f P I 4Btain mlKflty ad niv
X JJ KJ JL Umo lea itehtad U aoav
ouev tiaa. ..a vms lai tow b '. -
btrreo. Norlsa Kvorvthin new. Capital not
repaired. W will furaish yoo .vexythiu. Maay
are snakinsr ssrtBoca. Ladle make as mack
ss anern, and boys and srlrls make rraat pay.
koadar. If you. want basiaess at wksra yea can
make Croat pay all th time. writ, for porticwiars
to H. Baixjsn A UoPurtlaasl, Main.
HI
j ab l, r
Johxi B. Hay
AND RETAIL
HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS III GENERAL
Engines, and all work pertaining to (X-uar ror-
AND SHOES !
OIL CLOTHS !
and Fixtures, Wall Papers,
3J01VER Jb REAPER,
IX SEED DRILL,
EDWARD ALCOTT,
MiKrACTX EKB awn DKALIK IK
LUMBER!
OAK FLOORING A SPECIALTY
OFFICK A.VI FACTORY :
URSINA,
SOMERSET CO., PA.
jyl2-iy
PATENTS
obtalnetl.and all business In the V. 8. Patent
( Wire, or In the Court attended to lor K00ERA 1 1
FEES.
We are opposite the TJ. 8. Patent Ofloe, en
STMred in PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY, and
can obtain ) stents In less Ume than loose remote
from WASHINGTON.
"When model or drawing- Is sent we ad rise as to
patentability free el charee: and we make NO
Charge unless we obtain patent.
We refer, here, to the Postmaster, the SnpL of
the Money Onler Irtvislon, and to officials of th.
V. S. PaU-nt (Ki.ce. For circular, advice, terms,
and relerence to actual clien'.t in your own State
or county, address
C. A. SNOW & CO..
Opposite Patent Otflee,
Washlntrten. I. C.
A a Blood Purl,
her tbi ined icine
Is blirhlv recom
a.
mended for all
masnef of chronic
or o 1 d standina;
complaints, Lrnp
Umis of the skin,
each as Plmplea,
Blotches and
Rashes. Rlna-
"N Worms, Totter,
SalKbeum.Scald
Head, Srofnla or
K I I K I - fcvll,
R kve last ism,
Pain In the flonea.
Side a ad, Head,
and all diseases
arlslns; frou; Im-
on
parity ef the
blood. With this
rare medicine in
your house yea
en .In without Salts. Castor Oil. Citrate of Mir-
nesia, Senna or Manna, and soon the whole of
them, and what IS netter. it may o laaen wun
aalety and eomlort by the most delicate woman,
as we'll as by the rrust man. It Is very pleasant
to the taste, therefore easily administered to enil.
dren. It is the oniy vegetable remeay existins;
which will answer in place 01 eaiomei. refruiaunsr
the action of the liver without making yon a Hie
lonr victim to the as oi mercury or oi.e puis.
It willopea the ooweis in a proper ana wnoieevme
manner.
There Is nothing like Fahmey's Blood Clean
er tor the cure of all disorders or the Stomach,
Liver. Howels. Kidneys and Bladder: for nervous
disease. Headache, Ooetlveww. Iadirestkm,
Bilious Fever, and all derangements ol the In
ternal vtoera. As a fcmaie regulator It has BO
equal In the world.
Ad uanr of prevent tost la worth mora than a
pouiMi M care." The Psaacaa will not csut curs:
old staodins; ana malic Banc complaints, but if on
of the best preventatives of Srich Oisonlsrs over
onered to the world. Yow eon avoid- aeveso at
tarks of acute disease, savh as Cholera, Small,
poa. Typhotd. Illlt. u. Spotted and Intermittent
Fevers, bv keeplnc yevr Wood purlnsd. Th.
dltlerent d'eirrees of ail sueh disease depead al
Uher upon the eonlttlof the blood. .
Me sore to ask lor FaHnxar'n Blood Cl-aax.
a on Pawacaa, as there are several other prep,
arations In the market, the names of which are
somew hat similar.
Dr.. Geo. G. Shively& Co.,
Successors to Fahmey' Bros. A Oo
MAXVFACTVREKS AND PROPK rETORS,
marJs WiTiBano, Pa.
DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
tstat of Joseph Rnoad. lata of Jonner Tcsm
'iMp, bomerset county, Pa., dec'a.
Lrttm of adsUnitlratifa ca tha boy aflat
bavins; been srranld to th wnderslirned by the
proper authority, notice I hereby aivea to all
persons Indebted to aaW estate to make tmmedl
at payment and those bavins: claims airaicat the
mmeta tweecnt them duly eatlieettoaled lor ae.
Uemect. on Saturday, May 1. Moa, at the reel
oenceofthe deoeased. Lyj BZRKKY,
aWr
,prlU Adminsstrator.
Bom
DRKAM LIFK.
Listen, friend, and I will tell yon,
Why I sometime, aeem so glad,
Then, without a reason changing,
Soon become so grave and sad.
ITalf my lfe I live a beggar.
Ragged, helpless, and alone ;
But the other half a monarch,
With my courtiers round my throne.
Half my life is full of sorrow,
Half of joy, still fresh and new :
One of these lives is a fancy.
But the other one is true.
While I live and feast on gladness.
Still I feel the thought remain,
This must won end nearer, nearer.
Conies the life of grief and pain.
While I live a wretched betfgar.
One bright hoi my lot can cheer
Soon, soon, thou shall have thy kingdom,
Brighter hours are drawing near.
So you sec my life is two-fold
Half a pleasure, half a grief ;
Thus all joy is somewhat tempered,
And all sorrow finds relief.
Which you ask me, is the real life,
Which the dream the joy or woe ?
Hush, lrind. it Ls little matter,
And indeed, I never know.
IrJSTKOYIXG A WILti.
On the death of Colonel Laking,
no one was more surprised at his
not having left a will than Mr. Al
fred Laking, his nephew and heir-at-law.
That gentleman had the best reas
ons for knowing that his uncle was
not well disposed towards him in
fact, the Colonel had refused to have
anything to do with him for some
years past.
lhe trutn was that Aitred leaking
had once been guilty of an act of
meanness, which his uncle never
forgave, and therefore the fortu nate
heir had not expected to benefit by
his uncle's death. But even outsid
ers, who knew nothing of the cause
of the estrangement between the Col
onel and his nephew, were amazed
at the old gentleman dying intestate.
He had so frequently expressed his
determination of preventing .his
nephew from succeeding to his prop
erty and had made so many wills at
different times with that object that
his intestacy caused universal as
tonishment Itwas generally sup
posed that his somewhat sudden
death had frustrated his testamenta
ry intention, or else that, at the last
moment, he bad realized the force
of the old adage that blood is thick
er than water, and had been content
to permit his) nephew to inherit it in
the ordinary course of law.
But while Mr. Alfred Laking re
ceived the congratulations of his
friends with equanimity, and appa
rently acquiesced in the general
opinion that he was a very lucky in
dividual, he did not by any means
feel secure of his inheritance.
For the first few manths after his
uncle's death he was perpetually
haunted by the dread that his elab
orate precautions would be thrown
away ; but when a yearliad passed
he began to breathe more freely.
The chances were he thought, that
if a will existed, it would have turn
ed up by this time, or else it would
probably rot away in its hiding
place.
Thus bv degrees the phantom con
jured up by his pusillanimous im
agination became less appalling;
until one day his anxiety was re
vived by a very ominous incident
A shabbily dressed, middle aged
man called upon him and said he
had an important communication
to make. He gave the name of
Crumbcr, and Alfred Laking then re
membered that he was a clerk in the
office of the solicitor whom he had
employed to wind up his uncle's es
tate. 1 his circumstance seemed re
assuring, for Alfred Laking natural
ly supposed the man had been sent
with some message from his master
relating to business matters.
"I presume Mr. Baker asked you
to call ?" he said, nervously.
"No, sir. The fact is I left Mr.
Baker's office some months ago. I
am at present in another situation,"
he replied.
"What is your business, then?"
inquired Mr. Laking, with increased
uneasiness. ,
"I suppose we are quite alone, sir,
and cannot be overheard ?" said the
man mysteriously,
"You can speak out, though I can
not imagine what you have to say
that is so important," returned Mr.
Laking, glancing to ee that the door
was closed.
"When I left Mr. Baker's office I
took a situation with another solicit
or," Baid Crumber, lowering his
voice. "The Gentleman lam now
with is Mr. Mayne, of Lincoln's inn
fields. I don't know whether you
ever heard of him, sir."
Alfred Laking stared, and turned
deadly pale.
He happened to know his uncle
had consulted this gentleman pro
fessionally at a comparatively recent
date, and he therefore instinctively
guessed the nature of the revelation
in store for him.
"No! I never heard of Mr. Mayne,
and I don't believe my uncle did,"
he replied-
Vell, sir, you see your uncle did
not always consult you about his
affairs," returned Crumber, rather
disrespectfully. aAt any rate, he
knew Mr. Mayne, who prepared a
will for him shortly before he died,
sir."
"How do you know ?" demanded
Alfred Laking, too startled to conceal
hi agitation.' '
"Because, I've seen it I've not
only seen it, but I've read it Your
name isn't mentioned in that will,
Mr. Laking," said the man with a
grin.
"A very fine story," said Alfred
Laking, with a forced laugh. "Pray,
how is it that Mr. Mayne has never
written to inform me of the alleged
will?"
"Because, in the first place, I
!oubt if he is aware of the Colonel's
death ; but, if he is, has probably
forgotten that the Colonel left his
will with him, for his memory isn't
what it was, said hp.
I dont believe a word of what
yon 6ay," he cried, suddenly rising
from his seat and confronting the
unwelcome visitor. "Your story is a
tissue of talsehoods."
"I was afraid you might think so,
(BIS
ESTABLISHED, 1837.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY.
sir, so I ventured to bring this will
with me," said the man.
"What 1 you have actually stolen
it?" cried Alfred Laking.
"I have it here, anyway," return
ed Crumber, coolly, as he produced
a document from his pocket "I can
put it back where I took it from
within an hour. Of course, it is no
earthly U3e to me "r
Let me see it," said Alfred Lak
ing, in a hoarse voice, seating him
self in his chair again. ;
Crumber unfolded the document
and glanced at it, apparently reflect
ing whether it would bf wise to part
with it But after a pause he laid it
on the desk, saying :
"I'm treating you like a gentle
man, sir, you must promise to return
it to me." j
"Yes, yes," said Alared Laking,
stretching out his hand impatiently.
Some moments elapsed before the
agitated gentleman CQa?fri compose
himself sufficiently toake in the
contents of the will. Heiirst turned
to the final page, whidb bore the
i signature of the testatorand the at
testing witnesses. I
So far as he could Juge, the sig
natures were genuine, ind the doc
ument had evidently baen prepared
several months ago, thejf dges of the
paper being discolored nd the ink
faded. It was dated a few weeks be
fore Colonel Laking's -death, and
was, therefore, in all provability the
last will he had. made! When he
came to read it carefully, Alfred
Laking's lingering hopfe that the
document might ba Ibrgery was
quickly dispelled. f
From internal evidence it was un
doubtedly genuine, the names of va
rious persons and place being men
tioned which no Strang could have
fabricated. The Colon! appeared
to have left his property to some
distant relatives, subject to a few
charitable bequests. . Tote nephew's
name was not mentioned, and an eld
military friend was appointed exec
utor. Alfred Laking read the will over
two or three time, keeping his face
concealed from Crumber, who mani
fested a good deal of impatience. At
length he aroused himself from his
unpleasant reflections, folded up the
fatal document, and fixed a half
frightened, half defiant gaze upon
his visitor. . ... .
"What do you propos to do with
this ?" he said, nervously
"Well, sir, that depends upon
you," replied Crumber. t' If you ad
vise me to put it back aaid remind
the governor of it, well and good."
But Alfred Laking didnot hasten
to advise this straightforward course.
He kept silent for a long time, fidg
eting nervously with the document
he held in his hand, and at length
Crumber spoke,
i'You
see, sir, nobodf knows-tsf
.
the will but you and me. Suppos
inJ n-iA 2nrktm- I
ing we were to throw it upon the fire
yonder, who would be the wiser ?"
"How dare you suggest tuch a
thing?" cried Alfred Laking, with a
?how of virtuous indignation. "It
would be a criminal offense."
"I suppose you wouldn't split on
me, 6ir, if I was to do it," suggested
Crumber in a whisper. "The fact is,
sir, I'm thinking of emigrating. I
don't mind the risk. Give me a
thousand pounds and the trick is
done."
It was a sudden determination,
taken half in desperation and ha,f
from sheer fright The will was de
stroyed, and early the next morning
Cumber started for America from
Liverpool with 1,0CX) in gold in his
pocket
Alfred Laking went and saw him
off, having in fact, declined to hand
over the money until he was safely
on board the ship.
Upon his return to London, feeling
in spite of his misgiving, more re
lieved and light hearted than he had
been since his uncle's death, his ex
huberant spirits received a sudden
check in consequence of the receipt
of a letter from Mr. Mayne, which
ran thus :
Lixcols's-Ixn-Ftelds.
Sir : I formerly acted profession
ally for your late uncle, Colonel Lak
ing, and shall be glad if you will give
me a call at your earliest convenience
on a matter 6f importance.
Yours faithfully,
J.no. D. Mayne.
Accordingly he presented himself
at Mr. Mayne's office the morning
after receiving the letter, looking
very pale and nervous, though mak
ing every effort to appear at perfect
ease.
"I wrote to you, Mr. Laking,"
said the old lawyer, when thev had
j exchanged greetings, "because I have
reason to believe that you received a
communication from & man named
Crumber ?"
"Xo," murmured Alfred.
II is answer appeared to cause Mr.
Mayne some surprise, for the old
gentleman stared at him through his
spectacles for a second or two, and
then said, sharply:
"Name of Crumber. The man was
a clerk in mv office until quite re
cently." Certainly not," repeated Alfred
-y -. .vp...-
fcfe.?!J!!
:vi'a.r
was a miseraoie iaiiure. mere was
a. quiver in his voice, and his eyes
instinctively sought the carpet
"A-hera 1" coughed Mr. Mayne, in
an unpleasantly significant manner.
"The fact is, your uncle made a will i
shortly before be died, which he letV
in my charge ; but a few days later I
he called and revoked it He gave
as his reason that he did not wish
his animosity against you to contin-1
ue after his Vleath." . , ' '
"Y'ou don't say thatl" exclaimed
Alfred Laking, with a,start of genu- j
ine surprise. -
"He revoked the will by tearing
off the signatures on the last page,
continued the lawyer, still looking
his visitor in the face, "and the mu
tilated document being of course,
mere waste paper,-was tied to the
draft and .put away in an old press.
This man Crqmber, whoopi 1 dis
phurged a few weeka go for dishon?
esty, seems to have purloined the
mutilated document, and thinking
that he might meditate atUrtpting
to impose upon you, I oonbeivwd it
to be my duty to . .warn you. il
might, for instance, havermttored the
last page by means of forgery, and
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APRIL 25. 1883.
passed off the will upon you as valid
and subsisting."
"The infernal scoundrel 1" cried
Alfred Laking, violently, forgetting
his caution, when he thought of his
thousand pounds.
' "Yes, I'm afraid he is that," said
the lawyer, dryly. "So you see, Mr.
Laking, it was kindness thrown
away on your part to take the trouble
to send him oif from Liverpool yes
terday. I wish you a good morning,
sir."
Aq Indian Winter Game.
The boys of the United States and
Canada are indebted to the Indians
for a number of their most interest
ing sports. But while many of their
games are well known, the Indians
still have others peculiar to them
selves, and with which even their
near neighbors are but slightly ac
quainted. Throwing the snow snake
is one of the latter.
The snow snake, or ka-whant, as
it is called in the Onondaga dialect,
is made on the principle of a sleigh
runner, and consists of a long hick
ory pole or stick, with a slight up
ward curve and point at one end,
while the other is provided with a
small notch. The under side is
made flat and smooth, 60 as to slip
easy over the snow or ice. upon
which, when skillfully thrown, it
will slide for a long distance. To
make it glide still more easily, the
under surface is waxed and rubbed
with a pieoe of cloth until beautiful
ly smooth and polished. The point
ed end is furnished with a tip of
lead er solder, sometimes of a fancy
design.
The length and weight of the
snow snake varies in proportion to
the strength of the person for whose
use it is intended. Those mude for
young boys are not more than four
or five feet long, while for larger 0038
and young men they range from six
to eight feet in length. They are
made somewhat tapering, being larg
est nearer the curved end, where
they arc usually about an inch or
an in inch and a quarter in width;
while they diminish gradually un
til, at the notched end, the width is
not more than five-eighth or three
quarters of an inch. In throwing,
the ka-whant is held at the smaller
end by the thumb and first and sec
ond fingers.
At the Indian Reservation in
Onondaga county, New York, where
the winters are long pnd usu
ally severe, the snow snake is agreat
favorite, and a continuous source of
amusement As soon as the jingle
of the bells is heard along the frozen
highway, and the runners of the
heavy "bobs" and woodsieighs have
furrowed the roads with deep, pol
ished grooves, the Indian boys are
-! f. k)Tkmri new y a cl at rrVa a in
hmtt tVartiea. throwini? the ka-whAnt
uul. luiiuwiui: mu i oii.il: 1 a la 111
. . . . ...
in the deep ruts, which it follows
through every curye, skipping over
the lumps of ice and other inequal
ities, more like a living creature than
a plain hickory stick, and suggest
ing at once the very appropriate
name of the snow snake. Although
the beaten roadway is usually pre
ferred,the snow snake may be thrown
in almost any situation where the
snow is firm.
The game, as generally played, is
merely a trial of skill between the
pla3'ers. A line being drawn to
mark the starting point, the players
step back a few paces. Each grasps
his snow snake, runs forward in his
turn to the mark, and, with a vigor
ous sweep of his arm, sends it slid
ing and dancing over the snow with
the swiftness of an arrow. Each
snow snake bears its owners mark,
an arrow, cross or star, so that he
readily recognizes it, and he whose
missile is farthest in advance is de
clared the winner. In this way a
regular champion is chosen. The
distance that these contrivances are
thrown is almost incredible, skillful
players sometimes making casts of
nearly a quarter of a mile.
Should any of our readers attempt
this game, they must not be surpris
ed or discouraged if, at the first few
trials, their snow snakes stick their
heads through the crust and disap
pear in the powdery enow beneath,
instead of sliding along the surface
in the proper way. By digging
along for a a distance of from twenty
to fifty feet, the tticks may usually
be discovered, while the slight diffi
culties of the art can s6on be over
come by a little practice and experi
ence. St. Nicholas.
Mistakes or Ufe.
Somebody has condensed the mis
takes of life, and arrived at the con
clusion that there are fourteen of
them. Most people would say, if
thev told tne that thefe 'WM
no limit to the raittake. of life; that
they were like the drops in the
ocean or the sands of the shore in
number. But it is well to be accu
rate. Here, then, are fourteen great
mistakes :
"It is a great mistake to set up
our own standard of right and wrong
and judge people accordingly; to
measure the enjoyment of others bv
our own : to expect uniformitv of
opinion in tnis world; to look lor
experience in youth ;
world ; to look
to endeavor to
mould all dispositions
alike ; not to yield to immaterial tri
fles; to look for perfection in our
own actions ; to worry ourselves, and,
others, with what cannot b,? reme
died ; not to alleviate &J1 that needs
alleviation as far as lies in our pow
er ; not to make allowances for the
infirmities of others : to consider ev
erything impossible that we cannot
perform ; to believe what our finite
minds can grasp; to expect to be
able to understand everything. The
greatest of mistakes is to live only for
time, when any moment may launch
us into eternity."
Aa Old Man's Belief.
Have used Parker's Ginger, Ton-?
for my bad cough and! hemorrhage
I had twenty-fijve years. $ feel like
agotbe? man since I used Am
0 years past eleye it sore to
cure youpger persons. A. Orner,
Highspire, Pa.
So rne genius has invented a ma
chine to play pianos. This will
give American girls a chance to help
mother hang out the clothes Monday
afternoon.
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The Garden.
Haying read a great many hints
in different newspapers on garden
ing, I thought perhaps a few sugges
tions from an old, experienced gar
dener might not come amiss to some
of your readers who are contemplat
ing having a nice vegetable garden
the coming season. Now, one reas
on why I wish to give my view3 to
the public in regard to my theory in
gardening is this :
I am a firm believer in the moon's
influence on vegetation. An expe
rience of over thirty years has con
vinced me of these statements : If
anyone wishes to grow a large crop
of potatoes, let them be planted in
the dark of the moon, and if the
sign is in the feet, all the better; in
my following this rule I have never
failed in getting a large yield of po
tatoes. I raised last year on less than
one-fourth acre of seeding 67 bushels
of potatoes; they were planted in
drills, the potatoes being cut in four
pieces and ten inches apart, the rows
being over three feet apart, no small
ones among them.
To raise good cabbage, sow the
seed in a box, up from the ground,
in rich loam and Fossil Marl ; sow
none but the largest seed. Put your
seed in the ground in the full moon,
when the sign is in the head for ear
ly. Sow the seed in this month for
winter use, and krout, in May.
When cabbage are transplanted nev
er pres3 the earth around the roots.
Sprinkle a little salt around all of
the plants three or four times during
the season, and hoe often when the
ground is damp. Cauliflower should
be treated the same as cabbage.
To grow beets, mangowortssells,
carrots, parsnips, turnips, radishes,
and all kinds of root vegetables, se
lect largest seed ; plant in the dark
of the moon, with the sign in the
feet In transplanting beets and
turnips, pick off all the large leaves
from the plants. Never press the
earth around the roots.
To grow peas, plant in the full of
the moon; cover four inches deep.
When large enough, hoe and bush
in, covering deep. Pea vines do not
die as soon as when covered shal
low. Tomato seeds should be sown in
the full of the moon, sign in the
heart My plan is to scoop out as
many flat turnips as I want plants,
fill the hollows with leaf mold, plant
in each, one, two or three seed.
Place the turnips in a box and fill
in between with damp sawdust; this
keeps the plants moist. When well
up, null outall but one plant hen
transplanted, 6et turnip and all out.
In case that you have no turnips,
make boxes of brown paper ami
flour paste.
To grow cucumbers, pumpkins,
melons, squash and citrons all
these should be planted in the full
of the moon, in soil well mixed with
rotten manure. Watermelon, squash
and citron seed should be soaked at
leapt twelve hours in warm water be
fore planting. All these seeds should
be stuck in the hill, peaked end
down. Cucumbera and musk mel
ons should be planted one inch
deep. W atermelon, citron and
squash, two inches.
dardeners observing these rules
will be sure to profit thereby.
Asking a Blessing.
There is nothing which is right
for us to do, but it is also right to ask
God to bless it ; and, indeed, there
is nothing so little but the frown of
God can convert it into a most sad
calamity, or His smile exalt it into a
most memorable mercy ; and there
is nothing we can do, but its com
plexion for weal or woe depends en
tirely on what.the Lord will make it
It is said Matthew Henry, that no
journey was ever taken, or any sub
ject or course oi sermons eniereu
upon, no book committed to the
press, or any trouble apprehended
or felt, without a particular appli
cation to the mercy seat for direc
tion, assistance and success.
It is recorded of Cornelius Winter,
that he seldom opened a book, even
on general subjects, without a mo
ment's prayer. The late Bishop
Heber, on each new incident of his
history, or on the eve of any under
taking, used to compose a brief
prayer, imploring special help and
guidance. A late physician of great
celebrity used to ascribe much of his
success to three maxims of his fath
er's, the last and best of which was.
Always pray for your patients.''
Dr. J. Hamilton.
Making VtWd Batter,
Butter is finished in the dairy but
is not made there. The Stamp of
the dairy woman puts the gold in
market form : but the work must be
commenced in the field or in the
feeding stables ; and this leads at
once to the consideration of feeding
for butter. During the early, sun
ny summer months, when nature is
profuse of favors, there is little to be
done beyond accepting her liounty.
The tender prasses are full of nutri
tion, and they afford the constant
supply of moisture without wh ich
the secretion of m ilk U greatly less
ened. Y, et, at ,hu season, as well as
all others a pure supply of water, is
absclitely necessary. It does not
meet the reouirement if cattle have
a we't hole full of surface drainage
in the pasture, or a frog pond.
While it is not probable that the
tadpoles and wrigglere sometimes
found is city milk have been drank
by the thirsty cow, many infusions
do exist in such pools that are hard
ly eliminated or rendered entirely
harmless by the wonderful milk se
cretions of the animaV The cattle
should drink fraa pring-fed boxes;
and as often at these, under a hot
san, are sent tq produce green growth
of floating scum, a pail p course sale
may be. put inj and the current
checked until the fresh water growth
are killed the salt water is then
drawn off, and for a long time ths
trough will remain pure and the
water bright
That poor bedridden, invilid wife,
nifitpr mother, or danehter ran be
made the picture of health by a few
bottles of Hop Bitters. Will you
let them suffer? when 10 easily
cured !
WHOLE NO. 1659.
Forests and Floods.
Many sersons assume that a great
flood Contradicts the theory that
cutting away forests causes excep
tionally low water in the denuded
country.
The truth is, the destruction of the
woods weans water courses to run
extraordinarily low and high, accord
ing to the season.
la 1S81 we had the lowest water
ever known in the Ohio, and to-day
we have the highest water ever
known. These extremes equally
illustrate the theory we urge upon
the attention of the people.
The reasons are perfectly distinct,
! a mass of mountains on the Alle
gheny, Monongahela or Kanawha
let us suppose them clothed with
trees from foot to crown, and with
underbrush and mosses, with beds
of half-decayed leaves, resting upon
soil that represents deposits of leaves
and vegetable growth for thousands
of years. Each mountain is an
enormous sponge. The rain may
fall for days, and the greater part is
absorbed, saturating the soil, the
grass, the leaves, lingering in the
bushes and the trees. The half-decayed
logs will hold barrels of water,
and for weeks after a heavy ruin the
moisture is trickling away in thous
ands of flush spring.
Cut away the trees the under
brush perisnes, the moss is dried up,
the soil washed away and the rocks
are exposed. The rains descend,
and the mountains shed the water
like the rool's of houses. Ail that
falls makes its way into the torents
at once.
Take a thousand mountains at
the head-water of the Ohio and re
duce them to barrenness, and it
follows that the river is lower in drp
weather and higher in wet weather,
and more and more subject to ex
tremes of high and low water.
Disastrous as the flood is today
unprecedented as it is inteiligennt
people must be aware that very
slight changes in the atmospheric
phenomena of the last fortnight
would have given us a still more
formidable river. The rise that is so
wonderful comes from three rain
storms extending over a week
and the sudden frost after the second
rain prevented the advance of the
waters from being much more rapid
than it has been.
Europe is suffering more from
floods than in former generations.
They are the elearly traced results
of the destruction of forest, and
made more destructive by a system
of levees that are equally false and
futile. The experience ef Hungary
and Northern Italy is especially in
structive. The preservation of mountains
from destruction ; that is, from be
coming utterly baxxen a desolation
of rocks is a duty that public safety
demands.
The greater part of Switzerland
would have been uninhabitable long
ago it it had not been fur the system
atic cultivation and preservation of
forests. There are many mountain
sides in Switzerland that are won
derfully supported by trees and
shrubbery, cared for. with a full ap
preciation of their importance.
The wasteful, reckless cutting of
trees, and carelessness, or worse, in
burning away wood lands, must
stop, i'or it is a- public mischief.
Forest culture in the mountains is
needed ; and the whole trouble is
not in the higher lands. The hill
side must be cared for, as well.
There is a way for plowing them
that is conservative and when there
is a tendency to wash they should be
supported by grasses. Here the ro
tation of crop.? comes in, the preser
vation of brooks by the cultivation
of willows, the restoration of land
that is growing ragged under the
rains by the native forest trees, or,
if the case is bad, trees of quick
growth. A magnificent forest of
black locust can be raised from the
sprouts in from fifteen to twenty
years. Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette. Half a Million for a Clucken.
I shall never forget the amount
of money it coct us to keep an old
woman from crying herself to death.
Of course we were obliged to subsist
off the country as we went along,
and we naturally took about the
best in sight One day we took
possession of a chicken rancbe kept
by an cid lady who stood at the
front gate with a broom and threat
ened ;o lkk all of Sherman's forces
if they did not move on. Now
chickens were considered officers'
meat, and, as we were infernally
hungry, we went for those hens
pretty lively. When she saw that
her favorite fowls were being caught
and killed, she keeled right over
and began to cry. Presently she bo
gan to scream, and finally you
could hear that woman's voice clear
to Atlanta. I sect the surgeons in
to quiet her, but they failed, and
then the eukers took turns, but the
more attention paid her the more
she howled. I then got pretty ner
vous over the infernal noise, because
the whole army would hear it, and
they might suppose somebody was
torturing the woman. Finally Sher
man rode up and asked what it was
all about. When we told him, he
said:
" Give her a bushel of Confederate
bonds for her hens, and see if that
won't stop her."
Acting on thehini, I proceeded
to business. We had captured a
Confedeiate train the day before
wth JU(mr)0 of Confederate mon
ey, and I hunted up the train at
once. The money was worth about
twtf cents on the dollar. Well, I
stuffed about half a million dollars
in an old carpet sack and marched to
the house.
"Madam," said I, opening the
sack, "I'll give you $ .300,(XXJ to quit
this noise."
It was still as death in a minute,
anrl then hpr face exnanded into a
j a broad smile. I laid the package
j of notes on the table, and I never
isaw so delighted a woman. Gvo.
j K Hurray in a War Story.
A ScatUiale man shot at a dog and
paid $40 for a French plate window
glass which was broken by his way
ward bullet
Kfliglon in the Rrnl4.
A correspondent of the New York
Evening Potf, writing from Chicot,
Ark., ou the religion of the Southern
negro, say the exegesis of the Scrip
tures by some of these black pastors
will Ik; new to the most advancen
theologians. A sermon, for instance'
ot local celebrity among tLe dusky
race nere, 1 preco by one , of
their elders otojr-floiA JpwJi'
in -de valley," and openV vjwhaf
follows: 4Dis horse of de Scrip
tur," breddering, I figurate to be de
oster (ostrich). Dis osterlaid five
eggs in de desert, cubbered dem in
de san' for de sun of glory to hatch
out, den went off to hide Tiind a
stone. Dese eggs, breddering, wad
de seeds of de church, least I figu
rate dey was. But five Arabs, who
were de persecutors ob de church,
wanted to smash dem eggs. So
dey try to seek dem out, and drove
de poor oster thro' de valley of Je
hosophat. Dey corner dat poor os
ter at de head ob de valley, and
think they hab him suah, but sud
denly de oster rose high in de mid
air and laugh dose wicked Arabs to
scorn. De egg dey den hatch out,
and so, breddering, came de seeds
ob de church to bear fruit The
description by the pastor of the"os
ter's" chase thro' the valley the
preacher all the while flapping his
arms rooster fashion was an im
mense sensation in its way.
There is one sad side to negro re
ligiou as manifested in the Bends.
The universal testimony of the plan
ter is that it demoralizes the negro
far more than it leads him into the
path of virtue. Some morality is
preached, but the bulk of the ser
monizing consists of distorted im
agery, exciting for the moment
but more hurtful than healthful
to ignorant minds ; while the
church is too often U3ed as a cloak
for most abominable licentious
ness. A preacher in these locali
ties, as a rule, amounts to nothing
as a laborer in the field, and they
are very doubtful moralists.
The Harvest Fly, or Seventeen Year
Old Locusts.
The year 1383 is the one in which
the harvest fly, or seventeen year
old locusts should make their ap
pearance, having been here in 18M.
These peculiar insects usually appear
at intervals of seventeen years, and
it i.s generally supposed that life is
prolonged in an imperfect state for
that length of time. Accidental cir
cumstances no doubt accelerate r
retard their maturity, and in some
parts of the country they appear to
a greater or less extent every year.
In the perfect stite the harvest fly
is of a black color, the veins and
edge of its transparent wings being
orange red. Near the tips of the
covers there is clearly defined a
zigzag line in the form of the letter
"W." which superstition has sup
posed to indicate an approaching
war. The ey?s are of a dull red. and
the wing? and the body and legs are
of a dark orange. The expanse of
the wings is about two and a half
inches. The perfect insect emerges
from the ground from February to
the middle of June, according to the
warmth of the season. They come
in immense swarms, and make a
drumming sound from morning till
night As they live only a few
weeks the damage done by them is
comparatively small, and as they
appear at long intervals they are
not regrjded with, much fear.
A Tnuchiuic Love Letter.
Dearest Amelia My love is stron
ger than the smell of ooflee, patent
butter or the kick of a young cow.
Sensations of exquisite joy go thro'
me like cohorts of ants through an
army cracker and caper over my
heart like young goat? on a stable
roof. I feel as though I c aid lift
myself by my boot straps to the
height of a church steeple, or like an
old stage horse in a green pasture.
As the mean pup hankers after
sweet milk, so do I hanker after your
presence. And as the goslin swim
meth in the mud puddle, so do I
swim in a sea of delightfulness when
you are near me. My heart flops up
and down like a churn dasher, and
my eyes stand open like cellar doors
in a country town ; and if my love
is not reciprocated I will piue away
and die like a poisoned bedbug, and
you can came and catoh a cold on
my grave.
Green Lice on House Plants.
Last winter I was much troubled
with green fly upon my tea roses. I
dipped the plant? in hot water, in
tobacco water, smoked them, and in
snite of all the lice would increase.
The present season I have overcome
them, and my roses are blooming,
and the foliage beautiful and vigor
ous. This was effected in the follow
ing manner:
A five cent paper of chewing to
bacco was steeped in one quart of
hot water, and a teaspoonful of flour
of sulphur was added. After twenty
four hours steeping and shaking, the
liquor wa3 strained into a quart jar
and kept in the flower stand. A
rather stiff, small paint brush was
dipped in the liquid, and the young
shoots and other parts of the "plantt
were brushed with it, removing the
lies from the brush by dipping it in
a tin of hot water. By going OTer
the plants three times, in about thre
weeks they were completely freed
from the pest., and I have seen none
since.
Blown to Pieces.
McM'iE, Ind., April 11. Charles
flhoads and Beach Tiosley to-day
started for the country carrying a
can of hercules powdr. When they
had reached a point half a mile
from town the can exploded, tearing'
Rhoades to pices and fatally injuring
Tinslev.
The average servant girl doesn't
believe in pouring oil on the troub
led waters ; she'd rather pour it on
the troubled fire.
Aa exchange says it makes a wo
man sick to keep a secret That's
why a woman always feels better
after attending sewing society.
A bov asked his father tb !-
ing of tempus fugit TV0rd gen
tleman said he didn't knww certain.
but it was something about nyume.
An Illinois girl imagines herself
to be an angel. She is probably in
nocent enough to believe all that
ths fellows tell her when they come
around sparking.
The harbingers of pring have
made their appearance, and can be
seen almost any day seated on a dry
goods box in" front of the stores,,
whittling soft pine.
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