The rriot ic Widow of tiic Congarce.
BY EEXSONS J. LOOSING, LL.D.
I was at Fori Motte Station, near
the Congare Diver, in south Caroli
na, on a" bright frosty morning in
January, 1M3.
toVill vou direct me to the Fort
Motte plantation ?" I eaid to a lad.
Pointing up a gentle slope, he
faid. "On the top o' the hill is Mr.
love's house, which they call Fort
Motte. It ts only a short wa'd from
hereuD that dirt road.
At the eurumit I found a very aged
man, with thin white hair, reeling
upon a log bv the wavside.
-Is tha Fort Motte?" I inquired,
pointing toward a fine house lor the
region, standing on the high rolling
plain which eloped Jotheewampson
every ide.
'.So thev call it,r he ."aid : '"but it
ain't the fort wc luck fro:n the Brit
ish ruor'n sixty year ago burnt em
r.nt.. vnn mm sav.'"
Vf-rc vnn. or.e of its captors?" I !
asked.
"I reckon I was." replied the old
man. 'D'ye see that scara?" point
jog to his" forearm, bared of his
A redcoat's bullet made it
well as ours, to her farm house to
lunch ; and, perfect lady as she was
everywhere, she wae as purlite to
her country s ' enemies as to its
friends,
"While we were at the table, .con
tinued the old soldier, "word came
1o our gineral that some of his men
were "amusin" ' henselves by hang
ing Tories. Marion hurried out, and,
wi;h drawn sword, ran to the spot
in time to save the life of one of 'em.
If was Tom Cunningham who died
at Kings-tree last year. The gineral
threatened to kill any man who
should attempt to harm another pris
oner. A just man, a brave man, a
Christian man. was Gineral Mar-
Farming in Walecarlia, Sweden.
inn
.. ii
dip their feet in the bath, and dry
i.1 j ICiiv va v.. ...-. - - - :
mansion of Mr. Love, when 1 spent
several hcurs very pleasently. He
said the narrator was a worty pen-
. r . ...L. . .1
isjoner, ana a man oi irum; auu
the traditions oi tne country ana
n 1 . . . I n m r- Aral i-TGO-
ment with his siorv of the capture - dry or pickled f5 A
of Fort Motte by Lee ana .Marion.
I wrote i he old soldier's name on a
j scrap of paper, soon lost it and have
been unab'e to lecauiu
An Exraordinary Battle.
A remarkable instance of the fe-
s'ppVe.
in a scrimmage afore '.he siege. I
wasxiarn s it.ienanu 1 rociiy of bees under certain condi-
Know, wss Marion s r.gU-hand A c
man when hunting Ton s He stut-, J Top.sham Uorticul-
t, red when hurried. Comin sud- . harden Society
oenlv on a Tory camp, one n ght. he "exhibition at The
WiHilM.OR-HUS lo lire uuii... I , . . . w ,v
the Devon and
sociation and
among its ex u: oils was one wnicn
; exceed a very great deal of interest.
ITbiswas a case contain'ng several
t i .i i j - u:k i .i
wun animation, vim i .uv, ,. . . ,. . n ,. k
l.ecKV .ioue uvea uere . suvi
Tiluckv woman wis Jieckv
-SUoot, darn
, , i ' tents was occupied bv the
all blazed awav in met.. . , r .
Lxeter Bee-keeners' Asjc
i
mm. "Fi fi fi fi
ve!'' and we
jark.,:
"Why wa this called Fort Motte ?''
I inquired.
Bless vourcoul !" said the soldier
"Ilf.n't
MoHe !l'e a C0UI,ie a.vs previously. A
! wen Known apiarian was visiung a
As puny as a picture, tiiougnstie
was well-oich forty year old. and
had a darter married to Gineral
l'inckney. Srie was a Charleston
ladv, and this was her lies', country
house a healthy place. The Brit
ish druv Becky and her little dart
.. . ... i .. ,i.... i.;.-. ,i ;oh
u j . ; a n i ; f we'e still- being broueht to the en
a:l around it. Tuied cn a bie bans oi i , . ? . , . , .
ditch,
iriend s house a da or two previ
ously and on coming to one of the
beehives it was found that there was
gn-at uproar inside. Closer inspec
tion showed the ground below the
hive to be covered with several hun
dred dead drones and hosls of them
out bv the
trance and bundled
workers, generally bv being seized
(behind the head and dragged along
to the e::it where, as a kind of fare
twell, a sting was given to them.
! Examination of the slain revealed
; the fact that they had been seve-ely
'handled. Manx were headless,
j others h;id lost legs or wings or boi.ii
land all boreevideuce of rough usage.
iThat the bees were very much tiie
'superior force was shown by the
fact that only about fifty of them
! had fallen in ihe frav, a remarkable
disproportion to tiie number slain
of the enemy. The battle had raged
from about seven in the morning to
the same hour in hc evening and
seemed then to end only with the
utter annihilation of the drones.
dirt around tiie eoge o! tne
and so made a fort of it; a purty
strong fort a'iii mn.-ki-ts and rilles.
It was a nice iKu-e, but not so fine
as Mr. Love's, which Becky built
right away after the war. I helped
draw timtx r to build it."
"i lie British drove Mrs. Motte and
her family out of her house, did
thev? Where did thv go?"' I ask
ed.' "To her overseer's on yonder hill,"
he replied. "Becky was a rich wid
der; los-t her husband early ii the
war. and lived here in the summer.
At that farm house she showed real
grit, I tell ye : gnt that made tis all
feel as if we could willingly die for
her : yes. die fir her."
"How did hht-s'iow grit?" I asked,
as I seated me!f on the log by the
side of the veteran.
"Well, you see," said the old patri
ot. as his voii.-e waxed stronger by the
stimulus f vivid recollections, "they
had her house, and five hundred red
coats were in and around it. Left-
li.int Coimcl Lee Legion Harry,
you know a dashing young trooper
only twenty-five year old, had join
ed us with his hght-horse-men, and
we all pushed forward, horse and foot
for this place to drive off the British
ers. That very mornin' some tfoop
eis from Charktom came to tiie
fort with despatches for Lord Haw
don at Camden. They were about
to leave, when we appeared at Beck's
farm house. Thev were skeered and
didn't go. Lee had a little six-ipect! If he was out he would be
pounder, which he placed in battery plenty able totakecareof hiinsefl,he
on the knoll yonder. The red coats I would."
had no artillery ; and so we had 'em, i "But we can't get his out of jail,
we recKoneu.
A stranger entered the office of an
ocean steamer agent, on Griswoid
street yesterday, a. id asked:
"Can a man come from Ireland by
pour line?"
"He can, sir."
'"Will you bring over niv oldest
brother?"
"We will that."
"For how much ?"
"In first rate shape for
"I think I'll pay the money,"
saiil the stranger, but, as he was
pulling out his wallet, the agent
asked :
"In what part of Ireland is vour
brother?"
"In the Dublin jail sir. as a sus-
liise when you like in the morn
ing, and you will always find the
farmer already at work. In the heat
of high noon he may be asleep in
his wooden bunk in the living-room,
but most of the day the house is de
serted, and the key haags on the
door jamb or is stuck in the shingles
of the low porch. The laborers come
in for tneir dinner a;ter hours of
dusty work in the fields. A huge
copjer jKit is brought out in the
middle of the court yard and filled
with water. The girls take off their
kerchiefs and bathe their arms and
necks. huddliDz together in the
! shade of the porch. Men follow and
,.i.ir ! repeat the operation. Then tne girls
them on the embroidered towels
hanging in the sun. and finally the
men and boys likewise finish their
dianer toilet in the same water. The
meal is a simple oue ponidge,
milk, unleavened bread. and perhaps
eas ler-
men.td drink is handed around in
a clumsy wooden fivkin.with side
and cover pa;ated or carved two gen
eraUoDS ago. At the close of the
meal they sit around the room and
sing a byn a to e her berore they re
turn to the fields. Everything in the
bouse is of the most primitive order.
In the single la ge ic-oni on the
ground floor are chairs made of hol
low tree trunks, tables of rough
hewn planks iPrn up on folding legs
iairamst tiie s-oe of the room, and
there are bun! -.in the wall, with cu
riously carved and pair ed trim
mings, Beside the rude stone fire
platform, wiie e the Einoke curls up
under an overhanging hood, stands
(he well worn chopping block, where
during the long evenincsof the win
J;er months ihe farmer sits by the
hour splitting kindling wood and
whittling. From the smoky beams
overhfad hang tools, baskets and
poles draped with g. eat buuehes of
folded rye oread, about the appear
ance and iextu 'e of coarse brown j
paper. To lighten up the dull tored
interior the farmer's wife has hung
her embroidered towel? and brilliant
coverlets along the fro it of the straw
filled bunks, and sp.ead a richly
colored 'eco of soi't home woven
wool over the painted chest w'ueie
the Bible and hymn books are care
fully stored. On the floor she has
sprinWd fresh birch leaves or
s etched a pic ? of 1 ome made rag
caret. Gcrai "urns and roses bloom
in the long low windows, where the
g-een toned glass set in lead lets in
a mellow light. The rakes which
hang by the door are whhtled out
of tough wood. The beer mug, the
old hand mangles, and the saddle
bows are carved in grotesque forms
or covered with intricate ornament
ation. Among the few pieces of coarse
crockery is found perhaps a quaint
silver cup, and sticking in the same
rack with the clumsy wooden ladles
is a battered but serviceable silver
spoon which has fed a half-dozen
generations. The only literature in
sight is a bundle of Swedish news
papers from far-off Minnesota, care
fully preserved, and read again and
again.
The ConMternation an Owl Made.
Pathetic MenoriM of the Plough.
" vVho were Lee's troops ?" I ask-
"Neither can I, you know, though
I've written seven letters to the jail
er to do a decent deed, and let Bar
ney go."' Detroit Free Pre-.
Stretchy nlffion.
An old couple, man and wife,
were along the wharves a day or
two ago hunting for an up-shore boat
tlm iriimon tit- .1 i l i," O
j steamboat agent :
ed.
"Mostly young Virginians, I reck
on, ready to go where he might lead;
anil he was ready to go wherever
his country needed brave men. He
was a handsome young man, with
large black eyes and brown hair.
The gay uniiorm of his men made
the homespun clothes of Marion's
brigade look meaner ttian ever. But
we had the grit as well as they."
..it .. . !.,. i. r... ,;ii.
onlv that little field Piece?" I in.juir- Its a-f ormy season, and
- 1 we expect to be seasick, and wed
ruiuer gu on u uuai n uci s me cap
tain is a reiicious man.
"Well, that's all right," he replied.
"We've got one very religious cap
tain on our line, and his boat sails
tonight."
"Can we go down and see him?"
"Oh ves. Keep right down the
' . . : i , .i i .
Thev were ordered to sur- hl8 UUU1. uu 1b.t'e,lIie . ,
Thev' said thev wouldn't. , The couple walked or. and finally
J ust then we heard that llawdon was I '7,7,, V . capui.n
.. ... t ami nil hnml j trpr hilar with firm
rrfr(.:.tin- trom llamrirn. and had : . j r'
sent troops to join the garrison at i
Fort Motte. Tnat very night their
camp fires were seen ou a hill notj
tar awav. I lie si"lit made us live-I
Something must be
"Lee dismounted his troopers, led
Vm into a narrow hollow up to a
short way from the fort, and, with
the help of some negroes, began to
dig toward it and throw up breast-1
works, while we took tost at the
field piece to defend it in case the j
red coals should come out and at
tack us,
render,
I shall never forget the halcyon
spring day that grandfather told me
to scour the old plough and get ready
to learn the mysteries of the rhapso
dy. I took a brick and cleaned that
old mould board with the same eager
delight and thorough faithfulness
that Ben Butler" bestowed on the
burnishing up of the Massachusetts
Almshouse. What a thrill of ecsta
cy frolicked within me a3 I slipped
the loop of the single line about my
wrist, reached up to the handles
and yauped " glang." Grandfather
followed in silence. I felt as glori
ous as Private Dalzell when he gets
into the newspapers, and with tinut
erable feeling 1 chirped, "Dear
grandpa, you needn't work any more.
I'll run the farm and grandma can
spend the money and " We were
going down an incline, so when my
pride quickly straightened the old
nloujrh 6hot out of the ground and
jerked me clear over astraddle of the
beam. Ihe horses stopped and
rrandpa kindlv remarked, " Yo
! musa't sit down to rest so airly in
the mornin , Jienny, lfyergom to
run the farm.'" I felt as bad as the
Star Kouters who pleaded guilty to
conspiracy and had to take it back,
plead not guilty and bo discharged.
Grandpa fondly Bat down on a
slump and watched me pull and tug
to drag the old plough and two
hc-ses backward to plough up the
skip. After I pulled my nrms out
of socket, wenched my back and
was ready to start, grandpa wiped
the moisture from his eyes, and
cooed softly : " Ye can save a good
deal of time and gruntin' hy turnin'
the horses and makin' them drag
the plough roun' for snips like that
no." I felt so graceful I wanted to
let him go the house for a jug of but
termilk. We came to a little swell
ii the ground and the old plough
star.ed down deeper and deeper,
like an artesian well auger. " Ear
down on th' handles," yelled old
business. The horses thought he
meant them, and ibey just straight
ened out till iheir belJies kissed the
ground ; the plough started for Chi
na, struck a root, the plough clevis
busted, the horses shot forward, and
I rose over the plough at the end of
ihe plough line, like Gilroy's kite.
Grandpa picked me up tenderly,
dusted me oil- with a sprout, then
sent mo to the house for a clevis and
a mattock to dig the old plough
out.
I started next time with humilia
tion and an angry ancestor. The
old plough seemed possessed. It
tried as hard to evade the land as
St. Louis wet grocers do the Down
ing law. " Push th' handles from
the land," shrieked my red-hot in
structor, as the plough shot out
again. The horses know the misery
wapped up in that shriek and sup
posing it refer.ed to them they
sta-ted on a tnt with yours truly
a-skippiog and a-hopping, and
a-puding and bellowing "whoo-o-o"
like a fog-horn. The plough found
its affinity, an old stump; a crash
followed, and I was thrown nearly
over the township. It busted the
old stump, and dear grandpa arrived
just in time to greet the bees that
.swarmed out. It was awful, the way
the horses plunged and kicked, and
dear grandpa batting bees and try
ing to unhook the traces. "Leai,
Lem ; ye young rascal, come hyar!"
But 1 concluded to faint dead away
first. He got the team loose and
thev tore for the house, kicking like
the whiskey element in the Iowa
Republican . party at the third reso
lution. Darling old grandfather
started for me just a ciawin' bees
from his shirt and pants, jumping,
yelling murder and spitting white,
with enough prodding insects around
him to sting "the rascals out."
Much as I loved old grandpa's soci
ety, I concluded not to wait. I came
out of that faint and started down
the home stretch like a modern
office seeker. Grandpa was after me,
slopping his old hat wildly , and
whooping, "Holy Moses," etc,, etc.
For the first half mile we gained on
the horses, but as we neared the
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The action of the Washington
monument is watched most carefully
and its every movement registered.
Two plummets are suspended in its
inside, one from a height of 2U0 feet
and the other from a height of loO
feet. The movements of these are
compared manv times a day. The
movement of one should be about
one and one half times that of the
other if there were no irregular in
ternal movement oa the part of the
structure. But the register shows
that the movement is irregular in
both direction and in size. Some
times the plummets move, in oppo
site direciious add sometimes in the
same. Sometimes the top moves a
little, but its whole sway since the
foundation wrs strengthened has
been only a q arterof an inch. All
of thee movements are very slight,
and can onlv be detected With a mi-! house our wind began to fail. Grand-
croscope. The louger p'enmet line ma and the red-headed hired girl
DYS
ENTERY
SUM
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COMPLAINT
: There is no time to be lost when those
v c love are taken with these
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The many great improvements intro
duced in the manufacture of the Jas. Ii iss'
Gold Watch Case, have led to similar im
provements in the making of silver caes.
Under the old methods, each part of a
silver case was made of several pieces of
metal solJered together, requiring a great
amount of cutting and toldering, which
softened the metal and gave it the pliability
of lead rather than the elasticity of silver.
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S4 S ml -la. t tfptat Watok CaM ra-Urb-. nr.
-lpaia.rahrm in llltratoe raajailrt iki(k
Jim s-m' aa4 kijilaaa VaatS Vaaaa ar aia4.
(Jo U continued.) 1
him
-y,
1 tell ve
doiw quickly.
' To tiatter down tlieir worts with
our baby cannon, or reach them ly
dirgin? trendies, would take too
tn uch time, tut Lee was up to any
thing. 'We must burn c:n out," he paid.
''f he 8binjl-s on the houge were
dry hs tinder, for the Funshine was
hot on that day inthe middle of
May. "I can bciuI tire to 'em with
arrows," said Lee, ''and they'll blaze
in & minute." But he didn't like to
do it. Becky Motte was his friend,
her son-in-law was his friend ; but
he thoupht of country first, and his
friends afu-rwards. When he men
tioned it to Becky, the plucky wom
an clapped her hands, and shout
ed, "(iood ! good ! Do it if you
can. Burn the house if they won't
surrender 3" Wasn't that raal grit
raal patriotism?
"Iee sent another order for the
red coats to surrender. Thev knew
you
hut the old folks walked up to
and then said :
"Captain, you have beeu recom
mended to us as a religious in an."
i 1 he u 1 liave : henromiiL-
ly growled.
Tliey looked at each, other with
tonsternation depiched in their fa
ces, and then tiie old man said :
"Captain, what church do
belong to ?''
"See here!" roue,J the ofHcial,
"if you've come to bleed me for some
charity, or want me to sign a peti
tion, or expect this boat to carry a
lot of deadheads up the lake, I won'ts
stand it! What do you want? Out
with it, now, and no infernal chaw
ing around. I 'in blanked if I ain't
bothered by more dashed lunatics
than other blankedmeu on the dash
ed lakes !"
Man and wile retired to consult,
and after petting ten feet away the
; woman said :
"Henry, hes not a reiicious man."'
"Well, I dunno."
"But he swears like a pirate."
- a. .
e.s, -Mann, out vou see tnio is
out West
is encased in a wooden box, to pre
vent the atmosphere hav:n any ef
fect upon it. aod since the finding
that the spiders had once drawn the
line out of the perpendicular, a care
ful invesiigntion is made daily, to
see that the lines are not influenced
by outside causes. Once, when great
consternation was caused by the ir
regularity of the line, it was found
that on owl was perched upon the
top of the lin--. It was caught, killed
and stud'ed and given to Mrs. Hayes,
and it is now probably on exhibition
at Fremont.
Uncle Sam's Navy. In a comruu-
nication published in the Anay and
j.Vury .hurivil, Commander J. B.
ICoughlan. U. S. N., spates that the
(consultation of eminent naval and
other surgeons, respecting his rheu
matic attack, failed to allbrd him
the slightest relief. By adv:ce of
Dr. Hoyle he used St." Jaco s Oil,
which wrought a complete and. as
he says, wonderful cure. John Carr
Moody, Esq., lawyer at Vallejo, Cal.,
was likewise cured of a severe ;oint
trouble. '
Kcmoily for Hen liicc.
One of the most pestilential visita
tions in the hen house is lice ; abun
dant at any time from May until
frost cooes. They do not confine
their presence to their own quarters.
If 'a the vicinity, they invade the
pig sty, the carriage house, the horse
and cow stable. The horse and his
rider are both likely to be covered
witli this minute pest. They do not
trouble the fanner's hen roo5t al
ways, for tho hens r.s a rule have the
freedom of the premises, roost in the
We don't swetir and lie- i apple trees by inghf, aud wallow in
iv . biiii M . .1 I i , . , ,.
help wttf iiigh.and they wouldn't do I w ,ue -P,- j '"- uust uy aay, which eiiect-
it "HavevouaiimiwliocanriMv. rasp8 off the vermin. But
straghitwithalHuvandarrow?''he;fnl,1Jr?.uthere- He fwears, but, he j many must confine their hens in
asked Marion. "Ves " the Gineral j looks hke a raan to Hnd "I" in quarters during the growing
said: "Nathan Savag is ae good lapfctrm ' . f ; ' , ep them at all, and
shot as any Indian " Shan't w look for another 7 j these creatures come upon them by
"A bow and arrows were ouicklv ' Kue6S Dot Maria. I guess the eieaith. Do you suggest fumigation
arrows were quickly ' ,
ters at the farm-houae, with Nathan.
He tried the bow, and said, "It ain't
strong enough." "Here, darter,"
said Becky lo her youngest, who
married Colonel Alston, "run and git
the Indian bow and arrows." Tur
pentine torches were fastened to 2 or3
of the arrows, and Nathan sent them
like blazing stars straight to the roof.
The ehingles smoked, and we hur
rahed. The? bia-vtl, and we shout
ed. The rea coats ran up, and be
gan to knock off ihe burning shin
gles. Shots from the 6ix pounder
raked the loft, and sent Britishers
scampering pell-mell below. Purty
soon white fla? was seen waving,
and at noon we had em ; the T(4
coats were all our prisoners. Warn1!
we happy fellers 1 I didn't mind the
bullet hole in my arm a bit, just
then. Becky Motte, plucky Becky
Motte, was as happy as any of us,
though her fine house was in ruins.
She invited the British officers,
igions out Here in Michigan are
kind o stretchy, and they low
swearing on steamboats and around
the depots. We'll " go by this boat
and if he don't ewear any harder
than he did to ufrmtbbe Providence
will let him squeeze through on the
up-trip and sink him when he comes
down !" Detroit Free Dress.
Time to Slop It.
It's too bad, Sir or Madam, but
don't get frightened. Your hair is
falling off that's certain. A glance
in the mirror, or an investigating
committee of fingers tells the dismal
story. We won't discuss the possi
ble cause. It is enough that Parker's
Hair Balsam used now will prevent
further destruction. Is yonr hair
somefrhat gray, too,' and crisp?
Alas, yes. The balsam will give back
the original color, softness and gloss.
Not a dye. not oilv. elerantlr ner-
as fumed, a perfect dressing.
by tobacco, or by sulphur? What if
your hennery is complete in its ven
tilation, and without a door ? It will
not hold smoke. Do yon advise
whitewash and thorough cleansing?
That is a big job. Kerosene is now
in almost every man's house, and
this cheap agent will make you mas
ter of the situation.' Saturate every
box, perch, and beam in the estab
lishment, and the job is done. Use
the lamp filler carefull, and much
trouble will be aroided.
The area of Dakota Territory is
lG,500,0u0 acres, or just four times
that of the State of Ohio. . Her pop
ulation is a quarter 6f a million, and
constantly increasing, y v ; j. ;
Reading, the stronghold 'of Dem
ocracy in this State,; is : seriously
afilicted with witches. " Two or
three doctors, it is reported, are kept
busy curing the superstitious vic
tims who have fallen under "the
evil eye." How we do progress.
ran to meet us, and the hired girl
outran grandma. I dodged her,
but grandpa ran right into her arms.
hen I got stopjied grandpa was
hugging the hired girl, grandma was
broomsticking them both, and the
trio was screaming and dodging and
squashing bees. When the round
dance broke up deaf grandpa was
too overcome with exertion and bee
stings to return to his professorship
in our agricultural college out in the
field. He sent me out alone, full of
appreheiiFion and fresh butter
milk. Fascinating old plough ! Memory
runs through a clothes wringer as thy
skeleton outlines comes ripping
down the furrows of time. Thou
wert ever n creature of impulse and
idiosyncrasy. Still I followed thee
carolling the symphony : " Gee, gee
there! Haw, now! haw! Consnort
your old hides, I'll maul the hay
out of you." Tlien grandpa would
spring from his ambush in the fence
corner and fill me full of animation
and pain. Ah, as the ploughshare
of time encroaches on the land of
to-morrows, burning to-days into
yesterdays, as the furrow falls back
into tne oroi-en past, mv spirit is
tried and wearied with the task of
being and longs to sink into the in
visible arms of rest. Fascinating
old anatomy wrecker! lhou art
superseded by the invention of the
steam plough.just as I have been by
the superior tactics of modern poli
ticians. Let us lie down in the
furrow together, old playmate, and
let the noiseless share of time cover
us over with the fallowing of the
years.
I had severe attacks of gravel and
kidney trouble: was unable to pet a
medicine or doctor to cure me until
I used Hop Bitters, and they cured
me in a short time. A LLtinguish
ed Lawver of Wayne Co., X. Y.
.. .
A Southern gentleman has trained
a pair of pet snakes to catch mice.
His premises are free from mice and
the snakes are family pets, taking
food from the hand fearlessly. ' jj
AT $3.00 PER TOW
LESS THAN CAN BE PURCHASED ELSEWHERE
PURE SLAUGHTER HOUSE BONE DUST.
It is Not Boiled, Not Steamed, Not Bleached.
Wo will sell our Bone Dust by analysis at same price aa any other Bone in the Market, and will return $3.00 per ton to the buyer.
It is higher m Uone rhosphate ana Ammonia than any other ixiuu m America. .
It is richer in Ammonia than Peruvian Guano.
3?tt:re Chemicals -ajstd Super Phosphate,:
073 HAV S92TS PHOSPHATE ZS QUICK, A17DXS 22TTZ2TSED 7C3SPEEST AOT LA26E
JOSHUA HORNER, Jr. & CO.,
3ovvlv's Wharf and Wood St., BALTIMORE,
Happy Homes ! Happy Homes ! ! Happy Homes ! ! !
THE NlHiSBER OF MOMES MADE HAPPY
Vj Ike ua. of the Clbntcd Labor ud HeBlta.-&a-rBg
Day's Soap
Day's Soap
la bcyoBd power of eomfrnf nil in. Onr farllttlm for Jl prodnralon of It ar lai-H to the atmait to rappljr III- allien
tliml poor luiiMtan.l --in t!n.t urrnt vtri'- ami proiirr.-l. emthi r . Hit; hi here In roamr eeetlon It ta
iM-tuax ua.-(i vBtenr.lt rly in.l BMty rata tctafr to It wvntlerful pruperCle.
r::cxjci jb"- 2 jmtuemma m a aimii'i
Tha wrappers a?
waxed zni c?n bs
I Save your Health,-
NO CONSUMPTION. NO BRONCHITIS. NO EPOCHS.. ",.,
ff-aHHg " NO fiOIUNC. NO SCALDING. NO UBOR. '
' - "ll - - - 1- "u t V 1 - .1 1 4 V Ml ..11 At . .1 I a
Save your patience,
hand-irons, giving
thsm a po'iish and
smoothness, that
will greatly assist in
giving your clothes
a finished look.
Remember this
Soap is cheaper
By using this Soap.
Ko unpleasant odor,
There if no physician in the land butvehat will tell Ton that there is noth
ing 10 conductive to contracting t.Kl coiijrhi anil col.K which lend to th t.Kue
of our nation Consumption and Hrnnchiti' a- the nainlin over a lu.t toro
bollinc clothes and wanning- in hot water, which nprn tiie (Mires of the tkin.
lb 13 meu iu.i vnv fiuia me iiiim ih-si i'i j-iiuirii. i, 11111 j a 1 - f. - M . .
the risk la overcome, aa nwhins hut iiinewnrin at r i- ued, jut aarai nO SiCkneSS 3S
CWIUKI1 w im raiupnuujiv w tuc aninis iuc wui - iiiiiv men; IS liu fcimin li
looaen the pa-tieror latering, no foul odura to make the uoue unbu ilthv an l
uncomfortable
! TIIIXK OP IT f Yotira laliora lwoncd and your expenses decronat d m
causo this ia an economical np in well aa iithir-uiriua, and iti rcmiima'.ii'
solvent power, comliiii-d with in iK-rf.-ot harmlwntJi and ili-liilicUiit irnp
erue, reuat'r i ivauutiai inr niift;iioiii puriaiaan'i launarr ae. 11 a ip-ri
the result of a hard
I day's wash.
ority over other oajw i atteated br uiiuy u iin'Hiiaia front leading Iiiv iti,
mvieian. HuapiiaiM, Aayinma. etc. a wonueriui niapoverr, mit ne ih.i
destined tn have a remarkable future, and one that wiil reroliittum: : t
most dreaded of household duties.
A forfeitof Sl'iO will he made If this Poao doea not do n'. that is claim.-.! f...
it. provided that iti uaoil as the intmetion read, and in that wav only. Tii
aeake and teil your frieads and n-ihu m of iu vinuo.. and a. tbum to Kri
a cake and try it.
the marlfPt and Vet 3 -nitwrtp-e-i fm "at'i ?or in- w'xM trtr. Ie :iiem f.ir am.Kith.n.-
Read the directiuus carefully, aud fallow them juM as they art) given. Xo
ether way will do.
than any other in
does all we claim
for it.
Ih hot water,
No wash boiler.
but clothes nice and
white and as Ira-
grant as new mown
hay.
TRY IT.
tlv.
"Ye?, 6ir; thu
i.lge. Of all D-lk?
.a
More Somerset Coun
ty people have 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
gives all the local news
without burdening its
columns with unmean
ing and uninteresting
correspondence.
steambn.it.
----- f'"IW , .
in-ers shoulj let 1: r;'-r
lite and property "
Keopinghishdoniv
he said tins. V. . ..
No.2yiSUverstr;;rrKroctC
"Of cnume .1-pbic-W
:uii if n i -
tne soDer ones haveth';
and the U-st pav.
and exriorure ...: tr
Because it is always
reliable politically, and
says what it means and
means what it says.
but for mv rinrr r
ic all the invigVanu1'4;.
Zvl a buttle aboard hw L
V on a trip without V0
liiiven t any appet;'. " V
way out oi'fort.i. iiZui
time. If drickinj ":
the Tonic, it wouid h.'','1
ctr. (No, that i-rt
its a :.tr i.w down , l''lA''
Aa I was savin? n . -r r.':"
life Uittled "up! ' v, ' r-"
tali'? Wei!, with a ..
ker's Tonic in the Ut'Y :;
malaria as tar from n
the time. My wi,v 1 'i'1''
three years lor suttmr 'e:
and colic, and a an
when fche's tired nut
IM'.e MVS th T... : . --rtl
j Good-bye! Don't hr.' 4
Igoinp; below."' " '-'
i Tli id preparation.
Known as I'arknV
will hereafter be iiiiv,-;,''
impiy under the nan.f
Tonic. As uiiprincip:,..!,!.;'
constantly deceivir.
by substitutin- inr
der the name of gir;j..r
eerid really an unimi,',,:;
dient, we drop the
word. "'
There i no ehnnr,w
preparation iUri and ail .
mainine in the liar.d c'':
wrapped under the tMu-'l
Ciinirer Tonic, contain the"-'
naefheine if the jitrxim;..'
jlliscock kV: Lo., is at t!,-.
j tiie outside wrapper.
Because its Court re
ports are always full,
fair and trust worth v.
Ileferrinsr to Shori-i.;n a;
tie of Winchester, in his 'j
the Foldiers' reunion ia ii:i
I'.ev. Dr. Fulton quoted tU i
as sayicp: "in ur.the.ilo.-yv
"We glial whip them." i:,,"
much for one of the oM v"-j
audience, and rising in l:jc1
ehaking his hand at th
speaker, he shouted. -T.
what .Sheridan said : vthx'
pay was, '"We'll lick h lor.
Th is brought down the Lou--the
coufusion had .-ul-H.
Fulton emilir.g'v add-.-d -did
it, too!''
liecauso it is tne me
dium used by the peo
ple of the county when
they wish to let their
neighbors know when
they have a farm or
anvthinsc else for sale.
al O
OK ANOTHKK AGE
I i.raiiiiany Mipptanicl hy , prf(l,
i tide. Certain Old ThinK, a.
eu Away.
In the general rec-priori r -the
Western Union Teifmrh -inr.
on Broadway, Nt y-,.-"
fAiiioiieu me coar.-e. flu
clumpy instrument? of thf ir.:
ithe teiecraih. Tliey an- iv.rr
r.ow. More perfect niaci.::.
superseded it.
Years ago what is r.ow -r.:
old lashioned porous pLi-v
some srood Ferviee. TInt. ;
nothing better of the kind. .V,
tnai is cnange-.l. .ciei.n x.-
i th scie
THE GREAT GERMAN
REMEDY
FOR PAIN.
Kelirv-s and cares
IUIEUMATISM,
Neuralgia.
Septic-, Lambgo.
BACKACHE. .
EEAtlCire.TOOTHlOHl,
S0RETHR0aT..;i,
QCTXsr. 8WELLEW3S,
rRAIJUa, i I
'S-r-nen, Ctrtt, Braite,
'BTBIM, tflLM, 1
And all oUiar sodily aclies
and pains.
FIFTY CENTS I BOTTLE.
Hold hjall Srii-cHts and
Ilaal-Dv Dlrecuuiu in 11
. aaocuac-a. ... .
TW ChtrlM L Va-ctw C.
i.a.raaaxatoai
BS?-Wash-day has no terrors for the household where DAY'S SOAP is used, no
unpleasant and sickening odors to fill your I0U333, ai laborious rubbing on the wash-board.
.while the washing can be done in one half the ti-ne necessary by following the old worn-out method.
MADAM for it is to the ladTes we d -sire to sp :ak more epvcia!ly you are the interested per
son in this matter; you it is that suffer-s the ills ari-dn;- fro-n the wah-tub and its heavy cares; you it is
to whom the perplexities and r sponsibilities of the hou-eho!d rightfully belong, and you A. is that should
interest yourself in a trial of the qualities of this soap, tha' has always proven itself to be a boon of salvation
TO SUFFSRIIffG HUMAHTITY.
a as aajaa a a a ajajyaa ga 3 fnB
We do not come to you with a plausible ttry calculated to have you try it, simply for the amount
of money such a sale would bring us; we do not come to you as irresponsible parties, who have no reputa
tion to suffer calumny, but we do present to you this bra;id of soap up-n an absolute guarantee and
recommendation of a well-known industrial establishment in Philadelphia, of sixteen years' existence.
Do you suppose for a moment it would compensate us to make false statements to you and ruin our
jWell-earned reputation ? No, dear reader; what we say about DAY'S SOAF is the truth, and it is sus
itained by the evidences of thousands of housewives from all over the country; besides which we stand
'ready to endorse it all with ready cash. JSS" HO AT Is the Original nd only J'atenUtU-r
EXIT'S SO
Will rlrau lh Mlnra' 8hl mi! Cloth..
M il rl-aat th. RlacksmttkW Ski aal Clotltaa.
Will rlran tha MaehlMtaA'a sklai aaxl Clotlaaa.
Will cleaai Kvcrylxxlr'a Skla sad Ctatkaa.
I
btlsan-aot
aaaa- im ItMSMaflMp Uiat will cl.aai Ih.satta aa well mm tha clothes t thl Day's ooap will smraly I
do. It srtll ts sua wax Injur, the lliactt fabric or the atirn dallcata oaaylealo-aa. I
,No soda, no washing crystals, no lyes are to be used, but simply supply yourself for the
next wash-day with a bar of DAY'S SOAF, then carefully read the directions and follow them to
the exact letter, and if you don't say pitch out that old wash-boiler, for I am a wiser woman, you
willbe the first person we have yet hcarJ of h it has ben disappoint' d.
JtSFTSOTr remember if you don't intend to follow the directions do not try the soap at all, for
Amless you do this you will be disappointed, and then you will scold us and yourself as well.
VThe cost of one cake will cormnrc-ya-thst-Tt i-cthe- best and cheapest soap ever offered you,
"while the smiles' that will encircle your brow will do justice to a golden sunset
Have you confidence in this newspaper? If so, do you suppose the owner would allow us
to swindle his readers by offering them teaipung inducements? He uses it in his own home, and can
certify to its merits. Now you get a cake from your grocer in time for the next wash-day, and become
acquainted with its intrinsic worth. .
' Ask your grocer for it, and do not allow him to put you off with anything else for a substitute for
every dealer can obtain it, and should he refuse you, send direct to " .
DAY & FR! CK, Prop's of fts Phitztfslp&ia Stua Zzip ftcrks,
1754-56-58-60-62 Howard Street PMladnVpM.,
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 Washngton and
attainable.
Because it is active.
aggressive, and always
lor the cause of its
constituents.
If you have friends
who live outside the
county, there is no
more acceptable pres
ent you can send them
than a copy of their
county paper.
If you have a neigh
bor who needs a paper
recommend the herald.
It your children want
a paper, subscribe for
the HERALD.
Subscription $2.00
per year.
Address
Somerset, Penn'a.
have j;or.e deeper int
nedieine and nrodinvri r,-.-
... ..r
lapcine 1 orous l luster, which
bodies all the excei!enoin th :
nomhle in an external rf-niHir '
old plasters were slow th (.
is rapid ; they were uncertain--
i-upcine ia sure. Ui;:i;.cr r.
bear similar nanifs. lu r--
therefore, that some tiiriftv (ir::
does notdeeeive vnn In th,
of the genuine is'cuf the wr i C.
CINE. Price '!" cen'ji. Sokrr
Johnson, Chemists, New York.
Ostriches when plucked are bii:
el witu a stocking' drawn ov?r
head and are then quiet. Air.
plucking one at the ostri k s.
near Ix3 Angeles, whe he (!:-:;:
the stocking. He saw at one : I
he had done and lenned h-ad
out of the ren. iu?t in time to v
a kck which knocked a l ur:
the fence into toothpii ks.
Contin ui
CHAI'TKU ii.
wonderful and mysterieu? c
power is developed which i?
ried in its operations t!i:it i:
or ill Lealtli can nos-:! ;c ex.
resist its power, and ytt it is
Harmless for the "u:o-t i'm:
man. weakest invalid. r
child to use.
" PatiYi.ts
" Almost d-ad or nearly :
ror years, and eiven uil v
c'ans of Lri'dit's and other i
diseases, liver eotiioiaint.-.
coughs called consuinptior. -
ueen cured.
Women have gone nmnvc:
rrom agony (if neuralgia. :
vousness. wakefulness, ar.'i vx'
diseases peculiar to women.
I eople drawn out ot simp
the excruciating pants oi
tism.
Infiarnmator' and ehr.ir.ic. v
fering from scrofula!
Prysipebs !
iait rheum, blood poisonir;.
pepsia, indigestion, and ia U'
most ail diseases frail
Nature ia heir to
Have beer, cured by Ilnp Bit
proof of which can" be f.-ur.'i
every neighborhood in the k:
world.
A Sunday school boy eotr.'-''
with his teacher, holdi'm' that '
world, being round, cetil-l hTe '
end.
Messrs. lliseox it t'o. call s'
attention to tiie fact that alur.V:'
lo, 1S63, the name and styie ot ;:
preparation will herealter be-iur
Parker s Ton 'u:. The word "Uii'-'!
is droped, for the reason
that i-
irinci filed dealers are cor.stui.t.y r
ceiving their patrons hy su!-'--'
inferior preparations under the n.' -of
Ginger; and as ginger is an '-
important flavoring ingredient
our Tonic, we are sure ti"lt
friends will agree with us as to
propriety of the change. There
be no change, however, in the V"
aration itself ; ami all bottte
inaining in the hands of
wrapped under the name of '
er's Gi.ngkr To.mc," contain the
uine medicine if the signature.'
Hiscox it Co. ;s at the bottom o! -
outside wrapper.
A New York lumber dealer re
ly imported from the l'-v u,
mountains a walnut log .f.
twelve feet long and nine feet
ameter, and weighs J.11
It is estimated to be worth
it lies, and when it is sawed inW
neering it will yiehl WK '"
which will be worth
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