ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Mme lU-miniicrncn of an Intimate Krtmd-His r iih la the Bifcie. j j i r.jcnm namnhlet published I l.r.m.ville. Kv.. br Morton & JO., onntAina a Kketcb of Joshua F . Speed, )T frieud of Abraham Lin- coin! Mr. Speed gives his recollec . f!r Lincoln, and they are mure aoiwa'ted and natural than any w have read. He writes : " The last time 1 eaw bim was jibout two week! before his assaMin- ution. He .eiit me woru v ujj l.rothVr James, then in hi" Cabinet,! that he desired to see me before 1 ; 1 went into bis office about 11 o'clock. He loufcel jraea und weary. I staid in his room un til his hour for callers was over lie ordered tht door closed, and, looking over to where 1 was sitting, asked me to draw up my chair. Hut instead of being a!oi.e, as he supposed, in the opposite direction from where 1 ,at. and acro- the fireplace from him sal two huuiUie louKiiih if-tiiiir them there seenn-U to p nrovote liim. and he said : Well, ladles, what can I do for vou . One was an old woman, the ottier vour." They both commenced tau- uavia s sister, saiu: iuuuVutu. irnr at' once The President soon not to be pardoned, because he curs ing ai onf- ed the lord's anointed.' David CO'lCoi"s!;The, 'that your said: 'What have I to do with you an,lvnnr'hu.band are in prison ye sons of Zeruiah, that you should for reeiitii'g the draft in Western Pennsylvania. Where is jour peu- tion ?'' . . The old lady replied : "Mr. Lin- coin, lve got no petition ; 1 went a lawyer to have one drawn, and - had not the money to Lave e ; drawn I-nd come lier too; so I thought I would just cmeand ask . vou to let me Lave my noy. i 'And it's want said your iiusoana "he, turning to vou ! the 1 young woman. 4 Ye' said she. " 1Iear2, la3' 1 ' m Z co and teS i H-rvant, and bade I m to go ana U bring him the li.t , :..;.... i. ArU ii Western Pennsylvania. distinguished looking your; ti...: w.w.t!.- !.rin..inriWo impounds mysterious 1 lit V'Ttlllltl BTWJ. ..... , 0 i ,.fi..1...rj Td lrr'i.lii .-...! it. and counting the names, . , '-('leniral, there are twenty-.even oftheae men. Is there any . ... :.. i.i' i ii..ir criiilt llier in uii: y. ." (. i ' No. said ttieirnerai, it is a c.ie and a niercil'ul fiiuling.' ' Well,' taid the l're.-.ident, looking out of the window and semingly talking to himstlf, 'these poor fel lows have, I think, suffered enough ; they have been in prisoti fifteen months. I Lava been thinking so lor some time, and have so said to Stanton, and he always threatened to resign if they are r leafed. But he has said co about other matters, and never did. So now, while I have the' paper in my hand, I will turn out the flock." So he wrote: 'IaI tiie prisoners named in the within paper be discharged,' and sigiwd it. The General made his bow and left. Then, turning to the ladies, he said : ' Now, ladies, you can go. Your son. madam, and j-our husband, madam, are free. The young woman ran across t him and began to kneel. He took her by the elbow and said, impatient ly: '"(let up, get up; none of this.' But the old woman walked to him, wiping with her apron the tears that were coursing down her cheeks. She gave liim her hand, and looking into iier face, said : 'Goodbye, Mr. Lin-! co'n ; we will never meet again uu-j til we meet in Heaven.' A change came over his sad and weary face. He clasped her hand in both of his, and followed her to the door, saying as he went: " With all that 1 1 have to cross me here, I am afraid that I will never get there; but your wish that you will meet me there has fully paid for all I have done for you. " VYe were then alone. He drew his chair to tiie lire and said : "S ored I am a little alarmed about myself; just feel my hand." It was eold and clammy. He pulled oil his boots, and putting his feet ti the fire, the heat made them steam. 1 said over work was producing nervousness. ' No," haid he, ' I am not tired.' I said : 'Such a scene as I have just witnessed is enough to make you nervous.' ' How much you are mis taken." said he. I have made two people happy to-day ; I have given a mother her son, and a wife her hus band. 1 hat young woman is a coun terfeit, but the old woman is & true mother.' " Lincoln ' was fond of anec dotes, and told them well. Take, for instance, his conversation with W. C. Beeves, of Virginia, whom he szreatlv admired. Beeves came with other gentlemen from Bichtuoudi soon after his inauguration. A con-j vention was in session in Richmond to decide whether Virginia should co out or stay in the Union. Mr. Reeves was a Union man. and pro ceeded to advise the President. His advice was to surrender Forts Sump ter and Pickens, and all the proper ty of the Government in the South ern States. Mr. Lincoln asked him xl he remembered the lable of the Liin and the Woodsman's Daughter. Mr. Reeves said that be did not. '.Esop' said the President tells 'that a lion was vtry much in love with a woodsman's daughter. The fair maid, afraid to say no, referred him to her father. The lion applied for the girl. Tne father replied, your teeth are too long. The lion went to a dentist and had them extracted. Bt turning, he asked for his bride. No, said the woodsman, yaur claws are too long. Going back to the dentist, he had them drawn. Then, returning to claim his bride, the woodsman, seeing that he was dis armed, beat out his brains. May it not be so,' said Mr. Lincoln, with me. if I give up-all that i9 asked?' "I have often leen asked shat were Mr. Lincoln's religious opin ions. When 1 knew him, in early life, he was a sceptic. He bad tried bard to be a believer, but his reason could not crasp and solve the great iiroblem of redemption as taught ie was very cautious never to give expression to any thought or senti ment that would grate hsrshly upon a Christians' ear. For a sincere Christian he had great respect He often said that the most ambitioue man mitrht live to see every hope (ail; but the christian couldn t lire to see his fail, because fulfillment could only come when life ended. But this was a subject we never discuss ed. The only evidence I have of any change, was in the summer be fore be was killed. I was invited out to the Soldier s Home to spend the night As l enured the room, near night, he was sitting near a window intently reading his Bible. Approaching bim I said: 'I am glad to see you so proGtably engag ed.' 'Yes,' said be, I am profita bly engaged.' 'Well,' said I, "if yeu have recovered front your scepticism, I am sorry to say that I have not' looking me earnestly in the face, and placing bis hand on my shoul- ! dr, he said : 'You an wrong, Speed ; I take all of this book upon reason t,at yOU cari) arHJ the balance en faith" aud tou will live aud 3ie a happier and better man.' "1 am iudebted for the following lo J udge umespie , one oi .ur. u- coins most trustea ana menus, tuo Washington to see him. Wanting no office, he was always welcome. The J udge Bay Mr. Lincoln once aid te me that be could never re concile the prescience of events. liUl M WOUgUl U.U yum.. U teach his views f -The J4'e addN I atked him. once what was to be done with the -South after the rebellion was put down. He said some thought their , (iu. lie saiu mat uau been reading the history of the re bellion of Abialom, and that he in clined to adopt tiie viewi of David. Said he: 'When David was fleeing from Jerusalem Sliimei cursed him. Alter the rebellion was put down Shirnei craved a pardon. Abisha, Uafiui nephew, me son oi u.u, i .i . r ' ..;', this day be adversaries unto me. i Know ye ui not - - neaaavuKi" ' ""7, " ! half a dozen orange and leiaon tms , ot all ages lrom lour to iourteeujj 7, , . V .7 r rJt-.., imav be seen. These rather tend to j some in rolling chairs, some sup i,aufreWuu- ''c'7 7;";iflll)W the character of the climate, porting themselves as they walked iw tliose whose heads should cj.m oJ, iudicale that the citrus family ! about with the little chair Upon ! aiiuiiTOcniiurnuc --- , ,t ,,, ,!,. ,. . llirp 1 1, a mr-r.-iirv l w hicfl tliev now miri then resteil. puiwurauiu ,n,u! ..rnf.llcnt flavor. Citrus "This was hke ns anecaeu-a ana j - was uustrauve n ""3" ! would come abouu He woa d be , prised to tmt men ; they had rebelled, hut, like Davii, : he intended to sa y: Know ye tin t , c" Israel.' A I'riile Full ol' IJu-.lness. A ludicrous scene occurred at VincenT vsQ d'rug store at the cor-! ri,.,t0,,t .t.ts her of Sixtli and Chestnut streets i last niL'ht about J ocn lock. Thelly man j Iru si case tiiere was sitting lceably by the stove when a youiij;, hanasome, handsome, finely dressed woman, wrapped up in a seal difler-iue. pushed tne door open entered. Hanging on her arm skm and was and I ... 11 1 1 m a maudlin slate ol intoxication, as was eviuced by the fact that, af ter falling over a box or two and nearly overturning the counter, he reclined his head peacefully on her shtiulderand went to sleep. After nitach tugsring and pulling she man aged to get him to a seat, and he dropped down into a heap in it. The young compounder of drugs, who had veen dividing hi: time be tween pulling his mustache and watching the performance, now step ped forward and wanted to know what was the matter. The young woman explained that the helpless piece of humanity was her husband and the had only been married three months. She had gone to meet him as he returned from work, and met him staggering along the street scarcely able to walk. She had gone to his assistance and managed to hoid him up while he stumbled along In answer to her inquires as to what would help him ary he had told her that another drink would be his only salvation, and she cave him the money to buy one. This per formance was repeated every time they arrived in front of a saloon, and he of course, got drunker and drun ker, until he reached the state in which he was then. The young wile appeared greatly distressed about "hubby" one minute, and would commence to cry, and then the ludicrou&ness of the situation would strike her, and she would laugh heartily. What she wanted was something to straighten him uj so she could get hme. The drug- I to wait for the later rams, gist realized the situation fully, al- j At midwinter we are confronted though he was not married, and be- "'ith a strong probability of a dry gan to compound a mixture that. ' season. The grass started early to all intents ami appearances, wauld! enough, but it is now very short, sober all the drunkards in Christen- 1 and the hills are not as green as usu dom. The difficulty now presented I al. Now, a dry season does not in- iUelf in getting the mixture down the befuddled youth's throat. The clerk approached idm as he sat iu the chair and khook him slightly. His only response was to strike out blindly with his hands and perform a number of evolutions in the air with his ffit, and then relaps back to his former position. The young wife now took the cup from the druggists' hand, and, &p proaching the reclining figure, tap ped him gently on tiie face. His response was a performance similar to the first, only more demonstrative. Determined not to be baffled, she put her arm around his neck and straightened his head up, exclaim ing: Charlie if vou love me take this medicine."' "Charlies reply was a snort that would have done credit to a porpoise, but aftera number of at tempts he swallowed the emetic, which had the effect of partially sobering him. His wife refused to tell her name, saying she would not have it known for the world, and when assistance was offered to take her husband home she refused say ing she would mannge him. After half an hour he was able to walk and they proceeded out Sixth street arm in arm. Considerable curios ity is manifested to know who she was as her appearance and manner showed her to be a lady in good circumstances. Loui.tvilh' Ixtter. IWi pill the Milk. " Thera is no use crying over spill ed milk," says the old saw. If you are not only bald, but have no life in the roots of your hair, there is no use crying over that, either. Take both time and yourself bv the lorelock while there is a forelock left Apply rarkers Hair Balsam to your hair before matters get worse. It will arrest the falling off of your hair and restore its origins! color, gloss and softness. It is a perfect dressing withal, clean, rich ly perfumed, cools and heals the scalp. marli "Where would we be without wo man ?'' asks a writer. We weuld he all right ; but the little pug dog where would he be ? 125 Years Old. Messrs. Francis Newbury & Son, London, England, established for 123 years, write: As a testimonial from one of the oldest drug-houses in Great Britain, respecting your household remedy will no doubt be of interest to you, we are pleased to make the statement that we have sold St, Jacobs Oil with satisfaction to the public for several years, and that owing to the extraordinary merits of the article the demadd is continually increasing, and that we have heard of many favorable reports regarding its great virtue as a pain-curing remedy. The Winter ia California. Thcre are wagon loads of fresh or anges and lemons for sale on the street corners. These, together with limes, have just been plucked from the tree in the citrus orchards of ( nil turn ia. Two or three weeks heuce the markets .ill be crowded -ifh r-itrm fruits of home uroduc- tion. J ust wiien me grapes areuio appearing, oranges, lemons and limes -1 j: make their appearauce in the mar kets. We take no account ol the ! : l . i . I .- U .rw rr frrri which wm appeJir m a ltte later in the 8eai0n. there .q lLe euburban , , , , ' . il one may set a loaueu wuu ii mi. iu b'juo j.m.i.o went down to twenty degrees below zero. There are but'thrwe citrus or chards wear the city, a small one near Niies. about thirty milts from the city, and one on Dr. Strentzel's place near Martinez, about the sam distance from the city. The latter, we believe, suffered considerably from the cold weather two or three winters ago, since w hich it has not made much of a figure in the matter of production. There ia s small ci trus orchard at Narrow Lands, about Hour miles from the City Jiaii i Oakland. The lemons in this or- lwrJ were luaturiug in December, & figure north of Monterey Bay. Her, Jd Lere fle lhid a few trees, as in Sunoma county. Solano and Iiutte be cited to the character of the winters. Hut in Southern California the or- auge comes to periection. ihe tnree great counties of San Diego, Los An geles and San Bernardino, an area larger than the whole f the New England Sut.s, may the natural home of i ne cotisiuereil the natural home oi me curus laim ti 1- . i r . : - On this area euougn oranges," lemwns aiul limes can he produced to supply at least one-half of the uemanu in ins i uuw limit ol production cannot tie staieu, because orange culture, iiko grape culture, is in its lnlancy here. 1 his fruit cannot be transplanted with safety where the mercury diops dowa to zero. Just now we are reading about a different kind of winter in the West ern and Atlantic States. In one place in Illinois the mercury fell to -VZ degrets below zero, aud the rec ord varies from 10 to CO degrees be low over a large area of country east of the Mississippi river. The win ter on that side uf the country is evi dentlytobea severe one. Winter j on the Pacific sido.is of a nonde script character. People are nt I concerned about the cold. The plows are running en moist land, trees and vines are being planted, or are bunched and transported for plant ing. What concerns the people most just now is the lack of rain. There have been no old fashioned rain-storms this winter. There have been " drizzles,"' most days, gentle rains, damp weather, cloudy days, and rain enough to wet the ground down to a depth of three or four inches, and more in some plaev. ac cording to the nature of the soil. This is our record of the winttir up to the 2oth of January. But the dry weather has not abridged or chard and vine planting to any great extent. Up to this time not enough rain has fallen for these operations. A few orders for trees and vines may have been countermanded. The plows are not running as briskly as usual. Now the orchardist and vine planter want moisture enough to go down with the subsoil plow from fourteen to sixtean inches. But when hi ground is only wet down four or five inches he is compelled volve any such calamity as in for mer times. Orchards and vineyards which are well advanced do not suf fer materially in such a season. Many of the coast counties have .he best agricultural reports in such sea sens. The reclaimed lands along the rivers and bavs figure prominent ly in such yars. Besides, nothing is certain about the winter 6eason ! in California until it is past aud the v,t'iij iuuii t i uji Agaitikt all the theories and proba bilities, the last half of winter may witness rain storms which will del uge the whole country. Just now, however, the farmer looks on the horizon and notes that it rains "gin gerly that the wind does not stay long in the right place, that the rain comes from the south, the wrong di rection for any great amount, that the old fashiwued southeast gales are wanting when the shipping danced aud chafed in the harbor and the ferry-boats iu crossing the bay wuld sicken hundreds of passen gers. In fact, there are so many indica tions of a dry season 'hat peop'e are beginning to accept the probable re sult, and are preparing U make the best of it There will be a surplus of grain and fruits. The greater uumber of farmers will proceed as if there would be ne lack of moisture. One large farmer said the other day : " It is not tny business to make the rain. It is ray business to sow and trust t Providence for the rains." We need fifteen inches more of rain for h fair agricultural season. Mo, e than that amount has fallen in this State manv years after the 2oth of January. It may fall this year, ihe spring, or later rains ' may be very abundant. If they are i hot, a great many sheep and cattle will have to be driven to tiie moun tain slopes of the interior for preser vation. A dry season is no longer a bad one. It simply diminishes tg ricultural products to some extent Farm productions are enhanced in value, and no unfavorable mark is left on the prosperity of the State. The fields are green in January. There is the first perfume of acacia blussoms and mignonette. The win ter bloom of roses is seen in many suburban gardens, and the calla lilies, which were a little behind at Christmas, are now in their eatly glory. In the Atlantic States there is an excess of winter. In the Pa cific States there is not quite enough of winter to meet all the demands of agriculture. .San Francisco Bul letin. Ayer's Hair Vigor stimulates the hair cells to healthy action, and pro motes a vigorous growth. It con tains all that can be supplied to mike the natural bsir beautiful and abundant ; keeps the scalp free from dandruff, prevents the hair from be coming drv and harsh, and makes it flexible and glossy. i uiiiu nuL Liiiiiv ii mv . w , - - - - - - - 1 A Vil to a Hospital. I have just come from a visit to a hospital where crippled children are treated. There were one hundred and Beventy-five or two hundred boys and girls with club-feet, spine disaase, white swellings, and I know not what other ailments. My niece, Mary was with me, and as we went up stairs with the matron, what rounds do you suppose we heard? u say cries and groans, I doubt not ; but we heard none of these. Just as merry shouts and just as hoatty laughter as ever you heard from well children met our ears, and there, in the 6unny play-rooms, wav up in the top of the house. where no tall buildings keep the sun from the large windows, were boys ! ' soiue in swings, and one little fellow j uuder the eye of a gymnastic teach- j er climbing oa parallel oars climb- ing as nimbly as ven you, Johnny, could do with your two good feet to look iuii some vf their faces would bring the tears out of any but the 6toniest heart, and the crooked backs and legs, the thin little handi were, 0, so pathetic. But in spite of pain and deprivation, these little fellows were having a good time. A doctor and one of the teachers, with two nurses, were helping them enjoy their hour of play, and were ready to catch any one who should stum ble and fall. But none did while we were there, though they slipped over the waxed floor with surprising speed. Leaving the boys we went down stairs to the girls' room, and saw them with their games, their dolls and their knitting in the room which is their home by day and by night, except for their daily treat of an hours' recreation in the play raoin. The rows of white beds, the low tables, which serve for dining tables and school-desks, for these little children have school every morning (do you hear that, boys and girls who think you cannot get a lesson if you get a splinter in your finger?; with wash-rooua adjoining, all look the perfection of neatness and convenience. Some of the cases were too sad to tell you of. Poor little Willie W 's sufferings and his patience, his drawn, white thin face, with its look ol peace on it, I cannot picture to you ; the dear lit tle girl whose tiny feet aud hands will never grow any more, and must soon go to the home which is just opened fur incurables, and make room for a new patient, ah ! I can not write about them. There were two feelings contending iu my heart while I was there ; one of joy and gratitude, that such a bright home existed, and that kind, unsejiiah men and women were giving time and money to comfort and cure these little ones, and another of sor row and distress at the sight of so much suffering. For although we heard no moans and saw no tears there is hard pain borne there by those brave little people, and the matron says that when she goes about among the little cots at ten o'clock to see that all is well before she sleeps, she sees the little eyes wide open and the poor uneasy bodies racked with pains, and they touch her heart anew every night. Think of it, children, when mamma soothes your little aches by folding you in her arms, and rocus you, singing a gentle song, and rouseyour courage to endure your small troub les and give your sympathy lor some generous work for the unmoth ered and unsoothed children. Chris tian Union. The Farmers Fault. I am in the country. In a mor ning stroll I came just now to a field in which three men worK. A boy had preceded them and dropped three or four kernels of corn upon the ground at short intervals. The men followed, each with a hoe, and covered over each deposit of grain with earth, patting it down with the tnp of the hoe. There was some thing in their way of doing this which seemed to say "There you are, safely buried up, and in dut time I expect to see springing out from you first the blade, then the ear, and then the full corn in the ear." In the after part of the same day I called on a clerical friend. His carriage was at the door to take him to the luneral of a young girl, elev en or twelve yoars old. The child had a very humble home. Her parents were of good repute as mem bers of Christ's flock, and in the Sunday school nlie hai received the truth in the love of it, and when she came to die it was her support and consolation. A funeral in the country always excited peculiar emotions in me everything seems so simple and unaffected. I accepted my friend's invitation to accompany him. There was a hearse and two or three other vehicles before the lowly one story dwelling, now darkened and sarrowful. Fifteen or twenty of the neighbors had come in to sympa thize with the bereaved and to attend a brief religious service. It was sad to think that a life so young and fair should have been blighted when the air was filled with the fragrance of blossoming trees and the music of happy but so it was. The body was borne to a distant cemetery, where a lot had been set apart for the poor of the church, and here the dust was returned to the dust as it was, the spirit having gone to God who gave it With tears and sobs the sorrowful parents, brothers and sisters turned reluctantly from the grave, as if it were the end instead of the lieginning of life. And 1 could not help contrasting ourfaith with theirs whom I saw in the morning in the cornfield. They were strangers to any doubt whether the seed they buried would spring up. With tne eye of faith they saw the ploughed field all covered with a waving harvest, and yet how slow we are to confide in the explicit promises of Him who is the author of all things visible and invisible, and who assures us that we sow in the cemetery, and what is sown in the field are to await alike the quick ening power of him who is the res erection and the life. Is it not to our shame that we can behold such wonders of creative and reviving power all around us, and yet ask with trembling uncertainty "If a man die shall he live again ?"' Cares of Life. As we come to them they are re ceived, borne with, and passed over with no more than a thought if we are in the enjoyment of health, but if 8ufl'ering with Piles or Skin Dis ease of any kind they magnify a hundred fold. C. N. Boyd, "the Druggist, has Dr. Bosanko's Pile Remedy which is an absolute cure for any affection ef this kind, and is sold at 50 cents. Pruning How and What. The manner in which we often see trees hacked and cut, with long stubs left at the base of the branches cut off, and strips of bark peeled down from the place where they were re moyed, indicates a lack of intelli gence er eare, or both, on the part of the operator. The man who has the care of an orchester from the start can give no valid excuse for having badly shaped trees, so far as pruning cau control them. A fruiterer should be able, as he stand by his young tree to look into his future and men tally see that tree when grown to large size, aud to judge of the effeet that every branch he leaves on it win u n iho .:,.. Mo,l h.-ilai, uf the head. Every limb not needed to complete the symotry and balance of the head should be rubbed off ith the hand as soon as it appears, forked tree should nat be suffered tn liva. It i :in i nsn fTr r.ihle nui- 8aiice. jf wnB branch cannot be cut 0ff arjj the other used for the stem !0f the tree, theu let both be removed and a vigorous sprout be selected from those that start and trained for a trunk forming a head at the proper height But trees are often required t be pruned after having reached a con siderable size. In that case two or three general principles should be kept in view. One is that a perfect balance should always be maintain, ed in number, weight and extent of the branches over the base of the trunk of the tree. Another is that the centre of the head should always be kept open and free to access of both air and sunlight. Fruit that grows entirely in the shade is neith er so highly colored nor so finely flavored as that which has had the benefit of sunlight. In pruning a large tree the operator should begin at the centre and prune outward. All branches not needed to make a well-balanced head, with branches evenly distributed, must go. The branches left should be so far apart that even when grown large they may wot interfere by rubbing or chafing. The style of growth of a tree is to be taken into account in pruning, so that the shape of the tree may be proper regulated and controlled. If the tree is a spread ing grower, the lower and outside branches should be cut in preference te the upper or inside branches; but if it be a very upright grower, the lower and outside branches should be cut in preference to the upper or inside branches ; but if it be a very upright grower, then the rev rse course is to be followed. Wherever gaps or vacancies occur the surround ing branches may be cut back to buds or branches pointing in the direction of buch vacancy. By giv ing attention to theaie principles it is not difficult to so control the form of the tree as to have a well-balanced, shapely tree that will carry heavy eroiis without the danger of splitting to pieces or tumbling out by the roots, as is too frequently the case with ill-shaped and badly bal anced trees. Stock Management. The farmer should keep enough stock to consume all the hay, grain and surplus produce that is raised on the farm, as by so doing he will generally get a better price for what he raises, and it will be much easier marketed. The farmer should guard well against overstocking, which is a prominent fauit with those farmers who estimate their profits by the number of cows and hogs they have without regard to the condition they are in. Care should be exercised in the selection of stock. Having com menced, it costs much to retrace one's steps. The farmer who ex pends his money for poor, degener ate stock simply because they are cheap can.be Cilled anything but prudent, and has surely spent his money almost, if not quite, useless ly. First deternuine what breed ot stock suits you best, ond after you have commenced stick to your line f breeding. Do net be influenced by all that you may hear or read, and keep changing. Don't buy in different stock because they have a good pedigree, believing what some niiiv tell vou, viz: that they have good blood in them, but that they have had bad usage, and that by caring for them rightly you may breed them up. Do not practice in-and-in breeding, for few make a suc cess, although tine stock are produc ed by those who know how far to carry it Always feed well, but do not overfeed. Do not spoil your best stack by overfeeding in order to compete for a premium. Pro vide good shelter for your stock. It is ahsurd to suppose that stock will do wtll exposed to all extremes with out a shelter. Some will winter and lay on fat, but they will fatten a good dal faster, and with less food, when thy have a good warm shed. Do not. invest a dollar in stock un lss you intend to take good care of it, summer and winter, hot or cold. When they need your care, give it to them. Fanner s Call. Messrs. Hiscox & Co. call special attention to the fact that after April lb, 1S.S3, the name and style of this preparation will hereafter be simply Parkers Tonic. The word "Ginger" is dropped, for the reason that un principled dealers are constantly de ceiving their patrons by substituting inferior preparations under the name of Ginger; and as ginger is an un important flavoring ingredient in our Tonic, we are sure that our friends will agree with us as to the propriety of the chanpe. There will be no change, however, in the prep aration itself ; and all bottles re maining in the hands of dealers, wrapped under the name of "Park er's Gint.ek Toxic," contain the gen uine medicine if the signature of Hiscox A Co. is at the bottom of the outside wrapper. The Vasser girl's favorite Roman hero Marius. Circus managers send out a paste brigade so that people will be stuck on the show. KEAT .anV m REMtUI Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago. Backache. Headach. Toolhacht. mn Thraal. Nwrlllas. Npraln. Brtaa Hams. M-aia. Frwa4 ItllM. ki iu oTHta WHHI.I ri uia &lf Vrmmm mm P mimit rtftjOwaaMtf Inwltwi I II uapNA tiie -HARi.es A. vm;ei.ek ". . . ai -mm Ttmai'i 1-"" t SiMiaa-a nhw the bLK PiVJPEB Absolutely Pure. Tble powder nerer vmries. A marvel of parity strength ant wholeiomenesa. More economical than the onlinurr kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, hort welKhu alum or phosphate powders. Sold enlf in cant Her al Bahno Powder Jo, loe Wall it. M. Y. From Now . UNTIL APBIL 1ST., I will offer special Bargains in Goods named below. I ex pect to make extensive changes in my storeroom by that date, and have many goods that 1 prefer to sell at cost, tlwin to run risk of getting damaged while repairs are being made These are all new style goods and not old stock that I offer Please look at the list, and if what vou want, come at once : VASES. TOILET SKTS, CARD CASES, VELVET FRAMES, CUT GLASS DOTTLES, ladies' Toilet and Odor Cases, hand m unions, wnrnxc, di:sks, FANCY liOX PAPEFIS, rHOTOllRAI'H it AUTOGRAPH ALlitMS FAMILY BIBLES, POCKET BIBLES, SHAVIXO MUGS, CUT GLASS INKSTANDS AKD A ,UT OF BEACTIFI'I, MIW'ELLA.NEOrg books or Poetry, and Fiction, These goods will all be sold at Greafly Reduced I'rices, and many of them at COST and below it. Come at once, for I am determined to close them out. Do not fail to see these Good3. a ,1; mrp, MAMMOTH BLOCK, SOMERSET PA. DLIC SALE OF Valuable Real Estate ! The undnraiyocd heirs and lepra, repretentati Yen of Jacob Leutiart. deceased, latv of Jeflercxm township, will expose to public outcry oa the premises on SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1884, Bt I o'clock r. of sail! day, the follow in n de srrihnl vnluahle real rsrate. to wit : A certain tract of laml situate in .li-derson township. Som erset county, fa., uiljointnir lands of Abraham K Lenhart, Jeremiah Brown. George J Flick, Jacah I. Shaulis and Feter Shaulls. eontalninK one hundred and forty acres, more or lens, ol whl h on hundred acres are clear, and ahoul twenty acres In meadow. There Is a two-story DWELLING HOUSE, Large Bunk Barn, good Outbuilding, and a large Apple Orchard on the premise. The farm Is well wat r. d. and under good c iltiration. TtKMS made known on day of sale. Persons dosiring lurther intormitlon can anplr to LUD. LKNHAHT. Ion--gtl. Fa. A. B. LDXHAKT, GEO. J. FLICK, or SAKAH FLICK, ' mart Lavaueville, Fa. EXECUTRIX' SALE OF Y virtue of an order of sale Issued out or the J) Orphan's Court of Somerset County, Fa., to me directed, I will expose to public sale at the Court Hons In In Somerset Borough on SATURDAY, MARCH IS, 1884, That val tbe proper'y known as the Joseph Snyder Farm, situate one and one-balf miles Northwest ol Shanksville, containing Ml acres, of which 140 aeres is cleared and in a good state of cultivation. 33 aeres meadow ,aud, the balance well timbered The entire tract Is underlaid with coal, limestone and other valuable minerals. There are two orchards on the farm of bearing fruit trees. A good Log DWELLING HOUSE. Log Barn ana other outbuildings. It Is conven ient to schools and churches, and is In every way arensi aeairaoie property. TEK.MS made known on dav of sale. HAKRitT SNYDER. mari.M, Executrix ol Jos. Snyder, dee d. Farm For Sale. The undersigned offers for sale his farm of 143 acres of land, NO acres elrared, lying one mile Northeast of Stanton's Mills, with a good Twe Hiorw flaak Owolll: Haaaa with eight rooms and kitchen, and cellar, with water In cel lar, and a Bank Barn Wxmi feet, with a large truli orchard of apple and cherry trees. TERMS: Twenty-two hundred dollars asked - ei CM in band and 160 a year wit boat interest. Foesesslon given on tne 1st of April. 18vt. For further Information1 call on or adores mari-at, LEVI GRIFFITH. SSIG.NEE S NOTICE. John Shaffer A Eve his wife) In the Ceurt of To S Common Fleal of Samuel Fox. Somerset Co., Pa. No 377 January Term, W. And now, February 2S. i84, petition of Assignee and Assignor filed, praying tor Ihe recovery of Ihe property saslgnrd, whereupon the Court or der and direct notice of Its fill g to be given In two newspapers published In Somerset, Fa., fur three weeks, and that the prayer of the petition ers will be beard and (-ranted on the 19th of May, 1H84, unless cause be abowa to the contrary. S.U.TRENT, marli3t. Frotbonotary TalnaolB Real Es ae 1884. The election of this year promises to be one of the most excit ing of the century, ev ery citizen should have at least one good pa per to furnish him the . news, The Somerset Herald is recommended to all earnest Republicans, all friends of protec tion, all interested in the news of the nation, state or county, Because it is always reliable politically, and savs 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 ple of the county when thev wish to let their v' 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 is active, aggressive, and always for the cause of its constituents. Because it has the best Washington and Harrisburg correspon dents attainable. Because it always gives all the. local news without burdening its columns with unmean ing and uninteresting correspondence. Because its news col umns present all the latest news in an at tractive style. If you have friends who live outside the county, there is no more acceptable pres ent you can send the m than a copy of their county paper. If you have a neigh bor who needs a paper recommend the her ald. It your chddrenwant a paper, subscribe for the herald. Subscription $2.00 per year. Address HERALD, Somerset, Penna. wT-T,jvJk. Bxl Pnri T S .L t' aen.,1 fr all tlMrnf rhmnin or old standing complaints, Lrup. twns of the skin. d is 19 o 1 1 an-i Hashes, Ring worms, I e 1 1 er, Sal Rheum, Scald Head. Scndula or king's trtl, it h tin it Ism, Pain In the Bones, Side and Ilea. I. and all diseases arising frou: im purity of the blood. With this rare medicine in var bouse j oa can do without Salts. Castor Oil, Citrate of Mag nesia Senna or Manna, and fon the whole of them, and what Is better, it may be taken with saietv and eomlort by the mort delicate woman, a we'll as by the robust man. It Is very pleasant to the taste, thcrelore easily administered to chil dren It Is the only vegetable remedy exiting which will answer ia place ot calomel, regular ..g the action of the liver without making you a life long victim to the use of mercury or blue pills It wlllopen the bowels in a proper and wholesome ""he is nothing like Fahrney . Blood Clean er lor the cure of all disorders of the Stoma, b. Liver. Bowels. Kidneys and Bladder: tor nerv.. us diseases. Beadache, Costlvenes. Indigestion, Bilious Fever, and all derangements ol the In, tetnal vlcera. As a female regulator It has no eqnal in the world. . -Anounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure." Tbe Pasaca A will not onlv cure old standing and malLnant complaints, but l one of tbe best preventatives of Such disorders ever offered to the world. You can avoid severe at tacks of acute diseases. su h as Cholera, Small- ?)X. Typhoid. Bilious, Spotted and lntermiir-nt ever, bv keeping yoor blood purified. The diderent degrees of all such diseases depend al together upea the condition ol the blood. Be sure te ask for Fbv' 'Blood CutAse- . i - m.mi nt bar nraK. SB OR r ATI AC Km iner f aretioni tntha market, the names ol which r Dr. Geo. G. Shively & Co., Successor) to Fahraey'j Bros, fc Co., MANUFACTURERS AND PROPRIETORS mar-JB WiTsaBBOBO, Pa. A Marvelous Story TOLD IB TWO LETTERS. FROM THE SON I'SSSKkSS Omtlrmrn: .My father resides at Clover, Vt. He has lieen a great suff-'rer from Scrof ula, and the inclosed letter will tell jou kat a marvelous elloct Avers Sarsaparilla has bad in his case. I think his blood must have contained the humor for at least ten yenrs ; but it did not show, exi-ert in the form of a s-rof ukms sore on the wrist, until about Cve vcars ago. From a few spota which ap peared at that time, It gradually spread so as to cover his entire body. I asiure you he was terr:l.!y aitlii-tel. aud an object of pity, whea he b. using your medicine. 'o-v, there are low ami of his ape who enjoy as frxxl h--a'.t!i ai he bas. 1 could easily name titty p, r-uua who would t-stify to the facts in his case. Yours truly, W. M. 1'lULUH." FROM THE FATHER: " It is Kith a plt-asure and a dutv for me to state to you tuo benefit I have derived from the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Six months a;o I wr.s completely covered with a terrible humor and scrofulous sores. The humor caused an incessant aad Intolerable) itchii'g, and the skin cracked so as to causa the blood to flow in many places whenever I moved. My sufferings were great, and my life a burden. I commenced the uc of tlio Sarsaparilla In April last, and hao nsed It regularly since that time. My condition began to improve at once. The sort's have all healed, and I feel perfectly well in every respect being now able to do a good day's work.althoti;!: 73 years of ay. Many inquire) jrhat has wroMzht such a cur in my case, and I tell them, as I have here tried to tell yuil, AVer's Sarsaparilla. tiiover, Vt., Oct. 21, Ib82. Yours gratefully, Hiram Phillips. Ater's Sarsaparilla ceres Scrofula and all Scrofulous Complaints, Erysip elas, Enema, Ringworm, Blotches, Sores, Boil.', Tumors, and Eruptions of the Skin. It clears the blood ot all impu rities, aids digestion, stimulates the action o the bowels, and thus restores vitality ana strengthens the Thole system. PREPARED BT Dp. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowe!!, Mass. Sold by all Druggists; f 1, six bottles for S3. CO OS w O a pi o w 11 - CO tul uj 0 B CQ M H CD 1- Oi 109EKSIT ajAKaaET. Corrected by Coos It BzisiTa. DBALSBS ia CHOICE GROCERIES, FLOUR & FEED Apples, dried, ?) & Sti'C Applebotter. y gal 4orj.w Krun. ft l'W fcs at lb Butter, yt (Heft) " (roll) Mc Buckwheat V bush " meal, 100 fcs .....a.i'c Beeswax V c Bacon, shoulders, y t luc " sides, " country hams, 9i ij.. Corn, (ear) new W bushel T.V-wJ 0 (shelled) old ...................... .TjiOo " meal k 3c Call sitns, )) 1 c r-KKS, T doi 20c Flour, y bbl 5 oO(i,7 00 Flaxseed, 'ft bu. (90 fs) 74e Hams, (sugar-cu red) 1 ft lee LArd.fl S YJrrtVl Leather, red" sole, tr 3t)rq Ue " upper, iVr.7uc lup. 7artvW Middlings, and chop lOe fts yi ue Oats, 1ft bn MM Potatoes, y bn (new) . ,oe Peaches, dried, h s-iloc Rye. fl bn ;i5 Raits, f ft i Salt, No. 1, y bbl. extra 1 tn-a f " Uround Alum, per sa k l tirjll U Ashton. per sack fa M Sugar, yellow ft ft soit'Je white !'inifl Tallow, ft ft Wheat, ft bu ' i no Wool, fft aocioe C00KST0YES ALWAYS SATISFACTORY EIGHTEEN SIZES AND KINDS ILL PURCHASERS CAS BE SDITE9 HANCrACTTMTJ BT Isaac A.Saeppard A Co.,Baltiniore,Mi AND FOR MALE BV R. B. Schell & Co., lebauyr. SOMERSET, PA. AD D ITP Send rents lor post lAlisti aire and receive Iree a eoatlyboxof which will help yootoniore ihT I;? ."TV ythlnf else in thb. world. All, of either sex, succeed trom first honr. " brrmd i"04" to fortune opens belore the work era. aoaolotely sore. Atoace address. Tar. & CoAtMrust, Maine. Dj3. Peeiys DEAD SHOT Vermifuge, A BURE CUKE ron WORMS ia U. Haasasi Body. Price He AB DronistSL iyr. II IS T- 1 OR O EXCELSIOR "m:ethkhRK5 Magic Xo More M,a,t Ac-rows he - orla "Haroun of Aler,po" . Imhp larval, "W. Secret in nature whit ' '. treti that ll.trn . ".-J ail oi . ;. hasist .Nature to t!iruw tMd to surmuon, as it J" whole Bvsteoi to eject tf "f that has fastened In a i' processes all included the V" atloii ol the principle ot i;; ' la this the Hasten. SJ"' anticipated the practice If'" phvsiciaua of to-dav. ltteltis, nobody khrw'ti,,.,"" knows now. iiut wt n,lVt, " wmnimig v. Wit itritaoila njhierious uue ri3t I'rwvided the great ur ilU.l lit . ouuy are not irreparably ,;,.. ineUlcul science cull alvTay, , anil otlen save. Vet no" r." physician now adhere t barous and stupid prot;.e-' pietion, such aa iietil;i, , it was attempted to cure :;. , reducing the patient'. ab;L;V elt it. o-a-days we do not tcar the fort to help the arr:;u Strengthen lL lu this intelligent and i.tl work it i conceded that l'Al; TUNIC leads all other n', As an invijorant it acts ia' ly and powerfully upon tit . Hon ana . tne orau.-t h thus giving Mature the a.-, she Calis for. ll follows that nieiits uf the stomach, kic;,ei, liver are at once relieved u; . No other preparation cinl.-, ... iarxie qualities or produu result. It id delicious it, i tne nest known anti n, l'rice 5Ue. and 81. 11 New Yisrk. cck v New lu-ut. The uilliculty of orijjinatit-j ine new variety of wheat vvt, to be almost unsunnnui.ti' .. 1SS2 the royal Agricultural t ol England, in order to devt.: scientific possibilities in th;, r offered premiums, without r tions to country, for any new varieties; of wheat, 'ci:,:. the largest yield of jrrain u-: i , per acre, with approved f. ,ra, size, smooth and thin -k.:.. white kerne', and hih ;: lty of sited and witn bru:;.. stiff straw." This embraces feature of what puni wi.-.it , to be; ami whether u w.t::.e probability of reaching sudir. -or the smullries of tiie j ri..-,. that influenced the efforts t. i the demands of the j r j -. t . want of practical knowing the processes by which tnev attained, is unknown; but tru. tnat only two pt-r.-un- im-;., and th result of tneir cinp.-;. was so unsatisfactory that t!.- inittee to whom tne ni.ttit-r w,t-. initted decided that neither wu titled toa ireuiiuMC,a n-itiu-r vui offered was either new or provemetit on the kind- v vated. From this it wnl be . how dillicult it is to aconiii anything satisfactory in tni u tion, and that we shall be oU.ij rely hereafter, as we have i.erK more on accidental discovery i upen any scientific developed- ALL, FOIl NOTHI.V;. Why the Doctor was IlNu-ica, ; what Minlit have tnen done without Hun. " Well, wife," said Dr. M., as ntered his house, which vu ttfl in ft. ffw-r vilf.irp in r-pritra! York," 1 hav got back from a i and dreary ride away down an the mountains, and all to no : pose whatever. The messenger s the man wouldn't live till umrn when the fact is he had only ai. dinary attack of colic, ll tiie -pletons had only had sense en" to out a BENSON'S CAl'L'l.NK KOU8 PLArflEUon his stoa. lie would have been all rL'ht :i hourer two. But some inlfc? slow to learn," added the old j'!;; cian, swallowing theeupofst ing tea which his wile Lai poured for him. Dr. E was rijrht. vet neupj learn, even though slowly, rapidly increasing use of Ken plaster proves this beyond iue-; and the good doctors are crr'.a::; be saved much of their iie-i: toil. In all diseases capable ; mi affected by a plaster, br acts etl'ciently and at once, genuine have the word CA!' ' cut in the? centre, l'rice - f Seabury fc Johnson, Chem!;-'-:- York. u.j Wutchuix For Fire. The Central pacific srw-v are t'Urded from the tire h? watchmen, who occupy a h:'' the towinost hifjht of Ked m e.;.' where they can take in the line of snow sheds with their na:. sight and by the aid of t;! i--'-5 they observed a fire in or near shetls they notified the st tti Citico by a telephonejiue, arid i with the information is teier.iji: to Sfacrin.ento, a'id in a mi!!''-' twt the order is s-nt up tti 1" ' P.!n (':mrhn 'in. I Ilio ni.in.i: Wl the fire trains are constantly "a 1 ty, to proceed to the pnmt '! -,! nib ..iv i .'.-jvauiii. in- consists t a locomotive, with ' tank car filled with water :.; thrown with hose by a steaiis !i pump. When the trains ar" 5 l il, l....... fl. . 1 Ill isubwicy wic luau. trains near the point of ilaiiii-r : inj stopped. The services ol fire trains are frequently ca! u! but they are so prompt in af! that they generally subdue th-- before much danr is done. The health of animals, as wni that of human beings, may oita guessed at very (shrewdly by feeling their pulse. In a burse a,: anil strong but tjuiet pulsr- U forty times a minute, in an o.x r' to hfty-five, in sheep and pin less than seventy or more that eiji for ordinary health. It may be : wherever a large artery epe-e-bone. In the horse it is genera felt on the cord which crosses the bone of the lower jaw in iron: its curved position, or in the i' ridge above the eye; and in Cj! over the middle of the first rib sheep it is, perhaps, easiest t) , ' the hand on the left side, wh' ' beating of the heart may tie t: rapid, hard and full pulse m points to inflamation ami hiilf" !rU a rapid, small ami weak pm- toftver; but to fever accou'd'' by a poor and weak state ol eubject. This was the very concise ve.; of a coroner's jurv in Idaho find that the deceased came to death by calling Tom Watti-? liar."
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