NEW MATLK EPGAR. ; fcweet harbinger of early spring, 1 mng thy praise ; What recollections thou dost bring Of early day. In grocers' rinkt thoa aoet lie, The source of joy. And forthy eaceharine juices sign Tbejtirl and boy. Fain on thee would they make a raid, And care no tap, Because, O sweet, thou art not made, ( .- Of maple sap. What thou art made of no one asks, ' Frk-n.l or the ma.xes Of scrapings of the 8ugaraska Or stale molasses. It is euougk that thoa art sweet, Not hard to break ; And when a ley takes Uienlo eat lie lakes the cake. The iul-n iK-tfius to flw When thou art here, New inaj'le sugar," and we know - That spring is near. , Bottom Courier. GRANT &WAED. GKX. GRANT S INNOCENT CONNEC TION WITH THE FIttM. The testimony of General Grant, taken in his house in Ktn York on Thursday of last week by James II. Fifch, Official Stenographer of the Court in which the trial of ex-President Fish, of the Marine Bank, is proceeding, was read yesterday in court. General Grant testified as follows, upon examination by conn ed for tie defendant: lly Mr. Clark You were a part ner in the firm of Grant fc Ward ? A. Yes sir, I am informed I was at the time the failure took place. I never knew that I was anything t-lse than a special partner clear to the end. I paid $30,000 first, and then afterward $.30,000 more. I don't remember dates. I paid in $100,000. Q On the lirst of May, ls4, what did you understand you were worth about what ? A. I supposed that I was worth well tilgh to 61,000,000. I had no suspicion of rascality, and, there fore, there was nothing to confine my mind to any filch dates regard ing my first acquaintance with Fish. I suppose it was upon introduction by my son or Mr. Ward. I suppose if you should go clear back that it was mv son who got acquainted with Ferdinand Ward through Ward s brother, and that acquaint ance was led on to in that way. The man was supposed, as far as I ever knew, to be a reputable banker un til after the failure, and it was not astonishing that a person should make his acquaintance. I had a dim recollection, after the failure, of receiving a letter from Fish while I was living at Long Branch. I went down there about the middle sf June. I don't suppose that I ever saw the one that was publish ed. I have a recollection of receiv ing a letter and sitting down and an swering it at once; and the substance of my answer was that I had a eood deal to da that day, and that it was doubtful when I should be able to see him; that if I could I would, but that I believed the matters that his "firm were engaged in were all right. Something like that CARELESS WITH LETTERS. Q. Haven't you any recollection as to what became of that letter of Mr. Fish's? A. No sir; I have not I never have been in the habit of preserving private letters, and if I was to try I suppose I should make a poor record. My business in life has been such that somebody else has always taken care of the letters that had to be saved, and the only way I have now of preserving a letter that I wish to preserve until I do something with it is to put it in my side coat pocket, or put it in the drawer where I write, and then when I want to look for a letter it is about the last one I find. I might state here, although I don't know whether it would have any efJect or Dot, that at the time I went in the firm I had a very small in come, but I had some money that my son had saved for me while I was gone abroad some money that I had left, and which he had so managed that I had saved some' of it, and he proposed to Jet me have bait hia interest in the firm, so I would have an income to live upon, and there was afterward an income raised for me, and after that the firm generously concluded to let me in as half partner, and then after; ward as whole partner special, not general generously, as I thought at the time, THE CROSS-EXAMINATION. The General was cross-examined by counsel for the Government. By Mr. Root Q. General Grant, what was the hour at which you were accustomed to reach your of fice in the morning when you were staving at Leng branch in the sum mer of 1882?- f . A. Ten o'clock was about my ar rivine time at the offic. Q. Did you observe in the letter which you received from Mr. Fish, and to which the letter which has been identified by you, and which is entirely in your handwriting, was an answer, any reference to Government contracts? A. No, there was not I had told Mr. Ward when it was men tioned there never must be ant Gov ernment contract there. - ' There is nothing wrong in being engaged in Government contracts more than in anything else, unless made wrong by the acts of the individual, but I had been President of the tinted States, and I did not think it was suitable for me to have my name connected with Government con tracts, and I knew there was no large profit in them except by die honest measures. There are some men who get Government contracts year in and vear out, and whether they managed their affairs dishon estly to make profit or not they are sometime supposed to, and I did not think it was any place for me. And you did not find in that letter you received any reference to anything of the sort? A, I did not find anything of tnat sort, or l should have stopped; but as a matter of fact I may never have eee that letter. Mr. Ward may simply have given me state ment of the contents of that letter when at his office, WHAT HE KNEW ABOUT WAED. Q. What'did you understand to be the relations of the firm of Grant & Ward to the Marin Bank ? A. Well, I kaew Ward was a director there, and seemed to have a great deal to do with it, but I never suspected there being any thing wrong about it Q. Did foaM any time know or understand that the firm of Grant & Ward had atased io Govcrn jaeat contracts, or had furnished money to be used in carrying out Government contracts? A T never knew of but one con tract that is,-where he said there was a transaction oi w I questioned him about it, and he said he had just been out and boueht S50.000 bushels of oata, 1 think it was, and there was quite a large quantity more to be purchased in Chicago to be delivered. He told me the date when it was to be de livered, and that the contractor hadn't the money to do it with, and that h was doins it for a certain amount a stipulated amount But the contract was io ouiur puiuco, and I said I did not see that there wa anvthintr the matter with that The man had a contract from the Government for a quantity of oats, and oats was an article that could le purchased very easily on the Cui- cago market and i said 1 dian i see anything wrong in mat, as e uuu nn contract Then afterward I be gan to hear and that wasn't long before the failure whispers around, saying he had Government con tracts, and I questioned him about it and he had no such thing, lie said he wouldn't do anything that was going to injure me, or anything I requested him not to; and he said he had no contracts anywhere. It had been said he had city contracts, and he as much as said to rae he wait verv well acquainted with city officials," and that made it easy for him to get contracts irom me cuy, and I told him 1 didn't know there was much difference between con tracts for New York City and those made by the Government of tbe United States, so far as that is con cerned; and then he told me he had never had a contract at all of any kind with the Government of the United States, or with the City of New York; that the way he did was and he gave me an instance he says : "Now, here is a roan has a section of railroad," and I don't know what road it was; it was a road going through Pittsburg, I think, connected with the Reading road. He said there was a man had a section of road to build, and he said that the man, if he could have tbe money furnished for his horses, and his tools, and his littte steam engine, and everything he wanted there, he could work to very much better advantage on his con tract and that the firm of Grant & Ward were to let him have the mon ey to do that contract let him have money to get along with. "Well," I said, "it doesn't seem to me that it is verv good security; 1 shouldn't regard that as very good security lor your money and mine; a man who has taken a contract and can't pay for horses and steam engine, plows and picks, and shov els, and so on, can't be very good security lor money." "Oh, but," he says, "we keep the contract in our possession, and the money is ail paid into our office." "1 he road, he said, held back 10 per cent until the work wap done, and they paid the sub-contractor lor every sub-di vision. I don't know what length of road that was that they paid for, but they kept back 10 per cent ot the contract and that is the way he explained it; and I supposed he was more of a business man than 1 was. There was one occasion, which I think must have been in 1883, when 1 we went out in the western part of Pennsylvania, in winter, and Fish was along and a party of gentlemen, and we had a special car. Ward was with the party, but he wasn't discussed that I know of at all. Colonel Grant was along, and there was Mr. Fish and Ferdinand Ward and James R. Smith, Mayor Edson and J. Nelson Tappan, City Cham berlain, and the Treasurer of the road, Mr. Spencer. Q. Did Fish converse at all about the business of Grant & Ward. A. I don't think he ever did. I made a remark, I recollect, to the effcet that Ward was a man of won derful ability, wonderful business capacity, or something like that, and rish said be had never got anything so good in his life before. DID NOT DRAW FROFTTS. Q. You didn't draw Irom the firm of Grant and Ward tbe profits you were led to suppose were made? A. No, I did not I leftth'em there with the firm, and everything I had beside, and I havenx got it out I had some little items, but I dont know what e mount, that were purchased, some of them for "me, with money of the firm that were profits of the hrm. lhey never were purchased, but then they were supposed to be, ana 1 was charged with the purchase of them. Q. You drew, if I understand correctly, from the firm at the rate of $2,000 a month during the year 1SS3? Yes. Q And at the rate of $3,000. a month during the year of 18S4? 1 A. Yes. -Q. Up to the time of failure ? A. Yes, 6ir. Q. And that was the limit of your drafts upon the firm ? A. That was the limit of my drafts. Q. As I understand it General Grant, everything you had was lost in the failure ot that hrm ? THE VAXDERBILT LOAN. A. Everything I had in the world went. Ward came up here Sunday night before tbe failure and asked me to go down with him to see Mr. Newcombe to see if he could get $150,000 from him: that he had himself raised $230,000. and that if he could raise $150,000 more it would carry the Marine Bank through; that we had $000,000 in the Marine Bank beside $1,300,000 securities in our vaults; that we should be inconvenienced very much if we couldn't carry the bank through, and he said the Marine Bank was all sound and solid if it had time to collect and draw in a little of its time loans. And I went down there with him and Newcomb was not at home, and he asked me if I knew W. 11. Vanderbilt well enough to ask him, and I, after some hesitation, said I did, and Vanderbilt loaned it to me without any hesitation at all. He said at the time he gave it to me he was lending it to me, and that he had no recollection of ever having done so before, but that he would do it for me. Well, that has taken all the remaining property I had. Q. The representation of Wf rd to you was that your firm was in danger on account of the condition of the Marine Bank? A. Yes, air.- He Baid that we had $1,300,000 of unpledged" secur ities in our vauiu. NO DISTRUST OF WABD. Q. Now, didFisk at any time during toe spring of 1884 commu nicate to you auv distrust on his part of Ward? A, No, sir. If he had I should Viavst lWn verv reaitv T hoim v - ' J . &4 I J liU doubt, to take distrust lie-direct by defendant's counsel I had no distrust of Vard the night Wore the failure, not the slightest And I recollect my son, U. 8. urant, alter me iauure, emu Ferd would come out all right yet Yfa had no doubt he would come out right,' for be had such a pro-! found friendshiD for his brother, Will Ward, he didnt believe it was nnaaihlA for: him to do a dishonest act It took me a day or two to be lieve it was possible ward naa com mitted the act he had. - By Mr. Clark Exactly what was ?t avnrdincr to vour nresent recol lections, that Ward said the Sunday before the failure in regard to ine securities of the firm in the Marine Bank? A. He didnt say he had any se riiritiM in the Marine Bank: he p poke of our own private securities, is the way I understood it; that we had $1,300,000 in our vaults, and we had seven hundred ana oaa thousand dollars of money in' the Marine Bank. O That was Mr. Wards state ment to you on Sunday ? ; , . . ? A. les, sir. The iVasfclngton "Women. A Washington correspondent says : I noticed an instance of Washington snobbishness the other night in one of tbe leading groceries of the capi tal which well illustrates the charac ter of one class of our high-toned court society. I was waiting to buy some little things and a very pretty and modest lady was standing at the counter watching the clerk do up some packages for her. Another lady, the wife of an old Washingto- nian, was also waiting, as l was, when Mrs. General , a leader of the Capital, and one of the newest of the nouveau rieic.came strutting in, dressed in velvet and sealskin. She was a tall, angular woman, with a nose whicn eeemea to turn up at everybody and everything. She had an eye-glass attached to a long han dle in her right hand, and this she presented in front of her right eye and began looking superciliously around the store. All the clerks were busy as thev could be. But with the most arro gant air she turned to the one above spoken of, and said : . Do you not see, sir, that i am waiting?" The clerk dropped the bundles he had, and rushed over to her. She then pointed with a majestic air to a lot of tomatoes marked twelve cents a can. She said : " I will take one of those cans of tomatoes ; you may carry it out to my carnage, and with that she 6wept out of the store in the same regal way in which she had entered. As she did so 1 noticed a smile ot contempt on the countenance of the old Washingtonian, who had the blood of some of the most noted families in the country in her veins. She quietly waited until her turn came to be served, and taking her purchases, which amounted to many times that of the snob who had oushed into her place, in her arms, she said : "I thank you, but I can carry these out myself." She took the bundles in her arms, and going to the door, stepped into a finer carriage than that of the fe male snob, and was driven quietly away. It is no wonder that some of the old Washington ladies object to the ru'de ways of those who in part compose our great court circles. Suffering from Drought. Charleston, W. Va., March 25. So great is the suffering of the peo ple in the drought afflicted districts of this State that the authorities and people of Kanawha county were ap pealed to yesterday, and quantities of provisions have been provided by the County Court for the relief of the distressed. Tales of the suffer ing of men, women and children and of beasts reach here from portions of Jackson, Gilmer, Calhoun and Roan counties. The mountain farmers in those counties are unable to pur chase either food or seed, aud as the season for planting is n.r things look decidedly serious. Kanawha county can take care of her own needy people, but help will be need ed for other counties. An End to Borw Scraping. Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, 111., Bays: "Having received so much benefit from Elecric Bitters, I feel it my duty to let suffering hu manity know it Have had a run ning Bore on my leg for eight years ; my doctors told me I would have to have the bone scraped or leg ampu tated. I used, instead, three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and my leg is now 60und and well." Electric Bitters are sold at fifty cents a bottle, and Bucklen's Arnica Salve at 25c. per box by C. N. Boyd. Not Too Cold Top Western Cattle. Cheyenne, Wv., March 2G. The Leader to-day completes a series of interviews with the leading stock growers of Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska, gathered here to attend the annual meeting of the Stock growers' Association. The' parties interviewed, representing over a mil lion cattle, ranging at widely sepa rated points, all agreed that the past winter has been the finest for many years, both for range and trail cattle. The losses will be below the average estimated variously at from ,1 to 5 per cent The larger portion, of the losses have been trail cattle that reached the ranges later in the sea son. Is in store for all who use Kemp's Balsam for the throat and lungs, the great guaranteed remedy. Would you believe that it is sold on its mer its and that each , druggist is author ized to refund your money by the Proprietor of this wonderful remedy if it fails to cure you. C. N. Boyd has secured the agencv for it Price 50 cents and" $1.00. Trial size free. A Prisoner Kills Himself. Wellsboro, Pa., March 26. Ch'as. Bird was arrested yesterday for in cendiarism and lodged in the jail here to await the action of the grand iurv. This mornin? when the turn key was making his rounds he ob served Bird s body lying on the cell floor and investigation proved it to be lifeless. A package of arsenic was found on his person and it is sup posed that he took a dose of the poi son. A Coroner's jury held an in quest, bat haye yet made no report Mangled v M Espfoajon. , , ,w . A: . J " TmrsvuxE, Pa March 26. A twenty horse power boiler burst this afternoon in the Pinevilie saw mill, blowing a man working near a dis tance of thirty feet, his body pas sine thrnnvh a twrv-inh Hnarri ceiling, mangling him in a terrible manner: When picked up life was extinct !'r ; 's r.-M?;4..: - SIL Potato Csdtmre. This subject was discussed by C, H. Butler before the Farmers' Insti tute, and was reported in the Michi gan Ihrmer as follows : The speaker claimed that tbe three requisites for success in potato culture to be good land, good seed, and good cultivation. The best quality of land is a heavy, sandy loam, inclined to clay, and having a stiff sod. This should be plowed Beven or eight inches deep and work ed into a fine mellow condition at least four inches in depth. Potatoes should be of medium size ad cut to one-eye pieces, planted three feet apart each way and one eye to the hill. Work potatoes once a week with a horse and cut out weed, and man ipulate the hills a littlu with a hoe, A large crop of weeds will assure a small crop of potatoes. . Mr. Butler plant one eye to the hill in order to secure large-6ized, uniform potatoes. He has had ex perience in planting whole potatoes and different amounts of seed, but has decided that one eye to the hill was best where the cultivation and soil were good. He often gets three stalks to the hill from one-eye cut tings. He usually throws away the seed end of the potato. To plant in thb usual way takes four and one half bushels, while two bushels was sufficient under his method of cut ting. He gets a crop of 175 bushels to the acre, plants et the time for planting corn, and pays no attention to the phases of the moon at the time of planting. He. places hia manure on the top because a drought is al ways ta be feared before the crop is made, and he prefers to have the manure on top to act as a mulch rather than at the bottom to increase the measure of dryness. Potatoes are no more likely to grow large and ruff when planted in this way than in any other. He does not hill hia potatoes, but en deavors to have the ground as level as possible. As to varieties, he has settled down on Late Rose and Beau ty of Hebron. As to scab, he could give no cure or cause for such a condition. He had sowed salt broadcast, and had grown scabby potatoes in his experi ence. It had been suggested that it was caused by a minute insect like a wire worm, but upon examination of several specimens of diseased tu bers with a strong glass, he had fail ed to find, the worm or other living organism, and could see no evidence of the work of insects or worms. He thought it was a skin disease, but had no theory to give as to its cause and cure. An Anecdote of Garfield. A year before his election, Gener al Garfield could have been seen gayly sauntering along Pennsylva nia avenue, laughing, talking, nod ding his head to this acquaintance and to that, without any obstruction to his progress in the shape of a sidewalk reception. Those who did not know him personally were fa miliar with his face and name. The ladies had heard his eloquence in the House the street urchins had seen him at the base-ball grounds, shouting, with the eagerness of a boy his pleasure or dissatisfaction as the game progressed. While a member ot the House he often took occasion to run out into the suburbs of the city to witness this exciting sport I remember one afternoon when he reached the stand erected on the grounds a few minutes after I did. I was leaning against the front rail of the platform, and, clapping me on the shoulder, he asked: "WTho's ahead?" . I gave him the information, and he thereupon became so interested in the game that he seemed unaware that his heavy weight upon my lit tle body was, to say the least incon venient He was constantly ex claiming : 44 Good catch 1" tt Fine hit !" "Oh 1 what a muffl" and other well-known extracts from base-ball language, and he soon grew so excited as to make me feel the effects. I thought it wise to move to a place of safety, and I finally succeeded in edging a way through the crowd. Edmund Alton in St. Xictolas for March. Liarge Shipment of Horses. Portland, Or., March 25. A load of work horses, consisting of ten cars, leaves Walla Walla to-day for Chicago. This is the first shipment ef the sort ever made across the con tinent The freight rate is S230 a car, and arrangements are being made for the shipment of twenty car loads of cattle as an experiment from the Walla Walla country to Chicago. : Remarkable Snow Storm. Bangor, Me.; March 24. 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Ish branches, a full course la atatbematles, 8d- nce. urees: and LAiln snlficlent f or profe-lonal startles' or adraneed eollers classes. Oood libra ry, literary society, aod)oderat rates fortqt uoa and boa riling, tkjr lasther particulars address Kty. W. H. VIHCEIfT or PBOF. L XL. GRAHAM. . ItiGoaisit, Pa Mar. u, Psineipal. , a SIBLEY'S ffu 71 - eaY M m A ik tec Isik oa Co," fa OoaeU, OoMs. Bore Throat, Jtsarssasss, Troches, las. Lhiald,Sa "ate Clears pat rats, Bice, roaches, flies, ants, baa bags, skaaks, ehipssanks, srophers. loc Dragi Palpitation, Dropsical Bwelllnirs, Dljilness, In-dla-estlon, Headache. Sleeplessness, eared by Wells' Healik Beawwor." " ; em Oar saw. Ask for Wells' " Besuja Coras." Ua. Qalek, eoaiplets care. Hard or soil eoraa, warts, tmnkna. Bsrswii rsue" fttMiKrf hettlne fmnrnvad. lb ache, pains ia chest or sido, rb imstlsaii Mara! eTa. tbusi rMix "Wells- Health Reaewer " restores health and vigor, cares llyipepala. Headache, Nerreusncs, Debility. 1. : WbMBlssgSJeMaf at, and tba many Tbroai ABectkau ai efalUrea, promptly, pleasantly, and safety relieved by "Bough on Wagbm." Troches, Ma. Balsam, See. Mertkara, IT yoa are falling, broken, worn oat and nervous, ase "Wells' Health lUnewer." SI. VmggimU. Ufs) Fiiiaaswr. If you are losloa'your grip oa Ufa, try Wells' Health Kenewer?' Goes direct to weak spots. M stasia Toe stack." Instant relief for Neuralgia, Toothache, Face ache. Ask for "Koufh oa Toothache." is and tie. FrsXtv Waaaeav. Ladles who woaM retain freshness and vivacity, don't fall to try 'Wells' Health Benewer." CMsirrhal Threats Antetleraa, Hacklnsr, Irritating Ooaghs, Colds, Sora Threat, eared by "Bough on Uoagba," Troches, lac. Liquid, lie. "atetvheallcfc." " Rouph on Itch " cares bamors. eruptions, ring worm, Utter, salt rheuas. frosted feat, chilblains. The Hspe ef be Hallea. Children, slow In development, pony, scrawny, and delicate, use "Wells' Health Kencwer." Wlsle Awake. three or fonr boars every night' eon (thing. Qet Immediate relief and sound rest by as lag Wells' "Huugh on Coughs." Froches, Its. Balsam, Sfio. Beaarh Oa Fala" Pereaeesl rhaater Strengthening, Improved, the best for backache, pains in cheat or side, rheumatism , neuralgia. Two Farmer Marder Each Other. Evansville, Ind., March 26. In Stewartsville yesterday afternoon two farmers named Fleichman and Scharndial, between whom a fend existed, met in tbe roau and Fleich man cracked Scharndial 'a head with a plow point Scharndial, though mortally wounded, made an on slaught with a paring knife and lit erally cut fleichman to pieces. Both men were prosperous farmers. Scharndial leaves a wife and one child. The Oldest Man in Somerset As well as the handsomest, and others are invited to call on C. N. Boyd, and get free a trial bottle of Kemo's Balsam for the throat and lungs, a remedy that is selling en tirely upon its merits, and is guar anteed to cure and relieve all Chron ic and Acute Coughs, Asthma, Bron- chtis, and Consumption. Price 50 cents and 1.00. Liarge Order of War Supplies). Chicago, March 25. The N. IC, Fairbank Canning company of this city has received cable orders for canned beef for the British army which aggregate 4,000,000 pounds. The destination of the meat is Wool wich. It will take two weeks to fill the orders. The Armory Packing ri ' - -, r a vompany is aiso in receipt oi or ders to supply 5,400,000 pounds. These are the largest orders ever re ceived here, and the supposition is that they are to meet a war emer gency. Bucklen's arnica MIto. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chap ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, -and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to eive perfect satisfac tion, or money refunded. Price 25c per box. For sale by C. N. Boyd. jnae20 Premonition ef Deatn Verified. Connebsvillk, Ind March 24. Benjamin Rauck, a prominent farmer in the southwestern part of the coun ty, fell ill, but was apparently, not dangerously so, when he went into a trance lasting several hours. Upon recovering he said he had talked with the spirits ef departed friends who had told him he would die at a certain hour the next day. He put all his affairs in shape and expired almost at the very moment he had named A Fortunate Discovery. A new light ia thrown on the sub ject of Consumption by Dr. Wagner Kemp, discoverer of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs. A rem edy that has proved itself to be a remarkable compound. It does its work thoroughly, stopping a hack ing cough instantlv. Sold by C. N. Boyd. Price oOcts. and 18.00. Trial bottle free. Get one. lee Tweatr-alsrat I ache Tale a. Sun burt, March 26. The ice on the Susquehana river was measured here this morning, and found to be twenty-eight inches thick. Reports from towns alonj: . both branches show that between two and three feet of snow yet remain in the moun tainous districts. Towns alone the river fear great damage should a rap id tnaw occur. A tenable Man Would use Kemp's Balaam for the throat and lungs. It is curing more cases of coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis, croup, and all throat and lung troubles, than any other medi cine. The proprietor Las authorized C. N. Boyd to refund your money if, after taking three-fourths of a bottle, relief is not obtained. Price 50 eta. and II. Trial size free. A Train of Riches. Cameron, Mo., Mar. 24. Perhaps the richest train that has ever pass ed through this part of the country was that which went over the Han nibal and St Joe one day last week. The train was composed of two cars of gold bullion, three card of silver, eight cars of silk and four of tea. The gold and silver were from Col orado, destined to the Philadelphia Mint. The silk and tea were from California, going to New York. The prettiest lady in Somerset remarked to a friend the other day that she knew Kemp's Balsam was a superior remedy, as it stopped her cough instantly when others had no effect whatever. So to prove this 0. N. Boyd will guarantee ittoalL Price 50 cents and II. Trial size free. ESTABLISHED 18HO. SOMERSET, PENWA. This weU established, old and reliable Book, Hews and Stationery Store was moved oa February M, 14, from Us old, cramped ami Insufficient quarters to the large, elegant and convenient new Store-Boom directly opposite Cook a Beerlu'. In these commodious quarters, specially fitted ap for Its oceupaney, the stock of Hooka, ftews ana stationery aas been very greatly eniargeu. ?irt-ui tension will be paid to the WhoUtaU Trad. School Hooss, School Supplies, Paper. Envelopes, inks. Pens, Almanacs, Pencils, Blank Bonks, Ac., will he bonght In Urge quantities direct fmm uanutac tarera, which will enable this establishment to job to town and country merchants at such figures as will make it advantageoas to bay bare. To retail buyers, an almost innumerable line of goods will be offered. Always for sale an extensive and varied assortment of Poetical Works, Histories, Books of Travel, Kevsls, Lathe ran and UUotptsa Hyma Books, Dictionaries. Children's Toy Bosks, Jnagaslnes, ateTMwa, Daily Papers, Btory Papers, ana a general line 01 reauing matter. Bay School and Sunday School Reward Cards, LAWYERS IND JUSTICES BLASTS. BLAH BOOKS, TABLETS, AND MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES. tTMAIIi ORDEHS SOLICITED. CHAS. C. FISHER. T.R. MARSHALL,- If Iff TNT? fT AIN OFFICE AND VARB -A.T : WmAimlLVhi. BBlWDWlPEm. Bear 864 Mala Street: t"'Js,Ma'eP ni Retailers L9.?-.?...?:.?:.:.?.T.J.,.!1. JLrtimber AND BUXLDXirc 1IATZEIALS, Haril ami OAK. POPLAR. SI DISCS. ASH, WALSVT, TLCOR1SG. SASH. STAIR RAILS, CHERRY, HELLO IV PINE, SHIHGLES, DOORS. BALLSTERS. CHESTNUT, WHITE PINE, LATH, BLINDS, NEWEL POSTS A General Line of all srades of Lumber and Bnlldinir Material , and Roofing Slate kept in Stock Also, can turn lea anything la the line of oar business to order with reasonable promptness, such as Brackets, uua-sised wors, e. EILIS CUNNINGHAM, Manager, Somerset Branch. Offices and Yard Oppoeita S. & C R. R.tation, Somerset, Pa KA-TON-KA The Great Blood Purifier, Has been used for centuries by the Indians, and brought by them direct from their Western home. Indians gather the roots, herbs, barks and gums, aad ship them east to us. A few of tbe most learn ed and skillful of these people are sent bete to prepare this remarkable medlcln- for the white man's ase. l as imiians ngnur neueve mat THE BLOOD And tbat to keep It pare Is the trail to health. produce so vaiuaoie a remeuy. or oae so potent te cure an diseases arising irom imperii y oi ids blood, as this Indian preparation. Mo sullerer from any of these afflictions need despair who wlU give u a uur tnat. A SISQBCEEED U7EI AND STOMACH, UNLESS CURED BY IA-TON-IA, Causes such diseases as Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Sour Stomach, Iss of appetite. Heartburn, De Dreaslon. Menralirfa. Female Disorder. Kidnev IHseases. l onstluatlun. Liver Conichs. lodiicestroo. Asthma, Inflammations, Piles, Insanity, Jaundice, ana Agoe, sciatica, ttneuniausm, ervousness, uosuveness, Bilious Attacas, rains in me oouy, Over Disease. Boils. Pleurisy, aad a host of other ills. Tbe medicines of the druggist, taken internally, will do no good. The only safe and sore cure, is te the ase of KA-TON-KA. It aids the liver and stomach to resume natural action, drives the Klsons Irom tbe system, tones up the nervous Icfioences, purities the body, snd restores perfect alth. Ask your druggist for KA-TUX-KA. Take nothing else, as you value your health. If ha has It not, tell him to send for It to the OREGON INDIAN MEDICINE COMPANY, COK,I?,-y, 3?IElT3sr'.A Price $1.00 Per Bottle, Six Bottles for $5.00. TIE IIDI1I COUGH SYRUP Issertainly the best Remedy of Its kind ever vougus, uoius, ana jjung irouoies saouiu not ueiay. MODOC OIL Immediately. Ask your drugs; ml Will never be formed In public your drugalst tor Modoe Indian bottle. Large ootues ou cents. or sale by all THE OLD RELIABLE SOU. U 'X-X'IjER; WA.G-OIsr. ESTABLISHED IN CHICAGO IX 1S42. I h ave just received two car loads of the most complete Western Wagon in tbe market there is ltear Brake, to be used when hauling bar or ersia. a somethinir tbat farmers know the necessity of when hauling on tnis waeon oas laiu in quick tnree years oeiore . i I 1 L . V T . I morouguiy seasoueu oeiore oeing ironeu. DOUBLE COLLAR AND OIL CUPS. It is tbe only Wagon made necessity of taking off the ply turning a cap tbe wagon can be oiled in less than five minutes. This Wagon wants to be seen to be fully appreciated, and parties wishing to buy will do well to see it EVERY WAGON FULLY INSURED. In offering this make of Wagon to the public, will say I used tbe same make of Wagon for five years when freighting across the Rocky Moun tains, over roads that were almost impassable, and they always stood tbe test- I feel warranted in saying I believe them tbe Best Wagon on wheels. Call on Oliver Knepper or Henry Heftiey, who will show yoa the Wagons. $9-AGENTS WANTED TIIROVGHOVT THE COVNTT. I. HEFFLEY . SOMERSET, MARCH 28, 1886. r CURTIS K. GROVE. (East from Court House,) Somerset, Penn'a. .Yanafactarer of HGGIES, SLEISBS, CARRIAGES, sPMisa.WAeoNs, UCCK WAGONS, AND EASTERN AND WESTERN WUBK JVnlshsd on Short NsUc. Painting Done on Short Time. My work Is ntds oat of Taeraasaiy Seutvntd. Wood, and tha Uttt Iron aad Steal, babstaa. tlallj Uoostruetad, Neatly Finished, aad Warranted to Givo Sotitaetlon, X Employ Only First-Class Workmen. Bsanlrina; of AU Kindsin My Una Don en Snort NotSes. PICES REASONABLE, and All Work Warranted. Can and Examine mr Stock, and Learn Prices. I do WasTOB-srerk. i ao wacaB-wer. and 1 famish Selves for Wlnd- Mills, atemsmber tha place, and call la. CURTIS K. GROVE, (East of Oonrt Boase,) aprJO-lyr. SOMERSET, PA. PATENTS aKfaaaaJ II iV-.J a wtrwHsaj(MV VWlBfJS IB Uf J . . rltT)l CerataOesuWansaledtofbrM00EIATE w v. b. s-Bxawi umesLeav E&agaw " mwwm. w wbwubj as sens we ssms as to pataaUbUKv free ef ese; aad we stake NO ru iter iitcl ce wr j,J we rotor, asre, te tne Pgatssastar. tbe Baptof ". vLm we vaiiuN rnitni. . w zr """inii aaH mm esnmais es sae V. 8. Patent Unto. Tor etnalar. adrtee, terma, aad reference te aetael sttssus la 7xef own fttate arsoaaty, address . J. A. BNOW A CO., Opposite Patent Office, WasaJacton, D. C V'ffl mere atoney than at earthtef else ey Kw w a tawia; aa aatiia, ier tne nee seiuneT book oat. Bsglnii saneeed paaaUy. JTaaa fail. Terms iree. iiaujrr Book Oorortlaoi, RS BOOK STORE, IflTTlIr! L. W WEAIvLAND lirmnch Offlc anil Yard niiillUilllllJ. AT somerset. Pa.. Soft Wuoas. PICKETS. MOILDIXGS, IS THE LIFE, The science of chemistry or of medicine has never Melancholy, Impure Blood, Sleeplessness, Fever Introduced, and the people who are suffering with its eaects are magical. .iu cents per ooiue. fortrotten bv thosewho saw the wonderful cures per. bv the Indian Medicine Men. It relieves all peln Oil. Takenother. It is the best. 2" cents per d ggists mai-iyr, 8elf - oilinc Steel-skein Schuttler Waxrons. the for Road or Farm Purposes. On the latter hilly farms. Every part of tbe Wood-work of oeing worsea up, insumiL' the work to be . I . r . neiug tae patentees oi the that has this improvement. It avoids the wheels to grease, as in the old style; by sim before purchasing elsewhere. THE EQUITABLE Life Assnrasce Company of tie Units. States. Henry B. Hyde, Pres't. 120 BROADWAY. N. Y. 81 CHEAPISDE. LONDON. ASSETS SURPLUS INCOME - $53,030,581 - - 12,109,756 - 13.470.571 New Assurance written in 1883, $81,129,756. Paid to policy holders during the last 24 years, $73,877,699. The Society has written, darlns; tbe past twen ty yeari, aa aggregate amount e.f new assurance larger tbaa has been written by any other com pany la the world. Tbe rarplas fond or the Soodety. on a fonr per cent, valuation. Is larger than that or onr ether life insurance company in the world. Ta EqctTABLs Lin AseraAsc SocrsrTts raea plain and simple contract of assurance, free from burdensome and technical eondltkms, and INDISPUTABLE after three years. AU poli cies, as soon as tbey become indisputable, are payable IMMEDIATELY a poo satisfactory proofs of death, and a legal release, without the delay usual with other companies. By this paoairr rATmuT, the beneficiary of an Equita ble policy is not only saved from annoying delays aad expenses, bat receirea pecuniary leltefas quickly as If tha amount of tha assurance had been Invested In a bond ef thaGoverniaeatorthe United States. W. Frank Ganl, 8pecial Ajrent for Bomerset Co. Notice to Contractors. The Sohool Board ef Somerset Township pro noes bai alias; two aew School Hooset, uae in the Sipesville and one In the Welter district. The ooetreet for ereetlna these haildings will be let to the lowest aad beat Udder oa SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1885, at the OLa.DE HOUSE, at 1 o'eloek r. -. Tba old balldlnfs will be sold at the same time and pUee. By order of the Beard. OABJUfcLOOOD, mr2- Secretary. W'ELILVD, OTHERS FOLLOW, Onr Stock Or Drugs, Medicines, and Chemicals, Is ihe Largest in the County. na? ing enlarged my Store-room, it j, now suitel to a rapidly increas ing tratle. I have increased ray stock in EVERY DEPARTMENT, And Ak a Critical Examination r GOODS ?1XD PRICES. XOXE BUT PURE DRUGS DISPOSE Ssclal Care Given to Compounding Pijsiaiis' PrssTiBticES ni raiij na PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, PUTTY, VARNISHES, AND PAINTERS' SUPPLIES. SOAPS, BRUSHES, COMBS, SPONGES. PERFUMERY, TOILET ARTICLE School Books and School Supplies at Lowest Prices. eWe ask Special Attention to this Department. Good Goods, Low Prices, An d F r dealing "WltL, AI A FULL LIXE OF OPTICAL GOODS- julsus imm C. N. BOYD'S, MAMMOTH BLOCK, SOMERSET PA ISAAC SIMPSON, l!MY III w mm PATRIOT ST., SOMERSET. PA. DEALER IX SPQQHER PAT.GOLUR! P2Z7XHTS Adjusts Itself to any Horse s Neck, Has two Bows of Stitching, Will hold Hames In plac better than any other Collar. If You Want to Buy m Good and Cieap CUTTER; Call on me. 1 also keep constantly on hind 1 urate Assortment t me stana-maue Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Whips, Brashes, Lap Blankets, sn.l ererrthinic to be tuanl Inst imlassSsildierT. OikmI Teams ami KlUins; Ilurses alvafs read; lur hire. When in necl of anrthdnn in uiy line, KiTeme a call. ISAAC SIMPSON, dec:, Soueusst, Pa. CALVIN HAY BERLIN, XY., (MILLER'S MILL.) MANUFACTURER OF FLOUR & FEED! I slwars keep on han'l a l.iree st-x-lc of FLOCK- OOKJI-MKAU HI CKWHKAT FLOUl -i all kin. Is uf CHOP. Also, all kinds wf QKA1.N, aica i sell at BOTTOM PRICES Wholesale and Ketail. Ton will tare moner t5 buy io j from me. My stock is always Fresh. ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY. ABOUT PHOSPHATES Acidulated S. C. Phosphate Rock is not complete manure it is valuable for its soluble Phosphoric Acid only; and contains no Am monia. It is often called " Soluble Bune,'' "Mineral Bone," "Fossil Cone," &c. We are prepared to supply this article at the lowest poijble rate, and guarantee 12 to 14 per cent. Available Phosphoric Acid. FARMERS, DO NOT BE DECEIVED va.r L?!Ea3S m.mw TWENTY FIVE DOLLAR phosphate Is not South Carolina Rock. It is a true Ammoniated Animal Bone Super-Phosphite. AVe are the only manufacturers of it, and every bag has our narhe and addrevs on, alo guaranteed analysis. A'tme other is genuine. BAUGH & SON S.Philadelphia RAUCH'S $25 PHOSPHATE a nr U HK Contains theLitouMl Kea"f CA.Ut rnniABimi iiai,kta V B. of I tt WjJu . . ev.l 1 mm '4 Philadslptua w" raaliiwsaa'- -rvil, tv. nam tmm. Sal, hsl i mm pnoea. It wtaii4 arpns fana mn In Sums aow mry bm lfif .Wan arovare tiMS bramlA Wf Sanpir leniliaafe For all Send -oat aant n4 aJOMa. aal " will mail jua onr raaaafceU' fcatfla, VAUCH ON3. 20 5. Dal. Ave. Pnila.Pa. HELP; fnr working; people. Seed 10 cents postage an l mall j.o fret myal. aiM hla aamnla hoz of rMH1! tnat will put ua ia tbe way of maainsr mnre ssonf? u a few days than ym ever thona-ht ptssitie si a.' baMneaa. Cspxl ant rvalrei. V"a can U at home and wV 14 Sfiare time onlv, or all Hie tmie. All of both -ee. of all ages (frandlj suet so esnts le t'tc lir earaeti everv evenlna. all who want work mav test the bu-iucM. make this anparalk-lel otter .- To all who ars well satlsheU, we will send 1 to par for tbetru ofwr1tlDas. rail partiealars. dlreetloos. ew sent free. Immense pev ahelutel? sore H" wbe start at once. iWt delay. Adtlres, tis aos A Co., ForUnnJ, Maine. aoA fV t l Kl fir I r IE , 1 VU I Iv 1 I 3 u i aw t
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