Peanwytvaala a Blfj Farm.
Within ten miles from the State
capital lie the largest farm in the
Commonwealth. When the engine
whiizea by Highspire, a little rail
road station perhaps eight miles out,
it plunges into a succession of white
feoosf and red gates, with here and
thm-A an immense harn painted in
the same colors. The acres appear -
to be in the highest state of culUva-Jjt
tion. They are beaunmi to loot
nnon. and are as profitable as they
Ct.V. A AS frlA9 1
' mm beautiful. After two miles of
this the engine rushes by an iron
! foundry, with black smoke belching
from its tall chimney, and draws op
at the station at Middletown. Joet
here the unsophisticated traveler
will turn to .the man in the seat
: behind him and ask:
"Who owns all that land back
, thereT" . ,
ADd the man in the scat behind,
who is pretty 6ure to be one of the
231 members of the Legislature, will
answer : 1
"There are eight farms there, or
were originally, for they have all
been turned into one farm now.
There are over 1,000 acres in them.
Just-below the town here are two
more farms,and the entire estate cov-
. enfjomethinz like 1,200 acres Who
owns it? Why, Jim Young. He
' lives here in Middletown.
' Middietown Is a very old place.
It was here that Gen. Simon Cam-
' eron, when Le began to rise into
prominence, was a bank cashier.
' The biccest man inrthe place to
day is CoL James Youpg, familiar-
. ly known to everybody as "Jim."
CoL Jim Young lives iu a big
brick house,facing the business street
of Middletown. It is within a stone's
throw of the railway station, and
the front room in it is an office.
Here he pays his men, hires them
by the dozen in the busy season,
and transacts his busines. The nam
es of a good many prominent men
appear on his visitors' book If tbe
farmer has time to driveyou around
his possessions it is a trip worth tak
ing. Out of the busy town and into
tbe farming land is a question of but
a few moments. The Young farm is
easily recognized the moment the
horse's foot falls upon its soil. It is
different from all others. The fresh
white-washed fences are whiter than
others, the red gates are redder and
tbe grain and crass are greener. A
short drive and the trotter passes the
Eagle Farm, so called from the im
mense eagle which surmounts it,
and enters a road leading to Grand
' View, perhaps a mile beyond. The
road is as level as a Milliard table
. and as smooth. Trees line the sides.
It i CoL Young's race track, and it
' is here that he tries his new horses.
Like the wind the fast trotter speeds
down tbe road and draws up at the I
Grand View farm. Near the great
barn stands a pretty house, with a
cupola on top, and from this cupola
on top, an idea (of the farm can be
obtained.
It is a beautiful eight. "Just below
is an orchard which gives place to
fields of greenloping gently toward
the Susquehanna, which flashes
back the sunlight in the distance.
Within sight,running into each
other are the eight farms that
Col. Young has gradually acquired.
A thousand acres of wheat, oats,
grass, and clover spread themselves
out in all directions. There is the
Fair View Farm, the Eagle Farm,
the Rose Dale, tbe Oak Lane, the
Thorn Dale, the Kevstore and the
Roland. On one of them, away off
there in the distance, with the roof
of tbe barn just showing, is where
he raises his stock. Here at the
Grand View tbe young calves from
the stock farm are kept.
Each one of these eight farms has
an immense barn and a comfortable
house. There is a tenant in each
bouse who looks out for details.
while there is a foreman to super
vise generally. Every thing is done
by machinery. Down at the stock
farm, with its long rows of Jerseys,
all the water is pumped by a wind
milL A steam engine thrashes all
the wheat and cuts the feed for the
cattle. The best of labor-saving
machines cut tbe grain when ripe
for the harvest rew vegetables,
comparatively, are raised, wheat,
oats and corn being the staple pro
ductions. But what strawberries the
Colonel raises when be feels like it !
The berries that will ripen soon will
be as large as English walnuts and
as sweet as sugar.
It is not difficult to understand,
up here in the cupola of the Grand
View, the immense amount of work
that has been done on this great
farm. Let your eye wander where
it will and ihere is nothing to mar
the pleasing impression. Not
rock is to be seen nor an angle. In
place of corners the curve of beauty
' has been substituted. There are no
abrupt hills or mounds. All such
have been rounded off until there is
a level surface, or a gently undula
ting one every where, Ihe entire
, place seems to be as a narlor. It is
" Col. l oung's pride to keep it so.
Once be went across the country to
California and visited all the farm
he could find.
To the left of, the Grand .View's
cupola the spires and chimneys of
: Middletown raise their heads. Be
yond the town is a cluster of hills.
The highest of all is CoL Youngs
: Sunset Farm. At the foot of trie
hill is Locust Grove. Here are 300
acres, on which live two tenants and
a foreman. The hill farms were, it
tie more than mountains of rocks
when they were purchased, and all
Middletown called the farmer a fool
at the time. It was during ihe fi
nancial panic of the Hays adminis
tration when improvements began.
Labor was very cheap then, and
when anybody applied Col. Young's
office for employment he was set to
work blasting rocks at Suneet and
Locust Grove. 'Gradually the two
. farms assumed the regularity of sur
face which marks tbe other eieht.
and to-dav the hill farms are as prof-
ilioie as us rest.
But the beauty of the Sunset
Farm is the scenery. - The .farm
bouse is upon the very top of the
bill, and an observatory has been
built upon the roof. Simon Cameron
thinks it boe of the prettiest spots
on earth, and he has frequently
spent hours in the observatory en-i
ioyingtbs beautiful sights. At the
base rans the sparkling river, wide
and shallow and filled with jagged
. rocks, with a background or high
hill on the other side. Far off to
' the right are Blue Hills.and beneath
and losing itself in the distance is a
carpet of bright green. Sir coun
ties are risible from the high perch.
CoL Jim Young is very proud of
dim una, ana mere is nobody
around here who will question that
he has a right to be. There are other
large farms in Pennsylvania. CoL
James Duffy's at Marietta, Gen.
Cameron's Donegal farm near by,
and the Coleman farms in northern
Lancaster are the most famous, but
none of them can compete with the
great Middletown Farm of CoL Jim
Young. Lancaster Inquirer,
Tba Model Flahtas Rod.
The' rod should be of the best,
whatever material it be made from.
Lancewood, greenheart, betbabara,
and many other woods are capable
of being converted into an excellent
flv rod, provided tbe material is
good ot its kind, and it has been
fashioned by the hands of a skilled
j
tmen Rent and clued or, as
ig now more generally called,
Unlit - bamboo unquestionably stands
- 1 1 . 1 .
first as a material in tbe general es
timation of expert in this coun
try. '
In the fly-casting tournaments
held year after year at Central Park
in New York it has gradually sup
Dlanted all other kinds of rod, and
certainly in its strength, ligntness,
and that steely spring which is the j
acme of perfection in a fly rod are i
found to a degree unequaled in any
other known material. These rods
are made by gluing six strips of
Calcutta bamboo together in such a
way that a cross section of tee com
pleted rod forms a hexagon. The
rind of the bamboo is placed on the
outside, and is untouched in tbe
manufacture, since herein lies all
the virtue that the material pos
sesses. .
The variety of bamboo used for
this purpose may be distinguished
by the charred marks on iu yellow
cuticle, without which none seems
to be imported into this country.
No one in the least familiar with
this bamboo can have failed to re
mark these burns, always present
yet never alike. To the split-bam
boo rod-maker they are a nuisance,
forcing him to reject altogether
many a cane otherwise excellent So
every one, surpnsea mai so mucu
labor should be expended merely,
so far as apparent, to injure he cane,
naturally asks why this is done.
Reasons are as plenty as blackber
ries, and, of course, there is no lack
in this case.
Here are a few samples assigned
by them who said they knew all
about it 1. It is a religious cere
mony. 2. They are roasted over a
larg gridiron to kill the larvre of
boring insects. 3. It is merely for
Durpose of ornament 4. 1 he bam
boo grows in jungles matted togeth
er with all manner of climbing and
tenacious vines: before they can le
extricated the jungles must be fired
to destroy the creepers. 5. That the
canes are roasted over a gridiron to
destroy the leaves and creepers at
tached to them, as tbe most simple
and expeditious means of getting
rid of them. 6. That it is done
with a hot iron, each cane being
treated separately merely to straigh
en them. I have heard others, but
these are quite sufficient for the ex
ercise of personal predilection, my
own being a combination of the rea
sons numbered 4 and C.
Different specimens of every va
riety of rod material vary greatly in
excellence, one sample being very
good another utterly worthless.
Therein the integrity of tbe rod
maker and regard for his reputation
are the onlv safeguards to the pur
chaser. Therefore, it is cheaper in
the end to buy from the maker him
self or his recognized agent If they
have a reputation they will try to
maintain it Anonymous rods are
like anonymous letters; they may
be exceptionable, but usually they
are not
Above all things, remember there
are no bargains in fishing tackle. If
an article is cheap in price, it is al
most invariably cheap in quality as
welL Comfort in use, efficiency in
casting the fly, and power to control
and land the fish after it is fastened,
all will admit, are the desiderata in
a fly rod; strength to withstand the
incidental strain, and elasticity to
recover on the removal of the deflec
tion caused thereby, in all cases be
ing presumed.
It needs no expert physicist to as
sure us that with two rods of equal
weight, and respectively ten and
twelve feet long, the former will oc
casion far lees fatigue than the lat
ter, since while the shorter arm of
the lever is in both cases equal, the
longer arm, which is to do the
work, is greater in the latter. Nay,
further, even though the shorter rod
exceed in actual weight still it may
retain its superiority in this respect
Killing power, and the ability to
control the movements of the fish,
depend not on the length, but on
the power and stiffness of the rod,
and this, other things being equal,
must be greater in a ten than in a
twelve foot rod, since the leverage
against the controlling power is less.
Harper' Magazine.
The Corse of Polygamy.
Finding that the non-polygamists
were entitled to many more privi
leges that tbe poly gam ists, and
knowing that the former were far
the more numerous, the leaders ot
the church began a furious revival of
their religion about a year ago. Such
monogamists as held ecclesiastical
or political offices were crowded out
tin thp pilars hishnna and fiAinla
who were plurally married, and who I
pretended to speak hy authority, j
in f.,r,Mhi inn.ncr th
future iovs of those who "obeyed
t - ... r
joys
tbe will of God, " and the torments
reserved for thoe who were un-
mitwifnl nf fTia firilinnnrpfl vr
.in th first .rtn.lMi nwUtlnn
th .n'nii f ,ii,ral mrriar.
Tivfl l,.t iIi-i-h lioon aim!.
determined etiort on the part of the
church authorities to spread their
polygamous doctrines. Tbe revival
wn nmafWMifAft hrkt.H in nnlili Anrl
;n nriirot nA ii. .ho h.H nh.
jectedto their husbands taking an-l" attempted to follow them, and
nother partner were visited by the Jbey usua ly justified his confidence
... r - . J .1 A.rtinini .In tlrwXA aA kV
bisbup8 and elders, and threatened
ith all the terrors of an offended
deity if they persisted in their wil
fulness. .It was plain that the po
lygamists wished to get as many of
their brethren in the same boat with
them as possible, and then trust to
lock. They saw that the enforce
ment of the law was inevitable.
The next thing was to make the job
so big that even the enormous pow
er of the federal government would
not be equal to tba task. Thia
showed the inherent weakness of
of polygamy even bere. Tbe mass
of the Mormon people utterly re-;
pudiate and abhor the doctrine. Not
over ten or fifteen per cent of the '
men have more than one wife, but
most of those in authority are po- j
lygamiats, and, always speaking or
acting for all the others, and exer
cising a species of terrorism over !
tbe people, they have repressed any
thing like protest against the evihj
Salt Laie Correnjxmdence X. Y.
Sun.
The prettiest iady in Somerset
remarked to a friend the otherclay
that she knew Kemp's Balaam was
a superior remedy, as it stopped her
cough instantly when others had no
effect whatever. So to prove this
C.1S. Boyd will guarantee it to all. 1
Price 59 cents and $1. Trial aire
free.
Don't Give trp the Ship."
On February 3. 1813, Capt Law
rence, commanding the American
sloop of war Hornet, captured the
British sloop-of-war Peacock. For
tbe gallant exploit Lawreace was
promoted, in May, 1813 to the com
mand of the Chesapeake, lying in
Boston harbor. She was in poor
fighting trim, both in respect to ar
mament and crew. The Britieh fri
gate Shannen, with a perfect equip
ment and picked crew, wss hovering
nflr Ronton, watching for the Chesa
peake. Capt Broke, the command
er of the Shannon, sent a cnaiienge
tn lAwrence to meet him outeide.
On June 1, 1813, the Chesapeake
sailed out Tbe neighboring bills
and Rtnenles swarmed with specta
tors of the conflict The first broad
side of the Shannon swept theChes
apeake like a cyclone. Lawrence
... , , .1 c
was mortally wounaea, me ursi
Lieutenant was killed, and the com
mand immediately devolved on an
inexperienced Second Lieutenant
Carried below, Law recce immediate
ly became duenous irom the enecw
of his deadly wound, and shouted :
"Don't give up the stip I ana ne
kept on repeating "Don't give np
the ship," at fitful intervals till be
died. And it did so happen that
at the close of the sanguinary con
flict tbe victorious English had to
haul down the Stars and Stripes
from the Chesapeake themselves.
With sad eyes the witnesses of this
brief but bloody struggle saw the
two frigates slowly bear away north
ward toward Halifax.
In due time the dying ejaculation
of Lawrence reached the Lnited
States. Commodore Perry com
manded a small fleet on Lake trie
in September, 1813. One of his
largest vessels was named Lawrence
by him, after the dead hero. Antic
ipating an early encounter with the
fleet of the British Commodore Bar
clay, Perry had prepared a flag
bearing in quotation marks tbe mot
to: "Don't give up the ship." On
September 19, 1813, Perry met Bar
clay jast off the coast of Pennsyl
vania, and tbe nagsnip oi rerry
sailed into the thick of the encoun
ter with the words of Lawrence
streaming from the maintop. Every
body remembers how rerry's snip
became disabled in the midst of the
battle, and how he carried his en-
sign in an open noat ine outlets
and cannon shot whistling around
him to another vessel, and hoisted
it to the fore. The long struggle
over, it was the British that "gave
up the ship." Perry captured the
whole of Barclay's squadron. No
American seaman will ever forget
tbe text of the brief dispatch in
which Perry conveyed the news of
his victory to the Navy Department
"We have met the enemy, and they
are ours.
The words of Lawrence in the
hour of defeat, and of Perry in tbe
hour of triumph, uttered seventy
two years ago, are among the cher
inhed memories of the American
Navy.
The Creyhound.
With regard to the dogs them
selves, Juliana Berner's enumeration
of points still holds good : A grey
hounde shoulde be heded like a
Snake and necked like a Drake,
Foted like a Kat Tuyled like a rat
Syded like a Teme. Chyned like a
Beme." The last of these maxims
is misquoted by Youatt and others
who seem to have followed him
blindly. They were "chined like a
Bream, ' and we have heard argu
ments in favor of a high arched
loin based on the misquotation. The
felicity of the comparison with a
beam must be apprecated by all
who are familliar with the massive,
square-cut look of a well-developed
loin. Arrian makes length from
head to tail the chief point, and of
course length has much to do with
speed, but for the country of which
we write size and length of stride
are of less importance than com
pactness and turning power.
It is necessary that dogs should
be good fencers, and, moreover, clev
er at making their way through
"bullfinches" and other obstacles
which they cannot possibly get over.
A great difficulty in the way of pri
vate coursers is that a dog, seeing so
many more hares than be would see
if he were kept for public coursing,
often becins to "run cunning," and
to display the character of a lurch
er rather than of a greyhound. He
will cease to exert himself in the
run-up. trusting to the chapter of
accidents to bring the wearied hare
within reach of his jaws later on.
Perhaps he will stop short at a fence
and wait for his more ingenuous
comrade to drive the game back
again.
A dog which has developed such
habits must be got rid of at once.
Besides spoiling sport he will cor
rupt his kennel companions, for
when cunning is the lesson the dull
est docs are apt pupils. e once
saw an elderly couple of greyhounds,
the fruitful parents of many useful
dogs, and themselves once of bigb
renown in their own country, whose
owner. a farmer always took them
out when his wife wanted a hare for
u,u"c'- . Fkuu,
am-
male, whose love of sport age could
not diminish, would hunt bv sight
as long as possible, running wide of
i each other, and driving
the hare
backward and forward
between
1 them like shuttlecock betweeh two
l.attledores,or like Mr. Pickwick and
Messrs. Dodson and Fogg.
as they were unsighted down went
their noses, and tbe chase was con
tiiiued by BOeoL Their master nev
bv returning in due time side by
side, one of them carrying the . bare
in his mouth with something of a
retriever's tenderness. Saturday
Keciew.
A Sensible Man
Would use Kemp's Balsam 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 has anthorized
C N. Boyd to refund your money if,
after taking three-fourths of a bottle,
relief is not obtained. ' Price 50 eta.
and f 1. Trial sire free.
The ties and wood fuel used by
tbe railroads of the United States
cost annually about 125,000,000.
The OKlcat Maa la Somerset
As well as the handsomest, and
others are invited to call on C N.'
Boyd, and get free a trial bottle of
Kemp. Balsam for the throat and
lunp", a remedy that is selling en
tirely upon its merits, and is guar
anteed to cure ana relieve all Lhron-1
ic and Acute Concha. Anthma. Bron - 4
chtis, and Consumption. Price 5u
cents and 1.00. j
Not BO white aa it la mint ad t ha i
1 wmie eiepnant. 1
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Kottoaa Aboou tbe Mooa.
We believe that all nations of peo
ple have their moon theories or su
perstitious notions, and yet there
are none more silly than the cher
ished ideas of our own civilized peo
ple, who beleive that the animal and
vegetable kingdoms are under its
control, that the elements are con
trolled by iU changes; indeed, that
the soil yields or refuses to yield ac
cording as the seeds are given it in
the old or new of the moon. The
American Indian looks to the
moon for signs of the weather. He
believes that the good spirit makes
a new moon every month, and as
soon as he gets it finished round
and fall, he falls asleep, and evil
spirits begin eating it by gnawing
off the side till they have consumed
it, and then the good spirit awakens
and begins making a new one again.
The shape of this moon, or its posi
tion, determines the weather for the
next two weeks, or half moon. In
some of the different tribes of In
dians, as well as civilized people
the theories are in direct opposition
We have heard many a time two
men disputing as to 6igns, one in
aistine that when tbe bowl ot tne
moon will hold water it will be ary :
another that when the bowl will not
hold water, it will be dry both par
ties having watched tbe signs lor
years declare that tbev never faiL
The absurdity will be seen at once,
The following from Blackwood, on
the subject is to the point :
"lbe notion that tbe moon exeris
an influence on the weather is so
deeply rooted that, notwithstanding
all the attacks that have been made
against it it continues to retain
hold upon us. And yet there never
was a popular superstition so utter
ly without basis as this one.
"If the moon really did possess
any power over the weather, Uiat
power could be exercised in one of
these ways oy renecuon oi uie
sun's rays, by attraction, or by em
anation. No other form ot action
is conceivable. Now, as the bright
est lieht of a full moon is never
pnnal in intensity orouantitv to tbe
light which is reflected toward us by
a white cloud on a summer day, it
can scarcely be pretended that the
weather is affected by such a cause
as that
Lapelace calculated that the joint
attraction of the sun and moon to
gether could not stir the atmosphere
at a quicker rate than five miles a .
day. As for lunar emanations, not j
a sign of them has ever been discov
ered. The idea of an influence be
ing produced by the phasse of the
moon is therefore bated en no rec
ognizable cause whatever. Further
more, it is now distinctly shown
that no variations at all really occur
in the weather at the moment of
changes of quarter, any more than
at any other ordinary times.
Dally Food of tbe Chinese.
Many Americans believe that dog
soup, cat fricasee and rat a la mode,
are to be found daily on every table
in the empire. The fact is that
there are some peculiar people in
China as elsewhere, credulous and
superstitious; and some of these be
lieve that the flesh of those animals
I have mentioned possets medical
properties. For instance, some silly
women believe that the flesh of rats
restores the hair. Some believe that
dog meat, also cat meat, renews the
blood, and quacks often prescribe it.
Then it is also true that there are
very poor people who have no mon
ey to buy proper food, and therefore
subsist upon what they can get, rath
er than starve. But I have lived
fifteen years of my life in China, and
have experienced at public banquets,
social dinners and public meals, aud
in company with ail classes of peo
ple, I have never seen cat, dog or
rat served in any form whatever.
Chinese gardens are prodigal of veg
etables ; our ponds, rivers and lakes
swarm with fish; our farm-yards e
crowded with pigs, land fowls, ducks
and geese ; our fields are gilded three
times every year with ripening rice.
In some sections of the empire
wheat and barley are produced ; but
rice is our usual substitute for bread.
These articles make up the everyday
food of the people. But there are
certain things unknown to your ta
bles that are considered great delica
cies by everybody, one of which is
edibk birds' nests. Another is
sharks' fins. The Chinese do cot
keep many cows, and it is true that
beef is not esteemed as good as pork,
and that many will not eat Leef on
account of religious scruples. Milk,
butter and cheese are almost un
known articles of diet. The Chinese
think it is robbing the calves to take
milk from the cows.
A Fn on a Iarge Scale,
The punka is a cloth mounted in
a frame some three or four feet wide
and as long as need be, suspended
from the ceiling by two ropes or
cords, one at each end. In dwell
ings and offices they bang over the
table, the bed and the desk. In
church they hang oyer evtry other
pew. Cord!- attach one to another,
and a whole section is moved by
line leading from it through a hole
in the wall attached to an upright
pole, the lower eud fixed in a can
non shot in a tub of sand. Men
called punka wallahs are stationed
at each one of these, making a row
of Deriiaps a dozen on each side of
"7:3: . " u, .u "gre"
I tnktmn t J LI . . in uaoamttln . .1 V 1. ... . . . . .
. his pole back and forth with a mo
tion like Kennebec raftsmen at their
sculling oars floating down river.
These punka wallahs make a strik
ing feature, turbaned and dressed in
white, with twisted girdles around
their waists.
The use of return-request e'nvel?
opes by all business men, it is
thought, would reduce the business
of the dead letter office to a mini
mum. ' "'
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!'" saui By c. N- Bovd, Someraot.
DYSPEPSIA.
Podrntnry habit, ntrntal worry, ix'nmi
excitement, ch-cbJ or imprint'iH1 in
lag or driukin, mid vtiriou nln-r rmivn.
Injure Comliiiuion followi.il l" sm rai
dcrnnfmeut of tlio liver, kkiucys ami
stomal li, tu which tbe disorder of each
orran incrcastn the Inltrmity of the otlu rs.
The immediate rtnlt!i nrc I.osaof Appe
tite. Xansea,l'oul Itratth, Heartburn, r ht
tlleurc, iJizzint'-s, bit k Headaches, failure
of physical and mental vifror, distressing
sense of weight and fullness in the atomavh,
and Increased Costivem-, nil of whieh n
known under one head n nypepla.
In every instance where this disease doe
not originate from Kerofulou taint in tho
blood, 'AVER'S PlT.l.8inny be confidently
relied upon to eifit-t a cure. Those caaea
not amenable to the curative influence of
AyebS Pills tilono will certainly vield if
the PILLS are aided bv the powerful ulood
purifying properties of Aykk's Saiw.vpa
killa. IvspeTtirs inouid know that tbe lotu.'er
treatment of their malady is postponed,
the more difficult of cure it becomes.
Ayer 's Pills
Never fail to relievo the bowels and pro
mote their healthful and regular action,
and thus cure Dyspepsia. Temporary
palliatives all do permanent harm. Tbe
fitful activity into which tbe enfeebled
stomach is spurred by "bitters," and alco
holic stimulants, is inevitably followed
by reaction that leaves the organ weaker
than before.
"rostlvraew. Induced by my sedentary
liaUit of lite, bci-anie chronic; Area's Fills
afforded me pelv relief. TbHr oceaaional UM
te inee kept me 'all right.1 Hxmujis Buao
uorr. Smart, JiJ.
"I was induced to try Aran's Tills aa a
remedy for lndlgeetloo, Conatlpattoa. aad
Headarhn, from mhtch I had loo been a suf
ferer. I found their action easy, and obtained
prompt relief. They have benetlted me more
than all tbe medicines ever before tried." M.V.
Vf atsok, 163 StaU SU Chicago, 111.
"Tbey hare entirely corrected tbe eoetire
nihil, and vastlv improved my svneral bealla."
Rev. Fkamcis B. Uaulows, Atlanta, G'a.
"The most effective and tbe eaaiert nhysie 1
have ever found. One doae Trill quickly move
my bowrli and free my bead from pain." W. 1.
1'iua, Richmond, Ya.
"A sufferer from TJrar Complaint, Dya
peplm, and MraraJcia fr the hut twrnly
vcare. Arm's Pills have benefited me more
than any medicine I have ever takes." 1'- U.
Uouess, Xetdmort, Brown Oe, Jnd.
"For Drspepsia they are Invaluable." 3. T.
Batbs, Jiexia, Tntao.
AYER'S PILLS,
PRETaRKD BY
Dr. J. C. Aycr & Co, Lowell, Maas.
Sold by all Druggista.
C00KST0VES
ALWAYSSAHSFACTORY
EIGHTEEN SIZES AND KINDS
ALL PURCHASERS CAH BE SUITED
MAXUrACTTRID BY
Isaac iSheppard & Co.,Ea!timore,Ei
AM FOK 8AI.2 BV
R. B. Schell & Co ,
SOMERSET, X.A
mar-l- sfr-lvr,
PATENTS
obtained, aad all bnslness in Lb V. 8. Patent
tiffins, or In the Oouru attended to for MODERATE
FEES.
We ate opposite the V. 8. Patent Oflea, a
Ksaed In PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY. aad
can obtain patents In less Urn tnaa tbuM reoMU
irom wAah-INtaTuN.
when model or drawing la sent ws advlee as to
patentability free of eh arse; and we auk HO
CHARGE UNLESS WE OBTAIN PATENT.
e refer, here, tu the Postmaster, the Sapt. cf
the Money Order Division, and ta oat eta 1 of Lb
u. a. t-aient umea. t or areolar, aavm, terms,
and reterenre to actual clients In your own Stat
or eoantv, add ress
C. A. SNOW A CO..
Oppeslt Patent LHaea,
. Washington, D. C
HELP!
cant Dbstac aad a will
.u yua rreea royal, veiaa
saamla box ef awore that
will pat yon In the way of nauag more money at
a few days than yon ever thnaarht possible at aay
basiaasa. Capital net reeaireti. Voa oaa lire at
bom and work in spar Utae only, or all to tmie.
All f both sexes, of all age grandly saneessniL
M oem t easily earned vrarv avaaJag. That
all who want work may test Lb baaineas, aw
mak this unparalleled oner : To all wb are not
wall satisfied, we wUlasad 1 to pay fur taatraabw
of writing as. Fall parties lan, direct loos. ate.
sent free. Immense pay absolutely sar mr all
who start at oooe. Don't delay. Adarw, 8na-
no a ixl, roruaau. Main.
A PRIZE. aaiVS.
eostly box of gooua, which will help yoa to sserv
money rteht away than anything ! In Um
world. AU. of either sea. aareaad few rt hear.
Tba bread road to fortnn pea betor UMrkv
an, absolutely sar. Atone ilrtrM, Tars a
Ua.,AtMrasta, Mala. ksaS.
EXCELSIOB
Aik a "Koaa a OOTtfn," fcr Oovrfaa,
Ooldi. Sort TkiMt. Mmrwrmi, TroehM, Ito.
filaae oat lata. asla. taaebas. Mas. aata, bad.
bags, skunks, chipmunks, gophers, lie. UragsUt.
Palpitation. Dropsical 8wUlns, Pliilnsss, Ia
llrestloB, Haadacba. Sleeplessness, eared by
' Weils KaaJth iieoewer,"
Amk Snr Veils' uBoaah aa dona" Us. ttalek.
couplet cure. Hard or soil corns, warU, buaions.
"BasHta rala" Pttwissa Flaaaen
StraartncnliuT. lmnrorad. tba best for back
ache, pains ss ehsst or sida, rba marina, aaaral.
Tula rawplav.
Wells' Health Reaewer" restores health and
vigor, cures fyipepsla. Headache, Merveusne,
IMUUlty. at.
WbMplag CasTsi
and Lb assay Throat ASeetleaa ot ehildren.
promptly, pleasantly, ana saieiy venerea oy
HI h -y,Mh Tm.i.m 1 IUImm &m
If yon arc falling, broken, worn oat and nervosa,
nee m eui neaua stcnewar. - si. arngKUH.
Ufa Pimiiit.
if you are losisa your grip oa Mia. try " Wells'
Health jtenawar.". Ooas diraet to wak spot.
Baask am Taalaacae."
Instant relief lor Neuralgia, Toothache, Faea-
acoe. Aia tor "iwagn oa looutacaa." laaoa lac
PrMlfirs
Ladle wb would retata fmhneai and viveeitv.
wot . iau w try w ana smeana
Catarrhal Throat AsTactlaaa.
Hacking, trrltailnc Ooua-hs. Cold a Son Threat.
cured by "Bough oa Uoaghs." Troches, Me.
"Kauuxk Item."
u Rough oa Itch" cares humors. eruptions, ring
worm, tetter, salt rheum, trusted feat, chilblains.
Tka Hapa at ata lalbw.
Children, slow In develoDmeaL mutt, acrawnr.
and delicate, us "Wells' Health Keneww."
Wide awaka
three or four boars every night coughing. Oct
Immediat relief and sound rest by Being Wells'
"Hough on Coughs." t roches, Hi. balsam, 2bc.
"staunch Om Fala" Paraaae1 Plaatart
Strengthening, Improved, the bast for backache,
pains In chest or shI, rheumatism, neuralgia.
Catching tbe Varacloua Shark.
The sharks which abound on the
eaut coast of Madagascar, and make
euch extensive depredations upon
the cuttle in course of shipment, are
occasionally captured by the people.
The young men sometimes go on a
shark hunting expedition. Having
discovered a shark they uivo under
it, and, before it has time to turn on
its back, ue the long knife they car
ry. It is affirmed among the Mala
gasy that some of their people can
go into the water on discovering a
shark, and, with nothing in hand
but a piece of stick about a foot iu
length, armed with an iron point at
each end, can accomplish its de
struction. Watching till one of the
monsters, with iu two or three rows
of teeth, is about to attack him with
its wide extended jaws, the native
with his iron-pointed stick, 'seiees
his opportunity, and inserts his
hand into thr mouth of the creature
and transfixes its jaws by implant
ing the stick crosswise iu its mouth.
The mure the slunk tries by snap
ping to disengage the weirton, the
more deeply it enters, and iu painful
fury it tt-tks the bottom. But it
l'aiie to find relief, and at last dies.
Iu body is washed ashore and the
inhabitants divide the carcass for
food.
Aa Editor's Tribute.
Tberon P. Keator, Editor of Fort
vVayne, Ind. Gazette writes: "For
the past five years have always used
Dr. Kings New Discover, for
coughs of most severe character, as
well as for those of a milder type.
It never fails to effect a speedy cure.
My friends to whom I have recom
mended it speak of it in same high
terms. Having been cured by it of
every cougb 1 have bad for nve
years I consider it tbe only reliable
and sure cure for coughs, colds, etc."
Call at C. N. Boyd's Drug Store and
get a free trial bottle. Large size,
81 U0.
Hmart liondoa Girls.
The latest way of making money
is that of a girl in London, whose
method is to remain perdue near any
house she intends to operate on un
til tbe mistress goes out. Quickly
noting the more striking details of
the lady s costume, rural innocence
waits awhile, then inarches up to the
house with her basket and rings the
bell. To the servant who attends
the summons she relates that a lady
had told her to leave the contents of
hetSsket at the house on receiving
pai Vnt What lady ? The artless
one does not know ber name, but
she wore such and such raiment,
seemed so many .years old, etc. Tbe
servant, recognizing the description
as that of her mistress, takes in the
country produce, consisting ot fresh
butter and newly laid eggs, and pays
a good price for it, receiving a proper
courtesy in return. Tne denoue
ment is. of course.that the fresh but
ter is discovered to be curiously ran
cid, that the newly-laid eggs appear
to have been for some time in an in
cubator, and that the mistress dis
claims the honor of rural innocence's
acquaintance. London Standard.
Bucklen'a Arnica salvo.
The Best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chap
ped Hands, Chilblains, Come, and
all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required. It
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac
tion, or money refunded. Price 25c
per box.
For sale by C. N. Boyd. jnne20
In Patagonia they fine a man two
goats for killing his wife. The law
is very strict on tbe subject, toe, and
if the fine isn't promptly paid he is
compelled to marry again. - That
makes him hustle around for the
goats. . .
A Fortunate Discover?.
A new light is thrown on tbe sub
ject of Consumption by Dr. Wagner
Kemp, discoverer of Kemp's Balsam
for tbe 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 instantly.
8old by C. N. Boyd. Price SOcts.
and 11.00. Trial bottle tree. Get
one.
It is stated that a queen bee, dur
ing tbe five years of ber existence
lays about one milion eggs.
Is in store for all who use Kemp's
Balsam for the throat anrt Inn mi tha
great guaranteed remedy. Would
you oeneve tn.it it is sold on Its mer
its and that each drncp-int ia antVi.tr.
ised to refund your money by the
Proprietor of this wonderful remedy
if it tails to care yoa. C N. Boyd
has secured the agency for it
Price 50, cents and Sim Trial
sixe free. .
BECHER'S
. -
CLOTHING HALL.
Be JJive to Tour Interest
Patronize those who
Wide-awake and lire business
their hands after a busy holiday season, but carefully surveying
results, find more stock on hand than necessary to carry over,
and wisely conclude it is better to remove such surplus stock,
at greatly reduced figures.
BECHER, THE PEOPLE'S CLOTHIER,
Finds just such a condition of affairs, and offers the most mag
nificent display of
Clothing, Hats, and Gents' FurnisJiiwj Goods
At greatly reduced prices. Our store is filled to its utmost
with carefully selected bargains. Gentlemens' Fashionable
Clothing, neat Clothing for Boys and Children, a complete line
of Gent's Furnishing Gooods.
EVERY WANT SUPPLIED, EVERY WISH GRATIFIED.
EVERYBODY DELIGHTED.
MJ-THE LATEST STILES, TIM MOST RELIABLE GOODS, AXD BY FAR THE LOU EST
PRICES.
B. BECHER, JR.,
Clothier and Hatter,
OLD POSTOFFICE STAND,
ESTABLISHED 1880.
FISHIEJR'S BOOK STORE,
SOMERSET. PENN'A.
Thi mt.il Mtut.ii.h.! ..l.i ..h MHnM vtnnir- Neva ami Statlocerv Store waa moved on February
Id, ISK4, from its old, cramped and tnralflrlent
fteoro-Koom directly opnomte io & neerii . ii' inCTmuiwiw.Hiwiiii.. hv, -r
l(orrniancr, the Hock of Book, News ami Stationery time been very great ly enleixwL Nrlal at
tenUon will be paid to the Wkoletale Trade. S-hool Kooaa, Si'hool SnppllPS, Paper, Envelopes, In,
Peoe, Almanar. Peneila, Blank Hooka a., will be Urn lit In luix iaantlties direct Irom manulae
tnrera, whirh will enable tlii entaliliehinent to job to town and country merchants at inch ngnres a
will make it adranUaooae to buy here. To retail buyer, an ainnmt innumerable lio of u..l will
he ottered. Alwavs lor sale an extensive and varied aswrtment ot Poetical Work. HlJtorlee. Books ef
Travel. Novel, Lutheran and Disciples Hymn Books, DicOonariea, Children's Toy Books, Magasines,
Kerlews, Daily Papers, Story Papers, and a general line of reading matter.
Bay School and Sunday School Reward Cards,
LAWYERS AND JUSTICES BLANKS, BLANK B50IS, TABLETS, AND XAEE1 'GE CEETITILATES.
t-M-A-IX. ORDERS SOLICITED.
CHAS. H.PISHER.
SOMERSET LUMBER YARD.
Offic and Yard
AT
Somerset,
Op S. C. R. R.
Stall .
KainMnrer aMDsaier. WSiGlesaler aii Bstailerof
LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS,
HARD AND SOFT WOODS,
OAK, rOtLAR. . SID1SC.S. PICKETS, .M0lf.Df.V6S,
ASH. HTALNIT, rf-COKI.Vrt. 8 ASH, STAIR RAILS,
CHVRRY. YELLOW PISE, &M SOLES, MORS. BALLSTERS.
CHESTSVT, WHITE PISE, LATH, bLISDS, t W EL POSTS
A General Liifeof all arade of Lumber end Bntidlna; Material, and Rooflna; Slate kept In Stock.
Alas, caa lurnisn anything la the Una f oar basines to order with reasonable promptness, such as
Brackets. Udd-sised work, ae.
ET.T Ag cirnnisra-iaa. im:.
OiRces and Yard Opposite S. & R. R. s tatian. Somerset, Pa
THE BERLIN MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS
IS BEST PLACE TO B U V
MEMORIAL WORK
IN THE COUNTY, AND THE ONLY rLACE WHERE
STRICTLY ITiRSTCLiSS WORK
true,
done
go to any Cemetery in the
by the Berlin AY orks with
R. H. Koontz is the
First, Because he is Fully Elablihed in The Trade, and is therefore
lioiag a perfectly Reliable Business.
Secoisd, Because his Very Extended Ejruerie.nce, nd Artistic SkilL en
ables him to proportion his werk better than others.
Third, Because he claims to be, and can prove it by his Work and Nu
merous Patrons, the Finest Carver, the Neiitect Letterer, and the Best Gen
eral Workman dointr. business in this section of country. feblS.
THE OLD RELIABLE
SCHTJTTLKR WAGO UST.
ESTABLISHED IS CHICAGO IX 1S42.
I
t 'i TltV'df if I
I have just received two car loads of tbe Self-oiling 8teel-skein Schuttler Wagons, the
mutt complete Western Wagon in tbe market fur 'mm or Farm Purrxmes. On the latter
there is a Kear Brake, to be tued when baaling hay or crain, a something that farmers
know the necessity of when haaling on hilly farms. Krery art of the Wood-work of
tbL wacon has laid in Stock three years before being worked up, insuring the work tu be
thoroughly seasoned beore being ironed. Being the patentees of the
DOUBLE COLLAR AND OIL CUPS.
It is tbe only Wagon made that has Ibis improvement. It avoid the
necessity of taking off tbe wheels to grease, as in the old style ; by sim
ply taming a cap the wagon can be oiled in lee than five niiuntea. This
Wagon want tobe se.-n to be fully appreciated, and parties wishing to
bay will do well to see it before purchasing elsewhere.
EVERY WAGON FULLY INSURED.
In offering this make ol Wagon to the public, will say I osed the same
make of Wagoa for five years when freighting across the Bocky Moun
jtains, over roads that were almost impassable, and they always stood
tbe test.. I feci warranted in saying 1 believe .them tbe Beit Wagon oa
wheels. 1
Call on Oliver Kaupper or Henry Henley, who will show yoa the
Wagons.
tfAGESTS WASTED TUROVGttOVT THE COVHTY.
I. HEFFLEY.
SOXaXSZlSET,
f is t wfsSiiS pjr EEny
An, I Fans, Co,. Fuaaar(k,Pa,
apr.Et.
Protect your Interest
men do not sit down and fold
SOMERSET, PA.
qoartere to the larne. elt-Kaot and convenient new
Can be purchased at a rea
sonable price. We claim to
do BETTER WORK, set it
up better, proportion it bet
ter, and SELL IT CHEAP-
I er according to quality,
'4 any other dealer in We
, than
estern
Pennsylvania. If yoa want
to be convinced that this is
County, and compare the work
that done elsewhere.
best man to deal with :
CAJRCm SS, 1886.
WAITED.
Eaenrette rellafeia
rntuKll Fruit trers.
. SUrnl, Euacs. as. Liberal Cemmii-
Saiarn and Immense raid. Fall laauaa-
S.S
teaia tit business. Address. H. T. F REKMAN
aivea ao that Inexuerleaced Turn eaa sosq
a CU., BiuuMToa, N. If. asaaU-am
WEI LEAD,
OTHERS F0LIJlr!
Onr Stock Or
Drugs, . a
Medicines,
and ChemicS
Is ihe Largrst in the County p '
icg enlarged my Sttre-rooo i ?
dow suited to a rapidly in1 i
ing trade. I hav9 increwJ I
my stock ia
EVERY DEPARTMENT t
And Ask a Critical iaaatoau '
GOODS ?1XD PPJci(
NONE BUT s
rani BRIGS
SixcUlCareOlrsntotVaticB
Pijsiciaiis' PrsiiSims u Fa:? J.
'
PAINTS, I
OILS,
GLASS. I
rUTTY. I
VARNISHES, I
AXD PAINTERS- SUrpLrJ
SOAPS, ' ?
BRUSHES. :
COMBS.
SPONGES,
PERFUMERY, I
TOILET AUTICIJ-
School Books and School Supp!
at Lowest Prices.
sVWe ask Special Attention to till Dtpara,
Good Goods,
Low Price
And Fair Tealits With f
A FI LL LINE OF
OPTICAL GOODs4
JrWahafaTAfiHi
C. N. BOYD'S. 1
mammoth mm
SOMERSET H
ISAAC SIMPSOI
NOT 111 SHE SID j
PATRIOT ST., SOMERSET. U
If You Want to Buy a Cooi sis' fb
BTJGOY
New r Second han1. call oa m. 1 il
oatantly oa haat a Lam Assorts.
f ia Haul-mails i
Harness, Saddles, Brife
Whips, I
f
Brunt, Lap Blanket, and rrerytliiK
fuaml in a FitfHlmm SaUdlery. Oomt Tas
ud K..iini Uones always rea4y form :
W hen iantMlol anything mBj lat
Kivaioeacall. t
BWT.I3.
CALVIN HAT.
BERLIN, PA,
(MILI.ER'3 J1ILU
HANrFACTl'BER OF
i
FLOUR & FEED
I alwT keep on l)n.l a lanre noes
.w,u im ni .-irviHK.4T FLI'IS.'!
all klml's of CHOP. Also, all Hindi ol OH-1
which I mil at
BOTTOM PRKl
Wboleaal aad ltll. Yoa will
bajlng Irom me. My stork Is al f1
ORDERS FILLED
Low Priced Fer
tilizers. Low priced fertilizers t
not always the best. Bau
$25.00 Phosphate is c
best and the cheapest fe
tilizer, for die simple
that it gives as good Tess
as articles that cost very in
more monev. No farmer
f
make a mistake who K
Baugh's Animal Bone Sc
per-Phosphate for 5 T
ton, in new bags, free
board car or boat at Phi:
phia. Their address isNf ;
South Delaware Avenue.
adclpliia.
Twratl War.'1
l.l-i'-'t
Js.r.S
n...J. f-.VT f,
1 A if-'" ,n v
aprat.
"330
LIME!
Th rarmer's UmCoaipnr. JJJJ
at their kilns, or Vd
GOOD LlMt
. . . .. haihal ar deliver "
JVoweW toVllKalln!
th lantv, and oa th Berim V &
rniema u". "" z B -
ana Selo to te th
rtraltar.1 F-rpes. All Kj
aarta-JT 0rrU Sw"
-a
INTELLIGEUT SOLICITORS VMTt"
Memoir, of TJ C 0?Ji
tsa aeeraat of n KTaC
nt ththrllllii . ''
ucatars, aour wi -"..:" pn. -art,
; Cbestnat St, Fnll - r-
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