MM i , , I -aTfe THE MAIDEN. Ko blushing daogbter of the morn Can vie with her of woman born ; No foe at windows of the Spring Is like a virgin bloaotuing. Betwixt the bloelids the sky, No orb there mates a maiden's eye ; Not mighty Wars' unfailing lance Can match the mischief of its glance. Nature, how weak art thou to harm. As doeCa dear nnsleeved arm ! Thy rocks would trickle into sand With tingles from a dimpled hand. What swaying shapes of sun or shade Approach tbr motions "fa n-.aid V hat snowy curve-by Winter tracwl t an take the Uir of her waist ? And that soft Uarkrehi of utr ha a, Tue twiiight shades ah, their despair! Not all the striving stars beguile As may one memory of her smile. Tltat foolish lips fhoald speak to wise Makes merriment from earth to skits ; Nay, nature, drop a dewy U ar For solemn knowledge boiit so dear. Tkr. In'ilerutf. "OAT rWilM." IoHiamolorr or ye Ola Vir1neT Time How to Ketch, Clean, Cook and Eat Em. Long years ago there used to come through Talbot county a negro tra der, O'Neal by name, from whom Hon. Henry Persons gleaned the tory of " Tacle Sandy' 'poESUm' being the modus operandi of 'pos sum catching and eating, as told iu the original language of the old dar key of "Ole Virginnry neber tire." "Jeseo, boss, jesso," saye Uncle Sambo, 'dat post-urn am enr'ous Tarmint, chore's yer born, yet hit ehorely am de sweetie' of meat." How you cotch 'im and cook and eat 'im ? lee jess gwine ter teL' yer." . - : " Yer fuss go down in de ole pine fiel' whar we clean up about ten years 'go, and yer cut yer sum er dem fat lightered root" out de groun' from one 'er dem stumps ; den yer fotches 'em hum and bets em up in de chimly corner fer ter dry twel Sadday night cum. Wen d;it night comes yer jes tuk dem lightered roots an' split 'em up an' lites urn an' takes yer ax on ytr shoulder an' goes out de cabin do', call yer dog an' den go down de bot-s lot branch. Yer go 'long fer 'bout er hour and yer tink yer ain't gwine ter ketch nufliu. Bimeby, near 'bout wen seben stars way up yonder, yer lose yer dog. He done clean gone, fer sho'. Yer gits mighty tired. Yer tink fer sho yer ain't gwine ter ketch nuflin. Yer gits sleepy an' yer eyes git hebby. Yer long ways frum num. Yer start back dar, loo, mity low spnreted. Yer call an' call dat dog, but he aia gwine cum no mo ; den yer goes on back toards hum, an bimeby yer gits dar. An yer den tuk yer boy Sam w:d yer, and wen yer git in de yard Sam he stops little while ter listen ; den he pays, Daddy, I 'ere dat dog.' Yer say : ' Oh, hush yer sass, boy, yer doan kno wat yer talkin.' But he says agin, ' Daddy, I do hear dat dog, sho.' Well, den yer listens an yer 'eres er dog bark in way off in de woods, 'pears like 'bout five miles c(T. Yer listens, and yer 'eres 'em again an dis time pears like he fur deroffdan 'fore. Sam says, 'Dad dy, less go!' Yer stops and tinks. Yer mighty tired, oho, but de boy leg so yer hatter go. Yer starts. Yer goes on pears like fore miles an' yer dess fall down on er log, Yer say, 'Sam, yer fool nigger, I'se not gwine er nudder step. X doan bleeb data my dog, and er doan bleeb de enny 'possum der needer.' Sam be says, ' Well, daddy, ef yer don't I does ; I'se gwine 1 Yer hatter git up an' go. Dat dog barkin on des desame; an yer soon gits dar, an' sho' cuff, jess "likeSaeaeay, de-dog is dar, and dat possum is dar too. De tree whar he up is one er dene little simmon trees, and Samll soon clem it and fotch de possum down by detail. Ye look at de possum and emaok de lips, fer 'e big, tine fellow. Den yer take ini an' go r'.te ' back hum, an jes' fore yer get to de do' yer take yer ax 'andle an' put 'em cross 'e neck an' break 'e ne'k by pullin ob 'e tail. Den yer take 'im in 'ouse an'de ole woman done letT great big fireplace heap full hickory ashes. Yer takes de sbubblo and opens big hole in dem pile 'er ashes an' drops dat possum in dar an' wen yer take him outer dat de ha'r des pull off des as easy, an yer put 'im in some water an scrapes 'im wid er casenife and he cums clean. Den ye takes out de intrals, hang 'inl up 'an wash 'im good, den yer salts 'im down and puts 'm away til Monday morning. Monaay morning cum de ole wo man tak him out and parbile hira good, den she git 1out pek taters an' den slices 'em taters an' piles 'em all over 'im an den she baits 'im till de grease run all fru dem taters. Den she takes 'im out an' puts 'im in de I big dish an' sets Im on de dinner table wid de taters piled dar' ober 'im. er cum xer ainner irom ae nei jeeated onedav in committee room an yer walks in an sets down to de0f which the latter was chairman table, but yer doan eat dat possum j when the door opeued and in war den ! No, Bah. doan yer eat 'im den ! ed a voun man with what sm,l Arier ainner ye ed takes mm an de wiers ana sets aera up in ae cup- ba"d- "Bimeby yer comes home from ae day s work to supper, loure mity worn out for youre been wukin , "There is a bill in your com mit ln de fiel hard all day. ler sets! to : -,,;!, I .n, down outside de cabin do' an takes Ter pipe and smokes. Fore long Sam ay, 'Daddy, supper ready.' But yer jes set dar ; you doan go in. Yer wait till de ole woman and de chillun git frun eaten an de chillun go off to bed. Den yer knocks der ashes outen yer pipe sn goes in. Yer moves de little squar table front de fier and pate yer char close up dar by it Den ye goes to de cup hard and gits de possum an' taters. Yer puts dem oo de table. Yer tells de ole 'oman to go out an yer loks de do'. Den dar ye is. You an de possum all by yeeself togedder. Yer frows yer ole hat on de hV, takes yer seat in dat char by de table, an'gibn yer sole to yer God!" Talbotion .) AVtrK. - Cora for it Ina. " ? Piles are frequently preceded by a sense of weight in the back, loins and lower pant pfteabdornen,cjuB ing the patient t euppoeeJlia has some affection of the kidneys or neighboring organs. At times eymptons of indigestion are present as flatulency, uneasiness of the stom ach, ect A moisture, like perspira tion, producing a very disagreeable itching, after getting warm, is a com mon attendant Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles yield at once to the ap plication of Dr. Bosanko's Pile Rem edy, which acts directly upon the parts affected,absorbing the Tumors, allaying the intense itching, and ef fecting a permanent cure. Price 50 cents. Address, The Pr. Bosanko Medicine Co., Pioua. O. Sold hv C. N. BOYD, Druggist, Somerset, dec3-ly. Jim Uiaa t Know Maty. We were winding down one of the mountain roads of Tennessee in a cart drawn by a mule. The land was barren, the. cabins no better than hovels, and it was a query bow peo ple made a bare living or were con tent to stay. By and by we came to a turn in the road where there was a trough to water horses and the cabin of a settler. This cabin was the poorest of all, and nothing around it indicated that the owner made any attempt to cultivate the soil. We reached the place just in tiiiio to wititw tableau. A wo man, HorJy dressed, and her face bearing the look of one who had seen much worry and suffering, j stood near the trough, and a satchel filled with clothing sat on the ground beside her. Five feet away stood her husband, a burly, tough-faced mountaineer, and he held a switch in his hand. Neither minded us as we drove up, and it was a full min ute before the husband 6aid ; "Mary, I'll wollop ye !" Jim, ye dasn't !" she replied. " Mary, ye can't leave me, no how." " Jim, I'm gwine ter do it. I've starved and suffered till I'm clean gone! I'm going home." "Mary, if ye don't take up that satchel aud march in, I'll wallop ye good and stout" There were two of as tesides the driver. The woman looked up and scanned our faces, as if to judge how far she might count on our help and the driver taid : " Tain't trouble for strangers t mix in, Mary, and Jim's got a knife and would kill somebody. Better go in." Never 1' she hissed. If you don't,' 6aid the husband, as he came a step nearer, ' I'll make the fur tly. Take that !' With a swish he brought the switch down across her nhoulders and rained it again. She stood stock still for a minute and looked him in the eye. aud then walked into the hovtL 4 llayther peart, but the gad will cure her,' grinned the husband, as he drew the switch througn his fingers. His triumph was short-lived. In sixty eecouda Mary re-appeared. She had the mountaineer a heavy .Tine in her hands, and as she cam out she raised it on a linee with the man s heart 'Jim, I want ve to git! N-o ! ' Surtin ! ' Shoo ! Cant do it ! 'Click! click! ' Mary, what ye gwine ter do ? ' Kill ye like a wolt in yer tracks ifyedoutwalk away. Whar to? ' Nobody keers ! Go sumwhar keep goin dont never cum back ! Hurry up, fur Im going down on the sttfe. He looked into her eye and saw the change. Poverty aud brutality had come to an end. Love had turned to disgust, and in place of fear was such a braver' as he would not have looked for in a man on the road. He 6tw shoot in her eyes, but he fctill hesitated. . 'Mary, drop the rifle, he whis pered. ' Jim, git ! If you are here when I have finifched counting twenty I will kill you as sure as there is a God in heaven ! He began backing away. When he had gone twenty feet he turned and walked. When he had gone a hun dred feet he halted, wheeled about, and, after a long look, he mat tered : "Wall, by eosh! Mary, let us make up! " Keep a gittin, Jim, she replied, as ehe etill covered him with the rifle. . , , . In five minutes he was out of sight up the road. The woman placed the gun and satchel in the cart, walked into the hovel to be gone two minutes, and when she came back to the cart and took a seat with us, flames were seen creep ing through a hundred crevices be tween the dry logs. Without a word she climbed in, and onlv once during the five-mile ride did she ut ter a word. At a bend in the road she looked back at the pyramid of smoke and ilame wrought by her hand?, and said, as if to herself: 'Jim didn't know : Marv, Jim didn't ' . Blaine a Story. The appointment of Pierce M. B. Young the other day to be Consul General at St. Petersburg reminds me of a story I heard Mr. Blaine tell not long ago a 6tory in which Young played a prominent part,and which illustrates the kindness of heart and generosity of feeling for which old "Thad" Stevens, notwith standing the roughness of his man ner and abruptness of his speech, was known. Mr. Rlninn and M Stotrcna evnr to be a troop of his friends at bid heels. Stevens looked jDgj M tne j0Ung man to him. up iuquir walked up i i iiul .a.i i (it, iiir vmi r iitf sain Ult'l t V .1- f a 1 . . ' i which I wish you would report to ! il. . w T 1 . tne iiouse, answered the young man, and he added : "My name U Pierce M. B. Young." "Well, what is it all about?" Ste vens asked. "It's a bill to remove my political disabilities." "Ahem !" broke in Stevens, guflly rougnt agamstthe Union, I sup pose r "Yes, sir." "Ahem !" still more gruffly. HI o . 1 mi oorn oouin r "Yes, sir, in South Carolina." "Ahem 1 Educated at West Point, I dare say?" , "Yes 6i r." "Graduated there?" "No sir. I left West Point when the war broke out "Then you got your education at the government's expense and after ward turned around and fought against it, ear exclaimed Stevens, almest savapely. "Yes sir." "Well, where did you serve ?" in the Army of lrginia." "Under Earl v ?" Yes sir." Where you at Chambersburg ?" "Yes 6ir." I suppose you were one of those blanked fellows who came np there and burned my iron foundry, eh?" "Yes sir." Stevens, Mr. Blaine said, look a look at Young. Then bringing the cane which he alwavs earned dnwn o the floor with "a ood deal nf force, he exclaimed: "Well' iir1 admire your blanked cheek?" And after a moment's tanm H .lAngbingly : "IU report your bill to j morrow." I -ft - ... f--.m mM i Valt PIM If H TBIM A I - T !". . i - I U sUEI T IKir. Frank C. Tattle, the proprietor of a New Haven, Conn, rubber store, has become the owner of a parrot of many accomplishments. Around the door of a bird store was gather ed a crowd the other day eo large that it was the work of several min - utes to gain entrance to the interior. From within there proceeded a hoarse voice, dashed with a suspi cion of whisky, which bellowed in Irish brogue the enlivening strains of " Peck-a-boo," the crowd shout ing with delight, and one small boy, iu the exuberance of his joy, tied hiui&elf into a sort of knot and roll ed to the pavement. Suddenly the inebriated Irishman came to a dead stop and another voice, pleasanter in quality, sang M Yankee Doodle," followed by the stentorian query and answer, all in one : " How are the P6i Upeilon boys? Oh, they're all right" A paiser-by, puzzled at the scene, made his way into the store to solve the mystery. In a large cage in the centre was an enormous green and yellow parrot, which was hanging by one foot to a swinging perch and trolling forth in different voices with the ease of an accomplished ventril oquist He resumed a normal posi tion as he was approached, and hur rahed for Blaine and Logan. Then, cocking his head on one side he dropped into more conversational air, and remarked : "It's never too late to mend bird in the hand' and again, after a pause, Its a long lane tnat never won fair lady. His visitor said : 'You are an accomplished bird, Polly,' and as quick as thought the creature replied : ' I can spell, I can. C-a-t, d-o-g, f-o-x, with an affectation of juvenil ltv which was cruesome. lie re sented an ill-advised attempt at fa miliarity by snapping at the fingers which tried to scratch his poll, and barked out : ' Take care; I'm a bad bird ; you betcher life ! ' He is one of the cleverest parrots I have had for some time, said his owner. In fact, he is almost as good as Ben Butler, whom I sold to ratti. His stock of proverbs seems inex haustible, and he makes them quite funny by the ingenious way in which be makes them up. 1 could not be gin to tell you the things he says. but the greatest accomplishment is bis singing. He is a double yellow head, the only species that does sing. The African grays are better talkers. but they do not sing; they only whistle. ' What do you ask for him ?' Oh, I think $200 cheap for such a parrot Caught It all Alone. On the boat coming down from the flats toe other evening was a young man and a black bass. They were a pair, that is, in someway the young man had accumulated the nsh, which was dead. He was such a guileless-lookiog voune man that several parties thought to guy him and bis catch. The fish was bang ing to a peg, and with it a pair of small balances which enables a fish erman to weigh bis victims, provid ing they don't go over twenty pounds. . "Catch it all alone ?" asked one. No reply. . "Pull very hard ?" asked a second No reply. "Were you much over three days about it ?' queried a third, and so it went on for ten minutes, while the fisherman had nothing to say. At length one of the remarked : "The bass will weigh all of half a pound." "I doubt it," replied another. ; "Say, fisherman, what are the fig' urea?" - -, . "Two pounds," was the solemn answer. "Get out!" The man pulled a $10 bill from his vest and laid it on his knees and said : it he don t the money is yours ; put up ! ' After some hesitation a shake purse of $ 10 was raised, the fish hung to the scales, and he showed an ounce over. The crowd kicked on the scales. . and , the fish was weighed - in the steamer's pantry. The figures held good, but he was weighed again when the boat landed and the money bad to be passed over. "How did you do it?" asked a po liceman when the crowd dispersed. "Simply poured seventeen ounces of bird shot down his throat," was the reply ; and he let the fish's head drop, and the shot pattered out on the wharf like ayoung hail storm. Detnit Free Pre. Grant'a Indifference to Mnalo. The appreciation of music was to bima lost sense; the mnsician's score was a sealed book. He used to say be knew only two tunes ; one was "Yankee Doodle," and the other wasn't In the davs when he was received on all occasions to the mus ic of brass bands he would say with mock pride that he really believed he had added a third tune to his repertoire "Hail to the Chief!" When the head-quarters were pitched at City Point at the time the armies sat down in front of Rich- mond and Petersburg,a general Offi cer who commanded the bngade stationed at the place wanted to do something that , would afford ; the commanding General ; especial de light so be sent the brigade band over to the head-quarters camp to play while the mess were dining. About the third evening the Gener al remarked: "I've noticed that that band always begins its 'noise' just about the time I am sitting down to dinner and want to talk." a Bian o nicer at once went to sup press it and see whetber it could be made to obey an order to "cease fir ing.' ITie broad-belted band-mas ter was puffing with all the vigor of j a quacK-med:cine advertisement, His eyes were glued to his music, and it was not so easy a task to at tract his attention. Like a sperm whale, he had come np to blow, and was not going to be put down till he had finished; but finally he was made to understand that like the hand-organ man. he was desired to move on. With a look of disinher itance on his countenance he march ek off his band to its camp, feeling that Mozart and Beethoven had liv ed in Tain. Gen. Horace Porter, in Harjer' Magazine for StjJsin ber. Balmy Bleep. Thelnfirmarian of MtSL fom ents College, IJ cheater, Md, writes that Red Star Cough Cure has given much satisfaction in that institution. In a severe case of consumption it gave great relief, and after its use restless nighU and night sweats disappeared. "Git up!" It was in 1864, down in front of Grant's army, and I was a mile or eo outside the Union pickets, hav ing been on a scout Id making my way back I had been followed pret- ,ty closely by half a dozen Confeder atesnd had eluded them by hiding in a thicket After an hour's rest I was creeping along on hands and knees towards the nearest field fence when the above command reached my ears, and a "reb" stepped into view from behind a large tree. "Yank, in course?" he queried as he looked me over, holding his carbine ready for a shot I nodded my head in the affirma tive. . . . "How are you heeled ?" I had a navy revolver in my belt, and showed it to him. - He threw down his carbine, drew a navy revolver from his own belt, and, coming quits close to me, he said : ''Yank, one of us has got to die! A week ago some of 'nns set the cabin afire and turned my poor old mothc out into the fields to take sick and die. I swore on her grave that I would kill the first Yank I could draw bead on, and you're my meat!" "Are you going to snoot down a prisoner in cold blood?" "That ain't Silas Curtis not much ! It's ten paces one two three fire. You shall have fair Dlav." "You mean we shall fight a duel?" "Sorter one. I expect you'll shoot at me an miss, and 1 11 shoot at you and put a ball through your head. I'm no bushwhacker to shoot a man down without a show, but I'm dead certain to kill vou all the same." We backed away from each other. The woods were fairly open, and when we had thirty feet between us there were no obstructions to deflect a bullet or annoy the eye. "All ready, Yank?" "Yes." "I'll be fair. You may do the counting. Good-by to you, for I'm a dead shot" "One twothree fire !" The two pistols made one report, but as the noise filled my ears I went doxn. I was bewildered, hall unconscious, but realized that I was hnrt "Shoo, now, but I just raked his skalp!" I heard the man say as he bent over me. "Say, Yank, we'll have to have another shot. You cut powerful close to my ear, and mebbe I dodged a bit. Come, fair play, ye know." I tried to raise up, but fell back, and that moment two bushwhackers pushed out of the woods and came running up. I heard loud talking, oaths, threats, and a bullet from a pistol tore through the cloth on my shoulder. Then I must have faint ed, for the next thing I remember was of being carried on the man's back through the woods. When he felt me moving he laid me down and asked : "Say, Yank, how fur is it to your lines?" "About a mile from where we had the fight." "Straight north?" "Yes." "Because those bushwhackers was bent on killing you, and, to see fair play, I had to plant 'em both. Reck on I hain't no more business in the confederacy after this. Reckon Un-! cle Sam won't be any wuss on me nor Jeff Davis. Yank, kin ye hang to my neck? "Yes." "All right Keep this 'ere hand kerchief sorter waving a signal to the pickets, and I'll carry ye safe as an ambulance. And clinging to the back of the man who had thirsted for my blood, I was soon inside the line, and Silas was explaining to the pickets ;o, I bain t no deserter. 1 ve been sorter driven in here because Sile Curtis will see fair play if it takes a leg Grant and trie Great Editor. To-day I heard another'anecdote of the great commander, so charac teristic that, aside from the authori ty, one can easily believe it On one occasion, so it ran, ueacon Bross, of the Tribune, who had be come tired of managing the cam paigns of the Potomac and Missis sippi Irom ins sanctum, concluded to run down to Cairo, catch Grant as he was going by on a gnn-boat and shed upon him the light of his military genius. The interview took place, and, as was his wont, the General listened quietly while the editor gave in detail the plans that must be pursued in order to open the Miisissippi River. When he had concluded. General Grant asked : "Mr. Bross, I understand vou are the managing editor of a great paper in Chicago?" "I am, sir," responded the Deacon, in his most pompous manner. "Now, ain't you atraid that the business of your paper might be neglected during your absence?" Editor BrosR evi dently coincided with that view of the case, took an Illinois Central for home, and never after appeared in the role of military adviser. The best medical authorities ac knowledge the great value of Ayer's Cathartic Puis, and frequently pre scribe their use with the utmost con fidence, well knowing that they are the most effectual remedy ever de vised for diseases caused by derange ments ot the BtOHjach, liter and Women love always; men love 1IUCU LIICJ ail; iiv, tua. -. - !. ill m i i iiisaai . A common cold" shcrold. not be ne glected. Down s Elixir will cure.it for sale by LVJN. Boyd.-' 41110 - An innooeatyeurtg girl is a poem in which every line rhymes. 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The fatal rapidity with which slizht Colds and Coughs frequently develop Inlo the pruvest lualadit's of the throat and lungs, U a consideration which should inils'l everv prudent person to keep at li:iml. m a Ivmvhold renn-dv, a bottle of A Lit'S ClltJili V PEl'TOUA L. Nothing else pivrs Micli immediate relief and works so sure a cure in all affection of this class. That eniimnt pukian. l'rof. F. Sweeta r, of the Maine Medical School, Jirunswick, Me., sa f : "Medical science l:.i produced no other ano dyne expectorant an good as AYXa's C'USRST I'ttToaal.. It i iuvaluablu for diaeaeee of tiio tbroot and langa." The same opinion Is expressed by the sell-'.Down Ir.L. J. Addisoii, of Chicago, III., who says: I have ncv.r found. In thirty llre years of continuoua study and practice of medicine, any f reparation of mo trrcat value aa A TXB'it t'HKUHT 'sctouai., for triTatmcnt of dtM-aaea of ttio throat and lunoa. It not only breaks up colds and cures severe coughs, but ia more euVctire than auythin etae in relieving even the moat serious bronchial and pulmonary affection. " AYER'S Cherry Pectoral Is not a new claimant for jmpultir confi dence, hut a medicine whn-li is tolay aarhii! tbe lives of the third p-ncration who have come into Ileitis .since it was first offered to the public. There t not a household in which this Invaluable remedy lias once been in trtxluccd where ils um has ever lieen abandoned, and there Is not a iwrsun wIh has ever pit en it a proper trial for any throat or hint; tliwasc fuscen tihle of cure, who has not been mado well hv It. AYfcK'S CHEERY PECTORAL has. In uuuibeTletiS instances, eured obstinate cases of chronic lironrh it Is Lary "J?' 'S and even acute Pneumonia, and has saved many atients in tho earlier Ktnscg of Pulmonary Consumption. It is a niedieinc that only rwiulrvs to be taken in small doses, is pteasuut to tbe tuste. uud is needed in every bouse where there aro children, ns there Is nothing so pood as A YEK'S CHERRY PECTORAL for treat ment of Croap and Whooping Cough. These nro all plain faels, which can be venli.nl bv anybody, and should bo re membered by ever body. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, PREPARED BT Dr. J. C. Ayer 8s Co.. Lowell, Masa. Sold by all Druggists. C00KST0YES ALWAYS SATISFACTORY EIGHTEEN SIZES AND KINDS ALL PURCHASERS CAS BE SUITED HSNtriCTTJUD BY Isaac ISbeppar d & CoJaltimore.Mi AN!) FOR fc u.R BY R. B. Schell & Uo , SOMERSET, PA. mavn.-gi.ijr. HELP tor work-ins: people. Bend 10 tents postage and we will maU yourrsa royal, valna- will pot yoa in ttte way of siskins; more avoney la afew days than yoa ever tbouaht pot sllle at aay bauness. Capital sot raonired. Yon ran liro t aadwork la naniim.Mii ik. All ot hoih sexes, of til wos araotlly suocesoful. all who want work nay test, the bsBloesa, we th.!i "nIrallcled otter . To all wne are not well satUnwl, we will send 1 to pay for tketroahle ofwrltinsuj. Full particulars, directions, etc. seat free. Iramense pay ansnlntclv sore for all who start at ones. Don't delay. A dares. 8tib- aoa a ul, FortUnd, Maine. JSD23. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. tstaUof basid Srhrock. dee d., late or Upper Tarkeyloot Twp., Somerset Co , fa. Letters af adsatalanibi tha . feavlna; beea ( ranted to the aBderslaaed by tbe proper aathorlty, swtlea is hereby Kivea t aU Imsoaw fstlebtad u said estate to ssake tfasaedfr ate payment, aad those having claims anuuttbe same will present them duly authenticated for tMttsstaeat an Saturday, the lath of Aoaast, Use. "thestoreowof Ja Krrtjar, ta Slngwood, ... C H. KBEOAK. Jnlyl. Administrator. DMINISTRATOR'8 NOTICE. Esute of" Valentine J. Miller, dee'd, late of Ooe-maWine- Twp.. Somerset Couty, Pa. letters of administraUoa on tbe above estate sarins; been (ranted to tbe ondrrslrned by the proper authority, notice Is hereby riven to all persons Indebted to said estate to make immedi ate payment and those havtnr claims etratnst tbe same to present them daly aatbeatleatad tor ae Uament oa Saturday, the th day of Aunajt. lxxi at Ue Isle reside ne of treaad K ISAAC MIU.KR. SIMON P. MILLER. ' jam. A4miiuatratofa. WOMEN Kecdloc reacwed stmcth. r who saBVr fnr UunalUca peculiar U thair sex, should try UU U BEST TONIC ireeweewewemav. I lei! (yONSUMPTION 11 I?J (dCE3 EXCELSIOR Ask for HKoah Ooaffhs," Ooaa-hs. Colds, Sore Throat, it JSsnsss. Troches, lie. Liquid, tic Bvaa-fe M atata,- Clears out rats, mica, roaches, flics, ants, bed. bag, shanks, chlpasanks, avphers. loo. lttairabt. HeatPalaa. PalpltaUoa, Dropsical Swelling!, DUzlness, Inv oiiresuon, iieaaaeae. Bieapiessnns, mirwm vj M WU' Usallh Kenewer," " Baaa-fc Caraa. Ask tor Wells' " Roogh on Corns." lie. Qnick, couplets earn. Hard or soil eoma, waits, bunions. "at ask rata" Fwraauael Plaasar 1 Rtromrtbsninc. Imrmrsd. the test Sir hack- ache, pains in chart or side, rheumatism, neural. Tala reaple. "Wells Health Renewer restores health and Tlicr, cures Jjyipeptia, Headache, Nenousass, DoUlilT. L WkMBtlavCSMSSjfe, and the atany Throat A Sections ot eatMrea, relieved by Balaam, U4c promptly, pleasantly, and safely and -atouKU on Coughs.' Troches, loo. aasata. If you are falling, broken, worn oat and nervous. ate "Wells' Health ltenewer." fl. UrUKglsta, Ills Fsoaerier. If yoa are losing your grip ea life, try " Wells' Health Kenewcr." trues alrect to weak spots. " Kwaa-a aa Twasaaoka." IrateatKUKforlVesjrelgla, Toothache, Face ache. Ask he "Hough oa toothache." la sad Ue. Pretty Waasea. Ladles who would retain freshness and vivacity, don't fail to try Wells' Health Henewer." Catarrkal Tkraat AsTeetlasta, Hacking, Irritating Coaghd, Colds, Sore Throat, cured by "Hough ea Coughs." Troches, loo. Liquid, ;4c. . - steaajk aa lick." u Booara oa Itch earn humors, eruptions, ring worm, letter, salt rhcua. frosted lest, chilblains. The Btpt ar ka Halloa. Children, slow In development, puny, scrawny, ami uencaie, use - mis' ateaita Mecewer." Wlela Awake. three or lour hoars every night coughing. Get iuiiuedtAte relief and sound real by using Wells' "Kougu oo Coughs." t roches, lflj. balsam, llbo. "aeathOa Pala" Faroaaedl Flaaler Strengthening, Improved, the best for backache, pains la chest or sklc. rheumatism, neuralgia. Preserving tbe Paatarea, It is not common to find, all through ihe countrj, pastures which are nut jit-lding half the forage they ought to, much less a sufficiency for the animals obliged to crop a living from them. One geU out a slender interest from such lands, where, if they were properly handled, they ought to be largely profitable. After the pasture is about worn out is ".ben we first realize that something must be done, instead of giving it an annual seeding and refreshing with the proper manure, which will keep it in good wearing condition. It is a rare meadow that will ferti lize and reseed itself, besides nour ishing a number of sheep or cows. Usually we are loth to break up the green turf of an oM pasture ground on which we have been de pending summer after summer for the tender forage for our stock, and this largely accounts for our allow ing them to wear threadbare before we change them. Moreover, we do not care to spare the time necessary for the new seeding, where plough ing is necessary in order to bring the land again into grazing condi tion. But after all, it is hardly ever necessary to destroy the old turf in order to rejuvenate' an old meadow. A practice is followed bv many and highlv recommended bv Youatt, of fertilizing and reseeding without breaking rjp the soil. This is done by spreading first upon the meadow such manures as can be best pro duced barnyaid or bone then fol lowing over this with a rolling cut ter. The incisions of the cutter will carry down to the roots of the grass much of the manure, and supply immediate nourishment Then if the desired seeds are sown the rains which follow will wash them into the loosened turf together with the liquid strength of the manures. By this process the old sward is revig orated and loosened up from its moss-bound condition besides insur ing to the seeding immediate growth National Live Stock Journal. The motto of the Droprietors of Dr, Henry Baxter's Mandrake Bitters is the greatest good to the greatest number," ana so sell a large bottle of a valuable remedv for tbe small price of 25 cents, and warrant every bottle to give satisfaction or money refunded. For Sale by C. N. Boyd, tne uruggist, somerset, fa. Bcgiamng oft be Kntt. FAXXETTSBUItG, Pa., Aug. 13. All work has been suspended at the west end of Kittatinny tunnel on the South Pennsylvania Railroad. By the suspension of woik at this end of Kittatinny 160 men were thrown out of employment. All of them accented their discharge good humoredly, and left with the prom ise to return in case work was re sumed. 1 This end has bten driven 1,673 feei, and the other end of the same tunnel more than 2.300 feet Scarcely 800 feet yet remain between the headings. Work is still going on at tne east end ottue Itlue Moun tain tunnel, but it is being pushed wun reaucea lorces and in a verv dilatorv manner. Arnica tx uu Liniment is very . -1 ... neaiing ana Booming, and does won ders when applied to old sores. For Sale by C. N. Boyd. Somerset, Pa. Will AsatnBlownp Hell Gate. Washington. Aue. 15. General Newton, Chief of Engineers, in bis annnal report on tbe removal of ob structions at Hell Gate, New York Harbor, speaks of tunneling in tbe reef and drilling of holes for the great blast. The charging of the holes was Commenced in July, and it is expected will be completed about October 1st, at which time the blast will be fired. The explo sives used will be about 22,000 pounds of rock powder, 50,000 pounds of dynamite No. 1. About 50,000 copper cartridges will be used, ranging from 15 to 21 inches long and 2 inches thick. Try It Yottraeir. The proof of the pudding is not in chewing the string, but in having an opportunity to try the article your self. Mr. C. N. Boyd, the Druggist, has a free trial bottle of Dr. Bosan ko'a Cough and Lung Syrup for each one who is afflicted with Coughs, Colds, Consumption or any Lang Affection. For Sale by Mr. C, N. Boyd, the Druggist, Mammoth Block. Somer set, Pa. Price 50 cents and $1.00. Time is woven into tbe net work of death. eternity by Do you wish a beautiful com. plexion? Then use Ayer Sana- Earilla. It cleansea and purifies the lood, and thereby removes blotch es and pimples from the skin, mak ing it smooth and clear, and gifing it a bright and healthy appearance DRUGS. G. W. BENF0RD & SON'S DEU Gr STORE, . :rsro. i, baek's block. We keep constantly on hand a stock of PURE DRUGS Chemicals, Pyettj Toilet Articles and Sundries kept in a first-cluss Prug Store. PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, Trasses, Rraees. Supporters, and all lesdlne; TOHACVOS Alb CIGARS, the best in the iiu.xsioarot.iDtD with caste, family kkcmfts uli.ed lo ,(.' r LY. All ahrertlred medicines kept oa band, lfnot parties can depends its arrival in a Short time, as we nay great attentioa to all such demands. Our own make ol Hulls ASD CA TTLL PO U DLR it beyond doubt the ben in tbe market, 26 rts. per pound. We go to o expense of pack Ing, labeling, advertising. &, but keep in bulk. Any Ingredient wanted specialty can be added. Cal1 and see for yourself, sod be convinced we oflsr Hanratns. (. W. BusvHsn 4 So Intend doing a fesve bostneas, snd want all to see lor themselves. Ke trouble to show our stock. "Pure Wines and I jciaorsi for Medicinal Use Onlr.' ESTABLISHED 1880. ITTB"FrFTRS BOOK STOKE, SOMERSET, PENN'A, This well established, eld and re In hi Rook. td, IMS, from its old. cramped and Insufficient store-Room directly opposite Cook t Beerlts'. hs occupancr, ue stocs ot tkioas, news ana stationery nas been very trrrauv enlarged. Hieciai at. tention will be paid to tbe U kolttaU Trait. Ncboid Hoots, School Supplies, laer. nvelpes. Inks, Pens, Almanacs, Pencils, Blank Books, ae., will be bnuitbt In lanre quantities direct from munulse turers, which will enable this estatdishment to job to town and country merchants at such Enures as will make it advantageous to buy here. To retail buyers, aa almost innumerable line of (foods will he offered. Always lor sale an extensive and varied assortment ol Poetical Works. Histories. Books of Travel. .Novels, Lutheran ami Disciples Hymn Aevivif a, ano a apers, owtj falters, anu a general une ot reading matter. Day School and Sunday School Reward Cards, LAWTEES AND JUSTICES BLANXS, BLAM tfTAIL ORDERS SOLICITED. CHA8.H.PISHER. SOMERSET LUMBER YARD. Office td Yard AT Somerset, 0 S- a C. R. R. Station , OAK, roPLAR. StDISGS. PICKETS, MOLI.VISCS, ASH. WALMT, yiXOklSO. ASH. STA1H KAILS, CHERRY. YELLOW PISE, SH1XULKS, VOORS. BALI $ . CHESTSVT. WHITE PIXE. LATH. KUMiv t ra i l pnvrt A General Line of all arades of Lumber and Also, eon lurnlsn anything in the line of our business to order with reasouuble promptness, such as ELIAS cuisrisriiTG-EL A.nvr Offices and Yard Opposite . & C. R. ft. station, Somerset, Pa THE BERLIN MARBLE AND GRANITE . WORKS IS THE BEST PLACE TO EXTS" MEMORIAL WORK .V THE COVSTY, AXD THE ONLY' PLACE WHERE STRICTLY FIRST-CIYSS WORK true, go to any Cemetery in the County, and compare the work done by the Berlin Works with that done elsewhere. R. H. Koontz is the best man to deal with : First, Because he is Fully Etallihed in The Trade, and is therefore doing a perfectly Reliable Business. Second, Because his Very Extended Experience, and Artistic Skill en ables him to proportion his work better than others. ' Third, Because he claims to be, and can prove it by his Work and Nu merous Patrons the Finest Carver, the Neatest Letterer. and the Best Gen eral Workman doing business in this section of country feblS THE OLD RELIABLE SOHTJTTLEB WAGON-. ESTABLISHED IN CHICAGO IN 1S4?. -w-. I have just received two car loads of tbe Self-oilinc Steel-skpin Scltnttler V.m, most eontitlete Western Wagon in the market for Kd or Farm Purr 0fh tbere a Itear Brake, to be used when bauhnir hav or r:iin Ii.nZ".. Y,?J f, .lA"l. 7:?,o7n?0..,1ulm 0" hilly 1 at - . -.a ..u iii oioce. turee yean Derore being worked tin. instirinit the work to he horouu hi y seasoned befura hp n m.;., ..V ' "",,r,"8 worn to De - " - " - DOUBLE COLLAR AND OIL CUPS. It .a tha. An Is tl7-.u -.l.al at ... - " guu luoue nece-sity of taking off the Taltf tlllTl irvrs a sr. r J b -.F-4 kuii Wagon wanU to be seen to buy will do well to see it JUVJSKY WAGON FULLY INSURED. In offering this nuke ol Wagon to the public, will say I used the same make of Wagon for Ave years when freighting across the Rocky Moun- Jtajna. over roads that were the test I feel warranted in saying I believe them the Best Wagon on wheels. Call on Oliver Knepper or Henry Heffley, who will show you the Wagons. . tkTAGESTS WASTED THMOICIIOI T TUK COISTV. P. HEFFLEY. SOMERSET, State Normal ScHgoI, IXDIJJfA, Pa, Will open for the new year Monday, September 7, '85. This b a thomagh Professional Sebool Cor taaca- n, Dresentlag, also: CeMieca rrw-aeirsxary DeisartssMsia, ale atopearsaweart, TsaaaaaitilsJ sTM atari aasit. To be sure of a room it should be ordered early. " . . . - For information or catalogue, address, I H. DrilLIXC., A. M., Prte. O. 1L BEXRiBD AND MEDICINES, aprmrtenanec used both by PbysUians snd Families market from Prmeir to Imported tBEa Rli. TSawa end Ktntkmerv Store, was s&ovnd on rhrarv quarters to tbe lurx. elea-ant and convenient new In these eotnmodtun iunrters specially fitted up tor Books, Dictionaries, Uhildrea's Toy Books, Maftastnea, BOOK, TABLETS, AND MARRIAGE lERTITILATES. ELIVS CUNNINGHAM, Msnfflncr an Baler. Wtalsala- ail Mm of LUMBER AND BUME MATERIALS, HARD AND SOFT WOODS, Rnildinir Material and Rnnnmr slut,, knt in itnir 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 4 er according to aualitr. than J any other dealer in Western rennsylranma. If you want to be convinced that this is ns, tbe t haa lirs-.. .... a, .sj vi uraiii. muinif I II at tttrti.rnr-a Girt.". Kvery part of the Wood-work of '"t, kmc hciurra ui ine tuat nag wia improvement. .It avoid, the wheels to grease, a in the old style ; by aim- 1 -la- can oe oiteu in less tban five minutes. Thii be fully appreciated, ai.d parties wishing to before purchasing elsewhere. almost impassable, and they always stood mabch aa. laag. FASHIONABLE CUTTER & TAILOR, Satisfaction to all 7 ealt np. anj favur their net- rare. Vuars, fac wn. M. HOCHSTE TlaES, rsaaienaei, Psu art ! IPtaKtremoaef thsa at aavthm else bv sf 1 1 Jtaklna aa agency far the best sell tna oook Jat. BiLan.rs snoceed aTsadlv. Mane '' lenns tree, niujr uuox uo, lartlaad f hPt S Hevtaa-a.4ta.aav Y A'tifVN Tr experteme tfXI 1-1 In all branches ol Y L If' W -eTaUoriaarwe .1 ASi U i iness. 1 a-uarantee 2 fj XT- SJH-1.. r t sMWIta VE LEAD, OTHERS FOLLOW Our Htot k Of ' Drugs, Medicines, and Chemkic, Is ihe Largest in the Con ing enlarged my Store-room. now suited to araDidlv ils iDidlv:n2wl ing trade. I have bcreaW my stock in EVERY DEPARTMENT And Ask a Critical h GOODS tlXD PJtfcFt NONE BIT Ml DEUGS DEPE& Special Oars Otvva ts CpsnsJiaT PSrsiaaci Prariptiou m Fjii't PAINTS, OILS, GLASS. PUTTY, VARNISHES AND PAINTERS' SfPPfr, SOAPS, 'Ei BPvUSHES, COMBS. SPONGKS, PERFUMERY, TOILET ARTICLE School Books and School Supp at Lowest Prices. s-We ask Spertal Attsattoa totfcu dm Good Goods, Low Prices. And Fair-Iealing Tith rj." A riLL. LIN E OF OPTICAL GOODo. JULIUS IflHGs TTU flas,.V CT COl I ' . n .v O. N. BOYD'S, MAMMOTH BLOCK SUMtHStl FA. ISAAC SIMPSON, HYEflY ill SUE m PATRIOT ST.. SOMERSET. P ra Wtntlo Hun Cowissi Mm, BUGGY, Near or Svon.Misnt. call oa as. 1 aim t coDstantlv un harnl a lanrs Assumaraia Fins Haul-mads Harness, Saddles, Bridles. Whips, Brui-hes, Ip Blankets, ami evercthlnr ts t rournt tn a t Irst-lass hailillerv. (kxl Jetoi aotl Kulinic tiorsss alwavs reudv tor biis. W6en In ne?U ol anything In my Use, Iflvsme a tall. ISAAC SIMPSON maj.13. SoMKftssT, Pi. CALVIN HAY BERLIN, :PA., (MILLER'S MILL.) MANUFACTURER OF FLOUR & FEED! I always keep on hand a lanre stork nf Fl.nn OOKX-MKAU BUCKWHEAT FLfTK. it all kinds of CHOP. Also, all kln-liol OKaI.1. which! sell at BOTTOM PlilCU Wholesale and Ketail. Ton will ssrs moatr kt buying Irom me. My stock Is always Fresh. ORDEES FILLED PROMPTLY. Will It Pay? There are some farmers who say, " It will not pay to use Phos phate ; it costs too much." Some of these farmers toil year after year on almost barren fields, and hardly raise half a crop of any thing. Suppose they would buy ton or two of Baugh's $25 Phosphate every year, and raise on one acre what they now raise on three, and make their poor land good; get plenty of - wheat, rye, grass, straw, manure and, the most needful of all, money. Will it pay? Of course it wilL There is nothing a fanner can buy that will pay him so well for his investment in so short a time as Phosphate. BaUgh & SonS Philadelphia. Pennsylvania College, GETTYSBURG, PA. TH E first term uf the aest CoUcalate jeir wiS betfln SEPTEMBER 3, 1885. The Family of the Tnrtltotlon Is lsrifs. Tie eearse ot lastraetlun U ittieral al tfettroaxs lucation is most pleasant aol healtlij. is ' nlilMt of an Intrllivent aol ssoral eunnsnnltr."" aeeesstble jr raiiruad trains six times a Speeiitl courses la S.leotitu asi otsr deln meats, Tna Preparatory Departmest, la ehameertb Prfarfpal. Prof. J. B. Fncht-wtta two asaistant teaelMrs. raraishes tlton-ask structiun for bovs snl yountr aien jirrparm baslaess or Colletre eiaxses. rttn.lrnu ia tsss partaken t are aader the special care of the r" cipal ami asistants, tbe latur resMlaa with ttwa In the awiMina-. Utrli aUmltud as day scholars la but depart ments. For farther safornarlow or Caralutraes. addraw H. W. McKNMHr. D. 1- ProWcst. oT KLV. J. B. aUJCMr. A.M Prlrx-tt!. nettysbars, la. lal'. SOMERSET COUNTY (ESTABLISHED 18T7.) CHABLE. I. EAMISON. M 1 FRITTS- rresidenL Caehier rollectioas made ia all parts ef IM SUtea. fsitss CHABQES MODEiLATB. Parties wtihtne to Brad ssenev West tea ss ss- I eommoiiatetf bj draa as New TorhtaanJ ! Collect loos nude with proasptiiesa '" !- e"Z. Si hevtctit aad sold. Moae and valaaMes svc bj one or lite hold's celebrated sates, with s s gent k Yale 3u at Ume lock. ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. Vr AU wgral heUdojs srserrel.-a JXECTJTOB-S NOTICE. kataM of Anthony MTer-hteDlM-fser. dee'd. Ist1 Shade Tirp.. Someiset Co.. Fa. tof. Letters testaaienur; oa the above esuw ln beea cranted so the aiMlersiiraed. BT pruiier aathorltj, notice is serebv rtivea to wj Indehted to it to ssahe Immeliate PV7Z those havtafr daintsor deaiaaos will V,?JZm sent them daly aatbentieaied Sir settle o Satarday. Aa.ost XI. is-i. at his late T'''! 2 Shade Twp. JOHW WfX'HTEHfcIhfc. JBllS. , !