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L ItVokKEY-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Fa.,
, ... u,r,.rMit and adjoining counties.
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W.H.BI'Pl'El.
entrusted U their ear. will be
ViXJE'J1 bU' " .
-- L.C. COLBOBK.
no! BORN k COLBORN,
( yU ATTUKNEYS-AT -LAW.
TILLIAM H. KOONT Z
. ttentlon to fusluess entrastr
ATIOK.N EY-AT-LAW, .
AflU s-merset, Penn a.
? iiih ITooiptness and ndellty.
Street, net dt to Spy-
II'T ,
ViMrs l. rrr.ii,
J CEY-ATXAW
Mammoth Bio. p '" ,.EnttJ,
.,rcr street. ;?'lornu.",,1 ShSSSS
ti;l eiamlne.1. and all leai P""
s!;i,cj to wub i.roiuu.e and Plenty.
J
WIS O.KIMMKL.
ATI Uiift 1 1 - "
Somerset, Pa.
V afea'" tiN all boHness entrnrted to his eare
; :i, sod Sielr.j. timer on iUtn Cross street.
UENKY F. K'HELU
iTTireSEV-ATLAW,
ty and Pennon A(;ent, Somerset, Pa.
t ri is Jfianiinotn Itiach.
Valentine hay,
ATTilKNEY-AT-tAW
Aid lit! r In Iteal Estate. Somer t, P '
all t a?ln-M entrusted to hlf care wim
; vmpttic! and ddety .
10HN H. nil..
4 aitukney-at-IaAW
" Somerset, Pa,
VTiU nir.ptlT attend to all hostness entrnsted
! tin. M-nej advanced on collections, ko. Ul
cn in Mammoth Bnildtng.
J.
G. OGLE.
ATTt'KNEY-ATLAW,
Somerset Pa.,
rrofwli r.al Inpiness entrnsted to my ear at
Kinieil tv lth pri'tuptneES and hdellty.
DTL J. M. LOUTH ER.
( Formerly ol Stoyestown.)
rnrsiciAS 4d si sceo.v,
Wh Irat.d tiermanentty In Somerset the
lsf.w - i Us .fu-l. ee doors ul
i ttiral Hotel, In rear oi Prua Store. mayL
,n. E. W. BL0UG1I,
wxiorATnic physhas asd svbgeos
T'txtrrthij rervlresto the pe pie of Somerset
'it-;i!!y. falls In town orcuntry inimptly
svt.ii.it... n Ik- found at ofhee dy orniKht.
c . pf.''l..nlly ensracd. rf-tr(t!re on
S-t'l-aM irrn r ol Iisaiuond, orer KnT'l"r
St. S;...re. ' aprtaVMtt
DR. H. S. KIM MEL
:f!fief1 hf mn le uonJ at his uflici, un Jlftln
.V. emfl n; tlie lHauumd.
Ol!. II. Hiil'RAKER tonflor his
int.lessl.inal services to the rltlsens or fVim
t:.-t and virlntcy. t.roc In reaidenca on Slain
tirett vest ol tie Xlamond.
Di:. ,VM. RAUCII tenders hif
l.p.rs.i.al wnices to the citlrens or Som-r-ct
ar.d Tkir.liv.
i.s.(med.rat of Wayne A Berkeblle's
itTiTore nn,
l t. .
TkR. S J. MrVHXl:N.
1 (Graducfr i Pmfry )
M.VfcKKCT. PA
fiiTo? a'tmtlnn to the Preerre'Rni
t'.t N.iinal TeeMi. Artllirtnl seis luserre.1. AH
'V'rs'l i. ir iarantel siilslaelitrY. mf in
fct.rhl k. u ptaiTH. Entrance vne dcrweet
WVd s Jfwtiri S-.ore. oct2t-m.
DO. JOHN" IULLS.
1 1 EN T 1ST.
t'Sreip stain in Cook k KeerltF,Block,SomT
w.Pa. DVu WILLIAM IDLLIXS,
I'ENTIST. SOMEliSET. PA.
'-r is Manimoth Block. ahoTe Boyd s Irrns;
rt a .'.trf be can at all times be foand prepar-
t'-oi. all kinds i work, soch as filllnic. r-m-l'ir.Trscttn
x Artlticial teeth ol ail kinds,
ii : tlie oc,i material Inserted. Uperatiooj
1 K Mil T VR Vina ipmnn-
1 'orr.lly l.ated In Berlin for the prartlce ol
tl- rr-.tfssit.n. tclce oppuBite Charles Krisrtna-
rure. apr. it!, "u-lt
fa.rcrnfsffivclt.wav. Send as 5
bu
et.t i-pstsKe and bv mail you will
c' frer a laraaae ot powls ol larse
vrTu mat wiu Stan yo. in .
'.st aill cmccLrlnar v ill m.mev taster than
?' iiii.f ! a AmrtVa. All abi dt tne saooat
' t.re-i,f mih eah l.i. A amis wanted every-!.-r.
(.i f ti er se, m all lor all the time.
'inrrtiHie ci,ly. to work tor us;t their own
I F.-rot.s lor all workers aheolncly as-Ka-tdiar.
H. Hauukt A Co Portland,
aiO.
CHARLES HOFFMAN,
HnTinTT i tTi
"' K'flley FtereJ
U72T STYLES ail LOWEST PRICES.
??SATISFAC7!0II GUARANTEED.
fM RUSKT, PA.
EatarrH
ELY'S
CRAMBALM
C leantet the
Mead. Allay
Inflammon.
HealstheSorea
Re at ores the
Senses sf Taste
Smell. Hearing
5r
C..cTi
A quick Relief,
HAY -FEVER A positive cure-
4s t? "Pt'led into each nostril and Is
Kt., Price M cents l-v mail r at
''" K. V cIktiUt: ELY BROS..
A PRI7P Send cent iot post
"''J t. ..i s re and reoelve tree
tit'"".,i'W will help voalnmon
?''i- All ,rI ,fc" hlng else la tw.
ta 'fa r.Zi! " "ed fnm hrst hoa
TV alwj,,,T. rtan. epanu beKm the wur
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VOL. XXXIV. NO. 31.
To Gratify His Wife.
A Gaadl Bnwi far napptaeaa.
'Knr m nr VMr I had suffered fnim . com
plaint whi, h tbe physicians call QraTeL I had
employed tome of the most noted doctors witnoai I
obtaining any permanent relief, and lor a long-1
time mi eaM was regarded as hopeless. All who I
knew the circumstances said I must die. t Inally
my wife induced me to try a bottle of r. Ken
nedy's Favorite Kemedr.' which sua had some
where heard of or seen advertised. Without the
slightest faith In It, bat solely to gratiry her, I
bought a buttle or a druggist in our Tillage. I
used that and two or three bottles more, and to
make a long story short I am now as healthy a
man as tiiere Is In the country.
" Sine thea I have recommended 'Favorite
Remedy' to others whom 1 knew to have suffered
from Kidney and Liver complaints: and I assure
the puhllc that the 'Favorite Bemedy' has done
its work with a similar completeness In every
single instance, and 1 trust some other sick and
dlscouraired mortal may hear or It and try the
Favorite Remedy,' as I did." Wathtnjlon Mon
roe, Caltkill, X. r.
'! Let a t'ooltati Prejadlee against
popular medicines stand between you and the
health ol your wire, child or baby. It Is always
right to advertise a Messing. Ir. Kennedy's 'Fa
vorite Kerned . is a Messing. It ha i saved thous
ands ami it .'ill help you. If ym are sick from
troubles ol the Kldnev. Bowels. Liver and Blood,
spend One LMlar lor "this King ol Medicine.
SOMERSH COUNTY BANK !
(ESTABLISHED 1877.)
CHAELE. I. EAE1SGN. 11 J.PE1TTS.
Preeident
Cashier
V1 lections, made in all parti or th t'nited
Sute.
CHARGES MODEBATE.
Parties wishing to send money West can be ac
comtnodated by dralt on New York in any sum.
Collections made with promptness. V. S. Bonds
bought and sold. Money and valuable secured
by one of I)le!ld's celebrated sates, with a Sar
gent A Yale (Jo oo time lock.
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
sr A II legal holiday observed. "i
ISAAC SIMPSON,
LIVEflY ffl SHI STABLES.
PATRIOT ST., SOMERSET. PA.
1 I'ott H'aal to Buy a Good na Cktap
TSTJGrGrY,
New or Second-hand, call on me. I also keep
constantly on hand a large Assortment of
TT.iiloi
XiriUiea, I
HarneES,
Saddles,
Whips.
Tundraas
and Hiding Horses always ready for hire.
When iti need ol anything in my line,
aire me a call.
1SAAO SIMPSON,
SoaansaT, Pa.
. . -,... .v.rvthinr to
be
CALVIN HAY
BERLIN, J.,
(MILLER'S MILL.)
MANUFACTURER OF
FLOUR & FEED!
all kinds ol CHOP. Also, all kinds or UKA1IS,
wblcb 1 sell at
BOTTOM F RICES.
Wholesale and Retail. Yon will save money by
buying Irom me. My stock is always Fresh.
ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY.
NO. 3.
THE GREAT REGULATOR.
Purely Vegetable.
ABE YOU BILIOUS P
Tkr KtnUtor Merer ilt l ewrt. I "
cheerfully recommend It. toa'l who snfler from
BiIu.us A.ti. ks or sny Disease cai-sed by a dlsr
ra.e.lslateoftheUv. K.HD
KaSSas. iriTT. Mn. W.R. Bt.TlAriU.
Do You "Want Good Digestion f
I sulT-red lateosely with Fall Stomach. Head-ache.e-e.
A neighbor, who bad taken Sln.mons
Liver KegTHat.. ud.1 me it was amirecure (or soy
tn-uhlo. The hrst dose I took robeved me very
murh and in one week s time I was as stmngand
hearty as I -ver was. II Ihe ttrt medtctnr 1
'XZyr'""- H. O CRENSHAW.
Do You Suffer from Constipation ?
TeatimonynfHiRAW WAar ra, Chief
cnnatlpa... cl my ?J h?
rv lerDaenieiiK.i - -,
or four years, and always ertia mdri btaejil.
Have You JS"al.ria ?
I hare had et.-riejr with Stmroons IJver
Regulator since 1MJ.S, ami wgard it as the ore.
crfrie of Iht t,m.t for dieeaws V"
melitnal rcm rs. So good a medicine deserve
universal eommenoMI R VHARTiN.
Cor. Sec. Southern Baptist Iheologieal Si-minary.
Safer and Better than Calomel I
I have been subject to severe ! P'ff
tinn ol the Liver, and have been In the habit of
: ... . ... ia rin ol (Talomel. which sen-
em II v laid me up tor tbr'e or fonr days. La'ely
I ,.ve tea taking fimmona mm
whlrh gave toe relief, without any lrierrji.-lon to
uslness. , ,
" j. mTzeilin A CO..
PHILAUELPH1A, PA.
PRICE $1 OO,
inll-HMvr-
LOOK OUT ! FUHNITDBE
AT-
HENRY HOFFMAN'S,
JENNER X ROADS. PA.
I tVotlnue to manufacture, at my old Pand. alt
grsdesot HUVStHoLD Ft HATIKE, which
I sell just as cheap as any otbar deal, r in Somer
set toontv, 1 will also take orders for any City
made Furniture my customer may wish to pur
chase. I keep sample-book at my place of bus
ness, ft ota which selections can be made,
ULISSTAmO A SPECIALTY.
All kinds or Undertaking business attended to
with eare. I nave two hearses lor burial purpos
esa Black Hearse and a White Hearse, the laU
ter especially ! attending Children's Funeral
.... . . il . I - ..Mk. idtMl .Ml
i 1 Keep on diiiu ' 1 - - ,,"IM- .
.iwt White V,ltins for Children. 1 will
also keep in stock a nice lire of City t baskets. cov
ered at a small advance on d' price. Ison't
full to call on aae when in need ol anything In my
line. I san do as well by you as you can de else
where.
oct7 Cm. HENRY HOFFMAN.
-lXEei'TOR S KOTICE.
tjiate f Peter Brey. dee'd. late of Somerset
Twp.. Somerset to.. Pa,
LHters testamentary on th above estate bav
ins been granted to th nnderslgned, by the
proper authority, notice Is hereby given to tnoas
IndeMed to It to make Immediate payment and
those having claims or demands will please pre
sent thea duly autbertteated for settlement"
Saturday, January . ltas. at the reatdenee ol the
Kxecnit.'r In Somerset Boroagh. I
. .r . v l
"JS pans. hoiLEhs atdtiHs.ET-
era on hand. Hoisting Engine and "aehirry
.specialty. XHOjlASOAltLlJ..
decsn jyr. Allegheny, Pa.
ouch
The ploogh-boy whistled behind hi plough
For his longi wxre sound and he bad no
cough.
He guided bis team with a pliant bough,
And watered it well at a wayside trough
The toil was hard, for the land was rongh
j, i. u. .t,nra. nf n Tri.h lnm-h
It lay on the shores of an Irish lough
But bis well-fed team was stoutand tough
And be plied his bough to flank and
hough.
He toiled all dsy, and the crow chonch.
Flew around' his head, though he oft
cried soush.
But his plough at eye struck hidden sough.
With a force that sent the share clear
through.
Tbe frightened team ran off with the plough.
With the speed ot the wma irom tue
plough-boy, though
He shouted, whoa ! And into a slough
It ploughed where tbe mud was soft as
dough.
8XOWED IX.
One cloudj winter morning, not
less than twenty years ago, there was
an unusual commotion about a cer
tain little old house standing far up
on the St. John river.
Within, Mra. Grace sat before the
great fire place in the fore room, so
bundled up in shawls and blankets
and hoods that she could hardly
stir. In a warm corner of the hearth
lay three or four hot bricks, well
wrapped in newspapers, and two
home-made robes were haneing
across a chair to warm everything
indicating preparations for a long,
cold journey. Without, Mr. Grace
was hitching the old red mare into
the thills of the still older red pung,
that looked as if it might have come
over in the "Mayflower." His round,
good nature d face wore a troubled
expression, acd he jerked at old
Dolly's bit once or twice in an un
gentle way which wasn't like him
self. Tbe amall part of Mrs. Grace's
face that was visible among the
folds of her home knit hood showed
the same look of anxiety, and her
voice trembled a good deal when she
snoke to t'oe children and gave Char-
ly her last directions. . There were
four of th children uean ana .cm
ma nnrl Jne and Charlev though
(Jharly was not one of the Grace
children. Mrs. Urace naa lasen ner
a wee, lame mite when there was
nc, nna tAa a tn tatfl lipr. and she often
declared she could'nt and did'nt
. , , liolonnpa Iwttpr
IUt5 UUVJ VI 1KI " ..v
than she coulo and did love Cbarly.
Emma and Dean and Joe were
round, rosy little bodies of three and
five and seven years, blue eyed and
M I. - Okavltr vraa olorpn nntl
' VC11UB UBI1. .v ..
1 she was neither round nor rosy. Her
face was thin and ner eyes were big
and nViadnwv. And Charlv was
lam A. There was a sir of tiny
crutches always by her chair.
"I could not think of going, said
"if Charlv as not the
wise, patient little mother I know
she is. 1 never was so worrieu m
my life. But what can 1 do I
It was a hard question to answer,
indeed. For the nicht before had
come a letter from a sister in a dis
tant town, saying that htr mother
the children's dear old grandmother
11
was very 111.
"Come at once," the letter read.
It was little to be wondered at that
the tears filled poor Mrs. Graces
eyes, that her lips quivered and her
voice shook.
"T rnnld'nt do it if it was not lor
Inictino. in fharlv so." she repeated
time and again, in tones that brought
nniiv o-'nw tn i nanv s tnin luce.
I fcno you win lase enni ctc ui
them. dear. There is bread enough
baked, and I have left tne jar ol
doughnuts in thecloeet.
"You must have wnai nany
gives vou," said iMrs. urace. ana
attend to what Charlv says. I lock
ed the pantry door so you can't
bother her by running in and out
Now "
She looked at Charly as the outer
door opened.
"1 II do the best 1 can, saia snar
ly, bravely.
I know you will. dear. Be good
children, all of you."
There s wood enough pneu up in
the entrv to last you." said Mr.
Grace, a little huskily. 4- e will be
back day after to-morrow night,
sure. All ready, wne.
Anil in a few roiIlUteS Old Dolly
was jogging at her best pace down
the s-rsowv level oi me river, n nan
thirty long miles to Dunbar Corner.
I wish they were noir.e again.
said Joe.
"Thev will be before you know
it," laughed Charly. "Now, I'll tell
yt.ua story.
So the three little ones cuaoiea
urn n ft d Cbarlv'o chair before the
open fire, while she told them the
wonderful story ol the "inree tiny
p;o " onrt from first to last thev
iistenod breathlessly, though they
bad heard the same story many
4oto hpinrp nn doubt Charlv bad
a wonderful gift for telling stories,
til
Mrs. Grace olten oeciarea.
And Charlv had a eift for some
thing besides story telling. When
the story came to an end she smil
ed.
'Rrino- me mv box. will vou. Joey,
9" Charlv asked.
Her poor little limb was so weak
and misshapen that it was with dif-
r i, -i .
ficulty she couia move bdoui, eveu
nWh tl.n nul nt her crutches.
,T 1.1. "
To. nKsvpil climriinp ur on the
. v -' - , o r
wide four posted bf d in the corner,
. 1 11 1 - A
and takiog irom a 8nen auove it a
ennora wnnflpn hnT with a slidiPff
7UUCAV ti
1 . 1 1
cover. Dean and tmma Knew wnat
wa3 com inu then.
"Dive me the kitty," pleaded Em
ma
uinrl itia tlip mnnses ." said Dean.
'They're deers, goosey." eaid Joe,
with a little scornful eniff. "Let me
cpa all nf 'em. won't vou. Charly ?"
Charly smiled in "the brightest
way and pulled off the cover, fcnall
1 tell you what were there? Tbe
daintiest little images under the
inn rnrvpd all in wood, and the
largest one scarcely four inches high
It ie true they were the work of a
single awkward tool, in untaught
eiiifc.o " ... Z .v T T
fjQgprpy but if yOU bad Seen them, 1
. rvnlri nnt Vipln PTclftim-
ino- with Joe and Dean and Emma
aui duidivm vv. " - -- - r
, 1
ueat
how
oh. Charfy, how pretty they
arel"
They
were exceedingly true to
oner
life, too. There was the old house j
cat, which Emma instantly appro
priatedwhy, you could almost
bear her drowsy purr and there
was Dean's "mooses," with their del
icate branching horns, and a pair of
rabbits eatiog clover, and a cunning
creeping baby, and there was old
dolly herself, standing with drooping
head and lopped ears lazy dolly.
"I'd know her anywhere," laugh
ed Joe.
Charly laughed too, and fingered
her treasures lovingly. Her chetk
glowed and her eyes were starry.
"Do you think they are nice?"
ehe asked ; "as nice as some they
have at the stores at Christmas time,
Jnev?"
"Nicer." returned Joe, in a tone
J -
expressive of great wisdom and ex
perience; "a whole heap nicer.
"Well." nursuetl Charlv. "I am
going to make all I can, and when I
get enough 111 send them to sell.
Mr. Ringgold said they ought to be
.u t. ic ,1 1 1 n;a if
wuriu nun a uuuai nuicv-c.
"O. oh !" cried Joe. quite taken
aback by this prospect of unbounded
wealth. iV hat II you do witn so
much?"
"I know " put in Dean. "You'll
get cured, wou't you, Charly ?"
1 he quick tears sprang to lnany s
dark eyes.-
"If 1 can," said she, and she pull
ed Emma to her, and hid her face in
the baby's yellow curls. "Maybe I
can't."
"Mr. Peck said you could if you
could go to see Dr. Lester. He can
cure anything."
"But it will coet a great deal oi
money maybe a hundred dollars,''
said Charly." "I'll have to make
two hundred of these, Joey."
"Well, vou ain't going to wan that
long," declared Joe, 6toutly. "Father
Bays just as soon as this farm pays
anything, he's going to take you to
Fredericton, to see Dr. Lster. May
be 'twill pay next summer: we aie
going to have a cow, then. And we
have nt been here long enough yet,
you know."
"Inat ll be real nice," saia sne.
"Now, after dinner. I'll cut some
more."
"I think its real fun," said Joe.
But Charly only shook her head
and smiled again.
Well, that dav passed and tne
next, and all the time the sun did
not once show its face. The clouds
hung heavy, and dark came early,
and weather-wise Joe, with his nose
against the window paues, prophe
sied a storm.
"I hope 'twon't come, though, tiil
falher and mother are home," he
Eaid.
It did, however. When the chil
dren awoke next morriog the snow
was falling steadily and in large
flakes. It bad grown very much
colder, too, in the ni.ht Poor little
Joe's teeth chattered spitefully even
after he had raked open tbe bed of
coals in the fireplace, and built a
roasting fire. The wind came up
with the sun : it whistled and raved
along the bleak river shore in a way
that set the timbers of the old house
to creaking dolefully.
"I don't believe they'll come to
night," said Joe, when dark began
to fall.
"Won't they, Charly?"
"Oh, Cbarly, won't 'em?"
"Do vou s'posea wolf chased fath
er and mother ?" asked Joe, with a
dismal quiver, breaking in upon the
narrative ol the " 1 my rig.
"A wolf couldn't catch our Dolly,"
Eaid Dean, quickly ; "she's toosmart
and big."
Charly laughed. For tbe world
she would not acknowledge that
such a possibility had occurred to
her own mind.
"It's the storm that keeps them,"
she said, cheerily. "It s a dreadful
storm, you know. They'll be here
to-morrow I know they will."
But to-morrow came and went a
long, dreary, freezing day, and the
fifth morning dawned. How bitterly
cold it was, and bow the ?ind whis
tled through and through the house.
The storm had ceased, but of this
the children could not be sure, since
the windows were banked high
with snow, and when Joe tried to
open the outer door a white wall re
pelled bim. Their store of provis
ions, too, was nearly exhausted, and
that seemed worse than all the rest.
until Joe came in from the entry
with his arms full of wood and his
eyes full of tears.
"That every bit there is, ne
quavered. "Oh, Charly, why don't
father come f
"He will." said Charly, with a
brave, bright smile, though her heart
was like lead. "Now, we H be real
saving of this wood, and only put on
one stick at a time."
Oh. bow cold the room grew!
colder and colder while time dragged
on. and those last sticks were burn
ing slowly away. They ate their last
bit of bread then, and because thar
ly said she could not eat, there was a
very little more for Emma, Dean
and Joe.
But Joe, though he looked wist
fully at the frozen morsels, was
struct with a sudden recollection.
"You didn't eat any breakfast,
Charly, nor any last night because
your head ached. Ain't you hun
gry ?"
"Never mind," said Charly, cheer
fully. "I'll eat enough when they
come home."
The bread disappeared then to the
last crumb.
"I'm awfully hungry yet," said
Joe.
"So'me I," echoed Dean, with a
pitiful pucker, "and 1 am most awful
cold."
Charly hugged Emma tighter and
looked around.
There were the chairs stout oak
en ones.
"Can't you treak up a chair, Jo
ey ?" she asked.
"Never mind," said Charly again.
And then the forlorn little ones
grouped together over the dying fire.
How cold it was 1 and how the wind
rocked through the old house and
blew its freezing breath in through
every chink 1
"I'm sleepy," murmured Emma,
drowsilv. Charlv looked at ber in
' sudden terror. She bad been eob
! bin? with tbe cold and hunger, and
now ber baby face looked pinched
and ber little bands blue with cold !
I But the golden head dropped heavi
set
ESTABLISHED 1827.
SOMERSET, PA.. WEDNESDAY.
ly on Charly') arm and Emma
want in aloon sit this time in the
day. A dull red coal winked among
the ashes. Charly saw it and
straightened Emma up with a little
g take.
"We'll have a funny fire," said
she. with a catch in her voice. "Bring
1 . . . V .1
the tne oox, joey.
"Oh, Charly, no J
UY." said Charly. "I can make
plenty more. Wake up Emma."
And in a minute Emma was wide
awake enough to tee a tiny bright
blaze upon tbe hearth. They burn
ed the box first, and then the pretty
carvings one by one. All too soon
they were gone, and there only re
mained a few asbes.
"I'm just as cold," whispered
Dean. "I'm sleepy, too, Charly."
"Well, you shall go to sleep," said
Charly, "and when you wake up I
know they'll be here. But we'll have
some nice fun first. Who wants a
doughnut?"
"Oh, Cbarly Grace, you haven't
got one."
"Yes, I have," returned Charly,
with a triumphant little laugh. "I
saved these out of mine."
She stood Emma oa the hearth,
and hobbled as briskly as she could
across tbe Moor, placing two cnairs,
one at each end of the room.
"N'nw. vou rnn a race around these
till I say "it'ei enough, and I'll give
you one apiece, nun jusi as iasi as
vnlt pan " .
At first the children demurred,
they were eo cramped and urea ana
drowsy ; but the sight of three brown
iplirinna lonkino- cakes which Char
ly produced from her pocket nerved
them to action. Arounn ana arouuu
thn phaira thpT ran. Joe ahead. Em
m in thn rear, breathine out little
clouds of steam. And Charly laugh
ed and clapped her hands and cheer
pri hpm nn. nntil at last thev stopped
from sheer fatigue, puffing like three
little locomotives, anu wun ineir
pulses beating in a lively way.
Chnrlir hnhhled over to the bed
"Get in all of you," she said ; "then
a w .
I'll o-ivr vou your cafces. 1 Know
they will be here when you wake
P." ,
She tucked them in warmiy ana
then she wen back to her chair.
Kh nnt thn pnd of her crutches up
on two or three live coals and blew
them into a tiny blaze. Pretty soon,
when she had warmed herseii a uuie,
she would creep in beside Emma.
She listened to the deep regular
hrpatViincr from the bed.
"They are going to sleep," she
murmured. "I've done the best I
pnnlrl thA hest I could."
Thn wnrrla erhned from the Walls
of thn pulrl little ronrn. and rang
themselves over and over in her
brain. How warm the place was
growing and how dark 1 She thought
she would crawl over tome Dea ana
get in with Emma and Dean and
Joe. But she did not stir.
She Bat there still; a little white
figure, with a pair of half burned
crutches at ber leet, wnen less man
on hnnr later i man with frosty
beard and hair, forced himself thro'
the enow bank at tbe door. 11 was
Mr. Grace, alone, for tbe storm bad
ronrlprpfi thn mad imnassable. and
he had tramped the whole distance
from Dunbar Corners upon Bnow
shoes. It was a long walk.no doubt,
nd he had been about it two day,
but when he opened the door of his
home be forgot all. In less tnan a
minntn tin had made kindlins wood
of one of the chairs, and in another
one or two a brisk lire was roaring
on the hearth, and Mr. Grace in ter
rible fear, was rubbing Charly's
hands and forcing some brandy,
from a flask he carried, down her
throat She opened her eyes pres
ently, and looked up into the kind
face above ber in a newuoerea way.
"Km ma Dpan Joe are"
"All right!" yelled Mr. Grace
. m a. I . 1 ll'la
nearly beside nimseii witn aengni ;
and then he went down upon his
knees before Cbarly and cried, "We
ar all riht.mv dear."
And so, indeed they. were. I have
not space to tell you all that happen
ed What Mrs. Grace said and did
when she came, a few days later,
with the welcome news thai granama
was better, and beard what Mr.
Rnrs had already heard from Joe
and Emma and Dean, how the story
was told throughout tne settlement
over and over , and how Charly was
praised on all sides; nor of how the
people of Grand Ford, the litle vil
lage five miles below, got up a fair
for Charly's benefit, which gave ber
inough to take her to Dr. Leeter the
very next spring. And though Dr.
Lester could not entirely cure, the
weak little limbs grew so much
stronger and better that she waB able
to go without crutches, by limping a
very little.
When Dr. Le'ter, too, came to
know who Charly was for the story
of that winter's" day had already
reached his ears he refused to take
his fee, but. instead, added to the
little roll of bills, and put the whole
in the bank for Charly.
"nhe will want to go to school in
a little while." said he. "I think she
must study art."
"Why, what makes every one so
good to me?" asked Charly with
happy tears; "I didn't do anything."
"Didn't you ?" asked Mrs. Grace,
in return, kissing the glad little face
"Didn't you?7'
Tied the Engineer and Burned tbe
Works. .
Denver, Col., Dec. 30. Yester
day morning three masked men en
tered the engine-room of the Mar
shal Coal Company's Works at Erie,
on the Colorado Central Railroad,
forty miles from Denver, captured
the engineer, took him several yards
away, tied him, and then returned
and set fire to all the coal in the
Company's hoisting works. The
engine-house, tramway, and several
can of tbe railroad company, were
completely destroyed. The lose will
reach over $15,000, while several
hundred men are thrown out of em
ployment Three weeks ago tbe
wages of the men in the company's
mines were cut down, when the
Knights of Labor ordered a strike,
but the miners rather than be with
out work at this time of the year re
fused to obey. This morning's out-
i rage is supposed to be another out
cropping of tne kock spring trouble.
JANUARY 13, 18S6.
A CHICAGO JUL.UONAIRE.
Bsmarkstble Career of Fnllip D. Ar
mour, a York State Farmer Boy.
Philip D. Armour, Bays the Chica
go Herald, loots more iiae a min
ister of the gospel than a king of
speculators. Forty years ago the
Armour boys were sons oi a larmer
ll'.iin.n V Y Thev were
broad-shouldered, active, strapping
fellows, who looicea ause, puueu
well together and managed to hold
the lines in all matters oi sporto anu
anciotr in their neighborhood. Phil's
first bid for fame consisted of a car
riage ride with an estimable young
1 u.l tr vhn attended the academy.
This carriage ride, all innocence it-
sell, was nevertheless regaraea as an
unlawful escapade by the Puritan
principal, and both young Armour
and his companion were expelled
from the school. Tbe expulsion dis
gusted young Armour, and he resol
ved to go West ana sees nis ionuue.
TT heoame an Arsronaut of '49, and
crossed the plains with a six mule
team driven by himself. He reach
ed the gold-fields, found some dust
though not tons of it, 6aved the most
that he did find, and a few years lat
er returned to the States. Going to
Milwaukee about 1&55, be engaged
in the grain and warehouse business,
r. , , J:l
prospering moderately ana steauuy.
For a time it was a toss up with him
rhcilwr in un intn rmrk or lumber.
bu he finally bought the interest of
Layton in the pacKing nouse oi L.ay
ton & Plankington, and was thus
hmiio-ht into the trade in which he
so qnicklv rose to be the unrivalled
leader, tie was worm auu,uw
when he became a packer, but he
soon saw an opportunity to doublw
or quadruple his fortune, and noth
ing shows the character of the man
better than the manner in which he
embraced, or rather created and de
veloped, this first great opportunity.
During the war provisions were
scarce and in great demand, and in
the winter of 't4-oo pork was sell
!mr at. 4(1 r barrel, with an UDWard
tendency. The pork business was
then largely in the East, with New
York as the centre, and most of the
larc-d nackers and operators were
buying liberally for future use,
and were firm believers in the con
tinuance of high prices. But one
night Phil Armour lay awake in his
bed, thinking of the pork market,
th war. the armies, and the Gener-
ma Ha cnnnluded that the end of
the rebellion was nigh and that the
price of pork would fall. He went
to New York and sold pork ehort
The speculators and packers from
rSr.nmnnti St Ijiuis. Buffalo and all
around took Armour's pork as fast
as he offered it at $40, wondering
why this green young man was thus
rushing to nis ruin, ciu x.em wun
there, too, and he joined Armour in
his raid on the pig. Nearly every
body else was a bull.
Soon Petersburg fell, and pork be
gan to go down so fast that tbe bulls
wprp rlizxr. Richmond was evacu
ated, and nork collapsed. The
thousands of barrels he had sold at
S40 he now began to deliver at $18.
There was a panic among the bulla.
Many of them concluded to repudi
ate their contracts. Even Armour's
brokers turned against him. They
had profited by his business when
he was making ventures, but now
that he was ready to reap his harvest
they joined their bull friends and re
fused to make the deliveries. But
Armour employed other brokers,
and, remaining in New York for
ninety days, early and late pressed
his debtors and forced them to toe
the mark. His profits were about
$2,000,000, and Armour & Plankin
ton became the greatest provision
men in the world. To his old brok
ers he merely said : " You have act
ed dishonorably and uncommercial
ly toward me. and I'll drive you out
nf Hnein.aa " Hp meant what be
said. A year later the rival firm of
H.O. Armour & Co. was estaonsnea
next door to the brokers in question,
and in less than half a dozen years
the sign of the latter firm was taken
down.
With new prestige and greater
nmoisl h pnl.ircred the scone of his
operations. He established packing
houses in Chicago and Kansas City,
and in 1875 became a resident of the
former city. His business was that
of a butcher of animals and packer
of meats, and he pushed it with all
his energy. Agencies were estab
lished all over the world. Hia pro
ducts became known in every city
and village, every army and camp.
Of course, he has been a speculator,
but many of his operations have
been forced on bim. For instance,
the "pork corner" of '79-80 was
purely defensive. He was a large
holder of pork. His cellars were
full of it Then it was that specu
lators began raiding the price. They
would offer small lots, speculatively,
of course, at prices 2-5 per cent be-
lm h. it coat trip orpntPRt and
j lun .ruaw . . . - p -
smartest packer in the world, with
all Ins capital and experience ana
perfection of process, to put that
pork in barrel. The speculators
n roirlintr th nrirn nf Armour's
TT V. . V .ta.u... J'
goods in Etore, and be determined
to "protect his cellars.' ile put up
a clean $1,000,000 before he could
check the hungry horde, but at last
the tide turned, as he knew it would
from his study of the conditions of
supply and demand, and the raiders
got out of the ecrape only by paying
$3,000,000 as tribute, the correct
ness ot Armour's judgment in pre
dicting a revival of trade and prices
in the spring of '80 was shown by
the fact that after his deals were
closed pork still advanced to the ex
tent of $5 a barrel. It was nor Ar
mour's millions that did this, but
tbe laws of trade and commerce,
which he was keen enough to foresee
mnii talrn nrlvantAo-A of. A train last
j year he was compelled to " protect
i his cellars," as he puts it, and the
result ot Cis protection was an aa
yance in pork from $16 to $28.
Somewhat different was the great
wheat operation in 1882. His good
impulse to save several old friends
tVnm rnin Iprl him intn that dpal.
and, once in, he stock to it, as he
alwayB sticks to anything or any
body whose cause he espouees. lie
put up his money, taking all the
hi( nffprprl at XI 35. nnrl fnr
I months keeping the price in Chica
eralo
go 25 to 30 cents higher than iu any
other market in the world. He
abandoned a Contemplated trip to
Europe in order to help his friends,
one of whom was his former part
ner, and bis good Samaritanship
was rewf rded by a large proht
The day the failure ot Urant
Ward was announced there was a
oanicy feeling in Chicagoi'as well
as in New York ,but Mr. Armour sus
tained the market, and iu less than ,
an hoor pork advanced $1 a barrel.
For thus setting himself and his mil
lions against the tide of downward
prices at that crisis Armour received
letters of thanks from three promi
nent bankers.
His recent operations in Wall
street in connection with St Paul
Railroad stock have been very suc
cessful.
Ou Armours pay-roll are 5.000
names. He has sold this year SCO -
000,000 worth of food products. He
has agents all over the world, to
whom telegrams are sent every
morning giving the day's quotations,
and from whom statements of busi
ness are received every night In
his oflice on La Salle 6treet are 130
clerks, 100 of whom are constantly
kept tusy making out bills. At bis
desk in the midst of these clerks siu
the millionaire packer. At his left
are his stenographers and telegraph
operators. Around bim, within
view, are his clerks. There are no
partitions, no closets. There is not
even an ante-room. The bo-s works
with his men. Every morning at 5
he is out of bed, at 6 he breakfasts,
and at 7 he steps from his carriago
in front of the office palace and goes
immediately to his desk. There be
remains until C in the evening. At
C:30 he reaches home, dines, and is
in bed by 9. This has been his hab
it for many years. Worn is bis life
and pleasure. He is quick, but not
hurried; decisive, but not brusque.
Neither bis millions nor his cares
seem to age him. He likes to be
called a butcher, and insists that he
is only a pig-kilier. Oil his desk
there is always a huge bouquet of
flowers, set in the polished horn of
an ox. Beside this horn every mor
ning is placed a little ticket showing
the bank balance. Adorning the
walls are sets of broad horns and
ugly heads of pigs. Upon the mar
ble floor near by are samples of
packed meats he has to sell, and
specimens of scoop shovels, knives
and nose-rings which somebody
wants him to buy.
Armour is of medium height and
heavy, but not fat His face is full
and round, without flabbiness. His
age is 50, and he is a stranger to ill
ness. In manner he is plain an-1
kindly. He does not know what
style is. He lives in a plain housa
on Prairie avenue, and keeps fewtT
servants and horses than runny men
whose fortunes are not equal to his
monthly income. His wealth h es
timated by a gentleman perfectly
familiar with his affairs at from $15,
000,000 to $18,000,000. It is mainly
in cash or securities. He is not a
large holder of real estate, and it is
said he could, in an emergency, real
ize more cash in 24 hour" notice
than any other man in America, per
haps, excepting one. He has no
dead or fictitious assets. Even the
great buildings at the Stock Yards
and all kindred improvements are
charged to profit and loss. He has
two eons one at school, and the
other (Ogden) ws admitted to the
firm a year ago. Ogden is sensible
and industrious. After leavine
school he spent several years learn
ing the businese working in the
packing housekeeping books in tip
office, and selling pork and beef "on
the road."
Armour is not stingy or penuri
ous. He lives plainly himself, be
cause it is his choice, but he is tol
erant of extravagance in others.
There are brokers about the Board
who have made competencies by bis
friendship and patronage, whose per
sonal expenses are greater than his
a dozen fold. He gives away nip-re
money than any other man in Chi
cago. He judges by instinct rather
than by questions. lie is rarely im
posed upon, except that his checks
are often too large. Some yeais ago
the farmer to whom Armour had
been indentured, and who was good
enough to release the deed upon re
quest, was discovered to be in want
in Philadelphia. His former ap
prentice has since supported him
The old man applied fot a post, but
Armour said he wanted no oM,rlay-ed-out
men about him. He does
not mix charity and husire.-s.
A Pleasant Acquaintance.
He was fresh from the wilds of the
Southern country, where evpry man
has a record of dead. I knew him
when he was a Major ; now he is a
miner, with bullets in his tangled
hair and extinct craters all over him.
A place in his left ear would be nse
ful t- bold a pen if bis hand bad
not accustomed itself to the use of
the revolver. The pen may be
mightier than the sword but it in't
a patch on the revolver. "Yes," he
said "it's a nice life a real nice,
pleasant,sgreeable life. Textns carry
their lieg in their hands most of the
time. Tbey carry other people's in
their belts or their boots or down
the back of their neck. I would
like you to come down there." " I
thank you very much." "Yes ; I'd
like to introduce you to an old
gentleman there, as genial an old
man as you ever met." "A Texan ?"
" Yes ; but he's so kindly natured a
man I'm sure you'd like him. I
made his acquaintance umW very
peculiar circumstances. He had
just arrived. He came up to me and
said : 'Your name's ' Ye,sir.
that's my name.' 'They tell me
you're awful good.' 'You don't tell
lm.' Vaa thaw toll mn vnn'ra .ar-
fill good. I think III just take a shot
at you myself.' And the old gen
tleman, in tbe most genial way,
stepped back a little piece and fired.
I wasn't scared. I walked up to
him and I handed him my G a tiling.
Here.' said I, 'you try this. That
gun of yours can't hit anything.' It
broke him all up and he's been one
j of my best friends ever since. Come
! down and meet him."
A popular air with the ladies
Sweet buy and buy."
WHOLE NO. 1S0O.
American OpiamJSmoker.
The class of Americans most ad
dieted to opium smoiting are said to
be actors and travelling men. with a
fair sprinkling of all otherprofesior.s
and pursuits mixed in with them.
Cneof the most comply wrecksfrom
opium in this city to-day is alawyer,
however, who in two short years has
lost a practice worth at least $10,-
OOJ a year and a number of friends
worth all the way from a pleasant
handshake to th cheerful loan of a
thousand or two. He trird it just to
see how it weui,and it wentvery bad
ly in his case, indeed. To-day his
friends avoid him and his family
are dependent upon others, whi.e he
himself finds no enjoyment outside
of a few pipes of opium, sniokeJ
whenever and wherever it can be
found, for the little money he can
raise. Another authenticated case
is that of a young lady who has
smoked as hihas 720 grains a day,
but ehe could afford it as she came
of a good family in this city, and
had money to keep up the habit
It is said there are a number of wo
men here in New York who average
-100 grains of opium per day, and
many men who smoke from 000 to
SOil grains daily, every other day, o:
once a week, as the habit has gained
control over them, and as they are
able to regulate their actions in this
respect Some men make it a regu
lar practice to go on an opium de
bauch once a week or even once a
month, as the case may be, but the
great majority of them smoke and
dream continually as longastteir
money lasts, stopping only when
cash gives out and the den ktepers
become obstinate. Stringent State
laws have failed completely to put
a stop to the practice in this as well
as other States, and if the habit in
creases as rapidly within the next
ten years as it has within the past
ten years it will become a serious
question with Uncle Sam what to do
with the load introduced here by the
Chinese origma'ly in the shape of
the little opiuai pe.i, and
swelled to the sizs ot a small
world of woe through the readiuess
with which a civil'zed people nurse
it. In some parts of China it has
been so very destruc'.ivo that the
lips of opium smokers that is the
upper lips were cut away ia orJer
to prevent suction in holding the
pipe for a "draw," but even this fail
ed to arrest the habit or stop new
recruits from joining the vast army
of smokers.
aJlean Hand.
According to the fearful experi
ments of Dr. Forster of the Italian
Medical Gazette, there is no such a
thing as the possibility of clean
hands on anybody. Washed with
soap and water, with carbolic acid,
with all and any of the disinfect
ants in common use, our hands will
still remain scientifically unclean ;
that is to say that a preparation call
ed sterilized gelatine, absolutely des
titute of living organisms, on being
touched by the ringers thus washed
and supposed to be clean, immedi
ately develop living organism acquir
ed from the fingers. But if the
hands be washed in a dilute solu
tion of bichloride of mercury, or
corrosive sublimate, one part to 1000
parts ot water, perfect cleanliness is
attained, and no living organisms
are developed by the touch of the
fingers. It i.s pitiful t think that
we are so palpably made of the dust
of the earth ; but it seems that we
must endure it, since corrosive sub
limate can hardly be made the ad
junct of our daily toilets, and if it
were, then the next time we shook
hands, or took up a book, or went
into the street, we should but devel
op a fresh crop of micro-organisms
Ti e fact is that these discoveries of
science show us, it they do nothing
else, how fearfully and wonderfully
we are made, and if we regarded
them seriously, there is nothing we
could eat and nothing we could do
which would not make death seem
to hnng imminent in the air. There
is only one refuge fr the unscientif
ic, and that is in whistling the whole
matter down the wind, keeping clean
to the best of belief, and letting the
micro-organisms take care of them
selves. The Paper Tree of Tonqajn.
The paper trees of Tonquin are
found in abundance in the moun
tains near Sontag. The dried bark
is brought in bundles upon the back
of an oxen or buffalo from the moun
tains, where it is gathered for the
numerous paper mills, whose prin
cipal centre is in the vicinity of Ha
noi. It is worth about 2 cents a
pound. This bark is mac-rated and
then rubbed up in incrtars. so as to
reduce it to a fine pulp. This latter
is extended with a certain quantity
of wter in irder to forrc a clear
paste, which incized with an infi-,
sion made fro:. the-ebavii.s of the
gamao. a tree which grows in abun
dance on the Black River moun
tains. The paper is mannfactured, sheet
by sheet, by women, by means of
delicate bamboo screens, that they
alternately dip into the paste and
take out therewith a thin sheet of
paper, which they deposit upon a
board. At the end of the day these
sheets are put into a pres3 in order
to extract the moisture from them,
and are then dried by placing them
one by one on a hot masonry wall.
Finally they are put up in packages
and trimmed. Each woman makes
about 1.000 sheets a day. The thick
ness of the paper depends upon the
consistency of the paste.
A Queer Lible Suit,
Asbl'ry Park, Dec 31. Wesley
B. Stout a young attorney of thi
place, has begun a suit for" $10,000
damages for alleged libel against the
Rev. Thos. Hanlon, President of
Pennington Seminary. Young
Stout was a student there a year ago
and was charged by Dr. Hanlon
with being concerned in some viola-
j tions of discipline. The Doctor pub
i licly suspended Stout Without giving
him any reason or hearing any de
I fence ; hence the suit. Stout has
engaged Senator Winfield and
' Jnrlcrp HnfTman nf Jsraoe Pitw tn
O- M . -vr
1 appear for him.
Making Rataina.
The grapes are purchased on the
vines, some by actual weight others
by estimating the crop from weigh
ing tbe product of every tenth vine,
writes a correspondent of the Sota
erville Journal. Good judges c-ia
make pretty good guess xt the
number ot tons od an acre f,t vim d,
and ears of practice enable the
er to tell very neariy not only the
amount, but the quality of the rais
ins to be made from tee vines which
grow in different soils.
The grapes are picked by crews of
men under experienced firemen,
and are placed in trays of wooden
frames, which are piled on top of
each other in wagons and taken to
the scales, weighed and then taken
t the drj inj grounds. These cot -sist
of about sixty acres of land
smoothed and cleaned like a brick
yard, and the grapes are spread out
in long rows to dry in the sun. Ten
days or two weeks from the "lying
down" is nsually about the time re
quired to dry them, and then those
thoroughly cured are taken up and
put in sweat-boxes. Probably one
third are not yet cured, and those
are turned over and placed in nar
row rows until the action of old Sol
has made them ready.-
The enormous quanity of grapes
handled by one firm can be estima
ted when it is known at one lime
this sixty-acre plot was covered,and
a portion of it has been covered a
second time. Teams are continually
coming and going, and a small army
of mea are employed to take care ot
the grapes and keep teams ou the
move. Many women and girls are
also employed picking up the loose
rairins which have fallen from the
stems. The tray are of a number
and capacity to hold 300 tons of
grapes. Another thing which catches
the eye at the drvmg group. i is trie
preparations maJe for possible rains
in the shape of rolls of oiled paper
stacked up in all directions. This
is in sheets about four feet in 'fiiith,
and sixteen feet long, prepared to
withstand rain by dipping it in Ihu
ed oil. Two car loads of paper and
fifty barrels of oil have been used
this season, but as yet it has not
been found necessary to use the
paper.
When properly dried the grapes
are taken up and put in sweat-boxes,
probably seventy-Rye or one hun
dred pounds to the box, and hauled
to the packing-house, where they
are piled from floor to ceiling in the
large front room. They are left here
some ten days, and pass through a
sweating process, the object being to
equalize the moisture contained in
them. When placed in boxes some
are made drier than others, but
when ready for the packer the in
tention is to make them, as nearly
as possible, equal and unifurm in
that regard. Four layers are placed
in a box. and each layer is weighed
by the packer, and the whole must
make exactly the twenty pounds re
quired. When a box is filled the packer
takes it to the scales near the duor,
presided over by at expert in the
business, who carefully weighs and
examines it, and,if all right, it is car
ried to the next room, where it is
nailed up and the corners smoothed
off, and it is ready for the shipment.
Particular care is exercised in grad
ing and weighing. About 125 men are
employed in and about the packing
house, and a "steady stream of
boxes" is kept going around the cir
cle. About 1,500 boxes a day were
being turned out, or three car loads
every two days.
, Peony tirocerifw in Mew York.
Within the last six months a
number of Italians and Germans
have started penny groceries in the
parts of thecity populated by the
poor, and these places all seem to
be prosperous and thriving. Ten
cents is thought by these grocers to
be a big bill, and the investor of a
quarter is inevitably regarded as a
millionaire. In conversation with a
Mail and Express reporter a lead
ing rt-tail grocer said :
"Tlere is no doubt these penny
groceries are on the increase. They
are an evil, and the penny grocer is
really the poor man's enemy instead
of his friend. In the penny grocer
the poor man pays twice as much
for his provisions in th loi g run
and doesn't get as good quality as if
he bought them in moderate quan
tities from larger stores. The penny
groceries are stocked with what the
poor man is likely to buy. The
quality of the provisions is not good;
the coffe acd tea are especially poor,
and the vegetables are invariably
stale. Many of tne penny groceries
sell bad whisky to their customers,
but few allow it to be drank oa their
premises'
An Ittlian who keeps a penny
grocery in South Fifth avenue, near
Bletcker street gives the following
list as an illustration of what can be
done in a penny grocery with a sil
ver quarter:
Tlree oincn of CoTee-
One ounce of lea.
TbrppiMinrea i.f rice......
Small l-ialof stale breal..
Sil Mick kintllini-woKl..
I nree onions..
Koiir potatoes (ol.J ,
Three ounces of barley.
Three ounces of brown sugar..
rmir ounce oi srarcu. I
Thin slice bnr ap . ..,? ,''"" 1
r.noiinii rai!ns for rice ptliing
!niall teg cup black niolx-.e!..
- 1
- 1
ijironitii ol oil .
Quarter of a yanl of lamp-wick.. l
1
Viarwr pourw oi olcmaiyarin- . ,
fctittle ol coal (miieli j
Three ounces of larii. j
Two pick Its .... . .. 1
Total
A small family can live for a day
on these purchases. The coffee will
b sufficient for a bi$r potful, and
the tea is enough for two d.'awingo.
The rice and raisins make a small
pudding. The stale bread will servs
for a meal, and there is enough su
gar to sweeten the tea and coffee.
The onions, potatoes and barley,
with the addition of a beef-bone
or piece of meat and a penny bunch
of pot-herbs, will rnako a stew or
soup. There is enough soap to
wash the dishes and scrub the child
ren's face", enough oil and wick to
last all night a scuttle of coal acd
wood to kindle the fire in the morn
in 2 Then there are larrl mr.liino
and thecext thing to butter, oleo
margarine, and the two good-sized
pickles for a relish. The penny
grocers buy amall stale loaves for a
half cent each and retail them at a
cent .Medium-sized stale loaves
i cost them one and a half cents am
sell at two cents, and large stal
loaves they sell at three cents. Th
coal they sell is coal-vard 8 ween
ings screened, and contains a good!
neat o Slate.
Dr. Dio Lewis declares that ho
water will cure every complaint tha
human flesh is heir to, yet all th
same a good deal of complaint enmp
from people who get into hot water
1 "What I tnA U.':r.
of a new book. It la almost need
.. - - ". uji iv UB is in lit!
less to say that it is fiction.