J06H COBB AND Hid DOGS.
Am Eocitrtc Coon Hunter Lift d
Baddea DeUa.
There never was a greater coon
v ,.., than old Josh Cobb, who be-
vrrwhere in this part of
f K Stat, and yet nowhere in par'
ticular," said an old-timer, who re
membered his subject ell, to a cor-
respondent ot we Jew ior
at Ilocky Hill, Pa., recently. " As
for that, there never was a better
hunter in the shape of wild game
, IT' 1 nun!
than Josn was. ua "6"
rifle, his tall, gaunt figure
and the eharp-ejed yellow dogs that
,!.vi irailed at his heels were ob-
i.t'fmiiiar to every town. Tillage
and camp from the Lehigh to the
Chemung and the Delaware to the
Susquehanna thirty or forty years
ago. mere waa a wjemj
bis yellow dogs that no one could
ever solve. People in those days
who had known Josh forty years or
mnr tierer saw turn witnoui nis
yellow doge following close in his
tracks, and tbey knew that the dogs
could not be the same ones ;year in
and vear out No one else was
known to have a dog of the same
breed as Josh's. It was long-limoea
and long-haired, with an eye as large
and sharp as a waifs. Josh's dogs
never made friends with anyone De
sides himself. When he stopped
thev stopped, and never moved on
until he did. During the sixty years
that Jwh traveled about in the
woods these does were his constant
enmnnniong.
Naturally in all these years the
hunter must have nad ai leasi six
different generations of dogs, and
they must all have been bred and
raised semewhere by himself. What
became of the animals as they grew
nlH inH nsftlres and made way for
identical in appearance,
n.tiiro and name, and where the
successors came from no one knew
The secret died with the old hunter,
for since bis death, a quarter of a
century and more ago, no such dogs
as his mystsnous, woii-nae .yenow
dogs have ever been seen in this re
gion, 'i'hey were equally useful on
the deer trail, in the fox chase, after
bear, on the rabbit track, in the
pheasant hunt, or sfter the wily
coon. Thev would never hunt with
a party unless Josh was in charge of
- .'. at .1 l
it. Jusa never naci less tuau uiree
of tliests strange, unfriendly animals
at his heels. Frequently he had
six or seven. Sometimes he would
not be seen in any of the villages for
months at atime.and hie appearance
in town after these long stops in the
wood was always signalized Ly his
going on an extended spree. He
had but few words to say to anyone,
even when drunk, but ha was de
termined in his purpose, and what
ever he made up his mind to do,
drunk or sober, no one could pre
vent him from doing. When he
was in liquor his dogs watched
about hiiu constantly. Once he
came into the old Egypt clearing
and got drunk. He had five dogs
with bioi. A big bushwhacker nam
Eed liiah Hoar was there, also drunk.
Hoar "was the terror of every place
where he happened to be when
drunk. He was quarrelsome, tyr
ranical and brutal. On this occasion
he tried to stir up a quarrel with
unoffending Josh Cobb, and finally
struck him. Instantly all five of
the dogs were upon the bully. He
fuught his way out of the bar-rooom
and, as he went out of the door, shot
and killed one ol the dogs, Josn's
favorite, named Grad. Josh got so
ber next day. He had the dead dog
buried, but never said a word or
made any sign that he had any feel
ing in the matter. He shouldered
his rifle and went back to the woods
with his remaining dogs.
" The day that Josh left the clear
ing Elijah Hoar had gone back to
his bark job, over near Nebo swamp.
He didn't came into the cabin that
night, and next morning one of the
men on the job went out to see what
the reason was. He found Hoar
lying on his face by the Btump of a
big hemlock tree. He was dead,
with a ride ball through his heart.
There was never any evidence dis
covered that warranted the arrest of
anyone on the charge of having kill
ed the bark-peeler, but no one ever
had any doubt as to who it was.
Josh Cobb bad avenged the death
ot his dog, as sure as the dog was
dead.
" Old Josh's last hunt was in the
mouth of February, 1S56. That was
a favorite coon hunting month of
his, or rather coon killing month,
for, as he knew where he could go
any time and get the game he want
ed, there wasn't much hunting about
it. About that time of year the
coons are still huddling together in
thtir winter nests in hollow trees.
Thirty years ago coonskins had a
good market value, and Josh always
made a raid toward the end of the
winter. Taking his dogs one day
he went over to Nebo swamp, and
in a short time had located eight
trees, each one of which his wood
cralt assured him contained a family
of coons snoozing away in the hol
low trunk. He cut down one tree
after another, and his dogs soon
routed out the coons and made short
work of them. Josh had felled sev
n of the trees, and forty-two coons
were lying about on the snow, ready
to be gathered up and skinned. He
set to work on the eighth tree, which
was what is known as a 'pepperage
tree. It was dead and hollow. One
big limb stuck out from the trunk
about forty feet from the ground.
Old Josh worked away with his
axe at the trunk, and had the tree
nearly ready to fall, when the big
limb suddenly separated from the
trunk and fell with a crash. Josh
could not get away in time, and the
heavy branch struck him on the
head and he dropped to the ground
with a crushed skull.
"The singular howling of Josh's
dogs attracted tiie attention of a
mule-driver who was returning Irons
the backwoods by the road on the
outer edge of the swamp. He fol
lowed the sound in to the tree, aud
found Josh lying senseless. He car
ried him to the wagon, fellowed by
the wbinning dogs, and took the
wounded hunter to the settlement
Josh never came to, and died during
the night. His dogs lingered about
the spot tor several days, and their
howling was so distressing that it
was resolved to shoot the poor crea
tures, but they disappeared before
the resolution was carried into effect.
Whatever became of them no one
ever knew. Their end was envelop
ed in as much m stery as their be
ginning.'' A Whola raally irtiM.
Defiahce, O, April 28. Freder
ick Hillerman. aged 30 went out in
boat with his wife and two little
children to fish in the Auglaize Riy
r. The boat capsized about 30 feet
from the shore and all the occupants
were drowned before help could
teach them. The bodies have been
recoTored.
Mutrr and Mam RelaMom oftheTwa
la Kn gland.
General Bdeau, writing on the
relation of master and man in Eng
land, says: I was staying onoe with
a young nobleman who had a crowd
nf nee for truest. We had been
dinning some miles away and drove
home rather late at night in what
is called an omnibus. The valet of
one of the visitors, a lad of 19 or 20,
stood on the steps outside. By a
jolt of the carnage this youtn was
thrown off into the road while we
were still some distance from the
house, and the whole party alighted
to look after him. He was unable
to walk or endure the motion of the
carriage, and a couple of Vicounts,
an officer of the army and a Baronet
carried the valet a quarter of a mile
un a steeD hill, then bore mm into
the room of the master of the house,
and one tore open his shirt to look
for the wound. Inere was no sur
geon, so they bathed his breast and
forehead themselves, and the youth
lav on the nobleman's bed till it was
certain he was not seriously injured.
Not till then did the gay young rol
lickers assemble for their late ca
rouse.
I know of another nobleman
whose eldest son was standing ior
Parliament. The contest was Keen
and the excitement in the family
extended to the servants. Finally,
the heir was elected, and the news
was brouirht to the Earl and Count-
ess as they stood on the steps of the
house in a crowd ot xrienos ana ioi-
lowers. The butler, a very respect
able man ol oU or more, who had
been in the family all his life, was !
unable to conceal his delight, lie
rushed up to his tnistrees, threw his
arms around her and kissed her,
and the salute was forgiven by the
lady as well as the Lord. I did not
witness this demonstration oi nuei-
lty, but I was told ny an lngiisn
man who was present and pronoun
ced it unusual, but not inexcusable.
The Queen, it is well known, set
the pattern in this consideration for
personal retainers, she not only
visits her gillies in the mgmanus,
but the servants on all her estates ;
she attends their balls and their
christenings and their lunerals ; she
invites them at times to entertain
ments at which she is present in per-
1
son : an honor sne never pays me
nobility: and her affection for her
devoted John Brown she has been
anxious to make known to the
world.
Twice I was present at country
houses where the servants joined in
dance with the family. Once it
was after a servant's wedding, which
was, of course, an event. On the
other occasion, at a well-known
lodge in the Grampians, a highland
eel was proposed, but tnere were
not enough ladies to go round, so
the best looking of the housemaids
were brought in and placed in the
ine with Marchionesses and the
daughters of Earls. One was by far
the prettiest of her ex in the room,
and the heir of the nuuee didn't like
it at all if any of his guests diiuc .d
too often with his maid. But none
of these young spinsters presumed
on the favor that was shown them ;
the distance in rank was too great to
be bridged by any transient famil
iarity. It was the very conscious
ness of the gull that made the con
descension possible.
At the house of a nobleman who
had a crowd of sons, and these al
ways a crowd ot boyish visitors, the
whole frolicsome party was sent off
nightly, after the ladies had retired,
to a distant tower of the castle where
they might make as much noise as
they pleased. They drank and they
smoked, and they played cards, and
they had two or three of the foot
men told off to them who stayed up
half the night with their young mas
ters, to wait on them and amuse
them. The young men were all of
the same age, and the gentlemen of
ten invited their servants to a cigar
or a glass and not unseldom to a
turn at the gloves, for most young
Irishmen box. Thev played fair :
the lads and the lackeys wrestling
together on an equality. The ser
vant might get his own master down
if he could, and if the valet struck
out from the shoulder the gentle
man took his punishment like a
man.
She Clasped.
I want to ask youT advice about
a novel I am writing, she confiden
tially remarked to a oodward ave
nue bookseller yeiterday.
"I shall ue happy to give it.
"The hero of my storv is wound
ed bv Indians, and cumes home
with his arm in a sling."
tt That's good."
"My heroine meets liim with
great joy, and he clasps her m hi
arms."
Perfectly proper. I d do it my
self"
i es, but dou t vou see that one
of his arms is in a sling : how couid
he clasp?"
That's so. And vet he OiU
come home wounded ?"
" He must"
44 And she must be clasped?"
" She ought to be."
Yes, that is so, but you must
leok out for the critics. How would
it do to have her clap him ?"
Wouldn't it look inimodst?"
"Not under tli circumstance-,
and vou can add a foot-note that
the joy of seeing him carried her off
her balance tor a moment, les,
let her clasp and take the conse
quences. If you get the right kind
of covers on a book, you needn't
care much about what is inside."
"Very well, my heroine shall
clasp ; I thank you ; guod day. De
troit Free PreM.
Mealing fpwardii or S.OOO ( iera.
Beverly, Mass., April 2.S -Edward
T. Shaw, who for twehe years
carried the mail between the local
postoffice and the railway station,
was arrested to-day. He confesses
to having systpmatically robbed the
mails for several years, taking be
tween 3000 and 50U) letters and ob
taining upwards of $1,500. Shaw is
2S years old and has a family. He
wss admitted to bail.
Dr. Gross, physician at St Vin
cent's Hospital, Baltimore, M J., con
siders Red Star Cough cure perfect
ly harmless, being purely vegetable
and entirely free from opiates, poi
sons, and ether narcotics. Other
professionals also endorse it as
prompt, safe and sure. Price, twenty-five
eeru a bottle.
US Dry Count tea la Georgia.
Augcsta Ga, April 22. Out of
137 counties in Georgia, prohibition
operates in one way or another in
115 counties. Washington county,
oe of the largest in the State, has
voted the dry ticket by a majority of
252.
From eating too much chicket i
one is apt to have a fowl stomach. 1
Stories Told ot Uomgta.
The late John B. Gough told a
story as well in private as in public,
says a writer in the Philadelphia
Times. 1 he lollowing are remem
bered among some of the experiences
he used to relate :
On one occasion I had made an
appointment in a small town in
Massachusetts and rede seven miles
to fill it On arriving at the church
as the people were assembling I
found no one to receive me. I ask
ed a middle-aged rustic if he could
tell me where 1 could find the presi
dent of the temperance society.
" I reckon I'm him,'' he said la
conically. " Ah 1 well, my name is Gough,"
I said.
" Wall, I kalkilate it's about time
to skin in."
In we went, and I sat down in a
pew nntil he came to me and said :
" I guess it's time to begin."
" Is there any one to offer prayer?"
I asked.
" No ; the parson's away."
Is there no deacon ?"
" I 'spect I'm a deacon."
44 Well, can't you pray ?''
44 No ; I reckon I speak in the
meetin'."
As I passed into the pulpit he
stood beneath it and called out to
the audience: 44 Mr. Gough is in the
desk an he s a-gwine to lectur .
I proceeded to "lectur" as well as
I could, and when I had finished
and taken my seat on the platform
my agricultural friend called out
from below:
44 We will now purceed to take up
a collection ior tne nenem oi me
lectoorer." He then proceeded to
pass his hat around among the peo
ple who had ripidly begun to leave
the church as soon as they heard
the ominous word collection. When
he had completed his task he dump
ed upon the table in front of the
pulpit the contents of his tile and.
shaking hie tile, said to me, "Thar!
that 'ere is all fur you. I ain't goin'
to take nothin' for the lights."
The amount did not exceed 11.50.
44 1 do not want it" I said.
44 Wall, I swow 1 Yer don't want
all that money ?"
44 No."
44 Wall, then, 1 reckon I'll tale it,"
and .suiting the action to the word
he swept the money into bis hat,
placed it on his head aud walked
off without another word, leaving
me to enjoy a hearty laugh as the
only recompense for my night s
wors.
In one of the first towns in which
spoke outside of Worcester I la
bored for three nights, and was told
bv the committee at the conclusion
of my last address that tbey had no
funds in the treasury and did not
like to take up a collection, but that
if I would come again and give
three more lectures I would be libei
ally paid. I consented, and shortly
afterward began my other course of
three lectures. At the termination
of the second one a gentleman arose
and suid that as Mr. Gongh had not
bten paid on the occasion of his pre
vious visit to that town, he suggest
ed that a collection be taken up for
the purpose of remunerating him.
I object to collections, said an
other gentleman ; "but if we must
have one let it be to-morrow night,
when we will all come prepared."
The third evening was very rainy
and a collection amounting to $1.80
was taken up. A gentleman near
the table remarked as the money
was being counted, "The amount is
very small. I do not mind making
it up to 82 out of my own pocket,
for the laborer is worthy of his hire,
and he very emphatically laid down
two silver dimes. I refused to take
$2 for six days' work, during which
my personal expenses had been So,
and departed. The next day re
ceived from three liquor sellers a $5
bill enclosed in a letter, in which
they said that they thought I had
worked hard enough to be better
paid.
Once alter lecturing at consider
able personal expense at a town
some distance from Worcester, where
I expected a remuneration at least
sufficient to reimburse me, I was
merelv tendered a vote of thanks.
I arose and tequested that the vote
should he put in writing, as perhapB
the couductor on the train would ac
cept it for mv fare. The committee
took the hint and a liberal collec
tion was then taken up tor me.
Counterfeit Stiver Coin.
Want of ring," said Mr. Tanda,
of the sub-tieasury, "does not al
ways mean that a coin is bad ; many
good coins lack ring and many bad
ones have it, especially old coins
filled with platinum. If a coin is
of lead, its color will betray it : if it
is filled a sharp eye can always de
tect the joint between the two halves.
The absence of ring i.s easily explain
ed. Silver dollars are stamped from
long strips, the ends of which strip
are apt to get curled in such a man
iter as to break the lamina; ef the
metal, so that coins cut lrom it have
flaws which destroy the ring. We
I do not judge coins by the ring, but
by the appearance. A counterfeit
among a number of dollars spread
out on a table will instantly be de
tected by an expert judge. It looks
larger than the t dollar in most
c.tses, and if all it' base metal its
color is always tad. A coin made
of lead, tine and powdered glass has
a ring, but it is alwavs larger than
the genuine dollar. Ring, therefore,
menus but little. We have about
thirty bad silver dollars brought in
here every day. and the business
seetwn to be on the increase.
"With gold coins the detection of
counterfeits i more difficult. Those
filled with platinum have a fair ring
aud ttte joiut iu the edge is effaced
by remilling. Platinum m worth
only about one-third the value o(
gold, weiebt for weight. I have 820
gold pieces out of which 814 worth
of gold bad been taken and replaced
by platinum, making :tu exceeding
ly daneerous counteifeit which onlyj
a good judge ef coins could detect
The ring is good and the weight is
there, while the whole outside of the
coin is genuine." X. Y. Evening
rost.
The enervations and lassitude of
spring time are but indications of
the sluggish action of the blood,
overloaded with carbonates accumu
lated by the use of heating food in
winter. This condition may be
remedied by the use of Ayer's Sar
saparilla, the beet blood purifier
known.
Tea Milca of Moantala la Flame.
Tamaqca, April 20. Great fires
are prevailing on the mountains in
this vicinity, and the air is dense
with smoke. Last night the moun
tain, extending from the Schuylkill
river to Summit Hill, a distance of
10 miles, was one continuous sheet
of flame.
The man who is drowned while in
bathing faces death with a naked eye.
A TALE OP A DRUMMER.
How He aoa tbo Minister Came to
be 'a a Hopeless Minority.
Among the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher's many accomplishments
not the least it his ability as a story
teller. To much-amused listeners
he recently told this one about a
New York drummer. A typical
44 knight of the gripsack was de
tained at a small town in western
New York awhile ago where a revi
val meeting was in progress. He
had met a party of convivial friends
during his stay there, and had what
is popularly known as " a load on.''
Nevertheless he drifted into the re
vival meeting and took a seat well
in front It was rather close in the
church, and the warm air was con
ducive to sleep. The drummer
yielded to the drowsy god, and after
nodding a little sank into a profound
slumber, and slept through the min
ister s rather long and dry discourse, j
The audience sang a hymn, and the
drummer 6lept on. Then the evan
gelist began his address, and wound j
up nis tervid appeal with mis re
quest :
U ill all ot you who want to go
to heaven rise."
Every one in the church except
tbo sleepy drummer arose. Wheu
the evangelist asked them to be seat
ed, one of the brothers in the same
pew as the sleeping drummer acci
dentally brushed against him as he
sat down. The drummer rubbed
hia eyes, and, partially awake, heard
the last portion of the evangelist's
rluuest, which was :
" Now 1 want all of vou who want
to go to hell to stand up."
The drummer struggled a little,
leaned forward unsteadily, and rose
from his seat in a dazed sort of a
way. A sort of suppressed laugh he
heard from some ef the younger
people, and an expression of horror
be noticed on the faces of some of
the older ones. Steadying himself
against the rail he looked at the
evangelist an instant and then
said :
Vell, Parson, I don'; know just
exactly what we're voting on, but
you and 1 seem to be in a hopeltes
minority."
Klllea a MrfB for Sheltering- II la Wife.
Salem, W. Va., April 22. Thom
as True yesterday drove his wife out
of doors, and swore he would kill
any one .giving her shelter. The
woman went to the home of Robert
Miller and begged for shelter which
he gave her. True loaded his gun
with slugs, went to Miller's home,
called him out, and shot him dead.
True took to the hills, and a crowd
is on his trail. He will be lynched
if captured.
An Important Invention.
A happy time is at hand for Eng
lish playwrights, for soon it will be
possible to fill theatres nightly with
out works of genius to atu.ict Jie
public. It will not matter who the
players engaged are, either, for no
one will have time to lok at them.
All this comes of the invention of
the ladies opera hat," which the
one sex will go to the theatre to
wear, and the other sex to gaze upon.
Gentlemen seated behind ladies
whose hats obscured their view of
the stage have long prayed for the
invention ; but m their mast san
guine moments they can naraly
have hoped that it would prove so
amusing a toy to the other sex as to
become at once popular. Such,
however, is the case. The theatre
hat for ladies 44 is operated by a
spring, to which a string is attach
ed." On the curtain rising the wear
er pulls the string, when down
comes the hat tint on the head.
When the act is over she pulls again
and up it goes to the former posi
tion. Doubtless timid gentlemen
will be a little alarmed by the thea
tre hat at first and the accidental
bobbing ud of one now aud then
during the performance may irritate
the players, lhese are small mat
ters. As, however, it would have a
much prettier effect if the huls
worked in harmony, it would be a
good idea for the inventor to have a
class for practice, and to he in the
orchestra to give the signal for action
as the curtain rose. bt. James s
Gazette.
Cbolera In Germany.
Berlix, April 22. Signs of chol
era in Germany have created a tre
mendous scare, and the G jvernment
has revived the enforcement of the
preventive measures adopted and
exercised in lv. i he police are
active in carrying out the regula
tions, and the sanitary committees
are extraordinarily watchful. m
Twenty Cawa Bitrned to Deal a.
v et uhester, Anni At an
early hour this morning :i lure bsrn
near uiei mills, on tne West Ches
ter and Philadelphia Rii'road, the
property of Jesse nnd J.ued I) irling-
ton, was burned to the ground.
Ihre valuable horses ami twenty
head of cows perished and consider
able farm machinery was destroyed.
The fire was doubtless the work of
an incendiary.
Aa laameBaeOII Well.
Washington, Pa., April 24. An
immense oil well was struck yester
day on the Thayer & Go's, lease of
the Clark heirs. The first twenty
four hours, ending this morning, the
well had done 42o barrels. To-day
the drill was again set in motion
and the production was soon in
creased so that it was necessary to
remove the tools. For several hours
past the well has been throwing out
oil at the rate of from sixty-five to
seventy barrels per hour, making
undoubtedly the largest producer in
me country, i ne people here are
almost wild with excitement.
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KING'S EVIL
T.'as the name formerly given to Scrofula
I naiiM; of a superstition that it could be
cured by a kind's touch. The world Is
wiser now, and kuons that
SCROFULA
c:n osilr bo nirod by a thorough purifies
tma 'if the blood. If this is nt-Klucted,
the dip!ise perpetuates ltd taint through
len-rjtion after pent-ration. A mo 115 its
1 irlUr M'mptomulic developments are
2.i-zem:i,' Cutaneous Kruptions, Tu
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furuient llcers, Servous aud t:iiy
sieal Collapse, rtc. if allowed to con
tiinie. Kiieumutism, icrofulous Ca
tarrh, Kklm-v and Liver Oiseases,
Tubercular Consumption, and vari
oj other daucroua or fatal maladies, are
liiOUaced by it.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
I the onlti poirerful and alvays reliable
lliiKi-pvri'iiinri i,iedicine. It is so effect
an alterative that it eradicates from
I in? system Hereditary (scrofula, and
tii" kindred poisons of contagious diseases
ami mercury. At tbo same tiico it en
rk'lies and vitalizes the blood, restoring
liral!hful action to the vital onrans and
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to tne medical profession, and the best
physieians constantly prescribe AVER'S
baksai-aiuxla as all
Absolute Cure
For all diseases caused by the vitiation of
the 'jlood. It is concentrated to the high
est praeticablo' degree, far beyond any
other preparation for which like effects
crc claimed, and is therefore tho cheapest,
well as th3 best blood ptrrifyinj medi
cine, !a tac world.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
rRl.PAIiKD BV
Dr. J. S. Aysr & Co., Lowell, Uass
'Analytical Chemists.
foil by all I.-ii;;is:-: Trice $1;
Six li ttlea f,.r ..
LIME ! LIME !
The Farmer's Lime Company, Limited, will sell
at tbelr kilns, or load so ears,
GOOD LIME
At ft cent per bushel, or deliver It m Low at tlia
Lowest to all Katlna4 Sttlns ami Slitinttrs 1l
the t'-oantr, and on the Berlin Branch much low
er. Satitfactxon guaranteed It U the Ciray
Ferri1ru Lime, which Is kaown ttr Practice
and Science to be the Stronjrett and Best for Ax-
rk'oltoml furpuaea. All orders promptly filled.
AddreM, HENRY 8. WALTER,
dec-14-lvr Oarroti Somerset Co.. Fa.
FACTS vs. PREJUDICE
Prejudice is hard to combat. It cannot be
overcome in a day. More than likely it wasn't
formed hastily. Indeed it may have been
gradually strengthening its hold for years.
For instance, some folks believe Rheumatism
cannot be cured. Their fathers believed so
before them. So did their pranrifathers;
Now, RHEUMATISM CAN BE
CURED, notwithstanding this prejudice,
but the trouble is to make people think so.
The only way we know to meet popular un
belief is to state the PLAIN FACTS, and
then present the POSITIVE PROOFS
that they are facts. It is a fact that the
RUSSIAN RHEUMATISM CURE
not only relieves but banishes Rheumatic
Fain. There is positive proof of it too. It
comes from those who have suffered untold
ajony with Rheumatism and have been com
pletely cared by this remedy. All who have
tried it have had this experience. Some of
them permit us to print their testimony. It
makes quite a little book, w hich we send free
to any who are interested enough to ask for it.
A complete Russian Rheumatism Cure,
costs S2.50. If mailed, loc. additional. If
registered, loe. more. You'll never need but
one, so the price isn't hit;h. Who wouldn't
give S2.50 to get rid of Rheumatism ?
As yet it cannot be found 'at the ttores, but can be
h.i! only by enclosing the amount as allure, and
addrafcir.f; the American Proprietors,
PFAELZER BROS. 4 CO.,
819 & Bit Market St., Philadelphia.
f-rT;t?a Fill .t EIIIMVi
$25 Phosphate
l not a mere istirntilant: ft Is aot Acidulated
S. . KorU, bat a
TUVK A MM OX I A TED
1. SUl'EIl-l'llOSl'IIATE
.1- Trying, the nceoary plsrt fond aa needed.
it . : ji . np n esrlf tert. ami M:t.inina it cntil
: . u. '.jiid. Being an Amtoai Buna Manure, it also
i:r.,zrovss the soil permanently.
R-il f.r rsMCII'S MIOSPH ,tk f;rit)K.
Aior:ices&d sample of Baujch's Kaw Bine Manure
THE nriC!;AL
y . . ... ,
f- ; i o;j
I BAUSH Ss SONS
j ijiiur.t:3rm a. Saiaortrrv
! PHILADELPHIA, PA.
ASTHMA
CURED!
1 lUCll TII1L tan.
rum the awt statical
GERMAN ASTHMA CURE'&
:utMn inoieiit attack: miuJT" conifnrtaiile tie'?
' (Tucta cures wLuto all mber reirali fail
wtunaff for re-mn. Its art lot.
ina-rtliiit. dirrrC nd PtrTtAln. amtt
cuntm cflrrtral in mil C17RABL.K CAE.
li rrrTTnii.rT.ilj trwl mm lev w)aatuliw."
Bon. M. Lut. St. fmml, Mrmm
1 mm matfKij wsWai m hesitb wf IwiM AsUubi
Cire." Jm. Fttttm, Uamutto. Okte.
Crn.il ifttnu Oin b ill t claim fcr it, Itacvei
fiU.' Prof. B. Yon rinarrU, GrwiO, S. C
Uf ipaitMI lawararartwd Oermaa A-tkm Own. Ill
cured ase." Mi. JT. h. TttrxLk, laniiamtrrrn, CM
tf timUar Umm mm tUa. amy ?-.
(.frnia Aathwrn Care In told by aH Aram1
nsU iu .iOc.avixi lor t by mail co recirri
11 price. Irtal rtu kv-is irr to any uam lor:
CatarrH
ELY'S
CREAM BALM
IS WORTH
G 1.000
TO AWT MAM,
OB CHILD
ferlas- rroa
CATARRH.
A. E. NEWMAX,
OraiiBc Kich.
Mtn"C
ifi-'fun art-.
IAY-FEVER
-Aparllela la applied tnteemeh aoatrt I aad if
a(rcabl to on. Priea M easts by ausll or at
Lrurlsu. Bead tar drralar: ZLT BSOS,
WW
A Bullet Can Find a Cowara.
" Gen. Grant was a firm believer
in the mythical lucky star," an old
military man said recently ; 44 like
Napoleon, he believed what would
be, would be. I was with tyrant in
the days preceding the surrender at
Appemattox. One afternoon, dur
ing one of the numerous kkirmisbes
of those last eventful days, one of the
drafted men a poltroon and a no
torious coward was found skulking
in the commissary's camp. The fel
low was pointed out to the General.
4 Let him go,' said he ; let him go ;
a bullet can find a coward in one
plaoe as well as another.' Half an
hour afterward the soldier was found
with a bullet in his brain within the
corral of a train of horses, and dead."
44 Dozens of letters a day pour in
upon Dr. David Kennedy, of Ron-
dout, N. Y.. from people who have
been benefitted by using his popular
preparation called Kennedy's Favor
ite Remedy. Aud they often lllus-
i trate what this remarkable medicine
j .... , . . ,
j accomplishes It) 80016 new and tilth
"to untried field of operation. Not
infrequently patients come long dis
tanced to gTnp the Doctor bv the
Lanu and express their gratitude for
deliverance lrota paiu. Iroy (N
Y.) Daily Times.
A North HeeterD writer aeserU that
there are no venomous enakts in
the entire State of Minnesota.
Wnen llabj aa ales, we gftre ber Casiorta,
When b raa a Child, she cried fur CasUiria,
When she bevatno Mina, f be clang to Catoria,
When ate had Children, she gave them CasMria.
The coal available for the future
market in the Pitti-burgh field id
plat ed at 5,000,000 tone. '
SiiiLcii'd vitalizer m what you
need for Consumption, Loss of Ap
petite, Dizziness and all symptoms
oi DysixMifiis. rncelOand lOctnU
per bottle. U. W. Benford A Son
''Boston will nut long he ti e lit
prsrv rrntra nf Amtrio-. n-ill it'
"No. I believe not. Whv, they're
raising liean out in Missouri now.
I HAT I JACKING lOUGH Clin t;e 0
quickly cured bv Sliilois Ctirp. W
guarantee it. (J. V. Benford A Son
We can ridicule the reil-noseil
man, hut there is something bril
liant about him alter all.
Croup, whooping cough and bron
chitis immediately relieved bv Shi
loh's Cure. G. W. Benford A Son.
The old lady who thinks every ca
lamity that happens to her a trial,
and every win that happens to her
acquaintances a judgment, h not
dead yt t.
Shilom's cough and Consumption
Cure is fold by (j V. Benford A Son
on a guarantee. Itcuies Consump
tion.
For (several years I havp been
troulil-ii with t'-it:irrh. EIv'h Cream
Baltii It;"- pruvfil tn he the article ile-
sireil I believe it the only cure.
L. I Ct.lurn, Merchant, Towanda,
Pa.
Will yoi: scffek with Dyspepsia
and Liver Complaint? Shilohs vital
izer is guaranteed to cure you.
u. . Benford & son.
I was troubled with catarrh for
fifteen year. ElyV Cream Balm has
opwitrt mv no.-lrils and reduced the
iil.!inn;tUon mv eves can now
stfst.il htrtinp liaht. N. Feg!ey,
Wilkesharre, l':!.
Sleepless night, made miserable
by that terrible cauh. sliiloh's Cuie
id the remedy for vou.
G. V. Benford tfc Son.
My d lUiihter and myself, great
suflerers! irom catarrh, were cured
by Ely's Cream Balm. M reuse of
smell is restored. C. M. Stanley,
Shoe Dealer, llhacu. N. Y.
Cataukii cured, health and aweet
breath fecured, hy Shiloh's Catnrrh
Remedy. Price 50 cents. Nasal In
jector fne. G. W. Renforr & Son.
How many bald heads you see.
Work, worry, disease, di-sipation.
These do it. Parker's Hair Balsam
stops faliins liair and restores gloss
and youthful color. Exceptionally
clean, elegant, a perfect dreMnj. not
greasy. Prevents dandruff.
For la oi e buck, side r chrsf, U:
Shilohs PonuH Plaster. I'rice 1
cents. G U Cei.f rKt Son.
tir .111, i . .
" e fiicuin nave nein?r preacninfr
ii the preachers were nil -ounij and
heilthv infi. 'Cilvin iiihv hiive had
.L 1 - .... T , . .
m- nxiepria, imt it did t.sm no
go id h a the.iloojun. A Mettwxlist
Minister, of Hartford, Cum , writes
that Dr. Kennedy's" Favorite Item-
edj" cured him of chronic liver dis
ease snd indigestion. Hisbrethren
of all denomination are respectful
ly invited to not" the fact. Sick
preacherj are in poor condition ti
proclaim the poeuel news. Sound
tiodies are wanted.
loo can t work to much purpose
unites you are well, but vou can
build up your health and strength
with Parker' Tonic, and work will
then lu-come easy. It seU the lungs,
liver and kidneys m working order.
Coughs and colds vanish before it,
lake it in time.
Clearfield'. Miners.
liCNTixc.DON, April 22. Owing to
the c mtinucd strike in the Clearfield
district a large number of miners are
now leaving that region for the East
Broad Top, Shoup's Run, and Mey-
eredale district, where the advance
of ten cents was granted a few weeks
ago. 1 hey have found employment
at the advance, but will send the ex
tra 10 cents earned on each ton to
their despondent brethren in Clear
field. The magical effects of St. Jacobs
Oil in removing soreness and stiff
ness makes it invaluable at all times.
Rheumatism and NeuralziaDramrjt.
ly yield to it.
If a Mr. Brown married a Mm
White, and a son of this couple mar
nei a Mi. urn v. and a daughter cf
theirs again mame a Mr. Black,
what color is their offsnring?
As a superb hair dressing and rer.I
ovater Ayer's Hair Vigor is nnivei
sally commended. It eradicates
scurf and dandruff, cures all erup-
uons ana licmngs oi tne scalp, pro
motes the renewed growth of the
hair, and surely prevents its fading
or turning gray.
BROWN'S
IRON
BITTERS
WILL CURE
HEADACHE
INDIGESTION
BILIOUSNESS
DYSPEPSIA
NERVOUS PROSTRATION
MALARIA
CHILLS and FEVERS
TIRED FEELING
GENERAL DEBILITY
PAIN i. the BACK & SIDES
IMPURE BLOOD
CONSTIPATION
FEMALE INFIRMITIES
RHEUMATISM
NEURALGIA
KIDNEY AND LIVER
TROUBLES
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
The (ienuine h t Trade Mark and craased Red
Lines on wrapper.
TAKE NO OTHER.
THELOWEST RATES
OX THKOUOH TICKETS
WEST AND KOIJTHW'I-IST. Via
For lull IntormaUon ot the route, where to ol
tain tloTrrninent LntHt. lnp. Kt .
A.M. HKACKKNKIIMIE,
Cent I'aas. A a t..
COO. 7TH. AVB. k SaUTHriKLDSTA.,
11 TSBruii. Pa.
SOMERSET LUMBER YARD,
Offire and Yard
AT
Somerset,
Op. S- & C. R R.
Station .
MisdJciiirEr an! Dealer. Wlolsnar &l Eftiiler cf
LUMBER AND EUILDIKG MATEEIALS,
HARD AND SOFT WOODS,
OAK, POPLAR. SIblXGS. PICKETS,
ASH, WALSLT, YI.COKIS0. ASH.
VHKRKY, YHU.OW riHE, SHISGLKS, HOURS,
( Ht'ST.vrT, WHITV PISV, LATH, ULl.MlS,
K (teneral ltne of all aratlee of Lumber nn.i Buttlhi-z Material am K
Also, can luntun anythtuK in the line ol uur buiues to t-rUer :th tva::
Urukeu, UJl-Biied work, ate.
Offices and Yard Opposite S. &
THE OLD RELIABLE
SCHT7TTLEB WJLO-02ST-
ES TA 11 L IS II E 0 IX CIIICAC.O IX lsj .
Sits
I have just reocivetl tjr'car Is f tlie Se!f-iliri iStiv!skein Holnitiicr Waiiiv tjjt:
most pmp!?te WesUrn Waoti in tixe nr.rket lor li m- ttr Kana Purp t". ti T t iait- r
tbere is a Rear Brake, to be ued when hniilin-r liay ur jratn, somef iun that farmers
know the necessity of when hauling on hilly faria. Evt-ry part of the Wood work oi"
h is wui;m. ha. Iuil in Stock three years before beio wikrketl up, iiifiriii tiie work to be
horouhly wasorietl before being iroueO. Itei n tiie patenters of the
DOUBLE COLLAR AND OIL CUPS.
It ia theunlr Waitn ma-ie that lias this improve 'sit'tit. It avul.1 liic
nceessity of tjikiii) otr the wherls to i-'n-e, as in tlitini i sty ,- by ."im
ply turning a cap the wagon cun hi- in I.-.i tli:i i liw mi:n:n. T!; is
Va)?on wants to be seen to be fully appriviatitl, au l particH wi.-hin t
buy will Jo well to see it before puriliasin;; eWw::. r.'.
EVERY WAGON FULLY INSURED.
Iu oflcriii),' this malie of W'wn to the public, w ill say I 1 e ! tlie nmc
make of Wairon for live years when freililimr ui-ro.-' tiie U- oky M.iun-
ill
m
S " ww tains.
over roads that were
f
tlie tust. I feel warranted in sayin.; I Im.v- the n i; t , . n .
wheels.
Call ou Oliver Knrpper or Henry llcllley, who will show you the
Wagons.
tfAUEXTS WASTED THROUGHOUT TUL' COLSTY.
P. II EFFLEY.
SOMERSET, MARCH 23, 1885.
EAUFIAIIS
FIFTH AVENUE A2TD S2JITHFIELD STREET,
THE LARGEST AMERICAN OUTFITTING
OLOTHIHG. SHOES,
13 Stores in one. 1 gi,500,cso invested! j 400 Employees!
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0,rr n..a.i1lfU!ly Illu.tratl Ke FAPntOV PXU.K enniainine all ,1
I Hid: t.w nhnM ir ivwk of prpoini ail frDm rh,r .. .1 i
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CAUTION! CAUTION! DON'T BE MISLED
fraudulent hoa who rpprewnt them-ves as our concern. We have SO Branch Stores imvwkw. Oi:r
is ir Mammoth New r.un.Un-. known as
KAUFMANNS'
-h Ave. and Smithfield St.,
J. Scott w'aan.
HOME . WARD
euwKSnoRa to
EATON & BROS,
SO. 27 FIFTH AVENUE,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
FALL AND WINTER, 1885-1886.
NEW GOODS
ZTZ1Y TA7 SPECIALTIES
imwvM
kerchiefs, OrtH Trimming,, HosierT, Gloe,
Corsets Muslin and Merino Underwear, In
fants' and Children's Clothing. Fancj
eods, Yams, Zephyrs, Mate
ria'! cf A'l Kmds for
FANCY WORK,
Gents FEiiMii Goals, fc, k
lOUB rAHOSU la SKSfierTlrCLI.Y IL.'ITD
Orilcrs by M iiIattHn.ieI to with I'mmt
ness and lhiatt'ri
FASHIONABLE
CUTTER & TAILOE,
f '? t T c Hav!n ha-lmany
Ih ail
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U tiifira:-
ours. ic.
jf. iioiiii:ri.EiJ,
.Sonierxett Pa.
MOV! n'.MiS.
STAiH K l.'f.v.
HAH. vrt'ivs
.Nf. H i.f. Vvsrs
inir Slale kr';t tn Sro.
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C. R. R. station, Somerset, Pa
almost itnptssi'.M', atul tin y alwws s!ool
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V&'-J A : wa.i may tl op.
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MlifflpSP ill
iot th new stylM of thTStawn. In?rtn:r?inj roti how :o m :'-r y
-unftimin? roa with our fnnrmi.n rtii livfuncnt ami 'iiir ni :i
It cuMsi you noiiiinj; but will sate you
GRAND
OIACONALLY ACROSS
FROM THE POST OFFICE
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Het m i J? C'l.'thl! ia Plil!a.!c!i ;
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Fumi-tie,! on S.'i'jrt N.-.too.
Painting Dona on Short Tixe.
r.y W'.ri; ts mvl'i onl of i'hor.tu
tt oid. atol lil Iron and v,
tirtl! 'o:;-;n.-:c I. :MT Kir:
ii'urrantrj to Ou-t Sa'.w'a
Repairing
II in i.-!n ,!y Line I:
N.iti.-e. 't.'fJV KK.ISOSAI I f.'.
All Work Warranted.
('.ill :
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n.l Kt imiiie Si-.-a.
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AGENTS WANTD!
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