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inc-ipti"" allll dismniiimed until nil '
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SoMKH.ET, Pa.
J. B. O'Connor.
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"T L' jv.sierti.-e. Johiww". '
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l1' VTTOKNEY AT LAW.
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1 Somerset, Fa.,
, in S-viens'l and d.iiiiti
A'i i,.i-;nf fiunisU-d u inn will ijceie
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art- m ..m.-TMt iukI n.ljuiliini! s.iinlli.
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: . mi.l a-:j.'iiiiiit'-'ilmit. i'.l Froinpl-
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v i, (n- Mr.vf 'iilk- ii'i)V iuimIv. csialw
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L. C CoLBoKS.
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! MT'KM-YS-AT LAW.
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.mniM.-il 1 our "arc will 1
,. ."i,il Hii'l tH'.llilill alU-mlwl l. .illwti-li
' j's,.i,.. r-t. Iknilonl and adj.iinini! ouu
, .,':nw;nii and touvi-ywJii ins done on rea-
H!Al;V. K.SCHK1.L.
ATTi'KNEY-AT LAW.
iuivrrt. Fa.
ai.J Feiiiu A-nt. Otlict; in Maiimiolli
A"U.KMINr. HAY,
ATTtiKNEY AT L.AW,
StiiMfmel. Fa.
' Kl. r i: Hl fite. W 111 attend u all
!,;. h,- rmm-tl lo Uik -Jire with (rouitnem
:t'it'.:t) -
1 TiHN li. VIIL
J ATltmXEY AT LAW. .-P .
.mi.i!v R!i-i'i I" " Irti'ineaa mtntKUMl
ir wL' M ''!vnrd ou coltoetlwiia. c !
ji ii. Muiurotrtb Mo a.
T!: K. A. KHOAHS.
) IHV-ltlAN ANP HIF.I.E..N.
Kniii'na-t. l a.
, in i .H.k 4 litfrits' Ulok. i.ud Elr.
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IIIV.-KIAS A SI' blKi;E"S,
fHlVKBi-ET. Fa.,
,-. j. - hi. i.i..li-(. iiiai T iet to the citizen of
xi.iiniy. ultiLT in Fo"t
t-...'ii:n; lji-i ul I'saiiioud.
11. S.-KIMMKIJ
t .. wi.i. i.r..f, o.i,,iil m'im to the citizen"
i iiri i. imtv. rule pnifeioiially
n.-vii w can ! ininJ at I;i oihee on Main M.,
Lm; ui i'lallhilid.
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u. ii. i:i;it.aki:u
TMt-vliU (.r..f.--ioiial services to the citizen
fi.Ti and vicinity. itlice in residence on
ki i-Uert t of I'lHinond. .
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U.WM. KAl t il
v . i t . ...r. ; 1 ...-;.a t tin- ritircilR
!i;-r.-t and vicinity, tdlice in otliee
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Wi.U'ATIliC FHYS1C1AS ASU H K.KtX.
I i.iii r- hi M'T iee to the ja opls of Somerset
nii-iiiitv rali in tow n and country rotnpt
!; tt'mM f an l found at ortiee day or
vtui i:in rilei.oiHlly li)0M!e'l. ''""'e ou
' M ctmicr ol lnainond. over KncpaT'
v.m..
DK-J. M. Urt-TKKK.
HiYsP IAS ASI SI K'.EOS.
iU- lind ).-niinueutly in SMfniers fr the
!: n! hi- .r..li-iou. tlice on Main street,
a. iiriik More.
Dl: J.. M M1L1.KN.
,'"w H'-rinl attvntion tothe preservation of
BattBd M. Artifieal i-i iii ru-d. All
"I'-a l. ! pi-anleed KHlil'a)ory- ' ,rt''1' lta"r
'k.U(-"ait.
DH -I"H l'.H.I.s.
IKS 1 1ST.
" P "air- in ( A: iWnt Kh-ck.
DmvM. u n i l ss,
HK.VJliT.
ir, K:..-).p-r I'.lock uptirs. where he
" 'ULd ; ,.11 nuns. prercd lodo all kind
nicI. w. tilling. re-iilatiiiK. eilracliiiK.
I' x.al ., ih ,,t all kind and of th la-a
"-r. itH-ncJ. All work euaraiiteed.
BKiiinaiietiily kiri1lu berlln for the prne
"? "It. jiMfvwioii. !!ire opKjaite harle"
ruii.TiT y i,re.
nit i st-t County liank.
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t-J. Harrison. m.j.pritts,
l'l:ll.KT. CAalllKR.
nadr in all wrt of the I'nited !latea.
CHARGES MODERATE.
hi!.
. -t-iuiii; to keno niouey ei can a -'"Uxi
in dran ou New Y ork in any uin.
b' ' a nil l.rmiiptneM. I . S. HHid
li-'.l-f cclchratcd aaf.-a. with !r
r'"4 -S.Mninic lia k.
wtn(i (it, fmrmTs
-www.iii iiwliiw.iiJ-a;.
'i Uxn idBv., (ll-ired.
CURTIS K. GROVE.
SOMERSET, PA.
IiIv.ifw n,KK,HS, CAI'.F.IAt.K.
"I'fcl.v; AMtSR. W:K A'iONS.
FA'TKhS AM. VKTKkS WOKK
Furiiiu oti short Nothv.
J&ioncg Done on Short Time.
' i niailewn of Tlionmohly HranmM WnuA,
-i tb . r, aK4 SUH tMjiMantially
wntnirted. Neatly Finished, and
atTHiiil to (rive SatlxfafUoii.
Osly First Class Wcrfenen.
nt w All Kind In My Line Untie ou
K"n N,iee- Itliw RKAi- IS A BI.K, and
M Work arranted.
,:i'iiiie my NiK k. and Ix-aru . ."ee-
i I""' "Tk' f"r"'n S.'ive for Wind
CURTIS K. GROVE,
(taat ,4 roan Houre) .
BOMEhoET. FA.
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VOL. XXXV. NO.
B. & B.
TUESl'Ei'lA L EYF.XTtir THISSEASOX
WILL HE THE
'Grand Lace Curtain Sale!
Which e havr jiiKt iiiUKnratyl. Thin Mile will
Kiira.M nil mir former eflitruin thinlim'tion. The
KikkIs. are all new pnUeni, nooiil Muff and most
l'iiifin,Mirtw n iiniMtrtatinnit, autli4trleixi;lasive
ith lit. Tlieyfw ill rniitT in jirii-e. Vi :
Eur e.lmioe n' dxiiri in NotliUKham Curtain
3 ran. Ioiir. 7: rent and l.i wr iwiir. Eir :',
jam k""!. w nil utM ttltn. 51 '.j.ri l 4-t. Ae,
KorChoii Fatu ni". a'nml 4 vartl Nottiiinliain
"urtains ial. -i i. M l, ST no to 12 im n-r
air. Krt'lich iuiure Curtains till l and ItU
jar pair.
Curtain Set l J' .i', l. tnS.V per yard.
'unaiuiuinist'.:. T1'. '-je. list- and l'-yC
At llii n.-iHl fiaU-we nel juiAiiied in siiyinif
will ie oriere-1 the very le vaiui inCurtainityet
H'ii orofl'ered aurwliere.
Complete I plioi-ter lvpartment whiTe will be
found all the aT".irie.
A einplete Itraxa Triiuined Folo at ' eeiitn.
Kine. l.raeket. Lie.
In suit dpartnieiit we offer spN-ially fiprinir
Jaeket in lieckx, Fiaid and Htrie. a"1 plain
Cloth and Kureyi with Uipitd aruNt, tad'ir miiUx
Newmarksts vrJi Hoods and Capes
in cheeks. Mriand plaid, at popular price, for
Kxljiia',iiy and lx-l workmanship. $6.50 and up.
SIIJIXCr WRAPS,
Il nlel nil ov r and Trtitnud, HO.OO rh
hiiiI up. Silk N mH. w ith !k'Hl TrimnuiiLn-; 4 ttm
. tNir rj. Muruiu Wr, Mis' itutl
Wraps, Jackets & Newmarkets
and l-rvvM-y from 1 yt'ar M X your sizr.
LadiM Suit Department; Black Silk Suits $25..
$35. S4S. and $65. Hirh heavy ilk mtd trimmed
in Ik-1 lH.-qiiii(iilcrit1. 4 olori-d ?ilk huls, rlif'k
Mlk Miii.
All ;vo.)l rlotti and tricot im. plain and mix
ni dim, full k invalid dnnterv, and nnto
I mtizv and j-jH-e ial ortt'nnjr" during the rt-sfnt
month if silk- !(! fpriiie drt cmK
New Style Plain Colors and Check Suitings, :m
4J iiMta. hi 4w .'nr. uV. 7"rf k. ?! im and 1
Ulack ami w hire 'trii-fd summer silkx at r, :tlc.
:i.M 4'h-, .vie. and SI
Jtrvv iiin f rolnix'd nmiiHr silks. elred
jirtif jrruiiix, faille fiance' rdadiniiT-ltaTTevirin
riuidaint-s. vie, etc, at price, which tVir qiiHlitieK
have no! yet In-n eimlcd.
our .Mull Order lpnmeiit will, upon rvinstf
wild Mtttiple t any address, r fur wmpN, cur- ;
lain.'-, etc., (fo(Ki fmm which Kainple euunut le j
vat, we vitl M-ui t line of pimh1 to wlet from, j
upon receipt of proper refert-tice. or by expreC. i
o. It., with privilt re of exmuiriaiiim "and wdee- !
tii m The customer to ele-l hat pica-, if any, I
and pay express nKL'nt- halanee to be returned!. !
IiOGGS & BUHL,
115. lir. 119 & 121 FEDERAL STREET.
blEG4ENY, PA.
dec.S,'K;.-X-y.
EXCELSIOR
COOK STOVE
ALWAYS UTBUCHIT.
EIGHTEEN SIZES AND KINDS.
ill Fsrte can te Suites !
il.iSl FArTVltr.lt R V
L 1. SHEPHEBD I CO. Bill MO..
AM f'E SALE Ui'
H. 15. Schell & Co.,
auKl'ml-lyr. SttMlJisLT. I'A.
A I.BKBT A. IloKNK.
. !OOTT WaI.
HORNE & WARD
frVKI'OIW TO
Eaton & Bros.
NO. 27 FIFTH AVENUE,
J'lTTSliVJiGlI, I'A.
SPRING AND SUMMER, 1886.
NEW GOODS
SVEEY LAY SPECIALTIES
Kmlmi'irrin, Ijarrt, Millinrrv, Wltilr ihmilr. Ilnnd
Icrrrhirjt. ! Tri in uiwif, Ibmrrg, !ltmt, (It
trt. Muatin mat iliriim l'ic(Tur, iufitut'
nnd ItiMrmi iViUiing, tanty (ioudr.
Yarn. Z'iil'lrt, il,UcrinU ij all
iuit Jur FASCY WORK.
Gents' Fflriilsli Goois, to., k.
Your Patronage Is Respectfully Solicited.
.(rderby Mall attended to w ith PrumpUiew
and Iipatch.
XKAr GOODS
-FOR-
Spring Wear.
Sjai iul nice line of ull-wiail Spriii? llr-i
Kal.riin at ."at -nt, lniirtl, l'lain. anil
( omt.itiatioii SuiliiifP' ut il ami yard.
New KiiKli.-li Sivlcil Suilinps in ti'ks
uikI tri-s, ." inrlK wiile. ut il..V.
Kstni values in lilack in iruin Nilkx
our Voiit liliu k fSunili Silk, la-ft in thin
country at the ri-e ; uisto, otirl ;rale.
New fmiey Mack Vrlvels.
H;it'aiti in our wonderfully lurpe as-rt-tiwnl
of new Prcncli Satitie, Scott-li, Atiiler
soii (iinliain ami AmeTicHii iiii)itiunis.
Spring iiii)rtatioti of Laoe Curtains j"-
n--eivel, $1 ftir up to finest iualities.
l!t,ulil'nl ' Kinliroi.lcri.- in White ami
Color.
Sew l.inen Triintiiimf lJf-x Uirtniin.
ljilet mivi'ltiex ill lre Trinimiiip mil
Itistton.
Unn-jJa W rmyf'. ntJUnliuH.
JOS. HORNE A 'COL'S-
Penn Avanua Store. Pittsburgh. Pa.
QHAULF-S HOFFMAN,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
(Above Heffley'ii Kore,)
Latest Styles, and Lowest Prices.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
Somerset, Pa.
48.
NOBODY KNOWS BUT MOTH
ER. NoIkkIj knows of the work it makes
To keep the home topether ;
VoIkmIv kliowa of the Mes it takex,
NoIhmIv knows but mother.
N.iIhmIv listena to cliiKIi.th woe
W liii li kisses oulv aiuotlier ;
Nolxaly pained by naughty blows
Nolaaly only mother.
Nobody knows of the leelefs care
licKtuired on baby brother :
Nobody knows of the tender prayer,
Nolxtdy only mother.
Nobody know of the leson taught
Of loving one another ;
Nobody knows of the patience souglil,
N'ulMMly only mother.
Nulaxly knows ofthe amiou fear
Ut darling may not weather
The storm of life in alter year;
Nobody only mother.
NoIkmIv knivNat the throne ulmve
To thank the llcavcnlv Father
For that sweet (?ift a mother's love,
Nolaalv ran but mother.
JULIA'S SUITORS.
"ThtiH, you nee, my dear mr, without
iier iH'iiujr at'all aware of the workings of
our little schoine, I shall In- able to judjre
of her fitness to ltiiie the wife of uiy
won."
Mr. Mercer listeneil rather dubiously
to Mosok Morri.son, fW-Iiii); his ehin the
w hile, as if he were not at all certain of
the ultimate success of the aforesui.l "lit
tle scheme."
"Well, Mr. Morrison; that is, if you
ix-nard the plan as prat tiial "
"Practical? Why, uiy goixl friend, it's
the most practieal tiling in the world. I
am simply Mr. Martin, your old friend
from the south. She never w ill d renin
of any relationship between me and
Joseph Morrison, I'm sorry Joe had taken
this freak into his head, but your daugh
ter really seems to have'inspired him with
something ukin to the devotion of old
time w hen you and I were boys, sir
yes, sir, the good old times!"
And as Mr. Mercer and Moses Morri
son walked slow ly down the broad, box
liordered garden jiulh, ttentimentaliziiiK
as they went, upou the hackkueyed sub
ject of olden times, w hile full mixjn seem
ed to smile WHjajrishly ujain them from
the edjje of the eastrn woods, a lijrht
fij-iire raiwd itself tip froin the sheltering
foliage of a full blossomed lilac bush with
a tajK-r HnpT pressed close to that
were all scarlet and dimpled with sup
pressed laughter.
Julia Mercer was a tall, exquisitely
formed girl, with reddish brown hair,
sparkling hazel eyes, and a complexion
like cream and rose leaves; as she stole
softly toward the gate, her pink, cham
lery dress rustling among the shrubber
ies, it might almost have put one in mind
of the lienlus of the Flowers upoft a
moonlight expedition through her do
mains. "liny!"
" Sweet, are you there 7""
And there was another rustling among
the beeches that overhung the lowergate,
and the (ienius of the Flowers was no
longer alone.
" Hush! He lias come?"
"Who has come? Ihjn'ttalk in riddle,
( till"
" Mr. Morrison, the father of my ador
able suitor, Mr. Joseph, of the rubicund
countenance and I'm to la- the subject of
a stratagem."
"How do you know ?"
Julia's dewy fiaze'l eyes became lumin
ous with merriment.
"I 1 happened to overhear one.t wo or
remarks as they were walking on'the
other side of the lilac hedge. It seems I
am to lie the subject to a sort of test, to
try whether I am of sullicieiitly worthy
metal to laj welded into Mrs, Joseph
Morrison. Hush ! don't get excited,
tiuy; there's no danger at all, if you'll
only leave it all to me. l'apa-in-law is
anxious to know whether I can be trust
ted to make his Joseph happy: so he is
to visit the house as Mr. MarUiin," from
the Siuth, and oliserve me from an en
tirely domestic vantage' ground. Did you
ever hear anything so ridiculous in all
your life?"
And pretty Julia Mercer laughed until
the very full moon seemed to laugh
back at her in an irrepressible svmpa
thy. " Hut, Julia"
" Iut, tiuy, I insist upon lieing allowed
to manage these matters for myself.
There are times in the piloting of life's
ship when the rudder must lie touched
only by a woman V hand, and this is one
of them. You w ill trust mo, dearest, will
you not?"
What heart so marble hard as to resist
the apiattling softness of those tender,
wine dark eyes? tiuy Hart wick's cer
tainly had no such adamantine elements;
so he only pressed the soft little jsarl of
a hand in his own and told her to "do
exactly as she please."
Not having been led toex-a-cl the ad
vent of any corn-winy, Miss Julia Mercer
was, of course, taken completely by sur
prise', the next day, when her father
brought "an old friend" unexctedly
to dinner.
She was sitting curled up in the green
moreen hollow of an enormous easy,
chair, her hair r7i yiyyiVx, and a sloven
ly morning w ntpH.r loosely lielted round
her trim waist.
"Julia, my dear," said Mr. Mercer, a
little discomfited,-1 this is my friend Mr.
ahem! Mr. Martin, from Alabama."
Julia jumped up, w ith her handstoher
pHjs-rs.
"t ioodness. papa 1" she cried, not very
graciously, ".who dreamed of its being so
late?"
" It is nearly four o'clock, my dear."
" So it is ; but I was so interested in
this delicious novel! I declare I've been
at it ever since breakfast."
Mr. Martin, from Alabama, " hemmed "
violently.
" rerhajis, Julia," ln-gan her father,
"you had better go down and see the
cook " t
" I don't think I had better do anything
of the kind," retorted the Miss Julia,
curtly. " I'm not the kitchen girL We
pay the servants; let them do their own
work."
And Miss Mercer subsided once mora
into the depths of ber novel.
"Not a very efficient housekeeper,"
thought Mr. Martin, from Alabama, as
be looked around at the dusty furniture,
dogWard music, and fadod IxxpjeU of
flowers, whose rose strewed the neglec
omer
SOMERSET,
ted mantels with withered pink pe
tals.
The dinner was not prepossesHing.
Burnt steak, soden potatoes, and a pie
whose tinder crust was nearly raw, pre
sented no very tempting bill of fare to
the father-in-law elect, w ho had an idea
that cookery was one of the rarest and
most valuable accomplishments of a
young lady of the nineteenth century.
The coffee, when it came, w as muddy and
lukewarm, the fruit carelessly picked
over, and the desert generally a fail
ure. "My dear," remostruted Mr. Mercer,
" how does it hapjK'n that our dinner is
so oor? "
" It's just the same as it always is,
papa," said Julia, w ho, with her dimpled
chin supported on both hands, was star
ing absently out of the window. "Oh
dear, how stupid this evening will be !
I to you suppose Tom Frisbie w ill come to
take us to the oH-ra?"
" You are not, then, a devotee of hap
piness, as it is to be found in the unin
terrupted seclusion of the domestic cir
cle," said Mr. Martin, rather formally.
" I detest the domestic circle," said
Julia, tartly. "I, for one, can't exist
without excitement."
Mr. Mercer, conscious that his pretty
daughter was by no means appearing to
the liest advantage, rose hurriedly from
the table at this juncture, and proposed
an adjournment to the library to smoke
a cigar.
" I'm so glad you are going," said Ju
lia, with a spice more of frankness than
courtesy, " because I can finish this novel
iK'fore any one comes in."
" Your daughter is not very domestic,
certainly," said Mr. Martin, with a curi
ous smile upon his lips, as he selected a
cigar from the tempting box held out for
his choice.
" You must not judge of a girl by one
of her freakish moods" said Mr. Mer
cer, with some confusion. " I'm afraid
we've taken Julia, too much by sur
prise." " Not at all not at all," said Mr. Mar
tin, promptly. "A woman can never be
too much taken by suprise when such
an important matter as a young man's
life happiness is at stake. 1 want to see
Miss Mercerexactly as she is?"
lireakfast was unwontedly late the
next morning. Mr. Martin, from Alaba
ma, who had an absolute mania upon
the subject of promptness and punctu
altiy, walked uneasily up and down the
room, ever and anon consulting his silver
watch.
Presently Julia appeared, her bright
hair loosely knotted tip, and her slipper
down at the heel, while with wild yawns
she liemoaned the miserable necessity of
rising so early.
"Frly!" echoed Mr. Martin; "why
it's past eight o'clK-k."
"I never rise until nine," answered
theyoung lady, " except when papa mukes
me."
"Julia," reproved her father "what a
very unamiable character you are giving
yourself! "
"But it is unfortunately a true one
papa."
"tiive us some coffee," interrupted
Mr. Mercer, we are both in a hurry.
Julia sat down to the table with pout
ing lips, and a decided disposition to
grumble.
" How it is raining," she said "Oh, I
hate rain, anil an east wind always gives
me a headache. I know I shall have the
blues all -lay long unless it clears up."
" A well regulated young female, Miss
Mercer," began Mr. Martin, front Alaba
ma "It happens," partly interrupted Julia
anticipating the prosy lecture, "that I
am not a well regulated young fe
male, sir, so you may as well kei'p your
good advice for some one whom it is like
ly to benefit."
Mr. Martin, very red ami angry,
pursed up his lips and drank his to I fee,
in silence. Mr. Mercer could only mute
ly wonder at this very novel phase of
his daughter's generally sunny tem
er. She was listlessly standing at the win
dow, with one finger drawing careless
rings against the panes of glass, when
Mr. Martin bowVd a somewhat frigid
adieu. Her own farewell was equally
uncermou ously ; indeed she scarcely
even turned her head as the stjut old
gentleman from Alabama took his
leave.
But the instant the dtior was closed
her whole face changed and brightened
in its expression.
" I think that impression can 1m hard
Iv improved iiikhi!" she murmured to
herself, as she tripped away up stairs to
arrange her neglected hair and put on the
w hite morning dress she was usually iu
the habit of wearing. " But oh, I am so
tired of playing a part. I'm afraid the
genuine' Julia would have pcc-ied out af
ter a while, if he had staid much long
er." Mr. Martin, fro n Alabama, the while
w hs gravely stating his mind to his friend
as they walked together down to the
steamboat orlice.
" No, no, Mercer," he said, growing
purple in the face. " I really can't listen
to any such alliance. For although she
is your daughter, and a very pretty lk
ing girl, too I won't deny that she is
so very slovenly and inefficient, and has,
more over, such an extremely uncertain
tc'iiperjhat she never could make my
son Joseph happy."
" Very well, sir very well sir," brus
juely responded Mr. Mercer, himself be
coming a little excited;, "just as you
please. There are otlrer young men, I
should hot?, in the world leside your
son Joseph."
"Certainly to tie sure," assented Mr.
Morrison, senior, in dire perplexity.
" Only"
"I wish you a very good morning sir,"
said Mr. Mercer, bowing' as stithy as a
Chinese mandarin, and walking away.
So the two old friends parted.
And when, a day or two subsequent
to these events, Mr. liuy Hartwick made
a formal proprosal to Mr. Mercer for his
daughter's hand in marriage, he was
agreeably surprised by an unconditional
assent.
"To be wire," said Mr. Mercer. "I
had other views for her, or you should
have been made more welcome to her,
liuy, uiy boy, but they have all fallen
through. There's no accounting for the
audacity of Home people, and "
But here he stopped, for he was getting
intoa passion. .
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ESTABLISHED 1827.
PA., WEDNESDAY,
" Take her, day" he said ; " and I hope
you'll be happy."
" I have no doubt at all on the ques
tion, sir," said Mr. Hartwick, quietly.
ILitii Furred Grave.
Curing Hay.
It has been determined by Dr. Yolcli
er, the chemist ofthe Iloyal Agricultural
Society, that w ith all the conditions fa
vorable for prompt and active curing,
there is practically no loss f nutritive
elements in the change from grass to
hay. When freshly cut the. relation of
sugar and fermentable matter to tbje wa
ter contaiifed therein is such, that no fer
mentation is at first induoed. As the
evaportion af the water continues the re
lative proportion of sugar ami fermenta
ble matter to it is changed, and then is
the time, if the curing is arrested, that
fermentation, and its consequent loss of
nuiritive value, follows as a uutral result.
It must be remembered that hay sustains
nutritive loss, not only iu the manner in
dicated, but by exposure to rains and
from being iuijierfectly cured. The farm
er who will, by his own neglect, allow at
crop to lose it 4 nuritive value, has only
himself to blame, and ought not to won
der that his cattle do no better upon
their food. The very best of grass may
lie made into an almost worthless hay
by carelessness and neglect in the cutting,
curing and carting.
Indian Corn as Medicine.
Some good things are heard now and
then in the elevated railroad cars, and
the advice of a noted physician to a
young man who complained of nervous
ness, loss of vision, night sweats, loss of
apietite, the other morning, which was
overheard by a reporter, is one of them.
"Throw away your cigarettes and eat a
good bowl of mush and milk for your
breakfast," said the lourned doctor, "and
you w ill not need any medicine." In
dian corn is essentially an American in
stitution. As the staple food of 'our dad
dies' it can really Ik? said to have helped
to lay the foundation of this great repub
lic. With this product, the hog, it was
in the not very remote past almost the
sole food supply of the rural districts, and
the dishes that can be prepared from its
various forms are of much greater variety
than can be produced from w heat. Like
Sambo's rabbit, it is good to toast, to bake
or to boil, and can be fermented and tur
ned into whiskey, but its stimulating
qualities are best procured by making it
into mush. It contains a large amount of
nitrogen, has qualities) anti-consliputiiig
and is easily assimilated. -Though orig
inally the poor man's fod, it has come
to be the rich man's luxury. It is cheap
and has great nutritive properties. - A
course of Indian meal inthe shape of John
nycake, hot cake, corn or pone-bread and
mush, relieved hjuxujiouA draughts of
pure cow's milk, to which, if inclined to
dyspetisia, a little lime water may be ad
ded, w ill make a life now a burden well
worth living, and you need no other treat
ment to c-orrect your nervousness' bright
en your vision and produce .ieaeeful slwp-
He Could Sing.
Several years ago on one of our .north
ern bays, when, as yet, steamers were in
frequent visitors, a certain small boat
used to ply, touching at various points,
according as its freight or the weather
demanded.
The crew was somew hat limited, con
sisting of the captain, the first mate,
whose name w as Barnabas, and the cook,
John, who, when stress of work required,
also acted as second mate.
John was an excellent cook anil a fair
ly good sailor, but he was arllicted with
and impediment in his speech which
made him somewhat backward in ex
pressing himself, and was esecially an
noying, if, for any reason, he became ex
cited. At such times the less he was
able to say it. Fortunately, however
he could sing as straight as any one.
One day the Captain was lx-low taking
a nap, while Barnabas and John were
running the laiat. A sudden squall hap-a-ned
to come up, and a puff of wind
brought the Ikshii around with such un
expected violence as to knock the un
wary Barnabas ovei board. There upon
John rushed into the cabin in the wild
est excitement to inform the Captain
what had ci tired, but, as usual, he was
una tie to get out a coherent sentence.
" B b b -l " he stuttered, until the
Captain, iu a rage, shouted :
" Thtmdcration ! man, sing it, if you
can't say it," and John catching at the
happy suggestion, sang:
" Overlaiard is Barnabas,
Half a mile ustent of us."
The Isiat was immediately put about
and the luckless Barnabas recovered.
Iti triiil Free l'rrn.
Letters Of Recommendation.
A Gentleman once advertised for : lioy
to assist him in his otlice.
Nearly fifty applied for the place. Out
ofthe whole number, he, in a short time
chose one and sent the rest away.
" I should like to know," said a friend,
"on what ground you ch(e that boy.
He had not a single recommendation with
him."
" You are mistaken." said the. gentle
man, " he had a great many : "
"He wiped his feet when he came in,
and closed the door after him; showing
that he was orderly and tidy."
" He gave up his seat inttantly to the
lame old man who entered ; showing that
he was kind and thoughtful."
" He took off his hat when he came in,
and answered my questions promptly
and respectly ; show ing that he was po
lite. " He lifted np the book, which I had
purposely laid on the floor, ami placed it
on the table, while all the rest h id step
ped over it, or pushed it aside ; showing
that he was careful."
" And he waited patiently for his turn,
instead of pushing the others; showing
that he was modest.
" When I talked with him, I noticed
that his clothes were carefully brushed
his hair in a nice order, and his, teeth
white as milk.
" When he wrote his name, J observed
that his finger-nails were clean, instead of
being tipped with jet like the handsome
little fellow's in the bluejacket
" Don't yon call these things letters of
recoiunientlation ? I do; and what, I can
tell about a boy by using my eyes for ten
minutes is worth more than all the fine
letters he can bring." iSAf,
MAY 11, 1887.
Judge Robinson's Rooster.
Trial Justice Kobinson.of Anderson, S.
C, has a unique way of fastening guilt
upon the criminals that appear in his
court. A negro was arraigned lieforehim
(barged with stealing a hog. One ofthe
witnesses for the prosecution was special
ly alive in his efforts to fix the guilt
upon the prisoner, and in an unguarded
moment showed himself guilty of du
plicity. The Judge took cognizance of
this fact, and finding the evidence against
the prisoner wholly insufficient for con
viction, ordered him released. Believing
strongly in the guilt of the jiarty he had
spotted, the judge determined to try the
effect of an old chestnut, and 'suggested
to the large crowd of darkies present
that the matter be left entirely to a very
tine game rooster he had in his yard.
The pmposition met the approval of the
audience in the court room, and he or
dered the feathered judge to lie brought
iu, together with a large iron wash put
The rooster and the pot both in, the
judge assumed all the dignity possible
and proceeded to announce, delilJerately
and solemnly, that the nsjster would be
placed under the pot and everylxsly in
the house would be expected to touch it,
while the negroes present would sing,
" Let the old ark rock on."
"The rooster," said the judge, "will
crow when the guilty man touches the
l,t."
Hands were then cl;isied and a circlle
formed around the pot, and " It the old
ark ris-k on " was sung as only negroes
can sing.
The judge noticed that the burly fellow
be had suspected was very nervous and
was making his way to the door. He
therefore urged him to enter the circle
and touch the pot. The fellow declined,
saying, "I am out of dat serai- now, and
I want to stay out."
He joined in the singing, but would
not touch the pot. The older negroes re
garded his conduct asconclusiveevidence
of his guilt, and upon leing pressed he
made a full confession ofthe crime, and
was then sentenced to three months' im
prisonment in the county jail.
The ignorant negriMs now think Judge
Robinson's trick is the triumph of geni
us, and are ready to worship the game
cock. They are also willing to leave all
the stealing cases in that community to
tlie infallible judgment of Judge Robin
son's rooster.
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Cultivating Lima Beans.
The lima beau is generally onsidered
the most desirable of till the beans grow n
and one that requires no little amount of
skill to bring it to perfi-ctiun. Failure to
secure a crop of this kind of lieans deter
many from the attempt to grow them.
As a rule the want of success in largely
attributable to too early planting. It does
best in a warm temperature, and should
not therefore Ims planted until the season
is somewhat advanced and the soil thor
oughly wanned. Successful growers rec
ommend that planting lie deferred until
the first week in June, having the soil
thoroughly pulverized and sufficiently
dry, soas to avoid any danger of) its le
comiug crusted over so as to impede the
wming up ofthe bean. They should be
well fertilized ; some recommend a liber
al use of super-phosphate ; others a heavy
manuring with horse manure, but we im
agine it makes little difference w hat the
manure is, if it is used in profusion.
There must be enough to push the growth
of the beans. The best success we ever
had with lima beans was with the use of
brush for them to ruu on instead of us
using poles. When they get to be four
or five feet high, clipofftbe ends so as to
cause the growth of laterals and to in
duce an early blooming. With projier at
tention there need lie no reason why the
beans should not do well.
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Raising Fruit.
Mr. C. T. Herat, of Taunton, Indiana,
writes to the Cicinnali fluzitfe: "Trees
do liest on upland. The wood rijns
better and the fruit becomes richer. If
the soil is too oor, fertilize it with adies
rot ton wood and old trees, on worn land,
and every fall with decomposed stable
manure. The color of the leaves in sum
mer ought to do in the fall, in manur
ing or mulching. It is beneficial some
times, to kill portions of the buds to re
tard the blooming, and make sure of a
part of a crop. The subsoil water should
be drained off.
There is abundance of timlered land
and other situations everywhere, to make
fruit raising a success, but low or wet or
too rich land will end in future.
Now. what kind shall we plant? All
sour chttrries. plums, w ill do best in mel-4
low, and sandy soil. Pears, as Clapp's
favorite, Flemish, Beauty, Howell, Buf
fum,etc, ; apples, Rambo, August lippiu,
and many others, according to taste or
notion. The trees above named w ill do
to plant, if cared for ; and I have to say
that I will set out about one hundred
and fifty apple tress next fall, after keep
ing them planted close together, so as to
'harden their hearts,' while as to pear
trees, I will soon replace one hundred
and twenty of Clapp's Favorite, Flemish
Beauty, Howell, Kifer, Conte and a few
Duehesse d' Angouleme, where the cold
winter destroyed most others of twenty
five kinds. The first three of the above
bore fruit two years past, while the Bart
letts, only sixteen feet off, were killed.
1 think of planting my fruit trees closer
together, to maintain equal moisture, by
the leaves shading the soil, believing that
to be beneficial as clearing the under-
brash from woodland proves that soon
after the timlwr decays I have set my
standard pear trees twelve feet apart from
south to north, and eighteen feet from
east to west, to protect them from the
afterniKin rays of the sun; and none of
them have shown any sign of mildew or
blight. Still it is seven years since they
have been set, out to the number of
about five hundred , and, as I said, the
first three kinds have been bearing two
years, and are now again full of fruit
buds.
A mustard plaster is very sympathetic.
When it can't do anything else for you
it draws you attention.
Shiloh's Yitalizer is what you need for
Constipation, lions of Appetite, IHzziness,
and all symptoms of Dyspepsia. Price W
and 75, cents per bottle. Sold by Geo. W.
Benford & Son.
A Mictions are not to teach us submis
sion only, but victory.
eralcl
Feeding Cows.
Some fanners and dairymen reason
that w!ien the price of butter is low, it
doesn't pay to feed well. They say,
" There is no money in the business, any
way. The cows will come out all right
in the spring, when they get to grass,
tiuess I won't put any grain in them, and
no more hay than they can get along
with." So they feed lighter ; probably do
not shelter well, and the eowsgivea very
small quantity of poor milk, from w hich
the women folks can get but little butter,
and that of inferior quality. Any farmer
pursuing this course virtually loses all the
feed he gives the cows, just as an engin
eer would lose all the fuel he used under
the boiler, if he should keep only steam
enough to move the engine, but not
enough to drive the machinery. A cer
tain amount of food Ls necessary to main
tain the life of the cow, and it is the sur
plus beyond this "food of maintenance "
that returns a profit. Leaving plows to
rust out in the last furrow, or implements
to rot in the field, is not more ruinous
than half-starved cows under the pretext
that dairy products do not bring high
prices. If there is any time w hen dairy
cows should ha,-e good care and gotal
feed, it is when butter is low-priced.
Dyspepsia.
There Ls a demon w hich has been fish
ed up from the "vast deep" of modern
living. Our fathers knew but little about
stomach ailments, as their food was ta
plain and w holesome and their habits too
regular to induce it. But it has become
in its results one of the most dangerous
diseases of modern times. The stomach
is the mother of the whole body. It is
the reservoir from which every fibre and
tissue must be nourished. There are local
ailments of the body, but trouble with
the stomach is .mam felt throughout the
whole physical system.
Young men w ho leave home for acade
my or college life need to be on guard a
gainst this insidious disease. Heavy eat
ing, with close application to study, w ill
sxn produce mischief with the digestive
machinery and leave, very likely, a life
long legacy to poor health. Young people
also who labor in stores and factories,
while their home is a boarding house, of
ten acquire the habit of rapid eating,
which, in time, is sure to injure them. A
meal which requires half an hour for prop
er mastication cannot be bolted in five or
ten minutes w ithout injury.
I'oorly cooked food is a prolific cause of
indigestion. As in chemistry tlw slight
est variation from a grain formula w ill
produce an entirely different result from
the one w Might, so cooking, which is real
!r a he iiieal process, requires great care
; ,Jtill to secure right results. I'rofes
sioiuil eople and those engaged in any
in-dMr sedentary employment, require
much more care in this regard than those
who are engaged in manual labor. As to
evening "dinners" each one must be a law
to himself. What one may do with im
punity another cannot do and retain gtajd
health.
It may be "English" to have thejhearty
meal of the day by night, but we should
reinenib r that the environment) widely
differ. The F.nglish people do not hurry
and worry as we do. Their salt sea air,
which is constantly felt, is more favorable
to appetite and digestion. But it is well
known that F.nglish people suffer greatly
from over-eatnig, and as we are -.HHrsuad-ed,
from untimely eating. When the
blood is filled with acidity from indiges
tion the gout with the tue screws of the
inquisition is ready to torture his victim.
We may not lie so liable as they to the
gout, but how much better is chronic
dys-wpsia, liver complaint or Bright's
disease?
The worst sort of indigestion is what is
properly termed "nervous dysjiepsia."
A brain-worker uses up the electro
nerve power to such an extent that the
stomach hxs not enough muscular ower
left to digest the food. The first resnlt
will Ik? acidity and heart-burn. If this is
not corrected in time the final will putre
fy and ferment in the stomach. Then
begins the se-ond woe. and the third ser
ies of w.x-s follows quickly after, which
comes in the shape of a vertigo, palpita
tion of the heart, kidney disease, or al
most any other acute or chronic disease
w hich may happen to attack the weak
ness of the laxly.
The only effective remedy is to avoid
the cause of indigestion in time. But in
addition to resting the nerve centres a
little medicine is of use. When acidity
in the stomach is indicated it should at
once be counteracted by some alkaline
! '''"'y a magnesia, bicarbonate of soda
or Home Htroll, r preparation of this na-
lure. tv prompt attention to tins rule
putrefective process is prevented from
commencing, w hich is hard to control.
If you cannot prevent this fennentive
pna-ess consult your physician at once
ami follow his advice, even if you live
on gruel and avoid all excitement for a
year. You will be richly repaid in re
gained health.
And however strong the antiseptic rem
edy he recommends as a temporary check
you had better apply it then the alimen
tary machine into a brewery of fiaal fer
mentation and putrefaction. But the
great and only permanent panacea is to
avoid the cause or causes of this disease.
When Cincinn ttus, Washington, Web
ster, Clay and other great and wise men
returned to their farms in the interval of
public cares and after their full retirement
front such n-sponsihilitics. they evinced
their hygienic as well as moral wisdom.
Had others in public life now dead, fol
lowed tliejr example, doubtless their lives
would have been spared far lieyond the
narrow limits actually reached. The care
of a garden, a horse, a cow or even a dog
will often relieve a mental strain in a
wonderful way. "A merciful man show-,
eth favor to his beast."
There are men all about us who will
justly arrest a man for cruelty to a dog
and yet these same humane (?) persons
will hurry their own bodies and those
under them into untimely graves for the
sake of a little more money or a little
higher seat in the fashionable circles of
society. Bialon Journal.
An elderly lniulster at a social party
w here the young people were dancing
being asked if he danced, replied : " No,
I aut not educated on that end.
A good cement to fasten on lamp tops
U melted alum ; use as soon as melted,
and lamp is ready for use as soon as the
eemeut is cold.
WHOLE NO. 1800.
A Sightless Murderer.
Blind musicians, "blind Toms" and
blind preachers we often hear of, but a
blind murderer is indeed a rarity. Such
a person is now confined in the Soneea
county, Ohio, jail. Charli-s K. Oaines
was born in Sycamore, Wyan lott county,
Ohio, fifty years ago. At the uge of four
years heone day wandered from the door
yard to the barn, where his attention was
attracted by a litter of pigs. T:iis struck
his fancy and he at once appropriated
one, and this so enraged its mother that
she rushed ut him, and liefore Lis screams
could attract help, the enraged brute had
eaten out his eyes. The child w;is rescued
ami recovered, though his eyeball-; were
entirely gone. In a few years he hudde-
velojied a remarkable sensitiveness oj
touch, smell and hearing. He hail a
strong tendency to pit-cix-iousneM, and
before he had gr jn up lecame the ter
ror ofthe neighliorhisMl. He would wan
der alxmt night and day without a guide,
and was never known to get lost. He
knew where every melon patch was,
where the best apples, peaches and plums
grew, and where the first lierries ripened
anil was never backward about helping
himself to these or any other delica
cies. While yet a boy he was presented with
a pair of game chickens by an old minis
ter n.-tmed Spofford, w ho resided at Syca
more. The blind lwy took gnat interest
in these chickens, and raised more. It
was not long till he had several game
cM-ks trained for fighting, and would
take them alaxit the country to pit against
others. lie would l-t on his favorite and
nolaaly could fool him alxut the result.
Standing among the crowd he always
knew whether his chickens were getting
the worst or the best of the tight.
As he grew to manhood he learned to
drink whisky, and became ugly and quar
relsome. In a fight he was no mean op
ponent, as he struck straight from the
shoulder and hit bis man every time.
He learned the trade of bnxmi-making,
and at an early age nioved to the village
of Melmore, Ohio, where he piled his vo
cation. In 1S71 Medora Sprag'te. a pretty girl,
was graduated from the. Titiin High
School, and became teacher. In the
course of the following three years this
young lady visited friends at Melmore.
Here she saw Oaines, and, though he
was repulsive in appearance, she pitied
him. and it seems her pity was akin to
love, for on August Is7". liaiues ap
peared liefore the pi ol ate court and took
out a marriage license for himself and
Medora Sprague, and four days later they
were married. They settled down to
married life in Melmore, and to all ap
pearances were happy and contented.
Two bright, pretty daughters were born
to them, and the husliand let drink alone
and quieted down and went to work, oft
en walking; Ut the city of Tiffin, a dis
tance of eight miles, to sell brooms. After
a time he took to drink again, and lie
came abusive. The Presbyterians then
got hold of him anil he quit drinking,
joined the church and made many elo
quent temperance srieeches, greatly mov
ing his audience. Many are the strange
things he has done. The writer has seen
him on a steep roof nailing on shingles
and working as well and as fust as the
next man. He could find his way with
perfect ease anywhere, could recognize
an acquaintance at some distance before
be spoke, rode horse-b tck recklessly, and
played the violin finely.
His career as a temperance advocate
was short, for he soon w ent bavk to drink
ing and abusing his w ile an I children.
The climax was reached la.t August,
when he went on a protracted spree, and
his wife on le red the saloon keeticr not to
sell him any liquor. The next day, Au
gust 1'.', I iaines and his nephew, Nathan
Iv helbeiy, got drunk on hard cider, and
then went to the saloon and demanded
whisky. Failing to get it they left and
tried to burrow a revolver, but could not
get one. They then returned to the sa.
Uxm, each with a large stone, and again
la-ing refused whisky they killed the sa
loonkeeper w ith stones. The police ar-ft-sted
Gaines in the cane field, and he
was brought in hatless, coat less, shoeless
and eyeless, with long hair hanging over
his shoulders, and U-ing six feet tall, he
looked like a wild man. For eight months
he has Kit in jail, amusing himself w ith
his violin. His trial w iii take place at
the May term of court.
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A Story of Thomas H. Benton.
Mr. Murphy, a veteran stenographer of
the Senate, told me a story uIkiuI Thom
as II. Benton I had never heare liefore,
says a Washington letter to the Chicago
Xi irx. There has always been a dispute
whether Congress sii uld adjourn at mid
night of the third of March or al noon on
the 4th. The latter idea lias prevailed,
although for inanv years then. was a
struggle over it for each year. Mr. Ben
ton was one of those w ho insisted that
the session expires with the calendar day
at midnight ou the .si of .March, and he
used regularly to raise the point. One
year when Orr, of South Carolina, was
in the chair, Mr. ISeuton arose at mid
night to a point of order, and declared
that in his opinion the legal existence of
the Senate had expired. Orr asked if the
Senator from Missouri insisted upon his
point of order that he was no longer a
Senator, ( l!enton's term expiring on that
day. i Mr. Benton responded that he
did. "Then." cried Orr, the Sergeant-at-Arms
will remove the gentleman from
the floor, as by his ow n confession he is
not entitled to it."
The sally was gritted with laughter.
and Mr. Benton responded that w ith the
ermission of theS-nator frjtu South Car
olina he would claim his privilege as an
ex-tueinlter ofthe St nate, and remain.
Lincoln's Iron Wedge.
A rusty iron wedge, with the initials
"A. L." rudely stamped upon it, was re
cently Jouud in an ancient house near
1 lid Salem. It has been recognized by
former companions of . Vis? Lincoln as the
famous wedge which he used in splitting
rails in that vicinity. The initials were
made by Lincoln himself, in thepresence
of J. J. Spears, now a resident of Talula.
litmiou Titiiiwrifit.
It seems paradoxical, but it is true, the
floating debt will siuk a cororation.
Tut
It is impossible for that man to despair
who remembers that his IIel(er is omnipotent.
fmm Ihr Chiladelphia fiatlv SVirv
A Lycoming county farmer, b!eed by
the posneMtion of broad wrm and fat cat
tle, and a tatter bank account, had given
Lis five sons more pn-cioua than all else
beside that the I'nion might be preserv
ed. His name was Kan kin. His wife
wad dead and Lis boys were; his only so
lace, but w hen war was declared be felt
as did Voliiiiuiia, the nutiier of ('onoia
tuis, w iieu she said, ' Had I a dozen sons,
each iu my love alike, I had rather have
eleven di? nobly lor their country than
one voluptuously serfeit out of action.'
So the Rankin boys went to confront
grim-visaged war. The life-blood of two
of them made more fertile the rank
groth of the Peninsula, and their bodies
lay unclaimed amid the thousands who
had gone down in the shock of battle.
The bowed but not broken father came
to the Governor's office in Harrisburg
with Lis tale of woe. Andrew G. Curtin
never turned a deaf ear to such as he.
He said :
' You are too old a man to go after your
sons' bodies. I will send a messenger for
them and you can rest assured that yon
wiil be enabled to give them burial.'
And this was djue.
After tiie second battle of Manaw-s
the aged farmer again entered the Exec
utive Chamber, and, without saying a
word, seated himself. The Governor rec
ognized him at ouce, and thought :
'Can it be that this old man Las been
altlicted again ?
He bade boil approach. The visitor's
voice was broken, but his tears did not
fall as he said :
' fovernor, another of them has gone.'
For a moment iovernor Curtin could
not speak. He silently wrung the horny
hand of the despoiled lather. When he
found voice, he said :
You must not go; I will send for him.
You shall see him again.
And this was done.
When the news of the battle of Gettys
burg reached ilarrisburg Governor Cur
tin traveled rapidly across tiie eountry
and viewed that memorable coinlict. Af
ter iu conclusion lie returned to Harris
burg and was seated late at night in his
nxiin, when again Mr. Rankin entered
witriout a Word, and silently seated hint
self upou a chair.
' My God,' thought Mr. Curtin, ' it can
not be that the blow has fallen upon this
old man again.'
He could not bring himself to ask the
question, and for fully fifteen minutes the
two men sat in that room, their Leads
upou their hands, and neither uttered a
word. At last the old man said, as he
steadied his vou-e :
'Governor, the other two are gone.'
The other two ? This is terrible.'
' Yes, Governor, the other two. They
have taken them all.'
He wished a pass to enter the lines,
tlutt he might bring home Lis silent
sons.
' You are txi old,' said the anguished
Governor. ' I will send for them, and
they shall be taken home."
And this was done.
Alter I iovernor Curtin had returned to
tins country at the close of his five years'
residence at tne court of Russia, he was
in Philadelphia when it was intimated
to him that Mr. Rankin, who was still
alive, would be highly delighted if his
benefactor would pay him a visit when
the ex-Minister was ou his way to his
home iu Centre county. 5lr. Curtin said
that be would comply with the wish, and
when he reached the raiu-oad station
nearest to the Lycoming county farmer's
home, he found the old man waiting for
him with a carriage. That evening the
people of the surnmnding country, at
Mr. IUnkin's bidding, tiocked to do hon
or to the ex-Governor. The next morn
ing, after partaking of a breakfast such
as only a Pennsylvania farm house can
pnaluce, the aged agriculturist invite' 1
Mr. Curtin to join him in a walk. He led
the w ay to a wtxated knoll near the house,
and atop of which was a beautifully
sodded inclusure, surnainded by an iron
railing, and within it were five mounds
and five headstones. The old man point
ed toward them, and simply sai 1 :
' Governor, there they lie.'
Both men bowed their heads, and nei
ther uttered a word. In a few moments
Mr. Rankin turned away with a cheery
remark about the surrounding country,
and from that moment during the two
days' festivities tliat succeeded Mr. Cur
tin's arrival, the desolate father never
referred to his sleeping sons. Pathetic,
isn't it ?
Different Methods of Crowing
Old.
A proverb in the Talmud says : " An
old woman is a pearl in the family, but
the bouse treinbleth liefore an old man."
This has a meaning deeper than appear
(n the surface. A weighty secret is wrap
ped up in that proverb the secret of eter
nal youth. The old woman Is a pearl be
cause she I helpful, useful and agreea
ble. She takes an interest in every one's
welfare, and lends a friendly hand to the
plans and projects of all. She doesn't al
low herself to lose her hold on the af
fairs of life. She 1 still an active factor
in the household.
The old man takes precisely the oppo
site trend. Not always, but more often
than ilia the old woman. He grows
selfish and surly, thinks only of his own
comfort, growls when any one makes a
noise, and on every ptiMble occasion ver
ifies the proverb by making the house
tremble. The difference between their
juetlnxLs of growing old is directly due to
this: The woman never gets old in
thought, the man does. Her activity of
mind keeps off the foe, old age, while the
old man actually invites him to come on
and take possession, and he accordingly
Comes. Wim (Hub.
Don't Forget
That anxiety Is easier to bear than
sorrow.
That talent is sometimes bid in a nap
kin, audacity never.
That good brains are often kept in a
poor Kxiking vesvL
That the time to burv the hatchet is
. liefore bliaxl Ls found upon it.
That mistakes are often bought at a
big price, and sold for a small one.
That if it were not for emergencies but
little progress would be made in tin
world.
That it is often better to go a good way
round thau to take a short cut across
lots.
That the statement so often made in
print that " rest makes rust " is the veri
est rot.
That tears shed npon a cottin will not
blot out tiie steins that may have been
cast in life upon the stilled heart within
1.
That many a man sets up a carriage
only to find less enjoyment in it than he
has had in holding the ribbons fniu his
"one hoes shay."
Tliat if we would do more for other
while we may, we should have less re
grets, when too late, that more liad not
been done when " it might have been.-
A bushel of sand on the sidewalk is
worth two in the sugar. Biddevnl Jmtr-