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ft,rms of Publication.
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-il tvorV " i'imrwj mot mug: i w w
.,,, if ail i wlvii; ntlicriss fi fO
riaMy occ.hanrc.1.
(11 IH' UlSCOIUinHSl OllUI Mil
j.nd tin. huHiisMrt ncghi ling
v in u s-uWi-i' i Au in i take mil Uicir
; - held n.-o..iisihle lor Ii" milox rip-
rem iiiK rHnn " laistiifficc toan
. . ... iU mom-of the former aa
r h.ini.i 'v
the presetit ofi"- Addres
TliK SlMKKKKT HeRAITi,
SoMKKSKT, PA.
. . V,,R J. K. O'CoNSOR.
j ) I..NM.K.
V ' somerset. Pa., and on Knmkliii Kirect,
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Somerset, I A.
, k ,v Kecrit' Blink, up tiiK
l-i' 1T.iKNLY AT j aVV,
Somerset, I'a.
t'-WlS K. SO )TT,
h ATK'KNEY-AT LAw.
L sonici-el. Pa.
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ATTuKNKY-ATLAW.
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S AlTMIiSKY T1.AW.
httnuTSt, Pa.
M.
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AITi KNKY-A ; LAW,
Smu-wt, Pa.
..'..lef-el t '"iiniy Stank.
II
j. r. U.K.
Al'lt'K.iKY-ATl.AW.
somerset
Va.,
'..-ntiec i Smn-ri'l sii'l adioiuitiK coun
'i. i-i..cs entrusted i" '.dm iH receive
en.-tilloti.
, -n. YV. H. KWTKL.
:u v iiuppkl,
AUOKSEVS-AT-LAW,
Somerset, IV.
c
, . entrusted to their ciire v ill le
. ,.i v imii.-iuioly a"e;.ded li. o'tue fill
'y -.:rt ,-t, ,)i'i"il.' Mammoth Itlock.
tm H. KisiNfZ,
A II' 'litl "A 1 -l.A , .
Kniiv-rx't. 4a-,
i.nMtict ii-nliu t.iiviiiv nnin.tl
',r. .! hNl HIlJ B'V 'iMHt' counH.'S. !
' rr.nlil.ir H'iim K"W. .;.I-.-M.' tin' imtt !
il MKYKliS.
I ) ATl-'UVKY -AT -LAW.
asiSffi!
Al'li'UNKY-AT-LAW,
n;-:it'. to t:H luisinc r-titrwMcd r Mi. cure
, '. .--! '. H.ij.iiiinn: otnitic. with promiit
!.'. !:!v. Mhi- oi Mmih 'r Mrti'l.
j
ATTCk.KY-AT-LAW.
suiicn. I, Pa.
I'-iu Miitniiioth Llork. tip 4air. ttiiraitre
'ij . i n- .-snft. I'l'iii :"'" tii;i.lc. cttc
,',; i -i , xiin;nici. ami nil Icui lu.li"- t-
. ttiiii pi.'iiii'iiic. alio liaciity.
1 J 1 ,.t l-l:N.
U C. OiLBoKK.
-i i! i;t i:N .V. O tl.! )KN.
I ATI "UN EYt -AT I. AW.
v- roii!cr-t, I'a.
.- i,-i;i,.- ctitnitcd to our ar- will he
,. .' !,', fuiitit'iillv :;c!il'-l l'i .illudiolis
"1",",',, :.: 'x :. Uiiif.ir.1 Httd ailj.iitiinit
V f'..-i.-vi:iiiil cniivcvaiii iiiK done on turn-
i 1' H'f.
II
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ATI l; N tY-AT-I.AW,
(hi uiTM't. I'a.
nsioii AkciU. Ufiif in Marumotl
: t.' '
VU.KNTINi: 1IAY-
4TTiKSKY-aT-1.A w.
Mitiu rs--, I'a.
V. I. - in Kca! V.iatf. '.!! uttcti'l to all
K. clumped to hi' ',b I-r"i!,"i'
J
mx ii. mi..
ATM 1:NK'-AT LAW.
oiiicpet. ra.
V '! i.n.v.M.i'v ail. -ll to all Iniviiiew. rMtPf'twl
,n M,.i y'ailvaii.-edoti collection. Ol-
i ;li Ma'iil!i"!ll lillH-fc.
I)
!! I". A. Kll' IAI .
1111 SH IAN AND SI Ui-Ki'N.
soiticrct. a,
mi . k V Hvrit' JSiock. Sii'jFiid Kl'K.I.
:. .1. v.. i;iil-X'KKl
l liY-K IAN AND srKUEOX.
SoM KK.-ET. Pa..
. r ill- iinif.iona! mtvki to Hie eitietw of
.-1 11'. '1 !iMlll. OtllCC 111
. ..in. l.;i-( of l'lamolid.
Port lMl:-e
II. . K1MMKLL,
T,.,;i,.r. . j.r..fcsioiii!l NTt'lO" totiie ciniecii"
(.-.vi m i ini.l i i'-.nl'V. I'liU -s jmifesfiotiaJl-
".iw.a-fi i,c i-n'i imiml at hioth- on Mitiu su,
Ui "I L'liuimli'i.
,ii. r.Kir.AKKi:
T -l.iVr !i pTofi-s'ional ktvmih to the citiwns
-.ttt.-rr.-t a. I !ctuity. "rtieeln n-sidcuceon
V. ;-tre-l ot l'lan.or.d.
Yyi wm. i:rtH
" ' -i. r hi;- lO'fti'tiiMl
-: t:.ti and ir:tn;y.
I)'
1 ATI1H' PHYSICIAN AND SI KiiWi.V.
. i.i--r. ii-i-to the i-opl of sonii r-et
:: : t ,i!lr in town and country prxinpl-:.-!
lo. ' all tH' 1'otitid at ott.'.-c day or
';:.. prod !iiru!!y enggil othec on
i-l iiinicr of Dianioiid. ocr Kiieprr
.in-,..
W
.1. M. UMTKKK.
Pill .-H I AN ANI SI Ki.l.'iN,
iir.- lia.ati, h nimiiciith in Stitn.t-1 for the
t pui, ion. t itl.ee ou Main -'.rit-t,
i ti-ar.tf lTtig'lv.
J. s. y MII.I.KN.
K..'nii'.-. tn l'trfry.)
-)'-'.a nit.ntioii to the pr.-rveitioti of
lu'ui I. i-t::. A;r!ir."l -el in-TU-l. Ail
i L'i...'i.iite .1 Mi'.irictor-. t tt.ii in ltaer
i -'
I)
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I'KXTIST.
-.tlr in '..k A H-i-ritx KU-k.
I)
i:. WM. col.l.KCs.
PKS't r-T.
''' in Kie -pi.-rV 1.1. k m1airs.-w-hcre ho
' f-nl t".; jm ir-i lo do ali kinds
ili Miii. a t-iiini. r-e:latllig. eMra-ttnr,
"" r i.ii n ;ii of aii 1 nui' olid ot tilt be
- .i!----!!. An work ijaraltlecti.
i. K. MH.Li:U
1--1" -.liientiy 1.,-aml iu tti-rilii for the prar
' "i I pi.-t.-'-iou. otui-e oj.jsi"jte Charie
'.-ilit'. r s SlOIe.
s'ijit-rs"t County liank.
C-1 Harrison, m. j. pritts,
Pi:tj-llil.NT. CAKHIIB.
'KTtt n- i,.i, i Kj 1mnr f (he rniled Stan.
CHARGES MODERATE.
fir;., ui. ,!,,(. , niiw.v wKt can be ae
aiolntH t .j-,.,) ,m ,-w Va-k in any mim.
i.
-.1 - n'.iee vi :iii proiiipttiesf. P. S. lioiids
mt -M Moiier and viiiuables rsinreil
"" .! l.i eci.-braictl sales, with a Sar-
tune i. k.
A!; !: Hoiitv Olwrved
CURTIS K. GROVE.
SOMERSET, PA.
'"'11.- sl.LK.IIs, CAKKIACKS.
S!'L1N, W.VitiNS. Ht'CK W At.oNS.
AM tA-TIXS ANliWESTLKN WH;K
I iiriiishcd on short Xiticc.
fainting Done on Short Time.
,s'tiU;,',,.,Kll fft'HinviMy SttwiHul Mix,
"altln- Ii, h.n awi StirL SnliKtanlialiy
nwruci.-l. Neatly Finb-hed. and
arrni toaive hattstiwti.ai.
-p'-T Cnlj First Class Vorkaea.
!:-VinuK t All KimUin W- Line Hone on
'rt Notice. Prii-.KF.ASoKlLE,auiJ
AH Work Warranied.
ul Kmiae my Sua k. ami I-arn . . W
"wm rt. and furnish Selves for Wind
ii- im L.I.r tke piace, and call iu.
CCRTISK. GROVE,
kJut of Oairt lUnm-)
BUMKKaStT. PA
V
1
tie
VOL. XXX VI. NO. 2.
TORPID LIVER
Is Known by these Marked Peculiarities t
1. A ft-t-iiiiK of ut-Ntriui uuti j tains iu the
2. H-H.i brnlh. ba u-U1 in xhv month, and
H. "i!Minirihii, with iKXHsiitiml tUUrkw of
HiurrliH ..
A. Hvla-hc. in (he front of the hel ; nau
Ma. &.7:r.uv, ami yrllwu net of
ft, Ht'Hnbnni. In. of atMH'tito.
f. i'l.-ti'titmti of the K'unaclt and bowels by
wi.nl.
7. JVtTvMou if sjtirit". and trrt-ut tiu'lanrholy,
uith la-iniiit iiud a !iMsitiou lo have
v cry i h i 1 1 c for U- tut rnw .
A thittirul tlturttf iit'hfituH the IJtvr nmnttai tn
tjtKmt ktttUk. Y 'hen ih ubMnicuHl jt nuliin
bilioitsxkMs,
j Sil-tliK lis l.ivtT Kt-t'liUturexiTt- inl ft'iiritixis
iiiniu-m t i or r t;ry kino or (imunes. It iv
i'.r' i in- I.ivi r li j.rnp. r uitrkinx rtT. n-toi-litt.i'
tin- m rt llun i'f k.ii1 i.im tW l!in-liv!
Mvrans in U' li niti'liiitiini ilim ilu-v .au iloilu ir
Im-hI ttult. VlttT lakitlff IhihllKlil'int! uu UTH w ill
my, " 1 itm biiinns."
' I lini c- lx -I'll sulijitt tn w'verc mh'Uk ol'Oincitt-
1in:( tin I.lK T. All.i havp liwll 111 lilt' (mini of
i liikini.' Inim l.i tn ji gmiini of ciiloincl which in-n-
crlly IhI'1 nic up tor three or four luy. Lutcly
1 hnvc lcc!i -tjikniL' siminoii I.ivcr Roi;iilmr,
j w inch iravc me r-ln f. witliotit m;v iiitcrrtition
j tolitfiiicok." I. Ill -Ki. Mnlillc(H.rt", Ohio.
J. II. ZK.I.1S & rMlLAI.F.UMII. I!A.
It is to Your Interest
Tc I'.rY Y( It
Drugs and Medicines
Biesecker & Snyder.
ht in lSilis Tl V. V. !VI.
. mo but tltcjHtn-sl ami In-.! k'-t :;i ta k.
tui'l wlu ii I-tii Imcuiiic iin-rt ly staml
itii.. a o-rtam of ilu iu do, we rle
s .iiy tiii tn. ratlicr tli.m im-jhim-tut
ottr i'.itot:irrs.
Ynt: -.i!i iicicioI oti Iihviiio your
PRESCRIPTIONS & FAMILY RECEIPTS
till-ii with .iv. Vir piiccx un- as low as
an otliT lljt-clas 1 tit -t- mill on
nmiiy articles itiiicli 'iwir.
The not lie of tli.i. county set'tii to know
UiiiN, and have jrivcu lis a large snare of thcii
itriiiage. and w shall stiil i-onli- tie tojr'.ve
tin in tin1 very bi-st gixxK for their n.oiiey.
Jin not foryn-t tliat we make a i-iki i."lty of
FITTIXO TKTTSSFiS'.
Wi guaranliv .-atiNfaeti.m. ml, if ym: Inve
liinl trouole .ti Hit- ilirit-tio
give tin a a!l.
SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES
j
i:i kh' M-m-ty: (nil M-t of J'-nt 1i,s-h.
itnc in ami I'ave yiitn even eamit:l. Xo
charge for raminat: ill. ami we av confident
wc cjtii s'tit you. t'otucatn me.
llc-pcct fully.
BIESECKER & SNYDER.
B. & B.
SPRING DRESS GOODS THE
TOPIC.
WhHt hall I gel tor toy new Sprint and Sum
mer -nil V rile our Mali order i'uirtmciit litr
am pics, and lliey w ill help yon hii-wit the 4tie-
tion.
ur bitsine in lircsp lurid rN'iartnient tliis
t-a-ir. has already la-en snrprira-, but v ith the
dfiiiy arrival-tA new c..Is. ihe st.-k and nelee
tion is quite a g-sid a- ever. We make this mat
ter c-f a-orttnciit mi ! -ic'tion a f'a:ore of mir
bii-ii:e and w ith the assurance that pri-s are
riL-ltt. tin- customer. alihmi.'li living ai a distance
and unable to come in" person. to do all the pur-i-lia-iiig.
has nothing to risk in ordering by niaii.
The newest and tuo-t d-ini'h- goodit will le
S'-nt uitn rciji.--t, and Ki.ti-im-tiou gnaraaleed.
T i y a sample orrier. Yon w ill tmd ttiis Mshopping
by mail,'1 with a rcpiita.'-l.-htaw. a great sueeesK.
A lew sjM'cmlti". otlcnsl t,i inontu. viz-.
Complete l.ini- Ali Wool I'oHirtMi Cashmere
Stripe- iiL'hi weight, but medium to dark Cohan,
44t meruit, -iii cent..
l-rire lot all wool fancy Imported Imna m1s,
4ii incii w iii b, -o , gissi- rcdiict-t lrom 7-V.
aII.wimiH aiiii'sl Hair Mixtpre- ia Light reyn
and Hrowns. :t-in. ::7' ;. c-iiis.
All-wool M in. Invi-tblcor Pin Head cheeks in
Sprinnand Simiuier -hade- at 7'-. : foi mer pri-
Mai w hich they wore thought gmal value and
clc-ap
ew IrirjTt-l t 'huITr, wisil tilliiitf in light Sum
mer Col. rs and wHuhl, 1' 1" in.
Jti-i piaisi on -ale. large asortr.icnt of Krjglish
cbal!:- ir A-iaiic Potigcs l-iin-ln s width for
:'.' cein---i-iitircly in w and all the ri. ire tor Hum
mer wear
:oiu KKM al! wind Canvass cloth at St
p. r yard Die chi api-t thing iti Irirs (ioods line
ever o1crod. '
Kor street and Traveling io-liunes we have
l laoeii oti -ale livsshadi-sofiirey Kltelish Mohairti
incties in ti idth at i-r yani : olil fashioned
good n-viv-d tint very h sirablc.
The oili-ring-in Kngiisli, Krencii and (ieminn
Nou'liv Miitiugr are bew lideritig in extent and
vari t urn uiiitiy to attempt even mention or
descript ion.
I -mil S:!k baaiiin- in lilaek and Color-d Silks
and iminy new ones. Kvi-rything in Moireor Wa
tered i -iMsi- is lie H'TTi'i'l tiiine. 'I o tncet the de
mand in this iir.n-t:oii, w e ofb-r
A s-peeial I.nrv- Line of Colored Moire Silk
eerv-nade. at oe for 1-in width: these are es-
-l -i .wt tin l. . . va-rv lirtiKli
i oiofd Hhaslnf:i-.l . nil J in., not of- i
l. ro t'iK'W ht-rt tM-tou ?i uiii ei ..
ilitvi-4, 'otn.. KiT.Uin.. ((iir,iiiie, .b-w rlr', Jk:
f'r !rt v J.im mihI if-rif l t -n of ourotler-
HOGGS & BUHL.
115, 117, 119 & 121 FEDERAL STREET.
tkbEGJHENY, PA-
EXCELSIOR
cook: stove
unn uMtniT.
EIGHTEEN SIZES Al KINDS.
ill PnrtliaEBrs can If Med!
3IASI FACTWKU VY
L 1 SBEPEIED k tH E1LT0. It
Ayii ron ai.e Jir
Tt. 13. Schell & Co.,
augla-'sri-lyr. SthVMSET. PA.
YOU
can live at home, and make
nre money al wiwk fc,uthati
at envthing elae in tho world.
Capital not n-Ji. Von are
MiTr.ed lre-. (Kith aexen ; ad ag. Any ouecan
dollie work. IJUge earnitig wire from the Wart.
C44lv imtllt and lernis fre IKtler n delay:
costx'vou iiiKhtiir U aeud us your addrea. anil
fin.i .ait if y" are wis, you will at unee,
U. Haixktt A Oo., Portland, Ma, decxtljrr.
SOMEWHERE.
BV AI.FKKH t. NH AW.
Somewhere the wlti'l Im hlowitig,
I thought an I toihvl alotix ,
In the huminc beat of the nootilitle.
And the fancy maje me KtrouK,
'es, w here the wind in blowing.
Tlionsh here where I rasj and sljrh.
Not a breath of air b. Mining.
Not a rloud In the hurnitu: sky.
Somewhere the thing we long for
Kxisw on aarth'a wide bound
Somewhere the sun ihiiiiii
When Wiuter ulp the ground.
Sotnewhcrc the tiowet are Kjiringing,
Somewhere the ooni is hniwn,
And rady into the harvrat
To feed the hungry town.
Somewhere the twilight gather
And weary men lay by
The bonlenof the daytime,
And wrapped in iduiulier lie.
Homew here the day if. breaking.
And gloom and dui kne de.
Through Htonm. uur tutrk are towing,
There' nhucw here- a lacid wa.
And thus, I thought, lif always.
In thin niytyriiuis life.
Tliere' alwayft gludi.e somewhere
In spite of it pain and strife ;
And somewhere the "In and sorrow
of earth are know n no more,
Smii'W here ottr weary spirit
Shall find a jicacct'ul fhorc.
Somewhere the things that try us
Shall all have iaied away.
And doubt and fear no lunger
Iinin.de the perfect day.
I) brother, though H i- darkness
Around thy uou! be catf
The cunli i nilllnt ruuwarU
And light shall eume at last.
H'wia,
THE TURQUOiSE RING.
" ix)d night, l'auline ; I must go."
" You must go ?"
Slit' fell liat k asU'p, us if she doti-cti'il
impatience in his tone.
" You can't stay any Ion.fr?" she said
then, nitirft helplessly. .
" No, I must he oil", lie a paid girl,
Paul i ta, and - and think if me soiue
tinurs." He i nded with a laugli that sounded
half sarcastic. Ilut slie had loosened her
hold uu ht arm, nd she looked at
liitti almost with the calmness of de
spair. "Think of me sometimes," he lt
jK'jtted. ' Sometimes !" she struck in with quiet
intensity. "Always. Xinht and day,
morniii;, and inid-duy, nnd evening,aiid
midnight. Kvery moment, constantly,
faithfully, I shall never let your imaj.'e
leave me for an instant. 1 will wearyour
riiifr. a.id will lsik at it and see your two
hlue eyes watching m
bv. j.""allV, g'Hidliy."
";ood-
lie reirardeil her for a hrief moment in
silence. lepK-ured surprised yet re
lievetlat her quietude, lie was ;lal there
hud been no m etie, He had almost ex
pected mie. Then he stooped hastily and
jjcissetl her i'orehead liahtly.just hrushinji
it with his hps, uml turning, iiastened
away. - .
He was lloger Hitstinas, the son of
wealthy parent ; he traced hi- ancestry
, " .,:,. II., l..1 ,.r
1 IW 1 IUI jiiuiij p.m iau"iio. p."
tnaiiy
all out of his college course that he i-an-rl
for, ami he was tloiiij, to see the world
. retry thoroughly for the doA-n years to
come.
It would be strange ifhc did not care to
gather u occasional Hower by the way
side as he went.
And l'auline? She watched him aslonji
as her eyes could tell his shape ; watch
cd hint pass briskly oil' into the twi
light. She put her hand in the bosom of her
dress anil touched tenderly the ring she
wore ujm a blue riblain tiie ring that
he had jiiven her the solid band with
its quaint selling of twin turquoises, like
two blue eyes ptzing steadily outward
She knew he would e true to her. She
knew he loved her.
Then I'aulitii came back to herself out
of a pleasant dream into which she had
ist-n drifting, and rememliered that she
tuns; )o to !ed at once in order to
rise early and iinish the fine work in
time.
"I never saw that riblion around your
neck Ix'torc." said tliechamberinaid.Bud
denly. " What is it a ' tinst-el ' you're
wearing?"
l'aulita Lesitatetl.
u Yes," she said, softly. ft it keel
harm away."
In a fortni pht the family were at New
port. l'aulita wondered how soon siie would
hear from her lover. She looked for a
a letter any day. He would write to
New port, or even if he did not, the let
ter would be forwarded from the i-ity
house.
1'anlita dreamed a good deal day
dreams; while she sewed, or while she
helied the "ovcrtiess to take the children
for walks. Paulita dreamed bv day and
j bv iitL,'ht. She dreamed as she walked
,v tht iXfatl ail! lotktil at toWiirl the
blue horizon rim.
Utit no letter came.
She wore her rini within her bosom.
S.jiiH-times she took it out and lotjked at
it, and remembered his voice when he
fuve it to her; remeiiila-revl his soft laugh
w hen he warned her not to let acid touch
the stones and darken them.
Soiiivtitnes aye, very often she kissed
the ring, and said, " My Korer!"
I'.ut the days imis-mkI. and the weeks
passed, ami no letter came, no word jr
sign of her lover.
At length Taui'itu's face liefran to grow
thin and ile, her eyes seemed larger,
darker for great hollows came about
them. She did not c:;re for food. She did
not sleep nt niht.
And still siie waited for his letter.
One afternoon the mistress bade her t
do some, work that needed tiie mistress'
supervision.
Taulita sat palely watching her stich
es an I plyin;? her needle. Some strange
influence had moved her to take the tur
quoise ring from her bosom and pliW it
ujaiti her w edding-ring finger. Her hands
arm very thin and w hite, to match the
imlor of her face, and the olneand heavy
gold shone markedly.
Was there any strangeneiw iu this, that
a friend of Paulita's mistress, an intiiuate
friend, a brusque, elderly, somew hat ec
centric lady, should drop in for chat,
and so sit with Pauliia'a mistress in her
Ixiudoir?
I'aulita ptwe w ith an in inquiring glance
at her mistress. But the latter only smil
ed languidly.
" You need not go, Paulita ; continue
your work." And tn her visitor : "Thia
is my K-aiustress. She is an excellent lit
tle creature ; you need not mind her at
all."
Somerset
SOMERSET,
" No?" saitl the visitor, goal humoretl
ly ; but she glanced sharply at the girl.
And presently, when she hail saiken a
little with her friend, she apprarcd great
ly interested in what the seamstress was
doing.
She w as a woman with a heavy, almost
coarse voice. And when she suddenly
addressed Paulita the girl started ami
grew a shade paler. .
"That is a very peculiar ring you
wear."
"Yes, madam," said Paulita, iu a low
voice.
" Will you oblige nie by letting me
look at it r
Pattlita's breath came hard for a mo
ment. Her cheeks began to crimson. She
slowly drew the band from her linger and
carried it to tiie visitor.
"Certainly, madam," she said, but ra
ther indistinctly.
"Ahem!" said the lady. "Yes. Very
quaint. Quite roceo, I may say. May I
ask where you got it ?"
Paulita 's crimson cheeks grew more like
scarlet,
" It was a gift," she answered.
"Ah! Ami for how much could I in- i
d uce you to part with it?-'
Pauliut's head was raised proudly.
" Fur no money !" she said.
" You really mean you would not like
to let it go?" It is very valuable is it
not?" .
" It is priceless," said the girl, gaining
some txiuruge.
Her mistress smiled languidly, as she
stit watching.
"IV. you really fancy the ring?" she
iiiijtnrod ot tier caller.
The latter nodded briskly.
" I want it very much."
"Oh, well, Paulita," said her mistreat
"let Mrs. Van C'aiapcn have the ring if
sh- chooses to buy it from you. Who
gave it to you, anyway?"
" My sweetheart gave it to me." said
Paulita, after a silence, in which she
seemed nerving herself for something.
"It is my engagement ring. NoIkmIv
on earth no money could buy it lrom
me." " .
I b-r eyes were fixed upon the treasure
as she sjatke, jealously.
"Ahtiu!" said the caller. "Engage
ment Jug! I wonder who the thief w as?
You see. this ring is mine, I can identi
fy it by the inside. 1 haven't looked yet,
and couldn't read it without my glasses,
but I think younger eyes could find the
letters ' 11' and ' II ' and a date. The ring
is older than it looks. People do not
wear goad turquoises con -tantly ; they are
easily discolored."
Paulita stood motionless. No sound
came from her lijw. The scarlet had fad
ed from her cheeks. A sickness, a death
ly feeling had come tpon her. What did
it mean?. Her Itogcrs ring ! Stolen!
Thifc woman knew the ins ription.
The room seemed going around. She
vas dizzy, faint.
And then t'ie caller's voice fell upon
her again through tho darkness.
"Of course I dont doubt you came by
it honestly, my poor girl, but nevertheless
it is -or was my ring. Your sweetheart
probably bought it ut a paw nshop where
il had been left ha, ha! by my scape
grace of a nephew. My favorite nephew,
my incorrigible nephew. Always into
scrapes, and always having to be heljafd
out. 1 suppose "she w its talking to
Paulita's mistress now) "I siijijkjsc
young men must be young men, and
youna rascal as w-elL Only fancy that
si-alaw ag of a Itotrt-r you know my neph
ew, Hoger Hastings only fancy his
pawning my ring. I mis-ed it a goial
while eince. . Here, my good
pirl " for Paulita had turned and walk
ed toward the d'Kir walked unsteadily,
had they but seen or cared.
"Here, my girl, 1 will not claim the
ring, unless you choose to accept a fair
equivalent.
l'an'iia returned, put out her hand
blindly, and took the ring. Her heart
was dead, cold, horrible w -ith in her. Was
Ivoger Hastings the real name of her ling
er Hardy? Had he deeicvel her? Yet
she took and held the ring in her numb
hand, and she heard her mistress mur
mur :
" You are bx good. Mrs. Van Caiupeu.
Indeed, I think yntt are really iiajlish to
Ik; sogotsl." !
And Mrs. Van Cainjien's voice tlisre
gardful of her friend's remonstrance eel- j
ehrab'd the follies of her favorite neph-
ew. " At all evtnts, he had got to the
end of his tether. He is going to lie mar- j
ried soon, and I fancy his w ife will make
him walk veiy straight. She's a dashing
girl and he's completely infatuated
Miss Van Waters very rich, of course."
"You can go for awhile, Paulita," saitl
her mistress, serenely, foresi-eing, js r
haps, some delightful bit of gossip anent
the coming wedding since weddings are
usually first or last attended uith scandal
of some sort.
And Paulita oU yed. She wenf out of
tht room. She wore her cap and apron,
and seemed neat and uiodest. No one
would have susiiected any terrible im-
tending trouble. She went toward the
sea.
"O, mytiod!" She kept saying these
three words over and over helplessly,
despairingly.
False, false, false ! Her w orld had come
to a sudden and terrible end. Her world
had stoptxHl revolving had collided
with huge obstacles, had crashed and
smashed, and was dropping away from
under her leet. She was sinking into an
abyss.
It was death '.
She walked a long distant. She hard
ly knew w here she stopja.-l, or w hat she
brought back with her.
She had no money. How could she
buy poison to end her life?
She did not return to the house until
after dark. She crept iu Iiks shadow.
No one seemeil to see her. llW mistress
was whirling, whirling in the delicious
dance to delicate music, in contly silks
and splendid blaze of diamonds, among
others of her set at the Casino. The
chauiliermaid, Paulita's rooui-mate, waa
strolling on the beach with a clianee lov
er. Paulita creptto her room. She sat
down in a chair by the small stand in
the corner. She bowed her head upon
her hands and did not move. Perhas
she said a prayer. The wind the sweet
sea breeze stole in upou her.
I'.ut she did not stir.
At midnight the chambermaid crept
in softly and saw PauliU praying there,
but did not speak to her. The chamber
maid crept into bed and slept soundly
and selfishly till broad daylight
ESTJVBLT8ETED 1827.
PA., WEDNESDAY,
And by Lie broad daylight they found
Paulita dead.
She was cold, and still, and pale. She
would never move or speak again.
Did she take herown life? tuii afrf
There was a glass and dregs of some
thing that might have been deadly. And
closely clutched in one thin hand her
turquoise ring. And, as if some jiower
ful acid had fallen upon them, the twin
stones were turned black disfigured be
yond redemption ' .
Hard Work to Wind Up.
Representative W. W. Rice, of Massa
chusetts, Iseing called up for a few feeble
remarks at the end of a dinner recently,
said that the presiding genius reminded
him of a convert down in Maine. He
had la-en anything but a praying man,
yet w hen he had once joined the church
the brethren thought that he ought to be
praying all the time. He was very slow
t set alsiut it. In fact, he positively re
fused in much fear and trembling. But
after aw hile, by dint of assiduity and
dextrous tact his near neitrhlior and close
friend got himupin a prayer meeting one
night. Once up he prayed as, though he
could not stop. He prayed fur the uni
verse, the world, America, the United
States, the State of Maine, ami the coun
ty of Aroosstiaik, not forgetting the good
people of Bangor. He prayed for the
Church universal, militant and trium
phant, general and particular, abroad
and at home. He prayed for everybody
in his own congregation, present or ab
sent, collectively and individually ; he
began to reiteat himself. At last he
turned to his friend and said in a lotid
whisK-r : " It's easy enough to pray, but
it's most mighty hard to peter it out
right."
The Magical Effect of Taffy.
Senator Nye, of Nevada, went to Sec
retary Stanton one day to make a peti
tion for some dead soldiers' orphtms. It
was in the darkest days of the war. Stan
ton said :
" I have not time. Mr. Nye, to see what
you want."
" Supjiose you take time, Mr. Secre
tary." " You are unreasonable, Mr. Nye, in
pressing h!ich a thing at this time," said
Stanton.
" Permit rue to say that you are the un
reasonable man," answered Nye.
"If not a United States Senator I should
say Unit you Wi-re very impertinent," said
Stanton, haughtily.
"If you were not a great Secretary of
AVar, 1 should lie tempted to say you were
making a d d fool out of yourself," re
plied the old Gray Kagle, with his eyes
blazing.
Stanton looked at him a moment, anil
then softening, said :
"Maylie I am, Jim, who knows? Come
insidii, ami tell nie all about it."
" Now, Ned, my boy, you are growing
sensible," said Nye, ami , the business
was quickly arranged.
How He Succeeded.
The dark ways of liticians an; not
always past finding out. An Indian
agent, w hose ollicial chanu-ter was not
alsive reproach, determined to present
the case favorably to the administration
by sending a delegation of Indcuis to
Washington to declare his praises.
He dressed the aborigines in an extra
ordinary costume of war-paint and feath
ers, to their own astonishment, and fill
ing them full of bad whisky and praises
of himself, sent them on their way. At
Washington the following conversation
took place between them and one of the
national oificials :
"Is Captain Jones the agent a good
man?"
"Good man!" (sententiottsly.)
" I NX'S he steal the Indians' bacan and
flour?"
" Sometime."
" Docs beget drunk?"
" Mos' evly day."
"lie is a good man, you say?"
"Good man !"
"Whv?"
"He good man ; he gif us plenty dol
lah to say tlat. He make us cold, he
make us hungry, he steal, he get drunk,
but he say he goodest kind oh man. He
tell us say so! Captain Chones good man!
Ugh !"
Washington County Romance.
The man who wants to kick himself
lives in the southern part of Washington
county. For a long time a youth down
there .vanted to marry his daughter, but
he sttihljornly refused his consent. The
other day w hen the twain were together
the lover proposed a jaunt over the
Wusliiiiotou and Waynesbtirg railroad.
It would cost, only SUJ4 and l? inside in
a few hours. They went. The old man
heard of it and concluded it was an elojie
nietit. There was no train for hours.
The team was hitched to the carriage and
there was a wild drive of eighteen miles,
to Washington. Had the detectives seen
the Hying lovers? No. Of course not. The
lovers were gaw king around the railway
station. Telegrams were sent to the po
lice in every direction and the old man
with heavy heart and depleted pix-ket-liook
turned toward home. The lovers,
having seen the wonders of Washington,
turned towanl home also. The train leat
the old man's team, and w hen he drove
up to the house, then was the missing
daughter peeling potatoes for supper.
Puts and Calls.
" PajKi," odserved little Johnny Gray,
" what does this mean in the paper''"
" What is it my h n ?"
"Why what do "puts" and "calls"
mean?"
"They mean," said the old man, who
had taken several Hyers ; " they mean
that a man goes down lo Wall stn'et and
puts some money in the hands of a bro
ker." " Well, but w hat do " calls" mean f
"Oh, they mean, my son, tluit when
he calls ff.r it he -don't get it.' TU h-
hdiicwT.
l)f. Baird says that fishes sometimes
live to be 150 years oIL Now, we can
understand why they are in no hurry to
partake of the tempting morsel at the
end of our line.
Considering how small a tooth is, it is
astonishing how much ache it can hold.
No wonder the man wrote a book and
called it " Acres Enough."
The naturally beautiful society lady
has become a good deal of a curiosity.
JUNE 22, 1887.
SMUGGLED DIAMONDS.
" I got uiy start iu business by helping
n smuggler to save the goods he wax try
ing to smuggle, and I don't think I did
any wrong by it," said a ship chandler,
of this city, to a group of sea captains who
had assembled in the snug little otKt of
his well stocked store one afternoon re
cently. The surprise which this an
noucement had provoked gave place to
expressions of curiosity on the part of
the assembled captains, and the chandler
proceeded to explain his innocent con
nection w ith the smuggling industry.
" When I was about 10 years old,"
said the chandler, " I went to sea, I
shipped as cook on an American bark,
which finally landed me in Liverpool,
where I was paid olf. After I got rid of
my wages I looked about for another
ship. I found a lierth as cook on an
American bark of i00 tons, which was
bound for Savannah. The captain was a
quiet sort of man, with small black eyes,
each of which looked as if it was trying
to keep what it was doing from the oth
er. The day before the bark sailed a long,
narrow box came on board, and the ca
titin had it stowed away carefully in his
stateroom. The box liaiked as though it
might contain a coilin. 1 made np my
mind that there was a body inside, but
as I Wiisn't suisTstitious myself I didn't
pay much attention to the matter at the
time. The crew looked like tough men.
They w re hard cases, as a ruie, but they
seemed willing enough to do their work
all except two. Thee were big, brawny
Irishman we called ' Dublin Mike' anda
wiry, Spanish-looking chap named Tony.
Mike and Tony were always telling the
other chaps they were working hto hard,
and were advising them to stand up for
their lights. We had a good run for
about three w eeks, and had made the
better part of the voyage, w hen a heavy
northernly gale stit in. There was a good
deal of iron in the cargo, and that made
the bark labor badly. She strained so
much that she sprang a leak. The pomps
had to be kept going nearly ali the time. '
The gale lasted several days, and we
drifted considerably to tho southward.
The men got tired of woiking so much at
the pumps, and then it leaked out about
the strange looking box iu tiie captain's
statenaim.
"No wonder we have bad luck,' said
Dublin Mike, 'with that stitF on boanl,'
and the chap began to work on tiie su-jM-rstitious
feeling of the men ly telling
them that no ship with a de;id b.sly on
board was ever known to get through a
voyage without trouble.
" That night, at four bells in the dog
watch, all hands laid aft and asked to sec
the captain. The skipper came out of
the cabin looking sort of scant! and
asked the men what they wanted. Mike
who was spokesman, said that they
couldn't stand it any longer with a dead
lsidy on board. The body had to go
overboard, or else the ship would go
down. Theokipper said that tl;3 idea
that a tlead bony could briug any harm
to a ship waj all nonsense, and he told
the men to go forward. Then Tony cried
out to the men to follow him ami made a
dash toward toe cabin door.
" Stop, men,' cried tiie captain, there
ain't any dead Ualy in that box."
" Tony and the rest stopiietl."
" Tluit lox," the captain went on to
say, 'has only got some silk in it that I
want to get through w ithout duty. Per
ha there's some diamonds in wit h the
silks, and perhaps theic s more diamonds
than there is silks. I'm going to put
into Bermuda for repairs. We're within
two days' sail of Bermuda now.'
" But," suid Tony , 'if we help you to
save the diamonds, and silks yon ought
to divide with us w hen we get to Savan
nah.' "And so I will," said the skipper.
" Mike swore that the capLiin ought to
open tiie box and show the men that
there was really no body in it. Tony
seized Mike by the arm and whistiered
something to him in an angry tone.
Mike then stammered and said that he
would take the captain's word for it, and
all went forward quietly.
" The wind was fair during the next
twenty-four hours, and the next night
when I turned in I understood that the
chances were that we would reach Ber-j
mil' la some time in the morning. The
watch on deck had been keeping the
pumps going nearly all the time, and I
could hear them clicking as I fell asleep.
I slept in a little stateroom right aft of
the forecastle. There was a little air hole
in the bulkhead net ween my room and
the forecastle. I had frequently heard
what was going on in the forecastle, but
had never paid much atttviition to it.
That night I woke up feeling kind of un
comfortable. I heard voices in the fore
castle. I fancied tiiat the watches had
just been changed and 1 tried to go to
sleep again, but I could not. This sur
prised me, 'necause the men usually went
to sleep the moment they turned in. I
put my ear up to the air hole and listen
ed. " What will we do with the cook ? " I
heard a' sailor say.
"They'll lock him in just la-fore eight
Is lls," replied a voice, which I recogniz
ed as Mike's.
" Then I heard a noise as if my door
and the shutters over my w indow were
being fastened. I got up softly and felt
my door. 1 found that I had Ix-cn fast
ened in. I climlied back into my lierth
and putting my ear to the lade, listened
again.
" What will become of the jioor cook
leaked np there?" I heard the sailor
ask. c
"The same as will become of the ship,'
replied Mike, with a laugh.
"A chilly, awful kind of a fi-elingeame
over me when he said this." ,
" At eight bells we begin," he contin
ued. " I heard eight bells strike anil then I
heard the men rush out of the forecastle.
An instant latter I heard several pistol
shots fired. This was followed bv loud
shouts and something which sounded
like the smashing in of doors. Then I
heanl several more pistol shots,and then
everything was quiet. I lay there in my
lierth, not daring to cry out lest the
mutineers should come and kill me.
Their plan seemed clear to me. They
undoubtedly intended to secure the dia
monds, and, leaving the ship to her fate,
to make for Bermuda in the open boats.
Occasionally I would hear some sailor j
enter the forecastle for something and
then go out again. I could not hear the
the pumps going, and I had no doubt
era
that the vessel was filling fast. I lay
quietly in my bunk until daylight latgau
to showr itself through the chinks in uiy
door and window. Just then I heard
several more shots fired. This made me
think that the captain and mates had
succeeded in barricading themselves in
the cabin, and were still holding out. A
few hours passed without my hearing
any more sounds. Then all of a sudden
it seemel to me as if the ship was sink
ing. 'The mutineers,' I thought, 'have
killed the otlicers ami have left in the
boats, leaving me to go down with the
ship.' I sprang to the door and sh.xik it
violently several times, but it remained
fast, For a few seconds I was out of my
head with tenor, and I yelled like a
madman. Then I threw myself on the
deck.
"A moment later I heard some one
unfiisten my door. I ota-msd it and
sprang out on deck. Aft I saw the cat
tain, with his large oilskin coat on, di
rt'ting the men, vho were getting ready
to launch the two lsats. The ship was
fast sinking and the decks now lay al
most at tiie water's edge.
" We'd forgotten all about yon," said
the sailor w ho had unlocked my door.
" I went aft ami took a hand in launch
ing the lioats." As I did so I heard the
captain say :
" Remember, men, that we must stick
by ouragreemenL You are to do your
lest and the mates and I are to say
nothing about the mutiny. Quick, the
ship is sinking and we'll be swa'mi'd
with her! "
" In a moment the boats wTerc over the
side. We were alxiut to get into them
wh. n Mike said to the Captain :
" Ain't we going to have some of thern
smuggled diamonds for helping you t"
get them ashore, captain? "
"1 have nodinmonds," replie l the cap
tain. " Now that it is all over I don't mind
telling you there really is a dead body
in that liox. I tried to put you fellows
off by saying that it contained diamond j
and silks."
" We'll make sure of that, captain,"
said Mike, w ho started toward the cabin
door wilh Tony.
"The captain drew his n-volver pud
pointed it at Mike, who stopped. So did
Tony.
"That box contains the Isidy of my
Vis;.T. It must not Is? touched. If you
want to live get into the boat ! " cried the
ca-'tain.
Mike. followed by Tony, climbed d'-wn
into the smaller of the two boats. Then
si:; of the men, the steward, and the two
mates tumbled into the larger land, The
captain was about to follow when the
boat pushed otf from the side. Then the
captain told ni and the only remaining
sailor to get into the smaller boat, into
which he followed ns. We had jusf
pushed away when the bark gave a piunge
forward, keeled over to one side, attd
Kink. We narrowly escaped being
swamped by the sinking of the vessel.
We could sec the land alxiut twenty
miles to leeward. I noticed that thecjip
tain did'nt seem pleased at being in the
smaller laiat along with Mike and Tony.
I thought that he was going to hail the
big boat ami have the mate change
places w ith iii in ; but when I looked
amund I saw the other boat was making
rr pidly for the land ami was fast getting
beyond hailing distance. I pulled the
stroke r ar and just behind me was T ny ,
who w as next to.Mike. The captain urged
them to pull hard in order to keep x
near as possible to the big boat, but tiie
two chaps bKik it easy and in an honr
the other boat was out of sight. I could
hei'rTony and Mike whisjs-ring to each
other in low tones, but I could not make
out what they said. The captain in
steering the boat moved rather stillly, as
if his clulhes didn't set ettsj- on him. I
got the ides that lie must have something
stowed away about him. I had no doubt
that the laix contained diamondsandthat
he had them about him. After we had
been about three hours in the boat Tony
jumped up and, pointing astern, of the
laiat, cried. " Look there!"
" The captain turned anitind to look
and Tony sprang over me. I saw the
blade of a stiletto flashing in his hand,
tjuick as a flash I grappled him, and we
I My': l fell in the laittom of the boat. Mike
jumped toward us, but lx-fore he could
do anythiny the captain had got the stil
etto out of Tony's hand. Then he cover
ed Tony with his pistol and made him
craAl back to his place behind me. The
captain kept his pistol out and made the
two mutineers row hard for several hours.
We were gettinir in close to the land
when a coasting schooner came along
and nicked us un. The caidain saitl noth- I
ing nliout the mutiny. Late in the after
nain the schooner landed as in Bermuda
where we found tiie crew of the other
ljoat. Thecaptain reported the lossofthe
bark to the American consul, but said
nothing about the mutiny. Nearly a'.l of
the crew shipped on vessels then in port.
The consul gave me passage on a steamer
that sailed for New York a sew days
aftviward! The captain came to see me
otf, and handed nie an order for -o00 on
his New York atjenta. I at first told him
that I couldn't take pay for helping him
to smuggle diamonds, but he said that
there was no law against his taking dia
inands from England and landing- them
in an F.nglish colony, and that proliably
he would dispose of his diamonds lx-fore
coming to America again. That over
come my scruples. With my SotK) I
started here in the junk line in a small
way. That, gentlemen, is the way I
started in business." AVir York Turn.
The Fertility of Dakota.
" Now, what is the most remarkable in
stance of the fertility of Dakota soil which
ever came underyour own observation?"
" Well, I believe the case of my pump
might go at the bead of the list."
"What was it?"
" I dug a well about forty f-et deep the
first season I was there and put down a
wtaalen pump. It happened that it was
made out of a small cotton wotal log which
was a little green and the soil at the bot
tom of that well, forty feet from the sur
face, was so fertile that the pump took
root, and it also grew and branched out,
and now while uiy children play in a
swing attached to one of the branches I
pump water thmugh the hole which still
remains in the tnink.
Mr. Beecher wrote a letter less than a
week before he died, in which he said :
" I am perfectly well, and wonder wheth
er I shall ever grow old."
d
WHOLE NO. 1875.
Bad for Husbands.
Think of it!
Women art1 mind readers !
Wives reading their husbands like open
books.
Thereby getting into all our little pet
i schemes.
If we allow this to goon, where will
we end 7"
The wife a mind reader!
The inn-ent husband has fixed np a
plan between hi particular chain to
make the must of an evening, so on leav
ing the supper table he says :
" Business at uiy desk w ill keep me
pretty late, wifey, dear, so don't sit up for
me, but go to bed and sleep like an an
gel." Only to have her come back with :
"That story might have worked yes
terday, my hubby, but i can see through
you now. You are as transparent a
glass to me. You have no intention of
goin to your desk nothing of tiie kind.
On tiie contrary, you have made arrange
ments to meet your chuuis at a poker
joint and indulge, in the festive game to a
late hour."
Or she will gi .e him this :
" Work at your desk until late in the
night, poor overworked man '. ilowmany
times you have pulled the wool over uy
eyes by this night-work racket, anil I
have been chump enough to swailow it
ail! But 1 am up to your little game now.
1 can read you now, and I don't need
glasses. You ar an open lxsok in big
job type. You are going to take in tiie
theatre to-night, and have made arrange
ments to ;uett one of the ballet giliS and
enjoy a sut.per after the performance.
No wonder yoc'll lie late. Hadn't yon
Letter make a whole nigh: of it? It will
save you the trouble of coming home and
me the at.uoyance of being disturbed.
" But, hubby, be honest hetealter in
your dealings with me. Ii will be for
your interest ; you'll find that lies won't
work as in tiie past. Come right out w ith
it and acknow !edgi like a liu.e uiau that
you are ba.Jy stuck on some ballet Igirl
on account of her marvek.us make-up.
say you are a u ol, ami want Ut prove it
to others as we'l as to the few who are
tied to you for life. Say you are weak in
the ur.tr story, and a thing with a
blonde wig and stuned calves can catcb
you for all there's in you, and make j m
wtv-te the money that ought to make
home happy and bright."
Now, what married man wank this
kind of a racket played on liim?
It won't do.
This mimi-reading business on tie l art
of wotii'-n must not be encouraged, if it
is, we men will v leasers by it.
Do you tumble?
Breaking Young Cows to Milk.
I have often wondered why there was
not more said in the agriculture journals
at tout the best mode of breaking young
heifers to milk. Kvery fc-iner, from time
to time, has such a job on his hands, and
without the exta-rieiiiv of others, some
times adopts plans that are very unsatis
factory. More cows tire spoilt for being
gentle and kind milkers by bad manage
ment in breaking to milk than all other
cau-es combined. A wi'.d and nervous
heifer, unaccustomed to being handled,
is often driven to one corner of a large
yard, andthen with one or two to assist
Uio work of milking commences. If she
steps or kick-t, as young heifers an unac
customed to being handled and that a; ?
somewhat frightened will, the milker
usually jumps ottt of ..he way, show
ing tiie animal that jumping and kicking
art the best means of defense, and she is
not quick to forget it.
The te-t way In my experience is the
following : Get the young cow into a sta
ble, and if you have staneheons that wnl
hold her all the la-tter ; but if not, tie
her up with a ro amund tier neck or
horns, hitched short, then with a "pe
tied to a ham strap buckle the strap
around the forefoot ls-tween the hoof
and first joint , put the mpe around the
taaly, draw up the fiait, and tie the rotie
stilliceiently shor so that sh; can't reach
her fiait to t'ae ground. She Is now in
proper shaja? for milking. Standing on
three legs uni'ble to free the other she
gives up at once and scam ix-'omes kind
and gentle. If she is of an unusual ner
vous, kicking disjmsition, the hind leg
next to the milker may be buckled to a
mpe and around her leg near the hoof,
and hiiaihed to a posl.or something solid
behind her. She w ill soon got tired kick
ing and entirely give up. Fstially hitch
ing her by the head, either by stancheon
or a mpe and strapping up her fore fixH
is all that is necessary, an. I she w ill sis-n
la a quiet iw.
The Right People Don't Meet.
The (hserver listened to two bright
women discuss the question the other,
day, and the yountrer said : " The great
trouble with sn iety, the reason large
gatherings are not successful, is that in
circles I know the right men and the
right women don't meet." " Oh, that is
always so. I never knew a cin-le in
which they did," said the other. " But
it. is dreadful," persisted miss; "it is as
hard on the one side as on the other; the
bright men who won't exist would cer
tainly tie glad to know the women I
know, but the women I know meet for
most only responsible old duffers and
Imivs at the literary receptions and even
ings they go to. I suppose, she continu
ed, " that it is far better in extremely
fashionable frivolous sia-icty that is fre
quented by males and females of the
same species." She had teen reading
Charles Reade, you see.
" Not a bit of it," rejoined madam ; " I
was talking only this week to a young
woman who moves in tliat society, and
w ho is so tired of it that she is all but
ready to run away with tin; coachman.
'AVhy don't you give her a good time'." I
said to her. 'A good time,' replied the
daughter of sixty millions, 'does any one
suppise I have a good time? Men ! don't
I see nice men ? I never see a man !
Snips, snips, 1 tell you, are all that ever
come to these balls." AVir York flmphie
There are 4;0,0O unmarried men in
Paris against iso,00() married men.
The streets of Los Angeles, Cal., are be
ing paved with granite.
Tailor-made suits for women
more and more masculine.
grow
Stock and Dairy Notes.
Uniformity in batter is a paying vir
tue. Do not saw the horns olf of old nitlli
unless they are dangerou.
The wis' man uses mixed finals. Ho
feeds all parts of the animal system.
If you have taken the dehorning mal
ady, do the deed before the calf is a
moth old. 1 1 is not cruel or even painful
then.
The cows should be put np in the stable
at night when first turned out to grass,
and e?en given some dry food to check
the laxity of the bowels. They will
relish even straw and a little will do them
g x I.
If sheep are ticky, she ir them eurty.
Come to think, they should lie sheared
early anyway. It is cruel to leave the
wool on after the weather gtHs hot. It
makes the sheep r. Shear early and
keep the sheep out of storm and cold.
The lesson may be learned even yet.
; Why is it that farnr.-ni will not h-ed ?
j The most of them have kept their rattle
j in the yards during the day all winter
j and froze out the profits w hen they might
I have been in the stables and siwed half
j of the fodder.
i When the cows go out to the pasture
' poor and hide-bound, resolve solemnly
S tiiiit next winter they shall lie housed
"i all the time and the stable shall be warm.
! Just see how long it will take them to
gain flesh enough to make any pmrit
J over their feed. Will it be half of the
' summer.
I The fanner who liven on a lacking in
! fertility should make close cal--uIatioiis
how many calves can lie raisM and how
; many good ewes ran lie kept, lie will
not lie up to his privileges if he does not
have a big field of fodder corn to help
out the cows in dry weatherand the hay-
; mow in winter.
! A uiht pasture is the thing for the
; cows. Have one handy and keep it for
j years. The cows will make it rich, and
! seed scattered over it early in the spring
i will renew the swar L The seed might
' be covered with a harrow and this would
I he good for the gtass. A gxl scratch
j ing of the surface would spread tiie ma-
nure and start things afresh. Ntw idea,
, but a giasl one.
j Cow s are often rnde sv-k by overfeed
'. ing. The stomach must have rest. M irn
: ing ami night are t;mes tuotigh to feed
' cow or other cattle coarse fodder. It is
' a healty way to feed hay or other fodder
morning and night, .nd mal only at
'. main. The be.,t way is to moisten the
1 hay or straw and sprinkle meal over it.
Then it all rasses into tiie rumen to
f gether and is masticated. The way to
I feed to get rue best results w ith horses
i or cattle is to cut the fodder and wet it
and irix the meal with it Where labor
is ch ?ap th" system wil! alwnys pay
ba k. By it nothing ia waed. 0r
L'oni'lri) ilomt.
Rules for Family Peace.
1. We may is- quite sure that our wi'.l
is likr'y to N- cmssed to-day, so prepare
for it.
2. Kvprybody in the house Las an evil
nainre as well as ourselves, and therefore,
we re not to expect too much.
3. To learn the ilitferent temper of
each indiv idual.
. When any grxj.! haptens to anyone
to rejoice at it.
5. When inclined to give an angry
answer to count ten.
6. If from sickness, or infinnaty we
fc?I irritable, to keep very strict watch
over ourselves.
7. To observe when others are su tier
ing and drop a word of kindness and
sympathy snifl to their wants.
H. To waa-h for little opportunities of
pleasing, and to put little annoyances out
of the way.
!. To take a cheerful view of every
thing, 10. In all little nleasures which may
occur to put self last.
1 1. To try for the soft answer that
" turneth way wrath."
12. When weiave been pained by an
unkind word or deed to ask ourselves,
"Have I not done the sao.e and been for
given." I. i. In conversation not to exalt onr
seK'es, but to bring others forward.
14. To la? very gentle with the young
er ones and treat them with resjasrt re
membering tliat we once were yonng.
15. Never to judge one another, but
to attribute good motive whenever we
can.
To compare our manifold bless
ings with ti.-' trifling arnoyatfes of the
lav.
AVerital le
Farmers
ture.
Legisla-
There are ove flPy farmers in the thirty
fifth general assembly, and they flck to
gether as if they were a distinct nation
ality. Organ. .ed as a club, they meet
two or three time, a week and tuake the
walls of the old Memorial hall ring with
the ehapience of husbandry. They are
not those stupid, overworked farmers that
are sometimes pictured ir the prvrted
imagination of the city .folk. But they
are jolly, intelligent, whole-souled, joke
making people, upon whom it must be
admitted that farming has not wrought
many evils. They are not those sort of
horcy-handed, uncouth, untidy people
with cattle odored garments and mud
stained bmgans, but modern grangers,
with neatly trimmed whiskers, carefulLy
tmined mustaches, soft, white, supple
hands, sharp, twinkling, roguish eyes
that often wander into the gaUcries a
inotiit the ladies.
The farmers of the assembly are en
thusiastic patmns of the theater and all
social entertainments available at the
capital. Most of tliem reside at boarding
houses, where they have shown a keen
appreciation of female society. Indeed,
these boarding house landladies are hav
ing a decided picnic this winter attending
the theatre, church sociables, and little
neighla-irhtHHi parties with these very af
fable granger members that is, such of
them as are not accompanied by their
wives.
Fertilizers for Potatoes.
A report on a series of experiments
with diUVrent fertilizers on jiotatoes, con
ducted last year at the agricultural sta
tion of Kentuckey, conuuns the follow
ing conclusions: 1. The application of
stable manure injured the quality of the
tubers. 2 The application of nitra of so
da is injurious to the quality of the pota
to. 3. The inference, baaed uinm one
trial, is that the result is the same, w heth
er sulphate or muriate of potash is em
ploye in combination with nirate of
sod'a and superphosphates. The highest
quality was gained in potato- gmwn
without manure. The next best tuln-rs
as reganls quality were grown with the
aid of superphosphates of lime and sul
phate of potash.
This last fertilizer, applied ai me rate
of 000 pounds of superphosphate and 200
pounds of sulphate of potash per acre,
gae a yield of 203 bushels peracre. The
application of 500 pounds oi superphos
phate and 300 poun.ls of nitra of soda
gave 113 bushels to the a. re, but the ir
centage of stareh was only la. 13, against
15. H8 in the first-mentioned test. The
yield with no manure was 138 bushels of
large tubers.
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