The Somerset Herald. ISTAiUSHED tn. Terms of Publication. . -Art S"rty WxTtimr at 2 'f tid ta advance : Mherwtte -i apri.'is -3 1 . nfuWT!,tio. w ill be diaoonunuea until au -Mir. are J4 rutm"": Mn reran from oo r " AooiO i:v U "aloe " ur " The SoHKBi-ET Mekau, SOMEBMET, Pi- .. u.'.f iirkT. 1 ATT-KNEYATLAW, Mnert,ra. ,.,.thi KlbL T-Ftl' W.F1ESKCKF.K, l.....IJ""Bw't-p staira. G eomena-t, Pa. F. . J ATTvKN ATTvKN EY-AT-LAw. KM'Sl.KY. aHi-HNEY AT LAW. tucuem't. ra. II. - t- TI'l T S " ATTv-KNEY aTLAW. raienet. l'a. 31. RiatTt, Fa. II LWev-atvw. ''.' J.-::-eE'.ruediu'.iiui receive w. U. Kin-XL. i ..r sen. t'i:"TH Kfli'KI. c ATT'-KNEVAI -LAW rare will b : ' i'ji.tti-o aii'-u'-n-i - 'ir... oW-"- Ma""0 BHXt II. ......... .T . . riaiwt. Va.. iuir.un , i 1) ONI- MKYHiS. itww r'ruMWt Pa. .... ..--. entrMrd bi e! n . ulI . J. t. .-usd J ,lu. KIMM1X. Am-KNtY-AT-LAW. !Bwt. Pa.,, ... . , t,, ; uvinx cotroxrd hi 'r-i rw:r- Main ll euwrt. J v.i l. rr.n. Am-RSET-AT-LAW. mmfM-l. Pa. v. i-' - irt ..ii-!Ki uuui-. .."j ... B.a,l. aiwi .11 liu wiMO at 1: ! .... .nui4tt atd frk-uty. 1 J "HS - - - . . . . iT)V I ATT"ENtYr-AT LAW Nnt;r!t. Pa. .v tnt-n. u fflir curr ;'.! be , t fa-tata.:anrt-lie. CU-na v. y..imtA iDvej'aaiHf 0"n o rw- TTUB. II tNKY. F HFLI- ATIUKSEY-AI LAW. tnimenwt. Pa. B.. :r.:; aud rVn4. AkvdI 09i in Mammoth I"1.KNTIVK HAY. AnKSf Y AT LA . Miscm ra. j . - i. ... in R.; FMW il! atlend all ! er.:r-Vc u fa rare ill f'PLinptDtrwa ! J HN 11. VHL. i TTi ,W VPV.iT I AW. riDTWt, Pa. . -i . , .rtn.l t. all twisine entru D1!. F. A. KUAIS. PHYMOAN AND K,EiN iiii-r ra. ciit u. ' " Berit' Blwk. 5ir-.xl Fbwr. "I Vii. J. F r.IiKt"KER, PHYSIOA AND SVR'iEf'X. gi'litiDCT. Pa., T-i Vr- h V" ial rrTKW to tbe Ciien f al.d rwiulty. CCife ill Purt ie i:o t irf l-iaiooiid. D R. H. S. K1MMFJX, e-jvi t,c mi. I JduiiJ at hi ;ce Maiu it, Lv4 '. HtfD'JCd. D S.H. BKUBAKF.K Tu4rr hip iwioal m-rvli'e. u the rttiet tr!WI ali-1 VHimtV. I Ul nIlfllX UO b&.L r .rut l'Mucod. DR. J. M. uiti:kr. PHYr! UN A SI R'.EoN". liv ii..atd TrnukiM'uI'.y ir ft be Li- f.T.!-ut. Cfiif-eoo Main rtrtvt DK. J. S. M MILLKN. ', ve Mrial .ttenti'n In the prwrvat ion of lijr r.Miu u.-rui. Artirumi nM-ntL Ail :-ti..: rarulre4 fcUMfcbjry. lirlaBf l) J 'HX BILL. lENTIr. - Ofaif 12 Ct Beeriw EV-k. DR. WM. I.UN 1BTI.-T. f,ftf in KDnerii hi-k nptaini, a here be t.MiU't at kii v.mr prrparwl to d ail kind kj. 6 ririuu:ii eitrBitmr. ' A-..ft.-m: iti ,4 ml! k iiKl and of the Ui tater. urrhl. Ai! a.ffk (uarautit. JJR.J. K. MILLER H i- iarM-n;)r Wra:M fn rVrlin ftr tbe jrao- Somfi set Count v IJaiik. ESTABLISHED x-r:.) c.J. haerison. m. j.pritts, u:i.vr C -H 1 e a. C:t. . tti,v in aU pan of tbe United Siawa. CHARGES MODERATE. Hrr ii;nt Vi -iid mooer W t ran he ar- f1.-..-! jrft Vok ic any wim. J--: tc.w .ufai ftniHU4 I . ft. Ko1 --rfr.t hii. M41'T uhI v.iual'l' iiitv4 " f in. rviw'.raied wlm, aitb a eiar-r-ia iirt t;in -t. 1 1 mi may m.wm- '.! If H.ji: (Awrced. CURTIS K. GROVE. SOMERSET, PA, fliEf. HiE..HS. CAP.RIAOEH. EiNij W iiiSS, BITS WlUiNi AXU LA.-TEKS ASIi W ESTEJUV WORK Fxirr.iMred un itanrl Nutire. PAintjug Done on short Time. awl the fe Ir-. nl n Niljuii;.i;y ' iir'jnd Sna-.y Ftnicbwl. and arranitd tu five maitxtx. tT".r of All Kind 1n Mr Line Ive oa - .s,,. PnekEA--4iN ABLE, and All Work Warranied. '" Eiamine ny St.. k. and Learn - ."-eea " - .jrt. and furnu-b Sei ve W ind eKbcr tbe place, and call In. CTRTI8K. GROVE. 1 Lax trf Cumt Duik1 - (UAfcLL Hoffman, MERCHANT TAILOR. ( Abort Ueffley 8iaceJ Lat.t Style, And Trio. satisfaction guaranteed. Somerset, Pa. 1 tie VOL. XXXY1. NO. 14. t t r S . IP Worth Living? That depends upon the Liver, for if the Liver is in active the hole system m out of onler the breath is laid. digestion poor, head dull or aching, energy and hope fulness gone, the spirits are depressed, a heavy weight exists after eating, with gen eral despondency and the blues. The Liver isthe house keeper of the health ; and a harmless simple remedy that acts like Nature, does not constiate afterward or re quire constant taking. does not interfere with business or pleasure during it use. i makes Simmons Liver Regu lator a medical perfection. ! I have tested itn virtue". perwma'Jv. and know 'Wl" HlilKilit alKi TUp".ls : Ii.re tr.ni U-ny Lvt ivmtlit beftm ! s;uiiii.,I( ljfT hrijijiltr. .nd Ovir. Umtiu nv ni"r. tti. n l-ntj-nr r-in-f, hm the fu-cut.t'ir ' ool only rlivtnl. but curv1. U. HJunkh. Xaoon. Oa. .lu.tiri ru,j iirrt A.XiJ UriLAr 1 " A "A-V.vr J YEl IX A PEr EAkSEP." L- a omu jtiiu wn verify tiy rallitif at th Drw Boot and Shoe Store OF JOHN G. SANNER, d MO. 8 M0TH BLOCK. I Lev m u k a Foil and romp!' Lineot $em uuii in imi itf BOOTS, SHOES, GAITERS, LEATHER, FINDINGS, AC, AC. 1 have the VWbraaJ WACKENPHAJT MioK. the B aud fheaivM Jent' Shne made. In Ladies' Shoes I hare th Fmrt Lin erer IwwiKht to Sntnerwt. at A-4nihiiiK:y I.w Pth-w. a sfiti.l inri-tatu-n i tsifii'ivd l call and mUirf 0ori, My Htm l l ifxii'. and liw pnm al whk-h hj mrv caiiii-4 tit mirtMi.l. imt49-ma1e ork sh1 rv;:nnc a jt'sa:iy. ("all aol ee my ., aud yu aUJ cTtnlT tiiid juK what JuHX G. BANNER, So. K Mammoth Bkxk, S.rmenH. ALKUtTA. fa'O.M. J. SCVTT WiD. ! Visitors to Pittsburgh ARE INVITED TO CALL AT OUR j New and Enlarged Store NO. 41 FIFTH AVENUE, j IPittisburgh, !Penii'a, Wc bavr ai.au fwur time, tbe ruocn we bad at tear twiner vdar of boom's, better tudit. the beak ventilation, and a mw b more omf(jrtable place in CTery way w transact our lryv and frvwinc bUKinn. tii'iaitieit in tue foiUiwiii; Line uf GENTLEMEN AND LADIES' FURNISHING GOODS, LACES. WHITE GOODS. EMBROIDERIES. DRESS & CLOAK TRIMMICS. YARNS. ZEPHYRS. ART EMBROIDDRY MATERIALS or all 1 ini. m, rrc. i-Ordert by Mail Promptly Atumded lo.- IIOKXE at AVARD, a FIFTH AVE.. PITTSBl Roll. PA. It is to Your Interest TO BfY VOIR Drugs and Medicines Biesecker k Snyder. MIl BoW TO l'. S. BOYD. N'olu- lut the purest and Ut kept in rt-k, ail whet) Irurbwi"mei!ert by Ktand iliir. ai certain of thein . we de stroy tln-ru. rather than iat mee n otir cti?tnerj. You tan dt-pr-iul on Laving yonr PRESCRIPTIONS & FAMILY RECEIPTS filled with cane. Our prices are as luw as any nl-r HiX-ciaM 1m.u- and un many articles miH-u lower. Tlie j'le of thi county aeem U know tiii, and have ivcn u a utore siiare if their patronace. and we "hall Kill continue tojriee litem tlrf very beet paid Ur tlieir money. I ni (irjwt that we make a jwctalty f FITTIXGr TRUSSES. We puarautee aativiaitioa. and. if yua have had trouble in th dirertHm, frive us a call. SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES in trrcat variety; X lilt avt of Tent Lcnsea. Oime in and hare yiiur eye examined. No charge ttr exaniinatiuu. aitd we aie cvutideut we can wirt ym. CVme and ee me, lUwyw.niully, BIESECKER L SNYDER. w y f T T can b at hone, and make l fill axre noiwy at aurk u tbaa T I III1 aDyrUtu alw la tbe wweid, X J Capital not needeid. Yon are tarted nve. Uh arxea : ail aaea. Any one eaa doth work. Lanrr earaiace wire n ta Man. Iim!t mutt and lerw (r. Better nnt delay: no yMi nutbtna to aead a yunr addnaa and nod oat tf ti are w we. yoo will do an at saca. H. Hallctt Co, Portiaad, Ma. dacZLljrT. BE OF COOD CHEER. Though tanked bard li(e' knot may be. And wearily we rue it. The silent totH-h of Father Time Ciroe day will mire undo it. Then, darling, wait ; Nothing i late In the light that shine rever. We Sunt at bean, a friend is pme ; We chaie al the world's bard drillinjr; We tremble at sorrows on every aide, At the myriad ways of killing. Yet say we all. If a sparrow (all. The Lord keeUi count iurever. He keepeth count. We come, we go. We "peculate, toil and falter : Bnt tlie measure to each of weal and woe iod only can give or alter. He nei.l.lb light, Hewndeth nirfil. A nd change ptrr on forever Why not take life with cheerful trust, With faith iu strength of weaknew. The ilciik'reit daiy rears its brail With cour&tw. yet with meeknoa, A aunny iatv Hath Holy grace, Tj woo the sun forever. For ever and ever, my darling. ye ooiiiie and love are undying ; fills) tlie tnmbits and cares of earth Are wiugi-d from the first for dying, (hirway we plough In the furrow " now V But after tilling and growing, the sheaf ; 8-il for tlie rout, but sun lor tlie leaf Aud Uud keeeth wetch forever. MR. MERRILL'S COMPANION. Old Mr. Merrill was lying wearily back on his couch when Rose, faia pretty ranl daughter, fluttered in, all lace and ritiboms and dainty apparel ; and danc ing up to his aide dropped him a fanta-v-tic little courtesy, Raying, as bhe held oat an embroiderei purse : See, grandpa, dear, my poor purs is empty ; and there is such a lovely cos tume at Madame Blanc's. I u.iu.t have it. You'll give uie the money, won't you T" and she looked down at him with a Tinioue, beseeching smile that had never yet failed of acconipILshing its pur pone. " Surely, dear," said Mr. MerrilL strok ing the soft little hand held out to him, for he was fond of the merry girl who came like a ray of sunshine into thedull ne of his 6ick room " sorely you shall have the money. And now will you read to me awhile ? I am so lonely here, now that my old and trunteji servant is gone." "O, I cannot, grandpa r exclaimed Rone, with a little cry of dismay. " It is so horrid, reading those tiresome old pa pers." " Well, then, sing for me; do, dear," he entreated. " IVjn't tease, grandpa," pouted Roue, " You know I mun: keep my voice fresh for to-night. I've promised to sing at Mrs. day's tnusicsle." Where is your mother V Mr. Mer rill aked, with a patient sigh. " Mamma has gone to the meeting of the Fthetic Culture -iety. You kn jw that takes all her time. Why don't you get a companion, grandpa? Mamma and I have so many society duties, you surely cannot expect us to spend our time in a room." And Kore gracefully pocketed the mon ey he gave her, and kissing ber hand to him with an airy, charming laugh, turn ed away to meet young Dr. Lysle, who was just coming in to make his daily vis it to her grandfather. "O, Horace, forgive mel" she exclaim ed, and darting back to her grandfather, she begged his forgiveness, too. I. Lysle was glad to believe that she had not meant ber heartless words, and to give her the kls her pouting, tempting lips begged so irresistibly, not fearing Mr. Merrill's kindly eyes. But one result of Rose's suggestion was that in the next morning's papers ap peared an advertisement for a " Compan ion to an invalid," which advertisement led to a second and far more important result. Mr. Merrill was just about deciding that no one wanted tbe position, when the servant ushered in a young girl, in a soft, gray dress a girl with bright, dark eyes, and sweet, peaceful face a very an gel of the sick-room she looked to tlie weary invalid. " I fear I have made some mistake," she sauL, advancing hesitatingly into the room ; but I came in response to an ad vertisement in this morning's for a companion to an invalid." " (Juite right. I am tbe invalid," smil ed Mr. Merrill. " You came on behalf of your brother or father, perhaps?" And he looked up at her inquiringly. " Xo ; I came on my own behalf," the girl replieL blushing deeply. I thought it was a lady w ho advertised." "H'tn! I seer mused the old gentle man, taking up a paper which lay near him. "1 see' You looked in the wrong column." Without a won! the girl turned awar, but not before Mr. Merrill had marked the hopck-T look which came over her face, anl the tears which dimmed tbe lustre of the dark, bright eyes. "Stay," he said. "What do yon know regarding sick people and their wants?" " My mother was an invalid for years, and I was her only nurse," she answered, a new hope springing to her face. " Poor child !" said Mr. Merrill, pity ingly, " w hat is your name. Grace Merrill Row," the girl an swered. "Grace Merrill!" he almost ehried. "Child, child ! your notber " Yea, it was my too titer's name. She aid that some day, perhaps, niy grand father might find me by that name, and love me and forgive her for my sake, and if that day ever came, she said I shou.d tell him, with her dying breath, that slie repented ber disobedience, and begged his forgiveness." " Grace, look at me J" the old man cried in tremulous tones. " I am your grand father. Can yon forgive me?" It was indeed true. That Providence which we so wrongly call "chance" had led Grace to ber grand Cither's door; and ber mother's soul shining through her eyes, led her straight into his heart and love forever. ' Rose and her mother, coming home from a drive, were met by the astound ing news, and hastened to Me. Merrill's room to learn the truth of the matter. Tbey foond him lying on his lounge with a happy look on his wrinkled old lace omer SOMERSET, PA., that quite transfigured it, while beside him sat Grace, calm, sweet, and peace ful, the dark, bright eyes shining like twin stars. "This is my dear grand-daughter, Grace," he said. "She has come to share our home and love. Are you not glad?" "GladT Already they looked on ber as an in terloper and determined, if possible, to drive her back to the poverty from which she had been resetted (the servants had been quick to tell of the humble home from which the new comer's few posses sions had been brought) But with feign ed kindliness they welcomed her, fear ing lest perhaps the wealth and ease they so much prized should be taken from them instead. Grace did not tell her grandfather of the slights and provocations, and tbe lit tle refinements of cruelty which some women can practice with such smiling faces, w hich were ber portion a the days ent by. But there wasone who needed no telling, w ho had sharper eyes than the invalid. Love did not blind Lhr. Lysle so but that he could see much of w hat Grace had to bear, and bis ear was quick to detect the taunting ring in Rote's voice, when she addressed her cousin. The old song says : " It is good Ui be off with tat old knra. Before yua are oa witbtbe new." Perhaps uecause only the outer citadel of his heart had been captured, it was easy lor a newer, sweeter, deeper love to steal into his life. And how he fought against that love ! (for he was an honor- ble mam till one day, no matter how, Cite showed him Grace's heart, and his image hidden there. Site loved him. What should he do? What should he do? After all, it was Rose w bo solved the question. He had been away for a few days and on his return Grace met him with a pitying look on her sweet face an I angel might have worn. Laying her hand on his arm, she said : "Are you brave enough to bear sad news V He took her hand and her fingers, warm and firm, clasped hi. The touch thrilled him. as no other touch had ever done.. " I am brave now," be said, smiling dow n into her aptarned face. " Tell me all." " Rose is married," she said, softly, and bowed her head ; for she could not bear to see the pain that ma-4 come to his face. It hurt her to tell him, and yet she loved him so she would not let an other deal the death blow to his hopes. He w as silent so long that she looked up startled, and fearing she knew not what. Was this pain in his eyes this glori ous light she saw there ? No for he opened his arms and took her to his heart. "Lover" he said. That was all ; but Grace knew. By and by she told him how, one morning, Ruse's adaence was discovered, and Mrs. Merrill had come to her in great distress, with a letter from the willful girl saying she was tired of herhumdrum life, and was going to marry a young French gentleman, Monsieur Allaire, w ho had promised to take her to share the delights of his Parisian home ; how she knew that she had never really lov ed Ur. Lysle ; and how she hoped he would find some one to console him for her loss. Her conduct had bitterly grieved her grandfather and her mother, but they found she was really married, and could do nothing. When Grace w hispered her happy con feadon to her grandfather be exclaimed, piteously : " lo not leave me, dear ! I cannot give up my companion !" " Nor need you," said Dr.Lysle, laugh ing. "Only say 'yes,' and you shall keep your companion, and have a resi dent physician as welL" So one day there was a quiet wedding at the invalid's bedside. Mrs. Merrill bad gone to join Rose in her new home, so there were no guests. But Grace did not miss theni ; she bad all that her heart longed lor. Mr. Merrills children, as he loves to call them, makes his life very happy. Dr. Lysle says that his wife's loving care "11 curing his patient ; but Grace says, proudly, it is her husband's skilL It is both, I think, w ith God's blessing. Hasty Words. Half the actual trouble of life would be saved if people would rememlier that silence is golden when they are irritated vexed or annoyed. To feel provoked or exaggerated at a trifle, when tbe nerves are exhausted, is perhaps natural to us in our imperfectly sanctified state. But why put the annoyance into the shape of a speech, which once uttered is re membered, which may burn like a blist ering wound, or r inkle like a poisoned arrow ? If a child be trying, or a .friend caprickius, or a servant unreasonable, be careful what you say. Ikt not speak while you foel the impulse of anger, for you will be almost certain to say toj much to say more than your cooler judgement will approve, and to speak in a way you will regret. Be silent until the "Sweet by and by," when you shall be calm, rested and self controlled. Above all, never write a letter when you are in a mood of irritation. There is an anger which isjustifiable, there are resentmonts w hich are righteous. It is sometime a duty to express indignation. But if yon consider the matter, the occasions for putting, such feeling on record are com paratively few. Tbey come once in a life time, perhaps, and to many fortu nate beings they never come at all. Upon the whole, people our friends and neigh bors, and the community of which we form a part are trying to do the best they can ; and in hours of good temper and health Life wears a bright and sunny aspect. Many a girl who is anxious to get into print has been contented with getting into a calico wrapper. WHY will yon cough 1 Cure will give immediate 10 cents, 50 cents, and $1. W. Benford & Son. rhen Shiloh'a relief. Price, Sold bv Geo. A book agent was knocked down by a street car the other day and two wheels passed over his cheek. The car is laid np pending repairs. set ESTABLISHED 1827. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1887. Wood Preservation. For many years there were many com plaints and dissatisfaction with modern ships in the navy because of their early decay, ' resulting from a law of nature which has never been entirely overcome. Many unsocceesful efforts have been made to do this, but thus far practical tests have not demonstrated the thor ough efficiency of any of them. The pro cess of preservation as applied at the Charlestown Navy Yard, adopted in 1S7 gives the most aati&factory results, great ly increasing the durability of the wood. The creosote process was applied to sev eral ships and, although meeting all the requirements of a preservative, it emitted a strong odor which tainted all the food on board ship, rendering it so distasteful that it could not be eaten. For this rea son it was found necessary to abandon this process. The chemicals used in the present method of preserving do not smell bad, and after exposure to air or water for a few weeks there is none wltat ever. It is admitted that this process is superior to all others, and as it may be of interest to many of our readers, here ap pended is given tlie method of timber preservation by impregnation at the Charlestown Navy Yard. Timber of all dimensions is loaded on cars, which are run into a copper cylin der six feet in diameter and eighty feet in length. A pipe leads from the bottom of the copper boiler to a steam boiler ; this pipe is pierced with numerous euutll holes to permit tiie free escape of the fteam. Steam is then admitted, which will thoroughly saturate the timber, pressing out the sap, with the exception of some of its albumen parts, which, to gether with the condensed water, will run off at the bottom of the copper cylin der. Tbe steam answers the double pur ose of driving out the sap, and at the same time rendering the timber, which, as found in the market, cannot be expect ed always to be evenly seasoned, uni formly prepared to receive the impreg nation. The gate at the end of the boil er being hermetically sealed makes the huge cylinder perfectly airtight. Now a powerful air pump, connected with the cylinder, is set in operition, for the double purpose of extracting the con densed steam contained in the timber and of extracting the air to form a vacu um. When the vacuum is established the copper cylinder is titled with a solu tion of sulphate of copper, and by means of a force pump a pressure of from 100 to 1 JO pounds to tbe square inch is applied. After the timber is saturated with sul phate of copper the residuum is let oft and a vacuum is formed again and a so lution of chloride of barium is admitted. This forms in a short time a chemical combination with the sulphate of copper, forming insoluable salt of sulphate of barytes, and the timber is then ready for use. The destruction of ail wooden struct ures in salt water by the hip worm is only question of time when the wood has not been impregnated. When the temperature of the ocean is high this ship worm will destroy wooden struct ures so thoroughly in two years that they become thereby unfit and unsafe for aie, and have to lie renewed. All efforts to stop the action of these microbes fail ed ' until this process was introduced. Many tailed partly because the nature of some application was either such that they would not enter into the green, sappy wood, or that they washed out ea sily by the action of tbe water, and part ly becaiwe such applications were confin ed to an outside coating, which, when removed from any one given point, af forded no protection, for worm after worm then entered, and the whole stick was quickly destroyed. Even to case a whole pile w tth sheet copper is only a temporary, though costly remedy, for only so long as the whole armor remains intact and incloses the stick in a water tight manner is it protected. The nature of the process here describ ed is such that sticks of any length, even when cut the same day, can easily be im pregnated thoroughly from one end to the other, and the crystals precipitated along the inside of the pores of the wood, as the result of the combination of the two chemicals, form a coating inside these pores, which neither can tie re moved by mechanical action nor the ac tion of water, as sulphate of barytes is insoluble in water or acids. Soft wood, such as pine, whitewood, beech, etc-, which, when unprepared, only last from two to three years, has been found when prepared by this process to be in good condition after sixteen years' service. Railroad ties w hich have been impreg nated have been found free from decay after exposure for fifteen years, which tes tifies to the efficiency of impregnation. BiMi-m ifmmfiuinrrrf Oaziite. Value of Spirits of Turpentine. This is one of the must enviable articles in a family, and when it hasouve obtain ed a foothold in a bouse, it is really a necessity, and could ill bediapensed with, its medicinal qualities are very numerous for burns it is a qnick applicatijn and gives immediate relief ; for blisters on the hand it is of alue, searing down the skin preventing soreness; for corns on the toes it is useful ; and good for rheu matism and sore throats, and it is the quickest remedy for convulsions or fits. Then it is a sure preventive against moths ; by just dropping a trifle in tbe bottom of drawers, chests and cupboards it will render tbe garments secure from injury during the summer. It will keep ants and bugs from closet and store rooms by patting a few drops in tbe corn ers, and upon the shelves ; it is sure de struction to bed bugs, and will effectually drive them away from their haunts, if thorougly applied to the joints of the bedstead in the spring cleaning time, and injures neither furniture nor clothing -.its pungent odor is retained for a long time and no family ought to be entirely out of a supply at any time of the year. ARE yoa made miserable by Indiges tion, Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of Ap petite, Yellow Skin ? Shik.h's Vitalise r i a positive cure. Sold by G. W. Benford & Son. " If you wish to have a shoe of dura ble material," exclaimed a facetious teto taler, "yon should make the npper leath er of the tbe month of a drinker, for that never lets in watsr." "HACKMETACK." a lasting ami fra grant perfume. Price 2a and 50 cents Sold by Geo. W. Benford & Son. Hell's Kitchen. Tbe following is from a New York let ter in the Chicago M nl : . Tbe particular resort known as " Hell's Kitchen" is a group of tenement-booses on the west side of New York, in the vi cinity of Thirty-ninth streeL The police men in the night patrol in the middle of the street Otherwise they would be kill ed by bricks and rocks that are cant at them from the housetops. Something like S"A) arrests were made in " Hell' Kitchen" last year, ami ordinary fights, scuffles, wife-beatings and inhuman treat ment of children are obliged to pass un noticed. About loVO squalid, wretched, ill-dressed, dirty, and repulsive men, wo men and children are crowded into a few tenements there, and their only ambition apparently is to kill a policeman on the beat and take an occasional druboing out of each other. Young thieves are trained in a most artistic manner, and if a petty criminal can only get away from the po lice and secrete himaelf somewhere in the " Kitchen" it is the labor of a life time to find him. There are a lot of queer old rookeries in some of the yards of the tenements, and aome of tliese are furnished with all sorts of underground passages), and queer dives and ferret holes. Sebastapol is a block or two off from " Hell's Kitchen." I w ent there once with a police sergeant aud some friends from Cincinnati. They went to see w hat the squalor of New York life really was. After they liad seen it they seemed per fectly satin tied with Cincinnati. My pur pone originally was to visit the place late at night, but the police would not hear of that, so we went around between 7 and 8 o'clock in the evening. The door of the first tenement we came to was black with people. Half-naked children lay sprawling on tbe sidewalk, slatternly and repulsive-looking women leaned out of the windows, and men who were only partially dressed lounged about in the hallways and on tbe steps. Droves of dissolute an 1 dirty -looking girls and wo men were gossiping in the halls, and three brawny Irishmen who had just come in from the gas works diffused the odor of that useful illuminating fluid throughout the place. The variety of odors was something appalling and the intensity sickening. The inmates stared at us first, ard then began to groan, yell 1 and howl like so many maniacs. One policeman had been killed and three bad ly wounded on that beat during the month. Many of the tenements in New York are inhabited by people who, though just as poor as the inmates of " Hell's Kitc h en," Sebastapol and Battle Row, are nev ertheless cleanly and decent in the mat ter of attire and personal surroundings. But in these cesspools of vice and w ick edness there is not a single feature that elevates the inmates above the level of the brutecreation. Sitting Down with a Preacher. In a western town dwells Elder R-, a clergyman very well known throughout his State for ability and shrewdness. It is pretty generally believed, on account of his evident knowledge of the ways of the world that he wa rather " rapid " in his youth. Among his skeptical neigh bors is a hotel-keeper of jovial disposi tion and liberal heart. Whenever the elder has a specially convincing and sweeping discourse prepared, it is his wont to give special invitations to his doubting friends to be present, and these are sometimes accepted with the provis ion that the dominie anil his lady shall meet the party at tbe hotel at dinner on an appointed day during tbe week, so they may have an opjwtunity to defend themselves. On these occasions dinner often lasts the whole afternoon, and the elder w obliged to parry the combined blows of the opposition. On one occasion mine host found his match in the clergyman in a worldly way and it was this eircnnistance that I set out to relate. The landlord returned on a certain Sunday evening from a trip to tbe tar west, and next morning found him, with bis wife, stated in a front pew. When the plate was parsed he felt in all his pockets, but could find only a comb, jack-knife, and a circular piece of ivory marked " b," which is supposed by poker players to represent value. This latter was dropped in the plate tinder the vigi lant eye of the pastor, but unnoticed by the sexton, whose eyes had been dimmed by age. On receiving the collection the !tor missed tlie " chip " and asked the sexton for it. The latter had thrown it away, supposing it to be a mark of disre spect from some scoffer. Elder R. knew his man, and caused the representative of value to be recovered. Next morning, as the landlord was dilating upon his trip to a crowd of friends in his office, Ehler R. appeared, and advancing to the coun ter, placed the chip dow n with a click so familliar to coonoissieurs, and asked : "Can yoa redeem, that this morning, Brother !?.?" Of course S. could not do lew than hand out a five-dollar bill, and the elder departed, after expressing the hope that he might always be as lucky. Mine host says he shall not "sit down" with a preacher again. A Good Appetite Is essential to good health ; bat at ibis season it is often lost, owing to the pov erty or imparity of the blood, derange ment of the digestive organs, and the weakening effect of tbe changing season. Hood's SarHttparilla is a wonderful medi cine for creating an appetite, toning the digestion, and giving strength to the whole system. Now is the time to take it. Be sure to get Hood's Sarsaparilla. A Deleware man rolled off the veranda to the ground, a distance of twenty inches to make fun for tbe baby, and the thud time he tried it he broke his neck and left the baby Otherles. Is many localities Hood's Sarsaparilla is in such general demand that it is the recognised family medicine. People write that "the whole neighborhood is taking it," etc. Particularly is this true of Lowell, Maas., where it is made, and where more of Hood's Sarsaparilla is sold than of any other Sarsaparilla or blood purifier. It is the great remedy for de bility, scrofula, dyspepsia, biliousness, or any disease caused by impore state or low condition of the blood. Give it a trial eraic RESTFULNESS OF FARM LIFE. A PHT81CTA'S COrXSKL AXD WHAT CAKl or rr 1 raAcrirB. "No," said the pale young man, sadly, "I'm not working on a farm for my health now." "Is that so?" Yes. 1 have come away, and the farm which knew me would perhaps know me yet if it could get a sight of me but it can't. " I went out, you know, by the advice of a physician. Said he : 1 Yoa need out door exercise, and above all, sleep, such long quiet nights, sleep as you can only find in the country away from the noise and heat of the city, with the great open windows and the cool and velvety breeze floating through your room all night long, with an occasional night with the pattering rain npon the roof to lull you to sleep.' That's what the doctor said. "So I hired out to a farmer to work al! summer. He said I was so white and pale that he couldn't give me anything hut my board for my services, but if I wanted to work for that I might climb in liehind the seat and ride out. " So I did. He had one mule and one liorse, and the muie balked every time be went up hill and the horse e cry time he went down bill, and they, both tried to run away on the level. He drove them with a trace chain tied on a white ash axe helve. But we got out there at last. I don't want to tell you anything about the w ork to-day I haven't time but I feel as if I must say something about those long nights' sleep. "The first night we got home late, but still the sun was only nicely down. The sun sets about two hours later out there than anywhere else in the known world. FlKsT MILKJSO. " " After supper the farmer spent one hour and a haif telling me about the flax crop cn the back forty and then he reck oned we better milk. There were twelve cows and he said he would take six. He gave me the kickers, and it took me two hour, and it had been dark a long time when I finished. Then he hat! me pump np water for the next day. And it took forty minutes. Then I filled the wood box and split the kindling wood.. And as it was a big box it took me thirty min utes. Then he told me about the oat crop, l,' h took an hour. And when I went to bed it was growing light in tlie Eart. The window in tlie room was a pane of glass nailed over an irregular hole in the boards and could not be opened, I felt around in the dim light and finally gut into bed. I had just fallen asleep and had begun to dream I was laying across the ridge-pole of a double-humped camel, when the farmer pounded on the ladder with an old broom stick and said break fast was ready. I couldn't see that it was any lighter than when I went to lied, though the sky in tlie East was a little redder. " I will pa.s over the day, as it is pain ful to recall. lr rather the day and the last end of one. night and the first end of another, for we were in the hay tie Id six teen hours. "And that evening after supper he said I might throw some dirt out of the new cellar while I rested. "Then we milked, and he gave me eight cows instead of six all kickers. And one of them was a hooker too. and slammed me through the corn crib. "I got to bed an hour sooner than the night before, because he said he was thinking some of getting up early tlie next morning. "And that night it rained, and I heard the pleasant patter of the rain on t!.e roof that the old fraud f t a doctor "poke about. But it didn't lull me to sleep Is cause it Iek?d down on me and ir the bed clot hi all wet ami I caught coi 1. "And a hen the fare er pounded on the ladder I got up and kaked at rny watch, and I had just lH-n a-I an hour and firry minutes. And my clothes ere wet and there was water in my shoes. A CiooD I.V. "But it was a good day ami we worked at the hay again. We mowed down what , the farmer called a 'slather' of it. And j that night after 1 hail rested awhile on j the cellar and milked the twelve cows j twelve kickers and one of them thought j I was trying to kidnap her calf and chas- j ed tne out of the yard the farmer said it i looked like rain again, and he reckoned j we'd better go out and cock up the hay ! before bedtime. j " And before we gut to the field I saw : the morning star, and when I had got up j twelve bunches of hay, and the old hyp- j ocrite of a farmer f ur, I heard a lark, j Then when I had up twenty-four bunch- j es and tbe tiruier six, it began to grow j quite light. j " When the farmer saw it he laid down j on tlie hay and laughed for ten minutes. 1 He said we had worked right through ! the night without knowing it. j But I hail known more about it than ! be thought I had. ! " We worked an hour longer and then j we went to the house, and I milked, i Breakfast wasn't quite ready, and I threw j a couple of cubic yards of sand out of the bottom of the cellar. " ' "And while we were eating the fanner told me to hurry because he would like j to get in a full day's work during haying. 1 I said I would, too. and that I would j stop and go out and harness the horses. And he said that was business, and I went out and ran down the road and ; walked into town. " And now I am looking for that old liar of a physician and surpeon who told , me about the king nights' sleep I would get on a farm." liia BfU. I havs been for several years a sufferer from bay fever, and severe head colds, and have tried other remedies in biwje of getting relief but have foond none that can compare with Ely's Cream Balm. I would not be without it for any consider ation. It is simply wonderful in its ef fect upon the nasal organs. S. A. Burtt, Wilmington, N. C A NASAL injector free with each bot tle of Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy. Price 50 cents. Sold by Geo. W. Benford A Son. A merchant asked his Sabbath school cUt the other Sundy. "What is soli tude?" and was answered by a boy that reads papers: "The store that don't advertise." SHI LOII'S Care will immediately re- ; lieve rrocp, whooping rough and bron- j chilis. Sold by Geo. W. Benford A Son. WHOLE NO. 1887. Cut Feed for Stock. I have cut feed for twenty years, first by hand, and for the last fifteen years with power, except three years that I top ued my com. I'-nt last winter for six teen head of cart e. three horses and ninety-five sheep. I will give my expe- rience in rutting and feeding cut feed : 1. " Will it pay to cut good hay of any kind?" It will not, nnless yoa wish to mix with cut stalks, because you add lively to keep up with the proceswon. nothing to its value by cutting, and stork j tn tjlae. tUere are other steps to mini be will eat it well enough without. ' si,e our own, and iuisteps to g-iard 2. " Will it pay o cut corn stalks?" ' adjust. Yes. most decidedly. You can make j years wear on our steps haw them feed one-third more sts.k, especial- , their wonted elasticity and wax slower, Iy cattle; Irtit remeth ber, you must feed a j jjn.j tj,e inevitable hour arrives finally little more grain, tint' middling, or some- j wnt.n . luui.t step out and let other thing that w ill stick to the stalk. iHimp- ; rt,,p ;,,, There are grounds en what is left in manger in the morning, ! for l.lieviiig that the more corrc-t our and mix the grain w ith it. Yoa can not ' .ps are here the more agreeable tiiey save as much on horw and sheep as on j rjj j. on the other shore. T.-nu S.0 cattle, but enonah to pay for rutting. ,lur, 3. Convenience in feeding H no small 1 item. j The Heiress Hunter. 4. The manure i worth enongl, more j xthin can be more contemptible to twice pay for cutting In '" than Uie llfe f)f , wbo kes a show skeep in racus ,,h tnrht bottom, clean , ff a fcw thlrt he ImirTV an out at night what is left, using it fr bed ding I feed hay and grain at night. ) -It will keep tbe man uie from packing down i 90 ban! and save the liquids. I cut in j lengths from three-eighth to three- ! fourths of an inch ; use water enough to J make stalks damp : sf they sweat some, i all the better for carle: horaes and sheep ' wont eat as well if tiiey heat. I'se what j salt you wish your st.a k to have, in the water you dampen with. In warm 1 weather you should not dampen morel than three days befi -re feeding ; will heat j if yoa do. In cold weather I dampen as I I cut, A for power to cat with, I have 1 ased several, have used from two to twelve-horse powers with same box ; 1 have used sxt pnwtr last winter and like it. It is overhead, out of the way; no , tie way: in the bam, tnmpling rod in and can out stormy days as well as any ; can take po-t down in three minutes and 1 , . have floor to use; least gearing and most , , , power for number of horses used ; two hands enough to run it ; always ready for use. Objections: Can not be used for at many purpoMen.it lieing stationary; horses occupy froci twelve to fourteen et of floor while cr.tting. A work about machines that split the' ... ! stalk. I never awl one. but have a i neighbor who base it fortnor twelve vears He tried one last winter anil said it did not pay for the power it took to run j it, and took the splitter attachment off. He used a len-horw power steamer. II. If. Kl'hi. i.l O'to F:rmT. Sacerdotal Functions. In the early days of California, when whisky fetched fabulous prices a ifink. there was a bold comtuudore who' mar j expectation, or in some cases to live, fre meuted the navy and commanded the Pa- j queenly gives occasion for fault tin-ling cine Squadron. While at Washington re- ' with the nurseryman or his aeent, when ceiving his sa.ling orders the commodore ; in fact the trouble may be brought direct was requestiil by the Secretary of the j ly home and attributed to a want of care Navy to proceed to Honolulu and inves- J in setting. The idea that in setting fruit tig-ate tlie trouble tf certain miseionaries, . trees all that is necessary is to make an who had not been hear ! of in several i excavation of sufficient size to hoid the years, A gang of weeping aives and j Mots when crowded into it, and then re children were on hand to substantiate j filled with stones, turf and the soil thrown the grievance pointi-d out by the Secre- J out Is erroneous; such a course, if it does lary. Tlie commod ire was equal to the not cause the death of the young tree, occasion. He swore that the honor aqd 1 will be very likely to sat it back in its prestige of the nation should not suffer in j growth in such manner as will continue his keeping. j for a long time at least. Tlie greatest " lamnie," cried the choleric oifieer. j care is necessary in setting trees. Tlie " I'll bring Iwck to you your brother and ' excavation should be with a view to ac husbands ; I'll show 'em that America's commodate the root of the young tree eagie bird spread his pinion over the , and if digging Is to be avoided, procure persecuted missionary as well as the way- j smaller trees with lesser oots than larger up oleocrat : " j tree. They should also be set a little The conmiodore in due course anchor- deeper than thev stid in the nursery. ed off Diamond Head, and ordered his1 first lieutenant to go ashore in the first ' cutter and fetch the king aixjani. Mean- ; w hile the gun were double-shotted and brought to bear on 'he town. Jasta the bout's crew wa piped away the watoh re.rud a shore boat coming off. The about all the root, avoiding the placing commodore suspended his sanguinary ' of turf and some in such a manner as to intention an 1 decided to await events, ! leave considerable air sp-es about the The butt came alongide and disembark- j n. After the root are well covered a brace of missionaries. The first man ; and the soil carefully prewed down about aboard gives their names and their call- j them tiie turf sisLs may be thrown in ing. Then ai 1 the truculent commodore: ! and will serve a guid purpose as a fertil " My poor friend-, you have been bad- j izer. Tlie hole should be filled tluph so ly treated ; your wives and sb-ters at : as to be level when thoroughly settled. home in liiton and New York call for vengeance and, iauiine,they .-hail get it! Tell me your outrages! What have yoa to complain of?" " Mr. Commodore." remarked the boss missionary, meekly. " we have met with great contumely. The government has even cut off our satvrd.rtal functions, and it 1 high time our conntry interfere." " High time!" blasted th officer, "high time! I should say so! No wonder your wives never heard from you! Cnt off your sac Mr. Lieutenant. rd-hot shot! Cut off your " " F.ut excuse me, Mr. Commodore." interpolated the missionary pokeman. " I guess you niistoi k my meaning. What I wanted to say, in srkingof cutting off our sacerloral functions, was that they re - fused to allow us to preach the Savior and Him crucified ! " " That's hat you meant, was it? We!!, get right sqiare off my ship, you pmliu siinring land -lubbers, before I kick lay ligiit through yonr fundamental princi ple. Make sail, Mr. Lieutenant t" The good lieutenant was a failure as a theologian, but he meant well. I fielieve his name was SIt. The boy were go ing to give him a monument, but the last Legislature needed all the money for mileage, .Vm fwHojex IF-i. A Triangular Parlor Chair, A pretty and novel arrangement for a j write. The date line wa all right, fr parlor is to get acarpentcr to make a tri- that was printed ; but after that histroo angular seat, the height of any ordinary j ble began. " Give bearer." he wrote, " a chair or ottoman. It can lie made with a lid to open, to put work or newspaper into. Stufl tlie top with " excelsior " cov ered with a thick layer of wool ; over that place the final covering of plueh, which can be tufted or left smooth, a fancy dic tates. Have the carpenter fasten tlie seat in the corner, having tlie lid open toaani the front, the triangle fitting close aiotinst the wall. Put to or three handsome cushion against the wall. Fit a piece of gilt molding or cornice to the ceiling across the comer to match the shape of tiie seat below, and hang a pair of madras, or transparent or flowered silk curtains from tlie cornice and loop them back with chains or wi.le satin rib bons the color of the plush seat. When nicely fitted np this little corner seat makes a mo4 luxuriant resting place, be sides being exceedingly ornamental. Steps in Life. I Life may be sonsi.lcred as a su-rti' -n 1 of steps. Weare of no part M-uhtracn-uut until we learn to step, for up u that time we siuqiiy belong to that humble "e ies ! of ve-.;vfai4e Hie knowu a rvprrs. We Usually oinaliie our first sOAvesa m stepping by Ullititf lU.wn the tir puir ot' j steps we are able to reach. Growing old er, our parents ram? s to step off in the direction of school, awl if e hang buck they take steps to make on g Tlien there is toe dancing school where we learn other steps calculated to give as ease and grace. Boyhood over, we step into a situation if we can, and learn business or a profes sion by slow and successive steps. As others step down and out we step ahead, if we don't fail behind, for men can take steps backward as well as forwanL Back ward steps are Very costly, as many dis cover The most important step we take is near the stps of the altar, when we step up in front of tiie minister to be niamed. since ail our future steps may depend on this one. Tlie remark applies to both ; jrties to the contract, let us oloerve. j 1. jnned on the connubial highway ; tn nt cf us are compelled to step pret- heire-ej. He lives a pureiy selfish exL-ten.-e; he is a mere cumberer of tiie ground. Ta be the accompiiidied man of society he may cultivate a few gifts and traces, but he has no true manhood. He may be a convenient man to ak to din ner, an eminent club favorite; he puts down a very handsome contribution to every lall list and every fashionable charily ; he should send good bouquets, be well mounted at the hunt ; he must le oue of those colorles., civil, u--less non entities whom smriety loves; he ma- have no disagreeable family connections. He w ill then be asked where tlie heirese- j es go.. He must be seen at every tea. ball, reception ; he must give an occaiun- ! al theatre party: he must know how to be mean, and scab all the people who ..... . .. I uAir tru utii iu uiuj, lu.o.ug tha?oftbe highest fashion who have ! . . . . . , . , snubbed him ; he must be a pure and , . , ... . , ,. - perfect snob. He will then be spoken of j as a young man of the highest fashion and of excellent manners. He must have that air of cold blooded imrratitiide S which none but real snolm know, and a ; perfii t blindness in seeing his friends of i tV... ri-t Km iioi. t)i. ormlfr-nt li&che. , . ' , ... . , , ,. lor business for a while, and adopt the languid Crutch and toothpick style; he 1 must till his roonia with bric-a-brac and EaMlake furniture, and give very recherche little suppers. Bui if he wants f en heiress who knows the value of her j money, he must not appear fast or dissi ! paled ; he should at least seem very re ! spectable. IIirprr'4 B-uiir. j Setting Fruit Tress. j Tlie failure of newly set trees to meet Having the hole ready place in it some fine. loose, good soil and set the tree in the exai-t poxition that it is desired, ami have an assistant hold it carefully in position ; j then take fine soil and sprinkle it care- ;' tulir so a to fill everr portion of snare Cover with mulching of leaves, old hay, straw or sawdust and then if there is any failure of the tree to live, grow and thrive it may lie attributed to some failure of the nurseryman in packing, delivery, or suitable stock. Walking Easier Than Spelling. President Lincoln's Commissioner of Agriculture, Newton, of Philadelphia, is the jpeg on which ail bid spelling stories are hmg in Washington. He wrote Eng lish a she's spoke, without rezrird to the arbitarv rile of orth'inaphy. and the result was often amusing. me day ien eral Sick!.', then lying in a hospital there bad! v wounded, craved fraif. grape particularly. A friend, not being able : t,, .:,! .". elsewhere, went down to Iepart!iient of Argriculrnre and asked Commissioner Newton, for aome. " I haven't any grap,' j-plied Newton ; " I'd give them to you in a minute for General Sickles if I had ; but III give you anything else we've got." "Well," said the friend' "what other fruit have yon ? " " Why," said Newton, " I think we have some nwtarines, and you're wel come to some of them." " They"! do very well," said the friend. " Just write nie an order to the gsnlr.er for some, will yoa ?" Newton said he would, and drew a ! heet of paper toward him, and began to many ," and then he stopped, for be coul-'nl spell nectarines, and he knew it. He thought over it for a full minute. Then he threw down his pen, picked np his hat, and said : " Come, III go over with yoa myself." A Sing Sing convict concealed him self in a box of shirts, was flnng into a freight car, kicked the end oat of the box and escaped. He should have been ironexL There is one admirable feature about wire fence. The patent medicine man can't paint a legend on it in regard to his liver cure. A Phihulelphia school girl, noon be ing asked by the teacher to define hol low mockery, promptly replied, "A bustle."
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