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VOL. XXXY1. NO. 14.
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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.
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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."