Herald. Somerset - lSTiBUSa of Publication. J'Lan all - Tnl Somerset Hebald. SokebhR, Pa. " ' . ."i - Ti T C-y-aT- . LV-AT-LAJ pfc . ' T ' G .'-- sutnersri, r. J - ii II M HrAl.KNKVAWr re A" ,,'t . , W. H KlTrtL. ....-,..,,1 1 llieir rut will A'! ""T.. '''.-.i'v attended t. OU ,.-,; n:ii-nt!-n tohui'U"K e;itnitcd ' "7 a n 1 i i1 Court ! t f a. 1 " lt.' 'Vr.a.-VKV.AT-I.AW. 1 1 s.wwt, fa. tTiiin" ( KIMMl'I.. . .e--d to t'l Hi-inca entrusted I.. his " ""'..;? f,.. . counties, with promt- ri,.f on Msiu t'r street, fIKSLKV-AT,.AW. 1 s.merwt. ra. r ' f.niuini vir.i'l:r,,rr,,,,:N- .. ( ATi..l.NKVS-A'1-I.AW. ,p !,...-, .-,uu-.l to nr ,in i p i--r'.. lvn,- p',' ' i t:-f HKNKY K. M'liKI.I.. h' ATH liNi-V AT LAW. B.,ntv ...d lvni. Aeuu i" M"-"b p;.t. 'iLLNTIM- HA. ' A7TNKY-AT-LA. s-mern-t. P. M!"1.W- , rHu.'.m,, titt. u A. I ....... ,,a , . .i..i,iM'.H:Hi'..h&t. ol- i . t.tr. . ti.,. -,,. Vunre..!t: h! . I W-US AM- MH.W.X rj. v.. i',hwkj:h, wivJirnv ASH Pl'WiKoS. SoKHtsn. Pa-. T-b-Vi. fci. pn.f.i..". Nrfw U. tbj eU'.i of D . II. S. K1MMKLL. Wei li.- i.r. f.-...Tinl U the eitl-ns of !.i.-m-t ..,.1 vi. ii. iiy. I iik ll'''-T :itpi bt .mii I t.ui.a m hit o'.li'f iliu Ui ill l'.ain'4.d. D ii.ii. mr.AKr.u, t.tabin.ir.inl (.'iriffi t. th citirerm n! suriw vi.iii'.y. intotia renulenrtua lltm r.wi of L'iiiionti. Dr. J. M i.orri:rn. nrVMflAS AM' fl Kljl'.oX, K. lwr.t.l TTimiKHiiv ill t.ni'p for tbe -.i .! t.i-l r 't-n.a. lE. m JlaiaMruet, lit d 1-rui: rire. ... D::.j.s. MMU.LKa. i:rc a:t'n:ioti to the jrpTT!ian of th naiiur it-:h. An.iirx! iT;-rul. All ornuoii? irinraiitw! HBti"rjfTrT. oft: in lite r rr M. V.1-.i-il A. lou'n htirc. corner DR.JnJO; r,IM. I.KN1ISX tflErt njf-tuT in k Ikt ni E'.tick- DILV.'M. CoLUN. I'KMI.-T. I'ff'T in Knrj.r' p.liw-V iip-.t;T, heir fr. ftiiifi bt ii tintt-t iroiiiri-1 t ili Hil k nul 0' tirk Mit-h Ir . .mi; r-xnin:i:ic. 'jttra line. Ar. Ar.-.tii-ial ti:n all kuvs ani ( tbe be ttltr.I :iM.TtMi. All mk p?araii'eel. D H.J. K.M1LI.KU K. 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XXXVI. NO. 51. FOR NEURALGIA. Th; vendible BILL FLINT, Lift Sr-nator of the Oorotnioa Parliament, Canada, suffered Tor a long time with neuralgic facrache, caused by a defec tive tooth, and writes over bis auto graph herewith as follows: Ml found St. Jacobs Oil to -I RJ'EOTISLl, LUMBAGO, SC! AT1CA, SPilAIuS. old hn Prwiji4t and ) alsr Efryvhcre. THE CHARLES A. VOutLtR CO, iALTiM'i:r. mij. With the Advent of WARM-WEATHER Medium and liH-Wei!it UNDERWEAR OUR STCCK CONTAINS EVERY REQ UISITE TO MEET THE WANTS OF " ALL IS r LOW PRICED MEDIUM AND FN I EST OLLLITIES Fcr 2a tics, . Taall ChilSren, Scys, . Gentlemen ari Ladies in Sprirg . lierino Sccsiaier, Gatsa, Eal ' ' . ( brigans, Swi:s. Eitbei Lisla Thread and Cilk. Very best Values Guaranteed. Give our Underwear Depart ments a Call. '- - v 41 FIFTH AVE.. l'lTTSm Ufill.PA. It is to Your Interest : TO BUY YOLR - Drugs and Medicines or Biesecker k Snyder. Kt'CTESSOK!' TO C S. BOYD. None but tl.e purtt and best kept in stoek, and when I'rusr become inert by tniid inp, as certain c.f tl.em do. we de stroy tbeni, ratber tlian Im (.oseoji our customers. You eon depend on liavinc yonr PRESCRIPTIONS k FAMILY RECEIPTS filled with care. Our prices are a low ' as any other first -class bouse and on many artic les lnm li lower. The p(.le of this county seem to know this, atul Lav riv,' us a lurye sliajc of their patmnaur. and we shail still continue to give them the very best goods for their money. Do not ftirsetlliat we make a sjxvitdty of FITTING TRUSSES. We guarantee satisfiiction, and, if you have had trouble in this direction, give us a call. SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES in preat variety; A full set of Test Lenses. Come in and have your eye examined. Xo charjre C.r examination, and we areconridetit we can suit you. Come and see us. Respectfully, BIESECKER Sl SNYDER. EDUCATION AT SMALL COST A. OHKAT OPPOKTCXITY.' CENTRAL State Normal School, Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pa. Winter term of 12 weekf ota. Tuesday, Jan. 3, Kjirlnt term of 1 J weeks opens Tuesday, March 27, Byini"f tci'k tU Wiifr Tin, Jm. C3. isss. Heat, rnmMied room, and pxi Iniard, for only 52 we-k. T.iiuuii. tl.i". a week. To thw who intend to tea. h. the State rives .V) cents awwk as aid. TUis can t AUt.tnu ted fnmi the ct of tuition. H-d. the weekly aid. the Suite gives ) at irrs-liistion. . The ii-t st for fccat, furnished room. b.rd an l tuiiiou tor the b ii.ut term of 12 weeks is ni.iT fjv, acd f.-:he spring term of H weeks only Th.oe who p their Juni.w Fxaimnation next S.nng. and eoier the -oi. 1im, can tend a h..:e mi of 42 weks at the net e ofoniy jse :i pnn ided tt.ev rr'i"te and wive the we. Ht aid of 1 caU a week and lb Mi dollars additional. ... j 1 Ut is an opportunity that should tie Improved by evert one wlw looks forward to teaehinif as a protemHB. 1 be fscuitT of th rentral Suite Normal Sehool is compuMsi of specialisls IU their wveral depart -nvt.l. F.sirof the Insmievin are hntiorod arainiates af'iiHea. The rtJwfw rare eatunets and vai.ialde apraluf. llliirtratlug Ihe sei- "i he Model gehool Is conducted after tha man iwr of the t-esi trsiiitiur is !..!. At the !! ssioti of the lirlslatnre the Cen tral Kate Sonna! t hs.l received to ap(r.'pri-aiinnsainfTeratit.iri--'' This moner has lieen usisi m puuiuii the Imildiuc m eaeviienl condi tion Hydrattta, water chisels and bath rooms wiay hcl-Kllldoo the different fl(v Alln-wnsare cmpletely Ainushed. Tliestudt-nt should Irtlnr hiK.n towels and napkins. Washina may be obtained in the ooilduitt at a smaii ro. Wiidents msv enter at any time. 1-oek Haven is xTTMhle hv rail from all direetiotis. r"ot the beauty and heaitlifulne f its locath tlie Outral Slate Normal ttchool is admired and praised. . He in t (fiai to enmnponw aitj w9 areillteMA.4. : ' rooria r-errni oft -ati. '8TV IiKNTs I'kU-AKti) KoK C01X&.E. AJdreaa, JAVB3 EUOK, A. SL, Principal. OstfTa ar ttrmai Sr li. jiil2T-'r t. Van. HAvra. r. BIDDY'S PHILOSOPHY. u What would I dolf yoa was desdT And when do you think ofdymg? I'd stand by your bed, and hold your head. And cry, ot prolond to be crying ! , , There's many a worse man nor you If or.e kuea-where to find him And mebbe many a better, too. With money to leave behind blm ! But yon, if I was dying to-day. il saw yau now when yon kiksed ber!) I tell yon, pat, what you'd be at You'd marry your a iddy's ister !' Vou'd hiakc an IllicAiit niriise, iudade, Sleeping vi nouud aud stiddjr ; Ifyoii could see yourself as you laid. You'd want to come lack to Middy ! Yon would be dressed in your Sunday best, Aud tid y as I could niake yon, W ith a sntie of something on your breast, . And the lmys aoaM cane to wake you But you. If I were dead iu your stead, i'Io yon think I never mied her?) 1 tell you, 1'iit, w hat you'd be at V.m d marry your widdy't si-tet ! When you wus uniler the sod, I'd sigh, And if I could do without you Met.be I've a strapping lad in my eye W oold come and talk aboct. you. A little eourtln" would I divertln", A kind voice whisarlng " Biddy?" A kiss ai the sly, for what's the hurt in A n.an coiiHUiuga widdy ? . But you. before I a dead ai all, (Now don't deny thut you kis,'d bert) 1 U-ll you Pst, what you'd lie at You'd marry your widdy'n siU'r. A. DOMESTIC TYRANT. " Thiiijis is luippcninjt ijuitu )ruvikn tiul tliia )car,"faid Mr. rrvml, pinusly, a lie closod I. is bauk !iok, put U into his table tlruwer and turned the key on it. " Apples have pone up a quarter of a dol lar a barrel, and I've kept my hay long enough to lirinj; the very lest u.arkot prices." Chloe looked earttestly tip from the stockings she was darnins, on the other side of the tallow candle. It seemed to her an if circumstances were suspicious for a demand which had long been in her mind. ; ' . "Don't you think. Uncle Pe!er,"nlie hazarded, "that I uiiyht have a new Jres-s?" Ir. I'roul put on his glasses and view tl his. niixv with a stern and ttolemn gae. "A new rlres?'' he rejieated. A new dross? Ilidn't you have one in the Fpring?" " Yes, Uuele Teter ; but that was six months aco. And it was nothing but a calico !" " There's the dress I boujjht t Widow Salisbury "g auction and gave you. What's come of that?" questioned Mr. I'roul, without varying his plasties one-sixteenth part of an inch, until poor Chloe felt as if she were being scortched by a pair of baleful suns. "tiirhi don't wear black bombazine, I'ncle Peter r7 timidly pleaded his niece. "And besides, it was so tender that it was all dropping to pieces. A calico now" Hold your tongue, Chloe I" gru.Hy ppoke up the old man. ' "Your dress U good enough. It's a deal lietter than anything wear. Uut you've inherited every drop of your mother's extravagant bl.tod, that's plain to st J" Chloe winced visibly. A blur on her mother's memory was to her a keener insult than any reproach addressed to herself. "I wouldn't so much mind it. Uncle Peter," she said, " if we were here ly oar- selves; but I am ashamed to sit at the table when Mr. Cresson comes in, my clothes are so faded and patched." " Yon needn't worry !" satirically spoke. up I'ncle Peter. " It ain't no ways likely that Mr. Cresson fctkes much notice of you, or what you have got on. lie's got something of more imortancu to think of. Once more Chloe crimsoned, but she made no further resnnse, and went on with her work, w hile her uncle took up the poker and pulled the hickory logs forward, so that they should not burn awav too fiist. Mr. Cresson was late that evening. He was the agent at the little railway station in the woods, and there was always ex tra freight on Wednesday nights to at tend Ua. I'tut when at last he did come in, he had a new magazina and a little roll of story pajiens for Chloe. ''The train boy had something new to night," said he to Chloe. " I thought perhaps you would like to have some reading." "Oh, thank yon !" murmured Chloe, wondering if Mr. Cresson w ould olserve that the rent in her sleeve was mended with calico of quite a different color, as she took the parcels. Uncle Peter scowled under his shaggy brows. " The Bible and the cookery book is enough reading for women folks," said he, "according to my ideas." Aud he went up stairs, with a candle in his hand, to rummage the gnrrett for some mouldy old coat, which might serve to eke ont his wardrol until the spring. As for buying anything new, that was quite out of the question. The next day when Chloe had finish ed her churning, trot the dishes washed and the floor scrubbed, and the chicken stewing iu the pot fur dinner, she looked around for her magazine and newspa pers. They were gone, s-iie n out into the barn, where Mr. Proul was putting up new uiaug.-r boards. Uncle Peter," said she, " where is my magazine the one Mr.. Cresson brought me?" " Your magazine?" slow ly repeated Mr. Proul, turning his foot rule this way and that, "Oh, yes 1 I sold it to Mary Ann Burtisthis morning for ten rents when she came for a quart o vinegar. Mary Ann she sort o' took a notion to it, and I gave her the papers : they're sort o' new s-papersforCre-lightin'at Burtis. Xowyon needn't say a word, Chloe ; I ain't goin' to have you foolin' away your time over story hooka, m hen there's all them carpet rags to be aewed, and the housework to do, and me needm a new set o' work shirts. There r Chloe obeyed. ' PLe (liu not say a word. 8ho turned away, and went slow ly back into the house. ; - "There is no slave in all this world worse treated than I am!" she cried to herself. " I will bear it no longer ! "or all that I do in this house I receive nei ther credit nor wages-" When Mr. Proul came into dinner the chickens were still stewing away, emit ting flavory odors from under the pot lid ; but the table was not spread, and Chloe was not there. Chloe had packed her little bag, and left the house. Some SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, The station agent arrived, as usual, on the stroke of twelve, and to him Uncle Peter Proul confided his sorrows. I don't wonder," said Mr. Cresson. only wonder th tt she had not run away long ago." u I've been a father to her," whined Uncle Peter " A slave driver, if you please," said Cresson, shrugging his shoulders. " A ty rant who ruled her with a rod of iron a ruthless overseer, w ho allowed her nei ther rest nor recreation. If this be pater nal treatment why, then you are cor rect" " Eh ?" gasped Uncle Peter, as he slow ladled out the c iicken stew, "iso you and she've cooked it up together, have yon?" " I beg yonr pardon," said the station agent, with freezing politeness. " Yon are entirely mistaken. I did not know that Chl.e thought of leaving home, nor do I know- w here she is. And if you are going to make any more such conjectures I shall go elsewhere to boa'd." "Don't do that r gasped Uncle Peter, overwhelmed at the prospect of losing a paying boarder "don't think o' no such thing, Mr. Cresson. I don't mean no harm. I won't do it ag'in. The fowl's very nice, and I ain't no bad hand at eofikin myself. We'll get alonar somehow until Chlo comes back. Twon't be long, I guess." But the days passed on, and chloe did not return. Uncle Peter Pmul's fai grew longer w tth every setting sun. lie began at last to realize w hut he had lost in the w illjng, handy young dr.idge who bad been at his beck and call for so many long years. ; - The coarse-handed maids whom he hired only made matters worse, and he wrung his hands over the lack of econo my and piteous mismanagement of af fairs. But the worst of all w;as yet to come, lie crept down stairs, one day, w ith an ashen face. " My money !" he gasped " my mon ey ! I put it, for safe keeping, in the pock et of thut old bombazine gow n o' Widow Salisbury's, that I gave Chloe, from the auction. And it's gone '. She took it off with her things ; and I dtinno where slit 's gone !" " Was it much ?" asked the station aent. "A hundred dollars!" said .Mr. Proul. " In one clean, new bill. A hundred dollar r And he uttered a groan that might have rent a heart of stone. "ltan't fret yourself," sui.l Mr. Cresson. " I heard yesterday that Chloe was help ing Mrs. Mason with the bakery that she has opened iu Unionville, two stations further tip the line. I tan easily get wort! to her to-morrow." But instead of sending word by the ex press agent on the train, Mr. Cresron left his doiies in charge of the freight-master, and went to Unionville himself. "That old dress !" cried Chloe. " Why, I gave it to Grandmother Mason, yes terday, to make into a wadded chair cushion. It w as fit for nothing else." "Pocket and all?" said Mr. Cres son. " Yes, pocket and all," nodded Chloe. " But I'll go and get it at once." Grandmother Mason, fortunately, had not as yet put scissors in her new inher itance, and the crisp bill, was folded safe ly away iu the pocket of the dilapidated bombazine gown, just where Mr. Proul had stored it. "Is Uncle Pcier very lonesome?" said Chloe, w istfully. "No more than he deserves to be," said the station agent " Betsey Brook has burned a hole through the bottom of the new wash boiler, and Edna Jones flung out a silver spoon to the pigs, yes terday." " Yoa ought not to laugh," appealed Chloe. "No, I know I ouchtn't to," said Mr. Cresson, " but I can't help it. Did I tell you that he wants you to come back ?" " I don't know but that it is my duty to do so," said Chloe, tw ining and inter twining her lingers together. My dear little Chloe, that's all non sense !" said Mr. Cresson. " Hasn't he ground you deeply enough into the earth already?" " Yes, but-" "Now listen to me," said Mr. Cresson ; " I boarded at the old farm house with you and your ancle for three mouths. All the w hile I was iu love." " Yes. I thought you were," faltered Chloe. " I was sure of it. I often want ed to ask you who she was, but I hadn't the courage. And now you're going to be married, 1 supjKwe ? Is is she pretty ?" she questioned, with averted eyes. " Very pretty !" " And quite accomplished, 1 suppose?" "She wasa capital little housekeeper, said the station agent, with enthusiasm. " he was full of all bright and womanly ways, and she had the sweetest temper of any girl I erer saw !"1 " I should like to know her," said Chloe. " Would you," said Cresson, his grave eyes sparkling with mischief. That is easily accomplished. For the little maid w ho has stolen her way into my heart is no other than yourself, Chloe ! Kiss me, darling ! Tell me that you will be my wife!" So Uncle Peter got back the hundred doilnr bill which, like an elderly magpie he had hidden away in the Widow Salis bury's bombazine pocket, and Stanford Cresson got Chloe herself, the most pre cious treasure of all. And Uncle Peter is yet in the slough of despond as regards the " hired help" question. Perhaps lie deserves it. At least that is the opinion of Mr. Cresson, who keeps house in a pretty little cottage close to the station. A Good Legacy To bequeath to, your children, is a strong, clean, pure constitution lietter than wealth, because it will never prove a curse. You cannot give what you-do not possess, but mothers will find in Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription a wonder ful help correcting all weakness, bring ing their systems into perfect condition, so that their children, untainted, shall rise np to call them blessed I There is not a druggist in all the land But always keejs a stock on hand. ' A living, lovable Christian is the best reply to infidelity the most powerful argument for the gospel. ' , set ESTABLISHED 1837. A Colonial Romance. , Reins' Landing, on St Joseph's Island, opposite the sailors' encampment, in the Soo River, is always pointed out in atrip np the stream ; bnt time and new gener ations seem to have obliterated the ro mantic episode that makes it the most interesting spot along the beautiful shore. It is now more than a hundred years since young Lieutenant Reins in the ser vice of his majesty, the King of England, fell head over heels in love with a lieau ful girl, the daughter of a country s jtiire in one of the shires near London. The atiachmentseeiued to be reciprocated and the young oIGmt trusted his lietrothed with a confident worthy a better wo man, for the young lady, having many admirers and being somewhat of a co quette, nt length fell a victim to a design ing and worthless scamp, who managed one day by submitting false proof of her lover's disloyalty to induce her to elope with him. The shock killed the Cithrr, ami seem ed to quite break the young man's heart, lie rallied, however, and soon obtained leave to join the British forces in Ameri ca, who were engaged in war with the French and Indians. It was in this ser vice that, half reckless of his life, he ex hibited daring ami bravery which gain ed him the rank of Major. It was also in this service that he discovered the grand eur and beauty of the great lakes and the bordering scenery, and it was here that he resolved when his commission should expire tt live the remainder of his days away from the world. Some years after ward, when he had secured his release from the service and was about to put his resolution into effect, having been allot ted a pension, he received one day from Montreal a letter bearing the postmark of his old English home. The letter prov ed to have been dictated and was to the effect that his former love, betrayed and deserted by her . husband, was on her death bed, but could not die without again seeking his forgiveness, and ended by committing to his care her two chil dren, both daughters, aged twelve and fourteen respectively, and imploring him to watch over them for her sake. He hes itated, but the old flame still burned in his heart, as it does ever in a man's heart for a wayward love, and the next day found him on his way to old England, which he had determined never to see again, lie bad imagined the. cnibiren destitute, and that consideration had also had its weight in his conclusion to pro tect them. Imagine his surprise to learn after a short greeting that the estate of their mother's father, willed aw ay at the time of the mad marriage, now came back to them through the death of the relative to whom they were Ieft,"nd the iuheritage amounted to i,000. It was only one day after receiving his official appointment as guardian of the girls that a strange thought came tq him. He would take his wards to America. .So calling the two beautiful girls to him, the oldest a tail blonde just budding into wo manhood, he unfolded a glowing plan to which the girls made no objections, and within two weeks the party sailed for Montreal, whence the three journeyed to St Joseph's Island, in the Pt. Mary's riv er, and settled for life. Whether the se quel was foreseen in Major Heins's mind w hen the idea came to him that day in England is to be guessed at Certainly a like course with their mother years be fore would have made his life different. He wns the only white man in the region and the events w hich followed showed that the girls had no longing for other society. Within two years the Major, by some sort of ceremony, married lioth of his blooming wards, and in the years that followed over forty children were born of the polygamous union, many of whom still live in the vicinity. And at the home of one of the renow ned Major's descendants the writer only recently dined. The Major and his wives have long been dead, and the blockhouse, and oth er substantial buildings erected by his l nsion and the girls fortune have de cayed and disappeared, w hile some spec ulative creature of the present generation has erected near the landing a gable-end structure, over the door of which is in scribed : " Meals, twenty-live cents Hotel." Economy of Good Roads. Ii is gratifying to find so earnest a thinker as Professor Ely of John Hop kins Univetsity, urging the economical advantages of better highways. In a recent article in the Baltimore Sun he quotes the statement of a distinguished American who has traveled extensively, to the effect that the public roads of the United States are the poorest w hich ex ist in any civilized country, so far as he has observed. An estimate made sotne years ago placed the saving to the own ers of horses in Berlin which would be realized from improved pavements at over for each horse. Now, if a change to good roads throughout the United States would save $ 10 per horse, the total savings would beoverSlOO.OOO.ntX), which is the interest on $2,(Xi0,0ii0i0(;h). Profes sor Ely considers this a low estimate, for he believes there would be easily a sav ing of $25 per horse for the city streets and 15 per horse for the country roads. Besides this must be taken into consider ation the saving to vehicles and horse flesh and the fact that good roads would frequently permit the nse of one horse in cases in which two are now required, and would always permit the use of two where three are now necessary. He there fore regards a saving of $20 a horse not an extravagant estimate. He says that the first improvement which the great French reformer Torgot undertook in the province of which he was Governor, was the repair of the roads, and that one im portant step, without doubt, in raising Limoges, as one of tbe wealthiest pro vinces in France, was the construction by Turgot of tlie excellent highways. After using Ely's Cream Balm for two months I was surprised and delighted to find that the right nostril which was closed np entirely for over twenty years, was open and free as the other, and can nse it now as I conld not do for many years. ' I feel very thankful. R. II. Cressengham, 275 18th St, Brooklyn. A Brooklyn tailor warranted a coat not to wear shiny. It began to shine like new tin pan after a few weeks', wear, and the owner went back and broke the tailor's jaw, and had to pay $200 damages. JUNE 13, 1888. Luck of a Miner. James Bailey, of Shsmokin, Pa has fallen heir to $1,8000,000 left to him by the death of his uncle, 'illiam Constein Munsen, of Newport, England. Bailey has a wife and seven children to take care of. For the past fonr months he has missed many a meal to appease the hun ger of the little ones. He went on a strke with the rest of the Philadelphia and Reading miners in January, and, through a misunderstanding, did not secure his place when the strike was declared off. Failing to obtain work at the colliers, he was compelled to seek aid from the poor district Last Saturday he received a letter from an attorney in England in forming him of his lucky windfall. Bailey resided in England twenty years ago and was the deceased uncle's private secretary. Falling in love w ith a comely sew ing-girl he was married to her despite his uncle's earnest protest and threats of disinheritance. After the marriage he and his bride bade adieu to England and sailed for the United States. Arriving in this country and failingto secure work in the cities. Bailey came to the coal regions where he has since resided. When Bai ley was apprised if his uncle's legacy he simply remarked : "Well, this morning we had bread and water for breakfast. and we'll eat chicken, for the first time in many months, for dinner." Next week the ex-coal digger w ill sail for England to take possession of his riches. He is an intelligent man, aged oH years, and enjoys good health. How Convicts Communicate. The convicts have no privilege of writ ing or speaking to each other, but so per fect is their system of communicating with each other that in forming plans to escape they can agree on time, leaders, methods aud signals. But there is al ways some convict who, though not in the plot, learns all about it and tells the details to the officer". Investigation al ways brings to light enough incidents to convince ns that their plans are being formed constantly. After Warden Patton took charge, their plans of uniting were discovered and thwarted in one day. Warden Patton not long ago had occasion to order the punishment of a convict for infraction of the rules. The convict without the knowledge of his fellows, was taken to a distant part of the prison where there was not a s:gn of any one being near enough to learn what took place. But three minutes afterward ev ery convict of the many hundred there knew not only the punishment, and the kind, but why, and by whom, and at whose orders it was inflicted. An ex prtson official said recently : "Not long ago I took a convict to Michigan City. I reached the prison about 8 o'clock in the evening, after all the convicts had been locked in their cells. No one knew of my being there but the officer in charge at that time of night I did not stay longer than five minutes, but turning over my prisoner I went to the hotel and to bed. When I came down to breakfast the next morning there was a messenger from the prison stating that such and such a prisoner wanted to see me. A half dozen in all wished me to come out to them. How they knew I was there nobody knows. Prison official are con stantly seeing the effects of communica tion among the convicts, but cannot de tect the system." Indinnajxiiit Journal. She Everlastingly had him. "Are yon in earnest, Mr. Hankinson 7' The lovely girl who asked this ques tion of Mr. Hankinson sat behind the centre table with her hands in her lap and regarded the young man intently. "In earnest, Irene !" heexclaiuiejl, pale with emotion and chronic dyspepsia, "the whole happiness of my life is wrap ped up in 3-onr answer to the question I have asked. If you will trust your future in my hands, my life shall be devoted to the task of making you happy. It will be my sole aim to shield you from the rude blasts of adversity, to smooth your pathway through the world and to inter pose my right arm between you and ev ery danger that threatens todisturb yonr peace, and " "If I listen to your suit, Mr. Hanliin son,', interrupted the yougg lady, casting her eyes with some timidity and confu sion to the floor, "you may regret it some daj-. You would find me ignorant of the practical duties of housekeeping and without " "Practical duties of housekeeping V broke in the enthusiastic youth ; "you will have no practical duties of that kind. As my wife yon shall not be a drudge. You shall be the queen of my home. Yoa consent, do yoa not, my dar " "Wait a moment, my dear Mr. Hank inson. I am afraid you would find me thoughtless and extravagant in a great many things." "Extravagant! Irene, it will be the joy of my life to provide yoa with whatever may gratify your slightest whim. You can never make a request of me that I would not rejoice to anticipate and grant beforehand." "And you would be willing to spend all your evenings at home?" "My angel, I never would want to spend them anywhere else." "You would never break my heart by joining a club or becoming a drinking man?" "Hear me, Irene! I promise never to do either." "Let me see," said the young lady, meditatively ; "I think that is all O ! you will agree to have the word 'obey' left out of my part of the marriage ser vice, will you, Mr. Hankinson?" "Obey! Ha, ha? Why, my own, cer tainly. I am even willing to promise to obey you." "Then. Marcellns," said the lovely gill, as she lifted a full-grown phonograph off her lap, locked it carefully in a drawer of the secretary that stood against the wall, turned up the gas, and beamed in a sweet, yet business-like manner npon the terror-stricken young man, "I am yours." A Puzzler. Little girl (looking at a one-legged mini-"Oh, mamma! Where was he made?" Mother" Made in Heaven, my dear." Little girl "Why dont he go back and get finished?" Lamp wick barns better and does not smoke if soaked in vinegar and dried be fore using. era Care of Milk In the Dairies. The management of the milk is of the greatest importance, and this is the point in the conduct of the business where most of the losses and failures are made. Every attention should be given to in sure the most perfect cleanliness, to the comfort of the cows in hot weather, and to cooling the milk as soon as it ha been drawn from the cow. When milk is cooled to a low temperature and then wanned, it sours very quickly. This souring can go on in sealed bottles, when it is supposed to be quite safe from change and the dairyman is much disappointed to find his agent compiaining of the milk souring w hen he felt s.tre it was lieyond ail danger ; the very security he deja-nd-ed npon being the source from which the unexpected mischief arises. The cooling of the milk then becomes a mat ter of paramount importance. Ice water is too Cf !d, and produces the very mis chief it is intended to prevent. Fifty five degress is low enough, and sixty w ill do very well if the milk is not exposed to unusual risks iu the transpor.it ion. There are various methods of cooling milk. The most usual one is to put the cans, as soon as milk has been strained into them, into a tank or pool of cool wa ter, or into a well from which water is drawn for use and is so kept fresh and cool. An iron frame, in which cans are placed, is lowered into the well by an ordinary windlass, and the cans are kept there from early morning when the cows are milked until night, when the milk is shipped. The evenings's milk is treated in the same way, but is not mixed w ith the morning's milk. Milk is always ship ped in the evening, so as to be ready for theearly morning'sdelivery. Asthecans often remain on the platform of the rail road depot for a considerable time before they are put on the cars, it is advisable to have a dry, clean blanket, conspicu ously marked with the shipjier's name, thrown over his cans, by making a suita ble arrangement with the conductor of the milk train, the cans may also be pro tected in the same way in the car, and thus arrive at their destination several degress cooler than if they had been un protected. The great point to observe is not cool the milk too low, and to cool it as soon as possible after it is strained airing it well by pouring it through the strainer raised above the pail. The deep setting milk pails, eight or light and a half inches in diameter, are convenient for cooling the milk in, and if the tem perature is not lower than fifty-five de grees there will not bo much cream rise during the day. To prevent the cream rising the milk should be stired gently two or three times during the day. A tank of water cooled t,o the right Kint by ice is very suitable and convenient ; but a thermometer should be used, to lie sure that the cooling is not carried below the safe point. Amrriam AyrknU'irint. What Pearls Are. Costly and lovely though they lie pearls are merely a calcareous production a sort of morbid concretion found in many species of the class mollusco not neces sarily in the oyster therefore. The translucent pearl is only the outcome of a very simple law namely that in these animals the hard part shall accommodate themselves to the soft. The oyster loves to be easy, and renders its bed soft and cosy, albeit its sheets, figuratively shak ing are wet ones. By its wonderful mu cus it provides against inequality or irri tation. Let some matter cause internal w.rry, or a grain of sand external annoy ance, and straightway it commence to cover over the evil w ith this calcareous ex uviuni. and Io and behold ! we get our pearls. This is even lietter than "out of the eater cauie forth meat,' for, as Sir Edward Home says: "The richest jewel in a woman's crown, w hich cannot lie imitated by any art of man, either in tieauty of form or brilliancy of lustre, is the abortive egg of an oyster enveolped in its own nacre." This term is the scientific name for the exuvitim just spoken of, and if a pearl lie examined by a good liht through a strong glass the concentric layers, like those of an onion, may be seen arranged around a very minute hole wherein the ovum grain of sand, &c, was first deposited. A'.Wji (Ettijland) Mercury. A Bright Pupil. " Hello, Blank," said a Boston man to one of his friends the other day, " I hear you are attending this memory school. What do yon think of it, anyhow ? " "Greatest discovery of the age! " says Blank, enthusiastically. " I tell you it's a big thing, sir; a mighty big thing! Why, two months ago I could'nt remem ber anything a day. Could'nt remember names and dates half a day, even, and now, since I've taken up this Loisette system, I can't forget anything. No, sir, I actually can't." "That so? I must look into the thing myself. What's the teacher's name ? " " Oh, his name's um um let me see. What is his name? I know it as well as I know my ow n. I've heard it forty times. Old sort of a name, but common enough, too. It's it's I had it right at my tongue's end a second ago. It's some thing like like hanged if I remember what it is. I never could remember names, anyhow ! Correction and Retraction. , " . I Last week we had a brief item to the effect that Major Harnback, our eftVient J register of deeds, had got staving drunk, ; destroyed bushel or two of valuable pa- ' pers, had two tights, and then gone home to smash his cook stove and lick his wife. Next day Major Hornback called at this office and not only subscribed for the Kicker for himself, but sent two copies to friends in the East, paying us in cash. We therefore desire to correct the item of last week. The Major was not drunk. It was simply an attack of vertigo to which he is subject He was never drank in his life, and a more efficient public of ficial or a kinder husband and father can not be found on the face of this g!obe. We shall make further corrections from time to time as the victims come in and subscribe. A tTnx Kicker. Truth is the most powerful thing in the world, since fiction can only please us by its resemblance to it That tired feeling and Ioss;of appetite are entirely overcome by Hood's Sarsapa rilla, the peculiar medicine. Try it and ee. ici WHOLE NO. 1926. A Talk With Sherman. This ia from a recent Issue of the Cin cinnati Commercial GitZ'tlt : "General Sherman," asked Captain Mattox, "do you think if there w as another war that as gtsxl materia! would offer itself as in the last war material like Grant, Sher man. Thomas, and others." " Why, certainly," replied the Oneral; "there are as many good men in the army now as there were when the war broke out, and they'll make as good gen erals, too. Wha they want is the op portunity. That is what makes men great. Why, in '01 out of the two thousand of ficers of the army there wasn't one who would put his hand on Grant's shoulder and say, ' Here's the greatest General of the war.' They didn't know then. It takes the opportunity to bring men out There is the making of as great generals now in the army as there was then. There always w ill be men who will come to the front in times of great emergency, ami there always was." "The next war," said General Sherman later, in answer to a queston from Capt W. G. Smith, " will lie a terrible slaugh ter. Men w on't be able to come together and fight These machine gunsare terri ble things, and with the u war will be as bloody as a big slaughter house. War won't be fought ever again as it was in til '(si, and in TO across the water Those were hand-to-hand engagements almost. Men fought chw to one anoth-S er, and physical strength an 1 prowess countexl for a g.xl deal, but in the next war all that will be changed. Then it will lie a slaughter with these terrible machines that fire thousands of bullets in a minute or so." "General," asked an inquisitive young man, "do yon think that the strong, ro bust young fellow from the country made lietter soldiers than the young men from the city ? " "The late war," replied the General, "denmistrate.l the fact that the boys fram the citv could stand more fatigue and hardship and marching than the country boys. The boys from the country were stronger always, but they were used to a regular life, and when they got into the army the irregularity of the life, its hard ship and exposur, weakened and finally killed many a strong young farmer boy, while the boys from the big cities, being used to irregular hours, irregular living and unmethodical ways of life, could, stand any amount -of hardship without going under. This was proved by the war. I saw it proved in many cases my self. Young city chaps wore tougher in every way. They weren't so strong physically as the country boys, but then they could stand tl.e irregularity of army life better. " If there's ever a war in this country againJ think the greatest army will be made up of the railway men. In the first place, they are strong physically. In the second place, they have learned oliedience, and have learned to obey all orders without questioning them. This wasn't so in the late war, 'nen men had to lie taught obedience, and their lesson was a bitter one senietimes. But as I w as saying, the railway men will make a grand army. They, above all others, are inured to a life of irregularity. They are used to fatigue and the hardships of long hours of work w ithout rest This irregu larity of life, which all railroad men know is n fact, more than anything else will make them the liest soldiers in the world but I hope they will never be called upon to shoulder a gun." Red Tape Floored Him. A prank was played npon one cf the new members of Congress the other day by a couple of young ladies that broke hiiu all np. He has lodgings in one of the long row of foe-simile houses on East Capitol street, and, fearing that he would forget his number, he tied a piece of red tape on the gate as he wended his way to his $.".,0tX) seat. A pair of pretty, mis chievous maidens witnessed the proceed ing from an adjacent w indow, and wick edly resolved to have fun. They tripped out a few- minutes Liter, and, taking the red string with them, tied it on a gate two or three nuinbei aliove, and return ed to their elegant eyrie. About rive o'clock the member came sauntering down the sidewalk in search of his string. It caught his eye, and his expression brightened and his step grew elastic at the thought of his cosy chamber. He walked to the front door, and, finding it unlocked, walked oust airs to hi room as he thought, and made himself at home. He pulled his shoes off and was warming his toes, when in walked a lady, and seeing the shaggy stranger she demanded the whys and wherefores. The gallant meuiherthought she was "guying" him and undertook to joke her. She would not have it, however, and had to threaten to call a "cop" before she could sires! the parting guest. The whole household had gathered in the meantime, and the member put on his number nines in confusion worse con founded, and '"cussed" the day he was sent to Congress. He hires a boy to take him home no. Another case of red tape! The Remarkable Cures j Which have been effected by Ihyyl's ! Sarsaparil'a are sufficient proof that this ! medicine does (sxsess peculiar curative power. In the severest cases of scrofula ()r ,heU!nt hcn othor pr,.paration(, ha,j tk. the use of Hood', Sarss thrill ha brought h.mt the I.,,!. , MI.,t. T1, MJ-, f - r Whittic.r, of Lowell, Mas., who suffered terribly from scrofulous sores ; that of Charles A. Roberts, of East Wilson, N. Y., who had thirteen abcesses on his face and neck ; that of Willie iMfT, of Walpole, Mas., who had hip disease and scrofula so bad that the physicians said he could not recover, are a few of the many instances in which wonderful cures were effected bv this medicine. " How d'do, Greenbag? I see yon won your case in that suit of Ketchtun vs. Grabbum. Perfect success, wasn't it?" " Yes, I won the case; but I don't con si. If r it a perfect soccesa, by any means." "Why. did Grabbum appeal?" "No; but I find that Ketchum has ?200 cash left If I had known it I would have postponed the rase a couple of months longer." fyriniifli I '. Leives of parsley, eaten with vinegars, remove the odor of onions from tbe breath. Merits of the Car. VestiDule Speaking of the injunction in favor of the Pullman Company, restraining tho Wagner people from the use of the vesti bule attachment, a prominent railroad man said tbe other day : " Tiie vestibule attachment is one of the most important improvements of the age toward the per fection of absolute comfort ia passenger car construction. Several years ago, when the dining car was introduced and the practice of preparing and serving meals on railway trains Inaugurated, it was found that timid people, especially ladies and invalids, experienced great difficulty in passing from their teats in the sleeper to the dining car when the train was run ning at high rate of speed. The open platforms between the cars formed a gulf over which tKey feared to attempt paso ago in fine weather and which in wind or storm, or both, was impassible to peo ple with delicate constitutions. If tl.e dining car system was to be a success, tfiis obje.-tion must be overcome, and the Pullman people set themselves the task of bridging the chasm. In order to ac complish this end they evolved and de veloped the idea of the vestibule, and in bringing it into successful usage the railway companies, a well as their pat rons, find that the original dillicuity has not only been completely overcome, but that a great many other marked advant ages have been secured in the introduc tion of the vestibule. One striking feat nre is the additional strength created and distributed over the entire train by the close fitting of the coaches to oneanother and the consequently increased power to withstand the shock of a collision. Tele scoping is hardly possible in a wt-!!-equip-ped vestibule train, from the simple fact that the steel frame arre-t the force which would drive one car into another. The steadier motion with which the closely united factors of the train are en dowed will he readily recognized as a most beneficial result This stcniim-ss is not it able at once, but particularly per ceptible to the occupants of upper berths or those w ho having tried to read ur write in the ordinary car, undertake to do so in a vestibule train. The vestibules, lie side protecting the passenger in passing from end to end of the train, serve the purjwwe of storm d'sirs to a resilience, and prevent the sudden drafts which the opening of an ordinary car d.r always creates. Another feature, which is prom inent from a social standpoint, is the deadening of the noise made by the rap id revolution of the wheels over the rails, so that conversation may be carried on without in any way straining the voice. "The constructors of these car 'btiild ed wiser than they knewand succeeded in abolishing many of the pcttv annoy ances that beset the railway traveler, even on the best equipped roads." "These cars," he ontinued, " are as far superior to the ordinary coach as the Pullman is to the old-fashioned passen ger car. They enhance in a great degree the pleasure and comfort of travel, and as the learned judge remarked in tho de cision above referred to, they must have proved a startling and s'lccc-tsftil innova tion or a competing company would not have been so prompt in imitating them. The Pennsylvania's New York and Chi cago Limited Express was the pioneer of vestibule trains, and the enormous popu larity it has won is the best evidence of public appreciation of its merits." Ycic Yurk Timex. The One He Forgot. "John. I would like to invite my friend Mrs. Smalley, this evening ; will you bo able to be in ? " "No, my dear; I must attend a meet ing of the Kinghta of Honor benight" " Well, to-morrow evening?" " I have the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and you know " " What abont Wednesday evening ? " "Oh! the Odd Fellows meet that night ; and on Thursday I have a meet ing of the Chosen Friends to attend ; on Friday, the Royal Templars; on Sat urday there's a special meeting of the Masonic Lodge, and I couldn't miss that; and then Sunday let me see what is there on Sumlay night, my dear?" "The Grand and Ancient Order of Christain Fellowship." " Why, I have forgotten ; am I a mem ber of that let me see " " But yoa have forgotten another so ciety, John, of which you were once a memlier." "What's that?" "Your wife's!" A Dakota Man's Scheme. "That brin. lie dog of yours has killed three more of my chickens this morn ing," said the wife of a Dakota settler to her husband, "and if yon don't shoot him I'm going to give hini a dose of strychnine." " Hold on now, Sary, hold on, I've got a plan." "Oh, bother yer plan you can't never break him of the trick, and the best thing you can do is to kill him." "No 'taint, Sary, nowhere near the best we can do. Just wait till you hear my plan." "Well, what is yer romark'ble plan?" " Why, I'll tie him tip now and sell him fer a bird dog to the first Chicago hunter that comes along. I'll get $50 fer that dog yet, if you'll just lemtne be." An old Crow basked in the wintry sun shine on the bough of.a leafless tree jc.st outside the barnyard fence. With blink ing eyes he wat-hed the farmer's dog at his dinner of bones, ond waited for a chance to steal some of the remains. The dog raised his eyes. "Be off i" berried. " What do you want in the neighborhood of good and respectable bird? You are a vagrant and good for nothing." " I may not be very good," calmly replie 1 the crow, " but I have managed to reach a prosperous old age, which is more than can be said for the unfortunate and wor thy boues you have devotire. I. The truly goes die young. A little worldly wisdom doesn't hurt as in the rai-e of life." A ud hastily snatching up a bone he vanished in the frosty air. This fable is not for the young .. An Eastern Senator tell this story aisuit his little girl. Ih say that wien the family had gathered f.r dinner little Elsie was too busy with hT playthings to suspend, and her mother called to her to come. " Yes, in a minute," was the respmse. " But we are all waiting," said my w if.) "and your papa ia waiting, to ak the bleswing," She came in, climbed into h?r chair, folded her little hands demurely, bowed her head and said in a low voice ; " Let ber go, gallaher '. " Fortune brings in some bouts that are not steered. . Honorable industry travel the sauie roade with duty jind Providence baeclose ly linked both with happiness. In families well ordered there is always one firm, sweet temper which controls without seeming to dictate. Catterpi liars, which proved surh a pest o fruit growers in Backs county last sea son, are reported to have again mad their appearance. The
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