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We piarantee sati-faction, and. if you have had trouMe in this ditv'tioti, give us a call. SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES in prreit variety ; A full s of Test Lenses. Come in and have your eyes examined. No charce for examination, and we areconmlent we can uit you. ' Come and see ns. Kesjiect fully, BIESECKER & SNYDER. EDUCATIO N AT SMALL COST A. GREAT Orif)ItTt;XITY. CENTRAL State Normal chool, Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pa. -!( Winter Una of 12 weeks ojwns TucV.ay. Jan. 5, l'e. Spring term of 14 weeks opens Tuesday, March 27. lvs. Exjimiiiiff the M'intrr Term, J-in. 23. H.-at. ftimishet room, aud good board, for only o a week. Tustnai. f 1.2'' a week. To those who Intend to teach, the Sate rives 50 cent" a we-k a ai.L Ta) caa be auutracted fnira the ifM of nuti.in. lvi.b the weekly aid. tbe State gives SO at gmiuation. . The net out for heat, furnished room, hoard and tuition lor the winter term of U weeks Is milv S, aud tor tlic spring term ol 14 week ouly Tlxwe who wi theJr Jnnior Kxomtnatton next fjiriiiii. and enter Uie Senior Class, eau attend a whole vear ol tl week at the net cost of only $n : provwl.il Uiev (traduate and receive the weekly aid of JO rrnte a week and the M dollar art'liiiiinal. Thif is an optuni:y that should lie improved by every one who Uaik's forward to teaching a a profiwK. The lacolty if tb Central State Normal School is composed of speuoiisu ta their lo-venu deport- Four of the Instrnlors are honored (rraduates nrioiltes. The Shis.1 powsws rare cabinet, and valuable apparatus for illustrating the sci ences. The Model School is conducted after the man ner of the best traiuine schools. At the last sew'on .if tbe U-ifisiature the Cen tral rtte Normal -hoil waived two apvnspri atl.sis ainrrvaatiiie j"i imi. This money has l--n nl In pulling Urt.' building lu ensllcul omiJi Uun Hvdrantt, wtT closets and bath rooms may be(iuudHi the dirlennt Boors. Allrnsare itunpbtelv fiiinisbrt. The student sluoild brnut hi-oa uiwels and napkins. rVashintr may las otiiained in tlif tHttlduiK at a small cost. Mu.its mav enter at any time. Ioi-k Haven ts Brprible bv rail fnan all illreeuons. Kor the teau;y and healthiiilnes. " lot l.-atloa tb- Ceatral Male Nunuai School u admired and prainl. We wtll be glad to correspond with any who are interested. Tioice r.Htus resprred on application. ?Tv IENTS I'KU-Aktl fOU COU.IO.E. Addresa. JAM Ei ELIKiS, A. M, Principal. Oaira Stntt ormal S W, Jnl27-'-f. Lortc Batbi, Pa. CROVER, THE FIRST. I'm C.rwver rievrland from BuBulo, 1 It-ad the lnwlerR, I In. the ibow ; There'a one of me, 1 ucTv'i thousands of tkcm ; They are the bud. And I am the au-m ; I lopthem off Or let them tnj Just an I buniien To fuel that day 1 I'm Grover Cleveland from BuClilo, The one biff Man in the party, you know. I'm U rover Cleveland from Buffalo. I work my thinker, I never blow ; I've (tut my grip. Ami Til stay right there While the leaden cttsa And tiie leaders swear ; I take It trendy ; 1 know my i huuec, I hold up the party Hy the Keat of ibi panu . , I'm Orover Cleveland from llulTalo, l ia the Vnit nf Value they can't let go. They'd knife mo, of course , They've rut the (tall, 'tut they'd rather have me Than notbiUK at all -I'm irover Cleveland, from BulTalo, If I get left, the irty must go. .,, (Z). C.) Vrilir. A STRAGE GUEST. " You're sttro you won't be lonesome," Jennie r Fanner John Harmon stood in the p'ow of the liroud firt-place, r:iip'd in his great coat and luiilHcrfhiK fur cap pnllt-d down ahout his oars, and his whip in iiiii hand, hi!o the paw inn; hoofs of his impatient horses crniahed tbe snow ont eide. He stKipeil as he spoke, and lifted his little daughter's chin till the clear, brown eye hxiked up, w ith tiie frank, beaming smiie which always warmed his heart. " No, indeed, f:lher! How conl.l I be lonesome with such a little chatter-box as Tony? Hark! I do believe he's waking now, the darling; !' " Fin sorry that Manda Iiwson couldn't have come to stay w ith you, but, of coune if Jack's hick, it stands to reason that she can't leave liitn. ISut Steve and Fil be lmuk before dark, never fear. Hullo! You were riht, Jennie ; here comes the little (icnerul !" A chubby boy of three years old ap peared in his night-gown from the ad joinini room, with rosy chocks and yel low curls tangled from his morninj; nap. The father caught him in his stronjiarms nnd held him, shrieking w ith laui;'iter, above his head. " J-'ather's little man ! Waked up to say good-bye. He'll take good care of sister, won't he 7" The child leiiped into the young girl's outstretched arms, and hid his face upon her shoulder. " Well. god-bye, Jennie !" He paused a moment, a wistful lock creeping over his strong, sun-browned face. You're like your mother every day, my girl." " Father ! father !" called a cheery voice outside. "Coming, Steve "' The door opened and let in a great w ave of frosty air, and, as it closed behind him, the sturdy farmer clambered to a se-.'t beside his Ron, and with crack of w hipand jingle of bells, the laden sleigh ( slipped cheerily away. Jennie stood at the window, holding thechild. She was just fourteen, although her slight, childish figure made her seem younger than that by two or three years. The death of her mother when Tony was but n helpless bale had thrown prema ture burdens upon her young shoulders, which she had borne with a patient, un selfish courage far beyond her tender years. Jennie was quite usel to being left alone with her little charge, while her father and brother were away at work, so it was w ith no especial sense of loneli ness that she watched the moving sleigh until it was lost at a sharp turn of the forest-bordered roadway. As the nearest neighbor lived a mile distant, she could scarcely exect visitors on such a day. She turned away at last, and taking her place on a low seat before the fire, pro ceeded to dress the child, making merry gsme of the task, as she told over and over on his pink toes the story of the five little pigs." Then, when she bad given him his breakfast of bread and milk, aw! placed on the floor a box of well-worn Iplay things. she went briskly about her own household tasks. The market town, to which her father and brother had cone, was fully fiAeen miles away, and, once there, they must wait for the grinding of their load of grain. " We shall have a long 'lay to ourselves Tony dear," said Jennie, more to herself than to the child but there'll le plenty to do, for sister must bake the bread and cakes for Sunday, and father and Steve j w ill be wanting a good, hot supper to night. "Tony will help sister," Iispe-1 the boy. "Yes, Tony t-hall help sister, and sister will fry bitu a nie doughnut man." Chtppini his chubby hands, the child drew his little cricket to the table, where by climbing ujion it, lie could overlook his sister's operation at her molding board ; and thus, villi frolic and cheer, the short winter day wore on. I'.ut the s!y, which had been bright at early morning, grew gradually over cast witU clouds, aud Jennie saw from .the window a heavy mist filling all the air. A few feathery flakes came floating dow n as she spoke, and tliese prorod to be but the forerunners of a mighty host, as the storm eettled over the landscape. Hour after hour passed. There w ere no longer any tracks to be discerned along the narrow roadway which was the only avenue through the forest It grew presently so dark inside the cabin that Jennie was faint to place a lighted lamp npon the table, and seat herself to listen for the'first sound of dis tant sleigh bells. Tony curled himself upon her lap, and soon lost himself in sleep. . Suddenly Jennie heard the muffled sound of a horse's hoofs upon the snow. A shadow darkened the window, and a moment later a heavy knock resounded npon the door. Jennie hastened to open it, with Tony, still nnawakened, in her arms. The visitor, who stood holding his horse by the bridle-rein, w as a large, powerful-looking nmn, dressed in hunter's garb, with a brace of pistols in his leath ern belt Some little city-bred maiden might have liiinted with fright at so formidable omer SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, an apparition, but Jenuie was welifac enstonied to the rough exterior of the liackwoodsmen. The stranger looked at her keenly, as the firelight shone upon her little figuee, with Tony's golden head nestled against her shoulder. " I've leen caught in the storm. Can I stay all night T he said. " Come in, sir," answered Jennie, hear tily. " We are ail alone I and the baby for my father and brother are gone to tow n ; but I expect them home every minute, and I am sure they wouldn't like me'to let any one go on in the storm. You can put your horse in the stable, yonder." Without replying, the man led away his horse in the direction indicated, whence he soon returned, and taking his place in front of the hearth, proceeded to dry his wet garments. His face, which evidently had once shown fine lines, wore a hard and bitter expression, as the flick ering shadow s played over his bent head and averted eyes. A vague discomfort crept over the spirit of the little hostess. " I wonder if he's sick, poor man ! he looks so miserable-like," she thought. Then she said aloud : " If you haven't been to supper, sir, I could take you up some of the pork and lieans I'm keeping hot for father and Steve, and I could make you a cup of tea in a minute." " 1 don't want anything,"answered the man, still without looking up. Little Tony, who by this time was broad awake, bad sliied from Jennie's arms, nnd stood with great, blue, wonder ing eyes fixed upon the stranger. It was something wholly new to Tony's short cxiiericncc to find himself unnoticed by a visitor, and he was evidently pondering deeply the problem of this unsolved per sonality. He walked slowly up and down the room, at each turn approaching a little nearer the grim, silent figure before the hearth. At last he i mused, and stepping yet closer, laid a small, soft hand upon the man's knee. Still there was no re sponse. Tiie child's breast heaved, his breach came quickly, and a grieved ex pression curled his rosy lip. " Man," he said, with a tremulous, baby accent, " why don't 'oo love little boys?" The stranger started, and a spasm of uncontrollable emotion swept over his bearded face. He turned upon the child, whose bright hair shone like a glory about his head, and w ith a swift, invol untary action, drew him into his arms. 1 Some marvelous change had transfigured his face and softened the hard lines like ice before the sun. lie held the child close, murmuring over him some inarticulate expressions of fondness, while Tony, on his part, ac cepted most graciously the tardy homage, tugged at the stranger's watch-guard, and laughed so merrily that Jennie could not repress a soft echo from her ow n corner. The man looked up, transfixed her with the same keen gaze as at his en trance, only tiiat now some new clement was added a questioning almost painful in its intensity. Iioking at hiin, one would have said that the man felt all his fate hanging ujion the answer which the, young girl should give. " A re you afraid of me ?" "Afraid?" repeated Jennie, in gentle surprise. "Why, no, sir! Surely you w ouldn't do any harm to either Tony or mcr " No morA would I, so help me God!" lie rose and stretched himself to his full height, like one relieved front some intolerable burden. " And now, my girl, he said, cheerily, "you may give nie some of the pork and beans you spoke of they're mighty war ming on a night like this." Jennie spr?ng up with pleased alacrity and having placed a most bountiful por tion upon the table, tlrew a chair beside it. "I can't see why father don't come!" she said, anxiously. A curious expression flitted across the man's face, which she did not seem to notice. " Don't you fret, child," he said. " The snow 's drifting so that 'twould be nothing strange if they had to stop all night at some house along the road. Eut never you mind! I'll do the chores for you you've got the cattle and things to see af ter, I reckon and then I'll bring in more logs for the fire." "How kind you are, sir! I'm very sure father will thank you a thousand times." "Thank me yourself, child! I'm not doing it for your father. It's long since anybody had cause to thank nie, and the sound is sw eet." He oper.eil the door and went out through the blinding snow. Ileturning a half-honr later, he replenished the fire, raking the coals together till a red blaze, mounted high in the great chimney ; then catching up Tony in his night-gown he made him laugh with a story before being carried off to lied. 5" Your folksjcan't possibly get home to-night," he said, w hen Jennie reappear ed, having left her little charge quietly sleeping. It storms harder every min ute. But they'll be along bright and ear ly in the morning, so don't you mind, but go and lie down with the boy, and I'll camp here in front of the fire." " But you won't be comfortable, sir." Once more the peculiar expression flit ted across the man's face. " Comfortable ! I'll get the sweetest rest I've had for many a long night !" Jennie did as she was bidden. She threw herself, still dressed, on the couch beside her little brother. ' It was long be fore she slept, for as the storm beat against the window-panes, she could not repress a sharp anxiety for the safety of those she loved. " What should I have done if this man had not come?" she thought. "He may be odd, but he is also very, very kind." She lost consciousness at last, and when she awoke the storm was over and the sunshine streamed in at theeastern w in dow. As she sprang np, hardly able to collect the scattered memories of tbe pre vious night, the sound of distant bells came to her ears. " They are coming !" she cried joy folly. Hastily she opened the door of the-living-room. It was empty, and the fire smouldered low on the hearth. Her strange guest had gone suddenly and un announced, as he bad come. " He didn't wait to see father, and he had no breakfast," mourned poor Jennie. "AV hat must he have thought of me to Bleep so late as this?" set ESTABLISHED 1837. She ran to the outer door just as her fa ther's sleigh came in sight the stout horses strugling bravely through the heavy drift. A cheerful halloo rang out, answered by her own clear, joyful tones. The sleigh reached the door, and in a moment Jennie was in her father's arms. "My poor little girl! You are safe! I was afraid hasn'nl anybody been here?" " Oh, yes ; we haven't been lonesome, cither, have we, Tony ? A man came he had been caught in the storm and he was so good ! He fed the cattle and made the fire, but only think! I slept so long that he went away without any breakfast." ; " Yes he only robbed me of my mon ey, I suppose, and spared you. Well, I'm thankful for that." " liobbed yon, father ! Why, he was a good man. He played with Tony, and did al! the chores. John Harmon picked op a scrap of pa per on the table, on which it was scrawl ed : "(lood-bye, little girl ; .don t tell your father that any body came, and alt ways be good to those that ain't good themselves." " That proves it," he said. " I saw that man watch us, yesterday, when we went over the brmik, and he must have cut down that tree to prevent our getting back last night. He did it to rob me." John Harmon rushed out of the room, but quickly returned, in state of ex citement and astonishment. " Why," he said, He hasn't taken it, after all!" j ' Of course, they never could know the whole story, but they guesseila'part of it. The farmer had in his house co!isil4r able sum of money which h was sbpn lv tuir t.-itvurd elnrinir tlip miirtAHlTH fCrrl " l-V . " Tt W his farm. The strange visitor must haVM know n this fact. He certainly watched John Harmon ami Steve as they went away from home. Probably he cut down the tree of which Jennie's father had sjioken in order to delay his return until he had time to get well away. Then he came to the house, not because he .was caught in the storm, but because he had some plan, which no one doubted was robbery. John Harmon always believed that it was Jennie's innocent fearlessness and perfect trust in the rough man that chang ed his mind, and saved him from loss of his nionev. Sunken Millions. " Before two months shall have pass ed," said Dr. Seth rancoast last night, " I propose to land in Philadelphia $2,000,000 worth of gold and silver bars and pre cious stones now lying in the bottom of the Atlantic ocean, the treasure of the sunken English sloop-of-war De Braak, which went down in 17!)S." The main obstacle heretofore tojocating the wreck, the doctor says, has been the variation of the meridian, which has been accu rately solved by Lieut. Com. Adams, of the United States navy, who has beeu granted a leave of absence by the Secre tary of the Navy to further prosecute the search for the le Braak. He will act as the chief of the exiedit ion, which is the second one fitted out by Ir. Fancoast to search for the wreck. The steamboat Long Branch, of New York, has been chartered for this expe dition, and after undergoing repairs she w ill take on board a full complement of submarine divers, experts and officers, in charge of Lieut Adams. Everything will be under sirict navy discipline. Thespot where the wreck is said to be is about a half mile off the point of Cape Henlopen, and w ith the powerful pumps from the steamer it is expected that the mud will be washed away, and then tliedivers will land the bars of precious metal on the deck of the Long Branch. A revenue cut ter will be asked for to protect the treas ure. The headquarters of the expedi tion will be at Cape May Point The De Braak, in which the treasure is supposed to lie buried, sailed from Fal mouth, England, on June 3, 170."., for the British West Indies. She wa command ed by Capt. James Irew,with a comple ment of K'i men, and in the following May arrived off the Delaware capos, and while under mainsail and reefed top sail she capsized and sunk, with the captain and 38 orfijci) and seamen. The rest of the crew escaped in the ship's loat and a pilot boat, which was awaiting to take the pilot ashore. Two hundred Spanish prisoners also went down at the same time. The De Braak was a licensed pri vateer under the English flag, and while on her journey across tbe ocean over hauled two prizes, both loaded with the specie which Tr. Pancoast and Lieut Adams w ill endeavor to bring from the bottom of the ocean. lltiln. llecvnL A Great Battle Is constantly going on in the human sys tem. The demon of impure blood strives to gad victory over the constitution, to ruin health, to drag victims to the grave. A good, reliable medicine like Hood's Sarsaparilla is the weapon with which to defend one's self, drive the desjierate en emy from the field, and restore peace and bodily health for many years. Try this peculiar medicine. She Sized Him Up. The local newspaper of Seymour, Conn, says that a citizen of that place recently Zoar bridge to see the ice heaps still re maining. At the toll gate was a young woman " with strong attractions for a white horse," as the editor puts it, aud the citizen thought he might safely quia her a bit. She answered all his questions demurely, nnd with no apparent thought of malice ; but when, having bad his lit tle joke, he asked her what it cost to go over the bridge, the answer came back : "If yon could read that sign, you'd ee for yourself. Hog, one cent ; jackass, wo. Give us two cent!" Xrw York SrtlL A Church Mouse. " I want a warrant for the arrest of a hated rival," said a western young man. " I may be poor, but no man can insult me nnd get away with it" " What's the trouble V asked the jus tice. " Disturbance. It was at the wedding ceremony. I won the girl, and just aa I peated, ' With all my worldly goods I thee endow there came from the organ loft in the voice of my hated rival the word 'Rats 7 I goon no wedding trip until this thing is settled. -V. Y. Hutu JUNE 20, 1888. Red Medicine in the North. As the medicine bag contains the red doctor's stock in trade, he guards it with jealous care. It is kept away from the prying eyes and itching fingers of the whites, and the medicine man would as soon lose his life as to have the contents of his pouch inspected. These bags are made of the skin of some wild animal, and are variously ornamented with fringe and now and then with beads. We did not get a chance to look. into one during the prevalence of the dog feast, but not long afterward a number of Christianized medicine men reached the post and turn ed their pouches over to the niissionaiy who had converted them. A complete catalogue of the contentscf a single medicine bag would excite the reader's wonder and provoke a smile. When the discarded ones had been turn ed over on the occasion just referred to, I went through the first that came in my way. This particular medicine chest had once been the skin of some animal in embryotic state I should say a young wolf and bad been taken off in a man ner w hich caused it to retain its natural shape. I found that each article had been carefully incased in a covering t f birch bark. The wrapper was marktd with certain totemic symbols which wont to instruct tiie medicine man as to the contents of the stckage. The assembled medicines would have formed an unique collection, and a general laugh went around as the Indian's materia medica stood display e.l. There were dried herbs in quantity, liaves, barks, roots, and stems. Here a claw, there a tooth, yonder an ear. One package contained a beak and a feather another a human nail. Our search brought to light small images of wood carefully wrapped and labeled. These were the totems that preside over the use and effects of the medicines, and without their presence Jin the pouches the skill of the Indian doctors would avail nothing. The images are of rough w'ajk manship, but they answer the purpose for which they were designed as well as if they came from the bauds of the skill ful carver. We found in the bag we ex amined representatives of the sun and moon, and some odd pieces of wood carving supposed to represent the human figure. The medicine of one tribe differs from that of another. The shapes of the heal ing pouches are different. No Indian can aspire to the position of healer of the sick unless be is a physically withnut a blemish, though some tnbes tolerate main ted medicine men. This would in dicate that among some nations mental characteristics go further than the phys ical ones in the choosing of doctors. The initiation into the fraternity of medicine men differs, as do the schools they pro fess to practice. In the far north the can didate is compelled to devour alive a young dog while the assembled crowd dance around him. In other instances physical torture can lift one to the digni fied position of medicine man, and some enthusiastic aspirants have been known to endure excruciating pain for days in succession. Ttnik? Trnrfltrn' Magazine. Why She Didn't Holler. A young woman from the country was suing her ex-sweetheart for breach of promise, and the .lawyera were as usual, making all sorts of in quisitive inquiries. " You say," remarked one, ' that the defendant frequently sat very close to you?" " Yes, sir," was the reply with a hectic flush. "How close?" " Close enough so's one ch.3er was all the sittin room we needed." "And you Fay he put his arm around you?" "No. I didn't." "What did you say then?" " I said he put both arms around me." "Then what?" " He hugged me." "Yeryhard?" " Yes, he did so durn hard that I came purty near hollern' right out" " Why didn't you holler? " "Cause." " That's no reason. Be explicit, p'eare, Because why?" " 'Cause I was afeered he'd stop." The court fell off the bench and had to be carried out and put under the hy drant for the purpose of resuscitation. Popular Education. We sympathize with the feeling which often leads citizens to boast that no chil dren in this country need grow up in ig norance, and yet it is a fact that many people w ho have L-arned to read and write have never taught themselves to think. A man who suffered from catarrh, consumption, bronchitis scrofula, or liver complaint, might read till his eyes would dropont, how these and many other dis eases have been cured by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, but if he did not take the lesson tn himself and test the virtnes of this great medicine, his time would be thrown awav. The Largest Check Ever Drawn. Speaking of large single checks, the largest ever given was by John I). Tay lor, treasurer of the Pennsylvania Rail road. It was drawn to the order of Lee, Livingston A Co., for $1156,10, payable at the National Bank of Commerce in New York. It was in payment for the stock of the Philadelphia, Wilmington A Baltimore railroad held in Bcston, and it required three weeks of circulation in order that the transfer of the funds repre sented by this single piece of paper could be affected w ithout disturbing the course of business and trade in three of the greatest cities in the country. During the whole month previous to the issue of this check, Mr. Taylor, of Philadelphia, was gathering in from bankers and brok ers there and throughout Pennsylvania checks on New York bankers for any balance due. Meanwhile Lee, Livingston & Co., in Boston, were collecting what ever drafts they could gather np for mon ey due by New York houses to Boston, and thus this enormous sum was slowly transferred from Philadelphia to Boston without causing any stringency in the money market of either city. Po'WW phia PrcM. For several years I have been troubled with catarrh. Ely's Cream Balm has proved to be the article desired. I be lieve it the only cure. L. B. Coburn, Merchant, To wanda, Pa, eral a He Could Not Cross Broadway Yesterday at 8:30 p. near the corner if Fulton street and Broadway, a middle aged man might have been seen remov ing his coat and wiping the shoulders thereof with a large red handkerchief of the Thurman brand. There was a dash of mud in his whiskers and a crick in his hack. He had just sought to cros Broad wav, and the disappointed ambu- lance had gone up street to answer an other call. He was a plain man with a limited vocabulary, but he spoke feeling ly. I asked hiin if I could be of any,ser vice to him, and he said no, not special ly, unless I would be kind enough to go np under the back of his vest and see if I could find the end of hi t suspender. I did that, and then held his coat for him while he got in it again Then he walked down the east side of Broadway with me. " That's twice I've tried git across to take the Cortlandt street ferry boat since 1 o'clock, aud bed to give it up both times," ha f aid, after he had secured his breath. " So you don't live in town V " No sir, I don't, and there won't be anyb dy else living in the tow n either if they let them crazy teamsters run thing. Look at my coat! I've wiped the noses of 7D single horses and Tl double teams since 1 o'cha k, and my vital is all a jx r fect jell. I bet if I was hauled up right now to the post-mortnined the rear breadths of my liver would tie a sight to behold." " Why didn't you get a policeman to escort you across ?" . " Why, condemn it, I did further np the street, and when I left him the po liceman reckoned his collar bone was broken. It's a blamed outrage, I think. They say that a man that cross Broad way for a year can be Mayor cf Boston, but my i'len is that he's a heap more likely to be Mayor of Jeruwletn." " Where do yon live anyway ?" "Well, I live near Pittsburgh, V. A., where business is active enough to suit 'most anybody 'specially when a man tries to blow out natural gust well, but we make our teamsters subservient to the constitution of the l"n: ted States. We don't allow this Juggernaut business the way you fellers do. Tiiere a man would drive clear 'round the block ruther than to kill a rhihl, say nuthin' of a grow n person. Here the hubs and fellers of these big drays and trucks are mussed up all the time with the fragments of vottr best people. Look at me. What encour agement is there for a man to come here andtrade? Folks that live here tell me that they do most of their business by telephone by daytime, and then do their runnin' around at night, but I've gotten apast that. T'me was w hen I would run around nights and then mow all day. but I can't do it now. People that leads a suddentury life, I s'pose needs excite ment, and at night they will have their fun ; but take a man like me he wants to transact his business in the davtim'e by word o' month and then go to bed. He don't want to go home at 3 o'clock with a plug hat full of digestive org ins that he never can possibly put back just the way they was before. " No, I don't want to run down a big city like New- York aud nuther do I want to be run down myself. They tell me I can go up tow n on this side and take the boat so as to get to Jersey City tha way. and I'm going to do it ruther than go home with a neck yoke running through me. Folks say that Jurden is a hard road to travel, but I'm positive that a man would get jerked np and fined for Iriving as fast as they do on Broadway ; and then another thing, I 'spose there's a goop deal less traffic over the road." He then went down Wall street to the Hanover street station, and I saw him no more. Bill Nvk. Jerome's Joke. When Larry Jerome was about to re turn from a visit to his niece, Lady Iian- lolph Churchill, a year ago, he discover ed that one of his fellow-passengers on the steamer would be the venerable Simon Cameron. Mr. Jerome was seized with one of his irresistible inspirations. and he cabled to the New York Custom House this message : Deputy Collector Jones: I am coining home on the Etruria with General Cam eron. Cameron nas halt a bottle ot wins- key and I have imrt of a liox of ci'spirs. There may be considerable trouble in getting these things rmssed by the Cus tom House officers. Won't von meet us down the bay with a tug ami s.-e that we get through all right, and oblige Li:i:v Jkuome. This caused considerable merriment in the Custom House, and it was voted by the officials that the newspapers ought to be left intothe joke. A committee edited and amplified the dispatch, however, and when it appeared in the papers next day it contained this singular addition : P. S. I have met the Prince of Wales, He isa jolly fellow, but just like anybody else. lie looks like a cowboy and smells like an Indian. Li:i:v. Mr. Jerome was rather dumfimnded when his family surrounded him npon his arrival, and upbraided him rottniMy for taking such liberties with the dignity of the leader of English society. It was not until recently, however, that Mr. Jerome discovered that the Prince of Wales himself had got hold of theamend ed edition of his cablegram. The Prince of Wales did not let the fact ont nntil he wasdinningoneday in London with Lord Randolph and Lady Churchill and Mrs. Frew-en. " Here's someting for vou," the Prince said, handing Lord Randolph a clipping from a New York newspaper that some body had sent him. "See what your wife's nncle thinks of nie." Lord Ran dloph colored, and Mrs. Frewen prompt ly declared it was outrageous. Lady Ran dolph tensed her pretty head. " Uncle Lawrence never did that" she exclaimed decisively. " He couldn't do anything so inappropriate. Larry says that it's the first time on re cord that a joke from the Custom House ever shot so far or hit so high. AVic York Shu. ' A Wonderful Operation Is nature's effort in grow-in? teeth. Why then be so careless as to lose them by ab solute neglect ? Minot's Dentifirice is the sure means of keeping a handsome, ser viceable set of teet'.i and healthy gums 25 cents will procure a bottle. Sold everywhere. Pleasure and action make the hours seem short WHOLE NO. 1927. Gardens on Farms. All farms are cultivated with a view to saving as much labor as possible, not only of the human help but of the horses, and f jr that reason manr farmers omit the I garden, knowing that when a garden w made a portion of the farm work the hoe i am! rake must be substituted for the cul- ! tivator and burrow. So clcwely do some j fanners confine their work to generrl farm crops that trains loaded with garden products run regularly into the country from Philadelphia in order to supply fanners with vegetables, a fact which can tie easily demonstrated by a visit to some of the stations along the riilroadspassing through such rich agricultural connties as Chester, Delaware, and even Ijincaster. The reason is that the farmers believe they can purchase vegetables cheaper than they can grow them, and their whole attention is consequently bestowed on field crops. It is a mistake on the part of such farmers to omit the garden from their regular pursuits, for there is something more in a garden than the simple matter of growing the vegetables. True, vegetibles can lie produced in any quantity and at all seasons, but the con dition in which they arrive is a very im portant matter. There is quite a differ ence in a fresh, ripe tomato just from the vine and one that has lieen picked fur heveral days and shipped a hundred miles bcre it reaches the market, while the quality of many other garden pro ducts are affi-eted by tiie condition at time of sale. A proper diet should never be overlooked, for ripe fruit and vegeti bles are luxuries that confer benefit, w hile unripe or stale articles are injuri ous. If the gardener can on a small plot grow fruit and vegetables, ship them to a distance, pay commissions and take all risks of decay or loss in order to supply the fanner, there is certainly nothing to prevent the farmer from producing such things himself, as well as have them of a better quality. If the cultivation of a garden be objected to because horse pow er cannot be used, a stretch of land may be devoted to a garden in which the veg etables may lie grown in long rows, with space between the rows to admit of the horse-hoe, and instead of raking the ground it may be well harrowed and then smisith.Hl with a roller. In this way peas, Bweet corn, string beans, cabbage, toma toes, egg-plants and peppers may be grown, while squash, melons and bushy crops may lie checked and worked both ways until well grown. Even lima beans may lie checked and cultivated. The field svstem may lie easily apnlied to garden vegetibles, and the fanner who dix-s not have some kind of a garden will simply deprive himself of those things which he should have plentifully. Women on Horseback. Did you ever observe a woman just be fore sue is lifted into a saddle, au.l a few moments after the horse has struck a canter? She becomes a changed being. The roses spring to her cheeks, the light seems to leap from her eyes, her form is the inspiration of graceful action, and she becomes a beauteous picture of mov ing health. And this after all, is the liest view to take of horseback riding. Aside from its charm, its dash, its buoy ancy of motion, its special of general beauty, it is the most healthful exercise within the province of woman. It is bet ter than dancing, lawn tennis, croquet, row ing, archery. There are many reasons why it is better, and one of the strongest seems to be that it brings continuous change of scene, w hich tends to rest the body as well as the mind. The fascinat ing eflV-t-t which it has on the fair rider cannot lie estimated, provided she has a well trained horse and indulges in moder ation. To Guess the Speed of Trains. There is not one person in 100 of the millions who travel on railroads in the course of a year who has any idea of the speed of a train. A large per cent of even the regular trainmen of the coun try cannot tell with any degree of accu racy how fast a train is mnning. Fre quently ercineers are dispatched on a trip over a line of railroad with instruc tions to nin at a speed of n certain num ber of miles an hour. The engineers do not carry a speed indicator, but have learned by various methods to gunge their engines so as to make only the slightest variation from their orders. The majority of engineers use their driving wheel as a gauge. They know its circumference, and by counting its revo lutions within a certain time can tell very accurately the speed at which they are running. Another method is to time the nm between mile posts, and still another is to make calculations from the number of telegraph poles passed in a certain time. These poles, in a level country, and wherj four or five wires are nsed, are spaced so that they are thirty to the mile. If only a single wire is used they are spaced from twenty-live to twenty eight to the mile. The most accurate method, and the one most in use by exjierienced railroad men, is to count the number of rail joints the train passes over in twensy seconds. The rails in nearly rll cases are thirty feet in length, and the number passed over in twenty seconds is the stieed per hour a train is running. For instance, if a pas senger sitting in a sleeper can count thir ty clicks of the w heels on a rail joint in twenty seconds the train is running at the speed of thirty mites an hour. Kan Mi L'iti 77.ii. A Reptile's Affection. It was a bright May morning, and as I was walking through the woods I saw a a large black snake in front of me in the path. On coming nearer, however, there proved' to 1 two snakes, the larger one dead and fearfully mangled. The smaller one, arparent'y unhurt, ljry coiled abont the ether, w ith head raised, darting out its little forked tongue. It wasapjwrent ly keeping guard over the dead friend, and no matter how much I tried to drive it away with shouts, gestures and stones, it did not alter its position, except turn its head this w ay and that as I moved in different directions. Here was a com mon black snake, one of the most despised of our reptiles, willing to lose its life rather than leave a dead companion. What nobler instinct has man shown? An old lady, with several unmarried daughter, feeds them on fish diet, because it is rich in phosphorus, the essential thing for making matches. A Trick of Coin Tossing. man walked into an uptown saloon the other day and called for a glass of lieer. He fished a new silver dollar from his pocket, spun it on the counter, and offered to bet the bartender the brer that it would turn up heads. The bartender took the bet and won it, for tails were op when the coin settled. A well-dressed couutryman by tie bar looked interested ant! the man exclaimed pettishly that he would call the next spin for a dollar. "Done," said the countryman. The man spun the dollar, called tail) and won. "Mere luck," said the countryman, dis gustedly, "or else a trick. I'll go another dollar on it if yon let me spin if." The man assented, and the country man spun the dollar. Tbe man called tails, and tails appeared. As the coun tryman, with an exclamation, turned to go, the man said in a patronizing tone : "I bet I can call it four times out of five." "Five dollars on it," said the country man, hotly. The man put up the money with the bartender, and. as the countryman spun the dollar, called tails five successive times. The dollar settled tails four times, and the man pocketed the bet . Then he said': "Look here, greeny, since I've won seven of your dollars and don't expect to work this city again very soon, I'll tell you something you don't know. When you spin a coin the side that has the heaviest markings will settle at the bot tom nine times out of ten, provided the surface yoti spin on is perfectly level. With a new silver dollar you'll win by calling tails junt nine times out of ten in the long run. (Kher coins don't have such a difference in weight lietween the mouldings of the two sides, and ain't so certain, and in old silver dollars the Vif ference is lessened bv th i wearing off of the inscriptions. You stick to new silver dollars, and work it gently, and you'll have your $7 back liefnre night." .V. 1'. Vti n. Timothy and Red Clover. Timothy may prtqwrly beplacd at the head of all the meadow plants f..r pro ducing hay of the finest quality. It is -r-ennial in character, ami when well estiln lished lasts several years without the ne cessity of plowing up and re-seeding. Timothy, however, is not a gfod jiasturo grass, from the fact that it will not lnar close cropping as well as many others. Its chief excellence consists in its produc tion of hay of the finest and purest qual ity for all general purposes, and especi ally fur horses, in which it has no rival. Wherever timothy flourishes it is univer sally preferred for hay and sells for the highest price. Timothy is best adapted to a partially moist peaty or chyey soil, and d.ss not thrive so well on light, sandy lands. When sown alone half a bushel of seed to the acre is the mle ; it may be sown in either spring or fall, but autumn sow ing is the more common practice. It is advised to sow seed not more than one year old. A good way to test the vitality of th seed is to sprinkle somo on a hot tire shovel, when if it mostly burns up with out a lively popping it should be reject ed. Another good way to test not only timothy seed, but the seed of other grass es, is to sow a little in a box of fine earth and keep it wann and damp a few days until their character is determined. Growing the crop for its seed Is quite common in the western States, and Chi cago is the leading primary market. Although red clover is not, strictly speaking, a grass'no true srrxss is entitled to a higher lank nnless it lie timothy ; and, indeed, if we were wholly restricts! to the use of only one (if the two, it would tie a difficult matter to say which the country could best spare. The great value of clover as a mantirial plant and renovater of worn-out soils fully makes np for any deficiency it may have as hay for horses. For cattle, especially cows in milk, where its dusty character is not es jiecially objectionable, it is usually pre ferred to timothy. Botanists claim that there are more than 100 species of clover, but in this country only a few are cultivated, and of these the common red ciover (trifoliuui pretense) is the specie most generally in use, and for general purposes is the tiest of all. It is easily grown on evry prop erly drained soil. Soils too much ex hausted or too poor to afford clover its nutriment naturally, with the addition of a dressing of barnvard manure to give it a foothold, will, by its persistent use, be brought up to a condition of fertility, beyond any that can be obtained from sowing any of the natural grasses. In furnishing vegetable mold and changing hard, compact soils for the bet ter, red clover is wholly unexcelled. It is one of the most important crops for soiling on account of its rapid, early growth and the large amount of excellent green food grown on an acre. Care must lie olwervcd when pasturing red clover while wet with dew or rain, as cattle are apt to eat enough of it to cause bltuiting, which not tinfreqiiently results in the death of the animal. It is, in fact, unsafe at any time to turn cattle when hungry into a Iarye growth of clo ver and permit them to eat their fill. Of course when it has become partially crop ped, and the cattle are accustomed to it, they may be allowed to graze at will. Red clover is not really a pasture plant, and its best results are realized hy soiling, or cutting lor hay and seed. A very usu al plan is to sow clover in the spring, using frona.12 to 20 rounds of seed to the acre, according as the soil maybe louiii ' or clay. Clover onght to be cnt as n as th blossoms assume a brownish hue. and tbe swath should lie nntil well wilted, when it must be turned over, but n-.t scattered or spread, and when sufficiently dry be taken to the barn. Clover In more liable to be damaged by rain than is either timothy or red top, hence care should lie olerved to protect it, from stonns. Haifa bushel of salt to a ton of hay is often sown upon the mow, when clover is honsed in a green slate. Its proper place in the order of value as a farm pro duct i generally thought to be be tween timothy and blue grass. Clover seed when kept umlamaged will retain its vi tality for many years. A Cure for Fetid Feet A Chicago corressmlent writes ns f..r a remedy for perspiration of the feet, complaining that this trouble makes him unduly sensitive. Frequent washing, he asserts, does no jrood. The disease, for such it really is, may have its origin in the skin, in the glands, or in the system, and the cause mast first be removed. At least once a day, or twice, if possible tiie feet should be soaked in tannin and warm water. Stockings shonld be changed once or twice daily, and only woolen should be worn. Insoles of felt should be worn and changed with the stix:kings. They can be wet in chlorinated soda, ami and then dried for further use. The stockings when removed, should be dried by the'fire. lUrabl uf llmkh. He that shoots liest may sometimes miss tbe mark ; bnt be that shoots sot at all, can never hit it
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