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R. J. E. RIESECKER,
rai M'rliX AND Bl'EGEOX.
S.ntJLrT, Pa..
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of Notrmnoud vi.in.iy. imioein rwadcuceoo
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MiYSli'lA.N AND (il KoM)S,
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krunner . ftore.
lomeiet County Bank.
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C. J. HARRISON, M. J. PRinS,
PlUMHUrT. CAAHIEm.
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CHARGES MODERATE.
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nBim Killed ) drmfl u Yvrfc id any num.
(vut 4t . Umt Itx-k.
CURTIS K. GROVE.
SOMERSET, PA.
BIG.ilFS. FI.EU.Ha, CARRIAGES,
bPRlNC 'AMIXS, Bn'K VACONi.
AS1 tASTKRN AND WESTERN WORK
Furnlhl on Short Notice.
Paicting Done on Short Time.
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All Work Warranted.
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3 do Wvn-wttrk. anii rurnu& S:t for Wind
M:Ila. hrmember the pit-, and caU in.
CURTIS K. GROVE,
of Coort Botnei
S0HKR8KT. PA
quarijcs Huffman,
MERCIUN7 TAILOR.
(Abort ReAey'i Slort.)
Itt Plylr-o. ana LowMt Xrioa.
AT ISF ACTION GUARANTEED.
Somerset, Pa.
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VOL. XXXVII. NO. 43.
CUACOBsoq
AIN
0 TEARS' CHRONIC PAIVU
SCIATIC RHEUMATISM.
THC CURE.
AFTER YEARS.
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cuoaic c u. six? cmxa.
foui by Prwrfiitt end DeaJfTt TM'ifwhm.
THE CHARLES A. VOCELER CO, BaiUPMf.
Common Sense
In the tri'atro.'tit of s.islit ailmrnt.
would gave a vast ninomit of i. kiirsn
nn.1 mier.v. Onoof Ayrr I'Ula, tukca
after .tinner, will a.sit INentiun ; taken
ut niglit, "B ill relieve ComttijMttion ;
taken at any time, will correct Irregu
larities of the Stouuult and ISoweU,
Htimnlate tlie Liver, and cure 8ick
lieadarhe. Ayer'a J'ills. as all kit.nr
who use them, are a ntihl t-atliartif,
jtleasiunt to take, and alwars rumit
and iaiufa. tury in their rtilt.i.
I ran rofomntend Aver "a IMIIh a1vo
nil other, liavm Ion? rroveU their
alue as a
Cathartic
for my!f an. I family. rf J. T. H,
J-Itllil,l,', I'ju
Arer'n PilU have Woti in ne in my
(amity iipuunU of tweray anl
liavi romplftrly Tr!ficl all that w
f-i;mil fr tliem." Th'Uuas 1". A(Ln:s,
I havr vsrnl Ayrt'n Tilts in ttit fami
ly for wvm or tiiit yrarn. Wliiif vr
2 hv mi aUm-k ui Ii-a.ia he. to hu h I
atn very i.ijit-t, J take u iit-M of Avar's
urifl hi a hIkkys rom.tly ilir-vel.
I timS th-!n rqimlly tM-ttfri-ial in o-ltl ;
unit, ia my family, thy are nsl for
1'iiiotiH fteUiplntiits and other tliMurb
arietn witit niu h jt'wmI effe-t that we rare
ly, if ever. Itave o chII a .lrvu-iaii."
H. VouHieim;. Hntul VoulUeiuv taru
tuga Sprmp, N. Y.
Ayer's Pills,
mir.uiED tr
Or. J. C Aycr & Co., Lowell, Matt.
Sold l.j all Ucalcrs In Medicine.
OH ! MY HEAD!
Sufferings tf New jersey Sswtor. Dyspepsia. Sick
Headacha, TerriWe Thing.
" Tbere are a iVw thinr- that I bcliere in with
all my heart. The"p.wkr wa ex -Senator Al
bert Uerrltt, bead of Uie lanre fruit firm, M' Park
IMaee, K. V., aivi the teene bt ofljre. I wan
nick and fvar.'d 1 had beeuiue fated to eudiire the
Tortures of Dyspepsia
and affeetinnof the kidney. A relative said tn
me. 'Try tH. Kennedy' Favorite Kemedy, made
at kndaut, X. Y. I did so. I grew better, eould
eat hlet'p. an1 work lth a Hearer het, and the
yellow color of my skin gave iace to the healthy
rob announcing pure blK-d. Ir. Kennedy.
Favorite Remedy b entllletl to the erotit of nar
i&t( my life. 1 can trive you the names and ad
drvwefof fifty per mi bo affirni, as I do, that
Favorite Remedy ha bcee to them a bleminf
in time of need." Mr. A. rK?Rr?vere, Tarrytown,
N. Y., ay ; For a long time I was troubled
if h wvere alia--kc of diuinew and
Blind Sick Headache
tl'ic-to Impore Mvi. I wm..dvi!4i to try Dr.
keime.lT i. rmrorite kemedy. I did irf and I
h.vf Iwx'U ertnpl..u.iy eur.1. It', the t.f thirn
I eterhear.! e lor an? di-.ir.ier of that nature,
and I h.te tvoki.'U. iele.1 K to miiy wiih like
wi'-e.." Vr. luiiel Kitt, T.iliiton. V.-..
.. "I recommend In. K.-nnedv F.v.wnte
Kmedy J'.ir tyHiM'.a an i.-k I.e..!.. tie. It
cured me.'- Iy..'ia. l'on.tl(4riun. N-rvo.iH-uew.,
iK-hility. Kii.-uiuat:m. aitd th- tlu. (eculiar
to wiiaiell. luvanabiy yield to
bn. K ESS El) Y 8 FAVORITE UE.VEDY.
raEFABEO r.y
Dr. David Kennedy, Roodaut. X. y.
II it bottle. Sii for $5. By all druAutista.
Came Near Bains Totally Blind.
Mr. ;eore( uftinour. the express driver
at I'ni.intown, l'a , liail been blind in one
eye for years. Iut month a severe i rid .1 ni
tration attacked the other oye. WMin tiititiK
him in a condition to lie led. Ail the medi
cal men he consulted (rave no more than
boe for one fourth si-ht j-nrri-Ud he "would
have the worst one taken out.
Mr. James A. Morrii, whoe father loe
tor Saddler, Sol Penn aTenne, rnt.lr.iryli.
had restored to fiulit after 3 1 years blind
ness recommended Ir. Sadler be oonn;ted.
He did so. and in thirty days his sight was
as p.Msl as ever, and without taking out an
eye. Mr. (Jus. H. Taylor of Indiana, Indi
ana 00., Pa., blind in one eye for 3) years,
has been restore.) to aiirht through an or-
ation by Dr. Sadler. Tlie eye was perfectly
well in 10 .lays, and without serious in.
It is to Your Interest
TO BCT YOUR
Drugs and Medicines
OF
Biesecker k Snyder.
STXBIBS TOO. BOYD.
None but the purest and best kept in stock,
and when Inte become inert by stand
ing, as certain of them do, we de
stroy them, rather tlum im
jiose on our customers.
Tou can depend on having your
PRESCRIPTIONS 4 FAMILY RECEIPTS
filled with care. Our prices are as low as
any other first-class house and on
m&ny articles much lower.
The people of this county seem to know
this, and hare ?iven ns a Urce share of their
patronare. and we sltall still continue te give
them the very best goodt f. r their money.
Do not forget that we make a sjieoahy of
FITTIaVO- TRUSSES.
We guarantee satisfaction, and. if you bare
had trouble in this direction,
give ns a calL
SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES
in great variety ; A lull set of Test Lenses.
Come in and hare your eyes examined. No
charge tr examination, and we are confident
we can suit yoo. Come and tee na.
Respectfully,
BIESECKER & SNYDER.
TIT FOR TAT.
In the days, when all the world was ro
mantic, anil oo one was ashamed of it
two gvntleiueo of England conceived, the
I r-1 o-r.)tj bnt at the same time rather
toh iot.atile idea, that, I jam? they w,ere
friend, their ton and daughter, then in
fants in their cradles, must love each
other when they grew to be nan and
woman ; and, having compared notes,
and found that they quite agreed on this
point, set to work with a zeal worthy of
a better cause to arrat))rt matters so that
they must turn oat exactly aa they de
sired. Consequently, each made a will, and
matters were so arranged that, if either
of the young people decline! the hand
of the other, the young person would be
Ienniless, and his or her estate to g- to
the other young person who was will
ing. After some years the gentleman, whose
child was a daughter, left his native Eng
land for America, while the other, who
was a widower, his wife having given her
life for that son, remained in England, so
that the ocean rolled between the ro
atantic friends.
The English resident was named Ed
mund Harrington ; the American, Charles
Seabright. Both were wealthy and
brought their children up carefully. As
(hey grew older they permittex! them to
iYtrrepond with each other, but each de
tested the task so that the letters were
actually written by the elders them
selves. Once, at the age of fourteen, when news
came that little Harold Harriui-tou had
fallen from a tree and broken his leg,
Elsie Seabright was desired to reply that
she felt great regret and seud her best
love and wishes for his speedy recovery,
but the girl, who could never listen to
the boy's name with anything like pa
tience, refused to write one word of this
an iable epistle.
"I wish he had broken his neck, so
that I might never hear any mo-e about
him,' she said, with a stamp of her foot ;
"and I won't write fibs."
So again mama wrote the letter, hav
ing first locked Elsie up in a dark pantry,
by way of punishment.
"And I am sorry to find a child of
mine so uufeeling," she "aid. " A bruken
leg causes great pair) and may make one
lame for life."
"A nice thing for me that would be if
Iain to marry him," said Elsie.
Indeed, if she had been as sympathetic
as her mother desired, t.isie wouiu nave
had opportunity enough to exercise these
feelings, for her young betrothed was al
ways in some pickle,' and had nearly
drowned and nearly shot himself a doz
en times, to say nothing of ordinary
troubles.
It was tit for tat, at all events, for when
Elsie had the measles Master Harold had
received the information with a con
temptuous indifference amounting to
heartleftsness, and hail indeed said that
he did not care. He hated girls, and this
one the worst of them all.
So, with the ocean between them, the
young people grew maturity, and the
year approached in which they were to
meet.
But meantime all sorts of sad things
happened. Elsie lost both her father ami
mother, and away in England Mr. Ilar
rinirton died suddenly of apoplexy. So
the two men, w ho ha 1 looked forward
for so many years to meeting when their
children were married, never met again.
Mr. Harrington would not bring his
son to America to see his lovely Essie, as
he had proimwed, and but for these ol
stinate wills the whole matter would
have dropped for the last thing the yotii:g
people desired was to meet each other.
But the young man was of age, and tlie
young lady also, and the property must
be settled, and could not be until the
match was either on or off.
The old lawyers in whoee han!s the
affair rested, knew the feelings of their
wards, but they judged that a meeting
might mend matters. At least, it was
necesiiary that they should meet. So
Harold, as in duty bounu, was to cross
the ocean to meet his betrothed, and give
her an opportunity to refuse him.
The news of his arrival brought into
full activity those feelings of repugnance
that Elsie had conceived for Harold in
her childhood. She had for a while re
solved to yield to her father's wishes, but
now she felt that it would be impossible.
Yet there was enough of worldly wis
dom in her head to teach her how much
better it was to be rich than to be poor.
If be refused her, her fortune and bis
also would be her own by law. She
would force him to refuse her and then
she would return him his, and all would
be as it should be. But ho could she
do this?
The girl sat for a while in deep reverie
and then arose and clasped her hands to
gether. A thought had struck her. There
was in the house a seamstrees with as
much conceit as any young beauty was
ever blessed with. Her rough manners
and ways of speech had become prover
bial among her own class, the other ser
vants speaking of her generally as ( rusty
Betsy. And this girl of late had been
occupied in the room of her young mis
tress over gome new dresses.
Straight tp this apartment Elsie flew,
and, locking the door, sat down, saying
to Betsy :
" I have something for you to do, Betsy
and I'll pay you well Car it."
"Just name it, then," said Betsy.
" When I was a little girl, Betsy," said
Elsie, " poor papa promised that I should
marry a young gentleman who lives in
England when I ww grown, and that if
I did not I should lose my fortune. Now,
the time has come, and he is coming ;
and I can't marry him, Betsy, and I want
him to refuse me. Do yon under
stand?" " I understand," said Betsy, "and if I
were you I'd huff him off quick enough,
and make hira glad to go, -that I would."
"And I can't think how to do it, Betsy,"
said Elsie, " and if you can you must do
it for me. While he stays you mast pre
tend that you are Miss Seabright; you
must wear my clothes, and take all the
airs you possibly can, and make him as
annappy as possible, so that he'll Itave
to refuse yoo that is, me, you know.
Be as sharp as you can with him, Betsy
never the least bit kind or nice. You'll
try, won't yoo, Betsy?"
Then the two girls left all other work
to examine Elsie's wardrobe, and soon
Betsy was dressed in the most elegant
attire.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
"And I," said Elsie, " will be your poor
companion, and yoo. must call ma Miss
Smith, and snub me, and order nie
about"
Thus all was arranged when the little
letter Elsie had been so long expecting
arrived, and breaking its blue seal, she
read that Mr. Harriti-ton would pay his
respects to Miss Seabright in aa hour.
How Miss Seabtight laughed as she sat
waiting in the drawing-room, watching
Betsy sail up, and down with all her as
sumption of dignity. Betsy, with the
most amiable intention, would have been
sure of offending; but Betsy, bent on be
ing unpleasant, would lie a grand suc
cess. Ju-t then Betsy herself leaned
from the window.
" Oh, mi; ! " she cried, " there's a cir
riage at the d.sjr, and there's a gentle
maa coining oat of it Bless us ! if that's
him, I don't wonder yoo want to be off
with your match. Deary, oh! deary
me!"
But before she could explain a servant
had brought Elsie a card bearing the
name of Harold Harrington and as siie
arose the most extraordinary figure en
tered the room. He ls, though he
seemed to move actively enough, walked
oo crutches. On his head, from which
be had removed his cap, was a black
skull cap, such as entirely bald old gen
tlemen then wore. His nose was cer
tainly well shaped, but it was much the
color of red tlannel; and about his
throat was a muffler.
This was Harold Harrington.
Elsie's surprise was so great that
she sink into a chair, and forgot to
prompt BeUy as she intended. But
Betsy needed no prompting. She was
not in the least embarrased. She ad
vanced to meet Mr. Harrington with a
grin of supreme insolence upon her face,
and she burst into a laugh.
" Well," she said, " you are my young
man, are you? I must say, whoever
picked you out showed no mighty great
taste ; 'twasn't for your beauty, that's
plain."
" No, madam," said the new arri val, " it
w as not for my beauty. Do I address
Miss Seabright?"
"Why, who else should I be?" cried
Betsy, "Twas not for your cleverness,
neither, you were chosen. But now
you've come, sit down. Been in the wars,
haven't you ?"
" My infirmities," sighed the yeung
man, "are the result of my recklessness
as a iy. 1 naa a most sympaitiizing
letter from you regarding the fall which
broke my limb. You remember it? You
also condoled with me upon the careless
shot which cost me my eye, though you
did not know so serious was the result.
It was while I was ou a trip to Switzer
land that I broke my back, and, while
endeavoring to drink some boiling tea
the housekeeper left carelessly on the
table, I scalded all the hair off my head.
This scar upon my cheek is the result of
having attempted to shave myself with
my poor father's raaor. It was injudi
cious of hiui pot to tell you the result of
my injuries, but now yon see them for
yourself. I will not go into further par
ticulars. You remember all my acci
dents." " Yes," said Betsy, " and a fine figure
of a man they've made you. You'd do
to scare crows from an orchard, I must
say, and you're st-uf to me, that I might
have uiy pick and choice of orTers to mar
ry. It's enough to make one die of
laugh iug."
" Then you refuse me," said the young
man eagerly.
" Oh, no," said Betsy, " Oh, no, I don't
there's the fortune, you know. Money is
money, and even an o!j--t like you is
letter than poverty. I'll have you.
Though how the folks will laugh te see
us paired off together! One, comfort
though ; so broken down as you must be;
you can't last long."
" n the contrary, I expect to live to
be eighty," su'd the young man.
" Expectations don't go for much," said
Betsy. " Look how the old folks went.
" We were deprived of their affections
very suddenly," said the young man,
sighing. " My father loved yours deariy,
Miss Seabright."
" Folks will take queer notions," said
Betsy. " Well, I mutt say you are an ob
ject I can't lulp laughing when I look
at yon."
" We shall have a very merry life to
gether," said Harold, if your disposi
tion continues."
" Oh, I shall not see much of you," said
Betsy, " I can promise you, after the ring
is on. What possessed you to smash
yourself Up so? But I shan't refuse you.
'It's money that makes the iiiarego,' says
the old song."
" It may be," said Harold. " But let the
mare stand still for me, then. I quite
decline to fulfill the engagement So,
iindame, you have the fortune without
any incumbiance in my person."
And a good riddance of bad rubbish,
say I !" cried Betsy. "There are better
fish in the sea than you, or women would
be poorly olf. You're going, eh ? Well
the sooner the better. Miss Smith, please
ring the bell."
Elsie arose ami touched the bell. But
now that the deed was doue and her ob
ject attained, she felt dreadfully ashamed
of herself. Certainly a more unhappy
and singular object than this before her
could not well be imagined. Indeed,
compassionate as was her heart, she felt
that his appearance was not only ain
ful, but almost ludicrous, but all the more
should he have been tenderly and kind
ly cared for.
Why had she played this childish
prank, and allowed a vulgar woman to
insult him in her presence? And this
gentleman for, hid.ous as he was, he
evidently was a gentleman by breeding
as well as by birth how would he hence
forth think of her? He would always be
lieve that she had uttered those rude
words she, and none other. And as he
left the room she followed him, and the
servant who had answered the bell re
tired at her nod, and left the two togeth
er in the long hall, where they could hear
the long and violent explosions of laugh
ter with which Betsy was now filling the
drawing room.
" Mr. Harrington," said Elsie, her face
crimsoning as she spoke. " I can n not let
yoo go without a word of explanation.
I I have been so grieved that yoo should
be so iusalted. I never meant "
"-My dear young lady, you have noth
ing to do with it, and my feelings are not
in the least hurt," replied the young man.
" Who would care for anything, a person
like the woman we have just left could
erset
ESTABLISECEID 1827.
aay ? Bat I am amazed that that should
be Miss Seabright. I know she is a lady
by birth. I understood that she was
beautiful, kind and gentle. I "
"Oh, Mr. Harrington 1" cried Elsie, " 1
have been suck a foolish girl ! She is not
Miss Seabright. I am Miss Seabright I
I it was a ridiculous stratagem of
mine. I bated the idea of a lietrothal to
a stranger, and I desired that yoo should
take the initiative in breaking off the
match. But, believe me, I had no
knowledge of your infirmities, which
could be only a sab) act for sympathy to
me, and I beg yoa to forgive me for plac
ing that coarse woman in a position ia
which she could insult yoo. Prove it
by remaining with me until I can offer
you some re fresh meats after your jour
ney." The young man bowed, looked at her
a moment and then replied, frankly:
" Madam, I quite appreciate your mo
tives and entirely forgive you. I am
pleased to accept your invitation."
It was the custom in well-arranged
houses in that day to lend guests to their
rooms for awhile before dinner. Accord
ingly Miss Soabright odered a servant to
show Mr. Harrington to an apartment on
the upper floor and (en i red to her own
room to dress for dinsw.
Ten minutes after lier entrance into
this apartment the servant brought her a
large bundle and a small note a bundle
several feet long anil a note a few inches
Sijuate. She o-ned the note first and
rend these words : j
Mr Dear Miss Seashii.ht ; I also have
a cons-iion to make. I also, before I
met you. had resolved that you should be
the one to decline the conditions of our
fathers wills, intending afterward to give
you back your shars of the property.
Consequently I e;t to devising a scheme
and reading my school-day letters, it oc
curred to me that no one ever went
through so many accidents quite un
scratched and unraarred before. I knew
that few women would choose to marry
a very hideous man; consequently I con
cocted a disguise which I fiancied ttould
make me repugnant to the least particu
lar of the fair sex. Allow me to lay at
your feet my crutches, which I never
needed, thank heaven ; my hump, which
was a feather pillow ; the skull cap, which
did not hide a bald pate, and all my
bandages and patches. The Vermillion
which adorned my nose I have removed
with a little water, and though I obtain
ed my invitation to winner under false
pretenses. I beg to be allowed to pay my
respects to you in projier person anil to
apologize for my trick, which after all
dear madame, is only tit for tat
At first, Elsie was unreasonably angry,
but her anger did not last long.
They met at dinner, and before they
parted it was quite concluded that they
should carry out the Wishes of their par
ents by agreeing to dine together always.
The Postoffica Changes.
The First Assistant Postmaster-General
During the present week has aver
aged 130 appointments a day of fourth
class postaj asters. Tnere are in the ser
vice ol.OiO" postmasters of this class. By
a simple calculation it will be seen that
if the First Assistant I'ostmaster-Oener-alcau
keep up the paca there will be an
entire reorganization of the foorthclass
postmasters inside of the next twelve
months.
The work in their direction is greatly
facilitated by members of Congress.
Tbey send in recommendations in batch
es covering from a dozen to twenty-five
oilicers, and, as the department has lieen
uniformly guided by the recommenda
tions of members in those Appointments,
the duties of the First Assistant I'ost-mastor-treneral
in making the rhang.-s is
more of a ministerial than of a discre
tionary character. Mr. Tayson, of Illi
nois, has topried the record by submit
ting a batch of l'lo names in one day.
General Clarkson, the First Assistant
Paymaster-General, w as quest ioned con
cerning certain newspaper criticisms di
rected against his policy in the appoint
ment of fourth-class Postmasters. In
answer, he said that practically all of the
changes thus far have been made for
other than political reasons. "Perhaps, "
he added, "it is not generally known that
my predecessor, within the month or six
weeks prior to the 4th of March, made
over a thousand appointments of fourth
class tostmasters, for the purpose, appar
ently, of forcing them upon this adminis
tration. This course had never been
pursued, to my knowledge, by any pre
vious administration. During the last
several weeks of President Arthur's term
not a single fourth-class postmaster was
appointed, except in rare insttnees
where the exigencies of the service de
manded it, and. when Poet-master-Gen-eral
Hatton resigned there were more
than 300 resignitious on file in his office.
The commissions of the thousand ap
pointees cf my predecessor were, of
conrse, withheld, and these vacancies,
with others, are now being tilled as rap
idly aa possible."'
Farm Notes.
If the soil is to feed us we must feed
the soil.
Never wash a horse with cold water
when he is heateiL
Feed your horse three times daily, but
never overfeed.
Scour, sharpen and paint the tools an.l
implements.
The beef market is never so bad but
the best brings a fair price.
The early pig catches the right market
and pays the highest profit
An acre of grapes has been known to
show a greater net profit than twenty
acres of grass.
Those farmers who are resolved to stick
to cattle, must also resolve that the "beef
combine" must go.
A lamb that weighs 120 pounds is worth
in market more titan double an eighty
pound lamb of the same age.
Deformity From Bright's Dis
ease. S.D. VanBaskirk, of Demarest, J.
says Aug. 20, ISvj : Dr. David Kennedy's
Favorite Remedy, of Kondaut, N. Y., has
cured our daughter of Bright's Disetse,
after all other means had failed. She
was so swollen that she measured 4-
inches around the waitt, and IS indies
below the knee. To say that we feel
thankful for such a boon as Favorite Rem
edy is but a poor expression of the feel
ings of grateful parents.
APRIL 17, 1880.
A Woman Desperado.
There is going to be trouble over in
Carbon county about "Cattle Kate" Max
well, who recently so thoroughly "clean
ed out" a gambling house at Bessemer.
The woman's place is a retreat for lawless
characters like herself. Her men are
"restlers" and beef thieves, and she ad
vises and even participates in the raids
upon the herds of neighbors. One or two
things must occur before summer the
gang will be broken up by violence or
Kate and her retainers will be legally
proceeded against by the Wyoming Stock
Growers' Association, a powerful organi
zation of cattlemen.
Mrs. Maxwell is altogether a most re
markable woman. She is a native of a
small Michigan town. In Maxwell
met her in a variety theatre in Chicago,
married and brought her to his Sand
Creek ranch, one of the finest on the
plains. The woman took kindly to ranch
life, but made many startling innova
tions. She built a fine gymnasium, with
shooting alley ami bow ling alley, and in
terested the cowboys and her neighbors
in athletics. She imported bull dogs and
game chickens, bought running horses,
and presided at boxing tournaments, foot
ratf.s and shooting matches; taught club
swinging, and tumbling, and fencing, and
in every way sought to improve the phys
ical condition of those aliout her.
Kate precipitated a short but bloody
Indian war before she had been in Wy
oming six months. At a running meet
ing her black mare, Magdalen, threw
dust into .the eyes of an Arapahoe pony
Flying Spot, owned by Chief Sharpnose
himself. The Indiins lost everything
but their brass nuee rugs, and, although
they usually accept defeat with good
grace, for some reason cried foul, and de
clared war against the white squaw. The
redskins were driven from the Maxwell
range with a loss of three braves, and for
revenge, murdered a half dozen white
settlers while enroute to their reserva
tion. Three years ago the cattle business had
a setback. Mrs. Maxwell lost nothing,
however. She fooled a poor market by
shipping more cattle, while her herds
grew instead of diminishing. That she,
or her men, were stealing soon became
known, but there was no help for it The
gang was large and powerful and includ
ed many des)ierate characters. The steal
ing has been going on ever since, but can
not continue much longer.
Mrs. Maxwell's subjects rather objected
to a precedent she established during the
round-up last fall. The cowboys were
having trouble with a bunch of wild
steers. The woman rebuked one of the
riders Frank Eckles for some fancied
error. In remonstrating, he inadvertent
ly called her "Kathj." She resented the
familiarity by sending a ball from her re
volver crashing through his shoulder.
Eckles was a favorite with his compan
ions, and they protested. Ail were si
lenced in short order, but Kate carefully
nursed the man back to health.
Kate's last escapade, the raiding of the
Bessemer gambling house and the rescue
of the cheating gamblers from her own
mob, has brought her intoalmost nation
al prominence. It is certain that the thelt
of money from herself by her own men
nerved her to the deed. It is a wonder
that a bloody fight did not ensue when
Kate demanded the return of the money
won from her men by Falley A Boden.
These men, by the way, reached civiliza
tion in safety. They are now in Salt
Lake, where they relate almost incredi
ble tales of doings at the Kate Maxwell
ranch.
A prolonged drunken orgie has been
in progress at Kate's home s;nce the re
covery of the $:t,'K.H) from the "skin gam- '
biers." There is always a large stock of
liquor on the ranch, but no one is per
mitted to drink to excess except on rare !
occasious. The place is now a veritable
den, being enlivened by ti e presence of j
half a score of women.
Mrs. Maxwell is a tall, erect, darlt wo
man, striking facial contour, not displeas
ing, smiles seldom, seemingly always on
her dignity, has sharp eyes, large hands,
small feet, is fond of jewelry, and sports
half a pint of diamonds, dresses richly,
speaks grammatically, using but little
slaug, plays the piano and sings, but aside
from being handy w ith the needle, has
few other boarding-school occouiplisu
ments. Ufyemif ( IJ'y.) l)iiiatcU (jJoU.
Drnwrut.
Dehorning Milch Cows.
There is still some debate as to wheth
er the experiment of dehorning, witit
milch cattle, is always an advisable meas
ure. The conclusion re-ache i by the
Wisconsin Experiment Station, therefore,
will be of interest to many. Their report
says :
"We have, then, as the resj't of de
horning twelve cows, first, slight failing
olf in the. milk yield ; second, an increase
in the fat, and, third, an iucrease in the
temperature of the animal, denoting a
slight degree of fever for a few days alter
the operation. While these results are
not conclusive, yet they indicate that de
horning a weli-ted, healthy cow is not
by any means a serious operation, and
unless further experiments show a more
marked injurious effect on the animal
than the one given above, the question
of dehorning cows will depend entirely
on the practical advantages to be derive.!
from it If by dehorning we can insure
an economy in feed and storage, as has
been claimed, and if at the time there
is no perceptible falling off in quality and
quantity of the luilk, then the operation
will be one of personal convenience. One
thing should, however, be taken into ac
count, and that is the. condition of the
animal. A cow that is poorly fed or out
of condition is certainly in no condition
to undergo an operation of any sort, nor
will there be any benefit derived from it
The question of injury to the constitution
or temperament of the animal can only
be settled by experiments on a large
number of animals extending orer sev
eral years.
Dont Get Caught
This spring with your blood full of im
purities, your digestion impaired, your
appetite poor," kidneys and liver torpid,
and whole system liable to be prostrated
by disetse but get yourself into good
condition, and ready for the changing
and warmer weather, by taking Hood's
Saraaparilla. It stands nnequaled for pu
rifying the blood, giving an appetite,
nd for a general spring medicine.
' 1 T
A Preacher on Prohibition.
CEV. CVRCJ COVRT nrPEvris HIS POStTtOX.
Rev. Cyrus Corf, of Greenoastle, Fa.,
replies at tome length in a recent isue of
the Pittsburgh Tuft to the assaults that
are made upon him for having announc
ed his opposition to prohibition in a brief j
letter a few weeks ago. He says : " My j
first brief letter was evoked by tiie onau- j
thorized nse of my name by our Franklin
county prohibition convention. I oppos- j
ed prohibition as unscriptural and wrong !
in principle, as well as impracticable in i
execution without the violation of fun la- j
mental principles of Anglo-Saxon liber
ty. Since then I have been assailed from
. tl ..rt... 1 1 l... . .1.: i . . i.:t
t.i is ... ij. i' fuom iiniinuiuuu-
. ' . .. . , , .
theory and method of dealing with tem
perance reform is intolerant, nnscriptural
and demoralizing to the public con
science, j
Scores of leading Lutheran, Presbyteri
an, Congregational, Catholic, ite. divines I
have since indorsed substantially the po-
sition that I took two weeks ag. to-day.
Dr. Lyman Abbott, editor of the (trU-
tiiin-L'iiimt. one of the liet rcbgio! an !
temperance patrs of . inerica. condemns
the efforts being made by the prohibi
tionists to ' coerce ' the preachtrs and
churches into an approval of their views.
Dr. Howard Crosby, a leading Presbyte
rian minister and chancellor of New
York university, has stated publicly in
Philadelphia tfcat'the prohibition scheme
is based on a lie.' 1 have good company
and plenty of it, and the p'tsition I took
a fortnight ago is gaining ground every
day.
"But the amendment people say I
have two brothers who are applicants for
license at Braddock. The only full broth
er I have living is Aimer Curt, of Latrolie,
who is respected as an earnest Christian
and good citizen wherever known. I
have two step-brothers, with whom I
have had no association or communica
tion f..r twenty years, and for whom I a:n
in no wi responsible, w ho have, as I
learn, been keeping a restaurant of the
better class at lirad.loc k for several vears
past I know nothing ut all in regard to j
their standing or the character of their j
operations. I took my position on Bible
principles, and for a full statement of
Biblical reasons against prohibition I re
fer your readers to the IJii-pagt; pamphlet
of Rev. J. R. Sikes, of I'errv svilie, Ihio,
which came to hand since I wrote 1117
first short letter to the I 'allr-i Sj.irit, in
Chambersburg.
As regards the positii-n of the Reform-
e.1 church I have fh; to ir Tl. il thi
1, , . ,1 . 1 1 t 1 "1 .ill'
Potomac vnoI, to which I be-long, tabled :
1 ..,,, . , , 1
iar resolution winch favored
a sum
prohibition a few years ago, .and a
resolution prepared by a leadii.g prohi
bitionist of like inisirt was not offered
at the late meeting in Woodstock, Ya.,
for fear that it would I tabled also. For
ever adopted by our general synod was
that taken by that body a. Tiffin, Ohio,
in ItSI, and reiterated three years later in
Baltimore. Md. By request of Rev. Ban-
man, of Iowa, 1 married to a cousin of I
mine name. I Corf', the chairman of the :
committee on inteuqierance, I drew up
that action at Tillin in the p.esenceof;
my father, then a delegate from West- j
moreland classis, and his brother, a dele- j
gate elder from Iwa classis. It was unun
tinoualy adopted by the. general synod,
and subsequently reiterated unanimous- j
ly three years later by that body in l.al-
timore, Md. On that broad B:ble tein- I
pentnee platform I continue to stand, no
matter how many other brethren may j
have gone astray after prohibition ido's. j
You would do your readers and the can-e ;
of truth a service by printing that action j
iu full j
Cvi:i s ( oi:r. j
G'tzExc.vsTi.E, Pa., April 1, :gf J
The action of the General Synod of
tke, Reformed church referred to by Rev,
Cort above is as follows :
1 our committee do not leei competent t
at this late st ge in the proceedings, to j
formulate a fully satisfactory deliverance j
on the subject of intemperance. Suiiiee
it to say that intemperan.i is a great and
growing evil, and one that destroys the
Isxlies and souls of thousands annually.
No tlrunkard shall inherit the kingdom
of God. and none such are fit f..r the coin- I
munion of the Church of Christ. In ar-
ticleW4 of the constitution, intemperance
sins which merit exclusion fiom
tiie
church. It behooves the church to guard
well against haviitg her sacraments pro
faned and her good name disgraced by i
ministers or members who are addicted j
to tne nannuai use ot intoxicating urmk.
At the same time there is reason to I? -
lieve that great harm has resulted to the
true cause of temperance by improper
methods and behavior of many of the
modern advocates of temperance. There
can be no genuine reformation of any
clat of w rong d.iers without tiie convert-
ing and sustaining grace of the Gospel ,." ; and n-e-l resident Thompson, and one
Jesus Chiist. When men are made!'"' two others. 1 gazed at the beadle
Christiana, they will le honest, temper- j pier in your river to-day.and said : The
ate and law-abiding. Trusting in their i first blow the South Penn Railroad re
own resolutions, or leaning on the arm of f c ited was the blow of an opponent tiiat
flesh, they will fail. Your committee of- j o-nly sought its capture. The fatal
fer the following resolution : blow was the act of the a-stssin who
Jl-Kf That the church of Christ is ' stal-ocd secretly from behind, and in the
the true temperan-e society, and that our j dark. The i enii.-yivania Riilroad Corn
pastors and consistories are urged to ex- I 1-s-ny hi.s killed the South Penn Railroad
en ise stricter discipline against all forms j Company, your courts and your-Consti-of
vice, and especially the monster v;.-e j tuti.-n notwithstanding. Such is the mel
of intemperance, and to iu-uh-ute sound j ancholy sioiy of the effort to develop
Christian sentiment on the subject of in- i still further the resources of onr State,
temperance by precep and example. i men will stand calmly by and see all
FuKHLith K C. B.ini.u, Chairman, ! Ohio and Chicago furnaces fed while
i . . ,,
-- tneirsare ld.e.
The Treacherous Sitting Han.
It is very annoying to have a fritting
hen leave her nest after you have taken
so much pains to make her comfortable.
The reason a hen sets in this manner af
ter being remove.! to the pl;.re you have
selected for her is because site feels more
at home ou her old nest an.l prefers to f'"1'1 to n,,'r Potest in the inter
give up incubation in preference to Iieing ; f f tl,? v,a'e "ifAinst the Penu.ylvania
removed. Wh-n it is desired to change ! Railroad Company rarryingsiipplies past
a hen to another n-st. do it at night ; r- j Pitt-burgh funnies to furna.-es iu other
move the nest and the hen on it, and . States ore-n t.-mstbey ref".us?
cover them fir twenty-four hours, first j T' I'resitlent of tl.e Pennsylvania
placing two or three porcelain eggs under i Iii!rrm.l Company has been fully appris-
her at night, and she w ill then !eg!n to
feel at home, and no further ditliculty
will be experienced unless the nest is
lonsv.
In London last week births and
l.KW deaths were registered, the annual
death rate being in.7 per 1,000. The death
rate in 23 large towns averaged 21.3 ptr
WHOLE NO. 1970.
CARNEGIE'S WAR.
How the South Pann was Chok
ed. II ir.Kism in-.. April 8. Andrew Carne
ry. to-night addressed a large gathering
in the hon- cf representatives on the
8'.;hjvt of railroad di-crimination. The
Hons ronvem-d shortly after Mr. Car
negie concluded his talk, and by a vote
of to 41 dr. i led to make a ievial or
der of Representative Wherry's anti-dis-1
crimination bill. During his talk Mr.
Carnegie severely criticired the Pennsyl
; vania railroad otticials, and charged that
j the late Edgar Tlioa.son ortlw lateTho.
j A. Suit would have refused to.iowhatthe
: , ,. . , , , .
1 present I ennsvlvaiiiaolhfials would rush
into to-day. lu telling of the railroad
discrimination against Pennsylvania and
her indus'ries. Mr. Carnegie grew very
earnest. lie sidd the Pennsylvania Rail
road ss carrying coke to Chicago for "M
cents tier ton, while it charged 70 cents
.... t..n f..r .-..l u fvv.tri It... tfUTII,
i ' , , " . . i that
too. o-.r.-vt!y through properly given free
to tlie railroad company by hiln.-elf aLl
oth. rs. .-nLiiig of ins ow n connection
with the -iUth l'enu road, Mr, Cartegie
sm. I :
I VltNKOIK AM) THK M.I TII PENS.
After stating that he had gone into the
enterprise whin the elder Vanderbilt in
formed him that he would put in fo.0"0,
lri, .':irtie.-ie said that while in Eu
rope Yauderbilt was coerced into selling
out to the Pennsylvania Railioiid Com
pany. He ..Carnegie 1 cabled at once di
recting the saio of his interest because be
did not believe in going into a fight un
ites he could hip. He did not believe
it possible then, but now he believed he
could whip tie Pennsylvania Railroad
Com pany.
A Lr.sSO.X Full THE t'K.XNSYI.VASIA.
Ret ere lice was th en made to the decis
ion of the Dauphin County Court against
the ahsorptiou of the Smth. Penn which,
Carnegie .-aid, was a lesson to the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company that the
Mute had a Constitution. After this de
cision tie and others went to Vanderbilt
sins i.nd toid Uem that it was their duty
to see their .lead father's name was not
dishonored, liiey agreed to a scheme hi
reorganization, but when tlie Cune came
would not sign but agreed to give us tiO
cents on tiie dollar tor our investment,
which I act e; -ted."
lio V THE V SDWtmi.TS WEKK oKKt'F.ll.
I oiitiuuir.g, Carnegie sa:d :
" Although the withdrawal of the Yan-
' '" rul
i.'rtoi'.s was a surprise, I had been fully
advised of tiie fact that the officials of the
l'ennsv vama Iwtiiroail tompany were
1 - r .
pressing tiiem again. Hie truth is, that
tlie President and First Vice President of
the monopoly coerced the young Yander-
1 biits and threatened destruction to their
! vari-d inlere.ts if they dared to interfere
mitt the monopoly of transportation in
I Pennsylvania, which the Pennsylvania
loiilr.Mid C'-u pany assumed as its right
This rn;!roatl moHoirrty has done indi
rectly what th? courts prevented them
from doing directly. They made a bar
gain, or came to an understanding with
the Yaniieriiiits. Ihe money paid to the
?viith Pen list ivatiia jieople is not Vander
lulis money. I: Wits, oris to betaken
from the surplus of the Pennsylvania
Railroad 'ompany in some form or oth-
I j er, so that toe Pennsylvania llailroad
Company fi.u--d toe imliionsextraete.1
ui'j'i-tly from tlie State of Pennsylvania
to prevent the southern counties from
oiita.ning raiiroad facilities.
Ilololtr WITH oil; n'J.V VI'. NET.
It is our Pennsylvania money ttiat pre-
" " . . " 1
ion will notice in the annual report of
the I'ennsj !v tnia Ituliroad Company that
f l,('n .-J.O.a) is banded over to the Pennsyl- j
vaniu Company; that is, the company
that oeraies the lines of the Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company west of Pittsburg
that U not charged to that company,
but the IVnn-y'.van.a Railroad Company.
Weil, Legislators of Pennsylvania, I do
not know if that is the first million of the
. O. ...C
iiionev to lie aid the anderbilts. bi:t I
. , , ,
tid know that 111 some underhand war
., , . .... .;
the monev, or lis equnalcnt will be tid.
. . . ' . it, .u .
I have been informed tv Iawvers that
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lli I pn 1 V: foil it.ilr.ui.1 I oniT.unv e-i
, , ., . ., , " ,
! made responsible fofttie loss incurred
by stockholders in the South Penn Rail
road Company, an.l that if an action ii
! road Company, an.l that if an action is
brought that Judge Simonion mar hol.l
) tiie otiicers of the Pennsylvania Railroad
' r u... t .1 ... .
' v-.iiii itiiy oiiij ui tijiiicii.pi, uut t u.j nut
i tl'ink lrs'w P""1' l '"J-
vidua Is.
TliE fiTrn T'.ON VIOLATED.
; mat Mas i..-en v loiare.i in spirit ; tne or-
, "br, of your courts that the monopoly
; ha made a tn-kery. Perha;s you may
j believe that an investigation committee
j is imp. -relive. If yoti so desire there
i wul 1 no difficulty in getting at the
j truth if you will Mow n.eto wndoct the
! cross examiin:ion of President Roberts
THiXi. 01 t: m vieki i m. t. -.
Tiie people of Pittsburgh lined the j
streets upon a tuemoraoie occasion ami
prevented guns from being taken fnm the
arsenal to be shipped South before the
r' l-eilion broke out. They did thi in
the int-rest i f the nation. Are the v to
cl of this wrong. He knows the excite
ment the discussion ha aroused. The
responsibility of the future is upon him.
Legislators of Pennsylvania, the firm I
Cn ler no munngeuient that 1 have ever
known would the Pennsylvania Railroad
Coo. tuny have dared to occupy such
position before the Stale.
a i si i.x Tttr a.oosra.
Cader Thampscia or ander Satt it
might indeed bale captured the .tilh
Penn, bnt it certainly would have com
pleted it and developed that portion f
the Stale. It wonld never have p'.Hyed
dog in the manger. That was not its style
then.
Carnegie then stoke of a piec of pu p
erty be and others had given the Penn
sylvania Railroad ( oinpanr, and added :
The trains of coke st-t through our
own grounds for nearly half a mile with
in 100 feet of onr furnace, on a right of
way we gave the road gratis. Is it to heex
pected that if we are compelled to close
our works in consequence of the railway
discrimination I have cited that these
control have npon their pay rol.s to-day
17.0X) men. On behalf o( thiagreat army
of labor I speak Jirectiy ; but 1 also rep
resent many thousands more ia F.;?
burg, and I beseech wou give ua, before
you adjourn, a law that w:ii give to Penn
sylvania the same rates for the sa ..e ser
vice that the railroads of Pennsyivaia
give to our competitor ia other States.'
Carnegie then turned to (n,t. Beaver
and said the next time they i:.et he
might lie under arrest for his utterances,
but he would throw himself on tlie clem
ency ofaliovernor who had fought so
gallantly in tiie Cnion army. The speech
caused a sensation.
The Heathen at Home.
The S'lti'ioal Ftirmrr reports a potato
grower as saying that twelve years ago he
started out with the ambitions of a young
farmer. He practiced general fanning,
and did all the work he could do. He
sn found out his misiake. Failing
health and stiff joints were the result of
this mistake. But failures olten teach a
better lesion than success, lie finally
took Prof. Roberts's a Iv ice and did morn
brain work and Ies muscular luisir. and
as a result concluded to make a iscia!ty
of one line potatoes. He buys no man
ure, but plows under clover as a frruloter
and has 110 trouale to preserve the, fertil
ity of his farm in that way. He insists
ou the importance of working the ground
up loose and deep, and planting in deep
furrows. He observes that the tubers
grow on tiiat part of the stock between
the old seed and where the stalk first
breaks through the ground. Hem e tt.e
importance of deep planting to atfor.i
room for young set on the vines. After
planting, which he does with the plow,
he harrows the ground thoroughly to
keep dow n the weeds, and after tlie pota
toes are up he cultivates with a Planet,
Jr.
A plow between the rows cuts off the
roots, he thinks, and exposes theiu to the
sun and weather. Of coursea hoe is nev
er used in his potato field. He also ob
served that the white grub attacks the
crop every third yar. To avoid th.-t
ravages plant the tLird year on st:iloi-
ground. He believes that the fungus
growth that causes rot Is-gins on the
vines and works downward to the toiler.
He was strei.gthened in this Is lief by an
experience with fronted vin-s. The pi
ttt.ies did not rot where the vines had
been killed by frost, but in tne same field
where the frost did n.t reach the tubers
did rot. He mixes one pound of puris
green with 100 or I'm) pounds of p aster,
as an insecticide f"r bugs. He g-ies over
the field and sifts ou as little a possi
ble. He thinks that digging costs too much,
and has not been able to find a satisfac
tory digger. With such a one he could
raise potatoes a' a cost of 10 cents per
bushel. He Uses crate for picking, and
thinks that they save time and labor, tie)
would sort ;n the field and draw direct
to the cellar, to save future handling and
finally he wouMrecomniend selling w hen
the crop will bring an average price. If
h -ld for fancy prices the grower becomes
a speculator.
Lumbering in This State.
In the calendar of lumber operation
that of "peeling, " or gtthering hemlock
bark, is the first, and in some re;s-. ts
now one of the most imgvortuiit Ti
hemlock nsualy affects northern sioj-s
and deep ravines, their long, sprawling,
moss-covered roots spreading over the
bowlders and lnsinuatingthemselves into
every crevice. Tlie dense and cs.l shade
of hemlocks preserve intact hundreds of
tiny rivulets that would othe'w.se 1
dissipated by the heat of summer. Pines
on the other hand, require more warmth
! and a greater depth of soil. Th- white
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pine is, or rather has lieen. always found
I in greatest perfection oil southern slopes
and level plateau.-, w here there is a 'si
accumulation of mol l un l disintegrated
rock. The bark of the heml.s k, iu com
mon wilii that of in.jst trees, peels lest iu
the spring, jiL-t as the annua! growth lie
gin. Alsmt the middle of 5 lay, a contract
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to erect his shanty near the w-ene of oo
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erations, and m a short time surrounds
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himself with a Jollr partv of heart v
...
i vo.ing men. A rook 1 provided or eiec-
1
ted from among tiieir nunils-r, and ss.n
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the busy ax rings out, followed by the
crash of fulling trees. The hark, marked
in lengths of live or six feet, is cut through
at these points and started up witti
wedges : theu strijq. d from toe bol
j with "spud," or poies of toJgo w.sd wi;ii
j weogesiiapea en.is. ine peeie.i trun
; are usually leit lying as tiiey fall wiiii
I out being cut into logs, as btrk contracts
seldom cover further him'oer oerul ion.
: JUtt ir u n
; niwt m)me newI-.lo,w r,
if the P!a-e be h.llv. sh-.t d-w n a tr ..: '.
j .i of r ...,
j of in o,,,,,, ...anner.
j when sufficiently drv it is hamed to
, nhhxti' 'in, ,ln; ,..
. su,Ile,i fry A l,Ra
lerv. Tiie Irark
season, or that in which the tree t-el
easily, lasts frtn eight to twelve wevk,
and may well be called the halcyon .lav
of the lumliermen. Tl.e work is light,
the forest cool and shady, and ieisuro
time can be s;nt, rod in hand, along
j the brawling tr ut stream, or, with tin
gun, in quest of large gioie.
A Western Philosopher.
Who finds ail the men th.it hiititt?
The oily tongue never stick to ir
word.
We are brought into life to fight death.
Ixive and the trtHi.-euu g.ve oot t
gether.
-low
rj,je
Most people laugh when tliey se a
Conceal your vanity, or it wili eventu
ally conceal you.
The smile of a friend b-o)es the
smirk of the enemy.
The innorem of the Iamb add no il.i
vor to the mutton.
An itching bead will be n-rah-hed, and
you can't help it.
To the tired mother heaven is a pi ice:
w here all the children have been put t
be-1, and are sleeping soundly.
The crimes of jsjverty become the ee
centricitiew of wealth. ,v,.i IJItj-.
Afier a vaneJ experience witn n.any
o-called cathartic reioed.e. 1. am con
vinced that Ayer's Pills give the i.nst
satisfactory rjeults. I rely ei. lusively ..it
these Pills for the cure of liver and stom
ach complaints." John B. El.', Sr, Xr
ilea, Texas.