Jii S f 4 Somerset Herald ESTABUSMtD HIT. ei-rris ot'lublication. l (hfd every Wcsinesday morning it 12 W (.lllSf f pi ', in advance; otherwise 12 50 ;-va:iaV.y be charged. j.-it-nTiition will be discontinued ncUl all aragv paid up. PosUnasten. nr-giccUr.g ,r ns hen rnibseriVr, do not take oat their B alU fce'.d iponilMe for the TObacrip- removing from on postotfice to aa- . f-h.v.id give m the nunt of the former m i as de present offcoa. Addreaw Th SoMCKsrr ITzbald, ? SoNERHIT, PiL. . ' C. HOLBERT, v. ATTORNEY-AT LAW, koiaenet. Pa. with John H. fhL X- YD. W.BIEPECKEK, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Somerset, ra se In Printing Home Row, opjit Court t. iYr:jK R scull, '. T ATTOKNEY-ATLAW. Somerset, Pa. t s.-.rr7 ... I .iTT iv. x.I.E. ATTiiHSfYSAT I .AW. ' t KiKrr, Pa. 1 j K is J". It. . ATTORNEY -AT LAW rsimerset. Pa. II. S .. KNDsLKY, ATlVlt.VI!YAll.. Somerset. Pa. 1 TDIA'T St. ' aYi'OKNEY-AT-LAW, Somerset. Pa. j. pkitts. VI, AlTukNEYATLAW. Somerset, Pa. i . in Somerset County Bank. T KBAEB. 'J. ATTORNEY-AT-I.AW, - Somerset, Pa.. - ,,.Hry-r in Rawiwt arid adjoitcng enttn Iminc entrusted U) JUn will receive ; : H attention. ill t'erFROTH. U- Rl'fWU V, ,fh;oth ruppel, ATTOKNEYS-AT I AW. Somerset, Pa. i" Mein.-ss entrusted to their rare will be . . i .Hi punctually attended to Office on V i:.'(r. Nrctt, oi':.ite Mammoth Block. VM. U. KOONTZ. VA ATTUKNEYATI.AW. ' Somerset, ra., 1 rvt prompt attention to business entrusted . I.,areiu Somerset a:id adjoining counties. , , in Priming House Row, oj.iKj.iu: the Court r UNSIS MEYERS, ti in, Ail . 1 -A A -A-i i .. ' business entrusted to his rare will tie ,1 ,i.,"i io wiiu promptness and fidelity. Orbce , i 1.1..U Street, olite Hie tuurt lioiwe. ilIN t. hi mm r ATlOK.Ntt-AIl-AYi. t " ti nd to all tnSnew enlr.irtrd to hi i-are i .','.--. t and a.jo!nmn Minlie. with I-kmiij-. . h:'I t..1. l:'v. (Ifne u Wain Ctumi Street, t up i- i-lit-r I-1 tfre. IMLS L. lTtiH. ATluKNEY-ATLAW. hiinerset. l a. ft , In Mnmmoth Rlwk. up rtaim. Kntraiire ,(jUin 'n Nnrt. '.!l..-ti.nii madr. ertU ,'l ..1 utirn ianiiiH-d. and ail )fl biiMUomat- ..',.., to Willi promptun ami nuvm). 4.1 COLBOKS. " tXILBORN. ToiUlOKN A COI.r.OltN, t ATTuK.N EY6-AT LAW, . bollKTSvt, Pa. k ; uin"w enlnitiil to onr care will 1 a '.,j.v U"d fallhl'llllv alU-lldl t". oU-tlollll Vin' NTicm-t. He.(lml and adioiuitiK : Sur. yniK and couveyauciuK uoue on rua ..fp.il.le trruik. tTKNKY. F. W'HKU., II A1TMK.NEV-ATLAW, j . bi.inersrt, j, -r.itv and Pension Agent. Ofliee in Mammoth '"k- ' tAI.KNTINF HAY, AnoKNEYATLAW. ! Kimerwt, Pa. L w P. H1.T in R-al K-tate. Will attend to all ti-'ii- . uiruned to hi care with promplut Mi twl-'litj. . -4- ions li. niL, J ATTORNEY AT LAW. T Somer t. Pa. V iil t,n.mi.tlv attend to all bnsin. eutnwted ; t .mi. Money ativaiH-ed on oulleftioua,c OI :e iu MKiunioth Uicu k. i I) U. J. E. lilKSKCKER, inri(11V AND gl RO.EON, j ss..ji kiu-et. Pa., 4-der hi tm.fehmaliion-ie to the eitiretnol . ., r. l and vi. inity. Ottu in Hieneeker ;t tier l'rug Sure. K1MMFLL, .. i .u ...r.im.l ..rrire to the eltlr.ent J,,meret and vi. inity. Tilled profioimlly .. w A he can he found at bis otliet on Maiu L til lllalnolld. I) R. 11. F.KUBAKKU, f ...t..r hi. r,,f..sKional K-n ic-e U the elUiens -..lner-.-! and vi. inity. t'rtniu rtideieou 4.:,u street wet of Jnauioud. f R. J. M. Wll'THFR, if (Hnwrty of .VuyrofmMl.) PHYSItTAS AND RI.EOS, located permanently in Somerset for the $...-u,t of hi pn.ieM.iou. OU:; ou Main aueet, & rear of lrug Su.re. 1U.J.S. M MII.I.KX. ) ( (iroiiuult in 1 friJirfry,) ..ivr ,ial attention to the preM-nat Ion of t4 naiuia! teeth. Artin.-al fceu. iiiM-rle.!. All 4 -rHU,,,, Kiiaraiitml hatii-fartory. 111 the tm.iver M M.Tre.iell A Jo.' More, corner ,iu t'n and Patriot atreela. tR. JtlHX BIU5. If HENT1ST. 3iee up-ntalrn in Cook A BeeriU Block. t K- WM. COLLINS, UEST1ST. i.iSice In Knepjr'a Block up-talr, where he i . be found l all tiniei. pr.-pared to di all kindi ifaork.Ki. il a tilling, regulating, extracting. . Arinii iHl teeth of all kindh and of the beat iterial uihertil. All work guaranteed. D 13. K. MILLER i laf TTOinentlv hicatcd in Berlin for the prac r ..f in inif..icu. othce .oppuMle Charlea aT.-.iigiT More. romei-et County I3ank. iE.-TABUlIt:D 1!C7.) , J. HARRISON. M. J. PRIHS, J . Pkkmi.ent. Casiiiir. 9 ::1ioi maale in all part of the rnltod Slatea. CHARGES MODERATE. "iirtitu wishing to aend money Went can he ac 'iiinlatel hv draft on ew York iu any num. i.-rln.n ma.ie nil prompting. I". S. Bond .L-lit and nold. Money and faliiahlm atvured i.eol lieUld cvii i.raled aaea, w lib ft tiar M A a.c liu time lock. I-A11 Lucal Ilolidavt Obseired. 'ViIAKLES HOFFMAN', MERCHANT TAILOR. (Above Hi filey'i Store.) .tKt Stylew, land IxwBt rVio". ATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Somerset. Pa. CAU.ESMEN WANTET Permanent Situations guaran- M. .v,,,,, nmi xnv p....!, SJeial in.llice 1,1. to U'LiiitM.. Any man can Micwvd with ' avtiTilHi.'. and 'lliekellutg aMM-iaHle. " ri.' at 'ti.e. giving aue. HiH.KFK ' hrl.KlK-vi-mal.li'-hcd l"i.) KoiHKvtr.K, N. (.Name tlii pa-r. fehr-im. I'MINISTKATORVS NOTICE, t uie of !Vrry Walker, dee d, late of ililrord I Tap., wnti.-rwt CaHinty. Pa. i l-n. r .rf AdniinMratnm on tiie above ewate r 'ii-g l.e-ii rautcl t the ondersi;tM-d by ihe f "j-f HMiiinntv. tioip la lit-reby given to all J- r.ll i;, nul to aiud eataje Ui make imnifdi. t' payuieiit. and tU. having rlaiiua against e hatnf. ill prt-i'iit them duly autheiiluated I-r artilfiiH-itt on or Wfiwe Sttiurday, the 'J7th f ot July. laa-t at the late reaideue of dee d in J olord luaiohip. J KAMI KI. J. IIOWSKR. I JilNATIIAF J. Vt A! KER, J";'Oj. AiiuiiuiPuaiMii. T- A : -V: m -r i: T-v t l V XNi 1: XJ I C 1 l-.MFV to intmdiice and aell our tine atock i their i.w u liM-alitioa. W rite for out aie.ial '-itoMtl9n,(.n during the present Mmwiu. Fx w t.ive t.-miory" grHiit. d. Salary oud exp.'Uaea ! to g.l luvii. Addreaa at out', I SELUER- ATWOOD, f-,iB1- i Xutreijmta.Ceni, X. Y. l.ne YOL. XXXVIII. TJACOBSOII TRADE VMAIA REMrAiAlN IS 1 1 fix i n isn ii 1S t t-tx i n a AFTEll NINE I KE! TEAKS. TH ENCASE. Uror. alia la 0iy, fa t"e. W -Th. Wwia." T. T -tw la. oaaa ata ' 111 ir. "t a atrtatag .xaapl. ar auTarla -.4 t. a i TO Kh. kaa lint to aaa Hiir far Tra. aua la 11 U '"a aa. au tkroaa ie a aracoa. aaatalBlaa rlc.i ln.tirr u k.r "laa Pnna lKt tint. tlU 1111 aba w . k.lp. Jaaj.rlpiu., THE CURE. xlarlag taaaa arag alaa taa rwn tit aaSartmc. ak. iaua a. raraf ha t k anama rawaaiai atMka4trla4 talUtkat aakur Taa4 tta aaV aartlaaauuit ef Bt Jack. Oil. aa aa. koafkt tar. Vmiaa Tba OU n a p. rllat. ax4 kaTnra ik. aae. aa4 aott a waa axhaaau4 ar Kra. Ommill. akawaa abla an walk aboat aa. ha. kaaa cawalat.lf K TEOktPSOg. faataatttf. Corealtlienmatlam. Neuralgia. Kelatlea k-mnlairo, Ilaekaelie, nraJa.Ua, Tootharhe, Kerr throat, Hwell aa, Kr.ttlt, Kpralna, Mroiaea, Cata. Iturna, and S-aM. fo'A bn Ttruv.nM and limlirt "r irA . THE CHARLES A. VOCELER CO.. Baltimara. Ma. Dress the Hair V.'ith Aycr's ITair Visor. Its cloanli "titwH, Iwiicfniul fiT.Mt.1 on the eculp, nn.l lastinx fxiifiinio comiiienil it for iini vcrstil toiii t uso It km j tiio hair soft ami silken, preanrvos its color, irevcn!s it from falling, ami, if tlio Iiair lixs Ixtoido weak or thin, j'loiaot. s a nuw growth. "To restore tlio orijrinal color of my liair, xvliieli liail timid prematurely jrray, I uaeil Ayer'a Hair Vi'- with -n-u re ruccets. 1 cheerfully testify to the Efficacy of this preparation." Mrs. P. IT. David, ami, Alexandria, La. " I waa. aflliete.l some throe rears xritli c,i!p lis.-a.ii-. My hair wait failinir out an. I v hat reiiiaino l turm-.l eray. 1 wart iiiihiei'.l to try .yet n Jlair Visor, mi. I in a fnw WK-kH tlio tlisea-..) ju inv sralji lisap;ieared and lny La:r resume. I original color." ( ili-v. S. S. Sims, 'am lor LT. U. Church, tit. Berni.-c, lu.l. ' A few years a:o I sniT.To.l the entirn loss of my hair from the effort f tetter. 1 hopcil that after a time naturu would rejia r th loss, but I wailed in vain. Many reni.-.li. s were Bipjscstol, none, hotteii-r, witli mu ll jirou( of merit as Aver' Hair Visor, and I Ix-san to use it. The r.-sult was a!l I du1.1 liave drsircl. A sroivtli tif liair kimiu came out all over my head, and prow to Ih) as Holt ami heavy as I ever had, and of a natural color, and firmly net." J. U. i'rait, SSHiiU rd, Texas. Ayer's Hair Vigor, Dr. J. C. Aycr U Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold l.y lm-lala and 1'crf umcra. Real Estate For Sale. JOHNSTOWN'S NEW SUBURB, Y o x li a jiE VI,TiHMV;H nitutttinl nearly iwo nv fmm thf hvnri of I tic Ioau, U it, cuuuccLei with Miuio by the Rapd Transit Railroad f On whiri tmiiitt run fvtT- thirty niiiiuu-. nd aft ir Jl I.Y IM, will run tvery iiiuvn miiiuii'. The frt if the Miine an on the n-tivet ear-. tiv vvut ; tinif, eiiht luiiiMW4. Thin iiuiLt-s Mox Iihki is) tut I U a Vaulk ofmily lour Mtiarft from the iNj-,i--jUire ; iu achlitiu to w hu h. the new VALLEY PIKE runs thr..upii the lienrt of thn ;roKTty anl fomi thf tiiHin ihoroiiirtilnrt'. mukinu a Mmrt levil drive inln JohiiKitm ii otvr a gtwJ rtawl way and hHvy sf iirhajrei. 1 he Uye nntiiliT of liauxen already er'Heil at Moxhaiu have julftii"! every twM.era improve ment, aniou w Lk b may lx- iiicntitmeti A GOOD SEWER SYSTEM. Tho Va-tnp Pewer Pv-ttn has lren aclnpliNl. wim KUi-ih tanks. Over half a mile ofwwtr i alnady luiL A Good Domestc Water System Has al-o Ut, proviuVl. Thernt are ' "rcen les than )i'hnlou rules. -XAT1IIIAL OAS Rates lire the wime ns in J.dtnMown. Thi, to gether wilh the WELSBACH INCANDESCENT GAS LIGHT For hiiine use given Moxam every m.alern fiu-ili-ty. The weU-known Von Limeii Cri-ove, The summer evening reort or .lohntown. Is sit uated in the very heart of the pr.rty. in one part of the pmerty act by for the pnr p.a., the re are a lurgv M.t-I I'hmt. a K.aindry and several .-her fai-tories, einploying together from to i men, and several more likely to soon be bieated tiiere. over kI ttv taatv h.mi slready built, and this numUr mil be doubled this year. The lots an- 4-0x120 feet. The streets laid out fur a nidili of to tcct, including sidewalk. TERMS LIBERAL. Eor prices and infor mation anplv to . J(IHsvN AM EN, Aeetit. Bedfonl Strt-t Station, JohnMowu, 1'a. mayl.-tf. CURTIS K. GROVE. SOMERSET, PA. BrtXil&t, SLEIGHS, CARRIAGES, SPRING WAtiONS, BCCK WAtWSt, AND EASTERN AND WESTERN WORK Furnished on Short Notice. Painting Done on Short Time. fy work is made out of Torrmah!y Srvunnaf Wood, and tae fa Irrm and .StW, Sultsiantialiy Cotistrui ted. Neatly Finh-hed. and Warranted to give liatistaeliou. Enplcy 0y First Class Vcrbnen. Retatiring of All Kinds la My Line I"one on short Notice. Price. REASON ABLE, and All Work Warranted. Call an 1 Examine my Stock, and I -earn Prctaj t flo Waguu-work, and funiish Selves for Wind If ilia, Kemcnitwr the place, and call in. CURTIS K. GROVE, (East of Court House) SOMERSET. PA EI.0. IIOTJETIiEIt MERCHANT TAILOR. (So. 2 Mammoth Block,) HOMERSET, PA. All the Iatet Style of Fall and Winter Suitings and ver-atiuga. Hausfacliou Ouarauleed, and Lowest Price 7XIX:iTOK'S NOTICE. itate of William Sevit, dee'd., late of Brothrn ralh-y Ta p. Htmierset t., ra. Ix'tters utanientaryon the aUre ttate having hern granted to the "utidrrhimed by the proper authority ii.i.-e is taen-by given U all irnuis indeitfed toaaid estate n make imnnvlliue aty raent. and thtiae having claims anin-4 the same will pr--nt them duly aulhenii.ntul Utr settle ment to tbe undersigned on tNUurtlay, the pah da of August, lsss, at the late resident "f dee d. A. M. CEV1TS. Jnneas. Executor. NO. 3. THE GATHERING PLACE. I know not w here beneath, above The gathering place so wonderful. Hut all who till our life w ith love, (io forth to make it beautiful, till! we ill it with all wealth of grar, lf noble heart, of fair, sweet face, 1 that exalted meeting place. Life changes all our tho-.iglits of heaven ; At tirst we think of streets of gold. Of walls as w hite as snow, w hid -driven. Of lofty arenas grandly cold, of gates of pearl and dazzling light, (if shining wings and rota? of white. And things ail struuge to mortal sight. But In the afterward of years It is a tiaire familiar plat ; A home unhurt by sighs ami tears. Where wailetli many a well-known fare; Where little ehlldreti play and slug, . And maidens and the old men bring Their tributes to the gracious King. With passing moit'i it comes more near, It gnms more re: Id i)'by diy; No strange or cold, but very dear The glad home laud not lar away ! W here n-ea bit licth, mnking moan, Where none are poor, or sick or lone, The place w here we shall hud our own ! Anil as we think of all we know. Who there have met and )art no more, Our longing hearts desire home bio, VI itii all the strife and trouble o'er; So jss.r the world now they have gone. We scarcely dare to think up 41 The year- before out nst is won. And yet our Fatli.T knowetii best The joy or suduts that w e need, The time when we may take our rest. And lie from sin ami sorrow freed. So we will wait wilh attieut grace, Till in that hlrmcd gathering place We meet our friends and see His face. JUDGE BURNS' SPEECH. 1!V CXt'tl.E UUHU " Bother the speech ! I wish to good ness the Fourth of July was over ! Mr. Jeffrey groaned as if all the sins of Chica go were loaded on his conscience. Prefi ently he remarked in a calm voice to his pretty young wife behind the tea-kettle : "Mrs. Jeffrey, these biscuits are a suc cess.'' And when Mr. Jeffrey had said bo, the last half of the seventh hot biscuit with its thick coat of butter, reached the plat where the groan had come from. But while stirring his fifth cup oftea, lie said, with another groan . "That speech will make me lose my appetite. You don't know how a fellow can lie worried about his maiden sjieech, Molliel loir need not fret about such things. That's a comfort, anyway."' '' You need not worry either, Jeff. Afk to lie excused, if it bothers yon. They will invite someliody else to take your place." " Won't do, Mollie! I was rather pleas ed when the committee asked me, and so I promised right away. It would look bad to back out now." " Iook here, Will, suppose I write that speech for you, and you deliver it." ''Oh, Moll, I would not think of such a thing:" " Why not ? Why can't we help each other in this, as in everything else? The one of us that finds a thing easier onght to do it." " It's a great deal harder than you may think" " I remendier the time when I was Mollie Ross. I thought it a great deal easier then to dash oil an oration than to bake a decent loaf of bread. Well, shall I write it for you ?" " No, thank you, Moll. It would nev er do, I am afraid. A fellow ought to stand on his own ground. I am liound to do it all by myself." He looked the picture of proud independence. "All right, Will. Do just as you think liest." She seemed a little humiliated. " Never mind, Molly ! I believe in your biscuits and coffee and butter, aud lots of other things. You are about as nice and good a little wife as any fellow could wish for; but I would not have you dabble in political speeches. St. Paul don't approve of it cither," he add ed, jocularly. " I don't think St. Paul would object if he could come back. So broad-minded a man as he would be sure to alter some of his opinions for the use of our times. Besides, I offered to wrt e in order to re lieve you, sir. A woman can write, and still hold her tongue, and keep below the rostrum." " All right ; but you nee, Molly, there is another hitch. You can't argue that away, if you tried ever so hard. I don't believe a woman can say all she lias to say in fic m'umtt. No speaker will be allowed more than five minutes at the celebration. Now a woman never knows j when to stop. She can't do it to save her life. Her tongue, will wag about things in general for half an hour, anil by that time she generally is so excited you could not stop her any more than you could stop a watch that's wound up for the day. You would have to bu'st it or throw it in the water; nothing less violent could stop it." "Io stop, Jeff, you horrid man! there ! that's nice! And I, who thought I had tiained you well to think highly of mc and the rest of us women 1 You will have to be put through a new and spec ial course of training, sir. And as for that speech, you may Bigh about it as much as you please, tor all I care. I would not write that speech for you now if you went down on your knees to ask me for it no, sir ; you w ill have to write it by your own proud self, hubby." The big, bearded young " hubby" evi dently thought her mock anger a good joke. "No, I won't waste a drop of ink on it," he said. " We are just going to think it over on the stoop, my pipe and I. 1 guess I can see through it before to-morrow morning." When the roosters awoke Mr. Jeffrey next morning before sunrise he said : " Molly, you onght to have heard my speech! It went off like a rocket; the people clapjied like fury, and the fellows yelled themselves hoarse. I dreamed it was Fourth of July, and my speech came off fit-rate in four minutes fifty-five seconds. I do wish it had not been a dream !" It was haymaking lime on the farm a busy, warm time. The Fourth of July, the village tx-lebral a, and Mr. Jeffrey's maiden spewh n drawing close. Din ner waa over dish-washing too and Mrs. Molly now proceeded to churn but ter, A buggy stopped at the gate; an elderly gentleman, with gray whikers and.gold specticles, came walking up to the house, and shook Mrs. Jeffrey's out stretched hand on the door-step, where the little lady, in her neat print dress and white apron, bad come to meet her E SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, unexpected visitor, one of her former school trustees. " I am so glad to see you, Judge Burns!" said her lips and her smile, and sire meant it. "How are you and your jHHipIe? Take this rocking-chair." "I am sorry I cm not stay, Mrs. Jeff rey, I am on my way to Pinelake on bus iness. Very warm day the dust nearly choked me so I thought I would come and ask yon for a drink out of your well, if you will allow me, Mrs. Jeffrey." They were both standing by " the old oaken bucket" at the well, wherj the jiblgti hail enjoyed a cool drink. "I am sarry Mr. Jeffrey miste.l your visit," said Mrs. Jeffrey. "I know he would be delighted to have a talk with you. Could you not come in to tea on jour way back from Pinelake? Mr. Jef frey will be in then. We shall "lie so happy to have you and there will be fresh buttermilk by that time. I re member you were fond of it." " I saw Mr. Jeffrey in the fields a little way off," the judge remarked, with a smile. I do believe he was talking to the bay-stacks. I am nearly sure I caught some scraps of an oration. He stood there, pitchfork in hand, before a row of stacks, and harangued them : 'Ijuiie ami gentlemen ' On this mem orable day.' I knew be was practicing his Fourth of July SH'ech, ami sympa thized with him, for I am in the same box. For Mr. Jeffrey, it has at least the of note'ty charm; but wait until he has the same dish some fifteen or twenty years he w ill be pretty tired of patriotic speech es by that time." He smiled and she smiled." " He complains now already. I offered to write that little sjieech for him, but he declined." ' Declined ! Did he really ? Well, well. Iok here, Mrs. Jeffrey, let somebody else have it. Ask wic, for instance." "Oh, Mr. Burns! you are joking." " Not at all, not at all, my dear madam. I never was more in earnest in my life. Do let me have that speech, please. I am willing tostoop dowuand pick up the crumbs that fall from the rich man's board in this case. But remember, it must be short live minutes, and no more." " Would it not be a capital joke on Mr. Jeffrey?'' the lady said, half musingly. " Well, judge, I don't care if I write it, for the lun of the thing. You must nut tell him, though, before the Fourth of July is over. Alter the celebration you may tell him whenever you like." " I can keep my jieace if you can, Mrs. Jeffrey. Will you write it while I tn to Pinelake? I might stop here on my re turn, in a couple of hours, and get the j manuscript." " I could not possibly do that. Busi ness goes before pleasure, you know. I have some butter to churn." " IxKik here ; suppose 3"ou let me churn your butter while you write the speech ?" The old gentleman was by this time fairly interested in thii novel transac tion. He went to tie the horse and bug gy under a shade tree, w hile thinking by himself: "There is plenty of time, and it will be cooler to drive in an hour or so. And churning is easy enough, I am sure: it's women's work. IL won't take me long ; it will be quite a change, too iwialio ihhcitit. It will be interesting to see what k ind of ; that smart little lady turns out. Mr. Jeffrey practiced oratory before an audience of hay-stacks, in the sweat of his honest brow. Puck, the Judge's horse, made frantic effortsto keep off the flies. Mrs. Mollie sat in the parlor, where her marriage certificate and teacher's di ploma looked dow n upon her out of their frames. Her pen was busily rasping over the note-pajier, and the. writer looked pretty, cool, and happy. Judge Burns looked neither cool nor happy in the cel lar, sitting on a stool before an old-fashioned churn. The old gentleman was fast losing his temper, and making but slow progress with the butter. He ditl not find it 'as easy as he had thought no woman's work, by any means. Why, he felt like swearing, so thoroughly out of patience was he with that old churn, a regular media-val in strument of torture. He felt like shak ing Jeffrey, too, if he had been on hand to be shaken. " He was a brute ; that's what he was." Judge Burns muttered, " that big, burly young fellow, to let that delicate-looking little wife of his make such a slave of herseif, ami break over that abominable churn! He would give Jeffrey a talking to. Thank Heaven, Mrs. Burns has never been asked to do such work. Why, it was outrageous to leta woman handle that churn." " Bang, splash, bang, splash, up and down went the stick of the churn. The work grew heavierand heavier, the judge hotter and hotter. Down flew the gold siiectacles; the hat followed suit ; soon the coat lay on the floor alongside of the hat. Bang, splash, went the churn. With a final bang the Judge jumjied np from his stool in sheer despair, growling between his teeth : "Goodness sakes! The millennium will be at hand before that butter is done!" " Well, judge, how are you getting on ?" said a cheery voice, and Mrs. Jeffrey's light print dress lit up the cellar door. He picked up his coat and hat with a dazed, haggard look, and said : "This is not a lady's work, Mrs. Jeff rey. I found out so much as that. You ought not to work that churn ; you will hurt yourself." " I churn three times a week. I don't mind it much now ; I am used to it." Seeing how tired he looked, she sud denly changed the subject, and said : "Do come with me out of this place to the veranda. There is quite a breeze now." She picked up his glasses and wiped them on her apron, while he preceded her np stairs. This v nicest corner in the afternoon, and this is the easiest rocking-chair. Sit down, sir. There is a juil tn-leaf. Now get cool and comforta ble until I come back with fresh butter milk for you. Won't you enjoy butter milk of your own making ! Here are your glasses, and here is the speech," She pulled it out of her apron pocket, and handed it reluctantly and timidly to him. " Now, please don't make fun of my work, and I will praise yours so much more." She courtesied, and disappeared. Mr. Burns put on his glasses without STAJ3LISHEID 1827. . i , . delay, unfolded the few leaflets, and read. And when he was through reading he looked as if he hail liven listening to the first bluebird's song iu early spring. He was in the best htiinftr by the time Mrs. Jeffrey appeared with a pitcher full of buttermilk. " What no you think of the butter?" he called oat, " It's a great success, and I congratu late you ; and I am ever so much oblig ed to you, Mr. Burn." Then she added, in an under-tone: "ind the speech?" " It could not be unproved npon, my dear Mrs. Jeffrey. "Xou are an orator to the manner born, upn my word. Allow me to congratulate' and express my thanks." They shook hands jbver the pitcher of buttermilk, anil laugled like a couple of happy children. A foment after, Judge Burns, with the Foutih of July oration in his breast pocket rove Pugk on to ward Pinelake. The Fourth of Jojy had come, and proved to be a regular scorcher. There was a noisy crowd at the village celebra tion, and the marked-place was thickly strewn with burnt-out firecrackers, pea nut shells, banana anil orange peels. The sjieakers' platform was ablaze with bunting, and every window around the s piare seemed a fraibe for pretty faces and gorgeous millinery. Mr. Jeffrey's speech was one of the first on the progam,! but it was by no mrai s one of the bufet. Ho began sol emnly in a voice as loud as a foghorn : "Ladies and gentlemen This memor able day," etc. For one minute there was a How of pompous phrases, carefully committed to memory then came a sud den stop another start another stop. The tall speaker pulled up his shirt col lar as if he was choking started anew, got more and more entangled, wished him self a mile underground, flushed, stam mered, and was at last gently reminded by the president that his time was up. The last speaker was Judge Burns. And what a wonderful speech he made! There was no end of cheering anil clap ping. The girls waved their handker chiefs, after having wiped off their tears. "Wasn't it perfectly lovely?" "Just too lovely for anything ! " The women buiil ed and the men nodded approval. " It was a daisy and no mistake." " Hurrah for Judge Bums." Three cheers lor lli zi kiali Burns!" At an 0eil wimlow opmsite the platform Kit the postmas ter's wife, ami lH-si.le her a little lady in a white dress, with a pretty flushed fare and a pair of very bright eyes fixed on the sakcr, and turning to the village cliK-k the moment Judge Burns dosed his oration. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery drove home ear ly after the celebration. He had noth ing to say, and and was as cross as a bear after his failure. Ills wife did not show any sympathy either so unlike her, too! She seemed to have enjoyed her self thoroughly. Fvery thing seemed funny to nerltitMfliiv 'day houu, where he could see n fun at all. Her laugh grated on his ear for the first time. ' Catch me making a fool of myself again in public!" he thought, but he did not say so. While he put the horse in the stable Mrs. Molly got the tea ready, an unusu ally good tea, and just the kind of jelly he liked lie it. In the evening she actu ally struck a match to light bis pipe on the stoop, anil laughingly pulled his cur ly hair. " What's the matter with you to night, Molly ? I don't see what tickles yon." "I supjKise it's the celebration that has gone to my head. It is Fourth of July but once a year." "Yes, thank goodness!" he muttered, puffing away nt his pie. Next morning's mail brought a couple of letters and the local paper. This once the ( iiti'le seemed the center of attrac tion to Mr. and Mrs. J. " It's see about the celebration," she said, eargerly ; " do read aloud Will!" " Haven't time. It would take me all the afternoon. Here are columns, and columns, but not about me. Oh, yes sure enough. They are 'in hopes Mr. Jeflrey's corn crop will turn out a greater success than his oration.' Well, I don't care what they Fay." He laughed good naturedly, for he had gotten over his mortification. Here is -fudge Burns' speech; neailyail of it, it seems, and half a column of eulogy on it. Just lis ten what they say: 'A erfect jewel of poetic expression a chaste i?arl of ora tory dewy freshness a lightning flash of patriotic eloquence.' Are you choking, Molly?" She was as red as a berry, ooughed and laughed alternately. " Well, I must say it was a first-rate speech, but no more than might be expected of a law yer who has the gift of gab. He is an old hand at that sort of.tliing. Why he has spoken in public these thirty years. It's his business to talk, just as it is m ine to raise corn and wheat. How did you like his speech, Moll ? " " I can't say I though t it so very won derful," she said. " It was nice enough, and short. He was through before his time was up. I noticed that more than any thing else." " Yon don't mean to say so I Why, I thought of you while he spoke how you would appreciate him. They were all wild about that speech, both men and women. It was full of fun and fire and e.ithusiastn. Choking again, Molly? Shall I slap j'ou on your back?" She shook her head. " Yes, he understands his business, that's certain. What's that? Looks very much l;ke Burns' handwrit ing. What can he have to write about? ' Mrs. M illy flushed to the very roots of her wavy hair, while Mr. Jeffrey cut the envelope with a table knife, and fell in a brown study over his letter. His wife watched hhii with a roguish twinkle in her eyes. He looked as if he was read ing the will of a maiden aunt whose in heritance he had been sure of, and who had suddenly died after changing her will in favor of the Hottentot Mission. The letter really was from Judge Burns, and read as follows : My Dear Ma. Jkffkev Excnse an old friend who gladly took what you had declined. The oration I delivered yesterday, literally after the manuscript, was the work of Mrs. Jeffrey. While she wrote that very excellent speech, which I accepted aa a godsend, I took her place at the chum, and spent one of the most laborious hours of my life making butter. The transaction being altogeth er in my favor, I fell very much indebt ed to Mrs. Jeffrey, and hope she will ac aL. JULY 10 , 1889. cept a token of my sineete regard in the shape of a new patented churn, which, as the manufacturers claim, will make churning a mere child's play. My dear Mr. Jeffrey, yonr partner in marriage has more brains, heart energy than you anil I taken togheter. Sincerely your friend. IIezekiaii K. Et tiNS. "Molly, did did yon you really write that speech ? " " Yes, sir," said Mrs. Molly. "And it came off inniili- of Jirr (un,Vs, sir. Your coffee is cold l.et me give you another cup, Willie dear." Tight Clothing. A young lady a few weeks ago applied to a physician for treatment. She suffered from continual headache, and had done so for years, and she had other troubles. The physician examined her thoroughly, and satisfied herself (the physician was a woman) as to the causesof the patient's maladies. " I cannot treat you," said the doctor, " unless you follow my instructions im plicitly. But if you promise to do so, I think 'your health w ill improve immedi ately, and will soon be entirely restored." The patient promised entire compli ance with the instructions of the physi cian. "The first thing for you to do is to take offyotir corsets, or wear tlu-m so loosely that your vital organs will not be at all coin pressed even w hen you take a full breath. Then suspend all your clothing from your shoulders, and have nothing hang from your hits. Procure a pair of low heeled shoes about two sizes larger than you wear now. Uive up drinking tea or coffee, or take them very weak. At first you may miss the stimulus, but only for a few da) s. Eat nourishing food at regular intervals, and go to bed early and get your sleep out. Walk to and from your place of business so as to get all the exercise possible for you in the open air." A little medicine was given the patien for some local trouble, but treatment was relied on for the main difficulties. She did exactly as her physician told her. In a few days she was free from head ache, anil in a few weeks she was enjoy ing a dregree of health up to that time entirely unknown to her. The heart was able without check from tight cloth ing to do its work; her lungs had full play, and could purify the blood withe. ut hindrance from corset laces; the abdom inal organs no longer crowded down upon the delicate organs lielow them, performed their functions without inter fering with any other oigans of the body ; elasticity gradually came back to the step of the young woman, color came to her face, light to her eye anil cheer fulness born of good health to her heart. The physician from whose mouth this statement was received averred that the good results this patient enjoyed were directly from the treatment she received and gavai he rise If, aud uotfcupj Uie.Uie.di cine. .V. 1'. Sun. Courage in Everyday Life. Moral courage was printed in large let ters and put as the captain of the follow ing items, and placed in a conspicious place on the door cf a systematic mer chant in New York, for constant refer ence : Have the courage to dischurge a debt while you have the money in your pock et. Have the courage to speak your mind when it is necessary to do so, and hold your tongue when it is prudent you should do so. Have the courage to speak to a friend in a "seedy" coat, even though you are in company with a rich one, and richly attired. Have the courage to owp you are poor, and thus disarm jioverty of its shariiest sting. Have the courage to tell a man why yon refuse to credit him. Have the courage to tell a man why yon will not lend him your money. Have the courage to cut the most agree able acquaintance you have when you are convinced he lacks principle ; a friend should bear with a friend's infirmities, but not with his vies. Have the courage to show your respect for honesty, in whatever guise it appears and your contempt for dishonesty ami duplicity, by whomsoever exhibited. Have the courage to wear your old clothes nntil you can pay for new ones. Have the courage to prefer comfort and propriety to fashion, in all things. Have the courage to acknowledge your ignorance, rather than seek for knowl edge under false pretences. Have the coinage, in providing an en tertainment for your friends, not to ex ceed your means. Have the courage to obey your Maker at the risk of being ridiculed by man. Fortunate Father and Son. " I am as certain as I now live," says C. E. Bartholomew, of Kalkaska, Mich., "that Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Iiemedy, of Bondout, N. Y, saved my life when I was a victim of that terrible renal disorder Bright's Disease. My win had a fever sore on his leg. He, too, used Favorite Beniedy, and is now well. But for this medicine I am sure both father and son would have been si x fee under the sod. A Tennille, On., man caught a number of fish and placed them, with an eel, on lie grass. Later be prepared to string them, but found that the eel had run his tail through the gill of each fish anil tied the end into a hard knot, thus convert ing itself into a genuine fish string. " Hunger is the Best Sauce." As a rule, a person who has a good appe tite has good health. But how many there who enjoy nothing they eat, and sit down to meals only as an unpleasant duty. Nature's antidotes for this condi tion are so happily combined in Hood's Sursaparilla that it soon restores good di gestion, creates an appetite, and reno vates and vitalizes the blood so that the beneficial effect of good fi)od is imparted to the whole body. Truly hunger is the best sauce, and Hood's Sarsaparilla in duces hunger. The number of books belonging to the late M. .Chevruel, w hich his heirs have donated to the Museum of Natural His tory, is estimated at 8,000 to 10,000. Near ly every branch of science is there represented. 1 (Ob Smaller Crops and Better Pay. It is Small, not large, cops that we need more of. My minimum crops have invariably been more profitable, and I have heard more farmers make the same remark. Would it not be well for our farmers to combine to produce less for a few years of all staple crops, thereby thoroughly cleaning up the surplus and getting better returns for our laUir than we have received for the last decade? Certainly we have the same right to com bine to limit production as have coal or oil companies, millers and manufacturers. Some may say that it is our duty to our selves and country to do our best in our chosen calling but best for whom ? If we can do better by producing less and getting more for it, why not do it, as long as other producers are doing the same thing and we have to exchange our pro ducts for theirs? Why should farmers be the only class of producers that cannot establish a price for their commodities? When we buy we have to pay the price asked; when we sell we have to take the pittance the purchaser sees fit to offer. Surely, no class of laborers work as many hours for as little pay as the farmer, and it is time onr calling was more remunerative. Can this be done by producing more or less? I am of the opinion that General Butler was right when he said "our trouble is not overproduction, but underconsump tion," and the question is, shall we in crease the consumption of farm products? Cartainly not by increasing the quantity, but by improving the quality. Every one knows that soggy potatoes, stale eggs, rancid gutter, etc., last much longer than good fresh No. 1 articles. If all our pro ducts were the very best, much more would be consumed, thus making a great er demand and more remunerative prices. Many of our wide awake farmers can make a part of their productions an ac tual necessity to one or more families in our large cities at paying prices by sup plying these products regularly, fresh, sweet and wholesome. I know this by experience, for my customers often tell me that they prefer to purchase farm products of the producer, esjiecially eggs and butter. It is laudable for practical farmers to experiment, investigate and produce maximum crops, but it is more profitable to produce the liest and get g.xl pay for them. Anifrinin .lyriViifV.i.isf. Packing Butter for Winter Use. For the benefit of such of our readers as desire to pack away butter now for use later on is here given, in brief, the meth od of preserving butter employed by D. II. Burrell & Co., Little Falls, N. Y., and published in their annual catalogue: "With reference to the holding of but ter, our method here is, during the hot months, to churn the cream until the but ter comes in small granules about the size of kernels of wheat, when we draw b'frrrTe1i(e7TtTtnrrtrsh th jrrsnulHr butter in cold water w hile it is in the churn, turning the churn a few times, then draw ing the water off, and finally washing it with brine. Then wo take oak casks which have been previously scalded out with brine and thoroughly clensed ; place in the bottom of the cask a layer of salt, with a little saltpetre in it ; then put in the butter, tilling the cask to the top, then putting on a cloth, ami over the cloth a pailful of salt, then put ting the head in the cask securely, driv ing tiie hoops down tight, finally pouring in bri.te through a small hole bored in the head until the cask is fillet!. "The cask is then stoied away in u cool place and watched for a couple of weeks, pouring in brine so as to kti p it full, but when finally it has taken up all the brine it will, we drive a plug in the the hole and let the c-.isk remain until such time as we desire to sell the butter, when we open the cask and take out suf ficient butter to churn in the buttermilk that results from the churning of the cream on that day, and by churning this granular butter in Hie buttermilk for a few moments its flavor is freshened. Then we take the butter from the churn, work, salt pack in tubs as usual, and it is very seldom that the sharpest buyer can tell that this butter has not been freshly made. The tubs in which it is picked are fresh and bright, and there is noth ing to indicate that it is old, anil in fact it is fresh, because each of the butter granules has been surrounded by strong brine, thus excluding the air and retain ing the aroma." A writer in a Florida paper says of the Seminole Indians: They have a tradition handed down from their fore fathers which they believe that the Great Spirit first made the black man, next the red man, and third, the white man, after which the Great Spirit called them together and placed before them three boxes one filled with luniks and maps, the second with bows, arrows and tomahawks, the third with spades, axes, hoes and hammers. "These are Vie means offered by which you are to live ; choose among them according to your fancy." The white man had the first choice, and choose the books and maps : the red men took the bow, arrows and tomahawks. From thi9 it is clear that the Great Spirit intended the white man to learn to read and write, and make everything, even rum and whisky; the red man, a first-rate hunfer and a great warrior, was not to learn anything from books not even to make rum or whisky left he should kill himself with drinking; the black man had nothing but working tools it is clear that he was to work for the white man, which he has continued to do. We must go according to the wishes of the Great Ppiret. It is very good for the white man to read and write, but very bad for the red man it makes white men better, but red men worse. Hints That are Better than Gold. If you have bail breath, sluggish bow els, pain in the small of your hack, ner vousness or giddiness, your vital organs are sadly out of condition. A mere "dose of physic" will not help you. Yonr only wise course is to take Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Iiemedy, of Bondout, X. Y., and cleanse your sys tem of the imparities. It reguiates the Liver and Kidneys. A Kennebec salmon weighing 20 pounds was offered for sale at Augusta, Me., fish market the other day. f WHOLE XO. 1982. To Prevent Baldness. The principal cftti.-e fur hair laliing out is neglect. Very few people understand the nature of hair and the proper way of taking care of it. Premature baldness may be prevented and hair made to grow on the heads of over half of the people who considerthe'iiselvcs hopel 'Ss'y bald. In the first place, every pers-m's sca'p should produce from -Tut to Wk' hairs to the square inch. The., have bulbs r foHclrs that are supplied with life from the minute blood vessels under the sca'p. Iu ninety-nine cases out of one hundred loss of hair is caused by bad tirculation in these bliajd vessels. When the hair first begins to fall out is the time for the individual to lock after it. f proper treatment Is now followed th.; loss of hair may le easily stoped. There are numerous symptoms of ap proaching baldness that give warning to an expert, but most people do not know until the hair actually falls oat. All hu man beings shed their hair at different times, but when the hair cont.nues fall ing, then there is lack of vitabty in the buibsof the hair. The germ has not a sufficiently healthy action to produce another grow th of hair. People who do not understand the treatment of the hair should siinpiy wash the head with warm water a::d pure Castile soap. The water should la? J.l degs. below blood heat. Cati!e soap is tiie Lest, because it is made of olive oii, and contains verv little alkali. This oieration should be gone through with at least three times a week for thirty days, In seven cas-.-s out of ten this treatment will check the con sumption in the blood vessels and in the bulbs. The washing removes all organic matter from the pores of the t-calp and helps to allay any inllaiiimii'ioit that may be present. I'nder such circum stances in no case should ammonia or Ixirax be used, although they are often recommended. I hold individually, from twenty-live years' experience, that iu no cine should the head be washed with cod water. The cold creates to sudden a reaction, and the results must be inj iriom. No one in ordinary health need become bald if he v. ill follow sensible treatment that he can grasp himself. In the second stage, or when the fall ing of the 1. air h:is not tat'ii arrested by the first treatment, more active measures are needed. First cut the hair '.villi scis sors close to the scalp. Then siiave the topof the head where the hair is falling out. IU" sure to use w trnt water and genuine Castile soap in shaving. Then a proper stimulant should be applied to the scalp, and the shaving and applica tion should be continued twice a w eek for froai one to four months. This will allow the bulbs to regain the strength that they have lost by becoming impaired by bad circulation of the blood vessels. The object of their treatment is to keep the strength in the bulb instead of its passing into the hair and exhausting tbe bulb. By shaving the head the strength is allowed to accumulate in the bulb. The drain on the blood vessel is also less, and by resting they gain strength. In no instance has a man received injury from shaving the scalp if it is prop erly done, but, on the contrary, the re sults have, in nearly all cases, been bene ficial. Care should be taken to avoid al kalies aud cheap s.)a;s, as the Kires are open and the hair is susceptiblo to inju ry at this time. Where the first two stages have been neglected and the hair has apparently fallen out, leaving a bald head, there is stiil a chance of regaining the hair. About 80 per cent, of the men w ho are generally termed bald are not absolutely bald. A close examination shows fine silken hairs remain, indicating that the life of the bulb is not extinct. About two-thirds of these cases can have their hair restored by pro.er treatment. The other cases w here no protrusion- through the por."S of the scalp cut be seen, and fine hairs are not visible, are hopeless. If a man is tints actually bald, there is no power on earth that can produce hitir, anil it is foolish to spend money on nostrums. -V. Y. JAriV rtf Eiiiv. Memory's Queer Caper. I heard a story the other day about a prominent church member who hadben called on to lead a prayer-meeling. He selected the subject of some preliminary remark?, read an appropriate chapter from the Bible, and started upon his dis course. For five minutes he spoke smoothly, fluently, and aptly, and then, all of a sudden, by some queer caper of mind, he forgot not only the thread of his discourse, but tiie subject itself. He paused to collect his thoughts, but they would not be collected. Thea he beck oned to a worthy brother in the front pew. When the brother came the ?ieak er whispered this inquiry iu his ear: " Do you remember w hat I have been talking, about?" "Hey ! " exclaimed the worthy brother, fie evidently thought the speaker was accusing him of a lack of attention. "Do you know the subject I was speaking on V" " No, I do not," said the worthy broth er, scratching his head in a terplexed way. Here was a pickel, sure enough. Then the leader of the meeting called another member upau 1 ma le the sam.: inquiry. Bet this member wa as ignorant of the matter as the first one, and the speaker, in lifr'j-eration, renewed his remarks, touching on au entirely different line of thought, as he afterwards rem-'tnbered. His audience never knew the diflerence, as be took pains to inquire. . -o- A man down in Atlanta, Gj., carries two Irish potatoes with him all the time. He has a reason for it, too, and bete it is in bis ow n langunge ; "Irish potatoes carried in the ixickets cure kidney troubles and relieve rheumatism. I did not believe it until an old pent!emnn at Marietta insl-ted on my Irving the rem edy and I have found it most eliirgirious. It relieved me of lumbago, and I carry one in each pocket now as a preventa tive. Mr. and Mrs. Lair, of Kentucky, have seven sons. Mr. Lair is G feet 2 inches tall anil Mrs. Lair isli feet 3 inches. The largest son is 0 feet S inches ; tne small est is f feet j inches. if the odiers two are 6 feet tV. inches, two are 6 feet l" inches, and two are fi feet 7 it ches. It requires a good strong derrick to remove their "lares and penates," A Deadly Plaything. New York .wn .- " There wjs an ex plosion of nitro g'ytvr.ne in the oil re gions one that has always lieen lo-ike l upon oneof the many mysterious hap wnn:n.r of that country ," said J. C. Henry, one of tbe early pper.;tr in nanco county. "1 nau.-e pecp!e won'.! :ieer believe what 1 told thco aimut it and the way it came to ec i;r. My ex planation of it was the truth, though, aud, I am the only jierson who actually kn.ws that the expl.wion w as not of any mysterious origin. It was the result of one of the most curious incidents that ever came to pass i a that curious coun try. "I think it was iu'O. th it RiberHthe torpedo man, first demonstrated the utility of his nitro-glycerins torpedoes for shooting oil-wells afterthey had been drilled. Soon after they came into use I bad put down a well in one of the wild est parts of the region, and any one w ho was ever in that section of the 'late at that time has some idea of what that means. Nitroglycerine, Wing a new tiling, people hadn't got used to handling it yet, and but few safegu.ir.U had Ix-eti thrown around the carry in an I storing of tiie deadly stuff. We all knew- that it was apt to go off on very slight provoca tion sometimes, and it was toing off every day, here and there about the re gion, and wiping folks off the face of the earth as completely as if they never had been on it " We struck the sand in my well along toward the evening of Jii!y:.l. There was a good showing for oil, and all it wanted was a g k1 shot of nitro glyrer ine. I had ordered a supply of the stuff and it was to have been at the well that day, but didn't come. The next day be ing the Fourth, and niy men having made arrangements for celebrating so iiewhere down along the creek, we concluded to sustiend operations until the "ith. I had no idea the nitro-glycerine would be de livered on the Fourth. I rem lined at the we'd that day, and to my surprise the teamster came in with a big can of the explosive. I didn't care to have it round, and wanted him to take it back and t'.ayue with it the next day; but he wouldn't do 't, and placed it ou the der rick floor. "I made up my mind to getaway from there as soon as I could. Tiie wood were full of wild animals still, and scarcely a day passed that bear and wild cats were not seen prow ling around. I stepped in to the derrick to get my coat, and while I was there I heard a noise in the brush, and looking out saw two big bears slouch ing along right toward the derrick. I wasn't used to bear, and without waiting to think much about it, being pretty well frightened, I sprang for the ladder and climbed up into the derrick, and got on a twain twenty feet or so above the floor to wait for the unwelcome visitors to go on about their business. It seemed though that they had made np their minds that their business required them to make an investigation of the premises, and they came right on and shambled in on the derrick Ihair. They n.wc.l around among the machinery, dangled the ropes and clattered about generally. They didn't appear to lie in any hurry at all and I bogan to get uneasy. "But if I was uneasy over their f.niling around among the machinery what do you suppose niy feelings were when the bright tin can containing the nitro-glycerine caught the eyes of the bears, and they began to push and roll it about on the floor? The perspiration rolled off me in great beads, and I actually le!iev eil that I could feel my hair turning w hite. I didn't know w hat minute the bears would thump the can against some thing hard enaugh to explode it. What the result of such a catastrophe would have been it isn't necessary to hint at. But all the while the bears were having great fun with the can. By and by one of the lieasts lifted it in one of his paws and rose upon his hind feet, holding the can at arm's length fully six feet from the floor. All he had to do was to drop it, and all that my men would have found when thev came back next day wauld have leen a big hole in the ground. As the lsvar stood there holding that can of death his companion rose up on his hind feet two or three yards away and gazed at him in an expectant sort of way. I had often heard that bears amused themselves in melon patches in playing catch with one another by chucking a melon to and fro between them. I made tip my mind that the two liears were about to have a li'.tle di version of that kind with that can of nitro-glyeerine. I shut my eyes and waited for the climax that would surely follow. It didn't nunt! arid I looked dow n again and found that the liears had changed their minds atsiut the game of catch and were rolling the can about on the floor again. "By and by a new idea seemed tostrike the pair. A hundred yards or so from the derrick there was a rocky ravine. One of the liears rolled the can out of the derrick, and both of them began to scram ble with it on the ground, competing with one another in giving it impetus over the rough surface in the direction of the ravine. At every shove the can was liable to be sent flying aicainst some one of the many big stones that lay thic't on the gro.ind, but by some good fortune it missed them every time, and at last the betrs had jostled it along almost to the ravine. I waa so weak and trembling from the fearful su-qen! I had been su! jected to that I could hardly keep my hold on the perch? I regarded the dan ger as practically over now, and was put ting myself together to get down from there ami take to the woods, when I saw one of the bears rear up on his haunches w ith the nitro-glycerine can in his jaws. He stood close to a big rock. He raised the can alxive tiis head, and I saw at once that he made up his mind to find out what there was in that can, anyhow. I threw my arms and leg around the beam and hung on f r dear life. The ls?ar burled the can aif-iinst the rock. There was a sound as of -0 cla of thun der rolled into one. The earth shook, and my derrick swayed and rattled. There was a shower of rock and trees and dirt for acres around. When that ceased everything was as still in the tomb. Down where the bear st-ysl there w as a yaw ning gulf, I got down somehow from my perch on the derrick and made my way to the scene of the explosion. Amony all of the debris it had scattered about there wasn't any more trace of bear than if they had been s ; ii liiles that bad hurst. The explosion was heard for milef, but -op!e laughed when I at tempted to explain it, ami to this day they persist in calling it a profound mys tery. " Here is a pretty stiff story aUmt an English sparrow: A Boston small tsiv recently gave some sparrows a very bard cracker, on which they conld make n impression. After picking at it in vain for a while, one of the sparrows took the cracker in his bill, and flying with it to the horse car track, carefully laid it on a rail. Then all the sparrows waited until a car came along and crushed it, when they flew to the spot in great glee and ate the pieces. e t s i : i ; v M . if j ? i 1 : - i f ; i i ' . li - 1 A i It IV ! ! i 5 -"Ti-arm-.v-. ,-- - ' f If K.. --a - "
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