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NATIONAL BANK
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Somerset, Penn'a.
DEPOSIT ftCCEIVEOIN LARGE ANDSMALL
AMOUKT. PAYABLE ON OEMANO.
ACCOUNT MERCHANTS, FARMERS,
STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
L.Rie il. Hicks. W. H. Miller,
JaMICX L. Fl"OH, Oba. H. Firher,
Johx E N-ott, ;. K. ScrLL,
FkKB W. EtEFBTKEB.
Edward fsn.L, :
ViiENTfNE Hay,
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T1i fnri'lH Arifl T.ritie of this bunk
re ipur.-Iv protects) in aiflebrat-l Cor
H I5nrvr!ar proof Safe. Tl. only tsife
iiiaile alwnluteiy Iiirc'.ar-pnxif.
STOP! LGGK! LISTUI
EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW
WHERE TO CET THEIMOSTOF
OF THIS WORLD'S CCODS FOR
THE LEAST MONEY?
WE HAVE THEM
Dishes. zz
WHITE, YELLOW, GLAS.S,
A XI) ROCKINGHAM WARE,
IN GREAT VARIETY.
CASKETS, U KIXG-GLA.SSLS,
HANGING LAMPS, STAND LAMPS
Lamjmofall iMriptions.
(d;'c.'i c Cu'ii'c'rChir.a
HE PLACE FOR
FANCY 4 STAFLE GROCERIES
IS AT T1IK ST) UK OF
ED. B. COFFROTH,
SOMERSET, PA
T. & 33.
NEW SPRING
Dress Fairies.
The new are beint: opened up each day
now, and they are voted on all aides " s
lot of Beauties. "
inn piece of double width Mixed
Checks in briwn, greys, and olive color
ing ; not ordinary every day looking
ntulf. but elegant and stylish in appear
ance. "The fart i these go!s sre exact copies
of Iiijrh-ci.wt foreign go-N. We bought
the entire l. and will offer them at the
low price of o") cents.
Another lot of those double aiuth (27
inch; Mixed Tricots at 1" cents.
A lot of 40 inch Colored All-Wool Ser
g at. ."yl nt. The best quality we ever
ia for cents, aud wortti every day J5
! cents.
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Hi iMiiaf line of new colors nf elegant
I 4'i-inch WkI riennetta Cl -thsat 7." i ts.
Plenty of stores se 1 1 this i,;ility atl.lJ-
Handr.nie new Spring Strijie Presa
Goods, 42 inches ide, f 1.00.
New Satines.
New F.tn'innderies.
New Wil Snitink,
New India Silks.
Ne (iinghaius.
In fact, plenty of new goods and choic
est styles in every department.
O
r.(Hftne pls are new or prp-e is no
ex. uw- I. r . barg'i.Z sn extra n.aitfin .f
L,i:e....r IxsinHs, on sucl, pnnci, W
You can Fliop "I'M n i'iruio iuc.i
unt .f our Mail Order 1 psitment as
wtbfact rily as in per.n. Have you
tried it?
BoggsiT Buhl,
ALLEGHENY, Pa.
Administrator's Sale
OF
YalnaWe Real Estate.
WEDNESDAY. FEB'Y. 12, ISM,
at 1 (.'-! b m.. all tb .rmi-vlded enth!rd la
?,ri or a 4 to in a rt..n r:eeeor urn of r-id
r.e,n welle-burg K.ro.iirh. rmer. . nly.
.inoeN- lMir and Jolm wi. te-a o n..mi..
Jn.d ooe l..f a,-rrN more or le. barm, a
; winu.tr frame
Dwelling House,
ta'' and other onttr:ldii the oo erecta4,
aud k'w'WD a. t'je " Hutei proiny.-'
TERMS.
fn,-ha'rra.h ai.d the 1!ihv )n six mt! .
Ten .t? 10 be J-.d bea the proper y
An.aJdwn. vrrTx ENr.IRflAM.
adamiwaiwu Mry iyi
Cvt " Oi.oB.Ation.ryt tor Ailom-rtar
IiMIN'ISTBATOH'S NOTICE.
A
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BY VlKTtT f'f AX ORPKR OF SLI . Iwoed
lot .f the crr.ii.DV a art of Cainty,
! lotne under.K-.ed d.red I I expo
io i. b!ie mu on tbe prem-, tn wellerebura
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NO. "33.
XL
CURES
Rheumatism,
Lumbago, Backache, Head
ache, Toothache,
Keuralgia,
Sore Throat, Swellings, Frost
bites, "Sprains,.
Sciatica,
Bruises, Burns, Scalds,
PKOXPTLT AND ftUMAMMLI
AYIth.st l:-tara of Pal .
For Stablemen Stockmen,
TUE liHUTUT feUtlLbY KNOWS ftit IUIWI
A.NO CiTTLE DlilEAlE
At r-ttrotiiTi cd riALrns.
Tilt CHARLES A. VOCCLEI CO.. Santa r. UK
If E DO IT PLEDGE
Ourselves to kefp Abreast, but to keep
the lead overall others in selling you
rare, AWIntely Pare, and well Matnr
rd, Ripe H hUkie and ti iBr
At prices that make all other dealers hus
tle. Just think of it:
Orerbolt t Co Pore Ryr, five years old.
Full quarts (1, or i(J per dozen.
Still letter :
Fforh' Golden Weddlnr ten years old.
Full quarts $1, or $12 per dozen.
Better stIIJ:
Kentucky Boorbcn, ten years old. Fall
quarts tlo, or 1 12 per dozen.
And one of the mnet aaleable Whiskeys
on our lint is
The Pik EiGHT-YEAR-OLn Export
GrcKESHEivER. Full qts. (1. $10 a do-
There is no Whiskey that has eYer been
sold that has prnwn in favor with the
public so rapidly as our old Export,
and the pud pie reamn is that it is
utterly imponeible.to duplicate it.
There will never lie any let np in the
purity and nne flavor in any particular
of the Pure California Wines we are
now wiling at 50 cents per bottle,
Full quarts, or $5 per dozen.
In making up yoor orders please enclose
1 ostonue Money Order or Urau, or
Register your order.
JOS. FLEMING & SON,
WHOLESALE A.VD AETAIL
rriTTGGI8X8,
rirrsBCRGH, fa.
412 Market et.. Cor. of Diamond.
Oils! Oils!
The Standard Oil Companr. of PitttbUTTh. Pa,,
make a m-rcii t or mauurarturtuir lor me
kimnuc trade tke loeat braada of
Illuminating &. Lubricating Oils
Naphtha and Gasoline,
That can be mute fro Petrolenm. We challenge
com (4uoa with every kaowa
PRODUCT OF PETROLEUM
If jroa wish the mast uniformly
Satisfactory Oils
IX THE
iVmerican Xarket,
Ak for oun. Trade for Sumerset and vicinity
sapplied by
COOK 4 P.EFRm abb
FRfcAsX KiXXFR.
bome rr. Pa.
eptas-ss-lyr.
It is to Your Interest
TO BUY TOCR
'.Drugs and Medicines
or
JOHK H. SHYDEB.
SrCCBSSOB TO
Biesecker & Snyder.
None but tbe purest and bet kept in stock,
and w hen Drugs become inert by stand
ing, as certain of them do, we de
stroy them, rather than im
pose on our customers.
Ton can depend on having your
PRESCRIPTIONS k FAMILY RECEIPTS
filled with care. 0..r prices are as low as
any other first-class bouse and on
many article leach lower.
The people of this county seem to know
this, and have given as a large share of their
patronage, and wc shall still continue te give
them tbe very best goods for their money.
Do not ibrget that we make a specialty of
FITTIXG TRUSSES.
We guarantee satisfaction, and, if yon bare
had trouble in this direction,
. give us a c IL
SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES
in great variety ; A full art of Test Lenses.
Come in and have your eyes examined. No
ehargt fr examination, and we are confident
we ran suit you. Com and see us.
Respect fully,
JOHN N. SNYDER.
omer
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
A Wonderful Pair of Classes.
YSCPBII . ZiTA.
GoTTLtc Schvits. so tb Germant my,
Invented some glames one summer day.
Of a wondrous pattern, nnkiown be(re ;
They were aids to sight, as in days of yore ;
But the strangest thinr, and you'll own it
was queer.
Enabled their owner to think and to bear.
To think and hear and to see; but alas !
Some fata! spell bad inbued the glass ;
It's lines were warped ; 'neath the circling
bine
Distorted imazes mit his view.
And the sounds that he beard, whether
mirth or joy
Were blended with sorrow, like bse alloy.
Nothing was beautiful quite, it seemed.
The very sunset that flushed and gleamed
On the western hilltop, was out ot line.
In the moaning music of wind and pine,
And e'en in the song of the happiest bird
Were chilling discords that Gottlieb heard.
And saddest of all. it transformed bis mind ;
lie was harsh in his judgment of all man
kind. To truth and beauty each day more blind.
Till be broke the glasses in sudden ire.
But vision no longer would change at de
sire ;
The mapic lens he had worn to long
F ch line was deflected, each angle wrong ;
And dissonant still was the lark's glsd
song.
Is the story a true one? I cannot say.
I only know, should you come our way.
In street or market you'd surely find
Legions of men who are deaf and blind
To the light and beauty, and love and joy
Of unselfish lives. And there's many a boy,
And I'm loth to confess, but I fear some
laaoea
Unconsciously looking through Gottlieb's
glasses.
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
At Washington-The Place Car
field Worshiped.
The removal of the old Vermont A v
enue Christian Church and its replace
ment by a new. modern edifice 'was a
well-meant mistake. The little frame
building in which James A. Garfield had
not only worshiped, but ministered,
should have been kept in its place as a
landmark for future generations. It is
a popular error, however, to suppose that
the fact of President Garfield's associa
tion with the church caused the building
of a larger tabernacle after his sudden re
moval from the congregation. The idea
of the erection of a new and enlarged
Christian church was advanced and dis
eased by the congregation while Gar
field was yet a representative in Congress,
and before his nomination to the Presi
dency. During the winter preceding the
inauguration Fresident-elect Garfield
wrote to the pastor. Rev. Frederick D.
Power, saying: I note what you say in
regard to the new church building ia
Washington. I am glad to hear that the
work is undertaken, and in answer to
your inquiry I beg leave to offer but one
suggestion, and that is that our brethren
do not undertake to build too large a
boose. Let as keep within our means
and also avoid any thing like ostenta
tion, either in size or decoration. Let it
be a neat, modest church of undersize
rather than oversize."
The project was commendable, the
growth of the congregatl in onder the
able pulpit ministry of Dr. Power war
ranted the erection of a large edifice;
but after the fatal bullet had sped its
course into the life of the best and
strongest friend of the church, it would
seem to have been better far not to have
removed the old landmark, but to have
bnilded upon another site. Through
one of these old-fashioned windows tbe
insane assassin peered one Sunday morn
ing with criminal murderous intent; but
some good angel calmed the restless,
troubled brain, and saved the President
a little longer to the people, by causing
the band of the araassin to be staved.
All unconscious of danger, sitting in that
narrow pew where he had long been ac
customed to worship, with an absence of
self-consciousness and a modesty worthy
of emulation, tbe President listened in
tently to the sermon of his well-beloved
pastor. Again, one Wednesday night
when be walked out Vermont avenue
to the prayer-meeting, unostentatiously
as in former days, the President was fol
lowed by his nnseen death-shadow ;but
again that murderous hand was stayed.
Encricl id by a cloud of witnesses, he
seemed safely guarded, and it was so.
But whn he started upon a vacation
trip which was to be also a political
mission bis good angel forsook him for
a moment, and the bullet fashioned for
him stopped forever the brilliant career.
Many thousands of American citizens
annually visit the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church, imagining that they
see the tabernacle in which Garfield
worshipped r bat they see a church upon
hich bis mortal eyes never gazed, a
church pretentious beyond his wishes.
largr than he had advised, of oversize-
ratber than undersize.
James A. Garfield was a member of
this Christian church, communicant of
the Vermont avenue branch, for a great
many years, and Rev. Dr. Power has
continuously been the pastor. In an old
scrap-book I find the following letter.
1227, 1 St, N. W, Wasrisgtox, Oc
tober 25, 1876 Dear BrMhrr Puirrr: Our
precious little bor died this morning at
9-.30. We take him home to Ohio for
burial, starting by the 7:40 train this
evening. We shall be glad to have you
come and hold a brief service of reading
and prayer at 6 o'clock.
"Please ask a few of our brethren and
sisters to come with you.
"In the hope of the Gospel which is so
precious in this affliction, I am very truly
yOUrS, JAMES A. tlASFIILD.
The note, hastily written to his pastor,
at a time when be was bosed down with
grief as parents only can understand,
breathes such a spirit of religious fervor
as to be worthy of preservation, to lay
before tbe minds and hearts of his coun
trymen. Rev. Dr. Power says: "Mr.
Garfield was a Cbriatologist rather than
theologist. Garfield bad faith in a
personal Christ, rather than in any sys
tem of theology This is evidenced by
his allusion to " tbe hope of the Gospel
in the letter above quoted. In bis oc
casional sermons me snr.jecui were al
ways of New Testament characters and
Gospel lessons.
On July 2, one year after the assassi
nation of the PresiJent, tbe corner-stone,
of the new church was laid. Among
other important papers and things Dr.
se
ESTABLISHED 1827.
Powers deposited with the cornerstone a
photolithograph of the eulogy delivered
by Mr. Blaine on President Garfield; a
copy of the memorial service at Cleve
land ; catalogues of the colleges at Hiram
and Bethanr, in which President Gar
field had been both student and instruct
or, and several photographs of tbe old
chapel. The building is estimated to
cost 133.000. but it bas gone far beyond
that limit. Mrs. Garfield contributed
f 1,000, one half of which sum was ex
nended for a memorial window. The
new church is called tbe Garfield Me
morial Church, and the bulk of the con
tributions which came rapidly into the
treasury were given after tbe death of
the PresiJent, and with the nnderstand-
standing that the building was to be a
memorial unto the deceased beloved
President.
Tbe laying of the corner-stone was in
the evening, between six and seven
o'clock, and the anniversary, although
a sad one, was an occasion also of joy.
On that occasion Dr. Power said : "One
association which gives this day pathetic
significance, and whici is bound np in
dissolubly with the Work we have here
begun, is that connected with the la'
mented leader of th? people, whose
familiar form crossing this street to tbe
little frame church, with his mother on
his arm and his wife at bis side, rises be
fore us to-day, and whose constant pres
ence here is the best recollection of his
life, the long-looked-for crown of tbe
many labors of this work."
On tbe same occasion Congressman
Pettibone, of Tennessee, a schoolmate
and classmate of President Garfield,
said : "Men will remember, when we
shall have passed away, that there used
to come on each Lord's Day a man who,
with the tendencies of genius in his eyes
and power on his brow, was notashamed
to be known as an humble believing
Christian. Let tbe edifice be bnilded
and let tbe conscious stones to beauty
grow." And so the corner-stone was laid
deep in the memory of the people
memonic of one concerning whom Na
ture might stand before all the world
andeay: "This was a men."
Tbe Church of the Disciples of Christ
was found by the celebrated Ohio evange
list, and bis followers everywhere for
many years were called, derisively,
Campbellites. A little body of believers
in the Gospel as by him expounded com
menced in 134.1 to weekly meet in Wash
ington ; first from boose to house, then
in the little eld frame church. From a
dozen they have grown to nearly six
hundred. Rich in faith but not in eold,
tby waited and watched and prayed,
and one of tbe most devout, earnest, help
ful cf them all was Congressman James
A Garfield. But the central mind, tbe
moving spirit, the tireless energy back
of this successful growth and continuance
of prosperity is Rev. Fred D. Power. He
is a man who early in life became pos
eessed of an ambition to become good,
nov great; t achieve -leasing for man
kind rather than eaie for himself. In
bi ief, he early learned the primal truth
of all religion, the positive bestneas of
Christianity in a doctrinal sense, namely,
that "No man liveth unto himself." His
life has all along been an exemplification
of that beautifully-exprewed thought of
Tennyson : "Love struck the chord of
Self, that, rembling, passed in music
out of sight."
Selfishness and love are abhorrent of
each other. Unselfishness alone can
wing a spirit close to the great white
throne ; and Dr. Power is unselfish, there
fore spiritual, lovable and, as a corollary
to that statement, popular. He has been
in charge of this congregation for fifteen
years. The little frame church made an
American citizen angry when be called
one Sunday to see the President at wor
ship, and was nnable to gain admisoion,
and left saying: "The President oughtn't
to attebd this little Campbeliite shanty,
where oeople can't get into see him."
Dr. Power bas always drawn intellectual
audiences to hear his discourses. Among
the large assembly now in attendance
weekly are Congressmen Finley, Cooper
and Owen, of Ohio; McMillan and Rich
ardson, of Tennessee; Treasurer Houst
on, ex-Senator Saunders, Senator Regan,
with their families. "We now have room
for all in our big Campbelite wigwam,"
says Dr. Power, but it is manifest from
the growth of his audience that it will not
be long before another building must be
erected or the present edifice be enlarged.
The common people hear hira gladlv,
yet the most learned and philosophic
thinkers find in bis sermons rich food
for reflection ; gems of thought, wrought
bright, sparkling and new from his mine
of information, polished and scintillant
in the workshop of his brain. The cir
cumstances of Garfield's attendance was
fortunate for the church, it is true ; but
the reader must uuderstand that Garfield
was one of the moot echoUrly men of his
age, and would not have been an attend
ant of a church unless its pastor were a
superior nran. The success of the church
is mainly due to its efficient pastor.
Card of Thanks.
If the proprietor of Kemp's Balsam
should publish a card of thanks, contain
ing expressions of gratitude which come
to him daily, from those who have been
cured of severe throat and lung troubles
by tbe use of Kemp's Balsam, it would
fill a fair-sized book. How much better
to invite all to call on any druggist and
get a free sample bottle, that yon may
test for yourself its power. Large bottles
50c. and $1.
Chloroform In the PoultryjYard.
Tbe president of the British ptianna-
cutical conference is credited with hav
ing adopted and recommended tbe fol
lowing for the happy dispatch of pool-
try. A large, wide-montbed stoppered
bottle is kept charged with an ounce of
chloroform. When a chicken bas receiv
ed sentence ofdeath.it is held firmly un
der the left arm and its head slipped into
the mouth of the bottle. A few deep in
spirations follow, and tbe bird, without
a struggle, becomes unconscious. Then,
holding it by the legs, its neck is disloca
ted by a quick stretch. .
A. H. Duff, the bee man, says in tbe
American Ajr'tcultwritt that bees have been
known to fly at the late of sixty miles
per hoar, or a mile a minute. Bat when
ia quest of boney they do not fly so rap
idly. On an average they may fly a mile
and return with a load every twenty or
twenty-Sve minutes.
" W1 J V J
FEBRUARY 12, 1890.
How Did He Oo It.
In the latter part of the "Fifties" there
resided in Tehama county California, an
Indian whose eyes had been entirely de
stroyed k-y disease, leaving nothing, but
the bare sockets behind. "Old Blind
Joe," as he had been chrLtened, was 1
well known character.
He was a great traveler, rarely remain
ing in any one rancheria long, and bis
journeys extended over a large area.
Hia usual gait was a jog-trot, and his fa
vorite route the stage road leading north,
which at that period was thronged with
teams ot every description. Through
these he threaded his way with perfect
safety and apparently without tbe slight
est fear of injury ; and so well recognized
was bis ability to take care of himself
that teamsters rarely u.d any particu
lar pains to avoid him when he was seen
approaching.
His marvelous perception and avoid
ance of danger were often the theme of
animated discussion among the people
of tbe neighborhood, while their accounts
of his performances sounded almost in
credible to those who bad never seen
him put to test. An incident illustrating
this keenness of his perceptive faculty I
shall never forget.
I was sitting with my friend, Colonel
E. J. Levis, under a tree on the ranch
of Judge Hall near Tehamd, when we
espied Jo coming from tbe adobe build
ing occupied by the Judge's Indian ser
vants, and evidently heading for a gate
that opened into the road some distance
away.
Between him and the gate, and direct
ly in his path, was an open, nnused well,
fifty or sixty feet deep. Knowing the
poor fellow's blindness, I had half-risen
from my seat to go and turn him to one
side, when my companion told me to
keep quiet and I should see something
surprising as I most assuredly did. On
trotted the Indian until he reached the
very edge of the well, where another
6tep forward would have sent him head
long to tbe bottom.
But he did not take it. His paase was
so abrupt that it almost seemed as if a
strong hand had suddenly risen from the
depths of the pit and stayed his steps.
For a moment he stood still, ss though
in thought, and then quickly faced half-
about, rounded the well with the great
est ease, and resumed his course on tbe
other side.
A few yards further on was a large
adobe store-house, fifty feet or so in
length with an open driveway through J
at one end. This building he approach
ed near enough to touch it with his
hand, and then, retiring a step or two
skirted nearly its whole length until the
driveway was reached, when he passed
through it and continued on bis journey
at his usual jog trot
And tbe Colonel remarked when Jo
bad disappeared : "In the name of alt
that's wonderful, how did he do it."
Yt!th'$ Compnnitn.
Where have yon been. Brown, thtt
yon look so deiigbted T "Circus.' 'Good
show, eh V No, poor show ; but I sat in
front of a couple of young women and
kept my beaver on till I madetheirnecks
ache. It was immense, old man."
Negroes Crowding into Okla
homa. A dispatjh from Topeka, Kansas, says:
It would be difficult to realize, in the
East, the extent of the negro immigration
to Oklahoma, since that territory was
opened to settlement in April. Over ten
years ago there was an exodus from Mis
sissippi and other southern states to Kan
sas, which at that time excited surprise
throughout the Union. The negroes
came in by the thousands. At least 12,
000 mode their permanent home in To
peka, and 14,000 were in Lawrence. To
Oklahoma, again there began an ex
odus to the westera land district about
Kingfisher. There was organized the
Oklahoma Immigration Society, having
its headquarters in this city, and one of
the leading railroad lines wa induced to
give special low rates tocolonists. Every
week until last week a special train wts
run over this line to the Promised Land,
and every train was crwoded with emi
grants and household goods. The exo
dus became a craze. From the Fhst
Ward, the heaviest colored settlement in
the city, the negroes departed in tnch
numbers that the pastor of a once flour
ishing congregation, finding only six
members left, turned over tbe church
property to the trustees and sought work
to earn his daily bread. What is true of
Topeka is true of every other city in the
Stae.
" W. L. Eagleson, business manager of
tbe Oklahoma Emigration Society, says
that there are now 22.000 negroes in Ok
lahoma and that there will be 50,000
before spring. Letters have been sent o
Earn well. S.C and other southern points
where outrages have been reported, in
viting a general immigration to Okla
homa, and letters received state that
thousands of colored people are coming
through in wagons this winter to take
up claims in the new Territory.
The children's health must not be neg
lected. Colds in the head bring on ca
tarrh and lung affections. Ely's Cream
Balm cures at once. It is perfectly safe,
and is easily applied into the nostrils. It
also cures catarrh, the worst cases yield-
it to it.
Not One in Ten
Of the people you meet from day to day
has perfectly pure, healthy blood. The
hereditary scrofulous taint afflicts the
large majority of people, while many
others acquire diseases from impure air,
improper food and wrong indulgence.
Hence tbe imperative necessity for
a reliable blood pnnCer like
Hood's Sarsa)iarilla, which eradicates
every impurity, and gives to the blood
vitality and health. It cures scrofula,
salt rheum, humors, boils, pimples, and
all other affections caused by imparities
or I poisonous germs in the blood. All
that is asked for Hood's Sarssparilla is
that it be given a fair trial.
Efforts to secure the abrogation of laws
against the importation of the hog pro
ducts of America into Germany have
met with failure, the German govern
ment refusing to rescind existing decrees
on the subject.
The blood is the source of health. Keep
it pure by taking Hood's Sarsapariila,
which is peculiAr in its curative power.
Market Cardenlngas a Busi
ness. BY JOSIFR.
Peter Henderson, the veteran market
gardener, read a paper on this subject
before the Massachusetts State Board of
Agriculture, at their meeting December 3,
His advice is usually good and to
the point, and a few extracts can hardly
be otherwise but welcome to our readers.
There are thousands of farmers, says
Mr. Henderson, whose .lands are near to
the small towns, hotels, watering places
and summer boarding houses, where, if
the farmer would devote a few acres to
fruits or vegetables, or both, there is
scarcely a doubt that every acre so culti
vated would be much more profitable
than if devoted o ordinary farm crops.
In most cases, success would be pnpor- j
tioned to thequ;ii;ty of the lind, but no
one need hesitate to b'in the cultivation
of either fruil-
vef table crops on any
soil that will iaise
a good crop of corn.
hay or potatoes. The farmer, when he
grows to supply a local demand, such as
for hotels, boarding houssea, etc., has a
great advantage in selling direct to the
consumer.
When it can be done, select land that is
level and well draina I by having a grav
elly or sandy subsoil, and not less than
ten inches in depth of good soil. Look
around the neighborhood and observe
the farm crop; if these are not strong
and vigorous, rest assured that the soil is
not such as will answer for your market
garden work. Again, get as near to your
market as possible, and see that the roads
leading thereto are good, especially if
your market is a large citv. The busi
ness of market gardening, thoutrh health
ful and faiily profitable, from which any
one not accustom! to manual labor
would quickly shirk. The labor is not
what might be called heavy, but the
hours are long. No one should engage
in it after passing middle life: neither is
it fitted for men of feeble constitution.
The capital required for be nnin
market gardening in the vtcinity of a
large city should not be less than $ :D
pir acre for anything less than ten acres.
The first yearrareiy pays more than cur
rent expenses, and the capital of JJ))
per acre is all absorbed in horses, wagons
implements, sashes, manures, seed, etc
If the capital is insurfk-ient to procare
these properly, the chances of success are
correspondingly diminished. Above all.
be careful not to attempt the cultivation
of more land than your capital and ex
periencecan properly manasw. More men
are stranded, both on the farm and gar
den, in attempting to cultivate too much,
perhaps than from any other ca!ie.
It has been the practice is the p:i?t to
use hot-bed sashes almost exclusively for
the purpose of forcing ve-'tables, or for
warding plants fr use in the open ground.
But of late years greenhouses are being
largely used, both for the purposes of
loreing lettuce, radishes, beets and cu
cumbers, as also for growing plants of
early cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, celery
and tomatoes ; and in tithercai. we be
lieve that in well constructed greenhouses
not only is the work better done, but
that the saving in labor in three years
will more than offset the greater cost of
the greenhouses.
The essayist ascribes the reason for this
somewhat reduce. yield of the market
gardens of New Jersev to the crowded
condition of the land, which does not
allow giving the soil a needed rest by
seecang to grass or cover, as is usua;!y
done on Ing Island, etc He beiieves
that in a garden of fifteen acres if one- j
third is laid down in grass ewh year, j
an 1 the balance kept under the plow, the '
gross receipts will be greater and the
profits more than if the whole fifteen
acres were under tillage; for less labor
would be required, and manure tells bet
ter on sod land than on land under til
lage. Attention is also called to the high
qnality of manure from stables where
imported peat moss is uel for bedding.
Such manure is thought to be worth twice
as much as ordinary straw mmure. No
doubt there are swamps in the United
States composed of peat moss which may
some day prove a goldmine to their dis
coverers. The ordinary 6table manure, Mr. Hen
derson continues, is yet used almost ex
clusively by tbe market gardeners of
Hudson county, N. J., anl that, too, at
the rate of seventy-five tons to the acre
Very little concentrated manures are
used on our lands, which are continually
under tillage ; these are always more
tilling on land broken up from sod where
the fibrous roots of the sod stand in lieu
of stable manure.
I would advise all that intend engjg
ing extensively in the business of market
gardening to have attached to the busi
ness greenhouses to a greater or less ex
tent, not only that they need never fail
to give a good return for capital invested,
whether for use in forcing vegetables
f n its or flowers, but, in addition, that
the labor of the workmen can be utilize.
as well in midwinter as in midsummer.
This enables the employer to keep his
hands all the year around, instead of
having the annoyance of hiring inex
perienced men when the work begins in
spring. From my first beginning of the
business, now over 4) years ago, we have
used greenhouses in connection with
our outdoor gardens, and in consequence
have been able to keep our old hands,
at least twenty five of whom have been
with us from ten to thirty years. We
pay these men twice the wages of inex
perienced workmen, and find it has paid
to do so.
A Lost Art.
Is reading, indeed, a lost art, that we
must all ilock to a public hall and be
read to, at a given price per hour ? Is
there no more of an enjoyment with
books in, the privacy of our own homes,
in our favorite chair or sofa corner ? Or
is the reading of books to be-oine a
purely spectacular amusement, to
which we go, as we go to a play ? There
seems to be a tendency in this direction.
The gregarious reading is the idol of the
hoar. It cannot be denied that to hear a
great play or poem, read by one w ith
whom expreion is an art, w hose inter
pretation vitalizes and vivi3es ea-.-h indi
viduality, and lends color to a N-ene, is
one of the great artistic enjoyments ; but
this is the exception and not the rule,
and so one still recurs to the question :
" Is reading becoming a lost art to the
dwellers in cities and towns
WHOLE NO. 2012.
Local Institutes.
The following 1 Uis program for a
local institute to be held at Kingwood on
Friday and Saturday, Feb. 21 and 22.
FRIDAY EVISISO SESSION.
Organization.
Recitation, John L. Moore.
Faults in our pub lie schools,
I. S. Tile.
Class dri'l, I-onie Moore.
Friday afternoon exercises in the
school room, D. R. Cramer
Should a teacher's term of office be
limited to one school year?
Michael Put man
What are the essential qualifications
of a teacher ?
W. H. H. Biker.
SATiaPAV MORMXlt BiS!ON.
Is physiology as taught in our common
schools success? P. S. Will.
How shall we teach penmanship?
E. L. Shultz.
Eay, Emma Cramer.
What shall the teacher read ?
Ella Kimmel.
Primary reading (word method i,
L. C. Williams.
Recitation, Lonie Moore.
Our public school system,
Rev. J. II Zinn.
SATtRDAV AITC R.N. HIS SESt-IOX.
Should the teacher's work be confined
strictly tn tha text hook ?
U. G. Whipkey.
Should we have a compulsory school
law ? B. F. Firestone.
Recitation, Cordie Shultz.
Wow shall we ventilate the school
room ? W. II. H. Baker.
How may directors and citizens be in
strumental in making the school a suc
cess? I.S.Snyder.
Should punishment be inflicted for
non-preparation of lessons?
Wm. J. Moore.
satcbday evexixo sio.su x.
Address,
Music and queries w
feata res cf ach session.
Rev. J. II. Zirn
11 be prominect
Profewir J. M. Betk-'y will be present
and sj eai on various topics.
Comraruittee.
rrogram lor district institute to be
beld at New Centreville, February 2Stb
and March 1st, l.H).
How can we secure good attention in
class ? W. H. Frit-
Music in our common schools,
Miss Ella Werner.
Are the teachers responsible for the
pupils not studying ail of the common
branches? H. D. Pile.
How to teach mental arithmetic,
J. W. Weighley
Are our I.)cal institutes lieneficht?
Rev.J. H. Zinn
What are the evidences of a teacher's
euivess ? W. F. Sanner
IIw to teach English literature,
Miss Nannie Kimmel.
Is grammar taught su.-cesefully in our
common schools ? C. L. Savior.
What are the beet methoL) of teaching
U. S. History ? .Miss Flora Will.
Should the "higher branches" be
taught in our common schools?
M. I Snyder
The true object of public schools,
Prof. J. C. Weller
How to teach drawing in our common
schools, Miss Nina Will
What are the lst methods of teaching
orthography ? A. B. Barnes
Essays : Miss Clara Zinn, Miss Ida
Shaff, an I Miss Blanche Evans.
R-iitation, Miss Hattie Will
What may be taught at each recitatioi
besides reading and spelling in tbe pri
m iry grade? Miss Cora Weller
Does teaching pay ? Whv ?
E. Bittner
The teacher s personal power,
E. H. Foutche
Moral and physical culture in our com
mon schools. Rev. J. If. Wagner
Influence of the teacher upon the pa
P". Prof. D. W. Will
Talk oa physiology.
Dr. IV. H. Gardner
On Saturday evening Professor W. H
Cover, principal of the Somerset publii
ecboolH, will deliver an address on th
subject" Eiucationai Tendencies." Th
public are invited to attend all the see
sions.
Committee.
The local Institute of this district, com
posed of Rockwood and Centreviih
boroughs and Black and Milford town
ships, was held at Rockwood January
24 and 25, ISC'l.
FRIDAY EVf.IN(i.
Institute met in the Reformed churcl
and was called to order at 7:.'W p. m.
The following o.Ticers were then elect
ed : President, C. L. Savior ; Vice Presi
dent, H. D. Pyle ; Secretary. Miss Blanche
Evans; Query Manager, E. II. Foutche
This session consisted of an Address
of Welcome, by C. L. Say lor; music, reci
tatioris and readings by the pupils of
the Rx-kwood schools. The pupils de
serve great credit for
which they performed
parts. '
tne manner in
their respective
SATT RDAY X'iCXIV. !"ESSIoS.
Institute convened at 10 o'clock.
Mnie by institute "I Would Love
Thee." I)evotiona! exercises by RevSet
tlemeyer. How to teach physiology to primary
pupils, Miss Blanche Evans.
Remarks by Prof. W. H. Cover.
Essay, Miss Nannie Kimirel.
Discussion : Teachers' authority ov r
pupils on their way to and fiom school.
E. D. Miller, followed by Snpt. J. M. Ber
key, W. II. Cover, and Rev. Settlemeyer.
Solo, Miss Clara Giidner.
Essay, Miss Florence Will.
Discission : What should teachers
read ? M. I- Snyder, followed by Supt.
J. M. Berkey and C. I. Say lor.
Adjourned to meet at 1.) p. m.
AFTia.NOoX SESSION.
Music.
Best method of teaching geography,
Miss Cora Miller.
How to teach composition in tbe pob
bc schools, ' K II. Foutche.
Essay, Misa Hattie WilL
Music.
Discussion : How to teach reading to
higher grades. W. H. Sanner, followed
by Prof. W. IL Cover and Supt. Berkey.
Solo, Miss Alice Waite.
Queries,
Recitation, Miss Clara Zinn.
Music.
E location by doing, C. L Say 'or
Solo, Miss Alice Waite.
Qjefies.
Address, by Prof. O. O. Sajlor.
Superintendent Berkey not being able
to be with as iaj the evening, made a few
closing remarks.
Muic.
Adjourned to 70 p. m.
Quartette: "The Harvest Tisie i Pass
ing Ev, Sli-a Clara Gi'dner, Miss Mag
gie Baker, M. I- Snyder, and E. H.
Foutche.
Solo: -"Ob, She's the Maid I Lov."
M.sa Alice Wait
Solo, with organ and violin actouipani
ment. Miss Clara Giidner.
This was followed by a lecture on
"Signs," delivered by Dr. A. J. Kndsiey,
of Somerset. The church was filled to
overflowing, and the lecture greeted with
loud applause. We can say with jut fear
of contradiction that the lecture was en
joyed by all who heard it. It was not
only humorous and entertaining, but
abounded in many sayings which were
icstiuctive to all.
The lecturer showed complete knowl
edge of Sacred, and Profne hit..ry, as
related to bis subject. If the IWt.ir e-r
visits Rockwood again as a !- uirvr w
can assure h-m a heartv welcome.
We desire to give special thanits to the
Reformed church for the u.-e of their
building.
Bl.nciib F.vaxs,
Secretary.
The following is tlie pn ;.-r.ni fir a j-mt
institute of tVHieniauh jil ijr-nnr T t; s
to Le held at TLon;ardale Mb. ui l.n ? . n
aturday, Frbrnary 1. I'v.
Convene at lo a. m.
Addreasof w!eoiue. Linnie V. ;j.iaw.
Oration. K. K'l.g.
How to secure attention in r!a-..
T u '' 1 r r. r.
School room decoration. Hi !'r-.i-r.
Claas drill in geography.
Uammf r ("auffiel.
Benefits from study of physiology.
3 1. ( Vr.
First day of school. D. H. P. ni.-h.
Mensuration. M. W. Ttionms.
Industrial ebiction. V. A. Li;.
Memory culture. S. G. .-Iielier.
Oration. S. J. Iioit rr.
Methodsof teaching writing. Ai.r.ie si i.
Benetit of towh.liip insiitutea.
H. A. Wa:kr.
Class drill in mental arithmetic.
'. C. Schmui ier.
Demoralizing influences. L"aid Pertev.
Friday afternoon eiercises.
W. I. K'.aherbi r.-er.
Song. A. I.. r
Cooperation. J. W. Bill.
Recitations: Messrs. O'Connor , Sttvar.L
Stahl and Thomas.
Keays: Alice Bowman. N". r".. Fu i
and K. I Swank.
Readings: Messrs. Blough, St u f?t.
Weighley aud Hammer.
We earnestly hope that ail part e l.aii:g
a part on this program will respond with
the work assigned them. All pa:.-.. us of
education are cordially invited to attend.
There will be three sessions.
Committee.
Now it Is in the Eye.
Tbe ravages of the grip are yet felt by
its victims, and a new form of .lis a.-e re
sulting from it has appeared. The . u
listsare busy with patients who con; plain
of a burning sensation in the eye, w hich
has become inflamed, and in some e.tss
the range of vision is affected. It Ls ob
served that the majority of persons sr
affected were victims of the lip. ' ne
of the leading ocuiists in sneaking of the
disease said that the eye seems to Le :li
last part of the body affected.
The rumber of cases of eye trouble
has increased to an alarming extent, and
:n most cases it was a secondary com
plaint. The disease seems to be a sym
pathetic one, as the eye is affected, as are
ther parts of the body, more particularly
-he muscular system, to which it causes
treat pain in performing its functions.
A noticeable fact is that in a cu-jrify
f the cases there had been former
trouble with the eyciht, and evidently
the grip had the effect of renewing tijis
latent disease. I'hiln. JU-or'l.
A "Sovereign " that Cost $1.
Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Rede
ly, of Rondouf, N. Y, is known to be a
ertain cure for Nervousness, Ivbi'ity,
And the ills peculiar to women. This
sovereign remedy stimulates the str.-macli
Kidneys ami Liver to a healthy a ti n-
For all troubles of the blood an 1 nrirary
irgans it has no equal, a ad
3 K
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vhich costs only one
n every house.
do!!;
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Preserving Fruit for Exhibit.
Ibe Furifr Rmal J'riu is authority fcr
the following, which any reader can
prove for Rimself :
Liverpool salt is dissolved in pure wa
er until the brine is strong en t:th to
loat the fruit. Let this stand over night
nd then strain thrr.-ugb a .-L.th cr.til tbe
iqnid is perfectly clear. Mace the fruit
o be preserved in thoroughly clean,
ide-motit!ied jsrs ; fill to the brim with
he brine, and then ci.se lightly. While
his method for a long time perfe.-tly
preserves the bloom nd color of the
ruit, it, of course, unfits it for fating.
Twigs, wit't the fruit and foliace attach
ed, when preserved in this way, are ex
ceedingly attractive for exLilition pur-
The Kaisers Autocratic Sen.
The little Crown Pr'nce of Gem any
teems to have inherited some of the
inalities of his father. The Frince was
Irivingout with his governess. As usual,
?he Germe.ns cheered or lifted their hats
w he passed, to which the youn ; Prince
"pplied by raising his bonnet. At last
he got bored with hav:cg contincally to
tcknowledge the salutes of the populace.
Flinging himself back in the carrmte he
aid to his governess : "Ism tired now
ind shall not lift my bonnet aoy noie to
them.no matter how much they cheer."
" You are a naughty boy," rej lid the
w'verness, "and snless yon acknowledge
the salute of th- people I shall not c n-
ttnue to drive with you." The Crown
Prince sat upimmediately. "Coachman,"
he said. The coachman looked arrund.
""Stop the carriage, coachman," continued
the little one, and. with a lordly wave of
his hand towards his governess, added.
this lady will grt out."
Solicitude.
Merchant traveler." Madam," said
the conductor, " that dog will have to go
into ttie bag rage -ar, and that boy can t
ri le for half fare."
' But, sir."
'Sorry, madam, but the coropanv's
rules are strict,"
" Perhaps we can arrange it. Can't I
pay full fare for Fido, while Willie goes
and sits in the baggage car? Fido's health
is so delicate that I am a ""raid !o leave
him out of my care."
A valuable grain to feett chickens dur
ing tbe first three weeks of their lives is
golden millet. Very small chicks need
very small seeds. They constantly are
on the search for the set Js of grass or
any small seeds.
a new pnospnaie company na ter
organized in Florida with the object of
developing an extensive trait of tbo
j pata i ia tia: state.
0iVt P -it IVER.
Admhua'r.
J. H. CIO, Atfy.
Adminirtraior.