UL
The Sumerset Herald'
ISTABUiKtD ' 1827.
Terms ot JPublicntion.
p.;v,Hhfl rnrr Wednertiiy roomier at J?
nnn. If P'd advance ; otherwise U M
iarariablT b charred.
Ko sntaerlptiau will be- d1i!tiEs4 an til all
,r.-t" 113 OP- Ft reamers netf ect
gaCLTT n when aobacTtbers take oot their
pjpgr t held rowit.le ft tie wbara-lp-
Subsralbwi trawTlDC from oos paetn&oa to an
should five wths lmif the Corner
m Ui pi wan offloa. Adorns
Tsu Rowwt Herald,
; Pll.BSr, Pi.
J.
A. BF.RKFY.
0r In Odd Fellows' Builgicr '
&Artrr Ta
TTARVEY M. BERKLEY
II ATTORNEY-AT LA V.
oA i irt, Pj
off -uhr.J. . &i-
A.
G HOLP.FRT.
ATTO-NEY-AT-LAW,
ts t :,.rrt Ta
ct,,x with John H. Chi.
F
'RED. W. BIESECKEk,
ff. 1b Pricuaf Hou- Row, o.'riie ikttm
h
G
bomeraet. Pa.
J. ii. KXAJK.
J. t- tOTT.
CvX'TT A OGLE,
taiMT, Pi.
F.
J. KOOSEK,"
AlTuKNEY TAW.
bouenct. Pa.
vr F.NDsLEY.
II. AI'IWKSEY-AT-LAW,
bonieraet. Pa.
U. TKXNT,
ATTORNEY-AT LAW.
Muinerset-.F.
II
L. KAER.
AirORNEY-AI-LAW.
Buiuernrt. Pa.,
.rarti1 io hmnrt and adjoiuiii( coun-
il U,rFKTH. H- KCW EL.
v H KUTH 4 Kt'Pl'EL,
I arijKEVs-AT LAW.
w buinrrset. Pa.
a 1 hiwimf im'tr.1 to their oaiv wta be
rnLi ..t i t puuniiiy tu:.iil u. Ottis uu
TM. H. KtiXiXTZ,
A 11XJK 1 1 -a i LA ,
bt.merHct. Pa.,
W I ive t.mir,i atta'LtJon toburturt. enlrusled
t,-M, - W''"'1' and mfl)Anii )nirt.
uiiv io rt.uiiud iluK ho, uj.fcilt Uic Court
JuliN 0. KIM MEL,
A11uk.NaY-AT-I.AW.
Pa..
a " ar.eud u a'.l hiilD entniKU-d Co bi tare
i. J.'d.t-k and a Iwuimj wui.'K. ith jmjuipir
n.ivl:'?. on Main Crut ouvel,
:,or' K:ti " 1mju Mure.
JAML I- 1T(.H.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Mmerx-t, Pa.
. is MaailRAth B:k k. stair. Entrance
ri Ti !i :ft. loik.-tiotn Bia-ie. ertawa
tu; na;uiui-a. and all L irai bimlie at-tt-D
:1 io uh ron;irta and nut.u;y.
A J "LB RN.
L. C Couiorh.
I . ' " .rr.,iMVill.H.
" NWK-IWt. Pa.
A-i Ym.ir ertrnrtf1 to vi- car will be
rr,iM.f and faithfuVr a-.trtidid U. !l tiona
L. ia' ..!:;. and ml.'.iiiuj iouo-
Ut Ni" rj acd tuTeyaiicim duue on rea
.!iI'.t trnua.
HENKY. F. SCUFI.T.
ATTDK-VtV-AT-LAW.
tSuiaertet, Pa.
Rc!T aud Peunon Agent. Oflioe in Mamrmitli
Ea' I. "
TLE.T1NE HAY,
ATTOKN EY-AT-LAW,
Stjoiera et. Pa.
A..w D.a!"r in Kl Estate. Will attend to all
tnv minitwl uj hia eare with p-Kkpaie
ii t J-l:ty.
T"!iN II. I'HL
0 ATlvKNEY-AT LAW,
Somein, Pa
prn.j V.y attend to ail l.usiiim entrut-d
:t. Vr.run".tj Kli.K-k.
J.
W. (MUrTUEIS. M I.
MliMt 1A AMI St Kt.EX.
Si.nrii-IT. Pa.
iif , (ki Main wet. noit dour to Luthi-ian
. un a. Niiil "aiit at ofin-r.
D
R. H. S. K I MM ELL,
T'Dil-- ht jnfional tmlivt la the ritirfn.
ef ok-I and ti. .n:tv. I'nirw jiroft-oMiMia iy
p a4 he ran be touj. J at lu ctUce on Wain V
ls uf Liaond.
DR. J. M. IX'UTHER,
PHYC IAN AND tl KGEOX,
Bw 'titiA rwn anetitly in Somerwl for the
fa-n.t .( h i roieMioo. Oflwr oa Ham street,
r-rui of 1tu More.
DR. J.&.M MILLEN".
(froir ta l'-n'ut'-i.)
!t r ial aueniion to tlie p m ration of
t Li.uiai iMi. Antfiral t-l j:-.-rtl. Ail
: r:arntd i:wii1"Tr. !tn-e tn the
3i-'frM M.lT-.5t:i A Co. a More, corner
ia;q i.n and 1'atnot ir.rw.-UL.
DR-JOHXEILLP.
I-E.VTT-T.
cr-r-i!- la & BeeriU Block.
D
R."WM. aLLINS.
i..tNTl.-T.
' !ii KnT!"r: h!or k up-rta!. where he
it:. W f'ni-1,1 at ail t:m nrt Twrfd u do a'.l kinJa
f i :.-h a Plliar. rvr.iintir.ir. vxtracunr.
' Ar;.ti ii tfUrit ail ainl and of Uie Ul
ci'Tiai iu"rt"t. Ai aura tuarauu-rd.
c
'IiAKU:, HOFFMAN.
MERCHANT TAILOR.
(Abote HlEey'i Svora.)
Latent Style, and Lowert Priofm.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
Somerset. Pa.
A.C.HNSTOWN SUFFERER'S GRAT
ITUDE.
. (. w. .ti T.rn.
I -" A l.NHK,
hii-f.i if.B. Pa. :
'( r. -!. nii.t nn- n.m i.ric rur J.it with
'. .." & Uutmi'! (r; id la the rvctwery
r't-.iru. tti.l 11 wttn them in rcianarg
"i a' i-i i.ur H.-ii1t Kaiti. r trie same.
-r:t. 1- t.n.ri . ; : I 1 1 mxtnit tit. l:a bB T--
" '"i u me'. mat I can turn frr to r t't the
ti tr-.:it a well a. I milii t :orc ioinif II : ".
i. t.t i.i.i t:.d oii at.ln. and joiniur my
t'vri .:." t!.- j-.raiiil mv tanuiyand fn"tni
:t Mi.r-.Tr hit of it.t Mfht, and bex-vi-tft
' 1 1; tr rli.t t.ibt i:k (r xrrve yair ni!!a
l-k..-. ...... or, v.i..r .,f.i; Mti.l ii:f.le Lie
"""c n'riNir aortt.T lacMly and irtc niw-
. v.iur jr-itti'ih. aui nr ti-e benw.tjrf ail
"i ! t ar btcn. wiil cv-r he tti prayer
.'ana.tlif-.'rit-nd and tiutnbte HTaoi,
J ATtl' k .Vii.MTIJM.Al-
Sin kaiind xrcet,
Cambria City, Jotiuioa n. l"a-
V.ii'-i;i iinhiar.lliiv Amrine tbe boli-
CURTIS K. GROVE.
SOMERSET, PA.
K-W'ES. SLEIGHS, CARRIAGES,
SPRING WAGONS, BfCK WAWNS.
ASIi Ea-TFUN AND WESTERS WORK
f iralnbed on Short Notice.
Patg Done on Short Time.
! ' u 4, ml of 7V cUy ,nm W ood,
i Hie fwi and vW. butaunua y
Or-v-Bxrui-u-d. Neai'.y KinivhHt. and
W arranled to give Sauafacuoa.
:-'-7 fclj First Clas rvcrkaes.
l -rr of All K:Bdtn Vt Line IVe on
w. .t.e. Price. REASON t-BLE, and
Work Warranted
, r- -K Ciatntce y Hlor k, and larn rVcea
r-ti -wort, and furnish fWee tar Wind
aat3 (tie e, and rail ) .
CT3ETIS K. GHOVE,
(Eaal of Court faouae)
BfiMERPET. PA
KOIR 13 ABYAKC1K5 !
f , :; :.. steam engines.
'uv.u; uiUfL HAY IllRSsE, Ac
ij" " a f.:n -!- F AW VI1U
to' '" 5i-; tirice io inwlui
m-th1 for
jirice io lii-wiuce in jour
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VOL. XXXVin.
-THE- -FIRST
NATIONAL BAN
OF
Somerset, Penn'a.
Dr.P0.IT. MCCCIVCDIN LABGl AN D SM ALL
AMOWHTw. PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS MERCHANTS. FARMERS,
TOCR DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED.
-DISCOUNTS DAILY. -boaro:of
directors:
LaRt-K Jl. Hkk. TV. H. Milles,
U Tu b, Cms. H. Fisher,
JOBS K rrnrrTT, tiEO. R. S.TI.L,
FbeI V. I!!IE"-Kl,
Emv.AfcD .S t i.L, :
Vaiistine Hav,
: : FlTESIDENT
Vice Pkesiuent
: : : Camiieb.
The fundi" and Foeurities of this bank
are iirt-ur.'ly .mttH-ted in a celebraUxl Cor
lis BurcUr prK'f Safe. The only Safe
made absolutely Burnlarrroof.
STOP! ICOH! LISTEN 1
EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW
WHERE TO GET THE MOST OF
OF THIS YORLD'S GOODS FOR .
THE LEAST MONEY?
WE HAVE THEM
:::::::::::::::::: D i sh es.""
WHITE, YELLOW, CLASS,
AND ROCKINGHAM WARE,
IN GREAT VARIETY.
B A SK ETS, I.( H )K I N i-C LA SSES,
HANGING LAMPS, .'TAND L-MPS
Lam of all Dest-ripliona.
Novelties and Oddities in China
THE PLACE FOR
FANCY k STAPLE GROCERIES
IS AT THE STUIIK OF
ED. B. COFFROTH,
SOMERSET. PA
B. s Bj
NEW SPRING
Dress FaMcs.
The new are beinc ojiened up each day
now, and they are voted on ail sides " a
lot of Beauties."
100 lieees of double width Mixed
Chevkg in browns, prey?, and olive color
ing ; not ordinary every day looking
jitutb", but elegant and Btylihh in appear
ance. The fact if these roods are exact copies
of hifc'h-coot foreign cvxls. We bought
the entire lot. and ill oiler them at the
low prii-e of '.'A i-ents.
Another lot of thof ilotible width (27
inch j Mixed Tricot at 1" cents.
A lot of 40 inch Colore.1 All-Wool Ser
pen at "0 cer.t!!. The U st quality we ever
saw for .Vi cent?, and worth every day (
cents.
R gii'iir line of new colors of eleuTtnt
4-im u Wool Henrietta Clolhsat 7"i cts.
l'ltiity of stores sell this quality at 51.U0.
IlaniVime new Sprine Stripe Drtss
lwoi!i, 4-' inches wide, J 1. 00.
New Satiue".
New Embroideries.
NVw Wool Suitings.
New Inlia Silks.
New (.iinhama.
In fact, plenty of new jroods and choic
est styles in every department.
Bee use poods are new or scarce is no
excuse for t harpit:? an extra mariiin of
protit on the Kile of them. Wc do not
handle our businees on such principles.
y.a nun K f . r M
A t nil r-it " --
um of our Mail Order I-jwrtroent as
stif t Ti!y as in ro-!i. Have you
tried it 7
O
Boggs & Buhl,
ALLEGHElTYa.
Oils! Oils!
The ftandard Oil Cotrpanr- "f Pittahnnrh, F.
make a .rei'iaiT oi itiiuiat iiiiuiK
la tuc trade the soe brand of
Illuminating-; Lubricating Oils
Naphtha and Gasoline,
Tht can t KiAe from Pctrolwm. We chalag
cozcpriipou with every kuowB
PRODUCT OF PETROLEUM.
If too wlah the moat onlfortn'f
Satisfactory Oils
IN THE
J3iericai arket,
Aak tor oara. Trada jr fiowieraet and icltty
aapplied br
ror.K A BFFRITW ajtd
F&EA&S aF.R.
OMBaaCT. Pa.
epS-1-lTT.
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ACTION NOTICE.
. . . , v... .-(".. T.t. CMio.
haVneftBV U-A a.rd hua.d nhct
I ill ' taW. tur
I!T d4.ta o:trated by b. TTf)
H'V 1
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NO. 36.
a
....a
Hceordin- fa
DlRfLTIDNS wUh etch BuTni.
rOR BURNS and SCALDS.
A It a by Bnrwei.
Aaalad. Mian., (opt 3. 1S&
Oor baby 1!4 yea "a old burned her hand
tm a bot atoT and we put tit. Jacuba Oil on IL
It took the nam ail uul, at ooce: alter puuing
ilon 2 or t uiaca H ail cured up
C. t. MAVL and Family
Its Efficacy isSlmply Marfjlous.
Sure
jr --c Cure.
CURES PERMANENTLY
FROST-BITES.
rroat-Blttca Sore Feat.
Stockton. Ca!., AbtO. m.
After mbbina hit fi-et with eL Jacob. Oil. In
Die eve?in? ticfore E"lng to bed, my aoa waa
Cured rf cubit,
Mr. LEONE G LASER.
At Tkcgci i a n PiAtrm.
tKI CKtSLEI A. VOCELEI C0Baf UL
Oh! My Head!
Suffering of a New Jeraey Senator.
Dyppia, Sick Heariiaclie.
Terrible Thing.
"There are a tew thing, that I baiievc in with
all my heart. " The neaaer was ex -Senator Al
lien M.-rritt. head of tbe large fruit linn, 2 Park
i'iaec, N. Y and tbe acene hi office. I n
Kick and feared 1 had become fated to endure the
TORTURE OF DYSPEPSIA
and affection of the a idneya. A relatiee nid to
me. Try If. Kennedy' Farorite Remedy, made
at Roudoul, N. Y.' 1 did ax I grew better,
could eat. ileep and work with a clearer head,
and the yellow eoloe of my skin pare 1'lai-e to the
healthy color announcing pure blimL Ir. Ken-
uedy'a Favorite Remedy ia entitled to tbe credit
of saving my life. I can (ire yon tbe name and
addrumM of fifty pertou. a ho ar. a- I do,
irmt "l aronte Remedy " baa been to them a
blejwing in time of need." Mr. A. Ut Revere,
Tarrytown, N. Y.. aays. "For a long tirae I wat
troc-bled with Krere atlak of dininea and
Blind Sick Headache
due tn imjmre blond. I waa adviwl to try Dr.
keiincly'a Favorue Retrmly. 1 did to and I
have b eo eoaiiiit-tely curit. Il a the beat thing
I ever brant of fi any di-rdt!rf that nature,
and I have rt-coniiiu-nilcd tt to manv with like
fninM " ilr. lhHiii-1 Fitt, Tauutnn. ilan,
.iy : l reciimmend Ir Kennedy'. Favorite
Ki-m-dy fr dv.e;a and wc he.da'-he. It
eircd me " ly.t(fcia. tvn.tii.atiin, Nervonr
nf. Ln-1'i l!i y. Klit-.iiualNm and the ills peculiar
to women, invariably it-Id to
DR. KKSSEDTS FA Y0V.1TE KEXEDT.
ruraaED r
Dr. David Kennedy, Rondotit, S. Y.
II per bottle- 8ix for By all drufgiau.
WEDONOT "PLEDGE
Ourselves to keep abreast, but to keep
tbe lead overall others in selling you
Tare, Absolutely Pore, sod wrll Matnr-
en, Ulpe iitskies and W lacs
At prices that make all other dealers hus
tle. Just think of it :
OrerhoH k Go's Per Bye, five yearsold.
'ull quarts tl, or JlO per dozen.
Still Iietter:
Finch's tieluf a W eddinr, ten rears old.
Full quart $1, or il- jer dozen.
Bettersl.il:
DtB"ky Beorbon, ten yearsold. Fall
quarts or f 12 per dozen.
And one of the most saleable Whiskers
on our littt is
The Piee Eight-Yeak-Olu E.vroKT
CrcKEMiEiicER. Full qts. 1. (10 a doz.
There is no Whiskey that has ever leen
sol 1 that has grown in favor with the
public so rapidly as our old Export,
and the simple reason ii that it is
utterly impossible duplicate it.
There will never be any let tip in the
purity and fine flavor in any particular
of the Pure California Wines we are
now selling at 50 cents per bottle,
Pali quarts, or - per dozen.
In making np your orders please enclose
PustorJioe Money Order or Draft, or
Ilegioter your order.
JOS. FLEMING & SON,
WHOLESALE A !tD AETAIL,
UliVOGISTS,
PITTSBrUOH. PA.
412 Marke t.. Cor. of Iiamond.
It is to Your Interest
TO BUT YOUR
Drugs and Medicines
OF
JOHH N. SNYDEH.
SrcCKSSOB TO
Biesegker k Snyder.
(f.acoIisn
ll-f
None bat tbe pnrest and best kept in stock,
and w hen Irnifri become inert by stand
ing, as certain of them do, we de
stray them, rather than im
pose on our customers.
Yon can depend on Laving your
PRESCRIPTIONS FAMILY RECEIPTS
filled with care. Our prices are as low as
any other first-class house and on
many article much lower.
The people of this county aeem to know
thia, and have given ns a large share of their
patronag. and we sliall still continue to give
them the very beat jtoods for their money.
Do not target that we make a specialty of
FITTIXG TRUSSES.
We guarantee satis faction, and, if yow bare
bad trouble in tkis direction,
give ns a call.
SPECTACLES AND EYE-CLASSES
in great rariety; A full set of Test Lenses.
Come in and have your eyes examined. No
chaiye r examination, and we are confident
we can suit you. Come and see ua.
Bespectfully,
JOHN N. SNYDER.
0111
SOMERSET,
THE THREE TRAVELLERS.
r johjua, saxt
Three traTellcra, euce upon a time,
t Aa an ens tory goesi
Together reached a country Inn,
And sought a Bight's report.
One waa a Judge, of merry mien,
Altbo' hi lock were gray ;
The weond waa a Panon grave ;
Tbe third, a Captain gay.
"Alack 7 tbe civil boat rcj liied,
" Tou're welcome to my fare ,
But, eu my word, the fJolden Swau'
Ha. but one bed to snare !"
In auch a case it were but just."
The weary traveller, nid,
"The landlord should himself decide
hich one .hall have tbe bed."
'Well, be it jo." mine boK replied :
"To me 'tif all the aame ;
Kow. gentlemen. I pray, proceed
Let each aert bb claim-"
The captatn r the firm to Kpeak,
And by bis .word he iwura
That he had lain in garriion
A doxen year? aud more.
His honor then put in his claim :
"For twice as king as that
I'Tewora the ennineof a judge,
And on the bench have sat."
The Par-ton said : I serve the church ;
In thin my claim appear
That in tbe sacred ministry
I've stood for thirty years.".
"The eae la settled 1" said mine host ;
The Parscn's rifrtit is best ;
To fi or til 'tis very clear
Afford? a deal of rent.
"But one who like this worthy man,"
The laughing landlord 'aid ,
"Aas tooi (God help him ! i thirty years,
May fairly claim the bed r
UNDER THE LION'S PAW.
i.
It was the last of autumn and the first
day of winter rominj; together. All day
long the plowmen on their prairie farms
bad moved to and fro on their wide, level
fields through the falling snow, which
melted asit fell, wetting them to tbeskin
all day, notwithstanding tbe frequent
squalls of snow, the dripping, desolate
clouds, and the muck of the furrows,
black and tenacious as tar. .
L'ndertheir drippingharnessthe horses
swung to and fro silently, with that mar
velous, uncomplaining patience which
marls the bore.?. All day the wild geese,
bonking wddlv as they sprawled oide-
wisedown the wind, seemed to be flee
ing from an enemy behind, with neck
out thrust and wings extended, sailed
dwn the w ind, soon lost to sight.
Yet the plowman behind his plow,
though tbe sno lay on his ragged great
coat, and the cold, clinging mud rose on
his heavy boots, fet'eriiig him like gyves,
whistled in the very beard of the gaie.
As they passed, the snow, ceasing to melt,
lay along the plowed land and lodged ia
the depth of the stubble, till on each
slow round the last furrow stood out
black and shining as jet between the
plowed land and the gray stubble. -
When night began to fall, and the
geese, flying low, began to alight invis
ibly in Uie near cornfield, Stephen Coun
cil was at work "finishing a land." He
rode on his sulky plow w hen going w ith
the wind, but walked when facing it
Sitting bent and cold but cheery under
bis slouch hat, he talked encouragingly
to his four-in-hand.
"Come round there, boys! tound
agin! We got t' finish this land. Come
in there, Dan. Stiddy, Kate! stiddy!
None o' y'r tantrums, Kitty! It's purty
tough, but got-a le did. ichk! ichk!
Step along, Pete? Don't let Kate get y'r
single-tree on the wheel. Ome more !"
They seemed to know what he meant,
and that this was the last round, for
they worked with greater vigor than be
fore. "Once more, boys, an' sez I oats and a
nice warm stall, and sleep fr all."
By the time the last furrow was on the
land it was too dark to see the bourse,
and tbe snow changed to rain. The tired
and hungry man could seethe light from
the kitchen shining through the leafless
hedge, and lifting a shout, be yelled,
" Supper Fr half a dozen !'
It was nearly eight o'clock by the time
be had finished his chores and started
for supper. He was picking his way
carefully through the mud, when the tall
form of a man loomed up before hint
with a premonitory cough.
"Waddy ye want V w as the rather
startled question of the farmer.
" Well, ye see," began the stranger, in
a deprecating tone, " we'd like t get in
fr the night. We've tried every house
fr the the last two miles, but they hadn't
room i'r us. My wife's just about sick,
'n' the children are cold and hungry "
"Oh,y' want-stay all night, eh?"
" Yes, sir ; it 'ud be a great accoui "
" Well, 1 don't make it a practice ter
turn anybuddy away hungry, not en eech
nights as this. Drive right in. We ain't
got much, but secb as it is "
But the stranger bad disappeared. And
soon his steaming, weary team, with
drooping heads and swinging single-trees
moved past tbe well on the block beside
the path. Council stood at the side of
the ''schooner" and helped the children
out tv little half aleeping children
and then a small w oman w ith a babe in
ber anna.
"There you go!" be shouted jovially to
tbe children. " Soa we'rj all right, llun
right along to the house there, an' tell
Mam Council y' wants aumpthin' t' eat.
Right this way.Mi-kce keep right off to
the right, there. I'll go an' git a lantern.
Come," he said to the dazed and silent
group at bis side.
" Mother," he shouted, as he n eared
the fragrant and warmly lighted kitchen,
"here are some wayfarers an' folks who
need sum pt bin' t' eat an' a place to
snooze," he added, pushing them all in.
Mrs. Council, a large, jolly, rather
coarse-looking woman, took the children
in her arms. "Come right In, you little
rabbits. Most asleep, hey t Now, here's
a drink o' milk fr each o' ye. Ill have
some tea in a minute. Take ofTy'r things
and set up t' the fire."
While she set tbe children to drinking
milk, Council got out his lantern and
went to the barn to help the stranger
about his team, where hia loud, hearty
voice could be heard as he came and
went between the hay mow and the
stalls.
Tbe woman came to light as a small,
timid and discouraged looking woman,
bot still pretty in a thin and sorrowful
way.
" Land sakes ! an' you're traveled all
the w ay from Clear Lake t'-day in this
mud! Waal, waa!! No wonder yon're
all tired out. Don't wait for tbe men.
rse
ESTABLISHED 1827.
PA.. WEDXEDAY,
Misses '
She hesitated, waiting for the
name.
" Haskk-."
" Misees H aak ins, set right np to the
table an' tak a good awig o' that tea,
while I make y' some toast. It's green
tea, aa' it's pood. I tell Council as I git
older I don't seem to enjoy Young Hyson
n'r Gunpowder. I want the reel green
tea, jest as it Comes ofTn the Tines. Seems
t' have more heart in it some way. Don't
s'pose it has.' Council says it's all in in'
w
ev e.
Going on in this easy way, she soon
had the children filled with bread and
milk and the woman thoroughly at
home, eating some toast and sweet melon
pickles, and sipping tbe tea.
" See tbe little rats," she laughed at the
children. "They're full as they can
stick now, an' they want to go to bed.
Now, don't git np, M Haskins ; set
right where you are, a' let me look after
'em. I know all about young ones.
though I'm a!! alone now. Jane went
and married last fall. But, as I tell Coun
cil, it's lucky; we keep our health. Set
right there, Misses Haskins; I won't
have youstir a finger."
It was an unmeasured pleasure to sit
there in the warm, homely kitchen, the
jovial chatter of the housewife driving
out and holding at bay tbe growl of the
impotent, cheated wind.
The little woman's eyes filled with
tears which fell down upon the sleeping
baby in her arms. The world was not
so hopeless, desolate and cold after- alL
"Now, I hope Council won't stop out
there and talk politics all night. He's
the greatest man to talk politics and read
the 7Vnrr. How old is it 7"
She broke off and peered down at the
face cf the babe.
"Two months and five days." said the
mother, w ith a mother's exactness.
" Ye don't any ? The dear little pudzy
wudzy," she went on, stirring it up in
the neighborhood of the ribs with her
fat forefinger.
" Pooty tough on you, to go gallivantin'
across lots this way."
" Yes, that's so ; a man can't lift a
mountain," said Council, entering the
door. "Sarah, this is Mr. Hawkins, from
Kansas. He'd been e't up and druv out
by grasshoppers."
"Glad to see yeh. Pa, empty that
wash basin and give him a chance to
wash." '
Haskins was a tall man, with a thin,
gloomy face. His hair was a reddish
brown, like hia coat, and seemed equally i
faded by tbe wind and sun. And his
sallow face, though hard and set, was
pathetic somehow. You would have
felt that he had suffered much by the
line of his mouth, shoving under his
thin, yellow mustache.
"Hain't Ike got home, Sairy?''
" Hain't seen 'im."
" WaaL. set .right up, Mr. Haskins ;
wade right into what we've got; 'tain't
much, but we manage to live on it -she
gits fat on it," laughed Council, pointing
his thumb at bis wife.
After supper, while the women put the
bildren to bed, Haskins and Council
went on talking, seated near the huge
cooking stove, tbe steam rising from their
wet clothing. In the westerDlfashion,
Council told much of his life as he drew
from his guest. He asked but few ques
tions ; but by-aud-by the story of Has
kins' terrible struggles and defeat came
out. Tbe story was a terrible one, but
he told it quietly, seated w ith bis elbows
on bis knees, gaziug moHt of the time at
the hearth.
" I didn't like tbe looks of the country
anyhow," Haskins said, partly rising and
looking at his wife. "I was nsed t' north
ern Ingyanie, w here we have lots o' tim
ber 'n' lots o' raLu, an' I didn't like the
looks o' that dry prairie. What galled
me the worst was goin' so faraway acrost
so much fine land lavin' all through here
vacant." v
"And tbe hoppers eat ye four years
hand runnin, did they?"
" Eat ! They w iped us out. They
chawed everything that was green. They
jest fet around waitin' for us to die to eat
us, ton, Mv God? I used to dream of
'em sittiu' round on the bedpost, six feet
long, an' working their jaws. They eat
tbe fork handles. They got worse and
worse.till theyjest rolled on one another
piled up like snow in winter. Well, tain't
no use ; if I was to talk all winter I
couldn't tell cothiu'. But all the while
I couldn't help tbinkin' of all that land
back here that nobuddy w as usin' that
I ought-a bad, 'stead o' bein' out there in
that cussed country.''
" Waal, why didn't ye stop here and
settle?" asked Ike, who had come in and
was eating his supper.
" Ferthe simple reason that you fellers
wanted ten'r fifteen dollars an acre fer
tbe bear land, and 1 hadn't no money fer
that sort o' thing.
" Yas, I do my own work," Mrs. Conn
ed was heard to say in the pau.-e that
followed. "I'm gettin' purty heavy ter
be on my Iaigs all day, but we can't af
ford t' hire, so I keep rack in' round sum
how, lite a foundered horse. S' lame
I tell Council be can't tell how lame I
am, fer I'm jest as lame in one laig as
t'other." And the good soul laughed at
the joke en herself, as she took a handful
of flour and dusted the biscuit board to
keep the d ugh from sticking.
"Well, I hain't never been very strong,"
said Mrs. Haskins. "Our folks were
Canadians, and small-boned, and then
since my last child I hain't got up again
fairly. I don't like to complain Tim
has about all he can bear now but they
was days thia week when I jest wanted
to lay right down and die."
" Waal now, I'll tell ye," said Council
from his side of tbe stove, silencing
everybody with his good-natured roar,
"I'd go don and see Butler, anyway, if
I w as you. I guess he'd let you have his
place purty cheap; the farm's all run
down. He's bin anxious to let to some
buddy next year. It'nd be a good chance
for yon. Anyhow, you go to bed and
sleep like a babe. I've got some plowin'
to do, anyhow, an' we'll see if aomethin',
can't be done about your case. Ike, yon
go out ana see if the horses is all right,
and 111 show tbe folks to bed."
When tbe tired husband and wife were
lying under the generous quilts of the
pare bed, Haskina listened a moment to
the wind in the eaves, and then said,
with a slow and solemn tone:
" There some men in thia world who
are good enough to be angels, and only
have to die to be angels."
II.
Jim Butler was one of those men called
ID
MARCH 5, 1890.
in the west "land poor." Early in the
history of Rock river he had come into
the town and started in the grocery busi
nesb in a small way, occupying a small
building in a mean part of tbe town. At
this period of hia life be earned ail be
got, and was np early and late, sorting
beans, working over butter, and carting
his goods to and from the station. But
a change came over him at tbe end of
tbe second year, when he sold a lot of
land for four times what he paid fw it.
From that time forward he believed in
land speculation as the surest way of
getting rich. Every cent fc could save
or spare from his trade be pnt into land
at forced Bale, or mortgages on land,
which were "just as good as the wheat,"
he was accustomed to say.
Farm after farm fell into hia hands,
until he was recognized aa one of the
leading land owners of the county. His
mortgages were scattered all over Cedar
county, and as they s!owly but surely
fell in, he sought usually to retain the
former ow net as tenant.
He was not ready to foreclose ; indeed i
he had the came of being one of
the easiest men in the town. He let tbe
debtor otl again and again, extending the
the time w henever possible.
" I don't want your land," be ' said.
" All I want is the interest on my money
that's all. Now, if y' want to stay on
the farm, why, I'll give y' a good chance.
I can't have the land lay in' vacant." And
in many cases tbe owner remained as
tenant,
In the meantime he had sold his store;
he couldn't spend time in it ; he was
mainly occupied now with sitting around
town on rainy days, smoking and g:wsin
with the "boys, " or in ridingtoand from
his farms. In fishing time he fished a
good deal. Ioc Grimes, Ben Ashley and
Cal Cueatham were bis cronies on these
fishing excursions or hunting trijm in the
time of chickens and partridges. In win
ter they went to northern Wisconsin to
shoot deer.
In spite of all these signs of easy life,
Butler persisted in saying he ''hadn't
money enough to pay taxes on bis land,"
and was careful to convey tbe impression
that he was poor in spite of his twenty
farms. At one time he was said to be
worth fifty thousand dollars, but land
had been a little slow of said -f late, so
that he was not worth so much. A line
farm, known as the Higley place, had
fallen into his bands in the usual way
the previous year, and be had not been
able to find a tenant for it- Poor Higley
after working himself nearly to death
on it, in the attempt to lift the mortgage,
had gone off to Dakota, leaving the farm
and his can to Butler.
This was the farm ,w hich Council ad
vised Haskina to apply for, and Uie next
day Council bitched np his team and
drove down town to see Butler
" Yon jest letn me da tbe talkin," he
said. " We'll find him wearing out his
pants on some salt barrel somewears ; and
if he thought you wanted a place, he'd
sock it to you hot and heavy. You jest
keep quiet ; I'll fix 'im. "
Butler was seated in Ben Ashley's
tore telling "fish yarns," w hen Council
sauntered in casually.
" Hello, But! lyin' agin, ha?"
" Hello, Steve ! how goes it?"
"Oh, so-so. Too dang much rain these
days. I thought it was goin' t' freeze f r
good last night Tight squeak if I git m'
plowin' done. How 'a farm in with you
these days?"
"Bad. Plowin' ain't half done."
"It 'ud be a religious idee fr you t' go
oat and take a hand y'rseif."
" I don't half to," said Butler, with a
wink.
"Oot anybody on the Higley place?"
"N"o. Know of anybody ?"
"Waal, no ; not egg sackly. I've got a
relation back t' Michigan who's ben hot
an' cold on the idee o' comin' west fr
some time. Might come if he could get a
good lay-out. "hat do you talis, on the
farm?"'
"Well, I d' know. I'll rent it on shares
or I'll rent it money rent."
"Waal, how much money, say?"
" Well, say ten per cent, en the price
$250."
" Wall, that ain't bad. Wait on 'im till
'e thrashes?"
Haskins listened eagerly tothis import
ant question, but Council was coolly eat
ing a dried apple which he had speared
out of a barrel with his knife. Butler
studied him carefully.
" Well, this knocks me out of twenty
five dollars interest."
"My relation '11 need all he's got t' git
his crops in," said Council, !n the same
indifferent way.
" Well, all right ; say wait," concluded
Butler.
" Ail right ; this is the man. Haskins,
this is Mr. Butler no relation to Ben
the hardest working man in ali Cedar
county."
On the way home Haskins said : " I
ain't much better off. I'd like that farm ;
it's a g-jod farm, bat it's all run down, an'
so 'm I. I could make a good farm of it
if I had half a show. But I can't stock it
n'r seed it,"
" Waal, now, don't you worry," roared
Council, in bis ear. " We'll pull y' thro'
somehow till next harvest. He's agreed
t hire it plowed, an' you can earn a hun
dred dollars plowin' an' y' can git tbe
seed o' me, an' pay me back when y'
tan."
Haskins was silent with emotion, but
at last he said :
" I ain't got nothin f live on."
"Sow don't you worrv 'bout that You
jest make your headquarters at ol' Steve
Council's. Motber'll take a pile o' com
fort in havin' y'r wife an children 'ronnd.
Y' see Jane's marrie off" lately, an Ike's
away a good 'eat, so We'll be darn glad t'
have ye stop with ns this winter. Next
spring well see if ye can't git a start
agin"; and he chirrnped to the team,
which sprang forward with the rumbling,
clattering wagon.
' " Say, looky here, Council, yon can't do
thisT I never saw " shouted Haskins,
in bis neighbor's ear.
Council moved about uneasily in his
seat, and stopped his stammering grati
tude by saying:
" Hold on, now ; don't make such a
fuss over a little thing ; hen I see a man
down, an' things all on top of 'm I jest
like t' kick 'em off an' help 'm np. That's
the kind of religion I got, an' it's about
the only kind."
They rode the rest of the way home in
silence. And when the red light of the
lamp shone oot into tbe darkness cfthe
cold and windy night and he thought of J
this refuge for his children and wife, he
could have put his arm around the neck
of his burly companion and squeezed him
like a lover ; but he contented himself
with saying, " Steve Council, you'll git y'r
pay fr this some day."
" Don't want any pay. My reiigion
ain't run on any such small business
principles," j
The wind was growing colder, and the j
ground was covered w.ti a white frost,
as they turned into the gate of the Coun
cil farm, and the chiltlren came rushing
out. shouting, " Tapa'a come!"' They
hardly looked like the same children who
bad sat at the table the night before.
Their torpidity, undtr the intbience of
sunshine and Mother Council, had given
way to a sort of spasmodic cheerfulness,
as insects in winter revive w hen laid on
the earth.
nr.
Haskins worked like a fiend, and bis
wife, like the uncomplaining woman that
she was, bore also uncomplainingly the
most terrible bunlens. Ihev rose earlv
and toiled without interuiUsion till the j Well, yen. Pact is. I think I kin buy
darkness fell on the plain, then tumbled I tjlB rarlJI fai;, if you'll give me a rea
into bed, every bone and muscle aching j goilabe show !''
with fatigue, to rise with the sun next
morning to the same round of the same
ferocity of labor.
The eldest boy, now nine years old.
drove a team all through the spring, plow
ing and seeding, milked the cows, and
did chores innumerable, in most ways
taking tbe place of a man ; an infinitely
pithetic, but common figure this boy
on tbe American farm, w here there is no
law against child labor. To see hii:i in
hia rough clothing, bis huge boon, ami
his ragged cap, as he staggered w ith a
pail of water from the well, or trudged in
the cold and cheerless dawn out into the
cold field behind his team, gave the city
bred visitors sharp pang of syn. pat het it-
pain. Yet Haskins lot ed his boy, and
would have saved hiiu this if he could,
but be could not
By June the first yef r the resn't of
such Herculean toil began !o show on the
farm. The yard w as cleaned up and sow n
to gr?s, the garden plowed ami planted.
and the house mended. Council Lad
given them four of bis cows.
"Take 'em an' run em on shares. I
don't want's milk s'many. Ike's away s"
much now, Sat'd'ys an' Sund'ys, I can't
etan-l the bother, anyhow."
Other men, seeing the confidence of
Council in the new comer, had sold bim
tools on time ; and as he was real.'yy an
able farmer, he soon had around him
many evidences of his care and thrift.
At the adviceofCocnc.il he bad taken the
farm for three years, with the privilege of
re-rei.ting or buying at the end of the
term.
"It's a good bargain, an' ye want o'
nail it," said Council. " If you have any
kind ov a crop, you can pay y'r debts, an'
keep seed an' bread."
The new hope which now sprang up in
the heart? of Haskins and his w ife grew
great almost as a pain by the time the
w ide field of wheat began to wave and
rustle and swirl in the w indsof July. Day
after day he would snatch a few moments
after supper to look at it.
" Have ye seen the w heat, to-day, Net
tie ?"he asked one night, as he rose from
supper.
" 'o, Tim, I ain't had time."
'Weil, take time now. Let's go look
at it."
She threw an old hat on her head
Tommy's hat and looking almost pretty
in her thin, sad war, went out with her
husband to tbe hedge.
"Ain't it grand, Nettie? Just look at
it?"
It was grand. Level, russet here and
there, heavy headed, wide as a lake, and
full of multitudinous whifpers and
gleams of health, it stretched away before
the gazers like the fabled field of the
cloth of gold.
" Oh, I think I hope we'll have a good
crop, Tim ; and oh, how good the people
have leen to ns !"
" Yes ; I don't know where we'd le
t'-day if it hadn't beer, fr Council ami
his wife.
" They're the best people in the world,'
said the little woman, w ith a great sob of
gratitude.
' We'll be in the field on Monday, for
sure," said Haskins, gripping the rail on
the fence as if already at the work of the
harvest.
The harvest came bonnteons, glorious,
bnt the w inds came and blew it into tan
gles, and the rain matted it here and
there cloe to the ground, increasing the
work of gathering it thieefold.
Oh, how they toiled in those glorious
days! Clothing dripping with sweat,
arms aching, filled with brrs, fingers
raw and bleediag, hacks broken with the
weight of heavy bundles, Haskins and
his man toiled on. Tommy drove the
harvester, while his father and a hired
man bound on the machine. In this way
they cut ten acres every day, and almost
every night after supper, when the hands
went to bed Haskins returned to the field
and shocked the bound grain in the light
of the moon. Many a night he worked
till his anxioas wife came out to call him
in to rest and lunch.
At the same time she cooked for the
men, took care of the children, washed
and ironed, milked the cows at night,
made the butter, and sometimes fed the
horses and watered them, while her hus
band kept at the shocking. No tlave in
the Roman galleys could have toiled so
frightfully and lived, for this man thought
himself a freeman, and that he was work
ing for his wife and babes.
When he sank into his bed with a
deep groan of rf lief, too tired to change
his grimy, dripping clothing, he felt he
was getting nearer and nearer to a home
of his own, and pushing tbe wo!f of want
a little further from his door.
There is no despair so deep as the de
spair of a homeless man or woman. To
roam the roaJs of the country, or tbe
streets of the city, to feel ! here is no rod
of ground on which the feet can rest, to j
halt, weary and hungry outside of light- .
ed windows, and hear laughter and song
within these are the hungers and rebel
lions that drive men to crime and women
to shame.
It was the memory of this loneliness,
and tbe fear of its coming again, that
spurred Timothy Haskins, and Nettie, his i
wife, to such ferocious labor di"";t:g that
first year.
IV.
"M, yes; 'm, yes; first rate," said
Entltr, as his eyes took in the neat gar-
den, tie pigpen, and the well filled i
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WHOLE XO. 2015.
yard. " Yon're. git'n quite a stock 'round
yer. Done well, eh V
" Yes, I've laid out a good deal of
money during the last three years I've
paid out three hundred dollars Tr fenc
ing." " Cm h'm ! I see," said Eutler, while
1 1 Jk i nr went oi :
" The kitchen there cost two hundred
the barn ain" ci fet much in money, but
I've put a lot o" time on it I've dug a new
well, and I-"
' Ye, yes, I see .' You've done well.
Stock worth a thousand doliais," Said
Butler, picking las teeth with a straw.
" About that," said Haskins, modestly.
" We bet-in to feel 's if we wax git'n a
home P r onrselveg ; but we've worked
hard. I tell ve. we begin to fee! it, Mr.
B-.ticr, and we'ie goin' t' begin t' ease up
purty ston. We've been a' plannin' a
trip l-atk to her folks after the fall plow
in's done."
" Eggs -actly !" said Butler, who was
evidently thinking of something else.
" I sn;i;ise you've kine o' kalkalated on
Slav in' here three vears more ?"
j I'm m! W
j jow ?'
.at do you call a reasona
quarter down and three
" Waal, say a
years time.
Butler lo iked ut the huge stacks of
wheat that filled the yard, over which j
the chit kens were fluttering and craw l
ing, catihing grasshoppers, and out of
which the crickets were singing innu
merably. He smiled in a peculiar way as
hesaiJ, "Ob, I won't be hard on yer:
but what did yer eject ter pay fr the
place?"
" Why, about what you oifered it for
before, $".!, or jj..sibly the &Xn," he
ad:ed, ot'cklv. as he saw the owner
shake his head.
" This firm is worth five thousand aud
five hundred dollars," said Butler, in a
careless but derided voice.
"What!" a!ino-t shrieked the astoun
ded Haskins. '"Whit's that? Five
thousand ? Why, that's double what yon
offered it f.r t hree years ago."
" Of course ; and it's worth it It was
all run down then ; now it's in good j
shape. You've laid out fifteen hundred
dollars in improvements, according to
your own tory."
" But you had r.othin't do about that.
It's my work and money."
" You bet it was ; but its my land."
" B'it w hut's to pay me for all ?"
"Ain't you bad the nse of 'em?" re
plied Butler, smiling calmly into his face.
Haskins was like a man struck on the
head with a sand !ig ; he couldn't think,
he stammered as be tried to say : "But
I never'd get the use. You'd rob me.
More'n that, you agreed you promised
that I could buy or rent at the end of
three years, at "
"That's all tight But I didr't sav I
would let you carry off the improvements,
nor that I would goon renting the farm
at two-tifty. The land is double in value,
it don't matter how : it don't enter into
me question ; an now yoa cm pay me
five hundred dollars a year rent or take
on your own terms at fifty live hundred,
or git out. "
He was turning away when Haskir.s,
the sweat pouring from his face, fronted
him, saying airain :
" Bnt you've done nothing to make it
so. You hai'nt ad led a cent I put it all
there myself, expe -tin' to buy. I worked
an' sweat to im .rove it. I was workin'
f r n:selfand balk's. "
" Well, why di I't you buy when I of
ferer! to sell? What y' kickin about?"
" I'-tu kit-kin' alout payin' you twice
fr my own thinjs mv own fence,
my own kitchen, my own gamen. "
Butler laughed. " You're to green t'
eat young feMer. Yonr improvements!
The law wi'.l sing another tune. "
" But I trus'e l your word."
" Never trust anybody, my friend. Be
sides, I didn't promise not to do this
thing. Why, man, don't look at mo like
that. Don't take i ie for a thief. It's the
law. ,The reg'lar thing. Everybody
does it "
" I don't care if they do. It's stealin'
just the same. You take three thousand
; dollars of mv nionev. The work o' mv
hands and my wife's." He broke down
at this point. He was not & strong man
mentally. He could face hardship, cease
less toil, but lie co ild not face the cold
and sneering faie cf Butler.
"But I don't take it," said Butler, cool
ly. " A II you've git to do is to go on jest
as you've lieen a doin', or give me a
thousand dollars d wn, and a mortgage
at ten per cent. Jn :he rest. "
Hxskins sat down Mindly on a bundle
of oats near by, and with staring eyes and
dropping ha! wert over the situation.
He was under the lion's paw. He felt a
horrible nuuiLnessin his heart and limbs.
He as hid in a mitt, and there was no
path out.
Butler walked abont, looking at the
huge stack ot gra n, and pulling now
and r.gain a few handfm'ls out, shelling
the heads in his hands ant! blowing the
chaff eway. He hummed a little tune as
he did so. He had an aceommod-ting
airof waiting.
Haskins was In the midst of the terri
ble toil of th last year. He was walking
again in the rain and the mud behind
hia plow, he felt tin- dust and the dirt of
the threshing. The ferocious husking
time, with its cutting wind and bifing,
clinging snows, lay hard upon him. Then
he thought of his wife, how she had
cheerfully cooked and bake!, without
holiday and without r?st
"Well, what do Jon think of it?" in
quired the cool, mocking, insinuating
voice cf BrUler.
"I think you're a liar and a thief,'
shouted Haskina, 'taping up. "A black
hearted houn' ." f uller's smile madden
ed him ; w .tii a sodden leap be caught a
fork in his hands, and whirled it in the
air. You'll never rob another man,
damn ye !" he grab-d through his teeth.
a look of pitiless fej
ferocity in his accusing
eyes.
Butler shrank anl quivered,' expecting
the blow ; stood, held hypnotized by the
eyes of the man he had a moment before
depied a man transformed into an
avenging demon. But in the deadly
h?h lietween the lift of the weapon and
its lull there came n gush of faint, child
ish laughter, and Il ea across the range of
hi vision, far away and dim, he saw the
sun-bright head of his baby girL as, with
the pretty totierinjf run of a two-year-old
the moved atrvss tn grass cf the door
pard. Hi hand relaxed ; the f-.fi ft LI
to the ground ; his rad lowered.
" Make out y'r deed an' mrgl, an'
sit ofTn my land, an' dyn't ye never rr.
my line yr.; if y' do, ill kill ye. "
Butler backed away from the man in
wild baste, and climbing ia his bua"zy
with trembling limbs, drove off down the
rod, leaving Haskins seated on the aun
ny pile of sheaves, his Lead suak into
his hands.
Farm Notes.
Do not feed ooa thing right along to
any animal. A'l animals relish a I.tt'.e
variety occasionally.
Coal tar should be spread on tarred pa
per roofs at least once a year, if they an
to remain close and tight
A " warm mash "on t cold day, early
in the morning, Is an excellent icvigcra
tor for the animal that does not have an
appetite.
Turnip tops, chopped and mixed with
straw, have been ufwl in tbe silosnf Scot
land, and good result are claimed there
from.
J I-anl soitene.1 with sci-owene nnt.l ;t
j will just How in summer heat, mak-n as
gnrwi oil tor mowers, etc., as that -id
by dealers at W0 per cent profit n-uch
better than some of it.
When a limb is cut trom a tree it
should be as close to the body as possi
ble. The cut should be a snrxdh one,
without bruising the bark, and the cut
surface should be covered with st,uie
kind of cheap ptint, mixed with oil.
! You can overfeed as well as underfeed
a colt ; do neither ; feed just right live
J good, nourishing food from the start, but
do not force them. Tbey are neither
hogs nor steers, and the eurly maturity
badness may be overdui-e if yoa try to
force them.
Too much land means tixe-4 on that
from which only partial cnirs can le oi-
i taine.j. it is trie smali plots, well manur-
ed, that yield the profitable cn:s. It is
! more expensive to attempt to secure large
; yields from a tract requiring a portinn of
j the time be lost in traveling over it,
i than to concentrate all the UU.ir on a
I small area.
The impression that seems to be cur
rent to a great extent, that better butter
can be made in factories, oi as they are
properly called public creameries, than
in private dairies, is an erroneous one.
It is true that better butter is ma le in
factories than there is in many private
dairies, but there is no reason w hy just
as good butter cannot be made at home
on the farm aa at any factory or public
creamerv.
The Cavalry Horse.
Physical fitness is closely related to
mental fitness, for that horses have minds
a.Iectionsand memories no one can d.-ny,
and all whj have studied them will bear
testimony to th effects of ill-treat-iient
and kindness npon them, not only in the
performance of their work, but upon
their durability. Horses kindly treated
will do as mui'h, if not more, service in a
given space of time than those which are
harshly used, while they wiil certainly
last very much longer. With unfeeiir.g
treatment and bad management homes
can be worn out in a very short period ;
whereas, under tiie opposite conditions
their lives might be most usefully pro
longed to more than twenty years. There
fore it is that, in order to assist in insur
ing the physical fitness of their tr o;-ers
soldiers should be continually returned of
the great importance of kindness to their
animal friends and com pan ions. Human
ity to animals is a aacred duty imp we I
upon all of us; to the soldier it is this
and something more, for his life may de
pend upon the reciprocal feeling of affec
tion existing between between himself
and his steed. In the words of an old
cavalry soldier : "The rider must live on
ly for his horse, which is his legs, his
safety, his honor and his reward." Sol
diers should never be deprived of their
horses, if possible, if they have taken
care of them, but they ought to lie en
couraged to form a frien-lship with them,
or even to imagine a kind of propriety r
ship in them. Oilicers and men should
learn as much as they can of the care
and management needed to keep their
horses in the best condition for work and
how to preserve them from injury.
How He Paid.
"My first case in San Francisco," sai l
attorney James K. Wilder to a rpporur
was the defence of a young fellow charg
ed with stealing a watch belonging to a
Catholic priest. I wrts appointed by the
court, because the prisoner said be had
no money.
"The jury rendered a verdict of nut
guilty, and as the defendant was leaving
the court room I called bin back, and
just as a joke handed him my card and
told him to bring me around the first '
he got.
"Next day he walked into my oil'.ce
and planked down two -;' h and a $10.
" 'Where did yon get ali that money ?
I demanded, as soon as I got over my
surprise enough to speak.
" 'Sold the priest's watch,' he replied,
as he bowed himself out. Sm F,if:"-o
itii'irv.
Orchards in Cras3 Lands.
We are Aked if it is advisable to see.!
down orchards and keep them in
We 3uppose that reference is marie to the
apple orchard. Peach orchards, and we
believe pear orchards, should be cultivat
ed as lung as they stand. The apple
orchard should certainly be cultivate.!
for three or four years, and then it is
better to sow it to clover. The grasses
proper make too stiff a sward. Still many
orchards are sown to grasses and many
are mined by permitting then to remain
in grain. There are orchards that would
be greatly benefitted by at least dicing
around the trees when they have stood
in grass for a long time. Clover does not
make as strong a sod and it makes ex
cellent pasture for the hs, which if
kept out of the orchard wh the ground
is wet and soft, will do an orchard g.-.l
by running in it
Cowhide Horseshoes.
In England, and on many parts of the
continent, they have for a longtime been
using the Yates horseshoe, one made by
compressing common cowhide. It is
composed of three thicknesses of the
cow skin pressed into a steel mould, and
then subjected to a chemical prepa ration.
It is claimed for it that it is lighter, that
it lasts long 'T, and that split hoofs are
never known in horses u.-ing it. It is
perfectly smooth on the bot loin, no calks
being necessary, the sh adhering t:n;;!y
to the most polished surface. Its elas
ticity prevents many sprains, the Longs'
steps being much lighttr and surer. Per
haps some American genius wiil give t;s
a paper horseshoe, w ho knows? ?. L i-
After having been separated f-rcme
time by muttal agreement an Ailentown
couple re-united, and the neighbor turn
ed out in a body to welcome them to their
old home.
The English langusge has been chosen
for use in the recording of important
treaty cbl'gatioES between and
Cal a.
4trAU(H.VR fO. fl'.i4.1 Ynrk, Pa.