'j-jncrsct Herald ISTHSUSHEO 1827. ,.i publication . MnwW morning at 12 60 .in alvanot ; otherwise 12 60 ' 1. . uA. ,li ) d)Mxntinued until all . Prwtmiu ton not lectin iac. up. - fu'ril do not Uke out their ' .poDiilile forth nibscrtp- ortn rr"m one r,,toffioe 10 " . W the own f " fonnor ..nfflce. Addreai IEI SoMKBSST IlKRALD, Somerset, Fa. .-v" SoHEMET, I'A. rv;, r,i;i;KLK iViKNtV-Ar-l- v, n oMhi.rr. Pa. -ant Hou' KoW C,'lHUC CUrt -" J. O. OoLE. SOWS WKKSFT, VL. 4T-K'kEY-ATLAW. 1 m mi rset, ra. "".rihNtV-ATLAW noiiierset. Pa. . AT '''''fR'LNHY-AT LAW riAirv'KStV-AT-tAW. :., r. t and adjoiii'ug coun X 't:'u".iM"i to jiai will rewivn . H. Kl'TPU. '"."ii AKITI'F.L. " ATiiii'.Nts-A'l LAW. " Mn.iwt. ra. .. n:, f1 id their rare will be ',- i':i:v m'eli.l'd I". Oltlee OU A AlK.NtV-AT-l.AW. .-muierN't. Pa., r wniu i.ti'"! tnbunmr entrusted ,', , -l mid a'tjoiiiiwt countteft. 'I::'Vuji iio, oj'lMMW tile Court KIMMl-L, a1:vknkv AT LAW, Mimwt, ra., -.,.;, t :! i-ntnifUil to bin-are :..n;iu: e.Hiiiiie. Uu proinpl- - 'of.;"e uu Main t'roc tiltcet, LlTiiil. ATIuKtY-AT-LAW. buincrvet, I' A. .ssb B'.'-k nj maiik Entrance .'J"..;-,-e1 t in'.'tiit!il made, e-tat -tMK.brJ. al!l all bUMUtH- iir.uii-;i'u' and tiieiity. lL, L. C. COLBOBH. ";uoi.p.rn, A'iTi'fcStVS-AT-l. iW, Somerset, Pa. ... crt-itcd to our care will be - : .. .tt-ii'ti-i to. t'oiieetiom; ful.ve.vuii'11'J June uu rv .v r sum.. iiluKSi-AI LAW, NiracTvt. I'a. l ' p Apl t Ofl.ee iu MnmmolB hay, A7;i;:'Y at law, imerset. Pa, f-r, K-tuw. Will attend to ail vr.Mrt u Li ire tut roaiUiMi a. i it i-iV.- i:::ly AT LAW, Nimorsrt, Ta. ; '..:'! to ('.1 l!iiine tntruMod .- a.. JOUr.l OU Cuiir ;iotl', AC Uf- ...7 IAS AM' rM'H'iKi'N". .siVKf-Kt. I'A., :r ..'::.n' -rvic t( tt:e iiir'-n e . v .;. . in -t) iU.ce i.rTin:i:. M. I. iAN AM' l Ki.K'iV, Mni'iT. Pa. ".- fwi t""xt dour to l.ut'ietan v.. Kt i tl.ee. '. i KI.MMELL, ?'-.in;nl tT iPfi; u the oltirtmt 1 vifi:,u . I'nle profloli&lly .V-hif at hit ottice ou Main SL 'i i."Uti:ek, y-.g vf .Ssn'MifUH.) .aN ANb M K'.LOX, - i-r,a:.-HtIy iu S'i:.T t for the - v.vn.i.i.N, vt tnii.!, t vrx-HTvation of .l Aru!. l iii!--rii. All -.r. ;tL, t:itf in the i .'in-:: 14 ujrvf corucr ..'iil.l.v. .l f.t 4. Beerns Biork, - DiIJ.INS, Li.MJ-T. - "Tf B.im k t:;.--1hir. 'ire bo t. "rc.-. .r.rei to ilii all kiieiii " t.iiw. T-vuiKtuiK, t-xiratii!K, Wa. itt n": kiiMi' B'idof the bt-nt Ai tuik k'tamtileed. - Hoffman, iHAN'T TAILOR. -!!( Eiffej-'n Store,) arid IiwestPrices. "ACTION GUARANTEED. Somerset, Pa. K. GROVE. RSET, PA. 1 5:.Ly,HS, :arkiages, v R 'AMAS, El'CK WA(KN8. 'QiX AVI) W'ESTF.HN W ORK on Short Kotice. ' Done on Short Time. ''"!. Tamql'v Wood, 'r.T- s'", S'ib"tantiiillT iC. Sn'y t'tfithfii. and to g; ve haUniaetiou. Lf'-" In My I.lri Ikne on rr't HLa.tuN ALLt, and Warranted. Mo k, and I .earn PrScea f,ir:' fvives for Wind ""'-J-i-it.ana mlllu. TISK; GROVE, ll of tkj'trt hinic) BOMF.UKET. PA n:i,: r LUMBER, V'i!!Ti: I.EMBEr. CO., ''ituor 8t., Ouniljerlaud, Md. VOL. XXXVIH. -THE- FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF- Somerset, Penn'a. DEPOSIT! KtCEIVCD IN LARGE A NO SMALL AMOUNT. PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS MERCHANTS. FARMERS. STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED. DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: I.aKie M. Hi.ks. W. h. V..,,- Jamct L. p,-,iH) Chas h FlKHl;Ri John It Sii.tt, Geo. K. S-tll. Fuel W. ltie-tt klr. Kuwaiid StTM., : Al KNTINK N.W : : Pkesiuext Vice I'kksidest : : : Cash'-"- A.MHiEW pAliKKK, Tlie fun.ls hii.1 ftiritit of this bani an? wvuroly pn.tecte.1 in alebrateJ Cor lirtfi Hutx!iir-ir(:of Safe. The onlv Safe inaile alolute!v Burclar-prwif. Somerset County National Ba Ok Somkkset, Pa. EsUbiished, 1877. Organized as i National, 1390 CAPITAL, $50,000. Chas. J. Harrison, Prcs't Win. B. IVease, Vice Pres't. Milton J. Pritts, Cashier. Directors: Wm. II. ICooMz, John II. Siij.Kt, J. pll H. llHMh, um' Snylcr, Jiia M. '.xk( John siuftl. IlarTtMtn Snyder, Sixth o. Miller, Joruiuc Mum, Win. EikWojt. Customers cftl:l Bank will rtm ive tiic mt iiU-rul tn-ainieiit cuitMsU-at it li t-ate bauking. Partii-h icl:inir to wild moiwy t-t or went can bt it lnr:i('iil it l y diait ii r uny lUiolui. Moiu-y and valuable! Hcirid by i He of I'ie Inild s ftU liratvd safe ith i.k1 approved tmie Iik L . 'wllcctions t;iad in ail rt of tlie I'nlted St<M i liHr't. moderate. Aect;uiits and le',MiKit Sflieted. mar.VOui. EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW WHERE TO GET THE MOST OF OF THIS WORLD'S GOODS FOR THE LEAST MONEY? WE HAVE THEM. - ::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Dishes. WHITE, YKI.UMV, CiLASS, AND KoCKINliHAM WAKE, IN GREAT VARIETY. BASKETS, Um KIN;-( LASSES, HANGING LAMPS, STAND LAMPS Lamps of all Descriptions. Novelties and Oddities in China THE PLACE FOR FANCY & STAPLE GROCERIES 13 AT THE STOKE OF ED. B. COFFROTH, SOMERSET. PA DOWN. DOWN THEY GO I THE PKICES - ox BLACK ASTRACHAN, AND Pcrsiana Capos! On all oizes, 3i to 42. We have not many to Bell. to if you want A BARGAIN, Cocr- soon. When a lady buys a Pendana or an Astra ban t ape, kiie It making a WISE PURCHASE. kt the r.reetit yi i' bound to lat for two or tbTt-e i-Mns, at lea-t. Tl.ev are a warm, comfortable rnncnt, wily I'lit on and Uken off. ard mltableaitiele for all the year around wear. J'i"t an fai-ll-io'nable in nirinif ain full. and nut lor 1 evenlnip- in tltc aumioer. TEN JAP. SCREENS, Tocnie down in price. a well a down from the top shelf, when-they are now ktand i,,c . oik-s U. W. V, M one to It CO. m! .SO one u, th Two hire Serwus, H jo .'!. Other lrtinraiii ou can lieu you come. 41 FirTH AVE.. riTlSBCRGH. PA. 400 Acres. 37th Year- SALESMEN WANTED. To represent one of the largert NTRS FRIES in the cainlrr. (r-irantee sal f-tion Uiall I ens omers. .No'previo.i.x-rieii.-e msx-ssar, fria ry and .eiHeii from nart. Ad.lreaa, mating iue, IIoopcH Bros. Thomas. Maple Avenue Nurserie. Wt Chester Pa. LUBBER IS ADTANCIKG ! RAW MILLS, KI1INGLE STEAM ENGINES, HAY riUUiSK, Ac. If von want a f rst -eia. PAW Mil I., ff-nd for atiilotine and krtial prp e 10 Introduce la your A.li. "AK(iL"lIAK CO. SJiniU-4.) York, I'a- STOP! LOOK! LISTEN HORI FfflD e XO. 47. 33. & 33. An Advantageous Trade It is to your ndrantaj.'e to trade with us. You may not have thougLt bo here tofore. But here area few points for your consideration : The assortments in the fifty-two depart ments of these large stores is the largest The qualities arc the best, as we han tile no low grade, trashy goods, and The prices are reliable, just and lowest always the low set. We want you to hold us to a strict ac counting for all of these claims. SILKS At SKI rente, 24 inch fxtra nnalitv mark irox Oiain press Silks. Yoti may think it strange that we claim these rlilks ar equal in inaiiiy to niittit jl Jj and $1 -Jo ones. Hill .sirtit,.. 11...... o AT 75 CENTS. I'M pieces Colored IU'pence 8ilk, the new and most, popular weave in all the new Spring colors. We claim the intrinsic value ot ttiissocial bargain is $1 2j per yard. i a rumple of it, alto. -O- Coloreil Silk Warp Oa-hmertu, 40 inches wiae, in larjre range of colors, at cents dollur ijuality. l'l nifHV tll-iii.li IV.lorx.l XL.tixlra ll o most desirable fabric at present. So cents a yard. All colors, and prey anil brown mix tures. Xoi'e better solil anywhere at b." cents. If illtrreslrsl .it nil io Killra m'ri',r..p . ..in, l'ie oi our sK?c;al vaine '.'4-incli Jilack Hur- nn!-. ui . cerns. ne mid to ouy a very larjru lot to pet them to sell at this price, hut will sell you as many or few yards as yon ii Ke. Catalogue free. Afail order lnsinrs! civ cu very best attention. Boggs & Buhl, Hi, 117, 119, 121, FEDERAL 8TREET, ALLEGHENY, Pa. JEGISTEU'S NOTICE. Notic' n hvnAiV civen to all wrvmn ninfrrn t'n s ltiruU'e. TPIiuip ur olh. rwiM. that th1 foliowinx ihtouiiih tiHVi- wst rtfitr, hii1 lliat tlie suint will bo tviitrl lor coHtinnutioii nui allimanre at an on. han-' ourt U be held at tinerM-t on etliiexUv, Mav i vO : Fir! tinui a'iKuiit f Imvi-i a. Swank. t irxt and mini aiToiint ot Jim SU annuM. Ad Uituistnunr of i lin-t:ii HM-h-u-t!lT. dw d. trt ami hnat nctt uot f MunH.v Slioe maker. AnnuiiistratirT ot Wm. linkev. dt-e'd. rirstaud tinnl arciHini ot Wm. H. 3JilKr. Ad tnitiitrator of John W. fritz, dvr'd. hirst and l.nal account of J. C. G!.tf.:tv. Exti OI .Milill (fllKICUT. ow u. frirsi Htxl titiHi ncf-ount of Jacob NichoiNoll. Ad- lnitiisiralorttf Al!'rt Nich(lsiti, ec d. l- irt ami final aMint of of Jucoh Nieholson. Admmit-lraior of itcnjntniii .NicholrMtii. dc(-'d. Mm ami tinui nccotiut ot t-ntuk C Khoada, AMmiitistrator of Catharine Khoiui, dee'd. Kirst and final aoinnt of F. i:. 4i1om and Johu K. tm. hxrutoroi Levi i;losi, di--'d. Kip4 and final account or Jaincf M. Tiiie. Ad tniniFtrat(ti- fit hlwaw t.onncllv. de-'d. First tttiti Uon a -con til of Wm. Maurer, Exoc- u:tr 01 ot r.iixaht'in iitrtrt, i?c'u. 'l'htr act-on iu of J as. B. Kiuinircr and Krvd'k II Kuiiiir, Adrainitrutorb of Frederick 1 mi liter. icceaMu. hiM and fimii nn-otint of mniel ii. lleftz. Ad inini-tiator ot Num-v Zilcr. dw'd. Fint and liiial nci-onnt 01 Wm. ii. Miller and Itatnel f. M;iler, Adiittn:Mialor of Jacob L. Mil ler. dee'd. Firt and lina! acrouiit of fNtin'l J. 1kWMar and Jonathan J. Waliter. Admuuhtrutor m Terry n a kit, oec a. Ftrt uti tinal nccTint of If. a. Kiinmt-t, Admr. of Kmmi Kiiumel, de- d. Kint and final account t.f Jacb . Homer, Ad ininiMratorTorMary Ann 8ha;ler, dee d. Mot aiiu final accuunt of Henry K. Musser, Executor of Sammd Muwr. dw'd. First ami final account of Albert J. Mull, A lmr. of (fideoli Mull. dee d. First and final account of Jacob A. Parron anil itNrfe W. Marteeuy, Admr'a. of t'haumvy Mar Uhiiv. dee d. Firt and final account of B. S. Fleck, Admr. of Ann IHra Filer, dt-c d. rir"t and tioal account of John M. Topper, Ex ecutor ci Anna m. jron, o.ee i. First and linal account of Wm. II. Swank, Ad niinistraUir of Benjamin SluflL dee d. First ami final account of Martin L. Shaver, A'hii r. ot r niiikiiu i . iiicr, nee n. Firt and final account of Jonathan (ftimbert. AimiiuMraur ot Jovpn MtiMrravo, deed. First account ot Jowpb S. Miller ami Kamucd S. Muler. hxeiitor ot am I 1. Miller, dec d. Account of Johu H, I hi, Admr. of Catharine FiickiiiKer, dec d. Acj-ounlof H. r. tieiK-1 and Eliza Burkcy, Ad uiinistrator of Jacob il-rkey, dit' d. Firhtand final account of Tobias S. Fisher, Ex Ci Utor tf Ludwick Koob, U'X-e d. Kcpister'" ', J. D. SWANK. April :w, irM. j KtKiteT. T ..FINE OLD W!HiIiSiK!l!ESS-N And IiniHirted Ll.jiinr sold In bulk and by the ease, pueelal lilleii : OLD C.I II 1 SET, TOM MOORE, 'l'OS. V.V HOLLO H', U VCKES1IE1XER, nSXU S (10LDEX WEVIHSf., tilUMX S XXXX 7f.A , Jamc IlemiiW'. Paul ThiBola. Cpnr, Wilier I'Mtmnu -liwn Illaeklx-rry I' ir lnl." Abu, ilctlord and onier-t Ptireltye Vhi.ikiet, FISHER & CO., 309 Main Street, Johnstown, Pa. JJOJTT FOFrSET TO Ccbb VT COBAUGH'S ! V hat He Does Not keep in Dry Goods, GROCERIES, ROOTS ANE SHOES, And all other line, of Mrehaudi'W, is not worth keeping-. ourilry Prodoee a upeeially. r unner feed Mallo, free to all CUHtoine. I A, COBAUCH, Jijnd of Kernvillo Bridge. rpO PHYSICIANS: X .Z..L.. A Ft'LL LINE OF Sl JKilCAL INSTKtrMEXTS, TIU'SSES, SHOl'LDEK BRACES, AND SUPPORTERS, of every descripiion, at H. B. HEFFLEY'S, SfA heilfi-d utrwt, Jehtutown, Pa. j-niti.T.ei,tie lntnimeDtn a f fecial! T. Can be ordered by mail. a-lll-Sin. facts m That I tlio y low Two years old I"Tire live tn pfr gulion. Three -' 2 " hour Z1U - Mix s.v, Ten " Kifleen Thuiy-one " " " ' HO -All from the het known dltll)eni. California 5 year-old jmre W men, all kill at fl.Mi ir Ration. bine, M.arl. I latet. tinnKariau, nnerry anu on U'liien. direct finw rtalioiin. in Bin. Pure n.xinml Hmn.tiii. l.iim. at the lowest flKnret". 'all on vnd for Hieeial price 11M. Mail order frouiptlv aiieuiicu to. ioeaiiaciiarge pata lng and boxing. A. ANDRiESSEN, 172 Federal Street, Allegheny, Pa. Somereet SOMERSET, PA., AVEDNEDAY, IX) U CHICKEN CHOLERA. 419 Iluron St., Fheboygam, Wl,., Nov. 1J, I have n a e d BLJacobsOilfor chicken cholera with great nic Ce. Kvery fon I affivtcd with the liraso wa Cllli.il hr ft n.id I reeommoud it ai a jure cure. It Las saved tne many doUara, H. A. Kl'EXXE, ltrHder cf Fine Fowls. For Stablemen and Stockmen. CURES Cuts. Swellings. Bruises. Sprains. Calls. Strilrts, Lmene.i. Stiffness. Cracked Heels. Scratches, Contractions. Flesh Wounds. Stringhalt, Sore Throat, Distemper. Colic, WNtlo. Poll Evil. Fist'.ila. Tumors. Splints, Ringbones and Spavin in their earli Stages. Directions with each bottle. At PErooieTs vd PEii.ni. THE CHARLES A. V0GELER C0 BalUnore. Ml It is to Your Interest TO BCY YOUR Drugs and Medicines fF JOHH N. SNYDER. SCCCI0WOR TO Biesegker & Snyder. None but tlie purest ami best kept in 8t.K:k, and when Drugs become inert by stand ing, as certain of thcru do, we de stroy them, rather than iru Iose on our customers. You can dejx nd on Laving your PRESCRIPTIONS & FAMILY RECEIPTS Glled with care. Our priced are .as low as any other first-class limine and on many articles niucu lower. Tliepci'J'ic of this county seem to know this, and have given us a lurge share of their patronage, and we shall still continue tagtve theui the very best goods for their money. Do not forget that we make a special'y of FITTING TRUSSES. We guarantee satisfaction, and, if you Lave had trouble in this direction, give us a call. SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES in great variety; A full set of Test lenses. Come in ami have your eyes examined. Xo charge for examination, and we are confident we can suit you. Come and see us. Respectfully, JOHN N. SNYDER. Oils! Oils! The Standard Oil Oomnanr. of Wttshonrta, P-, make a neciauv ot inatititanuniif? lor ina Uomenliu trade the finest brands of Illuminating & Lubricating Oils Naphtha and Gasoline, That can be made from Petrolenm. We challenge comnaruou with every known PRODUCT OF PETROLEUM. If yon wih the most uniformly Satisfactory Oils IN THE A.mcrican iMarket, Af k for ours. Trade for Somerset and vicinity applied by COOK A BF.KRITS AMD FjLAS t KOOi-EK, iioMkaxrr. Pa. neptat-'ap-lyr. Pianos - Onrans The iinnroveil method nf fustenlnar ftrinc. of Pi- anm. invented by us. Is one ol the mixt important Improvement ever niml' muKing tiieuiMriinieni more richly musical in lone, more durable, and less likely to K'et out ol tbiie. Btiih the Mason fc Hamlin Orcans ond Pianos ex cel chiefly in that wnieh imbechiefexcelieiice In any mu-ical in-trumeiit, utiality of tone. Other llilnir", thonth Important are lunch less m than this. An iir-tniment with mimusleal tones can not he good. Illustrated caUiliwues of new ntyles introduced this season, sent free.j Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Co., B0STOX. KEW YORK. CUICAGO, J. & JACOB KAUFMAN, JR. DAVUiSVILLE P. 0.,(8omewt Co., Pa., Agents Tor th THE WHITELY HOOP POLE MOWER. WHITELY SOLID STEEL EINDER, WHITELY AND CHAMPION REPAIRS. Orders for 3Iacliiiicry and Kepairs J. H. Miller's Hardware Store, o Somerset, Pm., will be Attended to Promptly. T-A Sarnnle Machine is nov? on Exhi bition at Mr. Miller's Store. Call and bee it. J. & JAOOR KAUFMAN, JR., Davidsville P. O., Sormerset, Pa. Machines ei." Himptpftt, mort duraWe, wo- iiniiiiritj win l-i icn 'iCW HO .JIII. VimURIV reuj un Kirmavi. Threshing Engines p''.w Mills, Phlnrle Machines, Hay Presses, and fctan dard Implements generally. A. B. FABQCHAH COMPANY ((Limited.) fiend for Ulna- I Peunaylvanla. AKrirultu.ra (rated OttaioirMit I Works, ork, Par TRADE MARICJ REMedyAN ESTABLISHED 1827. BE TRUE TO ONE. BY Mas. K. A. KIDDia. Flirt not, Utile beauty. Though some may have said, " Your fnce U your fortune : Choose well ere yon wed. " flemcmber this, maiden, So Itumor asserts : A man seldom marries J The woman who flirts. Don't say It is pastime, A Joke, or mere fun : A woman's white soul 1 like snow lu the sun. Love's pure rajs will melt it To tears or to smiles ; But dust from the highway And by waydcfiles, Vhou once you have chosen The man of all wen. Who loves you most dearly And you love why, then, Look out, and not trifle. Or let your thought rove To other admirers So sacred Is lve. With handi clapped together, And heart meeting beait, Oh, what is there like it Iu nature or art? The aiiKels beholding, Tha sight would not miss, . Of two thus united Iu conjugal bliss. Sloop not, little maiden, '. From heights where you stand ; You hold a high place In our beautiful laud A fair maiden now, i Sweet, true wife by aud ty ; J And mother, perhaps ; ; What taeen standi-' so high ? 4 , 9 , i IN THE CORN FIELD. UV AMY RANDOLPH. "I've half a mind to give np, ' said Jotham lieera. lie was mowing tlie old be me let, on a broiling July day. From the Unit red streak of early dawn bid glittering scythe had sw ung to and fro to and fro, with the steady regularity of a pendulum. There was not ling of the idler about Jotham Prft rs, and yet, at times be did get discouraged. " It don't Fcr;i us if I ' belonged to anybody," he muttered. " What's the use of working like this, if I don't make up my mind to (stay here? Deacon Beers is my uncle, to be sure, but I a:n no more to him than any other hired man. The old farm is going to rack and ruin as fast as it can. --Aunt Polly is a good sul, but she can't Kteu the tide of Bhiftleesness any more than you can dip ot Niagara Falls wish a quart bowl. And as for Rachel" He smiled to himself. It was evident that Rachel was the one redeeming element of t he picture he had mentally drawn. "As for Rachel," he wer.t thoughtfully on, "she is like the wild red lilies on yonder hillside lot. There's a deal of solid common sense in Rachel, if only one could get through the strata of co quetry and girlish foliy that overliifs her true nature. I'll not go to Colorado ; I'll stay on here for Rachel's sake." Deacon Beers was dreaming over the weekly pajt-r on the porch when Jotham came in at noon. Aunt Polly was taking a cherry pie out of the oven, and Rachel had gone out to the well for fresh wa ter. ' Them crow s is a-doin' a eight o mis chief in the corn," said Mr. Beers." " Our folks used to han up a square o' tin on a string." observed Aunt Polly. "When the sun flashed on't the crows was pretty sure to cut btick." " 1 was wondering," said Jotham, as he dipped his curly head into a basin of water at the sink, and dried it on a towel " if it wouldn't be a good notion to pas ture tome sheep on the rocky side hill. There's nothing but mullen stalks and hard track grows there, anyhow." " Sheep's a dretfnl resky investment," said Mr. Beers, dubiously. "And the neighbors all keep dog9, and the fences are down." Jotham had opened his lips to remon strate on the dog and fence question, but the appearance of Rachel, dimpled and blooming as a freshly-githered peach, diverted his thoughts, and he said : " Well, Ray, are you going to the sur prise party over at the parsonage to night?" " I shouldn't wonder," Rachel an swered. " With me ?" "John Parker has asked permission to call for me," Miss Rachel replied," with her eyes fixed on the pattern of the ta ble-cloth, and a rising color in her cheek. Jotham Beers said no more, but the pork and greens had lost all flavor to his palate. He cared no longer for the cher ry pie. " Rachel, "he said, in a choked voice, ' I have known you longer than that Parker fellow." Rachel reddened. " One don't want to (to about with one young man forever," said she. "And I'll thank you, Joseph Beers, to speak a little more respectfully of my friends." " If he's going to dance attendance on you, I may as well remain at home"' said Jotham. " You can do as you please about that," retorted Rachel, tying and -untying her apron strings. Jotham went back to the hay-field in moody silence. The deacon lighted his pipe. "I guess," said he, " I'll sit and smoke awhile-" Rachel began to clear away the table. Mrs. Beers eyed her with supreme indig nation." " Rachel," said she at last, " I thould think you would be ashamed of your self." " Why?" a little defiantly. " To treat Jotham so." "To treat him how V "You know how as well as I do," de clared Mrs. Beers. "And he's talking about leaving us and going to Colorado. I'm sure I don't know w hat your lather and me wouli do without Jotham. He's more like an own Bon than a nephew to me, and always has been." Rachel was silent. "And it's for you to decide," went on Mrs. Beers, "whether lie is to stay or to go." , The roses glowed more hotly in Ra chel's cheek. A sort of mistiness filmed her soft hazel eyes. I'm sure I don't want liim to g go !" she faltered, hiding her head on her mother's shoulder. "Tell him so, then," urged Mrs. Beers. "Tell him that you'll go to the surprise party with him, instead of John Tarter. MAY 28, 1800. John's only a hanger-on of Melinda Wal fleld's, after all." So, when the dishes were washed, Ra chel ran out to the hill to see where, in the lot, Jotham had got to. "I'll take him a jug of cold ginger-water," she thought. "It must be awful hot work mowing in the sun." But he was not there at all. On the contrary, Rachel caught sigbtof his coarse straw hat above the tall spikes of the young eorn. " He's fixing that piece of tin to scare away the crows thai mother told him about," said she to herself. " And I shall be saved the long walk to the home lot." She burst out into a sweet refrain of song, as she tripped along with the pitch er of cold ginger-water in her hand ; she paused to pick a cluster of red lilies as she passed the orchard wall, where the tall blossoms crowded and nodded like children looking over the fence. " Because Jotham likes them," she though L "Jotham!" sweet and clear like the whistle of a thrush, sounded the fresh young voice, "Jotham, 1 say! Don't you hear me? It's Rachel! Why don't you look around, Jotham?" There was no answer. No turning of the head, however slight, to indicate that she was as much as noticed ; and, with a swelling bosom and tear starting to her eyes, Rachel ilung the contents of the yellow pitciier into the nearest coje of hazel bushes, and ran back home like a deer. " I won't be slighted by any man !" she said to herself. " No, I won't ! I won't!" She went to the surprise party that night with John Parker, and flirted with him, to the manifest confusion of Melin da Wallield. And at three o'clock in the morning John Parker escorted her home, with Melinda unwillingly fulfilling the old saw that " Two is company : three is a crowd "in the rear. "Why, mother, yon up?" was Rachel's exclamation, as she found Mrs. Beers in the kitchen, lighting a tire by the uncer tain glimmer of the early dawn. " Is anybody sick? Has anything hap pened '!" Mrs. Beers shook her head. "I'm going to give p-)or Jotham a bito of breakfast before he starts oil," said she in lachrymose accents. "Starts oh where?" "For Colorado!" "Oh!" said Rachel, flinging her bon net on the dresser, " he's going, is he ? I wish him a very pleasant joerney, I'm sure." At the same moment Jotham himself came down the narrow, w inding wooden stairway. " You'll tell me good-Wye, I suppose, Rachel ?" said he, with an ostentatious assumption of being entirely at ease, which did not in the least deceive the two women. But she turned away her head. " I tlon't know why I should speak to you," said she. "You wouldn't answer me when I called to you yesterday." He looked at her in surprise. "1 don't take more than ona rebuff from any man," she went on, excitedly. " Ray !'' he cried, eeizing both her hands in his, " what are you talking about? I refuse to answer you ? I rebutT you? Child, I think you have gone clear crazy." The tears were flowing now, a spark ling flood. "I I went down to the field yester day," she sobbed, "to carry you a cool drink to ask you not to go to Colorado. I called 'Jotham ! again aud again. And you would not answer me. You would not even turn your head." "Where was I, Rachel?" "la in the cornfield. I saw your hat." His face brightened. "Come here, Rcy dear I&y," he said, in deep, earnest tones, as he took her hand and led her to the window where the sunrise was unfurling its red banner to the world. "You saw my hat, did you? Well, you can see it now. Call to it, dear. It won't answer you. It is only the old braided straw set on a pole among the green stalks to frighten away the crows. And you supposed that showed a deaf ear to your calls! Dearest, I should hear them, I lielieve, if I lay six feet under the ground, with the daisies growi tig over me. Shall I go on the five o'clock stage, sweetheart, or shall I stay?" And Rachel whispered: "Stay." Long ago the corn has been reaped and gathered, anil bound into yellow shocks on the hillside. But the old hat still flutters aimlessly on its stake in the mid dle of the fiel. "Don't take it away," says Rachel, who is sewing diligently on a bridal dress of white alpaca, with loopings of creamy ribbon sprinkled all over it. "I like to sit here at the window and look at it. It teaches me a lesson not to judge too hastily." A Story of Dom Pedro. Dr. Stellwag, the famous oculist, while lecturing to his students at Vienna, told a pretty story of Dom Pedro, of Brazil. He said that he had had many opportu nities of conversing with the ex-Km-peror, a man of the highest character ami of great culture, whose heart and mind were always filled with plans for improv ing the cdndition of his people. It was one of his dearest wishes to have a big hospital in Rio, but he lacked the money wherewith to built it, and the wealthy could not be induced to subscribe. Then an idea came to him, as it had to the Emperor Joseph nearer home, and he began to bestow titles. Any man who was willing to give a good, round sum to the hospital could ca!l himself Count, Viscount or Baron. The patent of nobil ity was not hereditary, and if the child ren wished to inherit the father's title they had to pay over again. Rio was suddenly peopled with nobles, and the hospital w as built on a grand scale ; and when it was completed Dora Pedro had the following incription placed over its gates: "Vanitaa Humana Miseriie IIu man;u." (Human Vanity to Human Misery). Loudon Iki'ily Sr. "Young man," he began, and he lean ed his chin on the back of the seat ahead, "I'm a prohibitionist, and I" "That's all right," whispered the young man, "watch out, and when nobody's looking, reach down undei tho Beat." eralci Swallowed Two Wars and More. There were apumber of as in one of the London taverns made famous by Dickens, when a great big fellow slouch ed in and made himself very disagreea ble with bis mouth. One of our party, a man from Boston, and some way or other he and the big man came to exchange words. The first we heard of the row the big man was saying : "You Yankees is great on tho brag, and that's all you can do," "Well, I dunno," replied Boston. "But I do. When did yu ever do a bloomink, blasted thing?" "How about 1776 ? "Never heard of it!" "How about 1812?" "Never heard of it !" "Did you ever hear of Bunker Hill?" "I have, sir. That's where COO red coats licked the life out of4,0) braging Yankees !" "I guess not." "Not! Docs you dare todisputethe Liverpool Kid ?" "You'd better read what history says." "I have done that 'ere, bloomink idiot, and it says as how all you Yankees run at tiie first fire! Don't it now?" "I never heard that it did." "Don't it say that?" The big fellow had pushed up his sleeves and put up his fists, and it was plain that a row was on hand. He was big enough to eat two such men as Bos ton, while he had friends to look out for the rest of us. Our companion therefore took the most prudent course and acknowledged that history might say so. This satisfied the big fellow, and he turn ed away and glanced at a Frenchman, also a tourist, who had come in later. After a long stare he walked up to Cra po and shouted : "Blast yer bloominkparley vons, but we've always licked ye out of yer boots on land and sea '." "You speak von big lie !" Ehouted the Frenchman, hot in a minute. "What ! Call the Liverpool Kid a liar to his face !" "Aye ! and I shall now give you von awful beeg licking!" "Johnny" got out of his coat in a jiffy, danced around with his hands up, and to our utter astonihment the Kid went right down into his boots and slunk out of tho room, having no more pluck than a hen. We sat there for five minutes be fore any one spoke. Then it was the Boston man, who said : "Just think of it! lean lick six fel lows like that banty Frenchman and yet thatbifl dutTer made me svvallo two wars for independence and Bunker Hill on top of them !" A. '. .svin. Saw the Latest Styles. "You don't seem to understand how to manage a baby," said a Union depot of ficial to a young man who was holding a six months old infant as though it w ere a Imn.'li of lath. "I ain't entered in a baby-holdirg race," replied the young man wearily. "I don't apire to no championship in this line, and if my style of holding this kid don't wiit you, I'll give it to you and let you jump it awhile." "Make me jump it ! Can't do that, you know; I ain't jumping other people's children for my health." "Nor I either. Perhaps its mother will got back soon. She's been gone an age. I wonder what her np.nie is?" "Why, ain't that your kid ?" "I should say not. I can't indulge in no such luxuries on $'J a week." "Did its mother gi ve it to you to hold ?" "Yes ; said she'd step into the restaur ant and eat a bit Had ridden three days and nights on the cars, and was al most beat out." The railway offcial took a squint into the restaurant. It was empty. He re ported to the young man, whose knees immediately began to knock together. A still hunt for the mother proved fruitless. Lady passengers gathered around com miseratingly. They tootsie-wootsied the babe, and a wild light came into the young man's eyes as though he w as med itating a break for liberty. An hour passed. Tiie youth considered his doom sealed. Suddenly the mother appeared in the room, somewhat flushed, but pro fuse in apologies. "Yes," she explained, "after eating I just ran up town to look at the spring hats and summer goods combinations in the shop windows. Haven't had a chance in four days. Stayed too long, but I'm a thousand times obliged to you, sir. ' "Don't mention it," replied the young man, with a kind of "listen to my tale of woe" inflection in his voice. .Nf. J'uul Pioneer J Wis. An Experiment With a Bride. A bridal couple took our tiain from Buffalo to Philadelphia, and it was gen erally, remarked that they coin! acted themselves as well as could be expected under the circumstances. After about four hours' ride the groom got oil at a station where a short stop was made, saying to tlie bride that he wanted to speak to a man, but saying to one of the boys on tlie quiet : "When the train starts I'll get into the car behind and she'll think I was left. Then look out to see her go into fits. I'll appear on the scene in time to 'prevent consequences." The program was carried out As the train started a drummer rushed into the car and plunged himself down beside the bride, without a question, and in five minutes he was talking about the weath er, Buffalo, Philadelphia, and a dozen things. She grew interested at once, and did not even appear to think of her new ly-made husband. The latter w aited a quarter of an hour, and then sneaked into the car. He expected to find her half dead with anxiety, but she wasn't She was talking in a very animated way, and when he came forward she looked up and said : "That you, James? I thought you were left. Sit down back there some where.'' And for two hours he "sot," while that drummer held the fort, and every body was tickled to death. Later on one of the boys said to him: "Your experiment didn't work as you thought it would, did it?" "Not exactly," was the reply, "but you wait. You ought to be around to-night when I wallop her with a wet towel '." WHOLE NO. 2027. Doing One's Best. One's best is a very variable quantity. Duties must be done, obligations met, responsibilities discharged, irrespective of our moods and often of our capabili ties. When the hour strikes for certain work to be done, we must bo on hand to do it with little renrd to whether we can do it well or ill. But all that is re quired of us is to do the best we can at the time ; and it is accepted of a man according to that he hath, and not ac cording to that he hath not. The house-mother often rises in the morning feeling quite inadequate to meet the requirements of the day. As she sees what her children need, and compares thoir needs with her ability to meet them, she can but exclaim, "Who is sufficient fur these things?'' There is nothing fr her to do but to do the best she can, even though it be a very poor best. AVhen nine o'clock calls the teacher to her pupils, not always is she in the best mood for answering that call. But she is required on'y to do the liest e he can. The student s:!ndown to a hard lesson, perhaps with aching head, dull percr tions, with unreteitive memory, aud his very best eiruits fail to make him master of it. His conscience may give him the peace hisstinding in tiie recitation room denies. There are some things for which we may be held responsible in the matter of doing our best. Whatever that is avoid able by us of that ability, we are iu duty bound to avoid. We cannot knowingly and willingly put it out of our power to do our best and then complain of the re sult or deny otir responsibility for it. Sometimes the very "stars in their courses" seem to fight aiaint U3 as they fonght against Sisera. The skies are clouded, the storm howls about us, the atmosphere is oppressive, and our "en vironment"' suppresses, chokes us. F.ven then all we are required to do is our best and leave results with a higher power. 'I i riM "in A'! efirn If. Ho Stood the Test Bravely. A Woodward avenue dentist received a call the other morning from a couple whom he soon had reason to believe w ere lovers. The girl had an aching tooth, and as they entered the of'ice, the young man said : " Now, darling, the worst is over. Just lake a seat, and it will be out in a minute." " Oh ! I da-en't," she gasped. " But it really don't hurt you any, you know." " But I'm afraid it will." " It can't. I'd have one puiled in a minute if it ached." " I don't believe it." " Oh, yes, I would." " Has she got a bad tooth ?" asked the dentist. "Yes, sir; it has ached for a week, and I've just succeeded in getting her down here. Come darhng, have it out." " Oil ! I cant !" " But you must." " I can't stand th hurt." " Hurt ! Now, then, I'll have one pull ed, just to show you that it d.icsn't hurt." He took a seat, leaned back and oen e! his mouth, and the dentist seemed to be selecting a tooth to seize with his for ceps, when the girl protested : " Hold on ! T.ie testis suificient. He has proved his devotion, (iet out, Harry, and I'll have it pulled." She took the chair, had the tooth drawn without a gr-an, and as she went out she was saying to the young man : " Now I cn believe yon when you de clare that you would die for me." And yet every tooth iu his head was false. Dtifti'tt fir; 7 'r. .. Treat Old People Well. There is nothing in the world more pathetic than the meek, timorous, and shrinking ways of certain old people we have all seen them who have given up their old homes into younger hands and subsided into some out-of-the-way corner of it, to sit W the fireside and table henceforth as if afraid of "making trouble," as if afraid of beinsr. "in the way," afraid of accepting half that is their due and going down to their graves with a pitiful, deprecating air, as if con stantly apologizing for staying so lon. There is no scorn too deep and sharp for the sons and daughters who accept this attitude on the part of those to whom they owe so much. Sometimes, to be sure, people grew old with a bad grace. They become embittered by misfortune or siliii tion.or are peevish and unreason able under the goad of ill health. All the morc do they appeal to great gentle ness and faithfulness. Let it be borne in mind that we. too, are hastening to ward the sunset of life, and that we ma' rijien into very uncomfortable old ieople to demand much more of patience and devotion than we, as children, yield them. ihririiun Union. How to Do Business. New England people are often called "mean" by those with whom they trade, because they inquire beforehand what will be the charge for a piece of work undertaken. To onr way of thinking, this is a perfectly legitimate and proper inquiry, even when made by persons with full purses. Why should they, or any one else, offer a premium for extor tion, by pursuing the opposite courses, or open the door for endless petty disputes, on points differently understood by the same parties? It hits a very suspicious look when a person is unw illing to come to plain terms in a business matter. The common jesuitical way of replying' "Oh, it will be all right," and "We shall do the fair thing," may do for those who have never been fleeced ninety-nine times out of a hundred. Of course, all rules have exceptions, and a person of sense and judgment generally under stands when and w here to find them, but us : r.'i(V,the "goodness of human nature" is rather a shaky foundation upon which to conduct business affairs. One has only to r?ad the lawyers' si.:ns about the streets to know that. However, every body must knock his head just so many times against hard facts, before he will believe what he is told by those who got tlie headache before him. The Quakers, who are believed to have numbered 100,000 about two centuries ago, now have ecarcely 15,000 members in this country. Not Exactly Biblical. I was following a rough and rnjfjjd road running along the French Broad river in Eastern Tennessee whrn a man with a rifle in his hand stepped into the trail ahead of me with a "howdy strang er?" I saluted in return, and he looked cautiously up and down the road and around him and inquired: "See anything of any oM man with a coon-skin cap on "." "No." "Haven't seen old Adams back thar' anywhere gunning for rne?" "No. Are you out for a shoot T "Wrl, old Adams is gunning for me, and lam gunning fur lie. We Joan snuggle (agree) on a mewl trade." The day was warm and I was tired, and so I sat down on a rock and asked him to sit beside me, and then I began to talk to him about the enormity of the ofTense of holding life so lightly. I told him that such "gunning" excursions were no more or less than murder, and that such conduct was more befitting Africans than Tennessee white men. "Then why does he'un do it?" h queried. "And why do you do it ?' I retorted. "But let him come to me and own up and ask to be friend"." "But why don't you go to him?" We had been talking for half an hour and he was coming my way of thinking. "You read the Bible, don't you ?" I asked. "Sartin." "What does the Bible say about shoot ing down a fellow-man in cold bloo'i?" At that instant his cap flew oir. flames blaw.il out from the bushes opposite, and the snap of a rifle came to onr ears. "It says'" yelled tiie man, as he sprang up arid leaped into the rad "it : ?ays that onery skunk of an Adams ha op- pod at me, and I'll be if I don't Lev his scalp befo he kin git away !" He advanced to the bushes, dodged aliotit fur a minute and fired, but Adams was on the run and was not hit. fMroi! Free 1'rt. His Reform Now Possible. "Samantha, I wish I could break my self of this slavish habit of smoking !" said Mr. Chngwater, despairingly. "I'd give worlds if 1 could do it !'' "Will you be guided by my advice," Josiah ?" asked Mrs. Clmgwater. "What do you know about such things ?" he demanded. "Never mind what," she rpp!ied. ' Will you premise to do exactly w hut I pre sent?" "For how long ?" "For about two week." "Oh, yes," he said, listlessly, "Co ahead with your prescription." Mrs. Chugwater left the room and re turned in a moment with a box of 100 cigars. "Josiah," she said, tenderly, "I bought tiiese of a peddier for fifty cents, and I have been saving them for you. You w ill smoke fourteen of them everyday till they are all gone." Getting Ready to Be Shot. General Horace Porter gives the fol lowing grim details of sewing names for the death roll, one of the old familiar s-er.es "the night before the battle." "I was going through the camp the night before the battle, and I noticed nearly all the men sewing. Ordinarily I would have thought very little of seeing a group of soldiers patching up their army clothes. In this case, however, pretty much every one was sewing some sort of a piece into the breasts of their coats. "My curiosity was aroned, and I asked one of the men what it was all about. " 'Noihhi' much, sir,' said the so'.Jier, siluting, 'only the boys allow that we'ro goin' to get it hot to-morrow, and they are just sewing their names onto their coats, so that if they go under, as a good many of us w ill, sir, some one can tell who we are. That's ail, sir.' " How Did He Learn Such Talk? A little boy of four years lias for some time had a habit of w aking about mid night and calling for a drink of water. At last his mother told him or.e evening, as he was put to bod, that she would not get up any more to wait upon hi:n ; that she would put a pitcher of water and a glass on a stand in his sight, and left him. That night at the msual time the boy tailed : " I want a d'ink o' water ! I want a d'ink o water ! But she paid no attention. He called two or three times, and after he had whimpered a bit she heard him get up and thump along the fioor to the stand. And then through the darkness came this very positive ejaculation : " I hope I thpiil every jam jop." Z,V f iii TraHtrrhit. The Standard. " I regard Hood's Sarsaparilla as hav ing passed above the grade of what are commonly called patent or proprietary niedecines," said a well-known physician recently. " It is fully entitled to be con sidered a standard medicine, and has won this position by iU undoubted merit and by the many remarkable cures it has effected. For an alterative and tonic it has never been equaled." Real Courage. Jones and his friends were Jixussir the latent lion accident. "Why, I've been in that cage myself a dozen times," boasted that inveterate joker. "And you weren't cfraid?" "Of course not; the lions had been taken out." Jttiljr. Facts Worth Knowin; In all diseases of the nasal mucotH membrane' the remedy used must be non-irritating. The medical profession ha3 been slow to learn this. Nothing sat isfactory can be acccmplished with dou ches, snuffs, powders or svringes. be cause they are all irritating, do not thor oughly reach the affected surfaces, and should be abandoned as worse than fail ures. A multitude of jiersons w ho had for years borne all the worry aud pain that catarrh can inflict testify to radical cures wrought by Ely's Cream Talm. Mamma "Are ycu waim, r.obly?' Bobby (in bed) "Yes, minima, a warm as toast." "Why, no you're not. You are as cold as you can be." "Well, I'm as warm as th'e toast tro had for supper." Oue to bald-headed men There'll be no parting there. A shaker community where the ague prevails. A policeman at Davis City, West Va., arrested a drunken man, and, hav ing no jail, locked him up in a box car. A mathematician has calculated that the dead are in the minority, after all, Huch i the rapid growth of human population. 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