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VOL. XXXIX. NO.
It is to Your Interest
TO BCY YOCK
Drugs and Medicine
JOHH H. SKYDEB.
BrWRXSOB TO
Biesecker k Snyder.
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and when lnip bevome inert by Slc J
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my thrtn, rather thin im--y-y&f
on our customers.
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them the very best gixfcls for their money.
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I H E CU M AX- R EAC H E D
CUTTING THE REGULAR F RICES TO
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duce our immense Summer
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OXFORDS.
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i
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FemYim Teiic liicr EE&claier.
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CONSTIPATION.
BILIOUSNESS, '
INDIGESTION.
and .11 rtifonlet of the IJrer. h' mnnl han1rpOs
o proi.le. mnd tUieHilr f lhre.lT-
nw iik! in rxe In whu h the bh kiliml
have'ntterlT ik1. Trinvwi frm huiklrrrt.
of proftl'livinc ! Hi.ir t'oiiotr. Prnwvlr.ni
I. iiiutunt br H. T. KEThlN'-. IL
1 I tV-Bl Hi. I'A . forth P. T. U K. n. and
fur wJr tT .11 Iruriiti " nt i-r Ixmlr.
N rtnute tar Ubel .it the la
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ti-. Tiir Prm idL biir one of th. TOnTt
of the Aniimt lnuroor 0im, M
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other pnuu la bM h they nr bern
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3. Ill MT. wn-tmry. Mutul bfcP.iWine. Ti-Dta
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To Jopl.ine Urwwr. tmcrmsTried with fa.
F. 3Uiilr.ot w.au:rton i tmno :
Yric .re be-eby no uutt in purauaace ft a-
nt of prt.;in l-ued out of th vnhri 0irv
of Jfcuaersrt Countv. P . .ni to me dirpcted. I
wiil boid .i ioonrsiwo the rel of the Ml
cuite of Jolm .ra-r. dee'd.. uluate in Cone.
toaiurb I P wnoerrt o , l ., ou Tard.y. ii
!i iy of Septena'xrr. l-.). wben and where you
ran !;end M you tbiuk proper. w WTt
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July a, IMA ( hteriff.
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RIIEU3IATISM.
For CO i'ean.
PHct Knob. Mo., beptember t. Ha
T fnSejwl with chronic rhcum.iim in tcy
knee, md auk;e f T ttrenrr j--n5 .ad hA to
ttw crutch'. I wetrTAtetitiiacstf lerenl
d iXorn. but vet flaai'f cured tr Si. Jacob.
Otl. Have bid no return cf Fin ,n tfcre.
yea-T. HENFVV P. TEA VERS.
CbromleCa.OTe.i--StndiciCr.l.
THE COOlTCFFICE OFl
applied frequently, will euro
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offerrj 4 not:thm. I u pvea up by ooo
tor, but was cand br Ft. Jacobs OIL ,
MKUALLlIcGnrS.
At IarcoKTS an Deaiixv,
TEX CHARLES a. VOCCLEI C9.. ..
FOR DYSPEPSIA,
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
Is an effective remedy, as numerous testimo
nials conclusively jmive. "For two years
1 was a eoustaut sufferer from dyspepsia
and liver totnplaiiit. 1 doctored a kmc
tune and the medicine prescribed. In nearly
every case, oiuy airavaled the disease.
An apfitlie.rary advised me to use Ayer's
Kirsaparilkt. I did so, and was cured
at a cost of 5. Mnee tliat time it has
len my family medicine, and sickness has
lemoie a straneer to our liouteliold. I
bt-lirve it to I the best medicine on earth."
P. . McXulty, IliL-kmaa, 29 Summer sL,
Lowell. Mil.
FOR DEBILITY,
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
1 a certain cure, when the complaint origt-M.U-S
in imHiverisbed blood. " I was a
rreat sufferer from a low condition of the
Miod and pencral debility. Ix-conmiR :ial!y,
so re.iclced that 1 was unlit for work. No!'u
in? tliat I did for the compl.init helped me
so much as Ayer's Sarsaparilla. a few bottles
of wtiii-h n-siored me to heallh aud strenpth.
1 take every opportunity to recommend this
nsediciiie In similar cases." C. Evict, H E.
Maiii sU, C biilicoUie, Uhio.
FOR ERUPTIONS
And all disorders cripnatitiR in impurity of
the Mid, such as boils, carbuncles, punples,
Llourbfs. Kilt-rhfuni. scald-head, scrofulous
sores, and the like, uke ouly
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
DR. J. C. ATEfi A CO., Lowell, Mass
Price 1 ; six boulr., aj. Worth $i . boulb
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ACCOUNTS ; MERCHANTS, FARMERS,
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DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
LsRrs M. Hicks. W. H. Millkb,
Jamd L. Pish, Cha. H. Fimheb,
JoH R Stott, ' '. Ota. R. 9rrU, ;
Frid W. Bit?D kia.
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Somerset Coon! national Bank
C i Of Somerset' Pa. t a i
EsUtliiW, 1S77.
0rgLze4 at National, 1890
. . ." ".'0, --, i, f
C . CAPITAL. $50.000.. ;
Chas. J. Harrison, Prcs't
Wm. B. Frease, Vice Pres't.
Milton J. Pritts, Cashier.
r.
Directors:
Wm. II Koonu,
Josijih Specht.
John li. feiiyder,
im-ih B. li.vu,
Jcruae wuUu,
Sunl fnvder.
Jotiu M Vook,
John SlufTt.
H.rrwKi nrder,
AUiiet,
Wm. Endsley.
ratomeni ofthis Hank will receive the most
libenu truiaient uonrtMenl with s.f bAoiicr,
Parties within, to tend money or went can
be .rojmud.ted by dnut lor any sn-ouni.
Money and T.ln.bles secured by one of TMe
bold Ceh-UraliaWi kh it.p.wi-4 tinvs
Jori. I - ! it f t v.- ' .
Cvilections ma le in .11 part of the I mlea
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makes a rpecndty of ni;ufttcmri Ptn . (
iiomosuc trie'rt. anert braudJ, oT
Illuminating & Lubricating Oils
Naphtha and Casoline,
That can be made tmn Petroleum. We ecall.n(C
eoaprwx with every knows
PRODUCT
OF PETROLEUM.
' ITyoa wish the mo uniformly
Satisfactory , Oils
IN THE . ,
American. !M!arket,"
Ask tor oars. Trade lot Somerset and vicinity
applied by,
COOK A BEFHRIT? AS
. , FRSAriK KoOtK. -
epUS-W-UT-
DM I N 1ST RA TOR'S NOTICE.
iit of John rrr. hue of fiomenet Towmhtn,
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Letter, of adminir.tioo onthe.boreeKalehav
i,;. lagra nwnted So the undewimed b? the propo
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Indrbied to mxA eat to make ImmediM sy-
.. tt,.- h.Tinr rl.inu uun4 the same
Swill nreeent thern dniy .utnenUialrd for rttle-'
ment on or bef.e tturd.y. fcrp, .' the
riiulcnce of tue aaminmrmiorjii
p , . j JtJUN J. PARK, t
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Fart. W. Jlfttkrar. AttoBiey. . ,ii I
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SOMERSET, PA.,
LOVE'S SIMPLE STORY.
T Mas. M. A. KfDDIB.
Darliog, loring you to weJl,
Shall I love's sweet story tell ?
I have told it o'er and o'er.
Once awaits, and yet once more ;
Every sentence, every line,
Yoo have heard, ob, sweetheart mine.
Yet your blue eyes seem to say.
Tell the tale agaiu to-day.
We are in the vaMer sweet.
Near oar low green trystiug seat.
Where, in plainest of white gowns,
Wearing aimpie daisy crown.
First I met you. little one.
When tie fair day bad begun ;
Id the same place I would fain
Tell my story once again.
With the glad birds flitting near,
Let roe whisper in your ear :
Hear me, oh, my pretty one :
As the blossom loves the sun.
Loves the rain, and loves the dew,
Only more do I love you ;
My heart leaps at your soft touch,
Larling, do you love so much ?
Yes? I knew it long ao
Ol ! my darling, blushing so
But I like to hear yoa tell
Love's sweet story in the dell ;
It will tar repeating o'er
Once .train, and yet once more
Each to each this offering bring.
Till our wedding bells shall riu.
PRUE.
MIS. S. BO A LIE SILL.
"And onr wedding day shall be in jnst
a month from to-day, darling," said Har
ry Ainger, softly. "I want it to be when
the roses open their buds and send forth
their sweetefci fragrance someway you
always reminded me of a rose, Proe."
'I am very, very happy, Harry," an
swered Prne Elwood, with shining eyes.
Too happy, I fear, to have it last Hark .'
does not the river have an undertone of
dness?"
"Yon are superstitious, darling. When
you are all my ow n no such morbid fan
cies shall shadow you life, for I ill
cacse it to be one long, bright dream.
The river sings no unusual song to me
only, perhaps, a more jubilant ripple be
cause of our perfect happiness."
Prue's real name was Prudence, nanred
for the grandmother who died before
she was born yet no one thought of
Cilling the fair young girl, whope
hair held the brightness of burnish
ed EMf n,l whose voice reminded
one of a wood-robin in May, Prudence.
She wa called often, though, "Our Vil
lage Rosebud." Prue was an orphan, her
mother having died when she was a few
hours old, and her father ere she bad
seen her first vear. The kind aunt who
bad received her from her dying mother'
arms and cared for ber with an unwaver
ing solicitude until now, found it hard to
surrender her claim to the gay, witty
young Harry Aiuger, who bad come to
Hopevilie scarce one year before ; yet
when Prue pleaded that he was necessary
to her happiness, the loving aunt could
not refuse her. There was a wedding in
the quaint old church at Hopevilie when
all the air was heavy with the fragrance
of the roses, and the young couple pet op
housekeeping in a pretty little cottage
just cut of the village, and close to the
river on whose banks they had spent so
many happy hours. What added much
to Prue ' happiness was that Mattie Al
ger, Prue's dearest girl friend, had mar
ried Tom Byrne and lived nearest neigh
bors to ber.
Harry Ainger made a very indoigt-nt
husband at first, surrounding bis youiig
wife not only with every comfort, bat
even life's luxuries as well. A daily in
tercourse was kept up between the cot
tages, and the two girl-brides were living
in an earthly Eden.
Something over a year had passed by
when in Prue's heaven appeared a cloud,
"no bigger than a man's hand." It was
this: Harry sometimes stayed out late
of an evening, and when he returned
Prue knew he had been drinking.
Before two years had passed Prue Ain
ger had a tiny little boy placed in her
arms, and she trembled with the weight
of the responsibility resting upon ber
she so young and the mother of a boy
its father a gay tippler. In this ber hour
of supreme need, she ws led through
her Iriend Mattie "to ca-4 her cares upon
Him who caret h for us."
Harry's heart icre tender over the
helpless bit of humanity w hich so deeply
appealed to his remaining manhood. For
a few days the Angel of Peace hovered
over the Ainger household. But now
temptations awaited the partially re
formed man, grown tender thioQgh good
resolutions ; he must "treat," for was he
not a proud young father ?
Several times, through True's earnest
entreaties for her liabe, Harry had re
solved he would become sober, yet they
bad only been resolutions born of human
weakness, as soon obliterated as the im
press of sands on a wave-washed shore.
The liU'.e Claude waa now over one
year old, and as comely a little fellow as
Hopevilie possessed. The Byrnes were
wrapped up io him, for as yet no little
one had nestled in their borne, so the
care be mied in a father Cbiude found
ic big-hearted torn Byrnes-
There's going to be a concert in the
church O night, Harry," said Prue to ber
husband one morning as they sat down
to breakfast, "It'a the only time a con
cert has ever been granted to Hopevilie,
and I would not miss bearing it for a
great deal. You know bow fond I am
ofmufic; and only to think ofClaude'a
hearing it. too, Harry," and the eyes of
the wife glowed with enthusiasm.
"I'll be sure and take you, Prue, dar
ling " said Harry, as be bent to kiss the
cbeek of his wife for Harry Ainger
could still be very gallant and lover-like
in the morning, whatever be was at
night
"Be sure and come home early, Harry,
for it begins at eight, aad I would not
roUs one note," called Prue from me
porch.
"I'll be sore to be home early, dear;
and do you look your prettiest, for you
know I am very proud of you," and be
threw a kise to ber, as Claude crowed in
ber arms.
The early twilight began to settle down
as Prue, standing on the porch watching
for Harry to come, saw Tom and Mattie
pause at the gate, and Mattie called out :
"Are you going to the concert, Prue T"
"Oh, yes ; I am all ready now."
"Better go along with us ; Harry can
erset
ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1890.
follow on," answered Mattie, as the
thought flashed through her mind, what
if Harry should fail her T
"No, III wait for Harry. Ee would be
so disappointed, poor fellow."
Oh, the depth of woman's love and
faith in man '. There is nothing equals
it under the wide heavens," said Tom,
as they proceeded. "Prue seemingly for
gets Harry has disappointed her hun
dreds of times."
Eleven o'clock came, and still no Har
ry. Prue's disappointment at not beiDg
at the concert was lost now in her anx
iety for her husband's safety.
Claude was asleep in bis crib, when
she suddenly thocght that the railing
had been removed that day from the
bridge crossing the river. If Harry
should attempt to cross he might fall off
and be drowned for well she knew bis
steps were often unsteady.
She must go now and see; so kiasing
ber babe, she rushed out without any
wraps, although the evening was chilly.
Down tc; the bridge she hurried, calling,
"Harry Harry! yet only the sullen
waters gave reply.
A late moon had risen, and threw a
pale light, when not veiled by passing
clouds. Prue thought she saw some
thing dark, just at the river's brink, yet
she was not sure ; so climbing down the
bank, she found hei husband laying with
his limbs partly in the water, and quite
unconscious of all her words of endear
ment. What could she do? He was evidently
either stunned by his full, or too much
intoxicated to be aroused. She called,
but no one anpwered. IVml.l she leave
him to go to the P.yrne cottage for Tom T
He lay partly in the water, and might it
not sweep him away? Finally Prue de
cided to stay ; so grasping her husband
firmly by the arm, she clung with all ber
strength to a willow firmly rooted in the
bank.
The frail little wife had not the
strength to even so much as move the
powerful form of her husband, yet she
clung to him and kept him from floating
down stream. As the hours slowly pass
ed, the mother wondered if little Claude
would awake and fi nd no one there ; she
even imagined the house mi gat take fire
and ber darling per sh in the flames.
"Yet I cannot leave Harry,' she said to
herself. "I married him for better or for
worse, till death do us part."
The wind shrieked, and ever and anon
there would come a burst of storm. The
woman's clothes were drenched through,
yet bravely she kept the long hours of
that strange tryst, which if nnkept,
would end in death to him she loved.
In the first early dawn rrue heard a
wagon coming down the road, and recog
nized the quavering voice of old Uncle
Abner Mills, Binging the familiar tune of
"Old Hundred" as he drove along with a
load of vegetables for the tity, twelve
miles away. Prue strove to call, but ber
lips refused to move ; yet Cncle Abner
beard what he thought to be a child in
distress, so he stopped his horse and was
soon beside the now nearly fainting
woman.
"Why, land o' livin Mrs. Ainger, what
be ye here for?" said the old man. But
Prue could not answer, for. when the
great strain was lifted she fell back in a
death-like swoon. Tout Byrne and his
wife, who had stayed at Mattie's mother's
after the concert, now came along, and
Harry and Prue were soon catried home.
Poor little Claude had awakened and fal
len from bis crib, making an ugly wound
upon his forehead, caused by striking
against a rocker.
Dr. Webber was called, and Harry was
found to be uninjured, save a badly
bruise J hip, and was soon so far recover
ed as to speak. Claude's wound was
dressed, and be was made as comfortable
as possible; but poor Prue Ainger lay
long in a swoon, and when she did show
signs of returning life, it was only to
mutter in delirium.
Mattie Byrne look her station beside
the bedside of her friend, to remain until
she either came back to life and health,
or drifted out to the great unknown.
The aunt who cared for Prue's baby
hood also came, almost bating the man
who had so blighted ber darling's life ;
yet when Harry would sit for hours, mo
tionless, beside Prue's bed, his face wear
ing a look of dumb agony, she nearly
repented.
"The river did sing a song of sadness,
Harry, I beard it," Prut- would cry out in
her delirium. "Oh, II&ry will be drown
ed I" she would shriek. "Save him, for
God's sake save him !
What must have been the agony com
pressed into a single night, which could
have made those curls of gold gray as we
see them to-day !
"Hopevilie must be rid of the curse
that entails such misery," said the minis
ter who had sprinkled the baptismal
water upon Prue's brow when an infant.
"We, as Christian men, have no right to
allow it ; the saloon must go."
"Amen," said the dot-tor.
Weeks had passed away, during which
Prue's slight form had tossed in delirium,
and now the crisis was approaching. "To
night," said the doctor, "will tell the
story."
The good old pastor bad come, too,
and as the night wore on, he knelt in
prayer.
"She's saved," said the doctor, "She
is sleeping sweetly."
"Thank God !" said the pastor, and
every watcher murmured "Amen."
Six months from the time when Prue
Ainger lay tossing in delirium, there was
no saloon in Hopevilie, because her
proo.inent citizens would have it so, and
one of the foremost temperance workers
was Harry Aitsirer; for never again did
liquor pass bis lips. Had be felt like
wavering, Harry Ainger had only to look
at the white kcka of his wife, and the
deep scar on Claude's forehead, to re
mind him of that awful night when be
came so near going out into eternity a
Door, miserable drunkard. Once more
came the anniversary evening of tbeir
betrothal, and Harry guided the steps -of
Prue to a seat beside the river. She was
weak and pale still, yet a happy light
was shining in her eyes. At first s shiv
er shook ber frame for Prue had not
seen the river since that night but as
she looked npon it, she clasped Harry's
arm tighter, and said :
"It whispers "peace, 'peace,' dear,
now."
"And I trust it ever will, my dear wife.
for we have both found the 'peace of
God which passe th. all understanding.' "
Roads and Road-Making.
BY DEN BY KACCH, E0,
The first nation of which history gives
us any account that paid any attention to
roads, were the ancient Romans. Their
roads were on the most extensive scale,
suitable to the wants of the period.
Whatever they might have learned from
other nation they greatly improved
upon, and are therefore entitled to be
called the first and best joad-makers.
The leading principle that actuated the
Roman authorities in establishing good
roads, was that of maintaining their mil
itary conquests more than for commercial
intercourse.
Attempts to improre the roads form- i
ing the principal thoroughfares of Y.ag
land were made about the beginning of
the eighteenth century, and for that pur
pose turnpike acta were passed by Par
liament, The plan consisted in making
the path somewhat more level than for
merly, and of filling up the ruts and
holed with stones gathe-tvl from adja
cent fields ; by these means the holes,
ruts, swamps or marshes were considera
bly limited, both in breadth and depth, j
but as perfect level neas was not attained
carriages were dreadfully jolted over the
rougher parts ; also, no pains were taken
to break the stones cf equal Bize ; small
and large were mixed. It happened that
the larger ones in time worked to the
surface and created additional jolting to
wagons and carriages, one of the very
things we can see in many places in our
country roads at the present time, and
our old turnpikes are no exception.
It is a very remarkable fact that some
of the landlords of the counties in the vi
cinity of London petitioned Parliament
against the extension of turnpike roads j
into the remoter parts of the country ;
those remote counties, it was pretended,
from the cheapness of labor, would be
able to sell their produce at a lower rate
in the London market tban they them
selves, and would thereby reduce tbeir
rents and ruin tbeir production ithey ev
idently must have been protectionis-s,)
but in spite of those remonstrances turn
pike roads were extended into the re
mote counties, and as ought to have been
expected, so far from injuring the neigh
borhood of the metropolis, they greatly
increased its value, for free and easy in
terchange of com uiodities is universally
benefical, and that ca.t only be accom
plished by good roads and easy transpor
tation.
A farm situated at a distance of ten
miles from market, with a good road
leading to it, is worth more tban one at
half that distance with a bad road, or no
road at all, fit to travel
Roads can never be made perfectly se
cure until the following principles be ful
ly undrstood, admitted and acted upon,
namely : That it is the natural soil which
really supports the weight of travel.
While it is preserved in a dry state it
will carry any weight without sinking,
and it does, in fact, carry the road and
carriages ; also, that the native soil should
be kept as dry as possible, and made as
impenetrable from rain as possible, and
that it should be elevated above the
line of stagnant water, is also necessary.
The beds of oor county roads, in many
places, are entirely too low ; in places
where the ground is level, or nearly so,
the bed of the road should be elevated at
least two feet higher than the sides, with
sutlicient water-tables, ditches, drains
and culverts to carry off all surplus wa
ter. In places w here stones are needed,
they should be broken regular and fine.
We can never expect a smooth road with
coarse and unevenly-broken stones, and
stones broken fine will pack better than
coarse ones.
The width of the road is another con
sideration ; for convenience a road ought
to be wide enough for two wagons freely
to pass from twelve to fifteen feet. A
wide road on a hillside is apt to form a
channel or low place in the middle, and
the water running down in the middle of
the road instead of the sides, into the
wate-table. With respect to the shape or
surface of the road w ben completed there
is also some difference of opinion, but all
agree that it should be convex ; the only
difference is in quantity. The degree in
convexity should be governed in a treat
digree by the locality and other sur
roundings. A road formed of a lowni or
clay soil should have a greater convexity
than one formed of harder material, for
the reason that water will injure a soft
road quicker than a bard one. A road
upon uneven or billy ground should have
a greater convexity than one upon level
ground, to prevent the descent of rain
water along the face of the road, which
is there caught by she slightest impress
ions of the wheels, and thus wears a
channel from the top to the bottom of
the hill. A wide road also requires to be
more crowning than a narrower one,
which more readily frees itself from wa
ter, inasmuch as the distance the water
has to run is less. But it must be borne
in mind that the fleeing of a road from
rain water is not the only object to be
kept in viw. In making a road crown
ing the ease and safety of carriages, and
especially those with heavy burdens or
high loads must be consulted. A carriage
moves most freely, or with the least re
sistance when the load lies evenly npon
the wheels just in proportion as the
weight or load is thrown on the one side
or the other, the resistance is increased ;
hence the inconvenience ofa very crown
ing road on a steep bill, and the utility
of breakers on long hills, which should
be shaped like the letter " V " inverted.
It is plain that a road should be equally
and duly convex in every part of it ; oth
erwise it becomes more partially worn,
the more level parts being most used.
When a road is carried around a hill
instead of going directly over it, or when
a road is made on a side-hill, it should
have the least possible convexity consist
ent with s proper drainage of the road.
In most localities this should rarely ex
ceed four inches.
In laying out new roads it is of some
importance that the rises and fallslbe not
too great-. The law of Pennsylvania says
that if practicable, it should be at an ele
vation not exceeding five degrees ; that
would be at an elevation of about one
inch to the foot In order to obtain as
cents not exceeding those, it oftentimes
becomes very necessary to wind up
a bill, instead of going directly over it
In such canes the road is to be made upon
the side of the bill, and this is conaider-
ed the most advantageous ground upon
1 which to build road, providing the hilj.
11 era 1.
has not too great an ascent, because what
is taken from the upper side seems to
form the embankment on the lower side.
A water-table on the upper side should
never be omitted.
With respect to keeping the roads in
efficient repairs : Instead, as is customary
on.ier our present mode of road-making,
for a superintendent to have from twen
ty to thirty bands a day walking six or
eight miles over the roads in a day, put
ting in time, and very little work, in or
der to obtain an abatement of their tax
es, if the repairs of our reads were given
out by contract at a specified price, to
the taxpayers, if practicable, onr roads
could be more economically repaired. It
frequently happens that where stones are
required on the road, that some farmer
near the place has stones in his fiel.ls and
wonld haul them on the road at a low
figure, as it would serve him a double
purpose. He would have his fields clean
ed off and at the same time have his road
taxes paid ; and two men w ith a team
would haul more stones on the road in a
day, under a contract, than five or six
would under our present manner of mak
ing roads. The same rule would hold
good in breaking stones, shoveling or
scooping ground, repairing bridges, and
all other work in repairing the road.
The Cruelty of Selfishness.
It was in the waiting-room of a popu
lar city physician one dark, drizzly after
noon. The leather-cushioned chairs were
filled with waiting patients, some in real
and some in imaginary need of healing.
Among those who bad longest been in
waiting were a mild-mannered lady with
a babe in her arms, and a well-dreamed
man and woman. But while they fre
quently expressed their vexation at the
length of time consumed by those before
them, in the consulting-room, the gentle
faced lady spoke not a word of fault-finding,
although as she paced up and down
the carpet with her fretful child in ber
arms, there was a look of deep solicitude
on her face.
Gradually the babe became q-iieterbnt
the anxious look only deepened on the
mother's fafe, aad she looked a shade
whiter and almost stopped breathing as
she stopped once to press her face against
the babe's cheek. Then she glanced
longingly toward the door of the consulting-room,
but was compeiied to re
new her restless pacing up and down,
with more nervousness in her step than
before.
At last, when it came the turn of the
hysterical-looking lady to enter the dis-
tracted mother, in a moment of desperate
anxiety for her babe, which overcame all i
her natural timidity, took a few quick
steps, and, with a hurried apology for
ber boldness, asked if she would not
grant her the privilege of taking her turn.
" I would not ask it, but for my babe's
sake, which I fear is "
" Your baby seems quiet enough," was
the freezing reply of the other, in the
tone with which she would address an
inferior; and I'm sure my Bufferings de
serve some consideration."
With thiis the lady swept in to con
sume the busy doctor's time in detailing
the minutest symptoms of her latest ail
ment, while the anguished mother press
ed her infant closer to her heart and re
newed her walk, more to give vent to
her own nervousness tban to quiet the
child.
When the lady came out, the mother
looked up to cast one appealing glance at
the gentleman who was to follow her,
and who evidently was ber companion.
But she was met only by a stolid expres
sion of indifference, and subsided into
the weary rounds of the room.
At fast it came her turn. With nervous
haste she struggled toward the door, only
pausing a moment on the steps to remove
the covering from the child's face. No
one could ever forget her cry of startled
horror and tie expression of white des
pair on her face. There was no need for
her to see a physiciac. The child was
quiet enough, as she had been told ; bet
it was the quiet of death.
Tha physician said that it was one of
those cases where prompt attention might
have saved life. No doubt both the per
sons who bad denied the mothers te-
qoest with such heartless incivility
would have written a liberal check to re
lieve a case of need, or welcomed some
great opportunity to play the benefactor,
but it is the little calls for humanity that
run counter to our own love of ease, or
that call for some common sacrifice of
pride or self-interest, that most bring out
the exceeding cruelty of selfishness.
HisOwn Messenger.
No one enjoys feeling that he has been
the object of a clever trick, yet there are
circumstances nnder which pique most
yield to the humor of the situation. In
the days when California did not j-eem
as near the east as traveling by rail has
since made it, a man entered theoilice of
a San Francisco banker, and said :
"I want exchange for this on New
York."
"All right What is it V
The man looked fearfully around him
and then brought out a packet
"It's twenty-five thousand dollars in
greenbacks."
"I guess I can do it Going east V
"Yes r I'm going to-morrow. I don't
want to carry all this with me. Couldn't
do it Sure to get robbed. So give me a
draft"
"Oh, seeing it's you, one per cent two
hundred and fifty dollars."
"It goes."
The banker made out a draft on New
York, and as he handed H to the man,
asked him if he would mind taking along
a small parcel, to be delivered in New
York to the banker's brother. The man
was willing to undertake the errand, and
the banker having gone into the other
room, presently came back with the par
cel "Just put it in your valise, and don't
lose it will you?"
"IH Uke the best care of it"
"Thank you. Good-bye. Pleasant trip.
Arrived in New York, the Californian
went to the address and delivered the
package. He then presented his draft
The ma", opened the package and gave
him the identical twenty-five thousand
dollars he had deposited in San Francis
co. He had carried them all the way
himself.
The man who succeeds has a burden to
bear, the same as other people ; he is com
pelled to loan money to people who faiL
Li
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WHOLE NO. 2041.
General Farm Notes.
Manure is simply food that has under
gone a change in toe body of animal.
If food be thrown on the ground it will
become manure to the soil and give
beneficial effects ; but the aovantsse in
feeding the food to animali is that the
food is sooner deciimied within the
body of the animal, and the'efore more
immediately apumesthat fonu by w hich
it is taken up by plants. It also un
dergoes a further process of decomposi
tion in the soil after it Lad p-s?d thro'iih
the aninud. The more thiiroughly de
composed the manure the a .ore readily
it is assimilated by plants.
It is estimated that some jrraia crops
will take up as much as five hundred tons
of water in one day oa one acre of land.
This is an enormous quantity, and
teaches the i in porta no of keeping the
surface cf the ground well cultivate 1, as
a loose top-oil prevents less of m-vistuni
by evaporation. The roots of plants g"
down low into the soil and bring the
water to the surface.
The practice of a'.!oi:;; gras and
weeds to grow in the corn rows after the
ears are formed is un:.-e. The corn
land should be kept cleaa i:.. til the crop
is harvested. Every weed that gros
robs the corn ofjj-t that proprjriioa of
plant food an I prpveuU larirears and
heavier grain, as well as distributing the
seels for a crap of wee-Is next season.
Spinach is :aual!y so n ia frh" fall.
The seed shotiid go in the ground this
month or September. Tiie ground should
be plowed and well woiked, and the
voting plants pmtected from weeds until
they are well underway, "-jina.h i. a
valuable winter crop, providing an early
supply of greens in the spring at a time
w hen no other kind can bit bad.
In applying manure to :he soil aim to
give the kind that the soil m.t reuirs.
This may be known byeartfi! observa
tion of the kind and quali'y of the goods
allowed the stock. The valne of maure
depends entirely on the niaterialslof
which it is composed. It is impossible to
make rich manare f.-o:u I:ift-ri-.r feeding
material.
As a sheep dip the following is
recommended l y a breeder: Add forty
pounds of soft soap to ten gallons of boil
ing water, and while boiling addons
pound of carbolic acid. This ruay then
be thinDed down with 100 gallons of cold
water. Thejquantity ia ptitlicient for
dipping seventy-five sheep.
Both the stallion and the bull will be
more serviceable for breclir:,; parpo't's
ifmadetotakeexerci.ee ia the shape cf
useful work of some kind. If the bull
will not work in the shuts, or by the
side of an ox, put Lim on the tread ma
chine to furnish power f r the cutter, or
feed-mill.
Nothing is better to rrevect loss of
ammonia from the niant:re heap than
soapsuds. Keep the bw.p well satura
ted, and make holes in the heap so that
the soapsu Is can pas down to the bot
tom of the heap. Chemical action is
facilitated, but there are formations cf
salts that prevents loss.
Leave a patch of tumij s in the ground
for a supply of spring gre-ns. If covered
with straw and cornstalks the turnips
will keep in the ground all winter and
begin growing early in tie spring.
Pine tar is harmless an i costs but little.
Apply it to the troughs from which
sheep drink. A small quantity of it on
the noses of sheep will defend them
against the gad fiy.
The farmer who grows grass has the
most valuable aid to te desired. With
grass as a foundation there should be no
limit to the capacity of a farm to produce
crops.
Buttermilk is given but little value on
dairy farms, and where there are pigs
they are allowed the whole of the but
termilk. It is a very neurishin .'.rink
in the summer for the farm help, and is
also excellent as an addition to the food
of poultry of all kinds.
Use up all the old straw before begin
ning on the new. Cut it np line with
the fodder-cutter and make l ed ling of
it, and when it is ad lei to the manure
heap it will decompose easily and ahso
assist in absorbing liquil.
August is a fruitful moatk for all kinds j for ability, conduct the canvass ou tha
of weeds, aad they will take pof session j ba., 0f the relative merits of the two
of the land wherever n. vacancy occurs, j p,nirt. IfthL.be done the result can
Tbe hoe and the cultivator should be ! not e doubtful in the keystone State.
made to do constant service cntil frost
Currant bushes should be hoed, w hich i
not onlv cleans out the weeds and gras, j
but renders the new growth more vigor
ous. A shovelful of well-rotted manure,
worked into the soil, w ill prove benefi
cial. A crop of weeds removes from the soil
as much of the elements of fertility as a
crop of grain, and exhausts the land just
as quickly. Do not gre w weeds. Plow
them under as soon as they tak pose?
sionofthe land, by which process they
are returned to the scil from whence
they came.
Kerosene w fatal to all kinds of ins?cts
and for that reason it is frequently used
as a preventive of dau age by the cab
bjge worm. An objection to its use is
that the kerosene iui?reynaU-s the cab
bage with its odor. The remedy is as
obnoxious as the wori' of the cabbag-;
worm.
While corn is. pertaps, the cheapest
grain that can be fed to hoi:., yet it is
not the best. Wheat middling, and
bran make better pork than will corn.
The bens that a-e shedding their
feathers (molting' ne-d very nourishing
food, as the process is debilitating, and
often results fatal! v. .,
If you do not get good results fron
feeding wheat bran, consider whether
you are feeding et ongh meal with it
Bran alone will increase the flow of nolk,
but has a tendency to hiten the butter.
Corn meal mixed w tli it makes the ra
tion more carbonaceous and beating, and
gives color to the butter.
Proud rather Taken high decrees tn
your scientific conr.'? Proud of you, j
my boy. By the way, can you prove that
beat expands and -ld contracts?
College Gradual Certainly. Don't
the days grow longer in warm weather
and shorter in winter?
When you Bee the bands of a clock al
ways right you may be sure that there
isn't much wrong with the inside works.
--
A great many men talk of holding their
talents under a bushel, who do not realize
that a thimble would do just as we'.L
Another Letter From Philip C.
! Garrett.
J Fmm UtePliiUt!e1;ihi Pt.
j Ail straightforward Repubi'.cacs mil!,
! like yoo, have been desirous to see ena
! tor Kmery 's chaiTE. denied, as they bavo
I Lt"en, Sally and cncondiiionaily. It U
j easv to make chary-', and charges of bri
bery are the cheapest and oiu;nunc-.t
cau.j-ai-a cvil It is m'.Mt siy to iba!
!eu6 to a bueisad, ti,'Sciahy waeu la
libeled party isa candidate aul hisa
saiUut shielded by the pica uf a voter's
privilege. One can readily understand
that a high-toned man would hesitate lo
allow himself to be drawn into the slums
of controversy and sopbii-try inarsff.e
for character. Bat now that Mr. DeU
mater has categorically denied the charges
Mr. Eaiory is not ready, for he is called
on to prove bis point, and to prove not
only that there was bribery, bat that
money was paid by Senator Pelamaier,
and that the consideration was a vote or
votes for his election tthe "enate ; and
this in a general election, when a t'on
grvsMuan and local cilictrs were al-'o
t-lt cud.
Bat these cbares bc-insj dlspHd of,
there remains a u:or- mysterious charg-,
uuder the uiy na:nn of i'iayita and
txisiism, worJs n.j found in the diction
ary, bat also terrible in their sound.
What it t I'l.iyisiii, however? And how
many, w hen they charge a Uian w iia
bossistn, know what they theiust-lves
mean? Iv they kno that every liepub
licaa can-lilattf is the "representaiive of
bjes rule," and every l"enw.cratit: candi
date jiL-t as n.u. h .' That unkr .ir
present system n man can be eievted to
cihee however upright, however able ar-1
everyway worthy of the cince, exc t
by the cur.?.'nt of the leaders, exiled
bosses? Mr. Iv'atnater Las no m. ;j. ;-o-ly
of that And seems to me a fjxieof
politico! strabismus that sets in Mr. 1 Via
tiiarcr a reu-'ouable sc3pc-jput for the s.ct
of Mr.i'.iay,
What, then, ?.r the evihj of l.if:i ?
It is not th.it a p.trty has lea l-r.a!i 1 that
the lea b.-rs hate a great de.-d tstv ia
the choice "f lioii):n-es, Ye pr
cannot e-care the lead.
minds, and the rank an ! file nat'i:
a.:
r U.e lea !er s ei
.on on a..
q'ies'-io'.;s.
i cur systei:
The objectionable feature of
tf leadership, to which the
epithet of boss rule is appii-
oppruhrin;
ed, is the J,
ksoiiian principle of ptrty
patronage.
that "to the victor bi
:oi.
the .spoil."
It is thi. that makes Ixw-1-.m od.'ot'
it is not tiuayisat , it is not Cam -rnir. n.
What was gained by the Republican re
volt of save to exchange Cameron
for Quay as the boss who distributes the
rewards for party success? Whom he
will be casts down, and whom he w.U he
sets up; whom he w ill he vindicates, an 1
w hom he will r.e punishes. The gain ia
12 to Republicans w.w the substitution
of Mr. Q.iayfir the Caaienins, and all
that a revolt in Wi will accomplish for
ltepubl eanisin, if successful, will be the
replacement of Mr. Qaay by Chris Magee
or some otie-r leader as the party dictator.
Is the garue worth the caiidie ? I appeal
One may recoguie
anion,;
the
dhsaff. eted sundrv
peo;
with personal
whose free tra
grievanees and others
e opinions ahnost per-
suaJed them to be I'euiocrats.
But w hy do we find among Mr. IV la
mater's ardent supporters such attute
and independent uien as John Stewart,
now Judge Stewart, the Independent can
didate for the Governorship in 1 :', as
John Field, the uncompromising chair
mtnofthe camjiaign committee of the
ommittee of one hundred, and as Amos
U. Little, the chairman cf its executive
committee? Because they believe in
the underlying principles of Republican
ism, and believe tiiat George W. Delaraa
ter is a worthy champion of those prin
ciples. I do cot clahn the ;rfe tion of
ti.e Republican party by any means, b:it
to me it is the party of ideas ; it is the
party of intelligent progress; the party of
improvement and reform ; the purty of
human!'.; of protection to American
labur and industries. And It is for the'
substantial reas-ms that I uphold it, while
I seek to correct its defects ; and am like
ly to do so while i stands for these idea
and at leaot until it secures a fair vote
and a fair count in every part of our com
mon country, in si far as national o.llces
are concerned, ar. i until, for protection
against free tra.lj theories, the wages for
labor in Europe are as high as those pai 1
in our own itore favored land.
I will conclude with an earn.-ft appeal
for a vigorous Republican campaign. The
(.'.' li Si i -V JUwl, while it referred in its
July cui.iber to. ''.Mr. It laiuatet's bad
character," says ia the Augttst e l.ti .a :
"Mr. Iviamater's character, arart from
politics, if there can be such a thing as a
character that does not f jiiow hi:u every
where, Ls very g-xd. we believe." li.s
character, ;s stxsl, an l it does lui. h:ia
I everywhere. Let us have an end of
j slander", and as bolh candidate ar? men
! of unblemished characterand well match-
Yours,
Pun tp C. Gaiiiitr
Au-'ist ih IS .
Vit and Wisdom.
Experience is good if not bought too
dear.
A ii;an never forgets how good he is to
others.
The corner-stone of philosophy If
you can't have what you want, don't
want it.
Blessed is the man who at 40 has the
fire of 20 and the peace of 70 together in
his soul. .
Mrs. Grundy t One cf these days the
real " o'd i'a;o:!v servant " w ill be exhib
ited at the dime museum.
No one need ex pc-ct to prevent earth
quakes by b-jil iin-g cities in the se gh
botlood cfvolcar.ee?. G'.-e'.Le.
" lias you - it'trl a keen sen.-e of the ri
diculous ?" "Yes, fcLe Liughs all tLe
time I am w it h her." 1'uri.
There is a field for sclent. c in.piry
in the faettuat the n.ore brains a niaa
has the laiserhis head iin't.
A h ire Cat.
"Yes, a most rtuiatkab'e cat We've
cow had it ten years, and rf council's
t o old to catch rats or mice, b it w hat do
you think it did?"
"Weil?"
"Onr boy brought home a sign marked
'A Imi'.Unce Free' from somewhere an I
the other n:ght we ca'titht the ct wiih
that sign tryioitofit it on th i.f. trap
so as to diiux cp bssiness anl catch
custom."
A Dog Cone Estimate.
"Should evry Vg of -f ry breed ;n
America be killed tr-:nrrow,'' snys
St Ltniis statistician, "the njfti lo to ti.e
country would not be i0n. On the con
trary, the giri woil 1 be at Iea.t .AV!t,
000 per year. Nations famed for their
thrift and economy do .not lake toJoi-."
Ir-jlt ltt Vr. it.
So far from duty and happiness beinj
antagonistic, they are necessary each to
each for their perfect development