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Di P. F. SHAFFER,
rHY;iOA" ASli irBGEO!?.
tUKASslCT, Pa..
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T)U.S.3J-MILLEX.
T " ILii::i;o'' to the preserTAtloo of
' -Cl---'-ti! :;! a urr. uic in Uie
f1 .TpJ.eu cu'i store, eormei
Oils! Oils!
-tTt i 4-. Ciae p.:t::y trf
bating & Lubricating Oils
Naphtha and Gasoline.
i S m. froiE Fetrolram. We chjOlm
oua-joa 1L0 trery known
P30DUCT OF PETROLEUM
V job w-'iih the mo j Bnlfbrmly
Satisfactory Oils
-CS THK -
-sieri
encan Market,
Trvie fci Bootnet sad Tldnlrj
scppUec by
OX)I A SEKKITS ASS
bukasast. Pa.
HTI8TIC JOB PRINTING
A SPECIALTY.
HiSY M. BENSHOFF,
HtmCT'JRlKQ STATIOXSR
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EUXlv BOOK MJLXElt.
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VOL. XLII. NO.
-THE-FIRST
NATIONAL BANK
OK
Somerset, 3?enxia.
CAPITAL
SURPLUS
S50.000.
$14,000.
DCFO.ITn RCCCtVCDID LARGE AHDALL
AtiOUflTA. PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS FARM ERS,
STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS :
LaRci M. Eins. Go. K.;Scnx,
James L. Pcgh, W. H. Miixeb,
Jom R. Scott, F- S. 6-tll,
Fid W. Bos was.
Edward Scrix, : : : : : IEEfilrsST
Valestiss Hat. : : Vic Prbsidsvt
Hakvey M. Bekklet, : : : Cabhikb.
The fun-la And securities of this bank
are e-ure!y protected in a ct-lebrted Or
liai Barglar-proof rife. The only Safe
maJe slxwlately BaruUr-proof.
Somsrsst talj Salional Bank
Of Somerset, Pa.
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EsttblUhsd. 1877. Orrulied tl.sil, 1890.
CAPITAL, $50,000.
Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't.
Vm. H. Koontz, Vice Prest,
Milton J. Pritts, Cashier.
Di hectors:
gsrul Fnyder,
J..th
Jobn H. Miyder
wm Eadfley.
J OCAS M. (ouk,
John Stuff..
Hattj" t-nydes,
lbck. MHif,
Cm Tt EuTison
Cn-tomer. X this BadI. will re!Te "o
UbersJ trwitmeni consiieu. . - .
Patuct wisimir to end money -t 1
be emBidAWd by arAii ".-'.-""Z. Pie-
Mey And TAiat.ie eeured by
kTd"tLtbrtcd a&a. wabmo Approved Cae
'"ciTllectinr- Ade In .U part, of the raited
KV..TiZ flirted.
nun rat in wist n
121 i 123 Fourth Ave.,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Capital - - $1,000,001).
Undivided Profit 1250,000.
Acta as Executor, Cuariiiitn, Assignee
and EVcviver.
Wills rece ij ted for and held free of
charge.
Business of residfCM and non-residents
carefully attended to.
jnn" B. JACKSON. - PresidenL
JAMES J. POXXELL, Vice President
FRANKLIN BROWN, Secretary.
JAS. C. CHAPLIN. Treasurer.
sr-Ai ISfl lITm To Uke orders. No de-
M LIM VVMIMtLU avert
eriu or tollecunf.
' . . - .mil mciriii.
c4u-rui. Wr.u: AtotK tfAnd KCOrr ttu.ee ol
temwry.
O-'ALLIM NURSERT CO.. OCIITH, N. V
JORDAN & H1NCHMAN.
We Are now yeaJT with our new and large
invoice of fine Confectionery Goods, popu
lar brands of Biscuits And Cakes, Uncy
poodnofall styiea, and everythir.e else
tnainirig to a tirst class bouse to till or
ders promptly, and to supply resident fam-
liies to any extent, uuwo " -"-' J
luUtlllVBUuncuai " ' "f- "
and see one of lie finest assortmenta ever
earned.
JQSDAN It HIKCHHAH.
2Tt 272 Main Street,
Johnstown, Pa.
A Quick Heucp row svert Type of
HEADACHE.
Four Cardinal Points Respecting
Headache.
N1 (t Ibrcet tkt il p T keiJache is a
bedclc rr ea- - jayer U ibe tr
tuilr serroos. h qawt- lal eemt for T.
Bit the Ben you wup Sooth them . kA Aurr-
the head iche.
SStuW vobt headache I l hra children wffcr
Ne ifrrna. ck, pe- h headache, or
noc. .fvtpepoc or be Any ok die S-w that
caated by worry. anz- mmtr, wie KmuA
rty.ezccsMSoiaATkuid the heM retlKiy reer Ot
oe' br.ia wCATUlca. e ! lered. Sale.
K.OTPAUSA. I dertuiiy ja.i la acnM.
Konuvl cores eerv type of headache, espec
al,y that drirnl painful type petuliai to
iaaies suffensc trom irregularity or Blerme im
tatns. or hoc duties regain them to itasd tor
ioof penodft.
KOPFALINE CURES
M.M Smock. ).ou. Bmmisrt,
..mm. miwr.1. M..oii ' .0.1
.tu woa.r. e.s-r. aiuii.h,
umma. w..h ciMauMa,
ai im. in in a grMi iirtwaa. '
sihsesla aad ccatdaaosa . here acre. waMe rocs
KOPFALINE
I, ..mlaatM tor Teachen. Scholars. Preachers,
SeiKlenla. atetchaats. E itlon. Mea.IAow.ea
aad Childrea. Lrerybo.y whoac acrees are
at ali hkeT to set oat ol order.
It a aboliatel sale aader ail ctrcaautaaces sad
coadmoaa. Prtc, 5 crsna.
Soid ay dr ncaeraijy. or seat to Aiy a,
dress oa receipt o pnee.
Sova fwnuiin.
WINKCLMANN dV BROWN DRUG CO.
BALTIMORE. Ha, U. 8. A.
e
51
Hood's Never Fails
Business Man's Experience -Cured
of Rheumatism.
31 r. T. W. Josts,
A wen Enowa business inan in I'itubnrph. Ps,
writes the letter Riven below. Mr. Haus is gen
eral agent for Uie Maine granite quarries and
eoii tractor for eemotery and building York, hav
ing an office at So. 7( Prim Avenne.
"CI. Hood & Co., Lowell. Mass.:
Gentlemen We haTe a very Ligh opinion of
both Hoou's Sarsapariiia and Hood's Pills At
oar bouse and with pood reason. I nave taken Al
most every remedy known for rheumatism, and
kI Justified In sayir.fr that Hood's Sarsaparilla
is the only one that does me any good. I must
admit I have not Uken it steadily, but only
when the pains of rheumatism came on.
Hood's Sarsaparilla has
Always Civen Me Relief,
and lilts many others, as soon as I am well I
never think of medicine agiin until the next At-
HOOD'S
Sarsaparilla
CURES
tack. We are never without flood's Sarsapa
rilla and Hood s i'i!!s in our lions, and hav.
reeomrneu'.led K,th to dozens of ftiemls. When
any of n.y family are taken skk, no matter with
what disease, Uie first thing we do is to giv
A Dose of Hood's Pills
and follow it np with H-hxI's Sarsaparilla. I
mi'lit write several papes In v'eof UiUei
ctUeiit medi- ine, but thn.k I I enough
to conTt:-e." T. W. H trs. rittsburh. 1 a.
HOOd'S PiilS are rr.pt and effi :ient,yet
easy in aetiun. bold t'y all dru'ots. Sc.
A NARROW ESCAPE!
How it Happened.
The followine reaiarkahle evnt In a lady's
lift- ill inn-re?.! Hie rt-ad.-r: "Kora I. r: sr time 1
had a l.-rrit,le pain at Iny heart, hih hut
tered alm.e.t lneinily. 1 had no aiipeme
snil rouiU nut hleetu 1 wouia I cxlnpin-U
tosit up in lei and N-lrh ga.s frni my hium
a b uraiii thouvnt every minute would t
my la-l. Tl-re sas a feeliii&T 'f cpprvssloo
Aliout n:y heart, and I was afraid to draw a
full brva tit. 1 couldn't awevp a rm with
out (.Ittinz d .an and ntinr; but, thank
'rod. by the b lpof New Heart ture ali that
1 pa.-1 and I f. i like another woman. H
f U.-1UC the New Hear; c urt1 1 had taken
different vj-.alled remedies and been treated
by d-tir with'iut anv benefit until 1 wa
t.ith di-j-oura."d and Ji-eu'"-i. ly hu-.hi.rej
hou.'ht ne a b.?le of lir. V1U.V New liart
I urv, and am happy to My I never ri'trretted
it, a i now have a pW-ndid appetite and
siecp welL I selchi m pounds alien I lie-
fan takingthe renieiiy. und now I weih IX',.
i effe-t In my ca-"has been truly c an el
(hjs. It far surpasrwi any other xr.eih-ine I
have ever takrt or any brnetit I eer re
reived from plivsl'-lan." Mrs Harry Marr,
I',ttv!ile. Fa.. tk-toU-r 12, 1-11.
Ir. Miles' New Heart Cure l sola on a pol
tive (rtarantee by ail dniffirteis, or ny tho It.
Slilea Medl-al Co., Eikhart, Ind on receipt of
pri-e, ilper bottle, ti turttles JS. expr pre
paid. Tbls creat d!.-ov..ry by an t n.liient
epe-lalUt In hears d:ea-f. rotilaiua ccithot
opiate nor dangeroua tlrugs.
FANCY
WORK.
Some tii eat Birj-alns In
IRISHPOINT LUNCH
AND TRAY CLOTHS
Bought below cost of transportation
we are selling at frreat bargains white
and colored Bedford Cord Table Cov
ers, stamped ready for working. Sing
ed Canton Flannel Table and Cush
ion Covers, Singed Plush Cushion
Covers, Bargarran Art Cloth Table
avnd Cushion Covers, all stamped
with Newest Iesigns ; Hem-stitched
Hot Biscuit and Roll Napkins. A
new and large line of hem-etitched
Tray and Carving Cloths from 60cts
up.
SUmped Hem-stitched Scarfs from 35cts
up.. Table Covers from 50 eta. np. A
full line of Fiarnred
INDIA SILKS,
All New Patterns and Colorings. Also,
Figured Plush,
24 and 33 inches wide, in beautiful Colors
and Designs. Art Sana Squares for the
Central Covers and Cushion Covers.
Waban USTettiiiLT,
6 inches wide, 50 cents per yard, in Pink,
Blue, Olive and leliow. IUh NEW
THING for Draping Mantles and
Doors, and for Draping Over
Draperies. A new line of
Head rets, from 2.up.
Visit our Table Linen, Towel. Napkins,
Muslin, Sheeting and Linen Department, by
ail means.
41 FIFTH AYENCE, Pittsburgh, Pa.
A. H. HUSTON.
Undertaker and Embalmer.
A. GOOD HEARSE
and e thing pertain itur to fcrnerait torn sned
Somerset, Pa.
YOU CAN FIND
THIS
PAPER
aa la irrr.ar-aa at turn Aru.ti!r hnreaa
of
w RE2H17GT017 BROS.
who wul saauaiA tut adraruaiaa at Wvaat rasas
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SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
DECORATION DXY.
The calm that follows after storm
The peace of thirty bea'ing years
Lie on old Lookout's rturrM form.
And stills tli. tlel.ii PotomAc nears.
Oa iettyburg the shAdows WATe,
The peaceful shAdown, to And fro ;
Above each tombleas, unknown grave
The gr Ases whisper secrets low.
Old Chatunoora blooms again,
The laurel fills the mountain tlope ,
The wild Cowers wipe the old red stain.
And summer field, are frerh with hope.
For children sport where m.a one. fought ;
Thtir voices echo in their play
w here once a mighty work was wrought
The deed lhAt brings us peace to-day.
No longer now do widows weep ,
Where w oman tears once fell like rain.
The maidens yearly festal keep
Among the graves that bloom again.
Yet, ti our soldier-brave each heart
Its loyal trifeiie freely gives .
The yean have only eaed the fin art.
The glory of the deed still kves.
Oh. never can our hearts fiirgct
The struggle, suffering, conquest, cmt,
1 be deeds that stir the quick blood yet.
The tales of brave lives nobly lotu
SAVING THE CLAIM.
Mrs. A si. by stood in the open doorway
of her little sod cabin and gazed longing
ly out across the the broad stretch of
level Kansas prairie. She was a frail,
broken woman, whose deeply furrowed
features and great hollowed eyes told a
pitiful story of mental and physical suf
fering. Like many of the poor settlers on the
great Western plains, she bad experienc
ed the bitter trials and hardships of a
long and unsuccessful warfare against
poverty. There was a yearning, soul
hncgry expression on her sad, wan face
that was touchingly pathetic.
Up acroea the prairie from the west
came another woman. She was young
sot above twenty at the motL She was
tall and slender, aimcst to frailty, and
her face wore that sad, wan expression
that characterized Mr?. Ashby, but with
out the hopeless, despairing look.
"Well, Maryr Mrs. Ashby, said, in an
eager, questioning tone, as the younger
woman approached and sack to a seat by
the cabin door.
"I'ick Fnness witl not buy the claim,
mother," the other replied, folding her
hands in her lap.
Mrs. Ashby stared at her daughter in
ami z -menL
"Vhy, Mary ! she finally exclaimed,
"how is that? I thought he wanted to
bay it."
"He did. mother, while father was liv
ing, but he had change! his mind now."
"But why has he changed his mind ?
He eurely needs the claim now as much
as he needed it then,"
"Yta, he does."
"Then, why doesn't he wsntitnowT'
"II does want it, mother."
"Then why don't he buy it?"
Mar he itated a moment, then rising
and drawing her fvrm to its full height,
with angry indignation replied :
"Mother, Dick Knness is a rascal and
he won't by our claim because he thinks
by waiting a little while he can get it for
nothing. He was anxious to buy it while
father was living, because he knew father
could hold it, but be thinks now we will
be compelled to give it up and move
away, and then he will have nothing to
do but enter it in our stead."
"Surely, Mry, Iitk Knness did not
tell you that?" Mrs. Ashby said, incred
ulously.
"No," Mary answered. "But he said
enoogh to make his meaning clear. He
means to g?t this claim, and without
paying anything for it,
Mary twirled her bonnet nervously.
and an expression of set determination
gradually overspread her fevtures. With
a deep sigh Mrs. Ashby at last broke the
silence.
"Well," she said, "if whst you say is
true, Mary, I don't see that there is any
hope for us. It is hard to believe that
Ennese would take advantage of our
helplessness and deprive us of our land
when we have worked so hard to im
prove it, I would never have thought
he could be so heartless."
"Neither would I," Mary replied. "It
is a por return for the way father help
ed rick Enness when he came here, and
the way he nursed him and helped him
in his crop last year when he wss sick.
He might, at least, pay us for the work
that's been done on the claim, rather
than to see us turned out in the world
with nothing. But, molher, he shall not
have our home. I thought it all over as
I came back across the prarie and I
made np my mind that we wouldn't give
it up."
Mrs. Ashby looked at her daughter in
astonishment,
kWhy, Mary," she said, "how can we
hslp giving it up? We have no means
of living here unless we can raises crop."
"I know that, but we'll raise a crop,"
Muy replied, with quiet determination.
"But how can we V Mrs. Ashby ask-
el. "We haven't a dollar to hire help,
and nobody is going to work for us with
out the money in hand."
'We won't ask any body to work for
us," Mary said. "We'll wcrk for our
selves. We'll sow the land in wheat.
just as father intended to do, and ID
break the ground and drill the grain
nBTre'f "
"Y. -?" the mather exclaimed, incred
ulously.
'Yea, I," Mary replied, firmly.
"But, child," Mrs. Ashby protested,
think what a task it would be.andyore
only a woman."
I have thought, mother of all that,
but we must not mind the work. I'd
rather go through anything almost than
to give np our home and leave here with
nothing."
"But I can't think of you trying to
manage a farm and doing a man's work,"
Mrs. Ashby objected.
"I can think of it much better than I
can think of giving everything over to
I'ick Enness. I may not prove success
ful in my efforts to raise a crop, but HI
try. We have the team, the plows and
the seed, and I'll make use of them.'
Mrs. Ashby did not acquiesce readily
to her daughter's plans, but she finally
gave a reluctant consent, and Mary at
once set to work to carry her plans into
execution. Fortunately, she was used to
hard outdoor work, baring aided her
father on the claim the two years they
had lived in Kansas, and at the same time
set
ESTABLISHED 1837.
she had gained an idea of farm manage
ment that stood her In good stead.
At the end of three weeks she had for
ty acres of ground broken and ready to
seed, and she felt that the worst part of
the work was done.
"I'll go over to Dick Enness," she said
to her mother, "and get the drill and pat
the wheat in, and then III bs through
with the work for the present and have
a little time for rest."
"Goodness knows you need rest," Mrs.
Ashby replied, casting a look of love and
sympathy on her daughter. "You're not
strong enough for such hardships as you
have gone through."
"Ob, I've not hurt myself in the least,
mother," Mary replied "and now that
the hardest j art of the work is done I
shall get along all right. It will only
take a little while to drill the wheat, and
the work is not hard at all."
Mary harnessed the horses, and de
parted for Enness to fetch the drill.
Enness was at home, and when she came
opto his yard-gate he walked out to meet
her.
"Good morning, Miss Ashby," he call
ed. "Where are yoa starting so early V
"I came to get the drill," she replied,
"to put in our wheat. I have the ground
ready, and I thought I'd use the drill
while you are finishing your breaking, so
that von could have it when you are
ready to use it"
Dick Enness looked at Mary very hard
for an instant, then cast his glance down
while a glance overspread his face.
"I'm sorry to have to refuse yoa a fa
vor," he said after awhile, "but I don't
just see how I can let you have my drill,
for I shall need it myself for several
days."
"Your drill?" Mary exclaimed in sur
prise. "Yes, ma'am," Enness replied, without
looking up. "I supposed you knew it
was my drill."
"I didnt know it, Mr. Enness," Mary
said, "and I can't understand how it
comes to be your drill. I know that you
and father bought it together, and I
know that he paid half of its cost."
"That's true enough, Miss Ashby. But
about two months ago, just before your
father's death, I bought his interest out
and paid him &r it, so now it is all
mine."
Mary Ashby looked at Eaness in won
der. That there was a word of truth in his
statement she did not for one moment
believe.
"Mr. Enness," she said at last, "it sur
prises me that yoa should claim that
which is not yours. I never would have
Believed that yoa would be so ba-e as to
rob two helpless women, and especially
the wife and daughter of a man who did
S3 much for yoa as my father did."
"Miss Ashby," Enness replied with
cool effrontery, "the drill is mine and
you can't have it, and that is all there is
to iL"
He turned on his heel and walked
away, and Mary, realizing her helpless
ness, returned homeward with a heavy
heart,
She understood Enness' purpose, and
he knew that be had more in view than
the simple possession of the drill. His
object was to thwart her attempt to rais
ing a crop, so that the claim would come
to him, and if he could deprive her of the
use of the drill he argued that her efforts
would be balked. But he had a different
spirit to deal with than be had anticipa
ed, and one that was capable of surmount
ing the impediments be placed in her
way.
She thought the matter over. Before
she reached home she had a plan form
ulated. It was useless, she knew, to
fight with Enness for her rights, and it
was equally as useless to stk elsewhere
for a drilL Yet she was determined to
put the wheat out, and she adopted the
only plan that was open to her for the ac
complishment of that purpose. She
would sow it broadcast and harrow it in.
And she did, though it took days of
hard work. She persevered cntil the
last foot of land was planted and h arrow -
eL Endess, who was watching her
movements and who chuckled to himself
when she began, thinking she would
soon give np the undertaking, changed
his tune and felt somewhat crestfallen
when he saw the work completed.
"I had no idea she was half so gritty,"
hs mused, "and it begins to look like
I'll not have a very easy time eet ting her
off that claim, but then the chances are
that her wheat will fail after ali."
But Enness wa? doomed indisappoi nt-
ment in his hopes of a crop failure, for
her wheat grew anl prospered, and at
last when it was ready to harvest it was
the finest field of grain in that section.
Miss Ashby had a long spell of sick
ness immediately after getting her crop
out, bat she was well and strong again at
harvest time, and though Enness did all
he could against her by hiring her har
vest hands away front her, she was able
to get her grain secured without loss.
When the wheat was all threshed and
marketed Miss Ashby counted np the
proceeds and found that she bad $00
clear of all expenses. She was ju3tly
proud of her achievement, and it was
with a feeling of pleasure that she look
ed back on those days of hard, weary
toil, when she broke the soil and plant
ed the seed that brought such a rich har
vest.
Enness learned full soon what Miss
Ashby had gained, and the information
came to him as a death blow to his hopes
of securing the claim for nothing.
He decided that if he was to secure the
claim he would have to buy it, and he
felt that the sooner he bought it the
better.
So one morning he walked over to Mrs.
Ashby 's sod cabin, and after passing a
few commonplace remarks, said :
'Mrs. Ashby, I've concluded that I
mifcht afford to take your claim off your
hands being as you're so anxious to sell
I dont really need it, but to accommo
date yoa IH bay it,"
"What will yoa give?" Miss Ashby
asked.
'Well, it aint worth," Enness replied.
"but III allow yoa what yoa asked for it
when yoa offered it to me shortly after
Ashby s death."
'I told yoa then yoa could nave it for
?3j0, I believe?" Mary remarked.
Yes. I think it was $200, and though
that is too much. 111 give it just as a
matter of accommodation, as I said be
fore."
Mr. Enness," Mary said, "if yoa want
to buy this claim yoa can have it for
f 1,000." 1
JUNE G. 1891.
Enness started and stared in amaze
ment "Yoa surely don't mean that," he
gasped.
"I do mean it. We won't take a cent
less.
' But you offered it for f200."
"Yes, because we felt that we were com
pelled to sell it, but we don't feel so
now."
"Yoa will feel so," Enness said, as he
arose and left the room. "You'll fail
on your crop next year and then
youllbe glad to get what I offer, but I
won't promise to give it."
He was angry and disapiiointed. He
had never dreamed that his offer would
be refused, and he really wanted the land.
He consoled himself, however, with the
thought that Mies Ashby would yet come
to his terms and be glad enough to accept
his offer, and he determined to patiently
bide his time.
' I'm very sorry to have to decline
your generous aid, Mr. Enness," Miss
Ashby interrupted, with a queer smile,
"but the truth is we've contracted the
claim to the railroad company for a to an
site for four times what yoa offer."
Without a word E nness left the bouse
and walked back home. He was too
completely beaten to say a word, but he
thought a good deal. For the first time
in his life it appeared to him that it was
very easy for greed to overstep itself.
It was manifest to him, too, that even
a woman could accomplish a great deal
when she resolved to try, even though
she labored under adverse circumstances.
A few weeks later Mrs. Ashby stood in
the doorway of the little sod cabin and
looked out across the Kansas prairie for
the last time. Her face was no longer
sad and wan, for she was very happy.
She was at last going back to the old
Eastern home for which she had so long
yearned, and the old, dark days of hard
ships and privations wereonly a remem
brance. Mary Ashby 'a indomitable will
and energy had brought better and
brighter times. Cltiovj-f SiiurJjy IUrcrJ.
The Art of Locking Cool.
Here are some entertaining para
graphs from the June number of the
Ladies Ilurnt Xiurrud.
That girl never looks cool who doesn't
know how to dress herself for the sum
mer days. A hot-looking wool frock or
the stiifly-etarched cotton one, both of
them, not only look warm, bat they
feel warm, so to the girl who is forced
to wear a woolen gown during the sum
mer, who believes that she cannot in
dulge in. some pretty cottons that will
not need to v'nit the laundry, I am
going to suggest that after the wool
skirt has beeh freshened op and remod
eled, mended and bound, that she take
a little money and invest it in one or two
shirtwaists. If she feels she cart only
get one, then buys a dark ei'.k, blue
or black, with possibly a little figure
upon it in white. If she feels that she
can affird more, then there are innu
merable cotton ones that may be gotten
at very reasonable prices, but these, of
course, will have the added exp?ne of
the laundry, for they cannot stand be
ing worn many times without being
laundered. Tne dark blua silk blouse,
made with large sleeves, turned-over
collar, so that the throat has at oppor
tunity to be cool, may be worn with al
most anv colored kirt.
Uniforms to Scare the Enemy.
According to the report prepared ly
the war dejartment, red uniforms were
first adapted by the Enperor Valerius
Maximus in order that the Rman sol
diers might not be frightened by the
sight of their own blood. To this day
the children of England are told that
this is the reason why French troops
wear red trousers, and French children
are taught the same notion respecting
the red coats of the British. The legion
aries of ancient Rime wore the skinj of
bears on the Sell of battle to make them
look fierce. Ftr the same reason they
put figures of frightful beasts on their
shields and helmets. From this odd cus
tom springs modern crests and a-morial
bearings. The idea of scaring the enemy
by such devices has been perpetuated up
to quite recent times. Tall bearskin
hats ere originally adopted to make
them look taller by the French cuiras
siers, each of whom carried a handful
of grenades for scattering among the
ranks of their foe. Troy Time.
Paper Tires For Bicycles.
The writer has visited the experimen
tal shop of the parties who are working
out the idea of making tires from paper
for bicycles. A pressure equal to 120
pounds was brought to bear upon a rub
ber tire wheel in the presence of the
writer, and the tire sunk in at the bottom.
Then the same kind of a wheel was
treated in the same way as regard j pres
sure, but the tire was made of taper.
The same weight did not cause the tire
to sick in so much as in the case of the
rubber one. Thus the paner tire can be
ruu over cobblestones, sandy roads, mud,
etc., and be less affected. The continual
squeezing together and inflating of the
rubber tire has a tendency to weir the
rubber and cause a fracture. The paper
tire, being less liable to flatten or sick
in, is not subject to this wear. B-jon
Coiiunsrrill BtultiiH.
For Idle Moments.
The star sapphire shows in its depths
a white s'ar with five rays.
The finest sea mirage is the Fata
Morgana, in the straits of Messina,
A barking shark, a very rare species,
was recently cap! tired at Monterey,
CaL
It costs four mills per pound to trans
port pork from Chicago to Liverpool.
Naturalists assert that a healthy swal
low will devour six thousand flies every
day.
The public baths in Boston were nsed
over one million times daring the three
summer months last season.
It is said that people eat twenty per
cent more bread when the weather is
cold than when it is mild.
To win a wager George A- Lee, of
Lichfield, Minn., smoked fifty cigars in
eleven hours. One of the cigars he con
sumed in six minutes.
More neonle srieak the .EnzHsh lan-
guage than any other by 35,000,000.
Meraicl
DAWN OF A NEW ERA.
THE BECISNLNG OF CIVIL LIBERTY.
II w the Seed Was Sswa by the Reforma
tion, and, Although Cut Down by
Persccatioa, Spnin? lot 5ew
Life Until It Has Become the
Hope ef Nations.
We print below the brilliant address
delivered by Hon. Geo. F. B.nr, at the
banquetpreceding the dedication of the
new Theological Seminary buildings at
Lancaster, IV, on Mty 10. Mr. Daer's toast
was "The Induence of the Reformed
Church on Civil Government." He said:
Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen
A great historian sa.vs: "The grm of the
Constitutional liberties of m o-lera times
lay hid in the bosom of the U-jforuution."
He could have added, with equal historic
truth, that the Reformed Chtrch was the
principal factor in the development of
this germ. Of course, by the U.-f jruied
Church, I mean the Churvh known ia
history by that name, eliminating modi
fications ia organisation caused, and per
hape necestiar.ly, by differences iu lan
g'tae, national habit and locality.
The Reformatioa did not start as aa
organized movement. It was the out
come of ages of misrule and oppression.
The people every where were dissatisiied
with the existing order of things. The
leaders did not originate ; they simply
formulated the grievances, give exores-
fcion to the longing of the masses, pro
claimed that whi.:h had been slumber
ing, and only waited a voice to give it
utterance a voire that w ould at once be
recognized as the voice of the people.
The revolt was teneral ; but, when the
attempt was made to organize and com
bine it into one organic union, formida
ble obstacles were encountered. The
common view is that the uniiieutioa of
protestantism was prevented by a disa
greement about theological dogmas. To
some exteat this is true. What we now
regard as an unseemly controversy over
"Aoc A co.-po it'x,rC was a factor in pre
venting the union of protestantism ia
the Sixteenth century; but I do not
think that a critical examination of the
history of the times shows this bo have
been the controlling factor. The differ
ences between th two great forces of the
Reformation, which are known by the
names Lutheran and Reformed, were
more orcanic and much wider and deep
er; they were differences in the spirit,
scope and purpose of the revolution in
which they were endued. To some ex
tent the division was gKraph:ca!. That
which we know as the Lutheran move
ment had its cenire in Saxony, and
reached the neighboring provinces as Lvr
south as the Rhine. It had the power
ful support of the elect or of Saxony and
many of the German electors and prin
ces. From first to la-?tit aitned on':y to
reform the church. Tae rei ormalion of
the State was not thought of. Tlta Re
formed movement was niost general in
the countries south of the Rhine ".hat is,
in Switz?r'and, France, some of the
Rhine provinces, and the Netherlands.
shen those people revolted aiinst
Rome, they not only revolted against
the spiritual abuses of the church, but
against the intolerable civil rule that
everywhere had been force 1 ura them.
They could not see hi a refo.-jstti ja of
religion could be brought about without
reforming the civil power by which the
tyranny and cornptions of religion were
upheld. Church anl State, Pope and Ex
peror, Bishop anl Btrroi, were bat dif
ferent names of amightyand all-powerful
combination that everywhere op
pressed the people- la other words, the
Rfjrmed leaders sought to reform
Church and State. The conditions in
the north and south of Eirope were es
sentially d: J.-rent.- In the south, the
power of medieval feudalism was al
ready broken. The revival of learning
in Italy hal restored to the world the
classic literature of Greece aal Rime.
Men's imaginations werj ia:lttel by
the glorie of the Grecian republics, and
their anger aroused at the cruel debauch
ery of the Borgia pops. They foua 1
the Old and New Testament full of fierce
denunciations against bad kingi and false
priests. The route of travel and trade
from the Adriatic to the cities of the
Hansea'.ic league became the route of
news, intelligence and communication.
It developed1 many free cities to wh'ch
special priveliges were granted. These
cities were minature republics, generally
clothed with full local autonomy ; their
citizens were tcaniouj of their privile
ges, and possessed a larger degree of free
dom thaa the muses who still were
ground under the heavy burdens of
medieval feudalism. Switzerland was a
confederation of little republics. Ia the
very beginning the Swiss reformers be
came the leaders of the R formed m ove
ment. These people had tasted liberty
and longed for more of it. These differ
ences in scope and purpose were clearly
developed at the Marburg Conference.
Yoa remember it wa called to effect a
union of protestantism. The controver
sy between the Saxon and S wi-w reform
ers over the eucharist was sharp and bit
ter. In the end soxe sort cf compro
mise was reached. It was not satisfacto
ry ; compromises seldom are. The con
ference, however, broke up without ac
complishing the onion of Switzerland
and Saxony in a common defenca of
protestantism against the assaults of
Rome. Why? Obviously becaajs ths
Saxon reformers saw that the Swiss
movement involved more thaa a mere
reformation of the Church. Lather's re
mark to Zwingli: " Yoa are not of the
same spirit," is often quoted and gener
ally applied to theological differences.
This is a misapplication. What Luther
meant by a different spirit is clearly dis
closed by a remark of Jonas, one of Lis
colleagues : "When," said he to Zwingli,
"yoa have reformed the hats of the peas
ants yoa will claim to reform the sable
caps of princes." This spirit of liberty
was strong in Zw ng'L He held that po
litical freedom was a Christian duty. It
was this spirit that offended the Saxon
reformers.
At a subsequent perioJ, when the
treaty known as the Recess of Aagsburg
was made, as a result of the victory of the
protestaot forces under the leadership of
Maurice of Saxony over Charles the Fifth,
the Pope and Emperor were carefol to
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cooS ie the benefits of peace to Catho
lics and to such as adhered to the cm
fesiion of Augiharg. The rgor of tha
laws against heretics was left ia force as
to the Reformed people. Indeed, it was
n t until the end of the thirty years' war
that the baa aAins. thera ws removed.
The Treaty of Wesiphal.a provided that
the Reformed people should er j vy ia as
ample manner as the Lutheran, all ad
vantages and protection which the Re
cess of Augsburg (made oca hundred
years befjre) afforded.
This exclusion of tbe Reformed people
from the benefits of the Treaty of Augs
burg is the key note to aa enderstand
ingcf much subsequent history. Empe
ror and Pope fully understood this spirit
of the Reformed people. They knew
that with them reforoiation cf thechnrch
involved the reformation of civil govern
ment, whilst those who adhered to the
confear.i a of Augsburg at that time de
sired only religious liberty. This differ
ence runs, like the theme of an opera,
through the whole story of the Reforma
tion. Napoleon understood it. Speak
ing of the riva'ry between Francis tbe
First and Charles the Fifth, Le said that
Francis the First might have made him
self tha great hero of the reformation
had he turned protectant but, he cau
tiously added, that he could not have
adopted the Reformed faith, which ws
altogether Republican, and led bo the
overthrow cf monarchy.
The adherents of the conf-ssion cf
Augsburg, having been paciticd by the
treaty, the Pope and Eaiperor were left
free to exterminate heresy ia the Neth
erlands. The w h;le power of Spain and
Rome was concent rated to crush the ref
orii'.ation ia the Netherlands, In vain
did tha Netherlands implore the protest
aats of Germany to come over and help
them. Saint Aidcgoaie, with the clear
vision of a seer, told them at Worms that
if they did not help to Cht the battles
of protestanisTi ia the low Ian la of II A-
land, the day would eo;ne when in fier
cer form the coed let would be brought to
a tiaih oa the plains of Germany. The
thirty years' war, with its devastation
aad Ji population of Germany, was the
price paid for deserting the Netherlands.
There is no more pitable spectacle in his
tory than that of protestant Germany
, with the exception of a few personal fol
lowers of WiiluiTi the Silent' s'andlr.g
aloof, protected in religion and property
by a selilih treaty, whilst the whole
might ad power of Spain aa l Catholi
cism was concentrated to crash th? prot
es'arils ia the Netherlands. How much
theca isiof religious aal civil liberty
owes to William the Silent! Bra a Lu
theran, trained a Catholic ia the service
of the Emperor, he espou?! the cause of
liberty. As the straj!e fir liberty and
just laws went on, he saw that in the Ke-forme-1
phase of protestantism lay the
trie hopes cf freedom. Ia the hour of
greatest struggle he j .ne ithe Reformed
Church, and led the hosts of protestant-
ism to victory. A victory that gave, not
alone freedom to the Nether'.an is. but
set the example of reiigious toleration for
the whole world. Tbe rel g.ous and civ-
iiiDertT .ei-acarp-sreaoii'.t.,
this heroic st u 12 in the Nether'.an Is.
Ssitzjr'.au.l, from a confederation o
ari-tocratic republic, uaier Reformed
inSaecces has developed into the most
decixrarc cf s'.l nations. !
Whence come the liberties of England? j
From the great charter? Mana Charts is j
aaiorg the brightest epochs in history, j
I s story will never grow old. It will ai- ,
ways le the fruitful theme of oratory, j
Still one smi!e3 at times t har A neri- !
cans of Teutonic descent tell ho w our j
English ancestors barons, too, they :
were with mailed ban I extorted the :
great charter of our liberties frotn King!
John at R-inaymede. Bjt Magi a Char- 1
ta was dull parchment dea 1 aa 1 dry as j
the bones ia Ez.-kieis vision until :
those stern Ca'viui-.ts ia the ers of the j
Commoawealth put life and spirit into !
the mu-ity old p3 chaient; aad even then
the life was ti'f al and the spirit tame un- t
til a Reformed Prince, William of Or- j
ange, ascended tbe throne of England, j
The English call his accession the revo-)
lution. Such it undoubtedly was. Tae I
limitations oa monarchial power, and J
what is now called Eng'ish constitution j
al liberty, date from the landing of Wil- ;
liam cf Orange, a descendant of the great !
William the Silent, on Eaglish soil. j
I intended to tell you of our own free- '
dom, and from whence it comes. Time;
will not permit. Will you turn to France? j
The seed of civil and religious liberty 1
was sown there by the Reformed protest- j
ants early ia the Sixteenth century. It
was soon choked by corruption aad blood, j
Frocu time to time it sprouted into new i
life and gave promise of glorious things
again to be cut down by remorseless
tyranny and persecution. Cut d own, but
never uprooted. In our generation, we
have seen it develop new life and grow
into a fair-sizad tree, with hopeful prom
ise of becoming a full grown tree of lib- 1
erty under whose shade her people may j
find rest. Turn where you will, and this j
fact confronts yon wherever the Re- !
formed faith has become a controlling I
factor in the life of nations, then his fol- J
lowed, as the day follows the niht, the j
death of absolutism, and a new birth of1
freedom.
Religious and civil liberty and educa
tion are inseparable. The true votary of
freedom must ever be the generous pat
ron of education. There h no more pVas
ini incident in history thaa that which
tells how the R.-f.Tined people cf the
Netherlands, as a thank-offering f r the
deliverance from tbe Spanish siege of
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ot i-eyuen. t e.i may we, wao erjpv
the bleseirgs of civil and religious liber
ty in a fuller and more permanent form
than ever fell to the Reformed people of
Holland, i-nitato their example, and
build schools and colleges as a thank of
fering for the great blessings of civil and
religions liberty which, after ages of toil
and struggle, have been vouchsafed to
as.
We are here to-day to dedicate this
school of the prophets. May it teach a
theology pare, broad and tolerant, whose
ultimate test of orthodoxy shall be con
formity to that first and great command
ment: "Thou shait love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with all thy
sod, and with ail thy mind ;" and a so
ciology whose fundamental, central and
crowning principles shall be founded on
that other commandment : "Thou shall
love thy neighbor as thyself. ' "For on
these two commandments haag all the
law and the prophets."
All Afou id the Farm.
To be on the safe side we should al
ways anticipate a drouth and be prepar
ed to meet it with a plentiful supply of
crops for soiling.
Soils which are rich in humus contain
a larger amount of phc-phale associated
with them in available forms than the
soils that are poor in humus.
Among garden crops most certain to
be bene :i ted by the application of com
mercial fertilizers we find asparagus, peas
beans, cabbages and cauliffowera.
The Vermont experiment station after
three years of experiment decides that
sour ii.uk is superior to sweet for feeding
pigs.
Bay once or twice a week a large beef
heart from your buteber, boil it until
well done and tender, chop due and feed
to both young chicks anl old fowls.
TLey eat :t ravenously, and it is a fice
food for t be tii.
Dariog the busy season it sometimes
happens that a farmer finds it almost im
porsibie not to overwork his horns a
little. Avoid this if you can, but if you
otanitf, as So..a as tbe opjortanity comes
pull off their shoes and turn them out for
a fortnight's run u;xn good grass.
r.etty of shale in the hog pastures
is a neveseity and not a luxury. It is to
your interest as well as for the good of
the hogs that they are not compelled to
endure the heat of the sun.
Permanent pastures may Le made cf
one species of gra cniy, says a writer,
but tie feeding value is increased by
having a variety. The variety should
be selected w UU a regard to their habits
of growth as hardihood, durab.iity, the
part of the Season during which they
grow, and the feeding value of each.
The Russian sustlower is easily raise, I,
requiring very little care, aad can be
grown ia fence cor. ers a ra J places difficult
to cultivate. Its seed production is enor
mous, one acre often j it 1 Jlcg ICO bushels
It should be planted in hills four feet
ap..rt. Three quarts of seed Ja iil plant an
acre.
Our experience with feeding oats to
hens is that they are too light to be made
a mala part of the feed. The fowls will
not eat them at the sa netiiae with other
grain. But we never sa w young chicks
grow better tban oa a diet cf oat meal
sifted so as to remove most of the hulls,
j and then mix till nearly soiid and dry
with eour curd cheese. This combination
contains just what is needed to make
rapid growth. CuUiiui'jr.
Take extra gxtd care of the horses dar-
i ing the working season. Sponge the
i shoulders and other points where tha
i
j haraesi bears, whenever the hor has
been a-ed enough to sweat at all. Whert
at work give them water ia the middle
cf the forenoon and afternoon as well as
at feeding time.
I: is pointed out that hua lie-is of
farms Lave been ruined becaua the far
uiers are ignorant of th-i bottom princi
ples of their calling. If this is true.should
not the country school instruction be so
di tLrcntiated from that of the city and
tow n that farmers acd farina should re
ceive a positive beacd: ?
The farmer who gets behind with his
work in the growing season neglects what
he then do s in his anxiety to catch u;
by half d oing his work. Ia such cases
it would be wiser to secure enough help
to catch up, aud do the work pro perl y
also. Work half done in any branch of
farming brink's the usual results of slip
shod methods when the crops are gath-
j ered. N-abbia cu.ture produces nubbins.
I The stock oa the farm are benefited as
j much by a varied died as the farmer's
! family.
Xlw jrp of orf?an;c mat;er in U
avt he kept ni) Kvause it Ukes
a ixportsnt part, indirectly, ia
keeping ap the f-rt;l.ty of the soih A
good aysteui of rotation, including sol
crops and well-prepared firm manure,
wi.i do this, aad wi.l avoid tha inlro
d action aal use of commercial fertilizers,
which are no cosiing tbe farmers of the
Cnttel States over $.-", .t annually.
lr will not , Jo to wait until this question
forces itseif upon us.
1'ry bone, ground, is valuable for poul
try, but '.he best res-aits are obtained from
fresh bones and meat pricured from tho
butcher, sajs Mirror and Farmer. A
gr-eea bone cannot 1 ground, being
LoUith, while a dry bone, being brittle,
can be reduced easily. Greeu bones are
cut Sae and f-d, the adhering m tat being
cut with the b-one. S ich tl should be
u?d as a portioa of the ration, and if
given in proportion of one ounce a day
to each hen will aid to the number of
e-gs from tbe ffx-k.
Money Worn by Circulation.
A cumber of patriotic sons uf Erin
were sca'ed arcuad a table one night
dtsensstag a little of everything, when
one of them began a lamentation over a
lightweight silver dollar be had.
"Th hid an" th' tali's worn down thot
f.jiae ye wouldn't know th' hid from
th' tail if it wasn't that th' bid's always
on th' other si le,"
"i.iot worn by tirkylation V
"So they say, but Oi beiae some smar-r-rt
Jivil's tuk a j tea plane and schraped
a doime or two off her for luck. Cirky
Iation can't wear a dollar down lcik
j that."
"It can, too, and Oi'l! prove it," said a
third. "Have ye got a good dollar, Din
ny V
Dinny, curiously enough, had one aad
produced it.
"Now pjss it around the table."
Around it went.
"Ti..e mere."
Twice in ire it went.
" Wance more, an let me hov it."
1 ace agaa it circulated, and finally it
rested in the palm of the iartitigator of
the performance. Ha then leaned over
to the owner cf the dollar ana banded
him a silver q iirter.
"Phwal'j this?" asked the latter.
"That's yt-r dollar, Dinny."
Why Did He Dolt?
A Southern ntagaaiae, by way of illus
trating the transitoriness cf fame, says
that less than 2) years after the close of
the civil war the following conversation
took place at a Chicago railway station,
where a soldierly passenger had just step
ped from a train.
"Who is that fine-looking man?" said
a prominent citizen of the city to an ex
Confederate. "That is General Backner," was the
reply.
"Who is Genera! Buckner?"
"General Bucknor, of the Confederate
Army, yoa know, who surrendered Fort
Doceison."
Tbe prominent citizen seemed to be
collecting his thoughts,
"Oh," he said, "he surrendered Fort
Donelson, did he? What did he do
that for T
The following advertisement recently
appeared in the Paris Figaro :
"Wanted A professor to come twice
a week to the boose of a noble family la
order to reform tbe pronunciation of a
parrot."