PREPARE FOR DROUGHT. By ArrmnefniE For Irrigation at Critical 6tajc In the Crop" Growth. Soma of the experiment stations are giving considerable attention to studies regarding t be amounts of water require d Vy different crops for perfect develop ment, as well m the best time and methods of applying it It would be well to consider also the economy of wa ter storage and irrigation on a small scale, as suggested by The Experiment Station Record. The Record very truly says: A deficiency of rainfall during a com paratively short period at a critical stage of the growth of a crop as, for instance, at the time of formation of sewi may result in serious reduction in yield and quality of crop or in total failure. The most reliable safeguard against 6uch a result is irrigation in some form. There is reason to believe that the sys tems of irrigation now so extensively and successfully practiced in tho arid and semiarid regions may be employed in modified form and on a smaller scale with marked advantage on at least the more valuable farm lands of the humid regions of the United States. In such regions there is usually little trouble in securing all the water needed for purposes of irrigation. By impound ing the 6mall streams and utilizing the springs which occur on almost every farm sufficient water might be stored at small expense to carry the crops safely over the one or two "dry spells" which are likely to occur during the growing season. Tho construction of f xtensive reservoirs and canalaof course could not wisely be undertaken, but on a great many farms the topographical conditions are such that the 6mall streams might be collected in reservoirs from which tho water might be distributed by means of open ditches over a large area of the farm, or a portion of the flow of larger streams might be diverted and distrib uted by tho same means in time of need. In fact, this kind of irrigation, especial ly in meadows, is already practiced to a limited extent in the eastern United States. Such a system intelligently practiced would very largely eliminate the ele ment of chance in fanning operations and reduce the culture of the soil more nearly to a Ecience. Besides affording greater security, it would permit of in tensive cultivation and the widest di versification of crops. The latter ia a matter of highest importance in those regions which are at present confined to the production of one or two staple crops, such as cotton, corn or wheat Under this one crop system failure of the crop is a much more serious matter than under a system in which a variety of crops is grown. What Ears For Sred Corn? Rural New Yorker says: "For 20 years we have carefully selected seed corn. For 20 years we have selected the Chester County Mammoth yellow dent The Flint was always selected with a view of increasing the length of the ear; the Mammoth with a view of raising two or more ears to a stalk. We eiucceeded ia both cases. But the two cars of the Mammoth give no more weight of grain than the one ear that the original variety was prone to give "So, too, for many years we selected ears of the so called Blount's Prolific in the hope of obtaining a variety that would give more ears to a stalk. We (e lected seed only from plants giving five ears cr more. We are not sure that any thing has been gained by this selection. The lower ears are always small or im perfect. We have raised plants bearing ten ears to a single stalk, '"it many ot thr lower ears were mere ubbina. Many assume that if we select the best lown ears we may thus produce a strain that liears its ears lower upon the stalk, and we incline to this opinion. One thing is certain, however that the very best ears are the highest, not the lowest. " Spring la the Apiary. A Massachusetts beekeeper very truly Kays in The New England Homestead that not one colony in a hundred will manage to hold their own the first three or four weeks after beginning to gather pollen. It takes 21 days from the time the egg is laid to rear a bee. During this time the colony is under a severe strain of labor to prepare the food for the larvae and to keep up the necessary heat in the hive. This wears out the Ixhs rapidly, and the skilled apiarist thinks himself lucky if his colonies con tain as many bees one month after the queen corijneuces to lay in spring as they did Si the beginning. The only chance whatever for a colony to become stronger the first of the pollen season is when they have been wintered in a warm cellar and were rearing broods for two months before they were placed on tho summer stands. This gives a largd force of young bees, which do not snSer from spring dwindling only an other name for death from old aga New, Early and Proliao Teas. The editor of The Rural New Yorker reports that the i;ev early pea, Exo uian, was tried at The Rural grounds last season. Planted April 19, the first picking was June 18. The Exonian ex cels in bearing uniformly well filled pods which rverage 2 inches long, filled with about five large wrinkled seeds. The vines grow about 2 feet high. But the Exonian is no better than the new Station, which is just as early and per haps more prolific. There is no sweeter pea than tho Paragon. The Admiral (vinos 3 feet) is an extremely prolific intermediate. The pods are small, but well filled with from six to nine seetls. FARM MORTGAGES. Ylie First Adequate and Comprehensive Krport Ever Hade on the Subject. Wo begin at last really to know some thing about farm mortgages and tho burdening of American homes with debt. Census bulletin No. 98 gives tho first adequate and comprehensive report ever made on the subject and that re port refutes statements that have been made and accepted. Hero are the facts cs gleaned from the bulletin alluded to by tho New York World: There are about 4, 750, 000 farm fam ilies in the country. Only about 900,000 . tf them have any mortgages at alL And these mortgages, as clearly appears, represent for the most part energy and thrift rather than impoverishment They are mortgages given for deferred payments in purchasing land or for cap ital borrowed to enlarge operations. Less than 3 per cent of all the mortgages represent borrowing for expenses or be cause of poverty. The rest represent profitable business enterprise. This mortgage indebtedness lies al most wholly north of the Potomao and Ohio line. New York farms are mort gaged f or f 1 38, 960,903. Those of Io'va carry a burden of a little more than $100,000,000; those of Illinois, a triflo less. In Pennsylvania and Kansas the figures fall to about 73,000,000, in Ohio to 70.000,000, in Michigan to fGl.000,000, in Wisconsin to f 53,000. 00. ia Missouri to $33,000,000, iu Ne braska to f 47,000,000, in California to 46,000,000, in Indiana about tho same, iu Minnesota to 37,000,000, in New Jersey to 25.000,000, 'South Dakota 13,000,000 and Vermont and Massa chusetts fll.u00.000 each. Among the southern states West Vir ginia heads the list with 5,000,000 mortgage debt . Virginia, tho two Caro linas and Louisiana owe between 3, 000,000 and 4, 000, 000 each, Mississippi less than 3,000,000, Arkansas about $2,000,000, Alabama and Georgia less than 2,000,000 and Florida less than 1.000. 000 It is doubtful if crimson clover will stand the winter farther corth than cen tral New York. A VISIT FROM THE DEVIL. Dow Ut Satanic Mnjey Once Made file Appearance In ISnncxy. A raro pamphlet in tho library of th9 rrlitnr cf a department of The Repub lic bears the following quaint title: "A Strango and Terriblo uurter Kongns Verio Lately In tho Parish Church of Bungay namely, on the fourth of thys An"tiKt in the Yeere of our Lordo 1577. " Tho Btory, stripped of the quaint lan guage iu which it is couched, and brief ly told, is as loiiows: a siorm oi ex traordinary fury raged during divine services in the church alluded to; rain fell in torrent, and the lightning flash ed "blue, red, green and in a mixture of indescribable- colors," while tho thunder peals "not only disquieted men and dumb creatures, but senseless things devoid of all life and feeling trembled and shook with terror. " While tho tempest was at its height fiVnd from tho lower reziocs appeared in tho midst of tho terror stricken con gregation. Tho account eays: "It was in form, as well as could 1 discerned. of an enormous dog, of black color, the sight whereof, together with tho fearful fixsbea of Cre which then were seen, moved many minds to tho belief that the end of time had come, and that doomsday was upon us. Tho evil one, for he it was in such strange likeness, ran with extraordinary epeexi into that portion of tho church where tho major ity of tho congregation was seated. In doing so it passed between two persons who were upon their knees in the atti tude of prayer, grasped r.ud wrung tho necks of both in au instant, so that they died presently as they knelt As ho pass ed by another ho gave him such a grip on the back that ho was drawn together and instantly fehruukcu up like a piece of leather scorched in a hot fire. " Leaving tho church at Bungay, the devil is said to have "flown with a grcate noiso and moling" to the church at Blibcty, seven miles away. Ho was seen to alight upon the roof and to instantly pass through it, dropping from the vaulted ceiling upon the heads of three persons (two men and a boy,) who were all instantly killed, "Uyiug scratched byo tho horyd thing and burn ed to ncailio a cracklyjfg. " Tho "Book of W'cmkroMS Visita tions," published in 10S7, 110 years after the events mentioned above, 6aya that the prints of tho devil's claws where bo ran down tho aisle of tho Ban gay church were then still plainly to bo seen. St Louis Republic. The Large Flying Squirrel. Tbo largo red flying squirrel is inter esting, but not beautiful. It is wholly nocturnal, and, liko most nocturnal an imals, is extremely surly and spiteful if disturbed in the daytime. It is as larpe as a cat, with a face liko a rabbit's. Its coloring is extremely brilliant for a manimal, aud in general appearance it resembles some curious monster in a Chinese painting. Tho f nr is a rich aud deep chestnut on its back, light chest nut below, its head whita and its eye a dull pale gray. Tho wide parachute membrane be tween its legs is covered with fur, and its tail is long, thickly furred and round. This squirrel docs not "fly" in the proper sense of the word, but in the forests its parachute membrane answers its purposo almost equally as well as wings. It runs with a wonderful agil ity up the trunk of the tree, aud to tho end of a branch, aud then takes a flying leap, with its limbs extended to tho ut most and the wido flesh membrane ttrt tched. This "aerial slide" carries it forward and downward to a horizontal distance of perhaps 40 or 50 yards, aud it is no ticed that as ia tho case cf birds when making use of their powers of descent with fixed pinions the sqnirrtl throws itself upward and ascends slightly at the close of the "flight, " perching on tho bough it aims at, with all tho light ness cf a pigeon descending from a tow er, to some point upon the roof below. Spectator. CnricOJ Farts. The medical statistics of this country have been studied by Dr. John T. Bil lings from the racial standpoint lie de duces many curious facts: The infan tile death rate among the blacks is very high; the race itself is rhorter lived than the white; it is less liable than the white to malaria, yellow fever and can cer, but succumbs more readily to tu berculosis and pneumonia. Irish chil dren survive infantile disca-res, but the adult death rate is high; tuberculosis, pneumonia and alcoholism cut tbem down. Germans aro especially liable to digestive disorders and cancer. Jews have a low death rate; they live Icg; their diseases are diabetes, locomotor ataxia and kindred nervous ailcitiits. Zion's Herald, Boston. Chwagoede. I frequently resent t!;e r':ch roasts ?iven Chicago society by tho terriblo Town Topics, bat now and then I am forced to admit that some cf its wild and weird whoppers aro not alto gether unprovoked. At tho recent Fel lowship Club ladies' layout 1 overheard one of the officers importuiio a brilliant boulevard beau not to be in a hurry to leave, as Mrs. Alice J. Shaw was about to appear and whistle. "Is that eo?" ijaculutcd the swagger swell. "Then I'll stay a bit longi r. I knowed her over iu London." Chicago Weekly. A Caiefol Bridegroom. Bridegroom ("about to marrv the youngest of three sisters) My eloar friend, I want yoa to stand right behind mo durii.g tho ceremony and keep your eyes open. I am very nearsighted, and I aai afraid they mi:zht substitute the oldest sister ot tho critical moment Flie-geude Blatter. "Tho Blue Bells of Scotland" was tbo work cf Auiiio Mc Vicar, afterward Mrs. Grant, the daughter of a Scottish olficcr in the British army. The melody was long believed to be Scottish, but is uow known to bo of English origin, be ing au old English folk song. Bowie's Great Knife. The bowie knifo obtains its name from Rezin P. Bowie, who lived ia Maryland in the early part of this cen tury, lie had a brother who had many enemies, and he, being turbulent and fond of hand to hand lights, stood iu need of good weapons. Re zin undertook to furnish him with a weapon some what superior to any that could be found in those parts at that period. A knife was made out of a blacksmith's file, aud a blade was had nine inches long, to which was fastened a handle of 6ix inches. Tho knife was simple, strong in build and had an admirable temper. Bowie used it in 19 sanguinary contests, and then, happening in Philadelphia, be met with a cutler who fashioned it over for him. Bowie afterward settled on tho Mississippi, and entertained the celebrated actor Edwin Forrest to whom he gave the original knife. For rest placed the knifo in his collection, where he retained it until LU death. Hardware. Haphazard Preaching. . A clergyman in Cashing, Ma, is re ported to have a unique way of securing texts. Ho passed around slips of paper, upon which the people wroto various texts that they would like to hear preach -rd from. He then passed around a hat tnd gathered up tho slips and a.-ked a ycung lady present to choose cno with out looking. She drew for'h the text, "What think ye?" upon which ho preached, according to repcrt, a very excellent sermon. This method is cer tainly unique, but we admit an old fash ioned preference for a text selected early iu the week aud several days cf cartful thought and study devoted to the dis course preacLed upon it Augusta(Ga.) Journal. nats of tho modem stylo were first fciade by a Swiss at Parig in 1404. Ee forti that time hoods and caps were gen erally worn, To The World of Women. Weak, nervou, ele liente? overworked women need a strength builder, atonic for their nerves, and a cure for that aw ful interna! trouble that is wearing out their live-s. Thousand. of women have found sue-h in Ir. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. Mrs. Christiana Ileal, of Jonesport, Me, writes that her daught er had Kt'ii a great sufferer from fe male trouble, and after related trials of doctor's prescriptions and other so called cures, all of which gave no re lief, die useel Favorite Remedy and it jier lnaneutly cured her. . If you have headache, uterine ca tarrh, invgular menstruation, leuoor-rlxi-a, or irregular monthly periexls, siekiKfw incidental to change of life, or any of the attending evils that are pres ent in female' complaints, use Favorite Remedy ; it will build up quickly the run elown constitution, dispel those tired looks and feelings, it-store the nervous system and permanently cure you. Our daughters grow up weak anil delicate ; mothers can avoid such conditions by giving them Ir. Ken nedy's Favorite Itemeely. Shrubbery Around the House. Shrubliery, unless properly arranged, is not attractive, either on the lawn or else where, hut when the trees and shrubU-ry are placed where they will add their attrae-tions to the best ad vantage they add hundreds of dollars to the value of a place-. Tluise who own their homes should endeavor to make every square foot a Unuty spot There is no space that will not permit of the growing ef some kiuel of flower. An euergtve-ii hedge is not only a con trast with other plants growing near, hut it givers a green apiK.-araiice to a yard even in winter. Items of Interest Twoof Schuylkill County's three Judges have lieen for months, and are still, too Kick to hold Court The ocrpse of a well-dressed man was found in a thicket at Fowler station, 20 miles west of Ite-llefoute. A pckctlook containing souse money was lying Initio the body, but there was nothing by which the man could be ideiitit:ed. The Arkansas Supreme Court gave a decision, on Saturday, awarding tho tow n of Fail-mount, Arkansas, to Judge T. C. IKley, of Little It-H-k. The bind on which the town is built eonipri.se K) acres and has been t in litigation for a number of years. Frank Antrim, of Quiiicy, 111., assist ant bagjriprriaster of the Chicago, liurliiigton A euincy railroad, has re ceived word that his effort to secure recognition of his claim as an heir of the great Antrim estate in County Aiiliiiu, Ireland, has succeeded. Tho e-stj-.te is woith a'oout 7."i,rt".ftno. Mr. Antrim estimates his share at ?l,0t!0,fW0 to i,n.iii,0iii. He is :X) years of age and hasa wife and three children. The si-liool lioarri of Clifton Heights, Delaware county, and the Patriotic ( rder Sons of America have had a tussle lately in regard to who should erex-t a flag-pole on the school grounds. The directors said there shoeihl le a $40 pole put up or none at all. The society couldn't afford the price, and the directors then erected the polo. The eiuestion is now raised whether the 1oard has the right to spend school funds for that purpose. This strange tale of the lightning comes in a dispatch from Pe-nsac-ola, Fla.: John T. Wilkersan was struck by lightning iu his shop eloor yesterday, and was killed. He was standing by a tele graph instrument, which was discon nected from any wire, but a loose wire was in contact with his Itodv. The other end of the wire was fasteued to a pine tree a'loiit one hundred feet away. When Wilkerson's lxidy was undressed a per fect picture of the pine tree, from the top to the point at which the wire was tied. was found photographed on each side, just under the arms. While it is customary much earlier in the season than the middle of May to kill olF the Delaware poach crop at least once or twice, and while there have been iold rains if not killing fr-wts in the little Diamond State this season, the lovers of the luscious free and clingstone fruit are liable to a very agreeable disappointment Three-fourths of the crop was. it is true, scheduled to lie dcstroyenl by a fungus growth which developed after the recent protracted cold rains ; but even this sign of ruin went away. Compared with last season's yield, this season's peach crop will be a large one. Wesley Met 'racken, a prominent citizen of Huntingdon, shot and instantly killed (leoi ge M. Hawn, a neighiior, Thursday morning. Hawn and McC'rackcn had lie-en at odds on a dividing line of fence lietween tlu-ir properties aud one or the other had been moving the fence alter night on the other's projn rty. Wednes day night MoCracken and a party of friends, heavily armed, went to the scene and awaited development. At nliout 1 o'clock Thursday morning Hawn and his party arrived to move the fence back again on McCracken's land, and when the work of removal was completed Mo Crack en opened tire with a double-lwr-rlled shotgun, hitting Hawn in the head and buck, killing him instantlv. "Her Face was Her Fortune." This has lie-en truly said of many wo man. Ye-t no face can long retain its Iwftiity unless health is behind it. Wo man is subject to so many distressing c :nplaiots that health an 1 b.Miity a-e often prematurely impairedor lost. Fortunate it is that she has at hantl so invaluable a friend as Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Multitudes of WJinen tlixotighout the land can per s tiuilly testify, that it affords the only p tsitive cure for the dire legion of "fe male wcakiH-sses." Suffer and fade away no longer, whe-n this remedy will bring you sure relief. It is the great restorer of health and there-fore the beft possible' restorer of beauty. All elrug- gists. Pit R. V. Pi kike: Sir My wife improves! in health gradually from the time she commenced taking "Favorite Prescription" until now. She has le-en doing her own house-work for the past four months. When she !egun taking it, tdio was scarcely able to lm on her feet, she suH'creil so from ute-riiie eh-bil- ity. I e-an hc-artily recommend it for such cases. II. II. SXYIIKK Dropping in Your Throat. H.-iwkingand spitting is one of the most dis- a.srrrt-ulilc luirts of catarrh. We have patients UKintf Mayers Magnetic Catarrh Cure to re port complete relief from this w ithin tin days of it use. Catarrh of Long Standing. will bo cured by the ue of Mayent' Catarrh Cure. Catarrh n.sy be well culled a grout wourte in tliis eoui.try, nw.rly every person tutu it in n (treater or less degree. Mayer' Magnetic Catarrh Cure, if used promptly will cure this terrible iliM-af'e. Nocure no prey. For a cold in the bead accompanied by frontal headache, can be eure-d by one or two appli'-alion. Remember one bottle lasts 3 months and Ik r uaranued to cure or money refumh-d by agoutn. Head what a one time sufferer from catarrh has to say of our marvelous cure. , ....ilMl i The Mayers I'rue e ', Nikiand, Mil. l.:iTlemeli! 1 hav lin a Kfirti.m. rH.n catarrh for y,n-x and was recommended to ue a bottle of Mayers' Magnetic 'utarrh Cure and in Iks than MX weeks 1 was ci!iipl.-ie! v eun d am deem it one of the best medicine n the market and remmmctid in mcilx! of treatment toaiiy nurierer from the awful mjO aily. lU-siKi-tlullv. I II ' v I!. Vinoi, ' . Attorney at Uk One Way to Live Cheaply. Joseph Tanskl, the Polish refugee, narrates many stories of the shifts to which he and his fellow exile were com ped led to resort in onler to kevp soul and lody together. None of these is more curious and interesting than one relating to his friend, Colonel Wilk, who had lieen decorated by the emperor of the French for gallant ae-rv-ice in the French army, but who after ward found himselfobligeel to live upon bO francs a month. It was pretty tight work, and bo Colonel Wilk had to confess, but one day he met with a 6trange bit of good fortune. lie had been out for & walk and was on his way home when a big New foundland dog came running down the street, pursued by a gang of lioys and men, all armed with sticks. The dog, p.mting and terrified, ran htraight to ward Colonel Wilk and took refuge between, his feet. The crowd drew near with loud and excited shouts. . "It's a mad dog; kill him!" A jiolict'man, more courageous, than the mob, fdcppeel forwanl. ""Halt!" shouted the knight of the Legion of Honor. "The dog belongs to me. It is not mad." His resolute air and perhaps the red ribbon in his buttonhole made an im pression upon the polk-eiiuwi. "Very well," lie said "since the dog is yours, lead him away." ISo said, so done. Colonel Wilk took the dog home, washed and combed It, and then went with it to the butcher's, to buy it some wraps of meat. For i5 centimes the butcher gave him a fine lot, and on his way heme Wilk bought a few vegetables, AH these bits bits of meat, bones and vegetables he put in a jtot, to gether with a suitable ejuantity of wat er, and out of the pot both lie and the dog made a sumptuous dinner. The problem of living was solwd. Pay after day, as often as his purse ran low, which was very often, he lmught bits of meat "for his dog." Nobody wtis the w iser, and the Polish exile and hid dog lived upon 35 centimes a. day, and the knight of the Ix'gion of Honor could once more receive his friends like a man of the world. Have yon earache, toothache, sore throat, pains or swellings of any sort? A few applications of Pr. Thonnis' Electric Oil will bring relief almost in slitntlv. Farming That Does Not Pay. We recently came across a farmer, cultivating; 150 acres of good land, working hard and trying to live eco nomically, who said that he would not make his expenses this year. He had some cows which he kept only for lieef breeding purposes, buying his milk aud butter from a neighbor. The day we were at his place his wife was anxious to serve a nice dinner, so she sent into town to purchase some green vegeta bles, there i icing no room for a garden on the farm. When we saw these things we had no doubt of the truth of his statement. Can any man make money fanning that way? liurttl World. How A Mother Saved her Boy. Little I'oliert Froy lives at Silver Lake ; his mother and father love him with parental devotion ; he is a bright little fellow. Hobby, as he was called, t tok a severe odd, which would not yield to anything they tried. A neighiior jHTsuaded the use of Pan Tina, the great remedy for Coughs and Colds and Consumption. The first few doses relieved and the contents of a 25 cent bottle made a cure. You can imagine the mother's joy. Hottles of Pan-Tina sold at (1. W. Ilenford's drug store. The Thing to Have Done- "My doll is very sick," said Polly, mournfully. "Vei," said Jennie; "she looks very waxy. You ought to have her waxi uated." lbtritrr'n Xouny I'toiAr. Ritid from the treasured volume The I'tiem of thy choice. And lend to the rhyme of poetry The beauty of tl-.y voice. Which you cannot do if you sutler with a Cough or Cold. Kid yourself of the discomfort by buying a liottleof Pan-Tina, the liest remedy for Horse ness and Influenza. liottles of Pan-Tana sold at CS. W. Ilenford's drug store. Good Friends- The story is told iu an English Mayo zihrof a rat which has become blind, but two of his family are his guides. He goes about with a piece of stick in his mouth, and the younger rats, each with an end of the stick in its mouth, steer the blind rat alamt the region where he lives. People have liecome so interested in them that they are never elisturlied. 'A friend in need is a friend indeed.' A friend advised me to try Ely's Cream Halm and after using it six weeks I belie'ved myself cured of ca tarrh. It is a most valuable remedy. Joseph Stewart, G21 Grand Avenue, IJrooklyn, N. . My son was afflicted with catarrh, I induced him to try Ely's Cream Halm and the disagreeable catarrhal smell all left him. He appears as well as any one. J. C. Oinistead, Areola, 111. Price of Cream Halm is fifty cents. A Bice Planting Syndicate. The Charleston "AVir and Courier" announce that a large syndicate, back ed by men of wealth, has lieen formed in New York for the purpose of buying the Santee Delta and cultivating ri there. An immense dike will lie built by means of steam dreelges. Steam plows will lie used, an.l, indeed, horse power will hardly be used at all, as the use of steam would, of course, owing to the immense size of the plantation, lie much cheaper. The dejta comprises aliout 1.1,000 acres of alaiut as flno fine land as there is in South Carolina, and is now divided into a number eif plan tations. Specimen Case3. S. H. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis., was troubled with Neuralgia and Rheuma tism, his Stomach was disordered, his Liver was aiTected to an alarming de gree, appetite fell away, and he was terribly reduevd in flesh and strength. Tliret liottles of Electric Hitters cured him. Edward Shepherd, Harrishurg, III., had a running sore on his leg of eight years' standing. Used three liottles of Electric Hitters and seven boxes of i Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg is sound and well. John Sjieaker, Catawba, O., had five large Fever sores on his leg, doctors said he was incura ble. One bottle Electrie Hitters and one box Hucklen'a Arnica Salve cured him entirely, sild at J. N. Snyder's drug store, Some rset, Pa., or at Hral licr'8 drug store, Hcrlin, Pa. Sacceitful Farmers. The theory of unHticcful farmers that fanning doem not pay was not maintain ed by the career of the late Jaiiien Young, of Middletown, or by that of the physi cian who managed successfully go many farms in Iierks county, or by that of James Lee, of Harford county, Maryland, who, liesidcs managing bin own farm of several hundred acres, manages ninetm other farms liclonging to other people, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. Col. Young owned 2,0iM) acres of land. For l,8wof these acres he declined a cash oiler if 110,0110, or overman aero. The val ue of Ceil. Young's farms is enhanced by the presence of tine buildings, barn with floor area of 4,0)10 square? feet, good roads and fences, through it is a theory with nome farmers that improvements do not increase the selling price of a farm. CoU Young being a wealthy man, his estate being estimated to bo worth from fHKI, WJO to f 1.2."iyiU0, the farmers of the coun try may refuse to accept his case as that of a representative farmer. While in Stockton, Cal., some time ago, Thos. F. Ijmgan, of Los llanos, that state, was taken very severely with cramps and diarrhoea. He chanced to meet Mr. C. M. Carter, who was simi larly afflicted. He says : "I told l.im of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Piarrhoea Hemody, and we went to the Holdcn Drug Store ami procured a bottle of it. It gave Mr. Carter pronrpt relief and I can vouch for its having cured me." For sale by HenforiPs Pharmancy. The man who pe rmits himself to lie blackmailed is worse than the black mailer. Whooping Cough. There is no danger from this disesi.se when (.'hamlierlain's Cough Itemeely is freely given. It liiiiufies the tough mucus and aids its ex jK-e-t oration. It also lessens the severity and freejuency of paroxysms of coughing, and insures a speedy recovery. There is not the least danger in giving the renienly to children or laliie-s, as it contains no injurious substance. For bale by Hen ford's Phannancv. It has lieen discovered that the dog that laughe-d when tho eejw jumped over the imxiii was a skve-terrier. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ultvrs, salt rheum, fever scses, tetter, ehapiod hamls, chilblains, corns and all skin eruptions, and posi tively cures piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give icrfcct satis faction or money refunded. Price i cents jH-r box. For sale by J. N. Sny der, Somerset, Pa., or at (J. W. Hral licr's, licrliu, Pa. He Now that you have rejected mc, may I say one word to you as a friend? She certainly. He Well, I think you are making the greatest mistake of your life. Two Valuable Friends. 1. A physician can not always lie had. IUieuiiiatism, Neuralgia, Sprai is Bruises and Hums oe-e-ur often and sometimes when least expe-cte-d. Keep handy the friend of many households ami the destroye r of all pain, the fa mous Hod Flag Oil, 'St cents. 2. Many a precious life could le saved that is U-ing racked to death with that terrible cough. Se-cure a goeal night's rest by investing 25 cents for a bottle of Pan-Tina, the great rem eely for coughs, colds and consumption. Hot ties of Pan-Tina sold at ti. W. Heli ford's drug store. He the first time I heard that play eel, Miss Ethel, do you know, I was completely carried away. She Indeed ! Why, how delightful ! If you will sit nearer the door, I will play it over again. Any one who has cve-r had an attack of inflammatory rheumatism w ill iv joice with Mr. J. H. Stumm, i Hoyle Heights, Los Angc-lcs, over his for tunate oscaio from a sie-ge of that dis tressing ailment. Mr. Stumm is fore man of Merriam's confectionery es tablishment. Some months ago, on leaving the heated work room to run across the street on an errand, he was caught out in the rain. The result was that when ready to go home that night he was unable to walk, owing to in flammatory rheumatism. He was taken home, and on arrival was placed in front of a good fire ami thoroughly rublied with Chamlie rlain's Pain Halm. During the evening and night he was rejieatcdly bathed with this liniment, and by morning was relieved of all rheumatic pains. He now takes es p;"cial pleasure in praising Chamlier lain's Pain Kal.-u, and always keeps a b.d tie of it in the house. For sale by lien ford's Pharmacy. Married man Why don't you get married, Miss Perkins? You are get ting to look like a "back number" you will soon lie an eild maid. Miss Perkins If I were as easy to please as your wife was I would have been married hmg ago. A Household Treasure. P. W. Fuller, of Canajoharie, N. Y., says that he always keeps Pr. King's New Piseovery iu the house and his family has always found the very best results follow its use-; that he would not be without it, if procurable. (J. A. Dyke man Druggist, Catskill, N. Y., says that Dr. King's New Discovery is un doubtedly the best Cough remedy ;that he has used it in his family for eight years, and it has never failed to do all that is claimed for it. Why not try a remedy so long trid and tested. Trial bottles free at J. N. Snyder's dnig store, Somerset, Pa., or at Hrallier's drug store, Berlin, Pa. ICegular size 50e;. ami 1.00. A man is always proud of his chil- elren who are large for their age, except when lie is trying to pass them on half fare tickets on the cars. Tumors in the Ear Cured. Mrs. Wm. King, Iiucna Vista, Pa., had a discharge from the ear through scarlet fever, for years, resulting in a growth so large as to protrude from the car an inch, as large as the end of a rin ger, and turned black. Several special ists consulted gave her no encourage ment of cure, until Pr. Sadler, S04 Pcnu venue, Pittsburg, who assured her a cure could lie made. The now dc-e-aj--ing growth was removed. By weekly visits to his eiftlce, and home treatment, all was perfectly healed and some hear ing restored. All eye, car, nese ami throat eases remember EAKLV treat ment saves the organs in better con dition, saves suffering and worry, saves time aud money. No two eases are alike and cannot lie treated alike, con secUently examination Is necessary to skillful, honest, successful treatment. You can't afford to have such valuable organs treated by gn. lKu't wait to wrilr, come and be sure you are getting the best before it is too late. "A stitch ntinie saves nine." Sleepy Gra3s. Iu some parts of Nev Mexico there grows a grass which pnsluc.'s a som niferous etle-ct on the animals that grue upon if. Horses, after eating the grass, in nearly all cases sleep standing, while cows and sheep almost invariably lie down. It has K'caionly happened that travelers have stop-M-d to allow horses to feed in places where- the grass grows pretty thickly, and the animals have had time to eat a considerable quantity liefore its effects manifested themselves. In such cases horses have gone to sleep on the road, and it is hard to arouse them. The effect eif the grass passes off in an hour or two, and no bad result have ever been noticed on account of it. Cat tle on the ranches freepiently come y on iwtchcs of this grass, where they feed for erliaps half an hour, and then fall asleep for an hour or more, when they wake up and start feeding again. The programme is repeated icrhaps a dozen times, until thirst obliges them to go to water. Whethe r, like the pop py, the grass coutaiiisopiiim, or wheth er its slceji-producing property is due to some either substance, h.-ts not la-en determined. The fact that Hmd's Sarsaparilla, one'e fairly tried, U-tniiies the favorite spring me-die iiic, speaks volumes for its excellence and merit. A Carious VooJ Pile. A unitiuc kind eif "wimmI pile" is ele scrilied as having lieen resorted to in one of the Ix-ad City gold mines. It is composed of timln-rs aliout the size of railroad tics, which are-ust-d iu supjiort ing the walls ami roofs of the drifts and tunnels of the mines. A narrow guage railroad brings the logs, which have lieen sawed fiat on two sides, to a point on the mountain slo;ie about six hundred feet above the valley, and the-y are then thrown into a wooden chute alsiut four feet wide and two feet deep, the inside surface bcinir, kept smooth and slippery by a small stream e.f water. The point considered is that if the logs were allowed to run directly to the ground they would sjni elily cx cavate an enormous hole, U.sidcs dam aging themselves, so the lower end of the chute is curved upward, and the logs leave it at an angle of a'xnit 00 de-gre-es with the horizontal, and rise from 150 to 2"0 feet in the air, turning over and over and finally landing on the enormous pile already th-re-. A us ful outcome also accompanies this method, namely, the logs sort them selves iu a pile according to th-ir size- that is, the heavier one-s, having great er momentum, are a!l found at the side furthest away from the chute. The Icy May of '31. A e-orrcsjKindcnt of the New York Mail and Express write.-: This spring is almost a duplicate of the spring of ls.'U, except that we have had heavy frosts instead of snow Mid light fro.-!. Ice formed as thick in May of that year as window glass. On May 111 hited out to work on a farm, two miles from Cortl-uidt. The spring had been very similar to this. Fruit trees were in blossom the day I commenced working, but it licgan to gr w cold, and eoiitiii uid to elo so for three days. Finally it grew so cold that Mr. Howe, for whom I worked, had to wear an overcoat and mittens while ploughing. On the 17th it commenced snowing very fast, and the flakes were soon eight to ten inches deep. On the lMh and l!th it was very cold. Potatoes that were covered up with straw in the barn were frozen. On the l!th and 3th we drew wood on a sled. The sleighing at that time was good. Nearly all the leaves dropped off the trees in the fore-st. It Looked That Way. "Tillman's hill came hack to-ihiy,'' sn'nl the Iktokkeepcr. "Wlnit 1M ho have to sjiy?" a-kcl the merchant, lie li-ln't have anything, to say. It was his 'plow who elil the saying. She writes; 'Don't yon think that In se nding a hill to a man who has lieen huriel three months yon are rather running it into the ground?" " I:.iii-t-mtjuli:f Joitrii'd. MAKCJIhl WITH SHKKMAN. A lirava H I Jier' Sl.ny of SuftVriiig anil uie. Hnndre'el of 1 rive soldicts who went otit to the war of the rcliellion strong and rohust, came home with a legacy of disease. The exposures and disceitnforts of those four awful years were too much for even the strongest constitution. The story of the sufferings of Jno. P. Donnan, a prominent pension-claim at torney of Burpettstown, Pa., is a pe culiarly interestine; one, on ac count of Mr. Doitn an's large acpiaint f ncc among the veterans of this end o( the state. Jno. 1. Ponnan wa3 all through the wonderful campaign of Sherman in Georgia, and while there contracted pneumonia, which left him with curva ture of the spine, his right lung solidified and heart disease as a legacy. Of late years he has suffered greatly from stomach troubles hrought on by disordered kidneys. As he says himself, he was a "complete physical wrccV when lie heard of Doan's Kidney Pills and began using theui. "I had not eaten bread or other starchy food, or fats of any kind for two years." He says "I had taken all sorts of strong tonics and peptones aud had not been benefited. "My urine was scant, highly colored and strong smelling. I was pale, tongue heavily coated, llesh soft and flabby, and a poor appetite, and rested poorly at night. My weight was 1 16 pounds. After using Doan's Kidney Pills for two months, I can cheerfully testify- to their remarkable worth. My weight has in creased nearly io pounds, flesh is much firmer, urine normal, color good and ap petite excellent. I can now eat my favor ite pork and beans without the slightest distress. I sleep like a child, and am in every way as well as it will ever be p;s sible for me to get. I recommend IViau's Kidney Pills to my friends and comrades on all occasions." You can get Doan's Kidney Pills at your druggist's at 50 cents a lox, or they will he sect postpaid on receipt of price by I-'oster-Milburu Co., sole agcn.ts, Buf falo. N Y. ELYS Catarrh Cream BalmrTixY'sri CI uvrrvrt vit Hints the sore. l'rolivts the einlinini- fnmi Additional Cold lfcKtores tin Senses of Taste anil Smell. IT WILL CURE HAY-FEVER A Imrtiele- is applied Intiimch Iiivtril and Is ant-.il)le. l'ripe jel eu-tts isX Mrugxi-'lsr l- o mail. KLY imoTIlEUS. 1 W'urron ntnt t. X. Y. A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE, ud everything pertaining to funerals nirn-lulu-d. SOMERSET - Pa CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad. Somerset and Cambria Branch KOUTIIWARD. Johnstown Xf.ill Vx pres. Hock wood 3:.' a. in., Somerset 1:11, Htoyrntowu teC, Jloov eravilie J.jimslow'u li:KI. Johnxtown Mall Kspnw. foirkwond 10:7) a. in., Somerset 11:1.1. Sloyeslown ll:i:t, Hoov erile 1 i;.V4, Johnstown lit") p. in. Johnstown AeroinriHxlullon. ICorkwood .: . in.. .Semersei : Jl htyetwn fcls, iluov ersville fcje, Julinstowu J: O. Diiily. HOITH WARD. Mull. Johnstown 60n. m., H.ioven'Vllle 7:11. ritoyeslowu 7 sx-iiierstel. 7:i, Itockwood 8:JU. Eipn-M. Johnstown 2:.T0 p. m., Iiooverville ;:11, Htoymtowo 3:-j, .Hoiiiernet a.-."i, lUie-k-wuod 4:-j. Bunduy Only. Johnstown :., Somerset 10:01 KoekwiHxl lihi. ENNS YLVAN I A It.VI LHOAI). EASTERN STANDARD TIME. IN EFf CCT JAN. 21, 1895- COSDKSSKD M'llCtll'LK. Triins arrive mid 1. i;irt from the staliou at Johnntow u us follow! : WtXTWAKO Wolern Kxprms a. m. Houthwi-steril Kxpress " JohiiNtown A-eo!iitiuit:ilioii H:-t7 " AerommoL.liii seJo Pacific KxpretH .. lejt W ii yj'ajwe.i jr,-r .::J " Mail .Vlii " KuM Line p. m. JoiiuMowu AecoiiimiMlaliim r.:?) KASTWAKO. Atlantic Kxpress ISti-Mhore h. press Alloorm AceolmiHMlutliui....... lmy Kx.r Altoii:i A-foituiei-iHtioii Mail Kxpress John-town Aieniei, ,!;, tii, 11.. I'hilitileiptiU Kxpress Fast lane ' 't-flt a. in. .":() h:ll " ...Per. l-'.ir' p. ia. 4:li - :.Vi " 7; IK " mm " r'or nl, tii;ir. At:, vii: on Ticket Air- titsor R.liln si Tin. K. Wut I, I". A. W. I'., 110 r'lith Avenue, l'iitslmn;, l a. M. M. 1'ni .n, J. u. W.kmI. Oen'l Miiiiaser. eien'1 Pus. A.'L SPECIAL. NOTICE. That I will sell, until further notice, the following good at tin-old price, regard-le-s of t!ie a-lvntice of ,- per KalLm tax hy th government: A A. pore rye, 'i ymrs -' pe r- tailon; TippiH-an'oe. U years, i!il faliine. i years, SiViper gallon; JSridgt -port ami Thompson's pure ".'-1 '- IM ...ijjon; i ill' 11. iil- len Wedding, tiiimoti, Itohinson o., Itourl-on, per gallon; Hannisv-ile, lionglierty. .Mont iecllo, 1l' years, ."..-)0 per .,.!!..., I '..l ;e. ...:.. .. : .! i ... ' . ;n..w... dinoiiii.t n inn in 1111 fimi'l, from 75c per gallon to SI.:V; 1 distinct lir.oids; ray own i I : m i t it ;i). Sherry and I'ort "inn from -fi.-jo to j.( ."m yvr gyf lon; iilso t!: li-u-vt Irish .snd Scotch w hi-k ! :il lowit w iiw..'t. i r...-i or vend lor special price; li-il at A. ANDR1ESSEN 1-iS, Ke- lend St., Allegheny. All orders ly mail promptly nitended. No extra charge for i:u-king. Telephone YOUR EYE ! W e want to catch It ! KVKKV I'AKMK!; in Somerset County who has a cord of Hemlock I'.ark or a Hide to dispose i f will find that the ' N FLI KNCK TA XX KUY ( ., in i!l pay the highest e-.e;h prices for the same-. Write for quotations to WINS LOW S. CO HI. A CO., Confluence, Pa. JORDAN & H INCH MAN. We ure now n-ai'y with our new and l.ir.e in voice of Kine e'lmfii-tionerj- (..v.lv, popular brands of Itiseuits anil Cake-, Fancy iikmIs of a!! styles, anil everything eii-e vrtal:it.-i ton !irt-ehiss house to l'!i orders pro::ip;ly, and to supply resident lUniilli lo ;oy ex tent. Omuls it!w:iy fresh, and ill vv:ij s oiI T. ed at lowest Azures. Cull an-l see uue uf ill finest assortments e ver carried. o-i.-- r..ii, ' , titt tj Johnstown. Pa. GOOD LIQUORS! to and Chsap Lienors I5y Killing at the Old reliable Liipior Htore, Xo.309 3Iin St, and 10C Clinton St, Johnstown, Pa., all incls eif the- e lmie-tt liquors in mar ket can l ha-1. To my old custom ers this is a we ll-knowd fact, and to nil oilier convincing- prMif will l iiiven. Don't forget that I kevp on hand the greatest varie ty of I.lipiors, the choiee-st brands and at the lowest pnevs. P. S. FISHER. HERMAN DAILY, 134 Clinton Strct, JOHNSTOWN. - - PA., ii:ali:u iv Buifdsrs' and Other Hartee, GbASS, f A! NTS, 01 b, VAR NISHES, ET6. See Onr Large StM-k ef Sleighs. Boa Sleds. Sleigh Bells. Robes, Horse Blankets. Etc. PRICES to suit tlie times. TAX T onT.I! A PATEVrf ror RnTOl.."w'r " ho"et ommnn. write to II N A' O.. wb Iiyb hl tHrly Hfir im eipcrn-nce in the potent liiuinew. C.niiniuniTw tiii vrletl? (Miilt.leetiai. A llaailboak ut In. f.M-ioiUuai ounwrmiMj Vm trntn ih1 b.iw to oh. Uin ttaciD sent frm. Aa m maltiuaeoif mevbiuw Ul ! icienliito bonks wut frne. 'atent4 tarn tbrnnsh SI 1111 a A On. rcfre eciai noll ittie Srleniific Amrriran. anU llio r bromiht w-ilely bei-rethe puMicwioi. cut eit to toe inventor. Thu r lpininl nunr. iMiietl weekly, elenantir llliutrntixi. has br far Itm lafVest circulatloa of any acientltle work in Lb or:il. 3 year, tamiile er.pis wnt oee. Bnildinj Kdltiuo, monthly. KM a Tear. Hmta eopies. J.i cents. Kvery numlwr contain bvau. til ill plate, in rotor, and ibotncraph of nw bouao. with p !, enatiliiiv builder to nhow tee latent dilt;n anil secure contracts Adilrese MLN.N it CO, Slw Iuuk. Jeil Buoaij'wat YOU CAN FIND THIS PiPFn a &! In tlTniiieni.il t the Alart.!ne Hnrvju ul SSSS REimrGTOlT 3HCS. IMPOHTAXT TO ADVERTISES!, The cream of the country papers ia fonnd iu Eemington'a County Scat Listat Shrewd aJvcrtUera avail themselves of these lists, copy of rhtch can bo had of Iioousgtoa Urok. of Kcw York & Fitfrbuis. THE BEST Is None Too Good When You Buv y - ..MEDICINKS. It is Just os Important to Hi-enn; FRESH, PURE DRUGS, As it 1 To Have Confidence AT SNYDER'S You are always sure of getting the freshest medicine I'I'IX Carefully CompouiideeL TRUSSES FITTED. A II of the Jie.tt and Most Approved Trusse Kept in sori Sntlsfuction O mi ran teed. OPTICAL GOODS. GLASSES FITTED TO SUIT THE EYES. CALL AND HAVE YQQ SIGHT TESTED. JOHN N. Somerset, GREAT VALUE fOR blTTlsE MONEY. m WM YORK WEEKLY TB1BUE a tw-nty-i;i' journal, is the; h ading Ilt-iu!il!i-:in family ji;ijt uf t):e 1'iiiti d state's. It is a National Family Paper, and jriws :.!! th.- l- r,I iii-ws of the I 'ni!i -I States. It trives the e ve tits i.f f. n iv'ii ti-i i;, :, i,,-. !. Its "Agriciiitural" !t jiartii'e-nt has no sii-riur i:i tin- emintrv. Its "Market P.f ports" ar.- rnntiiiie-d authority. Se irnte 1. j.:,ri!n. f r "Tne Family Circle,'" "Ci:r Ycung Folk," and "Science ard Me chanics." Its Home and Society" e-ohimns i-mmaiid the :i-iiiiir:i;:ii!i ,,f wives ttt-.il ilaiihte-rs. Its L'etie ral jHilitiitd news, editorials and ili-eu siotis are e't!iorehei:.ive-, brilliant and e.hauliv. A SI'Et'IAL CONTIiAt're tial.Ii-s us to olll-r this j-ieiidi-l journal aiid The . Somerset . Herald ONE YEAR FOR ONLY $2.00. CASH IN ADVANCE. (The ri L'tilar suI.seriitioii for the- two iiap r- is ) SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME. A-ldre-ss all or-h rs to TIIK IIEIiALD. Write your Dame and aildress on a po Tribune llttiMin?, New lerk ( Weekly Tribune Kill be mailed to Louthefs Drug Store, Main Street, Somerset, Pa. This Model Ding Store is Rapidly Becoming a Great Favcrit-s with People in Search of FRESH . MB . PURE . DRUGS. Medicines, lye Staffs, Sponges, Trusts, Supporters Toilet Articles, Perfumes, &c. tiik rHX-niR oivks rtiaoSAi. attknti": t the rtmmiMMMi or Loflir's PresGrimioDSI Family Receipts OkKAT t'lKK BEIMi TAKCX TO VSK OSIT IKKSH AMD fl'KI AKTK LIX SPECTACLES, EYE-GLASSES, And a Full Line of Optical Goods always on Land. Fivni such large assortment all can be suited. THE FIHEST BBMDS OF CIGAHS Always on hand. It is always a pleasure to display onr good to intending purchasers, whether they buy from us or elsewhere. J. M. LOUTHER M. D. MAIN STREET Somerset Lumber Yard MAXl-FAiTCKES AND PCALF.R AND WHOLES. t.B AMI UETAILEK Of Lumber and Building Materials. Hard and Soft "Woods, Oak, Poplar, Sidings, rikrt, yullir V aliint. Yellow Pine. Flooring, Sat.h. War IlnlK C'berry, Miic(;le, toor, Ilaliihtert. lieMBtU I.alh, W htte Pine Bliuil., Aewel Pot-in, 1 A K'-m-rl llne.if all er.i.li-,f Lumber and Itnil.Iin M:ttriul .mJ K.ri!ie SI;'!- !" tK k. Also, n furnish anything in the line if our l.usin, to.mlt r with rv-'" ble proiiiptnt-sie, sui li as lirat ki ts, .M!il-iz U wt.rk, rtc. ELIAS CUNNINGHxVM, Office anil Yard Opposite S. k C. R. R. Matlon, SOMFESET,! 1 IT WILL PAY YOU TO Bl'Y Yeil'R lemurial Work WM. F. SHAFFER, SoMElWCT, PKNX'.V. Manufacturer of and Dealer In Kaxtera Work Kuntlshe-d on Short Notiee, --- -ivi tnu r, mm mi Hani mi Also, Ajent for the W J1ITK KKoNZK ! IVrsons in n J of Monnm. nt Work will Ami it to thetr interiHt to t mv shop where-it proH rsh.,:illf will t Kiveii lhe-ii. lisun-l ion suaranti-e,! in every raw. itu.l "s v0 I"- liuvitespeeiU atteiitiim to W.K EroMe, Or Pure ZIno Monument Intrvxliif.! hv Iter W ri . - ... I . . ..... ... . . . i . . n . i. ii i 1 1 ; it..r..vem. ,,t t., ltlK luM.jt of Materij.l un.l t oiisirii.-i!.,.m w,i..l, ls.!,:iJ to be tho k--!-oi .....i..,,,,i..:u Kr o,lr ruunici'able t'li 'imte. (mf murall. WM. F. SflAFFEB, in the I'hynlclan If ho r Them. riLj SNYDER, Pa. VECKLY NFW-j OFTjiEVOILD FOR A TlfbE. - da! rard, s cd It to t o. W. Ke t, Kocm i. i'j, atl sanij-le copy if Tlie .Vw Yurk yon. SOMERSET. PA .A. tuTISuSIS HTIS. ST0&. Over 50O Beautiful Designs. 'i-Ifiil Circuit- c.
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