lie Somerset Herald.
Xcrais of I3ublication
i,-d cvrry WtliiMiy morning at
., if inM In advance, otherwise
.3f.illinvna. .
, Hi.tion wi" I disoonUnucd until
No fcU1 '
.. ro up.' I'osltuaateni ue-
' to iii'lift' "s w ut'n ",'"rikeni do not
? " - ill K held niKiiisil.lo
elifUt tlHTi""'1'
.L r, p-moving from one postoffic to
i-.i.i irive u the iinine of the form-
H ,f j resent onlec Addrew
Tilt SoUKICSKT 11 KKALDf
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1 'Yj j N" iTAKY Ml'.l.IC.
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. Ncihi.-il, l'ciin'a.
iv l,;il.liS-2J Utmr.
, , ', ...... ciiiriitcd l" hUciirc will be at-
Al'',m'1:aT.iiW''',!'d udclity.
" rTjv -' M'- WALKER.
i ATT'diXKYS-AT-LAW,
auti .eTA.: I'l lii-ll,
skmcict, I'll
r, -coi'i''-1-',urt ll"ux-
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lb ' ;,'t.,i; s:-AT-LAW.
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n. 2Ti tounl. s,u, misi-urg, l i
Ji KEUKKY,
A- Ai-iouXEY-AT-LAW,
Somerset la.
t.3kv''vf KMi. rV Hook store.
UUVi;V M. IJF.KKLEY,
Somerset, I'a.
eiw ji. Fir-t Xt;o:i! l'-aiik.
1 ( . J l M.I i".iu i
A ,VJ lultM-Y-AT-I.AW,
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c.u: '.! 1'iiif m 1'nnt liuusc liu, ii'pR:u.'
Wit l lil l'"".
, t'ALKMlNi: HAY,
I Souk rs-t, I'a.
W.I.-ri r !ii K.iil K-.'-it.'. Will atl.-nd to
, ..j.iim-.. . iiiriLvU-U to liiMtaiv wiUi proiiii'l
B.. ami Iij' ii'.
V
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TOJiN O. KIMMKI
A!ii'K.K-AT-LAW,
tvjintT.-ii't, Pa.
W M'att' iiil 1:!I I.UMJi'W mlnisl-j to hiti
t.- in .ii. iv I ami ii:j.iiiiug coUiilUfs Willi
y:ii.liii !"'l luiWi!. nuifvou Alain Cross
tnruaKi''-(."llrtl: a oivuvry tloie.
JA..I I . l'L'iJH,
A 1 1 - V -AT-LA V. ,
i'S.. in M;,!i!iiiot!i I.iik, up htairx. Kn
r..:wc i:i il.ini 'iwt. KiiUvtionit
1 M-Uiitl. l:llf t-.aluilifii, anil all
K'..iwiiii ulu-uuvl to wittt roiiipUifs
Cavil
A. J. U'l-il' KX. U C. tXLUoUX.
J Ani.'UNtlSAl-LAW,
Sunf rsvt, Pa.
A:, busiu'-w eiilnis't'-d to our care will I
J u: lar.tlluil.V btlt'IllUll to. ollto
tii-un iiivif iu iiiif rsi, lir-iiiiirl and adjoin
1: c.ui:li'. ?.ui-Myiii liii tiiivcaaclim
0 'UtOU IXliMiliuUlf U'l lli.
HL. LAKH.
AlTuUNLY-AT-LAW,
Sunu'iv t, Ia.
Will in;iiv i:i Soin.-rx-t and udjoiuius
ruiulii. A!i lii.iiH--- fiilrusK-d lo lulu Hill
IWUlf JTi'llll'l ull'-lllloO.
A. U. O'KHli 'Tll. V. H. Kl'l'l'EL.
KFFi:uTH A KUITKL,
J AlTull-NKVAT-LAW,
S inicrwt. Pa,
Aii I u.iii.x. fiitmtfd lo tlifir care will he
i'.-i:i v aii-l jHiiu'lUuily ii'.l.-lktlr-il lo. lulii-e
oil Mam lrur birix-l, t'jMiw Alaiuuio'.h
JV. CAKOTHKIIS, M. 1).,
l'lliKlA. .Mit Kii.
S.HIK .-rset, l'a.
OSlveon Pu'.rinS f:re-t, ui-ar 1L li. isiutiou.
cu. al uiliff.
IV- I'- F. SJIAFKKIi,
M ian ami .-an;KuN,
?oiin-r.-l, l'a
Iinlt-r Ills (imffKMona! wn io to the l iU--
!i i'l Nun, r-l mid vifiniiy. Oiliw ln.it
rU'lil:,niiM;ii il .1.1.
J. m. i.or rHKiu
l"iiVii I.VN ANjsL'KJEJf,
i Oiii-uu JJ.,;u .trt, rrof liru' more.
Uyi II. S. KI.MMKLL,
fi-li.t.-r 1,1. I.rnf.liiltf.l w.n-:i-. It 1 lio fit i-
i Uismih-i.; mli M,-,iaty. l ni.-j-. .nH
, fii- ifl in-fMii t- found at lii ol-
Mam ; Um of iuiuiond.
J- S.M. MILLKX,
. ir.i,iir in ifniiiry.)
'lvisj,-;:,! ii,, .., ,. ,r.i. r!'.lion
.iK-mnur.!! i. Hi. An.:i-iut m-i inw-rt-l.
"1 fiil...,i. ;u.ir-.iii;.ni saiiiliiciorf. oiliii"
ni .: r...:,.,..r j lt iplx A
li-.ii I rw al,a Patriot tr.-l.
Funeral Director.
t'TlW fK Maij, Cr, St. Koi.l.'lH-e,
54 1'atriot SL
r.srttz.r. J.K. Iiw"rr.
Real Estate and Collecting
Agency.
I,' 'I?' "'-'lii'S tu hui tr mil CiniiKortown
' I." " n i iim i,ty .r ls. wl.cr.-, hiv
m", , "ur ' Kll. .MT ld.-k.
, 3 'in'iii wnl U' (sivt-n to all inail i'-rr-v
' '"r':"1 Tii- a O'l lofaliiMl l r
icC tworeill .talll to iri
' - ""t. fttt hl'1.KU 4 HKAi MY,
Km t'l r t'.iof K.
..iiht- t, I'a.
Oils!
t.-fl i linCo.. Piii!,iirr It. art
1 "'-'.ii rv. I'a., In:,-, a f. iult of
"""i'eloriiij; fur tiw IhHiieHtic
ide tliv tliii-Kt brands, tf
liimiing & Lubricating Oils
tyjitha & Gasoline,
made frc.ui Pl rvl -uru. We rlial-
I,oUla'',,l Willi t-v-ry known
duct of Petroleum
Ifvoa wi'li the ioot ui.iforinly
. j '
t IX THE
Lerican farket,
r. '
n. j.. fir'ldniprv.'tsi'il vlrjfil.
Oils!'
tv UMj!lea jy
fi.KiK 4 PEKIUTH and
1- UKASE A KMUU "
Suim rnot, Ia.
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VOL. XLIV. XO. 1.
-THE-
First national Bant
OF-
Somersct, !Pciin'a.
Capital, S50.000.
Surplus, 818,000.
DLPOSITS RCCCIVCOIN LARGE ANOSMALl
AMOUNTS, PAYABLE ON 0EMANO.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS,
STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIKIXTORrf.
LaRITK M. HICKS, CEO. IL StTLL,
jam ks u l-ruii, w. n. miller,
JullX R. SvXtiT, UoliT. . SCl'LL,
yilt.lt W. K11-KCKEIL,
r.HWAKrt s I I, I, : : PUIXIl'KXT.
VALENTINE HAY, : V1 E PUK.-1 1KNT.
HARVEY M. HER K LEY, . CASHIER.
The fiinils and wi-uritii-s of this bank are sxy
eiin iy iin.Ux'Ud In a evh'brated CoKi-lss lll it-
ULiii PkooJ Sakk. Tho only Mifo made ubi-o-luU
ly bur.'Iar-i'ro'if.
Be SomdrEBt Wv national
UK
OF SOMERSET PA.
EtUt!UUd, 1877. Off iitl.-ed si t National, 1830
CAPITAL,
$50,000
SURPLUS AND UN-
DIVIDED PROFITS lb,UUU.
y.-
Chas. I. Harrison. Pies't.
Wm. H. Koontz, Vice Pres't.
Milton J. Fritts, Cashier.
Directors :
SAMI EL SXYHKR, WM. ENI"sLEY,
Jiis.'AII Sl'LCHT. JONAS M. lt!K,
JulIN II. SN Yl'ER, JOHN STl'I IT,
JtiSEPU li. lt.VVIS, N A II S. MILLER,
HARRISON SNYl'ER, JERuME STPI "IT,
8AM. B. H ARR1S.X.
rnstoniors of thi. lnnk will rwelve tlif most
lilx-ral treat m.'iit iiiit'iil with sate kmkitiif.
Partii-t wisliiiiir to win! iiikih v -:i.t iirwint
can l" Bi-eoiimioUatetl ty dnilt for any
aiiioiini. i
Money and valtlabli-s inrnnH by one or Iiie- ,
IpoM relehiutea sulcx, Willi I110M lliljiroviii
liin- lo k.
tViiUilMHW maue In nil parti of the I nitetl
Slut.-. CliarveB iinler.iH'.
Accounts and dt pos'l fcillcited.
Wi!d & Anderson,
Iran &. Brass Founders,
Engineers snd Marhlnisls and Y.ag'xn
Builders.
Manufacturors of
COAL CAR WHEELS and AXLES.
Nf".v at'.d settnl-liaii'l M.n-hinorj-,
Nhaflin?. llatioei-H ainl Pulleys,
Injectors. Euiiri-itrs t'il
t'uos, Kt
ERECTING OF MUCHINERY SPECIAUY
Strictly First-Claw Work Guaranteed.
Simp on Cro.Kl SL, near O. iK'itot
Johnstown. - - Pa.
TiE ART AMATEUR.
Bt and Largest Tractical Art
Magazine.
(TLe only Art Pnrsodleal Trded a Medal at the
VNorid Fair 1
IumJnalM tu aU trim friA In mn'.r Ouir til inn bv nrt
. ort-imakrlbrit- kimr;tatt-iji-l
lOn lUC. we i:i send o any one I fC
nieullol;!!. ll: i uM.e.ain a o peri I I I
tmri co'y. tth iwrti eo'ir t.iau III
&jrcr-iv etc o" imniinif and H ui(le A. S
uientary l-ai-k ut design.. rrK.ihu nri-e
S.-J. ur
mo OCa wewi'.lind ulso "Painting
MONTAGUE MARKS, 23 Unien Square,
New York.
ARTSTIG JOB PRINTING
A SPECIALTY.
HA1UIY 31. BENSIIOFF,
IAXUFACTURIUG STATIONER
-AMt
BLANK BOOK JIAKEB
HAXXAM CLOCK,
B A
Pa.
So
ROOD'S
Sarsaiiarilla is carefully
J.s liHarmacisU from Sarsa-
Tiarilia. DanJ, !ion. Man.
r '
Juniper TSorries, ami other well knowa
TCji.-taWe remo.Iies. The Comliination, I'ro-
portion aa-J TrOiX-s arc reculiar to HooJ'i
fcar-aparilla, giving it strength an 1 curatiro
power l'ectiliar to It-uJf, uotpo
sessed by other medicines. Hood's
C5arsaparilla
Curej Scrofula, Sail IUtoum, Sores, Coils,
riiiijilf-s !! U i.ther a:Te-ti mi caused by
inijum; Lloo.1; DysjM' ia, I:;iicusnt-s, ick
Ilealacha, Inditioii, Icbi!ily, Catarrli,
lUicoiuafisia, Ki,hiry and Ijver Com
SafevA i.Iahits. It is Xot VLat
J? 4 wc Say, but what Hood's
.'AiroioiliJA aocs, liiab
T. lls the Story Hood'
farsaj-ariila
URES
Hood's Pills are gentle, mild and eOecliv
li
AND
Smith
Do you read our advertise
ments in all t!ie ritlsliunr'i Daily
Pafiers ? If not. do so. It will pay
you, an J tlio inJucemeati offered
will tertuidc you eitlier to visit
our Great Dry Goods l'.-lalilsli-inent,
or ordor by m iil.
You will find we always linvc
the ood? just as advertised and at
tlie price named.
Wc have f.9 DEPARTMENTS
all up to date in style, and contain
ing goodrf at lower prices than you
can find them elsewhere.
Departments:
Carpel?,
Curtains
Furniture,
Cloat?,
Silks
Dress Good.-;,
Wash Goods,
Linen Goods,
Domestic?,
Milliner-,
Ladies'. Lrnder-wear,
f
i
Campbe
Gents' Furnish- Ladies' Hose,
injrs, Trimming,
Lace Goods, Lining?,
Art Goods, Infant's "Wear,
Neckwear, Small Wares,
Crocket y, Umiirellas,
House Fun.ish- Parasols,
ir.zs, Shoes,
Toilet Goods, Corsets.
Our NEW TRUNK DEPART
MENT is a great Success. Why?
Low Prices.
FIFTH AVENUE,
Between Wood & Smithtleld Streets,
PITTSBURG. PA.
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Door West of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
I Am Now
!!vi:in.'(l to supply the puMic
villi C'liK-ks, Watehes, ami Jew
elry of all ilisa-rijitioiiH, as Cheap
as the 'heal". Tit.
UEPMltlXG A
SlECIALTr.
All work ptmraiitti'il. It)k at my
stock Ik Aire niaking your
pureiixst-H. .
J. D. SWANK.
A. H. HUSTON,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
ad everything pen.i'.n'.ng to funeral furn
ished.
SOMERSET - - Pa
mei
S03IERSET,
THE GOOD OF TO-DAY.
Of better days t'.uit morUils hiiik.
When nil were luippy a the sHii;
When none knew want ordiscoiiU-nt ;
No Iwrk 1 1 y fe'lttxhiiesH wax bent ;
When heart acre imre and heaiU were
oun! ;
Win u not a cruinliier oouhl be found.
If folk were wlsor. IkIIit then,
Ir.iy t..-!l us when- It was and when.
I-'or bri.il-r i;.- U t mortals sirrli
And hop:' lor fortune ly and hy
1'r.isp.Tity toilil th:- ljind,
With pii'iity slrew n on every htind.
Whi n nil men shall lie wis,' an. 1 fi.io.l.
Round r.p in one Kntnd broliifrh.HMl
l!ut Iciliit out now some of the men
Whoare lo beeoiit:-nteI then.
Ti ill the future or In the Kist
AmliiiioiM in. i n must live at last.
He looks iM-hind ir hopes iK'fore,
ItespisiiiK all his pnn.-nt Klor.
Eonr-'ts nil hii-sslnts of to-day
And fullowH f.mey fir away.
What man has not he nm'niiles.
And pleasure with inissi-ssion dii-s.
Quaint Characters of Addison.
Mention Iium lioen maile of lr. Muek-
enii.u'i.t, as Ik-iii ;t rliarai.-tor anums t lie
in.tiiy lio roMileil lu re. Wc-ha.-l anot ti
er lo,-tor ii:iiiiel Snyilor, who esime here
some, years afler Mueketiliiiiipt, from
Katerti Maryland, w ho, in h'w way, wax
of a peculiar innktvup.
lie is saiii to !iavou;iuerstivl meilii-ino
thoroughly fr his lay, an.! w:ts pariieu
l.u ly sui-eessrul in trculin typhoiil fever.
(til iu oo-isiun lie Iniil ticaletl one of
our eilizeiis lor thai tlisexse unlit he was
pl;u'lie;i!y well, i:e'.liii lioiliinj; 1ml
eareful nursing mnl dialing. The patient,
eoutniry to orders ate Hoiuclhii.jr tliat
wax forLiddeii, and, of course, pit siek.
The doetor w ,-ts sent for, and, after lnv-
)i; been told w hat the patiei.t had done.
sai.l: "let him die ui;d 1 d d; I w ill
do nothing more for him," hut, fortunate
ly, the (Kilic.it l i I nit die. S earei'td and
leatdy was this dix-tor, that, if he were
idin alors the road and wanted a eiiew
if to!:ii'o, he would wait until h'j eame
o a water troi'jj'.i or stream, when he
would alight, w:ls!i his hands, t ike his
hew, an l. nfier washinit them aain.
would resume ids journey. Sooietimes
he would lie si'iil for to se u siek jer.s.ni.
iiiiil after jiromisir.g this iin,ssMifi,r he
would lie along mmiii, wouid not goal all.
Then, hoiik times he wouid go to ee a
liatieiit, a;id stay w itli hi m until he got
well, iiegleelii.g his other patients; at
other times lie w-ottld le very attentive
to all and pay his visits regularly.
The doetor had a faculty of making
money, and, in his industrious moods,
would aiviiiiiulale a gt.td le;d, and at
times, had on.sidera'ole property, lie
married late in life a jirl hardly one
liiird his age. After this lie lieeame so
iiiditlerent tliat he would sitireely visit a
patient at alL 1 1 is father-in-law -ieIud-ed
So go west, and the doct tr and his wife
ivere going along. Soma one iinpiired
h t- lie was going, lie replied: "I do not
know liow IVirney Tie-Witt is g i'ig, lr.it
as for t.ieund Mi . S..-.lr, we uro g dug
iu the eoaeii.' iie.? he was 1 inrding ut
the l:"Sel and h id some dispute with the
landlord, and iu telling of it afterwards
said he "had givtru the landlord a lew
ctleetual ki;-ks and left the establish
ment." lie had a peculiar voice that
made his funny sayings and epigrams
s Hind inori fuiiny than the mere recital
cm. Another citizen whoso tv;eiitrid
ties v. ere known all over tlw tsnmtry w as
named Kntield. lie was a small man,
but very pugnacious, and often imlilcd
pretty freely, which he did rather fre
ipteiitly. llo was ready for anyihing
that turned up, light, f.xtt race or fiiii.
once he made a hci with some one that
no person could lift his he.td from the
llinr hy pulling at his ears, liiA person to
stand astride of him, and he lie o:i the
ll'sir. The man who was to do the p'.ill
inj put rosin -n his lingers, and com
menced to pull. Kr.lield's ears iK'gan to
stretch and crack, hut such was his grit
and htiililftrnness that, persons present
said, ho would actually have allowed his
ears to le pulled olT his head In-fore he
would have said a word. The bystand
er compelled him to get up from the lloor.
Kniield was n t often without a law
salt on hand. Once he sued a man nam
ed Piper In-fore Kstpiire Frey, in S.-mer-Cel.L
Piper did not like him very well,
and w hen the 'Squire's la- k was turned
a moment. Piper struck Kniield a blow
that knocked him down and made his
nose bitted on the 'S-piire's carpet. The
Squire was a very fastidious man, w ho
e ired more for his soiled carpet than he
dM for the dignity of his c 'iri, although
iie was much aggrieved at that also. A
light was imminent in the 'Siptiro's office,
in which Piper knew he would come out
second lstst. So he apologizt'd t the
S,juire by saying he was making gest
ures in talking, when Knrteld ram so
ci se that he happened to strike him.
A man renif to this place once named
Kylar, w ho had lx-en among tho Indians
and claimed lo bu able to, and, most
likely could, speak tho lang iage, Kn
field said he could taik Indian t'. So
Kyl.ir s-miiicnced, and Kniield replied
in any kind of jargon he cv.ild think of,
and, of course, neither understood the
I her. Kniield swore Kylar cotild not
talk Indian, and a light was soon on.
Kniield had a habit of putting his face
close to any one he was talking to, es
pecially when drunk, and once he was iu
a very earnest conversation w itli another
m iu, and w as drinking at the same time.
The other man protested against his
blowing tho tobacco smoke in his fai-e.
Kniield smoked harder than ever, puf
fing great clouds in the other man's face,
saying: "yust as you blcaso, neighbnr,
yust as you Id ease." Another man lived
in Petersburg a long time named Spauld
ing. lie presented the rather strange
anomaly of being a regular blue-bellied
Yankee, a rock-ribled Democrat and a
red-hot almlitkiiiist. lie took especially
good cstie of the -etiieteries, calling on
any one who had friends buried, in eith
er, to omc on set days and help clean
things up, threatening them with ex
eomuiuTiiiration in case they did not
come. In c: ild weather lie liked to as
cend some hill and inhale as much m1i1
air as sssible, and it seemed to do him
good, for he never was known to lie sick.
He would draw all the air into his lungs
he possibly cou Id, and blow it out like
an engine, w ith a pi-culiar snorting sound.
He always wore low cut shoes in winter
as well as summer, and a shad-belly coat.
Ho wa the first person in town t know
when lierries were rie, and could bo
nwu any t;me, at break of day, wending
his way to some berry patch, as long in
the season would last. He never missed
a funeral service any w here within reach,
and was always the first on hand, al
though he did ii.it attend any other re
ligious services at the churches. He was
of a kindly, sunny disK.itioii, well liked
by young and old, and w hen he dropped
out of our lives we felt a friend and well
wisher to all had gine, and the plao-s
that knew him mint knew him no more
forever. While he was ppeiiliar and ee
rentrie, his gntvl qualities, as is ii-nial!"
the case, ovore.ime w hatever b id there
may have bytn.
In tho early part of the century an ec
centric old Herman, named Stein, lived
!n his country. He seemed to ba some
3set
ESTaVBLISIIEID 1827.
PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 18!)5.
what drmientod, and did any kind of odd
jo, s mai camo in ii:s way. llo carnea a
rope with him, and told evcrybdy ho
intended to lung hinise'.f, but the penplo
had heard him say the satiio tiling so oft
en that, like the by atid tho volf, they
hadnofailU in what ho said. Finally,
howovor, Le was not seen for several
day.s, but no oi:o thought strango of that.
for ho often wandered here ami there
over the country. What was'theti called
the Aow linry t inuc.i stood jo:no two
miles west of Petersburg, and wils the
first e,l:ii.-( erc-lt-d distinctit-cly for re
ligious services in the ourr.y. One Sun
day morning tivo t-.n.-Ies of tho writer,
half-grown lmys, went t-i t!i- ehiireh to
open it and g-t-t it ready for preaching.
When they oiHjned the do ir they saw a
man hanging to an old-fashioned bier,
that was used in the cemetery, and de
posited iK'iiiinl 'the d.r whou not in use.
Most Imys would have been frighu-nod,
leitrthey did not pcciii to lie. J(s said:
"John, you hold him up and I will climb
up and cut him down," So John took
him around the legs and Joo cliiiilntd up
sun! when he saw tho man's f.usj he said:
"John, he is as dead ?s tho devil." They
nil him down, though, and w hen they
examined him they disi-overed the biidy
w-as that of Stein. He had put his oft
threatened scheme into dread reality.
The writer's grandfather was a magis
trate, and an inquest was held in tho
church instead of servii-os. Stein wits do
llied burial iu tiie cemetery, according to
Hie superstition of the time, and was bur
ied under a largo red oak standing in the
lane loading up to tha church from tiie
pike, a largo log was put over the grave
and it remained, as did tho tree, until a
lew years ago. Stein was the 'lxjie," in
the writer's luiyish days, with which un
ruly Isiys were threatened, and, w hen wo
came to the tree, wo iustinciively quick
ened our pais-, ami furtively l'sikod
around, alui rst expecting to soo Stein af
ter us, and none w ere ls!d enough lo
sit on the log. 1
An old Kiiglishmaii, named Abraham,
lived in JVtersburg iu thoso days, as did
a man namod I .abo. Thcso two worth
ies had !m-c;i to Somertield once and had
"looked upon tho w ino when it was red,"
until "tho wco sma' hours," w hen they
t-tok their moro or loss devious and tor
tuous way towards Petersburg.
When they got to tho 4aue, leading up
to Stein's grave, Ijibb, whoso namo was
Jacob, proposed to Abraham to go up and
interview Stein. Abraham objected, but
I.abb insisted, and, as Abraham by tiiis
time had his fears aroused, ho was in a
quandary as to what to do. He was
afraid lo go with Labb, and more afraid
to go on or stay alone, so they went to
Stein's grave and seated themselves on
the log. Iibb, who feared nothing, called
out iu a lotid voice, "come forth, Isiae,"
StoiuVs name "here are Abraham and
Jamb, w ho want to seo you." Abraham,
although in a maudlin condition, lina'Iy
managed to get his b-gs under him and
he made a bee line down the lane and
down tho pike at more tiian a 2:i gait.
When he reached Petersburg he declared
S.i-in had been at ."lis 'hii'.'is at' every
j:imp, and m:t likely lUil was iio.nl.
lie was a more sober, if not a wiser, man
than whi a he started for Soiin'riU-Id.
I .abb speal the night trying to interview
Stein, going into the chan-li and calling
dim, when he could not raise him at his
grave.
Abraham oni"e attended a Methodist
class-meeting, or rather be was at preach
ing and slaved fur class. When he came
out some one inquired where he had been,
as he did not have any r ligious views of
any kind, lie told w hero ho hud lsvn,
and w as asked w hat they said to him.
He said they wanted him to "jine,"
What did you say then? said tho inquir
er. "I told them I was as g.ysl liout as
hin, then I would save tho quarterage,"
said Abraham, a logic his interlocutor
did not attempt to deny. Towards the
en 1 of his life Abraham's eye-sight fail
ed considerably, and one day a inisehiev
ious boy thought ho wouid have some
fun with tho old man. So he g t on all
fours, threw something like a shoot over
him, and went into Abraham's room
bark wards. Tiie old man did not know
exactly what was coming, but ho on
clu l 'l t investigitj with his cru. a
heavy hickory, at tho same time bring
ing it down with terrific force on the pos
terior portion of tho Ixiy's anatomy, not
only once, but a gsd many times, before
til? "ooy could get aw.iy, which he did
howling with pain. For some tim.t af
ter the Ikiv preferred standing to sitting,
and was never known to try to sc.irj
Abraham again. I Jtbb, tic; man sp ike.i
of, was a Marylauder by birth, and al
ways had a K'HkI deal to say abuit e.i.rk
lightiiig. horse-racing and card playing,
which ho ha I followed iu his youth.
He was a hard drinker and a very pro
fane man, but all at once ho quit drink
ing and swearing and joined the Presby
terian Church and lived a soIht life ever
afterwards. Some young fellows under
took to scare him cms-, but they wero
(impelled to retreat in confusion and
disorder, as he was not one of the scary
kind. He lost his mind oii.-o and was
sent to the Poor House, at Somerset, fir
treatment. After he got well he said the
name poor house was a mistake, for it
was the richest house he ever was iu.
Iibb l-Kik great delight iu an argument,
no matter what subject, religion, politics,
science, philosophy, anything. There
was not much in his arguments, except
the persistence with w hich he stuck to
his p.isitiou and the loud tone in which
he spoke, A man, as queer as any I
have mentioned, named Isaac Iloycr, al
so lived here, ami, for real originality. Iu
was tho peer of any one. He was short
of stature, but very strong, unusually so,
iu fact, with a comical leer on his face,
and a funny way of sticking oat his
tongnc when talking, and a t ins of v. tics
absolutely incapable of being descrils-'d.
He rodo a horse whose hind legs were as
straight as the front ones, moro so, in fact,
as the front ones wero k noo sprung, and
all his legs were remarkably long and
his lkwly lank, lloyd w:is one day rid
ing this horse through town, when, right
in front of UoWitt's tailor shop, the
horse sired at smiething and thrcw
It.tyd oil" on the hard pike. lieWilt came
to the door to foinuiisvrale with him in
his misfortune, b:it lloyd wanted n ine of
it, and he said: "That's all right, Mr.
PeWitt, this horne always throws nine
tailors before breakfast," in his inimita
ble way and his indescribable voice, an I
IleWitt lied.
Iu thoso early days the old "bnys" used
to have pretty largo times when they
would get together. Tho writer has fre
quently been told of a frolic of some kind
held at the place w here John Mi-cheil's
famous hotel now stands to-day, in tho
long ago. Something of a public nature
was going on, tho writer d.n-s not reiiiem
Im.t exactly, an old-time muster, raising,
husking or something that brought the
"lioys" together at any rate. Along iathe
night, under the stimulating influence of
various and sundry' p.itations, inist
probably, the fun ran fast anl furious.
After they apparently exhausted their
Vocabulary of qttiet fun, they concluded
to try something cls. In casting w hat
next tod i, they concluded to inarry a
rather verdant yoing fellow w'ua wa
present to some one, ha bsitig willing ta 1
marry any boJy. They coin-Jutled it
If IT
p
would n;t Ik) liest to in irry him to a wo
man, so they dressed Kniield, tho man
mention 1 in a previous part of this pi
per, in worn in's clothe, and h i I some
one personate a magistrate, and tlso mar
riage went oft iu line style, tho man nev
er ls-ing any the wiser. Tho "Uys" sent
the o-i'i.' to a room and told tho groom
where he might bo found, but ho could
not fini' his bride, who had in the mean
time donned his rightful attire. Tho
ijruim came liuck where Iho others were
and laid in a great -o:npluint ab.ut the
w ay his mnvly we lded wife had treated
hi;u, w ho, by tho way, was one of the
crowd at this time. Pretty soon some
one got a blanket an i put the gr.sim in,
and they began to toss him higher and
higher towards the ceiling until he final
ly reached it with a g.xid deal of for"o,
after this they bumped his heels against
the ceiling until his feet were so sore that
he c.iiild not walk. There was nothing,
hardly, in tho way of annoyance they di I
not do. He had on velvet trousers, and
in the uieleo a rent was made in one leg.
Some one then caught, it and ripped it up
to the waist bind, then another gave it a
rip, and wo on until the trousers were
nothing but riblxMis hanging from the
waist-baud. Of course all things have an
cud, and this orgio ended finally, be
cause they could think of nothing eise to
do.
They had abused the poor fellow shame
fully without intending t: do so, but in
the spirit of puro deviltry, they hardiy
knen when to stop. The man sued the
w hole crowd ls-foro tho writer's grand
father, who gave as big a judgment f.r
costs and fines asthe law allow ed. lie w as
not a man for fsilishness. When the cul
prits were brought be fore the'Squirc, one
old fellow's excuse w:is that ho "jtisl gave
him one little bluck," but it did not go
w ith the 'Squire, they all suliered alike.
to the tune of aliout seventy tivo dollars
apiece. Th'-y did that kind of thing in
those day.s. It is sad to think all tho act
ors in the busy scene's of those by-gone
years, have mouldered iulodiist long ago.
mil only a dim memory mcs now and
then to some of our oldest citizens, of
thoso who preceded them 'Alas,
Yorick! Where are thy jokes and thy
gibis, now." Let lis hope that "after
life's fitful fever, they sleep well."
AliiusoN, Pa. M.
Proper Methods of Bleaching Linen
aiii Cottons.
The first green grass of spring is a
welisin.e sij.rht to tiie gHxl laundrt ss,
who lias already laid aside piles i.f
household linen to lie bleached snowy
white lieiie-ath the first June si:n. In
spite of all the make-shifts in the way
of Ilk-aching powders and bleaching
Iit'uids, iioele-mclit is so jtowcrful as the
sharp rays of the sun and tin; ozone of
the tit Unisphere t proeiuce the snowy
whiteness so desirable in linen and cot
ton. Iu no way can tho bleaching b;-ae-coiiMiiishcd
w ith fs. little damage to the
material as iu the j;oi.d old way on Uie
trass. I'.xamiiso the articles t Ii'
bU :t bed carefully, a:id if there are any
si-ts of iron nisi or f tains f any ki'.id,
trtat tiiein (. a lit :!e k-niott juice and
s.;!t after they are spre-k I out. A
days in the strong s'.mlilit will remove
even the most obstinate iron-rtist stt.ins.
Aft; r this wash the s;vis carefully frte
from all h-moti juice nnl salt, wet them
thoroughly with clear, did water, ami
pat them back on the gra-ss. Wet the
clothes as often as they Iss-omc dry,
using a garden hose or a watering pot,
and turn them several times.
S:mie laundresses are very sacvs-ful
in bleaching their clothes iu the- hot
suds of the rubbing b.iard. All stains
or spots which are diilicult to remove
with rubbing on the board arcrubUsl
with sua pallid laid out iu tlie.-un for an
hour or so, until the rv.-t of the rubbing
is done. They are then re-rubUtl, lsil
cd lid and left standing covered up in
the tub to steam over night. When
this mctho.1 of bleaching in thes'.i ii is
followed by an abundance of rinsing in
the morning, and the clothes are hung
otit in the sunshine and air, tle y may
often be bleached as thoroughly ::s if
they had laid for several days on the
grass. AV' Ym-k Trih'inr.
Smartest Han on Earth.
Tiiere is a man w ho can w rite a song
a:i.l sing it, and play the music ;' it.
He is a yachtsman an I an equestrian,
lie can talk rapidly in live modern
languages and read ltoth Latin and
2 reck.
He can play chess ami iokt r.
He can paint pictures and criticise
those of other artists.
He understands engineering and is
an experimenter in electricity.
He is a theologian and ha- c.uiijt.isesl
a prayer.
He can command a ship or a regi
ment, a Ihet r an urmy.
He can scare people.
He can make speeches that strike the
world.
He is ahorse breeder ami keens a
stood.
He can talk alsmt the art of cookery.
He pttsscsses a literary taste and has
read piles of btoks.
He is a friend of peasants ami of mon
arch. He is orthodox in religion.
He quails lioth beer and champagne.
1 Ie can teach editors how to run their
paper., daiiy or weekly.
He thrums the guitar.
He is rich, and the father of a grow
ing family, and a terror to his f-n-s.
Yet lie is only o years old.
One would think that he must be a
Chicago man or a I'o.-toniati.
Yet he is not.
There may lie other interesting jssi
pleitithe world, but they pale their
iiiotrectual lires in bis presence or ut
the mention of his name.
He is a scion of the liotise of Ho'ieii
zollci'ii. He is tiie Cennaii Kaiser,
Wilhelm II, who, since he was crown
ed lictwecn six and seven years ago,
has kept all his traits, talents and low
ers on full display liefore the world and
llismarck.
It would be imjiossible to indicate
more than a few of the accomplish
ments of this foreign -oti temporary in
small ppaee. A summary of them
w ould fill a book. The Ixiok ought to
be written by himself. ,V. )". .V-oj.
. .
A farmer w ho litis tried several iikhI
e of destroying cut wor.ns finds that
an excellent method is to use a stick
three feet long and 1', inches in diam
eter, sharpened rd one end, with w hich
two or three: holes are punched in the
ground near ea-eh plant. The cut
worm Is sluggish a;i I falls into the
hole, from which he eniinot easily es-
cape
I OF
A COTOJW CATCH.
Iois Mott, with her dove cye-s ami
shy ways, was going to the city to live
wit.'i her mother, brother and his wife
and Is- educated.
Her city ntmt had comedown for her
bringing all sorts of finery with her,
and promising a great ileal liner when
they got to town.
Mrs. Warbiirton did not attempt to
conceal her contempt for Iter pretty
niece's present surrounding, laughed
aloud at the little trunk which con
tained all Lois's available possessions,
and confidently informed her. as soon
as they were at a safe distainv from the
ftirm house, that the Warburtons were
quite a iliit'etviit set from the Motts.
!is st.Hni not a little in awe of her
grand and decidedly liand-oine city
aunt, but she w:us quite fond of L'nele
and Aunt Mott, t.to.
Tiie education her aunt had talked
so much about proved ss-aively w hat is
generally understood by the time Lois
had a teacher in mti.-ic and one in
dancing.
For the rest, ,he had a hairdresser
and manttia maker, who did their best
to di.-tigtnv that wild-rose prctliiicss of
hers, and only prirtiai'y siicceishsl.
Simple Lois was romantic
Very soon, ujsin lier sming to the
city, she had met her hero, and had
duly shrined him in her waiting heart.
It was one day when she iiad U-eii out
shopping with her aunt.
The horse had started just as she was
entering tiie carriage, ami she would
have fallen, but for the s .vift and strong
ami of a gentleman who was parsing.
1 f er aunt thanked him for her, and she
s arc'.-Iy daring to lift her eyes yet, be
came nonichow aware that he was tall
und distinguished looking, and had a
licautil'iii smili-.
After thatshe saw him from afar
often, when she wits out w ith her aunt
in the lay time, and she knew by his
glane:- in her direct i m that lie remein
I teres I her. That v:ts food enough for
her romantic In-art for a time.
Hut r-ho never met him at any of the
festivities which she ami lier aunt f re- j
quotited night after night.
iin- day siie hail left her aunt at
m idaiiie's, ordering a dress, and gone
at her desire, and ujtoii an iniii.-iR.-nsa-ble
errand to another street. It was so
near she had not taken the carriage,
and returning, hi a sort of trance at
having met her hero squarely, and in
voluntarily giv?i him a blushing little
nod of recognition, she took a wr ing
direction, and liefore she knew ir,
w alking as in a dream, she found her
self involved iu one of those street
ro'.vils w hieii, i:i New Yo;k, swarm
like li. sgie at the slightest t xciisc.
Tin-ii stid-letily she discovered where
she wtis, anil In-fore she had time to Ik
frightened, scari".ly to be bewildered
iiy the loud talking and rough jostling
:ii-out her, a voice at her side s;iid :
"i'iettsc t i take my arm. I tiiink
yu iniist have lost the way.'" And
there was her hero again.
He left her with a courteous Unv, as
siMiii ;;s he had put her fairly in the
rigid way again, ami si'.'y Lois's little
fis t were shod with clouds the rest of
that day.
Lois did not meet her hero for some
week.-, when, in c.iming from Ji.-ook-yuwithu
party of friends, she saw
l.i) l on the ferrylat.
He lifted his hat and smiled and
Lois felt that her dimpled cheeks had
turned suddenly to full blown carna
tions. "Where iu the world did you get ac
quainted with t 'orydoti K'.nvrt V" whis
pered one of her companions.
"Dear me, why?" demanded Lois,
not daring to look that way again.
"Oh, you are such a quiet little thing,
and he never g'e.s anywhere hardly.
He's so so excl'i-ive, too, you know."
Tlie young lady who spoke was very
fasiiiona'.le and very plain. She could
not deny Lois's prcttmcss, but she could
.-necr at her country breeding, which
would cling t-i her like the scent of a
wild rose or bit of swcctl-ra. r.
"My dear' sai.l Lois's aunt in her
ear, "don't look around. There, are
your ui.i-le aiid Aunt Molt. We won't
: ps-ak to them here. They've e.ime to
make a visit, of course, and it will lie
time enough to rccogui.c. them when
we get home."
"Hut what if they have seen u-'."'
Lois exclaimed, in painful in rph-xity.
"They have, ami an- smiling at us
frantically. Don't you look, Lois."
"How can I help I i:iu.-t K-uk
to them, aim:."
"Yes, ami have t'orydon Htipert sec
w hut a 'oeaiitifui set you la-long to,"
slut red Mrs. Warbiirton, shyly.
As the Istat touched the landing,
Mrs, Warbiirton bade the driver of her
carriage hurry oil'. Hut he had to wait
his turn there wire se veral carriages
In-fere him.
And meanwhile Mr. and Mrs. Mott
had come out and were trying to get
to them through the crowd. In the
press Mrs. Mott stumbled and fell, and
Lois, stealing a look that way, saw
her.
"Aunt Warbiirton, I want to get
otli," she said, and, opening the car
riage dior herself, in spite of her aunt's
furious lis ks, she got down and hur
ried to h' r aunt.
Somelsvly had lie!-d the old lady to
her feci again, and she stood ready to
fold Lois in an embrace which the lov
ing girl would not hurt her by shrink
ing from, h.itly a her cheek flushed
under the amused glances she imagin
ed leveled at her.
"IX-ar heart, she hadn't got proud a
bit, and she's handsomer than ever,"
exclaimed l'nele and Aunt Mott, scarce
ly under their breath; ami then to coin
plete matters, who should drift into
view with the moving throng but Mr.
It up rt.
To her amaeinent he stopped and
eagerly shook hands with L'nele and
Aunt Mott, who poured out their de
light at seeing htm most volubly, and
mingled explanations concerning Lois,
till they did not know themselves
which they were talking almut.
t'oryd vi Itupert had boarded w ith
the Moils the wh le summer, ami had
Ik-cu nursed through a. somewhat eril
oas illness by Aunt Mott.
Well, you can guess the end, of it all.
' perhaps, Iaiis had promised to marry
: her hero before Uncle and Aunt Mott
SLldo
WHOLE XO. 22!)0.
went homo; and though she was mar
ried from Mrs. Warbtirton's, she and
her husband went early iu the honey
moon to the old farm, and sja-nt some
happy months in each year with l'nele
and Aunt Mott. X tt York A'"'.
One Was Taken.
I wits riding over the path of the
cyclone, which had cut a swath across
a county tlie day U.'fore, when I came
to a settler seated on a block of wood
ill front of the ruins of a ile shanty.
Kvcrytliing hadbtcu taken away down
to the punchtsm door, and the dozen
fruit trees around the house were lying
uprooted.
"How fur hav yo' cum, stranger?" he
asked as I rode up.
"Fnnu Scottsville."
"My old woman Mowed away in
that direction, and I thought you
might hev seen her."
"No, sir."
"Mule we.it at alxiiit the same time,
I guess. 1 Ie was a big white mule."
"I haven't seen him. Then you have
lost everything"."
'F.vcrything, stranger wife, mule,
log, PJ hens, heuse ami furniture. One
niin'.t they was ull here next minit
they was all gone!"
"Were you home at the time!" i
asked.
''Oil, yes right here to home."
"And you neither blew away nor got
hurt?"
".Wither one. Come through it all
as sound as a dollar."
"Where were you when the cyclone
struck the house?"
"Waal, the band of I'roviilencesecm
ed to Is- in it. Me ami the tdd woman
had a row out iu the garden, and I
chas-d her into the hoa-s-. She turned
on me like a eat, got a good grip and
heaved me down cellar through the
ote;i trap il-mr. Then she got a rock in'
cheer and sot on the trap and rocked
and ho-it-rcd to me that I couldn't git
out till I knuckled under. She was a
rockiu' when I heard a lom-liang!
ami I got out of then-liar to find things
as you now ss- 'cut. Wouldn't you
sorb r cail it the hand of Providence,
straic'er?"
"Weil, i.rhai, but what are you go
ing to do?"
"Xutliiii' ii'ithin', 'tall, 'eept to be
thankful that I was pitched down cel
lar instead of the old woman. If I'd
been -arriisl idF and she left, she'd
hev never got over blowin' around
alstut how she made ine take wings
ami fly away on the clouds of the
iiiormu'. 1 f you should meet the old
woman, you'll know her by hcrskecrcd
ami humble look."
A Waste of Material-
A well known congressman, who
had la-en a fanner liefore he went into
politics, was visiting his district not
long ago, and in his rambles he saw a
man in a stumpy patch of ground try
ing to get a plow through it. He went
over lo him, and, after a brief saluta
tion, a.-ked the privilege of making a
turn or two with the jdow.
The native shook his head doubt
fully as he looked at his visitor's store
clothes and general air of elegant
leisure, but he let him bike the plow.
The congressman sailed away with it
in tine style and made four or five fur
rows In-fore the owner of the field could
roeovcr from Ids surprise. Then he
pulled up and handed the handles to
the original holder.
"Hy gravy, mister," said the farmer,
admiringly, "air you in aggercultural
business?"
"No," laughed the statesman.
' Y aint scllin plows?"
"No."
"Then w hat in thunder air you?"
"Fin member of congress from this
district."
"Air you the man I voted for ami
that I've U-cii readin' alsait in the
paper doiu' legislatiu' and sieh in
Wasiiin'ton."
"Yes."
"Well, by hokey, mister," said the
farmer, as he t toked with admiration
over the recently plowed furrows, "ef
I'tl a had any idea that I was votin' fer
a wa-ste of such good tannin' material
I'd voted for the other candidate as
shore as shootin'!" Y-nifYi ( 'mnjtii
ioit. modesty.
The confidence of musicians in their
own aci-omplishmelit is often a matter
of merriment to other tK-oplo. A cer
tain pianist had ja-rfornml several son
atas, to the not too gn at delight of a
private connany, when tlie hostess
thought proper to compliment him
moderately.
"Your playing is remarkably fine,
Mr. Keys," site said.
Tiie pianL-t waved his hand deprccat
ingly. "Iieally, madam," he said, "the
credit docs not belong to ine, if I am
endowed with genius by a higher jsw
cr !" Ynxt't'a Comjxiitivn.
'BIjoI is Thicker Than Water.'
Tlie expression, "lilMsl is thicker
than water," was first used by Captain
Josiah Tattnall, l S. X. Thisgallant
otlh-er, in June, 1S"0, conveyed United
States Minister Want to the Pcil.o liiv
er, China. Admiral Hope, in com
mand of a Hritis'u and French fleet,
was attempting to ascend the river. A
terrific battle took place. Tattnall,
though a iiou-comiatant, tcrformed
many acts of gallantry in rescuing
I'.ritish and French soldiers and sailors.
He was greatly praised for his conduct
in the whole arlair. It is true that he
had violated neutrality in giving aid to
the F.nglish while they were at war
with a nation friendly to us, and for
this he was criticised. It was then that
he made his fauioiu reply :
"I did my duty. Wood is thicker
than water, and it was not forme to
stand by and sec men of my race mas-sucn-d
by barlwrians."
In this opinion he was upheld not
only by American popular approval,
but by the national Oovernment.
One d.ise of Dr. Fowler's Est. of
wild Strawbery will check any case of
diarrhoea if takeu at the start.
Where Petroleum j Found-
If a half a dozen saucers be placed
one within another and the etles
ground down nearly to a level with the
middle of the upper sainvr, we should
have an illustration of the Motion of
the several layers of rocks which form
the Itasin in which jtetnileuiii Is found.
The ill'istntion doc not pres.nf an
exact Jcirallel, as th rock busies sre i"
re.'uhr in tb-ir t;n. and triiq'f.d
in tiie thickness f t!:.- sc '-m I -trata, a
srn pared with each other, and in dif
ferent parts of the : stum- stratum.
The ba.iii iu which pritrt'Iemn i,
loiiiid embraces Luke- Kre-, the western
rt of Pennsylvania, ami strtion of
Virginia, Kentucky ami Ohio. The
rocks were iU-sitcd in the Utttom c.-f
an ocean which was hounded by laiol
on the north and cast .-Hid was open to
the south and west. The mat rials for
these deposit were obtained by the
wearing away of the eastern mountain
ous shore of the ocean, and they were
distributed by curnntsover the lsittom
of the sea ; they are consequently of the
greatest thickness at the eastern edge
and laconic thinner toward the west ;
they arc alsiM-om posed of coarse frag
ments in the msterii Mrtion and the
sand ami other mattt r grows regularly
finer in the western and thinner strata.
During all the lime that these rock
were lcingdcosiredtt!e -ca was swarm
ing with fishes, ami their bones iu in
numerable multitudes an- mingled with
the sand und mud that is now harden
ed into stone. After the lower rock of
the basin were laid down amphibious
animals were created, and iu the upper
and more recent rocks their remain
are found in great number mingled
with those of fishes. Prints of sea weeds
are found in all the formations, but
while the lower rocks contains no trace
of any land plant, the vat -oa! dejtos
its of the uper scries have Uvn form
ed by the dts-oiiiiositioii of pent and
marsh vegetation.
The lowest formation in which ictn
leum occur in paying quantities Is the
cornifemus limestone, so called IsM-au.-
it contains nodules i.f hornslotie or
III ut. This i that ancient curat ns-f
w!iic!i wx built up incalculable agi-s
ago in in the warm and shallow waters
tilotig what was then the uiherii
slitn-s of the Xorth American conti
nent. The slow upheaval of the continent
continued after the middle of the great
basin was raised iilmve the ocean, and
it is now MM feet a''ove tiie level of the
sea. Xeit'n r was tho work of creation
stisjieiided ; as the seas were inhabited
by .stii-ressivo species of li -lies and am
phibians, so the vast plains have lieca
the alrtd- of s.n-is.--ive sit;s-ics of land
animals, which have one ufter another
bessime extinct. K veil afler the aiiveiit
f man this order continued the
iiiTtund builder tsse-d away to give
place to the Indians, and they in turn
are being replaced by another race.
A Stolen Secret-
Jewell, like ail men brought up to
I-earn a trade, and who afterward gain
ed prominence in atTuirs, made i,nv
atnl t!n-u unconsi-iou revelations of l.i
early training. During one of the
campaigns in which he was engaged
he found himself at a country hotel
where the table wasbotmteoti., but the
rooms few und small. It was necessa
ry in order that the whole party might
la; housed for each lusi to K" occupied
by two person. The govenu r's rooni- .
mate w:t a young (xiIitieLin, w 'no could
not hide his surprise w hen the govern
or j;i.-t !'fon- retiring r;!Iil the shaves
of his night shirt even as f.ir up as his
houMt-rs, and then bathed his arms in
cold water.
"You wot'dcr why I do this," said
the governor. "Well, I couldn't sice
mles I did. When I wa a young-
learning the tanner trade, I use
have my arms i i tiie vats ail day 1
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and at niglit mv skin would sma
though I had Ut-n stung witli net
I could not l-ar to have any .
touch them. So I got in the hah
rolling my shirt sleeves as far a.
could, and thus I have slept ever since.
When JcwMl was minister to Iiussia,
he played a Yankee trik upon
the liusfians, tiie liencfit of which we
are reaping even to this day in this
country. Like every other American
tanner, he hail long wanted to know
the secret of the pmce of manufact
uring Iiussian bather. He had exjs-ri-meiited
w ith a few dollars only to learn
that the secret w as noj to be di-sstver-e.1.
When at the court of St. Petersburg,
he pnfes-d great interest in Russian
industries, and was shown through
many of the manufaoturic there. 15y
and by there came au opportunity t
go through a factory where Itussia
leatiier was manufactured. Jewell
was all smile and courtesies and sem-
etl profoundly interested in those thing
which really did not interest him, and
wholly blind to the very thing he
went to that place to sis. P.ut he was
not so blind as they thought. When
ho came out of that factory, he had dis
covered, a he Is-lkvuil, the proeer,
and he brought the discovi ry back to
thi country with him, so that by and
by the United State ! -.'an t turn out
a very good article of leather nx'tnlt-
lin '
Kussiatl product. J'hU-nb l-
Ant j a: Biters.
Ant are terrible light rs. They have
very powerful jaws, ismidi-ring the
izu of their Ualies, and then-fore their
mothisl i by biting. They will bite
one another and hold : with a won
derful grip of t'.iej iws, even after all
their leg have Ikv:i bitten oil by other
ants.
Stmetime sis or eight ants will W
clinging with a death hold t;i one an
other, makinu a peculiar spectacle,
some with a t'g g ne and some wit!
half the b ly g :ie. i Me singular fact
is that the grip of ant's j iw is retained
even after the hi.lv hits Uvn bitten oif
and nothing but tin- head remains.
The Wisdom of the Past.
'Twas said hy am-lcnt sngi-
That love of lili- Inop-ascd with year
S., nillell, tliat ill our latter stages.
Wht-ii aiiistfvw sliarpund sickness ra;-5.
The sri-ah'st Sow of !lfapioirs."
P.ut to retain the vigor of youth, the
enjoyment of life, the bleosiiig of
healthy appetite, and a good digestion,
take Dr. Pierce's (ioldell Medical
Discovery and live to a hale ami hearty
old age. For dyspepsia, indigestion,
"liver omplai nf and kindred ail
ment, the "Discovery" is a most posi
tive remedy. Hy druggist.
Farmers do not have that kiiowled.'o
of their atrairs that they should, as
many of them keep no tiook. When
the census is being taken they can give
but little information in regard to tiie
numU-r of bushels of grain gnwn cacii
year or the value of their live attick,
hence much must le derived from esti
mates rather tliati from facts presented.
Every farmer should keep books,
and net down all the it cum of receipt
and excuses.
Johnstown,
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