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omerset. Pa.
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t!oii ul."i-;n xiiMTiet. hellord aud adjoin
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t ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
)soueiet, Pa.
Will practice in Somerset and adjoining
ecuiitit. All i.uKiuetw entrusted to hiia will
rKi rnnujit attention.
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( lOFEliUTH & lU'ITEL,
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Souiertiet, Pa.
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oa Ma'u Cr.- liireet, opposite Mammoth
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Somerset, Pa.
'5t on Tatriot Street, opposite I. -
C::ur.ii.
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DR. P. F. SHAFFER,
PUS1CIAN ASbsCRGKOS,
Someniet, Pa.
Tt. : rv l.is nrof.-ssional scn-ice to the citi-
and virinity. Ufiice next
Dil J. M. LOUTH ER,
l liVsltlAN ANUst'RGEOX,
C'5i,n Main unvt, narof l)rug Htore.
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II. S. KI.MMELL,
In: ir- nroA-ssional wrvices to the citi-
v-:n i,i r-t nn.l VH'iuitv. I nlewi pro-
l. n 1m litund aL hia of-
fi'-vL M-:u u. riant of limotid.
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(raduate in lieniistrr.)
:v. Mitvial attention t" the preservation
o !!! iu,:ur.,l h ArtiUctel arta inserted.
-t nit i.iti-i i't::i ni',-l wit i?if;trv. tflice
ii t!, ri.M!.M-r 1 H. Ifcivi &. t'u'i store.
ia;u l'n,-saiid PatriiK ntre-iii.
C. II. I'OFFROTH,
Kuneral Director.
'iiTi.t-Main Cross SL Residence,
34') Patriot SL
piUNK II. FLUCK,
Land Stirvej'or
M' lilMNii ENGINEER. LUtic, V.
Oils! Oils!
o
At'sntie IVftntae Ck, Pltllnr feprt-
I'ltisimrv, I 'a., iiik-b spiKl(y ol
manufacturing for tlie l:iiiuc
trade the lineal brands of
lumin:ting & Lubricating Oils
Naphtha & Gasoline,
5M fan he made from Petroleum. We chal
lenge comparison with every known
Product of Petroleum
If you wixh the moat uniformly
Satisfactory Oils
IN THE
American Tarket.
t'roura. Trade lor Somerset and vicini
ty supplied by
COOK ft BEF.RIT3 and
FUEASE 4 KOOSEIt, '
Komereet. Pa.
IMPORTAST TO ADVERTISERS.
.iC rr-.'im wf an.mtw nm nfrm I fnmtd
wi Eetaicton'a Coartjr Seat Lista. Bhrewd
verJser, avtul t!unelve of these lists,
n , 7 oi wuch can be had or iui(nt
I of Xew York 4 Pittsburg.
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VOL. XLIV. XO.
It Floats
Are your dishes rough aud dull looking when they come on
the table? Were they washed with a rosiu soap? Rosin is
sticky. Ivory Soap washes clean aud rinses readily.
The Prtctei) & Ga.cu Co., Cin n.
-THE-
Firsi Moil Bank
Somerset, Penn'a.
Capital, S50.000.
Surplus, S 22,000.
Of POSITS RCCCIVCOIN LAftGC AN D SMALL
AMOUNTS, PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS.
STOCK DCALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
LaRIE . HICKS, . GEO. R. StTLL,
JA-:S L . Pl'GH, Y. 11. II.LKll.
JOHN R. SOITT, R BT. a SCL'LL,
Ell ED W. BlESKL'KEll.
EDWARD SCTLL, : : PUhirENT.
VALENTINE HAY. : VICE PRESIDENT.
HARVEY . BERKLEY, . CASHIER.
The funds and securities of this bank are se
curely protected In a celebrated Couliss Bl"R
gue Pkook Safe. Tne only safe imide abso
lutely burglar-proof.
The Sumet Ccmilj National
BA
OF SOMERSET PA.
jtb;lhl, 1877. Orp.lMd u a Ktlr!, IE90
O.
CAPITAL, $50,000
SURPLUS AND UN-
DIVIDED PROFITS I3,3UU.
sf.
Chas. J. LTarrison, - Tresident.
Wm. II. Koontz, - Vice Tresident
Milton J. Tritts, - - Cashier.
Geo. S. Harrison, - Ass't Cashier.
sr.
Directors :
Sam. B. Harrison, Win. EwMey,
JoHiah SiXH-ht, Jonas M. CVak,
John II. Snyder, John Stufft,
Joseph B. Davis, Noah S. Milier,
Harriwon Snyder, Jerome StulTL
Chas. W. Snyder.
..,tnnur r,r thin hank will receive the most
liU-ral tresitmcnt consistent with safe ImukinK-
Partiea wljminpt to neim minn
,n lie accommodated by draft for any
anionnt- . ... . , , -
Money and valuables sccurcu uj mic ,i -bold'.
-elebrated aafe, with most improved
U!,illcctlonii made In all parts of the United
States. I harees moderate.
AccounU aud acpuaiu aonciveu.
A. H. HUSTON,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
nd everything pertaining to funerals furn
ished. SOMERSET - ' - Pa
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Door West of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa-
Am Now
pn-iKun-d to supply the public
-W illi Clocks, Watcho, and Jew
elry of all description, as Cheap
as the Cheapest.
liEPAlllIXl A
SPECIALTY.
All work guaranteed. Look at my
slock lufore making your
J. D. SWANK.
ALWAYS
On Hand.
BEST Hi THE MARKET.
Jarecki Phosphate,
Lime,
Crushed CoVe,
Hard Coal,
Salisbury Soft Coal,
At the Old Stand near tlie Somcr
fcet k Cambria R. R. Station.
Prices Right.
Peter Fink
e
43.
Campbell
Smith
PEOPLE'S
STORE.
VERY lady is interested in nice
Spring good?, whether it be
for her own personal adornment or
for comfort or embellishment of the
household.
This fpriiig we have made extra
ordinary preparations and arc now
ready with a magnificent stock of
Carpet,
Lace Curtains,
Furniture,
China and Crockery Ware, and
Kitchen Coods,
Extra sujier, all-wool Carpet, very best
d."sijrns, 43c
CoxmI (piality Brussels Carpet, best de
fluns, 48c
IUt Uruss ls Carpet, including such
well known make a Jtoxburg'S etc.,
newest designs, 78c
If you want a bandrioiue Velvet Carpet
for your parlor, tlie prettiot and liest
wearing carpet made, cunie to this
store and i;et owe at $1.03
Thousands of pairs of Lace Curtains,
nice patterns, at 5)3. pair
Lace curtains r, yds, long, at 81 pr. pair
Fine imported Nottingham Law Cur
tains at 2, 02.50, $3 ami $3 53 that
are worth about one-half more.
Come to this store for Dinner .Sets,
Tea S-ts and Toilet Sets, all kind of
(ilassware. You-can not only save
your railroad fare but a great deal of
money Inside.
Our new Spring stK-k of
Dress Goods.
Wraps, Jackets,
V
and Millinery.
Is exceedingly attractive and the prices
very, very low.
Kvery man who reads this advertise
ment, come and get one of our good,
stylish Suits at $10 03
( iood Suits for Men, as low as $5.00
Good School Suits for Hoys, at $1-50
Fifti Avenue,
cTttR woco mo
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Pittsburg.
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Is quirhly
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lutl imm i lion.
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ll-?r' the
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Hmi-ll.
IT WILL CURE
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wticif-uV.e. Price 50 cents at drusgistii or by
mil.
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In irclal boon to bnsincs" iun who, tarlnc
drifted unoonoiou.lT into the drink habit and
awaken to find the diw of alcoholism fattened
op n them, rendering; them unfit to niaiuur af
fim rcniiirins; a clear brain. X taut weeks
course of treatment at lie
PTTTSBURa KEELEY INSTITUTE.
No. tM6 Fifth ATenne,
rvtnirs trt them all their powers, mental and
physical, detnT the abnormal appetite, and
restores them to the condition thev were In be
f.irethey indulged In stimulants. Thishasbeen
done in more than lflno cases treated here, and
smons them some of jour own neighbors, to
whom we can refer with confidence as to the
steolnte safety and t fBciencr of the Keeiey Cure.
The fullest and mwt st-arvhlnr Invenieatlon is
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omer
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
THE TOWN OF "USED-TO-BE.''
Grandma lives in a funny plitcc,
The town of "Used-to-bc,"
Where street are '-turnpikes" and people are
"folks,"
And a nice hot supper a "U."
"Where U the town of C?4-to-t)8 V "
la Urandina's memory bright.
"Tlio VAyV Upstairs, to Grandma's room
(The coxy one on the right.)
"When can you fO there ?" Twilight's best.
For the dreamy glow In the grate
Lights the way to the town of Ucd-to-be,
And nobody need to wait.
Then ho, for an hour la the dear old town,
And hey, for the hunking-bee.
And oh, the dancing In the slifT brocade.
And ah; the trystln-tree.
And ugh ; the sermons, two hours long.
And three of them, Kahlmth day.
In a "meeting-house. so cold aud drear,
WhiTe the "foot-stove" held Its sway.
But If tinindma shows you a summer scene,
In a farmhouse and orchard fair,
With rows of cheeses on dairy shelves,
And bees lu the clover-sweet air.
And there, beyond. In the kitchen wide,
(irandma herself, at the wheel,
spinning, singing, a fair young bride.
You say, for you can but feel
"What a deur, dear town of 'Uied-to-be.'
But lirandma's voice drops low,
And she says, with a half-sad, half-sweet
smile
" Twas all so long ago."
C II. AT, in Huston Truntrrijit.
THE LOT OF DEATH.
BY CLIXTOX RofcS.
Colonel P.tair, the commandant, told
us this many time at the New York
meetings of the Cincinnati, when we
all were inclined to gossip, aud to tell
of this battle and that, and tlie dare
devil things we had done, or would
have done if we had.had the chances of
other nun.
'But by Caesar!" cried Timothy
lilair, his well weathensl face turning
even redder, "I've faced shot many,
many times without running; you
know that, so I can say it without
boasting. Yet this time I wanted to
give 'em my heels. Here was I with
tlie General's order to deliver, and auch
au order, too ! And here waiting me
were these gentlemen some mere boys
like my own, with mother and fathers
at home. And they were Englishmen,
too. They were a gay lot, and you
some way respect a man who can laugh
when he is defeated. Well, 1 11 wit
ness that his Lordship of Cornwallis'
officers were as nice and companiona
ble a lot as ever were born. Now, they
were assembled before me, by my or
der, which was that of the General-in-Chief."
"Well, it took me a long time to
leur tuy throat-. .. ,
"'Gentlemen, I managed to say at
last, 'gentlemen, a lot has to be drawn.'
" 'A lot, Colonel Blair ! Come,
whist is a lietter game,' said Captain
Ludlow, Lord Ludlow's second son,
who always was joking me ; but now I
looked at him sternly.
" 'It's, gentlemen, no game. I wish
to Heaven it was. It's the lot of
death.'
"My manner sobered them a bit, I
think, they only stared now in won-
ler."
" 'Gentlemen,' I went on, my voice
firmer I think uow that I heard it ; 'a
murder has been committed by the
connivance of a British officer. An
American citizen, held a prisoner of
war in New York, a brave man I
knew him myself Major Huddy, was
taken from jail in New York, carried
over into Jersey, aud hung on Middle-
town Heights, a placard over his body:
Here hangs Huddy for Philip White."
"'But very well, Colonel,' Captain
Asgill, a little boyish chap, interrupted.
'what is White, or your interesting
Huddy to usT
" 'It's this, gentlemen,' said I, see
iug I could evade it no longer. 'Sir
Henry Clinton has refused to punish
tlie offender who caused Major Hud
dy's murder. Gentlemeu, the military
court of tlie Army of the United States
presided over by General Washington
has decreed that a British officer of the
army of the Karl of Cornwallis, held
here as a prisoner of war, shall be exe
cuted in retaliation if Sir Henry Clin
ton does not punish the real offender,
gentlemen, lots are to be drawn among
you.
"'Goon with your damnable farce V
"The lots were drawn, and as one by
one they fell out, those that were left
lK;came paler, until two were left-
only two. One of these was a boy of
nineteen, Captain Asgill, .Sir Charles
Asgill's son. He took it almtst light
ly ; but my heart went out to him. He
was no older than my own boy. How
finely he looked, how bravely he laugh
ed. Gentlemen of the Cincinnati, that
little captain of Cornwallis had the
stulfin him."
"Well, my friends, Captain Asgill
had the lot of death, and his comrades
looked at him pityingly, and then grew
angry, and swore at us Americans,
and at Washington. But I couldn't
blame them much that day; for in their
places I might have been a bit profane
myself.
I remember well Meg, Simon More,
tha landlord's daughter of the old
King's Arms, Lancaster. Her buxom
arnu. kept the pewter mug shining
like her eyes ; and her name Vas a pav
sing toast, not ouly among those of our
own stationed at Lancaster, but later
among Lord Coruwallis officers' pris
oners there after Yorktown.
One stormy evening iu 1782, Meg
was in the bar polishing some or that
famous pewter, when there entered a
postillion, plainly from a private travel
ling carriage,
"A room for my mistress."
Meg bustled, calling old Simon and
the stable b.iy, and looking out in the
black night and courtesylng when
there entered the mistress, her cloak
held over her fav and followed by a
maid, plainly aiTEnglish girL
The lady wa from Philadelphia, of
course, Meg guessed.
Wa the room satisfactory? she ask
ed courtesying. What could she do,
mem ?
The lady hesitated, although she was
u; longer young, yet she certainly was
the most beautiful lady, Meg declared,
she had ever seen. "Just like a
duchess."
. "Where are the military prisoner la
Lancaster kept ?"
set
ESTABLISHED 1827.
"Mostly on parole, mem, about tlie
town, exceptiu Captain Asgill, poor
gentleman "
"Yes, I know. I wanted to be direct
ed to hia quarters." v.
"But, beggin' your pardon mem, I
don't believe you can without a pas3,"
said Meg. "I'm sorry, mem."
The lady was looking away, tremb
bling, Meg thought
"Get me a guide. Now hurry please."
A boy was found with a lantern, and
the lady, her cloak again hiding her
face, started out, leaving Meg curious,
and telling it over to the loungers who
already had gathered in the taproom.
A tall man had entered, closely muf
fled, too. ;
"My good girl, a room, a quill and
some paper."
Meg eourtesied. Old Simon bustled.
Would the gentleman come this way?
Another gentleman followed; very dis
tinguished looking, also in a military
coat.
"We have three horses. Have your
men to look to them," Niid this latter
to'the bowing aud scraping landlord.
Aud then he turned to follow Meg,
who stood, courtesying at the hall door
with a candle, waiting to show the vis
itors the room.
As they went out one habitue of the
Independence nudged another.
Landlord Simon returned, his lips
eager with the news.
"Gen'l'n," he began impressively.
"Ginr'I Washington is under this roof.
That was him that was.
At that moment the second of the
two visitors returned.
"The gentleman is to be disturbed by
no one, do you understand, landlord,"
he said with an air of one in the habit
of authority.
"Yls, sir yis," said Simon. "I've
been too old to fight myself but I'm
pleased that he is under my roof.
Bui tbisV-'ntlemau, plainly an aide-
de-camp, was gone hurriedly into the
night. The great man, If it were he,
was alone in the room above. Meg re
turned, her eyes dancing in her excite
ment, and a moment later she was at
the door of the mysterious lady.
The lady was sobbing, her face In her
hands.
Meg wanted to say something.
"Mem," she legan, a lump in her
throat, Mem!"
Tlie lady looked up miserably, and
beautifully, Meg thought.
"I want my bill, girl, and the car
riage ordered."
Meg eourtesied, and could not resist
saying as she eourtesied :
"It's this, mem, that we're a bit up-
sit at the Independence because such
great folks have come down on us, so
that ymt most exeuust u if ww'r Uw.
It's no less than Gin'ral Washington
7ii.self."
Suddeuly tlie lady started up.
"Who, girl? General Washington
here? Take ma to him quick."
The lady smoothed her hair, fixed
her neckerchief, rubbed the poor red
eves, ".now, girt "
For a moni3nt Meg hesitated, until
the superior will, aided by shilling and
her own feminine curiosity to see the
denouement, conquered.
"This way, mem. That's the door."
Here the lady hesitated, and then
knocked, at first, timidly aud then de
terminedly. "Well, come in," said a weary voice.
The lady opened the door, and from
the threshold regarded the great man
as the circle of light from the candle on
the table at which he was writing, fell
about him. On his part the tired, light
blue eyes looked their surprise the
eyes Stuart painted a dark blue that'
fading pigment might give the color
exactly right a hundred years after.
Like Meg, he thought the lady dis
tinguished.
"I beg your pardon," he said rising.
"I sir, am Lady Asgill."
He started; he hesitated ; he looked
at her again.
"Captain Asgill's mother," she ad
ded. .
"I have had your letters. I)j be
seated, he managed to say."
"I came to America, sir, to see my
son, to plead with you the despot,"
"You have the right to think that,
perhaps," he said now geutly. "I
have had a thousand letters. Many
people have pleaded for your son."
"Aud and you can let this go on ?"
"Lady Asgill," but he stopped in
confusion.
Meg, watching at the door, muttered
in open-mouthed wonder. "The young
cap'n's mother."
"I)o le seated, please," said he, who
had not feared the battle, and who fear
ed the sorrow of his visitor's eyes.
But she looked at him sternly.
"Captain Asgill may die when you
can prevent it. They talk of you, you.
General Washington as a great man
as the liberator, and you are as bad a
despot as any king."
"You are accusing me madam," he
said, still, gently. "I cannot blame
you. Yet every criminal has the right
to defense." She did not sob now, al
though there was that dull despair in
her eyes. She sjxke, self-controlled,
contemptuously, accusingly :
"You will say, I suppose, that his
Majesty's agents can arrange the mat
ter by punishing those who hung Cap
tain Huddy. You always write that."
"Yes, I could say that, I could say I
am sorry, that I "
"I shouldn't believe you."
"D jubtless not. I don't expect you
to. Lady Asgill. I know how horrible
this all has boeu to you the mother,
I know "
She said nothing looking at him with
those accusing eyes. Yet perhaps his
manner, the reluctant memory of his
irreat fame, made her listen. He went
on now with stronger self-control.
"Many things I have to do from my
position. I am not free to act for my
s.'lf. I have to do as Congress and the
military court m.inaging these cases
as these will have me. And yet "
"And yet ?" she began.
"Wait," said he. "I expect my
aide-de-camp, Col. Pemlierton, every
moment."
She looked at him passionately.
"General Washington, you are a
smooth-tongued demagogue. Men may
call you what they will."
At the moment steps were in the
halL The aide-de-camp entered, glanc
ing curiously at the general's visitor.
"Yes, Colonel Pemberton,"
APRIL 8. 189G.
"Your Excellency, he Is here with
Colonel Ferguson, tlie commandant."
"Colonel," said Washington quietly
perhaps with a note of triumphant
justification. "This is Lady Asgill."
"Lady Asgill !" the aide-de-camp be
gan : "Captain Asgill is below," ho
added iu his surprise.
She looked at them, not understand
ing! when the general continued :
"I have persuaded Congress and the
military court to my point of view that
this course of retaliation was inexpe
dient, my lady. On my way back from
Philadelphia to Newburg I stopped at
Lancaster to order tlie commandant to
release Captain Asgill. I am-glad "
his voice was thick "your ladyship
8 here at this time."
"I)o you mean this?" she said in
credulously ; and then the color began
to mount to her faded checks.
"Olr, sir-"
A great gladness suddenly was in
those eyes, a mother's a great, grati
tude. "Forgive me, sir all I said."
"I understand, Your ladyship. Col
onel Pemlierton, will you please to take
Her Ladyship to Captain Asgill?"
"Ifyou will, sir?" Lvly Asgill said.
Her voice broke.
"If Your Ladyship will allow me ' '
Pemberton liegan, leading the way.
"Tell Ferguson to wait,", said the
chief. "Lady Asgill and Captain As
gill may wish to see me first."
"I understand, Your Excellency."
The dor closed and the Father of
bis country sat gazing into i-paee.
Lady Asgill, Your Excellency,"
Colonel Pemlierton announced at the
door, "and Captain Asgill."
A New Discoverer of America.
The shortest route from the Old
World to the New is from Cape Verde
to Brazil, says tlie Geographical Jour
nal. Winds aud currents tend to car
ry a ship across. There is, therefore, an
inherent probability that a Portuguese
vessel should have been driven on to
the Brazilian coast. This actually
happened to Cubrul in 1-VX). It might
have happened at any time after shijis
began to round Cat Verde. That cape
was first rounded in 144-1. In 114 a
a remarkable map was made by Bian
co, showing the most recent Port
uguese discoveries. On it a long stretch
of coastline is shown southwest from
Cape Verde, with an inscription say
ing that it is authentic, and 1-VrO miles
to the west. The ouly laud in such a
position is South America. Tiie dis
covery must have lieen made between
1445 and 1 US. It is recorded that au
unknown bland is found far to the
west in 1447. Oil the first map dealing
with the Atlantic Ocean after Bianco's
map, a large island is found iutlie posi
tion indicated by Bianco. The Portu
guese had good reason for not troub
ling much about such an inland, until
the Papal Bull of 1 1'.KJ, with its line of
demarcation, when their eonduet lead
ing to the Tordesillas Treaty of 14!4, by
which the line was shifted so far that
they secured Brazil, seems to have been
based on knowledge of the existence of
land in the pot-it ion of that country.
Moreover, there is evidence to show
that they publicly claimed the pos
session of such kuowledge. If the
views here set forth are tenable, the in
teresting and. important result is ob
tained that America was discovered by
the Portuguese in or about the very
year in which Columbus is believed to
have been born. Without removing
one iota from the real merit of Colum
bus, it would add the crowning laurel
to the already great glory of that mar
velous man, Prince Henry the Nav
igator, who, it is pardonable to remem
ber, was half au Englishman.
Eabobs and Green Cakes.
Every country has it-s own little deli
cacies, and the British soldiers who are
now pouring into Egypt have already
undoubtedly bought from the street
hawkers the green cakes, and possibly
the kabobs, for which the land of the
Nile Is famous.
The kabob, says the New York 3fnil
and KrprtKt, is broiled meat, but is
broiled in so ridiculous a fashion as to
be really funny. The eddler uses a
little charcoal furnace, something like
those in use by our plunders. In it he
keeps up a small but hot tire. Attach
ed to the sid- of the furnace are a lot of
iron skewers. When a customer ap
proaches the hawker takes a small
piece of meat, mutton or goat, the lat
ter being the most popular, cuts it with
a sharp knife into a long riblion, winds
it around the skewer and places it over
the charcoal fire. Some of the drip
pings are collected and, with a little
salt or salt and spiee, makes a pleasant
sauce or the kabob when it is done.
The cooking is very rapid. What with
the heat of the lire and the thinness of
the meat it is thoroughly done In two
two three minutes.
The green cakes are nothing more or
less than small wheaten cakes mixed
with chopped green leaves of various
kinds salted and baked in a slow oven.
They are pale yellow, yellow gray and
brownish gray, with irregular splashes
of green on both the upper and lower
surface. They are said to be very nour
ishing, and they are certainly very ap
petizing and palatable when fresh from
the oven.
Early Piety.
D. L. Moody, the evangelist, told a
story In Philadelphia recently about
his life before his conversion, when a
boy of 17. He said that while he was a
pretty bad boy in his unrcgenerate
days, deep in the follies and errors of
the world, he never broke so far away
from his early religious training as to
forget to say his prayers every night.
"I used to sleep with my brother," he
said, "and if cither one of us happened
to jump into bed without first get
ting on hU knees, the other would
swear at him vigorously and kick him
out on the floor."
Tumors.
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cored without resort to surgery. Send
10 cents in stamps for book. Address,
World's Dispensary Medical Associa
tion, Buffalo, N. Y.
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AS
DOES IT,
Sketch of The Successful Manager
of McKinley's Campaign.
"Perhaps the most singular of all the
Presidential cam jwiigns Is the campaign
which is being conducted in the inter
ests of Hon. Wm. MeKinley," writes
the Cleveland correspondent of tl.e
New York "Irratil." "One could
hardly supjiose that a man could man
age a Presidential campaigu and at the
same time conduct several immense
business enterprises aud neglect none
of them, and yet that is what M. A.
Hanna is doing. Han na is not a poli
tician; he is a business man; he has sur
rounded himself with the ablest poli
ticians. The most singular feature of
the MeKinley campaign, as managed
by Mr. Hanna, is that it is almost en
tirely a camjaign of eomniondenee.
There are no missionaries sent hither
and thither, but the numljcrof letter
that are written Ls amazing. And no
less amazing is the grasp of detail that
Hanna litis of the various districts in
the various States, and the exact situ
ation in each of Ihe districts. I spent
two hours very pleasantly and very j
profitably in Han na's political head
quarters to-day. There were present
M. A. Hanna and Chairman Dick, of
the State Republican committee.
Everything was in perfect order and
absolute quiet reigned. Every min
ute or two a stenographer or messen
ger jtasstsl through the office into ad
joining rooms.
" 'Bring me some ink, John,' said
Hanna, as the office boy pas-ed
through, 'and take these telegrams to
the telegraph ofTh-e at once.' "
"And never ceasing in his work and
never looking up from his desk, Hanna !
gave his orders or made known his '
wants as each employe entered. j
"'I see,' said he, continuing to;
scratch away with his j-n and address- j
ing Chairman Dick, 'that you have j
market! this Thirty-third district in
New York "Too late."
" 'Yes, sir," responded Mr. Dick.
'"You are mistaken. The primaries
have not yet been held.' " '
"Hanna opens every letter and as
signs it to the projier department for
answer, and the way in which he can
remenilier what each letter contains Is
one of the most astonishing things
alsiut the man. " He gets five deliveries
of mail per day, and at each delivery
he now receives over a bushel basket
full of letters. He plunges Into bis
correspondence as though it were a
feast, and, not content with dictating
rvplU-M, U auswers in bis own hand
writing a large variety of letters wher
ever he thinks the influence of a perso
nal communication will le greater.
Hanna is vastly resourceful aud many
sided, and his capacity for work is ;
immense.
Hanna calls the MeKinley campaign '
a sjxintancmis outburst of the people .
and points to the heaping mass ofun-
solicited correspondence with a glow of j
pride. With au emphatic smash of j
his prodigious fist ujon the desk he de j
elared that the masses are for McKin- j
ley, and with a still more vigorous j
smash of the self same fist he denies
that the MeKinley campaign is a
campaign of boodle. He insists that
no money is being spent, and that
manufactures are not being "fried,"
editors and statesmen to the contrary
notwithstanding.
And now for a pen picture of the
man who has suddeuly risen liefore the
eye of the public. He jiossesnt-s a
burly frame, a round head, a strong
but not over-intellectual face, and he is
without a doubt a very good liver.
Hanna would impress any one as a
solid man, physically, mentally and
morally. In manner he is blull and
curt. When he opens conversation
with you he does it with an ill-temper
ed growl, and you mentally resolve
that you are aliout to spend a few un
pleasant moments. Bit at the next
question his voice-melts and his eyes
twinkle, and you find that you are
really having quite an agreeable time.
There is giKxl bloo.1 in Hanna, plenty of
it, and Itudyard Kipling would add,
"Ah, theb welsof him," for he is a
man of courage. He i3 fresh, vigorous.
wholesome and his capacity for work
rests upon firm physical conditions.
How did Hanna make his money?
He made it legitimately that is, I
mean it is a legitimate growth of solid
business investments and not the result
of simulation. He foresaw vry clear
ly, and was one of the earliest to fore
see, the financial possibilities of Iike
Superior iron ore region. He became
interested in the dcvelomcut of the irou
ore districts and later In vesst 1 proj r
ty to transjiort the ore to the railways
and the furnaces, and in that manner
laid the bashi of his colossal fortune.
Then he undertook to ojicrate street
railways iu Cleveland and is now the
president of a very profitable ct n.-olid-
ation of lines. He Umght the Euclid
Avenue opera house at a big bargain
and this uow yields a substantial rev
enue.
The question is frequently asked:
Why is Hauna so deeply interested in
McKinley's campaign ? He is certainly
giving MeKinley a nianagtmcnt which
money could not buy, for he is iu the
campaign with all the energies that he
possesses. The local papers say that
he Is slated to lie Sercetary of Agricult
ure, and he is frequently pictured in
blue jeans hoeing potatoes iu the gard
en. But Hanna says that he wants no
office, aud he is evidently sincere in
his assertion. He is iu the campaign
purely out of friendship for MeKinley.
He manifested the same Impersonal In
terest iu Sherman's campaign ei4ht
years ago, and did all be could as dele-giite-at-large
and a potent factor in
State politics to keep Ohio In line
for the Statesman from Mansfield.
Sherman's return to the Senate the
last time was largely due to Hanna's
activity in bis behalf.
One must take a glimpse of Hanna's
home life to ascertain the complete
ness of the man. It is simple and
cheerful, I le likes to be with hU fam
ily, and is in his element when the
table Is surrounded by guests. A!ove
all he likes to entertain ex-(ov. Me
Kinley. Whenever MeKinley comes to
town he straightway repairs to Han-
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na's home and It is not an infrequent
thing for Hanna to telegraph to Can
ton r.n Saturday mornings invitimr
MeKinley to spend Sunday with him,
and the ex- lovernor invariably aecepU
the invitation.
Green Forajs Cropi.
There are crojw that can be grown
to take the place of pasture grass and
at the same time serve to clear the
ground of weeds. It is not to be ex
pected, however, where the land is
comelled to produce two or more
crops, tiiat it can do so unaided, for
that would be impossible, unless the
soil was very rich ; yet there is a way
of growing a large amount of green
food and feeding it at the barn while
the pasture is being renewed. It is im
portant to keep stock otf the pasture
land when the grass begins to fail ; yet
the cows must le provided for, and
willi green Ann!, as they will not thrive
during the summer rf compelled to
sulmist on hay, fodder and grain en
tirely. Green and succulent fssls are
essential to the thrift of the animals,
promoting digestion, preventing w
el disease and Increasing the flow of
milk, as well as protecting against the
heat of summer.
KAKI.V ;KKKX KHiI.
For cows the broadca-ting of oats
and icas, to lie moved as wanted, and
fed to the cows in the barnyard, will
provide an excellent stilr-titute for pas
ture grass, such food leing assisted by
hay and graiu. It will icrmit of rest
ing the pasture laud. Later in the sea
son Hungarian grass may lie sown on
tlie same land. As it is a quick-growing
crop, providing a cutting every
four or five week, and of sufficient
growth for hay, it will more readily
provide green food that is wanted dai
ly, and it will continue to produce
green fissl until it gx-s to seed or is
overtaken by frost. This mode of
fteding is styled "soiling," and ap
plies to the practice of growing green
foot I and carrying it to the stock in
stead of turning the stock on the green
f.Mt.I. It also gives a larger amount of
food, as a new crop comes up on the"
space just cut, thus keeping up a con
tinual supply, while the manure saved
in the barnyard is an additional item.
L-lsr, however, must n t be overlook
ed, as more attention to stock will hi
ncessary, but the land will provide
for twice as nrt.iy cattle as thi sam-j
area in pasture.
FEKTII.ITV AXIl WEEDi
Where crops are cut frequently the
weeds are also mowed d ivfn at th
same time, Iteiiij thus destroyed, and,
aside from th'n, any thiekly-siwn crrp
that ni:ike.) r.iji,I jrrowtl trjw.l thi
weeds out. If a pice of la:i 1 ctn lie
cleared of weeds in this nnmiT it will
pay for the lab ir of soiling the st"ek.
In regard t fL-rtility it m ist b. a rj'.e
to apply plenty of m mure or fertilizers
o;i laud intended to be u-ssl for tile
purp se mentioned. Iu the nu-antimj
there is a g tin iu an rther direction
theptsture. While tlie cattle ar.. le
ing soiled and the Wv-ed destroyed by
the frequent mowings of green forag
crops the p istnre will have renewed it
self and Ivc.vn. well fitted for supply
ing groen food tlie succeeding year,
which will enable it to provide the cat
tle with au abundane, whih would
not be possible while b-ing grazed and
trampled by the cattle from early
spring until late in the fall. If pre
ferred, clover, fodder corn or any green
crop may be used instead of Hungarian
grass, the latter being recomni nded,
however, beciuse it is un?xc.lieJ as
an agnt for clearing the land of weeds.
Dyinj of Heat in Australia.
Iite advices from Australia report
terrible suffering and an alarming
death rate as a result of the intense
heat that has prevailed in the antipo
des. Crops are burning up, cattle are dy
ing for want of food and water, and in
fants and old persons are succumbing
by hundred in the thickly populated
sections.
Iu New S Kith Wales the death rate
has assumed alarming proportions,
and during the week in which were
the hottest days a greater number of
deaths occurred in Sydney alone than
in any other week in the history of the
city. Eighty bodies were buried on
January '22, victims of a day when the
thermometer reached 1:1) degrees.
In J leensland the thermometer
reached 13') degrees, and many sudden
deaths are reported. The maize crop is
ruined, which is a terrrible blow to the
grangers.
Business was suspended, the hospi
tals were overcrowded, aud there was
no place to take the sick.
Further Inland the extraordinary
climatic condition took the form of
electric cyclones, destroyed orchards
and crops, killing cattle, blowing down
buildings, and fusing telegraph lines.
Tiiese electric disturbances occured at
night, and many persons were struck
by lightning as they sat in their houses.
In West Australia a whole family was
killed. Two balls of fire eutered the
window and burst,
Beccnt floods in Australia resulted in
s)in loss of life and immense destruc
tion of property.
It is said that Queen Victoria has
a collection of china valued at more
than $2,0)0,(;)).
A handsome monument will soon be
erected to General Sherman in I .a mus
ter, O., hi native city.
The memory of the late Thomas
Hughes I fondly cherished by Chicago
because after the groat flro he present
ed the city with a collection of 7,fH
liook to serve a a basis for a new pub
lie library.
Mayor Strong, of New York, ha
been presented with a silver baseliall
badge which will admit him to gmes
of the National League wherever play
ed. Now the worthy Mayor should
get pointers on the national game,
which will enable him to umpire the
Aldermanie game in an orthodox
manner.
A white buzzard was shot In Texas
recently aud round its neck was found
tied a little bell, m irked "Halls Coun
ty, Ma, la"
April on the Farm
There are are more thar. tlie uju
minder of new variHi of pr.tatoea
offered this season, and it i safe to
claim thnt Um; majority of thfiit will
drop out of siht next year to give
pla;e to another hatch of titsw varie
ties, all of which are "the best evr in
troduced." It is well for farmer to
test new arieties, but thl y l
done to alvantaf with ono or two
potatoes. For your general crop stick
to the kind that you know are adap
ted to your soil and climate until you
are sure that some new variety is bet
ter. The garden is never so rich that It
will not be benefited with more man
ure or fertilizer. K-ep it always up to
the highest degree of fertility, and be
gin a war on weed a soon a th-y be
gin to appear out of the ground. Nev
er use poor seed in a garden, as you
cannot afford to take the risk of failure
iu germination, and a early vegeta
bles should le an object, every week is
Important in the spring, for the crop-
s!iould get a gssl start before tlie dry
season sets in.
It is much easier to fits! whole grain
than to grind it, but it i U-t'er to put
the lalxr to it than to lose in the feed.
Ground grain can be m.re intimately
mixed with coarse food, and in that
respect it not only serves to halam-e
the ration, but the combination of
food chea(en the whole and more
Ierfect digestion results.
Sow a patch ol oats to le cut a green
food. The oats should lie cut just a
tiie seeds are in the milUy stage, which
arrest the nutritious matter iu the
stalk and renders them very
palatable. They are cured the same a
I done with hay. Farmer who ush
oat iu this manner run them through
a fodder cutter ' -talks and heaiLst and
sprinkle a little cornmeal over them.
T'.iey are highly relished by cattle and
hordes.
If your wheat does not appear prom
ising apply from ) to !' lounds of
nitrate of mxla per acre upon it. The
effect will ! quickly noticeable, and
the wheat will appear to take on a new
growth at once. Tiie nitrate is some
what expensive, but the result at bar
vest tiin,.' will s!rw that the i:iTeastd
yield wiil nearly pay for the fertilizer.
Get a ten c?nt package of raje, Kaf
fir corn and sorghum, in order to te-t
them. It will be but little loss if they
do not prove satl-factory.
Grow a small plot in horseradish.
Simply place the roots on top of the
ground and turn a furrow on them.
They will grow and thrive just as well
as when more labor in planting is le
stowed. Don't buy a lag of cheap fertilizer
that you may not want. Where phos
phates are the principal ingredients in
a bag, the fertilizer will sell at a low
price liecause phosphates or jiotali
may lie much cheaper than nitrogen.
Your land may not require but a small
proportion of phosphates, hence the
price paid may I e reasonable, but the
Investment unwise. Farmer have
much to learn iu regard to buying fer
tilizers, anl they should endeavor to
become more familiar with the sub
stances entering into their composi
tion.
Here is a poiut on asparagus. A
great many person who grow it do so
with flat culture. The proper mode for
the brst re-ult.s i- t hiil tl rows.
Apply fertilizer on the rows now while-
they are flat, and then turn a furrow
on the row from each side. If the row
is filled up two feet high it is all tiie
!ett T. Cut the stalk just a they are
pjepin out of the ground. They will
then l tender from the tij to tlie
butts, and as white a celery. If al
lowed to grow out of the ground the
tips will lie- tender and the butts tough.
Farmer may make a mistake in
overtaking their local markets.
When articles are shipied to the large
cities, owing to inducement iu the
shap of better prices, the commission
and cost of transportation may leave
less profit than could 1 secured nearer
home. Butter and eggs can always
find a good market and ready sale, los
ing in demand everywhere.
It should not lie satisfactory that the
farm pays. Make every portion of it
give a profit. If there is a field that I
not a fertile a the remaining portion
of the farm it should leccive extra at
tention. Never lie satisfied with what
the farm does, but endeavor to still
further improve it. The farmer who
concludes that he ha leached the best
that can le obtained from hi farm
will find himself going backward.
Sueivssful farmers are those who are
striving to obtain more.
Farmers who buy feed to he used on
the farm not only derive a certain pro
tit from it by converting it into milk
and butter, but more and lietter manure
is made, especially when cottonseed i
used. No farm will lose its fertility a
long a there i something lining
brought on it as well a sold off", as the
land receive back in the manure the
fertility given up to the crops.
It is perhaps as cheap to buy cotton
seed meal, to le applied directly on the
soil, as to purchase some fertilizers
that are mixed. Cottonseed meal enter
largely into the composition of fertiliz
ers intended for toliaeco, and if the
hulls are also used the land will re
ceive potash, phosphoric acid and ni
trogen iii fair projuirtioii.
The stagnant watt r of a pond is not
suitable for any kind of stock. If there
Is no running water the use of a wiml
miil should lie resorted to.
The Sun calls attention to the
fact that the popularity of carnations
for several years past ha resulted in i
higher grade of these 11 wer being'
placed on the market. It fragrance
and lasting quality recommend the
carnation to men who wish to wear a
lapel flower, and dealer say that the
supply is usually behind the k-niand.
The poorest carnations off-red In the
New York market n w arj about a
good as the best that were offered a
few year ag-x. O.ie man etiniited
that from 1J,) ),0 )- to 1 ,rt,a:) of the
cut 11 er had been sold here.
A white sea otter, wh-we pelt would
he worth quite $VXO, was seen by two
fishermen iu the bay at Santa Cruz,
Cal., List week. Tiie meu say there is
no doubt whatever as to the identity
of the animal. A number of boats at
once set out to hunt for the otter, but
at last account had not caught it.
li. C. Joiner, Allen P. O., Hillsid
Co., Mich., says: "Nothing gave my
rheumatism such quick relief as Dr.
Thomas' Eelectrie Oil."
Mr. Woloie Passenger.', iu railroad
station at PoughkecpsieV-Here, you !
what time does the next train go- to
New York ?
Mike Be jabber ! 'tis just gone, ftlC
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