U J The Somerset Herald. ESTABLISHED 1827. Terms of Publication fab'.lfched every Wednesday morning at 2 (Xi per annum if paid in advance, otherwise m vill lu variably be charged. No subscription will be discontinued until t!I arrearage are paid op. Postmasters ne glecting U notify na when subscribers do not ske oat their paper will be held responsible or the subscription. subscribers remoTlng from one poatofflM to aaoiaer should five as the name of the form er as well a the present office. Address Tna Mom aits et Haaii.n, Boauaarr, Pa, F. UHL, Jr., ij. AnuKAKV A NOTARY PUBLIC. Somerset, Pa. fii.-j bjj CjJfti A Rip pel, i?UFL'S E. MEYERS, X A 1 iuii E V-A r-LA W, ..uh la Scott's Somerset, Penn'a. building, 2d floor. Ail buMUcw emrusU-J to his care will be at- tutted to ltu proiupuicss alia UUeilljr. A L. G. HAY. C. W. WALK KB. 11 AY & WALKER, ATTOKX E YS-AT-LA W. and NoTAKY PLBL1C, Somerset, Pa. OAk opposite Court House. -l It StrL'LL. . a 11. kw v k T.I . k. JL Ala vavsw u - - -' - 1 .No. I7) Kourth bU, Pittsburg, Pa. J A. BE1CKEY, A 1 IXjtOJ EY-AT-LA W, Somerset Pa. Oiiot above Fisher's Book Store. t t A 11 YE Y M. BERKLEY. I t AlTuU.s.l-AT-LAVV, Somerset, Pa. Office iu First National Bank. AC. HOLBEBT, Al iuiuv tY-AT-LA W, tsouierhet, Pa Office in the Cook a Boerils lilock, up stairs. EOBGE It SCULL, JT AiTuU E V-aT-LA W, Somerset, Pa, IKED. V. BIESECKER, A I XoiLN E 1-AI-LaW, Somerset, Pa, Office in Printing House Row, opposite Court House. JR. SCOTT, At I'UKN E Y-AT-LA W, Somerset, Pa. J. KOOSER, - AlluRXEY-AT-LA W, Somerset, Pa. W. U. KOuNTZ. J. G. OGLE. KOONTZ Al OGLE, ATTOK E YS-AT-LA W, Somerset, Pa. Will give prompt attention to business en rolled to tueir ere iu homerwt sua adjoining ounllcs. urtiee in Print Uouse How, oppotJl he Court House VALENTINE HAY, A rcoltN E Y-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. Aiao Dealer in Real Estate. Will attend to a .. l?uirw entrusted to his care with prompt ness tu, udeluy JOHN H. UHL, Al"luit EY-AT-LA W, Somerset, Pa. Will promptly attend to all business en trusted to liuu. oiiey advanced on collec tions, AC UUice in MalumolU Block. JOHN O. KIMMEL, Al iuUN EY-AT-LA W, Somerset, Pa. Will attend to all busluess entrusted to his Care in kuuictMt and adjoiuiug cou il.es, with promptness aud udeliiy. ooiceon laain Cross rml, above CollroUi's Grocery Store. JAMES L. PUGH, ATTuUN EY-AT-LA W, Somerset, Pa. Office in Mammoth Block, up stairs. En trance ou Main truss street. Collections made, estates settled, titles examined, and all legal buKinesa attended to with promptness and Udclily. A. J. OOLBORX. L. C COLEORS. COLliORN & COLBORN, ATTORN EYS-AT-LA W, Somerset, Pa. Al! business entrusted to our care will be SrotnpUy and falihfully attended to. t'ollec ons made in Somerset, Bedford and adjoin iig cou n tie. Surveying and conveyancing Aone on reasonable terms. HL. BAER, ATTORN E Y-AT-LA W, Somerset, Pa. Will practice In Somerset and adjoining counties. All business entrusted to him wiii receive prompt attention. A. H. COFFROTH. W. H. R LIT EL. COFFROTH &. RUFPEL, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW', Somerset, Pa. All business entrusted to their care will be Speedily and punctually attended to. Office ou Main Crone street, opposite Mammoth Block. JV. CAROTHERS, M. D., PHYSICIAN AJSUSL'RGEON, Somerset, Pa. Office on Patriot Street, opposite U. B. Cliurcli. lght calls at office. Da P. F. SHAFFER, PHYSICIAN AS D SURGEON, Somerset, Pa. Tenders his professional so it ices to the citt sns of SomerBrt and vicinity, office corner Main Cross and Patriot street. DR. J. M. LOUTH ER, PHYslCIAN and SCRGEON, Office on Main street, rear of Irug store. R. II. S. KIMMELL, Tenders his profeSKtonal services to the clti sens of Somerset nd viciuity. L'nlem pru wonally engaged he can be found at bis of 9ce on Main i Eatt of liiamoud. DR. J. tsMcMILLEN, (Graduate in Dentistry.) Gives special attention to the preservation of ue natural teeth. Artincial seta inserted. All operations guaranteed satisfactory. t'ftl-e in tbe rooms over u. n. uavis toi sutre. oruer Main Cross and fatrlol streets. C. IL COFFROTH. Funeral Director, OfHoe 006 Main Crows St. Hwtideuce, 540 Patriot 8t. lRAXK B. FLUCK, Iand Survej-or AND MINING ENGINEER. Ustie, Pa. Oils! Oils! The Atlantic Refining C PltUhnrg rpart- oient, l'ltuburg. V, niaKesa specialty of luanufiU'tuniig for the Iineauc trade the finest brands of I!uminating& Lubricating Oils Naphtha & Gasoline,' That can be made from Petroleum. We chal lenge com pariaon with every known Product of Petroleum If yon wish the most uniformly Satisfactory Oils IN THE American INrarket. for ours. Trade for Somerset and vicini ty supplied by COOK BEEPJT3 and FREASE A Ktaf'ER, bOm'erset, Pa . 1 V 20 VOL. XLIV. NO." 52. Ivory.Sq&p 99ioo Dingy carpets csa be cleansed r.nd brightened on llie floor. Sweep thoroughly, prcr.d a stiff lather of Ivory Soap over a small surface at a tirr.c, scrub with a clean scrubbing brash and wipe off with a damp sponge. Tut Pr.ocrr C Gaum Co, Co-ii. -THE- First National Baft --OF Somerset, Penn'a. o Capita!, S50.QOO. Surplus, S22.000. DEPOSITS RECEIVED IN LANCE ANDSMALL AMOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS, STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. LaR IE. HICKS, GEO. R. SCCIX, JA E-S L. PLGH. W. H. ILLER. JOHN R. rRVTT, ROBT. 8. SCULL, FRED W. BIESECKEK. EDWARD SCULL, : : PRESIDET. VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PRESIDENT. HARVEY . BERKLEY, . CAtBlfctt. The funds and securities of this bank are se curely protected In a celebrated CoHLixs Bl E ULAK Tkimif Safe. The only safe made abso lutely burglar-proof. The Somerset County national BANK OF SOMERSET PA. XT. DtakiitM, 1877. OrpnUti ts l NttUsil, 1890 -O. CAPITAL, $50,000 URPLUS AND UN- DIVIDED PROFITS $19,500. y TO. Clias. J. Uarrison, - President. Wm. II. Koontz, - Vice Fresidcrit Milton J. Pritts, - - Cashier. Geo. S. Harrison, - Ass't Cashier. Directors: Sam. B. Harrison, Win. Eixlslpy, JoRiah Spec-ht, Jonas M. Cook, John II. Snyder, John Stufn, Joseph B. IaTi, Noah S. Miller, Harrison Snyder, Jerome StufTX, Chas. AV. Snyder. rnclnmmof this hank will recelre the most Ulteral treatnentcnsist-nt with safe hanking-. Ki.tiin. tk iwnrl nwincv n.Kt iirvnil can be accommodated by drafU for any mount. M.inrr and valuables s-cured by one of Dle- bold's celebrated safes, with niit improved time lock. . . . . Collections made In all parts or tne Lnitea States. Chanres moderate. Account ana at-puKiis soiicnea. 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 prepared to "upply the public with Clocks, Watches, and Jew elry of all denerirrtions, as Cheap as the Cheapest. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. All work guaranteed. Iiook at my stix-k before making your . pim-hast-a. J. D. SWANK ALWAYS On Hand. BEST IN THE MARKET. Jarecki Phosphate, Raisin's Phosphate, Lime, Crushed Coke, Hard Coal, Salisbury Soft Coal, At tke Old Stand near the Somer set fc Cambria R. IL Station. -wJYices Bight. Peter Fink Pure MrsALUhl. TVJEW SPRING GOODS. New A est styles in all kinds of goods and lowest prices. A full line of Cashmere and Serges in all qualities. Splendid assortment of Black Wool, Worsted and Mohair Press in Brocaded and Novelty. Styles, suited for dresses and skirts A big stock of newest styles of Novelty Dress Goods, ranging in price from 12 i-2 cts to $1 a yard. GREAT variety of Silks and Silk and Wool Plaids, Ac, for waists dresses. Wash Goods for desses and waists, including Swisses, Lawns, Percales, Dimities, Crepes, Moire, Chintzes, Cheviotte Prints, Ginghams, Seersuckers, Ac. Splend id values in Table Linens, Towels, Napkins, Table Cove:?, Bed Spread-. IV-licrs, Furniture Da mask Silk and Silkolinc Draperies and CuIiions. LADIES' Dress Skirts and Shirt Vaists. Ladies' Spring Capes in Velvet, Silk and Cloth. Ladies' Night Dresses, Corset Covers, Skirts and Chemise. A handsome assort ment of New Lace Collars and Dress Yokes. Infants Long and Short Dresses, Long and Short Coats and Sacks. Great variety of Children's Mull and Lace Caps and Hats. NEW Style Buttons, Silk?,Gimps, Ribbons, Laces, Ac, for dress trimmings. A large variety of Cambric, Swiss and Nansook Em broidery in white and color". Linen Sheeting, Stamped Linen and Embroidery Silk. A large assort ment of Lace Curtains cheap. Also Curtain Swiss and Scrim. LARGEST stock of new Millin ery Goods." All the latest styles. A large assortment of Lace and Button Guaranteed Kid Gloves. Fast Colored Stockings in Black and colors for Ladies', Misses', Children, Men and Boys. Best dark, blue and light calicoes, 5 ets. Wool and Cotton Carpet Chain. Mrs. A E, UHL. DIRECTIONS, Apply a particle of tin- llaliu directly Into the nostril. I'rawMrtmtr breaths ttirouifli the nine. The three timm a day.aflT meals pre ft-rn-d, and before retiring. elTs CATARRH i Cream Balm Open and eleanwa the Nasal lasa zest. Allays I'ain and In flammation, llals COLD N HEAD theSon-s. Proterts the Mi-mbrane from OMk lUfton-s the Kefln of Taste and feim-ll. The 1 la I in is quickly alMOrlieil and irives reli-fat once. 1'rice .tii cents a I'm Rifisw r by limit KLY IIHOTHKllS, Warren 5S Street, N. Y THE KEELEY CURE Isatneelal brum to badness men irba, htrinr drifted unrotnrtouyly into the dricV habit and awaken to And the disease of alcoholism fastened onnn thein, renderint; them unfit to manaire af fairs requirint; a clear brain. A four weeks course of treatment at the w PtTTSBURa KEELEY INSTITUTE. No. 4348 Fifth Avenue, r-slorra to them all their powers, mental and physiaal, destroys the abnormal appetite, and restores them to the condition ther were In be forethey Indalred in stimulants. This has been dona la more than 1W) cases treated here, and s moni; them some of your own neighbors, to whom we ran refer with confidence as to the slxoluts safety and efficiency of the Keeley Cure. The fullest and most srarchinc; investigation ts n Tiu-d. beud lor pamphlet (iviac full ioiorma tioo. (3k CavraT. raaoK manks. DESIGN PATKNT. COPVIIIOHTS. sMoJ fat mfnnnstlna and frr Hsadbook write to Ml'NS CO, M BaoADwsT. tiaw Yoac Oldrtt bnreaa for socunnc pslenu In Ameiicsw lirry rairnt Ukra out hf u Is bnmcht brfora tbs public by a aolios tlea fnxot caanra in tb f rienfific ttcricnn lanrest etrralstlnn of anr srlentlfle paner fa tho world, bptendidlr Illustrated, ha Intclllfnt ansa should ba without It. Wer-klr, BS.OO a year: HJt sl montiia AddfWM. If 0XT OO hnauoi ! bruadway, liew Yurk City. IMPORTANT TO ADTIRTISEH.S. Th cream of tha country papers is fonod hi Eeminpton't County Beat list. Shrewd adrerusen aTail thetuaolret of these lists, opr of which can be had o( Bemlagtra Brot. Zt yew Tort k Phtebutj. 4 iolentlflo Amerwan f Agency fora jBljsA Vjv TSADK marks, tJCiXy DESIGN PATENT. omefset SOMERSET, PA., A7EDNESDAY, LITTLE NUT PEOPLE. Old Mistress Chestnut once lived 1 1. a burr, Padded and lined with the sofbwt of fur; Jack Krost split it wide with his keen silver knife. And tumbled her out at the risk of her life. Here U Don Almond, a grandee from Kpuin, tsome raisins from Malaga eaine In his train ; He lias a twin brother a shade or two leaner. When both come togetlu-r we about "I'bilo- ienn f This Is Sir Walnut ; he's English you know, A friend of My Itdy and I-ord hkmud-Ko; Whenever you ask old ir Walnut for dinner, He sure you have salt fort lie gouty old sinner. Little Miss Peanut, from North Carolina, She's not 'rlstoc ralic, but no nut is finer ; Sometimes she's roasted aud burnt to a dn der. In Georgia they cull her Miss Goober, or Pin d.r. hilt!: Miss Ilaxlenut In her btwt bounrt Is bivcl? eiMuifh to Ijtf out In a aonmt And young Mr. Klllwrt Ims Journeyed from Kent, To ask her to marry him soon after Ix-nt. This Is old Hickory ; look at 111 in well A general was named for lilm; so I've heard tell. Take rare how you hit hlin he sometime hiUbitek! This stolid old chap U a liard nut to crack. Old Mr. IiutU-rnut, just from Until!, Is rugcud and rough as the side of a hill ; Hut like many a countenance quite as Ill- favored, He covers a kernel dcliciously flivored. Here is a Southern, graceful and slim. In flavor no nut is quite eijual lo him ; Hat Monsieur Pecan, you know what It means To be served with blnck coffee In Krench New Orleans ! iHfir little (Tilniuapin, modest and neat. Isn't sbe cunning, and Isn't she sweet ? Her skin is as smooth as a little boy's chin, And the squirrels all chatter of Miss Chin quapin. i'mii Kirrri. XEARLY A DIVORCE. "(iood morning, Mr. Soldcne T' tid the solicitor, advancing with a jrofes Hionul fflusivenww which etiggcsted that the latest Mil of coU which Mr. Soldcue had settled had been a well nourished one and of goodly jrojKr tions. This wa indeeil the fa., a.s Mr. Soldcne was an amateur vocal i.-tt and a eoiiioer of Hings uhich were sulll- f iently good to need the protection of legal iriK-cs against ceYtaiu liratical publishers, ltut the ollice xmile im mediately gave way to a look of genu ine alarm a he caught bight of the haggard face of his client. "Why, my dear Mr. .Soldene, you look ill !" he exclaimed. T'I am ill, liresford," assented Mr. Soldene, dropping into a ehair and speaking in a dry, hard voice. "You want a doctor more tliau a solicitor at preseut," continued lires ford, for his client sat huddled up ill the identical posture in which he had unk into the chair, an uneasy attitude of listless dejection. "r;itsniy soul that's ill. You're the physician I want. And eveu you can do no good. It's past healing." Mr. .Soldene was pjieaking imietly and Klowly, with long pauses between each sentence. He was obviously in a state of absolute despair. He wanted the energy to proceed with his com munication to the solicitor until Mr. ltresford soothingly encouraged him and drew him out of himself by means of a; few leading uestions. Mr. IJres ford did not, in his sympathetic cate chism, alight upon the cause of his client's visit, but aroused Mr. Soldeue to a realization of the inconvenience to which he was putting the gentleman he had come to consult by delaying his statement. ' "No; I fare nothing about any of those matters," said Mr. Soldene, pull ing himself together with an ellbrt aud setting ids features in a stern look of angered determination. "I want you to file a divorce petition ugaiust my wife. The sooner the bet ter," lie added, working himself into a fury as lie proceeded. The solicitor dissembled any feelings the request may have occasioned aud inquired in a matter of fact tone, as he took up a quill and spread a sheet of foolscap iu front of him, for particulars of the nature of the case and the char acter of the proof. "The proofs are unfortunately over whelming. Would to God they were less clear ! When I retired last night I was the most founding fool alive. Site is a slight, childish looking thing, my wife, with dancing yellow hair and laughing blue eyes. Who was the con summate ass who first called the eyes the windows of the soul? Pah ! The blinds of the soul would be nearer the mark. Whenever I looked into them, I could see nothing but devoted inno cence and happy purity. What do I now find? Tiial those appearances cloaked and hid from the sight a mind festering with deception and corrupt with systematic infidelity." The solicitor frowned and preserved his glance of patient sympathy with difficulty. This was not the language of a business communication at all. Uut it might relieve his client's feel ings a little to give vent to them in this way, he thought "Don't distress yourself, Mr. Sol dene,'' he said. "Just give me an out line of the facts in your own way, and we'll see what is to be done." "Yes ; I went to bed, as I said, trust ing implicitly in my wife's fidelity. I imagined that she was spotless. I arose in the morning with the convic tion of her guilt lying at my heart like ice." "A confession or something of that sort?" "Yes ; a confession, but an involun tary one, and one of which she is even now all unwitting. She kissed me with the usual winning, frank, devilish smile as I left this morning, hoped I would be brighter, forsooth, when I returned, and obviously did not for one moment imagine that I had discover ed her ugly secret" "And how did you discover it?" "I woke up in the middle of the night with a strange foreboding of im pending calamity. I am a man sub ject to presentiments. They rarely mislead me, and I listened with such intensity that I could almost have heard a fly walking on the ceiling. There was not a sound. I was on the point of waking Oertru my wife, when she moved uneasily in her sleep and began to talk. I was spellbound. I could ESTABLISHED 1827. not move; I could not seak. I could do nothing but lie there in torture and listen to my wife revealing her ierfidy in the unconsciousness of her slumber. 'Kamcstshe said my name is Alex ander, you know, Alexander Charles Soldene 'Ernest, you will love me always?" Then she threw her ar.u on my shoulder and raved on. 'Tell me, Karnest, dear, that you will think none the worse of me for what I am doing. For love of you I would sink to any depths, or I would rie to any heights. Oh, Karnest, take me in your arms and tell me you will love me ever V There were more of these horrible mutterings, all spoken with a patiios, almost a fierceness, which I had never known her to possess iu her whole na ture. I had never been able to plumb the depths of her emotions. Such pas sions were not for her lawful spouse." "What did you do?" "I got up and dressed, went down stairs and dozed for the rest of the night on the sofa. She met me iu the morning with a fine assumption of concern for my health, for I told her that I had been indisposed aud was out of sorts. I have not said a word to her about her treachery. In the light of the knowledge I gained by her revela tions I have pondered over various matters, and I can now see the cunning which I used to regard as girlish will fulness. I can now see how I havtt been tricked at every turn, cajoled and twisted round the little finger of this designing woman." "Have you any idea who this Krn est may be?" "No; it is a mystery. I have been through the list of our mutual acquaint ances so far as my memory would enable me, but I cannot recall an Ern est who would be likely to fit these circumstances. Indeed the only Ern est I can think of is the Rev. 1. K. C'hellingham, the curate of our parish church, and Ernest is only his second name." "Is there any man concerning whom you and your wife have had any words?" "So, excepting one Itracebridge, a stock broker. She happened to say she thought he was very good looking, and I said he looked capable of any form of felony. She replied that lie always re minded her of a foreign count, and I rejoined that the fount he reminded me of was a count in an indictment ltut this was a long time ago, and his name isn't Enest." "Well, I must have Mrs. Soldene watched." "Sir, $-ou will do nothing of the sort I can not be a party to any over my wife." . "Well, my dear sir, I see nothing yet upon which I could think of filing a petition. Who is to lie cited as the cor-respondent, for instance? You either wish me to conduct the case or you don't" "Well, do as you think best. Find out at any rate this precious Ernest and then let ineknow Iwfore going further." "I must put some private inquiry agents to watch the house. I see no other way to go almut it You had better keep away from home if you can find a convenient pretext without ex citing Mrs. Soldeue's suspicions." "Yes, I will. lift me know the in stant you learn anything. Wire me at Alldridge's hotel. You know our house at Hampstead. "Yes, I have the address, lioodby, and don't let this trouble aflect you too much. I see but little cause at present, Mr. Soldene." "ltut this incident of last night makes other incidents look black which hitherto were white., I fear my wife is no exception to the rule which Pope has laid down. My God, to have to think! so of Gertrude !" Three days later Mr. Soldene drove up and dashed into Mr. Itresford's office in feverish haste. The solicitor met him with a smile and a cordial hand shake, which was so prolonged that it maddened the expectant client, pant ing for news. Mr. Bresford, how ever, declined to be hurried. "You got my wire, then ?" he com menced. "Of course I did. I should not have been here otherwise." "Quite so. . Now I understood from you iu your previous interview, Mr. Soldene, that could that midnight communication of Mrs. Soldene's be cleared up and explained away there would be no reason for you to enter tain any unfortunate doubts concern ing her fidelity ; that it was only in the light of that incident that any other matters appeared to compromise her?' "Yes, that is so," assented Mr. Sol dene, looking very bewildered. Mr. Soldene's features formed a curi ous study. Gratification at the solicit or's news, mortification at the time the lawyer was occupying before impart ing the specific information and sur prise at the sudden turn the matter had taken, all struggle for supremacy. Mr. liresford proceeded : "I had a discreet and reliable person charged to keep an eye on Mrs. Soldene's move ments. Without going too minutely into his report, we come to the wtrt of it which concerns last night My de tective followed Mrs. Soldene to the Cromwell road assembly hall and found there was an entertainment going on in aid of the organ repairing fund of St. Andrew's Swiss cottage. Here is a program by which you will see that Mrs. Soldene takes the part of Madge in the operetta 'Summer and Win ter.' " "Yes, I kuew she was to act aud sing in these amateur theatricals." "You did? And this fact suggested nothing to your mind, Mr. Soldene?" "Nothing apropos of this matter." "Well, it did to me immediately. I sent along to French's to get a copy of 'Summer and Winter, and if I can find the place I will reail you some of Madge's lines. Yes, here they are : 'Ernest you will love me always. Tell me, Ernest, dear, that you will think none the worse of me for what I am doing. For love of you I would sink and so on. When you thought you were listening to a concession, you were simply overhearing a private re hearsal. It was just as well I was not too hasty over filing that petition, eh?" "Great heaveus, what an escape !" JUNE 10. 189G. REMINISCENCES. Close by one of the old trees at New bury, mentioned in a recent paper, as forming a square in which the boys used to play ball, stood an extra tree, which they utilized as a place for high Jumping. We had a limber pole, about two inches in diameter, and we sprung it between the trees as high as we wanted it Tiie ground was smooth and level, and each boy could take as long a ruu as he wished, and jump over the pole, the height being regulated aifording to the lioy's agility, They became very proficient, so that after some practice the jumps they made would have done no discredit to a college athlete. Tiie writer has known many a boy wtio could jump over the jxile when it was as high, or higher, than his iiead, and the jump was always fair, with no particle of "shenanigen." The writer's avoirdu pois had not develotied then to such an extent as it has si nee, conse quently, he did most of his jumping some years, a good many, lie must ad mit, ago. lty having the pole fixed in this way between the trees, there was no danger of a boy hurting hims-jlf, if he would strike the pole in going over. On one occasion a boy, somewhat larger and more ambitious than the rest, thought he could improve on the ile. So he put a pretty good sized scantling up against the trees, prop ping the ends with other pieces, but lie wofully miscalculated his jumping abilities, for he struck the scantling with one extremity on each side, and made a beautiful tumble iu the mud, and such a howl as he set up was enough to scare anybody. After that the old pole was plenty good enough for him, and there was no end to the "jollying" the bovs cave him. "Pride goes before a fall" is an old adage, and this boy found it out la-fore he expect ed to. Then, of course, we had the hop, step and jump, and the running and standing jump. Sometimes we varied the thing by taking two lnps, instead of a hup and a step, and it is not necessary to state that some of the hoys made a very fair average at all of these. Sometimes we had a spring-board, with a large boy on each end, but iu that case we necessarily had to have a soft sjiot to light upon, for, after a pretty gxd run, the spring board gave a hoy an impetus almost like a catapult, sometimes turning him a complete summersault, and always giving him a wonderful heave up wards and forwards. Foot-races were a common and necessary adjunct of a lioy's athletic training, and when we were surfeited with other games we always fell back on fxit-racing. How a boy could spin along when stripped to the buirand hi bis bare-feet! It may le only an old fogyish notion, but it seems that a b.iy can not run at all now like the boys could fifty years ago. A great deal of money would change hands iu those races, in the bys' minds and in promises, for no moth er's son of them ever had a "tip" of of his own once in six months, but they ran the races just the same, and as swiftly as though hundreds of dol lars were at stake; a level stretch of ir round would be selected, the dis tance marked off, from start to finish, and the runners catching hands would run up to the starting point, and when they came to him another boy shouted "go," and away they would go, with wonderful sjieed. The writer consid ered himself a pretty good runner in those days, although he would prefer to do all his running now, down hill, with a competitor of seventy or eighty years of age. "He can never forget how lie had the conceit taken out of him. just as easy," by another boy, about, his age, who afterwards brcanie a prominent Methodist Episcopal preacher, in the West. The writer boasted somewhat of his prowess, hav ing ran away from most of the boys with comparative ease. The other boy was longer in the body aud legs, but he did not brag on his speed, and the writer depended on what he thought was his superior quickness to beat the other boy. We were several days getting ready for the race, and all the boys championed one or the other. We were to run on a certain evening and the writer concluded the other Uiy was "dead easy." We start ed fairly, and were to ruu something like one hundred and fifty yards. The writer will uever get over the humilia tion of that tlefeat The other boy fairly flew; he was not only quicker, but he could jump farther, and, like the boy who tied himself fact to a steer that ran away with him, who said "I had not been gone five minutes until I saw just where I missed it," so the writer had only rau a short, distance until he saw where he "missed it" He could not run even "a little bit," and he was lieatcn so badly that he never ran a race since then, and a great many things have taken place since that time. Marbles was a great game, too, among the boys, and men, also, forty or fifty years ago. Every boy you would meet would have his pockets full of marbles, "white alleys," "strip ed alleys," "glass alleys," and all the rest You could hear "go to tall," or base, "fen go to tall," "knuckle up," "knuckle down hard," "dubbs," "fen dubbs," "rounds," "fen -rounds," "clearance," "fen clearance," "picks up" and "fen picks up," "inching," "fen inehings,"and.the other unintelli gible lingo, invented by, and known only to the boy who played marbles, fifty years ago, sometimes for fun, and very many times for "keeps." The game usually played was played by two or more boys, on some level place, with four marbles, one on each cor ner of a square, markd off, of consid erable dimensions, and one larger than the rest in the middle. Every boy al ways carried one particular marble, that was to him, a veritable "Mascot," which he would not have parted with for anything, and which he used for a shooter. The writer has one boy In his miud now, who became so expert that he never missed a marble that he shot at, no matter whether he "knuck led up" or "down." He would always be ahead unless some other good play er happened to shoot first, who might happen to lie expert enough to knock era all the marbles it of the ring. The boy mentioned could stand fifteen or twenty feet away, and "plump" the marble every time. The first "set" of marbles the writer ever had he obtain ed from an older Imy, by trading him a wooden whistle a young lady, his cousin, gave him. The marbles were of a variety known as "red alleys," with red seams running irregularly through them. His mother spanked him too for trading the whistle off, There was a game the boj's played with marbles then, called "knueks." Several boys, no special number, could play the the game, which required a smooth, hard piece of ground. The lioy would dig three holes from four to tight feet apart, with their "Barlow" knives, about six inches deep, with sloping sides, and as smooth as possible. Then, by tacit agreement, or other wise, one Uy would shoot first, the ol jeetive point being the first hole. If his marble went into the hole all right, he would take a "span" with his thumb and middle finger, shooting the next time from the edge of the "sjwtn." If he would shoot into the next hole, well and good, he would "sjan" again and so on back to the beginning. If he missed the first, or any other hole, going or coming, the next ly would staxt, and if he would shoot into enough holes to overtake the first loy, his aim would he to knock his marble as far away as os sible, in which case the first boy, pro vided he hail missed a hole, would have to take a fresh start. If the sts- ond boy missed the first boy's marble, he would have to take a fresh start, and the first boy would go on, and so the game would proceed, with varying degrees of success, until all the boys had made the round- of all the holes by shooting into all, without missing any. The last boy was "knueks," the penalty lieing the holding of a marble lietween the middle and third fingers, with iiis hand on the far edge of one of the holes, while all the other ly shot at it, or rather, at his knuckles, for that was the objective oint, and no matter how many boys there were, he had to "take his medicine." The writer has seen, and experienced it in his own knuckles, a boy's kuuckles black and blue, and with the skin off", "but he never complained." Some times, instead of shooting, the boys would throw their marbles with con siderable force, if the other would not be looking. Addison, Pa M. A Few Exceptions. Perfect children. Doctors who agree. Always wise parents. A man without an enemy. Iivers who never quarrel. Genius without pjsrtunity. . A great character, flawless. Pride and humility hand in hand. One who loves his enemy as himself. Sense that attracts as soon as licauty. The tattling tongue that tells the truth. Greater s.'lf-abaettion than that of true love. One who passes righteous judgment on a rival. The mad to success that is not par ticularly steep. The occasion when it is better to be rich than honest. A failure where some one did not say "I told j'ou so." The time when justice finds no dif ficulty in adjusting the scales. A selfish person who gives away the biggest share of the best. One who blames hiuself as quickly as another for the same fault. When a blunder does not overwhelm worse than an avalanche of real trouble. lh truit Fn r Prr. Spring Time. Is when nearly everyone feels the need of some blood purifying, strength invigorating and health producing medicine. The real merit of Hood's Sarsaparilla is the reason of its wide spread popularity. Its unequalled suc cess is its lest recommendation. The whole system is susceptible to the most good from a medicine like Hood's Sar saparilla taken at this time, and would lay special stress umii the time and remedy, for history has it recorded that delays are dangerous. The remarkable success achieved by Hood's Sarsapar illa and the many words of praise it has received, make it worthy of your confidence. We ask you to give this medicine a fair trial. Ways to Serve Tomatoes. Here are two reliabl.' recijies which will help to prevent that popular vege table, the tomato, from becoming monotonous. Tomato Farci. Cut the tomatoes in halves, place them in a frying pan, the open side down, in one-half iuch deep of hot fat. Move them about until they are cooked a little tender. Lift them from the pan carefully and place them side by side in a baking dish. Pour a little sweet oil around them. sprinkle with chopped garlic and parsley,-salt, ppper and cayenne. Bake in a hot oven fifteen to twenty minutes. Serve in same dish. ' Boasted Tomatoes. Peel the toma toes, cut a piece oHT the top, and re move a little of the pulp. Put a piece of butter in each one. Dust with salt and pepper, replace the top and sprinkle it with crumbs, pepper and salt Put a bit of butter on each one and place on a slice of bread. Bake in an oven fifteen to twenty minutes, AVm York Joumttl. All Free. These who have used Dr. King's New Discovery know its value, and those who have not, have now the op portunity to try it Free. Call on the advertised druggists and get a Trial Bottle, Free. Send your name and ad dress to H. E. Bucklen 4 Co., Chicago, and get a sample 1hx of Dr. King's New Life Pills Free, as well as a copy of Guide to Health and Household Instructor. Free. All of which la guaranteed to do you good aud cost you nothing at J. N. Snyder's drug ! store, Somerset, or at Bralhers drug ' store, Berlin. id. WHOLE NO. 2341. At Chicago in 183a Perhaps the most tumultous conven tion ever held, writes Joseph B. Bish op in the Century for June, was that of the Itepublicans at Chicago in lv0. Fully l-,oiXf persons were in attend ance upon its regular sessions, and "demonstrations" were of frequent oc currence sometimes as often as twice or three times in a single session. At one of the early evening sessions the mention of General Grant's name started a wild uproar, which lasted thirty minutes. The whole vast as semblage apja-ared to take part in it. In the centre of the hall, where the New York delegation sat, appeared the majestic figure of Roscoe Conkling, standing upon a chair, and slowly waving to and fro the delegation's ban ner, which was floating from the tall stair, while from all parts of the hall there came a roar as steady and . solid and deep as that of Niagara Iu one part of the hall a great bly of people could now and then l heard singing "Glory, glory, hallelujah," and in an other part others singing "Marching Through Georgia." Thirty minutes by the watch this pandemonium reigned, and then it died from sheer exhaus tion. Scarcely had calm leen restored when the mention of Blaine's name started a fresh outbreak, a great roar rising from all parts of the house at once. Flags, parasols, umbrellas, shawls and haudkerchiefs were wav ing frantically in all directions, and in the height of the din a well-dressed woman, who was standing on the platform, Ieai-d upon the pedestal of a small statue of Lilierty in front of her, aud, leaning forward over its head, waved a parasol wildly to and fro, at every swing of which the huge crowd cheered. Then she caught up a flag, and, winding it about her figure, called anew for cheers for Blaine, amusing an indescribable tumult. In the Maine delegation was to 1 seen the figure of Senator Hale, standing on the shoulders of his colleagues, and holding high in air upon its staff the shield of the State of Maine. All the time the steady roar of thousands of throats continued without a ercepti ble break, till, having been kept up for thirty-five minutes, five minutes longer than the Grant roar, it died out as suddenly as it had tieguu. Tliu for more than an hour the convention had transformed itself into a howling mob, for no other purpose than to show that one candidate had as many friends present as the other. lTevious to these outbreaks there hail been a similar one, a day earlier, when Blaine's name was mentioned, and there were still others when the nom inating speeches were made; but noth ing was accomplished by any or all of them, for neither Grant nor Blaine was nominated. There were similar demonstrations for Blaine and others in the conventions of lsM, and lvi, lasting from twenty minutes to a half-hour each. It is a fact that none of the most sys tematic efforts to "stampede" a con vention by these methods has succeed ed. I'sually the mine has been ex ploded too soon. The demonstration has been made so far in advance of the balloting that its force has been wasted. Then, too, systematic preparations for "stampeding" have been met by equal ly systematic efforts to counterait them. Nobody is taken by surprise, and consequently nalsxly is carried otr his feet The balloting goes on pre cisely as if the demonstrations had not been made. As a matter of fact, the controling power in nearly all the con ventions does not lie either in the dele-gat-s, or in the political bosses who di rect so many of them, or in the ten or twelve thousand people who get into the convention building. It rests in the people whg are outside, but whose influence is exerted during every mo ment that the convention is iu session. The final deciding question is not, Which candidate do we desire to nom inate? but Which candidate can we le most certain to elect? To answer that intelligently the most sagacious minds in every convention look beyond the shouting galleries, with their few thousands of personally interested spectators, to the twelve millions of voters scattered over the land, and seek in advance their answer at the polls. The Hen Was Experienced. A Bridgeton man set an ordinary hen on thirteen ordinary eggs and is now the proud possessor of thirteen nice healthy chick. A Waterville man invented an inculator, tilled it with five dozen eggs bought at a fancy price and then preceded to build an ornamental lit n l.i ue in a conspicu ous portiou of his grounds. When he heard the first faint peep from the in cubator he hunted all over town for a hen to mother the incubated. Having succeeded in this, he returned to find that but one chick had been hatched from the five dozen eggs, and that was dcaiL Intemperance Among Women. There is much said about the grow ing habit of intemperance among women; perhaps more than the facts would warrant- If this habit exists it is owiug to the fact that women are often forced to perform domestic and social duties under gnat physicial suffering, and by partaking of liquors for temporary relief or a little protrac tion of strength, the habit becomes a necessity. If all ladies who suffer with the complaints peculiar to their sex, would take Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, they would find nature's restorative, and the evil results of per nicious drugs and liquors would le avoided. For all cases of nervous and general debility, sleeplessness, spasms, periodical "pains, suppressions and irregularities, it is the only medicine sold by druggists that can be implicitly relied upon. No medicine for women sells so largely. Celery should have rich ground, and it is useless to use any but well-rotted manure on the crop. A few rows of celery in the garden will not be regret ted later. Oue of the best liquids for celery is soapsuds, which seems to give excellent result on both celery and asparagus. Anions' The Poultry. Do not overcrowd the poultry house. Keep pure, fresh water within the reach of f . Yixiiidui ks are must easily raised iu small yards. Ducks grow very rapidly iu propor tion to the food eoti-uiiietl. Nothing tends to engender disease in chickens more than filth in the oops. A duek fattens ea-iily. This should lie guarded against when they are layiug. A close, ill-ventilated house is a foul house. There is no good reason for keeping and fi-cding old innle birds alter the hatching -asoii is over. Set the hens in a cool place and on the ground, as the weather lv'i"s to get hot. Too much lin-sed meal will make the hens too fat, lnt a small quuiiity is healthful. One stumbling-block with poultry keeping Ls in attempting to keep too large a numlier in too small a pa-e. Bran should alwayi be scalded iiefore U-ing fed, as the fowls w ill relish it much U tter. Keep the young turkeys up until the dew lias dried off the grass, and keep them dry in wet weather. As a rule the turkey liens prefer to steal tiieir nests out, ami if the egics are sts-ured it is necessary to watch them. When it is desired to push the growth rather lietter results can be secured by feeding cooked food. More meat and better meat in a shorter space of time can be produivd from poultry than in any other way. A small tl-ick, w ith plenty of room, will thrive and the hens will lay better than a larger, crowded fl-iek. When the wings are cut the feathers do uot renew until the bird molts, but where the feathers are pulled new feathers will apj-ear in a short time. Young Guineas do not thrive well if hatched too early. Taking one year with another, June is plenty early to have them hatch. Black feathered fowls have a white skin. White-skinned fowls usually sell at a less price than yellow skinned fowls. Carlmlicacid is a poison, and too much should not I Used. Ten or twelve drops in a quart of water is eninigh. For cholera double this quan tity. A filthy drinking fountain will breed disease sooner than anything else, and easily liecornes foul when a lan:e num ber of fowls drink from it. If the laying hens can le fed as soon as they fly down from their roosts and again jti-t In-fore they goon the roosts at night this is all that will be ne-dcd. After the turke3-s are tin days old they may le turned out every morning after the dew is otr and allow -d to stay out all day, unless there are hard showers. Young ducks drink water every day when eating. They should be supplier! with all that they can drink in a con venient place while they are eating. .V. I. on i . if!!: Bupture, pile tumors, fistula and all diseases of the lower bowel ( except can cer), radically ureiL Send 1') cents in stamps for bk. Addiess, World's Dispensary Medical Asseiation, Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. There has been more improvement in agriculture during the nineteenth cen tury than in any other industry. The breeds of animals have leen complete ly changed and adapted forsjiecial pur poses and machinery and implemeut have m;ditied farmimr in many ways. There are m re and better varieties of plants and the pnpvr mode of feeding the soil for plant growth is more gen erally understood. Free Pills. Send your address to H. E. Bucklen A Co., Chicago, and get a free sample Uix of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A trial will convince you of their merits. These pills are easy in action and are particularly effective in the cure of Constipation and Sick Headache. For Malaria and Liver troubles they have been proved invaluable. They are guaranteed to be perfectly free from every deleterious substance and to le purely vegetable. They do not weak en by their action, but by giving tone to stomach and Iwwels greatly invigor ate the system. Regular size i"c. per box. Sold by J. N. Snyder, Simerset, or by Brallier, Berlin, druggists. The lack of song birds is due ta their destruction by cats to a large extent. Cats not only catch the parent bird on the ground, but destroy young birds in the nests. Wren boxes placed against barns, where the cats can not reach them, and with openings not larger than an inch iu diameter, w ill induce wrens to remain, but if cats are numer ous many of the wrens will be caught on the ground. Customer I want a remedy for catarrh. Drug Clerk-All right, sir. Here's a blood tonic that is advertised to build up the constitution. Customer Young man, do you think I'm going to dose myself with a blood tonic for months, just on the. chance of it doing nie some good? Not ' much! I want immediate relief; lie sides, catarrh Ls a local alfection, and no tonic or blmxl purifier ever made can cure it Here's "n cents. I-et me have Ely's CrVani Balm. It's the only thing I know to cure an attack of catarrh. Those who desire to grow a few mel ons will find the Dixie an excellent va riety, being of superior quality and making strong aud vigorous vines. Of thecantaleup varieties there are none superior to the Emerald Gem. For a later kind the Haekcnsaek will le found excellent. Most of the varices introduced are valued largely for their shipping qualities. For family use, quality only should le considered. "Our little girl hail diarrhoea iu a very bad form. We tri.nl everything we could think of but w ithout effect until we got Pr. Fow ler's Ext. of Wild Strawlerry, which heljusl her right away." Mrs. Ann Borgman, Verlwn, Sanilac Co., Mich. The tomato is subject to blight rot, leaf spot and to insects. l"se the Bor deaux mixture on the plants. It Ls necessary to carefully look over the plants daily, as they are subject to the attacks of potato beetles. I'se nitrate of soda to give them a quick start iu growth. A course of Hood's Sarsaparilla this spring may lie the means of keeping you well and hearty all summer. Cabbage may be set ut at any time. Early plants should have beeu transplanted a month ago, but those nut out now w ill come in for a medium : supply, the late varieties being preftr- rd for winter. r-'f :S. 3 I)
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