Herald ESTAM.'"1"""' s of Publication, vday morning at otherwise . .1 if rata IU ranee. tf' -ill he discontinued until voa ' ..., I'ostmaal. .t-lIK" .repaid op. iter ne- are - -- ..,ifr u wben subscriber. dO DOt responsible poatoflioe to of the fornt- Addreai -tuP"" SO cb&kt. Pa, PLi BUC. Sjoweraet, Pa. J.S ,,- ulllertli t Peun'a. tw 1U i floor. i "ul to bit-cure wil ill be at- i- M- X 1 V Kit w r i I K Kit All-"-"" .. 11 bouierbel, -. i -rt House. Kri'J"" 1 Pa. . lVorourtlibL, llttoburg, Pa. U " sxiuierbcl Pa. " ... v v I'.KKliLEY. Ibouierbet, Pa. first -'" "-k- urn r.i.UT. tomerst-l. Pa. ,i .. bverit liiuea, up sunn, edit iu i f Nimt'rti'U Pa. feoiucrM-'L, Pa. Print i U'Ui K"W. "I'pooiW rtirt J ta'uILi:v.AT-L.v-. boixicrMrt. I"eW ..r.-t- Pa. a- H. KUi'Mi J. Li. IX. Li. Somerset, Pa. .- rwupt atteuliou to business eu- ,iu i-i.irJaujoiuiug V iiiui;t-Al-tA, tsomcrset. Pa. ejclh-rui K-al Ksiate. Will attend UJ , i!e. vu: ru.-uu ui nis cure nil prowpt- roiiX H. lllLv,-V4TI,w I a i'i u- t -Al -LA w . t u ta w I-"'- 1 " - , ,r fcuas,i C'Uiic 111 ..lalnuioiu tlock- tvjuiersei, m. .. ..J . .., k,n.inK puLTUfcUHl U bis uiiu i(aj.iuius cuU-Loi. wita Su,u,.ia. a.... Lui-nij . owe- .u iiai a croMi IjKi, c toUluiU . uruitrr Stuns. TAilLs L. I'U.II, J AT 1 n. t -AT-LA V, Sjiutmrt, ra. OS in :.iuuitli Block, up stairs. Eo- uJt.n.u.t--!l.til. ui:icxamiuca,aud all .i'dma mu.-uai.Tl lo itu prompuna uaiuriuy. L 1. CUL&.iRN. L. C COLBOIi. CKlLLUllN" 4 COLIiOllN, AUuHiA&-Ai-LAW, buiuerset, 1 a 1 1 l : . . . t.t t.i nnr ran. mill be pruuiiil. i.a Ui'.Uiluliy h.U'1i1 to. Colleo ImumuuIc m iiiu ix.1. tKiiiota aud aujoiu cuuLUl. furwii ind couveyaucim CttltUU naMjUilLiiC 14.TU1S. HL 15AER, . Al rOiiXEY-AT-LAW, tkiUicTbet, Pa. Will pwcticc in Smerct and adjoining luuDim. Au l.uMuiTcniruBU.Ti to bam will neeve pruuipl aiuruliou. A. H. a-FFE'Jia. W. H. KL'PPKL. fiOFFKUTH liUITKL, J AlljKNEVS-AT-tAW, tSomc-ntt't, Pa. AutininM-n;rusli-d to tlit-ir care will be I(ttIi:J uJ iiuucuiaiiy iiiu udt.il to. Ollice u ktlu tnns Kirtrct, oyposile Mammoth k.ir:L W. fAKOIlJr:iiS, M. D., I'UlLi.-N i.vji &L'KitX)Xt bouiereet. Pa. 02 oo Patr,-.. Street, oppoaite U. B Csur.u. DPu P. F. SHAFFER, l'iIIUAX asu&URGEOS, Somerset, Pa. Itr.d-ff ht pniftwioiial M-rv ices to tbe citi- oi rtii-iM-i aiiil viciuiiy. Ullice cor-icr "aiii.rwiiu I'ntnu! s'.ret). Dii. J. nTlouther, PHY.-iaAX ami fUKGEOS, oo Maia t r.i, nr of It rug store. H. sj. KIMMELL, Ittid- hit pnfiii)n:il services to tbe citl uf Nim.-n.-i a:id viciuitv. Lulu- pro u;. t!u:;u.-.-.i lie c ii bt- lound at bin of Mui au ia.-l ol jJiauioud. T)S. J KM.MILLEX, OR.JuaW in lx-ulistry.) liiTOsj,, fiaivt tia to the preservation X : i ArlilicUl iw-ta iuwru-d. J-Ilhu i ruarrtLI.T-d Katit-lai torj'. Utlice tJt'.'i,",',r u- l"vi Co alore, 1 and Patriot street. C. D. tOFFKOTH, Funeral Director. 6i Main Cross St. Residence, iJ Patriot St piAXK L. FLL'CK, L;nd Surveyor - I'-ISu tNiilNEEU. Lbrtle. Pa. Oils! Oils! rtahiuI!!.'fl''i",tCo-' TittsbutT rvpart- w?rs-1 a spu-ialty of J-'-tur.ill: t.r IU IhUo "a'le Uie liucst brands of Animating & Lubricating Oils Jphlha & Gasoline, lWnuwlf ,n,,u Peuoienm. We chal """"u with every known Product of Petroleum i Somerset " m iu most nulformiy Satisfactory Oils -IX THE rn Market. Trade fur Hotneraet and vicini ty u.plied i,y "JK A BEERITH and i UKAht 4 KM SER, boiueraet, Pa. nn VOL. XLV. NO. w Aoman's ork Is never done, and It i eKpecially wearing and wearisome to those whose blood it impure and unfit properly to tone, aus tain, and renew tbe waitting of nerve, muscle and tissue. It is more because of this condition ot the blood that women are ran down, Tired, Weak, Nervous, Than because of the work itself. Every physician says so, and that the only rem edy is in building up by taking a good nerve tonic, blood purifier and vitalizer like Hood'sSarsapariilo. For the troubles Peculiar to Women at change of season, climate or life, or resulting from hard work, nervousness, and impure blood, thousands have found relief and cure in nlOOdr Sarsaparilla The One Tme Blood Purilier. fl; six for s. Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co, Lowell. Mass. , j-j... are wie onry pill lot-ike UUUU I'llis withUood's&irsaparilU. THE First national Bank Somerset, JPenn'a. Capital, S50.000. Surplus, S26.000. CEPOBITS RCCCIVC IN LAMGC ANOSMALl AMOUNTS, PAYABLE CN DEMAND. ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS. STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CHAS. O. SCUIX. UEO. R. HCUI.L, JAMrX U ITCiH, W. II. MILI.EI', JOHS B. SCOTT, ROBT. H. ISCUUa, i'llED W. BIESECKEB EDWARD SCULL, : : PRHSIDEVr. VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PRESIDENT. UARVEY M. BERKLEY, CASHIER. The funds and securities of this bank are se curely protecU-d in a celebrated 15oblis BCB lar Pkoof Safe. The only fe made abso lutely burglar-proof. Tts taet County lliosal ANK OF SOMERSET PA. ): Estabnthad 1877. Orfinb m i Hl.l, 1890 CaDital. - $ 50,000 00 Surplus & Undivided Profits, 23,000 00 Assets, - - 300,000 00 O: Chaa. J. Harrison, rrcsident. Wm. IT. Koontz,' - Vice Tresidcril. Milton J. Tritts, - - Cashier. Geo. S. Harrison, - Asa't Cashier. Directors . Win. Endsley, Chas. W. Snyder JoBiah Rpecht, H. C. BeeriLs, John II. Snyder, John SjuSl, Jnc-ph B. Davw, Ilarrbson Snyder, Jerome Stufft, Noah S. ililler, Sam. B. Harrison. rnrinmpn nt this hank will rwei ve tne most liberal treatmenteimslstetit witiisnfctmnkliiic. turt iua wiiihinsr in Kt'iid money eaator west can be accommodated by draft lor any amount. . ... , . Money and vaiuamcs wron-u uy mc . bold"s celebrated aafca, with most Improved Utllectiocs made In all part of the United SkiU-s. Charges moderate. Account, ana aepotuus souchctu A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE, and everything pertaining to funerals furn ished. SOMERSET - - Pa J?xob D. Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next 3oor West of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa. I Am New pi td to supply Lhe public with Clocks, Watchcfl, and Jew elry of all descriptions, as Cheap as the Cheapest. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. All work guaranteed. Look at my stock before making your purchases. J. D. SWANK 16 TO 1. COLD A i BILKER GOLD I In the monev question meon tlmt In weiiclit it would lake 1 ld dollurw to mi. ke in wi4vlit one Kilver dollar. We i luranur r.irrti iwr one jNirr ur !... iolUtrUBlveyouthe nurrvtand moot W iifed itoiKis aoid. Take a moment's J iirMina loom uirw:n.. Vmrl'lil Somerset tW per (tal JJ to 4 Yr.oldPurenyei-ito-i.TO " " z i i ... in M " T IWIfvi VI TW ls6 Hand-made BourMaah 5 50 " J. S. ixiuiflierty rure itye...o.a" - - x Andriiwen hunt Pure Kye.A-iO X ipn-ial price list on Wlnea, etc., on V application. No estra eharxe for Jus orpne-king. Ulve u a trial order. S TCLCPMOMC A. ANORIESSf N, Z . s. l Federal tUAlllRn.v. Pa $ i e 37 THE DRAMA OF LIFE. N. V. TIIOM1S. Oil the stajjo the arts are c hanging. Scenes are siiifling lo and fro ; And tLe draiu:i never ending Makes Urange faces come and go. And the parts by each presented, Whether happiness or woe Ne'er the name are always changing As the faces come and go. Joy to-day and grief to-morrow What w iil follow, noue may know; Ever changing, joy and sorrow As the faces come aud go. Smiling uia.-ks the actors wear theiu ; Though their hearts be burdened m That tlu ir paissious uluiotst rend them While culm faces oome and go. One by one, familiiir figures l'ass with halting step aud slow, limppiug out of lile'a great drama As new faces come aud go. MRS. LATO.X'S TEA. Kiimmiicc d in the depths of her Lig arm ch&ir, a smile lighting up Iter fine old fatv, that her w Lite hair framed with a crown of snow, Mrs. Harmon was considering her nephew Andrew, a good looking young fellow of twentj" eight, who, for his part, was consider ing the timepiece on the mantel, whose hands were already past three o'clock. "Well, Andrew, do you find my clock very interesting?" I u some confusion, the young man stammered an excuse, hut she went on: "Now don't deny it, you naughty fellow. You wanted to know if your visit had la.ted long enough for you to take your departure decently." "Svt at all, aunt. Your guess is quite wrong, for I haven't the slightest intention of going yet. But why do you keep a regular sun dial in your drawing room?" "Perhaps because I was born so long ago that it is I and not the clock that is behind time. But come," instead of criticising my drawing room, tell me w hat you are going to do when you leave here?" "In the first place, I am not going lo leave here for some time; but when I have wearied you with my presence uutil you can not stand it any longer, it will be time for nie to go to Mrs. La ton's tea." "Mrs. I-aton's Pauline Iitou?" "The same." "Ah, yts, I used lo see her sometime ago. I remember her vaguely a large woman, dark " "frbe is a blonde, aunt." "Indeed? rMie used to be a brunette. And so you are sighing at the feet of Mrs. Laton?" "We are all sighing at her feet." "She must enjoy iL" "Well, I rather think she docs.!' "Is it fun?'' "Yes, after a fashiou. We are always the same little circle of friends, and then, liesidcs Mrs. Laton, there's a sis ter, a rather good looking girl, and a few other young matrons and bachelor girls." "And what do you do besides look at these women?" "We take tea, which w moderate with rum and a bit of lemon, we gos sip, and we flirt." Oh, oh!" "But my dear aunt, one must do something between live o'clock aud dinner." "Evidently; and flirting is what you have found lo do." "It is a way to kill time." "I scarcely know just what you mean by the term. Explain it to me." "Oh, impossible. A definition for the word has long been sought, but it has not yet been found. But give a young woman tete-a-tete with a young man who is not a fool, and I warrant you it won't be long before you will have a practical demonstration. Flir tation is a manner of being discreetly indiscreet. To know how to flirt is no common accomplishment. It is a ver itable science." "And is love a science, too?" "No, it is rather an art." "And marriage what is it?" "Oh, that is philsosophy." "Indeed? at w hat age does one at tain this philosophy?" "As late as possible." "It seems to me that at twentj--eight-" "Aunt, aunt," cried Andrew, spring ing from his chair, "confess that you are concocting some teirible plot. You look as guilty as a conspirator." Mrs. Harmon smiled a fine smile and enjoyed for a moment the consterna tion in htr victim's face. Then she answ ered, after a pause: "Yes, you are right. I wish to get you married." "In heaven's name, what have I doue to you?" gasped the young man, with seriousness; and as the old lady still smiled, he continued: "See here, aunt, I should never have suspected you of such a thing. You a woman of intelligence, a superior woman, descending to the role of match maker! It is a terrible shattering of my ideal T Conic, come, my poor boy, do not be so cast down. The girl is charming, I assure you." "Of course," Andrew burst out, "the girl is always charming. Oh, I know her, I can ie t her nw; she may not be exactly pretty, but, as you have said, she is charming. Hhe dresses admira bly and makes all her own gowns. She stood at the head of her class iu school, and attends lectures now. More pver, she has taken cooking lessons and can put up preserves. She plays the piano, she sings, she paints, and she has a tidy fortune in h r own right Bah! No, a thousand Unit s no! I douot want this miracle of perfection. I know a thing or two, aunt, even if I don't look it, aud if I marry, I shall marry a woman who suits nie, simply for tbe sole and unique reason that she does suit me. But I know girls they are all alike, and I know what they are and what they are worth. There Isn't one w lo suits me, or can suit me, and I shall remain a bachelor." "And you go to take tea at Mrs. La ton's," murmured Mrs. Harmon be tween her teeth, while a disturbing ex preseion caire into her clear-seeing eld eyes. Under this ironical and even inquisi torial look Andrew lost countenances SOMERSET, PA., little; he could not deny that to matri mony he preferred flirting with Mrs. Laton. He was pulling himself together to reply, or rather to defend himself, when the street door bell was heard. "A caller, eh? Is this your reception day, mnt, or do you, too, give your tea at five o'clock?" "You are impertinent, nephew. At my age a woman does not give five o'clock flirtations. It is not even a caller. I am sure it is my little friend ItoHamond, the 'charming girl I spoke of." "I shall flee, then." . "Do you not wish even to see her?" "Never! Or, if you insist, I shall go into this little ante-room and look at her through the crack of the door. That is the only concession I shall make," and the young man stepped quickly into the next room as the op posite door opened to admit the visitor. Through the crack Andrew could make out the graceful silhouette of a young girl. "How do you do Mrs. Harmon'V' said the girl, as she entered the room. "I have brought back the little book on the orphan asylum that you lent mamma. May I stay a moment with you ?" She continued to keep her back to wards Andrew, and lie now beginning to get tired of the game, had about concluded that Miss Rosamond must be frightfully ugly. ".Sit down here beside nie," and Mrs. Harmon easily contrived to place the girl just opposite the small room; and the young man, his eyes to the crack, was struck by the pretty face he beheld. "Well, Rosamond, what are you do ing nowadays? Are you gning out much?" "No, very little. I had a card for Mrs. Laton's tea this afternoon, but I wrote her I was ill. You'll not betray me, will you?" And she laughed a merry latigh that set Andrew's heart vibrating. "Do you not care for such affairs?" asked Mrs. Harmon. ".Surely, Mrs. Harmon, you do not think it would be amusing to spend an hour or two watching Mrs. Luton's flirtations, w ith no one to talk to but the insipid women and stupid men of her set?" "You are severe, my child." "Severe? Well, w illi a woman like Mrs. Luton, I do not think one can be to) much so." Instinctively Mrs. Harmon raised her eyes to tbe door that concealed An drew, and under pretext of arranging the portiere, she cnssed the room, and as she rearranged the drapery, whis pered to her nephew: "It's nearly Ave you'll be late to your tea." But her warning was unheeded. An drew did not budge. As far the girl by the fire, she was still full of her idea. "Do you know Mrs. Laton, Mrs. Harmon?" she asked. "Oh, yes," the old lady hastened to reply, and to turn the conversation, she went on: j "But you are wrong to declare that all men are stupid. There are some who are quite sensible." ".Sensible? Well, I do not know them. I do not mean that they are all stupid, but they think themselves so superior that they are wearisome. They ! are vain, insuflVrahU- bores, with their j blase airs and their idea that they are irresistible because tiiey can flirt with Mrs. Laton, who has bleached hair and smears paint on her face as if it were a palette, and whose brains are good for nothing but to devise out rageous hats and gowns." Again Mrs. Harmon cast an uneasy glance toward the little room, in which Andrew was fast waxing angry. He would have liked to strangle this girl, w hose superb health and beauty irritat ed him. "And when will you get married, my dear?" suggested Mrs. Harmon, again throwinir herself into the breach. "I shall never marry." "Indeed? Why not?" "Why not?" repeated Rosamond, a shadow of melancholy coming over the fitce that Andrew admired in spite of himself. "Because I am a little fool that can not do as the rest do. I would wish to love my husband and to have him love me. I would wish to marry a man whom I should single out from among the rest for his goodness and in telligence. I would wish to have con fidence in him, aud above all, to be proud of bim." As the girl spoke, she had become an imated with a gentle exaltation, which was not without its effect on the young man behind the door. "Well Rosamond," said Mrs. Har mon, "why do you not realize your dream?" "Because there are no young men now adays who care to look for a girl who pleases them. Marriage for them is a matter of business, nothing more, and the woman herself does not count. They marry when they have lost their money, and when the little heart they possessed has been frittered away on some Mrs. Laton or another." Again Mrs. Harmon arose, aud, pre tending she had an order to give, ex cused herself, and hastened to her neph ew. "Well, aunt, she has given us a nice dressing down, eh? For a 'charming girl,' I would back her against the world." "Hurry, Andrew; it is late, and you will miss your tea." "My tea! he repealed, "Bother the tea! s there nothing else in the world but my tea? No, you must find an ex cuse to briug me into the room, and I'll show that young lady whether all men are fools. Oh, she need have no fear, I shall not try to marry her, for I still have all my hair, a little money, and a heart still intact." Mrs. Harmon could not restrain a smile at the young man's vexation, and Ave minutes later Andrew entered the drawing room. But, contrary to all expectations, the conversation did not become a war of word; on the contrary, the girl's fresh gayety disarmed Andrew's anger at onoe. His preconceptions fled before her dimpled smiles and her gentle voice, and be soon fell under her chann forgetting his anger in his admiration for her graceful movements, the pene ESTABLISHED 1827. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1897. trating timbre of her voice, tbespackle of her wit. The hour for the tea had long pass ed, and Andrew was still there. He had lost all desire to' run after Mrs. La ton, that faded doll, whom Rosamond as he was forced to admit to himself had portrayed so truthfully. And ensconced onoe more in the depths of her arm chair, Mrs. Harmon smiled a kindly smile, and silently re garded the young people, who, for their part, looked at one another with looks that do not deceive, and in which the old aunt read with joy the hope of a happy union. Nicknames of Railroads- The nomenclature of the railways, says a writer in the New York Times, is often as unique and interesting as are the trade marks. Whenever it is possible to abbreviate the full title of a railroad the great public eagerly avails itself of the shortest phrases. Nobody now-thinks of calling the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad anything but the Nickel Plate, and few persons who speak of the "Big Four" system know that the name of that system is Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & SL Louis. , The name of Nickel Plate as applied to a railroad originated in this way. Calvin S. Brice and associates built a mail paralleling the Lake Shore, and practically put it up In the market for sale. As Jay Gould seemed to be nib bling at it, William II. Vanderbilt con cluded that he would better buy it for tbe protection of his Lake Shore inter ests. He asked the price, and Mr. Brice and associates put their figures so high that Mr. Vanderbilt petulantly remarked: "That road must be nick el-plated!" And the line has been known as the Nickel Plate ever since. Before the absorption of the Buffalo & Southwestern that line was commouly kuowu as the "Arandy and Soda." The St. Louis Southwestern is known as the "Cotton Belt," the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago as the ".Mo non," the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo tlw "Buckeye Route," aud the Pennsylvania lines as the Peiiusy." Art of fatter Making:. At an Iowa dairy convention was a prize package of butter which was high ly praised by the judges and visitors. It was made by heating the milk to 80 degrees, and removing the cream with a separator. A whole milk starter was u-d, and the cream allowed to ripen slowly, with frequent stirring, for 36 h urs, when it was placed in the churn at a temperature of 53 degrees, using an ounce of butter olor to 1000 pounds of milk. The butter was gathered when about the size of wheat kernels, the buttermilk being drawn off aud the butter washed and placed on the butter worker. It was worked until the salt was well dissolved, using one ounce of salt to a pound of butter, allowed .to stand a short while, then again worked aud packed in a clean spruce tub. The butter should be worked until the brine is clear aud the butter breaks in flakes like iron. The most essential part is good milk. Becareful to heat to 83 de grees, so as to have about 2h per cent, of cream, and ripen at 70 degrees, stir riug frequently, watching closely, so that as soon as acid developes it will be cooled down to 50 degrees. There is much in the attention to details, as the best butter can only be made by skill and work at the right time. He Submitted. "I'm going down to the gas office to have a row," a gentleman remarked to a friend the other morning. "Yes; overcharged you?" "I should remark! My house was shut up all last month, and yet here's abi.l one fourth larger than for the month before. Why don't they knock a man down and rob him? I'll see 'em in Texas before I pay a penny of it." Six hours later the two men happen ed to meet again, and the man who was overcharged was asked: "Well, did you raise a row down at the gas ortice?" "Well, no; I started out to put" "They bluffed you down?" "No, not exactly a bluff." "You told 'em your house was closed all the month?" "Yes." "But they insisted that the gas had been burned?" "They did." "And you?" "Oh! I paid the bill. I happened to remember that when I got home I found that four burners had been left lighted and booming away for thirty days and nights, and so I decided to submit to the robberryr' Trouble With His Notes. It was an hour or so after midnight. There was a furious ringing at the door bell. A few minutes elapsed, and then a head was thrust out of a second-story window. "What do you want?" "This is where Mr. Speecher lives, isu't it?" "Yes. I am Mr. Speecher." "You delivered an address before the Advancement of Mankind Club this eveiiiug on 'The Dead of "M? " "I did." "You "poke of a noted, mar) named Ateibiades MKJibheny?" "Yes." "Was he a Protestant or a Roman Catholic?" "He was a Protestant, What" "That's all I want to know. I'm the shorthand reporter who txk down tbe speech, and I couldn't tell from my notes whether you said that at tbe age of twenty-seven he entered the minis try or a monastery. Ever so much ob liged to you. Good night!" Chicago Tribune. How She Did it Trivvet Miss Flop claims to have a made a thousand refusals of marriage. Dicer That's easily explained. When young Callow asked her to mar ry him, she- replied, "No; a thousand times no," - WINCHESTER. Something About General Sheridan's Famous Black Warhorse. In January, 1376, General Sheridan sent the following letter to a friend : "In regard to the black horse, I am glad to state that he is still living and is uow iu my stable. Ho has buen a pensioner for the past eight years, nev er being used save in the way of nec essary exercise. He is of Black Hawk stock, was foaled at or near Grand Rapids, and was brought into the army by one of the officers of the H oud Michigan cavalry, of which regiment I was the colonel in lSfii- Early in spring of that year, while Ih3 regi ment was stationed at Rienzi, Miss., this horse was presented to me by the officers of tbe regiment, and at that time was rising 3 years old. Conse quently he must le nearly 10 years old now. Ho is over 17 hands in height, powerfully builf, with a deep client, strong shoulders, has a broad forehead, a clear eye aud is an animal of great intelligence. In his prime he was one of the strongest horses I have ever known, very active and the fastest walker in the army, so far as my ex perience goes. "I rode him constantly from 1SG2 to the close of the war in all the actions and in all the raids as well as .cam paigns in which I took part. He was never ill, and his staying powers were superb. At present he is a little rheu matic, fat and lazy, but he has fairly earned his rest, ana so long as I live he will be taken care of." In Oetolier, 1878, the famous horse died, and Sheridan then made a slight addition to Winchester's biography, saying . "He alway's held his head high and by the quickness of his move ments gave many persons the impres sion that he was exceedingly impetu ous. This was not the case, for I could at any time control him by a firm hand and a few words, and he was as cool and quiet under fire as one of my old soldiers. I doubt if his superior as a horse for field service was ever ridden by any one." Herman Melville, Buchanan Read and many other writers have made this horse tbe subject of poems, aud several sculptors and painters have delineated him in marble and on canvass. Ou ev ery returning Memorial day many aged survivors of Sheridan's Shenandoah troopers who remember the services of this Steed as black as the steeds of night cross over to Governor's island museum and place floral memorials on the glass case that contains all the remains of Winchester. Our Animal Frieuds. Football With Lincoln's Hat The favorite hat worn by Abraham Lincoln was a tall "tovepie." It has been described as a foot high, with a brim almost as wide as a Suthern sombnro. Many anecdotes are con nected with that famous tall hat. In it Mr. Lincoln carried many of his Valuable papers, the briefs of his law cases and other documents. On the night of Mr. Lincoln's elec tion to the Presidency several ladies who had gathered at the old homestead at Springfield testified their glee by us ing the hat as a football. A few of us went over to assist Mr. Lincoln about the supper which was to be given some gentlemen who had come in to hear the returns. It was after midnight before enough had been learned to warrant the U-lief that our candidate was elected. We went wild with joy and congratulated Mr. Lin coln most heartily. Some one saw the famous "stovepipe" in the hall, and, seizing it, threw it up to the ceiling. Another caught it, and then it went the rounds till it fell to the floor, when one gave it a kick, and then another and another gave the hat a send-off until it was so battered that it had lost all resemblance to its origi nal shape. Mr. Lincoln looked on aud smiled good-naturedly at the child ish perfoimacce. Lincoln's Horse Trade. Abraham Lincoln w as fond of a good story, and it is a will known fact that he often illustrated an important point in the business at hand by rest rt ing to his favorite pustime. Probably one of the best he ever told he related of b i ni sei f when be was a lawyer in Illinois. One day Lincoln aud a certain judge, who was an intimate friend of his, were bantering each other about horses, a favorite topic of theirs. Finally Lin coln said: "Well, look here judge, I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll make a horse trade with you, only it must be upon these stipulations: Neither party shall see the other's horse uutil it is produced here in the court yard of the hotel, and both parties must trade horses. If eith er party backs out of the agreement, he does so under a forfeiture of twenty five dollars." "Agreed," cried the judge, and both he and Lincoln went in quest of their respective animals. A crowd gathered, anticipatingsome fun, and when the judge returned first, the laugh was uprorious. He led, or rather dragged, at the end of the halter the meanest, bjuiest, rib stating quad rupedblind in hoth eyes that ever pressed turf. Rut presently Lincoln came along carrying over his shoulder a carpenter's horse. Then the mirth of the crowd was furious. Lincoln sol emnly set his horse down, and silently surveyed the judge's animal with a comical look of infinite disgust "Well, judge," he finally said, "this is the first time I ever got the worst of it In a horse trade." Harper's Round Table. Backlen's Arnica Salve. " The Best Salve In the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblaius, Corns, aud all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale at J. N. Snyder's drug store, Somerset, or at Brallter's drug store, Beiln, Pa. era Foods That are Wasted. Because corn fodder can be easily grown and gives an abundance under favorable conditions it is not regarded as valuable as experiments show. A few years ago some experiments were made at Amherst College which brought out surprising facts, and as the work extended over a term of five years the results are conclusive aud have been accepted. The high nutri tive value of fodder corn, corn stover and good corn ensilage, as compared with that of English hay, counting in all instances, pound for pound of dry vegetable matter, was fully demon strated. The general condition of the animal on trial, as well as the quality and quantity of tbe milk obtained, al so showed that the corn fodder, etc., possessed a high nutritive value. To prod nee one quart of milk, using the same quantity and quality of grain feed, required in every instance a lar ger quantity of perfectly dried hay than of either fodder corn, corn sto-er or corn ensilage iu a corresponding state of dryness, the corn stover lead- ug, and the net cost of feed in the case of the same ration of grain feed was from one-third to one-half less per quart of milk when the fodders were used in the place of the hay in the diet of milch cows. The hay used was Euglish upland. The fact that in actual tests made the fodder corn, corn stover and ensilage proved fully equal or superior to good English hay for producing milk is not the only point in favor of the fodder crojis. The hay was worth $1 per ton at the time the experiments were made, while fodder sold at only $5 per ton. Here is where the saving of food can lie considered. It is cheaper to grow a large crop of fodder than of hay, as the grain is also a valuable por tion, and as hay is more valuable on the market than fodder the farmer should utilize the cheaper foods aud sell the dearer, especially when experi ments show that the cheaper foods will give him equally as good results. It must not be overlooked, however, that in the use of the coarse foods (both hay and fodders) grain and other con centrated feeding stuffs were allowed, but that fact does not destroy the re sults sought to be obtained, as in every method of comparison not only the yield but the cost of production was largely in favor of the fodder. In feed ing the rough foods the preparation must be considered, as no waste was permitted in any case where it could be avoided. When the farmer leaves his shocks of corn fodder in the field to become frozen, beaten by winds, soaked by rains and covered with snow he does what he would not do with a crop pf hay. It may be a time-honored cus tom that is well observed to thus per mit the waste of a valuable product of the farm, but the effects are noticeable in the profits. If the hay is worth stor ing where it can be kept in the best possible condition, so is the fodder, aud if the farmer finds that his cattle will not readily accept fodder taken from the fields he must make some al lowance for its condition. Fodder that is cut down before the leaves turn, aud which has been well preserved, is of much better quality than that which is cut in an advanced stage and expos ed iu the fields during the winter. It has been claimed that enough fodder is wasted in the United States every year by being left standing in the fields to give a large profit on farming and that one of the chief causes of depression among farmers is the waste of so much valuable feeding material. Now that the fodder shredder and improved en silage and feed cutters can lessen the work of the preparation of the feed the waste thould no longer occur. Shoe Sont's. Don't fail lo rub patent leather shoes, particularly new oues, with the palm of the hand until quite warm before putting on, and it will prevent split ting and cracking. D m't wear overgaiters unless to pro tect the upper part of your slices from the swish of your wet skirts in stormy weather. This fashion is out of date, looks mannish aud makes tbe feet look much larger. Don't have fancy pointed tips on your shoes these days they are quite passe; the proper kind is a plain straight a cross one, with just a single row of perforations to mark tbe edge. Don't polish calfskin shoes w ith 1 q lid dressing; it will crack them. The pa-te that men use is the thing, and don't put too much of this on or it will not polish so readily, besides hurting your shoe. Don't neglect to turn the uppers of shoes dowu and put them by an cpeu window for au hour or two to air after wearing. It is more hygienic, econo mical and fastidious. Don't wear a shoe run down at the heel. It is one of the thingstbat de tracts most from the nicety of a wo man's dress and it will very soon spoil the shape of the shoe. Don't wear a low-priced shoe; they are not cheap. Economize on some thing else, if necessary. Good leather can not be bought for a song, and shoes made to sell at a bargain are seldom good shaped, therefore not as comforta ble, and certainly do not wear as long. Dou't fail to take good cere of good shoes. Pon't put them away soiled and dusty. When packing for a jour ney stuff them out with tissue paper, so 'they will retain their shape and wrap each shoe in tissue paper, so it will Dot get rubbed or scratched. Extensive Clothes-Line Post The object of a new invention which will be appreciated by housewives is to provide an adjustable metallic post for clothes-lines, which may easily be set op or taken down, raised or lowered to any desired height, and securely sup ported. It consists of a pointed tube provided with brace-bars pivoted to ad justable collars, which play in a slot outside tbe tube. Within the tube is a solid, adjustable section, which may be raise or lowered at will, and which has at the top a contrivance for holding the line. It is simple, and evidently efficient 1c WHOLE NO. 2378. The Bed Cross in Cuba- ' Miss Clara Barton, of the Red Crosa society, has been given permission to extend to Cuba the good offices of her association. The permission has been officially given by Spain, and the pub lic will watch anxiously the results. There can be no question concerning the purpose of the lied Cross. It is non-partisan in the strictest sense, and has carried consolation and aid to the wounded and dying on many a battle field in all quarters of the globe. It has made no distinction whatever 1-e-tween the combatants, but has succor ed the sick and wounded of both ar mies alike. Even tbe Turk, the most ferocious of mankind, who has refused to yield to the pleadings or pressure of the combined European powers, suc cumbed to the humanity of the lied Cross, and allowed it to give hwlp t5 his most implacable enemies. There is this to say for the Turk, however. So far as the public has been apprised, he has never burned a hospi tal or butchered the helpless patients aud their attendant physicians. It has remained lor the Spaniards alone, of all civilized race?, to perpetrate this barbarity. They have done it not once nor twice, but are in the habit of doing it whenever they conie across a Cuban hospital aud there are no Cuban sol diers in sight. They butcher tbe tick and wounded patients, and then pub lish an account of a bogus battle, in which so many Cubans were slain, the number U ing precisely the number of patients in tbe hospital. This has been n-ratedly shown up by testimony which has been fully corroborated by tbe official reports in the hands of the Spaniards at Havana. It is for this rea son that the permission given to the Red Cross to perform its functions in Cuba Is regarded with skepticism. It is feared that it was not done in good faith. It would have been very awkward for Spain to rej. ct the offer of an asso ciation which has received the unqual ified endorsement of every nation in the world. It was awkward for the Turk to do s., but when he accepted he stuck to his bargain. Will Spain stick to hers? It is almost a contradiction to imagine that a nation wLieh burns hospitals and butchers the inmates can welcome the efforts of the most purely philanthropic society ou earth to allev iate the horrors of war. If Spain is really in earnest and intends to permit the Red Cross to succor the sick and wounded of the Cuban army as well as those of the Spanish army, it Till be the dawn of a new and a more humane policy in the Maud. Such a reversal of the horrible barbarities which have hitherto cliaracteriz-.d the conduct of the war would iuerense the respect of the American people for the Spaniards, even ttiough it failed to enlist their sympathies. While we are disposed to pr judiee, we are skeptical as to the result, and will wait for develop ments. Baltimore American. The Family Doctor Says That it is important at this season for all who have any tendency to neu ralgia, rheumatism or sciatica, to wear wool next to the skin. That catarrh is eften caused by going suddenly into a very warm room from the cold outer air, instead of becoming warm gradually. That a hearty laugh is the best pos sible relief from the tension of an over worked brain. Tbat a perpetual round of duties has a depressing effect upon tbe seiiM-a aud the mind, and the best relief from this weariness is undoubtedly change of scene and air. That before administering emetics the condition of the patient ught to be carefully considered. Emetics are improper in rupture or in any cate where strong physical effrt might cause physical injury. They should not be resorte-d to where there isinflam niatiou of the stomach. That in fevers all drinks that are at all heating or exeiting should be avoid ed. Leomonade, tamarindade, orange ade (strained so as to exclude the solid substance) aud teas made from some simple aromatic herbs, may be given to the patient if called for ; but pure fresh water is the most natural and the safest and best drink to quench thirst in fevers, aud the patient should Le given all that he may reasonably re quire. Notes of All Sorts. The use of compressed air in operat ing tbe pneumatic broom recently in troduced at the railway yards of the Santa Fe line in Chicago for sweeping cars has proved a great success in its application lo carpets and upholstery. Cholera vibrios have been found by Wernicke to survive in the mud of a model aquarium for three months, al though the vessel w as exposed lo direct sunlight. He concludes that cholera germs in the beds of rivers may pre serve their vitality for a considerably longer period. Russia is essentially an agricultural country, the character of the soil and topographical formation of its land contributing to make the country, with rare exceptions, a very successful farming country. It grows every known cereal successfully and more cheaply, even with crude appliances, than any other country. Two-thirds of the railways of Russia are owned and managed by tbe Gov ernment, and tbe remainder are under its direct supervision and control. Freight rates on all railways, whether owned by. the Government or not, are regulated by the Government, and these rates are extremely fair, no rate cutting being allowed. The soothing, healing effect of Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup is felt al most Instantly. There is no other cough medicine that combines so many virtues. Clergyman (showing a lady visitor around the church) Now, madam, you have seen the orgauj the font and the nave. I should next like to con duct you to the altar. Lady Visiter Ob, this la so sudden. Give the Republicans a Caaca- The Atlanta Constitution has be n s Minding southern democratic opinion upon the attitude that the democrats in con gresa should take towards the re publican party. Senator Jone-s, of Ar kansas, w ho led the fight for Bryan, says tbat the people accepted the re publican plan, and that the democrats di not projxjse to throw any unneces sary obstacle iu the w ay of permitting them to put their plans into execution. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, says tbat the republicans will l? given every chance to enact the policy of their ad ministration into law. He adds: "Of course we surrender none of our convictions, but there Is something more than mere party fealty expected of tbe democrat, and that is, a duty to tbe people and to the business interests of the country, that they throw no cap tious opposition in the way of the re publican administration enacting such measures as they promise will bring about prosperity." Senator Rteon, of Georgia, says that the entire responsibility will be thrown upon the republicans. Senator Bailey, of Tcxa, likewise declares that no un n 3cessary otwtac'es will be placed iu the republican path. He says that if the McKinley ad. illustration brings oVwt genuine proerity the democrats may just as well make no nomination. If there is a failure then the republi cans miht as well g out of busi ness. There are other interiews from Tennessee, Virginia, and other south ern states of similar import It is apparent frro these that the democrats as a party iu congress, while they will make their speeches and ca.-t tlu-ir 7ote-s against the tariff bill, will lint filibuster in order t delay its en actment This is both wise and patri otic. The people have voted in behalf of the tariff bill and they are entitled to have that bill at the earliest possible moment The republican claim is that increased duties w ill secure prosperity. The democrats di.-pute this. The way to test it is to put the bill into practice. Al! that tbe republicans ask is that they shall be given the opportunity. It would be ptisf-ible, if the silvt r men of the senate should combine with the ilemocrts and tbe populL-,t, to de feat the measure, but as several e,f the so silver senator are republicans it woui.l be unjust to presume that they would vote against protection when nothing could I e gained for silver by so doing. If there shall lie Bo captious opposition the extra session ouht to do its work iu ample time f.r ttie country to go up on the new tariff basis by the first of July. Philadelphia Inquirer. Three Interesting Characters- Three men of considerable promi nence in American affairs died during the last week. One, John Randolph Tucker, played an important pnrt iu federal and confederate politics; an other, General Darius Nash Couch, was intrusted with important com mands and duties during the war; and the third. General Jevseph Orville Shel by, cut a dashing, brilliant and roman tic figure in the trans-Mississippi an nals of the rebellion. General Shelby, bom a Ktntuckian, but a Missouiian by adoption and at heart, led first a company, then a regi ment, then a brigade, then a division. A thousand-mile raid, with a thousand cavalrymen at his back, was a deliirht to him. He marcheel, he burned, be slew; yet his rage was diree-ted not against the defenseless, but against tbe jayhawker aud the savage. There was much of Sheridan in Shelby and much of Shelby in Sheridan. All things considered, Shelby was the most piciuresq-ie ti'-jre of the war in the southwest General Couch's service in the Army of tbe Potomac and as commander of the department of Pennsylvania, espe cially at the time of the Gettysburg in vasion, can only be appreciated by those who b we familiarized themselves with the inide history of the war with laurels as fresh as those that have since been worn by generals who struck Ap pomattox before they struck disaster. Mr. Tucker was in public life for many years. A nephew of John Ran dolph, of Roanoke, he possessed a great deal of that eeventrie Virginian's wit and fire. As a lawyer hU reputa tion was exceedingly high. As a statesman his abilities challenged re spect He, too, ranks well as au his tory figure in our latter-day anuals. Philadelphia ReeorJ. Ram's Horn Blasts. No eyes can see like those of the soul. God's mercy can no more wear out than his love. If our belief is wrong, our eternity will 1 wrong. Every successful Christian life must be a life of faith. It robs the world of a man of ability to live in idlene'ss. Keep the heart young, and the body will be slow in grow ing old. Growth in grace is often helped by having the grace to say no. Be a friend to the friendless, if yoa would keep close to Christ. Persecuting a good man is the devil's way of showing ttat he hates GoeL Considering what God has done will soon lead us to rejoice in what he will do. It is safe to believe that God is still against the devil, uo matter how things lock. The man who has never had a wish to be good and true, has not yet heard God speak. We should use all the light God has given us, to help those who are still iu the dark. How easy it would be to love unlove ly people, if we could only see them as God does. When we have a keen eye for the. faults of others, we are to be blind to our own. A right state of heart can not be main tained without keepiug a close watch on the tougue. Open the door of your heart for Chrkt, and he will opeo the door f heaven for you. The devil can meet eloquence with out trouble, but he has never been able to stand before love. Many a chureh member makes too much noise in his politics aud keeps too still in his religion. There is No Fire in the Ranges. "The higher the altitude attained," said the professor "the colder the tem pera'.uru becomes" VI should think it would be warmer," replied one of the students. "What would make it warmer?" "The mountain ranges." Fuddy So Bender made the opening remarks at the dinner last night. Do you remember what he said? Duddy The opening remarks? Oh yes. He said: "Who's got a cerkl kCrewV
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