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Blood nctm Bound Lealib. With pur,
rich, heali-hy blood, tho stomach ud di
petive organs n iit Us vigorous, nd there
will be no dysp iia. KhcumatLstu and
Neuralgia will be unknown. Scrofula an
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Yonr nerves will le Btronp, and yourrleep
round, fsweet and refreshing. Hood's
Sarsajiarilla makes pure blood. That is
why it cures so many dim-sHea. That in
n hy wj many thousand!, take it to cure
disease, retain pood health and prevent
sickness and 3tt0ering. Kemembcr
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Capital, S50.000.
Surplus, S26.000.
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DEPOSITS NECCIVC IN LAHOE ANOSMtt
MOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FA R M ENS,
STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
CHAS. U. S'CLL, GEO. R. SCCLIj,
JAMES U PL'GH, W. H. M1LLEK,
JOHN IL SCOTT, BOUT. 8. 8CULXs
VliED W. BIESECKEH
EDWARD SCULL, : : PRESIDENT.
VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PRESIDENT.
HARVEY M. BERKLEY, . CASHIER.
The foDds and securities of this bank are e-
curely protected In a celebrated Coklihs 11 V k
olab Proof Safe. The only safe made abso
lutely burglar-proof.
He Soienet County National
BANK
OF SOMERSET PA.
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E(Ub!lthfl 1877. Orgr.zi st t HitlolI,lB90
Capital, - $ 50,000 00
Surplus & Undivided Profit, 23,000 00
Assets, - - 300,0000 0
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Cliaa. J. LTarrlson, - President.
Wm. IT. Koontz, - Vice Trcsideni.
Milton J. Tritt3, - - Cashier.
Geo. S. Harrison, - Ass't Cashier.
Directors .
Win. Knlley, Chas. W. Snyder
J.iah SiKtrht, II. C. Heerits,
John II. Snyder, John SlufTl,
Joseph K. Iavi, Harrison Snyder,
Jerome StulTt, Noah S. Miller,
Sam. B. Harrison.
r... ,.r tl.lnhonlr vrllt mww t he mofit
litM-ral treatment consisu-nt with safe bunking.
Panics wiMiiiiK to wild money eatnr west
can be accommodated by draft for auy
amount. , lrf
Moncv and valuaDI swurea uj unc fi .
hold's celebrated saft, with moat improved
time lock. .
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KtaU. Chanses moderate.
Aocoaul anu aeposiis boih-ii.
A. H. HUSTON,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
and everything pertaining to funerals furn-
fched.
SOMERSET - - Pa
Jicob I). If wank,
Watchmsker and" Jeweler,
Next Door West of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa-
I Am Now
pi id to supply the public
with Clocks, WUhe?, snd Jew
elry of all descriptions, as Cheap
&n the ClieapesL
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SPECIALTY.
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as s.a Federal SU,Alleirheny, Ta 2
In I lie money qnentlon means that In 9
wit'lit it would Luke IS iol J dollMm to J
make In w-t;tit oneSilver dollar. We
rilumn M.llirf. LII4.rUI F -llf,
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11.
TEMPERED.
When stern oeva-don -.tlls f.ir war.
And the truiiets shrill and peal,
Korei s and armories ring all day
With the firee eiat,h of Meel.
Th j blades are healed in the lUme,
And c.mled in i.-y flood.
And bofiteD hard, and beaten well.
To make them firm and pliable.
Their eile and touiier om1 ;
Then tough and sharp with tlisi-iplino.
They wiu tiie light for tightiug men.
When tiod's ocraitioiis call for men,
His choiseu soul He takes,
Iu life's hot fire He tempers them.
With tears Ilecools and slakes ;
With many a heavy, grievous stroke
He beats them to an edp,
Ai.d tests and tries, again, again.
Till the hard will is fusel, and pain
Hevomes high privilege;
Then strong, and quickened through and
through.
They ready are His work b do.
Like nn on-rushing, furious lnist
The tide of need and Kin.
I'nltis the Made shall tetuperel be,
Tht y have no ehitnec to w in ;
jiod IrtisLs to no untested sword
When he goes forth to war ;
Only the souls that, beaten long
On pain's great anvil, have grown strong
His chosen weapons are.
Ah souls on pain's great anvil laid.
Kemembcr this, nor lie afraid !
Susan Coolidge, iuThe Coiigregational-
ist.
HIS VIEW AXD HERS.
She was truthful, whatever else might
be taid of her, and that divine quality
covers a multitude of sins.
There were many time?, however,
when she found it quite difticult to tell
the truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth. It was particularly hard
to do so when Howard Zellman pro
ltsed to her. To quote his words,
which he never los. an opportunity of
repeating during those days when he
fir-d. discovered that he had serious in
tentions. "All the rest of the world
was a dreary void for which he had not
a thought and Heaven itself held noth
ing one-half so dear." She was 30
years old and had heard such things so
often that she knew he didn't mean it,
but he thought he did and was so in
earnest in his protestations that he was
sincere for the first time in his life that
she finally dicided lo accept him.
Hut not before she had told him the
truth.
"I cannot understand," she said
rather severely, "how you ever hap
pened to allow yourself to care so much
for me. I heard you say once, a long
while ago, away back in the beginning
of our acquaintance, that it was strange
that a man should be so careless in se
lecting a wife. When he buys a house,
or a horse, or a piano, or anything else
that has a money value alone, and that
can 1 disposed of at will, he is very
particular about inquiring into iU rec
ord. He must le thoroughly informed
in every detail Yet in choosing a
wife, you argued, he loses all discre
tion ami blindly takes the woman he
fancies, however inferior an article the
said woman may lie. But just think
of it, Mr. Zellman; you are perfectly
willing, yes, anxious, to take me, yet
what do you know of me?"
"Don't be a goose," he said. I know
all I want to know. I love you. Isn't
that enough?"
"No," she returned, gravely; "it isn't
enough. Perhaps if you understood
ma better you wouldu't even do that."
"Oh, yes, I should," he aaid, confi
dently. "Nothing can ever change
me. If all the world were to turn
ajainst you I'd be true and defend
you. Oh, I just wish I had a chance
to show you how loyal I can be."
"I'm going to give you a chance
now."
"That's right," he said, "only be
s ire to make it hard enough, so you'll
never doubt me again."
"In the first place, Mr. Zellman, I
have deceived you. My husband is
not dead."
"Oh, that doesn't make any differ
ence, I love 30U just the same. You're
divorced aren't you?"
"Yes, but that doesn't exonerate me
for living a lie. And I do hate a false
hood. I shouldn't have done it, but I
was a coward and dreaded the curiosi
ty and desparaging remarks that would
follow me wherever I went as a di
vorcee." "You oughtn't to feel that wayaliout
it, my darling," he said, tenderly,
"None but the low and ill-bred indulg
es in such vicious gossip. As for my
s 'If, I think just as much of you as if
lie had died forty times. Don't talk
about it any more."
"But I must," she persisted. "I
must tell you what the trouble was
about. There was a great deal of
blame attached to m i. Kvery one
knew he was very cruel, but if you
were to go back there now and look up
my record I am afraid you would rind
that I have many enemies."
"The brutes," he interrupted. I'd
like to teach 'em a lesson. But what
do I care for what they say? Didn't I
tell you that I'd stand by you through
fair weather and foul?"
"Yes, yes," she returned, "but you
must not take me blindfolded. I wish
to know "
"I don't care about that," he broke
in. "What I want to find out is do
you love rae?"
"I didn't dare allow myself to do
that so long as I was conccalinir any
thing from you'
"But can you
"I think no." .
"And u ill your'
"I will try."
"And ill you marry me?"
"Think over what I have told you.
Study me. Try to understand me. If
at the end of a month you still care for
me I will say 'yea."
He was very devoted. There were
defects in her nature, but he did not
see them. His whole time was spent
in adoring her lovable qualities, which
were many, aud before the expiration
of a fortnight he Insisted upon having
an answer.
"I know you better than you know
yourself," he said. "You may not be
aware of it, or you may be averse to
: 1..., 1 c r. 1 Mmi' inr. I tfiitf
admllllllg II, "
our attVciion Is mutual. Why not say '
yes' now?"
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24. 1897.
"And j'ou are sure you will not
change?"
"0-iite sure."
"Very well, then, let it lie as you
say."
She was very happy. The fates that
had hitherto planned her life seemed
to have entertained a bitter animosity
toward the human race and the trials
they had brought her had licen many
and hard to liear. She was very
thankful for him. He seemed so good,
so strong aud so sincere that the sense
of belonging to such a man filled her
soul with a sweet peace such as she had
not known since childhood and she
wondered if it were wrong to be so
happy.
He seldom left her for any length of
time but about two months after their
engagement he went away for several
days. It was a cold, blustering after
noon in the middle of January when
he first came home and when he stepp
ed into the hallway she attributed his
frigidity of manner to the iciness of
the wind outside,
"Mercy, you freeze me. Come in
quick and thaw out," she said with a
merry little laugh, as she helped him
to remove his overcoat and muffler
and drew him toward the genial
warmth of tte fire. He smiled, but it
was not the fond smile to which she
had been acoustomed.
"I'm not very cold," he said. "I'm
afraid I can't stay very loug this after
noon. Ada, my dear, there is some
thing I should like to say to you."
The happy light died out of her eyes
and her uuuth drooped piteously.
"Yes?" she said weakly.
"I've been thinking, my dear girl, of
the advice you gave me before we were
engaged. Ada, you were right about
men wishing to possess something that
had a clean history. If that rule holds
good in chatties it ought to hold doubly
good in a wife. I don't want to paiu
you, my dear; you acted very honora
bly with me aud deserve nothing but
the highest resiectand love, but don't
you see it would place me iu a very
humiliating position to become the
husband of a woman who has a a
past? I never realized it until I went
away. I told my people that I was
engaged. They asked me to whom
and you can imagine what a predica
ment I was in. We have always Iwen
a proud family aud it would be pain
ful, to say the least, to marry a woman
of whom I could not speak of freely
aud of whom an idle remark can ever
lie made, you are too high-minded to
censure me for this decision. You un
derstand, do you not?"
"Perfectly," she said, "but before you
go for good I wish to tell you some
thing." "Before I go for good?" he repeated.
"I shall not do that We must still be
friends."
Her lips trembled with a disdainful
smile.
"Oh," she said, "what fools you
men are. Ion't you know that since
you told me, three mouths ago, that
you cared for none but me, I have lov
ed you with all my heart and soul?
And you waut to change all that to
friendship! Shame on you! I have
sinned by making a sort of an idol of
you. I thought you were better than
other men, and every day I thanked
(iod for giving you to me. But you
are just like all the rest Oh, I'm so
glad I am not a man. You are all so
eruel. You may not not mean it, but
you are selfish, careless and ever
changing, and that is cruelty in its
worst form. I care not how honora- j
ble you may be in dealing with other
men, there is not one man in ten thou
sand who knows what honor means
in connection with a woman. I did
no wrong in the past, yet you are
ashamed for your family to know about
me! How would you like them to
know about yourself? I have heard
many things concerning, you which I
know are gospel truth, and you would
not dare deny them; things which I
blush to think of, yet you are ashamed
of me, whose only fault has been to be
abused by another man whon I left
because I could endure the life no long
er. But I am a woman, and we all are
such idiots as to forgive and keep on
loving as long as there is a trace of
manliness left to love.
Let me tell you something more.
The best man that ever lived is not
good enough for the most ordinary
woman. I used to say I didn't like
women; that I preferred to make my
friends among men. But I'll take it
all back. I'm so sorry I ever said it
One woman is worth a dozen men.
She does not desert a loved one when
calumny assails; she is faithful; she is
brave; she u strong to endure. Mr.
Zellman, I do not wonder that you
found out we were not suited to each
other. I am a thousand time too good
for you."
"Ada! Ada!" he said, "have I de
served this? I know I am not good
enough for you. I didn't mean what
I said. I"
"Of course you didn't mean it," she
interrupted. "You never do. I'm
glad I found that out in time, I'll be
foolish enough to weep for you days
and weeks to come, but even such grief
will be sweeter than the knowledge
that I had married a man who con
sidered himself degraded by the union.
No, no, I do not blame you. I am
glad it is all over."
He went around to the club that
night and played a game of billiards.
"My engagement is off," he said,
lightly. "Oh, what a roasting I got!
What queer creatures women are, any
way. So changeable,"
"She sat by the fire, alone, and wept
bitterly.
"One more dream ended," she sob
bed. "What a muddle life is anyway!
Heaven help us alL" Emma V. Nisc,
In thcChicago News.
Bucklen' Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe
ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, aud all Skin Erup
tions, and positively cures Tiles, or no
pay required. It la guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale at J.
N. Snyder's drug store, Somerset, or
Brallier'a drug store, Belin, Pa,
KSTlBLTSIIED 1827.
OLD NEWSPAPERS.
Some Extracts That Kay be Interest
ing', With Comments by a
Correspondent
(Continued from last week.)
Ehitok Hkkam:
These two items are from the Bedford
(azette, "A few nights ago Mr. Wm.
Cessna, son of Jonathan Cessna, of
Cumberland Valley, was dangerously
stabtied with a knife in several parts of
the body by a free colored man who
resides ill that neighborhood. The life
of Mr. Cessna is despaired of. They
disputed on the road returning from a
husking. The colored man is now in
jail.
"Widow Hull who, we believe, keeps
a cake aud beer house 011 Itay's Hill,
in the county, was roblied a few days
ago of fifty dollars in specie. We la,
lieve the robber was'apprchended."
The store of Anthony Earl, at Shade
Furnace, was burglarized 011 the night
of the hith of November, 1S10, and
robbed of a considerable lot of goods.
A reward of 1( dollars for the arrest
of the thieves was offered.
About this time Andrew Stewart
annd William Lorrs, tailors at Somer
set, advertise their prices for work at
their several shois: "For making a
plain dress dress coat, $3.50; great coat,
$3.50; froek coat, f 4.50; Ladies' coats,
$3.00; pantaloons and vests, $1.1l'
each.
Hannah Hendrickson gives notice
that she carries 011 the blue-dyeing of
yarns, t&c, at her residence at Milford
town, which was proliably (iebharts
or new Centreville.
A call to the Icmocratic Republican
voters of Somerset county to meet at
the court house on the evening of the
30th of November, lslt, to take into
consider.itiou the nomination of a can
didate for (iovernor, apiiears in the
Whig of November 25th.
The Whig of the isth of November
advertises that Christian ISerkcy, Wm.
Linn, Wm. Dalbow and John Sibert
have left the county, forgetting to pay
the printer.
Benjamin Blithe, formerly of Som
erset, fell into a well six miles from
Oreeiisburg, To., and was killed. The
accident hapis-ued on a very dark
night
MASONIC NOTICE.
SoMKKSKT LolHiK, No. 84,
December 17, A. L. oSl'J.
On motion and seconded.
Jirtleed unanimously, That Samuel
Thompson, a member of the lodge lie
expelled the benefiU and privileges of
Fr-e Masonry throughout the globe
forever, for gross unmasonic conduct
agreeably to the rcjxirt of a committee
apiHiinted to investigate the conduct of
the said Samuel Thompson.
Extract from the minutes:
Hy. F. Sxyukk,
Secretary.
In future our subscribers east and
west of Somerset will receive regularly
the Somerset Whig by the post-rider,
and will therefore have each to pay 50
cents for postage, either to the editor
or jiost-rider, within the present year.
Those who are not satisfied with the
previous arrangement will please give
us immediate notice.
From the (j. nin of Litany.
UnMuNtown, Pa. "From an ac
count kept by a gentleman of veracity,
residing ou the United States Road,
(The National Road Turnpike) it ap
iiears that from the 9th of October to
the 30th of November last there passed
lietween Cumberland, Md., aud this
place 754 wagons, 30 carriages of differ
ent kinds, Hv) horsemen, and upwards
of ! droves of horses, horned cattle,
hogs, &c" This will give some idea
of the immense amount of traveling on
the road. Of the above wagons, muc h
the greater number were laden with
merchandise bound westward.
Ou a bill pending in the Legislature
to encourage agriculture by authoriz
ing the formation of agricultural so
cieties, Mr. Ogle, of Somerset, made
these remarks: Among the mountains
they had no idea when 20, persons as
sociated that they should have power
over 100 dollars of county money. If
gentlemen who were so patriotic in
the formation of societies were to form
them for the improvement of the roads
to carry the produce to the markets,
the farmers would raise enough of it;
this would be all the premium they
would want in his part of the country.
He hoped this measure would not lie
forced on his county. He hoped that
there, if a man raised the best horses
or cattle or excelled In domestic manu
factures, enough were to be found to
give him a premium out of their own
pockets. He had uever owned a black
cow or steer iu his life and here the
premiums were only for such as excell
ed in raising black cattle. The best
cows for milk were the dark red ones,
with small horns.
The editor of the Whig in the issue
of February 17, 1H20, gives his delin
quent subscribers a sharp dun. He is
also under obligations to Hon. Robert
Philson our member of Congress for a
constant supply of extra National In
telligencer containing the proceedings
and debates of Congress, the debates
ou the Missouri (compromise) question
being particularly interesting. He al
so says that the contracted space of
the Whig will not permit their publi
cation, but persons as may desire to
read them will be furnished copies of
the Intelligencer at the office of the
Whig.
The bill abolishing imprisonment
for debt in Pennsylvania became a law
iu February 1S20.
Sixteen pirates were sentenced to
death at New Orleans on the 30th of
December ISI9, by Judge Hall of the
U. S. District Court, some of whom
remarked "Murder by O d."
On the 13th of February a quarrel
took place between William Hunter
and David Grimes, both black men,
near Mr. Charles Dibert's about four
rnili-s from Bedford. When Hunter
discharged the contents of a heavy
charged gun into the back of Crimes,
which terminated his existence in a
few minutes. An inquisition was held
on the body who gave in a verdict of
wLful murder.
Arrival at and departure from Som
erset of the different mails, Mirch IS,
1SJ0. The lk d for J aud Mount Pleas
ant mail arriY-'s from licdford every
b
ii
Tuesday evening and departs west
every Wednesday morning, returns
from Mount Pleasant every Sunday
evening and depart every Monday
morning. The Somerset and Berlin
and Bedford mail departs every Fri
day morning arrives at Bedford same
day and returns every Saturday even
ing. The Cumlierland, Stoyestown
aud Ela-usburg mail arrives from
Cumberland every Tuesday morning,
and returns from Ebensburg every
Saturday morning. The Union tow 11
mail arrives every Friday evening and
departs every morning. The Smyth
field mail departs every Friday morn
ing aud arrives every Saturday
evening.
(Continued next week.)
Miracle and Marriage.
The Marquis of Bute has given the
town council of Cardiff $5,000, the in
come of which is to be used to asist
girls in marrying. This is a praise
worthy object. Many a girl does not
feel like marrying unless she can bring
something more material than joy to
her loving husband. She wants to be
able to do as much as the girl in a near
by town of Western New York, who
furnished a bed-tick to lie tilled with
straw, contributed by the groom. The
income from $5,000 would buy quite a
number of common bed-ticks at cur
rent prices.
One condition is made by the gener
ous donor in connection with his gift.
He requires that the first eleven verses
of the second chapter of St. John shall
be read to each girl receiving aid.
These eleven verses contain the story
of the miracle wrought be the marriage
in Cana of (ialilee. It may le recalled
that on this occasion the supply of
wine ran short, and was renewed
through the medium of a miracle by
which water was turned into wine.
We quote:
And when the ruler of the feast had
tasted the water that was made wiue,
aud knew not whence it was the
governor of the feast called the bride
groom, And saith unto him. Every man at
the beginning doth set forth gtss! wine;
and when men have well drunk, then
that which is worse; but thou has kept
the good wine until now.
Of course, there is a lesson iu this.
The intimation to continue in well
doing, to follow good with better, is
plain, jiut we are afraid there is
danger iu the story of this miracle.
Weak human nature will misapply the
lesson. Some fellow, to whose wife
this story was read as a preliminary
to marriage, will be content with fur
nishing water, and insist that his wife
make it wiue. There are lots of them
doing It every day.
With the Doctor.
To arrest convulsions in a teething
child immerse it in a warm bath with
cold water cloths on its head.
Eq'ial parts of lime water and sweet
oil well mixed will form a kind of soap
which is every efficacious in taking out
or removing inflammation, as well as
for healing wounds caused by burns or
caltls.
Cultivate the habit f breathing
through the nose ami taking deep
breaths. If this habit was universal,
there is liltlii doubt that pulmonary
affections would be decreased one-half.
Au English physician calls attention
to this fact, that deep and forced respi
rations will keep the entire hotly in a
glow in the coldest weather, no matter
how thinly one may be claL He was
himself half frozen to death one night,
and liegan taking deep breaths, keep
ing the air iu his lungs as long as pos
sible. The result was tiiut he was
thoroughly comfortable iu a few min
utes. The deep respirations, he says
stimulate the blood current by direct
muscular action and cause the entire
system to become pervaded with the
rapidly-generated heat
For neuralgia in face or iaw, a flan
nel bag filled with very hot salt, heat
ed in a pan, applied frequently, aud
with the head kept well covered, will
relieve it
Mrs. Ernest Hart, herself a physi
cian of eminence, who accompanied
her husband, the distinguished editor
of the British Medical Journal, iu.his
recent trip around the world, appears
to come to the conclusion th.tt meat
eating is bad for the temper. She saya
that iu nn country is home rendered so
unhappy and life made so miserable by
the ill temjier of those who are obliged
to live together as in England. "If
we compare domestic life and manners
iu England with those of countries
where meat does not form such an in
tegral article of diet a notable improve
ment will be marked. In less meat
eating France, urbanity Is the rule of
the home; in fish and rice-eating Japan
harsh words are unknown and an ex
clusive politeness to one another pre
vails, even among the children who
play together in the streets. In Japan
I never heard rude, angry words spoken
by any but Englishmen. I am strong
ly of the opinion that the ill temper
of the English is caused in a measure
by a too abundant meat diet, combined
with a sedentary life. The half-oxidized
products of albumen circulating in
the blood produced both mental and
moral disturbances. The healthful
thing to do is to lead an active and un
selfish life, on a moderate diet, suffi
cient to maintain strength and not in
crease weight
My Neighbor Told Me
About Hood's Sarsaparilla and ad
vised me to try it This Is the kind of
advertising which gives Hood's Sarsa
parilla the largest sales iu the world.
Friend tells friend that Hood's Sarsa
parilla cures; that it gives strength,
health, vitality and vigor, and whole
neighborhoods use it as a family medir
cine.
Hood's Pills act easily and promptly
on the liver and bowels. Cure sick
headache.
A fruit nlant with rc.ot exposed to
- a
sun and wind will die at- soon as a fish
qut of water.
era
All Around tbe Farm.
Cultivate, hoe or rake around plants
immediately after setting, and every
few days thereafter throughout the
season.
The horse when browsing Ls guided
entirely by the nontrils in the choiee of
projier food, and blind horses are never
known to make mistakes in their dieL
When hogs die from cholera the saf
est plan is to burn rather than bury
the carcass and all that has been in
contact with It Fire U a certain pur
ifier. Fifty bushels of sunflower seeds to
the acre is a fair yield, and this will
pro-luce fifty gallons of oil worth 1 a
gallon. When mixed with other
grains they are relished by all farm an
imals and are esjiecially got si for fowls.
A Southern farmer says that good
results are obtained by feeding Rus
sian sunflower seeds to horses, hogs
aud oMier stock. The feeding of this
requires an exercise of judgment, as
the seeds are very rich, aud should Is?
mixed or combined with bran.
More than half the yield of anything
you cultivate depends upon the effort
you put forth to make it productive.
Fertility of soil is the basis of all real
profit, and the fanner who does not
Increase the productive capacity of his
soil is surely going down hill.
For starting early tomato and other
plants iu house or hotbed use sods cut
in three-inch cubes or old tin cans
with solder melted off or little paper
boxes which have only to l wet when
placed in the ground: transplanting
can then be done easily and well with
out checking the growth.
When closing up a gap in a wire
fence through which horses or colts
have been accustomed to pass, use a
board for top of fence, or hang it to top
wire by means of staples. If this is
neglected the animals will probably
run into the fence, and you may possi
bly lose the best one as a result.
Milch cows should always have
good, pure water to drink. The lest
water comes from a good well w ith the
surroundings clean and right A
clear, running stream that is not con
taminated is all right, but one never
knows for certain about the contamina
tion. Ponds usually lt-come f ul and
stagnant and altogether unfit for cows
to drink from.
Make an estimate of the number of
animals your pasture will probably
carry through the summer iu gox
shape. If you find a surplus of stin k,
it will be well to finish off and sell be
fore they taste grass. If, on the other
hand, there is ail excess in pasture,
keep your eyes peeled for bargains ami
pick up some well bred young things
right
The clover plant Is the cheapest and
most effective subsoil plow that can lie
used on soils where it will work; runs
deeper than steel plow, self-propelling,
and iu passing leaves more fertility
than it takes.
Hatch the pullet for next year as
early as can bs d :ie, so as to afford as
long time as possible for them to grow
and mature beforj November, and to
have them laying U-fore winter sets in.
Forehanded farmers are now busy
with preparatory work, ami as soon as
the ground is in order will start the
plow and go right ahead without a
balk. Then neighbor Slow boy will
start upon a tour of discovery with a
view of locating ami investigating the
conditions of implements.
Jumping from shallow to dijep plow
ing all at once usually results in a de
creased crop-yield at the succeeding
harvest The soi I should be gradually
deepened by letting the plow bring up
a little of tbe subsoil each year till the
desired depth is reached.
Is there some crop to which the far
mer or farm Is well adapted, a crop
which you can grow cheaper and bet
ter, or which you csu sell to better ad
vantage than your neighbors can? If
there is such a crop it is you best bold.
Stick to it through thick aud thin.
With almost 100,000,000 acres devot
el to corn culture in the United States
not one-fourth of the stalks were last
year converted into cattle food. The
waste is large enough to support all
the horses and cows in the country,
aud yet iu many districts coutiguotn
to the com belt thousands of cattle
starve to death every wiuter.
Good barnyard manure work"d Into
the soil and a top dressing of wood
ashes will furnish the soil with nitro
gen, jiotash, phosphoric acid aud
humus, all necessary to vigorous plant
growth. Cultivation will conserve
moisture, and with these conditions
present good crops will result. Do not
mix the manure and ashes before ap
plying. If you do the nitrogen, the
most valuable constituent will escape.
A waste of time and labor it is to get
on our knees beside the onion bed and
plant the eeU one at a time, right side
up with care, pressing the earth down
carefully with our fingers. Make a
nice little furrow a couple of inches
deep, straight as a line, drop the sets
as you would corn, and cover with
the hoe.
Diseased wood on a tree can never be
made new again. Cut it off aud
allow another shoot to grow. Every
day that such wood remains on the
tree adds to the liability of losing the
tree.
In setting out trees, trim the roots
when straggling. Select a time when
the ground is jutt moist; not wet Press
dirt firmly about the root, and set about
2 inches deeper than they were iu the
nursery.
When you are suffering from ca
tarrh or cold in the head you want re
lief right away. Only 10 cents is re,
quired to test it Ak your druggist
for the trial size of Ely's Cream Balm,
or buy the 50c size. We mail it
ELY BROTHERS,
5G Warren St, New York City.
I was afflicted with catarrh last
autumn. During the month of Octo
ber I could neither taste nor smell and
could hear but wry little. Ely's Cream
Balm cured it Marcus Geo. Shautz,
Rahway, N. J,
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WHOLE NO. 2382.
A Hero of Baiaklara.
Barney MeKernan, who was proba
bly the only survivor of the Light Bri
gripe in this country, died Sunday
night, aged 70 years, at his home in
Plio-nixville, Pu. Just In-fore breath-
! ing his la-t he sjoke to his daughter.
"Bring me my medals, Annie," he
said; "let me die with my medals on
my breast, ij. tick, girl!" Site brought
the medals, both of silver, one given to
him by the tj-ieen of England aud the
other by the Sultan of Turkey. Taking
the medals preciously in his hands, he
laid them side by side on his breast,
one baud holding them safely. In a
few moments he was dead, with the
honor pieces in the same places where
they hail been pinned years ago.
The veteran was born iu Lath ram.
West Ireland, and when 17 years of
age he liecame jmsscssed with a desire
for a military life. Running away
from his home, he joined the Seven
teenth Lancers, then stationed at Maid
stone, England, April 21!, 1H4'. The
lancers were soon ordered to India to
put down the Sikh relx-llion. He
reach Horn hay, then marched across
the plains of India with his command,
and in a few weeks joined Sir Hugh
Guelph's army at Muldan. He spent
nearly three years in the Indian ser
vice, was in 17 engagements and re
ceived two bad wounds.
After the rebellion was put down he
sailed with bis regiment for England,
arriving at Houudslow in the fall of
l s4'.i. From Hound.dow he went to the
cathedral town of Canterbury, where
he was stationed for a short time. The
Crimean war soon broke out and in
lvil the lancers sailed for Sebastopol,
where they arrived early in the fall of
the same year.
His regiment joined the Light Bri
gade, now famous in history and song,
in command of the Karl of Cardigan.
It was at the buttle tif Balaklavathat
a misunderstanding of orders sent the
dashing briga le to capture the Russian
guns. On the charge the veteran leap
ed from his mount, and bheding from
a number of wounds ami removing
Captain Nolan from under Lis dying
horse, lifted his head onto his lap,
where he breathed his last.
After the retreat MeKernan wxs re
moved to the hospital, where he lay
for some lime, and it was while he was
recovering that he met Florence Night
ingale and heard her sing. After he
lefl the hospital he was in the terrible
battles of Alma and Iukermann and
was also at the taking of the Malakoff
and the great R-.tluu.
Barney MeKernan lived in Pha-nix-vil!eft
r many ycrs'and was visited by
hundreds of jieople anxious to see a
survivor of the Light Brigade, ami in
late years he was employed as a watch
man by the Ph'enix Iron Company
and his litt!e watch box has been the
scene of many an interesting group.
He never received a pension for his
bravery, but he cherished his medals
above everything else and always took
great pri.L in showing them to his
friends and to strangers.
Dr. Kind's New Di$337ery for Con-
sumotion.
This is the best medicine in the
world for all forms of coughs and colds
aud for consumption. Every bottle is
guaranteed. It will cure and not dis
appoint. It has no equal for whoop
ing cough, asthma, hay f.-ver, pneu
monia, Lronchilis, la grippe, cold in
head and for consumption. It is safe
safe fo: all ages, pleasant to take, and,
above all, a sure cure. It is always
well to take Dr. King's New Life Pills
in connection with Dr. King's New
Discovery, as they regulate ami tone
the stomach and bowels. We guaran
tee irfect satisfaction or return mon
ey. Free trial bottles at Snyder's
drug store. Somerset, or at Brallitr's
drug store, Iifrlln.
The Compulsory Education Fizzle.
The Indiana legislature has just ad
journed, and prides itself ou passing a
compulsory education law, similiar in
all respects to the Pennsylvania law,
save that it requires a shorter term of
opening public schools. If the Indiana
law is like the Pennsylvania compulso
ry law, we can assure our Hoosier
friends that they have got hold of a
blooming alisurdity. Our law has licen
in effect over a year, and the only edu
cational influence it has had is to show
the rising generation how easily a law
can be evaded. It amounts to nothing.
It was never intend d to amount to
anything K-youd a legislative stump
speech. The legislature now in ses
sion proposes to d Kdor it, but the best
thing that can be done is to repeal the
law outright. The real intent of the
law was to increase the horde of office
holders, but it has failed in that re
sjiect, for most of the ctmnties of the
State have refused to provide the funds
to pay them. Volunteer for unpaid
public service don't abound. Pitts
burg PosL
A Valuable Prescription.
Editor Morrison of Worthington,
Ind., "Sun," writes: "You have a val
uable prescription in Electric Bitters,
aud I can cheerfully recommend it for
constipation and sick headache, and
as a general system tonie it has no
equal." Mrs. Annie Stehle, 2025 Cot
tage (irove Ave., Chicago, was all run
do-n, could not eat nor digest food,
had a backache which never left her
and felt tiretl and weary, but six bot
tles of Electric Bitters restored her
health and renewed her strength.
Prices 50 cents and $1.00. Get a bottle
at Snyder's drug store, Somerset, or at
Brallier's drag tore, Berlin.
A Baahsbr'a Whims.
A woman will forgive a man for kiss
ins her a god deal sooner than for act
ing sorry for it afterward.
When a girl is saying goodby to a
man iu the hall, why does she stand
up so close and put her hands behind
her?
Before a girl gets married she longs
for a man whom she can worship ; af
ter she has been married a year she is
generally satisfied if he d tesn't ai t ug
ly at nv-'ol times. New York Press.
Notes of Various Interesting aid
Timely Matters.
The ( h:n.-se artichoke (stanhys tu
behlico) which is recoiiniiciitied by tbe
Country (ieiitleiiian, Albany N. Y.,aa
being very prolific, yielding mm much
o.s5iO hu-thcls f tuliers per acre, has
not been extensively distributed in
this country, and some allowance must
lie made of the claims in favor of the.
new varieties as w.il ami climate are to
lie considered. No thmht if all that has
been stated in its In-half is true it will
prove a valuable .u-q'iisdjon, but heavy
yields can only lie secured when the
noil Is rich. Tbe common artichoke
yields largely if given cultivation. On
difflctilty with artichokes Ls that aftt r
being established they are not easily
eradicated, the fields U-ing gi veil up to
hogs, which root up the tubers, to
which they are very iartiaL
Carbon bisulphide, a liquid, Uvery
volatile, ami for that reason it Is used
iu grain bins for destroying insects in
jurious to grain. The gas is heavier
than the air ami goes downward, i-ne-trating
every portion of the bin. One
rfUiid of t le bisulphide placed iu shal
low paiM in a tight bin is sufficient for
10 ) bushels of grain. The cost, if
bought in 50-pound cans, Is about Id
cenis per iou;id. Being highly in
flammable fire must be kept away from
it a lighted pipe or cigar being sufll
cicnt to ignite it. It Is not injurious to
the grain.
The farmer who plants his crojis this
season should not be governed by the
prices or abundant of last year. When
an article is below the demand one
year the supply may lie almve the de
mand the next year. It Is a good rulo
to plant the kind of crofts that others
are discarding, as you will have less
couqietition the following year. It is
unwise also to depend on a single crop,
as drought or wet weather may dituiu
ish the yield.
Currants and gnonelierries are not dif- -ficult
to grow compared wiih sonivt
fruits, aud they always bring gd
priiws liecause less abundant than oth
er kinds. Currants can be left on the
bushes one or two weeks after ripening,
which permits of picking ra-pberriea
hefore harvesting the currants. Tho
bushes are attacked by insect enemies,
which can easily be kept in check with
careful attention, and when a full crop
is secu red there is a g-itxl profit there
from. Date palms (from the seeds, ) pine
apples ( Irom the crowns of the fruit )
and other tropical plants can be grown
but will die when fnst approaches.
They are ornamental novelties.
Asparagus will son lie ready for the
table. In this section it is grown by
level culture. A better plan is to throw
a furrow over the bed with a plow from
each side, making a m uud two feet
high, w hich permits of avoiding stoop
ing low when cutting aud also because
the heavy covering of earth prevents
lo- of moisture. The top will grow
through any depth of covering.
Egg plant, tomatties and pepers
should lie in every gir l.-u, bat to have
them bear early they should be now
well under way in hotbeds, or a few
may le grown iu a lx in the window
of the duelling house. HrplanUare
very tender, au 1 should not be put too
stain, as the potato beetle prefers them
to all other funis, eating the whole
plant, including the fruit. Tomatties
and pepers are also tender, but are more
easily grown than egg plant.
If there are farmers who have never
grown cauliflower they should do so
and dL over what a luxury they have
lieen neglecting, and which will so
little compared with its values.
A Missouri fruit farm contains 105
0D0 peach trees, 5d,0.)i) of apple, 3of
pear, 300 of plum, :Vrt of cherry and
4) acres of berries. Tne owner states
that fruit pays better than general
farming, and he has therefore, entered
into the business largely.
Take a little more ptins with the
garden this year than ever before a:id
learu to know what a real luxury a
good garden planted with a large va
riety of vegetables is. T m my far
mers do not know this.
"I was nn over by a lumber wagon.
Did not expect to live. Was terribly
bloated. My friends, bathed me with
Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil, and I was
cured. We have great faith in Thom
as' Eclectric Oil." Mrs. Wm. F. Bab
cock, Norvell, Jackson Co., Mich.
Life in the Breezy West.
Albuquerque, N. M., claims more
bicycle riders ami up-to-date wheels
than any town in the territory, but
Deming holds the blue ribbon for sty
lish bloomers and the superiority of the
girls who furnish the material to fill
them.
An Albuquerque cynic who has ol
served the overwhelming desire of girl
to spell their names Nannye, Mamye
and Kittye, substitutiug a "y" for au
"i," believes that this country will
soon have Mykes, Jimmyesand Billyes,
also.
A I .a ramie, Wyo., mother proposes
to give her daughter a course in bake
ology, boiltihnry, roastology, stitcholo
gy and patchology, and thinks, by
gollygy, that is education enough for
any girt
A Raton, N. M., young latly U-ars
the cold-mouth-puckering name of
Icie Pickle yet she may be and proba
bly is the prettiest little creature iu
that pretty little city. Denver PosL
He Pitiei Them.
Tramps sometimes try to indulge in
witticism, according to the story of a
lady on Euclid place.
This lady has very little sympathy
with Weary Willie, so that when a
knight of tbe road knocked she told
him that she had nothing to give.
"No meat?" he persisted.
"No."
"No fire?"
"No."
"No bread?"
"No."
"Well, could you girv ate a basket?
he asked finally.
"What do you want a basket for?"
inquired the woman.
"Ter get yer poor starvin' family
some thin' to eat" he answered sarcas
tically as he edged away. Cleveland
Leader.
Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup
brings instant relief in cases of asthma,
bronchitis, and all throat and lung
diseases, down to the very borderland
of consumption.