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ANORICaStN, o sss 11 Federal SUAlletcheny, Pa 1 I TTATTm 1 i i 1 1 i. i . . 1 1. 1 . m, , , , I,,.,,. , . . . i .. - ., mi - i . .. mm HOEING AND PEATIJTO From the Christian Leader. Hald Farmer Jones In a whlnlnir tone. To his g.Ktd ol.l iit iKhlM,r tlray. "I've worn my knees nigh tbrorgh to (be bone. But Hain't no use to pray. 'Yourcorn looks lust ns nln. mi. Thotifrh you don't pretend to be A shijiln' IIKht in the church to shine. Ana tell salvation's free. -I've prayed to the Lord a thousand times For to make that 'ere corn itrow ; An' why yourn hotta it so an' climbs, 1'gin a deal to know." 8-ild Farmer Gray to his neighbor Jones, In his easy qult-t way ; -When prayers get mixed, with Uzy bones. They dou't make ntriulu' pay. -Your weeds, I notice, are good an' tall In spite or all your prayers ; You may pry for corn till the heavens till. If you don't dig up the tares. "I mix my prayers with a little toll. Along in tvery row; An I work this mixture Into the soil 0,uilc vig'rous with a hoe. Au' I've discovered, though still in sin, As sure as you are born, This kind of compost well worked in Slakes pretty decent Corn. "So while I'm praying I use my hoe. An' do my level best To keep down the weeds along each row. An' the Lord docs the rot. -It's will to pray bolh night and morn. As every tinner knows; But the place to pray f.,r thrifty corn Is right between the rows. -You must use your hands while praying Uio If an answer you would get ; For prayer-worn knees an' a rusty hoe. Never raised a big crop yet. -An' so I believe, my good old friend, If you mean to win the day. From plowing clean to the harvest's end. You must hoe as well as pray. The Sheriff's Daughter. By Clark Barrows. One of the prettiest towns in the while stati of I U Vullombrosa. Its numerous neat and brightly paint ed dwellings are half concealed amid leafy groves of oaks, maple and eotton woods; the straight, quiet tdrets, pav ed for the niost part with brick, are everywhere shaded by tall line trees, while the well-cared for grass along the sidewalks gives them the aspect of a city boulevard. In the centre of the town stands the white sandstone court house, of which the citizens may well feel proud when they turn as they, do twenty times a day, to read the time on the great clock face in its tower. On a corner, not many squares from the courthouse, stands the county jail. It is of brick, the front portion, which is built like an ordinary dwelling house, with a wide veranda, being occupied by the sheriff aud his family, while the rear, with its ugly grated windows, is in a sort of court and partially hid den from the gaze of the passing pe destrians by a high brick walL The whole institution has from the outside such an air of retirement, cleanliness and, one might almost say, of respect ability, that to a beholder wearied with the turmoil of modern life, incarcera tion within its walls might not at first sight seem such an altogether terrible thing. James Lwis, the present sheriff, who lives in the frout part of the building, where the wide windows are, and the shady veranda, has held his office for two terms, with great satisfaction, not only to the townspeople for his fidelity and good management, but even to the prisoners themselves .by his kind ness, and his liberality in the matter of fiaxl. He has a wife reputed to be a good cook and an excellent housekeep er, a son at present cashier of a loeal band, and a daughter Clara, who is now married and living in the east. At the time of our story, however, this daughter was a schoolgirl of sixteen and the pet of the family. On warm summer evenings she often sat out of doors on the steis with a book in her lap, aud many a passer-by turned to look again at her sweet earnest face with its setting of dark curly hair. Clara gave little heed to the prison ers who came and went. To her they were simply part of her father's busi ness, and she thought no more of them than a merchant's daughter does of her father's customers, liut one day a man was brought there whom she could scarcely help noticing, for the whole town was talking about hint. Four armed men came with the prisoner, and for several nights a guard was placed about the jail in anticipation of an attempt at lynching. For the man was accused of a most dastardly mur der. On the corner of Main and Bel I is streets, facing the courthouse square, stands the First National Bank of Val lombrossa. In common with the other banks of this town, it does not close at one or at twelve on Saturdays, as do the city banks, but for the convenience of farmers and railroad hands, it keeps open on that day until eight o'clock in the evening. Ou one of these evenings, just before the time for closing, the shades of twilight having aireany gathered on the summer night.a rough ly dressed man was seen by those in the street to go up the steps and enter the bank. He was hardly inside when a pistol shot was heard and the man re appeared and dashed down Main street out of sight. A dozen men started in pursuit, and when they turned the cor ner they saw what they supposed lo ue the same person, running half a square ahead of them, with a revolver openly exposed in his hand. Some of the fleetest soon overtook him, and as he did not stop or attempt resistance, they struck him from behind and he fell senseless to the pavement. On return ing to the bank, they found the teller lying dead In a pool of blood, aud the cashier, who had been out at the time of theshooting.declared that a package of bills amounting to one thousand dol lars had been taken. This was the story Clara heard of the prisoner her father aud four men brought to the county jail late one Saturday evening in the summer time. She did not sec him then, for prison ers were taken in aud out through an .11 . : ruor hut iMtur ii hen th alley iu time of the trial came, and he was es- eorted back aud forth every day be- I .. i i u...,i...un ..ii lWvU Hie jail BIiu uT nsiuuus3C one saw him frequently. I le was a you ng man, tall, broadshouldered and of dark complexion, with a long, well formed onieE nose, bright hazel eyea and a wide high forehead. From the very first he prej udiced the judge and jury against him by his haughty and uncompliant bear ing. He gave his name as Hugh Went worth, but freely admitted that the latter half was assumed. He ask ed leave to plead his own case, aud when the court refused and appointed lawyer Johnson, a big, pompous man with a great reputation iu criminal cases, to conduct the defense, and the latter in private advised the prisoner to confess the whole matter to him that he might make out a better case, Went worth turned uj.on the lawyer with great fury, saying he had no need of the services of a rascal to prove his innocence. One afternoon as Clara was return ing home from the high school with a girl friend, the latter asked her to go up into the courtroom with her and see the great trial, and Clara, after some hesitatation, couseuted. They found a large crowd of spectators, among whom were many girls and women, and so going a little back aud to one side, they sat down to listen. The prisoner himself was on the wit ness stand aud as Clara looked at his pale, impressive face and listened to his deep voice, now low and musical aud now raised iu indignation, she soon forgot the smoky room and the host of vulgar people and became quite absorbed in his story. His defense was strange and well nigh iucredible, lie said that on the evening of the robbery he was walking slowly down Main street on his way to his lodgings. As he thus sauntered along, he heard the shot in the bank, aud turning to see what it meant, a man with a revolver came around the corner aud rau iuto him, almost knock ing him down. He caught the weap on from the fellow's hand aud tried to hold the man himself, but the latter escaped; and running on down the street disappeared up an alley, while he, after pursuing him a short distance was knocked down by some one be hind him and knew nothing more un til, on regaining consciousness, he found himself in the custody of the sheriff. When asked to explain his presence in Vallombrosa, he said that his father was a man of wealth, living in one of the eastern states, and that having private reasons for leaving his home, he had come out west, where, never having learned any trade or pro fession, he was obliged to earn his liv ing by manual labor. At the time of the arrest he was working for a green house man. The truth of this last statement was presently verified by the testimony of several witnesses, all of whom said that, as far as they knew he was honest, sober and industrious, though somewhat "offish" as ohe of them expressed it, The court now adjourned, and Clara went home w ith a whirl of strange thoughts in her girlish mind. The next day the case went to the jury. who returned iu an hour with a ver dict of guilty. On the evening of the day Went- worth was convicted, Clara sat alone in the sitting room, her mother and brother being away on a visit, and her father having gone down town on some business. On a table in the centre of a room burned a large Rochester lamp, with a red paper shade. The walls were hung with engravings and ama teurish looking oil colors, there was a bookcase filled with brightly covered books, a sofa, a large armchair, and in the window a wire rack filled with house plants. A door at the back led to the main hall of the jail, where the prisoners were allowed to assemble in the daytime and where at night, after they were locked up in their separate cells, the deputy usually loafed away the evening with his pipe and news paper. As Clara sat by the lamp read ing this door opened and the deputy appeared in his hat and overcoat. "When j-our father comes back," the said, "tell him I have gone to Bower's to see about that land deal." "All right," replied Clara, and the deputy disappeared. Clara was now the only free person in the whole building, and she felt rather queer. She closed her book and fell to thinking of the murder trial, which seemed to exercise a fascinating influence over her mind. The suddeu, unprepared-for death of the bank tell er, arising from no fault or neglect of his own; the pursuit and the fierce beating of a man to the earth; the dread and suspense of the trial, and the final downfall of the prisoner's last hopes, all these things forced them selves upon Clara's mind with a sort of hazy awfulnesa and awakened a dim sense of the tragedy of existence and the eternal conflict between good and eviL This lofty mood could not last long in so j'oung a miud, and soon melted into one of simple pity and sympathy, when she thought of the condemned man as he now lay alone in his little cell, with none in the whole wide world to do him a kindness or look on him with friendly eyes. She did not consider the question of his guilt or innocence, but rather dwelt on his trouble and suffering, and as she did so tears came into her eyes. Then there arose in her breast a strong wo manly impulse to do something, any thing to relieve him. Dared she speak to him? Clara had never U-en into the jail without her father, and she knew the inmetes were sometimes very noisy ani rude. She stepped to the door, opened it and listened; there was no sound. Then with timid, fearful foot step?, she advanced into the hall or corridor of the jaiL The air was op prcssive with dead tobacco smoke and the exhalations of unclean men; over head the gas jets burned low and dim. Clara knew the number of the cell in which Wentworth was confined she bad heard her father mention it, As she approached and raised her eyes to the grating, she gave an involuntary start, for the prisoner's white face was pressed close against the bars and his large brown eyes were fixed on her in astonishment, "Are you not Clara, the daughter of the sheriff?" he asked. 'Yes," she answered, timidly. "I have sometimes heard your name tallel when the door was open. I set ESTABLISHED 1827. think I saw you at the trial also. Cla ra, do I look to you like a guilty man?" "No, you don't," the replied, hon estly, though frightened at her bold ness. "And yet," she added, "my father says innocent men are seldom convicted." "What happens seldom must some times happen," he replied. "And I have been particularly unfortunate, Clara, for the one evidence which would clear me beyond a doubt is now almost within my reach, and yet be cause I am helpless aud no one will be lieve me, I cannot get it." His voice had now none of the deflaut ring in it Clara had noticed in the courtroom, but was gentle and sad, the voice of one who had given up all hope. "Tell me about it, Mr. Wentworth," said the girl, drawing near aud resting one little white hand on the rough iron bars. The close air, the dim lights and the strange voice made her feel like one iu a dream. "You heard me tell in court of the man from w horn I took the revolver," he began, "and you know that nay sto ry was not contradicted by any direct evidence. The stolen money was not found upon me or ever accounted for. Well, Clara, as your father brought me through the street to-day after I had been convicted and all was over, my eye fell on a curiously dressed man in a crowd that stood iu front of one of the saloons on Eighth street His red and yellow necktie and new clothes that did not fit, were what first caught my attention, but when I looked at his face, it came upon me all of a sudden that this was the very man from whom I took the revolver, aud not only that, but now, with his face before me, I re membered having seen him iu the rags of a tramp hanging about the depot the day lefore the. murder happened. "I turned to your father and tried to tell him about it in a low voice, but he only told me to shut up, aud the man saw I had noticed him aud went into the saloon. And now I am afraid he is gone aud with him my last chauce." "Oh, I wish I could help you," said Clara, earnestly. The prisoner hesitated a moment and then replied, "you can." "How?" "By making me a free man for an hour." Clara was startled. "Oh, I couldn't do that, you know," she said. "Papa would never forgive me, and besides, I have no keys." "God would forgive you, Clara, aud as for the keys, look behind you." The girl turned around and there, before her very eyes in the lock of au empty cell, hung the bunch of keys which the deputy had carelessly for gotten. "Set me free," said Wentworth, "and I swear to you that whether I find the. man or not, I will be back in a hour." Clara picked up the keys and fum bled them in her trembling hands while she looked searchingly in the man's face, "I will trust you," she said at last, and slipping the steel into the lock she swung back the heavy grating. Then she opened the outside door into the alley. "Turn to your right," she whis pered, "and you will come out on Eighth street." Hugh Wentworth took the girl's hand for au instant in his. "Io not be frightened," he said. "I will come back." And then he disappeared into the darkness. Clara hastily closed the two doors, replaced the keys in the lock of the empty cell and returned to the sit'.iug room. It was now ten by the big clock on the mantel; before eleven be would le back. She sat down by the table and mechanically picked up and opened her Latin book. Something about it seemed changed; she felt she had never before realized how finny Latin words looked. The whole thing seemed ridiculous, and she wondered how she bad ever taken an interest in such stufr. Just then her father came in with the usual tramp aud bustle. "See, Clara," he said, "I've brought you a uew book. You can be looking it over while I go and deliver a mes sage I have for one of the prisoners, and when I come ba rk, I'll read you some of it aloud." "Can't the message wait, father?" "Wait? Why, it will only take a minute to deliver it. Wentworh, j'ou know, petioned for a new trial, and this is the answer refusing it. He will take it pretty hard, I suppose, poor fellow. Why, how pale and tired you look, child! I'm afraid you have been studying too hard lately." "Oh, I'm all right, father," she an swered, and then, trying to think of some meaus cf detaining him, she opened the book aud asked him to look at some pictures. "Just come and sec a picture of a fight!" she cried. "In a moment," he replied, and was gone. The sherifT walked leisurely down the hail to the condemned man's cell. "Hallo, Wentworth," he said. There was no answer. "Asleep, I suppose would'nt have thought it," he muttered, as he drew out his own keys aud opened the cell door. 'Great heavens, he is goner ex claimed the sheriff. "What's the matter?" asked the deputy, who had just come in. "Why, what in the name of Moses have you done with Wentworth?" "Done with him?" asked the aston ished deputy. "Yes, done with him," replied the sheriff, his auger rising. lie looked about him for a moment in a bewild ered way; and then bis eye fell on the keys. He pointed at them derisively. "So, that's the way you keep my pris on, is it?" The deputy flushed with shame, and then, eagtr to shift the blame, be said, "Keys don't go back and forth across the room themselves, Mr. Lewis, eith er do they turn themselves. The only person in this building who had an op portunity to let the rain loose is your own daughter Clara." "We'll see about that," cried the now furious sheriff, "and the mean time I anest you for conniving at a prisoner's escape," And with that, be pushed the deputy into the empty evil and slammed the door. The noise of this dispute had by this time awakened the remaining inmates, who, suspecting what bad happened. gave vent to many a jest and taunt. Lewis, after examing every lock to see that none of them were tampered with, returned to the Bitting room. Clara, with pale face, wide eyes and trem bling hands, was standing by the table the perfect image of despair. "Daughter, daughter," said the sher ifT, his mood melting at the sight of his child's misery, "what have you done?" Clara threw herself in her father's arms. "He will come back," she sobbed, "he will come back!" "You bet he will!" her father ex claimed, and then added more gently, "Sit down and stop crying and tell me about it, Clara." When the sheriff bad beard his child's story, he was somewhat reliev ed, for he bad feared she had been more deeply involved. He did not in the least believe the con demned man would keep his word, in fact, he doubted whether be himself would under such circumstances, for Wentworth would know that nothing serious would be done to the girl that freed him. But as it was now half past ten, be decided to wait until elev en before doing anything, for he could not help considering that if Went worth did come back, it would save him a deal of shame. They did not have to wait as long as they expected, for just as the town clock struck the third quarter, a heavy footfall was heard on the front walk. "There he is, I knew he would come," cried Clara, her face suddenly radiant. "I don't believe it is hint," replied her father, but he went into the front hall and threw the door open wide. Then a strange sight met their eyes, for sure enough, in came Wentworth, his face dripping with perspiration, and bearing iu bis arms a man, whose hands and feet were tied with strajs taken from a valise. Wentworth threw him to the floor and put his foot ou him as if he had been a dog. The fellow hail evidently been driuking, bis clothes were iu disorder, bis red and yellow tie was the worse for being saturated with beer, aud his low fore head, prominent jaw and uncertain eyes stamped him indelibly as a crimi nal. "I caught him on his way to the de pot to catch the ll:l- train," gasped Wentworth, out breath, "I had to bide his valise boide the road; you had bet ter send for it because there may be evidence in it." "Wentworth, I belive you," said the sheriff offering his hand; ' this man has teen here lfore, and just the reck less sort of fellow to do such a thing." The new prisoner was put in a cell, and the deputy lilierated and sent to look for the valise. He soon returned witli it, and iu it they found a roll of small bills amounting to about two hundred dollars, and, what was better yet, the paper band with the bank's stamp on it, with which the original package had been sealed. The next day a thorough investiga tion was made, and many evidences were found against the man, the revol ver itself being finally identified as having belonged to him. Wentworth was of cwr.se pard :ied, and it is he who is now Clant's husband. Made Miserable by "13.' No more firm believer iu the prover bial bad luck associated with the num ber 13 is to be found in the city than Conductor Samuel Sharp, of a German town local traiu, says the Philadelphia Itecord. His parents had 1:1 children, of whom he was the youngest, and none of them ever prosjercd. As the i:tlh child, however, Samuel has had more troubles than any of his brothers and sisters. After countless mishaps during bis school days be started in to earn his living as a newsboy on the cars when be was 13 years of age. One Fr'day, the 13th day of the month.'not long after he entered the service, there was a wreck on the road and he was laid up in a hospital with a couple of broken ribs fur 13 weeks. Some years later, when a brakeman, his uncle died and left him $1,300, but just as he was about to get married on the money, the bank failed aud be lost it all, feeling, of course, more disap pointed that if it had never been left to him. Gradually he worked bis way up aud became baggage master, aud then he did marry. Unwittingly, how ever, he went to housekeeping at No. 1313 South Thirteeth-st, aud his young wife died within the year, leaving hitu broken-hearted. Since be has been conductor bis train has run over 13 men, and he hopes that be has now reached the limit, It is au utter im possibility to get him to punch the 13th trip on a commutation ticket, and when hard pressed he hands his punch to the passenger, with the request to do it for him. $100 Seward $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, aud that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional, disease requires a con stitutional treatment Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting direct ly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith iu its curative pow ers, that they offer Oae Hundred Dol lars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. Ciiexey & Co., To ledo, O. fetT-jold by Druggists, 75c Slandering a Saint. "Fifteen years ago," said the aged brother, addressing the congregation, "I gladly gave my heart to the Lord." "And that's the only cheeful gift he ever made," whispered the deacon, whose business it was to collect the an nual subscriptions. eralo A Veto by Grant. Ex-U. S. Minister John A. K&sson writes in the Century: While in Vien na on bis tour around the world, ex President Grant stayed at the Ameri can legation. In one of our long even ing talks I said to him that I knew of no braver civil act in our history than his veto of the Hat money ("inflation'' ) bill, which bad passed Isith Houses of Congress, and to which many of bis warmest friends bad committed their political fortunes. He quietly replied: "I will tell you aUiut that During the progress of the discussion I follow, ed its course, but expressed no opinion. After the bill came to mu I was visited by both its friends and its opMnenU, urging their views. To none of them did I express any judgment of the measure, nor did I bring it before my Cabinet When the time for its con sideration was Hearing its end, one night when I was alone iu my room I took up the bill. I thought it ad mitted a construction which would ob viate the evil effects alleged a tiiist it, but resolved to not sign it w itliout com municating to the Congress that view. I proceeded to write out such a message to aicompLiiy the notice of my ap proval. "After finishing the draft I took up the sheets to read theiu over. At the conclusion of the review I said to my self, 'This is evasive and a strained construction. It is not my honest con viction.' I gathered the sheets, tore them up, aud cast them into the waste bxsket Then I wrote out my veto message. Next day I advised my Cabiuetof it, and sent it to the Con gress." The line 1 seek to add to his portrait is that of a silent man, in the night, in the solitude of his chamber, aware of his great power over the welfare of his country, watching his own debate be tween inclination and duty, and reso lutely deciding with h'u conscience against au eager popular demand. Backlen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sires, Ulcers, Salt Uheuin, Fe ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 2o cents per box. For sale at J. N. Snyder's drug store, Somerset, or at Brallier's drug store, Belin, Pa. Wedded a Pauper atSiat. William Buchles, of Eldred, Pa., has scored the shortest of courting records. At Machias, N. Y., one day last week, Mr. Buchles was married to Miss Hat tie Clough. It was a case of marriage at sight and came about in a very un usual manner. Miss Clough was a friendless young woman, whose circumstances coin lull ed her to become a charge upou the poor district in which she lived. She was taken to the county almshouse, at Machias, where her thrifty ways and excellent knowledge of the culinary art gave her a prominent place in the almshouse family. One day la-t week William Buchles called at the alms house, stating that he would like to obtain, if possible, a housekeeper from among the woman inmates. He look ed over a grMip of women aud his fan cy settled on Miss Clough. Mr. Buchles surprised the young wo man by asking her to marry him. She consented, however, and in the parlor of the institution, a half hour later, the pair were married by Bev. F. P. Sim mons, and at once left for home. It is reported that the remarkable success of Mr. Buchles in securing a wife at the Machias almshouse has given that institution a wonderful boom in the matrimonial line. The other day two other men called there and inquired as to their chances of get ting good wives. Something to Enow. It may lie worth something to know that the very best medicine for restor ing the tired out nervous system to a healthy vigor is Electric Bitters. This medicine is purely vegetable, acts by giving tone to the nerve centres in the stomach, gently stimulates, the Liver and Kidneys, and aids these organs in throwing off impurities in the blood. Eleetrie Bitters improves the appetite, aids digestion, and is pronounced by those who have tried it as the very best blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try it. Sold for 50c or f 1 00 per bottle at J. N. Snyder's drug store, Somerset, or at Brallier's drug store, Berlin. She Drew the Line. "What a shame it is," said the beau tiful maiden, as she and the young man stood and gazed at the lambkins that were gamboling upon the grassy mead, "what a shame it is that people will kill such innocent creatures as those and eat their flesh! I shall never eat roast lamb again T' "Yes," he replied, "it is-a shame. And it also a shame that people will kill the sad-eyed seal and the gladsome birds that warble in the tree tops, for the purpose of gratifying the vanity of women. Now that you have sworn off on roast lamb, why not quit wearing feathers and a seal skin sacque?" But she turned away, saying that he was a scoffer, and that inasmuch as be bad seen fit to ridicule the beautiful sentiment to which she had been mov ed to give expression, they must hence forth be strangers. Cleveland Leader. Spring Requires That the impurities that have accumu lated in your blood during the winter shall be promptly and thoroughly ex pelled if good health is expected. When the warmer weather comes these impurities are liable to manifest them selves in various ways and often lead to serious illness. Unless the blood is rich and pure that tired feeling will afflict you, your appetite will fail and you will find yourself "all run down." Hood's Sarsaparilla tones and strength ens the system, drives out all impuri ties and makes pure, rich, healthy blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla is tl e one true blood purifier and the best spring medicine. Be sure to get only Hood's. Cheap and Coitly Telegraphy. Telegraph rates vary greatly in this country, owing to the immense dis tances. In many of the smaller coun tries of the Old World a uniform rate is made for any sint within the given country, but it would be manifestly un fair to the American telegraph com panies if they were com lulled to send a message from New York to San Franciixti for the same rale that they charge for a message from New York to Jtrsey City or from Chicago to Evanston. Asa rule, the minimum rate for a day message of 10 words in this coun try is li cents. A great many points in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Penn sylvania, Wisconsin, Iowa, and other states in the MissLssppi valley may be reached from Chicago for this rate. Any Mint in Illinois may be reached for 3 cents. A message to B-toii costs 10 cents, while New York, Philadel phia aud Baltimore have a l;)-cent rate. The hightcxt rates from Chicago art those for points in southern Florida So cents. It costs only l' cents to tele graph to California or Oregon, aud the rate for Ne .v Orleans is .VI ivnU. Few persons who have not experi mented with telegraph tolls appreciate the expense of cable communication. Cable rutes are as much per word in stead of jier message of 10 words, aud the figures are very much higher. Mes sages to England, France aud Gor m iny c-.ists ."I cents per word from Chieago. Belgium's rate is Si cents; Holland and Italy, ",i cents; Austria, 40 cents; Greece, 41 cents; Egypt, J2 tints; S it. rlaal, Si cents; Sweden, 4 cents; Turkt-y, 4 cents and 53 cents; Russia 1 ) cei:ts. The Cuban war has greatly increas ed the volume of telegraphic business in the West Indies. The lowest rate Is 4 ) cents per word for message- to Ha vana Olher Cuban points are higher, and no towns in the West Indies out side of Cuba can be reached for lesw than $1 0 per word. Messages to Porto R:ceost I s. Central Amercan rates range from 50 cents (Gjatein.ila) to 75 cents (Costa Rica and Nicaragua.) South Ameri can rates take a big jump upward. Brazilliaii messages cost from 1.35 to ilj per word. British Guiana costs J 17. Communication with Australia is expensive, ti i-enland reaches the highest figure, 2 per word, while South and West Australian rates are il 37. Messages to China cost $1.0-J per word, and the same figures apply to Co re a. Japanese rates are fiJT per word; Java, 1 5.:; P'ormot, fi7; In diana, $1.:M; Midagascar, $1.70; New aland, ?1.5S; Pnillipine Islands fiol; Siani, $ 1.51. African rates are lowest for points along the Mediterranean and highest along the west 'coast. Algeria can be reached for 3S cents per word, the minimum rate for the dark conti nent Ivist African rates are i 1.54 and f l.4, while South Airicau points range between il.'ti and $1.70. West African siiiit.s, as a rule, range a'oove $2, while it costs $3 02 send a word to Mossa inedes from Chicago more than to reach any other telegraphic station in tl:e world direct. However, a message to B.issidore or Lingah costs the Chi cago sender $t.U er wordtoJask, Persia, and $21 7o extra for sjtciul dis patch boat line from that point Who can fail to take advantage of this lit r. Send 10 cents to us for a generous trial size or ak your druggist Ask for Ely's Cream Balm, the niot-t positive catarrh cure. Full size 50 ets. ELY BROTH EBS, 5 Warren St., N. Y. City. I suffered from catarrh ot the worst kind ever since a boy, and I never hop esl for cure, but Ely's Cream Balm seems to do even that Many ac quaintance's have used it with excel lent results. Oscar Ostium, 4 Warren Ave., Chicago, 111. A Dael to the Death. Two Susquehanna county young men, a few weeks ago, returned from a bear hunting trip through Pike coun ty, bringing with them a pair of lock ed horns, which they obtained from an old hunter in that section. The hun ter, in prowling through the woods, came upon the carcasses of two fine bucks, their horns firmly interlocked. They evidently had been fighting, and in the struggle had locked horns. Be ing uuable to get them separated, and, consequently, unable to obtaiu any f.Mid, they had starved to death in that position. One set had nine prongs. The horns are so firmly locked togeth er that it is impossible to separate them without sawing off one of the prongs. The Grandest Bemedy. Mr. R. B. G reeve, merchant, of Chil howie, Va, certifies that he bad en sumption, was given up to die, fought all medical treatmeutthat money could procure, tried all cough re-medies he could hear of, but got no relief; spent many nights sitting up iu a chair; was induced to try Dr. King's New Dis covery, aud was cured by use of two bottle-s. For past three years has been attending to business, aud says Dr. King's New Discovery Ls the grandest remedy ever made, as it has done so much for him and also for others in bis community. Dr. King's New Dis covery is guaranteed for Coughs, Colds and Consumption. It don't falL Trial bottles free at J. N. Snyder's tlrug store, Somerset, or at Brallier's drug store, Berlin. A Place for Everything. "Here is a bill," said the bookkeeper of the deaf and dumb institute "for $5 for the hire of a horse and buggy the day you took that good lady inmate out driving. What shall I do with it?' "Pay it," said the superintendent, "and charge it to the calisthenics de partment." "As what?" "Dumb belle exercise. "Detroit Free Press. The Girl Knows It, Too. Suitor Your daughter's little bands were never made to work. Mother So I discovered long ago. Detroit Fre Press. Farm Topics. t'li n Hi" A-I'ii;turl KpluonUt. Pr 'griMsive farmers are always look ing after Hie neeesHary small improve ments in th-j hoiii" surrounding On many farms these simple little matters ar j put oir from time to time, and keep ac;".imulstin' until there are so many flings needing attention that one doesn't krio whre to b -gin. In th it eie it Is wi.Mj to lay hold of the first thing one runs up ag:tiu.-.t. Where the lay of the land will per m:t the fields should lie long, as this form saves time and labor in plowing, borrowing, cultivating, mowing, in fact, in all team work.- We have seen men farming little square or three-cornered patches year after year to their own disadvantage when a little fore thought aud labor would trans form their iiicnnveulent patches into long, narrow strips with fewer fences to keep up. There is always some risk in buying the smaller field seeds from strangers ou ivcouiit of the liability of introduc ing noxious weeds. Sieds of the com mon weeds already on the farm are not of so nrirrh coinequctice, but such pets as English plantain, daisy, prickly lettii'.-e, Canada thistle, etc., are very often contained iu farm soeds that are bought in theop:n market We once had a severe fight with ox-eye daisy and again with English plaintain that came in clover seeL It pays to buy of reputable seedsmen who send their names with the seeds. That it doesn't pay to work land when wet has been proved many times, yet the pushing farmer often finds it link-wit to hold back when his injudi cious neighlsr or one with drier ground is in the field at work. S m-i men even lose their hea Is aud start the plow he:i the soil leaves the mold in glist ening rolls and water follows in the furrow. As a rule, dials, weeds, poor crops and poor land follow iu their wake, and the man who waits, wins, provided he pushes as soon as the ground is in order. Tiie rapid and often inexcusable de pletion of soil fertility which is allow j1 to occur ou m my farms is, we be lieve, one of the most jiotent causes of the dissatisfaction which mauy youn persons feel in regtrl to farm life. Tliey look out up in run-down fields given over to low-grade plants of little value, when they kuow that clover should b-2 growing insteal, and feel tint through the mistakes of their fathers they h ive been robbed of their inheritance. Tlie.se are exceptional conditions, but they exist, and it U uo wonder that the apparent s-icial aud business advantages of city life present a pleasing contrast Some of the m st thrifty farmers wa kuow go over the farm every spring regularly with a wagon loaded with fence miterid, thoroughly ex unioiug and repairing all farm fences before the rush of spring work comes on; thus they often prevent injury to crops au 1 stock, and save themselves much hard labor later on. It must be mighty discouraging ou a sultry July day, when all hands are rushing the hay iuto the barn and the dark clou Js just appearing above the western horiz n, to have the good wife send word that she has no wood to get supper with. If w sxl is the summer ,uel it should now W iu the woodhoase or piled near the kitchen 'lior. Coal tar is the best preservative of femv pts that we have ever used; pui it in a large, iron kettle, hang over fire or better have an arch to set kettle over one inin stands pjst in kettle while another with a broom or white wash brush wi:h long handle swipes the hot tar up and down the post thor oughly covering it to a point 6orS inches above the ground line when set. Let posts drip a moment, then lay aside to dry. P.sts should be season ed liefore treatment Those who compile the bulletins of our experiment stations should not for get that farmers who most need in struction along the lines of advanced agriculturj are not well versed iu tech nical scientific terms aud that it is often ditlicult to get them to read good literature even w hen it is made attract ive and interesting as well as instruct ive. Farmers' bulletiu should, there fore be couched in language which can I readily understood by the farm hand as well as the college graduate. One good up to-date farmer moving iuto a community that Is a little be hind the times, and going quietly about his business in an intelligent way, will often set influences at work that will, in time eflect a com pie revolution in farm management, increasing the profits and lifting the farmer's family to a higher plane of living. Though bis "book farmin' " may be laughed at, he will one day be recognized as a leader and publie beuefactor. Ducks are much easier to raise than chicks. The eggs batch better than the young grow much faster? Ducks are never troubled with indigestion and apparently never get quite enough to eat Young ducks will eat twice as much as young chicks, bat will equal ize matters by making more than twice the growth of chicks of same age. A Correct Surmise. A little black-eyed and nimble-ton-gued Irish street car conductor on a branch of Boston's west end railroad is a source of no end of amusement to the passengers along his route by rea s n of some of bis startling utterances. One day be came iuto the car and called out in bis peculiarly penetrating ' voice: "Wan seat ou the roight! Sit closer on the roight, ladies and gintle min, an uiek room for the leddy phwat's standing." A big surly-looking man who was oc cupying space enough for two said, sullenly: "We can't sit any closer." "Can't yeez?" retorted the little con ductor. -Begorry, you niver wint coortin', thiu." It is needles to add that room was made "ou the roigtt'' for the lady. Harper's Bazar. This Cow Dieted on Nails. M. H. Reynolds a few days ago sold . a cow to a butcher, a Factorville, Pa., who killed it for beef. When dressing the carcass he noticed something bard in the stomach, and, upon investiga tion, found over a uuart of assorted nails, from a stub of a horse nail to a ten-penny naiL Strange as it may ap pear, the cow never suffered any in convenience lrom the rails being in her stomach. Base on a Bridal Conple. C I suppose Brown and bis wife at tracted the attention that newly-married couples usually do? B. Oh, no! Brown married a wid ow, you know, and to avoid being sus pected of being on a honeymoon trip h took oue of ber children with them. Parton Weekly.
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