HER HEART WAS BE0KE5- r Mrs Walker Sid Hot Long Sarri?e Her Dead Hero. ,0f publication. ling t .ii 11 i -r.ttn" - , antinued until . " ... ...ti,l. .,r"abne Vy! ..... ofthefonn- if Addiwra r-j 1' ..y HIULD. .. .iTi'" atr " .,dii!". ua uuiiuy. r"tril kbl i' ' -t ti-Ar-LAW, t vk .Ai;vi-LiiUC coiucnit'l! la- -!-.. VWL. xjuicrset Pa. -"-T., . i i ici.i:V. .,r;!-':"" , : -nit rx t, I a. -" . r I' H I LL, . iincrM-'V. a. .iin.-rsA't, Pa. li..w, "i jMii Court iTl-AT-l-AW. i niJcrMrl 1 ft. " J. V-AT-LAW, a 'A'. iiiui-"- . . iiil. rft, la. to uu.-:uwi tu-'-:tA--L-' . i-lHi-uyiuiiM -.-L A' vVEHAY. A. UU. HAY. fiV.Al,.VW. . 1.. lit attend to J-b-V-AT-lW, - , v i-u - ! ai: 0 is -9 .fwa.vu.r.n.-.'i store. . i.r t tl' .11 aba JL.tuti.'tti li.'f'k, up i-iair. En-nr-i. o,iecUou u,m. m..vmii..-a.ud all .iknucJ to .iu pruuii-tueaa iimjiS. 1 C. lOLBOKN. fXLsUi' A COLI'-Ol'", t jiiicrxt. Pa. tBa :ru!:ii t ur care will be jiicp-.i. 'ku.uiJ aud adjoin ur.i..;; iiiU ouuvt-yaiicing I BAER. AHVENtY-AT-IAW, tM.uMrrat.'L, Pa. Ti MfL in Si:i;-rI aud adioinina i i.lto.UWrliJUslnl to iiiui will aa-TE.IiL V. H. KfPPEL. f?fiJTH 4 r.LTl'KL, w AnuKtls-AI-LAWt t-jiut-rwt. Pa. l.we:nitl to t!:eir care will be fc-;t:a j-ictttauy ai!.ujtl t. udl J T.CARDTlJr;iLS M. U., 9i Fa i slU. N a ni. f L' KO tOX. .:utrx.t. Pa. s Ps,-.. Siixti, t.j ptKiie U. B if ' ? F. HAH'LIi, riil5KlA A.NU.IKJFXX. uw-rsrt. Pa. '"Vnv mi v;r.i..;v. uilicctrur f-- M. LOL'THtli, P.-iW.i Iiv .....r-ucfiiv ILx .L-wi, !r of lrus su.re. IfE. KIMMELL, v i. fuuj al UU of- u! i'ilnoud. f- 'i' MILLKN, tauau-;:i iieiitwtry.) to ;iir pn-!-n,-atlon m l. luwfrteu. -u h. lso,s & , aiure, Utiuij iir:t ,trwri. Funeral Director. Cr k st. Iiesidenoe, i5 Pa;ri"t sl Land ?ii Oils! -t..-.iir l..r .. , r""J !tjSii rciaity of & I iiKpirim nil u "ui IbUUIIg Vlid 5rktl A; & Gasoline, J6wu''-'Ieoia. Wechal--V w.tii every known ct of Petroleum sfactory Oils TIIE- 9 , V10- soinemet. Pa. t xwRrtrniet and vldni-'-'-W ii'-d by ''K A l.hi;r.ITS and bouiiru t. F lie VOL. XLV. KO. Scrofula Fac Broke Out With Sores-Weak and sickly Until Hood's Sarsa parilla Mado Him Well. 1 My little son n afflicted ri h t- ula sores and he was weak and sickly. Our physician recommended Hood's Sar saparilia and I bought a bottle. Before he had taken all of this bottle hU face began to break out with sores and oae aide of bis face was nearly all or oiid &m-. i continued giving him Hood's Sarsaparilla umu ne naa taken two bottles. The sores were then healed and he has been wl) hearty ever since." Z. W. Smith, Big Shanty, Pennsylvania. " Everything I ate seemed to produce gas In my stomach. I was growing worse and friends advised me to take Hood's Sarsa parilla. Whea I had taken four bottles I was able to eai anC feel no distress. I could attend to my household duties with out the fatigue I formerly felt." Ada mci ickie, nite Hall, Pa. Hood's Sarsaoarilla Is the Best -in fact toe One True Blood Puri- Eer. Trice fu ix for tfi Be sure to get Hood's. Hood's Pills tu'SruL'ti00: -THE First National Bank Somerset, Ponn'a. Capital, S50.000. Surplus, S26.000. -o- DCPOaiTSRCCEIVC. IN LARGE ANDSHAU AMOUNTS. PATABLC ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS OF M ENCHANTS, FARMERS, STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED DISCOUNTS DAILY. - BOARD OF DIRECTOrwS. CHAS. O. SCX'LU GEO. R. SCULL JAMES U PUUH, W. H. MILLER, JOHN K. WXJTT, ROBT. a SCCLL, FRED W. BIESECKE& EDWARD SCULL, : : PRESIDENT. VALENTINE HAY, : VICE PRESIDENT. HARVEY M. BERKLEY, . CASHIER. The funds and seenritiea of this bank are se- . glak Pkoor Safe. The oulv safe made abao- lutely burglar-proof. The Staet' County National BANK OF SOMERSET PA. .-Or DtablltlMC 1877. Orgail' ifloaal, 18S0 Capital, - $ 50,000 00 Surplus & Undivided Profits, 23,000 00 Assets, - - 300,00000 Cliaa. J. Harrison, - Tresident. Wm. LT. Koontz, - Vice President. Milton J. Pritts, - - Cashier. Geo. S. Harrison, - Asa't Cashier. D I RECTORS . Wm. Endsley, Chaa. W. Snyder J.iah Specht, It. C. Beerito, John H. Snyder, John Stofft, Jotwph B. Davis, Harrison Snyder, Jerome Stum, Noah S. Miller, x Sam. B. Harrison. CuRtomem of this bank will receive Ue moat UU-ml ueatrfM'nlcousistnt wlthasifcbanatin:. Paniea wishins to wild money ewt or went can be accommodated by draft for any .mount. - Ti. Moii'T and valuiililes aectirwl by one or hold's celebrated bafe, with most Improved U"oliction made In al! parta of the United State. Charge modern te. AccoanU and dcpoelU solicited. A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE, and everything pertaining- to funerals furn ished. SOMERSET - - Pa Jacob D. Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Ooor West cf Lutheran Church, Somerset. Pa- I Am Now pi ed to sujply the public with Clocks, WatcbeR, and Jew elry of all descriptions, a Cheap as the Cheapest. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. All work guaranteed. Look at my Btot-k before making your purchase. J. D. SWANK. circa ah rana rami ' - - .a. avs.JBSM . l it "' K- - e. K-k trr a4 mkoML ApU2SSia2a, ra0aUaa'''M''w' ; 48. THE GOOD OLD THLHOS. We ued to hare old-nnhioned thin, like hominy and greens. We ned to have juxt common aoup made oat of iork and iKvns; But now It', bouillon, conramrae, and thing made from a book. And potau r.u and Julleune, since mydaugh- . . . ' ram u cook. We uwd to have a piece of beef-just ordinary meat. And pli-kled pifr' feet, uparo ribs, Uk, and oIIkt thliien to ralr While now it's nllet and ragout, and leg of iuuiuw uratsed. And macaroni au graUn, and sheep's liollun dalwed. The good old things have pasxed away In KilenU ad retreat: We've lou of hlgh-6ilutin thinvs, but noth ing ruu-n to nit, And while I never aay a word and always plfaxant look. You bet I've had dyspepsia sineo my dauglitelcarned to cook. BECKEY HARLASD'S PLACE. BY AMY RANDOLPH. "I don't know whether you will suit. me or or not," said Miss Towers, re- Hectively. "I will do my bust, ma'am,' said little Becky. "Any objections to the country?" demanded Miss Towers, in a brusque, bumness-like way. "No ma'am." "I never have kept a girl before," said Miss Towers, gravely, "hut my brother is coming home this summer, and I don't want to be obliged to be in the kitchen the whole time. Where have you lived last?" Becky llarland grew pink all over. "I nave never lived out liefore, ma'am, but my uncle died suddenly, and there was no more than euougU left to support my aunt, so I'm going to support myself." "Very right and proper," said Miss Towers. "Well, Rebecca, I will try you at all events. 8ix dollars a month is very moderate wages, and although you don't look real stout, yet I thiik I can make you very useful about th houie." So Mis Towers took Becky llarland back with her to the old stone farm houxe in the Horsatic valley. And Becky was never tired of helping Miss Towers strain the milk, aud work over the butter, and gather pink honey suckles, aud feed the little downy turk eyes. Aud the roses in her cheeks grew deeper and the velvet bloom of her lips seemed to catch the scarlet of the wood strawberries, aud Miss Tow ers declared, with an admiring glance at her little "help," that "she' didn't look like the same child she was he fore, that she didn't." Meanwhile the preparations for Miss Towers' "brother" went briskly on. "I'll make up a lot of cocoanut pound cake," Miss Towers said, with the recipe book in her hand. "That's what he ued to be desperit fond of when he was a boy." "Perhaps his tastes may have chang ed," said Becky, who was rubbing the old mahogany furniture with a waxed cloth, at the other end of the room. "I don't know about that," said Miss Towers, with a troubled air. "I haven't sn him since !" "Not seen him since he was a boy !" echoed Beckey, with open blue eyes. "Well, it does sound strange, don't it?" said Miss Towers; but you see he went away from home when he was fifteen, and he's been out in the world ever since?" "Is he a very old gentleman. Miss Towers?" innocently questioned Bj becca, as she rubbed away at the claw foot of the antique pier table. "Old!" echoed Miss Towers, uplift ing both hands in amazement "Why, he's ever so much younger than I am." "Is her' asked Becky. "Why, I've beeu fancying him, all along, an old gentleman in a wig and cane." Miss Towers burst into a fit of hearty laughter. "Well, if that dau't beat all?" she cried, wiping the tears from under her spectacle glasses. "But after all, to a stranger that don't know the family story.it might very easily appear so. You see, child, my mother was a wid ow when for the Beooud time, and deaf hear alive, what does ail that little turkey chick, queaking like a possessed creature? Itun Ikbecca, and see. I'm afraid the old speckled hen has broken her string, aud is worrying it." Rebecca was sitting in the twilight on the door stone that evening, one cheek resting on her hand, and her eyes dreamily fixed on the far olT wall of woods, growing purple in the com ing dusk. Miss Towers Uad gone to mrrv a basket oi ner riuesi iwu strawberries to a sick neighbor, and rtwkev was all alone, thinking over her past, and pouderiug vaguely on ber future. "How strange it seems that I should be here," she thought, "when it is scarcely a year since I was the gayest little butterfly in every city ball room! The eehDes of those old waltz; and galops t ui back to me sometimes, when I am j . ist falling asleep witn tne mnon'.iir'it on mv facs. and the miple leaves rustling softly at my open case ment; aud yet lam far happier Here. That is I should be, if I could only forget one thing. I wonder what gi rls want to b so fitful and cipricious for? Oh, dear," and Becky's blue eyes swam with tears as she remembered the hand sojie lover who had been so true and faithful and constant, until her own coquetry bd driven him away from ber side. "I wald like to know what Colonel Faleaer U djing now, and whether be is married yet, and if he ever thinks of me. I would write to him if I were the petted heiress still; but a? little Beckey, who docs house wjrk fr her daily bread ah, never; Diver!" And Bjcky, anxious to escape from her own haunting thoughts, jumped up aud ran air. as the dewy meadow to meet Miss Towers, wa tall, angular figure was Jut coming insight round the carve of the miple swamp. "Bless and save the child!'' cried Miss Towers. "Why, Rebecca, you ain't afraid?" No ye I djn't know. Lit me carry your basket, please." oner SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, "Rebecca," cried the old lady next morning, as she drove the shaggy little pony into tha door yard, returning from the village past offl3o, "I've got a letter. He's coming to-night." "Is her' said the girl, smiling be cause Miss Towers' face was so radiant. "Then I'd better run out in the garden and gather a fresh lot of strawberries before the sun gets any higher." "Yes, run along; and remembar, Rebecca, and I've told you about sit ting quiet and never disturb him when he wants to write, and speaking very low, and keepiug out of his way, ex cept when you are wanted, for he has just come from England where they are very particular about scr servauts." "Yes, ma'am, I will remember;" she made answer, meeekly, and folded up Miss Towers' black large shawl, while that lady hurried out into the kitchen to see whether the fire was in proper condition for the baking of di vers and sundry savory compounds de signed to tempt the appetite of the ex pected guest. "I wish he wasn't coming!" thought our Becky. "We have been so happy together all the summer, and now " "But Miss Towers' voice shrilly call ing to Becky to come and stone raisins lor her, Interrupted the discontented fragment of reverie into which she had fallen. Miss Towers was arrayed like unto lillR-s of the field in her new steel-colored silk dress our simile applies to the general gorgeousness of the ap parel, not its color merely and white satin ribbons in her cap, when the stage rumbled into sight round the corner of the fence, where a huge wil low waved its green bap tier, shutting olTall outside view beyond its stream ing boughs. Little Becky llarlaud, who had been on the qui rive at the garret window, came flying down stairs like a thistle down blown by the summer breeze. "Oh, Miss Towers! Miss Towers! there is a gentleman all alone on the back seat of the stage, and I am sure it must be Mr. Towers!" "Mr. Towers?" repeated the old lady, with an accent almost of irritation. "Why Rebecca, I'm sure I've told you that his name isn't Towers; it is " But here she broke short on", hurry ing to the front door to greet the new comer, while Becky, in an accountable fit of shyness, shrank back into the corner and looked up into the picture of Ruth and Naomi that hung over the mantlepiece. "I wish he hadn't come! I wish lit hadn't comer' repeated iecky over and over to herself- "We were t happy before!" Aud then remembering Miss Tow ers' judicious advice as to keeping out of the way except wheu she was want ed, Becky turned to escape out among her friends, the downy chickens, at the south dor; but to her infinite dis comfiture, just as she opened the door, Miss Towers' steel colored silk rustled up to the threshold, with a tall, stately figure by her side and poor little Becky came face to face with them her cheeks dyed scarlet, and ber red-brown hair dishevelled by her hafcte, yet look ing wonderful pretty ithal. "Rebecca!" slowly enunciated Miss Towers, in an accent betokening a sort of mild displeasure. But her tall companion, a man of about thirty-flve, with dark grey eyes, hair black as a raven's wing, and a face which, if not handsome, bore the exquisite outlines of refinement, had hastily passed her, and entered the room. "Becky! my darling Becky!" "Colonel Falconer!" was all the girl could gasp, so totally bewildered was she. "Bless my soul!" ejaculated Miss Towers, rubbing her spectacles as if she would wear a hole in the crystal lenses; "however did Rebecca get ac quainted with my brother?' "I was engaged to be married to him once. Miss Towers," said Becky, color ing and smiling, for there was some thing in Colonel Falconer's eyes that told her all the past was in a fair way to be forgiven. "And the will be again, Eunice, un less I have lost all. my old arts of per suasion," demurely added Col. Fal coner. "But," cried Miss Towers, "why did not you tell me, Rebecca?" "Because, Miss Towers," answered Becky, "I never dreamed for an In stant that your brother's name was anything but Towers, or that Colonel Falconer could by any possibility be relate! to you!" "Well," cried Miss Towers, "if this don't beat all that I ever heard of that Maurice Falconer should dear me there goes the kettle boiling over in the back kitchen!" And away went Miss Towers, every housewifely Instinct in her bosom roused by the sibilant sounds of the escaping clouds of vapor. When she came back it is but just to state that she stopped to take the two pans of bjttermilk biscuit out of the oven, and to reach down sundry tumblers of amber jelly from the top shelf of the cupboard CoL Falconer and Becky llarland were Enug and confidential on the front porch. Becky blushed a little when Miss Towers came out, but she did Dot withdraw ber hand from Maurice Falconer's. "Well," said the lady, after a single keen glance through the gold specta cles, "I s'pose I shall lose my hired help." "Yes; but then, sister Eunice," said the Colonel, "I shall gain such a sweet little wife." "Is it really so?" said Miss Towers. "Yes, it is really so," laughed Becky. "But oil. Miss Towers, I shall never in all my life forget bow kind you have been to me." And she stole up to Miss Towers and kissed her withered cheeks so fondly that the old lady had to wink hard to keep back the tears. "Well, well, go along!" quoth the old lady, "I don't know that I blame You Rebecca, or Maurice either. Young folks will be young folks." And she very sensibly went back to finish getting tea. The public lands still vacant in the United States amount to over 700,000.(00 acres, without iuvludiug Alaska, wib its 3 19,000,01X1 acres. ESTABLISHED 1827. WAS A G0V-EHH1IEST SPY. Remarkable Career of Elizabeth Stiles, of Ohio. The casual visitor to the Woman's Relief Corps Home, at Madison, Ohio, is likely to pass through the institution and admire its generally convenient arrangement, and the neat, tidy man ner In which it is kept, giving no more than a passing thought to the hun dred or more inmates, most of them bent with the weight of declining years, who are seen here and there about the establishment, whiling away the long hours of the day In various ways as their physical condition will best permit. Some of these women, wives or mothers of those who fought in the late war, or whose personal acts made them eligible to a residence in the home, Lave very interesting life histories. One of the latest conspicuous and most unassuming old ladies in this in stitution is Mrs. Elizabeth W. Stiles, who has had au experience that prob ably not another woman in the coun try can boasL A history of her life, with all its exciting incidents, would make a fascinating book. In a recent chat with Mrs. Stiles, the following interesting brief of her life was brought out: She was born in East Ashtabula, Ohio, on August 21, 1S1G. Her father was John F. Brown, familiarly known as "Corker" Brown, who is well re ruenitered by many of the old-time residents of today. Miss Brown's early life was not very eventful, but as she neared the state of young womanhood, she became quite noted for twojaccom plishments one was her success as a nurse, the other was ber ability to make cheese just a little better than others were able to make. At the age of twenty-one Miss Brown went to Chicago, w litre she resided a number of years. In IMG she was mar ried to Jacob Stiles, and thirteen years later they took up their residence in Shawneetown, Kas., where in October, 1S02, Mr. Stiles was murdered at his own gate by a baud of 1'K) guerillas un der command of the famous chieftan Charles Quantrell. The guerillas came dressed in the blue uniforms of the Union soldiers, after midnight, and the color deceived the Union sympathizers. Tbey were taken by surprise. Mrs. Stile had not yet retired, but they got ber husband out of bed, and took him prisoner as far as the gate, where their bloodthirs ty projensi(ies got the better of their judgment, ami they shot him down before the eyes of his frightened wife, who stood on the porch and witnessed the murder. At the same time an other guerilla, with a revolver in his haud, was about to shoot Mrs. Stiles, but Quantrell stopped him, under threat of death. The widow was al lowed her liberty, but thereafter sorely persecuted by sympathizers until her residence in Shawneetown became ab solutely unsafe. A company of Union soldiers was sent from the fort at Leavenworth to escort her and ber children to the fort for protection. At one time, when she was teaching school in Shawneetown, she and a neighboring school teacher arranged a picnic for the pupils. Before leaving the village the pupils marched around the liberty pole in the village square waxing the stars and stripes. Then they went to a grove a short distance out of town for a day's recreation, where they were scarcely settled when a man rode up and handed Mrs. Sti'es a note, departing without a word. The note informed ber that if she allowed her scholars to repeat the libertypole parade, she might expect a coat of tar and feathers. It was well-known that Mrs. Stiles had aided the Union in several instances by little jobs of de tective work, which accounted for the particular spite against her. It was not long after her admittance to Fort Leavenworth that she was call ed to Washington by a letter from Ueu. Lane, which was also signed by President Abraham Lincoln. Senator Marvin, of Missouri, and a company eventy-flve others were about to start for Washington, and Mrs. Stiles ac companied them. Upon arrival there she learned that she was sent for to take a place in the service as a say, and upon her acceptance she received her instructions. In a few months she returned to Leavenworth for her chil dren. Taking them to Washington, she placed two of them in school and took her daughter Clara in the detec ting service of the government. AH through the civil war she was in al most constant service, and during the time did special work in nineteen dif ferent states and Canada, braving the crude methods of travel and the ex posure to all kiudsof weather for love of country and hope of ultimate re venge for the murder of her husband. She was personally acquainted with many of the noted generals, as her fre quent changes from one locality to an other brought her under their direc tion. She faced death many times, and her repeated escapes were general ly due to ber ready wit and cool nerve. Therin, also, lay the secret of her suc cess at a spy. On one occasion she was arrested at Jefferson City, Mo., charged with b ing a spy. Her horse was taken from her and she was escorted to Gen. Price for trial. So well was she Informed on Confederate affairs, however, that she succeeded in making the general be lieve that she was a Confederate spy, and not only did she secure her free dom, but she was given a better horse and firearms and aeut on her way. Oae dark night when Mrs. Stiles and her daughter were out on a long ride on the Kansas-Missouri border the daughter fell asleep on her horse. They were riding thus when a sentry grasped Mrs. Stiles' horse by the head and attempted to arrest her. The sound of a pistol-shot awoke the girl, and before she had time to wonder what had happened her mother was again at her side, but there was a va cancy in the picket line. Mrs. Stiles likes to tell how she di rected the capture of a Confederate cannon one dark night, with only her j husband and daughters to asfist her, ' and after whole companies of soldiers j ha1 made nnsucoesrfal attempts to get it- MAY 12. 1897. In her exploits it not infrequently became necessary for the woman to dress the wounds of soldiers, and even amputations of small nature have fal len to her lot to perform. The shoot Ing of firearms, which her father taught her in ber early childhood, served her.well in her career of detec tive. After the close of the war Mrs. Stiles went from Washington to Geneva, but she did not like the town and in IStVi went to Niles, Pa., where she resided with one of her daughters untilshe entered the Woman's Relief Corps Home about a year ago. Although Mrs. Stiles has passed her four-score milestone, and notwith standing the exposure she underwent during the civil war, she is remarkably well preserved and blessed with a haj py disposition which is a boon to her self and casts many ghams of sun shine .among her associates. Her mind is perfectly clear and her ready recollection of dates and names is re markable. She is proud of the part she took In putting down the Confed eracy and will sit for hour and relate occurrences which never tire her lis teners. Within a year she has dictat ed manuscript for a large book which she will have published. This remarkable woman has never borne children, but has raised thirty girls to young womanhood and Been them start out on lives of usefulness. The "daughter" Clara, who was iu service with her, is one of the many fosrtor ct ildren, and she Is now Mrs. Clara Seaman, of Ashtabula, Mrs. Stiles was never wounded and could never be induced to ask for a pension. Ashtabula Correspondent la Chicago Record. Thin?! We Ought to Know. That soap and candles should be bought by the quantity. They last longer and are more effective when dried. That tea, coffee and spices are better if bought fresh when needed, weekly or monthly. That groceries should be purchased for the week or month, to prevent con stant running out after fresh supplies. That a liavy flat-iron, weighing seven or eight pounds, will do better work than a lighter one. That the heat of an oven is just right for bread if a piece of paper put into it turns a dark yellow. That It Is just right for pastry if pa per turns a light brown. That it is just right for sponge cake or the lighter desserts if paper turns a light yellow. That if too hot for anything to cook properly the paper will blacken or blaze up. That onions should have almost daily place on the table as one of the best nervines known. That a light lunch should always be carried when going on a journey. Trains do not always reach dining sta tions on schedule time. That rubbing a baby all over with the hand will make it sleep and cause the-blood to circulate. Tbat every bicycler should have a small brush with which the dust can be removed from every crevice of his wheel. That a perfect emulsion may be easi ly prepared by mixing a teacupful of oil and a tablespoonful of vinegar to gether in a corked battle by shaking the bottle vigorouly. That ink stains may be removed from carpet by washing with milk ap plied with a clean cloth. Pbiladephia Record. When Apples Commence to Bear. Correspondents freq:iently iuquiie at what age various fruit trees coinmen to bear. The matter is of some conse quence to them, as it relates to the question of profit iu setting out an or chard. In Thomas' Fruit Culturist Is given a list of some fifty sorts of the best known apples, which were set out for the purpose of recording the age t which they commenced to bear. It is assumed that trees 2 and 3 years old were set out, and while some com menced at two years after, others were nine years. At two years these were: Duchess of Oldenburg, Haas and Home Beauty. Three years Keswick Codlin, Pri mate and Williams' Favorite. Four years Ben Davis, Carolina Red June, Early Harvest, Jefferies, Jersep Sweeting, Maiden's Blush, Te- tofoky, Wagener and Yellow Trans parent. Five years Domiuie, Fallawaler, Fameuse, King of Tompkins Couuty, Munson Sweet, Rawles Janet, Red As tracban, Rhode Island Greening, Twenty Ounce, Wiuesap and Sops of Wine. Seven years Pack's Pleasant. Eight years Baldwin, Gravenstein and Tall man Sweet. Nine years Spitzenberg, Fall Pip pin, Golden Russet," Lady's Sweet, Mother, Yellow Bellefleur, Northern Spy and Sutton. The Early Strawberry and Rani bo, set o'lt at the same time, bad not yet fruited at the close of the nine years. Such records as these are very valuble, as it U an important matter to know cot only what are the best kinds for market, but when bearing may be looked for as well. There i the same difference in pears that exists in ap ples. The Birtlett, for instance, com mences to bear from the time of plant ing almost, while the Seckel, one of the best of pears, takes a longer time than any other one I know of to show signs of fruiting. Practical Farmer. A Heartless Stratagem. "How did they stop the elopement?" asked Maud. "By a detestable piece of trickery," repii.-d Man is." "They came very near getting away in safety." "Yes, but her father put his head out of the window and shouted that her bat was on crooked, and when she grabbed for it she upset the tandem." All gheuy R.uord. era OF ISTEEEST TO FARMERS. Walnut Trees A Useful Emulsion. Supports for Vines. Walnut trees require about 15) years before they can be eoiLsldered ready for use in market. The practice of those who have gone into the business of growing walnut trees is to plant the trees aliout 30 feet apart, gradually cut ting out alternate trees as they reach the proper stage of growth. They are of slow growth, and time is required before returns can be secured, but after a walnut grove begins to pay it gives a large profit on the investment. Land that is idle can be planted to walnut trees to advantage, and the nuts will be a partial source of revenue iu a few years. A little cultivation and care at the start is all that is required. An emulaion which has twen over looked compared with its advantages Is that made of soap, kerosene aud crude carbolic acid. The crude acid is very cheap compared with the refined article, and those who have tried it re port that the kerosene emulsion is greatly improved by the ad lition of the crude aci.L Kerosene w'll not mix with water, nor will the crude acid, but they form an emulsion with soap. Shave one pound of hard soap and boil and dissolve in a gallon of water. While boiling remove it from the fire and add one gallon of kerosene aud one pint of crude carbolic acid. Agitate briskly for ton minutes with a sprayer and a creamy substance will result. Now add 10 gallons of cold water, agi tating briskly and the mixture will lie ready for use. It costs but little, is not injurious to plants, and destroys all kinds of parasites, lice and many in sects. It will pay to use supports for all vines or plants requiring such. Peas, Lima beans, tomatoes, grapes, and even cucumbers, will give better results when supported by stakes, wire or twine. Tomatoes may be prevented from rotting when kept clear of the ground. The tomato Is one of the most valua ble articles that can be grown, not only because tomatoes can be marketed and large yields secured, but also because a small plot will provide a full supply for a family during the season aud for canning. As tomatoes can be used in many ways, and at all seasons of the year, tbey are inuupensabie to some families. A Massachusetts farmer has just sold his lot of spring lambs. He has M ewes and marketed 80 lambs, disposing of them when they were from 2 j to J days old, the first one sold weighing pounds at 21 days old. He receiv ed fS.OT each, which was about 40 cents per pound, a price which he could not have obtainM but for reaching the market early when spring Iambs were not easily obtained. This is better than keeping sheep for wool. If young strawberries can 1-e culti vated with a hand hoe they will entail but little labor compared with uaing the old time hoe. The wheel hoe will work on any soil that has previously been well prepared for the plants. In Europe bulls are made to work, and prove more serviceable as well as less dangerous. They are considered expensive by farmers who have but few cows, but if the young bull is train ed to work he can furnisti tread power and perform much labor that would more than my for his keep. Idleness begets vices, and the bull is no excep tion. Land plaster is cheap and is a special fertilizer for young clover. One hun dred pounds per acre will show excel lent rt sui ts, though it can be used more freely if preferred. It is excellent on the floors of the stalls and in the ma nure heap. Those who raise choice pork kill the pigs that are farrowed in the fall when they are about nine months old, selling to butchers, owing to warm weather. The spring pigs are sold in the fall to avoid wintering them. Those who practice this method claim that it pays better than to keep them longer. Philadelphia Record. Good Roads. The interest taken in good roads by almost every class of citizens wherever the subject is discussed gives promise that somethig efficient will aa be done in that direction. Oxxl roads through the country seem to be of more immediate and direct valu to the farmer than any other cbws, because he is more dependent upjn them than any one else to bring his prod acts to market at the leas cost. There Is, indeed, to him no such lab r-siving machine in use any where on his farm as a good road from . his firm to the town or point where be does his mark eting. He saves time and nuney by the use of improved implements; but he loses much of what he has saved if he has no good way to get his products to market when they should bs sold. If he were to count the time literally wasted in plodding through the mud during the winter and spring mmths over the country roads in doing his marketing and shopping, and then should add to the value of the time and wcr and tear of wagons and teams and harness, be would be surprised at the amount it costs him to get what he has raised to market. But this Is a part of the cost be never takes into ac count, although it costs time and labor, just as the seeding and the reaping do. Farm News. A Valuable Prescription. Editor Morrison, of Worthington, Ind., "Sun," writes: "You have a val uable prescription in Electric Bitters, and I can cheerfully recommend it or constipation and sick headache, and as general system tonic it baa no equal." Mrs. Annie Stehle, 202-5 Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago, was all run down, could not eat nor digest food, bad a backache which never left her and felt tired and weary, but six bottles of Electric Bitters restored ber health and renewed her strength. Prices M cents and $1.00. Get a bottle at Sny der's drug store, Somerset, or at Bral tier's drug store, Berlin. 1c WHOLE NO. 2389. Mountain Sheep in Colorado. Mountain sheep appear to be increas ing In Colorado, and, stranger still, the rare aud timid animals are leaving their dizzy haunts among the hill mountain peaks and drawing marer to the bal.it alions of nun than ever before. In tlie comparatively low lauds, near the town of Jefferson, there is no a lVx-k of-V) or more mountain sheep. Jefferson is on the South Park railroad, about HI miles southwest of Denver, in Park county. It is an old-fashioned com- r muuity, and has near it the well-known summer resort, Jefferson lake. The vicinity, disturbed by the rumble of trains as well as the smmd of human life aud industry, is not at all a quiet one. It has none of the characteristics which usually mark the natural home of the almont extiuct mountain sheep. And yet for several days past a band of at least oD of the soft-eyed, large Jiomed native sheep of the Rocky mountains has beeu calmly grazing around the town of Jefferson and close to the railroads. It is said that the sheep do not display any sign of fear of the Jefferson people. Many of them come in open daylight within easy pistol shot of the residences. Tliey do not run away unless sruebody pur posely tries to frighten them. For many years past the sight of a mountain sheep has been a rarity iu Colorado, and usually only one at a time has been seen. A hunter far ot! from civilization might d.ery a solita ry sheep perch'! on a cra overlooking some wild and sleep canyon, hut hard ly ever within g'jnshH range. No such thing as oi sheep together has been reported, even by the veries Mun chausen of hunters. When a lone sheep was seen It usually disappeared from view at the slightest alarm. Considering these things, the descent of 30 sheep upon the town of Jefferson, as though they had formed themselves Into an excursian party somewhere among the mountains, does not not look reasonably explainable. The general theory is that bitter cold and deep snows in the higher altitude drove them downward, and that they joined together for mutual protection as they traveled from peak to teak. Killing mountain sheep is absolutely prohibit ed by law in Colorado. It U a closed season all thi year around with the animals, jut as it is with buffalo. Denver Republican. A Chaste in Kaasas. Prom the Wahl:igtoo Post. The money-lenders in New England, who shutdown on Kansas mortgage sonie years ago, when the Populists got control of that state and began their wild warfare ou capital, have recently resumed business at the old stand and in the old way. Auy citizen in Kan sas who has unincumbered real or per sonal estate, or whose estate U but thinly covered with mortgages, can now borrow money from New England through agencies Incite-1 not far from his home. As tha Kansas farmers have mala great progress in wiping out their mortgage indebtedness, and are really in a g'Kxi condition finan cially in tq:te of all the wailing of some of the K insas p diticians it is to be hope! that they will not need to in cumber their property to a great ex tent. But the fact that the bar or baa has been removed is, nevertheless, a pleasing incident. The change, however, des not im ply that there has been any modifica tion of the views of the men who have resumed the business of loaning money on Kansas mortgages. They stand just where they stoo 1 whea they closed the litis of their offers j ist where prudent investors always stand. When law and public sentiment were array ed against them as "sharks" and "pi rates," they withdrew their business. The change has occurred in the Popu list of Kansas. They have learned a useful lesson, and they have legislate! accordingly. Their new mortgage law is fair to both sides, protecting alike the creditor and the debtor. Ex perience is often expensive. It has coe4 Kansas a great of trouble and some money to have its Populist get some sound financial notions into their heads But the work has been accomplished at last. TLey may still hold the fiat money delusion, but they know now that it does not pay to drive capital out of the state by unfriendly legislation, aud that it does pay to deal justly even with men who are so wicked as to have money to lend. Horrid Blind Man. A story was told the other day by a lawyer in the b:g Equitable Building, says the New York Times, of an exper ience that a brother of his, a blind man, had a few days since while he was in the city from a small town in Jersey, where he resides. Oa the day mentioned the blind man was without a guide and stood on the corner of Twenty-third street and Broadway, wishing to cros the street. While debating with himself as to whether he would try It alone or call a police man, a woman came up and addressed him, saying: "Mister, would you be kind enough to help me across the street? There is such a jam of trucks and cars that I am afraid to cross a lone." "Certainly, with pleasure, Mad am," he responded, and, offering ber his arm, they started across Broadway, crossing in safety. "Thank you, very much!' said the woman. "No, Mad am; it is I who am thankful, for I am blind, aud you helped me to avoid that dangerous crossing very nicely," said the man. "Oh!" said the woman, in reproachful tones; "you horrid man! Why, I might have oven run over!" Mr. Watts The Idea of your pastor gettiug up at the close of the church fair and saying that he was deeply touched! Mrs. Watts Why shouldn't he say so? Mr. Watts Because he was the only man there who hadn't been. That's why. Northwest Magazine. Humors, pimples, boils, are very an noying. They quickly disappear when the blood is purified by Hood's Sarsaparilla. From the Nw York Journal. The uhrase "broken heart" is not used iu a conventional sense in this story. It is about a woman whose heart really broke, so that she died when she saw ber husband, her lover, her hero, carried to the grave by his com rades. The story Itself la ten back to a period a few months' liefore the close of the Civil War. A body of Federal sot-dk-ry niarched one day, with drun rolling and colors flying, into a small town iu Illinois, uear the Kentucky brder. At its hear! r ule a bronzed youth with an air of authority Major Walker, who had relatives living iu the place. The townspeople made a fuss over the fighting men In the even ing tlte young Major was dragged to a school entertainment by his little nephew. 'In the vivacious crowd that had a-tseiul.lt l, artly in his honor, the soldier siugled out one fai-e, and a little school teacher, who had left her home iu Newark, N. J., to visit friends in Illinois. For Major Walker it was a romantic little interlude in the stress of warfare. When he marched to the front again it was with a miniature of the Newark girl in his breast-pocket, and her face appeared before him when the smoke of battle shut out all other sights. In l-ni.",, after reviving bis commisHiou as colonel, he hastened to Newark, and niadc her his wife. After living in the West and South west f u r or five years. Colonel Walker was given a commission in the regular army, but for the love of his wife, who longed to return to Newark, he aband oned his career ns a rigntiug man and returned to New Jersey. Joining the police force In Newark he q-iickly rose to the rank of lieutenant. As the years passes! and children came, the love be tween husband ami wife grew more tender. Mrs. Walker often said that she would not survive her hero, if be should die first. She was right. A week cr two ago Lieutenant Walker fell ill. Mrs. Walker nursed him night and day. Between anxiety and fatigue her health broke down, aud she was carries! away from his liedside in a state of collapse. A week lat-r h -r h isban I died. They feared to let her look upon his wasted feature, but she would not be denied the mournful privilege rf seeing his funeral procession pass her window. That wa on Monday. Mrs. Walker should have been in lied, but she draggJ aers-df to the win 1 w, and watched the ortege as it passed by. She was strangely excited. Her eyes fallowed the hearse as loug as it was in sight, and ber friends say that tbey have never seen anything so brilliant as those eyes, "Peter, my Peter!" moaned the stricken widow. "It U not for long you are leaving me!" And she lurched to the floor in a swoon. They picked her up and laid her in bed. All that physicians could do was done for her. But at midnight she was dead. Her heart was broken. Early ani Late Crops. On small farms it is possible to grow two profitable crops and also seed the land down to romethiug that can be plowed under in the following spring, and which will serve as a covering to the soil during the wiuter stason. This is an important point, as it is now a recognized fart that the Ions of soluble nitrates from the soil is le when the surface is covered with a crop of some kind, such as wheat, rye or clover. It is impossible, however, to make the farm pay if the land is forced unless fertilizers are used, and fanners m ist learn to realize the fact that, while manure is excellent, they ean not provide a sufficiency of it to induce the farm to produce to its fullest capacity. Sooner or later they must accept fertilizers as cheaper than man ure, as the expense of hauling, spread ing and managing the manure is great er than its actual ma nu rial value on some farms, and on large farms there is au area devoted to pasture which is an item of expense that should always be considered, as such land could be made available for crops. DISTANCE T MARKET. The only resort for the farmer at the present day, when improved farm ma chinery is cheapening the staple grain crops, is to branch out into something new. He should concentrate his ef forts on less and endeavor to secure as much as possible, as well as larger yields. One advantage in so doing is that he may escape drought to a certain extent; that is, if one crop is injured he may l-e fortunate with the next The crops to grow must depend upon the situa tion of the farm, iu adaptability and its location to railroa.ls and markets. There is nothing to prevent farmers from growing crops that are not im mediately perishable and shipping pro duce several hucdnd milts to le fold, as distance is no longer cotiMdered, but time. It is the number of ' hours" to market, and not "miles." A farm may be 4 miles from market and ytt the farmer can ship produce iu the evening, which will arrive at destina tion the next morning, the freight not being proportionately as great as for a shorter distance. UKOWINU A VAK1KTY. Some crops, such as green peas, can be seeded down as early as April, and while growing there tu iy be late cab bage plants placed between the rows. for a snort while the wheel hoe will have to tie used, but after the Deas are harvested the horse hoe or cultivator can perform the work. If cabbages grown in rows four feet apart and two reel apart In the rows, about 5,000 heads per acre can be grown, and if sold at only two cents each, cr even less, the crop should prove profitable. especially if a crop of peas has also been remove.!, which will pay the ex penses of fertilizer and labor. Late potatoes or turnips also may be grown, while Lima beans, string beans and tomatoes can also follow peas. Cab bages and potatoes have the advantage of being suitable for storag , and there are farmers who grow lima beans and dry them, after selling as many as pos sible in the green conditions. This de stroys all weeds and lessens the work the succeeding year, and if crimson clover is seeded down in the fall, to cover the ground in winter, it will add a large amount of nitrogenous mater ial to the soil If plowed under la the spring. The farmer who will step aside from the staple crops and grow something else to sell will improve his farm ami be less subjtect to the draw backs of the season, and, above all, he will desire no more land. Philadel phia Record. " 'Tis better," said the sentimental young man, "to have loved and lost than not to have loved at all, or some thing of the sort." "Also," said the elderly man, with the string around his forefinger, It to cheaper." Indianapolis Journal. t i i 0 i ( t s i .! i - " i
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