7;.c Somerset Herd:!.
All Around the Farm-
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U" YVl'S E. MEYEKS,
, -.-oifs bJiucrtrt, I'euu'a.
, ii-u.,- iuuuM.il U Ui care will
I w.iu. j.iou.i.uica.a.id
be si-
, w. WALK Kit,
-i-i . iitN EY-AT-LA W.
aud UTAUY IX'MJC
Douauracs
i-a.
... I. Wl-l'I.Ix.
o. 171) t-'ounu tU, I'iUaburg, Pa.
, A. TJJLW
CrUocraet
Pa.
UUitx- al-ove fW. Book fcWM.
AUVLV M. BEnKLEV
. C. HOLBEKT,
b. mrrati, l'a.
mint m ii.cCo.-k Uvr.u Uioca, uo.tair.
,,.;uK.UCJV.irithT.,.w.
G
.-UiiL. W. BIESECKEB,
boiuerstl. Pa.
Ofl.cr la i'riuuus House liow. owiUi Court
H AiloilEY-AT-UAWf
boiu&ffaet. Pa.
W. H. KtwMi J- OULK.
KOOMZ & OGLE,
AiTOilNi.YS-Ar-LAW,
bOtUt-ThCl, l'a.
W ' -ive ,r..iiiit aUeution to business cu
r, ."Ao tm-.i c..viu.-.l..t la.-daUJoluulit
,.l...u. oiu-e iu I'll .1 Uouae liow, oppoolUj
i,, cmirl uum;
I N? INK UAY. A. L. U. UAY.
UV & II A V,
AlloiijiYS-AT-LAW.
fckjiucrsit, l'a.
l-... r in IU-..1 Estate. Will attend U
.1 .-.,.ie emru.su.-d u macare wiUi urouipt-Icaaau.-
uaduy
JOHN 1L L'lIL,
A11uiInEY-AT-LAW,
homered, l'a.
Will i.romi.Uy attend to all bin'- eu-
fu-UM U. Ui.u. UC UV!UK.VI UU Coll
tijii- Ac Oilier iu UauuuoUi Uiock.
-IU1LN O. KIMMEL,
J A 1 1 oiUN 1 1 -AT-LA W ,
i.iail-iid U.al! buiucs eulrusWrd U iii
c. i in m. ii I aiia ailj.Minut cm. il"
i, l.ii.i .in.-!.!. ni.J UJ-iiiy. uuiuu ou iu Croi
i Vt-ri,ai.teoUiuiii Orucer fcure.
J AME.S L. l'L'UH,
All O ItN fc. Y-A TLA ,
oil.. in -V iiiii""'li Block, up kiaire. Kn
ln,.cr .,u M .u. li. alr'it- l""1"0""
luaar .i. UU-u.Lill-xailU'-l." all
1,-.. i,...!i. ulk-uM fco Willi in.uipuea
a., a L at iiiy.
A. J . CuLlk.UN. U C. tVLUOUN.
ULUOIUN & COLBOltX,
AriolOitYss-Ai-UAW,
Somerset, Pa.
bnsiiitMi ent rusted U) our cure will be
pr.HuW.v aud UllUluliy h:U-uu1 UK JollM5--....
uu..lt- m N,uu IK-dnid and adjoiii
u o.uuur. !urvrias ud couvejauciu
Aulic uu reasonable Urriua.
HL. liAElt,
A XTVKN EY-AT-LA W,
tSoiiMrrwt, Pa.
Will practict- in Somerset aud adjoiuinc
,ii.Ui. All bu.Miii- eulrusUxl U iiiui Will
A. H. OJKr liuTU. W. H. KCPPEL.
Cvjl-FliUTll i RUPI'EL,
AiTuKEVS-AT-LAW,
KoiuertKt, Pa.
All lusines entrusted to their care will be
p.i-Ji. vand iuiit-iualiy atu-uded to. Odioe
ou Ma'iu Crosa blrtx-t, oppotJle MaMUiuoUl
BiOLk..
JW. t' A LOTH EltS, M. D.,
ruvsiii.tN ajibsL'iwhos,
Somerset, l'a.
ulBce ou I'alri';. Btreet, oppoKite U. B
tl UMl.
i calis at office.
DIC P. F. SHAFKEK,
fU VslclAN ao rlLBOEON,
tioiuervet. Pa.
It u.'en. liis proftwiona! ser ioe to the citi-
us t.i tu.t rset and VK-imty. Ullice corner
Uaiu crtiM. and 1'uiriot ueet.
D!'w J. M. IaJUTHER,
l'ii V1C1AN ASUL'KGEON,
t'i!:i ou iUiu slrtx-l, rear of lrug store.
Jlt. 11. K1MMELL,
1 . uiip- Iiik prif.-s.ional xen ices to tbe citi--!
..I smu-rs-t and vicinity, l uleaa pro
eiu .i. eiit'ni-'ed u.-ciiii be lound at Ilia of
fice ou M...U tminl of inautoud.
I J KMcMILLEN,
X ' oriiduate ill IviUiKtry.)
t.ivo a attention to the preservation
of ii. ii; mi t.t tli. Artnit-ial Mia iuaerled.
An .it,..u. i . Kuunmleed KititiM-ury. OUice
111 U . i. . u roxtr L. U. luvia o' ktore,
Corut: ia,L 1 roa aud Palriol alreeta.
C. H. C'OFFIiOTH,
Kunoral Director.
Oiliix. MJa Main C'ro St. Itesideuce,
340 rutrint HL
JliAXK 11. FLUCK,
Land Sui-vej'or
A.Nlj MIXIXii EXOIXEEB. LisUe, Pa.
Oils! Oils!
Ai'antir IteflnfncCrk, I'ittslmnt DeparV-
"t-i, l .ll-l. u ix. l'a., Iiuk.il (.pea-lalty ol
niauuliu-tuniig lor tlr lamieaUc
trade the llueal brands of
lluminatingdt Lubricating Oils
NpMha & Gasoline,
Tiiatrau u-nude from PeiHileam. We chal-
leutiecoiupariauu wiUi every known
Product of Petroleum
If you with the most uniformly
Satisfactory Oils
IX THE
American tarket.
Tor oura. Trade for Romeraet and vicini
ty uuppiied by
VOOK A BEEHIT8 and
t UEASKA K (HtsKK,
bouientet. Pa.
VOL. XLVI. NO. 2.
Terrible Pains
In th Stomach-Dndrwl Hcatt
aches - Fc mrxt Neck Cowroe
With Boilt -Cured by Hood's Sr-spatula-Skin
is Noi C-r.
" I waa rot rred it h buik ail orer m y far
and neck. I bad dreadful headarb. and
pain ia my it o ranch. I took BioiRiaea,
bat ii not much Lcm&Sev!, and I pro
cured ix bottles of lioud 6ancrrilU.
After takinf the first bottle I eve Id are aa
improvement. When I had takeu a few
more bottlea I he boil had all (om, tr y
kin was clear, my appetiu returned, and
my health was entirely restored. I am
thankful I ever found tuch a blood puri
fier aa Hood'. SertaparHU. I paid out a
food deal of money f uulni medicines
before taking Hood's nwrikriila.n W. F.
EKtlwnH, llurloct, VaryUnd.
If you decide to try Hoods rrsaparUla
do not be induced to bay any other.
Mood5;
Sarsa-
parilla
Is tl IV-st in fact the One True Illtmd rLri-
ficr. Re sure to c't Hood's. Prire L 'i f.ir Si
IIUUU S rlllS with Hood saaaiuu-illa.
THE
First Naiional M
Somerset, Ponn'a.
o
Capital, S50.000.
Surplus, S26.000.
o
DEPOSITS RCCCIVC IN LA ROC ANDSMALl
AMOUNTS. PATABLe ON OCWANO.
ACCOUNTS OF MeRCHANTS, FARMERS,
STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY. -
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
CHAS. O. HTI.U GEO. R. SCULL,
JAMES L. Pl'OH. W. H. MIU.ER,
joiin K. tsvrTT, ' noirr. s. scutx
FKEU W. B1ESECKER
EDWAltD BCTTIX, : : PRESI I)EJT.
VA1.ENTIXK HAY, : VICE PKESI LlENT.
HARVEY M. BERKLEY, . CASHIER.
The funds and securities of this bank are se
curely protected In a celebrated Cokliss Bra
olak Proof Safk. The only safe made abso
lutely burKUir-proof.
Be test County National
B A IN! K
OF SOMERSET PA.
DUklltM 1877. 0fi! ' '"E"
O.
Capita!, - $ 50.0DU U0
. . - nnn nn
Surplus A Undivided Profits, J,uuu uu
Assets, - - 333,33333
Cliaa. J. Llarrison,
President.
Wm. LI. Koontz, -
Vice President .
- . Ca-sbicr.
. Ass't Cadhier.
Milton J. Tritts,
wco. S- Ilarrljon,
Directors .
Wm. Enttsley,
JoMiall Sp:lit,
John II. Snyder,
Joseph B. Havis
Chaa. W. Snydor
II. C. Keoribt,
John Stuflt,
Harrison Snyder,
Noah S. Miller,
Jerome StulTt,
Sam. B. IlarriHon.
rainmers of this bank will reeetre the moid
llueml ireatnienteoHKiatejil lUl
can be accouiiiiotiw3 j -
amount, . . jk.nnrni
Money ana Taiuaoie
hold's celebrated aan-s, wim "'
timelock. -nntted
Collections rnaae in l"'
States. Chanjea nioaenne.
Aeeoanu aud aepoaiui kjhuku.
A. H. HUSTON,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
.. . ,.i.ln. trt fnnrs.ls fu m
and eTeryinine pexuo"s
iahed.
SOMERSET - - Pa
Jacob
D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Ooor Wert of Lutherin Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
I Am Now
m ed to supply the 'public
with Clocks, Watcbea, and Jew
elry of all descriptions, as Cbeap
as tbe Cheapest
UEPAIUIXO A
SPECIALTY.
eTiarantwL Loot t my
All
Block before making your
purchase.
J. D. SWANK.
A LOCAL
Disease
A Climatic
Affection.
Nothing bnt a Uc:
reiiK-dy r cbanre o
cliinal will cure iL
CATARRH
ft a well-knowi-
phariuuceulicAl rein
ed.'.
Ely'sCream Balm
It in quickly absorber"
Utves relief at once
COLD lH HEAD
Jt on. .. rinS t"f "
Naaal PnfaHK"
:'nte-l.
. . i ... !f-.lfir- th ' ieiiaes oi i
S Vull rie -AGA Trial Mae IUc
UKoTtlEias MWarre-i Wreet, X. .
I
IT WAS ONLY A I)0(J
Bat Se What a Great sad Cwd Weik
tie D.l
I: MKJI'IJ Tlit I TT RMhiK,
'I ran't wr w lial rV Pni! to J,
Lkiii," Mill Mr. iVtlitfrcw.
Mie said it aJ.Hjtl. tl.tHisii !ir w as
La!Litig lt a iin: a?J the L'k-d
into her eym, m t waifpil hi tail, and
hiiM-d a litUc, atnml.le jfln
a!! tliroviti hia laaly. Uue wiM! lutve
tliouRlit that Im was making a d-tM-r-ate
t tfort to talk, so car not w an he;
and i'.nVxl. Mrs. l'ctligrew amiieil at
him a little xadly an J munuured:
4 'Poor IJon, cau't you hay it? Hut
you know all alut it, you old follow ?"
Yea, he knew alt shout it. lie knew
how the little olJ woniaii'a struggle had
been Kr.iw i k harder from month to
month. II iinul have known it, ho
iiui lie hut down iu lniit of lier every
day, and looked a! her w it!i huc-Ii intt-ili-gi
lit cyca that che always felt as though
tic were talking it over w it u soniecoull
dciitial Irii-nd w lieu rl;e nieiilioiii.il it
to Lion.
The trouMo had Uvii giiing ou aloii(i
time. Mix lVltirew had lived with
Willie of her family years ng4 jeople
said, but the family were a'.i dead or
scattered aud blie hail come to thin
town, where tbe haul aup;trted herself
for year by doing Uie tiue sew in that
bhe did no welL Tliere we little profit
hi it at its bent, lea uue alf iok too much
niins w itli It; and after aw hile her eye
failed, aud bhe fell to triiuiuiug hat
and doing "plain Mewing;' and so
managed to keep something on her
table, ivnd a fire ou her hearth. Jiut at
last eveu thi had failed, for her hands
w ere too crippled w ith rheumatism to
hold the needle any longer.
Several weeks had pa.sed, now, since
she had made anything; aud she hnd
been living on the little hoard that she
had laid away for a "rainy day."
Keonomical as she tried to be, her
small savings melted away; a:id now a
whole day had passed, during which
Mrs. Pettigrew had not eaten.
All arouud her were people that
would have Iven glad to help her, but
she could uot beg. She had outlived
her usefulness, she told herself aud
Lion; aud there was nothing for her to
do but to die.
1'ut it appeared that Lion wan not
willing to take so despondent a view of
the situation. When the mistress had
ftioken, he ran down towards the gate,
and looked baek, inviting her to come
on. Jle Iial always gone wiin nerou
her rounds to make her simple pur-
chasev, and lie was greatly astonished
when she only smiled sadly and refus
ed to follow. And when he suw her
sink into a chair and drop her wrink-
ed face upon her hands, he hurried
away dow n the path and leaped over
the fence.
"The dog has forsaken iiie,"said the
ittle old woman to herself. "And yet,
t is natural, for he is hungry."
Jlut it seemed that Lion was not go
ng to remain hungry, for he weut gai
ly down the street, jogging along iu a
buniness-like way that made it evident
he had made up his mind before he
started. He turned the corner at Pine
Ktreet, and presented himself before the
counter of the little baker, bland and
smiling.
"Here's Lion," said Baker Fritz,
wiping his hands on his apron. "Mrs.
Pettigrew isn't far la-hind, I reckon."
At the mention of Mrs. Pettigrew,
Lion frolicked all arouud the room,
with the absurd gambols that he affect
ed w hen he was particularly pleased.
Another customer came iu just then,
and Fritz waited on Ler, and she took
away the long brown loaf, wrapped iu
a sheet of jKiper.
Lion was growing impatient, lie
stood up, w ills his fore feet on llie etlge
of the counter, and snirted hungrily at
the loaves that were nearest, watch
ing Frits with interest as the baker
moved alut the little space back of
the counter. Liou opened hi expres
sive mouth in a mostastonishingyawn
nd when this failed to produce auy
immediate result, be barked at the
baker, his mouth hanging open, and a
good-humored smile showing all hi
teeth; as though he felt sure that this
would be understood.
"Why, I do believe the dog want
hi loaf," said the baker to hi wife,
who looked in to see what aii the noise
wa about, "He hasn't brought any
money, but never mind. My! I wish
my driver had as much scute a that
dog has!''
So Fritz tied up a loaf in iirowu paper
and held it toward the dog. Lion ac
cepted it gravely, and instead of wag
ing his tail he wagged his wuole iwuy
as he went out of the door and started
up the street. Straight home he went,
with his head up and with a wary eye
ou the alert for any other dog that
might happen along. m
Mrs. rettlgrew's head was still down
on her hands, for she did not have
courage enough to look up and see the
bright summer sunshine, when all her
world was so dark. Theu something
touched her hand, aud there wa Lion,
looking straight into her eyes, and
trying to show her the loaf. So Mrs.
Pettigrew left off crying aud began
laughing, aud she and Liou sat down
and dined sumptuously on bread and
water.
The next day Lion made bis appear
ed at the baker's shop ngaln, and bark
ed at the baker, upon which 1-ritz re
plied as though the dog bail spoken:
"Aim, you raw ad, you think I always
a.11 mv bread without money? Uo
home after the niekle, sir."
Hut Fritz's wife looked in again and
said: '
"Fritz, he took the loaf straight home
yesterday, for I watched him; and his
mistress hasn't been here for I dou't
know how many days. Give him the
loaf. Fritz. We shan't miss it."
So Lion got his loaf again; and took
it home; but he did not stay to eat it.
He ran down the street again, aud
turned down another way. and before
the butcher knew what he was doing,
there was Liou looking into hi eyes,
and barking at him with all his might
And he would not leave off barking,
either, until tbe butcher said:
Whv. Lvon. have you come alone
this ruoruing? You want some meat
SOMERSET, PA.f WEDNESDAY,
fr your breakfast? Maybe the "Id Lady
basu'l beeu feeding you Very well Isli
ly."
And lie picked out some d.la !!
ends of UK at ai.d nll-d tl u up
itaprr, U-r Lion ti take koine. V
d--g bk the packxge and ruhed i
w ilh it at auch rate that he almt U-t
Fritz, the liaker, who wa coming in
at the d.a.r.
"What, ha Lion U-en buying meat,
too?" be ai-ked in astonishment- "Well
that dog i smart. Why, he voiuewtomy
place aAer hi bread, and my w ife say
he take it straight home; and I guess
he'll take that meat home, too."
They were so luUrveted it b matUr
that they left the Uiop and flowed
Liou to the comer, w her tley could
watch him all the way uonie. Sure
cuough, he went ou up the atrcct, and
lcaied over the gate, and they saw hi:u
walk in at the door with hi head up
and the buudlc- in hi iikniiIi
Inn. day or two Liou' fame '-ul gone
out through all the town; aud people
followed him into the laker's and the
butcher's to see him Iwrk at the pro
pi it-tor until he w:l waiUdou. O.ie
dy the liuker tried to see what 'lie dog
would do if uo attention were paid to
him. Lion burked awhile in vain;
then he stood oil" and looked at Fritz
in astonishment; theu he barked agaiu;
aud at last he quietly leaped upon the
counter, seized a loaf daintily and care
fully and walked oil" w ith it.
It wa Fritz's wife that called on Mrs.
Pettigrew, and with the gentleness aud
courtesy natural to some women in
even the common walk of life, said
nothing of the poverty that was press
ing so hard. Hut when she went home
she said to her husband:
"Oh, Fritz, the poor woman 1 iu
bitter need. I do believe the dog is
keeping her alive."
It was a new asiect of the case.
There wa no more lucliuation to laugh
over the dog that went to the butcher's
and the baker's every morning. Sinie-
how, every one iu the place felt that
the- dog had something almost human
iu him; and there was something close
ly resembling a cheer as he came down
the next morning.
"I woutKr if I couldn't help along
with this?" said one of the grocers, aa
he watched Lion going homeward
with his meat a little later. The result
of which wa that he found a basket,
somewhere about the store, and he
busied himself, making up little bun
dle of tea and sugar and cheese aud
whatnot; for he wa a kind-hearted
man, this grocer, and somehow the dog
had all the springs of his kindness
moving.
The next line Lion came dow n the
street, the gro:ef was in the door ready
for him.
Hello, Lion, good moruitig, sir!" he
called cheerily. "Suppose you take
this basket home w ilh you."
For there was a delicate courtesy
about the grocer, ami he would not
hurt the feelings of eveu a dog by say
ing anything about a gift.
And Lion smiled at the basket, and
finding that there were eatables in it,
he took the handle in his mouth and
trotted away, w ith a parting smile over
hi shoulder.
It happeiied that the baker's wife
looked iu upon Mr. Pettigrew a few
moment afterward. She found the
old womau looking at the content of
the basket, which were spread out on
the table before her, and there was such
a look in her eyes! And there was
Lion, rolling all over the floor in the
most absurd manner, showing that he
was happier than he ever wa before.
It seemed that the whole town want
ed to help Lion take careol Mrs. Pet
tigrew. Every day hi circle of in tlu-
ence w idened, aud one day it was Mrs.
Martiu that called him in aud gave
him a bundle to fake home.
"It's, ouly a little shawl, for the
mornings are ch1," she explained to
Lion, who gamboled gaily in reply as
he started out, for the dog seemed so
human that she felt he must know all
about it.
And a little later there wa old Mr.
Drew, whom all the poeple had thought
a miser, calling the dog in and (letting
him when he thought no one wa look
ing, and when Lion weut away he
had a big bundle, aud he walked with
his head very high, and looked more
important than ever. Some of them
fouud out afterward that the bundle
contained several yard of flaunel,
enough to keep oil the rheumatism all
the rest of the old woman' life.
One could not begin to tell of the
kindly deeds that blossomed out iu the
little tow n, all liecausc of the dog that
loved hi mistress so faithfully. Why,
there was one man sending around a
load of wood, and sending a man to
split it up, too, and to carry it into the
house; and there was another that sent
up shingles, and hired a man to put a
new roof ou the shed. It seemed that
the town had made up its mind that
the little old woman was to be taken
care of, aud that everything she could
posePdy need was to be done for her;
aud if you had merely meutioued such
a thing as pay for anything, the mau
to whom you mentioned it would never
have forgiven you,
"It couldn't be done," said the man
that had sent up the load of wood. "1
am sure that any man who took money
for anything he did for that old lady
would never be able to look Liou in
the face agaiu." .
Yes, it w-s Lion, Lion everywhere.
The dog suddenly found himself the
most popular dog that ever was known
and every oue that met him had some
thing pleasant to say to him.
-The result of it all wa that, iu a little
while, happy spirit in Mrs. Pettigrew'
body warmed Mr. Pettigrew's poor
little being, until, all at once, the rheu
matism begau to take its departure,
and she grew stronger every day. In
a little while she could hobble about
without her stick, and then she could
use bar hands, and very soon she came
down w ith Liou, one morning, and
walked into one place after another.
"I'd like to tell you if I could," she
said to them all. "Liou and I know
all about it, but we could never say
and now I am strong again, and yes
terday I did a little work; aud I have
nioncv for my marketing to-day. But
oh, it's a beautiful thing to be brought
helpless once iu a while to see bow
even a dog can be a friend to you, aud
how a w hole town can forget itself and
reiiwuil-r you."
AuJ tin re uot muvh said, but as
at weut aa, oi aP.er another of
i M II. at hd helped her CUfiM-out aud
i vili-hrvl the little o!- woman and tbe
I g. a;o.ri up tl.e atni-t, to-le by aide;
I. i,o eai.'jitig snte of the Uit,Ur, - r
m wouM r jrie up l.ia wort ail at
He. AliJ aa they w airbed, there
wj a niL-t iu tlx ir eye, and Ok two
Inures grew lu.firtiiM't.
Dickeni and Hit Cat.
Charles Dickens was a lover 1 ani
mal, and like a' I true lover, he was
likely to becotiio the slave of tin pels.
Wil'iaiuina, a little white rat, wa a
favorite with tha entire household, but
showed an especial devotion to it mas
ter. She selected a corner of b tudy
for her kittens, and brought tlwiu. iu
from the kiteluTi :u by one. Mr.
I tii kens hail tlu-u taken aw ay aifaiu.
lut Williamlus only brought tliein
piielly back.
Again they Were removed, .'t the
third time of th ir return sh did not
leave them in the coruer. Iii-U-ad, i
placed them at ber maxter' feel, a id
taking her stand beside them, la d
mploringly up at him.
That settled the iuctioa. Therva-
ter the kitten belonged to the stud;.
aud they made themselves royally at
mine, swarming up the curtains, play
ing about the writing-table, and scam
tiering behind the b.iok-shelve. Most
of the family were given away; one
only remained, eutirely deaf, and
known, from her devotion to Dickeu's,
a "the master's cat-"
This little creature followed him
about like a dog, and sat beside him
while he w rote. One evening Dickens
wa reading by a small table whereon
sat a lighted caudle. A usual, the cat
was at his e.bow. Suddenly the light
went out. Dickens was much inter
ested in his book, and he re-lighted
the candle, giving the cat a stroking
as he did si.
fterward he retneiuliered that pu
had hxiked at him somewhat reproach
fully while she received the caress. It
was only w hen the light again ltecanm
lim that he guessed at the reason of
u-r melancholy. Turning suddenly ho
fouud her deliberately putting out the
candle with her paw, and again she
Kiked at hitu apidingly.
She was lonesome; she want 1 1 le
elted, and this was her advice for
ringing it about.
With th8 Bit tterflies.
The study of the way of butterflies
will prove a delu-'ttful pastime to tho
y or girl who know only hour to
capture the pretty creatures in a net, to
imprison and then to kill them. Ou
some go den June aiteruoju, altogether
too beautiful to be waited indoors.
ive yourselves up entirely to the but
terflies. Follow and watch without
tartling them, and eveu iu so short a
time you will learn enough to make
ou wonder that any one can presume
to call them aimless iu their cheerful,
bxsy little lives.
The first butterflies that make their
ppearance in the spring are the t-
riou dusky-wings, brown and black.
which blend perfectly with the hues of
the moist bare twigs and branches.
Then comes the tiny blue butterflies.
heralds of the first violets; to be follow
ed later by the gay swallow-tails,
which are color of the rainbow; the
pure white butterflies of mid -June; the
active little tawny and black skippers;
the copper and the brilliant augle-
wings, which romp iu the sunshine ou
the hottest days.
IlatU-rflies have a daiuty way of
alighting for rest. A moth will om
o a sudden stop and settle immediate
ly, but a butterfly usually keeps it
wings more or less oiieu while it sway
to aud fro ou some Ho wer. I f it be feed-
mr. however, it will close it whig
tightly, back to back, aud if it be asleep,
the wing will be packed away into the
smallest possible compass. The Hi-
periui family sleep with the fore wing
down between the hind wings so that
ouly the hind wings may be seen.
Different butterflies manage their
antenna.- differently. Some keep then
wide-spread, others tuck them between
the wing, aud others again brint?
them together beside the front edge of
the wings. This latter actiou meanu
that the butterfly i sound asleep aud
perfectly comfortable.
The first morning thought of a but
terfly is to search for honey. It proU-s
every flower it meets, and ofteu works
hard for breakfast. The tiger swallow
tail have a passion for lilac blossoms;
they are capable of gorging themselves
to helplessness through their greed for
the sweets. If you will notice tho
road-side lawl left by a summer show
er you may see flocks of yellow butter
flies eagerly drinking, and a pretty
si-ht it is!
The siiecies of butterfly known a the
Vanessa are all wonderfully friendly
and playful. Dr. Abbott tell of the
red admiral alighting ou hi knee one
d:y a he wa writing, and, although
it occasionally new oil to the busnes
near by, it r-duriied from tune to time
and was his compauiou for a great part
of the day.
Would you not rather win the confi
dence of so graceful and exquisite an
insect aud thereby study its pretty ways
than wautonly to imprison it? hollow
the butterflies into the wood and
Celds, and you will see how they pro
tect themselves by mimicry, how they
make sound by the motious of their
w ings, how many of them have all the
variety of flight of the bird, ana how
most of them are clever botanist, mat
ing the best sort of teachers for your
summer holidays. Oar Animal
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Fighting- Insect PeeU.
A reiiicdw-s are discovered for dis
e;es of plant, and noxious irn-ectare
kc4 Iu he k, the farmer is sometime
suddenly confronted w ith rieW insect
er.ctny or wiih om dira w hich to
liiui wim previous!) to. known. There
ar cause for such l.a ;inns ancuiu-MK-n-e
I -t ween couutrv-a o-n a Iath
way t"t the iutr-aluctioii of iu t and
(iLsewne, though every prc-amion may
have been taker, to prevent such mis
fortunes. The potato beetle U an
American native, however, but wa
unknown until adtancing civilisation
penetrated hi kes.uarU-rs in Colora
do, when he iiiiinedtaU-Iy retuinsi the
recognition of hi preac-nce y J-.a-.it
Ing lia.-L The jsjlato beetle U bow
here to stay, for, while lulllioc of
pour.d of arsenic havo beeu used iu it
d.ft ruction sud thou.san.L of bu-y
hand have a.-:tfd in picking the
vili-s, it ha been w ithin toe (low
er of farmer to annihilate the js-sts.
The jsHato N-ctle i uot alone, however
as the caMage worm hold it ground
and the gypsy moth, S:m Sise scale
and various form of fungi continue to
entail los and expeuse auiountirg to
millions of dollars.
0UiI. NATION KKWKlMES.
To combat the ravages of the insect
and other plant enemies fanners should
work together aud use the projier reme
dies at the right time. At the New
York experiment station it ha been
discovered that better result are ob
tained by using Pari green and Bor
deaux mixture together than to use the
Pari green alone, a the combination
protect against Uth the potato beetle
and the flea beetle. It is best to be
careful and use the required remedy,
and for a purpose, as Paris green does
not destroy plant lice, kerosene emul
sion ia not a preventive of mildew and
Bordeaux mixture is not etVicaciotis
when used for the destruction of cur
rant worms. liach remedy must lie
applied for a special purpose and one
can not be substituted for the other.
Bordeaux mixture is a fungicide and i
used not to destroy such disease as
potato blight, but to prevent the difli
culty, hence it is valueless if applied
after the disease ha been established.
If used in connet-tionwith Paris green
( using the Bordeaux mixture with Pari
green instead of water) the twofold
object of destroying beetles and blight
may lie accomplished.
THKCOfiT AMTIIEAIX.
The farmer has been well informed
on these matters, and well knows that
in order to produce good crops he rntbd
resort to the remedies, but l.c hesitates
w hen the cost of the labor and. ma
terials are estimated. The cost w ill de
pend, however, on the amount of bene
fit derived. It may be anything but
economical to allow the crop to lie de
stroyed U-cause the exi-nse for reme
dies aud their application must be met,
but it has been demonstrated that there
i a large gain over the cost if the crop
is treul"d at the proper time, and this
gain depeno ,.'on the varieties of
potatoes planted, as much a $11.50 per
acre having been gained by tuc'iseof
medics compared with crop treated
dirt" r.-utly, as this profit wa estimated
after the cost for remedies had been de
ducted. There are occasions when
remedies are used needlessly, but farm
ers must learu how to avoid so doing.
What is necessary is to attack all fungi
arly in the season and keep it away
from the crop. By so doing the ex
panse of treating the crop later will lie
saved. When the potato liectle must
be destroyed the combination of Pari
greeu and Bordeaux mixture may con-
iuue as a preventive of blight and is
sure to destroy beetles. A knowledge
of the fact that these two remedies can
be advantageously combined will effect
a great saving iu labor and time.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,
a mercury will stnviy uesiroy me
sense of smell and completely derauge
the whole system when entering it
through the luucou surfaces. Such
articles should never be used exvpt
on prescription from reputable physi
cians, as the damage they will do is
ten fold to the good you can iiossibly
derive from them. Hall's Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney
& Co., Toledo, O , contaius no mercury,
and is takcu internally, acting directly
upon the blood aud mucous surfaita of
the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh
Cure be sure you get the genuine. It
is taken internally aud is made iu To
ledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co.
Testimonial free.
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Grains of Gold.
He i littlest, who b--little others.
Nothing w ill upbraid you like un
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Intelligence i not gained by a mere
act of will.
Happiness Ls lost by b'ing intemper
ate in it pursuit.
Pretend to know, and you will be
come an empty shelL
A crust w ith an appetite, i better
than a feast without.
Intelligence is largely in knowing
what we do not know.
Better a little.understauding, than
much useless knowledge.
Ileflectiou is a key that unlocks the
treasures of the memory.
Beading is a good thing, but observa
tion and reflection are better.
Great cities are pestilential to the
morals, aud health, and the liberties of
man.
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What ii the North Pole?
Not very long ago in Brooklyn Lieu
tenant Hubert E. Peary, tho American
Artie explorer, spoke to a number of
young folk on "Arctic Exploration
and Experiences." It wa a fascinat
ing ftory, and a he is to go north agaiu
next year, and in view of Nanseu'
wonderful voyage, it Ls doubly interest
ing. Lieutenant Peary began by explain
ing what the north pole is: Why it is
simply a mathematical point at which
lite axia of the earth cut the circle of
the earth; ill t) degrees of latitude
aud 3' i decrees or no deirnes of
loogitude. Assume for the moment
that a man U s.iiding ou tbe north
pole. What will las some of the pe
culiar condition there? In the first
pho, tiiiMigh be would stand there for
twenty-four Umm, the daily revolution
if the earth wisjl.l simply have the ef
fect of turning him about face.
With a man standing on the north
pole there is but one direction in the
whole world, and that is south. He
can move ouly one direction south.
After he has taken the first step, south
ward he can go to the right or the left,
to east or west, but that first step must
lie southward.
If he remained there for a year he
would but have one night and one day.
The sun would rise fin the Slst day of
March and it would lias daily around
the horizon, each day getting a little
higher. Ou the 21st day of Juue it
would be 'Sil degrees high, or a little
more than one-quarter of the zenith.
Theu it would tiegin to descend agaiu
until the lst of September. Ou that
day it would roll arouud the horizon
and on the next day it would have
disapjieared, to remain iuvL-ible for six
months.
During this time when the sun is
low u, this man would see every star
iu the heavens. If in the summer he
step directly toward the sun it is then
noon for him. If he take one step
backward it i midnight for him. A
man standing there can not say he is
having a good time or a lnl time.
What Ls time? Noon is t'.ie instant at
which the sun (tasse the meridiau on
which we are. A mau at the north
lole has no meridian and hence can
have uo noon.
What are tho physical i-culiarities
of this north pole? Well, uo oue baa
ever been there, I cau say, however,
that there is aleiolutely no reason
w hatever for assuming tliat there are
unusual condition at the north pole.
There i no reason for thinking that
there Ls an ojieu Polar sea. There Ls
no reason for thinking that there is a
palewcrystic sea; no reason for the, oid
superstition that there ia a great hole
at the asi or a wonderful volcano. If
there be any land there, it l-ars prob
ably the same characteristics a other
Arctic lands; lands that have been
seen by exploration. If there be any
water at the north pole, it is an Arctic
sea, similar to other Arctic seas that
we know of.
"Now, as regards it discovery.
What is the use of hunting for the
north pole? What will be the good of it
whorl ti-ij found? H.-gardles of any
commercial v-iiui whatever, the fact re
mains that the disoovrvy of the north
pole, a a geographical feat will rank
w ith the discovery of America by Co
lumbus. The discovery of the north
pole is the only great geographical fact
j-et remaining to be accomplished on
the face of the globe. The man who
discovers the north pole w ill iu the
future years rank w ith Columbus, so
far aa the importance of hi work goes.
It is asked is the game worth the
candle? I this discovery worth the
expense, the time, the ri.sk, the hard
work? A regard the money, you
may have an idea that money expend
ed on an arctic exploration i thrown
awav. Yet that money 1 siient to buy
f.xnl, to pay men, to purchase equip
ment, clothing and supplies of all
kinds, and the money i expeiided
here at home. A regard the risk,
that i practically out ol the question
now. The revolution in arctic meth
od ha been such as to make arctic
work to-day just as safe as exploration
in any part of the globe; perhaps more
so than iu some countries. Iu arctic
regions there are but two foes, cold and
huiijrer. Cold i not to be considered
by a well man who is properly clothed
and fed. I can say frankly and truth
fully that I wa as uncomfortably cold
on the quay wall of the Brooklyn
navy yard last winter a I have been
in the arctic regious.
But the discovery of the north pole
does not mean simply attaining that
spot. It mean determining the geo
graphical features of a very large area
of the polar regious, which has as yet
been unexplored. What i the use of
discovering the pole? What good was
the wreath of leaves that was pri.ed iu
the Olympic games? In value the discov
ery of the north and the wreath are
the same they represent the Intelli
gence, the energy, the courage, the en
durance and the indomitable will that
climb over every obstacle.
Up to a year ago there were three
possible ways of reaching the north
pole. One wa by the route advocated
by Dr. Nansen, his theory being to put
a ship into the ice north of Siliena and
drifting, perhaps to, or at least near,
the north pole. The second route was
via Franz Josef Land. That land,
when discovered in early '70s, was sup
posed to lie the southern point of a
great arctic archipelago, lue third,
and what may be called the American
route, developed by American explor
ers, is along the uorthwest coast of
Greenland, which i longer to be re
garded a a great continent.
During the last five year I have
made four journeys across the interior
of Greenland, with the result of deter
mining that it is not coutinent, but a
huge arctic island, with an archipel
ago of unknown extent reaching to the
north and northwestward. The Franz
Josef Land route to the pole can scarce
ly be now considered. The fact that
Dr. Nansen saw no land whatever
north of it shows that it is simply
group of islands of very limited extent,
which offers uo land base for a journey
to the pole. The American route,
therefore, i the oue remaining not a
the most practical route, but as the
only one. Thi land, which extends
above Greenland, I the most northerly
"WHOLE NO. 2395.
known on tbe face of the globe. How,
then, is it to be utilized?
The plan I have proposed Ls to fit
out a ship with concentrated provi
sion and a complete equipment and
send it north in lstw. Up there on the
western coast of Greeulaud there i
Kikimo. That tribe embraced last
summer some ZVi men, women and
children. They are the m'wt norther
ly human beings on the face of the
globe. They have been literally im
imprisnued in the depth of the arctic
circle for century after century. Every
man, woman and child iu the tribe I
know personally, and they have the
utmost confidence in me. I have giv
en them bails, knives, wood, gun and
everythiuir of that sort that would be
useful to them. It has been wealth
uuimagiuable to them.
My plan Ls to take some of these peo
ple ou hoard my ship, with all their
worldly llongings,and transport them
to Sherard Osborne fjord. We shall
laud there and the ship will come
lck. Then with their dogs and
slislg-s, we shall transport supplies to
the most northerly land perhaps to
( ape Washington, perhaps farther.
We shall have the provisions ready for
the spring. When spring comes I
shall start with two or three Eskimo
with their dog teams and sledge and
make a direct line across the sea-ice
straight to the sle.
We know to-day that there is land
withiu oifJ mile of the pole. At the
rate of ten miles a day which can
surely lie traveled to reach the pole
would require thirty-six days
and thirty-six day back, a mat
ter of seventy-two day for the round
trip. I have already been away from
my base of supplies on the Greenland
ice-cap for ninety-six days, so that
such a journey as the one I have out
lined certaiuly ought not to prove an
impossible one. Golden Hours.
Steering by a Star.
That sailors prefer not to steer by
compass must have struck you a oue
curious fact. Here is another. A
steersiiiaii can k-s.p his siiip U tter ou
h r course at night, if it be clear, than
during the day. "Isk ah-ad, get a
star, ami steady her head by it." So
says the A B of the ocean to the sailor
who ha uot yet won hi degree. For
to the helmsman the star are like the
pilar of fire in Scripture. They are
the hand on the dial of the night.
Tney twinkle "good evening" to poor
Jack as he sits up aloft or stands at the
helm, aud wink "good morning" and
"giasl by" to him with daylight.
It Ls obvious that the "to" or "oil""
movement of a vessel C:tn lj more
quickly detected by a small, bright ob
ject like a star dead aoead tlian by the
monotonous sweep of the horiz :i, or
by p-jeriug into theeo;npass-box. Tae
same ancient mariner who told me
a!aiit measuring the length of the otT
and in shore legs by the life of candles,
told me that once, when the oil in the
binnacle-lamp gave out and he was
stet-ring by a ?tar, lie oceasisnally
struck a match and looked at the com
pass "to see if the star had moved
any." . ,
When the Iookon slug out, "Land
ho!" and has replied t the officer's
"Where away?" a star over th rock or
other danger may b noted and
brought down in line with the point of
the compass, and it proper bearing
obtai ned.
The stars," said a sea-captain to
me, "move apparently from east to
west, so that when we find our first
star will no longer do, we select an
other. Thi is the case with all but
the north or pole star, which is in line
with two certain stars in the Great
Bear or Dipi-cr, aud the orbit is so
small that it Ls a kmh! guide for the
night, and we can eveu detect errors of
the compass by it."
The north star is, of course, as true
as or even truer than the- most accu
rate compass. To the "other thiiigs"
that sailors steer by the compass is.
towever, what steam Ls to electricity.
To produce an electric light you re
quire a dynamo; to run the dynamo
you need steam. Yo may feel the
wind on your moist brow or hand; but
the direction from w hich it blows you
can except in the case of the regular
trade winds, or unless you are up in
sea-lore tell only from the compass.
Then by sailing close to the wind you
cau keep ou that course without look-
ng at the compass.
But sailors naturally have a large ac
cumulation of weather-lose; and in ad
dition in the "trade" there are, ex
cept in case of violeut storms, certain
regularities in the wind in certaiu
part of the ocean, and certain other
recurring signs, which the helmsman
can utilize and which often enable him
to dispense with the compass alto
gether. F..r instance, if in standing
south to round the Horn, you see the
"Magellanic Clouds" (bright patches
in the Milky Way) directly above the
ship, change your eourse for the Straits
of Magellan. St. Nicholas.
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Precise experiments have shown that
it is very nearly iniporwible to feed in
such a manner that a pound of pork
can be produced with profit from any
animal over a year old. To keep the
hoar through two winter is an anti
quated method.
What Hood's Sarsaparilla has doue
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Hood'. Sarsaparilla cure all blood
diseases.
It mm h the amount of n:A
il'jre ,'l-te-l tht benefits tite fruit
ir.,o, hut l lie percent, which fcs la an
iiivai.it, le condition. If well rotted it
U soluble, ami therefore easily appro
priated. Th" real milker is made the
tirtj- ar. I'y tiiis is n.t meant that
breeding is a mtfer "t no importance,
but he lii'-f ! limde ,io good service
the fir4 season if she i- to keep it up.
I-tting the calf suck the first season or
permitting it to run with the dam is a
very bad way to make a good mlU
er. Why Ls it that "a good orchard" L
one of the first and m4 important im
provements mentioned by the man
who offers hi farm for sale? Why
does such an inducement reach so far
into the affections aud pocketbook of
the prospective purchaser? The Epitu
mlst. Skim milk i an excellent human
food. It make muscle. If the milk
man can sell it for - cent a quart that
will be equal to f 1 per l'X) pound for it,
and at such a price he will realize good
profit. The progressive milkman
might educate hi customer gradually
to a realization of the value of skint
milk.
Always take the wife's advice about
making the garden, but don't let her
do the hard work. It may seem pot
tering work, but if so plant in long,
straight row with room enough be
tween to use the cultivator freely. In
thi way by horse piwtr much more
cau be accomplished, and the labor
beicg used economically, and on rich
land, will make more profit than the
like amount of labor on any part of the
farm outside the garden.
It i a practice of some farmer we
know to let a few bur.1 s k plants grow,
so as to furnish a green bite 'or horse
during the early summer. The horse
are almost crazy at thi sea-son to eat
something green, and the slightly bit
ter taste of the burdock leave does not
prevent them from eating them greed
ily. Tills will not interfere w ith eat
ing dry feed as greeu grass w isild do.
In fact, some horsemen rviaurd the bur
dock leave a a valuable tonic, and de
clare that horses t at more heartily and
do more work after they have been fid
thus. American Cultivator.
Every one has noticed how, when a
large branch of a tree Ls cut otr, small
branches will shoot out around tbe
stump. These branches are from the
reserve buds, of w hich all tree have a
gr-at nuiiiU r at every iortion of their
stirfaiv. Under ordinary circumstan
ces these never come to maturity, but
when the trie is wounded or cut oil" or
loses some of its branches the reserve
hud at once c:ue into play and renew
the foliage.
Wheat straw is the best billing for
pig. I've straw ofien ha a black du.-t
on it, that gives the skin, especially of
white hog, a dirty appearand. Oat
straw usually has more or less rust. It
may seem to some that a clean, pink
white skiu Ls not very important in a
pijj
but is i an indication of health.
A pig will al way keep on growing to
long as his skin ht clean and hair
smiwjth. When the hair begin to ct r
and grow long, and the skin looks din
gy aud rusty, look out for the setback.
It Ls necessary to guard against the
squash vine borer in advance. After
he begin his work he operate inside
the stalk, where no poison can reach
him. Yet he must first eat hi way
iato the inside. Thi suggests the
right way to head him otT. Keep the
stalk from the earliest growth of the
vine sprinkled with water every few
days iu which pari green ha been
disolved at the late of oue teaspoonful
io each gallon of water. If rain ccme
and wash this otf renew the applica
tion. It Ls much cheaper to kill otr the
tiorvr before he has done any damage
l u all it ia ic . "uu am unu aiicrjjr
ha done hi worst work.
Tuberculosis Is being stamped out of
the cattle of France, and the govern
ment now demand veterinary in
spection and tuberculin test for all
cattle imported into France. Ameri
can breeders should take the bull by
the Lores and have their herds tested
aud freed from every tuliereulosou an
imal, then be able to sell cattle war
ranted free from tuberculosi. Were
we to buy a pure-bred bull or cow for
breeding we would demand tuberculin
test before paying for it- While dm st
of our herds are comparatively fn e
from tulvrculosis perhap". none are en
tirely free. Haral World.
Good road are a coutinual blessing.
or as long as they last. The more we
have of them the better for the State,
for the State's people and for the
horse. But while we are about it,
why uot insist upou broad tire for
heavy vehicles? Several attempt
have tieen made to secure the passage
of a law to this effect, but it ha always
failed, in great measure because of the
opposition from the agricultural com
munities. Boston Transcript.
When oat are raised for feed, and
especially when they are to lie fed iu
the straw, they should le cut when
the straw begins to turu and the grain
has formed welL The straw will con
tain more nutriment ana ie belter rel
ished bv the stock than if allowed to
get ripe. But when they are to be
threshed they should be allowed to get
a little riper. With a small acreage a
very good plan of arrangement is to
mow dow n and manage the same a
clover hay. They can be harvested at
a less cost in thi way than if cut aud
hound, aud in feeding there is k
waste.
The combi nation of well-established
breeds, each grown for a distinct pur
pose, i alway a failure, as the prepo
tency of each breea neutralizes the
other, and thus produces a mongrel
that is quite as not to reproduce the
least favorable rather than the nwist
favorable characteristics desired.
Breeding pure-bred animal to grade
i alway a good plan, f r there Ls uo
I prepotency iu the grade, that having
I. . . sr.-
1 been uestroyeu in tue nrsi cross.
But
eveu in thi breeding it is ueceesary
for the best result to have a pure-bred
male of the same breed that was used
to make the grade ou which it is to be
C ossed. If the grade is a half-bred
Jersey or a half-bred Holstein, for ex
ample, second crows ou it with a pure
bred male of tht same breed will make
high-grade or three-quarter of a full-
blood, and often nearly a valuable for
milk or butter production as if it were
a full-bred animal.
When you are suffering from catarrh
or cold in the head you want relief
right away. Ouly 10 cents i requind
to test iL Ask your druggist for the
trial size of Ely' Cream Balm, or buy
the oOc size. We mail It.
ELY BROS.,
5 Warren St., N. Y. City.
I wa afflicted with catarrh last
autumn. During the month of Octo
ber I could neither taste nor smell and
could hear but Httls. Ely's Cream
Balm cured it, Marcus Goo. Shauta,
Bah way, N. i.