THE CITY. rumrrll to the mountain Kids. For the city is calling me. The chiTwiwj.in's is-aiterM with lavish hand Ht pi'm to the payly nw'W TW't an opaline tmpe to the fmhening air. The of autuirin Is onTTwhfre. But hiw run I l-mr. I'tih-. r'rir ih-.nr'i I"" monntam If? For in-. ily has I fntl hiT ? ainiin. I-Jk- smiling nr.-! U-.-it.miii;; ovi-r the , Uin. As thf Iiv-k li ift down, s th.- wind trr. chill. Her wnrui Mood UmnOs and hf-r j.ulss thrill. Oh, the mountain's aglow with tbe frosty bnwtii. A twr Hush, ere the rlimr of duath TltU grisly wiater'U lruR. But the city the city' awoke, a-tart. Tin? dfadbest winter but warms h.-r Ik-art She calls to me over the sunlit plain. And my spirit awakens and lirus again. Farewell to the crimson and poU. To the mountain's billowy blue. Bat sine, my hrt with rapture sing The city breathe unit! New Orleans Timos-Demorrat. TROUT AND PICKEREL. SoBM-thlna; About Their Methods of Feed Ins;, a Observed at the Aquarium. It is cay to observe at the aqaariurn the habits of fish in feeding. Some are KlngKish, some are fkree and some are sly. The troot are fed on live killies. The killies hen thrown into the tauk scatter in all directioun, with the trout after them like chain lightning, twist ing and turning with marvelous celeri ty. The killiea double, the trout dart after them. Rising to a bnneh of kil lies at tho toft the trout fairly make tho water fly. They jump almost, if not quite, clear out of it. as if they were turning somersaults, and down they go in again and on after tho killies. It is a dashing, slashing, crashing jmrsnit, and in about half a minute the killies are ail gone. The pickers 1 how tliffercut! How silent, and yet how Kutlil'iil Tlie killie rln.iped in above, durta downward through the water. Not pursued, it slow down and halts in the middlo of tho tank to rest and to recover its equa nimity after its recent disturbing expe rience of being removed from its home in the live food tank, carried about in a galvanized iron tray, and finally dropped into another tauk as food for ether fishes. At a little distance is observed the pickerel. It has come np silently, like a long, slender, little steamer moving dead slow. It comes to a halt so smooth ly aui quietly that the instant of its lialt is not noticed. It is simply u to be lying there, motionless, about six inches from the killie. All is peace and quiet in the tauk, and the killie still balances itself in tbo water and rests. Suddenly, with uo ap parent tiertiiu of power, the pickerel darts forward. The movement is so sad den that it is not realized that the pick erel has moved until it is seen in its tow position. Tbo killie is gone. It is now in the pit kerel's interior, and prob atly with only a very hazy notion, if any at all, of how it got there. The methods of the trout and picker el are very difft rent; their results, how ever, are much the eame. New York Ssun. One Woman's Trials. A resiJ.ut c-f Staton Island ba3 lately been very much annoyed by some of the urchins cf the neighborhood. She is a great lovr of nature and bas on her front piazza a number of pottd plants which Lave been cared for all winter. At night, when everything is quiet, the boys come and manage to steal one or two plants without discovery. One by one her choice flowers have disappeared, and although she bas watched for the thieves they have never been caught. The other day 6bo conceived a plan by which she saved her remaining treasures. Tying a string to each flow erpot, she connected the ends with a bell in tho ball. That night she waited patiently for the alarm. At last there was a tinkle and then a crash. Bushing cut. she saw a boy, apparently fright ened out of his senses, running down tho p-ath. When he found the pet tied and heard tho bell ring, he dropped Lis booty and took to his heels. Tho boy es caped, but there has been no more trou ble with flower thieves. This woman is very fond of pets of all kinds and has a number about the house. One day, while marketing, she saw a beautiful gamecock and thought it would make a novel sort of pet. Pay ing $00 for her find, she had it sent home. The bird arrived before its mis trtiis and was received ly the cook, who chopped eff it head and prepared it for dinner. New Tork Times. Humility. It is not every great man who carries his Louirs as inetkly as the mayor of Iuvciim-ss, who rebuked an admiring crowd in tbo words, "Frens, I'm just a mortal man like yersels. " Sir Wilfrid Lawson tells the following Ftory: "A woman was once pursuing ber fugitive cow down a lane, v hen she called out to some one in front, 'Man, turn my cow.' The man took no notice and allowed the cow to pass. When she came up, sho said, ifjn, why did yoa not turn tny cow?' He replied, 'Woman, I am not a man; I am a magistrate." House hold Words. A Genius. "My Tufe has been studying prology, and the house is so full of rocks I can't find a place to sit down." "What will you do about it:" "I've induced her to take up astron omy." "Is that any better?" "Of court i. She can't collect speci mens. " Chicago Record. Off the coast of Ceylon tho fishing season is inaugurated by numerous cere monies, and the fleet of boats then puts to sea. Fishing, v.-fc-ii allowed, gener ally commences in the second week of March and lasts from four to six weeks, according to the season. A pessimist is an invalid who consid er happinis a disease. Dallas News. The Roanaa Fitaenua. A traveler in Rome tells of a citizen who was vidnty too lazy to sit on the tauk Kit the Tiber and fish after the manner of the ordinary fisherman, but iiutad arranged his apparatus in the form of aaloruatio nets, which are made (o revolve by the aid of weights and tho correut of the stream, so that it is not neoMary for him to visit the sp-1 of truer than ouoe a day. With the aid of a pneumatic tube to shoot the fish from the bank to his house it would "fa to be unnecessary fee bim to do even this. Kothiog would be larking then to complete hi happiness but an electric broiler and possibly an auto matic bone extractor. Buffalo Com mercial. A Meann of IMtance. "How far is it from here to Brash bars?" asked a tourist ' f na old fellow who was hoeing tids in a field of sieklr corn "down south." "Ii it far?" "Waul, it hain't so Teiy fer nor it hain't so very uigh. If yoa go raouud ly the big road, it's ferdtr tier it is nifcb, but if you cut acrost country it's Higher nor it is fer, an if yoa keep right straight ahead it's kinder betwixt nigh au f-r, but it's comsiderable of a ja'nt frn hyar no matter how yoa git ihur." Harper's Bacar. The Corpse I last. The corpse plant is a remarkable car nivorous s-cuncu that tuws in tho colony of NataL lu principal feature is a bell shaped mouth, with a throat opening into a txwutreMn. It is al most black and covered with a thick glutinous secretion, while its odor is very offensive. This attracts carrion feeding buds to it, at-d once Ibey alight on it th y are los. Their claws bcceint tntaugled in the secretion, the bell shapl uiccth folds op, and they are lit- Never das a mau pot tray his own character more vividly than in his man i.cr of portraying another. Uichter. TI.e Dm d'Aanaale. The Duo d'Anniale for tbo last 25 years of his life suffered much from gotit, which twisted his hands some what out of shape and shriveled his fin gers. In Fpite of that infirmity ho still wrote a neat and legible hMiL At Twickenham, during his periods t f cx i'e, v bile be was at work n stu",i of bis "History of the Priwes of Comic," lie wrote njs-'.i little-scraps of thick into api r. wbieh were p eopled on laigcr t int ts. He I -Wight many pictures ia England, which afterward found place in the gal'cries of Chautilly, but nearly all are works of French or Italian art ists. It has been noted with surprise and some regret that lie did not care to en rich his collection with masterpiece; of the English painters. He inlierited his great fortune, as ia well known, from tho Due de Bourbon, the head of tho Coude branch of the lionrlon family. After the duke's son, the Prince d'Enghien, had been shot by order of Napoleon the duke had no di rect heir. In his old age, after being twice married and widowed, ho fell in to the. clutches of a Sluie. de Feueheres, an Ei glish adventuress, who induced him to fettle upon her an estate and large sums of money. Tho story is that she, feeling the need cf a friend at court, agreed with Louis Philirpe that if he would stand 1 y her she would in fluence tho eld duke to make the Duo d'Aumale, who was his godson, his heir. The old duke n pined under the dom ination cf his companion and plotted to run away secretly and escape, but on the morning of the day on which he bad planned to go he was found hang ing from the window fastenings in his bedroom. His estates duly went to the Due d'Aumale, then a child 6 years old. Harper's Weekly. A boat Microbes. The history cf science shows that, however simple a newly discovered fact or law appears at first, closer study proves it complex and intricate. This holds true in the germ theory of dis ease. It seems 6uch an easy explanation. "Each disease is due to a specific mi crobe. Eliminate the microbe, cure the disease," But exceptions ki-ep obtrud ing themselves. Often the rnierobo is found, but not the disease ; heuco bac teriologists have come to recognize that not the presence cf tlie germ, but some virulent condition cf it, caul's the nial aciy. It is said that the current of thought was first turned in this direc tion by the discovery by Roux and Yer sin cf diphtheria bacillus in a large numb-T cf normal throats and in local ities where tho disease bad not been epidemic for y ars. Leaders seem to be decidiug tbHt it is a family of bacilli one has to deal with in diaguosir.g and treating certain disease. Some members of the family ore especially pathogenic and some iJ-e not "The last may be come virulent under conditions not well understood, but the main one 6eems to be the pxsage of the bacillus through one or more individuals whose lowered resistive vitality makes them subject to tho originally attenuated virulence of the bacilli." Dr. Roux of antitoxin faie believes these changes in virulence cf microbes are the rule rather than the exception. Uetzchnikoff found that cholera bacillus was widely spread in water, practically all over the world. Duclaux, Pasteur's successor as director of the lustitut Pastenr, is also convinced that the "family of bacilli" in both ty phoid and cholera is sometimes patho genic and sometimes not, and is widely spread in nature. Water Gas. It is a fact of peculiar significance . that, although the manufacture of it ter gas for illuminating purioses on a large scale has been subjected to inves tigation, experiment and trial for more than 20 years in Europe, none cf the large European establishments or com panies has adopted it It appears, how ever, to have l;ecn much more success ful in this country than in Europe, this being accociited for by the introduction of petroleum, which affords a cheap and adequate means of enriching it with illumiaants. Formerly the illu minating power was obtained by intro ducing into the nonlumiuous flame me tallic platinum, or by mixing the water gas with rif h gas obtained from peat, resin or some other carboniferous mate rial. When it was proposed to supply the Invalides in Paris with water gas, a commission was appointed, consisting cf tlx" three eminent chemists, Domas, Chevreul and Regnanlt, to investigate the matter. They found that it contain ed from SO to 40 per cent of carbonic oxide and reported that it would lie dangerous to the occupants of the in stitution to introduce, even in experi ment, gas obtained from tho decompo sition of water Ly tho Kirkliaui process the odorUss carbonic cxide and hy Jrocn mixture. A Mutual Mistake. Two ladies &ood on the doorstep cf a friend's bouse waiting for admission, and they becaino very impatient at the delay. "it's very odd to be kept waiting at Mrs, Dar ley's," said one. "The doer is usually opened so promptly." it is. I'm getting rcry tired." 'I wonder if there is absolutely uo one in the house." "Of course there are peoplo in. We'll ring again. " "Yon rang before, didn't yon?" "Why, na I thought yoa' rang." "Well, I was 6uro yoa rang. How ridiculous!" "Yes, isn't it?" Then one of tbem rang, and the door was opened. London Tit-Bits. Beyond IteealU Mrs. Black It's useh-ss for you to try to prod jce my husband, professor? The Medium Why so, uiadain? I ex-el in difficult cast-a. Mrs. Black Yes, but our pastor as sures me fcc is not dead, but slee ping, and that ltciug the case a dozen medi ums couldn't aroune him. Brooklyn Lifv. Cnrioui Rise and Fall in the Sea. A turious phenomenon was recently witnessed in the western part of the Mediterranean. During several hours the level of the sea fell and rote more than three feet at regular intervals of ten minute. This phenomenon is analogous to that olwerved during the earthquake at Krakatoa. A similar disturbance was noticed at Toulon on the same day, but the oscillations there lasted 20 minutes, there leing 10 min utes of rise to 10 minutes of fall. It was doubtlessly the result of either an earthquake or a seismic disturbance on the bottom of the ocean. An Opportunity You Now Have of teslhiir ths curative efTects of Ely's Cream Balm, the iiio.-tt ositive cure for catarrh known. Ask your druggist for a 10 cent trial size or send ten cents, we will mail it. Full size .Vic, ELY BROS., 5ti Warren St, X. V. City. My son was alllicted with catarrh. I induced him to try Ely's Cream IJalni and the disagreeable catarrhal smell all left him. He appears as well as any one J. C. H instead, Areola, III. Kally 'Sound Us Flag. The thirty-first animal encampment of the;. A. II. will i held August 2M, in the City of HiiIVhIo. Irwident McKinley, Memlierx of the Cal)inet and liiploiuiaic l'rN. the (inv entor of various Ktnle and their slafls, w ill t prcHent, and an nthusiaxtic re ception will I given the Veteraim. Tic ket at one faro fur the rmd trio will be sold by the Baltimore A Ohio It. It from all stationx on it 4 linen past of the Ohio Kiver for all train August lt, 'iil .""t. "iiJ V'iJ fr roturn u,ail I or further Information, tall on or ad dress Heart tt I',. Jc t . afiiL OLD HATS ON MANY HEADS. Whers the IMsearded Headgear of the Arrraga f'ltisra Kinds Its Fata. What becomes of tbo old hats? Tho "stovepipes," derbies, fedorat, soft hats and straw hats of variouf kinds where do they go when discarded by their owners? Every t ime a man buys new h!t be has the old one wraried up, and cither stowed away in the l&t store I t safe keeping or sent to him at hii eflice or residence. As a rule h says, "Wrap it up, and I'll call fur it in a day cr two." The hatter wraps itnp, marks it with the customer' name, puts it away and waits. On tho largest mirror in tho hat store is a banner with a 6trange device on it informing the public that "we aro not responsible for hats left with us over 80 duys. " In the store they keep a book, and when Fmith, Jones, Brown or Kobinson leaves his old "lid" a note is made cf it and duly entered on this book. After 50 or CO days have elapsed a general cleariug out of the old hats is made, and they go to the secondhand stores along 8outh Clark street, to tho costumers' palaces, to tho country stores, sometimes, all to be cleaned, reliued and furbished up the best way possible. It is thus possible for a man to be stopped on some chilly evening and asked to assist some unfortunate who is wearing one of his old hats. These old hats are sometimes sent to tho theaters to bo used as headgear for "the rabble" or "an angry mob" or "a group of Ro man citizens." Drivers of coal wagons, transfer wagons and teamsters general ly who want a hat for outdoor use buy a great many of these castaways. The soft hats can be made over most effec tually, but a stiff hat remodeled and dyed has an ancient luster that docs not deceive the intelligent Country stores sometimes talo an in voice of these veterans and tho result is a weird exhibition of headgear by tho sages of tho cracker barrels and hitch ing blocks. A stiff hat once broken can with diffi culty be patched tip acceptably, but a soft hat may be worked over many times and still be marketable. Laborers gen erally wear soft hats, although a few sport derbies, and many a once proud, stylish hat may be seen during tho usual Chicago strest cleaning days perched on the cranium of somo stalwart wielder of the shovel and pick. The peddlers buy tho old hats. The milkmen, tho sailors, rivermen, labor ers and that most shifting army of hu man odds and ends which form such an item in the city's population thesa are tho men to whom the vast bulk cf the old bats go. Hats that have glistened with newness and glossy nap, once start ed on tho downward path, go lower and lower till the ash heap in tho alley or the oblivion of an empty lot marks their final degradation. Chicago Chronicle. GRANT IN DISGUISE. A KecoanolMsauce on the Quiet Wfaieh Took the Iloys lr Storm. "One day at Chattanooga, " says one of the soldier boys writing in the Chi cago Inter Ocean, "a lot of us were loading hard tack and bacon into a wagon train that was to be sent to half starving men, and were giving more at tention to badgering each other than to the work in hand, when a lame mau in fatigue dress, walking with some diffi culty with the assistance of a cane, passed along the high porch of the quar termaster's shed and looked down at the boys for a minute cr two without a word. Then he spoke quietly, saying: 'That ia not the way to load boxes, men. Put tbem in straight and carefully. Do your work like soldiers. ' "Old Hannibal, who was slouchiDg a good deal at his work, turned with im pudent bravado toward the officer and was just in the act of saying that he did not want any quartermaster's clerk to give orders to him, when he started in surprise, saluted and, much to the as tonishment of the boys, lifted his hat Tlie look of impudence went from his face like a flash, and he said, 'All right general, we will do it just as you want it done.' The n all the men recognized in the quiet man the commanding gen eral of the army. (if ant followed every look and word, and he probably understood old Hanni bal better than that rough old fighter understood himself. There was a twin kle in his eye as be said: 'Rememlier. men, those provisions are going to half starved soldiers. You ought to get as many boxes in the wagon us possible. When mules are so scarce and roads so dangerous, the more boxes in the wagon the more men you feed. ' Tle boys got up in the wagon, straightened out every Lex and loaded all carefully as the gen eral directed. This was only three or four days before the battlo of Chatta nooga, and while the fight was in prog ress old Hannibal said he knew that Grant 'wasn't limpin round Chattauoog for not hi u.' " The ric-tara Hat. ome time ago a noted writer an nounced that scientific physicians had utterly coudemned the large, round bats weighed down with excessive garni tures, pionouucicg them "a serious and uudeniable means of producing head ache, wrinkles and gray hair." One would suppose this threat cf a trio cf ter rible afflictions would have had tiro in stantaneous good effect of banishing the burdensome cause of tbem all; but not a We can almost affirm that fashion's power is more poteut than health or even life itself. Gray hairs may appear, the "picture hat headache" may become chronic and wrinkles decpeu, but wbilo the dominating queen of stylo decrees it re shall still behold the baneful and cvorpowc ring picture hat Exchange A Decided Hint. Mother What in the world ever pos sessed you to give Mr. Bingo a shaving set? Daughter He never seems to realize hmv tender my face is. Detroit Freo Press. To Remove Snow Blockades. The weather id pretty hot just now, but neverthelesH, supervisors may be inter ested in the perusal of the following new law : AS AT To provide for keeping the public high ways from bocoiuing blockaded with snow. Section 1. Be it enacted, Ac That in all caMes where any of the public high ways within this commonwealth are no located na to render them liable on ac count of high wind during the winter aea-Hon. to Item filled with snow as to muse them to le impa-isahlc, and where, in the judgment of the siiperviaoni of road.i of the several townships in which Much public highways are situated, such drifts of snow can be avoided by the re- ' inoval of any Uwrd, rail or other fences I that may te erected along either side of such public highways and replacing the same by a feuee constructed of ptH, wire and boards, or rail combined, it may be lawful for sueb aupcrt iont to agree with the owners of such fences upon a plan for the eret-tion of a feiiee constructed V IHMtU, wire and board, or rail combined. And it may be lawful for supervisor to pay the owners of such funcea a sum not to exceed the first eut of the wire used in the coimtruetion of such fenoes; Pro vided, That the wire used in the con struction of such fences shall be without barb: Provided, That this a nhall not apply to any stone wall, hedge or ornamental fenee that is now or may be hereafter constructed. Approved The 2'h day of May, A. I). 17. Daxif.l II. IIastixos. Pure, rich blood feeds the nerves. That is why Hood's Karsaparilla, the j'uiiutri, mid UCI t Muslims. The elephant corps of the Siamese army consists of NO of these animals. Their beads, trunks aud other vulnera- I le parts are protected against bullets by India rubber armor. All Around the Farm. From the Philadelphia Itecord. The Xcw Mexico lamb crop will probably amount to l,(XW,0ii0 head, about 500,000 of which will be offered for shipment Australian fruitrgrowers dig ditches alout their trees and jvour in a solution of sulphate of iron in considerable quantities, covering It with earth. It don't 1 my to grow crops in the or chard, especially after it begins to bear. Pens are an exeetioii, however, as they add fertility to the soil. And if pigs are turned in to harvest the pens, it is all the better for the orchard. It is not well to invest in those prep arations which are advertised to in crease the amount of butter to be made from a given amount of milk. The amount which can 1 made l strictly limited by tlie amount of butter fat which the milk contains. While at pasture the young sheep should have access to salt A flock will visit the salting place twice a drty regularly. Salt is a good tonic and prevents indigestion, which produce destructive diarrhoea, all the worse when the weather Is warm. Smut does not pass from stalk to stalk in the cornfield, and there is no danger of contamination in this way The infection takes place when the corn is young, the germinating sjKires entering the tenderest part the root. node and lowest joint; aud after the disease is once in the plant no applica tion will do the least good. Salt is an important aid to digestion, and especially so to all ruminant ani mals. If cows are not salted frequent ly they will eat more than is goo. I for them when they do not get access to salt In large quantities salt is a laxa tive, it living au irritant to the bowels which are therefore purged to get rid of it Failure to salt regularly will make the cream more difficult to turn into butter, thus repaying the farmer for his carelessness by giving a longer and harder jolt at churning. Irrigation is bringiug more laud into cultivation and also increasing the yields of crops. This will have a mark ed influence on the future of farmers and will bring into use more imple ments and vehicles. What is gratify' ing is the fact that with the various methods of irrigation comes the cheap er cost of no doing. It will be but a dt cade when every well-regulated farm will have its irrigating plant, ami the li ihilitity of loss from droughts will le reduced to a minimum. Implement Age. Professor Jt. J' an l'eman says that a crop of clover or cow jiea.s plow el under every two or three years in the orchard will stimulate growth sulliciently, and as it would tike twenty loads of stable manure per acre to do the same, the former is the cheaicr. He thinks also that COO pounds each of muriate of xtah and dissolved bone or phosphate rock per acre should Ik.' applied. But this can not lie necessary every year until an orchard is liearing heavy crops and shows signs of iniKvcrishme!it It has frequently been asserted that the brilliant colors of many flowers serve to attract bees and butterflies to them. Experiments recently reported to the Belgian academy of Science seem to show that the perfume rather than the color of the flower is the real attraction. Bright-colored blossoms were covered with leaves aud papers pinned closely over them, yet the in sects not only visited the hidden flow ers, but endeavored to force their way under the paper in order to reach the blossoms which they could not see. Success in dairying must depend not oaly on having cows able to give a lib eral mess and keep at it, but also on the kind of milkers employed. A care less, lazy milker will easily lose more than his wages during the time he is employed. Not only this, lie will con vert a really goxl cow into a poor one. The milk which the careless milker leaves in the udder is always that which has the largest amount of butter fats. If is not drawn the fat is reab sorbed into the cow and help to dry her ofT. The dilliculty in getting help that can lie dcieiided on is the greatest drawback in running a large duiry fjnn. It is no light job to milk 10, 12 or more cows twice every day. 1 1 will make any man's hands tired until he becomes used to it. Some of the reasons for tainted milk areas follows: Cows drinking from stagnant aud muddy pools of water and dragging their udders through it, when the germs will adhere t the lat ter, aud will be dropfied into the milk pail; dirty, stinking barns, stinking water tanks where milk is cooled; caws in heat, sick cows; jxior ventila tion, hud air where cows are milked; milk kept too long in foul air lie fore being aerated and cooled; the use of wooden buckets for milking; lack of sufticictit care in aerating the milk near contaminated places, such as the hog en. Water passes through the soil, tak ing but little soil matter with it in selu lion, showing that the plant fotid con stituents are comparatively insoluble in water. Much of the materials ad ded to soils as sources of fertility is likewise only partly soluble in the moving waters of the soil. It is there fore apparent that the elements of nu trition eithtr naturally or artificially present in the soil would be compara tively inaccessible to the growing crop, hut would remain locked up in the soil, were the dissolving power of wa ter the only available means for its conversion into solution and thus lie coming assimilable to the plant It is not likely that alfalfa, the clover which has succeeded so well in Cali fornia, will ever become plentiful in the East Our wet winters will rot the roots or at least decrease their vigor. On very dry, sandy or gravelly soil it might succeed here. But it seems to be eiieoia!ly adapted to hot and dry climates, and hence its success in the arid regions of the far West. As its rKit often goes several feet deep it is likely to change the character of the climate, for wherever alfalfa roots have gone water will also go. Tlie alfalfa re tains it greenness during the severest droughts. Of course, it must lie all the lime evasrating moisture, and this also will have some effect in changing the climate. Hence in lo calities tm dry for com, alfalfa is tak ing its place as a feed for all kinds of stock. It is at the aimo time fitting the soil for growing corn aud other crops. American Cultivator. As the method of cultivation changes to a very light scratching of the sur face so as to destroy small weeds and keep a mulch on the surface to prevent evaporation, farmers have learned that they can cultivate potatoes much later than used to lie thought possible. The old plan of "laying by" the potato aud corn crop In fore harvesting is now rarely followed and never by the best fanners. 1 1 belonged to the time when a plow linking deep furrows between tlx M s aud netting potatoes in a hill was thought to be the Ix-st cultivation needed. Better crops are grown by level cultivation, which if it is made shallow may lie continued almost until potatot are grown, and without in juring the crop. If it were not for the fact that "na ture abhors a vacuum," a;id causes vegetation to spring up everywhere to cover the nakedness of the earth, much of our land would soon become a bar ren waste, for it is in the growth and decay of vegetation that soils are made. The building process has been going on for untold ages; year by year decay ing vegetable matter has b.eu added to the soil, incorporating with the clay and sand of the rocks, which, being washed to lower level, form our rich alluvial soils. We may consider weeds as evils which spring up to our dis may, "hut they feed the green earth with their swift decay, aud leave it richer for their growth." An Irish Schoolhonse. Nearly every day I saw the children going to school in the morning and met them returning in the evening Their aspect had tho same untamed wildness then that it had as I aaw them running about the bogs aud crags that surrounded the home village, is the comment of a writer in tlie Out look. The schooIhou.se was four miles distant along a desolate road winding through the dun marshes. The chil dren went barefooted and bareheaded, except for a few of the older boys, who wore cais. They each carried a piece of dry bread for their noon lunch, and that was all the food they had till they returned home late in the afternoon. But, with all their hardships, they looked sturdy and healthy. Probably weaklings do not survive long. Once I noticed that a boy in a group of chil dren returning from school carried a book, and 1 asked to see it It was a most forlorn little third reader, a wreck of a book covers broken, mark et! and greasy within, ami many pages gone or torn. The schoolhouse was a liare modern building, with gray pla-ster wails. It stood in the centre of a rough, rocky yard that was surrounded by a high stone wall. Outside the inelosure all was bog. Gibraltar to St Petersburg; . Europe will soon have an overland express, which, hil not traveling quite as long a distance as some trains in America, will nevertheless cover qiiitcagoodHtrelulmf road. TlieSouth- crn express, which runs twice a week U tv.teu Paris ami Madrid, and upon two other days from Paris to Lh-Uni, will le 11111. It- a daily train, and runt. ing through Madrid will continue 011 to (ibrall.'ir. The distatuv from Berlin to Oibr.tltv.r, a little over two thousand mi' -s, t iil then lie covered in seventy he. ir-i. It is now projiosed to connect th- M-ea!lod Northern Express, which travels U-tweeu Paris and St Peters bjr, w iili the Southern train, so that tli' ie will lie an uninterrupted over land Hue I'rtitu Cibraltar to St. Peters burg, a distance of more th:n three thousand miles, which it is promised to cover in less than four days. This would lie the first attempt to rival the great American transcontinental liius in Eurojie. G. A. B. ESCARPMENT, BUFFALO Half Sates via PenBiylvania Bailroad. For tho National Encampment of the Orand Army of the Republic, at Builalo, August 21, the Pennsylvania Railroad Compnny will sell special tickets from all points on its system to Buffalo and return at rate of a single fare for the round trip. These tickets will lie soli: and will (e good going on August 21 to 2t, and good to return not earlier than August 21 nor later than August 31, 1S!i7. $2,000 for Driving His Own Wagon- A few years ago a well-to-do but ex travagant farmer living out on the Kussel cave pike went to Mr. Hart lioswcll and asked him to see his brother Dave, of the Northern liank, and tell him that he wanted to borrow tOOO, and tell him that it would be all O. K., etc. Mr. B. told him that he would not do it, but gave him the following tip: 'I see you or your wife calling ne groes out of the field two or three times a day to hitch your rigs up to go to I-ioxington, and I sec you stop hands from their field work to drive a load of corn to market. You stop all this foolishness and drive the wagon of corn yourself, then go to the bank aud ask for what you want." The man went according to direc tions, and after he had sold his com he went to the bank and asked for $J,000. Mr. It T. Andersm, one of the direc tors was present, and without asking any questions, said: "Any man who drives his own wag- on 111 lorrow all the money he wants at the Northern bank." This little transaction changed this man's condition in life, and he was no longer a money liorrowcr. Ix xington American. Weak Lungs Hot weather won't cura weak lungs. You may feel better be cause out of doors more, but the trouble is still there. Don't stop talcing your Scott's Emulsion because the weather happens to be warm. If you have a weak throat, a slight hacking cough, or some trouble with the bronchial tubes, summer is the best time to get rid of it. If you are losing flesh there Is all the more need of attention. Weakness about the chest and thinness should never go together.- One greatly increases the danger of the other. Heal the throat, cure the cough, and strengthen the whole system now. Keep taking Scott's Emulsion all summer. r'or sale by aU druggists at joe anj Jijs mimmm For all Bilious and Naavocs II H DuKAsas. They parity theiyiJD H PJT Blood and give Hsaltuv LpII H action to the en:ire sjrstem. B UIUSSev Cure DYSPEPSIA, HEADACHE, CONSTIPATION and PIMPLES. Wanted-An Idea Who ran think it torn stmpis fJOU!c7mr thf my tHn ym wmIiH. Writ John w i.idkuiI'rs -o p..... n... uiitg 10 puirmr asys. Wuhlnf urn, D. (.'., f.ir tb-!r fcl.taii prise ulict 1 111 U lao auaUioJ iuTcoLuNia rauls4. MlMlMMOMSeil'emm)MfifiM9t3MMMMe fThe Woman Who Uses jj W - . LIbw m mm. HIK lw " vmm. Washing Powder finishes her work as fresh , and bright as her house is clean. Largest packape greatest economy. The N. K. Fairbank Company, Chicago. St. I-oois. New York. Boston. Philadelphia. NEW Columbia - THE STANDARD 1897 COLUMBIAS Reduced to S75 tmc scar aicvcLis modi 1896 columbias Reduced to 60 ccoND "iiiy loV SODtlt, WW 1897 HAaTFOHDS Reduced to GO lQUALTOMOSTBICVCI.es hartfords Reduced to 45 PATTERN 2. hartfords Reduced to 40 PATTERN I, HARTFORDS Reduced to QO PATTERNS S AND 6, WWT Nothing in the market approached the -alue of tht-o Liryclen at the former prii-es; what are they no ? POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Conn. Catalogue fnt from any Columliia dealer; by mail for a 2 cent stamp JAMES B. IIOLDERMUaM. - Columbia Dealer, Somerset, QUEENS -r'"TT3irtp i T Ami s:itNf-i-tiin in n K1 klnj; j l'iLitnu,u- th.it iu :;. I biker uiU tx-r 4 .ili2yr, TRE ONLY PERFECT FOR SALE BY JAMES B. HOLDERBAUM. Somerset, Pa. CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Somerset and Cambria Branch. NOKTnWAKD. Johpstown Mail Kxpress. ltirlcwnfI a. ersviiU-1'bal, Joliii-stowD U:ltl. Johnstoiri: Mail Kxpn-sH.-Itoekwn.v1 IlrJD a. 111.. s.iiii r-i-t 1 1:4.' Moyestown I.M.s lioov enivllle I -i, Jolnistowu 1:1i p. in. Johnstown Aeeiiiiiino-Iatlon. Itorkwotai I: 0 p. in.. Sonn rs.-t ar'ji si.iv. sie n "t: m iloov- uni. 1 1 lo .V.'tU .1. .1. i.liiu-li ri- l. OUTUWABD. Mall.-Johnstown 8:.t0a.n.,Hofiversvl : Hiovestowu !e:U, Hoiueret lir.i Koekwood lihJa. Expresa Johnstown 2:10 p. m Hiwersvllle fcin. SI. .viT. town 1:1:1, Soiuerst t Kof-k mood i.tii. Daily. !. B. MAIITIN, Manager of l'uKseiii;er Trullie. SO VCARt V EXPERIENCE. .V TRADE MARKS, OEICM Anrms scndlnc a Aeh and tjencrtpflon hist u.t-klrs0e4rtiii. frua. whether an Iiivmi.h.mi is pmhnt.lf pslanlsbls. f 'ommuntrstMu sin.-tlr fsnn.lfuitlsl. oldest srene; f. worms pal pais ia America. W hsre a Wssliinst.io urti.-x. I'steou tskea tlirouitk aiuna A Co. ruculTS Special uottoo tu tbs SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, besntlfullr Htnsrrsisd. hnrest etrrnl-itlon ef n xMmiilno Jiiunul, werklT, terms f-uai s rsnr; V..lsia mnnClis. vprclmfa fs.pim ami lias J". wrura iwiim. Adores MUNN A CO., SSI Brsada. .1.r Yark all (IKS-J-S KU 1st CMIV.I ltll.-nl Ike kulla. Hr I . stmrri t4 i HWStllh SM..IK. Pb. -iKiii I-., ass dls.-ufrKtr4 a sew rnftwlf Uisl rurv tlie rsnrcr su.l iuhht. lis tus eunsl son ssl Wllkasal fall, siwi ass treusl paitnts when lr. Hutc.smV l1.Mi4.tLal al Sel kk- sad hvpbsl st Ib.ms, ti. V. bale a.4 rurnl. imjI lr. Sleliiert ass MirrewluUr treat! srTfssl of tum. ll stakes s fUBsreur aliris tlie eau.-er M ks-stisl hs kuw rurrd taoreUtaa taJJCm URe all tbsesursrqoitck.loctun.sa4 aay Utsl f fOAippnif; st ills taoc caa tes tb wufs.lfwrai cttrssof eanefsrwulcB as ass fnrsafs keepln. Ks assnbar that Ur. C. Btclunrt U Ihs ool; eaiu-ar floo. aria Wssiara PaBasyifsolasad assriauflat-as). ssr Is I le daTS. rsUenU eaa bs Irttued u tbeti m kosass. Alas piles, IItst, kldRfqr. srsems, tap. srsrsi sad stasr alliassu of tus aiunaa tstnlij mnt X l.' - T." "Tm ul '"7 Art-IIIH'I. Ill ;,n S.I l ..U-i Ut.ll it 1? 2 T.i t-'V;'1""1" 1. VX.O vl'' "( '"'"-' v ' tn! ..f Hi.- j.us,-2 T PT. i" " " 1 r . -Jt si) k--r:il :i iu.:li-r.ii. 1-..1. iii. v Iiav.-i.ll5f i II 7STit ?',"-4.'i 'ie I 'i'liey have many s;xl points not found : J? X Vi ' I "-ir I 'iij"v K I 'U.. -rtov. s. JL T f t .' iL.. .yT- l 4 We ..imply -!:.im for the CI N D PFL- 2 T , J I 1 -1 l u uc- t-aii prow 110 snorts JuU-2 T plCst-tS7!- ,- l..ry...ir-.-lf. J --V. r j V V-1 Your money ln-U if not sn!ir.rj J lfS J. B. Holderbaum, T .J SointT'i-t, I 'a. T X 2 A.r hew V a I mm i mm ' sf PRIC .ON. : - Bicycles, OF THE WORLD. HERE'S PLEASURE KUl N lit: WfcIsL?Y $ SOMKUSirr MAKKKT RKPOHT ('OKKKtTKU WtKKLT BV Cook & Beerits, Wnlil'Kihn, June i. 1SSC. Appl.-' flri.'.i. tS 1 4c 1 1 ;i r.. 1. -1 ltir Apple Hiilt'T. K-r gal . 1 roll. l r lb 1 i'i- I:u!!r.-. fr.-li kinr, pi r 9t l.ir t rrtninrry, K-r R'... 13v lle-snax, p r ' t e.mnry li:ti.i, in-r It U ll' lUtcou. - Mi-iir . nn -I tun:;, p.-r tt. - I-1,.. 'i i.ie. p. r It li i v ' Kli.nii.il. r tw-r Ih . . li" r. iK-r Beans. t'offi-e. wuiie imvv. per bus l.ima, jK-r r i;r-. 11, pt-r - . pil-.i. p-r IH ...... ,1. .. . le : 4- to Jv ...tl.Vj . 4.10 .-..... ! '"ml"-, laail, per bl.l tement. 1 - . n i; is .1 . p. rUi 1 omiiK-su, ix-r k. i',e l-i'US per r d. ............. I w Ki.b, lake herring-i'j',''. .tl.75 1 iii Honey, white clover, jM.r lb 1 - ljr.i,"p. r lb S to Ire I .line, p. r j Mola... .., per tal liv Unions. j-r l.iis. 7 . 1'ola'o.n. p r lu j lo.-si. I'eac-lu-s, taiMraU'.l, per ft . 10 to i l'ruii-. r.-r lb ? 10 l.i N. Y.. per bi.l 1'ittkl.urv. p. rbbl ! , bin M'-ii 2e " 'j " .p- 4 bus fcu k.. i-t.-.e cronn.l alum. I,i B.:rk ,. !e Si.il, maple, Kr Mo" iiiiM.rt d yellow, p r m bile, A. per tb ie uniiMil I.-.I. iM-r tb .. 1 Susar. i 'uIm-. fir pu!v-rii-i. r.-r vo I maple. er ual Yl '.ov ; syrup. mm. -nr., re. u Uloii.. Tr.il . p.T ib :-. lo V inetfar, xtk:i1 !o I ; .l.i. 1 by, x r i.um ji . 1 cioviT, p. r t-u. l -..: 10 .-" Set ls. - ei ii-iioii, p r bus .. I 0 " alfalfa, pt-r bm K :. I " alsyke, ier bus. . T.'l Millet, ..-nn:ni, pi r lus.. 1.., I arli y. white ls-rvli.M, p-r bi:s buekwbtvt. p-r bus & corn. fir. i-r bu ",1 to s e Cir.illl I sin -ll.-fl, pr bus 3T to t oats. p.-r bus to:i.' I i)1'. l- r bus Ye . Kee.1 wln-at. pt-r f 7. v j bran, p. r bl S. 7 (eorn ami oolii eliop, ,s-r 1 iis... TV Illour, roller n. er bi.l ft.'j .prinu piUl.l si nil fanev . Iiiuli Rra.le. ii.i3 lllniir, lower urai ler l4i!Ss Si.Ju Mi liliM, J winie. p. r li M,JJa"Mra.PTlUI) sue PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. ASTCKN STANDaRD TIMC. IN EFFECT MAY i2, 1897. COSPEMSED SlHrprLI. Trains arrive nn.i depart from tliestatioD at Jobn-to 11 as follows : WISTVA1D Weern K X pr- . S.nit .-ste. n F.xproi Johnstown AeeomniMlii:oii Ai-eoinmo.lui:ou Parltle E.pr.-ss......... l:.Vt li.m S2 fc d:-.'4 ..... i:' 4::LS sei-s Ir-iO w :iy I ..sst-i'tf.-r.... rtll-bun; Kxpres fast Uin;. Juliuslown AeeoiiiinouMlUiu p. m. EASTWARD. Atlantic FTpivss -f.li. irv K press A I tooiui Aeromiiioflition..... Iwy Kxpn-ss , Main lane Kx press A It.siiu. Aeetitu unKbi tUm.... Mall Kxpress Johnstown AeeoiiiiiifHlatioii... I'liiUid.-lpliia EpreM..... Fast Line 5:'JS a. m. 5: W " M;-J4 . t:0 ,.111:15 -lii p. m. .4:11 " - fen " .7.11 " ..10:.M - For rat.-, rrniiw, Ac., en I Ion Ticket Aeentsor a lilress Tbos. K. Walt, t". A. W. 11., :J KllVn Aveiiu.., i'lttsbiirs;. Pa. J. B. Hutchinson, J. R. Woihl. Oeu. Manager. UeU 1 1'aMi. A LIME! The 0. 1 C. LIME COMPANY, SUCCESSORS THE HEYERSDALE LIME COHPIiNY, have Just completefi their new shlinir and are now pri-partst lo ship bv rnr-l.std I. .is to :,nv part or the country. This lime is maimfaet-ur.- l from the nel. brat.-. Sayler Hill ami is esp.s-lally n.-li In all Ihf i-icincnis re MKMtKS NttO! ImmmI st.k-k on h;iii.l all tnc lime l'riet-k low as tbe lowest. Atlvircsg all coLutuuiileuiioiui to I. C. LIME COMPANY Kred nowe, i'roprietor MEVERSDALE GET AN I EniVAHCN and fortune k. tountt hi itanU. (Hi 111 tslu. ElTTrATinv2 LUUUfAllUiU.r,..Ic-r.l cuitun s. Hit !. iwiwiwssiiw.hiiimiihiiihMW 1. arli . Ilavra, I'n. irwt- rtaiis scmmmo.latl.irM and low r.iu-s. t-ute ut.1 tustul..iits. Fnrclmilanan.Ulliis. rnt..Ur.-s JAUKS M IMIV Pa. PHnHfi.U "' rtaul ks.l. I.. k ll.r, t l.MPOttTAXT TO ADVERTISERS. The cream of tho country rx-rs la found In Kctuington'a Court Sseat Lists. Shrewd atJrcni.scra amil themselves of these lUu. copy of vh'ich Caa bo L.11I of Uenink'ti)i Bruk, of Now Turk t Vauhuu. "THE Is None Too Cood When You Buy: 5 It i.' Juct O'' IiiiiH..nt to !y-eiir I FRESH. PURE DRUCS, ! A it lit To Have VoniUU-r.ee AT SNYDER'S You are always sure of getting the fro-hest nudiirir I,KJ,CIiIlTifJ-?4 Careftilly Comjijnd?L TEUSSES FITTED, All of the Best ami Mont Apjrroreil Trunnta Kept in Af t Sat h "action Guaranteed, OPTICAL GOODS. GLASSES FITTED TO SUIT THE EYES. CALL AND HAVE YOU SIGHT TESTED. JOHN N. Somerset, - Louthefs Drug Store, Main Street, Somerset, Pa. Thisllcdcl Dmg Stcrsis Rapidly Esc:ahj a C-rsit Favorite rith Fecpls in Ssarch. cf FBESH . AKD . FUEE . DRUGS, MeiiiciiK's, Jye Stuffs, Sponges, 'lYuset, Supporters, Toilet Articles, rerfumcs, ?. TH B DfXT'ia ..lVKi l-lLtLsoNAI. ATTKKTIOS To TIIK 3l!OC."DIN.'J 0 Lonllior's FrescrlptiGEsgFaiDily Pieceljis finr. :t r.m hmm TArrs ti v?. ujtY rt.Lr ii a rrsnt AKT:cLcf. iSPECTAC TjES, E Y E-G LASSES, And a Full Line cf Optical GooL f.!uy3 on hsnd. Frm sti largo asortirerit all czn be suitrj. TEE FIHEST BBMD3 OF CIGARS Always on hand. It i3 always a pleasure to d'splay our ood to 'deeding purchasers, rvhether they buy from us or elsewhere. J. hi. LCUTHER M. D. MAIN STREET - - SOMERSET. PA Somerset Lumber Yakd Manufacturer a.id Dkai.ek and WHOLtsALs axo UrrAii-rB of Lumber and Building Materials. Hard and Solt Woods, Oak, I'oplar. Sitlln Plclsrt, .Monlillnj VnSuul, Yellow 1'lne, Flooring. NhhIi. Star Ralls Cherry Shingles, loors ItalulerM. ClieninnU I.alli, M liKe Fine IJIIu.Ip., Xewel Io-U, l ie. A g.-nt-nil Iliiof all zm.l.-s of Lutn'.i'r nnit B'liUlins n'.t-ri:.! anl K.r.iij It pi 'a sl.M-k. Alwi, c:tn funib.h anything in the line of our Ini-.'x-vs toor.l. r witii ri-a-.r..t-Ole trv.mi!".unw, fuch u llnwkets, otl't-siXl.work,Vlf. Elias Cunningham, Office and Yard Opposite S. & V. K. K. TheN.Y.WeeklyTribune V With tlie t!.se of the rrv-i.letitial V the fact that the Anu-ri-::ii inop'raro now a!ixinis lo uive their at:. -bti.'ti ta home and Iiiimihs itittn-ts. To t:uvt ti.is f . .n.l iiioii, polities wi'.l have farlr- space aul proipiiietnv, until an.ther State or N:'.ti.n;.-.I oeea-ion l.-t:i:!i.l a newalof tlie tl'ht for the iri:u i.Ies f.r wl.i.h THE TIUr.l'NK hs la.vr.J from its ituvj'tion to t!ie j-re-t-i.f ihty, at-il won i sri at-t vietwries. Eveiy jsv-sihle t ll'oit w ill ! ;tit forth, atul money freety nn-nt, t' niakr The WEEKLY TEIEUNE -Tet-mit:. tuly a National Fmi!y Newspaper, iiu.re-:-ng, iiifitruetive, enteitaiuirg ai.il irid'.sja..usaMt to eaeh uu-tnU-r -f the fan.; We furnish "THE HERALD" and "N. Y. WEEKLY TRIBUNE" ONE YEAR FOR ONLY $2.00. CASH IN ADVANCE. SUBSCRIPTIONS HAY ELGIN AT ANY TIME. Ad.lrei all order to TIIK 1IKK A 1 V. Write yonr name and urn! aJilress oa a postal farJ, send it to We. W. Ki. - linf, w York C'ilj, aad sample epy f The rw innnne nuiunng, ew iors my, aaa sample eepy i tar s j Weekly Tribune Ttill be niatleU to jon. tv. r IT WILL PAY YOU TO BUY YOLK iiiorinl Work VVM. F. SHAFFER, SOMEHSET, PKSN'A. MannfUotarrrof anil rvaler In Kiislern Work KiiniUh-J on Short Notice 10 mwi mi Also, Aitint for the WHITK BKON'ZK ! IVrsona In nn-ft ot Moiiuiiimt Worh wil final It to tht-ir ii:t-r-t to mil at my h..i: wh-rt a in-r Khowinir n HI In rivt n Ihria Nilir;i. luu 41111n.11lo.-f! in fv.-rjr ra--, an l'rit-t-s cr' low. 1 h:iu-jhv!hI stlfulion be Whit Srze, Or Purt Zino Venunt-ti. tnvliirHl I.T ItfT. W. A. King, a a 1,viil-.l I ni)r.v tin nt In tlif u 111 1 f M.-itcri tl Hii.l Omst rn" ittn. slid which Is ili sTlm-fl to It- t! -popular Monntiit-nt for our rl.aiigral-U-1 ii nutie. t;ive us a oall.( Wm, F. Shaffer, BEST In the rhysb Uin U ho l r Them. SNYDER, j - - Station, S0HlT ARMERS AND VILLAGERS. FOR Fr.iH5 An mothers, FOR o:.3 AND DXJUTERS, FOR THE FAMILY. e:m.; r.i!;n THE TIIIHUNE r .vcii;. -. -A- Ovor BOO Desl v - - V0.UEN7.L -r.Z " f-i-Mw", 1. tut tlNrf -).4 N I i I s i
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