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nd wearisome to those whom blood la
impure and unfit properly to tone, sus
tain, and renew the wasting of nerve
muscle and ti-tsue. It is more because of
this condition of the blood that women
are run down,
Tired, Weak, Nervous,
Than because of the work itself. Every
physician says no, and that the only rem
edy ia in building up by taking a good
nerve tonic, blood purifier and vitalizer
like Hood's Sarsanarilla. Fori he t mil K1m
recuuar to n omen at chnnpe of season
climate or life, or resulting from hrf
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VALENTINE IIAV, : VICE PRESIDENT.
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A dreary plain, avast waste, with
only a Rrten, ox-islike grove of trees in
whii-li had hanUly been thrown up a
rude breastwork f wuid and ttone; a
eloud of tsavaea Hurrounding the earth
work, in which was the great overland
stage it was a tceue calculated to ex
cite fear and fcvinpalliy. There were
women in that U-leaguertl fort an well
as men, and their iule fact parched
lips and dry, tearlemi eyes cviuced the
stony terror caib-ed by the pnx-pect of
certain death.
A dozen troopers under the com
mand of Lieutenant Maiks had been
fceut to guurd the ttagttMach. When
tbey found theiuielves coufrnted by
such overwhelming tnld, they hasten
ed to the grove we have mentioned
and hastily threw up the earthwork
behind which the ooldicrs and pass. U-
gers were defending themselves. The
face of Lieutenant Marks was almost
as pale as marble, and he had long
fcinee veancd to give orders, for it was
uow a pitched battle, iu which every
man was his own cotamaudtr.
Two (sold it rn and three assengers
were already down. Many redskins
had bitten the dust, but the over
whelming numbers of savages about
the earthworks made it evident that
the brave defenders were doomed.
rromiuent among the troojxTt? was
a tall, young man in the uniform of a
private sold it r. There was a look of
calm determination on his face, and
whatever others may have done he
wasted no thots that day. Kvery time
his rille cracked a redkin fell. Though,
he cxpoetd himstlf more to Indian
bullets than any of the other, hebeeiu-
ed to hold a charmed life, for not a
shot touched him.
This private was only 24 years of age,
with a handsome face, dark eyes and
black mustache. His name was (ieorge
Stone, and it was whimpered that he
was a graduate of Princeton. How he
came to be a private soldier iu the
regular army is a story of pirfh-ietit iu-
terts-t to tell even in the mnisi of bat
tle, especially as it had some learing
ou the conflict. He and Lieutenant
David Marks had been fchoolboys
together, and both were competitors
for the apjMiiitmeiit at West Point.
Marks though inferior to Stone in
every resjiect, having the strongest
jKililieal pull, succeeded, and (reorge
went to Princeton.
t ieorge graduated aUnit the same
time that his successful rival came
from West Point with a commission as
second lieutenant of cavalry. He hap
pened to be near the town in which
the regiment of his rival wanjuarter-
ed. TIih renewed the jealousy of his
companion. Then Miss Mary Sum
mers came to the city. She was going
to ht-r sistt-rs iu Montana the coming
summer, and as Marks' regiment had
U-eu ordered to that part of the coun
try he hied to meet her again, es
pecially as he had fallen desjierately in
love with her. For the secoml time
his rival was his schoolboy friend.
George Stone, who seemed to me more
successful than he had been before.
Marks had no p llititul pull in love
affairs and began to look about for some
means to compicr again.
The plan he fell upon was the mst
nefarious that can ba conceived. One
d-iy he and some other oillcrs and
friends enticed George into a saloon,
and during the afternoon induced him
to drink so much champagne that he
became utterly unconscious of his acts
and surroundings.
While he was ia that ttate a recruit-
. . . i .. i
ing ollicer who was preeni isiuuccu
him to enlist in the regular army as a
private, and he was assigned to the
company to which Lieutenant Marks
belonged.
When Stone recovered consciousness
and realized what he had done, he re
solved never to drink another drop of
intoxicating li.jiior. He was angry
nd filled with mortificatiou. Friends
came to his relief and ollered to pur
chase his discharge, but he declined j
their kiudness and determined to serve.
Marks, who had been his constant !
a.--x-iate, of course cut his acquaint- j
ant', and (ieorge was compelled to j
mess and associate with the common
soldier. The common soldier is not al
ways an educated man. He is some
times rude, uncouth and grossly Im
moral. Stone was fjuict, silent and
more like a convict than a troojier.
He gave strict attention to order and
studied military tactics as he ha 1 never
studied any subject in his life. Hebe
came the favorite of all save his second
lieutenant, who lost no opportunity to
humiliate him.
In due time the regiment was order-
e I to the plains, and he was with the
s juad sent to guard the stage.- It was
t'ie first time Lieutenant Marks had
ever been under fire. Nevertheless it
was natural to suppose he would show
some courage on this occasion, for
Mary Sommers, the girl who had won
his heart, was in the stage.
It was galling to poor (ieorge Stone
to meet the woman whom he loved
under such changed circumstances
that he dared not fpeak to her. He
bore himself erect with a prou-l, !
dierly dignity, but wa- silent. When
the attack rime, he was first in the
fight, and it was then that the lieu
tenant, who had shone as a society
man l'giu to show the white feather.
He failed t goto the front with his
men and kept as much out of range of
bullets and arrows as possible.
It was (ieorge, his stony silence
broken only by the exigency of the
moment, who suggested the grove as
the proper place to make the stand. It
was he who projosed that the breast
work be thrown up from the stones
and sand. He even directed the oper
ation, for the commanding ofliwr was
stupefied and dumb with fear.
When the re-en forwmenU of Indians
came and the fight was raging hot, it
was the private soldier who, by his
manly, uu.selfish courage, inspired his
companions l3 maite uaiue ngAtusi.
overwhelming odds. All the while
the cowardly licuteuant, with pale lip
and trembling frui crouched under
the stagecoach, not uttering a word or
taking any part in the conflict.
"Lkulenant Mark," said a sweet,
musical voice at his hide during a lull
omer
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 1807.
n the conflict, "why do you not go to
the front with your inc-u?"
"I am ill, Miss Sommers. Indeed I
am very 11L I can hardly tand upon
my f"e7', answered the lieutenant.
And to prove that he was correct he
lay at full length ou the ground.
"You were not ill two hours ago."
"No, this has been very sudden and
very unfortunate indeed. If I were
well, I could drive oft those rascally
Indians, but really I am not able to
hold up my head." And it seemed as
if he would burrow his head in the
sand.
"Lieutenant Marks, you are a cow
ard:" cried the brave girl indignantly.
"You are a disgrace to the service."
He U-gan to lament iu a pitiable
manner, and she turned away and ran
to the side of ieorge Stone, wh- stood
boldly erect by the imerfect breast
work firing at the savages, who were
pouring a storm of bullets about him.
I.Hving one little hand on his shoulder
she said:
"Mr. Stone, it is not riht that you
should endanger you life."
He turned his pale, stern face Uniii
her and sjke to her for the first time
since he had worn the uniform of a
soldier.
"Miss Sommers, this is no place for
you."
"Nor is it any place for you," she
answered.
"I am a soldier, and it is my duty to
die."
"And I am one whom ytm are de
fending, and it is my duty to remain
at your side."
"Miss Sommers" he began.
"No, no, (ieorge! I will uever leave
this breastwork while you exoseyur
life more precious than that of any
other iu the party."
He was touched by her words. They
appealed to his heart. A moisture
came into the eyes which had been so
long dry, while his frame trembled.
"Miss Sommers"
"(ieorge, you used to cull me Mary.
Won't you do so now? liememlter.
death is a great leveler, and we are
facing death."
"Miry, I must defend you," he said.
"I would defend you even if I we,re
not a soldier, and I must inspire these
other by my example."
"IJetter let any of them expose their
lives than you? she answered iu a
voice of melting tenderness.
"It would 1 fatal to shirk duty now
the act of the coward. Is 11 not
better that we take the only chance wo
have of defending our lives than to dio
a coward's death?"
"Then let me stand by your side and
fall when you do. I shall not care to
live if you are gone."
'No, no. Don't insist on endangering
your life, Mary. You unman me. I
am a C3ard when you are exposed t
danger. I am brave in the though t
that I can defend you."
His reason and entreaty prevailed.
and she was induced to seek the most
sheltered place in the iuclosure when
the Indians made their next charge ou
the rude earthwork.
"They are coming again, boys!"'
cried the brave private. "Now, re-
memlier that it is U tter to die a bravo
man than a coward. Don't waste a.
shot. Oiir only hope lies in making a
bold, stubborn resistance."
The sohpers, who 1. Miked upn him
as their natural leader, silently noddetl
assent.
"Here they cornel" cried Mr. I'ullard,
one of the passengers, who had seized
the ritle of a dead soldier. "Great God!
What a tornado of hoofs and heads!"
'They raise a storm," said Mr. Leads,
another traveler.
"There a a thousand of them."
"We're done for, Dullard!"
"Well, let us die game if we must."
"Steady all!" cried (ieorge Stone.
Now, take careful aim. Ion't any of
you waste lead ou the big chief w ith
red feathers."
Kvery rille was aimed.
"Steady! Let them come a little
nearer Wfore you fire."
Up they came until they were even
within long pistol range, and then
George gave the comiuaud:
"Fire!"
There was a rattling crash of fire
arms, and the foremost saddh-s were;
emptied. The big chief with red feath
ers went down with the others. Tho
riderless horses plunged back upon tho
mounted sava -s, making the panic?
more general.
"Load!" cried the young soldier.
A they wire all armed with breech
loaders, it was an easy task to slip car
tridges into the guns. Before the In
diaus had recovered from the confusion
the volley had thrown them into a
second volley was poured into them.
Then some of the passengers having
Winchesters began a continual fire.
One by one the soldiers went down.
As if by a miracle Stone was still un
hurt, aud gatheriug the arms of his
fallen comrades about him, he con
tinued to fire with such rapidity that
the Indians little dreamed there was
but one man left,
"George, let me help you," entreat
ed Mary. "I can load the guns."
"God help you!" he murmured.
At this moment there was a sudden
and for some time unexplained stam
pede on the part of the enemy. Hasti
ly taking up their wounded and a part
of their dead, they flew across the plaiu
as rapidly as their ponies could carry
them. The cause of their flight was
the arrival of iXl soldiers under Major
Warner, (ieorge was the only man
unharmed save the cowardly lieuten
ant, who was still under the stagecoach
and who never recovered from his sud
den malady until the major assured
him the enemy were gone.
Miss Mary Sommers went to the city,
where her brother, a wealthy miner,
lived! Tom Sommers was not only
wealthy, but influential, and he was
soon ready tooflerGeorgeStoneeithera
discharge or a commission. He chose
to be discharged, and shortly after
married the lady whom he had so gal
lantly defended. Hi removed to a
western state, from which he was sent
to congress, and subeiuently became
an official in the war department.
It was at the president's reception
that Licuteuant Marks met Mr. Stone
and his beautiful wife.
"I am proud to meet such a distin
set
KSTABLISIIKE) 1827.
guished person as Colonel Stone !"
said the lieutenant derisively.
The fair wife cpiickly interrupted
him with:
"Not a colonel, lieutenant Private
Stone. I am proud to own that I am
the wife of a private. A private who
is brave iu Uittle is to be preferred to a
commissioned officer who becomes
deathly sick at a sign of danger."
Lieutenant Marks, very much hu
miliated, left the White House. John
1L Musick, in Chicago Tribune.
Another Life Saved by Whisky.
"Whisky! Whisky!"
The wild, imploring cry rang out
imjieriously upon the still evening air.
Again it thrilled all hearers.
"Whisky! Quick, for heaven's sake,
whisky!
The dripping figure of a man stag
gered up from out of the ocean, bear
ing in his arms a child, whose golden
hair fell dark and lifeless over his arm.
The idle promeuaders rushed with one
accord towurds them. Then was it
seeu that an heroic rescue had been ac
complished lieneath their uuw ituessing
eyes; another life if indeed it could
still be recalled, had been wrested by
human daring from the ravenous maw
of the muttering surges. Aud then
many remembered to have heard, but
indistinctly and unheediiigly, the pit
eous cry of a child's voice but a short
time before. The dripping figure laid
its iMjrdeu tenderly upon the sands,
and kneeling beside her chafed anx
iously her temples and hands, itut
the eyes remained closed, the marble
lijs stirred not.
"Whisky! Has no one whisky?"
ga;fl the man, an agony of supplica
tion in his broken accents.
Immediately a dozen flask were
thrust into his eager hands it was a
tern perance resort and every man had
to be his own bar room. Draining
them one after another until a purple
face showed his repletion, while ttie
donor gaped their astonishment, the
man seemed much refreshed. Strug
gling to his feet, he familiarly leered
and nodded hi acknowledgments.
"Thacks, gents (hie)," he said,
blinking pleasautiy. "Much 'bliged.
Thai's bully (hie) whisky. An' shay,"
he contemptuously touched the re
cumbent figure with an unsteady toe
"would auy gent (hie) like ter buy
(hie) thish doll fer 'isli (hie) little
girl?" New York Journal.
Woman Juror in Kansas.
For the first time in the history of
Kansas women have b?en drawn t-
serve upon a jury. F.rt S'.vtt mikes
this innovation. Tiir-.-e wives. of the
most prominent citizens are thus dis
tinguished ub-n-e their sex, and they
will lie compelled to serve unless ex
cused by the court.
Under the state law of Kansas all
taxpayers who are electors are eligible
for jury service, and as women are now
electors iu municipal elections in that
state they are subject to jury service.
Attorneys say that they must serve un
less they can furnish excuse satisfacto
ry to the court, as in the case of meu
simiiiarly drawu. In making up the
jury panel the mayor is required to
furnish the county clerk with a list of
the names, taken from the tax rolls.
In carrying out the law Mayor Hester
included the names of Mrs. A. Kauf
man, wife of Sigmuud Kaufman a
leading grocer; Mrs. A. M. Douglass,
wife of Charles Douglass, a wealthy
mine operator, and Mr. M. E. Koss,
wife of Charles It' ins, a real estate brok
er. The women own property ami pay
taxes, and the names were drawn in
the time manner as men's name. O n
the tax rolls their names apear with
out the prefix "Mrs." New York Her
ald. A Girl Writes to the Qiecn.
Queen Victoria receives many odd
letters. Not long ago a missive reach
ed her from a little girl. The child ad
dressed her letter to "The IVar Lady
Queen," and told how her doll had
fallen into a hole in the hill. The child
wrote that she supposed the doll had
gone through, aud, as she had heard
that the other side of the world leloiig
ed to the ipieen, she hoied her inajcty
would not find it very much trouble to
give orders to have her doll safely re
turned to her. It has been a long time
since the queen enjoyed anything more
tiian she did this letter. The quaint
confidence of the child had ita'owu re
ward. The queen looked into the cise
aud found the letter was written in the
best of good faith. Sj she had a doll
sent to the little one, whose strauge
ideas regarding the length of the hole
iu the hill were permitted to reign un
checked. The Light of the Moon.
The moon is a mirror which reflects
the sunlight to us. An examination of
moonlight with the spectroscope shows,
of course, the same spectrum as that of
sunlight. The quality of the reflection
is indicated in the announcement that
it would take no fewer than 018,000 full
moons to supply to us an amount of
light equal to that which we get from
the sun, and there is only sky room for,
say, T.j.IXX) of them. Some heat comes
from the moon, but ordinary methods
will not measure it. However, it is es
timated that it is about oue-eighty-thousandlh
of the amount which the
sun supplies to us. The inclination of
the moon's orbit to the horizon ac
counts for the harvest aud the hunter's
moon, which occur when the tipping is
slightest, thus permitting the moon to
rise about the same time for several
successive eveniugs. The ruoou often
appears much enlarged when on the
horizon, but this la caused by the re
fractive feature of the air about the
horizon and the natural tendency to
compare it with terrestrial objects.
Ladies' Home Journal.
A Paradoxical Objection.
"You dou't like Wiudley's style of
oratory?"
"No; the thing that I object to is
that hi pointed remarks are so blunt."
Philadelphia North American.
The Unpardonable Crime.
Two years ago, in St. Charles Parish,
near New Orleans, an old Spaniard
was murdered. The respectable parish-
loners, in order to show their detesta
tion of the crime of murder and their
reverent for the sanctity of human
life, forthwith proceeded to commit
murder themselves by seizing and
hanging, without trial, a couple of
Italians, who, as it happened, had
nothing at all to tlo with the murder,
says the Itchester "iVinocrat and
Chronicle.
Thus justice was vindicated, the slow
and uncertain method of the law re
buked, the old Spaniard avenged, the
good name of SL Charles Parish freed
from reproach, the otlicials saved the
trouble of an investigation, the taxpay
ers saved the expense of a trial, and the
real murderer relieved from anxiety.
Incidentally, Uncle Sam was called
upon by the Italian government to pay
a considerable iudemuity, and paid it,
but that didn't concern the parishion
ers. They had rendered a signal service
to the community aud had thoroughly
enjoyed the exhilarating excitement.
They were proud of themselves and ea
ger to seize the first excuse for repeating
the performance.
And now comes one Antonio Itic'i
ard, a negro, to coufess and prove be
yond the shadow of a doubt that it wa
he, aud not the Italians, who killed the
old Spaniard. It is to lie hoped that
tliU occurrence will somewhat alter the
view of themselves aud their conduct
hitherto held by the St. Charles lynch
ers, open their eyes to the fact that they
themselves are murderers who ought to
be hanged, aud tend to cure them of
I lie lynching habit.
This story is an illustration of the
futility of lynching. However slow
and uncertain may be the legal method
of finding out w ht-lht-r a man is guilty
or inuoceut, nothing in the way of sub
stantial justice is gained by adopting
the lyncher's method of hanging an ac
cused man without in the least know
ing whether or not he has done any
thing to deserve being hanged, and
leaving the subseqent determination of
his guilt or innocence to circumstances.
Aud if nothing is in the way of sub
stantial justice is gained by lynching,
what pcssible good can lynching do?
The harm lynching does is enormous.
Till lynching habit, w ith the contempt
for all law aud authority thit it engen
ders, is spreading so rapidly, with the
encouragement of silly and s'.iort-aighN
ed newspapers aud public men and in
the absence any real attept to check it,
that one can already almost see the
coining shadow of a lime when govern
ment in this country must resign iu fa
vor of the mob or make lynching odi
ous by ier-.istently hunting d wn and
hanging every lyncher. What crime is
more unpardouable than the lyncher's?
Not only is he a murderer and a mighty
mean sort of a murderer at that; he
threatens, whether he knows it or not,
tiie life and honor of every man, wom
an and child, white or black, in the
country. He strikes at society and civ
ilization. He is a dangerous enemy to
his country and to republican institu
tions. I mess the tuition amihshes linn
he w ill end by abolishing the nation.
Probably Dead.
I do not know whether Adolph
Fischer is alive or dead. ProUibly he
is dead, as w hen I saw him last la.t he
had apical tuberculosis of the right
lung, a partially liypt rtrop'.iied livtr,
an enlarged spleen, aud a serious in
volvement of the left valve of the heart.
These ailments had come to him be
cause of a steady diet of hops and beer,
aud he treated them with a beer.
Fischer was a theoretical miner. A
theoretical miner is like a theoretical
prohibitionist he lielievcs in it for
every one except himself. The com
parison, however, is hardly fair.
Fischer would have swung a pick
readily enough, but always something
interfered. He wu sick, or broke, or
his grandmother had died, or he was
employed on one of his temporary jobs,
or some event occurred that prevented
him reaching his Li Dorado. For he
believed that he kuew of :.n Kl Dorado
that would make a fool of the Klon
dike country, Mayl he had never
seeu that land of gold, poor devil, but
he lived iu dreams of it. It seems pit
iful that his life should have been de
nied its fruition, U cause all that he
wanted to make him a billionaire was
four trusty companions, some pack
mules, and fJU. He could not compass
them all at once. Sometimes he had
the fiJ and sometimes he had the
mules and companions and lacked the
$120. Then he "mysteriously dLsap
icared." Chicago Times-Herald.
Hit Circus Days Gone by.
A Lincoln attorney who is a church
member was figuring on taking his
son to the circus to see the animals this
year, as lias been his custom iu the
past ever since the youngster has
been large euough to appreciate
the menagerie attractions. The sou is
15 years old, and he recently announc
ed to his father that he was big enough
to go alone. The father was taken
considerably aback, for he had not
counted ou being deprived of the ex
cuse for going that he had always
Used before.
"Why do you want to go alone?" the
father asked.
"I don't know," replied the boy iu a
reluctant manner.
"Yes, you do," said his father.
"You wouldn't tell me that you want
to go alone without a reason."
"Well, papa," he said, "I want to
stay out iu the animal tent longer
than you do."
The man's wife was in earshot, and
he has not yet beard the last of the in
cident. Nebraska State Journal,
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
The Rest Salve iu the world for Cuts,
firuises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe
ver Sores, Tetter, Chaptted Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, aud all Skin Erup
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 2 cent per box. For sale at J.
N. Snyder's drug store, Somerset, or
at Urallicr'a drug store, Bellu, Pa.
era
Useful Household Hints-
From the I'hiUel.-lp'iU Record.
For those who use p.n r label for
their bottles the following is an excel
lent varni.-h for covering tlcm with,
drying quickly and very hard: Take a
quantity, according to amount of varn
ish required, of flake shellac, which
can be bought at ahu'tst any grocer's,
and put iu a jar with a tiglit-titt ing cover
and jwHir methylated spirits into the
jnr until the shellac i covered. Then
cover up and allow it to stand fr -I
hours, 6tirring occasionally, and it is
then ready for use. It mi:st be kept
tightly corked when not being used, or
it will rapidly evaporate. This varnish
can be made thicker or thinner by
using more shellac or more methylated
spirits.
Paint can easily be removed from
glass by wetting a copper or silver coin
and rubbing the paint with it.
To clean aluminum wash wi'li sip
and water to w hich has been added
either soda or ammonia. All alkaline
solutions whiten aluminum.
To renovate black lat-e dip a small
sponge in old wab-r or blue-water and
damjien the lace, pressing out w illi a
hot iron over brown puer.
The shell from small fish carrying
these useful coverings, besides making
excellent scoop for sugar, ll nir, etc,
are excellent to u-; as patty pai.s for
little Cakes, a Well as to cook su1ohs1
oysters and crabs in. They do not dis
color from baking.
If one owns some new oak furniture
and it Is desired to give it au appearance
of antiquity put the furniture i.i asm JI
room close to a gas or oil stove having
on it a kettle of ammonia and water
one ounce of rock ammonia to a pint of
water is the projH.rtion. Light the
stove, exclude all air from the room
and by the time the water has all boiled
away the oak will le a rich, dark od
or. For fresh tea and c iifee stains use
boiling water. Place the linen stained
over a large lowl and pour through it
boiling water from the tea kittle, held
at a height to insure force. Old tea
and coffee stain which have become
"set' should be soaked in cold water
first, and then boiling.
For peach stain a wek solution of
chloride of lime combined with infinite
patience. Long soaking is au essen
tial. Grass stain may be removed by
cream of tartar and water.
For scorch, hang or spread the article
iu the sunshine. For mildew, lemon
juice and sunshine, or if obstinate dis
solve one tablespoouful of chloride of
lime hi four quarts of cold water and
soak the article until mildew dUaj-
pears. Rinse very thoroughly to avoid
any chemical action upo: the linen.
For w ine stains sprinkle well w ith
salt, niiiifteu with boiiing water and
theu pour bailing water through u:itil
the stain disappears. For blood staius,
use cold water fir-t, then soap and
water. Hot water sets the stain.
For chocolate stains use c.ild water
first, then biliug water from the tea
kettle.
Fruit stains will usually yield to boil
ing water; but if irt oxalio acid may
be used, allowing three ounces of the
crystal to one pint of water. Wet the
stain with the solution, place over a
kettle of hot water in the .-team or in
the sunshine. The instant the stain
disappears rinse well; wet the stain
with ammonia to counteract the acid
remaining. Theu rinse thoroughly
again. This will many times save the
linen, which Is apt to lie injured by the
oxalic acid.
Won by the Rabbi.
Jones was on his last legs. In fact,
it was a matter of but a few days for
hint, so he scut for three ministers, a
Presbyterian, a Methodist, and a Jew
ish rabbi, and told them that if they
each put fl)ij iu his colli u he would
leave them i-'i.OoO each iu his will. He
died shortly after, and the day after he
was buried the Methodist miuister met
the Presbyterian and asked him if he
h ;d put his fl'KI in the casket.
"I did," said the Presbyterian min
ister. "In what form did you put it in?"
a-ked the Methodist minister.
"In five gold pieces.'
"Well, you'll get your r,0o."
"How did you put yours iu?"
"I put in a crisp new $100 bill."
"Well, you'll get your S5,ikJ, too."
Just then they saw the rabbi across
the street, and they called him over
and asked him iu w hat form he had
put his $100 in the casket
"I put in my check for $.lii) aud took
out the change."
Eat Celery.
An exchange says that every family
should eat celery. It is now known to
be one of the greatest benefits to the
human family in the medicinal quali
ties possessed by both the roots and
stems. Celery soup will relieve in
flammatory rheumatism in a few
hours, and several permanent cures are
recordetL This discovery comes from
Germany, where celery 1 used more in
soups than as a raw relish. The roots
and stalks are cut into small pieces and
boiled thoroughly, when the celery is
served hot with bread and butter.
Persons alllicted with darting pains
arouud the heart, or in spinal column,
or with general nervous debility, find
instant relief in using celery soup.
Every farmer and gardener should
grow some celery, and see that it is
used freely by all the family. The raw
stalks are fine nerve-feeders, and are
relished a a part of the dinner in win
ter and early spring, while the leaves
are good for flavoring all kinds of
soups.
Finance-
Harduppe Isn't it a tx-astly thing to
have a lot of debts you cau't pay?
Grabgrind I know of only one
thing worse,
"And what's that?"
"To have a lot of liebU you can't
make other people pay."
Id.
WHOLE NO. 210 0.
West Point
The military academy wx fiuiided
not so much for the purjewe of furnish
ing officer to fill the vacancies in the
regular army a to c reate a kind of re
serve of ofli its which the government
would tie able to draw iijxiii in ease of
war. Congress) has not carried out this
inteiitio,. if the fou'ider for a variety
of reas .us. Economy was one, but a
the military academy cts little more
per annum than a full regiment of cav
alry this reason is not sufficient. An
other reason is the jealousy of Went
Pointers a a favored elans, who in time
of war are selected for high command
over the head of men lacking mili
tary education or experience. Hut
these reason are supplemented by an
other and a stronger one, and that i
that West Pointers, as a class, have not
favored such an increase iu the num
ber ;f cadets graduated as would make
it difficult to provide all graduates
with commissions a o!li'rs. In tuis
resjiect they may be said to have lst
sight of the paramount ueeds of the
country iu their anxiety for the inter
ests of Iheir associates.
The cadet at West Point has a great
prize iu view a commission. It is a
stimulus to a tremendous effort. The
instructor at West Point have lcen
fearful that this stimulus mice removed
the standard of education there won!-!
be lowered. Tiie ollbvr of the army
have not combated this view. While
they prize a'oore u'.l things the train
ing received at West Point, while a
professional soldier they see more
clearly than auy oilier class the dan
ger the country runs in having so few
educated offi ers, they s strongly
sympathize with the desire of the ua
dergrad i tte to obtain a commissiou
that they have not seen their way to
recommending a p!icy th.it would
posnibly ext-hi le some grad'.i ttc from
the army. And thus it liapp-u that
the military aca 1-iny, faiiin, as it
does, t' fur:ii-.!i a b ly of o.tieer of
resectable siz for the emergency of
war, or even au output siiiVi'-ieut for
the army, seems to be ond acted not
for tl.-glory -f the republic, but of
West Point, Captain Janus Parker,
U. S. A., iu 11-irper's Magazine.
Household Wisdom.
Apple sauce should always le served
with pork choM.
Veal cutlets are greatly improved by
the addition of tomato sauce.
One pound of copperas dissolved in
12 quarts of hot water and used while
hot is an exit-lleut disinfectant for the
bath room dn.hi.
Articles made f silk should never be
folded in white paper, as the color
would be destroyed by the chloride of
lime with which the paper is bleached.
while silk or satin dress should be
kept covered by a piece of mu.-Iin
which has tieeii dipped in a strong sol
ution of b!ue. L ice curtains when put
awav should be covered iii the same
wa v.
illui k cotton stocking should be
dritd on the wrong side to prevent
fading.
Clothes pins should always be kept
in a lug like an apr in. The bag
should be made of Ivd licking or other
heavy g'ds.
A man or woman wearing da' k
clothes is more liable to infection than
one wearing light-colored clothing.
The unpleasant odor of onions on the
breath maybe removed by drinking a
cup of strong cotfee or eating a sprig of
parsley.
Secial care should be taken to thor
oughly masticate cold food, as it d.ies
not digest as rapidly a warm food.
When making gelatine it should be
covered as soon as it L ready to stand
away. ( ielaline is used by physicians
to attract and hold malignant germs.
and should never be exposed to the air
more than is necesary.
Dress skirts shou'.d always be hung
up right side out, but protected by a
mu.-Iin bag.
Something to Depend on.
Mr. James Jones, of the drug firm of
Jones & Son, Cowdeu, 111., in speaking
of Dr. King's New Discovery, says that
last winter his w ife was attacked w ith
la grippe, and her case grew so serious
that physicians' at Cowdeu and Pana
could do nothing for her. It seemed
to develop into ha-ty cousumptiou.
Having Dr. King's New Discovery iu
store, aud selling lots of it, he took a
bottle home, and to the surprise of all
she began to get betttr from the first
dose, and half dozen dollar Isittles cur
ed her sound and well. Dr. King's
New Discovery for consumption,
coughs aud esilds is guaranteed to do
this good wi rk. Try it. Free trial
bottles at Snydt t's drug store, Somer
set, or at Hrallit-r's drug store, Berlin.
To Destroy Ants-
A strong solution of alum in boiling
water is excelieut to destroy ants, cix-k-
roaehes and spiders, liedbugs are rath
er' more difficult to entrap, aud some
ingenuity is required to get rid of them
when ouce found iu the woodwork.
A good plan is to place a piece of wood
perforated with gimlet boles under the
mattress. They will crawl into the-je
holes, and they may theu be drowned
with hot water. This plan Is used
with great success iu hospitals. Nat
urally, the woodwork must be thor
oughly cleaned at least once a week
with scalding water. Some house
wives have great faith in keroseue aud
benzine.
Old People.
Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowel and kidney will
find the true remedy iu Electric Bit
ter. This medicine does not stimu
late and contains no w hisky or other
intoxicant, but acts as a tonic and al
terative. It acts mildly on the stom
ach and bowels, addiug strength aud
giving toue to the organs, thereby aid
ing nature in the performance of the
functions. Electric P.itters is au excel
lent appetizer aud aids digestion. Old
people fiud it just exactly what they
ueed. Price oik;, aud $ 1.00 per bottle at
Snyder's drug store, Somerset, or at
Urallier'a drug store, Berlin.
Facts for Farmsrs-
Fnn the Philadelphia Reor(t.
It nny not pny to raise a calf if the
milk Is to be sold, Ixit the small saving
in the milk that the calf would require
i a nothing compared to the extra
quantity that might le derived for sev
eral years from the calf when it be
comes a cow. It is better to make a
sacritW a', the beginning than to have
losses every year. The truly economi
cal dairyman look to the futiir; and
invests aii-orduigly. If he can im
prove his capital and income be d's
not hesitate to do so, and such men are
enterprising, understand the character
istics of the breed, and consider the
calve the most valuable animal on
the farm, U-rause they will at some
time enable the dairymen to derive
larger profit..
Clear up the barnyard, bank up the
manure; let it heat so a to decompile
the coarse material and spread it. By
so doing the barnyard will lie more
comfortable fr tiie stock, a there will
soon tie au ahundanr-e of coar-e mater
ial thrown iu the yard to be trampled.
Cleaulincs is essential in the barnyard
a well a else here ou the farm.
The method of saving liq lid m in
ure vary. It i not sufficient to collect
the liquids, a they mu.t be absortied.
Liquid manure quickly induces heat
wheu added to bulky or other mater
ial, in that respect a-nisting to decom
pose the substances. The li (Uid.s are
more valuable than the solid aud are
also more easily deteriorated in value
unless pnqierly preserved. Of the
many atnorU-nt material that cost but
little may lie mentioned shredded corn
stalks, tut straw aud refuse rakinir of
the farm. O.ie of the best su!stauces,
however, i earth, or muck, which
may be used alone or in connection
with other articles. If the liquid are
well absoriicd there will lie less los f
ammonia and caii Is' applied to the
Ian I with the coarse manure.
Warm, wet weather i favorable to
blight and rot, and every etr.rt should
) nude to destroy it or prevent it
spread. This is tiie season of the year
when the ground may ontain sjores
of fungus diseases for next year's pn
agation, and the fruit-grower can do
more effectual work now than he eau
at any other time. Every limb, twig,
apple, Jiear, or grape that i alTected
should I consigned to the tl lines.
When plowing for wheat it wiil lie
lx-tter to let the plow go tleep, then
harrow line, following with a land rol
ler, w hii h will leave the surface iu ex
cellent shape f r the drill. The seed
leen and the laud may aain lie rolled
with advantage, hut the most import.
ant of all ii the plowing and harrow
ing. Some farmer object to deep
lilow 'w' as they claim that the fertil
izer is kept nearer the surfeee, and that
less !. occurs of plant food during
the winter, but where the sub-oil is
omiiact tiitrre will hi no loss from
deep plowing when a thrifty crop occu
pies the soil. iM-eji plowing also les
sens the liability of the plants being
thrown out by frot-t, e-tecially if the
roller is used.
Those who have grown Lima beans
know how difficult it is t procure
cood, uniform seed at planting time.
The ed should lie saved from the
early pods, nil's; which are full and
grow low on the vines. Let the pods
ripeti well, shell out the bean and
pick out only the best. They may be
kept in tig'it pip -r bags, in which
smll boll of camphor should be plac
ed. If seeds are purchased it happens
in many case that the large and sm ill
ones are mixed, many of which are
imperfect and fail to g -rminate.
It I not safe to grow a crop in a
peach orchard, but growers have found
that when phosphates aud p 'tiis'u are
applied to the land a crop of crim-n
clover, seeded down this month aud
plowed under in the spring, will 1 an
advantage. The clover covers the
ground during the winter and provides
nitrogen ia the spring when turned
under.
The sweet pitato crop i profitable
on sandy soil, and the small ones that
ire unsalable have a value as food f r
pig. While e ru is the standard food
for fattening pig it is not equal to
rooked sweet pitatoe, the latter being
richer in sag ir an 1 stirca. What i
belter, however, is a mixture of corn
meal and sweet potat-x-s, the feeding of
which fatten the pig rapidly.
To have choice piusie uext year
plant the seed uow, iu a cold frame,
an 1 a a a they are big enough thin
them out or transplant them, placing
the plants six inches apirt. Protect
them during the winter with covering
or mulch, keeping them iu a frame,
and set them out in the open air in th -spring.
G od pasturage should n t prevent
gissl feeding at the barn. There 1 at
tiiiiestoa nru-h dependence ou the
pasture supply, but when an animal is
a produivr, like the cow, grain is also
impirtant. Dry Tssl will lie relished
at all seasons, a variety is essential tor
digestiou and health.
I n cases of burns and sprain, scalds
or auy of the other accidental in
likely to come to the human liody. Dr.
Thomas Electric Oil gives almost in
stant relief.
To Drive Away Fleas.
If troubled with fleas in the house,
an effective way to get rid of tiie in
truders is to sweep the house well with
salt. Then each day brush under the
beds and in the corners with rit strewn
liberally everywhere. Fleas are not
fond of salt, and, though a few strag
glers may remain for some days, they
w ill uot hold out long against this
treatment.
There i more catarrh in this section
of the country than all other disesasen
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be iucurable.
For a great many years doctors pron
ounced it a local disease, and prescribed
loe-al remedies, and by constantly fail
ing to cure with local treatment, pro
uouueed it iucurable. Scieuce has prov
en catarrh a constitutional disease, aud,
therefore, requires constitutional treat
ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufac
tured bv K. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo,
J Ohio, i the only constitutional cure on
the market. It is taken inieruauy iu
doses froiu 10 drop to a teaspoonful.
It acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. They otrer oue
hundred dollar for auy case of catarrh
it fails to cure. Send for circulars aud
testimonials. Address
F. J. CHENEY A CO.,
Toledo, O.
tj3old by druggists, 75a.
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