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EDVAPD MTI.L, : : PKFStlKNT.
VAI..KNTINK HAY, : VICE PRHilKNT.
HAHVEi M. bKKKLEY, t ASUIEt.
Tbe famis nd :uiil! of this iMiil areso-
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guk Pboo SAi'S. Tne otily 6ife made &bM
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A. H. HUSTOrJ,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
and everytfcirif pfitjiii:iEg to faueraU fura-
Uhe4.
SOMERSET - - Pa
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker nd Jeweler,
Next 3oor West of Lutheran Church,
Somerset. - Pa.
I Am Now
prepared to supply the public
with Clocks, Watcliea, and Jew
elry of all dt-scriptlons, aa Cheap
as the Cheapest.
REPAIRING A
SPECIALTY.
All work guaranteed. Look at my
Btoek before making your
purchase.
J. D. SWANK.
Beaver College and
. . flusical Institute,
BEAVER. PA.
Lcx-aU-d on the Ohio River, 2 mil from
1'iiu.l.unf. Kixttt'ii tM.'-lu-r. N-w build:ni:
and pf)u:pniftt. An lil -hil for Kiriit.
Kail U-rm oftfut SepU Tlh. W rit forcatulnKue.
ARTHLK STAPLES. A. .M.. Pretident.
Washington Seminary,
Washinjon, Pa.
Kali U-rm orw-rm K-pU It. Pupcrioradvant-nt-"
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MRS. M. N. McMILLAX.
KEFFER'S HEW SHOE STGRE!
KEN'S EOYS'. WOKEX'S. GIRLS' i-i CHILDREN'S
SIWES, OXFORDS trA SLIPPERS.
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al lowest
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A(ij"ining Mm. A. E. t'hl, South-east
corner of ajuire.
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IMPORTANT TO ADVEHTISEKR.
The cream of the country papers U found
In Iicniington's Coucty Stat Lii-ts. Shrewd
adTenisers avail themselves of tbee list, a
eopy of wluch caa be had cf .LemmgYa
Bica. of Xew Tork I Fitwburg.
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You nuiy toll of your a mured crulnra, '
And y jar great sli'pt of fie Hue ;
And wifl or iluv may st 4iner go
Acrt- the billotry lirlne.
Like thunder may Die cinnon boom
To prift tYidr fl.ica anfurled,
A id l.rnn h-urthey haveth power
To rule the frig h Waal world.
From ofn 10 vean shore
Lie lin- of gleaming fU-el,
And night aitl day, we har aiway
The ring of rushing whsel ;
Though hult'alo have left the plain.
And Indian U'DLs are furled.
Norstmin nor Imnd at wealth's conunand
Cau rule the tui-y world
But win re the hl!l.-ide rle fair
In U rraces of green, .
A11J oil the plain, where wind and rain
Swes-p fiflda of golden aheen,
W hre jiturJy yellow siaiks arise.
With b iiiMt rvi hauls unfurled.
Hureyou may grett the great King W'lust,
The ruler of the world.
Oh, hills m ty shake and vaiea resoun d
B n-aili the flying car,
And driven l y tUiin and winds a-beam
Our tihi ride tist and f.tr ;
Clti .-a may crumble 'neatb the gun
Which guard our ft tg unfurled ;
Yet all thiiil gr.tt at last Kiag Wbea',
For hunger rulca lh world.
Ninetuj M. LowaWr in Youth's Compan- I
toil.
BILLY'S ADVEXTURES.
If there was anything under the stm
Billy hated it was hauling water. NoL
thut the work iu'lf was hard, or in auy
way dioiigrevable, but because he loveCi.
the spring and the ppringside so, ai'd
hid nother was sure to call after him
an he started : "Hurry back, Billy ! I
am dying fr a fretth drink !"' or "Mak1
haale, Billy. We can't do a thing, not
even put on the pudding, until the
water comes.' 1
The pprlng came out half way to a
tall blutr, and danced down over sheer
rocks richly embroidered with lichen
and iniie and frrn. Some part of the
water was led into e trough hollowed
from long, fleiidt-r log's which wa
fixed iu crv!oheted upright some ten
fe.'t frm the ground. The troughs
went quite to the road-? le. Billy
drove his barrel underneath it, a:.u let
the tpcutiug stream go plump into the
squared bunghole.
It was no load at all for merry Tom,
the chunky pony. Going springward,
Biily boy rode him ; coming home he
walked beside nourishing and cracking
hi plaited leather whip.
Upon a certain October Wednesday
the whip cracked so lou Jly a the out
tit rched the spring anyone wh
knew liiliy would have been ct rtaiu he
had a new and enptcially acute griev
ance. All the mile between tprlngaud
house he had been muttering, "Tliiuk
they might a-let me stayed to hear the
Ia-4t," or "Beckon they think a buy, a
big boy, don't keer nothiu' about,
hearin' nothin' in the world'
S;ill l-e had heard something
enough at 'ut, to Ml vaguely, fcio he
brightened 'rceptib'y as he drew tr
the Fpritig, for 'ther thirsty folk were
there two men a very dusty buggy
with a tired looking noie. Ashe came
up oue of them hailed Biily :
"Howdy, sonny. D?ar blew my
soul, but I'm glad to see you. I've
been clean lmt thw half hour its good
to find mj'!elf anywhere about 'Squire
CJark's."
"Howdy, brother Amos !" It's fun
nyyou gettin' ht ! Thought you'd
rode the circuit till you knew every
pig track," Billy said, beamingly.
Brother Amos, the colporteur, a
woruout itinerant, was a prime favorite
with all the boys ; he had such a knack
of fetching exactly the books they
wanted, books that bad blood and
fighting in them, and good boys
who did Dot die young of their
own goodness.
"It is funny, I never hit on this cross
road before I've ofien heard of your
pring," Brother A:aos returned.
"What's the good word up at the house
Billy? Any chance for travelers to
stay all night?"
"Plenty at least I reckon so," Billy
answered, his sene of news to tell sud
denly cheeking hospitality. Reason I
say that, I don't know Jus how things'll
be when we get there. I left the sher
iff t? ere aud 'bout a dozen more meu
and they were tellln' how the men
they were after hd stole 'bout fl.oj),
OJ0 in town last night, and gone cassia
ofTin a buggy this moruin' as If he
hadn't done a thing."
"Dear me ! Why, we came from
town ! We heard nothing of all this!''
brother Amos said, turnlt:g to his com
panion, who yawned and shook his
head.
Then suddenly he sat upright, and
looked at Bil'y with a keen pair of
eyes. Ths barrel was by this lime un
derneath the spout, and filling very
fast The stranger got out of the buggy
and went beside it, peering into Us
depths as though it wtre something
out of the common.
"Here's a new style of water work
eh, brother Amos?" he said with a
gurgling laugh ; theu to Billy : "Tell
me how you get the water out ?'
"Easy enough ! Don't you see the
sile there at the bottom T' Billy b y
retorted, over his shoulder. He was
busy culling dog wood boughs to shade
the barrel iu transit, and keep the
water cool. As he turned with botli
hands full, a viciou fly made merry
Tom daaoc, so the slide was iu dauger
of upsetting.
"Here! CJive me the bushes I'll
fix them -w hile you hold the hor-e,"
the stranger sa.iJ, fetching a hand out
hi pocket. There was a knife in it so
keen and sharp, uhen it was opened it
awoke Billy to oovetousness.
By help of it, in a thrice, the bougha
were in place, though Billy boy could
not understand why In the placing the
stranger meddled so much with the
wedge-shaped board that went into the
bun
"I'll tell mother who's comin she'll
be sure to have a place for you," he
shouted to brother Amos, determined
ly taking the road ahead of him. For
the first time in fifteen yean.' watt r
hauliag, merry Tots had to trot up
hill with a full barrel.
Tae heriS", ridiag out of the Clark
gate, almost sore at sigat of brother
A-nos'i companion. "To think of
ketchia hitn, when we'd about give
himuj!' he said to the rata at his
elbow then spurred to the side of the
buggy, crying out : "Halt! You're
my prisoner! Hold up your hand I"
SOMERSET, PAM
"Who is your prisoner? Explain
yourself Mr. Sheriff-!" brother Amos
said with dignity. "You can scarcely
mean me it is still more pos-i'ole you
can mean my friend Bradley, who Is a
philanthropic man of means traveling
with me to learn the needs of my
work."
"Didn't he stay all night at the
Franklin houe, in Clearview, and
leave there at daylight this moruing?"
the sheriff demanded. "Another man
stayed there, too a traveling man,
with a packet of unset diamonds worth
$.30,(KK). He had them last night-the
man you call Bradley knew he had
them, because he looked at some of
them, and even ppoke of buying. This
was at 1 o'clock, at 8 the diamonds
were missod. Bj was Bradley. Then
it came out that he had beeu seen leav
ing so early. We searched the houe
until sure the lost stones were not there;
then aa the traveling man was sure he
had beeu chloroformed and as Brad
ley's room had opened on the same
porch "
"I sH! ! A strong ca.se of circum
stantial evidence," the man called
Bradley said calmly, stepping from the
buggy. "Mr. HherilT, 1 do not blame
you in the least. Your mistake is not
merely natural it is inevitable. Now,
in justice, I ask to be searched at once.
I am a total stranger. It had been ar
ranged by letter that brother Amos
should call for me at daylight. He
met me at the steps of the Franklin
house unless I am mistaken anybody
will accept bis word for truth.. We
have beeu together ever since. A?k
him, please, if I have parted with, or
thrown away, or in anyway disposed
of anything."
"He certainly has not," brother
Amos said, "Mr. Sheriff, I"
"Thank you," Bradly interrupted.
"Now, if I took the diamonds, carried
them off, and have not jarted with
them, I must have them still. Gentle
man, I implore you to look for them.
It seems to me I can hardly breathe
until the charge Is refuted."
Fifteen minutes later the sheriff wrs
snyiug humbly. "Beg your pardon,
Mr. Bradley as you say you couldn't
a-swallowed t'oetn stones there were
too many, even if you'd been an ostrich.
And certain His, I find no sign of 'em
anywhere about your clothe. You
saw 'em you know they were there,
and real diamonds, wrapped in tin foil
iiiM!e a pocket case of metal. Now,
if I should hnpiwti to light on 't in
while you're In these parts, will you
help Mentify Vm, to prove you bear
no malice for the blunder?"
"My dear sir, dou't speak of it,"
Bradley murmured. "You forgot the
interest I still have iu the matter. It
would give m the greatest pleasure to
tee those unlucky stones again in the
right hands."
Billy had never heard such stories as
Bradley told that night on the porch
after supper. SUil, he did not like the
man.
It Mas late almost 12 o'clock still
Billy could not sleep when he was snug
lit bed. For an hour he thrashed about
listeuirig to the 'possum hunters,
aud wishing himself out with them.
His own dog, Bose, answered spasmod
ically the barking from the woods.
All at ouce Billy heard a low sharp
growl, then a violent yelp, as though
Bose had been struck heavily. He
flung up a window, but could see noth
ing, t'iouds lay thick over the tnoon ;
in another hour it would come ou to
rain.
Again he heard Boe, this time a sort
of rrowlimr whine, that was lost and
smothered in a curious rushing sound,
the noise of gushing water falling from
a little height.
"I wonder who can be drawing water
this time of night !" Billy said to him
self then, as the noi-e kept up, Lo
gave a little excited whistle, leaped
through the window which opened ou
the roof of the low back porch, ran
along it, and dropped softly to the
ground.
The water barrel set always under
the big white oak, twenty yards away.
Bradley stood besides it, with his back
to the house. He had taken out the
spile and held his fingers in the stream,
trying to break up and deaden the
sound of Us flowing.
"If you had to haul water I reckon
you'd not waste It so free," Billy boy
said, clutching him by both arms.
Bradly writhed about snarling and
tried to strike the boy with a sharp
kuife. Billy pprang lightly a.-.ide,
caught a slide stake aud dealt his
enemy a blow on the wrist that made
him drop the knife and groan.
"Boy !" he whispered hoarsely, "nelp
me you must. They are there in that
barrel the diamonds, you know. Help
me get them out you shall have half
think how rich they will make you
aud nobody need know."
"I'd know myself that's enough
besides I'd never help a man meau
enough to kick Bote," Billy boy said.
In the dark he had managed to gt
the rope lines with which he drove
aud shaped them into the noose. Not
for naught had he practiced trying to
throw a lasso. It was a near ca-.t so
near a miss would have been disgrace
ful but next minute Mr. Bradley
-found the rope settling over his arms
and being drawn tight, while Billy
veiled lustily: "Father! Mother!
Brother Amos ! Wake up and see
what I've caught!"
Philanthropist Bradley, it turned
out, was the head of a gang that bad
shadowed the diamond salesman ever
eincj he left the city. All unwittingly
brother Amos had beeu made to serve
their turn. If you think after his ad
venture Billy was not something of a
hero, you had better ask his mother.
She will tell you that be never hauled
another barrel of water Martha Mo
Cullough Williams in Boston Globe.
Cynical Dont't.
Don't forget that an honest man
never has to proclaim the fact.
Don'texpect the man with an alcohol
tinted nose to desert bis color.
Don't forget that life is full of checks
and inny of them are forgeries.
D io't thick it's what a man has that
makes him contented it's what be
d.n't want.
Don't mention yrur misery because
of its so-called ability to comfort the
initeryof others.
ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1898.
Seme (Helpful Hints.
1
t
We have discovered a rather odd ad
dition to breaafast dishes, that may be
liked by othei who have corn In plen
ty, but live wbvre "breakfast foods" are
expensive. J-
i t is the old-fash lotted corn meal gruel
such as my grandmother used to make
for me when I was a little girl and had
a bad cold. It is a very accommodat
ing dish, as it may be made to suit the
taste, but we like it best to take about
three pints cf boiling water, sift slowly
iuto it, stirring steadily, a pint of meal ;
when it has boiled a few minutes add a
pint of milk (more or less, aa it may be
plenty or ecarce), boil up again aud set
back on the rauge while you get the
rest of your breakfast. Salt to taste,
and if you like it thicker use more meal
or less watt r.
Sometimes we have it thin enough to
drink from cups and sometimes thick
enough to eat with cream aud sugar.
I might add, too, that while a mem
ber of our family was recovering from
a severe attack of inflammation of the
bowels, it agreed with him better than
anything else, and he did not tire of it
so quickly as of rice, oatmeal, or any
thing else we could give him.
I have recently learned that average
fresh pork steak is much improved by
covering with water after it is seasoned
in the frying pan and letting the water
boil away before Crying it brown.
I have found, too, that I need much
less sxla if I sift it with the flour the
same as baking powder, and add to it
the last thing, getting the article iuto
the oven as quickly as possible, than I
do if mixed with the milk or water.
Of course the less we use the better for
our health.
Some one recently gave directions for
cooking dried corn in the double oat
meal cookers; for us who are without
them a good substitute is to cover with
cold water in a deep jar, stand back on
the stove where it will just keep warm
for three or four hours, then seasou to
taste aud heat it up for the table. It is
much more tender than if boiled a lorjg
t i me.
I indorse what has befn said about
using the oven more and frying less.
If you wish to drop your slices of salt
Ktrk iii Hour, it cocks much nicer in
the oven than 011 top of the stove. Also
fresh fish rolled in flour or meal.
A good plaiu cake easily made on a
farm and nice for children to carry to
school is made as follows: Two cups
sour cream, two cups ftigar, one eg, a
teaipoonful of salt, a scant teaspoon ful
of soda, and flour to make a still" bat
ter. Put ail the Ingredients together,
sifting the soda in with the flour, stir
and get into the pans as quickly as pos
sible If preferred, bake. n drop cakst
gem tins or patty pans. If you dislike
to use soda, take sweet cream w ith bak
ing powder. II J. L., iu Farm, Field
aud Fireside.
Medical Hints.
I thought some cf my experience in
treating children's troubles might le
useful. I had five children eick with
the sore throat at one time. I washed
their throats with sage tea and borax
sweetened with honey ; also gave them
powdered sulphur mixed with strained
houey, to the consistency of thick
cream, a teaspoonful about twice a day
for a few days. I suppose oue could
give too much sulphur. Dry sulphur
blown in the throat is al-o good. Our
children are all recovered, while some
in the neighUirhood died of the same
disease. My baby boy, born In August,
had the worst case of sore mouth and
rash I ever saw. I washed his mouth
with borax and a little alam in water ;
also bathed him with a little borax in
the water. He scabbed all over, atd
seemed to shed his outside skin. I had
to feed him cow's milk. It did not
agree with him until I put a little lime
water iu it, using mostly cream, diluted
with soft water aud sweetened. He is
thriving now. For a cold that threat
ens to settle on the lungs, grease well
the chest with nice lard and keep the
child w arm. For a cough I use strain
ed honey or simple syrup, with small
amount of tincture of lobelia In it
Give a little whenever coutth gets tighL
Mrs. M. Dyke, lu Practloal Farmer.
Eismark's Iron Serve
Was the result of his splendid health.
Indomitable will and tremendous en
ergy are not found where Stomach,
Liver, Kidneys and Bels are out of
order. If you want these qualities and
the success they bring, use Dr. King's
New Life Pills. Tney develop every
power of brain and body. Only ia
at J. N. Snyder's, Drug Store, Somer
set, Pa , and G. W. lirallier's Drug
Store, Berlin, Pa.
Cuing Meat.
As the cool weather approaches we
think with pleasant anticipation of the
fresh meat we are soon to enjoy. I er
haps it is in accordance with ths old
adage that "every crow thit.ks bis own
the whitest," but I do think our way of
curing meat Is the most satisfactory,
and will give It for the benefit of some
one else. When the hogs are killed
Lang In the smokt house ovtr night to
cool, leaving the door open if p ible,
Next day Lave them cut up and rub
hams, middlings aad shoulders with
saltpeter, two tearpoonsful to each
piece ; then salt well aud jack away
two weeks to take the salt. At the end
of this time begin smoking with oak
chips. When this baa continued tlx
weeks or two months it can be stopped,
In March Lave a large pot filled with
water and keep it boiling and scald
your hams In for five minutes, or even
longer. As each ham is drawn from
the pot lay it on a clean plank in the
hiinniest olace to be found. When all
have been treated thus, begin with the
first and put tbem In bag9 cut to fit a
ham. Have the bags made of good
cloth and sewed as tightly as possible
to prevent skipper bugs getting to them
Treated ia this maimer meat will keep
over two years as good as ever Amy
Anderson.
Say "No" w hen a dealer offers you a
substitute for Hood's Sarsaparilla.
There is nothing "just as good." Get
! only Hood's.
Tidiness.
In days gone by, lfore the new
woman appeared upon the scene of ac
tion, girls were rigidly taught the good
old-fashioned way of tidiness. "Neat
ness" hardly expresses my meaning as
well as does the quaint old-time word.
To be "tidy," Webster tells us, "is to I
arranged in good order ; neat ; kept In
proper and becoming neatness." Now
adays girls are neat to a certain extent
aud iu a certain way. They bathe
freely and wear clean clothes, but are
they tidy? Frequently they are not.
The hair is often loose and prone to
tumble down, and their gloves are some
times ripped at the finger tips, and one
or two buttons are lacking from their
boots. The stock collar is often fasten
ed on with an ordinary white pin that
is very obvious, and the veil has occa
sionally a hole over the nse or ch'.n.
Our girl is charming ; but is she as care
ful as she ought to be ?
The other day I was makings morn
iDg call at a friend's house, aud there
met another caller, a woman who
made an agreeable Impression upon me.
She was not elaborately dressed, but
her black tailor made gown fitted her
well, and there was not a spot or sptck
of dust on it. I knew that it bad been
brushed carefully btfore she had left
her room. Her linen collar and cuffs
were snowy w hite; and did not shift or
twist from their proper places. Her
gloves did not wrinkle, aud but tor ed
smoothly over the wrists; her shoes
were like the rest of her attire dainty ;
and her bonnet rested firmly and
straight on soft browa hair that, wLile
wavy and fluffy, was neatly dressed,
and so securely pinned that I fancy a
high wind would not have caused it to
come down. A thin veil covered a
fresh complexion and bright face. The
tout ensemble gave one the idea of
daintiness and delicate finish. In
speaking of this woman aftf rward to a
matt who knows her I said :
"There is something alxiut her ap
pearance that charms oue. What is
the'secret?"
"I will ttil you," he said. "She is a
well-groomed woman. There are never
any rough or loos ends alout her."
Exchange.
A Great Natural Bridge.
This beautiful wonder of nature is
situated twenty miles southwest of
Dousrlas. Wyoming, where the I. a
Prele creek breaks through the foot
hills of the Laramie Mountains. The
stream here flows, or rather tumbles
aud pitches, through a narrow, ravged
canon about 1,000 feet in depth. Near
the lower end of the gorge a ledge or
wall. of solid rock, about IV) feet in
height, stretches right across the canon.
In time long past the water has plung
ed over the top of this rock wall, which
was then a natural dam; but finally
the water found its way underneath,
and the result is this btidg,'.
In spaa of iu arch it exceeds any
thing of its kind in the known wotld.
From buttress to buttress the bridge U
ISO feet; hihest point of arch abiiut
seveoty-live feet above the water, and
breadth of und-.T side, up and uown
stream, eighty feet. The arch is almost
as perfect as though built by man's
hands rather than formed by the action
of water. Net alone for this remark
able bridge diM-s it psy the tourist to
visit this spot ; the wild, grand beauty
of the canon is well worth seting, and
adJed to this is a "Crystal Cave" ia
whie'h tuiy be seen couiil.sj beau
tiful quartz crystals f various size
and shapes. Vtck's Magazine for
OctoU r.
How to Remove Stains-
CoffL. Lty the stained portion of
the cloth over a bol and p ur bjiling
water throusb it.
Fruit. Boihng water as above ; if in
effectual, rub with a solution of oxalic
acid and rime in warm water.
Ink. Dip Iu boiling water, rub with
salts ef sorrel, and rinse well.
Blood. Soak lo cold water.. For tick
ing and thick goods make a thick p-tste
of starch and water ; leave till dry, and
bru-h tiff.
Scorch. Dip in soapsuds aud lay in
the sun ; if the tthre are not much In
jured, dip repeatedly in saturated solu
tion of borax and rinse.
Mildew. Wet with sapsuds; lay in
the sun ; spread with a paste of s-rt
soap aud powdered chalk and sun it;
soak in buttermilk and suti.
Paint. Turpentine for coarse gool-,
b ;nzine or naphtha for fitie.
Grtase. Moisten with strong ammo
nia water, lay blotting p:pcr over and
Inn dry ; if silk, use chloroform to re
store color, or cover with powdered
French chalk, and iroa. G jod House
keeping. His Life Was Saved.
Mr. J. F Lilly, a prominent citizen
of Hannibal, Mo., lately had a won
derful deliverance from a frightful
death. In telling of it he says: "I
was taken with Typhoid Fever, that
ran Into Pneumonia. My lungs be
came hardened. I was so weak I
couldn't even sit up in bed. Nothing
helped me. I expected to soon die of
Consumption, when I heard of Dr.
King's New Discivery. One bottle
gavj great relief. I continued to use it,
and now am well and strong, I cui'i
siy too rajc'i la its praise: Taisinir
vellois nijdieine is the surest aul
quickest cure In the world for all Throat
Trouble, ll-gular sizs .o'J ceuts aud
f LOW. Trial bottles free at J. N. Sny
der's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., and
G. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin.
Pa ; ever y bottle guaranteed.
Moody in Doubt.
Sometime ago a man who claimed
perfection went to Evangelist Moody
aud commiserated him 00 the low level
of Christian experienev. Mr. Moody,
in a kiud ni inner, asked his caller if be
never sinned nor diel any wrong.
"No; I Lave not sinned for years
neither have I done anything that was,
wroDg," was the prompt reply.
Well. I'm clad to krow it," said
Mr. Moody, "but before I run convinc- under the sewiDg machine will eateti o-.itiou!!y remembering why it is
I would lika to ask your wife." threads, clippings and cuttings, and neceary to have a hole In a flower
Lsdies Home Journal. save a deal of sweeping aud dustlpg. ! pot."
Good Hoadj and Cotratry Life.
An unnrstakable demand for giod j
common road. is being beard in all
parts of the Faked States, says Popu
lar Science Monthly. This eleiuaiid is
rapidly growing in volume and is tak
ing on the syte:i-ati; organization
which is essential to the sueec-s of
such a movement. That b.id roads ia
this country cause an enormous loss of
money each y ar to those who 11st1 them
may easily be proved, but this fact is
veiled f.o;n many perws because they
have never kuovu anything better.
The farmers are the greatest eulf.-rcrs.
Where wagon wheels sink hub d-fp in
mud at some se-asons, a faruier who has
much hauling to do must k-ep one or
two more horses than he would need if
he had only hard, even roads to eo
over, and his ltss in the wear and tear
of horse flesh, harue-s and waijons is a
heavy lax on his income. It of.eu hap
pens that a farmer finds the r.ntls a!
solute'y impassable with a loaded v- i
on just at a time when bis produce
would briug the highest prica if Le
could haul it to a railroad, aud be is
forced to wait and take a lower price
later. Livery stable keepers aad ail
other' owuers and users of horses and
vehicles suffer from bad roads iu a sim
ilar way.
In order to obtain better roads two
things are necessary. The fir-t is to
create a geuerul conviction that the im
provement of our highways is Impera
tive, aud that the money w Uely ex
pendeel for this purpose is sure to re
turn. The secoud requisite is to place
all road making and mending under
the charge of competent road liuiM. rs.
Various efforts to secure thee ends are
being made, and the aid of c.unty uiitl
State authorities, and even the National
Government has beeu invoked to fur
ther the movement. While It is very
desirable that the highways of adjoin
ing localities should be under some cen
tral supervision, so that they may It'
made to perform a connected w hole, i
may be questioned whether the Na
tional Government could be an effect
ive age ncy in road improvement. Why,
for instance, should the del''ers be
yond the Mississippi and on tiie Pacific
c jast be taxed to maintain in Washhig
tm a school for road engineers and a
must-um of road construction that few,
if any, of these eli-tant communities
could derive any benefit U )iu ? A more
practical scheme would be to have in
struction jn road enginierifiir given at
each of the State eoilegs of agricul
ture and incchariical arts. In a coun
try showing such wid.? diff.Teiiccs ia
soil, rainfall, temix-rsvure and topogra
phy lietween different sections as tie
United States d-ts, road building can
be taught and admiui--tered for ui.tfo
efficiently by the State or county than
by the nation.
There is i.eed of much intdiijei.t
care in framing legislation in the inter
est of the movement for better road-.
Aunoyitig prohibit! n should ba 1.0
part of the policy of the road reform
ers. For Instance, large loads carried
on wheels having narrow felloes and
tires elo great damage-to roads; hence
it has been proposed to prohibit narrow
tirt-s on heavy wagins. A much better
policy is that adopted in Michi.::-tn, of
giving a reduction of oue-half their
road tax to thoe who use braad tirts.
The movement for good roads shows a
lusty vigor. The sucwe-ss that It has
already achieved is splendid testimony
to the efficiency of voluntary asx ia
tioa of individuals, and if its leaden
continue to carry it on without the par
alyzing patronage of the General Gov
ernment it is likely to attain great res
ults. Picture Hanging lis;.
When the pictures are once more iu
place it is a pretty sure sign that house
cleaning is about over.
In nhanging the pictures try to
make some changes from last year's
arrangement, and, above all haLg
them Intelligently.
A picture with shadows should, if
possible, have the light side nearest
the windows, so that the shadows will
fall uaturaily.
It shou'd be remembered that tl
though oil paintings look lietter hung
in the usual way, with a sloping from
the top to the wall at the bottom, yet
etchings and water-colors often look
better bung flat against the wall.
Pictures dt not necess-inly eo-ne in
pairs although cfieti two pictures
similar in size and subj -ct may thai
convenient places ou corre-spotiding
parts of the wall, yet quite as of:en the
stiff effect, by "pairs" or companion
pieces," takes away the anis.i:: value
of toth pieces.
Painings or any other pictures shouM
not be bung so high that it U uncom
fortable to lexik at them, but some
picture's are of such large design or
b iliiant colorings that they look much
better hucg rather high than lower
down.
It is much better to hang the pict -
J ures from moldings than from nails in
the wall, aud the moldings are not
very expensive to put up, and the
give a certain artistic furnishing be-,
neath the de?ep pape-r border, even
when there are few pictures to hang
from them.
Ka Eight To Ugliness.
The woman who is lovely In fu
form and temper will always have
friends, but one who would be attract
ive must ke'p her healtli. If she is
weak, sickly and all run down, she
will be nervous and irritable. If she
has constipation or kidney trouble, her
impure blod will caiii pi'" . hs
blotches, skin er iptions and a wretch
ed complexion. Elect rf? Bitters is the
best medicine In the wond to regulate
stomach, liver and kidneys and to
purify the blood. It gives strong nerves
bright eyes, smooth, velvety skiu, rich
complexion. It will make a good
looking, charming woman of a run
down invalid. Only 50 cents at J. N
Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa.,
aud G. W. Brallier's Drug Sure, Iter
lit), Pa
m
A large rug of linen err sh placet
T
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WHOLE NO. 21G8.
For the Ptpil'i Good.
An article recently published in an
educational journal concerning the
hardship of a youthful s .hUr, who
f .r four Years had beeu the ol ject cf
! the te'ncher's wrath and the scholars'
ridicule, ad because of au unrecognized
defect in bearing, undoubtedly des
cribes a case that is not without a par
ailed iu many l-ublic institutions of
learn lag.
Public school buildings, especially
those of the l:irj:t r cities, are construct
ed tivday upon the soundest sanitary
and hygienic principle. No expense
is spared to make the architecture and
surroundings such as shall appeal to
the higher in.-t:ucts of the pupils
This is admirable ; but the best-lighted
sehooirKm will not correct a defect
of eyesight, cor will high studding
restore an uncertain bt aricg. Pupils
are seldom arranged according to any
possible defect of eye or ear, if indeed
Inquiries are ever made with reference
to such matters. And not only does
failure to reeotrnize these difficulties
deprive the scholar of his rightful pro
portion of instruction, but the moral
effect of constant "uasKiug upon a
supposedly stupi.l scholar is decidedly
baneful.
Much may be done in proviling that
the books to be used shall conform to
established rules for the preservation of
the eye-igtit. They should be printed
on heavy ungtez-d paper, ia clear type.
with lines well spread upon the paj-er,
This, together w ith the seatin-r of the
pupils in the room so that there t.hail
be proper distribution and direction of
light, will grea!!y mitigate the tenden
cy to eye-train.
B it th'e most satisfactory arrange
ment is to submit every scholar at en-traii'-e
to a rigid exa.iiiu'.tion as to his
see'ircr aud hearing abilities, and to pre
scrilie the proper and most favorable
condition: under which he m iv pursue
his stii'Ji-s. And since defects may
arise ut any fiiue during the cour-e, is
would not he aaii.is to offer the benefit
of an examination also at the close of
each ter;u, or cf each year's work, be
fore the pupil is allowed to enter a new
c!:t-i-.
Meanwhile, until such examination
shall I furnished at the public ex
pense, it behooves the parent to see
that his child does not suff.r for lack of
theto.
It is ucf.ir to a student, especially in
view of the rapid progress now required
of bi o, to dopi : ve him of at leflst some
thing like ft foir opportunity.
So simple a thing as the placing of
pupils that ar-j hard .f hearing within
citufortubi- d
li-tance of the teacher's
voice woulel brighten many a child's
school-days, ar.d transform many an
apparent dunce iuto a g cd scholar.
Youth's Companion.
Whtathe J7cra Tarns.
Kr-.ri U. N.or Yo.-'i W k'y.
Sea Captain "D you mein t s.iy
that you take gas light out of the
-r:u:ut ai. d li.;ht yoiir Louses with
it'."'
Iiid'una M m "LVrtaiuly. Weeook
our food, beat ur houses and run fur
na.vs with it."
' J).d yon see that dune yturM:If'."'
"Of course."
"Partly drunk at the time, were n't
you?"
"I never drink. Thousands see it
done every day."
"Pretty bard drinkers, weren't they?"
"N, indeed. Why, my own wife
gets the mls with a natural gas
st ve."
Did she tell you so'."'
"Ofeour-e."
"Never knew her to take opium or
any tiling like that, did you ?''
"Of course, not. Natural gs is noth
ing remarkable. Why in the world
are you so suspicious, not to say in
sulting, when I tell yeu about it?"
"I was only aclinr the way you
landsmen do w hen we tell you of the
sea crpout and other queer things we
ae on the ocean, that's alL"
Useful Hints.
Cavcnce pcpikt is hl'liiy recom
mended for driving away ants. It
should be sprinkled aronud their
haunts.
Siale crackers are laiproved by
placing in a hot oven a few minutes
lefore serving.
It is a good plan to keep ia the pant
ry one of thse cold chests for dersserts
and other dishes that should be served
directly from the ice. A g'xtd size is
about -s inches high, til inches wide
and Its inches long. This chest re
quired only six ptune's f ice a day,
and til's teiu jw?rature e-an be reduced to
the freezing J cint if desired.
Sandwite'hcs e-an be made eight or
ten hours be fore they are eaten if tLey
are ccveretLw ith a damp i-loib mean
while. Pile them e'esely and m
paclly upon a dish, and cover them
w ith a towel w Lich Las been w rung out
of cold w ater. Tuck this closely over
them aud put them iu a coo! place.
Cocoa is now much used in the place
of chocolate ir n-wg cake. lLe icing
is made by leatiug the whites of two
egs anl mixing with them nearly a
cupful of powdered sugar. Add two
teospoonful-s of C'ca. An icing that
maty prefer is made without any eggs.
IJ il four tablesp.vni.fuls of granulated
suar with the same quantity of water
for a minute, t'aen add a teaspoonful of
vanilla and to teaspoonfuli; of cocoa,
boil a minute longer, aud the icing
w ill be rea 1 y to use.
Eoot Drowning.
"It is dilTl nilt to get people to un
derstand, " say Median's Monthly,
j ot-1!it trttfjl can from rootdrowuiog.
a. Boitoti correspotieleut refers to two
: yTe borse-cbesttiuU w bich were inow
ed last spring w ith the greatest skill,
but they died. In the fail an exami
nation was made, and the holes found
to be ful) of water w ithin oce foot of
the surface of the ground. The holes
- J w(.re really flowerpots, without the
j necessary holes in the bottom to allow
j toe water to escape. There can be no
. te.ter iesem in gar ieuiag man 10 oe
Ho Eight to Ugliness.
Sir Walter Besaut writes in a Lon
don magazine that it is reported that a
woman lecturer in New York has been
ael vancir'g a new doctrine a elcctritie
of rcle!iiou. s-die claims, among tl e
sactel rights of women, nothing !es
than the right -with a capital K to
be g' --ith cur its! U-l.' tit?.'
please. : Ve c! J - f,!h!.'ii i foiis.
find nothing ?o delight fa' i tb 1 -r-r' '
as the woman who m not n.ly, tru
woman who pleases aoel attracts by u r
loveliness) of fa and form, or by the
graeioiisuess of her manners, or by the
ready sjmpathy of her mind, or by tho
grace with which she prtstnts herself,
so to spek, In a careful setting of dress.
need not. be moved in the least by this
new doctrine. The womast lecture r
cau not, try as hard and as long as sLe
pleases, put off her womanhood and
become neuter. The course of the world
has firmly establisheel two strong point
ia the human miud, even the most sav
age. First, that the man must always
have in him something of the warrior.
He must le quick to fight, strong to de
fend, inventive and constructive, .1
hunter after food and a cultivator e.f
the soil. It is, if he pleases, l's right
always with a capital te be a cur ar.d
a coward, but there never has been a
man who openly, deliberately at.d
without shame has taken up that role.
It Ls, on the other baud, understood to
be the special eluty of the woman to
look after the home, to make that home
pleasing to man and to the children,
and since this is anil always will be the
chief duty auel lifewcrk of woman, a
whole group of virtues has growu up
for her exclusive use. Among them
the iue)st conspicuous is the virtue of
attract ivetiess. 'What I cries the ad
vauced one, 'deck myself out iu Bus
elothes to please mere man? Never."
Madame, yu are doubtless withiu your
right. Dress as you please. But if you
refuse to obey this law of your teirg
yeu will fail to pcrsuatle women, as you
will succeed iu making yourself dis
gusting to men. l)o not reply that
there are women w bo are plain by na
ture. No woman need remain unat
tractive if she cultivates graciousness,
sympathy and becoming eiress."
How We Go to Sleep-
"I aw a slate iiuiil e-.lcida." n
marked au Is kirgU-n tunn to a V-h
injitoii Star rtpoibr, "thai our -i.ss
do not sluml-er-imn'tarifOl.-sly, but that,
the eyes close fir.-t, ta'ii ta-te goes, il.eu
smelling, hearing and touch. Touch,
though last to slumber, is fir-t to arouse,
and smell, w Lich is one of 'he qui ket
to go, in the very last to n ine aaii!.
"That is w hat the book says; but I
am a living w ituess to its incoriectness,
in one instance, at lesst. It was la-t
spring, just after the magnolias h:td
bloomed. I bad goi:e down the Pt to
mae to one tf the f.ir dow n rtscrls f r
Sunday, and coming back there was
such a eroad ou the l out I had to take
a mattress ou the Moor. It was mid
night w heu I retired, and I don't know
when I awake-tied; but !oug btfore I
heard anything, or felt anything, or
s:iw anything, or tasteel itiythii:g, I
smelled the cdor of uaignolias, and
se-emed in some far-off, vaiiW, uncertain
way to be alb at upon a sea of impalpa
ble LliKim, not taiigil le or visible nor in
auy se tire rtul exce pt as h the all-pervading
and penetrating fragrance cf
the unseen flow r-. AtVr a lrpgtine
I begun to l.e-r.r voices su d fee! the
shake of t;:' lsiat, and then I knew
where I was, but cuuld not acce uut for
the magnolia dreams.
"When at last I wns awakened ai.d
I sat up I saw on the table just over my
heu 1 two or three washbowls full to the
brims with great msgnolia bl;ss uis,
which some i f the jisae tigers, coming
sdoi.rd after I had gone to sleep, had
braog'at with them and placed 'there in
water lo Lcep fr-sh till morning. I. do
not say that the sense of smell in other
pe-ople would have Uen aflecteil as
mine was, but I am sure mine was not
the last of the senses to awaken under
the ii-lluetice of the magnolia."
Carrcnt Topics.
The Macon (( . ) Telegraph says that
w ithiu sixty days thousands tf tenant
fanners in the central or black-wax
belt cf Texas the r'chest agricultural
section of the Stale have deserted their
mature cotton crops because they couM
earn more money by t icking cottou for
wages than by gathering their own
crops and paying the rent.
Chinese aud Indian fishermen have
an ingenious way of training the otter.
They catch the small cub ami put a col
lar round the thr-Mit. The little creat
ure, finding itself for elays together un
able to swallow anything it catches,
gives up trying to do so, and firmly be
lieves for the rest of its life that an ot
te r Cin only swallow such food as it re
ceives dir-vt from its master's hand,
and, accordingly, it faithfully brings to
the luink all the :i-h it may capture.
A Cincinnati clergyman recently sent
to the preacher with w Lorn he frequent
ly exchanged pulpits a notice to 1 rend
at a morning service. The rtcir ient as
tonished l.is congregation by reading a
postscript intended for himself only, as
follows: "I will lie plea-ed to have you
come and eline w itii me at li e parson
age." The invitation was widely ac
cepted. Our new high denomination w ar rev
enue stamps are in great demand among
European collectors It seems that bro
kers are averse in allotting their rem
oval from biil.s of sale, and the war
stamps are e-mparatively se-arc-j in col
lecting cin Ies. As a re-sult dealers are
charging their customers as high as ten
cents each for canceled specimens of
the il documentary stamps.
The trial of aG-rruan for swindling
by the use of forged autographs of Mar
tin Luther recently brought out the fact
that the ink used by Luther -Vi) year
ago is so gixd that copies cau stiil tie
taken from it.
A committee of well-known citizen
of Washington has been appointed to
arrange for a celebration of the centen
nial anniversary of the city in VnK
The committee will wait upon Presi-de-nt
M Kiiiley, Invite his atteution to
the corning anniversary, and suggest
that in bis annual message to Congress)
he shall cell the attention of that body
to the matter, with the view of secur
ing the cei-ope-ration of the Federal
Government w ith the local government
to make the observance of the centen
nial worthy of the historic importance
of the event.
Volcanic Ernctions.
Are grand, but Skin Eruptions rob
life of joy. Bucklen' Arnica Solve,
cures them, also Old, Running Sore,
Ulcers. Boils, Felons, Corus, Warts,
Cuts, Bruise, Burns, Scald., Cbappeel
Hauds, Chilblains, Best Pile eurw oa
earth. Drives out Pain and Aches.
Only ? cents, a box. Cure guaranteed.
Sold at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store,
Somerset, Pa., and G. V. Brallier's,
Drug Store, Berlin, Pa.
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