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VOL. XLVII. KO. 38.
Are You
asiSy Tired?
iu
Just remember that all your
strength must come from your
foD L Did you ever think of
that?
Parhaps your muscles r.ead
mora strength, or your n?rve3;
or ptirhapa your etom-a-jh ii
weak and cannot digest what
you cat.
If you. need more strength
then take
SCOTT'S
'BSULSIOFJ
oT Cod-Liver Oil with Hypo- J
phosphites. The oil is the most
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tonics fir the nerves.
SCOTT'S EMUL
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and quickest cure for
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csuffha of every kind,
and for all cases of de
bility, weiit nerves,
and loss of flesh.
f oc and $1.00; all druHsti.
I SCOTT & BOWSE, ChrmUts, Ktw York.
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THE-
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UNOIV'PED
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I Am Now
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BACZ TO THE OLD FABX.
I usoj to kia4 thluk IVisurt o' liketotottle
down
An' nieliSie quit 11:1. fMruiin'ttn' (ix)oy a bouse
In town
An'rh'an fargi tlisaluiotjihora of worry an'
That Ktt-ni tii-:tle 'rntmJ yon when you're
lillni' of Ihc soil.
I've trietl It an' I'm fc-tlslled. I'm goln' home
agin.
Coiiijirvl to a II tliriii now drifts country
mil l ikhlit'k an' tliln.
An" ln'ii the fuel, trt-itin' low 'twill Jo ny
flXiill'r h1
To know the hi U handy far to chop a load
o" wood.
I'm goiir home afrnln ; out w hore then.-Isn't
all- !ai
To bet-pa man from nittlii down n' walUn'
furtaw.
I used to think 'ta hard to spaile the
ground ; hut I dunnu.
It's wilier diiii' curden than It Is to shovel
MIOW.
I'm soiu" hack to wbere the pinlrj's alius
full o' i'ie
An' the lueon from Mtc mftcr is a-banin',
not too hih ;
Where all you've ijot lo do Is lift yur rations
from the peg
An' the hens don't want a nickel every tlni.
they lay an t gg.
V.'ushlnslon Star.
THE TEMPER OF
OLD MISS PATIEIE,
Who Was Not Such a Tartar as She
Seemed to Be.
HY MltS. JTI.IA TIU ITT TilsnOP.
From the Philadelphia Sunday Times.
I wouldn't advise ye to tackle Mi.s
Patience," said the lured man. "She
aiu't got no work but what I kin d, in
the first place ; au' she's as like as
not to bite your head off, the very firs'
pop. The whole country knows Miss
Taticnce is a Tartar from the Lead o'
the creek."'
The young follow in the worn clothes
looked at the houe, and then glanced
down the long, frcx-n road.
"I guet-8 I'll rit-k it," he said, with
spirit. "I cau't be much worse off tuun
I am now even with my head bitten
o;f,' be ailJed, with a twiukle iu his
eyes. "Ik-sides, I must have work. It
Isn't a matter of choice any longer."
And with that he walked resolutely
up to the kitchen dxr aud knocked,
au-i the door was opened as promptly
as though some one bad ben standing
with his baud on the knob.
That somebody was a sharp faced
little old woman, with the fiercest of
silver-rimmed spectacles perched on
the fiercest of aquiline noses. She wore
a piece of white cloth tied over her
bead and under her chin, by way of a
cap ; and she was to little, and her
check apron was so large, that it seem
ed to swallow bt r up completely.
"What are you standing there gaping
for?" she demanded sharply. "Why
don't you wipe your feet and come in?"
Waller Land took the bint without
delay, and not only wiped bis foet and
came in, but made straight for the
stove, which was glowing like a fur
nace in the corner. After a little he
became conscious that the Tartar was
watching him.
"Beg pardon for taking possession In
this way," be said, between shivers;
"but I came in to ask for work, and the
sight of the fire was too much for me."
"And no wonder," exclaimed ML-s
Patience severely. "What do you
nieau by going arouud through the
country dressed like that, at that time
of the year? Trying to take yourdeath
of cold, so as to have somebody to wait
o.i you, I reckon. What was Jim Long
saying about me out there
Miss Patience had a way of pouueing
at one with sudJeo i jestions that was
simply awful.' Walter found himself
caught and held up, as it wer, and
looked as guilty as though it had been
he, and not the birsl man, that had
made those uncomplimentary remarks
about Mixs Patience.
"He said be didn't tbiuk you had
any work for me," be replied, after a
careful pause.
"Nothttnse !"' snapped Miss Patience
with cnoUier jouiice. "Maybe be did
say that, but be called me an old cat,
and all the other names he could lay
bis tongue to you know he did ! You
needn't deny iL"
Walter looked thoughtfully nt the
stove, and wondered why it was that
he should have to wear the guilty look
that properly belonged to the hired
man. Hut Miss Patience how had
she come to be named Patience? was
not to be appealed by bU sileuce.
"Jim L ng !" she cried with a grim
and portentous sniff. "I'd like to
know where he'd le if I hadu't takeu
him up and looked after him like bis
ow n mother. But I'll pay him for this.
Til turu him off to morrow morning,
a id be and bis mother shall move out
of that bouse of mine, and nobody e!e
will take 'em in at this time of year,
and t'iey'11 starve to death and freeze
by the roadside, ami good enough for
VUi !"
Poor Walter stared at her with wide
eyes, his fsce growing pale. No wonder
the hired man had called hera Tartar !
He begai to tlunk that Tartar was a
very weak and meaningless word
when applied to this dreadful cruel,
bitter, bl.Hvithirsty old woman.
"B-sides, he doesn't know anything
about it,' she wentou with another suap
and a bounce, "I have work for you
plenty of it, You sit down there and
get warm while I fix you a bite to eat"
And that was how Walter came to be
hired by Miss Patience, after three
months of idlen-.ss in the city, and a
month of tramping through the coun
try, looking for work A s?at by that
glowing stove, something to eat ; a
regular foast, after"a fast of twenty-four j
hours; an opportunity to get warm and i
Sleepy; was there ever anything like
;
i. -
After awhile, dark having fallen,
th : fierce little old Tartar put a candle
into the tired boy's hand, and showed
him the way to the attic bedroom,
where there was a real bid, with moun
tains of cover on it. It bad all hap
p?d so suddenly, and was almost
past belief !
But then, there was poor Jim Long,
who was going bi be his place In the t
morning; who was going to be turned j
ou with Ills mother, homlea and iu j
want ; and all on Lis account, Id f V
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
of his fatigue an i his comfortable sur
roundings, Walter could not sleep, but
toated about In bis bed, and thought of
Jim Long.
He was down early the next morn
ing, but Miss Patience was in the
kitchen before him, and the stove iu
the corner was was glowing again.
"You look as if you bad beeu awake
all right," snapped MUa Patience.
"What business have young things like
you lying awake? Now, I don't sleep
either, but it's the mice. They run
through this house at night like a
drove of horses. If something isn't
done, they are going to carry me 08"
bodily one of these nights."
"Why dou't you keep a eat?" cried
Walter.
"A cat !" shrieked Miss Patience,
glaring at him through those tierce old
spectacles. "Have a cat iu the bouse,
sleeping on my beds, aud up on the
table the minute my back's turned?
Not much ! A cat came here once,
and I-"
"What did you do w ith it?" asked
Walter, foeling horrified at the cruelty
of tbis awful woman.
"Oh, I settled that Cut's hash," she
replied, grimly and mysteriously.
What had she done with that un
fortunate cat? Had she hanged it? Had
she drowned it? Had she horrible
thought ! had she burned it? Walter
turned pale, and was half tempted to
lly from the house that sheltered this
haid-hearted woman. But then, work
was work, as he had found to his cost,
and was not to be lightly thrown away.
"If you don't want a cat," be sug
gested presently, "why not have a
trap?"
The old woman's eyes sparkled.
"That's jut what I'll do," she cried,
as though the idea had never present
ed itself to her before. "You shall go
to town this very day and get me a
trap; and be sure to get one that will
choke and squeeze them. I'll kill
every rascally mouse that shows his
head about this place. You won't
mind riding ia the cold, will you?
But you've got to put on warmer clothe9
before you stir out of this house, I can
tell you that !"
80 Walter found himself enveloped
in heavy clothing that was fished out of
some mysterious recess, and hurried off
to town for a mou.e-trap, as soon as
breakfast was over. He would have
given much to know the fate of the
hired man before he went. As for that
cat, whose "hash" was "settled," that
would not bear thinking of. And to
be sent for, a trap that would "choke
aud sqiu-ez-i," was there ever so dread
ful au old woman ?
But she bad given him clothing, at
least, bad let Lim ride oueof her horses
and had iutrusted him with money.
Few people would have shown such
onfideuee in a perfect strauger! Wal
ter folt that he could urt secure that
mouse-trap and return home fast
enough.
"Here it Is," he cried, as he entered
the kitchen and exhibited his purchase.
"Hix little holes, you see, for six mice,
and when Mr. Mouse puts his head in
there aud liegins gnawing the cheese,
snap! goes this piece of wire around
his neck, and there he is."
Miss Patience watched the baiting
of the traD wtih much interest.
"I shall catch six mice iu this every
night," she declared; "and then, after
awhile, may be I cau sleep."
All the remainder of that day, as
Walter worked at getting wood and
water, and making a new shelf in the
pantry, or mending a broken table, be
was haunted by a gloomy thought of
the hired man. Once he caught a
glimitse of him going across the barn
yard, and severtl times be beard him
whistling merrily about bis work. The
bolt had not yet fallen; but Walter felt
sure, from the awful expression on the
face of Miss Patience, that some dread
ful punishment was going to be visited
on the unhappy man. Perhaps it
would be oo!y the worse because it was
delayed. If Miss Patience could think
up such awful things oa the spur of
the moment, what might she not think
of when you gave her lime?
Walter went to bed, tbinkiog of Miss
Patienoe and the visiting cat, aud Jim
Long aud in another minute, it seem
ed to him, it was broad day. He dre?s
ed and ran down stairs, to find Miss
Patience sitting red-eyed and pale by
the kitchen stove.
"Sleep!" she echoed 'grimly in an
swer to his question. "I reckon you
can sleep, for some folks have no hearts,
anyhow. Why, I have been awake the
whole blessed night, keeping thi mice
away from that trap "
"What! Didn't you catch any
mice?" cried the astonished by.
"No, I didn't !" she said snappishly.
"They were dead set n gettiug into
that trap, but d? you suppose I was a
going to have their necks broken right
before my eyes? There were two of
em, a big one and a little on, that I
had to watch the whole night long.
You may just put that trap in the fi re,
Waller. I wouldn't have another such
night, if the mice were to pack the
house and all Into the nent county."
Walter was staring at Miss Patience
with bewildered eyes.
"Miss Patience," be said after a little,
a q'leer break coming Into his voice;
"what did you d with the cat that
c.tme to live with you once?"
' Dra't talk lo Hie about cats !" cried
Miss Patience. "I wou't have cats
about me. I put it in a lasket and
took it to tiwn, aud gave it to a wo
man that wanted it for a peL"
Walter liegan to laugh, and to draw
a little closer to Miss Patience.
"Aud you are not really going to
send the hired man away ?" he ventur
ed, with a new light in b:s eyes.
"He deserves it!" said fierce, grim
old Miss Patience, frowning dreadful
ly ; "but it's too cold to-day, and I
think now I will wait lilt spring. I
wish you would call him ia, Walter.
I have a mince pie that I want to send
to his mother."
Aud then all at once Miss Patience
and Walter were the best friends in the
world, and were talking together at
such a rate that the hired man leaned
up against the door and gasped when
he came in unexpectedly aud heard it.
Could that be grim Miss Patience, the
dreadful old Tartar, who was sure to bite
people's heads off, whatever they did
or said ?
That very day Walter went to town
and bought a new mouse-trap, which
caught the mic? without hurting them
lu the least; and when they were
caught, every morning Walter carried
the trap to one of the corn-pens, away
dowu iu the field, and turned them
loose there, In a kiud of a mouse para
diie, where they might eat all they
wanted, and no one would miss it, aud
uo would be kept awake.
How Walter laughed to himself every
day, as he turned the little creatures
loose and watched them scamp;r away
through the corn; and how tender he
was cf MLu Patieuce, and how watch
ful to auticipate her wants.
"Who would ever have thought that
she was the kindest, tenderest-bearted
creature in all the world ?" he asked
himself sometimes, for he never ceased
to be delighted with the surprise of it.
"But I never should have found the
door to her heart if it hadn't been for
the mouse-trap !"
Trifles Light as Air.
"You say she is a business-woman.
What business is she interested in ?"
"Oh, everybody's." Answers.
Mrs. Crawford What doeayour hus
band give up during Lent ?
Mrs. Crabehaw I never knew him
to swear-off anything except bis taxes.
Judge.
"That girl next door sings half her
time, as loud as she can yell."
"I know it. She seems to be very
fond of a high bawL" Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Bacon That woman going along on
the other side looks as if she knew it
all.
I-'gbert I guess she d es; she's been
down calling on my wife. Yonkt rs
Statesman.
The heathen who is speaking as our
story opeus, wears a white Fedora and
a skirt of palm leave?; whether by ac
cident, or iu the full consciousness that
a high hat never goes with a business
suit, we know rrbt
"Think of the millions," he exclaims
"that are .pent to send missionaries to
us !"
The other heat lien is visibly affected.
"It makes me feel guilty!" falters the
latter. "Keally, I suppose we ought to
get along with refrigerated beef during
the hard times, at least !"' Detroit
Journal.
An Invalid's Bed.
The thoroughness of a nu-se's train
ing is often shown in the mnueri;i
which she mtkes an invalid's b?d. It
is a diill.'iilt problem how to mike a
h; i wilh a sick p-rsoa on it, witbo-j
causing incjnveuienei or s'jff.-ring,
This is tlie proper inath'd:
If the invalid's apparel is to be
changed attend to that first, then allow
a little time for rest. Then placing the
patient on one side of the bed, with a
light covering over her, proceed to
make the other side, moving away the
soiled lower sheet, putting on a clean
sheet folded in the middle of the bed
lengthwise, and place a clean pillow
ready for the head. Now move the
patient over to the fresh side and make
the other, drawing out the folded part
of the sheet.
Then take the clean upper sheet and
spread over the covering already on the
bid, to keep the patient covered while
the other upper coverings are removed.
If the patient Is t HI to hold the
upper part of the sheet, pin each upper
corner to the bed, aud from Ibe foot
draw out the loosened soiled shett, or
whatever is to be removed, and put on
the other coverings.
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Will often cause a horrible Burn, Scald,
Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Arnica Salve,
the best in the world, will kill the pain
and promptly heal it. Cures Old Sores,
Fever Sores, Ulcers, . B lils. Felons,
Corns, all Skin Eruptions. Beat Pile
cure on earth. Only - cents a box.
Sold at J. N. Suyder's Drug Store,
Somerset, Pa., and O. W. Brallier's
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Honors to the Annt
A tjueer telegraphic correspondence
was carried on recently between the
capitals of Saxony, Bohemia and Rus
sia, says the San Francis Post. Some
body or other iu Dresdon had a maiden
aunt who was taken sit k aud died in a
hospital at Prague while on her way to
Vienna. The nephew was notified and
he telegraphed to the Prague authori
ties to send the body to Dresden for en
tombmeut in the family vault- When
the coffin on its arrival was opened it
was found to contain not the body of
his aunt, but that of a uniformed aud
hedizeced Russian general. Immedi
ately the nephew wired to Pragu:
"No d;ad aunt, but Russian general.
Where dsad aunt?"
From Prague came the reply:
"If dead aunt not arrived, then Pe
tersburg." The next telegram went to th rail
way authorities at St. Peters! urg, and
read:
"What do with dead Russian gener
al? Where dead aunt?"
And from SU Petersburg was received
the characteristic reply:
' B jry general in all silence. Aunt
just buried here wilh highest military
honors."
A Thousand Tongues
Could not express the rapture of Annie
K. Springer, of 1131 Howard st., Phil
adelphia, Pa., when she found that Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consump
tion had completely cured her of a
hacking cough that for many years had
made life a burden. All other reme
dies aud doctors could give her no help,
but she eays of this Royal Cure "it
soon removed the pain iu my chest
and I can now sleep soundly, some
thing I can scarcely remember doing
before. I feet like soundi'ig its praises
throughout the Universe. 8 will
every one who trie Dr. King's New
Discovery for any trouble of the Throat,
Chest or Lungs. Price 50c. and $100.
Tril battles free at J. N. Suyder'a
Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., and 0. W.
Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa. Reg
ular size 50c and fl. Every bottle
guaran teeth
J
MARCH 1. 1800.
SAID MARINES
WERE COWARDS.
A Naval Officer's Accusation Repud
iated. The Spaniards had sluul' away from
the Plaza del Kste. They bad tested
the American marine and they were
satisfied. The buzzard-picked bones
la the simmering valley of Cusco, where
' Fighting Bill" Elliot aud his 300 men
trapped the lurking guerrillas, were a
warniug to which the Spanish troops
at Caimenara paid heed. Camp Mc
Calla was as peaceful as a Slate gather
ing of militia. The warships iu the
outer harbor of (Juantanamo lay still
on the warm blue waters, with uo
fierce boomiug of heavy guns to
frighten out to sea the timid hammer
headed sharks so thickly crowding the
bay. Boats filled with jackies were
pulling about between tlie ships aud
the shore with rarely an anxious eye
being turned at the wooded bluffs on
either side of the camp where so short
a time before were bidden the sharp
shooting Spaniards. On the beach,
says the New York Sun, the marines
were buy with the police work of the
tamp and tlie officers off duty lolled
beneath the shade of the mess teut at
the luise of the hill, glad of the respite
from actual fighting. Peaceful as every
thing seemed, however, there was no
relaxation in vigilance. The outposts
were on duty at the cross-roads and at
the salt pond and the danger of a sur
prise was eliminated.
Among the officers under the mess
lent the talk was about Ihe three days'
steady fighting they went through after
landing. They knew they bad done
good work, and they were telling oue
another incidents, some heroic and
some amusing, and wonderiug what
the folks at home were thiukiug about
it all. Pretty soon there came up from
the landing a tall young lieutenant of
marines. He locked as natty as on pa
rade in the Brooklyn Navy yard, and
the contrast he offered, coming as he
did from oue of the warhips in the har
bor, with the camp-soiled and fight
torn uniforms of the officers in the
land battalion was very striking. His
brother ollicers greeted him warmly,
for, aside from any personal reason, a
new face was welcome, as it meant
news of some sort from the other world,
from the fleet off Sautiago, or perhaps
from home.
The newcomer seated himself on a
box of hardtack and joined in the con
versation concerning the repulse of
the Spaniards la their attack upon the
camp.
"Boys," he said hesitatingly, I
heard something on one of the col
liers to-day that I did not like. I
don't Ulieve it, but as it concerns
you all, I think you ought to know
it."
Ob, we're not thin-skiniel any
more," said oue of the ctficers on
shore. "It'll have to le pretty tough
to worry us after our little experience
of Ihe last few days."
"Well, this will worry you, if any
thing will," replied the visitor.
"What was it ?" asked several.
"Why, I heard," went on the visitor,
"that if it hadu't been for the CubaDs
you fellows would have been wiped
out. They say you flunked the Sunday
uight the Spaniards jumped you aod
that the Culians had to rally you. The
report Is all over the fleet."
There was just a moment of silence.
while severs.1 of the meu who bad faced
death all through the fighting without
flinchiug looked at one another a little
tpieerly and Ihen grew angry. The ac
cusation was so unjust, so unexjiected,
coining from their own branch of the
service, too, that they hardly knew
what to say or do. Then a big fellow
with a full black beard grew red iu the
face and stood up.
"Who told you that?" he asked as
his eyes flashed in an ugly way.
His brother officer told him, naming
a lieutenant on oue of the ships in the
harbor.
"Go back to him," said the angry
man, "and tell him for me that he's a
liar. Tell him I'm sorry I can't get
over there to say it my self."
So indignant was the speaker that
the other officers forgot for the moment
the reflection upon them coutaiued in
this galley gossip, aud they laughed.
"No, don't tell him," went on the
angry officer. "I'll do it myself. I'll
let bim know what I think of him,
even if I can't get at him."
With that he abruptly left the shel
tering mess teut and strode out into
the blazing suu along the trail leading
up the bluff to where the camp proper
was and where the flig, planted on the
ruins of a Spanish blockhouse the day
they first K-t foot on Cuban soil, still
waved defiance to the impotent Span
ish general in Caimenara. The others
watched bim as be stormed along
through the chapparal, kicking the
variegated land crabs from his path
way. They siw him climb laboriously
up the steep winding ascent and slip ia
front of the sigual tent where stood a
signal boy leaning against a guy rope.
Iu his hand the boy held the red Sig
nal fltg with the white piare iu the
centre. Grabbing it from the private,
the ollk-er made three or four passes in
the air.
. "He's calling 'a ship," said one
o.' the orll rs in the mess tent as be
rjad the signal.
"What's he goiug to do?" inquired
on) of tie others, and we all stood up
to watch him.
Th-) man with the flag kept calling
and calling, and finally there came an
answering signal from the ship be
wanted. Then the officers below read
this message from the hill :
"Present Mr. 's compliments to
Mr. tnd say to him that he'sadam-
nei liar."
Whereupon the wigwagger, having
let off sttam, came down the hill some
what mollified. When he reached the
tent again he was greeted with good
natured jeers.
"And you can tell bim," he said to
the visiting marine, -"that I'll back
it up the first time I get a chance." x
This opportunity never came. Ex-
halations followed the next day, the
1 tr.odiag officer declaring that he had
Tl? Ts
but repeated reports heard by him, and
a lasting peaev was arracgitl. 1 owever,
bad the Spaniards beet, able to read
the American signal code they would
no doubt Lave been somewhat sur
prised by tbis particular incsscge.
Kept His Cigar Aiight.
Speaker Iteed not only enforces punc
tiliously the rules that be prescriles for
the lobbies and corridors of the House,
but he obeys them himself. Tbis holds
true of smoking. Neverl heless, be loves
a good cigar, acd when, right in the
midst of a smoke, he has business at the
other end of the capitol, it is not easy
for even a strong-minded man to let his
cigar go out
Such was the case with the Speaker
recently. He was comfortably ensconc
ed in a big chair at the rear of the hall
of Representatives, and the blue smoke
was rising heavenward. It occurred
to him that he bad an errand at the
Senate, says the Washington Post. Out
through the swinging tloors tt the
north side he shambled at full speed.
Carefully covered by his right hand
was the half-consumed weed. It was
a long-lived cigar that could survive
the journey to tlie far end if the ex
tended corridor. Watchful officers were
stationed all along the way. None of
them wouhf dare to stop the Speaker if
be puffed the smoke in their presence,
but the Sjteaker isn't that kind of a'
man. With an anxious look occasion
ally at the precious cigar, he scudded
on beyond the domain where bis own
authority is recoguized. past the Su
preme Court, and into the sacred pre
cincts of the august Senate.
As the Speaker swung around toward
the rear lobby of the Senate, be took a
swift pull at the surreptitious cigar, and
slill another pull, quite unmindful of
Seuate rules. Then he darted inside,
emerged again a moment later, glanced
at the weed as be hastened to cover the
home-stretch to the House, and iu a
short time was back in his ea.-y chair
to conclude his smoke.
A Kanaging Woman.
A managing woman is quite a term
of reproach; but it ought not to I so,
for every wife and mother should try to
be this. The fact is that women foci
this pretty generally, but a good many
have not the tact and wisdom they need
to help them in their work. Manage
ment, when recognized, is always re
sented, both by children and grown-up
people, as an indignity; but a taetful
woman never lets it be seen, and peace
and happiness smile under her reign.
She studies the dispositions of her bus
band, children and dependents, and
wins rather than drives. She is gentle
ami rourteous, and requests and sug
gests mre than she commands. Tlie
great secret of successful manage ment
at home is to keep your own temper,
and to take care not to upset any one
else's. In the control of her servants,
the good mistress gives praise where it
Is deserved, and givts credit for pood
intentions even where the performance
has not been wholly satisfactory. If
sometimes it is necessary to administer
a reproof, she chooses a time when she
can do so pleasantly.
Let the Chance Go By.
Several years before the discovery of
oil at Pilhole, says Harper's Bazar, an
Irishman named McCarty and his son
Dan came to this country from the Em
erald Isle. Dan was a young man of
twenty, but his father looked upon him
as a mere boy, and seemed to take de
light in ridiculiug bim before eople.
"Yis, Dan is a good b'y," he would
say, sarcastically, "but, Dannj, me b'y,
yez'll niver set the river on fire."
Tbis was bis stock witticism, and it
annoyed Dan very much, but he did
his best, and soon surprised the old
gentleman by securing a lucrative job.
"Yis, Danny basa job all right," be
sid; ."it's a dollar an' a half a day, but
the b'y'll never set the river on fire.
Not he."
When oil was found at Pilhole, Dan
hurried to the scene, and was soon earn
ing unusually large wages as a team
ster. All the petroleum was drawn in
barrels, and teams were in great de
mand. He "saved his money, bought
an acre of land, and soon bad a well
drilled that was producing 100 barrels
of oil per day at J10 per barrel. The
elder McCarty joined biu, saw the
well, received a liberal gift of money,
and then shook his head ominously.
" 'Tis a good thing, Danny,'' he croak
ed; "ye're d.in' well; butmar-rk me
worruds, yez'll niver set the river on
fire, me b'y."
A few days later a fiood wrecked cne
of Dan's wooden tanks, the oil ran
down into the river, and there was
great excitement As Dan and his fa
ther stood on the bank watching the
oil float away, Dan drew a match and
lighted it.
"Father,"' be said, coolly, "the next
toirne yez say oi'll niver set the river on
fire, plazs remimber that oi had a
chance wuust, and and didn't do ut,
bedad!"
Then he blew out the match.
Bobbed the Grave.
A startling incident, of which Mr.
John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the
subject, Ls narrated by him as follows:
"I was in a most dreadful conditiou.
My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunk
en, tongue coated, paia continually in
back and sides, no appetite gradually
growing weaker day by day. Three
physicians had given me up. Fortu
nately, a friend advised trying 'Elec
tric Bitters,' and to my great joy an I
surprise, the first bottle made a decided
improvement I continued their use
for three weeks, and am now a well
man. I know they saved my lif, and
r"bbHi the grave of another victim."
No one should fail to try them. Only
50 cents a bottle at J. N. Snyder'B
Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., and G. W.
Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa.
Oat to Look Out.
In the Near Future. "Got the latest
accident?"
"What is It?"
"An autoeab In trying to dodge an
autoarcibulunce ran into au autopatrol
wagon !" Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
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WHOLE NO. 2483.
A Crow Congress.
. But the crows, what t;f them ? Luck
ily, I gained an advantageous point of
vk'W, after a deal of painful crawling
through the weeds; and britrs' thorus
are sharper hi January thau at other
times, or human nVsh more sensitive.
Adjust iiv' the li'dd-sl.tiw, I saw not
fancied I saw that out- crow, from a
commanding position, was haranguing
the assembled multitude.
What I heart! a as one crow's voice
that varitd or rung the changes ou the
basic syllable kaw about as follows:
Ka ee, ka kaw! kaw ka; and then
there was a babel of kaw ka-a-a, that
clearly expressed assent, an apparent
"that's so," that was ludicrously like
the chstter of congregated humanity
when an orator stoops to their compre
hension. After a momentary pause,
the orator, as we will call the speaking
crow, resumed his tpevih, ami the va
riations of ka ka were repeated, but
with many sounds Iikec-e, and a trill,
as ar-r-r-r.
The latter were always, I thought,
uttered in a more rapid manner than
what I have called the basic syllable,
kaw, and certaiuly were accompanied
with more gestures. Accurate descrip
tion ia impossible, words and actions
were so rapid, but my impression would
doubtless not have varied bad the crow
been more deliberate.
The most striking feature of it all,
however, was the dissent of the gather
ing on two occasions, which was as
plainly marked as the previous assent
had been. The utterance was wholly
different, and the accompanying ges
tures likewise varied. The twisting
and turning of the head ami neck was
most pronounced a turning away, as
it were, from the suggestion; and there
was also a decided wing movement that
I tKd uot notice before, corrispondirg
in svcr.e measure to the hand and arm
movement among ourselves when rx
cited to the jioint of lieing demonstra
tive. C. C. Albott.
Good to Himself.
"The youngest member of the Fifty
sixth Congress" has mailed to Wash
ington a circular which is unique. It
is printed iu a pretty and captivating
brown ink, with a wide margin. It is
an altogether sweet and lovely thing.
"The youngest member" is Martin
ilyun, of Albany. He is a little over
twenty-six years of age, aud the circu
lation of his laudatory broadside is an
evidence that he lacks not In self-esteem.
He prides himself upon being born
uear the birthplaces of Martin Van
Hurea and Samuel J.Tilden, announces
that his record as a student was "peer
less," and congratulates himself on the
fact that he won all the prizes and car
ried off all the honors. But let -Mr.
Glynn speak for himself:
"He swings a facile pen and has con
tributed a cumber of articles to the
leading magazines of the country. But
it is as a speaker that he has gained
most promiuence, and wherever he has
appeared he has won golden meeds of
praise from the press. His speech at
the recent banquet of the Albany soci
ety of New York won him laudatory
uot ices from the press of the metropo
lis. Although young, the opinion is
prevalent that Mr. Ilynn i!l be favor
ably heard in the House of Represent
atives should any measure call him to
the floor during bis term of office."
Many more bouquets does "the youn
gest member" throw at himself, says
the Washington Ptst He speaks cf
his "success in the journalistic world,"
compliments himself on his pluck and
ability, refers to himself "as the hard
est kind of a student," but admits rath
er shyly that he "finds time for so
cial pleasures." Altogether, Ibis dark
brown circular gives one the impres
sion that there is no one iu it with
Martin H. Glynu, which is evidently
the very impression that Mr. Olynn
desires to create.
All of which calls to mind John Al
len's story of the Mississippi campaign
orator, who said of a certain candidate
I for Congress that "he bad recommend
j ed hisstlf to highly that nothing was
left to be said."
Calling a Man a Liar.
The Texas Legislature is considering
a bill which is of interest to liars there
and everywhere else.
If this becomes a law, proof that a
man has been called a liar will become
a full defense ia assault and battery.
That is to say, the man with the bat
tered nose, blackened eye, aud hiatused
front teeth will learn in a court of jus
tice that it "served him right."
The laws governing liars ia other
States vary. In Keutucky it is a mis
demeanor puui.-hable by a ?Ji fine to
call any man a liar, and a police justice
of Louisville h s declared from his
bench that a lie in Kentucky means a
blow. This memorable declaration was
given in discharging honorably a man
who had knocked down another fellow
for calling bim a liar, and had been
brought to court to answer.
In Virginia, by the law of lsit't lsOil,
a man who calls another man a liar is
guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con
viction may be fined not more than il.
In Georgia It is slander, punishable
by il.000 Sne or a year iu the peniten
tiary, or both, to call a man a liar un
less you can prove that be is oue, in
which c tse yo i get clear. The Georgia
courts hold that a lie constitutes the
first blow and justifies a violent res
ponse. Io Arkansas passing the lie Ls a mis
demeanor punishable by a fine.
Iu Mississippi insulting words are
civilly actiou&ble. Ia South Carolina
and West Virginia the same.
Thit Throbbing Headache
Would quickly leave you, if you used
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strong nerves and build up your health.
Easy to take. Only 35 cents. Money
back if not cured. Sold atJ. N.Sny
der's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., and
G. W. Brallier's Drug Store, " Berlin,
Pa.
A household neeewtity Dr. Thomas'
Electric OX Heals turns, tuU, wounds
of any sort; cures sore throat, croup,
catarrh, asthma; nev;r fails.
Work for Earij Spring.
The fsnr.er who gets I1I.-1 seed in the
grvuud early has au advantage iu sev
eral ways, aa be mu-t firtt plow bis
ground as soon as the teams can go 1 a
the land. A week's, difference in the
plowing has much to do with gelt ug
tbe oil fine, for should a heavy fri
come on the plowed land it will great
ly a- !:t in julverLic- th? ei
s.i tlc-jiro j m.uiy ui (.. I , whteh tc
tbiov. ub the tiif.it f- iu otlt h ta.e-.
The tally plowing give-. the far
mer more time to thoroughly harrow
tlie ground until it is in a very flue
condition, and that is one of the most
important matttrs connected wilh the
breaking up of the soil iu the spring.
One of the lessons that farmers havo
received and which is continued by
their own exjierience Ls that tlie land
will yield a much larger crop when
plowed early and worked over until
tine than when simply plowed aud
harrowed once. Deep planting, espe
cially if subsoiling is practiced, permit-
surface water to go down, and as lh
water goe-. dow u the soil !ctitiies warm.
Later on, when moisture is not so plen
tiful at the surface, the roots if plants
will te lettercnab!ed tool, tain asiipp'y
than would lie the case with hardpaii
subsoil, but the working of tlie soil
with barrow aud cultivator also c'oes
much "to prevent loss of moisture, t s
well as preserving a larger proportion
of plant food to the crop by reason t f
the soil being more friable and capa
ble of absorbing a greater amount
of moisture than does soil filled with
lumps.
PLA.NTINU K.VRLY.
There are advantages also to lie gain
ed by planting early. When the seeds
are in the ground some of them will
fail to germinate and may tie replaced
by others, the full season for growth
being obtained, but should the seeds go
in late and many of them fail the whole
season may be lst, because to replant
may incur the risk of frost iu the fail.
Much loss occurs to farmers from late
planting, and should the rains iu spring
uot be up to tlie average ia frequency,
with a dry jieriod early in summer, the
farmer will have to lose more time by
waiting for raia before he can prepare
his ground or replant that which is not
filled out in the rows. The best results
from fertilizers are also obtained when
the crops go in early, as it takes a large
amount of water to dissolve them, and
if a scarcity eecur nt any time the ef
fects of drought will e moro marked
on plots 011 which fertilizer has been
npplied than on laud uot given such
material, for the reason that the plauts
will have made more growth and their
demands are correspondingly greater.
The loss of fertilizer unused by reason
tf insufficiency of moisture wiil also
lie an expense or charge against the
crop which will reduce the profits.
Crops never "burn up" because of too
much manure or fortiliz -r, but from
lack cf moisture, aud the earlier tfce
seed goes in, other conditions per
mitting, the less liability of damage
should there be but little rain after the
growing season seta iu.
KARI.Y WEKIS.
The early weeds do the most harm
to crops that are planted late, as the
weeds always secure a gotxl start and
entail considerable work after the land
is prepared. Even if the land is plow
ed early and the regular crops do nt
go in until later there will be an op
portunity to destroy millions of weeds
that appear as aoon as front leaves and
the ground becomes warm. The bar
row, weeder and cultivator can easily
clean out the weeds when they are
young, but later on it becomes tedious
work to keep them down. In tlie
grow iug of vegetables it is necessary to
plant early if a supply is required as
soou as it cau be obtained. Such crops
as beets, carrots aud parsnips should be
planted as early as possible, as the seeds
are sometimes slow iu germinating,
which permits weeds to crowd them
out if tlie soil is uvt made hue and
precautious taken to keep the rows
clean from the start, frequently baud
tools being necessary, while au oee.
sional harrowing ot the laud intended
for summer vegetables w ill keep the
weeds in check and greatly reduce their
number. The heavy snows will sevve
to protect wheat, but when they dis
appear and the corn find is plowed as
s-sn as it euin be done the farmer who
l.mes no time iu getting at such work
will aive much in tiuri, labr and ati
uovance later iu the season.
A Piece of Lath.
A story is told of a former Mayor of
Birmingham, England, that be gave
orders to have his robes of office lined
with "vermin." When the late Alder
man Sturge was Mayor be received a
royal command to dine and sleep at
W i ndsor. Th is, of eou ri e, mean t cou rt
dress aud sword. The court dress was
reluctantly submitted to, but as a mem
ber of tlie Society of Friends, aud,
moreover, oue who had greatly distin
guished himself in the rause of peace,
tor he had formed oue of the peac dep
utation to the Czar before the outbreak
of the Crimean war, Mr. Sturge would
not consent to wear a lethal weapon.
A compromise was happily effected. A
scabbard and bilt of the usual kind
were at his worship's side when the
presentation to royalty took place, but
the sword was a mere lath of wood.
Fortunately, the worthy ('laker.was
not ca!ld upon to draw iu defense of
his sovereign.
Aztec Uriideas-
The feminine direct desoendants of
the Aztecs are tiny creatures, exquisite
ly formed and rvfined in feature. They
carry their heads with th upbearing
grace of the full blooded Indian; their
skins are not ret, but a clear, smooth
copper color that shines like gold iu the
sun; their hair is coarse aud Hack as
ebony, aud they are decorated with
bright feathers and gay ornaments.
Thtfse women make the ni'Ht wonder
ful pottery that comes to us from Mex
ico, for they have kept the old Aztec
f.rms aud decorations in their art, aud
they also weave wonderful buitkets and
do exquisite embroidery.
You Are Wrong
If you think that the more you eat
the fatter and stronger you become.
If you think that the more hours a
child studies at school the faster he will
learn.
In concluding that exercise being
healthful, the more violent or exhaust
ing it is the more good it will do.
In imagiuing that every hour taken
from sleep is an hour gained.
In thinking that the smallest rooru
in the house is large euotigh to sleep in.
Iu advising another to take a remedy
which you have trietl on yourself, with--cut
special inquiry whether all the con
ditions are alike.
In eating without any appetite, or
continuing to eat after it has been satis
fled, merely to graiify the taste. "
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