erset Herald'. ft FARX AID VIEWS. publication of . ntherwu din" i 7t''w'1 UUU1 - post masters m- Tulr.do it' Uiii LI. i i f n SulB" i t or j I - i Hi f:' ..-.iTAiYPCBUC. 14V feaa'a. i i H honied Pa. it. Sl-? .J. A', -jtti . .t.LAW'. i" - SOUieTKJl, Pa. it isouicrel. Pa. '.uBt, up .nun- Somen!. Pa. ft ..-i0b.Nt.-Al-i.W. SoUientcl, Pa. : twr, Court 'l:iuUi:V-AT-LAT. buuitrett Pa. I ASiKV-AT-LAW. bouicfbct, ra. i J. G. OuLE. -J i 'i.iiviO.r.iS-Ar-LAW, Swiuencl, ra. -M!ri''J" - i- L-vIHaV. A.. L. G. HAY. !:EAY, . buiucrM-t, Pa. 4X.ut!!V-AT-LAr. boiuurbct. Pa. la. uc luoei ou coUeO- i EMMEL, A. a. 1 -AT-LA W, tsjmenfct, Pa. r. 4 iliiilts eiu f kujduuut omuLa, witu t a..: tjra; . oaioc on Aiaa. vroa i ii Allut V-AI-LA W LaaMb Block, op re. tn- (s kUeuol lu lUi prwuipuwai t-:E5. L. C. COLBOBJi. iS COLBOKX, Ar:ji t i o-a i-LiV, bouieraet. Pa. KEtnj5d to our cre will be a Aiirtriu ikiid couvgii''im EAEE. ATIUKSEY-AT-LAW, bometiKt, Pa. - w i bomerse. and a-ltolnlce 1 bbvc. Miirukled U turn Wlii rajTH. W. Ii. KL'PPKU -'TH RUPPEL, Al i OCJS 1 1 S-A l -LA w , Suiueniet, Pa. aaacrf to tbeir c&re will lc i fMiati.y Attended to. Office SilDEX, M. D., "B1S.U.VN kud fel KoKuN, pjuieni. Pa. .a K.vrii to me t-rv of tlie BROTHERS. M. D., filaian S Ai SLIiUEOJf, tSuiuentet, Pa. 'Baeaa . SHAi FEK, faislLUi; aJj Sl'RGEOS, Somerset, Pa. l"imAl fc-mrrt to the cili- eisiUXS AjiUbCEaEOS. IR-tel, nwu! lruE .lure. KBIMELL, i2'A! .enriew to the ciU- Wl Oi UlAaKlUO. OllLLEX, MJl IUKU, 5FLUCK . Lanj Surveyor NATIVE MUTUAL FIRE ctKLI.V, PA. f4 actual cost by lusur- J"- e insure Town aud " rit for in formation. JA J. J. ZOBN, Secretary. I kT""w. retin a t lU u b-n refurnikhMl I ' t.. . ' """ni iii)briv-tnt-ia "lu-, -"s-nirtii ul John iuiT. .r?w' Tin-put j i-aonunirtii Urn 1 jn Mun-ay. r and Embalrner. OD HEARSE, Jit, to forau fura- y r ? J a.. if V I 1 Pa! 1 lie VOL. XLVU. NO. 4' 6 need not lose flesh in immt i rf you use the proper means 3 to prevent it You think 5 you can't take SCOTTS f EMULSION in hot weather, J J but you can take it and di- 3 gest it as well in summer as J J in winter. It is not like the ft plain cod-liver oil, which is J difficult to take at any time.. 3 If vou are losing fWh i J you are losing ground and f you need , o ; I Scott's Emulsion e and must have it to keep up your flesh and strength. If 9 you have been taking it and t prospering on it, don't fail to : ft continue until you are thor- 9 oughly strong and well. c f SCOTT & BOWKF., Chemists, Stv York. 5 'fe; V j -fej V y y First Naiipnal Bani Somerset, JPenn'a. Capital, S50.000. Surplus, 537,000. PROFITS 0OUOUa ocpo.it. accrivr in iaoqc inoiiali AMOUNTS. PAYABLE Oft CCMANO ACCOUNTS Or .IRCHtNTt, ftKMIKI, STOCK DCALCRS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED -DISCOUNTS DAILY. - BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CrUH. U. Si l -LU UKO. K. JAMW Lu HHiU, W. H. M1LLKK, jutiN k. Krr. ttour. . scuix, KKU "V. HltlSKC'KER EDWARD SCULL. : : PRESIDENT VALK.NTINK KAY. : VICE PKESII'KNT. HaKVEY M. BliKKLEY, tAiHittt. Tb ftiDlK and secnrltie. of tht tni ar m eurely protected iu ci-lcbratc-d Coki.ik Bcb-ei-AB Pkook SArc Tue ouly aJ cukle atwo lulciT burKlar-proot. Jacob D. Swank, Wetohmaker and Jeweler, Next Door West of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa. I Am Now prepared to supply the public with Clocks, Watches, and Jew elry of all dffcriptlona, aa Cheap a the Cheapest. IlEPAIUIXG A SPECIALTY. All work guaranteed. Look at my stock before making your purchases. J. D. SWANK. KEFFER'S HEW SHOE STORE! KEN'S BOYS'. WOKEN'S, GIRLS' ad CHiLOREH'S SHOES, OXFORDS tai SLIPPERS. ISlat-k aud Tan. LatdStylasaodMiapes at lowest .CASH PRICES Adjoining Mrs. A. E. Uhl, South-ast corner of square. SOMERSET, PA. Elcivl most soflly nad 4 play most ci u-cln cly over bv vvaica caudles. 'The Uht iLtt l.tij.bui.s J be-i.it s cu-irtn, iiatpts itc finis'.ied touch to U-t lin.wit R rootn or dining roc-m, is the V mcllo clow ot !- t 3 Li 3 1 m M W E 1 X B iy5X CANDLES sJ,l in all colors and riiikic to harmonize with any interior haneines or dtcoratiocs. annfarturea tj STANDARD OIV CO. -5 or le evrrv n-r. " mji on Trfti cation r. bMAovtSt i. W. B KrtiwU CEKTRU. STATE SKIUL SSW03L LACK BATES tCUmum O). PA. Btnnc toenftr. Trt4 ww ro lTTp .;.i-rt. la l.botrr " uav bHnBl Uo.idio. 'r' 01- tifMrksoinl IB Mo.c,SDrtbB,Tj Aa.l kuwi. r. rn.ni. BO YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade Manna Designs rfl fli Coa'TRIftHTS c scfenfific America. A bin""" I7!r."i t-wirt i . ... wi. T .umI rtr. w-r : T-r wa.iiL4j, a?w - - - w , i ! . Elcivl most soflly nad Vi f v-i pUv r-iost ci tvcU c!y over .. J i w I 52. MY UTILE MAS. I like u watch little uiau Cuuie romping lu from :y. With utrnct ey aud clterk of tan. With wlaxoiae, vitchlug way. I like to hare lilm cuddle down I'pon my arm hi hi4. And whoa be1. o(T to tln-p-towii. To so Un aafe in bed, I like to bear my little but a Go aiugiUK through the ball. Or making all the nolu be can With whistle, bat and ball. There'a tuunic la bin flyluj feet, Ilealam. the kitchen door. But every ouod U paMlnc swet,' My liUie man of four. But bct I lo-e my little mau On -Sunday In the pew. With ruche and ruffle ph-k and upan, And eye. to clar and ti ue. No niatwr what the text may be, Or what the form of rmtv, bince more than chutvh or creed for me Is iu bin childish fuce. A HEADSTRONG MAX. "Isu't it ijueer how small the woild is, after ali ? said the shorter of the two men, aa they b tee red each other dowu the aihle of tho suioker, while the cur seemed to be doing its best to jolt them both over the shoulders of other paa aengera in the seats. "I'ru always ruu ning intowmebody I have not seen for a long time. Now, ho would have thought of meeting you coming into this fcinoktr in this section of the country ?" "Yea," said the taller he with the new tweed traveling cap "but then the world is big enough to keep old ac quaintances like us apart. Iet'a ait down here apart for years. How many years is it?" "Must be good ten," said tbe first speaker, a dark, wiry ruau, with small side wit-kers. "Quite that I hadn't heard of you for quite a long while when Scobtl told tue about that desperate love aflair of yours and that was " "Ha, ha! Yes, that was more than four years ago. Did Scobel ever tell you the eud of that ?" "Xo." "Have a cigar?'' The small man wriggled his neck with an air of com plete Belf-satb-faction. "Well, I don't mind telling you, knowing that it won't go any further." "Of course, that's understood." "I don't mind teiliug you that I al ways thought myself well out of that affair." Yes?" Yes. You see, she went away from Galena one summer to spend some time at a small watering place where an aunt of hers was staying. Of course we kept up a correspondence very sweet and all that, you know but all of a sudden the letters stopped. Well, I didn't know what to make of that. Just as I was beginning to get fidgety a letter came from her, telling me that she had met with a frightful accident, had slipped from a limb of a tree into a creek. It so happened that some fel low waa standing near, fishing, and this maa managed to crawl out on the same limb cf the tree, just as she was losing her hold. Oh, perhaps Scobel told you all that V "Xo," said the other man looking at the ash of his cigar. "Scobel, didn't tell me that. I was only smiling at the thought of how much alike all of these romantic rescues are." Oh, yes, all alike, you know. And so far as I can make out, this fellow didn't do anything particularly brave, either. Just held his hand out to her and pulled her in. Anybody could do that, you kuow." How did he get her T' the man with the tweed cap asked. 'Climbed out on the limb, I believe. Well, then there was some tort or mystery about the man for some days. He didn't tell his name and she didn't Ond it out until after she got welL But you see, Trappes, I did not care to have my fiance writing to me every day about some other fellow I didn't know." "Of course not," said Trapr8- "80 I very soon took an opportunity to request her to to just drop that hero of tbe limb. Told her I didn't want to kuow his name, even if she did find it out" "And that put an end to your affair, did it?" "That? Oh, no. That was only the beginning of tbe end, as it were." Here the smaller mau his name was Bradley seemed to fall into a retro spective reverie, ana 1 rap pes respect ed his feelings by smoking ant. study ing his cigar ash In silence. You kuow, Trappes," JJradiey at last resumed, "there's no quesuon about it. Eloise Miss Jenniugs was . rorv nice irirl at that time. But ahe was very young." - - j ws Trappes nodded gravely. "She must have been," he said, "to tn.4m hv what Scobel told me. 100 j e- - always were a man or some taste, craa lev." "Yes, that's all right," said crauiey. "Prttv and all that. I wonder if she is still as graceful as she was." I should think so, quite," said Traopes. "Ear wnat aia you say r .... . - a . A rv. I lidu't uuite catch if- This road w u, . seems very bidly ballasted." "But there's one point that I've at wsvs nut m V foot down on," Bradley continued. "I hold that when a man takes to hlmtelf a wife it is his to com mand aud hers to obey." Trappes nodded his assent "That was the rock that Eloise and I split upon. She wrot me rather huffy letter, telling me she was going nflnd out this fdllow'a name this limb man, you know for her own satisfaction, if not for mine, aud have him call upon her. Well, that was too much for me." "That was rather saucy," Trappes remarked. "Oh, yes," said tbe little man, "I simply wouldn't stand IL I said to my self, 'if I'm not her master now, I never will be when we are man and wife. 80 I wrote and insisted abso lutely on her not seeing that man again. You see, I felt that I must rise to meet the crisis or be forever fallen." "Quite so," said Trappes. "And the girl?" "Well, you know bow women are, Trappe. I suppose I'm a little bead strong myself," aaid Bradley, settling his collar. ( Somerset SOMERSET. PA., WEDNESDAY. "Ye-es," said Trappes. "I confess that you did Impress me as a little over-Inclined to have your own way about things lu general when I first met yon. Aud you were only a boy then." "I can't help it, Trappes. It's my nature, I suppose. Well, let me tell you about Eloise" "You still call her by the first name ?" asked Trappes. "Oh, force of habit, you know. I was going to say, I don't believe Eve would ever have wanted to touch the apple if she had'nt been told expressly to let it alone." Trappes was still smiling. "Anyway she insisted that she must see the man gratitude and all that and the end of it was " "You broke it off?" "Ob, of course the lady must always have that privilege," said Bradley, with a courtly smile, "But it ended right there." "And you never married at all, did you, Bradley ?" "I ?" said Bradley, suddenly pulling out his watch. "Oh. yes by jinso I must be getting back. You must let me introduce you to my wife she's a spleudid woman a most sensible wo man. Come on." Trappes had not quite finished his ci gar; ueithvr, for that matter, bad Brad ley. Seeing his friend's sudden enthu siasm, however, to present him to Mrs. Bradley, he could not in honor appear to value the introduction at less than the worth of a half-smoked cigar. They rose, and the smaller man drag ged the larger into the parlor car. The two had no sooner passed through the vestibule and closed tbe door be hind them than a very distinct voice of low register said: "Here, where are you going to? I this what you call five minutes, Deme trius Bradley?" "O! That you, dear?" said Bradley, iu some confusion. "Yes, dear, let m introduce I met a friend in the smoker Mr. Trappes." "Delighted to meet you, Mrs. Brad ley," he said. "Your husbaud Inter ested me so in his conversation, Mrs. Bradley, that we hardly knew how time w.s Hying." "Men seldom do when they are in dulging in tobacco," and Mrs. Bradley drew herself up to her full height which was considerable. "Sit down, please. What was it that Interested you so?" The question was addressed to both, and in a manner that plainly showed that the two naughty boy? were to be investigated under the searchlight of discipline. Trappes was silent, and only smiled pleasingly. "Oil, uothing, dear," said the iron- willed Bradley, with a look at Trappes that might have meant either appeal or reproach. Trappes had not yet obeyed tbe order to sit down. He was standing with his hand on the back of Bradley's chair. 'Mrs. Bradley," he said, "I'm afraid I must hurry off now to look after some matters, back here have to change cars at Indianapolis, you know we are nearly there see you later." And Trappes really seejied to antici pate much pleasure from the future meeting, for he was smiling in unmis takable enjoyment as he moved down tbe aisle. Bradley sat silent, while the sensible woman discoursed thus: "When I say a thing, I mean it You should follow the same maxim, Deme trius." A few minutes later this discourse was interrupted by the cry, "Indian apolischange cars for the Vandalla," at which Bradley rose. "Sit still, Demetrius, we don't change here," said his wife. Just then a voice behind the culprit's chair said: "Isn't this Mr. Bradley V and he turned to face a remarkably pretty, flashed, smiling girl. "It's a long time since we met, Isn't it ?" and she held out her hand. "Eloise!" gasped Bradly "I I beg pardon Miss Jennings!" "Mrs. Trappes, now," she laughed. Then as the tall man with tbe tweed cap came up behind ber, she added: Let me introduce Mr. Trappes the man on the limb." "Oh," Bradleytammered, ;,so pleas ed to meet, you, Mr. Jennings Mrs. Eloise." "Glad to meet Mrs. Elweese,"' said the sensible Mrs. Bradley, severely ac knowledging a pleasant bow from the younger woman. "All out for the Vandalia!" the con ductor shouted. "You don't get out here, Demetrius," Mrs. Bradley repeated. 'How how long have you been married?" Bradley asked, slowly set tling into his chair. "Just three weeks," said the young bride. "So glad to have met you, Mrs. Bradley. Your husband is quite an old friend of mine. You must keep a firm hand on biro; he's dreadfully bead strong. I wish I had time to teU you, Urod bye!" Spain's Greatest Seed. Mr. R. P. Olivia, of Barcelona, Spain, spends bis winter at Aiken, S. C. Weak nerves bad caused severe pains in tbe back of his bead. On using Electric Bitters, America's greatest Blood and Nerve Remedy, all pain soon left him. He says this grand medicine ia what his country needs. All America knows that It cures liver and kidney trouble, purifies tbe blood, tones up tbe stomach, strengthens the nerves, puts vim, vigor and new life Into every muscle, nerve and organ of tbe body. If weak, tired or ailing you need it. Every bottle guaranteed, only 50 cents. Sold at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store. Somerset, Pa., and G. W. Bral- lier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa. Stranger. StilL "Of course you are well acquainted with Shakespeare," said Mr. Dukane, of Pittsburgh, after an introduction to Mr. Blossom, president of the St. Louis Literary Society. "Shakespeare,?" repeated Mr. Blos som, thoughtfully. "No, I do not think that I ever bad the pleasure of meeting hiui." E3TBJLISH12r 1827. The Nailed Board. Just at this time of year down South men acting apparently in a strange and erratic manner are seen about the coun try lanes and in out-of-the-way planta tion premises, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. Sometimes it is only one man thus encountered an alert-looking per son, scouring the prospect with eyes that let nothing escape. Sometimes there are two or more men together hovering on the outskirts of cornfield or cotton patch, scanning things with wide-awake, comprehensive gaze. Things that the gunsman and natural ist aud nature lover would dote on for people can love uature without regard to science or dissection are discounted In their, care for what, after all, seems a very humdrum quarry when found, a mere inanimate piece of board or sta ging, which some carpenter overlooked when he worked iu that spot, aud which the strangers pouuee on and ap propriate as though it were the one thing above all others worth having. "What are they goiug to do with that piece of board?" a.-ks some one not versed in harvest time annals. 'Shut up some negro's cornhouse with it," comes the answer. "See, there's the place, through those trees to tbe right." "What are they going to do that for?" "Ob, because tbe negro hasn't paid out, and this is tbe only time of year when he would be likely to have any thing to pay out with. Thoee men are the Sheritl"s Deputies. He has put them out all over the couutry now. They will take that board and nail it acroHs the door of tbe corn bouse, fod der bouse, or cotton bin, or whatever is levied on, and, slight as it seems, that board represents the seal of the law. Just now, lying on the ground, it was merely a discarded, weather-beaten piece of scantling, but once put up across the door and hammered in place, it has a vital meaning. How long will it stay there? Until the owner of the corn or cotton shows a disposition to pay the debt, or make some arrangement in regard to it. May lie it will be taken down iu two or three days, may be not for aa many months or weeks. It depends on circumstan ces. But however much need or desire the owner may have to get' into his barn, or how far out of the way he may be from the Sheriff, he won't dare to lay a finger on tbe board. It's a peni tentiary offense to tamper with it, and even the most iguorant negro tenant u nderstanda that There Is tragedy and comedy, too, abroad in tbe country at this time of year. May be It's only a U-grarIy $5 or so that soufliody wants to collect and takes this summary means of collection the balance of payment on a sewing machine, or for some piece or luruiture or innpery, bought perhaps a year ago, andwbich these simple folks iu their inability to keep a reckoning may have thought was paid for. Perhaps in reality it was paid for, and they are being cheated aud made to pay it over again. 'Sometimes it is a grave matter that shuts up the cornhouse, relating to the payment of a mule or a man's farm lands. It may be that tbe negro has been caught carrying the crop off by stealth somewhere else to sell, in place of paying his landlord or the man who las furnished supplies and croptuakiug gear during the year. For whatever omission or desert, trivial or serious, it is done, the negroes regard the Sheriff's visit with awe, and feel themselves dis graced and outlawed when the talis- manic board is tacked to their door. ' 'Sam Harley was shut up two years hand-runniu' gedderin' time,' they say, with an ominous beadshake and sug gestive tone. And Sam Harley loses ca.-te in society until he does something to make up for the experience. ' 'Zok Happy's a good, square farm er, there ain t never been no r?ner- ifTs board tech his cornhouse,' is an op posite argument And those who, ei- through misfortune or duplicity, ever have to wear the brand, feel it keenly." 'Tisn't safe to be a day without Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil in the house. Never can tell what moment an acci dent is going to happen. Useful Hints. To soften and Remove Putty. Soak with a little muriatic acid or nitre, when, in a short time, the putty will become quite soft, and may be easily removed with a knife. To Remove Fruit Stains from Linen Tablecloths. Well moisten the stains with kerosene oil, rub thoroughly, cov er the moist spots with carbonate of soda, aud leave in the sun to bleach. To Remove a Tia-ht Ring from tbe Finger. Hold the band in cold water. and then apply soap, glycerine, or any greasy substance that may be handy, and remove tbe rinir with a circular movement from tbe fi tiger. To prevent silver articles from turuT ing black through the effects of gas and fog they should be wrapped in tissue paper and kept in bags made of flannel or soft baize; that is, if they are not provided with velvet or lined cases. Plated goods that are to be put aside after use should be rubbed with spirits of ammonia and water, and then rins ed in clean water; this will keep them bright and prevent any ill effects should any salt have been left on the surface A Harrow Escape. Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada E. Hart, Groton, 8. D. "Was taken w th a bad cold which settled on my lungs; cough set in and finally terrain ated in Consumption. Four Doctors gave me up, saying I could live but a short time. I gave myself- up to my Savior, determined if I could not stay with my friends on earth, I would meet my absent ones above. My husband was advised to get Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. I gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles. It has cured me, and tbank God, I am saved and now a well and healthy woman." Trial bottle free at J. N. Snyder'a Drug Store, Somerset, Pa,, and G. W. Bralllera Drug Store, Berlin, Pa , large bottles 60 aud $1.00.. ; JUNE 7. 1899. The Betreat of the Fliun Insurgents. From the Pblladet phia Inquirer. It is interesting to note the gradual change that is taking place in some of the Insurgent newspapers of the State. As county after county has held prima ries, and as each one in turn has repu diated Flinnism and Martinlsm the wise newspapers among those who sup ported tbe party wreckers are accept ing tbe inevitable. The Scranton Republican, which fought Quay during the legislative ses sion, is tne latest to realize mat tne struggle Is hopeless. There is a most pronounced sentiment in Lackawanna county for Judge Archibald for the su preme bench, and the Republican is using this sentiment to cover its own flight It deprecates "any exhibition of local factional feeling in State joIi tles under existing circumstances," and urges that "the vital question of Quay and anti-Quay vhall be relegated to some future occasion." It acknowl edge that Q'lay is Iwyond nadi this year, and "that factional strife Ibis summer Is worse than uk-Icss." All this is true enough, aud the Ite- publican ia to be congratulated upon discovering the fact that tbe people are taking no stock iu Fliun and Martin and the party wreckers aud disorgan Izers. The Insurgeuts started off the fight for delegates to the coming State Convention full of hope and enthusi asm, but not a single primary have they won up to date. On Saturday they lost Fayette county, and it is now apparent to all that their following in the convention will require a powerful microscope to discover. Itarely has there been such an exhi- bitii n of Republican sentiment The Quay question was really fought out in the legislative districts last November, ami the desire of the party as express ed at the iolls was nullified, so fur as the senatorship was concerned, by the bolt of Flinu aud Martin, who permit ted personal spite to get the better of their loyalty to party. Men who fight the rule of the majority can not hope successfully to appeal to the Republican people. Tbo bolters are finding this out now that the counties are piling up their protests against treachery. Persecution ia not popular in Penn sylvania, and that is why Flinn and Martin will have no sympathizers in the Slate Convention. Individual Grayity. In the early part of this century there lived in Nantucket a young Qua keress whose w It caused many a ripple in the demure circle of the Friends. When this pretty Martha attended eaily meeting at Newport at tbe age of IS, her youthful spirits brought her occasional grave looks from the elders, although ber real goodness of heart was never questioned. Oue evening during the session of early meeting Martha was the centre of a group of young people, gathered near the windows of the parlor in the boarding-house where some of the Frieuds lodged for the time. The oung people were playing the simple and amusing game of "humorous defi nitions." Martha's wit caused such frequent laughter that a solemn-faced person rose from his seat at the other end of the room and asked in a loud, stern voice: "Martha, can thee give me the defi nition of gravity?' The pretty Quakeress colored at this public and unnecessary rebuke, but af ter scarcely (lerceptible hesitation, she answered demurely: 'I am not able to give thee an answer of my own, Friend Brown, but perhaps fiat of De la Rxrbefoucauld will suit thee. He says that 'gravity is a myste rious carriage of the body, inveuted to cover the defects of the mind.' " Youth's Companion. The Hambld Tramp. Having discovered that he is a hu morist County Collector Spratt tells a new joke every day, ss ys the St Joseph News. He thought of another one to day, and gave it as follows, to an ad miring throng In bis office: A tramp called at the kitchen door of a St Joseph residence a few days ago. He waa ragged, cold and hungry, and his feet were wrapped in rsgs. When the hired girl opened the door in an swer to his knock the scowled. She did not like tramps. "If you please, miss," said the tramp. taking off his old, battered cap, and making a bow that bad the semblance of politeness about it "can you give me a few old, soggy biscuits?" Tbe request was so unusual that the hired girl called ber mistress, who hap pened to be in tbe kitchen at the ti.me Tbe tramp repeated the request to her, "Why, what do you want with old biscuits ?" she asked. ''Wouldn't you rather have somethiug good to eat?" 'To, ma'am," the tramp replied, "I want soggy biscuits all I can get of 'em. It is a well-known fact that they produce dyspepsia, and that dyspepsia brings on nervousness; anyliody knows tbat nervous people are ambitious, and that an ambitious man generally gets rich. It's wealth I'm after, and I'm starting at the foot of tbe ladder to get it" Working Night and Day. Tbe busiest and mightiest little thing that ever was made is Dr. King's New Life Pills. Every pill is a sugar-coated globule of health, that changes weak ness into strength, lUtlessness into en ergy, brain-fag Into mental power, They're wonderful in building up the health. Onlv Zi cents. Sold at J. N Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset Pa. and G. W. Bralller's Drug Store, Ber lin, Pa All in the Family. A member of a hard-shell Quaker family waa beiug trounced, verbally. for his excessive meanness. The whole family shared the reputation, and the member under fire made no defense. He listened patiently to tbe tirade, aud when the man wound up by declaring him the meanest man he had ever met in bis life, tbe Quaker remarked gen- ' tly: "Ah, but thee lias never met my ' brother Robert!" New York Commer- '. cial-Advertiser. ileral They' say., is to be found at ltt-iton, a town on the Santa Fe Road, and it is kept by "seven sanctified si.-tcrs," as the proprietors are popularly called. Several years ago, says the Chicago Record, a woman in that place and her husband quarreled over the btst way of expounding the Scriptures to a Sunday school class, and were so stubborn that they separated and were finally divorced. Tbe family coutrovt r-y was taken tin by the town, which was soon distinctly divided be tween the adherents of the husband and wite. Tbe result was a large crop of divorces, and seven husbandless women, Including the original cause of the commotion, joined together and rented the towu hotel. One of them did the cooking, another was parlor maid, a third made up the beds, and so they divided the work among them and ran the establishment upon the co operative plan. They would not em ploy a man about the placf, although the most of the patrons were men, of course. Pooplo say that women trav elers preferred to stop elsewhere, and that would be a womau's way. One of the seven "sanctified sisters" used to drive a big carry-all down to the rail way station three or four times a day to meet trains, but she let the regular transfer company haudle the luggage. The hotel prospered from tbe begin ning, and there was no reason why it should not, for everything was nest and homelike aud the cooking was the l-est in Texat, which ia not saying much, perhaps, but is a god reason why it was appreciated. Every Sun day it was crowded. The drummers used to sw.rm there from all the northern-central part of the State, and every passenger ou banta re trains was an advertising agent Tbe "sanc tified sisters" made money, as they de served to do; they eularged their estab lishment and started a big laundry in connection with It, where the drum mers left their soiled clothes to be done up wmie tney were out uuring tne week. Then the "sisters" bought a hotel at Waco and started a laundry there, with equal success, and now they are talking of starting one in New York. A Few Eecords. Over the wire Ii. R. Pollock sent 2'.0 words in rive minutes at a telegraph tournament The claim of faster work has been made for several. In typewriting Mr. McGorrin, of Canada, repeating a single sentence, reached a speed of 3JQ words a minute. The mechanism will respond to no faster touch. In ordinary-corresriond- enee, jiiss Aiae t urr w rote :rj woros a minute for five minutes. Isaac 8. Dement who holds among dborthand writers the place held by Mr. MeGurrin among typewriters, took down -tOO words a minute last year. In the matter of quail eating, there have been any number of claimants of records. A. M. Trautman, of Washing ton, put away a bird a d ty for thirty days. Colonel Thornton, 01 Atlanta, ate a quail a day for twenty-nine days and ou the thirtieth day ate two. W. S. Walcott ate two quails a day for thirty days. Some years ago Charles Pearsail swal lowed five dozen soft boiled eggs per day for six consecutive days in a New York restaurant He took thirty eggs in tbe morulugand thirty in the after noon. About that time, April, 1M, theG. A. R. people of Tonawanda, N. Y., held a bean eating tournament A Mr. Baker got away with six quarts of beans in forty minutes. A War Stamp to Cost $42,500. The Chicago, Burlington & Qaincy Railroad Company may have to put a stamp of f42,o00, under the War Rev euue law, upon its new refunding mort gage. The Baltimore Sc. Ohio reorgan ization is liable to a similar assessment. The question involved has been re ferred by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to the Attorney General, and his opinion is expected in a few days. It seems that the new Revenue law, as originally passed, required that not only the mortgage, but the bonus issuea under a mortgage should be stamped; but at the last session of Congress this was amended by a joint resolution pro viding that where a mortgage secures bonds but oue stamp should be required on tbe two instruments, but that tbat one should be placed upon tbe instru ment w hich requires tbe higher rate. For the railroads this is a very seiious matter, as their mortgages, most of which are made to secure !ssues of bonds to be made at some future time, are usually very large, and far in excess of the actual bond issue. Eed Hot From The Gun Was the ball that hltG. B. Stead man of Newark, Mich.. In the Civil War. It caused horrible Ulcers that no treat ment helped for 3) years. Then Buck len's Arnica Salve cured him. Cures Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Bils, Felous, Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth. " cents a box. Sold at J. N. Snyder'a Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., and at O. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa. In Puerto Rico. English dictionaries are in greater demand than any other commodity. More than half of the Puerto Ricans live on less than five cents a day. Skilled laborers, such as bricklayers, carpenters and plumbers, earn 00 cents a day. Rents have gone up in San Juan, and prices of real estate have mounted sky ward. "Polygamy exists to a great extent savs Charles F. Savior. "It is not un common for one man to have two or three families." Until a few weeks ago prisoners wore shackebt that bad been welded on their limbs. But General Henry cavt the trder tbat the shackela should be filed off and no more cruelty practiced. Spring tiredness is due to an lmpov erished condition of the blood and U cured br Hood's Sarsaparilla. which enriches the blood. At 'least forty American lawyers are endeavoring to tarn a living ia Manila. Since tb Amt'ricau occupation over t'W saloons hare laeeu opened In Ma nila. Montana soldier have found indica tions of trold while at work, iu the trenches. Malolog Ls less than thirty miles from Manila, yet day after day the American coIjiuus advauced through towns and cities with a population of frru 1,000 to 10,000.- A. Furruan Hedden has established a monthly magazine known as the Philippine Monthly. Wood cuts of sceues of interest iu the Island of Lu zon are produced, and stories by naval officers and others are published. Spanish officers are returning home, and all have large quantities of native gold, w bicli they say is pleuliful in the mountain si reams. Manila American. The X:; olliccrV wivrs who arrived on tbo Morgan city were not allowed to land, as Geix-m) Otis thought be had women and children enough to protect A soldier of the Twentieth Kansas tells this story at the expense of a fellow-soldier: "When we were sent out on the firing line Pete Bogan was lying behind a tree, out of tbe way of bulb-Is. All at once be yelled out hke a wild mau: 'Captain, I can not stand these darned ants biting me all the timer Zip! A bullet liaised close to his body. 'On second thoughts, Captain,' he yell ed, 'I can stand thenar " A Lncky Exchaage. Lieutenant El ward Lloyd, Jr., of the cruiser New Orleans, says he never considered himself lucky until he heard of the capture of Lieutenant J. C. (Jill more, of the Yorktown, aud his parly by the Filipinos. When the Solace sailed from this port for Manila, says the New York Times, with a cargo of ammunition and other supplies on board. Lieutenant Lloyd was ordered aboard of her to act as navigator. The lieutenuot has his own ideas about the beauties of the Philippine Islands and of life there. Accordingly be lost no ti ne in looking around for a substitute to take bis place. Lieutenant Gilimore, on the other baud, was glad of a chance to go, aud after the uecessary preliminaries were gone through with the two ofticers ex changed positions. "And if it were not for tbat ex change," said Lieutenant Lloyd. "I suppose I might now be in the hands of those yelping Filipinos. There is o?i!y one eletueut of doubt in the case," added the lieutenant. "Gilimore was transferred to the Yorktown after he reached Manila. Nevertheless, it gave me rather a peculiar feeling to read in the paper that be had been caught by tliose savages." Lieutenant Lloyd is on tbe New Orleans, now in the city of New Or leans, where the ship will he a centre of Interest. After her stay there, the officers expect to receive orders to go to Manila. The Persian Carpenter. In accordance with the invariable custom of all Eastern artisans, tbe car penter sits uiu the gnniud when at work. lustead of a bench, a stroug stake is driven down before him, leav ing about ten inches out of the ground, and upon this he rests his work, and keep it steady with his feet The fa cility with which the work is executed in this position has always been a mat ter of surprise to European workmen. In the royal arsen ils English took are used, and a better system of working has been introduced under tbe superin tendence of British officers, but in the native workshops the workmen are still to be seen squatting on the ground; and, b ing used to this position from infancy, and their tools being formed to work with more efficiency when used Iu this way, any Iteraiiou is scarcely to lie expected. Their principal tools are the frame saw, adz, planes, bam mers, nails, and a few smalier tools. Southern Lumberman. Pneumatic Leg. An English inventor has devised a very ingenious artificial leg and foot in tended for use in cases of amputation below the knee joint It is mainly com posed of a hollow rublier chamber, which is inflated in exactly tbe same way as is a bicycle tire. The sReleton of the foot is of wood and contains within it a rubber-faced joint which permits of movements like those which take place at the ankle. A pair of rubber pneumatic pads sur round the end of the amputated limb, so that no undue pressure is exerted on the tissue. The Old Virginia "Auntie" and the Spring Chicken. At nearly every station on the Cnesa- peake A Ohio Railroad in Virginia, says The Argonaut, picturesque colored men and women attend tbe trains with trays of fried chicken, corn bread, boiled egg", sandwiches, pies and' other re freshments, crying: "Hyer's spring chicken, tender and nicer Where do you get spriug chicken this time of year? aked a passenger of the vener able "auntie," one bitter March day. "You'ns a Nawth'n lady, ain't you, honey ?" responded the lunch-vender. with a twinkle ia her eye; "an Nawth'n ladies ii good to poh kul'd folks, so you hadn't ought to ask nobody whar dy gits de spring chickens." Before Wheeler's Nerve Vitallzer was discovered epilepsy caused serious alarm, but not now. It cured Mrs. Joseph Keller. Converse, Ind., after she bad spent a thousand dollars in trying to find a curd. For sale at Gar man's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa. and Jlouutaiu & Son's Drug Store, Con fluence, Pa. "You are Urn little,' asid the pro prietor of the toua beauery. "It takes bigger guy dan you to manage de mugs dat feed here." "Ah !' said the applicant for a job, "I see. N-ne but the brave do serve the fare here." Indiaaap Uj Jjurail Weeds aai SoilMsistare-Saasoaable Hints. A single weed niAy ap,vreutly do but little harm, but evry wued tbst oc cupies space during perijds cf dry eathar takes tha moisture from a Urge surrounding surface. One who has srtveo the matter attention and exper iment estimates that one p.iund of weeds will remove .v) pound of water from tha soil during an ordinary d.ouht, and that pounds of weed p-raore ate not an unusual sihtoa sjine fieMi, the loaa on each arte be ing 2jO,0X) pouudj of moisture ptr acre, and this loa m.y be greater if ttie weeds are well advauced iu growth. In addition to this deprivation of the soil of its moisture, weeds draw oil the fertility and take from the crop tbe fo d which U so necesisary for its ad vancement aud success. It is work to kep down weeds but the labor can be miteriaily reduced if the w eeds are de stroyed when they are small, which al loosens the top soil and prevents loja of moisture by evaporation. The cultivator is au implement that should never be idle at this season. Better butter can be made on the farm than at the creamery if the same care is given. The managers of creaiu ?rie secure the best assistants to br hd, and they aim to put good butter on tbe market The advantages pos sessed by the farmer who makes dairy butter is that he can feed his cows on fie best foods, use more care and work with cleaner surroundings. A large proportion of creamery butU r is not uniform, as tbe milk comes from many sources, but dairy butter is injured in the churning and manipulation of the product by inexperienced persons. Farm yard manure vartw greatly, iu value depending upou thtj kinds of foods eaten by animal.', and also upon lh absorbent m tlerials med in the heap. One cord of m inure should weigh about three tons, and should ontaia about 7 pounds of uitrogeu, I pound phosphoric acid ami 24 pooud potash. Oue ton is about a two-horse load. A load of oue ton is valued at about Dogs are not always at fault when they kill sheep. Not one dog iu ten la fed, and is consequently compelled to pick up its food wherever it cu be pro cured. It is at night that such dog prowl over a neighborhood seeking food and attack aheeo from necessity. When the dog discovers a source of supply it will avail iUelf of the priv ilege. If dog were given regular meals at hom they would be less inclined to forage for food. At this seasou of the year it is hi pen sive to be benind witu tne wora, as double tbe labor -iil be rt-qjired to catch up. A weed that is left for a day or two may be larije when its destruc tion is sought Plan out the work iu advance, be systematic and aim to carry out the plans. It is better to be ahead with all farm operations, so as fo be ready to perform service ia any direction where work is niot desirabla. Once tbe soil is made clean It is easier to keep it so than to give weeds a chance to grow. A a precaution agalust a possible sbort bay crop sow a plot of corn for fodder, and also do not overlook millet the great summer hay crop, which grows rapidly, gives a large yield, and is grown with as littIcl.ilor as any other hay crop. Unitarian .grass is also another excellent crop, which may be seeded down now. It may be cut several times during the season aud grows so rapidly as to completely kill all the weeds on the land on which it is grown. Now tbat strawberries are falling In price it is a loss of time a well as ex pensive to pick and ship the small and inferior berries. Compel the pickers to pick only the best and leave those that .... . .-u r are und-estrauie, ana tne expense "i shipments will be redaced and better prices obtained. The market is never overstocked with the choicest au.l there is always a ready sale for tbe best at good price. As soon as the early caboags are well established hoe arouud each plant and cultivate between the rows. The first homing will be found to be more bene ficial than any afur cultivation. It lets in tbe warmth, holds the moisture in the soil, destroy young weed, and gives the plants a good start. To cultivated crop on a piece of land is tbe cheapest mode of cleaning the soil of weeds and grass. Corn aud potatoes must be cultivated, and where two year's cultivation is given such crops the ground will be left In excel lent condition for a sowed crop, like wheat The cultivation, however, must be thorough, for if only partially done tbe labor will be in vain. String beans may be now planted, and as they are very prolific ouly a few row are necessary to supply a family. They can be had in succession until fall by planting at different period. After tbe early varieties are up p!ant stringless kinds and pick the pods dai ly, so as to prevent any from maturing. The custom of feeding grain only to poultry is one which is ditti.-ult to alter. Grass in summer is desirable for young bird. If a small plot is wired off for a fl'K-k of chicks that are able to care for themselves it will be found that they will pick off tbe grass so close as to leave the ground hire in a few days. Grass is the cheapest food tbat can be allowed in summer, and where adult fowls and chicks have an unlimit ed range they will need u other food, except a I'ght meal of grain at night to indues them to come to the farm yard regularly. Not an "Impatient" at AIL The nurse on duty in a certain Lon don hospital was giving the little ones their last meal for the d.iy. All save one were patiently waiting their turn to be served, the one in q lesti q being a little rosycheeked convalescent, who wa calling lustily for her portion. "Aren't you just a little impatient Dorothy?" inquired the kindly nurse, with just a little tinge of correction In her tone. "No I'm not." retorted Dorothy, promptly; "I'm a little she patient." Disappointed. Sylvia What's the matter? You look as if you bad lost your last friend. Maude I went to see a fortune-teller yesterday aud she told me I was going to marry a tall, dark man. The only real rich fellow I know is dumpy, and has red hair. Chicago Times-Herald. Good Advice. "What's the matter, old man?" "Oh, I've just had a quarrel with my wife." "Well, forget and forgive," "I never can forgive ber. You see, I waa in tbe wrong." "Then in that case demand an apol ogy T' Harlem Life. t a ... 9 : - r 3 : ? o Kjr ice. ler. ir
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