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GRANDMA
HAD
CONSUMPTION
and I am afraid I have in
herited it. I do not feel
well ; I have a cough ; my
lungs are sore; am losing
flesh. What shall I do?
Your doctor says take care of
yourself aad take plain cod-liTer
oil, but you can't take it. Only
the strong, healthy person can
take it, and they can't take it
long. It is so rich it upsets the
stomach. But you can take
SCOTT'S
EfifiULSION
It is very palatable an easily
digested. If you Trill take plenty
of fresh air, and exercise, and
SCOTT'S EMULSION steadily,
there is very little doubt about
your recovery.
There are hypophosphites in it ;
they give strength and tone up the
nervous system while the cod-liver
oil feeds and nourishes.
toe. JtvJ $i.oo. aU dm tst.
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Somerset. - Pa.
km Now
prepared to supply the public
with Clocks, Watches, and Jew
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as the Cheapest.
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SHOES. OXFORDS art SLIPPERS,
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AdjoiniuK Mrs. A. E. Ulil, South-east
corner of aquaie.
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THE BROWNIE AND THE SUN.
There was a little Brownie
That livrd down by the . ;
11c wiw jtjut a cur a Brownie
Aa ever hf could he.
And early every morning
The Brownie went to awtm,
Aud all the !ltt!e mlnnowa
t anie awiinruiiiK after him.
Yes, early every morning,
l$efore the aun arcwe.
This Brownie went In Itnming,
And then put ou hia riot lies.
And, li.iVinj to the Eastward,
KiKlit gravely he would Ky :
"Now, drar old sun, you may arise.
Indeed, indeed, you may !"
And, aure eiioukh. each inornliiK,
When Uruwiur'd had his swim.
The sun obeyed his lxhc
And and shone on bluu
For, do you aee, the Brownie
Couldn't let the ui arise,
I'utl) he wan all waxhed and dressed,
A nd dried his hair and eyes !
Little Folks.
How Mother Aid Sot
the Better of the Boom,
"The town must be burnin' op; I
wisht now that I had btayetl a little
loDger. It's dreflul, though drefful to
think on. Mother, I'm going up to the
hill field to get a belter sight."
The glory of the tH-ptember sunset,
which inquire Duflield bad not noticed,
had scarcely faded when another light,
which he at once perceived, filled the
heavens in the direct ion of S wanton, a
hleepy old county-seat, with a pulia
tion of about .IM) souls.
Latterly a new influence bad mani
fested itself in .Swantou. The young
pxij.le bad surrendered themselves to
it complettly, and even their elders,
bred to slow thought and action and to
a distrust of innovations, were weak
ening under it. It had all happened
within a few months. One day a well
dressed, smooth-spoken stranger had
put up at the Swan House, and had
hired a horse and buggy and had driv
en about the country asking mysterious
questions of the farmers. Then be dis
appeared, but shortly returned with a
man whom be introduced as a capital
ist. That sort of perxousge was un fa
milial to the Swantoniaup, and they
spent much time in speculating ujion
his probable and possible future.
There was a lurking suspicion that
the presence of the strangers boded no
good, which became active whn they
were joined by an engineer and show
ed a ditpotitiou to prowl about other
people's property. Lut this being fol
lowed by proposals to purchase land at
liberal figures, the resentment died out
It was only an acre here and another
there, with an option on larger tracts,
but $21)0 an acre for $-70 land was an ef
fective antidote to distrust The cu
pidity of the farmer was quite as well
understood by the keen city men as his
hesitation and suspicion, and they bad
no difficulty in getting what they
wanted.
Natural gas was the ostensible ob
ject of their search, and Swanton was
in two minds about the desirability of
discovering such a commodity. That
it was not a familiar agricultural prod
uct was to its discredit, but there were
those who were sanguine over the easy
acquisition of fortune and the estab
lishment of a prosperous and populous
city. The editor of the Daily Banner,
After a talk with tbe, capitalist, unhesi--!:nr
v a&id that S an ton's irnlden nn-
portuiUy was at band.
The n.adness began to get in its work
when the Buckeye Improvement and
Development Company opened spa
cious officer on Jefferson street and tbe
sound of drills woke tbe echoes through
the. peaceful countryside. Deals were
made, openly and surreptitiously, and
enterprises and rumors of enterprises
quickened the sluggish blood of even
the most conservative.
Already gas bad been found in small
quantities in several wells, but the ex
cited community would 1 sati.-iied
with nothing less than a "gusher."
One was expected in tbe big well on
old man Hartman's place at the edge
of town. There had been difficulties
from salt water aud from tbe breaking
of machinery, but the experts were
sure that gas would be found in im
mense quantities. Indeed, it had been
making considerable commotion for
several days. Squire Duflield said he
was "mighty glad that he didn't live
near the pesky thing;" he didn't want
it on bis farm; he preferred a good crop
of wheat
This light, which seemed to indicate
a tremendous lire, conrmea nis pre
vious judgment. "Some fool has drop
ped a lighted cigar and started tbe
thing off," be argued, "aud it's spread
to tbe hull town. I declare ef I wasn't
so beat out, I'd drive in an' see what's
happenin'.
"By gracious! may be it'll burn the
bank up I'm goin'.
"Jake, Jake! hitch up Jinny quick's
ever you can: l m goln' to town,-'
shouted the squire; and five minutes
later be and his hired man were urging
the unwilling "Jinny" toward Swan
ton. Tbe distance was five miles, but
"Jinny" could be counted upon to cov
er it iu an hour, and to get back in half
that time.
The country grew brighter and tbe
roaring increased as the mare trotted
briskly over tbe smooth pike. "It's
queer," muttered the Squire, "the fire
don't seem to change. We see it better
'can; we're gettin' closer, but it don't
get bigger, nor act like an ordinary
fire."
Every time tbe Squire thought of his
$3,0(10 he touched up "Jinny" with his
whip.
"It don't seem to be spreadin' much;
they're keepin' it well toward Hart-
man's place,'' he said, as they got near
town; but Jake couldn't hear hint for
the fiered roaring of the flame. Tbe
mare was so frightened by the time
thev had come w ithin a half mile of
tbe well that her master determined to
put her op and to proceed on foot
"IIow far has tbe fire spread?" he
shouted in the ear of the hostler who
came out to take her.
"No further'n Hartman's well,"
screamed the man, grinning.
Squire DuSleld couldn't believe that
Accompanied Ly Jake, be went to see
for himself. It was true. A mighty
column of fiame shot up into the air,
Somerset
SOMERSET, PA.,
tbe earth trembled, and people looked
weird and ghastly in the uncanny light
as they read one another's lips, for no
voice could be heard; but there was no
conflagration.
"IIow'll they ever put it out?" Jake's
lips asked.
"IIow?" tbe Squire's lips repeated,
as be shook his head.
Up to that night Squire Duffield had
ranked as an ultra conservative among
the boomers, but the sight of that tre
mendous manifestation of power bad
khaken hi in out of bis old ideas and
habits. He felt dazed and uncertain
for several days, w hen he became rest
less and had an irrepressible desire to
go to town and hear more of tbe won
ders that were coming to pass. All of
tbe farmers near town were planning
to plot their land for house lots or fac
tory sites, and the Squire sighed, reflect
ing that his land was too far from town
for auy such purpose.
There was to be a shoe factory, a plate
glass factory, an optical glass factory,
and ever so mauy other works, that
would employ hundreds of meu, aud
bring in thousands of dollars. The
greatest enterprise of all was to be tbe
rolling-mill which the suave and im
posing Major Gloss was exploiting. It
was reported that the company which
he said he had formed represented a
capital of half a million dollars. A
billion could scarcely have impressed
tbe Swantonians more. Squire Iluf.
field's brother-in-law had sold bis farm
at a fancy price for the site oi the new
mill, and massive buildings were being
erected for tbe accommodation of tbe
machinery, tbe largest and heaviest of
its kind in the world, which was being
brought from Furnacetown, the Major
assuring the Sw-antonians that be could
uot think of remaining in a place
where there were only 40,UX) people
wheu he saw opportunities presented
by a city with such a future as Swan
ton. The rolling-mill and the Buckeye
Development aud Improvement Com
pany were the biggest things in sight,
and some people intimated that the two
were one; that is, that the same men
were promoting both.
"Well, what of it?" returned the
boom-mad speculators. "Ain't they
prominent meu and capitalists? Of
course, they want to lie on the inside
wherever there are millions to l made,
aud they're lucky who can get in with
'em."
There was a wild scramble for this
privilege it was tbe tock exchange
transferred to a virgin Held. Swanton
never had seen so much cash or dream
ed of so many notes, deeds and legal
documents of various sorts as float d
about in those days. The County Re
corder bad to hire extra deputies aud
clerks; notaries and real estate dealers
sprang up on every corner. A pawn
shop was started to enable tbe boomers
to turn their last possessions into cash.
Loutish country boys and commonplace
town clerks were alike stung with tbe
mad desire for speculation, and older
heads were lost with equal precipita
tion. "Paper" was indorsed readily
and unquestionably, and promptly dis
counted by tbe bank, which had hired
an extra room and three times as man y
employes as ever bad been required be
fore.
Ready-made houses were brought to
town in sections and set up like ridicu
lous toys on twenty-rive foot lots in
Soyder's subdivision, a worthless piece
of svampy land between the creek and
the canal which tbe Buckeye Develop
ment and Improvement Company bad
bought and plotted, theirs also being
tbe ready-made houses. Mass-meetings
were held in the town ball and in
tbe public square, and enthusiasm was
without bounds.
Squire Duffield could withstand the
allurements of the craze no longer.
His boarded $3,000 and all the money
that be could raise by mortgaging tbe
land, including what he had acquired
through frugality and industry, and
tbe homestead that had come to him
from bis father, ware iuvested in the
rollicg-mill and in allied enterprises
promising a speedy return of dollars
for cents. Farm work was neglected
for the first time in his life it was not
worth while to grub a living laborious
ly from the soil when a fortune was to
be bad by such facile means.
The Squire's sons were swept off their
feet, and from steady, hard-working
young fellows, took to driving reck
lewly about tbe country at all hours of
tbe day and night, drinking and gam
bling and pursuing a general mode of
life detrimental to their manners, mor
als and finances. Miss Fannie, the
Squire's only daughter, 'saw at last the
coveted avenue of escape from social
isolation and household drudgery, and
adopted late rising and dawdling over
her toilet as tbe first requisites for a
life of refined and elegant leisure.
Only Mrs. Duffield, unt'ring in her
industry, frugal in her habits, and
homely in her disposition, took no
pleasure in her changed prospects.
Despite tbe querulous objections of the
family, she clung to her accustomed
routine of household duties, made as
many pounds of butter a week as usu
al, lo iked after her garden, sold eggs
and poultry, and in all ways conducted
herself as if she never anticipated liv
ing upon a higher social plane. It was
a day of sore trial for her when it was
decided, in view of the growing import
ance of tbe family to remove to town
and occupy the mansion of tbe late
Judge Bigman. Ruefully the good
woman went over and over the place,
doing last offices and laying injunc
tions upon the tenant's wife who was
to succeed her, about what to do and
what not to omit Her lack of pride
and of adaptation to her bettered for
tune disturbed the rest of tbe family
sadly, but their removal was marred
by a far more ominous occurrence.
There bad been for several days au
ugly rumor that the gas was giving out
Tbe Squire pooh-poohed the report, but
a week later it was not to be thrust
aside by any such contemptuous meth
ods, and there was no denyiug that the
Hart man well was less strong than for
merly. But what did that signify ? It
would be an easy matter to sink more
wells and find more gas.
Before this could be done, however,
the capitalists liack of the Buckeye De
velopment and Improvement Company
withdrew from the field, leaving the
Swantonians in a tangle whose labyr
lothine difficulties they could not un
ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1899.
derstandexcept as to tbe depressing
detail that they were pledged for more
money than they could pay or could
earn in a lifetime. On the heels of this
calamity came an interruption in the
rolling-mill project Tbe building was
there and tbe machinery was there, but
tbe business halted. Major Gloss was
absent in some vague locality on un
known business, and no one else had
authority, means or ability to proceed.
It did not become known for some time
that this rolling-mill machinery existed
only for effect in boom towns aud that
it traveled from one to another iu pur
auit of this end. Since it left Swanton
it had been iu a dozen other booms, but
never bad turned a wheel for work.
The fabric which Squire Duflield and
his sous and daughter bad reared in
foud anticipation crumbled into dust,
and their consternation when an ap
preciation of their predicament was
forced upon them was pitiable.
"I am ruined, utterly," wailed the
old man. "Not an acre of land, not a
dollar can I call my own. I don't see
anything left for us but to go to live in
Snyder's subdivision, and I'll have to
try for day's work."
At this prospect Mlus Fannie lifted
up her voice in anguish, and the boys,
having nothing to suggest but their
debts, went out to drown their troubles
in driuk while they still bad a little
credit.
But Mrs. Duflield looked more cheer
ful than she bad done since she left the
farm. "Oh, it ain't so bad but that it
might be worse," the remarked, philo
sophically, as she went on with her
darning.
"IIow could it be worse?" the Squire
demanded, turning roughly upon her.
"Will, I've got a little money saved
up," she replied calmly. "I've been
married thirty year, almost, au' you
never interfered with my doin' as I
liked, father leant ways, not till we
came to town to be grand folks so
I've saved up considerable. Whenever
I bad a hundred dollars, I've given it
to brother Dan to invest for me, know
in' him to be a careful and honest man,
and I've got a matter of 'most $7,imJ
out at interest, besides uit;h on to a
hundred dollars in my stockiu' that I
hadn't given bim yet, hi I gucxs we
might make some arrangement 'bout
tbe mortgage an' move back to tbe old
place. We'll get the rest of it paid off
if we leave gas and improvements
alone, I guess." And perhaps there
was a sparkle in the old lady's eyes.
"But how did you get so much
money ?"
"Butter an' eggs an garden truck.
I wasn't never ambitious, you know."
Aud the Suire bad the grace to say:
"Mother, you've saved the family, an'
I shan't never go against your advice
in anything again." New York Press.
How He Looks.
Writing from Rennes to Harper's
Weekly Julian Ralph says:
I see Captain Dreyfus coming into
court day after day with a face so strain
ed that one sees the desperate concen
tration of the mind behind it I e
the sweat pour from bis brow in a large,
airy, only half-filled court where the
rest of us are cool. I see bim tug at
his moustache when his hand, long
used to resting on the sword of which
be is deprived, do net dang'.e impatient
ly by his sides. When he has the
chance I hear him talk faster than
even Phillips Brooks or Gladstone
could utter words. Then I know that
he is trying to say, in the few moments
allowed to him, all that he has been
thinking of in- hia self-defense for more
than four years. He lives in a jail
where they do uot let him see his wife
except in the presence of a soldier,
where a barrier prevents his embracing
her. He has heard the names of tbe
witnesses who are lo give evidence in
the case, and there is no sound of
friendliness in any siugle name. If
bis conscience is clear, it must be his
chief support His only other rt-liauce
is Maitre Labor!, tbe huge, broad, tow
ering, mastiff-like lawyer, with blue
eyes that may flame or may twinkle
with humor, as he wills, but with a
neck such as Atlas bad, and with tbe
i hin and jaw of a bulldog.
Tested His Strength-
Charley M. was at home from college,
spending his summer vacation. The
M.'s were people fairly well to do, and
Charley was passing the forenoon very
comfortably on the cool and shady ve
randa. -
Down by tbe barn-yard fence, in a
neglected place, a crop of strong,
healthy weeds had sprung up and
flourished under the summer sun. Left
unmolested in the rush of work on the
farm, they were fast becoming a blot
on tbe otherwise orderly premises, and
that morning Charley's father the
"old man" had sallied forth and w as
now making a vigorous assault uptn
the patch.
Suddenly be left off bis work and
came up into tbe yard. TakiDg a
broomstick which happened to be letn
ing against tbe veranda, be laid itcn
tbe grass, then turned to Charley and
said:
"Git down here and see if you can
pull me over that stick."
He held in his hand a small chain, in
each end of which was inserted a stout
stick to serve as a handle. Then the
tug began and developed into quite a
spirited coutest But at last Charley
succeeded in dragging the old man
across tbe line.
"There, that'll do," be id, dropping
bis end of the chain, "I guess you're
got strength enough to pull them weeds
down there by the barn."
"I never said a word," said Charley,
telling the story afterward, "but before
noon there weren't any weeds left
standing." Youth's Companion.
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Cure guaranteed. Sold at J. N. Sny
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G. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin,
Pa.
Encounter with a WeaseL
John Burroughs has some trouble
in protecting bis chickens from the
weasels that lurk iu the woods around
his slab-sided cabin near West Park,
on the Hudson. In the August Cen
tury, in "Glimpses of Wild Life About
My Cabin," be thus describes an en
counter with an especially pertinacious
robber of his roost:
I was standing in my porch with
my dog, talking with my neighbor and
bis wife, who, with their dog, were
standing in the road a few yards in
front of me, A chicken iddeuly
screamed in the bushes up lbiud the
rocks just beyond my friends. Then it
came rushing down over the rocks
pat them, flying and screaming, close
ly pursued by a long slim red animal,
that seemed to slide over the rocks like
a serpent Its legs were so short tbat
one saw only the swift, gliding motion
of its body.
Acrosathe road into the garden within
a yard of my friends, went the pursued
and the pursuer, and into thegajdeti
rushed I aud my dog. The weasel seized
the chicken by the wing, aud was being
dragged along by the latter in its effort
to escape, wheu I arrived upon the
scene. ilh a savage glee mac I nau
not felt for many a day I plauted my
foot upon the weasel. The soft muck
underneath yielded, and I held bim
without hurtiug bitn. He let go hi
bold upon tbe chicken and seized the
sole of my shoe in bis teeth. Then I
reached down and gripped bim with
my thumb and forefinger just back of
the ears, and lifted him up, and looked
bis impotent rage in the face.
What gleaming eyes, w hat an array
of threatening teeth, what reaching of
vicious claws, w hat a wriggling and
convulse! body! But I bad him firm
ly. He could only scratch my hand
aud dart fire from his electric bead-like
eyes. In the meantime my uog was
bounding up, begging to be allowed to
have bis way with the weasel. But I
knew w hat he did not ; I knew that in
anything like a fair encounter the wea
sel would get the first hold, would
draw the lint blood, aud hence proba
bly effect bis escape.
So I carried him, writhing and
scratching, to a place in the road re
moved from any near cover, and threw
him violently ujmiu the ground, hoping
thereby so to stun aud bewilder bun
that the terrier could rush in aud crush
him, before he recovered his wits. But
I bad miscalculated; the blow did in
deed stun aud confuse him, but be was
still too quick for the dog, and bad bim
by the lip like an electric trap. Nip
lifted up bis head and swung the wea
sel violeutly about in the air, trying to
shake him off, uttering a cry of rage
and paiu, but did uot succeed iu loos
ening the auimal's bold for some mo
ments.
When he bad done so, and attempt
ed to seize bim a second time, tbe wea
sel was first again, but quickly released
his bold and darted about this way and
that, seeking cover. Three of four
times the dog was upon him, but found
him each time too hot to be held. See
ing that tbe creature was likely to
esca pe. 1 set my loot upon mm again,
and made a fiuish of him.
Losing or Gaining a Day.
"Where a Day is Lost or Gained," is
the title of a paper in the Century for
September, iu which Benjamin L.
Smith, editor of The Century Diction
ary, tells of the difficulty of reckon
ing tbe days of the week, in traveling
eastward or westward:
The difficulty that may lie in a mat
ter apparently so simple is well shown
in one of Poe's stories. The obdurate
father of the maiden evidently with
the Greek calends in mind promises
to give ber lo the objectionable swain
when three Sundays occur iu one week.
To bis consternation, and the joy of the
lovers, this seemingly impossible event
indubitably happens wheu two sea-
captains appear together upon the
scene who have circumnavigated the
globe in opposite directions.
As a matter of fact, this bit of fiction
represents what is taking place every
day in the year, and must continue to
occur as long as our present method of
reckoning time is retained. Aud the
reason for this is simple and familiar.
The civil day begins and ends at mid
night, but for convenience of explana
tion let us assume, as is tbe practice of
astronomers, that the day begins at
noon and ends at the following noon.
It is clear that the interval of time be
tweeu two successive noons will be,
for us, twenty-four hours, a day as
measured by one complete rotation cf
the earth, only when we remain on the
asms meridian. For if at noon on tbe
beginning of Monday we move, say,
over a spaca of fifteen degrees towards
the east, it is obvious tbat when the
sun again stands at noon, for us, only
twenty-three hours will have elapsed
sinoeweshall have accomplished one
fourth of his journey for him; that is,
Tuesday will begiu, for us, one hcur
t jo soon.
Similarly, if we repeat this eastward
movement, Wednesday will begin two
hours too soon, and so on until, when
our starting point is reached, we shall,
in count of days, be just twenty-four
hours bead in our reckoning. The re
sult will be that, instead of ending tbe
journey in twenty-four days, as we
seem to do, aud ou a Wednesday, we
shall actually complete it iu tweuty
three days and on Tuesday. On the
other hand, if we move westward in
this way, the reverse will happen; our
days, as measured from noon to noon,
will be twenty-five hours long, and we
shall actually complete the trip in
twenty-five days and on Thursday.
For the stay-at-home, and for trav
elers returning thus from the east and
from the west, there will, accordingly,
if no correction is made in the reckon
ing, be for each day three distinct
dates, each perfectly correct by diary
or log; and each day of the week, not
Sunday simply, will be repeated thrice.
The Chances of Life.
The French statistician, Dr. Livrier,
says tbat half of all human beings die
before 17, that only one person in 10,000
lives to be one hundred years old, and
tbat only one person out of every 1,000
lives to be 00.
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FARM NEWS AND VIEWS.
Spreading Manure on Grass Land.
Values of Wood Ashes.
It may lie better on some farms to
haul the stable manure directly to the
field than to leave It exposed in winter
and lose a portion of its soluble plant
food. If manure is spread on land it
should be as free as possible from litter,
and the best place to spread it is on
grass land, as it will not then be so
liable to the effects of the heavy rains
as when the land has lieen plowed and
the manure afterwards spread. The
roots of gra-sses will preveut less of that
which is carried down into the soil and
the top soil is not easily washed, but if
manure is spread on land as fast as it
is made on the farm the laud should be
level. During the winter aud early
spring heavy rains will carry the ma
nure to the lower land if the surface of
the grass plot is billy. If tbe land is
to be in corn next year it will matter
but little whether the manure is fine or
uot, aud eveu the litter may be spread,
as tbe whole will le plowed under in
the spring, the combination of manure
aud sod laud making the best kind of
location for corn. If manure is to be
kept until spring and then spread oa
the laud it should be uuder cover, as
the heaviest loss is from soaking raius
which leach the manure and entail loss
of soluble matter.
Wood ashes uot only coutain potash,
but serve to loosen stiff soils and per-
form valuable service as a chemical
reagent This is due to tbe large pro
portion of lime eontaiiied in ashes
about 3- per cent which is in the best
firm in which it can be used. About
1J0 pounds of potai-h is the proportion
iu a ton of wood ashes, while 7UO
pounds of lime accompanies it. These
proportions may be more or less, ac
cording tohe kind of wood from w hich
the ashes are obtained. Ashes are
worth only $i per ton, according to the
above proportions, so far as the actual
potash is concerned, though the lime
and other substances contained possess
value, the phosphoric acid ranging
from - to " per cent.
The U'ginuer on a farm usually esti
mates the cost of the farm as th larg
est expenditure, but a farm is ain-n-fumbraiiee
if the owner has not suffi
cient capital to derive thp most from
the land. There is a heavy outlay to
be considered for buildings, horses, cat
tle, wagon9, machinery, implements,
seeds and labor. The cost for the first
year may exceed the value of the farm
itself. It i9 better to begin with a
small farm where the capital is limited
than to undertake too much and lo-e
all by going into debt
Sheep caunot be crowded. In winter,
after they can no longer find anything
on the fields, it is better to keep the
flock in an inclosure, allowing an open
shed for shelter; but the floor of the
shed should be kept clean. Fffty sheep
in one flock is better than to have too
many. Several small flocks will thrive
w here success can not be attained with
one large flock. Merinos and South
downs can be kept in larger flocks than
Oxfords, Cotswolds or other large
breeds.
It is proper to grade up a flock tr
herd, but the shortest road to improve
ment is to use not only thoroughbred
sires, but also dams. It requires sev
eral years to entirely change the char
acteristics of a flock or herd through
the male line only, yet every farmer
should use thoroughbred males if be is
unwilling to part with bis mixed-breed
animals, as it will cost nothing to im
prove if the additional value of each
animal sired by the pure-bred male is
considered. At least one pure-bred dam
should be procured to compare results.
There is nothing so convincing in re
gard to the Use of pure breeds as to
keep an account with them and com
pare with common stock.
It is uot a good indication w hen load
ed fruit trees are propiied to prevent
loss of tbe limbs. When a tree is thus
overloaded it is being compelled to per
form too much service. It will always
pay to thin off the surplus fruit early
in the season, so as not to tax the tree
too severely, as the fruit left on tbe tree
will be of better quality and a larger
crop will be the probability the succeed
ing year.
Mill icts Given Away.
It U certainly gratifying to the pub
lic to know of one concern in tbe land
who are not afraid to be generous to the
needy and suffering. The proprietors
of Dr. King's New Discovery for Con
sumption, Coughs and Colds, nave
given away over ten million tnal bot
tles of this great medicine; and have
the satisfaction of knowing it has ab
solutely cured thousands of hopeless
cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness
and all diseases of the f hroat, Che
and Lungs are surely cured by it. Call
at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somer
set, Pa., and at O. W. Brallier's Drug
Store, Berlin, Pa., and get a free trial
bottle. Regular size oOc, and $1. Every
bottle guaranteed, or price refunded.
The Pig Got Better.
A schoolmaster in a village school
bad been in the habit of purchasing
pork from parents of his pupils on the
occasion of tbe killing of tbe pig. One
day a small boy marched up to tbe
master's desk and inquired "if he
would like a bit of pork, as they were
going to kill their pig." The school
master replied in the affirmative. Ser
eral days having elapsed, and bearing
nothing of tbe pork, the master called
the boy up to him and inquired tbe
reason he had not brought It "Ob,
please, sir," the boy replied, "the pig
got better." Public Opinion.
That Throbbing Headache
Would quickly leave you, if you used
Dr. King's New Life Pills. Thousands
of sufferers have proved their match
less merit for Sick and Nervous Head
aches. They make pure blood and
strong nerves and build up your health.
Easy to Lake. Try them. Only 2 cents
Money back if not cured. Sold
at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset
Pa., and at G. W. Erailier'a Drug Store,
Berlin, Pa.
WHOLE NO. 2511.
HARVESTING THE CORN.
Catting the Stalks at the Proper Tims.
From the Philadelphia llccord.
The harvesting of the corn crop will
soon be tbe main work on farms, aud
in some sections the crop is already re
ceiving attention. The most particular
work is the cutting down of the stalks
just at the proper time, so as to pre
serve the fodder iu its bright condition
It is not necessary to delay cutting
dowu the stalks until the ears are bard,
for then the blades may be yellow and
dry aud there will be a loss iu the fod
der. The com may be cut w heu the
ears are tilled and iu thegla.ing stage.
The grain will dry aufliciently after the
ears are stored in the crib. It is esti
mated that there is usually a greater
loss of nutrition w hen the stalks are
left until the Hades are yellow than
would lie regained in the grain, for as
soon as the ears are glazed the corn is
then about as well tilled out as it will
be later. The nutritive matter ou its
way to the ears will be arrested in the
stalks and the quality of the fodder be
greatly improved compared with al
lowing the corn to remain until the
green tinge of the blades is gone. Every
farmer kuows that bright, green, sue
culeut fodder is more highly relished
by stock than wheu the corn is allow
ed to become yellow, and tbe wi inl
and rains do not destroy tbe green
fodder as easily as is done with tbat
which is dry. If cut down when yel
low much of the fodder will be reject
ed, for it then contains more woody
fibre and is less digestible. There is
also more loss of fodder that is shocked
when it is harvested too late, and if cut
while creen it will cure sufficiently iu
the shock, as well as be in better con
ditiou for the fodder cutter or shredder,
w hich reduces the fodder for the ani
mals.
crTTiN'i Foit h:kmn;.
After harvesting the corn at the
proper stage, so as to save nutrition
aud have tbe fodder more succulent
and digestible, there can le a further
saving by proper preparation of the
fM m! before feeding. Within the past
ten years the shredder ha.s come and it
not only converts the stalks into shreds
and hu-ks oil' tbe ear, but also cuts
the stalks and blades at the same time,
w hich teriiiiis of utilizing the entire
com plant It is claimed that from 10
to 4i tier cent, is saved in the fodder by
this method, according to the quality
of the fodder. As com stalks iu their
entirety were formerly thrown into the
barnyard to be picked over by cattle
their consumption due to proper prepa
ration is a clear gain. Some portions
of the shredded fishier w ill lie rejected
by cattle, but only a little wheu the
com is harvested at the proper stage.
The quality depends upon when the
corn is removed from the ground and
shocked, but it is the cutter and shred
der that enables the farmer to use tbe
whole of his com crop. The ensilage
cutter is also as serviceable for cured
com fodder as for ensilage. There can
be no los-s, eveu if the reduced fidder is
uneaten, as the refuse can be used for
bedding and then as absorbent ma
terial in the manure heap. In fact, if
the cutter and shredder were used for
no other purpose than to son vert the
stalks into bedding they would be val
uable; but there will be but little of the
corn fodder rejected if it is bright and
in in good condition. It is of import
ance to give the saving of the fodder
more attention, as it is more valuable
ttian the grain, if carefully prepared for
the animals. Horses will keep well on
good fodder and come out in the spring
ready for work, but if the fodder is
dry, and the blades whipped off by
w inds, and the shocks exposed in the
fields, tbe animals will only select the
best portions. Sli redded fodder can
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a.so lie baled, lite nay, ana suipptu
auv distance.
STliRAliE OF lilt'liKK.
This country atlords a wonderful
spectacle to the foreign farmer who
travels along the highways. He be
comes surprised at the waste of valua
ble feeding material, for in every field
may be seen shocks of corn fodder that
have fallen over, the snow, wind and
rain destroying it, while that which is
left Irom destruction is leafless and tbe
stalks frozen. The farmer contents
himself by hauling this worthless fod
der to the barnyard to be trampled by
cattle and coveited iuto manure; but he
loses the fodder as a food and as an aid
to the supply of hay. It is uot as val
uable for the manure heap when ex
posed as when cut or shredded, for
when reduced it absorbs tbe liquids
more readily and will also decompose
sooner. As the loader is equauy as
valuable as the grain if properly cured
and prepared some estimate may be
made of the annual loss to farmers
when it is stated that the corn crop, at
S cents per bushel, is worth $-00,OUO,
OvJO, and the fodder fully as much, but
more than one-hall or the fodder is
wasted in the fields by exposure, en
tailing a loss every year of $j0,000,0J)
If con verted into milk, butter and meat
this waste material would bring to the
farmers f-'jOO.OOO.OoO per annum. Such
a loss would not t permitted by man
ufacturers, for at the great slaughtering
establishments everything is saved and
sold, even to the hair, hoofs, biood and
horns; but the farmer, w ho should be
economical if he wishes to succeed.
throws away one of the most valuable
products of the farm that simply re
quires care in harvesting and storing to
Ui utilized. More stock can be kept
when the entire corn plant is used, aud
better manure for the farm can be made
by putting the fodder under shelter or
even stacking it in a manner to pre
vent loss from exposure during winter.
"Never Bam a Candle at Bath Ends."
If you do your light w ill soon l-e gone
aud you will be in tbe dark. Don't
think you can go on drawing vitality
from the blood for nerves, stomach,
brain aud muscles, w ithout doing some
thing to replace it Hood's Sarsapa
lilla gives nerve, mental and digestive
strength by enriching and vitalising
the blood. Thus it helps people who
are overworked and tired.
Hood's Pills are non irritating, mild,
effective.
The Lau gulag-Plant
Tbe laughing-plant grows in Arabia,
and derives its name from tbe effect
produced by eating Its seed. It Is of
m lerate size; has bright yellow flow
ers, which grow iu tufts, and leaves of
a dark green color. Its fruit is a pod
or capsule, stuffed with a velvet-like
padding, in which like snugly imbed
ded two or three seeds resembling 9tnH
black beans.
The natives dry these seeds, and then
reduce them to powder. When ad
ministered in judicious doses the pow
der produces effects very much like
those arising from the inhalation of
nitrous oxide, or, aa it is called in com
mon parlance, "laughing gas."
The person to whom the powder is
given shouts, laughs, sings, dances, aud
acts iu a ludicrous way. His merri
ment lasts for about an hour, then he
quietly falls asleep. After several
hours he awakens, and has not the
slightest recollection of anything that
he said or did while under the influence
of the powder.
It is said that an overdose of laughing-plant
powder is likely to cause seri
ous results, but a small quantity does
no harm. The powder is sweet, and
it is a common joke to put a little of it
iuto the coffee of some unsupecting
irson, in order to have a laugh at bis
exjieuse.
A little life may be sacrificed to a
sudden attack of croup if you don't
have Dr. Thomas' Eclectrie Oil ou
band for the emergency.
Can Keep Apples Sound.
Mr. E. II. Daniel, says the Priuce
ton ( Ky. ) Kentuckiau, has a number
of perfectly sound apples which he has
kept over from last year. Mr. Daniel's
process is a good one and may be re
garded, as something new iu the way of
preserving fruit" He has a cellar which
is kept at the same temperature all the
year; and he has discovered that by
putting apples in it in such a way that
they will uot touch each other they
may be kept sound for mouths and pos
sibly years. He also has a method by
which be w ill, in the future, buy eggs
at tbe times of the year when they are
cheap and keep them for months when
be can receive a handsome price for
them. He finds that by penuittitig
pure fresh water to run over eggs con
stantly they may be kept sound for
months. He will likely try tbe ex
lerimeut this season, as he has a sys
tem of water works by which lie can
easily keep a large supply of them.
Brave Hen Fail
Victims to stomach, liver and kidney
troubles as well as women, aud all feel
the results in loss of appetite, poisons
n the blood, backache, nervousness,
ic ad a he and tired, listless, run-down
f.-elinif. But there's no need to feel
ike tiiat. Li-teu to J. W. Gardner,
Ida . ille, I ml. He says: "Electric
Bitters are just the thing for a man
when he is all run down, and don't
are whether he lives or dies. It did
more to give me new strength aud
good apjietite than anything I could
take. I can now eat anything and
lave a new lease ou life." Only
ceuts, at J. N. Suyder's Drugstore,
omerset, Pa., and at G. W. Brallier's
Drug Store, Berlin, Pa. Every bottle
guaranteed.
Do You Want an Ancestor?
An amazing romance of high life has
just been terminated iu the Assize
Courts at Venice by the condemnation
of a duchess to twenty-live months'
imprisonment for forgery, says the St
James Gazette. A Parisian adventu
ress, anxious to provide herself with
respectable parentage, informed tbe
Ducbesse de Beauffremont, a lady fam
ed for ber piety and philanthropy, that
she was prepared to give 2,000 to be
adopted by a person of rank. The
Duchesse accordingly referred her to
Prince Gledroye, a ruined nobleman.
who, rising to the occasion, declared
tbat she was in very deed bis daughter
and that documentary proof could be
obtained at Venice. The Duchesse re
paired to Venice and procured from a
priest named Cogo a forged certificate
of birth, on the strength of which the
adveuturess married one of the princes
Troubetzkoy.
It is Jast as Important
That you enrich and purify your blot d
in the Fall as in the Spring. At this
time, owing to decaying vegetation,
alow water level, aud other causs,
t here are disease germs all about us, and
a weak and debilitated system quickl
yields to attacks of malaria, fevers, etc.
By purifying and enriching your blood
with Hood's Karsaparilla you may
build up your system to resist tht
dangers, as well as coughs, colds,
pneumouia and the grip which come
with colder weather. To ie on the
safe side, take Hood's Sarsapari! la now,
and always be sure it is Hood's and
uot something else represented to be
"just as good."
The True Incompetent
A good story is going the rounds of
Simla society just now, says tbe Pinang
Gazette. It seems tbat an unfortunate
clerk in one of the Government offices,
wittj'wenty-tbree years' service, recent
ly took leave and overstayed his leave
by nine days. He was called upon tor
an explanation, and in the end the sec
retary ordered him to be dismissed.
The clerk thereupon appealed to tbe
Viceroy, who called for an explanation
of the circumstance. Tbe secretary
showed tbat the man bad not only
overstayed bis leave, but was hopeless
ly incompeteut as well. His Excel
lency thereupon ordered the man to be
reinstated, aud wrote across the secre
tary's explanation tbat be considered
the hopelessly incompetent man was
the ou) who took twenty-three years
to fiud out the other's incompeUuce.
How to Tell a Good Sroagt.
Although the difference between a
good and a bad sj-mge is very marked,
but few people seem able to appreciate
it The first requisite of a good
sponge is that it should be dark iu
color. The beautiful yellow sponges)
commonly seen in druggists' window
are a delusion and a snare. The natu
ral color is a light to niadlum brown,
and the yellow sponges have been
bleached by a vitriol bath, which de
stroys their elasticity and makes tbeui
wear out much sooner.
"My daughter had tits for fourteen
years. Her case was considered hope
less by the professors at Ann Arbor,
where she was taken for treatment
Wheeler's Nerve Vitaliwr cured her la
less than two months." The words
from Peter Phillips, Sbabbona, Mich.
For sale at Garman's Drug Store,
Berlin, Pa., and Mjuatain dons
Drug Store, Confluence, Pa,
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