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I Souieniet, Pa.
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JJitMirii vicmity. OBiot txiruer
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PttYsiClA-S -MisCiMiEON,
f ue Ma; ii en i, rear of Drug .tor.
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jTEAXK B. FLUCK,
Land Survej'or
u - lOfLNG E:g;. EtR, LUUe. Pa.
(OPERATIVE MUTUAL FIRE
't-U.LEULIX, PA.
H iLsurauce nt wtual t ty iusur
pt Lome. We iusure Town and
K'lKy. Wriu; for infornuttion.
JAC. J. ZOEN,
Secretary.
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John Murray.
A. 1L MlTu.,
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fConsumpfion I
is robbed of its terrors by
J the fact that the best mcd-
P ical
authorities state that it
p is a curable disease; and
0
9 one of the happy
things
victims
auvui II 13, L11
rarely ever lose hope
You know there are all sorts of
secret nostrums advertised to cure
3 consumption. Some make absurd
l claims. We only say that if taken
e in time and the laws of health are
P properly observed.
SCOTT'S
EMULSION
9
9
9
? will heal the infiammation cf the
9 thrnst and InntH and nmirith anA
f. strengthen the body so that it can a
0 We have thousands of testi
monials where people claim they
have been permanently cured of
9 this malady.
9 oc. and f i.oo, !1 druei'ws.
0 SCOTT & BOWNK, Chrm,s, Ntw York.
THE
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Somerset, Ponn'a.
Capital, S50.000.
Surplus, S4Q.000.
UNDIV'DED
PROFITS
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GUnFuiKirSAFE. Tue ouly safe made abao
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Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Ooor West of Lutheran Church,
Somerset,
Pa.
I Am Now
prepared to supply the public
witb Clocks, Watelies, and Jew
elry of all descriptions, as Cheap
as tbe Cheapest.
REPAIRING A
SPECIALTY.
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purchases.
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CIDER MAKING TIME.
Tnpyarp gathering the apples in theorrbartl
on the hill.
They are carrying the basket to the hum-
niing eiiler mill ;
The breeze is blowing sweetly and the autumn
day are lair.
The hnppy farmer whittle ai he worki away,
out there.
And the emoke is curling upward as It used
to. lii ago.
When the wiuriK that made our n rather
inoi.-t ItrgHii to blow.
IKwu the crumbled lestvea re dancing from
the branch i ov-rhd.
And t lie doves are aofily cooing tin the
weather-beaten shed ;
The ground is strewn with pumpkins where
the com Is cut away.
And the alope btyond the valley lie III ome-
t iingsor d ray.
While a sort of d eaniy inuic issues from the
humming mill
Aud the wind is blowing aoftly through the
orrlutni c-n the bill.
Thiy are gatht-riu? the apple" tlutt the w inds
have shaken down.
And the child Is full of wonder who is visiting
rroin town !
U an amlH-r slrctm of wimcUiing 01 for god
Is flowing out.
While a daring yellow jacket sips serenely
from the spout !
Ah the mill is humming gaily as the golden
apples full,
Aud the frug tl f inner" busy grinding up the
worms aud alL
Chicago Timea-Xeruld.
XO TRESPASSING.
It was a tltlightfully Lot afternoon,
and, under the trees, Elyt-ium itself.
Tbe path ran through a tunnel of foli
age, between which glimpses of the
river parallel were every now aud then
betrayed by natural vistas.
If you happen to know the road to
Louore, before the path to Ashness
Bridge forks oil", in fact, the delightful
stretch that lies at Iinkes" Foot, you
will have a sceue as like to it as two
peas are to one another, but for Der
weutwater you must, of course, substi
tute the rapid, shallow, shiugling Uar
rogh. The road was inches deep in dust,
and that of the whiiot, and tbe bocia
and stockings of the knickered Norfolk-jacketed
traveler could acarcely 1
distinguished from the dusty way itself,
aud he looked, had there been any to
see, as though he floated in the air, be
reft of feet aud ankles.
Now, half-way down the road, the
traveU r, who was young aud fairly
good-iookiiig, though, perhaps, not en
dowed with that facial strength of
character which is the dear delight of
authors who are feminine, happened
upon a stile, somewhat like a pair of
step-ladders, w ith three rungs by which
to ascend from the road, and two with
which to descend iuto the wood ou the
other side of the wa'.l.
The traveler ascended, and, perched
upon the happily-placed platform- at
the summit of the step-ladder, ponder
ed some, and while he poadered be
mopped his brow and gazed upon bis
boots besides, giving the lie to those
who say "that one can not do two
things at once" this for one who Las
refused to close the door at my behest,
and I in a draught most thorough.
Then he struck a match to light a cig
arette I know it ought to have been
a pipe, but it was a cigarette and draw
ing it along an adjacent post he saw for
the first time a notice thereon. It said:
ANY PEIWOX
FOUND TRESPASSING ON
THE BARRY ESTATE !
WILL BE PERSECUTED.
By Order
Agent's Office. J. SMITH.
A very ordinary notiee, but one which
had been the subject of much merri
ment a while back, when " 'Arry-you
Jiggius bad eliminated the harmless O
and interpolated the direful E for tbe
amusement of bis conseurs and con
freres. The effect it had upon our traveler ,
was not that which henceforward, for
a'.l I care, may be described as defacien
dia tripperii. He had no desire to drop
in "not' between the "will" and the
"ba," neither did be change "person"
to "peer," but be did allow bia feet,
which had been resting on rung two of
the roadside ladder, to change their po
sition to rung oue of that of the wood
si le.
After the first step the way was easy.
8 ) appeared to be tbe grass path which
meandered among the trees in curves
most sinuous, a path that looked as all
forbidden paths look seductive, and,
moreover, by far the most delightful in
the whole district.
Our traveler looked at his watch, and
up aud down the road. Not a soul was
i i sight to deter bim. He slipped to
the ground, and in a brief space was in
the thicket.
Ou and on pressed be until the black
in; was restored to bis bouts by the
agency of the dust -banishing grass.
The cigarette, smoked out, was replaced
by a second, and then became to a L alt
at tbe brink of a cunning little tree
m rrored lake, whose clear waters in
vited, nay, almost commanded, immer
sion, with the thermometer taxed to its
utmost beat recording limit.
Birds were sii.giug, the lakelet rip
pled, and, with delicious splashing, a
waterfall threw itself in wanton aban
donment into tbe embrace of tbe all
absorbing tarn.
Delicious spot for bathing, but wast
ed. It was impossible. Oa the further
side was oue who gazvd at our traveler,
the intruder, with eyes beautiful and
provoked oue attired in kerchief of
lawn, bodice and skirt of print, with
other dainty things.
"A pretty girl!" said he, mentally.
"A wretched tourist !" she reflected.
Tbe path was winding, like to a maze,
but surely, maze-like, it led to an event
ful goal.
Tbe traveler meandered on and found
himself in a space but three or four feet
from my lady of tbe lake.
His cap was off.
Said be: "Would you kindly tell me
if this path comes out anywhere near
Marleydale?"
"Eventually at the village itself," she
replied.
He thanked her, and with steps re
luctant would have advanced, but she,
reddening and paling alternately, deni
ed him progress except over her lithe
some self.
"Please stop!" she commanded. "Are
oi aware that this is private property?"
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY.
"I could hardly imagine it was pub
lic," said be.
She flushed angrily.
"You are trespassing,' she continu
ed, "and are liable to be prosecuted."
"And permuted, if the notice board
lies not," be added.
"The notice board does lie. Some
tourist" she began, impetuously.
"Then I suppose I am not trespass
ing," be iiieried.
"You will seer' said she, fiercely.
"But surely a trestass without dam
age is as harmless as a threat that can
not be carried out T' he asked.
"The fame " she started to say.
"Is remarkable for its absence," be
concluded.
"The the " she was at a loss.
"I picked this clump of mountain
ash," he suggested, kindly.
"Ah! injuring tbe trees; you can be
arrested for that," she replied with sat
isfaction. "Surely a fine " be began.
"Our Bench is lauded projierty," said
she, "and we loathe er tourists."
"Oh!" be murmured, disconcerted.
"Only the other day my father, who
is chairman, was most severe on one
who carved his name upon a tree; and
you have broken a branch."
"A twig," be veutured to correct.
"The same thing," said she, defiantly.
"Miss Smith" he said, in tone im
ploring. "Don't address me as 'Miss Smith,'
sir," and sbesjioke in touts most haugh
ty. "Such familiarity"
"Well, Edith," if you command it,"
be murmured, abashed.
"How dare you!" she cried.
"I dared not till you commanded,"
said be. "And your name-brooch sup
plied the information."
There was a moment's silence.
"You must give me your name and
address," she coiumaudetl.
"For you to issue a warrant for my
apprehensiou? No. 'The prisouer re
fused to give bis name and address,' "
be replied.
It was an awkward position for a girl
who only did her father's duty.
"It's most ungenerous of you," she
exclaimed. "Just because you're a man
aud happen to be stronger thau I am,
you will evade justice."
"Never!" be answered, firmly.
"You will run away, and I, impeded
by skirts, am helpless to catch you,"
she continued.
"You could lift"
"Why don't you make good your es
cape?" she interpolated with haste.
"Am I not your prisoner?" be asked.
"Do you mean to say that you will
come quietly to tbe lodge aud face my
father?" she inquired.
"As quiet as any lamb," be asserted.
"Well, it's this way," said she.
"It's customary to grip the prisoner
by the arm," be suggested.
She paid no attention, and in silence
they strolled toward the lodge.
"If you will excuse me for a minute
I will see if my father can attend to
you now," she said, when, arriving at
their destination, she led him to tbe
drawing-room. "Please sit down.".
Surely prisoner bad never been treat
ed with so much consideration.
In a minute or two she returned,
somewhat confused.
"My father will not return for an
hour or so," she said.
"Then I must wait," he replied.
' Oh, don't you mind ?" She seemed
relieved.
"Not in the least," said he.
She rang a belL
"Do you care for tea, or would you
prefer" she asked him.
"Tea, please," said the prisoner.
Aud tea was brought.
"I think I saw a picture of this bouse
in this year's Academy," said the pris
oner, tea and toast in hand.
"Did you really notice it?" said she,
with pleased surprise. "I painted it,
and Mr. Barry bought it, Mr. Barry
owns all this property."
"Indeed! He must account himself
most fortunate to have so zealous a
guardian as yourself. Thank you half
a cup."
Then they talked of many things of
books, of paintings, of poets' songs, un
til tbe sun lost some of its youthful
vigor, and then they wandered into the
garden, and there tbe conversation was
of other things, perhaps more human
than books and paintings, but none the
less pleasant. And at last they hap
pened on a mutual enthusiasm, and
tbey enthused until the sun dropped
behind lofty Craigavar, and a sudden
ch'U fell upon the jailer, and she cried:
"My father will be back in a few
minutes; hadn't you better escape?"
"And we were getting on so well,
too," said the prisoner, with half a
sigh.
"Yes I mean I think you have been
imprisoned long enough," she mur
mured, softly.
"Oh, no!" replied tbe prisoner, gal
lantly. "You have, indeed you have. Please,
pleae, go; my father might adjourn, or
something terrible; and you, with no
one to bail you out, would have to go to
pris . Ob, I'm sure Mrs. Jones, the
constable's wife, would never make you
comfortable. Do go! do go!" she plead
ed, with bands clasped in pity.
"But how about your duty to Mr.
Barry?' be asked.
"Bother Mr. Barry !"
Then, witb gravel flying and the
sound of much crunching of small
stones, came Major Smith, tbe agent
of tbe Barry estate, and be, seeing
them, pulled up bis ponies with great
suddenness, and, leaping to the ground,
advanced, saying:
"Ah, my dear fellow, here you are!
I'm delighted to welcome you to your
own bouse after so long an absence. I
went to tbe station to meet you, and
found your luggage only If we don't
count a message that you got out at Ab
eraver and were walking. I would
have been back long ago if that con
founded rascal, Raven, had not stopped
me to ask for a reduction of rent said
bis roof was falling in; so I went to see
it, and found, as usual, it waa all non
sense. Editb baa been amusing you, I
hope,"
"I met Miss Smith in the wood,
and" explained the traveler.
"She knew you from your pboto-
grapb," Major Smith suggested.
Miss Smith blushed.
"The photograph is not tbe least bit
like tbe original," she protested.
"NoVody ever recognized it as me,"
said tbe young man, unblushingly ; "but
it is said to be a speaking likeness just
the same."
She rewarded bim with a grateful
glance.
"People have said to me," he contin
ued, 'Who is that ugly devil on your
wife's escritoire?' aud I "
"Your wife?"
"Haven't you beard? I'll tell you
all about it oh, it was quite a romance!
It's a beast of a photograph don't you
think so. Miss Smith ?"
Cavalry Hones ia Battle.
A veteran cavalry horse partakes of
tbe hopes and fears of battle just the
same as bis rider. . As the column
swings into line and waits, the horse
grows nervous over'waitiug. If the
wait ia spun out, he will tremble and
sweat, and grow apprehensive.
If be has been six mouths iu service
he kuows every bugle call. As the call
comes to advance, the iidcr cau ft el
him workiug at the bit to get it be
tween bis teeth. As he moves out he
will either seek to go on faster or bolt.
He can not bolt, however. The lines
will carry bim forward, and after a
miuute be will grip, lay back his ear?,
and one can feel bis sudden resolve to
brave tbe worst, and have done with it
as soon as possible.
A man seldom cries out when bit In
the turmoil of battle. It is tbe same
with a horse. Five troopers out of six,
wbeu struck with a bullet, are out of
their saddles within a minute. If bit
in tbe breast or shoulder, up go tlitir
bands, aud tbey get a heavy fall; if iu
the leg, or foot, or arm, tbey fall for
ward and mil off. Even with a foot
cut off by a jagged piece of shell, a
horse will not drop. It is only when
shot through the bead or heart that be
comes down. He may be fatally
wounded, but be hobbles out of the
fight to tbe right or left, and stands
with drooping head until the loss of
blood brings bim down.
The horse that loses bis rider and is
un wounded bim-elf will continue to
run with bis set of fours until some
movement throws bim out, Then be
goes galloping here aud there, neigh
ing with fear.
Southern Fried Chicken.
At this season, when poultry of all
kinds is approaching the high tide of
excellence, it is well to recall the de
lights of Southern fried chicken. In
the first place, select a young aud ten
der chicken, cut It up as if for fricassee,
and season each piece with salt and
pepper, and dredge it very lightly with
flour. Melt two tablexpoonfuls of but
ter iu a hot fryiogpan and lay in pieces
of chicken enough to cover the bottom.
Cover the'ebieken and let It fry until it
is a rich golden brown on one sid. It
will take five or six minutes, or even
longer. Then turn it, add more butter
if necessary, and let the chicken fry on
the other side. When the chicken is
cooked, lay it in a low, somewhat py
ramidal heap on a hot platter and stir
a heap! tig spoonful of flour in tbe but
ter left in the fryingpan. Add two
cups of rich milk or cream to the fry
ingpan, and when it boils up strain this
sauce into a saucepan into which a ta
blespoon ful of minced parsley has been
put. Let the sauce boil up once more
and turn it around the chicken on the
platter, or serve it in a boat with tbe
chicken. The latter is the old-fashioned
way of serviug cream sauce and fri
ed chicken, and in some ways tbe nit
satisfactory.
The Checks Came Back.
Jones-Brown bad just been married.
Like otter benedicts, he discovered
early in his connubial career that Mrs.
Joues-Brown's methods of distributing
bis bard-earned pelf were most un
businesslike and wasteful. So he
opened an account for her in a nearby
bank aud brought the little lady a
check book.
With all of bis patience, six weeks of
bis valuable time and some 17 large
sized check books, Mrs. Jones-Brown
at length succeeded in making out a
check which the careful bank clerks
were willing to honor.
Mrs. Jones-Brown was elated at her
success. So delighted was she that she
spent an entire afternoon with her
check book. To her uubonded joy the
bank cashed every check she bad
written.
About that time Mr. Jones-Brown
wascalL-d away from towu on business.
On bis return be asked bis little spouse
bow she was getting on witb her check
book.
"Splendidly, Harryi" aid she, en
thusiastically. "The bank was awful
ly kind. They cashed all my checks,
and, what do you think? They sent
them back to me! The checks were a
bit torn and ragged, so I wrote them all
out fresh and used them again. It's
glorious!"
Mrs. Jones-Brown now receives her
weekly money in cash. Harper's
Bazar.
Remarkable Eeicne.
Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfleld, 111.,
makes tbe statement, that she caught
cold, which settled ou ber lungs; she
waa treated for a month by ber family
physician, but grew worse. He told
ber she was a hopeless victim of con
sumption and that no medicine could
cure her. Her druggist suggested Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consump
tion; she bought a bottle and to her de
light found herself benefitted from first
dose. She continued its use and after
taking six bottles, found herself sound
and well; now does ber own house
work, and is as welt as she ever was.
Free trial bottles of this Great Discov
ery at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store,
Somerset, Pa., and at G. W. Bral-
lier's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa.; Urge
bottles 50 cents and $1 00.
Cat of Beef If ost Easily Digested.
The meat from tbe shoulder was
found in some German tests to be from
1 to 2 per cent more easily digested than
that from the bind quarters. Tbe
effect of different modes of preserving
beef is shown in tbe following list ar
ranged in tbe order of digestibility.
Smoked beef, raw beef, beef broiled ia
water, raw beef, corned beef, broiled
beef.
OCTOBER L 185)1).
The Cultivation of Nat Trees.
Tbe planting and cultivation of va
rious kiuds of nuts will sooner or later
be given more attention by nursery
men and landowners than at present.
The hybridization of nuts has already
begun, and it can be safely predicted
that many new hybrids will be pro
duced in the near future. A nut of this
sort has lccn obtained by crossing two
distinct varieties, the black walnut aud
California waluut, aud has becu given
tbe name "Royal." Mr. Luther Bur
bink, the originator of various uew
hybrids In fruits, is tbe successful ex
perimenter. On almost every farm there is more
or less space which could be utilized
aud converted into a nut grove at very
little expense or trouble tbe steep
sidts of a swale or gully, hillsides that
are too steep to cultivate, a row of nut
trees plauted in li.-lil-i used as perma
nent pasture; if not planted too thickly,
would add to the value of pasture laud
by the delightful shade given.
Nature seems to have distributed the
various kiuds or nuts in sous ana
localities best suited to their growth.
For instauce, the chestnut is always
found growing on a sandy soil, while a
hickory is rarely found giowiug in
sandy localities, yet would tiirive iu
sand if plauted there. Tbe chestnut
will thrive if planted in almost any
deep rich soil where there is good
drainage. I have often heard it said
that a chestnut tree if planted on any
but a sandy soil would not live, and
I have also heard it a-serted that it cau
not be transplanted successfully; but I
have proved to my own satisfaction
that both of these can lie doue quite
successfully. The chances of success
can be made greater by introducing a
little of the soil uatural to the tree iuto
the hole in which it is to be planted.
The writer transplanted some teu or
fifteen sweet chestuut trees lust spring.
Digging good sized boles, we carefully
placed the trees iu them and then tilled
them uearly full of saud. After pressing
down the sand we covered the latter
with a'jout 2 or 3 inches of clay loam
to prevent their dryiug out, All but
one or two of these trees are alive aud
will be grafted tbe coming spring with
improved varieties.
Not long since I read an article on
chestuut culture by Jacob Dingee, of
Pennsylvania. Mr. Din gee's method
was to cut offtheold treesorany youug
ones that were too old to graft down to
to the ground. They would then end
up a uew growth of sprouts. These
were thinned out the next year to a
few more thau were needed. At each
stump or root the sprouts were grafted
when two or three years old. Tbey
were afterward again thinned out to a
suitable distance apart Correspond
ent in the Country Gentleman.
Borne Antedatei Romulus.
It Is all very well to demolish Wil
liam Tell, Shakespeare and Beatrice
Cenci, but wbeu it comts to denying
the existence of Romulus and Remus
it is another question altogether for
tbe Romans, says tbe Pall Mall Ga
zette.
Although opinions havealways differ
ed about the exact date of the founda
tion of Rome, the calculations of the
historian Varrone have been consider
ed the most reliable, who putitatthe
eighth century B. C. The people, how
ever, who desire a definite date bave
ever declared that tbe Eternal City was
founded by Romulus 7o.i B. C, aud
that the audacious shepherd laid the
first stoue on the Palatine on April -1
exactly, so that tbe city ia now Lti-ji
years old. Now, to the general indig
nation, the archaeologist, O. Monte
lius, comes forward with document to
prove that the ancient mistress of the
world arose much earlier than lht
centuries B. C, there being remains of
the ninth, tenth, eleventh aud twelfth
centuries before tbe Christian era. The
conclusion to be drawn is that Rome
has at least tbe respectable age of 3101)
years, that Romulus and bis brother
have never existed, and that the wolf,
kept ia the cage on the top of the
Capitoline Hill, as confirmation of tbo
legend, is nothing but an impostor.
A Tax on Bachelors.
Tbe crusty old bachelor or the wo
man who is out of the runuing mar
riage question is assuming some rather
amusing phases in foreign countries,
says Harper's Bazar. The Diet of
Hesse has introduced a tax on unmar
ried men, tbey being compelled to pay
2 per cent more taxes than tbeir mar
ried brethren, and it is said that tbe
effect of this resolution by the govern
ment is being watched with great in
terest by tbe maidens of Hesse, who
are anticipating an epidemic of pro
posals. While in India that ever-recurring
question of the remarriage of widows
has again popped up, the Eastern fath
ers suddenly realizing that by giving
the widows a second chance, tbe op
portunities of getting rid of their un
married daughters is being considera
bly narrowed. English statistics show
that one out of every five widows seizes
the opportunity to a second time stand
before the altar of Hymen. It U said
that in tbe United States tbe female
population is very little larger than the
male, for tbe surplus of women of New
England are balanced by tbe men of
tbe mining communities of the far
West.
Story of a Slave.
To be bound hand and foot for years
by tbe chains of disease is the worst
form of slavery. George D. Williams,
of Manchester, Mich., tells bow such
a slave was made free. He says: "My
wife has been so helpless for five years
that she could not turn over in bed
alone. After using two bottles of Elec
tric Bitters, she is wouderfully improv
ed and able to do her own work." Tbia
supreme remedy for female diseases
quickly cures nervousness, sleepless
ness, melancholy, headache, backache,
fainting and dizzy spells. This mira
cle-working medicine is a godsend to
weak, sickly, run down people. Every
bottle guaranteed. Only 50 cents. Sold
at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset,
Pa., and G. W. Brallier's Drug SUsre,
Berlin, Pa.
A Prairie-Do Village.
Near Fort Reno, in the Indian Terri
tory, is a prairie-dog village, and a vis
itor at tbe fort tells Our Animal Friends
something about these inttresting little
animals:
Whenever an alarm was sounded
numbers dashed about, running hither
and thither, in a manner that indicated
that they wcrecaught away from home,
as one of tbeir binding rules forbids
one to tiiitr tbe domaiu of another,
aud each must seek shelter within bis
own burrow. These burrows are a few
feet apart, and in every direction well
beaten paths are to be seen. Tbey are
very social animals, and when all was
quiet it was amusing to see oue and an
other leave bis own lodgings and run
to sit with a friend upon his mound,
the two being occasionally joiued by a
third, the visitors apjiearing to halt ft r
a moment on their way upon an errand
of business or pleasure.
A great deal of euergy and activity
was displayed, although there was no
evidence that actual labor was beiug
performed. Those that bave closely
studied their customs say that there is
always one that represents the govern
ing power of the to n. He appears to
be consulted upon sundry and divers
matters, is exempt from toil, but be
shares in the lieuefits that accrue from
tbe labors of the others.
These villages radiate from a com
mon centre, growing in all directions
as the families increase, the burrows
lieing connected by a series of under
ground passages. Each burrow is dug
in a direction slanting downward for
about six feet,when there is an abrupt
turn and a slight rise; at this print
there is a little excavation, which serves
as a second story. Here is to be found
a bed of dried gras, witb storage of
roots and grains, or whatever else they
bave been able to procure iu tbe way of
foot!.
As it is tbeir custom to locate on high
ground at some distance from water.
there b.-n been a current belief that
they hive no need of nature's univer
sal beverage, but excavations have
proved that they depend upon a sub
terranean well for their water supply.
The Appetite of a Goat
Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose
Stomach and Liver are out of order.
All such should know that Dr.
King's New Life Pills, tbe wonderful
Stomach and Liver Remedy, give a
splendid appetite, sound digestion and
a regular bodily habit that insures per
fect health aud great energy. Only i"c.
at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somer
set, Pa., and G. W. Brallier's Drug
Store, Berlin, Pa.
He Didn't Bite.
"I never can tell a story aud have it
come out ail rigut," saiu a nine wo
man plaintively the other day. "I
thought I bad such a good one not
long ago. I was walking along and
heard one street boy say to another :
'Oh, you go buy 10 cents' worth of
potash.' 'What for?' says No. 2.
For 10 cents,' yelled the other and ran
off giggling.
'I thought it was pretty good, and
I'd try it on Charlie at supper. But
when I told him to g buy 10 ceuU'
worth of potash he never said a word,
aud I knew another joke had fallen
flat and kept still. But the worst was
later. He put on bis bat and vanish
ed after supper, coming back iu a min
ute with a little parcel that he handed
to me.
"'What's that?" asked I.
'"Why, the potash you said you
wanted,' answered he, and I nearly had
hysterics on the spot. Did you ever
bear anything so perfectly awful? I
won't ever try to get off anything fun
ny again."
Aud the little woman sighed as she
walked away. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Home of the Potato.
Peru la the birth place of the potato,
which was used as an article of food by
the Incas and exported to Europe by
the Spauiards when they took over
quinine bark and named it in honor
of the Countess of Chincon. whose
husband at that time was Viceroy.
The Indians bad used tbe bark for
medicinal purpose as long as uuy one
could remember, but this noble lady
was the first European to test iu -efficacy,
and it proved so excellent a cure
for the malaria which saturates tfie at
mosphere of Lima tbat she induced
the Jesuit fathers to recommeud it to
the medicos of the Old World. Tftse
wise old chaps sent it to Spain mad
Italy, and it is said thi.t oue of the first
doses of quinine tnat was . ever adinio
istered in Europe w.s swallowed by
the Pope. Tbe unregenerate potato,
which is still found in a wild state
among tbe mountains of Peru, Ls a del
icate vine which bears a fruit about tbe
size of a plum aud as yellow as an
orange. Cultivation has increased its
size and improved its flavor. Corres
pondence Chicago Record.
He Fooled the Surgeons.
All doctors told Renick Hamilton, of
West Jefferson, O , after suffering IS
months from Rectal Fistula, he wc old
die unless a costly operation was per
formed; but he cured himself witU five
boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the
surest Pile cure on Earth, ant) the best
Salve in the World 2-c. per box. rxld
at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Som
erset, Pa., and G. W. Brallier's Drug
Store, Berlin, Pa-
Mamma "Beie, how many sisters
has your new playmate?"
Bessie "He has one, mamma. He
tried to fool me by saying that he bad
two half sisters, but be didn't know
that I've studied arithmetic."
Do not confound Wheeler's Nerve
Vitalizer with any pretended nerve
cure. There la only one sure and safe
cure, tbat is Wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer.
Physicians prescribe it because they
know of its prompt effect. For sale at
Carman's Drug Store, Berlin, Pa., j
and Mountain Bon Drug store,
Confluence, Pa.
The one man ia the world who has
I justified in putting on airs is the musi-
WHOLE NO. 25 M.
Good Stories Told of Robert Bonner,
There are more forms of high art than
appear on canva, iu marble or on a
graveu page. The late Robert Bonner,
for Instauce, was a master of many
To be i-ure, he could not paint a picture
nor could he carve a marble faun. But
be could shoe a horse, and as an ad
vertiser he had no equal. Besides this.
he could set tyiv with machine-like
rapidity and precision aud decision
aud could t. II & paying story at i
glance. Also, be never owed a cent
longer than it tk to iwy it. All of
which is more or less art.
Iu lvli Mr. Bouuer came to New-
York. He brought with bim $70 to a
cent. He put it in abank, and one day
the cvsbicr wrote dwn iu red ink in
his bank b-Kik, ";."
"It was my interest," said Mr. lioii
ner. ' I bad to ak him what it meant.
He told me, and I was overwhelmed
with art Hiishment, I tol.l bim I
htdii't made the money. 'No but your
money did,' he auswered.
"That settled it. 1 learned tbat day
that money makes money, and that to
be rich you must save. So I have
saved."
The only time iu bis life that Mr.
Bonner ever made a bet was wbeu be
was a typesetter on the Hartford t'our
ant. A "jour" of the name of John
Hand came down tbe line with the
advance reputation of being the svi:i
est compositor ou earth.
"May lie," said the Couraut men;
"but you haven't tried Bonner j'et."
"Hub:" said the 'jour;' "I'll try
him for 10 a side."
"I never liet," said Mr. Bonner.
'You better not," laughed the chal
lenger. Mr. Bonner changed bis mind. He
put up $10, got dowu to work, aud 1-e-sides
consuming two pieces of custard
pic, set 2j,000 ems of solid miuion type
in 2 hours and minutes. Tbe ft-ut
has never been equaled, says tbe New
York Journal.
Although Mr. ifcinner spent in bis
lifetime about j0,utM for trotting
hirscs, Le never race.t one or allowed
ona to lie raced for money. His first
horse was bought iu July, lsW. At
that time there bad been just nineteen
horses in tbe world dead and live tbat
had trotted a mile in 2.30. To-day
there are lo.WA) on tbe list. To Mr.
Bonner is due much of this. He was
the first to show what might be ac
complished by intelligeist shoeing, and
without doubt no man alive has ever
understood the foot of the horse as
definitely as he learned it,
This was effectively displayed some
time ago at a sale of Balo Alto trotters.
Mr. Bonner looked thtm over and
picked out Ause! Chief as tbe best of
the lot. But every other high horse
man iu America bad discarded the
auirnal as unsound. The day the colt
came to New York he was lame, but
that made no difference to Mr. Bon
ner. He seut his brother to buy Ausel
Chief, and set a limit at $1 500. Iu
virtue of his lameness, Ansel Chief
was knocked down at JS0O.
Mr. Bouner grinned with delight.
He took tbe colt to Tarry town and
pared dowu its toes. In a few days it
was as sound as a dollar, moving
squarely and fat, and at the age of
four went tbe mite in 2.1-jj.
"You see," explained Mr. Bonner,
"the toe of its hoof was so long that it
stretched the suspenaory ligament, I
jmt had it pared down and relieved the
strain. It cost about two cents' labor
and saved me a thousand dollars."
Buttermilk and Health.
But few appreciate buttermilk. It
would be a sorry day for tbe doctors
aud bogs if everybody ateauddrauk as
much buttermilk as this writer, says
A. X. Hyatt, iu Northwestern Agri
culturist. I give buttermilk consider
able credit for the fact that I bave
never been so sick as to bave a doctor
come to feel my pulse and look at my
tougue. I don't believe we would ficd
half as much error aud nonsense in
our agricultural papers if all the editors
would eat and drink enough butter
milk. Buttermilk clears tbe brain and
cleaus the blood.
A noted physician said not long ago
that buttermilk is "a true milk pep
tone." Tbat is, milk already partially
digested, it is a decided laxative and
tiothiug equals it iu habitual constipa
tion. It is a diuretic and is excellent
for kidney troubles. It is the most re
freshing and digestible of all the pro
ducts of milk. Nothing is better iu tbe
treatment of diabetes. In some cases
of cancer of the stomach and gastric
ulcer buttermilk ia the only food tbat
can be retained. One of my neighbors
spent money enough to go to the Phil
ippines for doctors, drugs, ete., to cure
bis rheumatism, without getting any
better.
I told bim a fe barrels of nice but
ter mi Ik would drive rheumatism from
JUm ajiatoiny and it waadone with less
b.an a barrel worth about 20c per 1J0
pouL to feed hogs. I know of half a
dottexi iu this county of buttermilk who
Jay the cure of their rheumatism to
1 ippered milkraud buttermilk. Any
of you who think your system needs a
a little beer, whisky or tobacco, try
buttermilk instead (give it a good trial)
Mud become happier and healthier.
Tue ouly aliinulant this writer takes in
xm old age re buttermilk and lopper
etf milk, and my friends (and I, too)
are proud of me.
Anyone who knows Mr. Hyatt will
not ited to ibe .convinced that he has
been drinking from the fountain of
youth. If ibis ia found in tbe butter
milk j at er-es-j farmer has it at his dis
jkjKl. Ru Unr milk is food and drink,
us most people know. If it U also
iuediciie it is still mere desirable.
It was almost a miracle. Burdock
liJ Bitters cured an of a terrible
braking out all over tbe body, I am
--ery grateful." Mis Julia Filbridge,
West cru well, Conn.
To brijbfen and clean wicdows, put
a Uactipful -of am&Mia to every pail-
fjl of tepid water, wash well with a
pon&e or uft rag, then dry with a
-Ju cloth, and poJish with a leather
strsa old silk Land kerchief.
" Monarch over
ptaiu. Burns, tuts,
-rcain, sting.
Instant relief. Dr.
j Ttsomas' Edectric Oil At any drug
jst r&
A Vary laeleaa la
A writer In tbe PUiladtlpblai Time
wbo baa been looking up tbe record of
the mcsmJto In natural history has
come to the conclusion that It Is a very
useless Insect. Here U tie result of
bis iQTestlgation:
"J-ast w hy tbe mosquito bites people
ia not yet known. It ia not to furnish
It foot, for it Is an established fact
tliat a mosquito, arter purging him
self with human blood, dies within a
few Lours, whereas mosquitoes tliat
hare never tastetl blood have been
known to lUe very comfortably, evea
tlirougb tbe entire winter and Into th
next season. Tbo adult mosquito does
not need food. During Its larvae strts-j
It has stored up enough nourishment to
last all Its life, and It Is a normal atatt
for It to go without fvxxl for the rest
of Its existence. All that It needs !
moist air, adult mosquitoes being
known to pass tbe winter In damp cel
lars, UvlDg on nothing but the mois
ture. "Tbe fact that It Is estimated that
only one out of 10,000 ever tastes hu
man blood also proves that It is not
necessary. Why It persists In tortur
ing mankind, therefore, has not yet
liet-n found out, aud scientists cau on
ly swear softly with tbe rest of man
kind and make the grneral statement
that the mosquito Is born with a vitlat
nl appetite for human pore, an appotlta
that causes the death of the Indulger."
Iloaae f t Ksaa tkeeae.
While the r.dain cheese Is a familiar
visitor on the table not every one
knows whence It conies nor bow Its
cannon ball proportions and gay col
oring have lieen achiercL Tbe north
ern part of Holland Is the scat of the
Edam cheese industry, and the couse
qnent cleanliness of the relish is there
fore doubly assure-tl.
In making It the frtfih cow's milk U
carefully strained and the rennet add
ed. As soon as the uillk curdles tbtt
whey Is drawn off, aud tbe curd, thor
onshlr kneaded. Is pressetl Into molds.
This process is repeated until tbe whey
has all been extracted and the curd U
comparatively dry. It Is then wrapped
Iu a liueu cloth aud kept for 10 or 1
days until quite solid. Then tbe clota
Is removed anil the cheese put Into
salt lye. Afterward a little more dry
suit Is sprinkled on the cheese until
the maker thiuks it Is salt enough to
Iiiouie lis keeping.
It Is next put into a vessel and wash
d witb whey and scraped to remove
li t white crust. It Is uext carried In
to a cool room and laid on shelves,
where It is frequently turned. The
ripening process lasts from two to
three months, the round balis grow
ing the tine yellow or reddish color
iHH-uIiar tj r'daui cheese. The cheosei
intended to be exported to this coun
try are rendered still more brilliant by
dyeing the rind with a vegetable dye.
New York Tribune.
Saved tbe sir.
The little son of au English gentle
man, in mischievously playiug with a
vj.se. managed, after several attempts
t get his hand through the narrow
Leek, and was then unable to extricate
It, For half an hour or more the w hole
fauiily and oue or two frieuds did
their best to withdraw the fist of the
young offender, but Iu valu. It was
a very valuable vase, aud the father
was loath to break It, but the exi&tiug
state of affairs could not continue for
ever. At length, after a final attempt
to draw forth the hand of the victim,
the father pave up his efforts in de
spair, but tried a hist suggestion.
"Uin'ii your baud!" he commanded
the tearful youug captive, "and theo
draw it forth."
I can't oiH-n It, father,' declared tht
toy.
Vau'tY" demanded bis father.
-Why?"
"I've got my penny In my band,"
came the astounding reply.
"Vby. you young rascal, thundered
his rather, "drop It at oncer
The icnny rattled In the bottom of
the vase aud out came tbe band.
A Mwle Catcher.
A farm manager at Fodderty. Ding
wall. Scotland, watching a mole catch
er at work, saw sea gulls hovering
over aud occasionally alighting upon a
turnip field in which the observer and
others were at work. A particularly
large aud handsome bird attracted his
attention by the graceful way It float
ed slowly over the drills. Intently
scanning the surface of the ground.
Suddenly, steadying Itself a moment,
it dropped, dug Its bill into the bear
ing ground and rose with a mole for
its prey, nesting a few minutes. It
gracefully tx-gau again a further
search for prey. Ia a few minutes a
second mole was unearthed.
Case of Craeltr.
A little girl whose acquaintance with
the xoological wonders of creation was
limited was looking at one of the
elephants iu Lincoln park, Chicago,
while on her first visit to that popular
resort.
Observing that the animal stood mo
tionless near a watering trough, she
said:
Toor thing! Why don't they lift up
bis trunk and fasten It back so be can
drlnkr
old Haaaaw Boaea.
The keejier of the public cemetery
of a small Bohemian town near Prague
excavated the older parts of the grave
yard, and sold all the eld bones be
could find for Industrial purposes. a
he found that certain manufacturers
paid more for huuiuu bones than for
those of animals.
Fie had licea earning money In this
way for several years before he was
detected and suspended from bis pose
To Oriets Trs.
It requires 40 horses t pull family
ranity at a funeral and only two to
full tbe corpse. Catholic Universe.
Picking Applet.
The practice of leaving apples on tb
trees uutil they are easily picked off is
not a commendable one, as when left
to longa heavy wiud coming up will
shake a great many of them dowu and
reduce tbeir value to tbat of cider
stock.
Tbe best time to pick apples is just
when they have arrived at perfection.
and no standard rule as to time can be
given, for the different varieties mature
at different times.
Each tree should be picked when its
fruit is ready to be harvested, and every
apple should be carefully picked, so as
to prevent bruises or discoloration of
the skin.
If apples are left on tbe tree until
entirely ripe they will not keep as well
as they would had they been picked a
little before fully ripe and allowed to
ripen in a pile. When ripened off tbe
tree tbey lose a little in juiciness, but
this loss is so slight that it dos not be
gin to make up for tbe advantage qf
tbe better keeping quality that comes
with early picking.
As a general rule, apples should be
picked before the leaves are off the
trees. This means before a killing
frost has touched them. If picked
early and piled up in the orchard and
covered with straw they go through a
sweat similar to that of stack-id griu
and cure out so tbey will keep firm and
solid for a long time. Even late fall
apples that are picked just before they
are ripe and ripened in a pile will keep
until Christmas in perfect condition.
"Necediy knows no law." It is a
law of Nature that tbe blood must be
kept pure, and Hood's Sarsaparilla
does it.