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It is not like the plain cod-liver oil, which is difficult to take at any time. If you are losing flesh. you are losing ground and you need . Scott's Emulsion v and must have it to keep up ' your flesh and strength. If 4 tj yuu nave Deen taking it and g rvrnnr5n in it Ann't f-"l vti it, I c tail iu : a: i'i cunnnuc uniu you are tnor- z 3 OUhlv frnnrf anrl i.!! , "... -r 1J Vtc jnd $1.00. all drugristi. SCOTT i BOWSE, Chcmi,, New York. t'vi. V: : t i t .t THE- First llioiial Bant Somerset, JPenn Capital. S50.000. Surplus, S44.G00. UNOIV'OED S5.Q00. PROFITS DEPOSITS HCCCIVC I N LAKSC N D SMALL MOUNTS. ftTt.lt OM OCM.HO ACCOUNTS or MCNCHANTI, RMIRS. STOCK OCALCRS. AND OTHERS SOLICITLO DISCOUNTS DAILY. - BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CKAf. U. W'l"I.U E. K.WTLU JAMKS L. Pl"VH, W. H. MILi.KK, r KKli -V. KIt.Sh.CKER EDWARD SCl'LL, : : PRESIDENT VAUXTINtHAY, : VICE PKESIDKNT. HAtt"EV M. 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Bert mthXl. at CESTRAL STATE KORMAL SCHOOL l.U( K IIAl N 'CilaM tJ,l'A- Strtnr tM-nttj. n4 eocrn fo4 lilf.TT, m.-l.ra ii'ir.lu la :rt.r . r7nit-m-in li.a l-'a. t.u:tJ.o-w, .it-n-l. rriawfc Nj'.rvt l.m.-. MiilKai-, M.t. .d W tu HejtM la ' !'in t ' rulr !. :" t, w"T "r-il in Mimic, saorta.nd.ljp.- it wtt. it,. lv. ivwikL i-fc r v4-pl2yj:iost cilcfUti ever ji Wi: i-a ICsliVC fc-t-iw a. 44 1 "The li-ht Uii-t l:ti; I iri s beauty's china, !:r:t finiiac-1 loui'ii lo Uit tii:.v ii y room or liiiii-j roc.i, i: tl c lrieiio glow ut Wm VAX CANDLES' 5tia in a.i rc icn to Uarmaaiii viih ry im:r. r biiigins ;r dtcoruti'.-i: l ilatiofaiiirod ly j CTANDAPD CIV CC Kor :ilo rr-r 1: ro. k 4 a, . jim 1' " ' 1 com. I trrad !h Mnn?rful of Tim Al Fair Tttan of a dinc rc icd past. Tours limlnxl and ierfrct a tbe Lrella in chime. In th two ltand I hnlJ th run and rhrmt Virpfrrvnt man rudi lut deatinv to cart Npw hr-pef upn ihi tirraa'a boV'rn rast. Kew nmu.Yt and defeat, new good, new crima. Fmrn ml ihr ms wrwkae and d"rond Strfun Itltck ahout iw ovor ara and land ttuild thou en ark to mi! liprr be taa trod. I lp the U ave'i mm ml. lor.k bernnd; Thr tun it ittinjr: come. I take man's hand And I a J him one tep nearer toward hit God! Rpptna!d Wright Kauffmaa in Pfcilad!phU S ItY MATTIK DYEK liUITTS. "Come at last, I see. My dear fellow, I am really glad lo see you." It was a handsome young man wbo spoke tbe words to another, who bad just leaped lightly from a train at a neat village uot a thousand miles from well, no matter where. '"It does me good to see you, dear old boy. I dida't half think you wou'd come." "You cau't be more delighted to see me than I am to be here, Ham. Why didn't you think I would come? I wrote yotf I would." "Oil yes; but fancy what you had to Where's your luggage, Jack !' "Right here a big telescope and my guncawe; you said j-ou had some good shooting about these woods." "Yes, we have that! Come, bundle the traps right into the buggy, and we'll be off. I dare say Mime has had supper waiting this half hour." "Up you go, then." Jack Cameron tossed his things into the back of the low buggy, took a seat beside Bam, wbo already sat holding his Hues, and they were oil' down the smooth road to Woodnide, the pretty place, two miles from town, where 8am Dermott lived with his old maid fister, since the death of their father left tLem the owners of land and property. "Explain yourself, old man," said Jack, turning to his friend, as they bowled alou. "Why did you imagine I would uot come?" "Oh, you were spending your vaca tion at your brother Tom's, aud they had a lot of pretty girls there, and so" "Just stop right now, Sam; that is the identical reason I ran away." "What, from the girls?" "Exactly. Tom's wife is a regular J little match-maker, as you know. She had those girls out partly with that ry idea thinks it is tiuie I was set tled, and all that, you see. I got so fearfully tired of their dressing and flirting and making eyes at a fellow, and talking as if butter wouldn't melt to their mouths ah, bah! It makes me tick now ! Don't you ever believe I was going to stay there when I could be out here w ith you and Miss Mime not much!" Sam threw back his htad and gave a hearty laugh. "Mighty glad we are to get you on any terms, Jack, lad; but aren't you a tntle hard on the girls? They are uot all like that." "Well, most of 'em are. I'm sick of the whole business. Haven't got a girl waiting for me here, have you ? I'll go straight back if you have." "Then I wouldn't tell you if there was one. Rut no, there isu't a ft male soul on the place except sister Jemima aud her cook and housemaid, nor very many in the near neighborhood." "Sure you have not a few coming for a little visit?" "No, uot expecting any. Oh, yes, Mime did get a letter from our respect ed grandmamma, saying she might drop in on us this w eek. Nobody else, t awiire VOU." ! "Drive on, then. We will let the g Kd grandmamma come if she wants to. She won't interfere with our shoot ing and iishing. I'm content to stay as long as you'll let me, Sam." "Then you w on't go back to tbe city grind in a hurry, tell you that! (iet up, Dan! Show your heels to our friend, cau't you ? He's a little dandy, Jack! Cost me a cool two hundred, aud I would not look at three for him auy day." The girls were quite forgotten In Sam's pet pony, and before they reach ed Woodside Jack's face had entirely lo-it its tired look of disgust with the world in general. Miss Jemima, (or Mime, as she was usually called) was standing on the frout verauda to wel ome them, and bid them hasten to get ready for supper, or her nice hot rolls would be spoiled. They w ere mkiu seated at her hospi table board, aud Jack did full justice not only to the rolls, but to the fragraut coflVe, rich cream, fresh home-cured ham and eggs, and all the other dainty dishes in which Mime' heart delight ed. After supper they paid a visit to the stables before dark, and laid plans for a drive to Flat Rock on a fishing trip nxt day. Two or three similar dajs flew rapidly by, Jack declaring that he would uot exchange the good times he was having with Sam for all the girls in the world. Four days after he came Sam was ob iged to go to a neighbor ing tow n on a bit of law business he had to be a w itness in a land suit for another uiu-arid Jack, in t earing to put through a dull day in a country court, intended to spend the time hunt ing in the woods around the farm. While they sat at breakfast, or, rath er, as they were rising from the table, a telegram was hauded to Sam, which he hastily read, and gave an exclama tion of vexation. "Now, haug it all f tald he, "I've got to go on this troublesome case, aud here's a message from grandmother she w ill be at Martville this afternoon, and wants me to come over aud uiett her thre." "Oh, is grandmother coming to day?" a.-ked Mime, stopping in the door on her way to the kitchen. "So this says; and what to do I don't know, unless you will go over, Mime." Can't I go?" put iu Jack. "I am at the service of the vuerable lady for ny length of time, and of course, as tihe is old, and not apt to be very stmng, she must not be left aloue at a Strang place. I'll go fvr you, Sam, with pleas ure." Sam had turned to Jack with a queer expression on bis face, aud Miss Mime began Uj say: "What? G ran J mother? Oh, she's" omer SOMERSET, PA., But Sam hastily stepped up to her, said some! Ling in a low tone, and then turned to his friend: "The very thing, Jack! I do wish you would go. You can drive Dan to the buggy and I'll take old Coh to the road-cart." "All right; I'll go. How shall I know the dear old lady ? Can you de scribe her, as she will not know me, of course." Sam had bis back turned and his voice sounded odd as he replied : "Oh, the station agent at Hartville knows her. She often comes that way. He will show her to you. lie sure to take good care of her Jack. Ha ! ha ! ha!" "To be sure I wilL What are you laughing at, Sam?" . "Oh ! only an idea that struck me something alout Donovan's case. Good by, old boy. I'll be at home as early as possible. Don't forget to meet Grandmother Dermott- Good-by. Ha! ha! ha!" Sam went out, leaving Jack wonder ing what tickled bim so; but as he was uot familiar with the Donovan case, of course it might be a very funny one. At 3 o'clock that afternoon Jack drove up to the little dingy railroad station at Hartville, and hitched Dan to a convenient post. He drew out bis watch, and glancing at it, observed : "Not much time to spare. Train's due now, if Sam was right. Ah, there it comes. Where's that agent? Never mind bim, any way. If only one old lady gets off I shall know it is Sam's graudmother without any introduc tion. I'd better be near; the dear old soul may need help to get off." Jack gallantly drew very close to tbe train as it stopped, and stood waiting for his passenger. Half a dozen coun trymen, two womeu with babies in their arms, aud a fat colored woman nobody else, except a slender girl iu a stylish black suit, at whom even woman-hater Jack bad to cast a second glance, she was so exceedingly pretty and attractive. "Where's my old lady," he said to himself. "Something luu-t have hap peued, for she is certainly not hero. I wonder why she did not come." Rut as she bad not, he was about to go back to the buggy, when he saw the handsome girl standing near him with a perplexed look on her lovely face. Jack stepped up, lifting his hat. "Reg pardon, miss, but cau I assist yoa? Are you looking for some one?" Tbe lady gave him a smile and an swered : "Yes ; I did expect some one to meet me from Woodside Farm, but no one is here. Am there any conveyances to be hired at this place do you kuow ?'' "I do not, indeed," returned Jack, astonished. "Rut I come from Wood side myself. I, too, expected to meet a lady who has uot arrived Mrs. Der mott" Tbe lady smiled again, aud said, brightly : "Oh, then we are all right I am Mrs. Captain D.Tmott, and you mut be the friend Sam wrote they were ex pecting from tbe city." "I am Sam's friend, certainly, but but there is some mistake," stam mered Jack. "I I came to meet Sam's graudmother, a very old lady." A merry little laugh was bis answer. "I thiuk there is no mistake, Mr." "Cameron," Jack barely bad sense to reply. "Thank you, Mr. Cameron, then I believe it is all right I am Sam's grandmother, though perbap not s old as might have been expected. Did you ever kuow that Captain Dermott was married only two years before his death? And I was sorry, even if he was an old man, for be was so good to me," she added honestly, a regretful look coming over ber sweet face. Jack made out to stammer again : "I I never heard. I did not I was not oh, excuse me, miss madam, I mean but I am really knocked off my pins, if you will forgive the slang, w ith this surprise. I a as prepared for-a white-haired, feeble old lady, who would need help in getting off the traiu ; but not uot this, you see." Another merry laugh from Mrs. Der mot. "I wonder Sim or Mime did not tell you better. Why did not Sam come with you?" "He bad to go to Cloverton on some body's lawsuit, so I took bis place. Aud really, Mrs. Dermott, I am not always such a fool. Pardou me and tell me where to find your luggage. I will see to having it sent out." "Thauk you. There is only one trunk. Here is tbe check." She gave it to bim and he had pres ently engaged the wagon to briug it to the farm, had put her into the buggy and was driving bck to Wooiside, for once in bis life almost dumb. He simply could not talk, he was so pro voked at himself for making so great a dunce of himself, and at Sam, who be saw had played a clever trick on bim. "I kuow now what he laughed at this morning," be thought, savagely. "Oi, but I'll get even with him for this, if I have to be his grandfather to do it" When they had eopjed at the door, Mime came running out to meet them. "You found ber, did you?" "Yes, I did, aud I made a big fool of niyself, Miss Mime, and I bflieveyou and Sam planned it all, too." Then they all three broke into a laugh, and when Mrs. Dermott, after she had kissed Mime, held out ber w hite hand and said, pleasantly, "Rut you musn't be angry with me, Mr. Cameron, for I was as innocent as yourself. Shall we be friends?" He could do nothing but extend his own hand and say, humbly : "It shall not be my fault if we are anything else. I don't care whose grandmother you are." Rut when be was aloue with Sam that night, didn't Sam catch it ! "I declare, I never thought but what you knew," he said, when Jack would let bim speak at all. "Grandfather Iiermott married a young girl a few years before he died, and of course by iaw she is our grandmother." "She don't lok like girl who would make that kiud of a marriage," said Jack thoughtfully. "It waa not 'that kind of a mar riage as you mean it Grandfather was aloue and needed a woman's love and care. Cora gave it because she set ESTJLBILISIIEO 1827. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 10. 1900. pitied bim, much more than because , she knew that he would leave ber a fortune when he died. She's a lovely ; woman, and might have made several good matches since grandfather went, I but she wouldn't listen to them, Jack. She'd suit you to a dct." "Perhaps I wouldn't suit her, though. Sni, when you saw I didu't know this morning, why didu't you tell me?" "Well, then, I must confess it struck me to carry out the joke and let you find out for yourself, so I stopped Mime when she was going to tell. Don't be mad, old fellow." "I won't promise; it depends. I'll tell you what I will do. If she don't say no, I'll pay you up by making my self your grandfather, Sam." "Go in, Jack ! Go in aud win !" Jack did win, for the last letter Sam had from him was written while he was on bis wedding trip, aud was signed, "Your affectionate and happy grandfather." Farm and Fireside. Orders Are to Be Obeyed. A young man with a decidedly seedy appearance entered the superintend ent's otilce, and placing his hand fa miliarly upon the superintendent's shoulder accoated him thus: "Ross, can you gimme a job?" "What department?" "Either brakin' or firin'." "Do you know the Rook of Rules?" "Some." "Well, let me see how well you are posted. We will suppose you were tiring a train that wai running from Jersey City to Philadelphia; tbe engin eer would get killed and you would take bis place. You would tiud on bis clip that the train bad orders to take the sidetrack for another train some where iu the woods where there was no leiegrapn ouice. "so, suppose that traiu did not arrive there for, say, 12 hours; what would you do V" "Thai would be the affair of the con ductor, not mine." "I will take your name, and if we have need of your services we will send for you. Good day." - The next applicant to enter seated hims.'lf back of the superiuleudent aud waited for him to break the silence, which he did shortly. "Well, sir, what tun I Jo for you?" "I would like to have a job, boss." "Iu what department?" "Traiu set vice," "Are you familiar w ith the R xk of Rules?" "A little." Tbe superintendent then asked bim the same question as the first The fellow scratched his bead, then looking the superintendent square in meeye, he replied: "Rjss, if the or ders looked J.)J aui wtTtj p iir.iv'e, I would stay on that sidetrack until Hades fro.i over." "Go down and report to Mr. , tbe trainmaster, for duty. Philadel phia Inquirer. Difference in Bootblacks. "Did you ever notice the difference between tbe darky and Italian b.xt blacks?" said a mau about town to a Chicago Inter Ocean reporter. "I say darkies aud Italians, because most of the 'shining' in Chicago is done by one or the other. Tbe darkies do the work in barU-r shops and shoe stores and the Italians run moat of the 'parlors.' "Now, you watch a darky, and if he's alone he'll talk to bis customer. If there's two of them they'll cbatW to gether like magpies. And the darky is so full of music aud dauo that he's got to put them into his work. He'll put in all sorts of fantastic motions and beat out a rude kind of time, as if he were picking a banjo or cutting a pigeouwiug. When be brushes you he'll beat you with the whisp broom in the same way. "Go into oue of the Italian 'parlors' and it's as still as a grave. There may bi a dozen bootblacks, but not one of them will speak to you or to a com panion. They do their work steadily and rapidly, but it's work, and noth ing elsd. Same way with their brush ing you. It's as different as a watea service from a cake walk." Beginning the Year With pure, rich, healthy blood, which may be had by Hood's Sars.-.parilla. you will Dot need to fear attacks of pneumonia, bronchitis, fever.-", colds or the grip. A few bottles of this great tonic and blood purifier, taken now, will hi your best protevtiou against spring humors, loils, eruptions, that tired feeling and serious illness, to which a weak aud debilitated system is especially liable in early spring. Hood's Sarsaparilla eradicates from the blood all scrcfula taiuis, tones and strengthens tbe stomach, cures dys pepsia, rheumatism, catarrh and every ailmeul caused or promoted by impure or depleted blood. A K is take. It costs nothing to be ordinarily po lite, even under adverse circumstances. aud it generally pays. A passenger in a sleeping car, who was tired and sleepy and wanted to go to bed, called to a man who had just entered the coach aud was hurrying through it: "Say, isn't it about time to have these berths made up?" "What do you take m for?" angri ly replied the other, stopping and com ing back. "Do I look like a sleeping- car couductor ?" "No," rejoined the tired passenger. looking up at him, wearily. "You do not. I beg you pardon. My observa tion is that a sleeping-car conductor Is always a gentleman." Y'outh's Com panion. In its advanced aud chronic form a cold in the head it known as Nasal Catarrh aud is tbe recognized source of other diseases. Having stood the test of continued successful use, Ely's Cream Ralm Is recognized as a specific for membranal diseases in tbe nasal pas sages, aud you should resort to this treatment in your own case. It is not drying, does not produce sneezing. Price TrO cents at druggists or by mail. Ely Brothers, 50 Warren St., New York. Give up prejudice and try It Killed His Sweetheart by Mistake. Last week in a little country church yard in Cloud county, western Kansas, old Jack Williams was buried "Laughiu' Jack" he was called, though nev-r within the memory of the young er generation bad a smile been seen upon his face. In 16U7 Jack Williams an pea red in the town of Clyde. Soon after reach ing Clyde be Opened a livery stable aud commenced trading horses and freighting. He was a jolly fellow, always joking and nearly a' ways laughing. His laugh wus worth coming miles to hear. It had a volume like tbe roar of a cat aract. Tbe cl aim adjoining Jack's was held by a German, whose family consisted of his wife and daughter. The girl was about 22 or 2.1 years old. She was fairly good looking aud did a full man's work on the farm. "Laughiu' Jack" used to curse the "Dutch outfit" for what be termed their harsh treatmeut of the girl. lie was so bitter that it finally dawned upon the rough fellows of the place that be bad more of an interest in tbe girl than he really ever cared to admit. Her parents knew nothing of these facts. Her marriage meant the loss of a man on the farm, and it was taken for granted that they would oppose it So the couple intended to get married on the quiet Late one afternoon in the winter of 'li'J there caoie up a terrible blizzard suddenly, as they always come. That afternoon a cow had escaped from the Dutchman's corral, and it fell to the lot of the girl to find the animal. When the storm b-irst, the G;rmm aud his wife sat by the fire, reasouiug that the girl would come out all right. That evening Jack went to bis shack to spend the night, getting there for the worst of the storm. He was pre paring to go to bed, wbeu bis attention was attracted by the actions of bis dog. The beast bad risen to bis feet and ap peared to be listening. There came a lull in the btorm, the dog gave a yelp, and, bounding to tbe door commeuced scratching at it Jack opened tbe door, aud the dog dashed out The moon was making a feeble at tempt to cast light through the clouds, but as nothing could be male out, Jack was on the point of closing th d.-xir when again the yelp of the bound rang out. Grasping his ritle, Jack advanced a few paces from the dxr. Now be could dimly see on the edge of a ravine near the shack a grayish body moving slowly in the gloom. That it was a coyote there could be no doubt, and, throwing up bis gun, Jack fired. No sound followed the crack of the rifle, but the ol ject disap jieared . When Jack started for town next morning be walked to the ravine to see bow his aim bad been. An awful sight met his gaze, Just below the edge of the bank, with pure white snow ail about ber, ice in crusted in her hair, was the txnly of the girl he had intended to make his wif , shot through the brain by the ritle which, in his bands, bad a record of seldom missing its mark. Tbe man was nearly crszed w ith grief a nd horror; yet, be could not be blamed. The girl, numbed by exposure, was endeavoring to make ber way to his place of shelter, guided by the light in his window. Under the circumstances it was small cause for wonder that he was frantic with grief. The father considered th-tt he had a grievance, and thj day following the funeral he appeared at Jack's stable. He walk ;d over to where Jack wn dis consolately sitting on a goods box, and said that as bis daughter had been a great help to bim, aud as Jack had been the cause of her death, be thought that something should he done to make it right, and suggested that if Jack would surreuder his land to him be would call it square. For a minute Jack did not speak, while the loafers in the barn waited with hushed breath. Pale and trembling, Jack rose from his seat Pulling a six-shooter, be lev eled it at the farmer, and in a voice that began with a choke, he said: "See here, DJtch! Climb right into that wagon and bit tbe trail for home, and if you ever mention this matter to me again I swear to God I'll fill your carcass so full of lead that you cau't be lifted." What "Liughiu' ' Jack" said went; the old man turned aud left the place. Jack was never the same after that He seemed to have lost interest in life, and from that time the old laugh was never beard again. Having a Great Ban on Chamber lain's Cough Remedy.' Manager Martin, of the Pierson drug store, informs us that he is having a great, run on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He sells five bottles of that medicine to one of any other kind, and it gives great satisfaction. In these days of la grippe there is nothiuglike Chamberlain's Cough Iwemedy to stop the cough, beal up the sore throat and lungs and give relief within a very abort time. The sales are growing, and all wbo try it are pleased with its prompt action. South Chicago Daily Calumet For sal by all druggists. Determined to Bag Him. A story Is told in an English paper concerning a country doctor, who was going on his rounds one morning with his gun ou his shoulder. He was a-keen sportsman, as are many of the faculty whose practice lies in the places where sports abound, and was looking forward to polishing off a little ground game when his profes sional visits were over. A friend meet ing bim, and seeiug bim with tbe gun, exclaimed, "Where are yon going, doctor, so early in the day, w ith that deadly weapon on your shoulder?" The medical man, it Is stated, was well known as a crack shot "I'm hurrying off to see a patient," he replied. "Well, said his friend, "I see you are determined not to miss bim." Herald FARM SEWS AND VIEWS. Butter and Milk Eecords Preparing for Spring Work. Records of noted erws are not secur ed solely on account of tbe individual being of a certain breed. Those who make use of selected breeds also study tbe best and most economical methods of feeding. Theauimal is simply the machine for converting fod Into milk and butter, and It would fail to accom plish the object desired but for the character of the food. When cows are tested f r records tiiey are not fed on straw and fodder, and with the view of saving in tbe food, but, on the contra ry tbe best fowls that can te obtained are not considered too good or costly. Grain, clover, pasturage, linseed weal and roots assist, each to atl'jrd a variety or change and to promote the appetite and induce the co to eat as much as she can digest; henco such cows have great digestive capacity and can utilize large quantities of food. The fact that such cows are well bred is simply a a evidence that they are from families that have been noted for g od records. It is the food that makes the iui.k and butler, but an ordinary ow does not possess the capacity of cousuiuiug and converting large quantities of food into milk and butter compared with oue that is pure bred. When wood ashes are applied lime is unnecessary, a every l'JO p muds of wood ashes contain about 4) pouuds of lime. Ashes vary greatly, as they are produced from ditfereut sources, easily absorb uioisture, and their composition canuot be determined without careful examination. Toe m')st valuable in gredient in ashes is ptash, the propor tion bcring aixmt six pHindt to every 100 pounds of wood ashes. Ashes also contain about 2 per cent of phos phoric acid and about 3 per cent of magnesia. Coal ashes are of but little value. Wood ashes give excellent re sults ou all kiuds of crops, especially grass. A law that would prohibit the sale of calves for food before they are three mouths old would put an end to "bob" veal and lead to improvement of stock, for the reason that if farmers were com pelled to feed their calves to the age of three muths they would then give some attention, to breeding iu orJt-r to derive as much as possible from the calves. The scrub bull would soon become useless under such a sys tem and tbe farmers would find the change greatly iu their favor. Many of the infant calves are sold when but three days old and are then uslll for human food. Early in spring the wheat may !e harrowed with a smoothing barrow and 100 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre applied. If the young wheat is sickly in appearauce the nitrate will give it a green appearauce iu a few days and the wheat will seem to take a fresh start The yield will aKo be largely increased, aud the gain iu the straw aud grain will uot ouly enumer ate for the nitrate used, but will give also a profit on the investment Many of the young trees die becaus-e of injury when taken up at the nur sery. The tops of young trees may be cut back severely without injury, but it is very important that each tree be well supplied with an abuudauce of roots when they are transplanted. It is sometimes claimed that a garden becomes too rich and that it products an enormous growth of vine, with but little seeds or fruit The difficulty is that the garden coutains an excess of some kind of plant food. Rotate the crops or make a garden in a new loca tion, growiug corn, potatoes and cabbages successively on the oid location, when it niiy be used as a garden plot again. It is doubtful, however, if a garden can be too rich. Strawberries can be grown at a small cost compared with the price receixed, but the better the cultivation aud the more liberal the use of fertilizer the lower the expense, as the crop yield will he so much greater. The quality aud size of tbe berries will also be im proved, which will give thtriuretdy sale. The main expense in growing strawberries is the harvesting of the crop. The best time to apply fertilizer irom this time ou is iu March, the fer tilizer to be applied ou the plants in the rows. It is best not to work the p ants u'ltil they fiuish bearing, a the roots feed near the surface and should not be dilurted. If any weeds appear pull them out It is much easier to destroy bird- than insects, but as the number of birds is reduced the insects multiply. The wren is a very u.-eful bird and may be induced to remaiu near dwelling bouses if boxes are provided for them, hue as they are unable to contend against English sparrows tbe entrance to the wren boxes should not be over an inch in diameter, as the wren w very tmall acd can protect itself by going where the sparrow cannot follow. Every encouragement should be given birds by feeding them aud provi.lin' tuita ble places for their protection aud ac commodation. Bisulphide of earbin is used for de stroying weevil in whtat bins. Force a tube to the bottom of the bin, pour in about a pint of the liquid, aud cover the bin. Tbe gas is heavy and finds its way to every portion of the bin. It is a dangerous substance to use unless carets exercised, as a lighted pipe or cigar will cause it to explode, even when there is no flame. It is destruct ive of all insect life, but does not in jure tbe grain. It is not too soon to begin making preparations for the hotbed. The sashes, frames and the saving of the fresh manure for use at the proper time must be considered in advance, as there is always hurry in early spriug. "I was so bad that I could not bear the weight of the bed clothes on me, I tried doctors' medicine, hot bathsand patent medicines, all failed until I tried Wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer, that cured me." So writes John It. Rowan, Canal Fulton, Ohio. When all others fail, take Kraut's Cough Balsam, it never fails 2o cents. For sale at Garman's Drug Store, Rerlin, Pa., and Mountain A Son's Drug Store, Confli'euce, Pa. O WHOLE NO. 2528. The Color of Water. Many person have an idea that pure water is colorless, ard that the deep blue color of large bo.:ies of water, par ticularly when their surfa"1 are milled with waves, is simply tbe reflected color of the sky. This is true only in part That even distilled water, clear and transparent as it is when we have it in a small quantity in a glass vessel, is not olorless, is seen when by means of any suitable arrangement a thick ness of several feet is lKked through. It then assumes a greenish-blue color. The water of ponds and lakes is usually dis:olore 1 more or le? by vegetable and earthy ma'ter held iu suspension in it It is inp'H.sib!e to look down into water thus dyed to any great depth. To find water in its true color we must go to the ocean. A body of sea water, where there is a sandy bot tom and the depth is not great, has a bluish-green color when we look di rectly down into if, thus avoiding as fir a possible t!ie retl t-tion of the sky. Foam seen at sunn i!i stance below the surface is greenis i-white. Again, when the sky is gray with clouds antl the ocean is wave-covered, It throws ofl altogether its borrowed hue of blue aud appears iu its proper garb of green. ThN color, like most of the color? which a lorn the face of Nature, is due to a partial decmip'ition of the white solar light by the unequal absorption of its component prismatic colors When tbe sun's light fatls upon and penetrates this sea water absorption at onee legin-, acting the most strongly upon its red oiupouent. We may ob serve the result as the light readier different depths by lowering into the water a white p celain ptat At depth of no more than two or three fee! below t!e surface it already has a.tum ed a bluish-green hue, showing that some part of the c miplemeittary red co'.or of the light whi-h illuminates it has been absorbed has been trans muted into heat. As the plate desceud its greenish c ior deepens, until at ni very great depth it ceases to be viniole ttut whde the red component of white lig'.it is absorbed by water tin ni-st rapidly, no-ie of the light escapes sot free, but eveutu illy all of it is ab s irbel as completely as light is absorb eJ by carom. It has been estimated that even when the sun is pouring down its rays upon the ocean th most directly at n.nday none of its rays p -netrate t a deyth of over two bun dril feet CjuM a diver descend to th tt depth he would find himself shrouded in darkness as profound a. th ugh he were immersed in a sea of ink. Were it nt for matter Moating in supen-i u i-i this sea water minute living org i:iism- aud air bubbles due to tb breakiug of the waves, all of which reilect light the ccean, looked down into, would b as black as the blackest dye-s'u'.f, for in tiia: case none of the sun's rays, having oue? penetrated it Wiu. d recuru to in surface. It has been demonstrated repeat'y in every slate in the Union and in many foreign countries that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is a certain preventive and cure for croup. It has Ucorie the universal remedy for that disease. M. V. Fisher of Lilit-rry, W. V,ou!y re-p-ars what ha U ; said around the g'.olie when he writes: "I have Used Cisamberiain'a Cough Remedy in my family f r several ytsrs and always with perfect success. We believe thai it is not only the best cough remedy, but that it is a sure cure for croup. It has saved the lives f our children a number of times " Tl.i-t remedy is for sile by all druggists. Tuaael Under Gibraltar. The idea of tunneling the Straits of Gibraltar is clot entirely new, but i'. is a gigantic engineering enterprise, neverthelets. Sotie civil engineers spak very positively of the prospective benefits of s il-Ii a tunnel to Frauce's African colon v. A French engineer proves that there is compict r.ock for mation across the S:ra:t. and thit the enterprise is no more duli jult than the Saint G itlrird or Alb lrg tunnels in the Alp or the Simplon. Tne tunnel would be I weuty-rive a-i I one-half m.les long, would cost $ Jo.OJO.OJJ, and the work could he done in seven years, ac cording to his estimate. Tne Spanish Government Ins already caueuteJ to the scheme. The Moorish G vern meut is being interviewed for its con sent Sucli a tuunel is not beyond the ability of the Earop-an engineers. I want to let Itie people who suffer from rheUTiutiri'U and sciatica know that Chamberlain's Pain Ralm relieved me aft er a numlierof other medicines and a doctor had failed. It is the best liniment I have ever known of. D. A. Doggeu, Alphnretti, Ga. Thousands have t-eeu cured of rheumati.-m ly this remedy. O.ie application relieves the pain. For sale by all druggists. For Hts Troable. "Hear about tbe j ke on Jimpson?" "No; what was it?" "RetJaggers yesterday m ruing he could get a ride to the hospital in the ambulance without anything teing the m-ittir with bim. Put up ten dollars." 1 'Well?" "He called up the hospita', aad-the ambulance came tearing down. Do;tor asked him what the matter wu. Said he had a pain; aud they rhoved him int" the wagon." "Wo a the bet, of course ?" "Nope he he." "Didn't; how was that?" "On the wav to the hos:itl the am bulance jolted him hit i nervous pros tration. Doctor says be won't be out for three months. "Ha! ha!" "Ho! lie!" Detroit Free Press. The ?ntai Canai Work. Three thousand men are now at work on the Panamt Ctnal; 20J0 more are now on their way. Arraugemen'S ave been ni'ide for the employment f i ll) men. It will take ten vears to iHUplete the canal, with an average mtdoviiient of 1VoiM men all tbe time. The plan that has I n adopted calls f, r tbe removal of 2t.7U.0W cubic me tres of earth for the entire cutting, of which nearly one-half is at the Culc bra Mountain. Tbe total estimated ex pense Is a little over $100,U00.0U0. HAD A KICK TO MAKE. AND HE MADE IT RIGHT TO THE HEAO OF THE FIRM. Tb Klrk.r TVr.t lk.il Laadlas HI. rialnl la a Kilkrr t i.tlloail SlaJiarr, b lb. (taan'i Are He Cot What He Waa After. "Yes," said the ta'J. loose jointed man at the telephones "that's the num ber I want 2-20." "Double two tine?" queried the Yoife at the central offic. "Well, I don't know thkt donble two nine is any better than the plain, or dinary two. two, nine, but if you insis-t on that style suppose we say double two sicglo nine and get it exactly right Hdlo ! Is that Spotcash & Co. 's V "Yes." responded the voice at the other end of the wire. "Is Mr. Spotcash in!" "Is it something important T lid is mnrh occupied." "So am I. Yes; it's a matter of some importance, and I want to talk to Mr. Spotcash personally. Yes; I'll bold the wire that is, I'll hold tho phone" "IIcllo!" snapped somebody at this juncture. "Ib-llo! Is that Mr. Stea-shr" "Yes. Who is it?" "Yon am tbe head of the firm vt Spoteash & Co.. are you not?" "Yes," was the impatient answer. "What do yoa want ? Wlfo are yon ?" "Gwilliams, 1195 Pumpernickel street. I want to enter a complaint " "What about?" "I bonght an icebox at your store a few days ago. and" "Call up the In nsc hold goods depart ment, confnnnd yon! I have no time to spare to look after snch things." "Yon've got as much time, perhaps, as I have. I haven't any complaint to make to th household jrrxods depart ment The head of the firm is the man I want to talk to. I bonght an ielx at yonr store a few days ago for ? 16.75. I might have got it cheaper somewhere else, bnt that isn't the point. Having bong'ut it and paid for it, I had a right to expect it to le delivered within a reasonable time and In fair condition. It didn't come for four days, and when it did come" "Say. yo'i. I employ men to hear complaint of this kind'" "I have no use for them. Yon're the responsible man of tli bonse. The sys tem is yours. If it doesn't wcrk smooth ly, it is yor.r fault. When that icebox came fonr days after purchase, one of the castors was missing, the varnish was scraped off the ontside surface in more than a dozen places, and it looked as if it had gone through a hard season at a c!irnp boarding house" "If there's anything wrong with it," roar, d Mr. Sputcash. "send it back! I can't tke up my time" "Stand a little farther away from tlie I hone. Mr. Spotcash. Yonr voict sor.mls a if yon had yonr month full of m:!:-hel potatoes" "Who the devil are yon T" 'I think I pave yon my name and addr'sw Gwilliams, II 95 Pumpernickel street, next door to Lazarns J. Spill horn. Yon dm't know me from a ftnfT.'d alligator, but yon aay have heard of fc'pillhorn. Don't yon allow yonrself to get hot, Mr. Sp tcash. over an iccimx. The incongruity cf such a thing oTight to be apparent even to the head of an overgrown jnnkshop" "If yon were here, sir, I should lick yon ont of my office" "Yon wonhl probably need some help. If that ii'eUj.T had simply been defaced a litti". 1 shouldn't have made any fuss about it. but the stupid ass yon sect t deliver i;" "Haven't you sense enough, yon in fi rnal idio.N to know that I don't look peru'iuiHy after the little details of a brsMu-ss umonnting to millions of dol lars a year';" "If yon l.:n't grasp every detail of that bnin',. ynn I heap John notion peddler in a yilt binding, yon are nut fit t o bo the boss of it! Don't try to crawl ont of the responsibility by throwing th:? blame on some by. If that icebox had simply been defaced a little, I repeat. I shouldn't have made any fuss a'rxmt h. but the fellow yon sent to deliver it didn't have any more sense than to tnuiblj it on the side walk" "Bring it Lack, blank yon" "Look Lere. SjKjtcash. that won't do. yon know. Yon are not allowed to talk in that style over tne telephone. Exer cise a little common sense, Spotcash. You knew it isn't my place to bring that icebox back. The proper thing to do. yon thirty-third degree haberdasher cud toy vendor, is to send me a new icelT tad talio the damaged one hack" "Yoi llr.n"- fix.L. do yon think yon can tell rue"' "Again let me tell yon. Spotcaah. not to nso snc-h lang-.ag-T over the tele phone. Soma remote ancestor of yortrs may puf-sii.iy have been a gentleman. Try to ( ::inl::te him. Spotca,h. In the mi antime pl -ase accept the assurances of my distinguished con adoration, and, the ic -box will remain in my dwelling snbj't-t to yonr order. If it is replaced properly mid within u reasonable tinse, yon will not hear from me again. If it isn't. I shall call yon up, Spotcash. per lonally a dozen times a day through r.ll the pnblic telephones in town. I have not the patience to call at your store to make the complaint Yonr system o? making exchanges is too complicated, and I believe in going to headquarters with all kicks anyhow. Never allow yourself to think. Spotcasb, that yoa are too big a man to listen to a com plaint from yonr meanest customer. I think that's alL Good morning. Spot cash !" Chicago Tribune, Amrriea'a Poaltloa Amoaa Xaiiona. An Ciiglish traveler who has recent ly been in this country remarks. In making a comparison between the principal great nations of the world, that "holy Uussfti Is a formidable idea, tireat Britaiu is a picturesque and pregnant idea, but the United States Is a self conscious, clearly defined and heroically vindicated Idea, In whose further vindication the whole world Is concerned." St. Louis Globe-Democrat Unexpected Result A prominent surgeon recently per formed an operation at one of the local hospitals, that brought him much more notoriety than he expected. It hap pened that the operation was of a pe culiar nature, that of removing a man's lower jaw and replacing it with a silver cast After removing the jaw, the surgeon replaced the skin and allowed the sub ject to rest for some time. The opera tion promised to be such a success that the man of the saw and lance invited a large number of friends to attend when he would insert the silver substitute. Time flew by, and the day arrived, but early that morning each of the invited received a newspaper with a marked notice that read something like this: "John Jones died suddenly, result of partial operation. Burial private." Probably that's the rea-son the doe tor's frieuds haven't had the heart to even thank him for the marked obitua ry notice. Detroit Free Press. When doctors fail try Burdock Blood Bitten. Cures dyspepsia, constipation; invigorates the whole system. One Man's View. "What is a degenerate, anyhow?" was asked of the shrewd old lawyer. "A degenerate is a fellow who ha committed a crime and can't prove an alioi. Takes the burn out; heals tbe wound; cures the pain. Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil, the household rem-dy. ! IT
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